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Show STARTING OF SEEDS INDOORS Soil Must Be Kept Warm and Moist, but Not Too Wet Avoid Crowding Crowd-ing of Plants. Shallow boxes or flats are considered consid-ered best for starting seeds indoors but pots do not take up so much room, and are less unsightly, so for! starting just a few seedlings or to try) choice seeds we often use a pot, writes Lulu O. Parker in the Farmer's Wife. We have started pansy and other seedlings often In the big pots' In which rubber plants or oleanders, or other things which do not shade the soil, are growing. The soil must be kept warm and moist, but not wet. For this purpose a piece of glass over the top of the pot will help to hold the moisture, but this glass must be tilted up somewhat some-what In order to let in some air or the soli will sour and the seedlings mold or damp off. Sift the soil for the top layer and cover the seeds about twice as deep as the seed is thick. Press the soil firmly over the seeds with the palm, of the hand or a little board beforei giving water so that they will not be, washed out. For very fine seed it will be a good plan to spread a damp cloth over the soli and then sprinkle the, water on the cloth until the seeds bei gin to sprout. After the seeds begin to sprout they must be kept In the lightest window and never allowed to get too dry or to grow too crowded. The rest depends upon the seed It. self, therefore always buy from a reputable seedsman. |