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8/31/2021 – This morning the two days of rains from Hurricane Ida ended after dumping 13 inches on the trees. To compensate for the nutrients that were washed away applied Jack’s Citrus FeED 20-10-20 with micronutrients by JR Peters. Mixed it per the instructions at 1 tbsp per gallon; i.e. 2 tbsp in the 2-gallon […]
Continue Reading8/31/2021 – The soil is very damp from the rains dropped by Hurricane Ida so used the KEL pH meter to take the readings below. Based on those readings and the advice from Clemson for Azaleas target pH of 4.5-6 and American Camillia Asso. target is 6.0-6.5 added the supplements cited. Azalea pH Readings – […]
Continue Reading8/22/2021 – Some of the mature leaves of the satsuma, blood orange, and lemon tree along the driveway are beginning to curl and the leaf miner trails are on some leaves that are not curling. Sprayed them to drip with Spinosad.
Continue Reading8/22/2021 – The hydrangeas, particularly in the backyard, have gotten large brown areas that are anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides per Clemson Cooperative Extension here. Sprayed them with Mancozeb made up a few days ago. Ran out of the mix of mancozeb before could spray the ones in the front yard. Mixed up Daconil that […]
Continue Reading8/18/2021 – Finally installed a hydrant along the rail fence in the daylily bed at the gate to the pond yard. It is on the 3/4″ PVC line that runs across the road to the livestock’s water tank. Mary is happy and watered the Lady Bed, the roses at the driveway gate, and the citrus, […]
Continue Reading8/16/2021 – Sprayed Epsom Salts mixed at 1 Tbsp per gallon on the roses, tomatoes, and peppers. The peppers are not bearing much so we’ll see if this helps. Sprayed the tomatoes just because they were there and it could not hurt. Sprayed the roses to coincide with the feeding our Concoction two days ago […]
Continue Reading8/15/2021 – This week Mary received new varieties of daylilies bought for their color and that they are late-season re-bloomers. She planted the three called “Back Draft” in the newly expanded beds on either side of the Frescati. Two are west of the Frescati and one is east near the house.
Continue Reading8/13/2021 – The summer heat and very wet times have begun to show as some of the roses are not blooming as they had been. And the Knockouts at the front door are losing lower leaves…although they are blooming well. It is past time to feed them by a couple of weeks so this feeding […]
Continue Reading8/11/2021 – Despite efforts since last fall the Azalea on the east side of the path to the barn has died of Crown Rot. We chopped and dug out around it and Fergie jerked it out of the ground. The hole and about a foot beyond was drenched with water plus hydrogen peroxide at 3:1 […]
Continue Reading8/9/2021 – For the past several weeks we have noticed the Knockout roses along the front of the house and the climbing pink roses at the gate losing leaves that had turned yellow. Potential causes based on advice at other websites are: The lower leaves of the Knockouts have dropped. That could be that they […]
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