HOME GARDEN

New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25030, 21 October 1944, Page 4

HOME GARDEN

KEEPING HOE BUSY IMPORTANCE OF SPRAY| Ng BY liEPOS The celery trenches should be pared although it will he some before the plants are ready t 0 n »+ e?<l the banks of the trench may be for other quick-growing crops in? meantime. Plant out niarrows,. p UIB and squash. Seeds of cuctimbe, j melon can be sown on prepared bl Plant out tomatoes for the n am also cape gooseberries raised glass. 6r

Keep onions and shallots g rDff j quickly by hoeing between the rows J giving a light dusting of nitrate J soda. Continue to sow peas, lettuce spinach for succession. Make a n sowing of endive. It is a welcome chain the salad bowl. 8® In most districts it will be quite s f to sow trench beans in quantity n „ A further sowing of round beet shdnU be made to provide roots for pu while quite small. Carrot fly will be ' evidence from now on. Dust along if tween the rows with naphthalene ounce per .square yard, and hoe in j» mediately the plants have been thinned* The odour of the carrots draws the fl to lay its eggs on the crown of a carrot. Another good preventive is t scatter the lawn cuttings along tit rows and around the plants. Celery Seedlings Celery seedlings should now be read, for pricking out into boxes or beijj Watch for any signs of leaf miner'oj the leaves.. The small maggots can killed by pinching the spots, Spratb with nicotine and soap will prevent tl! celery fly deposting eggs on the leates Regular hoeings will help to dispose oj wireworm.s if these are troublesome ot make traps of hollowed carrots of pot), toes sunk in the ground. In the flower garden hardy and haij hardy annuals, provide the simplest means of ensuring a supply of sumar flowers at trifling cost. In all cases the seeds should be sown thinly. Plant out asters, zinnias, salvias, phlox, msi golds and other half hardy plants that have been hardened off. Prune the spring flowering shrubs as they go out of flower. Divisions of Dahlias

Make new plantations of violets. Plant out divisions of dahlias, wfoj they have .started into growth'. Plant out the chrysanthemums and insert some more cuttings tor small plants for pot work. Ban? patches in the rock garden can be sown with dwarf quick-growinj annual plants. Cyclamen seedlings should be potted on as required; also the begonias and gloxinias as soon a« the roots appear round the sides of tlit ball of soil. Hanging baskets should be furnished with plants to make a Jisplay for the summer. Weeds, on paths should be treated with a reliable weed-killer, la the fruit garden the unwanted sucker growths .should be pulled up from tie raspberries. Fruit trees that lack vigour should have the stimulation of a fertiliser. Bush fruits especially benefit from a good mulching with compostor manure. Spray- the apples and pears with arsenate of lead when two-tnirds of tie blossom has fallen. Much can be to ensure a good crop of fruit by spraying the fruit trees with the appropriate sprays during the season. This operation sliould not be neglected. The correct spray applied at the correct time is tie one essential to success.

sitlered the work should go on anntta hut be kept open. Mr Caru .said lis thought it likely that when the Allies commenced their full campaign against the Japanese, New Zealand would be used as a rest base for Allied tlooffl and many more servicemen would be using the hut. He specially thanked Mrs O. S. Ellis, the hostess, and 111 F. C. House, the honorary. secretairmanager, for the work they had done, Ail excellent musical programme tm submitted, and supper was served. A handsome birthday cake was cut by Mri Ellis.