The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 9, 1941, Page 6

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DELEBECQUE District Sales Manager PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS 1324 4TH AVE.—SEATTLE TUESDAY FRIDAY MONDAY and THURSDAY TUESDAY FRIDAY JUNEAU- 4 ¢ i Seer— S 136 Bo. rerankiin St. PHONE 108 OH, HE'S THE AUTHOR, DON UWAN, WHO'S WRITING A BOOK CALLED, "WITH LOVE AND KISSES" | GARDENING IN JUNEAU: MUSTA BIN PURTY HARD, TRYIN' T ENTERTAIN LITERARY FERFILIZING, ALSO HOW T0 MAKE (The fcllewing is the second s of articles by Max- of a s cine W in general. Today she discusses fertilizers and then tells how te make good lawn.) it ccntains and what it needs to make it suitable for growing plants, J. P. Anderson tested soils in an ound Juneau a number of ye: in varying proportions. While there are some plants that demand an acid soil, notably the Heathers, azalea oil Our m g soil is acid and com- posed of decaying vegetable mat ter, To make it suitable for gar- dens, coarse sandy or gravelly soil chould be added to improve its physical composition and lime added for sweetener. On the other wnd gravelly ri soil or glacier ilt is improved with the addition of ht Humus is decayed vege- table matter that has decomposed far encugh to loose its original structure and to become incorpor- ated with the soil mass. This can be muskeg soil, manu well rot- ted or any well des lowly, but not too slow! that is easfly crumbled in the hand, aid to be friable. If you can sa tilizer Necessary Most soils have all the natural elements necessary for plant life except nitrogen, phosphorus and potash. In our moist climate ferti- lizer is more necessary than in the States. Rain tends to le: it out, o instead of one or two applica~ tions a season, it is better to add mall quantities more frequently. Of these three elements, nitrogen s the most important, the one that|and let it decompose where the eaches out the quickest and the one most liable to burn a plant if it comes in contact with it. Nitro- sen contributes especially -to the rowih of f{oliage and stem. If your 5 look dwarfed and with poor it MIGHT be caused by of nitrogen. Lawns should e plenty of nitrogen for best growth Phosphorus develops flowers and fruits. Superphosphate is a concen- trated, easily assimulated source of phorus. The seaweed as a fer- contains nitrogen, some phorus and a'little potash; the | atldition of superphosphate makes a well balanced fertilizer. A local man uses the following formula successfully He puts a layer of seaweed, then one of super- phosphate and then a little soil and continues this layering until his .seaweed is used up. Six feet of seaweed will rot down to six inches. You can add seaweed to vour garden any time you can gct‘ it, although fall would probably he| the best time and ‘use it as a win. mulch. Do not confuse seaweed ith kelp, The se Kelp is that large, brown, onion- like plant with the iong brown, ribbon-like streame It is also od, but usually not available in great quantities near Juneau barnacles and other crustaceans oof the seaweed as seldom find it clean. Potash induces strong root srowth, This would be more valu- able in a vegetable garden, per- I haps, for root crops, but a flower garden must have strong roots too, Types of Fertilizers There are, roughly speaking, two types of fertilizers: mical ferti- lizers and natural fertiliZers. Chem- ical fertilizers usually come mixed in certain proportions for different jcrops. Or you can buy any of the | three elements separately. For gen- leral garden purposes here, some- i near 5-11-7 would be a good | mixture. That is, a fertilizer con- taining five parts of nitrogen, 11 parts of phosphorus and seven parts of potash. There are many brands of fertilizer on the market to choose from. Bone meal is a slow-acting fer- tilizer. Rs bone meal centains more uitrogen than the steamed | | ams about gardening | wnd found them all to be acid| and their kin, most plants| prefer a neutral to slightly acid| ayed vegetable, tter. Soil with a good texture or! not sticky or gummy, that will| water to pass through 1t| v your soil is friable, I'd say you had it in pretty good shape. ! phosphorus. Seme d I refer to' is the brown masses with the; bladder-like pods on them, that! are on the beaches at low tide.' 13 