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Silage Tarp
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Are weeds outnumbering the vegetable plants in your garden? Are you spending more time cultivating than harvesting?
Enter Silage Tarps. Made popular by Jean-Martin Fortier in his book The Market Gardener, Silage Tarps are a simple, cost-effective, game-changing weed management solution to preemptively eliminate weed pressure in your growing space.
Shipping restrictions apply. Ships to USA only.
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Weed suppression made simple.
Nip weeds in the bud. Literally.
Our 5‑mil, UV-treated polyethylene tarps create a stale seedbed in as little as 3 weeks!
Here’s how it works:
- The black tarp creates a warm, moist environment which quickly kills established weeds and encourages rapid weed seed germination.
- The newly emerged weeds then face a dark, suffocating environment in which they quickly die.
- Worms and other beneficial organisms soon appear to decompose any organic matter and loosen the soil.
- In three to four weeks (up to six weeks in winter) you will have an almost completely composted and beautiful stale seedbed!
It’s the closest thing yet to “easy gardening”!
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Tech Specs
Cutting the silage tarp will not fray the edges or compromise the integrity. Learn more.
24' × 105'
Width: 9 inches
Height: 9 inches
Length: 46 inches
Weight: 61 lbs
32' × 105'
Width: 9 inches
Height: 9 inches
Length: 60 inches
Weight: 83 lbs
40' × 105'
Width: 9 inches
Height: 9 inches
Length: 70 inches
Weight: 99 lbs
50' × 105'
Width: 9 inches
Height: 9 inches
Length: 86 inches
Weight: 124 lbs
100% Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE). It does not contain Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC).
365 sunny days on both sides. Learn more.
Both sides. Learn more.
5 mil
Product Reviews
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5 star reviews
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4 star reviews
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3 star reviews
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2 star reviews
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Silage tarp
3 out of 5 stars
I cannot relay any information about weed control as I just laid tarp on garden. I will critique the quality. A few leftover twigs from last years produce quickly poked through the material as I was laying it down. This was disappointing! The tarp itself is thinner than I thought it would or should be, so quality is lacking. The size was true to description. In my opinion, a lot of money for a product that isn’t very durable.
Silage Tarp
5 out of 5 stars
Easy to use silage tarp
5 out of 5 stars
I purchased a large silage tarp and ended up cutting it into 3 pieces to cover a large portion of our future garden spot. It came folded in such a way that it was easy to maneuver and spread.
Coverings
5 out of 5 stars
All three coverings,plant fabric, silage tarp,and ground cover and pens are a 5 star rating. I live on a ridge near the Shenandoah park. We have high winds where everything takes a beating. These products are as tough as they come, plus the service is excellent. 5 ⭐️s all the way
Silage Tarp
5 out of 5 stars
Silage tarp
5 out of 5 stars
Seems to be working. Been about 3 weeks since placing, I've noticed weed seed germination, now let's make the heat from the sun finish the job.
Holding up really well in the ...
5 out of 5 stars
Holding up really well in the weather both cold and hot. Just went through a wind storm and it held in like a champ!
Silage tarp
5 out of 5 stars
Great, thick material! Will work great.
Silage Tarp
5 out of 5 stars
The silage tarp works really well to kill any top of soil weeds as well as weed seeds below the soil. I rolled it out and over my beds with some extra over the sides to kill off any grass that was growing along the sides. After a few weeks, I pulled the tarp off and found amazing rich soil with no weeds at all and the grass that was growing around the sides was dead and a breeze to rake up. I will be using the tarps again to keep my beds covered in the off season.
Great product! Kills weeds like a champ!
5 out of 5 stars
Laid this out with a middle school kiddo, in about an hour it was secured and in 2 weeks the weeds were cooked and brown.