52 PLANTING IN UGANDA 



previously prepared by half -filling it with soil, 

 firmly pressed down, and then loosely filling it to 

 the top. A hole larger and deeper than the root 

 being then made in the middle, the plant is placed 

 in it, and the soil well pressed down all round. 

 The soil should not come up to within less than 

 an inch of the rim of the pot, as this space is 

 required for water. The points to be carefully 

 insisted on are that the root of the plant is straight 

 down in the pot, and that the soil is in contact 

 with it, that the plant is buried only to the same 

 depth as that at which it was growing in the bed, 

 and that the whole of the soil in the pot is 

 uniformly firm. 



The pots are then placed standing close together 

 in rows across the bed. Each row should consist 

 of 10 plants, and a small space had better be left 

 between each 10 rows to facilitate the checking of 

 the number of plants. The plants remain in these 

 pots until ready for planting, which may be at any 

 time after they have reached the age of four 

 months. They must be well shaded all through, 

 and potting operations must also be carried on 

 under shade. 



In watering these plants, or in fact any plants 



