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Wisteria, azaleas, roses, shrubs and a wide variety of annuals and perennials Jill the Sunset Sands
Garden Club's April Yard of the Month, at the home of Bob and Anne lioehmer, 1129 Indigo Circle,
Sea Trail, at Sunset It each. The front features an informal mixed planting bed, while a landscaped
wooden walkway leads to a screened-in porch overlooking the marsh in rear.
Red Cross Removes Donor Age Cap
An increased demand for blood
has prompted liic American Red
Cross to eliminate iLs age limit for
donors.
People older than 75 can now do
nate blood.
An October study by the Amer
ican Association of Blood Banks
found that while the aging of society
will result in an increased demand
for blood components, the same de
mographic trend has the potential to
prixlucc a larger group of untapped
blood donors-older adults.Whilc el
derly donors tend to take more med
ication than younger ones, the study
indicated that factor did not prevent
them from making regular blood do
nations.
Only 74 people in the Blood Ser
vices Carolina Region who are regu
lar blood donors arc in the 75-year
old category. The region serves 121
hospitals in the Carolines and parts
of Tennessee, Virginia anil Georgia.
"Wc hope that the new age limit
rule will help encourage both repeat
donations and even first-time dona
tions by older adults," said Dr. Jerry
Squires, principal officcr for the re
gion.
Other eligibility changes arc also
in effecL These relate to information
regarding medications; delays in do
nation related to antibiotics treat
ment, changes in blood pressure
medication or insulin levels.
Donors who have had cancer may
donate as long as they had no
chemotherapy or no recurrences in
the past five years. Previously they
were unable to donate. Also, donors
who have had seizures must now
wait only three months to give,
rather than a year.
However, donors with pacemak
ers arc not eligible to give blood.
And those who have been ex
posed to German measles, red meas
les, mumps or chicken box will be
deferred for three weeks unless they
have been immunized or have had
the disease. Donors who have been
exposed to meningitis arc deferred
for three weeks.
People arc eligible to donate
blood every 56 days. They must be
at least 17, weigh 110 pounds or
more, and be in general good health.
The process takes about an hour and
includes what the Red Cross calls a
"free mini-physical".
The Cape Fear Chapter's Blood
Center is open from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Mondays and Wednesdays and 8:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Thursdays and
Fridays. Call 919-762-5540 for ap
pointments.
Bloodmobilc stops arc scheduled
regularly in Brunswick County.
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Apples Challenqe
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The Home Gardener
Dear Plant Doctor: I have two
nice apple trees that really produce,
howcvci, I tan iicvci icii wiien Uj
spray them.
I cannot find any insects although
the apples still get "stung," which
causes them to fall off or leaves a
ilimnlp thru hinders thrir irnwth
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How do I prevent this problem? Any
otner tips on growing appies would
be appreciated. Thanks.
Answer: Producing high quality
apples in eastern North Carolina is
one of the greatest horticultural
challenges to the home gardener.
The apple (Mai us pumila ) is
thought to be native to the Caucasus
Mountains of southern Asia but is
presently grown in most temperate
regions of iho world
Like many other members of the
rose family, the apple is susceptible
to a wide spectrum of insect and dis
ease pests. Apple trees require a cer
tain amount of cold temperature (be
low 45 degrees Fahrenheit) chilling
for proper flowering and growth.
The amount of chilling differs de
pending upon apple variety. For this
area low chilling varieties usually
perform best.
The most prudent method for con
trolling pests on apples is to use an
Integrated Pest Management ap
proach. To produce a high quality
fruit, the apple grower must under
stand and use many pest control
methods and cultural practiccs.
The unnecessary application of a
pesticide costs money and potential
ly can create pest problems that even
the best pesticides or cultural prac
ticcs cannot control. It is paramount
that the pest problem be positively
identified. This requires constant ob
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PLANT
DOCTOR
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Turf Specialist
scrvalion and monitoring of your
trees for pest populations that will
harm apple quality or yield.
I cannot positively identify the in
sect pest causing the problem with
your trees, but it sounds like the
Tarnished Plant Bug (Lyrics Itneo
laris).
This small brown insect has pierc
ing-sucking mouthparls that intro
duce a toxic saliva into the plant
when the insect is feeding. Insect
feeding can causc young fruit to
drop or dimples to appear on the
older fruit.
This inscct is most activc in early
March through May. You can con
trol it through preventive insecticide
sprays. Be sure the insecticide you
apply is specifically labeled for ap
ples, because some insecticides may
cause premature apple drop if im
properly applied. Follow all label in
structions and precautions.
Contact your local North Carolina
Cooperative Extension office for
help in obtaining positive identifica
tion of the pest when damage is not
ed.
I am sending you two publica
tions, Integrated Management of
Apple Pests in North Carolina
(AC1378) and Disease ami Insect
Management in the Home Orchard,
Fruil Disease Information Note No.
2, that will outline pcsiicides and
cultural practices that will help you
pnxluce !>eitcr apples.
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If you have a history of blossom
end rot with your tomatoes or pep
pers, now is a good time to begin
correcting the problem.
Blossom end rot is caused in
tomatoes and peppers by dry weath
er and the lack of available calcium
in the plant. The naturally derived
mineral products, dolomilic lime
stone or gypsum, will provide the
necessary calcium in the soil thai
your plants need.
Apply these amendments based
upon N.C. Department of Agri
culture soil test recommendations. If
you have already planted, calcium
chloride ( two to three tablespoons
to a gallon of water) applied every
seven to 10 days beginning at bloom
will provide a rapid source of avail
able calcium to the tomato fruit.
A good straw or other organic
mulch around the plant will also
help prevent blossom end rot by
conserving soil moisture.
Send your questions and com
ments to The Plant Doctor. P.O. Box
109. Bolivia. N.C. 2X422. Please
enclose a SASE if requesting publi
cations or a reply.
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