 Sow the seeds thick along the drills, at the rate of five or six pounds per acre, and rake them in evenly. * When the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to the distance of six or eight inches in the rows. They should be kept free from weeds,...  Garden Vegetables, and how to Cultivate Them - Page 220by Fearing Burr - 1866 - 355 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 422 pages
...raifed from feed in a bed or border of common garden-earth, in fhallow drille fix inches afunder ; and when the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to. the fame diftance ; and in autumn plant them out where they are wanted. Ufa. The firft fpecies may... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 pages
...raised from seed in a bed or border of common garden earth, in shallow drills six inches asunder ; when the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to the same distance; and in autumn plant them out where they are wanted. 3. L. usitatissimum, the common... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Botany - 1836 - 142 pages
...seeds thick along the drills, at the rate of five or six pounds per acre, and rake them in evenly. When the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to the distance of six or eight inches in the rows. They should be kept free from weeds, by regular hoeings... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Flower gardening - 1840 - 418 pages
...seeds thick along the drills, at the rate of five or six pounds per acre, and rake them in evenly. * When the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to the distance of six or eight inches in the rows. They should be kept free from weeds, by regular hoeings... | |
 | Francis S. Wiggins - Agriculture - 1840 - 512 pages
...thinly an inch or more deep. Then fill in the drills, and harden the surface with the back of a shovel. When the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to four or fire inches apart. Or make the drills about ten inches apart, each way. and drop six or eight... | |
 | Theodore L. Godet - Bermuda Islands - 1860 - 298 pages
...the seed thick along the drills, at the rate of five or six pounds per acre, and rake them in evenly. When the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to the distance of six or eight inches in the rows. WOKK FOK MARCH. (First Part.) — Sow melons, pumpkins,... | |
 | Theodore L. Godet - Bermuda Islands - 1860 - 318 pages
...the seed thick along the drills, at the rate of five or six pounds per acre, and rake them in evenly. When the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to the distance of six or eight inches in the rows. WORK FOH MARCH. (First Part.) — Sow melons, pumpkins,... | |
 | British Pharmaceutical Conference - 1888 - 592 pages
...readiness in rotation, and is consequently more easily managed. The seed is sown in drills about twenty-two inches apart and half an inch deep. When the plants are two or three inches in height, cleaning and thinning is commenced, leaving the plants ten inches apart, giving from 28,000... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Gardening - 1867 - 528 pages
...Long Radish-seed, sown in each drill as directed for Parsley, will also prove beneficial to Parsnips. When the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to the distance of six or eight inches in the rows. They should be kept free from weeds, by regular hoeing... | |
 | Thomas Bridgeman - Floriculture - 1869 - 574 pages
...Long Radish-seed, sown in each drill as directed for Parsley, will also prove beneficial to Parsnips. When the plants are two or three inches high, thin them to the distance of six or eight inches in the rows. They should be kept free from weeds, by regular hoeing... | |
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