IN THE GARDEN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 November 1941, Page 3

IN THE GARDEN

HINTS FOR THE AMATEUR Fruit, Flowers and Vegetables WORK FOR THE WEEK VEGETABLE GARDEN. Pinch out the tops of early dwarf peas in flower; the'pods will then fill out more quickly. Sow spinach .'between the rows of early peas. I Prepare the celery trenches; the spaces between can be used for crops of lettuce. Spray young cabbage and cauliflower plants for diamond-back moth. Examine all seed beds and if there are any failures sow again at once. Sow onions, mustard and cress, and lettuce for summer .salads. Sow runner, French, .butter and haricot beans for succession and for drying for winter use. Plant out tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, pumpkins and marrows but watch for'frosts until the snow on the Tararuas has disappeared. FRUIT GARDEN. Nitrogen is in most demand when the fruit is commencing to swell. Vines will require constant attention to reducing the number of laterals; do not do all the house at one time; spread the operation over a week or so.! Lay on a mulch of old manure round the loganberries and raspberries. Peach and nectarine trees shoulc? be sprayed with lime-sulphur, one in 120, ( when the fruit jhas well set. Spray the apples 'and pears with arsenate of lead when the petals have fallen. FLOWER GARDEN. Rhododendrons and azaleas will appreciate la mulch of old manure and leaf mould; lawn cuttings will do in the absence cf anything better. Seeds of most of thej hardy perennials can now be sown in a cool position. Remove springi-flowering annuals from the beds and replace with summer-flowering subjects. | Plant jout asters, zinnias, marigolds, petunias, phlox Drummondii, salvias] and other plants for 'summer display. Attend to the disbudding of roses if fine blooms arel desired. Spray for greenfly with nicotine sulphate. Plant out chrysanthemums and dahlias from cuttings.