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Gorden Notes
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BY A. R. BUCKLEY
'Semetirnes at the Plant
Research Institute certain
longystemmed house plants like
aphelandras • and dracaenas
present' a' problem. They grow
taller and taller until they must
either be moved to a larger
greenhouse or be pruned back
y••
and allowed to branch out at the,
base into smallex and more
compact plants , with two or
Iii fe-e hon '' arsic =' Zt -.t sar:± :
the "problem is solved by cutting
off the tops and rooting them in
a•heated propagatingbench.
Most homeowners who have
such plants Will find thins last
recoursea difficult one for they
seldom„have the equipment tq
do a thorough job.
• Dieffenbachias are ayp exception,
for they will rogt in a jar or pail
of water.
A good solution, and a
fascinating one to -carry out, is
to root the top by means 6f air
layering, which will result in•a
neat shapely plant oh • a' short
stem all ready for potting with'
brand new roots..
The method of (, *plant
propagation known as` air
'layering is not, by, any means,
new. ' It was practiced ,many
centuries ago by the Chinese and
used,to be called pot tay''ering or
marcottage• With the invention
of 'polyethylene .film this old,
met( bd: of pot layering became
more extensively' used for
increasing many plants otherwise
difficult to root. '
Tht'a:d `wav°-vt
incision in the stem, place two
.halves- of -..a, split pot around it,
then fill the pot with moss' and
sprinkle the moss with water
about three times a day..
Now with - the newer
polyethylene wraps 'it * is
unnecessary to sprinkle after the
initial watering. Here's how to
perform this unique propagating
operation:
1.. Have at hand a sharp knife,
Air
layering house- plants
a double handful of damp
sphagnum moss, a six by eight
Corn growers
inch sheet of polyethylene film, ' 2. Remove any leaves or twigs
some rubber bands and twine. from the selected limb• or stem
for three or four, incl es above
and'below where the incision is
'to be made,
3. :Make a long slanting cut
Upward about one quarter or
one half way through the stem
of the plant or twig. Keep this
incision open by inserting a
Selecting hybrids 'for 'Tl
Important, , points on • the ,
recomhiended selection of 1971•
corn`°hybr.ids were recently given
to 'delegates attending the 1971
Southwestern Ontarioo arm.ers'
Week at Ridgetown College of
Agricultural Technology.
•'Archie. McLaren. Farm Crops
Division at the colt' ge, said the
'recommended hybrid• list for
1971 showed 131 hybrids in
order, of maturity. Twenty-six
r .older hybrids were •reipoved
.from .the list and 33 new hybirids
added.
,Hybrids containing higher
amounts of lysine were tested at
Ridgetown and Harrow over the
past two years, and results
indicated these hybrids had
lower bushel weight, yielded 10
,to 30 per cent less, and had later
• maturity `than . their normal
counterparts. , These ' hybrids
were considered 'unsuitable for'
Ontario.
time a • newsman in the
During 1970 plants 'grown °Goderich,Wingham area,and now
from seed' itsifag the Texasmate vice-president of the CRTC, ,
sterility factor ' were moreYx Mr r�ti.dtFk?k,; is survived
susceptible to southern corn lea�C'.4b ,his wife '.Mabel;` son G. W.
blight than were plants from "Bud" Cruickshank, current ..
seed produced by tiorrral hand present ancj general manager of
detasseling. Mr: McLaren CKNX radio and 'TV, daughter
explained that seed from ' hybrid Mrs. • Ross (Lois) McCaul of
corn is•: �ptoduced.__on, plants _ Brussels, . ,brother John.
" prevented ,Ar ickshankr-,, f .Vi a s
'from...she-dd7ng`;Fo�t'tet`r w•��?, t�rr'; tst,e�,,.x
Pollen shedding is halted by Mrs.' ` Varen (Kay) Ripple of "
-grand °'� detasseling," or by the Detroit and eight grandchildren.
genetic technique known as ,His brother Pat Cruickshank
Texas male sterility 'In ,so•me iif Detroit died last year.
Fields the crop may be partly
'hand detasseled and partly male.
sterile. The ' resultant seed is a
blend of normal and • Texas
male -sterile cytoplasm.
For 1971 planting. all seed will
be 'labeled to-. indica'te� 'the
method used in its production.
Growers concerned • about
southern corn leaf bli ht shouldask for seed wit normal
cytoplasm. A Blend of 'normal
and Texas male -sterile cytoplasm
offers a •tolerance proportional
to " the amunt of ' normalcytoplasm contained within it.Grain sorhum hybrids- have
also been tested over the past
two years. Yields• have ben no
higher than for corn grown
under similar 'conditions.
Planting wasdone after soil
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Continuedfrom Page 1.of the Cruickshank .broadcastng
team wasHarry Boyle, at that
small - chip oft?: , or 'a
toothpick,' and. so prevent it -
from c{losinvatd healing itself.
