Spread Slow-Release Fertilizer On All Beds
7/19/2024 – Spread 100 lbs of Slow-release fertilizer on the locations listed below.
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Sidedressed Okra with 33-0-0 + Boron
6/17/2024 – Sidedressed both rows of okra with 33-0-0 plus about 1 Tbsp/row of Borax per the 2024 Vegetable Crop Handbook for Southeastern United States. Used wheel hoe with wobble hoe to weed and blend in fertilizer. Thunderstorms possible this afternoon.
Continue ReadingEstes Replaced AC and Furnace
June 5, 2024 — ESTES installed a 4-ton Bryant 17 Seer 2 Stage Deluxe Gas system. This came with the following: $18,499.00
Continue ReadingMoved Clemson Spineless Okra into gaps
6/1/2024 – The first sowing partially came up in the second row from the east. Today they are 6-8 inches high and it rained slowly this morning. Where they did come up they are too close so needed to remove every other one. Used the hand trowel to scoop them out, placing it in my […]
Continue ReadingFed Crepes, little camellias, & little grapefruit tree with time release
5/31/2024 – Fed Crepes, little camelias, & little grapefruit tree with time release
Continue ReadingSprayed tomatoes with Liquid Copper Fungicide & Cucumbers with Epsom Salts
5/30/2024 – Sprayed tomatoes with Liquid Copper Fungicide at 5 oz/gal and the Cucumbers that have just started to bear with Epsom salts at 1 tbsp/gallon. This was the first spraying of fungicide on the tomatoes. Likely should have started at least a week ago.
Continue ReadingSprayed Stink Bugs On The Tomatoes
5/29/2024 – A few stink bugs appeared on the tomatoes yesterday and today there were more. Sprayed them with Gordon’s Bug-No-More at 5 oz./gallon. Sprayed 1.5 gallons on the 75 feet of row. That product is no longer made. The active ingredient was zeta-permethrin. Ordered Bug Buster from HOSS to replace it.
Continue ReadingSprayed Peppers with Liquid Copper Fungicide for leaf spot
5/25/2024 – Peppers have a little bacterial leaf spot. Sprayed with 3 tsp/gal of Liquid Copper Fungicide. Had an hour before sprayed them with Epsom Salts at 1 tbsp/gal. Followed advice here – https://www.producegrower.com/news/use-caution-with-copper-fungicides-and-spray-surfactants-in-vegetables-and-fruits/. See extract below. Copper fungicides work to kill pathogen cells by denaturing enzymes and other critical proteins. However, copper can also […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Epsom Salts on Tomatoes and Peppers
5/24-25/2024 – Sprayed tomatoes and peppers with Epsom Salts at 1 tbsp/gal.
Continue ReadingSprayed Ditch Banks for Cogongrass, et al.
5/21/2024 – Sprayed north banks (orchard gate to west property line and south road ditch banks from west property line to across from front porch with 4 oz. GLy per gallon with 1 oz. per gallon of 2-4D. That took three gallons. Sprayed remaining south ditch and ditch at the garden based on advice here, […]
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