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■iURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1953
■ultural Methods For Flower Gardens, Lawns,
■irubs and Trees Are Listed by Specialist
By Roy A. Bowden, Extension
■ecialist in Floriculture and Orna-
Hntal Horticulture
■Fertilize all the bulbs that have
Bished flowering or that are flower-
B no w—tulips, daffodils, narcissus,
Ktch iris and others. This plant food
■ needed now.
■ Dahlias can be planted from now
Bril July. They are best if planted
B a raised bed in rows. Keep a deep
B rroW between the rows to insure
Bod drainage during the entire year.
Bant the tubers 4to 6 inches deep,
Banting the bud upwards to a 45 de-
Bee angle. Plant the stake with the
Bber to prevent injury to the plants
B’ staking them later.
I After Easter all annuals should be
Bansplanted to the open as early as
Bossible for early flowering. Success-
Be plantings can be made if continu
ity of blooms are wanted, or cutting
| r .d continuous fertilization along
|ith cultivation and watering will
■any many of the early planted ones
lost of the summer. Tithonia is a
Bust in the annual garden.
I Zinnia, “Fantisty” will relieve the
■nonotony of the common flowered
ype of zinnia. Be sure and plant
iome of the small pom-pom type of
;innias for variety in the cutting gar-
len.
Get ready to plant chrysanthe
mums. Preparation of the soil should
be deep and thorough. Incorporate
organic matter into the soil along
with commercial fertilizers when the
beds are being prepared. One to 3
pounds of a 6-8-6 fertilizer to each
100 square feet of area, depending
upon the fertility of the soil, should
be applied and cultivated into the
soil prior to planting.
Mulch all beds of annuals as soon
as they are planted. Use peat-moss,
sawdust or other mulching materials
as you prefer.
Seeds of fast growing annuals can
be planted now. Zinnias, marigolds,
vinca and others can be planted di
rect to the open ground if more con
venient than seed flats.
Gladiolus can be planted now and
repeat every two weeks through July
for a constant supply of flowers.
Plant them 4 to 6 inches deep for the
best quality flowers, which also pre
vents them falling over with wind
and wet soil. Fertilize in the row at
time of planting with a 6-8-6 fertili
zer, one pound to 100 foot row.
Tube roses should be planted now.
KANTINGHME...
Wherever you see new telephone poles being
“planted” and rural lines strung, it means service for
folks who didn’t have it before—service that helps
get things done on the farm and in the home.
Every month, Southern Bell is adding about 6,000
new rural telephones. That’s the kind of progress we
like to report because we’re devoting a lot of Know
how, materials and
TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH
Follow the same directions as for
gladiolus.
Regale, Japanese and Formosa lily
bulbs should be planted not later
than this month for the best results.
Plant as you would gladiodus.
Perennials: This is the best date
for dividing the perennials. Thrift
(which is really phlox) is best trans
planted and divided immediately fol
lowing the blooming period.
SHRUBS
All spring flowering shrubs that
have completed blooming should be
cut back severely and fertilized in
order to get the necessary vigorous
growth needed for next year’6 flow
ering. This is especially true of the
spring flowering spireas.
Azaleas —Transplant them imme
diately following flowering if neces
sary. It is the last, but best time
for this operation this year. Mulch
them immediately following trans
planting. Don’t forget you can use
sawdust for this purpose, but add ex
tra fertilizer when sawdust is used.
New growth is being made now,
and will be made later, on all shrubs.
It is best to train the plant by mak
ing soft pinching of the branches
when they are actively growing, than
to wait and prune away growth later.
Shape the plant while it is growing.
Do not forget to mulch all shrubs.
Evergreens are only at their best
with a heavy mulch covering their
root system. All evergreens of the
broad-leaved type are better when
they have broken sunlight.
Boxwood will not tolerate much
direct sunlight. They will first turn
bronze, the branches will begin to
die. Give them shade, or at the most,
semi-shade.
Roses: Fermate as a dust or spray
will control most of the foliage dis
eases. Apply each week. Also after
each rain. Do not wet the foliage of
roses when you are watering them.
Keep all flowers cut as soon as they
are ready. This reduces the insect
“thrip” that attacks the petals and
causes them to appear sunburned.
Insect control should be carried
out on roses as recommended in rose
spray schedule attached to the leaf
let on the cultivation of roses.
Control all the aphids (plant lice)
by following previous recommenda
tions.
Control the “yellowing” of foliage
on dwarf azaleas and others, by
spraying them heavily once each week
with ferrous sulphate (copperous) at
THE JACKSON PROGRESS-ARCUS. JACKSON. GEORGIA
Scrapings From
Hard Scrabble
dear editer,
I bin seein bout them fine ladies
havin they faces lifted and we thinks
we is goin to try to have our lifted.
It shorely needs it and we maybe
mout try it out. Mine’s been needin
the rate of 2 to 3 level teaspoons per
gallon of water. Apply it to the
foliage in the late afternoon.
Malathon: This material is on the
mdrket this year and will very likely
take the place of Parat’non in many
cases. It is much less toxic to warm
blooded animals than Parathon. This
will likely control most of your flow
er garden and shrub insects.
LAWNS
The problem now is to get rid of
the Italian ryegrass where it was
sown over the permanent Bermuda
lawn. It will require cjose and fre
quent clippings to eradicate it in time
for the Bermuda to develop properly.
A heavy application of fertilizers
should be applied to the lawn imme
diately.
Zoysia Matrella can be sprigged
anytime now and throughout the
summer months. Also Bermuda sod.
Seed Bermuda grass as quickly as
possible if a good stand is to be
realized..
Cut the lawn early anr consis
tently to control noxious weeds.
TREES
All shade trees need fertilizing
each year and this is a good time to
do it. Use about one pound of a
6-8-6 fertilizer for each foot in height
of the trees. Double this amount if
they were not fertilized last year.
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AMERICA’S COSTLIEST CARS ARE SWINGING TO!
Six more makers in the last five years alone have switched
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FORD’S BUILT OVER 13 MILLION V-B’s;
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it fer nigh onto sixty years. Maybe
I’d better spend the rest of my life
lookin like I alius has. If I make a
change my friends wouldn’t no me
and when they found out who I wuz,
my face would be a choice morcil fer
them ter gossip erbout. Guess I’ll
stay like I is.
Some uf our nabors chillun whuts
bin off at work done had they sal
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have so much money to throw erway
and cant dress so fine either. That
shore is hurtin em. We thot when
the good times wuz over they would
nbt have er dime. They dont believe
that the time ter save money is when
you is makin it. They may find out
fore long they wuz wrong. They
cant think uf such a time comin up.
So long,
Susie Stuckey
MASONS TO ATTEND CHURCH
REVIVAL ON MONDAY NIGHT
Members of St. Johns Lodge No. 45
F&AM plan to attend the revival ser
vices at Jackson Methodist Church
next Monday night in a body. The
meeting hour in the lodge is 7:30 and
at 8 o’clock members will go to the
church for the evening worship hour.
Officers request a large attendance
for the occasion.
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