Mother's Day Tribute
Surprise your mother, wife or grandmother by sending one of her
recipes to be included in a special tribute to mothers in the May 9th
issue of LancasUr Farming.
Include a few sentences about her and a picture if you have one.
Make sure that you include your name. Your address must also be
included if you want die picture returned.
Submissions must be received in our office by May 4 to be included.
Send the information to Lancaster Farming’s Mother’s Day Tribute.
Attention Lou Ann Good. P.O. Box 609, Ephrata, PA 17522.
Recipe Topics
If you have recipes for the topics listed below, please share
them with us. We welcome your recipes, but ask that you
include accurate measurements, a complete list of ingredients
and clear instructions with each recipe you submit. Send your
recipes to Lou Ann Good, Lancaster Farming, P.O. Box 609,
Ephrata, PA 17522. Recipes should reach our office one week
before publishing date.
April
18 - Egg Salad Week
25 - Using Olives
2 - Fish, Seafood
9 - Favorite Recipe Made By Your Mother
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"Crabgrass is a summer
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fessor of turfgrass science.
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growing in the spring or early
summer and is killed by the first
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a crabgrass plant can produce
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Landschoot says that your
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practices - such as proper fertil
ization, mowing and irrigation -
to thicken the lawn and "crowd
out" the weeds. "This should
help to cut down the amount of
crabgrass in the lawn, but good
cultural practices may not elim
inate the problem," he says.
"Where crabgrass is a stubborn
problem, homeowners can apply
a 'pre-emergence' herbicide
designed to kill the plant before
it starts to grow."
Most pre-emergence herbi
cides are marketed as weed-and
feed products; that is, herbicide
and fertilizer rolled into one.
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ers to use spreaders to apply
herbicide while fertilizing at the
same time.
Landschoot warns homeown
ers not to grab the first weed
and-feed product they find at
the garden center. "There are
two types of weed-and-feed prod
ucts; one for crabgrass and
another for broadleaf weeds,
such as dandelions," he says.
"In addition, crabgrass control
must be used in early spring,
while broadleaf weed controls
are most effective in late
spring."
If homeowners cannot distin
guish between the two weed
and-feed products, Landschoot
strongly suggests asking a gar
den center employee or the man
ager for help.
"A common back
yard rule of thumb is
to apply crabgrass
herbicide when for
sythia blooms begin to
drop off the plant,"
Landschoot says. "But
that doesn't always
work, so it's better to
go by date."
Landschoot recom
mends the following
periods for successful
crabgrass herbicide
applications in
Pennsylvania:
Southeastern
Pennsylvania; March
15 to April 15.
Northern tier and
high-altitude counties:
April 20 to May 20.
Other
Pennsylvania areas:
April 1 to May 1.
"Spring seems to be
coming early this year,
so homeowners proba
bly should apply earli
er in those time
frames," Landschoot
explains.
Landschoot also
says that most herbi
cide applications will
not provide 100 per
cent control, but they
will eliminate most of
the crabgrass plagu
ing a lawn for the
remainder of the
growing season.
Landschoot warns
against applying a
pre-emergence crab
grass herbicide in the
summer or fall. The
herbicide is not effec
tive once the crab
grass is visible in the
lawn. If you miss your
spring treatment, let
the frost kill the
plants in fall, then
consider making an
application next year.
"Most pre-emer
gence herbicide also
will kill lawn grass
seedlings, so don't
overseed your lawn for
three to four months
after using a pre
emergence products."