oe houseplants’:

By HELEN LANG -

~ During this past week there has
been a subtle change: in. the’
-- garden, nothing you can put your __
really. -Maybe. the
_ ¢ potato tops-are a little -browner,.
the ©.squash © :
‘looking. somewhat ‘jaded, and the.
~-. Sweetpeas : determined to: go. to.

finger. on,

leaves.

seed. Lets face it, fallis coming!

Now: is. the ‘time: to. get. those. .
oe indoors. for = the
: winter. There! I’ ve finally. said jit’
i.e winter, winter, winter ..00
oe not. such a bad: word really when:

you get used to it.

“co mever be my favorite! 2
Oecd hope. you. will be pleased with "

o the’ way your: houseplants. have a have to move.
done over. this summer ‘outdoors, ree!
~ that they have: grown ‘mightily, "

ts -are. a= wonderful: lush. green, and base your pot size on that.

Tf. you throw :all caution. to the ,
winds. and © ‘decide “to-re-pot, ©
omething to bear. in mind i is that:
“you ‘home. will: be. ‘Consistently - cs

generally. ‘looking all. fat and . Z
‘sassy. Some of them almost
certainly. will. ‘need repotting ‘into ~
“a somewhat larger container. The
: tule of thumb ‘on. this i isa. pot. one:

aFwehute! landing’ ‘in

farm: field in the 6900 block West:

somehow a

: inch larger ¢ across the top than the
‘one your. plant is already. living -
in, but sometimes | this just isn’t:
- enough, .
Keep. in: mind. that. the larger
the pot, the larger your. plant is a
apt to: become. Af you are living in
a smallish space you’: ‘May. not.
want: to share half. your living a
“area with some exhuberant fern. .
-Inour case we have an’ enormous
Hawaiian: white “ginger. plant .
.. Striving. desperately : to leave its —
pot. entirely (most of its roots are
“now airborne, ‘searching " for. a
» but it will: ~ place*to land). If we: put this
= monster into-a- larger pot;.and:it
~ surely - needs one; -we may well

You will: have’ ‘to decide how we
: much growth’ you can cope with,

‘these

“to settle the soil:

What you have done.
_ the blasted: pot: .

THE RE VIE W

outside, so ideally y your potting :
“mix should. contain about one-.
: third peat moss, one-third sand
or ' vermiculite,
~ sterile potting soil. When you mix...
small
~ quantity of bone-meal, which will: ::
provide | a-. safe ©
‘fertilizer...
Any: roots: ‘that. are growing 2
around ina circle just inside the...
~-original.pot should be “gently.
pried. away. from. the rootbail, ees
--and spread out slightly, otherwise.
‘you'll: end up. with a compacted
mass of: Toots, most of the inner -
ones either dead or ‘dying; with «-
- only the outer ones able to feed’
>and» grow 2.2."
miserable looking houseplant.
.A few pebbles in the bottom of.
- the pot helps with drainage .. .
» you:.can usually. find:a handful °-
= somewhere on the: side | of the:

together. add a

road.

wallet:

FIRMLY. Please don’ tleave any

-airpockets, ‘they: are: _bad: news, me
a always! - ae
~~ * When: all this. is done (and if
--you can lift ‘the pot) give it a”
couple of. bangs Gnasolid ee “you may have: missed in. all. the”

; panic. :

a In two ‘weeks you: should be
able to re-introduce them to théil
“accustomed place: in: the ‘livin

= room: Don’ worn if the odd leaf
No, sorry, before going on. to. aes
"something less. hazardous,

Not: THAT. hard .

is the answer! :

plus. one-third -

long: lasting Sy

andone very.

If anyone. stares,- you :
- always, pretend. to be looking for
a lost, earring, OF. a misplaced 2

now “see.
. broken™
- look at.all:.
“that ‘mess:. va Gently but firmly

7 finish this house plant business.’

When outdoor plants are brought

back: inside it-is only sensible.to -~

_-isolate each of them fora couple : |

--Of weeks. Don’t just ‘bring them
in.and’plunk them. down on your
-.end tables thinking ‘*Well, that’s
that for another season, another ~
“rotten job accomplished’’.and go -
-off-and make: yourself a. drink t to

celebrate.

until the: soil looks: shiny. on top.

Now. cart them: into the: guest- -
“room,
“somewhere away from your other.
houseplants, and. keep an eye. on
them. There» may: be~ eggs: that:
“haven’t hatched or the: odd bug —

room, the: cutility:

VARIETY fF
It’s not that « easy. Take a look a
“at the bottom of each pot. Yep,
© there they are... ‘

small slugs, and half a dozen > §
wood bugs (plant lice, pill. bugs, -
whatever you call them). Take a
look under ‘the leaves... you’
-.don't need a “magnifying glass to.
“see those aphids, and.see...°. just: <{
_ there, those. tiny specks of white |
‘flies -all. packed, and thrilled -at’
the thought of a place in a nice...
cozy house for the winter.

Flip. off the: slugs. and pill i bugs: i
“with ‘a’stick: (and: step: on..them).° ©
then give all those: plants a good...

“Puta: couple © of inches of your Bos bath "with Safer’s
: potting mix.over the pebbles and ©
-set.your plant i in the middle of the a
pot and ‘tuck the soil around it,» :

a 28 ke

a couple of...

Insecticidal.”
soap. Really» spray: “them, they.-°-
“water each plant from the bottom:

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