A farmer works in acres not hours.
The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
7/8/2020 – Sprayed Epsom Salts on: Tomatoes where the indeterminates are bearing and have a lot of Late Blight issues and the determinates that also have late blight issues and likely near the end of their production. Roses
Continue Reading6/27/2020 – Sprayed Martin’s Imidacloprid mixed at 1 tbsp in 2 gallons of water in the 2-gallon sprayer. Added about 2 tbsp/2 gallons of a non-ionic surfactant. The little azalea at the AC Compressor was heavily infested. The large one next to it had some on most leaves. The row across from them near the grain bin […]
Continue Reading6/27/2020 – The concept to mix a contact and a systemic fungicide seems smart. Found a recommendation that sounded well conceived–at the end of this post–and this spray and the followup plan below is based on that advice.
Continue Reading6/13/2020 – It has been two weeks since feeding the crapes. Fed the large ones about 4 handfuls of 33-0-0. They seem to be blooming more since the last two feedings and that is hopefully making up for the missed feedings in late April and early May. Fed the small oaks (new ones and the […]
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6/6/2020 – Miss Mary Mary and Prestor John daylily fans I ordered (2 each) arrived and we needed a place to plant them. The Bonus fan was another Pardon Me. Widened the Martin House bed on the south and east sides about 18″; i.e. the width of the tiller. The Miss Mary Mary’s are on […]
Continue Reading6/1/2020 – Fed all Crape Myrtles–in the orchard and the yard–their 2-week feeding to keep them blooming. The fertilizer spread was leftover 15-0-15 and some 33-00-00+00-00-66.
Continue Reading6/1/2020 – After spreading 15-0-15 on Rangers’ pasture, I spread 100 lbs. at the same rate over: the front yard the east yard and the back yard the kitchen yard the grassed (non-equipment) area on the pecan trees between the barn and the fence. This was the first time ever to fertilize that area. I […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Propiconazole 14.3 at 2 oz./gal on all daylilies. Those that have little if any Rust only got lighter spraying.
Continue Reading5/24/2020 – The three varieties of marigolds planted in the garden to be moved to the yard came up well. We relocated the best ones to the backyard bed along the electrical wall in front of the new hydrangeas and some in the azalea bed under the oak tree. The plants were dug up and […]
Continue Reading5/24/2020 – We gave up on the Sunset Magic Crapes doing anything in the front yard along the driveway. Moved them to the empty bed next to the power pole near the yard garden. They were planted on September 20, 2017 and reworked to raise them on January 20, 2020. Never grew after losing most […]
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