. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . ral coating of well decayed manure or some fertihzer. Ifthe soil is deficient in lime, dust the surface with fresh lime in Fall orWinter, using it as soon as slaked. As early as the ground can be pre-pared in the Spring, dig a trench or furrow five to six inches deepand six inches wide. Sow the seed on the bottom and cover with twoinches of soil. As the vines gfow up fill in the soil until level with thegar
. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . ral coating of well decayed manure or some fertihzer. Ifthe soil is deficient in lime, dust the surface with fresh lime in Fall orWinter, using it as soon as slaked. As early as the ground can be pre-pared in the Spring, dig a trench or furrow five to six inches deepand six inches wide. Sow the seed on the bottom and cover with twoinches of soil. As the vines gfow up fill in the soil until level with thegarden surface. Sweet Pea speciahsts advise using a hberal quantityof seed, enough to make sure of securing a good stand, and when wellstarted, thin the plants out to two to five inches Peas are often sown in double rows five inches apart in thetrench, with trellis or other support placed between. Sowing Seeds in Pots In order to gain a month in season Sweet Peas may be sown inthree-inch pots in February and placed in a coldframe. But they aregenerally sown a month before wanted for outdoor planting and asmaller pot is used. Four seeds are sown in each pot. The frame should. The Sweet Pea—perhaps the most daintyof all flowering annuals SWEET PEAS 137
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