DON'T WASTE GROUND
i ■ ■ ■ ... i There is no point in leaving early ipeas in the ground after the crop has been gathered, for the -ground they occupy can be used for other vegetables. The haulm should be cut off close to the soil and removed, but the roots should be allowed to remain, for they help to enrich the soil' by means of the bacteria which live upon them. Dig over the plot and rake the surface level after applying a dressing of sulphate of potash at one ounce and superphosphate at two ounces per square yard. If the soil is moist, all well and goqd; if not, it will be best to wait until rain falls before making sowings. A plot on which peas have been grown is ideal for carrots and roots from seeds sown may be left in the ground until they are required for use. They may even be left until spring, when one can pull carrots almost as tender as those that bre being used now.
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Evening Star, Issue 23421, 11 November 1939, Page 6
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171DON'T WASTE GROUND Evening Star, Issue 23421, 11 November 1939, Page 6
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