Above-Manuka blight. Manuka in the past was dealt with by pulling or where the plants had escaped beyond this control by cutting, burning, and resowing. The spread of manuka blight has changed the outlook on control measures and over large areas resowing by aeroplane after burning of the dry sticks of scrub and rough grass appears the most feasible method of reconditioning the land. Below— Hard fern is difficult to suppress in high-rainfall areas. Hard winter grazing of pastures has helped the spread of hard fern and on many areas land has alternated between pasture, hard fern, and bracken fern.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 89, Issue 4, 15 October 1954, Page 325
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100Above-Manuka blight. Manuka in the past was dealt with by pulling or where the plants had escaped beyond this control by cutting, burning, and resowing. The spread of manuka blight has changed the outlook on control measures and over large areas resowing by aeroplane after burning of the dry sticks of scrub and rough grass appears the most feasible method of reconditioning the land. Below—Hard fern is difficult to suppress in high-rainfall areas. Hard winter grazing of pastures has helped the spread of hard fern and on many areas land has alternated between pasture, hard fern, and bracken fern. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume 89, Issue 4, 15 October 1954, Page 325
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