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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
6/27/2020 – The acidic pH in her garden has plagued us all spring. The lime added has paid off and the pH in the high 4s to mid-5s is up to 6.2 to 6.8. The two lettuce varieties, Tahama and Salad Bowl Lettuce, has grown ok in the heat but is tough and not flavorful. […]
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06/23/2020 – Olivia got up early and went with Grandma to the garden to pick cucumbers.
Continue Reading6/17/2020 – Late afternoon, sprayed tomatoes with Spinosad. Only saw one stink bug. The green tomatoes do not have the many stink bug punctures like last year…so far. The next morning, before leaving for Houston, sprayed them with Dakonil fungicide for the continuing Late Blight. The Roma’s and Beef Stakes have it worse than any […]
Continue ReadingOrder details Product Total Warrior Bunching Onion $3.99 Matejko Leek $3.99 Pascola Zucchini $4.99 South Anna Butternut Squash – Packet (30 seeds) $4.99
Continue Reading6/14/2020 – Sprayed the tomatoes with bifenthrin as part of weekly spraying to stop stink bugs. See a few every day and spray them when they are found. Today was an overall spray rather than just a targetted death blast.
Continue Reading6/13/2020 – The 3rd or youngest corn planted next to the pecan trees in the south half have tasseled and some silks are showing. Should have side dressed them a few weeks ago but … Threw along one side of each row in a shallow groove 33-0-0. Raked soil back into the groove and hope […]
Continue ReadingFrom HOSS Product Total Kestrel Beet – Packet (350 seeds) Packet (350 seeds) $3.99 Cheers Cabbage $3.99 Savanna Mustard – Packet (500 seeds) Packet (500 seeds) $3.99 Crocodile Spinach – Packet (250 seeds) Packet (250 seeds) $3.99 Green Magic Broccoli $3.99 Marigold Sparky Mix Packet (250 seeds) $3.99 Additional Seed Plates Blank Seed Plate 3/32″ $6.99 Additional […]
Continue Reading6/6/2020 – Found 6-8 stink bugs in one area of the tomatoes. Sprayed them until they were soaked with Bifenthrin and the plants and fruit. Sprayed both rows again but not heavy. Only been 4 days since they were sprayed. Maybe I missed that spot…. Seeing some holes in some of the peppers so sprayed […]
Continue Reading6/5/2020 – Fed the tomatoes, tomatillos, and peppers diluted Fish Emulsion. About 1 tbsp per gallon. Sprayed them with 1 tbsp per gallon of Epsom Salts.
Continue Reading6/2/2020 – Some of the green tomatoes have stink bug spots and I found one of them this morning. The tomatillos have similar spots and worms. Sprayed them with bifenthrin.
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