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Propagating Plants Asexual propagation may not sound like fun, but it's a good method for increasing your houseplant collection or rehabilitating plants which are leggy, overgrown, or crowded. Asexual propagation, because it does not involve genetic recombination, will quickly produce full grown housepiants identical to the "parent" plant. There sre several methods which, with the aid of rooting hormones, are just about impossible to botch up. DIVISION: The easist method of multi-stemmed plants such as African violets, sansevieria, ferns and Swedish ivy. Divide when plants show new growth (usuallv early spring); do flowering plants when dormant or showing few flowers. Before dividing, cut back asparagus and Boston ferns to the soil level to avoid lopsided growth. Remove the plant from the pot and shake off soil until you see the roots. Using your hands or a sharp knife (depending on the ease of separation), divide the plant into two or three sections. Make sure each new plant has a good share of the roots. Most plants can go into a pot two inches greater in diameter than the root ball. For fast growers such as asparagus and Boston ferns, use a pot three to four inches larger than the root mass. Pot the plants in a potting medium suited to the plant, then water. Until the new foliage is healthy and firm, water sparingly and keep the new plant out of direct sunlight. Afterwards, return the plant to its recom­ mended growing conditions. CUTTINGS: Everyone and their mother uses this simple method. Not all techniques work for every plant, so know which one's best for your choice. Water rententive, porous rooting media will en* courage good root development Perlite is excellent, but vermiculite, coarse sand, sphagnum moss, and peat moss, as well as a combination of any two, will also work Plastic pots will hold water more ef­ ficiently than clay. Steam cuttings, or "slips", work for most plants with firm stems, such as coleus, geranium, ivy and begonia. While the plant is actively growing (spring or sum­ mer), snip off three to six inches from the mature tip of the current year's growth. The clipping should have two-six nodes, which are the points along the stem where the leaves are attached. Cut off any flowers from the slip, because they waste energy needed for rooting. Remove all but two-four of the top leaves. Fill a pot with rooting medium and poke a hole in the medium with a pencil, label, finger, or whatever muiaieii tut" buiiuin m use slip and dip it in rooting power, available from any garden center. Many plants will root without the powder, but some are stubborn, and why take chances when you've gone this far? Stick the stem into the hole and firm the medium around the stem:- Roots will develop from the buried nodes. Now mist the cutting, stick a stick or label taller than the slip into the medium, and cover the whole kit'n' kaboodle with a plastic bag. Until roots develop, keep the pot in a bright place with at least a 60 degrees temperature - 70 degrees or 80 degrees is better. Don't put the pot in direct sunlight or you'll have baked clip­ ping. When new top growth starts, the cutting is ready to be transplanted into potting medium and moved into regular growing conditions. Leaf cuttings can be done two ways. For sansevieria, jade, Rex begonia and other housepiants whose leaves have short or no stems, insert the leaf directly into the rooting medium. Cover with plastic and treat the same as stem cuttings. Repot and transfer to regular growing conditions when the new leaves which form around the original cutting grow to one-third of the original leaf's size. For African violets, gloxinias, peperomias, and plants with petioles (leaf stems), cut the petiole to one inch. Make an angled hole in the rooting medium and insert the leaf stem. Water, cover with plastic, and handle the same as stem cuttings. Stolons, runners, and offset - Spider or airplane plants produce complete plants by sending out run­ ners. These new plants can be secured in soil with a paper clip or hairpin. Water until it is firmly held by its own roots. Cut and discard the runner, and the new spider plant is on its way. Many bromelaids and other plants send out new plants at their bases. Once it has roots, cut the young plant from the parent without damaging the original plant. Pot and treat the same as the parent plant. Air layering is the last method for duscussion. For plants that develop leafless trunks, such as dief- fenbachias, rubber trees, and dracaenas, this is a slow but easy technique. Decide how long you waht the new rfom f/\ ho At that point, make an upward- angled cut one-third of the way into the stem. Prop open with a toothpick or match stick horizontally and dust with rooting powder. Soak a fist-size wad of sphagnum moss in water, then wring out. Wrap the moss around the cut and cover with clear plastic. Secure with twist ties, tape, or string at both ends. Care for the^plant as usual for six or eight weeks until you see roots develop in the moss mass. Remove the plastic, cut the stem just below the new root system and pot your new plant. 