GARDEN OPERATIONS FOR NOVEMBER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4865, 31 October 1894, Page 2

GARDEN OPERATIONS FOR NOVEMBER.

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Vegetable Garden—Sow Frencl and runner beans, caulillowcr, celcri cress, beet, broccoli, Brussels sprouts c cabbage, lettuce, inustard, parsley peas, radish, spinach and turnip n Now is a good time to sow in tin I, open, ridge cucumbers, vegetabh marrows, and pumpkins; but firs of all dig holes—say three feet dee) ,[ - lill up with stable manure anc c , cover the manure with six inches o j, good soil. Put three seeds to eacl • hole, and when well up leave tin !- strongest plant for bearing. One great .mistake in growing n vegetables is in not having goot e and fresh seeds. Always try ant '• secure' good seeds that theii I product may be good growth I Too often it is forgotten that beyond -j giving good germination, the seed plays an important part in the f sustenance of the infant plant. Until e roots and loaves' are created the t phtnt germs, or growth evolution is .1 dependant for support upon the sap stored in the seed lobes. It takes I time - perhaps two, three, or several i days—and until the tiny roots can abstract food from the soil, and _ loaves can assimilate it, the plant s is entirely dependant upon its seed j lobes, or reservoirs for its existence. 1 Keep the hoc going freely among all 1 crops, so that weeds may he kept - under. The Fruit Garden:—All fruit I trees ought to havo bandages tied round the trunk of each tree, as , insects will soon begin to play havoc ■ with the trees.. 'Syringing ought to , bo_ commenced about the middle'ot ■ this month. I shall recommend the use of vinegar for tlio codlin moth t fr ll ' before the use of any poisonous , matter or liquid, say six gallons of ! water to ■ every gallon of vinegar. , Also burn all the rubbish and dried weeds you can get,, causing plenty of smoke, which will drive insects from the garden, If these remedies are used for the next two- mouths, you will find a very small percentage of the fruitaffected, Light the fires towards evening, but be careful not.to have large fires, which may destroy the fruit trees. Mulch all young trees planted last winter, and keep the ground as clear as possible. I 1 lower garden:—Hardy annuals may be sown this month for autumn blooming. Half-hardy annuals sow from now to the end of next, month, for summer or autumn - blooming. They may be easily raised without artificial heat, and by selecting a warn sheltered situation; shading in the afternoon and a littlo protection by nighty till they aro strong enoiigh to. licar transplanting. Biennials and perennials, the most select and tender, varieties for 'summer and autiimn'blooiiiing, may bo sown-in st gentlo heat, and when well np,;picked out into pots until fully established, and tlion .potted singly or transplanted into the open ground as required, <The, hardier varieties may be sown' in the' open ground, : in prepared" beds, towards ' the .end of, this mouth and: when strong enough transplanted towhere they are intended to bloom tho following year.

kow in heat, calceolaria, Chinese Proteose, cyclamen, 1 etc,, .fop'late flowering. Plant gladioli, :carnationp, picotceS, hollyhocks, pansies, violiis and all other bedding plants. Water roses liberally with liquid manure, keep all weeds [ dbwn, and keep the soil loose in all beds,, but do. not rake th<i soil tooj line,; as it forms a crust and tho rain ] I'uns . off instead of going down- into the soil.' ' : ■

. In the green house and conseryatoiy give: plenty of air during a part of tic .day, .shutting in all tho heat a «wW o'clock-., '.freqiient swinging PV i growing | j plants, Shade; 'tho houses during ! Jh e .-hottest- part of; t]io j blinds or other material,, . • ' I