SOOT FOR STRAWBERRIES.
There can be no question as to the substantial xatue <»f -o«»t for practically any crop that is grown in our garden-*, and it should certainly In* u-ed in tin strawberry plantation- with con-itlrruble freedom. Iwcau-e it i- bound to do good. Provided that it i* kept from the leaves, it may Im* used moderately fresh: but it i* always pieferable to have that which has Uen heaped for a few months. Before the application i* made, the surface of the Im*<l should Im* loosened with the Dutch hoe or pricked over lightly with a fork, and as tlii- work proceeds, eaery weed that ran Im* -een mu-t Im* de-troyed. The rains will wa-h the valuable pro|M*rtie- of th* *oot into th* groun 1 ami the plant- will derive ’em*tit from them, while Itefore that has occurred the -o«»t will have accounted for a few slug-.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 24, 14 June 1911, Page 39
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149SOOT FOR STRAWBERRIES. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 24, 14 June 1911, Page 39
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