Coral Gables Historical Archive
The Coral Gables Times
Thursday, March 1, 1962, page 33 (of 43)
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CRABGRASS: How the Agrico Lawn Plan helps you wipe it out once and for all!
The A. A. C. Co. 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 Agrico CRABGRASS CONTROL common sense approach to lawn beauty: Agrico LAWN PLAN
You can have nothing but pink in your garden and still have plenty of variety, masses of color Keeping Your Garden "in
HAVE YOU EVER tried sticking to just one color in your garden, from the first spring flowers to frost? It's tricky but rewarding, and once you work out a good scheme you can get the greatest variety and ring the most appealing changes on it. Let us take pink — not only because it is color news at the moment, but also because it offers such a wide choice, such a range of possible combinations and subtleties. First come the annuals, since they should be planted early to get the showiest possible bloom in all areas. Let us begin with the brand-new pink Polynesian Zinnia for the center of the bed—it grows 2 to 21⁄2 feet tall—and work outward from there. It is a "hot" pink, Cut-And-Come-Again zinnia, so we shall choose Salmon Rose, of the same class, to place harmoniously beside it. In front of them, let's put Peach Blossom and Salmon Lilliput zinnias, growing to 18 inches; and let us edge the bed with 12-inch dwarf bedding petunias: Peach Red, Fire Chief, or Cheerful, the first two in warm red shades and the last in salmon-pink. Backing up the bed, we shall use the 4-foot larkspur Steeplechase Pink (salmon-rose), 3-foot snapdragon Venus (soft pink), or cleome Pink Queen, growing to 4 feet. By now you see how to work, choosing tall, medium, and low-growing plants with flowers that are spikes, round or lacy, to give variety to the picture. Perhaps a word of caution may be in order, though, to guide you in achieving harmony with pink. You will have noted that we have not used just one shade of pink, but that we have interpreted pink broadly so as to include pastels as well as deep tones that verge on red. This will give your flower beds considerably more impact and interest than would be the case with the one-color, one-tone scheme. Vary the quantities, too, with small "blobs" of one variety, a huge one of another, and a medium-sized quantity of a third, repeating the varieties in another part of the border or garden but reversing or changing the Suburbia Today, March 1962 18