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THE GARDEN M A G A Z I N E 
February, 1 9 1 .5 
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Start Seeds in Hotbeds in the 
South 
F OR a family of six or eight a hotbed measuring 
6 x 6 ft. is amply large, and will require two 
sashes of regulation size 3x6 ft. Now is the time 
to make it. 
Dig a square hole six feet by six feet, and two feet 
deep and throw the dirt on the north or back side 
of hole. Of good stout lumber one inch thick and 
one foot wide cut fourteen pieces six feet in length. 
Saw one of these pieces in naif with a long sloping 
cut from the upper left hand corner to the lower 
right hand corner. Have two posts four feet long 
and two three feet long and three inches in diameter 
and sharpened at one end. Make a bottomless box 
of these planks three planks deep and fit it in the 
square hole. Put a fourth plank on the back or 
north side of hotbed, drive the posts close in the 
corners, the tall ones at the back and the short ones 
in the front. Nail the two half planks on the sides 
of the hotbed the wide end at the back. This makes 
a sloping top toward the south and when the two 
sashes are put on it catches more sunlight. Bank 
the dirt close to back and sides and pack down tight. 
Fill the hotbed with fresh manure and pack down 
tight. Put over this four inches of good garden loam 
finely pulverized; put the sashes on close and leave 
this for a week. Have a thermometer stuck partly 
in the soil inside the frame. The mercury will rise 
for the first few days. Wait until it drops to 70 
degrees and then the seeds can be sown, but before 
doing so, rake over the soil carefully to destroy any 
weeds that may have come up. Half of the frame 
can be used for flower seeds and the other half for 
vegetable seed. 
Sow a package each of Spark’s Earliana and the 
New Stone tomato. The former is very early 
and the latter is good for main crop and later. 
Sow one package of Black Beauty eggplant, also 
one package each of Chinese Giant sweet pepper and 
either the long Red Cayenne or the Red Cherry hot 
pepper. Both are useful for pickles and catsups 
Sow the seed in rows three inches apart, with just 
enough soil to cover them, and press down smooth 
and firm with a small plank. 
Flowers that should get an early start by sowing 
in hotbeds now are the single dahlias, snapdragon, 
giant heliotrope, chrysanthemum, salvia, delphin- 
ium, gaillardia, nasturtium, pentstemon, platycodon, 
pyrethrum, stock, wallflower. 
After sowing the seed water with a very fine spray; 
and always water in the morning. If too damp or 
close the plants will be tall and weak and very 
likely “damp off.” Make stocky plants by lifting 
the sashes a little every day. When the plants 
have a few leaves prick out and transplant four 
inches apart in a coldframe which has been filled 
with a good mellow soil. 
Transplant some of the seedlings into 3-inch pots 
and sink the pots into the soft soil of a coldframe 
up to the rim of the pot. Transplant into larger 
pots later. 
Sow a few canteloupe, cucumber, and squash 
seed in 5-inch pots and sink them in the hotbed. 
The bottom heat will force them and they will be 
ready to plant out in the open at the same time the 
seeds are usually planted. 
The fall numbers of The Garden Magazine 
advise making a compost heap to be used on the 
garden later. It should now be spread liberally 
on the land. Lime should be spread broadcast now 
and as soon as possible, if it was not done in the fall, 
at least ten days before any manure is spread. 
Thoroughly plow in the lime and plow again when 
the manure is spread, this time crosswise. 
Strawberries and potatoes. I have found, grow 
better in slightly sour land, so leave off the lime where 
they are to be planted. If the ground is not too wet 
and the weather permits, sow English peas every two 
weeks and make successive plantings until June. 
The latter part of the month beets and radishes 
can be sown together in rows. The radishes will 
come off before the beets need the ground. 
In the Tidewater Section plant early Irish pota- 
toes. The Irish Cobbler is a good variety. Cut 
the sets in chunky pieces with one or two eyes and 
as a safeguard against scab soak them in a solution 
of formalin in the proportion of a pint to fifteen 
gallons of water two hours before planting. Be 
careful with this as it is poisonous. 
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