The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-04-16, Page 59:1 sin,yle plant of leaf lettuce i•a9E, spread
to dinner -plate size.
Lettuce pr�fit
Leaf lettuce is the third most valuable vegetable you can grow
in your garden. Only tomalars•and green onions are more prof-
itahle. shy the experts.
tines seeds of leaf lettuce veru
early; they'll sprout and grow
when it is too cool for most
other vcgetahles.
Descriptions list most leaf
varieties as. maturing in
about forty five days. But you
can begin pulling every other
plant when the seedlings are
only- half -grown. 'thinning
makes room for the remaining
seedlings to fill out to their
(all diameter • as large as
dinner plates.
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Except..wh.ere seasons are..tx..,..
rt'ntt•ly ,hart t horn k no ad
:intagi• to starting Ieal'lotlWI'
seeds o:u'I' indoors.
1)1,r011tiuur ,mtin,g IItluce
.vols %then \t:u'n) summer
come,. Ilea) rause, pour ger
pupation. and the plants that
°come up will luickly ,hunt up
seed ,talks or turn hitter.
E;erollenl 'rnp.--or leafLott uco
ran he grim o for fall harvest
'luring cool we:ii'iler.'The cos
,rnmaino1 and butterhead
r p•s grow especially well
durinLt the fall season. These,
boost ht;ading typesare-nearly
,rs I'asy to grow a, loaf Ieltuoe.
Suggestion: mix. seeds of peso
or throe kinds of teal' lettuce
for variety in ('((Inc. loaf shares
and taste. You can get apple
green, dark green, bronze.
red, frilled and fringed
varieties.
Packets of lettuce seeds are
filled generously. Plant only,
14 to 112 packet at a time, at
two-week intervals. An aver-
age family can cat only as
much leaf lettuce as can he
grown on about ti sq. ft. of bed,
E:xporie•nced gardeners
"force" spring lettuce' to
mature early by sheltering it
under tunnels air-hotsid,:_of clear
plastic sheeting. 'The canopy-
coneentrate, the sun', haat
and protect, lettuce from
snap frost,.
What a treat to be eating
lavish s;tlads of home group
leaf 'lettuce (1 hen a hunch
cost' 74 rents at the market'
LEAVE INSECTS OUT-
DOORS
Before bringing houseplants.
indoors, check for insects
and diseases. It won't take
long for these problems 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.
• Nursery Stock
• Rolling • Fertilizing
• Aerifying • Verticutting
• Seeding 8 Sodding
• Instant Shade Trees
Key. tQpepp�e'rj prolifte.hy
The sweet or pungent, long
or blocky, hot or mild pepper
is often the pickiest plant hi
the vegetable patch. Picking
the proper variety to grow is
one solid step in salving the
many problems, borne
gardeners experience with
this desirable vegetable.
Pepper problems for home
gardeners, whatever the
region of the country, seem
to revolve around the
problem of yield per plant.
While the zucchini over-
whelms the garden basket,
the pepper plant often stands
proud, lush and barren. or at
the best, the producer of an
only child ora 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
Shade -Loving Ferns
If you have a damp,
shaded location, with
slightly acid soil, don't
despair, plant ferns. Any of
the three Osmunda ferns -
the Interrupted fern, Cin-
namon fern, and Royal ferm
will do well. These ferns
grow to a height of about 1
metre (3 feet), and require
mulching for best results.
much fruit.
Tbe hybrid pepper is a star
just coming into its own.
Horne gardeners expect high
yields from their 'Better
Boy' hybrid tomatoes, they
ask for them by name.
'Better Belle' hybrid
pepper intrtsdubes 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 disease -
res is:tant plants sturdily
keep, up their production
throughout the growing
season.
'Better Belle' has been•
bred for a variety of pur-
poses, as well assuperior
production. The thick,
blocky walls of the 4r/2 x 3r/2 -
inch fruit` are ideal for
stuffing, freezing and perfect
for use as fresh produce on
thedinnertable. -
Ball Seed Company,
wholesale distributor. of
'Better Belle' seed t.o.
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 all fruit -producing
plants off to a good start at
planting time with the ad-
dition of a starter fertilizer
(such as 8-24-8).
+ Plant peppers only after
night temperatures have
risen above . .55 degrees.
Planting too early will often
stunt plants.
+ Harvest fruit regularly.
After mature fruit is har-
vested, new fruit set will
begin.
+ Rotate tomato , 'pepper
and egg -plant crops, making
sure these three vegetables
do not follow each other in
the same location. 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 grow, and bear
prolifically, providing the
gardener knows its
requirements, and asks for
'the 1980 hybrid varieties by
name.
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