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5/16/2024 – As we had a 7″ rain day a few days ago and surely a lot of the fertilizer washed away, I side-dressed everything with 33-0-0 other than tomatoes, peas, and beans. The tomatoes are growing great so the plan is to side dress again when the first ones are ripe. Then plowed all […]
Continue Reading4/16/2024 – Sowed the seeds listed below. The north half row above at 36ft was not pulled up over fertilizer other than the broadcast potash spread with the lime several months ago. The south half rows above did have 13-13-13 spread between the tracks then pulled up some weeks ago. Before the seeds were sown, […]
Continue Reading5/30/2023 – Tilled the wide rows with the JD Tiller and the corn middles. All the middles have now been tilled or plowed. Only plowed the corn once before it was too tall and so this tilling was the second cultivation. The soil was packed so this also helped that issue. Side Dressed the cucumbers […]
Continue Reading5/16/2023 – We found Fruit Worms in several tomatoes and something is eating the leaves of the store-bought broccoli. Sprayed both and all the cucumber and squash seedlings with Spinosad at 2 oz. per gallon plus surfactant. Did not spray the peppers as I forgot. Don’t know why and may need to go back.
Continue ReadingFrom HOSS Better Boy Tomato – 50 seeds $5.99 National Pickling Cucumber $3.99 Ordered 1/4/23 Cheers Cabbage × 1 $3.99 Green Magic Broccoli × 1 $3.99 Ordered 1/11/2023 From SESE Name Quantity Item Price Item Total Cajun Jewel Okra, 4g Item #69102 1 $3.25 $3.25 Cayenne, Carolina Hot Pepper, 0.3g Item #46521 1 $3.50 $3.50 Charleston Belle […]
Continue Reading9/29/2022 – Sowed: Green Magic Broccoli – Air temps fell 10° in the past few days and soil is now in the high 80s to low 90s. Broccoli should germinate. The location was the south end of the row at 58 ft from the fence. Parisian Gherkin Cucumber – First time to try this short […]
Continue Reading9/5/2022 – Labor Day Ordered after getting email: To say thank you for your continued support for Hoss Tools, every order placed on Monday, 9/5 will receive a *FREE GIFT*! You will receive a 100 seed packet of Black Oil Sunflower Seeds! Product Price Quantity Subtotal Cheers Cabbage $3.99 2 $7.98 Parisian Gherkin Cucumber $3.99 1 $3.99 Max Pack […]
Continue Reading7/11/2022 – Sidedressed with 33-0-0, bought today at Greenway AG, the Okra, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, & Basil.
Continue Reading5/29/2022 – Used Fergie and the cultivator to plow the middles of the peas, beans, cucumbers, and the small squash next to the Ashley cucumbers.
Continue Reading5/22/2022 – The Ashley cucumbers came up well and were too thick. To thin them some were transplanted to the adjacent empty space in the same row at 12-inch spacing. The total row length is now about 30 feet. Only about half of the year-old Delta Squash seed came up. Filled in the row with […]
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