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[AUSUST<strong>24</strong>, 19501<br />
Garden Topics<br />
Essex County Extension Service<br />
. It is well to start ridding the<br />
lswn cf crab grass prior to September<br />
• seeding and fesding. At<br />
this season manj? home owners<br />
aJre confronted with erabgrass<br />
trouble emd ar^ perplexed as to<br />
what measures to take to combat<br />
it. If the 'P C£7t ^ allowed to go<br />
to s^ed, the plant population<br />
keeps mounting ry-ear after year.<br />
Growing conditions have been<br />
favorable - this year for er&bgrass<br />
with more rainfall than in 1949<br />
arid many other summer months.<br />
In many lawns this weed has<br />
taken over with little opposition<br />
from the permanent grasses. Crabgraas<br />
yrowtlr after going to seed<br />
slows down in growth and turns<br />
brown. Frost finishes it off. Permanent<br />
grasses tak$ on new energy<br />
starting- in. mid-September<br />
, as the nights "ekd weather bttcome<br />
a little, cooler. Spring and<br />
Fall lawn repairing is the best<br />
insurance against heavy infestatieu<br />
of crabirrass.<br />
On areas not too badly damaged<br />
by crab&rass, the Jawn may<br />
. be raked with a crabgrass rake<br />
first, before moving to lift the<br />
sprawling plants up so they will<br />
be cut off with the mower. Attscfi.a<br />
catcher to the lawn mower<br />
to collect the clippings at each<br />
cutting 1 . Repeat the raking and<br />
mowing as often as needed.<br />
Crabgrrase, if left uncontrolled,<br />
becomes the predominant plant.<br />
In some cases th-s soil -may be<br />
L unsuited for growth of permanent<br />
'k gTasaes in which case it is advisable<br />
to turn under the present<br />
growth, and start anew with an<br />
improved szed bed. Sufficient<br />
amounts of lime, fertilizer and<br />
organic matter are needed for<br />
the soil improvement. Such work<br />
ought to be started now BO that<br />
planting the grass seed can be<br />
done in early September.<br />
Ssveral chemicals are on the<br />
market for control of crabgrass.<br />
Both Pheny-Mercury acetate and<br />
Potassium Cyanate are being:<br />
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•<br />
Proper Care of<br />
House Plants<br />
Gardeners are properly resting<br />
ftouseplants outdoors in «. semishady<br />
place lor their summer<br />
vacation end rest period, says the<br />
Essen Ccunty Extension Service.<br />
At this time one should examine<br />
them for insects. Before it is timeto<br />
bring the plants indoora in<br />
early September for' the winter<br />
the pots should be cleaned and<br />
soil -gotten ready for transplanting.<br />
Some house plants can be<br />
kept,on the dry side during their<br />
resting period but ferns and<br />
some of the foliage plants require<br />
more moisture.<br />
New house plants can be started<br />
this month from many of the old<br />
ones set outdoors in early summer.<br />
Plants like Begonia, which<br />
have -gone through one • year of<br />
blooming become straggly and<br />
spindly. To brighten tke dull<br />
winter days indoors, make cuttings<br />
of the old house plants during<br />
August so they become rooted<br />
before frost arrives. Many gardeners<br />
have the urge to propagate<br />
plants from cuttings to replace<br />
the old held-oyer plants.<br />
Cuttings from many of "the popular<br />
type house plants can now<br />
be rooted in sand, water, vermiculite<br />
or some other type of rooting<br />
media. If done outdoors the<br />
cutting's will need protection<br />
against heavy rains and hot sun<br />
by placing them in a cold frame<br />
with lath slats, cheesecloth or under<br />
glass jars in a eemi-ahady<br />
place. To successfully root cuttings<br />
in summer, one should prevent<br />
them, from drying -out too<br />
much as well as -avoid getting the<br />
rooting media too wet.<br />
For cuttings to root quickly<br />
moisture and a moderate amouint<br />
of heat are necessary. Too high<br />
a temperature is to be avoided.<br />
If cuttings ere started in a cold<br />
frame adequate ventilation must<br />
be given on hot days. If the rooting<br />
media used for cuttings is<br />
sand, "be sure it 16 free from organic<br />
matter. The sand should<br />
first be compacted firmly and well<br />
watered before setting the cuttings<br />
after which the media<br />
should be kept moist but not wet.<br />
After roots reach one inch length<br />
the rooted cutting may be transferred<br />
to soil in small pots. To<br />
obtain a bushy and well shaped<br />
plant, some pinching beck will<br />
be necessary to encourage aide<br />
branching.<br />
Most gardeners lack the facilities<br />
and petience necessary for"<br />
rooting cuttings of house plants<br />
and prefer to get new plaaita<br />
from their florist.<br />
*<br />
Union Girls<br />
Defeat <strong>Millburn</strong><br />
Last week en All Star team from<br />
the Union Recreation Department<br />
Softball leagues defeated the <strong>Millburn</strong><br />
Recreation Department girls<br />
in a Softball game at the high<br />
school stadium. Ruth Thomas was<br />
pitcher for the <strong>Millburn</strong> girls with.<br />
Dottie O'Hara and Jenny Coppollo<br />
catching. The game was well<br />
played except for the one bad Inning<br />
for the <strong>Millburn</strong> girls when<br />
Union seemed to find all their<br />
weak spots.<br />
Next week the MiH'burn girls<br />
will piay the Maplewood girls on<br />
the baseball field in Taylor Park.<br />
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