The Garden Under Glass
Forfatter: William F. Rowles
År: 1914
Forlag: Grant Richards Ltd. Publishers
Sted: London
Sider: 368
UDK: 631.911.9
With Numerous Practical Diagrams From Drawings By G. D. Rowles And Thirty-Two Illustrations From Photographs
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154 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS
understood that it is very unwise to put a young plant into a border before it has made a good mass of roots. Even in the best made border under the best possible conditions this would be too uncertain a method for good growers to adopt. It is scarcely likely that the young plant will get further than a 7-inch pot the first year, but it can be potted into a larger size the next year. When the plant becomes
Diagram 30.—1. Vine eye or bud prepared for putting in pot as at Fig. 2. 3. Pot vine to be planted. 4. Roots washed and spread out.
of sufficient size for planting it should be shaken from the pot and be held in a tub of water to moisten thoroughly the old ball and get away the soil. Every particle of soil should be carefully washed away, so that when planted the roots may be spread out to their utmost limit. Thus far the beginning of the vine, but I would strongly urge every amateur to pay a few shillings for a pot vine grown by a specialist. He will by this means have a fair start, which