PLASTIC MULCH FUNCTION.

KARANGANYAR, 24/9 - PLASTIC MULCH. Edi (30), a farmer, makes holes in a sheet of plastic mulch at a melon plantation in Colomadu, Karanganyar, Central Java province, September 24, 2012. Plastic mulch can improve fruits and vegetables crops and it is also served as a cover for the bare soil, thus suppressing weeds and keeping the soil fertile. FOTO ANTARA/Herka Yanis Pangaribowo/ed/pd/ox/12.