H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
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Spring Vegetable Planting Table for Atlanta 
VEGETABLE NAME 
TIME TO PLANT 
QUANTITY TO PLANT 
TIME TO MATU1 
Artichoke, Jerusalem 
March 1 to April 1 
1 quart tubers to 50 feet 
Ready in 7 months 
Asparagus, Palmetto 
March 1 to April 15 
50 roots to 50 feet 
Ready in 1 year 
Beans, Bush Snap 
April 1 to September 1 
1 pint to 75 feet 
30 to 48 days 
Beans, Bush Lima 
March 15 to August 1 
1 pint to 75 feet 
50 to 65 days 
Beans, Pole 
April 1 to August 1 
1 pint to 100 feet 
50 to 60 days 
Beets 
March 15 to August 15 
1 ounce to 50 feet 
8 weeks 
Brussels Sprouts 
June 15 to August 15 
1 packet to 200 feet 
18 weeks 
Cabbage 
Transplant in March, April 
100 plants to 100 feet 
16 weeks 
Cauliflower 
Transplant in July, August 
100 plants to 100 feet 
110 to 150 days 
Carrot 
March 15 to May 15 
1 ounce to 100 feet 
12 weeks 
Chard (Sea Kale) 
March 15 to May 15 
1 ounce to 30 feet 
8 weeks 
Celery 
April 15 to June 15 
% ounce to 100 feet 
16 weeks 
Corn 
April 1 to July 1 
1 quart to 150 hills 
8 to 11 weeks 
Cucumber 
April 1 to June 15 
1 ounce to 50 hills 
9 weeks 
Endive 
April 15 to June 15 
1 ounce to 100 feel 
8 weeks 
Eggplant 
Transplant April 1 to June 1 
Plants 3 feet apart 
14 weeks 
Kale (Borecole) 
March, October, November 
1 ounce to 100 feet 
18 weeks 
Kohl Rabi 
March 15 to June 1 
1 ounce to 150 feet 
3 months 
Lettuce 
March 15 to October 15 
1 ounce to 50 feet 
6 weeks 
Muskmelon (Cantaloupe) 
April 1 to June 1 
1 ounce to 50 hills 
8 weeks 
Watermelon 
April 1 to June 1 
1 ounce to 30 hills 
3 to 4 months 
Okra (Gumbo) 
April 1 to June 1 
1 ounce to 50 feet 
8 weeks 
Onion Sets 
March and October 
1 pound to 100 feet 
14-16 weeks 
Onion Seed 
March 15 to April 15 
1 ounce to 200 feet 
18 weeks 
Parsley 
March 15 to June 1 
1 packet to 25 feet 
8 weeks 
Parsnips 
March 15 to June 1 
1 packet to 25 feet 
15 weeks 
Peas (Garden or English) 
March 1 to April 15 
1 quart to 150 feet 
7 to 9 weeks 
Pepper 
April 1 to June 15 
Plants 14-16 inches apart 
14 weeks 
Potatoes 
March 1st to April 15 
1 peck to 100 feet 
12 -weeks 
Pumpkin 
April 15 to June 1 
1 ounce to 50 hills 
15 weeks 
Radish 
March 1 to June 1 
1 ounce to 100 feet 
18-30 days 
Salsify 
March 15 to May 15 
.1 ounce to 100 feet 
18 weeks 
Spinach 
Jan., Feb., Oct. and Nov. 
1 ounce to 100 feet 
5 weeks 
Squash (except Hubbard) 
March 15 to May 1 
1 ounce to 25 hills 
8 weeks 
Sweet Potato Plants 
April 15 to June 15 
Plants 2 feet apart 
5 months 
Tomato 
March 20 to July 1 
Plants 3 feet apart 
15 weeks 
Turnip 
March 15 to June 1 
1 ounce to 200 feet 
8 to 10 weeks 
Vegetable Garden Guide 
Make your garden plan carefully to scale. 
Indicate all-season and perennial crops (rhubarb, as¬ 
paragus, artichoke, parsnips, etc.,) by solid lines; suc¬ 
cession or companion crops by dotted lines. 
Keep crops requiring the same amount of space and 
the same treatment together as much as possible. 
Run the rows lengthwise of the plot to make cultiva¬ 
tion easy. North and South is better than East and West, 
and across a slope is better than up and down it. 
Keep the tallest growing plants at the North end of 
the garden, so they won’t shade the others. 
Locate the hot bed where it will get full Southern ex¬ 
posure and protected from the North. 
In successive years try to keep the same sort of crops 
off the same ground; that is, turnips should not follow 
turnips or similar root crops, and tomatoes shouldn't 
follow tomatoes, potatoes or eggplant, etc. This reduces 
the chances of injury from insects and diseases. It may 
be accomplished by re-arranging the plan or layout each 
season, or by using two separate plots alternately, keep¬ 
ing the unused plot in cow peas or some other green ma¬ 
nure crop every year. 
Rely on standard, “time-tested” varieties, such as are 
sold by Hastings. If a new variety is found worthy, by 
careful tests through several seasons, Hastings will have 
it for sale and you can rely on it. 
Make use of the above table giving “time to plant,” 
“quantity to plant” and “time to maturity” in laying out 
your plan and in ordering seed. Don’t skimp, especially 
in ease of large seeds like corn, beans and peas, for you 
want a good stand. You can then thin out if necessary. 
Plan to keep a record of what you spend on the gar¬ 
den and what you get from it; what you like best; what 
you wished you had more of, and what you want to 
drop the next year. Then you have something to go by 
in making a better plan for the next season. 
Order from Hastings, the recognized standard and 
most reliable seedsmen in and for the South. 
Ornamental Garden Guide 
Make the garden your outdoor living room. Make it 
private; not snobbish, but personal, by surrounding it 
with a hedge or dense mass of shrubbery. 
Keep it in harmony with its surroundings and with 
the house it adjoins. Follow the “line of least resistance” 
in using native, hardy plants that are sure to grow and 
look natural. 
Avoid formality, excessive symmetry and monotony. 
This does not mean that straight lines and repetition are 
not in good taste, for direct paths are often best and a 
long border of phlox, for example, seldom suggests monot¬ 
ony, while an alternation of short and tall clumps or pink 
and white masses might easily do so. 
Don’t aim for quick, cheap results, nor a disconnected 
collection of botanic exhibits, but a series of related pic¬ 
tures. 
Keep the lawn spaces open, massing plants along the 
edges instead of all over the lawn. If the surroundings 
are pleasing leave places to see them; otherwise screen 
them out with shrubbery. 
Use originality. Few gardens can be successfully cop¬ 
ied, and you don’t want an imitation anyway. 
H. G. 
HASTINGS CO., Atlanta, Ga. 
“The South’s Foremost Seedsmen” 
Ruralist Press, Inc., Atlanta 
