CHAPTER VIII 



"Don'ts" for Sweet Pea Growers 



DON'T sow the seeds before digging the soil at least two feet deep. 

 DON'T sow the seeds in the autumn if your garden soil is heavy. 

 DON'T fail to sow seeds in pots in January or early February, 



placing them in a greenhouse, if you wish to grow flowers suit- 

 able for exhibition. Plant out of doors in April. 

 DON'T omit the necessary item of growing the very best sorts if 



you wish to compete at the National or any other show. 

 DON'T neglect to dig the ground at least two feet deep in the 



autumn, placing a layer of well -decayed manure about eighteen 



inches deep. 

 DON'T think you can grow Sweet Peas, say, ten feet high, if the 



ground is only dug one foot deep. 

 DON'T forget that the deeper (in reason) the soil is cultivated the 



more vigorous will be the plants, and the finer the flowers. 

 DON'T ignore the fact that it is possible to grow Sweet Peas with 



flower stems eighteen or twenty inches long. 

 DON'T fail to remember that the vigorous plants to be seen in the 



best growers' gardens, with leaves not unlike those of small 



cabbages in size and texture, are the result of planting in really 



deeply-dug, well-manured soil. 

 DON'T forget to plant out the seedlings the second week in April 



if the seeds are sown in January. 

 DON'T omit to note that the middle of February is the best time 



for a general sowing of Sweet Peas out of doors for garden 



decoration. 

 DON'T fail to remember that exhibitors set out their plants some 



twelve or eighteen inches apart in the row, having the rows 



several feet distant from each other. 

 DON'T think it is absolutely necessary to practise this method if 



your aim is to grow flowers for house and garden decoration. 



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