Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1922-03-24
FROM COLDFRAME
TO YOUR GARDEN
Plants Should Be Accustomed to
the Outside Conditions
Before Setting.
PROTECTION MAY Be NEEDED
Boxes or Small Boards viii Save From,
Sun, Wind and Frost---Water Be-
fore TranspIantino--csrry Con-
tanners to Place for Planting.

u Is assumed that the wide-nwake
gardener has been busy long before
the weather Is warm enough to sow
any seeds In the open ground; that
a window box or hotbed has been pro-
vlded. and that a supply Of plants Of
Tomatoes. peppers. carsy cabbage. and
eggplnnt are under way to set In the
garden us soon as danger OF frost Is
past.
IL plenty OF south window space Is
available, the United States Depart
meat of Agriculture advises that such
crops as snap beans. cucumbers, mu X
meions. and even sweet corn may be
started Ia flower pots, paper bands or
berry boxes filed with good soil AID
they viii be OF considerable Size by
the time the air Is warm enough to
plant them outdoors. Plants that
grow In the house or In the hotbed
must he hardened or adapted to outdoor
conditions before they are set In the
open ground. This Is accomplished
by gradually exposing them to the
open air during the warmer part OF
the day and Inter at night, care being
taken that they IRE not caught by p
sudden cold snap.
Hardening Early Plants.
When the plants are grown in boxes
or trays, the boxes may be carried into
the open each day and the plants al
lowed to become gradually accustomed
10 the outdoor conditions. II they are
In a hctbed or coldframe. the sash or
other cover IL lifted of during the day
and replaced mt night. Later the COW
erlnE In left off entirely; however, II
.. should he kept close at hand to be put
on nj any time that the weather should
turn cold.
Plants set Ia the open ground may
be protected from frost by turning
small boxes over them and covering
the boxes with a little earth. Old
berry boxes are some, mes used for
this purpose, but should he covered
completely with soil. rs the plants will
freeze Just as readily underneath the
exposed boxes as II left In the open
without any cover whatever. A good
method Of protecting plants Is by set
ting a common roofing shingle or a
small piece OF board ut an angle over
each plant. These shingles can be set
an the side to protect the plants from
the sun during the Daytime, or they
snay be placed on the opposite side in
order 10 protect the plants from the
wind and allow the sunshine to reach
them.
In some cases gardeners have pro
yided small frames, on the top OF
which nre fitted single panes Of glass
and one OF these frames Is set over
each plant or hill to protect II. The
glass should be so arranged that n
can be partially removed during the
warmer part Of the day I'm order d
preyeat the temperature becoming to,
high inside the frame. These prOtec
tors give good results when used owe
hills OF eucumbers. muskmelons AM
summer squashes. rs wen as owe
plants az sweet pepper, eggplant ant
tomatoes.
Points 70 Remember.
There ARE few points In connection
xIth the transplanting Of homegrown
plants 20 the garden that are worth,
Of special attention. In the first place
the plants to be transplanted shoul'
he watered a few hours before the,