SOWING AND THINNING
I£ you know your seeds to be good, it is a great mistake to sow thickly, as it necessitates heavy thinning, which might have been avoided. It is also a mistake to allow vegetable plants to crowd one another, and if you want a first-class crop, you must thin out the plants in the earlier stages of their growth. You will have a larger return from a given extent of land by so doing. Sow just before or after rain, if possible Before sowing a crop, always dig over the soil, thoroughly manure it, if required, and then reduce it to a fine tilth. Always sow in rows in preference to broadcast, as the former method has many advantages. Avoid deep sowing; a slight covering is enough for small seeds. Half an inch covering for turnip, lettuce, onion, radish and such seed is quite enough; for beet one inch, and for peas about two inches.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 34
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158SOWING AND THINNING Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 886, 1 February 1930, Page 34
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