Sprayed Hydrangeas with Mancozeb

8/22/2021 – The hydrangeas, particularly in the backyard, have gotten large brown areas that are anthracnose caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides per Clemson Cooperative Extension here. Sprayed them with Mancozeb made up a few days ago. Ran out of the mix of mancozeb before could spray the ones in the front yard. Mixed up Daconil that […]

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Removed Dead Azalea

8/11/2021 – Despite efforts since last fall the Azalea on the east side of the path to the barn has died of Crown Rot. We chopped and dug out around it and Fergie jerked it out of the ground. The hole and about a foot beyond was drenched with water plus hydrogen peroxide at 3:1 […]

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Sprayed Tomatoes with Fungicide Mix

5/19/2021 – Mixed about 0.88 oz. of Mancozeb into a half-gallon of water then added 1 tbsp. of Liquid Copper and added the second half-gallon of water. Sprayed the tomatoes in the big garden and those in Mary’s Garden. The gallon barely covered them. If the upper limbs/leaves had been sprayed thoroughly it would have […]

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Sprayed Mancozeb on Tomatoes

5/10/2021 – We could get more rain tonight and tomorrow but I doubt it will be much. Sprayed Mancozeb on the tomatoes in both gardens. There were only a few lower leaves that were yellow with black spots. Removed them while spraying. We have had a lot of blooms but only a few tomatoes. The […]

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