. Vegetable gardening . Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. 368 VEGETABLE GARDENING "The soil is made firm and allowed to come slightly abo\-e the top of the boxes in the hotbed. It is then marked out in squares in such a way that the intersec- tion of the marks center the boxes. The seed 1)ed is now ready. After putting- in the seed, careful attention is given to watering, to ^•entiIation and to keeping- out weeds. A da}' temperature is maintained at first of 50 to 60 degrees. As the time for transplanting draws near. FIG. 88. STARTING MUSKMELONS IN FR.\MES more air is given
. Vegetable gardening . Vegetable gardening; Project method in teaching. 368 VEGETABLE GARDENING "The soil is made firm and allowed to come slightly abo\-e the top of the boxes in the hotbed. It is then marked out in squares in such a way that the intersec- tion of the marks center the boxes. The seed 1)ed is now ready. After putting- in the seed, careful attention is given to watering, to ^•entiIation and to keeping- out weeds. A da}' temperature is maintained at first of 50 to 60 degrees. As the time for transplanting draws near. FIG. 88. STARTING MUSKMELONS IN FR.\MES more air is given in order to harden off the young plants. The seedlings are moved about in the beds to fill possi- ble vacancies, and by the time they are ready to trans- plant a perfect stand has been secured with one plant m a hill, f Figure 88.) "Several plans for watering are in successful use. A common method is to mount a tank on trucks and drive along the hotbeds, watering through a lead of hose, pro- \-ided with a rosette. Some growers, whose bed's are. 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
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