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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1983-04-27, Page 34Electrical Proble +s? Call; ED'S ELE: T IC Licenced° Electrician INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL FARM/RESIDENTIAL 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE ED ROOSEBOOM 482-7441 ALSO....SEE US FOR ELECTRIC ELECTRIC FURNACES and HEATING UNDER THE CANADIAN 011. SUBSTITUTION PROGRAM FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 452-7441 :.s ye, VIT • 'These yellow dandelio blossomins and the puffballs . nt , follow in spring area good diet , the time is right homeowners to take a ainst weeds in their l according tooa onomists M. scot Sons, the l pia The reason, they t . at dandelions and other broadleaf weeds ab the controls hest when plants are actively growing Dandelions are perennials, different from crabgrass, whFch reproduces itself from seed left over from the previous . year. The same dandelion can return year afteryear. Digging them up is impractical, for as longas.part of their long taproot remains in the ground, the plant will. simply grow back. • 4' e sun do the ret" ,y said she had ►#e tiatne her o ford.g, to locate'. dandelions bysmell, bite off etion . _ the tops, 0110thendigout the awn, roots, at o. + Another awn - say,; M sore the '•. When using broadleaf weed controls, homeowners should apply the granular material when the lawn is moist so that the active ingredients will stick to the leaves and then move into the plant, causingits eventual disintegration. The experts recommend the following steps: 1. 'Mow the lawn before applying the weed control, to keep the • grass blades and weed leaves from touching the bottom of the spreader; 2. Pick a day when ram is not expected for at least 24 bouts, since the weed control>particles need to stick to the leaves for at least that long to•do their work; 3. Make sure -the lawn is wet at the time you put down the weed control. This could be from rain or watering, or probably best of all, from early -morning dew ; 4. Use a precision lawn spreader to give an even, accurate application --without waste; 5. Stay off the lawn for at least a day afterwards, to avoid knocking the particles off the leaves. Within a few days the weeds will begin to curl and shrivel noticeably, and in about a month they will have disap- peared completely. Since late spring is a time when most lawns need a second fertilization to replace needed nutrients and to strengthen them against the stresses of summer, the ex- perts suggest using a com- bination product that weeds and feeds at the same time. They point out that fertilizing the lawn will not reduce the effectiveness of the weed control, but will encourage the grass to fill in the spaces the weeds leave as they fade away. They add that once weeds are removed from a lawn keeping a thick, vigorous stand of grass is one of the very best methods for keeping them out. Old -Fashioned "Cures" for the Dandelion These days, dandelions are as easy to get rid of as walking across the lawn behind spreader. But it was not always that way. Here are some of the cures for this famous lawn pest that were recommended back in the 1930s in Scotts LAWN CARE magazine: + One reader used a vacuum cleaner on a long extension cord to suck up his dandelion's white seedheads. Then he dug up the plants (so they kept coming back). + Another recommendation went like this: "Dip a shar- pened oak peg tapered very thin into a saturated solution of sulphate of iron. Stab dripping peg seep into heart of dan- Home varlet y 'Snoopea' is a short, com- pact sweet pea, entirely dif- ferent from any other you've ever seen before. The flowers are the same soft sweet pea colors of red, pink, white, purple and deep blue you'd expect, and the flower shape is the same. The main difference is •they don't need trellising and will produce prodigiously during cool weather. A big success in Europe, they should be very popular here, too. eroti°. horns rnmedydy .for .thie dandelion was: ie. g .dairy goats because th select weeds from gras$s. et Gasoline pr .kerosene also/Fere favorite 'cures." But the pleasures of.having'a. weed-lree lawn became intloh point to aehleve itl 1G947 when Scotts mtrodueed a :selective weed control that, when sppreadon a rrnoist lawn, would eliminate dandelio..s and several dozen -other kinds: of weeds without, Il:arra g, desirable grasses;.• • The, �__ test a!tlrfl ent for'..be law busy e. n . Wltle!'a con),bination product that delivers a full feeding to the lawn at tli same time the weeds are bei. e cont'olied,. • . 'ere leaders who, wound :like, a. free two-year subscription .to LAWN CARE magazine should • Write to Scotts LAWN CARE Subscri .tions, 407 •#former venue, Toronto, Ontario BOW a a • Call us for- •BACKHOE SERVICE •GRAVEL •SCREENED TOP SOIL for lawns. gardens, flower beds. 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