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will expose a larger absorbing surface to water and prevent the base of the stem from being sealed by resting upon the bottom of the vase.
• Hot, dry weather brings out the red spiders mites. Inspect roses, evergeens and marigolds, especially for signs of pale green coloration. Hold a white sheet of paper underneath some foliage and briskly tap it. Tiny, crawling mites will drop to the note paper if they are present. Severely infested annual plants may be removed from the garden and destroyed. Others should be chemically treated. If infestation is light, mites may be discouraged by direct spray from the water hose.
• Chrysanthemums should be lightly fertilized every two weeks with a water soluble fertilizer. To keep plants compact and full of blooms, pinch out new tip growth until eight weeks before they are to bloom, approximately mid-July. For large exhibition mums, allow only one or two shoots to develop, stake these shoots, and remove side buds as they start to develop.
• To reduce Japanese beetles: remove all flower blossoms as soon as they begin to fade, all fruit as soon as it is ripe. Japanese beetles are especially fond of over-ripe fruit and deteriorating flower blossoms. After these preventive steps, go out to your garden daily and knock the insects off their perches and into a wide-mouthed jar of soapy water. That will gum them up and prevent them from flying away.
• Mulching herbs during hot weather protects the plant roots and helps keep them healthy. Perennial herbs also need mulch in the fall for protection from winter thaws and freezing.
Woody Ornamentals:
• In dry times, trees may shed up to 10 percent of their leaves to reduce water loses through transpiration. This leaf loss causes little or no harm.
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