148 Thinning and Transplanting 



avoid re-planting from carelessness. First obtain 

 good, fresh seed. The time lost by planting 

 poor seeds can never be made up. The season, 

 the weather, and the soil should be taken into 

 consideration, and if this were always done, re- 

 planting would soon become an obsolete practice. 



Re-plant only where the seeds do not come up y 

 but do it just as soon as it is determined that the 

 seeds are not going to come up. No time should 

 be lost. A vegetable season is short at its best. 



