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Show CdDimgnnmninimg Ilimiteirestt Warming weather brings out the green thumb in Utah gardeners Plant only a few feet of a row at one time if planting lettuce, peas, radishes and other crops that rapidly overmature at harvest time. Plant an early, semi-early, mid-season and late variety of corn at the same time to spread the harvest period. Keep space occupied. When early crops are gone, make second seedings or plant vegetables such as snap beans, beets, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, sweet corn, kohlrabi, summer squash and Swiss chard. Control weeds early. An hour spent hoeing small weeds will save hours of work later when weeds are mature. Control insects when they first appear. by Consuming Writer Ron Daines Utah State University Extension With fingers crossed, that warm days have frightened away winter's chill, Utah gardeners can begin deciding the kinds of vegetables to plant in this year's garden. Horticulturists at Utah State University have some timely tips to help gardeners get the best produce for the time and money they invest in their gardens. Bill Varga, USU research horticulturist, horti-culturist, cautions gardeners who have saved seed from last year's garden that it's genetically highly improbable that such seed will yield the same bumper crop it did a year . ago. -Rf He said seed companies remove the variability in seed production. Alvin Hamson, USU Extension horticulturist, has listed a number of ' recommended seed varieties in his popular extension publication, "Growing Vegetables: Recommended Recom-mended Varieties for Utah," EC 313, available through extension county offices. (The publication currently is being updated. ) Not only does the publication list seed varieties, it lists the number of days from planting to harvest, germination temperatures, average planting dates (which vary around the state), the length of row that will yield typical needs for a family of five, the number of seeds per foot of row, the number of plants or amount of seed needed, planting depth and plant spacing. Varga says local garden stores are the best places to look for the seeds you want. However, some seeds must be ordered, and he lists several companies that publish seed catalogs: cata-logs: Burpee Seed, 300, Park Ave., Warminster, PA 18991. Gurney Seed, 1448 Page St., Yankton, SD 57079. Harris Seed, 3670 Buffalo Rd., Rochester, NY 14624 Mountain Valley Seed, 2015 North Main, Logan, UT 84321.. -Park Seed, Greenwood, SC 29647. Stoeks Seed, Box 548, Buffalo, ; NY 14240. Twilley Seed, P.O. Box 65, Trevose, PA 19047. "There is no substitute for good seed," Hamson says. "There are many varieties on the market. Buy only the best." No matter how good the seeds are, they will not bear their maximum yield without properly fertilized soil. Utah soils are usually deficient in nitrogen and phosphorus. Hamson recommends gardeners apply three ' pound of 10-20-0 fertilizers, or the equivalent, for each 100 square feet of garden. Spread half the fertilizer before plowing, and work the other half into the top three inches of soil after plowing. Hamson offers several other tips that can help make this year's garden a success: |
