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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-04-16, Page 53• et Leallettuce is the third. most Valuable vegetable you can grow in your garden, only tomatoes and-'teen Oni011S are more prof- Rabic, say the experts: fl single plant of Ir;qf 1p t t ace can cad to dinnenplate size. • The sweet or pungent,i6ng or blocky, hot or mild pepper is often the pickiest plant in the vegetable patch. Picking the proper variety to grow, is one solid step in solving the' many problems home gardeners' experience with this desirable vegetable. Pepper_iproblems for home gardeners, whatever the • region of the country, seem to revolve around the problem of yield per plant. While the Zucchini over- whelmi- the.. garden' bOsket, the pepper plant often,stands proud, lush 'andbarren, or.at. .the• best, the 'producer of an only child or a pair of twins. Warm season peppers are somewhat particular about temperatures for fruit set., Peppers fertilized with heavy applications of 'nitrogen, or not. given adequate phosphorous, may. develop into good , looking plants; but will not produce SoW seeds,b1 leaf .lettuce very early; theyll sprout, and grow Whett it is tbo''eoot for most other vegetables. Descriptions, list. Most.. leaf .ivarieties As. maturing about forty-five'days. litit you can begin. Oiling every other plant when the SeedlingS 'are only , half groWn, Thinning makes room for the reMaining seedlings to till out to their full diameter — as' large, as • dintier.plates, Except where se ations are eX. teem(!}', short there is no vantage to start i ng •Ieaf lettuee' seeds early. indMirs, . iliscimtinue sowing lettuce seeds when Warm slimmer' coil is: heat causes poor ger- niinittion, and the plants that. cons~. up will quickly shoot up seed stalks or turn bitter. Exilellent crops of leaf lettuce.. can he grown for fall'hirryt-st cool weather. The cos iromai net and but terhead types 'grow especially during the fall season. These loose-heading types'are nearly as easy to grow as. lea r totuo.,. Suggestion: mix seeds of two or three kinds of leaf lettuce for variety in Color, leaf shapes • and taste,, You can get apple greett,. hrOr0..b., ,•.ted, frilled.' and fringed.' .varieties. Pickets Or, lettuce seeds are tilled,generousld, only 1/4 to 112 packet.at a time, itt; 'two-Week intervals. Anayee- ' age 'family can eat, only as much. leaf letttice as can he grosYti on ahOut 6 sq. ft. of hed. E, r-fe-are d garde-tic spring lettuce to.. mature.early by sheltering. it . under•tunnels•orhoOdS of clear Pho.ilic 'sheeting. 'The ezinopy • concentrates the sun's heat. And : protects • lettuce from snap frosts. Wh;tt ;al treat to he :eating: lavish salads -of home grown, leaf lettuce when, a 'hunch -casts 79 cents at the Market!„. LEAVE INSECTS OUT- DOORS - _ Before bringing houseplants indoors; check for insects and diseases. It won't ,take ong for these—prob ems. to spread to other houseplants. Treat fungus diseases 'with benomYl. Diazinon can be used to eliminate insects. Isolate treated plants from other houseplants for one week to 10 days. much frnit. The hybrid pepper is a star just coming into its oWn. Herne gardeners expect high yields from their,'Better,: POT' hybrid tomatoes, they ask for them, byname. 'Better Belle' hybrid pepper introduces the qualities every pepper grower has been waiting for. 'Better Belle' comes into fruit a full two weeks earlier than the older !California Wonder' types. The diSear- resistant plants sturdily keeP,. I up their Production throughout • the growing season. • 'Better Belle' has been bred for a variety of pur- poses, as well as superior production. , The thick, blocky walls of the OA x 31/2- inch fruit are ideal for stuffing, freezing and perfect for use as fresh produce on the d inner table. Ball Seed Cempany, wholesale distributor of 'Better Belle' seed to . Commercial growers, offers some additional tips to home gardeners who will be planting this superior` variety for the first time this year. + Use a complete fertilizer such as 10-10-10 before• planting your vegetable garden. Do not side-dress peppers until after a • good fruit set. + Get 411 fruitproducing plants off to a good start at planting time with' the ad- 1:lition of a starter fertilizer (stiChas 8-244)- + Plant peppers only Lifter night temperatures have risen above t 55 degrees. Planting WO early will often stun t-plantg--- - + Harvest fruit regularly.. After mature fruit is har- vested, new fruit set will begin. 717 Rotate tomato pepper and egg-plant crops, Malting sure these• three vegetables do :not fellow each other in the same lecation. Each is subject to the same diseases, some of which are soil-borne. + The cooler the season, the more important the selection Of. ;early varieties. Peppers will not set fruit in very cool weather. If hot peppers' are your pick, the hottest of them all has been introduced to the. gardening world-- 'Fire!' named for its flavorful aim. 'Fire!' produces 2-inch slim fruit which are, attractive in ornamental. plantings, as Well as superior spicers for pepper-loving palates. Hot or sweet, the, pepper will grim, and bear prolifically, providing ,' the gardener knows its requirements, and asks for. the 1980 hybrid varieties by name. Shade-Loving Ferns If you have a damp, shaded location, with slightly acid soil, don't despair, plant ferns. 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