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louise · October 17, 2007

I have used newspaper, and it works very well. We put down 4-6 layers of newspaper down around all our sweet peppers last year, around 140 peppers plants. Then covered it with compost about 1/2-1 inch deep and watered in well, and kept moist with a timer. We did not put the newpaper or compost around the 60 hot pepper plants. We had virtually NO WEEDS where we put the newspaper and compost. We fought with weeds the whole season around the hot peppers. The newspaper will deterioate, and can be just rotatilled in for the next crop. It takes alot of paper, compost and alot of hard work, but it is worth it and I will do it again.

October 17, 2007	#4
louise Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: southern part Posts: 23	I have used newspaper, and it works very well. We put down 4-6 layers of newspaper down around all our sweet peppers last year, around 140 peppers plants. Then covered it with compost about 1/2-1 inch deep and watered in well, and kept moist with a timer. We did not put the newpaper or compost around the 60 hot pepper plants. We had virtually NO WEEDS where we put the newspaper and compost. We fought with weeds the whole season around the hot peppers. The newspaper will deterioate, and can be just rotatilled in for the next crop. It takes alot of paper, compost and alot of hard work, but it is worth it and I will do it again.