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Show FARM, RANCH 14 & GARDEN Edition April, 19791 Spraying controls pests publication is for Pear Psylla that caused considerable damage to our by Jay Hall, USU Extension Agent Many home owners in Carbon County have a few fruit trees in their back yards. These trees produce a lot of good tasty fruit that adds a great deal to the meals of the people in our pears last year. The publication recommends spraying with Thiodan on or about March 15, or when adult psylla are first detected. This treatment area. will also control scale to publication strongly emphasizes that all sprays indicated for various fruits must be applied at the proper time and that only EPA approved pesticides If the trees are properly cared for they will continue sects and mites. The produce good quality fruit. However unless they are sprayed to control insects and in- disease, pruned, watered, etc. they will soon produce poor quality fruit and even die out. Now as the weather warms up, fruit growers need to prepare for insect pests and disease control. To help home owners know how and when to control State Utah insects, University has updated Extension leaflet EL 137, The Home Orchard Pest and Disease Control. This leaflet is now available at the Extension Office in the Courthouse. The earliest control indicated in the Extension be used. It adds this reminder: The various spray schedules in this leaflet are designed to assist the home orchardist in producing fruit for home use, not necessarily for market If you have protection. three weeks before bloom to control aphids, mites and scale insects, just before bloom spray to control powdery mildew, and spray again about three weeks after blook and repeating every 14 to 18 days until about the middle of August to control the codling moth (insects that causes worms in apples). The publication discribes insects and mites and gives information to help understand the names of o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o ... tells when and how much spray for the more common pests of fruits. Copies of Extension Leaflet EL 137 is available at the County Extension Office in the Courthouse. ...I' 0 1 FAMILY AFFAIR Everyone can enjoy gardening in the vegetable pah sure Make you give your seedlings the right start! A TREES VITAL At least three trees are needed for every person on Soft water earth. a new affordable home! harmful Sodium hard on plants o o worry because theres a simple trick to eliminate the sodium hazard. By GEORGE ABRHAM Copley News Service In most cases water passing through a softener does have a harmful effect on plant growth. Softeners exchange the calcium (harmless) for sodium (harmful). Sodium is harmful because it tends to puddle a soil (make it sticky) and sodium can be toxic to plants that are sensitive. However, if you have a water softener, dont o o 0 o Since the softener takes calcium out, why not add calcium to the water to restore that which was present before softening removed it? This simply nullifies the effect of the sodium added in the softening process. Heres all you do: Go to your garden center or farm store and buy some gypsum (calcium sulfate), a very cheap and Completely carpeted, furnished, delivered and set up! Phone 798-744- One-hal- water. This simple little trick will (or should) settle the controversy over water softeners. trims grass o o o FJliHer f level teaspoon is added to a gallon of softened water or a tablespoon per six gallons of water is enough to supply the necessary calcium to change the softened water unsoftened back to the o o 0) fo let us O prove our prices are lower!" o o "Come in harmless form of calcium. It has low solubility yet can be dissolved to treat softened water. What machine o o only , geared in small quantities to home orchard use. It You can live in nnim r a pesticides, their formulations and dosages OOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOQOO0 o o o o ik , commercial orchards, contact your local Ex- tension Agent for a fruit spray schedule. To produce good worm free apples the leaflet recommends a spray program that starts two to ft. ... 7 Price & Spanish Fork Exit 950 East 800 North, Spanish Fork ( OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO o o o o o ; Now, give your yard that beautifully groomed, professional landscaper look., with The Green Machine? Specially lormulalcd nylon strings are rotated at exltemely high speed by an efficient permanent-magne- t electric motor. These whirling, flexible strings cut easily through grass and weeds, reaching into and around rocks, trees, fences and walkways. The Green Machine acts as a trimmer and edger as well as a small-aremower. It even sweeps up after the ob is done1 Gome in today and sec the new way to beautiful lawns and yards. a Western Auto Supply 79 South Carbon Ave. Price, Utah Telephone 84501 637-260- 7 snssemi |