BACKWARD SWEET PEAS
The best pick-me-up for backward sweet peas, says a writer in a English exchange cis a sprinkling of sulpliate of ammonia along the rows a few inches away from the plants. Apply this in showery weather if possible. If not, it must be watered in. Do not give too big a dose. One ounce a yard run of rojv, applied at intervals of a week, until the plants show signs of vigorous growth, is all that is necessary. Use it simply as a stimulant. A careful watch must be kept for slugs until the plants are above their reach. Soot is a good preventive, and an excellent fertiliser. Sometimes it is not quite sufficient jf the slugs nre numerous. Finely sifted ashes should then be used. The slugs will rarely cross this gritty substance.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 1, 24 September 1937, Page 14
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