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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News-Record, 1977-04-14, Page 37• Remember county tree bylaw Many landowners in the County do not realize that in 1968, Huron County Council passed a by-law to restrict and regulate the destruction of trees by cutting, burning, bulldozing, or any other means. Under this by-law most species of trees, except cedar and popular, smaller than 17 inches in diameter cannot legally be cut or destroyed in any manner without a special permit from the County Tree Commissioner. Although the bylaw may seem harsh on private landowners, it was set up to con rve badly needed cover in sot e areas, to • ensure an adequate supply of valuable timber for the future generations and to conserve water, soil and wildlife. The bylaw does not pertain to trees of low quality, damaged or diseased trees, or trees which should be cut to provide road ways, etc. Landowners who wish to clean any existing woodland or cut undersized trees must apply to the County for an inspection of the property by a tree com- missioner and if he sees fit, a permit to clean or cut will be granted. Anyone found destroying healthy undersized trees in large quantities is subject ' to legal prosecution and heavy fines.. Anyone who wishes to apply for a permit or to obtain copies of the bylaw may get in touch with Clerk -Treasurer, Huron County Court House or Murray Scott, Tree Commissioner at RR 1, Belgrave Ontario. Bumps mean maple. mites If you took a close look at your 'soft maple trees last spring and early summer, you may have noticed red or green bumps on the leaves. This injury, caused by a spider mite known as the maple bladder gall mite, usually isn't so much damaging as it is unsightly, according to Ministry of Agriculture and Food hor- ticulturist R.A. Fleming. "The galls are quite easily seen in late spring and early summer and generally are not considered Even a balcony harmful. But if you want to control the pest, a dormant spray can easily be applied," he says. He recommends spraying now, since this pest cannot effectively be controlled at any other time of year. Dormant sprays - available from local garden centers - should be applied on a bright, warm day just as the buds are bursting. They should be used according to the manufacturers' directions, and must thoroughly cover all parts of the tree. You can g(irden anywhere By John Hughes there are no reserves of fertilizer Ontario MInistry of to call on, you need to add one or Agriculture and Food ...two types of fertilizer on a regular basis over the growing Brampton — There is no need season. for persons who do not have a A slow release fertilizer that backyard to miss out on the comes in either a powder form or 4" enjoyment and fun of gardening. encapsulated in small pellets can A rt Many apartment and townhouse be mixed in the soil or put on the dwellers;°'along with those -people -top of the container. The small with limited backyard space, can pellets look like "fish -eyes" and take advantage of their existing you have probably, observed -- patios and -or balconies to grow a them in containers that have green plants growing in them. The idea behind a slow release fertilizer is as the name implies: to give off fertilizer slowly over a long period of time. This process is activated by soil moisture, therefore as you water the container some of the fertilizer is released. Not all garden and plant supply centers have this form of fertilizer available but quite often greenhouse growers who market their own ' spring plants will. The second type of fertilizer and the one more readily available is the complete fer- tilizer (usually 20-20-20) that is water soluble and especially designed for plant use. Keep away from the turf and general complete range of annual flowers and vegetables. The basic difference between growing plants in a patio pot or hanging basket compared to a ground bed is the volume of soil. As long as you understand the implications of this difference, • you will be successful growing in containers. The soil you use is a most important consideration. It must be porous, open and well -drained. To me, these words mean the soil - mix should have at least 25 to 30 percent of its volume made up with a coarse material such as sand, vermiculite, turface or perlite. The remainder will be top soil and perhaps peatmoss. A soil that is too tightly packed will not allow water to move freely fertilizers that have a higher through it and will also exclude level of salt in them. They are essential oxygen from the root good for the purposes claimed but area. You can generally pur- are too "hot" for the limited soil chase a good potting soil in volume of a patio pot or hanging plastic bags from your localbasket. I would suggest about garden and plant supply center. one-half tablespoon of 20-20-20 per Watering is also an important gallon of water about every other factor in container gardening week. This will be in addition to because there is not a reserve your regular watering. The old from the lower water table that adage of "the more fertilizer — you have in a ground bed. the bigger the plant" is valid only Because of this, the container will up to the point that you get too dry out much more readily than a high a concentration of fertilizer ground bed. Also, a clay pot will in the soil and kill the roots. dry out faster than a plastic one I have purposely stayed away because it is more pervious to air. from naming plants that will do When watering, thoroughly wet well in hanging baskets or patio the entire soil ball until the water pots because very few will not do starts to run out the bottom of the well. In fact, I have seen pot. Do not allow this water to everything from cucumbers, collect at the bottom of the pot squash, melons and since it will water -log the soil. strawberries, to all types of Use a water -breaker at the end of flowers growing well in hanging your garden hose to reduce the baskets. In patio pots, corn, soil compaction that occurs at the tomatoes, several shrubs and all top of the pot when watering. This types of flowers can do famously. crusting over or hardening of the For the winter time, get some upper surface not only makes it cedar, spruce or pine shoots difficult for water to permeate (branch ends) and place them in through the soil but also excludes your containers for winter color. essential o cy^gen. • Your Christmas tree branches Nutrition through fertilizing when cut up will last a long time your patio pots and hanging outside in the pots. baskets is another practice that is Your balcony and patio can different from the conventional prov-'de year-round pleasure ane ground bed culture. Because fun with gardening. 4' Page is RELAX AND ENJOY IT: -What is more relaxing than a thriving turf of modern lawngrasses, easily kept up these days with tailored fertilizers, excel- lent pesticides and labor-saving equipment? 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