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2. What conditions should be avoided in caring for young plants ? 

 W-VG;155. C:12. 



11. Transplanting. — Early plants should be transplanted in 

 plant boxes and shifted into the cold frame about March 1. It is 

 desirable, if possible, to keep the transplanted seedlings in green- 

 house or hotbed temperatures for several days after transplanting 

 to enable them to become rooted before shifting to the cold frame. 

 Seedlings may be transplanted directly into the cold frame in 

 the absence of flats. Warm days must be chosen for this work. Ex- 

 cellent plants may be grown if they are set one and one half inches 

 apart each way, though spacing at two inches will secure stronger 

 ones. The instructions given for transplanting tomatoes (W : 59) 

 from the hotbed apply equally well to cabbage, except that cab- 

 bage is rarely transplanted more than once before the plants are 

 taken to the field, and pots are seldom used in starting the plants. 



1. See W : 59 and references. 



2. When should the early plants be transplanted to the cold frame ? 



W-VG : 265. 



3. How far apart should the plants be set in flats or in the cold 



frame? 

 W-VG : 265. 



4. How often should the seedlings be transplanted ? 



B. How much cold frame space or how many flats will be needed 

 for your plants ? 



6. How would you get rid of rats and mice should they be found 

 in the frames ? 



