28 PENINSULANEWS REVIEW —“‘“‘CS™OCOCOCC GARDENING = CCCCCWene say, July 22, 2998
Timely tomato tricks and a new mixture for managing | mildew

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¥” ell, | suppose we really did need that-rain, but I’m sure We had our first taste of pole beans last night, seven of the lit- enfelder which outlined the
you are as fed up as:I am with all this damp, dull — tle darlings, split between us, so when I say “taste” I’m notfooling! .. dimensions of his tomato

Y ¥ weather. It will bring on the mildew for sure, so be on | Apromise of thingsto come! “house,” and even included
guard! — . ~ -T should talk to you a little about that remarkable self: watering’ a detailed drawing. Here is
Acaller reported that she had mildew on her pansies. She had _ planting box called “Maxikap,” which is manufactured in Canada. aman who is bees about
used the baking soda and water spray, and not only killed the and works in a rather spectacular fashion. ' growing tomatoes:
mildew, but the pansies as well .... not the whole plants, thank I planted two cantaloupe in the central bed in the greenhouse Of the 45 plants he grew
Heavens, just the leaves. two weeks before I had the Maxikap, in which I then planted two last year, he lost 10 to blight.
To my relief, she says there are new leaves sprouting. more cantaloupe and a tomato cutting (taken from the place _ This year he has moved his ..
: Avariation on the mildew spray which may prove very useful is _ where the leaf stalk grows from the trunk). Some people callthem —_ tomato growing patch, re-
: one submitted by Jack C., who uses it to control black spot, aswell “suckers.” painted the poles used in. ,
; _as mildew. He uses one teaspoon of baking soda, one teaspoon of Today, one of the cantaloupe plants in the precnhoue bed has . his’ construction, and :
gt ‘dormant oil, and a few drops of detergent in a litre of water.Shake _ died, and the other remains small and frail. The melon plantsin washed them with
this well before each use to mix the ingredients. the Maxicap are enormous, reaching at least six feet in either di- _ bleach. He also washed
We now have the yearly infestation of fat, pale green aphids on _rection, and the tomato cutting is now a sturdy 12 cm tall and in the plastic with bleach
the lupins. I’ve been squishing them, or washing them off with the bloom. - before hanging it over
hose, but these particular aphids seem to be smarter than the av- Those of you who live in eondos orin apartments, really should _ his plants.
erage because they appear able to find their way back to the most havea look at one of these: Call 388-5004 for more information, or : \ George has also made
succulent flower stems from where I’ve earlier splashed them visit “Gardenware Supplies Ltd.” on Bay Street in Victoria. a wonderful irrigation system to water the tomatoes. After all his

: had a most st interesting 2 and helpiul te letter from George. Eck- __ efforts he deserves to harvest a ton of delectable, ripe, red toma-
toes, and I, for one, sincerely hope he does.
It’s probably time to make a tour of the garden, carrying a bag
‘ff of fertilizer, something like 4-10-10. Give everything a liberal hand-
ful, and then water it in. This is one area that most of us neglect:
8 fertilizing 1 mean. It really makes a difference.
“@ > While there are still apricots available, I’d like to: share a recipe
é for a delicious jam; 6 1/2 cups of apricots, cut: up and stewed for
several minutes before measuring. (I use the microwave to stew
the fruit.) Two oranges. Peel and put the pulp in the blender. Re-
“move most of the white “pith”: from the peel and add remaining
peel to the pulp. Blend.
“You should have about a-cup-and- -a- half of. orange. Add 1/ 4 cup
~ of lemon juice. Mix oranges and apricots and | measure. There
should be about eight cups...“ =
Add an equal amount of white sugar and: 4 or 5 apricot pits.
Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar is melted. Reduce heat and.
~~ simmer for: about an hour, stirring frequently.
Cool slightly and pour into sterilized jars. Cover ‘with melted :
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