Vegetable growing . bout the middle of the cutting season, it may be advisableto disk harrow the field thoroughly in every direction someday just after the last cutting for the week. Thus thetemporary setback which follows will come over Sunday. Care after Cutting Season.—Immediately after the cuttingseason, disk harrow again, picking up any asparagus tipswhich are thrown out. Continue to cultivate after the grow-ing season, and when weeds begin to start between theplants in the row take a one-horse plow and throw a furrowfrom each side of the row against the plants. The heavystalks of asparag
Vegetable growing . bout the middle of the cutting season, it may be advisableto disk harrow the field thoroughly in every direction someday just after the last cutting for the week. Thus thetemporary setback which follows will come over Sunday. Care after Cutting Season.—Immediately after the cuttingseason, disk harrow again, picking up any asparagus tipswhich are thrown out. Continue to cultivate after the grow-ing season, and when weeds begin to start between theplants in the row take a one-horse plow and throw a furrowfrom each side of the row against the plants. The heavystalks of asparagus will not be injured and the small weedswill be completely smothered. At the end of the growing season the stalks may be moweddown when the berry balls are turning red. The asparagusbrush may be raked into windrows and burned or disk ASPARAGUS 235 harrowed into the soil. Disk harrowing the field tears outthe old stumps and destroys any grass or weeds which mayhave started. When concluding the harrowing it may be. Fig. 117.—Bunch of Palmetto asparagus. well to harrow in such a way that there are slight ridges overthe rows; thus the plants will be better protected fromsevere freezing, and if washing takes place, it will occurbetween the rows, rather than in them. By the method 236 LONG SEASON CROPS THAT ARE HARDY of cultivation outlined above, the ground is always keptclean and stirred with the least possible effort. There willbe no hand work of pulling weeds or hoeing. Such cultiva-tion enables the roots to get full benefit of all soil fertilityand moisture. Strong crowns will develop to produce a heavycrop of large stalks the next year. Furthermore, not nearlyso much work is involved as in cutting and putting up a bunchof smaller stalks. Fertilizing.—Moderate applications of manm-e are gener-ally applied during the fall or early spring. This is usuallydisked into the soil at once to prevent the soluble plant foodit contains from washing away. Manure is expensive, andalt
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