Sprayed cabbage, radishes, & mustard for bugs
11/15/2021 – Several cabbage plants and scattered leaves in the mustard and radishes have ragged holes eaten in the leaves. Sprayed them with Spinosad.
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First Hard Frost, 31.1°
11/14/2021 – Last week we had two days with a light frost but this morning we had a hard frost with the air temperature just below freezing. With the predicted low to be 34°, we knew it would be colder here. We put the frost sheets over the tomatoes and picked all the peppers.
Continue ReadingSprayed WFZ in Orchard & Yard
Sprayed WFZ at 2 oz. per gallon using the pull-behind sprayed in the Gator. That would be about 2/3 oz/1000SF that is low but higher than the last time and that time worked ok. Sprayed: Between the east row and center row of pecan trees from the road to one tree away from the Tack […]
Continue ReadingSowed Ryegrass on Washes at the Springs
11/10/2021 – Spread 5 lbs Ryegrass on washes at the Springs at: North side of old oaks washing out area on south side of springs west of Old Oaks washing area on north side, west end where large cleared area has hay bales
Continue ReadingFirst Frost Fall 2021
11/7/2021 – That morning was the first frost for this fall. Air temp was 35° and the dew point was 34°. The heavy dew only froze on the roof and grass not under the trees. 11/8/2021 – Almost an exact repeat of the morning before although the frost was not as dense. The tomatoes, basil, […]
Continue ReadingPlanted Onion Sets from Hoss
10/30/2021 – Planted the 3 types of onions, Red Creole, Plethora, and Savannah Sweet from Hoss. They arrived just before Thanksgiving and we put them into small pots with dirt around the bundles. Waited to plant with Piper and Olivia but there was not time or the right weather. Planted them in Mary’s Garden.
Continue ReadingSowed Carrots and Spinach
10/29/2021 – A good cold front blew through the day before yesterday dropping 2.41 inches of rain and dropping temperatures by about 10°. Of course, soil temps have also dropped and are now in a good range for carrots and spinach. The hilled rows have had heavy rains and so I used the 4-tined hoe […]
Continue ReadingSoil Temperatures Aug thru Oct 2021
Date Time Big Garden °F Mary’s Garden°F AmbientAir °F Greenhouse Remarks 8/1/21 3 pm 102 98 95 Partly Cloudy 8/5/21 3 pm 96-98 in sun90 in shaded area 98 8393@1:30pm Disked this AM. Partly Cloudy 8/6/21 3:30 pm 82 @squash wet drip88 in the dry 8692@3pm Partly cloudy AM. Cloudy >3PMDay of 1st sowing for […]
Continue ReadingSpread Pendulum 2G for Burweed
10/26/2021 – Found a partially used 40-lb bag of Pendulum 2G in the grain bin in a heavy black trash bag. Used the cyclone seeder set at 2 to spread it in the area of the orchard and yard where we set up the volleyball net and where the Burweed is always bad. Using Google […]
Continue ReadingSpot Sprayed WFZ on Lawn & Orchard
10/26/2021 – The last spraying of WFZ worked well except for the missed spots. This spraying covered those locations. Note in that post the error found when working up the numbers below. That application was some less than the minimum per the label but it worked well to kill the Florida Betony and Spider Wort […]
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