A farmer works in acres not hours.
4/22/2023 – Based on advice at IFAS here, fed the bushes 15-0-15 as that is the closest to their recommendation (12-4-8) as I have on hand. High nitrogen, low phosphorus, and midrange potassium. The 15-0-15 has a higher potassium percentage wise but since our heavy rains and the ones in the pond yard have already […]
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4/12/2023 – Sowed 10, 60-ft. rows of G-90 corn in the NW corner of the garden. The steps taken were much the same as in past years but differed in that hills were not pulled up over the fertilizer and used the middle buster to create a trench for the fertilizer. Ironically, last year’s corn […]
Continue Reading4/1/2023 – Threw evenly 6-8 handfuls of 13-13-13 under the large ones and 3-4 under the small ones. Spreading 13-13-13 this first time to replenish the P&K.
Continue Reading3/31/2023 – Disked the garden to kill the tiny weeds starting to come back, prepared the sunflower swath, and pulled up 4 rows with the hiller in the south half, west side. The rows are wider than the 42-inch standard by about 12-14 inches as the rear tire was run beside the previous track. 13-13-13 […]
Continue Reading2/23/2023 – Bought 3 sacks of GreenPoint Pro 13-6-6 slow-release fertilizer with trace elements and spread one sack on all the flower beds. Only spread some around the daylilies in the Crepe bed along the road. The rate spread was like last year where the density was judged based on a measured amount spread on […]
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Continue Reading9/2/2022 – Given the 10 feet of sorry tomato seedlings now in the center of a clean south-half garden the rows were laid out off the tomatoes. Using the recent row-building process, the rows were identified by driving the tractor across the plot. Then 15-0-15+Iron was spread between the tire tracks. Then the hills were […]
Continue Reading8/27/2022 – Spread Greenpoint Pro 13-6-6 Time Release Fertilizer around the blueberry row on the west edge of the yard.
Continue Reading7/29/2022 – Spread Slow Release granules on the beds as before. What we did before. On March 29, 2022, we spread Greenpoint PRO 13-6-6 / 58% Slow Release Premium Fertilizer with Agrocote on the beds. It includes magnesium 3%, sulfur 9%, boron 0.12%, zinc 0.06%, and, iron 5%. All plants have done as well as […]
Continue Reading7/28/2022 – Spread 13-13-13 around the three oaks and the four original blueberry bushes on the barnyard’s west side.
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