Garden notes on salvias and poinsettia cutbacks
An extended excerpt covers salvia varieties including scarlet salvia splendens an annual reaching several feet blue salvias pitcheri farinacea and leucantha as perennials. It also gives detailed poinsettia pruning tips for winter recovery and rootable cuttings. It closes with a report from CALIFORNIA FARMER 1973 about manure benefits and soil amendments.
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California Farmer
the Agriculturists Magazine
Burl Meek
The
Imperial Valley Conservation Research
Garden Fertilizers for Lawns and Weed Control
The guide explains pre emerge herbicides to stop weed seeds like spurge and clover, plus post emerge options targeting oxalis. It advises choosing a turf fertilizer offering broad value, including nitrogen plus phosphoric acid, potash, trace minerals, and insecticide. Compare two products by summing all nutrient percentages, multiply by sack weight, and compare the two totals to judge which offers more.
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