plants which are less likely to glye 

 good results when set out. 



How to Water. More people fail in 

 watering- than in any other way. Some 

 choke the plants, others drown them. 

 One is as bad as the other. Choking- 

 usually comes from applying- small 

 amounts at rather frequent intervals. 

 Not enoug-h water is applied to moisten 

 the bottom soil, and the top is kept 

 too wet, which encourages disease. 



Drowning is less frequent, especially 

 if the seed box is provided with drain- 

 age opening-s. Water applied frequently 

 in larg-e amounts excludes the air from 

 the soil and the plants smother. 



Proper watering- consists in putting 

 on enough water to moisten all the 

 soil in the box and then waiting until 

 the surface of the soil begins to ap- 

 pear lighter in color before making 

 another application. 



Giving the Seedlings Room. The 



young plants will soon begin to crowd 

 each other and unless given more 

 room will become long-stemmed or 

 "leggy". To make good plants for set- 

 ting out they must be either thinned 

 or transplanted. The latter is the 

 more common method. A box 12 inches 

 square will hold 36 plants set 2 by 2 

 inches, or 64 when planted IV2 by ly^ 

 inches. Four boxes of this size, one 

 for tomatoes, peppers and egg plants 

 (if either of the latter are grown), one 

 for lettuce, one for cabbage and cauli- 

 flower, and one for celery would meet 

 the demands of the average gardener. 

 The celery may be planted 1 by 1 inch, 

 lettuce, cabbage and cauliflower 1% by 

 lyk inch, and tomatoes, egg plants and 

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