The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-26

winter, some climbers, some suitable
for hedges and others grow into
great trees. Let all your plans IN
clude evergreens. they are a great
comfort in winter.
Questions and Answers
Q. have fine pecan tree loaded
with fruit and I notice that the hull
of many of them Is blotched or spot
ted with a brown or blackish sub
stance. I have never noticed this in
previous years. Are you acquainted
with this trouble and is there a
remedy? Age Herald Reader.
A. 1t is probably scab or a related
fungus disease. This trouble ought
to have had sooner treatment. a
good fungicide spray IL used prompt
ly may aid in saving the crop. Mix
two ounces dry Bordeaux to the gall
lon water, spray tree thoroughly and
see that all green nuts receive the
spray. Repeat treatment in Is days
q. In breaking up an orchard to
SOW in winter cover crop. how
close up to the tree Ia 1t safe to
plow? NJ E., Lincoln.
A. This depends altogether on age
size of trees, as we'll as variety OF
fruit It is desirable to break the
ground as deep as possible in the
middle of the rows but as you near
the trees the breaking will have to
be shallower, so as to avoid reach
ing the trees root system. Breaking
the roots must be avoided as any in
jury invites disease and borers.
Q. Would sugar be safe to use with
a Bordeaux spray to make it stick Oh
better? C. p, Tuscaloosa.
A. A little might be permissible in
spraying certain plants, resistant to
the action of copper salts, but sugar
is ready solvent of copper salts
and any considerable quantity would
dissolve enough copper to render the
spray dangerous to foliage.
Q. I want to set shrubbery in a
small plot covered with thick sod
of Bermuda. Can't I apply some
thing to the Bermuda to utterly kill
it out in month or SO? I want ia
set the shrubbery in December. u. H
A. Dissolve an ounce of arsenats
of soda to gallon of water, making
up sufficient quantity to thorough
ly wet the Bermuda. One thorough
application ought to kill out all the
roots. When dead spade up the
ground deeply and stir up at short
intervals so that the arsenate will
become dissipated or leach out so as
not to be injurious to the shrubs
when set out.
@. I put copperas on a bed of red
gladioli to make the flowers redder
and used enough to kill them. How
can I get rid of the copperas in the
soil as l want to plant flowers
Mrs. B. j.
A. A moderate application of COM
mon lime will soon neutralize the
acid reaction of the copperas.
O. My flower garden is this REQ
mountain ore soil Some plants 1c
extra good in it while others fire
up and come to nothing. Do you
know the cause of this and will you
through The Age Herald. suggest q
remedy for us mountaineers? A Sub.
scriber.
a. Nearly all red lands contain
more or less free iron salts associ-
ated with free acid, very detrimental
TO many plants and some few will not
flower or reproduce in an acid me-
dunn while others will thrive lux
uriantly. A study of the require
ments of different plants is needed
Try lime around those that don't do
well in your soil and observe the diff
ference.
@. Which are the hardest pansies
and those that bloom the longest!
MIS-. s., Garden City.
A.. Practically an the different
types are perfectly hardy this far
south. The giant Towering trimar-
deau types are the most satisfactory
The secret of long blooming period
is plenty of distance, frequent Gull
, tivation and most important OF all
keep the blooms closely picked and
never allow one to develop seed.
Q. In sowing oats for pasturage or
hay is the wild oats so frequently
found In the planting seed serious
objection? f. W., Stevenson.
A. The name wild cat is indefinite
and may refer to several different
plants that don't belong to the cat
family, but are nearly always found
associated with oats and other small
grain. The plant, bromus secalinus,
is species of grain chess or cheat,
the most common pest in small grain
and looks a good deal like oats, both
in plant and the smaller oat grains.
This plant possesses some merit as
a grazing plant when young ard
tender, but as it advances to ma
turity, becomes wiry. tough and Ia
digestibfe and will reduce the value
of oat hay, but it is no serious OBJ
lection where the oats are to serve
only as a pasture.
@. What do you think of vetch and
barley for an early spring hay crop
and how much would you SOW to the
acre? NJ. S.. Boaz.
A. The combination is a good one
IL you use the beardless barley to
avoid the stiff beard in the hay. The
beardless barley sometimes heads a
little before the vetch arrives at the
best stage for hay but inasmuch as
you won't have any boards to become
ripe, thus enabling one to wait on
the vetch. Smooth headed wheat and
oats make a fine combination with
vetch. One and half to two bushels
of grain and 10 to Is pounds vetch
is about the proper amount to the
acre.