Hi everyone,
I did a bad thing ROFL!! I got 34 tomatoe plants. The poor things needed serious help!! Some are heirloom and in 4 inch pots and look strong. And 24 (4-6 packs) are fertilizer drained yellow :waa: But the price was right and I am a sucker for tomatoes :haha: DH has been really good about it and even went so far as to add a 6 foot by 25 foot area to the original garden, just for these. He till it yesterday and got some dry composted manure for me to add to the dirt at the bottom of each hole, when I plant them.
My question now is. The original garden is done with black paper, for weed block, and holes for plants to poke out. This add on section, we were thinking of doing old newspapers down and hay ontop of the newspaper. Would this work to block weeds and grass? Any suggestions? Just hay maybe? Never tried this method and know getting water through black paper is difficult, but want some type of weed block.
Suggestions, advise, anything appreciated.
Thanks and Happy Gardening
Marsh (In Massachusetts where spring has finally decided to come and go in a matter of minutes. It's summer hot now LOL )
I did a bad thing ROFL!! I got 34 tomatoe plants. The poor things needed serious help!! Some are heirloom and in 4 inch pots and look strong. And 24 (4-6 packs) are fertilizer drained yellow :waa: But the price was right and I am a sucker for tomatoes :haha: DH has been really good about it and even went so far as to add a 6 foot by 25 foot area to the original garden, just for these. He till it yesterday and got some dry composted manure for me to add to the dirt at the bottom of each hole, when I plant them.
My question now is. The original garden is done with black paper, for weed block, and holes for plants to poke out. This add on section, we were thinking of doing old newspapers down and hay ontop of the newspaper. Would this work to block weeds and grass? Any suggestions? Just hay maybe? Never tried this method and know getting water through black paper is difficult, but want some type of weed block.
Suggestions, advise, anything appreciated.
Thanks and Happy Gardening
Marsh (In Massachusetts where spring has finally decided to come and go in a matter of minutes. It's summer hot now LOL )