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5/9/2021, Mothers Day – Sprayed Cutrine Plus Algaecide Aquatic Herbicide for the second time around the edges of the pond at least 5 feet out to hopefully kill the remaining filamentous algae. There is a lot less than there was when it was first sprayed. Then sprayed Shoreclear on the weeds along the shore line […]
Continue Reading5/8/2021 – Ted sprayed the Creek Field (7.5 ac) and the North Pasture (21 ac) with his new 110-gallon sprayer with the single high spray head. He sprayed GrazonNext, PastureGard, and a surfactant. The PastureGard was included to get the knockdown of the Tallow Trees coming up in many places. The Small Field (aka Creek […]
Continue ReadingSpray GrazonNext HL on the areas of the Old Garden, aka Ranger’s Field, and the Burn Pile Field for the first time to control the weeds that are taking over. Did not spray under the pecan trees or oak trees. This is the first time we have applied GrazonNext HL.
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4/29/2021 – Sprayed Cutrine Plus Algaecide Aquatic Herbicide by Applied Biochemists around the perimeter of the pond where the Filamentous Algae is floating near and at the shore. The label is here. Planned to treat 10 ft. from the shore. The pond’s perimeter is 550 LF and average diameter is 175 ft. Area of a […]
Continue Reading4/20/2021 – Last year’s spraying the lawn with Weed Free Zone worked well but we have a lot of Florida Betony, Spider Wort, and more back this year. We did not spray before the greening of the grass so will do so now that it is more mature. The plans below begin with calibrating the […]
Continue Reading4/25/2020 – Sprayed Weed-Free-Zone with Spreader Sticker on: Small places in the front yard where the Florida Betony is still growing; under the pecan tree at the ditch just east of the driveway; along the old fence line next to the blueberry bushes where spiderwort was not killed with earlier sprayings; extensive burweed around and […]
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Mixed one of the two 1-gallon packets of Sedgehammer+ in the 24-D pump up sprayer and sprayed the sedge in the: backyard from the pecans to the pump and kitchen yard. The Active Ingredient is Halosulfuron-methyl 5% Targets: Purple Nutsedge, Yellow Nutsedge, Kyllinga
Continue Reading3/20/2020 – Before the wind started, mixed 6 gallons of Weed Free Zone and sprayed: one pass near Ranger’s hay bale where the burweed was thick and some lived. one pass along the temporary fence on the barn side from the barn to the blueberries; the weedy grass strip on the pond side of the […]
Continue Reading2/22/2020 – This is our first time to try the SedgeKiller with Sulfentrazone 0.05%. Just before this application I spraying the yard with Weed Free Zone but did not spray near the fruit trees. Used all of a 24 oz. ready to spray Ortho SedgeKiller bottle on the sedge and other weeds in the mulched […]
Continue Reading2/22/2020 – Used the pull-behind sprayer to spray 19 gallons of 1 oz. of Weed Free Zone + 2 tsp of StickerStopper per gallon on the following: Resprayed the surviving weeds in the front and backyard two swathes around the perimeter the area of the septic tank the round areas of former brown patch Sprayed […]
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