WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.960 --> 00:00:05.599 Well, good morning, so good to have you with us this morning. 2 00:00:05.839 --> 00:00:09.199 You are listening to garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, and 3 00:00:09.240 --> 00:00:12.880 we are here to turn brown thumbs green. We are here to inform your 4 00:00:12.880 --> 00:00:17.519 thumb. That's the secrets. The success with gardening is just understand and a 5 00:00:17.559 --> 00:00:20.440 few things that plants want. Right, you make them happy, they make 6 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:23.679 you happy at works. Well, there's a lot of ways we can do 7 00:00:23.760 --> 00:00:28.640 that, simple ways. I always talk about the brown stuff before the green 8 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:31.800 stuff and what that means for those of you who are new to garden Line. 9 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:37.280 That means that first you create the foundation for success by building soil that 10 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:42.039 drains well, that holds adequate amount of water, that has good nutrient content, 11 00:00:42.119 --> 00:00:45.679 that has good organic matter content. You set the stage with that, 12 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:50.079 and then you put the plant in the ground. That is why we say 13 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:53.000 brown before green. And you can do them both at the same time. 14 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:55.880 You got today, get out there and do some shopping, get you some 15 00:00:55.920 --> 00:01:00.200 beautiful plants one of our garden centers, and also have a few bags of 16 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:04.040 the brown stuff, including fertilizer, so that when you put that plant in 17 00:01:04.079 --> 00:01:08.359 the ground, it's going to have success. For example, if you're doing 18 00:01:08.599 --> 00:01:14.799 a houseplant. Maybe you've purchased the houseplins are still so popular. Maybe you 19 00:01:14.879 --> 00:01:17.200 purchase houseplant, you're gonna come home, you're gonna pot it up in a 20 00:01:17.200 --> 00:01:19.840 little bit bigger pot and you're gonna get going on it. Or maybe you 21 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.040 have some that you're gonna repot. You need to grab a hold of some 22 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:26.920 jungle land. Jungle Land is there's two versions. There's an outdoor version for 23 00:01:27.040 --> 00:01:32.159 vegetables and flowers. There's an indoor version for houseplants. The indoor one has 24 00:01:32.200 --> 00:01:36.200 little crystals in it that swell up with water when you water, and then 25 00:01:36.239 --> 00:01:40.159 as that soil begins to dry out, those crystals hold onto the water a 26 00:01:40.159 --> 00:01:44.120 little longer and roots can access it through those crystals. And as a result, 27 00:01:44.879 --> 00:01:48.000 let's just say, it makes sure soil a little more forgiving, or 28 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:53.840 it makes your neglect a little less noticeable. I have houseplants that have literally 29 00:01:53.840 --> 00:01:57.239 gotten on the phone and called the Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Plants 30 00:01:57.239 --> 00:02:00.319 to report me before because I had them in some back room, forgot about 31 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:04.040 them, didn't didn't water them, and so on. But anyway, jungle 32 00:02:04.120 --> 00:02:07.240 land with water saving crystals, that is why they make it and it works 33 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:12.360 very very well. You can get it places like ace out at Sinco Ranch 34 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:15.319 on Mason Road. They have it out there. You can get it at 35 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:22.039 a Tascasita Ace also and Jim's Hardware and Montgomery. All these places carry nitropost 36 00:02:22.080 --> 00:02:27.400 products like the Jungle Land. What we're gonna do. We're gonna run straight 37 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:30.680 to the phones here this morning, pretty quick. Let's add to Conroe and 38 00:02:30.719 --> 00:02:37.919 talk to Heyl. How you doing this morning? I'm good, I'm good. 39 00:02:38.039 --> 00:02:40.960 What's up? Okay? So I don't know if this is a dumb 40 00:02:42.039 --> 00:02:46.120 question or not, but I was wondering do you treat do you recommend treating 41 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:53.080 your yardat for weed stuff before or after you mo because because unfortunately I didn't 42 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:59.439 retreat it before the season started and I have an over thundered so trash in 43 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:04.919 my yard. Mm hmm. Well that's a good question. Yeah, okay, 44 00:03:05.039 --> 00:03:08.960 So if you're doing a pre emergent herbicide to putting it down to prevent 45 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:13.000 future weed seeds from coming up, it doesn't matter if you do it before 46 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:15.960 or after you mow. If you're doing a post margin killing the weeds that 47 00:03:15.960 --> 00:03:21.599 are already there, you want to spray them and give it about a week 48 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:27.199 if you can to take that in at least a few days to take that 49 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:30.240 spray in and start to move down into the weed to kill it. If 50 00:03:30.280 --> 00:03:35.639 you mow, you have less weed leaves to get the spray on. So 51 00:03:35.800 --> 00:03:39.000 that's why we would spray a couple of days or a few days if possible, 52 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:46.360 before we have to mow again. A great all right, I appreciate 53 00:03:46.400 --> 00:03:49.520 it, very helpful. Once again, all right, Cheryl, thank you, 54 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:57.240 have a good Sunday. That's a that's a good question, you know, 55 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:00.400 Cheryl said to Hope. It's not a stupid question. And I've said 56 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:04.919 this before on guard Line. There are any stupid questions. There's only stupid 57 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:09.439 answers. Now. I know you're thinking, no, I've heard stupid questions 58 00:04:09.479 --> 00:04:12.199 before, but that's not how I look at it. The way I look 59 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:15.039 at it is if it's your question, it's legit, and we're going to 60 00:04:15.080 --> 00:04:18.319 answer it. Okay, I'll worry about a stupid answer, so the pressure's 61 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:23.480 on me. Did not give you a stupid answer, Seriously, though, 62 00:04:23.759 --> 00:04:26.720 I asked the questions you have because I guarantee you there are other people that 63 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:30.399 have that same question. You may think you're the only one listening to guard 64 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:32.600 line that doesn't know all about plans. And that's not true, and all 65 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:38.839 of us are dumb at something if you ever thought about that. I think 66 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:41.120 I was telling somebody this the other day. I can't remember who I was 67 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:45.759 talking to anyway, it was either Will Rogers or Mark Twain. Probably Will 68 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:47.279 Rogers. It sounds like like him. But he said, have to Being 69 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:53.759 smart is knowing what you're dumb at. Don't you wish more people realize that 70 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:58.480 you're talking to them? Yeah? I said, we're all dumb at something, 71 00:04:58.560 --> 00:05:00.759 and unfortunately, when we're dumb, it's something we often don't know it. 72 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.680 So, oh boy, all right, notoh of the philosophical here. 73 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:10.680 We're going to talk about gardening today. If you're looking for success with your 74 00:05:10.759 --> 00:05:14.959 lawn, it is important to have a bank account of nutrients in the soil 75 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:18.040 so that when the lawn needs to draw on them for nutrients, the nutrients 76 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:24.560 are there. Okay. We think about fertilizing several times a year, right 77 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:27.360 you have, Well, it's all my schedule, you know, fertilizing the 78 00:05:27.360 --> 00:05:31.720 spring or fertilizing the summer, fertilizing the fall. Well, plants don't eat 79 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:34.879 only in the spring, summer, and fall. And when I see eat, 80 00:05:34.959 --> 00:05:39.759 I'm anthropomorphizing here, but you know what I'm saying. So, what 81 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:43.000 they do is they take up nutrients every day, but they don't just take 82 00:05:43.079 --> 00:05:46.519 up the three big numbers on the fertilizer bag. They take up tiny, 83 00:05:46.680 --> 00:05:53.600 microscopic, microscopic, tiny trace elements as well. Did you know your plants 84 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:57.360 need selenium? Did you know your plants need nickel? Yeah, there's some 85 00:05:57.879 --> 00:06:03.560 processes and some plants where nickel is required, Zinc, iron, molebdenum. 86 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:08.480 You're not going to see that on a fertilizer bag typically, well maybe iron. 87 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:11.600 So how do we do that? Well, we put trace mentals in 88 00:06:11.639 --> 00:06:14.120 the soil. Now, you don't need a lot of them, very little 89 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:17.959 is needed, but they're essential and that's why asumite is here. We put 90 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:23.560 asmite down. It's a mind product that contains trace elements. And if you 91 00:06:23.600 --> 00:06:27.720 have a soil test, you know exactly what your lawn needs and you can 92 00:06:27.759 --> 00:06:31.160 fertilize accordingly. And that that's the most important way to go, is to 93 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:35.399 do first to a soil test and then fertilize accordingly. In the absence of 94 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:40.000 a soil test, we give you general recommendations, and I do that all 95 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:43.759 the time here on Gardenline. General recommendations, and as mite would be an 96 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.800 example of that. Okay, once a year probably is going to be enough, 97 00:06:46.839 --> 00:06:50.600 but could be less, could be more. As mite down. The 98 00:06:50.680 --> 00:06:55.079 nutrients are in the sole bank account and every day of the year, three 99 00:06:55.160 --> 00:07:00.920 hundred and sixty five days that grass plant's roots have access to the nutrients that 100 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:04.439 it needs. We don't wait until they're lacking and showing symptoms. We take 101 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:08.439 care of them ahead of time. That makes sense, all right, Well, 102 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:12.240 that's how that works. It's a difference between macro nutrients need a lot 103 00:07:12.279 --> 00:07:15.439 of them, micro nutrientss need a little bit of them. Both are essential. 104 00:07:15.800 --> 00:07:18.439 We're going to take a break here and I will be right back. 105 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.480 Our phone number if you'd like to give me a call seven one three two 106 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:26.839 one two kt RH. Welcome back to Guardline. Good to have you with 107 00:07:26.920 --> 00:07:30.800 us today. I like to say, what do you want to talk about 108 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:32.680 today? You know, the show is a call in It's for you to 109 00:07:32.720 --> 00:07:38.360 ask questions and we're happy to help and answer them. So feel free to 110 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:42.120 give us a call seven one three two one two kt r H and I 111 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:44.839 will do my best to give you an accurate answer and lead you in the 112 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:49.079 right direction. We're going to head now over to Tomball and talk to Ben. 113 00:07:49.240 --> 00:07:54.199 Hello, Ben, Hey, how are you doing this morning? I'm 114 00:07:54.240 --> 00:07:58.720 good, sir. What's up? Hey? I had a question about Well, 115 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:03.680 let me start off with the lady that called before. I have a 116 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:09.000 smart question and I want your dumb answer. Okay, it's funny. I 117 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:13.240 got plenty of those. I'm just trying to be silly. I don't know. 118 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:20.800 That's okay, it's a lot. I have these cactuses and deaf and 119 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:24.560 I was watering them every day, and I keep losing the cactuses and somebody 120 00:08:24.600 --> 00:08:30.000 came by my place and they said, you're not supposed to water them every 121 00:08:30.040 --> 00:08:35.399 day? Is that? Yes? Yes, cacti are built to storm moisture. 122 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:39.279 You can got in the desert where it rains nine inches a year, 123 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:43.039 and their cacti very happy out there, and you going over water them absolutely, 124 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.840 yes, yeah, and you'll get a couple of things happen. You 125 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:52.360 rock the roots, and you also when water stands on the cactus and cactus, 126 00:08:52.399 --> 00:08:54.679 the way the structure is that water can kind of stand on it a 127 00:08:54.679 --> 00:09:01.320 little bit. You get these big blacks sunken rotting areas as well. So 128 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:05.759 how often should I water you? Once? I would say never, pretty 129 00:09:05.799 --> 00:09:11.440 much? Really, yeah, yeah, pretty much. I mean a lot 130 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:13.960 of it depends on where they're growing. Of course, if they're up high 131 00:09:13.039 --> 00:09:18.240 and dry in a very gritty bed that drains super super well, you could 132 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:20.240 water them every now and then. But it rains so much here that we 133 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:24.960 just pretty much don't have to do it. Cacti and succulents in general are 134 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:31.879 pretty forgiving when it comes to neglect. But they're in pots underneath a porch, 135 00:09:31.080 --> 00:09:35.200 though, so I don't know if they get a lot of rain right 136 00:09:35.279 --> 00:09:39.000 well, and if they're not getting access to any rain, I would probably 137 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:43.600 say, oh, I don't know, once ever a couple of weeks or 138 00:09:43.840 --> 00:09:50.000 longer apart that would be fun. Wow, yeah, they but they most 139 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.000 cact i need a lot of sun too, so if it's under a porch, 140 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:58.759 just make sure they are getting adequate sun. Okay, well, answers 141 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:03.840 my question. Then, so every couple of weeks and maybe set them out 142 00:10:03.480 --> 00:10:09.200 under instead of underneath the porch. Set them out in the sun. Yeah, 143 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:11.720 I didn't know that, Yeah, because they keep dying on me. 144 00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:16.960 So well. And you know, when you say a word like cactus, 145 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:20.519 it means a lot of different things. I mean, people call Christmas cactus 146 00:10:20.559 --> 00:10:24.720 cactus, and that does need to be watered more often. But in succulents 147 00:10:24.720 --> 00:10:28.759 are the same way. There are succulents that need more frequent watering. But 148 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:33.360 in general that's why people love those. It's because you can neglect them and 149 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:39.519 they still make you look good. Already, Well, I appreciate you, 150 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:41.600 man, Hi, you take care. Thanks for the call. Ben appreciate 151 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:48.399 it alrighty. You are listening to garden Line. I'm your host, Skip 152 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:50.720 Richter. Our phone number here it is, Write this down, keep it 153 00:10:50.759 --> 00:10:54.080 with you. Who knows you may have a question pop up in the middle 154 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:58.120 of nowhere. One day listening to the show seven to one three two one 155 00:10:58.159 --> 00:11:03.440 two five eight seven four seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. 156 00:11:03.480 --> 00:11:05.240 We need a little refrigerator magnet with the number on it. That way, 157 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:09.360 how about a speed doll. Put on speed doll on your phone. 158 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:16.120 That's another option. I was talking yesterday about the number of things. Of 159 00:11:16.120 --> 00:11:22.600 course, lawns a very big topic of it, and I think I would 160 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:24.039 I mentioned in fact, I know I did. I mentioned to you some 161 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:31.720 of the products that airloinm Soils has. Airlom Soils is a premium creator, 162 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:39.240 blender of a purveyor of quality mixes that your plants will thrive in. So, 163 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:43.279 if you are looking for a rose soil, a rose soil is good 164 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:45.840 for roses, it's good for shrubs, it's good. You know, you 165 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.480 grow a lot of things in rose soil. Just ignore the word rose at 166 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:52.080 the beginning. Sure, it's great for roses. But airling Cels makes an 167 00:11:52.080 --> 00:11:58.159 awesome one. They make a fruit and vegetable type soil. There is a 168 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:01.200 excuse me, a vegetable and herb. They also have one for fruits and 169 00:12:01.240 --> 00:12:05.879 including citrus that you can do that works really well. They have a leaf 170 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:13.519 more compost that works really well. Airloom Soils specially designs and creates quality soil 171 00:12:13.559 --> 00:12:18.080 mixes, and that is not something that everybody is able to do. I'll 172 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.720 tell you that I've seen a lot of junk out there on the market. 173 00:12:20.080 --> 00:12:24.200 You go to someplace and you're buying a bunch of cheap bags, You're getting 174 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.320 cheap junk in the bag. That's just how that works. I have opened 175 00:12:28.399 --> 00:12:31.240 up bags that were supposed to be potting soil and there's little wood chips in 176 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:35.159 there. Come on, man, that's ridiculous. You can try harder than 177 00:12:35.159 --> 00:12:41.879 that. Airloom soils is quality product, and remember how important soil is. 178 00:12:41.919 --> 00:12:45.879 That's the foundation. That's the first step. We'll do the first step right 179 00:12:46.159 --> 00:12:48.919 and use airloom soils. You can buy bags all over the place, are 180 00:12:48.919 --> 00:12:52.559 widely available. You can go out to porter with your little truck or trailer 181 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:56.279 and say dump some on the back here and take it home with you. 182 00:12:56.279 --> 00:12:58.000 You can call them up and have them deliver it, either dumping it in 183 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:03.120 the driveway or bringing a supersack to set in the driveways. A lot neat 184 00:13:03.200 --> 00:13:05.240 or cleaner way of going about it. Holds one cubic card to soil. 185 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:11.279 But however you go about it, give Heirloom Soils a call. First of 186 00:13:11.320 --> 00:13:15.840 all, go check them out online. It's Heirloomsoilsoftexas dot com. They have 187 00:13:15.879 --> 00:13:20.240 an outstanding soil calculator on their website. So if you're thinking about, for 188 00:13:20.279 --> 00:13:26.320 example, we're about to put in some garden beds, actually some vego beds, 189 00:13:26.600 --> 00:13:28.360 and I know how tall they are, how why they are, how 190 00:13:28.360 --> 00:13:31.080 long they are? I can go into that calculator, and I can. 191 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:35.080 It'll tell me exactly how much soil I need, and even to the point 192 00:13:35.120 --> 00:13:39.919 of like how many one cubic foot or two cubic foot bags do I need 193 00:13:39.960 --> 00:13:43.120 to buy if I'm not buying bulk, or how many five gallon buckets? 194 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:48.559 Literally, Yes, that's a cool calculator. But Airloom Soals of Texas is 195 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:54.559 the name, and that's what you want to look for. I'm looking forward 196 00:13:54.600 --> 00:14:00.960 to getting those vego beds planted because there is a there is a whole summer 197 00:14:01.039 --> 00:14:03.879 worth of growing. Someone said the other day, well did I miss my 198 00:14:03.559 --> 00:14:07.679 vegetable garden season? And in fact, this was yesterday. I was out 199 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:11.919 at the arbor Gate by the way, Thank you appreciate Beverly and Ken and 200 00:14:11.919 --> 00:14:16.159 all the folks out at arbor Gate for hosting us yesterday. We had a 201 00:14:16.200 --> 00:14:18.279 good time. Thank all of you for coming by. That was that was 202 00:14:18.360 --> 00:14:24.679 fun. We had y'all about warm me out with questions. But I love 203 00:14:24.720 --> 00:14:26.559 it. I love it, love it. So anyway, I was out 204 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:28.759 there and talking with someone. They were saying, hey, is it too 205 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:33.039 late to plant vegetables? No, it's not here in the Greater Houston area. 206 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:37.559 We can grow vegetables year round. I mean it's really easy, you 207 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:41.720 know, to just walk outside on any given day and there is something that 208 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:43.720 you could plant in a flower bed, in a vegetable garden, and so 209 00:14:43.799 --> 00:14:48.320 on. But in summertime, we think about things like oak grow, We 210 00:14:48.360 --> 00:14:54.039 think about sweet potatoes, black eyed peas. All those take the heat very 211 00:14:54.120 --> 00:14:58.720 very well. Melons do well in hot weather, and we're because it takes 212 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:03.039 a long long time to grow them. We're growing our winter squashes, our 213 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:07.120 storage squashes and pumpkins and things, though some of those are like over one 214 00:15:07.200 --> 00:15:11.519 hundred days in the ground before they reach harvests, so have to plant those 215 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:16.480 in hot weather. And then there are a lot of greens that aren't grown 216 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:26.080 commonly here by traditional Texas gardening enthusiasts. When you say greens to most when 217 00:15:26.080 --> 00:15:30.799 I say greens to most of you that are listening, you probably think of 218 00:15:31.559 --> 00:15:37.600 lettuce and spinach. You might think of collareds and kale. But it doesn't 219 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:41.639 go a lot further than that when we say the word greens. And in 220 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:46.960 fact, there are a lot of really good greens from parts of the world 221 00:15:46.440 --> 00:15:52.559 that are hot and sultry, like Houston. It's like Southeast Texas. So 222 00:15:52.759 --> 00:15:56.080 things like malabar. Malabar is a green. It's a vining green, very 223 00:15:56.080 --> 00:16:03.559 succulent leaves that grow it just laughs the summer heat. Molokhia is another one 224 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:07.399 that is real popular in Mid Eastern dishes. Not just Mid Eastern, but 225 00:16:07.519 --> 00:16:12.000 it's very popular there. Things where you might make a dish with rice or 226 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:18.120 lamb or something like that. It's an excellent green. And I could just 227 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:22.000 go on talking about a lot of different kinds of greens. Amaranth the farmers 228 00:16:22.039 --> 00:16:27.159 call it pigweed, but there are types of amaranth that are very very large 229 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:32.799 leafed and great for greens in the summer, and they can take the heat. 230 00:16:32.840 --> 00:16:36.360 They do very well. There's a silosious. Some people call that Egyptian 231 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:41.759 spinach. I don't like calling things words that are not and so I didn't 232 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:45.840 say Malabar spinach like most people do, because it's not spinach. It's malabar. 