240 VEGETABLE FORCING 
It is best to make the first transplanting within two 
weeks from the date of sowing. The plants need not be 
more than % to 34 inch high. They should be trans- 
ferred from flats to 34 or 4-inch pots (Fig. 83), and it is 
well to plunge the pots in soil or ashes to guard against 
drying out. The plants should be transferred to per- 
manent beds just as soon as the pots are well filled with 
roots. 
A large grower on Long Island made a sowing 
November 2. The plants were set in permanent beds 
January 1 and he began marketing the crop March 15, 
Fig. 83. 
Vigorous cauliflower plants are essential to success. 
Another Long Island grower sowed December 1, and 
transferred potted plants to permanent beds February 1. 
Bailey made a sowing at Cornell University August 22, 
and the first heads were cut January 13. Another 
