. All about sweet peas. Sweet peas. ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS. 105 seed may possibly rot them. Six inches down in a comparatively warm soil there would be no danger of this. I am satisfied this rule of covering the seed only an inch needs adjustment to circumstances. In a short row it would be well to cover lightly and lay a board on top for two weeks, so that the. 1§||£„,. TRENCH AFTER PLANTED. nightly freezing might not reach the seed. If your soil is light, two inches' covering would be well. Still, throughout the Northern States, as a rule, our early spring soil is cold and wet, and to bury see
. All about sweet peas. Sweet peas. ALL ABOUT SWEET PEAS. 105 seed may possibly rot them. Six inches down in a comparatively warm soil there would be no danger of this. I am satisfied this rule of covering the seed only an inch needs adjustment to circumstances. In a short row it would be well to cover lightly and lay a board on top for two weeks, so that the. 1§||£„,. TRENCH AFTER PLANTED. nightly freezing might not reach the seed. If your soil is light, two inches' covering would be well. Still, throughout the Northern States, as a rule, our early spring soil is cold and wet, and to bury seed more than an inch away from the sun's warmth is a risk. Then, after the plants are up, comes the filling up. 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 Hutchins, W. T. [from old catalog]. Philadelphia, W. A. Burpee & co.
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