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Clinton News-Record, 1984-04-25, Page 60Pogo 9b The garden mum, a vocal beauty • You can pick your time, and pick your method for garden mum beauty in the home garden.. These versatile bloomers are among the easiest plants to care for and few deliver as much for as little money. In spring, garden mums are available as blooming plants for gift purchases. Enjoy indoors, then cut back and place in the home garden. If you prefer, purchase green mum cuttings in the spring, plant them and wait for a fall spectacular. There is yet another way te -buy the glory of the autumn garden. Many mums are sold in full bloom as fall ap- proaches. Their ease of transplant permits even the beginning gardener to look like a pro overnight! Try this simple method for a second season of color with your spring blooming plant. After spring blooms have faded, cut back plant in full sun. Cutting back en- courages strong new growth. Once new growth reaches 4 or 5 inches, pinch offthe top 1/2 -inch portion of each stem. This top pinch, :performed every two weeks until Ju- ly 15, develops a fully bushy plant. Then let mother nature use her wiles for bud development. The naturally shortening days will set buds for beautiful September and October display. Long after the frost has taken its toll on summer annuals, the mum will continue blooming. Young, green spring -purchased '.plants should also be pinched during their growing season. The ultimate in carefree gardening is fall purchase. Select colorful additions for fall color in full bloom. Plant and enjoy! The well groomed garden, foundation planting or entryway will look even better with several mum additions. They add weeks of color to every landscape, the easy way! • We'll Give Your Furniture a New Life At Chromatrope We Do: •REUPHOLSTERING *FURNITURE - REPAIRS *VINYL REPAIRS •POOL LINER REPAIRS We are proud of our work and you will be too! CHROMATROPE UPHOLSTERY & VINYL REPAIR SERVICE 48 East Street, Goderich rr II�� IIC��A��LL A/� oQ /I�� a II�� p MURRAY F. TAYLOR 524 8422 or482-7928 (after hours) When It Has To Be Done Right • CaII Jack & Gord LEAMEN 'Your Authorized Alcan Product Supplier & Installer For This Area' OVER 45 YEARS COMBINED BUILDING EXPERIENCE 524-9647 524-4228 Alcan Building Products Own., d Akan Canada Product, lmut. ALC.AN YOU'LL LOVE RENOVATING WITH ALCAN Put your money where your house is! Call Jack,or Gord Leamen and get them to show you the widest range of quality home improvement products available in Canada today. Paint peeling, or siding dingy? Replace it with Aloan Siding. It's backed by a 20 -year transferable pro -rated warranty. Doors and windows drafty? Install Alcan Storm Doors and windows. Check the wide variety of horizontal and vertical replacement windows available. And be sure. to ask about the new Alcan Vertical -Sliding TILT -ACTION window you can clean from Ask about soffit, fascia, eavestroughing and shutters. They're all available from Jack or Gord Leamen. Call today for an estimate. Reducing the risk of mildew Mildew is caused by spores of molds ever- present in the air. These molds wily grow wherever they can get enough food. In homes they develop most often on natural fibres such as cotton, linen and wool. Leather, wood and paper are also targets for mildew. Synthetic fibres such as polyester and nylon are mildew -resistant. Conditions mpst favorable for mold growth are dampness, darkness, warmth and poor ventilation. Home economists at the Ministry of Agriculture & Food say, molds commonly develop during muggy s.umrner weather in cellars, crawl spaces, clothes closets, on draperies and rugs in basement recreation rooms, on shower cur- tains, and on damp clothes in laundry baskets. You can also reduce the risk of mildew by elirninating dampness. Keep your home well -aired and dry. Air closets and drainers frequently in damp weather, and hang clothes as loosely as possible to allow the air to circulate around them. A mechanical dehumidifier will remove moisture from the air by drawing in damp air and condensing the moisture on refrigerator coils. Chemicals to dry the air can also help combat mildew. Silica gel, ac- tivated alumina, and calcium chloride help. control mold growth by absorbing moisture from the air. These chemicals are available in hardware or building supply stores. Silica. gel and activated alumina are not harmful to fabrics and can be hung in cloth bags in • closets, placed in open .containers on closet