Sowed Cherry Belle Radishes
5/15/2021 – Sowed a 7-foot long double row of Cherry Belle Radishes between two volunteer zinnias in the west most row next to the wide flower bed.
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Side Dressed Peppers, Cucumbers, & Cantaloupes
5/15/2021 – The pepper seedlings in the garden are looking less like they have a magnesium deficiency and growing. Many have blooms but are less than 12″ high. As they like a lower pH we mixed cottonseed meal in with the 8-8-8 and applied it as follows. To not fertilize the weeds between the plants […]
Continue ReadingSeed Ordered from Hoss Seed
5/14/2021 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $3.99 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $0.00 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $3.99 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $0.00 Marigold Sparky Mix – 250 seeds $3.99 Jambalaya Okra – 50 seeds $4.99 Red Burgundy Okra – 50 […]
Continue ReadingTilled between wide rows in the garden
5/14/2021 – Tilled the wide rows between the tomatoes, squash and cukes in the north half of the garden. Also tilled the two empty half rows.
Continue ReadingSprayed Magnolias for Algal Leaf Spot
5/?/2021 – Mary found leaves with raised, round, brown spots on one of the magnolias in the pond yard. We are confident they are algal leaf spots and today we treated all three trees.
Continue ReadingFed Hydrangeas, Magnolias, and Citrus
5/13/2021 – Fed 8-8-8 to the Hydrangeas, Magnolias, and the Citrus trees. The larger Hydrangeas got a scant cup and the smaller one 1/2 to 3/4 cups. The Magnolias in the pond yard got a full cup just outside the root ball. The Citrus each got about 3 handfuls scattered under and outside the canopy. […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Pink Roses at Gate & Aspidistra with Mancozeb
5/12/2021 – The pink roses are blooming profusely and some are starting to either be at the end of life or being attacked by botritus. Sprayed them with Mancozeb. Also sprayed the white roses in front of them although there are no signs of an issue there. The aspidistra we cut back are coming back […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Peppers with Epsom Salts
5/12/2021 – The peppers listed below still have yellowish areas between the darker green veins in the leaves. Looks like all the photos of the sign of Magnesium uptake deficiency. Sprayed them the second time this year with Epsom Salts mixed at 1 tbsp per gallon. The plants are still small and a few are […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Mancozeb on Tomatoes
5/10/2021 – We could get more rain tonight and tomorrow but I doubt it will be much. Sprayed Mancozeb on the tomatoes in both gardens. There were only a few lower leaves that were yellow with black spots. Removed them while spraying. We have had a lot of blooms but only a few tomatoes. The […]
Continue ReadingSprayed algaecide and Shoreclear on the pond
5/9/2021, Mothers Day – Sprayed Cutrine Plus Algaecide Aquatic Herbicide for the second time around the edges of the pond at least 5 feet out to hopefully kill the remaining filamentous algae. There is a lot less than there was when it was first sprayed. Then sprayed Shoreclear on the weeds along the shore line […]
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