WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:05.280 KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or services advertised on 2 00:00:05.320 --> 00:00:17.519 this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Skip Rictor. It's crazy. 3 00:00:20.239 --> 00:00:35.840 Just watch him as woo us so many feast to set the clubs back kicking, 4 00:00:36.159 --> 00:00:40.920 but they're not a sign. Good morning, on a great Saturday. 5 00:00:41.119 --> 00:00:45.600 We are going to have a good gardening day today, as every day is 6 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:49.119 well. You are listening to garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, 7 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:53.200 And what are we here for to answer your gardening questions? To answer 8 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:57.439 your gardening calls. We might even tolerate just some gardening bragging on what did 9 00:00:57.439 --> 00:01:00.320 you grow the biggest tomato this year in the whole neighborhood? Whatever you want 10 00:01:00.320 --> 00:01:07.159 to talk about. Seven one three two one two five eight seven four seven 11 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:11.959 one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. I think what I'm gonna 12 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.439 do off. I usually start off with a little bit of a kind of 13 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.560 monologue. I'm just gonna go straight to the phones this morning. We may 14 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:19.480 have talked about some other things I got in mind in a little bit. 15 00:01:19.959 --> 00:01:25.680 Let's start by going out to Lake Jackson and talking to Walton. Hello, 16 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:33.439 Walton, Good mornings. Yere morning, I have a problem, and I 17 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:38.000 have lost all of my Saint Augustine in my front yard, and I would 18 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:44.599 like to know how best to start over again and to kill kill in sad 19 00:01:45.079 --> 00:01:49.519 do yard. Okay, well, I'm sorry to hear that, first of 20 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.159 all, that you're not the only one. As you know, it's been 21 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.079 been a kind of a rough year for a number of reasons, because of 22 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.760 past years as well. I would you know, you want to start off 23 00:02:00.760 --> 00:02:04.799 by getting everything out of there so you can like or you want you're wanting 24 00:02:04.840 --> 00:02:07.960 to put new sod right and is it new Saint Augustine, New Saint Augustine? 25 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:10.919 Okay, So you want to get everything out of there, and that's 26 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:15.159 your chance to see if you got any low spots where you know a little 27 00:02:15.159 --> 00:02:16.439 bit of a dip or a hole you want to put a little soil in. 28 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:20.360 It's okay to do that. Don't want to add a lot of soil 29 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:23.400 over the whole yard at one time. If you got trees around, but 30 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:28.120 kind of get it like you want it and try to use soil that's as 31 00:02:28.120 --> 00:02:32.400 close to what you have as possible. If you just put like composts in 32 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:37.120 low spots it's just going to decompose and it become a low spot again. 33 00:02:37.919 --> 00:02:40.400 So anyway that would be number one. Get rid of what you have. 34 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:46.240 If it's just Saint Augustine, you know, I can just be kind of 35 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:47.879 scraped up. But you can also spray it and get rid of it that 36 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:53.800 way if you wish, and then level it out and kind of rake out 37 00:02:53.840 --> 00:02:57.439 all the debris on top. So when you put the new sod down, 38 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.199 the soil that comes in with the sod, which is just a little thin 39 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:07.000 layer, contacts the soil in your yard. That's very important. When you 40 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.840 hit that point when you're ready water your yard pretty well. I would give 41 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:15.120 it, you know, maybe three quarters of an inch or so of water 42 00:03:15.879 --> 00:03:21.199 and get it to soak into the soil and then put your sod down a 43 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:24.479 couple of days later. And when you put it down, you want to 44 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:29.960 roll it or press it so that it contacts the soil below it. You 45 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:34.319 don't want a gap of air between the sod and the soil, and then 46 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:38.919 you begin watering very often. Normally we say a good soaking on an infrequent 47 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:43.759 basis if you have a lawn, but when you're putting in a new lawn, 48 00:03:43.400 --> 00:03:46.960 you can definitely in this weather you could water it twice a day. 49 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:50.159 Water in the morning, you water a little in the afternoon. Now, 50 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:53.960 this isn't an inch or anything. This is just a little bit of water, 51 00:03:53.039 --> 00:03:55.639 just third of an inch, half an inch, just to keep that 52 00:03:57.400 --> 00:04:00.960 going. You've pre watered the soil. Means when the roots come out, 53 00:04:00.000 --> 00:04:02.759 they're going to move into soil that already has moisture in it, which is 54 00:04:02.800 --> 00:04:08.400 important. I'd water it. I'd probably water twice a day during this heat 55 00:04:08.759 --> 00:04:12.960 for about a week. But just watch things. If it starts to get 56 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:15.560 a little bit like a swamp. Your water in too much of volume, 57 00:04:15.920 --> 00:04:19.920 okay, And so after you get through a week, there's gonna be some 58 00:04:20.000 --> 00:04:25.600 roots moving down. Then move it to once a day watering or every other 59 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:29.920 day at some point until you're back to you know, watering once or twice 60 00:04:29.959 --> 00:04:35.680 a week, and over a period of about three weeks. Okay. I 61 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:41.680 have had small spots in my yard to die in a pass and I have 62 00:04:42.639 --> 00:04:47.240 done that. I have replaced the grass and I've done you know what you 63 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:54.040 said, But it this fungus, so whatever it is keep coming back every 64 00:04:54.120 --> 00:04:58.519 year. Is it's some type of a treatment I can do before I put 65 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:05.360 these sod down. There's there's no pre treatment for fungal problems on the law. 66 00:05:05.399 --> 00:05:10.560 And like if you're you're talking about soil, you know, or dirt, 67 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:16.279 you you could put down a fungicide after you've laid your side and it's 68 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:20.199 had two weeks to root in. If it's had two weeks to root in, 69 00:05:20.399 --> 00:05:24.279 it's going to be established and you'll know that you kind of grab a 70 00:05:24.279 --> 00:05:26.839 piece and pull on it a little bit and it doesn't just come right all 71 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:30.720 right. But after two weeks that's when we think of, okay, if 72 00:05:30.720 --> 00:05:33.160 you want to fertilize, and that would be the next step that I hadn't 73 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:40.639 talked about. But a good moderate application of fertilizer would be fine to give 74 00:05:40.639 --> 00:05:45.720 it a little boost. And uh yeah, as far as fungicides you can. 75 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:47.720 I just want to be a little careful because some of the fungicides have 76 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:54.879 a growth regulating effect the grass growth rate and stuff. It's just not what 77 00:05:55.000 --> 00:05:59.240 it could be, and so early on I kind of hate to do that. 78 00:05:59.839 --> 00:06:05.120 If you if you can get in about three weeks, then I would 79 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:11.879 just you're good to go. This fall. It's possible you could have like 80 00:06:11.920 --> 00:06:15.720 the large patch, the brown patch big circles appear. That is a pre 81 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:19.959 treatment that you would want to do in late September, more like early October 82 00:06:20.879 --> 00:06:27.800 to get ahead of that. But I hate to just spray without knowing that 83 00:06:27.879 --> 00:06:31.120 you're going to have that problem. You see what I'm saying, right, 84 00:06:33.240 --> 00:06:42.519 Okay? I get my composts from Sienna March and they have lots of different 85 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:50.160 Yes, they have lots of different types like the organic are the most room, 86 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:55.759 the leaf mode, the rich top stared landscape of mix, right, 87 00:06:56.160 --> 00:07:01.480 and so what particular types should I I would just tell them you were wanting 88 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:05.920 to put down some sode. I now you're talking about to put down before 89 00:07:05.959 --> 00:07:10.600 the grass or are you talking about something as a top dressing or what are 90 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:15.639 you're thinking there to put down before the sod? Okay? Yeah, I 91 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.839 would ask them for something that's got a lot of soil content, not just 92 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:24.279 all composts, and I would use that because all you're doing is you're leveling. 93 00:07:24.480 --> 00:07:29.480 You're not putting it everywhere that you have a spot. Okay, So 94 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:33.560 the and rich top sol would probably be the best one that would be good, 95 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:39.160 that would probably do good, yes, And then after the grass to 96 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:46.480 get started come back in with the organic or the leaf mode composts of one 97 00:07:46.519 --> 00:07:51.240 of those. I would do that probably in late September because it's going to 98 00:07:51.319 --> 00:07:55.720 give you a little bit of an organic material on the top your new grass 99 00:07:55.759 --> 00:07:59.720 has some bare spots and to keep the cool season weeds from germinating as well. 100 00:08:00.079 --> 00:08:01.120 Hey, Mel, I'm gonna have to take a break. If you 101 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:05.759 want to continue the discussion, you can stick around. Give you a couple 102 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:09.240 more tips or if you if that's enough, thank you, and I'm gonna 103 00:08:09.279 --> 00:08:13.680 go ahead and had to break. All right, you're listening to garden Line 104 00:08:13.720 --> 00:08:18.279 seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. Give us a call. 105 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:24.639 Josh will get you on the boards and we'll be right back. Just 106 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:37.000 one bank and well, good Saturday morning. Thank you for being a garden 107 00:08:37.000 --> 00:08:41.159 Line listener. Let's talk about things that you're interested in and gardening. You 108 00:08:41.159 --> 00:08:45.240 know that last last call we just had with Walt with Walton, he was 109 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.240 talking about getting some some soul mixes down at Sienna Maulch and boy, I 110 00:08:48.320 --> 00:08:54.279 tell you fortunate to live down in that area because there is they are an 111 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:58.879 outstanding supplier. I mean, they have all the mixes you would talk about, 112 00:08:58.480 --> 00:09:01.559 you know, if you just want compost, if you want some enriched 113 00:09:01.559 --> 00:09:05.159 soil materials to put down, if you're looking for certain bed mixes, they've 114 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:09.519 got it all. And they can sell tea in bulk. They'll deliver within 115 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:13.919 about twenty miles of their location and with a small charge, of course, 116 00:09:15.080 --> 00:09:18.399 and then they also have it by bags. And they have all the fertilizers 117 00:09:18.440 --> 00:09:20.919 we talk about here amazing. First time I walked in there, I couldn't 118 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:24.200 believe the selection of fertilizer just in the shop. And then we get outside 119 00:09:24.240 --> 00:09:28.639 and oh my gosh, and rock, their supplies of rock or they are 120 00:09:28.639 --> 00:09:33.200 just flat gorgeous. I had no idea there were that many kinds of beautiful 121 00:09:33.240 --> 00:09:37.559 stone out there. But that's at Siena Multch. You can find them on 122 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.240 FM five twenty one near where Highway six and two eighty eight come together. 123 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:46.480 They're north of Rochheron, or just go to the website Cienamultch dot com Sienamultch 124 00:09:46.559 --> 00:09:50.600 dot com and you can find them there now. They're open Monday through Friday 125 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.879 seven thirty to five, today seven thirty to two pm and close tomorrow. 126 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.080 So today's a day to get out there, take a look. Go out 127 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.759 and take a look at the material you're about to buy, and you'll see 128 00:10:01.759 --> 00:10:05.279 that quality that I'm talking about at the end of malch. I just I 129 00:10:05.399 --> 00:10:07.080 love going out there to visit. In fact, I'm gonna be out there 130 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:11.360 this fall. I'll mention that a little bit later as we get closer to 131 00:10:11.399 --> 00:10:13.759 it, but I'm going to be making appearance out there a little bit later 132 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:18.279 on. Well, let's head out to tom Ball and we're going to talk 133 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:22.480 to you Mel. Good morning, Mel, Hey, good morning Skip. 134 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:26.039 Well, I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or not. We'll find 135 00:10:26.080 --> 00:10:30.559 out. I guess I'm losing my azalias to the heat, and I've been 136 00:10:30.600 --> 00:10:35.519 watering them like every morning now, but there's some that are pretty far going, 137 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:39.279 and I don't know I should just take my losses and replant, or 138 00:10:39.320 --> 00:10:43.120 is there something I can do to revive them. Well, I can advise 139 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:48.919 you on what I would do for the azaleas if it is a root disease 140 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:52.200 that's going on, the only way to know that would be to dig up 141 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:56.759 a plant before it's dead, when you know, you know this one's barely 142 00:10:56.960 --> 00:11:01.840 anything left different and dig it up and send it to the state Plant Clinic 143 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:09.039 at A and MT It's Plant Clinic dot TAMU dot edu uh, and they 144 00:11:09.080 --> 00:11:13.559 can tell you what the disease is. Then we'll know which product might be 145 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:18.039 needed to combat it. In the meantime, watch the watering, maybe dig 146 00:11:18.080 --> 00:11:22.799 down and feel the soil because if it stays soggy wet, a lot of 147 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:30.120 those fungal diseases of the roots just proliferate. In fact, there's there's a 148 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:33.399 couple of types of disease and the soil that is kind of interesting that have 149 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.799 little spores that swim like a tadpole And I mean they literally when they have 150 00:11:37.919 --> 00:11:41.159 water, they just swim through it and get to roots and infect them and 151 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:45.159 do that. So you definitely need moist soil, but you definitely don't want 152 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:52.879 soggy soil. So okay, yeah, all right, I'll give that a 153 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:56.240 ship. Yeah, what's going on? Hey, hey, mell, are 154 00:11:56.279 --> 00:12:01.440 you noticing the problem occurs more in the areas that get more sun or more 155 00:12:01.600 --> 00:12:05.600 late day sun or yes, late day sun, late day Yeah, yeah, 156 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:09.759 there there, there, there's a lot more. There's a lot more 157 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:13.360 of it going on where I've got three plants, especially that get a lot 158 00:12:13.399 --> 00:12:16.519 of sun, like in the really hot part of the day. Yeah. 159 00:12:16.559 --> 00:12:22.320 Well, another thing is the demands are so high that even with you adequately 160 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:28.679 watering, uh, those plants, the demands just it's more than they can 161 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.639 keep up with. And that's probably part of what's going on. If it 162 00:12:31.679 --> 00:12:35.279 wouldn't be you know, so darn hot for so darn long, Uh, 163 00:12:35.399 --> 00:12:41.200 it might be different. But uh, just just stick down and feel the 164 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:46.360 soil. You may need to water a little more, but you won't know 165 00:12:46.519 --> 00:12:52.440 until you feel what it's like in the root zone because a lot of factors. 166 00:12:52.519 --> 00:12:54.799 You know, if you say I'm watering once a day or every other 167 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:58.720 day or for X minutes, it still comes down to what's what's the soil, 168 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:03.519 you know, because a lot of things can cause the can can make 169 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:07.399 your your best watering schedule vary, you know, in order to keep up 170 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:11.919 and maintain moist soil. So I hope that helps. Uh. Yeah, 171 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.759 if you want to pursue that disease thing, that would be another option. 172 00:13:16.519 --> 00:13:20.480 Based on the location of the plants and what you just said about the late 173 00:13:20.519 --> 00:13:24.919 day sun. I'm leaning away from disease and I'm leaning toward moist soil and 174 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:30.759 just demands that are too high for that those azaleas. If I if I 175 00:13:30.799 --> 00:13:35.240 would one of those in particularly like in the before the sun hits him, 176 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.840 Is that a good thing? Or can I do it with all of mine 177 00:13:39.480 --> 00:13:41.720 water early in the morning. I I'm fixing to go out there here in 178 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:46.679 a few minutes. Yeah, But is it would it help to delay wading 179 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:52.519 those like later on before the sun gets to him? Or only maybe if 180 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:56.480 your soil was just so well drained that the water just runs right through. 181 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:58.720 But I doubt that's the case, so I don't think it's going to matter. 182 00:13:58.759 --> 00:14:01.799 Early morning is the most efficient time to get water out, so I'd 183 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:05.919 go with that. All right. I appreciate your skip. You have had 184 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:09.480 good date. I appreciate the call. Thank you very much. You know, 185 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:16.919 I have often bragged on Microlife liquid fertilizers, some of those products that 186 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:24.480 I just find to be very effective and very very efficient. My excuse me. 187 00:14:24.559 --> 00:14:26.840 Biomatrix, the orange label, Well, I love that they do colors 188 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:31.879 because that makes it easy. Microlife Biomatrix, that's an orange label. That's 189 00:14:31.919 --> 00:14:35.279 the one I use on my house plants. That's a seven one three ratio 190 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:41.360 liquid fertilizer. It's organic. It has lots of beneficial microbes, very useful 191 00:14:41.759 --> 00:14:48.639 outdoors. The Microlife Ocean Blue Harvest label four two three ratio. Now it's 192 00:14:48.679 --> 00:14:52.759 called Ocean because basically it's made with a lot of fish materials. A lot 193 00:14:52.759 --> 00:14:56.320 of you are familiar with fish based fertilizers. This one you can use as 194 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:58.720 a fold of your spray, or you can just drench it in. Put 195 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.919 it right down on the soil, drenching into the root system. Do a 196 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:07.679 dilute solution. Follow the label every time you water. Go to Microlife Fertilizer 197 00:15:07.919 --> 00:15:11.159 dot com. Microlife Fertilizer dot com. You can find out about those two 198 00:15:11.200 --> 00:15:15.360 products and more Microlife products and you can find out where to get them in 199 00:15:15.440 --> 00:15:20.720 your area. We're gonna head out to Crosby now talking to Joe. Good 200 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:24.919 morning Joe or miss Skip. You're doing a fine job on garden line. 201 00:15:26.399 --> 00:15:30.440 Well, thank you. I've got a red oak that I've planted old Timer's 202 00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:33.360 calling water rope because they grows the fasten the water and its red open. 203 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:35.440 I planned it out of a pot twenty years ago and on sucker fixed and 204 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:39.080 foot tunnel. That the coolest tree to sit in there and the best thing 205 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:41.320 I ever did, and then in the black stat I'm not that smart. 206 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:46.919 However, I'm worried about it. It's dropping green leaves like a lot? 207 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:50.480 Is that? And I wanted it last night or on slow ordered all not 208 00:15:50.639 --> 00:15:54.120 long, but I need to do or just leave it alone light it's because 209 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.960 it's baby pretty hardy. Are the leaves coming off as individual leaves? Are 210 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:02.039 you getting kind of the end of the twig with several leaves on it? 211 00:16:02.399 --> 00:16:11.759 Now it's an individual league? Okay? That is a lot? Yeah, 212 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:15.639 yeah, No, can any changes in the in the landscape, like did 213 00:16:15.679 --> 00:16:18.440 you trench? Did you bring in soil take away? Nothing like that? 214 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:25.240 Well, I'm going to say it's just a water stress and the tree, 215 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:27.759 you know, if it has to, it'll drop leaves. The fact that 216 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:33.840 they're not browning on the tips or the edges is kind of peculiar because if 217 00:16:33.840 --> 00:16:37.720 it were water stress, I would expect some of that, not just a 218 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:41.600 pin. Let me check that because I didn't look at them all that hard. 219 00:16:41.600 --> 00:16:45.039 They may be brown on the tip. If you're seeing that, I'm 220 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:48.120 going to lean toward water stress. Trees have extensive root systems, but when 221 00:16:48.120 --> 00:16:52.360 we go through high high heat for a long time. They just use up 222 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:56.679 the bank account of water. And sometimes it's hard to water deep enough to 223 00:16:56.759 --> 00:17:00.879 be able to get that water in. And so I'm not going to hurt 224 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:03.639 it. I started water day. Oh no. But when you water, 225 00:17:03.319 --> 00:17:07.400 don't water like you're watering a lawn. Put down at least an inch of 226 00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:11.880 water, an inch and a half, maybe even better. As a rescue 227 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:15.160 treatment, you're going to soak the soil deeply, the entire area beneath the 228 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:21.119 whole branch, spread and even beyond that if you can one good cooking and 229 00:17:21.200 --> 00:17:25.319 that's not even a weekly that you do that, and that'll carry you at 230 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:29.799 least seven days, could be ten days before you need to water again. 