Sun and White Rock Weekly
‘THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1053.

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ALL ABOUT WATERING
Plenty of water is needed to keep voxetables

y wi water, When
Sardens cannot grow without
SAT i accompanied by high temperatures,
dry eal watering practice may save you lots of trouble
and loss. ei For yogetable gardons it ts
jason, we | have y not to wet
Bo far) this weason! Tota of| earecially Important tot to wet
been fortunate tp having 198 OF Veng jenvon of lettuce, chard, an
rain, but we will doubtles! MYC) other leaf crops. It Is better to
plenty of dry weathor in keep water off all the vegetable
near future. leaves, except when the sun
Water in ample quantities for] wij) gry them quickly, Some
the garden requirements {8 ®lethod of flowing water direct
fhe Eerunble asset and 18 the liy"on the. woll_without. washing
Tent form of erop Tnawrance Inout "miniature gules In re
this area, It must "ly | quired.
wah in onder to Paks
applied, porcevum tn crop], One of the beat
realize the m hose which leaks,
returns, ithe purpose of a
MUST BE STEADY SB cartes poaslbleli gat O8
A common falling 18 the) exact length of your garden
vegetable ‘garden ts to apply | row, so that it can be lifted to’
Water enthusiastically In th€|qnoiner spot whon one area has
early part of the season. nl¥ | been thoroughly soaked,
to have the different paceanics For bushy flowers there are
sp thirsty tn. thelr afer special tubes and nozzles which
‘ot growth: apltdrais | will spread the water near the
elds ace reduced end QUA roots without wetting th
kwh ,| leaves. Man prefer to use a
Tn some crops, particularly | isce of wood on which water
the long season vegetables Bum |, atlowed to flow dircetly from
a tomatoes, carly watering 1n-| yee without a nozzle, ‘This
duces extra leafy Brow’ lis an effective spreader.
Which Increases the water Te! seat
Guirements of the plant. Later| WES si
on when the fruit begins to/ Teayes should not be
size up, the plant's water re- damp long,
seremmats reaches, its maxk|most plants enjoy a morning
Seer tAt that time the maturallshower bath, on a sunny day,
ure is at its lowest}When they will dry quick;
eceer rT is-| Evergreens need frequent ih
Fe end unless ample tols-| Bvergreens need frequent wash-
ture is provided, symptoms such | ing, Cy iscourases in-
ture commend rot are very|sects, red spider in particy
likely to develop. Remember, pea forget the evergre
thermore, that’ watering is/and shrubs in your watering
highly advantageous, but ‘once | schedule. few. planted speci-
commenced, must be continued.'mens need regular watering
‘Gardens ‘need (but don't “al-'during their first year, when
ways get) at least one inch of thelr root systems-are limited,
Water ‘cach week: and if this and must get food and water
Woes not tail'in rain, ft should for the plant within a small

and

be applied from a hose.
SOAK WELL

Do| not apply it in dally shal-
low doses, but soak the ground
six inches deep at cach applica-
tion. This will entail doing one
spot only each day, until all the
ground is eventually treated in
this way, and then you can
start over again and repeat. A
Proper soaking should last a
week.

Next comes the time to
water. This may not fit in with
restrictions. ‘The best time 1s
early morning; next, during the
day, when the sun is shining;
this is true in spite of the old
warning not to water in the

; and the least favourable
time Js in the evening. 4
If St is necessary to water}
Guring the evening, do not wet
the leaves of the plants since
they will remain damp all
night, and this will_encourage|
moulds and fungi. Plants are
much lke human beings, you|
Know. How would you like to
take a cold shower in the even-
ing, and stay outside without ;
drying yourself? {

‘Where there js a humid clim-
ate and nomes have too much |
shade, both encourages plant|
diseases by keeping leaves)
damp, Sunshine/\s the best pre-
ventive, dry leaves the next,
mand the Inst resort is a fungi-
cide,

USE. SPRINKLER

Lawns should be watered in
the morning, or while the sun
4g shining, und never sprinkled
with a hand nozzle, because the
holder invariably tires before
the lawn gets enough.

‘There are many inexpensive
sprinklers which operate with|

area, Young plants which suc-
cumb during their first year
usually suffer from insufficient
water.

Garden crops which suffer
most from lack of water are
the shallow-rooted crops which
make most of their growth
during the summer months.
‘These would include celery,
Iettuce, onions, spinach, radish,
corn and summer caulifiower.
Medium rooted crops such
beans, beet, carrot, chard, cu-
cumber, peas, pepper, turnips
and) summer squash can got
‘along somewhat better with re-
stricted moisture, while the
deep-rooted crops can best sur-

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little attention and spread water
evenly, Let them stay long
enough In one place to wet the
so} several

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rate of
ent of

in crops have very
definite symptoms of
‘water. Corn, for example, shows
characteristic

‘vive periods of drought. In this with

latter cateyory are asparagus,
cantaloupes, parsnip, pumpkin,
winter squash, water melons
and tomatoes,

It f# easy to seo how Aight,|m

heavy, Infrequent Lrrigation.
ROOTS MISSICD

Whero tho surface layer only
in wetted, a largo part Jn lont
through s¥aporation and never
ronehes the root system of the
plant for which it in intended
For shallow-rooted crops, some-| At the businosssaopsion, Mrs.
what more frequent and loay|I, D. Grant, 1484 ard Bt, vice
heavy Irrigation should be the| president, presided in the: ab

once of Mrs, Jim Crutehley,

president, of the South ‘Sur
auxiliary to the Surrey Memo
rial Hospital

Surrey Memorial Hospital Pio
nio wan held at the

Kitchon of the
Park, ‘Thursday afternoon, Din
Ter was sorved at 1 pam,

now when to water by
watching the crops comes with
nee, ‘There are signs,
however, which should be
watched fora general slowing

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