Plastic mulch film has become a key technology in vegetable and berry production. Mulch film serves many purposes; any material placed on the soil surface as a cover is called mulch. It has been proven to pay for itself in most high-value crops. Growers can select different plastic mulch films to achieve various goals depending on specific needs. Anything placed on the soil surface as a cover is considered mulch.
What is Mulch Film?
This film is another type of agricultural film. To explain this film, we need to discuss soil properties. The part that covers the soil surface has a very light and soft structure called mulch or soil cover. This layer is usually made of straw, leaf mold, sawdust, soil plants, and plastic sheets. Mulch acts as a barrier against natural and human factors and protects plant roots from damage caused by acid rain, normal rain, crusting, snow, hail, frost, storms, evaporation, and erosion. Below you will learn about the characteristics, applications, and types of mulch.
Purchasing Mulch Film
To purchase mulch film, you can read all the features and specifications of plastic mulch film on this page. Then, based on the available features, you can call the numbers on this page to customize your mulch film. You can then receive your customized mulch film in delivery packages. Noavaran Kayhan Plastic Company provides pre-sale and after-sales consulting and support services to its customers. The price of mulch film constantly changes due to fluctuations in raw material prices. Please contact us for accurate and up-to-date prices.
Another point about buying agricultural mulch film is that this plastic mulch film is one of those films that is very useful for farmers and has been well-received so far. Also, one of the achievements of Noavaran Kayhan Plastic Parsam Company is the export of 5-layer mulch film production to neighboring countries such as Russia, Tajikistan, Lebanon, Iraq, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, etc.
Features of Kayhan Plastic Mulch Film
Kayhan Plastic mulch films have unique features in terms of color, dimensions, additives, etc. Some of these mulch film features at a glance:
- High elasticity
- Possibility of production in different colors, widths, and lengths
- Widths: 30 cm to 4 meters
- Thickness: 20 to 70 microns
- Colors: Color can be changed according to mulch application and customer order. {Transparent, black and white}
- Supply type: Packaged rolls
- Additives: Possibility of adding various additives such as Anti-UV, IR, Anti Virus, etc.
- Pre-sale and after-sales support and consultation for the customer’s desired mulch film
Advantages of Mulch Film
By using this film, you can achieve maximum productivity of your products. Because mulch film helps better plant growth by eliminating weeds. You may not think that using this film can protect the ozone layer. But how? Mulch film, by placing on greenhouse products, causes the gas to be trapped and not escape. By placing agricultural products under the film, their moisture is also preserved and they consume less water. The advantages of this film are beyond these points, but in this article, we will only explain these points for now. You can refer to the article “What is mulch?” to gain much more complete information about this.
Types of Plastic Mulch Film
Using different colors of plastic mulch film, a grower can positively impact crop results. Some colors are significantly beneficial for a crop, some have limited benefits, some colors have almost no advantage and even increase producer costs.
Black Mulch Film
- Black mulch is the most common color of mulch plastic used in the world today. It is less expensive to manufacture than other colors and can have many benefits for the grower.
Clear Mulch Film
- Clear mulch film is usually used as a sunshade aid. Light passes directly through the mulch plastic and the soil under the mulch film is completely warm, thus killing weed spores and live bacteria in the bed.
White Mulch Film
- White mulch film reflects light and provides a significantly cooler bed than other colors.
White/Black Film
- This extruded plastic mulch film offers the combined benefits of black mulch film and white mulch film in one product.
With the growing population, the importance of agriculture has increased more and more, to the extent that any solution that improves agricultural production more and with better quality, is given more importance. Perhaps in the early days, the use of soil cover was common, but it also had its problems, so gradually plastic mulch film both replaced natural mulch and had many benefits. Buying mulch film is very important for farmers, due to the reasonable price of mulch film compared to the functionality and quality of the product as well as its benefits. Each of the mulches has its own application and functionality, and various types of plastic and natural mulch are still used and applied.
Application of Plastic Mulch
Given the water crisis and rapid population growth in the world, and given the problems such as serious water shortages in arid and semi-arid regions like our country’s climate, optimal use of water is of great importance. The results of various studies over the years have shown that the presence of mulch on the soil surface creates shade and prevents sunlight penetration, which itself prevents and reduces weed growth. In this way, preventing water evaporation from the soil surface reduces temperature and soil moisture will increase. Other applications of mulch film include:
- Preserving soil moisture
- Preventing weed growth
- Controlling bed temperature
- Preventing frost damage in winter
- Protection against fertilizer leaching
- Increasing disinfection effect
- Improving product quality
- Preventing soil compaction
Types of Agricultural Mulch
- Mulches have different types that should be selected based on the needs of each product or each region.
- Mulches are categorized into two types: organic and inorganic.
- Organic or biological mulch includes natural materials such as dry grass, straw, bark, chopped wood, leaves, sawdust, and compost.
- Inorganic or chemical mulches refer to covers made of plastic or polyethylene that are spread on the soil. This product is used to prevent weed growth as well as water evaporation from the soil. Plants grow through pores created on the surface of the film.
Price of Agricultural Mulch Film
This film has a different price every day due to currency fluctuations. But in general, factors that affect the price of agricultural mulch film include: the customer’s order quantity (the larger this amount, the more cost-effective the final price will be), the number of layers desired by the customer, additives added to the film, and such things. To get the daily price, contact Kayhan Plastic experts.
Ordering Plastic Mulch Film
All Kayhan Plastic mulch films are produced with first-grade raw materials and Kayhan Plastic never uses recycled and second-grade materials to produce its products. Finally, you have become familiar with all the features, applications, and specifications of plastic mulch film. Now whether you want to get a quote for mulch film or take action to buy mulch film, you can call the numbers you see on this page. So that our colleagues can guide you in any questions and actions you want to take. Kayhan Plastic accompanies you from the order stage to product delivery.