231 00:17:30.079 --> 00:17:33.519 And hopefully we're gonna get some rain in the meantime. I hope, so 232 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:36.599 we'll. I appreciate you, all right, sir, thank you. I 233 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:41.039 appreciate that call very much. You know, I brag on Vego garden beds 234 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:45.119 all the time, and I just got a new bed. Vego bed. 235 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.319 It's one of the ones that's on rollers. Yeah, that's right. Vego 236 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:52.920 makes a bed that has a self watering pan underneath it, and so you 237 00:17:52.960 --> 00:17:56.839 fill that with water and it's on rollers. So it's up high where you 238 00:17:56.880 --> 00:18:00.599 don't have to stoop over to work in it. It's really cool because you 239 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.279 know that way you don't have to water every day. You can give it 240 00:18:03.319 --> 00:18:07.519 a good soaking and then just kind of watch your soul moisture. Really cool. 241 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:11.799 You know, Vego beds are made here and here's they're a Houston company 242 00:18:12.319 --> 00:18:18.920 that they're actually the first metal bed that I know of in the United States 243 00:18:18.160 --> 00:18:22.759 like this. But these are beds that are treated so the metal doesn't ruster 244 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:27.480 corrode. Then they're painted with the USDA certified paints, also tested at Texan 245 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:33.279 m University, and these beds are the original you'll see. You'll see others 246 00:18:33.319 --> 00:18:37.279 out there, other kinds of metal beds. There's a million of them out 247 00:18:37.279 --> 00:18:41.039 there. Don't be fooled by that. This is a super high quality bed 248 00:18:41.359 --> 00:18:45.119 that will way out last treated wood in a bed in your garden. And 249 00:18:45.519 --> 00:18:48.759 if you're an organic gardener, you'd probably would rather not use the treated wood 250 00:18:48.799 --> 00:18:53.680 anyway. You can go to vegogarden dot com v Ego garden dot com and 251 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:57.640 find out more, find out where you can get them. Several of our 252 00:18:57.839 --> 00:19:03.079 local nurseries here an hour carrying the vego bed. But go online and check 253 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:06.640 them out. You will. You will see that and you'll say that is 254 00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:08.599 the most beautiful garden I've ever seen. That is how I want to put 255 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:11.839 in my vegetable beds. By the way, you can grow flowers in them 256 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:18.319 too. We're gonna head out now to Willis Mike. I've got about one 257 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:21.799 minute, and if we need to hold over past break, we'll do that. 258 00:19:21.839 --> 00:19:22.759 But I wanted to try to get to you as fast as I could. 259 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:26.640 They answer, good mornings, gift, I appreciate it. Good question. 260 00:19:26.680 --> 00:19:30.160 I try to go buy some microfloss last week, and the place I 261 00:19:30.279 --> 00:19:34.039 was buying it from told me not to fertilize because it was going to burn 262 00:19:34.079 --> 00:19:37.359 the grass it's so hot. I worry to get your take on that. 263 00:19:38.119 --> 00:19:42.559 You will not burn grass with any fertilizer that I talk about on garden Line, 264 00:19:42.720 --> 00:19:45.720 if you use it at the right rate and water it in. That's 265 00:19:45.839 --> 00:19:52.400 that's the bottom line. Some fertilizers are salt based and yes, concentrated during 266 00:19:52.440 --> 00:19:57.480 a drought time, they can they can burn plants, But when you use 267 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:02.960 them right at the right rate and then watered in, absolutely not gonna not 268 00:20:03.000 --> 00:20:08.039 gonna burn your plants. Do you recommend doing it now? Then you could 269 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:11.519 do it now. You know, it's always if your law needs nutrients, 270 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:15.319 it's always a good time to do that. Or you could hold on. 271 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:19.039 We're getting close to the fall application, which will come. I get well, 272 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:22.160 actually we're still a little ways away, but yeah, you could you 273 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:26.039 could go ahead and do it right now. Hey, I'm gonna have to 274 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:27.200 go to break. If you want to hang on, just hang on. 275 00:20:27.240 --> 00:20:30.839 We'll come back to this. But thank you for the call. Well, 276 00:20:32.160 --> 00:20:36.039 Nikki, it's time for the Nikki News Network to kick into gear and let 277 00:20:36.119 --> 00:20:47.920 us know what's happening outside. Eighty five degrees outside just getting folk me so 278 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:56.079 good Saturday morning, on a great day for gardening, absolute great day for 279 00:20:56.119 --> 00:21:00.640 gardening. If you live out in the Kingwood area, again, you are 280 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:06.079 wealthy with garden centers because you have Kingwood Garden Center and you have Warren's Garden 281 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:11.319 Center in the same area. I mean that is that is like I don't 282 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:14.240 know, I don't know anywhere else in town where you got two right close 283 00:21:14.319 --> 00:21:18.720 together like that. Warren's Garden Southern Gardens that's on North Park Drive, Kingwood 284 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:22.079 Garden Centers on Stone Hollow drive for those of you out there this week, 285 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:26.880 they are you know, what we're really featuring and talking about is the soaker 286 00:21:26.960 --> 00:21:30.680 hoses. I mean, it's a good time for soaker hoses right Well, 287 00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:34.160 they've got some really quality hoses. You can put down water and precision, 288 00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:38.440 and water needs to get on the soil. When you spray it with you 289 00:21:38.440 --> 00:21:41.839 know, with a sprayer a sprinkler, you're gonna get on the plants and 290 00:21:41.920 --> 00:21:45.279 things and you lose a lot of your water. But when you put it 291 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:48.160 down on the soil, that is the most efficient way in a in a 292 00:21:48.240 --> 00:21:52.599 soaker hose will do just that. I think one of the cool things that 293 00:21:52.640 --> 00:21:56.400 they've got going on out there now is the house plants. You know, 294 00:21:56.599 --> 00:22:00.240 we're not wanting to be outside when it's one hundred degrees outside, right, 295 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:03.000 well, why not bring that fresh green nor indoors. You can transform your 296 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:08.319 home into a cool oasis, a beautiful tranquil area. Like look around your 297 00:22:08.119 --> 00:22:11.880 warrant, your room, your living room, wherever you are in the house. 298 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:17.400 What would be good in that corner. Maybe it's certain kinds of houseplants, 299 00:22:17.440 --> 00:22:21.759 tall and upright, Maybe you need something trailing. There's many beautiful, 300 00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:26.319 beautiful types of houseplants. They even have some hard to find exotic houseplants, 301 00:22:26.440 --> 00:22:30.759 or maybe you want a plant for a container outside, like a vibrant succulent 302 00:22:30.200 --> 00:22:36.240 that fits the weather we're having. For sure, it's all available Warren's Garden 303 00:22:36.359 --> 00:22:41.839 Center Kingwood Garden Center out in the Kingwood area. If you would like more 304 00:22:41.880 --> 00:22:44.720 information, just look them up. You can find them online. You can 305 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:48.720 find their Facebook pages. Both of them have really excellent Facebook pages to keep 306 00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:52.279 you up to date on what's going on. But I don't think you're going 307 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:56.519 to do any better. And again I'm jealous of those folks that live out 308 00:22:56.640 --> 00:23:00.799 in the Kingwood and West say Kingwood area. I mean the overall area out 309 00:23:00.839 --> 00:23:04.400 there. You know, everything from Porter to you name it, Humble all 310 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:10.160 through that area. I need to get back out there that it's been a 311 00:23:10.160 --> 00:23:14.799 little while since I've been out to check out what's going on on those excellent 312 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:18.200 centers. I always love to really swing by both of them and get to 313 00:23:18.559 --> 00:23:22.119 get to check out because they're both quality, but it's each is a little 314 00:23:22.160 --> 00:23:26.319 different in its own way. Well, we're going to head to the phones 315 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:29.960 now and we're going to talk to Archie out in Paarland. Hello Archie, 316 00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:33.200 Morning Skip. I talked to you a couple of weeks ago, and I 317 00:23:33.240 --> 00:23:36.519 sent you some pictures, but I don't know if you ever got those pictures 318 00:23:36.599 --> 00:23:40.480 or not. Where I had the browning in my yard, weren't sure whether 319 00:23:40.559 --> 00:23:45.079 it was take all patch or whether it was something else. I'm looking right 320 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:47.960 now. How long ago was this? That? Two weeks ago? Oh? 321 00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:52.720 Gosh? Uh? Well, I have two pictures, one up close 322 00:23:52.799 --> 00:23:59.359 and one from a distance. And since then it's spreading even more. Where 323 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:03.119 it's turning out even more. All right, I found I found it open 324 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:08.200 comes up here. Yeah, that's it. I think what's going on there 325 00:24:08.519 --> 00:24:15.079 is. I'm sure drought is related to it, but it probably is a 326 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:19.160 root disease called take all root rot. Just the pattern of it, the 327 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:25.559 way the grass kind of yellows and then goes dead. It's because the roots 328 00:24:25.599 --> 00:24:29.599 are dying and iron is taken up at the tip of the root. Interestingly 329 00:24:29.720 --> 00:24:32.240 enough, not all along the root, but out at the tip. So 330 00:24:32.279 --> 00:24:36.720 when you start getting root tips dying, you start getting iron deficiency just because 331 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:41.000 the plant can't get it, And in this case that disease is pretty bad. 332 00:24:41.480 --> 00:24:49.039 I would I would probably start with a good quality fungicide to try to 333 00:24:49.119 --> 00:24:52.279 shut things down. We're really in the time of the year where we don't 334 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:57.079 spray for take all root rot as much. That's something that most important would 335 00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:03.799 be done. Let's say late September early October, that is entering the period 336 00:25:03.920 --> 00:25:07.319 where new infection occurs. Right now, you're looking at plants that have had 337 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:11.519 it for a good while and they're just going downhill because they can't keep up 338 00:25:11.519 --> 00:25:15.599 with summer. So I would I would use a funger side. The ingredient 339 00:25:17.079 --> 00:25:22.839 that is best for takeall root rot is azoxystrobin, and I'll spell that out. 340 00:25:22.920 --> 00:25:26.160 I hope you got a pen or pencil handy there. Yeah, I'll 341 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:30.079 spell it out for you. And then I would follow that up after you 342 00:25:30.240 --> 00:25:36.519 sprayed with a compost top dressing of high quality leaf mold composts to just uh, 343 00:25:36.759 --> 00:25:40.880 you know, create that environment on the surface where there's lots of microbial 344 00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:47.160 activity to compete with that take on. So azoxystrobin has a z o x 345 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:55.480 y azoxy st a z o x y huh st r o b i n 346 00:25:56.160 --> 00:26:00.240 a zoxy strobein. If you just even get close to that and go to 347 00:26:00.319 --> 00:26:03.079 a place that you know out in parallyn. You've got Ace hardwarees and great 348 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:07.359 Ace hardwarees out there in Parna. They're going to have a product like that. 349 00:26:07.599 --> 00:26:11.960 Just tell them that's the ingredients you're looking for. Who knows what it'll 350 00:26:11.000 --> 00:26:17.880 be in John, Yeah, okay, you bet while you're out there. 351 00:26:18.279 --> 00:26:22.960 Okay, all right. And one other thing I've got in the front bed. 352 00:26:22.319 --> 00:26:29.720 I've got a whole oh hundred score foot bed of the angelonia. Okay, 353 00:26:29.759 --> 00:26:33.160 and they're they're green, but they're not blooming. Okay, they're just 354 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:37.839 green plants. And they haven't blooms in spring. Oh, they haven't bloomed 355 00:26:37.880 --> 00:26:41.759 at all. Well, then spring they bloomed a little bit. Wow. 356 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:45.000 Then since then they haven't boomed at all. And I've been feeding them with 357 00:26:45.359 --> 00:26:51.640 color Star and everything else. Holy cow, I know, boy, you 358 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:55.400 got me there. I don't. They're getting plenty of sunlight. I guess, 359 00:26:56.079 --> 00:27:00.319 yes, they brought up in full sunm but well, I don't know. 360 00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:04.640 You know, it's it's a stumper because you're not telling me the plants 361 00:27:04.640 --> 00:27:08.240 are wilted or stunted or anything like that. Would maybe, Hey, they 362 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:14.720 need water, they got plenty of son you're putting a super quality fertilizer on 363 00:27:14.759 --> 00:27:18.799 with that color star. I just guess keep wordering them for right. Now, 364 00:27:19.000 --> 00:27:22.519 go ahead and send me another picture and I will take a look at 365 00:27:22.559 --> 00:27:26.160 them. If you can get up close, maybe I'll see something in the 366 00:27:26.200 --> 00:27:30.079 photo, Okay, because I'm and they're going to read a bit. Yeah, 367 00:27:30.400 --> 00:27:33.880 I don't know. Yeah, that's why I said it's a stumper. 368 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:37.359 Everything that I would look to and go to, you're already doing right, 369 00:27:37.559 --> 00:27:42.200 So I'll give it my best shot. All right, thank you for that 370 00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:45.680 call. Archie. By the way, for those of you who have been 371 00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:52.240 emailing, I am inundated with some emails, and I try to keep those 372 00:27:52.279 --> 00:27:56.480 related to show calls. So if you're gonna call on Saturday or Sunday, 373 00:27:56.799 --> 00:27:59.200 send me an email. If there's a picture I need to see to help 374 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:02.519 you answer the question, or if you call the show and I have Josh 375 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:06.480 send you an email. Do that. But as far as just general entering 376 00:28:06.599 --> 00:28:10.400 all the emails that people would have, I can't keep up with that, 377 00:28:10.559 --> 00:28:15.319 So make sure they're related to the show. If you would. You know, 378 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.720 out at the Arbourgate you're going to find everything that you would need. 379 00:28:18.920 --> 00:28:25.440 And that's one of the garden centers that I call our destination garden centers here. 380 00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:30.519 There's really none like it. They have everything for your plants. Right 381 00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:34.440 now. They are stocked up on vegetables and it's time. They got tomatoes 382 00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:37.759 and peppers. They even have ochre plants, and if you hurry up and 383 00:28:37.759 --> 00:28:40.680 get them in, you can probably get a little bit of ocra out of 384 00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:44.519 those things too before it gets too cold, because we live in a far 385 00:28:44.720 --> 00:28:48.279 South and that's a good thing. They have eggplant and squash, cucumbers. 386 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:52.319 They just have everything that you would need for your garden, and that's just 387 00:28:52.400 --> 00:28:56.279 the vegetables. While you're there, check out their one two three easy system. 388 00:28:56.400 --> 00:29:02.240 That's a food it's a four four three plus cow organic fertilizer, and 389 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:07.599 then they have a soil that has expanded shale in it, but also a 390 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:11.920 quality a type of sand that helps also provide good drainage. And then an 391 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:18.720 organic compost that again has the expanded shale and two kinds of composts in it. 392 00:29:18.960 --> 00:29:22.119 So those those three products one two three food, soil, composts. 393 00:29:22.160 --> 00:29:26.720 Check it out when you're out there at the Arbor Grate Nursery and they are 394 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:30.200 on FM twenty and twenty in Tomball, Texas. We're gonna take a little 395 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:34.599 break our number seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. Give 396 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:37.839 Josh a call, get you on the board, and we'll talk to you 397 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:49.720 when we come back. Wants the way you need want? Well, good 398 00:29:49.759 --> 00:29:52.960 morning. You are listening to garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, 399 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:57.400 and we are here to answer gardening questions. Our number seven one three 400 00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:03.200 two one two fifty eight seventy four. Seven one three two one two fifty 401 00:30:03.240 --> 00:30:07.000 eight seventy four. Hey, now's the time to be getting ready for your 402 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:11.319 fall fertilization. And one of the things that I like for folks to do 403 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:15.519 is to have their soil tested about every three years. And I know most 404 00:30:15.559 --> 00:30:22.279 people don't do that, but it's the best way to fertilize according to what 405 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:27.680 your soil needs because you and your neighbors may have slightly different nutrient levels due 406 00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:32.720 to a history of different kinds of fertilizing, and so soil testing is always 407 00:30:32.759 --> 00:30:37.599 easy. You can go to Soil Testing dot TAMU dot edu. There you'll 408 00:30:37.640 --> 00:30:41.279 find the form, choose the urban soil test and if you need it's best 409 00:30:41.319 --> 00:30:45.400 to take a vertical core six inches deep, same amount of soil one inch 410 00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:48.519 deep, two inches, three inches, four inches, five inches, six 411 00:30:48.519 --> 00:30:52.119 inches all the same. One way to do that if you'll go by Southwest 412 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:56.440 Fertilizer, Bob's got a soil probe that he actually will loan out. You 413 00:30:56.519 --> 00:31:00.480 got to leave a deposit because these things tend to developed legs and walk away, 414 00:31:00.519 --> 00:31:03.079 if you know what I mean. But it didn't cost you anything to 415 00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:08.039 use it. And Southwest Fertilizer has everything, I mean, every fertilizer I 416 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:14.480 talk about, and then some every possible fungicide, herbicide, insecticide, synthetic, 417 00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:18.359 organic, you name it. It's all at Southwest Fertilizer. You can 418 00:31:18.400 --> 00:31:22.960 go to south West Fertilizer dot com. By the way, they're located in 419 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:27.400 Southwest Houston on the corner of Bissonette and Renwick. Corner of Bisinett and Renwick. 420 00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:32.440 Southwest Fertilizer dot Com. While you're there, ask them to see the 421 00:31:32.519 --> 00:31:38.400 kneeling benches. They have a great stock of really nice kneeling benches and you're 422 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:41.119 gonna look at them and think, no, I'm not old and decrepit. 423 00:31:41.160 --> 00:31:45.039 I don't need that. You need that. If you've ever woken up in 424 00:31:45.079 --> 00:31:49.759 the morning in the prenatal position, wondering why you're so sore. That's what 425 00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:53.559 you need is a kneeling bench. I love mine. They are excellent, 426 00:31:55.039 --> 00:31:57.400 and Bob's got some in stock there. I just noticed them a little walk 427 00:31:57.440 --> 00:32:01.960 back anyway southwest for Alizer dot com. You're gonna find everything you need there, 428 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:06.279 that's for sure. In a special good way to get ready for this 429 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:10.359 fall fertilization that's coming up. You are listening to garden Line and our host, 430 00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:14.480 our host, our phone number, I don't know who our host is. 431 00:32:15.119 --> 00:32:20.519 Our phone number is seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. 432 00:32:20.960 --> 00:32:27.079 Seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. I mentioned fertilizing 433 00:32:27.119 --> 00:32:30.960 your lawn. It's also important to water your lawn. But it's important to 434 00:32:30.960 --> 00:32:35.279 water your lawn right. What most people do is they put little squirts of 435 00:32:35.279 --> 00:32:39.480 water on and every day or every other day. And that is not how 436 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:44.240 you water it. That wets the thatch at Whatt's, the grass blades a 437 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:47.720 lot, and all that evaporates and contributes to the humidity of Houston, thank 438 00:32:47.720 --> 00:32:52.240 you very much. And when you water longer and put more down, you 439 00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:59.079 actually soak the soil better and a good deep soaking once a week or at 440 00:32:59.119 --> 00:33:02.440 the most twice week. And the absence of rainfall is about what you need 441 00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:07.599 to do, and so you need to water properly. Now. The easiest 442 00:33:07.640 --> 00:33:13.480 way to do this is to go to this website write this down water myyard 443 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:17.039 dot org. Water my yard dot org. It's free. You can find 444 00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:21.400 the app for it on the Apple Store and on Google Play. But you 445 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:27.079 put in your location and it automatically finds the closest mini weather station and they're 446 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:31.759 all over the listening area here, and it feeds that data into a computer 447 00:33:32.319 --> 00:33:37.319 that sends you a weekly email. And I just got one this week and 448 00:33:37.400 --> 00:33:40.160 my lawn. It said, you've used point nine inches of water in your 449 00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:44.079 lawn this week. That's how much you need to put on. And so 450 00:33:44.200 --> 00:33:46.599 you know some days you're cloudy and you don't use as much. The temperature 451 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:52.640 varies, all that kind of stuff. Water my Yard gives science based free 452 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:58.279 watering recommendations, and that way you don't have to guess. You do it 453 00:33:58.359 --> 00:34:05.000 according to what we know. Your grass is used based on temperature, windspeed, 454 00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:08.679 etc. Etc. Etc. I was out in the backyard the other 455 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:14.400 day enjoying the birds. And I always enjoy the birds in the backyard, 456 00:34:14.760 --> 00:34:17.039 and you know it, thinking about all this heat, I just want to 457 00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:22.920 remind you birds need water. They really have got to have supplemental water, 458 00:34:22.079 --> 00:34:25.800 and there are you know, without rainfall, they're not only a little puddles 459 00:34:25.840 --> 00:34:30.320 around or drink out of. And it's hot and dry. So provide your 460 00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:34.800 birds with plenty of water and that will bring them to your place. And 461 00:34:34.920 --> 00:34:38.079 we talk about bird feeders and birdhouses. Those are all good, but water 462 00:34:38.400 --> 00:34:42.800 alone is going to bring those birds in. And mine come in early in 463 00:34:42.800 --> 00:34:45.719 the morning. I see them also, especially late in the day, but 464 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:50.280 they'll come in at different times. You need to check out wall Birds Unlimited 465 00:34:50.320 --> 00:34:53.880 though. They have got some really cool bird baths and other watering devices. 466 00:34:53.960 --> 00:34:57.880 They've got the food that you need to be feeding, which right now is 467 00:34:57.960 --> 00:35:04.960 still the nesting super lend for the birds. Go to Wahbird's unlimited website. 468 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:07.239 Here's how you find the Houston stores. We got a bunch of Houston stores 469 00:35:08.039 --> 00:35:15.920 WBU dot com, forward slash Houston. WBU dot Com forward slash Houston. 