VEGETABLE GROWING PROJECT CALENDAR 



21 



MAY 

 See page 1, section 2 



Adjustments 



to Particular 



Localities 



By the Pupil 



Project Work 

 By the Pupil 



Transplant into field 

 early celery and 

 Prize-taker onions. 



W : 130, 239. 



Cultivate frequently. 

 V : 69-71. 

 GHG : Guide VI. 



Thin to correct stand. 

 W-VG : 133. 



Watch for and con- 

 trol insect and fun- 

 gous enemies. 



W, SH, and CL. 



GHG: Guides VI 

 and XI. 



Mark high-yielding 

 asparagus crowns 



Plow dtJwn green ma- 

 nvaes. 



Harrow at once and 

 repeat at intervals, 

 if land is fallow. 



Transplant tomatoes 



into field. 

 W-VG : 141, 460. 

 L:49. 



Transplant to field 

 cucurbits started 

 in pots. 



W-VG : 334-335. 



Practicums and 

 Laboratory 

 Activities 



By the Class 



Top dress a growing 

 crop with nitrate 

 of soda or ammo- 

 nium sulphate, 

 making careful 

 calculations as to 

 area to be covered 

 and the amount of 

 fertilizer required 

 to equal 150 

 pounds of nitrate 

 of soda per acre. 



GHG : Guide V. 



Practice planting 

 Have contests for 

 skill and speed. 



GHG : Guide XI. 



Practice cultivating, 

 weeding, and thin- 

 ning closely plant- 

 ed crops, drawing 

 conclusions as to 

 the comparative 

 efficiency of dif- 

 ferent wheel hoes, 

 weeders, and your 

 own fingers for the 

 various phases of 

 this work. 



GHG : Guide XI. 



Observations 

 By the Pupil 



Note the dates on 

 which various 



kinds of home- 

 grown vegetables 

 first appear in the 

 market. 



Note the rebranching 

 of roots when set- 

 ting transplanted 

 plants in the field. 



Compare frost injury 

 to tender crops in 

 low locations with 

 that to the same 

 crops on higher 

 land. 



GHG: Guide XXII. 



Begin field study of 

 botany of vege- 

 tables. 



GHG: Guide XXI. 



Note beneficial birds 

 about the garden. 



