Superphosphate in the Garden.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 127, 29 May 1907, Page 9

Superphosphate in the Garden.

There are numbers of energetic garlencrs throughout the colony, who are ma ware ol" the successful results following the use of a light surface dressing of .lipcrphosphalc ia preventing tho ravages if slugs and sm.ils. It used to bo said hat fresh lime, finely powdered, sprinkled round the plants to be procctcd, was the best remedy, and until ■am or heavy dews destroys its eujeacy t no doubt answers the purpose well; iut practical gardeners know lhat it is luring a rainy time thai mo-t damage is lone, and it is on these occasions when it s most troublesome to go over the garlen and distribute the lime. Superphosphate is a direct poison to all the slug md snail tribe: it is far more lasting in its effect than lime, for it takes quite t' considerable' amount of rii-in tn completely dissolve it. and thirdly it is one uf the best fertilisers for ge.ierni use. In confirmation of the usefulness of superphosphate in the garden, a contemporary remarks that " tbe general us- of artilieial manures in New Zealand accounts largely for the damage by slugs and snails being smaller here than in England."