The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-20

season as we'll as management of the
plants. South Alabama begins to
pick about March ], central Alabama
about 80 days later and in the Bir-
mingham district, the last half of
April and around May 1. The Bir-
mingham district is unusually late in
comparison to other points in the
same latitude.
Q. 1 was told In Chicago that they
used the purisco grass seed mixture
for their permanent lawns. / would
like to try this in Birmingham II you
think 1t would be suitable. w. Il.
A. Purisco is simply a trade mark
OF grass mixture suitable for Chi
cago, but it would not do for Biz
mingham or any section OF Alabama
Northern grass mixtures are prin
cipally blue grass or Canadian blue
and not suited for Alabama.
.. l have some large onions to
take up and store. When these are
pulled up out of tho ground, should
! they be allowed to dry In the sun two
or three days before hauling to stor-
age? C. H, Hanceville.
| A. If any tops are green thew
might stay in the sun for two or
three days, but il tops have all died
away and ground is dry, they may be
carried to storage as soon as out of
ground. One days sun will not
hurt If necessary to dry Off soil par
| ticleH.
@. Can you buy the giant flower
ing pansies in specific or definite col
ors. such as red, white, blue, etc.
Miss e., Woodlawn.
A. Yes, the best sorts are what Is
known as giant trimardeau pansies
They can be mad in definite colors
There are many co1ors besides, so
blended and shaded that no definite
| color predominates.
q. This question may be out OF
your line, but / have some hogs not
doing well, and I want to push them
for early market. Can you suggest
some medicine for them? F. H., Win
! field.
A. Nearly every drug store or gem
eral store handles such hog rene
Nearly all of them possess more or
less merit ana generally give satis-
factory results.
@. When is the best time to sow
the Kentucky blue grass? ]. NJ. L.,
Ensley.
A. Any time from now on will do.
Generally, weather conditions are
best in October. It requires a month
or more for it to come up.
u. Please tell me what is good
fertilizer for ported plants? Mrs, N.
A. You can buy, at seed stores, a
concentrated complete plant food
containing per cent of phosphoric
acid, 5 per cent of nitrogen and per
cent of potash. which will serve your
purpose. Be sure to follow directions
and don't use too much at a time.
@. Is the arsenate of lead paste
just as good as the powdered for kill
ing caterpillars on trees? o. H., r.
F. D. 9.
A. When used IN a liquid spray 1t
Is Just as effective, only 1t is neces-
sary to use twice the quantity of
paste as the powder, because it is
only half as strong in arsenic.
| @. succeeded In getting spinach
up by putting water in the burrows.
but it all turned yellow and died out.
Was this a disease or just hot
weather? @. H., Gadsden.
A. 1t could be disease, but most
likely due to dry atmospheric condi-
lions. The season is just now about
on when spinach is not likely to turn
yellow after coming up.
@. How long after planting does 1t
take for sweet clover (melilotus) to
| come up? f. H. Dadeville.
A. Seed sown in the fall don't often
| terminate before following spring.
| 1t rarely comes up out of season. no
| matter when planted.