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Ministry of Agriculture Allotment &
Garden Guide
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facsimile of page 6
February 1945
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Sow BROAD BEANS |
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The earliest and often most successful crops of
broad beans are obtained by sowing in autumn (but not in the North, unless
protected by frames or cloches): but a second sowing can be
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made during February. The broad bean does best on land manured for a
previous crop, such as potatoes.
It is best to sow two lines of seed to each row, with 6
in. between the seeds and 2 ft. 6 in. between the rows. But if only one line
of seeds is sown, 2 ft. between rows will be sufficient. |
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Sow SPINACH |
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The Ministry's cropping plan suggests that summer spinach (for those who
like it) should be sown in mid-April. But if you wish, you can make
successional sowings from February to May in drills 1 in. deep and 12 in.
apart. Thin out the plants as soon as they are large enough to handle, first
to 3 in. apart, removing alternate plants about a fortnight later. You can
cook these thinnings. On light soils spinach runs to seed fairly quickly in
hot weather, so hoe regularly and water freely at such times, if you can.
Spinach likes well manured ground.
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Plant SHALLOTS |
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Shallots are easier to grow than onions and some gardeners prefer them for
that reason; in fact, shallots are a sort of hardy perennial onion grown
annually from small bulbs or "sets". You can also grow shallots from seed,
but these bulbs are really small onions and are useless for replanting and
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The Ministry's cropping plan for a 300 square yard plot suggests two rows of
shallots to be planted in February. Sets of medium size (20 t0 25 to the
lb.) should be used and each set should produce five or six large bulbs. 2
lb. of bulbs should be about enough for one row of 30 ft. (continued on
page 7) |
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