VEGETABLE GARDEN

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 11, 14 January 1932, Page 18

VEGETABLE GARDEN

HOW TO TREAT IT

MOVING "SPENT CROPS

NOTICE TO READERS.

This column Is intended principally for Hardeners with small plots, and the aim is' to make it as practical and useful as passible. Inquiries on any matter of gardening Interest will be welcomed. The rule for correspondence is that all communications must be accompanied by the name and address of the writer, not for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. This rule will be strictly adhered to. This i< your column—make use of It.

(By "Practical.") ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. "Kottlngliam' Street."—Burt>ank plums sometimes fail to set their fruit on account of snap or a frost will cause the fruit to fall. The foliage is. being attacked by some insect, but I do not think that Is the cause of the failure to bear. Probably ■ : When the tree is a little older it-will give . good crops.. "F.F.Q."—The cause of celery or other vegc-:'.-.tables bolting or going to seed prematurely is usually starvation. It happens most frequently in. very hot dry seasons when . the plants are checked through lack of As a plant can only assimilate tfs food in a liquid form, moisture in the soil is essential. Sometimes the same thing happens if the plants are raised out - of season.. Celery requires moist condltions more than most vegetables, but care must be taken that the trenches do not ■ become waterlogged. "Aeolus."—Your.first care should bo to.erect some sort of shelter fence if your section Is very exposed. This may bo of: a temporary character, if desired, but sufficient to protect your shelter trees until they become established. Almost any class of plants should thrive in your locality provided you give them shelter. There are few things which can be planted at the Present time. Nearer the planting season I will publish a list of things suitable for exposed positions. :