OCR Text |
Show AN EARLY START IN PAPER BOXES Convenience Available in Various , Sizes; Can Be Unfolded Away From Roots. THE PLANT NOT DISTURBED Arrangement of Container Saves In-l In-l Jury to Growth; Can Be Placed In Ground Under the Most Favorable Fa-vorable Conditions. No greater gardening convenience has been devised In many years than the paper flower pots now available In various sizes which can be unfolded away from the roots of the plant when It comes time to transplant. By the use of these paper pots which are fairly durable, plenty lasting enough to raise seedlings to sufficient size, great advantages can be secured In growing such vegetables as peppers, egg plants and cucumbers and melons for an early start. One or two seeds to a pot of the two-inch size may be planted and the stronger of the two seedlings retained re-tained to grow along. For plants which cannot be transplanted trans-planted readily If the roots are disturbed dis-turbed In the operation these paper pots are Ideal. If cucumbers can be given two or three weeks start by this method, they are In much better shape fPM' SEEDLING tjir gbcwn in SEEDLING READY FOR. TRAKU PLANTING. to withstand the ravages of the early bugs which annually take heavy toll of the seeding plants in the open ground and make It necessary to plant more seeds to the hill than could be grown should they all survive. In the larger-sized paper pots, gladiolus gladi-olus bulbs as well as tuberoses may be sprouted and placed in the ground with an advantage of a month's growth over the earliest date It would be possible to plant them in the open. The pots are so cheap in price that they can be thrown away after using with no real loss. One precaution Is necessary In using us-ing these pots. They should not be allowed to stand In water or the bottoms bot-toms will rot out while the sides remain re-main intact. It Is necessary to provide drainage in all but the smallest sizes with pieces of broken earthen flower pots, crockery or a few pebbles. Castor beans may be given a fine start with these paper pots which will bring them to majestic proportions much earlier than If planted In the open. Planting the seeds In these little pots saves, the work of transplanting trans-planting which will become Imperative If the seed Is planted In the usual way In a seed box Indoors or In rows in a hotbed or cold frame. National Garden Gar-den Bureau. |