. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . », i ?^;s^. Fig. 5.—Note the protection a screen of cheesecloth affords againstinsects. Cut below screened. Cut above not screened. SCREENING 25 plants; if the weather is dry and warm, the plants rootslowly, then the maggots will destroy a bed in a few plants look all right until pulled, then you will dis-cover they have only a few roots, usually not enough tocarry them through the transplanting operation. CONSTRUCTING A CHEESECLOTH SCREEN FOR A SEED BED The work of screening consists of setting up boardsaround the seed bed
. Late cabbage, from seed until harvest, also seed raising . », i ?^;s^. Fig. 5.—Note the protection a screen of cheesecloth affords againstinsects. Cut below screened. Cut above not screened. SCREENING 25 plants; if the weather is dry and warm, the plants rootslowly, then the maggots will destroy a bed in a few plants look all right until pulled, then you will dis-cover they have only a few roots, usually not enough tocarry them through the transplanting operation. CONSTRUCTING A CHEESECLOTH SCREEN FOR A SEED BED The work of screening consists of setting up boardsaround the seed bed over which cheesecloth is stretchedand tacked about every 6 inches. Stake the corners ofyour bed before sowing; then, after it is sown, set up theboards around the edge. These boards may be any wherefrom 6 inches to 10 inches wide; I think perhaps 8 is mostdesirable. There should be galvanized wires stretchedacross the bed about every 4 feet to keep the screen fromsagging down on the young plants; in turn these wiresshould be supported about every 10 feet by a smal
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