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4/17/2021 – This will be the first fungicide treatment for daylily rust and uses a combination spray of a contact and a systemic product. Our 2020 post here has a lot of great info and was the guide for this treatment using Propiconazole 14.3 (the systemic) and Daconil (the contact fungicide). We repeated what was […]
Continue Reading4/6/2021 – Every year since we planted them, the aspidistras around the two old pecans along the driveway, have had most of their leaves with dead ends, as much as half-dead, and have looked unsightly. Research into why found that it is due to too much direct sun and/or fungus. Given the pecan’s lose their […]
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – Roses have begun to leaf out and a little black spot is appearing. Sprayed until dripped Propiconazole 14.3 at 1/2 tsp in one gallon of water plus Bonide Mancozeb Flowable with Zinc. Added a non-ionic surfactant.
Continue Reading2/21/2021 – Began the spring gardening with snow peas, onions, and carrots. Pulled up the bolting cilantro, Chinese lettuce that did not grow a head, and bok choy that has become rubbery. Tilled all the empty areas. Spread compost from our bin on the row along the fence and tilled it in. Moved the Warrior […]
Continue Reading01/02/2021 – To prevent or at least reduce the impact of Petal Blight we sprinkled Mancozeb around the camellias per the advice here. We mixed it at roughly 0.88 oz per gallon in the new metal watering can with the sprinkler head. Sprinkled it 4-5 feet out from the trunk. Sprinkled it on the three […]
Continue Reading11/1/2020 – After the wind from Hurricane Zeta blew the south side of the large Knock Out rose immediately west of the front porch the blackened stalks in the center and dead canes were more visible. Cut them out. Research into why the azalea in the backyard row has dead stalks lead to understanding about […]
Continue Reading10/25/2020 – The azalea on the east side of the gap between the back yard and the barnyard has had limbs dying. Diagnosis of it having Crown rot or wilt – (Phytophthora) and the treatment was with the help of the following. Diagnosis is based on “Scraping away the bark with a knife revealed discolored wood […]
Continue Reading8/20/2020, cloudy afternoon – For the first time, sprayed all roses with sulfur for black spot on other fungal diseases. 8/21/2020, 8 AM – Drenched all roses to wash off the sulfur and prevent sunlight damage to leaves. Also to wash the sulfur into the soil to help prevent issues there.
Continue Reading8/11/2020 – Sprayed Spinosad On Citrus Trees as the new leaves are curling and there is some leafminer damage. 8/12/2020 – Sprayed Daconil on the citrus trees due to black sooty spots and white powdery place on some leaves.
Continue Reading8/11/2020 – Sprayed mancozeb on the blue and jack-o-lantern pumpkins and the zuchinni as there are a few white spots and a little downy mildew. Also sprayed lightly the seedlings that have come up in the winter squash rows on the east side.
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