WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:04.719 KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or services advertised on 2 00:00:04.719 --> 00:00:32.159 this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Skipp Richter's just watching a good 3 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:36.560 morning on a good day for gardening. You're listening to the Garden Line and 4 00:00:36.880 --> 00:00:40.960 I am your host, Skip Richter. We are here today to talk to 5 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:44.439 you about I don't know whatever you want to talk about. You tell me, 6 00:00:44.719 --> 00:00:49.640 don't talk about the lawn. That's usually a popular topic. Maybe we 7 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.359 can talk about some trees or I don't know, maybe the vegetable garden. 8 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:57.880 I've been working out in my vegetable garden these past few weeks, and oh 9 00:00:57.920 --> 00:01:02.159 my goodness, Uh, things are growing like crazy. I mean, it 10 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:07.799 is just absolutely exploding. With all this rain we've had and with the mild, 11 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.239 warm temperatures, things look really really good out there in the garden. 12 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:15.879 You've never planted a garden, I think you ought to consider doing so. 13 00:01:17.079 --> 00:01:19.480 Maybe you don't have room for the big back forty, but I bet you 14 00:01:19.519 --> 00:01:25.079 do have room for some containers on a patio. Maybe you'd drop in a 15 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:29.040 little raised bed somewhere, like you get something like a vego bed and you 16 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:32.359 can put that even on your driveway for crying out lout. I mean it 17 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:34.560 fill it up with some soil, and things really go to town growing. 18 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:40.480 I was surprised the first time I saw how well plants will do in a 19 00:01:40.560 --> 00:01:46.359 bed sitting just like on concrete or asphalt. Remember years ago master gardeners down 20 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:52.159 in Galveston County. The old office they had was in a basically sitting in 21 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:55.319 a parking lot. I mean it was just asphalt almost all the way around 22 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:57.719 the office, and when you walked out there was a garden there, and 23 00:01:57.760 --> 00:02:01.640 they basically had dropped beds on the ground. I don't know how high. 24 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:06.799 They were, probably about twenty inches or so something like that is my memory. 25 00:02:07.200 --> 00:02:10.879 Holes. And then in the walkways they'd put wood chip malts, just 26 00:02:12.039 --> 00:02:15.319 ground up wood shavings, chips, you know that sort of thing. And 27 00:02:15.400 --> 00:02:16.919 the beds were full of soil and they were growing like crazy, and those 28 00:02:16.960 --> 00:02:22.240 plants could care less that there was asphalt sitting right underneath the bed. Now, 29 00:02:22.240 --> 00:02:24.280 if you've got soil into the bed, it's even better because the roots 30 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:28.159 can go on down in the soil. You don't have to build a bed 31 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.639 quite as high. But I'm telling you, I've seen vegetables do really well 32 00:02:32.039 --> 00:02:37.599 in about eighteen inches of soil. Now that's not ideal, but they can 33 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:40.400 do it if you keep it moist, keep it adequately fertilized, and going 34 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:46.680 so just dropping a bed on the ground and buying a good quality garden bed 35 00:02:46.800 --> 00:02:50.479 mix to go in it can have you in a garden overnight. I mean, 36 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:53.599 really, it's an instant garden. Now. I still love going out 37 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:57.800 in the yard and breaking up some fresh new ground to put in a garden. 38 00:02:57.840 --> 00:03:00.919 That's okay, but that's a lot of work if you want to do 39 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:05.240 that. That certainly we've been. That's how we've been gardening and farming forever. 40 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:12.759 But when it comes to the typical residential home garden, just containers on 41 00:03:12.800 --> 00:03:17.159 the patio or really nice quality beds are really the way to go. And 42 00:03:19.520 --> 00:03:22.919 when you get out there and get going, you want to make sure and 43 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:27.360 provide the nutrition that your garden plants need. By the way, right now, 44 00:03:27.479 --> 00:03:30.919 our cool season vegetables are basically heading out, if not gone already, 45 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:36.680 basically gone already in my garden. But the warm season things like tomatoes and 46 00:03:36.719 --> 00:03:39.879 peppers and squash and cucumbers, they're all really happy right now. They're going 47 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:46.120 to get unhappy when it gets really hot and stop their production. The tomatoes, 48 00:03:46.159 --> 00:03:47.800 if it's a little cherry or a grape tomato, it'll keep going. 49 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.400 But I don't know, the skin gets kind of tough and it has tomato 50 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:57.400 flavor. I'll say that for it into the summertime. But then we switch 51 00:03:57.439 --> 00:04:00.960 over to all those warm season plants. Of course you probably have heard of 52 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:05.039 okrah. Of course that's a real common Southern plant. But we have a 53 00:04:05.039 --> 00:04:10.000 lot of other good warm season plants that can take your garden on through the 54 00:04:10.039 --> 00:04:14.120 heat. Southern peas, black eyed peas, purple halls, for example, 55 00:04:14.599 --> 00:04:18.040 sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes are not difficult to grow as long as you provide 56 00:04:18.079 --> 00:04:25.000 adequate moisture, and they're a good crop for going through the summer. And 57 00:04:25.040 --> 00:04:28.120 then the things we call winter squash. I always think it's funny we call 58 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:32.839 them winter squash because we probably grow them in the summer more than summer squash. 59 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:38.680 In other words, the summer squash is gonna harvest in what fifty five 60 00:04:38.920 --> 00:04:42.959 sixty days somewhere in there. The winter squash takes a long time. Some 61 00:04:43.079 --> 00:04:46.560 of them take like pumpkins, can take a few of them over well over 62 00:04:46.560 --> 00:04:49.360 one hundred days, one hundred even one hundred and ten hundred twenty days. 63 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:54.560 So they have to grow through some warmer weather to reach that point where we're 64 00:04:54.600 --> 00:05:00.319 ready to harvest them. And so when we plant them in this time of 65 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:02.680 the year, we got to give them some special care. And one of 66 00:05:02.680 --> 00:05:08.439 those things some special care is we want to make sure that the foliage is 67 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:14.240 protected. In our climate. With the heat and humidity and frequent rainfalls, 68 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:16.839 a lot of foliage diseases can occur, especially during the summer season, on 69 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:21.279 these on these winter squashes. Powdery mildie is probably the worst one. And 70 00:05:21.560 --> 00:05:28.000 more than once I've seen a crop that was growing well and wanting to set 71 00:05:28.079 --> 00:05:30.680 its fruit, you know, and and provide you something to eat. The 72 00:05:30.759 --> 00:05:35.240 foliage just taken away by the diseases. And you gotta have foliage to make 73 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:39.800 carbohydrates which make the squash you want to eat. And what do I mean 74 00:05:39.839 --> 00:05:42.079 by winter squash, by the way, Well, that would be pumpkins, 75 00:05:42.160 --> 00:05:46.120 that would be acorn squash, that would be spaghetti squash, butternuts squash, 76 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:51.319 cabocha squash, those are all winter squashes, and they're wonderful, very nutritious, 77 00:05:51.399 --> 00:05:56.240 high. Many of them are high end vitamin A and technically made a 78 00:05:56.319 --> 00:06:00.279 carotene. Uh. They're just a really quality kind to grow if you give 79 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:04.199 them some of that care. Well, you're listening to Garden Line and our 80 00:06:04.240 --> 00:06:10.120 phone number is seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four seven one 81 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:15.160 three two one two five eight seven four R two one two ktr h. 82 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:19.519 Another way to look at it. We're gonna take your calls here starting in 83 00:06:19.560 --> 00:06:23.279 the next segment, but if you would like to call and get on the 84 00:06:23.319 --> 00:06:26.399 board as we go to break here in a bit, Josh, we'll get 85 00:06:26.399 --> 00:06:30.759 you ready to go and then we can talk about what you are interested in 86 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:34.000 talking about. Now, I want to mention today that I will be in 87 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.560 Sugarland home at the Sugarland Home and Garden Show. It's actually at the Stafford 88 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:45.560 Center in Stafford, Sugarland Homing Outdoor Living Show at the Stafford Center in Stafford. 89 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:47.560 I'll be there from eleven thirty to one thirty, and I'm gonna be 90 00:06:47.600 --> 00:06:55.000 giving away some fertilizer free fertilizer a little small jars, and I think you 91 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:59.560 will be very very interested in seeing the variety that we're gonna have available there. 92 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:01.800 I'll also be giving a talk. When I first get there, I'll 93 00:07:01.839 --> 00:07:05.600 be giving a talk on some tips for successful gardening. So I hope you 94 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:09.959 will come out and see me there. Let's let's see you at the talk, 95 00:07:10.079 --> 00:07:13.199 and let's also see you at the table afterwards. I'll be there to 96 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:15.360 answer your questions. If you want to bring a plant sample and bring it 97 00:07:15.360 --> 00:07:18.800 in in a plastic bag. If you've got some good photos, check them 98 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:23.319 first, make sure they're in sharp focus on your phone, and I can 99 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:27.439 take a look at those as well. Maybe it's an identification, maybe it's 100 00:07:27.439 --> 00:07:30.839 a diagnosis, or just like, here's a landscape area, can you give 101 00:07:30.879 --> 00:07:35.040 me some help and ideas on what to do about that? And that'll be 102 00:07:35.439 --> 00:07:39.720 the sugar Land Home and Garden Show. That a home and outdoor living show 103 00:07:40.000 --> 00:07:45.439 today eleven thirty to one thirty at the Stafford Center in Stafford, Texas. 104 00:07:45.519 --> 00:07:47.920 And I hope you can make it out. We're going to go to break. 105 00:07:47.959 --> 00:07:51.759 We'll be right back and if you give Josh a call, we'll be 106 00:07:51.800 --> 00:08:05.879 talking to you next thing. You know. Yeah, I'll go thank you 107 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:13.480 both, Galla and they broke out. I'll let you gay good morning on 108 00:08:13.600 --> 00:08:18.000 a good morning to be talking about gardening and getting outside and just a little 109 00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.800 bit when it lights up and doing some gardening. You're listening to garden Line. 110 00:08:22.839 --> 00:08:24.920 I'm your host, Skip Richter, and our phone number. Write this 111 00:08:26.040 --> 00:08:30.560 down seven one three two one two five eight seven four, and I would 112 00:08:30.600 --> 00:08:33.000 encourage you, if it all possible, to always listen to garden Line with 113 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:35.559 a pen and a piece of paper handy, because you never know when we're 114 00:08:35.559 --> 00:08:39.000 going to give out some information that you want to jot down. Well, 115 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:43.799 let's start off and we're gonna start heading to the phones now and going out 116 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:46.960 to Kingwood to talk to Angelo. Well, Hello, Angelo, Hey, 117 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:50.120 how are you today, sir? I'm doing well. Thanks good. Hey. 118 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:54.480 I started some seeds earlier this year and they came out pretty good. 119 00:08:54.480 --> 00:08:58.759 But what I want to know is what's the best type of soil for seating. 120 00:08:58.159 --> 00:09:01.519 It seems like and I bought some six packs of pepper plants. They 121 00:09:01.519 --> 00:09:07.440 had like a peat in there or something real stringy material. But I've tried 122 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:11.679 different soils and I'm just trying to get the best soil for starting the seeds 123 00:09:11.799 --> 00:09:16.360 and a six pack and something like that. And secondly, if I've gotten 124 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:20.639 some fruit or not fruits, some vegetables, and I want to take the 125 00:09:20.720 --> 00:09:24.559 seeds out. What is the process of taking them out? How long do 126 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.159 you take them out? Where? What do you do to use them again? 127 00:09:28.200 --> 00:09:30.080 As they're like, you know, three months, you have to eat 128 00:09:30.159 --> 00:09:33.039 or something. But so basically that's my question. What's the best soil start 129 00:09:33.200 --> 00:09:39.879 seeds? And how do you get seeds from like a previous salapino that was 130 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:41.279 huge, I wanted to save it. Okay, well, let me let 131 00:09:41.320 --> 00:09:46.559 me take them in the reverse order. Okay, you can save seed from 132 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:52.279 plants you've grown if they're not hybrids. If they're if you see like the 133 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:56.360 letter F and the number one after the variety name, or if it just 134 00:09:56.399 --> 00:09:58.919 says hybrid on it, but more like they will say one. Those will 135 00:10:00.080 --> 00:10:03.600 not come back true to seed because they're a mix of two parents. And 136 00:10:03.720 --> 00:10:07.360 if you've ever looked at parents and looked at kids, you know that they're 137 00:10:07.399 --> 00:10:11.200 not identical. They are similarities, but they're not identical. And so some 138 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:16.519 of the nice features of let's say you use the example pepper. Let's say 139 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:20.639 that there's a halopenio that's mild, or a halopenia that's large with thick walls, 140 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:24.120 or any of those features, you probably would not have that in the 141 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:28.360 offspring, at least not in a lot of them. So those basically with 142 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:33.600 all seeds or vegetables, yeah, vegetables and flowers, you're going to have 143 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:39.039 the thing of hybrid now not all. You just have to check into the 144 00:10:39.120 --> 00:10:43.240 variety of to see some some aregists find to keep and to us like them, 145 00:10:45.159 --> 00:10:46.879 so that that would be a factor on the saving seed. As far 146 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:52.480 as how to save seed, you know, each each of the different species 147 00:10:52.600 --> 00:10:56.080 is a little bit different. Like tomatoes, We get all the seeds out 148 00:10:56.080 --> 00:11:00.519 of that jelly material in the middle and put it in water, shake it 149 00:11:00.559 --> 00:11:03.799 in the jar with a lid, real vigorously and let it set and it 150 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:07.840 will start to You won't take the lid off then, so it's not air 151 00:11:07.879 --> 00:11:13.120 tight in there. It will start to oh, I don't know, ferment 152 00:11:13.279 --> 00:11:16.720 or something inside the jar, and you'll see the seeds dropping down to the 153 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.039 bottom out of that goo that was at the top even after you shook it. 154 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:22.399 And that's when you pour it out and you get those seats. It 155 00:11:22.480 --> 00:11:24.639 separates them really well. Other seeds are just real simple, you know. 156 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.519 You can you just open the fruit and just get the seeds dried out, 157 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:31.200 and peppers would be an example. You just want to let them go to 158 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:35.639 full maturity and then allow those seeds to dry, air, dry well and 159 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:41.320 then do the storage other How long would that take? Maybe three weeks or 160 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:45.759 to dry? Yeah, yeah, yeah, totally dependent on moisture, humidity, 161 00:11:45.799 --> 00:11:48.960 and air temperature. I would say leave them a couple of weeks in 162 00:11:50.000 --> 00:11:52.879 a good dry spot and they're not going to be fully dry. So when 163 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.759 you store them, it's good to store them with one of those desiccate packets 164 00:11:56.799 --> 00:12:01.080 to take the extra moisture out of the air. That gives you the most 165 00:12:01.120 --> 00:12:03.879 storage. Now, going back to soil, you ask about soil for starting 166 00:12:03.919 --> 00:12:09.759 seeds. There are seed starting mixes that are designed just for that, and 167 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:13.200 basically they are a regular they would be more like a potting soil, but 168 00:12:13.480 --> 00:12:20.480 ground down to just very very fine texture. And so a soil like that 169 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:26.240 is excellent for starting seed because when you plant a little tiny seed, you 170 00:12:26.279 --> 00:12:28.399 know a lot of the seeds we plant are you know, not half the 171 00:12:28.440 --> 00:12:33.399 size of a little typed letter. Oh, They're very tiny, and so 172 00:12:33.519 --> 00:12:37.200 in a chunky soil that seed could fall down and end up being either real 173 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:39.759 shallow or too deep, or it's hard to control and get the soil to 174 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:43.799 press up against the seed for good. We say seed to soil contact. 175 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:48.159 That's a key and in germination. So the fine textured, it'll just say 176 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.039 seed starting mix. Now, if you use a soil like the works potting 177 00:12:52.080 --> 00:12:54.399 soil that heirloom has, that's a pretty fine texture mix. I was looking 178 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:56.279 at the bag the other day. I was like, man, that that 179 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:00.559 would be a good seed starting mix. So even though it says or potting 180 00:13:00.559 --> 00:13:05.399 soil, that particular one is extremely fine textured and you could use it as 181 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:07.399 a seed starting if you wish. See that's what I think I made my 182 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:13.159 mistake because there was some you know, uh pieces of wooden there and everything, 183 00:13:13.200 --> 00:13:16.240 and it just was it says indoor potting, but it just wasn't the 184 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.600 Yeah, it wasn't that fine grind like you said. And the last thing, 185 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:24.240 basil and oregano, I can start now and grow it right through the 186 00:13:24.279 --> 00:13:28.440 winter, correct, right through the summer. Correct, Yes, basil and 187 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:31.759 oregano both can go through the summer just fine. Not. In fact, 188 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:35.600 basil doesn't even want to hear you talk about degrees like fifty degrees they want 189 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:39.440 to hear. They want to hear seventy eighty ninety even correct that grown basil 190 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:43.240 before and it was like a bad weed. It just kept going. All 191 00:13:43.320 --> 00:13:46.000 right, thank you very much for the in full of time. I appreciate 192 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:48.480 it. All right, yeah, you bet you bye bye, So you 193 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:52.600 know I I appreciate that call. By the way, Angelo, uh, 194 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:56.799 when when you're talking, I was talking about that the works potting saw that 195 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:01.320 that Heirloom has and excuse me, I was talking about the indoor potting mix 196 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:05.639 from Heirloom as being a good one for just seeds starting. But they have 197 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:09.840 a lot of different blends, and you know he was Angela was talking about 198 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:11.919 the fact that he found a little pieces of wood in this potting soil. 199 00:14:13.480 --> 00:14:16.480 When you go out and buy cheap potting soil, you're going to find that 200 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:20.759 and they you know, it's it's put together en mask to just get it 201 00:14:20.759 --> 00:14:24.919 out the door. Not generally composted fully and well. But when you buy 202 00:14:24.960 --> 00:14:30.720 a product like from Heirloom there they're veggie herb mix does good in beds. 203 00:14:30.320 --> 00:14:33.840 It it does very very well in beds. And they also now if you 204 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:35.320 want a bulk, by the way, they have that supersack, which is 205 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:41.000 just a giant sack that holds a yard of soil that they can put right 206 00:14:41.039 --> 00:14:43.120 there on your doorstep. I mean, and it's real clean, neat and 207 00:14:43.159 --> 00:14:46.519 easy. It's a good way to get a larger quantity. Maybe you're doing 208 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:52.480 a vegetable garden and you need more than just a few bags. That would 209 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:56.480 be another way with heirloom soils. I want to head out now to Spring 210 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:01.759 and we're going to talk to Mo. Good morning, MOHI, how you 211 00:15:01.840 --> 00:15:07.440 doing well? I'm doing well. How are you doing well? Man've got 212 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.720 me out here. Won Oh, that's an easy one, Mo. You 213 00:15:11.799 --> 00:15:16.279 just you just plant that seed about a half inch three quarters of an inch 214 00:15:16.399 --> 00:15:20.559 deep, press the soil down and give it a good water. And oh, 215 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:26.519 okay, these the seeds she drive from the last watermelons. Okay, 216 00:15:26.600 --> 00:15:30.519 so they could do the same thing. Well, if it was not a 217 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:33.440 hybrid, it'll be the same thing. If it was a hybrid and you 218 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.120 plant those seeds, everyone's going to create a little bit different kind of plant. 219 00:15:37.559 --> 00:15:41.759 They made look similar. But you know, maybe you like that watermelon. 220 00:15:41.159 --> 00:15:45.159 I'll just make something up here. Maybe you like watermelons that have that 221 00:15:45.279 --> 00:15:48.120 yellow flash. Well, when you plant the seed, you may have some 222 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:52.039 that show up with red flesh. And maybe you like watermelons and the small 223 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:54.399 ice box size, and when you plant the seeds, you may get some 224 00:15:54.480 --> 00:15:56.559 that are a little larger. Hybrids can come out all over the place, 225 00:15:56.559 --> 00:15:58.720 so you just kind of have to look at the variety. Do you remember 226 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:04.279 what variety it was off him? Oh? No, she got this from 227 00:16:04.759 --> 00:16:11.200 the arbregate people for a nine. She bosked there the last time, and 228 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:17.360 it going to be signed for a size number four show. Okay, well, 229 00:16:17.600 --> 00:16:19.480 and she says it seeds out of it. Well, give him a 230 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:22.240 try, you know. I mean, it's not the end of the world 231 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:26.080 to have a mix of different kinds of things growing. So if you just 232 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:27.679 want to play around with it and see what you get, who knows, 233 00:16:27.720 --> 00:16:32.480 maybe you'll get a wonderful watermelon and you can name it the mo watermelon. 