A farmer works in acres not hours.
10/19/2019 – Over half the okra is dead and what is producing is largely tough–even when small. There were only 3-6 pods per day for the whole row. The banana, Hungarian Hot Wax, Cayenne, and Bell peppers have been prolific although the Bells never grew larger peppers than 3″ round. It is time to plant […]
Continue Reading10/17/2019 – The Celebrity tomatoes are blooming and one has small tomatoes. The Tomatillos and peppers seedlings we grew and planted in the row look pale and so they were also fertilized. Fertilized them with a combination of fish emulsion and Miracle Grow. The Romas will be blooming soon so did not fertilize them until […]
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10/14/2019 – Given the rain two days ago and the prediction of cooler days ahead, we planted some of the south 30-ft of the rows in the north half of the large garden and seedlings. This is late planting but September and the first part of October was very hot and very dry. Some of […]
Continue Reading10/12/2019 – August was a very wet month with over 11″ of rain through the 26th. The only rain here between then and October 12 today, when 1.23″ fell, was a brief shower of 0.4″–although parts of Mobile flooded with 6″ of rain. Since mid-August, we have installed the 1″ PVC water line to the […]
Continue Reading10/11/2019 – Had bought two 3″ pots of cilantro at WalMart that had two plants each. Separated them and planted the four plants on the north side of the basil about 15″ apart. Covered the soil around them with hay straw to protect from the sun and preserve moisture. The cilantro we tried to grow […]
Continue ReadingThis experiment clearly showed that just enough hay over dirt such that you cannot see the dirt made an 8-degree difference in soil temperature.
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10/10/2019, 8:00 am – Although we have had essentially no rain for 8 weeks, there is a 50% chance tomorrow and two fair chances next week. If it does then that will reduce the amount of hand watering needed. Made with Frank’s hiller 6 rows (nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 counting this […]
Continue Reading10/8/2019, 2:30 PM In the area in the shade of the pecan trees it temp was 93-95 In the area where beets are planned next to the winter squash, the temps were up to 101 degrees.
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10/7/2019 – Our tomatillo seedlings have mottled leaves that looks like a magnesium deficiency. Per advice at SFGate here mixed and watered them with 1/2 cup of Epsom salt to 1 gallon of water.
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10/6/2019 – Beginning to see flea beetles again so sprayed the winter squash with malathion for the first time. The photos below were taken early morning when I did not see any beetles.
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