NASTURTIUMS

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 255, 24 July 1936, Page 18

NASTURTIUMS

Reaction to Rich Soil It is frequently said that nasturtiums prefer poor soil, but my experience with the variety "Golden Gleam last season goes to prove the contrary, writes a correspondent in an overseas journal. I bought two dozen seeds which I grew in different ways. Some I put into flinch pots of poor, sandy soil, three seeds in each, while others I planted In a large garden vase of similar soil but with a deeper root run. The last six seeds were set between rose bushes in a bed of rich, deep soil. My soil is light and gravelly, but this particular bed has been enriched from time to time with heavy loam, horse manure, cow manure, leaf-mould, hop manure and various fertilisers. The plants spread over the bed rapidly and had to be cut back to prevent them encroaching on to the lawn. They climbed up 3-feet canes, twined among the rose bushes and bore a profusion of large golden blossoms on long stems. They were the worry and wonder of the garden. The seeds in the pots of poor soil and garden vase also grew and flowered, but the blooms were poor in comparison., Nasturtium Golden Gleam certainly does know a good thing when it gets its roots into it!