SWEET PEAS
And Sparrows Sparrows pay special attention to sweet pea seedlings at all times. But they are especially aggravating in a dry season when they seem to attack the tips of the seedlings in order to obtain moisture. Because of fills, many sweet pea growers find it a help to keep a bird bath or a bowl of water near the rows for the benefit of the birds. More often, however, the- birds are searching the seedlings for insects, and it is in pecking at these that they tear off the young growths. If, therefore, green-fly and other pests are kept off the seedlings by spraying, bird attacks will be lessened. Birds rarely peck seeds right out of the soil. Usually what happens is that they expose the seeds when “dustbathing” in the tine soil along the rows and then sample them. If you keep the soil stirred up ami moist, the birds will be unable to “dust-bathe” and so failure due to this cause will be greatly lessened.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 286, 30 August 1935, Page 24
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170SWEET PEAS Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 286, 30 August 1935, Page 24
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