The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-11


rabbi, &c, to set out, making It posi-
pie Tor him to have these things ready
Tor the table several weeks In ad-
vance Of the paintings from seed. But
he also knows. often from disappoint-
Ing personal experience, that many
OF the tender vegetables. such as musk
melons. cucumbers. pole lima beans
and sweet corn. which he would also
be glad to have two or three weeks In
advance Of crops planted from seed.
cannot be successfully transplanted by
the ordinary method. Their ,root sys
TENS are entirely different from those
OF the early plants, and they cannot
be set out until conditions for trans
planting are more favorable than
they are early In the spring. It Is
just hero that the cheap paper pots
will enable him to revolutionize his
gardening. BY the use of these very
simple aids to gardening these things
can be started IN advance and trans
planted as readily as cabbage or lettuce.
With much less work In fact, because
instead OF having to bother with a
hotbed and TO transplant the little
seedlings into flats" before they are
ready for the garden, all that Is nee
essory Is to SOW the seeds In the pots
and two or three weeks later set the
hills of plants In the garden!
The Many Advantages OF Using
Paper Pots.
This not only means very much
earlier results. hut means a surer gar
den. All OF these things are espe-
cially liable to injury during the very
early stages Of growth. BY having
them several inches high when they go
into the open garden they are in a
much better position to Withstand the
attacks OF insects or the effects of an
early dry spelr' than when they are
started from seeds in the open.
For best results paper pots or dirt
bands" (Which are merely slips Of
paper three or four inches wide made
up into bottomless squares and placed
in fiat so that the mass Of soil and
roots for each individual plant or hill
Is held together) at least four inches
across should be used. The amount Of
space required to start several dozen
hills" is OF course very small. The
rot or band should be filled with very
spent manure from a hotbed, mixed in
equal portions. or 'humus" and soil
mixed together II the manure cannot
he obtained, make an ideal compost in
which to start the seeds. Fill the pots
not quite level. full. place them, prefer
ba,y packed into flats. in n cold frame
or any sheltered warm position where
they may be covered over for protec-
ton from possible late frosts or cold
driving rains. Plant the usual number
or seeds for hill" in each pot. II
the seeds are soaked for twenty four
hours or so before being planted they
will. terminate in two or three days.
The little plants under these condi-
tons will grow with remarkable rapid
ity. They should not be planted until
two or three weeks before II Will be
safe to set them In the open--in other
words about n week before you would
usually pant the seed in the open. AS
soon as the little seedlings are safely
started thin out to leave only the
strongest three or four plants.
or course 1t is just as essential with
these late crops as II is with the early
to have the plants we'll hardened" be-
/ IOIt Icy are btl III tlO Vt'''i' - p'a''N
| ed in cold frame the sash should be
kept open at all times after the seed
Iings are up except for protection from
tad weather or cold. Plenty Of water
should be given to maintain constant
growth until within few days OF the
time to set the plants in the open
Then let the soil get rather dry and
water copiously a few hours before
transplantinG. The further in advance
the hills where the plants are TO be sci
can be prepared the better
Dig out about twenty-four inche:
square and several inches dcel
and incorporate two or thre'
forkfuls OF we'll rotted manure
with the soil before refilling the hills
RI no manure is available use GROUND
bone and dried blood. or tankage. hal
and half. with a shovelful OF humus
This little extra care in preparing thu
hills will be amply repaid in the prod
uct of the beans and vine crops. \
half handful Of fertilizer may be pu
under each hill of corn.
While tomatoes. peppers and egg
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