WIXDOW GARDENING 



MOISTURE CONDITION OF POTTING SOIL 



Care must be taken not to have the potting 

 soil too wet or too dry. If the soil is too wet 

 there is great danger of packing it so tight in 

 the pots that the roots have great difficulty in 

 penetrating it. If, on the other hand, it be too 



Fig. II. Result of using wet soil 



dry it can not be packed firmly enough. Fig. 

 1 1 shows a hyacinth that was potted in wet soil 

 which packed so hard that the roots, being 

 unable to penetrate it, lifted the bulb out of the 

 pot. 



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