ANNUAL SEEDLINGS
Use For Superfluous Plants It is sheer waste of good material to throw away the superfluous plants when thinning hardy annuals, if you have a bit of unoccupied ground iu the garden. These thinnings flower beautifully if lifted and transplanted with care. The display is a little perhaps, but that is an advantage. • It means that the 'beds and borders receive reinforcement just at a time when they need it. To reduce to a minimum the risk of root disturbance water the day before thinning, and lift in small groups with a label, hand fork, table fork, or trowel, according to the conditions. The object of using these tools is to secure a .little soil with the roots, and avoid breaking the tiuy fibres that ensure rapid re-establishment. Having lifted, separate the seedlings, carefully with the fingers, and replant as quickly as possible. If any appreciable time must elapse wrap the root end of the seedlings in damp paper or a rhubarb leaf, the latter being one of the finest things for keeping growth fresh.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 65, 9 December 1938, Page 20
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177ANNUAL SEEDLINGS Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 65, 9 December 1938, Page 20
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