Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-14

what warm. In priclIing or trans
planting from the cold frame to the
| garden or field, the plants should
! not be given a setback. AS much
| soil as can be kept on the roots
| should be carried with the plants to
the field or garden, and the soil that
! is receiving them should be in the
best of filth When the plants have
from six to eight leaves and the dan
| ger of frost is past they should be
! apart, fourteen to sixteen inches
apart in the row. AS plants begin to
produce fruit, draw the earth up
around the stem as a partial support.
A we1l-drained sandy loan that is
fertile and friable is ideal for the
pimento, yet pimentoes can be grown
on almost any soil that is well drain
ed and that can be made fertile.
Avoid land that has been in peppers,
tomatoes and egg plants the year be-
fore, especially if there has been any
disease on the plants, as many OF
the diseases live over winter In the
soil. Soil on which cotton or any
other crop has been injured by nema-
todes, or gall-worms, causing root
knot, should be avoided. A crop of
winter oats, followed by peas, either
iron or Brabham, turned after hay
is removed in the fall or early win
ter, offers good conditions. These
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the pimentoes are desirable as they
add humus and nitrogen and have a
tendency to starVe out the trouble
some root-knot nematodes.
Pillow the land in the fall if there
is no danger of washing. Washing
or erosion. can be controlled by ter
racing and the addition of humus by
stable manure, also by gradually
blowing deeper. Replow in the
spring and thoroughly pulverize the
soil by diSking, narrowing and drag
ging, or rolling. The depth to pillow
depends on the condition Of the soil
and thes previous treatment it has
received! A deep soil is desirable,
but it would not be desirable to
pillow eight inches deep if the pre-
Vious blowing had been only four
inches deep. 1t is best to deepen the
soil gradually, blowing five or SIX
tie deeper each year until the desired
depth is reached.
Barnyard or stable manure is val
liable for pimentoes on moist SOILS,
and adds both fertilizer and humus.
Coarse manure may be applied broad
cast at the rate of twenty tons or
more to the acre and ployed under IN
the fall. Even where manure Is USED,
a moderate application Of commercial
fertilizer should be used. The guam
tity, however, will depend upon the
natural fertility of the soil and the
amount of manure used. The most
satisfactory complete Fertilizer is
500 pounds acid, ESQ pounds cotton
seed meal, $50 pounds of sulphate
or muriate Of potash, or 500 pounds
of kainit in place of other potash,
applied before setting plants, with
100 pounds of nitrate of soda as a
side dressing when the fruit is set
ting. The fertilizer is sometimes ap-
piled broadcast and narrowed into
opened where the row. is to be, the
fertilizer is put in this furrow and
well mixed with the soil with a
scooter pillow. A broad, flat bed is
then thrown over and allowed to set
tie for a few days before setting
easily accessible to the plants.
A handful of wet manure at prick
ing or transplanting time gives the
plants an early and vigorous growth,
and is to be recommended. Manure
in the drill is advisable, but requires
a larger amount than the hill method.
Before lifting the plants from the
plant bed the soil in which they are
growing Should be thoroughly soak
ed with water in order to make the
soil adhere to the roots. Where the
plants are grown in pots, the whole
mass of soil should adhere to the
plant when it is set out. In llttlng
the plant from the bed or box, a
blunt trowel or stiff knife Is used
to cut between the rows of plants
so that they may be lifted with a
square block of soil around their
roots The plants should not be set
in the open ground until danger OF
frost is past. A good method in SET
ting them is to open furroW with
Al q
shovel and set them in this furroW:
If the soil is dry, pour quart OF
water around each plant. A handtul
Of wet manure can be put in the bot
tom of the hill before the plants are
set out. After the water has soaked
away pull some dry soil around the
plants. The space between the row S
match is planted. This will loosen
the soil where it has been tramped.
Like any other crop, the plants
need frequent cultivation. Many per
sons think that crops are cultivated
mainly to keep down weeds. Whlle
it is necessary to keep crops Clear
of weeds, it is just as important that
we stir the soil to let air get to the
roots of the plants. The pimentoes
should be given Morse cultivation at
least once a week if the soil is dry
enough, and the plants should be hoed
after each cultivation: If a horse is
not available, use a hand cultivator
and thoroughly stir the ground.
Cultivate after each rain, as soon
as the ground is in condition to work.
Do not allow a crust to form. AS
general rule, a small tooth cultivator
Should be used rather than a shovel
pIow sweep. Keep the soil loose be
tween the plants with a hand hoe,
and keep the weeds down at all times,
as they rob the soil of moisture and
plant food that should go to the pi-
mentoes.
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