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them on to the right size for garden transplanting. It is important, Schalessays, to seed tomatoes, pepper and similar plants properly. Fill a well -drained seedling trav :or flat with a porous mixture of garden loam mixed with peat most. Then firm the soil, especially around the edges, making rows one-half inch wide with the edge of a smal'" board. Plant seeds eight -to 10 per inch and cover with ;about one-fourth inch of soil. Placing the flat in a plastic bag will aid germination, but ! the plastic should be removed as soon as seedlings emerge.
As soon as the first true leaves begin to show, the seed lings should be removed and set "in peat pots or spaced in a flat two inches apart ,each way. It’s best not to hanc !le small seedlings by the stem since they are easy to injure. Seedlings often suffer from a disease known as damping off. The best control is prevention, using sterile soil and flats and general sanitation. Disease-free soil is sometimes difficult to obtain, but a good loamy garden soil mix ed with equal parts of peat moss and sand is generally satisfactory.
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