Hot Beds, Cold Frames and Frame Gardens, Extension Circular No. 164

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

1939-09

Decade

1930s

Author

Whitley, F. F.

Fite, A. B. (Arra Burton)

Subject (LCSH)

Hotbeds

Forcing (plants)

Subject (NALT)

plant cultural practices

Table of contents

Introduction

Hotbeds

Location

Construction

Making the pit

Making the frame

Covers

Filling the pit with manure

Coldframes

Care and Management

Time to start

Preparing the seed bed

The compost

Artificial manure

Treating the seed

Planting

Watering

Ventilation

Cultivation

Transplanting

Frame garden

Extent

13 pages

Notes

Circular containing instructions for constructing hotbeds and coldframes for plant cultivation

This circular is largely a revision of Bulletin No. 170 issues by the New Mexico Experiment Station, December 1928

Original publisher

New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts

Cooperative Extension Service

Place of publication

State College (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000164.pdf