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Show Q. I have tried unsuccessfully over the last few years to find seeds for a Golden Delicious squash. It is a winter with a deep squash of medium size, rather heart-shapeorange color outside and a lighter orange color and a thick, meaty inside. It may be a hubbard variety. My father used to raise these and they are delicious. They are similar to a banana squash in taste but with more flavor and a drier pulp. Can you tell me where I might buy seeds for this variety of squash? K. B. V. W., American Fork. A. Your Golden Delicious squash is listed on page 17 of the catalog of Gurney Seed and Nursery Co., Yankton, South Dakota, 57078. The order number is 738; a packet of seeds costs 44 cents. You may want to send for their catalog, which is full of interesting and unusual items. Q. Can you give me any information on growing water lilies? Do they need much sunlight? C. D., Salt Lake City. A. Water lilies should have at least five hours of sunlight in order to bloom well. Even more is better. They also need good soil and should be kept well fertilized. Water should be on the warm side rather than cold running water. Q. How do you keep miniature roses small? Mine seem to grow too tall. A reader, Ogden. A. Keep them pruned down and do not give them much fertilizer. They need a good sunny location as well. Q. Can you give me a list of flowers that will do well in a rather dry hot location in the garden? F. M., Salt Lake City. A. All flowers need water, but some will do better in such a location as you describe. You might try the gloriosa daisy, sunflower, tritoma, the zinnias, portula-cand celosia. Q. When can I plant cantaloupe, pumpkin, squash and watermelon outdoors? Kathy G., Murray. A. Wait until all danger of frost is over, which will probably be after the middle of May in our area. You can purchase plants for placing in the garden at the proper time. They will give you a head start over planting from seed sown at that time. a, Have a question about your garden, indoors or out9 Genevieve H Folsom, Tribune garden editor, will answer them as space permits, m the order we receive them Write her at P O Box 867, Salt Lake City, Utah WHO Keep your questions short Do not sent plant materials or stamped envelopes Just four half-hou-r walks over your lawn during the course of the season should keep it looking green and healthy. The trick is to feed it properly. YOU DONT have to complete the landscaping of your new home in just a years time. You can have a professional plan drawn up and then plant as you have the money. Just two hours a summer In fact, with a little trouble and work, you can draw up your own plan. Make it according to scale. The first year, try planting the basic plants such as the most important trees, shrubs and ground covers. For appearances, you will probably want to plant the front of the home first. You will find that annuals fill in and make the yard colorful when the more permanent plantings are still small. BEFORE drawing up your plans or having them drawn up, determine just what your wants are It takes a lot more time, effort and money to plant and care for extensive flower gardens than it does to have fewer flowers and more lawn On steep slopes, it is sometimes best to plant ground cover instead of lawn. Plan for your outdoor livneeds with porch or patio. Do you enjoy meals outdoors or do you prefer to have space just for relaxing not cooking? ing Rocks, flagstones, shrubs, wildflowers can brighten shady or sloping spots. Gab from the garden If you have children, there should be a play area for them and, of course, you must plant for a service yard Check just what plant- ings are needed and what their cost will be. Take one by Genevieve II. Folsom a time if money is of concern. DETERMINE just what trees, shrubs and other plants you need and find out from your nurseryman just how big they will be at maturity. Then allow sufficient space for them to grow. This will save you costly transplanting later on. Every garden should have an attractive lawn. Lawn experts furnish this information to keep your lawn green and beautiful. They say it takes just two hours a year to have a thick green turf thats a joy to behold. r All it takes if four walks with a lawn half-hou- spreader between early half-hou- spring and late fall, plus your normal mowing and watering time, of course. Your lawn is fed, weeded and protected against crab- - grass. (If your lawn is so bad it needs seeding, however, youll need a slightly different plan that will take an hour longer.) The plan is for an average size lawn, about 5,000 square feet, (not counting the house area, drive, walks, flower beds and the like.) THE KEY to the plan is g the use of new fertilizers, and fertilizer control combination products which combine feeding with other important lawn jobs such as crabgrass prevention or weed control. long-lastin- In early spring, in your what you do first depends on what specific problems your lawn has had in the past At this time of the year, you will have a choice of two ways to feed your lawm half-hou- r THE SECOND late spring or early summer. If you are lucky and have no broadleaf weeds, you can simply fertilize again six to eight weeks after your first feeding. If you have weeds, use a fertilizer that has a broadleaf control. Apply it to wet foliage (early morning is good) when no rain is predicted for 24 hours. This allows the product to stick to the leaves long enough to do the job r Your third on the lawn is in late summer or early fall. Feed the lawn again. If needed use a fertilizer with a weed control. The fourth and last half-hou- r will be in late fall. Walk behind your spreader before winter sets in. This is the most important feeding of the year as it will keep the lawn green into winter. It gives the grass plants nutrients to store and use for an next early spring green-u- p year. will be in Tribune Garden Editor area at The first is feeding only all that is necessary if your lawn is in good condition. Select the slow release type of fertilizer that releases its nutrients into the soil over a six to eight week period. The second method is feeding and crabgrass prevention. If you had crabgrass last year, choose a fertilizer that contains a crabgrass preventer. These combination products take no more time to put down and prevention is by far the best means of control. r, half-hou- The Salt Lake Adviee from the garden doeloi' A cheaper way to drip l Dr. Arvil L. Stark Tribune Garden Consultant BY USING a drip (trickle) irrigation system, you can grow plants with about half the water used by other conventional methods of water application In a previous article we mentioned the use of half inch rigid tubing equipped with Ts" installed at the head of each vegetable row for connecting perforated thin walled tubing that runs along the plants in the row There is a less expensive, and perhaps better, method of installing a dnp irrigation system m the garden. Home garden drip irrigation kits are now available at garden stores in this area , they cover 200 sqare feet at a cost of a little more than a dime per square foot These kits consist of 'h inch rigid black polyethylene tubing for the main feeder line with several lengths of 4 inch thin walled flexible tubing containing a very small hole every 12 inches for stringing along the rows or over the areas to be irrigated INSTEAD of Ts to join the flexible tubing to the rigid feeder line a few inches of one eighth inch black polyethylene tubing is inserted in the feeder line and also in the flexible tubing. Simply fold back and secure three or four inches of the tubing ends to prevent water escape Manufacturers of dnp irrigation systems inch connecting claim that the tubing is large enough to supply rows more than 200 feet long Holes in the flexible tubing along the rows are very small Tiny particles in the water can clog them to prevent water escape For this reason a line strainer with a 200 inc h mesh screen is desirable to keep the water dean Be sure to install the flexible tubing dow'n the rows with the one-eight- h holes on the top to avoid the settling particles. Inexpensive flow control washers at the tap to replace the regular hose gasket are essential to regulate water pressure and rate of flow Holes in these washers range from inch to over a quarter inch in diameter DRIP irrigation is definitely a water saving dev ice It will soon pay for its costs anywhere water is billed through a meter, short or abundant supply Once properly installed and managed drip irrigation is a breeze, just open the tap a bit and turn it off a few hours later Accompanied by a black plastic- mulch to control weeds and retain soil moisture gardening becomes so easy that harvesting is the major chore. - April 17, 1177 |