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KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse
any of the products or services advertised on

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this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden
Line with skip rictor just watching well,

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good Sunday morning, on a good
day for garden. You're listening on Sunday

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morning. Oh my gosh, I'm
getting a day ahead of myself Saturday morning.

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Let's let's not rush things. The
weekend goes fast enough as it is.

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Oh, you know, we're supposed
to have some rain later today,

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but I think we got some time
to get a few things done in the

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meantime. It's not supposed to hit
until later. So let's see. Let's

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see how much gardening we can get
done. We'd hate to lose, you

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know, good opportunity on a nice
temperatures and just a good day to be

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outside and we have to go inside. There's a number of things I want

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to talk about today, but first
of all, I want to start off

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give you our phone numbers so you
can give us a call. Seven one

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three, two one two fifty eight
seventy four seven one three two one two

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five eight seven four. I was
thinking about kind of the to do list

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that I've got going out there in
the garden. And one of the things

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that I've not gotten to and I
need to is to put some color into

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my landscape, you know, spraying. There is just a riot of color

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available the warm season, annual and
perennial flowers and things, you know,

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things along those lines. As I
visit the garden centers, I'm just amazed

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at how much color and how much
beautiful not just plants, but containers and

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plantings and things like that are are
being offered right now. It's it's just

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it's a good thing on the day
before Mother's Day to have so many opportunities

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to buy mom some cool gifts.
And we'll suggest a few as we go

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through the program today. There's a
lot, you know, there's plants,

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and I guess a rose would be
a real common one because most people like

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roses, right, almost all people
like roses. There's some really good opportunities

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to get a rose and give it
to mom, get it maybe as an

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extra part of the gift, to
go out and plant it also, or

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have some my planet for just to
be able to enjoy for years. The

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nice thing about gifting plants that are
perennial, shrubs, trees, perennial flowers,

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those kinds of things. Is that
each year it's just a remembrance of

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the fact that someone gave them that
gift. It's a fond memory. A

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fellow who was at the time I
knew him years ago in Conro, Texas

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at a community garden, mister Alden
Colston. I remember he had a few

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sayings that have stuck with me over
the years. But one of them was,

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and this is not his quote,
it's quoting somebody else, but he

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used to always say, flowers leave
part of their fragrance in the hand that

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bestows them. And I think that
is a nice a nice thought. And

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so you think about a rose.
You buy a quality rose, one that's

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going to be disease resistant, one
that's going to provide beautiful flowers and dependability

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over time. And every year when
mom sees that rose, or whoever you

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give something like that too, they
remember where that came from. And it's

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just a connection, a relational connection
that goes long past a vase full of

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cut flowers. As nice as a
vase full of cut flowers is. Well,

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we're going to go to the phones
this morning. The number is seven

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to one, three, two one, two fifty eight seventy four. I

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think I'm going to hold my comments
and just kind of scatter them out here

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through the morning. Let's start off
this morning going to League City and talking

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to Skip. How are you well, I'm doing well today, wonderful.

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Well, my question is about the
rose bush. It's got to leaves or

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the yellow and black spots on them, and I'm not quite sure what to

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do about that. Yeah, yeah, Well, you know, you have

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to spray preventively. If you've got
a variety of rose or cultivar rose then

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is prone to either pottery milder or
a black spot. It's just a matter

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of protectively spraying that foliage. And
so what I would recommend is, especially

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for the black spot, anytime we
have a little rain following it, go

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out and spray the foliage because the
rain starts the process of the disease spores

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infecting the leaf, and so you
when you come right behind that with a

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spray, you kind of shut the
process down before it even gets started.

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So I would I would recommend that
there's a number of good of hung side

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sprays. I don't know if you've
ever been out to make city feed,

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but they're they're in your neck of
the woods, and they carry quite a

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few products and I think they can
direct you to something that would work well

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for the black spot and powdery mildew
on your roses. That was wonderful.

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We'll have a beautiful day and happy
Mother's Day. Yeah, thank you for

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the call. Hoping you have a
wonderful weekend as well. Let's see,

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we're gonna head now out. Let
me just make a comment on roses before

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I grab the next call. That
roses when it comes to diseases, you

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know there we have a wide variety
of options. It used to be that

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almost all roses were just prima donnas, and we're spraying them all the time,

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it seemed like. And then rosebreeders. Two things happen. Number One,

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the antique roses, the old cemetery
types of roses began to more and

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more move into the market. UH
Texas Agrilife Extension began their earth Kind Rose

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program, which is selecting roses,
testing them across the state for ease,

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not just of disease resistance, but
also you plan them, you get them

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started, and then you forget it
and they take care of themselves, the

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earthkind roses. But now, breeders
are more and more developing disease resistance.

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There's a breeder in Germany, Cordells, for example. They when they do

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their plant breeding, and you know, plant breeders are putting thousands of new

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crosses out into a field to watch
them, and only a rare percentage is

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going to ever make it as a
name rose. But in their fields they

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don't spray, and so any roses
disease prone automatically doesn't get selected. And

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that's kind of an interesting new twist. And so as a result, we're

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getting a lot more types of roses
than we used to have that are just

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dependable. Maybe they have a little
bit of this or that disease, but

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not much, and I think that's
a good thing. Well, let's head

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out to Mission Valley and we're going
to talk to Jobby. Hello, Jobby,

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Hello, Skip, I'm enjoying your
program. I have fire iNTS.

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You know, they mound up the
dirt. I was wondering if I can

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use that dirt put it in pots
and grows stuff in it. Absolutely you

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can, as long as you're not
bringing the fire inants with it. But

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no, I float them out.
Yeah, I've already got a couple of

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pots, and I'd run them out
with just water. Yeah, you know,

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you put water in there, right. So so when you say the

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dirt you're are you talking about the
dirt in the pot that they were in,

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or are you talking about soil from
your yard that's come up above the

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ground with the fire amount soil in
the yard. You know. So the

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only caveat on using it is,
you know, if you have a very

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heavy clay soil or something like that, we don't want to put too much

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of that in a container usually.
And you know the reason we have the

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nice mixes for containers is that they
drain well. They hole they whole moisture,

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but they drain well. And the
high organic matter content and all that.

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So a little bit mixed in,
especially in a little bit larger container

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would be fine. But it's just
just moderation. Great. Thank you,

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Thanks Skip all right, thank you
for the call. Appreciate that. Let's

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see our phone number seven one three
two seven two five eight seven four.

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We'll be back with you right after
break. It's Western Sway and watches like

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Queret your boots. It's horse hair
Vords at Louis Lord. After they hold

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the shoes well, good morning on
a good Sunday morning. We're glad you're

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listening to garden Line. I am
your host, Skip Rector, and we

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are here to talk to you about
whatever you're interested in, your gardening questions,

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if you need time identified or diagnosed, or just some suggestions for planting

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in a particular place. That's why
we're here. You know, before we

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went to break, we were talking. I was visiting with Jobby about putting

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soil from the yard that firens have
mounted up adding that to containers, and

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I mentioned to do it very much
so in moderation. And the reason is

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our container mixes need to be perfect. And you think, well, plants

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grow in the soil, why can't
well, because we're trying to get more

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out of a plant and a container. And think of it this way.

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In the soil, that plant would
have roots way out everywhere beyond the plant,

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I mean reaching way out, and
the roots are primarily up near the

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surface where there's good oxygen out in
the soil. But in a container,

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we can create a mix that has
excellent oxygenation, good drainage, but yet

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holds moisture and holds nutrients. And
that's exactly what the folks at Nitrofiles have

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done with jungle land. If you
have a potted plant on the container,

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maybe you're gonna put out a special
hibiscus or something like that to really beautify

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your patio. Jungle Land provides that
good drainage. It also has micro rhizal

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fungi in it, which is which
is really good a good idea because they

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help the roots do what they do
indoors. Jungle Land there's a version that

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has root crystals, so if you
don't if you do forget to water for

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a little while, it's a little
more forgiving. It just is holding a

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little extra moisture in those crystals themselves. So jungle Land by nitro Fist you're

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going to find it everywhere that their
products are sold, which is pretty much

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everywhere. Lake Hardware and Engleton has
it under Gym's Hardware, Montgomery and a

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task as Seed Hardware. Three examples
where you can get the jungle land.

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Having success with plants does always begin
with the soil, whether it's a container

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plant or whether it's a plant out
in the yard. When you build the

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soil, you sort of think of
it this way. You set the parameters

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for what that plant can or cannot
become it's going to be well aerated,

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or it's going to be poorly drained
and soggy and water logged at times,

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and that has a huge effect on
how plants perform the nutrient levels they build.

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Leave this sole to whole nutrients.
Uh, there's just a lot that

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we do. And when we put
the plant in, we want to put

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it somewhere it's gonna thrive. I
mean, really think about it that way.

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It'd be like bringing a penguin to
Texas and turning it loose in the

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backyard and going, hey, have
fun, I got a yard pet.

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Well not for long, not for
long, because that's not its environment.

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That's you know, what it needs
and everything is not there. But sometimes

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we do that to our plants,
and so that's what we're part of what

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we're here for. We're trying to
kind of correct that. Let's let's now

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head out to let's see Leo.
Back Leo. If you called back in,

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I'm here, all right. Did
you have some follow up on your

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question or no, you were gonna
ask me a different kind of question.

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I am a happy mother. Say
to all the mothers out there, skip,

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thank you for all you do.
Quick question. I noticed that my

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mother was a big fan crape myrtles, and so they've now introduced a die

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in series. Are you familiar with
that type of plant now or three?

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I'm sorry, yesologize, yes,
I am is developed by a guy named

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doctor Whitcomb up in Oklahoma. So
how can I plant that? So that

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way, it's um deals with our
our, our clay. I live in

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a clay soil area environment, so
I just wanted to make sure I can

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plant it well. So I'm considering
buying that, And so in honor of

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mother's steak good. That's a good
idea. Well, cray myrtles are actually

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they do pretty well in a clay
soil, but the mechanical physical conditions of

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the soil will determine how well they
thrive. So if your clay is very

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compacted so there's not good airspace,
good water infiltration, they're not going to

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do as well, for example.
And so what you want to do is

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mix the best quality bed mix you
can up on top of the surface.

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What I'll usually do is put a
little bit down and mix it in with

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the surface, just to break that
sudden transition from wonderful bed mix to heavy

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dense clay, if indeed clay is
what you have, and mix it a

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little bit and then add more bed
mix to create a bed. And so

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things like the rose soil would be
an excellent choice for a crape myrtle.

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Pretty much everything that's fun. Yea, thank you, you're always great.

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Thank you for the advice. I
really appreciate it. And happy by the

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stakes everybody out there, thank you. I appreciate that. Go uh yeah,

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the soil is really important and you
know it's so easy to make a

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good soil. I mean, if
you've lived in Houston for very long,

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you know that when it rains,
it pours, and there's times and we

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go through a lot of rain and
our plant roots have to have oxygen.

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They do. They are very few
plants that can survive with submerged roots for

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extended periods of time. And the
sail mix that's an easy fix. And

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you know a lot of times you
will think, well, you know,

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I don't want to spend money on
that. I'm in love with this giant

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crape hubiscus flower, this beautiful crape
flower. Will just know that when you

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don't prepare the soil, what you're
going to get out of that plant is

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less than you dreamed you When you
buy a plant, whether it's a tomato

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or a rose or whatever, in
your mind's eye, you picture the beauty

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and the bounty. Right when you
buy a tomato, you imagine that slice

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of summer tomato or whatever. Well, you're never gonna get that if you

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don't take care of your soil first. And it's just an easy, simple

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thing, but it's hard to get
excited about the brown stuff. It's easy

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to get excited about all the color
or all the bounty, but you gotta

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take care of the brown stuff before
the green stuff will thrive. Let's go

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to the phones. We're gonna head
to Westberry now and talk to Diane.

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Oh hello Diane, good morning,
Skip power you well, thank you.

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I have a question about barriers.
I've had an engineer suggests that a way

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to deal with some of our foundation
issues is to put root barriers on our

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existing older oak trees. So I
want to know what your guidelines might be

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for doing something like that. I'm
sorry, what? What? Who?

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Who recommended this? A home engineer? Okay, he came out and took

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all the measurements, looked at drainage, all of that, yeah, and

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instead of suggesting some foundation work which
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that maybe putting some root barriers in
would would be of assistance. Well,

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if you have if you have a
quality root bearer installed by someone who knows

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what they're doing, then a root
barrier can pretty much prevent the roots from

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going across the barrier to where you
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it comes to foundation issues, it's
not so much the physical growth of the

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route that is the problem, but
it's the water uptake of the plant there

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that's the problem. Because you know, our clay soils and the Gulf coast

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have a lot of shrink swell potential, meaning when they get dry, they

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shrink and when they get wet they
swell. That's why you get those big

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cracks in the summertime. But so
what happens is the roots take all the

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water away from that part of your
foundation and so you get a lot of

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movement and that therefore we get the
foundation foundation damage. So a barrier would

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need to be far enough away to
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so I guess my only concern is, you know how much of the plant

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roots system is going to be destroyed
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lot, then at the very least
I would wait and do it later in

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the season when the demands are going
to go way down in the fall,

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because if you take too much of
a plant's roots, a tree's roots out

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at one time and then it hits
summer and all the demands, you may

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see some die back or other issues
on the tree. Okay, Yeah,

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that's my main concern obviously, is
the health of these great I've got a

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beautiful red oak, for example,
that would be a shame to lose that

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for twenty five years. So you're
not thinking exactly, you know, how

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far away from the trunk of the
tree the barrier needs to be. Yeah,

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which is I'm sorry, go ahead, no, I cut in.

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Which is they give a general guideline
of at least eight feet away from the

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tree, and we're doing further away
from that, but it's probably still within

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the canopy of the tree necessarily,
because you know it's getting that close to

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the foundation of the house. Well, imagine you're looking at bird's eye view

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down on the tree, and you
see where the trunk is, and you

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see where the canopy is. The
closer you bring a line in from the

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edge, the more percentage of roots
you lose. If you want all the

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way the trunk you live half the
half the roots loose the roots on the

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tree. So it's just a percentage
game. But if you get out not

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too far from the edge of the
canopy, that'll be okay, that's not

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going to be a significant amount of
damage. All right, okay, all

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right, I have good luck with
that, Diana. I appreciate, appreciate

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that call, you know, talking
about trees. Affordable Tree Service. Martin

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and his wife Joe have long time
been a supporter here of garden Line.

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I mean the family's been in the
business fifty two years. You can find

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more out by going to aff Tree
Service dot com or call seven one three

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six nine nine twenty six sixty three
seven one three six nine nine twenty six

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sixty three. Tell them that you
are a garden Line listener. You go

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to the front of the line and
they will do everything you can imagine you

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might need to do to your tree, from deep root feeding, stump grinding,

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pruning. You get the idea Affordable
tree Service. If you call and

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Martin er Joe doesn't answer, hang
up. You've called the wrong company with

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affordable in the name Affordable Tree Service
seven one three six nine nine two six

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six three Good morning, Good Sunday
morning for gardening Sunday. What is the

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deal with me? It Saturday and
sunny. I think I'm thinking so much

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about Mother's Day. I've got some
big, big plans for tomorrow, but

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I just can't get Sunday out of
my head. It is Saturday. Let's

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slow the weekend down. Everybody calm
down. I knows I'm of your reaching

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for the phone to remind me that
this is the planet Earth that I'm on

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and today is Saturday. You know. In the garden, there's a lot

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of things that we can be doing
right now. But I want to talk

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about a few things to keep in
mind. If you've got a spring blooming

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shrub now, that would be something
like an azalea, roo camelia, or

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a rosebush that only blooms in the
spring, like lady banks, for example.

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A lot of the climbers they bloom
in the spring, and then they

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don't bloom much. Not all climbers, but a lot of them. They

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don't bloom after that until next spring. All of those spring only blooming roses

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and another example is flowering quints and
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They set their buds for next year's
bloom in the late summer and fall.

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And so if we're going to have
to prune them, we need to do

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it now or we're cutting away next
springs bloom. And I said, if

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we have to prunt them, not
all plants need to be pruned, but

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if you have azalea with maybe a
wild hair branch going out to one direction

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and you kind of want to balance
it out or something like that, any

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kind of pruning, and these are
the spring only bloomers that I'm talking about,

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go ahead and do that that pruning
right now. And if you need

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to snip a branch or two here
and there going into summer, that's okay.

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But just remember once we hit about
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there, and that way you have
a much much better bloom. The speaking

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of roses, I've got a old
garden rose at the house and it is

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it's blooming well, but it,
like many of our roses, is going

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to go through flushes of bloom now. April is a huge, huge rose

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bloom time. Roses still blooming in
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But after a good flush of blooms
on a plant, I would shear

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them back just a little bit.
You can hand prune it back to the

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first compound leaf with five leaflets.
I don't know if you've ever looked at

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your roses, but follow the branch
down from a bloom and you'll see a

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leaf with three leaflets. And as
you go further down you'll see the first

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beginning of five leaflet leaves. And
if you're going to hand prune and just

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do a real hands on job like
that, cutting back to about the first

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five leaflet, or if it's a
rose bush, a sheer back is just

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fine. Just a little bit sheared
back, give them a fertilizer, get

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water that fertilizer in real well,
and here comes new flush of growth.

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So why is that? Why is
it important that we do something like that?

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Well, roses bloom on the terminal
the end of a shoot. A

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lot of plants are that way.
If you have a bodleia, a butterfly

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bush, if you have a salvia, most salvia's they're blooming at the end

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of shoots. So what do we
want to do? Make a lot of

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end of shoots. Right, So
when you shear a plant back, which

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what was one shoot now becomes two
or three as it regrows. That's how

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a hedge works. That's why a
hedge gets a denser the more we shear

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it. So we're not creating a
hedge with these plants. But when we

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cut them back, we get a
more compact, tidy plant, and we

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get more terminals, and therefore we
can have more blooms. And I think

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blooms is what we're doing at all
for right now that it's warming up good,

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we also need to be taking care
of our turf us with a good

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fertilization to carry us through summer.
You know, I was talking about that

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a moment ago, mentioning that you
know the Nelson's slow and easy gradually releases

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over time. Well, those are
the kinds of fertilizers that we want to

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use in the summertime because we don't
need a flush of growth over Fertilizing creates

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shallow roots, and summer is a
time for deep roots and resiliency, if

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any other of all the year the
most important time. And so we want

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to fertilize gradually over time. But
but make sure and do that. Now,

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if you've if your lawn suffered from
a really significant die back this past

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year during the heat and summer drought
that we experienced last summer, it could

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be you know, some diseases that
are in there thinning it out. The

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most important thing you can do is
mo water and fertilize correctly through this season.

