Los Angeles herald., 1910-02-13

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tender class, we have found it a good
plan to risk a portion OF our seed in
an early planting; if we are fortunate
enough to escape chilling weather, as
often happens, we gain quite a little
in having an earlier crop; on the
other hand. if we have our crop chilled
we have lost only the cost of few
seed and a small amount of labor.
Where one has not resorted to the
use of a seed bed for advancing such
seeds as cucumbers, summer squash,
pole beans, etc, we would suggest the
planting of a few of tn Sc st eds in
the open ground, Notwithstanding it
will be from fifteen to twenty days in
advance of planting out time for the
tender plant seed.
Risk a few bush beans, both wax
and green podded varieties and stan
dard pole beans We should not ad-
for another month at least. A few
hills of cucumbers and summer
squash can be planted out now; they
can be easily protected at night by
small wooden boxes, or small frames
covered with cotton cloth. Seeds of
cucumbers, melon, squash and tomato
that have been started in pots or
upon sods in the seed bed should be
kept there until all danger of frost is
the seed bed and can be protected
there more easily.
The melon, cucumber and squa h
vines should be lightly busted with
wood ashes or Stacked lime every ten
days or two weeks to prevent the
striped bug from attacking them, as
the greatest trouble is expert need
during the early stages of growth,
while the plants are tender
and nl9ntS
that have been transplanted once to
another part of the seed bed or to
shallow boxes, can be planted in small
pots or in small pieces of sod that
have been sunk into the seed bed
grass side down. Plant only one plant
in each little sod and when all dam
ger of frosty nights is past, these lit
tie sods can be moved to the open
ground without disturbing the roots
of the plants. The home gardener
will find that this plan gives him
quite an advantage in securing an
earlier crop. If the roots are disturbed
in transplanting, it requires from ten
days to two weeks for a plant to fully
recuperate. BY following the pl IN sug-
gested, this difficulty can be avoided.
Another transplanting of the small
plants at this time will encourage
greater root growth and more stocky
plants.
When the home garden is of suf-
ficient size to warrant a portion of
it used for growing potatoes, we should
advise the growing of this necessary
article of food They are easily
grown and are not much care.
We again remind our readers of the
advantage of planting the seeds of
lettuce. carrots. turnips, beets, peas,
onions. parsnips. satisfy spinach and
endive at this time while the soil is
in good condition The cool nights
will not injure any of the see9s named;
for that matter any one of them will
stand a few degrees of frost without
HARM
If the home gardener is raising
poultry. remember that the feathered
tribe relish the fresh green from
the garden and are benefited by
goodly amount of it. Therefore, when
you plant, put in enough of those
things which "Biddy' likes, such as
lettuce, cabbage, carrots, endive and
Plants of cabbage, caulihower,
kohlrabi and parsely can still be Sc
cured from the seedsmen and sho1ld
be planted now during the cooler days.
If you expect to plant flower garden
and as yet have put no seed in the
open ground, plant sweet peas, cosmos,
coreopsis, candytuft, centaurea, pop
pies. scabiosa, phloX, migonette,
marigold, gallardia. forget-me-not,
eschscholtzia and all varieties of pop
pies, daisies and columbine.