. Vegetable gardening . Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 395 performed at the first weeding, when 8 or lo plants are allowed to the linear foot of row, Init in verj^ good soils and when large bulbs are desired, the plants should stand about 2 inches apart. Special hand weeders (Fig- ure 7) are in common use. Both weeding and thinning should be avoided as much as possible by the proper preparation of the soil and the adjustment of drills. Figure 92 shows a well-managed onion field on Long FIG. 92. FIELD OF ONIONS ON LONG ISLAND 539. Irrigation.—In ma
. Vegetable gardening . Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. CULTURAL DIRECTIONS 395 performed at the first weeding, when 8 or lo plants are allowed to the linear foot of row, Init in verj^ good soils and when large bulbs are desired, the plants should stand about 2 inches apart. Special hand weeders (Fig- ure 7) are in common use. Both weeding and thinning should be avoided as much as possible by the proper preparation of the soil and the adjustment of drills. Figure 92 shows a well-managed onion field on Long FIG. 92. FIELD OF ONIONS ON LONG ISLAND 539. Irrigation.—In many sections of the West and the Southwest onions cannot be grown without irrigation, the ground being too dry to supply the moisture neces- sary. All of the Bermuda onions of the Southwest are grown under irrigation. The land is flooded before planting and afterwards at intervals of a week or^ 10 days until the bulbs are full sized, when water is with- held to induce ripening. An increasing number of grow- ers in various parts of the country are employing the overhead system of irrigation, which is ideal when ap-. 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 : Orange Judd
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