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It's gotten all the time by those home gardeners who grow
high yielding. tomato hybrids and run the vines up supports to.
,true space.
Here's how it figures. A
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will take up h sq. ft. And can
,,rodace 311 lbs. of tomatoes.
'1t 40 cents 'per Ib. you
harvest $12 in produce from ;t
,ingle vine, i,r $2. per seq. ft.!
Experts agree that tomatoes
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fruited, heavy hearing "main
crop" hybrids as well tis the,
early hearing variety. Select
varieties that resist the three
major Bests of tomatoes: ver
tiei111um disease, fusariurn
disease and 5611 nematodes.
Transplant sinall seedlings in
to your garden early and
they'll begin hearing about
Three weeks after your early
hybrids.
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extremely hot, most lomat()
varieties will cease Iruilli,
for :30 to 15 (lays. The heal in
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perii'need 44;Ir•i11nl•rs skirl ;1
second crop of \(((I1ings for
transplanting in midsummer:
and shade the unestablished
baby plants.
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Plant breeders have, been
doing some exciting things •
for eole,us.the past few years.
TheSt " lave stretched and
reshaped the leaves, adding.
saberiike and heart -shaped
ones. They have added
ruffles and frills. They have
brightened'- the colors:• and
given us new combinations.
They have adapted them to
hanging baskets,., ' pots and
tubs. They 'have given,them
new compact growth habits
and varied their tolerance of,
sun to make them more
useful.
The Saber series have
long, saberiike leaves.
Plants are dwarf (8 to 10
inches in height), basal
branching. The Sabers will
tolerate up to three-quarters
of a day of full sun, but will
not stretch indoors under low
Tight conditions.. The Sabers
are excellent for hanging
baskets or tubs.
.The broad, almost heart-
shaned leaves of the Fiji
varieties, with their fringed
leaf edges, are reminiscent.
of lace -edged valentines.
They need 80 to 90 degrees
shade, hut will -tolerate 1 to 2
hours of full sun.- Plants
reach 12 to 14 inches in
height. Try the Fijis in
New roots on old plants
Some of our most suitable
foliage plants can become
ungainly as they grow too
large or out of proportion to
their surroundings, Plants
like dieffenhachias,
dracenas, rubber plants, and
large -leaf philodendrons are
common houseplants in this
group that'can he saved.
"Rather than discard one
of these plants because of its
size or shape, try using your
green thump to air -layer a
good part of the pia -pt," says
R. A. Fleming, horticulturist
with the.(Jntario ministry of
agriculture and food. "Air
layering is like rooting a
cutting without removing the
cutting, from the plant until
the roots ha ve formed."
To propagate with air
lar •tiring, ,an upward cut is
made through a third to a
half of the stem where the,
roots are required. The cut is
wrapped in damp -peat moss',
then covered with plastic to
enclose the peat moss. The
plastic should he tied both ,
above and below the
wounded area.
The plant then can he
allowed to grow normally. In
two to three months, roots
-will have penetrated the peal
moss and the newly rooted
phr/nt can be cut from the
parent. Pot. it, and you arc:
ready to start all over again:
The horticulturist concludes'
that air layering is one of the
simplest ways to renew old
plants. • •
window boxes,
'Carefree coleus features
unique, deeply lobed, oaklike
-leaves. This compact; .self-
branching coleus prefers 80
to 910 degrees shade., but will
tolerate up to half days of;full
sun.. Orows 8 to 10 inchesin
height. Try them for bedding
or for patio tubs.
The °Wizard series is An'
imprbvernent over the old
Rainbow class h of coleus.
Plant height is 10 to 12 in- •
che's. Plants are Self,
branching; need, no pili-'
ching. You can plant them
where they will receive as
much as 4 to 6 hours of full
surf. The Wizards will give
you lots of color in pots or
beds. In addition to 'Rose.
Wizard,' available last year,
this series has
pander' to include t c new •
`Golden,' 'Pastel,'
`Pineapple,' `Pink,' 'Scarlet'
and 'Velvet Wizard,' as well
as a 'Wizard Mixture.'
'Scarlet Poncho' coleus is
the first of a new series of
cascading coleus, bred
especially for hanging
baskets. 'Scarlet Poncho'
has elongated, flexible stems
which give a cascading• ef-
fect in baskets. large, heart -
shaped leaves on 10- to 12 -
inch, basal -branching
plants. Color is deep scarlet
with narrow chartreuse,
ser'ra Lead edges. •
Each type of coleus is
available in several separate
colors and a mixture. Visit
your local garden center or
bedding -plant grower and
set fur yourself what plant
breeders have done for the -
coleus. ' They will be
available in packs, various
sued puts, tints or hanging
baskets, really -_.to•- plant
- wherever you need 0 touch of
color or ;In added texture to
your plantings.
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