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Show HOW TO DEVELOP THE BOX PLANTS Transplanting and Nursing, the Key to Suoocss in the Art of Growing Things. HEAT HND SUNSHINE NEEDED Tender Shoots Require Careful Attention At-tention From Time' They Come Through Ground Until Planted In the Open. It Is an art to produce from the Bronll vegetable or flower seed strong and healthy plants that the owner will be proud of when they are set out In the open. It Is Intensely Interesting to note tho quick response plants will muke to n llttlo attention nnd nursing. Tomnto, cabbage, pepper and other vegetable plants, ns well as any of the numerous kinds of flowers thnt - a The Berry Box Planit. nre first planted In flats In the basement base-ment or placed In nn upper floor window win-dow where thoro In heat and sunlight, must hnve attention. Next to wnrmth nnd sunlight in Importance Is su indent in-dent moisture to urge growth. When the plants have reached an age when they are large enough to be removed from the Hat without Injury to the roots, they should be transplanted trans-planted to small pots, or berry baskets aiiytlilng thut will hold the soil und a little uiolnture. Otrtons serve this purpose very well. Another trausfer of the plant Is Rdvliuihlo us the roots becume muttwd nn Indication that the basket or pot It not lurgo enough. It will be noted that a larger coataliifr will soon be found too small, uml that nn ud-f dltlonnl repotting will be advantageous, advanta-geous, If u lurger und healthier plunt Is desired. Many currful gardeners muk nt least three trunnplnntlngs before the plnnt Is set out In the open. By thnt tlmo It Is strong enough to battle the elements with the posslblo exception ex-ception of frost. In' sotting the plunt In the open, by this careful and Interesting method of transplanting, th roots intact with the niiiss of soil clinging, may be transferred In a manner thnt not the slightest Injury Is done to the tender roots nnd soon tho plnnt has taken hold In Its new home In n manner that will astonish the Inexperienced cottage gardener In fact It Is not uncommon un-common for plants In the more advanced ad-vanced stage of development; to bo In blossom or bearing hmII fruit. Plants such ns corautoes transplanted In tho opeo In this manner should be staked at once better still, have the stakes 1p tho ground before the patches may seen on the roots uud sometimes on tht lower part of tho stems. |
