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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 ktr H
Garden Line with Skip Rictor it's crazy.

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Just watch him as well. Good
morning, Welcome to Garden Line. We're

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glad you're here. And oh my
gosh, I say, if the temperature

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drops five degrees off one hundred,
fall is here. So fall is definitely

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here. I'll tell you one thing. You can look at the calendar and

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you know fall is here. It's
coming, and you gotta get ready for

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it. Now. Thankfully we got
a little bit of rain, so people

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will start maybe believe him when I
say it's time to get out there and

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do things according to the calendar's schedule. And here's what I'm talking about.

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It takes a certain amount of time
for a warm season vegetable to grow up

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and set fruit before it gets too
cold. So even if it was hot,

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you needed to get those things planted
so that you'd be ready to go

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when it came time for harvest.
That when we're looking at things like cool

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season weed germination, when we're looking
at things like brown patch or infections of

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take all patch in the fall,
there's a time for all of that,

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and whatever the weather's doing, we
need to be ready for it. But

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now a lot of you've gotten rained. We're all enjoying a little bit cooler

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temperatures, and so we are in
the big middle of fall, and that's

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exciting. I mean, we've been
putting up with this summer for a long

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time, haven't we. It has
been gosh. Back in June, I

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was thinking, really already these temperatures, and here we are, We're getting

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our break. Cool season weather's coming. The gardener in is being rejuvenated.

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And am I bet I'm as excited
as anybody out there listening at the fact

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that we are finally getting into some
cool fall weather. That is important.

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One other thing that fall brings us, and don't forget about this is we

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are still in hurricane season. But
you know, even when there's not a

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hurricane, you can have wind damage
to your trees. That's why I like

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to recommend Affordable Tree Service. You
know Martin spoon Moore, he knows what

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he's doing, and I would suggest
seriously having him come out take a look

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at any trees you have any questions
about what does it look like? Are

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there some limbs that need to come
down. He's not going to prune it

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if it doesn't need to be pruned. But are they ready? Are they

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ready for any kind of windstorms we
might have? Also, we're coming up

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and when we get into the real
cool season on primetime for getting a whole

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lot of pruning done. And if
you want to get on his schedule,

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you need to go ahead and give
them a call because they do book up.

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Remember when you call him, tell
him your garden line listener puts you

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at the front of their line,
and make sure that you get on that

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schedule to have that pruning done.
You can give him a call at seven

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one three six nine nine twenty six
sixty three. Seven one three, six

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nine nine twenty six sixty three.
Deep root feeding is going to start about

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mid October. They're gonna beginning to
put that down. But one other thing

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I want to mention. If you're
going to do anything around a tree,

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it is you have a lot in
your control before the damage is done.

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After the damage is done, you
are fighting an uphill battle to try to

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save the tree. Call Martin,
haven't come out. Look, Hey,

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I'm gonna put in some lines here, some water lines, you know,

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other kinds of underground utilities, or
I'm looking at putting a patio in over

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here, have him look at it, advise you and guide you on how

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to do it right. That is
money well spent. Hey, those trees

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are very valuable to your landscape.
Martin Spoon Moore seven one three, six

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nine nine twenty six sixty three.
That's affordable tree service. We're gonna head

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out to the phones now and talk
to John v Out in League City.

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Hello, John v Good morning,
Skip and garden Line. I question this

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morning is on canalow seeds. I
went ahead and I took all the seeds

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out and I dried each individual one
and I had them in a plastic ziplog.

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So I'd like to know, like
I'm going to plant each one separately.

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Yes, and then okay, so
what you want to do is,

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first of all, now that they're
good and dry, you want to put

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them in a air tight container.
You could use a little glass jar.

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You could use a very good freezer
type zip block. Those are not perfect

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for air air type, but they're
good. I use those a little pop

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down lid plastic containers that really seal
it well. And if you have any

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little descant packets, the little things
you get maybe when you buy a bottle

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of supplements, or they come with
our electronic equipment when you buy something,

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throw one of those in there and
that'll help pull some of the water out

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of the air. You're gonna be
planning those next spring, for next late

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spring and summer, so make sure
and get them stored right right down on

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them. Any information. If you
came out of a candle loope, you

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probably don't know what variety it was. If it also, if it came

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out of a cantalope, unless you
know the variety, it probably was a

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hybrid. So you may get a
mix of things, okay, And I'm

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going to plant them individually and containers
before they start to grow, So I'm

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going to separate all that out.
So you think in March I should go

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ahead and plant. And what kind
of soil do I use? Yeah,

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just a good quality seed starting mix
or a good quality, well screened,

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fine, very fine textured type of
a potting soil. We have a lot

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of goods heirloom as a really quality
potting soil that they sell for indoor plants,

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but it's okay for seeds starting too, as long as the seeds aren't

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too tiny, and cantalope seeds are
not tiny. We're wonderful. Thank y'all.

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You have a wonderful Saturday to all
of you. Thank you, and

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you too, Thank you very much. I appreciate your call. You know.

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I was talking about the fact that
we can have storms come through and

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knock out the power and it doesn't
just take a hurricane to do that.

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And I think that if you want
to be ready, you need to have

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a quality generator, and that would
be a Generac automatic standby generator. Now,

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Quality Home Products of Texas is the
place you need to go to get

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satisfied customers. When you buy something, you want to know it's a quality

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product. Which Generac automatic stand by
generators are They come on automatically? I

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mean, you may be in Timbuctwo
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now to Tomball and talk to Mel. Hello, Mel, good morning.

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Share. I was going to put
down some pre emergent I think it's coming

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up on that about that time.
But on the bag of nitre foss,

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I believe it says that you can't
put it down until like a year after

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you laid sode. Is that something
to that or what tell me the product?

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It's a nitre foss what is it? Gosh, it's a pre emergent.

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Okay, is it barricade? Do
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sure I think yes it is barricade. No, No, you don't have

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to you don't know. You're fine
on that barricade. I would probably put

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that application down in early October to
get ahead of your cool season weed germination.

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So we are just very short time
away. Remember, follow the label.

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You got to water it in and
mel put it on at the right

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lake rate. The label is there
for a reason, and you do it.

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You do it at the right rate. That is important because don't overdo

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these kind of things. You do
it at the right rate so it works

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right and you don't have to worry
about any kind of other issues. All

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right, I have a real quick
second one. I do not like weed

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and feed, but I've got so
a dead gun winning weeds out there.

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Can I put that stuff down on
side or not? All right, I'm

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gonna have to hold you. I'm
going right to a break. I'll come

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right back to you, and Walton, you'll be the very next stop well,

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good morning. You are listening to
Garden Line, and we got a

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lot to talk about today. With
the rain and a little bit cooler weather,

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fall is here. Some of you
have delayed a little bit and doing

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the things we needed to be doing
along the way, But we're gonna get

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you caught up. Don't worry about
that. Just stick with us. We're

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gonna go right back to Mel.
We were having a conversation Mel and Tom

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Ball, and you were I think
talking about a weed and feed or something.

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Yeah, with regard all the weeds
and stuff that have come up since

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I didn't put down a pre evergional
last time. I do not like weed

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and feeder on stuff. I don't
use this stuff, but I've got an

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area that I can use it on
and it's got some of that sting.

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Is that going to hurt the start
at all? It would be helpful to

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me to know what the things in
that weed and feed are. Could be

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post emergent, could be pre emergent. You see what I'm saying it it's

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kind of hard. Weed and feeds
a real generic term, and so in

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general it shouldn't if you follow the
label carefully. Now, if we were

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in the heat of summer. There
are certain post emergent products that can be

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stressful of the grass when it's very, very hot, but we're out of

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that now, and so I would
at least the worst part of it,

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just make sure that it is going
to work on the weeds you have in

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the stage therein. In other words, if you have existing weeds, a

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pre emergent's not going to help.
If you have grassy weeds, a post

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emergent broad leaf is not going to
help. So just make sure that.

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Yeah, that's why I do like
doing the fertilizer and we control separate because

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we can be more prescriptive that way
and going after the specific situation. But

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just read the bag, look at
your weeds, and I think you can

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you can decide. I appreciate it, Thank you, sir, all right,

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you bet, thank you. I
appreciate that. Yeah, he was

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talking about the Nitrofuss products there that
Nightrofuss has their Texas three step that is

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a fall program. Now why do
we talk about it as a fall program?

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Well, all summer I've been telling
you use fertilizers with lots of nitrogen

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in them, like a three one
two ratio and things like that. Now,

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we're going into fall, we still
need some nitrogen. We just need

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a little bit. We need a
little bit, but we really need some

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of the phosphorus and especially the potassium. And here's why phosphorus is helping with

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the root system and our grass plants. They've had a lot of root loss

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this year. This well, I
don't need to tell you what's happened this

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summer, but it's been hard on
them. When we go into fall,

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the potassium does two very important things. Number one, it helps the plant

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be ready for drought, which is
always good to have potassium in the ground.

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But it also helps build winter heartiness. And if you've got a weak

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plant going in, if we have
a rough winner, you especially need to

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have the kind of anti freeze that
potassium helps that plant develop to protect it

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for that. But the most important
reason we fertilize in the fall, this

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will be a surprise for you,
is because our plants come out in spring

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stronger. Your new spring growth is
starting off with the energy that you built

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in the fall. With a proper
fall fertilization. That is really important and

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that's why we do it. So
what is the three step one You're going

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to treat your lawns with Nitrofoss Fall
Special that is a fertilizer designed exactly for

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that for our area here in Texas. Number two is nitrofust Barricade that is

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a pre emergent weed control all of
the cool season weeds, the things that

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last spring we're all over your lawn. Those are cool season weeds, hend

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bit, chickweed, annual bluegrass,
on and on down the line, carpetweed.

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Those are all prevented with an early
October application of Nitrofussarcade. And then

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the third step is Nitrofus eagle tour
fung decide that has a systemic fung decide

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in it that moves into the plant, does a little bit of curative,

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but especially protects them going forward.
Because brown patch season is coming. This

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is when takeall patch also begins to
infect again when we cool off, and

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you need all three of those for
that to work. You can find Nitrofus

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three step program and all Nitrofus products
at plants for all seasons two forty nine.

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You can find it in Channing Gardens
out in Richmond and Lake Hardware out

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in Angleton. We're gonna go now
to Walton in Lake Jackson, Hey Walton,

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Hello, Hey, good morning,
Skip, Thanks for taking my call.

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Yes, about three weeks ago I
talked to you about restarting my front

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lawn. Almost Saint Augustine grass has
died where we got the idea that we

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would like to wait to spring to
do that, but in the meantime we

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would like to remove all of the
dead grass into so uh rye grass so

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we can have a nice lone doing
the doing the winter. Okay, And

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I want to ask, I guess
is that okay to do that and to

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kill that in in the spring?
If so, what brand of rye grass

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should I use? You said kill
or till it in the spring? Which

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word did you use? Killed the
rye? Okay? The only yeah,

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you can do that. You have
a green line. You get to do

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a little mowing in the winter time
if you don't mind doing that. But

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remember in the spring you need to
have kept it mode at a decent height.

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And then in the spring you're gonna
have to deal with that organic grass

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that is on the surface. You're
gonna have to kill it, get it

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out of there so when you lay
the new side it can touch the soil.

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You don't want it sitting on a
bunch of hay from the dead rye

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grass, right, you want it
sitting on the soil, So you're just

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gonna have to face that when that
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be fine. I would use that. There's annual rye grass and perennial.

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I usually like a mix of a
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annual comes on faster, the perennial
has a little better color. So you

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go in, you know, what
are you at in Lake Jackson? I

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would talk to maybe one of your
Ace hardware stores out in that direction,

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ask them about if they have some
mix of Right, it's a little early

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to be putting it out, but
that's okay. Just give it a little

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more time and sometime maybe out in
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to think about planting that. All
right, okay, all right, well,

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thank good luck with it. Okay, thank you sir, Yes,

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sir, thank you for the call. Appreciate that. Hey, I was

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looking the other day and Quality Feed
got a bunch of baby chicks in,

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which they do all the time.
I mean, all their customers know,

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they're constantly new shipments of chicks coming
in at Quality Feed and Garden Company.

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They're on Luzon Street in the kind
of north central Houston area for those who

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aren't familiar with that. They used
to be a different location when I began

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going to them a long time ago, but now they're near the intersection of

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equipment and a lesion on Luzon Street. They're open Monday through Friday nine to

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six today. They're open Saturdays nine
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to four pm. They've been a
tradition since nineteen twenty eight going by there

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and looking at their old time seed
rack and they carry a bunch of heirloom

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seeds. Just anything you need for
your garden, they're going to have it.

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Ever fertilizer wer I talk about all
the products to control pests and diseases

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and insects and things, quality pet
food. I mean, they really have

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a lot of very very variety when
it comes to chicken feed and all the

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products you need for your chickens.
Now, they just got a shipment in

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a couple of days ago, but
I'm telling you people know about quality and

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they go there to get them,
so don't delay. They do get shipments

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in regularly, but go check them
out and again quality feed Coode dot com.

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Real easy to find them and to
go see and I think you'll love

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it. It's one of those old
time feed stores. Just a lot,

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a lot of fun. You know. I've been telling you that fall is

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coming. We're here. Here we
go and Plants for All Seasons up on

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two forty nine where Louetta comes into
two forty nine, just north or Louetta.

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They have gotten a shipment of several
really nice things. They have all

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kinds. Well, first of all, they have mums. Mums are already

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appearing out there. That is nice. It's some beautiful solosias that are going

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to carry all the way up to
the first frost. The same thing is

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true with marigoles. Marigolds shine in
the fall, and this is a great

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time to plant marigoles. It's too
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It's not cool enough yet, So
get you some color in now. If

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you're in to succulence and cacti.
Oh my gosh. A brand new shipment

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out there at Plants for All Seasons. You know. You can go to

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Plants for All Seasons dot com or
give him a call two eight one three

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seven six sixteen forty nine. One
of my favorite things about a quality company

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like Plants for All Seasons is they
have staff that know what they're talking about.

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They direct you, they help you
have success. They've been family owned

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since nineteen seventy three, and you
don't stick around if you're not really impressing

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your customers. And that is exactly
what Sherry and the whole team do out

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there at Plants for All Seasons.
You're listening to Guardenline and we're gonna be

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talking a lot about fall things today. I mean that that is we're just

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on the on the verge of all
of that. By the way, I

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want to remind you that my lawn
care schedule is posted to the website Gardening

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with Skip dot com. Gardening with
Skip dot Com. It tells you what

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fertilizers to apply when, whether you
want to use synthetic, organic, they're

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all listed on there. A lot
of good information on taking care of those

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kind of things. I've also put
up a couple of new things to the

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website. I think just yesterday week
maybe day four yesterday, we got these

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things put up there. One of
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It's all about what's been going on
with our trees and what stress does

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and how that works and why and
how we eliminate it. And you need

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to be doing that because trees that
have been going through this summer are really

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in tough shape. Secondly, there's
one on lawn care in the drought and

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dealing with the lawns and just because
it rained in an area doesn't mean those

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lawns are in the clear. We
need to understand that how to properly water

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and save water really important to be
able to do that too. Another thing

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you need to be doing with your
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This is very importan. My favorite
folks for doing that or green Pro

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Green Pro is they know what they're
doing. They provide a quality core erration

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that pulls the plugs out of the
ground. That is important, and then

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they put a first class finely ground
compost on top to move down into the

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soil. You can dial you can
dial them up two eight one three five

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one green two eight one three five
one green or go to green Pro Texas

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dot Com. It's important to go
by there. Their deal is five ninety

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nine plus sales tax depending on the
location. Of your yard and the size

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of your yard, and they can
get you set up. Don't delay.

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It is very important to do this. To book them by the fifteenth of

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September to get ten percent off.
All right, what's time for Nicky News

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Network? If you want to get
on the board seven one three, two

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one two five eight seven four.
Well, I'm a believer that fall is

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coming. I'll tell you that a
little break in the weather, Like I

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said, when it's one hundred degrees, when it drops five degrees, I'm

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going to call it fall because it
is. Look at the calendar. We

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got to get these things done that
need to be done in the fall,

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and a little inspiration from a drop
in the temperatures sure makes it a lot

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easier. One of the things that
I was talking about fertilizing a while ago.

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One of the other things you need
to remember is asomite, and that's

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trace minerals. What are trace minerals. Trace minerals are minerals that are absolutely

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essential for the health of a plant, but they are only needed in small

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amounts. The fact that they're only
needed in small amounts does not make them

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anytheless essential. And azamite is a
mind product. You can go to Azamite

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Texas dot com if you want to
learn more about it. But we put

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it down to make shot make sure
that we get those trace elements on our

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lawns, and it's really simple to
do. Forty four pound bag will go

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about six thousands, twelve thousand square
feet, covers a lot of area.

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Because remember these are trace We're not
putting them out in huge amounts. Doesn't

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change the fact that they're absolutely essential. I use it my vegetable gardens too,

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because it just you know, you
want your vegetables to have all the

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nutrients that your body needs as well, and it just helps ensure that as

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well. That's asamite. Asmite easy
to find when you do your fertilizing.

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Just follow up with an asamite this
fall and things will be all the better

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for it. I was mentioning that
I put a couple of fact sheets up

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on the web, and I'd like
you to go take a look at them

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if you get a chance. It's
gardening with Skip dot com. That's the

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website, that's where I'm going to
be putting everything, and we are slowly

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getting those things up there. I
had just did one on caring for lawns

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and extended drought and heat, and
talking about the things a few little simple

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things that we can do to help
get our lawns through. We miss water

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our lawns. How do you water
properly? We talk about that, We

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talk about the what do you do
when you have an irrigation system that doesn't

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spread out the water evenly? Have
you ever noticed that? In fact,

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when you look at this sheet,
go look at it, and what you

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will see is pictures of a lawn
where in the shade the grass is alive,

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and in the sun the grass is
dead. They cut back on watering

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to the point of actually killing the
Saint Augustine in the sun, but it's

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alive in the shade. What does
that tell you? That means not all

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our areas need the same amount of
water in the sun. You can haul

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a little hose out there. If
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Why water areas that if you're trying
to save water and keep your lawn

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alive. Why water areas that are
already Okay, you can drag that little

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hose out there, and you can
save your lawn in the sunny areas,

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And that those kind of tips are
what's in that sheet. The other sheet

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is on stress related tree decline and
death, understanding how stress kills trees.

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And here is one thing to remember. You may look at a tree and

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say it's alive, it's okay,
and then a week later you look at

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it and it says if it died
overnight, Well it didn't. While it

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looked okay, it was under severe
stress. And at some point the systems

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start collapsing and the tree goes out
fastness, too late to do anything.

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How do you alleviate the stress?
How do you avoid the stress? That's

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very important because the value of a
huge tree to a landscape, it's huge,

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it is huge. On that web
page two, I've given you five

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other really good resources from the International
Society of arbora Culture from the Texas Forest

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Service, and they all help you
understand how to care for these very valuable

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parts of your landscape. If you
live up in the Grimes County area,

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we're talking up toward Brian College Station
way round Navasota. All that area.

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Grimes County Feeding Farm is your hometown
feed store. They're just a couple of

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miles west of two forty four on
State Highway thirty out of Carlos. So

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if you're coming out of Brian College
Station, you're heading out Boonville Road.

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That direction, you'll get to your
hometown feedstore, Grimes County Feed and Farm.

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For those of you who live in
Iola and bead Eyes and Rohnes,

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Prairie and Shiro and Richards and Anderson. This is your hometown feed store for

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the neighborhood's like Kingswood and Murewood.
They're just down the street from you.

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They carry the fertilizers we talk about. They carry the products we talk about.

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I was in there the other day
talking to mister Roy about the tree

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hugger sprinklers that they have, and
they were set up for those to help

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you get your trees through the stressful
summer. Grimes County Feeding Farm, they're

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gonna be open today in about an
iron twenty minutes, so you need to

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get over there and stock up.
It is time to get ready. We're

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talking about getting ready for fall.
That's how you get ready for fall.

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Stopping by Grimes County Feed. We're
gonna head out now to West Houston and

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talk to Dell. Hello Dell,
Oh, good morning, Mack. How

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are you this morning, I'm good, dell, what's up? Well,

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I just hope I haven't messed up
too much. I was so determined to

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leave my weed in my backyard that
had flowers on them, so because I

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had so many honeybees. But now
I want to put sad down. I

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have put down cardboard, got rid
of the weeds and stuff. I'll put

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down cardboard and I have put compost
on top of that. I don't know,

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do I need some top soil?
What do I need to do?

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I mean, how thick? Well, if you're gonna lay side, you're

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gonna need to get that that cardboard
out of there, just because it's gonna

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impede rooting it. Roots will get
through it in time, but it's done

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its job. The compost on top
and the cardboard have done their job and

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blocking the weeds and shutting things down. So when you're ready to lay side,

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you just pull it off. Water
the area well, because that's another

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thing cardboard does, is it slows
the moisture movement into the soil. And

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get a good soaking a couple of
days ahead of putting side down, and

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then just lay your side. Follow
the instructions on how you lay side and

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how you water it in and keep
it moist and it'll be fine. But

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if you're gonna do that this fall, you need to do it right away

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because we need time for that side
to get roots in before we get into

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November and the root growth starts to
slow down a lot. Well, I

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didn't know that I would have to
pull all that cardboard up. So are

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you telling me no matter if I
put a thick layer compost and top soil

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on it, I can't leave it. Well, if you put a thick

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layer on it, you could leave
it. Yeah, and it's gonna rode

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underground. I'm just saying the cardboard
sitting on top of the soil with a

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little compost on top, that's not
the ideal thing for the roots to go

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down into. If you can get
a little soil over it and you want

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to do that, that's fine.
If it's too much work to pull it

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out, that's fine. But just
know you want the sod soil that comes

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in that you lay down to touch
connect very well with the soil below,

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and so that maybe soil you add
on top of the cardboard, that's fine.

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If you want to go that root, that's okay too. So how

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thick. Should I put the top
solid in, I'd put a couple inches

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on there, and okay, yeah, yeah yeah. And the compost even

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if would it happen if I added
more composts because I had now, I

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wouldn't add more. If you've if
you've covered it the cardboard with enough where

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you don't see the cardboards, you're
good, okay, because okay, I

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appreciate it. Thank you very much, you bet, thank you very much.

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We're gonna take a break right here, Maureen, you'll be next up

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when we come back. Phone number
is seven one three two one two fifty

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eight seventy four. Well, good
morning. You're listening to Garden Line,

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and boy, do we ever have
a lot to talk about today. It

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is time for fall. It is
it's time to get ready for fall.

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It's time to plant for fall.
Before you put the green stuff in the

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ground, you gotta put the brown
stuff in the ground. What am I

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talking about, Well, I mean
soil prep. Soil prep, soil prep,

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compost, organic matter, the stuff
that makes the plants succeed. That's

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important. Don't PLoP a plant into
an unprepared plot. Say that ten times.

409
00:29:04.680 --> 00:29:08.599
It is important to get the soil
right, and Heirloom Soils is a

410
00:29:08.680 --> 00:29:12.519
great way to get your soil right. You know, Airloom has their veggie

411
00:29:12.559 --> 00:29:17.079
and Herb mix a lot of retailers. In the next couple of days they'll

412
00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:21.839
be getting a lot of fresh new
inventory coming in from Heirloom Soils. They

413
00:29:21.880 --> 00:29:25.359
have been working overtime to get all
of this ready for fall. Check out

414
00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:29.000
their veggie and herb mix. It
is excellent for many things beyond veggies and

415
00:29:29.000 --> 00:29:32.880
herbs. They also have in bulk
the rose soil, the leaf mold compost,

416
00:29:33.000 --> 00:29:37.559
and to the veggie and herb soil. You can have it delivered dumped

417
00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:38.839
on the driveway, you can go
pick it up with a trailer out at

418
00:29:38.839 --> 00:29:42.599
the porter location, or you can
have them bring a supersac which is a

419
00:29:42.680 --> 00:29:48.920
nice, neat clean giant bag that
holds a cubic yard of soil. Now

420
00:29:48.960 --> 00:29:52.839
they're open for their bulk sales out
there and Porter Monday through Saturday from seven

421
00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:57.400
am to five p m. Go
check them out online, Heirloom Soils,

422
00:29:57.480 --> 00:30:03.160
and you will find that they have
a wide, wide variety of products,

423
00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:10.119
quality products. Heirloom Soils of Texas
dot Com. We're gonna go now out

424
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to let's see, we're gonna go
trying to find my screen here. Marty

425
00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:19.359
in Fairfield, Hello, Marty,
good morning. Skip question. You talked

426
00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:23.960
a lot this summer about taking care
of your indoor plants, and I've I

427
00:30:25.039 --> 00:30:26.680
just never have any luck. So
I want to go get some of that

428
00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:37.880
microlife indoor plant solution. And how
often are you feeding, slash watering your

429
00:30:37.920 --> 00:30:41.599
indoor plant? Okay, that's the
orange orange bottle that you're talking about there,

430
00:30:41.720 --> 00:30:45.680
that's the one to go for.
Its micrust. The orange bottle easy,

431
00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:49.400
easy to find, and you can
do it a couple of ways.

432
00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:52.720
You can mix it a little stronger
and do it once in a while,

433
00:30:52.240 --> 00:30:56.799
or I just put it in pretty
much at each watering. I put a

434
00:30:56.799 --> 00:31:00.759
little bit in at a more deluded
rate. It's there's not a right or

435
00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:06.799
wrong either way. We'll work.
But you just shake it up and pour

436
00:31:06.839 --> 00:31:08.200
it into a little water. I
used have a little gallon jug, you

437
00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:11.640
know, an old milk jug or
something that I used. If you have

438
00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:15.160
a nice watering can, that's good
too, but just give it a good

439
00:31:15.160 --> 00:31:18.079
soaking when you water, and always
have that in there. It's got micrubs

440
00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:21.920
in it. It's got of course, the nutrients in. It's like a

441
00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:26.079
seven one. Gosh, the last
number is not in my head right now.

442
00:31:26.079 --> 00:31:29.160
I should know that seven one three
or four seven one four, I

443
00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:33.799
believe anyway, it's it is an
excellent project. I've been using it for

444
00:31:33.839 --> 00:31:37.079
a long time now and very pleased
with it. Okay, good because I've

445
00:31:37.119 --> 00:31:41.599
never had much luck on indoor plants, and okay, he talked a lot

446
00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:45.599
about it. So that's my project
for the warm A day's ahead. All

447
00:31:45.680 --> 00:31:48.880
right, Well, there are there
any the keys to success with indoor plants,

448
00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:52.119
just going back over the years and
all the gardeners I've talked to.

449
00:31:52.960 --> 00:31:57.000
Number one, is it an enough
light for that species. That's very important.

