Sprayed Citrus with Spinosad
10/8/2020 – Sprayed the lemons and satsumas with Spinosad for the second time in this series to stop the leaf miners.
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Spread Fertilizer with Extinguish for Ants
10/1/2020 – Using the April 22, 2019 application as a guide, but wanting to not fertilize as heavy this late in the fall, we decided to spread 100 lbs. of 15-0-15 (2/3rds of that application) while putting in 2 lbs of Extinguish. Therefore, mix 1 lb. of Extinguish in each 50 lb sack of fertilizer […]
Continue ReadingYard pH Tests and Actions
9/29/2020 – Took pH readings with the Kelsey meter in the following locations. Target pH for St. Augustine Grass is 6.0 – 6.5. Location Reading Action Front yard – Grass grows well. Make half of the full 1 point adjustment and retest. >½ pt NW Corner 5.5 SW Corner 5.2 NE Corner 5.0 SE Corner […]
Continue ReadingSpread Lime to Adjust pH Levels in the Beds
9/20/2020 – Given the light rain from Hurricane Sally and the drizzle the past two days, the soil is saturated. Therefore, today is a good day to take pH readings using the meter. The readings are listed below. 9/28/2020 – Spread the lime cited in the table below just before the first cold front blew […]
Continue ReadingWidened Crape Myrtle bed along the road and weeded
9/25/2020 – Pulled a string and used the edger to make a straight cut in the grass. The bed depth between the crapes will now be the same as at the crapes.
Continue ReadingSprayed Roses with Sulfur
8/20/2020, cloudy afternoon – For the first time, sprayed all roses with sulfur for black spot on other fungal diseases. 8/21/2020, 8 AM – Drenched all roses to wash off the sulfur and prevent sunlight damage to leaves. Also to wash the sulfur into the soil to help prevent issues there.
Continue ReadingFed Crape Myrtles and others 33-0-0
8/13/2020 – Fed Crape Myrtles 33-0-0 and threw some on the gate beds (inside and out) and the rose/sunflower bed in the southwest corner of the pond field. The marigolds in the two crape beds in the pond yard as well as the sunflowers, have grown well. Surely due to the regular fertilizing of the […]
Continue ReadingFed the Blueberries, Aspidistra, and beds at the gate
8/2/2020 – Threw 8-8-8+1% zinc around the: blueberry bushes, the aspidistra around the pecan trees, and the Indigo+Spira beds either side of the driveway at the gate.
Continue ReadingSprayed Mancozeb on Floribunda Roses
8/1/2020 – 8/1/2020 – Given the almost daily rains for the past week, sprayed Mancozeb on all the Floribunda roses.
Continue ReadingFed Roses MG and Fish Emulsion
8/1/2020 – Mixed 4-gallon batches of 4 Tablespoons of Miracle Grow with about twice that of fish emulsion. Mixed up 12 gallons and poured it on them proportionate to the size.
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