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The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
9/3/2021 – Ants are beginning to be too prevalent so we need to spread more Extinguish but do not want to spread fertilizer. Bought 4.5 lbs so we should be able to cover 3 acres. The goal here is to spread it, without blending, in the cyclone seeder at the rate per the label. To […]
Continue Reading11/28/2021 Product image Description Quantity Price 1 Squash Honeynut SeedSeed / Treated / 25 Seeds 1 $3.19 1 Zinnia Benary’s Giant Mix SeedSeed / Untreated / 250 SeedsBackorder date: On backorder. Estimated due week of 09-16-22 1 $8.74 1 Squash Autumn Frost F1 SeedSeed / Treated / 25 Seeds 1 $4.98 1 Thyme Ayelet Organic […]
Continue ReadingSprayed WFZ at 2 oz. per gallon using the pull-behind sprayed in the Gator. That would be about 2/3 oz/1000SF that is low but higher than the last time and that time worked ok. Sprayed: Between the east row and center row of pecan trees from the road to one tree away from the Tack […]
Continue Reading11/7/2021 – That morning was the first frost for this fall. Air temp was 35° and the dew point was 34°. The heavy dew only froze on the roof and grass not under the trees. 11/8/2021 – Almost an exact repeat of the morning before although the frost was not as dense. The tomatoes, basil, […]
Continue Reading10/26/2021 – The last spraying of WFZ worked well except for the missed spots. This spraying covered those locations. Note in that post the error found when working up the numbers below. That application was some less than the minimum per the label but it worked well to kill the Florida Betony and Spider Wort […]
Continue Reading10/1/2021 – As the weather has begun to cool off, the Florida Betony missed in the spring spraying is coming back. Spider Wort continues to pop up and some had been spot sprayed with WFZ. This plan used info from April 19th’s spraying plan but used the Gator to carry the sprayer rather than pulling […]
Continue Reading9/17/2021 – Applied a final feeding of the grass of 15-0-15 plus Iron mixed with Extinguish to kill the ants. The first half of September has been a very wet month with 13″ of rain from Hurricane Ida and 5″ from TD Nicholas. This feeding is at the normal time but is even more important […]
Continue Reading9/21/2021 – To replace nutrients washed out by the more than 20″ of rain in August and September to date, spread about 30 lbs. of the time-release fertilizer bought today from Greenway (formerly AGRI-AFC. The amount was light on all beds but heavier around the roses. The idea is to replace the lost nutrients in […]
Continue Reading9/18/2021 From The Care and Feeding of Daylilies at http://www.ctdaylily.com/trimmer_fertilizing.html – Regardless of how much nutrition is present not much is going to be available to your plants unless your PH is in the 6.2-6.8 range. Readings taken in damp soil with the KEL meter Old Azalea Row north side of the backyard 6.5 – […]
Continue Reading9/17/2021 – We took readings in evenly scattered locations in the Yard and Gardens. The soil was very damp from the rain yesterday and 5″ from TD Nicholas. The readings were as follows. Yard Backyard 6.2 north 5.9 south. East side yard 6.3 north of gate Front Yard 6.0 – front of Red Bud Tree […]
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