THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 19 (Supplement)

THE VEGETABLE GARDEN

No effort should be spared to place the soil in the best possible condition by working and manuring for the crops to be grown. As the season advances the growth of the more established crops will naturally be more slow. Consequently more attention will be needed in keeprug the soil between the crops frequently stirred and free from weeds. Potatoes and kumaras should be lifted and harvested as soon as the tubers are matured or they are liable to start new secondary growth. Pumpkins, squashes, melons and marrows should be collected as they ripen and be placed in some dry, sheltered position. A sowing of onions for early plants can be made in well-prepared soil. A raised bed is the best for this sowing. Make the soil moderately firm and sow in rows ten inches apart. Continue to earth-up celery as they advance in growth. Even the latest planted should soon be sufficiently advanced for earthing. Leeks should have the soil drawn up to the height required for bleaching. Winter rhubarb plants should be given a top-dressing of manure dug in between the rows. Failing good stable or other animal manure, superphosphate or sulphate of iron is a good stimulant.