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4/20/2021 – Last year’s spraying the lawn with Weed Free Zone worked well but we have a lot of Florida Betony, Spider Wort, and more back this year. We did not spray before the greening of the grass so will do so now that it is more mature. The plans below begin with calibrating the […]
Continue Reading4/19/2021 – Because termites were a problem with the firewood last year we treated the dirt before placing the pecan firewood from the recent tree removals. Poured a 2% solution of Bifintren-IT 7.9% between the log supports after digging out the leaves and debris to create trenches. Poured a total of 12 gallons mixed in […]
Continue Reading4/17/2021 – This will be the first fungicide treatment for daylily rust and uses a combination spray of a contact and a systemic product. Our 2020 post here has a lot of great info and was the guide for this treatment using Propiconazole 14.3 (the systemic) and Daconil (the contact fungicide). We repeated what was […]
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The first part of March was dry then there was some rain including a 2.06″ one in the last week. April made up for any deficiency in two extended multi-day rains with the first totaling 4.87″ and the second totaling 5.81″. And, there were only three days between the end of the first and the […]
Continue Reading4/17/2021 – Year before last we had four Hibiscus along the meter/switch-box wall and that winter three of them were killed by the cold temperatures. One survived, came back, and did ok last year. This winter again almost killed it but it has leaves coming up out of the mulch. Researching what to feed a […]
Continue Reading4/15/2021 – On a cloudy afternoon sprayed the satsumas, orange and lemon trees with Spinosad to hopefully prevent leaf miners for damaging the leaves.
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4/15/2021, 2:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Very early this morning light rains began and then became much harder up to 4.4″ per hour. Thankfully, that rate lasted for less than 30 minutes. The pond was well out of its banks and within an inch or two of being as high as last week. All […]
Continue Reading4/13/2021 – Used the 4-tine hoe to loosen the crusted soil around the tomatoes and then spread pecan wood ash from the fireplace. Then used the hoe to scratch the ash into the loosened soil. The ash is supposed to be high in calcium as well as contain other micro-nutrients. The calcium should help reduce […]
Continue Reading4/13/2021, 7:30 AM – Three days since the 4.87″ rains took a sample from the east side near the feeding location. Results from the Aquacheck Test Strips were: pH = 6.8 Total Alkalinity was higher at a full 40 ppm. The water is clear in the top foot or so which it has never been. […]
Continue Reading4/7/2021 – Drove in the 1×2″x5′ stakes I cut from treated Yellawood 1×4″x10’s ripped and sharp end cut in the shop. The stakes are 6′ apart; i.e. three plants are between each stake. 4/12/2021 – Installed first wrapping of the Florida Weave.
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