BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



very often, for each mother-aphis has hundreds of 

 babies. It is not hard to fight when you know the 

 enemy, and what will surely kill it. 



You will notice as your plants grow older that 

 they are beginning to crowd each other, and it is 

 time they were either thinned out or transplanted. 

 If you find you have more plants than you are go- 

 ing to need, you can take out every other one care- 

 fully, which will give those left plenty of room, but 

 if you are going to need every plant, then you must 

 move some of them. 



You can use another box just like the one you 

 planted your seeds in, or you can use earthenware 

 or paper pots, or berry boxes, to move the plants 

 into. Whatever you use, put drainage in the bot- 

 tom and make the soil you are going to use just 

 as you did for the seed box. When you put the soil 

 into the pot or box or basket, raise it about 2 inches 

 and drop it gently several times. This will settle 

 the soil nicely. Be sure to have it full to the top. 

 Now we are ready to "prick out" our seedlings. 

 Make a hole with a pencil or your finger where the 

 plant is to go and if you are transplanting them 

 into a box, make the holes at least three inches 

 apart ; if in a pot or a berry basket, make the hole 

 in the center. 



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