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REMOVE SEED PODS

TO KEEP PLANT IN BLOOM. j Almost as important as reducing the : number of surplus buds early in the i season is the need for prompt removal ( l faded or finished flowers. In the case |of roses, if the stalks are cut long , enough to reach fairly stout wood I when." there is a plump eye or growth] i bud. either alreaciyXstarted or just about to start, the cutting back will speed up the growth of the new shoot and more flower buds will shortly appear. If the old faded flowers are left till seed develops in the heps, those new shoots will be retarded and there will be less flowers in late summer and! autumn. i Antirrhinums require similary altcitw lion When the flowers of the first I [spikes have dropped, seedpods are left' [ on the stalks. If seed is allowed to de- 'i i velop, the plant loses inclination and I i vigour to go oil producing more bloom. 1 : It the old spike is cut away just be-i ! low the lowest seedpod the lateral | -shoots near the'base of'the plant wilP quicken their growth and there will I -oo'i be plenty of new spikes of bloom I I: is the natural function of a plant’ to produce and develop seed and as? soon as it can do that it is less persis-l tent in its efforts to continue the pro-1 duetion of flower--. Secondly, the tie-} vehement of a bountiful crop of seeds taxes the energies of the plant far mure than production of more bloom.; From these two facts it should be made; apparent that it is time well spent to, pick oil or <ut away finished flowers; ’•ml seedpods. This applies to almost ail kinds of] flai.tx and particularly to sweet peas] ant! other free tlowcrtng annuals I Many of these may be induced tn con- [ mine tlpwcrm;’ all through the summer and far into the autumn, sf this | , o-ung over i.r trmmiitig is done ati .’n.qmmt intervals Ry cutting dowtd iiii ii.: ami delphmmms immediately !lic:r first dn.pkiy ut bloom has lust its, harm, new growfh from the base maybe em'-'oraged to start ami a second? ■ r..p of flower spike-, be obtained in du .iiituirar I'nle-w in- really require.-| <-ia:. tile:a fore it ?■; a pitv m let the; nl • exha i themselves ov< r their! T-- plants to ;.-ush vigorously i !.to new growth, ipve a little stimu-l lam a fi".'.' d;after cutting back ’ That v. hen a umch of sulphate of i ammonia <-r nitrate of soda ;s bcneil-l .a! i.-.it a good compound fertiliser I .. .H do a . v.HI Wil- •■ : . f calm..rv |«-a ami have developed . pods if ■pays best in keep them pii-ked regu-. laris t;d:in;; care that no pods are; over>looin’d ami allowed to make; hare' ■ wne;i that happerts.- : ;<-.!nr set 1111;; <>f bl.oo.ms -All;-C.-O •- a: i that un f ‘.u m,-. brings

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Ngā taipitopito pukapuka

Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1941, Page 3

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Tapeke kupu
485

REMOVE SEED PODS Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1941, Page 3

REMOVE SEED PODS Wairarapa Times-Age, 19 February 1941, Page 3

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