470 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:19.679 By the way, it's a great place too to buy gifts. You know 471 00:35:19.760 --> 00:35:22.599 you've got somebody. I don't know what to get them. They would so 472 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.519 enjoy a hummingbird feeder. And Wahbirds has those little high perch feeders that are 473 00:35:25.719 --> 00:35:30.239 so attractive to hummingbirds. Anyway, just to tip there, I've got one 474 00:35:30.320 --> 00:35:32.800 myself. In fact, I've got to get mine cleaned up and put back 475 00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:37.519 out there again. I got a couple of hummingbird feeders. Just love bringing 476 00:35:37.559 --> 00:35:42.199 those little bookers in. Well, you're listening to Gardenline our phone numbers seven 477 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:47.840 one three two one two fifty eight seventy four seven one three, two one 478 00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:52.639 two five eight seven four. Hey, if you're looking to do some fertilizing 479 00:35:52.719 --> 00:36:00.679 on your lawn nitrofoss Super Turf nineteen four ten. Great blend gradually over time. 480 00:36:00.719 --> 00:36:02.920 You're not going to promote the brown patch that is such a problem that 481 00:36:04.000 --> 00:36:07.239 we would call it large patch. Now in the fall season of the year, 482 00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:09.719 you're going to smooth out that mowing instead of the feast or famine, 483 00:36:09.800 --> 00:36:13.039 you know, where you put a bunch of fertilizer, get a bunch of 484 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:15.280 growth, and have to mow a lot. It's going to gradually feed out 485 00:36:15.320 --> 00:36:20.480 over time. Nineteen four ten. Here's the way to remember it silver bag. 486 00:36:21.119 --> 00:36:23.679 Now night Fuss is everywhere our great garden centers, our feed stores, 487 00:36:23.760 --> 00:36:28.320 our ace hardware store. Just look for the silver bag. Tell them I 488 00:36:28.400 --> 00:36:30.880 want the silver bag for my lawn, and go ahead and get that down 489 00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:37.239 and it'll give you a number of months of quality feeding. As a result, 490 00:36:38.480 --> 00:36:42.599 you are listening to garden Line and our goal here is to help you 491 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:46.719 be a better gardener. We want your gardening to be a pleasure. Not 492 00:36:47.119 --> 00:36:52.000 I tried it and everything died, and I have a brown thumb and all 493 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:55.159 that kind of stuff. There are no brown thumbs. They are uninformed thumbs. 494 00:36:55.320 --> 00:37:00.320 And we're here to inform your thumb. And once you know to do 495 00:37:00.480 --> 00:37:02.239 and you know how to do it, and you know the kinds of products 496 00:37:02.320 --> 00:37:07.519 that help you do that, you're on your way to having the greenest place 497 00:37:07.800 --> 00:37:09.119 on the block, or the way I like to put it, the most 498 00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:15.559 bountiful garden and the most beautiful landscape. That combination is what we're looking for, 499 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:20.639 and you can have that here. We have all kinds of challenges right 500 00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:24.440 now. We're dealing with no rain and lots of heat. We've got pests, 501 00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:29.480 we've got diseases that we deal with. Those are all challenges, but 502 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:32.599 there are ways to minimize the pest and to minimize the disease, and there 503 00:37:32.639 --> 00:37:37.840 are ways to go in and use the right product and the right rate at 504 00:37:37.880 --> 00:37:40.119 the right time to fix it and be done with it. If you need 505 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:45.119 to resort to spraying for things, we can advise on that. But I 506 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:50.760 want you to just if you will, just believe me that we can help 507 00:37:50.840 --> 00:37:54.400 you have a beautiful garden, and it is possible. If you're listening to 508 00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:59.400 the show and you've never gardened. I understand that we have a lot of 509 00:37:59.440 --> 00:38:04.119 people that just our gardeners, they just I don't know, enjoy listening to 510 00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:07.079 the show, and we have other people who listen a lot. Don't call 511 00:38:07.199 --> 00:38:10.920 in, but feel free to call in. We'll be glad to help you 512 00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:15.679 with your questions because I'll tell you this, if you've got a question, 513 00:38:15.000 --> 00:38:21.519 somebody else has that question. If your lawns dying, a lot of somebody 514 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:24.400 else's that same question. So give us a call. We're going to take 515 00:38:24.400 --> 00:38:28.280 a break here in a little bit, and when we come back, Josh 516 00:38:28.320 --> 00:38:30.719 will have you on the boards and you can be first up as we begin 517 00:38:31.480 --> 00:38:37.000 to move forward with the show. I appreciate the fact that people care about 518 00:38:37.039 --> 00:38:42.000 their lawns and they listen in to the show, and that they really want 519 00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:45.400 to have more success. For those of you who moved in from outside the 520 00:38:45.480 --> 00:38:52.079 area, our schedules and years are very different here, and so we plant 521 00:38:52.199 --> 00:38:55.039 tomatoes at different times. For example, we have different types of plants that 522 00:38:55.119 --> 00:39:00.880 we often use. Listen in, tell your neighbors, your friends about it, 523 00:39:00.159 --> 00:39:05.280 and we'll try to guide in every way we can for you to have 524 00:39:05.639 --> 00:39:09.039 a good success. Again, if you feel like you have a brown thumb, 525 00:39:09.119 --> 00:39:12.719 trust me you don't. We'll fix that. Hey, We'll be right 526 00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:21.519 back and continue with fixing that. KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any 527 00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:27.760 of the products or services advertised on this program. Welcome to ktr H Garden 528 00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:52.360 Line with Skip Ricord so crazy. Just watch him as us so many fables 529 00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:58.239 for good morning. I hope you're having a good morning. It's gonna be 530 00:39:58.280 --> 00:40:00.840 a good day for gardening. I can tell you that for sure. One 531 00:40:00.840 --> 00:40:05.880 of my favorite things to do on a Saturday afternoon, Sunday afternoon is get 532 00:40:05.960 --> 00:40:10.199 out and visit garden centers. I'm telling you I've been doing this for over 533 00:40:10.360 --> 00:40:15.920 thirty four years. Advising people on gardening and whatnot. And I still when 534 00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:22.280 I go to our quality garden centers here, I still see plants it's like 535 00:40:22.840 --> 00:40:25.679 I've never seen that plant before, or that's a new variety I hadn't seen. 536 00:40:27.039 --> 00:40:30.840 It's always interesting and it's always so beautiful. I mean, that is 537 00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:37.360 just it's amazing how gorgeous some of the plants that are being developed and bred 538 00:40:37.599 --> 00:40:39.920 and release now are. I tell you a place where you can see that 539 00:40:40.039 --> 00:40:44.559 kind of thing. By the way, that would be RCW Nurseries. That's 540 00:40:44.599 --> 00:40:49.119 the nursery that's where two forty nine Tomball Parkway where it comes into Beltway eight 541 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:52.159 right there. They've got a selection of all kinds of things, I mean 542 00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:58.519 a wide variety. So here, for example, you want a native flowering 543 00:40:59.079 --> 00:41:02.639 tree that's small for your landscape, go to r CW and say, hey, 544 00:41:02.760 --> 00:41:07.280 show me the Mexican plums that you grow. Because they are experts at 545 00:41:07.280 --> 00:41:09.840 trees. I mean they have you know, they have the tree farm up 546 00:41:09.880 --> 00:41:16.079 in the oh gosh, can even say the area anyway, Their tree farm 547 00:41:16.719 --> 00:41:22.960 supplies a wide variety of species that do super well here, including this like 548 00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:27.360 Mexican plum. That would be an example of that. If you want a 549 00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:30.199 jujube, have you ever heard of a jujube? It's a fruit tree, 550 00:41:30.039 --> 00:41:37.239 very unique and they just have an excellent supply two of those as well. 551 00:41:37.880 --> 00:41:42.320 They got a new variety there. What's it called sugarcane. Sugarcane is the 552 00:41:42.440 --> 00:41:45.119 name of it, and it is a just think of it as like a 553 00:41:45.679 --> 00:41:49.760 little apple like fruit. We don't see them grown here much, but they 554 00:41:49.840 --> 00:41:52.039 are their quality that when if you want something you don't have to spray a 555 00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:55.400 lot, well that would be a jujuby. That's that is absolutely for sure. 556 00:41:55.760 --> 00:42:00.159 But up at RCW by the way, here's here's their website. Right 557 00:42:00.280 --> 00:42:01.400 let me give you this. Go take a look. You'll see what I'm 558 00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:09.159 talking about. RCW Nurseries plural dot com. RCW Nurseries dot com. They're 559 00:42:09.159 --> 00:42:14.880 gonna have roses. That's another example of me saying that they have everything. 560 00:42:15.360 --> 00:42:17.480 They're gonna have. Oh, by the way, right now, lots of 561 00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:24.480 cool fall yard art. Like you wants some metal pumpkins or jack O lanerns 562 00:42:24.639 --> 00:42:30.960 that are metal and just really really cool stuff. Go by there and check 563 00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:36.719 out their fall yard materials. The decorating materials that we put out there on 564 00:42:36.800 --> 00:42:39.400 our portas patios and out in the yard. They've got it all at OURCW 565 00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:44.920 Nursery. Can't brag on them enough. We're gonna head out now to Ralph 566 00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:51.079 in northwest Houston. Hello Ralph, good morning, you're the best day we 567 00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:58.760 ever head. Oh my god. He do appreciate your program. And it 568 00:42:58.960 --> 00:43:01.400 is really in fall said to me, and I just sit here and listen 569 00:43:01.480 --> 00:43:07.480 to it. But I got my pecan trees and my fig and all these 570 00:43:07.559 --> 00:43:16.199 other trees and in my mom May halls and my gardener. What did I 571 00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:21.760 do with my garden right now? Called? It's just what should I put 572 00:43:21.920 --> 00:43:27.920 in my big garden? Yeah, you know you're talking about with the what's 573 00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:30.840 kind of you said? Ok? I know I can get grow? Ok, 574 00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:35.079 right now, that's right. That's right. So when you say garden, 575 00:43:35.119 --> 00:43:38.199 you mean your vegetable garden. That's what you're asking. Yes, course, 576 00:43:39.199 --> 00:43:44.599 Now it's a great time to plant some of the warm season crops that 577 00:43:44.679 --> 00:43:49.159 we grow into fall. So squashes. They haven't been setting well this summer 578 00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:52.400 because it's too hot. But if you plan them now, by the time 579 00:43:52.480 --> 00:43:54.639 they reach a stage where they can bloom and set fruit, the temperature is 580 00:43:54.679 --> 00:43:59.679 gonna be cooling off and you're gonna get a really nice little yield. Que 581 00:43:59.800 --> 00:44:02.880 Comb is the same way, Ralph. You can do cucumber, you know, 582 00:44:04.039 --> 00:44:07.239 if you if you get a good sized plant and get going, you 583 00:44:07.239 --> 00:44:09.960 can get tomato. Get a little tomato crop. Just look for tomatoes that 584 00:44:10.519 --> 00:44:15.280 are the fastest to harvest. There's a thing called days to harvest that's usually 585 00:44:15.320 --> 00:44:20.599 own the label, and you don't want one that takes eighty days. You 586 00:44:20.679 --> 00:44:24.639 want one that takes about seventy seventy five maybe, or even sixty five days 587 00:44:24.719 --> 00:44:29.920 would be good to plant right now. Of course, you still plant peppers 588 00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:32.280 and get them going. But pretty soon here it's gonna cool off enough. 589 00:44:32.320 --> 00:44:36.480 When we get into September, we're gonna whether it's cool or not, we're 590 00:44:36.519 --> 00:44:39.079 gonna have to start planning our blue leaf vegetables, a cool season stuff. 591 00:44:39.159 --> 00:44:43.280 But we're still in warm season planning. By the way, Ralph, if 592 00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:47.960 you grew potatoes before and still have some leftover small potatoes, plant the whole 593 00:44:49.000 --> 00:44:52.480 potato. Now's a good time to do that for a good fall harvest. 594 00:44:52.559 --> 00:44:59.239 So potatoes. Also, it's been set a bad year this year, and 595 00:45:00.360 --> 00:45:07.360 I'm finky with my water okay, but all my trees I've been trying to 596 00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:14.920 keep save them. I got all kind of fig trees, right, And 597 00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:20.679 what well hell should I do where all of this? Well, you know, 598 00:45:20.880 --> 00:45:24.719 just a good soaking on an infrequent basis. But make sure there's no 599 00:45:24.920 --> 00:45:29.400 weed competition and the soil is not bare. So here's what I mean, 600 00:45:29.840 --> 00:45:32.760 A big mulst area. Think that make that tree think it's living in a 601 00:45:32.840 --> 00:45:37.840 forest with leafletter all over the floor, forest floor. So that means no 602 00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:43.280 weeds to steal water. You know, you have to pay for your drinking 603 00:45:43.320 --> 00:45:46.079 water putting it on the plants. I understand being sparse with that, but 604 00:45:47.079 --> 00:45:51.559 you remove the water stealing weeds. You put a mulch on the soil to 605 00:45:51.639 --> 00:45:57.159 whole moisture in and cool the soil off, and then you just water occasionally 606 00:45:57.320 --> 00:46:00.039 with a good soaking, not every day, not every other day, once 607 00:46:00.119 --> 00:46:04.239 a week, once ever two weeks even if you if you need to stretch 608 00:46:04.280 --> 00:46:07.760 it out, and that would be the best device I can give you. 609 00:46:09.800 --> 00:46:15.559 Pecan tree is gonna be all right. Oh my may hall did good and 610 00:46:15.079 --> 00:46:20.079 everything, But my pocon trees, they all does. An pocon I had 611 00:46:20.079 --> 00:46:23.079 a great crop and this is a shame. Well that's the that is the 612 00:46:24.719 --> 00:46:30.400 uh, just the stress of a water you know, a water deficit in 613 00:46:30.519 --> 00:46:35.320 the in this kind of weather. Uh I. All you can do is 614 00:46:35.679 --> 00:46:37.760 try to give them a good deep soaking. Sometimes squirrels get in there and 615 00:46:37.840 --> 00:46:43.000 do mischief, but we're too early for that. So if you're seeing pecan's 616 00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:45.760 fallen and stuff, that that's just the matter of them trying to live with 617 00:46:45.840 --> 00:46:52.159 the stress. H huh. All right, Ken, I do appreciate you. 618 00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:53.800 You're the best. Thank you, well, you're kind. Thank you 619 00:46:53.920 --> 00:46:58.880 very much. I appreciate that call very much. Uh. You know, 620 00:46:59.079 --> 00:47:01.760 talking about trees, the folks at Affordable Tree Care, And when I say 621 00:47:01.760 --> 00:47:05.400 the folks at Affordable Tree Care, I mean you know what I'm talking about 622 00:47:05.440 --> 00:47:08.519 talking about Martin. I'm talking about Joe. They have been running this for 623 00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:14.880 a very long time. Martin is uh you know, he's hands on day 624 00:47:14.920 --> 00:47:20.239 to day with the company. It's that it's that old fashioned kind of service 625 00:47:20.480 --> 00:47:22.599 you expect you when you hire somebody to fix your car, when you hire 626 00:47:22.639 --> 00:47:25.800 somebody to take care of your tree, you want to know that they know 627 00:47:25.960 --> 00:47:30.280 what they're doing so they do it right. That's Martin Spoon Moore an affordable 628 00:47:30.320 --> 00:47:34.800 tree. You want to know that they're gonna show up when they say they're 629 00:47:34.840 --> 00:47:37.840 gonna show up, which is Martin Spoon Moore an affordable tree. You know, 630 00:47:38.039 --> 00:47:43.039 you want to know that they're gonna give you a reasonable price. You 631 00:47:43.119 --> 00:47:45.920 know they're not just telling you, oh, you need this and that done, 632 00:47:45.039 --> 00:47:49.320 and you know your alternator's falling off over here when it's not and that 633 00:47:49.440 --> 00:47:52.320 kind of you know how that is with sometimes with mechanics, you don't get 634 00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:57.159 that. With Affordable Tree, you get it the right way. Give McCall 635 00:47:57.320 --> 00:48:00.920 seven one three, six nine nine twenty six six seven one three six nine 636 00:48:01.000 --> 00:48:06.360 nine twenty six sixty three are call aff Tree Service dot com. By the 637 00:48:06.400 --> 00:48:10.760 way, they are excellent at deep root watering and right now, just like 638 00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:15.280 we were talking while ago with Ralph, that's what you need is a good 639 00:48:15.360 --> 00:48:20.199 deep soaking. Call them, find out about having them come out and give 640 00:48:20.360 --> 00:48:22.199 a good deep root watering. And while they're out there, look through your 641 00:48:22.239 --> 00:48:28.239 trees and see what might be needed here we are in hurricane season, a 642 00:48:28.320 --> 00:48:31.039 little bit of pruning maybe in order we're gonna take a break seven one three 643 00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:45.719 two one two fifty eight seventy four we'll be right back. Well, good 644 00:48:45.760 --> 00:48:50.679 Saturday morning on a great day for gardening. Yes, you're listening to Garden 645 00:48:50.760 --> 00:48:53.880 Line and we're here to answer your gardening questions. Help you have a more 646 00:48:53.880 --> 00:48:59.800 beautiful garden and a more bountiful landscape. Now, if you live up in 647 00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:04.800 the Tomball area and you are looking for your hometown feed store, that is 648 00:49:04.920 --> 00:49:07.679 D and D Feed. D D is about three miles west of Highway two 649 00:49:07.760 --> 00:49:14.039 forty nine. On twenty nine twenty the Dover family opened that store. Gosh, 650 00:49:14.119 --> 00:49:16.559 back in the late eighties and the summer they expanded. I was just 651 00:49:16.679 --> 00:49:22.480 looking at some new stock that they had in it is they just have everything 652 00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:25.039 there. I mean they're going to carry the fertilizers we talk about. Of 653 00:49:25.159 --> 00:49:30.480 course, they have plants. If you want a high end dog food like 654 00:49:30.679 --> 00:49:34.239 Origin, Diamond, Victor Starpro, those kinds of foods that they've got them, 655 00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:38.840 Foods Forever pet of course for livestock, it's a feed store. Products 656 00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:42.960 like horse care, products to care for your livestock. They've got that. 657 00:49:43.159 --> 00:49:45.679 You got a problem with rodents, they can take care of that. Maybe 658 00:49:45.039 --> 00:49:49.800 even pool cleaners. You're gonna find that kind of stuff at D and D 659 00:49:49.920 --> 00:49:52.960 Feed check out to their little Doggie DELI. I don't know what they I 660 00:49:53.000 --> 00:49:57.440 can't remember exactly what they call it, but basically, it's all kinds of 661 00:49:57.480 --> 00:50:00.719 cool treats and your dog will be so glad that you brought them home. 662 00:50:00.960 --> 00:50:04.960 My dogs demand that they get Doggie Delhi every time I come home with from 663 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:08.400 a trip to D and D feed D and D feed again. Three miles 664 00:50:08.480 --> 00:50:15.000 west of Highway two forty nine on twenty nine twenty in Tumble. Let's see, 665 00:50:15.119 --> 00:50:20.119 let's go out now to sugar Land and we're going to visit with Alan. 666 00:50:20.239 --> 00:50:23.159 Hello Ellen, good morning, Scale. How are you doing today? 667 00:50:23.400 --> 00:50:28.440 I'm good? What's up? I've got a RM and do the problem? 668 00:50:28.800 --> 00:50:36.519 Okay, I'll put out in my flower badge. Yes, I'll put pepper 669 00:50:37.079 --> 00:50:44.280 dick, I'll put the smold repellent out. Huh. And I think it's 670 00:50:44.360 --> 00:50:52.440 become addicted to both of those. Well, you know with Armadilla's there's there's 671 00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:55.840 really two options. One is fencing them out with a low fence they can't 672 00:50:55.880 --> 00:51:00.280 come through. That's probably not practical in your situation, but that is an 673 00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:05.639 option. Uh. There's also trapping them and you can do a live trap. 674 00:51:06.000 --> 00:51:08.400 Uh. If if Basically what you do is you have a live trap. 675 00:51:08.559 --> 00:51:14.360 You have boards shape like a V going out because these little bumbling idiots, 676 00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:15.920 I mean you kind of have to direct them into the trap. They're 677 00:51:15.960 --> 00:51:22.599 just bouncing along like pinballs there right into the heaven. I have a have 678 00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:30.079 a hard trap of large ones there. That's it. That is ex me 679 00:51:30.239 --> 00:51:32.199 what kind of bait would I put in there? Or just you just have 680 00:51:34.159 --> 00:51:39.639 I generally recommend uh, taking like a little macaroni, you know, like 681 00:51:39.800 --> 00:51:45.119 mac and cheese, those kind of little pastas and boiling them, boiling them 682 00:51:45.159 --> 00:51:49.960 in like beef bull yond, uh what cooking them in beef bull yond that 683 00:51:50.039 --> 00:51:52.239 way they have that flavor. And then just drop them, you know, 684 00:51:52.320 --> 00:51:55.480 go out and drop one. Go a couple of feet and drop one. 685 00:51:55.719 --> 00:51:58.960 Just you don't want to get them full before they get in the trap. 686 00:51:59.480 --> 00:52:02.119 But lead them in that way. That is, if you can kind of 687 00:52:02.239 --> 00:52:07.159 watch and figure out their pathway. Usually they'll hit like a privacy fence and 688 00:52:07.320 --> 00:52:09.639 go along that or something. There's okay, there's a publication. You got 689 00:52:09.719 --> 00:52:15.360 a pen or pencil handy. This is a This is a free publication online 690 00:52:15.519 --> 00:52:21.519 through Texas A and m Agrilife Extension which is a great source for pretty much 691 00:52:21.559 --> 00:52:25.400 everything you have questions about, including in this case, Armadilla's. The website 692 00:52:25.559 --> 00:52:32.199 is called agralife learn a g r I l I f E l e r 693 00:52:32.360 --> 00:52:43.159 m agrilife, learn dot TAMU dot e d u agrilife learn dot tmmu dot 694 00:52:43.440 --> 00:52:47.800 du. Type armadilla in the search bar and you'll see there's some publications you 695 00:52:47.920 --> 00:52:53.119 buy that are prep publications. Then there's one managing armadilla damage. It's free. 696 00:52:53.480 --> 00:52:55.599 You click on it. I think you have to give me your address 697 00:52:55.760 --> 00:53:00.320 or whatever, and so they can send it to you. And what they 698 00:53:00.400 --> 00:53:04.000 do is they don't they don't like mail it. They give you the PDF, 699 00:53:04.559 --> 00:53:07.480 so it'll come in your email as an attachment and you can see the 700 00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:09.719 whole free publication. You can print it out or whatever you want, and 701 00:53:09.880 --> 00:53:15.360 it is everything we know about dealing with armadillas and their damage. Okay, 702 00:53:15.719 --> 00:53:22.639 all right, so just playing macaroni, macaroni, cheese, macaroni in Yeah, 703 00:53:22.719 --> 00:53:24.280 just just the macaroni, and we want to give it kind of a 704 00:53:24.599 --> 00:53:30.039 you know, armadilla's like grubs almost kind of like a meaty you know, 705 00:53:30.239 --> 00:53:32.199 pro high protein, high oil, those kind of things, and it gives 706 00:53:32.239 --> 00:53:35.960 it that smell and they seem to like that. And I don't know, 707 00:53:36.079 --> 00:53:38.320 there are probably other things you could use. That's just the one over the 708 00:53:38.440 --> 00:53:43.760 years that in talking with people, I think seems to be pretty effective. 709 00:53:45.079 --> 00:53:49.719 Okay, all right now, if if all this fails, now I've you 710 00:53:49.800 --> 00:53:52.679 know, I've been all over the South and I can tell you for a 711 00:53:52.800 --> 00:53:57.159 fact that there are recipes for armadilla out there. If you've got a barbecue 712 00:53:57.239 --> 00:54:01.719 pit, that would be your last resort. Well, I don't move out 713 00:54:01.760 --> 00:54:06.239 of the country, that would be the best way to get rid of Okay, 714 00:54:06.599 --> 00:54:08.480 I'm just having some fun with you. Hey, thank you so much 715 00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:12.199 for the call. Ellen. I appreciate it. Thanks for your time. 716 00:54:12.280 --> 00:54:15.880 I enjoy your show. Will say, thank you very much. I appreciate 717 00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:20.880 that very much. You know Nelson Plat Foods. I was visiting with Dean 718 00:54:21.000 --> 00:54:22.960 the other day just talking about some of his products and things. They've got 719 00:54:23.039 --> 00:54:25.800 the color Star line. You've probably heard color Star. I mean, unless 720 00:54:25.800 --> 00:54:29.760 you've been hiding under a rock, you've heard of Color Star. They've got 721 00:54:29.800 --> 00:54:31.840 the Nutral Star line. They've got turf Star, which for your lawn of 722 00:54:31.920 --> 00:54:36.840 course, and even Nature Star, which is organic for Eliza line. Now 723 00:54:36.920 --> 00:54:39.159 in the turf, we're still recommending that's slow and easy. That's a twenty 724 00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:45.079 two two ten, twenty two two ten slow and easy. It gives you 725 00:54:45.159 --> 00:54:50.920 that gradual feed that I keep talking about all summer. We don't want to 726 00:54:51.079 --> 00:54:54.559 just over fertilize and get a lot of nitrogen down, and you want to 727 00:54:54.679 --> 00:54:59.840 go easy on it and you want it to gradually release. And that's What's 728 00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:02.880 and easy does. The twenty two two ten. You need five pounds per 729 00:55:02.960 --> 00:55:07.239 thousand square feet. That's all you need for now, five pounds per thousand 730 00:55:07.239 --> 00:55:09.840 square feet. Put that down, watered in, and it'll feed your lawn 731 00:55:09.960 --> 00:55:15.119 for a good time. And all the Nelson products are quality fertilizer. Dean 732 00:55:15.559 --> 00:55:21.000 you know from the beginning he designed his fertilizers to fit Texas conditions, to 733 00:55:21.119 --> 00:55:25.079 fit Texas A and M turf specialist recommendations. And that's exactly what slow and 734 00:55:25.159 --> 00:55:30.800 Easy will do. Let's head out to Southwest Houston. Now we're going to 735 00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:35.320 talk to Ellen. Hello, Ellen, good morning, How are you well? 736 00:55:35.400 --> 00:55:40.480 I'm well this morning. What's up great? I have a couple of 737 00:55:40.559 --> 00:55:47.119 questions about my vegetable garden. My egg plants are not doing well. The 738 00:55:47.320 --> 00:55:52.719 bush is huge, lots of flowers. But then I'll get just a little 739 00:55:53.239 --> 00:56:00.559 egg plant that won't grow and it's a funky color, isn't the heat? 740 00:56:00.920 --> 00:56:04.960 Yeah, that's the heat and the stress. So just make sure the fact 741 00:56:05.039 --> 00:56:07.559 that you have a big egg plant tells me you've been watering the thing. 