CONTROL OF INKWEEK

Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 17 January 1918, Page 3

CONTROL OF INKWEEK

" Settler "—When is the best time to cut inkweek; and is it any good just slashing it above the ground ? The Fields Division—The Field i Inspector in charge of your district advises that the best method of eradicating inkweed is by cutting during the months of January and February, afterwards stockingtbe land heavily with cattle. The weed does not stand heavy stocking, and by treating as stated the plants will disappear in a season or two.

WIREWORMS IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN W., Pohue'nui—-Kindly advise as to the best method of getting rid of wireworras in a vegetable garden. The Horticulture Division :— The best way to rid the soil of wirewornj& is frequent and thorough cultivation, so as to enable birds—'which are particularly fond of them —to pick them up. Salt applied at the rate of scwt or 6cwt per aore when the land is in fallow will kill wireworms, but it could not be app'iedin effective quanttiy while the crops are growing. Wireworms are the larva? of click-beetles, which abound in grass ; therefore keep the ground free of such growths. Peas may be protected by strewing soot freely en them before covering them with soil, and lesser quantities of soot strewn on other seeds should have protective power, Never dig in cabbage-stumps or similar vegetable debris, as they form very congenial hai-bour fqr vyireWQFms T