WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:04.679 Ktr H Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or services advertised 2 00:00:04.679 --> 00:00:11.359 on this program. Welcome to ktr H Garden Line with Skip Rictor. It's 3 00:00:13.279 --> 00:00:34.920 crazy. Just watch him as so many well. Good morning, good Sunday 4 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:39.159 morning. As a matter of fact, I appreciate the fact that you are 5 00:00:39.280 --> 00:00:41.719 up at this hour. I hope you got a cup of coffee in your 6 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:45.280 hand or whatever it takes to get the motor running. We're gonna be talking 7 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:48.280 gardening today. There is a lot to talk about. I had a great 8 00:00:48.320 --> 00:00:54.880 time out yesterday at the Arburgate Nursery and Tomball just got to meet a lot 9 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:58.399 of folks. Boy, you guys were a steady line coming through and it 10 00:00:58.479 --> 00:01:00.960 was just so nice to get to, I don't know, help people with 11 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:03.560 their gardens and get to meet people, find out what kinds of things they're 12 00:01:03.599 --> 00:01:07.040 interested in and growing out in the gardens, do a little bit of diagnostics 13 00:01:07.079 --> 00:01:11.439 and all the kinds of stuff we do with those appearances. Those of you 14 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:19.640 who were fortunate enough to win the giveaways a fertilizer from Arburgate and from nitrofoss 15 00:01:19.280 --> 00:01:23.799 uh that that was also a nice addition to the to the event. As 16 00:01:23.799 --> 00:01:26.319 well. And by the way, that parking lot is the most wonderful thing 17 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:30.040 I had to get there. I got there a little early just to go 18 00:01:30.079 --> 00:01:33.879 back out and you know, try it out, see how things are going. 19 00:01:33.959 --> 00:01:38.159 It's it's so dead gum convenient. And I'm I know those of you 20 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:42.280 love Arburg Gate, which I was suspect to most everybody listening is you're excited 21 00:01:42.319 --> 00:01:45.879 too about the fact that you can be able to go in there and when 22 00:01:46.000 --> 00:01:47.920 have a big event, you know, a lot of people come in. 23 00:01:48.040 --> 00:01:52.439 It just real convenient right in the back, simple as that. But thanks 24 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:56.359 to Beverly and the team at Arburgrate for hosting us out there yesterday that that 25 00:01:56.480 --> 00:02:00.480 was a good time. We're gonna talk about all kinds of things today. 26 00:02:01.040 --> 00:02:07.079 I wanted to start off just a little bit making some mention about birds out 27 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:13.199 in our landscapes. I was checking out my bird baths, you know, 28 00:02:13.280 --> 00:02:15.800 the where we where they have their water supplies and they really need that. 29 00:02:15.840 --> 00:02:19.319 By the way, it's still hot. It's still a little hot out there, 30 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:22.840 and birds need to supply of water, so make sure you're you're providing 31 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:24.840 that for them. I noticed one of my feeders was empty. I kind 32 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:29.879 of neglected keeping an eye on that thing, and so fortunately the birds were 33 00:02:29.879 --> 00:02:34.159 not tapping on the window going did you get out here please? But we 34 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:37.400 got out there and got some more taken care of. You know that my 35 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:40.599 favorite feeder is one that Wildbird does. It's it's one that excludes squirrels, 36 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:46.800 and it is just I don't know whether I like the fact more that if 37 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:49.039 I want to feed a bird, I can make sure my food goes to 38 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:53.039 a bird, or the fun of just watching a squirrel trying to get into 39 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:57.400 that thing, the squirrel excluder feeder. They can't. They can't handle it. 40 00:02:58.000 --> 00:03:00.439 But enough of those things, you know, it's it is umming bird 41 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:04.039 season and I had some swing through just the other day. They you know, 42 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:07.439 there's a lot of things we can plant that attract hummingbirds. But the 43 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.599 feeders are cool because I mean you can put them up instantly in any location 44 00:03:10.639 --> 00:03:15.159 and they just they show up there. And my favorite, I've told you 45 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:17.719 this before, is my high perch feeder from Wall Birds Unlimited. And I've 46 00:03:17.719 --> 00:03:22.599 got several feeders, and it is the one it's easiest to see the birds, 47 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:25.039 it's easiest for the birds to you know, get in there and they 48 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:30.919 seem to love it. They really do seem to enjoy that feeder. Always 49 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:35.759 remember don't put don't buy colored water for your hummingbirds. Just take four parts 50 00:03:35.759 --> 00:03:38.280 of water, one part of white table sugar. I heat the water up 51 00:03:38.360 --> 00:03:44.080 just to make it easier to dissolve that much sugar and water. Four parts 52 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:47.560 water, one part sugar, and just plain white sugar. And it'll last 53 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:50.840 in a feeder the last couple of days out there. And if you buy 54 00:03:50.879 --> 00:03:53.159 their nectar defender, if he drops in there, it'll carry it out to 55 00:03:53.240 --> 00:03:57.039 ten days. You know, because you think about the sugar water in warm 56 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:00.000 weather. I mean there's a lot of little microbes would love to take off 57 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.560 growing in sugar water, so you want to keep that clean. Wildbirds also 58 00:04:03.599 --> 00:04:06.240 has a little cleaning brushes to keep your feet are clean. Just makes it 59 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:11.479 a live even a little extra special. And you know, Wildbirds are everywhere. 60 00:04:11.800 --> 00:04:15.079 I don't know if I've mentioned this lately, but they have seven stores 61 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.279 here in the Houston area, one in Cyprus up on Barker, Cyprus, 62 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:23.560 one down on bel Air in Houston. They're on the west side Memorial Drive 63 00:04:23.600 --> 00:04:28.160 in Houston. Out in clear Lake, there's Wildbirds and Katie. There's Wildbirds 64 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:31.920 on West Timer Parkway. Kingwood has one up on Kingwood driving them Parland Parland 65 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:38.000 down down in Pearland on Broadway Street there's Wildbird's unlimited, so easy to find 66 00:04:38.040 --> 00:04:41.480 one, and they are really really nice. You're ever looking for a gift 67 00:04:41.519 --> 00:04:46.680 for somebody too that I have utilized them a number of times because it's it's 68 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.399 such an outstanding gift. You know, you wonder what do you buy for 69 00:04:49.439 --> 00:04:55.439 somebody who has everything already? Well, go into Wilbirds. Let them answer 70 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.360 that question. You will be really impressed, and so other people you give 71 00:04:58.360 --> 00:05:01.720 the gift to, by the way, it's just it's really special. Well, 72 00:05:01.839 --> 00:05:04.839 we are here to talk to your to you about gardening, and I 73 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:08.160 think it will probably help if I gave you a phone number, wouldn't it 74 00:05:08.360 --> 00:05:13.759 seven one three two one two five eight seven four seven one three two one 75 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:20.759 two fifty eight seventy four. You know that the fall season is here. 76 00:05:21.000 --> 00:05:25.279 It is, I mean officially on the calendar, this is fall. But 77 00:05:25.959 --> 00:05:29.399 we've had a warm day and yesterday's a little on the warm side, but 78 00:05:29.480 --> 00:05:32.560 it is gradually cooling off more and more, and I'm just excited. I 79 00:05:32.560 --> 00:05:36.639 was excited at ninety five. I thought that was pretty special. We're going 80 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:43.800 to keep going on the way down and down in temperatures and it's gonna eventually 81 00:05:43.839 --> 00:05:46.319 get real nice and pleasant. Let's go out to sugar Land. We're gonna 82 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:55.360 talk to Mike. Hello, Mike, Hello, good morning. I'm wondering 83 00:05:55.600 --> 00:06:00.680 the difference in the three products that are in not false Okay, and then 84 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:08.040 and then the product that you would buy from, like Helen Chemical, don't. 85 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.680 I don't know which you're talking about. Helen is a big chemical company, 86 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:23.519 So I'm sorry. The like the the Fall special yard fertilizer. Okay, 87 00:06:23.720 --> 00:06:28.800 the Fall Special is from nitrofoss. It's a brown bag and it has 88 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.040 a good load of potassium that's the last number in it, and drops the 89 00:06:32.120 --> 00:06:36.519 nitrogen down a little bit, and that combination goes in the plant well and 90 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:41.560 fall, and instead of stimulating just tons of green growth, which we don't 91 00:06:41.600 --> 00:06:45.720 want to do in the fall, it helps the plant produce carbohydrates to go 92 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:48.959 into winter and come out stronger. So that's that. That is the plan 93 00:06:49.199 --> 00:06:55.279 of any fertilizer that you would call a winterizer or a fall fertilizer, is 94 00:06:55.480 --> 00:07:00.279 you want to have enough potassium the third number to be able to really really 95 00:07:00.279 --> 00:07:05.480 do the good that it can do. But would the potassium that the large 96 00:07:05.600 --> 00:07:15.439 chemical companies have. Do they furnish potassium to nctro fause company? Oh? 97 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:17.720 I don't know that. Does it all come? Yeah, I don't know 98 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:23.399 how the sausage gets made on that. It's just there's their number of forms 99 00:07:23.399 --> 00:07:27.199 of potassium that fertilizer can use, from organic forms to synthetic forms. There's 100 00:07:27.199 --> 00:07:31.399 a lot of options out there for getting that out into the plant. Did 101 00:07:31.399 --> 00:07:39.720 you have another question about about the fall fertilizing mic No, just you know, 102 00:07:40.120 --> 00:07:46.240 I've used the Medina products, but but one of the recommendations to get 103 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:54.720 rid of of the sticker birds is go heavy and heavy with nitrogen, and 104 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:59.839 Medina products don't have nitrogen. Uh, that's not no, that's not true. 105 00:07:59.839 --> 00:08:01.720 They do have. Medina has a fertilizer for the lawn that has a 106 00:08:01.800 --> 00:08:05.360 higher amount of nitrogen in it. But that's something that we would need if 107 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:07.519 we're going to go into grasp or that would be a whole another question. 108 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:11.160 We can do that, but I'm gonna have to have you hang on after 109 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:15.639 break to do that. All right, If you'd like to continue the discussion. 110 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.160 Yeah, we're going to take a break right now. Seven one three 111 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:22.079 two one two five eight seven four is the number we are talking gardening, 112 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:26.240 and if you're interested in giving us a call, it's seven one three two 113 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:30.600 one two five eight seven four. I was mentioning being on at the Arbigate 114 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:33.559 earlier, just a moment ago, and while we're out there, we gave 115 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:39.000 away some of their their organic food, the complete Organic four four three. 116 00:08:39.039 --> 00:08:43.360 It's got some calcium in it, it's got a lot of other good things 117 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:46.360 in it. It's I was joking with somebody, they said, what can 118 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:48.679 I use it or not? Go well? If the plant has roots, 119 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:52.559 don't use it on silk flowers, But any plant with roots it'll work well 120 00:08:52.639 --> 00:08:56.039 on and do a pretty good job. They've also got part of their one 121 00:08:56.080 --> 00:09:01.799 two three system at Arbigate is the organic soil complete and they're going to compost 122 00:09:01.799 --> 00:09:07.759 complete. And both of those products are loaded with organic matter that's just rich 123 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.679 and microbial activity. Also, they have that expanded shale in it, and 124 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:15.720 that expanded sail is important every time you get a chance to add expanded shell 125 00:09:15.799 --> 00:09:18.399 to a clay soiled In the Greater Houston area, the Upper Gulf Coast. 126 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:24.799 It's a good idea because expanded shell helps the things that clay is not so 127 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:28.799 good at, like draining, aeration and things like that. We're gonna go 128 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:33.279 out now to Kima and talk to Cheryl. Hello, Cheryl, Hello, 129 00:09:33.399 --> 00:09:39.960 good morning. I took your advice. I put the nitro foss sweet green 130 00:09:39.320 --> 00:09:43.919 okay and hundred degree. I had to have faith in that yard. Guy 131 00:09:43.960 --> 00:09:48.919 didn't want to do it, okay, but he did it. He put 132 00:09:48.960 --> 00:09:52.799 it in the spreader and the yard looks great. That was about a month 133 00:09:52.799 --> 00:10:00.159 ago. Then I used weed beater before he I mean about a week or 134 00:10:00.519 --> 00:10:03.720 two weeks ago. I used we'd beat it right before we got the rain, 135 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.480 like a day before. And what I did, and I think I 136 00:10:07.519 --> 00:10:11.559 made a mistake, But I lifted up the weeds that were just lying there 137 00:10:11.559 --> 00:10:15.799 because he hadn't cut for like six weeks. I wouldn't let him cut the 138 00:10:15.879 --> 00:10:18.200 yard because you know, too too too much skinning it, you know. 139 00:10:20.000 --> 00:10:24.720 So and I lifted up the weed and I sprayed the stock kind of down 140 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:28.679 into the ground towards the route. But I think I made a mistake. 141 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:33.240 I think you're supposed to spray that on the on the leaves, aren't you. 142 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:35.080 Yes, on the foliage, and just barely wet the foliage. You 143 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:39.879 don't need to drench him, just just get him wet. Okay, I 144 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:43.320 think I heard that. Yeah, I think we just met easier for you 145 00:10:43.399 --> 00:10:48.039 because you went through there. It was a little bit of work. Yeah, 146 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:56.200 exactly. H questions that Texas three Steps does that include the pre emergent 147 00:10:56.279 --> 00:11:01.159 herbicide in there? I'm sorry, Texas you talk. Sorry, I missed 148 00:11:01.200 --> 00:11:05.480 your question. Sorry, go ahead, true, Okay, On that Texas 149 00:11:05.559 --> 00:11:11.600 three step program is does that include pre emergent herbicide? Yes, yes, 150 00:11:11.679 --> 00:11:16.240 there there is the pre emergent herbicide as one of the three of the nitropos 151 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:22.240 Texas three step. Now, when is the last kind of date? I 152 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:26.799 can do that because I don't want to be loading stuff on top of stuff. 153 00:11:28.080 --> 00:11:31.360 And well there's no problem, you know, doing things on the same 154 00:11:31.480 --> 00:11:33.960 day, that's not a problem. But here's how it works. Your winter 155 00:11:35.039 --> 00:11:37.799 weeds are going to start germinating. As we get a little bit of a 156 00:11:37.840 --> 00:11:41.200 cool front through and little rain, you'll start to see all them begin to 157 00:11:41.279 --> 00:11:45.559 germinate. And that'll happen in October. It can also be going on in 158 00:11:45.600 --> 00:11:48.639 November. But if you wait until after weeds have come up to put the 159 00:11:48.639 --> 00:11:54.320 pre emergent down, you could miss the opportunity to prevent them. That how 160 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:58.679 it works is it doesn't allow a germinating weed to establish a weed plant. 161 00:12:00.159 --> 00:12:03.080 And so that's why we don't want to We don't want to find out how 162 00:12:03.080 --> 00:12:05.039 long can we wait? We want to go ahead and get them down. 163 00:12:05.440 --> 00:12:07.919 I would do it, and down in your area. You could do it 164 00:12:09.000 --> 00:12:13.159 sometime in early to mid October. If we have a year that comes a 165 00:12:13.159 --> 00:12:16.480 little cool front a little early in things, then maybe you'd want it to 166 00:12:16.519 --> 00:12:22.000 get it on a little bit earlier than that. Okay, early to October. 167 00:12:22.200 --> 00:12:26.240 Thank you so much. Yeah, I really appreciate it. All right, 168 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:28.080 Cheryl, thank you for the call. I appreciate that. I hope 169 00:12:28.120 --> 00:12:33.960 that was helpful for you. I talk about the importance of soil all the 170 00:12:33.000 --> 00:12:37.840 time, and and it is nice now. I remember the day when you 171 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.200 could buy a big positive compost, but that was about it. But now 172 00:12:41.879 --> 00:12:46.159 our soil providers, and boy do we ever had a great soil provider in 173 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.080 a greater in this greater Houston area here, they have created blends that are 174 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:54.200 just magical for all kinds of things. If you do want to blend for 175 00:12:54.360 --> 00:12:56.799 roses, do you want, you know, a rose soil, Well, 176 00:12:56.840 --> 00:13:01.559 we've got that. Do you want something that might be good for containers. 177 00:13:01.600 --> 00:13:05.399 We've got blends designed for containers now available. Do you want something to be 178 00:13:05.440 --> 00:13:09.480 for veggies and herbs? Maybe you're putting a raised bed in and you just 179 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:11.639 want to ready to go drop it in the box and let's hit the ground 180 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:16.360 run. And we've got that. And Airloom Soils carries all of those. 181 00:13:16.399 --> 00:13:18.639 They carry them in bulk, they carry them in bags. They'll deliver a 182 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:22.799 supersac which is a cubic yard to your door if you if you like that, 183 00:13:22.840 --> 00:13:26.000 you can go get it. There's a lot of options. Go to 184 00:13:26.080 --> 00:13:30.919 Airloom Soils of Texas and look at the product line of what they have. 185 00:13:31.000 --> 00:13:33.720 While you're there, there's a little calculator online. It's an outstanding one where 186 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:37.279 you can figure out exactly how much, how many cubic yards do you need 187 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:41.320 to buy? Well, how wide, how deep? You know, the 188 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:46.200 calculator will figure that out. It'll even come down to five callon buckets of 189 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:50.039 composts. I mean, if you want to figure it down to that it's 190 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:52.840 a very very helpful thing. And Airloom Soils with their product range, product 191 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:58.519 line and availability all over town, it's just a winning deal and you will 192 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:03.840 find that your green thumb gets greener when you use a quality soil like Airloom 193 00:14:03.879 --> 00:14:09.919 Soils for your plants. We are hitting let's see, Okay, I wanted 194 00:14:09.919 --> 00:14:16.639 to I wanted to mention something about general lawn and plant care this fall. 195 00:14:18.320 --> 00:14:22.240 As we bring our plants out of this brutal summer that we went through, 196 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:26.159 you want to remember a couple of things. Number One, you want to 197 00:14:26.200 --> 00:14:30.919 create a setting where that plant can recover and thrive. Think of a hospital 198 00:14:31.039 --> 00:14:35.240 room, you know where you have plenty of ivy fluids and you know what 199 00:14:35.279 --> 00:14:39.120 I'm saying, You're getting the patient back on its feet. Well, that's 200 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:43.080 what we're doing, and so we need adequate soul moisture. Number One, 201 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:46.919 If it rains, great, If it hadn't rained in a week, and 202 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:48.799 you need an inch, then go ahead and put it down. As we 203 00:14:48.879 --> 00:14:52.600 go into fall, we're going to back off of that inch a week to 204 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:56.519 about a half inch a week because it's cooling off. But today it's still 205 00:14:56.559 --> 00:15:00.320 warm enough to where I would water if it needs to water and then again 206 00:15:00.360 --> 00:15:03.600 to gradually provide those products that we're talking about when you're putting in your fall 207 00:15:03.679 --> 00:15:09.519 plants. For example, when I do transplanting, I always water them in 208 00:15:09.000 --> 00:15:13.519 with a quality product, and one of my favorite is has to Grow six 209 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.120 twelve six. I've talked about it before. Put it in a watering can. 210 00:15:16.279 --> 00:15:20.480 Mix it according to the label. You're going to be adding six percent 211 00:15:20.600 --> 00:15:24.279 nitrogen, twelve percent phosphor six percent potassium. You're also going to be adding 212 00:15:24.320 --> 00:15:28.600 me dinostral activator which stimulates the biological activity. You're going to be adding humic 213 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:31.960 acid, You're going to be adding seaweed extracts. All with that watering in, 214 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:37.519 those roots have the best chance possible to establish quickly a week later, 215 00:15:37.639 --> 00:15:41.919 do it again a week later. It I do mind three times to water 216 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:45.399 men. But has to Grow is one of those products. It's just easy. 217 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:48.080 You're not going to burn your plants with it, and it provides beyond 218 00:15:48.279 --> 00:15:54.159 just MPK the nitrogen, phosphor potassium. It provides a lot of other things 219 00:15:54.240 --> 00:15:56.840 that are helpful for that plant, getting a good root system and getting started. 220 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.600 I would in courage you to think about that when you're putting plants in. 221 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:06.120 We want to give our plants. We want to set them up for 222 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.759 success. We don't want to put them out there and go, well, 223 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:11.120 I hear you're a tough plant. Good luck. Let's see if you make 224 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:12.919 it. We want we want the most out of them. If they have 225 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:17.200 blooms, we want blooms. If beautiful foliage, we want foliage. If 226 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:21.679 it's a lawn, we want density and health for the lawn. And that's 227 00:16:21.720 --> 00:16:25.399 why we take care of our plants in those kind of ways. Some of 228 00:16:25.399 --> 00:16:29.080 you the summer, it probably decided, you know what, after this kind 229 00:16:29.080 --> 00:16:32.919 of summer, I'm going to move to some more native types of plants. 230 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:36.039 And I don't blame you for that. There's a lot of great natives out 231 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:38.919 there. These are plants that have lived here a lot longer than we have, 232 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:44.200 and they know how to survive. They've been through you know, for 233 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:45.840 us, this may be like, oh my gosh, that's the worst summer 234 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:48.879 ever. Well not for them. They've been through it many many times over. 235 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:52.559 They know how to live here. And Buchanan specializes in those kinds of 236 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:56.200 plants. In fact, their name Buchanan's Native Plants, ought to tell you 237 00:16:56.279 --> 00:17:04.160 that they're in the Heights on Eleventh Street. Buchanans doesn't just sell natives, 238 00:17:04.160 --> 00:17:08.119 so they have everything you can imagine. I think their houseplants selections one of 239 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:14.000 the best I've seen. It's just really really cool that Buchanans is a kind 240 00:17:14.039 --> 00:17:15.880 of garden center. You go into, You've got knowledgeable staff, you have 241 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:22.519 an incredible selection, and you add add to that where they grouping plants, 242 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:26.240 like here's a table just a Houston natives, or there's an area just for 243 00:17:26.319 --> 00:17:29.720 shade loving plants. Or check out the gift shops too. While you're there. 244 00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:33.359 It's easy to find what you need and to find really cool quality stuff. 245 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:41.200 When you go to Buchanans Plants on Eleventh Street in the Heights, you 246 00:17:41.200 --> 00:17:45.079 are listening to Garden Line. Our phone number is seven one three two one 247 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:48.359 two fifty eight seventy four, or if you like to spell with letters seven 248 00:17:48.440 --> 00:17:52.519 one three two one two K T R H. That makes it a little 249 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:57.720 bit simpler as well, doesn't it. We are gonna we're gonna talk a 250 00:17:57.720 --> 00:18:02.960 little bit more later. I'm going to mention a few things about some fruit 251 00:18:03.200 --> 00:18:07.720 and also some of our vegetable gardening and stuff. As we go a little 252 00:18:07.759 --> 00:18:11.880 further into the morning, but just to just to kind of lead off her. 253 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:17.759 Fall is a good time to plant anything, pretty much except maybe a 254 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.880 plant that only lives in the summer, like basil. Basil is not a 255 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:23.680 freeze tolerant plant. But when you go beyond that, all the perennial herbs 256 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:27.559 and pretty much everything else follow is a good time to get them planted. 257 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:33.000 And I encourage you to don't delay. Uh you know, I know this 258 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:38.599 summer fried our landscapes and fried our brains and patients as well. But now's 259 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:42.880 the time to turn it around. And by preparing your soil now, by 260 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:48.000 getting the right plants now and getting them ready to go, October and November 261 00:18:48.160 --> 00:18:52.720 are just super big planting months coming up. We are right on the doorstep. 