Grove Equipment Service, Inc.

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2025 BCS America Plastic Mulch Layer 4'

Lay 3-foot or 4-foot wide plastic mulch to lengthen your growing season and control weeds!

The Plastic Mulch Layer (PML) is another useful and simple attachment for professional growers. This model adjusts to handle 3-foot or 4-foot wide plastic mulch and is perfect for laying plastic mulch over 30'' raised garden beds, provided that the beds are consistent in shape and size, and are not over 3” tall.

Compatible with models 749 and up, the PML lays plastic mulch and simultaneously buries the edges of the plastic on both sides to keep it anchored to the soil.

Using 3-foot rolls: With a 3-foot wide plastic roll, users can flat-lay plastic on flat beds while burying the edges, leaving approximately 26"" of exposed plastic. 3-foot rolls are not meant to be used with raised beds.

Using 4-foot rolls: 4-foot wide plastic mulch is perfect for laying plastic mulch over 30'' raised garden beds, provided that the beds are consistent in shape and size, and are not over 3” tall. If used on 28” to 30” wide raised beds, the plastic will fully cover the top and sides of the bed and bury the plastic at the bottom. If 4-foot rolls are flat-layed, 36""- 40"" of plastic can be exposed.

Like any soil-working implement, this attachment performs differently in differing soil types, and needs to be adjusted accordingly. The ""openers"" (opens the furrows), “press wheels” (presses the plastic down into the furrows), and ""closers"" (close up the furrows to bury the plastic) are all easily adjustable horizontally and vertically. These 3 items must be adjusted in line with each other for proper performance. Additional vertical adjustments can be made at the tractor connection point, with several sets of flange connection mounting holes.

A prerequisite is that the soil needs to be well-worked, dry, and level. Even with perfect soil conditions, the PML typically requires some experimental adjustments to obtain optimal results. The adjustments must be equal on both sides of the unit. Measuring the shanks on the openers, closers, and press wheels to confirm the settings are all equal is recommended.

Features may include:

• Using 4-foot rolls: Lays plastic mulch over 28-30"" raised beds, or flat-lays mulch over a 36-40"" wide flat bed.

• Using 3-foot rolls: Flat-lays mulch over a 26"" wide flat bed.

• Extra set of disc ""openers"" included for use on raised beds.

• Raised beds can not exceed 3'' in height.

• Quick Hitch Tang included (requires Quick Hitch Bushing on tractor).

• Oval Quick Hitch pin hole allows the unit to ""float"".

• Side-to-side play at hitch point for steering ability if unit gets off course.

• Six height settings at Quick Hitch connection point.

• 2400' plastic mulch sold separately.

• Drip Tape Layer accessory and drip tape rolls sold separately.