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Selwyn Times Wednesday January 24 2024 44 GARDENING Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz Build your hot house in the sun IF YOU don’t have a glasshouse but are keen on gardening, you should invest in one. It can be a plastic or glass structure and if you have to choose between the two, go for glass as you only have to replace broken panes – not all of the plastic every few years. Plastic is cheaper, especially if you build your own. It takes only a little bit of building skills to construct an ‘A’ frame using 50mm x 50mm wood and covering it with horticulture plastic film. Alternatively, cover with a clear light-type nova lite. The bigger the house, the more ventilation is needed. The door is one major vent, and one or more roof vents should be included. Never paint or use shade cloth on the outside of glasshouses. Wash once a year in autumn. With right use of the vents and water you can keep the temperature from getting too hot in summer. (If you need to shade the house in a hot summer you can make up a slurry of hydrated lime and water and paint this over the outside of the glass.) Plants unable to stand full hot sun can be placed under benches for shade or string up some shade cloth over the sun-sensitive plants. Many gardeners have an earth floor in their glasshouses so they can grow directly into the earth. Soil can harbour diseases which will likely effect plants. Always opt for a concrete floor and grow all plants in containers. This makes it easy to remove a plant if it becomes diseased. Concrete has other advantages – it is easy to clean, weeds can’t grow on clean concrete; it is also a heat trap that releases warmth when the sun goes down. On hot sunny days you can wet the concrete and the evaporation will cool the glasshouse. If you are unable to lay a concrete floor then place weed mat over the soil and cover with pea metal, a couple of inches thick. Another choice would be weed mat with pavers, cobbles or bricks. In these cases, dirt will build up over time and you likely will need to do a bit of weeding. Positioning of the glasshouse is important and you should try to locate where it’s going to get as much sun as possible, in the winter. (It will also get maximum sun in the summer too unless shaded by deciduous trees.) One side of the house should face north and that will be the sunny side of your house. On this SUN-FRIENDLY: Cool and refresh hot house plants with water. This will help ripen tomatoes. side you should grow your tomato plants and cucumbers. The other side should have a small workbench – or better, a bench running the whole length of that side – ideal for seedling trays, cuttings, growing on lines and small container plants you fancy. Space under the bench can be used for pot storage and plants that need a shaded situation. If you want to use an irrigation system, install a dripper type. Water only with a soft wand late in the day. Keep a bucket of water in the glasshouse and on hot days, during the day, if any plants need some water use a cup of water from the bucket. Try to keep the temperature below 30 deg C and ideally at about 25 deg C. Good ventilation and water on the concrete can keep the inside temperature lower than the outside. How to grow a crop of healthy tomatoes PHOTO: GETTY • By Claire Mummery THERE ARE two types of tomatoes — plants that grow in a bush and plants that need staking. The bush varieties are self-supporting, produce early in the growing season and tend to produce a lot of fruit at once. The staking varieties produce more consistently and have a longer growing season. Create airflow around the base and throughout the plant. This lets the wind through and can keep your plant free of pests and disease. To thin the leaves, remove the first 30cm of lateral stems and leaves from the ground by snapping them off at the main stalk. Tomatoes are hungry plants and need regular feeding on a weekly or fortnightly basis. They prefer phosphorous and potassium in higher quantities, which can be found in a kelp and organic fish emulsion fertiliser. These nutrients will improve the fruit crop and aid in preventing blossom end rot. If you have a fireplace, a side dressing of potash (wood ash contains potash) throughout the growing season will give you a natural supply of potassium; apply at the base of the plant and water in well. Chopped up banana peels around the base are also a great source of phosphorous. Liquid feeding your plants over summer is preferable. Watering your tomatoes on a regular basis is essential for even and productive growth. Watering three times a week is enough; this encourages their roots to go deep into the soil where it is cool. If you’re growing tomatoes in pots, fill the base tray with water so the plant can pull it up from the bottom. 