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7/15/2019 – Stink bug damage to the top side of many tomatoes has got to stop…without stopping picking tomatoes due to insecticide downtime. So, the homemade spray that sounds the most complete is below. Combine one heavy tablespoon of liquid soap to one quart of warm water. [Add] a teaspoon of ground red pepper or […]
Continue Reading7/10/2019 – All okra leaves — including the African okra from Susan K. have small ragged holes from something eating them. Could not find the rascals so sprayed them with new Sevin.
Continue Reading7/3/2019 – The Frescati is looking much better with no aphids on the new leaves and a lot of new leaves. As I had not sprayed the crown well with the pump up sprayer we finally got a hose-end sprayer and today applied 2T of Dawn Ultra per gallon of water to the entire tree. […]
Continue Reading6/30/2019 – The sap bettles were wide spread in the 1st corn that I picked out this morning. So, I sprayed the remaining silks–dry and not dry– with new Sevin.
Continue ReadingShook original Sevin with Carbaryl dust on the silks of the 2nd and 3rd plantings of corn. About half the ears of the corn from the 1st planting have earworms in the very tip; i.e. just starting.
Continue ReadingSprayed: roses with Propiconazole 14.3 for black spot; squash with Liquid Copper Fungicide for Downey mildew on leaves; tomatoes with Epsom salts to improve the flavor and health; bell peppers with new Sevin as cabbage loopers are still eating holes in the new leaves. Several plants now have a few blooms. Maybe the Epsom salts […]
Continue ReadingThe white dots on the leaves are showing up in some places so I sprayed those areas with new Sevin. Those locations had older leaves as opposed to most areas having new leaves due to the heavy pruning on April 6, 2019. The new growth did not have any white dots.
Continue ReadingFound a 1/2″ green worm, likely a cabbage looper, in a small green tomato on the northmost vine in the last row (18) and the one next to it had blossom end rot. Most of the leaves were full of holes. Found some holes in many leaves on the other vines. Sprayed all tomatoes with […]
Continue ReadingMary has four basil plants at the back door for mosquito control and they have small holes. The basil in the small garden and the radishes also have small holes so sprayed all with Sevin.
Continue ReadingFound some on the south end of the Corn in rows 1-4 and a few in other places. Sprayed new Sevin on only those places as sprayed it all a day or so ago. Sprayed the silks to hopefully stop any ear worms. Also found holes in the bell pepper leaves so sprayed it with […]
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