CODLIN MOTH PLANT

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1590, 22 June 1887, Page 3

CODLIN MOTH PLANT

The oodlln moth plant (says a Walkato correspondent^ th<) flowers of which act, •B a trap to moths of all descriptions, destroying them b> thousands, han been successfully grown by a gentleman fn Wanganul. An the matter is of general i Interest, especially to oroar diets, the following particulars of its growth, received from the grower of the plant m response to an application for seeds, will be acceptable to your readers ; — After regretting that at preaent he has no Beedß ripe for distribution, the writer says he is expeotlng more seed from the Gape, where the plant Is Indigenous, and is himaelf trying to ; grow some from cuttings. The plant la easily raised. In his case, the ground was dag alongside of a stake fence, and the seed was sown slightly* Nothing ihould be planted along with it, a» shade poems to kill it, Judging from appearaaaea, a chain m length of this creeper will yield 100 pods of seed, and a pod of seed will sow about half aohain m length, so that once a few seeds ara obtained, the plants may be rapidly propagated m any tflatrjot, fa \,ho hedges of creepers thus grown by thljs gentleman last summer, thousands of moths o! different varieties were captured dally, so that, he eayu, presuming that It falls to, attraot the codlin moth, it ii more than probable that It will kill many others that are destructive to plants m pur gardens. Mr Kirle, Chief Commissioner of the Forests Department, Wellington, has, It is Bald, applied for seed for the purpose of growing It next year, so as to be able jjjo distribute the seed *■ throughout the colony.