Seed Guide 2007 pgs 01/41 - McKenzie Seeds

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GARLIC When the tops of the garlic have grown to mature length, tie them very carefully into a knot. Then your garlic will produce cloves. Sherry Bomok, Speers SK. Plant garlic bulbs in the hardest soil in your garden. When weeding, do not soften the soil around the bulbs. You will grow larger garlic bulbs and fewer tops. Sonya Kobylanski, Rycroft AB. LETTUCE When cutting leaf lettuce, do not cut it below one inch above the stock. It will re-grow itself many times. Linda Enslen, Schuler AB. I plant my lettuce in October before the ground freezes. In springtime we eat lettuce two weeks before my regular garden. Mary Kalynowski, North Battleford SK. If you have trouble with lettuce during the hot months, drive tall stakes into the ground and create a canopy with burlap. It helps to keep the lettuce from bolting. C. Keenan, Roblin ON. ONIONS Bend over the onion stalks before they form seed pods and the onions will grow larger and firmer. Miriam Gair, Peace River AB. If you want your onions to grow big, remove the dirt from around the onion without disturbing the roots. Emily Haidey, Melfort SK. G A R D E N I N G T I P S In September, using a fork, loosen onions until some of the roots break. This will speed up drying and closing of the onion necks, therefore, they will not rot in storage. Doris Severyn, Fort Saskatchewan AB. Make your life easier! There will be no weeds if you lay down a mulch of newspaper on onion beds. Water the mulch thoroughly and weigh it down with rocks or lumber to prevent it from blowing away. Plant onion sets in holes punched in the mulch. Malleen Veroba, Fox Creek AB. PARSNIPS We leave our parsnips in over the winter, but dig them before they start to grow in the spring. You will have parsnips so sweet they could be used for dessert! Plant in a part of the garden where they will not be trampled in the late fall or early spring. Keith Law, Saskatoon SK. We plant our parsnips with some radish seed. Take care when pulling the radishes and you will have a good parsnip crop. Clifford Johnston, St. Gregor SK. PEAS Once the plants are five to six inches high, I hill the soil on both sides of the rows. It gives the plants more support, holds the moisture better and also makes it easier for roto-tilling. Ruth Ohlde, Coronation AB. 1<strong>41</strong>
G A R D E N I N G T I P S When planting peas, plant two rows close together (about six inches apart). When they are up and about six inches high, pound in a row of tall wooden pegs between the two rows and attach chicken wires to the pegs. It is so easy to pick the peas when you stake them this way. No bending over! Margaret Youck, Regina SK. PEPPERS As bell peppers begin to form, pinch off all but four or five per plant. The peppers will be larger, mature faster and be very sweet. This is helpful in short growing season areas. B. Fahlman, Sioux Lookout ON. I plant my peppers inside old tires. It provides wind protection when the plants are tiny. It also stores the heat, during the first cooler weeks of summer, releasing it at night when the plants need it most. My yields have increased substantially since we started using this method. It also makes covering the young plants easy should there be a sudden cold snap. Stephanie Hook, Sydenham ON. If you want bigger and bug free peppers, sprinkle epsom salt around the ground. This is one of my grandmother's tips many years ago. It truly works! Maureen Dombroski, Eganville ON. 142 Place a layer of tin foil around the base of each plant. This reflects more heat to the plant, keeps the roots cool and keeps insects away from the plants. Lorraine Hargreaves, Brandon MB. I place a couple of matches, from a matchbook, in the hole when I transplant seedlings. I get pestfree and disease-free peppers from each plant. In twenty years I have never had a pepper crop failure. P. Sidney Irwin, Morrisburg ON. PUMPKINS Pinch off the tips of the pumpkin vines when four to six pumpkins have appeared. Growth will go into the pumpkin and not the leaves and vines. Joan Williams, St. Stephen NB. When pumpkins start to form, take a ballpoint pen and print your grandchildren's or special names on them. The name will enlarge as the pumpkin grows. Mrs. L. Freeth, Winnipeg MB. Place boards under developing pumpkins to help keep them from rotting. To keep pumpkins round and evenly colored, lift and turn them regularly. Maryann Yarga, Rock Glen SK. To grow pumpkins in colder climates, plant them on top of a compost pile. Plants that normally take one hundred to one hundred and twenty days to bear fruit, will do it under sixty days. Mrs. G. Goldsmith, Prince George BC. W W W . M C K E N Z I E S E E D S . C O M
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The actual date when you sow your s
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Advice is given throughout this pub
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Vermiculite is a natural, non-toxic
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survive in plant or soil debris. Th
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When seeds germinate, the first lea
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As with many other aspects of life,
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Planting the basket If using a mesh
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gourd with a small piece of stem at
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pot spacing the seeds out so that e
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Some plants can be sown in crevices
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Broccoli, green and white sprouting
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Chinese vegetables Interesting flav
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Sow the seed individually in 3in (7
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Alyssum Royal Carpet 100016 A more
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Begonia ‘Go-Go Mix’ 127451 A ga
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— CINERARIA — Annual botanical:
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— GERANIUM — Annual aka: Cranes
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heavy rain. McKenzie has many varie
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Morning Glory Flying Saucers 120628
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flowers are edible and excellent fo
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hold their colors superbly after dr
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ange. Soak seed for 24 hours prior
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shape, though the "bell" in Campanu
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— AQUILEGIA — Annual botanical:
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— CLEMATIS — Perennial botanica
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dependable performance in many type
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dried flower displays. Fresh flower
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V E G E T A B L E S M C K EV NE ZG
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GARDENING ACCESSORIES • 6" Copper
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ORGANIC SEEDS CERTIFIED ORGANIC BY/
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GUSTO ITALIA BASIL • BASILIC •
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Parsley Single Hardy Italian 101475
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