234 00:16:33.679 --> 00:16:40.279 I'm gonna name it. There you go. No, I appreciate you two, 235 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:44.759 Thank you for the call. Our phone number is seven one three two 236 00:16:44.759 --> 00:16:51.320 one two five eight seven four two one two fifty eight seventy four. Let's 237 00:16:51.320 --> 00:16:55.759 see what are we gonna do. Now We're gonna go to Katie and we're 238 00:16:55.759 --> 00:16:57.559 gonna talk to Katie. Well, that's kind of interesting, Katie. And 239 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:00.919 Katie, how are you doing this morning? Kat Thank you? How are 240 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:06.799 you well? Thank you. I have a question about ants. M I 241 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:11.000 have a lot of potted plants on my patio as well as in my kitchen 242 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:15.440 window, and I've noticed some of my potted plants outside when I go to 243 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:18.880 repot, they're filled with ants at the bottom, all in the soil. 244 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:26.799 And then this week I noticed I have a tiny little orchid plant that sits 245 00:17:26.839 --> 00:17:30.039 in my window and I water it and then I always take it out to 246 00:17:30.119 --> 00:17:33.599 kind of drain it, and when I did, there's just tons of ants 247 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.960 in the soil of this orchid plant as well. Okay, So I wanted 248 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:41.079 to find out are the ants going to kill the plants? And if so, 249 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:44.359 how do I get that plant? How do I get the ants out 250 00:17:44.400 --> 00:17:47.559 of the soil. Yeah, that's a great question, Katie. Those I'm 251 00:17:47.599 --> 00:17:49.680 assuming these aren't fire ants right based on the way you're talking about them. 252 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.839 No, there there's little ants that they like the ones in the orchid plant. 253 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:57.240 We're carrying around little things and like they were, they had things in 254 00:17:57.279 --> 00:18:00.359 their mouth. Does that makes sense? Way they were walking, Yeah, 255 00:18:00.480 --> 00:18:04.680 right. So there are little ant baits, ant baits for little tiny household 256 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:08.079 types of ants and outdoor ants as well, that you can put out and 257 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:11.440 around them, especially in the house. I would use those baits. They'll 258 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:15.480 go pick them up and it'll kill the colony. They're just using your pots 259 00:18:15.519 --> 00:18:18.920 as a nice, moist warm place to live, and they're not hurting your 260 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:25.720 plants at all. It's just it's just nature there. I think there are 261 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:30.640 more species of ants and just about any kind of insect out there. Okay, 262 00:18:30.680 --> 00:18:32.680 I just want to make sure they weren't hurting the plants at all. 263 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:37.680 Now, you're good ants. There's only well the essentially none of the plants 264 00:18:37.680 --> 00:18:38.599 that are going to get into your pot like that are going to eat you 265 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:42.599 eat your plants. Okay, I'm gonna ask you one of the quick questions 266 00:18:42.599 --> 00:18:45.960 why I have you on d what I'm going to have to go to a 267 00:18:45.000 --> 00:18:48.039 break, But if you want hang on, we will bring you back and 268 00:18:48.039 --> 00:18:52.039 you'll be first up right after break. And Sue and Lake Jackson you're right 269 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:57.119 after her. You're listening to garden Line and our phone number is seven one 270 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:02.519 three two one two five eight seven four. Give us a call. Josh 271 00:19:02.599 --> 00:19:06.680 and gets you on the board and we'll talk to you in the next segment. 272 00:19:06.759 --> 00:19:21.359 But now it's Nikki's a good morning, and a good morning for gardening, 273 00:19:21.440 --> 00:19:23.680 and until the sun comes up, a good morning at least till then 274 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:27.720 for talking on the radio about things that are related to the garden. We're 275 00:19:27.720 --> 00:19:33.640 going to head back out to Katie and complete our conversation about the ants that 276 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:37.200 are invading all the pots. Katie, I think you had some more question. 277 00:19:37.559 --> 00:19:41.519 The only other question I had, and it wasn't ms. Well, 278 00:19:41.839 --> 00:19:45.000 it's in the same area. So my patio is covered with potted plants, 279 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:48.079 and as I was watering them yesterday, I noticed that one of my plants 280 00:19:48.119 --> 00:19:53.240 has a lot of like white powder on the leaves. I didn't know one 281 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:56.039 how to get rid of it. Two, I was afraid it was going 282 00:19:56.119 --> 00:19:59.880 to spread to the other plants, so I removed it from the grouping. 283 00:20:00.359 --> 00:20:03.839 You placed it elsewhere? You need to do that or not, do you, 284 00:20:03.119 --> 00:20:07.119 Katie? Do you remember which plant that was? Offhand? Um? 285 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.720 You know it's funny. I got that plant in November. It was in 286 00:20:10.880 --> 00:20:14.319 full bloom. I thought it was a daisy plant. Okay, it hasn't 287 00:20:14.359 --> 00:20:18.480 bloomed since the fall, and the leaves look like like a mum like you 288 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:21.960 know, mum plants, mum plant leaves. I think you're talking about a 289 00:20:22.039 --> 00:20:26.640 daisy, one of the daisies. Now, there's some nice new daisies in 290 00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:30.799 the Garvinia series that are pretty resistant to powdery mildew, but the other daisies 291 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:33.519 can be pretty prone to it, and I think that's what you're seeing. 292 00:20:33.759 --> 00:20:38.240 So what you're going to need to do is use a funger side that proactively, 293 00:20:38.359 --> 00:20:41.000 like once you see it the white all over the leaf. It's a 294 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:45.359 little late to benefit the plant with a spray much, but if you can, 295 00:20:45.400 --> 00:20:48.119 if you know, if you kind of periodically, if you know you 296 00:20:48.200 --> 00:20:52.400 have a prone plant to that disease, just give it a spray. You 297 00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:56.039 can use something if you're on their gunnack end. Kneeme oil works really well 298 00:20:56.400 --> 00:21:00.759 for that neme oil. You just want to be careful will not to spray 299 00:21:00.839 --> 00:21:03.759 the oil out in the middle of the day when the sun is baking down 300 00:21:03.799 --> 00:21:07.640 on the plant. And then there are some systemic fungicides, a variety of 301 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:12.799 different ones that will will also control the powdery mildew. Whichever way you choose 302 00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:17.799 to go okay, and we'll not spread to other plants. Do I need 303 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:21.920 to keep it kind of isolated or now it is ubiquitous in the environment. 304 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:25.759 So it's like your plant isn't going to make the other plants get sick that 305 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:30.519 powdery mildew. Spores are already floating around everywhere, and so of course, 306 00:21:30.160 --> 00:21:33.759 you know, the more of it you have in the area, the more 307 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:37.559 spores are going to be right around it. But I wouldn't so much worry 308 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:41.920 about that as just to assume when conditions are right, a susceptible species is 309 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.640 going to get powdery mildew. And a lot of the daisies are susceptible. 310 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:51.160 Should I just kill off the leaves and have it on there if they look 311 00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:56.680 like they're basically at least half of the photo synthesizing area that's hard to say 312 00:21:57.400 --> 00:22:00.559 is gone. In other words, it's like, you know, it's you 313 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:03.640 don't have the green, it's covered with white or whatever. Yeah, take 314 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:08.039 those leaves off because they're just producing more spores too. Okay, all right, 315 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:11.480 all right, thank you so much. A great day, you too, 316 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:15.039 and I appreciate the call. Yeah, Katie was talking about, you 317 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:21.599 know, plants and the ants and things on the patio on. One of 318 00:22:21.599 --> 00:22:25.279 the great products that we talk about here on garden Line is jungle Land. 319 00:22:25.319 --> 00:22:29.119 It's a nitro FoST product. Basically, there's an outdoor version for using in 320 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:32.880 your potted plants outside on the patio, and then there's there's an indoor version 321 00:22:33.200 --> 00:22:37.240 that has the water saving crystals in it. Jungle Land provides the excellent drainage 322 00:22:37.240 --> 00:22:42.279 but also holds moisture that makes it that that container of soil able to whole 323 00:22:42.359 --> 00:22:48.559 water and nutrients better but still drain well. Includes four sources of aged organic 324 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:52.440 matter micro riizal fungi, which is especially important. And by the way, 325 00:22:52.519 --> 00:22:55.519 jungle Land, you know where where do you find nitro FoST pretty much? 326 00:22:55.759 --> 00:23:00.200 Or you know everywhere? Uh, we could talk about a tascaseda Lake Hardware 327 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:03.240 and Angleton, Jim's Hardware, Montgomery, There's there's a lot of places, 328 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:07.480 but the jungle Land soil would be a good one for your containers out on 329 00:23:07.880 --> 00:23:12.240 the patio. Well. Our phone number seven one three two one two five 330 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:17.839 eight seven four, And now we're gonna go to Lake Jackson and talk to 331 00:23:17.920 --> 00:23:22.079 Sue. Good morning, Sue, good morning, how are you. I'm 332 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:25.359 well? Thank you. Yes, I want you to call and talk to 333 00:23:25.359 --> 00:23:30.079 you about my fig tree. It's about seven years old. It's gotten huge. 334 00:23:30.119 --> 00:23:33.400 It's about fifteen feet tall and it's spread is about twenty feet wide. 335 00:23:34.200 --> 00:23:37.319 My figs are about the size of a fifty cent piece. They're not great 336 00:23:37.359 --> 00:23:41.720 big figs. I want you to do, I trink. Can I trim 337 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:44.559 that tree back? Or do I just let it keep growing and let the 338 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.079 birds get the figs, you know, like in the top and all I 339 00:23:47.119 --> 00:23:52.440 can't reach, or you could trim it back now. I think I would 340 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:56.200 go ahead and try to get whatever crop you can out of it right now, 341 00:23:56.920 --> 00:24:00.000 and then do the trimming, because when the new growth comes out, 342 00:24:00.359 --> 00:24:03.759 you may get a second crop on it, depending on what variety of fakes. 343 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:07.480 Some of them can do that better than others. Oh okay, I 344 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:08.599 just I didn't want to kill it because I've had it, you know, 345 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:12.000 like seven years, and it's beautiful. This made a beautiful plant, you 346 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:17.519 know, in my backyard. But it sounds like you're doing something right if 347 00:24:17.559 --> 00:24:21.799 it's if it's happy and getting that big Yes, okay, Well, thank 348 00:24:21.839 --> 00:24:23.920 you very much, appreciate you taking my call. You have a great day, 349 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:27.480 you two. Thank you for the call our phone number seven one three 350 00:24:27.559 --> 00:24:33.039 two one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two fifty eight 351 00:24:33.559 --> 00:24:40.960 seventy four. You know, I was talking earlier about everybody can garden just 352 00:24:41.000 --> 00:24:45.480 by using a container on the patio or or dropping a bed on the ground. 353 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.119 And when I when I say dropping a bed on the ground, there's 354 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:51.720 a lot of ways we make beds. You know, people just treated lumber 355 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:56.880 of people, just cender blocks. People. I don't know landscape stones and 356 00:24:56.920 --> 00:24:59.759 stuff, but I think the best way to do a bed and this is 357 00:24:59.799 --> 00:25:03.200 a it's a pretty new product, but it's veg Vego garden beds. Vego 358 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:07.200 garden beds are made out of a metal that has been treated to prevent rust 359 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:11.000 and corrosion, and then it's been painted with the USDA approved paint Safe for 360 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:15.720 food and their quality beds. They're modulars. So if you want to make 361 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:18.160 a long, skinny bed, if you want to make a big, fat 362 00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.880 square bed, if you want to make a C shaped bed, I mean, 363 00:25:21.160 --> 00:25:25.599 you can design them anyway you want and put them together and they last. 364 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:29.119 They last a lot longer than the other materials we talk about. But 365 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:33.039 they also have one thing I like about Vego beds is it's a narrow side. 366 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:36.640 You know, if you use a center block every that's two sides to 367 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:41.440 the bedtimes that's sixteen inches of garden area that you've lost with each bed that 368 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.559 you put on the ground with Vego not so put a good quality saw mix 369 00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:48.039 in one and they're going to do very well. You can go to vegogarden 370 00:25:48.119 --> 00:25:52.160 dot com to find out more information. Some of our independent garden centers carry 371 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:56.000 Vego as well, and I think you will not be disappointed. Some great 372 00:25:56.039 --> 00:26:00.640 pictures online of what I'm talking about, and you you really to check those 373 00:26:00.680 --> 00:26:04.720 out. I think I think it's a really cool way to create a garden 374 00:26:04.759 --> 00:26:22.920 bed on a night, well, good morning, on a good day for 375 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.359 gardening and a good day for talking about gardening. You're listening to garden Line. 376 00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:30.519 I'm your host, Skip Richter, and our number write this down seven 377 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:37.319 one three two one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two 378 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:41.640 fifty eight seventy four were I was talking about our vegetable garden a little bit 379 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:45.400 earlier. I want to talk a little bit about lawns too. This is 380 00:26:47.119 --> 00:26:51.640 this is a season where your lawn is really happy. I mean that our 381 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:55.519 southern turf grass is Soysia, Bermuda, Saint Augustine. Those are the three 382 00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:59.400 big ones. They can take the heat if you give them adequate water. 383 00:27:00.119 --> 00:27:03.160 And it's warming up now and their growth rate is just going to increase. 384 00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:07.200 And as the weather warms, you want to make sure that they have the 385 00:27:07.279 --> 00:27:11.359 nutrients that they need when you're when you're taking care of your law, because 386 00:27:12.319 --> 00:27:19.440 the adequate nutrition provides good sustainable growth, and plants need more than just you 387 00:27:19.480 --> 00:27:22.640 know, three numbers. I mean, they need a number of different things 388 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:26.680 on the back that aren't on a fertilizer bag. You can do this with 389 00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:32.880 some supplements and things, but the gradual release is the best. And when 390 00:27:32.880 --> 00:27:38.759 you're mowing, always return your clippings. Your clippings have the perfect lawn fertilizer 391 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:44.400 in them. Now you know the fate of those nutrients. Nitrogen can wash 392 00:27:44.440 --> 00:27:47.720 away, it can volatilize, and so just because you return the clipping doesn't 393 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:52.440 mean you get all your nitrogen back. But all those micronutrients that plants still 394 00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:55.240 need, they're essential, but they're not part of the big three on the 395 00:27:55.279 --> 00:28:00.119 fertilizer bag. Clippings provide those and it just makes sense to return them. 396 00:28:00.200 --> 00:28:03.440 You can back off a little bit on fertilizing if you're returning your clippings, 397 00:28:03.519 --> 00:28:06.799 or the other way to look about it. Look at it as if you 398 00:28:07.279 --> 00:28:10.319 bag your clippings, put them out at the curb and pay somebody to haul 399 00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:14.359 them away, you're gonna have to fertilize more because what you've done is you've 400 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:19.880 just taken the fertilizer you applied earlier that grew you grass clippings, and now 401 00:28:19.920 --> 00:28:26.519 you're taking those nutrients and the perfect blend for turf with all the micros in 402 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:30.279 a grass clipping, and you're putting them at the curb for somebody to haul 403 00:28:30.319 --> 00:28:33.279 away. I call that renting fertilizer. So it just makes sense to recycle. 404 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:37.440 No, when it rains for several days and you can't get out to 405 00:28:37.519 --> 00:28:41.000 mow and it gets real tall, Okay, you can make a case to 406 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:44.119 me for we're gonna go ahead and bag this one. But I still would 407 00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:48.400 say use those clippings in flower beds as mulch, put them in a compost 408 00:28:48.400 --> 00:28:51.640 pile, use them in your vegetable garden down the walkaways. Just don't put 409 00:28:51.680 --> 00:28:55.680 them too deep. About an inch deep is enough in any one application because 410 00:28:55.720 --> 00:29:00.119 you want them to dry out really well, but don't give away the nutrients 411 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:03.279 that you paid to put down. That applies to tree leaves in the fall 412 00:29:03.319 --> 00:29:07.119 too, but we'll wait to talk about that more, I think in the 413 00:29:07.160 --> 00:29:11.799 fall season, but it does make sense to recycle those clippings. Keep your 414 00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:15.480 lawn mower blade sharp. It'll make your lawn look better. It'll be easier 415 00:29:15.480 --> 00:29:19.039 in your lawn mower. With each cutting, it makes a nice clean slice. 416 00:29:19.079 --> 00:29:23.279 It doesn't just essentially rip the ends of the grass blades off like a 417 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:29.240 dull mower wood. So you want to make sure and keep your lawn More 418 00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:33.000 blade sharp. I posted something to Facebook a while back showing the difference between 419 00:29:33.440 --> 00:29:38.279 a sharp more blade and a dull mower blade and the size of the brown 420 00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:44.319 tip on the from the dull mower blade. And if you take a brown 421 00:29:44.440 --> 00:29:48.079 tip from a grass blade and multiply at times ever grass blade in your lawn, 422 00:29:48.119 --> 00:29:52.039 I don't know how many bazilion that is, but it's like putting brown 423 00:29:52.160 --> 00:29:56.480 pixels in a green picture. Maybe that makes sense because we're kind of into 424 00:29:56.960 --> 00:30:02.839 high density and high quality TVs and things. Imagine a whole bunch of little 425 00:30:02.839 --> 00:30:06.119 brown pixels. It doesn't look as green when you step back and look at 426 00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:08.480 the picture. So that's what I'm talking about. Keep that blade sharp. 427 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:12.400 Well, we're gonna go to the phones now, the number seven one three 428 00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:17.759 two one two fifty eight seventy four. We're gonna head out to Briar Grove 429 00:30:18.200 --> 00:30:23.359 and talk to Charles. Good morning, Charles. Yes, I have a 430 00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:29.839 tomato plants. I plant them on the west side of my house and there's 431 00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:36.200 a two story house next Tommy and I got big plants, a lot of 432 00:30:36.279 --> 00:30:42.000 balloons, but no fruit is it doesn't get a lot of sunshine. Maybe 433 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:51.079 in the afternoon it gets maybe an hour show. Okay, Charles, I 434 00:30:51.079 --> 00:30:55.279 hate to be the bear of bad news, but that's a little bit significantly 435 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:59.400 too low of light. Your tomato really would like to talk about six hours. 436 00:30:59.400 --> 00:31:02.839 And I realized you probably have a problem then finding a space that gets 437 00:31:02.839 --> 00:31:06.640 that where you can put a tomato. But on that super low level, 438 00:31:06.759 --> 00:31:10.559 it's having trouble making enough energy to support a fruit. Now, there are 439 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:15.559 other things that can cause the blooms to abort. Excessive nitrogen causing a lot 440 00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:19.839 of vine growth at the expense of slowing down and setting that would be a 441 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:25.839 factor. It could be if the area is so still that no wind moves 442 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:30.519 the plant there. Tomatoes need wind to kind of shake the blooms and cause 443 00:31:30.599 --> 00:31:33.119 pollination to be successful. But if you're just down to one hour, I 444 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:37.839 would say, that's that's the elephant in the room. Okay, that's what 445 00:31:37.960 --> 00:31:41.839 I was wondering. Yeah, you might try a big container on a patio 446 00:31:41.920 --> 00:31:45.480 or something next round, and I think you'll have better success because you can 447 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:49.680 put that wherever the sunshines. Okay, thank you, all right, thank 448 00:31:49.720 --> 00:31:55.759 you, Charles. I appreciate appreciate that call. Let's see Julia and South 449 00:31:55.759 --> 00:31:57.039 Houston. We're going to hold off just a moment. I got to take 450 00:31:57.039 --> 00:32:00.920 a break here, but I will get to you first when we come back 451 00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:07.240 after the break. If anyone else would like to be on the air answers 452 00:32:07.400 --> 00:32:12.759 or ask some questions, it's seven one three two one fifty eight seventy four 453 00:32:12.799 --> 00:32:16.880 two one two fifty eight seventy four. We have just put our first hour 454 00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:21.160 in the books. We're going to be here until ten o'clock this morning, 455 00:32:21.240 --> 00:32:24.680 and after that I'm jumping in a car and heading out to the Stafford Center 456 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:30.079 and Stafford for the Sugarland Home and Outdoor Living Show. I'll be there from 457 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.599 eleven thirty to one thirty. Start off, I'll be given a talk on 458 00:32:32.680 --> 00:32:37.440 tips for gardening success, and I hope you can come out there and come 459 00:32:37.480 --> 00:32:42.559 hear me. We're gonna be given away some fertilizer samples for people that are 460 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:45.319 coming to the program. And then I'll be out at a table answering gardening 461 00:32:45.400 --> 00:32:50.319 question. So bring me plants in a bag, bring me pictures on your 462 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:54.880 phone. We'll identifiable, diagnose, or we'll just talk about ideas for improving 463 00:32:54.920 --> 00:33:00.319 your landscape or making a certain area a little bit prettier than it is now. 464 00:33:00.440 --> 00:33:04.440 But that's the sugar Line Home and Garden Show, Stafford Center in Stafford 465 00:33:04.440 --> 00:33:07.119 from eleven thirty to one thirty today. I hope I can see you there. 