742 00:56:07.199 --> 00:56:10.039 Just continue to do that. We're going to get a break in the temperature 743 00:56:10.079 --> 00:56:14.559 and you're going to get some more egg plants setting on that plant, all 744 00:56:14.639 --> 00:56:21.119 right. And the same with my oakra that I planted from seeds are about 745 00:56:21.199 --> 00:56:27.719 four feet tall, great stems, am I. But I haven't gotten any 746 00:56:27.840 --> 00:56:32.039 flowers or any oak or yet. But I maybe jumping the gun a little 747 00:56:32.280 --> 00:56:37.519 maybe do you This is probably hard to you know, recall back, But 748 00:56:37.599 --> 00:56:42.639 do you know how long ago you planted seed of okra? It was probably 749 00:56:43.360 --> 00:56:45.800 a couple of months. Oh wow, okay, well in sixty days you 750 00:56:45.800 --> 00:56:51.960 should definitely have fruit on okra. Some some cultivars are slower than others. 751 00:56:52.960 --> 00:56:57.119 I don't know. Just it's beautiful. Oh okay, if they look good, 752 00:56:57.480 --> 00:57:00.239 then just let's let it ride. Don't add more fertilizer right now. 753 00:57:00.360 --> 00:57:05.960 If they look good, they're okay, Just keep them moist and they'll they'll 754 00:57:06.000 --> 00:57:09.360 start setting. Okra is not affected by the heat. It will set pods 755 00:57:09.440 --> 00:57:13.800 even in the heat. So I would just give them a little more time. 756 00:57:15.039 --> 00:57:21.800 And my fruit trees, my lemon and I have an orange leaves are 757 00:57:21.840 --> 00:57:27.280 starting to get a little yellow set. Me need to fertilize them. A 758 00:57:27.480 --> 00:57:31.480 light fertilization would be okay, but I wouldn't I wouldn't do too much. 759 00:57:32.840 --> 00:57:37.960 That the yellowing could be due to, you know, the extreme heat and 760 00:57:38.079 --> 00:57:42.320 having to pump so much water. The sail gets a little on the dry 761 00:57:42.400 --> 00:57:45.599 side and it just can't get access to enough water to keep flowing. It 762 00:57:45.679 --> 00:57:51.000 could be that. It could be a number of things. But you just 763 00:57:51.119 --> 00:57:54.719 want to be careful when we have plants that are not fully cold hearty, 764 00:57:54.960 --> 00:57:59.480 you know, not always cold hearty. That would be citrus, for example, 765 00:58:00.400 --> 00:58:02.519 when you push him with a lot of fertilization. Let's say in September, 766 00:58:02.639 --> 00:58:07.280 you gave him a good fertilization, and you would promote a lot of 767 00:58:07.400 --> 00:58:10.800 late season flush of growth that would be very susceptible to the cold, compared 768 00:58:10.840 --> 00:58:15.840 to a plant that went into winter and had time to slow down and prepare 769 00:58:15.679 --> 00:58:19.880 and be it's hardy, heartiest that it can be for the winter. So 770 00:58:20.360 --> 00:58:25.000 go easier on the fertilizing. Uh, you know, just that's my best 771 00:58:25.039 --> 00:58:30.159 advice. Yeah, I may just hold off. You know, it's not 772 00:58:30.360 --> 00:58:34.280 bad, but I just you know, they look they look pretty healthy, 773 00:58:34.400 --> 00:58:37.679 so maybe I'll get a little bit more time. Yeah, I think I 774 00:58:37.719 --> 00:58:42.719 would eat. Well. Thank you all right, wonderful, Well good. 775 00:58:42.800 --> 00:58:46.480 I'm glad you plant. Sounds like you're having fun out there. I am, 776 00:58:46.719 --> 00:58:52.760 and the heat as best I can alright, thank you. I appreciate 777 00:58:52.840 --> 00:58:57.360 that call. Ellen, Thank you very much. You know, I'm always 778 00:58:57.400 --> 00:59:01.559 bragging on ACE Hardware because they have everything you need. They literally do for 779 00:59:01.639 --> 00:59:06.920 the lawn and garden or fertilizers or soils, the products you need to control 780 00:59:07.039 --> 00:59:09.639 and deal with pests and weeds and insects and diseases and things. They've got 781 00:59:09.719 --> 00:59:15.639 all that good selection to some gardening supplies too, you know, all the 782 00:59:15.760 --> 00:59:17.880 things you need to the tools and whatnot that you need. It's going to 783 00:59:17.880 --> 00:59:22.079 be at Ace Hardware. You can go to Ace Hardware dot com. That's 784 00:59:22.199 --> 00:59:28.760 Ace Hardware dot com and do their store locator and when you tell them where 785 00:59:28.800 --> 00:59:31.519 you live, they'll tell you where all the stores around you are. ACE 786 00:59:31.639 --> 00:59:36.039 Hardware has thirty nine stores here in the Houston area, so there's going to 787 00:59:36.079 --> 00:59:39.119 be two or three worth a drive to get to, if not across the 788 00:59:39.199 --> 00:59:44.039 street from you. With that many, and you can find what we're talking 789 00:59:44.079 --> 00:59:46.559 about here. I really, if you have not been into ACE, please 790 00:59:47.039 --> 00:59:51.960 just go check it out. Maybe you need some fertilizer or something. They're 791 00:59:52.000 --> 00:59:53.639 going to have it. But while you're in there, allow yourself some time 792 00:59:54.199 --> 01:00:00.559 because there is an unlimited supply of really cool prod. It is not your 793 01:00:00.679 --> 01:00:07.079 typical hardware store in terms of all we sell is electrical and plumbing and things 794 01:00:07.199 --> 01:00:09.519 like that. No, they've got that, but they've got everything else. 795 01:00:10.480 --> 01:00:15.920 Educated, helpful people that greet you and take you to the product you need. 796 01:00:15.320 --> 01:00:19.280 What more can you ask for it? Well, that's as hardware for 797 01:00:19.400 --> 01:00:40.079 you. Well it's time for NICKI News Network. We need music like Good 798 01:00:40.199 --> 01:00:46.159 Morning on a Saturday morning that is made for gardening. I hope you're out 799 01:00:46.199 --> 01:00:51.480 there with the radio, of course, getting a little bit of work done 800 01:00:51.639 --> 01:00:52.840 out in the garden while it's cool. You know, you don't take care 801 01:00:52.880 --> 01:01:00.000 of yourself. We we've got some incredibly high temperatures and things like heat stress, 802 01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:05.239 seat stroke, heat exhaustion. Those all sneak up on you. And 803 01:01:05.360 --> 01:01:08.559 I've been the invincible guy who yeah, I can take this. I'm doing 804 01:01:08.679 --> 01:01:13.800 fine. And one time, many years ago, I learned my lesson. 805 01:01:13.920 --> 01:01:17.920 I didn't have a heat stroke, but I did definitely have a heat exhaustion. 806 01:01:19.760 --> 01:01:22.400 And it just made me realize. When they say drink water, drink 807 01:01:22.440 --> 01:01:25.159 water, whether they're thirsty or not, keep drinking water. They're right. 808 01:01:27.159 --> 01:01:30.559 Trying to stay out of the sun during the hottest times of the day. 809 01:01:30.639 --> 01:01:36.239 Of course that's nice. Just take care of yourself. Also protect your skin. 810 01:01:36.440 --> 01:01:37.960 I sound like your mom, I know that, but hey, just 811 01:01:38.400 --> 01:01:44.159 bear with me on this one. Skin damage is cumulative and it's really true. 812 01:01:44.400 --> 01:01:45.760 And I know you get away with it. You know, when we're 813 01:01:45.800 --> 01:01:49.679 young, we're invincible. I used to run around with our shirt on and 814 01:01:49.880 --> 01:01:54.039 shorts and without shoes too, remember those days when your kids, Well, 815 01:01:54.719 --> 01:01:58.679 you get away with it then, but in time it catches up to you. 816 01:01:58.920 --> 01:02:01.480 And so why not texture skin. There's some high quality sunscreens. I 817 01:02:01.639 --> 01:02:06.440 like to wear big, broad brimmed hats. You've probably seen that if you've 818 01:02:06.480 --> 01:02:09.679 ever seen me. And long sleeve shirt's a good long sleeve cotton shirt in 819 01:02:09.760 --> 01:02:14.480 the summer is actually cooler than a short sleeve shirt. In my opinion, 820 01:02:14.920 --> 01:02:16.840 I wear those all the time when I'm out and about. So anyway, 821 01:02:17.400 --> 01:02:23.599 that's your public service announcement, not from mom, but from someone who you 822 01:02:23.639 --> 01:02:29.159 know wants to keep you around. Well, you're listening to Gardenline, and 823 01:02:29.239 --> 01:02:34.000 our goal here is to provide you with good quality information on how to do 824 01:02:34.159 --> 01:02:37.599 things right. And you've heard me a thousand times say it all begins with 825 01:02:37.639 --> 01:02:42.119 a soil. You've got to take care of your soil. That is very 826 01:02:42.239 --> 01:02:46.559 important, and it's true. It's like when you plan a plant, you've 827 01:02:46.599 --> 01:02:50.840 already chosen a spot that as sun or not. You've it drains well or 828 01:02:50.920 --> 01:02:54.079 done. You've improved the soil or you haven't. And if you don't do 829 01:02:54.239 --> 01:02:59.280 those those things right, if you don't take care of those things according to 830 01:02:59.360 --> 01:03:01.559 the plant you want to grow, you're not going to have success. And 831 01:03:02.039 --> 01:03:07.320 we want you to have success. So let's talk about the soil. Soil 832 01:03:07.519 --> 01:03:12.719 is critical and a good quality mix for whatever you're doing is important. It 833 01:03:12.800 --> 01:03:15.159 may just be you want to get some quality compost to mix into the soil. 834 01:03:15.760 --> 01:03:21.280 That helps a lot an enter or two of composts mixed into the soil 835 01:03:21.760 --> 01:03:25.239 will do wonders to really help your soil. I brag all the time about 836 01:03:25.519 --> 01:03:31.119 the age leaf mold compost. We're talking not about just chunky pieces of wood, 837 01:03:31.239 --> 01:03:37.519 like some cheap compost brands will try to send you that are just worthless, 838 01:03:37.599 --> 01:03:40.880 really just don't even bother with them. But an age leaf more compost 839 01:03:42.440 --> 01:03:45.280 that. Let's take heirloom soils for example. They know how to make a 840 01:03:45.360 --> 01:03:50.840 good quality age leaf more compost, and so you're talking about a compost that 841 01:03:50.960 --> 01:03:54.239 has had the time to truly age, not something that's rushed out, but 842 01:03:54.440 --> 01:03:59.400 something that is made from leaves. By the way, when we see mold 843 01:03:59.599 --> 01:04:02.079 leaf mold, we're not talking about like bread mold. We're talking about a 844 01:04:02.199 --> 01:04:06.880 leaf that is decomposed to the point where it is still recognizable as a little 845 01:04:06.920 --> 01:04:12.239 chocolate brown leaf maybe or bits and pieces of it, but it isn't fully 846 01:04:12.360 --> 01:04:16.079 composted yet. It's it's almost completed as cycle. But and then they screen 847 01:04:16.159 --> 01:04:19.800 it down. That's what we use to top dress our lawns. It works 848 01:04:19.880 --> 01:04:24.199 really well. And airloom soils has plenty of that. I mean, they 849 01:04:24.199 --> 01:04:29.280 have lots on hand. Now you can get them to bring maybe a supersack 850 01:04:29.360 --> 01:04:31.000 out to your place. They drop it in the driveway. It's a cubic 851 01:04:31.159 --> 01:04:36.320 yard of whatever the material is that they will deliver in a supersack to you 852 01:04:38.400 --> 01:04:41.400 right on the driveway, real clean, real easy. You don't have to 853 01:04:41.639 --> 01:04:45.400 rent a pickup or own a pickup to go get it. I think that's 854 01:04:45.400 --> 01:04:48.000 a great way. You can buy airloom soils by the bag, and they 855 01:04:48.519 --> 01:04:54.159 they're everywhere. I mean, they wide distribution. Not hard to find airloom 856 01:04:54.199 --> 01:04:59.559 soils anywhere. Now that they're open for bulk sales Monday through Saturday from seven 857 01:04:59.639 --> 01:05:02.239 am to five pm out at the porter location, you're going to find the 858 01:05:02.320 --> 01:05:05.719 bags everywhere else. And then you can order the super sax. I mean, 859 01:05:05.760 --> 01:05:09.920 there's a lot of ways to go about this. But whether you need 860 01:05:10.000 --> 01:05:14.199 a leafmo composts, it's quality aged. Whether you need a compost itself. 861 01:05:14.559 --> 01:05:17.880 You want to soil for vegetable gardens, you know there they have many, 862 01:05:17.920 --> 01:05:25.480 many mixes that are specifically designed to promote the most plant growth. That's airlimb 863 01:05:25.559 --> 01:05:30.679 soils. That's why we trust them. That's why they're so successful because you 864 01:05:30.760 --> 01:05:33.519 know, when you produce a quality product at a reasonable price. People are 865 01:05:33.599 --> 01:05:36.920 gonna They're gonna catch on and it is going to become a thing. And 866 01:05:38.079 --> 01:05:43.679 that is that is true of Airlimb soils. I've used their soils, always 867 01:05:43.719 --> 01:05:48.079 have good success with products that they produce. Our phone number is seven one 868 01:05:48.239 --> 01:05:53.559 three, two one two five eight seven four seven one three two and two 869 01:05:53.960 --> 01:05:58.719 fifty eight seventy four. Well, what are we gonna do? Talk about 870 01:05:58.719 --> 01:06:01.440 one hundred and three temperatures, no rain and plants that are just hanging on 871 01:06:01.639 --> 01:06:04.760 by a thread. I guess we can keep doing that. That's a little 872 01:06:04.760 --> 01:06:09.480 bit depressing. I'd rather talk about something positive, and that is that we've 873 01:06:09.559 --> 01:06:13.800 got really tough plants here that do well if we just hydrate them a good 874 01:06:14.159 --> 01:06:20.480 watering as needed, not frequent and light waterings, but good deep soakings infrequently 875 01:06:21.119 --> 01:06:25.320 that will get them through. And fall is coming. I'm just talking a 876 01:06:25.400 --> 01:06:30.800 minute ago, you know, with Ellen about all the vegetables and things that 877 01:06:30.880 --> 01:06:33.519 they're growing out there. I have another discussion with someone about fall planting, 878 01:06:34.280 --> 01:06:39.159 the things you can plant here. This is the time it's beginning. When 879 01:06:39.239 --> 01:06:42.679 we get into set late September, there's gonna be a lot of new things 880 01:06:42.719 --> 01:06:45.599 that we're putting in and then October and then November. So prepare your soul 881 01:06:45.719 --> 01:06:49.400 now, begin planting now if you want to get a warm season crop in 882 01:06:50.239 --> 01:06:55.960 and when fall comes, you already have plants. They're growing well. And 883 01:06:56.119 --> 01:07:00.639 here comes that cool front when everybody suddenly discovers that there are a gardner again. 884 01:07:00.519 --> 01:07:04.400 But you'll be ready because your garden has been well prepared. It is 885 01:07:04.599 --> 01:07:09.519 on its way to success. You did things at the right time, and 886 01:07:10.079 --> 01:07:14.400 I just can't I don't know what else to recommend beyond beyond that, Let's 887 01:07:14.440 --> 01:07:16.880 go out to Friendswood. Now we're going to talk to Jack. How's how's 888 01:07:16.920 --> 01:07:24.159 it going, Jack? It's going good. Appreciate you being there. Well, 889 01:07:24.239 --> 01:07:26.320 thank you. How can we help? By the way, Jack, 890 01:07:26.400 --> 01:07:29.239 I've got about a minute, and if we need to hang over pass break, 891 01:07:29.280 --> 01:07:31.559 I'll do that. But I just want to let you know, thank 892 01:07:31.599 --> 01:07:35.159 you. I've gotting mealy bugs on the hybiscus that I'm having a hard time 893 01:07:35.239 --> 01:07:42.559 getting rid of. Okay, well, they're a problem mealy bugs are you 894 01:07:42.639 --> 01:07:46.800 know it? When they're small, things like soaps and oils can help with 895 01:07:46.920 --> 01:07:51.920 the young ones, but they get that protective mealy fuzzy coating on them, 896 01:07:53.199 --> 01:07:56.199 and it's hard to get a product to them. You said they were on 897 01:07:56.320 --> 01:08:01.400 hybiscus, Yes, okay. You can use systemachs and the soil that go 898 01:08:01.679 --> 01:08:05.239 up in the plant and then meatly bugs sucking juices out of your plant so 899 01:08:05.360 --> 01:08:09.199 they get the poison. The poison not sprayed all over the plant. But 900 01:08:09.880 --> 01:08:14.280 any plant that is attracting pollinators, you'd rather not do that with because the 901 01:08:14.679 --> 01:08:18.439 content of that insecticide can get into the into the nectar or pollen you know, 902 01:08:18.600 --> 01:08:23.359 that that area and create a problem. So if you're if you're not 903 01:08:23.479 --> 01:08:28.039 doing pollinators, that would be an option. Otherwise it's a matter of just 904 01:08:28.319 --> 01:08:32.920 spraying directly on them. It is really hard to get them all because you're 905 01:08:32.960 --> 01:08:35.520 gonna have to spray, and then later on you're going have to spray again, 906 01:08:35.600 --> 01:08:40.000 and later on you're not to spray again. But just diligently staying on 907 01:08:40.119 --> 01:08:43.880 them and not letting them build up their numbers is a good thing. Now, 908 01:08:43.960 --> 01:08:46.560 they do have natural enemies, which often don't do the job, as 909 01:08:46.680 --> 01:08:49.760 in your case, they're not doing the job for you. But if we 910 01:08:49.840 --> 01:08:55.239 can build up those natural enemies that can help kind of keep them in control, 911 01:08:55.399 --> 01:09:01.479 keep them from being just an overwhelming kill your plant outbreak. All right, 912 01:09:01.960 --> 01:09:05.840 okay, so what this shouldn't I spray them with? What kind of 913 01:09:05.920 --> 01:09:10.079 systemic? I'm gonna I'm gonna put you on hold. I'm gonna have to 914 01:09:10.119 --> 01:09:13.000 go to break and I'll come right back with that answer. Our phone number 915 01:09:13.119 --> 01:09:26.640 is seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. Well, good 916 01:09:26.680 --> 01:09:30.720 Saturday morning. You are listening to garden Line and we are talking gardening. 917 01:09:30.800 --> 01:09:34.840 What a coincidence we're visiting with Jack out in Friendswood. Come back to Jack 918 01:09:34.920 --> 01:09:40.439 here on the media bed question. Jack, I'm gonna thinking about your call 919 01:09:41.000 --> 01:09:45.680 during the break and the I'm gonna tell you the name of the products that 920 01:09:45.880 --> 01:09:50.720 would be used on your hibiscus for mealy bugs, and then I'm gonna talk 921 01:09:50.760 --> 01:09:58.000 you out of it. Okay. So the the systemic would be in middo 922 01:09:58.119 --> 01:10:03.920 clo bred I AM I D A clo pr I D and there's many brands 923 01:10:03.960 --> 01:10:10.760 of that in mid o cloprid. The problem with it is it's so good 924 01:10:10.800 --> 01:10:15.840 against sucking insects, but mealy bugs it's partially good on them. I mean, 925 01:10:15.000 --> 01:10:17.760 you're not going to knock them out. With it, you're gonna have 926 01:10:17.800 --> 01:10:21.800 to repeat. And just that concern with pollinators, I just it just makes 927 01:10:21.840 --> 01:10:26.560 me uncomfortable to use that one. Then they're just the spray on insecticides. 928 01:10:26.680 --> 01:10:30.960 You know, synthetic perrethroids and things will do some good, but not a 929 01:10:31.079 --> 01:10:35.159 lot. And the negative of those is meaty bugs have a lot of natural 930 01:10:35.319 --> 01:10:40.840 enemies. And every time you you basically knuke a plant to kill the mealy 931 01:10:40.920 --> 01:10:44.680 bugs, you partially get the mealy bugs. You wipe out the natural enemies, 932 01:10:44.720 --> 01:10:47.560 and then the mealy bugs become even more of a problem. So what 933 01:10:47.680 --> 01:10:51.680 I would do as I would get a hand gun on the end of your 934 01:10:54.199 --> 01:10:58.880 garden hose, I hand gun sprayer, and I would just blast everyone you 935 01:10:59.039 --> 01:11:02.720 can off, I mean literally physically knock out everything you can, and then 936 01:11:02.920 --> 01:11:09.800 follow that up with you could use neme oil, you could use horticultural oil, 937 01:11:10.000 --> 01:11:14.560 or you can use even in secticidal soap sprays and just really get them 938 01:11:14.600 --> 01:11:17.960 on what's left in there. Those work best against the younger nymphs. So 939 01:11:18.079 --> 01:11:21.399 if you can blast a lot of the adults away and then be ready to 940 01:11:21.520 --> 01:11:24.680 do that and do that, just don't do it in the middle of the 941 01:11:24.760 --> 01:11:27.359 day when it's a hundred degrees, you'll burn your plants. So I would 942 01:11:27.439 --> 01:11:30.560 do it really late in the day or really really early in the morning with 943 01:11:30.720 --> 01:11:33.960 any of those three. The horticultural oil, neem oil. I'd probably use 944 01:11:34.000 --> 01:11:39.000 kneem oil or maybe even insexticidal soap, and then just be ready to do 945 01:11:39.079 --> 01:11:42.880 it again, because if you use the synthetic chemicals, you're gonna be doing 946 01:11:42.920 --> 01:11:45.159 it again anyway. But then it's going to be you and the mealy bugs, 947 01:11:45.199 --> 01:11:48.960 because when you kill a beneficial insect, you inherit its job. Okay, 948 01:11:49.800 --> 01:11:55.079 gotcha, gotcha, I'll do that, all right. That's they're a 949 01:11:55.199 --> 01:11:59.039 problem bug. That's one of those bugs we don't just have great silver bullets 950 01:11:59.119 --> 01:12:01.319 for. But that's okay. You can you can get them under control. 951 01:12:01.600 --> 01:12:06.279 Yeah, all right, sir, thank you, you bet, thank you 952 01:12:06.439 --> 01:12:11.800 for the call. I appreciate that well. I was driving down Houston streets. 953 01:12:11.840 --> 01:12:14.479 I always talking about this, but you know, it feels like you're 954 01:12:14.520 --> 01:12:18.199 going across the top of the Rocky mountains because the streets have heaved and shifted 955 01:12:18.359 --> 01:12:24.239 in the streets have you know, become real bumpy going down the street. 956 01:12:24.720 --> 01:12:27.800 That's our soil here, it shrinks in it swells. It breaks our water 957 01:12:27.920 --> 01:12:32.079 pipes. You know, the city works department is always when it's during an 958 01:12:32.159 --> 01:12:35.600 extended drought, go in and deal them with busted waterlines. Ever, because 959 01:12:35.640 --> 01:12:39.720 the soil is shifting around, well, it does the same thing to your 960 01:12:39.760 --> 01:12:47.039 house foundation. And we're fortunate to have a quality company in town that knows 961 01:12:47.479 --> 01:12:53.560 how to fix foundations properly. And that would be fix my slab foundation repair, 962 01:12:53.800 --> 01:12:57.880 Fix my slab foundation repair. Ty Strickland's owner. You can give him 963 01:12:57.920 --> 01:13:00.760 a call two eight one two five five forty nine, forty nine, or 964 01:13:00.840 --> 01:13:05.760 go to fixmslab dot com. That makes it easy. They've been doing this 965 01:13:05.880 --> 01:13:10.039 for twenty three years, I mean maybe. And here's what you look for. 966 01:13:10.319 --> 01:13:13.119 Is the door sticking. Do you see cracks on the brick outside? 967 01:13:13.159 --> 01:13:15.399 Do you see cracks in the sheet rock? Those are all signs you need 968 01:13:15.479 --> 01:13:19.680 someone in there quickly to take a look at it and tell you what's going 969 01:13:19.760 --> 01:13:24.520 on and what the procedure would be to getting it fixed. Now, they're 970 01:13:24.520 --> 01:13:28.279 committed to a fair price. They show up on time. Oh my gosh, 971 01:13:28.479 --> 01:13:31.560 that in and of itself is worth anyone in a service business. Oh 972 01:13:31.640 --> 01:13:35.159 my, that is so helpful. But they know what they're doing. They 973 01:13:35.279 --> 01:13:39.159 fix it right, they give you a fair price, they show up on 974 01:13:39.279 --> 01:13:44.319 time. Maybe it's your driveway or sidewalk to fix myslab dot com. Check 975 01:13:44.359 --> 01:13:45.800 them out. Don't delay. The problem not going to get better. It 976 01:13:45.920 --> 01:13:51.399 will get worse if you don't take care of it well. You're listening to 977 01:13:51.520 --> 01:13:57.880 garden Line. Our phone number is seven one three two one two five eight 978 01:13:58.279 --> 01:14:04.239 seven four seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. We love 979 01:14:04.319 --> 01:14:08.920 to brag on our feed stores here on garden Line, and I just think 980 01:14:09.000 --> 01:14:12.119 of them as our hometown feed stores. You know, whatever part of town 981 01:14:12.199 --> 01:14:15.800 you live in, there's a great feed store there to provide the kinds of 982 01:14:15.880 --> 01:14:19.119 service and the products you need. For those of you east of town, 983 01:14:19.640 --> 01:14:24.760 your hometown feed stores Texas Feeds dot No. They're they're out there on North 984 01:14:24.840 --> 01:14:29.319 Highway one forty six in mont Bellevue. So if you're out on I ten, 985 01:14:29.680 --> 01:14:32.399 go north on one forty six just a few minutes and they'll be there 986 01:14:32.479 --> 01:14:38.720 on the right hand side. Now, Brian and Hope Rhodes, first of 987 01:14:38.760 --> 01:14:44.079 all their delight and they really have created a great feed store. All the 988 01:14:44.159 --> 01:14:45.960 products you're going to need. Products we talk about here. You're going to 989 01:14:46.039 --> 01:14:49.000 find them there and more. Hey, if you're a hunter and you're looking 990 01:14:49.079 --> 01:14:53.520 for getting ready for the deer leash or something, boy, do they ever 991 01:14:53.720 --> 01:15:00.520 have a selection of equipment and livestock, food, different things like out all 992 01:15:00.600 --> 01:15:04.279 out there, Texas Feed Stop. They're going to have all our fertilizers, 993 01:15:04.359 --> 01:15:06.840 as I say that, all our products, are going to have the pesticides 994 01:15:06.880 --> 01:15:12.199 you need for various kinds of issues. And they carry it out for you. 995 01:15:12.399 --> 01:15:15.840 I mean, they treat you like family when you go in and go 996 01:15:15.079 --> 01:15:18.000 in there and don't just you know, pass through to grab a product. 