CHAPTER X 

 THINNING AND TRANSPLANTING 



I HAVE no doubt your seedlings are all up and 

 you are wondering what to do next. This is thin- 

 ning time so we will go over our crops in detail al- 

 though you have your planting and thinning chart 

 in "Sowing Seeds Outdoors." I think I can help 

 you more if we take each crop separately and talk 

 carefully about thinning it. 



Radishes need our attention first; if you sow as 

 many seeds as the usual small gardener your radish 

 plants will be so close together they will not have 

 any room to make a root large enough to eat. 

 Very carefully pull out the extra ones, trying to 

 leave a good strong plant every % inch, then watch 

 this crop every day for you will be surprised how 

 fast they grow. They do not all grow the same size 

 at once, so pull those that are ready each morning. 



Are you wondering how you can tell when they 

 are ready to pull? Carefully push the earth away 

 from around the root of several; if the root is nice 

 and fat, pull a plant up and then you can judge bet- 



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