•1I1e•;cut :Ittit'a'?e, t'e irih,<zr 3exy..wx�a;`8t.534y.,,,u ,ANYV.`sba,a"rark*''”s!af*Atfaswie� atN3,44=0iaj4 ;` •.a:
hormone powder sold as, a 'particularly encouraging in view experienced by some tenants in,
propagating • of iineruple ment problems in 'the park.
' 5. Enclose the• injured area in -" ether areas." The industrial ' complex", was
a ball of moist sphagnum as soon
as possible after making the cut.
'Cake two handfuls of sphagnum
moss and place this over the cart
surface. Then firm the ball
around the cut snugly to ensure
good contact: This should form
a covering thickest near the
cienter and tapering toward each
end. Tie the..ball firmly in place
Svith twine,
6. Wrap the moss- ball with
polyethylene film and tie
securely`above and below it to
prevent.evaporation. Cut rubber'
bands are ideal for tying since
they wila`'�'expatnd with arab:•
growth the stem might make.
Do not remove the layer for
transplanting until at .least five
,,,Qt more roots may be seen
through the polyethylene
yA emerging from tate moss ball. At
• this tim'e remove the wrapping,
. sever the main.,stern,of the old
plant below the.. mow 'An,d, then
pot the rrioss, new ,roots and
..........0 p pe.r -; pa-�, . - �---t•t'r�.�-r�l,d� p la°ntf:� �:-.
intact into a five -inch pot filled
with a compost of orie-t ir-d
sand, one-third peat mass- and Hi N DSS OF B•
one-third soil mixture.
'These. instructions are AYLMER • - 14 oz. Tins
intended for doing this layering
operation on, ,indoor_ plants sp'ch PORK8t: BEANS
1'as rubber plants, aphelandras, ALLEN'S- 48" oz. Tins
IluronPark employment -continues
to increase says C. S. MacNaughton
Employment at Huron The increase results from
Industrial Park, Centralia; has modest .and continuing
nui�•'d to a record level of 647
since the first of the year, the
ilunoura•ble Charles,
yla� N aughton' revealed today.
Total • employment at the
beginning of -February showed
,}t1 increase of mote than 40 over
Ihi' figure at -the end of 1970.
"l am gratified by the steady
gro"" th in: jobs at the.. industrial
park 'said the Huron :•MP,P.
expansion by several firms in the
provincial complex, operated by.
the . • Ontrio` Development
Corporation. • .These include
Raymond Co.. Ltd., Ru:nlop
Canada Ltd., Hall Lamp „CQ. of
( nada Ltd. and Hughes Boat
Works Limited,.
Mr. MacNau.gh'on said he•
e,x�peeted the employment level
to continue to' increase,, despite ,,
created out of the_'former CFB
Centralia, which the province
purchased from. the federal
government on August 1, 1967:
The park also houses the
Centralia School' of •Agricultural
Technology and a' veterinary
services laboratory for the
Oni.arro . Department of
Agriculture and Food.
Of the 362 dwelling units in
the. residential" portion of the
park, 291 are now occupied.
This is an increase of about 40
from the number of rentals one
year ago,
CANADA UTILITY GRADE
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CH.ICKENSIh. ' 94
FRESH PORfF .� FR • PORK
Ib.394 BUTT ROAST
SHCULDER ROAST---
LOIN
PORK CHOPS Ib, 794
BONELESS, PORK LOINROASTS-�1.994
FRESH
PORIA HOCKS:,
SWEET PICKLED
COTTAGE R
warmed' in late My,"at 10
pounds pr acre in 28inch row
widths. Harvesting 'was done
with a grain head on a combine
at- 20 to 25 per cent moisture
content, and had to be dried fol•storage. There are at present no
marketing facilities for this crop
so small farm acreages' for feed
purposes are recommended.
ONINI
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FRESH SIDE.-...
SPARE RAS
FRESH
PORK LIVER
COj.EMAN'S EPICURO
334 BACON.
LE,GS-OR 'BREASTS
lb.
59' ,CHICKEN.
f.
- Ib.49
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dieffenbachras, dracaenas or
plants w'h. fleshy stems. App E JU ICE'It may also.tperformed withsuccess on mane .outside trees BALLET TISSU-
and shrubs. The main differencein procedure is to shade thepolyethylene and wrapped moss' _ MAPLE' LEAF
ball- with aluminum foil or kraft a•FikR\I C Y
The best' time Cor air layering
of garden .plants is inlay and DARE CI-tOCOLATE-CHIP 1 Ib. B
the easiest plantto practise on is
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Firemen play
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cents each or five for a dollar
and this entitles the buyer to
gate admission plus a chanh'e''oni
55 draw prizes which were s4
generously donated by the
merchants of Goderich.
•All proceeds from the evening
to go'a very worthwhile cause -
Muscular Dystrophy.
If you do not already have a
ticket, they will be available at
the gate. So get out -and support
the Firemen in- their effort.
7'1110'11 tit dri'f't 'you if you ever
peed them.
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