Sprayed the Tomatoes with Mancozeb
5/21/2022 – Rain for the past 5 days is sure to make the small spots of blight spots multiply so sprayed the tomatoes with Mancozeb mixed at 1 oz./gallon. This was the first spraying this year.
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First 2023 Daylily Rust Treatment and Rose Spray
5/20/2023 – This will be the first fungicide treatment for daylily rust and rose fungus and uses a combination spray of a contact and a systemic product. Our 2021 and 2020 post here has a lot of great info and was the guide for this treatment using Propiconazole 14.3 (the systemic) and Daconil (the contact […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Big Pond’s Edge for Weeds
5/16/2023 – The pond level is almost down to the PVC fill pipe and the floating weeds are exposed more than usual. Sprayed Shoreclear with the special non-ionic surfactant on the land side weeds and the floating vine-like narrow leaf weeds that extend out to 5 feet or so. Mixed the Shoreclear in the backpack […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Tomatoes & Seedlings with Spinosad
5/16/2023 – We found Fruit Worms in several tomatoes and something is eating the leaves of the store-bought broccoli. Sprayed both and all the cucumber and squash seedlings with Spinosad at 2 oz. per gallon plus surfactant. Did not spray the peppers as I forgot. Don’t know why and may need to go back.
Continue ReadingSowed Row of Bloomers
5/14/2023 – As the hill/row immediately east of the PEPH peas in the south half is still empty and we have a lot of zinnia, marigold, and sunflower seeds that are 2021-2023 that are not growing in the packets, they were scattered in the wide hill that was loosen with the stirrup hoe, then raked […]
Continue ReadingRelocated Hydrangeas to the Orchard & Daylilies in the Yard
5/11/2023 – Relocated the following.
Continue ReadingRemoved Sickly Blueberry near the fence in pond yard
5/10/2023 – One of the four blueberries saved from the original blueberries Mom and Dad planted has not done well and was too close to the north side rail fence (along the ditch) to mow with Fergie. Pulled it up and now can mow up to the fence.
Continue ReadingMoved Vinca’s from Red Bud Tree Bed
5/10/2023 – Dug up clumps of volunteer Vinca Periwinkles from the Red Bud Tree bed and transplanted them in the locations listed.
Continue ReadingFed Crepes and more
5/9/2023 – Fed the below with 13-6-6 / 58% 90 Day PCU Premium; i.e. a balanced fertilizer with about half of the nitrogen as a 90-day slow release polymer coated urea. The label below is slightly different from past applications but only with the “90 Day PCU” info. PCU is “Polymer Coated Urea”.
Continue ReadingSide-Dressed Tomatoes, Peppers, Oak Leaf Hydrangea, and Daylilies
5/7/2023 – Sidedressed the following with the time-release fertilizer. The peppers we started in the greenhouse and transplanted last week are still small. The tomatoes are dark green with many blooms and small green tomatoes. The intent is to fertilize the tomatoes and peppers with a low nitrogen level (5.45% initial then slow release at […]
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