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Another great advantage
Another great advantage attended those that were sown in the peat: when they required to be lifted, the roots brought a ball of peat along with them, which I think was very bene¬ficial to the plants, in keeping the roots moist after they were planted in the ground where they were to remain. It may not be necessary to sow at all times in such a soil; but I believe that a garden would be none the worse in having a few MBT Shoes square yards of well-broken peat for sowing some kinds of seeds upon, as occasion might require."—Peter Mackenzie, in the Gardeners' Chronicle. In all cases it is useful to sow seeds on fibrous matter of some kind when they have to be transplanted. Mr. Knight used chopped hay; others use broken horse-droppings, the object in every case being to give the seedlings something in which their roots may be entangled at the time of transplantation, so as to remove without injury. Other expedients have occasionally been hail recourse to successfully. "Where seeds are enclosed in a very hard dry shell, it is usually necessary to file it thin, so as to permit the enihryo to burst through its integuments when it has begun MBT to swell. Under natural circumstances, indeed, no such operation is practised : but it is to be remembered that such seeds will have fallen to the ground as soon as MBT Shoes UK ripe, and before their shell acquired the bony hardness that we find after they have become dry. Sometimes it has been found useful to immerse seeds in tepid water until signs of germination manifest themselves, and then to transfer them to earth; but this process cannot be applied with advantage to seeds in an unhealthy state; and it is only of use to healthy seeds, by accelerating the time of growth, a practice which may, in out-door crops, be desirable when applied to seeds which, like the Beet, the Carrot, or the Parsnip, will, in dry seasons, lie so long in the ground without germinating that they become a prey to birds or other animals.
Another great advantage attended those that were sown in the peat: when they required to be lifted, the roots brought a ball of peat along with them, which I think was very bene¬ficial to the plants, in keeping the roots moist after they were planted in the ground where they were to remain. It may not be necessary to sow at all times in such a soil; but I believe that a garden would be none the worse in having a few MBT Shoes square yards of well-broken peat for sowing some kinds of seeds upon, as occasion might require."—Peter Mackenzie, in the Gardeners' Chronicle. In all cases it is useful to sow seeds on fibrous matter of some kind when they have to be transplanted. Mr. Knight used chopped hay; others use broken horse-droppings, the object in every case being to give the seedlings something in which their roots may be entangled at the time of transplantation, so as to remove without injury. Other expedients have occasionally been hail recourse to successfully. "Where seeds are enclosed in a very hard dry shell, it is usually necessary to file it thin, so as to permit the enihryo to burst through its integuments when it has begun MBT to swell. Under natural circumstances, indeed, no such operation is practised : but it is to be remembered that such seeds will have fallen to the ground as soon as MBT Shoes UK ripe, and before their shell acquired the bony hardness that we find after they have become dry. Sometimes it has been found useful to immerse seeds in tepid water until signs of germination manifest themselves, and then to transfer them to earth; but this process cannot be applied with advantage to seeds in an unhealthy state; and it is only of use to healthy seeds, by accelerating the time of growth, a practice which may, in out-door crops, be desirable when applied to seeds which, like the Beet, the Carrot, or the Parsnip, will, in dry seasons, lie so long in the ground without germinating that they become a prey to birds or other animals.
