Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), August 23, 1978, R5

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Real Estate Show Place Aug Use common sense with pesticides Home gardeners can protect plants against pests using the many types of available Today wo have many pesticides each one packaged in a variety or ways For the home gar these are formulated in several ways These in elude liquids to be diluted with water and sprayed onto the foliage of plants to protect them from insects and or applied to the soil for control of pests in the soil The homeowner can also purchase dust formulations in cans ready or in packages to be emptied into your own duster for application Granular for arc also available sometimes with lizcr for control of soil and lawn Insects diseases and weeds On each package will be found a label that specifies how the product should be used and what pests it will control This label Is Import ant It Is your guide to suc cessful use of the product Follow the instructions care fully and use the product only as the label directs Insecticides are products to kill the insects pyre thrum and arc good to control most beetles and leaf eating caterpillars while ma lath ion is good to control and some other insects Insecticides should be used only if a lot of insects are feeding on plants Don bother with the sprayer for a few bugs If only a few arc present on a few plants it is much easier to pick them off by hand or shake them from the plant and destroy them Fungicides are products to prevent diseases in plants Ma neb captan and ferbamarcsomcof hose used commonly by the home gardener for general disease control and sulfur is espe cially good for mildew on plants When using fungicides tic guided by past experience If you have been having disease problems in tlic garden treat those plants where the pro blem has occurred Foliar diseases on roses arc usually present and will make them unattractive and not produc live With many flowers and garden crops however fungicides are not necessary Herbicides are used to con trol weeds mecoprop and dicamba are a few of those available for control of broad- 1 caved weeds while others are needed to control Herbicides properly used will ploy a major role In keeping your lawn neat and attractive Herbicides are Intended to kill plants and one must be very careful not to ace den tally apply these when they will damage sensitive crops Always use a different sprayer for applying from the one used for Insecticides and fungicides Label your herbicide sprayer to make sure it is used only for weed spraying In Ontario highly toxic pesticides can be purchased only by agriculturalists and licensed pesticide tors Those available to the home gardener are quite safe and will not Injure children or pets provided common sense is used Saxe Sttphtn P Saxi Realtor TORONTO or 45311 11 BE TROUT FISHING NEXT Colon COUNTRY BUNGALOW HAVE YOU SEEN TALL PINE ESTATES Dont miss It Exclusive park area with very unique homos Right now homes open for ins poet ion Exceptional curb appeal as well as host of well thought out interior amenities the outstanding workmanship Drive by tonight or batter still coll Robin Fischer to toll you moro about the These homos are sold Only lots hit to from to in before Christmas Lot 12S109 800 4 bedroom ft walkout basement floor laundry Dormer lino Lot 115106 4 bedroom side split washrooms Contemporary Lot bedroom split Walkout family room No crawl space Double car GOOD OPPORTUNITY IN RURAL AREA W0 CHI Stephen P Saxe Limited Realtor 170 Guelph Street Georgetown Ontario Tom Cooper I John 877 6564 Norm Sinclair Howard Caton Stolp Don McMillan Wendy Saxe Robin Fischer 854 8777194 Eleanor Langdon

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