The Wilmington morning star., 1947-06-29

AL questions pertaining to your
garden problems will be answered
through e S e columns if ad-
dressed to the garden calendar
editor in care Of the Wilmington
News society editor.
MORE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS =
Mrs. DIS questions continue:
5. Would bluing water do to
put around hydrangeas?"
There would be no virtue in
bluing water on hydrangeas. It
would have no effect on the color
of the blooms, if that is what the
writer is thinking of.
6. What is the best time OF
year to plant roses, n d prune
them, and spray for disease?
Leaves turn yellow, have black
spots and some crinkle up"
The best time 10 plant roses with
US is in late fall. They can be
planted successfully from Novem-
Der 18th until February 18th
(March 1st in late seasons. Prune
roses in spring after danger of a
heavy freeze is over. Give a light
pruning after the first big bloom
ing period is over il you did not
cut flowers for the house or dead
blooms with a long stem. The sec
ond pruning should not be as Sc
we're as the early spring pruning,
and cutting flowers with long
stems is usually enough.
The black spots on leaves and
the yellowing is caused by a fun
gus disease known as blackspot
end very prevalent among roses,
so that a systematic and faithful
busting or spraying of the plants
must be done throughout tn
growing season.. Right now spray
the plants with the old Bordeaux
mixture or one Of the newer spray
mixtures containing fermate rec
commended by your scotsman or
druggist FOR roses. Always spray
with force from the ground up
ward so that every leaf and both
sides of every leaf will be cover
&c. Spray every two Weeks-often-
er if rain washes ii off, at longer
intervals during droughts. Follow
directions OF manufacturer on the
container of any spray you use.
Or you can use busting sulphur
such as Massey dust or Rose dust
Il part arsenate of lead to control
chewing insects, and 9 parts fine
busting sulphur to control fungus
diseases like blackspot and mil
dew. Follow the same program as
suggested above for a spray. Con-
tinue throughout the growing sea-
son. Next. winter when the plants
are dormant, spray with a dor
mant spray like ~lime-sulphur Or a
miscible oil such as orchardists
use. Use the dormant spray even
if there are some leaves on the
plants. In our climate roses are
seldom without some leaves in
winter. In spring as soon as new
leaves are nearly grown begin the
regular spraying or busting sug-
gested above and keep it up until
a killing frost. Keep all spotted
leaves picked up and burned.
Mrs. D. writes that she lives in
a new home with a large yard
and many shrubs and plants that
she doesn't know just how to care
ior, because the soil seems very
dry and poor, and after a water
ing, soon dries OH and has a hard
gray crust.
Il possible use some sort of
mulch over the top of the soil.
Get ali the material you can -
CID crumbly manure, woodsearth,
cottonseed hulls, half-rotted straw
or pine needles, grass celippings,
soil from the woodpile with small
chips, half-rotted sawdust, any,
thing you can-scatter it over the
surface and as it is worked gradu-
ally into the soil, add more on
top. Where nc mulch is used, rake
the soil lightly after each rain or
watering to keep a dust mulch,
and not let a hard crust form to
exclude air and moisture.
SUMMER CUTTINGS
This month and next are good
months in which to root almost
any perennial that has finished
blooming. The best time to make
cuttings Of rock plants, trailing
plants and others is just after
bloom is over for each variety.
They form roots easily at such a
time. Shear off the whole top Of
travelling the bride wore a two
piece suit of aqua with white &C
cessories and corsage of orchids