27th YEAR No. 133-PS T: ^ H E S E ARE T HE months to really enjoy your lawn, time j to get the greatest r; pleasure from it, days w^en you can use it as , .V ' w e ll as admire it. N o w i s w h e na green lawn is most important. You can make its springtime sparkle last all summer by doing a few simple things. If you're a slave to your lawn, you're doing it wrong. Try this easy Scott Summer Program. Summer Feeding — The schedule of providing regular nourishment should continue uninterrupted, right through the summer. Regularity of meals is just as important to growing grass as to growing boys. In fact, feeding is even more impor- tant in summer because then grass can benefit from every strength advantage, to meet the effects of drouth, insects and heat. Summer Time Savers Light but regular use of a mild grass fertilizer has always been LAWN CARE'S sage advice. This is particularly appropriate in summer when tempera- tures are likely to be high. Summer feeding, when properly done, keeps a lawn sharp and fresh. Just fill your Scotts Spreader with TURF BUILDER and spread its rich granules evenly and easily over your lawn. It takes only a few minutes. TURF BUILDER is made especially for Western lawns. It invigorates—there's not the danger of grass overexertion so common from ordinary fertilizers. Pest Control — Around the middle of every year Western lawns begin to look inviting and appetizing to Sod Webworms. These are the hungry lar- vae of Lawn Moths. The worms are hard to spot, but if the moths are numerous around the lawn that's the signal to act at once. Applying Lawn & Turf Pest Con- trol is the second easy summer step. Copyright 1954, O M Scott & Sons Co You don't have to worry about mixing up any solutions. Just use it right out of the box. It's dry so not messy. Being granular instead of a dust you can ap- ply it evenly and without coating your- self. It can be hand broadcast though the easy way is with a handy Scott Spreader. Treat the whole lawn. Delay watering for a day or two after. Moths may continue to be in evi- dence because they come in from out- side. But with one or two applications of Scotts Pest Control each summer you have a long lasting protection against damage. It controls many other pests too, such as Earwigs, Ants, Skip- per Larvae, Cutworms, Beetle Grubs. Weed Control — If lawns are neg- lected in their season of greatest need, weeds may grow and multiply unre- strained, but there is not much excuse for neglect these days. Modern science has made lawn care quick and easy. Unwelcome intruders like Dande- lions, Plantain, Dock, Thistle, Wild Morning Glory, Chickweed, Knot- weed, and the Daisy family, to men- tion a few, can be eliminated with practically no effort at all. Just spread ready-to-use 4-XD or Weed & Feed the day after watering your lawn. Leave it for 1 or 2 days, then water again, the chemical does the work while you take it easy. Scotts 4-XD is a dry granular formu- lation of 2, 4-D easily applied with a Scotts Spreader or by hand. It has the advantage of being safe to use in hot summer temperatures and the cost is less than a nickel for treating 100 square feet. 4-XD is easy on grass, tough on weeds. WEED & FEED serves double duty. It provides a booster feeding for the desirable lawn grasses along with effec- tive weed control. Its summer use is safe in the cooler coastal areas of Washington, Oregon and northern California where temperatures usually stay under 90 degrees. Crab grass Control — This common summer lawn weed, formerly fatal, is now controllable. Turn to back page for a detailed account. Watering — If you have water avail- able don't be afraid to use it. There is more likelihood of underwatering than overwatering lawns. No set schedule can be recom- mended as best because it should vary with individual lawns. A lawn's water- ing requirements are dependent on (1) its Soil, (2) its Exposure, (3) its Slope, (4) amount of Sun, (5) amount of Wind, (6) its height of Cut. Keep in mind that sandy or gravelly soils need water frequently but lightly — something like every 2 or 3 days in summer. Watering sandy soils too long at a time wastes water because it percolates down through the ground. Heavy clay or adobe soils take in water very slowly. Therefore, unless water is applied to them slowly, much of it runs off and is wasted. To pro- vide enough moisture at this reduced rate, heavy soils must be sprinkled for longer periods at a time. If your sprinkler applies water too fast, shut it off for awhile and then repeat; otherwise, the soil saturates on top but is still dry down deep. Soil soakers are good for watering irregular edges of lawns or other sup- plemental areas not only because they can be curved to fit, but also because they apply moisture slowly without washing or compacting the soil. If there is one "best" time of day to water a lawn it is probably in the morn- ing. Actually the time to water is whenever the grass needs moisture and it is convenient. There is no harm in watering the grass in the hot sun. Perforate — If certain spots in your lawn start to brown, test soil moisture there by cutting a plug. If soil is dry or hard, soak it