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Seasonal work in garden and greenhouse shown by Percy Thrower.
Sowing spinach beet and seakale beet for use during the winter and spring; feeding and stopping outdoor tomatoes; pricking out wallflowers and sweet williams for next spring's display.

Ring Culture
Tomatoes and Chrysanthemums
Arthur Billitt, Head of Lenton Experimental Station with plants specially sown in transparent plastic rings shows the 'two-rooting' development of tomatoes by Ring Culture, and shows the value of this method for indoor flowering chrysanthemums, and for Back Yard Gardening.
From the BBC's Midland Television Studio
(A BBC telerecording)

Contributors

Presenter:
Percy Thrower
Item presenter (Ring Culture):
Arthur Billitt
Presented by:
Paul Morby

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