The Startoamca, Salami OrogotC Sunday, August 24, 1952-1
Exchange Student Likes the Valley
By UIXIE L. MADSEN
Garden Editor, The Statesman
One thing for sure, says Lore
Gottert, who is studying here from
Hiigartshousen, Germany, is that
American hens don't cackle like the
German ones do. Lore, who talks
very fine "United States," has been
studying the language only four or
five months. One marvels at how
much she has learned.
"You have to learn, and you have
to learn fast if you are going to
eat what you want," she said, as
she told of her experience in or
dering eggs for breakfast.
"I couldn't think of the right
word so I made round signs with
my hands and the waiter thought
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x was lauLiiuj aoout appies. xaen
I did a : very fine imitation, I
thought of the way a hen cackles
at least in German. The waiter
smiled wide and nodded. He knew,
I felt, just what I wanted, and he
hurried off.
"Do you know wha the brought
me?" she querried. "Frog legs!
And I don't like them. Ugh! Your
frogs must sing different from
ours." j . .
Anyway, Lore says she likes the
Willamette Valley. It is much like
home" . . . and the people are
nice, nere, too. ne is staying in
the Middle Grove area at present.
One of Salem's good gardeners
writes that she and her family
are leaving in September to
make their home elsewhere. She
wants to take some of her flowers
along especialy the gladioli and
sre konws they won t be through
blooming by then.
A Mrs. R. F. M. leaves by car,
she could dig the glads with quite
a bit of soil and take them along
that way. It depends so much upon
how much room she will have to
carry things. Also where she is
. going. She doesn't say. It would
be much simpler, of course, for her
to stay right here in Salem and
continue to grow nice flowers in
our valle3'. But if she must go, I
can see where she'd like to move
some of her gardening things
with her. Fm afraid Td have to
have tree movers and everything,
were I to leave.
But in moving growing plants.
during their growing season, it is
necessary to move them either in
pots or well balled with consider
able soil about their roots. Even
so they may suffer some setback.
but they 11 recover if the after
moving care is good. As to the
glads: What about the people who
are moving in? Or some of your
garden friends? Couldn't they take
care of the plants and send them
on after they are dormant? Glads
can be shipped so easily when the
bulbs are dormant.
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the questions, I should say, for I
have had a number as to what
these new soil marvels, called "sod
conditioners" will do for the gar
den. Statements of claims which
Ir- correspondents are writing me
of certain ones, indicate miracles.
""here are things these soil con
ditioners will do. But there are also
a number of things they will NOT
do. and it might be well to learn
th- latter first
For instance: Soil conditioners
re not plant foods. If your soil is
deficient in phosphate or any of
toe other elements soil condition
ers will not supply these. They
Will not correct a lime defipipnrv.
Iior will they correct a humus de
ficiency. To get the most out of
oil conditioners, these troubles
must be corrected senaratelv. TTipv
will not improve a too-sandy soil-
In other words, you can't make
good garden soil out of seashore
and a conditioner alone and they
win -not have effect on soil that is
already good.
They will make riant food in the
o l more available. They will in
crease aeration, make the soil mnn
friable, improve drainage and wat-
er-aoiaing capacity. Seeds, where
toil conditions have been used.
germinate faster, and roots grow
more rapidly and much better.
If your soil, after watering. Is
given to crusting, that soil will be
improved Dy a soil conditioner
After all, the material is just what
it claims to be: A sou conditioner!
When to cut flowers for a show
Is a Question often aslrtwl than
da vs. Cut them the evening before
uiey rausi oe exniDitea and plunge
them up to the neck in a container
Of COOl water. This Will hPln harden
them off for the show tables. If
possible, take the flowers in the
me container witn the same
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Garden Calendar
Aug. 24 Final day of Pacific
Northwest Gladiolus Society show.
Ev-rett, Wash.
-og. 30-Sept. 6 Oregon State
x a r iiower snow, Salem.
Aug. 30-Sept 1 National Con
Tention and shade plant show of
American Begonia. Society, San
Frincisco.
Sept II Mt An g el Garden
Club picnic No-host, at Henry
Arnen farm.
Sept 18-20 North Marion
Conty Fair Flower Show, Wood
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Sept. 19-19 Fall Flower Show,
Victoria, B. C
Sept 27-28 Early Chrysanthe
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Anne Bergholz (left), Marion County Home Extension agent and
Lore Gottert exchange student from Germany, are pictured at the
recent 4-H Club show at the State Fairgrounds. Anne will leave
Wednesdar for f!oInmhi Hnlvmitv TkT ir .k.
during a year's leave of absence from her work here. Miss Gottert
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mjuiS wn me jonn cage lamuy at Middle Grove. (SUtesman
Farm Photo.)
amount of water. And keep the car
windows closed to prevent drafts.
But don't let the sun shine too
brightly through the car windows
on the flowers.
We are being told this summer
that vegetables need one inch of
water each week during the dry
season. Don't sprinkle and then
remove the watering gadget to an
other place. See to it that the soil
is soaked an inch or more before
you move on.
Fm getting complaints of grape
vines mildewing this year ... sev
eral of the same complaints. Dust
with sulphur every week or 10 days
and don't sprinkle the foliage just
before or after sundown. ;
Questions Answers
question will Columbines go I
native? We have bought a little
place right near Salem and there
is a small piece of woodland onl
it about 25 firs and a couple ofl
alders near the little stream. Wei
are clearing out all underbrush
and want to plant a few flowers I
that will more or less take carel
of themselves. We dont plan tot
mow the place but will scythe off
all too tall stuff. . R.
Answer Yes. Columbines will
go native to a certain extent The
flowers are not so large and un
less seed pots are watched, you I
may have them reverting. How
ever many of them will come
true from seed for a long time,
and the old plants, too, live for
years. Have you thought of lily-
of-the-valley, narcissus, violets, I
trilliums?
Question Have big clump ofl
Madonna lilies. Friends want
some but we have forgotten when
best time to take them. Seems like
it is in summer. Mine doing well
in partial shade. Is this best place?
B. H.
Answer August is a good time
to divide the Madonnas. They will
do auite well in partial shade but
very well in full sun, particularly!
if the base of the stalk is in shade
during the hot afternoon.
OnMition Our nansies. Deren-
nial nhlox. and even some of the
zinnias have a grayish white sub-
stance all over the foliage. Is this
kind of a disease? It almost looks
like mildew, but have never heard
of "these plants mildewing. TJ.
Amir,r Vprv likelv is mildew.
All of these plants will mildew if
conditions are right Pansies are
particularly susceptible, uusi wnn
sulfur once a wees unui condi
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