450
00:31:57.759 --> 00:32:04.160
That drives the fuel for the whole
plant health system. So without sunlight

451
00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:07.720
doesn't matter. Soils, fertilizer's water, you know, all that is secondary

452
00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:13.240
if it doesn't have good sunlight.
Secondly, don't over water, don't keep

453
00:32:13.240 --> 00:32:15.880
it too wet. Some people tend
to do that and you end up with

454
00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:21.400
root rots and those both are easy
to fix to Just focus on those,

455
00:32:21.519 --> 00:32:24.200
make sure they're right, and then
a quality product like that bio Matrix by

456
00:32:24.359 --> 00:32:29.440
Orange Bottle, by microlifill work very
good. All right, thank you so

457
00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:32.279
much, Thank you, Marty.
I appreciate that call very much. Well,

458
00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:36.200
it's rained, and what does that
mean to our soil. It means

459
00:32:36.200 --> 00:32:38.279
our soil is going to swell up. When it gets dry, it shrinks,

460
00:32:38.319 --> 00:32:43.680
when it gets wet, it swells. And that movement wreck It just

461
00:32:43.799 --> 00:32:47.400
wrecks foundations, driveways, sidewalks.
I mean it's hard on things here in

462
00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:52.279
Houston. Drive down the streets down
in Houston. All the water lines that

463
00:32:52.319 --> 00:32:54.799
have been broken and they've tried to
repair them, and it's like driving across

464
00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:59.839
the top of the rocky mountains going
down the street. Fix my slab foundation

465
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466
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467
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you tell them you're a garden line listener.

468
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They do sidewalks, they do slabs. Do you see cracks in the

469
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brick? Do you see cracks in
the sheet rock? Do not delay.

470
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They're on time, They're price is
fair, and they fix it right.

471
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Fix my slab dot com two eight
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472
00:33:28.440 --> 00:33:31.359
We're gonna head out now to Lakeside
of States and Talctor Marine. Hello

473
00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:39.799
Marine, good morning morning. I
have I'm working with my Christmas cactus.

474
00:33:39.839 --> 00:33:45.440
I have two of them, and
my problem is at they're inside, and

475
00:33:45.599 --> 00:33:52.839
of course with the air conditioning going, the soil is dropping out or drying

476
00:33:52.839 --> 00:33:59.839
out. Excuse me, Okay,
So I watered and I'm just gonna go

477
00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:05.079
quickly. What I've done basically not
too much, just sprayed the mist at

478
00:34:05.079 --> 00:34:09.760
the top of the soil because it
really looks kind of crusty and the result

479
00:34:10.000 --> 00:34:16.360
of overwatering or not enough water.
Both of my plants are kind of getting

480
00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:21.159
weapy looking, so I'm not sure. I've had them almost a year.

481
00:34:21.719 --> 00:34:28.199
I did listen carefully to the previous
call, but I was thinking of changing

482
00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:31.760
out the soil. So you start
me off with that. Every you think

483
00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:36.800
is right, I would say changing
out the soil is probably the least likely

484
00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:40.159
issue to deal with. But you
can take a little finger, dig it

485
00:34:40.199 --> 00:34:44.400
in there about an inch or too
deep and feel the soil. It's either

486
00:34:44.440 --> 00:34:46.280
going to be soggy, wet,
or too dry or just right, and

487
00:34:46.400 --> 00:34:51.679
you want just right. Don't let
the name cactus fool you. In Christmas

488
00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:55.239
cactus and Thanksgiving cactus. They need
moisture. They don't live in the desert.

489
00:34:55.599 --> 00:35:00.880
They live in a moist environment.
That doesn't mean it means moist and

490
00:35:00.920 --> 00:35:06.039
so trying to get that right is
going to be important. If they're wilting,

491
00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:09.639
hopefully it's because they got a little
too dry, because if they're wilting

492
00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:13.719
because they're too wet, there could
be some root rots involved. In that

493
00:35:13.800 --> 00:35:17.239
case, maybe pulling it and repotting
it could be necessary. But I would

494
00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:22.079
try to just I would feel the
soil first. If you can't determine from

495
00:35:22.119 --> 00:35:25.719
that, you can turn the pot
upside down and kind of bump the pot

496
00:35:25.760 --> 00:35:30.000
and pull it upward off the root
ball, so you're holding the plan upside

497
00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:32.760
down in your hand while you pull
the pot off and look around and see

498
00:35:32.760 --> 00:35:37.119
if you see nice living roots or
if it's a bunch of brown water soaked

499
00:35:37.199 --> 00:35:40.639
rotting roots. In that case,
you take a knife, butcher knife kind

500
00:35:40.639 --> 00:35:45.320
of thing, just sort of cut
away the outside and then put some fresh

501
00:35:45.360 --> 00:35:49.039
potting soil in there and put it
back in the container and go with that

502
00:35:49.199 --> 00:35:52.159
touching, go keeping it just right, and I think you'll be well off.

503
00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:54.559
Don't put it in full sun,
but get in in as much light

504
00:35:54.599 --> 00:36:00.559
as you can. Well, it's
not a foot away from my southern exposure

505
00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:06.880
windows. Okay, all right,
well that's that's plenty light. Plenty light.

506
00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:10.559
Yeah, you sound like, give
it a check. All that out,

507
00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:14.559
Give us a call back on another
day if you after you've kind of

508
00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:16.599
gone through this, If you if
there's anything you're wondering about, well we'll

509
00:36:16.599 --> 00:36:22.400
walk you through it. Okay.
My last question with this plant, these

510
00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:27.119
plants, is I don't really see
much root when it's fell over. Okay,

511
00:36:27.159 --> 00:36:30.159
so one of them fell over.
So what kind of a root system?

512
00:36:30.320 --> 00:36:35.559
Uh, it's a fairly fine root
system. It's not a big thick,

513
00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:38.280
you know, spaghetti sized roots everywhere
on the outside of the pot.

514
00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:43.559
So just just when you look for
it, you'll you'll see what I'm talking

515
00:36:43.559 --> 00:36:45.960
about. Just take your fingers,
scrape away some of the outer ball.

516
00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:47.079
Hey, I'm gonna have to go. If you want to hang on till

517
00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:52.880
after, that's good, I'm fine, Thank you. I will call you

518
00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:55.719
back all right, Thank you.
I appreciate that. Take care, Bye

519
00:36:55.760 --> 00:37:01.079
bye. Our phone numbers seven one
three, two one to five eight seven

520
00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:07.239
four seven one three two one to
fifty eight seventy four. Hey, today

521
00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:10.199
I'm going to be at the Montgomery
County Home and Garden Show. Now,

522
00:37:10.400 --> 00:37:15.079
that's from twelve to two pm,
from noon to two pm. That's at

523
00:37:15.079 --> 00:37:19.559
the Lone Star Convention Center in Conro. All of you up there in Montgomery

524
00:37:19.559 --> 00:37:22.599
County, I hope you'll come.
Those of you in North Harris County.

525
00:37:22.639 --> 00:37:24.119
It's not too four of a drive
up there, and it's a great show

526
00:37:24.119 --> 00:37:28.360
every year too. We're gonna be
giving away some Nelson products out there,

527
00:37:28.599 --> 00:37:31.440
and I look forward to visiting with
you. I'll do a one hour seminar

528
00:37:31.679 --> 00:37:36.320
on what you need to know going
into fall, and then I'll be there

529
00:37:36.320 --> 00:37:38.880
for another hour at a table just
to visit with you. Answer your gardening

530
00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:43.480
questions, bring me photos, bring
me samples, whatever you want to talk

531
00:37:43.480 --> 00:37:45.800
about. Give me something to look
at and good sharp focus if it's a

532
00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:50.159
photo, and we'll be able to
help you out. That's the Montgomery County

533
00:37:50.199 --> 00:37:54.440
Home and Garden Show today, twelve
pm to two pm at the Lone Stark

534
00:37:54.480 --> 00:38:01.440
Convention Center in Conro. Kt our
H Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any

535
00:38:01.480 --> 00:38:07.880
of the products or services advertised on
this program. Welcome to KTRH guarden Line

536
00:38:08.159 --> 00:38:27.000
with Skip Ricord. Just watch a
good morning. You are listening to garden

537
00:38:27.039 --> 00:38:31.719
Line. We're here to talk about
everything related to gardening, and boy,

538
00:38:31.800 --> 00:38:35.239
is it ever a good time to
do that. Got a little break from

539
00:38:35.280 --> 00:38:37.480
the weather. Fall is coming.
I mean, we know it could have

540
00:38:37.519 --> 00:38:42.039
a little warm spell come through again. But we're all right. We're on

541
00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:45.199
our way now. It is time
to get things done. It is time

542
00:38:45.239 --> 00:38:49.920
to take care of our plants that
have been struggling along. And boy,

543
00:38:50.400 --> 00:38:52.840
if you've looked at the lawns,
if you look at trees this summer,

544
00:38:52.880 --> 00:38:55.559
and I know you have, it's
rough. It is rough out there.

545
00:38:57.559 --> 00:39:01.079
If you happen to live out in
the montbelle View area Mount Bellevue area,

546
00:39:01.159 --> 00:39:05.840
Texas feed Stop, that's your hometown
feed store. We love our feed stores

547
00:39:05.840 --> 00:39:10.000
here on Garden Line and Texas feed
Stop is the old fashioned kind of feed

548
00:39:10.039 --> 00:39:13.360
store. What do I mean by
that? I mean it's part of the

549
00:39:13.360 --> 00:39:15.960
community there. They are a youth
from the community to work there. They

550
00:39:16.079 --> 00:39:20.960
carry your bags out when you buy
stuff, you don't have to lug all

551
00:39:21.000 --> 00:39:24.519
that stuff around. They give you
that kind of service. That's how Brian

552
00:39:24.559 --> 00:39:30.280
and Hope Rhodes run things. I
mean, it's just the family owned store

553
00:39:30.039 --> 00:39:35.360
that treats you like family when you
come in and they carry everything you need.

554
00:39:35.440 --> 00:39:37.920
You hear me talking about fertilizer.
Anything I mentioned is going to be

555
00:39:37.960 --> 00:39:42.800
out there at Texas Feed Stop.
Now, maybe you don't live in Mount

556
00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:45.920
Bellevue, maybe you live in Baytown. Is so close to you it's your

557
00:39:45.960 --> 00:39:50.599
hometown feed store. If you're on
Interstate ten at Highway one forty six,

558
00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:52.960
just go a few minutes north,
a few minutes north of I ten on

559
00:39:53.039 --> 00:39:55.719
one forty six and you are right
there. You'll see them on the right

560
00:39:55.760 --> 00:40:00.400
hand side. They carry all the
different things you need for you your lawn

561
00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:05.239
and garden beyond fertilizers as well.
They have an excellent supply. So are

562
00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:07.480
you dealing with pests or diseases or
weeds or anything like that. Do you

563
00:40:07.480 --> 00:40:12.840
want quality feed, quality pet food, quality feed for your farm animals.

564
00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:17.000
They've they've got it all. Texas
Feed Stop in Mott Bellevue real easy to

565
00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:22.360
find and really pleasurable to be part
of. Become part of the family out

566
00:40:22.400 --> 00:40:28.639
there, get treated like family at
Texas Feed Stop. Our phone number if

567
00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:31.639
you would like to give us call
is seven one three two one two fifty

568
00:40:31.719 --> 00:40:37.679
eight seventy four seven one three,
two one two five eight seven four.

569
00:40:38.480 --> 00:40:44.039
I've been talking about the importance of
good turf care and of good tree care

570
00:40:44.159 --> 00:40:47.000
coming out of the drought up to
now, just specifically talking about the effects

571
00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:52.159
of drought on us, and it's
it's been brutal. It's been a tough

572
00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:54.599
one and we need to be taking
care of our plants when we're going into

573
00:40:54.679 --> 00:41:02.159
fall. Our turf needs quality care. It has been through absolute turf hell

574
00:41:02.239 --> 00:41:06.960
this summer and we have got to
give it the relief that it needs.

575
00:41:06.960 --> 00:41:09.239
So what does that mean, Well, let's think about this. Your turf

576
00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:15.320
has lost roots during because of the
drought and intense heat that's going on.

577
00:41:15.679 --> 00:41:19.320
Maybe you had chinch bugs hit and
take out some as well. Maybe you

578
00:41:19.360 --> 00:41:22.440
had to take all root rod hit
and do some damage as well. We've

579
00:41:22.440 --> 00:41:25.880
got to get that turf back in
shape. No. Number One is water,

580
00:41:27.079 --> 00:41:30.159
and we've gotten some rain, but
if you haven't continue to give it

581
00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:36.719
a good soaking about once a week, applying about one inch of water because

582
00:41:36.920 --> 00:41:38.960
it is not cold out there yet. When it cools off, we're going

583
00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:43.639
to cut way back on the water. In fact, we need to cut

584
00:41:43.639 --> 00:41:47.119
back on the water when it really
cools off. And here's why brown patch

585
00:41:47.320 --> 00:41:52.840
or it's now called large patch,
makes the big brown circles, and it

586
00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:55.239
likes to hit when we get a
little coal run in and some rain.

587
00:41:55.519 --> 00:42:00.920
Typically October's a general time where we
begin to that kind of thing. It

588
00:42:00.920 --> 00:42:02.480
can happen a little earlier a little
later, depending on where you live in

589
00:42:02.480 --> 00:42:07.559
the weather. But in order to
be ready for that, your turf needs

590
00:42:07.599 --> 00:42:13.199
to be strong and it needs to
not be mismanaged. Here are the things

591
00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:16.480
that make large or brown patch very
happy. So if you want to make

592
00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:21.480
brown patch not, if you want
to avoid it, don't give it what

593
00:42:21.559 --> 00:42:25.039
makes it happy. What makes it
happy is too much water wet all the

594
00:42:25.079 --> 00:42:30.960
time, either over irrigating lots of
rainfall can't control that, or poor drainage.

595
00:42:31.039 --> 00:42:34.880
That's why we talk about air raiding
your lawn, and that's why we

596
00:42:35.199 --> 00:42:42.000
talk about building quality soil over time. Soggy conditions make it happy. Over

597
00:42:42.079 --> 00:42:45.920
fertilization with nitrogen. Don't use the
summer fertilizers that we've been talking about all

598
00:42:45.920 --> 00:42:51.559
spring and summer. Now switch to
a fall fertilizer. It's got lower nitrogen

599
00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:57.800
levels. Very important, very important
to avoid exacerbating. How's that for a

600
00:42:58.119 --> 00:43:04.239
nickel word. You're brown patch problems, your fall large patch problems. So

601
00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.920
the other thing is mowing too low. Some people like to It's like they're

602
00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:12.480
trying to make a golf course green
out of Saint Augustine. Let it be

603
00:43:12.800 --> 00:43:15.599
not too high, not too low, but at the right height. That

604
00:43:15.840 --> 00:43:21.280
is also important because you can predispose
it to issues by mowing it too low.

605
00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:25.519
So those things are the things you
want to avoid. Don't mow too

606
00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:29.840
low, don't keep it too wet, don't push it with nitrogen. Now,

607
00:43:29.880 --> 00:43:32.400
we do want to fertilize with a
quality fall fertilizer, and that is

608
00:43:32.440 --> 00:43:38.880
going to be one that has less
nitrogen than summer, but plenty of potassium

609
00:43:38.880 --> 00:43:45.159
in it. Especially those are very
important. Potassium helps with drought resistance,

610
00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:49.159
it helps with cold tolerance. But
here's the most important thing. I had

611
00:43:49.159 --> 00:43:52.239
a church bus just tell me one
time. He said, the most important

612
00:43:52.280 --> 00:43:55.320
futilizer of the years of fall fertilizer. And at the time I thought,

613
00:43:55.360 --> 00:44:00.360
okay, that that doesn't seem right. I know what he was saying,

614
00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:05.519
and that is that when your grass
goes into winter, it needs to go

615
00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:08.480
in strong because when it comes out
in the spring, the health of that

616
00:44:08.559 --> 00:44:14.840
grass is primarily determined by what was
done to it in the fall fertilization wise,

617
00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:19.320
that is the strength that it uses
to start growing. After a while

618
00:44:19.400 --> 00:44:22.840
in the spring, it's getting roots
down and it can take up fertilizers we're

619
00:44:22.840 --> 00:44:27.800
putting out at that time, But
initially that fall fertilization is very, very

620
00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:37.679
important. I'm gonna go calls to
get if you have not considered the Arbourgate

621
00:44:37.719 --> 00:44:39.360
one two three system. I talk
about it all the time, So if

622
00:44:39.360 --> 00:44:43.440
you've been listening to the show,
you've heard about it, you really need

623
00:44:43.480 --> 00:44:47.960
to give it a very close hard
look. It is the one two three

624
00:44:49.079 --> 00:44:52.639
easy way to take care of everything
you need forever. Plant you got.

625
00:44:52.280 --> 00:44:58.800
Number one is a food. It
feeds anything with roots. Arburgates Organic food

626
00:44:58.800 --> 00:45:01.400
complete is a four four three plus
calcium. This is a great one to

627
00:45:01.440 --> 00:45:07.800
be putting on the fall. Two
that has the microbes in it. It's

628
00:45:07.840 --> 00:45:12.039
got the things that your grass needs
to grow. It's got the things that

629
00:45:12.119 --> 00:45:19.039
your plants need to grow. Just
whatever has roots. Apply it. Organic

630
00:45:19.079 --> 00:45:23.719
soil complete. It is a soil
that contains also expanded shale and it will

631
00:45:23.880 --> 00:45:28.280
be. It could be used for
any beds you're building. It's perfect for

632
00:45:28.320 --> 00:45:31.760
that. And then third organic compost
complete again, two different kinds of composts,

633
00:45:31.840 --> 00:45:37.400
lots of microbial activity and more expanded
shale. Expanded shale over time.

634
00:45:38.000 --> 00:45:42.760
Every time you add it, you're
making your clay soils better and better and

635
00:45:42.800 --> 00:45:45.840
better. And it's all at Arburgate
Arburgate dot com. By the way,

636
00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:52.159
I'm going to be at Arburgate next
Saturday, not today, Next Saturday,

637
00:45:52.280 --> 00:45:55.199
September twenty three, from eleven thirty
to one thirty. I'll be there for

638
00:45:55.280 --> 00:45:59.199
two hours, so please come out
and see me, bring me some pictures

639
00:45:59.239 --> 00:46:02.559
and things less hawk. I know
you're excited about getting out and doing some

640
00:46:02.599 --> 00:46:06.719
fall things. I can't think of
a better way to spend next Saturday,

641
00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:12.679
even coming out to Arbigate to do
just that. Well, we're pressing hard

642
00:46:12.719 --> 00:46:15.800
against another one of our breaks.
Robert. We will come back to you

643
00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:19.119
when we come back. Our phone
number is seven one three two one two

644
00:46:19.519 --> 00:46:23.519
fifty eight seventy four. Well,
good morning, we are talking gardening.

645
00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:27.719
Why not. It's garden Line.
I'm your host, Skip Richter, and

646
00:46:27.800 --> 00:46:30.159
we got a lot to talk about. This is the season for that.

647
00:46:30.719 --> 00:46:34.719
Hey, you hear me talk about
tree hugger sprinklers all the time, and

648
00:46:35.199 --> 00:46:38.079
I know in some areas we've gotten
some rain. But I'm telling you you

649
00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:42.000
need to always have a tree hugger
on hand. And here's why. When

650
00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:45.039
you plant a new shrub, tree, rosebush, whatever you're planting like that,

651
00:46:45.079 --> 00:46:49.280
a woody ornamental, you're gonna put
the tree hugger around it and it'll

652
00:46:49.320 --> 00:46:52.320
help you water that spot where the
roots are. When you put that thing

653
00:46:52.360 --> 00:46:53.920
in the ground, it doesn't have
a root system yet, it's all in

654
00:46:53.960 --> 00:46:58.239
the little pot. Tree hugger can
help you water it that way. As

655
00:46:58.280 --> 00:47:00.599
you get trees it need a little
boost. Tree hugger helps you water that

656
00:47:00.639 --> 00:47:05.800
tree's root system because it waters the
area from the trunk all the way out

657
00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:07.800
to the outer branch spread. Depending
on the size you purchase, there's a

658
00:47:07.840 --> 00:47:12.320
seven inch, eleven inch, fifteen
inch. You can go to tree Hugger

659
00:47:12.360 --> 00:47:15.679
Sprinklers dot Com and find out more. You need to have one hanging in

660
00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:19.320
the garage at all time. We're
about to enter fall planting season, another

661
00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:22.440
good reason to have a tree hugger
sprinkler on hand. We're gonna go out

662
00:47:22.480 --> 00:47:27.320
to northwest Houston now and talk to
you, Rubber. Hello, Rubber,

663
00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:31.599
good morning. I have one of
those probably out of left field questions.

664
00:47:32.199 --> 00:47:37.480
All right, here goes. I
grew up on a farm, just a

665
00:47:37.519 --> 00:47:43.119
couple of models out of Burton,
Texas, and of course we grew all

666
00:47:43.159 --> 00:47:47.639
of our vegetables, most of them, so I really came to love vegetables,

667
00:47:47.719 --> 00:47:52.079
especially all those in the cabbage family. Okay, here's my question.

668
00:47:52.119 --> 00:47:58.000
I've had some people agree with me
on this and some who don't. When

669
00:47:58.039 --> 00:48:02.000
you go and buy cabbage or broccoli
or even califlar out of the store today,

670
00:48:02.119 --> 00:48:07.199
to me, it doesn't have near
the flavor that I was accustomed to,

671
00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:13.159
you know, years back. And
I understand that what gives cabbage,

672
00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:15.519
the cabbage family it's taste is a
sulfur in the cabbage. Is that?

673
00:48:16.599 --> 00:48:21.760
Is that true? It's a sulfur
like compound that the vociferous vegetables produce.

674
00:48:21.920 --> 00:48:25.199
Yes, but what have they done? I mean, some people don't agree

675
00:48:25.239 --> 00:48:29.800
with me, So now it's as
good as ourspin, but not not to

676
00:48:29.920 --> 00:48:34.000
me. Well, a couple of
things are going on there, Robert.

677
00:48:34.800 --> 00:48:38.039
The variety they grow, how fast
it grows, and the temperature that it

678
00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:42.440
grows in makes a big difference.
If you've tasted any of those, from

679
00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:45.079
kale to cabbage, do you name
it? In the cool season, when

680
00:48:45.079 --> 00:48:50.119
it's cool, they taste sweeter than
and when it gets hot they become skunkier.

681
00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:52.079
I guess if you want to refer
to them that way, the other

682
00:48:52.159 --> 00:48:55.760
thing. And I found this in
my life too. Barber Strissand wrote a

683
00:48:55.760 --> 00:48:59.440
song a long time ago called Memories, and one of the lines and it

684
00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:02.639
was could it be that it was
also simple then? Or has time rewritten

685
00:49:02.679 --> 00:49:07.880
every line? And I think sometimes
our memories, you know, of the

686
00:49:07.920 --> 00:49:12.960
wonderful times of past. It's kind
of hard to compare something from years ago

687
00:49:13.039 --> 00:49:15.519
to something from now. But I'm
not saying there isn't a difference. I'm

688
00:49:15.519 --> 00:49:21.519
just saying if you want the quality, getting good varieties, planning them at

689
00:49:21.559 --> 00:49:23.400
the right time, and harvesting them
at the right time, we can grow

690
00:49:23.599 --> 00:49:29.079
things like cabbage in a wide range
of time here in Texas, but the

691
00:49:29.159 --> 00:49:30.760
quality of it is going to be
cool season for sure. Well. I

692
00:49:30.840 --> 00:49:34.519
remember when I was a kid,
my grandma wouldn't make cabbage, and she

693
00:49:34.559 --> 00:49:39.400
would cook it to death, almost
so it had a little green it's not

694
00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:43.880
the way to cook at with man
that it had flavor. Yeah, I

695
00:49:43.920 --> 00:49:46.199
just don't see the flavor in it
anymore. Well, I grew up not

696
00:49:46.280 --> 00:49:51.639
eating spinach because mine came out of
a can and still got cooked half to

697
00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:55.440
death to where it started becoming less
green and more gray brown. All right,

698
00:49:55.880 --> 00:50:00.599
Well, okay, Well, I
just wanted to get your on that.

699
00:50:00.800 --> 00:50:02.639
Get into the ground, get it
growing fast, get some cool weather

700
00:50:02.719 --> 00:50:06.440
on it. Try some different varieties, see which ones you like. We

701
00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:10.920
used to grow flat nuts. Still
a good because we make Sara kraut makes

702
00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:15.400
good crowd. Yeah, that's right, that's right, all right, thanks,

703
00:50:15.440 --> 00:50:16.840
thank you very much, sir.
Good luck with the vegetable garden.

704
00:50:17.039 --> 00:50:23.360
Sounds fun out there. You know, Nature's way resources is and has been

705
00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:30.800
for a long time, a purveyor
of quality soil. And if you've listened

706
00:50:30.840 --> 00:50:32.800
to me one time, you've heard
me say by the brown stuff before by

707
00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:36.760
the green stuff. Spend money on
the soil before you spend money on the

708
00:50:36.760 --> 00:50:38.480
plants, or do them at the
same time. If you're going to a

709
00:50:38.480 --> 00:50:42.599
garden center, you're gonna buy something. Didn't do that. But if you

710
00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:45.400
don't make sure you're putting the plants
into soil that's quality. You're gonna have

711
00:50:45.400 --> 00:50:51.079
problems with them. Nature's Way has
soil that is quality. They originated so

712
00:50:51.119 --> 00:50:55.199
many of the important composts and soil
components that we talk about today. I'm

713
00:50:55.239 --> 00:50:59.800
going to be out there by the
Way on September thirtieth. September thirtieth there

714
00:51:00.039 --> 00:51:04.199
in their Fall Garden Special, and
I'll be out answering your questions, doing

715
00:51:04.280 --> 00:51:07.119
diagnosis, visiting for you about whatever
we want to talk about. It's gonna

716
00:51:07.119 --> 00:51:08.920
be a one heck of a shindig. They're gonna have food, music,

717
00:51:08.960 --> 00:51:13.400
and vendors and adult beverages. The
kids are going to get a scavenger hunt,

718
00:51:13.480 --> 00:51:16.079
all kinds of fun for little ones. There'll be a demo class at

719
00:51:16.159 --> 00:51:22.440
nine am on creating, enchanting fairy
gardens, learning the magic of miniature gardening.

720
00:51:22.719 --> 00:51:25.159
Now, if you want more information, you can just check them out

721
00:51:25.280 --> 00:51:29.559
Nature's Way resources. They are easy
to find. The phone number you want

722
00:51:29.559 --> 00:51:35.559
to call is nine three six three
two one sixty nine ninety. You can

723
00:51:35.599 --> 00:51:38.599
buy their products bulk, you can
buy them in bags, but whatever you

724
00:51:38.679 --> 00:51:43.840
do, get a quality product like
Nature's Way before you put your plants in

725
00:51:43.920 --> 00:51:47.239
the ground. Our phone number is
seven one three two one two five eight

726
00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:52.199
seven four seven one three two one
two fifty eight seventy four. Give Josh

727
00:51:52.199 --> 00:51:55.159
a call, get you on the
boards, and we will talk about the

728
00:51:55.199 --> 00:52:00.440
things that you are interested in as
long as you're gardening. That if he

729
00:52:00.480 --> 00:52:02.960
goes beyond gardening, I can just
give you a wild guess. And that's

730
00:52:02.960 --> 00:52:08.000
worth ever penny paid for it.
All Right, Well, one thing I

731
00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:12.599
want to talk about now that we're
in the fall season is fire ants.

