. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . Fig. 18.—Spike-toothed cultivator, used where the rows are narrow. this is just about what the results are between the twomethods. It is best to set cabbage in rows both ways, orcheck-row them, as it is often called. This will permit theuse of a cultivator in keeping down all weeds between theplants as well as in the rows. Where the plants are closertogether than 24 inches in the row, I use a spiked-tooth cultivator in going crosswise of the rows; usuallyone cannot get through more than twice or three times CULTIVATION 63 crosswise,
. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . Fig. 18.—Spike-toothed cultivator, used where the rows are narrow. this is just about what the results are between the twomethods. It is best to set cabbage in rows both ways, orcheck-row them, as it is often called. This will permit theuse of a cultivator in keeping down all weeds between theplants as well as in the rows. Where the plants are closertogether than 24 inches in the row, I use a spiked-tooth cultivator in going crosswise of the rows; usuallyone cannot get through more than twice or three times CULTIVATION 63 crosswise, as the leaves will be too large. While theplants are small, the deep cultivation the spike-tooth willgive will do no harm, as the ground has not yet becomefilled with roots (Fig. 18).. *1 Fig. 19.—Planet Jr. cultivator with hoes turned in. Used when cab-bage are small if one wishes to get very close to the plants. When I commence to go the wide way of the row I turnthe long end of the hoes or blades in on the back legs ofthe cultivator. This allows me to get very close to thecabbage once or twice, and get what few remaining weedsthere may be (Fig. 19). Now, for the rest of the seasonturn the long end of the hoes out and you will find that youcan cultivate so as to stir most of the surface dirt, even 64 LATE CABBAGE under the large cabbage leaves, without breaking themoff. See Fig. 17. Keep the cultivator going all the season. If the plantsget very large, so that the leaves touch each other, I wouldchoose the heat of the day for cultivating. Say, from10 until 4 During this period the cabbage area httle wilted and will not break as readily. The cellsare not quite so full of plant juice and this makes them alittle more flabby. I do not like the two-horse cu
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