Black plastic can be laid down before or after planting your tomato plants.
Plastic sheeting planting tomatoes.
The plastic holds in the moisture and warmth necessary to trigger.
Use a knife to slit the plastic to plant your tomato.
How to plant tomatoes in plastic film.
An extra tip for securing black plastic mulch.
Biodegradable plastic mulches are currently being developed and they seem to be as effective as regular mulches at weed suppression and moisture conservation.
Allow black plastic to warm soil for at least 7 days before cutting slits or holes in the plastic to plant tomatoes.
Seedlings dampen off it is common practice to cover a seed flat with plastic when you start tomatoes from seeds indoors.
Micro perforations allow water air and nutrients through.
Tests show that red plastic mulch for tomatoes warms the soil and improves yield flavor.
When you garden where the summer is short or temperatures are moderate plastic film mulch can warm the soil to provide a jump start but it can do much more.
How to position plastic under tomatoes.
Prepare a raised row for your tomatoes leaving a trench on either side.