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Remedies possible for injured plants
Plants that are suspected to natural growing con
of having Winter injury ditions. Do not prune the
should be allowed to respond plants until early to mid May
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or until you can fully
determine the extent of the
damage. Quite often the
plant will recover and send
new growth from portions
that looked very dead only
weeks before. Pruning too
early in the season might
remove more growth than
necessary.
Pruning may be necessary
later in the season after the
new growth appears. If after
waiting a reasonable period
of time with no growth
response you can assume
that the plant or plant por
tion is dead and should be
removed. The exact waiting
period will depend upon the
plant.
Some assistance can be
given to plants that appear to
have been injured but are not
totally dead. An application
of an antidesiccant may help
to retain additional moisture
in the foliage until the root
system is able to sustain the
moisture supply to the
leaves. This material will not
revive dead plants, but may
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j the clamp so it can’t
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l-Lok spacer band seats
in the tractor rim, taking
prevent or reduce further
injury until the wtfather
warms naturally. Follow the
package direction for ap
plication.
Minor root injury can be
overcome with light ap
plications of fertilizer. Mild
stimulation of the root
system in the Spring may
help to speed the recovery of
the plant. Generally to
pound of a 10-5-5 analysis
fertilizer per each 100 square
feet of surface area under
the plants will be adequate
for the spring. Too much
fertilizer may burn the
exsisting roots and set the
plant back even further.
After the fertilizer ap
plication, water the plants
well to move the material
into the root zone. Keep the
plants watered well during
the dry weather to prevent
root injury. Care is needed,
however, not to over water
the plants at any time since
+ his condition can also bring
about additional root injury
and may kill the plant
completely.
Mechanical injury
resulting from an ac
cumulation so snow should
be pruned off to sound wood.
The severly split.or splin
tered wood will not heal and
can endanger the remainder
of the plant. Rough edges on
any such wound should also
be trimmed smooth with a
sharp knife. Paint any ex
posed cuts and inner wood
with a tree wound prparation
designed for this use.
Animal inury may not
always be easy to correct
since it frequently involves
total removal of the bark on
the plant. Where all the bark
has been eaten from a stem
about all that can be done is
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 16,1977
11,000 volunteers assisting in
removed of roadside litter
HARRISBURG, Pa. - - In
conjunction with “Keep
Pennsylvania Beautiful
Days'* April 29 and 30, the
State Transportation
Department plans a major
program to remove
thousands of tons of litter
from its state highway
system.
The annual campaign
coincides with the national
objective of the Keep
America Beautiful
organization, which last year
awarded a Distinguished
Service Citation to PennDOT
for its enviornment
protectinn efforts.
PennDOT crews in all of
the epartment’s 67 County
Maintenance Districts will
by assisted by volunteers in
organized youth groups such
as Boy and Girl Scouts,
conservation and service
bodies, and civic-minded
individuals.
In recognition of the
volunteer effort, expected to
involve about 11,000 in
dividuals, the Department’s
to prune that portion back to
a lower side branch or bud. If
the injury has occurred on
the main trunk you may wish
to wait and see if the plant
will send out new shoots
from some point below the
injury. If this occurs, prune
off the stem above the in
jury.
On smaller stems where
there is minor chewing, or
girdling is not complete, use
a sharp knife to trim and
smooth the edges of the
wound. Paint the exposed
inner wood with tree wound
paint after it is trimmed.
A light application of
fertilizer as described above
will help to stimulate new
growth on animal injured
plants that are not com
pletely girdled.
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Roadside Environment
Division headed by Robert
Ross, will present 3,000
Beautification - Con
servation award patches and
8,000 meritorious service
certificates.
Ross said more than 98,000
persons participated in last
year’s observance during
which more than 4,000 tons of
litter were removed from
over 12,000 miles of State
highway.
Operations Friday, April
29, will involve only
Department personnel to
concentrate on preliminary
pick-up and preparation for
the massive undertaking the
following day.
Organized groups and
individuals desiring to take
part in the clean-up should
contact the PennDOT
maintenance office in their
respective counties for
scheduling their
cooperatives efforts, Ross
said.
Berks County
dairy dob
holds meeting
The Western Berks 4’H
Dairy Club met on April 4,
1977 at the home of Karen
Lesher.
A general business session
took place, followed by
refreshments.
Hie next meeting will be
held on May 12 at the home of
John Stump.
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