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    Miscellaneous matters

    Sep 14, 2021 5 minutes

    ■ From AG 11 March 1916

    Mistakes to avoid in potting plants

    TO be successful, the cultivator must not only know how to pot a plant, but also when it ought to be repotted. Too often, amateurs are over-eager in the matter; being wishful to push on the plants, they transfer them to larger pots too soon, and then they are checked, often very seriously.

    If a young plant is repotted before a sufficient number of roots has been made, it is mostly checked through receiving too much water, with the excess of moisture causing the soil to become sour.

    Roots enter soil more freely when it is in a medium state of moisture, neither very wet nor very dry. The best results are obtained by thoroughly soaking the soil through

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