Although it is possible to raise these transplanted crops with nothing else then your home home, it is not worth while when only a few plants are required.
Young plants of tomato, egg-plant, pepper, and cabbage can be obtained at a small from growers who make a business of raising them that it does not pay to bother with raising them yourself.
Keep an eye on the weather conditions when you are transplanting because your plants will feel a check if there is a chill in the air.
The soil should be moist, but not so wet as to be sticky. The hole for the plant made with a trowel. Make it large enough so that the roots may be spread out and then press the earth gently but firmly around them.
If the soil is dry leave a shallow depression around the stem of each plant to facilitate watering. Sufficient water should be applied to soak the ground for a depth of six inches or more, and when it has drained away from the surface, the depression may be filled with loose dry earth to prevent the moisture escaping by evaporation.
If for any reason it is necessary to do the work of transplanting on a dry, sunny day, the young plants should be shaded. This can be done by covering them with inverted flower-pots, or with newspapers weighted at the corners with stones to keep them from blowing away, or a shingle or thin piece of board may be stuck in the ground on the sunny side so that its shadow falls on the plant.
In most cases, unless they are grown in earthen or paper pots, the root system of the plants is injured in transplanting. In order to restore the balance between root and shoot it is a good idea , to cut off part of the leaves.
If the whole of the leaves are left on the plant they wilt and sometimes die because the reduced number of roots is unable to supply their demands for moisture.
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