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with the handle of your trowel or better yet, tap the pot on the table 
two or three times to settle the soil. Be sure to have soil come up 
just to the line to which the plant roots were previously buried and 
low enough in the pot to allow for watering. Add a thin layer of 
loose gravel to prevent the soil from washing away. 



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Do not water the plant for several days after potting to allow time 
for the cut or broken roots to heal. Never use wet soil for potting. 
Protect newly potted plants from strong sun until water can be 
applied without danger of rotting the roots. 
Tin cans are frequently used as pots because they do not allow the 
tender roots, which always seek the walls of the container, to dry and 
bake as do the porous pots. This advantage may prove a disadvan- 
tage in cold weather when moisture may be retained too long unless 
the soil is very porous and well drained. Tin cans are scoffed at by 
