Table 2.

Soil moisture tension (bars) by season under different soil coverlnαs with or without mulch.

Soil Covering	Winter^z	Spring	Summer	Fall
Bare soil	0.26^y	0.24	1.02	0.40
with mulch	0.25	0.23	0.21	0.26
Herbicide	0.21	0.23	0.76	0.41
with mulch	0.25	0.25	0.21	0.23
Plastic	0.27	0.22	0.14	0.23
with mulch	0.25	0.25	0.15	0.22
DeWitt	0.26	0.23	0.26	0.24
with mulch	0.24	0.23	0.19	0.22
Exxon	0.45	0.27	0.76	0.47
with mulch	0.22	0.24	0.18	0.28
Duon	0.24	0.24	0.33	0.27
with mulch	0.27	0.25	0.18	0.24
Typar	0.22	0.25	0.77	0.33
with mulch	0.24	0.24	0.16	0.22
VisQueen	0.33	0.28	0.30	0.29
with mulch	0.23	0.23	0.19	0.22
LSD^x(0.05)	0.11	0.04	0.17	0.08

z Seasons: Winter = Dec., Jan., Feb.; Spring = March, April, May; Summer = June, July, Aug; Fall = Sep., Oct., Nov.
↵y Plant available water (PAW): 0.05 bar (field capacity) = 100% PAW; 0.20 bar = 86.5% PAW; 0.40 bar = 76% PAW; 0.60 bar = 68% PAW; 0.80 bar = 62% PAW; 1.00 bar = 51.4% PAW; 15 bars = 8.5% PAW (permanent wilting point)
↵x Least Significant Difference for comparing means within rows or columns with a season