233 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:48.320 Egyptian spinach is a type of soilsia. You can eat that, and 234 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:52.679 boy does it ever grow in the summertime. So you need to stretch or 235 00:16:52.720 --> 00:16:57.080 I would recommend I'm going to tell you what to do, but I do 236 00:16:57.159 --> 00:17:02.679 recommend stretch your a little bit. There are a lot of cool things out 237 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:07.079 there that you can grow. New flavors. Oh gosh, I couldn't believe 238 00:17:07.079 --> 00:17:11.160 I forgot this one. Perslaine. Perslane is a weed, Persalane is a 239 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:18.000 beautiful flowering hanging basket, and perslaine is also a vegetable. There are vegetable 240 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:22.720 types of personale, larger leaves, more succulent and plump, high in Omega 241 00:17:22.720 --> 00:17:27.440 three, fatty acids, very healthy, nice lemony tang taste, many options 242 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:33.880 and uses. So there's no reason not to have a very healthy garden all 243 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:37.000 through the summer. Try some new things. Maybe you don't like them, 244 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:41.480 maybe you will, who knows, but I would recommend you give them a 245 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:45.799 try. So, yes, we can garden every day of the year here 246 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.279 in the Greater Houston area. When it comes to growing things, good things 247 00:17:48.599 --> 00:17:56.200 to eat. Chanted gardens that in Richmond is one of those destination garden centers 248 00:17:56.200 --> 00:18:00.839 that people love to go. And you know they're gonna have things like the 249 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:04.920 vegetables I'm talking about, they're going to have herbs. The herb selection is 250 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:11.200 outstanding, actually beautiful flowers, lots of things like salvias, and things that 251 00:18:11.400 --> 00:18:14.799 want to grow in the heat here. And when you got to enchant it 252 00:18:14.880 --> 00:18:18.039 and you purchase a plant, you're getting more than just that plant. You're 253 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:22.599 getting expert advice from the folks that work there. They know what they're talking 254 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:26.240 about. You're also getting the confidence that if they're selling it to you, 255 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:30.160 it's going to do well here if you give it the right conditions for whatever 256 00:18:30.200 --> 00:18:34.000 the particular plant is. And that is really important while you're out there. 257 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:37.319 Grab the fertilizers that I talk about on Guardline, grab the soils I talk 258 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:41.160 about on Garline. They've got them. Yep. Take the brown stuff home 259 00:18:41.200 --> 00:18:45.559 when you get the green stuff. They have shrubs and trees and all kinds 260 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:49.519 of things and little fun trends like faery gardens. That's where you create this 261 00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:55.319 little miniature garden with figurines and tiny plants and it just looks like a scene 262 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:57.960 from Lord of the Rings or something. It's all that's missing is a couple 263 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:02.920 of hobbits. But they can set you up on that as well. Out 264 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:06.960 there in Chenny Gardens. Hey, they're on the north side the Katie Fullsher 265 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:11.799 side of Richmond Highway three point fifty nine. Enchanted gardens Richmond dot com. 266 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:15.039 Be right back, Welcome back to guard Line. What are we going to 267 00:19:15.119 --> 00:19:19.440 talk about today? You tell me it could be anything related to horticulture. 268 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:26.160 I was in a conversation yesterday that some men and a woman there, and 269 00:19:26.599 --> 00:19:30.880 the conversation drifted into sort of a bit of a debate about how to do 270 00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:37.000 things around the yard and whatnot. It took me a while to finally realize, 271 00:19:37.119 --> 00:19:40.960 Okay, I'm out of my league here, so I'm backed up. 272 00:19:41.119 --> 00:19:44.200 I like to tell people that, hey, gardening advice is free. Marriage 273 00:19:44.200 --> 00:19:47.799 advice is three hundred dollars an hour, but I'm happy to offer it for 274 00:19:47.839 --> 00:19:52.079 what it's worth. You don't want you don't want my advice on things other 275 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:57.160 than gardening. Really well, I was, well we talk about before we 276 00:19:57.240 --> 00:20:00.640 went to break. Oh gosh, can't you remember? I know, I'm 277 00:20:00.640 --> 00:20:03.880 always talking about the soil and lawns and things like that. Yeah, it's 278 00:20:03.880 --> 00:20:07.119 some o my min. It'll come back to me. I had some questions 279 00:20:07.200 --> 00:20:11.359 yasterday that were related to caterpillars, and I wanted to just kind of give 280 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:18.039 some general concepts to think about when we're dealing with pests, and I'll kind 281 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:22.279 of focus on caterpillars in particular. People see a hole in a leaf and 282 00:20:22.319 --> 00:20:26.200 they think my garden is under AsSalt. Something has to die, and so 283 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:30.799 we grab the stuff to nuke the leaf and kill everything that might have eaten 284 00:20:30.839 --> 00:20:37.319 that hole. It's not worth spraying if it's not a significant problem. Now, 285 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:41.319 small problems can go bad fast, and you can get a lot of 286 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:45.839 pests from a small start. But in general, just because there's a hole 287 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:49.440 here and there, that's called nature. Nature always has holes here and there, 288 00:20:49.880 --> 00:20:55.440 and so it's not worth purchasing a product and you know, spending your 289 00:20:55.480 --> 00:21:00.640 Saturday meling mixing up stinky water to spray on your plants if it's not necessary. 290 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:03.359 A study a long time ago, I need to hunt this one down. 291 00:21:03.000 --> 00:21:07.079 But they took green bean plants and they pulled leaves off of them, 292 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:11.400 physically cut them off, and they found that I think they had to remove 293 00:21:11.480 --> 00:21:18.160 like forty percent of the leaves before they saw a significant drop in green bean 294 00:21:18.200 --> 00:21:22.240 production. Now that's not to say green beans don't need their leaves. It's 295 00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:26.279 just to say when you have holes, even quite a few holes here and 296 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:30.279 there through the little green bean row, it probably doesn't need to be sprayed, 297 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:34.519 it probably doesn't. Plants are able to they make the carbohydrates to still 298 00:21:34.519 --> 00:21:37.960 get the job done. Now, that is not to say we never need 299 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:42.279 to spray. Absolutely not, and certain kinds of pests can explode in population. 300 00:21:42.880 --> 00:21:47.119 I wouldn't with the first sinus some spider mites. I would get a 301 00:21:47.119 --> 00:21:49.400 blast of water and blast them off, because you can do that, and 302 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:55.359 they build up fast. And if you wait until a disease or pest problem 303 00:21:55.640 --> 00:21:59.119 has already destroyed most of the plant, it's a little late to spray then. 304 00:21:59.200 --> 00:22:02.000 And that's usually one And I get the question from folks is like, 305 00:22:02.279 --> 00:22:04.359 Okay, what is this and what do I do? Well back up in 306 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:11.000 time, do something earlier would have been helpful. But I may be sounding 307 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:14.319 like I'm talking out of both sides of my mouth here, like don't spray, 308 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:18.079 Yes, spray, I'm just saying that, don't be alarmed because there's 309 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:22.799 a few pass. Another concept to think about is when you have pass you're 310 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:27.720 gonna attract the beneficial insects that attack those pests, So caterpillars, for example. 311 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:33.079 Do you know the number one diet of paper wasps, those little things 312 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:37.119 underneath the eaves of your house. You know that's seeing you. Well, 313 00:22:37.200 --> 00:22:42.000 the number one diet of those is caterpillars by far. So when I'm out 314 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:45.720 of my garden. Fact that this happened just yesterday, I was out of 315 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:52.400 a garden and there were wasps flying around some squash plants and some other plants 316 00:22:52.400 --> 00:22:56.440 that were there. And why were they there? Well, they were there. 317 00:22:56.440 --> 00:23:00.720 They're there for two reasons. One, there's a little extra floor nectaries 318 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:04.799 where they can get some sugary substances on plants. It's not just flowers that 319 00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:08.880 make the nectar that certain kinds of insects, like the plants themselves, have 320 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:14.079 other structures that can make nectar. That's a separate conversation. They were there 321 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:18.359 looking for caterpillars to take back home, and they do that. Also, 322 00:23:18.920 --> 00:23:25.519 very important birds are songbirds. One of the best bird food items you can 323 00:23:25.599 --> 00:23:30.960 have are caterpillars. And the oak trees will have a lot of different caterpillars. 324 00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:33.400 You don't even really see them or notice them. They're up there in 325 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:37.559 the air, but that is an important food of birds and in our gardens 326 00:23:37.599 --> 00:23:41.640 as well, that's an important food. And so just because there's a caterpillar 327 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:45.319 doesn't mean you have to do something about it right away. When you do 328 00:23:45.440 --> 00:23:48.680 have to do something about it, aim for something that is targeted, like 329 00:23:48.799 --> 00:23:55.079 BT. BT is a bacteria in the soil that's made into a spray. 330 00:23:55.519 --> 00:24:00.240 You spray it on leaves and because of the unique I'm nerding out here, 331 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:04.440 but hang with me, because of the unique situation and a caterpillar's gut, 332 00:24:04.720 --> 00:24:10.039 it creates toxic crystals that kill the caterpillar. If a grasshopper eats a leaf, 333 00:24:10.079 --> 00:24:12.000 it won't do it. If you eat a leaf, it won't do 334 00:24:12.079 --> 00:24:18.599 it. If what else a grasshoppers, slugs, snails, beetles eat the 335 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:22.359 leaf, the standard caterpillar BET won't kill them. So that's a very targeted 336 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:26.119 and that's better than putting something out there that kills everything, and then you 337 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:30.200 deal with the response. We need to talk about that some other time. 338 00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:36.720 But caterpillars, they serve functions that I think are good generally in nature. 339 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:42.039 So trying to have a pest free lawn garden, whatever you have a totally 340 00:24:42.599 --> 00:24:47.960 devoid of any pest is not practical. It comes to an environmental cost. 341 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:51.599 It's not practical, and you know, just to be real honest, it's 342 00:24:51.640 --> 00:24:56.559 not necessary that that is really true. So keep in mind that when you 343 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.119 have a few pests, you are going to keep a population of the thing 344 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:03.839 that attack those pests. And I think that's a good thing too. And 345 00:25:03.000 --> 00:25:08.319 songbirds to me, that's just the icing on the cake. Is another advantage 346 00:25:08.359 --> 00:25:12.599 of having a few pests around. So let's back away from the idea that 347 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:18.279 everything has to be perfect and completely pest free and just embrace the fact that 348 00:25:18.359 --> 00:25:22.240 nature doesn't do that, and if we try to create that, it comes 349 00:25:22.400 --> 00:25:26.640 at a cost. I garden because I like to get in the garden, 350 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:30.000 and I like to grow things, and I like to watch nature in action, 351 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:33.680 and that is fun. I literally was sitting down in the garden in 352 00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:41.680 a garden yesterday filming a squash vine board laying eggs on a squash plant and 353 00:25:41.720 --> 00:25:45.079 then looking at all the eggs and it's for a little educational video and do 354 00:25:45.160 --> 00:25:49.079 it. But it's fun to get out and do that. My idea of 355 00:25:49.119 --> 00:25:53.880 fun is not mixing up sprays all the time, but when needed, I 356 00:25:53.960 --> 00:25:57.920 will absolutely do that to protect the garden. All right, Well, there 357 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:02.960 was a little on a log for you. Uh, if you were in 358 00:26:03.000 --> 00:26:06.640 Tomball, your hometown feed store is D and D Feed D and D is 359 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:11.440 out west on twenty nine to twenty just a few miles out there west of 360 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:15.839 Tombule, and D and D always has the supplies you need for your gardening. 361 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:18.920 It's going to have all the fertilizers I talk about. They do carry 362 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:22.480 bagged soil products. They have plants out there too. By the way, 363 00:26:22.519 --> 00:26:26.440 you need to swing by seasonally. That that changes the things that they bring 364 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.480 in and have. But D and D is going to have quality products. 365 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:34.440 And if you're feeding animals or pets, they have very high quality feed for 366 00:26:34.559 --> 00:26:38.880 your pets, the and your livestock as well. You know what with D 367 00:26:40.000 --> 00:26:41.839 and D you're going to know when you go in there, if you've got 368 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:45.480 to get an insect side, fungeside, or herbicide, they're going to have 369 00:26:45.559 --> 00:26:49.640 it. They have an excellent, excellent supply and it's D and D feed 370 00:26:49.720 --> 00:26:55.480 now the phone number two eight one three five one, twenty one forty four. 371 00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:04.319 I uh was talking with someone yesterday about they had a lawn problem, 372 00:27:04.519 --> 00:27:08.400 and it was like they tried all kinds of things, and I was suggesting 373 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:12.160 that they do, you know, some air raiding on their lawn, and 374 00:27:12.200 --> 00:27:18.000 I think that is really important and if you live in the Magnolia area or 375 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:26.599 really the northwest quadrant of Houston, green Pro is your provider for deep aeration, 376 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:33.039 pulling the plugs out of the lawn and also for top dressing with compost. 377 00:27:33.480 --> 00:27:37.160 So what do I mean by Northwest Houston. I mean Spring, Cyprus, 378 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:41.000 the Woodlands, Conroe, Willis even over in Magnolia, Montgomery down to 379 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:47.000 Iten Katie, West Houston, Central Houston, North Houston. Give Greenpro a 380 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:52.440 call. They do about a forty minute drive away from their location up there 381 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:59.039 in the Magnolia area. Now they'll do a quality job. They absolutely will 382 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:03.640 help your lawn on because clay soils and especially compacted clays, they don't drain 383 00:28:03.720 --> 00:28:07.279 well and grass struggles. You're watering it, you're giving it fertilizer, but 384 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:12.039 there's a problem because the roots can't be happy. Air rating really helps. 385 00:28:12.119 --> 00:28:17.359 Compost stop dressing with a quality material that's all they use at green Pro really 386 00:28:17.400 --> 00:28:22.400 helps. Here's the website greenpro dot net. I'm gonna take a little break. 387 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:26.559 I will be back if you would like to give Evan a call and 388 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:30.119 get on the board. Seven one three two one two KTRH. Welcome back 389 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:34.880 to garden Line. Welcome back. We are gonna talk all kinds of things 390 00:28:34.920 --> 00:28:38.200 gardening for the next few hours. Here we go to ten am today. 391 00:28:38.799 --> 00:28:44.079 By the way, you can listen to garden Line via podcasts. Yes, 392 00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:47.680 past shows are available on podcasts, and maybe you heard something and then oh 393 00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:48.839 what was it? He said, Well, just go back and listen to 394 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:52.759 the podcast. It'll be on there. You can listen live also via like 395 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:56.440 you have the iHeartMedia app, for example, you can listen live to whatever's 396 00:28:56.480 --> 00:29:00.559 going on KTRH. But you certainly can listen to garden You can listen over 397 00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:04.480 your computer. You know, these days a lot of people don't have the 398 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:08.920 little radio sitting on the counter anymore like we used to. And maybe you're 399 00:29:08.960 --> 00:29:11.559 not in a car all the time where you do have your radio on. 400 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:17.119 Just put your telephone, get you the I Heartment Radio app, it's free, 401 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:21.559 and sign in the garden Line and absolutely listen right there. You can 402 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:23.279 listen to past shows and live. You have a phone upside down. I 403 00:29:23.319 --> 00:29:26.839 turned my phone upside down in my pocket so the speaker I can hear the 404 00:29:27.200 --> 00:29:30.759 speaker that comes out from where mine is anyway, and I can be out 405 00:29:30.759 --> 00:29:34.599 working in the yard listen to the radio or your buds, whatever you got. 406 00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:37.640 I think that's a good combination. You know, maybe you're out there 407 00:29:37.640 --> 00:29:41.559 digging in the dirt and something occurs to you and you want to give us 408 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:44.359 a call. Well, let's do that. We can certainly do that. 409 00:29:45.039 --> 00:29:51.480 I was at Moss Nursery this past a Friday on Friday and visiting with Jem 410 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:56.920 and I'm telling you that place as always looks out standing. They have a 411 00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:03.759 whole bunch of limelight Hydrangea trees. So imagine a long Hydrangea stalk coming straight 412 00:30:03.839 --> 00:30:10.200 up and then on the top is this big green head on the top of 413 00:30:10.240 --> 00:30:11.880 the stalk, so it looks like a little tree. And boy, they're 414 00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:15.839 loaded with blooms, a beautiful, beautiful plants. You know, when it 415 00:30:15.880 --> 00:30:19.119 comes to Moss Nursery, they're going to have everything you need period. I 416 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:25.079 mean, I can just say name things like elephant ears. They I saw 417 00:30:25.119 --> 00:30:29.119 some of those beautiful level in ears I've ever seen at Moss Nursery on Friday. 418 00:30:29.480 --> 00:30:34.720 They have hanging baskets everywhere, beautiful beautiful hanging baskets. Cactus and succulents, 419 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:37.279 plenty of those as well. And I always have to go to the 420 00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:45.039 house plant greenhouse because it is always loaded with plants, beautiful plants, and 421 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:48.000 I guarantee you some that you've never seen before. If you want to attract 422 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:52.039 butterflies and hummingbirds, just go talk to the folks here by the way. 423 00:30:52.079 --> 00:30:55.680 The staff there are gardeners. They know what they're talking about, and just 424 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:56.559 say, look, I want to put in a butterfly garden. I want 425 00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:00.680 to put in a hummingbird garden. What are some plants that you would recommend 426 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:03.200 And they'll take it right to them. They'll they'll get you set up. 427 00:31:03.359 --> 00:31:07.119 Moss Nursery is on Toddville Road in Seabrook. It's real easy to get to 428 00:31:07.599 --> 00:31:11.799 listen that the nursery's been there, family owned. It's a seventy year old 429 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:15.599 family operated business. Eight acres. To wander around, allow yourself some time 430 00:31:15.759 --> 00:31:21.400 because there's a lot to see and you don't want to miss it. Moss 431 00:31:21.680 --> 00:31:27.079 Nursery dot com, maas Nursery dot com. That's the That is the official 432 00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:33.000 web side address. If you haven't done your slow release fertilizer yet on your 433 00:31:33.079 --> 00:31:37.240 lawn, now is the time to get it done. Now is the time. 434 00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:41.400 Superturf by Nitrofoss that's their silver bag will do the trick for you. 435 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:47.799 It'll carry you through the summertime by gradually releasing nutrients half of the nitrogen a 436 00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:52.200 slow release, and Superturf gradually releasing nutrients. Those little yellowy areas in the 437 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:56.359 lawn, I'll say chartruch. You know, it's kind of in between yellow 438 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:00.319 and green. Maybe it needs a little bit iron. That's commonly a problem 439 00:32:00.680 --> 00:32:05.119 when you have the yellowing areas. Four percent iron in the super turf as 440 00:32:05.119 --> 00:32:07.960 well. So it's just an all around great fertilizer and it's easy to find. 441 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:12.799 You know, night Foss products are widely available. You go to Fisher's 442 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:15.720 Hardware down on Southmore, South Houston. You go to Fisher's Hardware on Broadway 443 00:32:15.720 --> 00:32:21.480 Street and Laporte. You're going to find Superturf and other Nitrofoss type products as 444 00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:24.079 well as up in the woodlands, shades of Texas or out it in chanted 445 00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:29.480 gardens. I was talking about them at Richmond Rosenberg, all places where you 446 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:37.079 can get that super turf by Nitrofoss. I was in the garden yesterday. 447 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:39.039 I was telling you, I was taking pictures and filming and as I sat 448 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:44.599 there, mosquitoes were all over at me. I mean they were just going 449 00:32:44.680 --> 00:32:47.160 around and you know that they like to hide in the foliage and come out, 450 00:32:47.200 --> 00:32:51.400 and boy are they ever excited about the rain that we just had. 451 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:54.839 They are breeding and coming out like crazy. You need to get some mosquito 452 00:32:54.920 --> 00:33:00.160 dunks and just always have them on hand because it rains here a lot, 453 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:04.920 and when you have standing water, it doesn't take many days for mosquitoes to 454 00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:07.599 lay the egg hatch out into the larva and come out as the adult. 455 00:33:07.680 --> 00:33:13.279 I mean, their life cycle is fast. When you put mosquito dunks in 456 00:33:13.359 --> 00:33:19.480 water, it releases a disease of mosquito larva and you never see the mosquito 457 00:33:19.640 --> 00:33:22.200 as a result. They last about a month. One dunk will cover about 458 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:27.480 one hundred square feet of water. Just another reminder, too, empty the 459 00:33:27.519 --> 00:33:37.559 little dog dishes or the little bird watering trays because that's where mosquitos can also 460 00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:39.480 breed. Are you can sprinkle some dunk pieces in there as well if you 461 00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:44.319 want to do that, watch your gutters. It's sag and hold water. 462 00:33:44.519 --> 00:33:47.359 That's another place mosquitos breed. Just remember, mosquito dunks aren't going to harm 463 00:33:47.400 --> 00:33:52.799 people, pets, fish, birds, or otherwildlife. It only affects the 464 00:33:52.920 --> 00:33:57.480 larva of the mosquitos that you're going after. Makes pretty good sense. You're 465 00:33:57.480 --> 00:34:00.839 going to find them at nurseries, feed stores, our garden centers, ace 466 00:34:00.880 --> 00:34:05.079 hardware stores. Alf was fertilized, I mean, just on and all easy 467 00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:07.920 to find mosquito dunks. And you do need to have them on hand because 468 00:34:07.960 --> 00:34:13.039 who wants to sit outside and swat all day? That's not my idea of 469 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:19.400 a fun time outside. Uh. Yeah, if you'd like to give us 470 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:23.800 call, our number is seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. 