GENERAL WORK.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20472, 25 January 1930, Page 5 (Supplement)

GENERAL WORK.

SEASON OF GREAT GROWTH.

The frequent rains at short intorvals. experienced during the spring and up to tho present week, and latterly the most humid weather, have promoted exceptional conditions for vigorous growth in trees, shrubs, and all other plants, weeds and grass included. Hence tno difficulty in keeping many of tho plants within their propor limits. Tho growth of grass has been so exceptional that lawns require to be mown twice weekly. As for wet ids, it has boon almost impossible to kenp the various beds and borders free. Seedlings germinate and appear a few days after the hoeing, thus necessitating v'urther frequent treatment The surface soil, too, becomes beaten down a£ter every fairly heavy rain and requins to bo frequently stirred to loosen the surface crust. Many of the bedding p ants have outcrown their allotted spaces and require to be cut back. Hedges also need more attention in cutting than is usual. _ Spraying, so necessary to control fungoids, the spores of which spread so rapidly during moist muggy weather, has been a difficult operation, and more ineffective than usual, owing to frequent raina..