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Dear John: I need some flow- ers to audition for work in a low-budget garden production that doesn't have much light. Any tips? Dear Garden Director: Impa- tiens will give a great perfor- mance no matter what the work- ing conditions. In fact, their vibrant colors can act their way through most anything. Impa- tiens steal the show in filtered light with about two hours of full sunlight a day. If that's not possi- ble, they're still a hit without any direct sunlight at all. Impatiens also require less fertilizer than many annuals -- too much nitro- gen produces lush foliage but few flowers. Impatiens do have one picky clause in their growing contract -- they're extremely sen- sitive to frost and demand shel- ter if frost is expected. Dear John: As newlyweds, we're having trouble understand- ing recipes, much less all the information on a package of grass seed. Can you help? Dear Mr. and Mrs. Homebody: Reading a seed label is easier if you know what to look for. Each package lists the percentage of grass types found in the mixture. Fine-textured grasses -- Kentucky bluegrass or fine fescue or bent grass or bermudagrass are the backbone of a high-quality mix, so you'll want a high. percentage of these grass types. "Coarse" grasses, like tall fescues and annual and perennial ryegrass, tend to clump and don't mix well with other varieties, so they should not total more than 50 percent of the mixture. (The per- centage equals the proportion of grass seed by weight, not the number of seeds.) Look for mixes with weed con- tent listed at less than 1 percent, High-quality seed won't contain' any noxious weeds. The "origin" heading on a seed package shows where the seed crop was grown -- "nice to know" information that has no_bearing on the adaptabil- ity of the grass. The germination percentage is the amount of seed that will germinate under ideal conditions -- the higher the ger- mination rate, the better the quality of seed. "Inert", or mis- cellaneous, matter should total less than 3 or 4 percent, and "crop seed" should be as close to zero as possible. Dear John: What do the num- bers on the label of the fertilizer bag mean, and what's a good ratio? Dear Well-Proportioned: In general, a good lawn fertilizer will have a 3-1-2 ratio of nitro- gen to phosphorus to potassium. In the spring and fall use a fertil- izer with a high first number (nitrogen). A fertilizer with a high second number (phospho- tus) works best if a soil test indi- cates that it's lacking phosphorus. Always follow label directions and use no more than one pound of actual nitrogen per 1,000 square feet/100 sq. m. of lawn at each feeding. i oo Murray dodick Optometrist 1119 Victoria Avenue ¢ Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 1B7 Telephone (807) 622-7726 NTT Ui GOVE NIMER a Jc Thunder Bay District. SNOWPLOW TRUCKS; tions and fully operated. p.m. local time: ACCEPTED. | NOTICE TO EQUIPMENT OWNERS TENDER NO. 60-88-51 Equipment owners are invited to bid on the rental of the follow- ing equipment for WINTER MAINTENANCE operations in the person or by mail from, Re Minimum GVWR of 20,500 kg. (45,000 Ibs.) for tandem rear axle drive or 15,420 kg. (34,000 lbs.) for single rear axle trucks: Trucks to be fully equipped for Plowing as per M.T.C. specifica- Standby rates for plows has been established at $60.00 per day. Bidders may tender on any or all locations listed. Sealed tenders on forms supplied by the Ministry, will be received by the Manager, Administrative Services until 1:30 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 21, 1988 Specifications, tender forms and envelopes may be obtained in gional Head, Purchasing and Supply, Walsh at Mountdale Avenue, P.O. Box 1177, Thunder Bay, Ontario P7C 4X9. Telephone 807-577-6451 Ext. 292. Please specify tender number when requesting forms. 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