Eureka Reporter | 1906-04-27 | Page 6 | Success with Pansies

SUCCESS WITH PANSIES how one woman was rewarded for her trouble A little about her method perhaps my plan or securing a large and continuous blossoming from panales may be of interest to some readers last year I 1 purchased a good supply of best mixed and white pansy seeds these I 1 started in february in a box in the window and when large enough I 1 transplanted to baking powder cans which had had their sides and bottoms and used the lids for hot toms in each one a plant grew till the ground wa fit for transplanting after a good bed with suitable soil had been made the cans were simply unrolled from the soil they contained and each little plant with its roots un disturbed was placed in the garden bed then my petted pansies began their outdoor life the care of these plants was a delight care must be taken wilh them when the hot mid summer das come as their stems will decay near the roots damping off to avert so sad a fate each plant should have for its support three stakes 20 inches in length the stems were held in an erect position and cured the damping off process the pansies will grow to the top of the stakes and with a plentiful water ing every even ng will blossom afresh I 1 did not allow my pansies to bear seed preferring to buy a fresh supply tor the next year and so let my plants expend all their force in producing flowers prairie farmer