262 00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:55.960 In fact, you don't have to wait till October. Today is a 263 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:59.279 good day to plant. But go ahead and get set up for that, 264 00:18:59.599 --> 00:19:03.079 because I know, I know what it felt like coming out of summer. 265 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:07.480 But trust me, false false here, Winter's coming and when next spring comes, 266 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:11.599 the things you're doing now will make your law the most beautiful it can 267 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:17.279 be. That make your landscapes beautiful. Uh, don't delay. There there 268 00:19:17.400 --> 00:19:21.759 is what did Uh? What's the song? There is a time and purples 269 00:19:21.759 --> 00:19:25.960 from ecclesiastic time and purpose for everything. I can't say the name of the 270 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:30.359 song. I just went blank. Oh yes, anyway, yes, that 271 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:33.839 one. There's a time to a time to laugh, a time to cry. 272 00:19:34.160 --> 00:19:37.559 Yeah, And now's the time to garden. I mean it is. 273 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:42.759 It's the time to prepare everything because that way, when it comes to fall, 274 00:19:42.839 --> 00:19:47.240 we may have a gully washer rain for a week and if you've already 275 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:48.720 built your beds, you can get out there and plant. You don't have 276 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:52.240 to dig up the soil, which we shouldn't do when it's saggy wet. 277 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.240 But now turn, turn, turn, Thank you. My gosh, my 278 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:59.680 brain was going blank on that one. There you go. But there's a 279 00:19:59.720 --> 00:20:03.200 time and now is the time for doing your fault garden for getting the most 280 00:20:03.839 --> 00:20:07.319 success, and that's what you want. You're spending money, you're spending time. 281 00:20:07.839 --> 00:20:12.079 Why not reap the rewards for that for years to come. And now 282 00:20:12.240 --> 00:20:15.079 is also the time for the Nicki News Network. And so I'm going to 283 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:19.519 turn turn, turn it over to Nikki. Yes, a time to plant, 284 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:25.000 and this is the time to get ready for planting all kinds of things. 285 00:20:25.279 --> 00:20:27.559 Hey, if you live up in the Tumba area, your hometown feed 286 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:33.519 store is DND Feed. DND Feed. The Dover family has been running DND 287 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:37.279 out there on Highway twenty nine twenty west, just about three miles west of 288 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:41.079 two forty nine outside Tumball. They've been doing this since nineteen eighty nine. 289 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:47.240 They have quality feed for your pets, for your livestock. Do you need 290 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:52.440 products for your yard? I'm talking about fertilizers. I'm talking about composts and 291 00:20:52.799 --> 00:20:56.079 bag products like that. Do you need you know, pesticide, secticide, 292 00:20:56.079 --> 00:21:00.160 fungicide, herbicide. They have all that. DND feed stay stocked up and 293 00:21:00.200 --> 00:21:07.400 they help you have a beautiful, successful landscape as a result of that fact. 294 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.960 You know, the last time I was out there, I always like 295 00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:11.400 to go and check out what's new. And there's always something new, you 296 00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:15.119 know, expanded this summer and it just keeps getting better and you get the 297 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:18.880 kind of service that we would expect from our hometown feed stores. And that's 298 00:21:18.960 --> 00:21:22.400 D and D for all of you up in the greater Tomball area. Go 299 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:26.400 by there and see what I'm talking about. You will be impressed. And 300 00:21:26.480 --> 00:21:30.799 seasonally they get plants through there. It's really nice to be out and shopping 301 00:21:30.880 --> 00:21:33.960 around. And I think that one thing I've noticed when I go into dn 302 00:21:34.000 --> 00:21:38.119 D is there's always the product that I'm looking for to deal with whatever it 303 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:41.480 is I'm trying to deal with, whether it's fertilizing or managing a past or 304 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:45.680 whatever. That's nice to be able to walk in and know that that is 305 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:49.559 exactly what you're going to get. Our phone number is seven one three two 306 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:56.119 one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two five eight seven 307 00:21:56.759 --> 00:22:02.240 four. Your lawn, I suspect if it's like mine, And boy, 308 00:22:02.240 --> 00:22:03.559 if I showed you a picture of my lawn, you turn your radio off 309 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:08.599 right now and go somewhere else. This summer, I traveled and the water 310 00:22:08.720 --> 00:22:11.680 didn't come on when it should, and one thing led to another, and 311 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:15.519 I've got a big area out front that just looks horrible. Let's give me 312 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:18.519 a chance to experiment with a lot of different things. I'm trying to, 313 00:22:18.960 --> 00:22:22.359 you know, see what works. So as I give you advice, it's 314 00:22:22.400 --> 00:22:23.680 not just like, well I read this in a book somewhere, but no 315 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:26.880 I did it. It worked or it didn't work, and I can advise 316 00:22:26.920 --> 00:22:30.839 you better. Anyway, now's the time when I need to get out and 317 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:37.519 go ahead and move forward with a aeration and a compost top dressing. Our 318 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:41.559 lawns are struggling, and they have been struggling. Some of you may have 319 00:22:41.559 --> 00:22:44.839 been able to water enough, some may not have been able to. When 320 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:48.599 you do a core aeration on your lawn, you pop those plugs out of 321 00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:55.000 the ground and you end up with a nice open, deep core that's been 322 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:57.720 taking out of the soil. You're aerating the roots. And then when you 323 00:22:57.799 --> 00:23:03.000 compost top dress, compost moves down in those aeration holes as well, and 324 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:06.319 you're building your soil and it just gets better and better. And Greenpro does 325 00:23:06.359 --> 00:23:10.200 that. The folks at Greenpro for five minion and nine plus sales tax depending 326 00:23:10.240 --> 00:23:15.039 on your location and size. They that is where they start, depending on 327 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:17.440 you know, if it's big lawn, it's gonna cost a little more and 328 00:23:17.440 --> 00:23:19.799 there are other factors in it, but Greenpro knows what they're doing. You 329 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:26.559 can go to greenpro dot net greenpro dot net and see exactly what compost top 330 00:23:26.640 --> 00:23:30.599 dressing looks like in aeration as it goes over your lawn, or give them 331 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:36.480 a call two eight one three five one forty seven thirty three. I need 332 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:40.279 to do that, and you know it. Just in general, anytime we 333 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:44.160 can top dress our lawns of the quality material is good, and anytime you 334 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:47.440 get a good aeration in there. We got to get those roots stimulated, 335 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:51.519 and we got to get the plants going, get them back on their feet, 336 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:55.519 get them going again. And that's the goal. And we have one 337 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:57.960 month that is key for all of that in your lawns, and this is 338 00:23:59.000 --> 00:24:06.000 October. This is the and so fertilizing and pest controls and disease controls and 339 00:24:06.079 --> 00:24:08.119 aerating, compost top dressing, and all of those kinds of things need to 340 00:24:08.160 --> 00:24:12.599 happen sooner rather than later, especially the compost top dressing part. By the 341 00:24:12.599 --> 00:24:18.200 way, you are listening to Garden Line our phone number seven one three two 342 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:25.160 one two ktr H seven one three two one two kt r H if you 343 00:24:25.279 --> 00:24:29.799 haven't done your fall fertilization yet, and don't worry, you're not late. 344 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:33.039 You're not late. And just in case you haven't, now is a good 345 00:24:33.039 --> 00:24:37.400 time to get that done. Now. The summer fertilizers are high in nitrogen 346 00:24:37.480 --> 00:24:41.640 because we're pushing growth. We want green, we want growth. We want 347 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:45.799 vigor in the fall. We do not want to push growth. We do 348 00:24:45.920 --> 00:24:49.519 not want to push vigor. We want to increase the strength and health of 349 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:55.519 the grass plant. And that takes only a moderate amount of nitrogen and a 350 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:59.680 decent a good amount of potassium. The third number, and Nelson Plant Food 351 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:03.279 has packaged something just for that. It's called carbo load. Carbo Load is 352 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:07.240 a ten ten twenty fertilizer. You put it out there, it gets you 353 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:12.119 know, at twenty that's a very high, high concentration of the potassium, 354 00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:15.680 and that is very good for your plants. So what's going to happen. 355 00:25:15.759 --> 00:25:18.160 You're gonna put it down. You're gonna get a little bit of a green 356 00:25:18.319 --> 00:25:22.240 result from it. But mainly what's going to happen is the grass plant is 357 00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:27.880 going to take up the compounds it needs, including nitrogen potassium to get a 358 00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:33.680 good strong plant going into winter. And that is critical because the strength that 359 00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:37.440 ere long goes into this coming winter will be the strength that it comes out 360 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:41.160 of winter. In fact, it could even come out weaker if you don't 361 00:25:41.200 --> 00:25:44.359 take care of it. Now. Take care of it now, get it 362 00:25:44.440 --> 00:25:48.200 boosted, get it strong. Don't push a lot of fresh new green growth 363 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:52.279 that just aggravates brown patch, but use a quality fertilizer. Carbo Load is 364 00:25:52.640 --> 00:25:56.920 an outstanding example. Also has a pre emergent herbicide in it to help with 365 00:25:57.160 --> 00:26:00.880 some of the weed issues that are coming up. But that's another reason to 366 00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:03.240 get it on sooner rather than later, because we don't want to delay getting 367 00:26:03.279 --> 00:26:08.200 the pre emergent down if you're going to use one in your lawn. Yeah, 368 00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:11.880 there's there's a lot to talk about when it comes to laund right now 369 00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:15.440 because we just we just have a lot of things going on. I did 370 00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:21.880 a video for Aggy Horticulture the Hot Culture Department Facebook live up at A and 371 00:26:22.000 --> 00:26:26.640 M, and I just posted it to the other day to our Facebook page. 372 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:30.480 And so if you go to the garden Line Facebook page, I hope 373 00:26:30.480 --> 00:26:33.519 you do. I hope you hope you follow that one. We're always posting 374 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:37.759 stuff to that and check out the video. It's about seven minutes long. 375 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:41.480 So but it's not you know, it's not going to sit there a long 376 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:44.440 time. But what I do is I cover what have our lawn has been 377 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:48.119 through and what's happening with them as a result, and then what about fertilizing, 378 00:26:48.160 --> 00:26:49.799 what about diseases, what about weeds? You know, what are the 379 00:26:49.880 --> 00:26:53.319 things that we're needing to look at and deal with right now? And it's 380 00:26:53.359 --> 00:26:57.160 an overview. I'm pretty concise with it, but I think that you will 381 00:26:57.160 --> 00:27:00.440 find it to be very helpful. I'm going to also get that video over 382 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:04.759 the website as soon as I can here, but in the meantime, you 383 00:27:04.759 --> 00:27:08.880 can see it on our Facebook page. Please please do go check that out. 384 00:27:10.440 --> 00:27:12.480 I think that you will find it very helpful. And it also just 385 00:27:12.519 --> 00:27:17.440 reminds us that October's the big month. It is the big month for our 386 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:22.720 lawns in the fall. If you live down south of the Houston area, 387 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:26.960 let's say you're down in the League City area or maybe Dickinson, San Leone 388 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:32.000 or elkom Into Real Bay, Cliff, Webster, Santa Fe, all of 389 00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:37.279 that area. League City Feed is your hometown feed store. The Thunderbergs he 390 00:27:37.519 --> 00:27:41.759 began with the dad. Actually the store began and forty years ago in an 391 00:27:41.759 --> 00:27:45.160 Okra patch, which I find to be humorous. And you know, anything 392 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:51.519 that starts in an Okra patch's got it turned out now West and Madison and 393 00:27:51.599 --> 00:27:56.519 sister weren't run the place, and it's just that old time feed store. 394 00:27:56.599 --> 00:28:00.599 It's the service you expect. But also when you go in there a push, 395 00:28:00.599 --> 00:28:03.759 you're gonna find feed. It's a feed store, quality feed. It's 396 00:28:03.799 --> 00:28:07.359 that kind of feed store. But you're going to find everything you need for 397 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:11.240 your lawn and garden. Two you need fertilizers, I'm talking about them today. 398 00:28:11.480 --> 00:28:15.039 They've got the ones that we talk about there. If you need a 399 00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:18.319 insecticide or a herbicide or a fungicide, they've got it there. In your 400 00:28:18.359 --> 00:28:22.640 backyard chicken deal, I mean that is popular now, and the Thunderbergs at 401 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:26.279 League City Feed have got you set up on that too. Monday through Saturday 402 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:30.880 nine to six pm, closed on Sunday phone number two eight one three three 403 00:28:30.960 --> 00:28:37.079 two sixteen twelve to eight one three three two sixteen twelve, and they will 404 00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:40.359 get you set up on everything you need. So you're fortunate down there by 405 00:28:40.400 --> 00:28:44.200 the way. League City Feed is on Highway three, a few blocks south 406 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:48.279 of Highway ninety six, so it's really easy to get in and out of 407 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:51.519 and be an open till six after work. You can just swing by there 408 00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:56.279 and pick up the supplies you need for your weekend warrior activities. You know 409 00:28:56.359 --> 00:28:59.240 you're one of those lawn rangers. Right, well, it's time to take 410 00:28:59.240 --> 00:29:03.960 a break. Here our phone number seven one three two one two KTRH seven 411 00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:07.079 one three two one two KTRH. Give Josh a call and he'll get you 412 00:29:07.119 --> 00:29:11.559 on the board for when we come right back. Everybody's saying hooray for our 413 00:29:11.640 --> 00:29:18.240 side. You're listening to garden Line and we are looking forward to your calls 414 00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:21.920 today so we can talk about what you are interested in. That would be 415 00:29:21.960 --> 00:29:26.559 the phone number seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four seven one 416 00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.400 three two one two five eight seven four. I've been talking about lawns a 417 00:29:30.400 --> 00:29:34.960 lot this morning, because everybody's concerned about their lawn right now. I also 418 00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:38.319 want to mention a little bit about trees. I posted something to the website 419 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:45.039 a while back on understanding tree stresses and how stresses affect trees and how we 420 00:29:45.079 --> 00:29:48.000 alleviate those stresses. And boy, have our trees ever been through stresses? 421 00:29:48.000 --> 00:29:52.640 Oh my gosh, we had. You can go back to February twenty one 422 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:55.920 when it got so darn cold and that heard a lot of plants around here. 423 00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:59.119 We had a brutal summer last summer, a brutal summer. This summer 424 00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:02.640 we had an early free in December, and each of those have taken its 425 00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:06.400 toll in different ways on different ones of our species, if not all of 426 00:30:06.400 --> 00:30:10.839 them, And as a result, our goal is to get those trees back 427 00:30:10.839 --> 00:30:15.000 on their feet, so to speak. Trees are resilient, but when you 428 00:30:15.079 --> 00:30:18.599 weaken a tree, things that can just flat kill it show up and take 429 00:30:18.640 --> 00:30:22.759 it out, and so our goal. You know, those things that just 430 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:30.000 flank kill it we can't control. I mean, hopoxal and canker on oaks, 431 00:30:30.000 --> 00:30:33.079 there's not a spray for that. But what we can control is alleviating 432 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:37.799 stress and keeping the tree healthy as best we can, and good tree care 433 00:30:38.000 --> 00:30:41.519 is a big part of that, making sure it has the nutrients it needs, 434 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:45.240 making sure that if there's sole compaction, that we're doing something to alleviate 435 00:30:45.240 --> 00:30:48.640 and avoid that. When we water a good deep soaking to wet the soil 436 00:30:48.680 --> 00:30:52.880 eight or ten inches deep if we can, and then don't water for a 437 00:30:52.920 --> 00:30:56.519 while, trees do not. They're not like a little African violet sitting on 438 00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:00.680 the window where every day they got a little drink of water from Now, 439 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:04.599 we're talking about a plant that is resilient, So give it a good soaking 440 00:31:04.680 --> 00:31:08.240 and then let it go. Don't try to make it dependent. But your 441 00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:11.839 trees are valuable, of course, they're important, of course, and that 442 00:31:11.920 --> 00:31:15.519 kind of care is really really important. And I would, if I would 443 00:31:15.559 --> 00:31:21.000 encourage you, go go to my website. It's gardening with skip dot com 444 00:31:21.039 --> 00:31:26.079 and I've put that information on tree stresses, and also there's one on lawns, 445 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:27.960 the same kind of thing, what's been going on with lawns this summer 446 00:31:29.759 --> 00:31:32.240 and check check those out, read them. I think you'll find them to 447 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:36.720 be very helpful and at least it'll give you the mindset so as you're thinking 448 00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:41.000 about treecre going forward now with your landscape, you kind of have a way 449 00:31:41.039 --> 00:31:45.519 of thinking that helps you do the things that help and avoid the things that 450 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:51.400 don't. That that is kind of what it really boils down to. Soil 451 00:31:51.519 --> 00:31:53.759 and soil and soil is so so important for everything. And if you're going 452 00:31:53.839 --> 00:31:57.960 to plant anything, whether it's a potted plant, whether it is a new 453 00:31:59.000 --> 00:32:02.200 garden bed, whether it's putting in a rose bed or a shrub bed or 454 00:32:02.200 --> 00:32:07.640 a flower bed, Nature's way resources up in Conro area. They absolutely have 455 00:32:07.920 --> 00:32:12.519 super quality soils. They you know, they're inventors of the rose soil, 456 00:32:12.559 --> 00:32:16.119 inventors of the leaf mold compost, and they know how to make quality soil, 457 00:32:16.200 --> 00:32:19.799 and that's exactly what they do. Take the time to do it right. 458 00:32:20.000 --> 00:32:23.480 That is important. Anybody can shove a bunch of organic matter and a 459 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:25.920 pile, wet it and wait until it turns dark, and then try to 460 00:32:25.960 --> 00:32:30.960 sell it. But it's something else to blend it right, to do it 461 00:32:30.079 --> 00:32:32.839 right, to take the time to do it right. And that's what Nature's 462 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:37.960 Way does. By the way, next Saturday, stop the presses, get 463 00:32:37.960 --> 00:32:43.119 out the pens and paper Next Saturday. I will be at Nature's Way on 464 00:32:43.359 --> 00:32:45.920 September thirtieth, and I'm going to be out there after the show so you 465 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:50.200 can come out and see me. I'll be there from eleven thirty to one 466 00:32:50.319 --> 00:32:52.359 thirty, spending a couple hours out there. They're going to have one heck 467 00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:57.400 of a shindig. It's called the Fall Garden Festival. Now, I hope 468 00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:00.000 you come out so I get to meet in see and we answer your question. 469 00:33:00.519 --> 00:33:04.279 They're gonna have Latin food, live music, local vendors, adult beverages. 470 00:33:04.319 --> 00:33:07.599 For the kiddos, there's a little kid's scavenger hunt, They're even gonna 471 00:33:07.599 --> 00:33:12.279 have a demo class in the morning before I get there, creating enchanting fairy 472 00:33:12.359 --> 00:33:17.400 gardens and learn the magic of a miniature garden. Mark your calendars September thirtieth. 473 00:33:17.480 --> 00:33:21.519 This is a Nature's Way. While you're out there, you can grab 474 00:33:21.599 --> 00:33:24.440 some bag products or put in an order for a bulk delivery of one of 475 00:33:24.440 --> 00:33:28.759 the many, many products they have. And don't forget, they're still having 476 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:32.759 their fungal Friday sale ten percent off the bag product, twenty percent off the 477 00:33:32.799 --> 00:33:39.319 bulk on Fridays of the fungal compost. That's one of the many quality products 478 00:33:39.319 --> 00:33:45.599 at Nature's Way. We are going to now head over to Cyprus and talk 479 00:33:45.680 --> 00:33:50.279 to Sandy. Hello Sandy from Cyprus. I skip, good morning, how 480 00:33:50.279 --> 00:33:53.880 are you well? Thank you? I just wanted to ask you. I 481 00:33:53.960 --> 00:34:00.519 have an oprah that's been a container. It's got three stalks in it, 482 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:07.760 and although the production is still going, but it's slowed down. How can 483 00:34:07.800 --> 00:34:14.559 I prune it because I've got new growth at the bottom, but the top 484 00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:21.880 is like the one stock looks like it's almost brown, right, but at 485 00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:24.639 the bottom of it it's green. Well, Sandy, at this point in 486 00:34:24.679 --> 00:34:30.880 the season probably not much benefit, and trying to prune the ocra, We're 487 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:36.360 we're gonna we still have some months or another month or so of ochre production, 488 00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:38.800 but it's gonna get so slow, and if you prune, it's I 489 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:44.679 don't have time to regrow and set ocra pods and mature them. So what 490 00:34:45.119 --> 00:34:49.079 going into future years if you have more than one container or more than one 491 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:54.519 plant. When we get into oh, let's say early August, you could 492 00:34:54.519 --> 00:34:59.079 do a cutting back of your ocra, cutting it back even by half, 493 00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:04.480 and it'll resprout new growth that will then set okra pods. But I wouldn't 494 00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:08.119 do the whole thing. What I'll do in mine patch is I'll prune some 495 00:35:08.239 --> 00:35:12.480 of them in August early August, and then not others. And that way 496 00:35:12.519 --> 00:35:15.039 you're still getting ochre from the ones you didn't prune, and by the time 497 00:35:15.159 --> 00:35:21.079 the ones you pruned resprout and start producing, they carry you on into fall. 498 00:35:21.199 --> 00:35:24.199 But at this point we're a little late. Okay, Well, thank 499 00:35:24.239 --> 00:35:28.760 you so much, Skip have a wonderful day, you too, have a 500 00:35:28.760 --> 00:35:32.400 wonderful time out there in Cyprus with the ochre patch. Love love ochre. 501 00:35:32.920 --> 00:35:37.800 Hey up, you are wanting to take care of your lawn. You're wanting 502 00:35:37.760 --> 00:35:39.800 to take care of your garden. You're wanting to put in maybe some herbs, 503 00:35:39.960 --> 00:35:44.320 maybe you want to put in some container plants. Where do you go 504 00:35:44.840 --> 00:35:47.440 and get everything that you need to make those plants have success? Well, 505 00:35:47.840 --> 00:35:52.960 Ace Hardware, it's an easy one there. You need Furlijer lawn with the 506 00:35:52.960 --> 00:35:57.159 winterizer, the fall furlizer. We're talking about Ace Hardware. They carry them, 507 00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:00.480 They carry all the ones we have. Do you have issues with brown 508 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:02.760 patch or do you have issues with weeds, or do you have issues with 509 00:36:02.800 --> 00:36:08.679 some insect problem? Ace Hardware they have everything you need, including the tools 510 00:36:08.719 --> 00:36:13.400 for your landscape, and they also have everything you need to make that outdoor 511 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:17.880 area even more enjoyable. And isn't it nice to finally see on the horizon 512 00:36:19.039 --> 00:36:23.199 the days of sitting outside and enjoying the temperatures outside. Ace Hardware will get 513 00:36:23.239 --> 00:36:25.679 you set up for that. Go to Ace Hardware dot com, find their 514 00:36:25.719 --> 00:36:30.199 store locator, their store locator. We'll help you find the thirty nine Ace 515 00:36:30.239 --> 00:36:35.679 Hardware stores here in the Greater Houston area. So no matter what the supplies 516 00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:38.480 are that you need, you can go to ACE Hardware and you will see 517 00:36:38.559 --> 00:36:43.519 why I'm so excited about and why I keep bragging about what all they have. 518 00:36:43.639 --> 00:36:45.639 I know it's hard to I can't describe it, and you imagine it. 519 00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:49.400 Walk in the store, take a look and be like, oh, 520 00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:52.880 I did not know they had that. That is really cool. And believe 521 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:54.320 me, you may go in there for a bag of fertilizer, but you're 522 00:36:54.320 --> 00:37:00.480 going to find a lot of really cool stuff to make your homescape and enjoyable 523 00:37:00.519 --> 00:37:05.719 place to hang out and to make your plants healthy and successful in the process. 