anaheim-gazette 1955-05-05

ANAHEIM GAZETTE, Page 4 INDUSTRIAL SECTION FAILURE TO THIN OUT ROW IS FIRST BIG MISTAKE GARDENER MAKES It hurts to destroy your plants but ruthless thinning is necessary for a good yield No, 1 enemy of beginners' vegetable gardens is crowding. This is due to failure to thin out the seedlings so that each remaining plant has sufficient room to develop properly. Failure to thin out is often due to emotional resistance on the part of the gardener who cannot bring himself to destroy the precious seedling plants which have grown from the seed which he (more often she) has sown. P-L Transmission Company Expands P. & L. Transmission Company, Orange County's only supplier of transmission parts, is expanding its facilities to manufacture other items. Established several years ago for the manufacture of transmission parts, the firm moved to No. 1 enemy of beginners' vegetable gardens is crowding. This is due to failure to thin out the seedlings so that each remaining plant has sufficient room to develop properly. Failure to thin out is often due to emotional resistance on the part of the gardener who cannot bring himself to destroy the precious seedling plants which have grown from the seed which he (more often she) has sown. Even with high-germinating seeds it is advisable to sow more than you will have room to mature because accidents are always possible which will destroy some plants; and vacancies in a row are difficult to fill. Seeds that germinate slowly, such as carrots, parsley, and parsnips, should be sown more thickly than others because the seedlings are feeble, and the force of many acting together helps break thru the soil and bring sprouts to the surface. The late Liberty H. Bailey, dean of horticultural teachers, expressed this opinion: "Thinning is a process of selection, and the best are allowed to remain. It is evident the chances of securing the best are greater when the gardener leaves one plant out of ten, rather than one plant out of three." For all these reasons thinning should be a gradual process, beginning when plants are large enough to handle, and continuing until they reach at least half-size. This keeps spare plants available during the early weeks, when accidents are most likely to destroy some. At first, plants of row crops may be thinned out to stand one inch apart; which will insure, to each room to develop without entangling roots with a neighbor. As they grow, alternate plants should be removed, and so on until the optimum spacing is achieved. Many of the excess root and leaf plants can be used on the table. When carrots are sown thinly, thinning may be left until some are large enough to use. It is the half-grown carrots that are most delicious, and the growth is so much more in length than in the diameter of the roots that the thinning process does not disturb the others so much. Turnips do not grow well if crowded. If the young plants are pulled up so they stand 4 inches apart in the row, in a remarkably quick time they will be large enough to use. P-L Transmission Company Expands P. & L. Transmission Company, Orange County's only supplier of transmission parts, is expanding its facilities to manufacture other items. Established several years ago for the manufacture of transmission parts, the firm moved to new enlarged quarters at 227 So Los Angeles street almost two years ago. Active in the management of the firm are C. H. "Bud" Pelser, manager, and R. E. "Bob" Haws, owner of the firm and one of the original founders; Mike Hulett, a qualified motor and transmission engineer. The firm offers a complete consulting and engineering service. Their service includes power transmissions, electric motors, V-belt drives, chain and sprocket drives, bearings, clutches, conveyors and elevators. They are now building two large waxing machines for Menasha Containers Corp. Although not active in the firm at the present time, Mr. Pelser is, however, in Bakersfield at present supervising the installation of grain storage tanks which were fabricated in the local plant. They recently increased their stock considerably in all phases of transmission equipment. Newest piece of equipment is the "Ultra-graph Automatic Torch Cutting Machine," which cuts out all kinds of metal patterns and will be the ultimate in their machining operations. P. & L. is endeavoring to gear their entire operation to industrial needs and growth of the area. They are active in the Annheim Area Industrial Group and are members of Anaheim Chamber of Commerce. 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