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[–] SuperCub 65 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (4 children)

It's the black plastic bag material that people used to cover their soil and poke holes through for their crops.

I never thought it was called plastic mulch though.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It serves the same purpose as actual mulch, which is blocking out weeds

[–] SuperCub 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes, but mulch has the meaning of ground up wood, so I think most people would think it was ground up plastics.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

If it was ground up plastic it would probably just get carried off by the wind.

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