524 00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:09.320 Well, you're listening to garden Line and I'm your host, Skip Richter, 525 00:37:09.480 --> 00:37:13.119 and we're here to answer your gardening questions. I'm about to take a 526 00:37:13.159 --> 00:37:15.320 little break here for the news, and if you would like to give us 527 00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:21.239 a call seven one three two one two ktr H seven one three two one 528 00:37:21.280 --> 00:37:24.840 two ktr H. Josh will get you on the board and you'll be first 529 00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:29.800 when we come back. I don't forget again. I mentioned this is a 530 00:37:29.800 --> 00:37:35.360 minute ago, but next Saturday, September thirty, eleven thirty to one thirty 531 00:37:35.599 --> 00:37:39.440 I'll be at Nature's Way Resources and the shindig they are planning out there is 532 00:37:39.760 --> 00:37:45.239 really cool. You definitely need to be there for this, They've redone a 533 00:37:45.280 --> 00:37:51.320 lot of their native plant nursery area, put in some water feature and a 534 00:37:51.360 --> 00:37:53.079 lot of other cool things. I was visiting with John and Ian the other 535 00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:55.679 day about it, and I can't wait to get back up there and see 536 00:37:55.719 --> 00:38:00.800 it. They're always taking things a step forward up there. Nature's so what 537 00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:05.440 a great idea. Go out there on Saturday, Let's visit, Let's do 538 00:38:05.480 --> 00:38:08.000 diagnostics or whatever kinds of things. Questions you might have, love to meet, 539 00:38:08.039 --> 00:38:12.039 you, have fun at the party, go home with some products, 540 00:38:12.280 --> 00:38:17.639 because it's time to begin getting our soil ready to rejuvenating our plants. And 541 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:22.079 it all begins in the soil, and that's what Nutrius Way is all about. 542 00:38:24.800 --> 00:38:30.320 KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or services advertised 543 00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:38.000 on this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Skip rictor so Smelly. 544 00:38:45.079 --> 00:38:55.599 Just watch as mid Sunday morning, gardeners, we are looking at the glow 545 00:38:55.960 --> 00:39:00.000 in the eastern sky as that sun comes up. Quick care. We're getting 546 00:39:00.000 --> 00:39:02.960 a little bit of light shining through. That means it's gonna be a good 547 00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:06.199 day, you know. I think if the sun comes up, that means 548 00:39:06.239 --> 00:39:08.519 it's going to be a good day, right, it does. That's the 549 00:39:08.559 --> 00:39:12.000 way to look at it. At least, Hey, every day is a 550 00:39:12.000 --> 00:39:15.960 good day in the garden. I enjoy getting out in the garden, and 551 00:39:15.159 --> 00:39:20.199 even you know, you can find you can find pleasure and a lot of 552 00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:22.880 different activities in the garden. And if you let things get away from you, 553 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:27.760 and now you've got eight hundred acres of weeds to pull and while fire 554 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:30.199 ants climb around on you. Wow, that's no fun. But you don't 555 00:39:30.199 --> 00:39:35.159 have to let that happen. You can mult your plants. I can't tell 556 00:39:35.159 --> 00:39:37.480 you how many times in fact, the last week back yesterday, just talking 557 00:39:37.480 --> 00:39:42.360 to gardeners yesterday, over and over again, people will be talking about there's 558 00:39:42.360 --> 00:39:44.280 this weed and here's a picture of it, and what do I do? 559 00:39:44.360 --> 00:39:47.400 And I'm looking at bear dart with weeds coming up. Wherever sunlight hits the 560 00:39:47.440 --> 00:39:52.400 soil, nature plants of weed. Just remember that. So how do we 561 00:39:52.480 --> 00:39:54.840 control weeds? Well, there's a lot of ways, but the first way 562 00:39:54.880 --> 00:39:58.440 is the way nature controls weeds. And what does it do. It drops 563 00:39:58.519 --> 00:40:01.400 leaves on the ground and it covers the soil and it doesn't let the sun 564 00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:07.199 hit the soil. That protects the soil in a lot of ways for erosion, 565 00:40:07.280 --> 00:40:10.920 from crusting, from excessive summer temperatures, from very cold winter temperatures if 566 00:40:10.920 --> 00:40:14.719 we have one of those kind of winters. It does all that, but 567 00:40:14.800 --> 00:40:17.159 it blocks the weeds. And now there are weeds. It'll come through mulch. 568 00:40:17.440 --> 00:40:21.119 But why not get rid of all the weeds. It won't by just 569 00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:27.039 putting organic matter on the soil, because it's a When when you put it 570 00:40:27.079 --> 00:40:30.119 down it does its thing, I think it looks beautiful and on top of 571 00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:32.559 it all, you get all the benefits of it. So let's deal with 572 00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:37.440 the weeds it can control, that can overcome a mulch cover, which is 573 00:40:37.480 --> 00:40:42.199 the smaller group of weeds, and just make it really easy. And so 574 00:40:42.639 --> 00:40:45.800 again I'm here to help anyway we can. But when I see a whole 575 00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:49.320 bunch of bare dirt and weeds and people are going, what do I do 576 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:52.199 about these weeds, It's like, well, don't invite them in the first 577 00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:58.159 place. That's the easy part. One way that we deal with weeds in 578 00:40:58.519 --> 00:41:01.519 our lawns is by building a good, dense, healthy lawn, and Nitrofosts 579 00:41:01.559 --> 00:41:06.719 has their Texas three step it's a one two three system, very easy to 580 00:41:06.760 --> 00:41:08.800 do. I mean all you do is, first of all, there is 581 00:41:08.840 --> 00:41:15.960 a nitrofost fall special winter riser fertilizer that has that right chemistry in it to 582 00:41:15.039 --> 00:41:21.199 put the right nutrients and the right ratios into your grass to strengthen it without 583 00:41:21.239 --> 00:41:23.360 pushing a lot of lush fall growth that's going to be more of a brown 584 00:41:23.400 --> 00:41:29.360 patch problem. So it's fertilizing smart. It's feeding the plants in a way 585 00:41:29.400 --> 00:41:32.480 that helps them prepare for winter, overcome drought, and come out strong in 586 00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:38.920 the spring. Number two, you want to deal with the weeds. The 587 00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:44.360 nitrofosts barricade is a pre emergent herbicide. Now, if your lawn is thin 588 00:41:44.559 --> 00:41:49.360 and we and sunlight is setting the soil, a pre emergent herbicide will help 589 00:41:49.400 --> 00:41:53.119 prevent weeds from getting established. It's easier to deal with the weed before it 590 00:41:53.239 --> 00:41:58.079 starts than it is to take a weed that's already knee high in the spring 591 00:41:58.119 --> 00:42:01.639 and try to kill it. That's no win deal back then, so why 592 00:42:01.679 --> 00:42:07.480 not now make sure you prevent It's too late to build turf density this fall, 593 00:42:07.960 --> 00:42:12.639 Although fall fertilizing gets you set up to build it next spring, so 594 00:42:12.840 --> 00:42:15.639 you may have to deal with those weeds. Barricade is designed to do just 595 00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:20.559 that. And then finally, Nitrofus Eagle turf fungicide. That is a fungicide 596 00:42:20.559 --> 00:42:23.519 that is systemic, it's a protecting it also does some curative effects in the 597 00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:30.079 lawn and with large patch season coming on, with take all root rot reinfections 598 00:42:30.199 --> 00:42:34.880 coming on, with the cooler weather arriving soon, that helps to prevent that 599 00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:37.960 problem because we don't need to add insalt to injury. Let's get the patient 600 00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:43.159 healthy, let's avoid the things that attack it. Nitrofus Texas three step, 601 00:42:43.320 --> 00:42:46.480 one, two three, all three are available at Katie Hardware, at RCW 602 00:42:46.719 --> 00:42:52.159 Nursery or at the arbor Gate and Tomball Nitrofus products widely available for the things 603 00:42:52.159 --> 00:42:57.199 you need. Let's go out to Kingwood and we're gonna visit with Joe this 604 00:42:57.280 --> 00:43:00.280 morning. Hello Joe, good morning. Skip. Before I get to my 605 00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:05.079 main questions real quick, you were just talking about the NCROTHOSS three step. 606 00:43:05.960 --> 00:43:10.880 I'm planning to apply barricade in early October. Should I apply the fall feeding 607 00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:16.880 special a few days after that, like a week after that or before? 608 00:43:17.039 --> 00:43:20.920 Or does it matter it does not matter. You can do them the same 609 00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:22.960 day. In fact, you're out there doing it, just go ahead and 610 00:43:22.039 --> 00:43:25.559 knock it all out. Just don't put them both in the same fertilizer spreader. 611 00:43:27.000 --> 00:43:30.480 Particle size is different, the setting will be different for applying each of 612 00:43:30.519 --> 00:43:34.760 those correctly, so apply them separately. But you can do it the very 613 00:43:34.760 --> 00:43:39.559 same day. Great. My main question was I'm in a month or so 614 00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:46.159 getting ready to plant some replacement hedges of about five plants each of wax leafs 615 00:43:46.199 --> 00:43:53.239 augustrum, boxwood and sunshine augustrum. Okay, and I've heard you recommend medina 616 00:43:53.440 --> 00:43:59.400 has to grow for plants to help those plants get set up early, and 617 00:43:59.519 --> 00:44:04.719 I had a few questions about that. The direction say to mix one allance 618 00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:10.039 per gallon of water. How much should I use per shrub? I would 619 00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:15.039 just use the amount of water that you're watering them in with. Okay, 620 00:44:15.079 --> 00:44:19.440 so follow the label on the medinas has to go six twelve six. Mix 621 00:44:19.519 --> 00:44:23.840 it in water according to that concentration. But then just water the shrub in 622 00:44:23.960 --> 00:44:29.360 really well, so you would just a good soaking like you would water a 623 00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:36.000 new plant in. But you're using that that concoction. Is that roughly half 624 00:44:36.000 --> 00:44:40.480 a gallon per per shrub or what size is the containers for the shrubs? 625 00:44:42.440 --> 00:44:45.440 They're probably gonna be three gallons? Okay, Yeah, if I would just 626 00:44:45.480 --> 00:44:49.800 say even a good a good gallon of water would probably be enough to water 627 00:44:49.920 --> 00:44:53.440 those those in a three gae If we're so one gallon for a three gallon 628 00:44:53.480 --> 00:44:57.199 shrub, what if if I get a seven gallon shrub? How much for 629 00:44:57.239 --> 00:45:00.199 that? But a little bit more on? Okay, I mean, there's 630 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:02.840 not a magic number. Here's what we're trying to do. We're just trying 631 00:45:02.880 --> 00:45:07.760 to wet the soil thoroughly around that newly planted shrubs root ball or roots cylinder, 632 00:45:08.320 --> 00:45:14.400 and we want to wet it with a solution that contains the product at 633 00:45:14.400 --> 00:45:17.199 the label rate. And so if you were to put four gallons on, 634 00:45:17.320 --> 00:45:22.880 it wouldn't hurt anything other than you maybe just be overwatering you And you say 635 00:45:23.280 --> 00:45:28.480 it's best to use like a little watering can rather than a pump up sprayer. 636 00:45:28.960 --> 00:45:31.320 Oh yeah, because you can drench you can drench the root ball. 637 00:45:31.360 --> 00:45:36.159 A pump up sprayer just you know, barely wets the surface. Yeah, 638 00:45:36.159 --> 00:45:38.559 I mean, I guess there is a hose en version of that product. 639 00:45:39.159 --> 00:45:44.239 I generally use just the regular one where you pour it out and mix it 640 00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:46.519 up, but there is a hose inversion, and you could walk along if 641 00:45:46.519 --> 00:45:50.079 you had a bunch of shrubs, and you could just took it up to 642 00:45:50.119 --> 00:45:52.000 the hose end through the settings like it tells you to do, and then 643 00:45:52.360 --> 00:45:57.400 and then just use your hose to squirt and water that. But you're going 644 00:45:57.480 --> 00:46:00.639 to need to water one, move to the nexon and water arette. Moved 645 00:46:00.639 --> 00:46:02.159 to the next and waterett and then come back to the first one, because 646 00:46:02.199 --> 00:46:06.639 at one point in time you're hose in sprayer, it may be putting it 647 00:46:06.639 --> 00:46:12.239 out faster, the liquid faster than it can absorb. Yeah, I've noticed 648 00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:15.159 that even with the watering. Can you know you try to dump one gallon 649 00:46:15.280 --> 00:46:17.079 instantly on a plant, you may not get it all in the ground. 650 00:46:19.679 --> 00:46:23.760 And for storing the products like has to grow or soil activator, do you 651 00:46:23.840 --> 00:46:29.199 usually store those inside in your house or is the air condition or is it 652 00:46:29.199 --> 00:46:31.840 okay to keep those in the garage? I keep everything in the house. 653 00:46:34.199 --> 00:46:37.239 You know, there are things that can tolerate the heat, but my garage 654 00:46:37.280 --> 00:46:43.679 gets blazing hot, and so wherever possible I'll put stuff, especially like liquid 655 00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:46.559 products, whether it would be to control insects or diseases, or weeds or 656 00:46:47.000 --> 00:46:52.440 you know, things like that. I would usually put those inside because freezing 657 00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:59.679 and excessive heat are both enemies of long long, long term life storage life 658 00:46:59.719 --> 00:47:05.760 for those kind of products. That's great tip. SKIP. Really appreciate your 659 00:47:05.760 --> 00:47:07.639 help on those. Thank you very much. All right, thank you, 660 00:47:07.719 --> 00:47:09.800 Joe. I appreciate that call. Well, it is time for us to 661 00:47:10.039 --> 00:47:15.039 head out and do a little bit of business on the news here. We're 662 00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:19.320 gonna be right back our phone number seven one three two one two five eight 663 00:47:19.440 --> 00:47:23.159 seven four. Hey, good Sunday morning. Welcome to Garden Line our phone 664 00:47:23.199 --> 00:47:31.559 number seven one three two one to five eight seven four, talking about our 665 00:47:31.559 --> 00:47:37.960 garden centers and whatnot around here. The folks that enchanted forest, they have 666 00:47:37.199 --> 00:47:42.480 a wonderful selection of moms that have come in. They got more coming into, 667 00:47:42.559 --> 00:47:45.239 by the way, but just the callers. I mean, when you 668 00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:49.800 think of a chrysanthemum, they've got that. But they also have ones that 669 00:47:49.840 --> 00:47:52.440 you look at and go, what is that a chrysanthemum? Is that a 670 00:47:52.480 --> 00:47:55.480 daisy? It's beautiful. They're absolutely beautiful. I've got a good stock of 671 00:47:55.519 --> 00:47:59.440 them in and oh my gosh, the pumpkins came in. And if you 672 00:47:59.480 --> 00:48:02.039 want a deck rate for fall, you got to go check out all the 673 00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:06.719 different types of pumpkins they have out there at Enchanted Forest. Of course, 674 00:48:06.760 --> 00:48:08.559 when you're out there, it's a good time to buy and plant herbs. 675 00:48:08.679 --> 00:48:12.679 This is a season for that. It's a good time to buy and plant 676 00:48:12.719 --> 00:48:16.039 a lot of things, including getting your fertilizers and your soils, and they've 677 00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:19.760 got all of that out there. By the way, the Enchanted Forest. 678 00:48:19.960 --> 00:48:23.159 If you're in Richmond and you're heading up toward Sugarland direction, they're off to 679 00:48:23.199 --> 00:48:28.679 the right down south of fifty nine. They're really easy to find. Enchanted 680 00:48:28.719 --> 00:48:34.199 Forest, and Danny and Clay Lenderman, they have really created a place that 681 00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:37.960 is a It's just it's so much fun to visit. The quality of the 682 00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:40.840 staff, the quality advice, the way they take time with you to help 683 00:48:40.880 --> 00:48:45.920 you find and know how to plant your things and care for them so you 684 00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:50.159 have success. That's important to them and that's why customers keep coming back there 685 00:48:50.239 --> 00:48:54.239 and Enchanted Forest out there in Richmond. I need some pumpkins this fall. 686 00:48:54.280 --> 00:48:58.920 I think it's time to get the front door decorated and be ready to go 687 00:48:59.000 --> 00:49:01.159 for that. Hey, let's it out to League City and talk to John 688 00:49:01.239 --> 00:49:07.519 V. Hello John V. Good warning, skip and garden line. Yes, 689 00:49:07.679 --> 00:49:13.719 I've got a little bit of a three part question now. This flower 690 00:49:14.199 --> 00:49:22.000 is famously the largest flower species in the world and is called Rephusia are a 691 00:49:22.079 --> 00:49:30.480 F F L. E. Sia flower is on the capul that I imagination 692 00:49:30.519 --> 00:49:36.920 of enormous specs of red pele titles and a risk of extinction. And re 693 00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:40.519 research has warned us on Wednesday the refuse is actually a parasite that lives in 694 00:49:40.559 --> 00:49:45.440 the tropical vines across the parts of Southeast Asia, producing blooms that are large 695 00:49:46.079 --> 00:49:52.679 in the world. Is something of enigma, this flower emerging unpredictably as a 696 00:49:52.760 --> 00:50:00.079 batumous as a limited propagation as outside of natural environment us. One important thing 697 00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:07.199 about that flower the smell. Yes, it says one of these species of 698 00:50:07.280 --> 00:50:13.639 the flowers currently classified quickly endangered according to the International Union of Conservation of Nature. 699 00:50:14.039 --> 00:50:16.840 Right so well, yes, I said, right now, they're working 700 00:50:16.840 --> 00:50:24.119 at forty The botanists examined forty two known Raffisia species in their habitats and Brunei 701 00:50:24.239 --> 00:50:30.440 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand. Well, I'll tell you that is 702 00:50:30.480 --> 00:50:32.880 a very unusual flower. It's actually kind of attractive. But boy, hold 703 00:50:32.960 --> 00:50:37.840 your nose because it smells like rotten flesh because they attract flies for pollinating, 704 00:50:37.320 --> 00:50:43.800 so they they smell like rotten meat. Yes, And so I wanted to 705 00:50:43.800 --> 00:50:52.000 see what what genetic engineering and genetic coating needs to be done to be able 706 00:50:52.079 --> 00:50:57.760 to you know, save species of endangered species. And then the third part 707 00:50:57.840 --> 00:51:02.039 question is, uh, what kind planetary rules and regulations are there in place 708 00:51:02.280 --> 00:51:07.000 for as I know, like there is a black market and the economy, 709 00:51:07.199 --> 00:51:12.079 and there's a black market on the species ride as well. So you know, 710 00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:15.320 John V. I, I don't know on that what kind of things 711 00:51:15.360 --> 00:51:17.480 are doing. And as far as genetic engineering on these, I don't know. 712 00:51:17.599 --> 00:51:22.519 I think it's just a matter of protecting habitat and that it's the same 713 00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:27.000 story it's been true for plants throughout the ages that sometimes they'll find they'll get 714 00:51:27.000 --> 00:51:30.199 a place it's kind of a preserve where people can't come in and do things, 715 00:51:30.280 --> 00:51:32.239 and and they'll try to protect them that way. But that's a little 716 00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:36.639 bit outside my area of expertise. But that is a very unusual flower, 717 00:51:36.719 --> 00:51:42.159 that is for sure. Yes, thank you, it's magnificent. I saw 718 00:51:42.280 --> 00:51:45.280 just this article just a few days ago, and so I'm like fascinated, 719 00:51:45.320 --> 00:51:51.679 and so I'm really excited about getting connections with everybody on the article. And 720 00:51:51.960 --> 00:51:54.960 yeah, lord, what's very very interesting stuff. Hey, I appreciate I 721 00:51:55.039 --> 00:51:59.960 appreciate the call out there. Sounds like you're doing some some research out there 722 00:52:00.239 --> 00:52:05.639 online. Thank you. Thank you all. Have a wonderful Sunday. All 723 00:52:05.760 --> 00:52:07.760 right, all right you as well. Thank you. I appreciate that very 724 00:52:07.840 --> 00:52:13.719 much. You know, I It's been a while since I've talked about Starve 725 00:52:13.760 --> 00:52:17.119 Hope. But Star of Hope mission, it changes lives here in Houston. 726 00:52:17.280 --> 00:52:21.840 And when I say that, I say it from personal experience. I have 727 00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:24.840 volunteered with Star of Hope in the past. We my family, we support 728 00:52:25.000 --> 00:52:30.079 Star of Hope. That's important to us. They serve over six thousand meals 729 00:52:30.079 --> 00:52:34.119 a week. 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And the training 739 00:53:07.639 --> 00:53:09.960 and everything. Star of Hope is a complete package. It does all that 740 00:53:10.119 --> 00:53:14.559 and money spent with Star of Hope. I cannot think of a better way 741 00:53:14.960 --> 00:53:19.480 to change a life than a dollar put in to the Star of Hope mission. 742 00:53:19.519 --> 00:53:23.440 It's sh mission dot org. Sh mission dot org. Go learn a 743 00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:27.360 lot more about them. There's a lot more to learn about Star of Hope 744 00:53:27.440 --> 00:53:30.280 and you will be as amazed as I am. And you will feel like 745 00:53:30.199 --> 00:53:36.119 my dollars count I am really changing life. It's compassion and action. That's 746 00:53:36.159 --> 00:53:39.760 Star of Hope. We uh you know. We're here to answer your gardening 747 00:53:39.840 --> 00:53:44.679 questions and if you would like to discuss anything related to gardener, you can 748 00:53:44.679 --> 00:53:47.400 give me a call at seven one three, two, one two five eight 749 00:53:47.719 --> 00:53:52.960 seven four seven one three two and two fifty eight seventy four. I was 750 00:53:52.320 --> 00:53:55.559 visiting I think with you a little bit yesterday. I talked to somebody in 751 00:53:57.119 --> 00:54:00.079 there. Here is their take. It's like some are just about killed a 752 00:54:00.119 --> 00:54:04.400 minute, did kill most of their lawn and their plants, and they're just 753 00:54:04.480 --> 00:54:07.239 like man, I it's hard getting the energy to want to get back out 754 00:54:07.280 --> 00:54:10.400 there and do something. Well, that's fine. I wish I could talk 755 00:54:10.440 --> 00:54:15.119 you in to getting out and doing something because it's good, it's fun, 756 00:54:15.159 --> 00:54:21.039 it's enjoyable, it's healthy, and seeing the visual change is mentally helping too. 757 00:54:21.360 --> 00:54:24.400 But if you need some help with this, just call pier Scapes. 758 00:54:24.880 --> 00:54:30.320 That's what they do. I bet your irrigation system needs some work. Most 759 00:54:30.360 --> 00:54:34.000 systems are not efficient. And after trying to keep plants alive this summer, 760 00:54:34.000 --> 00:54:37.079 when the system it's not working right, no more, get it. Let 761 00:54:37.079 --> 00:54:40.360 them fix it. They can do that. Do you need a designed sprinkler 762 00:54:40.400 --> 00:54:45.719 system? Do you want led lighting for outside? Do you want to replant 763 00:54:45.760 --> 00:54:50.519 and redesign some landscapes? Call pier Scapes two eight one three seven zero fifty 764 00:54:50.599 --> 00:54:53.239 sixty Pierce Scapes dot COM's a website. Give him a call and say, 765 00:54:53.239 --> 00:54:57.480 look, I need you to come in. We need to do some revamping 766 00:54:57.519 --> 00:55:00.079 here and I want plants that are more dropped tolerant than the ones I just 767 00:55:00.159 --> 00:55:05.119 lost. What can you suggest, take some pictures, sit down with them, 768 00:55:05.280 --> 00:55:08.519 walk through it. Fall is for planting. Now is for calling them 769 00:55:08.559 --> 00:55:12.679 and getting an appointment, getting in there, getting them working on it, 770 00:55:12.960 --> 00:55:15.639 so that by the time we reach the holidays, you've got something that is 771 00:55:15.800 --> 00:55:21.559 beautiful happening in your landscape. And why not just go ahead and pull the 772 00:55:21.599 --> 00:55:24.480 plug and get that done because they can really turn it into a magical place. 773 00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:28.440 You can go online go to their pearscapes dot com and look at pictures 774 00:55:28.440 --> 00:55:32.159 of the kind of work that they do. You are listening to garden line 775 00:55:32.159 --> 00:55:37.639 the number seven one three two one two ktr H seven one three two one 776 00:55:37.719 --> 00:55:45.880 two ktr H. I mentioned that my new lawncare schedule is online at gardening 777 00:55:46.039 --> 00:55:51.400 with Skip dot com and you will see on there that fall is a big 778 00:55:51.440 --> 00:55:54.880 month. Whether you apply organic or synthetic fertilizers. It is the month to 779 00:55:54.880 --> 00:55:59.400 get it done. If you need aeration. It's an important time to get 780 00:55:59.400 --> 00:56:01.440 all that important time to get trace minerals put out too. If you haven't 781 00:56:01.480 --> 00:56:06.639 done that this year, make sure and get that done as well. And 782 00:56:06.760 --> 00:56:08.880 asomite is a product. We talk about it a lot, but it is 783 00:56:08.920 --> 00:56:14.400 a mind trace mineral product. Asamite comes out of the ground and it is 784 00:56:14.559 --> 00:56:17.199 chock full of all kinds of things that you don't think about when you're fertilizing. 785 00:56:17.559 --> 00:56:21.159 Like have you ever grabbed a bag of fertilizer and gone, I wonder 786 00:56:21.199 --> 00:56:25.639 if there's manganese and boron in this The answers probably no, But you need 787 00:56:25.719 --> 00:56:31.239 to think about that because all of these minerals are essential, and asomite provides 788 00:56:31.719 --> 00:56:36.280 those trace minerals that you need so much. Don't put it in the same 789 00:56:36.519 --> 00:56:40.960 hopper as your fertilizer because it's a different particle size. But do your fertilization 790 00:56:42.039 --> 00:56:45.840 and then follow with an application of azamite. It doesn't take a lot. 791 00:56:45.920 --> 00:56:47.400 These are trace minerals. We're not putting a ton of it out there. 792 00:56:47.960 --> 00:56:52.880 But the fact that they're needed in small amounts does not at all change the 793 00:56:52.960 --> 00:56:59.880 fact that they are absolutely essential for plant health and growth. I was take 794 00:57:00.239 --> 00:57:04.840 care of some areas in my landscape and in my garden too, there will 795 00:57:04.880 --> 00:57:07.400 need a little bit of extra care. I've got a little automatic watering system 796 00:57:07.440 --> 00:57:10.400 in the garden, and boy do I ever love that. It just comes 797 00:57:10.440 --> 00:57:14.760 on. It's a hose end deal. It's not a little fancy clock on 798 00:57:14.800 --> 00:57:16.400 the wall in the garage. It's just a hose end deal. But it's 799 00:57:16.400 --> 00:57:20.199 a timer and I can set it to water what days I want for the 800 00:57:20.239 --> 00:57:23.599 amount of time I want, And that just takes a lot of the difficulty 801 00:57:23.840 --> 00:57:28.639 out of that, and I think it makes it just makes it a lot 802 00:57:28.679 --> 00:57:31.039 easier for sure, to take care of your plants and keep them going. 803 00:57:31.559 --> 00:57:35.800 I don't know, you're like me. You end up running around doing a 804 00:57:35.840 --> 00:57:38.360 lot of different things, and sometimes you all of a sudden go, oh 805 00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:42.760 my gosh, I haven't gotten around to do in that in my garden or 806 00:57:42.800 --> 00:57:45.599 in my lawn, and I need to Well, anything we can put a 807 00:57:45.639 --> 00:57:49.880 timer on and make it easy, that sure is a good idea. Well, 808 00:57:49.960 --> 00:57:52.960 let's head out to Magnolia and we're going to talk to Michael. Hello, 809 00:57:52.000 --> 00:57:55.760 Michael, good morning to Skip. How are you doing. I'm well, 810 00:57:55.800 --> 00:58:00.159 what's up? Hi? Hey? I need to We have put in 811 00:58:00.199 --> 00:58:05.280 a pool in the backyard and the yard is just tora up bad, and 812 00:58:05.360 --> 00:58:08.960 I want to put down some Saint Augustine. But we have very as you 813 00:58:09.079 --> 00:58:14.960 I'm sure you know, very sandy soil. Okay, So I want to 814 00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:17.880 put down something I want to put in, and I want to top top 815 00:58:17.960 --> 00:58:25.239 dress or bring in some soiled that would be good for the Saint Augustine. 