Translated automatically from Indonesian.
A 2017 field report from Bulujaran Lor Village, Tegalsiwalan District, records Mulyadi's experiment using black-silver plastic mulch.
Location: Bulujaran Lor Village, Tegalsiwalan District. This is a story from a neighboring village in the same district, not from Tegalsiwalan Village. TIMES Indonesia reported it on March 22, 2017.
Trying a different planting method
Mulyadi planted shallots with black-silver plastic mulch, a material that according to previous reports was commonly used on large chili peppers. He tried applying it to shallots after discussing with the local field agricultural extension officer.
Mulyadi reported that the work of weeding, watering, and fertilizing felt lighter in his experiment. The savings figure he mentioned is a single-case experience, not a test result that can be directly applied to all fields. Read TIMES Indonesia's field report for the full context.
The cover photo is of a shallot farmer in Probolinggo City, not a portrait of Mulyadi or the Bulujaran Lor fields. Photo: Instalaundry / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