997 01:15:18.600 --> 01:15:23.279 Talk to the folks. They you will find out why I say. They're 998 01:15:23.399 --> 01:15:26.880 just such a delight and they make it fun to shop. They make you 999 01:15:27.000 --> 01:15:30.680 feel welcome. And that's the kind of business we like to go into. 1000 01:15:30.760 --> 01:15:38.479 And that's exactly what Texas Feed Stop is that kind of business. Well, 1001 01:15:38.760 --> 01:15:41.800 again, we're in the season where we talk about oh it's hot, oh 1002 01:15:41.880 --> 01:15:45.199 it doesn't rain. And you know, when you're a farmer or a gardener, 1003 01:15:45.359 --> 01:15:47.680 you always have something to complain about. Too cold, too hot, 1004 01:15:47.800 --> 01:15:53.000 too dry, too wet, too much pestilence, too much disease, whatever's 1005 01:15:53.039 --> 01:15:56.560 going through. But we can overcome all those things. You know, good 1006 01:15:56.640 --> 01:16:02.279 cultural practices, making sure that you prepare the soil, buying plants that want 1007 01:16:02.279 --> 01:16:06.439 to grow here. That is important. And you know, I don't want 1008 01:16:06.439 --> 01:16:10.840 to sit here and just trash national companies by name. I'm not going to 1009 01:16:10.920 --> 01:16:14.159 do that. But you know who we're talking about. They get in plants. 1010 01:16:14.279 --> 01:16:17.840 They sell the same plants all throughout a huge region because headquarters is ordering 1011 01:16:17.880 --> 01:16:21.079 them from everybody. And you go in and you find things that shouldn't be 1012 01:16:21.159 --> 01:16:26.319 planted here. Well, a quality mom and pop feed store the kind or 1013 01:16:26.760 --> 01:16:30.359 garden center, the kind we're talking about here, that's not what happens. 1014 01:16:30.680 --> 01:16:33.560 They get plants that grow here, and they have staff that know how to 1015 01:16:33.680 --> 01:16:36.800 direct you. And an example of that for those of you living up in 1016 01:16:36.840 --> 01:16:42.680 the Montgomery area, Lake Conro, even Conro, all through that region, 1017 01:16:42.920 --> 01:16:46.840 your hometown nursery garden center is A and A Plants and Produce. They're on 1018 01:16:46.920 --> 01:16:50.279 the east side of Montgomery. You've probably seen them as you're driving up down 1019 01:16:50.319 --> 01:16:55.680 one oh five on north side of one oh five, just outside of Montgomery. 1020 01:16:56.680 --> 01:17:00.119 If you live in Lake Lake Conro, if you live in Walden or 1021 01:17:00.119 --> 01:17:02.560 April Sound, any of those neighborhoods, even at you know, Woodlands, 1022 01:17:02.600 --> 01:17:08.239 Magnolia, the whole area. This is a place you need to check out. 1023 01:17:08.560 --> 01:17:11.479 They just keep getting better. I mean they've been doing this for thirty 1024 01:17:11.560 --> 01:17:15.159 years. But now you want to walk through three acres filled the shade trees 1025 01:17:15.239 --> 01:17:18.720 and fruit and nut trees and vegetable herb plants. Oh my gosh, hundreds 1026 01:17:18.800 --> 01:17:23.880 of types of perennials and annuals, palm trees and so on. Do you 1027 01:17:23.960 --> 01:17:28.600 need some stuff let's call it petio petio bling, you know what I'm talking 1028 01:17:28.600 --> 01:17:33.000 about. Maybe at Chimeneia or maybe some arches, a gazebo, topiaris all 1029 01:17:33.039 --> 01:17:36.279 that kind of stuff. Whimsical yard art. They've got that too. Seven 1030 01:17:36.359 --> 01:17:40.359 days a week, nine to five. You can't beat that. Seven days 1031 01:17:40.359 --> 01:17:43.560 a week, nine to five. A and A Plants on Produce again in 1032 01:17:43.640 --> 01:17:47.920 Montgomery, just east on Highway one oh five, just east of Montgomery. 1033 01:17:48.439 --> 01:17:50.760 Go there and see what I'm talking about. When you drive up, you're 1034 01:17:50.800 --> 01:17:55.520 going to see color everywhere. That's color that grows here, that does well 1035 01:17:55.600 --> 01:17:59.119 here, because that's what they do at A and A Plants and Produce. 1036 01:18:00.039 --> 01:18:03.359 Well, we're gonna take a little break. I am so glad you're listening 1037 01:18:03.399 --> 01:18:05.880 to garden Line. I hope you're enjoying it. I hope you'll tell your 1038 01:18:05.960 --> 01:18:11.439 friends, your neighbors about it too. We need more folks listening. When 1039 01:18:11.439 --> 01:18:15.239 I go out and I see horticulture malpractice, you know, like somebody that 1040 01:18:15.520 --> 01:18:18.720 why on earth did they plant that? Why did they why did they do 1041 01:18:18.920 --> 01:18:24.600 that in their landscape? We get calls like that, and it just makes 1042 01:18:24.640 --> 01:18:28.880 me Rex Mahart, if you will, because I realize somebody has gone out 1043 01:18:28.960 --> 01:18:34.119 with enthusiasm to garden and they've not been well advised and now they're discouraged. 1044 01:18:34.439 --> 01:18:39.239 They just spent money on things they're probably gonna have to redo. That's why 1045 01:18:39.279 --> 01:18:41.720 we're here on garden Line. That's what we're like for you to tell you 1046 01:18:41.760 --> 01:18:45.439 your family and your friends to listen. We gotta folks that listen all over 1047 01:18:45.520 --> 01:18:49.920 the area wide area, even out of state. But you can also listen 1048 01:18:50.000 --> 01:18:58.960 to us by podcast, so check that out on your podcast out KATRH garden 1049 01:18:59.000 --> 01:19:01.399 Line. It's not necessary early endorse any of the products or services advertised on 1050 01:19:01.479 --> 01:19:10.239 this program. Welcome to ktr H garden Line with scarp Rictor. It's all 1051 01:19:10.720 --> 01:19:31.199 crazy trip, just watching as a wood, so many seas in fibers comes 1052 01:19:31.239 --> 01:19:41.560 back taking a well good morning on a beautiful Saturday morning, that is a 1053 01:19:41.960 --> 01:19:44.880 good day for garden. You know, I think every day is good to 1054 01:19:44.880 --> 01:19:49.319 take for garden line because it is whether you're gardening indoors or outdoors. Indoors 1055 01:19:49.640 --> 01:19:53.560 is not a bad way to garden either. I think a lot of people 1056 01:19:53.640 --> 01:19:56.199 when they when they think of gardening, you know, of course they think 1057 01:19:56.239 --> 01:19:59.079 I'd be an outside, But hey, you can start plants inside. In 1058 01:19:59.159 --> 01:20:01.600 fact, if you want, right now be a good time to start broccoli, 1059 01:20:01.720 --> 01:20:06.800 cabbage, cauliflower called Robbie russell sprouts, all those kind of blue leaf 1060 01:20:06.880 --> 01:20:11.439 vegetables that we will be planting as we get into the early part of fall. 1061 01:20:12.399 --> 01:20:15.000 So go ahead and get those things started. You can have a beautiful 1062 01:20:15.039 --> 01:20:19.439 old transplant that's ready to go in. One advantage of starting things from seed 1063 01:20:19.600 --> 01:20:24.239 is you can plant varieties that you can't find locally. Now that doesn't mean 1064 01:20:24.359 --> 01:20:27.159 the ones you find locally aren't worth planning. They don't. They are, 1065 01:20:27.800 --> 01:20:30.720 But it's just saying, you know, maybe there's some new tomato that you 1066 01:20:31.039 --> 01:20:34.159 just heard about and you want to try it out. Well, it may 1067 01:20:34.199 --> 01:20:39.479 not be available yet in the transplant market locally, so you can start them 1068 01:20:39.520 --> 01:20:43.079 yourself. That's one advantage of it. Plus it's just fun. I know 1069 01:20:43.399 --> 01:20:45.279 a lot of people like the convenience. I'm just gonna go buy transplant. 1070 01:20:45.359 --> 01:20:49.319 That's fine, Absolutely fine, go for it. Do that a lot of 1071 01:20:49.359 --> 01:20:54.439 plants. That's just the simplest way to go about it. But just remember 1072 01:20:55.199 --> 01:20:59.359 it's still a time for gardening because we're getting ready for fall. You know, 1073 01:21:00.920 --> 01:21:05.479 when it comes to a quality piece of equipment for a small piece of 1074 01:21:05.520 --> 01:21:10.239 property that you own, we're talking about equipment. I'm talking about a tractor 1075 01:21:10.399 --> 01:21:13.640 and the things that go along with it. You're not going to do better 1076 01:21:13.760 --> 01:21:17.640 than a Cabota from Lansdowne Moody. The nice thing one of the nice things 1077 01:21:17.640 --> 01:21:21.600 about Lansdowne Moody is there's a number of locations around the area, so you 1078 01:21:21.640 --> 01:21:24.840 don't have to dry it at Timbuct two to find one. I mean, 1079 01:21:24.880 --> 01:21:30.239 there's a number of Lansdowne locations. They are a prime dealer of the Caboda 1080 01:21:30.359 --> 01:21:34.479 tractor. The excellent selection and supply. They've got that L twenty five O 1081 01:21:34.680 --> 01:21:41.960 one that I've been bragging on lately, that particular tractor is just a it's 1082 01:21:42.079 --> 01:21:44.760 just a gem. I like to call it a sweet ride if you know 1083 01:21:44.840 --> 01:21:46.880 what I'm talking about. That if you need to haul bags of malts, 1084 01:21:46.960 --> 01:21:53.359 fence posts, you know, anything like if you need to maybe brushhog or 1085 01:21:53.439 --> 01:21:59.560 mow through an area, all those kinds of attachments can be put with your 1086 01:21:59.600 --> 01:22:03.720 Cabota a tractor to create exactly the package that you need. Now, they've 1087 01:22:03.760 --> 01:22:08.600 got a special deal on the Caboto twenty five oh one and that is zero 1088 01:22:08.760 --> 01:22:12.159 down, zero interest for eighty four months. That's seven years, folks, 1089 01:22:12.760 --> 01:22:15.159 eighty four months, and I gonna last forever. It's going to take it. 1090 01:22:15.199 --> 01:22:16.960 They're gonna carry it in to Fall for a while. But don't delay 1091 01:22:17.079 --> 01:22:20.520 on that. You can go to Lansdown Moody. You can go to the 1092 01:22:20.560 --> 01:22:25.359 website and go to LM tractor dot com. Or you can go to Caboda 1093 01:22:25.479 --> 01:22:30.079 USA just to learn more about cabodas. But Caboda and Landsdown what a combination. 1094 01:22:30.439 --> 01:22:35.680 As we say, hands down, it's Landsdown and you go drive by, 1095 01:22:35.800 --> 01:22:40.000 do me a favor, go by, drive by, stop and just 1096 01:22:40.279 --> 01:22:42.960 ask to sit on one. Just ask and they'll let you do that. 1097 01:22:44.119 --> 01:22:46.000 Just kind of get a feel for what I'm talking about. You'll see why 1098 01:22:46.399 --> 01:22:54.279 I say it's a sweet ride, and I'm so enthusiastic about the quality and 1099 01:22:55.199 --> 01:22:59.600 in this case, the unbelievable deal that they're offering out there. We're gonna 1100 01:22:59.640 --> 01:23:02.479 head out. Let's see, let's go out to Southwest Houston and we're going 1101 01:23:02.560 --> 01:23:08.239 to talk to Alicia. Hello, Alicia, Hello, I am so glad 1102 01:23:08.279 --> 01:23:12.600 that you are there and reminding me about the co Robi. I had some 1103 01:23:12.720 --> 01:23:16.159 wonderful growing one year, so I'll go get some immediately. That's right, 1104 01:23:16.920 --> 01:23:21.039 Alicia. Do you know that in thirty four years of doing gardening advice, 1105 01:23:21.239 --> 01:23:26.039 radio writing and all that stuff, I've never once had someone call me about 1106 01:23:26.039 --> 01:23:30.039 their co Robbie. Well, that's why I called. At least you mentioned 1107 01:23:30.079 --> 01:23:35.399 it, so go ahead with what you call for. I called because I 1108 01:23:35.560 --> 01:23:40.880 was feeling bad about the man, the gentleman that was distraught about his pecan 1109 01:23:41.039 --> 01:23:45.079 tree and it's shooting. I have three pecan trees. I live in this 1110 01:23:45.359 --> 01:23:50.319 in Southwest just outside the Loop, and I have a paper show and two 1111 01:23:50.439 --> 01:23:56.279 regular both. All three of them are about eighty feet tall, very mature. 1112 01:23:56.680 --> 01:24:00.920 They where I am, the water table is about thirty feet down and 1113 01:24:00.000 --> 01:24:03.159 these guys put their tap root down and they're happy as anything. They got 1114 01:24:03.239 --> 01:24:08.640 leaves coming everywhere. But they are shedding. They're shedding these little bitty black 1115 01:24:10.039 --> 01:24:14.560 the cons and that's from last year, the ones that didn't mature last year. 1116 01:24:15.359 --> 01:24:18.640 So yeah, I took some binoculars and I looked at both trees because 1117 01:24:18.720 --> 01:24:21.800 every year they don't make, you know, they do when they want to. 1118 01:24:23.680 --> 01:24:26.720 And I looked at the paper shell. I don't see any beacons on 1119 01:24:26.800 --> 01:24:29.319 that one. But the other two are loaded. We're going to have a 1120 01:24:29.359 --> 01:24:32.479 bumper crop this year. And my neighbor on the back on my back door 1121 01:24:32.560 --> 01:24:36.720 neighbor has another tree in the front. It's the same variety as the large 1122 01:24:38.079 --> 01:24:41.479 ones that I have, are not the paper shell, and hers is only 1123 01:24:41.560 --> 01:24:46.880 about twenty five feet tall and it's making also, So the shedding is shouldn't 1124 01:24:46.880 --> 01:24:50.359 be. You shouldn't be sitting, you know, said, take some binoculars 1125 01:24:50.399 --> 01:24:56.239 and look at your tree. You'd probably be surprised. If the leaves are 1126 01:24:56.640 --> 01:25:00.640 are dead and crumpled up, then it is suffering from water. There's a 1127 01:25:00.680 --> 01:25:04.840 problem. But mine, they're just solid as anything. I love them. 1128 01:25:05.279 --> 01:25:09.399 Well, good sounds like you've got you know, at that age of tree. 1129 01:25:09.560 --> 01:25:14.479 Wow, what a prize. Oh well, I bought the property because 1130 01:25:14.560 --> 01:25:16.960 I've never owned a property it, never owned a tree in a factory of 1131 01:25:17.000 --> 01:25:20.119 them. I am happy as a clam. Well, good, well, 1132 01:25:20.159 --> 01:25:25.279 Alicia, I'm glad to hear that. And uh, I guess you're set 1133 01:25:25.359 --> 01:25:28.920 up ready to have some holiday baking going on. But you know you're gonna 1134 01:25:29.279 --> 01:25:31.199 you're gonna you have to deal with the squirrels. I'm sure you're familiar with 1135 01:25:31.319 --> 01:25:36.159 that. Well, I got a trick for that. I bought some roof 1136 01:25:36.479 --> 01:25:45.680 roof flashing two feet wide and fifty feet long, and I had some professional 1137 01:25:45.800 --> 01:25:49.800 tree person wrap it when it started right by my roofline so they can't jump 1138 01:25:49.880 --> 01:25:53.359 from the roof on, wrap it all the way up to where it was 1139 01:25:53.439 --> 01:25:57.039 too high they couldn't get in it. And one time I've got two cats 1140 01:25:57.119 --> 01:25:59.880 that had little privileges. In the morning when I'm having coffee in my back, 1141 01:26:00.119 --> 01:26:03.920 Jarge and my two pwin cats cornered a squirrel and he tried to run 1142 01:26:04.000 --> 01:26:08.079 up the tree, and I got videos and screaming at the cats. They 1143 01:26:08.159 --> 01:26:12.000 double They sat there and triangulated him and wouldn't not let him down for at 1144 01:26:12.039 --> 01:26:15.640 least up till they got Oh, man, I bet he use language that 1145 01:26:15.760 --> 01:26:19.079 no one should have to hear, because squirrels will really fuss at you if 1146 01:26:19.119 --> 01:26:23.000 they don't like what's going on. Oh, he's first and first, But 1147 01:26:23.079 --> 01:26:27.000 I laughed. I was laughing and laughing myself as the work. Well that's 1148 01:26:27.079 --> 01:26:30.479 great. Well, thanks for that's a that is a good information. And 1149 01:26:31.000 --> 01:26:33.920 really enjoyed visiting with you. Thank you very much for your colleagues. I 1150 01:26:34.000 --> 01:26:41.359 appreciate that. We let's see, we are gonna believe we Yeah, let's 1151 01:26:41.399 --> 01:26:45.560 go out to Cyprus and talk to Sandy. Hello, Sandy, high skip, 1152 01:26:45.720 --> 01:26:51.039 good morning, Good morning. I have a couple of questions. The 1153 01:26:51.439 --> 01:27:00.000 first one is my halapinions and bel Peppert aren't growing big as they did at 1154 01:27:00.039 --> 01:27:06.680 the beginning of the summer. I'm fertilizing, I'm regularly. Maybe I'm doing 1155 01:27:06.720 --> 01:27:14.000 it too much, okay, But and then I switched fertilizers. I don't 1156 01:27:14.039 --> 01:27:19.000 know if that's it, but my local ace didn't carry the one that I 1157 01:27:19.760 --> 01:27:23.840 was using at the beginning. Hey, Sandy, and I'm not Sandy. 1158 01:27:23.880 --> 01:27:27.119 I'm gonna have to cut in. I am horrible at watching o'clock and I'm 1159 01:27:27.199 --> 01:27:30.079 just looking now and I've passed when I'm supposed to take a little break. 1160 01:27:30.359 --> 01:27:32.479 Will you hold on to that thought and let's come right back and we will 1161 01:27:32.640 --> 01:27:35.840 we will dive in. You are listening to garden Line. I'm your host, 1162 01:27:35.920 --> 01:27:58.199 Skip Ricter seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. Well, 1163 01:27:58.399 --> 01:28:01.600 good morning on a Saturday morning for gardening. We are going to go 1164 01:28:01.760 --> 01:28:05.239 back now to Sandy in Cyprus. Hello Sandy. Sorry we had to cut 1165 01:28:05.279 --> 01:28:13.720 off there. That's okay. I was wondering why my bell peppers. They 1166 01:28:14.000 --> 01:28:18.880 at the beginning of the summer, they were getting real big and you know, 1167 01:28:19.039 --> 01:28:24.079 staying green and stuff. Now they're so small. I've got a lot 1168 01:28:24.159 --> 01:28:27.920 of bell peppers, but they're small and they turn red. If I don't 1169 01:28:28.000 --> 01:28:32.199 pick them while they're small, then they get that root rot. And I'm 1170 01:28:32.239 --> 01:28:41.479 not sure I fertilize them. I've switched fertilizers because the ACE hardware didn't have 1171 01:28:41.640 --> 01:28:44.920 a fertilizer I was using, So I'm not sure if that has something to 1172 01:28:45.000 --> 01:28:50.279 do with it. Okay, Well, so fertilizing is good. Sandy, 1173 01:28:50.479 --> 01:28:56.880 do you have your radio on in the background. I'm getting somewhere I would 1174 01:28:58.199 --> 01:29:02.760 okay, now. So bottom line is it, peppers are going to do 1175 01:29:02.880 --> 01:29:08.800 that in the summer. It's just too hot and as plants get stressed. 1176 01:29:08.920 --> 01:29:14.479 As pepper plants get stressed, it having smaller fruit is not unusual. They 1177 01:29:14.600 --> 01:29:17.319 will resume making nice large fruit when we get a little bit of a break 1178 01:29:17.359 --> 01:29:19.760 in the weather here in about a month. So hang on to them. 1179 01:29:20.479 --> 01:29:25.119 A nice sized plant is going to set a lot of fruit, and if 1180 01:29:25.199 --> 01:29:29.439 the frost will delay, you may have peppers all the way up into Thanksgiving 1181 01:29:29.520 --> 01:29:33.279 and who knows, probably later than that. So just stick with those. 1182 01:29:34.319 --> 01:29:38.520 You said you did fertilize it. You didn't find the fertilizer you want it, 1183 01:29:38.600 --> 01:29:44.039 but you did fertilize them or not, I fertilize them. Like at 1184 01:29:44.079 --> 01:29:47.439 the beginning of the summer, I was fertilizing m probably once a week or 1185 01:29:47.479 --> 01:29:53.840 once every ten days, and I got a lot of fruit. But I 1186 01:29:54.319 --> 01:30:00.760 switched because Ace hasn't had the fertilizer that I had, okay, been using, 1187 01:30:00.279 --> 01:30:05.239 and so I had to buy whatever they had, Okay, And I 1188 01:30:05.680 --> 01:30:15.960 think it's heat combination. Say that what combination? Like the heat and meat 1189 01:30:15.960 --> 01:30:20.439 switching? Oh, fertilizers. Yeah, I don't think the fertilizer is a 1190 01:30:20.479 --> 01:30:24.800 big part of this change. I think that you know, if you bought 1191 01:30:24.840 --> 01:30:27.800 a fertilizer dace, I'm going to believe that it was a good fertilizer. 1192 01:30:28.079 --> 01:30:30.840 I could recommend some to you if you want to start fertilizing again going into 1193 01:30:30.880 --> 01:30:33.960 fall. There's not a bad it's not a bad time to go ahead and 1194 01:30:34.039 --> 01:30:36.520 give them a little bit of a boost, a very light dose, and 1195 01:30:36.560 --> 01:30:41.840 then you can do another light dose a few weeks later and just continue to 1196 01:30:42.119 --> 01:30:46.479 encourage those plants to stay healthy and to continue to grow. And water is 1197 01:30:46.560 --> 01:30:49.720 the most important thing, more important than fertilizer, believe it or not. 1198 01:30:50.560 --> 01:30:57.680 But but adding good nutrition would probably help. So, okay, what do 1199 01:30:57.760 --> 01:31:01.800 you recommend? I would say number one, Nelson's makes a very good quality 1200 01:31:02.199 --> 01:31:06.479 vegetable plant food. They make one that's organic, and they make one that's 1201 01:31:06.520 --> 01:31:13.000 synthetic that would do well. We have a lot of good fertilizers around here, 1202 01:31:13.119 --> 01:31:15.479 but I would I'd probably look at one of those. They'll produce them 1203 01:31:15.600 --> 01:31:19.840 in a little plastic jar you know where you you just scoop it out and 1204 01:31:19.960 --> 01:31:25.119 sprinkle it on. Yeah, And my gardens, I often use a turf 1205 01:31:25.199 --> 01:31:28.880 type fertilizer too. I mean it it's got a good boost of nitrogen. 1206 01:31:29.000 --> 01:31:32.039 That's one has in a little higher middle number. And so whether are you 1207 01:31:32.199 --> 01:31:39.159 particularly looking for organic or synthetic or does it matter? Now? But I 1208 01:31:39.319 --> 01:31:45.880 was using that job tomato and vegetable. Uh huh, I don't it's it's 1209 01:31:45.560 --> 01:31:50.199 it's spell job e s Yes, I know it. Are using the spice, 1210 01:31:51.640 --> 01:31:55.479 was it spice? No? I was using that now, I was 1211 01:31:55.600 --> 01:31:59.680 using their little granules. Okay, Well, I mean that's fine. I 1212 01:32:00.039 --> 01:32:03.720 I happen to think a little more highly of the Nelson fertilizers for vegetables that 1213 01:32:03.800 --> 01:32:08.760 we're talking about here. But you know it, we got a lot of 1214 01:32:08.800 --> 01:32:13.960 good quality ones, and so I don't I don't think the problem is is 1215 01:32:14.119 --> 01:32:17.720 fertilizing, but I do think you should do some fertilizing now. Uh And 1216 01:32:18.159 --> 01:32:29.039 in a small can I ask you another question? My blueberry? I haven't 1217 01:32:29.119 --> 01:32:33.680 seen a blueberry in like two three months, but the plant is just getting 1218 01:32:33.880 --> 01:32:39.800 used. Can I prune it? I would wait until winter, you said 1219 01:32:39.840 --> 01:32:45.119 blueberry? Right, Yeah, you're you're talking about the fruiting blueberry. I 1220 01:32:45.199 --> 01:32:46.840 just want to make sure I've got the right plant. Okay, So what 1221 01:32:47.159 --> 01:32:53.960 we do with blueberries is in the winter time we remove all the little twiggy 1222 01:32:54.079 --> 01:32:57.039 growth and you'll you'll know when you look at it, you know, you 1223 01:32:57.159 --> 01:33:00.399 have some the normal size of new growth, healthy growth, and then you 1224 01:33:00.479 --> 01:33:04.720 get this little twiggy stuff. Remove all that. If your plant is more 1225 01:33:04.840 --> 01:33:11.640 than four years old, I would remove one fifth of the canes back to 1226 01:33:11.760 --> 01:33:17.000 the ground. Okay, so after about five years you're you're getting some older 1227 01:33:17.159 --> 01:33:21.239 canes that tend to not be as vigorous and productive, and so you would 1228 01:33:21.239 --> 01:33:24.760 just go all the way to the ground and cut one out. And I'm 1229 01:33:25.039 --> 01:33:27.920 not one fifth, you know, so you're not doing more than a twenty 1230 01:33:28.000 --> 01:33:32.119 percent reduction of the whole bush. But that's after it reaches that age. 1231 01:33:32.199 --> 01:33:36.920 In the meantime, just prune out the twiggy growth. If they're getting too 1232 01:33:38.000 --> 01:33:44.159 tall, it's just the species of blueberry. You probably have a rabbit eye 1233 01:33:44.399 --> 01:33:46.800 in that case from the if it's getting tall, that's probably a rabbit eye 1234 01:33:47.119 --> 01:33:51.039 type. And you just have good soil and you're taking care of it. 1235 01:33:51.199 --> 01:33:56.920 Right. Yeah, it's in a pot and so I can't even see my 1236 01:33:57.039 --> 01:34:02.640 pot to good night. Well you you really you must have two green thumbs, 1237 01:34:04.119 --> 01:34:08.800 So that's good. Yeah, blueberries in a pot can be a challenge, 1238 01:34:08.840 --> 01:34:11.520 obviously, you got that nailed down. A lot of people forget to 1239 01:34:11.640 --> 01:34:15.840 water them and they get dry and that stresses them and so on. All 1240 01:34:15.960 --> 01:34:20.600 righty okay, thank you so much, Thank you, Bet, thank you, 1241 01:34:20.680 --> 01:34:25.720 Sandy. I appreciate that very much. Yeah. Up up in the 1242 01:34:25.920 --> 01:34:31.319 Cypress area, there are a couple of excellent, excellent ACE Hardware stores. 1243 01:34:31.359 --> 01:34:34.920 I know the M and D supply up there on Luetta is a good one. 1244 01:34:35.239 --> 01:34:39.000 I used to live a little south of that, and we went to 1245 01:34:39.079 --> 01:34:43.159 the Jones Road Cypress. Ace Hardware two good ones. But hey, with 1246 01:34:43.359 --> 01:34:46.359 ACE, you only have thirty nine to choose from all over Houston, so 1247 01:34:46.520 --> 01:34:50.680 it's not hard to find one in your area. They carry a wide variety 1248 01:34:50.760 --> 01:34:54.199 of these fertilizers, a lot of the ones we talk about here. You 1249 01:34:54.239 --> 01:34:58.000 know, they're gonna have your microlife, You're Nelson's, your your nitrofoss. 1250 01:34:58.880 --> 01:35:04.279 They're gonna probably also have a pretty good supply of the Medina products as well. 1251 01:35:04.399 --> 01:35:08.880 And you you just can't go wrong with ACE. I mean, go 1252 01:35:09.000 --> 01:35:12.119 to Ace hardware dot com, look for their store locator and find the one 1253 01:35:12.199 --> 01:35:15.359 near you. But if I talk about a fertilizer here, if I talk 1254 01:35:15.399 --> 01:35:18.720 about bags of a mulch and compost and things like that, they're going to 1255 01:35:18.800 --> 01:35:24.520 have them at ACE and everything else. You need to make your outside really 1256 01:35:24.960 --> 01:35:28.479 a fun place to be. And believe it or not, this hundred degrees 1257 01:35:28.640 --> 01:35:31.039 is gonna go away and we're gonna want to go hang out on the patio. 