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8/1/2019 – 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 […]
Continue ReadingThe powdery mildew has returned to the yellow squash leaves in the same plants as before; i.e. the 2nd and 3rd from the road fence. Application to the tomatoes and marigolds is preventative although the marigolds along the orchard fence seem to have a problem that is not bug related.
Continue Reading6/25/2019 – The small ML Tomatoes Mary rooted and we planted in Row 16 were getting tall and falling over on the hay/mulch. Even the ones that were not touching the hay developed black spots that appears to be a fungus. Tied them up with string and sprayed them to drip with liquid copper fungicide.
Continue ReadingSprayed: roses with Propiconazole 14.3 for black spot; squash with Liquid Copper Fungicide for Downey mildew on leaves; tomatoes with Epsom salts to improve the flavor and health; bell peppers with new Sevin as cabbage loopers are still eating holes in the new leaves. Several plants now have a few blooms. Maybe the Epsom salts […]
Continue ReadingApplied 4 oz. of Propiconazole 14.3 in 2 gallons of water with a three-count squirt of Dawn Ultra to all daylilies and the small white rose outside the guest room. That concentration came from here. The Dawn will act as a sticker as well as hit the Rust spores again. We applied Dawn four days […]
Continue ReadingFollowing the advice of many, I tried for the first time spraying 1% Dawn Ultra and water. The 1% mix value came from page 51 of the Studies on Biology and Control of Daylily Rust in Canada. The pdf is saved locally. Note they had the best results with this as opposed to a long […]
Continue Reading5/28/2019 – First time to apply Bonide Copper Fungicide to the Tomatoes, Peppers, & Squash at the 2 oz. per gallon dosage per the label. This was a preventative application. Repeat in 10 days.
Continue ReadingSprayed Daylilies for Rust and Roses for black spot and botrytis. The frequency of the Rust on the daylilies is much less than when we started spraying…but there is still some. The roses’ botrytis that was/is destroying blooms on the little pink roses at the gate and the hybrid teas at the Bay Tree bed […]
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