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Farm Report Growing your biennials from seed car a rewarding job in the s By Wall ww Theres Agricultural Representative for York County Newmarket thing difficult about York County Growing from seed is worth trouble suitable time for sowing the seed of foxgloves bury bells hollyhocks and sweet We know that the best time to sow them is in July but by this date usually finds Trie is Thursday July A big change has made this will go to the Research Static of and the Depart The directors of our Crop Improvement As thought this would be a good year to visit Elora because extensive research there now and the new dairy early of AgrI- p produced moved to selected locations in flower beds or mixed Is developed search centre is open Biennials are pc- n by the newest be- I to The soybeans systemic for disease control in grain garden flowers We sow and a program for growing wheat continuously their seeds this summer so There is lots to see in dairy barns as well He- that theyll produce plants search work with free stalls liquid manure systems the flower buds by of winter you exper ience In your area In loca tions where the tempera ture seldom falls to zero or below the method is to move the biennials once theyve reached two Inches In height to Individual clay peat pots straw or hay mulch cover ing the plants at freezeup lime will ensure that they as soon as the soil come through the winter in able In the spring al i mating of temper- laid bands Later happening plants in no come too big killed by the cold in the Seeds try to beat regular seed flats them out wooden boxes such as fish Juno the part s year be- spot in the Waler the seedling flats by setting them Into an inch or so of As soon as moisture shows on the stir- the container the wntcr lay a pone of clumps move them to the location in the garden theyll bloom Where ihe winters arc cold and temperatures frequently fall to much plants should milking room and feeding trials are main items There is a choice on transportation to Buses have been and they will leave the New market Plaza at on the morning of the the If tob I expect many may prefer to cars It would be ideal for neighbours and make up a load Next year theyll provide lne with a fine dis- the play of bloom and then the plants will die In other words foxgloves sweet canterbury bells and the rest of the biennials which have just finished bloom- wait until August to the seeds theyll 1 prevent excessive the lop to be transplanted In sowing the seeds of newspaper or iners you prepare burlap bag It will planting mixture by prfl be unnecessary to Wtter container again until after the seeds have germinated vermiculatc with twothirds soil One of the commercial African violet mixtures is LOCATION farm topics quest and the program ing will die and a be ExportX Mara6 EGULAR AND In the case of bi ennials you mix tho seed halfandhalf with a com bination of sand and peat moss and store it for one week in the refresher used for vegetables Leave the seed in the re- TOWNSHIP OF WHITCHURCH TAXES CAMPING TRAILERS I MODELS MODELS DIlXLO To 21900 SALE OF FLOOR SAMPLES AND EXPERIMENTAL MODELS at I GREAT OUTDOORS flowers theyll produce In addition there are a group of plants which are technically classed as perennial in locations where winters are mild such as Vancouver and Vic- but in the rest of Canada they are so short- When driving lived thai theyre best through the Marsh these handled as biennials Hoi days one can certainly be violas and pansies pleased with the health of typical examples of the crop A bit of rain less winds higher humidity as well as the higher temper atures is giving the plants board Whatever you do dont pound the soil too harshly In order to ach ieve a level seed bed better not lo cover it at all Larger seeds are covered VALK ON VEGETABLES By Matthew Valid For Cabbage loop- use or or storage shed Is the best location for the seedling containers until germina tion starts to take place After the first three or four days the est plan is to check the a pencil and 11 every day to see if the seeds have started lo ger minate Once this happens remove the burlap or paper and tho glass cover If left on the newlygerminating plants would become leggy and be particularly suscep tible to a fungus disease commonly called ingoff From this lime on water only frequently en ough lo keep the soil moist and give the plants plenty of full sunshine frame and spaced six to eight inches apart The cold frame with a window sash over it and a twoinch Prescriptions J our Specialty Proscriptions Picked Up and I Promptly Delivered un Y PITTSBURGH PAINT DEALER EVES LUMBE THE BEST PAINT BUY ON THE MARKET AT this category Many home gard eners think that some of their biennials live from year to year and this cer tainly does seem to happen You can be certain that the original roots do not sur vive The new plants are selfsown from the previous years seed particularly in the case of forgetmenots hollyhocks sweet violas and pansies In my own rock garden I have numerous selfsown pansy and viola plants that are two or three inches high In the majority of cases the resulting plants are pel- keeping Diazinon is not re commended for any of the the sec Just begin to de leaves they should be transplanted to another flat spacing the plants two in ches apart each way or lo small individual peat plus Onion maggot flies applications and drought should not conditions of a week ago is wearing off Now one has to look out for insects and di seases In onions this may be Use diazinon or been observed but so growers if the prop- clay pots A good soil mixture at this stage would bo one amounts granular siting of two parts good insecticides were applied at loD oA seeding time No sprays are suggested Once the plants Carrot rust flics have reached two inches In should not be back again height there arc two steps these possible depending on Ihc sects appear Look well down into the heart Mildew and blast has not reported to me but I believe everybody is applying a fungi cide week- plants The to dUas original variety or color BEAT THE HEAT Theres always a tricky problem in finding a FOR LARGE SELECTION OF EUROPEAN STYLE COOKED MEATS BREADS BUNS PASTRIES IMPORTED CHEESE MILK GROCERIES TOBACCO Open Seven Days A Week PLAZA MOVING HECTIC When it is followed by Welcome Wagon call WW- am- I fill out the mail to THE ERA Charles 8952331 Carrots pers is the only problem at the moment Use Sevin or Also spray headlands and adja cent celery and lettuce pat- Celery tarnished plant bug cabbage and a tit tle later can become a problem I have prepared a newsletter which you will be receiving soon about a spray programme for cel ery Watch for It Too many growers use for everything on celery Actually diazinon Is not re commended for any of these insects except before the beginning of This pest can become ser ious problem Whenever you see them start applying Thiodan or Thuriclde at five to 10 day intervals until a hours a day for weather 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