. Production of drug and condiment plants. Medicinal plants; Herbs. successful in the Northeastern and North Central States and under irriga- tion in the Los Angeles and Bay regions of California and in eastern Washington, which indicates that these are favorable regions for this crop. Commercially belladonna is usually propagated from seed, although new fields can be planted with divisions of the fleshy rootstocks of old plants. Indi^^dual seeds vary greatly in the time required for germina- tion. It therefore somethnes takes 4 to 5 weeks to obtain a good stand of seedlings from a given lot o
. Production of drug and condiment plants. Medicinal plants; Herbs. successful in the Northeastern and North Central States and under irriga- tion in the Los Angeles and Bay regions of California and in eastern Washington, which indicates that these are favorable regions for this crop. Commercially belladonna is usually propagated from seed, although new fields can be planted with divisions of the fleshy rootstocks of old plants. Indi^^dual seeds vary greatly in the time required for germina- tion. It therefore somethnes takes 4 to 5 weeks to obtain a good stand of seedlings from a given lot of seed. About 1 ounce of seed will provide enough plants for 1 acre. The seed is sown thickly in pots or well-drained boxes in late winter in a cool greenhouse, a coldframe, or outdoor seedbed early in spring, as in the case of tobacco. When the seedlings grown indoors are large enough to handle they should be transplanted to light rich soil in small individual pots or seed flats in the same way as tomato or other vegetable plants intended for field planting. As soon as danger of frost is over they should be transplanted to a deeply plowed and well-prepared field by hand or with transplanting machines and set about 20 inches apart in rows 30 inches or more apart. Sowing seed in the field seldom gives good results. Greenhouse propagation of the seedlings is relatively expensive, but this practice is recommended when the drug has a high niarket value. A much larger crop is generall}^ obtained because the seedlings are ready to be set in the field earlier. Hand cultivation is necessary to control weeds while the plants are small, but later light cultivation can be done with a field cultivator. In most localities it is necessar}^ to use insecticide dusts or sprays on belladonna plants of all ages as protection against the flea Figure 9.—Belladonna. 27. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readabili
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