Transplants Offer Fast Start
BY WILLIAM BARROW JR.
Agricultural Extension Agent
Onset of warmer than normal
temperatures has set many minds to
pondering about
planting time.
Vegetable gar
deners arc usu
ally the most
anxious, with
uiougnts ot the
first tomato or
bite of sweet
com. More
often than not,
some will be
BARROW
lulled into planting too early. As a
rule of thumb, garden peas, edible
podded peas and onions should be
planted in January. Cabbage, car
rots, Irish potatoes, radish, rutabaga
and spinach can be planted in early
February.
Many gardeners will use trans
plants sometime during the year.
The advantages of doing so include
a quicker start, few germination
problems and early harvest. These
are all based on the assumption that
good quality transplants arc used.
How do you tell a good transplant?
Here are a few keys to consider.
GARDENING TIPS
First, the plants should appear
vigorous. Arc they green and ac
tively growing? A good green color
indicates they have not been held
in storage too long and have not
been starved for nutrients. Select
transplants that are still succulent.
Second, look tor tiuck stems.
"Leggy" plants arc subject to wind
damage and never seem to develop
uniform growth habits.
Third, avoid root damage. We
often associate a bigger root ball
with a better plant. Larger root
balls have more roots, but root
breakage is also more significant.
When roots arc broken they give
off ethylene, which inhibits growth
of the young plant. Broken roots
also lag behind undamaged roots in
new root production.
Finally, choose disease and in
sect free plants. If you grow y6ur
own transplants, inspect the bed
before pulling and treat for pests if
needed. When purchasing plants,
inspcct them for insects and dis
eased areas. Purchase plants from
established producers.
Club Gives Teachers Chance
To Share, Discuss Readings
Fifty Brunswick County elemen
tary and middle school teachers are
getting extra homework these days
as members of a ne w book club.
Members of the Brunswick
County Schools Professional Book
Club met for a second time Feb. 1 at
Bolivia Elementary School to read,
to share and to discuss ? books
about the teaching of reading and
writing. The group include repre
sentatives of all county middle and
elementary schools.
According to Superintendent
John Kaufhold, the club "provides
teachers an opportunity to meet to
gether, share and discuss profes
sional trends and ideas."
A published writer, Kaufhold reg
ularly shares his experiences as a
writer with students in the school
district.
At club meetings he serves as one
of four discussion facilitators when
the teachers break up into smaller,
informal groups to rcsd, shore diiu
discuss the books and authors they
arc reading. Other facilitators arc
William Harrison, assistant superin
tendent for currciulum; Diane Pa
quin, elementary supervisor; and
Gloria Yount, director of staff de
velopment.
Members of the group are current
ly reading and discussing four
books related to the curriculum:
Writing: Teachers and Children at
Work, by Donald Graves; The Art of
Teaching Writing, by Lucy Calkins;
In the Middle, Writing, Reading
and Learning, by Nancy Atwcll;
and Independence in Reading, by
Don Holdaway.
Kittens Up For Adoption
Four domestic, short-haired kit
tens arc among the pets up for adop
tion this week at the Brunswick
County Animal Shelter.
The two male and two female kit
tens arc approximately three months
old and playful, according to Ani
Training School
Musicians To Meet
The South port community is
gearing up for its annual homecom
ing weekend May 25 through 28,
according to event chairperson Re
gina Alexander.
All former members of the
Brunswick County Training School
Glee Club and Band who wish to
participate in the annual event
should meet Saturday, Feb. 10, at 7
p.m.. at E.W. Gore's rental office on
Owen Street, South port
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mal Control Supervisor Zclma Bab
son. Three of the kittens are black
and the other is white and black.
Other pets available this week in
clude two mixed terrier puppies.
The two female dogs are three
months old, small to medium in size
and arc described as friendly.
Also up for adoption this week
are three female elkhound/chow
mix puppies. The dogs are about
nine weeks old and arc adorable,
said Ms. Babson.
These and other animals can be
seen weekdays from 8 a.m. until
4:30 p.m. at the Brunswick County
Animal Shelter off N.C. 21 1 south
of Supply.
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Region Enjoyed Mild January
Following one of the coldest
months on record in December, the
Wilmington area enjoyed a mild
January with an average monthly
temperature seven degrees above
normal.
The average monthly temperature
in January was 52.6 degrees, ac
cording to preliminary data from the
National Weather Scrvicc office in
Wilmington.
