| Show 'Mums' and Dahlias for 600 wondWuIi Slow vw Mtch te olor for your horn lor Interior uporlor finish (aj terior um t IAS£ TO ¥ CwhfomM Colors go U by TnSut Mate mi beuM tbr longr w Ta in 11 am Garden CooaulUuU One of the area's outstanding dahlia growers Lynn Young shows off the blooms on one plant The variety is Arthur Godfrey a medium red 14 Most Colon in Flat Lnamei Got $ your local faint DoaUr or ontult your tolophono directory A SILLERS PAINT 'j careful grooming that for prize winning makes blooms production irbui 2' JK j's ! TOPS IN QUALITYIl NOwf PAX im y Uw He a Miwal lawn PAX Mill night mpl aiN ftdin trtwUfi r4 law anti — rwigy mtfc larva Mwi kvmpy iKat lamaiar PAX klU i rob frail hi ivmmar and fravanti rk WMlaWw iffinft at frail low in price j CURE YOUR SUMMER LAWN ILLS— BUY AND APPLY CRABCRASSonH f: ion rut contkoi 4 KELLY-WESTER- STAKING N SEED DIVISION US Wot 13th Sow Hi t of dahlias Is overcoming the and hazard of toppling breakage Stakes are placed at an early date to avoid Injury to the roots Some growers place them at planting time Soft string or cloth Is used for tying Steel stakes similar to that used for reenforcing concrete painted a dull green make excellent garden stakes stakes life-tim- e Wooden inch square treated with a preservative to pi event decay the top parts painted green are very good but not as lasting as the steel Large flowered exhibition (J0Wjtk NOW! Saif Laka City of lateral Dahlias 8 o normally and to disbud only when the buds are too close together Their procedure is to remove buds of lesser value and leave the terminal or stronger buds that are more advantageously placed to develop Into the best possible size and condition Regardless of the method used early disbudding is essential for the consistent production of good specimen and show bloom branches to take the place of the main stem Later on these laterals are disbudded so as to produce one longstemmed specimen bloom on each so treated their date of bloom delayed about two weeks and the matured height of the plant lessened Unless we are sure of a long frost free fall It might he unwise to treat late blooming varieties In this manner Objections to the single standard one flower plant are the uneconomical use of garden space and the hazard of failure should anything happen to the remaining bud Many of our most successful local growers find eitfy fflPPY Sjfir it quite satisfactory to allow their plants to grow Growers of exhibition dahlias follow either of two procedures In one they attempt to develop standards of only one flower per plant The other calls for a topping of the standard by removing the terminal bud after the plant has formed three pairs of good leaves Topping Induces the UPERB specimen and exhibition blooms of dahlias and chrysan-s- “ themumi do not come by accident It is a combination of varietal selection feeding watering disbudding staking and V-e- with a brain knows more cbout watering than you do! tiflUf PROTECT ¥§11 PROPERTY l - & tW t KS CYCLOHE mCCT FACTORY NOTHING For h DOWN-EAS- TV MICCS W TEKMS Y ca Bralnty HYDftOtfAT 1 Ik ik WVm pM tillmolsi phono HU HU Fines ! outh Salt Laka 44)11 Midi Itrwt Clr Utah r stuns ruin mn totmAiios OANUtACTUtli CVCLOM fiU tom i! eliminates the guesswork and waste in watering because it operates on sound scientific principles When the soil is dry enough to require water and at a set time the controller automatically turns the sprinklers on and after a selected watering time it automatically turns the sprinklers off I I F M 3075 So COMELY JR 8c CO Main Salt Ink City Important while they are blooming Mulching helps to keep them moist but a good consistent watering program should prevail all season to feed your CONTINUE liberal amount of complete fertilizer every two weeks until the buds show color This often con- tinues as late as October late blooming varie- with ties Buds may begin to form the latter part of August Some of the English varieties may start earlier A cluster of buds will appear at the tip of each bianch As soon as they ar6 large enough to separate from each other all but the center bud should be removed Also the new growth which will appear above each leaf will need to be removed in ordt'r to send all of the strqngth into the remaining bud Disbud early Late disbudding leaves unsightly spurs and calls MUMS love dayS the cool of fall and spite of some early frosts Many extend their piodue-tioright on into November and fieezing weather Most of the taller late blooming chrysanthemums n ’ v Is especially will continue to bloom in ¥5 M WITH Chrysanthemum plants should never be allowed to dry out at any time This penalty t Control rrV f£Tjp ' v:‘ AJ goaL for a heavy sometimes disqualification in show specimens Utak I “mums" are produced by keeping the plants thrifty and growing well right from the start From three to five vigorous canes per plant each of which Is disbudded so as to produce but one specimen bloom is the Utah fhona Pleat tend further information a the Automatic Sprinkler with a bram “Add S° j HU clTi m at 20H " “ will need support This la especially true of the English type mums Steel reenforcement rods cut to suitable lengths and painted are excellent Strong wire loops that fit the rods and support the mums make them easy to use Stakes should be placed early before the plants begin to sag The Salt Laka Tribune HOME Magazin |
