SWEET PEAS.
Mr. John A. Grigor, a great sweet pea prize-winner, is not a supporter of the deep-trenching theory. His soil is light sandy loam, with pure sand as a subsoil. He takes out a trench 18in deep and wide. He puts a layer of farmyard manure in the bottom and treads and packs it very firm. He then takes turf that has been stacked for a time, chops
it up roughly, and to every five barrowfuls adds one of farmyard manure and a 7in potful of basic slag and thoroughly mixes the whole together. He fills the trench to within 3in of the top. treading very firmly. For the top layer he chops the turf finer, and to every five barrowloads he adds one of well-rotted manure ami a 7in potful of soot. He firms it with the back of a digging fork in the trench, and that completes the trenches. (These are some practical hints by a remarkable grower..—“ The Gardener.”)
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 31 January 1912, Page 40
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163SWEET PEAS. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 5, 31 January 1912, Page 40
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