—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, July 8,1978
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Mid-July best for shrub cuttings
Taking slips or cuttings from a favorite shrub with the
intention of growing more has an attraction for many
gardeners.
But this is something that has to be done at the right
season advise Extension personnel.
Mid-to-late July is about right. Make the cutting from
this year’s growth as it begins to harden for the Summer.
A cutting taken too soft will rot. One that’s too hard will
not root, says Schutzki.
Take a cutting four to six inches long and stick it into a
rooting medium. This can be half-and-half mixture of
peatmoss and coarse sand, or perlite, a white volcanic
ash, in a large flower pot.
First dip the woody cuttings m a rooting hormone, (that
you can buy at a garden store) and then place the end
about an inch deep in your rooting medium.
Water the cutting well, then cover the spot and cuttings
with a plastic bag. A few garden labels or sticks will keep
the bag from collapsing.
Place your pot of cuttings in the shade or indoors. You
won't have to add much water, if any. for several weeks.
Plant your rooted cuttings in a coldframe the first
Winter and shade them next Summer so they don't stand
in the full sun.
Spray to control Japanese beetles
The Japanese beetle is a destructive plant pest that
feeds on shrubbery, trees, fruits, and some shade trees.
Its appetite for roses also causes home gardeners a great
deal of concern. Beetle grubs live in the sod and cause
damage to turf.
The adult beetles emerge from the ground from late
June until the beginning of August. Females deposit their
eggs in the soil during the Summer months. When the eggs
hatch, the young grubs start feeding until cold weather
forces them to move deeper into the soil. During the
Spring months, the grubs resume feeding'. About two
weeks before adults emerge, the grubs enter the stage of
their life when they transform from grubs to adult beetles.
Carbaryl (Sevm) is an effective insecticide to use to
protect your ornamental plants from attack by Japanese
beetle adults. Use two tablespoonsful of 50 per cent wet
table powder to each gallon of water.
Methoxychlor is also effective for Japanese beetle
control. Repeat applications when necessary.
Flies destroy gypsy moths
HARRISBURG - Are
there gypsy moth cater
pillars in your oak woodlot
plus a lot of flies, flies that
land on your arm and refuse
Milk price announced
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -
Middle Atlantic Order
Market Administrator
Joseph D. Shine has an
nounced a Class I milk price
of $12.04 per hundredweight
for August 1978. Shine said
that the price is up one cent
from July and is 66 cents
higher than the August 1977
price. Order No. 4 prices are
announced for milk testing
3.5 per cent butterfat, f.o.b.
plants located within 55
miles of Philadelphia, and
also within 75 miles from the
nearer of Washington, D.C.
or Baltimore. There is also a
6-cent direct-delivery dif
ferential applicable to
producer milk received at
plants located within 55
miles of Philadelphia.
Shine announced a Class II
milk price of $9.17 per
hundredweight for June 1978
and a butterfat differential
of 12.3 cents. The Class II
price is up two cents from
the previous month.
Substituting
When substituting whipped
butter for regular butter in
recipes, use the following
conversions One-third to
one-half more than the
recipe calls for if the
measurement is by volume,
if the measurement is by
weight, use the amount
called for
to be shooed away? If so,
you’re not alone.
The flies, found in gypsy
moth infestations throughout
the world, are strictly
These class prices are
based on the June 1978
Minnesota-Wisconsin man
ufacturing milk price of $9.26
per hundredweight adjusted
to a 3.5 per cent butterfat
content.
The USDA reported that
the wholesale price of Grade
A butter at Chicago for June
was $1.0671 per pound and
the nonfat dry milk price as
$.7075 per pound f.o.b. plants
in the Chicago area.
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beneficial but in the past few
weeks the Department of
Environmental Resources
Bureau of Forestry has been
receiving complaints about
the flies which are attracting
more attention in some
areas than the gypsy moth.
There are two species of
flies mvolved - “Blephanpa
pratensis” and
“Parasetigena silvestris” -
which are not being released
in Pennsylvania by any pest
management agency,
reports DER’s Division of
Forest Pest Management.
They were introduced into
North America from Europe
at the turn of the century to
fight the gypsy moth and the
flies you see are the
descendants of the early
immigrants.
Both species are ex
tremely valuable in reducing
the gypsy 1977 the
“Parasetigena” killed about
half the large caterpillars in
most of the infested areas of
Pennsylvania, while
“Blepharipa” can be
credited for the demise of
about a quarter of the gypsy
moth population.
The flies do not bite or
sting humans or spread
disease. Their survival
depends on the gypsy moth
caterpillars for when 'the
gypsy moth are gone the
flies will disappear.
So put away your insect
sprays, swatters and fly
paper, suggests DER, and
bear with the “superflies”
as they help manage the
gypsy moth population.
TSt