Sprayed cabbage, radishes, & mustard for bugs
11/15/2021 – Several cabbage plants and scattered leaves in the mustard and radishes have ragged holes eaten in the leaves. Sprayed them with Spinosad.
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Fertilized Grass & Included Extinguish
9/17/2021 – Applied a final feeding of the grass of 15-0-15 plus Iron mixed with Extinguish to kill the ants. The first half of September has been a very wet month with 13″ of rain from Hurricane Ida and 5″ from TD Nicholas. This feeding is at the normal time but is even more important […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Squash for Flea Beetles
9/13/2021 – Sprayed the Butternut and Spaghetti Squash with Spinosad for flea beetles hoping the little plants will survive to be big enough to tolerate them…as some websites say.
Continue ReadingSprayed Citrus for Leaf Miners & Aphids
8/22/2021 – Some of the mature leaves of the satsuma, blood orange, and lemon tree along the driveway are beginning to curl and the leaf miner trails are on some leaves that are not curling. Sprayed them to drip with Spinosad.
Continue ReadingFlea Bettles are back on the squash and now the peas
8/22/2021 – Yesterday sprayed the squash with malathion to kill the flea beetles and this morning there were none. This afternoon they were back in full force and also on the MS Crowder peas. The peas now have tiny white spots making the leaves look pale. Sprayed both with malathion for an instant knockdown then, […]
Continue ReadingFlea Bettles on the Squash
8/21/2021 – The Betternut and Spagehitti squash seedlings have been damaged by Flea Bettles that are all over them. Sprayed them with malathion. Did not see any on the tomatoes but sprayed them lightly anyway as their row is only two from the squash. There are a few blooms on the tomatoes.
Continue ReadingFound aphids again on some peppers
7/26/2021, 12:30 pm – Found aphids again on some peppers. Sprayed them and okra with spinosad.
Continue ReadingMore Damage to Okra so Sprayed Spinosad Again
7/24/2021 – Looked like there was new leaves eaten on the small okra row next to the peppers so sprayed them and the older okra in the eastmost row. The Climson Spineless has new pods on most plants every day. The Gold Coast only has a few if any. Did not see any aphids on […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Okra & Peppers with Spinosad
7/19/2021 – Leaf damage is still showing in the peppers (although not sure there is much new damage) and round holes and large gaps in the okra leaves. Small ants are climbing the okra and attacking the blooms. Saw small black with white strip caterpillars on the okra. Sprayed all plants to wet leaves and […]
Continue ReadingAnnual Spray of the Azaleas for Lace Bugs
6/8/2021 – Mary noticed some and when I looked to see what we sprayed last year this post last June told the story; i.e. Imidacloprid is good for 12 months and that is what we got. Last year and the year before we had a far worse infestation than this year. Sprayed all of them […]
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