The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-09-13

us ana potassium. ana a good appli.
! cation OF acid phosphate and sulphat,
OF potash with a very little nitrate oil
! soda to give an early start. will make
more and better sweet potatoes than
manure You simply overdid the
! thing.
J Growing Vegetable Plants.
| II am thinking OF raising early cab
l@ge and tomato plants for sale next
spring. Would il DO all right to SOW
cabbage seed IN rows in frame and
cover with cotton cloth. vcntilating
ard giving them sunshine on warm
days.? You can SOW seed OF the Early
Wakefield cabbage about the middle
CT September, and as soon as large
enough transplant them into the frame.
setting them deep enough to cover the
stem and about two inches apart all
ever the frame. Then the chief thing
]" to keep them from growing and get
ting tender They should remain dor
:nant through the winter Cabbage
IlantS do not mind any cold above 20
degrees. and the cloth should be kept
Oft till the nights threaten to go below
&C. and of course, keep the frame open
In every sunny day, even If it is freeZ
ing some. the object. rs I have said is
to prevent any growth that will make
tho plants tender. Plants treated in
this way can be set out In February
and March, while for heading very early
IL Is best TO plant them in the fall i'm
open burrows. But If YOU winter In
frames, always transplant to the frames
and do not try to winter them where
the seed are sown, as the stems will
be exposed and will be hurst by frost.
Sowing Crimson Glover.
HalifaS County: II have some land
that L wish to plow as soon as rain will
make 1t soft enough and SOW crimson
clover How late can 1 SOW the clover
here, eleven miles north of the North
Carolina line, on land that will make
eight barrels of corn an acre? Will
ii pay to use 400 pounds of acid phos-
phatc an acre." 1t will be best to get
toe clover seed sown during September.
hut in your section it can be sown up
to the middle of October with n good
prospect OF success. If ,hc crop is
grown to turn for corn next spring, IT
will pay to use the 400 pounds of acid
phosphate an acre.
Nut Grass.
please tell me how to get ria er nut
grass on black bottom land? Have
only few small spots yet?" The
way to kill any plant is to absolutely
prevent its making green leaves above
ground. That is the way l got rid of
nut grass. The land / bought for n
garden was infested with it, and l de-
termined not to allow it to grow So
| chopped II off as soon as il showed
rms means that l chopped II Oft daily.
IL finally gave up. and now. nut grass
is the scarcest weed in my garden 1t
is claimed that planting the land in
sweet potatoes will kill the nut grass
/ have not tried this. But no plant
can long survive if YOU simply prevent
It's making green leaves above ground
Nut grass seeds late in the season, and
there are many more plants that come
from the seed than from the roots
sundry Queries.
Henrico County: II would saw in re-
ply 10 some questions that fieas can he
! driven by pennyroyal scattered about
the house, and sulphur will drive out
| rats and mice. 4 Richmond seed house
uses sulphur to keep the mice from tho
seed. Now L Will ask some questions.
| Does raGwccd or pigweed. which |
suppose is the same thing Indicate
that the land does not need potash
where IL grows profuscly? What is the
cause of watermelons of all sizes hav-
! ing n black rot. first at the end and
then spreading till the melon is de-
! stroyed: How is the best way TO
plant watermclons and cantalouncs,
Can they be planted in the same ground
another year." very much doubt
that pennyroyal would clear premises
mat are infested with feas If the dogs
and cats are kept clear of them there
viii be few in the house. | have no
! trouble with mice and rats with some
good cats Ragwced and piCwced
are TWO very different plants. and like
many other plants, they grow more
strongly in land Wei supplied with
plant FOOD than in poor soil, but that
thelr rank growth especially shows
| plenty or potash, / think is very un-
certain. as Il rule, strong clay soils
/ VIII be found abundantly supplied with
! potash III an insoluble shape and this
can be released for plants by an occa
siohal Inning and the growth of legume
crops for increasing the humus in the
SOIL, since ii is found that this organic
decay and the humc acids will also
/ release potash. Light sandy soils are
apt TO be deficient in potash. and black
! swamp soils are especially lacking in
! potash The red clays of the Virginia
ilcdmont have perfectly inexhausti-
Die supply of potash. The rot you
/ mention In the Watermelo is doubt-
Tess anthracnose. 1t is carried by seed
from diseased melons, and is very simi-
lar 10. If not identical with. the an
thracnosc that attacks snap beans. and
diseased beans may communicate IL 10
the melons. TO prevent il. get seed
only from the best fruit. Where live
mere are thousands OF acpes planted i'm
cantaloupes and watermelons every
year.
preferred. as heavy soil does not make
sweet ones The land is prepared soon
AFTER New Years, and decp burrows
run out five feet apart These burrows
are niled half full of stable manure
= ana are left in that state till planting
thhc so that the fresh city manure
used VIII get somewhat rotten Then
IN spring about 1000 pounds an acre
OF high grade fertilizer is spr.ad on
lhe manure and furrow turned over If
from each side. This bed is then
matted somewhat and the seed are
planted in continuous rows with gar
den seed drill. When a good Stand is
y hhd and the plants are past the bugs
" ,hey are Trimmed 10 eighteen or twenty
inches apart AS they start 10 run .
n small handful OF nitrate of soda is scat
o tered around each hill and the clean
j est of cultivation made When tho
h fruit begins to set crimson clover sead
d are sown over the whole plot as a
+ winter cover for the land. Water.
g melons arc planted In hllg made ,,v
{ checking the land SXl0 feet. and mn.
A nure and fertilizer put in the hills and
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