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Plate VL A knowledge of the various operations involved inthe work of correctly transplanting plants is essential for theirsubsequent normal development. These diagrammatic drawingsaccompanied by the explanation on the opposite page illustratevarious transplanting; operations.
has a larger spread of roots than plants grown in nursery rows, andas it has never been previously transplanted or root pruned it suffersmore severely through loss of root system. Top pruning must there-fore be more severe for collected plants than for nursery material, tooffset the greater loss of roots. Collected stock usually requires alonger period in which to become well established in its new location.When the loss in transplanted stock is ten or fifteen per cent., the aver-rage loss in collected stock may be as high as twenty per cent. Theusual period required for establishing nursery stock in its new loca-tion is two years. The usual period for establishing collected stock mayrange from two to four years. |
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