CHAPTER VI. 



TRANSPLANTING. 



Avoid transplanting- as much as possible. Whatever may 

 be said of its merits elsewhere does not apply in this section, 

 since the dry weather so common here in the season when 

 transplanting is done often makes the operation unsuccessful. 

 Undoubtedly one of the reasons why transplanted plants 

 sometimes give better results than seedlings, allowed to grow 

 where the seed is sown, is that they are allowed more room to 

 develop in. but if seedlings that are not moved are given the 

 proper room to develop they are just as good and generally 

 far superior to those that are transplanted. Transplanting, 

 as a rule, is an injury to plants, and yet it is a necessary 

 operation in the growing of some of our most valuable 

 vegetables. 



Figure 15.— A box of young lettuce plants after being transplanted from 

 the seed box. These plants may be moved to the open ground or to hotbeds 

 or cold frames as soon as they crowd one another. This is a convenient 

 way to grow plants in dwelling houses and in front of windows. This 

 style of box is often referred to as a "flat." 



Success in transplanting is dependent on a variety of 



conditions. In moist weather the setting of plants in the open 



ground is a very simple operation, and any one can succeed with 



