PAGE 16, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1985, WHITBY FREE PRESS Orchards,,;, 655-4501 z . d e For el ccýd -1 ccplcklng condillon Green Peas 1 are ready Plckinges stbject 10 No.?7 Hwy. Whtby wealhm, à uuppllet BrIng container. m.asur.d ln quart@@ (e. ô qt. bekil) Piavaround orovided for chldrn 12 y.ars oid. VANDEAMEER NURSERIES eP BAYLY sVICTORIA D)rives aitie & save a lot on quallty plants Quallty Stock Boxof We stili1 have a large variety of quality ,IMPATIENTS *ANNUALS iore attractv I n for your home (NC) - There are fcw things tbat add more to the appearance of your horne than a lusb green lawn. A lawn is a living, growing carpet -)f tbousands of indi' vidual plants growing in close company. Like ail liv- ing tbings these plants re- quire beat, light, moisture and food. La addition, they require a great deal of care su they appear in tbe clipped even form we like to sec tbem - neat and green. Tbere is little we can do to control the amount of beat and ligbt that reacb our lawns but we certainly can ctntrol the amount of foodl Lendscpiqg tuyIc & Cautasl)l Spiels Local Srawberries now available lvanthoe Chusse.- We are the only outlet f or Southern Durham Reglon *1AL KIng Crlmson Maple Now only 1105. Weeplng Flowerlng Crabs Now only '30. "Qudt7 a SuvtcsOeu.t»d" Hwy. 2 & Harwood, Aax tered before it wilts but too mucb water cao also be harmoful, causing rot and disease. Much depends un the weather. Fertllizing To keep a lawn green and lush we mustreplace the nu- trients that are consumed. In the early spring the grass requires a high nitro- gen fertilizer that will help promote leaf growtb; later in the season it requires pot- assium and phosphorous for root strength and good winteri ng. You cao talk to your local hardware dealer for a good lead on what fertilizer you need for your lawn aI any tinie of» the year. T1he -ontent of a bag of lertlizer is in(licate(l îw a and water that is adcled to nature's contribution. Inaa ctlumn of thislengtbitisal- rnost impossible to go int<oa detaîled story on bow to grow a lawn hutwecan give you a few hintsthatwill cer- tainly help. Watering .Your loJcal hardware dealer bas a wide variety of sprinklers and watering de- vices. Tbey can deliver an adequate amount of water to the lawn with little or nu attention. They help soive the problem of underwater- ing <or sprinkiing. Gîving the surface only a light wet- ting hrings the root system up to the surface where it can l)e sc<rched by the hot sumifer sun. 'The lawn should receive at least two inches of water at ear'h appflication. Thbis can be measured by stand- ing an empty tini can on the' lawn uncler the sprinkler- this will givevou thelevel of water applieil to the lawn. The grass should he wa- This column is a presenta- flan of the Canadian Retail your local C.R.H.A. Member NCI Dealer. In Vour Home & Garden B.J. Watt (NO) - What's worse than mlldew on roses? Black spot. These two diseases are very common and serlous in many Canadian gardens. Mldew usually cornes along at the end of the season when the gar. dener stops hîs spraylng. Black spot f rat shows up In late Jufle or early July infthe very bottom leaves of the ' roses. Spores of the dîsease lîve In the soit and the splashing of rain infects the leaves. Frequent waterlng of the leaves encourages the disease. lnfected leaves show black spots then turn yellow and fait off the plant. By late summer infec- ted plants will have lost ail but the top leaves. This loss of leaves weakens the plants for wlnter survîval. A number of products are avallable for preven- f ion of black spot and mildew. For the person wlth a few rose bushes a simple squeeze duster - Premlum or Gardai RQse Dust - wlll gîve good dîsease and lnsect con- fro1. Serlous rose growers can use Funigînex. Add Dlazlnon, Malathlon or Sevîn to Il f0 control Insecf s. If you'd lîke a fren copy of the 38-page bookiet "Guard 'N Guide" f0 help you make growlng things a pleasure, write Io "Watts Up", 6860 Cogn- tury Ave., Mssissauga, Ont. L5N 2W5. Be"r J. Watt la technlcal sdvlser for Grson Cross. row of figures prominently féatured on the face of the bag. Nitrogen is always the first figure followed by phosphiorous then by potas- siumn. Read these bags care- fully in tbe store to be sure you're getting a product that will do the job you are looking for. Alsu, thecheap- est fertilizer is not always tbe best buy and twice as mucb does not always do twice as much good. Many hardware dealers loan you a spreader when you buy the fertilizer fr<>m tbem. Lawn mowing The technique of mowing a lawnbas corne along way from the old band-powered reel-type mower. The gas and electric macbines available today do an excel- lent job). The biggest mistake rnost people make is to cut the grass too short in the middle of the summer. Cut- ting short, plus the fact the grass goes sor-newhat dor- mnant at this time of year leads to hrown and sc<><ched l Iawns. Two i oches is an excellen t length. Ifthielawn is keptreason- al)ly long it will allow the rouIs to thrive, thicken and -th row «ut new blades wvbichw~ill in tam crowd out the weeds.