TRANSPLANTING 



tiou Heibie I or growing plants til it nrt relativeh 

 sli it nl t k\ and compact m growth ti msplaut 

 I ett 1 tl 1 tl e that are long leggj and weak The 

 st 1 \ jl It le better able to withstand the MCissi 

 tilt t 11 kmeut Welti tl wl n the) aie transferred 

 trora a protette 1 i 1 u and the> prob 



ably also ha\e n I ner to make new 



roots and to att 1 in to the earth 



M my pl-rnts mi\ gn Imllv mured 



TRANSPLANTING 



the 



theltose fresh ea 1111 1 I e 



1 ler to provide a u t 11 1 ] ut 



fr m I aeking 



n 1 t 1 1 ints can b° ti insplanted but some of 



m ^ewith gieat difti ult^ In these cases the 



kill Th h IS 1 orn t f eipeiience with these par 



tl ul ir plants must 



for 



Th< 



lithp ilties are of vaiious 



^u is In some cases the 



lifiicultj may be a tap root 



ystem as in the case of 



he black walnut and the 



Htkoiies In these instances 



he 1 laiit in n bt prepared 



1 I ilsance by 



1 1 root some 



1 1 tl e ground 



r 1 1 



2544 A dibber 



hll 



small ; ' I', ', " ' ' ' 



It IS long eoid like roots may be 



made severed at some tlistante 



ole IS from the crown a \car or 



by the 



closed 1 y inserting tl e <iii ^^^, , ^f„re the plants 

 it^Llinsf tl,V nW ""' '"^ '"" removed In other cases 

 11 agamsi me Plant ^^^^ mal ility to be trans 



planted is probably due to 

 the excessive rate of transpiration from the foliage. 

 In these instances cutting back the top rather severely 

 and providing shade may contribute to success. In 

 some cases the difficulties are so great as practically to 

 prohibit transplanting. 



25J5 A transpla t b e j li des ened for melons. 



It IS maJe nf a tl f oi s;! i t 14 m long and i% in wide, 

 bent it tour comeis and held in place by a tick It has no 

 bottom 



valml le 11 Hr 1 il i t i i intities of plants 



aie t II 1 ind where it is 



ditli 1 the hand and 



al ithtient water. 



F I 1 I In small quan- 



tlt^ the 111 1 1 11 t 1 tul II 11 1 mtnt to expedite 



the operation Fig 2o44 



Plants grown m pots and small shallow boxes trans- 

 plant more readily than those f,i \ u in tl e ipen soil. 

 Particularly is this tiue of ] t lit for the 



be\el or slope of the pot alio \ 1 11 rth to be 



knocked out readilj See / 1 tians- 



planting boxes are on the m ik 1 ttad of 



pots for I urr e t e I II c usu- 



ally male t tl I 1 I i away 



when the pi I I 1 ntmg. 



Pig M43 n 111 oxes. 



Melon 11 I I 1 1 1 II ult to 



trin |1 1 wn on j lece of uneited turf, 



take I 1 1 1 



In I 11 trees and shrubs success often 



may I ill tnnsplanting m the winter when a 



ball It tl zen eiith maybe lemoved Pig 2346 It is 

 usualh bettei to give the tians[ 1 uiting of lar,ie trees 

 into the hands of an ex] ert than to attempt to perfoim 

 it with unskilled help and m fficieut appliances Only 

 a small pi jportion of the effiits in transplanting very 

 large trees are realh s icce sful The tit s may live 

 forse\eial yeirsanl ^et ut^erfulI^ ret 1% er nor make 

 satisfactory subjects The suiest ml best results ire 

 u nlh eurel i ]v \\\ n tl ti e ii m tr\ grown 

 1 1 I t I 1 1 I within 



11 I 1 1 .e elms, 



nil 1 1 It the lilt, number of 



s] I ecuperate tr m the operation 



I 1 1 that a plant cannot recover 



fi 1 operation that the seveiing of 



the 1 1 lines that are not outgrown and 



that I uev\ t> pe of root system develops These fears 

 appear to be ungrounded In many cases the plant does 

 not regain itself, but these instances are probably due 

 to lack of skill in the operation rather than to any in- 

 herent difficulty in the transplanting process itself. But 

 even if the transplanting process were to be found to be 

 theoretically injurious, nevertheless it must be employed 

 in the practice of modern horticulture. L. H. B. 



