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9/27/2020 – Sprayed from the new 1-gallon jug of Monterey’s Spinosad (mixed at 2 oz/gallon plus non-ionic surfactant) the following. All plants in the garden that again have flea beetles. mustard butternut squash white scalloped squash beets broccoli radish All plants in Mary’s Garden for flea beetles beets broccoli tomatoes – did not see any […]
Continue Reading9/23/2020 – The Blue and Jack-O-Lantern pumpkins grew great vines and beautiful leaves with lots of blooms. Then the leaves and vines started turning yellow. Leaves fell off. Sprayed them several times with Spinosad and Bug-No-More (Zeta-Cypermethrin sp?) to try and stop squash vine borers getting to the others. When all of them were damaged, […]
Continue Reading9/11/2020 – Sprayed Spinosad for: Found three large (1/2″ dia.) whitish worms on the satsuma Found flea beetles and the usual gnats on the pumpkins and squash.
Continue Reading9/2/2020 – Despite two sprayings of malathion the little black flying bugs are still all over the pumpkin and squash blooms and there appears to be more of the small shiny black eggs clustered on the leaves. Mixed Bug-No-More at 5 oz/gallon and sprayed them. Within 15 minutes or so they were moving a lot […]
Continue Reading8/30/2020 – Seeing fresh little black eggs clustered on the leaves and more leaf damage. Saw one shield bug and stomped him. Sprayed malathion on everything in the garden’s new plants that are not sprouting seedlings; i.e. the first two rows from the east and the pumpkin/squash row.
Continue Reading8/29/2020 – Side dressed the following with 33-0-0: the first row from the east that has Betternut Squash and South Anna Butternut Squash the second row from the east side that has White Scalloped Squash, Spaghetti squash, and Pascola Zucchini. the pumpkin/squash row. Some of the squash is starting to vine and the other looks […]
Continue Reading8/26/2020 – Sprayed malathion on the pumpkins and the squash as there is some leaf damage and a lot of clustered small black eggs.
Continue Reading8/14/2020 – The Betternut Squash only had about 50% germination and the South Anna Butternut was only a little better. Sowed seed in the gaps. The Pascola Zucchini had about 30% germination so filled in the empty places. The Spaghetti Squash only had a few gaps. Did not have enough seeds so put a zucchini […]
Continue Reading8/13/2020 – There is leaf damage on the Jack-o-lantern pumpkins and zucchini. Also spray lightly the seedlings in the squash rows.
Continue Reading8/11/2020 – Sprayed mancozeb on the blue and jack-o-lantern pumpkins and the zuchinni as there are a few white spots and a little downy mildew. Also sprayed lightly the seedlings that have come up in the winter squash rows on the east side.
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