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No matter how small or large your yard,
its appeal and attractiveness can be
heightened by the use of container plant -S.
For small areas, gardening in containers
expands your growing potential and allows
you to be more flexible with your planting
schemes. For large areas, pots of shrubs or
flowers add interest and accent.
Plants in containers have the advantage
of mobility; you can move containers to
follow the light or change your landscape
plan as often as you change your mind, Con-
tainers can be, rotated to ensure better and
more uniform growth. Care is easier, usual-
ly requiring less bending over. Insect,
disease and weed control is easier, and the
growing media will be as good as you can
make it.
Best of all, container gardening allows
you to garden where you couldn't ordinarily
to lend that "extra touch" - on porches,
patios, or steps, by the pool, along
driveways and paths, and in the skies with
hanging baskets,.
Choosing Containers
Your choice of containers is almost as
endless as the plants you can put in them.
Many decorative containers of wood,
ceramic, clay, plastic or metal are
available at your local garden Lei 4°r, or you
can make your own from barrels, pip:: ce-
ment blocks, trash cans, or whatever you
have around. Whatever you use, be sure it is
cleaned out well before use and that it has
good drainage provided.
Use the best possible planting media you
can buy or make to achieve maximum
growth, flowering or fruiting.. A good basic
mix is one third each by volume of soil,
organic matter, and shad, sand, pet di,e, or
vermiculite. Organic matter can be peat
moss, compost, leaf mold, or rotted manure.
If you wish, you can use a mix of half
organic matter and half sand, perlite or ver-
miculite. If you use too much soil, the mix
will be heavy, making movement of the con-
tainer difficult and causing poor aeration,
which will result in limited growth.
Container Planting
Planting into a container follows the same
techniques as planting into the ground.
Make sure the roots of woody plant material
are spread out as evenly as possible in the
container for even root growth. Place
enough media in the container so that there
is room for one to two inches of mulch with a
fin depth one-half to one inch below the top
of the container.
Watering and Feeding
Careful attention to watering must be paid
with container gardening, more so than with
growing the same plants in the ground. The
reason is that the media in a container dries
out more quickly than the ground because of
its limited size and lack of ground water.
Water is often as necessary to keep the
media moist, which may be as often as
every day in the heat of summer.
The frequency of watering demands fre-
quent, light fertilization, as fertilizers will
leach quickly from the, planting media. It's
best to use a liquid fertilizer at one-quarter
' label strength every week.
Mulching container plants prevents weeds
and conserves valuable moisture. Use an at-
tractive course material such as .wood
chips, pine needles, leaf mold, gravel or
hulls, applied one to two inches thick, depen-
ding on the container's size.
choosing Isiants
There are many plants that do well in con-
tainers. The main thing to remember Ls that
containers are usually set in a place where
they are "on display', so choose flowering
plants with a long bloom period and other
plants for ssason or year long attrac-
tiveness. When you choose plant material,
keep in mind the ultimate size of the plant,
and choose a container whose size is in pro-
portion to the plant.
Almost any annual will do well in a con-
tainer planting. For a smashing effect, try
combining several plants, using different
heights and textures, paying attention to the
color scheme.
Vegetables hale much container potential
if you stay away from the heavy rooted ones
like pumplin§.• Tomatoes, peppers,
cucumbers, eggplant, beets, carrots,lettuce
or spinach are excellent choices. Many new
varieties of vegetable are "dwarf," and
therefore are perfect for containers. Al -O,.
almost any herb will also be a savory addi-
tion to a planter.
When choosing shrubs for container plan-
tings, remember that winter hardinbss is a
limiting factor.However, . most conifers,
especially, taxus and junipers, will withs'
tand the winter with little or no problem. A
few precautions taken in late fall will ensure
success: move containers out of the sun and
wind, and make sure the planting media is
kept moist well into the winter. Roses make
attractive container plants, especially when
compact growing and heavy flowering
varieties are cnosen, but they must be mov-
ed indoors into the house or frost -free
garage or shed to prevent winter damage
Some insects injure your lawn
but most don't do any damage
Question: Bugs. My lawn is loaded with
them. Can so many insects be good for my
lawn? How can I tell if they're damaging the
grass? How do I get rid of them?
Answer: Most lawns are home to hun-
dreds of varieties of insects that prey on the
plants and each other. Most do little
damage. But a few insects, if allowed to
multiply, can injure your lawn.
A patch of dead or dying grass' in an other-
wise healthy lawn is the first sign of trouble.
A good reference book or pamphlet can help
you identify the insect — or disease —
creating a problem. The book should explain
ways to get rid of harmful organisms. See a
county extension adviser.
You will find thatthere are two basic
varieties of insects that hurt. your lawn.
Each has unique habits and should be at-
tacked differently.
One group lives by surface feeding on the
juices or leaves of grass plants. Some are
chinch bugs, spider mites, cutworms and
webworms. If you're using insecticide to
control them, it's best to give the lawn a
deep watering before the application. Don't
water for a few days to avoid washing off in-
secticide.
Wireworms, ground pearls and the larvae
of many different beetles hurt plants by
damaging root systems. If an insecticide
has been applied, a thorough soaking will
help wash the chemical into the root system.
If your lawn is being attacked by both
types of pests and you're using an in-
secticide on the above -ground insects first,
wait two days before giving the lawn a good
soaking to get at the below -ground enemies.
Although chemicals are sometimes
necessary to control a severe bug invasion,
proper feeding, watering and mowing are
good ways to ward off such problems.
Question: Do you have any tricks for
testing mower blade balance?
Answer: You can do a quick check of
blade balance by resting the centre hole of
the blade on a nail driven into a garage stud,
workbench or wall. The blade should
become horizontal when balanced at the
centre point. If one side is heavier, remove
more metal from the side to balance.
Rhubarb - a vegetable with freshflavour
Make a point this spring to introduce or
refresh your taste buds' memory to the in-
teresting flavour of rhubarb. Rhubarb is, to
some extent, an acquired taste.
The earliest records of rhubarb date back
to early China, where the roots were used
for medicinal purposes. It wasn't until the
1700s that rhubarb appeared in Europe, in
the form of tarts and pies. And, it was
another century before mention of rhubarb
was made in North Americanirecords.
Botanically, rhubarb is a vegetable.
However its fresh tart flavor combines so
nicely with sugar that through history, it has
been considered a fruit. The first Canadian
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rhubarb we see at the produce counter are
the hothouse varieties. As the season pro-
gresses, you will notice that the stalks
change from pink to rosy red, when the
field -grown rhubarb is ready.
Sugar makes the tart taste more appeal-
ing but it also adds tothe energy value. A 125
mi serving of sweetened, cooked rhubarb
has about 620 kilojoules (150 kiloealories).
However, rhubarb contains several
vitamins and minerals including vitamin A,
vitamin C, thiamin, riboflavin, `niacin,
potassium and phosphorus.
Selecting good rhubarb is easy. It should
be firm, crisp and have a pinkish red colour.
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If it is rubbery, it is old and should be
discarded. The big red -ribbed dark green
leaves can be toxic so be sure to throw them
away. To assure yourself of young and
tender rhubarb - grow your own. First,
though, be sure you have a strong liking for
rhubarb since it thrives very well in our cool
climate.
In judging how much you will need for
various recipes, the rule of thumb is that it
takes 1-1''2 pounds of the fresh stalks to pro-
vide four cups of chopped rhubarb.
Enjoy fresh rhubarb now that it is in
season. It has a flavour your taste buds
won't forget!
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