another use for straws

I too thought it meant drinking straws and was confused. Straw, as a mulch, works well with a lot of crops and keeps weeds down as well.

 

And it will stop mud from splashing on to the crop when it rains

I think it was me who derailed the thread sorry

 

Oh Jiffy, GC's TRADEMARK is derailed threads!!!

 

Ah, the games people play......

 

So what do I do now with the bumper jumbo pack of drinking straws I have bought today !

 

It seemed a lot of enthusiasm for a reatively simple post, i must say.

 

I use ex-stable straw laid over (wetted) newspaper mulch to form temporary paths across large veg growing areas, as a mulch between row of spuds.

I've used it as in the pic above for mulching around squashes where I strimmed an overgrown area, dug some small pits, filled then with compost, planted squashes through polythene mulch mats, then mulched out everything in between with newspaper covered with ex-stable straw, getting a good crop, rapidly both getting a large area under cultivation and tidying it up.

 

Aah straws, good for cocktails.

 

You had us all entrigued Miraflores

 

This?

 

Not even the Paparazzi it seems!!

 

when enclosing a delicate cutting in rooting compost inside a plastic bag/mini greenhouse - fastened with an elastic band insert a straw up the side and blow gently to inflate;
and then - remove straw
simples