FOR GARDENERS.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 305, 18 September 1908, Page 5

FOR GARDENERS.

WORK FOR TO-MORROW. The welcome warm, rains have benefited gardens, and fast growth should occur. Slugs will become conspicuous and must be frequently, searched for, particularly near any x grass, or other growth that, affords _ concealment, and near, fences and other hiding places.' A very small slug can in a night destroy h 'valued plant, and spoil the sym : metry of a whole bed of flowers or vegetables. Gaps in cabbago or lettuce, plots that may have rcsult-cd from the loss of some plant-s should be lilled up promptly from the beds of seodlings if they are available, so that there' may be no idlo ground. There, may bo new plantings of useful sorts_ of vegetables and flowers, ,and it is worth risking some of the more tender kinds. The plant merchants have been offering tomato plants for the last two weeks, and an early attempt may now be made,' preferably from home-grown seedlings. . Superphosphate and other soluble manures applied before this week's rains have now boen washed down to tlio roots. But where the work-was neglectedj dressings may yet ■ bo made , with hope of gcod results, for many more rains may yet bo expected. ' Where early'tomatoes or french beans, or other tender plants are threatened by frost thoy may be saved by syringing them with water in tho early morning before the sun has thawed them. More plantings for suecession .of crops may bo Pia<lc of the vaneties advised for last week, and more courago ' may be shown, with french and dwart beans, tomatoes, etc., in warm situations. Keep the surface of the ground loose with the hoe to prevent loss of the splendid moisture that the soil now contains, but avoid hoeing deep to disturb roots. It is always bad to move a growing root.