Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-02-19
wien to PIant Garden Seeds.

9 When to Plant Garden Seeds.
q Farmers are seldom at loss to kno,
\ when to plant the seed of leading fiel
% crops. They understand that oats
u I wheat and barley must be sown as earl
n in the season as the soil is in condi
; tion to be worked. They know thatth
: planting of corn, pumpkins, squashes
J, melons and fields Of beans must be de
! layed till such time as there will be NJ
L danger that the young plants will b.
: killed by the frost. They also know
!; that the sowing of millet, Hungaria1
: grass and buckWheat must be DELAYED
3 till later in the season. They are wei
: aware that the latter plant should no
2 2 mature its grain till the approach o
t cold weather in the fall. Observation
and experience have convinced them
that seed for the production of turnips
for winter use should not be sown till
midsummer.
There is, however, very general
want of knowledge on the part of both
country and town people in respect to
the proper time to plant garden seeds.
1t is usual to have the ground for the
garden all prepared at once. AS arule
the ground is put in condition at about
the time corn is ordinarily planted. In
the country, where the garden is priced
less highly than it should be, no atten-
ton is paid to it till the earlier field
crops are all planted. A general as
sortment of seeds is then procured, and
they are all put in the ground at nearly
the same time. The seed of late and
early, hardy and tender plants are often
sown on the same day, without any re-
gard to their habits or their period of
maturity. The seed of radishes is often
sown after the time a crop should be
ready to pull.
A greater difference of time is re-
quired in sowing seeds in the garden
than in the field. There is no month
when frost is out of the ground in which
the seed of some kind of vegetable NAV
not be proftably sown. The value of
most vegetables depends on the time of
sowing their seed. Many things raised
in the garden are only seasonable
very short time. Spinach is not in de-
mand after lettuce is sufficiently large
to eat, while lettuce loses its value
when green peas appear. Radishes
are wanted as early in the season as it
is possible to produce them, but the
appetite for them disappears after GU
cumbers become plenty. An effort
should accordingly be made to raise a
crop ofspinach, radishes and lettuce as
early in the season as possible.
Among the other vegetable seeds that
should be sOWn very early in the season
are those of Cress, kale, envide and
parsley, as they are wanted as soon as
they can be produced. The seed of
onions, beets, carrots, parsnips, celery,
cabbage and caulifower should also be
sown early, because it takes considera-
BILE time for the plants to mature.
Onion sets should also be put out as
early as possible, as the object of plant
ing is to secure crop in advance of
that produced by planning seed. The
seed Of all variety of gourds should be
planted very early, 1t is q good plan
70 start them in bedsor small boxes in
jhe house, and to place the plants with {
he earth about them in the ground |
where they are to grow when the t
weather. becomes sufficiently warm, J
Iourds are highly ornamental as well {
Is useful, and they are worthy of a '
,lace in every garden and yard. The /
hells of gOurds are easily converted t
nto dippers, drinking-cups and other t
lseful articles, and are much in use in t
IL parts Of the South. Gourd-vines e
equire some support. They may be C
rained over a trellis so as to make Q
cry fine appearance, or be made to at o
ach themselves to strings, brush or the C
ranches of trees. "
The seeds of nearly all other vines, Il
5 pumpkins, squashes, cuCumbcrs, cit O.
Ons and all kinds of melons, should be I'll
lanted quite late in the season. There N
nothing gained by planting them in p
le open ground till the weather is pI
ute warm. Their growth may be cl
by planting the seed in hills S
nd covering them with small boxes sc
aving glass on top. The soil may be nj
oistened from time to time by remOv- to
g the boxes. The boxes protect the 81
1ung plants from the cold when they pC
e quite small, and from the insects th
at are very certain to make their APP m
'arance a little later in the season.
he young plants may be gradually wi
lrdened by removing the boxes dur III
g warm days and by replacing them So
night and on the approach of cold tic
ms and winds. icC
N Nasturtians, peppers, okra tomatoes, re-
rect corn and all kinds of beans should izC
planted quite late in the season. Oh
rect potato plants should not be put co
the open ground; in this latitude, sci
fore the 1st of June. AS rule all of
getables having a Southern origin sts
ould be planted late. If planted early juC
BY become stunted and never make Th
porous growth. Chicago Times. aft
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