MULCHING PLANTS
SERVES TREBLE PURPOSE. j The practice of mulching plants, that is, covering the surface of the soil with a layer an inch or so deep, of old manure, peat, garden refuse or leafmould, serves a treble purpose. It gives protection from late frosts, conserves moisture in the soil during dry periods and supplies food for the roots of plants. Newly planted fruit trees and bushes, rhododendrons and other ornamental shrubs and conifers, all derive benefit from having the soil above their roots covered with a mulch. Lilies, peonies and other herbaceous I plants, whose early growths are liable to be damaged by cold winds or late frosts, should be protected by a layer of leafmould. |
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 9 October 1940, Page 9
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