OCCULTATION, also known as tarping, is a great way to create a weed-free garden without any effort. Join us to see how we’ll use the tarp as a placeholder on this plot until we’re ready to plant fall crops.
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48 Comments
When will yal restock fall seeds like the english peas?
What size is your cover, what kind of material, whare did you get it? Thanks jim I'm new at this will be starting in the spring.
Thank you for the links. I will be ordering a tarp. I plan on putting it down now and leaving it til spring.
My question is: can I put manure down now under the tarp or would it be better to wait til I pull the tarp off?
I’m in Illinois, what can I plant outside this fall that will come up in the spring. I’m going to try garlic but is there anything else?
Well maybe you can put the compost on it now and then in time, put starts, instead of waiting a longer time + retarping? 💭
If you terminate, immediately till, and then tarp a cover crop, will it break down faster? I have a 5 foot tall, very thick crop of sorghum sudangrass that I plan to terminate this week in anticipation of an early October planting of my fall crops (Florida, Zone 9a/8b boundary). I am concerned that all that cover crop residue may not break down fast enough to be ready in time. I will terminate it with a flail mower, and I am thinking of immediately tilling it in, tarping for two weeks, then water, till again, and tarp for another two weeks. Is this reasonable or excessive? Will the soil be ready for planting in just a month's time.
How long will the occultation keep weeds out of this spot?
Is the tarp just 6mil plastic?
Did you say gin trash compost? Where do you get your compost, I need a ton of it.
. My sunburst started out gang busters then the leaves started yellowing. I thought maybe water or a fertilizer issue. Fed and watched the water better and then said time to pull out. And what did I find root knot nematodes. Now what what do I do? In a raised bed. They need to die.
Summer Garden …… Johnsongrass takes over and ruins it every year. I work 2 jobs and I have a small hay farm so it’s the busiest time for me. This year I let a younger couple lay out a nice 1 acre market garden. They laid out rows of black plastic. Despite that they got busy with other projects and their garden turned into a Johnsongrass forest too. I’ve rotated a few pigs into my garden area before to eliminate the rhizomes , I’ve plowed , mowed and used round up.
I’m wondering if using a Wick Bar weeding system with Round Up would help? Or maybe tarping off some land for a whole year ?
No peas to harvest?
I was going to be starting a raised bed garden soon nothing too big, and have used the tarp from Lowe’s, the blue one. I have scalped the area with the lawnmower first, Have had the tarp down for three weeks now. So I’m guessing that I should probably go out and dig up the area a little bit turn it over and re tarp it to give me the best chance of less weeds, we sure get a lot of them down here in Southwest Florida LOL
I compost rotted and scraps of veggies etc. Can i spread this under the tarp with cow manure after the tarp has been on for about two or three weeks. Then till and put tarp back on? I live in 9b zone..thanks for your reply.
Did you learn not to smart off to your wife? Smacked you good. Lol. JK. I need to get me a tarp.
Any concerns about pesticides in the gin trash that you mentioned?? Thanks for your videos.
What about Johnson Grass? I have found no what to kill it. Just keep pulling rhizomes
Doesn't really work well. The weeds on top die and when the black plastic is remove they regrow and to me they grow back more quickly and heavier.
Good video, you gave us the middle finger at at 6 min…
Big McConaughey fan?
so since no one else asked im gonna can you use a blue tarp for this?
How can you be sure that the gin trash has not be sprayed with a persistent herbicide?
one would think that the black tarp would generate more heat than the clear!
Doesn't kill the microbes?
A black tarp with heat more than a clear tarp, So what is the soil temperature under the tarp? Have you ever tested the temperature? Does it get too hot that it will kill the beneficial fungi and bacteria in the soil?
Do you have a video showing what the soil looks like as you remove the tarp for the first time?
What type of grass do you have around your beds. I am having a hard time picking a grass in the south that won't invade my beds (e.g., Bermuda) and will still not die in the summer (e.g., Tall Fescue). Right now, Bermuda is my biggest weed!
