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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-04-16, Page 34rules $UCC:e.SS • • 0 * • • • • • •• • • • • • • • • remember that a garden - dry place. • xn . + Keep your appliances bare: ' Keep proper footing and like any other work area 7 Never ''force a tool to sharp and clean for best and ' balance at all Oates don't has the Potential for serious work . faster ,than the speed safest erformance Prune deetau0u • s trees n . ovi.er7K4ecehi. children a safe. distance away from. your 41 yes Spring is here! -An51 those of you Who possess "green thumbs (and even those of you Who don't) will soon be 'spending' -much of your spare tinie, in the garden deciding where' you're going, to plant -the -petunias and making sure —.-yVaf--ra'Vnratpt-hedge . operate a lawnmower in • respectable. When you do, garden tools , a high and heat. ,ininry. that's. why St, l'ohn Ambulance suggesting these guidelines for gar- dening safety: + Keep your work area clean and tidy. + Don't use electrical appliances in ,a Wet or damp area. ' trr=--p-ow-er tor which it was'designed or do a -lob ether than the pne it WO intended for. , + Don't carry' an ap- pliance by the cord, and never yank the cord when removing it from a recep- tacle., grasp the plug, not the wire. Keep the cord away 4ani—diarp vdeP 0H and Disconnect an aPpliance before servicing, changing, accessocieS,, or lubricating. Follow the manufacturer's directiOns for servicing the appliance, + Don't wear, . loose clothing or jewelry when Operating newer tools, Never ow work area. Bush beans have compact plants, no runners: e*" 0.. Fronts trom Deans Bean beetles are one of the worst pests but can be con- trolled through sprays or dusts recommended by your County Agricultural Exten- sion Service. Some gardeners find' daily spraying with a needle-sharp spray of water effective in knocking off in:, sects, eggs and disease spores. Others use soap and water sprays baSed• on for- , mulas published in organic gardening articles. Remove Mulches Mulches placed , around plants last fall r should be removed in April to allow the sunlight to warm and drY the soil. Organic mulches cart be' added to the compost pile or incorporated into the soil at planting time. trandle suspension of bacter- ial spbres that, are specific for beans,. You can:. purchase it through seed' catalogs' or full- line garden stores. A ,single application is all that is re, tinired. Bean's ore a warm-weather vegetable-Seeds-wi i I- rot- at soil ternperat tires of less than' 55 to. 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Delay 'planting Until Soil is warm. Successkin plantings made during warm, weather will mature faster than "days `. to maturity" listed in descrip- 416 0 • • • • • • • 5, • •• Horne gardeners who are anxious to begin working in the garden can start now by pruning established deciduous °trees, "Late March and 'early April are ideal times to prune deciduous trees because You can see the overall shape . of the tree easily without the leaves," says Bob Hamersnaa, of the HortictAtitral 'Research Institute'of Ontario. "However, wait until June to. prune maple and birtch trees." ' Trees are .grown in-the home landscape for their aesthetic appeal. They should be praned just enough, to maintain, .a neat, clean, open appearance, This requires'removing branches that don't contribute to the tree's general appearance. Start by removing excess branches from the center of, th e_ tree_to_a116 w_g oad air circulation for the leaf canopy, Then, prune jagged and broken branches. Examine all branches for, overwintering scale, insects and egg cases.; Any branch that looks infested should be pruned. "It is also a good idea to • S • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • SO prune small branches which cross other branches," says Mr, Hamersma. "These crossing brandies can cause problems later •in 'the growing season by rubbing the bark off the neighboring branch.'' Shoots that are much smaller than their main branches should also be taken out because they won't develop well, nor will they contribute to the tree's appearance. ' When you prune trees, remember that pruning - . - encourages growth. Haphazard pruning can result in sucker growth And basal branching, Never prune more than one-third of the tree in one growing season, because overpraning causes reduced vigor. "Make all cuts flush to the main branch," advises Mr. Hamersma, "Stubs en- courage disease because the ^ tree can't form a protective callus on a stub wound. Make good clean-cuts using sharp hand Pruning shears, a long- handled lopper, or a pruning saw." + Rake the lawn' before operating, .a lawnmower to remove any objects ' hidden in the grass. Such objects could, seriously • injure someone if they should: fly out of the machine. • 71-"Use equipment with the stein]) of approval of the Canadian :Standards Association, A "green thumb" is rather niCe to have -..especially when it remains connected to your hand. Take a tip from St. Sohn Anibulance and play it safe this Spring when you do your weekend gardening.' Beans are the number two vegetable in popularity, second only to totriatoes..From the profit standpoint, beans rank.eighth among: garden vegetableS, This is ;not to say that beans are not Worth growing. On the contrary,' garden fresh beans offer such values in nutrition and flaor that virtually all gardeners grow them. Except .Where seasons are: short, climbing pole . beans : 'deliver the most. value per sq, ft.Bush beans give pole types •a run for the money; especially when they :are interplanted • with quick growing salad greens. Linia beans •eompete in value only in long season areas where they • will pro• duce during hot. weather.: 'Three'differerit' pod colots are available in snap beans: green, golden wax and . our ple.. All have different flavors. :Yeti can also choose flat • pods for slicing into French beans,.or round pods, All modern varieties are truly tions, The latter„are based on stringless except when, they are left on the vine past prime maturity. Only the •. traditional heitloom varieties "deserve to he referted to as -"String Beans.," an "Succession crops" of hush ' beans should he planted. You can count on about three pick; • ings-b-efore bush bea-n-s 1-6 decline in vigor and-pro- duction. Successive. plantings Made about three , weeks apart will keep 'fresh. new bean crops coming along. To reduce soil 'disease problems, make each planting in a dif- ferent location in the garden. Bean plantings' on new ground can benefit frinn "in- oculatiOn." Beans grow best • when specific soil bacteria are . present to• help' extract nitrogen plant food from the. air. inoculant is a safe to- late spring plantings when the weather is cooler and plant growth is slower. ' You can increase the value of your bean 'crops by preven- tative measures that keep . vitieS-or bushes in production longer. A virus called "bean Mosaic" 'is the worst disease problem in garden beans but can be:aVoided or reduced by selecting varieties that are listed as "Mosaic Resistant." • • • • THE OLD PR-O-, SMALL ENGINE CLINIC Highway 4, South CLINTON 482-9600 . (A division of P. & F. 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