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April 28, 1906
The L'anse Sentinel
L'anse, Baraga County, Michigan
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A woman describes her method for achieving continuous pansy blossoms: starting seeds indoors, transplanting via baking powder cans to protect roots, and using stakes to prevent summer damping off, with plentiful watering for ongoing flowers. (187 characters)
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SUCCESS WITH PANSIES.
How One Woman Was Rewarded for Her Trouble-A Little About Her Method.
Perhaps my plan for securing a large and continuous blossoming from pansies may be of interest to some readers.
Last year I purchased a good supply of best mixed and white pansy seeds. These I started in February in a box in the window, and when large enough I transplanted to baking powder cans which had had their sides and bottoms unsoldered, and used the lids for bottoms. In each one a plant grew till the ground was fit for transplanting.
After a good bed with suitable soil had been made, the cans were simply unrolled from the soil they contained and each little plant with its roots undisturbed, was placed in the garden bed. Then my petted pansies began their outdoor life. The care of these plants was a delight.
Care must be taken with them when the hot mid-summer days come, as their stems will decay near the roots-"damping off."
To avert so sad a fate each plant should have for its support three stakes, 20 inches in length. The stems were held in an erect position and cured the "damping off" process.
The pansies will grow to the top of the stakes and with a plentiful watering every evening, will blossom afresh.
I did not allow my pansies to bear seed, preferring to buy a fresh supply for the next year, and so let my plants expend all their force in producing flowers.-Prairie Farmer.
How One Woman Was Rewarded for Her Trouble-A Little About Her Method.
Perhaps my plan for securing a large and continuous blossoming from pansies may be of interest to some readers.
Last year I purchased a good supply of best mixed and white pansy seeds. These I started in February in a box in the window, and when large enough I transplanted to baking powder cans which had had their sides and bottoms unsoldered, and used the lids for bottoms. In each one a plant grew till the ground was fit for transplanting.
After a good bed with suitable soil had been made, the cans were simply unrolled from the soil they contained and each little plant with its roots undisturbed, was placed in the garden bed. Then my petted pansies began their outdoor life. The care of these plants was a delight.
Care must be taken with them when the hot mid-summer days come, as their stems will decay near the roots-"damping off."
To avert so sad a fate each plant should have for its support three stakes, 20 inches in length. The stems were held in an erect position and cured the "damping off" process.
The pansies will grow to the top of the stakes and with a plentiful watering every evening, will blossom afresh.
I did not allow my pansies to bear seed, preferring to buy a fresh supply for the next year, and so let my plants expend all their force in producing flowers.-Prairie Farmer.
What sub-type of article is it?
Personal Triumph
Curiosity
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
What keywords are associated?
Pansies
Gardening Method
Transplanting Cans
Damping Off
Stakes Support
What entities or persons were involved?
One Woman
Where did it happen?
Garden Bed
Story Details
Key Persons
One Woman
Location
Garden Bed
Event Date
Last Year
Story Details
A woman successfully grows pansies by starting seeds in window boxes, transplanting into unsoldered baking powder cans to preserve roots, placing in prepared garden bed, and using stakes with evening watering to prevent damping off and ensure continuous blossoming; she buys new seeds annually instead of letting plants seed.