Broadcasting Of Fertilisers Is A Wasteful Practise
The practise of broadcasting fertilisers is wasteful as much of the food does ..not come within root range of the crop, states a leaflet issued by the Chemists’ Branch of the New South Wales Department of Agriculture. The leaflet advises the setting of fertiliser by seed drills at a depth of lim-to 3in below the actual seed to be sown, using an ounce or two per yard. With large growing plants that are spaced, such as tomatoes, cabbages and potatoes, a hole a foot in diameter and several inches deep can be made and a small handful of fertiliser scattered in the hole before filling in and planting above the fertiliser. Fertilisers for potatoes should be slightly below and in a ring about the tuber rather than directly beneath it.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 45, 24 January 1949, Page 3
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137Broadcasting Of Fertilisers Is A Wasteful Practise Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 45, 24 January 1949, Page 3
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