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Agriculture Bromelaids sighted as most stunning plants in entire plant kingdom Bromelaids are some of the mos stunning plants in the entire king dom. Native to the Americans, fo iiage on diverse cultivars is singula) in its rosette pattern of stiff, fibrous fleshly leaves. This unique shap< forms a vase that holds the watei necessary for growth. Flowers aix bracts come in practically ever) color and shape? truly spectacular. pight genera are available in th? United States, each containing doz ens of cultivars, many introduced ev ery year. Most popularly sold in this jp-ea are Billbergias, with pro nounced. mottled leaves, sporting a ciolorful floral spike that will grow tc as much as a foot in height; Neoreg La ia, with leaves that range from dark green to maroon and flowers that nestle deep in the heart of its fun niel , Tillsandia, widely cultivated and includes the unique air plant; and Vressia, or flaming sword, the most colorful and most popular with col t lectors for over a century because of - the shape of its sword-like flower - spike. r Any bromelaid will make that mo6t , inept gardener look talented, as it in > sists on living with even the smallest r amount of attention. I have a Neore ? galia at a beach house that is left for ' weeks with the shades drawn and no heat. I just fill its funnell up with wa > ter and little blue flowers peek out at me. Well, it is not quite that easy. Bromels like the same tempera ? tures as their human companions? 70 to 80 degrees during the day, and i about 60 at night. The cooler the tem ? perature the slower they develop. Bromeliads can stand heat and cold, i but not freezing or stagnant air. Take i care to provide cross ventilation. In summer move the plants outside I to a shaded terrace or screen porch. I Avoid direct sun. 1 Remove dead leaves promptly.and inspect for varmints, which are not / I remit) THE WEEDS 6 J LAN wif&uXv too numerous, just the usual house hold invaders Uke scale and mealy bugs. Remove the scale with a dull knife and daub mealy bugs with an alcohol-doused cotton swab. On the rare occasion an infestation turns se vere, it may be necessary to resort to spraying the entire plant with half strength malathion and isolating in a large plastic bag for three weeks. Crown rot is a fungus disease that results from the crown of the plant being in constant contact with wet soU, caused by overwatering. The disease is fatal. Discard the plant and start again. In the wild, bromeliads are epiph ytes that obtain nutrients from the air and decomposing debris. In the not-so-wild, a little help is needed, but not much. Fertilize sparingly every two months. Dilute acid liquid fertilizer to one-fourth strength, and mist the plant with an atomizer. Fish emul sion diluted to half strength and poured into the base about four times a year Is very beneficial. Spray the plant every two weeks with clear wa ter to remove dust and fertilizer salts build-up. Bromeliads produce offsets around the base of the mother plant, the lat ter usually dying about a year after blooming. When these offsets are ap proximately one-third the size of the original, they may be cut away and potted separately. Replant in a container Just large enough to support it. Bromeliads are very top heavy, so it is advisable to put a couple of inches of broken shards in the bottom to provide extra weight. It is essential to provide a potting mixture that is fast draining. Exam ples are 1) 1 part peat moss, 1 part pine bark; 2) spagnum moss; 3) os munda fiber; 4) tree fern fiber soaked in water 12 hours before us ing; and 5) commercial cattleya mix. For every gallon per potting me dium, mix in Vi ounce dolomitic lime stone. Try to get some roots along with the offset, if you can. If you cannot, don't worry. Bromels use the roots only as a method of securing them selves. They take in all their food and water throughout the leaf bases. Pro vide staking for a while, until the new plant has established itself. . If you a re into roots, you may treat the plant base with rooting hormone / and set in a container with the base of the plant just above the water sur face. The water provides humidity that encourages root growth. Then the plant may be potted in its perma nent container. Huge bromeliads with many off sets may be divided by cutting through the entire soil mass and roots. Replant in a fresh soil mixture. When you definitely get interested in bromels (that's when your original ( purchase has expanded to eight in the living room, two in each bath, three over the kitchen sink? you get my drift?) join the Boomelaid Society. Write them at POB 2352, Riverside, CA 92516. You'd be amazed at how many bromel enthusiasts will want to exchange a few offsets with you. (Note: If you have a question you would like answered in this column, write Mrs. Winslow at POB 42, Hert ford, N. C. 27944.) ( Author asks: What is freedom? Where else, but in America, can we enjoy complete freedom? to worship or not to worship, freedom to pursue a career of our choosing, freedom of conversation and communications. Where else, but in America, can we pilrsue a career that lets us reap the regards of our efforts or lets us fail because of whatever reason. Security from failure seems to be more in peo ple's minds. ''Safety net" os a buzz word that is being adopted much too rapidly, Granted, no one wants to fail. The r^son we're good is because of our fear of failure? we just won't let it happen if we can help it. In the Soviet Union no one fails, but