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CUCUMBERS HOW TO SOW AND WHEN 



/CUCUMBERS are warmth-loving plants. While 

 ^-^ hills, as described on preceding page, may be pre- 

 pared any time, three feet apart each way, seeds should 

 not be sown until soil and weather have become quite 

 warm, toward end of May. Then make a furrow, one- 

 half inch deep, running it in circular form, about four 

 inches in diameter, around top of hill and scatter about a 

 dozen seeds in it. 



Cover and press soil down firmly with your hands. 

 The seedlings will appear within a week and almost simul- 

 taneously a little beetle with yellow-striped wings is 

 apt to visit the patch. Fight him at once by dusting 

 the hills with Slug Shot, or flour mixed with Paris Green. 

 Aside from this, cucumbers have no insect enemies. 



When the plants start to form the third pair of leaves 

 and the danger from bugs is over (they only attack the 

 seedlings) reduce the plants to two to four of the strongest 

 per hill. The richer the soil, the more may grow. 



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