1258 01:35:31.239 --> 01:35:33.560 I don't know. I you know, it's so hot. I've been 1259 01:35:33.640 --> 01:35:38.039 doing a lot of grilling lately, and I'm looking forward to getting back outside 1260 01:35:38.079 --> 01:35:41.720 and doing some more grilling before it gets cold. And ACE has the supplies 1261 01:35:41.800 --> 01:35:46.000 for that as well. Not hard to find quality products and lots of them 1262 01:35:46.600 --> 01:35:50.479 when you go into an ACE hardware store. Our phone number seven one three 1263 01:35:50.840 --> 01:35:57.159 two one two fifty eight seventy four seven one three two one two five eight 1264 01:35:57.720 --> 01:36:03.279 seven four. I was sitting with my wife in the living room the other 1265 01:36:03.359 --> 01:36:09.039 day and low and behold, from around the fireplace, which was not on, 1266 01:36:09.239 --> 01:36:13.159 by the way, I'm not that crazy, it comes a cockroach runner 1267 01:36:13.199 --> 01:36:17.960 across the floor, and of course our two Golden retrievers immediately went right into 1268 01:36:18.039 --> 01:36:23.159 battle. Well, for them, battle means playing with its, sniffing it 1269 01:36:23.279 --> 01:36:26.600 and watching it crawl all over the house. I need to teach them how 1270 01:36:26.680 --> 01:36:29.960 to retrieve cockroaches and put them in the trash, but they don't do that. 1271 01:36:30.359 --> 01:36:32.720 But I'll tell you who can't help you with your cockroaches. That's Scott 1272 01:36:32.800 --> 01:36:35.800 McGrath. You know McGrath pest Control. They've been around a long time. 1273 01:36:36.000 --> 01:36:42.079 They know exactly what they're doing, and it's that old fashioned service. It's 1274 01:36:42.159 --> 01:36:45.000 the stuff I keep bragging on. You call Scott McGrath, they don't say, 1275 01:36:45.119 --> 01:36:49.039 well, hold your whole Saturday afternoon, we may be there. No, 1276 01:36:49.279 --> 01:36:53.199 they say the time they're going to be there and they show up at 1277 01:36:53.279 --> 01:36:56.520 that time. That's why they're so highly rated. In addition to the fact 1278 01:36:56.560 --> 01:37:00.199 they know what they're doing, they do a good job with McGrath. With 1279 01:37:00.439 --> 01:37:04.199 McGrath pest Control, you know you're going to get what you paid for it. 1280 01:37:04.319 --> 01:37:08.960 That's two eight, one, four, six, nine eighty two forty 1281 01:37:09.199 --> 01:37:15.199 or MacGrath pest Control dot Com. They service a whole entire Houston area with 1282 01:37:15.359 --> 01:37:20.960 McGrath. It's their modern technology and techniques with that old fashioned customer service. 1283 01:37:21.720 --> 01:37:27.680 That's what you need and a pest control operator and that's exactly what you get 1284 01:37:28.039 --> 01:37:32.920 when you have McGrath pest control. Well, Nikki, we were talking about 1285 01:37:33.079 --> 01:37:38.800 Nikki's walked in here were we were talking last week about gardening kinds of questions. 1286 01:37:38.880 --> 01:37:40.840 We need to get into some of that today. We have to do 1287 01:37:40.880 --> 01:37:45.239 it right now. But some of the gardening questions for idiots, well I 1288 01:37:45.399 --> 01:37:50.239 wasn't going to use that kind of line. Okay, all right, for 1289 01:37:50.359 --> 01:37:55.640 the how about this help for the gardening challenged? There you go. Okay, 1290 01:37:55.840 --> 01:37:58.600 there you go, And I will just preface this. We'll get into 1291 01:37:58.680 --> 01:38:04.920 this later. But for the health benefits of plants, I went out and 1292 01:38:05.119 --> 01:38:11.560 bought all kinds of house plants. They're in the the same pots that I 1293 01:38:11.680 --> 01:38:14.319 bought them. Man, Yeah, I have to transplant them. I have 1294 01:38:14.359 --> 01:38:16.600 to put them into real, real pots. I need to know how. 1295 01:38:17.039 --> 01:38:19.720 All right, we can. We can get into that a little bit later. 1296 01:38:19.960 --> 01:38:24.119 Okay, that's a good question. Don't let me forget that. We 1297 01:38:24.279 --> 01:38:27.279 need to talk about that. I've been haunting you for the last two weeks. 1298 01:38:27.359 --> 01:38:30.279 You know. Sometimes doing the show, the horticulture parts easy, but 1299 01:38:30.399 --> 01:38:33.239 the mechanics of the show. I tell someone the other day, sometimes I 1300 01:38:33.319 --> 01:38:39.600 feel like a I'm herding cats on roller skates on an icy pond, juggling 1301 01:38:39.680 --> 01:38:43.680 steak knives. How about how's that for a visual? Here you go, 1302 01:38:43.960 --> 01:38:46.920 It's like, hey, you're supposed to go to break dummy, so oh 1303 01:38:47.039 --> 01:38:50.000 yeah, yeah, Well I'm just having fun. Cool cool, Okay, 1304 01:38:50.039 --> 01:38:54.800 I'm gonna line up my questions and at some point we will go through that. 1305 01:38:54.920 --> 01:38:58.520 All right. Well, in the meantime, here is the Nicki News 1306 01:38:58.720 --> 01:39:15.760 Network. It's old John still lotting gold in me A good morning on a 1307 01:39:15.840 --> 01:39:19.079 great day for gardening, and you're listening to garden line. So let's talk 1308 01:39:19.119 --> 01:39:23.079 gardening. What are your questions? How can we help? Seven one three 1309 01:39:23.319 --> 01:39:29.319 two one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two fifty eight 1310 01:39:29.720 --> 01:39:32.680 seventy four. I was out in the garden doing a little bit of planting 1311 01:39:32.800 --> 01:39:39.239 this past week and one thing that I would recommend you do, and that 1312 01:39:39.399 --> 01:39:44.680 is when you put a transplant in the ground watered in with a dilute fertilizer 1313 01:39:44.760 --> 01:39:46.079 solution. Now, there are a lot of products out there, a lot 1314 01:39:46.159 --> 01:39:50.640 of a lot of good products are good for kind of a watering in solution. 1315 01:39:51.159 --> 01:39:54.680 But the one that I use, the one that I liked the best, 1316 01:39:54.840 --> 01:39:58.479 is has to grow. It's a six twelve six fertilizer. Now that 1317 01:39:58.880 --> 01:40:01.680 is a liquid that you mix in water. I put mine like a watering 1318 01:40:01.760 --> 01:40:05.039 can or something where I can mix it up at you know, a dilute 1319 01:40:05.119 --> 01:40:10.239 rate, and then just drench it over the plant as you're watering it in. 1320 01:40:10.800 --> 01:40:15.560 That new plant going in is it just think of it as a little 1321 01:40:15.560 --> 01:40:17.800 baby. It doesn't have a good root system. It can't really reach out 1322 01:40:17.840 --> 01:40:20.840 in the soil. It's gonna have to You need to keep that root moist, 1323 01:40:20.920 --> 01:40:25.039 and you need to keep it well fed, and with a drench of 1324 01:40:25.119 --> 01:40:28.439 has to grow six twelve six. You're gonna provide that. I'll do it 1325 01:40:28.520 --> 01:40:31.039 again five to seven days later, and five to seven days later again three 1326 01:40:31.159 --> 01:40:34.079 times. When I put in a transplant, I don't care if it's a 1327 01:40:34.199 --> 01:40:41.560 rosebush or if it's a broccoli plant. A water men with a good quality 1328 01:40:41.960 --> 01:40:45.960 liquid plant food like that. Now the has to grow six twelve six by 1329 01:40:45.039 --> 01:40:48.600 medina. It's got Medina soil activator in it, it's got humic acid in 1330 01:40:48.720 --> 01:40:53.039 it, and it has seaweat extracts in it. So it is a real 1331 01:40:53.560 --> 01:40:59.520 cocktail of things that help a plant to thrive. They have versions where you 1332 01:40:59.600 --> 01:41:02.279 can have a hose in sprayer. I just like the quarter quart bottle. 1333 01:41:02.319 --> 01:41:06.079 It's got a little measuring cup and it's really easy to do. You're not 1334 01:41:06.239 --> 01:41:11.600 going to burn your plants with hastrogrow six twelve six, and that high phosphorus 1335 01:41:11.640 --> 01:41:15.600 content will really help with roots, and all the other ingredients in it, 1336 01:41:15.720 --> 01:41:19.840 including the seaweed extracts, are really going to help that plant get established and 1337 01:41:19.960 --> 01:41:24.840 hit the ground running, which is important. Let's head out to Dan in 1338 01:41:25.199 --> 01:41:29.119 Brenham and we're going to talk about some roses I believe, Is that right, 1339 01:41:29.239 --> 01:41:32.560 Dan? Yes, I have some knockout roses that I've had for a 1340 01:41:33.159 --> 01:41:39.600 number of years. They're very healthy looking. With this year for some reason, 1341 01:41:39.720 --> 01:41:45.319 they have real small blooms. Okay, the small blooms are telling me 1342 01:41:45.399 --> 01:41:50.840 the plant is stressed and it's weak and the foliage isn't able to make as 1343 01:41:50.920 --> 01:41:57.079 much carbohydrates, which are important with both setting blooms and developing good blooms and 1344 01:41:57.239 --> 01:42:00.720 fruit on fruiting plants. Yeah, I want to prune them, but I 1345 01:42:00.840 --> 01:42:02.680 told I was told not to prue. This time of the year is too 1346 01:42:02.720 --> 01:42:08.720 hot. You prune your knockout roses and other roses, No, I have 1347 01:42:08.920 --> 01:42:13.279 not. No, I'm saying you do. You should when we get towards 1348 01:42:13.319 --> 01:42:17.239 the end of August, shearing back by about a third, right, I 1349 01:42:17.399 --> 01:42:21.039 normally do that. Well, I would do that, So it's not okay. 1350 01:42:21.159 --> 01:42:25.800 Is there anything in the interim that I can use to feed them? 1351 01:42:26.039 --> 01:42:30.600 Yes, you want to put you you can buy a quality rose product. 1352 01:42:30.000 --> 01:42:35.840 I know Nitrofist provides a food specifically for roses. You can you can certainly 1353 01:42:35.960 --> 01:42:40.439 do that there, you know, there's some other If I talk about a 1354 01:42:40.479 --> 01:42:44.319 fertilizer on garden line, it's a good fertilizer. I will not promote a 1355 01:42:44.399 --> 01:42:47.960 fertilizer I don't know and use and know is a good. First they're they're 1356 01:42:48.039 --> 01:42:51.720 well, they're they're established, they're probably fifteen years old, and they've always 1357 01:42:51.800 --> 01:42:57.880 bloomed profusely. All right, So so here's what I tell everybody on roses. 1358 01:42:58.239 --> 01:43:00.640 When you get towards the end of August, let's shear them back. 1359 01:43:00.920 --> 01:43:04.119 You could do it in early September if you want, but late August, 1360 01:43:04.159 --> 01:43:10.680 early September, shear them back. Fertilize them, water the fertilizer around. 1361 01:43:10.760 --> 01:43:14.760 I often will kind of scratch the fertilizer into the soil surface. If you're 1362 01:43:14.760 --> 01:43:16.880 able to get around roses and do that, that just gets it kind of 1363 01:43:17.000 --> 01:43:21.880 in the soil where volatilizing the nitrogen is. You put it in the soil 1364 01:43:23.039 --> 01:43:28.000 and that on the plants. Right right, we're talking about a granular dry 1365 01:43:28.079 --> 01:43:32.479 fertilizer and that we're doing here. We're sprinkling it all around the bush at 1366 01:43:32.560 --> 01:43:36.039 a rate that's appropriate for the size of the bush. I've been using in 1367 01:43:36.119 --> 01:43:40.760 the past. I've been using the Nelson's Color Star. That is an excellent 1368 01:43:40.800 --> 01:43:44.880 fertilizer that there's no nothing wrong with that at all, and it will give 1369 01:43:44.960 --> 01:43:48.520 you good a good boost. But you're sprinkling your fertilizer around the rosebush. 1370 01:43:48.680 --> 01:43:53.239 I scratch mine into the multure of the sail and then watered in really well. 1371 01:43:53.439 --> 01:43:56.159 You want to get a good soaking on there to get it get They 1372 01:43:56.239 --> 01:44:00.960 getting water three times a week for about fifteen twenty minutes the sprinkler system. 1373 01:44:00.199 --> 01:44:04.239 Okay, if you could change that to twice a week and give them a 1374 01:44:04.359 --> 01:44:08.720 little more water when you water, I think it's better. And here's why. 1375 01:44:09.000 --> 01:44:12.199 Now, knockout is about as disease resistant as you're going to get. 1376 01:44:12.600 --> 01:44:15.479 But most blacks the more often you weet the foliage, the more disease problems 1377 01:44:15.520 --> 01:44:19.800 you have. So I like to go that root. But again it's it's 1378 01:44:20.039 --> 01:44:25.920 shear them back, fertilize them, scratch it in, water the area very 1379 01:44:26.000 --> 01:44:29.960 well, to soak it in, and you're going to give responsing growth from 1380 01:44:30.399 --> 01:44:33.399 water, fertilizer and shearing that is going to have. You're gonna have the 1381 01:44:33.439 --> 01:44:38.479 most beautiful October of blooms you've ever seen. That's very good. Thank you 1382 01:44:38.720 --> 01:44:41.920 very much. All right, sir, thank you. I appreciate that call. 1383 01:44:42.079 --> 01:44:45.800 Good luck with things out there. And Brunham, well, let's see, 1384 01:44:45.800 --> 01:44:51.199 why don't we when we go to Elizabeth here in Burton, Elizabeth, 1385 01:44:51.479 --> 01:44:57.479 how's it going and how can we help high Skip? I emailed two photos 1386 01:44:57.560 --> 01:45:02.199 to you this morning of pineapple qua the plants. I have three bushes planted 1387 01:45:02.279 --> 01:45:06.720 on either side of my front porch walkway, and for some reason, I 1388 01:45:06.840 --> 01:45:13.039 keep getting one stem of the bush that keeps dying. About fourteen days ago 1389 01:45:13.119 --> 01:45:16.560 I cut off a dead stem, and then just yesterday I noticed another dead 1390 01:45:16.600 --> 01:45:21.960 stem. And I am watering with a spray hose for several minutes three times 1391 01:45:23.000 --> 01:45:26.119 a week. So I don't know if it's I thought I was watering adequately, 1392 01:45:26.319 --> 01:45:29.560 or if it's something else. Yeah, it's not a lack of water. 1393 01:45:29.680 --> 01:45:35.039 I see your photos. I would follow that dead branch back. You 1394 01:45:35.199 --> 01:45:40.399 have to kind of crawl into the bush to see, but look look for 1395 01:45:40.720 --> 01:45:45.119 splits in the bark, or look for sap coming out of the stem of 1396 01:45:45.199 --> 01:45:50.800 the plant. Something is affecting those shoots and there are you know, we 1397 01:45:51.159 --> 01:45:56.319 have all kinds of things that can cause the flow of water and nutrients to 1398 01:45:56.439 --> 01:46:00.920 be disrupted. Typically it's a canker or you know, a borer could do 1399 01:46:00.079 --> 01:46:06.640 that. These particular plants don't have borer problems typically, but something is going 1400 01:46:06.720 --> 01:46:11.600 on back in there. And if you can figure out see what you see, 1401 01:46:12.159 --> 01:46:15.960 I see your email, just reply back with maybe a photo if you 1402 01:46:16.159 --> 01:46:19.880 if you can get a good close up, sharp focus photo, or just 1403 01:46:20.039 --> 01:46:23.880 let me know what you see. I think the bottom line is going to 1404 01:46:23.920 --> 01:46:27.079 be you're gonna follow it all the way back and prune that one branch out. 1405 01:46:28.039 --> 01:46:31.640 But if we if we can determine exactly what's causing it, look for 1406 01:46:31.680 --> 01:46:36.520 a little pinholes in the trunk. There are some boards that could affect that. 1407 01:46:36.920 --> 01:46:42.680 It's not common. Again, cankers. Cold damage will often do that. 1408 01:46:43.359 --> 01:46:47.560 But it maybe too that your plant is just is just struggling, you 1409 01:46:47.640 --> 01:46:50.640 know, with the hot weather and trying to pump enough water. I think 1410 01:46:50.720 --> 01:46:56.039 that's the least likely though. All right, well, thanks for your advice. 1411 01:46:56.079 --> 01:46:58.680 I appreciate it. All right. Hey, I love pineapple guava. 1412 01:46:58.760 --> 01:47:03.399 Those beautiful blooms are worth alone. The process they are and they smell great. 1413 01:47:03.720 --> 01:47:06.279 They do, they sure do. Yeah, And if they get older, 1414 01:47:06.359 --> 01:47:10.000 some people will not just keep them as a little bush. They'll let 1415 01:47:10.039 --> 01:47:14.119 them kind of become a multi stemmed mini tree. You know. When I 1416 01:47:14.199 --> 01:47:17.039 say mini, I mean like six seven feet tall at the most. And 1417 01:47:17.159 --> 01:47:23.039 that's another attractive feature is their barks. So glad you have that's true. 1418 01:47:24.199 --> 01:47:27.840 Thanks, And I wanted to also mention your last caller who asked about roses 1419 01:47:27.920 --> 01:47:31.760 if they consider joining the Houston Rose Society. I'm on the board and we 1420 01:47:31.840 --> 01:47:35.119 actually put out a great newsletter that has, you know, tips for what 1421 01:47:35.279 --> 01:47:39.239 to do with your roses every month. I received that newsletter. Well, 1422 01:47:39.239 --> 01:47:41.920 why don't you just go ahead and give a quick commercial. When does a 1423 01:47:42.000 --> 01:47:45.760 rose society meet and how does somebody get involved? The road Society meets on 1424 01:47:45.880 --> 01:47:50.119 the second Thursday of every month at seven pm. You do not have to 1425 01:47:50.199 --> 01:47:54.920 drive into Houston. All of our meetings are virtual, so you can just 1426 01:47:55.159 --> 01:47:59.680 dial in to hear the speaker. Our next speaker is going to be talking 1427 01:47:59.680 --> 01:48:03.039 about growing roses and containers in the month of September. All right, there, 1428 01:48:03.079 --> 01:48:05.199 you got it. Give me the date in time one more time. 1429 01:48:06.439 --> 01:48:13.720 Yeah, the second Thursday, which is going to be September the fourteenth at 1430 01:48:13.840 --> 01:48:15.880 seven pm. Alright, and Houston Rose dot Org is a web unt. 1431 01:48:16.119 --> 01:48:19.399 Well, thank you appreciate that call very much. Thank you. Yeah. 1432 01:48:19.520 --> 01:48:23.439 Rose Society is a great thing, good information. Hey, we're going to 1433 01:48:23.520 --> 01:48:26.840 take a break. Here's the number seven one three two one two five eight 1434 01:48:27.079 --> 01:48:39.479 seven four. How about a peary sidewine? Is that a bride on them? 1435 01:48:41.960 --> 01:48:46.319 Well? Good morning on a great gardening day. You're listening to garden 1436 01:48:46.399 --> 01:48:50.159 Line. We are glad to do Also, I tell you, I uh 1437 01:48:50.640 --> 01:48:56.279 it's fun getting to talk with gardeners and and help people with their plant situations. 1438 01:48:56.359 --> 01:49:00.079 Gardening is such a fun hobby. It's just I just because I'm biased 1439 01:49:00.119 --> 01:49:04.800 doesn't mean I'm not right. Okay. It is the best hobby that there 1440 01:49:05.000 --> 01:49:09.279 is. And I could go toe to toe with someone all day, bringing 1441 01:49:09.319 --> 01:49:13.720 out research projects, bringing out you know, personal testimonials, and just the 1442 01:49:13.880 --> 01:49:16.760 obvious. I mean, we are we are made to love aesthetic things, 1443 01:49:16.880 --> 01:49:21.159 and we are made to live in nature. That's just a fact, folks. 1444 01:49:21.239 --> 01:49:26.079 And gardening provides all that and a lot lot more. You know, 1445 01:49:26.079 --> 01:49:28.880 if you're driving around, maybe you're looking at your yard and you're kind of 1446 01:49:28.960 --> 01:49:32.199 just seeing this sea of green green grass, green trees, green ground covers, 1447 01:49:32.239 --> 01:49:35.560 green shrubs, and green green, green green. That's what happens in 1448 01:49:35.680 --> 01:49:40.840 the summertime if we don't take steps to you know, plant things that flower 1449 01:49:40.920 --> 01:49:45.439 through the summer. One thing I like to do is drive runtown and look 1450 01:49:45.520 --> 01:49:49.239 at yards and make note of things, like I love the look of that. 1451 01:49:49.359 --> 01:49:53.199 I mean, you take a picture. I've taken pictures of things before, 1452 01:49:53.640 --> 01:49:55.800 just because I want to come back and look and go, oh, 1453 01:49:55.960 --> 01:49:59.079 how did they do that? Wow? Look at how those colladiums that are 1454 01:49:59.199 --> 01:50:02.439 kind of white, that are very light and bright colladiums just brighten up that 1455 01:50:02.600 --> 01:50:05.560 shady area over there. That's an idea I could try. You see what 1456 01:50:05.600 --> 01:50:12.159 I'm talking about, Well, do that and then give Peerscapes a call, 1457 01:50:12.520 --> 01:50:16.960 because the folks at peer Scapes can recreate or they can even enhance something that 1458 01:50:17.079 --> 01:50:20.800 you have down in a photograph. Now, you may not know exactly how 1459 01:50:20.880 --> 01:50:24.399 to design. You may not be able to walk in and go here's what 1460 01:50:24.520 --> 01:50:28.319 all I want. They know how you know, Bob and Candice. They 1461 01:50:28.439 --> 01:50:33.039 can create a design for you. There are Peerscapes that is just show stopping 1462 01:50:33.720 --> 01:50:36.760 and you kind of have to give them an idea what you're looking for. 1463 01:50:38.319 --> 01:50:42.640 Let them create that design, and maybe you're wanting to turn that backyard into 1464 01:50:42.760 --> 01:50:46.600 a better outdoor enjoyment area for barbecuing, for sitting with friends, maybe got 1465 01:50:46.600 --> 01:50:49.880 a little fire table or something going on. They can do the heartscapes, 1466 01:50:50.039 --> 01:50:54.880 they can do the walkways. They can improve drainage in areas that need it. 1467 01:50:55.159 --> 01:50:59.920 They can fix your irrigation system when things go wrong, which they always 1468 01:51:00.119 --> 01:51:03.760 do. Peerscapes can do all that and more. Go online, It's peerscapes 1469 01:51:03.840 --> 01:51:08.039 dot com. Find out more about them there or just give them a call. 1470 01:51:08.279 --> 01:51:12.359 Two eight one three seven h fifty sixty two eight one three seven zero 1471 01:51:12.439 --> 01:51:16.640 five zero six zero. But do your homework, get out there and check 1472 01:51:16.720 --> 01:51:20.119 things out. I mean, there's going to be a lot of wonderful things 1473 01:51:20.199 --> 01:51:24.600 that appeal to you. You like the look of that, why not have 1474 01:51:24.800 --> 01:51:30.680 some version of that created for you and your home landscape. I'm a I'm 1475 01:51:30.680 --> 01:51:33.439 a plant collector. I know a lot of us are, and I've said 1476 01:51:33.479 --> 01:51:38.439 this before, but what happens with plant collectors is if we don't have a 1477 01:51:38.479 --> 01:51:41.840 plant, we need one. I mean, that's how it is. There's 1478 01:51:42.000 --> 01:51:45.720 so many plants, so little time, and so little garden space, so 1479 01:51:45.920 --> 01:51:48.239 we end up having yards and it looks like a bomb went off in a 1480 01:51:48.279 --> 01:51:53.039 garden center and everything rudy where it landed. You know what I'm talking about 1481 01:51:53.960 --> 01:51:57.359 maybe talking about you, I know I'm talking about me. Well, having 1482 01:51:57.439 --> 01:52:03.560 professional design guidance is is really really helpful, and then having good plants. 1483 01:52:03.680 --> 01:52:09.039 You know, we I see things for sale. It just frustrates me when 1484 01:52:09.079 --> 01:52:15.840 I go into certain places where they just are selling stuff they shouldn't sell here. 1485 01:52:15.079 --> 01:52:18.000 It's not going to do well here, or it's just going to be 1486 01:52:18.279 --> 01:52:23.279 one long disease problem. They ought to say if five bottles a fungicide when 1487 01:52:23.319 --> 01:52:27.479 they say that plant, because all it's gonna do is suffer from diseases of 1488 01:52:27.520 --> 01:52:30.600 the foliage. You know that we don't want that. So how do you 1489 01:52:30.000 --> 01:52:34.000 avoid that, Well, you go to a garden center that is a mom 1490 01:52:34.079 --> 01:52:38.760 and pop one of the ones we brag on here on garden Line, and 1491 01:52:38.880 --> 01:52:42.720 we brag on them not because there are sponsors. We brag on them because 1492 01:52:43.000 --> 01:52:46.960 they are awesome. They're awesome. That's also why there are sponsors. The 1493 01:52:47.119 --> 01:52:50.720 places I was griping about before, I wouldn't take as a sponsor on garden 1494 01:52:50.800 --> 01:52:54.720 Line. But a place like Plants for All Seasons. You know, they're 1495 01:52:54.760 --> 01:52:57.640 on two forty nine, right where Louetta comes in, So if you're going 1496 01:52:57.720 --> 01:53:01.479 up Tumbole Parkway, they're right up there. They've been around a long time 1497 01:53:01.640 --> 01:53:08.680 since nineteen seventy three, and the Flyherty family that many folks are involved in 1498 01:53:08.840 --> 01:53:14.039 that business, including family members and well trained staff. When you walk in, 1499 01:53:14.640 --> 01:53:18.399 you're going to have selection, You're gonna have education. As you visit 1500 01:53:18.479 --> 01:53:21.760 with people, they're gonna say, look, this plant would do well for 1501 01:53:21.880 --> 01:53:26.039 that situation you're looking at. Or here's a new variety we have. Take 1502 01:53:26.039 --> 01:53:29.520 a look at this one. Bring them in a plant sample, bring them 1503 01:53:29.520 --> 01:53:31.479 in a picture. If you're needing help with stuff, they know what they're 1504 01:53:31.520 --> 01:53:36.079 talking about. They can direct you to a product that works and the safest 1505 01:53:36.159 --> 01:53:43.479 option that's available Plants for All Seasons dot Com that you go there two eight, 1506 01:53:43.600 --> 01:53:46.560 one, three, seven six, sixteen forty six. However you want 1507 01:53:46.600 --> 01:53:49.680 to go about it. When you go home from Plants for All Seasons, 1508 01:53:49.760 --> 01:53:54.600 you're gonna have quality plants, quality advice. By the way, they also 1509 01:53:54.720 --> 01:53:59.119 deliver, and you're going to have that follow up help that as you start 1510 01:53:59.159 --> 01:54:01.600 to have problems, they're there to help you. Their goal is not just 1511 01:54:01.760 --> 01:54:05.199 sell your plants. Their goal is for you to have success. Because when 1512 01:54:05.239 --> 01:54:08.479 you have success, you're going to come back. You're going to see what 1513 01:54:08.560 --> 01:54:14.079 I'm talking about. But what Plants for All Seasons can provide love going into 1514 01:54:14.159 --> 01:54:17.159 a garden center that knows what they're talking about, that alone is worth the 1515 01:54:17.199 --> 01:54:23.880 price of admission. Let's see, we are going to go here to Rick 1516 01:54:24.079 --> 01:54:27.760 in League City. Hello Rick, good morning, Good morning, Skip, 1517 01:54:27.880 --> 01:54:30.600 Thanks for taking my call. Yes, this is probably a very basic question, 1518 01:54:30.720 --> 01:54:34.760 but I did a sour sample with A and M from a place in 1519 01:54:34.840 --> 01:54:40.319 my front yard and it came back that said that I'm extremely low in nitrate 1520 01:54:41.000 --> 01:54:45.800 and extremely low in sodium. Okay, and I'm wondering what's the best way 1521 01:54:45.840 --> 01:54:48.640 to treat that, and what how often and so forth. All Right, 1522 01:54:48.800 --> 01:54:55.159 that's an easy one. Don't worry about the sodium. That's okay. I 1523 01:54:55.239 --> 01:55:00.800 mean, I've never known anyone or heard or recommendation for someone of sodium down. 1524 01:55:00.159 --> 01:55:04.039 But the nitrate. What I would recommend you get is sweet Green. 1525 01:55:04.159 --> 01:55:11.960 That's a nitrofost product. It's an eleven eleven zero four. I believe it's 1526 01:55:12.079 --> 01:55:16.920 it's one of the highest percent nitrogens of any organic. It smells good, 1527 01:55:17.000 --> 01:55:20.640 it's easy to use, and it's going to be available. It's going to 1528 01:55:20.720 --> 01:55:26.319 improve the microbial activity in the soil because it's a sugary product. But I 1529 01:55:26.359 --> 01:55:29.479 would follow the label on that. I don't know what your soil test said. 1530 01:55:29.520 --> 01:55:30.520 If you want to send it to me by email, I'll take a 1531 01:55:30.560 --> 01:55:34.479 look. But in general, I would use ten pounds of sweet Green per 1532 01:55:34.560 --> 01:55:39.760 thousand square feet on the lawn and in garden beds. I would increase that 1533 01:55:39.960 --> 01:55:44.479 by fifty or even double for the gold. Okay, I did some, 1534 01:55:44.760 --> 01:55:47.680 but I didn't obviously didn't do enough. Yeah, the recommendation on the sauce 1535 01:55:47.720 --> 01:55:53.720 apple says one pound per thousand square foot of nitrogen, So therefore eleven percent 1536 01:55:53.840 --> 01:55:57.439 times dam pounds is one pounds of nitrogen. Yep, that's it. I'll 1537 01:55:57.520 --> 01:56:00.159 do it. And how often should I do that? I would kind of 1538 01:56:00.239 --> 01:56:04.800 watch if it's a lawn, see how it looks see you know what you 1539 01:56:04.880 --> 01:56:09.000 know, if it looks like it's needing a little extra boost of nitrochen in 1540 01:56:09.079 --> 01:56:12.560 growth, I would do it again. But in general, we're gonna have 1541 01:56:12.600 --> 01:56:15.680 a gardening schedule up here real shortly, and it's going to tell you exactly 1542 01:56:15.960 --> 01:56:18.760 how often to apply. But I would do it in the spring, after 1543 01:56:18.800 --> 01:56:21.800 you've mowed the lawn twice. I would do it in the middle of summer, 1544 01:56:21.920 --> 01:56:25.880 and I would do it towards the end of summer, all three times. 