It is all very well to tell the home fruit grower that this type of soil suits apples, another type of soil suits plums, and yet a third type, gooseberries or blackcurrants. The fact is that the normal man has to grow the various fruits he needs to supply his household, in the soil in the garden-whatever that soil may be.
What he can do, of course, is to try and suit the fruits to the soil, even though this may mean that lie will have to give up growing certain types which he is most anxious to produce.
The larger holes or tunnels in the soil are made by the earthworms, and these will frequently penetrate to a depth of 6 feet or more. Roots will actually go down these worm-holes, which in themselves enable the air and water, to circulate easily.
Twice in the year, i.e. in January and again in August, a fish manure with a 6 per cent potash content is applied along the rows over the grass mowings, at 4 oz. to the yard run.
If I have in one hand soil which I pick up in my own garden, it should contain something like 25,000,000 living organisms. These `bacteria' are not only there to help break down the plant foods so that they may be dissolved in the soil moisture taken up by the fruit tree. They are also there to secrete colloids which, by their `gummy' nature assist in the adherence of the mineral soil particles, forming as it were little crumbs.
A shallow sandy soil cannot hold sufficient water, but a really deep loamy soil which has been regularly fed with organic matter, will be able to retain more adequate reserves of moisture for the plants in the summer. It is the roots which collect the water and pass it up. They must therefore never be allowed to be killed in the winter by drowning. - 16477
What he can do, of course, is to try and suit the fruits to the soil, even though this may mean that lie will have to give up growing certain types which he is most anxious to produce.
The larger holes or tunnels in the soil are made by the earthworms, and these will frequently penetrate to a depth of 6 feet or more. Roots will actually go down these worm-holes, which in themselves enable the air and water, to circulate easily.
Twice in the year, i.e. in January and again in August, a fish manure with a 6 per cent potash content is applied along the rows over the grass mowings, at 4 oz. to the yard run.
If I have in one hand soil which I pick up in my own garden, it should contain something like 25,000,000 living organisms. These `bacteria' are not only there to help break down the plant foods so that they may be dissolved in the soil moisture taken up by the fruit tree. They are also there to secrete colloids which, by their `gummy' nature assist in the adherence of the mineral soil particles, forming as it were little crumbs.
A shallow sandy soil cannot hold sufficient water, but a really deep loamy soil which has been regularly fed with organic matter, will be able to retain more adequate reserves of moisture for the plants in the summer. It is the roots which collect the water and pass it up. They must therefore never be allowed to be killed in the winter by drowning. - 16477
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