PLANTS IN FRAMES.

Bruce Herald, Volume XXXXI, Issue 50, 27 June 1905, Page 2

PLANTS IN FRAMES.

Where there is no other method of housing tender plants through the winter except in a frame, continued damp weather gives much more trouble than frost does, because frost lor the time dries, or ratifies, air, rendering it light and buoyant. To keep tender plants in health under auoh conditions therefore ' gives infinite trouble.' The best course to take when rain falls is to tilt the lights both back and front, as in that way a current ia created that is useful. Then; when the weather is dry, yet opener mild, throw oS the lights entirely for several hours during the day, and gather all decaying leaves, flowers, or other matter, to check the spread of mildew. Only where the soil in the pots has become very dry is it desirable to water. Generally the lees water given in damp weather the better. If the floor of the frame be hard and elevated, there will be less of damp than where it is on the ground.