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6/15/2020 – Grandma pulled up her onions as it is time to prepare the garden for the fall crops. They turned out very nice and with a good flavor. She put them into plastic netting bags and hung them in the utility room so the outer skin will dry for storage.
Continue Reading6/14/2020 – Sprayed the tomatoes with bifenthrin as part of weekly spraying to stop stink bugs. See a few every day and spray them when they are found. Today was an overall spray rather than just a targetted death blast.
Continue Reading6/13/2020 – The 3rd or youngest corn planted next to the pecan trees in the south half have tasseled and some silks are showing. Should have side dressed them a few weeks ago but … Threw along one side of each row in a shallow groove 33-0-0. Raked soil back into the groove and hope […]
Continue Reading6/10/2020 – After 7 inches of rain over three days from TS Cristobal, sprayed the tomatoes with Daconil fungicide (Active Ingredient Chlorothalonil) at 1 Tbsp per gallon. Sprayed 2 gallons. This was the first time to use Daconil in the garden. Daconil was recommended for vegetables that are close to harvest as Mancozeb has a […]
Continue ReadingFrom HOSS Product Total Kestrel Beet – Packet (350 seeds) Packet (350 seeds) $3.99 Cheers Cabbage $3.99 Savanna Mustard – Packet (500 seeds) Packet (500 seeds) $3.99 Crocodile Spinach – Packet (250 seeds) Packet (250 seeds) $3.99 Green Magic Broccoli $3.99 Marigold Sparky Mix Packet (250 seeds) $3.99 Additional Seed Plates Blank Seed Plate 3/32″ $6.99 Additional […]
Continue Reading6/6/2020 – Found 6-8 stink bugs in one area of the tomatoes. Sprayed them until they were soaked with Bifenthrin and the plants and fruit. Sprayed both rows again but not heavy. Only been 4 days since they were sprayed. Maybe I missed that spot…. Seeing some holes in some of the peppers so sprayed […]
Continue Reading6/5/2020 – Fed the tomatoes, tomatillos, and peppers diluted Fish Emulsion. About 1 tbsp per gallon. Sprayed them with 1 tbsp per gallon of Epsom Salts.
Continue Reading6/2/2020 – Some of the green tomatoes have stink bug spots and I found one of them this morning. The tomatillos have similar spots and worms. Sprayed them with bifenthrin.
Continue Reading6/2/2020 – Although the tomatoes have just set and are green, we are seeing more blossom end rot and do not want to wait and see if it stops. Based on various advice–such as below–too acidic soil inhibits calcium uptake and that leads to BER. Tested the pH with the hand meter and found it […]
Continue Reading6/2/2020 – Sprayed Spinosid on the citrus trees as a few leafminers have appeared. Sprayed it on the 2nd corn’s (Silver Queen) silks to prevent earworms. Some of the silks were turning brown so it is likely a little late. This was the last of the Capt Jacks Brew by Bonide. Ordered Monterey LG6135 Garden […]
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