Salt Lake Telegram | 1949-07-02 | Page 10 | Rose Bushes Respond to Little Extra Care

You and Your Garden Rose Bushes Respond To Little Extra Care tea mm for larger, more beautiful beauti-ful flowera. Break off the secondary sec-ondary bud cloee to the atem. leaving the central or terminal bud to develop. Spend a little extra time in your rose gerden caring for your bushes and you win reap the rewards In mora beautiful blooms. By Geaevleve H. FeJeosn Telegram Oniaen Editor Ross bushes require little care, but, like aU other plants, they will respond generously to a little extra attention. Proper care of your bushes now will Insure perfect blooms for the balance of the summer sum-mer and extra fine flowers this fall to enter in the rose show to , be held In connection with the American Ross society convention. The first essential during this hot weather la thorough and regular regu-lar watering. Make sure that the water penetrates deeply into the aolL This can be done with the sprinkler, by Irrigation or with a - porous canvas hose. If you sprinkle the roses from overhead, water in the morning, as foliage must have enough time to dry off before night. Some rose growers claim that late watering sometimes causes mildew. Mildew Control Mildew appearing on your rose bushes can be controlled by a sulphur sul-phur dust ar wet table sulphur spray. Light cultivation Is beneficial bus deep eullivnlion wilt Injure the tiny roots near the surface af the ground. In order to keep your rosea tn the beat condition, a constant pro- gram of spraying or dusting should be practiced all summer. There are a number of all-purpose sprays or dusts obtainable at your local nurseryman's which will be satisfactory satis-factory for this purpose. Summer mulching of the rose bed Is practiced by some garden- era. it nas Its advantages such aa discouraging weeds and conserving con-serving moisture. If you use peat mess as a mulch, soak It well before be-fore applying and after it Is In Jlaee sprinkle It again. This will orra a crust that holds the peat moss In place even when the wind blows, Use Lawn CBppmga Lawn clippings are convenient aa a mulch material. These should not be applied green, but dried out first without piling them up, since they beat and decay with a bad odor. Apply a thin layer of dippings dip-pings and work It Into the soil, then place the clippings to a depth of six Inches. Look for thrlp on your bushes. The way to tell If this pest Is present pres-ent la whef? you find a Jloom on your bush which falls to open and forms a ball that dies. D D T Is aa effective remedy for this pest. Bee that the entire bush la covered with a fine coating of the dust or spray. Do not fall to disbud your hybrid