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Making Pumpkins Grow Fast.–A good way of
hustling the growth of pumpkins, marrows*, etc., is to feed the fruits with
water. It is only needful to secure some pieces of round lamp wick. Holes
are made in the stalk of the fruit and, into these, one end of the wick is
inserted. The other end of the wick rests in a jar of water which is kept
well supplied. The pumpkins grow at twice the rate they do normally and are
ready for cutting much sooner. In this way the produce secured from the
plant is largely increased. The plan is well worth following out.–S.
Leonard Bastin from: The Garden Magazine - June 1918 |
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