Mulching for Weed Control

In this month’s Agricology vlog, Jez Taylor - head grower at Daylesford Organic Farm in the Cotswolds, discusses how he manages weeds in their organic market garden system, explaining that weeds can have a huge impact on the crops, potentially robbing them of nutrition.

• He describes how they wait for weeds to become visible after planting crops, then use field hoes or rotavators around crops.
• But as it is now March and there is no chance of cultivating, they carry out mulching - particularly of perennials.
• He goes on to describe how they use a covering of mypex plastic to smother weeds, having found it the most effective way of controlling weeds in perennials.
• He discusses the sustainability of using mypex and maximising garden space by growing something in every inter row.