The coastland times with which is combined the pilot and herald of Belhaven and Swan Quarter. [volume] (Manteo, N.C.) 1959-1973, 1960-04-15
GARDENING
and FARMING
IN DARE
By J. L. REA. Co. Agt.

Fertilizer burn is serious mis-
take many gardeners make. Jim
Davis, of Wanchese is one of the
county's outstanding gardeners.
Davis said he had learned a lesson
many years ago in burning his
garden plants with fertilizer. He
said 81 use very little fertilizer
when l plant my grader seed"
DAWN uses a liberal amount of
fertilizer but applies most of it
after the young plants are estab-
lished.
Too much fertilizer near the seed
burns the small plant roots. This
either kills the plants or stunts
their growth. 1t is best to apply
two bands of fertilizer on each
side and below the seed. These
bands should be 6 inches apart and
8 or A inches deep. Tomato plants,
for example, should receive no more
than ten pints of 8-8-S fertilizer
for each 10 foot row. Applying
additional fertilizer at frequent in
tervals is best for the garden. Fer
tilizer should be kept off the leaves
to prevent leaf burning, especially
when the leaves are wet.
Health and Talent Contest
The All Health and Talent con-
test will be held at the Kitty Hawk
School Saturday morning, April 16,
beginning at 1000 o'clock. Talented
Alters throughout the county will
compete for county honors. The
three blue ribbon winners will rep
esent the county in the district
finals in June at Washington, N.
C.
The selected group at Washing
ton will enter in State competitor
at Raleigh during All Club Week.
The boys and girls entering in the
Health Improvement contest will
also be Judged. The two top win
ners will receive a free trip to
All Club Week. This program is
sponsored by the Manteo Rotary
Club. The two junior winners will
receive $500 deposit on their
All camp trip.
Termites
Do you have termites in your
home? Termites swarm during the
spring. 1t is easy to detect whether
you have tel1nites during this
swa1ming period. The winged males
and females we see swarming are
reproductive forms which appear
from the nest once or twice each
season. After mating the females
lose their wings and select an ideal
place (wood in contact with soil) |
to begin new nest.
Termites are the most destruc-
tive of all wood-eating insects.
Headquarters of the termite is the
nest or colony, located we'll below
the surface of the soil. The ter
mite workers tunnel up through
the earth to make contact with a |
supply of wood on which they feed.
Termite control invoices careful !
study of each infestation. Treat
ment of the soil, removal of all
wood-soil contact, drainage drain
age and many other factors must
be considered.
Most home owners use Y per
cent Chlordane. This should be
mixed at the rate of IL fluid ounces
DE- cups to ten gallons of No. !
2 fuel oil. A trench should be dug
10 to Is inches deep along the
foundation wall and around pillars.
One-fouth gallon of this mixed ma
terial should be poured in the
trench per foot, return 2/3 of the
soil in the trench and pour the re-
half of the dosage in the
trench and fill with remaining
dirt.
1t is possible for te11mites to
ruin an expensive home in a mat
ter of a few years. Many homes
owners have used this method of
treatment and have found it sue
ceSSful.