192 Gardening 
Fic. 114. Right and wrong ways to treat a potted seedling before transplant- 
ing. The plant at the left was kept well watered and the roots were undisturbed. 
The transplanting will check its growth only slightly, if at all. The roots of the 
plant in the center were also undisturbed, but the plant has been given no water 
for 24 hours. It will probably be set back severely in its growth. The plant at 
the right was kept watered, but the roots were pulled from the soil and left ex- 
posed to the air for about an hour. It will take it some time to get a new root 
system fixed in the soil. The plant on the left will make a better plant and will 
mature fruit at least one or two weeks before either of the others. 
Replanting, even when carefully done, destroys some 
of the roots of a plant, and for a time those that are left 
may be unable to supply the leafy parts with all the 
water they need. For this reason freshly reset plants 
should be kept shaded from direct sunlight for aé least 
24 hours after the replanting; in hot, dry weather a 
shading for 3 days may be necessary. Protection from 
the sunlight may be had by arranging a sheet of news- 
paper, lifted in the center like a wedge tent (not as a 
cone), with dirt or stones thrown on the corners to hold 
it in place; or a shingle may be thrust in the ground 
on the sunny side. Do not place earthen or paper pots 
over young plants to shade them, as this does not allow 