1545 01:56:26.800 --> 01:56:30.039 Okay, So there's nothing I should apply it now. Well, you 1546 01:56:30.079 --> 01:56:32.359 could go ahead and apply it now, yeah, you could. This will 1547 01:56:32.399 --> 01:56:35.640 be we'll call this towards the end of summer, and then the next application 1548 01:56:35.680 --> 01:56:39.880 will be a fall fertilizer, which is something different. Okay, okay, 1549 01:56:40.880 --> 01:56:44.520 okay, thank you very much. Appreciate it. You bet, I appreciate 1550 01:56:44.600 --> 01:56:47.239 that call. Hey, you're listening to guarden Line Surprise Surprice. We're here 1551 01:56:47.319 --> 01:56:51.479 to answer your gardening questions, So give us a call. Seven one three 1552 01:56:53.039 --> 01:56:58.920 two one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two k t 1553 01:56:59.640 --> 01:57:03.039 R. Some people like to dial by the letters. It's easier to remember. 1554 01:57:04.800 --> 01:57:08.840 It slows me down. I don't care for that. But seven month 1555 01:57:08.920 --> 01:57:12.720 three two one two KTRH or fifty eight seventy four, whichever way you want 1556 01:57:12.760 --> 01:57:15.600 to go about it. We're going to take a break now. We will 1557 01:57:15.800 --> 01:57:17.720 be back and if you want to give us a call, Josh will get 1558 01:57:17.760 --> 01:57:23.319 you on the board. Butch out there in Laporte, Terrence in Lake Charles 1559 01:57:23.399 --> 01:57:27.119 will be the first two up when we come back from break, and just 1560 01:57:27.279 --> 01:57:30.479 hang on with us in the meantime, get to hear a little bit of 1561 01:57:30.560 --> 01:57:33.239 news. We'll come back with some more gardening advice as well. We always 1562 01:57:33.319 --> 01:57:43.760 like to give you a few tips to help you have success. KATRH Garden 1563 01:57:43.800 --> 01:57:46.760 Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or services advertised on this program. 1564 01:57:48.199 --> 01:58:02.319 Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Skip Ricord. Just watch him as a 1565 01:58:02.439 --> 01:58:21.560 wooden clubs back ticking. Well, good morning. We are glad you're listening. 1566 01:58:21.720 --> 01:58:25.520 This is garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, and what 1567 01:58:25.640 --> 01:58:28.560 are we here for? We're here to help you have a more beautiful garden 1568 01:58:28.720 --> 01:58:33.720 and a more bountiful landscape. That is the goal. If you planted a 1569 01:58:34.039 --> 01:58:39.600 tree in the last twelve months, especially if you planted in the tree in 1570 01:58:39.600 --> 01:58:43.439 the last couple of months, you need to know about tree hugger sprinklers. 1571 01:58:43.520 --> 01:58:45.680 Now, treehears one of the It's a little device. You hook it up 1572 01:58:45.720 --> 01:58:49.039 to your garden hose and it goes around your tree. It's got a little 1573 01:58:49.119 --> 01:58:53.520 hinge on it. There's a seven inch, eleven inch, fifteen inch version. 1574 01:58:54.399 --> 01:58:56.800 When you have a brand new tree, you've got a little root ball 1575 01:58:57.159 --> 01:59:00.159 root cylinder right there that came out of the pot, and it takes those 1576 01:59:00.199 --> 01:59:01.800 roots of while to get out. You can turn your tree hugger on just 1577 01:59:02.039 --> 01:59:06.399 slightly to water that area. Then as the tree gets bigger, you water 1578 01:59:06.520 --> 01:59:10.039 a larger area. And you may have a tree it's been a ground five 1579 01:59:10.119 --> 01:59:13.159 years, it's got a nice canopy. You want it to grow fast. 1580 01:59:13.319 --> 01:59:15.800 You don't want it in stress. You want it to be healthy because you've 1581 01:59:15.800 --> 01:59:18.319 got goals of hanging a hammock in it, right, you want to get 1582 01:59:18.399 --> 01:59:23.479 shade out of it, or flowers or whatever. Just crank that tree hugger 1583 01:59:23.600 --> 01:59:27.359 up, water a wide area, the entire area beneath the branch spread. 1584 01:59:27.760 --> 01:59:31.439 It's a very targeted way to give a good soaking for your trees and to 1585 01:59:31.600 --> 01:59:35.159 keep them not just alive. I mean, certainly you can lose trees in 1586 01:59:35.239 --> 01:59:40.079 this kind of weather, but to keep them healthy and vigorous so they grow 1587 01:59:40.239 --> 01:59:45.399 fast and they just are beautiful. Go to tree Hugger sprinkler dot com. 1588 01:59:45.439 --> 01:59:48.520 It's real easy. Tree Hugger sprinkler dot com. They're available in a lot 1589 01:59:48.600 --> 01:59:51.640 of places. I don't know how many of our feed stores and garden centers 1590 01:59:51.640 --> 01:59:56.760 I've been in and seeing that tree Hugger Sprinkler, but it's well worth it. 1591 01:59:56.880 --> 02:00:00.800 Think of it as an insurance policy for the plants that you purchased. 1592 02:00:00.279 --> 02:00:03.520 We're gonna head out to Laporte and talk to Butch. Now, Hello, 1593 02:00:03.640 --> 02:00:08.640 Butch, Hello, Skip, how are you doing this morning? I'm well, 1594 02:00:08.800 --> 02:00:13.039 thank you? What's up? Well, let me tell you I've got 1595 02:00:13.680 --> 02:00:19.560 a baseball garden. I've got tomatoes, cowpeas and sweet potatoes right now. 1596 02:00:24.720 --> 02:00:29.680 My question is, you know, I'll work them out and keep them watered, 1597 02:00:30.600 --> 02:00:33.960 but I'm not sure about whether or not I ought to be fertilizing in 1598 02:00:34.119 --> 02:00:41.039 this heat. And I need to know what you think you need to fertilize 1599 02:00:41.359 --> 02:00:45.159 if the new if the soil nutrients are lacking, and the primary one we 1600 02:00:45.239 --> 02:00:49.640 would worry about would be nitrogen. That's the one that is the most come 1601 02:00:49.680 --> 02:00:53.359 and go. You know, things like phosphorus, you put them down, 1602 02:00:53.399 --> 02:00:58.000 they stick there forever. Nitrogen not the It's the other end of the spectrum. 1603 02:00:58.319 --> 02:01:00.640 So I would look at my plants. If they look like they could 1604 02:01:00.760 --> 02:01:03.760 use a little boost, I would give them that. Just realize that in 1605 02:01:03.920 --> 02:01:09.680 this heat it is so stressful that even with adequate soul nutritions, your plants 1606 02:01:09.720 --> 02:01:14.039 may look a little stunted. The green is a little less vibrant than it 1607 02:01:14.119 --> 02:01:17.479 should be. And that's just a matter of them. You know, all 1608 02:01:17.560 --> 02:01:21.920 hands on deck pumping water to stay alive. And you know, when it 1609 02:01:21.960 --> 02:01:28.079 gets hot, it actually affects the physiological processes, things like photosynthesis, which 1610 02:01:28.119 --> 02:01:32.039 are essential for plant life and good green color. They start to shut down 1611 02:01:32.119 --> 02:01:36.760 in super super hot weather. And so you know, the visually, I 1612 02:01:36.880 --> 02:01:39.600 was saying, look at it and see what it looks like. And then 1613 02:01:39.640 --> 02:01:42.920 I'm basically saying, well, it may look like it needs it, but 1614 02:01:43.000 --> 02:01:45.720 it really doesn't. But if you hadn't fertilized in the wall. I'd give 1615 02:01:45.760 --> 02:01:49.520 them a boost of it. Just remember on those peas, anything that produces 1616 02:01:49.680 --> 02:01:54.680 nitrogen nodules, like beans and peas, you don't want to push those with 1617 02:01:54.760 --> 02:01:58.880 a lot of nitrogen because they end up making vine at the expensive production. 1618 02:02:00.840 --> 02:02:05.000 Okay, I got another question, if you got time. Sure, I 1619 02:02:05.159 --> 02:02:11.279 grew sweet potatoes earlier this year. I dug them about a month ago and 1620 02:02:13.000 --> 02:02:17.560 got a good yield. But the runners and the vines that I cut off 1621 02:02:19.640 --> 02:02:26.079 after I dug my sweet potatoes, I replanted or I I you know, 1622 02:02:26.199 --> 02:02:30.199 I set out some of those runners. They're they're taken off. And my 1623 02:02:30.359 --> 02:02:35.760 question is will those produced sweet potatoes even though they aren't slips. H Well, 1624 02:02:36.159 --> 02:02:44.039 that's basically how they get slips. But how long ago did you plant 1625 02:02:44.119 --> 02:02:49.760 those? It's been about a month ago. I replanted them two months. 1626 02:02:51.359 --> 02:02:56.520 I don't know it's gonna be. You gonna have some little potatoes on them. 1627 02:02:56.840 --> 02:03:00.439 It takes about one hundred and twenty days on a sweet potato, and 1628 02:03:00.840 --> 02:03:03.319 as we get into fall, it takes more than one hundred and twenty days 1629 02:03:03.319 --> 02:03:08.520 because it's cooling, it's slowing down, and sweet potatoes or a summer crops. 1630 02:03:08.600 --> 02:03:13.479 So yeah, right, yeah right, Well maybe i'll have something to 1631 02:03:13.600 --> 02:03:16.079 dig up in November if it doesn't frost before then. It's a good idea. 1632 02:03:16.159 --> 02:03:18.760 Hey, by the way, but you know you neat sweet potato greens. 1633 02:03:19.760 --> 02:03:23.000 I mean, it was just a few years ago that I learned that. 1634 02:03:23.079 --> 02:03:25.439 I don't know how I missed that all this time, but sweet potato 1635 02:03:25.479 --> 02:03:27.760 greens are edible. You can go in line to learn how to do it. 1636 02:03:28.600 --> 02:03:32.039 But even if you don't get the potatoes underground, you ought to try 1637 02:03:32.119 --> 02:03:36.640 them out some different recipes if you like them, may do that, all 1638 02:03:36.720 --> 02:03:42.239 right. They make a pretty plant, you know, they sure do they 1639 02:03:42.319 --> 02:03:44.640 shure do. Well. Hey, I'm going to run to another call here, 1640 02:03:44.720 --> 02:03:46.720 but thank you very much. I appreciate your call very much. It 1641 02:03:46.800 --> 02:03:51.600 sounds like you got one heck of a vegetable garden going out there in Laport. 1642 02:03:53.079 --> 02:03:57.119 Now, Nikki's talking about a tropical storm coming in here at some point 1643 02:03:58.000 --> 02:04:05.880 and coming day. I would recommend that you always have on hand some mosquito 1644 02:04:05.960 --> 02:04:10.039 dunks. And here's the deal. It comes through and it rains, and 1645 02:04:10.880 --> 02:04:13.840 you know there's water in the catch basins under your plants. In fact, 1646 02:04:13.880 --> 02:04:16.600 you've probably already got that. There. The sagging spots in the gutters with 1647 02:04:16.760 --> 02:04:20.880 that decaying organic matter is mosquito heaven, and all they need is a thumble 1648 02:04:20.960 --> 02:04:27.840 of water to drop an egg and create a new mosquito. So you want 1649 02:04:27.920 --> 02:04:30.520 to use a mosquito dunk in any kind of stagnant water areas or a little 1650 02:04:30.560 --> 02:04:34.399 doughnuts. They last about a month, they dissolve away, and they release 1651 02:04:34.439 --> 02:04:39.760 a mosquito disease. It won't hurt fish, it won't hurt your pets, 1652 02:04:39.920 --> 02:04:44.520 it won't hurt birds or other wildlife. It is simply a disease of mosquitoes. 1653 02:04:44.920 --> 02:04:47.479 And they have granules as well. You can sprinkle those in areas where 1654 02:04:47.520 --> 02:04:51.000 you want to cover a large area. Maybe just throw a bunch of granules 1655 02:04:51.039 --> 02:04:56.239 out over it. You can put those in. Maybe you know a water 1656 02:04:56.920 --> 02:05:00.560 dish that's sitting out and tends to, you know, sit there for a 1657 02:05:00.640 --> 02:05:03.399 long time. It's real easy. When I go away off and put my 1658 02:05:03.479 --> 02:05:06.319 plants in like a little kiddie pool with water in it, just so they 1659 02:05:06.359 --> 02:05:11.279 can wake up water while I'm gone, I'll throw a mosquito dunks in there, 1660 02:05:11.520 --> 02:05:15.000 just to absolutely make sure I don't have a crop of mosquito doesn't want 1661 02:05:15.000 --> 02:05:19.439 to come back, easy, easy to find. Let's see, we're gonna 1662 02:05:19.439 --> 02:05:23.520 go out now to Well. I'll tell you what. I'm running out of 1663 02:05:23.560 --> 02:05:27.880 time this time. I'm gonna actually not take a call and go to break 1664 02:05:28.039 --> 02:05:30.920 Terence and like Charles and Jan and Beaumont, you were first up. When 1665 02:05:30.960 --> 02:05:35.000 we come back. Our phone number is seven one three two one two fifty 1666 02:05:35.039 --> 02:05:59.199 eight seventy four. I can get into double, I can have my buddy. 1667 02:06:01.640 --> 02:06:05.760 Well, good morning. You are listening to Garden Live and we are 1668 02:06:05.800 --> 02:06:09.680 here to answer gardening questions. We've got a few folks on the board. 1669 02:06:09.760 --> 02:06:14.880 Our phone number seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. Seven 1670 02:06:14.960 --> 02:06:17.520 one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. You know, years ago 1671 02:06:17.680 --> 02:06:21.119 I used to go to Quality Feed when they were at their previous location that's 1672 02:06:21.199 --> 02:06:27.640 kind of a north north central Houston. Actually the new location, which is 1673 02:06:27.680 --> 02:06:30.920 what's important. It's on Luzon Street l u Z O N. It's near 1674 02:06:31.000 --> 02:06:35.560 the intersection of Equipment and Alesion. But Quality Feeds have been around since nineteen 1675 02:06:35.600 --> 02:06:40.279 twenty eight and Ken and Chris have owned it since. I don't know, 1676 02:06:40.560 --> 02:06:44.319 it's been there over thirty years that they've owned the place. It is that 1677 02:06:44.600 --> 02:06:46.640 old time feature, and I mean really an old time feature. They got 1678 02:06:46.680 --> 02:06:54.000 an antique seed rack from nineteen twenty eight stocked with heirloom seats. Ever fertilizer 1679 02:06:54.039 --> 02:06:56.840 I'll talk about. Is there the soils I'll talk about. Are there the 1680 02:06:57.000 --> 02:07:03.279 products that help control weeds, diseases, insects, on and on. They've 1681 02:07:03.319 --> 02:07:06.680 got them there. It's a feed store, so you're gonna get quality feed. 1682 02:07:06.720 --> 02:07:11.760 They make their own potting soil, they make their own granny's laying mix 1683 02:07:11.920 --> 02:07:15.119 for chickens. So if you've got backyard chickens, I don't care where you 1684 02:07:15.239 --> 02:07:19.000 live in town. Quality feed is a place you need to know about. 1685 02:07:19.000 --> 02:07:23.079 And here's why. About ever two weeks they get in a whole new load 1686 02:07:23.119 --> 02:07:26.159 of chicks, and so you can go buy there. Whatever time of year 1687 02:07:26.279 --> 02:07:29.680 it is and you're needing them, just give them a call because they probably 1688 02:07:29.680 --> 02:07:33.159 are about to get another another shipment in. Now. That's Quality feed coo 1689 02:07:33.840 --> 02:07:40.119 dot com. Quality feed coo dot com. Check it out. You'll see 1690 02:07:40.319 --> 02:07:44.680 what I'm talking about. It is a very cool old time feed store. 1691 02:07:45.000 --> 02:07:47.880 It's always fun to go in. We're gonna head out to West Houston now 1692 02:07:47.960 --> 02:07:55.119 and talk to Steve. Hello, Steve, Hello, how can I help? 1693 02:07:55.319 --> 02:08:01.079 Okay, the speaker in the outs, I heard you talking about the 1694 02:08:01.079 --> 02:08:07.479 sweet potatoes, and my aunt's eye doctor just swears by the fact that sweet 1695 02:08:07.520 --> 02:08:13.640 potato greens are a good deterrent to certain kinds of cancers. Really, I 1696 02:08:13.720 --> 02:08:18.920 don't remember what kind he was talking about, but every time I take my 1697 02:08:18.000 --> 02:08:22.079 aunt in there to have her check up, and she's eighty four years old, 1698 02:08:22.399 --> 02:08:31.079 he always talks about eating sweet potato greens to try to help deter certain 1699 02:08:31.159 --> 02:08:35.319 kinds of cancers. Well, that's news to me. I did not know 1700 02:08:35.479 --> 02:08:39.039 that. And my uncle, her husband, who passed away about ten years 1701 02:08:39.039 --> 02:08:46.119 ago, when they got married, he had never eaten actual sweet potatoes before. 1702 02:08:46.199 --> 02:08:50.039 He was raised up around the Wimer area, and all they have right 1703 02:08:50.159 --> 02:08:54.399 when he was growing up was the sweet potenta greens, and so that was 1704 02:08:54.479 --> 02:08:58.399 a new thing for him. When when she made sweet potatoes for him. 1705 02:08:58.720 --> 02:09:01.000 That's cool. Well, thank thanks for that information. Yeah, I'm gonna 1706 02:09:01.000 --> 02:09:03.760 have to look into that one. Yeah it. You know, I don't 1707 02:09:03.800 --> 02:09:11.079 know how I grew up in the South and did not know that for fifty 1708 02:09:11.199 --> 02:09:13.159 years. A couple of years ago, when I was when I was told 1709 02:09:13.159 --> 02:09:16.159 about it. Okay, all right, well there you go. I know, 1710 02:09:16.319 --> 02:09:20.199 prey View A and M years ago they may still be doing it. 1711 02:09:20.399 --> 02:09:26.680 Was working on developing varieties of sweet potatoes where the shoots would grow upward for 1712 02:09:26.800 --> 02:09:30.000 a while so you could come in and do a mechanical harvest to make a 1713 02:09:30.079 --> 02:09:33.359 commercial crop out of it. I thought that was kind of interesting, you 1714 02:09:33.439 --> 02:09:35.840 know, because otherwise it be kind of hard to harvest sweet potato greens commercially. 1715 02:09:37.720 --> 02:09:41.920 But I did try to make you raising some sweet potatoes is past spring, 1716 02:09:41.920 --> 02:09:45.279 and all I got out of it was the shoot, so I didn't 1717 02:09:45.319 --> 02:09:48.199 get any potatoes out of it. Yeah, well there are some tricks. 1718 02:09:50.039 --> 02:09:52.600 Yeah, there's some tricks to that. It's number one, starting with a 1719 02:09:52.720 --> 02:09:56.560 good strong shoot as opposed to a spindley one, planning it at the right 1720 02:09:56.720 --> 02:10:01.760 depth, and then the watering and fertilized. There's some things you do along 1721 02:10:01.840 --> 02:10:03.039 there, and if you don't do them right, you end up with these 1722 02:10:03.079 --> 02:10:07.640 little finger sized sweet potatoes and not much to write home about. But if 1723 02:10:07.640 --> 02:10:11.159 you do do it right, you can you can make a good crop out 1724 02:10:11.159 --> 02:10:13.039 of them. But I appreciate that comment, Steve. Thank you. Very 1725 02:10:13.119 --> 02:10:16.199 much. Okay, thank you, good night, Yes, sir, you 1726 02:10:16.359 --> 02:10:22.479 take care. Uh let's see, I want to go now to tum Ball 1727 02:10:22.600 --> 02:10:26.279 and we're gonna talk to John. Hello, John, Good morning, skid. 1728 02:10:26.319 --> 02:10:31.399 I have a question about the arbit gate, the organic food complete. 1729 02:10:31.840 --> 02:10:37.079 Yes, I know it's good for everything, right, it's good for shrubs 1730 02:10:37.479 --> 02:10:43.000 in the yard. But would you is that a fertilizer. Should I just 1731 02:10:43.239 --> 02:10:46.359 keep it because it's a little pricey, just use it for my landscape and 1732 02:10:46.439 --> 02:10:52.600 my roses and shrubs. I primarily would use it in those kind of situations. 1733 02:10:52.359 --> 02:10:58.239 The ratio is a general good one. It's not what we widely recommend 1734 02:10:58.560 --> 02:11:03.760 for lawn application because of the ratio, but the products a good product, 1735 02:11:03.960 --> 02:11:07.680 and so when you're doing flowers, when you're doing you know, your herbs, 1736 02:11:07.800 --> 02:11:13.279 when you're putting in shrub or taking care of shrubs and a lot of 1737 02:11:13.359 --> 02:11:15.640 things like I mean, you could use it in the vegetable garden too, 1738 02:11:15.680 --> 02:11:18.760 would be great for that, but I would focus on those uses of it 1739 02:11:20.039 --> 02:11:22.439 myself. Now. I know some people will use it for the lawn and 1740 02:11:22.520 --> 02:11:26.920 they have good results too, but I would focus on that. And one 1741 02:11:26.960 --> 02:11:31.600 more quick question. I was a saying augusting guy. Now I'm out here 1742 02:11:31.640 --> 02:11:37.159 in Tabo Bermuda, right, So the question is I'm gonna if I can 1743 02:11:37.239 --> 02:11:43.600 get these runners out of my Bermuda, will the Bermuda eventually take over? 1744 02:11:45.239 --> 02:11:50.399 If you've got seventy percent Bermuda thirty percent saying augusting, and you want to 1745 02:11:50.479 --> 02:11:56.199 Bermuda lawn, yes, sir, okay, Yeah, So, droughty conditions 1746 02:11:56.399 --> 02:12:03.359 favor Bermuda. A very good sunlight favors Bermuda. Uh, and Saint Augustine. 1747 02:12:03.439 --> 02:12:07.960 There are a few herbicides that are used in lawns that are really hard 1748 02:12:07.039 --> 02:12:11.319 on Saint Augustine, and I'm gonna have to go look for an example of 1749 02:12:11.439 --> 02:12:18.039 that. But you can essentially look at Saint Augustine as a weed in your 1750 02:12:18.079 --> 02:12:24.840 Bermuda lawn and Berma buy a product for Bermuda to use for weed control, 1751 02:12:26.039 --> 02:12:31.319 and it will kill the Saint Augustine. And there's not a pardon, pardon. 1752 02:12:31.319 --> 02:12:35.359 It'd be a lot easier than pulling out all these runners. Would. 1753 02:12:35.600 --> 02:12:39.239 Yeah, it would. But you know, just as you as you mow 1754 02:12:39.439 --> 02:12:43.760 high, uh, you're gonna favor the Saint Augustine, as you mow low, 1755 02:12:43.920 --> 02:12:48.199 you're gonna favor the Bermuda. So I tend to not spray something if 1756 02:12:48.199 --> 02:12:54.760 I don't have to, and I might just try it culturally by maintaining a 1757 02:12:54.880 --> 02:13:01.760 low mowing height let's say about two inches high and as regularly as you can, 1758 02:13:01.439 --> 02:13:05.000 and just try to go about it that way. But if you do 1759 02:13:05.119 --> 02:13:09.680 want to do the spray, just know that there's some products labeled for Bermuda 1760 02:13:09.720 --> 02:13:13.079 but not Saint Augustine for a reason. Thanks you all right, sir, 1761 02:13:13.239 --> 02:13:20.359 Thank you appreciate appreciate that very much. You know, when it comes to 1762 02:13:20.359 --> 02:13:24.479 the lawns, A good quality product for a long term slow feed is the 1763 02:13:24.600 --> 02:13:28.560 silver bag of Nitrofist super Turf. That's the nineteen four ten. I just 1764 02:13:28.720 --> 02:13:31.840 like to call it the silver bag because you walk in the store, you 1765 02:13:33.039 --> 02:13:35.119 look across the room and you can pick it out from a mile away. 1766 02:13:35.760 --> 02:13:41.560 Nitrofist Superturf nineteen four ten. Gradual feed, you don't get up flush of 1767 02:13:41.640 --> 02:13:45.960 growth, which flushes a growth and about it. Two months from now are 1768 02:13:46.000 --> 02:13:50.279 going to be promoting St. Augustine's brown patch, which is now called large 1769 02:13:50.319 --> 02:13:54.399 patch disease. It avoids doing that by gradually feeding over time. It gives 1770 02:13:54.439 --> 02:14:01.399 you a good gradual release, which means your mo time goes down a little 1771 02:14:01.439 --> 02:14:03.760 bit. You know, you're not out there like you're fighting a hayfield because 1772 02:14:03.760 --> 02:14:09.920 you've overdone the nitrogen on something. It is designed by the requirements for southern 1773 02:14:11.000 --> 02:14:16.000 turf grasses determined long ago at Texan m University for what our lawns need, 1774 02:14:16.399 --> 02:14:20.359 and that would be nitro FoST superturf, which pretty much if I talk about 1775 02:14:20.359 --> 02:14:24.960 a sponsor on this show, you know Ace Hardware, feed stores, great 1776 02:14:24.079 --> 02:14:28.760 home, mom and pop garden centers. That's where you're going to find nitro 1777 02:14:28.840 --> 02:14:33.079 foss products. You can find it right there. Let's see, We're going 1778 02:14:33.159 --> 02:14:39.359 to head out now to Beaumont and talk to Jan Hello. Jan, Hello, 1779 02:14:39.479 --> 02:14:43.960 we have a water restriction. We have water restrictions in Beaumont. Before 1780 02:14:45.039 --> 02:14:48.880 that, my lawn and my plants were doing fine. Now they're some of 1781 02:14:48.000 --> 02:14:54.439 them are dying, especially the lawn. What should I do? Well? 1782 02:14:56.439 --> 02:15:01.479 Are your water restrictions like you can't walk water, you can only water twice 1783 02:15:01.520 --> 02:15:05.520 a week or once a week or what are they saying twice a week? 1784 02:15:05.920 --> 02:15:09.920 I mean in the middle of the night for one of them at least. 1785 02:15:09.520 --> 02:15:16.399 Okay, I would make sure when it's your data water that you give a 1786 02:15:16.920 --> 02:15:22.199 good deep soaking, A good deep soaking, that is important. It takes 1787 02:15:22.239 --> 02:15:26.520 about an inch of water to do that. So a good deep soaking twice 1788 02:15:26.520 --> 02:15:31.960 a week is more than enough water for a long in fact, eye water 1789 02:15:31.079 --> 02:15:35.279 mine once a week. Just give it a good deep soaking. I've got 1790 02:15:35.359 --> 02:15:41.439 a good, deeply developed grass root system. It's very resilient, and that's 1791 02:15:41.479 --> 02:15:45.119 what I would recommend for that. For your other plants, the same kind 1792 02:15:45.159 --> 02:15:48.960 of thing. Give them a good soaking in the garden beds, vegetable beds, 1793 02:15:48.319 --> 02:15:52.760 all of that good covering of mulch over the surface, at least a 1794 02:15:52.800 --> 02:15:58.199 couple inches of mulch that lowers the soil temperature, which reduces water loss and 1795 02:15:58.359 --> 02:16:01.319 water use by the plant. And in terms of you know, the roots, 1796 02:16:03.560 --> 02:16:05.479 when this all gets too hot, roots have trouble functioning up near the 1797 02:16:05.560 --> 02:16:09.600 top. When you mulch it, now you're holding that moisture in and you're 1798 02:16:09.680 --> 02:16:16.560 getting more use out of that water. So those two tips is where I 1799 02:16:16.600 --> 02:16:20.680 would start. I'm going to start now. Thank you, all right, 1800 02:16:20.840 --> 02:16:26.640 good luck, enjoy it. Thanks you bet glad, you're glad you're getting 1801 02:16:26.680 --> 02:16:33.520 out there and being able to you know, deal with the restrictions. We 1802 02:16:33.639 --> 02:16:37.360 got restrictions going in and a lot of parts of the area. That's what 1803 02:16:37.479 --> 02:16:41.479 happens when it gets hot here in the summertime. If you live out in 1804 02:16:41.840 --> 02:16:46.840 the Richmond area, maybe between Richmond and sugar Land, Enchanted Forest is a 1805 02:16:48.000 --> 02:16:52.520 nursery that you have got to go see when you drive down the road. 1806 02:16:52.719 --> 02:16:54.840 The first time I drove down the road and all of a sudden, here 1807 02:16:54.879 --> 02:16:58.079 I came upon Enchanted Forest, I could not believe it. I mean, 1808 02:16:58.200 --> 02:17:01.639 it is cool. You know, it has that country barn. Look, 1809 02:17:01.840 --> 02:17:05.479 it's got the big shade trees that makes shopping so easy when it's hot, 1810 02:17:07.319 --> 02:17:09.360 and they always have stuff going on out there. I'll talk about some of 1811 02:17:09.399 --> 02:17:13.520 these things in the future, but you know coming up this fall, there's 1812 02:17:13.559 --> 02:17:18.680 gonna be a program in September sixteenth on beneficial insects. Wow, that's fun. 1813 02:17:18.879 --> 02:17:22.479 Folks from Nelson's are going to be out there talking about their products and 1814 02:17:22.600 --> 02:17:28.520 how to successfully fertilize. I know the Andy for Medina is going to be 1815 02:17:28.559 --> 02:17:31.520 out there talking about some of their products as well. On October seventh. 