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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Ordered Fall Garden Seeds
7/21/2021 – From HOSS Product Subtotal Savanna Mustard – 500 seeds × 1 $3.99 Warrior Bunching Onion × 2 $7.98 Pimento Pepper × 1 $3.99 Primavera Spaghetti Squash × 1 $3.99 Cheers Cabbage × 1 $3.99 Calendula Prince Mix – 50 seeds × 1 $3.99 From SESE SKU Name Price Quantity Total 01175 Zinnia, Red Beauty $2.75 2 $5.50 46521 Cayenne, Carolina Hot Pepper $2.95 1 $2.95
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 ReadingOrdered Marigolds, Jalapenos, & a Tomato For Fall Garden & Yard
7/9/2021 – Ordered Marigolds and Jalapenos from Harris Seeds. Product image Description Quantity Price Marigold Inca II Yellow F1 Seed / Untreated / 50 Seeds 1 $4.80 Pepper Everman F1 Seed / Treated / 50 Seeds 1 $7.60 Pepper Early Jalapeno Organic Seed / Organic / 50 Seeds 1 $3.00 Marigold Inca II Deep Orange […]
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 ReadingSide-dressed the Peppers and Squash
6/15/2021 – Side-dressed the peppers with the 8-8-8 plus cottonseed meal. The last feeding was 5/15/2021—too long ago. Side dressed the Zucchini, Yellow and scalloped squash with 33-0-0. Did not side dress the Tromboncino as could not see the stem coming from the roots due to the massive amount of leaves. They have overtaken that […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Tomatoes & Peppers with Epsom Salts
6/8/2021 – The Super Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes are not as sweet as last year and I remembered that Epsom Salts is suppose to make tomatoes taste sweeter. Articles that confirmed that memory also said it was good for peppers and I have not sprayed the peppers since the signs of magnesium deficiency went away. […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Tomatoes, Peppers, & Roses w/ CU
5/30/2021 – Sprayed Tomatoes, Peppers, and Roses with liquid Copper (CU). Tomatoes have some black spots on their lower areas and some yellow and dead leaves and stems. Meant to mix 7 teaspoons of CU in the 1.5 gallon spray but screwed up and measured 7 tablespoons; i.e. 3 times more than the label says. […]
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 ReadingSide Dressed Peppers, Cucumbers, & Cantaloupes
5/15/2021 – The pepper seedlings in the garden are looking less like they have a magnesium deficiency and growing. Many have blooms but are less than 12″ high. As they like a lower pH we mixed cottonseed meal in with the 8-8-8 and applied it as follows. To not fertilize the weeds between the plants […]
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