Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-12-30

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GARDEN CALENDAR FOR HAWAII
JANUARY-,Scy a
planting aehokes broccoli brussels cabbage
caulfower celery coads egg plant ka oka parsley peppers
n 9as a@a Se Of nfr aors e so sheltered from without
anspann dwarf beans beet sweet corn ccumbe
lettuce radish onions turnps Along
FEBRUARY-Dupicate sowings may have failed in Jan
endfye
adsh leeks musk melons
satisfy, spinach rutabagas Swiss chard
On werained land sandy nature even in exposed siuations
MARCHA seed and plants and planted during January
the preceding months excessively and windy
planting promise we'll This is good time to transplant Also
main crop Of beans sweet melons pumpkins Irish
begin to put in appearance
are kept down
JuNE-Beans the
well sowings Aphs black makes
S tt to corn at begin to show effects
JULY-This trying vegetable garden.
height Last of the have harvested
ridden ruG SHOULD now Dc burned and ne powe
lowed patch might be and possibly
vegetable garden vacation Excessive cropping have
velvet beans the
October is good base for commercial fertilizer
THANKSGIVING Day September Fine results from such plant
onethird 1Os choice Mammoth
ocToBER-None but crons should be planted from
excepting perhaps small
planted every month in the year October not excepted
Plant some beans by all means that they be had for the
NOVEMBER have patch of light soil that
for four five months plant to they will
all kinds OF winter weather the soil from washing produce
all the hardy quckmaturing vegetables
DECEMBER should be month for the Hawaiian
gardener months
mellow soil which abo Barnyard
sunshine mingled with
surface foot again ready to receive the seed Being
favorable have good chances gaining
hap two months on a the new noan
beets carrots beans sweet corn lettuce radish SQUASH
cha turnps papaias and bananas us)
TIL4LAGE AND DRAINAGE
emphasis upon deep
thorough lage Without and mellow seedbed
yelopment is retarded and plants cannot develop to their utmost
expected the other hand lack of age when
the soils rich plant food will bring results disappointing
fertility BY ey
tending and improving the physical properties Of the soil air mo
the chemical and bacteriological which fertility
pends
preparation deep
e a0d @ While @
rarely below twelve inches is important
with ubsol plow The the subsong
the condition
when the soil
Likewise should be done considerable time before planting
permit the soil settle thus avoiding
which dry out the soil readily and the roots from fcOnng
the soil will both take and retain
Few soils be brought into good garden filth quickly
time between powings to disntegrae the cod and decay
table possible
greatly FASTENED by discing
mechanical If the soil Is foul with
their termination destroy planting
which
should be disced plank dragged
moist should e1ape
blowing kitchen spade
and resorted The why backgarden
fail because of lack of iage The practice nchng
subsong the European garden might well be followed
The method trench feet wide and
This placing
subsoi is
This
worked first removed soil
opposite end from which it originally taken.
soil described,
especially
sometimes be utilized in the
will be found that thorough preparation enables the soil hold
and drain effectively
considerable the need
o years
surface cultivation
gardener often
greater importance especially weather the formation
earth mulch check evaporation