732
00:52:13.559 --> 00:52:20.119
Fire Ants are a major issue here
in Texas gardens and landscapes. Anybody who's

733
00:52:20.159 --> 00:52:22.599
moved here from had a lady call
one time, not on the radio,

734
00:52:22.679 --> 00:52:27.599
but to the Agrilife Extension office where
I work, and she was literally in

735
00:52:27.639 --> 00:52:30.079
tears and the first words of her
out of her mouth was does everything bite

736
00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:35.199
in Texas? She had moved here
from somewhere else. I don't know what

737
00:52:35.239 --> 00:52:38.599
else she encountered, hopefully not a
rattlesnake or a copperhead, but she was

738
00:52:38.639 --> 00:52:43.880
not impressed. Well, fire ants
do spoil the party. But fall is

739
00:52:43.960 --> 00:52:47.599
the best time to take care of
fireants. We fall us football season,

740
00:52:47.679 --> 00:52:52.159
so they say tackle fire ants in
the fall. Well, you can control

741
00:52:52.199 --> 00:52:54.960
fireants a number of different ways.
There are baits that go out there and

742
00:52:55.079 --> 00:52:59.280
the workers find the bait and bring
it back and it kills the queen,

743
00:52:59.400 --> 00:53:01.639
kills the mouth, and it works
very well. And then there are mound

744
00:53:01.679 --> 00:53:07.000
drenches or mound dusts or mound granules
or whatever, where you pour it on

745
00:53:07.039 --> 00:53:09.679
the mound to kill the mound.
Now, if you go the second way

746
00:53:09.840 --> 00:53:15.239
only, you're playing whack amole because
there's fire at mounds that are colonies that

747
00:53:15.280 --> 00:53:17.119
are underground but they haven't come up
with the surface yet. You don't see

748
00:53:17.159 --> 00:53:21.679
them, and so if you're just
treating the ones you see, you're playing

749
00:53:21.719 --> 00:53:23.480
whack amole with fire ants. So
what we do is, first we do

750
00:53:23.519 --> 00:53:29.000
a bait in a very low rate
to a large area. If you can

751
00:53:29.039 --> 00:53:30.960
get your neighbors on each side to
do it at the same time, that's

752
00:53:31.000 --> 00:53:36.880
even better. Neighborhood fire at control
programs work because they work effectively, but

753
00:53:36.960 --> 00:53:40.760
they last a long time. Now
there are organic and there are synthetic options

754
00:53:40.880 --> 00:53:45.559
for both baits and for mound treatments, so you have options there that is

755
00:53:45.760 --> 00:53:51.400
very very good. There are a
lot of quality products out on the market.

756
00:53:51.400 --> 00:53:52.679
I can't name every one of them. In the world. I only

757
00:53:52.679 --> 00:53:57.719
know of one organic bait. There
may be more, but not to my

758
00:53:57.840 --> 00:54:00.920
knowledge anyway, And that is the
coming Get it. It happens to be

759
00:54:00.920 --> 00:54:05.519
a fertilane product and it's based on
spinosid. But then there's there. You

760
00:54:05.519 --> 00:54:08.480
know, there are synthetic baits like
amdro and extinguish and others. It worked

761
00:54:08.559 --> 00:54:12.599
very well. But however you want
to go about it, just remember fall

762
00:54:12.719 --> 00:54:15.920
is an important time. Let's knock
them out going into faull. They don't

763
00:54:15.920 --> 00:54:19.239
want to be out when it's blazing
hot, believe it or not. But

764
00:54:19.280 --> 00:54:21.599
if you want to know if you
can treat for fire ants on a day

765
00:54:21.679 --> 00:54:24.000
number one, if a training,
don't treat. But what you want to

766
00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:29.239
do is throw a paper chip or
a Tunican lid or any kind of oily,

767
00:54:29.280 --> 00:54:30.679
a hot dog, piece of hot
dog out there in the grass.

768
00:54:31.039 --> 00:54:34.960
Come back fifteen minutes later. If
they're fire ants on it, it's time

769
00:54:35.000 --> 00:54:37.880
debate. It's as simple as that. Get the baits out, follow the

770
00:54:37.960 --> 00:54:43.039
label, don't dump them on the
mound. Sprinkle them around the mound so

771
00:54:43.079 --> 00:54:45.159
that they go out and they find
them. But remember it's not just the

772
00:54:45.159 --> 00:54:50.800
mounds you see. So a very
very low rate according to the label,

773
00:54:50.840 --> 00:54:52.960
to your whole yard. That is
a very very good way to go about

774
00:54:53.039 --> 00:54:59.639
doing it. I was visiting with
some of the folks out in China Gardens

775
00:54:59.679 --> 00:55:01.800
while we're talking about some fall things
and things to take care of in the

776
00:55:01.840 --> 00:55:06.599
fall, and it just reminds me
and I'm gonna be out there too later

777
00:55:06.679 --> 00:55:09.239
this fallow tay about that when we
get closer to it. But they've gotten

778
00:55:09.239 --> 00:55:15.119
a new shipment of vegetables. You
know, we were just visiting about cabbage

779
00:55:15.119 --> 00:55:19.239
a moment ago. They've got a
lot of their Crucifer's vegetables and I saw

780
00:55:19.280 --> 00:55:22.480
some kale out there. They've got, you know, all kinds of things

781
00:55:22.519 --> 00:55:25.320
that are far the fall season,
both warm season vegetables and the cool season

782
00:55:25.440 --> 00:55:29.679
vegetables going out now. It's a
great time to get out and get some

783
00:55:29.719 --> 00:55:31.079
of those when you're out there.
By the way, if you've never been

784
00:55:31.079 --> 00:55:36.559
to Enchanted, you have to go. It is. The name Enchanted is

785
00:55:36.599 --> 00:55:39.760
good. It is enchanting. Enchanted
Gardens is if you're in Richmond and you

786
00:55:39.840 --> 00:55:44.719
go north toward Katie direction, you're
going to get to Enchanted Gardens. They're

787
00:55:44.719 --> 00:55:49.679
on three fifty nine on the Katie
fulsher side of Richmond. Their website enchanted

788
00:55:49.920 --> 00:55:54.199
Gardens Richmond dot com is it now. They're open Monday through Saturday eight am

789
00:55:54.280 --> 00:55:59.800
to five pm, and tomorrow they'll
be open from one to four. Lots

790
00:55:59.840 --> 00:56:01.320
of time to get out there,
and oh my gosh, with weather like

791
00:56:01.400 --> 00:56:06.159
this, what a great day to
get out and visit Incented Gardens. They

792
00:56:06.199 --> 00:56:08.360
got a new selection of sense of
areas. That's a mother in law's tongue.

793
00:56:08.440 --> 00:56:12.320
I don't know if you've ever seen
those before, but the standard types,

794
00:56:12.840 --> 00:56:15.239
if that's all you've ever seen,
you gotta go out there and see

795
00:56:15.280 --> 00:56:16.960
these. While you're out there,
say hi to Ali the cat. He's

796
00:56:17.000 --> 00:56:22.920
supervised in that area. But it
is pretty impressive out in Incented Gardens.

797
00:56:22.960 --> 00:56:27.760
Always a great place to visit,
and you're not If you want a plant,

798
00:56:27.800 --> 00:56:30.639
you're going to find it there.
They have a wide, wide variety

799
00:56:30.719 --> 00:56:36.400
of things. Our phone number is
seven one three two one two five eight

800
00:56:36.679 --> 00:56:43.920
seven four seven one three two one
two fifty eight seventy four. I was

801
00:56:43.960 --> 00:56:49.639
talking earlier about Nitrophis's three step program. This is a fall program. Now.

802
00:56:49.719 --> 00:56:53.519
When you are wanting to have the
absolute best lawn you can, you

803
00:56:53.559 --> 00:56:58.960
need to deal with things like good
nutrition, dealing with weeds, dealing with

804
00:56:59.719 --> 00:57:04.960
a disease pest for example. Well, the nitros three step has their Fall

805
00:57:05.079 --> 00:57:10.199
Special that is a fertilizer designed for
the Gulf Coast for fall application to do

806
00:57:10.280 --> 00:57:14.199
what I was just talking about a
minute ago, and that is putting the

807
00:57:14.199 --> 00:57:17.880
potassium and a little phosphorus into your
plants along with just a little nitrogen,

808
00:57:17.960 --> 00:57:22.639
not like the summer fertilizers, to
get them ready for fall. There is

809
00:57:22.760 --> 00:57:28.559
nothing more important to take a lawn
that is struggling forward than putting a quality

810
00:57:28.599 --> 00:57:32.280
fall fertilizer like Nitrofoss Fall Special on
it, and it's very very important.

811
00:57:32.320 --> 00:57:36.039
Secondly, if you're dealing with weeds, you've got to get ahead of them,

812
00:57:36.079 --> 00:57:38.239
and the easiest way is to prevent
them rather than to try to kill

813
00:57:38.280 --> 00:57:44.679
them once they're growing. So Nitrofoss
Barricade in the early October season is a

814
00:57:44.679 --> 00:57:49.119
good time to get out there because
hen bit, chickweed, clover, annual,

815
00:57:49.119 --> 00:57:53.800
bluegrass, carpetweed, all of those
weeds that just plague us in the

816
00:57:53.840 --> 00:57:57.800
spring. You can shut them down
before they get started. And thirdly,

817
00:57:57.880 --> 00:58:02.440
the third step eagle turfun decide by
Nitro fosts that will be not only protective

818
00:58:02.440 --> 00:58:07.599
but also curative and prevent things like
the large patch of the brown patch that

819
00:58:07.599 --> 00:58:10.880
we're about to deal with, and
also take all root rot that infects in

820
00:58:10.960 --> 00:58:15.960
the cooler, milder times of the
year, and getting ahead of that will

821
00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:19.280
be important as well. Again,
if you wait till the big brown circles

822
00:58:19.360 --> 00:58:22.519
up here, it's a little late
to do much good. So if you've

823
00:58:22.559 --> 00:58:25.719
got a lawn that has been plagued
with this year after year after year,

824
00:58:25.760 --> 00:58:30.679
in addition to the cultural things I
talked about earlier, this nitrofost product the

825
00:58:30.679 --> 00:58:34.960
Eagle is going to help prevent that
problem. But you've got to get it

826
00:58:35.000 --> 00:58:40.679
down ahead of time before all that
start to happen in the lawn. You

827
00:58:40.719 --> 00:58:44.840
know, our lawns are weak,
they're stressed, and if your lawn has

828
00:58:44.880 --> 00:58:49.760
gone through drought this summer, a
product that prevents the weeds from coming up

829
00:58:49.960 --> 00:58:52.800
is going to be important. Because
here's the deal. Wherever sunlight hits the

830
00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:55.760
soil, nature plants of weed.
That is just how it works. When

831
00:58:55.800 --> 00:59:00.599
sunlight hits the soil nature plants of
weeds. So you if it's too late

832
00:59:00.599 --> 00:59:04.559
now to make your soil dens again, or your grass dens again, but

833
00:59:04.760 --> 00:59:07.880
you can at least prevent them with
that. Hey, you're listening to Garden

834
00:59:07.920 --> 00:59:10.159
Line. We are going to go
to the Nikki News Network, but if

835
00:59:10.159 --> 00:59:13.880
you'd like to get on the line, give Josh your call at seven one

836
00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:17.559
three two one two five eight seven
four. All right, we play all

837
00:59:17.639 --> 00:59:22.320
kinds of music garden Lot. Here
we go. You can thank us later

838
00:59:22.360 --> 00:59:25.000
for that. Hey, I've been
talking about the important taking care of your

839
00:59:25.039 --> 00:59:30.840
lawn for fall. It is so
important. We have got to get nutrients

840
00:59:30.880 --> 00:59:32.559
to the plant to get it ready
for winter, to get it ready for

841
00:59:32.639 --> 00:59:37.639
spring, to recuperate all that was
lost during this intense drought and stress.

842
00:59:38.079 --> 00:59:43.599
We also need to deal with diseases. There is large patch and brown patch.

843
00:59:43.719 --> 00:59:45.480
There's also take our root rack coming
and we got to deal with that.

844
00:59:45.559 --> 00:59:50.159
And microlife has made a way to
do just that. First of all,

845
00:59:50.559 --> 00:59:54.000
the microlife bioinnoculent. Now the bioinoculant, it doesn't take a lot of

846
00:59:54.039 --> 00:59:58.320
it, but you're putting it out
there in the lawn. And what it's

847
00:59:58.400 --> 01:00:05.800
doing is it's providing the microbes that
help combat combat plant diseases. That is

848
01:00:05.880 --> 01:00:08.239
very important. Think of it as
a probotic like we would take a probotic.

849
01:00:08.599 --> 01:00:13.599
So when you put out the bioinoculant, you are, let's just say,

850
01:00:13.800 --> 01:00:17.440
making a hostile plant surface for the
diseases. At one on attack.

851
01:00:17.559 --> 01:00:22.519
You've already got things there that are
not friends of the diseases that you've put

852
01:00:22.519 --> 01:00:28.960
down with the bioinoculant that's helping deal
with that. Secondly, very important not

853
01:00:29.239 --> 01:00:32.559
Microlife has the brown patch. It's
a five one three that makes it a

854
01:00:32.559 --> 01:00:37.480
fall fertilizer. You've got little debt
lower on the nitrogen and you're getting that

855
01:00:37.519 --> 01:00:43.159
potassium up in a good level there. Microlife brown patch five one three is

856
01:00:43.199 --> 01:00:47.239
going to provide those nutrients in a
good ratio gradually over time as it releases.

857
01:00:47.280 --> 01:00:51.519
It's an organic product and it's going
to do just that for it,

858
01:00:51.920 --> 01:00:55.320
and that combination is really important coming
out of the fall that we just had

859
01:00:55.719 --> 01:00:59.960
Microlife brown patch. That's the orange
bag by the way, five one three

860
01:01:00.199 --> 01:01:02.639
and the bio inoculant. I don't
know what is that kind of a purple

861
01:01:02.719 --> 01:01:07.880
not purple, kind of a uncolored
challenge, sorry, but it's not red,

862
01:01:07.960 --> 01:01:10.159
not purple. Somewhere in the middle
they're violent. How about that.

863
01:01:10.239 --> 01:01:14.440
I don't know, but you know
what I'm talking about, those two bio

864
01:01:14.519 --> 01:01:19.239
inoculant and brown patch, those two
Microlife products. You need to get those

865
01:01:19.239 --> 01:01:22.639
things down soon. I would start
at the end of September on those being

866
01:01:22.760 --> 01:01:25.039
organic, They're going to release a
little bit slower into the soil, but

867
01:01:25.079 --> 01:01:29.800
they're gonna be there for it,
and they're gonna get your plants ready for

868
01:01:29.840 --> 01:01:32.280
the fall. Very important. You
can go to Microlife Fertilizer dot com find

869
01:01:32.280 --> 01:01:37.480
out where to buy them. They're
available all over the place, but excellent

870
01:01:37.519 --> 01:01:40.639
products for what your law needs.
Right now, we're gonna go to Montgomery.

871
01:01:40.639 --> 01:01:45.280
Now we're gonna talk to Jim.
Hello, Jim, Hey, how

872
01:01:45.280 --> 01:01:49.880
are you doing. I'm good,
Wow, wonderful. I was wanting to

873
01:01:49.920 --> 01:01:53.800
ask. I thought of another question, but the first question is how how

874
01:01:53.840 --> 01:02:00.599
cold hardy is a silver dollar eucalyptus, because I'm putting it in my Japanese

875
01:02:00.719 --> 01:02:05.159
zen garden and I don't know whether
I should plant in the container or into

876
01:02:05.199 --> 01:02:10.239
the ground. Well, I am
not familiar with how silver dollar compares to

877
01:02:10.280 --> 01:02:15.719
the other eucalyptus species that are varieties
are out there. Eucalyptus in general is

878
01:02:15.800 --> 01:02:22.159
marginally hardy. You can drive around
Houston some of the big highway exchanges that

879
01:02:22.280 --> 01:02:23.639
you see around town, you'll see
a bunch of dead trees. Those are

880
01:02:23.679 --> 01:02:29.039
eucalyptus going out toward the airport on
the north side and on the south side

881
01:02:29.079 --> 01:02:32.440
as well. Because I've seen,
yeah, go ahead, I've seen those,

882
01:02:32.480 --> 01:02:38.039
but not the silver dollar. That
was sort of a unique plant for

883
01:02:38.280 --> 01:02:42.760
you know, it's very aromatic,
and I like to yeah, it doesn't

884
01:02:42.800 --> 01:02:45.880
really get big. Yeah, I
think that's and that is the way I

885
01:02:45.880 --> 01:02:49.960
would go. I hadn't gotten to
that yet. But the size is important.

886
01:02:50.920 --> 01:02:53.880
You can also protect it even if
you don't protect the whole plant.

887
01:02:53.960 --> 01:03:00.320
If you can protect at least the
base in the lower stem or lower drunk

888
01:03:00.360 --> 01:03:04.000
areas like that, then when you
do get a hard coal phreeze, if

889
01:03:04.039 --> 01:03:07.800
you've kept the bottom alive, you're
you're right back in business really quickly.

890
01:03:07.199 --> 01:03:10.679
So I wouldn't try that eucalyptus.
It wants to be sixty feet tall,

891
01:03:10.760 --> 01:03:16.159
but the silver dollar would would give
it a better shot. My other question

892
01:03:16.320 --> 01:03:22.880
is, I know you you probably
have the bikus fiddle fikas. Yes,

893
01:03:22.159 --> 01:03:27.719
huh, okay, I do two
have three large ones. I've talked to

894
01:03:27.760 --> 01:03:30.880
you about this once before. I
wanted an air layer because I need to

895
01:03:30.920 --> 01:03:34.639
cut it back. And have you
ever been successful rooting it out without air

896
01:03:34.719 --> 01:03:39.000
layering? Uh, I haven't even
tried. It's it can be done,

897
01:03:39.159 --> 01:03:45.559
but it it's that is a little
bit of a challenge of a plant in

898
01:03:45.599 --> 01:03:47.559
many ways. It really is,
because I've tried it a couple of times

899
01:03:47.639 --> 01:03:52.559
and I lost the tops you know
where I cut it off, and yeah,

900
01:03:52.599 --> 01:03:55.800
well you know that was it,
you know, And Jim, the

901
01:03:57.440 --> 01:04:00.519
air layering is just it's just a
win win, I mean it. You

902
01:04:00.880 --> 01:04:03.199
can root almost anything with an air
layer. And so okay, I got

903
01:04:03.280 --> 01:04:05.760
I got it going. Now I
got a couple of them going. I

904
01:04:05.840 --> 01:04:09.719
want to see what happens. They're
not quite ready yet, I don't think,

905
01:04:09.800 --> 01:04:14.559
but okay, I'll check it out, all right, but good luck.

906
01:04:14.599 --> 01:04:16.960
Thanks a lot. About the silver
dollar eucalyptus, I think I'm just

907
01:04:17.000 --> 01:04:20.760
planting in a container and move it
in the first year or so. SU

908
01:04:20.840 --> 01:04:25.360
can find one that well, that'd
be okay. Yeah, you got all

909
01:04:25.440 --> 01:04:29.760
right? Well, I know,
I I know monrovia celsos, so you

910
01:04:29.800 --> 01:04:32.199
know you might you're up in Montgomery. You might try it out at Ana

911
01:04:32.320 --> 01:04:35.679
Plants and see if they can get
it for you up there. If you're

912
01:04:35.719 --> 01:04:39.440
not able to get it there,
I would drop down to Arburgate. I

913
01:04:39.519 --> 01:04:43.280
know they carry a lot of Momrovia
plants and and see if they if they

914
01:04:43.360 --> 01:04:45.880
might be able to get it if
if they're also close to you, they

915
01:04:45.920 --> 01:04:47.800
should be pretty close. Well,
you know, I checked with the Arbourgate

916
01:04:47.880 --> 01:04:50.880
and she didn't have the silver dollar
eucalyptus, but she said they had.

917
01:04:51.320 --> 01:04:56.880
H it's called a blue something eucalyptus
is supposed to look similar. Yes,

918
01:04:57.119 --> 01:05:00.320
h huh Yeah, Okay, I'm
not left us experts, so I'm gonna

919
01:05:00.599 --> 01:05:04.199
I'm not gonna be much help beyond
that. Not me either. That's why

920
01:05:04.199 --> 01:05:09.119
I was asking you, because I
can't find anything on the internet thing about

921
01:05:09.119 --> 01:05:13.039
it, but just says, you
know, generally speaking, as you can

922
01:05:13.079 --> 01:05:15.360
lift this, aren't co hardy below
fifty or forty or something like that.

923
01:05:15.639 --> 01:05:18.239
Yeah, I get it. Hey, good luck with that, and thanks

924
01:05:18.320 --> 01:05:23.159
for calling. Hey, thank you
appreciate that very much. You know,

925
01:05:23.239 --> 01:05:27.239
ACE Hardware is a place where you
know you can find what you need.

926
01:05:27.400 --> 01:05:29.719
I don't care where you live in
town. There's thirty nine of them here

927
01:05:29.719 --> 01:05:31.840
in the Houston area. When you're
thinking, hey I need a fertilizer from

928
01:05:31.840 --> 01:05:35.519
my lawn. Hey I need some
weed control, some disease control, some

929
01:05:35.599 --> 01:05:39.559
pest control, there's gonna be an
ACE near you. You can go to

930
01:05:39.559 --> 01:05:43.400
ACE Hardware dot Com, go to
the little store locator on the Ace Hardware

931
01:05:43.440 --> 01:05:45.880
dot Com website, and I think
you put in maybe your zip code or

932
01:05:45.920 --> 01:05:48.840
whatever, find find the closest ones
to you. There's gonna be more than

933
01:05:48.880 --> 01:05:53.039
one, so they're going to carry
all the fertilizers. I brag about here

934
01:05:53.119 --> 01:05:56.960
on Guarden Line. I was in
ACE Hardware just a while back and we

935
01:05:57.079 --> 01:06:00.519
got hung up in the barbecue section. Oh my gosh. There we were

936
01:06:00.559 --> 01:06:03.159
buying baskets for the little basket you
put for fish on your barbecue and for

937
01:06:03.519 --> 01:06:06.760
grilling vegetables. I used to have
one of those, and I lost it

938
01:06:06.840 --> 01:06:10.280
or rusted. I don't know what
happened. I got some of those at

939
01:06:10.280 --> 01:06:13.519
ACE the other day. They're great, and you know, if it's outdoor

940
01:06:13.599 --> 01:06:16.000
living, ACE is going to have
it. But especially taking care of your

941
01:06:16.079 --> 01:06:19.000
lawn, we're talking about the products
you need to do. You need to

942
01:06:19.039 --> 01:06:23.599
take care of it now. Here's
fall. It's here. It's time to

943
01:06:23.599 --> 01:06:27.559
get buy ace, get the products
you need and make sure that you give

944
01:06:27.599 --> 01:06:32.280
your lawn the best chance ever of
going into winter strong, really really important.

945
01:06:33.199 --> 01:06:36.400
Well, you are listening to Garden
Line. Our phone number is seven

946
01:06:36.480 --> 01:06:41.920
one three two one two five eight
seven four. If you will give Josh

947
01:06:41.960 --> 01:06:44.719
a call, he will get you
on the board and when we come back,

948
01:06:44.800 --> 01:06:46.320
you will be first up. Don't
forget. I will be at Montgomery

949
01:06:46.360 --> 01:06:51.239
County Home and Garden Show today from
twelve to two pm at the Lone Star

950
01:06:51.320 --> 01:06:55.760
Convention Center. I hope you come
out and see me. Ben All,

951
01:06:55.920 --> 01:07:00.920
since I heard that one, I
think as basity rollers, I believe Saturday

952
01:07:00.000 --> 01:07:05.440
night. Yes, a du Hey, you're gonna be planning this fall,

953
01:07:05.519 --> 01:07:09.480
at least I hope you are.
There is not a better season for planning

954
01:07:09.480 --> 01:07:13.440
woody ornamentals, for planning perennials for
planning herbs. I mean, just on

955
01:07:13.480 --> 01:07:15.880
and on than fall. It is
awesome. And when you do that,

956
01:07:16.599 --> 01:07:20.880
have has to grow six twelve six
on hand. Here's why I like it.

957
01:07:21.039 --> 01:07:26.639
Number one. It's got the NPK
in, it got plenty of phosphorus

958
01:07:26.679 --> 01:07:30.039
to help with the root development.
It's got microlight or Medina Soil Activator to

959
01:07:30.079 --> 01:07:35.559
stimulate biological activity. The folks at
Medina re put together a product here humate

960
01:07:35.679 --> 01:07:41.639
humic acid is in it and seaweed
extracts as well to stimulate fruiting and blooming.

961
01:07:41.920 --> 01:07:44.920
So what you do follow the label
mix it in water. You put

962
01:07:44.920 --> 01:07:46.519
the plant in the ground, You
water it in with the has to Grow

963
01:07:46.559 --> 01:07:50.039
water six twelve six, and then
a week later, do it again.

964
01:07:50.159 --> 01:07:53.599
A week later, do it again. Now you can use it on and

965
01:07:53.639 --> 01:07:56.239
on. You can keep going and
use it for other things as well.

966
01:07:56.639 --> 01:08:00.519
But I just think in order to
ensure you paid money for that plant,

967
01:08:00.559 --> 01:08:03.440
you paid money to get the soil
ready, let's now just spend a little

968
01:08:03.440 --> 01:08:08.320
bit, just a little bit to
make sure that plant is successful and gets

969
01:08:08.320 --> 01:08:11.199
off to a good start. And
that's exactly what the has to Grow six

970
01:08:11.320 --> 01:08:14.800
twelve six can do. Works super
super well. For that. We're going

971
01:08:14.840 --> 01:08:17.720
to go out to Clever Leaf and
talk to Gordon. Hello, Gordon,

972
01:08:19.199 --> 01:08:23.520
let's get more and how are you
doing well? How are you today?

973
01:08:24.039 --> 01:08:29.319
I'm frustrated? What's up? My
quick question? Virginia button? Would I

974
01:08:29.279 --> 01:08:32.159
ask you about that? Last week? Yes, I bought some celsius.

