GENERAL GARDEN WORK.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLV, Issue 21, 23 November 1910, Page 41

GENERAL GARDEN WORK.

Push on with planting out as speedily as possible. Tomatoes, kumeras, melons, etc., should be got in their growing quarters. Continue sowings of peas, kidney beans, and runners every ten days for succession. Plant out celery, and sow radish, mustard and cress, etc., for salads every week, in order to keep up an abundant supply Potatoes planted this month are most useful for seed. Carrots and turnips sow for succession, thin those advancing; earth up potatoes and spray. Mulch strawberries to keep the fruit clean. Thrashed straw, free from weeds, is a good mulch or grass from the lawn may be employed.

Keep lawns clean and tidy by frequent mowings and rolling. Clip grass edgings. Weed paths and get all beds and borders in good order. Fruit trees require constant attention this month to cope with the Codlin moth pest; spraying with Swift’s Arsenate of Lead should commence as the blossom falls, and >be continued every two weeks. There is an immense amount of work in the flower garden to get through. Dahlias must be planted out as soon as sufficiently hardened. Fuchsias and bouvardias plant out and give a mulch of old manure. Chrysanthemums which have been struck during winter, can be planted out this month, select a wellmanured part of the garden for them and water freely. Carnations require thinning, disbudding and tying up. Topdress with old manure to encourage a healthy growth of “grass’’ for layering. Amaranthus, celosias, petunias, phlox drummondii, etc., plant out, and also

salvias. These are all splendid subjects in the garden, and should be plentifully planted where a fine display is wanted. Tie up sweet peas to their supports, as they advance, and when the buds show freely give some liquid manure once or twice a week.