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And if you've got at least living
sprouts, you know, within a

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foot of each other, and you
get that lawn healthy and grow and it'll

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cover over by the end of the
year. If it's bigger than that,

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i'd suggest patching in some grasp some
sections aside to kind of fill it in

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again. But again important time,
adequate moisture, adequate nutrients, and mowing

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regularly to provide a good a good
dense law. And that's that's what you're

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aiming for. And now that summertime
is coming long us, we're going to

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be looking at planting some of our
heat tolerant vegetables and our heat tolerant flowers

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if you haven't already. And I'll
talk about that more in just a moment

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when we come back from break,
but I just want to mention that don't

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delay if you're wanting to put out
some beautiful heat tolerant flowers. If you

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want to get your your vegetable garden
going so that it carries on through summer,

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now is the time to do that. And there is no reason that

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our vegetable gardens have to become,
you know, a food desert during the

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summertime. We have all a lot
of really good plants that we can grow

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that keeps it productive and keeps providing
us good, healthy, fresh produce as

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we go in well, show well
good Sunday morning, Saturday morning. You

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know what, Josh, I think
you need to make a sign and the

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word Saturday is in letters one foot
high, and just cover up everything I

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got in here with us so I
can remember. I'm still on my way

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to Mother's Day. And by the
way, today a great day to get

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out there and do something. Buy
something for mom. Our garden centers are

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loaded with things. Maybe she's not
a plant person, but go to the

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gift shops, unbelievable gift shops.
You know. Later today I'm going to

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be out at Arburgate. I'll be
there from eleven thirty to one thirty out

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at Arburgate making an appearance. And
Beverley is going to have peach Billini's available

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as if you already didn't have enough
reason to go to Arburgate and I'll be

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there to answer your questions, and
I hope you'll come out to see me.

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But while you're out there, you
need to check out the gift shops.

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It's unbelievable the amount of material,
everything from yard art to really beautiful,

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fine things for inside the home.
You're gonna find that. And the

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day before Mother's Day an important day
to get that. I'm gonna talk to

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Jim now up in Cyprus, Texas. How are you doing, Jim?

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I'm fine, say thank you.
How can we help? Yeah, I've

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got some some week that's taken over
my backyard and it's real spiky, it's

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with you can't walk like my animals
can't walk on it at all. And

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it's just just spreading. And I
stopped in a my Ace hard Word yesterday

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and they identified as something called maybe
cockle burr or sandburg okay, and I

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bought some image spree. I just
check and see if you think that will

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take care of it. And when's
a good time to apply that. Well,

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we need to know the correct identity
of the weed because A cockle burr

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is a broad leaf weed, and
I can pretty much guarantee you that's not

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the weed you have in your lawn. Sandburr is what we grew up calling

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grass burrs, and it's a grass
plant, so that would be a different

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control product. If I'm gonna you
know, as we get done on a

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conversation, I want you to hold
on. I'm gonna have Josh come on

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and get you some information where you
can send me a pretty close up,

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well focused picture of the weed and
I'll respond to you with a with a

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better answer. I'd rather not just
guess as to what the weed is right

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now, Well, the image I
bought is for sandburg, or says on

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the back. Okay, when was
talked to me, he mentioned cockbur but

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he saw me something for sandburg.
Okay, did he see the weed or

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did he just yes, okay,
saw the weed. Okay, Well,

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well we're going to believe him then, whoever he is. And you just

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want to follow the label on the
image and spray it on those on those

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weeds. I do not have an
image label in front of me, so

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whether what it's labeled for and control
and whatnot. And by the way,

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there's more than one type of image
out there with very different ingredients. I

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wish companies wouldn't do that. But
if it's a grass weed, then you

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need a plant that's going to be
able to take it out an image or

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do a pretty good job on some
of some of the grasses. But I

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do that today even though it's going
to rain later. I would not.

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Uh. Yeah, I think the
label will tell you like and give it

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three hours before a rain at least, or it'll tell you something else.

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All the compounds are different in that
regard, but I think I would hold

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off and apply it when you don't
have a rain coming right up, or

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it has more time to sit there. Well, if I can't, let

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me go ahead. Let me talk
to your your your assistant there, and

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I'll send the picture. All right, hang on, I'll put you on

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hold and Josh, I'll pick you
up. Yeah, you know, I

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I always want to see the weed
or be sure of identity of a weed,

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because we could be you know,
I could be wasting Gem's money sending

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him out and saying yeah, to
do this or do that, or it

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may not be effective the product for
the weed that we're dealing with, and

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so I need check the image label
on that. Normally we put image down

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for sedges. It's not the only
thing it works on, but it's really

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good on sedges in the in the
landscape, and that would include a nut

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what we call nutgrass is not a
grass. Nutsedge is probably a better name

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for it, but that's typically what
we would use the old standard type of

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image on. I was talking about
Mom's Day and the good things come in

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tomorrow. Just take advantage of this
time and get something for your mom.

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We have a we have so many
awesome nurseries and also garden centers. You

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know, the the the Ace Hardware
group. They're all over town. I'll

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talk about them a little bit more
later, but you know, like if

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you're not in the Porter area,
you need to check out your Ace hardware

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out there in the Porter area.
You're gonna find and I'll mention them in

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a moment. But there's a lot
of Mother's Day gifts in our Ace hardware

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stores. Because Ace doesn't just stop
with a you know, a few what

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we'd think of as hardware things paint
and whatnot, plumbing. They have garden

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centers and they have gifts centers too, that it just excellent. It's kind

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of like a one stop shop.
You get to everything that you need out

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there. Anyway, you're listening to
Garden Line, We're gonna take a little

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break here. I will be coming
back in a moment. But in the

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meantime, if you will call Josh
at seven one three two one two five

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eight seven four seven one three two
one two fifty eight seventy four, he'll

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get you on the board and we
can talk to you about whatever you are

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interested in. Coming out of the
break, I've got a lot more things

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I want to talk about too,
So just hang on. We'll see you

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in just a moment. KTRH Garden
Line does not necessarily endorse any of the

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products or services advertised on this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Skip

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rictor just watch you were good morning
day, on a good day, get

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outside and get a little gardening done. I know, get a little rain

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coming. That's okay, we're asking
it to hold offs along, but it's

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it's a good time to get outside. It's a good time to get outside

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and shopping for mom too. And
I was talking earlier our garden centers,

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our ace hardware stores, the wild
Birds, unlimited, all kinds of good

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places to get some really cool things
for mom, like a bird feeder I

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was talking about earlier. The hummingbird
feeders are. There's so many beautiful ones

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now, and just to be able
to look out and enjoy that. I

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just think that's that's a cool and
relaxing thing. You're listening to garden Line.

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I'm your host, Skip Richter and
our phone number if you will write

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this down seven one three two one
two fifty eight seventy four seven one three

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two one two k t r H. What was I talking about while ago?

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I was in the middle of something
that I know it's very very interested

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in and in sharing with you.
I Oh, I was time about the

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vegetables for heat and the flowers for
heat out in your vegetable garden. A

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lot of our spring, well our
winter vegetables are pretty much gone. Our

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spring vegetables that things like tomatoes,
they tend to get kind of unhappy when

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it gets really hot. They don't
set as well. Cherries do better than

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slicers, but they don't set as
well when it gets hot. The same

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thing is true with cucumbers and squash. Summer squash like yellow and crooked neat

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and other things. We just don't
have as much success with them at that

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time. But we can switch over
Oprah, the king of the summer garden.

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Awesome, awesome option to plant it
now. Sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes

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love the heat. And by the
way, do you know you can eat

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sweet potato greens as well as the
underground storage roots that we normally eat sweet

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black eyed peas, that would be
crowder peas. Also purple hole zipper cream

444
00:34:04.480 --> 00:34:09.159
those are Southern peas and they love
the heat. Malabar is a vine that

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is a very summer tolerant vegetable.
Amaranth is a good one for summer.

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Moloquia. Molocquia is another good summer
green. As long as you give these

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plants adequate moisture, they will do
well in the summer. And they're not

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going to go into summer with no
soil moisture and survive, right, but

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you water them adequately. It's kind
of like our lawns when when we water

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it adequately, not too much,
but adequately, it's able to take the

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heat and they just do amazingly,
amazingly well. I'm going to continue on

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with some heat tolerant flowers here in
a moment. But right now we're going

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to go to the phones by the
way, the number seven one three two

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one two five eight seven four.
Let's head out to the cypress and let's

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talk to Sandy. Good morning,
Sandy, going um, I wanted to

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ask you about my okram. I
planted four seedlings, I mean eight seedlings,

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four sprouted at in four different little
small containers. I've had them in

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the house for a little bit when
I first canted him, and then I

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said, well, I'm sure I
should put them outside. So for the

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past two days I've had them outside
and it hasn't rained, so I've just

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been watering them myself outside. But
since it's placed a thunderstorm and stuff,

462
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should I bring the tray back in
or should I just leave it out there?

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Well? You can, you can
leave it out there as long as

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there's not a wind that's gonna blow
your little seedlings over or something that like

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that. It would be fine.
Sandy. What's the long term home of

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these okra? Are you gonna put
them in the garden soil or are you

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gonna container in a container in a
larger container. Okay, Well, if

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you're gonna do that give them a
container that has at least five gallons of

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soil. You know probably pardon this
one is probably about twenty gallons. Oh

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that's perfect. Okrah will be very
happy and that container. Yeah, And

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I would do that as soon as
you can, because as long as they

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stay in those cups, the roots
just get you know, more wrapped up,

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and the plant is going to get
a little stunted if it stays in

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there too long. And you know, you can see how big the plants

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are. I can't, but just
just know that don't leave them too long

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because once they're up and growing,
you can put them right out into their

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final home. Well, these are
just planted four days ago. Oh okay,

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I'm I may miss that. Well, yeah, they can stay like

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that, but I'm just I'm just
telling you. Also, you could also

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just could and put them into the
end of the container and get a little

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faster growth rate. But it's up
to you either way. Oh okay,

482
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So with this rain, I can
still um pot them in my container and

483
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that'd be okay, you could,
Yeah, I would know since it was

484
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four days ago, I'd give them
a little more time, give them a

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week maybe maybe okay, maybe two
even but then get them out of there.

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I've grow okra as transplants all the
time, but I don't. I

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prefer to direct seat at into where
it's going to grow. So in the

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future, for example, in your
situation, you could take that big twenty

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gallon container and you could plant your
eight okra plants in there and just plan

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on weeding out the ones you don't
want. And yeah, yeah, yeah,

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yeah, I did that the first
time that I gave some to my

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girlfriend and some to my sister,
and then I noticed mine weren't thriving,

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and I the name wasn't keeping the
bugs off as fast as it was coming

494
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because it gets so hot, and
so I ended up pointing those and I

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did about twelve ten to twelve seats
in that big container already out there.

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But I just did that yesterday.
Okay, So these I wanted, these

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four that I have in my house, I want to protect guard it.

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All right, fair enough, I've
got both them, all right, Thank

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you so much, Skip, All
right, thank you for the call,

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and good luck with your Your Okra
is one of my favorite plants in the

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summer garden. I just I really
enjoy okra. And if you are from

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the South. Okra is a staple
part of the Southern diet. It's a

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summertime vegetable originated somewhere. There's a
debate exactly where, but either of Africa

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or over in Um let's see kind
of toward India direction like that. Anyway,

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Okra is so tough and easy and
easy to grow. And if you

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if you've tried okra and you found
it to be slimy, you didn't care

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for the texture of it. There
are ways to avoid that. Okra gets

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slimy when when you get water on
the interior part, it releases that mucilage.

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So what I do is I brush
pods with olive oil, sprinkle a

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little sea salt on them, and
when I'm out grilling burgers or grilling a

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steak or chicken or whatever, I
just throw it on there two minutes on

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one side, flip it two minutes
on the other side, and you're done,

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and you've got an oak or that's
not gonna be slimmy. You can.

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You can grow it a lot of
other or cook it a lot of

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other ways too. Hey, we're
gonna take a break right now. The

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number to get on the air is
seven, one, three, two,

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and two fifty eight seventy four.
Man, if your head isn't bobbing or

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your feet tappy, I would grab
my wrists and check my pulse. Just

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make sure I'm so long that are
you love that thing you do? Gosh,

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you know. I'm going to be
out at arbour Gate today from eleven

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00:40:04.519 --> 00:40:07.400
thirty to one thirty, and I
hope you'll come out there and see me.

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Bring a sample of a disease,
a sample an insect problem, a

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sample of a weed, or just
some photos on your phone we can take

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a good look at. Just make
sure they're in sharp focus, and we

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will be glad to help direct you
again. Arburgate what a place for a

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Mother's Day gift. You're going to
find unbelievable plants for Mother's Day gifts,

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from house plants to outdoor plants.
You're going to find indoor accessories that just

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beautify the home. You're going to
find outdoor blay that beautify the yard and

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garden. Come out today to Arburgate
eleven thirty to one thirty. Let's visit.

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Always love to meet people that are
listeners to the show. I think

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first thing we're going to do now
on the phones is go out and talk

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to Bill in Conro. Hello,
Bill, how are you please? Skipt?

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00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:04.960
Good morning? Good morning. Another
question about fungicide. This one is

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I put fungicide down on my grass, and I know fungicide doesn't work well

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with compost top dressing because it kills
all the good stuff in the compost.

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At least that's what I understand.
I could be wrong, but I put

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the pungicide down. How long do
I have to wait before I put down

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some compost top dressing. Well,
you know, I'd give it probably a

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week, a week or two.
The fund at all fungicide you're going to

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00:41:30.440 --> 00:41:35.800
soak into the plant. They're gonna
some of them sit on the surface.

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But if you were recommended a fungicide
for that lawn problem, it probably is

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a systemic that's going to move into
the plant, and so then you're not

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00:41:44.679 --> 00:41:50.440
so worried about any competition on the
leaf surface or other things. In fact,

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00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:54.719
you may find that the top dressing
additionally helps with the problem you're talking

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about. Okay, I always thought
it was it was a long period of

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time. So that's that's a real
big helpful clarification for me. Yeah,

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00:42:06.119 --> 00:42:12.000
the fung side, the compost top
dressing is not gonna destroy the fungicide on

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00:42:12.039 --> 00:42:15.719
the plant, especially with the systemic
that's moved in. Do you remember offhand

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00:42:15.760 --> 00:42:22.159
what product of what you were dealing
with on the fungicide. Um, yeah,

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I've got it right here. It
begins with a peep thro Yeah,

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00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:35.519
okay, yeah, that just that
that is not as systemic. I think

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00:42:35.559 --> 00:42:38.639
it will move into the tissues though, But I would I would do that

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and then i'd give it a week
or two and then then put your top

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dressing on, watered in really well
and just watch. You may have to

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do another treatment later on. Some
of these diseases are pretty persistent and difficult

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to deal with. You're You're fortunate
Bill to be in the you're in the

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Contra area. I don't know.
Have you ever been out to Nature's Way

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Resources? Oh? Yes, I
use them, Yeah, just south of

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town. They've got that leaf mold
compost that is the best for top dressing.

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And that's why I said you're fortunate
to be out there, because they're

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the originators of the leaf mold compost. All right, very good, very

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00:43:15.880 --> 00:43:20.800
good. Thanks. I know we're
talking about I'm talking about yesterday now,

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but I'm talking about next Friday too. On they have a Fungal Friday sale

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every Friday, ten percent off their
bad products and twenty percent off their bolt

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And so if you're doing a top
dressing, Friday would be a great day

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to visit Nature's Way and get that
done because you save some money on it.

567
00:43:37.159 --> 00:43:40.960
Okay, that's great, But what
about the fung side begins with an

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00:43:40.960 --> 00:43:47.000
a as a large axy st Yeah, is that very similar. It's actually

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more of a systemic moving into the
plant and it works well it, you

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00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:55.840
know, for takeall root rot.
It is probably the best single fun decide

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00:43:55.840 --> 00:44:01.320
that you can use. Good to
know, good to know. So yeah,

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00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:04.719
I could put it down and then
wait a few weeks and then I

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00:44:04.719 --> 00:44:07.320
could do a top dressing. Yeah, that'd be just fine, no problem

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00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:10.440
at all. Right, Great,
thanks a lot, Yeah, thank you,

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00:44:10.440 --> 00:44:16.000
Bill, appreciate the call. Yeah, it is the compost. Top

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00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:22.800
dressing is best done with a quality
leaf mold compost. And that was you

577
00:44:22.800 --> 00:44:24.239
know what we're talking about at Nature's
Way. But you know what, I'm

578
00:44:24.280 --> 00:44:30.280
sitting here talking about products like that
at Nature's Way. Nature's Way has a

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lot of native plants. They have
one of the largest varieties of native plant

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00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:38.719
selection in the Houston area. They
have a two acre garden center and nursery,

581
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fruit trees, native perennials. They
carry house plants, seasonal vegetables,

582
00:44:44.880 --> 00:44:49.960
and the Mother's Day sale out at
Nature's Way was wonderful. We passed that

583
00:44:50.000 --> 00:44:52.840
buy now, but oh my gosh. They had all kinds of decorative pots

584
00:44:52.840 --> 00:44:55.960
and things. But if you need
bags of rose soil, bags of leaf

585
00:44:57.000 --> 00:45:00.880
mold compost, you know they're going
to be able to provide it for you.

586
00:45:00.079 --> 00:45:04.719
But I would suggest you go out
there just to see the plants,

587
00:45:04.760 --> 00:45:07.719
if nothing else at all, because
you will be surprised. In fact,

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00:45:07.719 --> 00:45:10.079
the first time I went and they
had started their plants, and the second

589
00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:13.639
time I went and I was like, oh my gosh, I can't believe

590
00:45:13.679 --> 00:45:19.199
how many native plants you guys have. That was really cool. Well,

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you're listening to Gardenline and I'm your
host, Skip Richter, and this is

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a call in show. So hey, here is a number so you can

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00:45:25.400 --> 00:45:31.440
call in. It is seven one
three two one two fifty eight seventy four.

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Seven one three two one two fifty
eight seventy four. Okay, I

595
00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:43.119
was talking about heat tolerant vegetables a
moment ago and now I would like to

596
00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:49.079
talk a little bit about heat tolerant
flowers. In the spring, everything is

597
00:45:49.119 --> 00:45:52.480
willing to bloom in the spring.
We have a wide variety of colors and

598
00:45:52.599 --> 00:45:59.119
hues and available to us. And
then summer comes and it changes the plat

599
00:45:59.119 --> 00:46:00.760
palette a little bit. Now,
there's some things that bloom in the spring

600
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all through summer, certainly, but
there are a lot of things that summer's

601
00:46:05.599 --> 00:46:07.719
kind of hard on them. You
know, petunias. If you take good

602
00:46:07.719 --> 00:46:10.480
care of them, you can carry
petunias on into summer. You need to

603
00:46:10.480 --> 00:46:14.719
shear them a little bit and fertilize
them to get fresh new growth for more

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00:46:14.719 --> 00:46:16.800
blooms. But it's a little bit
of a challenge. But look at the

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00:46:17.000 --> 00:46:22.280
roadsides, all the pretty pinks and
blues and things. When summer comes,

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00:46:22.280 --> 00:46:25.800
they give way to the yellows and
oranges, you know, of the composite

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00:46:25.840 --> 00:46:32.480
types of flowers. But just some
thoughts. Angelonia is my newest favorite summer

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00:46:32.480 --> 00:46:37.320
flower. We all know lantanas do
well. Periwinkles, madagascar perie winkles.

