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47 minutes ago, Johnsfolly said:

We used to get a pulse early then none throughout May and June then a pulse again in JulyAug until they migrated south in Sept/Oct. I always attributed that to not having good nesting cover on our property and they simply were not around. Though we always had at least one male the whole season. We never had the hummer load that you guys have in Billetheadville.

                    We went through over 50 pounds of sugar last year feeding. Love the little guys.

"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

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2 hours ago, BilletHead said:

                    We went through over 50 pounds of sugar last year feeding. Love the little guys.

That's too pretty to be a production operation....

Back up to 5 now myself.  Caught 3 hives in my old equipment setting around.

"Life has become immeasurably better since I have been forced to stop taking it seriously."

Hunter S. Thompson

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3 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Good God! 😳 

How many hummingbirds does it take to move 50# ?

                Hundreds a day. It gets real crazy and noisy. 

"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

BilletHead

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6 minutes ago, jdmidwest said:

That's too pretty to be a production operation....

Back up to 5 now myself.  Caught 3 hives in my old equipment setting around.

                   It's not a production JD. It is a bee circus. I will start a thread later on what is going on. Having fun and winging it as I go. 

"We have met the enemy and it is us",

Pogo

   If you compete with your fellow anglers, you become their competitor, If you help them you become their friend"

Lefty Kreh

    " Never display your knowledge, you only share it"

Lefty Kreh

         "Eat more bass and there will be more room for walleye to grow!"

BilletHead

    " One thing in life is for sure. If you are careful you can straddle the barbed wire fence but make one mistake and you will be hurting"

BilletHead

  P.S. "May your fences be short or hope you have long legs"

BilletHead

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15 hours ago, Johnsfolly said:

Maybe need some of these in order to actually get some ripe tomatoes.🤣

 

 

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Prayed for bees, and this morning I saw these metallic green and gold tiny little helpers on every tomato plant. They actually look mechanical close up, and sound like a mini drone when they fly.

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And Mom and Pop Cardinal birds check every plant for worms and bugs at least twice a day. Natural insect repellants😀 

 

Tomatoes have exploded with new growth, blooms all over, and the sweethearts are turning out to be awesome producing plants. Must be a thousand flowers/tomatoes on each plant, no joke. Growing fruits in large clusters kind of like grapes!

Here's one of the sweeties, and  couldn't be happier with the amount of flowers, and these are just the current bloomers, there are just as many already set and making fruits! 

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In addition to the copper sulfate  and neem oil, I've added micronized powder azomite ,liquid calcium,and a liquid leonardite solution (humic/fulvic acids) that has additional potassium, all this gets added  to the watering schedules now to help beef up the plants before the summer heat sets in . It really helps with plant heat stress and nutrient uptake and fruit production,prevents pests ,diseases, molds, and rots.

Next week all tubs get their biweekly top dress of an Espoma Tomato and  Garden Tone mixture. 

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