The devices and implements used for fighting plant enemies are of two sorts:
(1) those used to afford mechanical protection to the plants;
(2) those used to apply insecticides and fungicides.
Of the incomparable the most useful is the covered conformation. It consists usually of a wooden box, some eighteen inches to two feet advocate again about eight high, covered with glass, protecting cloth, mosquito netting or mosquito wire. The perfect two coverings have, of course, the additional advantage of retaining heat and protecting from cold, making it possible by their free lunch to plant earlier than is otherwise safe. They are used extensively esteem receiving an extra early again safe fashion with cucumbers, melons and the other vine vegetables. Continue reading ‘FIGHTING PLANT ENEMIES. ’ »