466 00:33:12.799 --> 00:33:16.279 KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or services advertised 467 00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:31.519 on this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Skip Rictor. So just 468 00:33:31.839 --> 00:33:46.279 watching as good morning. It's a good day for gardening and a good day 469 00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:50.759 for talking about gardening. You're listening to garden Line. I'm your host, 470 00:33:50.839 --> 00:33:53.799 Skip Richter, and our phone number seven one three two, one, two, 471 00:33:54.440 --> 00:33:59.440 five eight seven four, And let's just head right out to South Houston 472 00:33:59.759 --> 00:34:01.880 and we're gonna talk to Julia. Hi, Julia, how are you this 473 00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:06.559 morning? Good morning, I'm doing well. And how about yourself? And 474 00:34:06.720 --> 00:34:12.039 well, thanks. I really appreciate the job you're doing. I get a 475 00:34:12.039 --> 00:34:16.360 lot of information from you. What I have is that I was given a 476 00:34:16.360 --> 00:34:23.000 guava plant, and I have honestly never eaten guava except in the tropical of 477 00:34:23.079 --> 00:34:28.320 fruit canes, you know, fropical fruits in the can Okay, My question 478 00:34:28.440 --> 00:34:32.360 is it's it came in a six inch pot and we already planted it and 479 00:34:32.480 --> 00:34:38.360 it's maybe a foot high, but it already has like three little baby guavas 480 00:34:38.440 --> 00:34:43.280 on there. I leave folk on there or do I pick them off? 481 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:47.360 You're not gonna like what I'm gonna tell you on all our fruit. When 482 00:34:47.400 --> 00:34:51.960 they try to, as you said, have babies and they're too young, 483 00:34:52.840 --> 00:34:55.159 it's better to take them off. And here's why. They will put a 484 00:34:55.199 --> 00:34:59.239 lot of energy into those fruit. And they're a little tiny plant without a 485 00:34:59.239 --> 00:35:02.920 lot out The leaves are going to have someday the quantity if you can spend 486 00:35:02.920 --> 00:35:07.280 the first year or two just growing the biggest, strongest plant you can. 487 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:10.360 You're going to be able to hang a whole lot of guava on it, 488 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:15.079 and in the long run, you will end up with more production than if 489 00:35:15.119 --> 00:35:19.800 you let that little plant try to raise fruit before it's ready. Yeah. 490 00:35:20.519 --> 00:35:22.559 I kind of figured that because I've heard that on some of the other fruit 491 00:35:22.679 --> 00:35:27.199 trees that you're supposed to do that. Yeah, But so the first two 492 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:31.400 years, oh year or two, just see how it's growing, and maybe 493 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:35.599 maybe the second year you could leave a just a few, you know, 494 00:35:35.760 --> 00:35:39.840 not too many, but you're gonna have your your hands full in the winter 495 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:45.400 time, you know, getting that that guava through but through the winter when 496 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:47.639 we if we do have the kind of freezes we seem to be fond of 497 00:35:47.679 --> 00:35:52.719 having them lately. But it's a fun fruit to grow, really tasty too. 498 00:35:54.480 --> 00:35:58.679 Okay, I appreciate your information. Thank you very much. All right, 499 00:35:58.800 --> 00:36:01.079 Julie, thank you. Yeah. They you know, we've got a 500 00:36:01.079 --> 00:36:06.320 lot of different kinds of fruit that we can grow here in the Houston area, 501 00:36:06.400 --> 00:36:10.000 and the tropicals, you know, they they're challenge. But I know 502 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:14.119 people that are growing a lot of these different kind of tropicals just having to 503 00:36:14.159 --> 00:36:20.840 give them the condition that they want to do well the options for fruit. 504 00:36:20.920 --> 00:36:23.159 It's amazing what all you can do here. Hey our phone number seven one 505 00:36:23.280 --> 00:36:30.000 three two one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two fifty 506 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:34.360 eight seventy four. Just want to remind you. I'm going to be at 507 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:37.199 the sugar Land Home and Garden Show today from eleven thirty to one thirty, 508 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:45.199 and that is at the Stafford Center and Stafford Stafford Center and Stafford eleven thirty 509 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:49.400 one. There. I'll start off and I'll have a look seminar on tips 510 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:52.960 for having a beautiful landscape a successful landscape, especially through the summer season. 511 00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:58.199 And then I'll be at a table answering your gardening questions. Bring us some 512 00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:01.360 samples, bring us some pictures of the things that you want identified or diagnosed 513 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:05.400 or whatever. I'll just come in and visit. I always like to meet 514 00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:08.039 listeners to the show. It's kind of fun to be able to do that. 515 00:37:08.119 --> 00:37:12.840 And it's from y'all y'all's, and it's a it's an opportunity just to 516 00:37:12.960 --> 00:37:15.400 sit down. And you know, I only do a few calls over the 517 00:37:15.480 --> 00:37:19.960 course of a show, but there it's kind of like I one on one. 518 00:37:20.000 --> 00:37:22.760 You got some time to kind of pick my brain or try to try 519 00:37:22.840 --> 00:37:28.000 to get something diagnosed, and we'll be we'll be really happy to do it. 520 00:37:28.079 --> 00:37:30.639 By the way, during the seminar, I'm going to be giving away 521 00:37:30.280 --> 00:37:36.880 fertilizers and uh these Nelson Fertilizer has provided some samples for us to give away 522 00:37:36.920 --> 00:37:38.760 in there, so I'm looking forward to to doing that. And it's a 523 00:37:38.840 --> 00:37:44.599 nice little, nice little containers, so you will you will love that if 524 00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:47.159 you come by and grab you one at the seminar. By the way, 525 00:37:47.239 --> 00:37:51.599 just to mention this next week, I don't want to confuse the weeks, 526 00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:53.400 but I want to give you a heads up. Next week, I'm going 527 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:57.840 to be at the wild Birds Unlimited in clear Lake and I'll be there for 528 00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:01.360 two hours again, eleven thirty to one thirty wild Birds Unlimited in clear Lake. 529 00:38:01.519 --> 00:38:05.679 That's our I believe that's our newest store here in the Houston area, 530 00:38:06.159 --> 00:38:07.880 and I hope you will come out, So put that down on your calendar. 531 00:38:08.559 --> 00:38:12.960 We you know, there's a lot to be doing right now with birds 532 00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:20.920 and enhancing your landscape to open the door up for birds as well. Yeah, 533 00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:22.639 we tend to think of, Okay, what flowers can I put in 534 00:38:22.760 --> 00:38:28.920 my landscape. But we forget about things like butterflies, which are flying flowers 535 00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:31.199 the way I look at it. We forget about things like the birds, 536 00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:37.880 the sounds they bring, the beauty that they bring as well. So I'm 537 00:38:37.920 --> 00:38:39.840 gonna let's see, we're gonna go to the phones now and we're gonna talk 538 00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:46.199 to Sandy and Cypress. How are you doing, Sandy, hither skip m 539 00:38:46.679 --> 00:38:51.280 Good morning. I have a couple of questions for you. One is about 540 00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:53.920 my lawn. I spoke to you last weekend and told you that I put 541 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:59.440 that weed eater on there and if I could do it again, you told 542 00:38:59.480 --> 00:39:02.280 me, no, wait six to eight weeks, but I haven't. Um 543 00:39:02.639 --> 00:39:07.960 can I put the medina plus spray that on it? Or yeah you can? 544 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:13.679 Uh. You're going to be using it as a liquid plant food that 545 00:39:13.760 --> 00:39:16.639 you spray on. That's how it has to grow twelve for eight works. 546 00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:21.519 You attach it to a garden hose and it just takes about ten minutes to 547 00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:25.639 treat an average lawn. And it's got the nutrients in it for sure, 548 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:30.920 but it also has medina sail activator, human liquid humus and everything. It's 549 00:39:30.920 --> 00:39:34.440 really convenient to be able to apply it. Uh, it's it's one that 550 00:39:35.119 --> 00:39:39.119 you it's it's not an overdose of the nutrients to do that, and just 551 00:39:39.360 --> 00:39:43.760 just follow the label carefully because you want to do it, you want to 552 00:39:43.800 --> 00:39:47.400 do it properly. Okay. Also, um, well, I have a 553 00:39:47.480 --> 00:39:52.519 question of my Roman tomato. But first on this night of Falls nineteen four 554 00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:58.760 ten, if my husband puts that out today, should I wait like a 555 00:39:58.880 --> 00:40:01.519 couple of weeks and then do the medina plus or is it okay to do 556 00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:05.119 it? Well, if you're gonna do, if you're gonna do the nitrofoss 557 00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:09.280 today, that's going to give you a gradual release all through the next coming 558 00:40:09.400 --> 00:40:13.480 months. And so I would I would not I would not follow. Just 559 00:40:13.800 --> 00:40:16.320 maybe I misunderstood your original question, but I would not follow with just the 560 00:40:16.679 --> 00:40:21.519 medina immediately. Now you could do the medina and hold you for a while 561 00:40:21.519 --> 00:40:24.079 and then add the nitrofossil a little later to carry on through. But I 562 00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:30.280 wouldn't do two fertilizations with any fertilizer, just right back to back. The 563 00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:34.760 thing with the liquid food, it's a real quick release. It gives you 564 00:40:34.840 --> 00:40:40.360 a fast response, and with the longer release fertilizers, they do start releasing 565 00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:44.400 but it stretches it over time. So if you wanted to use both of 566 00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:47.000 those, I would start with a hast grow and then I would give it 567 00:40:47.199 --> 00:40:54.920 probably a month or so before I would put down the nineteen nineteen nitrofoss that 568 00:40:54.960 --> 00:41:01.039 you were talking about. Okay, And also on my roama tomatoes, I've 569 00:41:01.079 --> 00:41:07.639 probably got about twelve to twelve thirteen maybe where Ima is on there. Do 570 00:41:07.760 --> 00:41:13.960 they ripen from that bottom up? Because I've got like four at the bottom 571 00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:17.760 that are red, but the ones closer to the top are still green. 572 00:41:19.480 --> 00:41:22.400 Yes, that is the natural way they do that. Those at the bottom 573 00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:25.199 are the oldest tomatoes on your plant, so they they're the furthest developed. 574 00:41:25.360 --> 00:41:29.320 And then as you know, as a plant grows, you get new flowers 575 00:41:29.559 --> 00:41:34.440 which become fruit, which grow in size, and then they will finally you 576 00:41:34.519 --> 00:41:39.719 know, ripen themselves. Oh okay, okay, well thanks Skip. Do 577 00:41:39.800 --> 00:41:43.559 you have time for one more question. I'm going to have to hold you 578 00:41:43.719 --> 00:41:45.760 over break, but just let me put you on hold and I'll come back 579 00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:47.880 to you. And by the way, David I see out there in Southeast 580 00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:52.119 Houston, will come back to you as well. You know, if you're 581 00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:55.079 trying to prevent weeds. Barricade is a product that can do that both for 582 00:41:55.159 --> 00:42:00.039 broad leaf and for thin grass like weeds. Barricade is pre emergent. What 583 00:42:00.119 --> 00:42:02.480 does that mean, Well, it means the weeds never have a chance to 584 00:42:02.559 --> 00:42:07.440 start. It prevents the seeds from germinating and successfully establishing a weed plant. 585 00:42:07.559 --> 00:42:12.320 And that's that's the easiest way to shut things down rather than killing weeds are 586 00:42:12.320 --> 00:42:16.440 already growing in your lawn. Now you're gonna find barricade all over the place. 587 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:21.320 You know, the K and Ma's hardware and Kingwood D and D feed 588 00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:25.639 and Tom Ball carries that gym's hardware out of Montgomery plants and things in Brenham. 589 00:42:27.519 --> 00:42:44.719 It's it's not hard finding nitro FoST products, including barricade. Well, 590 00:42:44.880 --> 00:42:47.039 good morning on a good day for gardening and a good day for talking about 591 00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:51.960 gardening. You're listening to garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter and 592 00:42:52.119 --> 00:42:55.760 our phone number seven one three two one two five eight seven four. We 593 00:42:55.880 --> 00:43:00.840 were talking with Sandy and Cypers. We are going to go back and continue 594 00:43:00.880 --> 00:43:06.400 that conversation. Hi, they ask, um, Okay, so I have 595 00:43:07.400 --> 00:43:13.039 have bell peppers growing, hallapena is growing, and I wanted to know Um, 596 00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:17.320 do I need to leave one on the vine on the on the plant 597 00:43:19.199 --> 00:43:22.599 to ripe in four seeds for next season, or how do I do that? 598 00:43:23.119 --> 00:43:27.599 Well, how I save the seeds for Yeah, if it's not a 599 00:43:27.719 --> 00:43:30.440 hybrid, you can save the seed and it'll be what the plant was you 600 00:43:30.840 --> 00:43:35.480 took it the fruit off of. If it's a hybrid, it's going to 601 00:43:35.519 --> 00:43:37.800 be a mix. Like kids are not like mom or dad identically, although 602 00:43:37.840 --> 00:43:40.920 when they misbehave one, from what I hear, they're more like dad. 603 00:43:42.000 --> 00:43:45.320 But anyway, um, yeah, you can, you can leave one on. 604 00:43:45.480 --> 00:43:47.440 I would wait until kind of the end of the season on it because 605 00:43:49.440 --> 00:43:52.840 when you leave peppers to ripen to turn red number one, there's good reasons 606 00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:57.760 to do that, but the plant doesn't tend to produce as much. It's 607 00:43:57.920 --> 00:44:00.559 it's sort of like I'm finishing my cycle here. It slows down a little 608 00:44:00.559 --> 00:44:04.920 bit. So I'd wait till the end of the season. Sandy, Okay, 609 00:44:05.000 --> 00:44:07.360 so wait till the end of the season. Yeah, maybe it's not 610 00:44:07.480 --> 00:44:10.079 the end of the world if you let one ripen, But just in general, 611 00:44:10.159 --> 00:44:15.360 how do I know if it's a hybrid or not? Chet it should 612 00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:21.280 say on on the did you plant it? From a seed packet or from 613 00:44:21.320 --> 00:44:25.559 a snowbought tan. Yeah, bought it at eighth at eight. Okay, 614 00:44:25.639 --> 00:44:30.639 do you remember the variety of it? Um I can go out in any 615 00:44:30.679 --> 00:44:37.960 look. Oh well, let's let's just say I'm uh that chances are if 616 00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:43.639 if it's if it's a variety that you buy at a garden center. Uh, 617 00:44:44.199 --> 00:44:46.159 well, it's really fifty fifty on these plants. It just depends on 618 00:44:46.280 --> 00:44:50.800 what they're what they're selling. A lot of the open pollinated ones are the 619 00:44:50.920 --> 00:44:53.000 ones that we see on the market. But yeah, while we're while we're 620 00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:57.960 talking about peppers. By the way, the the peppers when they turn red, 621 00:44:58.360 --> 00:45:01.039 the beta carotein goes way out. They're very nutritious and they get sweeter. 622 00:45:01.400 --> 00:45:05.480 Now I know with hallopenia is we pick them green when they're kind of 623 00:45:05.559 --> 00:45:08.519 cracking before they turn color. And that's fine, that's a traditional halopenia. 624 00:45:08.599 --> 00:45:13.280 But just know that if you want to let some turn red, you have 625 00:45:13.400 --> 00:45:17.719 those two benefits, a little sweeter taste and higher beta carotene content. But 626 00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:23.239 in general your bush's production will be a little less. This just as bonnie 627 00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:29.199 green bell sweet pepper, oh bell pepper. Okay, yeah, that doesn't 628 00:45:29.239 --> 00:45:32.559 give the variety. Well, you know, you could save the seed. 629 00:45:32.639 --> 00:45:37.360 I think it's better just to buy packets a seed if you're not sure, 630 00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:42.239 because that way you can get one that has the qualities you want and have 631 00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:45.039 a better success with it. But if you want to save a few just 632 00:45:45.199 --> 00:45:49.320 for fun, they will come up and they will grow peppers. Oh okay, 633 00:45:49.440 --> 00:45:52.039 okay, thank you so much, scamp. Thank you. Have a 634 00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:57.679 great day. All right, thank you very much. Let's now go to 635 00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:01.239 southeast Houston and we're gonna talk good David. Hello, David, good morning. 636 00:46:02.519 --> 00:46:08.159 Have a question or get your thoughts on a quander. I'm in I 637 00:46:08.280 --> 00:46:13.360 have two live oak trees in my front yard. The house faces southwest, 638 00:46:13.440 --> 00:46:16.440 so they're twenty two years old, and they provide good shade in the summer 639 00:46:16.559 --> 00:46:22.519 months keep their conditioning bills down a little bit. The problem is they've gotten 640 00:46:22.559 --> 00:46:25.719 so big they're starting to encroach on my driveway and underneath my house. I've 641 00:46:25.760 --> 00:46:30.239 had to have some root or piers put in on my house already because of 642 00:46:30.960 --> 00:46:36.800 unsettling in the soil. So we've had our house remodeled down and we don't 643 00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:39.360 want to go through the same thing with the foundations so we're thinking about either 644 00:46:39.920 --> 00:46:45.079 taking out the two oak trees and replacing them with other trees, are having 645 00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:51.559 a root barrier put in around the driveway and the house. And my question 646 00:46:51.760 --> 00:46:57.440 is which would you do and what are your thoughts on trees that grow to 647 00:46:57.559 --> 00:47:00.480 the point where the roots don't go into these areas that I'm having problems with. 648 00:47:01.320 --> 00:47:06.800 Well, the root barrier is a good solution, and it's also a 649 00:47:06.920 --> 00:47:09.320 very pricey one. It's quite quite an ordeal to get that done. But 650 00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:14.599 that would solve that problem. The problem of just putting a different tree is 651 00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:17.360 all tree roots are going to go where there's moisture, and around the drip 652 00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:22.320 line of your house there's almost always moisture there, and the tree roots build 653 00:47:22.400 --> 00:47:25.039 up there. They don't you know, they'll go under a sidewalk and lift 654 00:47:25.079 --> 00:47:28.559 it up and break it, but they don't so much do that the on 655 00:47:28.639 --> 00:47:32.280 the foundation as they take all the moisture away from that area, and so 656 00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:37.800 when your soil dries and gets wet, there's a lot of shrink and swell 657 00:47:37.880 --> 00:47:42.199 and that's what's so hard on our foundations. So I don't think changing species 658 00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:46.000 is going to be much help. I had a recommendation to put in some 659 00:47:46.119 --> 00:47:51.159 crape myrtles that would grow to a good height, but the roots wouldn't spread 660 00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:55.079 so far out into these areas. What are your thoughts on that, Well, 661 00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:59.440 I guess that would be that would be a step in the right direction. 662 00:48:00.000 --> 00:48:02.480 They're not going to tend to have the extent of a root system as 663 00:48:02.760 --> 00:48:07.559 as you know, your your oaks and things would okay, okay, and 664 00:48:07.960 --> 00:48:13.239 anywhere I can get rid of the roots that are that are above you know, 665 00:48:13.320 --> 00:48:16.519 they're not really under the ground, They're just kind of above the surface 666 00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:21.079 there, and I try to cover them with soil, and then the grass 667 00:48:21.159 --> 00:48:23.679 grows on the soil, but then they return again over the period of time. 668 00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:27.840 Yeah, because the root is getting bigger and bigger over time, and 669 00:48:27.960 --> 00:48:30.719 it's pushing out in all directions. But when it pushes down, there's the 670 00:48:30.840 --> 00:48:35.400 firm soil there, so when it pushes up, it's easier for it to 671 00:48:35.480 --> 00:48:38.880 kind of come up. Plus erosion washes soil away from those rising roots. 672 00:48:38.920 --> 00:48:45.239 Anyway, you can take a root or two away from a tree over the 673 00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:49.559 course of the season. But I don't think that is recommended. There some 674 00:48:50.320 --> 00:48:52.840 issues with that that that I don't I don't think I would recommend you you 675 00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:57.239 mess with that. I would just bring in either use a ground cover in 676 00:48:57.320 --> 00:49:00.400 that area to cover that up, or make a nice large mulched bed out 677 00:49:00.480 --> 00:49:05.559 of it and do it that way. Okay, so let me get you 678 00:49:05.719 --> 00:49:08.599 this straight. You've said a root barrier would be a good option. Does 679 00:49:08.639 --> 00:49:14.360 it? Actually they've told me that the root bearer will actually hit the barrier 680 00:49:14.480 --> 00:49:17.679 and turn away from that. Yeah, it'll turn sideways or turn down or 681 00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:22.199 something. But properly installed, that would be a good block. Hey David, 682 00:49:22.239 --> 00:49:27.199 I hope that. I hope that helps you with that question. I 683 00:49:27.320 --> 00:49:30.119 want to go now out to Susan and Cyprus. Hello, Susan, how 684 00:49:30.199 --> 00:49:35.280 are you this morning? I'm fine? Thank you. I appreciate your show 685 00:49:35.400 --> 00:49:39.239 and all you do. I have a question about fertilizer. I bought a 686 00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:44.400 bag of fifteen five ten earlier this year, but I have a really small 687 00:49:44.519 --> 00:49:47.679 yard, so I have over half the bag left. Is it going to 688 00:49:47.719 --> 00:49:52.199 be okay to use that fifteen five ten in June instead of the nineteen four 689 00:49:52.320 --> 00:49:57.800 ten? Just making sure that what I've got is not going to be bad 690 00:49:57.880 --> 00:50:00.239 to use in really hot weather. Yeah, no, it's not bad to 691 00:50:00.360 --> 00:50:05.199 us in hot weather, and when you don't have a slow release fertilizer, 692 00:50:05.559 --> 00:50:08.039 what I recommend is that you break it up into more than one application, 693 00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:10.960 which is what you've done. And sometimes early in the spring, you know 694 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:14.800 we're on a quick green up, so we use the immediate release for that, 695 00:50:15.400 --> 00:50:19.159 and I suspect the fifteen five ten almost certainly is going to be an 696 00:50:19.199 --> 00:50:22.320 immediate release, So yeah, just go ahead, give it about six weeks 697 00:50:22.440 --> 00:50:27.519 or so and do another application, but both of those being lighter applications, 698 00:50:27.639 --> 00:50:30.199 not full flow, you know, full strength, and just go a little 699 00:50:30.239 --> 00:50:34.599 bit lighter with it, and you can use up that fertilizer you already have. 700 00:50:35.719 --> 00:50:40.599 Okay, great, I'm gonna use um medina medina spray on my grass 701 00:50:40.719 --> 00:50:45.840 now this weekend and then use the nitro thoughts, I guess the middle of 702 00:50:45.000 --> 00:50:49.199 June. Are you okay with that? Yes? But I think we were 703 00:50:49.239 --> 00:50:52.960 just talking about doing the fifteen five ten in there too, right right, 704 00:50:52.960 --> 00:50:55.000 I was gonna do. I was gonna put some Medina grass spray on my 705 00:50:55.280 --> 00:50:59.360 yard this weekend, and then in the middle of June, I was going 706 00:50:59.400 --> 00:51:04.000 to put five can down. Okay, So the medina has to grow twelve 707 00:51:04.079 --> 00:51:07.840 four eight will be fine to use. It's going to give you a quick 708 00:51:07.920 --> 00:51:12.960 response. I would give it about four weeks or six weeks before you come 709 00:51:13.000 --> 00:51:15.800 back with another fertilizer. Okay, great, I'll do Ladina now and then 710 00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:21.719 towards the end of June, I'll do sounds good. Hey, Susan, 711 00:51:21.840 --> 00:51:24.280 thank you for the call. I appreciate that our phone number seven one three 712 00:51:24.400 --> 00:51:29.679 two one two fifty eight seventy four. You know you're talking about fertilizers and 713 00:51:29.760 --> 00:51:34.360 things. I don't know any place in town that has a better selection of 714 00:51:34.519 --> 00:51:40.480 fertilizers and all the pest controlled, weed control insect control products as Southwest Fertilizer, 715 00:51:40.800 --> 00:51:46.199 I mean Southwest Fertilizer. Check them out Southwest Fertilizer dot com it You 716 00:51:46.320 --> 00:51:52.239 will not believe the selection that they have there's it is absolutely outstanding. And 717 00:51:52.360 --> 00:51:54.920 when you take a sample or something in they're going to be able to help 718 00:51:55.119 --> 00:51:59.519 put their eyes on it and identify what's going on and take you to the 719 00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:02.440 proper product. They won't sell you something you don't need. Bob and his 720 00:52:02.599 --> 00:52:07.960 team there or excellent at that. They're on the corner of Bissonette and Renwick, 721 00:52:07.119 --> 00:52:12.239 or you can just go online to Southwest Fertilizer dot com. Uh. 722 00:52:12.719 --> 00:52:16.760 The the quality of fertilizers that we have these days is just amazing. And 723 00:52:16.840 --> 00:52:20.480 you hear us talk about a bunch of different ones I know all the time, 724 00:52:20.559 --> 00:52:23.840 but it's it's just it's just amazing the options. You know, if 725 00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:28.559 you're an organic gardener, if you don't carry synthetics, fine with you. 726 00:52:28.960 --> 00:52:34.119 They're they're just all out there and it's really really kind of cool. I 727 00:52:34.239 --> 00:52:37.400 wanted to tell you about a place that I've talked about them before, but 728 00:52:37.800 --> 00:52:42.440 Verdant Tree Farm. You know, they have the original location which is out 729 00:52:42.480 --> 00:52:45.559 there on Barker Cyprus on the west side, and then they've got the pair 730 00:52:45.679 --> 00:52:49.320 Land location on West Broadway, and then in the Heights on Yale Street they 731 00:52:49.440 --> 00:52:54.320 have another location and Verdant there they are. Their selection of trees is amazing. 