. Vegetable growing projects. Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. SOLANACBOUS CROP PROJECTS 53 sown. Very dry soil may be quickly and easily moistened by sprinkling as it is turned or shoveled over. As previously stated (W: 48) flats are very convenient for start- ing all kinds of early vegetable plants. Most growers prefer to. Fig. 7. — Sowing seed from an envelope. sow the seed in rows rather than broadcast. The rows should be about two inches apart and the furrows one fourth to one half inch deep. It is customary to make the furrows with a straight, nar- row strip of wood, such
. Vegetable growing projects. Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. SOLANACBOUS CROP PROJECTS 53 sown. Very dry soil may be quickly and easily moistened by sprinkling as it is turned or shoveled over. As previously stated (W: 48) flats are very convenient for start- ing all kinds of early vegetable plants. Most growers prefer to. Fig. 7. — Sowing seed from an envelope. sow the seed in rows rather than broadcast. The rows should be about two inches apart and the furrows one fourth to one half inch deep. It is customary to make the furrows with a straight, nar- row strip of wood, such as a piece of lath, or marker (Fig. 6), which should be slightly shorter than the width of the flat. The seed should be carefully distributed in the furrow at the rate of about 12 seeds to the inch. Sowing may be done rapidly and uni- formly with an envelope, held as shown in Fig. 7, or the seed may be distributed by taking a few at a time between the fingers. After the furrows are closed in any way most convenient to the gardener, the soil should be firmed with a block of wood and then. 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 Watts, Ralph Levi, 1869-. New York, Macmillan
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