HARDY BALSAMS
MAKE FINE POT PLANTS The balsams are scarcely grown to the extent that they were 10 or 15 I years ago, but they are delightful j plants that well repay good treat- ; ment. A succession of blossom may ! be obtained by sowing seed at inter- ' vals from August to late in November. | The seed is sown thinly in wellj drained pans, filled with sifted sandy ! soil, covered with a piece of glass, i When the seedlings show the second lot of leaves, those intended for grow- ! ing in pots should be pricked oft I singly in small flower pots, and grown I on in a light position near the glass i to induce sturdy growth. Balsams must not be allowed to j become pot-bound until the plans j have been transferred to their flowering pots. Eight-inch pots are usually sufficiently large for this purpose, and at each repotting the compost should be made richer. The plants must not be coddled, and as growth is very tender and brittle, care must be taken nor, to injure them when they are repotted. When the flowering pots are nicely filled with roots, weak liquid manure may be given with advantage twice a week.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 756, 31 August 1929, Page 36
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