816 00:58:25.280 --> 00:58:30.880 Do I need to Can I just lay that on that on top of the 817 00:58:30.960 --> 00:58:34.280 sandy clay soil that I have now, or do I need to till it 818 00:58:34.360 --> 00:58:39.519 into the eat of the sandy clay. If you can scratch the surface between 819 00:58:39.559 --> 00:58:43.400 the two a little bit, like a little bit of a light telling, 820 00:58:43.480 --> 00:58:45.679 maybe you put a lot of the new soil down, or a little of 821 00:58:45.679 --> 00:58:47.800 the new soil down, do a very light telling, and then put more 822 00:58:47.800 --> 00:58:53.000 of the new soil that breaks that sudden transition zone between the two. And 823 00:58:53.039 --> 00:58:55.960 if I were you, you're you're just down. You're not very far away 824 00:58:57.000 --> 00:59:00.440 at all from nature's way, I'd give them a call. They have a 825 00:59:00.519 --> 00:59:05.239 number of different blends, from just regular top soil to other blends that I 826 00:59:05.280 --> 00:59:09.280 think they could kind of key one in on your specific site and what you 827 00:59:09.360 --> 00:59:15.440 might need to make that happen. Okay, we're talking about eventually doing about 828 00:59:15.920 --> 00:59:21.000 two acres with that. They do they have the bulk or is it? 829 00:59:22.719 --> 00:59:24.559 No? No, no, no no. They're very book, very book. 830 00:59:24.800 --> 00:59:28.320 And it may be that you're just pulling little compost down and mixing it 831 00:59:28.360 --> 00:59:30.280 in too with the soil you have. But they they can help you with 832 00:59:30.320 --> 00:59:34.559 that. Uh, here's the phone. Let me give you a phone number 833 00:59:34.599 --> 00:59:38.400 for I forget about it. Nine three six three two one sixty nine ninety. 834 00:59:38.519 --> 00:59:43.000 Just just give John or Ian a call over there and just explain to 835 00:59:43.039 --> 00:59:45.559 them what you're trying to do, and say, I need to figure out 836 00:59:45.599 --> 00:59:47.480 the best way because I got a lot of area to cover here. So 837 00:59:47.519 --> 00:59:51.880 that's going to be part of the factor. Okay, okay, Is this 838 00:59:52.039 --> 00:59:57.039 something that I would want to do during the fall in preparation for laying down 839 00:59:57.079 --> 01:00:00.880 the Sign Augustine in the spring? You you could, now, I probably 840 01:00:00.880 --> 01:00:05.400 would just wait until it's closer to when you're gonna lay down the Saint Augustine 841 01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:07.519 a little bit closer to that. That way, you know, you get 842 01:00:07.519 --> 01:00:10.679 one or rains gullywashing through there or whatever. It just gives you a low 843 01:00:10.760 --> 01:00:14.039 way to hedge your bet Hey, Michael, I'm gonna have to run it. 844 01:00:14.239 --> 01:00:15.559 We're on a hard break here, but good luck with that, and 845 01:00:15.960 --> 01:00:20.320 thank you for the call. I appreciate that very much. Our phone number 846 01:00:20.320 --> 01:00:23.320 is seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. Well, good 847 01:00:23.320 --> 01:00:28.079 Sunday morning. You are listening to garden Line and what are we doing. 848 01:00:28.119 --> 01:00:32.280 Well, we're talking about anything you're interested in regarding gardening that is important. 849 01:00:32.360 --> 01:00:36.559 And speaking of important, the most important plants in your landscape, in my 850 01:00:36.599 --> 01:00:39.039 opinion, or your trees. And that's because it takes a long time to 851 01:00:39.039 --> 01:00:42.760 grow a big beautiful tree, and it doesn't take a long time to kill 852 01:00:42.840 --> 01:00:46.599 him a big beautiful tree by not caring for him properly, by letting weather 853 01:00:46.760 --> 01:00:51.880 do what weather did to us this summer that stresses trees, and the folks 854 01:00:51.960 --> 01:00:55.760 had affordable tree care. Martin spoon Moore, you know that he knows what 855 01:00:55.760 --> 01:00:58.960 he's doing. He've been doing this long time. His dad was in the 856 01:00:58.960 --> 01:01:01.880 business. And when you were looking at a tree that's turning brown, it 857 01:01:01.920 --> 01:01:07.159 needs to come out of there. I mean it, very few times when 858 01:01:07.199 --> 01:01:09.840 a tree goes brown, is it going to bound track back, especially if 859 01:01:09.840 --> 01:01:15.119 it's going brown in the midst of summer. Essentially what's happening is everything's collapsing 860 01:01:15.400 --> 01:01:17.840 and the final thing you see is the browning. Well, Martin can get 861 01:01:17.840 --> 01:01:21.599 it out of there. You need to remove it. Maybe it just needs 862 01:01:21.599 --> 01:01:23.760 pruning. Maybe have trees that just need pruning. He can take care of 863 01:01:23.760 --> 01:01:27.960 that. If you want to get on the pruning schedule, you need to 864 01:01:28.000 --> 01:01:30.320 call him up because you know, once we get into the winter season, 865 01:01:30.400 --> 01:01:35.719 it gets really busy with things like pruning, and someone like Martin that does 866 01:01:35.719 --> 01:01:38.320 a good job for a good price, they stay booked up. Tell him 867 01:01:38.320 --> 01:01:42.920 you're from you listen to guardline, so you get up at the front of 868 01:01:42.920 --> 01:01:46.400 the list. But seven one three, six, nine nine twenty six sixty 869 01:01:46.480 --> 01:01:52.199 three seven one three, six nine nine two six six three. Have them 870 01:01:52.199 --> 01:01:53.800 come out and look, if you're going to do anything around your plants, 871 01:01:53.960 --> 01:01:58.760 especially around your trees after the summer we had, like let's say you need 872 01:01:58.840 --> 01:02:01.119 to trench or bring in so or take soil away or anything like that, 873 01:02:01.840 --> 01:02:07.320 have them come out first because you can do a lot to protect plants before 874 01:02:07.360 --> 01:02:14.119 the damage gets done. But after the damage it is very difficult to make 875 01:02:14.239 --> 01:02:19.000 a huge difference. So avoid that by having someone that knows what they're talking 876 01:02:19.000 --> 01:02:21.719 about, like Martin, come out and help you with that. We're going 877 01:02:21.760 --> 01:02:24.079 to go out to Spring right now and talk to Rake. Hello, Reike, 878 01:02:24.960 --> 01:02:28.440 good morning, Skip. How are you doing? I'm well. How 879 01:02:28.480 --> 01:02:31.559 are you today? Well, I'm fine. My question apparently is going to 880 01:02:31.639 --> 01:02:38.079 dovetail right into what you've just been talking about. I've noticed that probably sixty 881 01:02:38.159 --> 01:02:43.320 percent of the magnolia trees in the Spring area, whether they're in someone's yard 882 01:02:43.440 --> 01:02:47.239 or in an esplanade, are turning brown and dying. And I've got one 883 01:02:47.320 --> 01:02:51.639 that's nice and big, nice and healthy. I keep it well watered. 884 01:02:51.679 --> 01:02:55.000 But if there's some sort of blight that's affecting the trees, is there something 885 01:02:55.039 --> 01:02:59.760 that I can do to prevent it? You have already done it. This 886 01:02:59.840 --> 01:03:04.920 is a water deal. This summer was long and hot and dry, and 887 01:03:05.000 --> 01:03:09.519 it really is coming after other brutal issues that these trees have gone through. 888 01:03:09.679 --> 01:03:15.599 And I just think I've noticed that all over town Magnolia's hit a point where 889 01:03:15.639 --> 01:03:21.159 they just flat ran out of adequate moisture to keep the plants cooled off, 890 01:03:21.199 --> 01:03:23.880 to keep them adequately hydrated in order to make it through the summer, and 891 01:03:23.920 --> 01:03:29.480 a lot of them just you're right, complete brown. Usually, no, 892 01:03:29.639 --> 01:03:32.400 you're not that deeply rooted that it can reach the water table. Well, 893 01:03:32.440 --> 01:03:37.679 it's moderately deeply rooted. But the thing is, the deeper you get in 894 01:03:37.719 --> 01:03:42.159 the soil, the less oxygen there is and the less root activity you can 895 01:03:42.199 --> 01:03:45.599 have. And because of the length of the heat and the drought, those 896 01:03:45.719 --> 01:03:51.400 reserves even reserves down deeper or getting depleted, and you hit a point where 897 01:03:51.400 --> 01:03:55.280 the tree cannot pump water fast enough. It's got limited water and it's doing 898 01:03:55.320 --> 01:03:59.679 its best to get it absorbed and up in the plant, but the demands 899 01:03:59.719 --> 01:04:02.440 are just way too high, and as a result, it crashes. And 900 01:04:02.480 --> 01:04:05.519 when you see a magnolia turn all brown, I don't see it coming back 901 01:04:06.320 --> 01:04:12.239 well, mind still nice and green. How often during the week should I 902 01:04:12.360 --> 01:04:15.000 water? And for how long did you you know? If you water a 903 01:04:15.079 --> 01:04:19.679 tree once every ten days to even fourteen days during the summer, with a 904 01:04:19.840 --> 01:04:25.880 good soaking where you've wet the soil eight inches deep or more, that gets 905 01:04:25.880 --> 01:04:29.519 it through the regular watering like you do for your lawn. Don't do that 906 01:04:29.599 --> 01:04:31.639 for the trees. They don't need that. They need a good soaking and 907 01:04:31.639 --> 01:04:34.320 then drying out, and you've already done that and right now, to be 908 01:04:34.360 --> 01:04:39.880 honest, right we're we're kind of through this, maybe for another few weeks. 909 01:04:39.880 --> 01:04:42.760 We kind of watch it a little bit with some rescues if it does 910 01:04:42.960 --> 01:04:45.440 rain, but in general, once we cool off and we get some rain, 911 01:04:45.960 --> 01:04:49.559 then that supply is going to be there to carry something like a healthy 912 01:04:49.559 --> 01:04:54.639 magnolia on through winter. Okay, well, I'll just keep watering it. 913 01:04:54.679 --> 01:04:57.679 And I appreciate your advice. Thank you so much. All right, thank 914 01:04:57.719 --> 01:05:00.639 you. I appreciate appreciate that call very much, very much. Hey, 915 01:05:00.760 --> 01:05:06.119 folks, done in Ciena Plantation, sun Creek Estates, Rochera, and Manville 916 01:05:06.280 --> 01:05:12.760 all the way down there. CNA Mulch is your hometown mulch and rock supplier, 917 01:05:12.960 --> 01:05:15.320 but not just mulch and rock. Do you need the fertilizers I talk 918 01:05:15.360 --> 01:05:18.400 about on garden Line. They've got them. They have a wide variety of 919 01:05:18.440 --> 01:05:24.079 products. They have sand stone, gravel, beautiful beautiful stone on palettes. 920 01:05:24.320 --> 01:05:27.119 They'll deliver in bulk. You know, maybe you want a rose soil, 921 01:05:27.159 --> 01:05:30.760 maybe you want a compost, maybe you need some hardwood mulch. They also 922 01:05:30.800 --> 01:05:35.199 have bag products. They're available at CNA Maltz Sienna mulch dot com. It's 923 01:05:35.239 --> 01:05:40.079 as easy as that, just north of Roschera near Highway six and two eighty 924 01:05:40.119 --> 01:05:45.400 eight on FM five twenty one. They're open Monday through Friday seven thirty to 925 01:05:45.519 --> 01:05:48.360 five, Saturday seven thirty to two, closed on Sunday, and later this 926 01:05:48.400 --> 01:05:50.280 fall. I'll tell you about it more later, but I'm gonna be out 927 01:05:50.320 --> 01:05:54.079 there. I'm gonna make an appearance out there, and I hope you'll be 928 01:05:54.199 --> 01:05:56.960 able to come out and see me those years down in that part of the 929 01:05:57.000 --> 01:06:02.360 countryside. Siena maltch, quality products, friendly service too, and always everything 930 01:06:02.400 --> 01:06:08.199 you need, everything you need to make things go. We're gonna head out 931 01:06:08.239 --> 01:06:13.119 now to Montgomery and talk to Dave. Hello, Dave, Yeah, high 932 01:06:13.159 --> 01:06:15.880 Skip. How you doing. I'm good. What's up? Hey? So 933 01:06:15.960 --> 01:06:20.440 I've been in this house about a year and I've had the lawn guy, 934 01:06:20.559 --> 01:06:28.480 which I think is using just really you know keeper malts, these malts twice 935 01:06:28.519 --> 01:06:31.719 but and I still get a tunnel weeds. So I'm about to upgrade and 936 01:06:31.960 --> 01:06:36.119 you know, do a really good malt. My question is is it worst 937 01:06:36.159 --> 01:06:42.000 scraping all the old malts chat out there before I remolt season a quality malt. 938 01:06:42.320 --> 01:06:45.239 No, you just just put the put the new on top. That 939 01:06:45.280 --> 01:06:48.719 old stuff will eventually rot and uh you know, and I mean unless you 940 01:06:48.800 --> 01:06:53.760 had just like what they call a toxic mold, something that's made and the 941 01:06:53.800 --> 01:06:58.480 way they make it a well, let's I'm just going to drop that conversation. 942 01:06:58.519 --> 01:07:00.119 You're not going to have that kind of malts in the situation you just 943 01:07:00.239 --> 01:07:03.679 described me. Just throw fresh mulch on top. Think of the forest floor, 944 01:07:04.039 --> 01:07:08.840 old stuff riding on the surface, new stuff dropped on top. That's 945 01:07:08.880 --> 01:07:13.760 exactly how to take care of your plants. Excellent. I was not looking 946 01:07:13.800 --> 01:07:15.599 forward to doing that. Yeah, we save you some work. Now you 947 01:07:15.719 --> 01:07:20.159 got time to find something else to do out there to have fun. Thanks 948 01:07:20.199 --> 01:07:24.119 all right, thank you, Dave. I appreciate that call very much. 949 01:07:24.960 --> 01:07:30.360 You know, Ace Hardware stores specialize in having what you need when you walk 950 01:07:30.400 --> 01:07:33.199 in the door. Here's what I mean. Do you need a fertilizer? 951 01:07:33.480 --> 01:07:36.199 I heard this on garden Line. Do you have it? Of course they 952 01:07:36.239 --> 01:07:40.039 have it. Ace Hardware does that. They carry what we talk about. 953 01:07:40.559 --> 01:07:44.719 Do you need a fungicide and insecticide and herbicide? Do you need tools for 954 01:07:44.760 --> 01:07:47.679 your lawn and garden? Do you just want to do things outside that are 955 01:07:47.679 --> 01:07:51.679 that beautify and make it a more enjoyable outdoor area. You know, I 956 01:07:51.719 --> 01:07:58.039 was bragging on their barbecue equipment, and now that it's cooled off a little 957 01:07:58.039 --> 01:08:00.000 bit, I'm getting outside on the patty. I'm doing some grilling and oh 958 01:08:00.039 --> 01:08:04.199 my gosh, they have everything you can imagine for that. Do you want 959 01:08:04.239 --> 01:08:10.039 to beautify that outdoor sitting area. It's all there. It's one stop shop. 960 01:08:10.119 --> 01:08:12.519 You walk in, you're gonna go home with all the things you need. 961 01:08:12.880 --> 01:08:15.159 And with thirty nine eight stores, it's not hard to find one in 962 01:08:15.199 --> 01:08:19.680 your area. Ace Hardware dot Com do their store locator and you'll see what 963 01:08:19.720 --> 01:08:23.680 I'm talking about. There's gonna be more than one near you. And when 964 01:08:23.680 --> 01:08:26.399 you walk into ACE, you walk out with what you need to have. 965 01:08:26.439 --> 01:08:30.439 A beautiful lawn, a bountiful garden, a gorgeous landscape. It's all right 966 01:08:30.439 --> 01:08:33.359 there waiting for you. Well, it's time to take a break and we're 967 01:08:33.399 --> 01:08:36.000 gonna do just that. If you'd like to get on the boards. Seven 968 01:08:36.079 --> 01:08:41.880 one three two one two five eight seven four. Well, good morning, 969 01:08:41.920 --> 01:08:45.520 you're listening to garden Line. Our phone number is seven one three two one 970 01:08:45.600 --> 01:08:50.119 two five eight seven four. I was just visiting, you know, with 971 01:08:51.960 --> 01:08:57.399 right up and spraying about a magnolia's and he's keeping his trees alive while a 972 01:08:57.399 --> 01:09:00.119 lot of them are not staying alive around town this this year. You know, 973 01:09:00.520 --> 01:09:04.199 watering a tree properly is important. And when you water, here's what 974 01:09:04.239 --> 01:09:08.680 you want to do. You want to focus your water on the area underneath 975 01:09:08.720 --> 01:09:13.079 the branch spread. So think of the sun straight up overhead, twelve o'clock 976 01:09:13.159 --> 01:09:16.319 high, and where's the shadow of a tree. That shadow tells you where 977 01:09:16.359 --> 01:09:19.319 to water. You can water a little beyond that, but a focus your 978 01:09:19.439 --> 01:09:24.119 watering attention on that, because here's what we're doing. We are not trying 979 01:09:24.119 --> 01:09:27.600 to provide a tree with ever drop of water it might ever want. We're 980 01:09:27.640 --> 01:09:31.760 trying to provide enough of a rescue treatment to keep them healthy until rain returns. 981 01:09:31.840 --> 01:09:36.880 Trees are resilient, they have huge root systems, and so an extended 982 01:09:36.960 --> 01:09:41.680 drought one hundred degrees no rain, days and days and days and weeks on 983 01:09:41.840 --> 01:09:44.840 end, yes, it depletes the soil and we need to help them. 984 01:09:45.079 --> 01:09:47.640 But other than that, don't think that trees need your water hose in order 985 01:09:47.680 --> 01:09:50.640 to stay alive. They don't. They do just fine on the rainfall we 986 01:09:50.760 --> 01:09:55.439 get here. It's just the exception. And when we need to water a 987 01:09:55.479 --> 01:09:58.159 tree, you're not going to find a better device than that than the tree 988 01:09:58.199 --> 01:10:00.039 hugger sprinkler. And the reason I like them. You put them on a 989 01:10:00.079 --> 01:10:03.159 hose and it goes up to your tree and he kind of goes around the 990 01:10:03.199 --> 01:10:08.640 tree. There's like three sizes. There's a seven eleven inch and a fifteen 991 01:10:08.680 --> 01:10:11.920 inch size, and you can turn them on a little bit and water just 992 01:10:12.159 --> 01:10:15.199 that new planted trees root ball just barely have them come on. To do 993 01:10:15.239 --> 01:10:18.520 that. You can turn them on, crank them all the way up, 994 01:10:18.560 --> 01:10:23.479 and you can water a very large area. But it's a circular area around 995 01:10:23.520 --> 01:10:26.560 the trunk and outward from the trunk, not so much right there, but 996 01:10:26.680 --> 01:10:30.079 outward that gives the soaking we need. And you may run it a while, 997 01:10:30.199 --> 01:10:31.600 have it go off and soak, run it a while, have it 998 01:10:31.640 --> 01:10:33.960 go off, and so it's easy to do. But tree hugger is a 999 01:10:33.960 --> 01:10:36.880 way to do it. And it's insurance. I know. The name says 1000 01:10:36.880 --> 01:10:41.880 tree hugger. It's also a rose bush hugger. It's anything you want to 1001 01:10:41.960 --> 01:10:45.159 plant and put that thing around any kind of woody ornamental rose, shrubs, 1002 01:10:45.239 --> 01:10:48.760 trees. It'll take care of them, and it is a good way to 1003 01:10:48.920 --> 01:10:54.079 save not just keep the plant alive, but to help it thrive, because 1004 01:10:54.079 --> 01:10:57.439 that's the goal. Right. But we're gonna head out to College Station now 1005 01:10:57.479 --> 01:11:02.039 and talk to Brenda. Wello, Brenda high Skip, how can we help? 1006 01:11:03.239 --> 01:11:09.079 I have some three I have three mature post oaks, okay, in 1007 01:11:09.119 --> 01:11:15.159 a native area behind my house. It is it's a city drainage easement, 1008 01:11:15.279 --> 01:11:18.760 but they've left it native and wooded, and all of a sudden, I 1009 01:11:18.920 --> 01:11:24.159 noticed that the leaves on all three trees, almost at the same time, 1010 01:11:24.840 --> 01:11:29.520 are yellowing and kind of turning brown, and they're they're dropping. Yeah, 1011 01:11:29.560 --> 01:11:33.359 So am I losing these trees? Or is it early leaf drout? Maybe? 1012 01:11:33.920 --> 01:11:39.000 Well, I'm afraid that you may be losing them, but I'm not 1013 01:11:39.119 --> 01:11:43.079 making a call that. Okay, let's give up that they're done just yet. 1014 01:11:43.520 --> 01:11:46.800 Post Oaks are resilient trees. They live in the gravelly post oak belt 1015 01:11:46.840 --> 01:11:49.800 that goes north and south from don at Quero all the way up you know, 1016 01:11:49.960 --> 01:11:56.079 way past north of College Station. And they do well except when they 1017 01:11:56.119 --> 01:11:59.319 get into stress, they have problems. And when we you know, It's 1018 01:11:59.399 --> 01:12:02.840 fortunate are not in a landscape because that's where we create problems for post oaks. 1019 01:12:03.279 --> 01:12:06.079 But out in the wild like that. You'll notice driving around town a 1020 01:12:06.079 --> 01:12:10.560 lot of post oaks up in the Bryan College Station area have died this year. 1021 01:12:11.279 --> 01:12:14.800 They just turn brown. And here's what's happening. The tree is resilient, 1022 01:12:14.840 --> 01:12:17.640 but it hits a point where it gets weakened to a point where it 1023 01:12:17.760 --> 01:12:23.680 essentially just collapses. And it seems to happen overnight, but it actually takes 1024 01:12:23.680 --> 01:12:26.720 longer than that for it to happen. But when you see the browning, 1025 01:12:26.880 --> 01:12:30.079 that's usually not a good sign. Now, the fact that yours are turning 1026 01:12:30.159 --> 01:12:34.119 yellowing and some browning, we've got some cool rains that have come through. 1027 01:12:34.319 --> 01:12:39.279 I suspect you had rain at your spot right recently in the last couple of 1028 01:12:39.279 --> 01:12:42.800 weeks. We did. We got about an inch and a half last week, 1029 01:12:42.880 --> 01:12:46.279 and that is all that they need for now. Don't don't go well, 1030 01:12:46.359 --> 01:12:48.800 they're in a natural area. You're not going to water them anyway. 1031 01:12:48.960 --> 01:12:51.960 But if we can just get another rain like that in a few weeks, 1032 01:12:53.199 --> 01:12:56.479 they'll go on into winter. And if they're gonna come out, you'll know 1033 01:12:56.560 --> 01:12:59.640 it in the spring. If you don't see them in the spring come out, 1034 01:12:59.760 --> 01:13:02.039 then than I would make the call. They're probably a lost tree. 1035 01:13:02.960 --> 01:13:08.920 Okay, does I've noticed they do have some acorns on them? Is that 1036 01:13:09.039 --> 01:13:11.479 a good sign? Or is it? Does? It not matter? I 1037 01:13:11.600 --> 01:13:14.000 know, it's just part of the life cycle on all of our oaks. 1038 01:13:14.119 --> 01:13:18.439 And uh, you know that's it's neither here nor there. Okay, just 1039 01:13:18.520 --> 01:13:21.520 part of part of their cycle. But yeah, that they're they're a nice 1040 01:13:21.560 --> 01:13:26.880 tree. It's just they're persnicketty. There's a reason why you you will not 1041 01:13:26.920 --> 01:13:30.119 go into any garden center and find a posto tree for sale that just that 1042 01:13:30.159 --> 01:13:36.560 doesn't exist. Okay, So I just need to hope for a flowering spring 1043 01:13:36.640 --> 01:13:41.560 and rain here. Yeah, I hope that the hope the damage and stress 1044 01:13:41.680 --> 01:13:45.199 was not too great and then it can bounce back. I just watching so 1045 01:13:45.239 --> 01:13:50.520 many die up through that whole region this summer. It's uh, it's a 1046 01:13:50.600 --> 01:13:56.239 wait and see in my opinion. Okay, all right, thanks for the 1047 01:13:56.279 --> 01:13:58.359 call, and good luck with that. Good luck with that tree. I 1048 01:13:58.359 --> 01:14:00.479 hope. I hope that turns out really well for you, you know, 1049 01:14:00.560 --> 01:14:04.720 for your lawns out there. It's time for fall fertilizing. October is the 1050 01:14:04.880 --> 01:14:09.199 month to get that done. And the sooner you do it in October, 1051 01:14:09.560 --> 01:14:12.920 the better off you are. And here's why it gets. We've got a 1052 01:14:12.960 --> 01:14:17.079 bunch of months of really wonderful mal winter weather that your grass will love coming 1053 01:14:17.199 --> 01:14:21.319 up. But then when we get into November and December, grassroots are just 1054 01:14:21.439 --> 01:14:27.439 essentially stopping their growth. They're shutting down. It's cool at the days are 1055 01:14:27.520 --> 01:14:30.680 shore temperatures are cooler, and it's not moving. Get the fertilizer on now, 1056 01:14:30.840 --> 01:14:34.640 Get it on early October and have the most time possible for it to 1057 01:14:34.680 --> 01:14:41.239 do the most good building up that cool season resilience and Nelson Plant Foods carbo 1058 01:14:41.239 --> 01:14:44.760 load does just that. It's a ten ten twenty, so it's got a 1059 01:14:44.800 --> 01:14:48.640 good third number that's potassium, and that's important for drought stress. It's important 1060 01:14:48.880 --> 01:14:55.039 for winter heartiness, and it's important for building up the energy and your grass 1061 01:14:55.079 --> 01:14:59.680 plant so that coming out in spring it comes out strong. It's already weak. 1062 01:15:00.000 --> 01:15:01.479 We don't need to let it get weaker. We need to give it 1063 01:15:01.680 --> 01:15:05.640 that nutrition and carbo load ten ten twenty will do just at It also has 1064 01:15:05.640 --> 01:15:10.159 a pre emergent herbicide in it. So if you get it on a little 1065 01:15:10.199 --> 01:15:13.239 earlier because it's got that product, you can make sure and be ahead of 1066 01:15:13.279 --> 01:15:15.920 the weeds that are going to be germinating in October as well. But don't 1067 01:15:15.920 --> 01:15:24.560 delay. Just look for carbo load ten ten twenty for your lawn. We're 1068 01:15:24.600 --> 01:15:28.560 discussing a number of different things today. A lot of it still is related 1069 01:15:28.640 --> 01:15:31.000 to the elephant in the room, which was the brutal summer we just went 1070 01:15:31.039 --> 01:15:34.560 through. But I just want to remind you that now's a great time to 1071 01:15:34.600 --> 01:15:38.600 put in fall color. You know, if you've got some warm season plants. 1072 01:15:38.640 --> 01:15:41.920 We have a good ways to go before we expect to see a frost 1073 01:15:42.000 --> 01:15:45.279 here in the Greater Houston area, and you can go ahead and get some 1074 01:15:45.319 --> 01:15:47.680 of those in too, and then continue to enjoy those. It's a good 1075 01:15:47.680 --> 01:15:50.600 time to be able to do that. And where do you get Where do 1076 01:15:50.680 --> 01:15:54.239 you get plants? Now? If you're not in Kingwood, You've got two 1077 01:15:54.239 --> 01:15:59.000 places. You've got Kingwood Garden Center and you have Warren's Southern Gardens. I 1078 01:15:59.119 --> 01:16:03.640 just love visiting both of them. I mean, excellent selection, excellent supply. 1079 01:16:04.239 --> 01:16:09.520 The gift shops are wonderful. Kingwood especially just got a Kingwood Garden Centers 1080 01:16:09.560 --> 01:16:13.239 gift shop just amazing, and Warren's has their own gift shop as well. 1081 01:16:13.560 --> 01:16:16.239 You know, it's just easy to go to places like that because you have 1082 01:16:16.520 --> 01:16:19.600 trained staff who know what they're doing. They guide you, they answer your 1083 01:16:19.720 --> 01:16:25.159 questions, they point you to the plants that you need to do their best, 1084 01:16:25.720 --> 01:16:29.239 and you just can't do better than that. And I would check them 1085 01:16:29.279 --> 01:16:32.560 out. Warren Southern Gardens and Kingwood both went through their interview, interview their 1086 01:16:32.640 --> 01:16:35.920 inventory. A couple of weeks ago. They open back up. I think 1087 01:16:35.960 --> 01:16:41.119 it's last Sunday. They already open again and they are going full steam ahead. 1088 01:16:41.199 --> 01:16:44.520 While you're there, pick up soil. Member, don't buy a plant 1089 01:16:44.960 --> 01:16:48.600 without buying some soil to make it survive and thrive. As a matter of 1090 01:16:48.680 --> 01:16:54.039 fact, always get a good quality soil. Maybe we need a Texas law. 1091 01:16:54.439 --> 01:16:58.800 Talked about this before. If you're going to buy green stuff, you 1092 01:16:58.920 --> 01:17:01.520 have to also buy brown stuff. It's just it's the law. It's kind 1093 01:17:01.520 --> 01:17:05.640 of like can't drive by BUCkies without pulling over. That's the Texas law. 1094 01:17:05.680 --> 01:17:09.439 By the way, I don't if you need that, but you gotta buy 1095 01:17:09.439 --> 01:17:13.279 the brown stuff when you buy the green stuff. Why because the brown stuff 1096 01:17:13.359 --> 01:17:15.199 makes the green stuff do what you bought it for. When you buy that 1097 01:17:15.279 --> 01:17:20.000 little plant, you're you're imagining blooms, you're imagining foliage, color, you're 1098 01:17:20.039 --> 01:17:26.319 imagining fruit, You're whatever you're buying the plant for. That's your mind's eye 1099 01:17:26.359 --> 01:17:30.840 picture, that's your dream. The brown stuff makes it happen. The compost, 1100 01:17:30.880 --> 01:17:38.479 the leafmo compost, the mixes like a rosemegs or whatever. That's the 1101 01:17:38.520 --> 01:17:42.159 secret sauce, so that the beautiful plants do what you wanted to do. 1102 01:17:46.600 --> 01:17:54.760 This is used Radio seven ktr H Houston Live Everywhere with Ire Avenue. Now 1103 01:17:54.960 --> 01:17:59.840 the latest news, weather, from the gallery Furniture Made in America's studios. 