609
00:46:37.400 --> 00:46:42.840
We call it vinca, but it's
not vinca Madagascar perie winkles, portelaca and

610
00:46:42.920 --> 00:46:45.679
purslain, and those hanging baskets or
as a ground cover look really good.

611
00:46:46.280 --> 00:46:52.119
Fan flowers also called scavola. It's
a blue flower, which is unusual.

612
00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:58.880
In the summer, our blue blooming
options are greatly reduced, but scavola will

613
00:46:58.920 --> 00:47:02.400
provide that firebush does well through the
summer. Certainly, Hibiscus, the perennial

614
00:47:02.480 --> 00:47:08.360
hibiscus the tropical hibiscus cannas love the
hot summer weather as long as it gets

615
00:47:08.360 --> 00:47:14.239
a little bit of water. But
I like the phasian. It's also called

616
00:47:14.280 --> 00:47:19.320
tropicana because the colors of the foliage
are just amazing. There's also some cool

617
00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:24.719
yellow and green striped cannas like Bengal
tiger, but Tropicana is my favorite.

618
00:47:25.039 --> 00:47:29.239
Blackfoot daisy, if you've got a
nice, well drained area, is another

619
00:47:29.440 --> 00:47:32.000
little tiny daisy flowers white. If
you have enough of them, you can

620
00:47:32.440 --> 00:47:37.039
actually smell it. It's a honey
fragrance. And then Zenia's would be another

621
00:47:37.079 --> 00:47:42.440
good one. But now's the time
to start transitioning over so that your summer

622
00:47:42.480 --> 00:47:47.760
garden is just as beautiful and flooriferous
as your spring garden was. Let's head

623
00:47:47.840 --> 00:47:52.960
over to Alvin now and we're going
to talk to Craig. Good morning Craig,

624
00:47:53.159 --> 00:48:00.039
Good morning Skip. I've got a
question about a chilly pikeine. I've

625
00:48:00.039 --> 00:48:04.800
had it for about five years,
have not had much luck with it.

626
00:48:04.800 --> 00:48:10.840
It's in a container probably five to
seven gallons. I still haven't had much

627
00:48:10.880 --> 00:48:15.719
of fruit off of it. The
only thing is I was wondering, do

628
00:48:15.840 --> 00:48:22.719
we have male and female pepper plants? No? Okay, that's not well,

629
00:48:23.639 --> 00:48:32.119
good sunlight providing it good full sun
yes, well, I don't.

630
00:48:32.159 --> 00:48:36.239
I don't know what to tell you
next. How about the look of the

631
00:48:36.320 --> 00:48:39.880
plant? The green color is?
How healthy? Does it look anything there?

632
00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:45.400
Well, it's struggling to come back
from the winter right now. I

633
00:48:45.519 --> 00:48:51.840
was thinking about pruning it, bruning
it back, and then maybe repotting it,

634
00:48:51.920 --> 00:48:55.119
basically just changing all the soil out
on. My other question is maybe

635
00:48:55.239 --> 00:49:01.320
is that not a large enough container? Well, I guess that's possible.

636
00:49:02.280 --> 00:49:06.719
Your description of the container though five
to seven gallons you ought to build,

637
00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:09.400
but grow a pikein in that.
You could put it in a larger container,

638
00:49:09.480 --> 00:49:13.559
certainly, but you should be able
to get it to grow and something

639
00:49:13.639 --> 00:49:15.760
that size. I don't know,
I would, you know, consider the

640
00:49:15.880 --> 00:49:20.559
nutrients, try to get good vigor
and growth, but don't overdo the nitrogen

641
00:49:20.639 --> 00:49:24.920
because you don't want to just push
it into total vegetative growth. But that

642
00:49:25.119 --> 00:49:30.639
chili pikin is a pretty generally,
pretty easy you know. The birds eat

643
00:49:30.679 --> 00:49:32.760
them and poop the seeds out,
and they come up in the wild and

644
00:49:32.880 --> 00:49:37.760
do just fine there. So we
bring them in take care of them nicely

645
00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:40.400
like you are, and they're not
cooperating. I don't I don't know what

646
00:49:40.440 --> 00:49:45.280
to make of that. Okay,
all right, all right, thank you

647
00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:50.440
so much. All right, Greig, thank you. I appreciate that call.

648
00:49:50.920 --> 00:49:57.119
Yeah, chili pekins are they are
a very hot pepper. I remember

649
00:49:57.159 --> 00:50:00.079
the first time I got a mouthful
of one. Ouch. The heat doesn't

650
00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:04.840
last as long, but oh my
goodness, it is hot. Have you

651
00:50:04.880 --> 00:50:09.039
ever had a chili pekin? No, I've had hatch green chili. That's

652
00:50:09.079 --> 00:50:13.840
a good pepperless tasting. It begins
in a little bitty things. They'll typically

653
00:50:13.960 --> 00:50:17.280
put them in like a little jar
with vinegar on him, and then use

654
00:50:17.360 --> 00:50:22.599
the vinegar as a seasoning in the
food. But I'm just not a big

655
00:50:22.639 --> 00:50:28.199
pekin fan. I love pepper though, well. I love your phraseology vigoring

656
00:50:28.280 --> 00:50:30.719
growth. That's what we're going for. That's right, that's what we're all

657
00:50:30.760 --> 00:50:35.440
about. Oh gosh, well,
Nikki, I guess it's time for the

658
00:50:35.519 --> 00:50:40.360
news. So here here's the baton
whist and now I was deep water somewhere

659
00:50:40.400 --> 00:50:45.360
about the boost guy breeze and adults
in the world is a time. Don't

660
00:50:45.480 --> 00:50:54.159
reach my chair, sunrise, the
fire never been so good. Sunny morning.

661
00:50:54.320 --> 00:50:59.960
You are listening to Garden Line and
you're here to answer your gardening question.

662
00:51:00.280 --> 00:51:05.079
Help you have a more bountiful garden
and a more beautiful landscape? Number

663
00:51:05.480 --> 00:51:08.559
write this down seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four give

664
00:51:08.599 --> 00:51:14.360
me a call seven one three two
one two fifty eight seventy four. Just

665
00:51:14.480 --> 00:51:17.840
reminding you again that I'm going to
be out at Arbourgate Nursery today eleven thirty

666
00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:23.119
to one thirty. If you've got
plant samples for identification, for diagnosis or

667
00:51:23.159 --> 00:51:25.840
bugs, just put them in a
zip block bags, zip them up and

668
00:51:25.920 --> 00:51:29.320
bring them to me. Let me
take a look at them. I always

669
00:51:29.320 --> 00:51:32.559
love meeting people that listen to the
show. If you've got photos on your

670
00:51:32.559 --> 00:51:37.480
phone, by the way, that's
a great way for identity, getting things

671
00:51:37.480 --> 00:51:42.280
identified, and also a great way
for a diagnosis. Of some problem you

672
00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:45.239
might have, or just hey,
here's a picture of an area in my

673
00:51:45.360 --> 00:51:47.320
yard. I need some color in
there. What do you think would work

674
00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:51.519
well in that area? We can
do all that. It's the day before

675
00:51:51.599 --> 00:51:55.039
Mother's Day, and when you're at
Arbourgate you are gonna not have a problem

676
00:51:55.360 --> 00:52:00.440
finding all kinds of things that your
mom would love. And as I mentioned

677
00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:04.880
earlier, I was talking about you
know that when you plant a plant,

678
00:52:05.519 --> 00:52:07.880
when you gift a plant that's a
perennial, it's going to live year after

679
00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:14.880
year. The memory of that gift
lives on. I still can tell you

680
00:52:15.079 --> 00:52:19.239
exactly who gave me plant. Even
someone gave me a cutting of a plant

681
00:52:19.239 --> 00:52:22.159
that I rooted myself, I can
tell you who did that. And I

682
00:52:22.239 --> 00:52:24.480
always remember that. And I think
that's why plants are a great gift,

683
00:52:24.719 --> 00:52:30.480
a great gift. And when you
go to a quality garden center that knows

684
00:52:30.559 --> 00:52:34.679
what they're talking about, they can
direct you to things that are not going

685
00:52:34.719 --> 00:52:37.960
to be a Prima Donna in the
garden that's got to be scorted with spray

686
00:52:37.039 --> 00:52:40.360
every other day to keep it alive. They're going to be Texas tough plants,

687
00:52:40.400 --> 00:52:45.480
and they're going to be beautiful plants, dependable plants. And that's why

688
00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:50.360
I love to send people to our
independent garden centers. You know, there's

689
00:52:50.400 --> 00:52:54.920
a lot of places in town where
you can buy plants, but you're not

690
00:52:55.000 --> 00:53:00.599
going to find the educated staff.
You are not. I've been into them.

691
00:53:00.639 --> 00:53:04.800
I've asked questions of people in those
stores, and I can tell by

692
00:53:04.840 --> 00:53:07.800
the look in their eyes when I
asked the question, I'm fixing to just

693
00:53:08.320 --> 00:53:13.159
get a bunch of smoke blown at
me because they don't know what they're talking

694
00:53:13.199 --> 00:53:16.840
about. One time I was I
was in a big box store and I

695
00:53:16.880 --> 00:53:21.360
was looking at the pesticide aisle and
as lady walked up and said, may

696
00:53:21.400 --> 00:53:23.719
I help you? Yeah, I
just had a question. I asked him

697
00:53:23.719 --> 00:53:30.840
a question and their answer was just
wrong. And this is these are chemicals

698
00:53:30.840 --> 00:53:35.239
that people are putting out, and
they're being sent out without information on how

699
00:53:35.239 --> 00:53:37.920
to use them and what to use
them for. And I said, well,

700
00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:39.719
how long you've been working here?
And they said, well, just

701
00:53:40.000 --> 00:53:44.920
this my first week. What did
you used to do? I used to

702
00:53:44.920 --> 00:53:49.119
cut hair and a beauty shop that
qualifies you to sell chemicals, right?

703
00:53:50.199 --> 00:53:54.519
You know it? It is worth
going to a place that can direct you

704
00:53:54.679 --> 00:53:59.239
right, because number one, maybe
you don't need a spray and they can

705
00:53:59.280 --> 00:54:01.679
tell you that, or if you
need a spray, which one works,

706
00:54:01.760 --> 00:54:07.079
because you know, just because something
says weed killer doesn't mean it kills all

707
00:54:07.119 --> 00:54:10.000
weeds at all stages of growth.
In fact, it probably doesn't. But

708
00:54:10.119 --> 00:54:15.719
you need to be directed right.
And I know that I'm a broken record

709
00:54:15.800 --> 00:54:22.079
on this, but our independent garden
centers not only are they the most inspiring

710
00:54:22.159 --> 00:54:27.119
places to go to, but they're
the places where you get set up for

711
00:54:27.159 --> 00:54:30.079
success. And when you're going out
and you buy this beautiful little plant,

712
00:54:30.159 --> 00:54:36.079
maybe it's a rosebush, and you
imagine just how beautiful and floriferous it's going

713
00:54:36.159 --> 00:54:38.840
to be, and then you get
at home and it doesn't do well because

714
00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:43.840
they sold you a one that doesn't
do well here. They didn't provide you

715
00:54:43.960 --> 00:54:47.760
with the encouragement to get some soil
to make that rose happy from day one.

716
00:54:49.679 --> 00:54:53.039
You see what I'm saying. Your
money is hard earned and it needs

717
00:54:53.079 --> 00:54:58.360
to be well spent, and independent
garden centers are the ones they can do

718
00:54:58.400 --> 00:55:01.280
that kind of thing for you.
I just I love, I love just

719
00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:05.599
going to them to visit. I
was checking out one the other day and

720
00:55:05.639 --> 00:55:10.800
had a I was needing a container
to plant my to transplant one of my

721
00:55:10.840 --> 00:55:14.679
house plants. It's gotten a little
big for the container, so I was

722
00:55:14.679 --> 00:55:17.440
going to bump it up to the
next size. And the biggest problem that

723
00:55:17.519 --> 00:55:22.400
I had was trying to figure out
which one, which one that gets uh

724
00:55:22.599 --> 00:55:25.360
you know, traveling by the arbrigade
looking at their container selection and it's like,

725
00:55:25.440 --> 00:55:30.159
oh my gosh, that is it's
just all kinds of containers and that

726
00:55:30.440 --> 00:55:35.559
you know, our independent garden centers
are so good about that. They really

727
00:55:35.599 --> 00:55:42.039
are good about putting quality products out
there so you can have that kind of

728
00:55:42.119 --> 00:55:45.239
success. Well, you're listening to
garden Line, and I'm your host,

729
00:55:45.239 --> 00:55:47.519
Skip Richter, and we're going to
take a break here in a second,

730
00:55:49.079 --> 00:55:52.840
write down our number seven one three
two one two five eight seven four.

731
00:55:53.119 --> 00:55:57.079
By the way, give that number
to your neighbor who doesn't take care of

732
00:55:57.119 --> 00:56:09.199
the yard. Maybe we can help
make the neighborhood live more beautiful and drum

733
00:56:19.159 --> 00:56:22.000
well, good Sunday morning on a
good day for gardening. And apparently Linda

734
00:56:22.079 --> 00:56:25.679
Ronstad as well. You are listening
to the garden Line. I'm your host,

735
00:56:27.119 --> 00:56:30.880
Skip Rictor. Our number is seven
one three two, one two,

736
00:56:30.159 --> 00:56:36.440
five eight seven four And let's see
we are going to head out to spring

737
00:56:36.679 --> 00:56:40.480
and talk to mo. Good morning, MO, good morning. I want

738
00:56:40.480 --> 00:56:45.679
to know what to kill sumac and
poison name it's mixed on my fence.

739
00:56:47.320 --> 00:56:52.199
Uh so I if the plants are
small, like the poison navy is coming

740
00:56:52.239 --> 00:56:54.880
up from seeds because the birds poop
the seeds. There, you can you

741
00:56:54.880 --> 00:57:00.440
can do a foliar spray with a
product containing trichlope here, do you have

742
00:57:00.440 --> 00:57:06.400
a pen or pencil handy? All
right? T R I C l O

743
00:57:06.880 --> 00:57:12.559
P y R. Now if if
they're bigger plants, you know maybe you

744
00:57:12.599 --> 00:57:16.519
know those you mentioned? Okay,
well you can cut them off at the

745
00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:22.480
ground, just above the ground,
and then immediately dab the Tricola peer product

746
00:57:22.679 --> 00:57:27.239
right onto the cut wound. Just
dab it right onto that cut surface and

747
00:57:27.280 --> 00:57:30.760
it'll soak in. You don't cut
them one day and then go dab the

748
00:57:30.800 --> 00:57:34.119
next. Just do it right away, and that's great. You know.

749
00:57:34.159 --> 00:57:37.639
I know a lot of folks listening
have like hackberries coming up in the fence

750
00:57:37.719 --> 00:57:43.280
or tallows, trees and other things, and that cut cut I call it

751
00:57:43.320 --> 00:57:50.639
a cut stump treatment. But that
works really well. And I can get

752
00:57:50.639 --> 00:57:54.519
that arbigate today. Yes, they
do have a triclopier out there. Absolutely,

753
00:57:54.519 --> 00:57:57.639
and I hope you come out.
I'm glad to hear you might be

754
00:57:57.679 --> 00:58:01.199
coming out. Good. Yeah,
I got tick as she sat there.

755
00:58:01.519 --> 00:58:05.960
Yeah, they have a good selection. Thank you. Well, good luck

756
00:58:05.960 --> 00:58:07.840
with that, and we can talk
more about it when you come out.

757
00:58:07.920 --> 00:58:13.519
If you have any questions, well
you too. Thank you. Now let's

758
00:58:13.559 --> 00:58:16.840
go out to Bellevue and talk to
Jerry. A good morning, Jerry,

759
00:58:19.199 --> 00:58:22.119
thank you, good morning. Skip. Got a question. I'm getting started

760
00:58:22.599 --> 00:58:29.400
slow or behind schedule on my yard
right now. It's covered pretty much with

761
00:58:29.480 --> 00:58:31.400
weeds and we're trying to pick them
out and everything. So I'll put some

762
00:58:31.440 --> 00:58:37.480
of that pre emergence barricade on it, okay, And I was wondering,

763
00:58:37.480 --> 00:58:42.000
since I'm so far back in the
schedule, how long do I Is there

764
00:58:42.000 --> 00:58:44.559
any way I can speed it up, you know and be kind of caught

765
00:58:44.639 --> 00:58:47.519
up by fall. Oh yeah,
just you know, just continue to follow

766
00:58:47.559 --> 00:58:52.519
it, like for example, maybe
you haven't fertilized as much as as you

767
00:58:52.519 --> 00:58:54.360
should or whatever. You can still
do it. You know, we'd rather

768
00:58:54.400 --> 00:58:59.079
you do it a little sooner.
But no, they nature it's nature.

769
00:58:59.119 --> 00:59:02.599
It's flexible and we just we just
pick it up and continue on for where

770
00:59:02.599 --> 00:59:07.559
you are. If you've got exists, if you've got existing weeds, though,

771
00:59:07.599 --> 00:59:10.519
you're going to have to have something
that kills existing weeds. The barricade

772
00:59:10.599 --> 00:59:15.239
is a good pre emergent to prevent
them from establishing, but once they're established,

773
00:59:15.519 --> 00:59:20.840
switch over to something that kills existing
weeds. Well, would you recommend,

774
00:59:21.000 --> 00:59:25.079
right? I mean we're trying to
pull them up and spot the spot,

775
00:59:25.159 --> 00:59:30.039
kill them with a herbicide, you
know, and pull them up that

776
00:59:30.199 --> 00:59:32.719
kind of stuff, and it's pretty
slow going. Yeah, I got you.

777
00:59:32.840 --> 00:59:36.840
Well, there are a number of
products out there. I know there's

778
00:59:36.880 --> 00:59:39.880
a there's a weed beater product,
a weed beater ultra I like, but

779
00:59:40.039 --> 00:59:45.400
on these broadleaf products now, and
they only work on broadleaf weeds. You

780
00:59:45.559 --> 00:59:49.360
just want to get it done before
temperatures are in the mid to upper eighties,

781
00:59:49.639 --> 00:59:52.320
which we are. We are on
the verge of that now. You

782
00:59:52.440 --> 00:59:54.159
kind of day by day. Some
days are warmer, some days aren't.

