. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 22 The Florists^ Review September 16, both shoots be tied to one stringf These plants are strong and healthy and about six to nine inches high. Are they too far advanced? Some of the taller plants have formed a bud like the one enclosed. Around the bud are several shoots. I have pinched all the shoots off but one, and also the bud. Is this correct? H. A. C.—Ala. FEBTLLIZEB FOB MUMS. "We are anxious to grow some espe- cially large chrysanthemums this year. Heretofore we have relied on good cow manure alone, used both as a mulch and in li
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 22 The Florists^ Review September 16, both shoots be tied to one stringf These plants are strong and healthy and about six to nine inches high. Are they too far advanced? Some of the taller plants have formed a bud like the one enclosed. Around the bud are several shoots. I have pinched all the shoots off but one, and also the bud. Is this correct? H. A. C.—Ala. FEBTLLIZEB FOB MUMS. "We are anxious to grow some espe- cially large chrysanthemums this year. Heretofore we have relied on good cow manure alone, used both as a mulch and in liquid form, and have always obtained good results, but we should like to produce something still better. Is there a better fertilizer for chrysan- themums? How about nitrate of soda? If this is better, how should it be ap- plied, in what quantities and how often? T. T.—Ky. Cow manure, either as a liquid or a mulch, is an excellent fertilizer for chrysanthemums or any other plant in the greenhouse. I do not know of any- thing better, but it can be assisted by the use of chemical fertilizers. We used nitrate of soda considerably, but found we were doing more harm than good, as this excellent fertilizer does not seem to work out so well on mums as on other stock. Nitrate of potash will give much better results, but the safest chemical, in my experience, to use in with other fertilizers for mums is sulphate of ammonia. Any of the foregoing fertilizers can be used in the proportion of one pound to fifty gallons of water, and when the plants are large and healthy it can be applied once a week as a change from the other fertilizer. Chas. H. Totty. FEEDING CHBYSANTHEMUMS. I have a fine standing of Mrs. Henry Bobinson chrysanthemums, but the leaves are not large and thick. How should I treat them to secure large, thick, green leaves? G. K.—La. In your section, Louisiana, where blooms are grown outdoors, I should judge that the reason the leaves of Mrs. Henry Robinson a
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