. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . Figure 17.—1.—Cabbage plant with long stem set deep. 2—Cabbageplant with top twisted off before planting. 3—Cabbage plantwrapped in manilla paper to protect from cut worms. The Digging of Plants should be done carefully and everyprecaution taken to get good roots. If the bed is very dry the SEED SOWING AND TRANSPLANTING. 49 soil should be thoroughly wet before digging so that the smallroots will not be broken in separating the plants. The besttime of day for transplanting is generally after 4 p. m., as af
. Vegetable gardening. A manual on the growing of vegetables for home use and marketing . Figure 17.—1.—Cabbage plant with long stem set deep. 2—Cabbageplant with top twisted off before planting. 3—Cabbage plantwrapped in manilla paper to protect from cut worms. The Digging of Plants should be done carefully and everyprecaution taken to get good roots. If the bed is very dry the SEED SOWING AND TRANSPLANTING. 49 soil should be thoroughly wet before digging so that the smallroots will not be broken in separating the plants. The besttime of day for transplanting is generally after 4 p. m., as afterthat time the moisture in the air increases rapidly and theplants have the cool night air in which to recover before beingsubjected to the intense rays of the sun. Of course if theweather is cloudy the plants may be set out at any time of theday. If a little shade can be provided for the newly set plantsso much the better. This may consist of boxes, boards slightlyraised from the ground, shingles, inverted flower pots, paper bags,. Figure 18.—Tomato plants grown in a compartment box to facilitatetransplanting. Such boxes can be bought for a very low price andare very convenient aids for transplanting-many kinds of are especially desirable when plants are to be sold at retail. a handful of green grass, strawberry boxes or similar materialthat will protect the plants from the fierce rays of the sun. Firming the soil about the roots is fully as important asfirming the soil over the seeds and for the same reasons. Itshould be so firmly and closely packed that the plants cannotbe pulled up without considerable effort. The drier the soil 50 VEGETABLE GARDENING. the greater the necessity for packing it firmly about the the soil is wet and inclined to pack hard it should receive onlymoderate pressure until somewhat dried out. The firming is gen-erally done by pressing with a dibber or the ball of the footagainst the soil on one side of the roots of the
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