GARDEN CALENDER-SEPTEMBER

Dunstan Times, Issue 593, 29 August 1873, Page 2

GARDEN CALENDER-SEPTEMBER

Kitcn’en Garden. —Any of the main crops of vegetables yet remaining unsown should be no longer delayed, if the ground be dry enough for working ; but it is advisable to defer digging or cropping the ground whilst it is wet. Carrot seeds and a small sowing of turnips may bo put in, in a dry sheltered spot. Sow peas and broad-beans, with spinach between the rows. Sow lettuce, radish, mustard and cress ; also asparagus, sea-kale, cabbage of sorts, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and rhubarb. Plant potatoes, Jerusalem and globe artichokes, sbalots, and garlic, Transplant cabbage and cauliflower, lettuce, rhubarb roots, sago, marjoram, and horseradish. Remove all footmarks with the fork immediately any operation is finished. Fruit Garden. —Any transplanting yet remaining shoukl be pushed forward with all possible expedition. The best way to secure young fruit trees is to cut them well back, to induce a bushy habit of growth, so desirable in this country. Place a good mulching of manure over the roots of all new ly planted trees, and stir the ground with the dung-hawk between the rows of trees and strawberry plants, as the looser the surface is kept for either trees or vegetables, the better they will thrive. Finish grafting early in the month. Flower Garden. —lf the ground has been dug up early in the season to the action of the weather, it will now be in lino condition for the planting of flower roots and the sowing of seeds. All hardy annuals and other flower seeds may bo sown 'now, and care should be taken to arrange them according to their height ; the harmony of colors should also be attended to. Flower seeds require particular care in sowing to ensure success. Never sow While the ground is wet; and flower seeds sown on very poor or on newly broken up open land will not thrive. If flower seeds are to be sown in patches, remove a little of the soil, if unsuitable, and fill up with rich, light, compost; press moderately firm, sow, and cover lightly ’with very fine mould.

Any of the salts of ammonia, it is said, will stimulate the growth of plants ; the sulphate, nitrate, and carbonate are named as most successful with summer flowers. For hanging baskets and house plants such solutions have been strongly recommended. An ounce to two gallons of water, applied once a week, is specified as far within the limit of safety.