Home Garden Tips For Melons And Yew Plants
Readers learn to improve melon flavor by soil magnesium and boron, with epsom salts and borax in spray. Advice covers spraying timing and quantities. A spreading western yew, Taxus bregifolia, is praised for home landscaping, with pruning guidance and compact growth.
Question of the Week on Hybrid Seeds and Garden Pests
Readers ask about saving seeds from hybrid tomatoes and the vigor of F2 generations. Advice explains F1 hybrids lose advantage by F2 and recommends renewing with new F1 seeds for best yields. Rabbits, gourds, and bulb bloom issues share practical fixes andbud blasting causes from water, air, and humidity factors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F.R. of
Middletown
M.K
Pine Bush
Ellenville
Aid to the ailing house
A reader asks how to prevent paint peeling on hollow porch column bases. The adviser suggests moisture has penetrated the bases and recommends replacing with cast iron ventilating column bases to protect against future peeling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger C. Whitman
Hartford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lawn & Garden
Monroe
Lambert
Morosco Brush & Bucket
South St
Newburgh
Artes
Wonder-Boy
H.l.ayres, Inc
North St. Middletown
Tel
House of Plastics
Rte
Montgomery Road
Mr. Dood-It
Dolson