A farmer works in acres not hours.
10/7/2019 – Our tomatillo seedlings have mottled leaves that looks like a magnesium deficiency. Per advice at SFGate here mixed and watered them with 1/2 cup of Epsom salt to 1 gallon of water.
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10/6/2019 – Beginning to see flea beetles again so sprayed the winter squash with malathion for the first time. The photos below were taken early morning when I did not see any beetles.
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10/5/2019 – We let the cayennes turn red and today picked them from one bush. Also, picked the bell peppers that seem to always be small when they begin to turn red. The banana peppers are smaller than a few weeks ago before they turn orange. We have picked about twice this many red Hot […]
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10/4/2019 – Should have done this several weeks ago but concerned it would make the flea beetle issue worse. They have not returned since the last spraying of Bug-no-More and the hot sun and no rain in over a month is stressing the plants. The frequent southerly winds have blown the vines toward the north […]
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Ravin the horse rolled on Mary’s Garden over the very young seedlings. We replanted. Several days later, after Mary left for Houston, I installed T-posts with one barb wire to hopefully keep them out.
Continue Reading10/1/2019 – We planted immediately north of the Celebrity Tomatoes seven Roma seedlings we grew from seen on the carport. Plus, Mary put one in the second spot from the south end of the Celebrities where one had died. Also, put one in the spot where the Amelia seedling died. There is now only one […]
Continue Reading10/1/2019 – Mary planted one cluster of ___ onions bought at Lowe’s in the onion row; i.e. fourth and last row from the fence.
Continue Reading9/27/2019 – Tested a soil sample from the unplanted, round daylily bed in the citrus grove using the Home Test kit. Found the color of the solution to be closest to a ph of 6.5. Good for daylilies!!!
Continue Reading9/25/2019 – At 8 am they were all over the young squash plants so I sprayed them with Spinosed by Jacks Dead Bug Brew. At 6 pm they were worse so sprayed them with Bug-b-Gone that is an instant knockdown whereas Spinosed takes 24-48 hours to work. Although, it had been applied twice in powder […]
Continue Reading9/18/2019 – We have been saving seeds and seed pods from the plants listed below. They were piling up on the table in Mary’s Art Studio and today we broke open the dry okra pods and others to extract the seeds. The colorful corn is still on the cobs with the shucks pulled back waiting […]
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