Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Coral Gables Times
Thursday, February 8, 1962, page 37 (of 46)
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for FEBRUARY GARDENERS getting longer...now is the time to begin the garden year
BY JOHN BRIMER Plant Bulbs Outdoors in the South. Many "summer" bulbs may be planted now and also Paperwhite and Soleil d'Or narcissus, Chinese lilies, and amaryllis that have finished blooming indoors. In warm regions it's also time to plant bare-rooted roses, shrubs, and trees. INDOORS Make Notes of Seeds you want to start soon, and get your supplies in. Start Tuberous Begonias indoors now for outdoor summer plants in pots or beds. Use one-third each of leaf mold, peat moss, and sand for soil mixture in flats or compressed peat pots, which will allow roots to penetrate sides later on. Firm tubers down in soil and cover with one-quarter- to one-half-inch of soil over depression in top of tubers from which the roots and stems will grow. Keep soil moist but not wet; when sprouts appear, pot up tubers (peat pot and all) in seven- to eight-inch clay pots filled with rich soil, as soon as two good-sized leaves have formed. Or they may be left in the flat until outdoor-planting time-late May in northerly spots, earlier in mild climates. Start Feeding Houseplants again. Using a half-strength solution twice as often is better than risking indigestion with one big feeding a month. Increase water ration, too. Check Stored Tubers, roots, bulbs. Sprinkle shriveled dahlia tubers lightly with water; if they are moldy, dust with sulfur before replacing in storage medium. Experiments show tubers can be kept healthy and plump all winter by using an antidessicant spray recommended for outdoor use on evergreens to retard leaf-moisture loss. Sow Upland Cress or curled cress in a pot on the kitchen window sill. As they appear, young shoots will give zest to an omelet, perk up a sandwich, add to the taste of a soup or fish dish. Bring in Bulbs potted last autumn and kept outdoors for forcing into bloom now. Keep pots cool and shady (45°-55°) till shoots are a few inches high; then bring into living rooms with temperatures below 70°; water, feed, and nurture till they bloom. When in blossom, keeping pots in a cool room at night will prolong blooming time. Force Flowering Shrub and tree branches to bloom indoors. This month and next, use branches cut when temperatures are 40° or above, to trap sap in the twigs. Immerse them overnight in a bathtub of warm water, then hammer stem ends for an inch or two to assure water entry; put in a bucket of water in a warm place, and when buds burst make arrangements in vases. Use early flowering types now, late bloomers next month. Some good subjects are: forsythia, flowering quince, crabapple, pear, apple, apricot, peach, star and saucer magnolias; also dogwood and lilac, which are best forced with long stems, late in the season.
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