Marketing/advertising agency
| Bidders ID: | NBD15632770356149092 |
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| Due Date: | Nov 29, 2024 |
| Posted Date: | Nov 28, 2024 |
| Level of Government: | State & Local |
| State: | Mississippi |
| Agency: | State Government of Mississippi |
| Category: |
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| Solicitation Number: | 13338-20241126162147 SCEDP |
| Source: | Members Only |
Procurement Details
| Smart Number | 13338-20241126162147 SCEDP | Advertised Date | 11/26/2024 5:00 PM |
| RFx # | 3170031196 | Submission Date | 11/29/2024 11:30 PM |
| RFx Status | Open | Major Procurement Category | COMMODITIES |
| RFx Opening Date | N/A | Sub Procurement Category | PRINTING |
| RFx Type | MDA - RFx | ||
| Agency | MPTAP | ||
| RFx Description | The Stone County Economic Development Partnership is requesting proposals (RFPs) to the address listed below for a qualified marketing/advertising agency to support its continued recovery efforts in the tourism sector. | ||
RFx Items
| PRODUCT CATEGORY | PRODUCT DESCRIPTION |
| 91876 | Serv ConsultMarket |
Awarded
| VENDOR NAME | VENDOR NUMBER | AWARD DATE | AWARD AMOUNT | FUNDING SOURCE |
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8 • WED N E S DAY, N OV EM BER 13, 2024
NEWS
STONE COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Felder Rushing: Plants Need Rest Before Next Spring
Felder
Rushing
CONTRIBUTED
Loving the colorful
splash of seasonal
foliage kicking off,
signaling the much-
needed slowdown for
plants needing a rest
before next Spring.
I especially adore the
brilliant native non-
allergenic sumacs
and even the reds and
yellows of its notorious
cousin, poison ivy vine,
licking up tree trunks.
A surprisingly nice
show is bald cypress
with its complex
brownish mélange of
rust, bronze, and dull
gold.
But brown is not
always a good thing.
The most sinister
example in too many
gardens this time of
year, including my
own, is when normally
green
landscape
shrubs
suddenly
“brown out” and die.
It’s nothing new.
Decades ago, while
studying landscape
plants at MSU, I
learned that some
very popular plants
are highly susceptible,
almost predictably, to
browning out because
they aren’t well-
adapted to our climate
or were planted poorly
to begin with.
Sometimes, it is
because they are native
to cooler climates
and have a hard time
coping with both our
torrid summers with
all-night heat and
humidity, and fickle
winters with ups and
downs that confuse
botanical
clocks.
They may take it for
years, even decades,
but sooner or later
enough of them start
to peter out that it
causes horticulturists
to
reluctantly
recommending their
landscape uses.
The plants I have
consistently diagnosed
doing this over the
decades
include
popular boxwoods,
Japanese
hollies,
Leyland cypress, and
various other exotic
conifers (arborvitae,
blue spruce, Hinoki
false
cypress),
Japanese maples,
azaleas, blueberries,
Loropetalum, and
Japanese yew. All
very widely planted
landscape choices, all
susceptible to weather-
related problems.
It’s been bad lately;
I’ve lost yaupon
hollies,
unkillable
nandinas, and a Little
Gem magnolia! It’s
heartbreaking when it
happens just as they
mature into important
accents.
Though it often seems
to happen suddenly,
most of the time it
is a slow process as
roots develop soil-
borne diseases, an
unseen stress that
leads to dead or dying
limbs. This is most
common when roots
are damaged from
staying too wet part
of the year, which may
not be an issue unless
another blow like a
hot, dry spell comes
along and the leaves
are unable to get all
the moisture they
need.
But the problem is
often caused indirectly
by plants being set
into heavy clay soil, or
up against a building
where the soil is
compacted, especially
if they are planted too
hurriedly in the first
place. When shoved
into small holes with
slick sides, the new
roots are unable to
shoot out into the
surrounding soil.
Also, if new trees,
shrubs, or even
flowers and vegetable
transplants
don’t
have their potting soil
loosened and stirred
into the native dirt,
the stunted root balls
stay wetter and later
dry out more quickly
than the surrounding
soil. And as old potting
soil decomposes it
usually leaves roots
suspended in just a
root-filled cavity in the
ground.
The bottom line is
when a shrub or tree
browns out in mid-
summer or fall, it
probably has had
ongoing problems with
a poor, constricted
root system and has
been subjected to
back-to-back long wet
and dry spells. And if
just one or two shrubs
in a row are looking
bad, it’s a good bet
that those are just the
weakest, and all the
others are having the
same problems.
This has been
happening a lot lately,
even to trees in the
woods. What to do?
Choose good plants to
begin with. Dig wide
holes and don’t over-
amend the soil. Loosen
roots when planting.
Water at least once a
month but no more
than once a week. If a
shrub or tree has dead
branches, prune them
out as best you can
and hope for the best.
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