VEGETABLE MARROWS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 281, 30 November 1935, Page 14

VEGETABLE MARROWS

PINCHING OUT THE SHOOTS The vegetable marrow, if allowed to grow unchecked, will often make a runner five or six feet long before throwing out branches. To induce the early formation of these branches pinch out the end of the shoot when it is about two feet long. Fruits will form on these side branches, and when they have commenced to grow and swell, the point of the shoot should be pinched out two or three leaves beyond the fruit. This throws the resources of the plant into the fruit and also causes more lateral growth close to the base of the plant. The result is the plants are kept to a small space and are easily under control. When the fruits are swelling freely applications of manure water may be given. This should, however, be weak and the soil should be moist before applying it. For. table use cut marrows when they are small, that is, about six inches long, before seeds form, and boil whole. They are then of better flavour and the plants bear more freely.