'JUNES GAMEMÌI
Dear Readers,
Thank you for the letters you
have sent to "June's Garden"
last year.
I also feel that using these
organic compounds will reduce
or
prevent
the
use
of
insecticides/fungicides in the
spring. When to dormant spray?
Well, when things are dormant,
of course,
RIGHT NOW!
It's
rough on the north coast. The
hardest part is to find a dry
day between Thanksgiving and
Valentine's Day when tempera
tures are above freezing.
Answering the many inquiries
for lists of plants that grow
best on the North Coast and the
most helpful gardening books to
buy has led me to further re
search and continually learn
even more about gardening.
I've tried to answer to the
best
of
my
ability
mostly
gained from green thumb experi
ence of trial and error rather
than scientific know-how.
The
greatest lesson I've learned
is, "The more you think you
know, the more you realize how
little you know."
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If you do decide to dormant
spray, be careful, read the
label carefully.
Lime sulphur
can stain concrete and wood
surfaces.
Dress accordingly,
organic compounds can still
burn your eyes and lungs.
I received these two letters in
December and wanted to share
them with you:
December 12, 1996
Rita Frailey
Cannon
Beach
Service
I am using bordeaux for a
couple
of
reasons,
mainly
because
I
have
a
lot
of
infected pines.
I've spoken
with a nurseryman and he told
me that it is very effective
against that pesty spruce bud
worm and also I kinda like the
French folklore behind it.
(Signed) R. M. Frailey
Letter from T.C. Wood, Coast of
Washington:
Landscaping
I recently read an article that
mentioned origins of a few
plants that we grow here in the
Northwest.
Do you know of a
book that might give me more
information on this subject?
Dormant Spray
What is dormant spray? Even say
the word "spray" to the Cannon
Beach crowd and you have 50
people screaming at you with
their blood pressure boiling.
Answer:
I'm not aware of a
book that would give a complete
list of origins of all plants.
If any of you readers know of
one, please write and let me
know.
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A
book
titled,
"Gardener's
Latin," published by Algonquin
Books of Chapel Hill lists in
alphabetical order the Latin
names used to describe plants.
Some of these words stand for
different countries and regions
such as: armuren'sis: of or
from the Amur River region, the
border
of
Manchuria
and
Siberia. This book might be
helpful as to discovering the
origins, lore and meanings of
botanical names.
Traditionally, I think that all
of us gardeners think that
dormant spray is for roses and
fruit trees. Which is true, but
it could also be used on any
deciduous
plant material
or
evergreens
with
a
specific
problem.
Nothing bothers me
more than a rose that is full
of black spot, this is a prime
candidate for dormant spray.
Also, flowering cherry owners -
- did you notice in the late
summer/early fall, little round
BB-like holes in the leaves but
no evidence of bugs? That's
shot hole fungus and should
also go on the dormant spray
list.
In the November '96 issue of
House Beautiful Magazine, an
article by Allen Lacy mentioned
that early Spanish missionaries
brought back nasturtiums from
Argentina
and
four-o'clocks
from
Peru.
Begonias
and
fuchsias were discovered by
Father Charles Plumier in Santa
Domingo and European botanists
brought
scarlet
sage
from
Mexico
and
Victoria
water
lilies from Bolivia.
All
right,
maybe
you
are
saying, "I don't have roses,
fruit
trees
or
flowering
trees." Dormant spray can also
kill moss on trees and shrubs.
With last season's and this
season's wet weather, I have
noticed an outbreak of Red band
disease on pines, mainly two or
three needled pines (P. con-
torta, P. sylvetris, P. nigra
and even P. thunbergi).
Red
band disease causes chlorotic
spots
on
the
branches
on
needles
and
those
spots
eventually defoliate. If you
have a young pine that doesn't
look healthy, it could have it.
Best luck and happiness for the
New Year, and great success for
a beautiful garden of your own
in 1997.
Please
send
your
comments,
questions and suggestions to
June's Garden, P. O. Box 74,
Cannon Beach, OR 97110.
What goes into dormant spray?
There
are
a
few
different
mixtures. Dormant oil and lime
sulphur is a standard spray mix
and can be found at any garden
center. Never use dormant oil
on an evergreen.
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But
what
is
dormant
spray
anyway?
It's using organic
compounds on plant material
while the plants are dormant to
kill over wintering insects and
help prevent fungus and bac
teria.
An old remedy is a Bordeaux
mixture. This is a mixture used
by
many
certified
organic
gardeners and this is what I am
using this year. The bordeaux
mixture of hydrated lime and
copper
originated
in
the
bordeaux region of France and
has been used for centuries.
You can buy pre-mixed bordeaux,
but it is not as effective.
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