Soil solarization is the hottest way to eliminate pests, plant diseases, and weeds from your garden. Soil solarization uses clear plastic sheeting and sunlight to heat soil, killing pests, weed seeds, ...

Solarization also eliminates some soil diseases, including Verticillium wilt, Phytophthora root rot, Fusarium wilt, damping-off, crown gall, tomato canker, and potato scab, allowing healthy plants and ...

“Oh, my goodness, I feel like I’m cooking!” exclaims my 9-year-old as he helps me pull weeds from a small plant bed. It was still morning but already above 80 F, and the humidity was in full force.

Solarization bakes away weeds and soil pests -- but it has to get hot to work. This trick adds extra insulation without need for a lot of extra materials.

LUFKIN, Texas (KLTV) - Wouldn’t it be great if our brutal summer heat could make a better vegetable garden? Even more so, what if the oppressive heat could make gardening easier? It can, with a seldom ...

Applying clear plastic sheeting to soils in hot weather can reduce pests, diseases, and weed seeds. Credit: Courtesy of Lauren Landers Weed seeds, plant diseases and soil-dwelling pests can build up ...

Weeds are bad news in the garden for reasons other than broadcasting you aren’t paying as much attention to caring for it as you should. Worse, weeds are competitors for soil moisture and nutrients, ...

Soil solarization uses clear plastic sheeting and sunlight to heat soil, killing pests, weed seeds, and pathogens. It works best in full sun and warm weather to keep top 6 inches of soil at least ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - Remember the start of this year’s growing season in East Texas? More rain than we had seen in a good while, and then sometime in July, the rain shut off. That rainy weather ...