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1/14/2020 – Mixed 4 tbsp per gallon of Monterey Horticultural Oil and sprayed 2 gallons on the citrus and fruit trees in the citrus orchard in the SW corner of the yard. Also sprayed the satsuma tree and old sand pear tree (as high as the pump-up would shoot it) in the pecan orchard at […]
Continue Reading1/14/2020 – Based on the extract below from the label for Propiconazole 14.3.8 oz / 100 Gallon = 0.08 oz/Gal0.08 oz = 1/2 tsp or 2.37 ml [B] Mix 5-8 fl. oz. of Quali-Pro Propiconazole 14.3 in 100 gals. of water and apply as a full coverage spray to the point of drip. Apply as […]
Continue Reading12/31/2019 – Several weeks ago Mary cut back some of the daylily clumps that had rust and yellow/brown leaves. The cut removed all leaves about 2″ above the ground. They are already putting up new shoots and looking healthy. Will need to watch to see how they do with the cold days. So far, the […]
Continue Reading11/7/2019 – On 10/24/2019 I began spraying the winter squash for fungus that was damaging leaves. I should have sprayed the initial small areas 3-4 days earlier before it spread. It spread very quickly. I should have begun spraying Mancozeb much sooner as a preventative.
Continue Reading11/5/2019 – The past sprayings of Mancozeb stopped the spread of the fungus and the new leaves are clean. But, we just had a couple of rainy days and to prevent it coming back I sprayed all the green leaves (not the dead ones that were sprayed before). Picked 6 small acorn squash a few […]
Continue Reading10/27/2019 – The fast progressing fungus damage to the winter squash may have been slowed down but the last two days of rain did not help. Sprayed all of them with Mancozeb. A lot of leaves are now missing and fruit is sitting there between leaf stems with no leaves.
Continue Reading12/23/2019 – Last week I began seeing some leaf decay and should have sprayed then. A few days later it was getting worse and still waited. Today there were much larger areas than yesterday so sprayed about the 1/2 gallon that was left of Bonibe Copper-based fungicide. It covered the north half of the two […]
Continue Reading8/1/2019 – The leaves have brown dead places and ragged holes in some of them. Clearly, some type of fungus but could not be sure which. Sprayed the leaves and trunk to drip with liquid copper.
Continue Reading7/15/2019 – Stink bug damage to the top side of many tomatoes has got to stop…without having to stop picking tomatoes due to insecticide downtime. So, the homemade, non-toxic spray that sounds the most complete is below. Mixed some with cayenne and sprayed this date and again on 7/17/2019 due to the rains since the […]
Continue Reading7/5/2019 – The daylily rust problem is far less than several months ago. The regular spraying with Mancozeb then Dawn then the systemic has worked well but there is still some rust showing up. Sprayed 2.5 gallons of Dawn Ultra at 2 tbsp per gallon on the tops and bottom of the leaves. Made sure […]
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