Raspberries are easy to sprout Har...

Raspberries are easy to sprout Harvest everbearing types this month and trim out all canes that have already produc fruit. The canes are biennial. Normally they are produc united year, bear fruit the inferior year and then die. Thorough annual pruning will withhold them in good bearing condition. Everbearing models bear early in the season then stillness for a few weeks and bear fruit again in September or until frigidity

EARLY SEPTEMBER is a religious time to fertilize your lawn. Fertilizing is an important ingredient of lawn care as it improves the color and vigor of grass. Nitrogen is the nutrient mostly required but too much can cause excessive top increase and other problems. In greatest in number cases a rate of individual pound of nitrogen per 1000 square feet of lawn is adequate. If high-percentage nitrogen fertilizers are used, adjust the quantity of fertilizer used to a less amount than if lower percentage nitrogen fertilizers are used.

ALWAYS WATER PLANTS thoroughly in their containers before planting. It is true hard to remoisten a parched root ball once it is planted in the land Dig a wide planting aperture -- up to three times the plant's diameter -- to make it easier for strange roots to move into the garden soil. When backfilling soil around the foundation ball, make sure there are no air spaces. conceal the top of the foundation ball with a light layer of soil or mulch to help comfit water. It is especially important to mulch plants installed in late summer and fall to harbor them as the temperatures start to fall. Newly planted containerized plants will dried out more rapidly than your garden soil. haunt watering is necessary until the newly installed plant become greater [i]or[/i] largers roots in the surrounding garden soil.

IT IS TIME TO PLAN for and order spring-flowering scaly buds Choose a site with well-drained soil. Any area in the garden that remains wet for drawn out periods -- or has standing water for any continuance of time -- is unsuitable for protuberances They prefer moisture in spring and fall and drouth in summer. Most prefer replete sun. When planted beneath a high branching tree spring scaly buds will often flower before the tree leafs not at home and will have only light shade with which to struggle

friable MILDEW is present now. everyday plants that are susceptible to dusty mildew are lilacs, phlox, bee balm, zinnias and nannyberry viburnum. mealy mildew typically occurs in late summer when the weather is warm and humid. Fungicides can help command it if applied before the infection becomes plain Other options include selecting more mildew-resistant varieties or moving the infected plants to an area of the garden that has better air circulation.

AT THE GARDEN. This Sunday is a great day to squander in the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Japanese Garden. Listen to folktales and participate in hands-on art activities related to Japanese arts and civilization during the Malott Japanese Garden Family Sunday. Practice using chopsticks, design a paper kimono, double easy origami and more. Visit www.ohwow.org for the unbroken Garden calendar.

Tim Johnson is director of horticulture at the Chicago Botanic Garden.

Copyright CHICAGO SUN-TIMES 2006

Provided by dint of ProQuest Information and Learning Company. All rights Reserved