975
01:08:32.479 --> 01:08:38.479
I bought some blind Side, and
I bought some fahrenheit, and so I

976
01:08:38.560 --> 01:08:44.159
sprayed it with fahrenheit first last week
and it leaves are turning purple. So

977
01:08:44.239 --> 01:08:47.800
that mean just dying apparently, right. It could be that, or it

978
01:08:48.359 --> 01:08:55.279
does that under stress too, But
go ahead, let's I'm interested in this

979
01:08:55.560 --> 01:08:59.560
concoction you've put together here. Go
ahead. Well, I always spread it

980
01:08:59.600 --> 01:09:01.239
with the fight. I didn't can
do all three, Okay, but you

981
01:09:01.279 --> 01:09:05.159
know I bought the celsius because of
the high temperature thing. Fahrenheit has a

982
01:09:05.199 --> 01:09:11.920
restriction on temperature. Yes, But
my main question is once it starts to

983
01:09:12.000 --> 01:09:15.439
like die or you say, going
into stress mode or whatever, should I

984
01:09:15.600 --> 01:09:18.199
pull it out or just leave it
sit there and die. Yeah. So

985
01:09:18.399 --> 01:09:23.439
the time I would say pull button
weed is when you're just trying to get

986
01:09:23.479 --> 01:09:27.640
those buttons a little seed pods out
of there so it doesn't get even worse

987
01:09:27.840 --> 01:09:30.960
next year. You're not gonna pull
it in the sense you'd pull other weeds

988
01:09:31.000 --> 01:09:33.640
to get rid of the weed.
I'm a Virginia buttonweed. It's just gonna

989
01:09:33.680 --> 01:09:38.520
break off and everything. But just
to get the seeds out, that would

990
01:09:38.560 --> 01:09:42.880
be fine, right, But my
problem is I have a massive amount.

991
01:09:42.960 --> 01:09:45.439
So yeah, that's grabbed them.
Yeah, that's not gonna be practical,

992
01:09:45.640 --> 01:09:49.560
Gordon. Yeah, I grabbed a
handful and I put a big old hole

993
01:09:49.600 --> 01:09:53.960
in my yard. You know,
so well that whole let's think of it

994
01:09:53.960 --> 01:09:57.600
this way. That hole was there. Buttonweed was just occupying it. So

995
01:09:58.279 --> 01:10:01.399
unless you pulled you're seeing you pulled
up grass when you tried to pull up

996
01:10:01.399 --> 01:10:04.520
the button wheat. No, No, it was just like a massive button

997
01:10:04.520 --> 01:10:09.199
wheat roofs and stuff. Yeah.
So next year, when you first start

998
01:10:09.239 --> 01:10:11.439
to see it coming on, you
have to kind of watch for it.

999
01:10:11.720 --> 01:10:14.560
That's when you need to start after
it. And button wheat is not a

1000
01:10:14.640 --> 01:10:16.640
one, one and done spray thing. You're going to have to do it

1001
01:10:16.720 --> 01:10:19.720
a couple of times. Follow the
label. It'll tell you wait this long

1002
01:10:19.760 --> 01:10:25.279
and then do it again. And
the products that work it well against it

1003
01:10:25.560 --> 01:10:29.840
will eventually take it down. But
it's it's not a miracle cure fast.

1004
01:10:30.000 --> 01:10:33.439
Okay. Well, correct is all
the ones that it selfiest and the blindside

1005
01:10:33.479 --> 01:10:40.279
says suppresses it doesn't say control.
That is right. That that is true,

1006
01:10:40.840 --> 01:10:44.359
and there there are some other good
products out there that can help with

1007
01:10:44.399 --> 01:10:48.479
that. I know that let's see
what does bonide call theres Oh, the

1008
01:10:48.560 --> 01:10:50.840
names you are escaping I don't have
right in front of me off the top

1009
01:10:50.880 --> 01:10:55.199
of my head. Fertile home has
a wheat free zone that works pretty good

1010
01:10:55.199 --> 01:10:59.640
on it, but again you're weakening
it. And so again, don't spray

1011
01:10:59.680 --> 01:11:01.840
your whole on either. Find the
buttonweed and spot spray that. No need

1012
01:11:01.880 --> 01:11:04.439
to put that problems. That's what
I've been doing. Okay, that's what

1013
01:11:04.479 --> 01:11:09.039
I've been doing. You're on,
Yes, you're on the right track.

1014
01:11:09.039 --> 01:11:12.159
But let me add one more thing. Anything you do that makes a long

1015
01:11:12.239 --> 01:11:15.600
thicker and denser and better is going
to help. And if you can avoid

1016
01:11:16.000 --> 01:11:23.000
overwatering, because when it's very wet, buttonweed is even happier. So make

1017
01:11:23.039 --> 01:11:26.640
it a little less happy by not
keeping it too wet. Well, I've

1018
01:11:26.640 --> 01:11:28.840
been listening to you since you've been
there, and not on water. I'm

1019
01:11:28.880 --> 01:11:30.720
along, but once a week,
like you said, put it rained a

1020
01:11:30.760 --> 01:11:35.840
couple of times over here during a
week, so I don't need to war

1021
01:11:36.000 --> 01:11:40.520
every day. But I got my
cargo load, yes, it last week,

1022
01:11:40.760 --> 01:11:46.199
Yes, And I cannot do it
next week or the too early.

1023
01:11:46.880 --> 01:11:49.520
You know, I would probably wait
and do it in early October. And

1024
01:11:49.560 --> 01:11:55.960
here's why. It's got a primergeon
in it, and those last for a

1025
01:11:56.000 --> 01:11:58.880
certain amount of time. You don't
want to wait too late to put it

1026
01:11:58.920 --> 01:12:01.119
down. But if you, if
you put it down and water it in,

1027
01:12:01.680 --> 01:12:06.079
it'll then begin preventing weeds for you. So you could put it down

1028
01:12:06.119 --> 01:12:11.079
at the end of September, or
I would probably let me look, you're

1029
01:12:11.239 --> 01:12:14.600
out in Cloverlely. Yeah, it's
kind of either way is fine for you.

1030
01:12:14.600 --> 01:12:16.560
You could do it in September,
you could do it in early October,

1031
01:12:16.600 --> 01:12:21.119
but don't wait past early October.
Okay, first week October. I'll

1032
01:12:21.159 --> 01:12:25.439
just I'll throw it down there you
go. Hey, thanks for the call,

1033
01:12:25.520 --> 01:12:29.840
and good luck with that. Sounds
like you bet? You bet.

1034
01:12:30.199 --> 01:12:33.159
If you live down south of Houston, you know I'm telling you you always

1035
01:12:33.199 --> 01:12:35.800
need to improve your soil, and
the way you do it is to go

1036
01:12:35.840 --> 01:12:42.479
to Snamulch. Snamulch has quality soil. They have quality mixes, and this

1037
01:12:42.520 --> 01:12:46.520
would include amendments, light compost,
and other bed mixes. It would include

1038
01:12:46.840 --> 01:12:49.640
multch that goes on top of the
soil. Do you want a good quality

1039
01:12:49.760 --> 01:12:54.199
ground up native hardwood maultch. They've
got it. They have a lot more

1040
01:12:54.239 --> 01:12:58.880
than that too. If you're down
in Rocheron or First Colony or Fresno or

1041
01:12:58.920 --> 01:13:02.760
Sun Creek Estates anywhere down in that
area. They are on FM five twenty

1042
01:13:02.800 --> 01:13:06.880
one near Highway six and twenty eight
just north of Roe Sharon. You can

1043
01:13:06.960 --> 01:13:11.720
go to Sienna Mulch dot com.
They're not open tomorrow on Sundays, but

1044
01:13:11.760 --> 01:13:14.840
they are open today till two,
so this would be a good time to

1045
01:13:14.840 --> 01:13:17.319
get out there. If you need
to order, they will deliver within twenty

1046
01:13:17.319 --> 01:13:21.359
miles for a small fee. And
while you're there, the fertilizers I brag

1047
01:13:21.439 --> 01:13:27.600
on are all there and plus more
at Sienna Mulch. Sienna Mulch down north

1048
01:13:27.640 --> 01:13:31.319
of Roe Sharon, Sienna Mulch dot
com. I'm gonna go real quick out

1049
01:13:31.399 --> 01:13:35.159
here to Kevin and West Houston.
Kevin, let's see if we can get

1050
01:13:35.199 --> 01:13:38.920
started here. I'm gonna run out
of time, but maybe we can get

1051
01:13:39.079 --> 01:13:46.520
get taken care of. Are you
there all right? I'm gonna put Kevin

1052
01:13:46.600 --> 01:13:50.199
back on hold, Josh. Maybe
we can figure out how to get him

1053
01:13:50.520 --> 01:13:57.680
back if we have any time left. You've heard me brag on vego beds,

1054
01:13:57.760 --> 01:14:00.960
and I don't I don't know what
to do other than to tell you

1055
01:14:00.000 --> 01:14:04.720
what I think about something. And
Vego is one of the companies that I

1056
01:14:04.800 --> 01:14:11.000
literally approached them. I have seen
their product and been impressed with their product

1057
01:14:11.399 --> 01:14:15.880
and said, you, guys,
I would love to brag on Vego on

1058
01:14:15.960 --> 01:14:18.279
guarden Line because it's it's that kind
of product. There are not many products

1059
01:14:18.279 --> 01:14:20.439
out there that I went and said, Ben, we got we need to

1060
01:14:20.479 --> 01:14:26.039
have you as a sponsor garden Line. Vegogarden dot com is their website.

1061
01:14:26.399 --> 01:14:30.239
But if you are looking for I
would say the perfect bed and here's why.

1062
01:14:30.640 --> 01:14:33.359
If you don't want to use treated
wood, Vego Garden for especially for

1063
01:14:33.399 --> 01:14:36.560
you organ at gardeners, that is
very important. If you don't want to

1064
01:14:36.560 --> 01:14:40.840
take the room of a cinder block
out in your garden to use in all

1065
01:14:40.880 --> 01:14:44.000
your garden space for eight inch wide
cinder blocks on each side of the bed

1066
01:14:44.079 --> 01:14:47.359
plus walkways, Vego Garden is it. It's then it's a metal that is

1067
01:14:47.479 --> 01:14:53.199
very strong. It has been treated
so that it will not corrode and rust.

1068
01:14:53.720 --> 01:14:57.159
Then they put a USDA certified pain
on it. By the way that

1069
01:14:57.199 --> 01:15:01.399
metal treating. They tested that at
A and M Universe just for how effectively

1070
01:15:01.560 --> 01:15:04.880
is this at protecting the metal and
of course it passed with flying colors.

1071
01:15:06.279 --> 01:15:10.760
They are they're a Houston company.
Here's another reason to have Vego. It's

1072
01:15:10.840 --> 01:15:15.199
modular beds. How big what shape
of a bed do you want? Call

1073
01:15:15.319 --> 01:15:17.439
Vego. They've got it. You
put it together whatever you you know.

1074
01:15:17.600 --> 01:15:20.960
Think about playing with Legos, I
mean, what do you want to build?

1075
01:15:21.199 --> 01:15:25.279
You can build it. And the
same is true with Lego, with

1076
01:15:25.439 --> 01:15:30.960
Lego, with Vego, Vego like
Lego, ve Ego garden dot com.

1077
01:15:30.000 --> 01:15:33.560
It's easy to find. Check them
out online. You will be impressed.

1078
01:15:33.600 --> 01:15:39.119
And a lot of our local garden
centers are now starting to carry the Vego

1079
01:15:39.359 --> 01:15:42.880
beds as well. Don't be fooled
by all the pretenders out there on the

1080
01:15:42.880 --> 01:15:45.159
market. Go with the one that
was first in the United States. That's

1081
01:15:45.319 --> 01:15:50.479
Vego Garden Beds. Well, you're
listening to Garden Line. We're about to

1082
01:15:50.479 --> 01:15:56.399
take a break here our phone number
seven one three two one two five eight

1083
01:15:56.640 --> 01:16:00.840
seven four seven one three two one
two fifty eight seventy four. When we

1084
01:16:00.920 --> 01:16:04.479
come back, Ken, you will
be our first up. I do want

1085
01:16:04.479 --> 01:16:09.399
to remind you that after the show
today, I've got a great idea good

1086
01:16:09.399 --> 01:16:13.000
outing come out and see me at
the Montgomery County Home and Garden Show.

1087
01:16:13.119 --> 01:16:16.079
That's always a great garden show anyway. I'll be there from twelve to one.

1088
01:16:16.199 --> 01:16:19.840
I'm going to be giving a one
hour seminar on what you need to

1089
01:16:19.880 --> 01:16:25.079
know to get your lawn, your
trees, your vegetables, your flowers,

1090
01:16:25.279 --> 01:16:29.319
everything this fall in top shape.
Then I'll be there at a table for

1091
01:16:29.399 --> 01:16:32.760
one hour. You can bring me
samples of plants to identify, to diagnose.

1092
01:16:33.039 --> 01:16:36.199
Can bring me pictures, make sure
they're in sharp focus. I look

1093
01:16:36.199 --> 01:16:40.159
forward to meeting out there. I'm
gonna be given away some Nelson Plat food

1094
01:16:40.439 --> 01:16:45.319
while I'm out there as well.
Yet another reason to come out to the

1095
01:16:45.319 --> 01:16:49.239
Montgomery County Home and Garden Show today
again, twelve pm to two pm.

1096
01:16:49.560 --> 01:16:54.960
Come out, let's meet, love
to see you. Don't forget that the

1097
01:16:55.079 --> 01:17:01.079
new lawn care schedule is online at
Gardening with Skip dot com Gardening with Skip

1098
01:17:01.239 --> 01:17:05.840
dot Com. When you go there, you will also find dealing with trees

1099
01:17:05.880 --> 01:17:11.720
and drought and dealing with lawns and
drought really helpful information. Hey catch you

1100
01:17:11.800 --> 01:17:18.760
the next hour. Ktr H Garden
Line does not necessarily endorse any of the

1101
01:17:18.760 --> 01:17:26.560
products or services advertised on this program. Welcome to ktr H Garden Line with

1102
01:17:26.640 --> 01:17:55.800
Skip rictor just watching as wos.
Good morning on a great day to begin

1103
01:17:55.880 --> 01:17:58.960
our fall gardening. If you haven't
already, I hope you have already,

1104
01:17:59.000 --> 01:18:01.479
but if you haven't, don't delay. Now is the time to get started

1105
01:18:01.479 --> 01:18:03.880
with that. Lots of things we're
gonna do. You know, fall is

1106
01:18:03.920 --> 01:18:09.960
a great time to plant trees.
I mean it is. It is when

1107
01:18:09.960 --> 01:18:13.359
you plant a woody ornamental tree,
shrub, woody vine in the fall.

1108
01:18:13.520 --> 01:18:17.479
It has all winter to establish roots, to get ready for hopefully not but

1109
01:18:17.600 --> 01:18:20.520
another summer like this one next summer. Well we hope we don't get there,

1110
01:18:20.560 --> 01:18:24.880
but even a regular summer is brutal
on the first year for a tree,

1111
01:18:25.520 --> 01:18:29.680
and planning now is important. And
Verdant Tree Farm has got the trees

1112
01:18:29.720 --> 01:18:33.239
you need. Verdant Tree Farm is
well, it's Verdant Tree Farm var da

1113
01:18:33.399 --> 01:18:38.760
nt treefarm dot com. They've got
two locations at three locations, excuse me.

1114
01:18:38.840 --> 01:18:45.039
They keep expanding West Houston at barker
Cypress, down in pair Land on

1115
01:18:45.119 --> 01:18:47.880
Broadway Street, just a few blocks
from Killing Steakhouse, and then up in

1116
01:18:47.920 --> 01:18:51.640
the Heights where Yale Street comes into
I ten. There's another Verdant there.

1117
01:18:53.239 --> 01:18:56.399
It's a turnkey deal. You go
there, you pick your tree out,

1118
01:18:56.520 --> 01:18:58.920
you get to choose which one you
want. They'll put a tag on it,

1119
01:18:58.920 --> 01:19:00.199
they'll bring it, they'll plant it
for you. Do you on the

1120
01:19:00.279 --> 01:19:05.800
instant pizzas up to seven hundred gallon
trees that they got there. And when

1121
01:19:05.840 --> 01:19:09.960
it comes to palms, they have
the right palm for any budget. I

1122
01:19:10.000 --> 01:19:15.079
mean excellent, excellent and knowledgeable about
how to do it right. People need

1123
01:19:15.079 --> 01:19:18.079
to plant the tree right and Verdant
Tree Farm notes exactly how to do that.

1124
01:19:18.119 --> 01:19:23.119
They have a one year warranty with
installation tempers that discount for military and

1125
01:19:23.159 --> 01:19:27.920
first responders. If you're thinking about
a tree, don't delay. This falls

1126
01:19:27.960 --> 01:19:30.399
the time to get that done,
and Verdant will have a great selection of

1127
01:19:30.439 --> 01:19:35.159
trees that are chosen to do well
in this area. We're gonna go out

1128
01:19:35.159 --> 01:19:39.800
to West Houston now and see if
we can catch Ken. Hey Kenny there,

1129
01:19:40.600 --> 01:19:45.239
Yeah, good morning, we'll Good
morning, you bet I got.

1130
01:19:45.159 --> 01:19:49.199
I wanted to call about a Japanese
maple tree. About four years ago I

1131
01:19:49.239 --> 01:19:54.359
bought one from Cornelius, a little
one, I guess. The trunk was

1132
01:19:54.399 --> 01:19:58.079
about half an inch in diameter.
Planted it and it grew four or five

1133
01:19:58.199 --> 01:20:02.279
years, and the trunk got about
four inches in diameter or bigger, and

1134
01:20:02.319 --> 01:20:06.640
then one fall it just died.
All the leaves turned brown. I thought

1135
01:20:06.680 --> 01:20:11.720
maybe it was just turning over the
season, but no, all the leaves

1136
01:20:11.880 --> 01:20:15.359
just turned brown, almost seemed like
almost overnight. It was just a few

1137
01:20:15.439 --> 01:20:20.439
days and it just quit, and
so I cut down I did. I

1138
01:20:20.640 --> 01:20:27.399
replaced it with some others, smaller
ones. I guess the diameter of the

1139
01:20:27.439 --> 01:20:31.159
trunk was maybe quarter of an inch, less than half an inch. And

1140
01:20:31.279 --> 01:20:40.319
planted them in the flowerbedgs in my
front yard and they started growing okay,

1141
01:20:40.680 --> 01:20:45.159
and then this year they begin to
wither. And I think they're following the

1142
01:20:45.199 --> 01:20:51.319
same pattern that the other Japanese maple
did. And so it may be that

1143
01:20:53.119 --> 01:20:59.640
Japanese maples were just not supposed to
grow in my yard, or I don't

1144
01:20:59.680 --> 01:21:05.800
know if well they ought to they
ought to be grow a bull. Japanese

1145
01:21:05.840 --> 01:21:10.640
maples are a little bit of a
challenge here, but there are some varieties

1146
01:21:10.640 --> 01:21:14.880
that do well. A Japanese maple
wants to have its roots in the forest

1147
01:21:15.039 --> 01:21:18.960
floor, so you need a very
high organic matter soil you need to keep

1148
01:21:19.000 --> 01:21:24.039
it always mulched, to keep the
soul surface cool, to help, you

1149
01:21:24.079 --> 01:21:27.199
know, hold in soul moisture and
so on. They would like to get

1150
01:21:27.199 --> 01:21:30.960
a little bit of sunlight, but
not late day blazing hot sun. So

1151
01:21:31.000 --> 01:21:35.479
if you can give them a very
bright dapple shade and provide the kind of

1152
01:21:35.479 --> 01:21:40.279
soil I'm describing, keep it adequately
moist not wet, you'll give them the

1153
01:21:40.319 --> 01:21:47.119
best shot that along with the particular
type of Japanese maple you plant or are

1154
01:21:47.199 --> 01:21:51.439
going to be part of successor failure. Yeah, I have no idea.

1155
01:21:51.520 --> 01:21:56.600
What variety was you know one of
my guiding grocery store Okay, well,

1156
01:21:56.640 --> 01:22:00.560
don't do that anymore. Yeah,
well I know how that goes. But

1157
01:22:00.279 --> 01:22:04.399
grocery stores, big box stores,
places that are selling all over the country.

1158
01:22:04.600 --> 01:22:11.520
That that doesn't mean that is locally
you know, uh, chosen stuff

1159
01:22:11.640 --> 01:22:14.199
or thought like we want to have
here. You're you're you know, you're

1160
01:22:14.279 --> 01:22:17.680
kind of inside Houston, I believe, right. Yes, Okay, I'd

1161
01:22:17.720 --> 01:22:23.079
go over to to Buchanan's Plants and
and go see they do a really good

1162
01:22:23.159 --> 01:22:28.279
job of carrying things that do well
here and see if they have any Japanese

1163
01:22:28.279 --> 01:22:30.760
maple I haven't checked for that recently
there, so I just don't know,

1164
01:22:31.279 --> 01:22:35.119
but I think probably not a good
choice for a tree. Well, no,

1165
01:22:35.960 --> 01:22:40.840
it's not the most resilient, definitely
not native tree for here. But

1166
01:22:41.720 --> 01:22:44.840
I've seen them do well and they
can be done. So you know,

1167
01:22:45.000 --> 01:22:46.640
two things. Number One, I
could say old plants something else so it'll

1168
01:22:46.680 --> 01:22:48.880
be easier. Or I could just
say, well, if you want to

1169
01:22:48.920 --> 01:22:50.960
try it, here's how to have
success. And that's kind of what I

1170
01:22:51.039 --> 01:22:59.079
just could you suggest another tree that
that's small, that am I using place

1171
01:22:59.199 --> 01:23:01.720
of the Japanese maple. You know, there are there are trees, and

1172
01:23:01.760 --> 01:23:04.239
then there are shrubs, and then
there are things that are kind of in

1173
01:23:04.279 --> 01:23:08.960
between the two, and it sort
of depends on what you want out of

1174
01:23:09.000 --> 01:23:12.720
the plant. You know, Japanese
maple is pretty small to call it a

1175
01:23:12.760 --> 01:23:15.479
tree. We prune them into tree
form, but they they're not that big.

1176
01:23:16.119 --> 01:23:21.119
Redbud there is a Texas redbud and
a Mexican redbud that are very resilient.

1177
01:23:21.640 --> 01:23:26.600
They also would like a little break
from the hot afternoon sun, but

1178
01:23:26.640 --> 01:23:30.920
they're not nearly as picky about it
as Japanese maple and Texas and Mexican redbud

1179
01:23:30.920 --> 01:23:35.960
are both regionally native. There is
something, oh gosh, what's it called

1180
01:23:36.000 --> 01:23:42.479
Bohinia A Mexican can't even say Mexican. Shoot, the name is escaping me

1181
01:23:42.600 --> 01:23:45.479
right now. Bohinia is the proper
name for it, or a Mexican orchand

1182
01:23:45.479 --> 01:23:50.159
tree that does well and can take
the heat, and it needs sun because

1183
01:23:50.199 --> 01:23:54.439
it's a it's a good bloomer.
And that would be another one. And

1184
01:23:54.479 --> 01:23:59.560
I know they have those at over
at Buchanans for example. Okay, all

1185
01:23:59.640 --> 01:24:01.880
right, well, thanks for the
advice, yes, or thank you for

1186
01:24:01.920 --> 01:24:05.720
the call. I appreciate that very
much. You know, another place you

1187
01:24:05.800 --> 01:24:11.640
might want to try for those is
r CW. R CW Nursery has an

1188
01:24:11.720 --> 01:24:15.680
outstanding selection of trees. You know, they grow their own up there north

1189
01:24:15.760 --> 01:24:19.000
of Houston, up in Plantersville.
They've got a farm out in that area

1190
01:24:19.079 --> 01:24:23.920
and they have everything from fifteen gallons
up to two hundred gallons. And now

1191
01:24:23.920 --> 01:24:27.039
I haven't checked their list of just
all the trees that they do grow.

1192
01:24:27.119 --> 01:24:30.239
They could tell you that, but
if you're in the market for a tree,

1193
01:24:30.720 --> 01:24:34.159
you are not gonna You're not gonna
do better in RCWY. They bring

1194
01:24:34.199 --> 01:24:39.600
them in Their nursery is where two
forty nine, which is tom Ballparkway where

1195
01:24:39.640 --> 01:24:43.239
it comes at de Beltway eight,
and they've always got plenty of stock on

1196
01:24:43.279 --> 01:24:45.000
hand. You know, when I
think RCW, I think of trees,

1197
01:24:45.039 --> 01:24:48.199
I think of shrubs, I think
of roses, and then everything else.

1198
01:24:48.319 --> 01:24:51.960
I mean, if you need bedding, plants, whatever, you're looking for,

1199
01:24:53.119 --> 01:24:58.039
fruit trees, excellent selection of fruit
trees at r CW Nursery. They're

1200
01:24:58.079 --> 01:25:00.079
not hard to find, being right
there where two forty nine comes into boat

1201
01:25:00.119 --> 01:25:05.359
Way eight. You can go to
RCW Nurseries dot com find out more about

1202
01:25:05.399 --> 01:25:10.640
them. It is a great place
to visit, and if they don't have

1203
01:25:10.800 --> 01:25:13.439
it, they can probably get it
for you. I'd give them a shot

1204
01:25:13.479 --> 01:25:15.960
at it because that is what they
specialize in. Well, let's take a

1205
01:25:15.960 --> 01:25:20.319
break. Our phone number seven one
three two one two fifty eight seventy four

1206
01:25:20.439 --> 01:25:25.680
will be right back on garden line. We are here to answer your gardening

1207
01:25:25.760 --> 01:25:29.199
questions. That's what we love to
do. And boy, is this ever

1208
01:25:29.359 --> 01:25:35.560
a great time to be alive as
a greater Houston area in fact really Texas

1209
01:25:35.720 --> 01:25:41.079
gardener in general. We are getting
out of the horrible summer. We just

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01:25:41.119 --> 01:25:45.520
went to are we got the products
and the plants to get things right,

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01:25:45.600 --> 01:25:48.600
to get things fixed, And that's
what we want to focus on. If

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01:25:48.680 --> 01:25:54.000
you happen to be in the League
City area, you are so fortunate because

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01:25:54.000 --> 01:25:58.239
you have League City Feed as your
hometown feed store. West and his sister,

1214
01:25:58.319 --> 01:26:01.439
Madison Thunderberg, they they've taken over
from their dad down to League City

1215
01:26:01.439 --> 01:26:04.520
Feed and it is a great old
time feed store. You can give him

1216
01:26:04.560 --> 01:26:09.640
a call at two eight one three
three two one six one two. They're

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01:26:09.680 --> 01:26:13.239
open Monday through Saturday nine to six, so after work you can swing by

1218
01:26:13.279 --> 01:26:15.079
there and get what you need.
Closed on Sunday, so get by there

1219
01:26:15.119 --> 01:26:18.880
today if you need to grab something. But we're talking about every kind of

1220
01:26:18.920 --> 01:26:23.000
fertilizer that I talk about here,
they've got it. It's easy. If

1221
01:26:23.000 --> 01:26:25.800
you need even you know, stuff
like azymite, they've got that there.

1222
01:26:26.079 --> 01:26:29.479
They've got the pesticide, the herbicide, the fungicides that you might need,

1223
01:26:29.920 --> 01:26:32.920
quality pet food, League City Feeds
got it. Do you need things for

1224
01:26:32.960 --> 01:26:36.479
your backyard chickens, I'm talking about
the supplies or the feeds or the bedding.

