TO ENSURE CLEAN CELERY
There is often a vast amount of waste attached to the celery crop in the ordinary garden. Sticks are frequently cankered or eaten by grubs, necessitating the removal of most of the outside leaves. This- can be avoided by the use of brown paper collars when moulding up the plants for blanching; in fact, the earliest row may" be blanched entirely by the collars without any soil being placed round them. As growth proceeds add one of the collars. When it has grown still more some fine soil may be drawn round the base and another collar added. Do not make the collars too tight. The vise of soot round the plants before the soil is drawn up will be a distinct advantage, and a weekly sprinkling of old soot will prevent the ‘celery fly from settling on the plants. Early morning is the best time for this operation, when the dew is on the plants.—“ G.A.P.,” in 1 Popular Gardening,’ London.
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Evening Star, Issue 21216, 24 September 1932, Page 20
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166TO ENSURE CLEAN CELERY Evening Star, Issue 21216, 24 September 1932, Page 20
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