783
00:59:54.360 --> 00:59:58.639
But don't delay anymore because in a
few weeks from now, it's going to

784
00:59:58.719 --> 01:00:04.480
be too hot to use the without
damaging your line. Okay, And it's

785
01:00:04.480 --> 01:00:07.599
a weed beater. Yeah, there's
one called weed Beater Ultra. Uh that

786
01:00:07.760 --> 01:00:13.440
weed Beater series. Just when you
when you purchase it, go to one

787
01:00:13.519 --> 01:00:19.760
of the quality nurseries, the garden
centers ace hardwarees that we recommend because they

788
01:00:19.800 --> 01:00:23.360
can direct you. Because there's some
that aren't for Saint Augustine. Some products

789
01:00:23.360 --> 01:00:28.559
they say it'll kill Saint Augustine.
Just make sure they direct you to a

790
01:00:28.559 --> 01:00:34.000
good quality product so you don't do
damage. Now, this is that just

791
01:00:34.039 --> 01:00:37.199
to kill weeds or is that a
weed and feed kind of thing? No,

792
01:00:37.320 --> 01:00:39.880
it's it's just to kill weeds.
I generally do a lot of weed

793
01:00:39.880 --> 01:00:43.679
and feed. Talk on here.
Well, I didn't think so, I

794
01:00:43.719 --> 01:00:45.880
just want to be sure. Okay, So it's a it's a spot kind

795
01:00:45.920 --> 01:00:51.840
of yes products. Okay, all
right, and how long after go ahead,

796
01:00:52.079 --> 01:00:54.639
I'll put this emergence down here?
Do I have to wait any time

797
01:00:54.679 --> 01:01:00.840
before I come back with the nitro
file spartal other No, non fertilize right

798
01:01:00.880 --> 01:01:06.360
away. I'll just just know that
that pre emergent needs to be watered in

799
01:01:06.400 --> 01:01:08.559
a little bit to move into the
soul surface where it does its work.

800
01:01:09.280 --> 01:01:13.360
But yeah, you can, you
can fertilize whenever you want to fertilize.

801
01:01:14.599 --> 01:01:16.760
Okay, that's what I needed enough, all right, I appreciate it.

802
01:01:17.199 --> 01:01:21.719
Enjoy the program. Thank you,
Thank you, Jerry, I appreciate that.

803
01:01:22.199 --> 01:01:24.280
Let's head out now before we have
to take another break, we're going

804
01:01:24.320 --> 01:01:28.519
to talk to Mike and Lake Jackson. Mike, I think you have an

805
01:01:28.519 --> 01:01:34.519
interesting question. Yes, I have
a squirrel sitter stripping the bark off of

806
01:01:34.920 --> 01:01:40.199
young the country and I didn't know
if that's harmful if the tree recovery.

807
01:01:40.320 --> 01:01:45.960
Is this anything be concerned about.
I have a question about the balls.

808
01:01:45.159 --> 01:01:50.559
Yeah, we've got just a short
time here, but if we need to,

809
01:01:50.599 --> 01:01:53.599
we'll hang over through break. Squirrels
do that, especially in the spring

810
01:01:53.639 --> 01:01:57.280
when they're you know, they're teething, the young squirrels, and they go

811
01:01:57.400 --> 01:02:00.559
up to where there's a little v
and the pecan branch and they the bark

812
01:02:00.559 --> 01:02:04.840
off and typically that branch will die
and you'll get a little we call them

813
01:02:04.880 --> 01:02:07.639
a flag. But these you see, these little brown shoot branches out at

814
01:02:07.679 --> 01:02:12.559
the around the canopy of the tree. We'd rather the squirrels didn't do that,

815
01:02:12.960 --> 01:02:15.000
but we have no way of stopping
them from doing that. So you

816
01:02:15.079 --> 01:02:20.880
just this was this was going to
work on most all of the branches because

817
01:02:20.920 --> 01:02:24.800
it is a young tree and they're
just I mean there's several feet of that

818
01:02:24.840 --> 01:02:30.639
they pull out at a time,
and yeah, yeah, that's that is

819
01:02:30.719 --> 01:02:34.559
unfortunate. Hey, what was your
other question about neim? Well, I've

820
01:02:34.599 --> 01:02:39.440
been using nemol on a citrus and
I've noticed there's two types. There's a

821
01:02:39.559 --> 01:02:45.480
hydrophobic and then there's like a first
press kind of like alleyball, and one

822
01:02:45.559 --> 01:02:50.920
groups more expensive than the other,
and the first press they're supposed to have

823
01:02:51.000 --> 01:02:54.079
one of the chemical in it that
the bugs that will kill the bugs that

824
01:02:54.199 --> 01:02:58.360
try to eat it. That is, I've never heard you talk about nemol,

825
01:02:58.480 --> 01:03:02.079
so I was kind of curious your
house them. I haven't seen the

826
01:03:02.159 --> 01:03:07.760
difference in the two presses on kneem
oil. That's kind of interesting. But

827
01:03:07.880 --> 01:03:10.800
knemoil it works like an oil and
does well. You know, if you'd

828
01:03:10.800 --> 01:03:15.239
like to continue the discussion, we're
about to go to break here, I'll

829
01:03:15.280 --> 01:03:17.679
be happy to come back with you
on it. But just a good quality

830
01:03:17.719 --> 01:03:23.159
knemoil will coat insects and do what
a summer oil would do. That would

831
01:03:23.199 --> 01:03:29.960
be spider mites and apids and some
scale insects, especially when they're crawler stage.

832
01:03:30.239 --> 01:03:34.920
And it also is pretty good on
powdery milde to prevent power. Ohianna,

833
01:03:34.920 --> 01:03:37.800
if you mind, I'll pull out
a bottle so reach you. What's

834
01:03:37.800 --> 01:03:40.280
on the label? Yeah, thanks
a lot, I appreciate that. Okay,

835
01:03:40.320 --> 01:03:44.800
Well you're listening to garden Line.
We are putting another hour in the

836
01:03:44.800 --> 01:03:46.519
books this morning. I'm going to
be Doshelner mind you, I'm going to

837
01:03:46.559 --> 01:03:51.000
be out at Arbogad today from eleven
thirty to one thirty. I hope you

838
01:03:51.039 --> 01:03:53.400
come out to see me. I
always like to meet the listeners. And

839
01:03:53.519 --> 01:03:59.960
while you're out there, if you
cannot find ten awesome Mothers Day gift,

840
01:04:00.119 --> 01:04:03.000
you're not trying. It's a great
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841
01:04:03.079 --> 01:04:05.840
kill two birds with one stone.
Are You can just bring your mom and

842
01:04:06.280 --> 01:04:10.239
have her as part of the process
too. It doesn't have to be a

843
01:04:10.280 --> 01:04:15.039
surprise gift. The outit Arbergate eleven
thirty, one thirty. Come out and

844
01:04:15.199 --> 01:04:17.800
see me in the meantime if you'd
like to get on the boards seven one

845
01:04:17.920 --> 01:04:30.440
three two one two fifty eight seventy
four KTRH. Garden Line does not necessarily

846
01:04:30.559 --> 01:04:35.800
endorse any of the products or services
advertised on this program. Welcome to KTRH

847
01:04:35.920 --> 01:04:55.559
Garden Line with Skip rictor just watch
him as we're good Saturday morning. I

848
01:04:55.639 --> 01:04:59.519
got it right. That time's good
Saturday morning on the day before Mother's Day,

849
01:04:59.559 --> 01:05:02.079
and a good day to get out
and get some gardening done. I

850
01:05:02.159 --> 01:05:05.639
know there's clouds and we got some
rainstorms coming through, but hey, that

851
01:05:05.760 --> 01:05:10.280
just means it's even more pleasant to
work out there. We're not made of

852
01:05:11.000 --> 01:05:13.800
sugar. I mean, some of
you may think you are, but we

853
01:05:13.920 --> 01:05:16.239
are not going to melt in the
rain. Right. Well, it's a

854
01:05:16.239 --> 01:05:20.639
good day. Hey, let's go
back to talk to Mike and Lake Jackson.

855
01:05:21.000 --> 01:05:27.400
Mike, let's continue this nemoil discussion. I do not know about a

856
01:05:27.599 --> 01:05:32.079
first pressed nemo. Now there's a
cold pressed cold press. That's direct term.

857
01:05:32.119 --> 01:05:35.159
Oh coal press, okay, yeah, cold press nemoil. It just

858
01:05:35.239 --> 01:05:40.880
means cold press processes just mean that
when they're squeezing the oil out of seeds,

859
01:05:41.360 --> 01:05:45.159
they make sure that keep the temperature
down, don't let it get hot

860
01:05:45.199 --> 01:05:47.920
and heat up, you know with
some of Yeah, the other they referred

861
01:05:47.960 --> 01:05:56.440
to as a hydrophobic process, and
apparently it takes some of the beneficial stuff

862
01:05:56.480 --> 01:06:00.000
out of the knee boil. I
don't understand. I was reading it out

863
01:05:59.800 --> 01:06:03.159
a lot and uh, okay,
but apparently you know, I don't know

864
01:06:04.000 --> 01:06:08.920
that you can be a little bit
more research. Is it okay to use

865
01:06:08.960 --> 01:06:13.400
that in the summertime to kind of
supplement the insect sets for you know,

866
01:06:13.440 --> 01:06:17.119
the white clothes and sort of thing. Yeah, So kneem oil is it's

867
01:06:17.159 --> 01:06:20.239
an oil, and we have other
oils called summer ol. We call them

868
01:06:20.320 --> 01:06:27.119
summer oils or sometimes well dorm Yeah, there's Dorman oil, which tends to

869
01:06:27.159 --> 01:06:30.679
be a heavier, more viscous.
You used to have a lot more impurities

870
01:06:30.719 --> 01:06:32.880
in it, but they're getting better
about that now. But the summer oils

871
01:06:32.920 --> 01:06:35.440
are more lightweight. So think of
the difference. And this is a great

872
01:06:35.480 --> 01:06:42.199
exaggeration, but just to understand the
difference between like a motor oil and an

873
01:06:42.199 --> 01:06:45.400
oil that is just almost watery when
you when you when you use it,

874
01:06:45.599 --> 01:06:50.840
and the summer oils tend to be
towards this second uh type of oil,

875
01:06:51.239 --> 01:06:56.639
and so nem oil is that kind
of oil. But when you use oils

876
01:06:56.679 --> 01:07:00.719
and the temperatures above ninety, you
risk the chance of burning the plants.

877
01:07:00.719 --> 01:07:02.960
Some more sensitive than others, and
so you just want to be careful.

878
01:07:03.639 --> 01:07:08.639
Don't don't spray them out on a
ninety five degree day with the sun bacon

879
01:07:08.719 --> 01:07:14.840
down on the leaves. That would
be a recipe for problems. And if

880
01:07:14.880 --> 01:07:23.159
you heard the sectical insecticidal soap,
yes, yes, particular thoughts on the

881
01:07:23.159 --> 01:07:28.039
ants. Yeah, okay, so
insecticidal soap. So I'm going to nerd

882
01:07:28.079 --> 01:07:32.000
out just a little bit here,
but I'll be brief. Soaps are basically

883
01:07:32.079 --> 01:07:36.800
chains of fatty acids, and there
can be different links of chains. They're

884
01:07:36.840 --> 01:07:41.400
all different chemicals, but it's a
chain of a fatty acid. There's some

885
01:07:41.639 --> 01:07:46.519
soaps that are herbicidal. They burn
plant tissues, and that you can buy

886
01:07:46.559 --> 01:07:54.920
a weed control soap that's herbicidal.
Insecticidal soaps are designed to be the most

887
01:07:54.920 --> 01:07:59.960
effective against insects, but the least
damaging to your plants, the least phyto

888
01:08:00.119 --> 01:08:04.079
toxic to your plants, and insecticidal
soaps are a really good good thing to

889
01:08:04.119 --> 01:08:09.599
do. Again, ninety five degrees
sun bacon down, I wouldn't use soaps

890
01:08:09.719 --> 01:08:12.239
on them. But if you can
get in real late in the day,

891
01:08:12.800 --> 01:08:15.679
if you come out real early in
the day and spray a soap spray.

892
01:08:15.279 --> 01:08:19.119
That's just fine. In any insect
that's small, soft bodied, like a

893
01:08:19.199 --> 01:08:24.720
spider mite or an aphid, insecticidal
soap is going to work well. But

894
01:08:24.800 --> 01:08:29.760
you have to spray upward from under
the plant to coat the under surfaces of

895
01:08:29.800 --> 01:08:32.760
the leaves, because that's where a
lot of the aphids and almost all the

896
01:08:32.800 --> 01:08:39.479
spider mites are hiding. And it
seems like a good luck I'm a citrus

897
01:08:39.840 --> 01:08:43.720
that it suffered into freeze and all
the new leaves are coming out. I

898
01:08:43.800 --> 01:08:47.159
don't seem to see all the spider
mite or the miners in that strat thing.

899
01:08:47.520 --> 01:08:53.840
Well they'll they'll be back, yeah
right. They love new growth.

900
01:08:53.920 --> 01:08:57.159
They don't like the old growth.
But so the tender growth is where you're

901
01:08:57.199 --> 01:09:01.600
going to find the leaf miner attacking. Okay, well, great, every

902
01:09:01.680 --> 01:09:05.520
right, Well I appreciate your answerships. All right, Mike, I appreciate

903
01:09:05.560 --> 01:09:09.119
your call. And good luck with
those squirrels. By the way, you

904
01:09:09.159 --> 01:09:15.560
know you can eat squirrel meat,
right didn't Some people are having a heart

905
01:09:15.560 --> 01:09:19.199
attack right now. All right,
thank you very much. Yeah. I

906
01:09:19.239 --> 01:09:26.359
did not grow up eating squirrel but
my dad did. They would go out

907
01:09:26.399 --> 01:09:30.760
and hunt to feed the family.
In anyway. I think ballistic control measures

908
01:09:30.760 --> 01:09:36.199
for squirrels are frowned upon in the
city in general. Oh gosh, let's

909
01:09:36.199 --> 01:09:40.039
talk a little bit. I was
being going through some you know, some

910
01:09:40.079 --> 01:09:45.159
different topics and things that I just
found of interest today. Leaf spots.

911
01:09:45.199 --> 01:09:49.279
When it's rains, you're gonna get
leaf spots that follow the rain. But

912
01:09:49.359 --> 01:09:56.640
whether they're bacterial or fungal, rain
makes those diseases happy. And so when

913
01:09:56.640 --> 01:09:59.359
you have diseases like that, you
need to deal with them. No,

914
01:09:59.399 --> 01:10:03.039
powdery meal is a little different.
Powdery mildew likes high humidity. If you

915
01:10:03.159 --> 01:10:10.800
kept your leaf surface constantly wet,
powdery mildew would not be a problem.

916
01:10:10.800 --> 01:10:15.079
But it's the humidity which welcome to
Southeast X is right. And so with

917
01:10:15.119 --> 01:10:20.760
the powdery mildew, we're definitely wanting
to use preventative sprays, and in general

918
01:10:20.760 --> 01:10:26.760
for diseases, preventative is the way
to go, because you can't bring a

919
01:10:26.840 --> 01:10:30.479
dead spot on a leaf back to
life with a spray, So why not

920
01:10:30.680 --> 01:10:34.439
spray before we get the dead spot? And that's preventative types of spraying.

921
01:10:34.439 --> 01:10:38.560
And you know, powdery mildew,
A lot of roses get it. Crape

922
01:10:38.600 --> 01:10:42.279
myrtles. Get it rock rose,
which is not a rose. It's an

923
01:10:42.359 --> 01:10:45.039
hibiscus family called Povonia. You put
it in shade and you get a lot

924
01:10:45.079 --> 01:10:51.000
of powdery, mildew, squash and
melons if you're growing like let's say a

925
01:10:51.039 --> 01:10:57.079
pumpkin, or the long term squashes, spaghett the winter squash, spaghetti squash,

926
01:10:57.159 --> 01:11:01.319
acorn squash, butternut squash. What
usually happens is the mildew and some

927
01:11:01.399 --> 01:11:06.079
other diseases get the foliage, and
when they do that, they take away

928
01:11:06.079 --> 01:11:11.640
the carbohydrate production. And that's what
those fruit are all about, is stored

929
01:11:11.680 --> 01:11:15.520
carbohydrates in there, and so we
need to protect that foliage. So I

930
01:11:15.560 --> 01:11:20.079
would preventatively spray. Now there's a
lot of synthetic sprays. They're very effective

931
01:11:20.119 --> 01:11:27.079
against powder and mildew. There are
also a couple of organics Potassium bicarbonate I

932
01:11:27.119 --> 01:11:31.039
guess somewhat similar to baking soda,
which is sodium bicarbonate, but we don't

933
01:11:31.039 --> 01:11:35.039
need to be adding the sodium out
there. Potassium bicarbonate, and kneem oil

934
01:11:35.279 --> 01:11:40.279
neem oil sprays. I remember when
doctor Larry Barnes at TEXA and m at

935
01:11:40.279 --> 01:11:44.079
the Plant Clinic did a study on
gerber daisies, and he found that knem

936
01:11:44.079 --> 01:11:49.199
oil was about as effective as some
of the systemic synthetic fungicides were. But

937
01:11:49.359 --> 01:11:54.159
with all of those you have to
reapply. So you get a rain and

938
01:11:54.199 --> 01:11:58.159
it washes the potassium bicarbonate off the
server, you gotta respray it again.

939
01:11:58.760 --> 01:12:00.920
But anyway, those are ways to
avoid it, and by avoiding it,

940
01:12:01.239 --> 01:12:08.760
you're keeping your foliage there. When
the foliage is what makes all the things

941
01:12:08.920 --> 01:12:14.079
we want happen. I mean,
if it was a let's say it's a

942
01:12:14.079 --> 01:12:16.680
a rose bush and you want flowers, or if it's a vegetable and you

943
01:12:16.720 --> 01:12:21.079
want production, we got to have
the foliage to do that. And that

944
01:12:21.239 --> 01:12:27.319
is also true for any other plant. Even the lawn is essentially the new

945
01:12:27.640 --> 01:12:31.000
healthy growth is sustained by a healthy
foliage. Hey, you're listening to Garden

946
01:12:31.079 --> 01:12:33.119
Line. If you would like to
be on the board, give us a

947
01:12:33.119 --> 01:12:57.439
call. Seven one three two one
two five eight seven four. God all

948
01:12:57.439 --> 01:13:00.279
are you probably thinking, Hey,
that's not Simon Garfuncle. Well tell you

949
01:13:00.279 --> 01:13:04.159
who it is. It's a band
called the Lemonheads. Now isn't that appropriate

950
01:13:04.199 --> 01:13:09.239
to play on Garden Line? You
know? Randy Lemon twenty five years a

951
01:13:09.279 --> 01:13:15.079
host of this show. He really
established the show as it is today.

