Plant-out Sentence Examples
The modus operandi is to turn the plant out of its pot, shake away the soil so as to free the roots, and then select as many pieces of the stouter roots as may be required.
Plant out tender deciduous trees and shrubs raised in pots; plant out tea-roses, mulching the roots.
Pot Neapolitan violets for forcing; or plant out on a mild hotbed.
Plant endive and lettuce at the foot of a south wall to stand the winter; plant out cabbages from the chief autumn sowing.
If it is a risky matter to plant out the robust young fry of trout under an age of three months, it would seem to be an infinitely more speculative proceeding to plant out the delicate week-old larvae of sea-fishes in an environment which teems with predaceous enemies.
Consequently it is useless to plant out eggs or fry unless in numbers sufficiently great to appreciably increase the stock of eggs and fry already existing.
Sow the seeds in March, prick off the young plants when large enough to handle, grow them on till they are strong, and plant out in May.
If small plants are procured, grow them on freely for a year or two in the greenhouse, and then plant out in April, spreading the roots a little and giving them a deep loamy soil.
These cuttings may be struck on slight heat like Verbenas, potted on, made to grow rapidly, so as to be fit to plant out at the end of May when danger of frost is past.
Sow D. sinensis under glass in February, with very little or no bottom-heat; give air freely during open weather, and in April plant out in well-cultivated soil, which need not be rich.
AdvertisementIn cold soils a good way is to sow in boxes and plant out when small near dwarf plants only.
Pot on again in March singly into 4-inch pots, and at end of April plant out into open borders; or sow on slight hot-bed in March, prick out into pits for transplanting into open in May; or sow in open in April and May.
When the seedlings are 4 to 6 inches tall, transplant to 4-inch pots or plant out in the garden if the ground has warmed.
I realized I had left the plant out and brought it in the next morning.
If they are annual, pull the entire plant out of the ground including the roots since the plant will not rebloom.
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