Green Plastic Isn't Necessarily Green

A lot of growers already know this, but here we have a clear (no pun intended) demonstration that the thin colored plastics deployed as mulch in our strawberries are not as opaque as one would think.  Today I discovered several plants and mosses green and bright under some colored plastic I had peeled back to do some work, meaning plenty of sunshine is getting through.

We've got some dataloggers buried at various depths underneath this, it will be an interesting comparison to the data being collected under the clear plastic laid out close by.

Some weeds and moss doing quite well under a plastic most people think of as opaque.

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