Bought Lime & Slow Release Fertilizer
9/21/2021 – Bought at Greenpoint AG 3 40-lb sacks of pelletized lime and one 50-lb. sack of 58% 13-6-6 Slow Release Premium fertilizer.
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pH Tests of Daylily Beds & Actions
9/18/2021 From The Care and Feeding of Daylilies at http://www.ctdaylily.com/trimmer_fertilizing.html – Regardless of how much nutrition is present not much is going to be available to your plants unless your PH is in the 6.2-6.8 range. Readings taken in damp soil with the KEL meter Old Azalea Row north side of the backyard 6.5 – […]
Continue ReadingSidedressed Corn
9/17/2021 – Sidedressed the corn—about 24% has tassels—between showers as it looks very yellow along with some leaning over due to the hard rains and wind. Spread 15-0-15 plus iron as surely the potassium washed out along with the nitrogen with the most recent 5″ of rains in the past three days. The soil is […]
Continue ReadingpH Tests in the Yard, Gardens, Pond Yard, & Pond Water
9/17/2021 – We took readings in evenly scattered locations in the Yard and Gardens. The soil was very damp from the rain yesterday and 5″ from TD Nicholas. The readings were as follows. Yard Backyard 6.2 north 5.9 south. East side yard 6.3 north of gate Front Yard 6.0 – front of Red Bud Tree […]
Continue ReadingBought & Planted 3 Knock Out Roses
9/16/2021 – Bought three 3-gallon Double Knock Out Roses at Blairs grown by Star Roses and Plants. Two replaced the original Knock Out on the west side of the front porch that died and was removed this morning. The third one replaced a Hybrid Tea in the bed along the kitchen wall just north of […]
Continue ReadingpH At the Magnolia Frescati
9/10/2021 This is a follow-up check and treatment of the first check/treatment on August 3. The Frescati is still struggling and has some small leaves, although more than in the spring, but still sparse. pH readings with the Kell meter about 8 feet from the outside of the multi-trunk were: North – 5.0 NE – […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Algaecide at Pond’s Edge
9/16/2021 – The water is deep along the edge due to the 5″ of rain yesterday. So, sprayed 5 ft. out with a mix of 4.6 oz of Cutrine Plus in 2 gallons in the 2-gallon sprayer-the standard mix for my 2-gallon sprayer to spray the entire edge. This time sprayed a small droplet on […]
Continue ReadingOrdered 3 Bundles of Short-Day Onion Plants
9/15/2021 – Ordered from HOSS Tools. The below paragraphs are from their web page. Red Creole, Plethora, and Savannah Sweet are all short-day onion varieties. Each bundle contains 50 plants. Red Creole Onion is an heirloom, open-pollinated variety that produces bright red, flat onions. This is a short-day onion that performs well in southern climates. […]
Continue ReadingTD Nicholas blew in from Texas, Leaving 5″ of Rain
9/14, 15, & 16/2021 – TD Nicholas, previously Hurricane Nicholas when it made landfall southwest of Houston, traveled south of Houston as a TS then across Louisiana and Mississippi reaching us as a TD. On 9/14/21 we got only 0.21″ and then beginning at 5 AM, 9/15/2021, it drizzled or rained all day. The heaviest […]
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Rooted Red Bud Tree Cuttings
9/13/2021 – The Red Bud Tree sapling we brought from Houston, from Mary’s grandparent’s homestead in Magnolia Texas, has done very well in the raised bed in the northeast corner of the front yard. It had spent the first three years here in the herb bed at the westside patio where it struggled. But, it […]
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