. Making horticulture pay; experiences in gardening and fruit growing. Gardening. 124 MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY ter use, is a good selection. Onions and beets transplant readily, and with almost no loss. " Be careful in the use of water in both hotbed and cold frame. Too little is better than too much. If you water too often, the plants will damp off; that is, wither in the stem and die. " If you cannot raise a good crop of peas or beans, your garden is probably sour. Air-slaked lime, not water-slaked, at the rate of 25 to 30 bushels of burnt lime to the acre, will correct the acidity.
. Making horticulture pay; experiences in gardening and fruit growing. Gardening. 124 MAKING HORTICULTURE PAY ter use, is a good selection. Onions and beets transplant readily, and with almost no loss. " Be careful in the use of water in both hotbed and cold frame. Too little is better than too much. If you water too often, the plants will damp off; that is, wither in the stem and die. " If you cannot raise a good crop of peas or beans, your garden is probably sour. Air-slaked lime, not water-slaked, at the rate of 25 to 30 bushels of burnt lime to the acre, will correct the acidity. It is better to spread the lime in the fall. Wood ashes, in lib- eral quantities, put on in the spring, will also sweeten a sour soil, be- sides adding potash and phosphoric acid, and im- proving the physical con- dition of the garden. Never use coal ashes for fertilizer; they have no value. If you have been troubled by wire worms or snails, fall plowing, fol- lowed by an application of kainit at the rate of 1,000 pounds an acre, will rid the land of DIBBLES AND TROWELS IMPORTANCE OF PLANNING AHEAD " Don't wait till the last minute to plan the gar- den. Plan to get two crops, where possible, in 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 Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), 1868-1946. New York, Orange Judd Co.
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