Ordered Zucchini and Marigold Seeds
8/22/2021 – Ordered from Johnny’s Seeds White Swan (F1) Marigold Seed $16.00 Size: 100 Seeds Dunja Organic (F1) Zucchini Squash Seed $4.90 Size: Packet
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Sprayed Citrus for Leaf Miners & Aphids
8/22/2021 – Some of the mature leaves of the satsuma, blood orange, and lemon tree along the driveway are beginning to curl and the leaf miner trails are on some leaves that are not curling. Sprayed them to drip with Spinosad.
Continue ReadingFlea Bettles are back on the squash and now the peas
8/22/2021 – Yesterday sprayed the squash with malathion to kill the flea beetles and this morning there were none. This afternoon they were back in full force and also on the MS Crowder peas. The peas now have tiny white spots making the leaves look pale. Sprayed both with malathion for an instant knockdown then, […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Tomatoes, Staked & Applied Wood Ash
8/22/2021 – The nine Celebrity tomatoes are doing well and most have flowers or buds. Today we: Early in the morning sprayed them with mancozeb as a preventative. They do not yet show any disease. Drop on then scratched in a wide “donut” about two handfuls of pecan firewood ash saved from last winter. Installed […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Hydrangeas with Mancozeb
8/22/2021 – The hydrangeas, particularly in the backyard, have gotten large brown areas that are anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides per Clemson Cooperative Extension here. Sprayed them with Mancozeb made up a few days ago. Ran out of the mix of mancozeb before could spray the ones in the front yard. Mixed up Daconil that […]
Continue ReadingOrdered Marigold & Zucchini Seeds
8/21/2021 – Ordered from Johnny’s Seeds: White Swan (F1) Marigold Seed $16.00 Size: 100 Seeds ID: 4641.50 Dunja Organic (F1) Zucchini Squash Seed $4.90 Size: Packet 30 seeds
Continue ReadingFlea Bettles on the Squash
8/21/2021 – The Betternut and Spagehitti squash seedlings have been damaged by Flea Bettles that are all over them. Sprayed them with malathion. Did not see any on the tomatoes but sprayed them lightly anyway as their row is only two from the squash. There are a few blooms on the tomatoes.
Continue ReadingSprayed Algaecide On Pond’s Edge
8/20/2021 – The last spraying was 7/23/2021 and this outbreak is not as much as then. The water level is also down about a foot and the filimentous algae only extends out 4-6 feet based on what can been seen through the water. So, again sprayed up to 5-6 ft. out with a mix of […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Weeds South Side of Pond
The grassed space south of the pond from the rail fence to 40 feet from the water’s edge is 20,800 SF. It contains many weeds in the original bahiagrass and sown Bermuda grass. This spray is to kill them and hopefully the dewberries. Sprayer Parameters Ironton Sprayer with the new pump sprays 3/8 of a […]
Continue ReadingInstalled Hose Bib at Pond Gate
8/18/2021 – Finally installed a hydrant along the rail fence in the daylily bed at the gate to the pond yard. It is on the 3/4″ PVC line that runs across the road to the livestock’s water tank. Mary is happy and watered the Lady Bed, the roses at the driveway gate, and the citrus, […]
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