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Baths For Shrubs
A hath for evergreen shrubs and small trees'.
That’s the advice of A. G. Smith, Jr., associate horticulturist at V.P.I.
During the winter, leaves of boxwood, yews, arhorvitae. holly, and many other ornamentals accumrlate a heavy coating of soot and dust. The dirty coating usually is heaviest where plants are set close to 'buildings or under trees. In such positions, even heavy rains cannot wash off the soot' and dust.
So. when a warm day comes this month or next, give those sooty leaves a good bath. Put a nozzle on the hose, then, tie the end of the hose to a mop stick. By turning the nozzle in different directions, and with good water pressure, wash the foliage inside and out. Repeat two or three times before summer.
Early Seeding Of Spring
Oats Advised, Schulkcum
Early seeding of spring oats is being recommended as a yield. upping practice for farmers in Piedmont and West of the Blue Ridge.
Ed Shulkcum, assistant agronomist for the Experiment' Station at VPI, says spring oats should, be seeded about 30 days before the average date of the last killing frost. Although they can be seeded up until the date of the last killing frost, every day’s delay can in some cases mean a loss in yield of one bushel per acre.
Clinton ar*d 'Benson are the recommended spring oats in Virginia. None are recommended for Eastern Virginia.
Other tips: Seed at the rate of about bushels ped acre, and apply 400 to 500 pounds of i a complete fertilizer.
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