WEEK'S WORK

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 237, 5 October 1940, Page 7 (Supplement)

WEEK'S WORK

THE FLOWER GARDEN The present it a good time to plant 'Michaelmas Daisies. Select small pieces from the outside of the group. Any ordinary soil will suit them. There is no better time for planting bamboos than the present. Some of the varieties make charming: subjects for a pot plant on 'the lawn, others can be planted in the shrubbery and will provide good flower sticks. Plant up fresh violet beds for next season's flowering. Lift the old plants and break them up; by this means strong, young shoots with roots attached can be secured for planting. Well manured and deeply worked soil is required. Summer flowering sweet peas will need attention to keep the stems trained and attached to theiiwsupports. Removal of some of the weak growths will be necessary. Growing for exhibition, only three or four stems are allowed to run up, the side shoots being removed. Pansies can be sown now, and if kept watered during the hot weather will give a good show in autumn. Perennial phlox can be divided and replanted. These charming herbaceous plants need annual lifting and dividing. Well manured soil and plenty of moisture in summer is required. —Rant out .almost all varieties of bedding plants, verbenas, phlox,-pansies,. Sweet Williams, etc. ' Dahlias can be planted. Put' in the central stake at planting time. Wellmanured soil is required. Chrysanthemums can be planted during the present month. Should there t be any sign of aphis, dip the plant in an insecticide before planting. Climbing roses will be sending out growths from the base. These should be trained in early and not allowed to grow out a»d get broken off or entangled with other things. Spray with black-leaf 40 if aphis appears. If you desire large blooms of carnations, they should be disbudded now. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN Make regular sowings of spinach to keep up the supply of this vegetable. It can be sown between rows of peas, as it matures quickly. Keep the soil stirred between the rows of onions so as to keep the weeds from getting a start. Give a dusting of wood ashes and soot or a little fowl manure between the rows. , A few leeks planted out now will make fine large stems for use in the late summer and early autumn. Sowings of peas should be made this month to ensure late supplies. These sowings will come in during the hot weather, therefore plenty of manure should be put down at the bottom of the trench to ensure moisture in the dry weather. Rhubarb will receive benefit now ftrom doses of liquid manure. It should be pointed out that it is a mistake to pull stakes from weak or recently planted roots. Superphosphate and nitrate of soda can be given if no other form of liquid manure is available. Now is the time to plant new asparagus beds. The simplest way is to sow seeds, but, of course, it is a few years before they are of any use. One or two-year-old roots can be purchased. Spread out the roots like a star when planting. Put the plants down so that the central crown is about two inches below the surface. Sow Hroccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, parsley, lettuce and radish for succession. A few early French or dwarf beans can be planted in a warm position. Tomatoes that have been hardened off can be planted in warm, sheltered positions. Sowings of herb seeds, such as marjoram, thyme, parsley and others, can be made now. Any of the perennial kinds, such as sage, can be planted. Plant j cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, onions, potatoes, according to requirements.