B2o—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, March 3,1984 Get Down to Basics for Gardening Success You can enjoy Gardening, one of the most popular hobbies, whether you’re a senior citizen, youngster or any age in between. Whatever the size of your garden big, small or, perhaps, just a few pots on a, patio it’s fun to grow some tasty vegetables and pretty flowers. To get you started on the right path to success, follow these good gardening practices: Garden Plan. . . The best gar dens usually start with a plan on paper. It’s easy to draw a layout to scale on graph paper, showing rows or spaces for each variety of vegetable and flower you want to grow from spring to fall. Correct Garden Location. . . Choose a sunny spot that gets sunshine at least 6 hours a day (for most varieties) away from tree and shrub roots and free from puddles after heavy rain. Leafy vegetables (loosehead lettuce, parsley, spinach and Swiss Chard) are worth trying in partial shade. 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Lebanon, PA 17042 hone: (717) 866 4928 or or Distributor: ARLENE MARTIN RD 4, Box 160 Z, Elizabethtown, PA 17022 (717) 367-3122 limestone (except in alkaline soil areas) and a balanced garden fertilizer according to soil test recommendations or package directions. Proper Planting... Sow seeds or set out plants according to in structions on seed packets. Put tall growers like sweet com, pole beans, staked tomatoes and big sunflowers on the north or west side of a garden so they won’t shade shorter varieties. Adequate Growing Space. . . Thin or transplant seedlings to the spacing recommended on seed packets. Crowded plants are apt to be weak, spindly and produce or flower poorly. Enough Moisture. . . Water evenly and deeply about once a week during very dry weather, more often just after seeds are sown. It’s especially important to watch germinating (sprouting) seeds and young seedlings; don’t ever let them dry out completely. Burpee’s new garden watering sets are easy to use, save work and supply water where needed, without waste. Weed Control. . . Hoe oc- casionally to remove weeds while they’re small and easy to eliminate. Better yet, use a work saving, moisture-saving mulch such as sheet plastic, or organic types, including wood chips, straw, grass clippings, composted (partially decomposed) leaves and others. Mulches smother weeds. R. Smith Myerstown, PA DISTRIBUTORS WANTED Only $39 95 to start Includes distributor kit with products, manual & ivered To Your Door Insect and Disease Control. . . Select and plant disease-resistant varieties. Rotate vegetables in your garden from year to year. In other words, if possible, don’t plant tomatoes this year in the same place where you had them last year. Remove sick-looking plants and throw them in the trash. Spray or dust sick-looking plants and throw them in the trash. Spray or dust with insecticides or fungicides when a problem is first noticed. Timely Harvest... Pick and use fruits and vegetables at their peak of flavor and goodness. Watch cucumbers and zucchini squash especially. Don’t let them get overgrown. Store peas and sweet corn in the refrigerator if you aren’t going to cook and serve them promptly. This chilling helps preserve their sweetness and flavor. Can, freeze or otherwise store surplus produce for future meals. Compost Garden Refuse . . . Make a compost pile with leaves. sales helps 1 literature kit, w/ brochures FAVORITE VEGETABLES FOR A PROOU From Spring to Fall 20 x 25 Sweet Corn Kale after corn is removed Sweet Corn Tomato Large Fruited Tomato Squash. Zucchini- Beans Bush Snap 2 successive plantings Swiss Chard a iv 2 ft Radishes, follow with Bush Snap Beans V/2 ft Spinach follow with Broccoli I l '* ft Parsley Cabbage 2 successive plantings Ift Lettuce 2 successive plantings Carrots 2 successive plantings Beets 2 successive plantings Onions Peas follow with Brussels Sprouts 1 I'2 ft (JJSJ) QUALITY BINS MADE IN U.S.A. EARLY ORDER DISCOUNTS NOW IN EFFECT GSI FEED BINS And ACCESSORIES Flex-Auger Systems, PVC Tubing, 2", 3”, 4” Diameter Systems j CBS! | i i 111 \ V Bin Boot • GRAIN BINS • UTILITY. FLEX, TRANSPORT. INCLINE, VERTICAL AND BIN UN LOADING AUGERS • AERATION FLOORS • FEED BINS • WET HOLDING TANKS • BUCKET ELEVATORS • DRYING AND AERATION FANS • GRAIN CLEANERS 10 staked plants Small Fruited 4 staked plants —6 plants Peppers 2O ft —— vegetable tops and peelings, grass clippings, fruit skins and other organic material. Composting breaks down these materials into humus, which improves the con dition of the soil, makes plants grow and produce better. Compost bins are neat, space-saving ways to compost garden and kitchen waste, if you don’t have room for a large pile. Succession Planting. . . Sow a summer crop-for instance, bush snap beans-m a place vacated by an early, fast-maturing vegetable such as radishes. Sow broccoli, loosehead lettuce, carrots or beets to replace crops harvested in early summer. This will keep all your garden space busy and producing tasty vegetables from early spring to late fall. Remove Faded Flowers. . . To keep flower gardens tidy and blooming all summer, pick and Xf Suspension T Feed Auger Tube Hooks f Drop A j Curved Auter Tube ICTIVE GARDEN Feet Closely s|)<u r| rows and successive plantings help you harvest the most from a sunnv area 20 \ 2 r » ft The peas make a mouth watering feast eariv then are remove*l to make room for Brussels Sprouts (*u ( unifiers and tom.lines are grown on supports to save space and keep the fruit i lean and blemish free Cucumbers on netting enjoy lots of blossoms in bouquets. Also, remove faded flowers from garden plantings. Picking fresh flowers and removing dead heads helps stimulate continuous blooms. Proper Conditions for Container Gardening. . . Use a light, porous planting medium. One part sieved garden soil to two parts compost, peat moss or vermiculite works well. Water often enough to keep the plants from drying out com pletely, especially in hot, windy weather. On the other hand, don’t waterlog the planting material. 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