471 00:34:27.559 --> 00:34:34.800 I at the Arborgate yesterday when I was out at Arburgate, I was 472 00:34:34.840 --> 00:34:38.039 talking, you know, with Kurt from three sixty Tree Stabilizer. By the 473 00:34:38.079 --> 00:34:43.679 way, thanks Kurt for donating the tree stabilizers we gave away yesterday. And 474 00:34:44.239 --> 00:34:49.280 this is a nifty invention that he created it instead of the old days where 475 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:52.719 you know, you had to get wire and then cut garden hose to put 476 00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:55.480 in the wire so that it didn't cut into your trees, and you had 477 00:34:55.519 --> 00:35:00.079 these three guy wires holding the thing down and you tripping over them. And 478 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:07.159 it's easy with three sixty Tree Stabilizer just hammer a tepost in the ground and 479 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:13.920 there's a attachment in there that fits on the teapost and it holds your tree. 480 00:35:13.960 --> 00:35:17.039 It's about probably about foot and a half long and it grabs onto the 481 00:35:17.039 --> 00:35:22.159 tree. You strap it loosely so it allows movement. They work very well 482 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:25.199 and if you like, if you're putting a crape myrtle with multiple trunks, 483 00:35:25.199 --> 00:35:30.639 you can put a couple of teeposts and two tree stabilizers from right angles coming 484 00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:35.800 into the tree and it holds it. And they're available at Southwest Fertilizer. 485 00:35:35.800 --> 00:35:38.800 They're available that plants for all seasons. And Horges Hidden Gardens down in Alvin 486 00:35:39.280 --> 00:35:46.199 RCW and Buchanans and Arbrogate all carry the Tree three sixty tree stabilizer product. 487 00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:50.920 They work and they last a long time. Once you get one, you 488 00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:52.920 just hang it up in the garage because the next time you plant something you 489 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:58.639 need to stabilize like that, it's going to do that. If you haven't 490 00:35:58.679 --> 00:36:02.400 been down to a chanted forest and Channet Forest is down in Richmond by the 491 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:07.960 way, and specifically it's says you're heading to sugar Land off to the right. 492 00:36:08.320 --> 00:36:14.320 What's that FM twenty seven fifty nine out in Richmond. There's always something 493 00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:16.079 going on at the forest. I mean they have events every weekend. It 494 00:36:16.079 --> 00:36:21.760 seems like they are always coming in with new plants, and the place is 495 00:36:21.800 --> 00:36:24.719 always beautiful, and it's another one of those destinations you go to and it's 496 00:36:24.800 --> 00:36:27.960 like you want to take your family in, friends, and by the way, 497 00:36:28.000 --> 00:36:32.559 you should, because even non gardeners can appreciate the beauty. And besides, 498 00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:36.960 we're trying to brainwash them and make them gardeners, right, but even 499 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:40.280 non gardeners can appreciate the beauty of this place. And there's their gift shop 500 00:36:40.360 --> 00:36:45.719 is wonderful. It's just cool. If you want to do a plant planting 501 00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:52.280 for butterfly attraction, they've got the best selection of flowers that attract butterfly adults 502 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:58.199 and of the larval food plants that take care of the butterfly babies that end 503 00:36:58.280 --> 00:37:02.280 up becoming butterflies out there at Enchanted Forest. They'll even if they got them 504 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:06.760 on hand, they'll even give you the caterpillars that fit that plan. If 505 00:37:06.760 --> 00:37:12.599 you need to like take home a golf fritillary caterpillar larvae with your passion vine, 506 00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:15.719 for example, or a pipeline swallowtail with your pipeline. It's just fun. 507 00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:20.800 They know what they're doing. Check them out. Oh, by the 508 00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:23.360 way, I forgot to give you their website. The website for Enchanted for 509 00:37:23.519 --> 00:37:30.800 US is and here we go. Fine, just Enchanted Forest, RICHMONDTX dot 510 00:37:30.840 --> 00:37:36.280 com. All right, Well, time for a little news break here. 511 00:37:37.360 --> 00:37:44.719 I wanted to let you know that next weekend, Saturday, May eighteenth, 512 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:51.519 eleven thirty to one thirty albeit Langham Creek Ace Hardware Langham Creek Ace Hardware, 513 00:37:51.760 --> 00:37:55.199 and that's kind of northwest direction in Houston. I hope you'll come out and 514 00:37:55.239 --> 00:37:59.239 see me. We're going to be having a good time giving some things away 515 00:37:59.320 --> 00:38:02.599 while we're there and answering your gardening questions. It's a really cool Ice Hardborough. 516 00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:05.559 I'm looking forward to. Last time I went there, I really had 517 00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:10.480 a good time. Well, I'll be right back. Welcome back to guarden 518 00:38:10.559 --> 00:38:15.239 Line. Good to have you today. It is a good sunday. I 519 00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:17.840 hope this afternoon you've got plans to get outside, maybe do a little bit 520 00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:22.960 of garden center shopping. It is spring, folks, and summer is coming. 521 00:38:23.039 --> 00:38:27.480 Good to get those things, get them in so your landscape looks good. 522 00:38:28.239 --> 00:38:31.079 I want to talk a little bit about color in the summer here in 523 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:35.679 a little bit. But we're gonna we're gonna start off well. First of 524 00:38:35.719 --> 00:38:40.679 all, I just wanted to mention I was at Arburgate Nursery this weekend and 525 00:38:40.880 --> 00:38:45.320 had a really good time out there. Was visiting with folks that came by, 526 00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:49.480 answering questions and things like that. And you know, I just find 527 00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:52.960 that as people are coming up and saying things like, well, I need 528 00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:55.039 a plant that will and then you fill in the blank, you know your 529 00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:59.360 plant to do this, planth to do that, It's just like, Okay, 530 00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:00.960 go over there, go over there, go over there. It's at 531 00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:06.480 Arburgate and take home. The one two three system. That was something we 532 00:39:06.559 --> 00:39:10.480 talked about a lot, because remember brown stuff before green stuff. Arburgate's one 533 00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:17.199 two three is a soil, an organic soil that has in it some expanded 534 00:39:17.199 --> 00:39:22.760 shale, which is important that holds the clape open better than just compost does 535 00:39:22.800 --> 00:39:28.360 because compost rots away. It's very important to have composts, but the addition 536 00:39:28.960 --> 00:39:32.840 of expanded shail is good. It's got a compost that also has an expanded 537 00:39:32.880 --> 00:39:37.360 shaley material in it, and it's got a fertilizer that fertilizes anything with root, 538 00:39:37.440 --> 00:39:43.000 but with roots, it's an organic fertilizer. But when people were coming 539 00:39:43.039 --> 00:39:45.480 out of there, it's like they had their brown stuff also the fertilizers of 540 00:39:45.480 --> 00:39:49.760 course part of the brown stuff, and then they had the green stuff and 541 00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:52.400 they're going to have success. And it is so easy at Arburgate because they 542 00:39:52.440 --> 00:39:57.800 got staff that know what they're talking about. They've got the exact plants that 543 00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:00.960 do the best here, and they always have things that are new, that 544 00:40:01.000 --> 00:40:04.760 are exciting, that are different, that are a new twist on things. 545 00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:07.679 So it's just fun to go out and shop at the Arbrogate. For those 546 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:09.480 of you who have been living under a rock and don't know where it is, 547 00:40:10.199 --> 00:40:14.719 it is on twenty nine to twenty west of Tombull, just west to 548 00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:19.880 Tombull. Remember take Tresha Road around behind the Arbrogate to the new parking lot 549 00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:22.400 in the back. That is the best, easiest, safest access you can 550 00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:28.679 get to the Arbrogate. It is really nice and really cool. I'm very 551 00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:30.840 impressed and so excited to have it because it opened the door, and boy, 552 00:40:30.880 --> 00:40:36.039 that thing was packed yesterday had a lot of folks coming out getting stuff 553 00:40:36.119 --> 00:40:39.360 for mom and getting stuff with mom too. I want to go ahead and 554 00:40:39.360 --> 00:40:43.679 go to some phone calls here. We're going to start off in West University 555 00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:47.119 and talk to Jonas. Hello, Jonas Mony Skip, thanks for taking my 556 00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:51.960 call. You've met. I have a little pot where I'm growing some mint, 557 00:40:52.119 --> 00:40:57.480 and in that pot has sprouted a little maple sapling. It is now 558 00:40:57.480 --> 00:41:01.199 about fifteen inches tall on the perimeter of the pot as well. And pot's 559 00:41:01.239 --> 00:41:07.159 not a big pots, maybe about eight inches in diameter. So I want 560 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:10.360 to preserve that little sapping, that little maple. What do I do at 561 00:41:10.360 --> 00:41:14.199 this time? Should I transplant it? Should I keep it there? Should 562 00:41:14.239 --> 00:41:19.320 I remove it? Should I? Well, at the stage it's in, 563 00:41:19.719 --> 00:41:22.599 if you could carefully get it out, you know, with as much of 564 00:41:22.639 --> 00:41:25.079 the route, you're not going to hurt mint. You can drop mint on 565 00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:30.440 this on the the your driveway and run over it for two days and then 566 00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:35.480 pot it up and it'll keep growing. But this sapling, I would get 567 00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:38.400 it into a container where it can grow a little bit bigger if you want 568 00:41:38.440 --> 00:41:43.679 to do that. If you can do a container that has a screen on 569 00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:47.920 the bottom instead of just like a round container where the roots go around and 570 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:52.719 around. It's better the screen roots go down and they hit the air, 571 00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:54.760 and we say they burn off, and then they branch and then the other 572 00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:58.840 ones burn off and you end up with a really good root system instead of 573 00:41:58.920 --> 00:42:02.840 just that circle of spaghetti going around the pot. And so that would be 574 00:42:04.840 --> 00:42:09.199 one thing that I would consider trying to do. How could I get a 575 00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:15.320 screen containers as there's ways people do a couple of things. They If you 576 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:19.119 have a little piece of hardware cloth, you can just take a container, 577 00:42:19.159 --> 00:42:21.880 cut the bottom out and set it on that and it'll go down. The 578 00:42:21.960 --> 00:42:23.599 roots will go down, and do that. There are pots that are made 579 00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:30.039 specifically to prune the roots as they grow down. We don't use milk cartons 580 00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:32.920 anymore, but I used to use the square milk cartons. Cut the bottom 581 00:42:32.960 --> 00:42:37.880 of them and just set them on a quarter in chardware cloth. You can 582 00:42:37.920 --> 00:42:39.599 do that otherwise, if you want to go ahead and just put it in 583 00:42:39.679 --> 00:42:44.880 whatever kind of container you have, just remember in the fall, when you 584 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.960 get ready to plant it, you want to cut any circling roots at that 585 00:42:49.039 --> 00:42:52.880 time before you put it in the ground. Okay, but I should consider 586 00:42:52.079 --> 00:42:57.920 placing it in a larger container. Yeah, because it's going to need a 587 00:42:57.920 --> 00:43:00.960 little room to grow. I'm assuming you're giving it its own container. You're 588 00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:05.280 moving it away from the mint, is that right? Absolutely? Yeah? 589 00:43:05.400 --> 00:43:07.440 Okay, all right, yeah that probably take them in along with me. 590 00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:10.000 I don't know, I'll just put the whole thing and auger container. All 591 00:43:10.079 --> 00:43:14.840 right, however you want to go by it, but that that's how you 592 00:43:14.880 --> 00:43:16.320 do it. And then falls the absolute best time. I would say, 593 00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:20.199 November, plan on putting it in the ground. I can, I can 594 00:43:20.400 --> 00:43:23.840 crasplan it into the ground. What's the life expectancy of a grown maple tree? 595 00:43:24.679 --> 00:43:29.079 The life expectancy of most trees just depends on the life they have to 596 00:43:29.159 --> 00:43:35.920 lead. Good soil, good location, good drainage. Probably you're going to 597 00:43:35.960 --> 00:43:38.440 get, you know, forty to fifty years out of a maple tree, 598 00:43:39.039 --> 00:43:44.079 depending on the species of maple that it is. Some are not long lived. 599 00:43:44.320 --> 00:43:47.320 Silver leaf maple is not long lived. Some of the red maples do 600 00:43:47.400 --> 00:43:52.960 a little bit better. Are maples indigenous to this area? There are some 601 00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:58.360 that indigenous to East Texas. Yes, right, right, well, thank 602 00:43:58.400 --> 00:44:01.079 you so much. I really do appreciate there. And all right for the 603 00:44:01.079 --> 00:44:05.400 mother, stay all right, you take care. Thanks for the call. 604 00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:09.199 Jonas your hometown feed store. If you live in League City is League City 605 00:44:09.199 --> 00:44:12.519 feed In fact, I shouldn't say if you live in League City, if 606 00:44:12.519 --> 00:44:15.639 you live anywhere down there. They're on Highway three, just a few blocks 607 00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:20.239 south of Highway ninety six in League City. So it's just a hop, 608 00:44:20.280 --> 00:44:23.079 skip and a jump for clear Lake City folks, Baycliff, Lamark, San 609 00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:28.400 Leone, Webster El, Coming to Reale, Dickinson, Santa Fe, all 610 00:44:28.519 --> 00:44:31.199 that whole region. This is your hometown feed store. The Thunderbergs built this 611 00:44:31.360 --> 00:44:37.159 forty years ago and Wes and sister Madison still run the place out there today. 612 00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:40.679 While you're out there, if you go out on a weekend, typically 613 00:44:40.719 --> 00:44:46.159 you may run into Ruschak the Dalmatian. I love that name for a Dalmatian 614 00:44:46.239 --> 00:44:51.760 Rushack, but say hi to them. Two eight one three three two sixteen 615 00:44:51.920 --> 00:44:53.840 twelve. You know they're open Monday through Saturday nine to six, so you 616 00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:59.599 can swing by there after work close Sundays today, they're closed Monday through Saturday 617 00:44:59.760 --> 00:45:04.119 nine to six. It's the old time service where they carry their the bags 618 00:45:04.199 --> 00:45:07.760 out for you. If you hear me talk about it, a fertilizer on 619 00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:10.039 guard line, they have it. They also have sol blend mixes. That's 620 00:45:10.079 --> 00:45:14.760 some of those I talk about to your on guard line. Premium pet Food. 621 00:45:15.320 --> 00:45:17.920 If you got backyard chickens, they have everything you need for your backyard 622 00:45:19.000 --> 00:45:22.559 chickens as well. If you have a pest disease or weed problem, their 623 00:45:22.840 --> 00:45:27.880 selection of pest control products is outstanding. You're going to find a way to 624 00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:31.039 deal with whatever you're having to deal with. They're at League City feet and 625 00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:37.599 they also hope you have that beautiful, bountiful lawn and landscape as well. 626 00:45:37.199 --> 00:45:43.000 Let's go to Texas City now we're going to talk to Danny. Hello Danny, 627 00:45:43.199 --> 00:45:45.599 good morning, Skip, Thanks for taking my call. Hey, I 628 00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:50.880 got a question. I've got a peach tree that I topped out. It's 629 00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:53.239 about twelve foot tall, and I topped the whole top of the tree out 630 00:45:53.880 --> 00:45:58.280 and it's growing straight up, not to the side, not to the lift, 631 00:45:58.360 --> 00:46:02.880 just going straight up. It's taller than houses. Now I'm probably gonna 632 00:46:02.960 --> 00:46:06.840 end up taking it out because my wife's seventy, I'm sixty. I need 633 00:46:06.880 --> 00:46:09.920 something closer to the ground, okay, to be easy accessible. You have 634 00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:15.159 any suggestions for a peach plumb and pair. Oh, there's a number of 635 00:46:15.199 --> 00:46:20.280 good ones. Out there if you would like, you know, here's what 636 00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:22.559 I would suggest you do, because that's a pretty wide variety of questions in 637 00:46:22.599 --> 00:46:29.239 that one question. If you go online to the Aggie Horticulture website, it's 638 00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:32.960 easy. Just find Aggie Horticulture on the web. There's a fruit section you 639 00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:36.960 front page. Just click on fruits and nuts, I believe is what they 640 00:46:37.000 --> 00:46:38.800 call it. And when you get there, there's a free publication. You 641 00:46:38.800 --> 00:46:42.599 can look at it on your computer or you can download it if you want, 642 00:46:42.840 --> 00:46:45.719 on every fruit you can imagine, I mean, from avocados to I 643 00:46:45.760 --> 00:46:50.760 don't know what's a Z fruit eight Z. But they have a publication on 644 00:46:50.800 --> 00:46:54.079 peaches and plums. They've got a publication on pears, and on citrus and 645 00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:58.880 on and on that will give you a list of some of the varieties. 646 00:46:58.920 --> 00:47:04.119 You're in a very a low chill area, meaning that the winter, the 647 00:47:04.199 --> 00:47:10.400 hours of winter temperatures in the forties are very low compared to further north in 648 00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:15.440 Texas, so you want to select peaches and plums that are going to do 649 00:47:15.519 --> 00:47:19.480 well in that area. And there'll be lists on there as well, and 650 00:47:19.559 --> 00:47:22.039 our Good Garden Center as you go to you know, you're not that terribly 651 00:47:22.079 --> 00:47:28.360 far away from Moss. Over there, Theges Hidden Gardens in Alvin. They 652 00:47:28.519 --> 00:47:31.000 always have fruit and they carry varieties that do well here, so that'd be 653 00:47:31.000 --> 00:47:35.079 another way to go about. Okay, this is a peach or a plum 654 00:47:35.320 --> 00:47:38.599 and it'll do well here. Okay. Yeah, I passed Lake City feet 655 00:47:38.639 --> 00:47:43.000 every day driving too and from Wark, and I want to go down one 656 00:47:43.119 --> 00:47:45.599 forty six. I passed Moss Nursey, so I know where both of those 657 00:47:45.599 --> 00:47:50.079 are at. Yeah, where's that one in Alvin? At It's on Elizabeth 658 00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:57.360 Street in Alvin. It's Orges Hidden Gardens and Elizabeth Street and Alvin. All 659 00:47:57.440 --> 00:48:00.960 right, thanks sir, Yeah, I think the I believe his his. 660 00:48:01.239 --> 00:48:05.519 I don't know if it's a web or social media. Texas Groundkeepers. It's 661 00:48:05.519 --> 00:48:08.400 a different business that he has, and I believe that's the one that you 662 00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:13.960 could go look up to Texas Groundkeepers done in Alvin. But that's that's Forges 663 00:48:14.000 --> 00:48:17.920 Hidden Garden, same same guy. All right, thanks sir, all right, 664 00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:22.639 you take care, Thanks for the for the call. Well let's see 665 00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:25.840 here, looks like I just bumped right through a break. We're gonna go 666 00:48:25.840 --> 00:48:29.320 ahead and stop here and take a quick break. I'll be right back. 667 00:48:29.880 --> 00:48:34.559 Welcome back to guard Line. What are we gonna talk about today? You 668 00:48:34.599 --> 00:48:38.760 tell me by calling seven one three two one two kt r H seven one 669 00:48:38.800 --> 00:48:45.400 three two and two k t rh. RCW Nursery has got some stuff going 670 00:48:45.440 --> 00:48:49.280 on today for Mother's Day. They have a little deal where you can kind 671 00:48:49.320 --> 00:48:52.159 of paint a container, uh, and it comes with the plant and everything's 672 00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:55.119 sort of like a craft top thing that mom can do or you can do 673 00:48:55.199 --> 00:48:59.480 with mom, or something like that. Just go buy and check them out 674 00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:00.960 or give them a call out there. By the way, the website is 675 00:49:01.039 --> 00:49:07.039 RCW Nursries dot com. RCW Nurseries dot com. They are located very easy 676 00:49:07.039 --> 00:49:09.360 to get to Tomball Parkway, which is Highway two forty nine where it comes 677 00:49:09.360 --> 00:49:14.679 into Beltway eight. And while you're there, maybe mom should pick out a 678 00:49:14.719 --> 00:49:17.480 rose bush. That would be a cool one. Now, okay, I'm 679 00:49:17.480 --> 00:49:20.719 going to go out on a limb here. This isn't my business, but 680 00:49:20.840 --> 00:49:23.760 it's a suggestion. Okay. When you give someone a plant, it is 681 00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:29.440 a gift that gives repeated dividends. In the case of roses, blooms here 682 00:49:29.480 --> 00:49:32.639 after year. When you go and plant it with them or for them, 683 00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:37.119 that is a memory also, and you know it's easy to grab a gift 684 00:49:37.119 --> 00:49:40.760 and go here, Happy Mother's Day. It's a whole different thing. And 685 00:49:42.320 --> 00:49:45.039 to take time and to go and just it doesn't take forever, you know, 686 00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:50.239 just sit down and do the planning with them, bring the gift, 687 00:49:50.480 --> 00:49:52.400 you know it. I just think that is a great way to do it. 688 00:49:52.440 --> 00:49:57.199 I walk through gardener's yards all the time and they'll point it a plant 689 00:49:57.239 --> 00:50:00.519 and they say, yeah, my son gave me that. I got that 690 00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:05.559 from a friend over in Timbuktu. That gave and its just its memories and 691 00:50:05.599 --> 00:50:09.039 its connections and that makes it a little more special. And RCW Nursery can 692 00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:13.679 get you fixed up on any kind of plant like that that you want to 693 00:50:13.679 --> 00:50:15.440 do. They can get the products in your hand, like the fertilizers I 694 00:50:15.480 --> 00:50:21.119 talk about here to have success. I think that's that alone right there, 695 00:50:21.199 --> 00:50:23.639 as they say, is worth the price of admission. Let's got to the 696 00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:28.599 woodlands here. We're going to talk to Mike. Oh, Mike, Hey, 697 00:50:28.719 --> 00:50:31.360 good morning, Skip. I have a question. Yeah, I have 698 00:50:31.400 --> 00:50:38.639 a question about I had two btex trees planted yesterday. They're thirty gallons and 699 00:50:39.079 --> 00:50:45.719 I'm just wondering when I should start fertilizing them. Well, they're going to 700 00:50:45.800 --> 00:50:49.840 have to grow a little bit to get some roots before they can even benefit 701 00:50:49.880 --> 00:50:53.119 from the fertilizer. The people that grow the trees are fertilizing the pot, 702 00:50:53.280 --> 00:50:58.440 so that little pot already has nutrients in it that they've been using to grow 703 00:50:58.480 --> 00:51:05.639 it quickly. So I would say probably let's get about at least six weeks 704 00:51:05.639 --> 00:51:09.400 in after planting before we begin to think about fertilizing. But just moderate amounts 705 00:51:09.440 --> 00:51:15.840 will be fine. Okay, then use maybe six two four, Yeah, 706 00:51:15.880 --> 00:51:20.400 that'd be an excellent Yeah. Micro Life sixty four is an outstanding fertilizer. 707 00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:25.239 Does does very very well. Okay, one more question real quick. I 708 00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:32.159 have some crate myrtles small, they're pretty small, but I noticed a couple 709 00:51:32.159 --> 00:51:37.719 of weeks ago that well, the bark is kind of all black, and 710 00:51:37.840 --> 00:51:43.920 I've got little white spots running all up and down the branches. Yes, 711 00:51:44.039 --> 00:51:47.960 that is called Yeah, that's called crate myrtle bark scale, Mike, and 712 00:51:49.719 --> 00:51:52.559 the white is the little cottoney coverings that are over over the scale. The 713 00:51:52.599 --> 00:51:58.639 scale produces sugary water that basically, just to put it blunt, they pee 714 00:51:58.679 --> 00:52:02.639 out the sugary water on your plants, and that mist that they put out 715 00:52:04.079 --> 00:52:08.679 grows city mold. That's how you end up with the black. There's not 716 00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:13.880 a great way this time of year to control the scale at this point. 