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10/7/2019 – 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 […]
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.
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