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The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
4/17/2021 – This will be the first fungicide treatment for daylily rust and uses a combination spray of a contact and a systemic product. Our 2020 post here has a lot of great info and was the guide for this treatment using Propiconazole 14.3 (the systemic) and Daconil (the contact fungicide). We repeated what was […]
Continue Reading4/17/2021 – Year before last we had four Hibiscus along the meter/switch-box wall and that winter three of them were killed by the cold temperatures. One survived, came back, and did ok last year. This winter again almost killed it but it has leaves coming up out of the mulch. Researching what to feed a […]
Continue Reading4/15/2021 – On a cloudy afternoon sprayed the satsumas, orange and lemon trees with Spinosad to hopefully prevent leaf miners for damaging the leaves.
Continue Reading4/12/2021 – The heavy rains at the end of last week surely washed out some of the fertilizer—especially the nitrogen and potassium—we have placed in the past month or two. The roses, daylilies, grass, i.e. everything else is/was setting buds and on the way to being the best yard we ever achieved. To preserve that […]
Continue Reading4/6/2021 – Every year since we planted them, the aspidistras around the two old pecans along the driveway, have had most of their leaves with dead ends, as much as half-dead, and have looked unsightly. Research into why found that it is due to too much direct sun and/or fungus. Given the pecan’s lose their […]
Continue Reading4/3/2021 – Low predicted to be 40° & Dew Point was to be 31°. The low was actually 34° and the ned point was also 34°. Therefore, When we should not have a frost we did—2 weeks after the 90% last frost date. Thankfully, the heater was going in the greenhouse and the low there […]
Continue Reading4/2/2021, Good Friday – This was the first spring fertilizing with 13-13-13 (with no added minerals) of the following. Crepes in the yard, pond yard, and orchard. Small ones got 2 handfuls Large ones got 4 handfuls Two in the pond got 3 handfuls Spireas – 1+ handfuls Indigo Small oaks in the barnyard – […]
Continue ReadingBy April 1: The old oak began flowering in mid-March and new leaves began showing up by April 1. The Nutall oak began leafing out a week ago. A few Crepe Myrtles are budding All the Citrus, peach, and pear trees have leaves Pecan Trees 17 & 18 have their first leaves. The blueberries have […]
Continue Reading4/1/2021- Ordered from Harris Seeds: Exceed Pea and Bean Inoculant, 6 oz. 1 Each $8.95 Dianthus Seeds, Diana Crimson F1, Untreated, 250 Seeds $13.05
Continue Reading3/28/2021 From SFGate – According to the University of California Vegetable Research and Information Center, the rate of application to raise the pH level two points in 1 square foot of garden space is 4 tablespoons of lime. [¼ cup] To Raise pH 1 point: 1 SF 2 tblsp 4 SF – 2’x2′ ½ cup […]
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