The Home Garden

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22819, 28 August 1937, Page 10 (Supplement)

The Home Garden

Working, Guide for the Week

FLOWERS Plant out sweet peas raised in pots, and boxes for later flower, and make a sowing in. the open ground. Plant out pansies, violas, stocks, larkspurs, nemesias and carnations. , _ Sow'hardy annuals in the open ground. Clarkia, cornflower, larkspurs, Shirley poppies and godetia all make good clumps in the borders. Plant .gladioli in successional batches to prolong the season of bloom. ... v • Evergreen trees and shrubs can be planted, but if dry weather should follow the plants should be syringed freely with - . water. .. ; ■ Gaillardias are better divided in spring and' Will make good during the summer. Climbing roses should be overhauled before they make too much growth. The Greenhouse [The main batch of tuberous begonias should be started into growth. [The earlier-started tubers should be potted off into small pots, when a few leaves have been made. Sow half hardy annuals under glass—such as asters, phlox, coreopsis, marigolds, lobelia, etc. Insert cuttings of the winter-flowering begonias; basal cuttings are' the best for the Lorraine types. Ferns and small seedlings will require a little shade from 1 bright sunlight from now on. Cockscombs and celosias sown now in heat will make fine pot plants for summer decoration.

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VEGETABLES Plant out the main-crop potatoes, and earth-up the early crops above ground. Do not neglect to apply the Bordeaux spray, 4-4-40, to prevent the potato blight. Plant out the autumn-sown onions and make sowings of onion " ' seed in the colder localities. Plant out shallots, cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce as soon as plants are available. Sow asparagus in drills at 18 inches apart; plant asparagus roots in new beds. The main crop of carrots can be sown during the next three weeks. Keep the hoe going among the growing crops; the soil has become caked with excessive wet. The Orchard Before the black currants become leafy make a search for any 1' signs of the " big bud " mite. Hoe the strawberry bed and give a dusting of lime. Remove all old and withered leaves and burn them. ;; If good crops of fruit are desired, the soil round fruit bushes should be rich. Most newly-planted fruit trees will require pruning back two- ,, thirds. When the sap commences to rise in fruit trees, the grafting operations can be taken in hand. ~ Tomatoes flowering under glass should be lightly tapped each fine day to help the pollination. Syringe the vines twice daily on sunny days and close up early to retain the heat.