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FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS—WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER J, 104
Rural Living
Rooting shrubs for home gardeners
Many kinds of ornamental plants
can be rooted very easily from cut
tings. The following are some which
can usually be propagated from cut
tings without difficulty :
jkucuba, azalea, boxwood, camel
lib, crape myrtle, eleagnus, euony
hjus, forsythia, gardenia, hydrangea,
juniper, oleander, photinia, rose, spi
res, tea olive, ligustrum.
It is difficult or impossible to propa
gate some ornamental trees and
Shrubs from cuttings. Among these
Or, pine, hemlock, red cedar,
mimosa, redbud, gingko, mountain
laurel, blue spruce, Southern magno
lia, dogwood, and most of the com
farjon shade trees, such as oak, elm,
pecan, hickory, etc.
5 * Cuttings taken during the summer
pionths when plants are still growing
are called softwood cuttings.
When to Take Softwood Cuttings:
Reviews slated
on farmer loans
President Reagan’s farm
credit initiatives to reschedule
portions of loans for some finan
cially stressed Fanners Home
Administration (FmHA) borrow
ers and to guarantee loans of
some other borrowers may help
farmers In Forsyth County,
FmHA County supervisor Joe N.
Wang said.
Annual reviews of FmHA farm
loans will begin soon, Wang said.
A major priority of the reviews
will be to determine which farm
ers in Forsyth County will qualify
for a rescheduling of part of their
loans for up to five years.
The President’s plan permits
Plant shrubs, trees now
I
JSTATESBORO lf you Just can’t
wpit until spring to plant some more
shrubs or trees around your home ...
good. Don’t wait.
Sure, spring has always been the
time for planting. Everybody knows
that. All you have to do is open your
4yes in the spring that’s when
Everybody's planting. That's when
the nurseries, garden centers and
department stores are all bustling
with sales.
But brace yourself for this you
may have been planting in the wrong
Season all along.
Well, spring isn’t exactly the
“wrong” time to plant. But, Georgia
horticulturists have known for years
that planting shrubs and trees in the
tall can be even better than planting
(n the spring.
So why does everyone plant in the
spring?
“Years ago, you couldn’t get a lot of
these shrubs and trees until spring,”
Georgia Extension Service horticul-
Erist Henry Clay says. “Now we
ve container plants that you can
t anytime."
Even hall-and-burlap plants can be
bought earlier than they once could,
Clay says. New holding and condi
tioning techniques, for example, al
low growers to dig ornamental trees
earlier than they once did.
“They used to wait until the leaves
dropped before they'd dig," Clay
pays. “Now they don’t hesitate to dig
them in late summer if they have the
market and a place to condition them.
We Just didn’t know you could do that
20 years ago."
Now, Clay says, a wide range of
broadleaf and evergreen shrubs and
trees and traditional foundation and
border plants can fare better if
they’re planted in the fall. That in
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Softwood cuttings are taken from
the new growth of the current season.
Cuttings are usually more difficult to
root as the wood becomes older. How
ever, at the same time, very tender
growth is not sufficiently hardened to
withstand removal from the mother
plant. With many kinds of shrubs the
cuttings are sufficiently mature in
June and July.
The best months to take softwood
cuttings are June, July, August and
September. However, cuttings can be
taken almost anytime of the year,
particularly if a greenhouse is avail-
up to a five-year deferral, with no
interest payments, for as much
as 25 percent of a loan, up to SIOO,-
000, for FmHA borrowers who
are experiencing severe financial
stress and who show promise of
success with a temporary eco
nomic boost.
Under the new guarantee plan,
FmHA will be able to guarantee a
loan in severe difficulty if the
lender is willing to write off at
least 10 percent, up to the amount
necessary to give the borrower a
positive cash flow. The borrower
must meet general eligibility cri
teria for FmHA farm operating
and ownership loans.
cludes azaleas and many others that
have "always” been planted in the
spring.
Why can fall be better for planting?
“Fall temperatures allow the
plants to get established better,”
Clay says. “The cooler weather cuts
the loss of water from the leaves. It
relieves stress in the young plants,
and that cuts the chances of losing the
plant. And the lower soil tempera
tures are better for continuous root
growth. The roots will grow well
throughout the fall. And they'll keep
growing, at a slower rate, through
most of a normal Georgia winter.”
Shrubs and trees planted in the fall
will also have the whole spring
growth spurt not Just the part of
spring after you plant them. All that
extra time for root growth makes the
plants more likely to have enough
roots to draw enough water to meet
their foliage needs when summer
the real stress time in Georgia
finally arrives.
Shrubs and trees planted in the fall
have to have enough water to get
established well. But even that can be
less of a problem than in the spring.
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able. The only period when it is not
advisable to take cuttings is in the
spring months when the new growth
is tender ami succulent.
Most narrow leaf evergreens, such
as the junipers, root best if the cut
tings are taken after the first frost in
the fall.
How to Take Cuttings:
Take wood from vigorous, healthy
growth, preferably from the upper
part of the plant. Avoid weak, spin
dling growth.
A common error is in making the
cutting too long; four to six inches is
sufficient. Malm a slanting and
smooth cut with a sharp knife. Since
the cuttings are to be inserted one to
two inches deep in the rooting me
dium, remove only the leaves on the
lower half of the stem.
The cutting usually will root faster
and a better root system will be
Contractors study
repairs for dams
Contractors visited the dam sites in
the Settingdown Creek Watershed,
Wednesday, Sept. 26, for the purpose
of submitting a bid for the needed
repair work.
It is hoped that repair work will
begin in November. There will be 310
calendar days allowed to complete
the repair work. All lakes will be
drained to allow for the repa.ir work
but not all at once. Through the news
media we will let those involved know
when the lakes will be drained.
Those using the lake area for fences
should make arrangements to install
temporary fences until the lakes are
refilled. In some cases, it may be
possible to refill the lakes within a
month after construction workers
begin.
The Upper Chattahoochee River
Soil and Water Conservation District,
a state agency, is the sponsor of the
watershed project and is charged
with the responsibility for operation
and maintenance. The Soil Conserva
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formed if you will dust the base of the
cutting with a commercial rooting
hormone. These rooting stimulants,
in small, inexpensive packages, are
generally available in powder form.
Rooting Media:
Clean, coarse, construction-grade
sand is the most common material
used for rooting cuttings. Fine sand
has poor aeration; thus, proper root
formation is retarded. A mixture of
one-half sand and one-half peat moss
usually will give better results than
will sand alone.
Vermiculite has become popular as
a propagating medium in recent
years. It is a light-weight expanded
mica product which will absorb seve
ral times its own weight in water. The
particle size ensures good aeration if
it is not packed firmly. Many plants
will root easily and very profusely in
it.
Another excellent propagating me
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Do not use soil as a propagating
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materials only once to reduce the
possibility of disease difficulties.
Place the cutting one to two inches
deep in the medium. If you use sand,
thoroughly firm it around the base of
the cutting to eliminate any possible
air pockets. Thai water thoroughly to
further settle the sand. Do not pack
vermiculite or perlite.
Uneven moisture supply during the
rooting period is the most common
cause of cutting death. Never allow
the propagating medium to dry out,
but do not keep it “water-logged”
good aeration is needed.
Do not add any kind of fertilizer to
the medium until the cuttings have
rooted.
For more information on rooting
shrubs look at bulletin number 641
called Propagating Shrubs from Cut
tings.
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