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Ministry of Agriculture Allotment &
Garden Guide
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page 4 July 1945
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Getting
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Syringe the plants, and particularly the flowers, with water
during hot weather to encourage the beans to form. And pinch out the growing
tips of the main shoots when the plants have reached the tops of the sticks.
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Harvesting SHALLOTS
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Shallots are ready for harvesting when the foliage has begun to wither. You
then lift the little bunches of bulbs and leave them on the surface to dry
off. But if the ground is heavy and moist, lay them out along a dry surface,
such as a path, for a few days, for they must be well ripened and perfectly
dry before storing. Or if you have got a strip of wire netting, you could
dry them on this, raising it slightly from the ground to let a current of
air pass beneath them. Then tie them into bundles or lay them in trays or
boxes, and store in a dry, frost-proof, airy shed. Look them over from time
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Try a row of SPINACH BEET
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If you have not
sown a row of spinach beet or seakale beet earlier, try a row now. Either is
a valuable vegetable and often survives the winter better than any other
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Sow the seeds in drills about 1 in. deep and allow 8 in.
between plants. Always use spinach beet when the leaves are young and
tender. |
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Sow those TURNIPS
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If you are
following the Ministry's cropping plan, now is the time to sow turnips for
storing on ground cleared of early potatoes, which should be in good
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roots, as it will have been well worked during the past month or two. The
rows should be 1 ft. apart and the seed sown about 1 in. deep.
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