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made last of February, should be made at once. Some of the seed sown
last
month will be ready for transplanting and going into the frames; also
lettuce
sown in January. Radish and carrot(forcing varieties) may be sown in
alternating
rows. Give much more air; water on bright mornings; be careful not to
have
them caught by suddenly cold nights after a bright warm day.
Seed
Sowing Under Glass
- Last sowing of early cabbage and early summer cabbages, lettuce,
rhubarb
(for seedling plants), cauliflower, radish, spinach, turnip, and early
tomatoes; towards last of month, late tomatoes and first of peppers,
and
eggplant. Sweet peas often find a place in the vegetable garden; start
a few early, to set out later; they will do better than if started
outside.
Start tomatoes for growing in frames. For early potatoes sprout in sand.
Planting
Outside -
If an early spring, and the ground is sufficiently dry, sow onions,
lettuce,
beet, radish, (sweet peas),
smooth
peas, early carrot,
cabbage, leek, celery (main crop), and turnip. Set out new beds of
asparagus,
rhubarb and sea-kale (be sure to try a few plants of the latter).
Manure
and fork up old beds of above.
Fruit
- Prune now,
apple, plum and pear trees. And this is the last chance for
lime-sulphur
and miscible-oil sprays.
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