Ordered Daylilies From Oakes
May 18, 2022, Order details RED VOLUNTEER BLACK EYED STELLA BUTTERED POPCORN NATURE BOY – 2x HAPPY RETURNS FIRST LADY BARBARA
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The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
Fertilized Magnolias, Gardenias, & Hydrangeas
5/13/2022 – Fertilized the following: Magnolias in the Pond Yard with 13-13-13 fertilizer 2+ cups. Spread evenly in a donut-shaped area from the tips of the canopy to 3 feet beyond the canopy. Gardenias in the backyard’s west bed next to the house with about a pint each of the 13-6-6 time release with trace […]
Continue ReadingFertilized Crepes and Blueberries
4/10/2022 – Spread 15-0-15 under the Crepe Myrtles cited below that are budding out and 3-4 feet out from the blueberries as all are blooming. The two along the rail fence in the Pond Yard The small ones around the grain bin Those in the pecan orchard including the big one at the rail fence […]
Continue ReadingFertilized Yard with Extinguish Ant Poison
4/7/2022 – This application, the first this year and the plan for 2022, follows what was done on 6/10/2021 and 9/22/2021. The plan is to apply the ACES recommended rate at this time—spring—and in June apply 50% of the ACES recommended nitrogen for low maintenance lawns. The Plan from 6/10/2021 to be applied in Spring […]
Continue ReadingSlow Release Fertilizer on the Flower Beds
3/29/2022 – Spread Greenpoint PRO 13-6-6 / 58% Slow Release Premium Fertilizer with Agrocote on the beds. It includes: magnesium 3%, sulfur 9%, boron 0.12%, zinc 0.06%, and, iron 5%. From Garden.org – Landscape plants. If your plants are closely grouped and the roots overlap, scatter 10 to 15 pounds of a three- to four-month 14-14-14 […]
Continue ReadingSprayed More Burweed
Places that we did not spread the pre-emergent have burweed not blooming yet. Sprayed them with 2,4-D Amine 4 at 1 oz/gallon that is supposed to spray 1,000 SF. Included a non-ionic surfactant. Sprayed 1.5 gallons: west of the tack shed where the burweed is still lush green as opposed to what was spreayed last week that […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Burweed with 2,4-D Amine 4
3/16/2022 – The pre-emergent worked well but missed some spots. Sprayed them with 2,4-D Amine 4 at 1 oz/gallon to spray 1,000 SF. Included a non-ionic surfactant. Sprayed 1.5 gallons: west of the Tack Shed to the middle row of pecans; SW of the Tack Shed to the middle row of pecans and east to […]
Continue ReadingSprayed WFZ on the Yard, etc.
3/2/2022 – mixed 32 oz of WFZ in 13 gallons of water with non-ionic surfactant in the pull-behind sprayer in the back of the Gator. Sprayed: the front yard the east side yard north to the gate the backyard from the pecans to the driveway along both sides of the driveway three swaths along the […]
Continue ReadingMoved Blue Plumbagos to Grain Bin
2/23/2022 – Tilled the bed with the JD Tiller where the daylilies were removed this morning on the south side of the grain bin between the entry platform and the firewood shed. Dug up the Blue Plumbagos that were established between the parent and the grass at the SE and SW corner of the house. […]
Continue ReadingPreemergent Spread for Crab Grass Control
2/10/2022 – Spread 40 lbs of Pendulum 2G to control crabgrass in the yard. The last application on 10/26/2021 using the cyclone seeder set at 2 seemed to be about the right rate and it did control/eliminate the burweed. At the setting of 2 it appeared to spread 3.5 lbs/1000sf. The application rate table in […]
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