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7/18/2020 – Used the Stihl hedge trimmer to: Top the three taller bushes; one at the south end of the row and the two north-most bushes. Trimmed the too-tall shoots on all the others in the row The two original blueberry bushes next to the row of original azaleas–and the driveway to the barnyard–were cut […]
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.
Continue Reading2/23/2020 – The recommendation is to fertilize the blueberries with 3 oz of Azalea fertilizer per plant. As we have seven bushes in the row that would be 21 oz. Measured about 24 oz. by volume. Threw the fertilizer along both sides and around the ends. Did not seem like much but the recommendation in […]
Continue Reading10/8/2019 – We have started finding Stewart pecans. They must be coming from the upper limbs as the lower limbs do not have any. 10/15/2019 – The old tree next to the live oak has under it a lot of pecans to be picked up. More than 95% of them are good. I picked up […]
Continue Reading10/7/2019 – Sprayed Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug Brew (spinosad) on only the citrus trees in the citrus grove as the leaf miners are still there. The last spraying made a difference and probably should have re-sprayed a few weeks ago.
Continue Reading7/19/2019 – This feeding is based on the advice at UF/IFAS’s Blueberry Gardener’s Guide1. The relevant advice we followed or will follow is below. Blueberries respond best to frequent, light fertilization. In the [plant’s] third year and beyond, use 3 ounces of fertilizer (12-4-8) per plant per application spread evenly over a 4-foot diameter circle, […]
Continue Reading7/6/2019 – Sprayed all locations cited below with new Sevin. The Blood Orange, Meyer Lemons, and Owari Satsuma in the SW corner of the yard are all showing leaf damage consisting of leaf borers and curling leaves from aphids. The lemon neares the street had the least damage. Again, the varmints are not evident. Also […]
Continue Reading3/27/2019 – Bought a Brown Select Satsuma and two “Julia Child” gold floribunda roses at Sessions. The Julia Child rose, known in the UK as the Absolutely Fabulous rose, is a golden butter or golden floribunda rose, named after the chef Julia Child. WikipediaScientific name: Rosa ‘Julia Child’ Higher classification: RoseCultivar: ‘WEKvossutono’. Origin: Tom Carruth; (United States, […]
Continue Reading3/2/2019 – Fertilized the Blue Berries and Aspidistra with 34-0-0.
Continue ReadingBought at Blair’s a 3 gallon Flordaking (aka Florida King) Peach and a 3-gallon Pineapple Pear. They were $30 each and were grown at Bracy’s Nursery, LLC, Amite, LA 70422. The Pear is to grow 15′ high and 10′ wide. The peach is to grow to 25′ high and 25′ wide.
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