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5/15/2021 – The pepper seedlings in the garden are looking less like they have a magnesium deficiency and growing. Many have blooms but are less than 12″ high. As they like a lower pH we mixed cottonseed meal in with the 8-8-8 and applied it as follows. To not fertilize the weeds between the plants […]
Continue Reading5/14/2021 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $3.99 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $0.00 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $3.99 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $0.00 Marigold Sparky Mix – 250 seeds $3.99 Jambalaya Okra – 50 seeds $4.99 Red Burgundy Okra – 50 […]
Continue Reading5/14/2021 – Tilled the wide rows between the tomatoes, squash and cukes in the north half of the garden. Also tilled the two empty half rows.
Continue Reading5/?/2021 – Mary found leaves with raised, round, brown spots on one of the magnolias in the pond yard. We are confident they are algal leaf spots and today we treated all three trees.
Continue Reading5/13/2021 – Fed 8-8-8 to the Hydrangeas, Magnolias, and the Citrus trees. The larger Hydrangeas got a scant cup and the smaller one 1/2 to 3/4 cups. The Magnolias in the pond yard got a full cup just outside the root ball. The Citrus each got about 3 handfuls scattered under and outside the canopy. […]
Continue Reading5/12/2021 – The pink roses are blooming profusely and some are starting to either be at the end of life or being attacked by botritus. Sprayed them with Mancozeb. Also sprayed the white roses in front of them although there are no signs of an issue there. The aspidistra we cut back are coming back […]
Continue Reading5/12/2021 – The peppers listed below still have yellowish areas between the darker green veins in the leaves. Looks like all the photos of the sign of Magnesium uptake deficiency. Sprayed them the second time this year with Epsom Salts mixed at 1 tbsp per gallon. The plants are still small and a few are […]
Continue Reading5/10/2021 – We could get more rain tonight and tomorrow but I doubt it will be much. Sprayed Mancozeb on the tomatoes in both gardens. There were only a few lower leaves that were yellow with black spots. Removed them while spraying. We have had a lot of blooms but only a few tomatoes. The […]
Continue Reading5/9/2021, 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 […]
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