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Sprayed gardenia at the front door with Sevin as we found the blooms have tripes. See https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/gardenia-insects-related-pests/ Found maybe 30% of the Oak Leaf Hydrangea has Cercospora leaf spot. Sprayed with Mancozeb. For good info see https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/hydrangea/
Continue Reading5/9/2019 – Fed the Sunset Magic Crepes and the Bay Tree with one gallon each of Fish Emulsion + Miracle Grow.
Continue Reading5/26/2019 – We bought four units (2 packages) at Dawes Hardware for $24.95 each and hung them in the locations below. They are to be effective for 90 days: i.e. to the end of August. On 5/10/19, Mary notice Barn Swallows darting around the trees where the Eradicators are installed along the driveway. They were […]
Continue ReadingWiden azalea bed in the backyard under the bedroom and dressing room windows. Also extended it on the east end to project follow a curving edge to create the grass-pool effect. Planted two Hibiscus in the new widened end. Extended the ends of the hydrangea-daylily-pecan trees bed to match the Indigo bed immediately north and […]
Continue Reading5/5/2019 – Sprayed all daylilies the second time with Mancozeb for Rust. As we continue to remove leaves with Rust there was far less than when we first noticed it. Still plan to spray again next weekend.
Continue Reading5/2/2019 – Sprayed Azaleas for Lacebugs with Sevin Concentrate. Also sprayed the 4 citrus trees in the SW corner of the yard and the one at the garden to be sure the last spray for aphids got them. Applied almost three gallons.
Continue Reading4/30/2019 – The black spot has become worse on especially one of the Knock Outs in front to the Guest Room Window. But, I had sprayed it with Spectracide Systemic Fungicide last week. As the Rust is already looking like it is far less on the daylilies, Mary wanted to spray the roses with Mancozeb. […]
Continue Reading4/28/2019 – We realized the daylilies along the front of the house where the drip hoses operated daily had developed Rust–some more than others. The ones at the drip hose were the worst. Those we moved from there recently took the rust to the bed along the road/fence; but not too much. Hopefully, we found/learned […]
Continue Reading4/27/2019 – We bought an Encore Autumn Princess intermediate size azalea and planted it where we had planted the dwarf Encore Autumn Fire; i.e the SE corner bed in the front yard. Now the two Encores will be the same size. We planted the Autumn Fire in the backyard at the undeveloped gap between the […]
Continue ReadingThe Basis and the Plan Soil test says to fertilize the grass with 6 lbs. per 1,000 SF of 15-0-15. ACES says here for a low maintenance lawn apply 1/2 lb. nitrogen per 1,000 SF three times per year. So to get 0.5 lb nitrogen with 15-0-15 would equate to: Amount of Fertilizer = (0.5 […]
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