NEXT WEEK’S GUIDE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 29, 4 February 1939, Page 13

NEXT WEEK’S GUIDE

THE FLOWER GARDEN. A mulching of decayed manure, old leaves or lawn mowings will benefit and save a lot of watering. Dahlias can be mulched. Keep plants staked and tied. Cut out weak shoots. Spray if caterpillars appear. Chrysanthemums will need attention to staking, etc. Allow only two or three shoots from the break. Buds that appear now should be pinched out; they are too early to be of any use. If caterpillars appear spray with derris dust or arsenate of lead. Remove the dead pods from Azaleas and Rhododendrons. Now is a good time to spray with white oil to control red spider and thrip. Lift narcissi clean, grade and store them; do not let the bulbs lie about in the sun longci than sufficient to dry them. Lift and replant Lilium Longiflorum, also L. Candidum and L. Umbellatum. Lift Freesias, Lachenalias, Spanish and other bulbous Irises, also Belladonna Lilies. Prepare the ground for bulb planting. It should be prepared and manured a good period before planting takes place. THE VEGETABLE GARDEN. Vacant ground should be dug over and prepared for a winter crop. Potatoes that are. ripening off should be lifted. Once the tops have dried off there is no further gain by leaving the tubers in the ground. Spray Brussels Sprouts, Cabbages, etc., with arsenate or derris to control white butterfly. Sow Dwarf Beans to suit requirements. Any crops that are over should be cleared away. Make another sowing of Peas. Dwarf or medium varieties will give a late crop if sown now. Plant out Broccoli and Brussels Sprouts. These can occupy ground which has .arried a crop of early Potatoes. Make a sowing of Cabbage and Cauliflowers for autumn planting. A sowing of Carrots can be made. Shorthorn or stump-rooted sorts can be sown. Sow Garden Swedes and Yellow- Turnips. Make plantings of Celery. Hater and shade the plants till they make a start. THE FRUIT GARDEN. Spray pules and L irs with arsenate of lead to control codlin moth. Plum or pear leeel or slug can be controlled with arsenate of lead Do no. let falle.- fruit lay about on .he ground; collect it up, and if useless, bury or burn it. Cut out any dead twigs on the Peach or Plum trees. They are easily seen this stag brown rot overwinters mi these dead twigs.