Scotts DiseaseEx Lawn Fungicide for Lawn Care
Purchased via Amazon in June 2026 for root rot. Spread 6/14/2026 on the front yard and the kitchen yard with Scott’s handheld spreader at a setting of 2.
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Spread Bonide Infuse Lawn & Landscape Systemic Disease Control
6/6/2026 – Spread with little green Scotts Whirl Hand-Powered Spreader: This was the first time to spread it. It is very fine with some dust. Set the spreader on 3 and it seemed to cover ok, leaving some to go perpendicular for better coverage on the high-risk area.
Continue ReadingSprayed tomatoes with Liquid Copper Fungicide & Cucumbers with Epsom Salts
5/30/2024 – Sprayed tomatoes with Liquid Copper Fungicide at 5 oz/gal and the Cucumbers that have just started to bear with Epsom salts at 1 tbsp/gallon. This was the first spraying of fungicide on the tomatoes. Likely should have started at least a week ago.
Continue ReadingSprayed Peppers with Liquid Copper Fungicide for leaf spot
5/25/2024 – Peppers have a little bacterial leaf spot. Sprayed with 3 tsp/gal of Liquid Copper Fungicide. Had an hour before sprayed them with Epsom Salts at 1 tbsp/gal. Followed advice here – https://www.producegrower.com/news/use-caution-with-copper-fungicides-and-spray-surfactants-in-vegetables-and-fruits/. See extract below. Copper fungicides work to kill pathogen cells by denaturing enzymes and other critical proteins. However, copper can also […]
Continue ReadingSprayed the Tomatoes with Mancozeb
5/21/2022 – Rain for the past 5 days is sure to make the small spots of blight spots multiply so sprayed the tomatoes with Mancozeb mixed at 1 oz./gallon. This was the first spraying this year.
Continue ReadingSprayed Mancozeb on Tomatoes, Hydrangeas, and Roses
9/7/2021 – Sprayed Mancozeb on: Tomatoes for the small amount of Late Blight that is appearing Hydrangeas for the black spot fungus that is beginning to appear on the new growth Roses that has a little black spot and a few have yellowing leaves.
Continue ReadingSprayed 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 […]
Continue ReadingRemoved 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 […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Roses with Mancozeb and Drenched Knockout with H2O2
7/13/2021 – The oldest knockout on the west side of the front porch has a cane with wilting leaves like the former rose behind it had. We are concerned that it is again root rot as discussed here. Poured 1.5 gallons of 3:1 water to hydrogen peroxide all around the rose stump out about 18″ from […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Tomatoes with Liquid Copper
6/9/2021 – Sprayed the tomatoes with liquid copper for blight that is rising from the bottom. It is worse on the Celebrity than on the Best Boys. There is very little on the Super Sweet 100 Cherry tomatoes.
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