. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. 62 i-'LAN T I'Kui'AGATlON I'lants, soil, jjots and flat Ijeing ready, the workman puts enough soil in the bottom (jf the pot to have the top of the ball of earth around the plant on a level with the rim of the pot. The plant Ijeing so placed b}' the left hand, the right hand fills in soil ; the pot is then grasped as in motion 4 al o\e (â¢'â ^G), raised slightly and rapped twice on the bench, the thumbs pressing the soil as in motion 5, first in one position then in the other. The im- pressed earth is then firmed in the
. Plant propagation : greenhouse and nursery practice . Plant propagation. 62 i-'LAN T I'Kui'AGATlON I'lants, soil, jjots and flat Ijeing ready, the workman puts enough soil in the bottom (jf the pot to have the top of the ball of earth around the plant on a level with the rim of the pot. The plant Ijeing so placed b}' the left hand, the right hand fills in soil ; the pot is then grasped as in motion 4 al o\e (â¢'â ^G), raised slightly and rapped twice on the bench, the thumbs pressing the soil as in motion 5, first in one position then in the other. The im- pressed earth is then firmed in the same way and the shifted plant set in the flat at the right. Expert shifters with two boys to keep them supplied with material and to remove shifted plants easily shift 5,000 plants a FIG. 52âFLAT FULL OF PLANTS READY FOR TRANSPLANTING Canned tomato make three con\enient-sized flats each, when sawed apart twice around the sides. Shifts should be from small pots to the next size larger. Never skip a size in the fall, though sometimes with quick-growing subjects in spring a size may be skipped; that is, a plant in a three-inch pot mav be placed in a five-inch size, or a four-inch in a six. Usuallj^ a size at a time is best, particularly in commercial estab- lishments, where the aim is shipping. \\'hen pots become larger than four-inch, and even in size for shrubbery plants, drainage is necessary. "Crocks" ; that is, liroken flower pots, are the orthodox things. A large piece is placed over the drainage hole in the pot and smaller pieces above to the depth of an inch in five and six-inch pots and twice as much in larger sizes. Pots larger than. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville), 1868-1946. New York : Orange Judd Company
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