A farmer works in acres not hours.
Following the advice by the old very successful truck farmer as taught to Ted, I dusted the tomatoes with lime. The concept is that the calcium in the lime is absorbed through the leaves and helps with water absorption and thereby helps prevent blossom end rot. We only found one last week with the rot […]
Continue ReadingThe original planting of cantaloupes (about row 14) have many blooms and a few 1-2″ fruits. We had not side-dressed them so did so today with 15-0-15 plus iron. Scratched the dirt 8-12′ either side–after pulling back the vines in most cases–and dropped in a small handful of the fertilizer. Covered it up and watered […]
Continue ReadingI realized I had not applied the second side dressing to the 2nd and 3rd planting of corn. The second planting is tasseled and some have early silk. The third planting has a few tassels. Side dressed with 34-0-0 plus about 20% lime. Also, side dressed the Silver King Corn only a little late as […]
Continue ReadingWe planted the only area that had not been planted next to the pecan trees and planted the last of the peas and KWB beans. In the photo below the near five rows are Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans that Mary loves. The three rows in the southwest corner are Texas Cream Peas in the one […]
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Today we had the largest harvest yet of cucumbers and a few more PEPH peas. Also, two new vegetables–corn and the first okra pods.
Continue ReadingWe have found a few about 2″ long yellow squash that was covered with a fuzzy blackish grey fungus and that was totally rotten. The quote below and links clearly identify it as Chaonephora fruit rot and those and other advice says there is no treatment other than to open up the leaf canopy. We […]
Continue ReadingHad maybe fifteen seeds left so soaked them overnight in water. Planted them in the gaps where the first planting did not germinate. Only about 30% of those seeds germinated and are about 2″ tall with two permanent leaves. I did not soak them first and likely soaked the ones planted today too long.
Continue ReadingA month or so ago Mary planted the last of the Mortgage Lifter seeds in some 2″ seedling squares. They have far outgrown the little pots. Perhaps due to our neglect other than watering them and leaving them outside. They are 12-14″ high with white nodules on the stalks where roots are trying to form […]
Continue ReadingFound a 1/2″ green worm, likely a cabbage looper, in a small green tomato on the northmost vine in the last row (18) and the one next to it had blossom end rot. Most of the leaves were full of holes. Found some holes in many leaves on the other vines. Sprayed all tomatoes with […]
Continue ReadingThere has been about three weeks since I tested a garlic bulb to see if the divisions between the tows had turned dark–and it had not. Checked again last week and still creamy white flesh with a very mild garlic smell. All leaves are now dead and lying on the ground largely due to the […]
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