VICTORY GARDENS 



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plants an- not thinnod out to proper sparino; in the row. Don't buy 

 more seed than you need to plant. Don't plant more seed than you 

 need to get a stand. 



Bean and pea seeds should be spaced as the plants are to stand. 

 Tliese vegetables should never be thinned in the rows. 



Small seeds like those of carrots, collards, onions, parsnips, spin- 

 ach, and turnips should be sown three or four times as thickly as the 

 plants are to stand finally since usually many seeds fail to produce 

 good seedlings. Surplus seedlings are thinned out before the plants 

 crowd one another. 



Beet and chard "seeds" should be sown no thicker than the plants 

 are to stand, because the "seeds" are really fruits, each containing 

 several seeds. Some thinning is always necessary. 



Cabbage, tomato, and onion plants and onion sets should be placed 

 where they are to remain. 



Table 2 shows suitable spacing for several crops, the amount of seed 

 required for 1 foot of row and for 100 feet of row, and the proper depth 

 of covering in a good sandy loam. In heavy soils seed should be 

 covered less deeply and in light sandy soils a httle more deeply than 

 IS indicated. 



Table 2. — Seed and space required for certain vegetables when grown in small or 



intensive gardens 



Kind of vegetable 



Beans, lima (pole).. 

 Beans, snap (pole).. 



Beets 



Cabbage 



Carrots 



Chard 



Collards 



Kale 



Lettuce 



Mustard 



Onions 



Parsnips 



Peas 



Potatoes 



Radishes 



Spinach 



Squash, Hubbard.. 



Sweet corn 



Tomatoes (staked). 

 Turnips 



Minimum 



space 



between 



rows 



Inches 



24 

 24 

 14 

 27 

 14 

 18 

 18 

 18 

 15 

 15 

 14 

 18 

 18 

 24 

 12 

 12 

 100 

 36 

 36 

 14 



Distance 



between 



plants 



in row 



Inches 



24 



24 



2-3 



15-24 



2-3 



4-6 



15-18 



12 



12 



4-6 



2-3 



2-3 



1 



12 



2 



3-4 



30 



15 



24 



2-3 



Seed required to plant — 



1 foot of 

 row 



Number 



3-4 



3-4 



6 



20-25 

 3-4 

 3 3-4 

 ' 3^ 

 8-10 

 8-10 

 15-20 

 15-20 

 12-15 



10-15 

 3 4-5 

 >3-4 



20-25 



100 feet of row 



Ji p>ound 



Ji pound... 



1 ounce 



a 50-90- 



}4 ounce 



1 ounce 



1 packet 



1 packet 



1 packet 



}4 ounce 



1 quart * 



34 ounce 



1 pound 



6-8 pounds - 



1 ounce 



H ounce 



1 ounce 



}4 pound... 



'50 



Ji ounce 



1 acre > 



Pounds 



40-60 



60 



10-12 



a 15, 000 



4 



8-10 



4 

 2 

 2 



3 



150 



900 



12 



12 



2 



15 



17,500 



2 



Depth to 

 cover 

 seed 



Inches 



1 



1-iH 

 4 



1 



H 



1 Average instead of very intensive rate of planting for use in calculating seed requirements for larger 

 gardens. 

 ! Plants. 



3 Several seeds planted in one spot where the plants are to stand. 

 ♦ Sets. 



