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2. Hydroseeding - Wikipedia

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   Hydroseeding (or hydraulic mulch seeding, hydro-mulching, hydraseeding) is a planting process that uses a slurry of seed and mulch. It is often used as an erosion control technique on construction sites, as an alternative to the traditional process of broadcasting or sowing dry seed.

3. Bonded Fibre Matrix - Wikipedia

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   Bonded Fibre Matrix (BFM) mulch is a type of hydroseeding erosion control product. [1] The matrix is a continuous layer of elongated fibre strands held together by a water-resistant bonding agent. [citation needed] It keeps raindrops from hitting the soil because it has no holes larger than one millimetre.

4. Mulch - Wikipedia

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   Aged compost mulch on a flower bed Crushed stone mulch Spring daffodils push through shredded wood mulch Materials used as mulches vary and depend on a number of factors. Use takes into consideration availability, cost, appearance, the effect it has on the soil—including chemical reactions and pH , durability, combustibility, rate of ...

5. Living mulch - Wikipedia

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   Living mulch planted to retard weed growth between corn rows. In agriculture, a living mulch is a cover crop interplanted or undersown with a main crop, and intended to serve the purposes of a mulch, such as weed suppression and regulation of soil temperature. Living mulches grow for a long time with the main crops, whereas cover crops are ...

6. Plastic mulch - Wikipedia

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   Plastic mulch is a product used in plasticulture in a similar fashion to mulch, to suppress weeds and conserve water in crop production and landscaping. Certain plastic mulches also act as a barrier to keep methyl bromide , both a powerful fumigant and ozone depleter, in the soil.

7. Glossary of agriculture - Wikipedia

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   (pl.) aboiteaux A sluice or conduit built beneath a coastal dike, with a hinged gate or a one-way valve that closes during high tide, preventing salt water from flowing into the sluice and flooding the land behind the dike, but remains open during low tide, allowing fresh water precipitation and irrigation runoff to drain from the land into the sea; or a method of land reclamation which relies ...