732 00:52:54.559 --> 00:52:58.800 I mean the you know, palm trees, oh my gosh, unbelievable, 733 00:52:59.039 --> 00:53:01.679 but all kinds of trees. They've got everything you can imagine. You 734 00:53:01.800 --> 00:53:05.199 get to go there, you pick out your tree, you tag it, 735 00:53:05.320 --> 00:53:07.480 they bring it to you, they planet, they plant right, which is 736 00:53:07.639 --> 00:53:12.760 critical when you purchase a new tree. That's a nice investment. You're putting 737 00:53:12.800 --> 00:53:15.360 in, but it'll pay off for years and years. And Verdant Tree Farm 738 00:53:15.440 --> 00:53:19.920 has the kind of trees and the kind of service and the kind of train 739 00:53:20.039 --> 00:53:24.280 staff that will set you up for a real good success. I want to 740 00:53:24.320 --> 00:53:28.599 remind you again that I'm going to be out in sugar Land at the Home 741 00:53:29.039 --> 00:53:34.880 and Outdoor Living Show from eleven thirty to one thirty today out at the Stafford 742 00:53:34.960 --> 00:53:37.239 Center and Stafford So I hope you'll come out and see me. Come early 743 00:53:37.280 --> 00:53:43.239 though, about eleven thirty. I'm gonna be giving a talk on successful tips 744 00:53:43.320 --> 00:53:47.440 for a successful landscape, and after that I'll be there answering your questions at 745 00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:51.079 a table. So bring me. I like to kind of like the m 746 00:53:51.119 --> 00:53:53.960 Alazareth point, Bring me. You're tired, you're weary, you're huddled masses 747 00:53:54.000 --> 00:53:59.920 of plants yearning to not be sick anymore. That's kind of a stretched it 748 00:54:00.079 --> 00:54:04.280 Nikki. That's really good, how poetic. Yeah, well, we'll look 749 00:54:04.320 --> 00:54:09.320 at them and we'll make some suggestions. No drive, but agis this wild? 750 00:54:09.639 --> 00:54:23.280 See well, good morning on a good day for gardening. This is 751 00:54:23.440 --> 00:54:27.880 the garden Line Radio Show. I'm your host, Skip Richter, and our 752 00:54:27.960 --> 00:54:31.920 phone number seven one three, two, one two five eight seven four seven 753 00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:37.559 one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. Let's go out to Baytown 754 00:54:37.679 --> 00:54:40.400 and we're gonna talk to Mary. Good morning, Mary, Hi, Hey, 755 00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:43.360 are you dealing this morning? Well, I'm well, thank you, 756 00:54:44.239 --> 00:54:51.360 good good. I have a a drift white rose container plant. Um. 757 00:54:51.519 --> 00:54:55.519 I would say maybe three gallons side. Anyway, when I bought it, 758 00:54:55.639 --> 00:55:00.440 it was very very healthy, the roses, the green leafs. Well, 759 00:55:00.480 --> 00:55:02.800 now I haven't played any yet because I wasn't sure that's where I wanted it. 760 00:55:04.079 --> 00:55:07.159 And now my leaves are all going yellow and the roses are all dying 761 00:55:07.239 --> 00:55:10.400 off. Is that too much water or what? Well, it could be 762 00:55:10.760 --> 00:55:15.199 um, too much water, not enough water, or that fluctuation where it 763 00:55:15.239 --> 00:55:17.480 gets a little bit dry. It's it's stressed and then you water it. 764 00:55:17.599 --> 00:55:22.239 Often we see yellow leaves follow that. You notice that probably in your houseplants, 765 00:55:22.280 --> 00:55:25.039 you know, you gotta Papha's ivy and gets too dry, and then 766 00:55:25.079 --> 00:55:29.039 you water it and suddenly the leaves are turning yellow. It's just part of 767 00:55:29.079 --> 00:55:32.199 that cycle. But if it's just yellow and it's the older leaves, then 768 00:55:32.320 --> 00:55:37.079 I wouldn't I wouldn't be concerned, just try to try to make sure drainage 769 00:55:37.159 --> 00:55:40.000 is good, it's not soggy roots, and also that it doesn't go into 770 00:55:40.039 --> 00:55:45.320 drought. But we haven't been anywhere near drought this this spring. Okay, 771 00:55:45.559 --> 00:55:51.760 okay, so kind of not too much sun either, like between the front 772 00:55:52.679 --> 00:55:54.559 that has a little bit of an overhand, Well that shouldn't be a problem. 773 00:55:55.079 --> 00:55:59.880 Well, it comes down to how much light energy hits the leaves of 774 00:56:00.159 --> 00:56:02.199 the course of the day. So we say things like give rose is at 775 00:56:02.280 --> 00:56:07.679 least six hours of sun, but it you know, all light is not 776 00:56:07.840 --> 00:56:13.119 equal. There's there's partial shade, dapple shade, morning sun, afternoon shade, 777 00:56:13.239 --> 00:56:15.320 or you see what I'm saying. It just comes down to you need 778 00:56:15.559 --> 00:56:20.159 you need a lot of sunlight on those leaves, and as it starts to 779 00:56:20.400 --> 00:56:23.719 become less than ideal, then bloom will be less than ideal as well. 780 00:56:25.320 --> 00:56:32.199 Oh okay, okay, yeah, yeah, And I just Mary, thank 781 00:56:32.199 --> 00:56:36.719 you. I'd give it some time. You're gonna you're gonna see this summer 782 00:56:36.760 --> 00:56:38.480 how it does. And then if it's not right, then this falls a 783 00:56:38.519 --> 00:56:42.800 good time to move a rose anyway, That's what i'd recommend, And and 784 00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:45.119 thank you for the call. Our phone number is seven one three, two 785 00:56:45.159 --> 00:56:50.599 one two five eight seven four. You know, the other day I was 786 00:56:50.679 --> 00:56:53.199 out at arbor Gate for a visit on a weekend. They had their little 787 00:56:53.239 --> 00:56:55.599 event out there by the way. That was awesome, and thank you for 788 00:56:55.679 --> 00:56:59.480 those of you who came out. But if you haven't been to arbor Gate, 789 00:56:59.519 --> 00:57:00.320 you need to check it out. If you have been, you need 790 00:57:00.320 --> 00:57:04.920 to check it out again because that place changes all the time. There's constantly. 791 00:57:05.239 --> 00:57:07.960 In fact, when I got through with my talk, there were trucks 792 00:57:07.039 --> 00:57:09.880 lined up through the driveway. Almost couldn't get out of there because there are 793 00:57:09.960 --> 00:57:15.400 so many trucks of plants just coming in with new stuff all the time. 794 00:57:15.840 --> 00:57:19.679 And those of you who've been to Arbrogate, you know that their selection the 795 00:57:19.800 --> 00:57:23.679 kinds of things they carry is wonderful. Arburgate dot com is their website if 796 00:57:23.719 --> 00:57:25.519 you want to check it out. But why are you there to check out 797 00:57:25.920 --> 00:57:30.239 their one two three easy system? And what that means is they have a 798 00:57:30.320 --> 00:57:35.079 food that feeds anything with roots, soil for any application, and a compost 799 00:57:35.360 --> 00:57:39.199 to improve your soil, all completely organic and completely easy. I just love 800 00:57:39.559 --> 00:57:43.719 I love a system like that that kind of keeps things simple, makes it 801 00:57:43.760 --> 00:57:47.679 a little easier to do. Well, let's we're going to head out now 802 00:57:49.039 --> 00:57:55.039 and talk to Mary. Good morning, Mary, good morning. How can 803 00:57:55.119 --> 00:58:00.599 I help today? Major? And too? It about a rosebush, maybe 804 00:58:00.639 --> 00:58:07.599 a knockout rosebush that does not bloom and hasn't bloomed in years. It's in 805 00:58:07.719 --> 00:58:12.559 a ninety degree corner of the property, doesn't get a lot of sunlight. 806 00:58:13.320 --> 00:58:19.840 Its facing the west, but the the crape myrtle trees block a lot of 807 00:58:19.880 --> 00:58:24.679 the sun. It gets too much water in that corner. Okay, all 808 00:58:24.760 --> 00:58:29.199 right, Mary, I think I've heard enough to diagnose this one. You 809 00:58:29.320 --> 00:58:31.599 need to get it. You need to get it in more sunlight. You 810 00:58:31.679 --> 00:58:36.119 know, you can grow rosebush. What do I do, transplanet? Move 811 00:58:36.199 --> 00:58:38.480 it somewhere else on the property? Yeah, I'd wait, though at this 812 00:58:38.639 --> 00:58:42.800 point it's going to get hot and you can move a plant now, but 813 00:58:43.000 --> 00:58:45.000 boy, the chances of success go down a lot. I'd do it in 814 00:58:45.119 --> 00:58:52.000 November and November okay, So live with a situation until November. Yeah. 815 00:58:52.119 --> 00:58:54.639 Give it a good bed that has quality, you know, quality soil and 816 00:58:54.800 --> 00:58:59.639 excellent drainage and some sunlight, and it'll come alive for you and do what 817 00:58:59.719 --> 00:59:02.880 you want it to do. So it is salvageable. Oh, yes, 818 00:59:04.159 --> 00:59:07.960 yes it is. I'm assuming the bush looks okay in and of itself. 819 00:59:08.039 --> 00:59:12.920 It does, it does, but it's it's it needs some help with a 820 00:59:13.000 --> 00:59:17.920 saw and it's just in too much water up, especially the flash flooding that 821 00:59:19.039 --> 00:59:22.920 occurs in my area. Gotcha, Well, those things I recommended, they're 822 00:59:22.960 --> 00:59:27.360 going to be the way to turn that around. Mary. I appreciate your 823 00:59:27.400 --> 00:59:31.440 call, Thank you very much for it. Seven one three two one two 824 00:59:31.960 --> 00:59:36.760 fifty eight seventy four. That's the number Josh will get you on the board. 825 00:59:37.400 --> 00:59:39.599 I just wanted to mention if you haven't been out to Enchanted Forest and 826 00:59:39.719 --> 00:59:44.800 Enchanted Gardens, you need to go check them out that they have. By 827 00:59:44.840 --> 00:59:47.440 the way, each one has its own Facebook and Instagram pages, So just 828 00:59:47.559 --> 00:59:52.960 get on Facebook or get on Instagram and either type in enchanted Gardens which is 829 00:59:52.039 --> 00:59:57.960 the one from Richmond up toward Katie direction, or Enchanted Forest which is the 830 00:59:58.039 --> 01:00:01.880 one from Richmond towards sugar Land direction on the south side of Highway six there, 831 01:00:02.800 --> 01:00:07.880 excuse me, not Highway six fifty nine. They the selection is unmatched. 832 01:00:08.159 --> 01:00:12.159 It's one of those cool places to go to where you know, you 833 01:00:12.360 --> 01:00:15.360 visit and it just it's like a wonderland. Both the places are like this. 834 01:00:15.960 --> 01:00:20.280 They got unbelievable plant selection, all the products we talk about, of 835 01:00:20.400 --> 01:00:23.000 course, by the way, and you will find something, I promise you. 836 01:00:23.039 --> 01:00:25.559 In fact, you better take a big vehicle because you're going to find 837 01:00:25.920 --> 01:00:29.920 a lot of things that you're going to want to be home or bring home 838 01:00:30.000 --> 01:00:35.639 from enchanted forest and enchanted gardens. Oh gosh. You know, we're here 839 01:00:35.719 --> 01:00:37.360 to answer your gardening questions, and we're gonna take a little break, but 840 01:00:37.480 --> 01:00:42.039 we're gonna come back and do just that. Seven one three two one two 841 01:00:42.559 --> 01:01:00.559 five eight seven four Good Saturday morning on a good day for gardening, for 842 01:01:00.639 --> 01:01:05.159 talking about gardening, getting out and enjoying, enjoying the weather and life and 843 01:01:05.280 --> 01:01:08.800 everything like that. You know, I talk to people sometimes and they talk 844 01:01:08.840 --> 01:01:14.719 about not having good fruit set on plants that they have, for example, 845 01:01:14.800 --> 01:01:17.679 squash and things like that. Bees are the key to that. And sometimes 846 01:01:17.760 --> 01:01:22.719 we kill our bees by spraying and you know, using insecticides that kill them. 847 01:01:22.760 --> 01:01:25.480 And when you kill a bee, you inherit it's job, which means 848 01:01:25.480 --> 01:01:30.119 you're going to go out there with an artist brush or something and dab it 849 01:01:30.239 --> 01:01:32.199 on the mail part to get some pollen and then go over to the female 850 01:01:32.239 --> 01:01:36.599 pardons, which is a separate bloom on a squash, and take care of 851 01:01:36.679 --> 01:01:39.719 it like that. To have a beehive in your backyard is really cool. 852 01:01:39.800 --> 01:01:44.719 I used to have those myself, and you will see your yields go up 853 01:01:44.800 --> 01:01:49.039 just from having a beehive. I've talked about the bee supply before. Be 854 01:01:49.159 --> 01:01:52.800 Supply out in Dayton, but they have beginner classes twice a month out in 855 01:01:53.039 --> 01:01:57.239 Dayton. Now you can learn how to take care of your bees. And 856 01:01:57.280 --> 01:01:59.920 it's They're not just going to say you a product and say good good luck. 857 01:02:00.360 --> 01:02:02.280 They really want you to have success. So you can come in over 858 01:02:02.400 --> 01:02:06.079 and over again, Callumn over and over again, here's what's going on with 859 01:02:06.199 --> 01:02:08.719 my bees, or just continue on with the instructions that they have there. 860 01:02:09.039 --> 01:02:12.920 If you don't want to have bees, but you just like to learn about 861 01:02:12.960 --> 01:02:16.000 them. It is one of the coolest insects in the world. It is 862 01:02:16.079 --> 01:02:21.159 amazing the facts about bees that you'll learn. And you can go out to 863 01:02:21.840 --> 01:02:24.280 be Supply and Daton by the way, they have honey tours where you'll learn 864 01:02:24.360 --> 01:02:28.559 all about bees. You'll get to taste all kinds of honey, so any 865 01:02:28.639 --> 01:02:31.079 kind of group you have, especially a group of youth, will love going 866 01:02:31.159 --> 01:02:37.039 to the b supply. Be supply dot com vbe supply dot Com is a 867 01:02:37.079 --> 01:02:39.960 place you need to go. And I would say if you never thought about 868 01:02:40.000 --> 01:02:43.719 keeping bees in the backyard port, you might give it a try. I 869 01:02:43.800 --> 01:02:47.519 think you will enjoy it. We're going to head out to Spring Branch and 870 01:02:49.119 --> 01:02:52.679 talk to Jennifer. Good morning, Jennifer, Hi, good morning, Thank 871 01:02:52.719 --> 01:03:00.480 you for taking my call. So we have a little condo townhouse that we're 872 01:03:00.639 --> 01:03:04.800 selling, and it has a little patio in the back and it fence in. 873 01:03:04.960 --> 01:03:07.239 It has a little plot garden plot kind of along the fence line. 874 01:03:07.760 --> 01:03:10.800 And I lost a lot of my bushes in the last freeze, so I 875 01:03:10.880 --> 01:03:14.679 had a lot of things in pots, and my friend gave me a lot 876 01:03:14.719 --> 01:03:17.039 of perennials and I'd like to take them with me to my new home. 877 01:03:17.519 --> 01:03:21.800 And I don't know what I can still plant now that will help sell the 878 01:03:22.320 --> 01:03:25.000 home that will survive. Do you have any suggestions? Yeah, hey, 879 01:03:25.119 --> 01:03:30.039 Jennifer, when do you want to put that house on the market as soon 880 01:03:30.079 --> 01:03:34.559 as possible? Soon as possible? Okay, so annuals or your friend can 881 01:03:34.719 --> 01:03:37.800 take the perennials with you because well, I mean, if they have beautiful 882 01:03:37.840 --> 01:03:39.920 blooms on them, I guess you could go ahead and put those in. 883 01:03:40.119 --> 01:03:45.559 But annuals give you the instant. And we have a lot of great summer 884 01:03:45.599 --> 01:03:51.519 annuals. I would include Angelonia, which is has tall spikes of color blue 885 01:03:51.679 --> 01:03:54.199 and kind of a pinkish color. There's very purple. There's various versions of 886 01:03:54.320 --> 01:03:59.360 it, but it looks really good. And Angelonia would get you go ahead 887 01:03:59.360 --> 01:04:01.400 and did the bush. I know it's an annual. It's a little small 888 01:04:01.480 --> 01:04:04.800 plant, a bedding plant that you would put in a flower bed. Uh. 889 01:04:04.880 --> 01:04:09.440 And so when you do that, you get the instant pop. So 890 01:04:09.920 --> 01:04:13.360 so go oheat and stand at the street, look at your place, and 891 01:04:13.760 --> 01:04:16.199 what you'll find is, you know, maybe a little planting over here along 892 01:04:16.239 --> 01:04:19.639 the driveway or walk or whatever. I don't know what. You know your 893 01:04:19.679 --> 01:04:23.960 place looks like. But you may even decide you're going to have a container 894 01:04:24.000 --> 01:04:27.920 and put some flowers in it if you already have one. Uh yeah, 895 01:04:29.000 --> 01:04:30.920 don't I don't have to take them with me. Yeah, And for that, 896 01:04:31.320 --> 01:04:36.679 maybe you know one of these gaudy hibiscus shrubs that it looks so good 897 01:04:39.400 --> 01:04:41.840 right now. Okay, well that's one you want to take with you, 898 01:04:41.960 --> 01:04:45.960 by the way, But anyway, Yeah, you want people when they look 899 01:04:45.000 --> 01:04:47.559 at the house, and of course any real estate person takes you want them 900 01:04:47.599 --> 01:04:51.360 to look and go wow for that first impression. Wow, this is cool. 901 01:04:51.719 --> 01:04:56.320 And color is the best way to do that. You can put some 902 01:04:56.599 --> 01:05:00.960 color in shady areas with colladiums or something else like that. In the shade, 903 01:05:00.480 --> 01:05:05.159 use some white with the other colors because it really brightens the shade and 904 01:05:05.280 --> 01:05:10.559 it draws the eye, whereas dark colors in the shade you almost don't see 905 01:05:10.599 --> 01:05:14.960 them. Thank you so much for your help. Yeah, those are a 906 01:05:15.000 --> 01:05:16.719 couple of options. And you're you know, you're out there in the spring 907 01:05:16.760 --> 01:05:20.559 branch. You've you've got all kinds of garden centers that you can pretty much 908 01:05:20.599 --> 01:05:26.079 equal distant from going in all directions, so we sure do. Yeah, 909 01:05:26.320 --> 01:05:29.679 you're fortunate. Hey, good luck selling that house, Jennifer. Thank you 910 01:05:29.760 --> 01:05:33.719 so much, boy bye bye. Yeah. It's one of the fastest things 911 01:05:33.800 --> 01:05:42.519 that we can do for a home is to make a instant color impact, 912 01:05:42.719 --> 01:05:45.760 and with annuals you can just do that. Just remember one other tip, 913 01:05:46.119 --> 01:05:50.199 Jennifer, if you're still listening, is the further away you view something, 914 01:05:50.320 --> 01:05:55.239 the more you want to mass your colors. And what I mean by that 915 01:05:55.440 --> 01:05:58.679 is like a swath of white, a broad swath of red, or something 916 01:05:58.800 --> 01:06:00.639 like that. When you get close, you can have a lot of different 917 01:06:00.639 --> 01:06:04.920 colors together, and that's very interesting. But from the street, don't you 918 01:06:05.000 --> 01:06:08.880 know, just have eight hundred different kinds of colors all in a bed, 919 01:06:09.000 --> 01:06:12.400 because what's going to happen is it's it's all going to blend into one. 920 01:06:12.480 --> 01:06:15.280 It's like pixels again. When you get all the colors of pixels right together 921 01:06:15.400 --> 01:06:18.440 and you back up, it doesn't you don't see those colors. You see 922 01:06:18.480 --> 01:06:23.280 something kind of different than that. So just a tip. And by the 923 01:06:23.360 --> 01:06:27.079 way, when you when you're selling a home, the most valuable part of 924 01:06:27.119 --> 01:06:32.519 your landscape of the trees. Trees are I mean that very very important to 925 01:06:32.599 --> 01:06:35.400 the home value. And when you pick a tree, you want to pick 926 01:06:35.480 --> 01:06:41.199 one that's going to be a long lived variety, not something that grows fast 927 01:06:41.280 --> 01:06:44.360 and dies young and falls apart. And in the meantime, you want a 928 01:06:44.400 --> 01:06:47.440 good quality, long lived variety, and then you want to take care of 929 01:06:47.519 --> 01:06:51.079 it, right. And you've heard me talking about affordable tree before but Martin 930 01:06:51.119 --> 01:06:56.159 and Joe at Affordable they know what they're doing. It's kind of a motto 931 01:06:56.199 --> 01:07:00.119 of mine that if someone sticks a business card in your door for taking are 932 01:07:00.239 --> 01:07:01.880 your trees, I just those go rout in the trash for me. I 933 01:07:02.039 --> 01:07:05.639 want to know that the people I'm hiring know what they're doing. And that's 934 01:07:05.639 --> 01:07:10.960 Affordable Tree. By the way, their phone number seven one three six nine 935 01:07:11.079 --> 01:07:15.079 nine two six six three. Tell them you're from Garden Line if you call, 936 01:07:15.159 --> 01:07:17.920 because that'll put you at the front of the line. They've got experience, 937 01:07:17.960 --> 01:07:21.440 you know, their employees have been around fifteen twenty years. They know 938 01:07:21.559 --> 01:07:26.039 what they're doing. Someone that goes in and takes care of your trees and 939 01:07:26.280 --> 01:07:30.000 doesn't know how to do it, they can ruin a tree for life. 940 01:07:30.400 --> 01:07:32.760 And we're just talking to Jennifer about the value of selling a house. Oh 941 01:07:32.880 --> 01:07:36.039 my goodness, to have that done to a tree somewhere in its life and 942 01:07:36.079 --> 01:07:41.039 now you're trying to sell it instead of them just being drawn to this big, 943 01:07:41.119 --> 01:07:45.679 beautiful tree and shady area. Now you know it just mars mars it 944 01:07:45.840 --> 01:07:48.000 up. And so I would recommend Affordable Tree and you can go to their 945 01:07:48.039 --> 01:07:56.800 website too. It's aff tree Service dot com. But don't just hire the 946 01:07:57.079 --> 01:08:00.239 I like, I like to refer to them two jerks on a chain saw 947 01:08:00.480 --> 01:08:02.880 tree service that drives behind a pickup truck and they own a pickup and a 948 01:08:02.960 --> 01:08:05.920 chainsaw and now they're a tree specialist. No, no, no, you 949 01:08:06.039 --> 01:08:10.679 need people that know what they're doing, because, like I said, it's 950 01:08:10.760 --> 01:08:14.039 it's huge. The way they make a pruning cut, the way, um 951 01:08:14.440 --> 01:08:16.399 you know, the kinds of care they give a tree affordable. Is that 952 01:08:16.640 --> 01:08:21.399 that kind of company. We're gonna now head out to League City and we're 953 01:08:21.439 --> 01:08:27.319 gonna talk to Jean V. Hello, John V. Good Morning's gift morning. 954 01:08:28.920 --> 01:08:39.199 Yes, my question is on growing eggplants, okay, and what how 955 01:08:39.439 --> 01:08:43.359 deep should we plant them and sent them outside? And now much care do 956 01:08:43.439 --> 01:08:48.000 they need? Yes? Okay, well, eggplant likes lots of sun to 957 01:08:48.159 --> 01:08:51.720 do well. And John V, could you turn that radio down in the 958 01:08:51.760 --> 01:08:56.760 background, We're gonna it's already down. I'm sorry you sawur International landline. 959 01:08:56.760 --> 01:09:00.640 I apologize. Okay, Well, anyway, eggplant like a lot of sun. 960 01:09:00.920 --> 01:09:04.760 Um, you are going to want to make sure it has good drainage 961 01:09:04.800 --> 01:09:09.079 and you want to plant the plants at the same level that they were growing 962 01:09:09.159 --> 01:09:12.920 before. Now it's kinned to tomatoes. But we don't bury the stem of 963 01:09:13.000 --> 01:09:15.479 eggplant like we can get away with burying the stem of a tomato. So 964 01:09:15.800 --> 01:09:19.159 put it at the same level it was growing before, good drainage, quality 965 01:09:19.239 --> 01:09:24.319 soil, and just give it moderate amounts of fertilizer over time, either with 966 01:09:24.399 --> 01:09:28.680 a slow release product or with a fast release. It's it's broken up. 967 01:09:28.720 --> 01:09:32.920 In small applications. Eggplant can be really really productive and it takes a heat 968 01:09:33.000 --> 01:09:38.119 better than it produces better in the summer that I think than peppers, and 969 01:09:38.239 --> 01:09:44.359 certainly better than tomatoes. How exciting, Oh wonderful, Thank you so much. 970 01:09:44.520 --> 01:09:46.520 I'll have a wonderful day. Well, next thing you need to do 971 01:09:46.760 --> 01:09:49.960 is go get a good recipe for baba ganose, so you're ready to go. 972 01:09:50.119 --> 01:09:57.560 When you got that, you name it. My wife made a castro 973 01:09:57.600 --> 01:10:00.319 all the other day. That was it, with slices of eggplant, with 974 01:10:00.640 --> 01:10:02.720 ground beef and all I don't know what, all kinds of onions, who 975 01:10:02.760 --> 01:10:06.960 knows what. That was the tastiest thing I've had in a very long time. 976 01:10:08.279 --> 01:10:11.319 Hey, I appreciate, appreciate that call John to be Thank you so 977 01:10:11.439 --> 01:10:15.720 much. Yeah, you're listening to the garden line and we're about to close 978 01:10:15.960 --> 01:10:19.119 down an hour. My goodness that this one flew by about eight o'clock. 979 01:10:19.680 --> 01:10:23.520 Just a reminder. I'm going to be out at Sugarland Home and Garden Show 980 01:10:23.600 --> 01:10:27.880 today from eleven thirty to one thirty, and that's at the Stafford Center in 981 01:10:28.079 --> 01:10:30.640 Stafford. You know, I keep calling at the Home and Garden Show because 982 01:10:30.640 --> 01:10:33.640 I'm so used to saying that they call at the home an outdoor living show. 983 01:10:34.319 --> 01:10:38.279 But you can come and listen to him. I'm going to be given 984 01:10:38.319 --> 01:10:43.079 a talk on you know, secrets and tips for success and so as a 985 01:10:43.159 --> 01:10:45.880 result, hopefully you're gonna go home a better success. You can ask any 986 01:10:45.960 --> 01:10:49.279 questions you want. We're going to be given away free fertilizer, some little 987 01:10:49.319 --> 01:10:55.600 containers that Nelson's has provided us, and then I'll be at a desk where 988 01:10:55.640 --> 01:10:59.119 I can sit and visit with you answer questions, you know, whatever kinds 989 01:10:59.159 --> 01:11:01.920 of questions. If you've got some quality photos on your phone, that would 990 01:11:01.960 --> 01:11:04.680 be really good. That would be really good for me to be able to 991 01:11:04.800 --> 01:11:10.199 look at and identify. Just make sure, especially when it's like a bug 992 01:11:10.359 --> 01:11:14.560 or a disease or something you may get a distant picture of the whole thing, 993 01:11:14.760 --> 01:11:16.760 but get a close up picture and then check it. Make sure it's 994 01:11:16.800 --> 01:11:23.239 in sharp focus. I cannot identify something that I can't see, so good 995 01:11:23.479 --> 01:11:27.239 quality, sharp focus on the photos, and that way we can help you 996 01:11:27.399 --> 01:11:29.600 the most we can. If it's a weed in the lawn, you want 997 01:11:29.600 --> 01:11:30.439 to know how to kill it, pull it up, shove it in the 998 01:11:30.479 --> 01:11:33.800 bag, and I will bring it and put it under a hot lamp, 999 01:11:33.920 --> 01:11:38.039 make it confess its name, and then tell you how to get rid of 1000 01:11:38.479 --> 01:11:41.279 that weed. That's why we're there, and that's why we're here on Garden 1001 01:11:41.319 --> 01:11:44.319 Line. Our phone number, by the way, seven one three two one 1002 01:11:44.479 --> 01:11:47.079 two five eight seven four. Give us a call, Josh. You'll get 1003 01:11:47.119 --> 01:11:50.960 you on the board and we will come to you in the next segment. 