Seeds for Grow Boxes & Grape Tomatoes
3/27/2024 – Mary bought three Grape Tomato plants and the following seeds at G&D while we waited for the Carp fingerings. She plans to sow them in Grow Boxes
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Built Bed Next to the Front Walk
3/16/2024 – Completed a new bed along the front walkway from the east end of the driveway bed to the Daylilies at the SW corner of the house. This is where the Magnolia Frescati had been and part of its stump is now under the mulch. Tilled the sod and added about 4-6 inches of […]
Continue ReadingBlossom Booster on Roses, Bulbs, Marigolds, & Shrimp Plants
3/13/2024 – Mixed Blossom Booster at 1 Tbsp/gallon and applied to:
Continue ReadingSpread Extinguish on Yard – Spring 2024
3/13/2024 – Used the new cyclone seeder to spread Extinguish targetting 1.5 lbs per acre per the label with the spreader’s gate set to 1/8 inch opening. So, 1/2 lb would almost cover 14,500 SF and that is about the same as the front yard as well as the yard west of the driveway and […]
Continue ReadingMulched Beds Heavily
3/4 & 3/12/2024 – Bought a 12 CY load and a 6 CY Load of crushed pine bark mulch for $30/CY from Longleaf Mulch on Ward Road and hired Anthony Allen to deliver and spread it on these dates for $550+100 to spread and $150+100 to deliver. We had sprayed the weeds with Glyphosphate and […]
Continue ReadingPotted Up the Tomatoes
3/12/2024 – Transplanted the tomatoes started in the 1-inch small 6X6 trays into 2×2 deep pots. They were about 8″ tall but not yet pot-bound.
Continue ReadingFertilized Beds with Slow Release
3/8/2024 – Fertilized the flower beds, oak leaf hydrangea, and satsuma in the orchard with the slow-release fertilizer other than these plants.
Continue ReadingLiming Yards
At 1 ton/ac for pelletized lime that is equivalent to 1874 lbs of standard lime. need to spread 1.94×1874/40=90 bags
Continue ReadingFertilized Blueberry Bushes
3/2/2024 – Fertilized the row of blueberry bushes with slow-release fertilizer.
Continue ReadingSprayed WFZ on Yard on Feb 28 & Followup
2/28/2024 – Using info from last year it was sprayed after greening (too late) so sprayed the lawn with Fertilome’s Weed Free Zone (WFZ) now. WFZ kills/controls Florida Betony, Spiderwort, and Creeping Charlie which are major issues this year…as usual. 3/2/2024 – With the backpack sprayer, sprayed the edges, spiderwort that did not look sick, […]
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