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Small holes up to 1/2″ diameter are appearing in the Florida Broadleaf Mustard and in the Chinese Cabbage in the yard garden. Sprayed the tops almost to drop and some under the canopy with Spinosad. Did not see much damage to the still-small beets but sprayed to anyway as they are next to the mustard.
Continue Reading12/7/2019 – New holes in new growth appears to be occurring on the mustard and more holes in the Bok choy and chinese cabbage in the little garden. Sprayed Spinosad mostly on the top of the leaves.
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 Reading11/20/2019 – Mary noticed wasps flying into a hole in the ground under the edge of the row of azaleas near the silver maple tree. Lady had been there and must have disturbed them. I sprayed a wasp spray on the place in the leaves where they were disappearing into. That caused more to be […]
Continue Reading10/7/2019 – Sprayed Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug Brew (spinosad) on only the citrus trees in the citrus grove as the leaf miners are still there. The last spraying made a difference and probably should have re-sprayed a few weeks ago.
Continue Reading9/23/2019 – At 4 PM I found the flea beetles thick on all the squash. Sprinkled the last of the Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug Brew by Bonita (with Spinosad) on all plants. This is the second time to hit them with the dust and now the __oz. container is empty. The first time was on […]
Continue Reading9/12/2019 – For the past 4 weeks since the winter squash came up, we have been spraying new Sevin and horticultural oil to try and kill them. They both worked about the same as in 1-2 days the bettles were back. There were fewer of them but they always reappeared. We have not seen them […]
Continue Reading7/31/2019 – Leaf curling on the small trees can now be clearly seen as leafminers. Given the trunks are about 1″ in diameter, applied 1 oz. of Martin’s Dominion Tree & Shrub with Imidacloprid in a gallon of water poured slowly inside the drip line at the mulch line.
Continue Reading7/22/2019 – Sprayings this spring with new Sevin has not deterred the lace bugs and the white stippling is showing up again. Mixed Martin’s Imidacloprid according to directions (at least 1.5 tsp/gallon) and sprayed all the foliage’s topside–where the white lace was evident and clear leaves. Add Dawn as a surfactant. Sprayed ALL the azaleas–the […]
Continue Reading7/15/2019 – Stink bug damage to the top side of many tomatoes has got to stop…without having to stop picking tomatoes due to insecticide downtime. So, the homemade, non-toxic spray that sounds the most complete is below. Mixed some with cayenne and sprayed this date and again on 7/17/2019 due to the rains since the […]
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