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Hoke Agricultural Extension News L_. M/rih. I# A > rL^jtw i^il ? rwTwoinwni^ n^iwpn? POINSETTIAS - CARE AND M HANDLING Poinsettias are traditional Christmas plants; whose red, pink or white bracts (which are the main part of the flower) help to brighten up the home or office. Care at Christmas The length of time your poinset tia will give you pleasure is depen dent on (1) the maturity of the plant, (2) when you buy it from the florist, and (3) on how you treat the plant. Poinsettias should retain their beauty for 3 to 4 weeks in the home. However, some of the new varieties will last much longer if they are given adequate light, water, fertilizer, and given the pro per temperature. The plants have been grown at temperatures of 60 degrees F to 70 degrees F with a high relative * humidity and maximum sunlight in the greenhouse. Place the pot in the sunniest position in the room, but avoid temperature fluctuations and drafts. The temperature of your home will probably be somewhat higher than that at which the poinsettia was grown, and conse quently the plant will not remain attractive for a maximum period g of time. Keep the plant away from cold windows, radiators or air registers. If you can, move it to a cool room at night, where the temperature is no cooler than 50 degrees F. Examine the plant regularly and water it whenever the soil looks and feels dry. Frequency of water ing will depend primarily on the t temperature at which you keep your poinsettia. Fill the pot to the top with water, and allow it to soak into the soil. Repeat until water begins to trickle out of the base hole of the pot, showing that the soil is wet to the bottom. Discard all excess water. Care After Christmas You can keep your poinsettia and bring it into flower again for next Christmas by treating it in the following way: As the flowers pass maturity, leaves and bracts will fall. When about half of them have fallen off, gradually reduce the amount of water you give the plant, until the soil is completely dry. The plant is now in a state of dormancy and can be stored in the basement or a dark room at 50 degrees F without watering. When new shoots begin to grow on the old stems, or when night temperatures are above 50 degrees F out of doors, start watering again. Use a soluble complete fer tilizer such as 20-20-20 twice each month, at the rate recommended by the manufacturer. Cut back stems to approximately 4 to 6 in ches and re-pot the plant in new soil. This soil should be porus to allow free drainage and avoid waterlogging. Leave a space of Vi to 1 inch between the top of the soil and the rim of the pot, for water ing. If the night temperature out doors still falls below 50 degrees F, keep the plant indoors in a sunny location. When danger of late spring frosts has passed, put the poinset tia pot into the ground in your garden. Select a place that receives full sunlight most of the day. First, line the bottom of the hole with an inch or two of coarse gravel, to insure that the pot does not stand in a puddle of water. Then place the pot in the hole and fill in with soil to the top of the pot. Turn the poinsettia pot regularly to prevent rooting through the bot tom holes. A quarter turn each week will be sufficient, and also will help to keep the plant growth even all around the pot. If the pot is not turned, one side might get more sun than the other . - Farm Focus by RJehtrd'CUHwi Btnb tfMNmfc * f I m I?J1 I L? ? i?L Plgl J ^uKj DCTinllOfi UvvSTOCX ngfltiT tXTMtlvfi nUC Wlp r^lfn Safety is an area that many farmers, farm workers, and even farm visitors don't really think about. Too many times accidents happen as a result of hazards or mistakes in judgment because of that. Hazards exist on every farm. Spotting them and correcting them, or at least properly warning others against them are the respon sibility of the farm owner and workers. One way to protect workers from hazards on the farm is to properly train them in the use of equipment they will bp using. Not only will training help in pro tecting them, it should also help in crease their level of performance. Another way to keep hazards to a minimum is to check for them periodically. Make an inspection of your farm just as homeowners should of their homes. Check elec trical wiring and equipment, look over tools, walk through storage places and across walking areas. Also, you should test heating equipment, vehicles, and farm machinery, as well as, smoke detectors and fire extinguishers. When you find a hazard, correct it. Don't wait to do it "someday." Many accidents occur due to hazards that you meant to fix when you had more time. If you are too busy to fix it, mark it properly and tell anyone else who might come in contact with it. -- Good housekeeping on the farm can eliminate just as many hazards as it can in the home. Over the last few years there have been many efforts to promote the importance of safety on the farm. Undoubtedly, those efforts have done some good. In fact, there was a five percent drop in the number of agricultural deaths from 1980 to 1981. However, there are still too many stories of children and old folks being killed or disabled because of farm accidents. Make an effort this year to make your farm as safe as possible. Garden Montrose? The big pond is part of it and goes with the geese, and vice ver TAME GOOSE CHASE? ? Who knows except the geese, which live near sa. (Photo by Bill Lindau). Carowinds Launches Performer Search Carowinds theme park will be launching a massive six-city talent search in late January to find per formers for its 1983 live shows pro gram. The search will begin with audi tions at Carowinds theme park on Jan. 30. Auditions will also be held at the University of South Carolina in Columbia on Jan. 31; East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C. on Feb. 1; University ot North Carolina in Chapel Hill on Feb. 2; University of North Carolina in Greensboro on Feb. 3; and the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston Salem on Feb. 4. Carowinds Live Shows Manager Sill MilleCi$tated that the park needs approximately 100 per formers and technicians to work in the 77-acre theme park's eight live shows. "We need singers, dancers, musicians and specialty acts such as magicians and jugglers," said Miller. Miller said over 1,000 per formers auditioned for the live shows last year, and he cxpects an even higher number to compete for these jobs in 1983. All instrumentalists will be audi tioned as individuals. Carowinds does not hire musical groups with the exception of Bluegrass bands. Interviews for technicians will be held at the School of the Arts in Winston Salem on Feb. 5. Technicians, costumers, Hanna Barbera characters and usherettes will also be interviewed at Carowinds on Feb 6. More information on the Carowinds auditions can be receiv ed from the Carowinds Live Show Department, P.O. Box 240516, Charlotte, N.C. 28224, (704) 588-2606. Carowinds will reopen for its 1983 season on March 19. ? * ? One-fifth of all North Carolina families with children at home are single-parent families. For That Person Who Has Everything . . .AND WANTS TO KEEP IT. . . CALL Prevention, Inc. Mike Steadman at 864-5330 SALE or LEASE STOP CRIME BEFORE IT HAPPENS' ?Licensed ? Bonded V 4k COSTUME JEWELRY - men s & LADIES' RINGS Reg. S12.95 & SI 8.95 $995 iREATEST *??-? EVER ALL REDUCED ITEMS Cash & Carry Only. . . 4u CA/^RAS ^ , 1 THIS WEEK ONLY SHOTGUNS & RIFLES 10% off 12 ga. Remington 1100 - 16 ga. Remington 1100 - 20 ga. Single Barrel Shotgun - 30-06 Rifles 12 & 20 ga. 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