HughB said: (quoted from post at 08:40:57 01/23/10) All the other posts are good advise. This year I plan on using newspaper as mulch. I will cut a small hole for the plant. I will cover the paper with pine straw, got a lot of it in the front yard. I make my own fence wire cages. I pinch the lower branches off to keep water from splashing on the leaves. Yes, rotate the plants to different areas of the garden.Pull the plants at the end of the season and throw them on the burn pile. I plant them 6 feet apart in both directions. I usually plant just 36 plants ea year. I spray with Mancozeb flowable concentrate.
I usually plant about a 1/2 acre garden. That is about all a 72 year old can handle
I think I'll use your idea on using newspapers next spring. And as far as the ink leaching into the soil, I've heard that newspapers mostly use non-toxic ink now-a-days.
I don't believe you'll want to use pine straw around tomato's, though.
Pine straw will put a lot of acid into the soil, which most veggies don't like.
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