Mylar Mulch

[Salsacharley]

I have a couple of beds in my tomato patch that barely get 6 hours of sunlight and the plants in those spots are visibly smaller than those in full sunlight. The plants are nice and healthy but they don't produce like their neighbors.

I decided to try putting Mylar down as a mulch on those beds to see if it would make a difference. The first bed has had Mylar on it for about a week and the difference is already visible in bigger leaves and more flowers on the plants.

I just laid the Mylar on a bigger bed that has 18 plants in it, so I am going to have one more thing to be anxious about watching what happens.

Has anyone else or does anyone else use Mylar as a mulch? Or is there such a precedent? I got the Mylar for enhancing the lighting for my seedlings next year but I realized I could try it now.

Charley