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THE TIMESFeeding the Vegetable GardenBefore the vegetable garden can feed ug with crops of the tlneat quaUty, and maximum flavor, we must see that it has an -abundant supply of the raw mateuals needed to manufacture its productApply the Second Feeding for Vegetables Between the Kows, Without Touching the PlanteIn. no department ot gardening is plntfood more Important If grown in «oj] which j» deficient in available nourishment* vegetables cannot develop norma! aise, they willnot posse?3 in full either the flavor or tenderness which they should, ana they are- likely to he deficient in mineral and vitamin content Quality and productiveness -are dependent upon the maintenance of a \i porous, though normal growth throughout the growing season.Modern plantfoods should not be ! spaded into the soil when it \ pre-paied They are quickly soluble andbecome Immediately available tothe roots when water carries them down. They should be applied, therefore, after the soil has been spaded and smoothed and just before the seed 3s sown. Broadcast the plantfood at the nte of four pounds to 100 square feet and rake it thoroughly into the fop soil, no that it is well incorporated with the top two or three inches.For a)] vegetables grown in rows plantfood should be raked into the soil at the rate of four pounds per 100 square feet at the time that the soil Is prepared jut prior to seeding.Crops such as canots and beets that require a longer period to produce edible products should be given another application of plant fod about five to six weeks later at the rate of two pounds to 50 feet of row. Apply along both sides of the row, keeping three Inches away from the plants This application of plantfood should be made just before a. necessary cultivation of the coil in order that the plantfood may be worked info the solL
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Gary Evening Times
Gary, Indiana, US
Mon, Apr 24, 1933
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