Working, Guide for the Week

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23761, 14 September 1940, Page 9 (Supplement)

Working, Guide for the Week

FLOWERS

Continue to plant gladioli in succession for later bloom.

Divide and replant herbaceous plants which are overgrown; the central portions usually become exhausted, so choose vigorous «hoots from outside fpr replanting. Make sowings of hardy annuals in the open ground, thin well out when the seedlings come up.

Prepare ground for planting out chrysanthemums in good time so that v it may consolidate before planting.

Tree seeds of most kinds can now be sown in the open ground.

Dahlia roots may be stood o.n a warm border and lightly covered with soil to start into growth.

The Greenhouse

The boxes of seedlings will need daily care or they soon become drawn and spindly. The pricked off seedlings should be transferred to the frames as soon as possible to

Harden off. Cover at night for a week or two. Make up baskets of achimenes and basket begonias for summer display. Cacti are starting into growth and should be repotted where this is needed; in any case

see that the drainage is in good order. Repot palms, ferns and aspidistras or top- ; dress with some good soil. v < Increased water supplies will be needed in the greenhouse, but see that the water is at the same temperature as the house.

By KEPOS

VEGETABLES

The Orchard

Plant out cabbage, cauliflower and lettuce in well worked ground. Sow carrot for maincrop when the soil is fairly dry; this crop should not be sown in wet soil. Sow peas for succession, French and butter beans for an early crop in warm positions. Sow celery and cape gooseberries in frames for later plantings. Plant out tomatoes in warm positions, shelter on ,cold nights. Sow seeds of pumpkins, and marrows on prepared mounds, covering with a sheet of glass.

Spray the potatoes with Bordeaux to prevent blight.

When the blossom has fallen from the peach and nectarine trees, spray with lime sulphur 1 in 120.

Spray the apples with Bordeaux at winter strength when the "green tips" show. Citrus trees should have their attention to pruning when the crop has been removed. Stir the soil beneath the bush fruits such as gooseberries and currants; this is the means of bringing harmful pupae to the surface to be picked up by birds. Remove the first blossoms which show on the ' strawberry plants.

Late planted fruit trees should be watched so that they do not suffer from want of moisture: it is a good plan to mulch the soil around them.