The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-03-07
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g.: INSTRUCTIONS FOR HOT ::
: BED AND TOMATO ::
f: CULTURE. :.
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tBy Mary V. Niblack)
The department is sending out 4
| package of Stone tomato seed Toy
use ON their one-tenth acre club plat
to each sirl member. This is ac-
companied with car lul instructions
for planting and culture OF the to-
matoes which briefly stated are as
| follows:
\ sandy loan is preferable for
| tomatoes. but a fair crop can be
/ produced on almost any soil from
/ a light sand to a stiff clay. Where
/ possible. several loads OF well rot.
/ ted barnyard manure put upon the
! plot broadcast is very good. Then
the lanG should be plowed from !
to inches deeper than usual-il
possible y inches deep, so the plant
roots may reach moisture. All clods
alter ploNmg should be thoroughly
pulNerizcd. after which the whole
surface should be chopped to the
depth OF inches with hoe or rake.
Al Ibis should bc done as soon as
possible, for the soil to settle well
before planting time.
To Prepare Hot-sed.
ON the south side of some build
ing. or where it viii be protected
from north wind, make box 2Ni
fee. wi'hou, bottom, sides one foot
wide and little higher on the
north side. Fill box i inches deep
with good stable manure and tramp
This down and on Top of it plac'
, inches GOOD garden soil. Plant
tomato seeds If to - inch deep,
distributing well. When the plants
are up an inch or more thin out til!
those lcl are ! - inches apart
each way. This will give over 40"
plants in box and will be enough
for one-tenth OF an acre. The re
moved plants may be given TO a
friend or transplanted to a box pre-
pared like hot-bed. Keep plants wa
tered when it does not ram enough.
Cover bon at night with a clo;h or
glass when it is cold and if very
cold throw soil around the box.
When the plants are three inches
tall they may be set in the plat Of
eround. Before setting, the plat
should bee thoroughly narrowed or
raked, 80 as to loosen and pulverizc
the soil. Thon il should be marked
or checked in squares four feet each
way. lMore tomatoes will be Sc
cured by having the plants -four
teet each way Than closer. To fruit
well and keep healthy the plants
must have plenty of sunshine and
air. At the corners OF the square
thus formed set the tomato plant
by eNCaVating IA little with hoe
or troWel, then get a bucket full OF
very rich roted soil scraped W
from the barnyard. throw into eA-
cavation handful OF this rich
material, then carefully water thd
plants in the hot-bed and take Up
small sections OF the plants. taking
care 10 lit out the soil TO its full
depth in the box. Then when plant
is transferred take as much soil with
II as possible without breaking The
roots The top OF the plant should
be above the surface of the Srounl.
ii soil is cry at setting the plant
should he Watered after setting. Late
H. the afternoon on a cloudy day
IS ideal for transplanring. A. soon
as trarsplan;ed the SOL shoUid bc
stirred around the plants. Wafer in
dry weather after sundown DRAWN?
dry soil about the plant after wa;cr-
ihg TO keep the water from e,Jpo-
raling
While the plants ale small, tJna.
toes should be cultivated 20 a COR
siderable depth in order to give the
rcotets plenty of air. When ) CT
10 inches high. only shallow cn!ti-
walton should be hSed to save The
loots from disturbance. They may
Ne projected by dust mulch drawn
around them.
Cut or pinch off all small limbs
Lar come ont at the forks of the
. leaves below tie poin' Where the
/ plant branches and form; the clusto-
OF flowers on one of the branches
Pinch of bud from branch bearing
/ lIuwc-c.uster, and allow the other
branches to keep on growing. Con
/ tnue 10 do this as often as the
/ liant forks and flower cluster is
'ormed Remove all inferior clusters
/ that appeal. Tie object OF all this