. Vegetable forcing. Forcing (Plants); Vegetable gardening. FRAME CROPS 401 most important spring frame crops. In the Norfolk region, thousands of sash are devoted to this vegetable. The seed is sown in greenhouses or hotbeds about March 1, and as soon as the plants are up they are trans- planted into veneer boxes 6 by 6 by 6 inches in size. Five or six plants are set in each box and the plants are finally thinned to three or four. About April 1, one box or hill. Fig. 142.—Frame cucumbers near Norfolk. of plants is set under each 3 by 6-foot sash, and from May 15 to 20 the sash and frames are
. Vegetable forcing. Forcing (Plants); Vegetable gardening. FRAME CROPS 401 most important spring frame crops. In the Norfolk region, thousands of sash are devoted to this vegetable. The seed is sown in greenhouses or hotbeds about March 1, and as soon as the plants are up they are trans- planted into veneer boxes 6 by 6 by 6 inches in size. Five or six plants are set in each box and the plants are finally thinned to three or four. About April 1, one box or hill. Fig. 142.—Frame cucumbers near Norfolk. of plants is set under each 3 by 6-foot sash, and from May 15 to 20 the sash and frames are removed. The cucumber plants are set in every other frame, and when they need no further protection, May 15 to 20, the alternate beds of beets are ready to market; the cucumber vines are then trained over ground occupied by beets only a few days before. Stable manure is used in liberal amounts and supplemented by complete fertilizer. Top-dressings of fertilizer are also employed if additional growth is desired. When the frames are removed, the ground between them is thoroughly culti- vated and the cucumber vines are turned up, the soil cultivated and usually top-dressed with fertilizer, and the vines replaced. Spraying is also 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 Watts, Ralph Levi, 1869-. New York, Orange Judd co.
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