THE GARDEN.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 255, 14 April 1888, Page 4

THE GARDEN.

Trenching. Foit growing good crops of vegetables, especially during our longhotsummers, a deep rich soil iscsseutial.and to bhisond trenching is debirablc ; but trenching in the usual way (that is-, tinning the top spit down, bringing up to the surface what may be poor, still, cold clay) will not always secure what is required, for t-lio simple reason that subsoil is not as a rulo good soil. In my earlier experiences in Now Zealand I and others who iollowed the system that is in vogue in Britain found to our cost that we had turned down to the bottom a good, kindly soil, and had brought to the surface a .soapy clay bhat would take a tew years of culfci- ] vation and plenty ol manure to bring it into it good state. To a\oid this the colonial system, called bastard trenching 1 , must be adopted at hrst . Thiss consists in simply opening a ttonch about two loot s-i\ inches broad ; all the surface soil fiom this should be wheeled away to wheie the trenching 1 will finish to be in leadinest, to fill the last fieix'h. The trench opened out -hould then bo'rtuic over in tlie bottom with iour-piongcd forks, going as deep as possible, a.- the gieator the - lof >t>li attained the bettei tor the futuu- oiopping of fclie giound. Aftei 1 the bottom of the trench is propei ly dug, anot her stiip thesame width should bo dug, taking all the sin face .soil and placing it in the iii->t tiench, thus leaving nnothn tiench ready to lia\e the bottom dug up with tliv toiL The abo\c should be ptocced< d w ith till the whole is hmshi d. tilling tip with the soil taken outoi the hist fiemh While the ticiu'hing is <sow<i on l.n g( quantities of manme should Ijc placed immediately undei the mhUit, |u-4. ■-u(!icit'nllv du-p not to inieifoie with the cropping of the gi'Mind Soil tii-nolicd m this m.innei, and well manumt aitei eveiy flop, will la-^t foi lour or fi\o yens, when it can be s'ifi'l) douched thico spits dcc[i, ihcn biinginu up the middle spit to the sin lace, bie.ikmn up (he bottom .igain, and phu in I.'1 .' the top spit in the middle. ll pi opei (irnching of \c"-et.iblc uric (•allied out, \\< Mould bt .il>lc to o'>t tin ciop-, of \egelablcs toi a much lungci pL'i iod durinu the Mimmoi montlis, ,i> (lie ioo'o would get deep and find moist in c loi a gie.Uti length or time \)iy imic iiom now till the h< «i% V Mil weathei m tlie uintei will suit lor neiichuig all '-oih. When soils ;ue t hoi oi.g!il\ mliimUi 1 , tienching ouglit lobe .iMuded, (specialty on he.i\_\ wet -oils \\lii|(\(i be tin; depth oi tillage adopted, it is 0-,-eiiti.d lh.it the -Kifaec should be ol a fine fi üble nil in c, so that all cio[)-, whe'hei fioni seed oi plants, uia^ be .ible to get established (pin kl\ chid m.iki toots sending then i oots dow a i.tpidU It the soil 's well m. mined the ranis will con\c> Moiuishnicnt dow n to the i oots

Transplanting Large Evergreens. On neai iy c\ei) place theie aie i tew Lit _m;o\ <'!;_;[< ensot tluu ci mgshi übs winch le(jiiiic !c be leplanted e\ei) .season In planting a new place t.he plants ai r peibaps put in 100 thickly, 01 some ol thoni Irue been [int. m unsuitable places; withsueh ttie owmr often asks the question, what is tho in -t time lo ni(j\c them to anolhei situation ' As a iulc, the best tune to mo\e them is duimy the cailiei part or Ma\. Thi*. .season wo have had so much lain and conipaiatne cold weathu (duunn Maich) that it \t ill < nable l.n<ic ewrgieeu plants lo ho transplanted any tune this numth at. the convenience of the ouueis. Whole such plants aic to be iro\cd, the hole should be dim; ni the now place lust, taking cai c to make i( cchi^kll i .ihl> larjei and deepei than I lie ball ol eaith to bo lilted with the i ooU of the plant Lo be mo\ed. Then take out a trench all lound thcplani, keeping -omc considciablc distance iiom tlu bole ot the plant and cutting cdl loots , is jou proceed \\ henevei sulheienL depth h,iv been attained, bcuin to ioduce the balloteaith with a loui-pionued ioilv, iii|Uiin<i as few ioo(s as possible. When the ball is ledueed to a nio\ cable si/c, eonimeiu., to undeimme it, euttmu all loots which ;j,o deep into tho Afteiwatds place it on a haudbanow 01 | oihei suitable means toi n l o\inu it, cut and turn all loots thai tia\o Ik on in]iued, land ha\e it convex ed to the holt 1 ahead_\ piepaied ioi it. It the sun's v<\\, s ate at all stionii, (ho loots should be co\eied \\ith old pirns ol ba»nm<4 dining the time it is m tiansit, as a \eiy -hui L e\posiue of the line libions loots to the sun's lays will do them a |i, real deal ot injiu^. Tho plant, should be planted at once, takitiG, eaLo not. to place it an)' deepei in the soil than it occupied beioie. When putting the sod into the hole about the loots, see that the I lattei aie spiead out eaiciullv Mith the ! hand and that .some ot the soil i> put into all the oreuees and piessed >li^Jitl\ l>nt, hi ml). Whenexer t'ne tiee is planted it i should be staked 01 sta_\,ed so a-, to keep it lii ml v in its position. Immediately after I planting, the tu-e's 01 ,slu üb's u>ots should be thorough dienched with watei and a slight miiiching ot httei be put. lound the 1 plant. The iomjll of tran i -pl<mtin<i at this peiiofl ot the season will be to cheek any Uiowth and t^end any lujuid sap down towaids the loots, at once causing them 110 heal, also causing , t u\ niinilioi ot s\nall lil)io\is ioo(- to push out lon<4 betove the cold mcl weather ot om wmtoi .set.s in. These now roots will be in a tine state to [ pioeute food tor the plant when the liist ; lino Meathei ot spiing sets- in. Two) ears aifo I tiansplantod about hah-a-do/en lai^e i camellias, in the beemmmj; of April, tieat | iiijj, them (ti.st as dcserdied altove. E\eiyone ol them suei-eeded .splendidly, not. eu n 1 losing, ile.ii, bul(he) did not jri-ow fcoquiekly Lhe following reason ; last season, however, they made more <,nou th than those that had not been ttansplantod. In dealinu with i.n<jo dceiduons tree.s it is bottiM only to loot })iune them now. This is performed by dino-mj; a trench all lound them, cutting all the loots into just the si/c ot tho ball of earth to be moved, at tne same time not interfei ing with any of t.he loots »oing straight down into the mound. Alter the fciench is cut it should he simply filled up again, placing the j>ood soil next the cut roots. After tilling up the trench gue plenty of w at ei. The tiee hould then be allowed to stand till about. <he beginning oi June, when it should be planted in il,» new situation. The ellect, ot th loot bem<4 ])runed baok now v>\\\ soon cause tho foliage an' wood to lipen ; the sa[> will leave the foliage and tia\el down to the cut; roots, causing them to burst oub with hundreds ol new loots, which, by the beginning of June should be from ono to two inches long. (Jreat caie should be tnkon when tinally moving the trees not to injure 01 bieak any ot them. After planting btciko and stay, alto see that the boil is ' l>ropeily settled about tho roots by supplying plenty of water. Very largo trees can bo | pucee&stully moved if proper precautions are taken.

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