952
01:13:15.319 --> 01:13:18.000
And if you are, if you
are a fan of Randy, sfew enjoyed

953
01:13:18.000 --> 01:13:23.560
listening to him. There's a scholarship
that Dean Nelson set up up at Texas

954
01:13:23.600 --> 01:13:27.199
A and M. And you can
contribute to that. It goes to a

955
01:13:27.239 --> 01:13:31.960
horticulture student. And I can guarantee
you Randy Lemon would be proud to know

956
01:13:32.359 --> 01:13:39.199
that his legacy lives on in this
scholarship for horticulture students. So if you

957
01:13:39.239 --> 01:13:43.600
appreciate the things that Randy did for
the Houston gardening community over the years,

958
01:13:44.000 --> 01:13:51.359
go to give dot am slash Randy
Lemon. Give dot am slash Randy Lemon

959
01:13:51.560 --> 01:13:57.479
and it will direct you to just
what to do from there. You're listening

960
01:13:57.479 --> 01:14:00.680
to garden Line and I'm your host, Skip Richter. We are here to

961
01:14:00.720 --> 01:14:03.880
answer your gardening questions. The number
seven one three, two one two five

962
01:14:04.039 --> 01:14:08.319
eight seven four, and we're going
to go to Joan in bel Air.

963
01:14:08.760 --> 01:14:15.439
Well, good morning, Joan,
good morning. I have I think they're

964
01:14:15.479 --> 01:14:25.479
called either wild garlic or wild onions
that have kind of taken over a portion

965
01:14:25.600 --> 01:14:30.680
of my flower bed. And I
was digging them up to just throwing them

966
01:14:30.720 --> 01:14:39.399
away, of course, but some
of the bulbs have the little tiny bulbs

967
01:14:39.840 --> 01:14:45.760
and those things just fall apart,
and I try and scoop them up and

968
01:14:45.800 --> 01:14:50.039
get rid of those also. But
if they were another way I can kill

969
01:14:50.119 --> 01:14:56.439
and then control those kinds of weeds. You know, Joan, you're you're

970
01:14:56.479 --> 01:15:01.199
calling from Belair, and if you
will go in to Southwest Fertilizer is not

971
01:15:01.279 --> 01:15:04.479
very far from you. They are
going to have every kind of product and

972
01:15:04.520 --> 01:15:09.239
they can direct you to the products
they sell that are effective against that.

973
01:15:09.319 --> 01:15:12.079
It may be a two four D
type product that you're putting out, but

974
01:15:12.119 --> 01:15:15.239
you're going to be very careful with
your application of it because you've got desirable

975
01:15:15.279 --> 01:15:19.520
plants nearby. That's the caveat that
I would say about that. But yes,

976
01:15:19.600 --> 01:15:23.920
there are the products that will control
wild onions and wild garlic, which

977
01:15:23.920 --> 01:15:27.640
are two different kinds of plants.
You're doing the right thing digging the bulbs

978
01:15:27.640 --> 01:15:31.319
out, I mean that is a
first step. But if you do need

979
01:15:31.359 --> 01:15:35.680
to do the spraying, then I
think one of those kinds of products is

980
01:15:35.680 --> 01:15:39.079
going to be the one that helps
you. And I can tell you for

981
01:15:39.119 --> 01:15:43.000
sure. The folks at Southwest Fertilizer
are going to direct you too, and

982
01:15:43.399 --> 01:15:47.760
their selection is the best in town. Okay, thank you, okay,

983
01:15:47.800 --> 01:15:53.560
thank you very much. Well,
let's see we are now going to head

984
01:15:53.600 --> 01:15:58.479
out to League City and talk to
John V. Hello John V. Good

985
01:15:58.560 --> 01:16:03.159
morning skids. I don't know the
species. It's three three purple dark purple

986
01:16:03.239 --> 01:16:11.760
with in the center and then light
flowers. I've got one with my amorillas,

987
01:16:11.800 --> 01:16:15.800
two amerllas in a pot and one
in the beds. They're doing really

988
01:16:15.840 --> 01:16:21.479
well. But do you know what
I should do about maintaining their abundancy?

989
01:16:21.479 --> 01:16:25.560
Well, I need to. I'm
not following you on what plant that is.

990
01:16:25.600 --> 01:16:29.279
Can you give me a little description
again on it? Yes, sir,

991
01:16:29.399 --> 01:16:34.600
it's three leaves that are dark purple
and centered with like a violet,

992
01:16:35.039 --> 01:16:44.159
and then the flowers are like a
light pinkish. I think you're talking about

993
01:16:44.199 --> 01:16:48.960
an ax salus. There are do
the leaves sort of look like if you

994
01:16:49.039 --> 01:16:53.760
had a four leaf clover, but
there's not four of them, right,

995
01:16:54.359 --> 01:16:57.640
and they're in like a triangle shape. Yeah, yeah, okay, that's

996
01:16:57.760 --> 01:17:02.760
that's Oxalis. There are some ornamental
types Vocsalus. There is xalas weeds and

997
01:17:03.439 --> 01:17:09.119
they throw their seeds all over the
place, the little pods. If you

998
01:17:09.479 --> 01:17:12.920
have oxalis and it's a weed and
you want to get rid of it,

999
01:17:13.520 --> 01:17:15.760
you need to get it out of
there before it has low seeds. If

1000
01:17:15.760 --> 01:17:18.800
you have the good type, you
know, the kinds that like you're describing,

1001
01:17:19.199 --> 01:17:24.079
that are beautiful, they can be
divided. You can divide those clumps

1002
01:17:24.159 --> 01:17:27.079
and replant them and spread them out, or you can just go buy some

1003
01:17:27.600 --> 01:17:30.920
others. And there's several types.
One is all purple, deep purple,

1004
01:17:30.960 --> 01:17:36.600
and this is gorgeous, wonderful.
Thank y'all. Y'all have a wonderful day,

1005
01:17:36.600 --> 01:17:41.159
and happy Mother's Day. Thank you, John, you appreciate that call.

1006
01:17:41.680 --> 01:17:46.720
Yeah, Axalis is a very interesting
plant. It's persistent. You know,

1007
01:17:46.760 --> 01:17:50.680
if people that have gardens and or
nurseries where they're growing the plants,

1008
01:17:51.479 --> 01:17:57.199
it'll be on the floor of the
greenhouse, and when it pops those pods,

1009
01:17:57.199 --> 01:18:00.239
it'll throw seeds up into the pots
on top the benches. I mean,

1010
01:18:00.279 --> 01:18:03.880
it's a it's a persistent little booker
and kind of a kind of a

1011
01:18:03.960 --> 01:18:10.039
pain, you know, to deal
with anyway. But I love I love

1012
01:18:10.119 --> 01:18:13.279
the ornamental types. The only thing
about the ornamentals, I just want to

1013
01:18:13.279 --> 01:18:20.199
warn you thous oxalis and purple heart, which is another wonderful plant. Plant

1014
01:18:20.199 --> 01:18:25.479
them where you want them, because
they're kind of hard to get rid of

1015
01:18:25.640 --> 01:18:30.279
after you plant them. They they
don't always respond to products. But they

1016
01:18:30.319 --> 01:18:34.239
also it's kind of hard to not
leave some in the ground when you try

1017
01:18:34.239 --> 01:18:38.000
to dig them up. No reason
not to use them. I mean,

1018
01:18:38.039 --> 01:18:41.720
they're still good, but it's just
a little bit of a challenge with those

1019
01:18:43.319 --> 01:18:47.279
talking about some of the weed killer
products you are mentioning earlier, different kinds

1020
01:18:47.319 --> 01:18:53.680
and stuff. If it's a broad
leaf weed killer that kills an existing weed,

1021
01:18:54.680 --> 01:18:59.479
it is best to get those applied
before temperatures rise above the mid eighties.

1022
01:19:00.079 --> 01:19:02.640
Certainly, if they're up to ninety, a lot of those are going

1023
01:19:02.680 --> 01:19:06.920
to really stress your lawn and it
predisposes the lawn to other problems. Maybe

1024
01:19:06.960 --> 01:19:11.720
the lawn kind of is unhappy for
a while and eventually comes back, but

1025
01:19:11.840 --> 01:19:15.319
then you find a disease like take
all root rot moves in because you've weakened

1026
01:19:15.560 --> 01:19:19.159
the host, and now take all
the opportunists can move in and do that.

1027
01:19:19.600 --> 01:19:24.319
So I'm mentioning this because we're kind
of at the end of that window

1028
01:19:24.439 --> 01:19:29.159
to have good effect without damage to
the lawn. There are other pride There's

1029
01:19:29.159 --> 01:19:31.800
one called Celsius that actually will let
you go up to about ninety ninety two

1030
01:19:32.239 --> 01:19:36.840
without getting the damage. But why
wait, go ahead and get things taken

1031
01:19:36.840 --> 01:19:41.399
care of, because once those broad
leafs enter their reproductive stage and they start

1032
01:19:41.439 --> 01:19:45.279
blooming and setting seeds, products are
not going to be very effective on them

1033
01:19:45.319 --> 01:19:50.960
anyway. Well, let's so let's
head out to golf golf Gate and talk

1034
01:19:51.000 --> 01:19:56.119
to Kennedy. Good morning, Kenney
morning, How are we doing well?

1035
01:19:56.279 --> 01:20:00.520
Thank you? Good good. I've
got some questions. I've been trying to

1036
01:20:00.560 --> 01:20:02.119
grow for a couple of years.
A few things. Last year it was

1037
01:20:02.159 --> 01:20:08.000
too hot, and the year before
it rained too much. But I have

1038
01:20:08.119 --> 01:20:15.359
questions on route stop or rod stop
for the for calcium. Yeah, yes,

1039
01:20:15.560 --> 01:20:19.039
the foliar sprays. If you start
them, you know, as the

1040
01:20:19.079 --> 01:20:25.560
plant is just blooming, setting setting
the little fruit and periodically put those on.

1041
01:20:26.199 --> 01:20:30.720
They can help circumvent that lack of
calcium problems that causes blossom undrot.

1042
01:20:31.039 --> 01:20:34.159
But you have to get on and
do those. The other thing to keep

1043
01:20:34.159 --> 01:20:41.039
in mind is widely fluctuating soil conditions
really predisposed of the plant towards blossom undrot,

1044
01:20:41.319 --> 01:20:46.479
so try to keep your soul moisture
even okay um, I guess I

1045
01:20:46.479 --> 01:20:54.119
have another question too, Would you
use EPs and salts with potasimine magnesium?

1046
01:20:54.479 --> 01:21:01.079
So EPs and salts is magnesium sulfate
and uh it is good to use if

1047
01:21:01.119 --> 01:21:05.720
you don't have enough magnesium in the
soil. A lot of times you'll read

1048
01:21:05.800 --> 01:21:10.039
things and it says when you plant
tomatoes, put in epps and salt,

1049
01:21:10.079 --> 01:21:13.600
when you plant roses, put in
ups and salt. Well, that's true

1050
01:21:13.600 --> 01:21:16.359
if you need magnesium, but if
your soil already has plenty of magnesium,

1051
01:21:16.720 --> 01:21:20.079
then the apps and salt is not
helping and use too much and it can

1052
01:21:20.079 --> 01:21:24.880
actually hurt. So I don't have
any problem with using it, but I

1053
01:21:24.920 --> 01:21:28.479
would use it if it's needed,
and a soil test would tell you that.

1054
01:21:28.640 --> 01:21:30.800
Or if you look at the leaves
of your plants that you would have

1055
01:21:30.880 --> 01:21:35.960
put the ups and salts on,
and there's like a green Christmas tree in

1056
01:21:36.000 --> 01:21:40.600
the middle of the leaf and it's
light green to yellow outside of that,

1057
01:21:40.600 --> 01:21:45.479
that's a magnesium deficiency symptom. The
little green Christmas tree inside the leaf centered

1058
01:21:45.520 --> 01:21:50.199
on the mainium thing. So I
wouldn't just say use ups and salt because

1059
01:21:50.239 --> 01:21:56.239
you're planting a tomato. I would
use it if it's needed. Okay,

1060
01:21:56.279 --> 01:22:01.359
I've got microlime Ocean Harbors four three. It does apply every two to four

1061
01:22:01.399 --> 01:22:06.479
weekles on the soil. Leaves would
get better, so it's better to apply

1062
01:22:06.560 --> 01:22:11.720
to the soil. Plants can take
up some nutrients through their leaves, but

1063
01:22:12.119 --> 01:22:16.439
the efficiency of leaf uptake is not
as good. Plants were designed to take

1064
01:22:16.479 --> 01:22:21.439
up nutrients through their roots, and
so while fully your feeding can be helpful,

1065
01:22:21.600 --> 01:22:27.680
especially to deal with certain nutrient deficiencies, you need to do it early

1066
01:22:27.720 --> 01:22:30.760
in the day. You need to
spray upward from underneath the plant while the

1067
01:22:30.800 --> 01:22:33.680
little openings in the leaves called stone
mates are open to get the most in

1068
01:22:33.760 --> 01:22:40.199
the plant that you can. But
in general I would soil apply. Okay.

1069
01:22:40.680 --> 01:22:45.239
I've also got some microlife eight four
six, and apply that in every

1070
01:22:45.359 --> 01:22:49.279
three to four months. So that's
only like once during the growing season for

1071
01:22:49.399 --> 01:22:54.039
vegetables. Yeah, for a vegetable
crop, that would be once. But

1072
01:22:54.119 --> 01:22:56.880
you want to build your soil up
and that does it. Hey, Kennedyan,

1073
01:22:57.000 --> 01:22:59.359
I have to go to break.
We're about to go to news here,

1074
01:22:59.399 --> 01:23:03.319
but I appreciate your call. You're
listening to garden line seven one three

1075
01:23:03.399 --> 01:23:13.600
two one two five eight seven four, Lord, how it rang nude hair

1076
01:23:13.800 --> 01:23:17.159
talk fude here and saying, all
right, good morning, I'm a good

1077
01:23:17.239 --> 01:23:20.800
day for gardening, good day for
talking about gardening too. Give us a

1078
01:23:20.840 --> 01:23:26.560
call seven one three two one two
fifty eight seventy four. We're gonna go

1079
01:23:26.640 --> 01:23:30.319
now out to a Tasca cita and
talk to Thomas. Well, good morning,

1080
01:23:30.319 --> 01:23:32.800
Thomas, Good morning. How are
you? I'm well, thank you?

1081
01:23:33.439 --> 01:23:38.239
Okay. Three questions. One the
nitrogen. I'm using the microL life

1082
01:23:39.479 --> 01:23:44.840
maximum boom three eighth three. I'm
getting great results from it, but I'm

1083
01:23:44.880 --> 01:23:48.840
also getting a tremendous amount of foliage. I mean, more than I would

1084
01:23:48.880 --> 01:23:55.359
expect. Well, what did the
numbers you just said? Three eight three

1085
01:23:55.520 --> 01:24:00.680
Okay, yeah, that's the micro
life maxie by. So I worry about

1086
01:24:00.680 --> 01:24:04.520
that. I mean, you know, I guess if you overapply something,

1087
01:24:04.600 --> 01:24:10.640
you're going to get more vigorous vegetative
growth than you want. But used at

1088
01:24:10.640 --> 01:24:14.600
the proper rate, you should get
some vigor. And remember, when you

1089
01:24:14.680 --> 01:24:17.960
have a blooming plant, some vigor
is necessary because you've got to keep growing

1090
01:24:18.199 --> 01:24:24.439
good new foliage to help provide the
carbs needed to set the buds for those

1091
01:24:24.479 --> 01:24:28.600
blooms. So foliage growth and blooms
can go together. In fact, they

1092
01:24:28.640 --> 01:24:30.279
do go together. So I don't
know, okay, whether you know,

1093
01:24:30.319 --> 01:24:33.279
I don't know how much you're putting
out, but just don't overdo it.

1094
01:24:33.359 --> 01:24:38.600
But it's good I'm doing. I
started. I started in spring with one

1095
01:24:38.640 --> 01:24:43.159
ounce of gallon, just from the
beginning en April on, starting like every

1096
01:24:43.319 --> 01:24:45.840
two two and a half weeks,
four ounces to a gallon. Okay,

1097
01:24:45.840 --> 01:24:49.279
well, only you can judge your
growth. I can't. I can't see

1098
01:24:49.319 --> 01:24:51.880
the play. No, no,
I understand it. Yeah, okay,

1099
01:24:53.680 --> 01:24:58.960
next question. I just refinished,
rebuilding my walk. God, and I

1100
01:24:59.039 --> 01:25:01.439
want some things to the hang around
for a while, some perennials, and

1101
01:25:01.560 --> 01:25:04.560
I've got some plants here. I
know they grow bigger. I want to

1102
01:25:04.640 --> 01:25:11.399
know if the handle pruning. I'm
bobina, the butterfly ginger and night blooming

1103
01:25:11.520 --> 01:25:15.680
jasmine. I know those grow pretty
tall. Yeah, what was the middle

1104
01:25:15.159 --> 01:25:19.319
butterfly? What the butterfly ginger?
Oh, butterfly ginger. Well, the

1105
01:25:19.319 --> 01:25:25.600
butterfly ginger can take that more sun
than most gingers, but it still does

1106
01:25:25.720 --> 01:25:30.039
best with some late day shade to
mid day shade. What can be in

1107
01:25:30.039 --> 01:25:32.319
a bright all day shade and do
just fine, But just be careful that

1108
01:25:32.479 --> 01:25:36.079
in a rock garden in that location
it's not getting too much. Maybe put

1109
01:25:36.079 --> 01:25:42.119
it on full sun. Yeah,
I don't know, you can give it

1110
01:25:42.159 --> 01:25:45.520
a try. I think you're gonna
see some ragged looking leaves and maybe if

1111
01:25:45.520 --> 01:25:49.079
you got another spot it's a little
bright shade, I think i'd move it

1112
01:25:49.079 --> 01:25:53.600
over there. The others will do
just fine. The I'm of verbina,

1113
01:25:53.640 --> 01:25:56.560
as you said, does get large, and so you're gonna need to do

1114
01:25:56.640 --> 01:26:00.520
some prunting on it to keep it
in a smaller size if that, If

1115
01:26:00.520 --> 01:26:03.800
that's what you want, it ed
handle being pruned and kept a two feet

1116
01:26:04.479 --> 01:26:09.840
no, no, no, I
mean I've never tried it, but this

1117
01:26:09.920 --> 01:26:12.600
is a plant that wants to be
twelve feet, you know, and so

1118
01:26:13.039 --> 01:26:17.680
okay, I would not expect that
you're gonna like what you get now.

1119
01:26:17.680 --> 01:26:23.680
It does bloom on new growth,
so you know, as you shear and

1120
01:26:23.720 --> 01:26:27.960
get shoots, you should get blooms. I don't know, that's a good

1121
01:26:28.039 --> 01:26:30.840
question. That's Thomas, that's a
stumper. But I don't think it's going

1122
01:26:30.920 --> 01:26:33.800
to do well with that. I'd
love to try it though, now that

1123
01:26:33.840 --> 01:26:36.840
you mentioned it, Just see what
would happen if you just really pruned that

1124
01:26:36.880 --> 01:26:43.199
thing back a lot. I wish
they say say that again, they're gonna

1125
01:26:43.239 --> 01:26:45.920
try one and see, and it's
in my front yard. But it'll let

1126
01:26:45.960 --> 01:26:47.800
you said, if you don't kill
plants, you're not learning. That's it.

