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4/30/2020 – Based on the analysis in the post Recap & Plans for Tomatoes we fertilized as follows. mixed about 1/4 cup Borax (analysis was to apply 1/3rd but decided to go light) in 2 cups of 15-0-15 and spread it along both sides of the 60 ft. row of tomatoes and tomatillos. Sidedress summer […]
Continue ReadingNOTE – Several of these plants were frozen in the three low-20° cold spells during the first months of 2021. The ones that may have lived were badly damaged. All four were removed and azaleas for the backyard row were planted. 4/28/2020 – Planted four 3-gallon Oleanders, bought at Ted & Nancy’s Vegetable Stand, on […]
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Weighted 1 quart of Sunnland Azalea-Gardenia-Camillia 8-4-8 fertilizer and it weighed 1.5 lbs. Used that volume to gauge how much to put on the various plants in the backyard and front yard including along the fence south of the fruit tree orchard. The larger plants, greater that 3 feet tall, got a full […]
Continue Reading4/14/2020 – Mixed 4 sacks of 15-0-15 (with iron) with Extinguish in the wheelbarrow and spread it with the JD spreader behind the mower. Weighted out Extinguish in a small plastic Folgers coffee “can” and filled to the bottom of the threads weighted 10.5 oz. Mixed one “can” full into a 50 lb. sack of […]
Continue ReadingThis feeding was done like the second feeding last year. It took 20 seconds to fill a 5-gallon bucket from the hose at the veggie cleaning slab bib. Used that to figure how long to fill the 25-gallon white plastic barrel. We measured the following into the metal 2-gallon watering can and added water to […]
Continue Reading3/15/2020 – We pulled out everything from the winter garden except for the green onions and one parsley plant. Tilled it with the TroyBilt cultivator about 6″ deep. The soil was hard-packed. Need to add organics so added 50 lbs of old cottonseed meal. 3/17/2020 – Spread 50 lbs. of year-old cottonseed meal all areas […]
Continue Reading2/23/2020 – The recommendation is to fertilize the blueberries with 3 oz of Azalea fertilizer per plant. As we have seven bushes in the row that would be 21 oz. Measured about 24 oz. by volume. Threw the fertilizer along both sides and around the ends. Did not seem like much but the recommendation in […]
Continue Reading2/11/2020 – Fed Azaleas, Camellias, and Blueberries in the following locations: the azaleas the AC compressor and the large one under the bedroom window; the camellia under the master closet window; the three camellias along the orchard’s 4-board rail fence; the azalea on the east side of the driveway gate; the camellia in the southwest […]
Continue Reading1/27/2020 – Spread 10 gallons of Pecan wood ashes from the fireplace and fire pit under Pecan tree No. 10. — third from the road in the center row.
Continue Reading1/22/2020 – Fed liquid fertilizer on: Both onion rows in the yard garden were fed Super Bloom for its high phosphorus per Dixondale. In the Big Garden fed Miracle Grow to: the Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach that is only 4″ tall Buttercrunch Lettuce last planting that is only 4″-6″ tall Swiss Chard that is 4″-6″ […]
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