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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1957
Page
10
Eona King notes snapdragons known as antirrhinum are easy to grow and cut. Breeders added rust resistance and a tetraploid variety with stockier plants and larger flowers, suited for cutting. The F-2 hybrid mardi gras offers very early flowers with a wide color range.
A new hybrid snapdragon seed package offers an extremely wide color range including white, citron, yellow, canary, gold, orange, red and pink shades. The dwarf magic carpet grows six to nine inches and is ideal for rock gardens and miniature bouquets.
To get head starts, sow indoors about eight weeks before recommended planting. Transplant when seedlings reach two to three inches, then after two weeks outdoors pinch tops to leave three or four leaf pairs to encourage branching. Unpinched plants may bloom earlier. Snapdragons are usually annuals but are perennials if planted late summer or early fall in well draining soil.
The article advises thinning crowded seedling rows to ensure each plant has room to grow. It highlights that overly crowded plants stunt development, encourages harvesting half grown vegetables for better flavor, and recommends sowing more seed than will fit to allow thinning. It notes thinning can be repeated until proper spacing is reached and emphasizes well fed soil yields better results than a larger neglected area.
A feature on using black polyethylene plastic mulch to control weeds, conserve moisture, and speed strawberry harvests. Details include sheet size, row spacing, planting depth, irrigation through perforations, and two weekly plant food spray for 25 plants. First-year practice suggests removing the initial blossom stems to help establishment.
When planting shrubs, cut cleanly all dried and broken roots and thin branches to reduce leaf surface by about one third. Dig holes large enough for roots to spread in their natural position at the same depth as in the nursery.
The article argues corncobs ground to sawdust protect roses better than soil mounds. It notes using corncob mulch in fall and spring reduces work and preserves plants. In a harsh winter unprotected roses died while protected plants stayed green under corncobs.
Advice urges feeding fruit trees this month with one pound of fertilizer per year of age, up to 15 pounds. Adequate feeding is said to encourage apple trees to bear annually rather than in alternate years.
Compost heaps started last fall should be turned to finish decomposition. Level the top to hold moisture and add a pound or two of fertilizer to enrich it and hasten decomposition.
Tuberous begonias add color in partial shade for northern and west coast gardeners. Start early by placing tubers in flats or pots with moist peat in a sunny window or shotbed.
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