717 00:52:15.039 --> 00:52:20.280 Systemics will do it, but systemics end up in the blooms and creat myrtle 718 00:52:20.320 --> 00:52:23.280 pollen and nectar are very important to bees in the summer when not a lot 719 00:52:23.320 --> 00:52:28.119 of other things are blooming, and so I tend to avoid that as a 720 00:52:28.159 --> 00:52:31.639 recommendation, although that is one of the options that are out there. People 721 00:52:31.679 --> 00:52:37.880 have tried everything from a soft brush grubbing off the trunk and things to ignoring 722 00:52:37.920 --> 00:52:40.880 it, and it doesn't kill a crepe myrtle. They do have their natural 723 00:52:40.960 --> 00:52:45.639 enemies. There's a specific kind of lady beetle that eats crepe myrtle bark scale, 724 00:52:45.519 --> 00:52:50.039 and if you can kind of ignore the ugly and the black, it 725 00:52:50.119 --> 00:52:55.559 tends to not be an ongoing big deal for the plant. But if you're 726 00:52:55.559 --> 00:53:00.679 trying to get if you absolutely do not want to have that next spring when 727 00:53:00.760 --> 00:53:05.280 the crawler scale crawlers come out, there are some things you can do, 728 00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:09.079 but that's going to be more of a March April time. We're past that 729 00:53:09.239 --> 00:53:14.800 now. Okay, okay, and what would I use? What would I 730 00:53:14.880 --> 00:53:20.000 use on that? Well? Prevent it all right in a nutshell. And 731 00:53:20.239 --> 00:53:22.920 you may not want to go to this trouble, but here here it is. 732 00:53:23.079 --> 00:53:27.239 You don't know when the crawlers are coming out, but it's a temperature 733 00:53:27.320 --> 00:53:30.880 and weather related thing. So I tell people to get some double sided sticky 734 00:53:30.920 --> 00:53:37.159 tape and put it around a branch that has the white things that you described, 735 00:53:37.800 --> 00:53:39.920 and check it every few days. And when the little babies come out, 736 00:53:39.920 --> 00:53:45.840 there'll be a little tiny reddish brown crawlers going around. And when you 737 00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:50.639 see them sticking to the sticky tape, now they're out. Now's the time 738 00:53:50.679 --> 00:53:54.519 when you can use almost any insecticide spraying the branches get good coverage. It 739 00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:58.960 could be an oil, it could be a soap, it could be you 740 00:53:59.000 --> 00:54:02.840 know, something that's more powerful than that, and you you knock them out 741 00:54:02.840 --> 00:54:07.239 because one mama scale. Can you know you got a hundred babies that are 742 00:54:07.239 --> 00:54:10.880 crawling around there, and so knocking them out at that stage is easy. 743 00:54:12.480 --> 00:54:17.599 You do the minimum damage to beneficial insects at that point. Okay, great, 744 00:54:17.639 --> 00:54:20.880 well I'll be looking for him next year. Then all right, all 745 00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:23.400 right, Mike, thanks for the call. Appreciate that I need to put 746 00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:29.320 that on the on the website. When our souls get wet, which guess 747 00:54:29.320 --> 00:54:31.599 what the soul's wet, right, And when they get dry, they shrink 748 00:54:31.679 --> 00:54:35.760 and they swell. And when they shrink and when they swell, it cracks 749 00:54:35.760 --> 00:54:39.440 our slabs, foundations, It cracks driveways, it cracks sidewalks. Fix my 750 00:54:39.519 --> 00:54:44.039 slab foundation, repair Tie Strickland. It's been doing this twenty three years. 751 00:54:44.320 --> 00:54:46.679 Ty is an expert, very knowledgeable. He can come out, he can 752 00:54:46.760 --> 00:54:51.199 take a look. Maybe you saw a crack in the brick outside, maybe 753 00:54:51.280 --> 00:54:54.280 cracking the sheet rock inside. Maybe a door is sticking because it's shifted, 754 00:54:54.280 --> 00:54:58.599 the house is shifted a little bit. Have him come out. Tell him 755 00:54:58.639 --> 00:55:01.239 your guarden line listener. You get free estimates, free estimates if you're tell 756 00:55:01.320 --> 00:55:07.199 them you're guarden I'm listener. The thing I like about Tie and number one 757 00:55:07.079 --> 00:55:13.440 just a very pleasant person to work with. But he is committed to showing 758 00:55:13.519 --> 00:55:16.960 up on time. He is committed to pricing things fairly, and he is 759 00:55:17.039 --> 00:55:21.599 committed to fixing it right. And what more do you ask? You know, 760 00:55:21.679 --> 00:55:23.280 when you have somebody come to your house to do work, you want 761 00:55:23.320 --> 00:55:25.719 them to show up when they say they're going to show up. You want 762 00:55:25.760 --> 00:55:30.800 them to be fair and they're pricing, and you want it when they fix 763 00:55:30.840 --> 00:55:35.480 it for it to really be fixed. That's Tie Strickland Foundation Repair. Fix 764 00:55:35.679 --> 00:55:40.079 myslab dot com as a website two eight one two five five forty nine forty 765 00:55:40.159 --> 00:55:45.000 nine. Let me give you that again. Fix myslab dot com two eight 766 00:55:45.079 --> 00:55:51.199 one two five five forty nine forty nine. Don't put those kind of things 767 00:55:51.280 --> 00:55:55.159 up things off either, because it's better to deal with things early, uh 768 00:55:55.360 --> 00:55:59.280 than to just well next year, I'll get to it and whatever it. 769 00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:02.880 That can lead to other more expensive issues. Let's go to South Houston. 770 00:56:02.880 --> 00:56:07.800 We're going to talk to Jim Now. Hello, Jump, Hey, thanks 771 00:56:07.800 --> 00:56:13.800 for taking my call. Yesterday you mentioned nime oil for powdery mildew on a 772 00:56:13.840 --> 00:56:17.239 crate myrtle. Yes, my prize plant is a burgundy leaf crpe myrtle, 773 00:56:17.280 --> 00:56:22.079 and I noticed yesterday there's the beginning of some pottery mildew on the leave. 774 00:56:22.719 --> 00:56:27.239 My question to you is, and I did some Internet research, there seems 775 00:56:27.280 --> 00:56:30.320 to be a lot of products out there with nim oil in them. I 776 00:56:30.360 --> 00:56:34.360 would love to find something that's in a spray bottle kind of like a Windex 777 00:56:34.400 --> 00:56:37.159 bottle because I don't need gallons of it. But are there some brand names 778 00:56:37.199 --> 00:56:45.280 out there that you'd recommend I look for, Uh, not really. Neme 779 00:56:45.320 --> 00:56:47.800 oil is neme oil, but just be aware of the fact that neime. 780 00:56:49.320 --> 00:56:52.119 When you see a product with NIME on the label, there's two types. 781 00:56:52.280 --> 00:56:58.440 One is the extracted insecticide that is not neme oil, uh, and it 782 00:56:58.519 --> 00:57:01.480 says as a directin on the label instead of nemol. The other is the 783 00:57:01.519 --> 00:57:07.079 oil itself, and it says name oil in the ingredient. So make sure 784 00:57:07.320 --> 00:57:09.679 first of all that you get the right name. But as far as brands, 785 00:57:09.679 --> 00:57:14.360 it doesn't matter a lot. Jim, you're done. You know South 786 00:57:14.360 --> 00:57:17.000 Houstino specifically just right where you are, but I know pretty close to you, 787 00:57:17.079 --> 00:57:22.079 I bet is the Gateway hardware. It's an ACE hardware on telephone road 788 00:57:22.159 --> 00:57:25.239 right there behind the airport. And there's some other very close to that. 789 00:57:25.480 --> 00:57:30.199 Yeah, there's some other ACE they should have ready to use. Spray bottles 790 00:57:30.320 --> 00:57:34.320 of nem oil on the shelf most places. Most of the aces are going 791 00:57:34.400 --> 00:57:38.079 to carry that. Now. I said name oil just because it's an oil. 792 00:57:38.440 --> 00:57:43.800 But if you see something called horticultural oil. You can use that as 793 00:57:43.800 --> 00:57:46.599 well, horticultural oil. You just don't want to spray it when the sun 794 00:57:47.000 --> 00:57:50.920 is you know, one hundred degrees baking down on the leaves, So do 795 00:57:51.000 --> 00:57:53.800 it elarady in the morning and you can do that. There are other fungicides 796 00:57:53.800 --> 00:57:59.119 that will control powdery mildew. Oil. Is it just basically coats over that 797 00:57:59.199 --> 00:58:04.039 powdery subst and kills it on the surface and it'll come back u So periodically 798 00:58:04.039 --> 00:58:07.920 you may have to do that. Let me ask you one other thing while 799 00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:10.239 I've got you on the line. In my backyard, in the Saint Augustine 800 00:58:10.320 --> 00:58:15.320 grass, I'm beginning to see toaespills for the first time. Is there anything 801 00:58:15.360 --> 00:58:19.320 I can apply to the grass that will be pet safe? You do not 802 00:58:19.480 --> 00:58:22.239 need to apply anything. Just knock them off with your foot. You know, 803 00:58:23.519 --> 00:58:28.239 they're not a disease of the grass. They're they're they're part of nature 804 00:58:28.320 --> 00:58:31.599 turning organic matter back into soil. And when we have weather changes, we 805 00:58:31.719 --> 00:58:37.519 typically get an outbreak of those mushrooms. So yeah, nothing nothing to do 806 00:58:37.679 --> 00:58:42.119 about that. Nothing that will work either. For that matter, one more 807 00:58:42.159 --> 00:58:46.239 time, the knem oil that is for insecticides, what what is that? 808 00:58:46.280 --> 00:58:51.079 What should I look for look for. It does not contain look for. 809 00:58:52.039 --> 00:58:54.559 Just let me give you what to look for. Look for niam oil on 810 00:58:54.599 --> 00:58:58.599 the label. Hey, I'm up against a hard break and I got to 811 00:58:58.679 --> 00:59:01.559 run. But good luck with that, John, Thank you for the call. 812 00:59:01.599 --> 00:59:06.360 Welcome back. Good to have you on garden Line today. We are 813 00:59:06.800 --> 00:59:12.320 talking about lots of different things related to gardening. You know, pollinators are 814 00:59:12.320 --> 00:59:16.239 important and you hear a lot of talk these days about protecting pollinators, attracting 815 00:59:16.280 --> 00:59:21.599 pollinators and whatnot. One of our key pollinators or honey bees. Honey bees 816 00:59:21.719 --> 00:59:25.079 are out there in your garden and they are causing you to have more produce. 817 00:59:25.119 --> 00:59:29.719 Did you know that someone called yesterday about a cucumbers that were misshapen. 818 00:59:29.920 --> 00:59:34.079 That is poor pollination. You got a whole bunch of seeds in a cucumber, 819 00:59:34.199 --> 00:59:36.760 and if you get about half of them pollinated, you're going to have 820 00:59:36.800 --> 00:59:38.760 a weird shaped cucumber. If you get all of them pollinated, you have 821 00:59:38.800 --> 00:59:44.239 a very nice, plump cucumber. Well, how about getting the backyard beehive. 822 00:59:44.599 --> 00:59:46.559 Yes, you can do that. It's allowed if you want to learn 823 00:59:46.599 --> 00:59:50.920 about it. Maybe you're just okay, I'm curious. I'm not committed to 824 00:59:50.920 --> 00:59:52.199 do it yet, but I just want to learn about Call the Bee Supply. 825 00:59:52.679 --> 00:59:58.519 They're in Dayton, Texas, and they have lots of beginning bee keeping 826 00:59:59.119 --> 01:00:02.320 classes. There's a honey extraction class and more come in this fall. By 827 01:00:02.320 --> 01:00:07.559 the way, I'll tell you about later. But they're so good and so 828 01:00:07.719 --> 01:00:10.880 easy to it's fascinating. You sit in the classroom, you learn all of 829 01:00:10.920 --> 01:00:15.599 this amazing stuff. Your mind's going to be blown about bees. Then you 830 01:00:15.639 --> 01:00:17.760 go out and you've got hands on you know, if the weather's permitting, 831 01:00:19.039 --> 01:00:22.519 you get out. You get to suit up and have some hands on experience 832 01:00:22.599 --> 01:00:29.039 handling the hives and going through it's a really really cool experience. Thebesupply dot 833 01:00:29.079 --> 01:00:31.719 com. That's the website, thebsupply dot com. They also have a b 834 01:00:31.840 --> 01:00:36.719 rental program. If you've got five acres to twenty acres somewhere in that range 835 01:00:37.000 --> 01:00:40.119 and you're within fifty miles of Dayton, Texas, they can come out put 836 01:00:40.159 --> 01:00:45.440 bees on your property and care for the bees for you. And it's part 837 01:00:45.480 --> 01:00:47.119 of a b rental. You just need to go ahead and go to the 838 01:00:47.119 --> 01:00:53.119 website find out more about it. The b rental program at vbsupply dot com 839 01:00:53.159 --> 01:01:00.840 here's a phone number nine three six seven seven six zero seven thirty nine seven 840 01:01:00.920 --> 01:01:08.840 seven six zero seven three nine. Buchanan's Native Plants is one of those destination 841 01:01:09.000 --> 01:01:14.639 garden centers. It's just fun to walk through. It just is it's I 842 01:01:14.679 --> 01:01:17.159 don't know, I love I love garden centers. I guess I'm in the 843 01:01:17.199 --> 01:01:22.440 right line of work here, but I just love wandering through really cool garden 844 01:01:22.480 --> 01:01:29.559 centers. And Buchanans is that it's that hideaway in the heights that that's how 845 01:01:29.559 --> 01:01:32.039 I think. It's on Eleventh Street and you're driving long eleventh Street and all 846 01:01:32.039 --> 01:01:36.400 of a sudden, boom, there it is, and you just wander in. 847 01:01:36.679 --> 01:01:43.320 And the things they have there are really really well adapted to here. 848 01:01:43.559 --> 01:01:46.960 For example, they are probably the best single source of native plants that I 849 01:01:47.000 --> 01:01:51.880 know of in this region. They specialize in that they even have tables that 850 01:01:51.920 --> 01:01:54.360 are just like this is just a Houston area native, or this is a 851 01:01:54.440 --> 01:01:59.280 regional native or Texas native, and they keep a good stock of that. 852 01:01:59.320 --> 01:02:01.880 So if you're in into native plants or would like to get into naty plants, 853 01:02:01.920 --> 01:02:06.079 they'll set you up on that. But any kind of plant that you 854 01:02:06.119 --> 01:02:10.639 want to get into their houseplants selection is outstanding. It really is really amazing. 855 01:02:12.159 --> 01:02:14.280 Uh. In fact, you know that wouldn't be a bad thing to 856 01:02:14.280 --> 01:02:16.760 do today is grab mom and take her out to buchanans Plants. Do a 857 01:02:16.760 --> 01:02:21.840 little shopping with her. She will enjoy that. By the way, you 858 01:02:21.880 --> 01:02:24.719 know, we we like gifts, but we also like time spent with those 859 01:02:24.760 --> 01:02:30.079 we love. Buchanansplants dot com that is the website. While you're there, 860 01:02:30.239 --> 01:02:34.320 you can pick up the brown stuff, the fertilizers, the soil blends that 861 01:02:34.559 --> 01:02:37.599 set your plants up for success. They carry everything I'll talk about here on 862 01:02:37.679 --> 01:02:44.519 garden Line and then some and don't forget to go into the little bungalow their 863 01:02:44.639 --> 01:02:50.880 gorgeous gift shop while you're there. Our phone number is seven one three two 864 01:02:50.920 --> 01:02:55.679 one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy 865 01:02:55.679 --> 01:02:59.360 four. If you would like to give me a call, happy to visit 866 01:02:59.400 --> 01:03:04.960 with you about the things that are of interest to you. We've had a 867 01:03:05.039 --> 01:03:08.960 number of questions, or at least I have both email questions and on the 868 01:03:09.039 --> 01:03:15.400 air and just people that see me when I'm out and about doing things related 869 01:03:15.559 --> 01:03:21.079 to the pests of the lawn like sod web worms and chinchbugs and things, 870 01:03:21.119 --> 01:03:23.519 and we are too early for that. There's no need to worry about any 871 01:03:23.519 --> 01:03:28.840 of those pests that comes later in the summer. But let me suggest again, 872 01:03:29.119 --> 01:03:31.000 if you have not already gone to my website, please do so and 873 01:03:31.079 --> 01:03:37.000 bookmarket. I periodically will put things up there that are very timely, like 874 01:03:37.079 --> 01:03:40.239 back in the winter I did one on how to protect plants from frosts and 875 01:03:40.280 --> 01:03:44.639 freezes for example. That's just that's what I'm talking about. But up there's 876 01:03:44.679 --> 01:03:49.519 my schedule, my lawn care schedule, and then also my lawn pest disease 877 01:03:49.679 --> 01:03:53.039 and we'd management schedule. And if you look at the latter, it is 878 01:03:53.800 --> 01:03:58.280 it shows you when to treat for chinch bugs and soid web worms. If 879 01:03:58.320 --> 01:04:00.440 they're going to be a problem. You don't just trea because it's that month. 880 01:04:00.559 --> 01:04:02.880 But if you start to see a problem, you can do that. 881 01:04:02.920 --> 01:04:05.559 It tells you when to treat for grubs, and then it tells you when 882 01:04:05.599 --> 01:04:11.400 to treat for older grubs. The second treatment that you can do if you 883 01:04:11.400 --> 01:04:15.239 have a grub problem, So get those. When you look at the schedule's 884 01:04:15.280 --> 01:04:18.559 color coded. You go to the bottom and it tells you the products that 885 01:04:18.599 --> 01:04:23.280 you can use, and if you want to go organic or synthetic, there's 886 01:04:23.440 --> 01:04:27.559 options for both down at the bottom. So print it out so when you 887 01:04:27.599 --> 01:04:30.239 go shopping, just take it with you and kind of all you have to 888 01:04:30.280 --> 01:04:33.679 do then is point you got one of those, and that will help get 889 01:04:33.719 --> 01:04:39.760 you off to a good start. For example, Southwest Fertilizer. Southwest Fertilizer 890 01:04:39.840 --> 01:04:45.079 is going to have everything, everything that's on that schedule, they absolutely have. 891 01:04:46.280 --> 01:04:49.760 I like to say that Bob and Southwest Fertilizer, if they don't have 892 01:04:49.800 --> 01:04:53.880 it, you don't need it. And that's really, really basically true. 893 01:04:54.400 --> 01:04:57.840 Whenever I'm trying to keep up with, Okay, what's the latest products on 894 01:04:57.880 --> 01:05:00.280 the market, those companies don't have a need to notify me that they've got 895 01:05:00.320 --> 01:05:03.239 a new product out there. But I can go to Southwest and I guarantee 896 01:05:03.239 --> 01:05:06.239 you Bob has it, and he and I have conversations often about hey, 897 01:05:06.239 --> 01:05:12.119 here's a new product coming out, and Bob is always willing to stalk the 898 01:05:12.199 --> 01:05:16.960 latest thing that works. They know what they're talking about, and they add 899 01:05:17.159 --> 01:05:20.760 when you go in there with a picture or with a sample, they're gonna 900 01:05:20.880 --> 01:05:25.559 be able to help you find the product you need and then tell you about 901 01:05:25.599 --> 01:05:29.920 the proper way to use it. That is important, just turning people loose 902 01:05:29.960 --> 01:05:32.159 with products and it may not even be the right one. That is I 903 01:05:32.199 --> 01:05:36.039 see that too much, but not itself. Was fertilizer for example, they've 904 01:05:36.079 --> 01:05:41.599 got has to Grow supergrow plus. That's the new has to Grow product by 905 01:05:41.679 --> 01:05:46.079 Medina. Supergrol Plus is a sixteen zero two fertilizer. It is a hose 906 01:05:46.320 --> 01:05:51.000 end applicator. It's a court bottle. You hook it up to your garden 907 01:05:51.039 --> 01:05:56.039 hose and takes about ten minutes to go over your lawn and one bottle will 908 01:05:56.079 --> 01:06:00.920 cover about four thousand square feet. And it's got nitrogen that's immediately available, 909 01:06:01.039 --> 01:06:05.119 which is important good fast green up. But it also has nitrogen that are 910 01:06:05.199 --> 01:06:09.719 more gradually available. About a fifth of the nitrogen is going to take a 911 01:06:09.760 --> 01:06:13.880 little longer to release, which is good. It's got seaweed extract in it. 912 01:06:13.880 --> 01:06:16.880 It's got a keylated form of iron that doesn't tie up so fast to 913 01:06:17.000 --> 01:06:19.840 the soil, but the plant can get a hold of it. So if 914 01:06:19.840 --> 01:06:24.760 you've got yellowing areas and your grass just doesn't now the color you want has 915 01:06:24.760 --> 01:06:29.679 to grow, Supergrow plus sixteen zero two. And yes, Bob has that 916 01:06:29.719 --> 01:06:31.960 too. He's one of the first ones to sign up to get the shipments 917 01:06:31.960 --> 01:06:38.119 in to get the has to grow supergrow plus. By the way, it 918 01:06:38.119 --> 01:06:41.320 also has humic acid in it. It's got a little molasses in it. 919 01:06:41.360 --> 01:06:45.960 I mean, this is a concoction. Your plants will will love you for 920 01:06:45.000 --> 01:06:53.079 it. Our phone number is seven one three two one two k t r 921 01:06:53.320 --> 01:06:58.360 H seven one three two one two k t r H. We are going 922 01:06:58.440 --> 01:07:01.400 to run out to the phone now and talk to Herta in Spring Branch. 923 01:07:01.559 --> 01:07:08.840 Hello, Herta, good morning, thanks for taking my call. Uh that 924 01:07:09.199 --> 01:07:18.000 kal lily. You know it had the kind of yellow leaf on it, 925 01:07:18.880 --> 01:07:29.679 but now the the blooms have it's just a touch of brown on them. 926 01:07:29.920 --> 01:07:35.639 Okay, but now I put as of mine on them. Okay, half 927 01:07:35.639 --> 01:07:40.559 a teach and that's the mineral stuff. Okay. Yeah, Hurd, I'm 928 01:07:40.719 --> 01:07:43.039 I'm up against the break. Will you hang on? Can I put you 929 01:07:43.119 --> 01:07:45.480 on hold and come right back to you when we're done with this brand? 930 01:07:45.679 --> 01:07:47.559 Yeah? Yeah, let's let's do that so I have time to answer that 931 01:07:47.880 --> 01:07:53.559 question. Our phone number is seven k t r H. If you like 932 01:07:53.639 --> 01:07:56.880 to get on the board, with Evan. I'll be right back. Oh 933 01:07:57.480 --> 01:08:01.599 yeah, homegrown tomatoes can't be home tomat is. Welcome back to Garden Line. 934 01:08:01.960 --> 01:08:05.719 Good to have you with us today. We were in a conversation with 935 01:08:06.039 --> 01:08:11.400 Hurta. Hurta, I understand that even the blooms are getting some brown spots 936 01:08:11.440 --> 01:08:17.079 on them. On your calor lilies, yes, yes, and they're I 937 01:08:17.159 --> 01:08:23.000 don't know if this is part of it or not, but there are some 938 01:08:23.279 --> 01:08:33.039 white dots. Well they're not dots, the little tiny mark, maybe six 939 01:08:33.159 --> 01:08:39.239 of them on a leaf. Okay, but anyway, I don't know what 940 01:08:39.279 --> 01:08:43.880 else to do. Okay, well, uh, you know, as far 941 01:08:43.880 --> 01:08:47.199 as the brown spots, that's going to be some sort of either a disease 942 01:08:47.439 --> 01:08:53.760 or just due to water being too much water not enough. Most likely these 943 01:08:53.760 --> 01:08:56.119 are in the ground, right or are they in a pot? Oh? 944 01:08:56.199 --> 01:09:00.119 No, they're in a pot, A small pot. I think. I 945 01:09:00.279 --> 01:09:04.840 think I'm going to have to put them in a larger pop. Well, 946 01:09:05.880 --> 01:09:12.920 are at least ten stems in this five inch pot? No, it sounds 947 01:09:12.960 --> 01:09:17.800 like it's a beautiful one. So in a pot, yeah, in a 948 01:09:17.840 --> 01:09:21.159 crowded pot, it can get too dry, and when calos get dry, 949 01:09:21.199 --> 01:09:25.760 they are not happy. On the other hand, if the pot doesn't have 950 01:09:25.840 --> 01:09:30.359 good drainage, the holes are clogged or whatever, they can get water logged 951 01:09:30.399 --> 01:09:32.000 and they don't like that either. So I don't know which of those it 952 01:09:32.079 --> 01:09:36.640 is, but I would just continue to make sure you maintain moderate moisture. 953 01:09:36.720 --> 01:09:40.000 Just pick your finger down in the pot a little bit and feel it. 954 01:09:40.880 --> 01:09:45.720 And as far as the spots, there's no spray that I would recommend at 955 01:09:45.720 --> 01:09:49.439 this point in time. All right, all right, okay, all right, 956 01:09:49.640 --> 01:09:53.760 well, thank you very much. You have a good day, you 957 01:09:53.760 --> 01:09:57.880 too, heard it, Thank you very much. I appreciate that if you 958 01:09:58.000 --> 01:10:02.279 have flower beds that tend to not look good at certain times of the year, 959 01:10:02.399 --> 01:10:05.079 and now you don't have to don't raise your hand, you don't have 960 01:10:05.079 --> 01:10:09.039 to admit that. I'm just saying, if, well, how about this, 961 01:10:09.199 --> 01:10:15.640 your neighbor has those kind of flower beds. Well, Jason at Pierscapes, 962 01:10:15.680 --> 01:10:19.680 you know that he has created a team that they pretty much can do 963 01:10:19.720 --> 01:10:25.760 anything you need to have beauty around your house. So I'm talking about when 964 01:10:25.800 --> 01:10:28.800 I say anything, I mean like hardscapes, I mean landscape lighting. I 965 01:10:28.840 --> 01:10:31.880 mean you've got a drainage problem that you need to fix. They can deal 966 01:10:31.920 --> 01:10:34.600 with that. Boy, we found out that the other day when it rained 967 01:10:34.640 --> 01:10:40.079 and rained and rained and rained. Well, Jason at Pierscapes also comes out 968 01:10:40.119 --> 01:10:44.880 and does quarterly maintenance. I say Jason, he doesn't go out and do 969 01:10:44.920 --> 01:10:47.760 the maintenance, but his team does. And they can come out and every 970 01:10:47.840 --> 01:10:51.119 quarter you sign up for the deal that okay, every quarter you're gonna come 971 01:10:51.119 --> 01:10:55.840 out. They're gonna get those beds. They're gonna put new seasonal color in 972 01:10:55.880 --> 01:10:59.520 the beds. They're gonna weed them, they're gonna mulch them, any kind 973 01:10:59.520 --> 01:11:01.960 of trimming that needs to be done in that bed. They check the irrigation, 974 01:11:02.119 --> 01:11:05.600 make sure it's functioning right. And they can do what we call color 975 01:11:05.680 --> 01:11:09.760 changes in the industry. You know, we have the cool season color and 976 01:11:09.800 --> 01:11:13.560 we have warm season color. That's two changes. You can do four changes 977 01:11:13.600 --> 01:11:15.199 a year. I mean, if you really want to, I mean you 978 01:11:15.239 --> 01:11:19.239 can just keep changing out. You know, it gets spring, things start 979 01:11:19.279 --> 01:11:23.680 to get a little struggling in summer. Put things that can take the heat 980 01:11:23.720 --> 01:11:28.560 in. They can do all of that for you. Now, Pierscapes is 981 01:11:28.840 --> 01:11:32.760 a professional company and if you want to see the work they're capable of doing. 982 01:11:33.000 --> 01:11:35.680 You know, you need to go to the website, and that is 983 01:11:35.720 --> 01:11:40.439 Pearscapes dot com. When you go to peerscapes dot com, you will see 984 01:11:40.640 --> 01:11:45.119 amazing things. Now, you don't need to have a taj mahal in order 985 01:11:45.439 --> 01:11:49.640 to have Pearscapes come out and turn your place from to wow. They can 986 01:11:49.680 --> 01:11:54.720 absolutely do. Hey, summertimes coming. We are out on our patios in 987 01:11:54.800 --> 01:11:58.880 the evenings enjoying things. Let them come out and turn that place special. 988 01:11:59.119 --> 01:12:02.359 Two eight one three seven oh fifty sixty two eight one three seven oh fifty 989 01:12:02.880 --> 01:12:06.760 sixty. You really need to check out pairscapes dot com the website. Every 990 01:12:06.760 --> 01:12:12.479 time I go, it's like, holy mackerel. That is awesome. It 991 01:12:12.600 --> 01:12:16.640 really is. It's kind of work that they do. I got some let's 992 01:12:16.640 --> 01:12:19.039 see. You got to open lines here if you'd like to give us call 993 01:12:19.079 --> 01:12:23.840 seven one three two one two k t R eight seven one three two one 994 01:12:23.880 --> 01:12:29.319 two k t r H. Out there in Kingwood, Texas, you've got 995 01:12:29.319 --> 01:12:31.880 a couple of garden centers that, uh well, you just need to be 996 01:12:31.920 --> 01:12:34.279 proud and happy you got them there because you don't have to go far to 997 01:12:34.319 --> 01:12:40.960 have beautiful plants, knowledgeable staff. And that's Kingwood Garden Center and Warren's Southern 998 01:12:41.479 --> 01:12:45.319 Garden. We're in Southern Garden just looking at some of the things that are 999 01:12:45.319 --> 01:12:54.319 going on there. The color is outstanding and they have everything from like elephant 1000 01:12:54.359 --> 01:13:00.600 ears that have deep deep pink center stripe and them you got us see it. 1001 01:13:00.600 --> 01:13:05.720 It's just it's gorgeous to Vinka the little Madagascar periwinkle that just goes through 1002 01:13:05.920 --> 01:13:10.000 it. Laughs. When summer heat comes, just like this ain't nothing. 