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Wednesday, August 12, 1998

time to trim those tomato plants
asn’t this been a spectacular spell of summer weather?! ing brown spots on her pepper plants. This in something I'm not
It's a wonderful growing time for vegetable gardeners _ familiar with, but a call to Linda Gilkeson gave a hint on how to .
who will be picking ripe tomatoes, beans, carrots, efc., treat the plants. She should pick off affected fruit, and garbage it,
A. 2S. and watching their melons swell daily. _ then spray her plants with a solution of Epsom —
One nasty thought occurs: when the first rain salts, and feed them with seaweed extract. They

‘appears we'd better have those tomatoes under will almost cer tainly flower again.
wraps because, sure as sunrise, that appallin If the plants are in pots, they could be moved

inside when it gets cool at night.

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fe Bonsai, 5 - 25 years * blight will follow close behind... : C =
Bushy Beautyberry in bud #5 pots Every time I see a cloud I tremble, wondering Carolyn Kis having trouble with her globe ar-
“Apricot Beauty” Daylily in bud, #2 pots if I should hoist the plastic into place, or take a tichoke blossoms, some of which are rotting in-

6 selections of bamboos from 5’-15’ | . chance and wait. It’s now been up and down. § side the bloom. Linda G. recommended that she
z Blue, White & Pink Hydrangeas in bud & bloom _ more often than a yo-yo ona shortstring. = call the Ministry of Agriculture in Chilliwack to
+ Land lanni . Ss ~ What I’ve been doing, and will continue to do, ask how to pack a sample for them to examine.
_ % Landscape planning & design * is to pick every tomato that shows any signs of She is certain they will be able to identify the

‘ot Supply & installation of plants, landscape stone * | ripening, just in case. Remember when ripen- problem and suggest a solution,
~» work, and garden decor, statuary, pots, etc. ing tomatoes to put them in a-paper bag to- ~ Cher left me several lovely, strong, little

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This week I'd take the scissors and snip off
all new tomato blossoms and_any fruit that is
aR RARATETOESELTE “so small it is unlikely to ripen this season. If

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