Olive green caterpillars threaten oaks and lawns this week
SPACEWORK THIS WEEK IN YOUR GARDEN reports oak moth caterpillars on California live oaks and some deciduous oaks skeletonizing leaves. Crabgrass sprouts appear in flower beds and lawns with new control products marketed. follow directions. A lawn pest note advises two pounds of 40 percent wettable DDT per thousand square feet for sod webworm. A 32 page Garden Digest from a spray company offers planting, fertilizing and pest tips. free at garden supply dealers.
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Arden
How to Grow Fuchsias
The guide notes sun tolerance is limited and fuchsias prefer partial shade on north or east walls. Plant mainly in April May and June though they can be set out year round except winter. Use a soil mix of light loam peat moss and well rotted manure with peat moss mulch. Provide ample water from late May to September for best growth.
Oakland Rose Sunday marks season opening in park garden
Oakland Rose Sunday hosted by the Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce and the Oakland Park Department will open the 1952 season at the Municipal Rose Garden on Mothers Day May 11. A program is slated for 2:00 pm. The garden lies at the head of Jean Street one block off Grind Avenue, under the Oakland Park board president J. Vendas Mann.
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Oakland Junior Chamber of Commerce
Oakland Park Department
Oakland Municipal Rose Garden
J. Vendas Mann
Oakland Park Board
Jean Street
Grind Avenue
Annual flowers may be sown now by Gloria Colillot
Seeds of annual flowers may be sown in open ground now and endure through summer with mulching. Use damp newspapers to protect soil, keep seeds moist, and remove sacks after sprouting. Broadcasting is simple but sprouts attract pests. spray beds with DDT mix and benzene hexachloride to deter worms, ants, and earwigs. Various annuals like Abroni, Aberatun, Minuet Blue, Fairy Pink, and Cleome are described with placement guidance and eventual uses in gardens. Louis LeValley of Laney Meade Institute will speak at a South Alameda County meeting of the American? Plant society.
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Gloria Coillot
Aniddie
Neal
Calor
San. Louis
Azaleas and Rhododendrons Planting Guide for Beginners
This old note advises on growing azaleas and rhododendrons in damp gardens once plentiful and affordable. It warns against deep planting, suggests raising the plant about two inches above bed level, and emphasizes proper drainage, soil quality, and regular feeding with three monthly feedings in May, June, and July.
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Deron Oe
Bannock
Small House Planning Bureau
St. Cloud
Minn
Canada
Small House Planning Bureau of Canada
St. John’s
New Brunswicke
Ritz
Oakland
Guirden
Asn
Colby’s Nursery
Foothill Blvd
Hayward
Luceme
Dalget's
Dalgety Florists
Niles Road
Clarkia
Reloqwers
Thubergia
Tilly
Paetudug
Gorrie & Yeoman
Soto St
Castro Valley Blvd
Westward Homes
Norval Gillespie
Nef
Frank James
Oriha Garden Guide
KCBS
James
Oakland Nursery
Gillespie
Tull Doung
Nurs
Alameda County
The
American Begonia Society
Lemon Ave
A. R. Petersen and Sons
Anc 2d Ragged
Tani
Ruud
Watkins ST
Peterson & Sons
St. Lu
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