1104 01:18:00.279 --> 01:18:03.159 Details on why. But we do have a complete road closure right now. 1105 01:18:03.239 --> 01:18:09.399 This is the Nicknoos Network, eight o'clock on news Radio seven forty kat r 1106 01:18:09.680 --> 01:18:13.760 H Trafic gamwa it together. We start with Joe Barnett and they're still working 1107 01:18:13.800 --> 01:18:16.279 to clear up the wreck. I forty five to Go Freeway southbound between Alme 1108 01:18:16.359 --> 01:18:20.079 did Jo and few Quay. All lanes of traffic being detoured around. You 1109 01:18:20.159 --> 01:18:24.760 might want to use Highway three as an alternate. North sam Houston's Alway eastbound 1110 01:18:24.760 --> 01:18:29.600 between Fairbankstroth Houston and Highway two forty nine still remains blocked with bread work as 1111 01:18:29.680 --> 01:18:32.319 well as one right lane. It's the only lane getting by North Sam Houston 1112 01:18:32.399 --> 01:18:36.399 to Alway east bound between Ella and JFK. I'm Joe Barnett. The ktr 1113 01:18:36.479 --> 01:18:41.520 h S Gulf Coast Windows dot Com twenty four hour Traffic Center should remain dry 1114 01:18:41.600 --> 01:18:44.520 through our Sunday morning. We'll get into the afternoon and yeah, pop up 1115 01:18:44.560 --> 01:18:47.159 shower thunderstorm here, and they are really not much widespread rainfall, sun of 1116 01:18:47.199 --> 01:18:49.960 clouds and hot and humid. Otherwise, mid nineties will feel like the low 1117 01:18:50.039 --> 01:18:55.239 one hundreds tonight, slight chance of a shower thunderstorm low seventy seven now Monday, 1118 01:18:55.399 --> 01:18:58.880 likely showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon ninety two from the weather channel. 1119 01:18:58.880 --> 01:19:00.960 I mean here, I'll just race stay well. Fingers crossed eighty three in 1120 01:19:01.079 --> 01:19:05.439 Galveston. Now it's eighty at the kt or each Top Tax Defenders twenty four 1121 01:19:05.520 --> 01:19:12.039 hour Weather Center eight oh one. Our top story. Mexico agrees to deport 1122 01:19:12.119 --> 01:19:15.039 migrants from its border cities and send them back home in a d detailing more 1123 01:19:15.079 --> 01:19:24.520 than fifteen specific actions reached with border Patrol Mexico says they will depressurize their side 1124 01:19:24.640 --> 01:19:30.239 of El Paso, San Diego and Eagle Pass. Fox's Griff Jenkins is reporting 1125 01:19:30.279 --> 01:19:36.359 on current conditions in Eagle Pass. Migrants crossing the river from Peter snegress through 1126 01:19:36.439 --> 01:19:41.560 the razor wire that the State of Texas put up in now walking up the 1127 01:19:41.760 --> 01:19:45.439 river bank, trying to come to get in the custody of Border Patrol agents 1128 01:19:45.479 --> 01:19:51.239 where they will ultimately be transported and ultimately likely released. And they're coming in 1129 01:19:51.479 --> 01:19:57.640 droves. They're going through the dangerous river currents. We've had three drownings in 1130 01:19:57.800 --> 01:20:01.880 three days this week, just as snapshot of how bad it's been in the 1131 01:20:02.039 --> 01:20:06.600 temperatures reaching more than one hundred degrees the real field temperature at one point one 1132 01:20:06.720 --> 01:20:12.359 hundred and seven. The US Department of Defense sending at least eight hundred active 1133 01:20:12.439 --> 01:20:16.000 duty personnel to the border, or twenty five hundred National Guard are already serving. 1134 01:20:16.520 --> 01:20:20.680 The busiest sectors are Del Rio, El Paso, the Lower Rio, 1135 01:20:20.800 --> 01:20:27.920 Graham Valley, and Tucson Houston. We've got some inbound. A space capsule 1136 01:20:28.039 --> 01:20:33.720 containing NASA's first asteroid samples returns to Utah with live streaming coverage on NASA TV 1137 01:20:33.880 --> 01:20:39.279 beginning around nine this morning. Floods and heavy winds striking the East Coast as 1138 01:20:39.359 --> 01:20:45.920 Ophelia makes its way along the coastline and weekends boxed weather forecaster Jane menairs on 1139 01:20:46.079 --> 01:20:49.920 the beaches of New Jersey. Let me tell you, Ophelia has had its 1140 01:20:49.960 --> 01:20:55.279 wrath in North Carolina. We saw the waves in the wind yesterday on the 1141 01:20:55.640 --> 01:20:59.720 southern shores of Long Island and Rockaway Beach. And now we're in Manasquad, 1142 01:20:59.800 --> 01:21:02.399 New Jersey, at the inlet here and I've never seen anything like it. 1143 01:21:02.560 --> 01:21:06.000 I mean, I grew up going here, my family lives here, so 1144 01:21:06.119 --> 01:21:11.479 I know this beach very very well. And the waves, the wind, 1145 01:21:11.640 --> 01:21:15.800 the way the sand has shaped and reshaped itself on the beach here, it's 1146 01:21:15.840 --> 01:21:17.600 pretty incredible. And it's going to be like this all day long. States 1147 01:21:17.640 --> 01:21:23.079 of emergency declared in Virginia, North Carolina, and Maryland. Tropical Storm Phi 1148 01:21:23.119 --> 01:21:28.479 Leap in the Atlantic is going to dissipate within three days before in the landfall. 1149 01:21:28.880 --> 01:21:32.920 There is a tropical wave forming near the Cabo Verde Islands. Officials in 1150 01:21:33.000 --> 01:21:36.359 Florida released the identity of the woman whose body was found in the jaws of 1151 01:21:36.399 --> 01:21:43.520 an almost fourteen foot long alligator in a suburb of Saint Petersburg. Investigators trying 1152 01:21:43.560 --> 01:21:46.359 to determine if the gator killed her or found her after she had died. 1153 01:21:46.680 --> 01:21:51.640 Astro's announced Justin Verlanders going to open against Seattle tomorrow night, Christian Javier Tuesday, 1154 01:21:51.960 --> 01:21:57.479 Framber Veldez on Wednesday. Verlander hasn't played the Mariners this season, and 1155 01:21:57.560 --> 01:22:00.319 it didn't go well last night. Two very ready for a three two hair 1156 01:22:00.359 --> 01:22:04.359 It cuffs crown ball left side deep in the whole, wit fielded a step 1157 01:22:04.439 --> 01:22:09.239 under the outfield Grass throws the first distance side to get out two by if 1158 01:22:09.319 --> 01:22:15.039 that is the ball game. The Houston Astros continue their struggles. Royals take 1159 01:22:15.079 --> 01:22:18.960 two in a row in the series. Astros have lost eight of their last 1160 01:22:19.039 --> 01:22:24.840 eleven as they fall in Kansas City three to two. Astros still a half 1161 01:22:24.880 --> 01:22:28.560 game up on Seattle for the third wild card spot. Astros playing at noon 1162 01:22:28.640 --> 01:22:31.560 today on Sports Talk seven ninety and the Texans looking for their first win this 1163 01:22:31.680 --> 01:22:38.119 season against Jacksonville at noon news on demand at KTRH dot com. We'll have 1164 01:22:38.199 --> 01:22:42.239 another update at eight thirty. Now back to Garden Line with Skip Richter. 1165 01:22:42.720 --> 01:22:47.159 I'm Nicky Courtney on Houston's news, weather and traffic station, News Radio seven 1166 01:22:47.319 --> 01:22:54.000 forty KTRH. KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of the products or 1167 01:22:54.039 --> 01:23:01.920 services advertised on this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Skip Rickards Smell. 1168 01:23:09.920 --> 01:23:19.760 Just watch him as Woody Good, good morning, Good morning on a 1169 01:23:19.960 --> 01:23:26.079 beautiful Sunday morning. Oh my gosh, look outside, the sun is shining, 1170 01:23:26.199 --> 01:23:30.159 little breeze blowing, clear skies. Gonna be a good days, Gonna 1171 01:23:30.159 --> 01:23:33.399 be a very good day. You know. We uh when it comes to 1172 01:23:33.520 --> 01:23:39.279 gardening, our our desire is to have beauty, is to enjoy ourselves in 1173 01:23:39.359 --> 01:23:45.119 the process. Our desire is to create that kind of setting that we just 1174 01:23:45.239 --> 01:23:46.000 want to live in. I mean, know, it's a beautiful lawn, 1175 01:23:46.039 --> 01:23:49.079 it's a beautiful landscape, it's outdoor sitting areas, it's being out in the 1176 01:23:49.159 --> 01:23:54.560 garden, it's picking fresh produce, it's it's a thousand things all the way 1177 01:23:54.640 --> 01:23:59.760 into beautiful house. Plants to decorate the indoors part of the house. And 1178 01:24:00.239 --> 01:24:04.880 we can provide that kind of success whenever we purchase plants that are made to 1179 01:24:05.039 --> 01:24:10.399 do well here. And that's what Ana Plants and Produce sells if you go 1180 01:24:10.560 --> 01:24:14.640 up to the Montgomery area Lake Conro area, that's where ANA is. They're 1181 01:24:14.680 --> 01:24:17.680 just on the east side of Montgomery, right up there on Highway one oh 1182 01:24:17.760 --> 01:24:21.239 five, and they serve that whole area. And boy, you're fortunate if 1183 01:24:21.279 --> 01:24:26.560 you live anywhere around Lake Conro or Montgomery or Conro itself. An A Plants 1184 01:24:26.600 --> 01:24:29.560 and Produce is going to have that kind of selection. They're going to sell 1185 01:24:29.600 --> 01:24:32.359 things that do bo here right now. They're Boy, they're new selection of 1186 01:24:32.439 --> 01:24:36.960 a bunch of moms coming in up there. Just looks great. And I 1187 01:24:38.079 --> 01:24:42.399 think they really specialize. In addition to ten bazillion kinds of plants and quality 1188 01:24:42.479 --> 01:24:45.760 staff that can help you, I think they really specialize in bling you. 1189 01:24:46.079 --> 01:24:49.720 If you're looking for a gazebo and arch atopiary kind of thing. If you're 1190 01:24:49.760 --> 01:24:56.920 looking for decorations, oh my gosh, there their fall decorations are unbelievable. 1191 01:24:57.000 --> 01:24:59.560 It's going to take you a while just to go through and seble a and 1192 01:24:59.600 --> 01:25:01.279 a plant to produce. Well worth a visit. Hey, that's a good 1193 01:25:01.319 --> 01:25:03.720 thing to do. And get out there and do this afternoon. They're open 1194 01:25:03.800 --> 01:25:06.600 seven days a week from nine to five, go out to A and A 1195 01:25:06.720 --> 01:25:12.039 plants and produce right on the east side of Montgomery. Heay, Well, 1196 01:25:12.119 --> 01:25:15.239 let's step back to the phones now. Our phone numbers nine, seven nine, 1197 01:25:15.319 --> 01:25:19.119 excuse me, seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four seven 1198 01:25:19.199 --> 01:25:23.439 one three two one two five eight seven four. We're going to go to 1199 01:25:23.479 --> 01:25:28.279 the woodlands and talk to Veronica. Hey, Veronica, good morning. I 1200 01:25:28.399 --> 01:25:32.399 have a question about grass. We have a large area that needs to be 1201 01:25:32.560 --> 01:25:36.359 resided, like fourteen tallots of sides, so I don't want to go that 1202 01:25:36.560 --> 01:25:42.760 route. I've heard that there are some grass seeds that will take and I'd 1203 01:25:42.800 --> 01:25:45.640 like to know your thoughts on which seed and when to plant. Okay. 1204 01:25:46.119 --> 01:25:49.960 Is this a very very bright sun area or is it partially shaded or what 1205 01:25:51.039 --> 01:25:58.159 it's partially shaded? Okay. The grass that I would say you could plant 1206 01:25:58.239 --> 01:26:02.880 from seed would be the dwarf bermuda grasses. There are a few types. 1207 01:26:02.960 --> 01:26:08.760 So there's one called Sahara that's a bermuda that can be seated, Saint Augustine, 1208 01:26:08.880 --> 01:26:13.279 no, Zoisia no, and so it's just a bermuda. But bermuda 1209 01:26:13.359 --> 01:26:17.840 doesn't like the shade. It doesn't do well doesn't make density in the shade. 1210 01:26:18.039 --> 01:26:21.439 Also, Bermuda is an invader of flower beds, and so that's one 1211 01:26:21.479 --> 01:26:26.600 that I'm not real crazy about for that reason. So that takes us back 1212 01:26:26.680 --> 01:26:30.399 to having to choose sodding. If you're trying to make the dollar go a 1213 01:26:30.439 --> 01:26:34.359 little further, you can cut side chunk side blocks up and plant them in 1214 01:26:34.560 --> 01:26:40.239 strips about a foot apart and eventually get coverage over that area through the course 1215 01:26:40.319 --> 01:26:44.199 of a season. That's a lot of labor and then you're dealing with the 1216 01:26:44.239 --> 01:26:47.399 weeds and between the strips in the meantime. But if you're trying to go 1217 01:26:47.680 --> 01:26:54.079 from the expense of a full sidding and maybe looking at seating, that side 1218 01:26:54.159 --> 01:27:00.000 strips would be kind of an intermediate option. So if you do go bermia, 1219 01:27:00.279 --> 01:27:01.880 what time of years should you plant that? You want to wait until 1220 01:27:01.880 --> 01:27:05.720 it really warms up, and so I would say probably about mid April I 1221 01:27:05.760 --> 01:27:11.079 would I would start putting those out. These are little tiny seeds. They're 1222 01:27:11.119 --> 01:27:15.640 gonna come up and they're gonna be weeds around them and rain splashing and washing 1223 01:27:15.760 --> 01:27:17.760 soil and things, so you kind of have to work with them a little 1224 01:27:17.800 --> 01:27:21.720 bit. It may take more than one planting. I've seen people plant and 1225 01:27:21.760 --> 01:27:26.199 they get a gully washer and all the seed washes down into one spot, 1226 01:27:26.239 --> 01:27:30.199 and so you've got to go replant those other spots. So that's just part 1227 01:27:30.239 --> 01:27:34.159 of the touch and go of the seeding process. Okay, great, thank 1228 01:27:34.199 --> 01:27:36.520 you, all right, good luck with that. Have fun up there in 1229 01:27:36.520 --> 01:27:42.279 the woodlands with that long If you are out in mont Bellevue, you are 1230 01:27:42.439 --> 01:27:45.960 fortunate because you have one of our best feed stores we've got around the area, 1231 01:27:45.960 --> 01:27:49.920 and that is Texas Feed Stop. Texas Feedstop is on north on Highway 1232 01:27:49.920 --> 01:27:54.479 one forty six, just north of I ten, just a few minutes north 1233 01:27:54.520 --> 01:27:59.800 of I ten one one forty six in mont Bellevue. So if you're on 1234 01:28:00.039 --> 01:28:02.800 in Baytown, Texas Feed Stop is still your hometown feed store. They're not 1235 01:28:03.079 --> 01:28:08.239 very far away. You will not find better customer service than Brian and Hope 1236 01:28:08.359 --> 01:28:13.319 Rhodes make sure happens at their store, the Texas Feed Stop. They carry 1237 01:28:13.319 --> 01:28:15.159 the bags out for you. They have what you need. You walk in 1238 01:28:15.279 --> 01:28:17.520 there and it's not like, well, we don't have any more of those. 1239 01:28:18.039 --> 01:28:23.159 They stock all the fertilizers we talk about, and they stock soil mixes. 1240 01:28:23.199 --> 01:28:27.079 They like heirloom for example. They've got that on hand there. Mosquito 1241 01:28:27.119 --> 01:28:29.920 dunks that I brag about a lot of other things. Do you need pest 1242 01:28:30.000 --> 01:28:32.399 control, disease control, weed control, They've got it. You can walk 1243 01:28:32.439 --> 01:28:35.840 into Texas Feed Stop and you head home and you've got what you need to 1244 01:28:35.880 --> 01:28:40.399 have the most beautiful lawn that you could have, or a garden if that's 1245 01:28:40.439 --> 01:28:43.840 what you'd like to do. Again, just a few minutes north of Ytown 1246 01:28:43.880 --> 01:28:47.520 on Highway one forty six, Texas Feed Stop out there in mont Bellevue, 1247 01:28:47.600 --> 01:28:53.800 serving that whole region. We're gonna go now up to north Shore and we're 1248 01:28:53.800 --> 01:28:57.680 gonna talk to Donnie. Hello, Donnie, Hello, Damn miss Skip, 1249 01:28:57.880 --> 01:29:01.600 good morning morning. Let then to your show. Got streat things you just 1250 01:29:01.720 --> 01:29:08.079 putting out there? Being on the north short side, that Texas Feed Stop 1251 01:29:08.159 --> 01:29:14.279 would probably be the closest uh feet store to me or Kingwood probably, so 1252 01:29:14.520 --> 01:29:16.319 yeah, I'd have to get a map out to see which is closer to 1253 01:29:16.399 --> 01:29:19.920 you. But yeah, I think I think Texas Feed Stop not too far 1254 01:29:20.000 --> 01:29:25.840 away. What are you looking for? Okay? But several things. I've 1255 01:29:25.880 --> 01:29:30.159 got a large area of grass that have turned brown between my house and the 1256 01:29:30.239 --> 01:29:34.560 neighbor's house. Okay, I have a sprinkler system, but I've been doing 1257 01:29:34.640 --> 01:29:41.760 more water than the neighbor, and I've been raking dead grass, trying to 1258 01:29:42.680 --> 01:29:49.560 get some sunshine in there and let those uh Saint Augustine roots started to spread 1259 01:29:49.640 --> 01:29:54.880 again. I see little patches coming up. So am I going the right 1260 01:29:55.000 --> 01:29:59.399 way with that? Yes? If you've got living spriggs, then we can 1261 01:29:59.479 --> 01:30:01.960 get those things healthy and they'll cover back over for you next spring when it 1262 01:30:02.039 --> 01:30:05.960 warms up and the grass really starts growing right now. You just want them 1263 01:30:06.000 --> 01:30:09.920 to go into winter as strong as they can, and you need to get 1264 01:30:09.960 --> 01:30:14.359 a good fall fertilizer for that. That's one that has a lower first number 1265 01:30:14.439 --> 01:30:17.199 than we've been fertilizing with all through the summer, but it's got a good 1266 01:30:17.239 --> 01:30:20.439 third number amount in it. And there's a lot of good products you know, 1267 01:30:20.560 --> 01:30:23.520 that are out there for that. Whether you gardener, I don't know 1268 01:30:23.520 --> 01:30:28.199 if you gardener organically or synthetic or whatever, but there are options no matter 1269 01:30:28.319 --> 01:30:32.279 what for that. Okay, Yeah, Well, I used to work for 1270 01:30:32.359 --> 01:30:41.760 an agricultural chemical company that produce dack and nail. Huh bravo, yep arsenates 1271 01:30:42.359 --> 01:30:47.680 and back all stuff for golf courses and okay, ornament ornament plants and stuff 1272 01:30:47.720 --> 01:30:50.600 like that, but they are no longer in business. Okay, well, 1273 01:30:51.319 --> 01:30:55.399 you know, I was just looking at them. Matt Bellevuees is probably your 1274 01:30:55.439 --> 01:30:59.439 closest place to go out there for that if you want to head out that 1275 01:30:59.560 --> 01:31:02.680 direction out I ten you were saying Kingwood versus Mont Bellevue. Mont Bevue be 1276 01:31:02.680 --> 01:31:06.760 a little bit closer for you. The Texas feed Stop, Texas feed stop 1277 01:31:06.800 --> 01:31:10.439 out of Mont Bellevue. Yeah, if you're if you're looking for fertilizers that 1278 01:31:10.560 --> 01:31:13.199 they're gonna have them, and just ask them for their fall fertilizers. They've 1279 01:31:13.199 --> 01:31:16.119 got. They've got more than one option for you. What about plants for 1280 01:31:16.199 --> 01:31:21.079 the fall to those, they carry a few stock of some vegetable plants usually 1281 01:31:21.159 --> 01:31:25.399 out front. Just give him a call and check them out and see they 1282 01:31:25.760 --> 01:31:30.359 probably have some on stock there for it. They're pretty good about carrying that. 1283 01:31:30.439 --> 01:31:34.319 Okay, all right. I've heard several people talking about the trees, 1284 01:31:34.800 --> 01:31:40.720 the leaves turning brown. Yeah, yeah, branches brown falling down. Yeah. 1285 01:31:41.520 --> 01:31:45.840 You say the best thing for that is the water around the shaded area 1286 01:31:45.920 --> 01:31:47.680 of the tree. Yeah, underneath the branch bread. Hey, Donny, 1287 01:31:47.800 --> 01:31:50.720 I am I'm pushing past a little break here if you want to hang on 1288 01:31:51.000 --> 01:31:56.840 and keep this going otherwise, I do appreciate your call. Our phone number 1289 01:31:56.880 --> 01:32:00.239 is seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. Give me all 1290 01:32:00.359 --> 01:32:02.920 and we will talk to you when we come back. All right, Good 1291 01:32:03.000 --> 01:32:08.520 Sunday morning, on a great day to be outside, for sure. I 1292 01:32:08.640 --> 01:32:12.760 hope this afternoon you're planning on getting out and getting a little bit of activities 1293 01:32:12.800 --> 01:32:15.640 done around the yard, maybe perhaps visiting a few garden centers. Hey, 1294 01:32:15.640 --> 01:32:20.159 if you're out in the kingwod if you're out in the Richmond area, you 1295 01:32:20.239 --> 01:32:24.880 want to swing by and check out in Chanted Gardens. In Chanted Gardens is 1296 01:32:25.079 --> 01:32:28.439 the garden center that is. You're in Richmond, going up toward Katie on 1297 01:32:28.560 --> 01:32:32.520 Highway three fifty nine FM three fifty nine. They are on the Katie Full 1298 01:32:32.560 --> 01:32:36.319 Shure side of Richmond, and boy, oh boy, if you go there, 1299 01:32:36.399 --> 01:32:40.680 you will see why I am always bragging about in Channic Gardens. It 1300 01:32:40.760 --> 01:32:45.039 is a beautiful place. It is a just absolutely chock full of everything you 1301 01:32:45.119 --> 01:32:47.840 need for your plants, from the products that help the plant grow, like 1302 01:32:47.960 --> 01:32:54.640 your lawn fertilizers to a huge variety of plants. I mean we're talking about 1303 01:32:54.640 --> 01:33:00.680 everything from flowers and herbs and fruit trees and house plants and shrubs and vegetables 1304 01:33:00.760 --> 01:33:02.560 and just on and on and on down the line. I mean, it 1305 01:33:02.640 --> 01:33:05.960 never stops. I was looking the other day. They even had a nice, 1306 01:33:06.159 --> 01:33:10.800 really nice selection of some beautiful herbs out there. They got some great 1307 01:33:10.880 --> 01:33:15.199 succulents that they brought in, and then the pumpkin patch has arrived. Oh, 1308 01:33:15.560 --> 01:33:19.439 really cool collection of all that fall decorating stuff that you have and that 1309 01:33:19.520 --> 01:33:24.760 you're interested in. Hey, and Chanted Gardens is in chant The website is 1310 01:33:24.960 --> 01:33:29.680 Enchanted Gardens Richmond dot com. That's the one we're talking about. Monday through 1311 01:33:29.680 --> 01:33:34.479 Saturday eight am to five pm. Sunday ten am to four pm. So 1312 01:33:34.720 --> 01:33:39.000 a good afternoon. We've ordered great weather for you, so go ahead and 1313 01:33:39.039 --> 01:33:42.680 head out there and check them out, and you will be all set up 1314 01:33:42.800 --> 01:33:45.680 for taking care of your lawn, for getting your fall plantings done this fall. 1315 01:33:46.800 --> 01:33:50.199 We're gonna head out now to Austin County and talk to Doris. Hello, 1316 01:33:50.319 --> 01:33:55.399 Doris, good morning, how are you. I'm well, what's up 1317 01:33:55.439 --> 01:34:03.039 with you today? I'm thinking about putting barricade out. Okay, what setting 1318 01:34:03.119 --> 01:34:09.159 do I use on my scutspraighter you need to chang? Okay, go ahead, 1319 01:34:10.800 --> 01:34:15.560 and also do I water it in afterwards or just wait until the frame 1320 01:34:15.720 --> 01:34:19.880 or system comes on. Okay, So you follow the label, flip the 1321 01:34:19.920 --> 01:34:25.359 bag over, whatever kind of information it gives you on setting. Barricade is 1322 01:34:25.399 --> 01:34:29.960 a pretty small sized particle, so you're going to have your setting down a 1323 01:34:30.079 --> 01:34:33.119 little bit tighter where it's not putting out so much. If in doubt, 1324 01:34:33.359 --> 01:34:38.520 whenever you're applying anything, whether it's something like barricade or a fertilizer, I 1325 01:34:38.600 --> 01:34:43.000 always go a little bit less in the setting, and that way, as 1326 01:34:43.039 --> 01:34:45.000 you go over your lawn, you don't realize, oh my gosh, I 1327 01:34:45.119 --> 01:34:49.199 ran out and I've double dosed, you know, because I had it open 1328 01:34:49.279 --> 01:34:53.039 too much. If you have a little lecture, then you can come back 1329 01:34:53.119 --> 01:34:56.840 crossways across the lawn and apply the second half of it. But I always 1330 01:34:56.840 --> 01:34:59.199 go a little bit light, just to be sure, because on something like 1331 01:34:59.319 --> 01:35:01.039 barricade, you want to get it out at the right rate, but not 1332 01:35:01.479 --> 01:35:05.520 double or triple the rate. Okay, that's very important. Now as far 1333 01:35:05.600 --> 01:35:11.079 as watering it indoors, you can water it in that very same day. 1334 01:35:11.279 --> 01:35:14.760 Or if you wanted to sit there and you know it's gonna rain todays from 1335 01:35:14.840 --> 01:35:17.600 now, that's fine. There's no it'll be fine just sitting there. But 1336 01:35:17.720 --> 01:35:20.279 it does need about a half inch of water to get it down in the 1337 01:35:20.399 --> 01:35:25.159 soil so that it does what you're wanting it to do. And that's prevent 1338 01:35:25.520 --> 01:35:30.479 the October weeed germination of cool season weeds. Okay, what about the brown 1339 01:35:30.600 --> 01:35:39.279 Banks fall fertilizer. Okay, the fall fertilizer fall Fall special is going to 1340 01:35:39.359 --> 01:35:45.159 be a perfect blend for the health of your of your grass plant going into 1341 01:35:45.239 --> 01:35:49.399 winter. We need to strengthen our plants and get them ready for winter so 1342 01:35:49.520 --> 01:35:53.840 they're hardier. But also when I say our plants, I'm about our turf 1343 01:35:53.920 --> 01:36:00.600 plants. The springtime when it comes out is so much better. If you 1344 01:36:00.680 --> 01:36:08.920 do the fall fertilization now and again look at the bag, and then with 1345 01:36:09.279 --> 01:36:12.279 whatever kind of spreader you have, look at the bag and follow that, 1346 01:36:12.520 --> 01:36:17.479 and again, if in doubt, go make the opening a little smaller because 1347 01:36:17.479 --> 01:36:21.319 you can always come back over again cross ways and make sure you get it 1348 01:36:21.399 --> 01:36:28.159 out evenly. Okay, yep, that to do it all right. We'll 1349 01:36:28.199 --> 01:36:30.319 have fun out there in Austin. Keunty. That's a beautiful country you're living 1350 01:36:30.359 --> 01:36:34.079 in out there. Yes, it is all right. 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You're listening to garden Line and our 1374 01:38:26.119 --> 01:38:30.960 phone number is seven one three, two one two five eight seven four seven 1375 01:38:30.039 --> 01:38:34.439 one three two and two fifty eight seventy four. Hey, if you are 1376 01:38:34.600 --> 01:38:41.840 looking to get your lawn rejuvenated and you would like a quality natural product that 1377 01:38:42.000 --> 01:38:47.319 gets that done, Microlife Fertilizer has got you covered. Microlife has a wide 1378 01:38:47.399 --> 01:38:53.039 variety of options for their fertilizers and their other products that are good for the 1379 01:38:53.199 --> 01:38:57.079 lawn. But the two that I would focus on right now is the microlife 1380 01:38:57.119 --> 01:39:00.359 brown patch. That's a five one three fertilized that's a good one to put 1381 01:39:00.399 --> 01:39:04.920 down in the fall, and in addition to providing the nutrient, it provides 1382 01:39:05.000 --> 01:39:10.199 a lot of microbes, and microbes help protect our plants. Now, the 1383 01:39:10.359 --> 01:39:14.600 other thing that I would do with that is the bioinoculant that's kind of a 1384 01:39:14.760 --> 01:39:19.800 purplish violet colored bag. The bioinoculant is only put out at about ten pounds 1385 01:39:19.880 --> 01:39:25.239 per thousand square feet because we're not fertilinging with it. We are innoculating the 1386 01:39:25.399 --> 01:39:30.079 plant surfaces with microbial activity. And the goal is to have those surfaces filled 1387 01:39:30.119 --> 01:39:34.560 with good microbes so that when a bad microbe would land to cause a plant 1388 01:39:34.640 --> 01:39:40.119 disease, you have a very hostile environment there for them. And plus there 1389 01:39:40.159 --> 01:39:43.520 are a lot of good microbes that just directly fight diseases and issues. But 1390 01:39:43.880 --> 01:39:48.319 let's make it simple. Microlife brown patch that is a orange dark orange bag 1391 01:39:48.800 --> 01:39:56.000 five one three with Microlife bioinoculant, the violet colored bag and those two together, 1392 01:39:56.279 --> 01:39:58.760 water them in really well and get that done. Now, by the 1393 01:39:58.800 --> 01:40:00.039 way I would, I would do it right away. I mean, you 1394 01:40:00.119 --> 01:40:02.800 could wait until October, or you could just just go do it right now, 1395 01:40:03.479 --> 01:40:06.000 because we want to get those down. We want to start releasing their 1396 01:40:06.119 --> 01:40:10.880 nutrients, and we want them to be in place helping with the lawn health 1397 01:40:11.399 --> 01:40:16.319 before the arrival of the brown patch which is coming this fall. Microlife Fertilizer 1398 01:40:16.399 --> 01:40:20.319 dot com you can find them all over town. Not difficult at all to 1399 01:40:20.439 --> 01:40:27.079 find Microlife fertilizer products. I had a call, you know, a little 1400 01:40:27.119 --> 01:40:30.479 bit earlier from up in College Stationary and it just reminded me that my favorite 1401 01:40:30.479 --> 01:40:33.600 feed store up in that whole region is the Grimes County Feed. They're out 1402 01:40:33.680 --> 01:40:36.479 in Carlos on Highway thirty. I like, if you're in College Station you 1403 01:40:36.560 --> 01:40:41.800 head out, head out Highway thirty towards Carlos. They're about two miles west 1404 01:40:41.920 --> 01:40:45.960 of FM two forty four. Now. The Roy family has been operating this 1405 01:40:45.399 --> 01:40:51.039 store and they're doing an excellent job of it. They carry the fertilizers we 1406 01:40:51.199 --> 01:40:55.159 brag on here. You're going to get your tree hugger sprinklers there by the 1407 01:40:55.199 --> 01:40:58.840 way too. They're going to have the mosquito dunks there too. They have 1408 01:40:58.920 --> 01:41:00.479 a lot of things. Of course, it's a feed store. You've got 1409 01:41:00.560 --> 01:41:04.840 feed for your dogs, your cats, quality feed, you've got livestock feed 1410 01:41:04.920 --> 01:41:08.840 products, and you've got things to take care of your pond. Maybe you 1411 01:41:08.960 --> 01:41:12.159 need to deal with weeds in the pond or fish food or something. You 1412 01:41:12.199 --> 01:41:15.319 know, they do fish stocking twice a quarter throughout through the Grimes County feed 1413 01:41:15.399 --> 01:41:18.039 out there as well. Not going to do better than that. So all 1414 01:41:18.119 --> 01:41:21.640 you folks that are listening out in that part of the woods, Iola and 1415 01:41:21.720 --> 01:41:26.319 beat Eyes and Roans, Prairie and Richards. If you're in Kingwood Oak or 1416 01:41:26.399 --> 01:41:30.800 king Oaks, or if you're in Mere Woods subdivision, this is your hometown 1417 01:41:30.880 --> 01:41:33.199 feed stores just right around the corner. And the stuff you need to have 1418 01:41:33.239 --> 01:41:38.119 a beautiful lawn and to keep your trees healthy is all there waiting on you. 1419 01:41:38.720 --> 01:41:41.119 Let's set out to Clear Lake. Now we're gonna talk to Lane. 1420 01:41:41.359 --> 01:41:45.720 Hello, Lane, Hi, good morning. Get. I was wondering if 1421 01:41:45.760 --> 01:41:50.199 I can use try as a side insect chiller for lawns and landscapes. You 1422 01:41:50.279 --> 01:41:55.199 can then put I can right now? You can't, well you can if 1423 01:41:55.239 --> 01:42:01.399 there's an insect you're going after right now? Are right not full of fire 1424 01:42:01.520 --> 01:42:05.359 ants? Are we talking about fire ants? Yeah. Now then now it's 1425 01:42:05.399 --> 01:42:10.039 all over. Okay, well fire rance, yeah, it'll it'll control those. 