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5/9/2021, Mothers Day – Sprayed Cutrine Plus Algaecide Aquatic Herbicide for the second time around the edges of the pond at least 5 feet out to hopefully kill the remaining filamentous algae. There is a lot less than there was when it was first sprayed. Then sprayed Shoreclear on the weeds along the shore line […]
Continue Reading5/8/2021 – Ted sprayed the Creek Field (7.5 ac) and the North Pasture (21 ac) with his new 110-gallon sprayer with the single high spray head. He sprayed GrazonNext, PastureGard, and a surfactant. The PastureGard was included to get the knockdown of the Tallow Trees coming up in many places. The Small Field (aka Creek […]
Continue Reading5/8/2021 – Side dress the 9 rows of G-90 Corn and the squash in the 2nd and 3rd row of the north half. The 33-0-0 was spread along both sides of the cornrows at the rate of about a handful per 5-6 feet. Then plowed in most of the white granules with Fergie and the […]
Continue Reading5/7/2021 – Used the cultivator still set with about a 14″ wide plant space to: breakup the sides of the pea hills and the middles. Backed down the extra-wide middles of the squash and cucumber rows and plowed to knock out the small weeds next to the plants and loosen the rain-packed soil. That left […]
Continue ReadingSpray GrazonNext HL on the areas of the Old Garden, aka Ranger’s Field, and the Burn Pile Field for the first time to control the weeds that are taking over. Did not spray under the pecan trees or oak trees. This is the first time we have applied GrazonNext HL.
Continue ReadingThe six Pepper Chile G76 F1, Anaheim style seedlings transplanted 4/26/2021 into the garden look yellow, several have lost all their leaves, and no one has grown since transplanting. There is some evidence of magnesium deficiency and hence they were sprayed two days ago with Epsom Salts. Today Mary sowed twelve replacements in the greenhouse. […]
Continue Reading5/1/2021 – Fed them 8-8-8 with sulphur and zinc. Last feeding was mid April. 5-6 handfuls for the large ones 3-5 handfuls for the smaller ones They are lush and green but no blooms so far.
Continue Reading5/1/2021 – As there is an empty section—about 30 feet— of the row between the tomatoes/peppers and the white scalloped squash, sowed six Betternut 401 F1 winter squash seeds as we really like butternut squash. The seeds were sowed ½ inch deep and 4 ft. apart.
Continue Reading5/1/2021 – Mary sowed American Meadows Hummingbird and Butterfly Flower Mixture seeds in the north and south end of her garden. The packet said it contains over 100,000 seeds. It did not seem like that many. Net Wt: 1oz., 65% inert matter as a sowing aid, and over 10,000 flower seeds. The following flowers are […]
Continue Reading5/1/2021 – Some of the pepper’s leaves in the big garden and basil’s leaves in the little garden are yellow between the veins. Based on various pieces of advice collected on this page, we sprayed them with Epsom Salts mixed one tablespoon of Epsom Salts in one gallon of water. Sprayed the top and bottom […]
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