1003 01:13:10.279 --> 01:13:13.920 You guys are whims and so if you want color, it's dependable. They'll 1004 01:13:13.960 --> 01:13:17.399 do that. They got a volvulust which is a beautiful bluish purple flower that 1005 01:13:18.000 --> 01:13:23.479 kind of groundcover, stay a little bit lower to the ground. If you 1006 01:13:23.560 --> 01:13:26.359 want to have summer color, they have it. And I mean you can 1007 01:13:26.359 --> 01:13:29.279 go all the way out and get you know, go go all the way 1008 01:13:29.600 --> 01:13:31.880 and get a plumeria, you know, Hawaiian layflower. You can get beautiful 1009 01:13:31.960 --> 01:13:36.479 giant hibiscus out there. And they have a good stock right now of all 1010 01:13:36.520 --> 01:13:42.840 the heirloom soils products that I talk about and the fertilizers as well. Kingwood 1011 01:13:43.039 --> 01:13:47.720 Garden Center worn Southern Gardens in Kingwood, Texas. It's really really easy to 1012 01:13:47.880 --> 01:13:53.359 turn your place into a beautiful place with the products and advice. Oh, 1013 01:13:53.399 --> 01:13:57.000 by the way, I forgot to say, very knowledgeable staff that can point 1014 01:13:57.039 --> 01:14:04.359 you in the right direction. That is very very important. I was answering 1015 01:14:04.439 --> 01:14:10.520 some questions yesterday when I was out at the arbor Gate and Nelson plant Food 1016 01:14:10.640 --> 01:14:14.279 has one called Slow and Easy. People were asking me some questions about slow 1017 01:14:14.279 --> 01:14:20.640 and Easy. Slow and Easy is it's a chemistry that releases nitrogen very slowly 1018 01:14:20.800 --> 01:14:25.359 over time. Now, nitrogen comes in many forms. You know, we 1019 01:14:25.399 --> 01:14:30.039 talk about nitrogen, but there's a lot of different forms. Some forms it 1020 01:14:30.319 --> 01:14:33.560 just dissolves away, like putting water on sugar. I mean the sugar's gone, 1021 01:14:33.640 --> 01:14:39.159 it's washers right away. But that's an immediate nitrogen that's important. But 1022 01:14:39.239 --> 01:14:43.159 some forms release more slowly, and some forms I don't care how much it 1023 01:14:43.279 --> 01:14:46.840 rains, are not going. It's not gonna leach them out of that particle. 1024 01:14:47.119 --> 01:14:50.279 It's because of the form of nitrogen that's slow and easy. You can 1025 01:14:50.279 --> 01:14:54.640 put it down. Now, your next fertilization is in fall. Get my 1026 01:14:54.680 --> 01:14:58.399 schedule on gardening skip dot com. It'll tell you when to fall fertilized. 1027 01:14:58.680 --> 01:15:00.680 But when you use slow and Easy, now you're done. You're done. 1028 01:15:00.880 --> 01:15:04.560 It's going to feed all through the summer. It's an acidifying fertilizer too, 1029 01:15:04.720 --> 01:15:10.319 which is very helpful certain diseases like take all root rot, love high pH 1030 01:15:10.439 --> 01:15:14.840 and so anything we do to acidify a little bit, it's helpful and it 1031 01:15:15.079 --> 01:15:19.560 just helps those nutrients or it helps the plant to take up the nutrients by 1032 01:15:19.600 --> 01:15:24.520 providing them in a gradual form. Nelson Slow and Easy one of the many 1033 01:15:24.600 --> 01:15:29.720 Church Star products that Dean and the folks at Nelson's have easy to find, 1034 01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:35.359 widely available, Slow and Easy. Remember that we are going to go now 1035 01:15:35.479 --> 01:15:45.439 to Northwest Houston and talk to Alexander. Hey, Alexander, how are you 1036 01:15:45.479 --> 01:15:49.520 doing this morning? I'm good, sir, Yes, sir, that's great. 1037 01:15:49.560 --> 01:15:54.119 I have a question about a row of bush. Alexander. Are you 1038 01:15:54.119 --> 01:15:57.039 there? Oh, yes, sir, I'm here. I'm sorry I lost 1039 01:15:57.039 --> 01:16:01.680 you there you cut out on men help, I'm sorry. I have a 1040 01:16:01.800 --> 01:16:06.800 rose bush. It bloomed last year. Now my gardener, my garden is 1041 01:16:06.840 --> 01:16:12.720 great, and my wife with he put fertilis on my roll bush and it 1042 01:16:12.720 --> 01:16:16.039 it won't bloom. We have no buds on it. But it bloomed last 1043 01:16:16.119 --> 01:16:25.479 year. Real pretty okay, Now it won't bloom this year. Somebody told 1044 01:16:25.479 --> 01:16:28.760 me to put some bacon soda on it. Now, should I have done 1045 01:16:28.800 --> 01:16:30.880 that? No? No, don't do that. I mean it's one time. 1046 01:16:30.920 --> 01:16:33.159 It's not gonna kill the rose bush. But don't don't do that. 1047 01:16:33.960 --> 01:16:39.119 Oh so is this a one that just blooms in spring last year and then 1048 01:16:39.159 --> 01:16:45.960 didn't bloom in the summer. You know it's blooms in the summer only the 1049 01:16:45.000 --> 01:16:50.159 summer only. Okay, yeah, all right. Uh, you don't happen 1050 01:16:50.199 --> 01:16:54.520 to know what the name of it is, do you? Oh? No, 1051 01:16:55.000 --> 01:17:00.359 ok, not a problem. So, uh, roses need lots of 1052 01:17:00.399 --> 01:17:03.279 sunlight to bloom. Well, so that's number one. At least six hours 1053 01:17:03.359 --> 01:17:10.079 of sun in order to bloom. Well. There are some roses that blooming 1054 01:17:10.439 --> 01:17:13.920 early on and the first thing in the spring, and then they don't keep 1055 01:17:13.960 --> 01:17:17.319 blooming. Those you don't want to prune those in winter because you're cutting away 1056 01:17:17.319 --> 01:17:21.680 all your bloom buds. The ones that bloom all through the summer and even 1057 01:17:21.720 --> 01:17:26.680 in the fall, those you can prune anytime. You're not going to be 1058 01:17:26.800 --> 01:17:30.560 cutting off all the bloom buds. I would suggest you get a product for 1059 01:17:30.760 --> 01:17:35.720 roses. There are products by Nitrofoss that are designed for roses. You can 1060 01:17:35.720 --> 01:17:40.960 buy them in a little plastic jar and sprinkle them around that and watered in 1061 01:17:41.119 --> 01:17:45.840 really good. If they have two different products for roses by Nitrofoss. So 1062 01:17:45.880 --> 01:17:47.960 you're up in northwest Houston, you go to an ACE hardware store up in 1063 01:17:48.000 --> 01:17:51.640 your area and they're going to probably have those on the shelf. But look 1064 01:17:51.680 --> 01:17:56.039 for that follow the label watered in really good and we need to get that 1065 01:17:56.159 --> 01:18:00.680 rose blooming again, okay, specifically for roses. Yeah, thank you, 1066 01:18:00.720 --> 01:18:08.439 sir, I got a run for a break. Appreciate your call. Welcome 1067 01:18:08.479 --> 01:18:11.760 back to guard Line. Hey, it's good to have you with us today. 1068 01:18:12.560 --> 01:18:15.399 A little clouds in the sky today, but I'm not really worried about 1069 01:18:15.399 --> 01:18:18.600 that. The temperature is wonderful. It's just a good day. Good day 1070 01:18:18.600 --> 01:18:21.359 to be out, good day to go visit a garden center too. By 1071 01:18:21.399 --> 01:18:26.560 the way, get some time out this afternoon, get around, Maybe take 1072 01:18:26.600 --> 01:18:29.520 your mom with you. You know, I've been telling you this morning that 1073 01:18:29.319 --> 01:18:32.920 that is a that is a really great idea because you can go out. 1074 01:18:32.960 --> 01:18:36.439 You can go shopping with a mom, Let her pick the plants out she's 1075 01:18:36.439 --> 01:18:42.159 interested in today and go home. And help her get that in the ground, 1076 01:18:42.960 --> 01:18:46.000 just a little extra twist to make memories. And that's a lot. 1077 01:18:46.279 --> 01:18:50.720 You know, a lot about gardening is making the memories, the enjoyable things 1078 01:18:50.720 --> 01:18:56.079 that we just we love doing, and the beautiful plantings and just watching the 1079 01:18:56.119 --> 01:19:00.520 place get better and better year after year. If you haven't forlized your yet 1080 01:19:00.720 --> 01:19:06.439 this summer, you need a slow release fertilizer nitrofoss silver bag that makes it 1081 01:19:06.479 --> 01:19:13.960 easy. The silver bag Superturf nineteen four ten, nineteen four ten. Half 1082 01:19:14.000 --> 01:19:17.279 the nineteen percent nitrogen half of that is going to be slow release. It's 1083 01:19:17.279 --> 01:19:21.880 going to release very gradually over time. It also has iron. Iron helps 1084 01:19:21.960 --> 01:19:28.199 make grass green. Your Saint Augustine lawns often will get kind of shark trissy 1085 01:19:28.520 --> 01:19:31.239 yellowy in some areas, and if you pick up grass blade and hold it 1086 01:19:31.319 --> 01:19:35.199 up the light, you're going to see streaks of yellow and green. That's 1087 01:19:35.279 --> 01:19:41.359 iron deficiency. Super Turf has four percent iron and helps with that helps keep 1088 01:19:41.399 --> 01:19:44.760 the lawn greener. So it's not just nitrogen that's needed to have a green 1089 01:19:44.840 --> 01:19:50.439 on it's also having adequate access to iron for that grass plant. Superturf is 1090 01:19:50.640 --> 01:19:55.600 one of the products by nitrofoss that is going to be available in so many 1091 01:19:55.640 --> 01:20:00.680 different places. Katie Hardware out on Penoak. It's an ACE hard store out 1092 01:20:00.720 --> 01:20:06.159 there in Katie they have nitrofoss products. Ace Hardware and Memorial they have nitrofoss 1093 01:20:06.199 --> 01:20:13.000 products. Maybe you're down in alvin Stanton Shopping Center carries nitrofoss products as well. 1094 01:20:14.359 --> 01:20:16.079 You're listening to garden Line and the phone number if you would like to 1095 01:20:16.079 --> 01:20:19.159 give us a call. We actually have some open spots here if you'd like 1096 01:20:19.199 --> 01:20:24.640 to give us a call. Seven one three two one two kt r H 1097 01:20:24.800 --> 01:20:31.640 seven one three two one two k t r H Plantrall Seasons is that garden 1098 01:20:31.680 --> 01:20:36.159 center at Luetta and Highway two forty nine Tombol Parkway. So if you're going 1099 01:20:36.239 --> 01:20:41.359 north for a Tombol, you exit Luetta, cross over Luetta and it's right 1100 01:20:41.359 --> 01:20:44.520 there on the right hand side. Uh. It has been around for a 1101 01:20:44.560 --> 01:20:47.279 long time, been around since nineteen seventy three. The Flowerty family, UH 1102 01:20:47.680 --> 01:20:53.119 just has decade after decade, it just gets better and better and better. 1103 01:20:54.119 --> 01:20:58.640 Very very knowledgeable staff people. You bring them a leaf, you bring them 1104 01:20:58.640 --> 01:21:00.159 a picture, you bring them a bug. I mean they're going to be 1105 01:21:00.199 --> 01:21:03.520 able to help identify it and tell you what to do about it if anything 1106 01:21:03.600 --> 01:21:08.279 needs to be done about it. If you have a brown thumb in your 1107 01:21:08.319 --> 01:21:12.920 own opinion, well go to Plants for All Seasons. They turn bron thumbsgreen 1108 01:21:12.960 --> 01:21:16.479 there because they have that information that really helps you do that. Now, 1109 01:21:16.800 --> 01:21:19.800 if you want to give them a call set two eight, one, three, 1110 01:21:19.880 --> 01:21:24.199 seven six, sixteen forty six. If you just like to go to 1111 01:21:24.239 --> 01:21:30.359 the website Plants for All Seasons dot com. Plants for All Seasons dot com. 1112 01:21:30.840 --> 01:21:33.279 It is, by the way, it's not just go there and buy 1113 01:21:33.279 --> 01:21:39.159 your plants. I mean they actually can help you with delivery. They even 1114 01:21:39.239 --> 01:21:43.000 do some planting services and things. Just give them a call and tell them, 1115 01:21:43.159 --> 01:21:45.159 ask them about what you need, and if they can't do it, 1116 01:21:45.159 --> 01:21:47.199 they'll direct you to someone who will do a very good job. They are 1117 01:21:47.239 --> 01:21:54.680 true lawn and garden experts at Plants for All Seasons dot com. I was 1118 01:21:54.840 --> 01:22:01.359 driving down the road and just thinking about the kind of weather that we get 1119 01:22:01.560 --> 01:22:04.920 when it comes summertime. The thing that made me think about it is June 1120 01:22:04.960 --> 01:22:12.079 is the official launch of hurricane season, and it goes all the way into 1121 01:22:12.119 --> 01:22:16.000 November. And what happens when those storms hit and you lose power. I 1122 01:22:16.119 --> 01:22:20.319 remember more than one time being out of power for a long time. I'm 1123 01:22:20.359 --> 01:22:24.680 talking about days and what happens to the food in the freezer. What happens 1124 01:22:24.720 --> 01:22:28.520 to the food and the refrigerator. If you work from home, Hey, 1125 01:22:28.560 --> 01:22:30.119 you got to make a living. You need power to be able to do 1126 01:22:30.159 --> 01:22:35.960 that. The air conditioning boy June, July and August do not have power 1127 01:22:36.000 --> 01:22:40.760 for a few days. That isn't a good thing. Quality Home products can 1128 01:22:40.800 --> 01:22:45.720 get you fixed up with a generat generator. 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But it's set stick heavy and it throws up tall 1159 01:25:15.680 --> 01:25:23.039 okay, branches, and Randy said the only way to get rid of him 1160 01:25:23.199 --> 01:25:28.119 is is dig them out. Well, I did dug out a few, 1161 01:25:28.159 --> 01:25:31.199 and they're really hard to dig out, and I just wonder, is there 1162 01:25:31.239 --> 01:25:38.319 anything else I can do? I mean, I poisoned them with round up, 1163 01:25:39.279 --> 01:25:43.199 okay, and they're all they're all yellow now, so what can I 1164 01:25:43.239 --> 01:25:46.079 do? The roundup didn't kill them, is what you're saying. Yes, 1165 01:25:46.760 --> 01:25:50.039 yeah, I think it did, but I think they'll come right back. 1166 01:25:50.199 --> 01:25:54.119 Okay. All right, Well i'll tell you what I am hitting a heartbreak, 1167 01:25:54.119 --> 01:25:56.319 Susanne. I'm gonna put your on hold, and when we come back, 1168 01:25:56.359 --> 01:26:00.600 we're going to tackle this question. Thank you very much, Phone number 1169 01:26:00.680 --> 01:26:05.079 seven one three two one two kt RH. Welcome back to guarden line. 1170 01:26:05.159 --> 01:26:12.279 Hey, good to have you with us today. Landscaper's Pride has whether they're 1171 01:26:12.479 --> 01:26:16.479 they're like hometown, they're east the eastern region of Texas and down in the 1172 01:26:16.479 --> 01:26:21.600 Houston area is just like that's their turf here, and they they have a 1173 01:26:21.800 --> 01:26:26.479 wide variety of product. I have twenty seven different products that are made and 1174 01:26:26.520 --> 01:26:30.279 it's basically products that are going to give your lawn under your lawn, give 1175 01:26:30.359 --> 01:26:34.920 your flower beds and your vegetable beds or whatever you're growing. It's going to 1176 01:26:35.079 --> 01:26:39.199 give them a boost so that they do better. So, for example, 1177 01:26:39.479 --> 01:26:44.920 Gardener's Magic Soil. Okay, Gardener's Magic Soil is an organic pine based blend 1178 01:26:45.000 --> 01:26:47.880 and it's got humus and it's got screen pines, got some composted rice holes 1179 01:26:47.960 --> 01:26:51.479 in it as well. And they even have a chicken pellet fertilizer lasts up 1180 01:26:51.520 --> 01:26:56.600 the three months releasing in there. So this is a soil that plants. 1181 01:26:56.680 --> 01:27:00.439 It's ready to go, ready for the plants, and ready to have excess 1182 01:27:00.560 --> 01:27:04.159 that works. Well. Now they're multous. Oh gosh, well, let 1183 01:27:04.159 --> 01:27:08.279 me give you three. Just as an example, pine Bark molts that's the 1184 01:27:08.319 --> 01:27:13.319 most popular locally sourced pine bark molts slow decomposition rate. That pine bark malt. 1185 01:27:13.439 --> 01:27:15.359 It takes it a wild to decompose, so you get the mulching effect 1186 01:27:15.439 --> 01:27:19.159 for a long time. They have hardwood based malts. This isn't ground up 1187 01:27:19.199 --> 01:27:25.960 pallets. This is truly hardwood based mult that sits on the surface. I 1188 01:27:26.039 --> 01:27:28.760 like it because it locks in really well as a molt, so if you 1189 01:27:28.840 --> 01:27:30.920 get a whole lot of rain, it's not gonna wash away. It's going 1190 01:27:30.960 --> 01:27:32.920 to hold on pretty good there. And then they have the black velvet. 1191 01:27:32.960 --> 01:27:36.359 Now, the black velvet is not dyed mults. I can't stand dyed malts. 1192 01:27:36.359 --> 01:27:42.680 I think it's ridiculously artificial and unnecessary. Black velvet is naturally dark, 1193 01:27:42.800 --> 01:27:46.560 it's velvety, it's dense. It keeps your plants in good shape because it's 1194 01:27:46.600 --> 01:27:54.279 moderating soil temperatures. And also it is helping prevent the weeds from coming in. 1195 01:27:54.520 --> 01:27:58.560 And we always should keep the soil covered, whether it's covered with turf, 1196 01:27:58.680 --> 01:28:01.239 covered with mulch. When sunlight hits a soil, nature plants a weed. 1197 01:28:01.800 --> 01:28:06.239 These three mulches from Landscaper's Pride prevent sunlight from hitting the soil in your 1198 01:28:06.239 --> 01:28:10.880 garden beds. You can go to Landscaperspride dot com find out where to get 1199 01:28:10.920 --> 01:28:15.199 them. They're widely available, very economical choice that you can get all through 1200 01:28:15.319 --> 01:28:18.840 the Greater Houston area. I'm going to go now back to Suzanne in League 1201 01:28:18.880 --> 01:28:23.840 City and Suzanne, we were talking about a grass. I'm not sure which 1202 01:28:23.880 --> 01:28:27.960 one you have, It doesn't really matter though. There's crabgrass and then which 1203 01:28:28.000 --> 01:28:31.239 is an annual, there's Dallas grass, which is a perennial. The first 1204 01:28:31.239 --> 01:28:35.279 step in getting ahead of these things of them coming back, as you were 1205 01:28:35.279 --> 01:28:39.960 saying, is getting a good, dense, healthy lawn. When your lawn 1206 01:28:40.039 --> 01:28:43.399 is dense and healthy, you are not going to have crabgrass sprouting up in 1207 01:28:43.439 --> 01:28:46.119 it wherever sunlight hits the soil. Yes, you will have weed seeds coming 1208 01:28:46.199 --> 01:28:49.640 up. Dallas grass being a perennial, you just fa have to kill it 1209 01:28:49.800 --> 01:28:55.680 because those plants don't go away. They come back here after year. And 1210 01:28:55.760 --> 01:29:00.199 you had used the glycysate herbicide to kill it. That will kill it. 1211 01:29:00.199 --> 01:29:02.439 It will create a dead spot in the lawn and then your long grass can 1212 01:29:02.439 --> 01:29:08.079 come crawl back over on it. But we don't have a product that just 1213 01:29:08.239 --> 01:29:15.520 kills these weedy grasses and doesn't hurt your lawn grass. Are you with me? 1214 01:29:15.560 --> 01:29:18.560 Okay, yes, I am so so. I guess I should weed 1215 01:29:18.640 --> 01:29:25.279 eat the weeds the yellow they've died. Weed eat some low to the ground. 1216 01:29:25.640 --> 01:29:28.560 Yeah, yeah, you can do that, just take them back, 1217 01:29:28.600 --> 01:29:31.760 depending on how thick this area is. You know, some people just have 1218 01:29:32.039 --> 01:29:35.039 a grassy weed here and then one there and then one there. Some people 1219 01:29:35.079 --> 01:29:39.720 have a whole passage. I dig those up. Okay when that happens. 1220 01:29:39.800 --> 01:29:43.399 Okay, so this is a bigger area then, right, it's about ten 1221 01:29:43.479 --> 01:29:48.119 by ten Okay, yeah, just just remember you can get rid of weeds, 1222 01:29:48.199 --> 01:29:51.279 but when you leave the soil bear they will be back. And so 1223 01:29:51.399 --> 01:29:55.880 that's where you have to step in pretty quick and get some sod on those 1224 01:29:55.920 --> 01:30:00.680 spots. I see him coming and just pig it out. Yeah yeah, 1225 01:30:00.800 --> 01:30:03.880 okay, you so much. Yeah, all right, Suzanne, thanks for 1226 01:30:03.920 --> 01:30:12.520 the call. I appreciate that. A lot out at the Nelson's Water Garden 1227 01:30:12.520 --> 01:30:18.840 and Nursery out there in Katie, they have they've created a spot that is 1228 01:30:19.039 --> 01:30:23.520 just I don't know how do I say it. It's a destination, that's 1229 01:30:23.560 --> 01:30:27.199 one way to put it. Uh, it is just fun to go and 1230 01:30:27.279 --> 01:30:30.680 shop. I love walking through, and I'll tell you this. When you 1231 01:30:30.680 --> 01:30:33.680 walk out there, you know the the nursery itself is loaded with all kinds 1232 01:30:33.720 --> 01:30:39.319 of plants. They they're always updating and the plants that need to go out 1233 01:30:39.319 --> 01:30:42.079 that season, they're going to have them there. And that includes things like 1234 01:30:42.159 --> 01:30:45.520 herbs and flowers and whatnot. But the water garden part, that's what the 1235 01:30:45.840 --> 01:30:49.840 that's what made them nationally famous really and they are. They really are a 1236 01:30:49.920 --> 01:30:56.880 leader in that industry. Uh. They created that fountain that disappears that comes 1237 01:30:56.920 --> 01:31:00.560 out of a pottery piece. So imagine this big, tall, upright glazed 1238 01:31:00.640 --> 01:31:04.199 pottery that has water coming out of the top. It goes to the bottom 1239 01:31:04.479 --> 01:31:11.279 and that water disappears into rock and then is recirculated through. That's great for 1240 01:31:11.359 --> 01:31:15.119 birds. The sound of water is always welcome in a garden. When you 1241 01:31:15.279 --> 01:31:19.479 add the sound of water, it is so relaxing. And when you go 1242 01:31:19.720 --> 01:31:25.840 to this place, when you go to Nelson Water Garden and you see they're 1243 01:31:25.880 --> 01:31:29.560 set up there, you're going to see one hundred different ways that you could 1244 01:31:29.600 --> 01:31:32.159 bring water into your landscape and they'll go out to your house and do it. 1245 01:31:32.199 --> 01:31:36.000 They do the work. They create waterfalls, they create the Discippring Fountain. 1246 01:31:36.039 --> 01:31:39.960 I was talking about, they'll do all that, or they'll advise yous 1247 01:31:40.000 --> 01:31:42.880 you want to do it, but they know what they're doing. Then Nelson's 1248 01:31:42.880 --> 01:31:46.560 have been doing this for a long long time and their garden center is really 1249 01:31:46.600 --> 01:31:49.880 outstanding. Think of it as your West Houston garden center. That's kind of 1250 01:31:49.880 --> 01:31:54.039 what it amounts to out there in Katie. You just turn north on Katie 1251 01:31:54.039 --> 01:31:57.680 FORTMN Road and it's a rocks throw up there on the right hand side. 1252 01:31:58.000 --> 01:32:01.199 Take some friends with you and go is it because really this is a place 1253 01:32:01.279 --> 01:32:05.399 that is inspirational. I'm going to go to Parland now and talk to Archie. 1254 01:32:05.479 --> 01:32:11.000 Hello, Archie Martin skipped, Yeah, I just thought I just thought 1255 01:32:11.039 --> 01:32:15.920 i'd call you and tell you that I had, uh Martin come out and 1256 01:32:15.079 --> 01:32:18.600 taking down a couple of trees from me this uh this week, and they 1257 01:32:18.880 --> 01:32:24.199 did a marvel job. And you know, so affordable trees is a good 1258 01:32:24.239 --> 01:32:28.000 place to go when you want something done well. And these two trees were 1259 01:32:28.000 --> 01:32:30.479 in the corner of my lot and it was and some of the branches were 1260 01:32:30.600 --> 01:32:33.359 up in the power lines and everything. Boy, and he really took care 1261 01:32:33.560 --> 01:32:39.520 not to you know, endanger any of my other uh you know, plants 1262 01:32:39.520 --> 01:32:43.680 and stuff too. Well. I appreciate you saying that it's always good to 1263 01:32:43.760 --> 01:32:45.399 hear good reports. It does not surprise me at all. You know, 1264 01:32:45.439 --> 01:32:48.880 when we take on a sponsor here, it's not you know, they've got 1265 01:32:48.920 --> 01:32:51.840 to be people that we believe are going to give the service you just described. 1266 01:32:51.920 --> 01:32:57.199 So h thank you, thank you. I've used him for a long 1267 01:32:57.239 --> 01:33:00.439 time, even when Randy was you know, for in fact, two of 1268 01:33:00.439 --> 01:33:04.560 my neighbors came over and got bids. You go, that's the way to 1269 01:33:04.600 --> 01:33:10.520 do it. That's right, all right. Well, were you just calling 1270 01:33:10.560 --> 01:33:14.680 for that to talk about? Yeah? They basically that's what I was calling 1271 01:33:14.720 --> 01:33:17.800 for. Because my roses and everything right now are doing great. Yeah. 1272 01:33:17.439 --> 01:33:20.680 Uh, you know, as long as I keep praying and feed them stuff, 1273 01:33:20.720 --> 01:33:24.920 I think I'll be all right. Name. I just got a new 1274 01:33:24.960 --> 01:33:28.720 neighbor that that bought the house next to me, and she's just you know, 1275 01:33:28.840 --> 01:33:32.920 she's a single mom and she was she had this house has these oh, 1276 01:33:33.079 --> 01:33:35.720 planter boxes that were made out of the bricks in the front of the 1277 01:33:35.760 --> 01:33:40.119 house. So I went ahead and pulled all the old dirt out of that 1278 01:33:40.239 --> 01:33:43.279 for her and put some fresh dirt. But I told her, since the 1279 01:33:43.319 --> 01:33:46.600 front of the house faces the east, she needs something that will grow that 1280 01:33:46.960 --> 01:33:49.039 doesn't take her a lot of sun because it's not going to get a lot 1281 01:33:49.079 --> 01:33:53.840 of sun there because by noon, you know, it'll be in the shadows. 1282 01:33:54.159 --> 01:33:59.880 So could you suggest something that's colorful that takes just a little bit of 1283 01:34:00.720 --> 01:34:05.159 Are we thinking about like annual flowers or what specifically kind of plant or I 1284 01:34:05.199 --> 01:34:09.479 don't know. She just wanted something to make it look brighter. Well, 1285 01:34:09.520 --> 01:34:14.039 that's an easy area for color because it gets enough sun to have good blooms 1286 01:34:14.119 --> 01:34:17.159 and yet it doesn't have to deal with the full brunt of that blazing hottest 1287 01:34:17.159 --> 01:34:20.880 time of the day, so she can grow a lot of kind of things. 1288 01:34:20.920 --> 01:34:27.960 They're a good heat tolerant plant for summer is venka or Madagascar periwinkle. 