40 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
As soon as the little plants or cuttings are potted 
up, give them a thorough watering and place them 
where the holes in the bottoms of the pots will not 
be clogged with soil. A large flat, in the bottom of 
which an inch of pebbles, coarse sand or sifted cin- 
ders has been put, will be a good place for them. 
Keep shaded during the hot part of the day for three 
or four days. At first the pots may be placed as 
close together as possible, but in a very short time — 
two weeks at the most, if the growing conditions are 
right —they will need to be put farther apart. 
Nothing will injure them so quickly as being left 
crowded together where they cannot get enough air. 
Better, if necessary, give or throw away half of them 
than to attempt to grow fifty plants where you have 
room for only two dozen. 
As before, water only when necessary, 1.¢., when 
the surface of the soil begins to look whitish and dry. 
Then water thoroughly. Until by practice you 
know just what they need, knock a few out of the 
pots, say fifteen minutes after watering, and see if 
the ball of earth has been wet through to the bottom; 
if not, you are not doing the job thoroughly. If the 
pots do not dry out between waterings, but stay 
muddy and heavy, either your soil is not right or — 
you have used pots too large for your plants. 
REPOTTING 
In the course of a week or two, if a plant is 
