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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
12/11/2019 – Sowed BLS mustard in row 10 where the few DeCicco broccoli seedlings had been moved to row 9. We had 0.41″ slow rain before daylight and the soil was damp and loose. Used the shuffle hoe to freshen the top 1″ and damage the scattered weeds. Used the funnel-on-PVC pipe to place to […]
Continue Reading12/10/2019 – Moved the few DeCicco broccoli that came up in the south end of the north half of row 10 into row 9 where some Decicco had come up.
Continue Reading12/__/2019 – When reading this blog post about cabbages I noted her adding boron to the soil. Looked at my soil test reports and found they recommend 2 lbs of boron per acre–even though it is not cited in the table. In the blog post, she uses “two tablespoons of household borax diluted in a […]
Continue Reading12/9/2019 – After much reading and evaluation, we fed boron and side dressed with Miracle Grow using info assembled here. The solution was: Miracle Grow mixed at the normal rate of 1 tbps per gallon. 20-Mule-Team Borax mixed at the rate of 1 tbsp in the gallon of MG. A gallon was applied slowly from […]
Continue Reading12/6/2019 – Mary fed the bok choy and cabbage in her garden Miracle Grow.
Continue Reading12/3/2019 – The Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage (the first planting, in rows 7 & 8) has done well and is 4″-6″ high and needed to be thinned again. The Early Flat Dutch Cabbage has done very poorly and only 10-20 of the two half rows in row 7 & 8 have come up. Moved 31 […]
Continue Reading12/3/2019, 6 AM – There was a hard frost and the temperature went down to 27 F. There were no damages to anything in either garden. The plants that were not damaged in the big garden were: Florida Broadleaf Mustard – 4-6″ high Ruby Queen Beets – 1-2″ high Swiss Chard – 1″ high Early […]
Continue Reading11/30/2019 – Small round holes are appearing in the mustard leaves especially on the south end (row 3 and 4) where flea beetles were initially a problem with the winter squash. Mary picked a mess of mustard and then I sprayed both rows with malathion. Minor damage was noted on the cabbage in rows 7 […]
Continue ReadingFed Miracle Grow to all the onions and the 1″ high lettuce.
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11/26/2019 – Sidedressed the: first and second sowing of beets in row 5 with fish emulsion dilution at about 3-4 Tbsp per gallon; The beet seedlings are about 1″ tall and do not show in this photo. first and second mustard with Miracle Grow in Rows 3 and 4 mixed at 1 tbsp per gallon. […]
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