1225
01:26:36.720 --> 01:26:41.520
They've got all of that. League
City Feed is a great place to

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01:26:41.600 --> 01:26:45.239
stop and to shop. They're on
Highway six, or excuse me, Highway

1227
01:26:45.279 --> 01:26:49.239
three, half of Highway six.
They're on Highway three, a few blocks

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01:26:49.279 --> 01:26:53.399
south of Highway ninety six. So
if you're in Clare Lake, El Camino,

1229
01:26:53.520 --> 01:26:57.199
Webster Bay, Cliff, Lamark,
Dickenson, Santa Fe, League City,

1230
01:26:57.199 --> 01:27:00.960
of course they're your hometown feed store
and you're fortunate to happen there,

1231
01:27:00.119 --> 01:27:04.399
go check them out. We're gonna
head out now, let's see, we're

1232
01:27:04.399 --> 01:27:11.079
gonna go to Clear Lake and we're
gonna talk to Lane. Hello, Lane,

1233
01:27:12.319 --> 01:27:15.720
good morning, fit thanks for taking
my call you back last time I

1234
01:27:15.720 --> 01:27:20.960
asked you about planting new plants and
how much you know soil I should put

1235
01:27:20.960 --> 01:27:28.079
down? And I went to the
heirloom soil calculator good and I got okay.

1236
01:27:27.720 --> 01:27:33.920
I calculated be like one hundred and
thirty three one cubic foot bags of

1237
01:27:34.640 --> 01:27:39.680
soil I need, okay, And
how much of it do I need to

1238
01:27:39.680 --> 01:27:45.520
put as rose soil? And how
much is quality compost? Now you're building

1239
01:27:45.560 --> 01:27:47.560
the whole bed out of this or
you're mixing it into soil you have?

1240
01:27:47.760 --> 01:27:50.600
How are you doing that? Oh? Well, okay, I had to

1241
01:27:50.640 --> 01:27:56.399
rip out all the existing bushes and
and so the the existing bushes were there

1242
01:27:56.399 --> 01:28:00.960
since nineteen ninety nine. Okay,
okay, well, so you're just building

1243
01:28:01.039 --> 01:28:04.760
up the bed with it. Sounds
like, yeah, I'm gonna till it

1244
01:28:04.880 --> 01:28:09.720
first, get all the roots out, ye, and then okay mix so

1245
01:28:10.399 --> 01:28:15.199
right, So get the roots out, lay down about three inches of rose

1246
01:28:15.359 --> 01:28:20.119
soil, till it in to the
soil. You have lay down more rose

1247
01:28:20.239 --> 01:28:24.479
soil and then more rose soil to
get it to the level you want.

1248
01:28:24.600 --> 01:28:28.960
But that way you get a blend, and that's better than just throwing something

1249
01:28:29.039 --> 01:28:30.920
right on top of it. If
I were you, I would call them

1250
01:28:30.960 --> 01:28:34.239
out at Heirloom Soils and I would
say, look, I need one hundred

1251
01:28:34.239 --> 01:28:39.039
and thirty three bags. What would
it cost me to get a super sack

1252
01:28:39.199 --> 01:28:42.079
dropped off here? Or what would
it cost to get the soil delivered and

1253
01:28:42.159 --> 01:28:45.359
dropped off? And do the price
comparison, because at some point it's cheaper

1254
01:28:45.359 --> 01:28:48.119
to get bulked than bags. And
depends on where you live, how much

1255
01:28:48.119 --> 01:28:50.880
you're buying and what you're buying and
all of that kind of thing. But

1256
01:28:51.000 --> 01:28:55.119
just do a quick check off.
Go ahead, Okay, it doesn't sell

1257
01:28:55.239 --> 01:28:59.359
me, It says that. Look
for vendors to buy from it and it

1258
01:28:59.439 --> 01:29:02.840
points me to Leak City Feed.
Well, yeah, League City Feed's got

1259
01:29:02.880 --> 01:29:05.720
it. I mean you better tell
League City though, if you want one

1260
01:29:05.800 --> 01:29:10.640
hundred and something bags, because I
doubt that they may not quite have that

1261
01:29:10.720 --> 01:29:15.279
on hand at all times. So
you can go either way. It works

1262
01:29:15.319 --> 01:29:17.720
good infair. That's convenient for you
to go there and just grab it and

1263
01:29:17.720 --> 01:29:20.880
do it. Then do it that
way. That's good. Okay. How

1264
01:29:20.920 --> 01:29:27.720
come they price different laries on big
box stores on Rose Oil and you know,

1265
01:29:28.319 --> 01:29:33.000
well, a lot of times the
product you get at a big box

1266
01:29:33.199 --> 01:29:36.640
is just not like what you're going
to get from our local vendors. It's

1267
01:29:36.680 --> 01:29:43.000
just not I've I've opened bags of
stuff called potting soil from stores like that

1268
01:29:43.439 --> 01:29:45.000
and when I open it up,
it's got wood chips in it. I

1269
01:29:45.000 --> 01:29:49.119
mean it chunks of wood and that
is not a quality true soil mix.

1270
01:29:49.199 --> 01:29:53.159
Now, if you're going for something
bigger, like a bed mix, yeah,

1271
01:29:53.199 --> 01:29:57.800
it's going to have a little bit
of compost to finally ground materials in

1272
01:29:57.840 --> 01:30:01.960
it. That may be some woody
in there, but it's the quality that

1273
01:30:01.960 --> 01:30:04.800
that's the bottom line, and you
know, you get what you pay for.

1274
01:30:05.079 --> 01:30:10.359
That's about all I know to tell
you, Uh, okay, why

1275
01:30:11.239 --> 01:30:15.720
of the better stuff? Okay,
how much is how much compost do I

1276
01:30:15.760 --> 01:30:18.600
need to mix in? Well,
if you do the rose oil, you

1277
01:30:18.640 --> 01:30:23.520
don't need to mix any compost in. You just grow straight on. Yeah,

1278
01:30:23.560 --> 01:30:26.359
you don't need to do both.
Now, if all you were doing

1279
01:30:26.560 --> 01:30:30.720
was just amending some soil and you
know you mean, you could do the

1280
01:30:30.760 --> 01:30:33.720
compost alone. But the rose soil
is already going to be a good blend.

1281
01:30:33.840 --> 01:30:36.319
Just mix it with what you have
a little bit so you don't have

1282
01:30:36.359 --> 01:30:43.279
a sudden interface from your current soil
to the nice, super quality rose soil

1283
01:30:43.319 --> 01:30:46.359
on top. Okay, okay,
well, good luck with that line.

1284
01:30:47.000 --> 01:30:50.520
Thank you, good luck. I
can't wait to hear about that bed.

1285
01:30:51.720 --> 01:30:57.800
I have talked to you about Nitrofos
products and their three step and three step

1286
01:30:57.920 --> 01:31:00.199
if we are in three step season, and what is three step? Well,

1287
01:31:00.239 --> 01:31:05.600
first of all, it's a fall
fertilizer, a quality fertilizer designed for

1288
01:31:05.800 --> 01:31:12.880
Texas Gulf coasts, soils and lawns
in the summer. That's as simple as

1289
01:31:12.920 --> 01:31:16.119
that. It's called the Nitrofoss Fall
Special. It's a winter rizer, you

1290
01:31:16.159 --> 01:31:18.720
can call it that too. Basically, what it means is you're putting it

1291
01:31:18.760 --> 01:31:24.359
down now to help your lawn recover
from this hallacious summer we just went through.

1292
01:31:24.720 --> 01:31:29.680
To get good storage of carbohydrates going
into winter to make it strong so

1293
01:31:29.680 --> 01:31:32.439
when it comes out in the spring
it is in top health. Very important,

1294
01:31:32.479 --> 01:31:35.760
perhaps one of the most important fertilizations
you do each year is in the

1295
01:31:35.800 --> 01:31:41.279
fall. Step two a barricade,
which is a pre emergent weed control.

1296
01:31:41.399 --> 01:31:45.800
If your lawn is thin wherever sunlight
hits a soil, nature plants of weed,

1297
01:31:45.119 --> 01:31:48.960
and a lot of lawns are thin
or worse after the summer that we

1298
01:31:49.079 --> 01:31:54.039
just had. Barricade will stop the
broad leaf in the grassy weeds from germinating.

1299
01:31:54.279 --> 01:31:59.600
And finally nitrofoss eagle turf fungicide,
and that is to not only protect

1300
01:31:59.600 --> 01:32:01.680
the plant, but also to do
a little bit of what we call kickback,

1301
01:32:01.720 --> 01:32:06.800
a little curative to help keep that
turf healthy for optimum disease control.

1302
01:32:08.079 --> 01:32:12.239
Now, all of this needs to
happen in early early October. It would,

1303
01:32:12.279 --> 01:32:14.560
I would say, that would be
your prime time. And here's why

1304
01:32:15.399 --> 01:32:17.279
I know some of you are listening
to me up in Buffalo, Texas on

1305
01:32:17.359 --> 01:32:21.600
Interstate forty five. Or Louisiana,
are New Bronfels or here in Houston or

1306
01:32:21.600 --> 01:32:26.520
Galveston, So it's kind of hard
to give all of you one specific time.

1307
01:32:26.920 --> 01:32:30.039
But by the time we get into
October, it's time to fertilize for

1308
01:32:30.199 --> 01:32:33.840
fall it is. You need to
get it down so it can do good

1309
01:32:34.119 --> 01:32:38.920
until by the time we get into
later in November, grassroots are slowing down

1310
01:32:38.920 --> 01:32:42.680
and not redoing as much as they
are in October, So don't delay.

1311
01:32:43.000 --> 01:32:45.840
If you want to prevent weeds,
you got to get it done in early

1312
01:32:45.840 --> 01:32:47.520
October. They're gonna be germinating.
We get a little cool front in here

1313
01:32:47.560 --> 01:32:50.319
and need some rain, it cools
off. You need to get ahead of

1314
01:32:50.319 --> 01:32:56.359
that or you're too late. And
finally, you need to do the fungicides

1315
01:32:56.439 --> 01:33:00.560
early on because large patch, the
big circle's brown patch that is going to

1316
01:33:01.239 --> 01:33:05.720
happen, and whence the circles appear, it's too late to cure them.

1317
01:33:05.800 --> 01:33:09.359
It just doesn't work that way.
You have to wait till spring for them

1318
01:33:09.399 --> 01:33:13.119
to regreen up. So getting it
ahead of time. All three Texas three

1319
01:33:13.159 --> 01:33:17.920
step a Fertilizer Fall Special, the
Barricade for weeds, and the Eagle Tar

1320
01:33:18.000 --> 01:33:23.119
frongeicide for diseases. You're going to
find all these great night frost products at

1321
01:33:23.119 --> 01:33:28.319
retailers such as Warren Southern Gardens out
in Kingwood, Ace Hardware Sinkle Ranch are

1322
01:33:28.359 --> 01:33:32.279
the grower's outlet up in Willis.
We are now going to head out to

1323
01:33:32.600 --> 01:33:38.600
Conrow and talk to Sherry. Hello, Sherry, Hello, good morning,

1324
01:33:38.640 --> 01:33:45.159
Good morning. So I have I
inherited a bunch of camelias and I fertilized

1325
01:33:45.199 --> 01:33:49.479
them in the spring with a little
bit of a semite and some microlifacidifier.

1326
01:33:49.720 --> 01:33:55.039
Good and they usually do a second
fertilization, but with this drought and heat,

1327
01:33:55.079 --> 01:33:57.800
I haven't done it yet. Is
it too late to do a light

1328
01:33:58.560 --> 01:34:00.560
A lightilization? A light one would
be okay. You know, we're not

1329
01:34:00.600 --> 01:34:04.560
trying to push stuff into real late
season growth, but in organic products like

1330
01:34:04.600 --> 01:34:08.720
that are going to help improve the
soil. They're going to improve the root

1331
01:34:08.760 --> 01:34:13.159
system, and they're going to gradually
release over time. And that acidifying microlife

1332
01:34:13.279 --> 01:34:17.319
is a good one for use around. You said azelia, right, camelias.

1333
01:34:17.760 --> 01:34:20.880
Excuse me? Okay, well,
the same thing, blueberry, blueberry,

1334
01:34:20.960 --> 01:34:25.960
camelia, Azelia, gardinia, all
of that, even hydrangees would be

1335
01:34:26.039 --> 01:34:29.920
good to use. That on.
Okay, perfect, I appreciate that.

1336
01:34:30.000 --> 01:34:34.520
And then a second question. I
have a magnolia tree that has sprung up

1337
01:34:34.640 --> 01:34:41.079
from out of nowhere. It's quite
a few years old now, probably maybe

1338
01:34:41.159 --> 01:34:44.880
four feet tall. Okay, is
it still possible to move that? And

1339
01:34:44.960 --> 01:34:49.359
should it be done in the wintertime? Moving a magnolia is touching go.

1340
01:34:49.760 --> 01:34:55.000
The only time to move it would
be late or late late fall, when

1341
01:34:55.239 --> 01:34:59.119
we get to us, say early
November. That'd be your best shot because

1342
01:34:59.159 --> 01:35:02.479
it's got leaves on it. It's
not deciduous, so it's easier to move

1343
01:35:02.520 --> 01:35:08.000
deciduous plants in the winter because there's
no leaves to lose water. But if

1344
01:35:08.039 --> 01:35:10.920
you can dig it and get as
much of the root system as you can

1345
01:35:11.880 --> 01:35:15.560
and move it quickly, get it
right back in the soil and watered in,

1346
01:35:15.640 --> 01:35:17.319
well that'll give its best shot.
But I just gotta tell you,

1347
01:35:17.479 --> 01:35:23.119
magnolia's loved to pout about being moved
like that, so it's a little bit

1348
01:35:23.119 --> 01:35:26.319
of a roll of the dice,
all right, right, Okay, great,

1349
01:35:26.319 --> 01:35:28.520
well, I appreciate that. Thank
you, you bet hey. I'm

1350
01:35:28.520 --> 01:35:30.560
gonna be up in Conro today at
the Montgomery County Home and Garden Show out

1351
01:35:30.640 --> 01:35:33.319
at the Lone Star Convention Center.
So if you get a chance, come

1352
01:35:33.319 --> 01:35:35.359
out there and see me. I'll
be there twelve to one and I'll get

1353
01:35:35.359 --> 01:35:40.439
a little talk on fall. And
if you got any questions or samples or

1354
01:35:40.479 --> 01:35:44.039
pictures or things you want to bring
in for me to diagnose or identify or

1355
01:35:44.039 --> 01:35:45.960
whatever, be happy to do that
too. Sherry. Good to talk to

1356
01:35:46.000 --> 01:35:53.359
you, and I appreciate your call. You know, September is hummingbird month.

1357
01:35:53.640 --> 01:35:57.720
I've had hummingbirds coming through my backyard
for a while. I've got the

1358
01:35:57.720 --> 01:36:01.039
wild Birds Unlimited. They're high perch
feeder. I think it's the best one.

1359
01:36:01.079 --> 01:36:04.560
I've got several hummingbird feeders, but
that absolutely is the best. One.

1360
01:36:04.800 --> 01:36:09.439
Comes in four different sizes. They
also have something called nectar defender.

1361
01:36:09.520 --> 01:36:12.560
You put it in there in the
water, and you know sugar water in

1362
01:36:12.600 --> 01:36:15.199
hot weather, even warm weather.
I mean, it goes bad one to

1363
01:36:15.279 --> 01:36:19.960
two days, but if you will
put the nectar defender in, it'll take

1364
01:36:19.960 --> 01:36:24.319
it as long as ten days before
it starts to need to be replaced.

1365
01:36:24.640 --> 01:36:28.119
You can make your own nectar with
four parts of water and one part of

1366
01:36:28.159 --> 01:36:31.560
white table sugar. Do not put
color in it. Hummingbirds don't care about

1367
01:36:31.600 --> 01:36:34.680
that. The feeder is going to
attract them in. That's why there's color

1368
01:36:34.760 --> 01:36:40.680
in the feeders. Now, Wabird's
Unlimited is the place to go for anything

1369
01:36:40.760 --> 01:36:45.520
that you need, I mean anything
related to the birds. Wawbird's Unlimited stores

1370
01:36:45.720 --> 01:36:48.119
or seven of them all around the
Houston area. You can go to WBU

1371
01:36:48.279 --> 01:36:54.239
dot com forward slash Houston to find
yours. Don't delay anymore. This is

1372
01:36:54.279 --> 01:36:57.600
peak month and there's a lot of
other things coming up in the world of

1373
01:36:57.640 --> 01:37:00.840
backyard birding that you need to get
ready are from birdhouses to other kinds of

1374
01:37:00.840 --> 01:37:05.479
winter bird feeders. While Bird's Unlimited
has it all and they will get you

1375
01:37:05.800 --> 01:37:13.279
set up really really well. We're
about to have to take a break here

1376
01:37:13.760 --> 01:37:15.199
for the Nicki News Network. I
did want to mention to you those of

1377
01:37:15.279 --> 01:37:18.560
you out in Kingwood who love to
go to Warrens and Kingwood Garden Center,

1378
01:37:18.560 --> 01:37:21.600
and I don't I don't blame you
one bit. They are close today,

1379
01:37:21.600 --> 01:37:27.520
they're doing some inventory work, but
they will be open tomorrow, so make

1380
01:37:27.560 --> 01:37:31.159
sure and get back out there.
They are stocking up for fall and the

1381
01:37:31.199 --> 01:37:33.439
stuff they have on hand. If
you've ever been to either one of them,

1382
01:37:33.439 --> 01:37:39.039
you know how outstanding they are as
garden centers. Quality staff knows what

1383
01:37:39.079 --> 01:37:42.479
they're talking about. They point you
to the things they want. Don't forget

1384
01:37:42.560 --> 01:37:45.640
write this on your calendar. It's
around the corner September twenty first at six

1385
01:37:45.720 --> 01:37:50.720
pm. September twenty first, six
pm, fall into Prosecco event. This

1386
01:37:50.800 --> 01:37:57.760
is their gartending class and it's at
Kingwood Garden Center. That's Kingwood Garden Center

1387
01:37:58.000 --> 01:38:00.760
dot com. They're gonna tell you
how to grow herb and how to use

1388
01:38:00.760 --> 01:38:04.479
them in a garden to glass mixology
class. Ooh that even rhyme nicki O

1389
01:38:05.920 --> 01:38:10.840
sounds fun, doesn't it. Yeah, good place to hang out September twenty

1390
01:38:10.840 --> 01:38:14.239
first. But remember hang off on
today because they're doing inventory. But get

1391
01:38:14.239 --> 01:38:16.640
out there tomorrow. They'll be back
open and ready to go. Our phone

1392
01:38:16.720 --> 01:38:20.439
number seven one three two one two
fifty eight seventy four. I'll be right

1393
01:38:20.479 --> 01:38:25.760
back, all right. Welcome to
garden Line. We are glad you're listening.

1394
01:38:25.840 --> 01:38:29.760
Maybe you are a veteran gardener,
been gardening for fifty years, maybe

1395
01:38:29.760 --> 01:38:31.760
you're a master gardener, or maybe
you're on the other end of the spectrum.

1396
01:38:32.000 --> 01:38:34.800
We call that the green side up
beyend where you know you have to

1397
01:38:34.800 --> 01:38:39.039
tell people when you plan a plant, put the green side up. We're

1398
01:38:39.159 --> 01:38:42.560
glad you're listening. We are here
for all kinds of gardeners to help you

1399
01:38:42.640 --> 01:38:45.720
take it to the next level and
especially take it out of this summer into

1400
01:38:45.760 --> 01:38:49.600
a successful fall season. Gosh,
it has been brutal, brutal, brutal.

1401
01:38:50.319 --> 01:38:56.920
You know, I have almost never
had disease insecting weed problems in Milan.

1402
01:38:57.119 --> 01:39:00.000
And you know it's not that I'm
some expert. You know. I

1403
01:39:00.000 --> 01:39:03.000
always tell you there's no such thing
as a green thumb. There's an informed

1404
01:39:03.000 --> 01:39:08.800
thumb or an uninformed thumb. And
I know that to have a good lawn

1405
01:39:08.840 --> 01:39:11.920
and avoid the problems, you just
need to take care of it right.

1406
01:39:12.000 --> 01:39:15.079
And you need to keep it dense. It chokes out most of the problems

1407
01:39:15.119 --> 01:39:17.880
that it has when it's dense.
But boy, this year it's like all

1408
01:39:17.960 --> 01:39:23.199
hell broke loose. I've got take
all root rot appearance. I have areas

1409
01:39:23.279 --> 01:39:27.199
that I went for a two week
vacation, actually not vacation. It was

1410
01:39:27.199 --> 01:39:31.199
actually a couple of business trips and
I was gone and something went wrong in

1411
01:39:31.239 --> 01:39:34.600
the watering system in an area did
not get watered at all. For two

1412
01:39:34.600 --> 01:39:39.760
weeks in the sun and just flat
head drought kill on that area of the

1413
01:39:39.800 --> 01:39:43.039
lawn. Then to make to add
insult to injury, have you decided to

1414
01:39:43.079 --> 01:39:47.800
quit listening to guardenline yet to add
insult to injury? Take all root rot

1415
01:39:47.800 --> 01:39:53.840
moves in so drought and chinch bugs
was a third of the trifecta. I've

1416
01:39:53.840 --> 01:39:56.279
got all three in my lawn.
I'm dealing with all three of them.

1417
01:39:56.359 --> 01:40:00.399
Yep. I know the cobbler's kids
go barefoot, but I'm telling you it

1418
01:40:00.479 --> 01:40:02.920
is possible to bring that lawn back. And one of the things I'm gonna

1419
01:40:02.960 --> 01:40:08.760
do then this is important for your
lawns, is the deep tine aeration.

1420
01:40:08.960 --> 01:40:12.680
You want a core aeration. What
does that mean? Don't just rent something

1421
01:40:12.720 --> 01:40:15.000
that presses a hole in the ground. Har somebody that can get a core

1422
01:40:15.199 --> 01:40:20.079
errator and really Greenpro is one of
the top companies you're going to run into

1423
01:40:20.119 --> 01:40:25.359
anywhere, especially here in the Greater
Houston area. They pop cores of soil

1424
01:40:25.520 --> 01:40:28.560
out so it looks like you had
a little dog convention on the lawn right

1425
01:40:28.600 --> 01:40:30.920
there, with all the little plugs
of soil sitting on the surface. Then

1426
01:40:30.960 --> 01:40:36.960
they top dress it with quality compost
finely screen top dressing. So now you've

1427
01:40:38.000 --> 01:40:43.479
got oxygen in the soil. Now
you've got that compaction being combated with aeration

1428
01:40:43.520 --> 01:40:47.600
and top dressing. Now you're getting
organic matter down into those holes and root

1429
01:40:47.640 --> 01:40:50.800
growth is stimulated. And it's one
of the most important things you can do,

1430
01:40:50.920 --> 01:40:56.079
especially now with what we've just been
through going into fall. They they've

1431
01:40:56.079 --> 01:40:58.920
got a ten percent off for Gardline
listeners. You have to tell them your

1432
01:40:58.960 --> 01:41:02.279
Gardline listener and you have to call
them by the fifteenth of September to get

1433
01:41:02.319 --> 01:41:05.159
the deal, which we have just
passed by one day. Oh my gosh,

1434
01:41:05.159 --> 01:41:10.479
I'm just in here reading the text
and realizing that whatever you're looking for

1435
01:41:10.560 --> 01:41:14.800
though, they're going to have it. It is a quality, quality product

1436
01:41:15.000 --> 01:41:17.600
that they put out. It's a
quality service that they do. They know

1437
01:41:17.680 --> 01:41:20.439
how to do it, and I'll
tell you this, it will make a

1438
01:41:20.560 --> 01:41:25.359
huge difference in your lawn. Their
prices start at five ninety nine plus sales

1439
01:41:25.399 --> 01:41:28.840
tax, depending on where you're located, how far they have to go to

1440
01:41:28.840 --> 01:41:30.479
get to you, and the size
of your lawn. But that is a

1441
01:41:30.479 --> 01:41:34.640
great deal and it is a single
thing that has lasting effects. You know,

1442
01:41:34.680 --> 01:41:38.399
a lot of things we do are
temporary to the lawn. This is

1443
01:41:38.439 --> 01:41:41.560
something that will give you months and
months and months, if not a whole

1444
01:41:41.600 --> 01:41:45.159
year or more of benefits from just
this one change. And remember things like

1445
01:41:45.560 --> 01:41:49.800
large patch or brown patch, they're
favored by soggy, wet conditions. So

1446
01:41:49.840 --> 01:41:55.520
if you've got a dense lawn that's
compacted, low lying, and this is

1447
01:41:55.920 --> 01:42:00.560
going to help alleviate that so that
it is not such a favorable place for

1448
01:42:00.600 --> 01:42:03.199
brown patch to take off and to
go. We're gonna go out to Patrick

1449
01:42:03.319 --> 01:42:09.359
now in Missouri City. Hello,
Patrick, good morning. Yeah, yeah,

1450
01:42:09.399 --> 01:42:14.239
Hey, so far, so good
by, Bob. Caught fire?

1451
01:42:15.840 --> 01:42:20.840
How do I treat it? Patrick? Or are you talking about your long

1452
01:42:20.880 --> 01:42:26.600
caught on fire? Yeah? So
like it? Burke Like, yeah,

1453
01:42:26.680 --> 01:42:31.000
it is the Saint Augustine. What
yesh, it's dead. You're gonna have

1454
01:42:31.039 --> 01:42:36.319
to replant. H Saint Augustine does
not have underground runners and so you're gonna

1455
01:42:36.279 --> 01:42:45.479
have to replant it. Okay.
And where would I am about shabrock enthusiasts?

1456
01:42:45.760 --> 01:42:51.319
Where can I get bulbs at your
local garden centers? Wherever your local

1457
01:42:51.439 --> 01:42:55.840
quality garden center is going to be, You're gonna be able to buy bulbs

1458
01:42:55.880 --> 01:43:00.439
there. They're gonna have a good
supply. I've been having a hard time

1459
01:43:00.560 --> 01:43:05.439
for shamrock bulbs. I would just
call around. You know, you're not

1460
01:43:05.520 --> 01:43:11.600
too far out from the enchanted gardens
and Shannon forest out there in the Kingwood

1461
01:43:11.640 --> 01:43:18.039
area. I know that that Bob
at Southwest Feed and Fertilizer he gets some

1462
01:43:18.079 --> 01:43:20.720
bulbs into. That's not too far
away from me. I'd give one of

1463
01:43:20.720 --> 01:43:26.000
those a shot and see how that
goes. All right, Okay, yeah,

1464
01:43:26.000 --> 01:43:29.399
well, good luck with that.
I appreciate the call. You know,

1465
01:43:30.640 --> 01:43:33.520
D and D Feed up in Tomball
is your hometown feed store if you

1466
01:43:33.520 --> 01:43:36.920
were up in that Tomball area,
and I always love going by there.

1467
01:43:38.159 --> 01:43:41.680
They just expanded this summer. That
Dover family opened it in nineteen eighty nine,

1468
01:43:42.239 --> 01:43:45.520
about three miles west of Highway two
forty nine. On twenty nine,

1469
01:43:45.840 --> 01:43:50.560
twenty their new expanded store has a
lot more things and stuff. It was

1470
01:43:50.600 --> 01:43:55.439
already an awesome place to go before
that, now even more. You want

1471
01:43:55.439 --> 01:43:59.319
a quality dog food, high end
line like Origin, Diamond, Victor Starpro,

1472
01:43:59.479 --> 01:44:01.920
they've got it. Do you need
pests and rodent control? You know

1473
01:44:01.960 --> 01:44:06.680
we're entering that season where rats and
stuff getting up in the attic or doing

1474
01:44:06.680 --> 01:44:10.960
whatever they do. D and D
Feed has got the things you need to

1475
01:44:11.000 --> 01:44:15.319
control those and then any fertilizer I
talk about, and many of these other

1476
01:44:15.359 --> 01:44:19.800
products you know, the heirloom soils
for example. They have lots of vegetables.