1004 01:12:13.279 --> 01:12:16.760 Ktr H Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or services advertised 1005 01:12:16.800 --> 01:12:31.600 on this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Scared Rector. It's just 1006 01:12:31.960 --> 01:12:44.560 watching as so many good morning, like every day today is a good day 1007 01:12:44.600 --> 01:12:46.960 for garden Harder heard me say that a hundred times. I'm gonna say it 1008 01:12:47.079 --> 01:12:51.439 a five thousand more because it is. Someone often will say well, it's 1009 01:12:51.520 --> 01:12:55.279 pouring down rain outside. Well, do you have houseplants? Do you want 1010 01:12:55.319 --> 01:12:59.800 to start some seeds indoors under light to get going in your garden or do 1011 01:12:59.880 --> 01:13:03.079 you just want to do that armchair gardening We do as we peruse websites, 1012 01:13:03.159 --> 01:13:06.119 see catalogs, all that kind of stuff and just have fun. You can 1013 01:13:06.199 --> 01:13:09.640 check out some of the sponsors of the show that we talk about and they 1014 01:13:09.680 --> 01:13:15.600 have awesome social media sites Instagram, Facebook, and good websites as well. 1015 01:13:15.960 --> 01:13:18.079 A lot of them have a little newsletter that they send out. You can 1016 01:13:18.199 --> 01:13:21.720 subscribe to it and you'll see all the plants as they come in. Plus 1017 01:13:21.840 --> 01:13:27.960 you'll get some cool ideas for ways to you know, maybe add some color 1018 01:13:28.399 --> 01:13:31.000 or some beauty to your landscape, bring in some pollinators, things like that, 1019 01:13:32.119 --> 01:13:36.600 you know. Speaking of sponsors, the RCW, the Williamson family, 1020 01:13:36.640 --> 01:13:42.800 they've they've been in this business since nineteen seventy nine and r CW Nurseries. 1021 01:13:43.079 --> 01:13:47.000 It's at Tumball Parkway at Beltway eight. The color is amazing that they have 1022 01:13:47.159 --> 01:13:51.960 there right now. Now we know that our CW has probably the best selection 1023 01:13:53.000 --> 01:13:57.880 of roses anywhere in the area. They also have wonderful tree selection fifteen gallons 1024 01:13:57.960 --> 01:14:01.159 up to two hundred gallons. But I just think that the color right now 1025 01:14:01.399 --> 01:14:05.159 is a thing that has been drawing my eyes as I've driven by there or 1026 01:14:05.279 --> 01:14:10.199 pulled in there to get it got at nursery. If r CW doesn't have 1027 01:14:10.279 --> 01:14:12.640 it, just ask them. They'll order it for you. They'll do their 1028 01:14:12.680 --> 01:14:15.399 best to get that in for you. They carry all the products that we 1029 01:14:15.479 --> 01:14:19.119 talk about. But our CW nurseries dot com is the place that you may 1030 01:14:19.159 --> 01:14:23.239 want to go and check out see if what I told you as a case, 1031 01:14:23.399 --> 01:14:27.079 and you will find it. Definitely. It definitely is this my favorite 1032 01:14:27.119 --> 01:14:30.600 time of year to go out and visit garden centers and just see the color. 1033 01:14:30.560 --> 01:14:34.960 I think I need to buy a motorcycle because whatever vehicle I have, 1034 01:14:35.319 --> 01:14:40.520 I'm tending toward wanting to fill it up because there's always things I gotta have 1035 01:14:40.760 --> 01:14:44.239 that I don't have in these places. And I go in to buy one 1036 01:14:44.319 --> 01:14:47.039 plant, and well, you know how that goes. So I'm surprised my 1037 01:14:47.159 --> 01:14:50.600 wife doesn't call in and report all the credit cards stolen once she knows I'm 1038 01:14:50.640 --> 01:14:56.520 heading toward a nursery. Let's go out to spring and we're gonna talk to 1039 01:14:56.640 --> 01:15:01.760 Bill. Good morning, Bill, Good morning. I'm a question about during 1040 01:15:01.800 --> 01:15:08.560 the recent rains, I collected a lot of rainwater in gallon jugs that I 1041 01:15:09.199 --> 01:15:15.920 had have and also have a question about what type of fertilizer I need to 1042 01:15:15.119 --> 01:15:20.680 use for cannons for Kennis. The yes, sir, big broadly. Okay, 1043 01:15:20.800 --> 01:15:26.479 So what's your question about the rainwater? How long? How long will 1044 01:15:26.520 --> 01:15:30.960 that rainwater I've got I must have a hundred gallons of it that I've collected 1045 01:15:31.119 --> 01:15:34.600 during the rain, and I just wanted how long it's gonna last. You 1046 01:15:34.680 --> 01:15:39.079 know, I've never stretched it out to see. I mean, it doesn't 1047 01:15:39.119 --> 01:15:42.800 go bad. I mean it's rainwater. You know. Think about rainwater is 1048 01:15:42.840 --> 01:15:45.760 what's that a pond? And ponds just sit there for months and months, 1049 01:15:45.880 --> 01:15:50.720 right, So I wouldn't worry about it. I think you're gonna end up 1050 01:15:50.800 --> 01:15:54.600 using it up because it's fixing to get hot, and our plants are gonna 1051 01:15:54.640 --> 01:15:58.159 need a lot of water, and so I don't think the longevity of the 1052 01:15:58.239 --> 01:16:00.840 rainwater is going to be an issue at all for all. Right, as 1053 01:16:00.920 --> 01:16:05.560 far as the cannas, cannas are, they're pretty easy. You can use 1054 01:16:05.720 --> 01:16:11.279 one of the color types of fertilizer that we have, you can you know 1055 01:16:11.399 --> 01:16:15.000 something that'll that will bring the nutrients that are a little better for color plants. 1056 01:16:15.359 --> 01:16:19.079 That's all good, but I on mine a lot of times, I'll 1057 01:16:19.159 --> 01:16:23.560 just use the term fertilizer that I bought. It gives a little vigor because 1058 01:16:23.640 --> 01:16:27.399 got a little more nitrogen in it. But you're not going to go wrong 1059 01:16:27.760 --> 01:16:30.000 on the fertilizing for cannis if you if you're in a place and you got 1060 01:16:30.079 --> 01:16:33.880 the choice, look for something you know that's that's for color. You know, 1061 01:16:33.960 --> 01:16:36.840 color star, you know a good example of that, you know. 1062 01:16:38.880 --> 01:16:43.399 But how many the cannons you have? Are they the green leaf kinds or 1063 01:16:43.439 --> 01:16:47.680 do they have like yellow stripes or purple colors or what they're green leaves? 1064 01:16:47.960 --> 01:16:53.159 Okay, all right, well they're there are a lot of fun and boy 1065 01:16:53.159 --> 01:16:56.399 they are willing to grow here. Yeah, I've got some of them that 1066 01:16:56.439 --> 01:17:01.199 are blooming now, but one of them is holding back. Okay, all 1067 01:17:01.279 --> 01:17:03.319 right, Well, hey, thank you for the call. Bill. I 1068 01:17:03.359 --> 01:17:09.960 appreciate that. Our phone number is seven one three two one two fifty eight 1069 01:17:10.279 --> 01:17:13.119 seventy four. Hey. Hey, by the way, listen up to this, 1070 01:17:13.600 --> 01:17:15.199 I've been talking about being at the Sugar Line Home and Garden Show, 1071 01:17:15.319 --> 01:17:19.680 Home and Outdoor Living Show today at the Stafford Center and Stafford from eleven thirty 1072 01:17:19.720 --> 01:17:28.239 to one thirty. And if you would like to email someone we can get 1073 01:17:28.520 --> 01:17:31.680 we can email you back a voucher for two free tickets. Okay, now 1074 01:17:31.920 --> 01:17:35.399 it's it's first come, first serve. But here's the email, Robert Reese 1075 01:17:35.920 --> 01:17:42.439 at iHeartMedia dot com. Robert r. E. E. S E at 1076 01:17:42.920 --> 01:17:45.720 iHeartMedia dot com. Do it before nine am. It's got to be done. 1077 01:17:45.800 --> 01:17:49.960 The next one us in fifty minutes. But first come, first serve, 1078 01:17:50.079 --> 01:17:54.840 and again we'll be given away some fertilizer out there as well. Hey, 1079 01:17:55.479 --> 01:17:59.680 I wanted to I wanted to talk a little bit about the lawn again. 1080 01:18:00.760 --> 01:18:02.720 We've been getting a lot of calls today on lawns and that's kind of 1081 01:18:02.760 --> 01:18:06.399 a normal day on Garden Line. It is to have people want to talk 1082 01:18:06.399 --> 01:18:12.079 about their lawns because it's important to people have a beautiful lawn. The Nitrofoss 1083 01:18:12.119 --> 01:18:18.239 SUPERTURF nineteen four ten is the kind of fertilizer that provides that slow feed twelve 1084 01:18:18.359 --> 01:18:23.239 to sixteen weeks, so it'll carry all the way to fall. Because it 1085 01:18:23.319 --> 01:18:26.159 spreads out the feeding. And you've heard me talk about this kind of thing 1086 01:18:26.279 --> 01:18:30.479 before you cut down on your mowing, because you don't have that over flush 1087 01:18:30.560 --> 01:18:32.840 of growth. The over flush of growth that also sets a plant up for 1088 01:18:33.479 --> 01:18:38.600 certain disease damages. It'll make all the chinch bugs happy if you have very 1089 01:18:38.720 --> 01:18:44.760 succulent grass for them to come chew on. But the nitros nineteen four ten, 1090 01:18:45.439 --> 01:18:48.640 it just provides that kind of slow growth. And it's a quality fertilizer 1091 01:18:48.760 --> 01:18:53.520 that, by the way, is the silver bag from nitro FoST. And 1092 01:18:53.640 --> 01:18:57.359 you know Nitrofuss. They're available all over the place. Everywhere you're gonna look, 1093 01:18:57.640 --> 01:19:01.079 you're gonna find them at a task aseda ace at Arburgate and tom Ballades, 1094 01:19:01.239 --> 01:19:09.279 Shades of Texas down South Houston. Nitrophospertilizers like nineteen four ten or a 1095 01:19:09.399 --> 01:19:13.319 quality way to go. And by the way, when you're fertilizing, you 1096 01:19:13.720 --> 01:19:18.960 need to think about adding some azemite to your lawn. And here's why you 1097 01:19:19.000 --> 01:19:24.279 don't mix the two together. I like to apply them separately because the setting 1098 01:19:24.359 --> 01:19:27.880 on your spreader is a little bit different probably from your fertilizer to the azemite. 1099 01:19:28.319 --> 01:19:30.640 But you can go online to Asomite Texas dot com and learn more about 1100 01:19:30.680 --> 01:19:34.680 them. But basically, what this is, it's a ground up mineral that's 1101 01:19:34.800 --> 01:19:40.840 mined and it is loaded with trace elements, all the elements that your plant 1102 01:19:40.960 --> 01:19:43.920 needs. You know, plants don't just need those three numbers on the bag. 1103 01:19:44.439 --> 01:19:47.840 They need sixteen, seventeen or more depending on the plant. Nutrients to 1104 01:19:48.039 --> 01:19:53.600 supply that are essential for growth. And azamite helps us get there. So 1105 01:19:53.960 --> 01:19:59.840 when you fertilize, follow that up with can I say asomit ties. That's 1106 01:20:00.079 --> 01:20:01.560 new, brand new word. I have to try that one out a little 1107 01:20:01.600 --> 01:20:05.600 bit. Azamite Texas dot com those where you can learn a little bit more 1108 01:20:05.720 --> 01:20:10.119 about it. We're going to be taking a break here, Fernando. I 1109 01:20:10.199 --> 01:20:12.800 see you out there in East Houston, and we will get to you first 1110 01:20:13.119 --> 01:20:17.960 when we come back back. Bettamam a little back, Betty back, Betty 1111 01:20:17.960 --> 01:20:23.039 ahead of child. Bam Lam the damn thing going byam lamp said. We're 1112 01:20:23.079 --> 01:20:28.159 not a minam lam the damn thing gone by that'll get your blood powing on 1113 01:20:28.720 --> 01:20:31.960 good Saturday morning for gardening. We are here to answer your gardening questions. 1114 01:20:32.000 --> 01:20:36.319 I'm Skip Richter. This is Garden Line and seven one three, two, 1115 01:20:36.399 --> 01:20:40.840 one, two, fifty eight seventy four is our number. You know, 1116 01:20:40.920 --> 01:20:45.520 while Ago I was talking about that garden, beaut beautiful landscapes, enticing landscapes 1117 01:20:45.560 --> 01:20:48.640 aren't just flowers. There's a lot of other things we do. You know, 1118 01:20:48.760 --> 01:20:55.000 running water is nice. I call butterflies flying flowers because that's basically what 1119 01:20:55.159 --> 01:20:59.680 they are. And then there's birds and the sound of birds. Just the 1120 01:21:00.800 --> 01:21:04.279 beauty of birds. Even if you're not an all out birder, it is 1121 01:21:04.399 --> 01:21:08.520 something that it needs to be part of your landscape. By the way, 1122 01:21:08.640 --> 01:21:13.520 next Saturday, that's the twenty seventh, I'm going to be at Wahbirds Unlimited 1123 01:21:13.560 --> 01:21:18.279 at clear Lake City that's across from the HEB the storeflunt Faces clear Lake City 1124 01:21:18.319 --> 01:21:23.239 Boulevard, and I will be there from eleven thirty to one thirty. I 1125 01:21:23.319 --> 01:21:27.479 hope you'll come out and see me. But there are actually seven locations in 1126 01:21:27.680 --> 01:21:32.239 the wild Birds Unlimited Houston area now that includes you know, West Houston, 1127 01:21:32.319 --> 01:21:36.720 certainly, Belair, Pearland, Cyprus, Kingwood, Katie. No matter where 1128 01:21:36.800 --> 01:21:40.920 you live, there's one near you you can go to. If you want 1129 01:21:40.920 --> 01:21:45.279 to find a Wahbirds near you, go to w BU dot com. W 1130 01:21:45.640 --> 01:21:50.640 BU dot com Forward slash Houston, WBU dot com Forward slash Houston. I 1131 01:21:50.720 --> 01:21:55.039 hope you'll come out and see me next Saturday, especially all of those over 1132 01:21:55.239 --> 01:21:58.800 in the clear Lake and pear Land area or wherever you want to drive from. 1133 01:21:59.119 --> 01:22:02.840 But wild Birds will trust me on this one. If you've not walked 1134 01:22:02.880 --> 01:22:06.560 into a wild Birds, I want you to walk in and I promise you 1135 01:22:06.640 --> 01:22:13.560 will be amazed at the products that they have. These people go beyond just 1136 01:22:13.960 --> 01:22:17.279 a here's some bird seed. They have bird seeds for different kinds of birds, 1137 01:22:17.359 --> 01:22:20.079 have bird seed for different seasons. You know, in the spring when 1138 01:22:20.119 --> 01:22:26.479 they're raising young they need a high protein seed like a dried worm. The 1139 01:22:27.239 --> 01:22:29.920 thing about them is they know what they're talking about and they can get you 1140 01:22:30.000 --> 01:22:33.520 set up for success and beauty. Another reason to be outside and enjoying the 1141 01:22:33.640 --> 01:22:39.119 landscape out there. I want to head out to East Houston to start off 1142 01:22:39.159 --> 01:22:44.239 this hour and we're gonna talk to Fernando. Hello, Fernando, good morning, 1143 01:22:44.399 --> 01:22:47.840 Good morning. Who are you well. I'm doing great. I'm saving 1144 01:22:47.880 --> 01:22:50.479 a cup of coffee here, but I don't want to take stood long with 1145 01:22:50.560 --> 01:22:54.640 my question. I'm in Channel V, Texas. I'm moved into the house 1146 01:22:54.680 --> 01:22:59.079 that I'm in now, and in the backyard, I have a corner, 1147 01:22:59.159 --> 01:23:03.359 a good corner. I wanted to put some basol, some sorroundo peppers and 1148 01:23:03.880 --> 01:23:09.359 hallepenion peppers, and so I did last season. I killed the ground, 1149 01:23:09.479 --> 01:23:14.239 I pulled the weeds by hand. I'm, you know, putting my plants 1150 01:23:14.279 --> 01:23:19.199 in. I watered them wan and behold, I've come these lily pads. 1151 01:23:19.920 --> 01:23:23.319 And I was like, okay, So I started digging them up, and 1152 01:23:23.479 --> 01:23:27.880 apparently I thought I got all the roots, but I didn't. And they 1153 01:23:28.000 --> 01:23:32.880 kept growing and they kept growing, and my basil hallepenos were, I mean, 1154 01:23:32.920 --> 01:23:36.359 the sorroundo peppers. Everything was just overtaken by the lily pads. And 1155 01:23:36.439 --> 01:23:40.960 I just got beat like a drum. Okay, So my question is, 1156 01:23:41.920 --> 01:23:45.840 right now, I cleared the area again, I put molts. I put 1157 01:23:45.880 --> 01:23:49.680 an inch and a half molt under and then I put another another inch on 1158 01:23:49.760 --> 01:23:55.399 there and there's still growing through the molts. My question is, how can 1159 01:23:55.479 --> 01:23:59.800 I get rid of these friendly lily pads so I can start my gardening back 1160 01:24:00.159 --> 01:24:04.520 with my albanetto's, my chila pikine and basil in in that one spot. 1161 01:24:04.800 --> 01:24:09.039 Man, man, you're making me hungry with all these all these cool people, 1162 01:24:10.159 --> 01:24:12.840 Fernando. And when you say lily pad, you're talking about something about 1163 01:24:12.840 --> 01:24:15.239 the size of a quarter. No, these are the ones you find in 1164 01:24:15.319 --> 01:24:23.000 the pond, like the big one. Well, I'm well, I know 1165 01:24:23.079 --> 01:24:25.720 what a lily pad is, but I thought, surely you're not talking about 1166 01:24:27.760 --> 01:24:30.880 you know what we look at. Yeah, I think we're dealing with something 1167 01:24:30.960 --> 01:24:33.000 else. But I want to do two things. Number One, I'm gonna 1168 01:24:33.039 --> 01:24:35.760 give you a suggestion that I think will take care of it. But I'm 1169 01:24:35.760 --> 01:24:40.079 gonna put you on home when I'm done. And I would like Josh to 1170 01:24:40.239 --> 01:24:45.560 get you an email to send me some pictures of these things, uh close 1171 01:24:45.640 --> 01:24:49.479 up or if I just want to make sure what we're talking about. A 1172 01:24:49.600 --> 01:24:55.239 broadly post emergent weed control product is probably going to work on these And so 1173 01:24:55.800 --> 01:24:58.520 because it's an area where you're gardening, I wouldn't want to just spray it 1174 01:24:58.560 --> 01:25:00.720 all over the grounds and stuff like that. You're gonna have to give up. 1175 01:25:01.399 --> 01:25:04.680 Whenever you're doing a transition of the plant, that would be a good 1176 01:25:04.720 --> 01:25:10.520 time to do the treatment for these things. But I would be real careful 1177 01:25:10.560 --> 01:25:13.479 with when you spray it, because it will kill all your vegetables that are 1178 01:25:13.560 --> 01:25:16.039 broad leaves well, and so I would do it in a transition. But 1179 01:25:16.239 --> 01:25:21.000 you can either wipe as an applicator on the leaves. There there's applicators that 1180 01:25:21.159 --> 01:25:25.439 you just basically rub it over the leaves and it gets on them and that 1181 01:25:25.520 --> 01:25:28.359 way you're not spraying the soil and everything else. Or you can just be 1182 01:25:28.640 --> 01:25:31.840 real carefully spray. But you know, there's a number of good broad leaves 1183 01:25:31.880 --> 01:25:38.439 out there, and the Ultra oh gosh, I just went blank on the 1184 01:25:38.560 --> 01:25:43.439 name. Uh, it'll come back to me in a minute. Let's see 1185 01:25:43.479 --> 01:25:47.840 where are you. You're in East Houston, so are Yeah, so you're 1186 01:25:47.880 --> 01:25:51.439 gonna be able to find it out there, But ask where you go shop, 1187 01:25:51.520 --> 01:25:55.199 where you do your shopping. Uh, there's gonna be some good place. 1188 01:25:55.199 --> 01:25:58.439 I don't know how far. You're not too far from Baytown and Quality 1189 01:25:58.479 --> 01:26:03.239 feed is is up and north of Baytown in there. Just asking for a 1190 01:26:03.319 --> 01:26:08.000 broad leaf weed control product we'd beat or Ultra as the one I couldn't think 1191 01:26:08.000 --> 01:26:11.600 of a minute ago. I probably would use that one wiping on them. 1192 01:26:11.840 --> 01:26:15.079 Now. A lot of things that are general weed killers, you know, 1193 01:26:15.239 --> 01:26:18.880 the glyphosates and things like that are fine, but all of those will kill 1194 01:26:19.439 --> 01:26:23.840 this weed, but they're they're gonna also damage your plants, so be really 1195 01:26:23.920 --> 01:26:28.960 careful. I think there's Here's the thing that's making me hesitate is labels tell 1196 01:26:29.000 --> 01:26:31.760 you where you can use stuff. And some of these products are not labeled 1197 01:26:31.800 --> 01:26:35.680 for use in a vegetable garden. And that's a lot of the ones I 1198 01:26:35.680 --> 01:26:40.760 would recommend if these things were growing in your lawn. We I'm not going 1199 01:26:40.800 --> 01:26:45.000 to officially recommend them for use in your vegetable garden, okay, because then 1200 01:26:45.199 --> 01:26:51.960 right now nothing is there because my mom my plants are dead and I pull 1201 01:26:53.000 --> 01:26:55.640 the weeds. Okay, but the only thing that's left is is what I 1202 01:26:56.119 --> 01:27:00.239 say, is these lily ted looking plants. Well now I'm thinking of about 1203 01:27:00.239 --> 01:27:02.039 going back and killing the whole thing over again, but I want to make 1204 01:27:02.079 --> 01:27:04.720 sure that their sins they're out. I want to be able to address it 1205 01:27:05.079 --> 01:27:09.119 first, get to the root cost of everything. Yeah, first spray and 1206 01:27:09.239 --> 01:27:12.680 then give it a week or so and then do your killing. Don't till 1207 01:27:12.720 --> 01:27:16.479 first, because then you're just breaking them up and essentially probably propagated. Yeah 1208 01:27:17.079 --> 01:27:23.439 all right, well, I appreciate you said you're putting a hole for an 1209 01:27:23.479 --> 01:27:26.880 email. Yes, I'm putting you on hold and Josh is going to get 1210 01:27:26.880 --> 01:27:29.680 you an email to send me some photos of these. Thanks a lot for 1211 01:27:29.760 --> 01:27:34.279 that call. When when if you're an organic gardener, or even if you're 1212 01:27:34.319 --> 01:27:42.159 not an organic gardener, the microlifeline of products is just outstanding for providing nutrients 1213 01:27:42.359 --> 01:27:46.319 and microbes boost for microbes in your landscape. Now, when we go through 1214 01:27:46.399 --> 01:27:51.039 the summertime, that's big lawn fertilizing time. And their green Bag six two 1215 01:27:51.159 --> 01:27:56.359 four. Green Bag six two four is an excellent lawn fertilizer that'll carry you 1216 01:27:56.520 --> 01:27:59.319 in through the summer. Being an organic, it's going to have a natural 1217 01:27:59.439 --> 01:28:03.239 slowly. You can also add and I'd recommend it, the Humates Plus. 1218 01:28:03.399 --> 01:28:08.159 That's a purple bag, So think green, think purple for your lawn and 1219 01:28:08.680 --> 01:28:12.640 follow the label instructions how to how to apply it. And the Humans plus 1220 01:28:12.760 --> 01:28:15.359 is basically concentrated compost in a bag. If you want to find out to 1221 01:28:15.520 --> 01:28:20.000 where to get microlife will number one. It's everywhere, but Microlife Fertilizer dot 1222 01:28:20.079 --> 01:28:24.800 com. Microlife Fertilizer dot com will get you on the right track for these 1223 01:28:24.880 --> 01:28:30.840 products. You know, we uh talk about weed control and things like that, 1224 01:28:31.039 --> 01:28:35.479 and the label is the law on these things. Uh, and we 1225 01:28:35.600 --> 01:28:39.640 do. I just need, especially when I'm talking about them, to be 1226 01:28:39.760 --> 01:28:44.720 careful to tell people, you know, don't don't apply it outside the label 1227 01:28:45.079 --> 01:28:49.439 because it's labeled and the company is responsible if you apply it right and the 1228 01:28:49.560 --> 01:28:53.800 right place like they say it. And that's what the research has been done 1229 01:28:53.880 --> 01:28:56.319 to say, where can you apply it and where is it safe to use? 1230 01:28:56.800 --> 01:29:00.199 And so when you go outside the label, then you know it you're 1231 01:29:00.239 --> 01:29:02.319 on your own, I mean, and chances are you're gonna you're gonna cost 1232 01:29:02.399 --> 01:29:06.039 some problems with that. I can't wait to see this weed because I you 1233 01:29:06.079 --> 01:29:10.960 know, the word lily pad and the way he's describing it is not fitting 1234 01:29:11.039 --> 01:29:14.119 in my head. So I guess I got something to learn on that one. 1235 01:29:14.159 --> 01:29:18.800 I look forward to seeing those seeing those photos of it. I mentioned 1236 01:29:18.840 --> 01:29:25.680 that I'm going to be at at Wilberg's next next Saturday, but today Sugarland 1237 01:29:25.760 --> 01:29:29.520 Home and Garden Show, Home and Outdoor Living show at the Stafford Center and 1238 01:29:29.600 --> 01:29:33.039 Stafford from eleven thirty to one thirty, So I don't know if you're still 1239 01:29:33.119 --> 01:29:35.920 listening, Fernando. Another option if you want to take a little drive, 1240 01:29:36.000 --> 01:29:40.159 but it'd be kind of fun. Go out to the Sugarland Home and Garden 1241 01:29:40.199 --> 01:29:44.640 Show and Stafford Center and bring me some examples of those lily pads and I 1242 01:29:44.720 --> 01:29:46.079 can take a look at them, and we can save a lot of time 1243 01:29:46.239 --> 01:29:49.079 right there and do that as well, if you are willing to come out 1244 01:29:49.439 --> 01:29:55.880 and do that. Those of you who have a little piece of property, 1245 01:29:56.039 --> 01:30:00.279 you know where you you, it's the dream right to get an acre two 1246 01:30:00.399 --> 01:30:04.319 or more out in the country. You need to know about a deal that's 1247 01:30:04.359 --> 01:30:10.720 going on right now with Lansdowne Moody. Lansdown Moody and Caboda have combined to 1248 01:30:10.960 --> 01:30:15.479 create a special deal, zero down, zero interest for eighty four months, 1249 01:30:15.760 --> 01:30:20.479 seven years lansdown and Caboda. We're talking about the Caboda L twenty five oh 1250 01:30:20.600 --> 01:30:26.079 one, which got a the hydrostatic transmission. I used to have a tractor 1251 01:30:26.479 --> 01:30:29.960 and I ground gears a lot. Now with the hydrostatic transmission, I wish 1252 01:30:29.960 --> 01:30:32.600 I'd had this then. And you can trick it out with your front endloader, 1253 01:30:32.760 --> 01:30:38.159 your box blade, rotary color cutter. But now is the time to 1254 01:30:38.239 --> 01:30:40.399 do it. By the way, if you want to find a Lansdowne Moody 1255 01:30:40.520 --> 01:30:44.600 near you, it's l M tractor dot Com and there's a number of them 1256 01:30:44.640 --> 01:30:48.159 around the area. But remember this deal ends June thirtieth, so that's just 1257 01:30:48.279 --> 01:30:54.760 around the corner. Don't delay. But that that particular Texas Edition Caboda L 1258 01:30:54.880 --> 01:30:59.319 twenty five O one. It's an outstanding one, and all your chores out 1259 01:30:59.359 --> 01:31:01.800 on the low piece property are