1816 02:17:33.280 --> 02:17:37.879 Years truly, I'm going to be out there along with Pumpkin pelooza. I'm 1817 02:17:37.920 --> 02:17:41.760 not sure what that. I don't am I the big pumpkin out there anyway, 1818 02:17:41.120 --> 02:17:46.600 Lots of stuff going on and enchanted Danny and Clay. It's the customer 1819 02:17:46.719 --> 02:17:52.079 service, it's the knowledge. If you want to have beneficial insects, if 1820 02:17:52.120 --> 02:17:54.879 you want to have butterflies, they have a selection of plants. In fact 1821 02:17:54.959 --> 02:18:00.479 that you know this. They will if you need a like a monarch larva, 1822 02:18:01.040 --> 02:18:03.479 they'll give you one to take home and put on your milkweeds. So 1823 02:18:03.559 --> 02:18:07.280 they'll they'll even help give you a free head start. That is at enchanted 1824 02:18:07.360 --> 02:18:13.200 Forest out in the Richmond areas between Richmond toward sugar Land and off to the 1825 02:18:13.360 --> 02:18:18.200 right is where the enchanted forest is located. And by the way, here 1826 02:18:18.440 --> 02:18:22.440 is Nikki. And we were going to talk about potting up house plants, 1827 02:18:22.479 --> 02:18:26.319 house plants in general. What I say, and this is a general guide, 1828 02:18:26.760 --> 02:18:31.360 when the plant is three times the size of the pot, go ahead 1829 02:18:31.399 --> 02:18:33.559 and move it to the next size. Okay. So that way, you 1830 02:18:33.639 --> 02:18:35.959 know, if you take a little plant and put it in a big pot, 1831 02:18:37.440 --> 02:18:41.479 you tend to overwater because it doesn't have the roots system to pump that 1832 02:18:41.799 --> 02:18:45.479 soil dry, and it stays wet for too long, when it's in too 1833 02:18:45.520 --> 02:18:48.200 small a pot, your water and all the time, and it's confined. 1834 02:18:48.360 --> 02:18:52.799 So in general, look for about three times the plant size compared to the 1835 02:18:52.840 --> 02:18:58.159 pot size. Okay, so does the pot size determine how big it's going 1836 02:18:58.239 --> 02:19:03.719 to grow? It can, But I mean theoretically, if you're fertilizing a 1837 02:19:03.799 --> 02:19:07.239 lot and keeping it constantly moist, it'll get too big for that pot because 1838 02:19:07.239 --> 02:19:11.079 you're supplying what it needs. You know. It's kind of like think about 1839 02:19:11.159 --> 02:19:15.200 hydroponics, where they're just got a plant in water. You know, there's 1840 02:19:15.239 --> 02:19:18.360 not a pot size. They're given those reach everything they need and therefore they 1841 02:19:18.399 --> 02:19:24.680 can grow plants. But in a home home landscape, home landscape, interior 1842 02:19:24.799 --> 02:19:28.760 landscape, if there's such a thing, we we like to make it where 1843 02:19:28.799 --> 02:19:31.559 we're not having to worry about it. I water my plants about once a 1844 02:19:31.600 --> 02:19:35.000 week, and oh really, yeah, some people twice, But more plants 1845 02:19:35.040 --> 02:19:46.399 are killed by overwatering than underwatering. Miles. All the stars in the sky 1846 02:19:48.600 --> 02:19:52.959 miles, And I'm pretty sure it's a law in Texas. And you can't 1847 02:19:52.000 --> 02:19:56.239 do a radio show with a little asleep at the wheel country suite. I 1848 02:19:56.360 --> 02:20:01.040 could listen to that all day it is, I'll shut up and just listen 1849 02:20:01.079 --> 02:20:03.319 to music. Well, you're listening to the garden line, and I'm not 1850 02:20:03.520 --> 02:20:07.319 going to shut up. We're gonna We're gonna talk about things that are of 1851 02:20:07.479 --> 02:20:11.360 interest to gardeners. Nikki, do you have a You look like you are 1852 02:20:11.520 --> 02:20:18.000 pregnant with questions of gardening? Is that I'm not even going to go Have 1853 02:20:18.079 --> 02:20:20.520 you ever heard someone say I'm pregnant in thought? Yes, I'm about to 1854 02:20:20.680 --> 02:20:24.879 burst forth with this new Okay, Well, first of all, I am 1855 02:20:26.079 --> 02:20:31.600 so indebted to you throwing off a comment about the healing nature of plants. 1856 02:20:31.920 --> 02:20:35.319 Yeah, my husband was sick and so I went to the grocery store. 1857 02:20:35.319 --> 02:20:39.079 I went to stores and I bought all kinds of plants. Yes, and 1858 02:20:39.319 --> 02:20:43.520 he ended up going to the hospital getting great treatment by doctors. But I 1859 02:20:43.680 --> 02:20:46.360 ended up with a house full of plants that I have to take care of. 1860 02:20:46.600 --> 02:20:52.760 And what I have found is they're healing me and the therapy that they 1861 02:20:52.799 --> 02:20:56.239 are bringing to my life. So now I'm at the point that I have 1862 02:20:56.319 --> 02:20:58.879 to get them out of the grocery store or whatever plastic things and put them. 1863 02:21:00.440 --> 02:21:03.959 So what kind of soil do the pots have to have good drainage. 1864 02:21:05.000 --> 02:21:07.639 Do you put gravel in it? Do I feed them? Do I put 1865 02:21:07.719 --> 02:21:11.280 plant food in them? Well, we can pretty much finish the show. 1866 02:21:13.520 --> 02:21:18.000 And I figured those are really basic questions. But I'm asking someone else probably 1867 02:21:18.399 --> 02:21:20.959 no, those are those are good questions, and yes they are. I'll 1868 02:21:22.040 --> 02:21:26.040 start with the easy one. Don't put gravel in pots. I can explain 1869 02:21:26.159 --> 02:21:28.079 why, but it doesn't do what you think it does, and it just 1870 02:21:28.200 --> 02:21:31.639 takes up space that soil needs to be. Okay, don't do that. 1871 02:21:33.200 --> 02:21:37.719 We talked about pots size. You know, a quality sail mix, and 1872 02:21:37.799 --> 02:21:41.399 we have a number of the folks we talk about here that make a quality, 1873 02:21:41.680 --> 02:21:46.760 a very good quality sail mix. I know, Heirloom Soils makes some 1874 02:21:46.040 --> 02:21:50.319 potting for indoor plants and some potting sail for outdoor plants as well. They 1875 02:21:50.399 --> 02:21:52.840 can, they can fix you up, and they're easy to find. They're 1876 02:21:52.840 --> 02:21:56.840 available everywhere. But getting a good quality mix, what that means when we 1877 02:21:56.920 --> 02:22:01.719 say quality is that it does and have big chunks of wood and it's screened 1878 02:22:01.760 --> 02:22:07.559 properly. It's gonna whole moisture, but it's gonna drain excess moisture, and 1879 02:22:07.680 --> 02:22:11.040 those drainage hoes you're talking about are essential. We kill more house plants by 1880 02:22:11.159 --> 02:22:16.360 overwatering than by underwatering. Why do they make pots that don't have holes in 1881 02:22:16.440 --> 02:22:20.520 them Because people don't want a saucer. They don't want a pot that leaks 1882 02:22:20.559 --> 02:22:26.479 out on their floor or their table or whatever. And sometimes we just plant 1883 02:22:26.559 --> 02:22:30.440 in things that are decorative, but they really aren't the best pot for plants. 1884 02:22:30.840 --> 02:22:33.639 I have a few that don't have drain holes, but I know that 1885 02:22:33.719 --> 02:22:35.440 I got to be real careful when I water. I'm not to overdo it. 1886 02:22:37.159 --> 02:22:39.000 Just a little tip and trick. Sometimes you can put a little charcoal. 1887 02:22:39.159 --> 02:22:43.000 You can buy charcoal at the garden center and put a little charcoal in 1888 02:22:43.079 --> 02:22:48.479 the bottom of your pot if it doesn't have drainage holes, and that way, 1889 02:22:48.520 --> 02:22:52.079 if it gets wet, it doesn't start to get that anaerobic decomposition that 1890 02:22:52.559 --> 02:22:56.600 causes problems. It kind of freshens or that people say it's sweetens. I 1891 02:22:56.639 --> 02:23:01.840 don't know what that means, but it sweetens up the water in case you're 1892 02:23:01.879 --> 02:23:05.360 forgetting over water. But yeah, drainage holes are better if you can do 1893 02:23:05.479 --> 02:23:07.959 that. I can't remember what else you threw out there. What is your 1894 02:23:09.040 --> 02:23:15.600 favorite house plant. Oh my gosh, uh aglionema called Chinese evergreen. It 1895 02:23:16.639 --> 02:23:20.079 does well and low light. It does well and more light. It's not 1896 02:23:20.399 --> 02:23:26.239 the most low light house plant, but it's it's on the bottom twenty five 1897 02:23:26.280 --> 02:23:30.799 percent for sure. The foliage. I like colors other than green. I 1898 02:23:30.879 --> 02:23:35.000 mean, green's fine, but everything's green. So aglionema will have some coral, 1899 02:23:35.159 --> 02:23:39.639 it'll have some reddish colors in the leaves. It's just really pretty. 1900 02:23:39.239 --> 02:23:41.440 And so I guess I've had to pick one. I would go with that 1901 02:23:41.559 --> 02:23:46.200 one. It's easy to grow. It's not the most indestructible house plant, 1902 02:23:46.280 --> 02:23:50.399 but it's in the top twenty five percent. The most indestructible one. Oh 1903 02:23:50.440 --> 02:23:54.600 my gosh, mother in law's tongue. Sense of area. It's the snake 1904 02:23:54.680 --> 02:23:58.879 plants. Another. You've got these longs things coming out of the ground. 1905 02:23:58.319 --> 02:24:01.520 Take sun, take shade, takes neglect. If you can't grow mother in 1906 02:24:01.600 --> 02:24:05.639 Law's tongue, don't call garden line because I can't help you. I mean, 1907 02:24:05.719 --> 02:24:09.239 if you this is like green side up type level. So do you 1908 02:24:09.440 --> 02:24:15.760 feed them? You know, there's like common food, Yeah, a good 1909 02:24:15.840 --> 02:24:20.799 A good quality slower leased food would be best because it gradually releases over time. 1910 02:24:20.920 --> 02:24:24.920 There are a number of products that can do that, or a liquid 1911 02:24:24.000 --> 02:24:26.479 food. A lot of people like to mix up the liquid. I use 1912 02:24:26.559 --> 02:24:31.680 Microlife seven one four on my plants. It's a liquid, it's organic, 1913 02:24:31.799 --> 02:24:35.879 it's got microbes in it. You give them a good drenching and you water 1914 02:24:37.120 --> 02:24:39.719 enough to keep them happy. If you put it according to the label, 1915 02:24:39.760 --> 02:24:43.159 it won't burn your plants. But there are other liquid good liquid options out 1916 02:24:43.200 --> 02:24:46.959 there on the market as well. Okay, all right, good plant. 1917 02:24:46.200 --> 02:24:48.479 I think we're I'm about to go to my first break. But hey, 1918 02:24:48.559 --> 02:24:52.360 that was fun. I've had a thousand people had those same questions that you 1919 02:24:52.479 --> 02:24:58.479 had, I'm sure, so that was definitely time oil spent. Well, 1920 02:24:58.000 --> 02:25:01.639 my goodness, we're get back in the show here. I'm gonna we're gonna 1921 02:25:01.639 --> 02:25:03.920 be taking a break here real quick. I just wanted to tell you that 1922 02:25:05.520 --> 02:25:09.639 if you are looking for a quality tree and someone who knows how to plant 1923 02:25:09.680 --> 02:25:13.079 it, that's for Damp Tree Farm Verdant Tree Farm, I should say, 1924 02:25:13.079 --> 02:25:18.120 because what does verdant Verdant means green? Verdant Tree Farm v E R D 1925 02:25:18.399 --> 02:25:22.639 A N T Treefarm dot com. They have everything you need if you need 1926 02:25:22.680 --> 02:25:26.799 a palm tree for outdoors. Oh my gosh, they are the leader and 1927 02:25:28.200 --> 02:25:31.079 all kinds of palms. They'll plant it. You get to pick it out. 1928 02:25:31.159 --> 02:25:33.040 Go there, you pick it out, they tag it, they bring 1929 02:25:33.120 --> 02:25:35.520 it, they plant it, they tell you how to take care of it. 1930 02:25:35.120 --> 02:25:37.840 They can grow. They can plant a tree any month of the year 1931 02:25:39.079 --> 02:25:43.440 because they know what they're doing. At Verdant Treefarm dot Com. There's the 1932 02:25:43.559 --> 02:25:50.120 location out on Barker, Cyprus on the west side. Down in Parland on 1933 02:25:50.239 --> 02:25:52.399 West Broadway, there's a location. And up in the Heights where Yale comes 1934 02:25:52.440 --> 02:25:58.959 into a ten yet another location of Verdant Tree Farm. Well, here we 1935 02:25:58.040 --> 02:26:03.479 go. We're gonna take a seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy 1936 02:26:03.520 --> 02:26:05.200 four. Gift Josh a call. He'll get you on the board and we'll 1937 02:26:05.239 --> 02:26:09.120 talk to you when we come back. As well as d I see out 1938 02:26:09.159 --> 02:26:16.440 there waiting. Just hang on as good as I want. I got a 1939 02:26:16.520 --> 02:26:24.360 few years now, but there was the time in my friend, but I 1940 02:26:24.440 --> 02:26:33.319 could really down. Well, good morning, and welcome to Garden Line. 1941 02:26:33.319 --> 02:26:35.440 We're glad you're listening today. We're entering our last little segment. By the 1942 02:26:35.479 --> 02:26:39.360 way, we'll be back at six am. Tomorrow. We're here on Saturday 1943 02:26:39.479 --> 02:26:43.879 and Sunday from six am to ten am. So tell your friends, tell 1944 02:26:43.879 --> 02:26:46.600 your neighbors that guy that won't take care of his lawn has a messy place. 1945 02:26:46.639 --> 02:26:50.319 You'd like him to clean it up. Man, turn him onto garden 1946 02:26:50.399 --> 02:26:56.399 line tactfully. Maybe we can help. We're gonna head out now to Oh. 1947 02:26:56.760 --> 02:27:01.280 Before I did the last break, I was talking about the Microlife seven 1948 02:27:01.559 --> 02:27:09.920 one three someone four excuse me with Nikki on house plants and Microlife has a 1949 02:27:09.120 --> 02:27:13.399 wide range of products. They have some excellent products for the lawn. I 1950 02:27:13.440 --> 02:27:18.399 always talk about the green bag, the six two four, and also the 1951 02:27:18.559 --> 02:27:22.479 humates plus. That combination of those two is really good. And here's why. 1952 02:27:22.959 --> 02:27:26.159 The humates. First of all, it's got a little bit of potassium 1953 02:27:26.239 --> 02:27:31.239 in it, and it has a wide variety of everything that you would expect 1954 02:27:31.639 --> 02:27:39.120 in a humate product. Humates are concentrated compost. And when you get humates 1955 02:27:39.159 --> 02:27:41.600 plus that's a purple bag, by the way, that's concentrated compost in a 1956 02:27:41.680 --> 02:27:46.239 bag. So you do your fertilizing with the six two four, you follow 1957 02:27:46.319 --> 02:27:50.920 up with the humates plus the purple bag. That combination is good going into 1958 02:27:50.959 --> 02:27:54.520 fall because in fall we're going to deal with things like brown Patch, large 1959 02:27:54.559 --> 02:27:58.639 patch, We're going to deal with take all rout rod coming back again and 1960 02:27:58.760 --> 02:28:01.639 doing infecting as it starts to cool off, and having a lot of that 1961 02:28:03.639 --> 02:28:07.680 microbial content, having a lot of the organic materials on the surface, all 1962 02:28:07.719 --> 02:28:11.239 of that works together to help minimize those as well as the fact that these 1963 02:28:11.280 --> 02:28:16.040 products are releasing a little bit over time and you're not getting that just super 1964 02:28:16.159 --> 02:28:24.280 flush of nitrogen for example, to promote succulent growth. Go to Microlife Fertilizer 1965 02:28:24.399 --> 02:28:28.639 dot com. You can find more information there about that seven one four I 1966 02:28:28.799 --> 02:28:33.879 was talking about the liquid, also their ocean harvests, the fish based outdoor 1967 02:28:33.040 --> 02:28:37.399 product alike. So much uh and these two long fertilizers that I was talking 1968 02:28:37.440 --> 02:28:41.440 about, as well as where can I buy Microlife. That's not gonna be 1969 02:28:41.479 --> 02:28:45.159 hard to find it. It's everwhere, but Microlife Fertilizer dot com will tell 1970 02:28:45.200 --> 02:28:48.239 you exactly where we've been to Head out to Port Arthur now and talk to 1971 02:28:48.399 --> 02:28:54.440 d Well. Hello, d Hey, good morning, thanks for taking you. 1972 02:28:54.600 --> 02:28:58.319 Bet. I've got two questions for you. The first one, I 1973 02:28:58.440 --> 02:29:03.520 have a certified monarchy way station and I'm really concerned about my pollinator plants, 1974 02:29:03.639 --> 02:29:09.600 especially the migration is going to start back up late September early October. The 1975 02:29:09.719 --> 02:29:15.000 only thing that surviving right now is Lantano indian blanket and cone flower. So 1976 02:29:15.079 --> 02:29:18.079 I want to know what I can plant now to kind of beef up my 1977 02:29:18.200 --> 02:29:22.879 pollinator plant. Well you can. You can probably still buy the various types 1978 02:29:22.920 --> 02:29:28.399 of milkweed. Uh. And I have plenty of milkweed. Okay. Well, 1979 02:29:30.479 --> 02:29:33.680 so if you're if you feel like you're stocked up on that. Monarchs, 1980 02:29:33.159 --> 02:29:37.600 there's a lot of different plants that they like the blooms of. So 1981 02:29:37.760 --> 02:29:41.840 it's not really that difficult finding plants that as far as a nectar source for 1982 02:29:41.959 --> 02:29:46.319 the monarchs, but taking care of their larva and that brings them in their 1983 02:29:46.399 --> 02:29:50.000 lay eggs go through the life cycle and push you send them on their merry 1984 02:29:50.079 --> 02:29:54.879 way and in the cool season. Uh, tell me again, what the 1985 02:29:54.959 --> 02:30:00.559 plants are you currently have that right now? Right now, what's reviving the 1986 02:30:00.680 --> 02:30:05.879 heat is the Lantana indian blanket and cone flowers. And then there's some wildflowers 1987 02:30:05.959 --> 02:30:09.520 that will pop up. It's it's a pocket prairie, So I just let 1988 02:30:09.639 --> 02:30:13.799 whatever flowers grow. Yeah, yeah, Uh well, zennias are fast and 1989 02:30:13.920 --> 02:30:18.760 easy. I mean, that's a that's an easy one that attracts a number 1990 02:30:18.799 --> 02:30:22.079 of different butterflies to it. That's an annual. You can buy them, 1991 02:30:22.079 --> 02:30:24.479 a blimbs on them, put them in the ground, and you're in business, 1992 02:30:24.920 --> 02:30:28.840 and they don't mind the heat. They will keep growing for you. 1993 02:30:28.040 --> 02:30:33.079 So I would probably throw that into the mix just to kind of get something 1994 02:30:33.200 --> 02:30:37.120 real quick out there, and then gradually over time, Uh, look at 1995 02:30:37.159 --> 02:30:43.000 the lists of the plants for for monarchs and begin to develop your landscape in 1996 02:30:43.079 --> 02:30:46.879 that direction. Makes it okay, you know, you kind of grow yourself. 1997 02:30:48.319 --> 02:30:54.000 Go ahead, Yeah, I've got some zenia seeds from another local gardener. 1998 02:30:54.479 --> 02:30:58.000 That are you suggesting that I get some plants that are already flowering right 1999 02:30:58.040 --> 02:31:01.399 now? Well, I mean if you want, yeah, if you want 2000 02:31:01.440 --> 02:31:07.799 to hurry up and get there faster, I would get the ones that are 2001 02:31:07.840 --> 02:31:11.200 already that are already blooming, you know, that look good. So there 2002 02:31:11.239 --> 02:31:15.159 and there's a number of them. You know, we always talk about milkweed 2003 02:31:15.280 --> 02:31:18.120 monarchs because that's what the larva like. But when it comes to plants that 2004 02:31:18.360 --> 02:31:22.479 just to attract them. In you mentioned cone flower, there's one called Joe 2005 02:31:22.559 --> 02:31:28.520 pieweed. It's not the tidiest of plants, but it is very attractive to 2006 02:31:28.680 --> 02:31:33.159 them. They will come in monarch. Yeah, monarda also called bee balm 2007 02:31:33.440 --> 02:31:39.520 will attract them. In Golden rod not There are some cultivated varieties that you 2008 02:31:39.600 --> 02:31:43.479 may be able to find in a garden center, but golden rod is another 2009 02:31:43.559 --> 02:31:46.479 one that you can bring the monarchs in with. You know, they're pretty 2010 02:31:46.639 --> 02:31:52.959 uh when it comes to nectar. It it's not that hard to please a 2011 02:31:52.040 --> 02:31:58.000 monarch. So butterfly bush, that's one for the long term. You've ever 2012 02:31:58.079 --> 02:32:03.600 grown boodlia, They love that and that is okay, really a really cool 2013 02:32:03.680 --> 02:32:09.600 one as well. All right, all right, My other question is i 2014 02:32:09.760 --> 02:32:15.200 have an indoor aeroponic tower garden and I've started all of my fall plants in 2015 02:32:15.280 --> 02:32:18.920 it. I've got broadly cauliflower, russels prout, cabbage, and I'm wondering 2016 02:32:18.959 --> 02:32:24.000 when it's going to be the best time to transplant those seedlings into the outdoor 2017 02:32:24.079 --> 02:32:28.719 gardens because it's so hot still. They're all about two inches fall now and 2018 02:32:28.760 --> 02:32:31.079 they've got a really good root system going. But I'm just concerned about the 2019 02:32:31.159 --> 02:32:37.040 heap. I would say about mid September, I would bump them up into 2020 02:32:39.159 --> 02:32:43.600 a I don't know, four inch pot or whatever size so that you can 2021 02:32:43.719 --> 02:32:48.000 move them outside to a shady spot, because it's going to be a big 2022 02:32:48.200 --> 02:32:52.200 change from your indoor temperatures. And even though you're bright, tower garden has 2023 02:32:52.239 --> 02:32:56.959 adequate light to grow things, it's not like sunlight. And so move them 2024 02:32:58.000 --> 02:33:01.000 out to a shady spot under a tree, on the edges of a tree, 2025 02:33:01.079 --> 02:33:03.079 maybe a little morning sun. You just don't want to suddenly burn them 2026 02:33:03.159 --> 02:33:09.079 with that overall exposure. Give them, give him a couple of weeks there, 2027 02:33:09.239 --> 02:33:11.360 and then put them on the ground. I mean you could even do 2028 02:33:11.520 --> 02:33:16.879 that. Maybe a mid September probably about the best. Okay, all right, 2029 02:33:18.239 --> 02:33:20.159 sounds great, Thank you so much. All right, good luck. 2030 02:33:20.479 --> 02:33:26.440 Enjoyed the call. I'm glad you are out there doing some gardening. You 2031 02:33:26.520 --> 02:33:30.399 know, gardening is a great hobby. Nikki was talking about the benefits of 2032 02:33:30.479 --> 02:33:35.319 it. And you know, they've hooked people up to monitors to look at 2033 02:33:35.360 --> 02:33:41.559 their blood pressure, to look at heart rate and other kinds of health indicators, 2034 02:33:41.959 --> 02:33:48.760 and they can actually show that someone who is in a plant setting has 2035 02:33:48.840 --> 02:33:54.559 a different response than someone who is not. That is amazing. It's amazing 2036 02:33:54.639 --> 02:34:03.639 to me that plants affect the add issue with children, plants affect dementia with 2037 02:34:03.840 --> 02:34:09.399 older adults, Plants affect your blood pressure for example, and many many other 2038 02:34:09.559 --> 02:34:15.399 things. It's it's just an amazing thing. And that's what we get when 2039 02:34:15.440 --> 02:34:20.479 we take our plants and enjoy them and engage with them and everything like that. 2040 02:34:20.559 --> 02:34:24.280 If you need some plants, I don't know a better place to go 2041 02:34:24.479 --> 02:34:30.040 down in Houston than Buchanan's Plants, Buchanan's Nursery. You can go to Buchanans 2042 02:34:30.040 --> 02:34:33.440 Plants dot Com, by the way, if you want more information. They're 2043 02:34:33.520 --> 02:34:35.760 on Eleventh Street in the Heights. By the way. They have an excellent, 2044 02:34:37.040 --> 02:34:39.879 excellent newsletter that you can sign up for and learn more. And there's 2045 02:34:41.040 --> 02:34:43.920 always stuff going on. I've got some special events coming in. If you're 2046 02:34:43.959 --> 02:34:50.000 interested in hummingbirds, they can really get you set up with the plants that 2047 02:34:50.079 --> 02:34:52.680 will bring them in. Now we know hummingbird feeders are important, right that. 2048 02:34:52.680 --> 02:34:54.479 I mean, that's fine. You can bring them right up to the 2049 02:34:54.559 --> 02:34:58.719 window if you want. But there's a lot of great plants like Salvia's and 2050 02:34:58.799 --> 02:35:05.559 other there's and Buchanans has them. I always say things like you know they 2051 02:35:05.639 --> 02:35:11.120 specialize in this or that. Well, Buchanans specializest and everything. If you 2052 02:35:11.239 --> 02:35:13.239 need shade plants, they got one of the best selections. If you need 2053 02:35:13.360 --> 02:35:18.280 hummingbird plants, Esperanza and Turk's cap and autumn stage. Oh my gosh, 2054 02:35:18.360 --> 02:35:24.040 it's so easy for hummingbirds when you go to a place like Buchanan's Plants. 2055 02:35:24.280 --> 02:35:28.479 So again East eleventh Street and the Heights Buchanans Plants dot com. But do 2056 02:35:28.639 --> 02:35:31.760 sign up for the newsletter because you can stay up to date. And their 2057 02:35:31.840 --> 02:35:35.920 website is a wealth of information. I mean, if you want articles, 2058 02:35:35.159 --> 02:35:39.239 gardening guides and things like that, how to videos, it's there on the 2059 02:35:39.280 --> 02:35:45.559 Buchanans website. Can't brag on them enough. Really cool. Gosh, I 2060 02:35:45.680 --> 02:35:48.159 believe I've run out of time today. It looks like I got about a 2061 02:35:48.559 --> 02:35:52.200 minute left here to go. Too late for a call, that's for sure. 2062 02:35:52.520 --> 02:35:56.360 We will be back in the morning at six am to answer your gardening 2063 02:35:56.479 --> 02:36:01.600 questions. And again, I do want to re iterate that you can listen 2064 02:36:01.680 --> 02:36:07.000 to garden Line after the fact. If you miss a show by podcast there 2065 02:36:07.760 --> 02:36:11.319 is whatever your podcast, you know, whether you have iHeartMedia or some other 2066 02:36:11.399 --> 02:36:16.159 podcasts supplier. Just look for garden Line. I think there's two garden lines 2067 02:36:16.200 --> 02:36:18.920 in the whole country, once a Lady and I'm not so the other one. 2068 02:36:20.360 --> 02:36:24.200 So garden Line is available by podcasts. Great way to listen folks that 2069 02:36:24.399 --> 02:36:28.639 lived in Houston and moved out. We get calls from them because they're listening 2070 02:36:28.719 --> 02:36:33.920 online or they're listen by podcast the show. It's it's just fun to connect 2071 02:36:33.000 --> 02:36:37.760 with people. And if you know folks you kind of like what you're hearing 2072 02:36:37.799 --> 02:36:41.280 on guarden Line, you think you know somebody that might be interested in that, 2073 02:36:41.600 --> 02:36:45.280 We'll tell them about the show. We always like to have more listeners, 2074 02:36:45.399 --> 02:36:48.639 get to visit with more people. And I don't know, if we 2075 02:36:48.760 --> 02:36:52.479 can't find the answer, or if we don't know the answer, we'll find 2076 02:36:52.559 --> 02:36:54.479 it for you, and that is what we aim for. For those of 2077 02:36:54.520 --> 02:36:58.959 you who've been emailing, I've been out for two weeks now doing some horticles 2078 02:37:00.000 --> 02:37:03.120 cultural traveling. I'm working on getting back to them. Just be patient with 2079 02:37:03.280 --> 02:37:05.079 me, but I will get to them.