58 VEGETABLE GROWING PROJECTS 



1. What are the most important considerations in watering? 



L: 68. 



2. What is the proper temperature for tomato plants ? 



W-VG: 155. Tra: 62. 



3. How should the hotbed or cold frame be ventilated ? 



W-VG: 157. L: 67. 



4. Determine the equipment needed for watering. 

 6. Explain the use of mats. 



11. Making paper pots. — Paper pots have been found to be 

 very convenient and satisfactory for the growing of early plants, 

 especially tomatoes. Though they are sold by dealers at reason- 

 able prices, very good ones may be made at home at slight ex- 

 pense. A rectangular strip of fairly heavy paper, of the size 

 required to make the pots desired, is folded around a square block, 

 which is bolted through the center to a table. The paper is then 

 folded in and clinched in the center with a single upholstering 

 tack driven over the end of the bolt. (Ordinary heavy wrapping 

 paper will be found entirely satisfactory for this purpose.) Plants 

 grown in paper pots may be transferred to the open ground with- 

 out any disturbance of the roots. The pots may be made during 

 the winter in sufficient number to meet the needs of the spring 

 planting. 



1. What are the advantages of paper pots ? W-VG : 160. 



2. How are paper pots made ? W-VG: 160. 



3. Shall you use paper pots in your tomato project ? If so, how 



many will be needed ? What will they cost ? 