going to be a lot easier and you are 1260 01:31:01.880 --> 01:31:08.399 going to really enjoy driving one of those. When I used to have a 1261 01:31:08.640 --> 01:31:12.600 fruit orchard and a strawberry patch up in the Willis area years ago, and 1262 01:31:12.680 --> 01:31:15.920 I had this old clunker tractor, you know the kind where the seat's long 1263 01:31:16.119 --> 01:31:19.159 worn away and you had to set a piece of foam up on there to 1264 01:31:19.279 --> 01:31:23.279 sit on it. You know, I got the job done, but I 1265 01:31:23.399 --> 01:31:29.159 probably spent more trying time trying to get it to start than I did actually 1266 01:31:29.359 --> 01:31:32.479 using the tractor itself. So I guess I'll need to get me one of 1267 01:31:32.520 --> 01:31:38.600 these Cabodas, and that would be really nice. Yeah, out in Grimes 1268 01:31:38.680 --> 01:31:43.119 County, those of you who live, oh, let's say east of Navasota, 1269 01:31:43.199 --> 01:31:46.439 anywhere around there. Brian College Station, beat Eyes, Rones Prairie, 1270 01:31:46.920 --> 01:31:53.239 Grimes County, Feeding Farm. That is a company that really has the products 1271 01:31:53.279 --> 01:31:56.119 we're talking about. I was just looking at some of the things that they 1272 01:31:56.159 --> 01:31:59.840 have on hand, and in fact I saw they had some of the Nelson's 1273 01:32:00.159 --> 01:32:03.880 Slow and Easy. That's the twenty two to ten, that's the gradual release 1274 01:32:03.920 --> 01:32:06.199 that we were talking about a little bit earlier. You know, Nelson's, 1275 01:32:06.239 --> 01:32:11.359 whether whether it's Bruce's Brew eighteen four nine, twenty two to ten. Grimes 1276 01:32:11.399 --> 01:32:14.359 County Feeding Farm is going to carry these for you. So if you live 1277 01:32:14.479 --> 01:32:17.800 out in that area and you want a good local feedstore, a mom and 1278 01:32:17.960 --> 01:32:25.359 pop, pop, family owned plate place, I need to avoid peas today 1279 01:32:25.399 --> 01:32:31.199 to Nikkia believe I'm just plopping this out. So anyway they stop by, 1280 01:32:31.279 --> 01:32:34.079 tell them you heard it on Garden Line. You're going to find the kind 1281 01:32:34.119 --> 01:32:36.800 of products you need, like dog and cat food, quality food, all 1282 01:32:36.840 --> 01:32:41.119 the things you would expect from feed store. You got roading problems, past 1283 01:32:41.199 --> 01:32:44.119 problems, they're going to have something to deal with it. It's been raining, 1284 01:32:44.239 --> 01:32:46.560 you need mosquito dunks. Grimes County Feeding Farm is going to have it 1285 01:32:46.680 --> 01:33:05.880 as well as the Nelson Plant Food, Turf star line Brown. You know, 1286 01:33:06.000 --> 01:33:10.000 it's it's hard, it's hard to cut in on Jim Crouch. Yea, 1287 01:33:10.000 --> 01:33:13.199 I love that guy. I love those songs. Law I guess you'd 1288 01:33:13.239 --> 01:33:18.600 call that oldies now right, Wow, today's music oldies for you know it. 1289 01:33:18.840 --> 01:33:23.399 That's the way it goes. You're listening to Gardenline the number and you 1290 01:33:23.479 --> 01:33:28.039 want to write this down seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four 1291 01:33:28.199 --> 01:33:30.880 seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. By the way, 1292 01:33:30.880 --> 01:33:33.439 I want to remind you if you would like to get a voucher for two 1293 01:33:33.479 --> 01:33:38.760 free tickets to come out to the sugar Land Home and Outdoor Living Show where 1294 01:33:38.800 --> 01:33:44.920 I'll be at eleven thirty today, just email have your pen ready Robert Reese 1295 01:33:45.239 --> 01:33:49.319 R. E. S E at iHeartMedia dot com. You have to do 1296 01:33:49.399 --> 01:33:53.800 it before nine am. So what do we got twenty four minutes? Don't 1297 01:33:53.880 --> 01:33:56.359 delay if you'd like to come out. It's a great opportunity. And by 1298 01:33:56.399 --> 01:33:59.880 the way, we're gonna be given away the nitro fist fertilizer. Heard of 1299 01:34:00.079 --> 01:34:03.640 Nelson's fertilizer out there today. It's a nelson product. I was just cross 1300 01:34:03.720 --> 01:34:09.119 tongue there on it. But Nelson's has provided some little bottles of look at 1301 01:34:09.279 --> 01:34:13.039 the plastic jars of their fertilizer, and we've got a wide ride and we 1302 01:34:13.119 --> 01:34:16.640 give away some let's see vegetable fertilizer, rose fertilizer, plumarium. I mean, 1303 01:34:16.680 --> 01:34:19.199 there's all kinds of things that we have there. But come out and 1304 01:34:19.239 --> 01:34:23.520 listen to me. I'm gonna talk about the things that you need to do 1305 01:34:23.920 --> 01:34:28.560 this spring to have or this summer to have an outstanding beautiful landscape. Just 1306 01:34:28.640 --> 01:34:31.600 giving you some tips for that. And that will start at about eleven thirty 1307 01:34:31.960 --> 01:34:35.319 and then I'll head to a table where I'll stay until about one thirty to 1308 01:34:35.439 --> 01:34:40.680 answer your questions things that you might be interested in. Well, let's head 1309 01:34:40.760 --> 01:34:44.880 out to Humble and we're going to talk to Ruth this morning. Good morning, 1310 01:34:45.000 --> 01:34:51.760 Ruth, good morning. How can I help? I was listening earlier 1311 01:34:51.800 --> 01:34:57.560 to the young man and call you about the weed that looks like lily man. 1312 01:34:58.359 --> 01:35:02.880 Yes, and that's the dollar weed. I learned that from Randy Lemon. 1313 01:35:04.000 --> 01:35:08.920 The dollar weed. It can get his side the biggest round as a 1314 01:35:09.960 --> 01:35:13.279 half dollar. Yes, and it grows up with the stem and that little 1315 01:35:13.439 --> 01:35:15.920 that little thing is on top that does look like a lily pad. It's 1316 01:35:16.000 --> 01:35:19.479 not near as big. But that's a dollar weed. Yeah it is, 1317 01:35:19.600 --> 01:35:21.920 and that's what I thought it was. But I asked him if you know 1318 01:35:23.000 --> 01:35:26.479 they're about a quarter size, because a lot of times a dollar weed is 1319 01:35:26.720 --> 01:35:29.439 getting started is about the size of a quarter. And he said, no, 1320 01:35:29.680 --> 01:35:32.039 it's like a lily pad. So I'm gonna wait and see his photo. 1321 01:35:32.159 --> 01:35:34.359 He's kind of stumped me. I think it was dollar weed too, 1322 01:35:34.520 --> 01:35:39.840 but you know, it didn't sound like that fit his description, so we'll 1323 01:35:39.880 --> 01:35:42.640 see. Thank you, though, I appreciate, appreciate that idea. You 1324 01:35:42.760 --> 01:35:46.319 gotta deal with dollar weed out there and humble a little bit in my yard. 1325 01:35:46.479 --> 01:35:51.960 Yes, okay, I can't remember the name of the chemical that minds 1326 01:35:53.000 --> 01:35:56.439 we put on it, but we kind of you don't get it under control. 1327 01:35:56.760 --> 01:36:00.560 Okay. Yeah, it loves living here because we're hot, we're human, 1328 01:36:00.680 --> 01:36:04.800 and it rains a lot and that makes dollarweed really very happy. Yes, 1329 01:36:05.640 --> 01:36:08.840 thank you so much. All right, Ruby, thank you for the 1330 01:36:08.960 --> 01:36:13.359 call. It's good to have listeners out there that are kind of checking in 1331 01:36:13.560 --> 01:36:18.039 and offering their two cents worth on some of these things. We often get 1332 01:36:18.119 --> 01:36:24.039 some very interesting calls. You know, I've been a county Agriculture Extension horticulturist 1333 01:36:24.199 --> 01:36:28.560 for thirty four years now and answering gardening questions the whole time, of course, 1334 01:36:28.920 --> 01:36:32.319 And it always amazes me sometimes when you get a question and people are 1335 01:36:32.399 --> 01:36:38.560 describing it, and then when you see the plant or get a picture of 1336 01:36:38.640 --> 01:36:41.640 it or something, it looks very different. And you know, I mean, 1337 01:36:41.680 --> 01:36:44.800 it's not just on the people describing it. It's like our minds tend 1338 01:36:44.880 --> 01:36:47.960 to go in a different direction when we're hearing certain keywords and we think we'll 1339 01:36:48.000 --> 01:36:51.159 know what we're talking about. But one time I was given a garden talk 1340 01:36:51.319 --> 01:36:57.159 out in the Porter area Porter New Caney, and a lady raised her hand 1341 01:36:57.279 --> 01:37:00.760 and she asked me about this plant, and I just trying to help her, 1342 01:37:00.840 --> 01:37:04.239 trying to understand, you know, it was a rose she was saying, 1343 01:37:04.399 --> 01:37:09.600 and it just something was wrong. And finally another lady in the room 1344 01:37:09.720 --> 01:37:13.439 goes, Mabel, are you talking That isn't not a rose and you're driveway, 1345 01:37:13.479 --> 01:37:16.880 that's a crape myrtle. I'm just like, oh my gosh, I'm 1346 01:37:16.920 --> 01:37:20.279 sitting here. The lady tells me she has a rose and I'm trying to 1347 01:37:20.439 --> 01:37:26.319 help her and it's actually a craip myrtle. Well, hey, I try. 1348 01:37:26.600 --> 01:37:29.479 I try to be accurate and helpful, but you know, give me 1349 01:37:29.560 --> 01:37:31.760 a break here, help me out a little bit. Oh my gosh, 1350 01:37:32.000 --> 01:37:35.760 remember those days. Yeah, So we're going to answer any kind of gardening 1351 01:37:35.840 --> 01:37:39.720 questions you have out at sugar Land Home and Garden Show today, and we're 1352 01:37:39.760 --> 01:37:43.279 gonna also be doing that here on the radio. In fact, let's go 1353 01:37:43.399 --> 01:37:45.720 ahead and go to pair Land and we're gonna talk to Jason. Hello, 1354 01:37:45.920 --> 01:37:51.199 Jason, Hey, good morning, Good morning. Yeah, I just wanted 1355 01:37:51.199 --> 01:37:58.199 to call and chat. I've had recurring fungal issues in my lawn really since 1356 01:37:58.279 --> 01:38:04.680 we've moved into the place and treated with propoconazol an eagle and uh dacanil, 1357 01:38:04.720 --> 01:38:10.079 which I read out of out of Randy's Gulf Coast Gardening Book for the gray 1358 01:38:10.159 --> 01:38:15.439 leaf spot, but always seem to pop back up in certain areas and I 1359 01:38:15.479 --> 01:38:21.640 get those bright yellow blades. I have a Saint Augustine line, so so 1360 01:38:21.800 --> 01:38:30.600 if they're bright yellow, um, I don't know. I'm thinking that I've 1361 01:38:30.680 --> 01:38:32.680 seen a lot of that this year, and I'm not really sure what to 1362 01:38:32.800 --> 01:38:36.560 point it too. It's not it's probably not take all root rot, but 1363 01:38:36.640 --> 01:38:42.319 it could be that will cause yellow of the grass, but it shows up 1364 01:38:42.359 --> 01:38:45.520 more as an iron deficiency than the bright yellow older leaves. And I think 1365 01:38:45.520 --> 01:38:48.520 you're probably looking at if you looked at a runner, it'd be the oldest 1366 01:38:48.600 --> 01:38:51.439 leaves on the runner that are yellow. Have you have you looked that close 1367 01:38:51.560 --> 01:38:56.680 or not? Oh? Yeah, I've definitely looked at them before. And 1368 01:38:56.880 --> 01:39:00.159 to your point on the take all, you know there are certain patches is 1369 01:39:00.720 --> 01:39:03.359 that I mean almost it seemed like it happened, you know, within a 1370 01:39:03.439 --> 01:39:06.960 matter of a couple of weeks where it just melted away and I was able 1371 01:39:08.000 --> 01:39:12.039 to just reach in and kind of pull up a few stolens in those roots 1372 01:39:12.119 --> 01:39:15.920 were you know, kind of destroyed. I dug around to check for you 1373 01:39:16.000 --> 01:39:20.600 know, grubs and stuff like that too. But have you used a herbsider 1374 01:39:20.680 --> 01:39:27.760 in your lawn this spring? I did a notro foss pre emergent Okay earlier 1375 01:39:27.840 --> 01:39:30.359 in the year. Okay, all right, Well, I don't know. 1376 01:39:30.600 --> 01:39:34.800 I would I would think about take all as a possibility. I would also, 1377 01:39:35.399 --> 01:39:39.760 uh, you know, large patch we used to call it brown patches 1378 01:39:39.800 --> 01:39:45.359 typically a cool season disease. It's it's it's specifically a riise Actonia fungus. 1379 01:39:45.439 --> 01:39:47.520 And we have some rise actonias that can affect her in the warm weather as 1380 01:39:47.560 --> 01:39:50.159 well, and just like in the cool season, you know, it starts 1381 01:39:50.199 --> 01:39:54.439 to rots the leaves off the runner and so they turn yellow before they turn 1382 01:39:54.520 --> 01:39:57.720 brown. It could be that there's a little bit of that going on because 1383 01:39:57.760 --> 01:40:01.520 we have had a plentiful rain spring and I think some fairly mild temperatures. 1384 01:40:01.560 --> 01:40:04.159 So it's going to be one or the other. I would just watch it 1385 01:40:04.279 --> 01:40:09.960 for now. Uh, it doesn't seem to be at a stage where you 1386 01:40:10.039 --> 01:40:12.880 would become really alarmed with it. And I hate to send you out just 1387 01:40:12.960 --> 01:40:16.399 putting products on for whatever reason that I'd be ready to go. You know, 1388 01:40:16.520 --> 01:40:20.840 you're you're in Paraland so you're close to Lumber and Ace Hardware there and 1389 01:40:20.920 --> 01:40:24.720 they're going to have all kinds of products. They also have knowledgeable folks there 1390 01:40:24.760 --> 01:40:27.000 too, by the way, Yeah, they do. That's that's where I 1391 01:40:27.079 --> 01:40:30.319 like to go. They're they're great plas. Yeah, that's Paralinas is an 1392 01:40:30.319 --> 01:40:33.560 awesome, awesome store. Well, let me ask you this a top dress 1393 01:40:33.600 --> 01:40:38.000 of Pete Moss and I just did my last treatment. I did a combination 1394 01:40:38.079 --> 01:40:42.840 of azoxystrobin and uh propoconazow Okay, on the lawn, and that was about 1395 01:40:43.399 --> 01:40:47.239 twelve days ago. Then you've yeah, you've fund decided the heck out of 1396 01:40:47.319 --> 01:40:51.600 that thing. So I about the Let's just watch and wait and see how 1397 01:40:51.640 --> 01:40:56.199 it does. Okay, Jason, So hold off on the fertilizer. Then 1398 01:40:56.279 --> 01:41:01.520 for now. Did you fertilize this spring earlier in the year, around February 1399 01:41:01.640 --> 01:41:05.560 March? I put put some down. Okay, I would go ahead with 1400 01:41:05.680 --> 01:41:09.199 the fertilizer. I don't think that's going to be a problem. Just do 1401 01:41:09.319 --> 01:41:12.279 it at a moderate rate, don't overdo it. All right, Hey, 1402 01:41:12.359 --> 01:41:14.880 Jason, I'm gonna have to run, but I appreciate your call. We're 1403 01:41:14.920 --> 01:41:17.119 taking a break here Don in pear Land. We'll be coming to you Ernie 1404 01:41:17.159 --> 01:41:20.560 and Spring Branch and Mitch out in the Woodlands. Just hang on. We'll 1405 01:41:20.600 --> 01:41:31.399 be right back from break side. But you don't see too many days. 1406 01:41:32.520 --> 01:41:39.239 Well, good Saturday morning. I am looking forward to get into these calls 1407 01:41:39.319 --> 01:41:43.319 here and talking about the things that you guys are interested in. Phone number 1408 01:41:43.520 --> 01:41:47.159 if you'd like to be on seven one three two one two five eight seven 1409 01:41:47.319 --> 01:41:50.520 four. Let's head out to pear Land and we are going to talk to 1410 01:41:50.640 --> 01:41:54.840 Don. Hello, Don, good morning, how are you doing. I'm 1411 01:41:54.880 --> 01:42:00.399 well, thank you, thank you. I'm going to complain a some roses 1412 01:42:00.920 --> 01:42:05.000 in the in my flower bed, and I was just wondering what is the 1413 01:42:05.159 --> 01:42:11.520 best rose saw to use or recommended rose saw. I haven't seen several different 1414 01:42:11.560 --> 01:42:16.119 things online, one with landscape or mix and the other with a vegetable garden 1415 01:42:16.439 --> 01:42:21.720 mix. Well, there's also a rose soil. Specifically, the folks out 1416 01:42:21.760 --> 01:42:26.920 at Heirloom have I think rose soil in your area that probably you're going to 1417 01:42:27.000 --> 01:42:30.880 find them at the Ace Hardware in pair Land, which is on North Main 1418 01:42:30.920 --> 01:42:33.880 Street, or if you're if you're a little further south, the Ace Hardware 1419 01:42:34.000 --> 01:42:40.199 down and on Edgewood Drive in Friendswood is probably going to be carrying those um 1420 01:42:41.000 --> 01:42:44.880 Heirloom soil mixes, the one called rose mix, and that's the one that 1421 01:42:45.000 --> 01:42:48.119 I would go with. All right, That's what I needed to know. 1422 01:42:48.600 --> 01:42:51.560 One more quick question. Yeah, okay, since I'm going to be putting 1423 01:42:51.880 --> 01:42:58.159 it into my existing big should I mix that with my get maybe a bag 1424 01:42:58.199 --> 01:43:01.640 of sold and mix into these in salt so that roofs can have a way 1425 01:43:01.720 --> 01:43:08.199 to grow. You know, I often will do that, don That's a 1426 01:43:08.279 --> 01:43:12.600 good question. I often will lay some of the bed mix down and mix 1427 01:43:12.680 --> 01:43:15.840 it with the soil below. Let's say you've got a really wonderful bed mix 1428 01:43:15.920 --> 01:43:18.560 and then boom, you hit this solid, dense clay. I like to 1429 01:43:18.680 --> 01:43:23.439 break that interface between the two up by mixing it a little bit and then 1430 01:43:23.640 --> 01:43:26.760 finishing up by putting the rest of In this case, the rose soil in 1431 01:43:26.800 --> 01:43:33.760 the bed sounds good, and that's a erloom soils makes a rose blend down 1432 01:43:33.800 --> 01:43:39.640 there. I think they would carry it. You know, another common rose 1433 01:43:39.680 --> 01:43:42.439 blend we have is a nature's way. They carry that, and it's a 1434 01:43:42.520 --> 01:43:45.439 number of areas. I just am not sure they're down there in the ace 1435 01:43:45.840 --> 01:43:49.199 in your area, so they'll be able to point you to what they carry. 1436 01:43:49.880 --> 01:43:53.439 But if you've heard us talk about it on here, it's going to 1437 01:43:53.479 --> 01:43:58.039 be a good quality mix. Sounds good. Yeah, I would like to 1438 01:43:58.079 --> 01:44:00.279 go around, but it's so far. Yeah, okay, So I'm much 1439 01:44:00.279 --> 01:44:04.640 try ace and I'm not airloom. But I'm sorry, I got you. 1440 01:44:04.800 --> 01:44:11.279 Yeah, you're h E I R l O O M. But when you 1441 01:44:11.399 --> 01:44:15.159 walk into the ace and you say show me your bags at airloom, they're 1442 01:44:15.359 --> 01:44:17.239 Airloom simix or compa they're going to be able to direct you to it, 1443 01:44:18.039 --> 01:44:20.960 and if they don't, if a place doesn't have that, they're going to 1444 01:44:21.000 --> 01:44:24.920 be able to direct you to the other one that they carry. Well, 1445 01:44:25.000 --> 01:44:27.680 thank you, I appreciate that. All right, thank you, I appreciate 1446 01:44:27.960 --> 01:44:30.840 that. Call. Don a right good good information there, you know, 1447 01:44:31.079 --> 01:44:35.840 and we're sitting here talking about ACE. Here. There thirty nine ACE stores 1448 01:44:36.199 --> 01:44:40.880 in the Greater Houston area. So what I'd recommend you do is go to 1449 01:44:41.039 --> 01:44:45.199 ACE Hardware dot com. Ace Hardware dot Com and you can click on a 1450 01:44:45.560 --> 01:44:47.000 link that will take you to the store near you. You know, you 1451 01:44:47.039 --> 01:44:49.640 tell them where you live, and they're going to show you the stores that 1452 01:44:49.760 --> 01:44:53.560 are closest to you. And with thirty nine stores, you're not gonna have 1453 01:44:53.600 --> 01:44:58.600 to drive very far. We're going to head out now to Spring Branch and 1454 01:44:58.880 --> 01:45:01.479 talk to Ernie. Hello Ernie, Yes, good morning, Stewie. How 1455 01:45:01.560 --> 01:45:05.199 are you. I'm well, I'm well, thank you. Good. Quick 1456 01:45:05.279 --> 01:45:10.319 question, Uh, I need something to replace foxtail ferns with. I got 1457 01:45:10.399 --> 01:45:14.279 four big pots and lost them and didn't get to cover them the freeze again, 1458 01:45:15.039 --> 01:45:18.920 So you need suggestion on different type plant simmer conditions. So there there, 1459 01:45:21.520 --> 01:45:25.000 Yeah, I'm sorry. Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm talking over you. 1460 01:45:25.239 --> 01:45:29.359 The foxtails aren't coming back out from the ground. After all the time, 1461 01:45:29.439 --> 01:45:33.319 pros off, they're gone. Okay, who some of our time plant? 1462 01:45:33.640 --> 01:45:36.479 Uh, well, we have a number. How how sunny is the 1463 01:45:36.560 --> 01:45:44.039 area? It's a partial sun, partial shade, mostly son. Okay, 1464 01:45:44.800 --> 01:45:46.840 Well would you would you like to go to a shrub or do you want 1465 01:45:47.479 --> 01:45:50.840 something else just down low on the ground. No, I don't want to 1466 01:45:50.880 --> 01:45:54.760 get into shrubs. I got plenty of shrubs. I just want something that'll 1467 01:45:54.800 --> 01:45:59.279 go on those big pots. Yeah, if it's if it's not too sunny 1468 01:46:00.880 --> 01:46:04.199 that Another option would be to go with some type of a fern like holly 1469 01:46:04.319 --> 01:46:11.439 fern. Holly fern is is a real dense, dark green color. Uh. 1470 01:46:11.640 --> 01:46:14.840 It's got a big fat leaf, not the normal fern leaf, but 1471 01:46:14.880 --> 01:46:17.199 it's a different leaf. It does really well. And these are going in 1472 01:46:17.319 --> 01:46:23.279 pots right right? These are in pots. Okay, Well, that's that's 1473 01:46:23.319 --> 01:46:26.039 probably why it froze to death, because those pots the soil gets a lot 1474 01:46:26.119 --> 01:46:30.279 colder. Another another option, Uh, I like this planet. It's called 1475 01:46:30.319 --> 01:46:35.960 inland inland seats and it has a very do it you know, search far 1476 01:46:36.000 --> 01:46:39.079 it online? Take a look at the picture and see if you like that 1477 01:46:39.319 --> 01:46:42.399 it It has a little seat head that looks sort of like one of the 1478 01:46:42.479 --> 01:46:45.640 grain crops, if you will. And it does well in a lot of 1479 01:46:45.720 --> 01:46:48.319 shade too, uh, and so it can probably take a little bit of 1480 01:46:48.399 --> 01:46:53.640 sunlight as well. I just you know, not knowing exactly how much sun 1481 01:46:53.760 --> 01:46:56.800 you have, you know, I'm not sure whether to recommend, you know, 1482 01:46:56.920 --> 01:47:00.279 like a giant riopy or something to go in there to give you kind 1483 01:47:00.319 --> 01:47:03.199 of a green filler that's a little bit taller, or one particular plant. 1484 01:47:03.279 --> 01:47:06.640 But there's a lot of options. What was the last thing of the inland 1485 01:47:06.680 --> 01:47:11.840 what was it? What inland sea oats? And this is just for something 1486 01:47:11.960 --> 01:47:15.119 different, you know, it's just for something different. It's a it's a 1487 01:47:15.199 --> 01:47:18.399 pretty cool plant. It spreads and so being in pots that's good because it 1488 01:47:18.520 --> 01:47:23.840 does spread under underground in a bed, which isn't bad. But some people 1489 01:47:23.880 --> 01:47:30.079 don't like that that characteristic of it. So seats. Yeah, but I 1490 01:47:30.319 --> 01:47:32.159 would, you know, I would try that. And you're you know, 1491 01:47:32.279 --> 01:47:35.119 they're in the spring branch you got in nurseries. Every direction you can go 1492 01:47:35.239 --> 01:47:39.359 in. One of our good independence probably going to show you some other things 1493 01:47:39.439 --> 01:47:43.319 they carry that aren't coming to my mind right now. Okay, you appreciate 1494 01:47:43.399 --> 01:47:46.840 it very much. All right, I appreciate you. Bet. We're gonna 1495 01:47:46.880 --> 01:47:50.000 go talk to Mitch now in the Woodlands. Mitch, I got a short 1496 01:47:50.039 --> 01:47:53.279 time, but let's see if we can at least get the call started. 1497 01:47:54.399 --> 01:47:56.439 All right, Well, good morning, kits. They take my call. 1498 01:47:56.960 --> 01:47:59.920 I am moving down from Dallas. We're building a house in the Woodlands. 1499 01:48:00.079 --> 01:48:03.960 As I drive through my neighborhood, I see people with different types of grass 1500 01:48:04.960 --> 01:48:10.960 up here. We have a bermuda tiff four nineteen trying to find out what 1501 01:48:11.079 --> 01:48:13.720 would be the best thing to plant there. Not really a big stand of 1502 01:48:13.800 --> 01:48:16.600 bermuda, but it's that's what crows best, will go with it. Yeah, 1503 01:48:16.640 --> 01:48:19.880 and so the area again, the sunlight I'm out on the area, 1504 01:48:20.159 --> 01:48:24.640 the number of hours you think, yeah, a lot, there's not a 1505 01:48:24.720 --> 01:48:27.560 tree. Okay, there's not a tree on the lot. You know. 1506 01:48:27.680 --> 01:48:30.680 Bermuda makes the most beautiful lawn and Texas, I mean, think of a 1507 01:48:30.720 --> 01:48:34.399 golf course green. How can you improve on that? But bermuda has to 1508 01:48:34.439 --> 01:48:38.319 be mowed regularly, and the shorter you mow it, the more often you 1509 01:48:38.399 --> 01:48:43.399 mow it. And Unlike Saint Augustine, Bermuda is unforgiving of an irregular mowing 1510 01:48:43.479 --> 01:48:46.840 schedule. It'll survive, in fact, can't kill it, but it looks 1511 01:48:46.880 --> 01:48:50.760 horrible when you cut off all the green on top until it regreens again from 1512 01:48:50.880 --> 01:48:56.239 from lower. So I don't have a problem with bermuda other than the fact 1513 01:48:56.319 --> 01:49:00.479 that it invades my flower beds, and so that's that's not something I like. 1514 01:49:00.119 --> 01:49:03.920 There's some broad leaf types of Zoysia that do really well too, if 1515 01:49:03.960 --> 01:49:10.039 their mode regularly with a sharp more and then of course Saint Augustine's is just 1516 01:49:10.199 --> 01:49:14.399 fine. It just it's drawback is it's not very drought tolerant, so if 1517 01:49:14.439 --> 01:49:16.319 you if you don't start watering it when it gets hot and dry, it's 1518 01:49:16.359 --> 01:49:21.279 gonna have a little problems with that. Okay, Well, Zoysia maybe it 1519 01:49:21.439 --> 01:49:25.680 is, Yeah, Zoya, maybe it is. There's a website and write 1520 01:49:25.720 --> 01:49:31.880 this down. It's aggy turf one word age turf dot tmu tamu dot edu. 1521 01:49:32.399 --> 01:49:35.520 And if you go there, there's a little thing on the lower left 1522 01:49:35.600 --> 01:49:41.560 that says turf grasses and you can read in depth about every kind. It's 1523 01:49:41.640 --> 01:49:45.039 pros, it's cons and and even recommended varieties of it. And it's the 1524 01:49:45.199 --> 01:49:47.520 fastest way that I think I can give you a more thorough answer than I 1525 01:49:47.600 --> 01:49:53.439 can in just a few minutes. You know, talk about one quick question. 1526 01:49:54.199 --> 01:49:58.199 If my neighbor has permuted it, I have zoysia. Are we going 1527 01:49:58.279 --> 01:50:00.960 to fight? Do we need to put a barrier up between those two? 1528 01:50:01.119 --> 01:50:10.079 Or the broad leaf types of zoysia? And it's the Zoysia japonica species. 