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Wednesday January 24 2024 Selwyn Times 45 Classifieds Contact us today Phone our local team 03 379 1100 Public Notices Public Notice Situations Vacant The Selwyn Catholic Parish – incorporating: Lincoln, Leeston, Darfield, and Rolleston will commence a weekly Sunday mass, at Rolleston Primary School, Tennyson Street, at 11.00am, on 4 February. During the year, the Parish hopes to initiate building a church in East Maddison Road. Contacts: Frs Brian Fennessy & Chris Orr; or Rodney Keegan 31 Gerald Street, Lincoln, 7608. Email: selwyncatholicparish@gmail.com Mobile: 0276 758 456 Public Notices MILITARY EXERCISE 29 Jan – 2nd Feb 2024 The general public is to be advised that a New Zealand Army Exercise will be conducted in the West Melton Range Area over the period 29th Jan - 2nd Feb 2024. The exercise will involve up to 200 personnel of 2nd 1st Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment from Burnham Military Camp. Training will involve high explosives and live firing in the West Melton Grenade Range and Rifle range areas between the hours of 10:00am and 4:30pm. The New Zealand Army takes fire risk seriously and will ensure fire mitigation is present. For more information please contact: SWI on 021514688. RESERVE REVOCATION Selwyn District Council is giving notice of its proposal to seek the Minister of Conservation’s approval, pursuant to the Reserves Act 1977, to revoke the reservation of the Local Purpose Reserve (Drainage) adjoining 77 Gerald Street, Lincoln described in the Schedule. Upon revocation of the reserve status, • part of the Reserve will be transferred to Foodstuffs (South Island) Properties Limited at market value on the basis that Foodstuffs (South Island) Properties Limited will at its own cost complete the piping work and realignment of the drainage facility (as applicable), and grant Selwyn District Council a right to drain water in gross; and • the balance of the Reserve will be retained by Selwyn District Council for drainage purposes. Schedule Canterbury Land District - Selwyn District 0.0669 hectares more or less being Lot 101 Deposited Plan 523433 comprised in Record of Title 832556. Written submissions on this proposal can be made no later than 5pm within one month from publication of this notice. To make a submission or to find out more, please contact the Acquisitions, Disposals and Leasing team by email at property@selwyn.govt.nz. Public Notices MANGIN If this is your family name or you have a direct familial link it is highly likely that you are direct descendants of a distinguished and historical French Huguenot family that fled persecution under Louis XVI. My Mangin family history is available with my compliments by emailing: Janice at pajah@ bigpond.com ADD SOME COLOUR TO YOUR ADVERT! Situations Vacant DUNSANDEL STOP SHOP is hiring, we need a Front of House staff. 29 hrs p/w. Email CV’s to: dunsandelstopshop@ gmail.com 033254154 Public Notices Cars Wanted Travlon Coachlines Casual Bus Drivers Required P endorsement helpful. Class 2 Licence. Great way to be part of the community and get out and about. Please phone 021 337 299 OUR bUSInESS IS gROwIng... here’s how we can help grow yours too! Deliver your mailers to your customers with us: . We can deliver your mailer targeted locally to the customers most likely to buy from you or offer you mass reach via our South Island network. Your mailer can be delivered as an insert in our paper or separately in the letterbox. Contact us today for a plan to suit your business. DELIVERERS WANTED!! IMMEDIATE START We have delivery rounds available across Prebbleton & Lincoln EARN EXTRA CASH! GET FIT EARNING IT To be a deliverer you will need: • A few free hours each week • Ability to home deliver papers and flyers to your own territory *You must be 11 years or older SUPERVISOR WANTED IN CHRISTCHURCH To be a supervisor you will need: • A suitable van, mobile phone and computer with internet access • Ability to handle deliveries of large quantities each week • Ability to manage your own team of deliverers Contact Mark Kelly OR SCAN Contact Cathy Payne Distribution Manager South Island Distribution Manager THE QR CODE P: 021 340 771 | E: cathy.payne@mainlanddistribution.co.nz P: 029 983 2293 | E: mark.kelly@mainlanddistribution.co.nz TO APPLY
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