1981 AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDE CLINICS The 1961 Agricultural Pesticide Dealers and Ap­ plicators Clinics in this area are Feb. 26 at the DeKalb County . Farm bureau building in DeKalb, and Feb. 27 at the Holiday Inn in Morris. The programs begin at 8 a.m. with registration and ends at 3 p.m. with the Custom Spray Applicators license examination. The clinics will provide operators* with the latest information on techniques and equipment. They will inrinne suituesiioiis for controlling prevalent weed, disease and insect problems in crops. Operators licensed in 1975 or before need to be certified this year The clinic is for professionals who sell or apply pesticides to farm vcrops, not for those who want ivate applicators' liceif \or more information about the clinics, contact the M c H e n r y C o u n t y Cooperative Extension service at P.O. Box 431, 789 McHenry avenue, Wood­ stock, 111., 60098 - phone: 815-338-3737 or 4747. f Set Estate Planning Seminar For March The Estate Planning council of McHenry county annouced its annual Estate and Financial Planning seminar. The seminar will be held at the Lakeside center, Crystal Lake, Illinois on Saturday, March 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on two consecutive Tuesday evenings, March 10 and 17 from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. This program is designed for basic understanding in the areas of financial and estate planning. The topics that will be discussed are wills, probated estates, life insurance, banking and trusts, estate taxation and retirement plans. The speakei s whoui will be presenting the materials are professional people from our community who have volunteered their time and knowledge in these areas. An open panel discussion will be held at the end of each session to answer any questions that you may have in these areas. For those interested in attending, registration for this seminar is now taking place at McHenry County college. Those who would like additional information, feel free to call 344-3252 and ask for Linda. •A LAWYER S ROLE IS TO SOLVE PROBLEMS •LET ME SOLVE YOURS 7v cScott c/f. <^>Xo[c Su i t e B 4306 B C rys ta l Lake Rd . . McHen ry ATTORNEY AT LAW Whispering Point Center_ 344-1630 STARTS NOW!! NO RAINCHECKS OR LAYAWAYS ON SALE ITEMS DAILY § »• f SUNDAY 10 to« 4400 W. RTE. 120-McMENRY rtc . 47 a cowmnr clvb r i . WOODSTOCK WINTER CLEARANCE SALE All remaining winter ready to wear must be sold to the BARE WALLS...Plenty of winter left...Plenty of bargains "* SAVI 40°o-50%& MOM! Save now for the whole family while quantities last! Winter coats, jackets, gloves and mittens, sweaters, slacks, blouses, dresses and more. So come in and browse around and take home a car full of bargains!! * \ Ught One Candle 1 PAGE S - PLAINDEALER - FRIDAY, FEBRUARY «, INI An estimated 300,000 children in the world will lose their sight in 1981 due to preventable eye disease, reports Helen Keller In­ ternational Patting Last In Context A famous columnist commented somewhat cyncially, "I wish the Pope would lust after clarity." It happened months ago, but people are still talking. "How could he say such a thing!" "Haven't we got enough troubles in the world without laying guilt trips on married couples?" All of these reactions and more followed from a = t b y i n h n Paul II concerning mental adultery. He had been commenting on marriage each week during his regular audience at the Vatican. The text in question this time was Matthew 5:27-28, "You have heard it said that, 'you shall not commit adultery,' but I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart." The Pope expanded on the idea saying that even if a man looked lustfully "at a woman who is his wife, he could likewise commit adultery 'in his heart'." The remark as it stands, reported out of context, caused a furor. And why wouldn't it? I remember when President Jimmy Carter went to Poland. The world laughed at him when he said, have lusted after the Polish people." His tran­ slator, a not too gifted linguist, one would assume, had taken a simple greeting, "I've longed to be with the people of Poland," and somehow rendered it in this ridiculous fashion. That same troublesome word popped up again in the Pope's talk People thought he was equating legitimate sexual desire in marriage with adultery. He most certainly was not. On more than one occasion before and since, he praised sexual love in marriage as a gift of God. In fact, in an x audience on April 16,1980, he had said, "It is impossible to speak of adultery between a husband and a wife." However, on that fateful Wednesday in- October, he was talking about the dignity of women, an important point overlooked in some press reports. And in that context, he denounced that male attitude which treats women as mere sexual objects, even in marriage. Actions follow thoughts and he was right to point out this abuse of conjugal love. The meaning of the word "lust," as used by Pope John Paul H, is given in the American College Dic­ tionary as an "unbridled or lawless sexual desire of appetite." I think Jesus would agree with what Pope John Paul II actually Said. Dip ends of cord or rope in shellac to prevent fraying. 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