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THE HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 19. 1990
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Elliot commissioned
Jeffery E. Elliot is shown being commissioned into the Air Force at the University of
Georgia by Brig. Gen. Sherian G. Cadoria. Elliot, son of Col. and Mrs. John E. Elliot
of Bonaire, gains the rank of second lieutenant and will serve as a pilot.
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Tim Lewis
PHS Young Farmer's Coordinator
Just what you
have always
wanted to know
Questions and Answers to
common problems
T his week I have compiled a series
of questions and answers from read
ers of Horticulture magazine for your
edification. Staff member Elsie A.
Cox has provided the answers, and I
have inserted a comment or two
myself. I hope they arc helpful to
you.
Q. I keep my large, potted azalea
outdoors in the summer. Each fall
when I bring it back indoors, its
lower leaves turn yellow. 1 thought
this was happening because the
move was 100 abrupt. Then I
thought the plant was getting 100
much water, or that it needed to be
fertilized. I have tried to correct all
these potential problems, but the
yellowing persists. Otherwise the
plant is healthy and loaded with
buds. What is wrong?
A. There are a few possibilities,
including the ones you already con
sidered. One is the the plant's soil is
low in iron, a condition that occurs
w hen the soil's pH is unfavorable for
the uptake of the mineral. Azaleas
are acid-loving plants, preferring a
soil pH of around 4.5 to 5.5. Try
watering your soil with a solution of
one ounce of ferrous sulfate to one
gallon of water.
It is also possible that your azalea
is pot bound, you may want to repot
it alter blooming is completed. Feed
the plant every other month with an
acid fertilizer until fall bud forma
tion. Then withhold fertilizer for the
winter months.
Then, it is possible that the fall
yellowing of your azalea is simply
due to natural leaf aging.
Q. 1 planted a Hydrangea mycro
phy 11a in semishade several years
ago. The planet is lush and has
many leaves, but it has never
bloomed. What’s wrong?
A. This hydrangea sets its flower
buds in the fall. If winter tempera
tures drop to 20 degrees Fahrenheit
or lower, the buds will be killed and
the plant will not flower in spring
(although it will put out leaves and
stem growth).
Protect your plant by insulating
it. In late fall or early winter, before
temperatures drop below 25 degrees,
place a cylinder of burlap or chicken
wire around the hydrangea. Then fill
the cylinder with finely chopped
leaves or straw and pack it in and
around the branches gently and thor
oughly. Add more as the material
settles during the winter.
You might even consider growing
your hydrangea in a container. You
could bury the container in the gar
den after the last spring frost and
lake it up before severe fall frost,
keeping it stored in a cool, well-lit
place over the winter.
Hardier hydrangeas include H. ar
borcsccns "Grandiflora" and the
peegee hydrangea, H. paniculata
"Grandiflora”.
Next: More questions and an
swers.
Cosey will serve on
board for oilmen
Mr. Davis L. Cosey, Davis
Company Inc., was recently elected
to serve on the board of directors for
the Georgia Oilmen's Association.
The Georgia Oilmen's Association
is a trade association which
represents over 300 wholesale
distributors of petroleum products
in Georgia. This is Mr. Cosey's
third year on the GOA board.
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PAL donations
Tucker Elementary students hold up the canned goods they donated for Project Agape Love. The
students collected the goods by grade and then donated them for needy families In Houston
County. Showing their donations are Darryl Geotz, Jeremy Lester, Crystal Fletcher and Dexter
Key.