1426 01:42:10.319 --> 01:42:13.159 I would if it was fireants, I would go with a bait instead 1427 01:42:13.199 --> 01:42:16.680 of that. Try the triside you mentioned is a is an insecticide, a 1428 01:42:16.760 --> 01:42:20.960 contact insecticide. I would get a good fire ant bait and put out at 1429 01:42:21.000 --> 01:42:26.520 the label rate H and that will take care of about eighty or ninety percent 1430 01:42:26.600 --> 01:42:29.159 of the mounds. And then if some are missed, you can just go 1431 01:42:29.279 --> 01:42:33.199 after those with the other insecticide. Okay. There's not any time of the 1432 01:42:33.279 --> 01:42:40.079 year you use this. Uh, fall is the best time to fight fire 1433 01:42:40.159 --> 01:42:43.920 ants, but we fight them pretty much year round, but fall is especially 1434 01:42:43.960 --> 01:42:48.319 important going into winter. So this morning, next month important times to get 1435 01:42:48.359 --> 01:42:53.640 the fire at control done before it gets too cold, okay, okay, 1436 01:42:53.640 --> 01:43:00.520 and then then put down the feed in the fertilizers for the ask. Yes, 1437 01:43:00.079 --> 01:43:03.199 well you can do. Yeah, you don't mix. Don't mix fire 1438 01:43:03.239 --> 01:43:06.840 at bait with fertilizer in a hopper, but you can put them both on 1439 01:43:06.960 --> 01:43:10.840 the same day. I would water in the fertilizer and then put out the 1440 01:43:10.920 --> 01:43:15.239 fire at bait. Okay, okay, great, thank you, thank you. 1441 01:43:15.359 --> 01:43:17.319 Lane. I appreciate that call. Hey, you're listening to garden Line 1442 01:43:17.399 --> 01:43:19.920 and we're gonna take a little break here. We'll be right back. Our 1443 01:43:19.960 --> 01:43:23.840 phone number if you'd like Josh to get you up on the board, so 1444 01:43:24.039 --> 01:43:26.920 you'll be first up when we come back to talk. That is seven one 1445 01:43:27.119 --> 01:43:31.039 three two one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two ktr 1446 01:43:31.119 --> 01:43:35.760 eight. Good Sunday morning. It is a great day outside and boy, 1447 01:43:35.840 --> 01:43:40.479 I hope this afternoon you'll get outside and do a little bit to take your 1448 01:43:40.560 --> 01:43:44.520 lawn to the next level, right. I mean, we definitely need to 1449 01:43:44.560 --> 01:43:46.920 be doing that right now. And one of the things that our lawns will 1450 01:43:47.000 --> 01:43:51.680 really benefit from at this point in time after that brutal summer is a good 1451 01:43:53.199 --> 01:43:58.960 deep tying aeration with a compost top dressing. Deep tin aeration punches holes through 1452 01:43:59.000 --> 01:44:02.199 the hard clay soil or hopefully it's moist in order for the aeration to work 1453 01:44:02.279 --> 01:44:05.760 well, but it'll get some holes down in there in the clay to provide 1454 01:44:05.840 --> 01:44:11.960 oxygen for the roots system, and that's important for grasses to thrive in our 1455 01:44:12.039 --> 01:44:16.079 area. Now. Secondly, following it with the top dressing of composts that 1456 01:44:16.279 --> 01:44:19.720 is going to give you the organic matter down in those holes as well as 1457 01:44:19.800 --> 01:44:24.119 on the surface, and it just is a win win When you fertilize, 1458 01:44:24.159 --> 01:44:26.840 someone is going to move down in those holes as well as you wash that 1459 01:44:27.079 --> 01:44:30.720 fertilizer into the soil, and the lawn just gets better and better. And 1460 01:44:30.840 --> 01:44:34.000 who does that well? Greenpro does that. You can go to greenpro dot 1461 01:44:34.399 --> 01:44:39.720 net. Greenpro's prices start at five ninety nine plus sales tax depending on the 1462 01:44:39.840 --> 01:44:43.920 size and the location of your property. But they come in and they do 1463 01:44:44.000 --> 01:44:47.399 it right. Go to greenpro dot net. Greenpro dot net. You'll see 1464 01:44:47.399 --> 01:44:50.039 a little video on there of the kind of work that they do with their 1465 01:44:50.079 --> 01:44:55.439 compost top dressing. It is probably the single best thing you can do to 1466 01:44:55.680 --> 01:45:00.079 culturally bring your lawn back out of what we just went through and to if 1467 01:45:00.119 --> 01:45:02.319 it the best chance it can for surviving. I would get that done soon, 1468 01:45:02.520 --> 01:45:06.319 sooner rather than later, and then follow it up with your good fall 1469 01:45:08.119 --> 01:45:12.239 fall application of fertilizer that we've been talking about. Either way you go, 1470 01:45:12.960 --> 01:45:16.760 you're it's gonna be a win win for your long with greenbro. I'm gonna 1471 01:45:16.760 --> 01:45:20.239 go out now to Katie and I'm gonna talk to Evelyn. Hello, Evelyn, 1472 01:45:21.279 --> 01:45:26.399 Good morning, skipod Morning, Good morning. I've questioned for you. 1473 01:45:26.720 --> 01:45:30.760 I have a cottage stall house that sits off the ground. I had some 1474 01:45:30.880 --> 01:45:33.800 azelias planted around the base of the house, on the sides of the house 1475 01:45:33.920 --> 01:45:39.720 to keep from being able to look under the house. The heat killed him. 1476 01:45:40.239 --> 01:45:43.920 They were old, They're probably about twenty three twenty five plus years old, 1477 01:45:44.039 --> 01:45:46.920 and they finally died out. I would like to replace those. Could 1478 01:45:46.960 --> 01:45:53.000 you give me some recommendations on some types of shrubs I can plant around the 1479 01:45:53.119 --> 01:45:57.079 house, okay, to replace those. I'm assuming you're you're inferring to me 1480 01:45:57.199 --> 01:46:00.800 that you would rather not go back with azalias. Is that I love those 1481 01:46:00.880 --> 01:46:04.199 values. But if you had something else that you could recommend another okay, 1482 01:46:04.760 --> 01:46:08.560 point, that would be great too. I would like to do some options 1483 01:46:08.600 --> 01:46:12.399 if possible. Tell me about the sunlight in that spot. Is it dappled, 1484 01:46:12.600 --> 01:46:15.439 is it deep shade? Is it pretty bright? What do you see? 1485 01:46:15.880 --> 01:46:18.880 It's pretty bright? Okay? Well, we have a number of different 1486 01:46:19.319 --> 01:46:24.760 plants. There is a there's one called Chinese witch hazel. It has a 1487 01:46:26.119 --> 01:46:30.119 burgundy maroonish kind of foliage color, real pretty in the spring. It has 1488 01:46:30.159 --> 01:46:33.279 a little shaggy hot pink blooms. They're very unusual looking. You can go 1489 01:46:33.399 --> 01:46:39.000 online and search for it. You want to check the varieties where you go 1490 01:46:39.119 --> 01:46:44.039 shopping and make sure you're getting a dwarf one. They can get quite cable 1491 01:46:44.279 --> 01:46:47.520 in time, but there are some that stay a little smaller and then you 1492 01:46:47.640 --> 01:46:51.159 just keep them sheared and they look pretty good. So if you've got decent 1493 01:46:51.279 --> 01:46:55.840 light, they will bloom for you and look good there. If it's a 1494 01:46:55.880 --> 01:46:58.840 little too shady for them, you would probably have to go a different direction. 1495 01:46:58.960 --> 01:47:01.960 But there are some hollows that can grow down lower in the shade. 1496 01:47:02.039 --> 01:47:09.520 They're just an evergreen shrub and so you know, there's not necessarily blooms or 1497 01:47:09.560 --> 01:47:13.039 anything on those, But hollies will be another good option for that as well. 1498 01:47:13.760 --> 01:47:15.600 Great, and they will take the winner, the cold winner, all 1499 01:47:15.640 --> 01:47:19.199 of those will take the winner. Yes, that's beautiful. Great, Okay, 1500 01:47:19.640 --> 01:47:25.239 that's great, all right, thank you, skip good luck out there, 1501 01:47:25.279 --> 01:47:28.960 and Katie with getting that all spruced up around the house out there. 1502 01:47:29.720 --> 01:47:31.479 Yeah, you're listening to garden Line. And our number, by the way 1503 01:47:31.640 --> 01:47:38.199 is seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four seven one three two 1504 01:47:38.239 --> 01:47:43.319 one two five eight seven four yesterday, I was out and about around town 1505 01:47:43.479 --> 01:47:46.680 and I stopped by RCW Nurseries and I always like to stop into our CW 1506 01:47:46.880 --> 01:47:50.279 because they have a great supply of all kinds of things. I would just 1507 01:47:50.399 --> 01:47:55.119 wandering through, and you know, Henry thought about this before, but the 1508 01:47:55.359 --> 01:48:00.319 big beautiful shade trees all around, and just wandering through and enjoying the shade, 1509 01:48:00.359 --> 01:48:01.760 you know, as of ninety five degrees yesterday to a little on the 1510 01:48:01.800 --> 01:48:05.479 warm side, and it was just a pleasure being out there and enjoying that 1511 01:48:05.760 --> 01:48:11.159 and looking at their trees. It reminded me a lot of folks are wanting 1512 01:48:11.199 --> 01:48:15.239 to get trees and shrubs planted this fall, and r CW has an outstanding 1513 01:48:15.399 --> 01:48:19.880 selection. They grow their own trees up in Plantersville on their farm up there. 1514 01:48:20.039 --> 01:48:23.880 And I mean, if you need a tree and you need one that 1515 01:48:23.960 --> 01:48:27.960 grows well here, an adapted species for our area, for our soils, 1516 01:48:28.439 --> 01:48:30.000 r CW will get you set up on that. They got the supplies you 1517 01:48:30.079 --> 01:48:32.720 need to go with your tree, you know, the roots, stimulators and 1518 01:48:32.800 --> 01:48:35.520 other things that you might want to use. As you're getting that established, 1519 01:48:35.840 --> 01:48:39.520 they can come out and plant it for you. You can plant it yourself. 1520 01:48:39.720 --> 01:48:43.560 Just be careful if you get very big root ball that your caropractor's kids 1521 01:48:43.600 --> 01:48:47.439 are going to have a free ride through college based on your numbers. So 1522 01:48:47.640 --> 01:48:49.600 either hard them to come out and do it, or do it yourself. 1523 01:48:49.680 --> 01:48:51.840 Either way, do it right. They'll tell you how to do it. 1524 01:48:51.960 --> 01:48:57.119 They give you the right kinds of plants list to choose from, and they 1525 01:48:57.199 --> 01:49:01.680 help you with that. R c W Nurseries dot Com. Now all the 1526 01:49:01.800 --> 01:49:05.600 bling of fall is there all you know. I was looking at their their 1527 01:49:05.640 --> 01:49:10.479 herbs or perennials or flowers and shrubs and everything. They've got it all there. 1528 01:49:10.760 --> 01:49:14.760 They carry the products to the fertilizers. I recommend they're there at at 1529 01:49:15.159 --> 01:49:18.960 our CW Nurseries again Tambo Parkway which is two forty nine where it comes into 1530 01:49:19.000 --> 01:49:27.600 Beltway eight. Very much worth a stop. Our phone number is seven one 1531 01:49:27.720 --> 01:49:31.640 three two one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two fifty 1532 01:49:31.760 --> 01:49:35.399 eight seventy four. If you haven't done a soil test in a while, 1533 01:49:35.479 --> 01:49:40.319 you ought to do that, because a soil test tells you what's already there 1534 01:49:40.359 --> 01:49:44.560 in your soil, so you can fertilize accordingly. Maybe there's a nutrient that 1535 01:49:44.800 --> 01:49:48.600 is way too high or way too low. And our standard recommendations don't always 1536 01:49:48.640 --> 01:49:53.279 fit the bill perfectly in every time. If you know that from a soil 1537 01:49:53.319 --> 01:49:57.960 test, then you can fix it accordingly. And one thing I was visiting 1538 01:49:58.039 --> 01:50:00.920 with Bob out in Southwest Fertilizer while back. He's got a soil probe that 1539 01:50:01.039 --> 01:50:04.239 he loans out and that is so helpful. Trying to get a good lawn 1540 01:50:04.359 --> 01:50:08.880 soil test without a soil probe is a little bit of a challenge to do. 1541 01:50:09.520 --> 01:50:11.720 But with a soil probe, you push it in. It takes a 1542 01:50:11.800 --> 01:50:14.119 core of soil out. You put a bunch of them in a bucket, 1543 01:50:14.199 --> 01:50:16.119 mix it up and send it to the lab. And then when you come 1544 01:50:16.159 --> 01:50:20.279 back, take Bob your sample results and say here's what it said, and 1545 01:50:20.399 --> 01:50:25.479 he will pair it with the perfect fertilizer for that. Now at Southwest they 1546 01:50:25.560 --> 01:50:29.239 have everything that you need. If they don't have it, you don't need 1547 01:50:29.279 --> 01:50:30.720 it. That's how I like to refer to it, because when it comes 1548 01:50:30.760 --> 01:50:35.159 to fertilizers and secticides, pesticides, herbicide, if you're an organic gardener, 1549 01:50:35.239 --> 01:50:39.560 you want organic, they've got it. They've got the best selection in town 1550 01:50:39.640 --> 01:50:44.800 of organic. Southwest fertilizer dot com and there, as the name implies, 1551 01:50:44.840 --> 01:50:47.880 on the southwest side of town, that is near the corner of Bissonette and 1552 01:50:48.079 --> 01:50:55.800 Renwick. Everything you need is there at Southwest Fertilizer. I need to get 1553 01:50:55.840 --> 01:50:58.720 out and do some salted I haven't soil tested my yard in about three years. 1554 01:50:58.760 --> 01:51:01.159 It's time to get back out there and to do that so I can 1555 01:51:01.199 --> 01:51:05.279 fertilize a little bit more accurately. When I go about it again, the 1556 01:51:05.359 --> 01:51:11.479 number seven one three, two one two five eight seven four seven one three 1557 01:51:11.640 --> 01:51:14.720 two one two fifty eight seventy four. Give Chashi call, He'll get you 1558 01:51:14.800 --> 01:51:16.920 on the board. You will be first up when we come right back. 1559 01:51:18.279 --> 01:51:23.680 Good Sunday morning, folks. You are listening to Garden Line, and that 1560 01:51:23.920 --> 01:51:28.359 is what we're all about here. We are here to help you recover from 1561 01:51:28.399 --> 01:51:31.319 this summer. If your lawn is struggling, if your trees are struggling, 1562 01:51:31.680 --> 01:51:35.279 if you've lost inspiration, and I know some people do, I get it. 1563 01:51:35.439 --> 01:51:40.159 I mean it was a brutal one to walk through. The good news 1564 01:51:40.319 --> 01:51:44.079 is fall is here. We officially hit the first day of fall. It 1565 01:51:44.239 --> 01:51:46.520 is only ninety five degrees yesterday. You know, I said when it dropped 1566 01:51:46.560 --> 01:51:50.079 five belies degrees below one hundred. That's call fall here in Texas, and 1567 01:51:50.119 --> 01:51:54.000 we're going to run with it. Well, it's gonna get cooler and cooler 1568 01:51:54.079 --> 01:51:57.359 as times go on. Our plants are going to get happier and happier as 1569 01:51:57.439 --> 01:52:00.079 we take care of them. I just want to remind you that don't wait 1570 01:52:00.319 --> 01:52:06.760 until the inspiration bug re arrives. Act. Now. Now's the time. 1571 01:52:06.840 --> 01:52:10.560 Now's the time to get your soil ready. Now is the time to do 1572 01:52:10.760 --> 01:52:15.199 all the things we do to have success. And timing is important because think 1573 01:52:15.199 --> 01:52:17.079 about this. Let's say it was one hundred and five outside right now, 1574 01:52:17.560 --> 01:52:23.319 that would not change the fact. Then in order to have a vegetable crop, 1575 01:52:23.560 --> 01:52:26.439 get in and get out and get planted and do the things it needs 1576 01:52:26.479 --> 01:52:30.159 to do. It has to be done right. So the weather may not 1577 01:52:30.319 --> 01:52:33.159 respect the calendar, but when we look at when the first frost is going 1578 01:52:33.239 --> 01:52:36.359 to occur, when we look at the temperature changes that are happening and things 1579 01:52:36.479 --> 01:52:41.479 like that, we have to honor that and respect that. And fall is 1580 01:52:41.640 --> 01:52:45.960 for planting, and so get ready, get ready. Now, now's the 1581 01:52:45.039 --> 01:52:48.479 time. You know, the folks get quality feed. Kin and Chris that 1582 01:52:48.800 --> 01:52:54.680 they have got a excellent selection of new vegetables in a whole bunch of new 1583 01:52:54.760 --> 01:52:58.960 transplants have come in. They also have an unbelievable selection of garden seeds. 1584 01:52:59.000 --> 01:53:00.600 So if you want to you're into growing in your own food, which I 1585 01:53:00.680 --> 01:53:03.239 hope you are, but you're not going to eat any healthier than that. 1586 01:53:04.319 --> 01:53:09.680 They've got a wide variety of heirloom seeds that they carry there, and so 1587 01:53:10.000 --> 01:53:13.039 this is the time to go. I mean, it's it. We're planting 1588 01:53:13.439 --> 01:53:17.840 cool season crops like Broklyn cabbage, cauliflower, collars, corabi, spinach seasons, 1589 01:53:17.960 --> 01:53:23.359 lettuce seasons coming up here, carrots and all the different things you would 1590 01:53:23.399 --> 01:53:26.880 want to grow for fun and for health in your garden. They've got it 1591 01:53:27.000 --> 01:53:30.319 right there. A Quality Feed they by the way, the website is quality 1592 01:53:30.399 --> 01:53:34.359 feed coo dot com. They're on eighteenth at eighteen thirteen Luzon Streets, near 1593 01:53:34.439 --> 01:53:39.520 the intersection of Equipment and Illusion and they're open today, by the way, 1594 01:53:39.560 --> 01:53:42.760 from eleven thirty to four. A good time to get out. Say hey 1595 01:53:42.840 --> 01:53:45.960 to the folks. Ken and Chris they're at Quality Feed. While you're there, 1596 01:53:46.279 --> 01:53:49.960 pick up the fertilizers I've been talking about all day and every week that 1597 01:53:50.079 --> 01:53:54.800 I talk about. Pick up some of the quality soil mixes that we brag 1598 01:53:54.920 --> 01:53:58.079 on. Here Ken has them. They've got them in stock right there at 1599 01:53:58.119 --> 01:54:01.920 Quality feed. If you need anything for pest control, weed controlled, diseases 1600 01:54:02.000 --> 01:54:06.319 things, they've got that as well. It's just an easy one stop shop. 1601 01:54:06.680 --> 01:54:12.720 But please do consider doing a vegetable garden this fall. Fall is the 1602 01:54:12.920 --> 01:54:17.640 best season in the world for growing vegetables. I love it, absolutely, 1603 01:54:18.079 --> 01:54:21.960 just love it. You're listening to Garden Line. Our phone number is seven 1604 01:54:23.000 --> 01:54:28.399 one three two one two fifty eight seventy four seven one three two and two 1605 01:54:28.479 --> 01:54:31.840 five eight seven four, and I hope you will give us a call talk 1606 01:54:31.880 --> 01:54:36.520 about things that might be of interest to you. One of the things we 1607 01:54:38.079 --> 01:54:40.880 talk about a lot right this season of the year is how to have a 1608 01:54:40.920 --> 01:54:44.479 beautiful lawn. What do you need to do to your lawn? The folks 1609 01:54:44.520 --> 01:54:48.199 at Nitrofoss have come up with a really good one two three step system. 1610 01:54:48.319 --> 01:54:55.479 It's the Texas three step. What is the Texas three step? Well number 1611 01:54:55.560 --> 01:55:00.560 one. It's a fertilizer four fall designed for fall, to designed for our 1612 01:55:00.600 --> 01:55:05.159 soils, designed for our lawns. It's called nitrophosphall special and the nitrofosphall special 1613 01:55:05.319 --> 01:55:11.600 will provide some phosphate for the root development and growth. It'll also provide the 1614 01:55:11.920 --> 01:55:15.640 very important potassium along with a lower amount of nitrogen, which is what you 1615 01:55:15.720 --> 01:55:19.319 want for fall, so that the plants get stronger and stronger going into winter 1616 01:55:19.520 --> 01:55:24.640 and come out stronger in the spring. This is the secret sauce, folks. 1617 01:55:24.680 --> 01:55:29.640 It's a secret sauce to having healthy plants. When you put potassium in 1618 01:55:29.680 --> 01:55:34.920 a plant along with some nitrogen, winter heartiness goes up, drought tolerance goes 1619 01:55:35.000 --> 01:55:40.279 up. Potassium has a critical role in both of those. Switch out from 1620 01:55:40.319 --> 01:55:44.479 your summer fertilizers do the fall special. Now that step one, step two 1621 01:55:45.000 --> 01:55:48.479 nitrofhosp barricade that is a pre emergent weed control. Your lawn may be a 1622 01:55:48.520 --> 01:55:53.279 little thinner because of what it just went through. When sunlight hits a soil 1623 01:55:53.399 --> 01:55:59.279 nature plants of weed. Barricade put down and watered in creates a barrier on 1624 01:55:59.359 --> 01:56:03.000 the soil ser and the weeds cannot germinate and establish. Follow the label carefully 1625 01:56:03.199 --> 01:56:06.399 on how much to apply, on how to apply it, and on how 1626 01:56:06.439 --> 01:56:11.039 to water it in. Those are all three very very important if you want 1627 01:56:11.119 --> 01:56:15.920 success. And then third step is the Nitrofoss Eagle turf fungicide. Eagle is 1628 01:56:16.000 --> 01:56:20.720 a systemic protectant. It's a curative fungicide as well. We've got large patch 1629 01:56:21.000 --> 01:56:25.359 brown patch season. It's coming. It will get here when we get a 1630 01:56:25.399 --> 01:56:29.760 coal front and low cooler temperatures. You're gonna see the big brown circles before 1631 01:56:29.840 --> 01:56:33.119 they appear. Get that eagle down. It is best to use before you 1632 01:56:33.239 --> 01:56:36.520 see the circles, and so early October is a good time to do that. 1633 01:56:38.039 --> 01:56:42.439 One two, three steps the Texas three step Nitrofoss Fall Special, Nitrofuss 1634 01:56:42.479 --> 01:56:45.880 Barricade, Nitrofus Eagle turf grab one of each three when you're out shopping and 1635 01:56:45.960 --> 01:56:49.119 where do you get it? Well, Cyperus Ace has it, fish Or's 1636 01:56:49.159 --> 01:56:55.039 Hardware and Laport has it. Plantation Ace Hardware out in Richmond area. Has 1637 01:56:55.079 --> 01:57:00.039 it easy to find nitrofus products in our area. Our phone number is seven 1638 01:57:00.159 --> 01:57:05.720 one three two one two five eight seven four seven one three two one two 1639 01:57:06.119 --> 01:57:12.079 fifty eight seventy four. Hey, I want to remind you that next Saturday, 1640 01:57:12.319 --> 01:57:15.640 please write this down on your calendar. This is one heck of a 1641 01:57:15.720 --> 01:57:20.560 shindig you do not want to miss. I'm going to be out at Nature's 1642 01:57:20.600 --> 01:57:26.039 Way. Nature's Way Resources is up forty five. Like you're going to Conro 1643 01:57:26.159 --> 01:57:30.720 about where fourteen eighty eight comes in. You just turn right across the railroad 1644 01:57:30.760 --> 01:57:33.920 tracks and you're Nature's Way. And Nature's Way is the home of all kinds 1645 01:57:34.039 --> 01:57:39.960 of great products for your soil. Rose soil. We're talking about soils like 1646 01:57:40.079 --> 01:57:44.439 a fungal compost like just you name it. They have it composts and other 1647 01:57:44.520 --> 01:57:47.439 mixes. That's what they specialize in. But on next Saturday they're going to 1648 01:57:47.479 --> 01:57:51.640 have the Fall Garden Festival, and this is a big deal. I'm going 1649 01:57:51.680 --> 01:57:56.560 to be out there answering your gardening questions, visiting with You'd always love to 1650 01:57:56.600 --> 01:57:59.800 meet the folks from different areas. So if you're up in the Conro direction, 1651 01:58:00.199 --> 01:58:02.800 please come out for sure out there to Nature's Way. They're gonna have 1652 01:58:02.880 --> 01:58:06.279 Latin food, They're gonna have live music, they're gonna have local vendors, 1653 01:58:06.359 --> 01:58:10.479 they're gonna have adulpt beverages. I told you it was a shin dig for 1654 01:58:10.640 --> 01:58:13.680 kids. There's gonna be a scavenger hunt. They're gonna have a morning class 1655 01:58:13.680 --> 01:58:17.399 at nine am before I get out there creating and enchanting fairy gardens. I'll 1656 01:58:17.439 --> 01:58:21.640 be out there from eleven thirty till one thirty. I hope you'll come out. 1657 01:58:21.720 --> 01:58:27.359 Hey, here's a phone number for more information. Nine three six three 1658 01:58:27.479 --> 01:58:32.560 two one sixty nine ninety nine three six three two one sixty nine ninety This 1659 01:58:32.840 --> 01:58:38.479 is free. It's a free event. Check out their native plants too when 1660 01:58:38.520 --> 01:58:42.359 you're out there that They just keep making that area even better. Let's head 1661 01:58:42.399 --> 01:58:45.479 out to Porter now and we're gonna talk to Margie. Hello, Margie. 1662 01:58:45.279 --> 01:58:48.359 Oo, how are you this morning? Well, I'm good. I'm good. 1663 01:58:48.439 --> 01:58:53.680 I'm officially calling it fall, so I'm all excited. Yes, long 1664 01:58:53.720 --> 01:58:57.960 as the temperatures would go down some, it would be nice. That's coming 1665 01:58:58.000 --> 01:59:02.039 next week. I put in there, Okay, I have a highbiscus and 1666 01:59:02.159 --> 01:59:05.720 I was out putting water in the I have it in a pot putting water 1667 01:59:05.840 --> 01:59:10.119 in. It's morning. I noticed I have some ants in there. I 1668 01:59:10.279 --> 01:59:15.640 have a bag of soil mender. It's a white like powder stuff that starts 1669 01:59:15.680 --> 01:59:20.239 with DA. Don't ask me to pronounce it, okay, And and it 1670 01:59:20.640 --> 01:59:25.960 has earth in it too. Can I put some of that nibiscus plan or 1671 01:59:25.960 --> 01:59:29.239 would that hurt it? It won't hurt it. I don't know how much 1672 01:59:29.279 --> 01:59:32.119 good it'll do for the for the insects, dietemacious earth. Think of it 1673 01:59:32.239 --> 01:59:36.840 this way. It's like broken It's like broken glass shards that are real time 1674 01:59:38.359 --> 01:59:42.199 like a dust like material. So when insects walk through it, it gets 1675 01:59:42.319 --> 01:59:45.640 caught in the joints, you know, of their arms, their legs and 1676 01:59:45.720 --> 01:59:49.039 their bodies, right, and it laceerates and cuts and causes fluid to leak 1677 01:59:49.119 --> 01:59:51.920 out. So it's kind of a it's like you walking barefoot through glass, 1678 01:59:53.039 --> 01:59:56.239 is what it amounts to for the insects. Okay, so it helps, 1679 01:59:56.760 --> 02:00:00.119 but it's not you know, if you're trying to control answers other ways to 1680 02:00:00.159 --> 02:00:02.359 do it? Are these fire ants any chances? No? They are a 1681 02:00:02.439 --> 02:00:10.680 little small looks like black ants. I stepped in time yesterday and oh they 1682 02:00:10.720 --> 02:00:14.880 do Okay, Well, yes, I don't know. I might. I 1683 02:00:15.000 --> 02:00:17.880 might just try. Another option would just be to drench them with an insecticide 1684 02:00:17.960 --> 02:00:20.960 through that area. If they're in the pot, that might be okay. 1685 02:00:21.039 --> 02:00:27.479 That might betide anything that's labeled for killing ants. There's a lot of products 1686 02:00:27.560 --> 02:00:30.079 out there. It just depends on, you know, the kinds of things 1687 02:00:30.119 --> 02:00:32.159 you want to use. I wish I could determine for sure if they're fire 1688 02:00:32.199 --> 02:00:36.720 ants or not. It doesn't sound like they are. But like I say, 1689 02:00:36.800 --> 02:00:43.640 these are small little ants, okay, and they do? Why all 1690 02:00:43.760 --> 02:00:46.159 right? Well try the datamasia serf. See if that runs them off first. 1691 02:00:46.439 --> 02:00:50.000 That would be the simplest, least toxic product. Hey, I'm having 1692 02:00:50.039 --> 02:00:53.920 to hit a break. It's time for the new the top of the hour 1693 02:00:54.039 --> 02:00:56.960 news. But thank you, Margie, good luck. We Oh, I 1694 02:00:57.039 --> 02:01:00.520 have one. I have one more question. Hang on until we come. 1695 02:01:00.880 --> 02:01:08.800 I'll thank you our phone number seven one three two and two fifty eight seventy 1696 02:01:08.880 --> 02:01:12.960 four. We will be back shortly to answer more of your gardening questions. 1697 02:01:13.520 --> 02:01:15.319 Uh, this is going to be going into our last hour. So if 1698 02:01:15.359 --> 02:01:19.479 you'd like to visit this weekend, now sit time to get on the phone. 1699 02:01:19.560 --> 02:01:23.279 Get Josh. Give Josh a call, have him get you on the 1700 02:01:23.319 --> 02:01:27.640 board so we can talk about the things that are interested interesting to you. 1701 02:01:27.800 --> 02:01:30.239 Don't forget. Have a new website up there. It's got the lawn care 1702 02:01:30.279 --> 02:01:34.680 schedule on it. It has an article about trees and stress during drout. 1703 02:01:34.760 --> 02:01:39.840 It has an article on lawns durned out and it's all there at Gardening with 1704 02:01:40.319 --> 02:01:45.520 Skip dot com. Gardening with Skip dot Com you can find that there. 1705 02:01:45.600 --> 02:01:50.800 I'm putting together some stuff for other issues in the lawn. I just did 1706 02:01:50.880 --> 02:01:56.000 that video for Aggie Horticulture, the horse department at an M that's on the 1707 02:01:56.159 --> 02:02:00.560 Facebook page garden Line Facebook page. Growl down and find it. I'm going 1708 02:02:00.600 --> 02:02:03.600 to be putting it on the website. 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This is News 1742 02:04:30.640 --> 02:04:39.079 Radio seven forty KATRH Houston five Everywhere with im Now the latest newsweather and traffic 1743 02:04:39.199 --> 02:04:44.079 from the Glary Furniture made an America's studio A violent attempted robbery last night. 