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| PREMATURE LEAF DROP as day length shortens, particularly on shallow watered and growth stressed plants. Both deciduous and evergreens are affected. |
| BURSTING OF ORANGES, TANGERINES & POMEGRANATES results when fruits enlarge faster than sunburned or hot weather-dried rinds can stretch. |
| FALL BLOOM OF CITRUS sometimes occurs, and most often on growth-stressed trees. |
| DAMPING-OFF OF PETUNIAS and other bedding plants. Don't keep beds too wet. Recommended fungicide provides fair control. Infection is most likely in repeatedly planted flower beds. |
| MESOPHYLL COLLAPSE is a sudden wilt and drying of citrus leaves provoked by abrupt weather changes. East and north sides of grapefruit, lemon and orange trees are most affected. |
| PECAN APHID INFESTATIONS cause leaves to become sticky and glisten in the sunlight. No control is recommended unless the drippage mess is intolerable. |
| WORMS IN VEGETABLE GARDENS keep a close vigil and control promptly. |
| PLANT WINTER – HARDY, CONTAINERED TREES, SHRUBS S VINES. Freeze tender plants are best planted next March and April. Firm soil well around rootballs. |
| PLANT FLOWERS for fall, winter & spring bloom, seeds, bedding plants or bulbs. |
| PLANT VEGETABLES, except for freeze-tender cucurbits, sweet corn, melons, squash, etc. |
| THIN VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS soon after they emerge to avoid crowding. |
| OVERSEED BERMUDAGRASS LAWNS WITH WINTERGRASS from mid October until mid November. |
| PRE-EMERGENCE HERBIClDES FOR WINTER WEED CONTROL can be applied to soil surfaces from late October through November. But, don't apply where seeds are to be planted. |
| CUT BACK ON WATERING FREQUENCIES to minimize risk of root rots and to allow dormancy to occur and harden cold-tender plants. |
| PINCH OFF EXCESSIVE SIDE BUDS FROM CHRYSANTHEMUMS to allow the remaining terminal buds to develop larger flowers. |
| DON'T STUB-PRUNE MULBERRY TREES. This ill-advised practice ought to be discouraged. |
| POSTPONE EXTENSIVE PRUNING of trees and shrubs until late January, early February. |
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