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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1913 



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row, fill with well-rotted manure, and soak thor- 

 oughly with water. If the row of plants is then 

 covered with boards raised an inch or so above them 

 to protect from the sun, and the trenches are soaked 

 every day for a week the plants will be checked 

 little in their growing, and practically none will be 

 lost. 



The trenches at the sides, filled with manure 

 and soaked with water, invite the roots to reach out 

 in every direction and furnish ample food for vigor- 

 ous growth. The boards should be taken off at 

 night and replaced in the morning until the plants 

 are safe from the heat of the sun. The main point 

 in such care of celery is to secure strong, ample 

 rooting, so that in September and October — 

 the most rapidly growing months for celery — this 

 ample rootage will send up large, quick-growing 

 stalks. 



My second transplanting is done about July 

 10th, and always to trenches. The trench is of 

 first importance here in South Dakota, for from the 

 middle of July to the middle of September the 

 weather is exceedingly hot, and in the trench the 

 roots are well below the surface, while the water 

 is kept from running from the plants. 



Again, the utmost care must be taken in trans- 

 planting. Enough soil must be kept about the 

 roots so that the growth will not even be checked. 

 Soak the rows thoroughly with water before 

 taking up the plants so that the soil will not crumble 

 from their roots; then with a trowel make a cut 

 on each side of the plant to be lifted so that it will 

 stand in the centre of a four-inch square, and sink 

 the trowel far enough under the plant to hold it in 

 a four-inch cube of soil. Cut off all straggling 

 lower roots, and set this cube in its new location 

 without breaking it if possible. Expect the best 

 results only from the strongest plants; a good 

 bunch of roots is imperative. 



The bottom of the trench should be spaded to 

 the depth of a foot, and plenty of well rotted 

 manure should be thoroughly mixed with the soil. 

 When the plants are set cover the surface of the 

 trench with some coarse mulch, well-rotted manure 

 being preferable. If such manure is fine, however, 

 care must be taken not to spread the mulch too 

 thick, since "fine as dust" manure is almost im- 

 pervious to water. 



HOW I STORE MY CELERY 



It is my custom to store my celery where it grows. 

 It keeps better this way, and I have had no difficulty 

 in preserving it from freezing even in forty-below- 

 zero winter. I begin hilling up about September 

 1st, following the growing stalks with the soil 

 until frost threatens, keeping the soil as nearly as 

 possible just below the leaves. Do not cover the 

 leaves until frost, so that the plants may have every 

 advantage of vigorous growth. When frost 

 threatens cover the tops at night with some loose 

 hay mixed with leaves. Remove this covering 

 each morning. In this way I have kept celery 

 growing here in South Dakota for three or four 

 weeks after frost. 



When freezing begins in earnest cover over the 

 tops of the celery with soil, being careful not to 

 break the stalks. Over the soil spread a few 

 inches of leaves or chaffy straw. As the cold in- 

 creases keep adding leaves and straw with an 

 occasional sprinkling of soil to protect the covering 

 from the wind until the covering is a foot deep. 

 Care must be taken to protect the sides of the 

 raised row as well as the top. This method will 

 preserve celery from freezing in the very severest 

 weather. 



Needless to say, great care must be exercised in 

 opening the trench in cold weather. I take out 

 enough at one time to last a week or two and keep 

 it in a dark corner of the cellar, wetting the roots 

 a little when it is brought in. In this way the 

 trench need be opened only on mild days; and if 

 one is careful not to remove the covering from the 

 top, but to dig well under, and then carefully pack 

 back the dry covering there will be little danger of 

 freezing. To make doubly sure, however, I have 

 used an old heavy rug to cover the opened end. 



If one is careful to replace the covering over the 

 portion of his celery row from which the celery has 

 been removed he will find under it plenty of 

 unfrozen soil in good condition for use in his hotbed 

 in early March. 



South Dakota. Craig S. Thoms. 



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