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8/21/2025 —Sprayed Gly+2,4-D along the road and the north side of the ponds’ ditch. Sprayed 10 gallons of mix with Gly at 4oz/gal and 2,4-D at 1 oz/gal with surfactant at 1 oz/2gal. This was the 2nd spraying along the road to hit missed clumps. Peggy said ok to spray their stretch on the south […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Bigpod Sesbania remaining in the little pond area since sprayed with Fergie on 8/6/2025. Sprayed 2 gal of gly at 4oz/gal and 2,4-D at 1 oz/gal. This post is the first time I have cited the proper name for this tall woody plant. From Wikipedia Sesbania herbacea (syn. Sesbania exaltata) is a species of flowering plant […]
Continue ReadingFrom the 2,4-D Amine page here. Area Sprayed Mix Calculations
Continue Reading8/24/2024 – Sprayed Gly at 3 oz./gal around ponds and south ditch’s top of the bank from pole to east gates where the weeds did not get sprayed with Tractor Sprayed 2-3 weeks ago. This completed spraying that strip that was not finished last week when I ran out of Gly.
Continue Reading7/28/2024 – Sprayed Gly+24D on fences around the orchard, yard, and the big pond
Continue Reading4/4/2024 – Sprayed the fence rows around the areas listed below with 2,4-D Amine plus Glyphosate for weeds. Also used, as usual, Preference non-ionic surfactant.
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3/27/2024 – Picked up 10 White Amur Grass Carp from the Alabama Fish & Pond truck at G&D. Put 8 in the big pond and two in the small pond. The plan is they will remove the filamentous algae in the big pond and not let it start in the little one.
Continue Reading2/14/2024 – Filamentous algae have become too much on along the south shore. Sunrise temp was 32 this morning and the day is to be clear and sunny. Waited to mid-afternoon. From the label: For the 2-gallon sprayer, there would be 16 pints of water or 32 cups. 32/9 = 3.55 cups of chemical in […]
Continue Reading7/18/2023 – Last week sprayed the weeds along the edge but it showered within a hour. Then had a hard rain and it got out of its banks. Only the soft-stem broadleaf weeds died. Resprayed big pond edge for weeds with Shoreclear at 4oz/gal.
Continue Reading5/16/2023 – The pond level is almost down to the PVC fill pipe and the floating weeds are exposed more than usual. Sprayed Shoreclear with the special non-ionic surfactant on the land side weeds and the floating vine-like narrow leaf weeds that extend out to 5 feet or so. Mixed the Shoreclear in the backpack […]
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