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When soil is sufficiently moist 
so a ball of soil can be retained 
around each individual root there 
is less chance of injury or of air 
pockets being left around roots. 
Use a trowel. (It is important that 
roots be kept in close contact with 
soil so they can get moisture.) 
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Don’t sow seed too thickly. To do 
so wastes both seed and labor as 
the crowded seedlings must later 
be thinned by hand to allow space 
for prover development. Also, pocr 
growth and poor quclity vegeta- 
bles result if seed is sown too thick 
and not proverly thinned. (This is 
true whether planting in seed flat, 
hotbed or in cpen ground.) 
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Planting the seeds 
Tear the corner from the packet. 
If seeds are very small, mix with 
three times their bulk of perfectly 
dry sand, then hold the packet 
over the row, tapping gently with 
your forefinger. This enables you 
to distribute the seed more evenly 
and avoid sowing too thickly. 
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When seedlings are to be trans- 
planted without a ball of soil, long 
tap roots should be shortened, 
and the whole root system placed 
and “firmed in” so that it is well 
spread out, not bunched. Soil in 
which roots are placed must be 
finely pulverized. 
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apply to spring sowing, or where 
the soil is fairly moist. In hot, dry 
weather make deeper trenches and 
sceak the ground thoroughly be- 
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in bottom of trenches, but do not 
fill trench to top—just provide the 
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When roots have been carefully 
placed in position, firm the soil 
around each plant enough to in- 
sure that roots are in contact with 
the soil, and that there are no air 
pockets. 
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Transplantincool,cloudy weather 
or at evening or early morning. 

Watering 
Soak, don’t sprinkle. Your gar- 
den needs water when the leaves 
look wilted in the sun and do not 
recover freshness over night. 
Transplanting 
When plants are 2 inches high, 
thin them so as to allow enough 
space to make good stocky plants, 
or, if transplanting, place them 2 
inches apart. 

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Frequent sprinklings on the sur- 
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Tomato, eggplant, and pepper 
plants are tender and should not 
be set out before danger of frost 
is past. Cabbage, cauliflower, and 
kohlrabi are less tender but it is 
not safe to set them out much 
before the frost-proof date. 
Plants started in coldframes can 
be hardened gradually by expo- 
sure to outdoor air, and can then 
but may be harmful. 
Don't wash away topsoil 
The best way to do a thorough 
soaking job is to use a canvas 
hose that leaks all along its length, 
placed along a row at a time. Let 
the water run until the soil is 
saturated to a good depth. Then 
move hose to next row. 
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Use care in transplanting or 
you will injure the tender, young 
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If you have only an ordinary 
hose (without holes), remove noz- 
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the end of the hose to distrib- 
ute water gently. (See sketch.) 
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be sure it doesn’t have too much 
force, or it will wash the soil 
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Water in the evening or early 
morning. 
Use a wide board when trans- 
planting, to prevent packing soil 
around roots. (See sketch.) 

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