After bloom care for flowering bulbs and foliage rules
Proper care during the after bloom period is essential. Do not cut foliage while it is actively growing as healthy leaves feed bulbs. Removing leaves too early can stop bulb growth and prevent flowering next season. Maintain green foliage until natural yellowing occurs.
Caring for Flowering Bulbs and Seasonal Care Tips
The text advises timing for removing spent blooms and fertilizing bulbs with phosphorus rich, low nitrogen fertilizers, cautioning against too much nitrogen. It covers bulb relocation with soil intact, risk of moving during flowering, need for excellent drainage, and options like bone meal and well aged manure. It warns that moving vigorous bulbs early can weaken future blooms and suggests digging and replanting after die back.
Floating lawnmowers and rotary tillers reshape gardening tools
In the 1960s Karl Dan in Sweden created a cushion‑powered floating lawnmower later ferried to the United States where it draws praise for ease on slopes. West German Eugene Zinck developed a double‑row counterrotating tiller now assembled in Stockbridge Massachusetts with an American Briggs Stratton engine. James McKeecheni, Coane County Agricultural Agent, notes bulb care and ants on peonies, advising dormancy storage tips and a neutral view of ant presence.
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Linvilla opens strawberry picking season seven days a week
Linvilla Orchards invites guests to pick their own strawberries daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Demonstrations on jam making and freezing begin June 12 with Greta Vairo from Penn State. later sessions cover peaches and tomatoes. Tyler Arboretum offers a consuming plant identification workshop with preregistration.
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Aston family wins second annual Home and Garden Contest
Kay Dilluciano presented a prize check to Mr. Kruszcyznski and his wife of 2212dwin Drive for Bridgewater Farms based Home and Garden Contest sponsored by realtor Irving Saints. Ten year residents, the Kruszcyznskis enjoy a garden with vegetables and flowers judged by Helen Yourgalite and Peg Rivell.
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