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Show Don't Gamble With Your Plants Health If youre new to the outdoor gardening scene or caught up in the current house plant craze, you may not be aware of the numbers game" and its importance to your plants health. Just as we humans need our daily ration of vitamins to stay well, plants need their daily supply of nutrients. They get it from the phosphoric acid (remember the numbers game: 10 equals 10 per cent) to encourage good root development in both outdoor and indoor container plants. It also contains Nitroform for the slow release of organic nitrogen. Ortho House Plant Food as the name indicates, is specifically for indoor plants. Its a liquid fertilizer that can be applied directly on the soil, or mixed with water at the time the plants are watered. apply it once every four to six months, following the label You only have to fertilizers, and thats where the numbers game" comes in. directions. All commercial fertilizers are labeled by the percentages of nitrogen phosphoric acid and potash they contain. For example, the formula indicates that the fertilizer contains 5 per cent nitrogen, 10 per cent phosphoric acid and 5 per cent In addition to the three basic nutrients, it contains iron, manganese and zinc, which are necessary to maintain healthy plant should growth. This be applied weekly or on other watering schedules. Following the numbers game" is important, but good fertilizing practices will not substitute for good plant care. It is essential that proper watering, drainage, light control, and other good growing practices be followed. Gamble on good plant care, not guesswork. New Wheat Variety Developed Fieldwin, a new DONT GAMBLE with jrrnu- plants health. Learn exactly what to do and why about watering, feeding, spraying, ete indoors and out, and youll be rewarded with an exquisite display of healthy and happy plants. - potash. The strength of the formula will dictate the amount to be applied. Too little fertilizer can be ineffective, and too much can be dangerous or deadly to the plants. Which formula do you use? Should the fertilizer be fastacting or slow? When do you fertilize? Three new fertilizers have just been introduced which take much of the guesswork out of garden and container plant care, and each meets a specific gardening need. Ortho General Purpose Plant Food contains 12 per cent you guessed it! nitrogen, 6 per cent phosphoric acid and 6 per cent Since nitrogen is the key nutrient in the growth rate, this plant food includes (Ureaformalde-hyde- 12-6- potash. Its a time-releas- fertilizer which means you only have to apply it once every three or four months, and it gives an immediate, constant and continuing supply of nutrients to growing plants. ) a proven source of slow release organic nitrogen. It should be applied just before or at planting time, and be sure to follow the instructions on the label for recommended Another dosage. time-releas- ed fer- tilizer is Ortho Pot and It is obviously especially rich in Planter Food was a newer variety, high-yieldi- variety of soft white wheat, will be grown by certified seed producers this year and adequate seed supplies should be available for Idaho farmers in 1978. Agronomists of the University of Idaho College of Agriculture expect Fieldwin to become the most popular variety of wheat grown in the Spring-fiel- d. Within the past three varieyears, the semi-dwar- f ties Fielder and Twin have essentially replaced the three earlier varieties, agronomists report in a new bulletin. The publication, Spring Wheat Varieties for Southern Idaho," is available at county offices of the irrigated areas along the UI Extension Service. Twin and Fielder may Snake River in Southern Idaho. eventually be replaced by Until a few years ago, two Fieldwin but are currently old standard varieties the best soft white varieties for use in Southern Idaho, Lemhi and Federation were grown extensively in the UI wheat bulletin states. Twin and Fielder are Southern Idaho. Also popular high-yieldin- g, I irrigation, , I ) have short straw and are resistant to I lodging. They are particular-ly well suited to sprinkler the authors point out. BREAK MATCHES Heres a special weekend tip for smokers: Make certain your matches and cigarettes are completely out before you dispose of them. Get into the habit of grinding out the lighted end of your finished cigarette and breaking your used match to be sure its dead out. Remember, fire feeds on careless deeds. 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