Wonder if it would work by leaving the tarp on and running drip tape under it as usual then using a small torch cut round hole and plant directly in those.
These silage tarp videos are great but you don't have anything about the after effects. Maybe a video where you uncover a plot and show us what it looks like.
This is a great system. Where do I get my black tarps?
Is there any reason you cant just use blue tarps? I'm trying out using some old blue tarps myself. I cut holes in it and gonna plant melons
Tarps are the best thing for a gardener to have and a reliable hoe
Tarps work great for gardens protected from wind. It did a great job of getting rid of quack grass for us and the worms loved it. Mice also liked it and chewed holes all over it. Sadly worms would crawl out the holes and thousands would drown on top of the tarp.
The good thing about using tarps is you don't have to use them every year, just enough to clear a patch to start and at times keep the weeds from taking over. Well worth the money!
I’ve got a lot of rag weed and dewberry 😡
Thanks for useful info
Thank you so much for details. I am looking for the solutions and trying to understand more to prepare better with less work for next year season. And your video answers the most important question I have. Thanks again sir.
Thank you! This video is very informative! This may be a stupid question – can the tarp catch on fire in the summer in 100F+ heat? We are getting ready to sell our home over the summer and was planning on covering our vegetable garden with the tarp so that the weeds won't take over. Just want to make sure that it can be unattended for months after we vacate the home.
I've watched probably a hundred videos today on this topic, but this was the most helpful. Thanks!
I'm watching your video again and just noticed you have a shop, so I will buy a tarp from you! I am going to use your "Tarp and Till" method to kill my lawn so I can plant a pollinator garden in the fall. Would you reccomend adding any nitrogen rich material to the grass before I cover it? I was going to put blood meal but I'm not sure if it's necessary at this point.
I have used the black tarp since mid Febr. 2022 on a lawn that grew very poorly to start a vegetable garden. it looks like the topsoil is only 11/2" before small rocks and clay appears. To amend the soil, do you recommend to add topsoil and compost or just compost? I want to grow sweet potatoes and pumpkins and gourds, and some sunflowers and a later in the year a winter garden. What do you suggest?
Looks like you destroyed a whole crop of peas. Was it worth it when you could have fertilized them and gotten an earlier harvest even with the few weeds???
How long does it take to kill the weed seed?
Why haven't you been other videos
Hi! I live in Oregon and I'm overrun with clover and bull thistle, do you have any suggestions, I would certainly appreciate it, thank you! Please help me!
Don't know if you still monitor this site or not, but here goes… Just saw this video and it's November. I'm wanting to kill off some bermuda/weeds for gardening beginning next year. Will a tarp work over the winter, and would clear or black make a difference? I will need to cultivate the soil (ex. lawn) as well as add materials as I'm in a clay area. Should I just wait until spring, or is time a wastin'? Please give me a plan of when and how. Thank you so much! Enjoyed your info. Blessings to you.
WEEDS DO EXIST IN MY GARDEN.., I'M IN BROOKLYN NYC.I DONT HAVE SPECIFIC WEEDS THEIR JUST WEEDS & I WANT TO B RID OF EM.I CURRENTLY HAVE THE BLACK MESH FABRIC ON GROUND… IT'S BEEN ALMOST….2YRS. EXACTLY WHAT SHOULD I DO WHEN REMOVING FABRIC???? SHOULD I SPREAD THE HOME MADE COMPOST & RECOVER IT WITH FABRIC & PLANT WITHIN COMPOST WHEN READY TO UNVAIL…OR WHAT…I DON'T WANT WEED'S GROWING IN GARDEN. I HAVE A RAISED GARDEN BY THE WAY???!!!?……..PLS RESPOND EITHER U OR ANYONE WITH TRUE… FACTUAL ANSWERS!?
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Do you HAVE to scalp first? Wouldn't the weeds die anyway? I'm in no hurry to remove the tarp. It can stay on for a year.