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Native Trees Can
Use Fertilization
They grow naturally in
the wo^ but the same
kinds of trees grown on your
home grounds for shade can
use a little extra attention,
such as fertilization.
Fertilizer is especially
beneficial in helping newly
set shade trees become
established, suggest
Agricultural Extension Ser
vice specialists at North
Carolina State University.
Fertilizer may also aid
established trees that ap
pear unhealthy. However,
established trees do not need
fertUizer each year.
Fertilizer for trees should
contain two or three times
as much nitrogen as it does
phoqthcnrous and potash. Ex
ample of such fertilizers are
10-6-4, lS-5-6 and 12-4-4.
Since shade trees are not fer
tilized frequently, one-
fourth to one-half of the
nitrogen should be in an
organic form such as cot
tonseed meal or tankage.
Organic nitrogen becomes
available to trees and other
plants more slowly and will,
therefore, feed them more
gradually for a longer
period.
Established trees should
be fertilized only as needed.
It’s generally recommended
that trees be fertilized in
early spring. A second ap
plication should be made in
early summer if additional
nutrients are required.
Avoid fertilizing trees in
late summer.
Use two to four pounds of
fertilizer for each six inches
of tree diameter. Trees leas
than six inches in diameter
should receive one to two
pounds of fertilizer. Measure
trees at breast height to get
the diameter to use.
One of the easiest methods
for applying fertilizer is by
surface application. Surface
application can be used on
both new and established
trees.
Apply the fertilizer even
ly under the tree branches.
Avoid putting fertilizer
within one foot of the trunk
since this can iqjure the root
collar.
If your soil is compacted or
if you have grass growing
under your trees, the most
effective way to fertilize
them is by punching holes in
the soil and putting fer
tilizer in these holes.
Begin punching holes
about one to two inches in
diameter about two feet
from the trunk. Continue
every two feet all aroimd the
tree and out slightly beyond
the spread of the branches.
Then equally distribute the
fertilizer in the holes.
North Carolinians
Challensred To
Think Again’ About
Public Television
I If you think
I someone else
is going
to give for you..
Think Aflolii.
challenging viewers to “Think Again” about how much
North Carolina Public Television means to them, and
about how much they are willing to commit to help
meeting growing costs for programming, technical
services and production.
The “Think Again” campaign leads up to the
Center’s annual on-air fundraising “Festival” in early
March. It is hoped that the pre-Festival drive will
generate enough support that the number and length
of on-air pledge breaks can be reduced this year.
The campaign centers around a variety of on-air
interviews with North Carolina Viewers who discuss
what public television means to them. The interviews
will be shown in one-minute spots between regularly
scheduled programming. Tune in and see what they
have to say. You'll probably find yourself nodding and
smiling in agreement.
But if you think the pleasures you derive from public 4k
television will continue at the present level with the
support of only three viewers in a hundred, “Think
Again.”
Woody Upchurch 12-21-83
Take a minute to consider these questions about your
recent television viewing: When was the last time you
saw a high quality dramatic production on TV? Where
can you find good children’s programming these days?
What is your only source of weekly science and nature
series? Who offers the only hour-long early evening
national newscast?
If you’re like most people in North Carolina, these
questions bring to mind programs like “Masterpiece
Theatre,” “American Playhouse,” “Sesame Street,”
“Nova,” “Nature,” and the “MacNeil/Lebrer
Newshour”—all offered on North Carolina Public
Television.
Now answer one more question. Do you contribute to
public television? Fewer than three out of a hundred
viewers in North Carolina can answer “yes” to that one.
And if you think that’s enough to maintain the quantity
and quality of offerings currently available on public
television. Think Again.
During January and February, the University of
North Carolina Center for Public Television
Rescue Squad in action.
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Grandparents Are
VIPs to a CMd
Second
Concert
Ask a child what a grand
parent is and you will get
some interesting answers.
Grandparents can play five
major roles in a child’s life,
says Dr. Leo Hawkins, ex
tension human development
specialist. North Carolina
State University.
They are the family
historian. “Children love to
hear stories of the ‘the olden
days,’ and grandparents can
m^e their own stories part
of the child’s life story,” Dr.
Hawkins says. These stories
are more than just en
joyable. Through them,
children learn ^at their
parents were once
children,too.
Grandparents can serve as
a child’s mentor, “someone
who takes them under his
wing, sharing the wisdom
accumulated through a life
of experience,” Dr. Hawkins
says.
They are also role models.
“They are living examples
of what the young child can
expect to become. If grand-
pmnts are absent, die child
will pick up an image of
what it means to become old
from other sources, such as
television. Powerful grand
parents also embody the at
titudes, morals, talents and
acceptable behavior for the
family,” Dr. Hawkins notes.
The most basic role grand
parents play is that of a nur-
turer, although institutions
provide more and more of
this care. “Today, grand
parents are more Ifiiely to be
called in only during a ma
jor family crisis. As grand
parents become more
detached, they are less like
ly to be called upon to help
and less willing to respond,”
Dr. Hawkins says.
A final role, particularly
important to youngsters, is
that of ‘wizc^.’ “Parents
and teachers are following
certain roles which do not
restrict grandparents. They {
are freer to have fiu with|
the grandchild,” the exten
sion q)ecialist says.
How grandparents fulfill!
these roles depends upon'
many factors, such as
heal^, money, geograidiic
location and desire to
become involved with
grandchildren. “Those who
do become involved, find the
role brings money rewards,”
Dr. Hawkins says.
Joan Gosper 9-21-83
The Craven Commu
nity Concert Association
announces the second
concert of the 1983-84
season. The North
under the direction of
James Ogle will present a
concert Thursday, Jan.
12, 1984, at 8:00 p.m. at
New Bern Senior High
School. Admission is by
membership subscrip
tion only.
Fuller’s
Music House
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