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Show q GARDENS MM A; Idaho Technical Institute ! Gives Directions on Raising Rais-ing Vegetables. Careful Watching and Seasonable Sea-sonable Ficking' Are Main Essentials. 1 Special to The Tribune. POCATELLO. May 3. Many war pr-jy'deners pr-jy'deners are this year bocominir Viotory Virdencrs, due to the discovery of tiio-plesaurc, tiio-plesaurc, as well as iho boiu-fii. of "raising our own vegetables and tmall fruits," says a bulletin issued by the Idaho Technical institute. t t ' Gardening may seem to the beginner to .'be a very simple process, but the results , of his first season's work will show him :i'.hat there arc a great many opportuni-.s opportuni-.s yies for' the proverbial "slip twixt The "v,K.'Up and the- lip,'' or between the plan -1 X ind the planting. The first problem .V; 1 ivhich arises, of course, is when to plant. ;Vj The plants and seeds required to make aJ l complete garden may be considered in j 'our groups extra hardy, hardy, tender 1 yuid very tender. - fCj The extra hardy group includes onion ! 'iets. horseradish and rhubarb roots, j smooth peas, sweetpeas. Kohlrabi, rad- shes. spinach and turnip. All of these ' nay be planted or sown just as early as j he ground can be got ready for them . hat is. as soon as it is dried out enouth jtr o he forked up and raked without re- J i.jn a i n i n g sticky and 1 u m o ) The hardy group includes seeds of ' leets, carrots, celery (.to be transplanted ater), chard, lettuce, onion seed, smooth : eas, mustard, salsify, parsley, parsnips ! md potatoes. Also plants (if thoroughlv -gardened off of cabbage, lettuce, beets. .' mions, kohlrabi, Swiss eliard and tpref- ;rably a few days later) cauliflower. ' These should be planted about a week i ater tlian the first group, when free?.- i ng is over and the peach and pear are i loming into bloom. j iVhat Groups Include. .xjU jie tender group includes beans, sweet :orn, cucumbers, okra, melons. puni!kins .nd squash. These should not be piant-d piant-d until danger of hard frosts is prac- ! SKfiicilly over; usually some three weeks .ficr the hardy group, or when apple .! eourai.vs further yield and tends to kill the plant. This is especially true of bva ns, pea s, cucumbers, summer squash and okra. tree? arc in bloom. TVr the small garden lit will usually "be w o i b while to t a k e a ehaii'.'o on an 'extra rly. learning of ; beans ;uul corn, as the cost of- uoh ' planting Is gre;t1 o:ut .pared v the advantages obtained ' iC i;he ycrop happens ; to come through alt r.iuht. The very tender grou.n includes .Tjima beans, tomatoes, penper - and egr;piani lants. These should not be put out until all danger of late frost is past. Unlike the vegetables in the preceding group, it does not i-ay to lake a chance with these, as, rven il they live; i he growth until w arm weather arrives will be very unsatisfactory. ' and the plant : onee dwarfed or stuned by uns--asonabie j weather will not recover. f have frequently fre-quently Seen '.Lima beam;, eggplants, and even tomatoes, vrhicb outgrew and matured ma-tured -earlier than planus of the same varieties which had been sown or set out ten days or more earlier. Cause of Poor Growth. I'oor germination is vary frequently due to the fact that the ground is so wet and cold that the seeds rot after srront-ing. srront-ing. especially if there are a few wet. cold days just after planting. Pauper of loss froj n this source can be very grea tly minimized by presprou t lag such seeds as peas, beets, eek-:-y. chard, beans, -weet corn, cucumbers, melons and Lima beans before planting. . This can be di-ne easily by keeping the teed? in' a wavm place, partly covered vith water, for twenty-four to forty-tight hours. Thev shoukl be watched carotid'.;.- and panted as soon as germination btin? to show. For convenience for planting, tnev can rolled in dry silted soil.' or. in the ca s---of the laisrer seeds, such ac pn. b---rjrw p.nd corn, mixed m sirred le:i f-moiii.! ,;-wuth ,;-wuth humus. nen tlie unper Invert of sod dry out. ir is ciren sdvis.ibl.- to moisten the seed bed bv irrigation be-lore be-lore piannng. It is not Uie dc-.Mh of plautimr, buL the condition' o: moNturf.' and ot warmth, mat determines germination. germi-nation. One of the most important things in Keeping Aesretahles m good table condt-nun condt-nun is to pick or gather thi.-m ail as-fast a t e i i i 1 u - i. Leaving them to grow a.oij i.i.irm- cii-- |