1529 01:50:10.560 --> 01:50:13.520 Uh, those are going to look a little different than the bermuda. The 1530 01:50:13.680 --> 01:50:15.760 narrow leaf look a lot like the bermuda. But I would I would go 1531 01:50:15.920 --> 01:50:18.640 with the broad leaf. If you've got plenty of then I would go with 1532 01:50:18.720 --> 01:50:21.439 the broad leaf type. And I think you're going to do better. And 1533 01:50:21.600 --> 01:50:26.760 yes, any two turf grasses, like any wild native grasses, are going 1534 01:50:26.800 --> 01:50:30.359 to fight it out wherever they live because that they're in competition. All right, 1535 01:50:30.760 --> 01:50:33.760 Thank you appreciate well, Mitch, thank you. I appreciate that call. 1536 01:50:34.600 --> 01:50:39.680 Just a reminder that I am heading out to the Sugarland Home and Outdoor 1537 01:50:39.760 --> 01:50:43.039 Living Show today at eleven thirty, So once we finish the show, I'm 1538 01:50:43.079 --> 01:50:46.640 heading that way. I'm going to have some Nelson's fertilizer to give away. 1539 01:50:46.680 --> 01:50:54.279 A number of different types being provided us, some turf fertilizer, stuff for 1540 01:50:54.439 --> 01:50:58.880 roses and plumerias and trees and shrubs and all kinds of different things, and 1541 01:50:59.079 --> 01:51:01.159 nice little jars. So it's not just like a little tiny packet. I 1542 01:51:01.239 --> 01:51:03.720 mean you'll be able to use it and test it out. You're gonna find 1543 01:51:03.760 --> 01:51:08.359 out that works for a well blay. But come to come at eleven thirty 1544 01:51:08.359 --> 01:51:10.800 so you can hear my seminar, and that's where I'll be giving away the 1545 01:51:10.840 --> 01:51:17.279 first line. KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or 1546 01:51:17.319 --> 01:51:25.680 services advertised on this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Skip Richter's so 1547 01:51:26.119 --> 01:51:47.159 please just watching as many pleas We're good morning, good Saturday morning, good 1548 01:51:47.239 --> 01:51:50.560 day for gardening, and good day to be talking about gardening. I'm your 1549 01:51:50.600 --> 01:51:54.760 host of guarden Line, Skip Richter, and if you will write this down, 1550 01:51:54.920 --> 01:51:58.960 you can give us a call. Seven one three two one two five 1551 01:51:59.079 --> 01:52:04.640 eight seven four seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. There's 1552 01:52:04.640 --> 01:52:06.640 a lot of interest this time of year in gardening. You know, in 1553 01:52:06.720 --> 01:52:10.960 spring, everybody's a gardener. I mean, you know, spring fever hits 1554 01:52:11.000 --> 01:52:14.399 and people get all excited about planning stuff, And I wish I could bottle 1555 01:52:14.439 --> 01:52:16.520 a little bit of that up and spread it out into fall, because fall 1556 01:52:16.720 --> 01:52:20.279 is also a great time in fact, when you're talking about planning some of 1557 01:52:20.279 --> 01:52:24.520 the woody ornamentals and stuff. Fall's an awesome time for doing that kind of 1558 01:52:24.560 --> 01:52:29.399 thing, perennial plants and whatnot. But we still love spring, no question. 1559 01:52:30.039 --> 01:52:33.239 It just doesn't get much more beautiful than spring around here. If you're 1560 01:52:33.319 --> 01:52:39.199 if you live up in the Montgomery area off of one oh five is A 1561 01:52:39.399 --> 01:52:42.319 and A Plants in Produce. It's on the east side of Montgomery, so 1562 01:52:42.840 --> 01:52:45.880 Lake Conro, Walden, bent Water, you know all those places out that 1563 01:52:45.000 --> 01:52:49.000 direction over in Conro, even even up in willis A and A Plants in 1564 01:52:49.079 --> 01:52:57.039 Produce does an excellent job of providing a wide variety of plants and color and 1565 01:52:57.159 --> 01:53:00.760 things to go with your plants. So if you're looking for Mexican talavera or 1566 01:53:00.920 --> 01:53:04.680 terra cotta, maybe you want a chiminea for the patio a gazebo. They 1567 01:53:04.760 --> 01:53:10.640 have it all seven days a week, nine to five pm. Ana Plants 1568 01:53:10.800 --> 01:53:14.800 on the east side of Montgomery, right on Highway one oh five they carry 1569 01:53:14.800 --> 01:53:18.479 all the products we talk about here, the fertilizers and the pesticides, herbicides. 1570 01:53:18.560 --> 01:53:21.039 Fun decide you're gonna find it all there by the way, they also 1571 01:53:21.119 --> 01:53:26.039 have I was in there the other day farm fresh homegrown produce and some eggs. 1572 01:53:26.079 --> 01:53:29.399 I thought that was interesting. So that's another reason as if you don't 1573 01:53:29.439 --> 01:53:33.479 have enough already to check out ana plants and produce. I'm going to head 1574 01:53:33.640 --> 01:53:39.880 to the phones now and talk with Donald in Northwest Houston. Hello, Donald, 1575 01:53:42.119 --> 01:53:49.199 Hi. I picked up some roots and stuck them in the ground. 1576 01:53:49.239 --> 01:53:54.359 But I'm just curious thinking back when I was a child, my grandmother up 1577 01:53:54.399 --> 01:53:59.800 in Illinois head bushes, and I ran across these in a wal Mart. 1578 01:54:00.079 --> 01:54:02.319 Leave it or not, it's thought, I'm gonna try it, and so 1579 01:54:04.119 --> 01:54:08.520 any advice about it. At the first couple of them have sprouted up, 1580 01:54:08.520 --> 01:54:12.039 by no, it'll take a couple of years proudly to get booms. But 1581 01:54:12.520 --> 01:54:15.079 the others did not even come up. Well done, don't be the don't 1582 01:54:15.119 --> 01:54:19.560 shoot the bear of bad news. But it doesn't surprise me that you got 1583 01:54:19.600 --> 01:54:26.359 those at a big change store, because those people are notorious all of the 1584 01:54:26.439 --> 01:54:30.199 companies for selling things in areas where they don't do real well. People have 1585 01:54:30.359 --> 01:54:33.920 tried growing pionies here for a long time, and for a while we had 1586 01:54:34.000 --> 01:54:39.199 some varieties we thought would go a little further south. But they're not not 1587 01:54:39.439 --> 01:54:42.760 really panning out to be outstanding. Now. I hope that you can prove 1588 01:54:42.880 --> 01:54:45.840 me wrong. But here's how you're going to need to try if you if 1589 01:54:45.880 --> 01:54:48.560 you want to do it, they need some morning sun because they do need 1590 01:54:48.680 --> 01:54:54.319 light. But once we get in the summer and it is what a thousand 1591 01:54:54.399 --> 01:54:58.000 degrees and you know, for days on end, and it's the night times 1592 01:54:58.039 --> 01:55:00.680 that are hard on these plants too. Maybe I'll talk about that more and 1593 01:55:00.760 --> 01:55:04.000 a bit. But the p and is just struggle. They just struggle with 1594 01:55:04.119 --> 01:55:08.239 that. But if you can give them the best chance at a well drained 1595 01:55:08.279 --> 01:55:14.720 bed full of rich organic matter like compost and a spot that has bright shade 1596 01:55:15.720 --> 01:55:18.600 little morning sun, that would be the ideal mix to give them their best 1597 01:55:18.680 --> 01:55:28.399 chance. Okay, all right, right, yeah I will what happens? 1598 01:55:28.560 --> 01:55:30.079 I did? I knew they did have to have sun. I remembered some 1599 01:55:30.199 --> 01:55:33.800 of my grandmas were in the shade and those uh I remember some of them 1600 01:55:33.920 --> 01:55:36.920 just coming up, but nothing ever happening and then all of a sudden you 1601 01:55:38.000 --> 01:55:41.000 come down and by a tree, and then they weren't great after that. 1602 01:55:41.239 --> 01:55:45.359 Yeah, and then that about the southside. But there is it might be 1603 01:55:45.520 --> 01:55:50.239 too hot as well. Let's see, let's see if you got morning sun 1604 01:55:50.399 --> 01:55:54.520 is the best Thomas of sun. Of course, you know here when it 1605 01:55:54.640 --> 01:55:57.640 gets to be summer, you walk outside and break a sweat and just walk 1606 01:55:57.680 --> 01:56:00.359 into your car first thing in the morning. So that's what we're having to 1607 01:56:00.439 --> 01:56:03.520 deal with. I had ponies. Well I lived in Missouri for three years 1608 01:56:03.600 --> 01:56:06.560 and we had some ponies, and I know why people love them. Just 1609 01:56:08.239 --> 01:56:11.239 good luck with it, all right, thank you? All right, yes 1610 01:56:11.279 --> 01:56:15.479 sir, take care. We're going to head out to Charles in Texas City. 1611 01:56:15.920 --> 01:56:19.239 Well, hello Charles. Top of the morning. To the rains coming 1612 01:56:19.279 --> 01:56:23.439 from the Gulf this morning, I think, hey, I have a question. 1613 01:56:23.720 --> 01:56:29.199 They're dead gun stinkbergs there, steambugs, they're beaten. They is beaten 1614 01:56:29.319 --> 01:56:35.079 up by tomato. Is bad. I've been using anyway, but I want 1615 01:56:35.119 --> 01:56:41.359 to know we'll be key will at work for steambergs. Also, it will 1616 01:56:41.399 --> 01:56:45.119 not touch them. Steak bugs. Stink bugs are a problem. You've got 1617 01:56:45.199 --> 01:56:49.760 it there, some pretty pretty powerful insecticide products to kill them when they're in 1618 01:56:49.800 --> 01:56:55.560 the adult stage. If you check your plants out regularly, they'll lay eggs 1619 01:56:55.600 --> 01:56:58.800 on them, and you'll see the little cluster of nymphs. They tend to 1620 01:56:58.920 --> 01:57:01.560 hang together like a herd. This is a stink bug and the leafooted bug, 1621 01:57:01.640 --> 01:57:05.039 which basically does the same damage. At that stage, you can put 1622 01:57:05.039 --> 01:57:09.279 a little soapy pale underneath them and swap the branch and they all fall in 1623 01:57:09.399 --> 01:57:12.640 it and die, And it's easy to kill them. As they become adults 1624 01:57:12.640 --> 01:57:15.399 and get wings and fly away, we're just basically spraying all over the place. 1625 01:57:15.520 --> 01:57:18.880 I would recommend spring early in the morning. They're a little more sluggish 1626 01:57:19.000 --> 01:57:23.640 than they are later in the day. But but you're gonna have to You're 1627 01:57:23.640 --> 01:57:27.960 gonna have to kick it into a higher gear at once they've hit this stage 1628 01:57:28.000 --> 01:57:31.800 now to try to shut them down. So the next question would be, 1629 01:57:32.319 --> 01:57:39.000 I guess in the diet to make your circuit. I tried it. It 1630 01:57:40.199 --> 01:57:45.000 will irritate them. They don't like having that like broken glass getting in their 1631 01:57:45.159 --> 01:57:48.439 body part joints as they move around. But I just don't think I just 1632 01:57:48.600 --> 01:57:54.279 don't think you're going to be happy with the results not so far. Well, 1633 01:57:55.680 --> 01:57:58.319 well, I want to steer you wrong, but yeah, that that's 1634 01:57:58.399 --> 01:58:01.840 probably that's probably the it is. But next year and this year, when 1635 01:58:01.880 --> 01:58:05.760 you see the little herds forming that means they laid eggs on the plants, 1636 01:58:06.039 --> 01:58:09.880 that would be the time to try to try to shut those down. But 1637 01:58:10.560 --> 01:58:14.119 you go into a place that sells sells your products and things, they're gonna 1638 01:58:14.159 --> 01:58:16.000 they're gonna be able to direct you. It's probably going to be a synthetic 1639 01:58:16.039 --> 01:58:21.600 paris throws insecticide that'll knock them out. Okay, now let me ask you 1640 01:58:21.640 --> 01:58:26.600 this my favorite fixing to put in bees, and I want to know I 1641 01:58:26.880 --> 01:58:30.880 use BT when the caterpillars are chewing up everything. Is that going to mess 1642 01:58:30.920 --> 01:58:35.079 with the bees? Not at all? Not at all? Okay, you're 1643 01:58:35.119 --> 01:58:38.560 good, you're good. Yeah, And you want your neighbor to have bees 1644 01:58:38.560 --> 01:58:41.199 because I'll come over and pull it out your flowers for you. Oh you 1645 01:58:41.279 --> 01:58:45.279 are to see the garden this year, I mean just so yeah, yeah, 1646 01:58:45.359 --> 01:58:46.479 there you go. Oh you have to just tell them, you know, 1647 01:58:46.560 --> 01:58:49.119 a little honey here and there is hush money and we're all good, 1648 01:58:53.760 --> 01:58:58.479 all right, all right, Oh, thank you for the call. I 1649 01:58:58.520 --> 01:59:01.880 appreciate that. Gosh, hey, Dan and Victoria, we see you there. 1650 01:59:02.000 --> 01:59:05.000 We're gonna take a break here, but we will be coming right back 1651 01:59:05.119 --> 01:59:20.600 to you. Good morning on a good Saturday morning. Oh the sun's out. 1652 01:59:20.920 --> 01:59:25.039 That's a good sign for gardening, isn't it. Can't wait to get 1653 01:59:25.039 --> 01:59:28.560 out there and do a little bit of gardening later on the day. We're 1654 01:59:28.600 --> 01:59:31.039 gonna start off by heading out to Fairfield and we're gonna talk to Marty. 1655 01:59:31.399 --> 01:59:36.279 Good morning, Marty, Good morning Skip. I got a pineapple wall of 1656 01:59:36.439 --> 01:59:42.279 years and years ago from the arbor gate and the first three we got it, 1657 01:59:43.159 --> 01:59:46.079 it got hit pretty hard, but it came back, and then this 1658 01:59:46.399 --> 01:59:55.960 last one it didn't really get hit. But it's it continues to lose leaves. 1659 01:59:57.239 --> 02:00:00.680 They're producing new leads, but there's still losing the old leaves. It 1660 02:00:01.439 --> 02:00:06.000 is now the time for it to be changing. I'm just not sure why 1661 02:00:06.079 --> 02:00:10.720 it's still leave leaves. Yeah, Usually when the old leaves drop, it's 1662 02:00:10.800 --> 02:00:13.439 some kind of a stress. You know, it got real dry and then 1663 02:00:13.479 --> 02:00:16.399 it got wet. It was watered again or saggy. Wet conditions can do 1664 02:00:16.479 --> 02:00:19.399 that. Certainly, anything that hurts roots, like a root rot or something 1665 02:00:19.479 --> 02:00:23.960 else can cause that. But if you're seeing new growth coming, then I 1666 02:00:24.000 --> 02:00:28.359 don't think you're dealing with a root rot down below. And that pineapple guava 1667 02:00:28.560 --> 02:00:31.399 is one of those marginally hardy plants, wonderful plants, you know, beautiful 1668 02:00:31.439 --> 02:00:38.000 blooms, even an edible fruit and the beautiful bark on the thing. So 1669 02:00:38.119 --> 02:00:42.359 it's well worth growing. But I think I would just watch it, just 1670 02:00:42.520 --> 02:00:45.760 kind of watch the soil moisture in the drainage. If it's down low where 1671 02:00:45.800 --> 02:00:49.359 it stays soggy, then that's gonna be that's gonna be a problem. Well, 1672 02:00:49.720 --> 02:00:54.720 no, it um it does have new growth, It looks healthy. 1673 02:00:55.439 --> 02:00:59.079 Everything seems to be good. It's just I you know, when I'm doing 1674 02:00:59.159 --> 02:01:03.439 the yard, I continually have to blow the leaves from underneath of it. 1675 02:01:03.600 --> 02:01:08.279 So I just I'll just keep an eye on it. But I do I 1676 02:01:08.399 --> 02:01:12.279 need to beat it. Yes, you do want because you want to encourage 1677 02:01:12.359 --> 02:01:17.000 growth, So you want to moderate amount of growth that would provide something like 1678 02:01:17.199 --> 02:01:21.760 that. Yeah, that just a moderate amount though you don't have to overdo 1679 02:01:21.840 --> 02:01:26.079 it, but just kind of gradually, maybe a little bit in the spring, 1680 02:01:26.239 --> 02:01:31.079 a little bit in the summertime. Just stop fertilizing your pineapple guava by 1681 02:01:31.119 --> 02:01:36.359 August. Don't don't do a late August or September fertilizer because if you push 1682 02:01:36.439 --> 02:01:42.039 it into late season succulent growth and it doesn't hard enough, then a good 1683 02:01:42.079 --> 02:01:45.640 early hard freeze will significantly damage it. So we don't want to push it 1684 02:01:45.720 --> 02:01:49.760 into late season growth. It's got plenty of nutrients from midsummer to carry it 1685 02:01:49.800 --> 02:01:53.800 all the way into fall. It'll be Okay, what should I feat it. 1686 02:01:53.880 --> 02:01:57.520 I've got every I've got Nelson's everything, I've got Microloff, I've got 1687 02:01:57.800 --> 02:02:02.439 just rigular type ten nineteen four ten OSMA code whatever. Yeah, I don't, 1688 02:02:02.479 --> 02:02:05.199 I don't know what defeated well. Those are all okay, I mean 1689 02:02:05.239 --> 02:02:10.199 they all do. They all do well. And both Nelson's and Microlife makes 1690 02:02:10.560 --> 02:02:15.840 fertilizers for trees and shrubs that are especially good, but even even a product 1691 02:02:15.880 --> 02:02:19.680 for flowering plants would work. Okay on it. It's a it's pretty tolerant. 1692 02:02:19.720 --> 02:02:25.279 I'll often use just a lawn fertilizer on on my shrubs because, uh, 1693 02:02:25.680 --> 02:02:29.680 you know, we're growing them and just giving them a little nitrogen through 1694 02:02:29.720 --> 02:02:33.359 the summer is good and then a good blend of other nutrients I find that 1695 02:02:33.479 --> 02:02:36.640 it's pretty easy. The pineapple, guava, it's pretty easy to go. 1696 02:02:36.720 --> 02:02:40.960 As far as fertilizing, you're probably not gonna go wrong. But uh, 1697 02:02:41.279 --> 02:02:43.720 you know, whatever kind you like. You know, Microlife's gonna have the 1698 02:02:43.840 --> 02:02:46.000 organic line, and Nelson's they also have some organics, and then they have 1699 02:02:46.079 --> 02:02:48.960 the synthetics as well, So you're gonna be able to you're gonna be able 1700 02:02:49.000 --> 02:02:53.720 to not go wrong with either of those. Yeah, that's fine. I 1701 02:02:53.880 --> 02:02:57.800 have just bags of Microlife and stuff that's open already, all this go ahead 1702 02:02:57.840 --> 02:03:00.279 to use depth, Yeah, yeah, go ahead, Lusory, go ahead 1703 02:03:00.319 --> 02:03:02.800 and use them if you've opened them up. Yeah, and blueberry bushes, 1704 02:03:03.279 --> 02:03:08.000 blueberry bushes. If you've got the Microlife, you're in the Microlife line, 1705 02:03:08.039 --> 02:03:11.000 then I would go with it's kind of a reddish bag. I believe it's 1706 02:03:11.039 --> 02:03:15.039 a it's a six two four for a Civic plants. Yeah, that would 1707 02:03:15.039 --> 02:03:17.720 be the one. Yeah, it sounds like you got a full stock over 1708 02:03:17.800 --> 02:03:25.600 there. All right, I get everything else safe. Thank you, Thank 1709 02:03:25.600 --> 02:03:28.840 you very much. I appreciate that call. Yeah, boy, all these 1710 02:03:28.920 --> 02:03:31.520 questions, let's go to Victoria and we're gonna talk to Dan. Thanks for 1711 02:03:31.600 --> 02:03:36.960 hanging on, Dan, all right, skip. My sister in law lives 1712 02:03:38.039 --> 02:03:42.399 in Tomball area, just out of Tomball. Last year she had all of 1713 02:03:42.439 --> 02:03:45.880 her plants and shrubs, all of the beds so covered with a mulch that 1714 02:03:46.079 --> 02:03:53.399 she purchased someplace, and this spring it erupted into some of the most difficult 1715 02:03:53.560 --> 02:03:57.680 leads that she'd ever run into. Cannot get rid of them. Her plan 1716 02:03:57.880 --> 02:04:00.119 right now, it's the househ one, removed all of the mutch that's there 1717 02:04:01.680 --> 02:04:08.399 and then replace it with some that is going to be free of weed seeds. 1718 02:04:09.159 --> 02:04:12.640 And she's looking for a source of that. I've been through Houston a 1719 02:04:12.760 --> 02:04:15.760 lot of times and seeing different Gordon centers and what have you know, with 1720 02:04:16.000 --> 02:04:20.279 yards mounded up with different types of launch and what have you. But could 1721 02:04:20.319 --> 02:04:25.079 you give me a recommendation of a place to go that she will be able 1722 02:04:25.199 --> 02:04:30.800 to find some that would be weed seed free? Yes, if you, 1723 02:04:30.199 --> 02:04:33.560 if you're if she's in the Tumball area, probably the closest place to her 1724 02:04:33.680 --> 02:04:38.680 is going to be Nature's Way, which is on forty five just south of 1725 02:04:38.800 --> 02:04:43.239 Conro. You know, fourteen eighty eight comes in around there and there they 1726 02:04:43.319 --> 02:04:46.800 do bulk delivery and there they will not sell you weedy mulch. I promise 1727 02:04:46.840 --> 02:04:53.399 you that they have a quality product. They know what they're doing. Okayny, 1728 02:04:53.479 --> 02:04:56.199 That's what I needed and I appreciate it very much. All Right, 1729 02:04:56.319 --> 02:05:00.560 Dan, thank you very much for the call. Appreciate that. Let's see 1730 02:05:00.640 --> 02:05:03.600 who's next. We're gonna go to Jamaica Beach and talk to Larry. Good 1731 02:05:03.680 --> 02:05:12.159 morning, Larry, good morning. We are have we have a large plant 1732 02:05:12.199 --> 02:05:15.760 bed that we need. We're we're going to be putting a lot of plants 1733 02:05:15.840 --> 02:05:21.760 in it. Okay, the spoil is not the best and I'm wondering what 1734 02:05:21.920 --> 02:05:28.439 we need to do to the ground, uh to play before we put the 1735 02:05:29.119 --> 02:05:34.640 rose soil down. Well, you're gonna put the rosal to create a raise 1736 02:05:34.720 --> 02:05:38.960 bed to grow in, so you don't necessarily need to do something to the 1737 02:05:39.039 --> 02:05:43.920 ground. If you've got like bermuda grass or something that's a noxious weed that'll 1738 02:05:43.920 --> 02:05:46.359 come up through everything, I would get rid of that beforehand. I'd put 1739 02:05:46.399 --> 02:05:50.199 a little rosil down, mix it in after you've sprayed weeds. If you 1740 02:05:50.279 --> 02:05:55.279 need to spray and let them die down, then I would mix a little 1741 02:05:55.359 --> 02:05:59.359 roso with the soil you have, just just so that interface isn't just sudden 1742 02:05:59.479 --> 02:06:02.520 from the one wonderful rose soil to the dense, heavy clay or whatever soil 1743 02:06:02.560 --> 02:06:06.960 you have, and then finish filling it up with roast soil. Yeah, 1744 02:06:08.039 --> 02:06:12.079 okay, Yeah, the soil down here is pretty clay. I guess that's 1745 02:06:12.119 --> 02:06:15.920 the word clay. Yeah, yeah, it is anyway. Okay, So 1746 02:06:16.079 --> 02:06:20.000 we don't need to putty mineral stuff down or yet. No, that's gonna 1747 02:06:20.039 --> 02:06:23.920 you're gonna have. You're gonna put your nutrients in the rose soil. Number 1748 02:06:23.960 --> 02:06:27.960 one, it's already got some some good nutrition just because it's a composted product. 1749 02:06:28.640 --> 02:06:30.279 But any fertilizing you would do, do it up in the bed that 1750 02:06:30.439 --> 02:06:33.720 you create with the rose soil. Okay, so just dig up the soil 1751 02:06:33.760 --> 02:06:36.520 a little bit before we put down the rose soil. Yeah. Well, 1752 02:06:36.600 --> 02:06:40.520 I what I do in my yard is I'll spread about, you know, 1753 02:06:41.079 --> 02:06:45.640 four inches or so of the mix and sort of mix it with the soil 1754 02:06:45.760 --> 02:06:47.880 you have a little bit, and then put the rest just rose soil on. 1755 02:06:48.039 --> 02:06:51.960 That creates a kind of a general gradual blend from the rose soil down 1756 02:06:53.039 --> 02:06:57.439 into what you have underground. Okay, very good, all right, Okay, 1757 02:06:57.520 --> 02:07:00.640 Now in terms of different plants, hey, do we dig the hole 1758 02:07:00.720 --> 02:07:06.399 and put the rules in the hole. No, No, you use role 1759 02:07:06.439 --> 02:07:11.960 soil as a raised bed. Now in play soil, it doesn't drain well. 1760 02:07:12.039 --> 02:07:14.680 And if you put if you dig a hole in clay and fill it 1761 02:07:14.760 --> 02:07:17.319 full of organic matter, I don't care how quality it is, you're gonna 1762 02:07:17.479 --> 02:07:21.960 it's gonna turn into an anaerobic rot with black goo and odors that you do 1763 02:07:23.119 --> 02:07:26.000 not want, and it'll kill the plant you put in. It don't matter 1764 02:07:26.079 --> 02:07:31.680 what the organic matter. Organic matter decomposing without oxygen gets pretty nasty. Thank 1765 02:07:31.720 --> 02:07:35.680 you so much, Skip, definitely, thank you so much. I appreciate 1766 02:07:35.800 --> 02:07:43.640 that call as well. You know, the folks up and plants for all 1767 02:07:43.680 --> 02:07:48.039 seasons. They it's like a complete package there. And here's what I mean 1768 02:07:48.800 --> 02:07:53.039 education. They know what they're talking about and they can educate you. The 1769 02:07:53.159 --> 02:07:57.279 selection is you're not gonna find better delivery of the things if you need it 1770 02:07:57.359 --> 02:08:01.239 delivered, uh planting, you know, cut potting. They're experts. You 1771 02:08:01.279 --> 02:08:07.560 can bring in pictures and samples. I hope you diagnose with plants for all 1772 02:08:07.600 --> 02:08:09.359 seasons. The way I look at it is if you're a green thumb, 1773 02:08:09.760 --> 02:08:13.399 well, you know you need to visit there. Because they've got everything you 1774 02:08:13.479 --> 02:08:16.319 need. If you think you have a brown thumb, you have to visit 1775 02:08:16.399 --> 02:08:20.079 there because you want to turn your thumb green. And we turn our thumb 1776 02:08:20.159 --> 02:08:24.000 greens with education. And the folks that Plants for All Season can provide you 1777 02:08:24.159 --> 02:08:28.439 good accurate education. They're on Highway to forty nine Tumball Parkway just north of 1778 02:08:28.520 --> 02:08:37.279 Louetta Road. Plants for All Seasons dot com. The landscaper that I would 1779 02:08:37.359 --> 02:08:43.239 consider to be kind of go to is Peerscapes. And I've talked about Peerscapes 1780 02:08:43.319 --> 02:08:48.600 before, but Peerscapes is the kind of place that has the quality folks that 1781 02:08:48.760 --> 02:08:54.920 are educated, trained and know how to design and create that landscape that's just 1782 02:08:54.119 --> 02:09:00.239 a wow wow kind of landscape. You know, the Jason and and his 1783 02:09:00.359 --> 02:09:05.039 team out there, the show places that they create. I mean, it's 1784 02:09:05.039 --> 02:09:09.640 amazing. If you want to turn an average landscape into something magical, Peerscapes 1785 02:09:09.760 --> 02:09:13.600 is a place to do that. Hey, write down this phone number two 1786 02:09:13.720 --> 02:09:16.960 eight one three seven zero five zero six zero, or you can go to 1787 02:09:18.039 --> 02:09:22.880 Peerscapes dot com. We're entering the summertime and this is a great time to 1788 02:09:22.000 --> 02:09:26.479 be doing some changes in your landscapes, you know, hardscape, new garden, 1789 02:09:26.640 --> 02:09:30.119 things like that, peerscapes of the folks that will be able to provide 1790 02:09:30.159 --> 02:09:35.600 that for you want to head out on the phones. I wanted to talk 1791 02:09:35.159 --> 02:09:39.800 to John out in Tomball. John, thanks for the call. How can 1792 02:09:39.840 --> 02:09:45.920 we help today? Lord and Skip? How you doing? Quick question for 1793 02:09:46.079 --> 02:09:48.479 you? Can you hear me? Yes, sir? Okay. I've got 1794 02:09:48.520 --> 02:09:52.199 a couple of things. I've just been here about a year or so. 1795 02:09:52.640 --> 02:09:56.279 Flower bed and I put this felt down, then I put comp posts and 1796 02:09:58.000 --> 02:10:01.640 dirt from a flower. It is now well this I know with the felt 1797 02:10:01.680 --> 02:10:07.439 when you're digging holes, obviously you gotta get that out. But is it 1798 02:10:07.560 --> 02:10:11.840 going to cause a problem later with roses and in plants. When I put 1799 02:10:11.920 --> 02:10:18.560 in the flower bed with that felt, well, bermuda grass is going to 1800 02:10:18.640 --> 02:10:20.880 go underneath the felt and it'll crawl around until it finds a place to stick 1801 02:10:20.920 --> 02:10:24.960 its head up and get some sunlight. So you're going to have to do 1802 02:10:24.079 --> 02:10:28.840 some sort of a spray with the felt. Felt will keep out the annual 1803 02:10:28.920 --> 02:10:31.520 weed seeds that might come up, but so well, a good mulch. 