Fertilized the Crepe Myrtles with 15-0-15
Again, spread 4-5 handfuls of the fertilizer around all of the crepes other than the three little ones in the north end of the orchard along the new fence.
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The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
Sprayed Daylilies for rust with a systemic for the first time
Applied 4 oz. of Propiconazole 14.3 in 2 gallons of water with a three-count squirt of Dawn Ultra to all daylilies and the small white rose outside the guest room. That concentration came from here. The Dawn will act as a sticker as well as hit the Rust spores again. We applied Dawn four days […]
Continue ReadingPlumbagos & Hydrogen Peroxide
The remaining two blue plumbagos–bought late last year at Mobile Botanical Gardens fall sale–are trying to die like the other two. I sprayed them last week with Sevin in case the problem was a pest. They seemed to look some better but still no new growth and a lot of dead near the base. Sounds […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Daylilies for Rust & Frescati for aphids with Dawn Ultra
Following the advice of many, I tried for the first time spraying 1% Dawn Ultra and water. The 1% mix value came from page 51 of the . The pdf is saved locally. Note they had the best results with this as opposed to a long list of the often recommended fungicides. To 2 gallons […]
Continue ReadingAdded white plumbagos where blues died
About 6/6/2019 – Bought from Ted & Nancy’s Fruit Stand, on Three-Notch, two 3-gallon white plumbagos to replace two of the blue ones that died mysteriously. On a page about plumbago’s the writer said there is a white variety know as Alba. The tag on the two we bought did not call it that.
Continue ReadingFirst good rain in 20 days
We have been watering the garden and parts of the yard the past 2 weeks as everything was getting dry. Even the grass was starting to look dry and shriveled. This afternoon we had thunderstorms rolling east along the coast and got 0.86″ of rain. There was some wind with gusts up to 12.5 MPH […]
Continue ReadingFertilized Crepes, Plumbagos, and Indigo
5/29/2019 – Threw 15-0-15 on the Crepes, Plumbagos, and Indigo. Also spread it on the three little crepes along the new fence and the Oak Leaf Crepe in the orchard as well as the Texas Laurel that is blooming. Several of the crepes along the fence are hanging to the grass with so many blooms. […]
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Gathering Wildflower Seeds
05/25/2019 – The Cosmos wildflowers are going to seed and we will continue to gather them and others. We are especially targetting poppy seeds and of those, the ones with the complex blooms.
Continue ReadingSprayed Daylilies for Rust and Roses for black spot and botrytis
Sprayed Daylilies for Rust and Roses for black spot and botrytis. The frequency of the Rust on the daylilies is much less than when we started spraying…but there is still some. The roses’ botrytis that was/is destroying blooms on the little pink roses at the gate and the hybrid teas at the Bay Tree bed […]
Continue ReadingID’ed Botrytis on some roses
The little pink climbing roses on either side of the front gate bloomed heavy for weeks then all of a sudden most blooms turned blackish, shriveled and fell apart over the past 2 days. For the past 3-4 days, some of the blooms on the two white hybrid tea roses in the Bay Tree bed […]
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