B —Lancaster Farming, Saturday. September 9,1967 On strawberries, for example, difficult to handle in n breeze, ably soon be in wnunercial
Flaher suggests putting down a® it should be put down on a production and shortly tbore
__ _ _ ___ _ control chemicals for elbow Mill day; weight it down with after could be available from
Plastic Film Takes Wpgn WoiTV Out a film containing dacthal when small clumps of soil until you nurserymen or seed companies,
-. , C U lr , . wcca yurry V/UI. thQ p]antfl are out and nn . turn on the sprinkler. Natural- Fisher believes. The BaWwln
of Home Gardemncr. SDCCISuISt S&V3 Mher containing dlphcnamid ly the garden plot should be Montrose Chemical Co., G»ry
UI itUHIC uaiucumg, upctianoi six w<fek3 later weed-free since the herbicide Indiana made the sample films
A roll of plastic film may grease by the homo gardener— Gardeners will have to keep only controls weeds that have for his experiments.
soon take the hoe-work'out of setting the chemicals dlstrlbut- certain precautions in mind; not yet germinated. Th e hardesl pait of
home gardening. Weed control ed evcnJy ' wed Check the labe1 ' herbicides ing is getting rid of weeds;
chemicals mixed into Urn film Fishe r notes that many a tad SroTmTb? TusftK
help the backyard gardener garden enthusiast has eagerly it is recommended. Also, since ** h n ad ticket for gar
get rid of weeds the easy way: planted a large garden plot the film dissolves veiy rapidly Wlth . * P artlcu J ar wead Sl he s l7s 8
it keeps them from ever com- only to give up in disgust when in water, the ground must be s resistant to the herbx- ’
ing up when the film is put weeds take over. The new film dry before laying it down, cide, switch to a different her
down around garden plants or may be the answer. Even the gardener’s hands bicide-ftlm, or do a little hand All of Europe, combined,
over newly planted seeds. must be dry to keep the film w «wu ni(? does not have as many species
_ The thin plastic is put down from sticking to them. of native trees as does the
J;• "• *either at planting time or sev- The film is lightweight and The herbicide-film will prob- Great Smokies National Park,
professor of horticulture at the eral weeks i ater . This depends - ■■■■■■— • -.-
University of Delaware, tested on wk at herbicide is being ———————■————
the herbicide film and believes used> when spr inkl«l lightly,
offlms home the one
practical and to the
free way to control correct amount
evenly distributes an accurate insurance against fu
amount of herbicide just where t ure weeds. ■ PTytfV |fpl e#a T%J
needed, when needed. H| I'IIH If# I B'AWpu
The new solves the In cases,
Jem that has always interfered conti'ol, two separate
most with substituting weedtions of film may be needed. K|
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