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1/24/2021 – Today Mary sowed tomato seeds in 4″ seed cells filled with potting soil Frank gave us. She sowed 2 seeds in each cell, ¼” deep, of the following varieties. Betterboy, 18 cells Celebrity, 18 cells Super Sweet 100, 12, cells Frank bought two huge bags of the soil mix from George Dodd Nursery […]
Continue Reading9/27/2020 – Mixed 2 gallons of Monterey Spinosad (from the new 1-gallon jug delivered last week) at 2 oz/gallon plus non-ionic surfactant. Sprayed the following. All plants in the garden that again have flea beetles. mustard butternut squash white scalloped squash beets broccoli radish did not spray the peppers or flowers All plants in Mary’s […]
Continue Reading9/24/2020 – The flea beetles are also on the small plants. Sprayed everything except the peppers with Spinosad. She fed most with fish emulsion including the tomatoes.
Continue Reading8/25/2020 – The cherry tomatoes planted along the fence in Mary’s Garden are higher than the fence and blooming, but not setting fruit. Sprayed them and the younger Better Boys with Epsom Salts at 1 Tbsp/gallon.
Continue Reading8/6/2020 – Tomato rootings grown from BetterBoy cuttings from the Big Garden several weeks ago were planted along the 4-rail fence in Mary’s Garden on the south side of the three cherry tomatoes upto the power pole guy wire. 8/7/2020 – Gathered the brown hay from the location where tomatoes had been in the big […]
Continue Reading7/26/2020 – Bought Black Kaw composted manure at Home Depot and worked it in Mary’s Garden around the: 3 cherry tomato plants, 4 sweet basils, 4 pepperoncini plants, and the 12 Tai Basil plants.
Continue Reading7/24/2020 – Sprayed the remaining tomatoes with Epsom Salts as they are bearing ok. Also, fed them fish emulsion as the peppers are starting to bear and there is a fairly good number of fruit to gather tomorrow. Also, fed and sprayed the three young tomatoes, peppers, and basil in Mary’s little garden.
Continue Reading7/14/2020 – Seeing a couple of stink bugs and their damage, and it has been a little over a week since the last spraying, sprayed well the indeterminate tomatoes with Bifenthrin. The determinates are about done and have few tomatoes.
Continue Reading6/12/2020 – The pH at the three little tomato plants and at the sweet basil plants ranges from 6.2-6.4. Broke up the crusted soil around each plant. Mixed 2 Tbsp of baking soda in 2 gallons of water and poured in around each one. Had about a gallon left so poured it around the Tia […]
Continue Reading7/9/2020 – Fed 33-0-0 to: All the Crape Myrtles. Some of the small ones at the grain bin and along the orchard fence have small blooms The tomatoes where the determinates are likely about done but the indeterminates are as high as the wire Lightly on the small plumbagos in the crape bed The grass […]
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