The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-11-09

Winter Mulching Plants
 In the winter time you are careful to cover up the children's feet while they are asleep but you don't wake them up to feed them. Plants. like humans, need their feet covered in winter. but they don't want to be disturbed into activity by the ap- pllcation of highly stimulating fer tilizers.
 It is common practice with many people to place a lot of manure around shrubbery in the fall or early winter, believing that the plants need fertilizer. The principle is entirely wrong and is easily seen if one stops to consider that plants are naturally dormant or asleep during a certain period and real injury is liable to oe- CUT in any attempt to induce growth through stimulation.
 It is all right to mulch the shrub bery for winter, because it tends to maintain more uniform temperature and thus protects the roots from shock occasioned by sudden changes in the weather. The character of the mulch is the big factor. It should contain no fresh manure or any other matter of quick stimulating action. Leaf mold is good and just plain leaves Is highly efficient. Cotton seed hu1ls are splendid. Instead of burning the leaves, place them around your shrubs.
 Questions and Answers
 c. Are the Bermuda onions that are shipped into Birmingham in early gnTinR frhun fha fe ann uh n are they set out? E. w, Sulligent.
 A. They are not grown from the dry set. Most of them come from Texas, where the seed are sown in October and the young plants arc transplanted like cabbage when large enough. Tn southern Texas the plant grows rapidly and natures dry commercial onion very quickly.
 Q. How long do pecan trees live and bear fruit? D. M, Greensboro.
 A. This Is a much disputed ques- ton but it is known that they are very long lived. I personally know that many trees in Texas which were two or tree feet through when I was small, barefooted boy. were seen by the writer three years ago and and are still bearing tremendous crops.
 c. When dewberries are set out to grow for market. do you let them run on the ground or make some effort to tie or stake up? N. E., Wylam.
 A. Various methods are used for propping or stalking up. Stakes are usually driven up at intervals on each side of row and wires are stretched along side of rows from one stake to another in such man ner as to hold canes closely togethesi in rows.
 .. How aesH ssoula Htrawh t7bls hs set out aud is now a gpba.ed ov' 2 H. R. .Hs D ! Sex- Fsr
 A Now is . gos6 ft5ae Kork rsle nole ssuula as As3 XFi F snousF s6t1a-ily alss.ssiiae esss,l sIl rc9ts without sfamping or 6Sf5l,ue. The crown should sef aS The soii and not forced down under around. The plant gill show l. mark of it's original settipe in ths nursery and g safe guide Co follow.
 c. : wand 10 plaat some sweet peas right away, have never grown, and am told that you plant them 12 to IS inches deep. Is this possible? Mrs. A.. Hanceville.
 A.. You evidently did not get all the directions complete. The most popular way Is to dig out trenches about 8 inches wide and 12 to IS inches deep; then after filling in about six inches of good rich soil and well routed COW manure, you plant two rows (double row) in this trench six to eight inches apart and cover at first only about two inches deep. When the peas are up and begin to grow, you gradually fill in the trench with good soil until all
 
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