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10/29/2021 – A good cold front blew through the day before yesterday dropping 2.41 inches of rain and dropping temperatures by about 10°. Of course, soil temps have also dropped and are now in a good range for carrots and spinach. The hilled rows have had heavy rains and so I used the 4-tined hoe […]
Continue Reading9/17/2021 – Applied a final feeding of the grass of 15-0-15 plus Iron mixed with Extinguish to kill the ants. The first half of September has been a very wet month with 13″ of rain from Hurricane Ida and 5″ from TD Nicholas. This feeding is at the normal time but is even more important […]
Continue Reading9/21/2021 – The last side dressing of the corn with 8-8-8 helped some but it is still very yellow toned. Drug a shallow groove with the hoe on one side of each row. Dropped in 66-0-0 and raked in the loose soil to cover it.
Continue Reading9/21/2021 – To replace nutrients washed out by the more than 20″ of rain in August and September to date, spread about 30 lbs. of the time-release fertilizer bought today from Greenway (formerly AGRI-AFC. The amount was light on all beds but heavier around the roses. The idea is to replace the lost nutrients in […]
Continue Reading9/21/2021 – Bought at Greenpoint AG 3 40-lb sacks of pelletized lime and one 50-lb. sack of 58% 13-6-6 Slow Release Premium fertilizer.
Continue Reading9/17/2021 – Sidedressed the corn—about 24% has tassels—between showers as it looks very yellow along with some leaning over due to the hard rains and wind. Spread 15-0-15 plus iron as surely the potassium washed out along with the nitrogen with the most recent 5″ of rains in the past three days. The soil is […]
Continue Reading9/12/2021 – The fall corn, like the spring corn on the west side of the garden, has yellow streaks in the leaves. Based on info in the links below that is due to magnesium and sulfur deficiencies. Epson salts could be the cure and so all leaves were sprayed to drip with a 2 Tbsp/gallon […]
Continue Reading9/3/2021 – To replace nutrients washed away by Hurricane Ida’s 13″ of rain, spread 8-8-8 on the following. Crepe Myrtles and the Oak Leaf Crepe Myrtle along the rail fence along the road from the driveway east including the ones in the pecan orchard and at the Grain Ben. The ones west of the driveway […]
Continue Reading9/2/2021 – To offset the nutrients washed out by Hurricane Ida’s 13 inches of rain, the plants listed below were fed Superbloom. Zinnias Vincas/Periwinkles Marigolds Roses small yellow spiky bloomers at wall and kitchen door’s porch
Continue Reading8/31/2021 – To replace the fertilizer washed out by Hurricane Ida’s 13″ of rain, and that most of these plants were flooded by the pond for about 24 hours, I fed them a light dose of 15-0-15. The fertilizer was spread around: the three Crepe Myrtles along the rail fence at the road west of […]
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