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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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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
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4 star reviews
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Silage Tarp
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Silage Tarp
5 out of 5 stars
The Silage Tarp did a great job eliminating the weeds in the high tunnel and surrounding areas.
Silage Tarp
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Fast Delivery
5 out of 5 stars
Silage tarp came much faster than I expected and was exactly as described. I put it to use right away.
Silage Tarps
5 out of 5 stars
I am very happy with my purchase of two silage tarps. More than anything, I am impressed with the customer service at this company! One of my tarps was damaged during shipping and Mandy was super helpful and offered multiple options to rectify the situation. I was really impressed with the quality and super grateful to find a company to offer free shipping. As a beginning small scale farmer this allowed me to do more than I thought I would be able to afford year one. From now on, Farmers friend will be my fist stop for any supplies.
silage tarp
5 out of 5 stars
It's held up well, even after 1/2 of it blowing off due to this Oklahoma wind!
35x105 silage tarp
4 out of 5 stars
I've bought plastic before and in this size. This is, however, the first with the black&white opposite sides. I find that it is much slicker than previous plastic I've used, by which I mean it takes 50% more sandbags to hold it in place. All I can figure is lower friction. I have five such sheets on the ground now and the most recent windstorm moved only the new black&white silage tarp, but not any of the older gray-both-sides sheets. No explanation other than this kind is just plain slicker. Good value, no complaint whatsoever, just observation.
I've bought large plastic befo...
5 out of 5 stars
I've bought large plastic before. This sheet has, by far, the least friction, i.e., is the slickest. As such, every wind event we have (including 45mph last night) it is *this* plastic that moves away from its assigned location, dragging its sandbags with it. The other plastics, which are gray, older, and came from elsewhere, do not travel nearly as much. Have no good explanation, but just came in from hauling this plastic back into position and re-weighting it.
perfect size and material
5 out of 5 stars
Fast shipping and is exactly what I needed for my garden
I bought several silage tarps ...
5 out of 5 stars
I bought several silage tarps a few years ago. We have intense sun because we are south of San Diego in latitude in this part of Texas. These tarps hold very well to sun, but tear a little more easily than expected. If they were made thicker, than they would be too heavy! Now I am using them to cover a leaky roof through the winter until I can replace the roof. Great product!