'off this excess moisture. Neither You will have to pick the rocks,’ A GOOD LAWN | bone meal. I read that raw bone | meal contained nine percent phos- phorus while t& nd four percent nitrogen steamed bone meal con- | tained 12 to 14 percent phosphorus and only .8 percent nitrogen Cottonsced meal and soy-bean 11t | meal are rich in nitrogen and con- Lt us take our soil and see what | i | tain some potash. The chemical | elements are more quickly avail- able in steamed bone meal than n raw bone meal Tankage, blood, fish meal, sheep guano are all good fertilizers Rut'’ they have a terrible smell! Air-slaked lime ceten neutralizes the soil, helps to aake ant. food available and impro the texture of the sil. Practically all forest soil, especially hemlock predominates, is acid and needs lime to make a good garden. You may also use shell on the garden and this adds lime, al- though slowly. An interesting thing is that slugs do not seem to want to crawl over the sharp-edged stu’f Maybe this is one way to get re- lief from these pests Natural fertilizers that are avail- able here consist mostly of maa- ures, fish and seaweeds. Cow man- 10, some goat manure and poss bly some chicken manure are avaii- e around Junean. Cow manure isually lasts for on the rden. It impr the text of the soil and contains the three vital elements. It should be well rotted. I have noticed that many pecple are using manure on their garden this year. I am afraid they are going to have a lot of trouble with weeds. Manure is especially in inis respect. For n alone, many people v fish heads are used by people are especially rich in nit 1 contain some le them up in the fall on the soil and let them |ret—but it takes a strong person to 1d that! Others bury the fish smell won't be so strong The natural fertilizers are usu- added to the soil when spad- ing. In this way they can bhe worked into the soil better. Manure should never be left in large lumvs.! Wherever there is a large lump, it will shut out the light and give| the weeds an excellent start; and if on a lawn it will kill the grass it cov If you have been using manure or seaweed for mulch for winter, you of course spade it in'° the spring. Chemical fertilizers can also be worked into the ground when spading. Or they can b scattered on the ground around| . A D serennials a SCra . in! MGG T ™ et b R 1111111 i . the trench for seeds, with a little| soil between them and the seeds;| or watered into the lawn. A good lawn must be made—it doesn’t just grow. It must be kept up or it will rapidly deteriorate. Chere are four main steps in pre- raring a NEW lawn. Someétimes the first step is not necessary as the character of the ground may be such that it takes care of drain- age properly. However you can de- termine whether your ground needs a drainage system or not. If you have water standing on your lot or if there seems to be a seepage somewhere on the place or if you have clay soil which does not allow proper drainage, then| you must put in drains to carry lawns nor flowers do well with! water around their feet. So your first step toward a good law proper drainage. is | n is| ¢ make a good lawn or garden. If tribu you didn't have the top soil saved, or can't get any now, then you ust work and fertilize this poor fully. After the seed is sown, ra lightly and then roll. of the lot. Rolling firms the deeply and seeds and gets it into better c ize the soil well. Add ferti- tact with the plant food and watex, lizer and work in well. Any com- thus assuring better chemical fertilizer would be So don’t omit the rolling. Mow your grass as soon as it lawn is not started on lumpy, tall enough, You should ss is of shallow blades rather high for ely do the roots go few cuttings and leave The pings on the lawn. As r and better X bris is cleddy soil. C growth and more than six inches down bulk of the roots are in the upper becomes stron three or four incl fore it is best to add plenty of Mow often; don't let the gre rtilizer in the last four to six too long. Most people wn, good. Screen your top soil to m: Good bone meal or cotton seed they contain the nitrogen nece: or leaf growth. A combination of| cent nitrogen—it acts ulphate of ammonia and a com- killer on our acid soils, thus being good. Use the of ammonia and bone meal wouid| fertilizers as directed. be very