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The use of Jadoo fibre cannot be recommended for ordinary 

 agricultural crops but only for valuable fruit and flowering 

 plants. A little Jadoo fibre pressed down at the base of a 

 plant above and below the roots at transplanting will prevent 

 its flagging. Seed, especially exotic seed, sown in soil made 

 up of Jadoo fibre and earth, germinates beautifully. Some tea 

 seed took n days germinating in Jadoo soil prepared in 

 this way, while another quantity sown side by side in 

 earth, took 37 days germinating. In the case of coffee 

 seed, germination took place in half the time in Jadoo 

 soil. For making grafts also, Jadoo fibre has been found very 

 valuable. Peat moss being a very imperishable substance, it 

 acts for a long time as medium of food-supply to the plant and 

 it keeps improving the soil, making it more spongy but at the 

 same time retentive of moisture. 



965. Jadoo fibre can be used again and again for germi- 

 nating seeds, &c. Renovation of used Jadoo fibre is done by 

 exposure to air for a few days and moistening it afterwards 

 with Jadoo liquid at a strength of i : 20 of water. The points 

 specially to be noted in using Jadoo fibre are : 



(i) Thoroughly disintegrate the fibre before use, leaving 

 no lumps. (2) Use it in a moist state. (3) In potting plants 

 in Jadoo fibre, or Jadoo and soil, pot very firmly, more so than 

 in ordinary soil. (4) Do not over-water plants growing in 

 Jadoo fibre. Seed sown in Jadoo fibre usually need no water- 

 ing after the first day when the fibre is moistened before use. 

 (5) After sowing vegetable se.ed put about an inch of Jadoo 

 fibre in the furrow in which you sow the seed. This will 

 hasten germination, make Uhe plants healthier and stronger, 

 and bring the crop to maturity at least a fortnight sooner. 

 Seed-potatoes should be sown in furrows with about 2 

 inches of Jadoo. fibre. 



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