. Descriptive catalog of vegetables [for canning and freezing]. Canning and preserving; Frozen fruit; Frozen vegetables; Vegetables Preservation; Canning and preserving Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. WHAT COATED SEEDS WON'T DO FOR YOU For one thing, coated seeds won't fertilize your garden. We are terribly sorry, but a plant gets about as much nourishment out of the coated seed as you get out of a stick of gum. It is possible to put a minute amount of plant food in the coating. But the maximum safe
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables [for canning and freezing]. Canning and preserving; Frozen fruit; Frozen vegetables; Vegetables Preservation; Canning and preserving Equipment and supplies Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. WHAT COATED SEEDS WON'T DO FOR YOU For one thing, coated seeds won't fertilize your garden. We are terribly sorry, but a plant gets about as much nourishment out of the coated seed as you get out of a stick of gum. It is possible to put a minute amount of plant food in the coating. But the maximum safe amount of plant food in the seed coating is about one-tenth of one per cent of what the plant will need. This quantity is so small that you may as well forget it. The idea of fertilizing the seedling with the coating dies hard. Some people will tell you that a little concentrated fertilizer right at the start of a plant's growth does more good than a lot later on. Un- fortunately, it's the other way around. When a seed is just sprouting, any concentration of fertilizer is dangerous — like feeding K rations to a new-born baby. How About Growth Hormones in the Coating? You may as well forget about these, too. It is possible to rig up a demonstration that will show the growth hormones making a big difference. All you have to do is to use sterile sand. But for all practical pur- poses you can forget about the growth hormones because it is at least a thousand to one. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Associated Seed Growers, Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. New Haven, Conn. : Associated Seed Growers, Inc.
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