What are the impact of Mulch Films and the usage of variants

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What are the impact of Mulch Films and the usage
of variants
Mulch film is a very important equipment of
Modern agriculture. The worldwide usage of
plastic or agricultural tarpaulin for the better
growth of plants and various agricultural crops
with the help
mulching technology is very popular in the
vegetable operations. This type of agriculture is
growing due to better quality of product as well
as increasing the harvesting time and decreasing
the labor cost. Now farmers can grow an
excellent quality of squash, watermelon,
tomatoes, chili, ladyfinger, strawberries,
cucumbers and wide variety of fruits and
vegetables with the help of agronomic values of
agricultural mulch films.
Then how did nutritious trees grow in forest or
good crops in village and in old days?
If you see forest ecosystem, it has natural
mulching system with the natural element.
Ancient people used to make mulch by straw, dry
leaves and grasses. This system was popular by
the name of weed or soil moisture controlling
system to those people. Whatever, we believe the
system of mulch is real and ancient to grow good
vegetable and crops.
What is Mulch Film? Mulching sheet is special
type of agricultural tarpaulin/plastic which is
used to cover the land around the plants/crops
to provide the needful protection and nutrition
to the crop. By this process the temperature and
the moisture of the soil can be controlled along
with all the eco system. Thats why this is so
healthy for the irrigation system. By using the
different variants (Transparent, Black, black
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and white, black and silver .6 -1.5 meter to any
length 20 to 100 micron) of the product farmer
can control the impact of climatic change over
the crops.
How does it help? In the diverse weather
condition of India and world Plastic Mulch film
is a great help and relief to the farmers. For
the various seasonal and non-seasonal crops this
is the best friend of farmers throughout the
year. This is a great usage for both the open
land farming and green house cultivation. There
are many advantages of mulch
1. 2. 3. 4.
Weed control Less fertilizer usage Water
consumption of trees are less due to cover Useful
for keeping Roots and soil moisturized for long
time at the time of open field cultivation No
wastage of Soil nutrients Climate and temperature
control Microorganisms and warms growth stay
high Deeper and healthy root growth Less insect
infestation
5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
Which and Where? Let us understand the different
variants according to their usage.
Mulching sheet comes into 4 different color
Transparent, Black, black and white, black and
silver
Transparent mulch is recommended for the crops
like Sweet corn where increasing soil
temperature is important for rapid root growth.
Black mulch is recommended for weeds and moisture
control. Moreover it can be used in
pathways, walkways, play and natural areas to
make it attractive
Black and White mulch is recommended for more
sunlit area like Indian tropical agricultural
region where white portion reflects the lights.
Black and Silver mulch is recommended for less
sunlit area like Indian hill station agricultural
region where silver portion attracts the lights
and heat. This is the maximum used product for
India.
Black color portion of the sheet must be inside
and the other side should be open.
Width .6 -1.5 meter /6-8ft Can be decided
depending upon the requirement
Thickness 20 to 100 micron decided depending
upon the crop.
Like, for vegetable crops 25 micron is
recommended and for greater life durability like
bigger fruit trees 100 micron is good to go.20
micron film is recommended for one crop
cultivation only. For 3 or more you must use 50
to 100 micron.
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You can expect to have 3 months of to 3 years of
durability for open field, air and water usage.
How Mohantarp can help? Mohan Tarp is a leading
supplier of Suncool Mulch Films that is
manufactured with advanced five layered films in
embossed and non-embossed patterns that provides
extra strength stress-free field. It has
special reflective property to repel insects and
controlling temperature variations in the soil.
The black side is opaque and eliminates weeds
growth with light unavailability.
We have helped with over 25, 00,000 square meters
of this product to our customers and they
have increased their irrigation in both quantity
and quality.
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