240 VEGETABLE FORCING 



It is best to make the first transplanting within two 

 weeks from the date of sowing. The plants need not be 

 more than J/ to y^ inch high. They should be trans- 

 ferred from flats to 3*/2 or 4-inch pots (Fig. 83), and it is 

 well to plunge the pots in soil or ashes to guard against 

 drying out. The plants should be transferred to per- 

 manent beds just as soon as the pots are well filled with 

 roots. 



A large grower on Long Island made a sowing 

 November 2. The plants were set in permanent beds 

 January 1 and he began marketing the crop March 15. 



Fig. 83. 

 Vigorous cauliflower plants are essential to success. 



Another Long Island grower sowed December 1, and 

 transferred potted plants to permanent beds February 1. 

 Bailey made a sowing at Cornell University August 22, 

 and the first heads were cut January 13. Another 



