The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-06-03
Tomato oIClub Notes
To Canning Club Members:

SO spdsssa in which you were told
how se;ss,sct ana prepare your
tsath sSsA het 70 make hot beds.
eeld frames and seed boxes, how to
t!ansplat, fertilise. and cultivate your
fomatons You may. at some time
dur ns the season. have trouble with
toms to diseases. You must under
stan thht' You can much more easily
and cheaply take steps to keep your
plant: healthy, than YOU can cure
them after they become diseased. In
fact. II the soii in which you plant
your vegetables is infected with some
OF these diseases. you cannot hope to
have healthy plants. 1t is too late to
apply rsmsdiss after you see the trou-
BILE. You have already been told not
to use soil for hot beds or cold
frames in which diseased tomatoes
srew Last year.
Rales for Preventing Tomato Diseases.
Please read and follow carefully.
L. Rotation Of crops-do not plant
somAsoes In the same soil oftener
thai on6s In three years. Find what
crop wes on the land last year and
seok out for diseases of other plants
whieA nay also infect tomatoes. One
Of the most serious Of these Is root
knot which occurs In sandy soils. You
can tell it by the knots or gals on
tAe roots. These are caused by. very
tiny WORMS called nematodes. Root
knot attacks cotton. cowpeas. melons,
okr9 beet% tomatoes, potatoes, and
othfI)1ntF SEN can only be freed
frof ~ - h0 planting 1t for two orl
thrpe years IN crops which are not at
tackled by the root-knot. such as Iron
coTpeas. corn. oats. velvet bean. and
peasotps BE surs that you do not
piaht yppr tomatoes where any crop
wa infected with rootkpot last year.
I. Avoid use OF fresh manure, IfI
yot; 4lds not have we'll rotted manure
pidwed under last fall. It will be best
noS Ia use any. Using fresh manure
in the spring Will probabI cause dts
esie among your plants. ..t,I
.. Spray healthy plants with Bor-
deaux Mixture TO protect from dts
saSs. .t.....
.xeep plants in good condition
BY careful cultivation.
;. Pifil up: and burn all diseased
pl4tts 1r0mptly. - ..if.I....
-. Spraying Tomatoes.
70 get the best results, spraying
vii Bosdsaax Mixture should be be-
suh hYhtls the plants are young. Spray
onfs about five days before trans
pl4ntine. then again ave days after
trtnsplanting and repeat every ten
days until the fruit Is full grown. A
hard rain will frequently wash off the
miatsfre and make 1t necessary to
spray again. Five sprayings should
be given during the season. Ten gal
ioub Of spray mixture will be neces-
sayy for each spraying. Five pounds
biVe-stone and i've pounds of fresh
Store lime VIII. be enough for the
ssseon. Secure these supplies at the
beginning OF the season. Have the
bitte-stone divided into Ave one pound
iot4 The entire quantity Of lime may
s.slaksd AT the beginning by adding
VISOR slowly until all the, Jumps are
siseed. Keep this siaked lime In a
bucket with q little water over It. As
lott an IL is covered with water 1t Is
coed, but IL II is exposed to the air
IL vill dry out and become air slaked.
Lame which has been air slaked can
NOT DO used In bordeaux Mkt re.
To Make Bordeaux Mixture.
For each spraying:
Copper sulphate (blue stone) II lb.
Quick Lime. E. .. :. .. 10.
"~er,. 49,. :. :. ....1O gals.
Making Blue-Stonc solution.
Put 8 gallons Of water I'm a wooden
tub. Tie the blue-stone I'm a coarse
sack and hang It in this water near
top. DO not use a metal vessel be-
cause the action OF the blue-stone on
th4 metal will ruin tho vessel. Allow
several hours for the bluestone to dis.
solve. This can be done more quick
ly by using hot water.
Making Lime solution.
Take one-flfth OF the lime which
has been slaked by water and mix Il
thoroughly In S gallons OF water.
Mixing.
Bordeaux Mixture Is made out of
equal parts Of these two solutions. II
is Important that they he carefully
mixed. and that only IA much Of the
mixture be- made as can be used at
one spraying. Have the lime solu-
ton In one vessel and the copper sui
phate solution I'm another. Have ready