Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 121, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1917 — Protecting Newly Set Plants. [ARTICLE]

Protecting Newly Set Plants.

Newly set plants should be protected for a day or two from the sun, and the protection should be continued till it is evident the plants are getting a hold on the soil and securing a supply of soil water. If this is done, the newly set plants will live and thrive afterward. The only time when -protection is not needed is when the setting-out is done just at the beginning of a wet spell, which, of course, -ls-a- desl cable tlme for transplanting. One nurseryman say* that he transplants at any time through the spring or summer, whenever he can be sure he is to be favored by three or four days of rain or mist. However, every spring in a great many plants are lost by not having protection from the\sun or by not having the protection continued till the plants-caa-llve without it. - '