Pocket Edition, 1928 PDF Download

Author: Ford Gardens
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780331461565
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 32

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Excerpt from Pocket Edition, 1928: Brighten the Corner Where You Are With Flowers In preparing the soil, we find the use of well-rotted manure gives the best results. (be sure it is well rotted). It should be plowed or spaded into the soil to a depth of at least 6 inches. In planting in drills, furrow or dig out to about 6 inches deep. Sprinkle on one side of a drill a good potato fertilizer; then rake in, mixing the fertilizer with the soil, until the drill is about 4 inches deep, The potato fertilizer is simply to give the bulbs a good start, and the manure to carry out the further development. Avoid using new manure, as it is high in ammonia, making it very harmful. New manure can be used if spaded or plowed into the ground in the fall. In case you cannot get well-rotted manure, sheep dressing is very good. Many growers use a combination of potato ferti lizer and bone meal, mixed in equal parts. Gladioli can be grown in this way with very good results, but the flowers do not stand up as well, the petals not having as heavy a texture as when grown with manure. The bulbs should be planted at least 4 inches deep, and from 4 to 6 inches apart, to get best results. We plant in double rows, in drills at least two feet apart. Gladioli can be planted in beds, like tulips. In this case we advise planting a mixture of early, mid summer, and late varieties, thus giving a continual bloom. Gladioli grown in a hedge, with dahlias as a back ground, make a beautiful showing. In doing this be sure to leave a space of at least feet between gladioli and dahlias, to prevent any possible shading by the dahlias. Avoid shady places, as gladioli grow best in the open. In case the season is dry a good watering once every ten days or two weeks is very beneficial. Soak the soil to a depth of 6 inches or more. A light watering does more harm than good, as it gives the feeders a tendency to work toward the surface, rather than downward. After a rain, or watering, the soil should be stirred to a depth of 1 to inches, to retain the moisture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.