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12 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1943—Henry Field Rood & Nursery Co., Shen andc 

SOME GENERAL AND ILLUSTRATED GARDEN TIP 

Manure Garden Well—Before spading 
look up all the well-rotted manyre 
you can find to feed your garden 
well. It makes the garden twice 
as good. Spread it before spading 
and spade it in deep 
Always Spade Real Deep—When 
spading be sure to spade straight 
down. That way you go deeper and 
the deeper your garden is spaded 
the better. If you have a big gar- 
den it is all right to have it 
plowed. 
Rake Soil Real Fine—Before planting 
put your garden in good tilth by 
breaking clods and raking soil to 
real fine, smooth seed bed. Clods 
make air spaces not good for seed. 

Drop Large Seeds One at a Time—To 
save seeds and thinning later on, 
it is wise to drop your big seeds 
one at a time. However, putein a 
few more than you will want to 
. grow as you may lose some plants 
when cultivating. ; 

Plant Small Seeds from Packet—Car- 
rots, lettuce, radish, which need 
only light covering of soil are easi- 
est planted from the packet. Tear a 
eorner off and shake lightly to dis- 
tribute seeds. Common error is to 
plant seeds too thick. 
Pack Seeds in Well—Get all the air 
pockets out from around the seed 
by packing them in well. You can 
use the flat side of the hoe for this. 
A seed bed should always be firm 
for best results, 

Remove Weeds While Young—Seems 
silly to mention, but many folks 
let weeds grow large before remov- 
ing. Getting them young is twice 
as easy and the weeds won't have 
time to sap the moisture from your 
garden plants. An ounce of preven- 
tion is worth a pound of cure. 
Mark Rows of Slow Starting Vege- 
tables with Radishes—Carrots and 
some other seeds are slow starters. 
When planting, put in some radish 
seeds here and there. They come 
up quick and mark row so you 
can cultivate before the carrots 
start to grow. 
Thin Out Plants in Row—Your seeds 
will sprout thicker than you think. 
To make a good crop, they should 
be thinned so plants left have room 
to grow. Beets can be thinned after 
they’ve grown high enough so you 
ean use tops for greens. 

Keep Leaf Crops Cut—Lettuce and 
other leaf crops contain more vita- 
mins than heading sorts. Be sure 
and keep them cut and they will 
keep coming again and again with 
new crops. 
Tie Tomatoes Up—Tomatoes do best 
if trimmed to one stalk and tied to 
stake. This keeps tomatoes off 
ground. Trim out extra branches 
that come out of leaf axil as shown 
in diagram. : 
Don’t Pick Beans When Wet—Beans 
are subject to rust which spreads 
when beans are wet.’ Wait with 
peas until they are thoroughly 
ry. 
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Make Rows Straight—To help — 
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Plant in Succession—To insure a 
Cutworm Protection—Sometim 











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cultivating later on use stri 
make rows straight. Make 
furrows for seed with yo 
handle. Plant small growing 
elose together, larger grower 
ther apart. < 
FT, 
stant supply of vegetables all ‘eoie 
mer, you should plant part of your 
crop one week, part the next ai 
so on, sO you have vegetables ¢ 
ing on all summer, You can 
Plant varieties of different maturi 
dates to do the same thing (es: 
cially sweet corn). a 





worms cut off plants at 
_To stop this, either mi 
Dust into the soil around ba 
plant or make collar of ; 
around plant. Set it at least 1 
into ground and 2 or 3 inches 1 
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as much as you can. For e 
you can plant watermelons, 
ete., among your garden 
