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Practical gardening tips for fall plantings and pest control
Readers submit questions on germinating scuppernong grapes indoors in fall, mole control without castor beans, dethatching lawns, relocating hydrangeas, fertilizing bluegrass and fescue, protecting pines from Southern pine beetles, diagnosing mountain laurel disease, and safely handling aerosol cans. Answers offer fall outdoor germination, mole traps, dethatching guidance, hydrangea transplant timing, soil-based fertilizer schedules, lindane use for beetles, Dexon fungicide for root rot, and cautions against puncturing aerosol cans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G
Cameron
Joe Brooks
Extension Articulturist
L. M
Tarboro
R. L. Robertson
P. S
Cary
Carl Blake
Extension Agronomist
R. N
Oxford
Henry J. Smith
Extension Horticulturist
G. C
Concord
W. M. Lewis