Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1911-03-01
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Suggestions to Ameteur Gardeners.

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Suggestions to Ameteur Gardeners.
The time to begin planting our
spring garden is now at hand. The
question as to when to plant the diff
ferent types OF vegetables is fire.
quently asked. The following vege-
tables should be planted during the
month or February, and in the south
ern part Of the State may be planted
as early as January. This, Of course,
does not refer to the trucking section
along the coast, but to the middle and
northern half of the state.
Cabbages and Caulihower-Fros
proof cabbage or caulihower plans
may be planted in the early part Of
February without danger OF being in
jured by cold. The plants should be
set IN rows three feet apart and "a
lnches apart in the row. The plants
should be set In the ground up to the
first leaf, leaving the entire stem cov-
cred with soil. The frost-proof plants,
or plants that have been grown In the
open ground, can be obtained from
growers In the southern part of the
State, who make a business Of grow
ing these plants. If one wishes to
produce his own cabbage or cauli-
flower plants, then the seed should be
planted In hot bed during the latter
part OF December, and after they
have become large enough to trans
plant they are gradually hardened off
by subjecting them to the cold and
allowing the plants to suffer slightly
for the want of water. a plant han
died In this way will be able to
Withstand the freezes of the early
spring, while tender plant would be
killed
English or Garden Peas-These
may be planted any time during the
months of January and February,
put FOR general garden purposes
paintings made early In February will
give excellent results. For best re-
suits the seed should be planted about
to inches deep. 1t has been my
observation that gardeners generally
do not plant their garden pea seed
more than 2lk to 3 inches deep
The Following vegetables may be
planted In the open ground now with
out danger OF being injured by fros..
VI course one must understand that
any OF these are liable to be injured
by very severe freeze should it oc-
| cur just at the time the seed are GER
mlnat1ng, but any gardener must take
these risks If he wishes an early gar
den. Should they be killed Just as
they are terminating, then it costs
very little to plant again, the first
cost OF the seed amounting to very
| little indeed: Beets, lettuce, kale.
onion seed and sets, radishes, pars-
nips, parsley, satisfy and turnips
After the ground has been thor
oughly prepared and fertilized the
above named vegetables may be
planted in rows about@24 to SO in
ches apart and the seed sown contin-
uously in the row. After the plants
have become 2 to inches tall. they
should be thinned out, leaving the
plants from ! to 3 inches apart in the
row. Later on, If necessary, they
may be thinned out still more. Let
tuce, for instance, should be thfnned
to l 2 inches apart in order to have
i the plants make perfect heads, while
beets, kale and spinach should be
thinned to about 3 inches apart. 1t
| Is too frequently the case that the
| amateur gardeners allow their vege-
tables to stand too thick in the row
which prevents them from maturing
early.
While parsnips, carrots and satisfy
should be planted in the early spring,
they are usually not used until the
fall However, for best results they
should be planted not later than the
middle OF March.
Celery seed should be sown at this
season in cool. moist place, prefer
ably on the north or west side of
building. The seed may be sown in
rows about 6 inches apart and COW
cred very lightly with fine soil, or
broadcast and slightly raked in and
the ground lightly rolled or packed.
For further information regarding
celery see Bulletin No. 144, South
Carolina Experiment Station.
G.. G. Newman,
Horticulturist, S. G.. Eek. Station.