March 31, 1976
Ruhls’ give tips on
FLOWERS
Flowers are usually not
planted -until late April or
early May. Pansies are
among the first flowers to bc
planted outside, because
they’ve ‘been cultimated in
the hotbed during the winter
and have already been ad-
justed to cooler outdoor
temperatures. Gardeners
would normally buy pansy
transplants from the green-
house or roadstands, or
garden marts.
Geranuims, too, are
developed in the green-
house and planted outside
around Mother’s Day with a
flower already in bloom.
Petunias are seeded as
early as January, trans-
planted in March, and
transferred to the garden in
May.
Flowéring plants that are
developed slowly in the
greenhouse and adapted to
the outdoors in a hotbed are
heartier and less likely to
become ‘‘leggy.”’
HANGING PLANTS
Since certain hanging
plants require much sun and
others require more shade it
is important to know your
hanging plant. Hanging
plants require more atten-
tion than ground plants,
because all sides of the
hanging plants are exposed
to quicker evaporation of
water. Hanging plants must
be watered everyday. Hang-
ing plants should be water-
ed so that just a small
amount of water seeps out of
the attached saucer on the
bottom of the pot. Hanging
plants require more fertiliz-
er than ground plants
because constant watering
leaks the nutrients out of the
soil and it becomes inert.
If yellow leaves appear on
the plant, it may be because
it is receiving too much
water, and the oxygen is
being replaced by the excess
water. Hanging plants
vegetable gardening
should be dried out occa-
sionally almost to the point
of wilting to permit oxygen
to return to the roots.
Mrs. Elinore Ruhl has a
B.S. degree in home econo-
mics from Penn State
University. While at Penn
State she worked in a flower
shop. In addition, she was
an individual floriculture
winner at a 4-H contest held
at Penn State.
Mr. Charles Ruhl is also a
graduate of Penn State
University with a B.S. in
horticulture and a speciali-
zation in floriculture. He has
managed the family busi-
ness of Ruhl’s Flower Shop
since 1950 and bought the
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iy VEGETABLE PLANTS
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The Ruhls are the parents
of four children all of whom
are active in the flower
shop.
They are Rebecca, aged
15; Jonathan, aged 14; Mary
Kathleen, aged 12, and
Lisa, aged 9.
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