Imperial Valley press., 1922-03-22
STILL TIME TO
PLANT MANY
VEGETABLES

The first half of March, in Southern
California, is largely Il time for pre-
paration of the vegetable garden plot,
and for planting trees and vines. But
great variety of vegetables may be
planted during the first, two weeks of
this month, while the home gardener is
waiting for the soil to become warm
enough to plant his frost-tender veg.
.etables. Wait until the. last week of
this month, or, better, the first week in
April before setting ont your tomato
and pepper plants, or planting cucum-
bcrs, melons, squash, pumpkins, okra
and string beans
But read the great variety of veget-
ables that may be planted in this ia
vorable region right now, with best
chances for successful maturity:
Globe and Jerusalem artichokes, table
beets (buv the Detroit Dark rcd), Ca
nadian bush beans, cabbage plants,
sweet corn, Swiss chard, kale (for the
fowls), lettuce CLOS Angeles Market),
onion seed and onion sets, parsley, peas,
chayote, potatoes, radishes, rhubarb
plants, satisfy, spinach (try the New
Zealand) and turnips.
II is surprising how quickly the little
round radishes peep above the soil after
planting in this weather. They will be
the first from the garden, and will be
ready in from three to four weeks. But
do not plant Il whole packet at once,
but only Il 10 foot row ut time,
one row week until the seed supply is
exhausted. The Early Breakfast and
Scarlet White Tipped radishes are the
earliest, but the White lcyclc, which
natures about ten days later, is pre-
ferred by many. Try it.
Onions are among the most expensive
of vegetables at this time. Have you
any old onions that are worthless for
the table or for cookery because they
have sproutcd9 If so, plant them in a
double row in the garden, with about
an inch of soil over the crowns. In Il
month YOU will be rewarded with a de-
licious bunch of green onions from each
old onion planted.
Be sure and use the double row ridge
system of planting after you have
spaded up the garden plot. The single
row system is wasteful and not as easy
to irrigate. Plant the vegetable seed
about four inches from each side of
the ridge, which should be l6
inches across the top and about five
inches high. Remember the old saw,
plant the seed ut Il depth which is four
times the greatest diameter of the
seed. -
{ Best Time to Plant Green Corn
There is Il best time to plant every
vegetable and fruit tree in this section,
and the best time to plant that plot of
sweet corn is now
Get the seed into Il well prepared
plot this week, and you have Il good
chance of enjoying roasting ears on
or about June -. Many gardeners have
already gotten in their seed.
Do not plant the sweet corn in long,
skinney rows; plant it in a square plot
1t will pollenize better. If but three
or four long rows are planted, much of
the pollen is wasted And do not plant
the corn where it will shade the sun
loving vegetables, the salad plants, the
tomatoes or the cucurbits. The best
place for the. corn plot is i'll a sunny
corner of the garden, on the north side.
You remember when you planted corn
i'll the eastern or middle western states,
you planted it in hills. But this is not
the climate for that sort of procedure.
The most successful growers of green
corn plant their seed flat, and hoe or
plow up around the plants as they grow
Plant two or three seed every foot apart
in the row, and when these seeds have
sprouted, leave the most givorous, and
pull up the others That will leave one
stoeky plant every foot. If any more
are left, it will be at the expense of the
number and size of the ears. And do
not plant the rows any closer than three
feet apart, and three and onchaIf feet