The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, April 16, 1914, Page TWO, Image 2
TOMATO CULTURE
By W R Elliott, District Aflent U
S Farm Demonstration Work.
Select virgin soil, if possible free
of all plant diseases, in the preparation
of the seed bed. First be certain
that you have secured fresh
seed for planting.
The year li?14 should be printed
on the package containing the seed,
it being reasonable to expect fresh
seed in this case. An ordinary soap
or soda box in the absence of a hot
bed can be secured to plant the seed
in. Fill the box with soil to within
three in dies of the top and pack
down well. This soil should not be
as fertile as the field in which the
plants are to De grown, as m uusi
case the plants would receive a backset,
being transplanted from rich
soil to poor soil.
Mark off rows three to four inches
apart and a half inch deep, drilling
the seed an inch apart in the row,
then cover and firm the soil well and
sprinkle with water almost at boiling
point. Place box in southern
exposure, keeping the soil damp but
not too wet; and at night take the
box in doors for protection. Planting
in the drill obviates the necessity
of transplanting to secure stocky
plants. When plants have reached
a height of from three to four inches
pinch off all leaves except a few at
the top and fill in between rows
(with the same kind of soil in which
plants are growing) to within an
inch or two of the top. The plants
will then take root along the entire
length of the buried stem, and in a
short period the added root system
which is thus given the plant will
force it into vigorous growth.
When the plants have reached a
height of four inches they are ready
for the field.
Lift plants carefully, being sure
not to break the roots, and again
pinch off the leaves as above stated,
and set them deep in the soil. Shading
will then seldom be necessary
except in very hot weather.
Overgrown plants can be planted
in a trench, by laying the stem in
the trench and setting the tops in
an upright position by packing earth
firmly around them.
An ideal location for a seed bed
for growing plants during the summer
months will be found on the
north side of a fence running east
and west. Three inch strips two
and a half feet long can be tacked
on the top of fence posts and guano
sacks sewed together stretched
across them for protection against
the midday sun rays.
Since the tomato is grown exclusively
for its fruit, the plant should
not be forced to make large foliage,
and only enough nitrate of soda
snouia De usea to Keep me piani vikorous
and green; as nitrogen makes
plant growth. Phosphorous makes
fruit and potash strengthens the
growth, giving body to the plant,
color and firmness of fruit to the
tomato.
No set rule can be given for the
fertilization of this crop, as all soils
vary in fertility; but a good mixture
for tomatoes can be made by mixing
20 pounds 16 per cent acid, 100
pounds cotton seed meal, 50 pounds
nitrate of soda and 50 pounds muriate
of potash.
Slaked lime will be found very
beneficial (on mosi soils) applied on
top of soil and well harrowed in
after land has been thoroughly prepared.
Lime should be applied two
or three weeks before planting if
used in large quantities. It acts as
an agent by counteracting acidity,
has the tendency to make sandy soils
more compact and clay soils more
porous, and helps to some extent to
prevent tomato blight.
Care must be used in the application
of lime, as it will set free the
ammonia in nitrate of soda or in
other nitrogenous fertilizers if it
comes in contact with them (that is,
direct contact). As to cultivation:
A dust mulch two inches deep should
be kept up during the growing season
to prevent evaporation of moisture.
This can be done by using a
joe harrow, or heel scrape, or in the
absence of these a four prong digger
or garden rake can be used if ground
is free of grass and weeds.
A large yield of tomatoes on onetenth
of an acre can be best secured
by staking the plants and pruning
to a single vine. Trellises can be
used also by sinking posts in the
ground three feet apart and stretching
hay wire or telephone wire 12
inches apart, across the posts, training
the plants to the wire. Another
method used by many growers is to
take pieces of two by four inch
scantling five or six feet long, sharpened
at one end, and three inch
strips tacked one foot apart on
these. The posts are then driven
into the soil until the first strip,
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sharpened end, comes within 12
inches of the ground. The plants
are then trained to the strips.
Summary:
Care should be taken in- the selection
of soil for tomatoes. Never
plant tomatoes in the same place
year after year if blight, wilt or any
other disease has ever attacked the
plants.
The land should be broken to a
depth of at least six inches and thoroughly
pulverized. Fertilizer should
be thoroughly incorporated with the
soil ten days to two weeks before
planting, for quick results.
A supply of nitrate of soda should
be kept on hand for occasional top
dressing when needed. Sallow looking
plants need nitrate of soda.
Sandy soils will need more potash
than clay soils ana usually more nitrogen.
Cow manure should be well rotted
or composted for best results. Stable
manure is too heating unless used in
moderation or thoroughly composted
with acid phosphate. A dust
mulch should be kept up during the
growing season. Spark's Earliana
is perhaps the best extra early tomato.
Acme gives fine results.
Main crop varieties, Stone, Matchless,
Majestic, Beauty, Prize Bell,
etc. For exhibition purposes, Buist's
New Monarch, Brimmer, Improved
Ponderosa, etc.
Sow a cover crop of crimson clover
or vetch in the tomato field to
be turned under the following spring
for the purpose of adding humus
and nitrogen for next year's crop.
Wood Alcohol.
Much has been written in recent
years regarding the almost criminal
ignorance of the general public in
the use of wood alcohol, and its injurious
effect not only on eyesight,
but on life itself. The importance
of adequate protection of the public
in this regard is emphasized by a
recent tragedy in New York City. I
Three women died and two were
made dangerously ill from drinking
home-made wine at a wedding feast.
The wine was made by the bridegroom
and was drunk by the two
hundred guests present. The recipe
for the beverage, the police say,
was sugar, water, alcohol and a red
and green coloring matter. It was
first thought that the women were
suffering from ptomaine poison, but'
the Coroner's physician pronounced
death to be due to alcohol poisoning,
and the police declare the wine
was made with wood alcohol. This
dangerous poison often kills and
even when the life of the victim is
spared, he is generally blinded for
the rest of his life.
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