HINTS FOR THE AMATEUR

Wairarapa Times-Age, 22 October 1941, Page 8

HINTS FOR THE AMATEUR

Fruit, Flowers and Vegetables WORK FOR THE WEEK VEGETABLE GARDEN. Sow peas anti 1 beans for succession, and draw up'the earth on each side of the rows of those already up. Prepare celery'sites with plenty of well-decayed manure, but mix it well with the soil Plant out tomatoes for main crop and spray with arsenate of lead immediately after planting to combat the tomato borer. Keep the soil well hoed between the seedling crops, especially after rain has consolidated the top soil. , ■ Plant cabbage, cauliflower and onion plants and make another sowing of lettuce for summer salads. FLOWER GARDEN. Avoid 1 feeding sweet peas too much before the buds show or there will be an epidemic of bud dropping. Plant out dahlias and chrysanthemums in' the, prepared ground. Sow more hardy annuals and thin out those already up, each plant should be allowed a space of'nind inches to [dci its best; also nip out the tops of the plants to encourage a' bushy habit. Divide and replant polyanthus on, a reserve border as soon as they have finished flowering. If good sweet pea ,blooms are required, the side laterals should be removed) regularly, and the plants kept tied to their supports. FRUIT GARDEN. Spray peaches and nectarines .'with lime sulphur, one in 120, when the petals have fallen. The strawberry bed ,is due for another application of fertiliser to develop the flower trusses; this crop likes generous treatment. Spray apple and pear trees, when two-thirds of the blossom has fallen, with arsenate of lead, half-an-ounce to each gallon of water, for codlin moth. 1