The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-12-10


A. The variety sold as sugar
trough will suit you.
@. ] have bush of yellow Jas
mine in large tub that has spread
out so that it is difficult to handle.
i want to prune or cut away part of
1t. Could this be done now or should
wait until later? B. r.
A. 1t would be perfectly safe to
do it now. Mulch the plant after
wards with leaf mold or leaves and
don't over water.
@. / have about five acres that
want to establish in a permanent
Bermuda pasture but would like to
put something else in with it to fur
hold. Would you start now? w. NJ
MontevalIo, Ala.
A. A good plan would be to break
up and prepare ground thoroughly
now. You could then sow oats, rye
or wheat and cover in the usual way.
Then secure some good Bermuda, sod
and break up and separate it into
small clumps, place in wagon, drive
over the field and drop clumps or
sets a foot and a half or two feet
apart. They should be covered by
pushing down into the soil with a
stick and then step on it to pack.
cial. Various methods could be re-
sorted to and the more Bermuda
used, the better the stand would be
after the grain is removed in early
summer. the grass would soon take
possession. Sets would be better than
seed to start from, at this time OF
the year.
Q. What are the best gladioli to
grow for blooms to sell for cut
flower purposes? Mrs. d. L.
A. There is a long list to select
from. but popular sorts for this mar
ket and those that are dependable
are as follows: America, a fine pink
with soft lavender markings; Hal
ley, delicate salmon pink; Panama,
clear pale pink; Niagara, cream and
canary yellow with carmine throat;
Peace, large white with lilac mark
ings on lower peals, and Chicago
White, white with lavender mark
ings in throat.
Q. A friend gave me some seed
of the regal lily. How should these
be planted to produce blooming
sized bulbs? Miss f., Thomasville,
Ala.
A. The seed ought to be started in
green house or in hot bed and
grown like you would tomato plants.
Let them remain where sown until
carly next fall, then take up the
young bulbs and set them four to
six inches deep where you want them
to grow. They should bloom the
second year.
@. Is it too early or too late to
SOW red clover? 1 would like to
sow in the next ten days with
wheat? j. s.. Hartselle, Ala.
A. Now is a good time to sow and
the practice of sowing with wheat
or other winter grains is to be recon-
mended. 1t may be sown by itself
or in any grass mixtures. Where
ground is infested with weeds or
wild grasses, most clovers ought to
be sown in fall to get ahead of
spring weeds.
Q. Do you think it pays to In
oculate the soil in planting clover2
D. K, Cullman, Ala.
A. incubation Is certainly bene-
fetal to. all leguminous plants such
as clovers and the pea and bean
family. 1t is not always successful
because the bacteria that enables
leguminous plantsrto utilize the free
nitrogen gas of the air, when they
become established on their roots.
will not thrive in some soils. The
bacteria itself, being a living plant.
or organism, must have favorable
soil or living conditions. otherwise
they perish or fail to multiply ana
can do the plant no good. See letter.
@. Will the everlasting or peren-
NAL sweet peas, if planted now.
bloom the coming summer? J. II.
A. Yes. they will bloom from seed
planted now but not as early as the
dormant roots wiuld if set in De-
cember.
@. l am told that my strawberry
bed should be made over. How would
you go about this? Mrs. S. r., r.
f. d. 3
A. This should consist in discard
ing the old plant that bore last sea-
son and the taking up of the most
vigorous new plants and resetting
them in well-prepared bed. After
the old plants have borne one good
crop, they are of little value.
Q. Is there such a plant as peren-
NAL moon flower? Miss S.
A Yes. there is one Gpomaea pam
durata), very hardy and often seen
growing in waste places, on the
ground or climbing support. 1t pro-
duces large fleshy root and comes
up every season. The flower is
large. white. with purple throat
e. Can bittersweet be rooted like
ivy? l can get cuttings from a
friend? Mrs. L. F., r. f. d. s.
A. There are several different
sbrubby vines known as bittersweet
and ci1r. fhaN vii. rnnf hut WILL