1289 01:34:28.840 --> 01:34:31.680 Those are typically going to be white, red and pink. There is a 1290 01:34:31.760 --> 01:34:39.479 coral version to sort of coral version the angelonias, which is called summer snap 1291 01:34:39.600 --> 01:34:44.359 dragon. That's another option. Lentanna's would do well in that particular area, 1292 01:34:44.439 --> 01:34:46.520 and they'll give you a repeat bloom. And then of course if it's a 1293 01:34:46.560 --> 01:34:51.680 little bigger plant, there's some wonderful Salvia's that just bloom and bloom. They're 1294 01:34:51.680 --> 01:34:57.520 gonna get taller. There's many species of salvia, so some are about oh, 1295 01:34:57.520 --> 01:35:00.319 I don't know, twelve inches to knee high. Some some of them 1296 01:35:00.319 --> 01:35:02.840 are going to be about waist high or so. And there's something that you 1297 01:35:02.880 --> 01:35:05.680 could put in there would be more permanent, if she wouldn't have to change 1298 01:35:05.680 --> 01:35:09.159 out all the time. Yeah, So the salvius would be a perennial, 1299 01:35:09.239 --> 01:35:14.279 the lantana would be a perennial. Those those would be two options that of 1300 01:35:14.359 --> 01:35:19.520 the things right now, probably two. Well they might they yeah, they 1301 01:35:19.520 --> 01:35:24.279 probably be okay, they can't take too much sun, but you know, 1302 01:35:24.439 --> 01:35:28.000 New Guinea impatience there. They're colorful, but they're annuals, so you're gonna 1303 01:35:28.000 --> 01:35:30.880 have to replan them. Yeah, okay, all right, well, thank 1304 01:35:30.920 --> 01:35:33.560 you so much. Yeah, Archie, I appreciate that. Thank you very 1305 01:35:33.640 --> 01:35:38.000 much. Yeah, and for those of you who've been hearing me talk about 1306 01:35:38.039 --> 01:35:40.600 Martin spoon more an affordable tree if you'd like to get a hold of them, 1307 01:35:40.640 --> 01:35:45.319 it's a f F tree service dot com, aff Tree Service dot com 1308 01:35:45.600 --> 01:35:47.520 and a phone number. So I'm giving a second to grab a pen there 1309 01:35:48.079 --> 01:35:54.000 seven one three six nine nine, twenty six sixty three, seven one three 1310 01:35:54.000 --> 01:35:59.800 six nine nine twenty six sixty three are talking earlier about hurricane season is just 1311 01:36:00.359 --> 01:36:06.199 about here. Get those trees properly cleaned out, selectively pruned, all the 1312 01:36:06.279 --> 01:36:12.119 dead limbs out, and so on, because after the fact it's a mess. 1313 01:36:12.239 --> 01:36:15.479 You need to have Martin come in and get those trees as ready as 1314 01:36:15.479 --> 01:36:17.680 they can be for the storm season. We're going to go to Bill in 1315 01:36:17.760 --> 01:36:23.880 Sugarland. Now, Hey, Bill, good morning Skip. We have two 1316 01:36:24.159 --> 01:36:27.840 sago palms that are about twenty five or thirty years old. They're about six 1317 01:36:27.880 --> 01:36:32.640 feet tall, and I have noticed that there are little white, yellowish hand 1318 01:36:32.840 --> 01:36:39.920 spots on all of the individual leaves. And I'm wondering, is that a 1319 01:36:39.960 --> 01:36:44.159 disease process or is it a deficiency that I need to supplement the soil? 1320 01:36:44.640 --> 01:36:47.680 What do I need to do about that? Okay, in your color descriptions 1321 01:36:47.680 --> 01:36:50.680 there, I just have to is this like a tan spot you see on 1322 01:36:50.760 --> 01:36:55.279 top of the leaf or is this the white stuff you're seeing just under the 1323 01:36:55.359 --> 01:36:59.239 leaf? Now, it's a tan spot on top of the leaf, and 1324 01:36:59.359 --> 01:37:02.640 it's one or two millimeters in diameter. They're not large. There's a little 1325 01:37:02.640 --> 01:37:06.560 bitty spot. Different things you know, can cause that that kind of thing. 1326 01:37:06.720 --> 01:37:12.720 I would just say general care is what's within your power. There is 1327 01:37:12.800 --> 01:37:16.079 no sprays that you need to do to a sego palm. Those are resilience, 1328 01:37:16.119 --> 01:37:19.640 they're tough, they're good. You know, if it's some lower limbs 1329 01:37:19.840 --> 01:37:24.279 that are primarily doing that, you can prin those out and you still have 1330 01:37:24.319 --> 01:37:28.359 the top of the plant looking good. That if it's that way, that 1331 01:37:28.399 --> 01:37:32.159 would be one option. But just make sure and leave plenty of foliage. 1332 01:37:32.399 --> 01:37:36.399 All right, Well, yeah, it's on every individual little leaf. And 1333 01:37:36.880 --> 01:37:42.640 I noticed last year that some of those individual leaves were turning yellow, and 1334 01:37:42.720 --> 01:37:46.319 I supplemented them with magnesium selfate. I think it was. So I've got 1335 01:37:46.319 --> 01:37:49.239 a commercial right here. Let me get you do this. I'm gonna put 1336 01:37:49.279 --> 01:37:54.319 you on hold. Evan is going to give you my email address, and 1337 01:37:54.479 --> 01:37:57.680 I want you to send me pictures of the tops and bottoms of those leaves 1338 01:37:57.760 --> 01:38:00.960 up close, in good sharp focus. Will you do that? Yes, 1339 01:38:00.000 --> 01:38:03.520 sir, I think I can give you a better answer that way than trying 1340 01:38:03.520 --> 01:38:08.199 to picture what you're trying to describe. All right, just hang on hold 1341 01:38:08.239 --> 01:38:11.960 and Evan will pick it up. All right here, we are time for 1342 01:38:12.039 --> 01:38:15.439 the news. Seven one three two one two k t RH is a number 1343 01:38:15.439 --> 01:38:18.319 if you'd like to get on the board. Welcome back to garden Line. 1344 01:38:18.600 --> 01:38:23.000 Good to have you with us. What's your question today? If you like 1345 01:38:23.079 --> 01:38:26.479 to give me a call seven one three two one two KTRH, we'll be 1346 01:38:26.520 --> 01:38:29.920 happy to visit with you about that. Uh. You know the best time 1347 01:38:29.960 --> 01:38:33.760 to plan tree forty years ago, second best time today. And if you're 1348 01:38:33.800 --> 01:38:39.399 looking for a quality tree, Verdant Tree Farm. Verden Tree Farm is the 1349 01:38:39.479 --> 01:38:44.359 largest independently owned tree farm here in Houston now Verdant Tree Farm. Let me 1350 01:38:44.399 --> 01:38:46.159 give you the website because you're going to want to go there. There's great 1351 01:38:46.199 --> 01:38:51.960 resources there Verdant v E R d A n T Verdant Treefarm dot com. 1352 01:38:53.279 --> 01:38:57.399 You can go on there and for your standard decisions, decid you west types 1353 01:38:57.439 --> 01:39:00.800 of trees. They're going to have information on all of the different ones. 1354 01:39:00.920 --> 01:39:03.880 Like what's the difference between a regular cypress and amna zuma cypress. You can 1355 01:39:03.920 --> 01:39:09.199 go on there and read about that. The palm's same thing. What is 1356 01:39:09.239 --> 01:39:12.960 a good hearty palm? Well, I guarantee you Verdant Tree Farm can tell 1357 01:39:12.960 --> 01:39:15.760 you exactly the hardiest types of palms that they have. They can they have 1358 01:39:15.800 --> 01:39:19.840 the right palm for any budget. They can make things look good. Take 1359 01:39:19.920 --> 01:39:24.079 pictures, go in, sit down with them, walk out there. Tag 1360 01:39:24.199 --> 01:39:26.720 pick your tree. They'll tag it, they'll bring it, they'll plant it, 1361 01:39:26.760 --> 01:39:30.199 they'll do it right. And that's the way to have success. And 1362 01:39:30.319 --> 01:39:34.159 Verdant Tree Farm specializes in that. Whether you're down in Pearland on Broadway Street 1363 01:39:34.199 --> 01:39:39.319 at Verdant, whether you're at the Verdant up at let's say Yale Street and 1364 01:39:39.399 --> 01:39:43.479 I tent up in the heights or out in West Houston Parker Cypress. Verdant 1365 01:39:43.479 --> 01:39:48.760 Tree Farm love love going by and visiting with them and just seeing what's what's 1366 01:39:48.800 --> 01:39:51.359 the latest thing there, because they do a heck of a good job and 1367 01:39:53.239 --> 01:39:56.399 grow in their trees. Let's head to Livingston. We're going to talk to 1368 01:39:56.399 --> 01:40:02.079 Bill. Hello, Bill, good morning morning. I have a newly installed 1369 01:40:02.199 --> 01:40:09.359 orient pair of Prus Communists. Yeah, and it's developed a whole bunch of 1370 01:40:09.640 --> 01:40:14.800 brown spots all over the leaves. All right, Uh, soil we have 1371 01:40:14.960 --> 01:40:18.520 our here is very heavy clay. Yeah, top six or twelve inches as 1372 01:40:18.560 --> 01:40:23.039 black and the rest are down below is brown. Yeah. Well, pears 1373 01:40:23.039 --> 01:40:27.079 are it's in a swimming pool. Pairs are resilient. They don't want to 1374 01:40:27.119 --> 01:40:32.800 be completely sub submerged. They can take some temporary wet conditions, but they're 1375 01:40:32.920 --> 01:40:38.520 very tough. You see abandoned paars and homesteads all the time driving driving or 1376 01:40:38.800 --> 01:40:43.520 abandoned homesteads with living pear trees still there. As you drive through the countryside, 1377 01:40:43.600 --> 01:40:47.039 you probably have a disease called fabrea leaf spot. Fabrea leaf spot it's 1378 01:40:47.039 --> 01:40:54.039 a fungal leaf spot. Right. Usually it's not bad enough to warrant spraying. 1379 01:40:54.399 --> 01:40:57.600 When you look at it and it's like, man, I've lost about 1380 01:40:57.640 --> 01:41:01.119 a third of the leaf area on my tree, it probably would be helpful 1381 01:41:01.319 --> 01:41:05.560 to spray. But most years you don't have to worry about that. But 1382 01:41:05.600 --> 01:41:09.560 when we have these wet years, it can be a little bit of a 1383 01:41:09.560 --> 01:41:13.000 problem. I've never sprayed a tree for for brea leaf spot, but I 1384 01:41:13.039 --> 01:41:19.399 could see a reason why someone may want to. Okay, so I dug 1385 01:41:19.439 --> 01:41:24.359 a hole for a fence pole slightly upslope from it. When I hit two 1386 01:41:25.239 --> 01:41:28.640 two feet, I had a stream running through the underground. Oh my, 1387 01:41:29.319 --> 01:41:33.199 okay, that's direction. Well, if you've got two feet of decently aerated 1388 01:41:33.279 --> 01:41:35.560 soil. Even if you have a foot and a half, that pair is 1389 01:41:35.600 --> 01:41:39.720 going to be able to survive and do it. Okay, so we did 1390 01:41:40.319 --> 01:41:43.760 to a heavy amendment of the soil. Yeah, okay, so it would 1391 01:41:43.800 --> 01:41:46.199 be lighter, so hopefully it'll hang in there. Yeah, how do you 1392 01:41:46.199 --> 01:41:58.000 spell that for brea F Let's see f A b R A e A but 1393 01:41:58.399 --> 01:42:01.159 f A b R A e A. Yeah, kind of interesting spelling. 1394 01:42:01.319 --> 01:42:03.840 You can look it up find out more information on it. But it's a 1395 01:42:03.880 --> 01:42:09.640 leaf spot, so number of fungicides will work on it. Things. Well, 1396 01:42:09.920 --> 01:42:12.880 I'm not going to list of all the names of fungicides, but you 1397 01:42:12.880 --> 01:42:15.920 can find more information on that online. And wherever you go, you know, 1398 01:42:16.000 --> 01:42:21.159 your local garden center should have some something for disease on FRU one other 1399 01:42:21.199 --> 01:42:25.520 things. I'm new to your area, so I don't know your nurseries and 1400 01:42:25.520 --> 01:42:30.560 searching here, I'm looking for a pink pamelo, a pink pamelo citrus. 1401 01:42:31.520 --> 01:42:40.439 Yes, what part of town are you in? North east side of Livingston, 1402 01:42:40.720 --> 01:42:45.920 Oh, Livingstone? Oooh boy, I just don't know up there down 1403 01:42:45.960 --> 01:42:49.319 in the Houston area with the garden centers we talk about here on Guardenline, 1404 01:42:49.359 --> 01:42:55.520 they're going to carry citrus, but with a with that unique I was going 1405 01:42:55.560 --> 01:42:58.399 to say, with that unique of a ctrus, you really need to call 1406 01:42:58.840 --> 01:43:01.039 and because they're probably gonna have to order it in for you. They probably 1407 01:43:01.079 --> 01:43:05.239 are not going to just have it sitting there and stock. Okay, any 1408 01:43:05.319 --> 01:43:10.840 major nursery in the area then yeah, well you know, as we go 1409 01:43:10.920 --> 01:43:16.479 north, you've got Arburgate Nursery and Tombaal. They keep citrus and fruit trees 1410 01:43:16.600 --> 01:43:19.760 year round, so it doesn't matter what month of the year. It's not 1411 01:43:19.840 --> 01:43:23.600 a seasonal thing for them. They keep them year round, So that would 1412 01:43:23.640 --> 01:43:30.159 be one option. Plus it's a fun place to go. You could also, 1413 01:43:30.439 --> 01:43:32.600 let's see, you would be coming down. I'm sorry, I don't 1414 01:43:32.600 --> 01:43:35.800 have the map in my head. Are you coming down forty five or fifty 1415 01:43:36.920 --> 01:43:44.319 fifty nine? So when you get to Kingwood, I would call Warren's Gardens 1416 01:43:44.399 --> 01:43:47.159 Center. But this is definitely gonna be one they're going to probably order and 1417 01:43:47.199 --> 01:43:54.000 bring in, so make sure and get the call in. Yeah, that 1418 01:43:54.840 --> 01:43:59.039 that might be a little closer for you. Okay, they're not swimming anymore, 1419 01:43:59.359 --> 01:44:02.760 No good, They're doing good out there, all right. Well, 1420 01:44:02.840 --> 01:44:08.720 thanks for the call, appreciate that very much. If you want to have 1421 01:44:08.800 --> 01:44:11.680 success, if you want color on your patio, and I hope you do, 1422 01:44:12.199 --> 01:44:17.399 you need to consider containers. Containers provide versatile color. I love planting 1423 01:44:17.479 --> 01:44:24.279 in containers. Jungle land potting soil is a very good mix for containers because 1424 01:44:24.479 --> 01:44:29.039 it holds water, but the particles whole water, so you don't have the 1425 01:44:29.079 --> 01:44:31.680 water every day, but it drains the excess away. It's made of four 1426 01:44:31.680 --> 01:44:38.319 different sources of aged composted organic matter. It's got micro rustl fungi in it, 1427 01:44:39.000 --> 01:44:43.119 and it's easy to find. You know, nitrofash products are all over 1428 01:44:43.159 --> 01:44:45.159 the place, and no matter where you live, you're going to find some. 1429 01:44:45.319 --> 01:44:49.640 For example, Kingwood Ace hardware. I was just talking about Kingwood. 1430 01:44:50.039 --> 01:44:55.920 The Arborgate up in Tomball's going to have these products. Southeastern shades of Texas 1431 01:44:56.319 --> 01:45:00.520 is a place where you're going to find nitrofoss products. And let's I'll give 1432 01:45:00.520 --> 01:45:04.319 you another one. Growers outletting willis there's another place readily available. But go 1433 01:45:04.359 --> 01:45:09.159 ahead and get those things planted, get the color in. Do some things 1434 01:45:09.199 --> 01:45:14.560 that can take heat, like the periwinkle, madagascar prairiewinkle, or the angelonia 1435 01:45:14.680 --> 01:45:18.399 for example. Those are all very summer, tall, tough, and you 1436 01:45:18.439 --> 01:45:25.039 want that color so you have beautiful color all through the summer. Let's see, 1437 01:45:24.680 --> 01:45:29.640 I've talked about ACE Hardware before, but you know, ACE has a 1438 01:45:29.680 --> 01:45:33.119 slogan ACE is the Place, and I like that because it really is the 1439 01:45:33.159 --> 01:45:38.079 place. It's the place for all the things you needed when things flooded and 1440 01:45:38.119 --> 01:45:41.800 you needed all the supplies to clean up and deal with that. It's the 1441 01:45:41.880 --> 01:45:45.359 place for your lawn. It's a place for your landscape. It's a place 1442 01:45:45.399 --> 01:45:49.840 for fertilizers and soils and tools that you might need out there. ACE is 1443 01:45:49.840 --> 01:45:55.720 a place for all kinds of things. ACE has. Often the ACE Hardware's 1444 01:45:55.720 --> 01:46:01.079 which are independently owned, have individual gift shops that again, each place is 1445 01:46:01.079 --> 01:46:04.239 going to be a little bit different than the others, but you will find 1446 01:46:04.439 --> 01:46:09.880 amazing things for inside your home as well as things to make that outdoor patio 1447 01:46:10.520 --> 01:46:13.960 just a really special place you want to hang out. And then, by 1448 01:46:14.000 --> 01:46:16.079 the way, when you're at ACE, go ahead and grab those mosquito dunks, 1449 01:46:16.119 --> 01:46:19.960 because you want that outside in order to have a place that we can 1450 01:46:20.079 --> 01:46:27.560 enjoy hanging out. Nobody likes mosquitos. That's no fun at all. I 1451 01:46:27.560 --> 01:46:30.000 always enjoy going to ace. By the way, I'm going to be at 1452 01:46:30.079 --> 01:46:34.520 Langham Creek Ace Hardware next Saturday from eleven thirty to one thirty. Langham Creek 1453 01:46:34.560 --> 01:46:39.800 Ace Hardware is over on Barker Cyprus in northwest Houston. It's south of the 1454 01:46:39.840 --> 01:46:45.079 Berry Center. It's really easy to get to near Highway to our FM five 1455 01:46:45.079 --> 01:46:47.600 point twenty nine one. It's a copperfield area. How about that. Maybe 1456 01:46:47.640 --> 01:46:51.239 that makes it a little easier. I'll be there answering your questions. I'll 1457 01:46:51.279 --> 01:46:57.000 be there looking at samples, looking the photos on the phone to help you 1458 01:46:57.159 --> 01:47:00.399 have a more beautiful garden and bountiful garden as well. I'm gonna take a 1459 01:47:00.399 --> 01:47:06.079 little break. We'll be right back with your calls. Well, welcome back 1460 01:47:06.119 --> 01:47:10.920 to Guardline. Good to have you with us today. We are talking about 1461 01:47:10.920 --> 01:47:15.399 all kinds of things gardening, including your gardening questions. I was talking yesterday 1462 01:47:15.479 --> 01:47:21.720 about the microlife humates plus the con concentrated I can't talk concentrated compost in a 1463 01:47:21.760 --> 01:47:27.199 bag. What is a humus? What is the substance humans? Well, 1464 01:47:27.279 --> 01:47:30.840 it's think of this. Take grass, cuppings and leaves and then decompose them 1465 01:47:30.920 --> 01:47:38.119 until they are compost and then let the compost keep decomposing until it reaches its 1466 01:47:38.159 --> 01:47:45.199 final state that is humous. Microlife humates plus has all the benefits of humus 1467 01:47:45.199 --> 01:47:47.119 in your soil. And what does humus do well? Humus helps build soul 1468 01:47:47.159 --> 01:47:53.720 structure. Humus has a couple of types of naturally occurring acids in it, 1469 01:47:53.840 --> 01:47:59.399 like humic acid and fulvic acid that help with releasing nutrients from the soil. 1470 01:48:00.159 --> 01:48:03.359 Is a wonderful addition as far as if you were to interview your your full 1471 01:48:03.359 --> 01:48:06.920 microhizal fungi and your microbes, they would say, yeah, we like it 1472 01:48:06.960 --> 01:48:12.880 too. Microlife has a wide variety of products humus. This is one the 1473 01:48:12.880 --> 01:48:15.560 microlife humts plus. Excuse me, hum mates plus. So when you're doing 1474 01:48:15.560 --> 01:48:19.840 your fertilizing, maybe using the green bag the six two four, well also 1475 01:48:20.079 --> 01:48:26.479 do the purple bag when you do it this way. Here's here's how this 1476 01:48:26.560 --> 01:48:30.960 works. The natural system is it's all about the soil. You keep making 1477 01:48:30.000 --> 01:48:33.239 the soil better and better and better. And that's what microlife products do. 1478 01:48:33.760 --> 01:48:39.199 That's why people like them so much. And as you do that, it's 1479 01:48:39.319 --> 01:48:43.720 not like you're rushing in for some quick fix. Yeah, they release nutrients 1480 01:48:43.720 --> 01:48:46.600 and they're helpful and they grow your plants and stuff. But you're looking at 1481 01:48:46.640 --> 01:48:51.119 the long term and you're continuing to make things better and better and better. 1482 01:48:51.520 --> 01:48:55.439 And you know what, if you'll glance down every now and then, your 1483 01:48:55.439 --> 01:48:59.960 thumb will start looking a lot greener in the process. That's microlife fertile life. 1484 01:49:00.680 --> 01:49:02.399 For more information, you're gonna find them pretty much everywhere I talk about 1485 01:49:02.399 --> 01:49:06.079 here on Guardline. I'm going to head out now to Miguel and Harlingen. 1486 01:49:06.199 --> 01:49:13.000 Hey Miguel, good morning, Good morning. How are you doing well? 1487 01:49:13.119 --> 01:49:17.560 Termed? So have a question. We've been having this increased heat wave and 1488 01:49:17.640 --> 01:49:24.520 it's gonna get work. My wife wants to plant some flowers outside in the 1489 01:49:24.560 --> 01:49:30.079 next to the mailbox. So I wanted to get your opinion and what will 1490 01:49:30.119 --> 01:49:32.399 be the best thing to do, especially for us down here. So you 1491 01:49:32.439 --> 01:49:38.760 have a little flower bed out there. We have two little concrete flower beds. 1492 01:49:38.800 --> 01:49:43.960 We just bought some ponting toil. We're working on it. So they 1493 01:49:44.039 --> 01:49:46.520 want to they want to grow something there. They wanted something pretty and want 1494 01:49:46.520 --> 01:49:49.880 to find out what your best opinion will do for that. Okay, uh, 1495 01:49:49.920 --> 01:49:54.560 well. Angelonia is one of my favorite summer flowers, and it's very 1496 01:49:54.600 --> 01:49:58.479 heat tolerant if you can provide it water. It does need to have water, 1497 01:49:58.600 --> 01:50:02.239 not soggy, but just you know, it's not a succulent or cactus. 1498 01:50:02.239 --> 01:50:06.399 You gotta water it. But Angelonia is beautiful, comes in a lot 1499 01:50:06.439 --> 01:50:12.119 of different colors and it and it does really well for you out in an 1500 01:50:12.159 --> 01:50:19.520 area like that. Periwinkle, uh, Madagascar prairiewinkle is sometimes called vincau. 1501 01:50:19.840 --> 01:50:25.960 It is a flower that comes in pink, it comes in white and red, 1502 01:50:26.079 --> 01:50:30.119 and there's even a coral type color. Those things just laugh at the 1503 01:50:30.479 --> 01:50:32.760 summer heat. And so that would be another good one that you could put 1504 01:50:32.760 --> 01:50:40.079 out there that would be pretty dependable for you. I'm looking at it all 1505 01:50:40.159 --> 01:50:44.000 right, Michael, Thanks for the call. Appreciate that very much. Definitely 1506 01:50:44.079 --> 01:50:47.600 do hey up in Montgomery. What is your hometown garden center? Quick quiz 1507 01:50:48.000 --> 01:50:51.279 ding ding ding Ana plants and produce. That's it. They're on one oh 1508 01:50:51.279 --> 01:50:55.800 five. They're on the east side of Montgomery, so it's really easy to 1509 01:50:55.840 --> 01:50:58.640 get to them. When you go to A and A. Of course it's 1510 01:50:58.640 --> 01:51:00.279 a garden center, you're gonna get playing, yes, but they have a 1511 01:51:00.279 --> 01:51:03.720 lot of cool blaying too. I mean all kinds of things that you would 1512 01:51:03.720 --> 01:51:06.319 put in your yard for interest, put on the patio, you know, 1513 01:51:06.439 --> 01:51:10.800 like a chimneya for example, out on the patio. They've got all kinds 1514 01:51:10.800 --> 01:51:14.640 of stuff like that. But they have one of the best selections of fertilizers 1515 01:51:14.840 --> 01:51:17.960 and fertilizers soil products that I've ever seen. And I really mean that. 1516 01:51:18.279 --> 01:51:21.439 You hear me talk about nitrofoss They got them at A and A, all 1517 01:51:21.479 --> 01:51:25.920 of them. Nelson plant food, yes, they've got that, including the 1518 01:51:25.960 --> 01:51:30.239 turf Star line, and like the Slow and Easy we were talking about yep. 1519 01:51:30.279 --> 01:51:32.520 A and A's got that. All the micro life products good night. 1520 01:51:32.640 --> 01:51:36.640 I mean you see what I'm saying. All the heirloom soil products, Nature's 1521 01:51:36.640 --> 01:51:42.359 ways, leaf mold, composts is there, asamite. Is there anything you 1522 01:51:42.479 --> 01:51:46.079 need to get the brown stuff right so that you can have success with the 1523 01:51:46.119 --> 01:51:49.479 green stuff. A and A plants and produce. They have a landscape crew 1524 01:51:49.479 --> 01:51:54.640 that serves the area around Lake Conro. You need to call them for that 1525 01:51:54.760 --> 01:51:58.600 too. You generally keep my schedules there on the checkout counter. If you 1526 01:51:58.720 --> 01:52:00.880 like to just swing by there for one, they can give you one and 1527 01:52:00.920 --> 01:52:04.119 you can use that if you didn't bring your own when you're out and about 1528 01:52:04.600 --> 01:52:09.239 shopping ana plant and produce. That was a fun time to go out there. 1529 01:52:10.800 --> 01:52:13.840 Let's see here. I'm going to go now to if I can get 1530 01:52:13.920 --> 01:52:17.920 the button to work to Humble Texas. And am I talking talking to GOPI? 1531 01:52:18.840 --> 01:52:25.159 Yes, sir, all right, perfect pronunciation. I'm a first time 1532 01:52:25.239 --> 01:52:30.359 caller. My knowledge in the whole area you're talking about it very limited. 1533 01:52:30.600 --> 01:52:38.319 Okay. The first question is relating to any kind of a root killer. 1534 01:52:39.119 --> 01:52:45.439 I have a sewer line and it's about five feet from the tree. And 1535 01:52:46.399 --> 01:52:53.560 this property is built in nineteen fifties. Probably it has we don't know because 1536 01:52:53.600 --> 01:52:59.319 it's five feet inside where it's a cash iron or our concrete all those, 1537 01:52:59.399 --> 01:53:03.479 but probably has developed cracks. So what we do is we have to go 1538 01:53:04.279 --> 01:53:15.319 and you stew machine or road ruder to basically them off as it gets worse, 1539 01:53:15.520 --> 01:53:19.199 clucks up the plumbing. Yes, I was looking at video of some 1540 01:53:19.479 --> 01:53:27.520 that are total root kullars. They say they do kill their few. Put 1541 01:53:27.520 --> 01:53:33.000 that in, but you won't kill the tree. Yes, oftentimes thoughts about 1542 01:53:33.039 --> 01:53:38.840 that, Well, oftentimes those are copper based. Copper kills the roots and 1543 01:53:39.000 --> 01:53:43.600 it just burns them basically, and they run those through the sewer lines. 1544 01:53:44.039 --> 01:53:49.199 But there are some other substances. But I'm not a route control chemist sewer 1545 01:53:49.239 --> 01:53:53.920 line expert, but I can tell you that yes, those are done. 1546 01:53:54.039 --> 01:53:57.920 But getting that rotor ruter through there is important because even if you kill the 1547 01:53:57.960 --> 01:54:00.920 roots, you got a bunch of dead roots composing very slowly in that wet 1548 01:54:01.000 --> 01:54:03.439 environment. So it's good to get him out of there. Well, we 1549 01:54:03.640 --> 01:54:10.119 use one of these balloons at expand that actually thrushes it out, so flushing 1550 01:54:10.119 --> 01:54:15.039 it out is not a problem. Let me tell you about this four that 1551 01:54:15.119 --> 01:54:17.880 I saw. You probably mentioned one of them. It's the first one is 1552 01:54:17.920 --> 01:54:27.960 called FTC Store Pure Copper sulfate. Yeah, they say pentahydrate. Okay, 1553 01:54:28.479 --> 01:54:31.479 crystal that one. That's it. Hey, I'm sorry to interrupt you go, 1554 01:54:31.760 --> 01:54:35.560 but I'm going to run short here on time. But I've kind of 1555 01:54:35.600 --> 01:54:39.640 told you what I know about the tree roots and the sewer. I think 1556 01:54:39.640 --> 01:54:43.000 you had another question you wanted to ask about. Yeah, the second question 1557 01:54:43.199 --> 01:54:48.119 is with all the dry weather we had, uh last summer, some of 1558 01:54:48.159 --> 01:54:56.079 the shrubs they're kind of we had to trim a bunch of limbs off it's 1559 01:54:56.399 --> 01:55:02.239 it's almost looking bareh know. One of the few of their modelugas from and 1560 01:55:02.399 --> 01:55:06.840 one. It looks like for tia type family. Maybe it's got red leaves 1561 01:55:06.880 --> 01:55:11.840 coming up and the last one would and what's your what's your question about them? 1562 01:55:12.239 --> 01:55:15.600 Yeah? What do you put in for a fertilizer? For the fertilizer, 1563 01:55:15.680 --> 01:55:17.560 I would use your lawn fertilizer, all the ones I talk about. 1564 01:55:17.600 --> 01:55:21.479 If you go to gardening with Skip dot com, gardening with Skip dot com, 1565 01:55:21.479 --> 01:55:26.439 there's a fertilizer schedule. Any of those work really well for trees. 1566 01:55:26.760 --> 01:55:30.119 So go up to the tree, take your thumb and how many thumb wits 1567 01:55:30.840 --> 01:55:34.079 across the shrub or tree or whatever is it. That's how you give it. 1568 01:55:34.119 --> 01:55:38.880 Two cups for every thumb with across the trunk, spread out even land 1569 01:55:38.920 --> 01:55:41.920 watered in. Hey, I'm sorry to have to go, but I am 1570 01:55:42.000 --> 01:55:45.680 out of time here, but thank you very much for your call. If 1571 01:55:45.720 --> 01:55:48.399 you're down south and you need the brown stuff to make your garden happy, 1572 01:55:48.520 --> 01:55:54.239 that is Cienamulch. Cienamulch has all the fertilizers I talk about. They have 1573 01:55:54.399 --> 01:55:59.960 quality things like leaf mo compost, like the veggie HERBNX like rose sooil, 1574 01:56:00.479 --> 01:56:03.600 like mulches, like decorative rock. It's all there. When you go to 1575 01:56:03.640 --> 01:56:06.720 Sienna and you go home with their products. And by the way, they 1576 01:56:06.720 --> 01:56:14.479 deliver within about twenty miles of the location. You've got success set up for 1577 01:56:14.640 --> 01:56:17.439 your plants. They're gonna do well. They're on FM five twenty one. 1578 01:56:17.640 --> 01:56:23.920 Here's the website. Go there, Sienna Mulch dot com, Siena multch dot 1579 01:56:23.960 --> 01:56:27.399 com. They can deliver within twenty miles. You can go pick it up. 1580 01:56:27.520 --> 01:56:30.840 They have stuff by the bag. They have stuff that's bulk. You 1581 01:56:30.920 --> 01:56:33.960 get to pick what you want. We want to set you up for success. 