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3/4/2020 – Tom spread by handfuls 50 lbs of cottonseed meal on: all roses inside the fence but missed the ones outside at the gate; all camellias; all small azaleas. The small plants got 3-4 big handfuls and the larger Knockout roses got 6-8 handfuls. The meal was some that Peg and Frank got from […]
Continue Reading1/14/2020 – Based on the extract below from the label for Propiconazole 14.3.8 oz / 100 Gallon = 0.08 oz/Gal0.08 oz = 1/2 tsp or 2.37 ml [B] Mix 5-8 fl. oz. of Quali-Pro Propiconazole 14.3 in 100 gals. of water and apply as a full coverage spray to the point of drip. Apply as […]
Continue Reading1/1/2020 – The Knock Out and the Julia Child roses are blooming and have a few new leaves despite at least four hard frosts. Fed all the roses a blend of: 1 tbsp/ gallon Miracle Grow 1 tbsp/gallon Epsom Salts 1 tbsp/gallon of Celeated Iron Each received: about 1 gallon on the large Knock Out […]
Continue Reading10/30/2019 – Fed: Superbloom + fish emulsion to: the Knockout Roses in the kitchen yard and around the front porch, the white & pink roses in the long bed along the driveway the Julia Child yellow roses in the pots and in the Bay Tree bed, the pink rose at the bird feeder/end of the […]
Continue ReadingFed with Miracle Grow and chelated iron. MG was 1T/gallon and poured about 2 T iron in the 2-gallon watering can. Climbing roses at the gate – 2 gallons to each side Julia Child roses and Grandiflora in bay tree bed Pink rose at bird feeder bay leaf tree Sunset Magic crepes white roses outside […]
Continue ReadingMixed 2T of Miracle Grow and about 2T of fish emulsion per gallon and poured it on all the roses.
Continue ReadingPer the advice being followed I sprayed the peppers for the second time with a solution of a rounded tablespoon of Epsom Salts to one gallon of water and added about a tablespoon of Dawn Ultra per gallon. They have a few blooms but not at all what they should. I sprayed all roses with […]
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 ReadingSprayed Daylilies for Rust and Roses for black spot and botrytis. The frequency of the Rust on the daylilies is much less than when we started spraying…but there is still some. The roses’ botrytis that was/is destroying blooms on the little pink roses at the gate and the hybrid teas at the Bay Tree bed […]
Continue ReadingThe little pink climbing roses on either side of the front gate bloomed heavy for weeks then all of a sudden most blooms turned blackish, shriveled and fell apart over the past 2 days. For the past 3-4 days, some of the blooms on the two white hybrid tea roses in the Bay Tree bed […]
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