slowly, just enough so it can be penetrated with a spading fork or soil aerator. Perforate it thoroughly, then water some more. That Grass Under Trees LAWNS UNDER TREES sometimes "fade out" in summer. In many cases it can be avoided. On areas where both trees and grass are feeding from the same soil, extra food has to be provided. This should not be accomplished by a heavier ap- plication. That can make the grass "mushy". Do it by putting on an extra application now and then. feed This -Area Offener The ground under the hang of the tree branches is the critical area. It has two mouths to feed. So if you are fer- tilizing your lawn several times a year (which is an excellent and rewarding practice) then slip in an extra feeding occasionally under the trees. About Watering A more thorough discussion about watering lawns is given in LAWN CARE Bulletin 123-PS. Many garden clubs and nurseries have requested extra copies for distribution interest of better lawns. If you'd like a free copy for yourself just send a post card to Scotts at Palo Alto, Cali- fornia. in the Then put on Lawn & Turf Pest Control. Don't water after- wards. Arrange for someone to cut your lawn on specific dates whether they think it needs cut- ting or not. Adjust your mower so it will cut l-l/2"-2" high, this conserves soil moisture. Also insist your mower be used. Ask a neighbor to water your lawn once a week if possible. This is seldom enough to be no imposition but often enough to keep your lawn from parching. When you return remember that if it was neglected your Scott Lawn just goes dormant. Put on TURF BUILDER at nor- mal rate. Repeat in two weeks if lawn was parched. It will re- spond to good treatment.* Water thoroughly for a few days to soak down deep. Then just be patient. Before you go these tips will help your lawn get along without you. Feed with TURF BUILDER at normal rate about a week before you take off. Follow with a slow, thorough watering each day for about 3 days to moisten the soil way down deep. *The lawn on Page 1 looked like shredded wheat when its owner returned last year. • Summer Mowing — During hot weather cutting high will help keep the soil cool and also reduce the water bill. One and a half or two inches is a good summer height except on Bentgrass lawns which should always be mowed at one inch or under. Some of the most enthusiastic users of SCUTL are lawns. Applied according to directions SCUTL kills out Crabgrass without killing dichondra. folks with dichondra SCUTL Crabgrass That 5EEPSP/K£ The plant pictured above is Crabgrass. There are many varie- ties, mainly of the genus Digitaria or Syntherisma. Other names in common use are Wiregrass, Watergrass, Finger- grass. But Crabgrass by any other name is just as noxious, for. one plant may spread in an octopus-like clump over a square foot within 90 days. Left alone, it may drop over a thousand seeds, each a potential trouble-maker. If in doubt whether your problem is Crabgrass, send a complete speci- men for identification to Scotts at Palo Alto, California, or Salem, Oregon. Wrap in foil or wax paper to prevent drying but do not moisten plants. The havoc of Crabgrass is greatly reduced if treatment is started in early summer as the spreading and branch- ing phase begins. A SCUTL application should be made with a Scotts Spreader. Repeat treat- ment at 5 - 7 day intervals. Usually 3 or 4 treatments will suffice if the proper interval is observed. After the second application of SCUTL a distinct yellowing and then gradual browning of the Crabgrass plants will be noted. If not, then some Should Crabgrass grow unchecked until late summer its spreading ten- tacles form horrid thick mats with reddish or purplish hard-to-cut spikes. Even though much desirable grass will have been overrun by then, control efforts will still be much worthwhile. The plants can be stopped from fur- ther spread and seed development ar- rested lessen troubles another year. Drastic action is needed if Crabgrass has not been treated by August; by then usually double rate SCUTL treatments are needed. to other variety of wild grass must be the culprit. Other grasses sometimes confused with Crabgrass are: Bermuda Grass, Velvet Grass, Dallisgrass (pas- palum), Quackgrass, and Foxtail. VALL/S VELVET The proper appli- cation of SCUTL will produce the desired results. A firm deter- mination is needed for a summer or two but after that it's a breeze to clear out the occasional Crabgrass plants that appear. Most of the spec- tacular cures produce some undesirable side affects. SCUTL, on the contrary, of- fers two highly de- sirable additional values. Its content of QUACAC mercury provides an- tisepsis against many of the disease fungi attacking lawns. (If desired for disease control only, the interval be- tween applications can be stretched to 2 or 3 weeks). SCUTL also controls many creeping viny type weeds like Chickweed, Speed- well, Spurge, Henbit and Moneywort. O M SCOTT & SONS CO. Scote? M AR Y S V I L LE O H IO P S - 2 08 5 3 0 54 E V E RY P A C K A GE OF S C O T TS L A WN C A RE P R O D U C TS B E A RS T H IS T R A D E - M A RK A ND IS S E A L ED FOR Y O UR P R O T E C T I ON