GARDEN NOTES

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume XVIIII, Issue 448, 16 November 1916, Page 4

GARDEN NOTES

{Ftoiq Eeswick’a Victoria Nursery, iWaimato). , , NOVEMBER. , VEGETABLE GARDEN. The showery weather at th« end of October, after a dry spell, will make the planting-out work more satisfactory. Tins is the best month for planting out tomatoes in the open, also all kinds of cabbage and oa.uLillowor planks for late summer use. Cross, lettuce, radish, and other solids may he sown at short intervals, lo give a eonlimiou.s supply. Scarlet runner beaus, broad beans, and the .Canadian Vendor Bean should now he sown Hi rich ground. The Canadian, if liberally treated, will yield a heavy crop 1 , and any surplus crop may be. salted down for use m the winter and spring. The writer had salted Canadian Wonder beans this week, (hat wore equal to fresh-gath-ered when cooked, Continue to sow peas, broccoli and Savoy. Winter greens of sorts should be .sown to obtain a supply of cabbage- und broccoli through the autumn and the spring. The various, sorts .should be sown. Ridge cucumber, vegetable nnarrows and pumpkins can be sown out of doors. Outdoor cucumbers m this district are best grown in a trench, made similar to a celery trench, with plenty of manure and .rich soil. In this way they arc protected from the drying winds, which, if they are planted on the surface, parch them up and break them oil’ at the .surface. When established, lay straw or manure along the trench. This will retain the moisture necessary. ihepaiß cCiery trenchc-s by digging out a trench, placing the -soil on each side of the i trench. Manure well, and leave ! the tnnich until it is time to plain 1 out. On the two sides where the 1 soil has been thrown up‘ sow lettuce, These will rnaUii'e before the ! surplus soil is required for earthing up the ceiery. Finish planting potatoes. Prepare ground fur leeks, to ’ne | lan ted out late. FRUIT GARDEN. Fruit. Trees.—Tim Mack ami green aphis are ver ytroublesome, just now. Keep tin .spray pump going with lime ami sulphur where mildew is showing, ami, u-e “Katakilla ’ for aphis. Stop, (by pinching out) surplus buds on apricots, after fruit has set. This will assist this year’s fruit to mature and regulate next year's fruiting. FLOWER GARDEN. Huh lias ami ehrysantbemums Mi,, aid he planted .ml. early this m, i,m b ; aKo nil toll planting gta.lmli. Hardy annuals, if ,-,own now. will nuke' a good sb"w for fall' slimmer 11,ml mu early sown annuals. The lawns should be k.-pt well roiled--at least nnc« a week. Tilts is a good time, after the showery weather. Sa,vo «R wood ashes and soot and place round the roots of planks coming into bloom. This will tone -p the plants. After ram, keep the hoe going amongst young planted-cut annuals. Gum liquid manure to all growing plants.