1127
01:26:48.119 --> 01:26:51.560
Absolutely, there's a spirit. Well, I would you give it a

1128
01:26:51.560 --> 01:26:57.479
shot if you want. I guess
I should never say never, but you

1129
01:26:57.600 --> 01:27:02.319
just you want to be careful that
you don't um take all the foliage off

1130
01:27:02.359 --> 01:27:05.600
each time you're trying to prune it
to keep it down that low. I

1131
01:27:05.720 --> 01:27:10.359
think two feet If that works for
you, will you call me back?

1132
01:27:10.520 --> 01:27:15.479
I would like to know that.
I will see I've lined over them.

1133
01:27:15.560 --> 01:27:17.680
They're doing my punting more like a
Bonsi type of things. So I'm really

1134
01:27:17.720 --> 01:27:21.760
careful and just do small and you
know, trying to shape it all the

1135
01:27:21.840 --> 01:27:26.720
time as it's growing. Yeah,
good idea. Well, it sounds like

1136
01:27:26.760 --> 01:27:30.760
you're an adventurous gardener, so I
do wish you well. Right, Okay,

1137
01:27:30.800 --> 01:27:38.880
so Lantana um Mexican Heather, Hey, Tom, I'm gonna have to

1138
01:27:39.039 --> 01:27:41.800
take a break if you want to
hang on through the break. I'll pick

1139
01:27:41.840 --> 01:27:45.199
you back up after break. You're
listening to garden Line seven one three two

1140
01:27:45.199 --> 01:28:12.560
one two five eight seven four.
Well, good Sunday morning. I'm sorry.

1141
01:28:12.600 --> 01:28:15.319
I was dancing around the studio there. I had to get back to

1142
01:28:15.439 --> 01:28:23.479
my chair. Oh gosh. You
know, garden Line is an institution throughout

1143
01:28:23.520 --> 01:28:28.720
this greater Houston area, in fact, way way beyond the Houston area.

1144
01:28:29.239 --> 01:28:31.680
And for all these years, since
back in the days of Dewy Compton,

1145
01:28:32.199 --> 01:28:38.760
this show has been around and it
is provided education, it's provided assistance,

1146
01:28:38.880 --> 01:28:42.319
provided device for gardeners in this area. And I hope you'll tell other people

1147
01:28:42.359 --> 01:28:45.880
about garden Line. I think everybody
that has a yard or a house plant

1148
01:28:45.640 --> 01:28:49.359
ought to give us a call on
garden Line. Let them help, let

1149
01:28:49.439 --> 01:28:54.920
us help you with the questions that
you might have speaking of give us a

1150
01:28:54.960 --> 01:28:59.520
call seven one three two one two
fifty eight seventy four. And I'm going

1151
01:28:59.560 --> 01:29:03.520
to head out out to a task
caseda Hello Thomas, I think in the

1152
01:29:03.560 --> 01:29:10.520
middle of a big conversation. Right, um my rock garden it gets full

1153
01:29:10.560 --> 01:29:14.760
sun east west. I want to
put some bushes in there. Well,

1154
01:29:14.760 --> 01:29:17.880
I'm gonna I'm gonna try the Alma
bovina and see what happens here. But

1155
01:29:18.479 --> 01:29:23.560
I need something with some other colors, some rids or whatever, something bright.

1156
01:29:25.520 --> 01:29:29.359
Is this an area that you can
irrigate or is that kind of on

1157
01:29:29.560 --> 01:29:33.920
nature? Oh? No, it's
irrigated. It's actually a TERRISTI three three

1158
01:29:34.000 --> 01:29:38.880
steps in the rock garden, okay, And I've got my sprinkle system there,

1159
01:29:38.960 --> 01:29:42.399
so I control and it's excellent soil
that I put in. I've got

1160
01:29:42.439 --> 01:29:45.600
six inches of quality soil. Well, when I think about red blooms and

1161
01:29:45.640 --> 01:29:48.840
the full sun, I think about
roses. First of all, there's there's

1162
01:29:48.840 --> 01:29:53.399
a lot of great roses that you
could put in, but they take work.

1163
01:29:54.319 --> 01:29:57.760
Uh you know what, if you
get you a shrub rose, it's

1164
01:29:57.840 --> 01:30:00.600
not gonna take much work. You
can leave a shrub or is on print.

1165
01:30:00.680 --> 01:30:03.119
I share mine back periodically just to
get more blooms on them. But

1166
01:30:03.359 --> 01:30:09.359
anyway, that that would be one
one option that comes to mind. I'm

1167
01:30:09.359 --> 01:30:12.119
trying to think. The red color
has kind of throwing me. My brain

1168
01:30:12.239 --> 01:30:15.159
isn't clicking on all cylinders here to
just spit out the name of a plant.

1169
01:30:15.199 --> 01:30:20.000
Perhaps one of our listeners has therefore
that they would want to share with

1170
01:30:20.079 --> 01:30:24.079
us. But you know, in
a rock garden, are you looking for

1171
01:30:24.680 --> 01:30:30.279
a more of a western garden kind
of look, arid garden kind of look

1172
01:30:30.560 --> 01:30:39.439
or because then you would have things
like oh gosh, the I'll think of

1173
01:30:39.479 --> 01:30:41.920
it in just a moment. My
brain just went't blank on that one.

1174
01:30:42.560 --> 01:30:46.359
But anyway, what kind of look
are you trying to get? Well,

1175
01:30:46.359 --> 01:30:50.720
it's it's rustic I've had for years. I've had land tana on one level

1176
01:30:51.279 --> 01:30:56.680
and Mexican heather on another level.
Okay, and all they look really nice

1177
01:30:56.720 --> 01:31:00.960
whenever, really full bloom and trim
nicely, and I want to keep that

1178
01:31:01.000 --> 01:31:04.279
look. But I'm just getting tired
of the land. Will they die anyway

1179
01:31:04.279 --> 01:31:09.760
from this frost? Okay? Would
I would consider some salvia's. There are

1180
01:31:09.800 --> 01:31:14.520
some red blooming salvias and others.
Salvia is always a good, dependable plant.

1181
01:31:14.840 --> 01:31:17.840
I would probably look at salvia Greggy. I where they it's called cherry

1182
01:31:17.920 --> 01:31:21.720
sage because the originals were all red. They have other commas now, but

1183
01:31:21.880 --> 01:31:25.920
I think I would try that.
Hey, Thomas, I've enjoyed the visit.

1184
01:31:25.920 --> 01:31:27.960
Thank you. Gonna have to move
on. We're running out of time.

1185
01:31:28.079 --> 01:31:29.840
I appreciate it. Thank you,
at a time. Thank you,

1186
01:31:29.840 --> 01:31:33.600
sir. Let's head to the heights
and talk to Brenda. Hello, Brenda,

1187
01:31:33.720 --> 01:31:36.119
Hi there, how are you.
I'm good? How are you doing

1188
01:31:38.119 --> 01:31:42.560
good? Thank you? Listen.
I bought some rosemary and some basil.

1189
01:31:43.359 --> 01:31:50.159
And how do I prepare the soil
to plant both of those herbs in a

1190
01:31:50.199 --> 01:31:55.479
pot, maybe an eight or ten
inch pot. And what do I put

1191
01:31:55.520 --> 01:32:00.399
at the bottom of the container so
that it can drain? You know,

1192
01:32:00.840 --> 01:32:04.000
I don't don't put anything at the
bottom of the container. I can go

1193
01:32:04.039 --> 01:32:06.399
into it. I don't have time
to day to go into it. Maybe

1194
01:32:06.399 --> 01:32:12.039
I'll do that tomorrow's show. But
that doesn't that stuff doesn't help drainage.

1195
01:32:12.039 --> 01:32:15.479
To just use a quality potting saw
mix. And you go into a place

1196
01:32:15.560 --> 01:32:19.479
like you're you're close to b Cannons, for example, they're going to have

1197
01:32:19.600 --> 01:32:26.560
blends that are just designed for container
growing. If it's a big enough container,

1198
01:32:26.560 --> 01:32:30.000
I just often would use rose soil. But we have a lot of

1199
01:32:30.000 --> 01:32:33.399
other blends that will do well.
And then when wherever you go shop at

1200
01:32:33.439 --> 01:32:36.640
a good independent garden center, they're
going to show you the things that they

1201
01:32:36.800 --> 01:32:44.239
carry that fit that very well.
But you pick two great plants, rosemary,

1202
01:32:45.079 --> 01:32:50.239
got some drought tolerance that is really
really nice, and then the basil

1203
01:32:50.359 --> 01:32:56.119
is an easy one when you have
good sunlight. Okay, Well, one

1204
01:32:56.119 --> 01:32:59.840
other question, though, Do I
not need some sand mixed into that.

1205
01:33:00.279 --> 01:33:04.640
I've gone online and kind of looked
around a little bit, and no,

1206
01:33:04.720 --> 01:33:08.399
if you get a good quality mix, you don't need Dad's sand to it.

1207
01:33:08.520 --> 01:33:12.000
No. Okay, h well,
thank you very much. I appreciate

1208
01:33:12.039 --> 01:33:15.199
it. Thank you very much for
the call. I am going to now

1209
01:33:16.560 --> 01:33:20.720
vernon. We're gonna give a quick
we have just a matter of seconds left.

1210
01:33:20.720 --> 01:33:25.560
But you're trying to get rid of
some po poison ivy. Yes,

1211
01:33:26.039 --> 01:33:30.000
okay, growing, and it's growing
in my hedge. Okay, what you

1212
01:33:30.079 --> 01:33:32.439
need to do. If you spray
something on the poison ivy leaves, you're

1213
01:33:32.439 --> 01:33:36.079
gonna hurt your heads. So go
down where it's coming from, cut it

1214
01:33:36.159 --> 01:33:41.600
off and treat that that little stem
at the bottom of the fresh cut.

1215
01:33:41.840 --> 01:33:47.439
Treat it with a product containing triclopier
t r I c l O p y

1216
01:33:47.800 --> 01:33:53.239
r. I'm sorry, I'm sort
Can you repeat that from me slowly again?

1217
01:33:53.439 --> 01:34:00.760
Yes, t r I c l
O p y r tric pier that's

1218
01:34:00.800 --> 01:34:02.800
the ingredient. You're gonna find it
in a lot of products. You know,

1219
01:34:02.880 --> 01:34:05.680
you're up in the Northwest house scenario. So if you go to plant

1220
01:34:05.720 --> 01:34:09.079
for all seasons, I go to
Arborgade. If you go to one of

1221
01:34:09.439 --> 01:34:12.920
one of the ace hardwares, like, for example, the cypress area that

1222
01:34:13.239 --> 01:34:16.199
you're going to find products with triclopier, they'll steer your steer you right,

1223
01:34:16.439 --> 01:34:23.520
Okay, we are. We are
out of time today, Susan in Baydown,

1224
01:34:24.000 --> 01:34:27.680
I've support unfortunately could not get to
your call today. Will you call

1225
01:34:27.760 --> 01:34:30.640
back tomorrow? I would be happy. Oh, I'm sorry, you got

1226
01:34:30.680 --> 01:34:32.600
the next hour. We can hang
on. I'm gonna hold you on through

1227
01:34:32.680 --> 01:34:36.920
break and we'll come to you right
when we come back. Our phone number

1228
01:34:36.960 --> 01:34:42.760
seven one three two one two five
eight seven four seven one three two one

1229
01:34:42.800 --> 01:35:03.039
two. Ktr H give us a
call. KATRH Garden Line does not necessarily

1230
01:35:03.079 --> 01:35:09.920
endorse any of the products or services
advertised on this program. Welcome to KTRH

1231
01:35:10.039 --> 01:35:31.199
Garden Line with Skip Rictord. Just
watching a good Saturday morning on a good

1232
01:35:31.239 --> 01:35:33.960
day for guarding. Yes, I
know it's cloudy. I know I can

1233
01:35:34.039 --> 01:35:36.920
get some rain showers here and there, but it's still a good day to

1234
01:35:36.960 --> 01:35:41.079
get out and get some stuff done
in the garden. We are going to

1235
01:35:41.159 --> 01:35:45.720
now head out to Baytown and talk
to Susan. Susan, thanks for hanging

1236
01:35:45.760 --> 01:35:49.720
around. Colin Skip, thank you
for taking my call. How can we

1237
01:35:49.800 --> 01:35:57.439
help um? I'm helping my friend
with her along. She's eighty six years

1238
01:35:57.439 --> 01:36:03.479
old. Her son sold rye grass
in the winter and she had Saint Augustine.

1239
01:36:03.600 --> 01:36:09.079
Then he put Scott's turf builder on
it about three weeks ago. Okay,

1240
01:36:09.960 --> 01:36:15.880
the rye grass is certainly healthy,
but it did not kill the weeds.

1241
01:36:15.039 --> 01:36:18.119
So now what can we do to
kill the weeds without hurting them on?

1242
01:36:19.079 --> 01:36:24.039
Do you know offhand if the weeds
are grassy type weeds or broad leaf

1243
01:36:24.119 --> 01:36:28.520
type weeds broad leafs when I'm seeing, Yeah, you need to use a

1244
01:36:28.560 --> 01:36:31.840
post emergent weed killer product, and
there are a number of them out there

1245
01:36:31.840 --> 01:36:36.800
by you know, all the different
manufacturers of those kinds of products I mentioned

1246
01:36:36.800 --> 01:36:42.880
earlier, the weed beater, ultra
concentrate. That's just one example. That's

1247
01:36:42.880 --> 01:36:45.520
a bond product that is out there
that they will do a good job,

1248
01:36:45.600 --> 01:36:49.960
but they need to do it soon
because once the temperature is up in the

1249
01:36:50.000 --> 01:36:55.319
mid to upper eighties, then we
can start to get some damage to the

1250
01:36:55.359 --> 01:36:58.439
Saint Augustine, and you definitely don't
need that when you're trying to bring the

1251
01:36:58.520 --> 01:37:01.560
lawn back and it's already not that
great, right, So get that,

1252
01:37:01.960 --> 01:37:04.560
get that done. If you look
at the weather, you're gonna see the

1253
01:37:04.640 --> 01:37:08.079
days where it's a little bit cooler, go ahead and put it out on

1254
01:37:08.079 --> 01:37:11.800
one of those days. Uh.
And it's a spray, I would put

1255
01:37:11.800 --> 01:37:15.680
it out as a spray. You
can direct spray individual weeds or if it's

1256
01:37:15.880 --> 01:37:21.840
solid weeds all over the lawn,
you can spray the whole area. Okay,

1257
01:37:23.439 --> 01:37:26.079
all right, Well, thank you
very much. Hey, and thank

1258
01:37:26.079 --> 01:37:29.680
you for helping that person out with
their lawn. Sounds like that's a good

1259
01:37:29.720 --> 01:37:32.399
colleart. I'm proud to do it. Well, thank you. Have a

1260
01:37:32.399 --> 01:37:39.600
good week you two. Thank you, Susan. Speaking of the weeds and

1261
01:37:39.680 --> 01:37:44.079
things, when when we're dealing with
the weeds in our lawn, you need

1262
01:37:44.119 --> 01:37:47.479
to just keep in mind that they
are different kinds of weeds, grassing broadly

1263
01:37:47.640 --> 01:37:50.760
same product, don't go both.
Yeah, the option of doing a pre

1264
01:37:50.840 --> 01:37:57.319
emergent pre emergent like a barricade product
I was talking about earlier by nitrifiles that

1265
01:37:57.560 --> 01:38:00.840
will prevent the seeds from coming in. And then there's the post emergence that

1266
01:38:00.000 --> 01:38:03.840
kill the existing weeds. And with
our Saint Augustine, which is most of

1267
01:38:03.880 --> 01:38:08.680
the lawns are on here. When
you use some of these post emergents and

1268
01:38:08.720 --> 01:38:12.119
it's getting hot, you really weaken
the plant and set it back. So

1269
01:38:12.239 --> 01:38:15.600
don't delay. It's always better to
kill a weed when it's younger than to

1270
01:38:15.600 --> 01:38:19.119
wait until it gets older, because
at some point when it becomes reproductive,

1271
01:38:19.159 --> 01:38:26.720
meaning blooming and setting seeds, you're
gonna you're not gonna have any effect to

1272
01:38:26.760 --> 01:38:29.720
speak of. Or maybe it's too
late, there's already seeds on the plant.

1273
01:38:30.119 --> 01:38:32.520
But you can keep your lawn in
good shape by just taking care of

1274
01:38:32.560 --> 01:38:42.000
it like that. If if you
are listening and is the first time to

1275
01:38:42.039 --> 01:38:45.199
hear Garden Line, welcome, We're
glad you're here. We'll hope you'll tell

1276
01:38:45.239 --> 01:38:47.960
your friends and family about Garden Line. If you've been listening for years,

1277
01:38:48.479 --> 01:38:54.039
then you know this is a strange
new host that's on the show. But

1278
01:38:54.359 --> 01:38:58.800
we are carrying on the tradition that
began back with the Dewey Compton all the

1279
01:38:58.840 --> 01:39:03.680
way up through Randy lemon and just
a really I guess I get to stand

1280
01:39:03.760 --> 01:39:09.079
on the shoulders of giants in terms
of people that were there were forerunners that

1281
01:39:09.319 --> 01:39:14.640
created a really, really excellent show
for this community. I want to go

1282
01:39:14.720 --> 01:39:17.319
out to sugar Land now. And
by the way, our phone number seven

1283
01:39:17.399 --> 01:39:23.319
one three two one two fifty eight
seventy four, we're gonna talk to Don.

1284
01:39:23.520 --> 01:39:28.359
Good morning, Don. Hey,
Skip, appreciate letting me talk to

1285
01:39:28.399 --> 01:39:32.039
you, and I appreciate all the
calls you're able to get in during your

1286
01:39:32.039 --> 01:39:40.279
show. I've got a little raised
garden with tomato plants in it, and

1287
01:39:40.279 --> 01:39:44.319
I got these little green caterpillars.
I finally found a couple of them,

1288
01:39:44.319 --> 01:39:47.319
but they're kind of devastating all the
leaves and even now and into the small

1289
01:39:47.399 --> 01:39:53.199
church tomatoes. What can I put
on there that wouldn't be toxic for me?