1582 01:56:34.079 --> 01:56:40.960 That is true. Absolutely. I'm gonna be next Saturday at Langham Creek 1583 01:56:41.079 --> 01:56:45.720 Ace Hardware. That's in the Copperfield area over there in northwest Houston. It's 1584 01:56:45.800 --> 01:56:48.079 on Barker Cypress. If you'd like to come see me, I hope you 1585 01:56:48.119 --> 01:56:53.159 will. Eleven thirty to one thirty. I'll be taking questions. You can 1586 01:56:53.199 --> 01:56:56.439 bring me samples, you can bring me photos, and I just like to 1587 01:56:56.439 --> 01:56:59.399 meet the listeners to Garden Line. So come on out there. We're gonna 1588 01:56:59.399 --> 01:57:01.359 have a little shindo out there. We'll be giving away some really cool stuff. 1589 01:57:01.479 --> 01:57:06.600 Including some nitroposs products out at Langham Creek Ace Hardware. So come on 1590 01:57:06.640 --> 01:57:10.720 out. It's always fun to go out to an ace. I love to 1591 01:57:11.239 --> 01:57:15.199 love to get to meet the folks that are coming in that listen to Garden 1592 01:57:15.239 --> 01:57:17.159 Line. We just always have a good time. Those of you who were 1593 01:57:17.199 --> 01:57:21.039 at arbrogating yesterday, you know we have a good time. We were cutting 1594 01:57:21.119 --> 01:57:25.279 up. All right, Well, we're putting this one in the books. 1595 01:57:25.560 --> 01:57:30.560 We'll see you next weekend. Right down Langham Creek Ace. Welcome back to 1596 01:57:30.520 --> 01:57:33.640 the garden Line. Good to have you with us. We've got one more 1597 01:57:33.640 --> 01:57:38.359 hour to put in the books. Here. It's nine oh five right now, 1598 01:57:38.399 --> 01:57:40.880 be here for about another hour. I think a while ago I was 1599 01:57:40.920 --> 01:57:46.479 talking like heading out the door, candor not time yet. I want to 1600 01:57:46.520 --> 01:57:54.840 talk a little bit before we go to calls about Nelson's Slow and Easy Plant 1601 01:57:54.840 --> 01:57:59.399 Food. It is a gradual release product for your long a slow release product. 1602 01:57:59.640 --> 01:58:03.239 But the way that the Nelson Fogdean and the Nelson team have designed this 1603 01:58:03.600 --> 01:58:08.920 is that it's going to give you some fertilizing nutrients out now, and then 1604 01:58:09.000 --> 01:58:15.199 it's going to gradually release, especially the nitrogen over time for a very long 1605 01:58:15.239 --> 01:58:18.680 time. I mean it'll go four months out or more. So when we're 1606 01:58:18.680 --> 01:58:23.159 doing it right now, you're thinking your next fertilization is in the fall. 1607 01:58:23.399 --> 01:58:27.920 So get it taken care of. Let the chemistries in there do what they 1608 01:58:27.920 --> 01:58:30.960 do. There's things that you know, some fertilizer, you get it wet 1609 01:58:30.079 --> 01:58:33.720 and it dissolves and the nutrients are there, and they're not going to be 1610 01:58:33.760 --> 01:58:38.600 there forever because they wash away and other things happen. Plants take them up, 1611 01:58:39.039 --> 01:58:42.720 microbes take them up. But this also has one that you I mean, 1612 01:58:42.760 --> 01:58:45.079 you can sid in wet soil and it will still be releasing later on, 1613 01:58:45.520 --> 01:58:53.520 and that provides a really good benefit by stretching out the growth, grass 1614 01:58:53.520 --> 01:58:58.159 actually has a less root system when you overdo the nitrogen. I will say 1615 01:58:58.199 --> 01:59:02.039 that again. If you to take and I've seen pictures of this, like 1616 01:59:02.079 --> 01:59:08.000 they took three crocks of nutrient water and one of them had almost no nitrogen, 1617 01:59:08.039 --> 01:59:10.680 and one of them had a medium amount, and one of them had 1618 01:59:10.840 --> 01:59:14.079 a lot. The one that had a lot was very green on top. 1619 01:59:14.159 --> 01:59:16.159 It was the biggest greenest. So you get to mow a lot when you 1620 01:59:16.239 --> 01:59:19.039 do that. But when they picked them up and showed the root system. 1621 01:59:19.279 --> 01:59:24.880 The high nitrogen had less than half the root system of just regular fertilizing, 1622 01:59:25.239 --> 01:59:28.159 So we don't want to do that. We don't want to overdo it. 1623 01:59:28.520 --> 01:59:31.439 So you want the nitrogen gradually fed to your grass. And that's why Dean 1624 01:59:31.760 --> 01:59:36.520 designed this slow and easy to be, slow and easy to do, and 1625 01:59:36.560 --> 01:59:41.479 it makes lawn care very easy. It's part of the turf Star line that 1626 01:59:41.560 --> 01:59:44.600 Nelson's has. It's widely available. You're going to find it in a lot 1627 01:59:44.640 --> 01:59:47.520 of different places, and I think you're going to be pleased with the success. 1628 01:59:47.560 --> 01:59:53.119 And I'm excited about the fact that that slow growth rate is really important 1629 01:59:53.159 --> 01:59:57.600 going through the summer season. I'm going to go here to humble a go 1630 01:59:57.680 --> 02:00:00.039 pie. I think we still have your round, Is that right? Yeah? 1631 02:00:00.359 --> 02:00:03.960 I'm still here. Okay, Uh well, let's we're on the other 1632 02:00:03.960 --> 02:00:08.039 side of the news out here. Let's uh see you were you were going 1633 02:00:08.119 --> 02:00:11.520 to ask about shrubs and I talked to you about fertilizing them. Did you 1634 02:00:11.560 --> 02:00:15.319 have a follow up on that? No, that's all. Uh Okay. 1635 02:00:15.800 --> 02:00:20.399 What's the name of the fertilizer you're talked about? Okay, Well, there 1636 02:00:20.439 --> 02:00:24.880 there are a number of ones. I just was talking about Nelson's plant food, 1637 02:00:24.960 --> 02:00:29.359 slow and easy. If you're going to fertilize shrubs, though, you 1638 02:00:29.479 --> 02:00:38.600 might want to consider one called Bruce's Brew Bruce's uh b r u ce apostrophe 1639 02:00:38.800 --> 02:00:44.039 s b r e W. That's from Nelson, but it's going to release 1640 02:00:44.319 --> 02:00:46.680 more of it a little earlier, and I think that would give you, 1641 02:00:46.880 --> 02:00:50.720 probably for your shrubs trying to get a little boost in them. That might 1642 02:00:51.039 --> 02:00:55.640 might be a little bit better for you for that particular application. All right, 1643 02:00:56.319 --> 02:01:00.359 okay, all right, well, thanks for getting no to investigate further 1644 02:01:00.560 --> 02:01:06.479 on the root killer. Use someone to call to explore you know, I 1645 02:01:06.760 --> 02:01:11.039 would talk to plumbers, I guess, but I'm telling you, Gop, 1646 02:01:11.199 --> 02:01:15.600 you have overstretched my brain on the roots. I could make stuff up if 1647 02:01:15.640 --> 02:01:19.640 you like, but I don't. I don't know anymore, do you mentioned? 1648 02:01:21.560 --> 02:01:25.800 All Right? Well, anyway, thank you for your time, thank 1649 02:01:25.840 --> 02:01:28.439 you for the call. Appreciate that you take care of Good luck getting those 1650 02:01:28.520 --> 02:01:30.680 roots out of that system. I've I've had to deal with that myself, 1651 02:01:30.720 --> 02:01:35.199 so I know what you're talking about. Uh. Today's Mother's Day. Surprise, 1652 02:01:35.560 --> 02:01:40.359 Happy Mom, Happy Mother's Day. All the moms out there. If 1653 02:01:40.399 --> 02:01:44.399 you, let's say, you haven't gotten. Okay, Mom's close your ears. 1654 02:01:44.520 --> 02:01:47.760 I want you this, uh, sons and daughters, If you have 1655 02:01:47.880 --> 02:01:51.960 not gotten a Mother's Day gift yet, I've got I've got what you need 1656 02:01:53.000 --> 02:01:57.600 to do. Run over to Wildbird's Unlimited and get one of the really cool 1657 02:01:57.640 --> 02:02:01.119 products that they have, like they're eco tough. It's made from recycled plastic 1658 02:02:01.119 --> 02:02:05.000 milk jugs. It is. It really is very pretty and it lasts and 1659 02:02:05.079 --> 02:02:11.359 lasts and last. The hyper hummingbird feeder. That's another one, the Eliminator 1660 02:02:11.399 --> 02:02:15.279 scrollproof feeder. There's a book on the joy feeding birds that in that book, 1661 02:02:15.680 --> 02:02:20.800 the actually the founder of Wilbird's Unlimited answers common questions about birding and having 1662 02:02:20.840 --> 02:02:24.920 birds around the yard as a hobby. They have many others. You know, 1663 02:02:24.960 --> 02:02:28.199 it would be even better than you running by and grabbing one of those. 1664 02:02:28.359 --> 02:02:30.039 Take Mom with you and let her shop, let her pick out whatever 1665 02:02:30.079 --> 02:02:33.199 she wants in there, And how about that for a Mother's Day gift. 1666 02:02:33.479 --> 02:02:41.760 Warbird's Unlimited six stores all over the Houston area. WBU dot com, forward 1667 02:02:41.840 --> 02:02:45.199 slash Houston. We're going to go now to Meadows Place and talk to Jim. 1668 02:02:45.439 --> 02:02:53.319 Hello Jim Hello Skip I've got a thirty forty foot pecan tree in the 1669 02:02:53.359 --> 02:02:57.199 backyard. Early in the year February time frame, trimmed off some of the 1670 02:02:57.199 --> 02:03:03.159 low branches. Now I'm getting continued growth at the cutoffs. Other than trimming 1671 02:03:03.199 --> 02:03:06.800 those cutoffs off. Is there anything I can do to keep to prevent them 1672 02:03:06.800 --> 02:03:10.760 from regrowing there? Tell me one more time, what was the type of 1673 02:03:10.760 --> 02:03:16.119 tree you said you have? Pecan? You could trim them off again. 1674 02:03:16.680 --> 02:03:20.439 At the base of those pecan shoots, even if you don't see it, 1675 02:03:20.479 --> 02:03:25.319 they're little tiny buds, lots of them all around the all around the shoot 1676 02:03:25.760 --> 02:03:28.760 that can develop. And that's why when you cut it off and maybe you 1677 02:03:28.840 --> 02:03:31.359 leave a little half inch stub, you're going to get a lot of re 1678 02:03:31.479 --> 02:03:35.359 sprouting because those buds of they're waiting and you just stimulated them to grow. 1679 02:03:36.279 --> 02:03:42.880 So cutting back as close as you can on those little ones would be helpful 1680 02:03:43.079 --> 02:03:47.039 in cutting that down. There are some products that will stop that kind of 1681 02:03:47.079 --> 02:03:51.840 growth. One it's called sucker stopper. Now I have never told somebody with 1682 02:03:51.880 --> 02:03:56.920 a pecan tree to go buy sucker stopper, but if you want to suppress 1683 02:03:57.600 --> 02:04:00.039 that sucker type of growth, whether it's coming in the bottom of a tree 1684 02:04:00.159 --> 02:04:04.560 or a pruning pruning wound area, sucker stopp or something you could spray on 1685 02:04:04.640 --> 02:04:08.640 it. Just have to follow the label on it when you do it. 1686 02:04:09.720 --> 02:04:13.079 Okay, that's what I need to know. Thank you all right, Jim, 1687 02:04:13.159 --> 02:04:16.880 thanks a lot, appreciate the call. You know you're gonna I would, 1688 02:04:17.159 --> 02:04:21.000 I would say you're probably gonna find a sucker stopper at Ace Hardware stores. 1689 02:04:21.239 --> 02:04:25.840 ACE carries a lot of different things. I have not gone into all 1690 02:04:25.880 --> 02:04:29.199 the Aces to see if they have that product, but that's where I would 1691 02:04:29.199 --> 02:04:32.119 definitely start there and just call them and see No matter where you live in 1692 02:04:32.159 --> 02:04:38.479 the Greater Houston area, you know you got forty Houston area ACE Hardware stores 1693 02:04:38.520 --> 02:04:41.880 that are part of the Houston Group and so that makes it easy, and 1694 02:04:42.079 --> 02:04:46.319 just go to the website acehardware dot com and find the store locator. In 1695 02:04:46.359 --> 02:04:49.720 fact, what when I go there is something pops up and says can we 1696 02:04:49.840 --> 02:04:54.319 use your location? I say yes, because then you get a map that 1697 02:04:54.439 --> 02:04:59.760 has Ace Hardware's all over the place. I mean it just red dots all 1698 02:05:00.279 --> 02:05:01.880 creation. By the way, this works not just here in Houston, but 1699 02:05:02.239 --> 02:05:08.239 you know you're in other cities around Texas, and I guess even further you 1700 02:05:08.359 --> 02:05:11.920 can do that the map and makes it easy to find the ones that you 1701 02:05:12.000 --> 02:05:15.840 need. ACE Hardware is going to have the fertilizers I talk about. For 1702 02:05:15.960 --> 02:05:21.319 example, I talk about the Super Turf by Nitrofoss, that is the silver 1703 02:05:21.439 --> 02:05:27.279 bag, that's the nineteen four to ten nineteen four to ten. It also 1704 02:05:27.359 --> 02:05:31.359 has four percent iron in it for green up. Half the nitrogen is in 1705 02:05:31.399 --> 02:05:34.640 a slow release form, so you get an immediate feed, but you also 1706 02:05:34.680 --> 02:05:40.640 have a gradual release out there over time. And they also you know, 1707 02:05:41.359 --> 02:05:45.039 there are a number of Nitrofoss products, but a while back, I was 1708 02:05:45.079 --> 02:05:48.880 talking a lot about the Sweet Green, the eleven zero four natural type fertilizer 1709 02:05:49.199 --> 02:05:53.560 that they have. Well at this point in time, unless you just want 1710 02:05:53.600 --> 02:05:58.640 to fertilize in small amounts with a quick release, then I would suggest just 1711 02:05:58.680 --> 02:06:02.079 get you a good slow release like Super Turf Silver Bag nineteen four ten, 1712 02:06:02.600 --> 02:06:06.800 apply it and let it do the gradual release for you. You're going to 1713 02:06:06.840 --> 02:06:13.439 find Nitrofoss products in many, many different places, including a bazillion ACE hardware 1714 02:06:13.479 --> 02:06:18.279 stores that are out there, as well as the Encented Forest and Enchented gardens 1715 02:06:18.319 --> 02:06:23.680 down in Richmond. They both carry nitrofoss products down there, and the plantation 1716 02:06:23.800 --> 02:06:26.840 ace by the way up there in a Richmond Rosenberg. Also. I mean, 1717 02:06:26.880 --> 02:06:33.359 it's easy to find nitrofoss products all over this region. I was in 1718 02:06:33.399 --> 02:06:38.199 an ace the other day, and again, like I said, each one 1719 02:06:38.359 --> 02:06:41.880 is a little bit different, so you know, it's not just a cookie 1720 02:06:41.920 --> 02:06:45.239 cutter going from one to the other, although there are many, many similarities. 1721 02:06:45.399 --> 02:06:47.119 But I was in one the other day and they had a machine that 1722 02:06:47.199 --> 02:06:51.600 sharpens knives and you can bring your knives, lock them in there and it 1723 02:06:51.680 --> 02:06:55.399 just does the sharpening forus. Like I'd never seen one of those. That's 1724 02:06:55.399 --> 02:06:57.800 pretty cool. Well, let's take a little break. I'll come back in 1725 02:06:57.880 --> 02:07:01.479 just a bit. Seven one three two one two kt RH Slaying on a 1726 02:07:01.560 --> 02:07:09.520 Sunday morning here on the garden Linet's sleep at the Way of Die. We 1727 02:07:09.680 --> 02:07:12.840 are going to go straight out to the phones right now and talk to mel 1728 02:07:13.119 --> 02:07:17.720 In Carmine. Hello, mel Well, good morning. Really appreciates taking my 1729 02:07:17.800 --> 02:07:23.119 call and love your show. It's that you helped me. I have a 1730 02:07:23.239 --> 02:07:27.600 question about a magnolia. I can give you the official name, but they 1731 02:07:27.640 --> 02:07:30.560 call it a saucer magnolia plant. We butter at a home depot about six 1732 02:07:30.600 --> 02:07:35.119 months ago and it just won't grow. Now, followed your directions about putting 1733 02:07:35.159 --> 02:07:41.199 it in the ground with some rose mix and watering it, but it just 1734 02:07:41.279 --> 02:07:45.119 won't kick off, and it's got, you know, scattered leaves. I 1735 02:07:45.199 --> 02:07:50.479 sent a note over to the website, and I don't know, I didn't 1736 02:07:50.720 --> 02:07:55.199 see a place to attach a photo, but anyway, I was wondering what 1737 02:07:55.359 --> 02:07:58.680 can I do to get that thing to kick off and start growing. It's 1738 02:07:58.680 --> 02:08:03.720 been in the ground long enough, should be doubling in size. How long? 1739 02:08:03.239 --> 02:08:07.560 When did you plant it again? About four months ago? Yeah, 1740 02:08:09.239 --> 02:08:13.000 well, it can be a little slow. They do need good drainage in 1741 02:08:13.039 --> 02:08:16.399 the soil, so if it happens to be a clay and low lying and 1742 02:08:16.760 --> 02:08:24.199 certainly been a wet year, that can be a problem for them. Did 1743 02:08:24.239 --> 02:08:26.920 you happen to notice when you pulled it out of the container did it have 1744 02:08:28.039 --> 02:08:31.039 roots wrapped around in circles inside the gar Yeah, a little bit. And 1745 02:08:31.239 --> 02:08:35.199 again I followed your advice. I broke them up and made sure that I 1746 02:08:35.239 --> 02:08:37.439 didn't let them stay rooted down. Okay, good, good, that's important. 1747 02:08:37.600 --> 02:08:41.079 I generally tell people to cut those. I think you've done what you 1748 02:08:41.159 --> 02:08:48.439 need to do. Moist soil, good sunlight, and adequate nutrition. A 1749 02:08:48.560 --> 02:08:52.079 lawn fertilizer is going to be a higher nitrogen fertilizer and that's going to be 1750 02:08:52.159 --> 02:08:58.319 good for supporting new growth on plants. Generally with saucer magnolias, tulip magnolias, 1751 02:08:58.920 --> 02:09:03.159 all the different decisions smagnollia types, we don't have to worry about pushing 1752 02:09:03.159 --> 02:09:07.920 them all the time. They do pretty good growing at a little bit slower 1753 02:09:07.000 --> 02:09:13.800 rate. And especially the other thing to remind you is it's gonna set buds 1754 02:09:13.800 --> 02:09:18.600 for next springs bloom in late summer and fall, so make sure you're not 1755 02:09:18.840 --> 02:09:24.479 pushing them with too much nitrogen. Then make sure you're not pruning them. 1756 02:09:24.520 --> 02:09:30.159 Definitely after about June or well maybe July. After that, it's got to 1757 02:09:30.199 --> 02:09:33.800 settle in and set those buds. So that's looking forward on it. As 1758 02:09:33.840 --> 02:09:37.680 far as why it didn't bloom this spring, you got me on that one. 1759 02:09:39.000 --> 02:09:41.159 I don't know why it wouldn't have if it's healthy. Yeah, because 1760 02:09:41.319 --> 02:09:46.039 it looks like it's got some little pods like it wants to have some blooms, 1761 02:09:46.279 --> 02:09:52.720 but nothing came out. Yeah, I don't know, you know, 1762 02:09:52.760 --> 02:09:56.199 without being there and seeing it, and maybe something would become visible. But 1763 02:09:58.560 --> 02:10:03.439 hopefully it'll settle in and do well for you. Did you buy it? 1764 02:10:03.520 --> 02:10:05.000 I don't need to know where, but did you buy it somewhere local? 1765 02:10:07.359 --> 02:10:11.359 Yes? I did, and I've been using you know, as usual. 1766 02:10:11.560 --> 02:10:16.640 Listen up the micro Life product there around it. Encourage it. Yeah, 1767 02:10:16.640 --> 02:10:18.800 that's a good one. The six two four. Now, while ago you 1768 02:10:18.840 --> 02:10:22.920 may have heard me say, for every thumb with give it two cups of 1769 02:10:22.960 --> 02:10:26.840 fertilizer. If you're going to use the Microlife the concentration of nitrogen is lower 1770 02:10:26.880 --> 02:10:31.079 in that, so I would double or triple that that rate. For every 1771 02:10:31.199 --> 02:10:35.199 inch of truck, every inch of trunk diameter, I would give it probably 1772 02:10:35.800 --> 02:10:41.520 five cups of the Microlife fertilizer sprinkled evenly all around the branch spread of the 1773 02:10:41.560 --> 02:10:45.520 tree. If you can rake it into the soil, it's even better. 1774 02:10:45.600 --> 02:10:48.600 Or rake it into the mulch and then water it in, well, that's 1775 02:10:48.640 --> 02:10:52.760 even better. All right, all right, Well, thank you very much. 1776 02:10:54.199 --> 02:10:56.800 Well, good luck with it. I hope it straightens up. You 1777 02:10:56.840 --> 02:11:01.439 know. One one last tip is if you go out with a chainsaw and 1778 02:11:01.560 --> 02:11:03.760 fire it up and start walking toward the plant. And then you turn off 1779 02:11:03.760 --> 02:11:07.079 the chainsaw and say I'm coming back and I'm gonna do it next spring. 1780 02:11:07.119 --> 02:11:09.840 If there are no blooms on it. I find that helps them. They 1781 02:11:09.880 --> 02:11:13.199 tend to bloom better that way. All right, again, great advice, 1782 02:11:13.279 --> 02:11:18.239 Thank you so much. Sorry, all right, thank you appreciate the call. 1783 02:11:18.680 --> 02:11:22.319 Let's see here we are gonna go. Who's been waiting on this? 1784 02:11:22.840 --> 02:11:28.399 Tim? And Massachusetts? Tim? This is a long distance call. Good 1785 02:11:28.399 --> 02:11:31.119 morning, good morning, Skip, A great show. Thank you. So. 1786 02:11:31.960 --> 02:11:37.479 I had a rose bush that was inevertently cut down last year and it 1787 02:11:37.520 --> 02:11:41.119 overwintered. The roots overwintered pretty well, and I noticed the start to sprout. 1788 02:11:41.439 --> 02:11:46.439 What should I do for fertilizer? There? A quality rose type fertilizer 1789 02:11:46.560 --> 02:11:50.439 would be good. Do you just have one rose bush? Yes? Okay. 1790 02:11:52.199 --> 02:11:56.600 Nitrofoss makes a couple of quality fertilizers that can be used on roses. 1791 02:11:56.760 --> 02:12:00.600 And it's a little jars. Are you are you actually living in massu sits 1792 02:12:00.680 --> 02:12:05.079 now? Yes? Okay. You probably don't have nighter FoST products up there. 1793 02:12:05.520 --> 02:12:09.359 And I looked around. I can't find them up this way, you 1794 02:12:09.359 --> 02:12:15.119 can both organic and synthetic fertilizers are gonna be available in your area, and 1795 02:12:15.279 --> 02:12:18.640 I would just I would, I would find one that is kind of it. 1796 02:12:20.960 --> 02:12:24.560 Let me back up just a minute. Is the rose overall its growth 1797 02:12:24.600 --> 02:12:30.119 has been good for you looking backwards and previous yes, and previous years it 1798 02:12:30.159 --> 02:12:35.199 has. I never really trimmed it back, but it always sprouted new sprouts. 1799 02:12:35.359 --> 02:12:39.720 Yeah, and and booms. Okay, well you know this one's this 1800 02:12:39.760 --> 02:12:43.319 one's probably I'm guessing fifty two, one hundred years old. Holy moly. 1801 02:12:43.439 --> 02:12:48.079 Okay, well, obviously it's been doing really well. If it's lived that 1802 02:12:48.199 --> 02:12:54.039 long, I don't know your soils up there, and and so it's hard 1803 02:12:54.039 --> 02:12:58.039 for me to advise you specifically on well you need this three nutrients on the 1804 02:12:58.079 --> 02:13:03.479 bag and this numbers, you know, but in general with roses, nitrogen 1805 02:13:03.560 --> 02:13:09.439 is important in moderation. We don't overdo it, but nitrogen supports bigger and 1806 02:13:09.520 --> 02:13:13.800 every rose bloom is occurring at the end of a shoot, and so every 1807 02:13:13.840 --> 02:13:20.279 time you trim them back, every time that you stimulate new growth, you're 1808 02:13:20.319 --> 02:13:24.720 going to have rose, good rose production, but again don't overdo it on 1809 02:13:24.760 --> 02:13:31.880 that. And good sunlight too, you know, over time, trees get 1810 02:13:31.880 --> 02:13:35.720 bigger and what used to be fully sunny becomes more and more and more shady, 1811 02:13:35.800 --> 02:13:39.960 and your rose blooms are going to go downhill as a result of that 1812 02:13:39.079 --> 02:13:43.800 as well. So that's another minor factor that might be at play as well 1813 02:13:43.840 --> 02:13:46.720 in this. Okay, okay, great, And then one another question. 1814 02:13:48.039 --> 02:13:52.159 I have an old pear tree also that half of it is kind of died 1815 02:13:52.199 --> 02:13:58.399 off, but half of it has flowers and buds. Now, what fertilizer 1816 02:13:58.399 --> 02:14:05.680 should I use for something like that? I almost never fertilize pears pears. 1817 02:14:05.880 --> 02:14:11.000 Pears are very vigorous and they want to grow straight up, and we don't 1818 02:14:11.000 --> 02:14:13.000 want them to grow straight up. We would like them to open up like 1819 02:14:13.039 --> 02:14:20.279 a normal tree. So if it truly is just no vigor, then you 1820 02:14:20.319 --> 02:14:24.000 could use like a little bit of a lawn fertilizer on the pair, just 1821 02:14:24.039 --> 02:14:31.439 not one that has weed control in it. If most pears, at least 1822 02:14:31.479 --> 02:14:35.159 my experience with them has been that they have really good vigor, And so 1823 02:14:35.560 --> 02:14:39.359 what we end up doing rather than pruning them to try to make them branch 1824 02:14:39.399 --> 02:14:41.279 out, because they just you prune them and they just send up more shootes 1825 02:14:41.279 --> 02:14:46.800 straight up. You lean those branches out with a cord and then maybe use 1826 02:14:46.800 --> 02:14:50.640 the steak or something to kind of hold them down at about a forty five 1827 02:14:50.640 --> 02:14:54.960 degree angle and they'll after a couple months of being set like that, they'll 1828 02:14:56.000 --> 02:15:01.079 tend to stay like that. But as far as fertilizing, other than seeing 1829 02:15:01.199 --> 02:15:05.840 nutrients symptoms on the leaves, like different kinds of yellowing or something on the 1830 02:15:05.920 --> 02:15:11.039 leaves, I would go easy on it because it just exacerbates the tendency to 1831 02:15:11.800 --> 02:15:16.600 be too vigorous and upright. Okay, and then last question, rule Barb. 1832 02:15:16.960 --> 02:15:22.159 My root Barber is sprouted quite well and it's starting to flower or seed. 1833 02:15:22.880 --> 02:15:26.319 Can I cut and I'm going to transplant? So can I do I 1834 02:15:26.560 --> 02:15:31.800 cut down that seed pod? Yeah? You can let it go. Well. 1835 02:15:31.199 --> 02:15:35.000 Either way is fine, but if you if you cut it earlier, 1836 02:15:35.239 --> 02:15:41.880 the energy that goes into the blooming and producing seeds could be directed elsewhere in 1837 02:15:41.920 --> 02:15:46.239 the plant. But it's not a night and day thing. Ruber will be 1838 02:15:46.279 --> 02:15:50.680 fine with you as you transplant either way. Okay, great, thank you 1839 02:15:50.760 --> 02:15:54.600 very much for the information. All right, So, I just I don't 1840 02:15:54.600 --> 02:15:56.119 know if you listen to guardline much, but I always say that when we 1841 02:15:56.159 --> 02:16:00.600 give advice We don't charge, but we do ask you to send us half 1842 02:16:00.680 --> 02:16:05.479 of the produce that you're growing. So I'll be looking for a rhubarb pie 1843 02:16:05.560 --> 02:16:11.039 here at the station next next. What is it special up here? Yeah, 1844 02:16:11.479 --> 02:16:13.079 I know it is. Hey, thanks a lot, good to thank 1845 02:16:13.079 --> 02:16:16.880 you very much, good to talk to you. You bet, you bet, 1846 02:16:16.159 --> 02:16:22.680 bye bye. Yes. The antigros Iporium out there in Independence, Texas 1847 02:16:24.079 --> 02:16:28.560 is a show place. It's always a good time to go because there's always 1848 02:16:28.600 --> 02:16:33.440 interesting things going on out there at the Anti Rosmporium U. For example, 1849 02:16:33.559 --> 02:16:35.040 they have a lot of native plants. You know, they're roses, I 1850 02:16:35.040 --> 02:16:39.799 mean, for crying out loud, they are nationally known for their antique roses. 1851 02:16:39.479 --> 02:16:43.799 But there's so much more, like a really good selection of natives, 1852 02:16:43.840 --> 02:16:48.280 a lot of different salvias and color plants and whatnot. Every Friday and Saturday. 