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By BIRGITT THORNHILL
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• Sow annuals for winter flowering indoors if you have a greenhouse or bright southern window. Calendulas bloom well and keep long. Browallia, mignonette, ageratum, marigolds, snapdragons and many others are good subjects.
• Go over all the coldframe sashes and greenhouse glazing, replacing broken glass, puttying and repainting.
• Do not allow phlox to go to seed. Seedlings do not come true to parent color and may overtake your planting, giving the impression that the parent plants have been reverted.
Disbudding chrysanthemums produces larger blooms. Most mums, except spray type, respond well to disbudding.
Freesia corms can be planted early this month for December flowering. Plant two inches deep in pots, then place out of doors in a shady place.
Check for lacewing on azalea, rhododendron and pyracantha. They juice from the underside and cause white speckling on upper surfaces.
Leaf miner’s larvae tunnel inside leaves and produce whitish trails as they move about inside leaf. Holly, boxwood and locust are particularly susceptible to damage.
Water shrubs deeply once a week during August. Many plants (camellias, rhododendrons) are starting next season’s bloom at this time. Immature berries of hollies and pyracantha may be lost if too dry.
• If azaleas look chlorotic (pale green to yellow) check pH. They need acid soil as alkalinity locks up soil iron needed for green color. Sulfur reduces pH.
• Cut strawflowers for winter ust when the blooms are only half open. Hang head down in a well-ventilated place to dry.
Don’t let your hybrid annual flowers go to seed. This weakens the plant and reduces bloom. In addition, the seeds are not desirable to save as the plant will ordinarily be very different from the parent and of poorer quality.
• Do not add weeds with ripened seed heads to your compost pile. Many will remain viable and germinate wherever the compost is used next year.
• Order your spring flowering bulbs now. Be careful about buying socalled “bargains” as the bulbs may be small or of inferior quality.
• Potatoes continue to grow as long as the tops are green. Dig only as many as you need for immediate use. The
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