Easier way to prepare weed fabric for planting
Easier way to prepare weed fabric for planting
Today I am planting green beans, sweet corn, Nd onions in the woven weed fabric we have in our garden. We are going to use a wooden jig to help make burning holes in the fabric more consistent and easy. The jig has a hole pattern to help burn holes the proper size and with the correct plant spacing.
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Thanks for the grand idea… I’m just getting ready to put my beet seeds in the raised beds I like the idea of the weed stuff and burning the holes… I’ve got to start everything in the garage it ain’t going to get above 50 here till sometime in June this year according to the weather map… We normally got everything in ground outside by now. But not this year. Looks like only maybe 90 days of summer for us unless things change. But that S/E Wisconsin for you… LOL… Be blessed my friend in Jesus name… BBE..
SMART USE OF YOUR TIME IN THE GARDEN. LOVE IT
This is such a great idea! What is the brand of weed fabric you use? We definitely need something like this on our farm.
Make-a registration mark on your jig, and that should help you line it up. That jig is the bomb! With the extra holes you can do 2nd and 3rd plantings in the same row!
What brand and weight weed fabric are you using there?
How did it work out, as far as keeping the weeds out?
Great gardening tips. Thank you. Art in Calif
I think that you’re idea with this fabric is going to work great. We might try a strip of it. It definitely is going to be a time saver.
Thanks for the video. I like the jig idea. Time saver.
What kind of weed fabric are you using? Weight? Brand? Happy with it?
I’m finding there is a wide variety of quality in them.
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I presume you will be able to use this fabric again next year and since the holes are already made, you won’t have to burn new ones. Clever how you came up with the wood templates. So funny watching the dogs. They look like they are just waiting for you to invite them in.
I love your technique, you vlog, and how you and your wife are doing things. You get long winded on some things. KISS – keep it simple. People know what you are saying. I was wondering when you were gonna get to the gates. Your pups must be well behaved. Because I have not seen them once follow you in there n have at it. Keep up the good work. Wish I was your age again. But doing things in shape of my age appropriate that I am. Live in the city, so no critters to get into the garden. Just the 2 legged kind if you get my meaning. God Bless you and the Missess.
Corn (maize) is wind-pollinated. The male stalks at the top release the dust-like pollen to the hairs on the cobs below. If you only plant the corn in one row there is less chance for each kernel to be pollinated. That is why corn is normally planted in blocks, either a square or rectangle. This ensures that pollen from different plants gets blown around many other plants, and that each hair (attached to a kernel) gets a greater chance of being pollinated.
How many seeds will you need? "One for the blackbird, one for the crow, one for the cutworm, and one to grow!" Love what you’re sharing….thank you.
Your garden looks just beautiful. I know it was a lot of hard work to get it that way. I had to build a fence across my little back yard to keep my dog out of my raised beds also. I live in town and got a puppy last year and just cannot train her to stay out of my garden. Finally gave up and fenced it in.
Do you roll it up and reuse it next year? Or is it a 1 year thing
Such a beautiful garden
That template/jig for the holes is a great idea! It’d definitely make the process not only faster but neater too. I really admire your ingenuity, Evan.
Awesome idea, hope it works out with a high yield 👍👍. Stay safe & god bless
Sail makers have heated knives and scissors to seal off any cuts they do. Perhaps they have something you can adapt to make different size holes. Regards Billy from S A
Great video Evan! Like the jig idea. Just a thought though, if you have any problems with pests try planting marigolds around the garden. Most insects hate them. The garden is looking great!
Brilliant idea 🖒🖒🖒 What will happen next planting season, will you re-use the holes or put more fabric down?
You have so much room left. You’ll
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Grapes
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Great idea to put the holes in the weed fabric awesome job Evan! Have a wonderful weekend! God bless!♡♡
Harbor Freight Tools has a stick torch on sale for $19.99
Can you recommend your torch?
A fun and informative watch. Thanks
Your spacing for green beans may be a bit tight. You should be about 6" apart and your corn should be about 10-12" on center or you may find them over crowded and leaning outward to get out of the way of the neighboring plant. With corn, that leads to falling over more often during wind. The seed packages tell you one thing but experience will govern how you go.
Great video. You just saved me a ton of time and headaches. Thanks you !
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I got a sister that lives in Casey IL. Have you ever heard of Casey?
With using 2in.holes for sweet corn. Does it create any problems when it comes time to pull out the old corn stalks at the end of the growing season?? Because corn roots have a tendency to spread out.
Brilliant
Genius Idea 👍
Now you just need a 10ft board 😉
Watermelon?????
The corn brace roots will grow down through the fabric and the old plants will be a nightmare to remove. Other than that problem, the fabric will last for years.
Do you grow your onion to that stage before transplanting or do you buy them like that 🤔?
Your ground looks like ours. Clay
I am closer to 80 then I am to 50 and a rookie gardener. My first attempt at sweet corn this year turned into a bumper crop of weeds. Got several nice ears but if I could only develop a taste for weed salad…… next year the weed stop fabric and torch we will be flying around my little garden. Thanks for the great idea As I am a little crawling around on my knees and bending over challenged at this point of life.
I would just make the holes bigger than you have for both beans and corn. I only have grass in my lawn though and not the vining grass.
When we put down fabric we have trouble with ants.
Are you planning on planting the same thing in the same spot every year or are you going to redo the fabric every year?
I was raised on a farm in Nebraska, we had a large garden and we used old bed sheets and blankets along with old milk jugs to cover from frost.
We also switched from fabric to tree chips, we would get free from arborist who cut down trees in the area. It also makes great compost when we added top soil, manur, a little sand and worms when it cooled down.
Bruce
Great idea with that jig. The garden looks fantastic 😁🖒💚
Could one put a Handel on it.
Nice job. It worked great
Cool idea. Thanks
I was just wondering how you do crop rotation if you are leaving the weed fabric down. The holes sizes are different for your different crops.
Good job great idea with stencil
Garden looks great. Love weed liner