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GRAPE VINES, Ray J Jongson reminds, can be very prolific when

‘producing :new. canes. Shortly “after the fruit. clusters: have
“formed you should leavs two leaves beyond the fruit and cut off
: ithe rest of the vine. hy . :

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ARDENERS ARE
inclined to sit back
and watch their gar-
den grow at this time of the
year, However, there are a few
seasonal jobs that should be
done.
The raspberry season is over and

_ this is the time to prepare your patch

for next year. If your canes are the
traditional summer-bearing type and
have finished fruiting, remove the
‘old brown canes. Cut them off as
low to the ground as possible, leav-
ing the strong new green shoots.

(Cleaning out the old wood will
allow more light and energy for the
development of the new canes. The
old canes should be chipped or put
in the garbage as they are an excel-
- lent place for insects to survive the
winter.: |

Remove all weeds from the patch
but do not cultivate too deeply as
raspberry roots are very shallow. A
light application of 6.8.6 or 4.10.16
” fertilizer and a good layer of com-
post will prepare the canes for the
next fruiting cycle, Check your sup-
port posts and wires to make sure
‘they'll survive another winter. Ever-
bearing raspberries can be treated in
a similar way in the late fall. =

Delphinium is another plant that
benefits from having the old stalks

_ cut out after they have finished flow-

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Jonsson _

J] sow it grows

ering. Cut all the stalks to the

ground, weed and fertilize with 6.8.6
and/or compost. When adding nutri- -
ents in the summer, water well to get

~ the food down to the roots. Strong,

well fed plants will often produce a
second set of blooms before the fall.
Iris, like most perennials, need
replanting every. few years. The soil
needs renewal and the rhizomes
become crowded and diseased. The
middle or end of August, when the
leaves look ragged, is x good time to
lift iris and reset them, Save sections
of healthy rhizome that are six to
eight inches (15 to 20 cm) long and
have leaves at one end, After renew-
ing the soil with compost or well-
routed manure, set the rhizomes in
the soil so that they are just barely

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covered with soil. Do not try to bury
the fibrous roots wo deeply.

When the rhizomes are firmly i in
place, water the soil and allow the
surface of the rhizomes to be
exposed. Iris are prone to rot and
disease if planted too deeply. - -.,

As annual and perennial blooms
fade they should be removed quick-
ly, not only for aesthetic reasons, but
also to prevent seed formation. :
Seeds are the ultimate goal for plants
and once they are formed, the plants

“will often stop blooming. If the plant .

is one that produces an abundance of.

unwanted seedling around the yard.’
then the fewer seeds the better. .'
Grape vines can be very prolific
when producing new canes. Shortly .
after the fruit clusters have formed
you should leave two leaves beyond °
the fruit and cut off the rest of the
vine. This pruning will help re- direct *
the plant’s energy into forming larg-
er fruit rather than more greenery. «°
Continue cutting back the new. ,

- growth unless the canes are going to

be used for renewal on the trellis.

Most fruit trees that I have seen,
this year have a heavy crop. It is”
easy ‘to underestimate the number of |
ripidly developing fruit and the...
weight this places on the-branches.
Check the volume of fruit forming:
and make sure the tree. is Strong”

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