In March 2004, there were 186 calls to the Hotline and requests for information from the Garden Show. The breakdown of these calls is as follows:
General: 54. We had 22 requests for Newcomer Packets. 12 questions concerned soil sample kits, their results and fertilizers.
Lawns: 51. The majority of the calls were for information on planting and maintaining centipede. 16 were on how to control weeds.
Trees: 31. We had 8 calls on fruit tree problems, 7 on pruning trees and the rest covered a wide range of tree problems.
Shrubs: 26. There were 5 calls about Azaleas and 5 on Camellias. The rest were varied and included pruning and general information about shrubs.
Pests: 19. The pests were numerous and varied. Moles, mole crickets and wasps were the major problems in March.
Vegetables: 5. The calls were for strawberry and grape growing information.
When you work on the Hotline, be sure to write down as much information as possible about the problems and their solutions on the Hotline forms.
