ANSWERS TO PUZZLED GARDENERS
Tauma: The cucumber referred to is a proper climbing variety and should be trained over wires or trellis. Perhaps you have not done this. Plant in the warmest place possible and cross-fertilise the flowers by hand and then results will be certain. .Before planting sweet corn trench the ground deeply and dig in rotted manure. Your ground is evidently not rich enough in humus to produce many cobs a plant. T thank you for your encouraging remarks about The Sun Garden Notes.
ECONOMICAL SEED SOWING To sow seeds economically and reduce thinning to a minimum, take an ordinary 1 oz tobacco tin and bore two holes in each end. The seeds are then placed inside the tin. The lid is put on, and the seeds ax-e shaken out along the drills.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 1 September 1928, Page 30
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135ANSWERS TO PUZZLED GARDENERS Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 418, 1 September 1928, Page 30
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