1744 02:04:44.279 --> 02:04:49.239 This is the Nicky News Network nine o'clock on news Radio seven forty ktr H 1745 02:04:49.439 --> 02:04:55.239 Traffic aam weather together. Here is Joe Barnett. Paul Lane still locked on 1746 02:04:55.319 --> 02:05:00.000 the same Houston Toeway eastbad between Fairbanks North Houston and Highway two forty nine. 1747 02:05:00.079 --> 02:05:02.960 Unexpected lays through there if you're going up to Bush into Continental Airport. Also, 1748 02:05:03.000 --> 02:05:06.199 only one right lane is getting by on the Sam Houston's Alway eastbound between 1749 02:05:06.239 --> 02:05:12.000 Ella and JFK. Also, or lane still blocks sixty nine to Southward Streetway 1750 02:05:12.079 --> 02:05:15.960 north and southbound at the sixteen westlob. You might want to use Richmond or 1751 02:05:15.960 --> 02:05:18.760 the Westpark Tollway as an alternate. I'm Joe Barnett and the ktr rhs go 1752 02:05:18.880 --> 02:05:23.039 coast to Windows dot com twenty four hour traffics man hid. The warm, 1753 02:05:23.119 --> 02:05:27.119 humid weather continuing as a roll through this morning augusty breeze. Around this afternoon, 1754 02:05:27.199 --> 02:05:30.479 you may see a shower thunderstorm most of us probably not Sunday clouds. 1755 02:05:30.520 --> 02:05:33.199 Otherwise ninety six feels like the low one hundreds Tonight, a shower thunderstorm early 1756 02:05:33.279 --> 02:05:39.199 seventy seven changes tomorrow scattered showers thunderstorms likely ninety two for the weather channel MAFE, 1757 02:05:39.199 --> 02:05:42.399 You're all just race stage. It's eighty four in Galveston eighty two, 1758 02:05:42.479 --> 02:05:47.079 It's ktr H top tax Defenders, twenty four hour Weather Center nine oh one 1759 02:05:47.199 --> 02:05:53.079 our top story. Police looking for a suspect in southeast Houston believed to be 1760 02:05:53.279 --> 02:05:59.039 involved in an attempted robbery shooting on Broadway just before eleven last night that leaves 1761 02:05:59.119 --> 02:06:02.680 one man within juries to a hand and leg A boat the focus this morning 1762 02:06:02.720 --> 02:06:09.359 of an ongoing search in Liberty Counting for missing Cheryl Siddell in the Horseshoe Lake 1763 02:06:09.439 --> 02:06:14.800 subdivision. Donna Lee Hassler is a suspect. Mexico helping the US deal with 1764 02:06:14.840 --> 02:06:19.119 the surge of migrants entering from Mexico. Foxes Mary Anne Rafferty has the story. 1765 02:06:19.439 --> 02:06:24.199 It's agreeing to deport migrants from its border cities and return them to their 1766 02:06:24.239 --> 02:06:28.760 home countries. Mexico is also agreeing to take more than a dozen other actions 1767 02:06:29.079 --> 02:06:33.279 to deter migrants from crossing into the US. Several US cities say the influx 1768 02:06:33.319 --> 02:06:38.439 of migrants is overwhelming and they don't have the resources to deal with the problem. 1769 02:06:38.640 --> 02:06:43.880 Customs and Border Protection data says authorities encountered migrants more than three hundred thousand 1770 02:06:44.000 --> 02:06:47.479 times last month. Congress is on the clock to avoid a government shutdown. 1771 02:06:47.560 --> 02:06:54.640 President Biden issuing awardening at the Congressional Black Caucus Annual Awards dinner last night in 1772 02:06:54.760 --> 02:07:00.239 Washington. Government. It's among the most basic responsibilities of Congress, and it's 1773 02:07:00.279 --> 02:07:03.920 time for the Republics have started doing the job America elected them to do. 1774 02:07:04.239 --> 02:07:09.560 Minus is a shutdown put impact food safety, head start programs, and would 1775 02:07:09.640 --> 02:07:14.319 mean military members won't get paid. Some House Republicans have been saying that they 1776 02:07:14.359 --> 02:07:17.840 are making progress. Southwest Houston last night, police say it was a potential 1777 02:07:18.039 --> 02:07:24.039 gang violence act in a targeted shooting that took the lives of two men walking 1778 02:07:24.079 --> 02:07:29.760 on bassinette between guests. Nor KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any of 1779 02:07:29.760 --> 02:07:35.640 the products or services advertised on this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with 1780 02:07:35.880 --> 02:08:05.199 skip rictor so crazy just watching us. So many piasts did good Sunday morning, 1781 02:08:05.319 --> 02:08:09.920 folks. It is a beautiful day out there, and we have arrived 1782 02:08:09.079 --> 02:08:13.359 at the doorstep of fall. It is time to begin doing all the things 1783 02:08:13.439 --> 02:08:18.039 we need to do to a get our struggling plants back on their feet. 1784 02:08:18.159 --> 02:08:22.119 And b put in new things because fall is the best planting season of the 1785 02:08:22.439 --> 02:08:26.199 year. Do you have some shrubs that just couldn't take the sun where you 1786 02:08:26.279 --> 02:08:31.199 had them planted, Maybe they need to be moved to the shade. Fall 1787 02:08:31.279 --> 02:08:33.399 is a good time to do that. I would do that in early November 1788 02:08:33.520 --> 02:08:37.039 probably, it's about the best time to make a move like that. Maybe 1789 02:08:37.079 --> 02:08:39.800 you've got an area that a shrub that needs more sun, or maybe you 1790 02:08:39.880 --> 02:08:45.239 want to replace a shrub something that's a little more drought resilient. Fall fall, 1791 02:08:45.399 --> 02:08:46.640 fall, it's a time to do it. We are on the doorstep 1792 02:08:46.680 --> 02:08:50.720 of fall, and it's time to be talking about a lot of things like 1793 02:08:50.880 --> 02:08:56.520 that. Absolutely important, speaking of important things to talk about when it comes 1794 02:08:56.600 --> 02:08:58.399 to pests in your house. And when I say pests in your house, 1795 02:08:58.439 --> 02:09:03.760 I meancoons, I mean rodents like rats up in the attic and things I'm 1796 02:09:03.760 --> 02:09:07.680 talking about termites in the wood. I'm talking about hants and mosquitoes and all 1797 02:09:07.760 --> 02:09:13.239 the other things, cockroaches, everything we deal with. Scott McGrath McGraph Pest 1798 02:09:13.239 --> 02:09:16.800 Control. That's all you need to know. Metgraph Pest Control dot com is 1799 02:09:16.880 --> 02:09:22.439 the website and the number two eight one four six nine eighty two forty, 1800 02:09:22.960 --> 02:09:28.560 highly rated by their customers because they do old fashioned service. They don't require 1801 02:09:28.600 --> 02:09:31.680 you to sign a contract. They tell you when they're going to be there. 1802 02:09:31.760 --> 02:09:33.680 They give you a time, not hey, take all your Saturday off. 1803 02:09:33.760 --> 02:09:37.119 I may or may not show up like a lot of service people do. 1804 02:09:37.439 --> 02:09:39.399 Nope, not with McGrath, they tell you when they show up. 1805 02:09:39.439 --> 02:09:46.000 Then, modern technology and techniques with old fashion customer service. That's why they're 1806 02:09:46.039 --> 02:09:50.520 so popular, and that's why we recommend McGraph Pest Control two eight one four 1807 02:09:50.640 --> 02:09:56.439 six nine eighty two forty. We're gonna go back out to Porter now and 1808 02:09:56.680 --> 02:10:01.520 continue a conversation with Maggie. Hello, Maggie. Hello. Okay, So 1809 02:10:01.760 --> 02:10:07.600 I have a yesterday, today, and tomorrow plant and it has survived this 1810 02:10:07.800 --> 02:10:11.760 heat, okay, which I'm surprised. Can I trim it back though? 1811 02:10:13.560 --> 02:10:18.520 Can you trim back? You can? It's a summer bloomer. But when 1812 02:10:18.600 --> 02:10:22.359 you trim a plant and the mild weather we're going to have the next few 1813 02:10:22.399 --> 02:10:24.600 weeks, it's going to try to regrow, and that regrowth is going to 1814 02:10:24.640 --> 02:10:31.079 be very cold tender when the first hard freeze comes. So I would wait 1815 02:10:31.239 --> 02:10:35.960 and do that trimming at the end of winter if you could. And yeah, 1816 02:10:35.960 --> 02:10:39.319 I still have some bloom a couple of blooms still on it. So 1817 02:10:39.680 --> 02:10:41.600 that's right. That's a beautiful plant for those that haven't seen. Oh, 1818 02:10:41.680 --> 02:10:46.800 I love it. Yeah, brune felsy with the way that the reasonings call 1819 02:10:46.880 --> 02:10:50.399 that for the other folks listening is the flowers change each day. That's why 1820 02:10:50.439 --> 02:10:52.880 they call it yesterday, today, and tomorrow. It looks a little different 1821 02:10:52.960 --> 02:10:58.840 each day it does. And I have one more question on fertilization, so 1822 02:10:58.319 --> 02:11:05.039 both by brown patch. I put humates down too before I put that down 1823 02:11:05.239 --> 02:11:07.880 or not? Yes, you can, you sure can. I would. 1824 02:11:07.920 --> 02:11:11.520 I would consider their bioinoculant product. It's kind of a violet colored bag. 1825 02:11:13.039 --> 02:11:16.159 It's used at a very low rate, just ten pounds per thousand square feet, 1826 02:11:16.479 --> 02:11:20.039 but it has a lot of the microbial activity to the surface out there 1827 02:11:20.079 --> 02:11:22.359 of the plants, because we're about to hit head into the season where things 1828 02:11:22.439 --> 02:11:26.600 like large patch or brown patch can really be a problem. So that's okay. 1829 02:11:28.880 --> 02:11:31.319 They're all good. You could use them all at the same time if 1830 02:11:31.359 --> 02:11:35.439 you want. They do different things. Oh, I can use that bio 1831 02:11:35.840 --> 02:11:39.399 and I can use hummates and the brown patch too. Yes, the humans 1832 02:11:39.479 --> 02:11:43.479 are going to get down, they're going to overtime as you do humates year 1833 02:11:43.520 --> 02:11:46.119 after year and your soil, you're building and improving the soil. Now the 1834 02:11:46.199 --> 02:11:48.840 brown patch is going to have microubs in it, but it's also going to 1835 02:11:48.880 --> 02:11:52.880 have the nutrients for fall that we put down. And then the bio as 1836 02:11:52.920 --> 02:11:58.840 you said, bio stuff, the bio monoculant. That's okay, that's okay. 1837 02:11:58.239 --> 02:12:01.600 Bio stuff is just good. We could abbreviate it, but that would 1838 02:12:01.640 --> 02:12:05.840 get a little weird on a Sunday. So yeah, the bios would. 1839 02:12:05.560 --> 02:12:11.399 The bio stuff is an innoculant, so that's a different purpose. But those 1840 02:12:11.439 --> 02:12:15.760 are all good products. Uh yeah, But I don't want to put in 1841 02:12:15.960 --> 02:12:18.319 I don't want to put all three in the spread or at the same time. 1842 02:12:18.399 --> 02:12:22.119 I need to do one at a time. But I can do it 1843 02:12:22.239 --> 02:12:26.239 all on one day, absolutely. Yeah. Because in a spreader, whether 1844 02:12:26.399 --> 02:12:31.119 it's insexticide, fungicide, herbicides, aisam, whatever you are, fertilizers, 1845 02:12:31.159 --> 02:12:37.000 whatever you put down, it's had different particle sizes, so each application needs 1846 02:12:37.039 --> 02:12:39.960 to be set for its own particle sizes. Yeah, okay, okay, 1847 02:12:41.359 --> 02:12:45.199 okay, that's what I need, so I'll probably put down pre emergent first 1848 02:12:45.279 --> 02:12:48.720 and get that over with, and I can do it anytime in October, 1849 02:12:48.960 --> 02:12:50.920 right, I would do it earlier in October. You, well, I'm 1850 02:12:50.960 --> 02:12:54.159 going to try because I'm gonna be gone the first two weekends in October. 1851 02:12:54.479 --> 02:12:56.079 Okay, well you could, you could. I mean, you could do 1852 02:12:56.119 --> 02:13:00.119 it at the end of before you go for the first two weekends. But 1853 02:13:00.239 --> 02:13:05.119 your way up in the northern hinterlands of Porter, so fall comes a tad 1854 02:13:05.199 --> 02:13:09.920 bit earlier than it does for folks down. Let's say, really, okay, 1855 02:13:13.840 --> 02:13:16.439 I know I'm giving you a hard time. Seriously, don't delay in 1856 02:13:16.479 --> 02:13:20.239 getting all those things down. Okay, okay, okay, thank you, 1857 02:13:20.560 --> 02:13:24.800 all right, you take care. You've heard me talk about Star of Hope 1858 02:13:24.840 --> 02:13:28.439 here, and it's because I believe in Star of Hope. And I know 1859 02:13:28.880 --> 02:13:33.920 that you're a compassionate person and you would like to help people. You don't 1860 02:13:33.920 --> 02:13:35.720 want to give somebody something that's not going to do them good. In fact, 1861 02:13:35.800 --> 02:13:39.880 that just causes more problems handing out a dollar through the window at a 1862 02:13:41.119 --> 02:13:43.960 at a street stop. You know that, I mean, I know that, 1863 02:13:43.039 --> 02:13:46.079 I know what's driving that. But if you really want that dollar to 1864 02:13:46.159 --> 02:13:50.720 go to work. Put it into Star of Hope because what they do is 1865 02:13:50.760 --> 02:13:54.560 they bring people in and they change their lives. They don't just give him 1866 02:13:54.560 --> 02:13:56.800 a bite eat. 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It is on our list of one of the 1875 02:14:35.319 --> 02:14:39.800 places that we support because we know those dollars work and there are change lives. 1876 02:14:39.840 --> 02:14:43.960 There's children with new hope and new future because of what Star Hope does 1877 02:14:45.039 --> 02:14:48.720 for mom, dad and the family. We're gonna go now out to you 1878 02:14:48.800 --> 02:14:52.279 know what, I'm bout out of time here on this segment. Jim and 1879 02:14:52.520 --> 02:14:56.720 Steve, you're the first two up. When we come back, I don't 1880 02:14:56.760 --> 02:14:58.640 have enough time to do justice to your call right before we go to break. 1881 02:15:00.119 --> 02:15:01.359 So I'm going to go ahead and we're just going to head to a 1882 02:15:01.439 --> 02:15:05.319 little break here and we will come back and we will join up with you 1883 02:15:05.520 --> 02:15:09.720 in just a moment. Our phone number is seven one three two one two 1884 02:15:11.159 --> 02:15:13.880 five eight seven four. We'll be right back and when we do, we'll 1885 02:15:13.880 --> 02:15:16.079 get to your calls. Plus, I got a couple of the things I 1886 02:15:16.159 --> 02:15:22.000 want to add today as we wind up on last segment of the weekend, 1887 02:15:22.079 --> 02:15:26.159 the last hour of the weekend here on guarden Line. Well, good morning. 1888 02:15:26.279 --> 02:15:28.760 You're listening to garden Line, and we're having a good time today because 1889 02:15:30.319 --> 02:15:35.039 summer is past and we are celebrating the fact that all that miserable is gone. 1890 02:15:35.319 --> 02:15:37.279 Forget the fact that it's in the nineties today. We're okay, we're 1891 02:15:37.439 --> 02:15:41.319 on our way down. We're heading in the right direction, and it is 1892 02:15:41.439 --> 02:15:43.920 time to kick into gear and get this stuff done. For example, if 1893 02:15:45.000 --> 02:15:48.079 you need to fertilize your lawn, if you need to do fall activities for 1894 02:15:48.359 --> 02:15:54.279 your lawn, Nitrofuss has put together their Texas three Step. Texas three Step 1895 02:15:54.560 --> 02:16:01.279 is absolutely an ingenious combination of three different things that are designed exactly for the 1896 02:16:01.319 --> 02:16:05.000 problems your lawn has. Right now, here's what I'm talking about. For 1897 02:16:05.319 --> 02:16:09.720 example, Texas three step starts off with nitrofoss Fall Special. That is a 1898 02:16:09.800 --> 02:16:16.680 fertilizer designed for the soils and the conditions that your lawn faces in the fall, 1899 02:16:16.000 --> 02:16:22.159 and it's exactly the right mix to provide cold heartiness, to provide recovery 1900 02:16:22.279 --> 02:16:26.079 from drought, and to strengthen the grass so that coming out next spring it's 1901 02:16:26.159 --> 02:16:30.760 better off. The most important fertilizer you put on all years in the fall. 1902 02:16:31.119 --> 02:16:33.440 It really is. If you had to pick one time you're gonna do 1903 02:16:33.520 --> 02:16:37.440 fertilizing, this will be it. And it's because it sets you up for 1904 02:16:37.559 --> 02:16:41.680 next year once a grass gets growing next year and everything's moving along. Yeah, 1905 02:16:41.680 --> 02:16:45.239 we fertilize, we do things like that, but it's not going to 1906 02:16:45.319 --> 02:16:50.239 come out of winter like it will without that fall fertilizer. So secondly, 1907 02:16:50.479 --> 02:16:54.399 second step nitrofost barricade. It's a pre emergent weed control. Your lawn may 1908 02:16:54.479 --> 02:17:00.319 have thin areas sunlights hitting the soil, therefore weeds begin to come up in 1909 02:17:00.399 --> 02:17:03.520 those spots. Barricade prevents that from happening. You got to get it down 1910 02:17:03.600 --> 02:17:07.280 before the weeds come up, which means, let's do that in early October 1911 02:17:09.000 --> 02:17:11.520 and watered in. Follow the label. Always follow the label. Listen. 1912 02:17:13.000 --> 02:17:16.959 It is really important when using any kind of a product that you follow the 1913 02:17:18.079 --> 02:17:22.959 label. A teaspoon on the label means a tea spoon applied, not a 1914 02:17:22.040 --> 02:17:26.399 tablespoon. You're not going to extra kill weeds. You cause problems when you 1915 02:17:26.600 --> 02:17:31.000 over dose things. It shouldn't be overdose. I mean, do you take 1916 02:17:31.040 --> 02:17:33.360 a bottle of aspurn or do you take the number of aspurn that's prescribed to 1917 02:17:33.399 --> 02:17:37.280 fix the headache? Right, it's the same kind of thing. A good 1918 02:17:37.399 --> 02:17:41.280 thing. Overdone is not a good thing. So let's do it right and 1919 02:17:41.600 --> 02:17:45.879 barricade will do exactly that for you. Secondly, or thirdly, night Fuss 1920 02:17:45.920 --> 02:17:48.239 Eagle is a turf fungicide. What does that mean? It means it protects 1921 02:17:48.280 --> 02:17:54.000 your turf against take all root rot coming this fall. It'll be reinfecting and 1922 02:17:54.239 --> 02:18:00.280 also the large patch, the large patch we deal with also called brown patch. 1923 02:18:00.440 --> 02:18:03.000 That's the common name for it. Well, that's what it's designed for. 1924 02:18:03.360 --> 02:18:09.959 One, two, three fall Special Barricade Eagle All three from Nitrofiss. 1925 02:18:09.000 --> 02:18:13.000 Where do you get them? Jim's Hardware and Montgomery Ace Hardware, Memorial Lake 1926 02:18:13.079 --> 02:18:18.120 Hardware include all places that you can get this great combination of products to take 1927 02:18:18.159 --> 02:18:22.760 care of your lawn going into the cool season. We're gonna head out now 1928 02:18:22.920 --> 02:18:30.159 to Jim and Meadow Springs. Hello Jim, Hello Skip. I've got a 1929 02:18:30.280 --> 02:18:35.399 problem with sedge weed infestation in my flower beds. I know you can kill 1930 02:18:35.440 --> 02:18:39.239 it with round up, and I've used round up on it in the borders 1931 02:18:39.319 --> 02:18:43.680 where I have no plants and in the yard, but okay, I'm a 1932 02:18:43.680 --> 02:18:46.120 little luctant to spray the round up in the flower bed with the flowers in 1933 02:18:46.200 --> 02:18:48.200 it. Yeah, yeah, you ought to be it. I mean that 1934 02:18:48.399 --> 02:18:54.479 it'll kill whatever you get it on, that's for sure. So when there 1935 02:18:54.520 --> 02:19:00.360 are several different kinds of sedges that are out there and so kind of it 1936 02:19:00.399 --> 02:19:03.200 would be good to know exactly which one if it is something like nuts edge, 1937 02:19:03.360 --> 02:19:05.959 purple nuts edge, or yellow nuts edge, those are harder to kill. 1938 02:19:07.319 --> 02:19:09.040 There's some other sedges that are easier to kill. But there's a few 1939 02:19:09.120 --> 02:19:16.239 products gym that are designed for sedge control, and they'll have names like sedge 1940 02:19:16.520 --> 02:19:20.600 ender or sedge beater or things like that. And when you go to a 1941 02:19:20.799 --> 02:19:24.719 quality you know, garden center or a supplier of products that really, you 1942 02:19:24.799 --> 02:19:28.840 know, really knows what to carry and carries the wide variety. They're going 1943 02:19:28.879 --> 02:19:33.360 to have something specifically for sedges, and I would I would use that. 1944 02:19:33.239 --> 02:19:37.479 Sedges are a little they're different than grasses and they're different than broad leaf weeds. 1945 02:19:39.959 --> 02:19:43.520 Yeah, I will the barricade. I'm getting ready to do fertilizer and 1946 02:19:43.600 --> 02:19:50.879 barricade and the fung aside next week. Will the barricade help stop them or 1947 02:19:50.280 --> 02:19:54.920 I should treat them first? Not really, it's a pre emergent and the 1948 02:19:56.079 --> 02:20:00.159 sedges that are there or they're probably perennial. They're just those plants are to 1949 02:20:00.239 --> 02:20:03.959 come back. Now. I guess if you had some seeds of the sedges, 1950 02:20:03.360 --> 02:20:05.920 the barricade might work on those. I'd have to check the label. 1951 02:20:05.959 --> 02:20:09.879 It's primarily a grass and broad leaf weeat control. As far as how well 1952 02:20:09.920 --> 02:20:15.200 it would work on sedge seeds, I don't know, but I know if 1953 02:20:15.200 --> 02:20:18.079 you've got sedges, you need to just kill those plants. Okay, what 1954 02:20:18.360 --> 02:20:22.680 were the two products you recommended? Well said, I gave examples of sedge 1955 02:20:24.120 --> 02:20:28.559 beater and sedge ender. Uh, they' you'll see sedge in the name. 1956 02:20:28.079 --> 02:20:33.479 There's one called sedge hammer. Sedge hammer that's also labeled. Okay, but 1957 02:20:33.600 --> 02:20:37.000 just read the label on all these because each is going to be labeled for 1958 02:20:37.079 --> 02:20:41.239 different parts of the yard. Maybe the grass, maybe not flower beds. 1959 02:20:41.319 --> 02:20:43.520 Maybe flower beds but not the grass and so on, so just pick it 1960 02:20:43.600 --> 02:20:46.280 accordingly. You're in meadow springs? Is that? Are you talking about the 1961 02:20:46.360 --> 02:20:54.399 Kingwood meadow springs or meadows place? Okay, okay, all right, I'm 1962 02:20:54.479 --> 02:20:56.280 just trying to figure out who would be close to you? Were you? 1963 02:20:56.440 --> 02:21:01.319 What about a heavy duty after I treat him a heavy duty cover with the 1964 02:21:01.760 --> 02:21:05.440 black velvet mulch. It's always good to put a mulch down. Now, 1965 02:21:05.680 --> 02:21:11.159 multiple stop weed seeds from coming up through it. If you got a strong 1966 02:21:11.799 --> 02:21:16.520 existing you know, plant a little multa over the top it and will kill 1967 02:21:16.559 --> 02:21:20.719 it. But it will prevent weed seeds. Plus, it moderates slow temperature, 1968 02:21:22.120 --> 02:21:24.680 It prevents crusting when it rains, it prevents erosion when it rains. 1969 02:21:24.719 --> 02:21:28.799 It just has a lot of good reasons to It's always a good thing to 1970 02:21:28.879 --> 02:21:31.920 do mulch. Okay, all right, Well, I appreciate the help. 1971 02:21:31.000 --> 02:21:33.479 All right, Jim, you take care hope that works out for you. 1972 02:21:35.680 --> 02:21:37.600 Yeah, that is for sure. Hey, do you have a little piece 1973 02:21:37.600 --> 02:21:41.879 of property and you've been thinking about getting a tractor, but you just haven't 1974 02:21:41.920 --> 02:21:46.120 gotten around to it. You need to call the folks at Landsdown Moody because 1975 02:21:46.159 --> 02:21:48.280 here's the deal. This is only gonna last till October thirty. First, 1976 02:21:48.319 --> 02:21:52.559 we got about a month left of this deal. But I've never seen anything 1977 02:21:52.639 --> 02:21:56.079 like it. It is zero down, zero interest, seven years, eighty 1978 02:21:56.159 --> 02:22:01.639 four months. The Cabota L twenty five one. That is a very nice 1979 02:22:01.680 --> 02:22:05.280 tractor. I like to refer to it as a sweet ride. If you 1980 02:22:05.399 --> 02:22:07.440 want to get work down out on your piece of property, you're not going 1981 02:22:07.479 --> 02:22:09.879 to find a better tractor than that, and you need to go check it 1982 02:22:09.920 --> 02:22:13.079 out. Just go buy a Lansdown Moody. You can go online to LM 1983 02:22:13.239 --> 02:22:18.000 tractor dot com, find lands Down near you, go by there and set 1984 02:22:18.079 --> 02:22:22.319 on one. Just climb up there and just get a feel for it. 1985 02:22:22.440 --> 02:22:26.319 I think you will see what I'm talking about. This is a workhorse that 1986 02:22:26.440 --> 02:22:28.159 does a great job. And oh my gosh, if you're looking for a 1987 02:22:28.280 --> 02:22:31.760 deal, you're not going to do better than the deal they have going on 1988 02:22:31.000 --> 02:22:35.520 right now. We're gonna head back out now to Steve and the woodlands. 1989 02:22:35.879 --> 02:22:41.840 Hello Steve. Hi. Yeah, this is just a real quick guy and 1990 02:22:43.360 --> 02:22:45.799 might have been bad. But during the middle of the summer, we were 1991 02:22:45.879 --> 02:22:50.200 planning some boxwoods and watering them. They looked like they were doing well, 1992 02:22:50.680 --> 02:22:54.159 and then all of a sudden, I was getting all these yellow leaves and 1993 02:22:54.280 --> 02:22:58.440 I have one boxwood that's completely dead. I was speaking to my neighbor. 1994 02:23:00.159 --> 02:23:03.520 He said the same thing was happening to his and it was a fungus. 1995 02:23:03.879 --> 02:23:09.319 And I've never heard of funguses for boxwoods, So one, what could it 1996 02:23:09.399 --> 02:23:11.479 possibly be on fungus? And what can I do about it? Well, 1997 02:23:11.559 --> 02:23:16.840 I wouldn't jump as to fungus as the most likely cause here's what's happening to 1998 02:23:16.879 --> 02:23:22.280 your boxwoods. Moisture is not getting up into the leaves from the roots, 1999 02:23:22.879 --> 02:23:26.639 so that the first thing we think about is is too dry. It needs 2000 02:23:26.719 --> 02:23:30.079 watering more, and we've had to water a lot this summer to keep things 2001 02:23:30.440 --> 02:23:33.040 happy because the demands have been so great. The second thing it could be 2002 02:23:33.239 --> 02:23:37.600 is too much water. If you drowned a root system and it can't get 2003 02:23:37.680 --> 02:23:41.399 oxygen, roots dye and you end up with the exact same symptom as if 2004 02:23:41.440 --> 02:23:43.520 it was too dry, because it can't get water if it didn't have roots. 2005 02:23:45.360 --> 02:23:48.559 The third thing that it could be is nematodes. Nematodes attack box woods. 2006 02:23:48.600 --> 02:23:52.040 If you've got a sandy soil, you're up there in the woodlands, 2007 02:23:52.040 --> 02:23:54.760 there's a little bit of sand here and there. Nematodes can proliferate and they 2008 02:23:54.959 --> 02:24:00.879 end up making the roots system less and less efficient. All the little knots 2009 02:24:01.000 --> 02:24:05.280 and wounds they create on the roots, water has trouble getting through, so 2010 02:24:05.440 --> 02:24:07.200 you end up a drought symptom. And then the final thing would be a 2011 02:24:07.319 --> 02:24:13.559 sea born fungus which plugs the plumbing. Boxwoods can get that and that would 2012 02:24:13.639 --> 02:24:18.920 also create So what we know is water's not getting to your plant. Exactly 2013 02:24:20.000 --> 02:24:22.040 why, we don't know for sure. If you feel like you've given good 2014 02:24:22.079 --> 02:24:26.639 deep soakings on an infrequent basis, then we're going to eliminate that it didn't 2015 02:24:26.639 --> 02:24:30.920 get enough water. If you feel like you didn't overwater, we're going to 2016 02:24:30.959 --> 02:24:35.040 eliminate that. And now we're looking at we'll do we have nematodes on the 2017 02:24:35.159 --> 02:24:37.559 roots, you can take a hose and wash some roots out near the surface 2018 02:24:37.600 --> 02:24:41.760 and look for little knots on the roots. That's a symptom. Or if 2019 02:24:41.799 --> 02:24:46.959 you see roots that are brown, kind of almost like a cigarette filter, 2020 02:24:48.239 --> 02:24:52.520 that gray, brown stain looking thing, that's a symptom of the fungal diseases 2021 02:24:52.680 --> 02:24:56.360 of the roots. And so it's going to be one of those things. 2022 02:24:56.680 --> 02:25:01.079 Okay, let's me know what I need to check for then, because I 2023 02:25:01.120 --> 02:25:05.280 don't think I overwatered, because I've got a few that are still doing fairly 2024 02:25:05.399 --> 02:25:11.879 well. And I've got and I know I didn't really underwater because when I 2025 02:25:11.000 --> 02:25:15.440 first planted them, i'd give them a little bit of water twice a day, 2026 02:25:15.600 --> 02:25:20.200 okay, and then it was once a day after about a week and 2027 02:25:20.920 --> 02:25:22.840 this was over a month ago, and things looked like they were don't fine, 2028 02:25:22.879 --> 02:25:26.559 And then we got the rain and a few looked fine, and one 2029 02:25:26.680 --> 02:25:30.360 died and another one looks like it's about to die. Okay, Well, 2030 02:25:30.399 --> 02:25:33.520 the one that's about to die before it's fully dead, you may just want 2031 02:25:33.559 --> 02:25:35.440 to kind of get a shovel under it and lift it up when things cool 2032 02:25:35.479 --> 02:25:39.479 off a little bit here and take a look at the roots like I'm talking 2033 02:25:39.520 --> 02:25:41.559 about. All right, Hey, son's great. I hope that helps. 2034 02:25:41.639 --> 02:25:45.479 Thanks a lot. I appreciate your call. We're going to run right now 2035 02:25:45.600 --> 02:25:48.479 out to Katie and talk to Ray. Hello, Ray, good morning, 2036 02:25:48.639 --> 02:25:52.479 Escape, Good morning. I just had a quick question I have. I 2037 02:25:52.600 --> 02:25:58.159 have my grass on the side of the house. It's really patchy, dead 2038 02:25:58.280 --> 02:26:03.360 grass, brown grass, but still it's trying to grow. And I was 2039 02:26:03.719 --> 02:26:07.319 I was going to ask you about the three steps you were talking about. 