Spring Plant Care and Potting Tips From Earl Aronson
A guide to checking pot size by testing root spread, preparing new clay pots, and transplanting with careful soil handling. It covers repotting steps, root trimming, pruning for bushier growth, dust removal, and cautions about waxes. The piece ends with a brief note on apple supply projections from Cornell University economist Max Brunk, noting regional production shares.
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Cornell University
Max E. Brunk
West
Are They Kept Clean Garden Tools Guide
A gardening guide discusses selecting the right tools for tasks and keeping them in top condition. It covers shovels spades forks rakes hoes trowels and small tools noting long vs short handles steel quality straight grain and indicators of good metal.
Attention Now Can Help Bulbs
A spring bulb care note urges not to cut leaves until yellow, to let foliage feed bulbs for next year. Loosen soil, add bulb food, and avoid braiding daffodil leaves. Tulips benefit if left in soil, with careful handling to ensure sun exposure for leaves.
Gardening Note on Bulb Care and Fresh Flowers
Leaves yellow and bulbs should be dug up and dried in an airy place out of sun. Store in open boxes in a cool cellar until next October to avoid rot and heat damage. Protect from mice and plant quick growing annuals to extend color after bulbs bloom.
Shade Trees Do Better With Help Now
Now is the ideal time to start a Spring and summer spray program to protect shade trees from insect and leaf diseases. Properly timed scientific spraying reduces insect populations and egg laying, while deep root feeding with specified fertilizer analyses improves growth, color, and resilience against pests and drought.
Rice production in Formosa hits 1967 record high
Sets Rice recorded a 1967 Formosa rice output of 2,404,6693 metric tons, marking a rise from the previous year.
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Taipei
Formosa
Planting Outdoors When Soil Warms In Winter
The piece advises checking soil temperature rather than frost dates to determine the right time to plant outdoors. Even in warm climates, soil warms through winter, and gardeners should wait until soil is no longer cold and clammy before planting.
Clay Pot Plant Tips Create Lively Outdoor Color
Easy weedless gardening with natural clay pots. Use inverted pots for planters at doors and steps, top fence posts with sturdy pots, and group pots for color. Line stair railings with varied pot sizes, prefer caladiums in shade, and ensure drainage to prevent salt buildup.
Million Trucks Planned Near Dearborn
Dearborn manufacturers expect to sell about 1.6 million trucks this year as the industry targets higher output and expanded markets.
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Dearborn
Mich
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