1804 02:10:33.399 --> 02:10:37.079 So just go with what you got for now. You may find at some 1805 02:10:37.199 --> 02:10:41.159 point if you get some dirt or decomposing mulch on top of the felt, 1806 02:10:41.399 --> 02:10:43.399 that you're getting weed seeds up there as well, and in which case you'll 1807 02:10:43.439 --> 02:10:46.680 need to pull the felt out and and just go with a straight mulch. 1808 02:10:48.199 --> 02:10:54.680 But this not it calls any issues with me planting, Noel felt. It 1809 02:10:54.760 --> 02:11:00.199 is just those those ground costs are just fine, John, They will be 1810 02:11:00.279 --> 02:11:01.319 just fine. You just have to make a hole to put your plants in. 1811 02:11:03.239 --> 02:11:07.159 So what do you suggest, real quick? Skip? What's all the 1812 02:11:07.279 --> 02:11:11.880 bermuda coming from behind the fence in my neighbor's yard? Yeah, John, 1813 02:11:11.960 --> 02:11:15.199 I'm gonna we're about to hit break here. But basically you're gonna have to 1814 02:11:15.279 --> 02:11:18.560 spray it with either a grass only killer or a general purpose we'd killer, 1815 02:11:20.079 --> 02:11:22.159 and give it a couple of weeks watch it, and you may have to 1816 02:11:22.199 --> 02:11:26.560 spray again if it starts resprouting, because you generally don't get at all with 1817 02:11:26.720 --> 02:11:31.039 one spray. You're listening to garden line right down seven one three, two, 1818 02:11:31.119 --> 02:11:46.760 one two fifty eight seventy four and we'll be right back. Well. 1819 02:11:46.840 --> 02:11:50.399 Good Saturday morning, man alive. Did we have some beautiful sunshine out there? 1820 02:11:50.560 --> 02:11:54.159 Good day for gardening, and good day for talking about gardening. I'm 1821 02:11:54.159 --> 02:11:58.359 gonna head right out and get on the calls here, and we're gonna start 1822 02:11:58.399 --> 02:12:01.079 off by going out to Deer Park and talking to Shirley. Hello, Shirley, 1823 02:12:03.119 --> 02:12:07.760 Hello. I've got a problem. I have purchased an apple tree and 1824 02:12:07.960 --> 02:12:13.319 I think it's a shimmer. I think it starts the Israelite's experiment. It's 1825 02:12:13.319 --> 02:12:18.319 still were there, and I thought it when it's about all six feet tall, 1826 02:12:18.359 --> 02:12:22.239 it's stout back eight ten feet tall, and it was sloaded with slack 1827 02:12:22.359 --> 02:12:26.880 apples. First year hasn't even been grant a full year. And I've got 1828 02:12:26.960 --> 02:12:31.199 a problem. I've got birds that picked all over it. Well, when 1829 02:12:31.239 --> 02:12:35.600 I had my trees back home, my father there because he made me to 1830 02:12:35.680 --> 02:12:39.840 them away because he said you could get a disease or set it from an 1831 02:12:39.880 --> 02:12:46.319 infected insect or bird is sect. Truth Well, no, basically not. 1832 02:12:46.640 --> 02:12:52.720 I mean, you know, it would be a long stretch from it. 1833 02:12:52.000 --> 02:12:56.800 But generally when something eats on our plants, we cut that out, cut 1834 02:12:56.880 --> 02:13:00.840 that little section out, and don't just just don't just each that same place 1835 02:13:00.920 --> 02:13:05.239 the bird pack, for example. But I you know, I guess, 1836 02:13:05.640 --> 02:13:09.359 I guess it's possible, but I would say just cut that out, cut 1837 02:13:09.439 --> 02:13:13.640 that section out and you should be fine, and maybe cooking just to make 1838 02:13:13.640 --> 02:13:18.960 sure just bacteria or not. A questions, what can I do to protect 1839 02:13:18.000 --> 02:13:22.840 those trees because they will know it first year, I think, being for 1840 02:13:22.039 --> 02:13:26.560 maybe two or three years. What can I protect them from them? And 1841 02:13:28.000 --> 02:13:31.359 so you've got two options. Well, insects, okay, to protect them 1842 02:13:31.399 --> 02:13:33.520 from birds, you use bird netting. You put a netting over them. 1843 02:13:33.600 --> 02:13:37.199 That's a little bit of a hassle, but you can do it. Or 1844 02:13:37.680 --> 02:13:43.279 to h you can also put a little argenza bags which is a kind of 1845 02:13:43.359 --> 02:13:48.239 a mesh type bag with draw strings on them. Put them over individual fruit. 1846 02:13:48.399 --> 02:13:52.359 Now that's a lot of trouble. But that's another Yeah, that's that 1847 02:13:52.359 --> 02:13:56.119 would be a lot of arganza bags. But those things are really cheap if 1848 02:13:56.159 --> 02:13:58.720 you buy them online. You know, it's just a mass. But those 1849 02:13:58.760 --> 02:14:01.319 are the only two I can think of for birds. Now for insects, 1850 02:14:01.359 --> 02:14:05.199 it kind of depends on which insect you're having to go after as to what 1851 02:14:05.279 --> 02:14:11.279 I would recommend. If you got a cat shit, yeah, okay, 1852 02:14:11.399 --> 02:14:13.640 well well we'll cross that berry. Call me back if you If insects show 1853 02:14:13.760 --> 02:14:18.680 up. But yeah, the birds, I think the the overall the netting, 1854 02:14:18.720 --> 02:14:20.960 and you want that netting to go all the way to the ground and 1855 02:14:20.079 --> 02:14:24.880 be pinned down to the ground, or be wrapped around the trunk of the 1856 02:14:24.960 --> 02:14:28.159 tree at the base because birds will go up underneath it to get into the 1857 02:14:28.239 --> 02:14:35.199 tree too. All right, A lot of the garden centers will carry a 1858 02:14:35.359 --> 02:14:39.439 netting. I would you know you're you're near an ace. Everybody that's everybody 1859 02:14:39.479 --> 02:14:43.640 lives anywhere is near an ace, and you know, so I would talk 1860 02:14:43.680 --> 02:14:46.680 to them. In fact, I've been in an ace and I've seen I've 1861 02:14:46.760 --> 02:14:52.800 seen some netting for sale before also, uh, so you know either way 1862 02:14:52.880 --> 02:14:56.920 you're gonna just netting is going to be widely available, So I would I 1863 02:14:56.960 --> 02:15:01.000 would probably check with with the ace. May I asked you one more question. 1864 02:15:01.600 --> 02:15:05.239 At the same time, I had bought a pear tree and we put 1865 02:15:05.319 --> 02:15:13.960 it between the houses here. And the problem is it was about eight feet 1866 02:15:13.039 --> 02:15:18.600 tall right now it's happy about twenty feet tall in one year's group. It's 1867 02:15:18.720 --> 02:15:22.760 beautiful. It didn't set me fruit this year, which I didn't think it 1868 02:15:22.800 --> 02:15:28.840 would, but who I don't know. I was thinking that it was. 1869 02:15:31.439 --> 02:15:33.159 It didn't I don't remember the name of it, but I was thinking that 1870 02:15:33.439 --> 02:15:37.800 it was for this area. Okay, Okay. Do I need have two 1871 02:15:37.920 --> 02:15:43.600 pairs to heaven? Yeah most of the time, yes, uh. And 1872 02:15:45.800 --> 02:15:48.920 it just it gives you better pollination. Even if they're partially self compatible, 1873 02:15:48.960 --> 02:15:54.439 it's better to have the two different varieties of the pairs. Okay, I 1874 02:15:54.520 --> 02:16:01.359 can do that too, Okay, All right, Shirley, I'm in a 1875 02:16:01.439 --> 02:16:03.800 hello yes, hello, Yes, I want to ask you a question. 1876 02:16:03.880 --> 02:16:07.640 I just thought of something long ago. This is the husband, h I 1877 02:16:07.760 --> 02:16:13.000 got it. Avocado tree and sat Suma tree out there in the back and 1878 02:16:13.079 --> 02:16:16.680 all that, and they I've heard a lot of stories about that. Uh 1879 02:16:16.079 --> 02:16:20.960 see they died in the wintertime. Okay. And the green stems are coming 1880 02:16:22.039 --> 02:16:24.640 up, but they're growing down from at from the bottom up, you know, 1881 02:16:26.680 --> 02:16:28.520 And people tell me that they're going to come out real sour and all 1882 02:16:28.560 --> 02:16:33.360 that is it? Is that true? Tell me the plant again, it 1883 02:16:33.360 --> 02:16:39.000 sat Suma tree. Okay. So if the green stems coming up have thorns 1884 02:16:39.040 --> 02:16:41.000 on them, that's a root stocks that Suma typically doesn't have a lot of 1885 02:16:41.079 --> 02:16:46.879 thorns, and they will not produce anything if it's if it's coming from belowograph 1886 02:16:48.000 --> 02:16:50.639 that's a root stock and just pull it up and get you a new one 1887 02:16:50.680 --> 02:16:54.040 to put in there. That would be your best bet. Okay, all 1888 02:16:54.120 --> 02:16:56.200 right, think that would be the same thankful lemon tree. Huh, yes, 1889 02:16:56.799 --> 02:17:00.959 well lemons can have some thorns, but yeah, I would just look 1890 02:17:01.040 --> 02:17:03.120 at the bottom. You can kind of see where the brand where the trunk 1891 02:17:03.200 --> 02:17:07.920 sort of makes a little bit of a dog leg. Usually that's kind of 1892 02:17:07.959 --> 02:17:09.799 where the graft is near the bottom, and if it's below the graft, 1893 02:17:09.920 --> 02:17:13.840 it's not going to be something worth eating. Hey, I've got to I've 1894 02:17:13.879 --> 02:17:16.000 got to run. But thank you, thank you for the call. I 1895 02:17:16.120 --> 02:17:18.399 appreciate that. I want to You know, I was talking about ACE. 1896 02:17:18.479 --> 02:17:22.040 While Ago and ACE are located everywhere, I was trying to think of the 1897 02:17:22.079 --> 02:17:26.879 one closest over there to West Chased area. But if you go to ACE 1898 02:17:26.959 --> 02:17:30.520 Hardware dot com, you can find the ACE in your area because there's thirty 1899 02:17:30.600 --> 02:17:33.760 nine of them locally and they carry everything all the products we talk about and 1900 02:17:33.920 --> 02:17:37.319 a lot lot more. You're going to find much more from ACE though, 1901 02:17:37.399 --> 02:17:41.399 you know, grills and grilling section of course, everything you'd expect from a 1902 02:17:41.440 --> 02:17:46.200 hardware and don't forget when you go into an ACE, earn money back with 1903 02:17:46.360 --> 02:17:50.280 the ACE Rewards program on every purchase that you make, because once you get 1904 02:17:50.319 --> 02:17:52.280 in there, you're going to find that they've just about everything you could want. 1905 02:17:52.600 --> 02:18:00.159 ACE hardware. Let's see, I'm I'm gonna talk just for a can. 1906 02:18:00.360 --> 02:18:05.760 Here we're talking about fruit and cross pollination. If you go to Aggie 1907 02:18:05.479 --> 02:18:16.319 Dash Horticulture dot tamu dot edu. So Agge hyphen Horticulture dot tamu dot edu. 1908 02:18:16.719 --> 02:18:20.000 There's a section on there for fruit and every kind of fruit you could 1909 02:18:20.000 --> 02:18:22.760 imagine planting is in that section. A free publication to look at it, 1910 02:18:24.040 --> 02:18:26.799 so they'll tell you, you know, if you wonder if this or that 1911 02:18:26.920 --> 02:18:28.600 fruit needs a pollinator, it'll tell you in there, and they'll tell you 1912 02:18:28.680 --> 02:18:33.840 the varieties that are best to grow. Speaking of plants and fruit and things, 1913 02:18:35.120 --> 02:18:39.360 RCW Nurseries RCW nurseries dot com. They have all the kinds of plants 1914 02:18:39.440 --> 02:18:41.520 that you're gonna want. I mean, you're not going to do better on 1915 02:18:41.559 --> 02:18:46.719 a rose selection than our CW Nurseries. Lots of trees they grow in themselves 1916 02:18:46.799 --> 02:18:50.200 on their farm out in Plantersville. They'll even come and plant them for you, 1917 02:18:50.319 --> 02:18:52.760 so you know, it gets it done right. While you're there, 1918 02:18:52.799 --> 02:18:56.760 you're going to pick up all the products we talk about for multas and fertilizers 1919 02:18:56.799 --> 02:19:01.000 and things. But don't just think roses and trees, RCWS, herbs, 1920 02:19:01.120 --> 02:19:07.120 perennials, annual shrubs, native plants. It's located on two forty nine Tomball 1921 02:19:07.159 --> 02:19:22.079 Parkway at Beltway eight. RCW nurseries dot com. You're good Saturday morning. 1922 02:19:22.159 --> 02:19:26.040 We are looking at one of the best days in a while. They're for 1923 02:19:26.159 --> 02:19:30.120 gardening. Looking outside, it's a good day to get out and see some 1924 02:19:30.280 --> 02:19:31.760 garden centers, good day to go out in the yard and work. And 1925 02:19:31.879 --> 02:19:35.840 by the way, it's a good day to get out into the sugar Land 1926 02:19:35.959 --> 02:19:37.799 Home and Outdoor Living Show. I will be out there. It's at the 1927 02:19:37.879 --> 02:19:43.239 Stafford Center in Stafford. I'll be there at eleven thirty and giving a talk 1928 02:19:43.360 --> 02:19:46.600 on some tips for success in your summer landscape. Then I'll be there at 1929 02:19:46.600 --> 02:19:50.959 a table where I can look at plant samples or pictures or things to kind 1930 02:19:50.000 --> 02:19:54.040 of help you out with your gardening questions. And by the way, during 1931 02:19:54.239 --> 02:19:56.680 my talk, this is another reason to get there. Eleven thirty, we'll 1932 02:19:56.719 --> 02:20:03.879 be giving away Nelson's fertili the plastic jars and Nelson's fertilizer. Dean has given 1933 02:20:03.959 --> 02:20:07.680 us a wide variety of things to try to pass out, and so I 1934 02:20:07.799 --> 02:20:11.040 hope you'll come and being able to join us on that. We're going to 1935 02:20:11.120 --> 02:20:15.879 head now out to West Chase and we're going to talk to Sharon this morning. 1936 02:20:16.079 --> 02:20:20.000 Good morning, Sharon, Hi Skip, good morning, Hi, thank 1937 02:20:20.079 --> 02:20:26.159 you. I have a question basically about how to feed knockout roses because I 1938 02:20:26.319 --> 02:20:31.000 have three bushes that I've tried to nurse. I don't know much about growing 1939 02:20:31.079 --> 02:20:35.239 roses, but I've tried to nurse them for about five years. And last 1940 02:20:35.520 --> 02:20:41.040 two years ago, something attacked one of them that had always been real healthy, 1941 02:20:41.319 --> 02:20:45.079 stripped all the leaves off of it. And I don't know what it 1942 02:20:45.239 --> 02:20:50.280 was. That it happened just after my son had brought a feed that he 1943 02:20:50.399 --> 02:20:56.120 got from Junior League, and I remember I called Randy and asked him about 1944 02:20:56.239 --> 02:21:01.440 Junior League rose feed and Randy said, well, June year league raises money, 1945 02:21:01.520 --> 02:21:05.280 they don't do fertilizer. And I said thank you. And so the 1946 02:21:05.520 --> 02:21:13.639 rosebush did recover, and this year my son brought UM what is the standard 1947 02:21:13.920 --> 02:21:20.559 UM mix the fertilizer that you give it to everything. I can't remember the 1948 02:21:20.639 --> 02:21:24.000 name now, okay, but it's just it's just that little box you get 1949 02:21:24.079 --> 02:21:28.479 in the big box stores. All right. Now, you know what I 1950 02:21:28.600 --> 02:21:31.040 think about big box stores. So I know, I know, and he 1951 02:21:31.159 --> 02:21:35.079 fed. Well here's the question. So he fed it on my birthday, 1952 02:21:35.120 --> 02:21:41.000 which was a month ago, and finally from Mother's Day, I talked to 1953 02:21:41.079 --> 02:21:43.200 him into getting the nitro boss, which I've asked him for years, kept 1954 02:21:43.280 --> 02:21:48.719 the nitro foss rose feat and he finally got it for me from Mother's Day. 1955 02:21:48.479 --> 02:21:54.040 But he said, well, since I've already fertilized it for you last 1956 02:21:54.120 --> 02:21:56.920 month, I'm just gonna take this home with me because I have more rosebushes 1957 02:21:56.959 --> 02:22:01.479 than you, and your rosebush doesn't need it yet. So we've got this 1958 02:22:01.680 --> 02:22:05.600 argument going on. So when and how often do I feed my knockout roses? 1959 02:22:05.680 --> 02:22:09.280 Well, first of all, you need to remind your son of all 1960 02:22:09.319 --> 02:22:13.399 the pain and suffering through all the years that he puts you through, and 1961 02:22:13.760 --> 02:22:16.440 for him to now steal, for him to now steal from you, oh 1962 02:22:16.559 --> 02:22:20.399 my gosh, I can't. He has fifty said, he has fifteen rose 1963 02:22:20.479 --> 02:22:24.040 bushes. I only have three, and he needs it more than I do, 1964 02:22:24.559 --> 02:22:30.360 because mine was sped last month. Well, it's that little tiny box 1965 02:22:30.440 --> 02:22:33.799 that you get fertilizer, and you get it anywhere and everywhere, a grocery 1966 02:22:33.840 --> 02:22:39.680 store box or I honestly don't know what which when you're talking about, but 1967 02:22:39.719 --> 02:22:43.600 I'm just gonna tell you this. You were mentioning Nitrofiss, and I would 1968 02:22:43.639 --> 02:22:48.440 recommend you go with one of Nitrofoss's many excellent products. And they, you 1969 02:22:48.559 --> 02:22:52.680 know, if you are looking at rosebush. I even have used launch fertilizers 1970 02:22:52.719 --> 02:22:56.000 on my own my rosebushes, and Nitrofis. You know, they're going to 1971 02:22:56.079 --> 02:23:01.799 carry all these different lines of If it says it's for you know, flowering 1972 02:23:01.920 --> 02:23:03.319 plants or things you can use out, that would be fine. If it 1973 02:23:03.360 --> 02:23:07.399 says it for trees and shrubs, that'd be okay. Your rosebush is gonna 1974 02:23:07.440 --> 02:23:11.200 do just fine. And he gets me the nitro Foss for the lawn. 1975 02:23:11.360 --> 02:23:15.479 He does that, okay, And I finally talked him into getting the nitro 1976 02:23:15.559 --> 02:23:18.840 Foss rose feed. So he brought the bag to me. Okay, he 1977 02:23:18.879 --> 02:23:20.760 said, Happy Mother's Day. And then he said, but you don't need 1978 02:23:20.799 --> 02:23:26.639 it yet because I fertilized it last month and so I'm going to take it 1979 02:23:26.680 --> 02:23:28.600 home with me and I'll bring it back. Well, okay, so question 1980 02:23:30.680 --> 02:23:35.360 how often do I feed knockout rosebush? Okay, you can feed a knockout 1981 02:23:35.440 --> 02:23:39.000 rosebush as often as that bush looks like it may need it. And here's 1982 02:23:39.000 --> 02:23:43.200 what I mean by that. If it is growing vigorously and healthy and everything's 1983 02:23:43.239 --> 02:23:46.920 good, you don't need to feed, right then I usually do a feeding 1984 02:23:48.159 --> 02:23:52.280 in coming out in the spring. I may do one in early summer, 1985 02:23:52.360 --> 02:23:56.159 and I may do one in late summer. Typically with a knockout you can 1986 02:23:56.239 --> 02:24:00.040 share those things, and that just brings new shoots and more blooms. And 1987 02:24:00.159 --> 02:24:03.879 so when I do a shearing, I'll fertilize, water it in, and 1988 02:24:03.000 --> 02:24:07.799 then here comes the blooms and make the most well other than the ones that 1989 02:24:07.840 --> 02:24:11.159 have passed now in spring, one of the most important ones is in late 1990 02:24:11.200 --> 02:24:15.120 August. Do a sharing, give it some fertilizer, and you're gonna see 1991 02:24:15.840 --> 02:24:20.239 your October will be a very beautiful one in the rose and the rose bushes 1992 02:24:20.319 --> 02:24:24.520 with that. But okay, so or so spring in early summer in August 1993 02:24:24.680 --> 02:24:28.239 that's about the that would be fine. But but watch the rose bush. 1994 02:24:28.239 --> 02:24:31.079 You know what I mean, if it if it looks like it's struggling, 1995 02:24:31.120 --> 02:24:35.719 it probably needs something. But to struggle or should isn't there sort of a 1996 02:24:35.200 --> 02:24:39.920 timely schedule that we could Yes, And that's what I'm talking about. So, 1997 02:24:39.280 --> 02:24:41.920 okay, roses come out and they bloom. April's a big, big 1998 02:24:43.000 --> 02:24:46.479 time some now knockout's gonna keep blooming on you. But you can at some 1999 02:24:46.639 --> 02:24:50.079 point here, as we're going into summer, give it a little shearing, 2000 02:24:50.479 --> 02:24:52.239 fertilize it. I'd do that. I would do it now, and then 2001 02:24:52.520 --> 02:24:56.680 water it in real good and you're so even though it's been a month, 2002 02:24:56.040 --> 02:25:00.559 I can go ahead and put some nitrofoss rose feet up. You could just 2003 02:25:00.680 --> 02:25:03.479 go light since it's just one a month, but normally i'd give it a 2004 02:25:03.559 --> 02:25:07.399 decent dose and then you're going to get good growth. And then in late 2005 02:25:07.440 --> 02:25:09.760 summer you want to get ready for the fall, and I would do it 2006 02:25:09.799 --> 02:25:11.840 again. Those are the three times when I would do the roses. But 2007 02:25:11.920 --> 02:25:16.479 it's primarily connected, you know, to the shearing, and let's stimulate some 2008 02:25:16.600 --> 02:25:20.399 new growth here, okay, And then after I've done it in August to 2009 02:25:20.520 --> 02:25:24.559 get ready for the fall, then just let it go dormant for the winter. 2010 02:25:24.959 --> 02:25:28.440 Yep, that's it. That's it, you got it. I just 2011 02:25:28.559 --> 02:25:31.000 have to get this big picture because he and I argue over this. But 2012 02:25:31.120 --> 02:25:35.799 I finally got him off the junior league stuff, okay, and then he 2013 02:25:35.959 --> 02:25:39.719 finally got the nitro Fox feed. So we're making progress. Okay. Well, 2014 02:25:41.280 --> 02:25:43.600 you know you're gonna have to give him a talking to. You may 2015 02:25:43.639 --> 02:25:45.760 have to write him out of the wheel if he's going to steal for him 2016 02:25:45.760 --> 02:25:48.360 you like that. But we're crying out at Hey. Thanks for the college, 2017 02:25:48.479 --> 02:25:52.000 Sharon. I appreciate that very much. Yeah, the nitro Fox products, 2018 02:25:52.159 --> 02:25:54.760 there's a wide line of them. You know, the nineteen four ten 2019 02:25:54.959 --> 02:25:58.280 that's the one in the silver bag. Makes it easy to pick out, 2020 02:25:58.639 --> 02:26:01.239 that'll feed all through the side, and that's an excellent one for your lawn. 2021 02:26:01.360 --> 02:26:05.440 Does very well, good, good blend of nutrients. And Nitrofoss products 2022 02:26:05.440 --> 02:26:07.760 are sold everywhere. I mean, you go up to J. N. 2023 02:26:07.879 --> 02:26:11.239 M. Ace Hardware Importer, you're going to find nitro Foss products, Ace 2024 02:26:11.319 --> 02:26:16.719 Hardware Immemorial City, Ace Hardware Memorial down at Tasca, Ceda. Ace Hardware 2025 02:26:18.200 --> 02:26:20.079 Nitrofoss is all over the place. An excellent line of products. But for 2026 02:26:20.200 --> 02:26:24.360 the summertime in the lawn. Don't forget I mentioned it earlier, but the 2027 02:26:24.479 --> 02:26:28.280 silver bag, the nineteen four ten so one that you want to go with. 2028 02:26:28.239 --> 02:26:33.799 Well, we are reaching a the end of the show here day. 2029 02:26:33.520 --> 02:26:37.399 We've got a little bit of time left, but I hope you will come 2030 02:26:37.440 --> 02:26:41.920 out and see me at home at the sugar Land Home and Garden Show in 2031 02:26:41.000 --> 02:26:46.280 the Stafford Center in Stafford. We are going to be there from eleven thirty 2032 02:26:46.319 --> 02:26:48.120 where I give a talk, give away some furtilizer, all the way until 2033 02:26:48.360 --> 02:26:52.520 one thirty pm, and I'll be answering your questions as well. If you're 2034 02:26:52.559 --> 02:26:58.079 getting out and about today and you've never been over to Warren's Garden Center or 2035 02:26:58.200 --> 02:27:03.319 Kingwood Garden Center out in Kingwood, you need to give them a look. 2036 02:27:03.959 --> 02:27:07.760 Those are the kinds of nursery. It's worth driving even across town just to 2037 02:27:07.840 --> 02:27:11.840 see what they have out there. It is an amazing place. But Kingwood, 2038 02:27:11.879 --> 02:27:15.479 Porter Valley, Ranch, Humble you know at Tascacy to all those areas, 2039 02:27:15.799 --> 02:27:18.000 that's just a short drive. Both of them are open seven days a 2040 02:27:18.040 --> 02:27:22.559 week now. Kingwood Garden centers on Stone Hollow Driving, Kingwood Warrens is on 2041 02:27:22.760 --> 02:27:28.600 North Park Drive in Kingwood. They have all the things we talk about. 2042 02:27:28.639 --> 02:27:31.479 By the way, they also have those filling stations for jugs. So if 2043 02:27:31.479 --> 02:27:35.639 you have like a Nelson's Plant Food or Microlife plastic jar and you want to 2044 02:27:35.680 --> 02:27:39.840 refill it, that's an economical way to do it, and it avoids throwing 2045 02:27:39.959 --> 02:27:41.959 more plastic in the trash, which we've already got enough of that. They 2046 02:27:43.040 --> 02:27:46.840 carry all the fertilizers we're talking about there. But you would just be trust 2047 02:27:46.920 --> 02:27:52.399 me, you're going to be very impressed with the wide variety of plants and 2048 02:27:52.639 --> 02:27:56.559 products. And I'll just say the bling that goes with the plants, beautiful 2049 02:27:56.600 --> 02:28:03.319 containers and stuff, and why not get a beautiful summer multiplant container set up. 2050 02:28:03.399 --> 02:28:05.879 They can even tell you how to put it together. Pick out the 2051 02:28:05.959 --> 02:28:09.840 plant, something tall in the middle, something kind of filling in or tall 2052 02:28:09.920 --> 02:28:13.280 in the center, filling in around the middle section of the plant, and 2053 02:28:13.360 --> 02:28:16.719 then trailing over the sides. We call it thriller, filler spiller. And 2054 02:28:16.879 --> 02:28:22.600 they've got those kind of plants that carry into the summer heat really really well. 2055 02:28:22.959 --> 02:28:26.479 So there's no excuse not to have beautiful color on your patio or at 2056 02:28:26.520 --> 02:28:31.319 the entrance to your front door in a beautiful container like that, and Kingwood 2057 02:28:31.520 --> 02:28:35.760 and Warren's good places to go, good place to go for that out in 2058 02:28:35.200 --> 02:28:39.000 Kingwood. Boy, We've had a lot of calls have gone through today, 2059 02:28:39.200 --> 02:28:43.559 covered a lot of different things. I always enjoy getting to visit with you 2060 02:28:43.920 --> 02:28:45.920 again. Hope you come out and see me. By the way, I'm 2061 02:28:46.159 --> 02:28:48.200 going to be out there today, but I just want to remind you that 2062 02:28:48.360 --> 02:28:52.360 next week. Put it on the calendar for next Saturday, Wawbird's Unlimited in 2063 02:28:52.479 --> 02:28:54.120 clear Lake. I'll be out there for a couple of hours and I'll talk 2064 02:28:54.120 --> 02:29:00.559 about that a lot more tomorrow as well as next Saturday. But love to 2065 02:29:00.600 --> 02:29:03.559 get out to those places because it gives me a chance to see the stores, 2066 02:29:03.639 --> 02:29:07.000 gives me a chance to meet the folks that listen to the show, 2067 02:29:07.159 --> 02:29:11.159 and that's that's always a lot of fun. So I hope you can come 2068 02:29:11.200 --> 02:29:15.479 out and join me. In the meantime, enjoy your time out in the 2069 02:29:15.559 --> 02:29:18.360 garden. Just remember you can't fail at gardening. You can only give up. 2070 02:29:18.559 --> 02:29:24.000 And there's no brown thumbs, there's only uninformed thumbs. And that's why 2071 02:29:24.120 --> 02:29:28.639 we're here to uninform, to inform your thumb. And you're going to have 2072 02:29:28.760 --> 02:29:31.000 better success. I'm want to see your lawns looking their best. I want 2073 02:29:31.000 --> 02:29:35.600 to see your flowers looking their best. Your gardens are most bountiful. That's 2074 02:29:35.639 --> 02:29:39.200 why we have Garden Line. Look forward to talking to you again tomorrow