Vegetable growing . as been deducted-from the value of the crop secured from each the result is areturn per acre of $ for plot 2, $ for plot 3, and$ for plot 4. The average yields from plot 5 in whichthe plants were grown in dirt bands and not transplantedexceeds by four tons that produced by any of the other fourplots. At the same time the cost of growing the plants doesnot greatly exceed that for the other hot-bed-grown part of the work was carried on only during two seasonsand the comparison with the other methods is not quiteexact as given in the last column in
Vegetable growing . as been deducted-from the value of the crop secured from each the result is areturn per acre of $ for plot 2, $ for plot 3, and$ for plot 4. The average yields from plot 5 in whichthe plants were grown in dirt bands and not transplantedexceeds by four tons that produced by any of the other fourplots. At the same time the cost of growing the plants doesnot greatly exceed that for the other hot-bed-grown part of the work was carried on only during two seasonsand the comparison with the other methods is not quiteexact as given in the last column in Table VI, yet the increase 92 METHODS OF GROWING SEEDLING PLANTS in yield is so great that there can be httle doubt of its beingthe most profitable method employed in these tests for start-ing seedling tomato plants. In fact, if only the results of thetwo seasons 1911 and 1912 are considered, it will be seenthat the comparison still remains quite the same and thatmethod No. 5 is still by far the most profitable Fig. 64.—Size and conditi(ni of tomato plants at the time of setting in thefield that were previously transplanted twice into flats. The reason for the greater yield secured from plot 5 isbecause no roots are lost when the plants are set. By growingthem in the bands each plant is fenced oft by itself and whenthe roots reach the sides of the band they turn backwardinto the soil and are compelled to feed in their own allottedspace. Then when they are set no roots are cut or brokenoff and a new root system does not have to be produced beforethe plant can begin to develop. With all of the fine roothairs present the tomato plant grown in the band is notchecked in the least by the change and continues its growtheven more rapidly than in its formerly confined space. With THE BEST METHOD 93 all of the transplanted plants a large portion of the mostvaluable part of the root system is torn away when thelocation of the plant is changed. This necessitates the grow-ing of a p
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