Archive image from page 717 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 Fi. 875. Load of tobacco in harvest field. Counecticut valley. the seed-bed. It is necessary to water the seed-bed frequently, usually once or twice every day during the early stages of growth. If the beds are artifi- cially heated, warm water should be used for this watering process, as cold water cools the beds and checks the growth of the young plants. The surface of the seed-bed s
Archive image from page 717 of Cyclopedia of farm crops . Cyclopedia of farm crops : a popular survey of crops and crop-making methods in the United States and Canada cyclopediaoffarm00bailuoft Year: 1922, c1907 Fi. 875. Load of tobacco in harvest field. Counecticut valley. the seed-bed. It is necessary to water the seed-bed frequently, usually once or twice every day during the early stages of growth. If the beds are artifi- cially heated, warm water should be used for this watering process, as cold water cools the beds and checks the growth of the young plants. The surface of the seed-bed should not be allowed to become dry, as a few hours of dry surface will kill all of the young plants. The water should be supplied in the form of a light spray, in order not to disturb the seed or the young plants in the bed or to pack the soil so that in drying it will cake and injure the plants. The temperature of the hotbeds should be care- fullv regulated, and in no case allowed to rise above 100° Fahr. during the day, or fall below 70° Fahr. during the night. If it is possible to maintain an even temperature, the plants will make the most rapid growth, but it is a question whether they will be as hardy as when subjected to the fluctu- ating temperatures corresponding to the natural changes between night and day. The beds can be cooled when necessary by raising the sash if the temperature rises, or the temperature can be raised at night by using lanterns set five or six feet apart in the seed-bed, and by covering the sash with heavy cloth, as ordinary blankets, in order to retain the heat. After the young plants reach the proper size for setting out, usually five to six weeks after sowing in the seed-bed, the sash can be taken off most of the time during the day and the beds watered only when the plants begin to wilt. If the plants come up too quickly in any part of the seed-bed, they should be thinned out by using an ordinary garden rake, as for the Sumatra variety. It is
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