1853 02:16:48.280 --> 02:16:54.479 Out there by the way is their Tinker Garden Workshop. It's for kids. 1854 02:16:54.520 --> 02:16:58.639 It's an outdoor play based educational curriculum for kids that are two to eight 1855 02:16:58.719 --> 02:17:01.440 years old. Just go to the website. Here's the website. We are 1856 02:17:03.760 --> 02:17:09.479 excuse me, Antique Rose Emporium dot com. I was giving you the email 1857 02:17:09.520 --> 02:17:13.920 address Antique Roseemporium dot com. Go to the website the upcoming events. You 1858 02:17:13.959 --> 02:17:18.600 can sign up for things there. All of their roses at Anti Grosemporium are 1859 02:17:18.600 --> 02:17:20.799 in two gallon containers, so they're a really good, strong, robust plant, 1860 02:17:22.159 --> 02:17:24.559 twenty nine to ninety five each across the board. Now, when you 1861 02:17:24.600 --> 02:17:28.079 go out to Anti Roseenporium, take your friends because it is fun. It's 1862 02:17:28.079 --> 02:17:31.799 fun to walk through. It's beautiful. It's like you enter another place and 1863 02:17:31.879 --> 02:17:35.360 time. And if you've got a group that would like to go out there, 1864 02:17:35.799 --> 02:17:37.600 give them a call or go to the website and where you can get 1865 02:17:37.680 --> 02:17:43.760 information to email them. They can accommodate garden tours and presentations like a lunch 1866 02:17:43.840 --> 02:17:46.600 and marn or something like that, and they'll give you the details about it. 1867 02:17:46.760 --> 02:17:50.920 But it really really is worth the trump out to Independence, Texas. 1868 02:17:52.079 --> 02:17:54.239 It's time for a news break. We'll be right back, all right, 1869 02:17:54.399 --> 02:17:58.399 Welcome back to Gardline. Good to have you with us today. What are 1870 02:17:58.399 --> 02:18:01.200 we going to talk about in this last half hour of the show today? 1871 02:18:01.520 --> 02:18:07.200 You tell me We're gonna find out right now from Roger up in Deer Park. 1872 02:18:07.319 --> 02:18:11.319 Hey Roger, Hey, good afternoon or morning's to it? Yeah, 1873 02:18:11.440 --> 02:18:18.399 it still is. I got a BlackBerry push in my backyard and I'm trying 1874 02:18:18.440 --> 02:18:22.159 to transplant it, move it to the front because of the neighborhood a wood 1875 02:18:22.200 --> 02:18:26.600 fence up, so it's only gets one side. So I'm trying to figure 1876 02:18:26.600 --> 02:18:33.680 out one the road direction northeast west, so forth, so on, and 1877 02:18:33.760 --> 02:18:37.799 then the spacing between the plants, spacing between the roads, and what kind 1878 02:18:37.799 --> 02:18:45.319 of what size hole would I be digging up the armacane? Okay, are 1879 02:18:45.399 --> 02:18:50.120 you talking about thornless or thorny blackberries? No, this is the thorn variety. 1880 02:18:50.840 --> 02:18:54.639 They call it the saw tooth. Say that last word one more time. 1881 02:18:54.760 --> 02:19:00.360 What kind of what variety saw tooth? See? Okay, that's a 1882 02:19:00.399 --> 02:19:03.319 new one to me. Well, in general, you're going to put your 1883 02:19:03.319 --> 02:19:09.399 blackberries out about three feet apart. They can go four feet apart. They 1884 02:19:09.399 --> 02:19:13.440 can go a little wider if you want. They a lot of the older 1885 02:19:13.520 --> 02:19:18.760 types come underground and send shoots up, so they form a hedgerow a solid 1886 02:19:18.840 --> 02:19:24.520 row in time. But some of the newer, the thorn this especially, 1887 02:19:24.559 --> 02:19:30.280 they tend to be individual plants more more so than the thorny. Uh. 1888 02:19:30.959 --> 02:19:33.360 As far as the width between rows, you're going to want to keep your 1889 02:19:33.399 --> 02:19:39.799 rose pruned and narrowed and thinned out properly so that you don't give blood every 1890 02:19:39.799 --> 02:19:45.479 time you try to pick blackberries. Uh. As far as the distance between 1891 02:19:45.520 --> 02:19:48.479 them, how many roads are you talking about here? Oh? Just two 1892 02:19:48.600 --> 02:19:52.600 or three? Okay? Yeah? Are you going to are you going to 1893 02:19:52.680 --> 02:19:56.799 need to take any equipment down the road, like maybe you know you got 1894 02:19:56.799 --> 02:20:03.920 to spray around a lawn mower or you know. Okay, yeah, you 1895 02:20:05.000 --> 02:20:07.040 just need plenty of room for you. So that's gonna take about ten feet 1896 02:20:07.520 --> 02:20:13.360 probably because they're those those shoots are gonna come up, You're gonna tip them. 1897 02:20:13.399 --> 02:20:16.360 They're gonna make side branches that are out and down. Uh, And 1898 02:20:16.399 --> 02:20:18.840 you want to be able to walk down the middle of that row without being 1899 02:20:18.879 --> 02:20:24.440 grabbed on both sides by some long black BlackBerry shoot out there. So I 1900 02:20:24.440 --> 02:20:28.719 would say ten is fine. You might get away with eight and be okay 1901 02:20:28.959 --> 02:20:33.840 if you're trying to crowd things in a little bit. But you can also 1902 02:20:33.959 --> 02:20:41.559 prune to help keep things clear in the walkway. Okay, what kind of 1903 02:20:41.600 --> 02:20:46.520 root deps? I mean? These do send out shoot or you know twit? 1904 02:20:46.680 --> 02:20:50.840 Those are not Yeah, those rhizomes are not very far unto the ground 1905 02:20:52.319 --> 02:20:58.159 going horizontal there and from them come the shoots that help create that thicket or 1906 02:20:58.319 --> 02:21:01.520 hedge of blackberries. So you're going to be trimming those out. You're going 1907 02:21:01.600 --> 02:21:05.959 to decide how why do you want this row? I would suggest two feet 1908 02:21:05.959 --> 02:21:09.840 wide? Uh, and then anything growing out from that just gets you know, 1909 02:21:11.000 --> 02:21:13.920 rotortail, dug up whatever. But uh, it'll end up making the 1910 02:21:13.920 --> 02:21:20.440 whole thing a solid BlackBerry briar patch if you if you don't keep them in 1911 02:21:20.520 --> 02:21:24.079 the rows. Oh yeah, I've seen that happen. Kind of root dipped? 1912 02:21:24.120 --> 02:21:28.000 Are they? When I'm asking this? Is that if I wanted to 1913 02:21:28.040 --> 02:21:33.600 put a wall up on the in the ground. Oh uh yeah, plus 1914 02:21:33.680 --> 02:21:37.479 uh dig up the prima change to transplant them from the back to the front. 1915 02:21:39.239 --> 02:21:43.840 Yeah. Uh, that's good. That's a good question. I've when 1916 02:21:43.879 --> 02:21:48.600 I've dug down, they've all been in about the top six s eight inches 1917 02:21:48.920 --> 02:21:52.440 for sure. Uh in that range, probably eight being a little bit lower 1918 02:21:52.479 --> 02:21:56.440 than you're going to have them go. I don't if you wanted to put 1919 02:21:56.440 --> 02:22:00.879 a vertical wall in, I would. I would uh uh just think that 1920 02:22:00.920 --> 02:22:05.680 if you could get down eight ten inches that ought to be adequate. But 1921 02:22:05.760 --> 02:22:09.319 I've never tried that before on them. That is a good idea though. 1922 02:22:09.719 --> 02:22:13.559 Yeah. Plus that's what I was wondering about digging them up too, you 1923 02:22:13.600 --> 02:22:18.760 know, kind of when I shovel around it when they're small and little ursus. 1924 02:22:18.799 --> 02:22:22.559 When they you know, the pym McCain's come up, sometimes they're worse 1925 02:22:22.600 --> 02:22:26.680 than in any kind of weed. Quick. Yeah that's right. Well, 1926 02:22:26.680 --> 02:22:31.920 good luck with those blackberries out there in Deer Park. Look forward to hearing 1927 02:22:31.000 --> 02:22:35.840 success from them. Thank you Roger for that call. I was talking to 1928 02:22:35.920 --> 02:22:41.600 Ian out of Nature's Way Resources yesterday and we were just talking about some different 1929 02:22:41.600 --> 02:22:48.639 things. But they are really stocked up on all the different quality products that 1930 02:22:48.680 --> 02:22:52.079 they make. You know, they make fine leaf, more compost that is 1931 02:22:52.760 --> 02:22:56.159 just Cadillac stuff. I mean, they really know how to make a good 1932 02:22:56.200 --> 02:23:00.559 fine screen. So if you want a top dresser lun they can provide that. 1933 02:23:00.559 --> 02:23:03.200 They also have a fungal based compost and they have a screen version of 1934 02:23:03.200 --> 02:23:07.520 that too, which is also good for top dressing your lawn out there. 1935 02:23:07.639 --> 02:23:13.159 Remember that on Fridays Fungal Fridays, ten percent off their bagged fungal based products 1936 02:23:13.159 --> 02:23:18.639 twenty percent off their bulk. So whether you go out there with a trailer 1937 02:23:18.639 --> 02:23:20.319 and pick it up, take it home, or whether you have them deliver 1938 02:23:20.440 --> 02:23:24.079 it. They got plenty of that on hand, and that is super high 1939 02:23:24.159 --> 02:23:28.799 quality stuff. Of course, they've got the rose soil that originated at Nature's 1940 02:23:28.799 --> 02:23:33.680 Way Resources, the leaf mold, composts and so on. Nature's Way Resources 1941 02:23:33.719 --> 02:23:37.840 also has native plants. They got a light, nice little nursery right there 1942 02:23:37.879 --> 02:23:41.120 on site. If you've never been out there, you head up forty five 1943 02:23:41.319 --> 02:23:46.840 and where fourteen eighty eight comes in from Magnolia. You just turn right and 1944 02:23:46.920 --> 02:23:50.239 it's just right there. Here's a phone number you're want to write this down 1945 02:23:50.479 --> 02:23:56.000 nine three six three two one sixty nine ninety nine three six three two one 1946 02:23:56.399 --> 02:24:01.479 sixty nine to ninety or you can just go to Nature's Way Resources dot com 1947 02:24:01.600 --> 02:24:07.520 Nature's Way Resources dot com. Let's go now to round Rock. Talk to 1948 02:24:07.559 --> 02:24:13.000 Marianne. Hello. Marianne, Hello, I wanted to ask about my daughter's 1949 02:24:13.079 --> 02:24:16.559 plum tree. She lives here in round Rock and that tree is a beautiful 1950 02:24:16.600 --> 02:24:22.040 tree and it is loaded with plums. But they are just full of worms 1951 02:24:22.159 --> 02:24:24.680 and it's like the worms are inside of the fruit. Is there something they 1952 02:24:24.680 --> 02:24:28.879 can do about that? Not after the fact, but next year when the 1953 02:24:28.920 --> 02:24:35.719 plant's blooms have almost all fallen. When there's very few blooms left on the 1954 02:24:35.760 --> 02:24:41.280 tree, you begin to have to spray for an insect called the plum creeculio. 1955 02:24:41.840 --> 02:24:45.200 Now, since they've got those, every plum that falls to the ground 1956 02:24:45.239 --> 02:24:48.079 or has a worm in it needs to leave the property. Throw it in 1957 02:24:48.120 --> 02:24:52.559 the trash, get it off the property because the peculio larva that when it 1958 02:24:52.600 --> 02:24:56.120 falls on the ground, they're going to come out and pupate, and then 1959 02:24:56.200 --> 02:24:58.239 they're right back next year. You're just raising a new crop of those. 1960 02:25:00.000 --> 02:25:03.200 Don't get rid of all of them to get those plums out of there, 1961 02:25:03.319 --> 02:25:07.319 but it really helps. So all the all the fallen fruit out and then 1962 02:25:09.200 --> 02:25:13.120 spraying. There are insecticides labeled for fruit trees. You want to wait until 1963 02:25:13.120 --> 02:25:16.360 most of the blooms are done so you don't kill your bees. But starting 1964 02:25:16.399 --> 02:25:20.200 then all the way up, as the plums begin to grow, you're going 1965 02:25:20.280 --> 02:25:24.879 to do some thinning. Plums tend to set too much. And if you 1966 02:25:24.959 --> 02:25:28.360 look when you're thinning and you see the little baby green plums that have a 1967 02:25:28.399 --> 02:25:33.840 little slit cut in them, a little crescent shaped slit very small that indicates 1968 02:25:33.879 --> 02:25:39.000 that a plum curculio has already laid an egg in there. Thin those out 1969 02:25:39.200 --> 02:25:43.520 and leave the ones that you know that aren't already have eggs in them. 1970 02:25:43.760 --> 02:25:46.920 That's kind of the package on plumb curculio to get her back in better shape 1971 02:25:46.920 --> 02:25:52.280 there. Okay, okay. Is there a particular product that I should look 1972 02:25:52.319 --> 02:25:54.600 for? No, not any particular when there's a number of different products out 1973 02:25:54.600 --> 02:26:00.159 on the market that are but it just needs to be labeled for fruit trees 1974 02:26:00.760 --> 02:26:03.799 that that is important. So whether you you know, you get a Bonneye 1975 02:26:03.000 --> 02:26:09.200 or a fertile home or a Monterey product, whatever the high yield. There's 1976 02:26:09.200 --> 02:26:11.840 a lot of brands out there, but find one label for fruit trees that's 1977 02:26:11.879 --> 02:26:16.479 an insecticide. That's important, exactly, all right, Mariann, all right, 1978 02:26:16.520 --> 02:26:20.440 appreciate it, thank you, Thank you very much. We're going to 1979 02:26:20.520 --> 02:26:22.360 take a break here. When we come back, Lee and Tom Ball you'll 1980 02:26:22.399 --> 02:26:26.719 be the first up a little body Eagles to close things down. Our last 1981 02:26:26.719 --> 02:26:31.200 segment for today here on Garden Line. We appreciate the fact that you listen 1982 02:26:31.200 --> 02:26:33.680 to Garden Line, and I hope that you will tell your family and friends 1983 02:26:33.799 --> 02:26:37.399 about it as well. You might have noticed that we get calls from pretty 1984 02:26:37.399 --> 02:26:41.879 far away Houston. Folks move away and they keep listening, or go visit 1985 02:26:41.959 --> 02:26:46.680 their family and friends. You know, anybody can listen to us anywhere they 1986 02:26:46.680 --> 02:26:50.479 are. You can go to the podcasts and listen to past shows. You 1987 02:26:50.559 --> 02:26:54.760 can listen on some of those some of those podcast apps like the IHEARTMEDIAPP you 1988 02:26:54.760 --> 02:26:58.040 can listen actually live to the show. There, you got your phone with 1989 02:26:58.079 --> 02:27:01.920 you out in the garden. You're good to go. And we are always 1990 02:27:01.920 --> 02:27:07.280 happy to help people have a more beautiful and landscape, a more bountiful garden. 1991 02:27:07.479 --> 02:27:11.479 That is kind of why we're here. I had some let's see, 1992 02:27:11.520 --> 02:27:13.879 we're gonna go Tombo. When I talk to Lee first, Hey Lee, 1993 02:27:13.959 --> 02:27:18.559 how are you doing today? Great? Thank you? Got three fig trees 1994 02:27:20.079 --> 02:27:24.520 my backyard, about two are about two years old, ones about one year 1995 02:27:24.559 --> 02:27:31.639 old. Two of them have holes in the leaves. Maybe I've counted fifteen 1996 02:27:31.719 --> 02:27:37.719 twenty leaves and then it looks like who splotches, It looks like rust on 1997 02:27:37.799 --> 02:27:43.079 the other side. That was all right, Google symptoms, there's just too 1998 02:27:43.120 --> 02:27:48.440 many answers come back. That makes sense. Hm, Well, the holes 1999 02:27:48.440 --> 02:27:54.399 in the leaves, I wouldn't worry about I've never seen insect told that that 2000 02:27:54.479 --> 02:27:58.719 are too much. As far as the rust, when you it looks like 2001 02:27:58.840 --> 02:28:03.520 yellow spots on the top, is that it Now, no, just look 2002 02:28:03.600 --> 02:28:09.760 like rust, like redish oine rust. Okay, there's no yellow. And 2003 02:28:09.799 --> 02:28:15.600 then the leaves are starting to wrinkle up like a prom or something. Now 2004 02:28:16.159 --> 02:28:22.479 that's very interesting. It's lee, I tell you. Well, go ahead, 2005 02:28:22.479 --> 02:28:26.719 I'm sorry. A lot of the things I read mentioned it could be 2006 02:28:26.719 --> 02:28:31.200 a blight of some sort, but there was no treatment. Yeah. The 2007 02:28:31.239 --> 02:28:35.079 only the only problem I see on figs though, is rust. The disease 2008 02:28:35.159 --> 02:28:39.479 rust. It's a fungal disease, and it's difficult to control because you got 2009 02:28:39.479 --> 02:28:43.200 to find something that will control rust and something that's labeled for figs, and 2010 02:28:43.280 --> 02:28:48.680 that combo is difficult. Sometimes people will use sulfur based sprays. Sulfur is 2011 02:28:48.719 --> 02:28:52.079 a weak fungicide. If you stay on it, you can keep the fungus 2012 02:28:52.079 --> 02:28:56.159 at bay. But once you got the spots, then those spots are producing 2013 02:28:56.200 --> 02:29:00.520 spores. Typically out of the bottom of the leaf. You'll see some spores 2014 02:29:00.799 --> 02:29:05.959 coming out. But that's the main thing. When the weather is like it's 2015 02:29:05.000 --> 02:29:09.239 been, you know it's going to be a bad year. Raking up the 2016 02:29:09.319 --> 02:29:13.479 leaves and getting rid of them helps. It doesn't eradicate it because rust floats 2017 02:29:13.479 --> 02:29:18.120 through the air on its spores, so it can come in from a lot 2018 02:29:18.120 --> 02:29:24.760 of places. Okay, I can search for something to spray on it, 2019 02:29:24.799 --> 02:29:33.120 but it doesn't have so is it like a commonal situation? No, no, 2020 02:29:33.159 --> 02:29:35.319 not at all. It weakens the tree, and I've seen trees. 2021 02:29:35.399 --> 02:29:41.799 I've seen figs almost completely defoliated by rust disease in a very bad year. 2022 02:29:41.319 --> 02:29:46.559 The tree survives it, just when you take all that carbohydrate production out, 2023 02:29:46.719 --> 02:29:50.799 its ability to make a nice sweet fig is not there. And it also 2024 02:29:50.840 --> 02:29:56.399 weakens the tree too, So we try. You know, you don't always 2025 02:29:56.440 --> 02:30:00.639 have to spray, But sulfur is probably the one I know you probably find 2026 02:30:00.680 --> 02:30:03.040 with a with a label like that. There may be another one out there. 2027 02:30:03.719 --> 02:30:07.239 Off the top of my head, I can't think of a fun just 2028 02:30:07.319 --> 02:30:11.040 side labeled for figs that's effective against rust. I can do a quick search 2029 02:30:11.079 --> 02:30:16.120 and yeah or not, Yeah, you might, you might be able to 2030 02:30:16.639 --> 02:30:18.760 do that. That's not a bad idea. In fact, I'll if I 2031 02:30:18.840 --> 02:30:22.959 can, if I come up with anything in the next what do we got 2032 02:30:22.000 --> 02:30:26.360 here? About five minutes, six minutes of the show. I'll say it 2033 02:30:26.399 --> 02:30:31.000 on the air. Just keep listening. I guess maybe the the local gnursery 2034 02:30:31.120 --> 02:30:39.760 might have some some of the Yeah, yeah, yeah, RCW. Might 2035 02:30:41.680 --> 02:30:45.600 you know you're what is you just down street? You're in Tamboul area. 2036 02:30:45.719 --> 02:30:50.360 You you're real close to plants for all seasons and Arborgate plans row seasons has 2037 02:30:50.399 --> 02:30:52.559 a pretty good list. I'm trying to remember if I've saw the spray aable 2038 02:30:54.479 --> 02:30:58.559 uh in there on that. But anyway, just here's the thing. Call 2039 02:30:58.639 --> 02:31:01.120 them, call them before you drive and ask them, tell them what you're 2040 02:31:01.159 --> 02:31:07.159 looking for, and yeah, I'll get them a call. Pushing on one. 2041 02:31:07.559 --> 02:31:11.159 All right, sounds good, Thank you, Thank you, appreciate your 2042 02:31:11.200 --> 02:31:15.280 call. Yeah, that's an interesting disease. You know, we've had a 2043 02:31:15.319 --> 02:31:22.520 lot of questions about fruit and stuff today and Arburgate uh and being a store 2044 02:31:22.559 --> 02:31:24.840 that sells fruit trees year round. I mean that that's kind of cool. 2045 02:31:26.159 --> 02:31:28.879 You can always go and get something there. But I talked about Microlife earlier 2046 02:31:28.920 --> 02:31:35.440 and I didn't mention that a Microlife has a product that is called citrus and 2047 02:31:35.479 --> 02:31:37.760 Fruit. It's a six two four, just like the green bag that for 2048 02:31:37.799 --> 02:31:43.239 Elijah. This one is in an orange bag. Yeah, orange like ut 2049 02:31:43.600 --> 02:31:50.280 that's right. University of Tennessee Orange Citrus and fruit six two four. It's 2050 02:31:50.319 --> 02:31:54.159 another good product by Microlife if you'd like to get something for your fruit trees 2051 02:31:54.200 --> 02:31:58.399 that works really well. They also have some liquid products. They have got 2052 02:32:00.120 --> 02:32:05.920 one it's also the same color of orange, and it's called Microlife Biomatrix seven 2053 02:32:05.000 --> 02:32:09.479 to one three. You might have heard me talk about it before. It 2054 02:32:09.600 --> 02:32:11.719 is a liquid. You mix it in water and you put it on plants. 2055 02:32:11.760 --> 02:32:16.799 It's got a good dose of nitrogen in it. It's loaded with microbes. 2056 02:32:16.159 --> 02:32:18.879 So when you're planting things and you want to water them in, you 2057 02:32:18.920 --> 02:32:24.799 can use Microlife Biomatrix. It works very well for that. And like all 2058 02:32:24.840 --> 02:32:28.559 Microlife products, widely widely available. Just go to Microlife Fertilizer dot com. 2059 02:32:28.719 --> 02:32:35.159 Or if you hear me talk about ACE Hardware and Southwest Fertilizer and this or 2060 02:32:35.200 --> 02:32:39.600 that nursery or this or that feed store, you're probably gonna find Microlife in 2061 02:32:39.840 --> 02:32:45.319 all of those places. Makes it super super easy to do. I want 2062 02:32:45.360 --> 02:32:50.159 to remind you that on next Saturday, I'm going to be at Langham Creek, 2063 02:32:50.360 --> 02:32:54.200 Ace Hardware, Langham Creek Ace Hardware is in Northwestson. It's in the 2064 02:32:54.319 --> 02:32:58.799 Copperfield area. It's actually on Barker Cypress. Some of you familiar with the 2065 02:33:00.280 --> 02:33:03.639 center where you got to go south on Barker Cyprus and you'll get to Langham 2066 02:33:03.639 --> 02:33:07.319 Creek Ace Hardware. Uh. And we're going to be doing all kinds of 2067 02:33:07.360 --> 02:33:09.360 things. I know we're giving away some nitrofost products. I'm sure there's some 2068 02:33:09.399 --> 02:33:13.319 other stuff we're going to be given away then, uh, and I'll be 2069 02:33:13.360 --> 02:33:18.000 there to answer your questions. So come on out, grab those leaves with 2070 02:33:18.120 --> 02:33:22.479 spots on them and things like that, and you know, let's uh, 2071 02:33:22.600 --> 02:33:26.479 let's make sure that we help you have success. That is important. If 2072 02:33:26.520 --> 02:33:31.959 you have photos and things that you want to bring out that is that's fine, 2073 02:33:31.159 --> 02:33:35.479 don't don't worry about it. We'll be taking looks at those will help 2074 02:33:35.520 --> 02:33:39.479 you make sure we get them diagnosed right. That is important. Diagnose it 2075 02:33:39.559 --> 02:33:43.399 right, and then send you to the product that's going to be effective. 2076 02:33:43.479 --> 02:33:48.079 If indeed a product is needed, and in many cases you just don't have 2077 02:33:48.159 --> 02:33:52.879 to need. You just don't have to spray for things. You heard me 2078 02:33:52.920 --> 02:33:56.399 talk about that a little bit earlier today. It's it's not a really big 2079 02:33:56.440 --> 02:34:01.040 deal. When you just get a hole in a lead here and there and 2080 02:34:01.079 --> 02:34:05.280 whatnot. It's really easy to do. Yep, that is the case. 2081 02:34:05.520 --> 02:34:07.799 I try to minimize spring by the way. I just do you know, 2082 02:34:07.840 --> 02:34:11.559 we've got to get organic products, We've got synthetic products. You can go 2083 02:34:11.600 --> 02:34:18.040 either way on those. Sometimes with particular plants and diseases, you do not 2084 02:34:18.319 --> 02:34:24.719 have the option to you know, have maybe an organic product for that particular 2085 02:34:24.799 --> 02:34:28.000 situation. But in general, just focus on taking care of your plants. 2086 02:34:28.120 --> 02:34:33.159 Get your plants as healthy as you can. That's good fertilizing, it is 2087 02:34:33.280 --> 02:34:39.360 good, watering as needed, not too much. Avoid wedding foliage anytime you 2088 02:34:39.440 --> 02:34:43.719 can. So that's the deal. When you take care of your plants, 2089 02:34:43.840 --> 02:34:48.239 you're going to minimize the problems, not eliminate all of them, but minimize 2090 02:34:48.280 --> 02:34:52.879 them and you're much more likely to have success. And so that's what we 2091 02:34:52.000 --> 02:34:56.159 focus on when we're trying to help you. Along with those kinds of things, 2092 02:34:58.239 --> 02:35:01.239 I want to mention what other thing and there are a couple of websites 2093 02:35:01.239 --> 02:35:05.000 that I think will be real helpful for you. Number One, I hope 2094 02:35:05.040 --> 02:35:09.639 you go to gardening with SKIP. That's my website. I'm slowly building it 2095 02:35:09.680 --> 02:35:13.280 out as I can, putting news flashes up as we see those kind of 2096 02:35:13.319 --> 02:35:16.799 things come along. But it's got my two schedules, the long care schedule 2097 02:35:16.920 --> 02:35:22.000 and the long Pest Disease and Weed management schedule. Please download those, have 2098 02:35:22.120 --> 02:35:26.319 them handy so that when you're looking for the right product or the right time 2099 02:35:26.440 --> 02:35:28.360 or whatever, there you go. I mean, you've already got it in 2100 02:35:28.440 --> 02:35:35.440 your hand. Another is the Aggie Horticulture website. It's Aggy Dash Horticulture dot 2101 02:35:35.479 --> 02:35:41.200 TAMU dot edu, Aggie hyphen or Dash Horticulture dot timo did du. There 2102 02:35:41.360 --> 02:35:46.879 is a section on vegetables that has a bazillion free vegetable publications. You can 2103 02:35:46.879 --> 02:35:50.479 look at them on the screen or download them. There's a section on fruit 2104 02:35:50.639 --> 02:35:54.079 that is very very helpful there as well. If you need to do soil 2105 02:35:54.159 --> 02:36:01.680 testing, soil testing dot ta Mu dot edu. Soil Testing t AMU dot 2106 02:36:01.879 --> 02:36:05.520 edu is another place where you can get good help. And whenever you do 2107 02:36:05.639 --> 02:36:09.440 need to send a plant in to have it diagnosed, there's a plant clinic 2108 02:36:09.600 --> 02:36:15.760 up at n M. The State plant Clinic is Plant Clinic dot TAMU dot 2109 02:36:15.920 --> 02:36:18.680 edu. You might want to bookmark those because when you need them, they're 2110 02:36:18.719 --> 02:36:24.559 going to be very very helpful for you in finding the kind of information that 2111 02:36:24.600 --> 02:36:28.520 you need. When when I get out of here, I've got some planting 2112 02:36:28.559 --> 02:36:31.479 to do. I'm trying to get home today. In fact, I've got 2113 02:36:31.559 --> 02:36:35.000 the first thing I do is get some mowing done. I have planted four 2114 02:36:35.000 --> 02:36:37.280 different kinds of grass. Yeah, I know who does that? Fort different 2115 02:36:37.360 --> 02:36:41.479 kinds of grass around the house to Saint Augustine's two Zoysius one two in the 2116 02:36:41.520 --> 02:36:45.639 front in the back. I gotta get those things mode. You know, 2117 02:36:45.719 --> 02:36:48.479 the more often you mow, the better it looks. And here I am 2118 02:36:48.200 --> 02:36:52.440 sitting on the radio instead of taking care of my lawn. For crying out 2119 02:36:52.479 --> 02:36:56.879 loud, I can't let that happen. Listen, we appreciate you being a 2120 02:36:56.920 --> 02:37:01.360 garden Line listener. It's been a fun weekend. Really enjoy to look forward 2121 02:37:01.440 --> 02:37:05.200 to talking to you again next weekend. Remember pass shows are available by podcasts, 2122 02:37:05.239 --> 02:37:11.239 and please remember I'll be at Langham Creek Ace Hardware next Saturday, eleven 2123 02:37:11.319 --> 02:37:16.000 thirty to one thirty. Come out and see me. Let's get some product 2124 02:37:16.079 --> 02:37:18.280 drawings. I'll even have some free samples to give away. Of products out 2125 02:37:18.319 --> 02:37:22.319 there, So come out and see us. Have a good time. In 2126 02:37:22.360 --> 02:37:26.079 the meantime, get out in your garden and have fun. Listen, Gardening 2127 02:37:26.120 --> 02:37:30.360 is not rocket science. If things go wrong, it's like playing with an 2128 02:37:30.399 --> 02:37:31.959 etch of sketch. You know how, you turn it upside down and shake 2129 02:37:33.000 --> 02:37:35.719 it. With gardening, you just get a Rota tiller and you get a 2130 02:37:35.719 --> 02:37:39.040 fresh new start in life. Don't be afraid to fail. You've got to 2131 02:37:39.120 --> 02:37:41.000 kill a lot of plants to be a good gardener.