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4/12/2021 – This will be the first fungicide treatment for daylily rust and uses a combination spray of a contact and a systemic product. Our 2020 post here has a lot of great info and was the guide for this treatment using Propiconazole 14.3 (the systemic) and Daconil (the contact fungicide). We repeated what was […]
Continue Reading4/12/2021 – The heavy rains at the end of last week surely washed out the fertilizer we have placed in the past month or two. The roses, daylilies, grass, ie. everything else is/was setting buds and on the way to being the best we ever achieved. To preserve that momentum, we re-fertilized everything. Researching for […]
Continue Reading4/6/2021 – For the past years the aspidistras, around the two old pecans along the driveway, have had most of their leaves with dead ends to as much as half-dead and have looked bad. Research into why found that it is due to too much direct sun and/or fungus. Given the pecans loose leaves in […]
Continue Reading4/2/2021, Good Friday – This was the first spring fertilizing with 13-13-13 (with no added minerals) of the following. Crepes in the yard, pond yard, and orchard. Small ones got 2 handfuls Large ones got 4 handfuls Two in the pond got 3 handfuls Spireas – 1+ handfuls Indigo Small oaks in the barnyard – […]
Continue Reading3/28/2021 From SFGate – According to the University of California Vegetable Research and Information Center, the rate of application to raise the pH level two points in 1 square foot of garden space is 4 tablespoons of lime. [¼ cup] To Raise pH 1 point: 1 SF 2 tblsp 4 SF – 2’x2′ ½ cup […]
Continue Reading3/19/2021 – Fed Miracle Grow to the wood ferns in front of the azalea beds and the middle of the Indigo Beds in the backyard.
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – Roses have begun to leaf out and a little black spot is appearing. Sprayed until dripped Propiconazole 14.3 at 1/2 tsp in one gallon of water plus Bonide Mancozeb Flowable with Zinc. Added a non-ionic surfactant.
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – We moved the gardenia that was in front of the picture window to the location of the former pecan tree removed last month. The pecan was the north one in the south end of the Indigo/Hydrangea bed on the east side of the backyard. We planted where the gardenia had been a recently […]
Continue Reading2/11/2021 – Spread 2 CY of crushed pine bark mulch on the daylily bed at the pond gate to the road and then the beds west of the driveway that were: the rose & lily bed along the driveway at the patio the amaryllis, lily, and rose bed under the kitchen window; the small rose […]
Continue Reading3/7/2021 – Using the first planning for this application of fertilizer and ant killer here, we: mixed 8 ounces by weight of Extinguish (that filled a Ball quart wide mouth jar almost up to the top of the “B” in Ball) into one 50 lb. bag of 15-0-15+3% iron from AGFA in the wheelbarrow with […]
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