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id ensure pollination ol sweet com, plant several rows together in a block, rather than in one long row. Sidedress with 3 Tbsp. of 10-10-10 fertilizer per 10 feet of row when 12 to 18 inches high. Keep well watered, especially from tasseling time to picking. Hill com plants by pushing a few inches of soil up around the base of the plants when they are fertilized. This provides stability, but take care not to disturb the roots or remove suckers.
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LANDSCAPING
• Plan a landscaping project on paper first. Do not over plant, be sure you know the ultimate size of each plant, and allow for growth.
• Lawns maintained at the correct height resist disease and weed infestation. Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue should be kept between 2 to 3 inches in height. Mow frequently, removing no more than one third of the blade at each cutting.
• If your lawn is bluegrass/fescue, resist the urge to fertilize now. Fall is the time to fertilize these grasses. Fertilizing now will keep you behind the lawn mower all spring and increase chance of injury to your lawn from summer disease and drought.
• Grass clippings can be used as a mulch in flower beds and vegetable gardens if allowed to dry well before use. Fresh, damp grass clippings will mat and may attract pests. Never use clippings from a lawn that has been treated with a herbicide.
FLOWERS
• If you love to garden, but don’t have a lot of time, choose plants that are easy to maintain. Plants that do not need “deadheading” include begonia, impatiens, coleus, alyssum, ageratum, lobelia, and salvia.
• Potted plants, when placed outdoors, may need to be watered more frequently than if they were inside. If you place plants in clay pots inside larger plastic pots or cover clay pots with aluminum foil, you will reduce the frequency at which you must water. Remember to punch a drainage hole if foil is used.
• Impatiens is the most satisfactory annual for use in shady areas. Begonias, coleus, ageratum, and salvia prefer light shade (5 to 6 hours of sunlight.)
• Set petunias plants among fading tulips or daffodils to hide the unsightly wilting leaves. After the bulb foliage begins to fade, you can tie the leaves in gentle knots to neaten them, but don’t remove them until they have dried completely.
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