Supporting Young Sweet Peas 
Sowing in boxes differs in nowise in principle 
from that of sowing in pots, hence the same 
directions apply. Assuming that transplanting 
will be later resorted to, the seeds may be 
arranged inches apart each way. If not, an 
increased distance should be allowed to each 
at the time of sowing. It were better, how- 
ever, to practise either transplanting to 3 inches 
asunder in fresh soil or to pot the plants singly 
into 4-inch pots. In each case the latter part 
of September or early October will be best for 
sowing the seeds, and if the frame be darkened 
with mats, little watering will be needed till 
the seedlings appear. When 3 inches of growth 
has been made, the tip of the seedling plant 
should be pinched out. This will promote a 
more bushy-habited plant and incidentally a 
stronger one, experience proving that these 
breaks are stronger than the original main 
shoot. Quite soon, too, the young plants will 
require support, an important item not to be 
overlooked. To the advantages of sowing in 
pots and boxes already named should be added 
the important one of dispensing entirely with 
overcrowding, the planter being at liberty to set 
the growing plants out at any distance he pleases. 
Subsequent treatment. — A good planting-out 
time is from mid-March to early April, the 
earlier the better for hardily grown plants. 
The ground should have been well prepared in 
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