Sprayed Citrus with Spinosad for Leaf Miners
4/15/2021 – On a cloudy afternoon sprayed the satsumas, orange and lemon trees with Spinosad to hopefully prevent leaf miners for damaging the leaves.
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Today’s 2.78″ Rain Following 0.70″ Yesterday
4/15/2021, 2:00 AM to 9:00 AM – Very early this morning light rains began and then became much harder up to 4.4″ per hour. Thankfully, that rate lasted for less than 30 minutes. The pond was well out of its banks and within an inch or two of being as high as last week. All […]
Continue ReadingPut Wood Ash around Tomatoes for BER
4/13/2021 – Used the 4-tine hoe to loosen the crusted soil around the tomatoes and then spread pecan wood ash from the fireplace. Then used the hoe to scratch the ash into the loosened soil. The ash is supposed to be high in calcium as well as contain other micro-nutrients. The calcium should help reduce […]
Continue ReadingTested Pond Water Quality after Flood
4/13/2021, 7:30 AM – Three days since the 4.87″ rains took a sample from the east side near the feeding location. Results from the Aquacheck Test Strips were: pH = 6.8 Total Alkalinity was higher at a full 40 ppm. The water is clear in the top foot or so which it has never been. […]
Continue ReadingInstalled Tomato Stakes and Florida Weave
4/7/2021 – Drove in the 1×2″x5′ stakes I cut from treated Yellawood 1×4″x10’s ripped and sharp end cut in the shop. The stakes are 6′ apart; i.e. three plants are between each stake. 4/12/2021 – Installed first wrapping of the Florida Weave.
Continue ReadingRe-fertilizing after 4.87″ rain in 3 days
4/12/2021 – The heavy rains at the end of last week surely washed out some of the fertilizer—especially the nitrogen and potassium—we have placed in the past month or two. The roses, daylilies, grass, i.e. everything else is/was setting buds and on the way to being the best yard we ever achieved. To preserve that […]
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2.85″ Rain in 3 hours. 4.87″ in 3 days.
4/10/2021 – Rain ahead of a cold front began at 3:25 AM and by 6:55 AM 3″ had fallen. By 10 AM the total was 3.37″ and had stopped—other than an occasional sprinkle. In the first 20 minutes the temperature dropped 11° and we had 24 MPH winds. Given the rain over the past two […]
Continue ReadingSeed & Supply Order from Harris Seeds
4/9/2021 – Free Shipping Offer Basil Prospera Premium F1 Organic Seed, 1,000 Seeds $7.25 Broccoli Green Magic F1 Seed, Treated, 1,000 Seeds $11.35 Dramm Fogg It Nozzle × 1 Each $11.25 Snapdragon Rocket Mix F1, Untreated, 500 Seeds $5.10 Dillen 4″ Round Pot, 3×12 Count = 36 ea $14.85 Discounts Free Shipping $-11.25Subtotal$49.80Shipping$11.25Taxes$2.09Total$51.89
Continue ReadingSowed in Trays: Lettuce, Dill, & Coriander
Mary sowed the following in trays in the greenhouse. The seeds arrived today from Harris Seeds. Dill Fernleaf – 12 each Lettuce Truchas MTO Organic – 18 each Lettuce Dragoon MTO Organic – 12 each Coriander Leisure 12 each
Continue ReadingResowed Freeze-Damaged Seedlings & White Scallop Squash
4/7/2021 – We sowed White Scalloped Squash in the south end of the row east of the tomatoes. About 20′ at about 24 in. apart. We resowed some of the frost damaged areas that do not look like they will make it in the rows as follows. Pascola Zucchini – None made it likely due […]
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