<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' border='0' background='none' style='font-family:arial;font-size:10pt;color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff;width:100%;'><tr><td valign='top' style='font: inherit;'><P>I was advised by an OMAFRA grape specialist not to use plastic mulch given a negative effect on the vine's root system. He suggested landscaping cloth if I wanted to pursue that type of a weed block...then. a landscaper informed me that the regular landscaping cloth purchased at retail would not do the job well and the higher quality professional cloth would be too expensive for that type of an application.</P>
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<P>Last season I used straw mulch. I also had more problems with powdery mildew than write-ups for cold hardy grapes indicate should occur, so perhaps it was the season last year or the fact that straw supports the spread of powdery mildew...?</P>
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<P>Dolores Smith</P>
<P>Erin, ON<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 6/4/08, patryde@videotron.ca <I><patryde@videotron.ca></I></B> wrote:<BR></P>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">From: patryde@videotron.ca <patryde@videotron.ca><BR>Subject: [Growwine] Plastic mulch, Wavelength selective mulches<BR>To: growwine@littlefatwino.com<BR>Received: Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 10:23 AM<BR><BR>
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<P><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Does anyone try plastic mulch --- Wavelength selective mulches with vines ?</SPAN></P><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
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<P>Wavelength selective mulches, such as the infrared transmissible mulches (IRT), have become available. IRT mulches blend the soil warming characteristics of clear mulch with the weed control ability of black mulch. </SPAN><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Denis Patry</SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN lang=EN style="FONT-SIZE: 9.5pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Québec city, </SPAN></P>
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