146 Thinning and Transplanting 



hasten the process of planting. The late after- 

 noon or early evening is the best time to trans- 

 plant after the heat of the day and before the 

 atmosphere is chilled. 



Plants should be set a trifle deeper in the garden 

 than they were in the plant bed. 



A sickly looking plant is often benefited by being 

 transplanted, as all that it may need is nourish- 

 ment which it cannot derive from the old soil. 



To transplant tender plants in the hot sun is likely 

 to result in sun-scald. The late afternoon is the 

 best time for transplanting. Hothouse plants 

 should not be transplanted too early in the season. 

 All danger of frost should be passed before any 

 tender vegetation should be set in the ground. 



Tender plants should first be thinned that a large 

 clump of earth may be removed with those that 

 are being transplanted. Seed planted broadcast 

 should be thinned more generously than those 

 planted in rows, or the plants will be too crowded 

 to get enough nourishment and spindly growth 

 will be the result. 



Never spare thinning in order to have more 

 plants. A few vigorous plants will yield a far 



