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3/13/2021 – Today we fed the backyard daylilies, roses, hydrangeas, and spireas the Hooker formula with the Epsom Salts as opposed to the last feeding of daylilies when we left it out. We added the Epsom Salts this time as the Roses seemed to like it even though the soil test shows we have high […]
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – Roses have begun to leaf out and a little black spot is appearing. Sprayed until dripped Propiconazole 14.3 at 1/2 tsp in one gallon of water plus Bonide Mancozeb Flowable with Zinc. Added a non-ionic surfactant.
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – We moved the gardenia that was in front of the picture window to the location of the former pecan tree removed last month. The pecan was the north one in the south end of the Indigo/Hydrangea bed on the east side of the backyard. We planted where the gardenia had been a recently […]
Continue Reading2/11/2021 – Spread 2 CY of crushed pine bark mulch on the daylily bed at the pond gate to the road and then the beds west of the driveway that were: the rose & lily bed along the driveway at the patio the amaryllis, lily, and rose bed under the kitchen window; the small rose […]
Continue Reading2/7/2021 – Pruned all the roses: across the front of the house, in the side yard outside the kitchen window. and in the bay tree bed.
Continue Reading11/1/2020 – After the wind from Hurricane Zeta blew the south side of the large Knock Out rose immediately west of the front porch the blackened stalks in the center and dead canes were more visible. Cut them out. Research into why the azalea in the backyard row has dead stalks lead to understanding about […]
Continue Reading9/20/2020 – Given the light rain from Hurricane Sally and the drizzle the past two days, the soil is saturated. Therefore, today is a good day to take pH readings using the meter. The readings are listed below. 9/28/2020 – Spread the lime cited in the table below just before the first cold front blew […]
Continue Reading8/20/2020, cloudy afternoon – For the first time, sprayed all roses with sulfur for black spot on other fungal diseases. 8/21/2020, 8 AM – Drenched all roses to wash off the sulfur and prevent sunlight damage to leaves. Also to wash the sulfur into the soil to help prevent issues there.
Continue Reading8/1/2020 – 8/1/2020 – Given the almost daily rains for the past week, sprayed Mancozeb on all the Floribunda roses.
Continue Reading8/1/2020 – Mixed 4-gallon batches of 4 Tablespoons of Miracle Grow with about twice that of fish emulsion. Mixed up 12 gallons and poured it on them proportionate to the size.
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