Sidedressed Peppers & Okra Lightly
7/22/2021 – Sidedressed peppers & okra lightly with 8-8-8. Both are bearing fruit and look ok but with all the rains surely the nitrogen and potassium are being washed out.
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Sprayed 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 ReadingSide Dressed Tomatoes, Pepper, Okra, et al.
6/25/2021 – Given the 5.81 inches of rain from TS Claudette last week, finally side-dressed the tomatoes and peppers as that much rain surely washed out the nitrogen and potash. Intended to side-dress them sooner but the daily threat of rain and some we did get, is my excuse. Threw some on the white scalloped […]
Continue ReadingSowed New Okras and a New Bean
6/12/2021- The Sugar Ann Snap Peas did not produce well and they were not our kind of peas. So, removed them and planted the following in that north-half row just west of the tomatoes about 48 ft. from the fence. Red Burgundy Okra is a highly productive, heirloom variety that produces deep, red pods that […]
Continue ReadingSidedressed & Cultivated Peas, Beans, Onions, & Radishes. Cultivated Okra & Peppers.
5/27/2021 – Although peas and beans are not to be side dressed, they had no fertilizer below the hill and looked pale. Sprinkled on a handful of 13-13-13 every 6-8 feet and cultivated to kill the few weeds and blend in some of the fertilizer. Hand cultivated close to the 8-12″ high plants to further […]
Continue ReadingSowed 2 Varieties of Okra
5/18/2021 – As the weather prediction is for 60°+ mornings, Gold Coast and Clemson Spineless seeds were soaked overnight. The seeds had been soaked for 20 hours, then drained, and dried lightly with a paper towel. Several had split open. Sowed in the east-most row of the north half. They were sowed 18″ apart and […]
Continue ReadingSeed Ordered from Hoss Seed
5/14/2021 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $3.99 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $0.00 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $3.99 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $0.00 Marigold Sparky Mix – 250 seeds $3.99 Jambalaya Okra – 50 seeds $4.99 Red Burgundy Okra – 50 […]
Continue ReadingPulled Remaining Okra and Disked to Plant Winter Squash
8/3/2020 – Only about 50% of the okra is still growing and had re-started bearing so we were getting only 4-6 pods per day. They did not get over 3 feet tall and the white roots had many nodule-like bumps. Likely, root-knot nematodes. That would explain the poor growth and production. Need to find a […]
Continue ReadingSide Dressed Okra
5/23/2020 – The okra is 6″ to 12″ tall so side dressed it on both sides with 33-0-0.
Continue ReadingThinned Okra and Yellow Squash
4/25/2020 – Thinned the okra to 12″ apart and transplanted some into the gaps. Thinned yellow squash to about 18″ apart.
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