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5/22/2020 – Fed all the roses with the concoction below that was added to 4 gallons of water (16 quarts) in a 5-gallon bucket. Mixing was much easier done this way and the feeding went much quicker.
Continue Reading5/21/2020 – Fed peppers about 1 Tbsp/gallon of fish emulsion and plan to do so every 10-14 days. One watering can full, 2 gallons, covered our peppers applying some around each one.
Continue Reading5/21/2020 – Mixed up the “concoction” in watering cans and fed 8 gallons to the new Mother’s Day daylilies and the seedlings and transplants planted in the recently built Martin House Bed we call the Daylily Nursery. The concoction this time consisted of 1 Tbsp/Gallon of: Chelated Iron by Southern Ag Fish Emulsion Miracle Grow.
Continue Reading5/21/2020 – While tieing up the tomatoes using the Florida Weave–for the first time–I noticed some holes in leaves so sprayed them with Fertilome’s Bifenthrin. I also found a few jumping beetles with two red stripes, on the 2nd corn and some leaf damage. Sprayed the corn focusing on the new silks.
Continue Reading5/20/2020 – Sowed double rows of KWB in spaces where something else did not grow or we tossed what was growing. Those locations are: in the north half, the north end of the squash row where the Nasturtiums did not come up; in the north half, the south end of the row between the 1st […]
Continue Reading5/20/2020 – Mary sowed the remaining Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash and Gold Star yellow squash in the row where the tart, bitter spring Daikon Radish was growing up to a couple of days ago.
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5/20/2020 – The 2nd planting of corn, Silver Queen, is tasseling. Sidedressed it with 15-0-15 in the wet three rows and with 13-13-13 in the eastmost row. Used that fertilizer as I am out of 33-0-0. Threw in some lime like last year.
Continue Reading5/19/2020 – Sprayed Epsom salt on the two rows of tomatoes and peppers in the Garden. Sprayed all the roses. The spray was mixed at 1 tbsp per gallon and it took almost 2 gallons.
Continue ReadingSprayed the 1st corn planted (G-90) with Fertilome Broad Spectrum Insecticide – Bifenthrin as black beetles with red strips were found and some of the leaves have holes where the beetles have eaten them. This was the first use of Fertilome’s Broad Spectrum Insecticide with Bifenthrin and it was recommended by ACES. Also, added a […]
Continue Reading5/16/2020 – Spread 13-13-13 to just beyond the leaf line on: all citrus and fruit trees in their small orchard the satsuma and sand pear tree at the garden Threw some into the aspidistra hoping that will make them start growing.
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