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7/1/2020 – Bought 1/2 oz. White Scallop Squash & 1 oz. of Jack O’ Lantern Pumpkin Seeds at G&D Feed Store. They came in a clear ziplock bag with hand labeling. The seed supplier is not known.
Continue Reading6/30/2.2. – Mowed 3rd corn and disked all corn rows, the cucumber row and the squash row.
Continue Reading6/29/2020 – Over the past week, we removed the Zucchini, squash, and cucumber vines as the production is almost nil and we have a lot preserved. This was done to reduce the bug and disease hosts next to the tomatoes and peas. Hauled them to the burn pile as do not want the bugs in […]
Continue Reading5/27/2020 – Sprayed them with bifintrin as we are seeing flies and miscellaneous bugs on all and ear worms in the corn. Sprayed the corn silks on the 1st and 2nd corn. The 3rd corn is not silking yet.
Continue Reading5/23/2020 – This was the first morning we saw flying bugs and beetles among the leaves and in the flowers of the zucchini and a few in the scalloped and yellow squash. Sprayed inside the bushes completely and on top of the leaves with the Fertilome Bifenthrin. Had a little solution in the sprayer and […]
Continue Reading5/20/2020 – Mary sowed the remaining Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash and Gold Star yellow squash in the row where the tart, bitter spring Daikon Radish was growing up to a couple of days ago.
Continue Reading5/13/2020 – This has been a very dry spring and we are again weeks since a good rain and nothing significant predicted for the next week. Watering with the wand has proven ok but now that the 1st corn is shoulder height that is not practical and the corn is curling. Laid the hose down […]
Continue Reading5/8/2020 – The Gold Star (F1) yellow squash has grown well with no disease or bug damage so far. There are many blooms and bees that today yielded three squash.
Continue Reading5/5/2020 – When watering and weeding this morning we found black spots on the 1st PEPH peas (Alternaria leaf blight) and white/tan spots and decayed areas on the yellow squash and a few on the Zucchini. Sprayed 1.5 gallons on them with the last of the Bonide and a little Southern Ag Copper based fungicide […]
Continue Reading4/30/2020 – Based on the analysis in the post Recap & Plans for Tomatoes we fertilized as follows. mixed about 1/4 cup Borax (analysis was to apply 1/3rd but decided to go light) in 2 cups of 15-0-15 and spread it along both sides of the 60 ft. row of tomatoes and tomatillos. Sidedress summer […]
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