CORRESPONDENCE

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 51, 1 March 1934, Page 20

CORRESPONDENCE

SPRAY FOR FLY ON CABBAGES. * "H.H.O."—The fly- may be cleared off cabbages and; kindred plants by spraying with any insecticide such as black leaf 40 or korosene emulsion. Tho only difficulty, is that tho vegetables should not be used for some weeks after an application as the former is poisonous and■; the. kerosene would- taste. A good soaking with warm soapy water —not hot—followed an hour or so aftor by clear water would probably havo as good an effect as anything. Cabbages, and all that family of plants, require rather rich soil with abundance of lime. A dressing of .sulphate of ' ammonia about 2 to 4oz per square yard would be a big help on tho ground you have dug the peas into. . BXILBS, RHUBARB, ETC. "Amateur Gardener." — Daffodil bulbs do not require to be skinned beforo replanting. If they aro properly dried tho surplus skins will come off naturally. If you had largo numbors to clean off an easy way is to put them on to a piece of scrim or canvas and with someone at either end to roll them from end to end—tho loose skins would then be rubbed off without damage to the bulbs. ..• 1 Rhubarb may, be lifted and divided when it is dormant in tho winter. .. . Gooseberries may be propagated by cuttings of the previous year's wood after' the leaves havo fallen in the'autumn or winter. . . . Fruit- trees—apples, pears, peaches etc.—are usually propagated by grafting on the proper stocks. TRANSPLANTING LABURNUM. /'Laburnum."—You cannot move the pink laburnum you refer to until the late autumn. The best thing to do in tne meantime is to cover the exposed roots with soil, tieing the tree to a stake if its stability has been in any way weakened. '