FERTILISER DON’TS

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIII, Issue 210, 18 August 1933, Page 13

FERTILISER DON’TS

1. Don’t adopt the fertiliser "habit” because your next-door neighbours have acquired it. Many gardens would give better returns without it at times. 2. Don’t attempt to. use fertilisers until you have learned something respecting their correct application. Many gardens have been ruined by over indulgent amateurs. 3. Don’t adopt them unless you have good reason to believe that your soil is poor or impoverished. 4. Don’t be wrongly advised respecting the choice best suited to your plants and soil. 5. Don’t imagine for one moment that fertilisers will take the place of proper digging or soil preparation, because thev won’t. 6. Don’t apply them to weak and sickly plants or to young seedlings. 7. Don’t use them in excess of the quantities advised on the packages. 8. Don’t apply them to newly-potted plants, or to seedlings or cuttings in their earlier stages of growth. 9. Don’t administer them to your soil in dry weather, unless you give it a thorough saturation both before and after application. 10. Don’t sprinkle the fertilisers over the stems or foliage of your plants. Scatter around the feeding area and lightly rake in. 11. Don’t store them in damp or badly ventilated places. A dry airy place is essential. 12. Don’t buy them in small quantities; they become expensive. Club together with your neighbours, order bag lots and share them.