Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-12-19 | Page 14 | In Your Own Garden

Your FERTILIZING HOUSE PLANTS PLA lS I Occasionally we find a 2 home borne homeowner homeowner owner who grows plants from year to year with no thought whatever of their L' requirements in the way of I food foed Such a person considers that her he plants receive rec-eive all the nourishment nourish nourish- ment they require from the water the she gives ives them And while it is true that tat plants do absorb food from o water t. t that at food must be present in the tha sol soil so that it can become soluble and so available to the th feeding roots of the t e plant t. t Regular Re a- a ae feeding e ding i is essential to the tha development ent o of new lew foliage oage flowers we and stems ste c cf of all house housa plants There Thea 2 are e s several ve excellent c chemIcal chemical chem chem- e i ical l fertilizers ti e-ti O or on t the tha a market a ket which w c contain CO ur all 2 the t necessary J ele elements elements ments e to t the e growth o of plant life ec e- e c chief le of which are o nto nitrogen en potash h 2 and c c acid acid ta in various op c. c T These s are 20 good c for cr hos v plan 3 because b c u e o oae s Z ts se e eo J with tlC thom them t ad C i y yc yo c ao o c r. asi ic cl clean cloiA t to t. hind Vou v o iy ir-iy usa tse Ci te r tc Ic t e- e s Ci i n c er e y c-y rj J 0 o- o iud id i td d eras noo n l e oo 1 IL like bice e to apply 11 toem em v j vavd C a G then tl w water ter t i but In indo do doing t thi this i one must mst be very care e fui u ui that tat the j C crystals 3 0 or powder o 0 of t the o fertiliser t e do GO rot not ot CO come cor I A contact contact con con- tact with wit parts pats of the plant itself Usually to a 2 fairly large pot one teaspoon of fertilizer i is sufficient sprinkled around the edge and then watered in Do this every month If you prefer to uso use the plant food in liquid form dissolve the teaspoonful teaspoonful tea tea- spoonful In a quart of water and give sive to the plant not wetting the foliage folia-e with it however There are some excellent tablets available for tor house plants which are simply pushed Into the soil near the side of ot the tho pot when they dissolve slowly dowly as the tho plant Is 1 watered and thus release their properties to the feeding roots root They are called Plant U tablets and should bo kept on hand by every housekeeper who wishes her windows to be filled with wilh flourish flourish- i is Lag a and beautiful p plants t One must occasionally prune rune house hose o 2 aJ ts j t as we ww do co the tho shrubs in ln n tie the e garden en to keep f. f then them en- en an and symmetrical Some et es u ten d to 6 grow gow Al awfully j eJ and O j u if f p. 1 t. t is o rot not oe resorted e td to Cl Clipping z away the e ends of o shoots will wi always make mako that shoot send out ba branches ches from ro the axils of or its leaves and what was but buta a single straight branch will become a rounded bushy one Almost al always always always al- al ways too the part that is nipped off ort may be rooted in damp sand and so you increase your supply of plants One must always be on the watch for insects and here preparedness is the battle cry and watchword- watchword preparedness with spray sprey and with either Black Leaf 40 or whatever whatever what what- ever eve is needed to rout the enemy Black Leaf to 40 kills all plant lice which have soft bodies bodie killing them b by burning as it comes in contact contact contact con con- tact with them For mealy bug and ands s scale e which have coverings over their bodies to protect them use This is very effective But it must nU t be used as soon as you ou notice otIce otC the pests otherwise vise they will wm do serious damage to the p plants ts by sucking the ilia plant pe t juices tro through either ethe leaves e ve or s stems