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Wednesday August the HERALD Page SB Community Town Gardener Questions and answers By TOM Question have brown spots on the edges of the leaves of my Crimson King Maple what is happening to the tree Answer This is a common question with a working answer When you inspect your trees and discover a leaf disorder of any kind take a long look at how the leaf has been affected Ask yourself are the leaves being eaten The damage is usually uniform in habit if the markings Gardening conference The Fourth Great Gardening Conference will bring leading garden makers garden writers and garden enthusiasts from Great Britain Holland the United States and Canada to the Civic Garden Centre in Toronto on October 18 and 20th The speakers and their topics have been carefully selected to provide both amateur and professional gardeners and designers with practical information and a new way of viewing the garden and the landscape The conference will look at the garden from various points of view including that of the plant- the designer the artist the photographer and the historian The speakers will give new direction to the use of shape colour and texture in the selec tion of plants hardy for our climate inspiration from some of the worlds most beautiful gardens an understanding of the garden as art practical and aesthetic information to enable you to improve or design and plant your own garden and a review of some cultural tradi tions which have influenced con temporary garden design The speakers are one of Hollands leading land scape architects and garden designer Edith an amazing from the United States Michael Laurie professor at the University of California at Berkley Moir author of Con templative Gardens lecturer and garden designer Canadas doyenne of landscape architects Cornelia Oberlander Allen Paterson the Director of the Royal Botanical Gardens in Burl ington and Marco Polo Stufano the Director of Wave Hill Garden in the Bronx New York City The dinner speaker on the Friday evening will be Sam inter national awardwinning photographer are irregular then you probably have a conditional problem which can and will transform into a disease problem Does the edge of the leaf appear to be uniformly brown all around the edge of the leaf This particular problem is usually related to the root system unless you experienced a phenomenal shift in temperature spring When weather prematurely heats up in spring and all plants begin activity the growth is tender and young This growth is very susceptible to damage If the weather turns cold and freezes this tender growth will be burned because those tender shoots contain a lot of water Therefore the rupture of the cell wall will leave dead tissue which in turn provides a receiving area for disease and pest problems It is important to recognize how a plant is being im paired by nature Once you deter mine the problem and at what stage the problem is at then and only then do you take measures to solve the problem If you cannot determine the origin of the pro blem clip off a sample inside crossing branch where healthier parts meet the problem place in a clear bag so you dont share your good fortune and take it to your resident gardener for iden tification Question My lawn has dry pat ches even though I water regular ly when its hot what is wrong Answer- The problem is pro bably your watering time and quantity of water youre giving your lawn When watering your lawn you leave your sprinkler position for approximately hours for a depth of water penetration which is what you need to water the roots or en courage them down there where they should be The roots then flourish cooler temperatures with more nutrient availability If you change the sprinkler too often all you do is syringe the grass and allow 12 of watering depth The roots will now turn up to the water resulting in loss of roots at the preferred depth and shallow roots which heat sress due to poor conditions from dry ing during the heat of day Try to 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