ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Evening Star, Issue 22572, 13 February 1937, Page 24

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

“ Copper Beech.”—(l) Spray with Bordeaux powder. One pound makes 10 gallons. Spray not less than twice a week and when dry weather prevails. (2) Give the tree a mulch of rotted manure or leaf mould. Prune tips as required after the leaves have fallen. “ Scarlet Runner.”—No doubt the winds which we have been getting throughout the summer are the cause of failure with the setting of your beans. I would suggets that you try the system advised in earlier notes. That is, grow your beans as you would dwarfs, by taking out the tips of the runners. The growth forms a shelter for the flowers. The setting is not interfered with in any way, and the crop is a great success. “ Seedling.”—(l) Ventilation must bo given night and day to all glasshouses containing .tomato plants. (2) The tree referred to should be ready to transplant in one year. Plenty of moisture is required through the growing period. “ A.M.,” Mornington.—(l) Keep your tulip bulbs growing. A dressing of artificial manure, if applied at once and worked in with the hoe, will hel]) the bulbs to build up bulblets. When the foliage dies down lift and store in the usual way. Do not leave them in the ground for any length of time after the foliage dies' off. (2) Lift your ranunculus and dry them off as soon as possible. “ Opoho.”— Your holly trees, lam afraid, are attacked with the Indian wax scale. Spray the affected parts with the following;—Mix one and a-halt pounds of common washing soda into four gallons of warm water. Spray the affected parts when it is lukewarm. If the bushes are badly affected make two or three sprayings. February is the best month to spray, as the young insects are being hatched out.