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BY KENNER P. LOVE
Extension Agent, ANR
* Remove grass and weeds from trunks of fruit trees and grapes to prevent damage by mice and rodents. Leave a bare circle (one foot wide) around tree trunks when spreading mulch to deep mice from feeding on the bark. A collar or fence of poultry wire or a commercial tree guard approximately 18 inches high .will deter rodents and rabbits.
* Remove all mummified fruit from fruit trees, and rake up and destroy those on the ground. Also, rake and dispose of dropped apple and cherry leaves. Good sanitation practices reduce re-infes-tation of insects and diseases ?the following season. E* , * Plowing that leaves the soil bare throughout late fall & early spring can create problems, such as leaching Ejfthd erosion. It is too late to Ejplane cover crops to hold nutrients in the soil, but mulching could help preserve Soil that otherwise might be test during heavy rainfall. * * Be sure not to store apples Or pears with vegetables. The spruits give off ethylene gas ’Which speeds up the breakdown of vegetables and causes them to develop off-flavors. aL * Keep an eye out for spider mites on your house plants; they thrive in dry air. At the first sign of any insect
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