1477
01:44:19.920 --> 01:44:24.000
You know you need something for your
lawn, your garden, you want

1478
01:44:24.000 --> 01:44:27.199
to make it better. They bring
plants in from time to time. It

1479
01:44:27.439 --> 01:44:30.560
is a great place to visit.
Easy to get to. Three miles west

1480
01:44:30.600 --> 01:44:33.640
of two forty nine and Tomball.
D and D Feed your hometown feed store.

1481
01:44:33.680 --> 01:44:38.960
They'll treat you like family and they
will make sure that they supply you

1482
01:44:39.000 --> 01:44:44.560
with quality products so you have success. That is super super important. We're

1483
01:44:44.560 --> 01:44:46.880
gonna go out to the Woodlands now
and talk to Charles. Hello, Charles,

1484
01:44:47.800 --> 01:44:51.720
good morning, Skip. I enjoy
your program. Thank you for taking

1485
01:44:51.720 --> 01:44:58.239
my call. Unfortunately I nursing bad
back, so okay, hopefully I can

1486
01:44:58.239 --> 01:45:02.159
get through that. Skip. Two
questions. One is we grow roses several

1487
01:45:02.199 --> 01:45:10.560
types, including hybrid teas and miniature
roses. In every spring we get attacked

1488
01:45:10.800 --> 01:45:15.720
by spider mites, just all of
a sudden poof, they're there, right.

1489
01:45:15.840 --> 01:45:19.600
Is there any way to prevent that
from occurring? No, you can't

1490
01:45:19.600 --> 01:45:23.600
prevent it, but you can manage
it. And there's a couple of ways.

1491
01:45:23.640 --> 01:45:27.159
There are mite de sides that you
can spray with. What I do

1492
01:45:27.199 --> 01:45:31.159
for mine is I get a strong
blast of water. There's different ways to

1493
01:45:31.159 --> 01:45:34.439
come up with this. The little
Hosen sprayers where you can put out a

1494
01:45:34.520 --> 01:45:38.680
fine mist at a high velocity.
You know, I've been talking about the

1495
01:45:38.680 --> 01:45:42.920
little water ones where they put out
large, coarse droplets for watering your plants.

1496
01:45:42.920 --> 01:45:45.920
I'm talking about a blast. And
if you go underneath a rosebush,

1497
01:45:46.079 --> 01:45:49.479
even if you do it once a
week or once ever ten days and just

1498
01:45:49.600 --> 01:45:54.479
blast the undersides of the leaves,
it knocks the mites off. The ones

1499
01:45:54.520 --> 01:45:58.800
that manage to hang on that wet
environment. They don't like that. They

1500
01:45:58.840 --> 01:46:02.239
like dry, hot and dust.
And I have kept spider mites in control

1501
01:46:02.479 --> 01:46:05.720
that way on a lot of plants. Now, without the right kind of

1502
01:46:05.720 --> 01:46:10.199
tool you mentioned, bad back bending
over with all of those Hosen sprayers gonna

1503
01:46:10.199 --> 01:46:13.359
be kind of hard to do.
But that's one thing I do. But

1504
01:46:13.439 --> 01:46:16.680
anytime you can blast the undersides of
the leaves or devise something to do that

1505
01:46:16.760 --> 01:46:21.760
with that would be helpful. Otherwise
you're needing to go if it's not too

1506
01:46:21.760 --> 01:46:29.000
hot. Insecticidal soaps spray upward from
underneath the plant will work pretty well on

1507
01:46:29.039 --> 01:46:31.000
spider mite. You don't have to
do it often. The goal is just

1508
01:46:31.039 --> 01:46:35.079
to keep them kinda in check,
and so that is some ways you can

1509
01:46:35.119 --> 01:46:39.600
do that. Okay, Well,
thank you for that. I had one

1510
01:46:39.600 --> 01:46:41.960
other quick question. All right,
Charles, I'm gonna have to get you

1511
01:46:42.000 --> 01:46:45.239
to hold I'm going on a hard
break here, but I will come right

1512
01:46:45.279 --> 01:46:48.159
back to you when I get right
back. Our phone number is nine seven

1513
01:46:48.279 --> 01:46:53.920
nine, or excuse me, eight
seven one three two one two fifty eight

1514
01:46:54.039 --> 01:46:56.560
seventy four. We'll be right back. Well, I don't know if it's

1515
01:46:56.600 --> 01:47:00.439
flood and down in Texas, but
I know that we're happy to see rain.

1516
01:47:00.560 --> 01:47:02.800
So it's kind of a interesting thing
to sing a song about the Blues

1517
01:47:02.800 --> 01:47:06.399
about it raining. Right, you're
listening to garden Line, and we're happy

1518
01:47:06.439 --> 01:47:09.880
to be here, and we're happy
it's been raining a little bit, and

1519
01:47:09.920 --> 01:47:14.359
we're really happy that the temperature has
dropped at least five degrees below one hundred,

1520
01:47:14.399 --> 01:47:17.479
which I officially say means it's fall. Let's have some fun with fall.

1521
01:47:17.560 --> 01:47:21.640
Right. Speaking of fall, if
you are looking to take care of

1522
01:47:21.680 --> 01:47:28.239
your lawn. You need to have
a fall fertilization put down in early October.

1523
01:47:28.279 --> 01:47:30.479
You can start it in late September
if you want, especially for those

1524
01:47:30.479 --> 01:47:33.279
of you a little further north,
maybe you're listening up in Conroe or north

1525
01:47:33.319 --> 01:47:36.039
all the way up to Buffalo or
someplace. Yeah, you can started a

1526
01:47:36.079 --> 01:47:40.279
little late September. But as we
moved down in the Greater Houston area down

1527
01:47:40.359 --> 01:47:43.199
in this area, we're looking at
early October is a good time to get

1528
01:47:43.239 --> 01:47:47.199
that down now. Nelson Plant Food
they have something called carbo load. Carbo

1529
01:47:47.279 --> 01:47:51.039
Load is a ten ten twenty.
It's designed for fault. It's got that

1530
01:47:51.920 --> 01:47:58.199
good boost of potassium in it.
And potassium think of it this way.

1531
01:47:58.279 --> 01:48:01.479
Potassium is what helps the plant make
its and a freeze. It helps it

1532
01:48:01.520 --> 01:48:05.920
be not only drought resilient, but
it helps it be cold hearty, and

1533
01:48:05.960 --> 01:48:11.720
it sets your lawn up to come
out strong in the spring. The beauty,

1534
01:48:12.000 --> 01:48:15.239
health and growth of your lawn in
the spring is all about what you

1535
01:48:15.279 --> 01:48:16.960
did in the fall. That's how
this works. In a grass plant,

1536
01:48:17.279 --> 01:48:20.119
it takes a while for it to
warm up in spring for the grass to

1537
01:48:20.119 --> 01:48:25.560
put on new roots start taking up
fertilizers so that your spring fertilizers are doing

1538
01:48:25.560 --> 01:48:29.319
what we want them to do.
But if you don't do the fall fertilization,

1539
01:48:30.039 --> 01:48:32.760
your grass is already weakened and then
it's now it's having to deal with

1540
01:48:32.840 --> 01:48:36.880
winter and try to come out without
any energy at all. So I can't

1541
01:48:36.920 --> 01:48:42.960
stress enough the importance of a quality
fall furtlizer and Nelson's Plant Food carbo load

1542
01:48:43.159 --> 01:48:46.039
is exactly that. Nelson's has a
lot of great lines. They've got color

1543
01:48:46.119 --> 01:48:51.039
Star, Nutrastar, turf Star,
Nature Star, It's all good fertilizer and

1544
01:48:51.079 --> 01:48:55.760
it all works very very well for
your plants and especially for that lawn.

1545
01:48:55.840 --> 01:48:57.439
You need to do that. By
the way, I'm going to be up

1546
01:48:57.439 --> 01:49:00.399
at the Conro Montgomery County Home and
Garden Show today and I'll be doing a

1547
01:49:00.439 --> 01:49:03.960
seminar, but I'll be given away
from Nelson for Eliza while we're out there,

1548
01:49:03.960 --> 01:49:08.760
and I hope you'll stop in and
check us out. We're going to

1549
01:49:08.840 --> 01:49:13.159
head out now to the woodlands and
go back to our conversation with Charles.

1550
01:49:13.159 --> 01:49:16.279
Hello, Charles. Yeah, it's
just one other quick question. I have

1551
01:49:16.319 --> 01:49:20.760
a raised bed around I guess it's
on the north side of my house,

1552
01:49:21.399 --> 01:49:30.359
and I have some twelve eighteen age
trees that have seeded and grown there.

1553
01:49:30.880 --> 01:49:33.520
Is it a good time to transplant
them? Or should I wait till later?

1554
01:49:34.000 --> 01:49:36.960
Do you know what kind of trees
they are off end? You know

1555
01:49:38.079 --> 01:49:41.640
they are deciduous. I think there's
some kind of an oak tree, but

1556
01:49:41.720 --> 01:49:45.119
I'm not absolutely sure. Yeah,
deciduous is good enough for me, So

1557
01:49:45.279 --> 01:49:51.319
I would wait until probably late October
or early November to do the transplanting.

1558
01:49:51.840 --> 01:49:57.119
That way they're gonna be. They
will probably won't have fully dropped their leaves

1559
01:49:57.159 --> 01:49:59.720
by then, but they'll be about
to. You could wait a little longer

1560
01:49:59.720 --> 01:50:01.560
if you want, but dig them
up, get as much of the root

1561
01:50:01.640 --> 01:50:05.760
system as you can't can be primarily
a tap root if you seeded them yourself,

1562
01:50:06.239 --> 01:50:10.159
So get down and get that.
When you replan them, put them

1563
01:50:10.159 --> 01:50:14.840
in exactly the same depth they were
growing before. Not deeper, not shallower,

1564
01:50:15.000 --> 01:50:17.279
just same depth. Water them in
really good, and they have all

1565
01:50:17.399 --> 01:50:24.039
winter to get ready for spring.
Okay, so late October then or in

1566
01:50:24.239 --> 01:50:28.720
of October our early November either one. Okay, okay, Well, thank

1567
01:50:29.279 --> 01:50:30.720
you for your help, Yes,
sir, thank you for the call.

1568
01:50:30.760 --> 01:50:35.800
I appreciate that very much, We're
going to go out now and talk to

1569
01:50:35.920 --> 01:50:41.399
Ted in Kingwood. Hello, Ted, good morning, how are you well?

1570
01:50:41.479 --> 01:50:45.000
Thank you great? Hey. I've
got a quick question. I'm looking

1571
01:50:45.000 --> 01:50:54.159
for a source of planting dates for
annuals. I love the not wait seeds.

1572
01:50:54.199 --> 01:50:56.680
So if they get the package of
one hundred, I want to plan

1573
01:50:56.760 --> 01:50:59.720
one hundred of them and then I
give them away to my neighbors and friends.

1574
01:51:00.000 --> 01:51:03.119
There you go and all year long. And I have a little greenhouse,

1575
01:51:03.239 --> 01:51:05.640
and so I was looking. I
don't know where I could find the

1576
01:51:05.680 --> 01:51:12.079
source so that I know when the
plants like stocks and petunias and geraniums and

1577
01:51:12.119 --> 01:51:15.720
all these things. Is there a
place that I could find that information.

1578
01:51:16.520 --> 01:51:20.199
There are some places out there,
there's not like a one stop shop on

1579
01:51:20.279 --> 01:51:24.279
that. That's probably something I need
to work on for my website. That's

1580
01:51:24.319 --> 01:51:29.000
a great idea. But I can
give you some general guides and it's not

1581
01:51:29.239 --> 01:51:32.600
really specific as to when you have
to plant any particular thing, but in

1582
01:51:32.640 --> 01:51:39.239
general, when we get to late
August through probably about the month of September,

1583
01:51:39.840 --> 01:51:45.800
your warm season flowers can be set
out in the garden, not started

1584
01:51:45.840 --> 01:51:48.079
from seed, but set out in
the garden that'll carry you all the way

1585
01:51:48.159 --> 01:51:53.640
up to the first frost. When
we're looking for cool season, we can

1586
01:51:53.720 --> 01:52:00.039
already be planting things like dienthus a
Lysson stock. I'm trying to think,

1587
01:52:00.079 --> 01:52:03.560
I'm real quick, come to mind, you know, the ornamental cabbage and

1588
01:52:03.640 --> 01:52:08.680
ko that would be more of an
ornamental kind of thing. We could already

1589
01:52:08.680 --> 01:52:12.520
be sending those transplants out now,
and then it needs to cool off a

1590
01:52:12.520 --> 01:52:15.279
little bit more before we do pansies
and viola. So I would wait probably

1591
01:52:15.359 --> 01:52:19.800
to set those. I should have
started the seeds for them a lot earlier

1592
01:52:19.920 --> 01:52:26.359
that you probably you probably should now
if you if you, you know,

1593
01:52:26.399 --> 01:52:29.600
if you wanted to start some now, you could probably still get them out

1594
01:52:29.640 --> 01:52:31.960
there and get them going. But
most of those, in general, you're

1595
01:52:31.960 --> 01:52:35.680
going to count back six to eight
weeks and start the seed. Some things

1596
01:52:35.720 --> 01:52:40.479
take a longer time, and some
things the seed is like dust, and

1597
01:52:40.520 --> 01:52:45.159
it's very difficult without really controlled situation
to get them planted by you get them

1598
01:52:45.159 --> 01:52:50.720
off to a good success. Yeah, appreciate all you do. You're doing

1599
01:52:50.720 --> 01:52:54.640
a great job, think sir.
I appreciate that. Good luck with those

1600
01:52:54.640 --> 01:53:00.119
seeds, yeah, Kingwood, it's
always fun starting things from seed. I

1601
01:53:00.239 --> 01:53:06.479
love to do that well. You
know, the key to a successful garden

1602
01:53:06.640 --> 01:53:11.520
is to give plants the conditions that
they want to grow in. And you

1603
01:53:11.560 --> 01:53:15.520
know, our gardens have come through
this summer and it's just been brutal.

1604
01:53:15.680 --> 01:53:18.279
I just no two ways about it. I mean, maybe you had access

1605
01:53:18.319 --> 01:53:21.960
to water, and you could water, and you did water properly and adequately.

1606
01:53:23.479 --> 01:53:27.079
Your plants are alive, but it
still has been a long, stressful

1607
01:53:27.159 --> 01:53:31.000
day, day, eternal day.
It's been a long stressful summer that has

1608
01:53:31.039 --> 01:53:35.520
taken its toll. And you've heard
me talk this morning about the importance of

1609
01:53:35.520 --> 01:53:40.520
fall fertilization, the importance of getting
ahead of weed problems, getting ahead of

1610
01:53:40.560 --> 01:53:45.319
disease problems on our lawns. No
matter what area of the landscape we're talking

1611
01:53:45.359 --> 01:53:49.640
about, your plants need help and
we need to be giving them that now.

1612
01:53:49.680 --> 01:53:55.199
And the first step is adequate soil
moisture. The soil needs to be

1613
01:53:55.239 --> 01:53:58.439
wet adequately and deeply in order for
it to do its best. That's as

1614
01:53:58.439 --> 01:54:01.439
simple as that. Secondly, quality
fertilizers put out at the right time,

1615
01:54:01.920 --> 01:54:05.239
choosing the right products for lawns.
It's got to be a fall fertilizer.

1616
01:54:06.039 --> 01:54:10.199
Just set your three one, two, four, one twos. The summer

1617
01:54:10.239 --> 01:54:13.079
and spring fertilizers. Set them aside. You can bring them out next year

1618
01:54:13.239 --> 01:54:16.079
next spring, but for now,
go to a fall fertilizer. That's really

1619
01:54:16.119 --> 01:54:19.479
important. And no matter what kind
of product you're looking for, whether it's

1620
01:54:19.520 --> 01:54:26.760
these fertilizers, whether it's disease control
products, whether it's herbicides, you're gonna

1621
01:54:26.800 --> 01:54:30.800
find it. At Ace Hardware.
They carry everything. They just do.

1622
01:54:30.039 --> 01:54:34.439
It's a one stop shop for more
than just fertilizer. Anything you need for

1623
01:54:34.479 --> 01:54:39.159
your lawn, your garden, keeping
your trees happy, pest control, disease

1624
01:54:39.199 --> 01:54:43.199
control, weed control, fertilizing,
you name it, it's all there at

1625
01:54:43.199 --> 01:54:45.960
Ace Hardware. You can go to
Ace Hardware dot com and go to their

1626
01:54:46.000 --> 01:54:50.199
store locator and find the Ace Hardware
near you. With thirty nine stores,

1627
01:54:50.279 --> 01:54:54.880
there are more than one near you. And so when you need to run

1628
01:54:54.920 --> 01:54:58.159
down the street and get something to
put on your lawn, they're gonna have

1629
01:54:58.199 --> 01:55:00.000
it. They're gonna have all kinds
of things for outdoor. You know,

1630
01:55:00.039 --> 01:55:03.800
it's finally becoming pleasant to go back
outside again. Maybe it is time for

1631
01:55:03.840 --> 01:55:09.680
a grill for some football season barbeque
and outside. Maybe you need some new

1632
01:55:09.880 --> 01:55:14.039
lawn, furniture, outdoor lighting or
decor, on and on, all the

1633
01:55:14.119 --> 01:55:17.000
power equipment, the tools you need
out there. It's Holiday's Hardware. You

1634
01:55:17.079 --> 01:55:20.039
pull in there, you drive home. You got everything you need to have

1635
01:55:20.079 --> 01:55:25.520
a beautiful lawn, a bountiful landscape, and it just makes it simple and

1636
01:55:25.560 --> 01:55:29.119
easy at As Hardware. Hey,
I'm about to take a break here and

1637
01:55:29.279 --> 01:55:32.359
we'll be back after a bit.
Our phone number is seven one three two

1638
01:55:32.399 --> 01:55:38.600
one two five eight seven four seven
one three two one two fifty eight seventy

1639
01:55:38.600 --> 01:55:40.840
four. Talk to Josh. You'll
get you on the boards and you'll be

1640
01:55:40.920 --> 01:55:44.079
first up when we come back.
When I get out of here, I'm

1641
01:55:44.119 --> 01:55:47.560
heading to Montgomery County to the Home
and Garden Show up in Conro at the

1642
01:55:47.680 --> 01:55:53.960
Lone Star Conventions that are right across
from the Texas A and m Agrilife Extension

1643
01:55:53.960 --> 01:55:56.239
Office. And by the way,
if you live up in Montgomery County,

1644
01:55:56.279 --> 01:56:00.319
you need to know about the Texas
A and m Agrilife Extension Office, Michael

1645
01:56:00.319 --> 01:56:02.720
Potter, the Horde Agent, and
their master gardeners. They're just a wealth

1646
01:56:02.760 --> 01:56:08.760
of information and beautiful gardeners to go
visit. Uppet Montgomery County Home and Garden

1647
01:56:08.800 --> 01:56:11.800
show. I'm going to be giving
away some Nelson plant food. I'll be

1648
01:56:11.840 --> 01:56:15.880
giving a one hour seminar on the
things you most need to know to have

1649
01:56:16.000 --> 01:56:21.640
a beautiful garden and a bountiful landscape, a beautiful law. Just come and

1650
01:56:21.680 --> 01:56:25.600
listen. I'll be talking about all
kinds of things like that and taking your

1651
01:56:25.680 --> 01:56:29.680
questions and I'll be at a table
for an hour to answer gardening question.

1652
01:56:29.800 --> 01:56:32.960
So grab that weed you want to
identify, take some pictures and bring me

1653
01:56:33.039 --> 01:56:39.520
those photos, and sharp Focus will
diagnose and we will help you get good

1654
01:56:39.600 --> 01:56:45.279
success going. KTRH Garden Line does
not necessarily endorse any of the products or

1655
01:56:45.359 --> 01:57:01.199
services advertised on this program. Welcome
to KTRH Garden Line with Skip Rictors.

1656
01:57:01.239 --> 01:57:14.920
Just watching. Good morning, Welcome
to garden Line. And oh my gosh,

1657
01:57:15.159 --> 01:57:17.960
if you have a drop of gardening
blood in your system, you should

1658
01:57:17.960 --> 01:57:23.359
be getting a little bit excited right
now. Break in the temperatures, arrival

1659
01:57:23.399 --> 01:57:26.119
of a little bit of rain,
and look at the calendar and it says,

1660
01:57:26.159 --> 01:57:29.159
hey, don't delay. It is
time to do the false stuff.

1661
01:57:29.239 --> 01:57:31.600
Time to get ready for that.
And here we go doing just that.

1662
01:57:31.760 --> 01:57:35.199
By the way, if you are
looking for a place where you can find

1663
01:57:35.319 --> 01:57:40.279
any supplies and tools that you need
for your garden, that's going to be

1664
01:57:40.359 --> 01:57:45.319
Southwest Fertilizer. Southwest Fertilizer has been
around since nineteen fifty five. They've been

1665
01:57:45.319 --> 01:57:48.319
sponsoring garden Line since Dewey Conpton days. I think I'm the fifth host to

1666
01:57:48.399 --> 01:57:54.039
speak for Southwest Fertilizer. And it
is easy to do because I'm going to

1667
01:57:54.119 --> 01:57:57.479
tell you if if they don't have
something, you don't need. It thanks

1668
01:57:57.520 --> 01:58:00.000
as simple as that. They're down
on the corner of Business and run Wick

1669
01:58:00.079 --> 01:58:04.880
in Southwest Houston. So all the
fertilizers all talk about and then some are

1670
01:58:04.920 --> 01:58:10.760
at Southwest Fertilizer. If you are
an organic gardener and you're looking for organic

1671
01:58:10.800 --> 01:58:15.960
products, you're not going to find
a bigger supply than Southwest Fertilizer. If

1672
01:58:15.319 --> 01:58:19.640
you're looking for organic and or synthetic
products, you're not going to find a

1673
01:58:19.680 --> 01:58:24.760
better supply herbicides and sexticides, funger
sides, and as I said, fertilizers.

1674
01:58:25.239 --> 01:58:28.840
Eighty foot wall of garden tools.
By the way, when you're there,

1675
01:58:29.000 --> 01:58:31.319
go ask ask them to show you
the kneeling benches they have. It's

1676
01:58:31.359 --> 01:58:35.319
a folding kneeling bench. It is
my I would say it's my favorite tool

1677
01:58:35.720 --> 01:58:41.279
of this past year that I have
discovered and begun using. And oh my

1678
01:58:41.800 --> 01:58:45.439
will it'll change your life. You
flip it up one way and sit on

1679
01:58:45.479 --> 01:58:46.439
it, flips to the other way
and kneel on it. And it's got

1680
01:58:46.479 --> 01:58:49.279
handles to get up and down.
And you know, as a gardener you

1681
01:58:49.439 --> 01:58:53.720
do that only eight hundred thousand times
on a good Saturday a garden work.

1682
01:58:54.359 --> 01:58:58.760
It will really really help. They
can do all kinds of things like sharp

1683
01:58:58.800 --> 01:59:02.640
and your mower blade. They're experts
at diagnosing and identifying, and they have

1684
01:59:02.800 --> 01:59:05.960
the products and they take you to
the stuff that works. They don't sell

1685
01:59:06.000 --> 01:59:10.479
you stuff that doesn't work. They
know what they're talking about and they carry

1686
01:59:10.479 --> 01:59:15.479
it all Southwest Fertilizer dot Com always
love to go in there. Well,

1687
01:59:15.479 --> 01:59:18.880
we're gonna head out now to Humble, Texas and talk to Lawrence. Hello,

1688
01:59:18.960 --> 01:59:23.359
Lawrence, Hey, good morning.
How are you. I'm well,

1689
01:59:23.520 --> 01:59:32.560
thank you? So armadillos are armadillo
as visit twice within the last two weeks,

1690
01:59:32.560 --> 01:59:36.239
tearing at the flower bed. Okay, I put an appropriate sized trap

1691
01:59:36.239 --> 01:59:44.800
out, but I'm guessing it's after
grubs or earthworms, well, any any

1692
01:59:44.920 --> 01:59:47.279
kind of insects. Yeah, grubs
and earthworms being two typical ones. They

1693
01:59:47.279 --> 01:59:50.640
grub around in the ground for them, and they find them, you know,

1694
01:59:50.760 --> 01:59:54.520
through this hot, dry summer.
I mean they break their nose off

1695
01:59:54.520 --> 01:59:57.720
trying to get in the ground out
in the woods, and they come into

1696
01:59:57.720 --> 02:00:00.279
our yards and we're watering them and
everything gotten nice soils, So it just

1697
02:00:00.359 --> 02:00:05.800
it's really attractive to them to come
in. Is it too late to treat

1698
02:00:05.800 --> 02:00:10.920
for grubs or insects like that?
It's a little late to treat for grubs,

1699
02:00:11.039 --> 02:00:15.720
and there's nothing in the ground now
that you would treat for to try

1700
02:00:15.720 --> 02:00:17.960
to stop the armadillas. Have you
had trouble getting them in the trap?

1701
02:00:20.039 --> 02:00:28.800
Uh no, it's well not yet. Okay, I have it's burrowed twice

1702
02:00:28.840 --> 02:00:30.960
in the same spot. Okay,
I'll put the trap right over that hole.

1703
02:00:31.199 --> 02:00:35.039
Yeah. You can funnel them into
those have a heart, catch them

1704
02:00:35.039 --> 02:00:40.479
alive traps, use two boards.
It's just like a big v They're bumbling

1705
02:00:40.520 --> 02:00:44.119
little creatures and you can just kind
of guide them in or I one thing

1706
02:00:44.199 --> 02:00:47.880
I recommend is get some elbow macaroni
and boil it and beef bull yawn,

1707
02:00:48.119 --> 02:00:53.319
and I guess you're what you're basically
making as little fake grubs there or something.

1708
02:00:53.760 --> 02:00:57.439
Drop those along the ground and don't
don't feed them too much before they

1709
02:00:57.439 --> 02:00:59.680
getting the trap, but just drop
them here and there, lead them in

1710
02:01:00.079 --> 02:01:01.520
and that's a good way to get
them into those traps, and then you

1711
02:01:01.560 --> 02:01:05.960
just relocate them. Well, great, all right, all right, good

1712
02:01:06.000 --> 02:01:11.960
luck than Yes, sir, appreciate
the call very much. Hey have you

1713
02:01:12.000 --> 02:01:15.079
been out to Enchanted Forest? En
Richmond? Enchanted Forest? Now, this

1714
02:01:15.159 --> 02:01:18.319
is a one if you're if you're
in Richmond, you're heading sugar Land Way

1715
02:01:18.479 --> 02:01:24.560
off to the right south of fifty
nine that leads you to Enchanted Forest.

