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12/7/2019 – New holes in new growth appears to be occurring on the mustard and more holes in the Bok choy and chinese cabbage in the little garden. Sprayed Spinosad mostly on the top of the leaves.
Continue Reading12/6/2019 – Mary fed the bok choy and cabbage in her garden Miracle Grow.
Continue Reading12/3/2019 – The Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage (the first planting, in rows 7 & 8) has done well and is 4″-6″ high and needed to be thinned again. The Early Flat Dutch Cabbage has done very poorly and only 10-20 of the two half rows in row 7 & 8 have come up. Moved 31 […]
Continue Reading12/3/2019, 6 AM – There was a hard frost and the temperature went down to 27 F. There were no damages to anything in either garden. The plants that were not damaged in the big garden were: Florida Broadleaf Mustard – 4-6″ high Ruby Queen Beets – 1-2″ high Swiss Chard – 1″ high Early […]
Continue Reading11/30/2019 – Small round holes are appearing in the mustard leaves especially on the south end (row 3 and 4) where flea beetles were initially a problem with the winter squash. Mary picked a mess of mustard and then I sprayed both rows with malathion. Minor damage was noted on the cabbage in rows 7 […]
Continue ReadingFed Miracle Grow to all the onions and the 1″ high lettuce.
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11/26/2019 – Sidedressed the: first and second sowing of beets in row 5 with fish emulsion dilution at about 3-4 Tbsp per gallon; The beet seedlings are about 1″ tall and do not show in this photo. first and second mustard with Miracle Grow in Rows 3 and 4 mixed at 1 tbsp per gallon. […]
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11/26/2019 – I tilled the raised beds with the TroyBuilt cultivator in the north end of Rows 10 and 11 in the north half of the garden. Piper and Olivia raked the rows back into shape. I drew a 1/2″ deep slot in Row 10 for the spinach. Piper planted Black Seeded Simpson lettuce in […]
Continue Reading11/20/2019 – As the freeze killed the periwinkle and the hibiscus’ leaves and blooms, we needed something growing in the bed along the Utility Room wall. We bought and planted four 4″ pots of cabbage at Blairs and three 6-packs of Bonnie Plants at Lowe’s. The Bonnie 6-paks were: Buttercrunch Bibb Lettuce Red Leaf Lettuce, […]
Continue Reading11/18/2019 – Replanted De Cicco and Wortham 29 Broccoli between the scattered seedlings in row 9. Row 10 is empty as neither broccoli came up. In Row 12, where the Corvair Spinach did not germinate, we planted Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach. Watered all sowing to hopefully help them to come up even though the soil […]
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