no one suc ceeds. Where else, but in America, can we enjoy more abundance? We are blessed with resources that florish abundance upon us. Our major prob lems seems to center around the management of abundance. Such things as food, cars, computers, sa tellites, etc., are treated as a prob lem, but in reality only in America do we struggle with this. Where else, but in America, can we severely criticize a national leader publicly and get away with it? Opin ions of the individual are a guarded right. Where else, but in America, can we see our flag and then only we will de cide what we will do? We can salute, cry, bow our head or do nothing and we have only ourselves to answer why. Where else, but in America, can we shape our destiny? Through educa tion, perserverance, good luck and guidance we can be somebody. Yes? we have much to be thankful for, but perhaps we should take the time to think about it more often. Law enforcement officials and educators join forces against drugs 00-00 0337 Attorney General Lacy Thornburg and State Superintendent Cfaig Phillips announced plans for a joint drug prevention program enti tled DARE? Drug Abuse Resistance EHucation? for presentation to el ementary school students. The program will be patterned af ter the DARE Program developed by the Los Angeles, California, Police Department and the Los Angeles Unified School District. It will be taught be specially trained uni formed law enforcement officers. DARE will use a curriculum devel oped by education specialists to pro vide accurate in formation about al cohol and other drugs, teach decision-making skills, build self-es teem, suggest ways to resist negative peer pressure, and offer alternatives to drug use. "Law enforcement recognizes the best lasting way to significantly re duce the illegal drug problem is to eliminate the demand," Thornburg said. Effective education programs at the elementary level have tremen dous potential to reduce demand. We realize that asking our children to 'just say no' to drugs is not enough. We need to teach them why to say no and how to say no. That's why we are excited about DARE." Dr. Phillips said, "We anitcipate sorjie testing of the program this spring, with full 17 lessons pilot pro grams beginning in several locations this fall. We except necessary fund ing for curriculum development and the pilot programs to come from the federal anti-drug abuse legislation passed by Congress last fall." Administratively, the DARE pro gram will be part of the comprehen sive Alcohol and Drug Defense Pro gram (ADD) within the Department of Public Instruction, Dr. Phillips said. ADD is working with schools in prevention, early identification, and intervention, and is developing pro grams for use in grades K through 12. Dr. Phillips and Attorney General Thornburg announced the following members of the DARE Board of Di rectors: Ms. Sally Bragg of Raleigh, North Carolina Association of School Ad ministrators. Mrs. Gladys Graves of Greens boro, North Carolina Association of Educators. Steve Hicks, Director of the Alco hol and Drug Defense Program, NORTH CAROLINA FARM _ BUREAU Insurance ? ? tm ftm lartM I Lewis B. Evans AGENCY MANAGER Pat Ward Jeff L Smith AGENT AGENT 426-5636 426-7401 Church Street Ext. Hertford, N.C. North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. Chief Larry Heser of Henderson ville, North Carolina Sheriffs' Asso ciation. Charles Dunn, Deputy Director of the State Bureau of Investigation, North Carolina Department of Jus tice. Pilot DARE programs will involve close cooperation between local school officials and local law enforce ment. Sheriffs' deputies and police officers approved for the program will participate in two to three train ing classes.. They will be taught offi cer-school relationship, development of self-esteem, peer pressure resis tance techniques, narcotic recogni tion, communication skills, child de velopment and classroom evaluations. Officers and teachers will be jointly trained to insure that the DARE concepts are effectively com municated. 121 N. Church St. Hertford, N.C. 426-5403 Soybean award meeting scheduled By STANLEY WINSLOW CO. EXT. DIRECTOR (1) You and your spouse are in vited to attend the 1987 Soybean Man agement And Awards Progran. It will be held on Thursday evening February 5th at 7:00 p.m. We will meet at the Hertford Volunteer Fire Dept. The men of the Hertford Volun teer Fire Dept. will be preparing a Barbecue Chicken supper for us. Please Call Our Office by 5 p.m. Jan uary 30th to let us know if you plan to attend. (426-5428). Our program is designed to help you become a better overall Farm Manager for 1987. Following the pre sentation of the Soybean Yield awards, we will hear the following speakers: Mr. John Myers, Perquimans County Soil Conservationist, speak on "No till and Water Quality" Mr. Jack Ward, Area Farm Man agement Agent, will discuss "Ma naging Your Farm Business as an Investment" I will provide: "An Update on Herbicides" and "Cost Cutting Options for Soy beans" Please plan to attend this very im portant meeting. Other meetings: February 3rd, N.C.? VA Field Crops Conference at the Virginia Beach Pavilion. (2) We have a meeting organized to discuss the 1987 Farm Program. It has been advertised as a Young Farmers program, but It Is Open To All Farmers!!! There is increasing talk of a possible 10 year? 100 per cent conservation reserve program, but there are no definite facts at this time. We will have all available facts by the meeting date. Tommy L. 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