good. Now is the time te meal used the same a make the soil as good as possible ammon jor if done properly, the seed bed the weed killer that the later is. hould be permanent and all that Fertilize your lawn twice should be required, from now on, in the spring and late summer, maintenance, If there are bare patches, y to thoroughly loos- would be intellig Betore puttir c0il and fertilizer, ma flower beds, driveway or borders. Study them carefully' in fertilize yelation tothe house and general’ before finally deciding where theéy are to go. | proper seed and its best grass 'for this country is a v become estal £o0 to act as a-sort of nursemaid to the bluegrass, other, quicker growing gras ware of mixed grass seed in fancy| packages. Like as not it conlaihs] grass that is not suitable for this | Rum Royal, Cocoanut Grove, . Tt would be better to get|| Lemon Custard, Black Cherry, || Caramel Pecan, Black Walnut, countr i the dilferent kinds and mix them iyourself, A good mixture Tor here!| Raspberry Ripple, New York, uld “be ‘threé parts Kentucky| Rock Road, Chocolate, Strawberry luegr white clover you could add one * Grading | The second step is grading for| the purpose of controlling surface! drainage so as to allow it to runj off gradually, so as to be mostly absorbed ‘where it falls and to ob-| tain a pleasing slope for the lawn. A gentle slope from the house| foundations to the edge of the pro-| posed lawn, drains water away| from the house and gives a pleasing line. Variations in grades," sueh as terraces, rock’ walls and slopes of different degrees, are uscd | when needed by the character of the ground. The proper preparation of the soil is the third step. If you have a new home that has just been constructed, your first step is to clean up the rubble that accumus' lates around construction work." Hunks of cement, rotten wood, lath, plaster or other debris must TO THE CONTRARY, PAW, I WAS HELPING HIM WITH THE PLOT. all be removed first. Usually in part of that to the m constructing a house, they do a ot pound of gr seed, fce excavating and turn up a lot X sub soil that is so lackihg in| 1n it food that it never would you cre oil extra well. When all the de cleared away, spade and way: the lot. Spade fine g use as directed. A good ades can es of soil. Therc- lished the nches where it will do the most| clippings ,on the Ia ke turning some of the bed, fre 1 finely pulverized seed f all sticks, compost heap. moss helps retain moisture for Now for Apply necessary but 1 early as pc its addition. phate of trongly recommend y fertilizer—it contains siete chemical fertilizer or sulphate doubly on your top layer of them vigorous with en up. the il. Top stakes and string: your walk: flower til or with other rd s selection of planting, Ken-| kil moss.'Tt may blac probably the The fourth step blie grass permaneéntly injure it | not of low grower and may not shed for three yes — - s should be added 1d twine and sow each strip car germination back to the soil. If you do collect clods or other the clippings, use them for a mulea foreign matter. To this screened around plants or shrubs or in the 0l add fertilizer and peat moss r awns already the sceds to germinate in and im-!lished. Rake them well proves the physical composition of moss, dead the soil. 1t can be left out as it is winter det not absolutely raves and sible, of course. ammonia is used ertilizers for lawns are raw rate of eight pounds to one thou- meal as|sand square feet. Besides being is good too, although not bare spots with peat moss and Rake again sow your seed, rolling ing the soil firm, afterwards. Dry sulphate of ammonia appli when the grass is dry will usu 5 | if the sbil or grass is wet, but un- . But it 1% applied too heavily, should not ill the moss apply ATTENTION, ELKS! to keep the weeds from getting "ol Aj giks requested head start. Red top, bent grass anc| club roomis at 1:30 Sunday after- Italian-rye, the latter an annual, ,oon, May 11, to attend Mother's ‘are all good for this purpose. Some Day services, like white clover and it does well i COMMITTEE, too. They all grow quickly "and| make a lawn the first year, while 78 the slow-growing Kentucky bluei > grass is' becoming’ established. Be-||. “HORLUCK’S DANISH” cne part Red top and' part Ttalian rye. 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