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9/3/2021 – 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 […]
Continue Reading8/31/2021 – This morning the two days of rains from Hurricane Ida ended after dumping 13 inches on the trees. To compensate for the nutrients that were washed away applied Jack’s Citrus FeED 20-10-20 with micronutrients by JR Peters. Mixed it per the instructions at 1 tbsp per gallon; i.e. 2 tbsp in the 2-gallon […]
Continue Reading8/31/2021 – The rains from Hurricane Ida ended this morning after dumping 13″ of water on the plants. This feeding with 8-8-8 was to replace the nutrients that were washed out. Okra Corn Peppers Tomatoes Squash Basil The green beans that are very small will likely need some help once they get a little bigger.
Continue Reading8/31/2021 – The soil is very damp from the rains dropped by Hurricane Ida so used the KEL pH meter to take the readings below. Based on those readings and the advice from Clemson for Azaleas target pH of 4.5-6 and American Camillia Asso. target is 6.0-6.5 added the supplements cited. Azalea pH Readings – […]
Continue Reading8/25/2021 – Sidedressed the Celebrity tomatoes, corn, and multiplying onions with 0-0-33. Scratched it in and weeded with pointed weeder.
Continue Reading8/16/2021 – Sprayed Epsom Salts mixed at 1 Tbsp per gallon on the roses, tomatoes, and peppers. The peppers are not bearing much so we’ll see if this helps. Sprayed the tomatoes just because they were there and it could not hurt. Sprayed the roses to coincide with the feeding our Concoction two days ago […]
Continue Reading8/13/2021 – The summer heat and very wet times have begun to show as some of the roses are not blooming as they had been. And the Knockouts at the front door are losing lower leaves…although they are blooming well. It is past time to feed them by a couple of weeks so this feeding […]
Continue Reading8/8/2021 – Fed the typical amount of 5-6 handfuls for the large ones and 3-4 for the small ones.
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