REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 51, 1 March 1941, Page 7 (Supplement)

REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK

THE FLOWER GARDEN Continue planting out spring flowering bulbs. This is the best season to sow most hardy annuals and perennials. Lift, divide and replant established Polyanthus for spring show. Insert cuttings of Roses and other hardy shrubs. Rockeries will need attention nawm Remove annuals that have finished flowering and clean up the? pockets. Renew toil if necessary. If the top layer of soil in rockeries is heavily mixed with sand cuttings of rock plants can be struck readily. Summer flowering plants can be induced to bloom for a further period if spent blossoms and seed pods are removed. A start can be made with sowings for new lawns. Larkspurs do well if sown now. Dig soil well in bed or border and thin out later. Well-rooted Carnations may be transferred to permanent positions. THE VEGHTABIM GARDEN Sow Lettuce, Radish and early Dwarf Peas for succession. Sow Shorthorn Carrots for spring use, Endive, Prickly Spinach, Cauliflower, Silver Beet, White Turnips (for autumn) and Yellow Turnips and Swedes (for winter). Pick Tomatoes as soon as they show colour. They will ripen readily inside. Remove flowering stems of Rhuburb; also Asparagus shoots bearing berries beforn they ripen. Celery and Leeks should be earthed up. Lift the runners of Kumaras. Weeds making rapid growth and should be hoed and destroyed. Burn Potam haulm and Tomato vines as toon as the crop has been harve^Ped. THE FRUIT GARDEN Fertilise citrus trees with blood and bone. Spray Lemons and Oranges with summer oil—3 per cent (one part in 33 parts water) —to control scale pests, and nicotine sulphate \ (1-800) for thrips, black aphis, red mite and mealy bug. Add 1 per cent summer oil for thrips and lib to 25 gallons soft soap for aphis. t *" Plant Strawberry runners. Place only the roots, not the crown, in the ground. Spray small fruits with Bordeaux, 3-4-50, to control leaf spot and cane wilt. Some of the branches of early Peaches can be removed. After the_ crop has been removed from diseased Apple tree* a food fungicide spray should be given.