Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Coral Gables Times
Thursday, February 8, 1962, page 36 (of 46)
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CRABGRASS: How the Agrico Lawn Plan helps you wipe it out once and for all!
You can stop the annual invasion of crabgrass—and keep this crab-shaped monster out of your lawn for keeps. But you can't do it with just a crabgrass killer—not even one as effective as AGRICO PRE-EMERGENCE CRABGRASS CONTROL. Complete control—year in, year out—calls for a two-pronged attack: 1. Kill crabgrass seedlings now They're already in your lawn—ready to sprout as the soil warms. One application of AGRICO PRE-EMERGENCE CRABGRASS CONTROL now will prevent these seedlings from becoming full-grown lawn-cheaters. AGRICO CRABGRASS CONTROL kills crabgrass even in the 2-leaf stage (about 1" high), but for best results, apply it now! 2. Next—Feed your lawn Grass scientists say the biggest enemy of crabgrass is a thick, healthy lawn. This kind of lawn will crowd out crabgrass because this lawn-cheater needs sun, growing space and air to germinate and survive. To build a dense lawn, you must feed it a balanced diet of nitrogen, phosphorus and potash. AGRICO GRASS FOOD (60% organic with urea-form) contains these vital elements—and more. Agrico gives you up to 30% more lawn foods per bag than many other fertilizers. So Agrico feeds grass longer. Be careful of short-lasting fertilizers that give out just when crabgrass is at full striking power. This 2-step, common sense approach assures you a good healthy lawn that can keep crabgrass out. Agrico products are formulated for your local soil and climate in our 39 plants. They go through all spreaders—settings are on every bag. Agrico Lawn Plan for Spring First—make sure all your grass is exposed to sun and air by vigorous raking. Next—feed with AGRICO GRASS FOOD for early dense growth. Same day, apply AGRICO CRABGRASS CONTROL. For best results, the soil should not be disturbed following this application. Water deeply; mow no lower than 11⁄2". Bents and southern grasses should be cut 3⁄4" to 1" high. If you're re-seeding, seed at a heavy rate—3 to 4 weeks after applying Crabgrass Control. Insects or weeds? Use AGRICO INSECT CONTROL or AGRICO WEED CONTROL. Get AGRICO where garden supplies are sold. If your store is not stocked yet, write: The American Agricultural Chemical Company, New York 7, New York. Treats 2500 sq. ft. (50' x 50' lawn) Your best buy! Only $7.95 Beneficial to desirable grasses common sense approach to lawn beauty: Agrico LAWN PLAN
Work Sheet The sap is stirring...days are OUTDOORS
Feed Lawns everywhere by Washington's Birthday. You can even spread plant food on the snow, since melting will carry it down to root level. You may find one of the slow-release ureaform lawn foods ideal, for although they cost more you use less, and fewer applications are needed through the year. Apply Crab-grass Killers of the pre-emergence type a few weeks ahead of seed germination time in your area to kill crab-grass seeds. Follow label directions to the letter to insure good results. Don't sow lawn seeds till at least three weeks later. Plant Precooled Tulips, hyacinths, and other bulbs in the South. They'll root quickly and flower well. In most warm places you may also plant ranunculus and St. Brigid's anemones for early flowering. Reseed Patchy Lawns. You can scatter seeds on the snow, and when it melts they'll be brought in contact with the bare soil. Or you can scratch the soil in bare spots, sow seed on it. Feeding will also help thicken lawns by stimulating grass-root growth early. Apply Dormant Sprays only when the temperature is 40° or higher. Scale insects on fruit, lilacs, euonymous, and other plants are best controlled by dormant sprays. Give Epsom Salts to rhododendron and azaleas with yellowing leaves in warm regions now—elsewhere later on—to make them green and healthy. Use a half pound per 100 sq. ft., water in well, and two weeks later spray soil and plants with a ferrous sulfate solution: two oz. to three gal. water Kill Chickweed. It will stay green all winter, even under snow, and unless killed now with a special-formula spray or dust, it will reseed, and you'll never get rid of it. Overhaul the Lawn Mower or have a repairman do it now while he is not rushed. If you do it yourself, wash out carburetor, empty and flush oil pan, check spark plugs for possible replacement, and replace starter cable if it is fraying. After sharpening mower blades, oil to prevent rusting. Review all other garden tools now. Prune Late-Flowering Trees and shrubs now—rose of Sharon, summer spiraeas, vitex, hydrangeas, and the like. Don't prune early bloomers such as forsythia, spiraea, deutzia, except to shape them or to get branches to force into bloom indoors. Cut back after blossoming. Yearly light pruning will keep plants young and healthy. Shape Foundation Plantings Now, also hedges, before they get out of hand. Rake Leaves and Twigs from the lawn, or they'll mat down and kill the grass. Examine perennial beds to see if mulches have blown off and if plants have heaved with the frost; firm them down again so that the roots can take hold once more, before the mulch is replaced. 18 Suburbia Today, February 1962