1290
01:39:55.800 --> 01:40:00.880
You could use a BT product,
a product containing BT that's the ingredient,

1291
01:40:01.600 --> 01:40:08.920
and the BT products will kill the
caterpillars best. When the caterpillars are

1292
01:40:09.039 --> 01:40:13.840
young, they only last about a
day or two in the environment, so

1293
01:40:14.039 --> 01:40:17.359
you may have to reapply because you
wouldn't get them all or maybe one hatches

1294
01:40:17.760 --> 01:40:23.640
out of an egg the next day
after you spray, so BT would be

1295
01:40:23.720 --> 01:40:30.800
probably the simplest solution for that.
This serves one brand that in case somebody

1296
01:40:30.800 --> 01:40:38.600
didn't know what it is, Oh
gosh, if you go to a good

1297
01:40:39.399 --> 01:40:43.039
supplier, they're gonna know what it
is. And there's there are so many

1298
01:40:43.079 --> 01:40:47.800
brands. BT stands for it's the
name of a bacteria, Bacillus thuringiens.

1299
01:40:48.520 --> 01:40:53.840
But everybody, don't don't go to
a big box store spect then to know.

1300
01:40:54.239 --> 01:40:57.039
But you know you're out. You're
out in the sugar Land area.

1301
01:40:57.079 --> 01:41:01.359
So you've got enchanted forest down out
in that area. You got Plantation Hardware

1302
01:41:01.359 --> 01:41:05.119
and Richmond M and D Supply in
Richmond, those are ACE hardware stores.

1303
01:41:06.000 --> 01:41:10.640
I think you're you're just gonna it's
gonna be real easy. They're gonna direct

1304
01:41:10.680 --> 01:41:14.920
you right to it because I promise
all of those folks CARRYBT. And this

1305
01:41:15.000 --> 01:41:19.279
stuff in't toxic at all. No, No, it's it's organic. But

1306
01:41:19.680 --> 01:41:24.479
it's a disease that just affects caterpillars. So if you had a beetle or

1307
01:41:24.520 --> 01:41:29.239
a grasshopper or a snail or slug
eating those leaves, it wouldn't affect them.

1308
01:41:29.399 --> 01:41:31.199
If there's a ladybug on the leaf. It's not going to affect it's

1309
01:41:31.239 --> 01:41:35.560
not gonna hurt the dog and cat. It's a caterpillar disease, specific disease

1310
01:41:35.640 --> 01:41:40.079
that you're spraying on those foliage.
Yeah, got it. Thank you so

1311
01:41:40.159 --> 01:41:44.000
much. All right, don thank
you. I appreciate that call. Our

1312
01:41:44.039 --> 01:41:48.520
phone numbers seven one three, two
one two five eight seven four seven one

1313
01:41:48.600 --> 01:41:56.720
three two one two fifty eight seventy
four. I've been visiting about a lot

1314
01:41:56.720 --> 01:42:00.359
of different things going on at this
time of the year and in the summer.

1315
01:42:00.640 --> 01:42:03.039
And one of the challenges, and
I've had a number of different emails

1316
01:42:03.079 --> 01:42:09.880
about this one, but one of
the challenges in to have color is shady

1317
01:42:09.920 --> 01:42:13.239
areas. You know, in the
sun, we get the carbs on the

1318
01:42:13.560 --> 01:42:16.199
made by the leaves that produce blooms
easy. When you get into shade,

1319
01:42:16.560 --> 01:42:20.119
it's a little more difficult. But
we have plants that will do well in

1320
01:42:20.159 --> 01:42:29.039
a shady area, and examples would
be wishbone flower also called Taurinia. Taurinia

1321
01:42:29.079 --> 01:42:33.760
would do well in a shady area. We've got let's see a persian shield

1322
01:42:33.800 --> 01:42:39.279
that's a foliage color purple, foliage
color purple, silvery. If it's a

1323
01:42:39.319 --> 01:42:43.399
bright shade, you get good purple
coloration in there and it would do well.

1324
01:42:43.439 --> 01:42:47.000
It's another good choice that you can
try. Uh, there is let's

1325
01:42:47.039 --> 01:42:53.319
see what's some other examples. A
chicken gizzard plant, there's impatience, there's

1326
01:42:53.359 --> 01:42:58.880
colladiums, lots of good things for
that area, Johnny, I see out

1327
01:42:58.920 --> 01:43:00.800
there in Pasadena. We're going to
catch you right after break. For those

1328
01:43:00.800 --> 01:43:03.680
of you that you'll like to call
seven one, three, two and two

1329
01:43:03.800 --> 01:43:21.000
fifty eight seventy four school Soldiers musicality, Josh is continuing our tradition of who

1330
01:43:21.039 --> 01:43:25.279
knows what we're going to play next? Right all over the board, from

1331
01:43:25.359 --> 01:43:29.720
country to pop, you name it. We like to stretch the musical world

1332
01:43:29.760 --> 01:43:32.920
a bit. Let's head out to
Pasadena now and we're gonna talk to Johnny.

1333
01:43:33.039 --> 01:43:36.159
Hello, Johnny, Hey, how
are you doing today? I'm well,

1334
01:43:36.239 --> 01:43:44.439
thanks. So I've got a flower
bed in the backyard. That's it's

1335
01:43:44.439 --> 01:43:48.239
pretty pretty heavy with mulch, and
it's got plants and trees and sorts of

1336
01:43:48.279 --> 01:43:54.119
different sorts of items. But the
nutgrass I cannot get rid of. It

1337
01:43:54.199 --> 01:43:57.279
keeps coming through the mulch and I
pick it out all the time. But

1338
01:43:57.319 --> 01:44:00.199
as quick as I pick it out, there's new sprouts coming out. Yea,

1339
01:44:00.399 --> 01:44:02.039
And I wanted something I could get
rid of that nut grass that's coming

1340
01:44:02.039 --> 01:44:06.039
to the moltraduct killing nut plants or
my trees. Okay, well, they're

1341
01:44:06.079 --> 01:44:12.199
a product call Image is one that
you can use. Image is very effective.

1342
01:44:12.840 --> 01:44:20.079
There are there's another one that is
better. Are really designed for the

1343
01:44:20.199 --> 01:44:25.479
flower beds And I'm trying, I
think though the name is escaping me right

1344
01:44:25.520 --> 01:44:29.319
now of it. The thing you
want to remember about nuts edge is you

1345
01:44:29.359 --> 01:44:32.159
want to spray it once it gets
three to five leaves. Don't let it

1346
01:44:32.239 --> 01:44:35.640
sit there because if you, for
example, in the spring, when it

1347
01:44:35.680 --> 01:44:39.439
comes up, if you have one
nuts edge plant, by the time we

1348
01:44:39.479 --> 01:44:44.000
get to today to May, it
has already made eight daughter plants, and

1349
01:44:44.039 --> 01:44:46.399
so you have eight times the problem
you did in the spring. So with

1350
01:44:46.600 --> 01:44:53.560
nuts edge, you never let it
grow because it's getting a lot worse.

1351
01:44:53.640 --> 01:44:57.399
When you do. It's better to
even just break it off and pull it

1352
01:44:57.479 --> 01:45:00.960
up and get that sunlight off the
you know, don't let it have sunlight

1353
01:45:00.000 --> 01:45:03.199
and have to regrow. That doesn't
get rid of it, but at least

1354
01:45:03.199 --> 01:45:08.920
there you're slowing down its reproduction.
Uh, You're you're out in the down

1355
01:45:08.960 --> 01:45:12.199
in the Pasadena area. I think
of you. You probably from a moss

1356
01:45:12.279 --> 01:45:15.439
nursery down there are one of the
ACE Hardware stores. We've got a number

1357
01:45:15.840 --> 01:45:18.840
number of ACE Hardware stores down in
that area that are gonna be able to,

1358
01:45:19.239 --> 01:45:23.319
uh, you know, supply you
with those kinds of products that you

1359
01:45:23.359 --> 01:45:27.119
need for nuts edge. But the
product does need to be specifically for nuts

1360
01:45:27.199 --> 01:45:30.760
edge, and image is an example
of that. Okay, I appreciate that,

1361
01:45:30.840 --> 01:45:34.920
Thank you very much. All right, appreciate that call. Thank you.

1362
01:45:34.960 --> 01:45:38.000
I haven't managed that was the other
one. I was trying to think

1363
01:45:38.039 --> 01:45:41.840
of image and manage. Let's head
out to Sugarland. Now, we're going

1364
01:45:41.880 --> 01:45:45.000
to cross town down to southwest sugar
into Sugarland area and talk to Denise.

1365
01:45:45.359 --> 01:45:50.159
Hello, Denise, Yes, good
morning, skit, good morning. My

1366
01:45:50.319 --> 01:45:57.680
problem. My problem is I have
probably three dozen Agapanthus plants, most of

1367
01:45:57.840 --> 01:46:00.079
we're put in right after well two
years ago, after our big freeze.

1368
01:46:00.880 --> 01:46:05.159
I cannot get them to bloom again. I cannot. There's like one or

1369
01:46:05.159 --> 01:46:12.319
two that bloom otherwise. Any suggestions
on that. It could be a number

1370
01:46:12.319 --> 01:46:16.399
of things. Agapanthus likes to be
in a semi shady area, but in

1371
01:46:16.439 --> 01:46:19.800
too much shade, it's not going
to have the energy to bloom well.

1372
01:46:19.960 --> 01:46:24.680
So maybe the plant came in it
had the energy initially, but now it's

1373
01:46:25.000 --> 01:46:29.840
not struggling in any way. You
know, droughts and things like dry soil,

1374
01:46:29.920 --> 01:46:33.399
things like that, we'll mess up
with the blooming cycle. Over fertilizing

1375
01:46:33.439 --> 01:46:38.279
with nitrogen, that's another one you
probably want to avoid. That tends to

1376
01:46:38.319 --> 01:46:44.319
push plants and more vegetative and less
settling down and fertilizing a little nitrogen very

1377
01:46:44.319 --> 01:46:49.119
important essential. Too much is not
a good thing. And so one of

1378
01:46:49.119 --> 01:46:54.079
those things is going on there with
your agapanthus. And I can't tell you

1379
01:46:54.159 --> 01:46:58.760
for sure which one, but you're
familiar with the setting. You may have

1380
01:46:58.760 --> 01:47:05.199
an idea what maybe more are likely? Are you there? Yes, I'm

1381
01:47:05.279 --> 01:47:10.359
here. They're on a store to
the west side, so they're getting afternoon

1382
01:47:10.439 --> 01:47:15.319
sun now. Otherwise it's semi shade. They've what can I tell you?

1383
01:47:15.680 --> 01:47:20.880
Is there anything? I don't fertilize
them. I'm not pouring nitrogen on them.

1384
01:47:21.800 --> 01:47:26.560
Is there any kind of supplement?
Do you think the plants are very

1385
01:47:26.640 --> 01:47:30.000
healthy? I mean, it's not
like they're struggling. They look great.

1386
01:47:30.119 --> 01:47:33.680
I just can't get them to bloom. Is there any what about a bulb

1387
01:47:33.800 --> 01:47:36.520
food? Would I do that?
Or no? No? I think what

1388
01:47:36.600 --> 01:47:42.119
I would do along the lines of
what you're asking. I would probably get

1389
01:47:42.159 --> 01:47:45.960
one of the products that's made just
for annual flower plants, you know,

1390
01:47:46.039 --> 01:47:49.640
like the color Star for example.
That would just be one example, but

1391
01:47:49.720 --> 01:47:54.079
it's something that's got a little more
of the phosphorus. It certainly need a

1392
01:47:54.119 --> 01:47:58.359
little nitrogen potassium, but a little
more of the phosphorus in there. You

1393
01:47:58.439 --> 01:48:01.560
might try that, start using that
on them and see if that kind of

1394
01:48:01.640 --> 01:48:04.600
kicks them into gear to do a
little bit better. But I think that

1395
01:48:04.640 --> 01:48:09.760
would be the next thing. Well, one of those kinds of Well,

1396
01:48:09.760 --> 01:48:14.239
it's frustrating we drive around our neighborhood
and people who don't take care of their

1397
01:48:14.319 --> 01:48:21.239
lawns don't have agapanthus and they're blooming
mine art. So is there any hope

1398
01:48:21.239 --> 01:48:25.399
to get them to bloom them?
Yeah? Well I think there is.

1399
01:48:25.560 --> 01:48:29.359
I think what we're saying would would
help on that. You need to dig

1400
01:48:29.439 --> 01:48:31.720
up your agapanthus, take them for
a ride around the neighborhood and say,

1401
01:48:31.760 --> 01:48:34.039
now I'm gonna take you back and
plant you. But if you don't look

1402
01:48:34.079 --> 01:48:38.079
like this in a week, I'm
coming back with some spray and you're out

1403
01:48:38.119 --> 01:48:44.039
it. Maybe that'll scare an.
If I do have color Star, I

1404
01:48:44.159 --> 01:48:47.359
use it. If I start using
that. Is there any hope for the

1405
01:48:47.600 --> 01:48:51.319
year? Are we done? There
an option? Do you think they might

1406
01:48:51.399 --> 01:48:57.000
bloom if we Yeah, I wouldn't
give up hope. I think there's a

1407
01:48:57.079 --> 01:49:00.479
chance. I believe there's a chance. So we just need to see what's

1408
01:49:00.520 --> 01:49:02.159
going on with them. You know, for a plant to bloom, it

1409
01:49:02.199 --> 01:49:05.720
has to have enough light to make
carbohydrates to set the blooms, and it

1410
01:49:05.760 --> 01:49:10.039
has to have the growing condition that
it needs, and it needs the nutrient

1411
01:49:10.119 --> 01:49:15.000
package that is required to set the
bloom. So we've talked about the nutrient

1412
01:49:15.039 --> 01:49:18.479
package. You can't change the sunlight
unless you go up and tremble limb on

1413
01:49:18.479 --> 01:49:26.279
a tree or something or move the
plantation. Yeah, I think here's just

1414
01:49:26.439 --> 01:49:30.279
need a good talking to. That's
that's oh well, I need to I'll

1415
01:49:30.319 --> 01:49:33.439
go do that. Today's skip,
Thank you very much, and I'll get

1416
01:49:33.560 --> 01:49:38.000
some pillar star out here. If
that works, called back, I'd like

1417
01:49:38.800 --> 01:49:45.199
I'd like to hear that. All
right, let's go to Baytown and we're

1418
01:49:45.199 --> 01:49:49.720
going to talk to Misty now Hello
a misty. Hey y'all. Hope everybody's

1419
01:49:49.720 --> 01:49:53.760
having a good morning. I'm having
a great more. Hope you are.

1420
01:49:54.079 --> 01:50:00.479
That's good I am. I'm calling
today's because essentially email two weeks ago about

1421
01:50:00.479 --> 01:50:06.560
this possible sport on my flower boos. Okay, I'm a yeah, I

1422
01:50:06.920 --> 01:50:12.239
missed that. Yes, you sent
it to my show my heart address,

1423
01:50:12.399 --> 01:50:15.640
right, I will, sir,
I will go back and I will find

1424
01:50:15.680 --> 01:50:17.640
it after the show here and I
will get you an answer to that.

1425
01:50:17.720 --> 01:50:25.319
I somehow missed it. I haven't
seen that one, so okay, go

1426
01:50:25.359 --> 01:50:31.840
ahead. Sorry, I think you're
going yesterday, Yes, about the real

1427
01:50:31.960 --> 01:50:36.079
roses that come out. And then
I have a couple more that I think

1428
01:50:36.159 --> 01:50:43.439
or sports as well. So I'm
really excited about this. Uh you know

1429
01:50:43.479 --> 01:50:49.680
what I've gone in and I've found
it. Um so this the ones in

1430
01:50:49.720 --> 01:50:54.600
your picture are pretty rad or is
that like one is normal and one is

1431
01:50:54.640 --> 01:51:00.760
a sport picture of the red.
Yes, the one of them has teens

1432
01:51:00.800 --> 01:51:06.760
at the very center and the rest
of its read. Oh, I see

1433
01:51:08.520 --> 01:51:11.560
that could be a sport. The
only other thing that I could think I've

1434
01:51:11.600 --> 01:51:18.640
missed he is that um as a
rose bloom ages it color off usually changes

1435
01:51:18.680 --> 01:51:23.199
in some way, and the only
thing would be if they were not the

1436
01:51:23.239 --> 01:51:27.640
same age. You know, number
of days since the blooms opened. Uh,

1437
01:51:27.920 --> 01:51:30.319
that's about it. But I'm having
trouble picking out the difference in those

1438
01:51:30.439 --> 01:51:34.520
in those photos, I think I
see what you're talking about, the pinkish

1439
01:51:34.520 --> 01:51:42.159
pedals. I'm sorry. Go ahead. The email that I sent like two

1440
01:51:42.199 --> 01:51:46.960
weeks ago have the more defined white
in them because they start out white.

1441
01:51:48.359 --> 01:51:54.399
Mum. I have a little trouble
finding that and on the air, probably

1442
01:51:54.479 --> 01:51:56.960
not cana able to do that.
I will take a look at it,

1443
01:51:57.039 --> 01:52:00.640
and if you want to hang on, when we get past this break,

1444
01:52:00.920 --> 01:52:03.680
we can continue talking about it,
or I can just talk about what I

1445
01:52:03.720 --> 01:52:08.439
see when I find your email and
get back to that. Okay, you

1446
01:52:08.520 --> 01:52:10.960
can do that, That's fine,
Okay, Yeah, I don't want to

1447
01:52:10.960 --> 01:52:17.600
everybody in the world to wait on
me trying to find an email. And

1448
01:52:17.760 --> 01:52:24.399
one day and one day he killed
the show. But Missy hang on,

1449
01:52:24.840 --> 01:52:30.520
Oh gosh, and Nikki Nicky is
laughing at me in the studio that I

1450
01:52:30.560 --> 01:52:32.680
can so relate to that. I'll
be right with you. Let me just

1451
01:52:32.720 --> 01:52:36.760
check my Emi dog just scrolling real
quick. Just hang with me gripping radio.

1452
01:52:39.439 --> 01:52:41.760
I need to go fill my coffee
cup. Y'all hang out. I'll

1453
01:52:41.800 --> 01:52:45.399
be right back, I promise.
Oh gosh. Yeah. Well, this

1454
01:52:45.479 --> 01:52:49.199
is garden Line, and we try
to keep it exciting and interesting. Seven

1455
01:52:49.279 --> 01:52:54.439
one three, two, one two
five eight seven four. Give me a

1456
01:52:54.479 --> 01:52:58.279
call seven three, two and two
fifty eight seventy four. This is our

1457
01:52:58.399 --> 01:53:01.880
last hour for today. By the
way, we're here on Saturdays and Sundays

1458
01:53:02.000 --> 01:53:06.199
six am to ten am. So
tell your neighbors, tell your friends to

1459
01:53:06.239 --> 01:53:10.560
give us a call or at least
listening on the show. Hopefully there'll be

1460
01:53:10.600 --> 01:53:16.199
some good information that helps them have
a beautiful lawn and bountiful garden. Man,

1461
01:53:16.720 --> 01:53:23.600
I've been everywheremen across the deserts,
I breathe them, Mountain a man,

1462
01:53:26.239 --> 01:53:30.560
I've been everywhere. I've been Arena, Chicago, Fargo, Minnesota,

1463
01:53:30.600 --> 01:53:35.520
Buffalo. All right, good Sunday
or Saturday morning. I'm trying to make

1464
01:53:35.560 --> 01:53:40.119
it Sunday, oh day today,
because Sunday's Mother's Day and that's a special

1465
01:53:40.239 --> 01:53:43.560
day. But it is Saturday.
We are welcoming you here to Garden Line.

