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Manual Application of Methyl Bromide--Soil Fumigant

Methyl bromide is a soil fumigant applied under a gasproof cover for treatment of seedbeds prior to seeding. Use of the chemical controls disease, insects, nematodes, and weeds, and stimulates growth. It is economical, effective, relatively easy to use, and can be spread either by hand or machine. Wide areas can be covered in a single application of the fumigant by means of polyethylene covers. These range in size from 1,600 to 8,000 square feet, and may be conveniently reused from bed to bed or from one plot to another.


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Author(s): Charles C. Mony

Publication: Tree Planters' Notes - Issue 37 (1959)