2040 02:26:07.520 --> 02:26:11.399 Yes, how long after I put all three ill watered them in, how 2041 02:26:11.440 --> 02:26:18.319 long should I leave the grass alone before I mow again? Because I think 2042 02:26:18.360 --> 02:26:20.840 that I've been doing it wrong. I'll put the fertilizer down and a couple 2043 02:26:20.920 --> 02:26:24.799 of things. After that, I'll be I'll be still mowing, okay, 2044 02:26:24.159 --> 02:26:28.760 and it's counterproductive what I'm doing, I think. All right, Well, 2045 02:26:28.040 --> 02:26:31.479 a good question, but not so much for you to worry about. We 2046 02:26:31.600 --> 02:26:35.639 put the fertilizer down and we watered in to get it in the soil so 2047 02:26:35.719 --> 02:26:39.559 it starts working. So you know, you can put the fertilizer and mow 2048 02:26:39.680 --> 02:26:43.399 or mow and put the first it doesn't matter, just whenever you want it. 2049 02:26:43.479 --> 02:26:46.600 Just remember it's got to be watered in barricade. The second step, 2050 02:26:46.680 --> 02:26:50.399 the weed control, It has to be watered into work. So if you 2051 02:26:50.520 --> 02:26:54.319 wanted to fertilizer lawn and then come right back and get the hopper, change 2052 02:26:54.319 --> 02:26:56.200 the setting and put the barricade out, and then water, I'm both in 2053 02:26:56.360 --> 02:27:00.239 with about a half inch of water. You could do it that way or 2054 02:27:00.280 --> 02:27:03.280 you could do them separately. Then the fungicide though, that we're going to 2055 02:27:03.360 --> 02:27:07.399 put in on the surface, and I would rather not water right after I 2056 02:27:07.479 --> 02:27:13.000 put the fungicide down because it's protecting the grass plant. It's on the grass, 2057 02:27:13.079 --> 02:27:16.000 but it's also getting into the soil a little bit and being taken up 2058 02:27:16.079 --> 02:27:20.520 that way. So I would do my watering and the fungicide would come after 2059 02:27:20.719 --> 02:27:24.239 watering. Okay, And the same with mowing, go ahead and mow and 2060 02:27:24.280 --> 02:27:28.319 then put the fungicide on what you got left. Perfect. Thank you, 2061 02:27:28.399 --> 02:27:31.319 Skip, Thank you for everything. You have a great week. Thank you 2062 02:27:31.360 --> 02:27:35.840 for everything you do as well. Also, uh, you know, if 2063 02:27:35.920 --> 02:27:39.399 you want to put in a vegetable garden as fall, and I hope you 2064 02:27:39.479 --> 02:27:41.959 do. If you want to put it in a flower bed or a herb 2065 02:27:43.040 --> 02:27:46.680 bed, Vego Gardens is the absolute best garden bed you're going to buy. 2066 02:27:46.799 --> 02:27:50.959 And I really mean that. I actually approached the folks at Vego and said, 2067 02:27:50.959 --> 02:27:52.959 look, we need you as a sponsor on garden Line because I believe 2068 02:27:54.000 --> 02:27:58.600 in your product. It is a metal coded product that doesn't rust, it 2069 02:27:58.760 --> 02:28:03.879 doesn't corrode, It has a USDA certified food safe paint on the outside. 2070 02:28:03.040 --> 02:28:09.200 It lasts way longer than even treated would and it's completely modular. Do you 2071 02:28:09.280 --> 02:28:11.200 want a long oval bed, a square bed, a C shape bed, 2072 02:28:11.280 --> 02:28:15.719 an L shaped bed. You put it together like you want, very simple, 2073 02:28:16.399 --> 02:28:20.639 one hundred percent local. Vego is a local company. Don't be fooled 2074 02:28:20.680 --> 02:28:26.040 by imposters. Go to Veggo garden dot com, v Ego garden dot com, 2075 02:28:26.200 --> 02:28:30.639 think of Legos. That's what we're talking about. You put it together, 2076 02:28:30.840 --> 02:28:33.239 it's easy, it works at last. You can't do better than that. 2077 02:28:33.440 --> 02:28:37.159 I cannot recommend anything higher than a Vego bed. We're going to take 2078 02:28:37.159 --> 02:28:41.520 a break right now, Gilbert, you are there and the first in line 2079 02:28:41.559 --> 02:28:45.000 when we come right back. Well, good morning. You are listening to 2080 02:28:45.079 --> 02:28:48.200 garden Line and we are entering our last half hour of the weekend. So 2081 02:28:48.479 --> 02:28:52.040 now it'd be a good time to call if you've got some gardening questions. 2082 02:28:52.040 --> 02:28:56.879 You'd like to visit about seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four, 2083 02:28:56.920 --> 02:29:00.159 and we're gonna head straight out to Katie and talk to Gilbert. Hey, 2084 02:29:00.280 --> 02:29:03.879 Gilbert, thanks for waiting. Hi, Skip, I just purchased a 2085 02:29:05.159 --> 02:29:09.479 second property and home in Tulsa. Do you think the lawn care schedule will 2086 02:29:09.520 --> 02:29:16.319 work that far north? Uh? No, the scheduling concept of it will 2087 02:29:16.399 --> 02:29:20.000 work, but the timing is going to be way off. So because for 2088 02:29:20.120 --> 02:29:24.239 example, are right now we're talking about putting on fertilizer because this is the 2089 02:29:24.319 --> 02:29:30.120 month for Saint Augustine at this location north south through the country. If you 2090 02:29:30.200 --> 02:29:33.639 go all the way up to Tulsa, fall comes way earlier up there. 2091 02:29:33.799 --> 02:29:37.719 And also you're probably not going to have Saint Augustine. You're probably gonna have 2092 02:29:37.799 --> 02:29:43.680 some zoysier bermuda grass up, maybe even fescue bluegrass mixes up in that area. 2093 02:29:43.840 --> 02:29:46.200 And so that would be a whole different monster. Okay, But I'll 2094 02:29:46.239 --> 02:29:52.479 tell you what I would do. The Oklahoma State Extension Service has offices in 2095 02:29:52.559 --> 02:29:56.120 all the counties. I would go to the OSU their website and look for 2096 02:29:56.280 --> 02:30:01.280 lawn care information, talk to the county agent up there in the county you're 2097 02:30:01.319 --> 02:30:03.879 in in Tulsa, and they're going to have a lot of local information that 2098 02:30:03.920 --> 02:30:07.000 can help you. Perfect. Okay, thank you, yes, sir, 2099 02:30:07.239 --> 02:30:13.799 you bet all right. Well let's see here tree time. It is time 2100 02:30:13.879 --> 02:30:18.600 to plant trees in the fall. It is the best time to plant trees 2101 02:30:18.639 --> 02:30:20.760 in the fall. You can plant a tree in Houston any month of the 2102 02:30:20.840 --> 02:30:22.440 year. I mean, you really can any month the year you can plant 2103 02:30:22.479 --> 02:30:26.440 it. But if you were to look at and say, okay, i 2104 02:30:26.719 --> 02:30:28.879 just want to know what the best time is, I'm flexible. I can 2105 02:30:28.920 --> 02:30:33.479 plant now later whatever. When's the best time? Fall falls it It gives 2106 02:30:33.639 --> 02:30:39.319 all winter season and spring for the routes to get established and get ready for 2107 02:30:39.399 --> 02:30:43.040 that next brutal summer. We're a long way away from it, So why 2108 02:30:43.120 --> 02:30:46.360 not get them into ground this fall and do that. Bredett Tree Farm grows 2109 02:30:46.639 --> 02:30:50.959 a wide variety of trees that are that are chosen because they do well. 2110 02:30:52.040 --> 02:30:56.639 Here Bredett Treefarm dot Com. V E R D A n T Treefarm dot 2111 02:30:56.719 --> 02:31:01.879 Com. Now you're going to find that they're verdant tree farms wherever you are. 2112 02:31:01.920 --> 02:31:03.280 I mean, if you're out in West Houston, bark or Cypress. 2113 02:31:03.360 --> 02:31:07.159 There's one down in pear Land on Broadway Street, there's one up in the 2114 02:31:07.239 --> 02:31:11.319 Heights where Yale comes into a ten. There's a Verdant Tree Farm there too. 2115 02:31:11.719 --> 02:31:16.159 They have a wide variety. They also specialize in palm trees. I 2116 02:31:16.200 --> 02:31:20.040 mean they're selection and palms unbelievable. But on all the other trees up to 2117 02:31:20.159 --> 02:31:24.760 seven hundred gallons. I mean, so if you want a real quick zippy 2118 02:31:24.239 --> 02:31:30.159 I mean instant pizzas, they can do it. They can absolutely drop a 2119 02:31:30.200 --> 02:31:33.159 tree in there that looks good the day after they plant it. Now they 2120 02:31:33.239 --> 02:31:35.120 know how to do it. They give a one year warranty with installation. 2121 02:31:35.600 --> 02:31:41.559 There's a ten percent discount for military and first responders. Another good reason to 2122 02:31:41.639 --> 02:31:45.920 go to Verdant Tree Farmstead. Out now to pear Land and we're gonna talk 2123 02:31:45.959 --> 02:31:50.639 to Glinda. Hello, Glenda, Hello, Hey, how are you? 2124 02:31:50.799 --> 02:31:54.559 How can we help today? Thanks for taking mark call. I'm not gonna 2125 02:31:54.600 --> 02:31:58.520 tell you who did it. I don't want to play fire or in trouble, 2126 02:31:58.159 --> 02:32:03.600 but somebody's rade my yard to kill the weeds and it totally killed the 2127 02:32:03.799 --> 02:32:11.360 whole area. There's the grass. I meant, unbelievable. So who would 2128 02:32:11.479 --> 02:32:18.399 you recommend dear to uh come in with a backhode dig it out and uh 2129 02:32:18.840 --> 02:32:22.319 plant new grass. Well, they're not gonna definitely not gonna use a backcode, 2130 02:32:22.319 --> 02:32:24.600 but they'll get that old grass out and put it down. I would 2131 02:32:24.639 --> 02:32:26.639 get Pierce Keps the call and see if they could could do a job like 2132 02:32:26.760 --> 02:32:31.920 that. You are a little bit far south. I don't know if they're 2133 02:32:31.959 --> 02:32:35.040 covered that far, but it would be worth talking to them because if they 2134 02:32:35.120 --> 02:32:39.239 don't they can. They can refer you to someone who does well. I'm 2135 02:32:39.280 --> 02:32:43.920 sure would appreciated. The rest of my yard is dropped dead beautiful. That's 2136 02:32:43.959 --> 02:32:46.319 just a shame. I'm so sorry. You don't do you happen to know 2137 02:32:46.520 --> 02:32:54.760 what product ingredient they used that sprayed? I think they accidentally picked up the 2138 02:32:54.840 --> 02:33:00.479 wrong container. Okay, produced weeds. Okay, I think eight got the 2139 02:33:00.520 --> 02:33:03.200 one for everything? I got you. Okay, do you have their phone 2140 02:33:03.280 --> 02:33:07.559 number? Live? Let me look here. I'm gonna have to find it 2141 02:33:07.639 --> 02:33:11.239 while we're talking, but i'll grab it for you, all right. Yeah, 2142 02:33:11.399 --> 02:33:15.760 Pier Escape's folks again. I don't thinking you're a little far south for 2143 02:33:15.879 --> 02:33:18.840 him, but it's worth it's worth giving them a try. It's two eight 2144 02:33:18.959 --> 02:33:24.600 one three seven zero fifty sixty two eight one three seven men. Wait a 2145 02:33:24.680 --> 02:33:30.360 minute, I'm running down. Hey, you're two quick for me two eight 2146 02:33:30.520 --> 02:33:35.760 one three zero fifty sixty. You got it, you got it. While 2147 02:33:35.760 --> 02:33:39.520 I live in fair Land and you have a bliss Live and I love to 2148 02:33:39.600 --> 02:33:43.680 see your yord I Noah's gorgeous. Well, thank you, Hey, I 2149 02:33:43.719 --> 02:33:48.040 appreciate the call, and good luck. We're getting that mess fixed up. 2150 02:33:48.120 --> 02:33:50.760 I'm so sorry that happened to you. Oh Achuly new me and God, 2151 02:33:50.879 --> 02:33:54.600 we'll get it all right. There you go, all right, have a 2152 02:33:54.680 --> 02:33:58.840 bliss Live. Thank you, appreciate that. Glinda, oh my goodness, 2153 02:34:00.239 --> 02:34:05.440 for sure. You know I'm gonna have to tell you when you're looking at 2154 02:34:05.600 --> 02:34:09.959 a lawn that is in need of help, not dead like Glenda's law, 2155 02:34:11.079 --> 02:34:16.559 but just struggling. The Microlife folks have got a combination of products that will 2156 02:34:16.639 --> 02:34:20.520 really help turn it around. And that's important. It's all about cultural control. 2157 02:34:20.840 --> 02:34:22.559 So here's what I would do. We're going into fall. I would 2158 02:34:22.559 --> 02:34:26.520 get their Microlife brown patch. That's the orange bag, dark orange bag. 2159 02:34:26.639 --> 02:34:31.280 It's a five one three fertilizer, so you get the nutrients you need down 2160 02:34:31.520 --> 02:34:35.360 to get ready for fall. That's very important. And then it's got lots 2161 02:34:35.440 --> 02:34:39.879 of microbes on that material as well, so you are also inoculating as you 2162 02:34:39.959 --> 02:34:45.319 do that. But then I would come back and additionally do the micro Grow 2163 02:34:45.680 --> 02:34:50.559 bioinnoculant. It's only used at about ten pounds per thousand. We're not fertilizing 2164 02:34:50.600 --> 02:34:54.479 with it, we're inoculating with it. And when your turf has a good 2165 02:34:54.559 --> 02:35:01.360 supply of beneficial microbes around it that are protecting it, us like disease problems 2166 02:35:01.600 --> 02:35:07.520 become less. And that's just it's how nature defends against diseases. Is you 2167 02:35:07.639 --> 02:35:11.760 just get a lot of the good guys around and it's it's a very inhospitable 2168 02:35:11.799 --> 02:35:15.280 place for the bad guys, the bad diseases to be able to do what 2169 02:35:15.360 --> 02:35:18.959 they do. So Microlife, Microlife Fertilizer dot com. You're going to find 2170 02:35:20.000 --> 02:35:22.239 it all over the place. You can learn more about these two key products 2171 02:35:22.319 --> 02:35:28.079 for fall, which is the brown Patch five one three orange bag and Microgrow 2172 02:35:28.200 --> 02:35:31.239 bi Inoculant, which is a violet colored bag. I would do both of 2173 02:35:31.280 --> 02:35:35.280 those, and I would do them soon because it's time for those things to 2174 02:35:35.360 --> 02:35:39.600 get to work so they can benefit your plants. We're going to take a 2175 02:35:39.680 --> 02:35:41.280 break right now. Our number is seven one three, two, one, 2176 02:35:41.440 --> 02:35:45.840 two, fifty eight, seventy four. We got one more segment left. 2177 02:35:46.000 --> 02:35:48.360 Reese and Jackie, you are going to be our first folks up when we 2178 02:35:48.440 --> 02:35:52.319 come back from break, and we will see you shortly. Well, good 2179 02:35:52.399 --> 02:35:56.959 Sunday morning, and you are listening to Gardenline. We are having a good 2180 02:35:58.000 --> 02:36:01.799 time here talking about all kinds of things because we're excited about fall. We 2181 02:36:01.719 --> 02:36:05.559 we we survived this summer. We ought to make a T shirt. I 2182 02:36:05.680 --> 02:36:11.200 lived through the summer of twenty twenty three somehow, and my plans most of 2183 02:36:11.280 --> 02:36:13.280 them did as well. That would be a good T shirt to where, 2184 02:36:15.040 --> 02:36:18.479 Hey, we're gonna go out first thing here to sugar Land and talk to 2185 02:36:18.600 --> 02:36:24.479 Reese. Hello, rece do we have a race? All right? I'll 2186 02:36:24.479 --> 02:36:28.719 tell you what. It would help if I took him off and picked the 2187 02:36:28.799 --> 02:36:31.360 phone up, wouldn't it? Hey? Race? How you doing morning? 2188 02:36:31.440 --> 02:36:35.479 Skipping? Doing good? Okay? We got some operator error going. It's 2189 02:36:35.520 --> 02:36:43.959 been a long week. What's up? Well, I've got uh. I 2190 02:36:43.079 --> 02:36:48.440 restarted my lawn back in this past May, of course, not knowing what 2191 02:36:48.600 --> 02:36:50.239 kind of try we're gonna have. It's been difficult, but I've got it. 2192 02:36:50.360 --> 02:36:54.879 It's it's a rowing. I've got a lot of nuts edge in it, 2193 02:36:56.760 --> 02:37:00.959 and I wanted to get some sedgender to use on it. But the 2194 02:37:01.280 --> 02:37:07.280 literature says that it it should be a well established lawn, and I wanted 2195 02:37:07.280 --> 02:37:11.319 to see if that's you know, since it's been it's been growing. I've 2196 02:37:11.440 --> 02:37:13.559 keep keeping it water. It's growing. Yeah, I've mooded, you know, 2197 02:37:13.639 --> 02:37:18.639 over the summer. But should it be well established from May to now? 2198 02:37:18.000 --> 02:37:22.120 Yes? Yes. What they're really saying is, don't put on side 2199 02:37:22.159 --> 02:37:24.680 that doesn't have roots quite in the soil yet and then apply that product. 2200 02:37:24.799 --> 02:37:28.920 Let's get them, let's get it rooted in, and it's well rooted in 2201 02:37:28.280 --> 02:37:31.159 the long time, it's yeah, you can use it. Okay. There 2202 02:37:31.200 --> 02:37:35.120 are a number of different products that control nuts edge and turf. They each 2203 02:37:35.159 --> 02:37:39.559 have their pros and cons. But yeah, staying after it is going to 2204 02:37:39.600 --> 02:37:43.239 be important. Going into fall is a very important time because that nuts edge 2205 02:37:43.319 --> 02:37:48.159 is pulling in carbohydrates to store in those underground tubers that make it so difficult 2206 02:37:48.200 --> 02:37:52.000 to control. So we would love to spray it and haven't take that product 2207 02:37:52.079 --> 02:37:58.319 down into the tuber and do some damage. Okay, well it sounds good, 2208 02:37:58.440 --> 02:38:01.399 I will do that, you bet. Is it Is it pretty widespread 2209 02:38:01.520 --> 02:38:05.479 or is it in just in certain areas? It's a certain area. Yeah, 2210 02:38:07.040 --> 02:38:09.319 well if you can focus on that area, that would be good. 2211 02:38:09.479 --> 02:38:11.879 Also, just kind of notice, is that area a little wetter than normal? 2212 02:38:11.920 --> 02:38:15.440 In other words, is it low lying? Is it a heavy clay? 2213 02:38:15.600 --> 02:38:18.319 Does a sprinkler double lap over that area or something? Because the wetter 2214 02:38:18.399 --> 02:38:22.719 you keep it, the happier the nuts edge is. So just letting it 2215 02:38:22.879 --> 02:38:26.200 dry out kind of gives you a little bit of an edge as you work 2216 02:38:26.280 --> 02:38:31.200 toward getting rid of the nuts edge. Okay, okay, yeah, it 2217 02:38:31.319 --> 02:38:35.719 does seemed to be more the grass is growing more in that area also, 2218 02:38:35.040 --> 02:38:39.719 Okay, yeah, it's probably probably a little bit better conditions, and so 2219 02:38:39.639 --> 02:38:43.479 well that ought to do it. Just be ready to stay with this for 2220 02:38:43.559 --> 02:38:46.079 a while. It's not going to be a one and done. Nuts edge 2221 02:38:46.479 --> 02:38:50.360 control is not just you spray it once and it's all gone and you kind 2222 02:38:50.360 --> 02:38:54.840 of have to stay with it. Probably, Okay, Skip appreciate it, 2223 02:38:56.000 --> 02:38:58.520 Yeah, Reese, thanks for the call. I appreciate that very much. 2224 02:38:58.399 --> 02:39:03.639 Let's see we are going to also now go out to League City and talk 2225 02:39:03.719 --> 02:39:09.760 to Jackie. Hello, Jackie, Hi, I have a question. I 2226 02:39:09.840 --> 02:39:13.639 have an oak tree that's probably i'd say forty or fifty years old, and 2227 02:39:13.760 --> 02:39:16.719 around the oak tree. Years ago I used to pile mulshop, which I 2228 02:39:16.799 --> 02:39:20.639 know that's a bad thing, and I don't do it anymore. But I've 2229 02:39:20.680 --> 02:39:24.280 noticed in the last while, I don't know, a few years, there's 2230 02:39:24.399 --> 02:39:30.200 kind of a dark, very fibrous, I don't know what to call it, 2231 02:39:30.440 --> 02:39:33.000 stuff growing on top of the ground and like you can tap on it 2232 02:39:33.159 --> 02:39:37.079 or like hit it with something. It almost sounds hollow. And then you 2233 02:39:37.159 --> 02:39:41.399 can take and like take a cultivator or something and kind of pull it in 2234 02:39:41.479 --> 02:39:46.399 it that it pulls back in like a sheet almost you know, it's all 2235 02:39:46.440 --> 02:39:52.879 together. What is that it's on the ground or it's on the it's on 2236 02:39:54.040 --> 02:39:56.319 the ground, and it would be like, you know, how I'm on 2237 02:39:56.319 --> 02:39:58.559 the bottom of a tree. How normally you would see roots going into the 2238 02:39:58.639 --> 02:40:01.879 ground and you would see the top of the wood and the roots and the 2239 02:40:03.600 --> 02:40:07.879 all that this covers it. It almost looks like dirt covering it. But 2240 02:40:09.040 --> 02:40:11.959 if you try to like cultivate it, like to dig it up or something 2241 02:40:13.040 --> 02:40:16.559 like that, it comes off in big pieces like they're all together. Okay, 2242 02:40:16.639 --> 02:40:20.159 I think what you're looking at is you're looking at a decomposer fungi. 2243 02:40:20.879 --> 02:40:26.360 And there are a number of different types. They look very different each one. 2244 02:40:26.639 --> 02:40:28.600 One of them looks like scrambled eggs on top of the ground. One 2245 02:40:28.680 --> 02:40:33.440 of them now that looks black, looks like it looks black and fibrous like 2246 02:40:33.600 --> 02:40:37.440 it's and it's real tough. You can't pull it apart. Right, You're 2247 02:40:37.680 --> 02:40:41.920 probably talking about a decomposer fungi. What it's doing is fungi break down woody 2248 02:40:43.000 --> 02:40:46.280 tissues, things that are hard to break down. So in our multus, 2249 02:40:46.799 --> 02:40:50.799 in our mulches or even the dead outer surface you know of bark and roots 2250 02:40:50.840 --> 02:40:54.680 and things like that, they break that down and they form this this kind 2251 02:40:54.719 --> 02:40:58.879 of a matted network that is almost like a crust or a shell, or 2252 02:41:00.760 --> 02:41:03.559 it can turn. It can turn loose mulch into this chunk that you pick 2253 02:41:03.639 --> 02:41:09.120 up. And they're not diseases. They don't hurt the plants. You can 2254 02:41:09.159 --> 02:41:11.600 just ignore them. They tend to come and go. They're going to go 2255 02:41:11.680 --> 02:41:13.280 through a cycle where they break that down. That's what they're there for, 2256 02:41:13.440 --> 02:41:18.360 is they're the reason that the forest outside of town is not a mile deep 2257 02:41:18.440 --> 02:41:22.559 and tree trunks after thousands and thousands of years of tree growth. They turn 2258 02:41:22.680 --> 02:41:26.920 everything, They turn everything back into soil. Okay, okay, all right, 2259 02:41:28.639 --> 02:41:31.440 I should just leave it alone then and let it do its job. 2260 02:41:31.639 --> 02:41:33.200 Yes, this is the best news you've got here all week. You don't 2261 02:41:33.200 --> 02:41:37.559 have to worry about it. Yeah, it is really Thank you so much. 2262 02:41:37.639 --> 02:41:41.159 We'll hang up here and you and I both will go work on world 2263 02:41:41.200 --> 02:41:43.200 peace and other big issues because this is not Yeah, I don't have to 2264 02:41:43.239 --> 02:41:48.079 worry about that. All right, take care of Jackie. Do you have 2265 02:41:48.200 --> 02:41:52.200 a great weekend, you too, Bye bye bye bye. Yes, we're 2266 02:41:52.200 --> 02:41:56.200 going to head up to Conro now and talk to Stan. Hey, Stan, 2267 02:41:56.440 --> 02:41:58.840 Hey, good morning. Thanks taking the call. Yes, sir, 2268 02:42:00.799 --> 02:42:05.239 I have I've been listening to your show this morning, and I believe I 2269 02:42:05.319 --> 02:42:09.200 have some crab grass. Okay, in some areas where there is no grass, 2270 02:42:11.040 --> 02:42:16.079 the half of my yard has Saint Augustine. Yeah. I don't know 2271 02:42:16.159 --> 02:42:18.520 what happened to the other half. I guess the drought really did a number 2272 02:42:18.600 --> 02:42:24.120 on it. But the crab grass is still thriving, and I was just 2273 02:42:24.239 --> 02:42:28.000 trying to figure out what to do besides you know, pulling it out or 2274 02:42:28.520 --> 02:42:33.399 you know, an easier way to trying to prep it for next next spring. 2275 02:42:33.479 --> 02:42:37.000 So you've got there are several things you could be doing. The first 2276 02:42:37.079 --> 02:42:39.879 one you probably don't want to hear, but it's the one I have to 2277 02:42:41.000 --> 02:42:43.600 lead off with, and that is when we have weeds like crab grass, 2278 02:42:43.600 --> 02:42:48.639 they have a lot of seeds on them right now. And if you can 2279 02:42:48.239 --> 02:42:52.520 take a little hoe and take it out or hand pull it out or anything, 2280 02:42:52.079 --> 02:42:54.760 not to get rid of the crab grass, but just to get all 2281 02:42:54.760 --> 02:43:00.799 those seeds out of there, you will be way ahead rather than having to 2282 02:43:00.920 --> 02:43:05.239 deal with all those weed seeds next spring when crabs re sprouts again. So 2283 02:43:05.440 --> 02:43:09.479 hand pulling. I had someone come in when I was at Arborgate yesterday and 2284 02:43:09.639 --> 02:43:13.120 brought in a number of different weeds and all of them were loaded with seeds. 2285 02:43:13.200 --> 02:43:16.159 There was the spurs that has a little milky sap that spreads out flat 2286 02:43:16.239 --> 02:43:20.319 on the ground. It was just loaded with seeds. Well, to get 2287 02:43:20.360 --> 02:43:22.000 those out of there, it gives you at least a head start. Now 2288 02:43:22.440 --> 02:43:26.959 the next thing is to remember all those weeds or worm season weeds, and 2289 02:43:26.000 --> 02:43:30.479 they're going to go away with the first frost. They're not here for long, 2290 02:43:30.600 --> 02:43:33.920 so Spraying them isn't going to help a lot. They're not long for 2291 02:43:35.000 --> 02:43:37.879 this world anyway. Getting the seeds out as helpful. But spraying won't kill 2292 02:43:37.920 --> 02:43:41.200 the seeds, and so I would not worry about it. I would mow 2293 02:43:41.280 --> 02:43:46.120 it and ignore it for now. But next spring, when we get into 2294 02:43:46.159 --> 02:43:52.760 February, a pre emergent herbicide will be in the soil protecting against crab grass 2295 02:43:52.879 --> 02:43:54.879 trying to sprout in March, in April and May. So you want to 2296 02:43:54.879 --> 02:44:01.040 do that in February, because yeah, you've got air soil, you've had 2297 02:44:01.079 --> 02:44:05.319 weeds, they've made seeds. They will be back. Unless you can get 2298 02:44:05.360 --> 02:44:09.440 that lawn to fill in very thickly so that there's no sunlight hitting the soil. 2299 02:44:09.520 --> 02:44:13.719 Then you don't have to worry about the pre emergent on them. The 2300 02:44:13.879 --> 02:44:16.280 lawn is choking them out at that point. But in the meantime, bear 2301 02:44:16.399 --> 02:44:22.840 dirt means you've got some weed control to do. Okay, all right, 2302 02:44:22.840 --> 02:44:24.920 I just want to get them inside. I appreciate it. I have a 2303 02:44:24.959 --> 02:44:26.440 great rest of the day, all right. I wish I could give you 2304 02:44:26.479 --> 02:44:30.760 a good recipe for crab grass, because we could feed the world if if 2305 02:44:30.799 --> 02:44:33.719 that was an edible plant. It loves my backyard. I know that. 2306 02:44:35.079 --> 02:44:39.319 I know it does. Stand have a great rest of your weekend in the 2307 02:44:39.360 --> 02:44:43.799 week as well. Thank you. We'll go bye bye. Oh my goodness. 2308 02:44:45.719 --> 02:44:48.879 Yeah. Weeds. Uh, you know, there's different ways of looking 2309 02:44:48.920 --> 02:44:50.719 at weeds. First of all, what is a weed. A weed is 2310 02:44:50.760 --> 02:44:54.639 a plant we don't want where it's growing. So, for example, if 2311 02:44:54.680 --> 02:44:58.559 you've got a corn patch and Saint Augustine got in there, Saint Augustine would 2312 02:44:58.559 --> 02:45:03.440 be a weed in your corn patch. Right. It's important to think about 2313 02:45:03.479 --> 02:45:05.440 it that way. It's not like weeds are certain plants, they're bad plants, 2314 02:45:05.479 --> 02:45:07.920 and so they're weeds. It's like we don't want them there, So 2315 02:45:09.000 --> 02:45:13.360 they're weeds. So what do we do well? Number one, stop sunlight 2316 02:45:13.479 --> 02:45:16.479 from hitting the soil. That's the main thing we can do. That is 2317 02:45:16.879 --> 02:45:22.799 that is called good lawn care. My lawn schedule online on gardening wiskip dot 2318 02:45:22.840 --> 02:45:26.639 com talks about mo watering, and fertilizing, as well as a few other 2319 02:45:26.319 --> 02:45:31.959 key cultural activities that help that long get denser and denser. Then the weed 2320 02:45:33.000 --> 02:45:37.879 discussion in many situations goes away. We have perennial weeds that are very that 2321 02:45:39.000 --> 02:45:43.520 are very able to hang on and that soil. But most of our weeds, 2322 02:45:43.559 --> 02:45:46.639 when we make a good dense sunlight can hits the soil, they're not 2323 02:45:46.719 --> 02:45:50.200 going to be able to survive in that kind of grass. And that's that's 2324 02:45:50.200 --> 02:45:52.000 our step one and we take care of that. And there's times to do 2325 02:45:52.159 --> 02:45:56.360 all that, and it's it's it's part of the deal. Our lawn's coming 2326 02:45:56.399 --> 02:46:00.920 out week. They're struggling and we're going to see more issues with those lawns, 2327 02:46:01.120 --> 02:46:05.000 like weed control issues. That's just part of the deal. Well, 2328 02:46:05.040 --> 02:46:07.239 we've had a good time this weekend here on garden Line. I'll be back 2329 02:46:07.319 --> 02:46:11.719 next week. Remember a garden Line is a show that you can listen to 2330 02:46:11.879 --> 02:46:16.040 both on Saturday and Sunday from six am to ten am. Tell your friends, 2331 02:46:16.159 --> 02:46:20.000 family about it. We are available by podcast if you miss something on 2332 02:46:20.079 --> 02:46:22.879 the show. But here's what I want you to do before we go away 2333 02:46:22.920 --> 02:46:31.159 today. Ride down next Saturday at Nature's Way Resources up north Interstate forty five, 2334 02:46:31.360 --> 02:46:35.719 up toward Conro. That is a place where you get all kinds of 2335 02:46:35.799 --> 02:46:39.200 good quality soil mixes. But they're going to have their Fall Garden Festival on 2336 02:46:39.360 --> 02:46:45.520 Saturday at nine am they're going to have a class on creating enchanting little miniature 2337 02:46:45.600 --> 02:46:48.760 ferry gardens. They're going to have stuff to the kids, like scavenger hunts. 2338 02:46:48.879 --> 02:46:54.440 They're going to have food, music vendors, adult beverages. It's quite 2339 02:46:54.479 --> 02:46:58.239 the shindek. I'll be out there from eleven thirty to one thirty. All 2340 02:46:58.319 --> 02:47:01.280 of you up in that whole region, that whole listening area. I hope 2341 02:47:01.319 --> 02:47:05.319 you'll come out. Bring me some samples of plants to identify or to diagnose, 2342 02:47:05.479 --> 02:47:09.040 Bring me some photos of things we can look at and make suggestions. 2343 02:47:09.440 --> 02:47:11.879 While you're out there. You're gonna have a good time. Check out their 2344 02:47:13.000 --> 02:47:18.079 native plant selection. 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