shelves, or spread in folds of clothing stored in drawers, boxes or trunks. Calcium chloride liquifies as it absorbs moisture,so it Should be placed in open containers in closets. Do not let it come in contact with fabrics, however, since it can make holes in them. Moth crystals also control mildew. Scatter crystals between folds of stored clothing, or hang bags of crystals in closed• garment Remove mildew stains as soon as they are discovered,, otherwise, they can become permanent. Brush off surface mold, outside of the house to keep the mold spores from spreading. Then wash or dryclean the fabric. Stains that persist on washable fabrics can be bleached. Moisten the stain with a mixture of lemon juice and salt and lay the fabric in the sun to dry. Use caution if the fabric is colored; test this mixture on a hem or seam first to see if any color is removed. If so, use an oxygen bleach. Powdered oxygen bleach is safe to use for all types of washable fabrics: Mix 4..tbsp. of bleach in 1 gal. of water ( use hot water if safe for fabrics). Soak the stained area for 30 minutes. Rinse thoroughly. If stains are stubborn, soak overnight. Chlorine bleach can be used on undyed cotton, linen or rayon. Soak articles or add bleach to the wash cycle following the direc- tions given on the container. Remember, use caution with bleach. re To remove mildew from leather goods, wipe with a cloth wrung out of a solution of one part alcohol to one part water. Air dry. If a stain remains, wash with thick suds of a mild detergent ( for example, liquid dishwashing detergent ) or saddle soap. Wipe with a damp cloth and air dry. Polish with a waxy shoe polish for future protec- tion: Clean mildewed woodwork with trisodium phosphate, an alkaline cleaning agent, availablein hardware or building supply stores: Mix 4 to 6 tbsp. in a gallon of hot water. A cup of chlorine bleach can be add- ed as well. Wear rubber gloves when apply- ing ttiis.cleaner since it -is caustic: Scrub the wood then rinse and dry thoroughly. Mildew stains can be removed from paper using a commerical ink eradicator available in stationery supply stores: The product removes the stains by bleaching. them. • Be .aware, of the causes of ..mildew, and.... -take the"iiecessary stepsto eliminate them.; Tips lawn. for a beRer fora • from page 17ning on the sprinkler for 20 minutes after spraying the fungicide on the grassfolige. Chinch bugs - These insects are most destructive in August, but are large enough to be found in the turf in late July. • Treat with an insecticide, such as diazinon, in late July, to prevent lawn injury in August. Irrigation - Water lawns at the rate of 2 to 3 centimetres (1 inch) per week. AUGUSTAugust is the best month for establishing lawns by seed: If seeded mid-August, seeds will germinate in early September under very favorable growing conditions: Sod growers attempt to seed as many of their fields as possible in mid-August to achieve optimum establishment. •Renovation - This procedure can transformthin, poor quality turf with a high weed population into a thick, weed -free lawn. This is accomplished without com- plete tillage, and generally involves killing the existing turt and weeds with a contact herbicide; such .as.. glyphosate and overseeding with a .disc-overseeder. •Renovation should be carried out if selective weed control is not practical; the lawn con- tains weedy grasses that -cannot be selec• - tively controlled: less than 40 percent of the lawn is composed of desirable perennial turf grasses; and if the soil root zone is favorable for turf growth. The lawn can safely be overseeded within seven days of treatment with glyphosate (Roundup) applied at a rate of 1.68 kilograms per hectare in 90 to 135 litres of water (112 to 2 pounds ( active) per acre in 20 to 30 gallons of water ). Irrigation -Water at a rate of 2 to 3 cen- timetres• (1 inch ) per week. • Disease The two most common diseases on home lawns in August are Fusarium blight and dollarspot. Treat with a systemic, such as Benomyl. Chinch • bugs - These insects are very destructive to home lawns in August, and should be treated with an insecticide, such as diazinon. Mowing The mowing height should he raised one to two centimetres (' 2 inch ) to in- crease drought and heat tolerance. NOW IN STOCK... CUPRINOL STAINS AND WOOD PRESERVERS •Water Repellent •Deep Penetrating •Longer Lasting !Super Stain Performance and Colour Range JOHN JEFFERY & SON 163 Elgin Ave. E. GODERICH . 524-8171 CUPRINOL: It's in the Wood for Good!