1716
02:01:24.840 --> 02:01:29.760
They are on FM twenty seven fifty
nine. And it's an enchanted place.

1717
02:01:29.920 --> 02:01:31.039
I mean, you go out there, it looks cool. I think it

1718
02:01:31.079 --> 02:01:33.800
looks like an old western town just
because they've got kind of a barn look

1719
02:01:33.840 --> 02:01:38.479
and stuff. Hey, they just
built a new area for vegetables and their

1720
02:01:38.520 --> 02:01:42.880
herbs and new structure, beautiful trees. Always pleasant and easy to get out

1721
02:01:42.880 --> 02:01:45.720
there and shop. And enchanted Forest. They've got new shipments, they got

1722
02:01:45.720 --> 02:01:49.640
shrubs, they got trees, they
got fall flowers, lots of great fall

1723
02:01:49.720 --> 02:01:54.880
decre having a sail right now on
the house plants fifty percent off. And

1724
02:01:55.000 --> 02:01:58.720
you know, winter's a great time
to have new house plants in take care

1725
02:01:58.760 --> 02:02:02.279
of through the wintertime. If you
need vegetables, they're stalked up, absolutely

1726
02:02:02.319 --> 02:02:05.720
stalked up. You got to go
out there and check them out. There's

1727
02:02:05.720 --> 02:02:10.239
gonna be some moms coming, you
know, within time. Here. The

1728
02:02:10.279 --> 02:02:15.560
pumpkins will be arriving pretty soon for
fall decorating and whatnot. Enchanted Forrest is

1729
02:02:15.640 --> 02:02:19.960
just a wonderful place to visit.
Danny and Clay lendermun just do an excellent

1730
02:02:20.079 --> 02:02:23.560
job greeting you. They know what
they're talking about. And now, if

1731
02:02:23.560 --> 02:02:27.439
you really want the experts and Enchanted, talk to Rosie. She's a golden

1732
02:02:27.479 --> 02:02:30.039
retriever. She's a supervisor. I'm
pretty sure she tells Danny and Clay what

1733
02:02:30.079 --> 02:02:33.079
to do every day. Walter White's
assistant manager. That would be a cat.

1734
02:02:33.760 --> 02:02:40.239
Other members of the cat staff,
Basil will Chappie Ininez Taco. Lots

1735
02:02:40.279 --> 02:02:43.920
of fun. It's just a fun
place to visit and you are going to

1736
02:02:44.000 --> 02:02:46.560
find what you need. You will
be very impressed if you've not been there

1737
02:02:46.640 --> 02:02:50.359
before, trust me, you will
not be disappointed. In fact, you'll

1738
02:02:50.399 --> 02:02:56.399
be super impressed. To be out
an enchanted forest. Let's see, We're

1739
02:02:56.439 --> 02:02:59.760
going to go now up to tom
Ball and talk to Amy. Hello,

1740
02:03:00.199 --> 02:03:05.000
good morning morning. I am going
to have my lawn narrated in top dress.

1741
02:03:05.279 --> 02:03:10.399
But right now we have water lawn
watering restrictions. Okay, I wait

1742
02:03:10.439 --> 02:03:13.960
until I'm able to water, or
does that not matter? You need to

1743
02:03:13.960 --> 02:03:16.920
water a couple of days ahead of
the air rating to soften the soil.

1744
02:03:17.319 --> 02:03:20.199
It just makes it work so much
easier than you know, if it's a

1745
02:03:20.199 --> 02:03:25.039
hard picked clay, you know,
it's hard to get a narrator down at

1746
02:03:25.079 --> 02:03:28.119
the depth you want. So a
couple of days ahead of time, if

1747
02:03:28.359 --> 02:03:30.079
you're gonna call green Pro and have
them do it, just talk to them.

1748
02:03:30.119 --> 02:03:33.119
They'll tell you what they want you
to do ahead of time. But

1749
02:03:33.680 --> 02:03:36.319
you know, who knows, maybe
a little later in the week, get

1750
02:03:36.359 --> 02:03:40.840
a little more rain in here,
and that would be even just more helpful.

1751
02:03:40.880 --> 02:03:43.680
You wouldn't have to water. All
right, Very good, thank you

1752
02:03:43.760 --> 02:03:45.359
very much. All right, Amy, you have fun up there and tumble

1753
02:03:46.640 --> 02:03:53.560
we uh, I just I love
the different garden centers we talk about,

1754
02:03:53.560 --> 02:03:57.520
the different feed stores, we talk
about it. It's just fun going out

1755
02:03:57.560 --> 02:04:01.960
to those places and seeing and I
recommend these because they're good, they're quality,

1756
02:04:02.079 --> 02:04:06.359
they have products that belong here,
and most importantly, they have staff

1757
02:04:06.439 --> 02:04:10.680
that know what they're talking about.
Whether it's feed store, a garden center,

1758
02:04:10.840 --> 02:04:13.479
you name it. It could be
a supply store like an ace hardware.

1759
02:04:13.880 --> 02:04:16.840
They know what they're talking about.
And that is so helpful. I

1760
02:04:16.920 --> 02:04:20.399
can't tell you. People go out
and they try to find the cheapest thing

1761
02:04:20.439 --> 02:04:24.680
they can find to buy, and
you get what you pay for, and

1762
02:04:25.000 --> 02:04:30.560
you waste time, you waste money, and it's so disappointing to just buy

1763
02:04:30.720 --> 02:04:33.119
junk because you thought you got it
a little bit cheaper here or there.

1764
02:04:33.600 --> 02:04:36.439
A good quality garden centers, you
can give it a good price. They're

1765
02:04:36.479 --> 02:04:40.000
going to give you a good quality
and they're going to say how to do

1766
02:04:40.079 --> 02:04:44.079
it, and that is what is
important. Now our lawns have come out

1767
02:04:44.079 --> 02:04:46.079
of fall and it has been brew
tull on the lawns. And I'm I'll

1768
02:04:46.119 --> 02:04:48.760
talk about that a little bit when
I come back from break here. Right

1769
02:04:48.800 --> 02:04:53.119
now, we're going to take a
break phone number seven one three two one

1770
02:04:53.239 --> 02:04:56.359
two fifty eight seventy four. Ryan. When we come back, you will

1771
02:04:56.399 --> 02:05:00.439
be our first step. Well,
good morning you are listening to Oline.

1772
02:05:00.479 --> 02:05:04.079
Hey. For those of you who
have been asking about the lawn care schedule,

1773
02:05:04.520 --> 02:05:11.359
you can go to Gardening with Skip
dot com Real Simple Gardening with Skip

1774
02:05:11.479 --> 02:05:14.960
dot Com. My schedules on there
tells you about the fertilizers of fall,

1775
02:05:15.039 --> 02:05:17.359
talk about things like a core aerating, and we'll talk about things like trace

1776
02:05:17.439 --> 02:05:21.520
mineral supplements, mowing and watering and
so on. Also on that website you

1777
02:05:21.600 --> 02:05:26.359
will find, in addition to the
lawn care schedule, you're going to find

1778
02:05:26.359 --> 02:05:29.479
the new thing I put up about
dealing with drought and lawns, caring for

1779
02:05:29.560 --> 02:05:32.439
lawns during extended drought and heat,
and the thing I put up about trees

1780
02:05:32.720 --> 02:05:39.520
stress related tree decline and death.
Good information to read and understand as you're

1781
02:05:39.800 --> 02:05:44.520
going forward. You know, taking
care of our lawns is very critical at

1782
02:05:44.520 --> 02:05:47.199
this time of the year. They
are weakened, they're stressed, and we've

1783
02:05:47.239 --> 02:05:50.920
got to do things to help them
get strong going into fall. Because the

1784
02:05:50.960 --> 02:05:56.640
health of your lawn going into fall
determines the health of your lawn and the

1785
02:05:56.760 --> 02:06:00.880
vigor of your lawn coming out of
winter in the spring. Fall fertilization is

1786
02:06:00.920 --> 02:06:06.720
important and Microlife has a product called
the microlife brown patch five one three five

1787
02:06:06.840 --> 02:06:11.680
one three. It's a little lower
level on the nitrogen. Got good amount

1788
02:06:11.680 --> 02:06:15.960
of potassium in there, which is
really important for cold heartiness and for drought

1789
02:06:15.119 --> 02:06:21.000
tolerance. Potassium very important ingredient.
All nutrients are important, but potassium going

1790
02:06:21.039 --> 02:06:25.119
in the falls, especially when we
want to focus on now, I would

1791
02:06:25.119 --> 02:06:29.840
do that, but I would also
add the microlife bio innoculant that the only

1792
02:06:29.880 --> 02:06:32.920
put about ten pounds per thousand square
feet because you're not fertilizing with it,

1793
02:06:33.079 --> 02:06:40.439
you're inoculating the area with microbial content. And what that microbial content does a

1794
02:06:40.479 --> 02:06:44.279
couple of things. There are microbes
that fight other microbes. There are microbes

1795
02:06:44.319 --> 02:06:48.239
that out compete other microbes. And
when you fill your soil and fill your

1796
02:06:48.239 --> 02:06:51.640
grass plant surfaces, you know we're
talking about the roots and the runners out

1797
02:06:51.680 --> 02:06:58.720
there on the surface with good quality
microbial content. Disease comes along and it's

1798
02:06:58.760 --> 02:07:02.840
a crowded field, and even if
the microbes aren't actively attacking them, which

1799
02:07:02.880 --> 02:07:06.640
some will do, it also is
just out competing them. They're on the

1800
02:07:06.720 --> 02:07:11.520
surface, and it just means your
grass is going to have a better chance

1801
02:07:11.600 --> 02:07:16.600
of recovering from that. So that
is kind of like a double whammy for

1802
02:07:16.800 --> 02:07:20.119
success in your lawns. Is the
brown patch five one three. It's kind

1803
02:07:20.119 --> 02:07:24.600
of an orange bag and the microlife
bio inoculant. I would call it a

1804
02:07:24.680 --> 02:07:29.520
violet colored bag. I'm color challenged, so look for microlife, bio and

1805
02:07:29.760 --> 02:07:33.920
oculant, and that combination together would
be very important to get on your lawns.

1806
02:07:33.920 --> 02:07:36.720
I'd do that at the end of
September. Early October would be a

1807
02:07:36.720 --> 02:07:42.600
good time also to get those done. But don't delay because the diseases the

1808
02:07:42.680 --> 02:07:45.760
large patch are coming and we need
to get those nutrients down because as we

1809
02:07:45.800 --> 02:07:50.640
get into late fall, the plant
root growth development nutrient uptake slows down a

1810
02:07:50.640 --> 02:07:54.680
lot, so we want to get
those down in time for them to accomplish

1811
02:07:54.680 --> 02:07:57.640
what they can accomplish. Now,
we're going to go out to John Now

1812
02:07:57.720 --> 02:08:01.840
and Spring Branch. Hello, John, Yes, I want to. I've

1813
02:08:01.880 --> 02:08:09.119
got kind of a new garden that's
got very heavy clay soil. It drains,

1814
02:08:09.359 --> 02:08:16.000
uh you know, it's not real
wet in a storm or anything.

1815
02:08:16.119 --> 02:08:22.680
It drains well, but it's really
hard clay. Yeah, Okay, improve

1816
02:08:22.760 --> 02:08:30.079
that. Okay, Yes, organic
matter that's the secret compost is what you

1817
02:08:30.159 --> 02:08:33.239
want. You want to get a
good quality compost, you want to mix

1818
02:08:33.279 --> 02:08:35.560
it into the soil that you have. I'd probably put initially, I'd probably

1819
02:08:35.560 --> 02:08:39.840
put two inches down to mix in. Going forward, each time you go

1820
02:08:39.960 --> 02:08:45.439
from one crop to another, you
can sprinkle an inch it down and mix

1821
02:08:45.520 --> 02:08:48.079
it into the soil as well,
just so gradually over time you're improving it.

1822
02:08:48.520 --> 02:08:52.560
But that will help the soil structure, It will help the internal drainage

1823
02:08:52.600 --> 02:08:56.279
as water moves down in the soil, and it also will release a lot

1824
02:08:56.319 --> 02:09:01.720
of nutrients and and really boost the
my chrobial activity, all of which are

1825
02:09:01.760 --> 02:09:09.000
important. Okay, so I can
go over time. Is that Nature's Way

1826
02:09:09.199 --> 02:09:13.840
leaf mold composts something I could use? That would be fine. You could

1827
02:09:13.920 --> 02:09:16.960
use that. They have some other
composts there Nature's Way as well that would

1828
02:09:18.000 --> 02:09:20.479
do well for you, and they
sell those by the bag and you can

1829
02:09:20.479 --> 02:09:22.920
find them in some home garden centers
or you can go up there and just

1830
02:09:22.920 --> 02:09:28.640
grab it yourself up at Nature's Way. Okay, well I'm not going to

1831
02:09:28.720 --> 02:09:31.680
drive that far, but I'm in
spring Branch. But okay, well,

1832
02:09:31.760 --> 02:09:35.119
yeah, it's a good job they
have that product around I see, So,

1833
02:09:35.359 --> 02:09:39.880
yeah, they do. They do
and any anything that Nature's Way produces

1834
02:09:39.920 --> 02:09:43.760
this quality. It's just bottom line. They don't rush things through. You're

1835
02:09:43.800 --> 02:09:48.000
not going to buy something thinking it's
nice quality and you end up with a

1836
02:09:48.000 --> 02:09:50.399
bunch of wood chips. That's not
going to happen with Nature's Way. I'm

1837
02:09:50.399 --> 02:09:54.600
going to be out there on September
thirtieth, so if you're looking for something

1838
02:09:54.640 --> 02:09:56.119
to do Saturday the thirtieth, I'll
be out there. I hope you come

1839
02:09:56.119 --> 02:09:58.520
out and see. Okay, well
I'll try and get out there. Yeah,

1840
02:09:58.560 --> 02:10:05.159
that's a good that's a good quality
product. Now I've I think I

1841
02:10:05.279 --> 02:10:18.960
have alkaline soil. Okay, And
I notice Microlife has an acidifying fertilizer.

1842
02:10:18.199 --> 02:10:22.479
Yes, should I try that?
You could. I don't normally put that

1843
02:10:22.560 --> 02:10:28.159
in vegetable gardens because we focus on
our acid loving plants with that product.

1844
02:10:28.560 --> 02:10:33.880
But it is a good blend of
nutrients for your for your vegetable garden as

1845
02:10:33.880 --> 02:10:39.039
well, So I would have no
hesita. You could. And you said

1846
02:10:39.079 --> 02:10:41.119
you use the word think there,
so I might suggest you have a soul

1847
02:10:41.199 --> 02:10:46.520
test done just to check all your
nutrient levels, not just pH but you

1848
02:10:46.560 --> 02:10:50.359
may there may be a nutrient that
let's say magnesium was low in your soil.

1849
02:10:50.399 --> 02:10:54.399
Well, that's not in normal fertilizers, but we would need to address

1850
02:10:54.479 --> 02:10:58.439
that, and a soul test would
tell you if you need to. Okay,

1851
02:10:58.439 --> 02:11:01.359
where would I have that soul?
Do you have a pen or pencil?

1852
02:11:01.399 --> 02:11:09.880
Handy? Yes, sir? Soil
testing dot TAMU dot ed U TAMU

1853
02:11:09.079 --> 02:11:15.199
as in Texas A and M University. It's a state soil soil testing dot

1854
02:11:15.199 --> 02:11:20.359
TAMU dot DDU. Click on the
urban soil test form. You can find

1855
02:11:20.359 --> 02:11:22.960
the forms on the page. Go
to the urban one and fill it out

1856
02:11:24.279 --> 02:11:26.800
and they'll give you the results for
a yard or garden. That's what urban

1857
02:11:26.880 --> 02:11:31.039
means. All right, Okay,
thank you sir. You bet good luck

1858
02:11:31.039 --> 02:11:35.640
with that. You're probably some of
you're probably tired of looking at the tawny.

1859
02:11:35.800 --> 02:11:39.479
I know tawny's a color too,
but it's not the color we want

1860
02:11:39.479 --> 02:11:43.279
our lawns and gardens to be.
You're probably looking at a tawny landscape thinking,

1861
02:11:43.479 --> 02:11:46.640
man, I'm so discouraged. This
has just been brutal. What am

1862
02:11:46.640 --> 02:11:48.159
I going to do? Let me
tell you what i'd suggest you do.

1863
02:11:48.399 --> 02:11:54.359
I'd suggest you call Peerscapes talk to
Jason Garrity and his team there at Peerscapes

1864
02:11:54.439 --> 02:11:56.239
and just say, look, I
need you to come in here. I

1865
02:11:56.359 --> 02:12:01.560
need you to transform this landscape and
get it back looking beautiful again. Maybe

1866
02:12:01.600 --> 02:12:05.039
they redesign some beds, Maybe there's
some areas that need to be plants that

1867
02:12:05.079 --> 02:12:07.680
need to be in the sun,
that are in shade. You know,

1868
02:12:07.760 --> 02:12:11.840
you see what I'm saying. Let
them turn it around and get it right,

1869
02:12:13.000 --> 02:12:16.279
and if you call them soon,
you'll be ready to go for fall.

1870
02:12:16.399 --> 02:12:18.600
Fall is big planting season, so
we need to get any design we

1871
02:12:18.640 --> 02:12:22.640
need done. Who knows. Maybe
you want to throw in a rock border

1872
02:12:22.760 --> 02:12:24.199
or a walkway, or maybe you
got an area that doesn't drain well,

1873
02:12:24.319 --> 02:12:28.920
or maybe your irrigation needs some work
on and on down the line, and

1874
02:12:28.000 --> 02:12:33.000
keep listening things they can do.
They can do it all. Pierscapes dot

1875
02:12:33.039 --> 02:12:39.760
com two eight one three seven zero
fifty sixty. Go from tawny to beautiful

1876
02:12:39.079 --> 02:12:46.079
with pier Scapes. You're listening to
Garden Line our phone number seven one three

1877
02:12:46.159 --> 02:12:48.760
two one two fifty eight seventy four. I'm going to head up now to

1878
02:12:48.880 --> 02:12:52.680
Magnolia and talk to Ryan. Hello, Ryan, Hey, how are you?

1879
02:12:54.000 --> 02:12:56.880
I'm good? What's up. Okay, so I did. I had

1880
02:12:56.920 --> 02:13:01.560
a good Saint Augustine yard. It's
soil tests and everything. They recommended twelve

1881
02:13:01.640 --> 02:13:05.760
twelve twelve, a lot of it. So probably put like two hundred pounds

1882
02:13:05.760 --> 02:13:09.119
a twelve to twelve on over I
don't know, a month and a half,

1883
02:13:09.680 --> 02:13:15.000
all right, And it made my
sat perfect. The soul test recommended

1884
02:13:15.000 --> 02:13:18.600
twelve to twelve. That's great,
okay, all right, so you got

1885
02:13:18.600 --> 02:13:22.760
that down, got that down.
The Saint Augustine pretty much looked perfect whole

1886
02:13:22.800 --> 02:13:26.359
front here it's perfect. Half the
back year it's perfect. And then I

1887
02:13:26.520 --> 02:13:30.720
started getting a bermu to take over, which I've been fighting for a couple

1888
02:13:30.720 --> 02:13:37.560
of months. I've used lots of
post submergence. Nothing seems to kill it.

1889
02:13:37.640 --> 02:13:39.319
I was always told that the Saint
Augustine would choke out the Bermuda,

1890
02:13:39.399 --> 02:13:43.640
but it's actually done the opposite.
Yeah, yeah, wouldn't. Saint Augustine

1891
02:13:43.640 --> 02:13:46.640
gets stress. Bermuda gets the upper
hand if it's a sunny spot. There

1892
02:13:46.760 --> 02:13:52.159
is not a selective to kill Bermuda
and not Saint Augustine. They're just not.

1893
02:13:52.840 --> 02:13:56.600
And so what I've you got a
couple of options. You can just

1894
02:13:56.720 --> 02:14:01.960
live with the two mo regularly at
a higher level to give the Saint Augustine

1895
02:14:01.960 --> 02:14:05.359
it's best opportunity. It's not going
to make it kill all the bermuda,

1896
02:14:05.439 --> 02:14:11.000
but that's an option. Or you
can go in and just spot treat and

1897
02:14:11.079 --> 02:14:13.560
you're gonna kill your Saint Augustine and
kill your bermuda and then let the Saint

1898
02:14:13.560 --> 02:14:18.680
Augustine creep back in doing if you're
gonna choose that, doing it, going

1899
02:14:18.680 --> 02:14:24.279
in to fall before too long while
the bermuda is actively growing is important,

1900
02:14:24.439 --> 02:14:28.319
Or you wait until spring and do
it. Then that is not a great

1901
02:14:28.319 --> 02:14:31.159
option, but it is one of
the few things you can do to deal

1902
02:14:31.199 --> 02:14:37.079
with it if you can't stand heaven
of both. So there's there's no other

1903
02:14:37.199 --> 02:14:41.199
grass that I can overseed with airy
and overseed with it will help choke out

1904
02:14:41.199 --> 02:14:45.239
bermuda. No, if it chokes
bermuda, I'll choke Saint Augustine. And

1905
02:14:45.399 --> 02:14:48.439
Bermuda's going dormant and the winner,
Saint Augustine just kind of slows down because

1906
02:14:48.479 --> 02:14:54.520
it's cold and the days are short
and the h and things like that.

1907
02:14:54.760 --> 02:14:58.000
It's it's turf, and turf basically
is what you're looking at, and we

1908
02:14:58.119 --> 02:15:01.319
just you know it is Okay,
let me put it this way. As

1909
02:15:01.319 --> 02:15:05.800
it gets more droughty, bermuda has
the advantage. As you mow lower,

1910
02:15:05.920 --> 02:15:09.079
bermuda has the advantage as you move
into shade. Saint Augustine has the advantage.

1911
02:15:09.560 --> 02:15:15.600
And one is not going to run
out the other one completely. But

1912
02:15:16.600 --> 02:15:20.000
that the getting bermuda out of Saint
Augustine. There's not a great way to

1913
02:15:20.039 --> 02:15:26.079
do that right now. Okay,
So you kind of post because it is

1914
02:15:26.079 --> 02:15:28.800
like it's a sunny, sunny spot
which is like plaf in my yard,

1915
02:15:28.880 --> 02:15:33.840
and that's where dab or applicator that
I used to just dab a product on

1916
02:15:33.880 --> 02:15:37.720
the bermuda. You're gonna get a
little on the Saint Augustine, but don't

1917
02:15:37.760 --> 02:15:39.680
spray, just dab it on there. And if you just stay with it,

1918
02:15:39.680 --> 02:15:43.680
you're always gonna have these little brown
spots. But you just stay with

1919
02:15:43.720 --> 02:15:46.920
it and you can slowly work your
way out of it. But it's it's

1920
02:15:46.920 --> 02:15:50.000
gonna be a long term and there
is no quick fix, and there's no

1921
02:15:50.119 --> 02:15:56.600
one fix, or you just give
up and see the bermuda or guest go

1922
02:15:56.760 --> 02:16:01.119
there. Yeah, Augustin's easier to
kill the bermuta grass. Yeah, I

1923
02:16:01.319 --> 02:16:03.600
could tell you how to go the
other way. But but uh yeah,

1924
02:16:03.640 --> 02:16:07.680
there's anyway. You get the idea. Thank you for the call. Good

1925
02:16:07.760 --> 02:16:11.439
luck up there, have fun.
Thanks. Yeah, you take care,

1926
02:16:13.039 --> 02:16:16.000
you take care. You know.
If you got a little piece of property,

1927
02:16:16.039 --> 02:16:20.079
you know he's calling from Ryan's up
in Magnolia. If you got a

1928
02:16:20.079 --> 02:16:22.680
little piece of land, got a
few acre ors something like that, you

1929
02:16:22.760 --> 02:16:26.239
need a Lansdowne Moody Caboda tractor.
They've got one. It's the L twenty

1930
02:16:26.279 --> 02:16:31.319
five one. L twenty five one. It is a sweet riot, got

1931
02:16:31.319 --> 02:16:37.000
a hydrostatic transmission and Lansdowne is making
this easy. And they're making it easy.

1932
02:16:37.120 --> 02:16:39.200
It's not gonna last forever. In
fact, now through October thirty feet

1933
02:16:39.520 --> 02:16:45.639
is what I'm about to tell you. Zero down, no money down,

1934
02:16:46.520 --> 02:16:52.200
zero percent interest for eighty four months. That is seven years. That's unbelievable.

1935
02:16:52.200 --> 02:16:56.159
Through October thirty feet. The L
twenty five oh one Caboda and the

1936
02:16:56.319 --> 02:17:01.360
lens from Lansdowne Moody. There's a
number of lands Down Moody's around the area.

1937
02:17:01.360 --> 02:17:03.639
It's easy to find one. Go
by there, hop up on one.

1938
02:17:03.680 --> 02:17:05.920
You'll see what I'm talking about.
It being a sweet ride. You

1939
02:17:05.920 --> 02:17:11.719
can also go to lmtrektor dot com
to find out more information about that.

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02:17:13.319 --> 02:17:16.399
Our phone number is seven one three
two one two five eight seven four.

1941
02:17:16.399 --> 02:17:20.879
We're gonna take a little break here. Let Nikki come in and tell us

1942
02:17:20.959 --> 02:17:24.319
what is happening in the news.
And if you'll call joshuall get you on

1943
02:17:24.319 --> 02:17:26.079
the board. John, I see
there on hold. Will you will be

1944
02:17:26.079 --> 02:17:30.120
the first we come to when we
come back. Remember, I'm going to

1945
02:17:30.159 --> 02:17:33.200
be out at the Home and Garden
Show out at Montgomery County today at the

1946
02:17:33.280 --> 02:17:37.200
lone Star Convention Center between twelve and
one. I hope you'll come out and

1947
02:17:37.280 --> 02:17:41.280
see me. I'm gonna have a
little one hour talk on fall gardening and

1948
02:17:41.280 --> 02:17:46.600
then answer oh your gardening questions.
All right, good morning. You're listening

1949
02:17:46.639 --> 02:17:50.600
to the last half hour of garden
Line today and I'm going to be heading

1950
02:17:50.719 --> 02:17:54.959
up to the lone Star Convention Center
in Conro, Texas for the Montgomery can

1951
02:17:56.000 --> 02:17:58.719
Home and Garden Show. I'll be
there for an hour given a talk,

1952
02:17:58.760 --> 02:18:03.319
another hour sitting there just answering questions, bring pictures, bring samples. I'd

1953
02:18:03.360 --> 02:18:05.280
love to get to meet you.
I'll be giving away a little bit of

1954
02:18:05.360 --> 02:18:09.000
Nelson plant food up there while I'm
there as well, by the way,

1955
02:18:09.120 --> 02:18:15.559
speaking of Montgomery County, Ana Plants
and Produce there on the east side of

1956
02:18:15.840 --> 02:18:18.280
Montgomery, Texas, out in near
Lake Conra. In fact, all those

1957
02:18:18.319 --> 02:18:22.600
neighborhoods you know, April, Sound
Waterstone, Delago, Grand Harbor, bent

1958
02:18:22.639 --> 02:18:28.159
Water, Walden, that's your hometown. That's your hometown nursery right there,

1959
02:18:28.719 --> 02:18:33.239
whether you're a Montgomery or Conro.
Ana Plants and Produce is a family owned

1960
02:18:33.239 --> 02:18:37.280
businessman around thirty years and boy do
they ever have a great supply of all

1961
02:18:37.600 --> 02:18:41.040
kinds of things plants, lots of
good fall decorations too, now by the

1962
02:18:41.079 --> 02:18:45.719
way, but they always have beautiful
plants there and you can wander through three

1963
02:18:45.760 --> 02:18:50.280
acres and you know, just outstanding
selection all the time, and all the

1964
02:18:50.319 --> 02:18:54.000
products we brag on and talk about
here, you're going to find it.

