6. Good Organic Gardening - November-December 2016 AvxHome.in
6. Good Organic Gardening - November-December 2016 AvxHome.in
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Pumpk<strong>in</strong> flowers<br />
Pumpk<strong>in</strong>s produce both male and female flowers and both<br />
are needed for fruit formation. If there are only male flowers<br />
on pumpk<strong>in</strong> v<strong>in</strong>es, tip-prune the long stems. Follow up with<br />
fertiliser and daily water<strong>in</strong>g. More female flowers should follow<br />
on the side shoots, encouraged by tip prun<strong>in</strong>g as summer<br />
progresses. The female flowers form pumpk<strong>in</strong>s.<br />
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Early summer | GARDEN CALENDAR<br />
1. Beans are prolific<br />
croppers for not<br />
much ground space<br />
2. Now is a good<br />
time to plant some<br />
Ceylon sp<strong>in</strong>ach —<br />
tra<strong>in</strong> over a support<br />
to provide shade to<br />
other plants<br />
3. This bee needs<br />
to f<strong>in</strong>d a female<br />
pumpk<strong>in</strong> flower<br />
to poll<strong>in</strong>ate<br />
4. Protect your fruit<br />
trees with white<br />
bird-safe nett<strong>in</strong>g<br />
5. Bronze orange<br />
bug, Musgraveia<br />
sulciventris will<br />
damage citrus if<br />
not controlled<br />
Fruit fly<br />
warn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
In fruit fly zones, protect<br />
matur<strong>in</strong>g stone fruits and<br />
other soft fruits aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
fruit fly us<strong>in</strong>g organic<br />
baits and traps. Cover fruit<br />
clusters with exclusion<br />
bags to keep pests away.<br />
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CanStockPhoto, Jan Anderson, Jana Holmer<br />
Warn<strong>in</strong>g<br />
Water from hoses and<br />
water<strong>in</strong>g systems can<br />
be very hot when they<br />
are first turned on. To<br />
avoid burn<strong>in</strong>g yourself<br />
and your plants, let<br />
the water run onto a<br />
path until it’s cool.<br />
<strong>Good</strong> <strong>Organic</strong> <strong>Garden<strong>in</strong>g</strong> | 81
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