Show Keep Your Flowers Free Of Bugs And Disease T You are probably like most moat folks who try to have an attractive attractive attractive tive yard with beautiful flowers and shrubs You are careful when you plant You fertilize You water in dry weather Youre You're concerned about insects insects in in- sects Beets and plant disease And with good reason For you can be pretty sure that you'll have aphids and black spot on the roses wilt on the asters in the gladioli Its It's easier than you may think to keep insects and plant diseases under control The National Sprayer and Duster Association suggests you follow fol low this simple rule put the right pesticide where the trouble is ia Your garden supply store or your county agricultural agent can help you determine the right pesticide In selecting equipment you you'll 11 have a choice of applying pesticides pesticides by either spraying or dusting Whether t cho you spray or dust is pretty much up to your personal preference In either will case depend the size d on of your the r size equipment i i of f the h I job to be done The next important point is isto isto to aim the spray or dust exactly exactly exactly exact exact- ly where Compressed air sprayers with tanks ranging from one oneto oneto oneto to three gallons are the most moat popular They should have either an adjustable nozzle or ora ora ora a curved extension so that you youcan youcan youcan can apply the spray down from above in from the side and up from below This last is very important because many insects insects insects in in- sects and plant diseases are found on the bot bottom tom of the leaves Covering a plant from top only can and often does leave many pests untouched- untouched free to continue their damage For larger size plantings planting power sprayers provide the ilie ultimate ultimate ultimate ul ul- in effortless spraying Dusters are available in a choice of sizes also ales The most popular duster is the plunger type When equipped with an extension and an adjustable nozzle it It tco tea meets the basic requirement for equi en 1011 It ib puts luts the pesticide where the trouble is |