THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXVI, Issue 79, 14 March 1936, Page 15

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Where vegetables for winter use are required plants of cabbage and cauliflower should be put in immediately. To obtain the best results with cabbage nip the leaves up the stem and pinch off the tap-root from the young seedlings before planting. Plant deeply th", full length of the stem. The ground for cabbages should be dug aS deeply as possible with plenty of manure added as they are gross feeders. These hints are very important and the amateur will be able to enjoy greater success if these instructions are carried out. Cauliflowers should be planted in as open and moist a part of the garden as possible. Where it is not possible to get both open conditions and inbisture the latter is preferable but care must be taken that the ground is well drained. One of the finest blood purifying vegetables is prickly spinach, and sowings should be made now for winter use. Seed should bo sown not too thickly and when plants are large enough thin out. When ready do not pull plants up by the roots but strip oil the leaves only. At this time of the year shorthorn carrots should bo largely sown. Pre pare the ground well and dig in a quantity of well-rotted manure. This should be well worked in and not left neai the surface, for if the strawy materia) is left near the surface the roots of the carrots are liable to bo forked. Sow thickly and do not thin out too severe ly at first. When the carrots are about pencil size then thin out to two inches apart and the young carrots taken out should not be thrown away but will be found excellent for use in soups. Celery plants can still be planted out into trenches during the early part of this month for winter crops. Towards the end of the month another planting may be made for spring supplies. By making sowings of Early White and Silver Skin onionvarieties and with the addition of plenty of manure and good cultivation there will be a chance of a crop of young winter onions. Sow plenty of turnips. If sown this month they grow quickly, the most reliable sorts being Non-seeding White, and Orange Jelly.