Temperatures ranged from a low
of 25 degrees Jan. 14 to a high of 75
degrees Jan. 20. There were no new
records set during the month.
The warm January irt southeast
ern North Carolina followed the
second coldest December on record.
Several new weather records were
set in Dccembcr 1989, including an
all-lime low of zero degrees Christ
mas Day and a snowfall of 15 inch
es.
Although it was cloudy or partly
cloudy for 20 of the 31 days in Jan
uary, the weather service recorded
73 percent of the sunshine possible
during uic fiuxiui.
There was measurable precipita
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rainfall was 2.34 inches, which was
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The average wind speed during
the month was 7.5 mph, while the
fastest one-minute wind speed was
23 mph. Westerly wind gusts of 37
mph and 36 mph were recorded Jan.
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State Rewards Local Angler
John McNally of Long Bcach is
one of 32 anglers who received
plaques from the state for entering a
winning fish in ihc 1989 N.C.
Saltwater Fishing Tournament
McNally won with a 10-pound,
8-ouncc triggerfish, good enough to
lead the triggerfish category in the
annual tournament sponsored by the
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries.
The fish was caught Nov. 1 1 south
of Cape Lookout.
Each year, the division awards
plaques to anglers who enter the
largest fish in each of 33 fish cate
gories ranging from spot and croak
er to sailfish and shark.
The only winning fish caught in
local waters last year was a flounder
that weighed 14 pounds, one ounce.
Oscar H. Scull of Faycttevillc hook
ed the flounder Oct 22 off Cape
Fear.
The saltwater fishing tournament
runs January through December of
each year, and there arc no changes
planned for the 1990 tournament,
according to a Marine Fisheries
news release.
In addition to plaques for the
overall winners, the state awarded
4,134 certificates last year to fisher
men who entered fish that met mini
mum weigh requirements. Weight
requirements vary from one pound
for a spot to 300 pounds for a blue
marlin.
The Division of Marine Fisheries
also rewards fishermen who catch
and release red drum, ambcrjack,
white marlin, blue marlin, sailfish
and tarpon. Certificates arc given to
all anglers who release fish, and
plaques arc presented to the six an
glers who catch and release the
most fish in each category.
Thirty-seven percent of the salt
water fishing tournament entries
last year were for releases, an in
crease of 6 percent over 1988. The
increase in releases indicates a
growing awareness of the need to
conserve natural resources, the
news release states.
The largest winning fish entered
in the 1989 tournament was a
1,002-pound blue marlin. On the
other end of the scale, a spot weigh
ing one pound, one ounce was the
smallest winning fish entered.
While marlin and king mackerel
were the two most predominant fish
entered in last year's tournament.
Meanwhile, entries of croaker, spot,
gray trout, black drum, blucfin tuna
and speckled trout were down from
previous years.
To enter the fishing tournament,
anglers must weigh in their catch at
one of 78 official weigh stations
along the North Carolina coast.
There is no entry fee or prc-rcgistra
tion requirements.
Official weigh stations in Bruns
wick County arc located at Tripp's
Fishing Center, Shallotte Point;
Sheffield's, Ocean Isle Beach;
Holden Beach Fishing Pier; Long
Beach Pier; Oak Island Bait and
Tackle Shop, Long Beach; and Cap
tain Jerry's Tackle Shack, South
port.
Health Department Extends
General Clinic Schedule
General clinic is now held at the
Brunswick County Health Depart
ment at Bolivia Monday through
Friday of each week.
Public Health Educator Jennifer
Kye said the expanded schedule
went into effect Feb. 5, up from
three days each week.
Clinic hours are 8:30 a.m. to
11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 4:30
p.m.
Services available vary each day,
she noted.
On Mondays, Wednesdays and
Fridays, immunizations, allergy
shots, pregnancy tests, tests and
treatment for sexually-transmitted
diseases (STDs), hypertension,
cholesterol tests, tuberculosis (T.B.)
skin test and reading and TB pro
gram follow up, intestinal parasites
and lab work on doctor's orders can
be obtained.
The schedule is the same on
Tuesdays, except that no lab work
with doctor's orders can be handled.
On Thursdays, there is also no
lab work on doctor's orders, as well
as no T.B. skin tests, and, on the
first and fifth Thursdays of any
month, no G.C. cultures will be
made.
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