Mushrooms and Fairy Rings Common Lawn Problems
Readers learn mushrooms puffballs and fairy rings appear in lawns from buried organic matter. Fungus causes brown dead patches, dense filaments resist watering, and treatment uses mercury fungicides with precautions and perforated soil before drenching.
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RE. Patiyka
Ohio State University
Questions on rhododendrons and sycamores in shade
Readers seek gardening guidance with notes on rhododendron flowering in successive years and care to avoid non bloom years. Advice covers avoiding deep shade, keeping roots moist, removing faded blooms, and pruning to prevent seed set. Also addresses sycamore leaf yellowing and disease indicators. A dried flower frame craft idea is included.
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Penfield
Layfayette
Dwarf Dahlias and He merocallis Charm Garden Beds
Garden notes describe Unwin hybrids dwarf dahlias multiplying from four dozen seedlings to over 200 tubers through division. They bloom May through frost without staking, prefer moisture, and suit small city plots. The column also praises daylilies, their wide yellow and tawny varieties, easy culture, and a 100 foot day fly path trial.
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Readers invited to see primrose blooms at Sugar Ridge
More than 500 night blooming primrose blossoms on Mr. and Mrs. George Petrisko’s plant at 87594 Sugar Ridge Rd open every evening from 8 to 9. The flowers bloom until fall frost, with four petals and a lemon scent.
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George Petrisko
Sugar Ridge Rd
The Chestnut Race and Garden Notes From The Green Thumb
Ghorghe Abnatam writes on American chestnut disease and resistance noting no-bright resistant native stock yet exists while Chinese chestnut shows resistance. Practical garden tips follow on Madonna Lily botrytis blight, bulb care, syringa leaf curl, mite and aphid control, strawberry patch maintenance, delphiniums, feverfew as filler, and the use of charcoal as an odor absorbent in vases.
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