PHOTO BY WANDA OCDEN
Azaleas Herald Spring
Hundreds of azaleas in assorted colors nearly Jill the back lawn of the well-established landscape of
Florence and Rob Cramer, 36 Swamp Fox Drive, Calabash, selected by Carolina Shores Garden Club
as its April Yard of the Month. In addition to a border of white azjaleas, dogwoods and red buds add to
the springtime show. In other garden beds, roses and flowering perennials await their turn to bloom.
NBHS WINS RIP,
Gidley Elected State DECA President
The North Brunswick High
School DECA Chapter returned
from the North Carolina DECA
Career Development Conference
March 4-6 with a state president as
well as numerous awards.
J.D. Gidley was elected to serve
as 1993-94
North Carolina
State DECA
president, said
marketing in
structor Norman
Melton. He said
North Bruns
wick's chapter
has had either a
state vice presi
dent, president gidley
or both during three of the past four
years.
By winning or placing in the top
five in their individual events,
Gidley and Zachary Miller will rep
resent the state at the National DE
CA Career Development Confe
rence in Orlando, Fla.,in May.
Gidley finished in the top five in ap
parel and accessories?master em
ployee, while Miller placcd first in
the state for the entrepreneurship
written event, based on a 40-page
typed business plan. At the state lev
el the chapter earned a Chapter
Three Star Activities Award, one of
only 38 chapters so recognized.
Thirteen of the 15 students attend
ing the conference earned a profi
ciency award, based on scores from
two role play events and a 100-qucs
tion lest.
Earning Stale Achievement A
wards were Sonya Lofton, Steven
Brigman and Chis Rice, marketing
fundamentals; Sharod James, Ma
lika Rohbins, Miller, Brigman and
Rice, marketing mathematics; Dc
wayne Burroughs, Sharlene Bord
eaux, Samantha Squires, Brigman
and Rice, free enterprise/economics.
Gidlcy, Squires and Anne Gore
completed the silver level of the
Merit Award Program for their inde
pendent study in apparel and acces
sories.
Receiving proficiency awards
were Angic Gidlcy, Jason Edwards,
Brandy Townsend, Christine Will
iams, Lofton, Rice, James, Bur
roughs, Brigman, Robbins, Bor
deaux, Squires and J.D. Gidlcy.
Categories of competition entered
by one or more members included
hospitality and tourism marketing,
advertising and visual merchandis
ing, full service restaurant manage
ment; retail merchandising?master
employee; food marketing?super
visory and master employee; apparel
and accessories?master employee
and supervisory.
"Our chapter has consistently
earned a local, district, regional,
slate and national reputation as an
outstanding chapter," said Melton.
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near riant Doctor: A lot of my
Blue Pacific juniper is dying. Please
tell me what to do about it 1 have
enclosed a sample taken from the
plant bed. Please advise.
Answer: The mild winter has al
lowed many insects to continue their
destructive habits. Your juniper is
eaten up with one of the three
species of bagworm (Thvridontervx
enhemeraeformis). These insccts
feed on at least a 128 different host
plants in the southeastern United
Slates. Normally the female moth
lays 500 to 1,000 eggs in a silken
bag attached to the plant during the
autumn of the year. The eggs hatch
during warm weather and the larva
immediately construct a small silken
bag of their own and begin feeding.
The bag is a "mobile home" to the
larva and as the inscct grows so docs
the bag. The larva pupates in the bag
and an adult moth will emerge in
seven to 10 days depending on tem
perature. Adults mate and the pro
cess starts over.
You must understand the life cy
cle of this critter before any treat
ment can be effective. A non-chemi
cal control alternative is to remove
all bags from your plant and burn
them.
Hand removal coupled with the
use of a bacterial insecticide, like
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bagworm infestations. Malathion,
THE
PLANT
DOCTOR
C.BRUCE
WILLIAMS
Extension Area
Turf Specialist
Scvin, Dursban, and Orthcnc arc al
so suitable for bagworm control if
the products arc used in the early
spring as young bagworms start to
feed. Make sure the product you use
is labeled for bagworm control.
Follow all label instructions and
safety precautions.
Dear Plant Doctor: On our sec
ond visit to Wilmington, 1 purchased
some cotton seeds. I understand cot
ton produces beautiful flowers.
Would cotton grow in a northern
garden (near New York City)? 1 un
derstand in the Carolinas the seed is
planted much, much earlier than
would be possible up here. Any ad
vice you can give me on this would
be greatly appreciated! Thank you.
Answer: Upland cotton
(Gossynium hirsuium) is the most
common species of cotton raised for
fiber. A woody perennial tropical
member of the Malvaceae or
Mallow family, colton is grown as
an annual in the southern temperate
climates. Cotton, shrub Althca, hol
lyhock, and okra arc botanically re
lated. The common ancestry can be
easily observed in the unique and
characteristic structure of the flower.
You should have no trouble grow
ing cotton in southern New York if
seed arc started indoors or arc pro
tected from frost in early May. Soils
in your area should be adequately
warm for outdoor planting in late
May or June. Your cotton will prob
ably flower late in the summer or
early fall but not produce mature
cotton bolls. Cultivate and fertilize
your cotton nlants as you would
tomatoes.
Send your gardening questions
and comments to The Plant Doctor,
P.O. Box 109. Bolivia. N.C. 28422.
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