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Page 52
... sown in a sterilised glasshouse border soil , sowing thinly at the rate of 1 oz seed to 30 sq yd of bed , so that seedlings are about 1 in apart before they are planted out direct into the growing house . Before sowing , firm the soil ...
... sown in a sterilised glasshouse border soil , sowing thinly at the rate of 1 oz seed to 30 sq yd of bed , so that seedlings are about 1 in apart before they are planted out direct into the growing house . Before sowing , firm the soil ...
Page 117
... Sowing takes place from mid - September to mid - October , and if soil - blocks are used planting will be necessary three and a half to five weeks later . The January crop is sown only about seven or eight days later than the December ...
... Sowing takes place from mid - September to mid - October , and if soil - blocks are used planting will be necessary three and a half to five weeks later . The January crop is sown only about seven or eight days later than the December ...
Page 179
... sowing 51-2 pelleted : propagating from 37-42 sowing 49-51 sowing 49-53 shallot aphid 139 sheet steaming 75-8 ' short - day ' lettuce 4 short day treatment 53 simazine 88 slugs 137 , 139 , 141 Smilde , K. W. 138 soil : available water ...
... sowing 51-2 pelleted : propagating from 37-42 sowing 49-51 sowing 49-53 shallot aphid 139 sheet steaming 75-8 ' short - day ' lettuce 4 short day treatment 53 simazine 88 slugs 137 , 139 , 141 Smilde , K. W. 138 soil : available water ...
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SECTION THREE Varieties | 29 |
Glasshouse Preparation | 71 |
Glasshouse Growing | 95 |
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100 gal water 500 lumens/sq ft acre aphids application and cutting applied approx autumn crop available water capacity become benomyl border soil Botrytis burners chemicals Chlorpropham cm blocks compost Consumer protection cucumbers damage disease Downy Mildew early eelworm February fertilisers Fixed Costs fluorescent tubes fungus germinating give glass glasshouse lettuce growers growing house grown growth heating thermostat humidity infected insecticide January JOHN BAARDA labour leaf leaves lettuce crop lettuce mosaic virus light loam machines Manganese March method methyl bromide minimum interval moist needed nitrogen normally nurseries oz/sq yd paraffin peat pelleted seed period pests polythene possible production propagating house propane Quintozene rosette stage slugs soil-blocks Sold sowing spray sprayline sq ft steaming sterilising stomata superphosphate Thiram tipburn tomatoes triple superphosphate tween last application unheated urea-formaldehyde usually varieties ventilation virus weed weeks wettable powder winter wireworms Yorkshire Zineb