GOOD NEWS FOR GARDENERS?
THE WEED PROBLEM-a New Approach, by F. C. King; Faber and Faber. English price, 8/6. : : Me: KING is in charge of gardens in Westmoreland. A member of the Soil Association, he is therefore an ardent advocate of compost. His new approach is the. suggestion that weeds are not competitive but co-operative in a sort of symbiotic relationship with the crop; and, moreover’ when composted supply humus that 1s useful not only quantitatively but qualitatively. Mr. King uses enough words, but not with sufficient precision to make clear whether his view is that weeds are to be desired or, except in otherwise bare ground, merely tolerated; and if tolerated, then for how long. A clue may perhaps be got at p, 135: "By all means let a policy of restraint be formulated where weeds are concerned, but not of total destruction whenever a weed is
seen." Against digging Mr. King advances many arguments, one of them that weed seeds aré brought to the sufface to gérminate. And don’t dig your compost under; leave it on the surface to maintain an "organic skin." This is
Natures way:
L. J.
W.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 655, 25 January 1952, Page 16
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192GOOD NEWS FOR GARDENERS? New Zealand Listener, Volume 26, Issue 655, 25 January 1952, Page 16
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