. [One may] fertilize and hoe among the melons and gourds until Rosh Hashanah; and so too in irrigated fields. [One may] excise blemishes, remove [leaves], apply dust, [and] fumigate [trees] until Rosh Hashanah. R’ Shimon says: He may even take the leaves from the cluster in the seventh [year].

Until when may one plow in a white field on the eve of the seventh [year]? Until the moisture ceases, as long as people plow to plant the melons and gourds. Said R’ Shimon: You have placed the law for each individual in his own hands! Rather, [one may plow] in a white field until Pesach and in a field of trees until Shavuos.