tMti -m: it WIHTBY FIREE PRESS, OUTDOOR LIVING, JUNE 15, 1988, PAGE A7 Cucurn bers enjoy a rich sou*, FROM PAGE A6 sweet ones. Most- peppers turn red when they are mature, however, some varieties such as the sweet bell pepper is picked in. its green stage.. Like tomatoes, they should be put into the garden as transplants, when the soil bas warmned up., Peppers like a sunny, sheltered location and prefer a sandy soul. Usually peppers require a' full three months to produce a crop. Feed the plants. with a complete garden fertilizer (e.g. 4-12-8 or 5-10-5) and make sure they get regular watering. Mulching around the plants wiIl help reduce weeds. Snap Beans are also a favorite for Canadian gardeners. At one time they were called "tstrine' beans because they' tended to be stringy. Plant breeders have eliniinated this problem and the naine is no longer appropriate. They are now more frequently known as snap beans because when you break a. bean with your fingers, there is a definite 'snap'. .Snap beans are planted into the garden as seeds. The seeds germinate very quickly once the ground reaches 60F. Beans have nodules attached to their roots that enable them te take the free nitrogen from the air and use it to feed theinselves. It's possible to give this phenomena a boost by buying a commercial legume innoculant. The innoculant is a powder that you can either cip the seeds into after soaking them in water, or just dust it along the furrows When you're planting. Both bush beans and pole beans are available. Bush beans mature in 45 to 60 days frein planting, and pole beans about 10 days later. Successive sowings, 10 days te two weeks apart, will make for a continuous supply of beans. t is said that planting beans near garlic, onions or shallots will stunt the growth of the beans. Cucumber like a rich, humousy soil and providing a complete fertilizer will ensure good results. Cucumbers can be seeded in the garden, three te four seeds te a hill, or they can be transplanted when yeung. The roots of cucuinbers are very tender however, and they resent being damaged. If seeded early indoors, they sheuld be sown in peat pots so that there is midnimal transplant shock. Since cucmbers are vining, space can be saved in a small garden by providing a trellis or growing them up a fence. Like most vegetables, cucumbers need a sunny location and prefer it sheltered froin strong winds. Cucumbers are ready to «pick after about two Tqest *qused seeds Many of us have half-used seed feeling gilty, but not wanig t months and you can enjoy two harvests if you reseed about the beginning of 'July. Companion plantings for cucmbers include beans, members of the cabbage family, corn, peas, radishes and tomatoes. Marigolds, nasturtiunis and oregano will deter pests. Don't plant cucumbers near sage though, it is said to be detrimental to cucumber's growth. w le ail Nursery, Stock. and Hybrid'Tee Climbing and Shrub Roses f brlghten upyouryard, Inoldes 4ý? Impatens, begonlas, marIgolds, - petu nlas and morel11 * ~ DOO RORASHE R ARE __ 100L SALESPECIAL.8 AR M88e .- Durham9s Largest Bag - Vour - Own BuIk Soils/Aggregate Centre [ j P~~ ~We have the rigt to imit quanti t ïes. SaIe prkoes in effect whlle.quantities Iast. *Reg. pricshagd tmotoaln T m BROOKLIN NURSERIESýý & GARDEN CENTRE M