"Seed time and harvest.' 



SEED 



Seeds will keep for years. Seeds found in 

 Egyptian tombs thousands of years old have 

 germinated and grown. Seed in the ground 

 germinates when exposed to the air and may 

 have been in the ground for years. 



Seed will keep for five or ten years, but 

 nurserymen do not keep it for more than one 

 year. The average time for seed to germinate 

 and show above the ground is six days. 



Seeds sown in the fall must be watered to 

 start germination. If the ground is level sow 

 the seed in a bed and make a trench on the side 

 to irrigate the bed by sub-irrigation and not on 

 top as the sun will bake and crack the soil if 

 irrigated on the surface. Cover the trench after 

 the water has disappeared. 



Never plant the same kind of plant in suc- 

 cession in the same part of the garden. Alter- 

 nate planting. If you have planted potatoes or 

 any root vegetable in a certain bed, next year 

 plant tomatoes or some plant having top roots. 

 This method of planting will keep your soil from 

 deteriorating. 



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