1965
02:18:54.120 --> 02:18:58.120
Ana Plants and Produce out there on
the east side of Montgomery on one oh

1966
02:18:58.200 --> 02:19:01.159
five, just on the east side
of Montgomery. We're gonna head out.

1967
02:19:01.200 --> 02:19:05.520
Now, let's see where should we
go next. We're gonna go to Cyprus

1968
02:19:05.600 --> 02:19:11.799
and talk to Ed. Hello,
Ed, good morning morning. I've got

1969
02:19:11.799 --> 02:19:16.120
a problem. I think they're called
drift roses or okay, cluster roses,

1970
02:19:16.200 --> 02:19:24.920
yes, sir, And I'm getting
clumps of red leaves and then just stringy

1971
02:19:26.000 --> 02:19:31.959
stocks on them and then just storn's
all over along the stock a lot more

1972
02:19:31.079 --> 02:19:37.120
than you know normal. What is
that? Well, I need to see

1973
02:19:37.120 --> 02:19:43.120
a picture to be sure. But
your description points toward a disease called a

1974
02:19:43.319 --> 02:19:48.200
rose rosette. It's a virus and
it is very contagious, and so if

1975
02:19:48.200 --> 02:19:52.920
we can determine you have it,
I'm sorry. There's no cure but getting

1976
02:19:52.920 --> 02:19:54.719
the roses out of their asap,
and I can tell you how to do

1977
02:19:54.799 --> 02:19:58.360
that if you have to. Don't
go digging them up just yet. I'm

1978
02:19:58.360 --> 02:20:01.239
gonna put you on and holding a
bit here. I want you to tell

1979
02:20:01.520 --> 02:20:05.399
Josh, or let Josh tell you
how to send me photos. Send me

1980
02:20:05.440 --> 02:20:11.840
an email with photos, several photos, some very close up and good sharp

1981
02:20:11.879 --> 02:20:13.680
focus. When you say thorny and
we say red and all that, I

1982
02:20:13.719 --> 02:20:18.639
want to see those areas. I'm
about eighty to eighty five percent sure that's

1983
02:20:18.719 --> 02:20:22.200
what you have, but we need
to be one hundred percent sure before you

1984
02:20:22.200 --> 02:20:24.520
go pull them up plants. If
you do have to pull them up,

1985
02:20:24.879 --> 02:20:28.879
you're gonna want to slip a trash
bag over the whole thing, bring it

1986
02:20:28.120 --> 02:20:31.840
tight around the bottom. Because there's
a little mite on those roses. It's

1987
02:20:31.840 --> 02:20:35.399
so tiny it can float through the
air and it'll get on the other roses

1988
02:20:35.440 --> 02:20:39.239
nearby or downwind from you and your
neighbor's roses, and it just spreads a

1989
02:20:39.319 --> 02:20:43.920
disease that way. But you know, it's not like that soil is ruined

1990
02:20:45.000 --> 02:20:48.040
or anything, but we need to
get it diagnosed quick. And so,

1991
02:20:50.600 --> 02:20:52.479
yeah, I pull up roots and
all because sometimes when you leave a root,

1992
02:20:52.520 --> 02:20:54.920
you get a little resprout and it's
a virus. So it's all through

1993
02:20:54.959 --> 02:20:58.639
the system of the plant. It's
not just like a fungus setting on the

1994
02:20:58.719 --> 02:21:03.159
leafs somewhere. Okay, And then
do it? How do I prepare the

1995
02:21:03.200 --> 02:21:07.559
soul before I plant something else that
should have been a different hole or same

1996
02:21:07.600 --> 02:21:09.840
hole. No holes don't matter.
Just get the roots that you can out

1997
02:21:09.840 --> 02:21:13.920
of the ground, Get all that
out of there, and then give a

1998
02:21:13.000 --> 02:21:16.559
little time, you know, do
some adding of compost and organic matter,

1999
02:21:16.600 --> 02:21:20.680
getting the solve kind of worked up
like you would for when you're planning a

2000
02:21:20.799 --> 02:21:22.600
rose, and then go for it
from there. All right, I'm gonna

2001
02:21:22.600 --> 02:21:26.559
put you on hold because we need
to need to move on. Make sure

2002
02:21:26.600 --> 02:21:28.760
and attach the photo of the email. Don't embedd it in the text.

2003
02:21:28.840 --> 02:21:31.879
It's easier for me to slim in
when you attach it. All right,

2004
02:21:33.200 --> 02:21:39.520
thank you very much. Let's see
We're gonna go now to Hurta and spring

2005
02:21:39.559 --> 02:21:46.959
Branch. Hello, Hurta, good
morning. I have two questions. Ones

2006
02:21:48.040 --> 02:21:52.520
about a night blooming jasmine. Okay, it's in a pot, in a

2007
02:21:52.600 --> 02:22:03.440
plastic black pot. It's right the
middle of where I want to plant some

2008
02:22:03.600 --> 02:22:09.440
other plants in the fan patterns.
So how can I help you with this

2009
02:22:09.639 --> 02:22:16.479
jasmine? Hurta. Well, Uh, if I move it, I may

2010
02:22:16.600 --> 02:22:20.719
just leave it there. Okay,
I think the roots have grown through the

2011
02:22:20.760 --> 02:22:26.719
holes in the pocket. Yeah.
Either way, you can cut those roots,

2012
02:22:26.840 --> 02:22:28.079
cut it, loosen the ground and
move it, or you can leave

2013
02:22:28.120 --> 02:22:31.879
it there. Either one would be
just good. That's a good plant to

2014
02:22:31.920 --> 02:22:35.559
have. Oh, yes, my
mother had one. I love that fragrance.

2015
02:22:35.760 --> 02:22:43.959
Well, and let's see this second
question. Oh is about expanded shelle.

2016
02:22:43.200 --> 02:22:50.959
Yes, this fan pattern I want
to make. There's a giant d

2017
02:22:52.040 --> 02:22:56.680
where the sidewalk comes out from the
house. Okay, turned a corner.

2018
02:22:56.840 --> 02:23:03.120
Okay, Uh, what do I
mix that with the soil. Yes,

2019
02:23:03.399 --> 02:23:05.719
I'm gonna I'm gonna give you a
quick answer on that, and I'm gonna

2020
02:23:05.719 --> 02:23:09.479
have to get to another call.
But what you want to do is spread

2021
02:23:09.520 --> 02:23:13.440
about two or three inches of expanded
shale and mix it as deeply as you

2022
02:23:13.479 --> 02:23:16.920
can. You want to get a
lot of it done in the soil so

2023
02:23:16.959 --> 02:23:20.319
that it can do the internal drainage
benefits that it has. But that's a

2024
02:23:20.360 --> 02:23:22.879
good idea if you have a tight
clay. Now, if you don't have

2025
02:23:22.920 --> 02:23:26.280
a tight clay, you don't need
as much expanded shale. But I hope

2026
02:23:26.319 --> 02:23:28.319
that helps. I'm sorry to have
to run, but we're trying to finish

2027
02:23:28.399 --> 02:23:31.360
up an hour here and I've got
quite a few folks hanging on. Thank

2028
02:23:31.360 --> 02:23:35.920
you, Thank you very much.
I talked earlier about, you know,

2029
02:23:35.920 --> 02:23:39.959
the importance of a quality lawn food, and Nelson's having that carbo load that's

2030
02:23:41.000 --> 02:23:46.239
a ten ten twenty ten ten twenty, got lots of that important potassium to

2031
02:23:46.360 --> 02:23:52.200
carry your grass into winter. When
you put carbo load down, you're gonna

2032
02:23:52.280 --> 02:23:56.719
be getting your grass ready not only
for winter heartiness, but you're also increasing

2033
02:23:56.760 --> 02:23:58.959
it's drought heartiness in the process.
But when it comes out and spread.

2034
02:24:00.159 --> 02:24:01.959
You're just gonna have a better lawn. There's not a more important time before

2035
02:24:01.959 --> 02:24:05.680
it, Eliza, You're lawn than
right now. And carbo load provides exactly

2036
02:24:05.719 --> 02:24:09.680
the nutrients that that grass is going
to need to do to do well.

2037
02:24:11.280 --> 02:24:13.079
Let's go out to Katie. Now
we're going to talk to John. Hello,

2038
02:24:13.200 --> 02:24:16.879
John, Hello, sir, how
are you? I'm good? How

2039
02:24:16.879 --> 02:24:22.079
are you? I'm good. I've
got a serious issue with my ligustrums.

2040
02:24:22.200 --> 02:24:26.559
I planted those forty one years ago. Okay, never had an issue with

2041
02:24:26.639 --> 02:24:31.159
them all the summer of all eleven. Well, describe it to me.

2042
02:24:31.799 --> 02:24:35.159
Let's say, it's like they're all
burnt. Okay, that's three of the

2043
02:24:35.200 --> 02:24:43.920
plants based west from about eleven.
The other plants are indirectly than the front

2044
02:24:43.879 --> 02:24:48.200
of the house. Okay. The
weird thing is where the sun didn't hit

2045
02:24:48.239 --> 02:24:54.319
him to still green, but where
the sun was pounding them. Yeah,

2046
02:24:54.559 --> 02:24:58.639
I mean it's like they're dead.
Believes the leaves won't drop. It's kind

2047
02:24:58.680 --> 02:25:01.840
of snap planch. I'm having to
go to a break. But it is

2048
02:25:01.840 --> 02:25:05.719
simple that as a lack of water
and the difference in sunlight makes all the

2049
02:25:05.760 --> 02:25:09.079
difference in the world, the demands
that's the problem. If you dig down

2050
02:25:09.159 --> 02:25:13.600
the soil, is it moist?
Yes, okay, Well the only other

2051
02:25:13.639 --> 02:25:16.879
thing would be if you over water
and had saggy soil. That leads to

2052
02:25:16.000 --> 02:25:20.479
root rots, and that can cause
the same kind of thing. I was

2053
02:25:20.559 --> 02:25:24.840
considering cutting them way back. Yeah, well, give it a try,

2054
02:25:24.000 --> 02:25:28.079
but I think if they're turning brown, I don't think they're going to come

2055
02:25:28.079 --> 02:25:30.239
back. But if you want to
wait till spring before you give up on

2056
02:25:30.319 --> 02:25:31.680
them, it would be worth cutting
them back. Well, I figured,

2057
02:25:33.559 --> 02:25:37.200
don't cut them, cut them back
the end of February early March. Yes,

2058
02:25:37.280 --> 02:25:39.920
don't do it now. You don't
want to stimulate growth if there's any

2059
02:25:39.959 --> 02:25:43.319
vigor in them. And if I
don't see any improvement, yes, I

2060
02:25:43.399 --> 02:25:46.600
say July in August, then I
go ahead and pull them. Absolutely that

2061
02:25:46.600 --> 02:25:50.360
that is a good plan right there, and maybe go with something a little

2062
02:25:50.479 --> 02:25:54.000
different for that area. If you
repos hey, thank you for the I'm

2063
02:25:54.040 --> 02:25:58.040
sorry we're having to run today,
but we're just run, thank you very

2064
02:25:58.120 --> 02:26:01.000
much. We're going to go to
break here a number seven one three,

2065
02:26:01.079 --> 02:26:03.879
two one two fifty eight seventy four. Charlie, you are first up when

2066
02:26:03.879 --> 02:26:09.120
we come back, all right,
you're listening to Guardenline. We're in our

2067
02:26:09.200 --> 02:26:15.040
last segment of the last segment today
on I guess we're gonna call it the

2068
02:26:15.079 --> 02:26:16.920
first day of fall. Right now
in that fair we've got a little rain

2069
02:26:18.360 --> 02:26:20.959
at least five degrees in a break. It is fall. Let's go,

2070
02:26:20.079 --> 02:26:22.920
let's do this. It is definitely
time to do it. You know,

2071
02:26:22.959 --> 02:26:26.719
if you're dealing with pests in your
house, the one place you need to

2072
02:26:26.760 --> 02:26:31.040
know one place that's McGrath Pest Control. Scott McGrath. He's been doing this,

2073
02:26:31.520 --> 02:26:35.840
gosh. I think business started seventy
four by Scott's dad. Still family

2074
02:26:35.920 --> 02:26:39.840
run. What forty eight, forty
nine years it's been going on. They

2075
02:26:39.840 --> 02:26:43.440
know what they're talking about. They're
the old fashioned service. What does that

2076
02:26:43.479 --> 02:26:46.040
mean? That means if they say
they're going to show up, they show

2077
02:26:46.120 --> 02:26:48.559
up. That means they don't tell
you block your whole day. We may

2078
02:26:48.559 --> 02:26:52.760
show up sometime. They tell you
the time and they show up at that

2079
02:26:52.840 --> 02:26:58.680
time. Highly rated company serves the
entire Houston area with McGrath Pest Control.

2080
02:26:58.200 --> 02:27:01.159
By the way, here, let
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2081
02:27:01.159 --> 02:27:05.520
to write this one down two eight
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2082
02:27:05.719 --> 02:27:09.680
Now you can also go online to
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2083
02:27:09.719 --> 02:27:15.200
more about everything regarding the company.
They can do anything you need, whether

2084
02:27:15.239 --> 02:27:18.639
it's insects or rodents or whatever you're
dealing with mosquitos outside. They deal with

2085
02:27:18.719 --> 02:27:24.399
all of that and modern technology and
techniques with old fashioned customer service. That's

2086
02:27:24.440 --> 02:27:30.959
what sets McGrath apart. We're gonna
go over to Charlie now in West University.

2087
02:27:31.040 --> 02:27:35.079
How's it going, Charlie? Pretty
good? But it's such a picture

2088
02:27:35.120 --> 02:27:41.440
of a tree route that's going through
my driveway, the whole of the driveway

2089
02:27:41.639 --> 02:27:45.959
there. There were two of those
actually in parallel. There was one a

2090
02:27:46.000 --> 02:27:50.319
little bit west of the other one
about ten the other section of the driveway.

2091
02:27:50.440 --> 02:27:56.520
Okay, why is the tree doing
that? Is it? I mean

2092
02:27:56.760 --> 02:28:01.959
it's a very very very very big
tree, I understand. Yeah, roots

2093
02:28:01.959 --> 02:28:05.159
spreading all over the place. Yeah, they do. They just do.

2094
02:28:05.639 --> 02:28:09.399
Roots go whatever directions roots want to
go. They go along the surface and

2095
02:28:09.440 --> 02:28:13.680
then they get bigger. So what
you see between those two sidewalk segments is

2096
02:28:13.719 --> 02:28:16.760
the route when it was a little
think of a little piece of spaghetti going

2097
02:28:16.799 --> 02:28:20.360
through there, and then it just
gets bigger. And bigger, and now

2098
02:28:20.360 --> 02:28:24.040
it starts pushing and lifting them up. And that's why, that's why you

2099
02:28:24.079 --> 02:28:26.120
see it. Roots want to be
near the surface where there's good oxygen.

2100
02:28:26.760 --> 02:28:31.600
You got a beautiful place, beautiful
lawn there. Uh you know, as

2101
02:28:31.639 --> 02:28:33.399
big as those trees are, and
all the directions. You could probably go

2102
02:28:33.479 --> 02:28:37.639
cut that root before where it enters
the sidewalk, but that's not going to

2103
02:28:37.760 --> 02:28:41.920
fix anything. It just keeps it
from getting worse. Ultimately, someone would

2104
02:28:41.920 --> 02:28:48.239
have to come in, take the
root out and re redo the sidewalk in

2105
02:28:48.319 --> 02:28:52.959
that area because you know the lift
of damage has been done. Yes,

2106
02:28:52.040 --> 02:28:56.520
actually the driveway. But oh okay, but well I will I will cut

2107
02:28:56.559 --> 02:29:00.399
that. Yeah, yeah, all
right, And I would cut it before

2108
02:29:00.440 --> 02:29:03.079
it goes in and in time it'll
rot. But still there's gonna be other

2109
02:29:03.159 --> 02:29:07.319
roots under there. It's not just
that one in the seam that's causing this.

2110
02:29:07.479 --> 02:29:09.879
There's other roots under the sidewalk.
And again, think of a piece

2111
02:29:09.920 --> 02:29:13.879
of spaghetti two inches below the ground
and then it gets the size of a

2112
02:29:13.879 --> 02:29:16.600
hot dog. Then it gets the
size of a golf ball and a tennis

2113
02:29:16.600 --> 02:29:20.879
ball, and you see what's what
I'm talking about. It just lifts it

2114
02:29:20.000 --> 02:29:24.879
just lifts as it grows in diameter, and so that's it. I don't

2115
02:29:24.879 --> 02:29:28.239
know that I would want to cut
all the roots going down that whole area

2116
02:29:28.319 --> 02:29:31.959
because that is very close to the
tree, and you know, it's not

2117
02:29:31.959 --> 02:29:35.159
gonna kill the tree in the situation
in the setting I see there, but

2118
02:29:35.159 --> 02:29:39.239
it's not gonna do it any good. I would minimize the amount of that

2119
02:29:39.280 --> 02:29:43.200
you have to do. Okay,
all right, okay, Well, good

2120
02:29:43.600 --> 02:29:46.319
luck with it. And hey,
thanks for the call. Appreciate that very

2121
02:29:46.399 --> 02:29:50.600
much. Good to talk to you. You know, we we deal with

2122
02:29:50.639 --> 02:29:54.520
a lot of issues like that with
trees, and we try to make plants

2123
02:29:54.559 --> 02:29:56.520
get along that don't necessarily want to
get along, you know what I mean.

2124
02:29:56.559 --> 02:29:58.840
I mean, grass and trees hate
each other. I don't know if

2125
02:29:58.840 --> 02:30:01.840
you know this, but they do. If you were to say to a

2126
02:30:01.840 --> 02:30:05.360
tree, how close do you want
grass to be? The tree would say

2127
02:30:05.520 --> 02:30:09.200
over the hill where I can't see
it. That's true. Trees want a

2128
02:30:09.280 --> 02:30:13.799
forest floor covered or roots and no
deadgum grass plants down there taking water and

2129
02:30:13.920 --> 02:30:18.159
nutrients away from it. And that's
why they shade the grass out so they

2130
02:30:18.200 --> 02:30:22.159
get the sunlight. Grass hates trees
because of that. Very reason, and

2131
02:30:22.200 --> 02:30:26.040
so they don't get along. So
what do we do. We got landscapes

2132
02:30:26.079 --> 02:30:28.120
and we have both. We have
to figure out how to make that happen.

2133
02:30:28.200 --> 02:30:31.799
And that means keeping the air bright
enough for grass, but at the

2134
02:30:31.799 --> 02:30:37.799
same time recognizing that it sometimes gets
too dark for grass when the trees get

2135
02:30:37.799 --> 02:30:41.360
bigger than your options are remove the
tree, take major sections out of the

2136
02:30:41.360 --> 02:30:48.040
tree, or just turn lemons into
lemonade by planting things that are more shade

2137
02:30:48.079 --> 02:30:52.079
tolerant. That's kind of how all
this works. But we can have them

2138
02:30:52.079 --> 02:30:54.879
both. I mean everybody does.
Look down the block. Everybody's got trees

2139
02:30:54.920 --> 02:30:58.719
and grass. Just know that they
don't like each other. And they're getting

2140
02:30:58.760 --> 02:31:03.319
along because you're making them get along. Maybe, But bottom line is we

2141
02:31:03.399 --> 02:31:07.639
need to take good, good care
of them. Speaking of you know,

2142
02:31:07.840 --> 02:31:11.719
plants and landscapes and things, when
I think about like a shady landscape,

2143
02:31:13.040 --> 02:31:16.360
I always think about when I go
to Big Cannons plants. They have this

2144
02:31:16.479 --> 02:31:20.680
whole area for shade loving plants,
and their selection of shade loving plants is

2145
02:31:20.719 --> 02:31:24.680
outstanding. It's really good. They
also feature native plants. That's what they

2146
02:31:24.719 --> 02:31:30.799
really specialize in a by canons as
natives but when I say specialized, don't

2147
02:31:30.840 --> 02:31:33.760
misunderstand me. This is not just
a native plant nursery. This is a

2148
02:31:33.840 --> 02:31:37.879
nursery that has houseplants, it has
fruit trees, that has vegetables, that

2149
02:31:37.000 --> 02:31:41.280
all kinds of things you want.
But if you need natives, they have

2150
02:31:41.440 --> 02:31:45.079
got one of the best selections you're
going to find anywhere. Now, I

2151
02:31:45.120 --> 02:31:48.000
want to tell you about a couple
of things coming up out there. On

2152
02:31:48.280 --> 02:31:50.520
September thirtieth, the Native Plants Society
is going to be out there from nine

2153
02:31:50.559 --> 02:31:54.040
to noon and they're going to talk
about natives and help you as you shop

2154
02:31:54.079 --> 02:31:58.760
to find the native plants that will
do best here and after this year.

2155
02:32:00.440 --> 02:32:03.159
That is our warning call on hey, you need to be thinking more seriously

2156
02:32:03.200 --> 02:32:09.280
about native plants that live here and
have for eons. That's the kind of

2157
02:32:09.280 --> 02:32:11.680
plant we need to get through.
The kind of summer we had at buchanan

2158
02:32:11.760 --> 02:32:16.760
Zo. They've got a great selection
of beautiful cool season color. They've got

2159
02:32:16.799 --> 02:32:20.079
the petunias and marigolds like we like
to plan at the end of summer to

2160
02:32:20.159 --> 02:32:24.000
go into fall and then dianthus and
snap drag injury in. They got other

2161
02:32:24.040 --> 02:32:26.760
things coming in as well. On
October seventh. Write this down. The

2162
02:32:26.799 --> 02:32:31.799
Fall Festival at Buchanan's October seventh,
from ten am to three pm. They're

2163
02:32:31.799 --> 02:32:35.079
gonna have hay riots, pumpkin painting, a moon bounce, face painting,

2164
02:32:35.159 --> 02:32:41.159
food trucks and more. It's a
free family event. The Fall Festival Saturday

2165
02:32:41.200 --> 02:32:45.680
Atumber seventh at Buchanans from ten am
to three pm. And when you're out

2166
02:32:45.719 --> 02:32:48.000
there, go check out their house
plants selection, Go check out their herbs.

2167
02:32:48.639 --> 02:32:54.719
Great selection again, knowledgeable staff,
quality products. If they sell it,

2168
02:32:54.840 --> 02:32:58.399
they can tell you where to plant
it, how to grow it,

2169
02:32:58.520 --> 02:33:01.319
and how to have success with it. That's what's all about. That is

2170
02:33:01.399 --> 02:33:07.840
why we love a quality place like
Buchanan's. Plans Well, I believe we're

2171
02:33:07.920 --> 02:33:09.559
running to the end of a day
here. We're gonna be back in the

2172
02:33:09.559 --> 02:33:13.639
morning from six am to ten am. Don't forget. You can listen to

2173
02:33:13.680 --> 02:33:16.600
Garden Line on a podcast. If
you missed our show, you can go

2174
02:33:16.639 --> 02:33:20.600
back and hear some of the things
you might have forgotten to write down.

2175
02:33:20.000 --> 02:33:24.520
I'll be out now. In in
fact, I'm making a bee line pretty

2176
02:33:24.600 --> 02:33:28.159
quick here for Montgomery County Home and
Garden Show at the Lone Star Convention Center.

2177
02:33:28.479 --> 02:33:31.920
Master gardeners up there in Montgomery County. Anybody in the Montgomery County area,

2178
02:33:31.920 --> 02:33:35.319
I hope you come out to the
Lone Star Convention Center. Let's talk.

2179
02:33:35.719 --> 02:33:39.559
I'm going to be given a talk
for an hour on all kinds of

2180
02:33:39.559 --> 02:33:43.479
important stuff you need to know for
the fall. And then I'll be hanging

2181
02:33:43.520 --> 02:33:46.680
around for another hour to answer gardening
questions, to look at plant samples and

2182
02:33:46.719 --> 02:33:50.280
photos and help you out. We'll
be giving away a little bit of Nelson

2183
02:33:50.440 --> 02:33:54.440
plant food out there as well.
Another good reason to come out to the

2184
02:33:54.440 --> 02:34:00.680
Montgomery County Home and Garden Show.
Well, thanks for listening, garden Line.

2185
02:34:00.719 --> 02:34:03.440
We're always glad to have you around. I just want to remind you

2186
02:34:03.719 --> 02:34:13.520
that my schedules are online at Gardening
with Skip dot com. Gardening with Skip

2187
02:34:13.959 --> 02:34:20.680
dot Com, I will have the
article is up there that is the stress

2188
02:34:20.799 --> 02:34:28.799
related Tree Decline and Death Stress Related
Tree Decline in Death article very important to

2189
02:34:28.799 --> 02:34:33.639
read that you need to understand how
is stress affecting your trees? If you

2190
02:34:33.680 --> 02:34:37.520
look at a tree like you would
let's say a landscape flower or a vegetable

2191
02:34:37.559 --> 02:34:41.920
plant, where if it's having trouble, you're gonna know it. It's all

2192
02:34:41.000 --> 02:34:46.399
wilting and browning and dying. Trees
don't always tell you they get stressed,

2193
02:34:46.440 --> 02:34:48.840
they get weakened, and problems come
in, and there's a lot we can

2194
02:34:48.920 --> 02:34:52.799
do to help trees get back on
their feet. That's what that article is

2195
02:34:52.840 --> 02:34:56.879
about. The other article that I
just put up there is caring for lawns

2196
02:34:56.959 --> 02:35:01.879
and extended drought and heat. Maybe
your water supply is still saying you can't

2197
02:35:01.920 --> 02:35:07.239
water, but such and such amounts, such and such times. This article

2198
02:35:07.239 --> 02:35:11.319
will help you know how to apportion
your water to get the most out of

2199
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it, to save that grass plant, very important to do that. I'm

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going to be adding a new article
coming up on going into fall. Considering

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the helicious summer we've had, what
do you do about your lawns? And

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we got a lot to say about
that. Stay tuned and watch for it.

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Watch for us on the gardening Facebook
page, the garden Line facebook page.

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Lots of good information on there.
I put posts on there all the

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time. You can also follow me
on Instagram at at skip Richter. Being

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beginning to post a little more to
my Instagram account. A lot of ways

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to get good information. In the
meantime. Hang around, we'll see you

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tomorrow morning, right and early six
am