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One of the best means
One of the best means of doing this is to sow seeds in warm soil toler¬ably dry; to trust for some time to the moisture that exists in such earth and MBT Shoes UK the atmosphere for the supply required for germination; and only to administer water MBT Shoes when the signs of germination have become visible; even then the supply should be extremely small. If this is attended to, carbonic acid is very slowly formed and liberated; the chemical quality of the con¬tents of the seed is thus insensibly altered, each act of respiration may be said to invigorate it, and by degrees it will be brought to a condition favourable to the assimilation of food in larger quantities. Mr. Knight used to say that these effects were produced in no way so well as by enclosing seeds between two pieces of loamy turf, cut smooth, and applied to each other by the underground sides; such a method is, however, scarcely applicable to any except seeds of considerable size. "It will happen at times that small seeds, such as Cabbage seed, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, &e., do not MBT come away after they are sown, during dry and warm weather. Last spring, some of my crops failed in the first sowing. About a month after the regular time for sowing these seeds, a few drills were made in moist peat, and in the drills was put some guano, to cover which peat-mould was also used. The seeds were atterwards sown, being chiefly Broccoli, Cabbages and Iceland Greens. After they were sown and covered up, the heat still continued; the surface of the peat became as dry as tinder, and would have burned if fire had been applied to it. However, the seed that was sown vegetated freely, the plants grew rapidly, and were as tit for planting out at the proper time as the few that remained of those that had been sown a month before.
One of the best means of doing this is to sow seeds in warm soil toler¬ably dry; to trust for some time to the moisture that exists in such earth and MBT Shoes UK the atmosphere for the supply required for germination; and only to administer water MBT Shoes when the signs of germination have become visible; even then the supply should be extremely small. If this is attended to, carbonic acid is very slowly formed and liberated; the chemical quality of the con¬tents of the seed is thus insensibly altered, each act of respiration may be said to invigorate it, and by degrees it will be brought to a condition favourable to the assimilation of food in larger quantities. Mr. Knight used to say that these effects were produced in no way so well as by enclosing seeds between two pieces of loamy turf, cut smooth, and applied to each other by the underground sides; such a method is, however, scarcely applicable to any except seeds of considerable size. "It will happen at times that small seeds, such as Cabbage seed, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, &e., do not MBT come away after they are sown, during dry and warm weather. Last spring, some of my crops failed in the first sowing. About a month after the regular time for sowing these seeds, a few drills were made in moist peat, and in the drills was put some guano, to cover which peat-mould was also used. The seeds were atterwards sown, being chiefly Broccoli, Cabbages and Iceland Greens. After they were sown and covered up, the heat still continued; the surface of the peat became as dry as tinder, and would have burned if fire had been applied to it. However, the seed that was sown vegetated freely, the plants grew rapidly, and were as tit for planting out at the proper time as the few that remained of those that had been sown a month before.
