Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-27

| For the best results plants started
| In boxes, hotbeds or cold frames
should be transplanted when they
reach n height of one to two inches.
Transplanting tends to produce uni
form stocky plants with a well-de-
| veloped root system. After the dam
ger of frost is past the boxes may be
| left out at night. BY the time the
| plants are large enough to he trans
planted to the garden they should be
| thoroughly accustomed to outdoor
conditions. such plants usually with
| stand the transfer to the garden with
| little check and few losses. Before
taking the plants from the box 1t
| should be thoroughly watered and
the water allowed to soak into the
ground. This will insure portion
of the soil adhering to the roots and
will prevent serious willing or the
| checking of growth. Take up the
| plants with a trowel. pack them in
| basket in which to carry them to the
garden.
Distance Apart.
The distance apart to plant vege-
tables depends on the size and nature
of the plant and the amount of room
needed by the plant above ground and
| the roots below. Rows to be culti-
waited with hand tools should be kept
from II to "a inches apart.
One of the essentials to successful
| planting is to press the soil firmly
! around the seed. One of the common
methods of market gardeners is to
step on the hill or row after the seed
is planted and then sift a little soil
| in the footprints to prevent a crust
being formed. Where the seed are
planted with n drill with "A press
wheel attachment this firming will be
| unnecessary.
Approximate time required to raise
vegetables: Beans. bush, 40 to 65
beets 60 to so days; cabbage. early.
80 TO 1870 days; cauliflower 100 to
1870 days: Corn, sweet. 60 to 100 days:
cucumber so to so days; eggplant
100 to 140 days; horseradsh / to .
years; lettuce 60 to 80 days; mustard
60 to 30 days: okra 30 to 140 days;
onion. from sets. 80 to 12O days; peas
| 40 to 80 days; potato. Irish. so to l40
days: radish 20 to 40 days; tomato
100 to 140 days; turnip 60 to so days.
Cultivate carefully.
| Cultivate the soil as often as neces-
sary to keep two or three-inch dust
mulch on the surface at all times.
The number of civilizations will de-
pend wholly on the amount and fire.
quency of rainfall In wet weather
cultivation is only to keep down
weeds. and it is frequently better to
let the weeds grow than to run any
risk of~injuring the soil by cultivating
when too wet. When the weather
| turns dry break the crust and pulver-
| iZe the surface soil as soon as possible.
Straw is sometimes proftably
placed around vegetables during the
| growing season as a mulch to keep
the soil from drying out. Where
straw can be secured cheaply enough
this is a commendable practice. Also
the use of grass from yard cuttings.
Below is a list of seed for a family
and the time of planting. The earliest
| paintings may be killed by unfavor-
able weather. but will do well In so
many seasons that it will pay to take
the risk.
February.
Sow white-tipped turnip radish,
southern curled mustard. big Boston
lettuce, Alaska peas, purple topped
globe turnip. Plant Irish potatoes.
March.
Sow champion Of England peas,
early radish, purple top globe turnip.
crimson globe beet, dwarf German
kale, Bloomsdale spinach, southern
curled mustard, red Valentine beans,
long orange carrot, small early Wake
field cabbage and Adams early corn.
April.
Sow Danvers half-long carrot, early
white cucumbers. red Valentine bush
Leans, small Sieva butter beans, early
bood tlurnip beets. big Boston lettuce,
white velvet okra, hollow crown pars-
nips, champion of England or tele-
phone peas. early white tipped radish.
purple top globe turnip and early
surprise sweet corn. Plant onion
sets. Bed Nancy Hall of yellow Jer-
sey sweet potatoes in hotbed.
May.
Sow red Valentine bush beans,
Kentucky wonder pole beans, New
York eggplant. Rocky Ford cante-
| loupes, keckley sweet watermelon,
telephone peas. bull nosed pepper,
long green cayenne pepper, Stowells
evergreen sweet corn, white bush
squash. yellow field pumpkin, Caro-
lima butter beans and white velvet
okra. Set Nancy Hall or other sweet
potato plants.
| Sow white tipped turnip radish,
purple top globe turnip, Stowelrs 8
evergreen corn, red Valentine beans,
white spine cucumbers, Georgia col
lards.
July.
Sow last of month if season is IA
vorable rutabagas and turnips.
August.
Sow red Valentine bush beans,
Georgia collards, drumhead savory
cabbage-will grow winter-Blooms-
dale spinach, dwarf German kale.
China rose radish. strap leaf turnip,
seven-top turnip for greens, country
gentleman sweet corn, big Boston let
tuce, southern curled mustard.
September.
Sow dwarf German kale. Plant
onion sets. A package of dwarf essex
green's will produce choice winter
greens.
October.
Sow Bloomsdale spinach, radish
and turnip. Plant onion sets.
OF course you cannot plant all of
these on backyard garden, but Sc
lect your choice.
Applying Human Standards.