1466
01:53:43.560 --> 01:53:45.319
I'm your host, Skip Richter,
and our phone number. Write this

1467
01:53:45.359 --> 01:53:50.079
down seven one three two, one, two, five, eight seven four.

1468
01:53:50.520 --> 01:53:55.279
We are going to start off by
going to West Houston and talking to

1469
01:53:55.319 --> 01:53:58.920
Paul. Hello, Paul, Hi
are you doing. I'm well, thank

1470
01:53:58.960 --> 01:54:03.760
you. Hey. So y'all had
just talked about qualities, feed and garden.

1471
01:54:04.000 --> 01:54:09.399
Yeah, I'm actually on my way
to them right now. Also Ken

1472
01:54:09.399 --> 01:54:13.479
that owns that place. Um Ken
is also a member of the Bonds Eye

1473
01:54:13.560 --> 01:54:18.399
Society and every other month he hosts
a um A deal out at his place

1474
01:54:18.479 --> 01:54:24.119
on Saturday morning. So I'm in
the Bondsaye Society team UM and you can

1475
01:54:24.159 --> 01:54:27.439
go out there and he helps people. Different people come out there that are

1476
01:54:27.920 --> 01:54:31.439
you know, they're Bonds Eye great
people and and help us beginner guys,

1477
01:54:31.800 --> 01:54:35.000
you know, learn how to do
it. So there's something else that they

1478
01:54:35.039 --> 01:54:38.920
do out there. I mean they're
they're just great people, can good guys,

1479
01:54:38.960 --> 01:54:41.560
it is. And they'll sell you
bons Eye too if you want to

1480
01:54:42.000 --> 01:54:45.840
buy one. So well, how
exactly how can we help today? Paul?

1481
01:54:45.640 --> 01:54:50.840
So, I have an oak tree
that is it's probably at least seventy

1482
01:54:50.840 --> 01:54:56.039
five years old. I know that, Um I cannot put my arms around

1483
01:54:56.039 --> 01:55:00.720
it. And it has started putting
up, started about two years ago,

1484
01:55:00.840 --> 01:55:05.720
started putting up shoots from the roofs
now I have and and quite a few

1485
01:55:06.439 --> 01:55:13.199
um that kind of makes my grass
look ugly. And I have done some

1486
01:55:13.239 --> 01:55:15.920
research on it. I've read that
it says that that's the DNA of the

1487
01:55:15.960 --> 01:55:20.439
tree. But everything that I've read
said that if it's going to do that,

1488
01:55:20.960 --> 01:55:26.600
it's going to do that early in
its life cycle. And like I

1489
01:55:26.640 --> 01:55:30.079
say, this has never happened.
It just started happening about two years ago.

1490
01:55:30.159 --> 01:55:33.840
And I don't know if there's something
I'm doing wrong with watering it or

1491
01:55:33.880 --> 01:55:40.560
feeding it or okay, yeah,
something to deal well. What you fraud

1492
01:55:41.119 --> 01:55:45.800
is basically true. The oaks have
different gene pools that they come out of.

1493
01:55:45.840 --> 01:55:49.680
If it's a like along the southern
Gulf Coast, those tend to be

1494
01:55:49.880 --> 01:55:54.199
single tree type of oaks. As
you get into the hill country of Texas,

1495
01:55:54.199 --> 01:55:57.359
you see oaka moths where there's many
trunks coming out of the ground in

1496
01:55:58.000 --> 01:56:00.600
the same place. The thing I
think that's happened with yours, and this

1497
01:56:00.680 --> 01:56:04.800
is my best shot at it,
is I believe something has has affected the

1498
01:56:04.840 --> 01:56:09.319
roots there. When you put in
a flower bed around a tree, you

1499
01:56:09.439 --> 01:56:12.680
often see a lot of new shoots
coming off the roots that you wouldn't have

1500
01:56:12.720 --> 01:56:15.239
had before. When you rote hoteil
or do something. You know that that

1501
01:56:15.359 --> 01:56:18.960
injures a route, you tend to
get a lot more of those as well.

1502
01:56:19.079 --> 01:56:23.319
So, but the only solution to
that would be to either put a

1503
01:56:23.359 --> 01:56:26.119
ground cover around it that you could
just you know, as um over the

1504
01:56:26.119 --> 01:56:29.479
top of the groundcover, m over
the little ceilings coming up, or a

1505
01:56:29.640 --> 01:56:33.960
really heavy duty landscape fabric weighted down
and that that could cut down on that.

1506
01:56:34.000 --> 01:56:36.640
But then you're not gonna be able
to grow anything in that spot unless

1507
01:56:36.640 --> 01:56:42.960
it's a vinding groundcover coming in from
the sides, right, Okay, Well,

1508
01:56:43.239 --> 01:56:46.159
you know, I just I'll just
deal with it, Okay, I

1509
01:56:46.159 --> 01:56:53.880
have to do Yeah. I mean, there is a big azalia area all

1510
01:56:53.920 --> 01:56:57.199
around it, but it's been there
since we moved in right thirty years ago,

1511
01:56:57.279 --> 01:57:00.680
So it's nothing that I put in. It's just it's always and I

1512
01:57:00.720 --> 01:57:02.960
haven't touched the roots since we've been
there. But well, if you if

1513
01:57:02.960 --> 01:57:08.000
you eliminate that, I'm not sure
why they're suddenly just starting to pop up

1514
01:57:08.000 --> 01:57:12.960
then right now, that is a
little bit unusual, but anyway, it's

1515
01:57:13.039 --> 01:57:16.279
it is what it is, and
so your options are just to do some

1516
01:57:16.319 --> 01:57:20.000
of the things I mentioned, or
to if you do cut them out,

1517
01:57:20.079 --> 01:57:24.680
try to go down and cut them
more where they attached to the route,

1518
01:57:25.039 --> 01:57:29.159
because when you just mow them off, it just rebranches from the base and

1519
01:57:29.319 --> 01:57:34.720
you get two shirts. Yeah yeah, and become spikes that you can't walk

1520
01:57:34.720 --> 01:57:39.359
over. Baret oh Man, No
kidding, Hey, Paul, thank you.

1521
01:57:39.399 --> 01:57:43.279
I appreciate that call very much,
and good luck with that situation.

1522
01:57:43.560 --> 01:57:46.079
We're gonna go now to Texas City. Danny, we got about a minute.

1523
01:57:46.079 --> 01:57:51.079
How can we help? Hey morn
to skip and Nikki got white power

1524
01:57:51.119 --> 01:57:56.279
recepts. Its all of them crooked
neck, straight neck squash. Okay,

1525
01:57:57.560 --> 01:58:01.039
it rubs off with your finger,
yeah, but it's spreading from one plant

1526
01:58:01.039 --> 01:58:03.359
to the next. One time to
stop it. Okay, powdery mill do,

1527
01:58:03.600 --> 01:58:09.520
that's what it is, and it
can be controlled with a foliar spray

1528
01:58:09.600 --> 01:58:15.800
of kneeme oil. There are also
some fungicides that will work on powdery mill

1529
01:58:15.840 --> 01:58:18.439
do. So if if that's if
that's what you're dealing with, uh,

1530
01:58:19.000 --> 01:58:25.560
then I would consider either a synthetic
fungicide or something like kneem oil as being

1531
01:58:25.680 --> 01:58:30.840
probably two of your best bets.
Okay, one last question, what's the

1532
01:58:30.920 --> 01:58:36.119
general fertilizer for all the vegetable plants? Oh, gosh, a lot of

1533
01:58:36.159 --> 01:58:42.119
things will work. I often just
use lawn fertilizer on most of my vegetables.

1534
01:58:42.600 --> 01:58:48.960
But I've been running. Yeah,
n uh yeah, yeah, you

1535
01:58:49.000 --> 01:58:53.680
can uh, you know pretty much. The lawn fertilizers we talk about,

1536
01:58:53.720 --> 01:58:56.800
I often use them a vegetable garden. Now, you can buy a mix

1537
01:58:56.920 --> 01:59:00.640
just for vegetables, but you know, we we package these mix is based

1538
01:59:00.640 --> 01:59:04.319
on what a plant generally mostly wants, but it doesn't account for what's already

1539
01:59:04.319 --> 01:59:09.079
in the soil. So, you
know, it could be that a vegetable

1540
01:59:09.159 --> 01:59:13.640
food isn't the best food for your
vegetables because of what's already in your soil.

1541
01:59:13.800 --> 01:59:15.359
But in general, you can depend
on those and go with it.

1542
01:59:15.640 --> 01:59:18.000
Hey, if you got some follow
up, hang on, I'll talk to

1543
01:59:18.000 --> 01:59:20.720
you after break. But I'm gonna
have to take break right now. Danny

1544
01:59:21.039 --> 01:59:41.319
our phone number seven one three two
one two fifty eight seventy four. All

1545
01:59:41.399 --> 01:59:45.520
right, quick quiz question. Can
you name three monkeys? I'm talking about

1546
01:59:45.800 --> 01:59:50.880
human monkeys singing with monkeys. I'm
not talking about like monkeys in the in

1547
01:59:50.960 --> 01:59:55.119
the wild. Yeah, if you
can i'd like to know. Hey,

1548
01:59:55.119 --> 01:59:59.000
we're gonna head out to spring and
we're gonna talk to Andrew. Hello Andrew,

1549
02:00:00.800 --> 02:00:03.119
Hey, how are you doing?
I'm well, thank you. I

1550
02:00:03.159 --> 02:00:10.319
got a question. So my front
yard, I had a mostly Saint Augustine

1551
02:00:10.600 --> 02:00:14.319
yard. I used to credit at
five inches as real, thick, full,

1552
02:00:14.479 --> 02:00:21.119
beautiful, and then this last winter
we just had bermuda started taking over,

1553
02:00:21.359 --> 02:00:26.800
so I started cutting it short.
And now Saint Augustine is trying to

1554
02:00:26.840 --> 02:00:29.880
make a comeback, and I actually
like the bermuda better. Okay, what

1555
02:00:30.039 --> 02:00:31.680
kind I do to get rid of
that? Saint Augustine? Andrew? Do

1556
02:00:31.760 --> 02:00:34.760
you think this is a turf type
bermuda? Like, is it coming from

1557
02:00:34.800 --> 02:00:40.960
another bermuda lawn or what? I
have no idea. I just know that

1558
02:00:41.119 --> 02:00:45.680
whenever they it's kind of a new
Bill twenty nineteen, and so whenever they

1559
02:00:45.760 --> 02:00:48.479
did the saw it it was a
mixed palette. Ah. Okay, well

1560
02:00:48.520 --> 02:00:53.239
that then the chances are it's a
turf type bermuda because the turf farm grows

1561
02:00:53.279 --> 02:00:57.279
one and then the other one.
But I just had to ask that because

1562
02:00:57.399 --> 02:01:00.000
just standard old bermudas are not necessarily
the best for a lawn, Like if

1563
02:01:00.039 --> 02:01:04.279
you want to bermuda lawn. I'd
probably tell you to purchase a good semi

1564
02:01:04.359 --> 02:01:10.039
dwarf type of bermuda that that would
do best for you. But assuming that

1565
02:01:10.119 --> 02:01:13.880
this bermuda is a decent type,
what you want to do is you want

1566
02:01:13.880 --> 02:01:16.680
to mow low, and you want
to mow often. If you let the

1567
02:01:16.720 --> 02:01:21.720
grass get real tall, Saint Augustine
has enough advantage to survive in the bermuda.

1568
02:01:23.159 --> 02:01:26.520
If your areas are too shady,
it's going to be hard to get

1569
02:01:26.600 --> 02:01:29.960
rid of the Saint Augustine because the
bermuda can't take that shade as much.

1570
02:01:30.439 --> 02:01:34.560
But if you mow low and mow
often, that's the way we have a

1571
02:01:34.600 --> 02:01:39.680
beautiful bermuda lawn. And you know, you can also just grab Saint Augustine

1572
02:01:39.760 --> 02:01:43.640
runners and kind of rip them up, so it's not too easy to have.

1573
02:01:45.479 --> 02:01:47.079
Yeah, yeah, you can do
some of that, but mo low

1574
02:01:47.119 --> 02:01:49.680
more often. I think that's going
to be your best bet, assuming that

1575
02:01:49.720 --> 02:01:54.760
it's a good full sun location.
All right, I appreciate it in the

1576
02:01:54.920 --> 02:01:57.319
crib grass. What's the best way
to get rid of that? The best

1577
02:01:57.359 --> 02:02:00.199
way is to not have it,
and that's by using arricade as a pre

1578
02:02:00.279 --> 02:02:04.079
emergent you put it down, you
watered in. The crabgrass is never able

1579
02:02:04.119 --> 02:02:09.319
to sprout and establish a weed.
Once you have crabgrass, if it's in

1580
02:02:09.399 --> 02:02:15.359
a lawn, there's not something that
kills a grass in a grass in that

1581
02:02:15.399 --> 02:02:19.079
sense, you can't kill cry grass
without killing your lawn. And so there

1582
02:02:19.399 --> 02:02:25.600
I would just mow again more regularly, mow low, and the crab grass

1583
02:02:26.079 --> 02:02:30.640
is gonna get choked out eventually by
a healthy lawn. Now, if your

1584
02:02:30.720 --> 02:02:33.800
lawn is struggling and you've got spots
where sunlight hits the soil, you're gonna

1585
02:02:33.840 --> 02:02:38.399
have weeds like crab grass that pop
up. So work on mow, water,

1586
02:02:38.520 --> 02:02:43.840
fertilized those three key elements, do
them right and increase that density and

1587
02:02:44.279 --> 02:02:46.439
crab grass is not going to be
as much of a problem. But a

1588
02:02:46.479 --> 02:02:48.920
pre emerge is always a good way. It's going to give you know,

1589
02:02:49.039 --> 02:02:57.720
sixty days or so of protection against
grass crabgrass germination. Perfect. All right,

1590
02:02:57.840 --> 02:03:00.199
thank you, all right, Andrew, thank you for the call.

1591
02:03:00.239 --> 02:03:02.720
I appreciate that call. Let's see
a little bit of time here, if

1592
02:03:02.720 --> 02:03:06.920
we can get a quick call in
seven one three two one two fifty eight

1593
02:03:08.079 --> 02:03:11.880
seventy four seven one three two one, two, five, eight seventy four.

1594
02:03:11.920 --> 02:03:15.039
I want to remind you that after
the show today, which is really

1595
02:03:15.119 --> 02:03:17.439
soon, I'm going to be heading
out to Arbigate. I'll get out there

1596
02:03:17.439 --> 02:03:20.640
about eleven thirty and I'll be there
to help. I'll be there and we'll

1597
02:03:20.680 --> 02:03:26.600
pass one thirty, but officially to
one thirty. This is the day before

1598
02:03:26.680 --> 02:03:32.479
Mother's Day. Come out and they
will direct you to a plethora of wonderful

1599
02:03:32.520 --> 02:03:38.319
Mother's Day gifts, from plants to
bling to indoor decorations. They've got it.

1600
02:03:38.920 --> 02:03:43.880
Come see me. Let's see some
samples of plants or bugs or diseases.

1601
02:03:43.880 --> 02:03:46.760
Put them in a ziplock bag.
If you've got your phone camera going

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and you can take a picture of
some things up close and sharp focus and

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sharp focus. I'd be happy to
look at those and see if we can

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identify, if we can diagnose,
or if we can make some suggestions for

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plants free area. But I'd love
to meet you. I love to get

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to visit with and talk to the
listeners of the show. So come out

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Arburgate today. We'll be out there
and it is a wonderland of cool things.

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And you know I say this all
the time about Independent Garden centers.

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But they've got people that know what
they're doing. You know. It's they're

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not making guesses. They understand growing
in Houston. They understand which plants do

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well and don't do well. So
I hope to see out at Arburgate.

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We're gonna go the phones now,
we've got time for one more. We're

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gonna talk to George. How are
you doing? George doing pretty good.

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Hey. Look, I'm working on
the yard over here in Baytown and it's

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covered up with bermuda grass and it
has a little bit of Saint Augustine mixed

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in, and I was thinking about
trying that liquid actrazine to mark that formu

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to down. I don't know.
I wouldn't do that. I'm not a

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big fan of that. Just wouldn't
do it. You know, there's there's

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not a great way to get bermuda
out of Saint Augustine other than turn it

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into a very shady area, which
gives Saint Augustine the edge. I think

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if you, yeah, I think
you're gonna have to get rid of all

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of it. And what I would
do is spray a general weed killer to

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kill everything, and then I would
wait and give it a couple of weeks

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because you're going to see some ree
sprouting because you never get it all the

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first time. Hit it again,
hit it again, with that, with

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that spray. Just be patient and
then bring your Saint Augustine in. Try

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to get all the dead material off
the surface, by the way, so

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that your your new side sit.
I said, bring your Saint Augustine.

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02:05:40.199 --> 02:05:43.479
You want Bermuda, No, you
want Saint Augustine. Bring the us In

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02:05:43.560 --> 02:05:47.520
Augustine in and put it where it
gets good side to soil contact. You

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need good contact between those two so
the roots can move from one to the

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other readily. I understand. Yeah, then I'll do it that way.

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Then all right, Sorry to be
the bearer of bad news, but we

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02:06:00.840 --> 02:06:04.680
just don't have the miracle product that
will be that selected yet. I guess

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02:06:04.720 --> 02:06:09.760
some way someday they will. We'll
figure that out. Well, you've been

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02:06:09.760 --> 02:06:14.319
listening to the garden Line. We
are here to answer your gardening questions here

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02:06:14.359 --> 02:06:17.760
every Saturday from six am to ten, every Sunday from six am to ten.

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02:06:19.600 --> 02:06:23.359
Give us call tomorrow. We'd love
to visit with you about what's going

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02:06:23.439 --> 02:06:26.279
on in your lawn and in your
landscape. In the meantime, come out

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02:06:26.279 --> 02:06:29.760
to our arbigate today. I'll be
there eleven thirty to one thirty and I

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02:06:29.800 --> 02:06:32.359
can't wait to meet you and to
see how we can help you with some

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02:06:32.479 --> 02:06:36.479
of your gardening questions. Thank you
for being the listener. Tell your friends

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02:06:36.520 --> 02:06:39.399
and neighbors about it. By the
way, if you miss a show,

1644
02:06:39.479 --> 02:06:43.560
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1645
02:06:43.640 --> 02:06:46.439
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1646
02:06:47.239 --> 02:06:51.399
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02:06:51.439 --> 02:06:57.039
of good information. And so I
think that we are going to put this

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show in the cans. We'll see
you tomorrow