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Protect Your Plants with WILT-PRUF
Excessive moisture loss in plants can cause stress, shock, wilting and plant failure. This is especially a problem during the winter
when drying winds and frozen ground deprive plants of their natural moisture intake.WILT-PRUF to the rescue!
WILT-PRUF acts as a protective coating that holds in moisture on plant foliage and stems, thereby substantially reducing water loss during periods of plant stress. Available in a ready-to-use spray form or concentrate, it dries to form a clear, colorless, flexible, gloss film without interfering with plant growth or materially affecting respiration, osmosis, or photosynthesis. A natural product derived from the resin of the pine tree, WILT-PRUF is organic, biodegradable, non-hazardous, and is non-toxic to eyes and skin.
For Plants
WILT-PRUF will protect your valuable shrubs such as evergreens, rhododendrons, azaleas, hollies, boxwood, laurel, and many other ornamentals. These broadleaf evergreens have a natural ability to survive when normal water intake through the root system is curtailed, but if the plants are exposed to severe drying winds or drought situations, they may not have enough moisture built up in their foliage to survive long periods without absorbing water. WILT-PRUF gives them enough added protection to see them through long or severe periods of water stress. Unsightly wind barriers may also be eliminated by protecting these plants with WILT-PRUF.
For Greens
WILT-PRUF can also be used to keep your Christmas trees, wreaths and greens looking their very best throughout the holiday season. Simply follow the easy application instructions on the containers and allow the treated material to air dry.
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Winterizing Your Roses
Winterizing roses is a very important maintenance practice to ensure vigorous growth
from year to year.There are several things you can do to make sure your roses survive those tough winters long before the cold winds blow. First, choose the most winter hardy roses available to plant in your rose bed. Next, make sure your roses are healthy and not under stress by irrigating adequately in late autumn and discontinuing nitrogen application in late summer or early autumn.
Basic Protection
Hybrid Teas, grandifloras and floribundas should be protected from winter damage after a killing frost but before the soil freezes. You can reduce breakage of tall canes from winter winds by cutting them back to 30 to 36 inches and tying the tips together. Remove dead and fallen leaves around the plants, then hill soil over the center of the plants in broad rounded mounds at least 12 inches high and 12 inches wide. Cover the soil mounds with a mulch of leaves, straw, boughs, or some similiar material.
More Protection
For maximum winter protection, cover the rose bush with a protective cylinder. Use straw, leaves or similar material to insulate the bush inside the cone. Puncture several one inch holes around the top of the cone for air circulation.
Dealing with Climbers
To winterize climbers, remove them from their support, lay them on the ground and cover with 3 to 4 inches of soil. If this cannot be done, gather the tips of the stems together, tie them, and wrap in straw with a wrapping of burlap over that. The base of the climber should be covered with 10 inches of soil.
When severe winter weather conditions have subsided, remove most of the mulch and soil from around the bases of plants (you may leave a 2-inch layer of mulch in the bed).
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