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Show Thursday, March 9, 1961 THE VALLEY VIEW NEWS Page 9 When the plants are ready to first be hardened off. This volves withholding the fertilizer for a few weeks, and setting the plants outside in a protected place for a few days, returning them to the house in th9 evening. A gentle rain or an overcast day provides ideal transplanting weather. Use a fertilizer solution (look at the laber) to get your plants off to a good start, and when you enjoy the first bouquet and figure how much you have saved by starting your own seedlings, your efforts will be well in- Larger seeds are planted two to three times as deep as their diam-ette- r. If watering is done from the top it must be applied with care not to wash the seeds away. A syringe that provides a fine spray will do fine. A pane of frosted glass or plain glass and newspaper should be kept over the seeds until they geminate. As soon as the first plants peep through, the glass should be ;emoved and the plants given full sunshine By The Green Thumber The proc ss of starting annual flowers (maiigolds, pansies, petunias, etc.), from seed, indoors, can be very lewarding, or very exasperating, depend i g on the attention you give to th2 project. When you choose the seed some varieties will note the length of time from planting indoors to transplanting in the garden. This may vary tiom four to eight weeks, so plant accoidingly. May 15 is the date to aim for in transplanting to the garden, es that is the average date when the killing frosts are over for this area. There are several methods you may choose. Vermiculite provides an ideal planting medium as it is completely sterile, of coaise texture, and so permits the roots to develop quickly, holds water well, seeds germinate more quickly than in soil, and the seedlings transplant more easily. Coarse vermiculite should be used in the bottom of the container, and fine vermiculite on the top If you use a fait it should be Bned on the bottom with sphagnum or peat moss, then the vermiculite placed on top. Watering the seeds correctly is the hardest par:. Seeds or plants must never be allowed tawdry out, but too much water will kill them. A very good method to avoid is to set a watering porous, unglazed clay pot into a larger sized pot with a layer of wet sphagnum moss between the pots. The inner pot is filled with vermiculite, and the seeds planted. Water is applied to the moss, which allows .slow absorbtion into the vermiculite and the plants are If the plants are started in vermiculite they will need a feeding of fertilize! once a week after One tablespoon per germination or gallon of water of fertilizer should be used until the seedlings are transferred. After the first true leaves appear the seedlings shoulc' o moved to a flat containing good garden soil, and planted about two inches apart. They will oe very tiny, too small to lift with our fingers, so a pick or small stick may be used to help in the trarsfer. If you prefer you may pot them up in individual pots made of peat moss, and they may then be set, pot and all, into the garden when the weather permits. All the sunshine possible is needed from the t me of germination, or weak, spindly plants will result. -4 -5 to use garden soil If you instead of vermiculite it should be of a sandy nature, or some sand mixed into t. The procedure is the same, but the watering is of more importance, as there is damping off fungus present in the soil, which attacks the new plants as they push through the surface if too much water is present. This can be partly overcome by scattering vermiculite over the surface of the soil, deep enough to hold the seeds you are using. Fertilizing is then cut down, depending on the fertility of the soil. COMPLETE INSURANCE SERVICE Auto - Furniture - Home Liability - Glass - Life Health & Accident Let Us Examine Your Present Insurance FREE INSURANCE COUNCIL REED DAVIS, INC. We Sell the Earth and Insure Its Contents CY 91 r Community Qualifies for Delivery Service commu- be placed in the garden they must Granger-Hunte- Like thousands of other nities across the country, Granger-Hunte- r is sufficiently large in terms of postal receipts and population to qualify for city delivery service. In such communities there is generally a recurring need for increased pos.al services, particularly extensions of delivery service to house receptacles by foot carriers or to curb boxes of new homes by carriers in motor vehicles. Before da very by foot carrier can be extended to a new street, the following conditions must be met: 1. Homes or places of business must be erected on 50 of the building lots. 2. Streets must be paved or improved Eo permit travel of post office venicles at all times without damage or delay. 3. Continuous sidewlaks must be installed in sections of the city where th- - traffic hazards or extreme weather conditions preclude us? of the street by the must be equipped with proper numbers. 5. Mail receptacles or door slots must be installed except in the case of business places where someone is regularly present to accept delivery when the carrier arrives. Walks of any material, including gravel and cinders, passable throughout the year, between the street and sidewalk and the front enhance of the dwellings must be constructed. The requirements for delivery by carriers in motor vehicles to curblme boxes are the same as those shown above for foot delivery, says Postmaster David Trevithic, except that sidewlaks need not be installed and it is not necessary tnat 50 of the lots have buildings erected on them Before a new street can receive delivery service, it must be inspected by a quilified postal supervisor. A request from one person (petitions are not necessary) is sufficarrier. cient basis for initiating an in4. Street signs must be erected spection to determine eligibility of and homes and business places a street for curb or house delvery. 6. r kept at the correct moisture level. Very fine seeds are sown on the surface and barely covered, or merely tamped in as the surface is smoothed with a flat board. ART IN COOKING IS EASY . . . Why is one of these whiskies insured for One Million Dollars? m . Calvert Calvert KlilEKT! 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