. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. heating it, but when itstrikes the soil or other objects inside, the light is changed into heatwhich cannot get out through the glass readily. Using Flats in Hotbeds.—Boxes about twelve by eighteeninches or larger, and four inches in depth, will be of use in growingseeds in the hotbeds. Fill the flats with three inches of soil andafter planting the seeds in them place them on the so
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. heating it, but when itstrikes the soil or other objects inside, the light is changed into heatwhich cannot get out through the glass readily. Using Flats in Hotbeds.—Boxes about twelve by eighteeninches or larger, and four inches in depth, will be of use in growingseeds in the hotbeds. Fill the flats with three inches of soil andafter planting the seeds in them place them on the soil in the hot-bed. When transplanting time comes these are easily lifted outand taken to where the transplanting work is done. In cold weatherthe transplanting should be inside to prevent chilling the plants. Ventilation of Hotbeds.—On warm sunny days the beds willbecome too hot and ventilation is necessary. (Fig. 59.) A ther- VENTILATION OF HOTBEDS 83 mometer in the corner of the bed will serve as a guide to the gar-dener in this matter. Cool season crops should not be required tostand a temperature of more than eighty degrees in the day time,and seventy degrees would be better. Warm season crops, such. Fig. 56.—Plan of manure hotbed. The sash is six feet long and slopes to the south. Fig. 57.—Cross section of a six-foot hotbed. The bottom of the frame is placed a littlebelow ground and a pit is dug about 18 inches deep. This is filled with fresh horse manure,on top of which is placed 6 inches of rich garden The glass sash on top slopes toward thesouth to catch the sun. as tomatoes, peppers and eggplant may stand a temperature ofeighty to ninety degrees. Ventilation is accomplished by raising the sash at the north end 84 HOTBEDS, COLDFRAMES, AND FLOWER PITS and supporting it with two sticks at the corners of the sash. Whenthe weather becomes very warm, the sash may be removed en-tirely during the day. Ventilation not only controls the temperature of the bed buta
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