. Beckert's garden annual : 1949. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Nursery stock Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs. QJ23^S3 HOME GARDENING GUIDE Where? Why? Poor Soil DON'T plant in water-logged or poorly- drained soil. If your garden doesn't drain readily, find another plot or pro- vide tile drainage. No soil will grow good root crops that dries out hard and compact. If the cost of conditioning such soil is too high, as in pl
. Beckert's garden annual : 1949. Nurseries (Horticulture) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Nursery stock Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Catalogs. QJ23^S3 HOME GARDENING GUIDE Where? Why? Poor Soil DON'T plant in water-logged or poorly- drained soil. If your garden doesn't drain readily, find another plot or pro- vide tile drainage. No soil will grow good root crops that dries out hard and compact. If the cost of conditioning such soil is too high, as in plots to be used only one year, omit carrots, beets, etc., and concentrate on leafy vegetables and those that produce above ground, such as tomatoes, peppers, etc. You can re- make such soil by adding well-rotted organic matter. This may be old manure, spent mushroom manure, peat moss, rotted compost, etc. If ashes have weather- ed for at least a year, they will help break up clay also. So will an application of lime or gypsun. Light sands can also be improved by adding liberal amounts of organic matter. Extra Feeding DON'T DEPEND on organic matter only for feeding your vegetables. While it has some fertility value, it won't provide enough. Remember that vegetables grow- ing in a garden are in an artificial en- vironment. You don't want natural growth; you want crops to mature as soon as possible, and this means extra feeding with suitable fertilizers. Properly used, chemical fertilizers furnish plant food at lowest cost in most readily avail- able form. Make provisions for extra feedings through the summer. Correcting Acid or Alkaline Soils Acid soil conditions may be corrected by the use of lime, preferably as ground lime- stone, which has a longer effect. However, do not apply lime unless it is really need- ed. A good check on the need for lime is the way your beets grow. Usually a soil that will grow good beets contains enough lime. If you have trouble with beets, and clovers
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