WINTER IN VEGETABLE GARDEN

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 714, 13 July 1929, Page 14

WINTER IN VEGETABLE GARDEN

With seed-sowing operations greatly , restricted during the present month, the gardener will have much more time available for the planting out of various vegetables, the roots of which may now be transplanted. Principal among these are asparagus and rhubarb, and associates of the vegetable section, such as gooseberries, currants, i strawberries, loganberries and raspberries may also be planted. All of these plants should be given plenty of room, as if crowded in any way the 1 growth becomes spindly, and good fruit is out of the question. The sowings of vegetable seeds for June will be confined to a few variI eties. the most popular of which are broad beans. It is not advisable to plant seeds of root crops at this i time, as they come in and remain practically right through the winter, while, unless continually scarified, the young plants are sure to become crowded out and smothered by weeds. It is I advisable, therefore, to wait until August before sowing these crops, so that they will go straight ahead after germinating, and mature quickly. In growing of the vegetable section, the condition of herbs should be noted. If they have become tall, it is usually a sign that the plants need dividing and replanting: now is the best time to do it. The cultivation of ground around fruit trees should now be attended to, j and the annual application of bone i manure should be dug into the soil as j far as the spread of the branches. Apply this at the rate of four ounces I to the square yard.