SOWING SEEDS OUTDOORS 



three holes in the tomato row with your trowel ; the 

 first one is to be l 1 /^ feet from the edge of the bed 

 and the other l 1 /^ feet from its neighbor. Make a 

 good big hole, larger than the pot or berry basket 

 your tomato plant has been growing in, put a little 

 humus in- the bottom of this hole if you have it, then 



SEEDLINGS GROWN IN PAPER POTS SLIP OTTT EASILY WITHOUT BREAKING 

 THE ROOTS. THESE TOMATO PLANTS ARE NEARLY READY TO BLOOM 



a little earth on top of the humus and then plenty of 

 water. Now take a tomato plant in the pot or berry 

 basket (whichever you have grown them in), slip 

 your left hand over the top of the pot and allow the 

 stem of the plant to pass between the first and sec- 

 ond finger, then turn it upside down and you can 

 draw the pot or basket off the roots with the right 



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