Gunnison Valley News | 1922-03-24 | Page 2 | Plants Require Moisture

j ' J PLANTS REQUIRE MOISTURE j t Plants take in moisture ' ' through their small feeding root- t t lets and discharge it through the J J surface of their leaves. As a re- t i suit of the breaking of the roots J ' in transplanting, the supply of t t moisture is cut off and the plants J wilt. To prevent the wilting of t the leaves, says the United . States Department of -Vgricul- ' fare, .vater should be poured , t around the roots before the dirt 1 i Is filled in ; also the tops of tli 4 plants should be shaded and pro- ' tected from the wind for a day t or two to reduce the evapornt'o ' from the leaves. "