Tomato Culture; In Three Parts. Tomato Culture in the South. Tomato Culture Especially for Canning Factories. Plant-Growing for Market, and High-Pressure Gardening in General. a Practical Book for Those Who Work Under Either Volume 1-3
Tomato Culture; In Three Parts. Tomato Culture in the South. Tomato Culture Especially for Canning Factories. Plant-Growing for Market, and High-Pressure Gardening in General. a Practical Book for Those Who Work Under Either Volume 1-3
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... high winds are blowing, and the wind nearly always lulls at night, it is best to uncover at every opportunity and give them all the " nature " they can get. If the bed becomes dry and spongy, get in and tramp it with your feet between the plants. This usually happens with the plants next to ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1892 edition. Excerpt: ... high winds are blowing, and the wind nearly always lulls at night, it is best to uncover at every opportunity and give them all the " nature " they can get. If the bed becomes dry and spongy, get in and tramp it with your feet between the plants. This usually happens with the plants next to TRANSPLANTING WITH BERRY-BOXES AND WITHOUT BERRY-BOXES. the north board or outside.edges, where the planks absorb the moisture. If the plants turn blue in the cold-frame they need working to let more heat into the soil. Sometimes a severe chilling will make them look blue, but scratching among them will usually do them much good. Some use setboxes five inches square to set in, made just like a strawberry quart, except they have no bottom in them. By filling them on a smooth iilank, and giving a good pressure, the dirt will adhere every time, facilitating matters very much in setting in the field; but it requires more water in the beds, as there are so many crevices, and the timber dry the soil very fast. The following description of the cut on adjoining page is taken from Gleanings In Bee Cultuke, of May 15,1892: The picture gives a nice idea of the way in which the cloth frame, double width, is constructed, except that the engraver has shown the stakes, that hold the plank sides, on the inside of the bed instead of the outside. I suggested to friend Day that I thought the inside preferable. His objection was, that they occupied room that might be used for plants; and when I still suggested having them on the inside instead of the outside, so that they would be entirely out of the way of the curtains, he replied that they made them shorter in order to clear the curtain roller. If made shorter, however, they do not hold the plank so securely from...
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