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—what vegetables yield most in small 
space and in time required to grow 
them? 
Tomatoes Mustard 
Pole beans Lettuce 
Broccoli T : 
Onions ae 
(from sets) Rutabagas 
Beans, dwarf Cabbage 
ek Chinese cabbage 
ae Radishes 
Chard ; 
Spinach, Spinach 
New Zealand Cress 
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—what vegetables require least space 
to grow? 
Tomatoes Lettuce, leaf 
Pole beans Chard 
Beets Chinese cabbage 
Carrots Beans, dwarf 
Turnips Mustard 
Rutabagas Radishes 
Onions Cress 
Leeks Tampala 
—what vegetables need considerable 
space for successful growth. (Those 
marked should be provided with 
3 ft. or more of space between rows.) 
Broccoli Parsnips 
Cabbage * Potatoes 
Cauliflower *Sweet potatoes 
Spinach, Read 
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#Cotn * Cucumbers 
Egeplants **Melons 
Peppers *Squash 
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—which short season vegetables can be 
followed by other crops? 
Beans, bush Kohlrabi 
Beets Lettuce 
Early cabbage Mustard 
Onions 
Carrots (from sets) 
Peas Spinach 3 
Radishes Turnips 
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—is it possible to grow vegetables in 
flower beds when space planting is 
limited? Yes, very effectively. You can 
scatter half-a-dozen tomato plants 
along the back of your flower beds. But 
tie them to stakes so they won’t sprawl. 
Radishes and lettuce may be planted 
in the border toward the front. Aspara- 
gus planted so that the summer growth 
serves as a background is both attrac- 
tive and practical. Rows of carrots and 
beets take little space and may be 
planted between rows of flowering 
plants. Between your rows of later 
flowering plants, grow pole or snap 
beans. Onions, too, can be grown from 
sets in available spots in your flower 
garden, 
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—which vegetable seeds can be 
started indoors in the spring? You can 
give your vegetable garden a head 
start by sowing tomatoes, pepper, early 
lettuce, eggplants, celery, celeriac, 
early varieties of cabbage, early cauli- 
flower, early broccoli in a hotbed or 
cold frame. If you want some extra- 
early beets, they transplant readily, 
and can also be sown indoors. 
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—when is the best time to seed vege- 
tables in a flat before transplanting in 
the spring? Generally about 2 months 
before you would sow them in your 
outdoor garden. However, allow about 
3 weeks more for large potted plants 
of peppers, tomatoes or eggplant. 
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— is it necessary to thin out vegetable 
seedlings in flats, pans or seedbed be- 
fore they are transplanted? Not if they 
have been sown thinly enough at the 
start. However, if the little plants are 
crowded, thinning is advisable—just 
as soon as they form their first true 
leaves, 
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—how many times should vegetable 
seedlings grown under glass be trans- 
planted before being set in the outdoor 
garden? Twice, to be really safe. First, 
transplant into a second flat, being sure 
the young seedlings are far enough 
apart to prevent crowding. Give them 
3 to 4 inches apart each way. Second, 
transplant the seedlings into a small 
pot or plant band so they form a good 
root ball before setting out in the 
open garden. 
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—when should summer squash be 
picked for best eating quality? When 
the fruit is a lemon-yellow, and the 
skin is soft. If you wait until your 
squash becomes an _ orange-yellow 
color, they will be too old, and the flesh 
tasteless and coarse. 
