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The Florists* Rtvkw 



Afbil 8, 1913. 



Flower 



Boxes That Are Distinctive 



Neat Printiiig — High Quality 



and Finish of Material 

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plants; Elm City Nursery Co., New 

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Vegetable Fordng. 



FEBTIUZINO TOMATO SOIL. 



I should like to get a little advice 

 in regard to growing tomato plants and 

 shall appreciate any advice you can 

 give. Last year I grew about 500,000 

 good plants for a factory in this vicin- 

 ity. I intended to grow a million, but 

 half of them did not mature, for which 

 I blame the poorness of the soil. In 

 fertilizing, I worked the first fertilizer 

 into the ground with rakes before plant- 

 ing the seed. Then I scattered more 

 fertilizer on top of the ground and, 

 by watering, worked it into the ground, 

 but it seems that as soon as the 

 strength was taken up. by the plants 

 in placed, they stopped growing and 

 were not salable. I intend to grow 

 1,500,000 this year, but some of the 

 ground is poor. It has not been fertil- 

 ized for tova or five years and I should 

 like to find some way to make the 

 ground rich enough to grow the plants. 

 It is too late to haul manure, as it 

 would not mix enough with the soil to 

 be of much benefit. How would it bp 

 to work fertilizer in as I did last yetf, 

 then give a good top-dressing with pulV* 

 verized sheep manure or shredded cat- 

 tle manure, and by watering work it 

 into the soUt Do you think it would 

 be too strong for the young plants f 

 How about using chemicals, such sfci 

 nitrate of soda? W. S. 



If you can get well rotted stable 

 manure and incorporate it thoroughly 

 with the soU, you will find it superior 

 to any chemical fertilizers for growing 

 tomatoes. If you really can not secure 

 any well decayed cow or horse manure, 

 I should prefer to work the sheep 

 manure or shredded cattle manure into 

 the soil. The sheep manure is the, rich- 

 er of the two. If the plants seem to 

 lack, vigor when a few inches high, a 

 further top-dressing of pulverized sheep 

 manure can be safely given. 



Chemicals, such as nitrate of soda, 

 must be used with extreme care or they 

 are likely to do more harm than good. 

 If you use nitrate of soda you would 

 better apply it in liquid form to any 

 plants having a particularly starved 



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