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6/17/2021 – Fed the Crepes 33-0-0. Large ones got 4 handfuls and small ones 2-3. Also threw some on the roses, sunflowers, and marigolds in the SW corner pond bed so the sunflowers will catch up with the larger blooming sunflowers behind the two crepes.
Continue Reading6/15/2021 – Side-dressed the peppers with the 8-8-8 plus cottonseed meal. The last feeding was 5/15/2021—too long ago. Side dressed the Zucchini, Yellow and scalloped squash with 33-0-0. Did not side dress the Tromboncino as could not see the stem coming from the roots due to the massive amount of leaves. They have overtaken that […]
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6/14/2021 – Mary’s daylily seedlings grown from seeds from our plants have become too large for the 3″ pots and were re-planted along the southwest edge of the Grain Bin. The plants were very healthy and had roots circling the base. As all daylilies at that location will be from seeds it will be fun […]
Continue Reading6/12/2021- The Sugar Ann Snap Peas did not produce well and they were not our kind of peas. So, removed them and planted the following in that north-half row just west of the tomatoes about 48 ft. from the fence. Red Burgundy Okra is a highly productive, heirloom variety that produces deep, red pods that […]
Continue Reading6/11/2021 – When the yard had been fed this date with 15-0-15 using the new spreader there was some left in the spreader. Decided to spread it along the rail fence in the orchard where there is a good stand of St. Augustine. Ended up fertilizing about 30% of the orchard so put the extra […]
Continue Reading6/10/2021 – Given the very wet spring and heavy rains the grass is understandably looking pale. In addition, it is trying to push up through the leveling sand and so some fertilizer would be good. Decided to apply AGFA’s 8-8-8 with iron as it has twice the iron as does the 15-0-15. ACES says here for a […]
Continue Reading6/11/2021 – This is the second fertilization of the Bermuda and centipede sowed around the pond. Below is the evaluation of the areas and a comparison of the soil test report recommendation to ACES’s recommended nitrogen for a low maintenance lawn. Even though it now needs fertilizer it still needs to be mowed at least […]
Continue Reading6/9/2021 – Sprayed the tomatoes with liquid copper for blight that is rising from the bottom. It is worse on the Celebrity than on the Best Boys. There is very little on the Super Sweet 100 Cherry tomatoes.
Continue Reading6/8/2021 – Mary noticed some and when I looked to see what we sprayed last year this post last June told the story; i.e. Imidacloprid is good for 12 months and that is what we got. Last year and the year before we had a far worse infestation than this year. Sprayed all of them […]
Continue Reading6/8/2021 – The Super Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes are not as sweet as last year and I remembered that Epsom Salts is suppose to make tomatoes taste sweeter. Articles that confirmed that memory also said it was good for peppers and I have not sprayed the peppers since the signs of magnesium deficiency went away. […]
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