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For early melons or cucumbers many plant the seeds on inverted sods cut
about four inches square. The sods are placed in a frame of any kind, and
covered to the depth of half an inch with mellow, rich earth. The plants
root firmly in these sods the same as they would in small flower pots, and
may safely be transplanted as soon as the weather becomes settled and warm.
For melons this is an excellent plan, since our seasons are scarcely long
enough to ripen them before the cool nights of autumn, when the seeds are
planted in the ground in the usual way. The Farm and Household
Cyclopędia - circa 1888
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