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3. At what distances do you think you should set your plants? 



W-VG : 334. C : 233. 



4. Make a thorough study of the roots of the ntcumber. 



8. Planting seed in the garden. — The bulk of the cucumber 

 crop is grown from seed, sown in the open ground. The soil 

 should be properly prepared as explained in W : 157 and the seed 

 planted at the distances suggested in W : 156. 



Inasmuch as the seed does not germinate for several days after 

 it has been planted, it may be placed in the hills or drills probably 

 a week earlier than it is desirable to set the hotbed grown plants 

 in the open ground. Another factor to be considered in this 

 connection is that the expense of starting a second lot of plants in 

 hills is so slight that growers often take chances, and if the first 

 lot is destroyed a second sowing is made. The seed need not Jbe 

 covered with more than half an inch of soil. After the plants are 

 well started, they must be thinned to three or four in each hill. 



1. When should cucumber seed be planted in the open ground? 



W-VG : 334. C : 233. 



2. How many seeds should be planted in each hill and how deep 



should they be covered? 

 W-VG : 334. C : 233. 



3. When should the plants be thinned and how many should be 



left in each hiU ? W-VG : 334. C : 233. 



4. Do the growers of your community start their plants under glass 



or sow seed in the open ground f 



5. Study the germination of the cucumber seed before making the main 



planting in the hotbed or garden. 



