Fed Citrus Trees & Compost
1/7/2021 – Feed the citrus trees 8-8-8 and the compost cage 66-0-0. Turned the compost where yesterday I added the lirope at the former location of the original blueberry bushes.
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The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
Pruned the Crepe Myrtles
1/7/2021 – Pruned the small branches and a few larger ones that were growing toward the center of the Crepes.
Continue ReadingApplied Mancozeb to the Camellias for Petal Blight
01/02/2021 – To prevent or at least reduce the impact of Petal Blight we sprinkled Mancozeb around the camellias per the advice here. We mixed it at roughly 0.88 oz per gallon in the new metal watering can with the sprinkler head. Sprinkled it 4-5 feet out from the trunk. Sprinkled it on the three […]
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Meyer Lemons Near Ripe
11/8/2020 – This is the second year for the two Meyer Lemons and both have borne a good crop. The west one is really loaded. Winter of 2020-21 we had three extended freezes into the low to mid 20°. The Meyer lemon that bore profusely last season tried to come back but did not and […]
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Widened Bed along the Orchard Fence and Added Daylilies
11/6/2020 – Widened the daylily & camillia bed in the front yard along the 4-board orchard fence to 4.5 ft. Relocated two daylilies to even out spacing and moved __ daylilies from the nursery to the new space in front of the current daylilies.
Continue ReadingKnock Out Roses appear to have crown/root rot
11/1/2020 – After the wind from Hurricane Zeta blew the south side of the large Knock Out rose immediately west of the front porch the blackened stalks in the center and dead canes were more visible. Cut them out. Research into why the azalea in the backyard row has dead stalks lead to understanding about […]
Continue ReadingPlanted Louisiana Sweets Hamlin Orange Trees
9/28/2020 – Bought two Louisiana Sweets Hamlin Orange Trees from Harley F&S to plant in the pond yard west of the current fruit trees. We decided to plant them on the east edge of the big garden 25′ east of the sand pear and satsuma. That is the area of the marigolds and zinnias this […]
Continue ReadingCompleted Repair of Buried Electric Dog Fence
10/9/2020 – Buried a new wire from a new junction box to a grease-cup splice at the little oak tree near the northwest most pole of the barn. The original wire goes from a new grey junction box 2′ from the pole to a new junction box halfway to the deck. See the plan image […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Citrus with Spinosad
10/8/2020 – Sprayed the lemons and satsumas with Spinosad for the second time in this series to stop the leaf miners.
Continue ReadingSpread Fertilizer with Extinguish for Ants
10/1/2020 – Using the April 22, 2019 application as a guide, but wanting to not fertilize as heavy this late in the fall, we decided to spread 100 lbs. of 15-0-15 (2/3rds of that application) while putting in 2 lbs of Extinguish. Therefore, mix 1 lb. of Extinguish in each 50 lb sack of fertilizer […]
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