Fed the Peppers & Tomatoes Superbloom & Sprayed Epsom Salts
6/9/2023 – Mixed at 1 tbsp gallon and applied two, 2.5 gallon batches to all the peppers and tomatoes.
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Side Dressed Corn as it is Tasselling
6/6/2023 – The tallest corn has begun to tassel so side dressed it with 33-0-0. Drew a slot with the corner of the hoe beside each row on the east side (opposite the knee-high side dressing). Threw in about 40 lbs. of the granules. Used the hoe to pull the loose soil over the granules […]
Continue ReadingTilled Wide Rows & Corn & Side Dressed Cucumbers, Squash, & Cabbage
5/30/2023 – 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 ReadingFed Tomatoes Super Bloom
5/29/2023 – As the tomatoes have quit blooming we fed them Jack’s Super Bloom mixed at 1 tbsp per gallon. Applied 5 gallons.
Continue ReadingFed the Peppers Superbloom and Fish Emulsion
5/22/2023 – Came across the video here where the guy did what made sense with the pepper plants. He fed them every two weeks with superbloom and fish emulsion that we know works in the yard with many bloomers. Ours are ok but not dark green and not growing or putting on many blooms. Mixed […]
Continue ReadingSide Dressed the Corn
5/22/2023 – The corn that blew over last week is standing up and the shorter stalks are knee high. Sidedressed with 33-0-0 in a slot made by the hoe. Then pulled the soil back over the slot. On the 10 rows (600 ft) spread about 5 gallons of nitrogen. All in less than an hour.
Continue ReadingSide-Dressed Tomatoes, Peppers, Oak Leaf Hydrangea, and Daylilies
5/7/2023 – Sidedressed the following with the time-release fertilizer. The peppers we started in the greenhouse and transplanted last week are still small. The tomatoes are dark green with many blooms and small green tomatoes. The intent is to fertilize the tomatoes and peppers with a low nitrogen level (5.45% initial then slow release at […]
Continue ReadingFertilized Magnolias in the Pond Yard
5/7/2023 – Fertilized the three magnolias in the pond yard with the time-release fertilizer. Spread about a quart in a donut shape out from the mulch ring to 6 feet. The value is not the time release part but rather the trace elements.
Continue ReadingSowed MS Silver Crowders & PE-Purple Hull Top Pick
4/28/2023 – This two-day sowing began with spreading 0-0-60 in the NE area and SE area where peas are to be sowed. Spread it with the cyclone seeder set at 3 to approximate 40 lbs per acre of potassium but as the product is 60% potassium went over it twice. The rate is per the […]
Continue ReadingFertilized Pasture & Sprayed GrazonNext 2023
4/25/2023 – Spread 3 bags (150 lbs.) of 15-0-15 on the 1.1 acres. That is a little less than IFAS recommendations here. This has been called Ranger’s Field but he died a few months ago. Now Buddy and Holly, Ted’s Belgium Haflingers are there. Ran Fergie in 1H at 540 RPM with the spreader set […]
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