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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 14, 2007
Page
7
At Cedar Rapids Eighth Avenue market shoppers pick favorites as Kathy Sternhagen of Sun Country Produce in Hopkinton highlights tomatoes and others. Dana McDaniel, 40, asks about best vegetables, with answers including spinach asparagus sweet corn tomatoes.
The article advises adults starting container gardening to pick a container with drainage holes and enough room for roots. Terracotta pots drain well but dry out quickly. wood rots. ceramic and concrete must be moved indoors in winter. Choose container to suit display area and scale. add packing peanuts at the bottom to reduce weight and soil.
Plant spacing doubles in containers versus ground with examples like six inch garden spacing equaling three inches in pots. Use varied textures and heights with healthy non root bound plants and fill pot to within three to four inches of the top. Water daily as needed, soak until drainage, weekly fertilizer unless soil contains slow release fertilizer, and prune spent blooms. Source: Iowa State University Extension horticulture department.
The text explains that poor garden soil compacts in containers and pulls away when dry. It recommends potting soil or soilless mixes, either bought or mixed from equal parts soil peat and perlite, and stresses moistening the mix before planting and regular watering.
Advice on planting in sun exposed locations. Warns against combining shade moving flowers in a single pot. Suggests trailing plants for hanging baskets and upright or mound growers for ground pots. Invite ideas to features gazettecommunications.com.
J K Rowling pledged a major contribution to a 3 million dollar reward fund for the safe return of Madeleine McCann, the four year old who disappeared on May 2 in Portugal after her parents left her with siblings. The News of the World called the pledge staggering and said the author asked for the amount to remain secret.
Kirstie Alley from Wichita helps Greensburg Kansas after a devastating tornado. She and Church of Scientology volunteers operate a relief tent giving bottled water food clothing and supplies to residents and animals.
Brooke Shields tells ABC This Week that postpartum low mood affects a large group of new mothers and urges Congress to pass legislation to aid them. She previously disclosed antidepressant use after childbirth amid public criticism.
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