Sidedressed squash, cukes, flowers, tomatoes & basil
6/6/2026 – Sidedressed with 15-0-15: squash lightly, cukes, flowers, tomatoes and new basil lightly on S-half only
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Sidedressed corn with 33-0-0 using the Chapin plastic seeder
6/5/2026 – Sidedressed knee-high corn with 33-0-0 using the old plastic seeder with new Gates Truflex 0250 belt & the large plate. Dropped it on the east side of the row. Bought the belt from Grainger.
Continue ReadingLime: Feb. 26, 2026
2/26/2026 – Applied ten 40-lb. bags of Austinville Pelletized Dolomitic LawnLime. Ran in 4M at 2350-RPM/PTO-540RPM and it threw 20-ft either side of center, but should have required 2 passes, but the lime only lasted ~1.3 passes. The easternmost 40-foot pass got twice what the rest of it got. Below are my preparatory calculations, where something […]
Continue ReadingFertilized Blueberries
4/3/2025 – Fertilized the blueberries with 13-6-6 Slow Release with minerals. They have a lot of blooms.
Continue ReadingSidedressed okra with 13-13-13
8/21/2024 – Sidedressed okra with 13-13-13. Watered it in. The splineless has been producing but now has few blooms. It has also been dry for 3+ weeks. Put the drip tube on them 2 days ago.
Continue ReadingFertilized Magnolias & Hydrangeas
7/25/2024 – Fertilized Magnolias in the pond yard and the various hydrangeas with 13-13-13. Spread it around the perimeter of the Hydrangeas and in a 6′ wide donut around the magnolias with little inside the drip line.
Continue ReadingSpread Slow-Release Fertilizer On All Beds
7/19/2024 – Spread 100 lbs of Slow-release fertilizer on the locations listed below.
Continue ReadingSidedressed Okra with 33-0-0 + Boron
6/17/2024 – Sidedressed both rows of okra with 33-0-0 plus about 1 Tbsp/row of Borax per the 2024 Vegetable Crop Handbook for Southeastern United States. Used wheel hoe with wobble hoe to weed and blend in fertilizer. Thunderstorms possible this afternoon.
Continue ReadingSidedressed then Cultivated Garden with Fergie & new Wheel Hoe
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 ReadingSide Dressed Pepper/Basil Row
Side dressed Pepper/Basil row with 33-0-0 lightly and tilled with stirrup hoe the tiny weeds to cover the fertilizer.
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