A farmer works in acres not hours.
4/19/2024 – The three gardenias at the electrical panels and meter bloomed well the first couple of years but then two of them lost leaves and last year did not recover but did not die. Pulled them up with Fergie and there were almost no roots. The third one looks fine. Planted two Autumn Lily […]
Continue Reading5/13/2022 – Fertilized the following: Magnolias in the Pond Yard with 13-13-13 fertilizer 2+ cups. Spread evenly in a donut-shaped area from the tips of the canopy to 3 feet beyond the canopy. Gardenias in the backyard’s west bed next to the house with about a pint each of the 13-6-6 time release with trace […]
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – We moved the gardenia that was in front of the picture window to the location of the former pecan tree removed last month. The pecan was the north one in the south end of the Indigo/Hydrangea bed on the east side of the backyard. We planted where the gardenia had been a recently […]
Continue Reading1-16-2021 – Spread cotton seed meal at the following locations and rates: Blueberries Bushes in the row between the yard and pond field: 1 gallon on the large older ones 2 quarts on the smaller ones Camellias: one quart on the smaller ones 3-4 quarts on the larger ones. Azaleas: 1-2 quarts around the smaller […]
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Weighted 1 quart of Sunnland Azalea-Gardenia-Camillia 8-4-8 fertilizer and it weighed 1.5 lbs. Used that volume to gauge how much to put on the various plants in the backyard and front yard including along the fence south of the fruit tree orchard. The larger plants, greater that 3 feet tall, got a full […]
Continue ReadingSprayed gardenia at the front door with Sevin as we found the blooms have tripes. See https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/gardenia-insects-related-pests/ Found maybe 30% of the Oak Leaf Hydrangea has Cercospora leaf spot. Sprayed with Mancozeb. For good info see https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/hydrangea/
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