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

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this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden
Line with Skip Ricter. Just watch him

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as well. Good Saturday morning,
on a good day for gardening. If

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you're listening to garden Line and I'm
your host, Skip Ricter, We're here

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to talk to you about whatever is
of interest to your regarding plants. Maybe

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you've got a question about vegetables or
the lawn or some trees, perhaps roses,

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bugs are reading the plants, diseases
are attacking the plants. Well,

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we can walk you through it.
Give us a call. Seven one three

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

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seven four. Be glad to visit
with you and find out what's going on.

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You know, we've had some interesting
weather here lately. This little front

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that move through send us a little
rain, and now we're going to get

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some sunshine here coming out of it. The temperatures are so nice and mild.

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It's kind of an interesting thing for
the plants in the landscape. You

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know, there's some things that would
really like to be taking off and growing

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fast right now, and you get
a little bit of this cool weather and

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it sort of holds things up a
little bit. But I do want to

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point out one thing about the situation
we're in right here, in this big

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middle of the spring season, and
that is, if you've got broad leaf

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weeds in your lawn and you are
going to need to use a broad leaf

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weed control product that's post emergent,
meaning it kills them after they come up

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rather than prevents them from coming up
and establishing, then you need to get

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that done pretty soon. There is
an exception or two, but almost all

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those products that kill a broad leaf
weed that's already growing in your lawn,

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those products can be damaging to Saint
Augustine when the weather gets hot, and

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hot can mean as low as mid
to upper eighties. When you get you

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know, say your eighty eight degrees, some of those products will stress you're

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Saint Augustine. They're not going to
kill it right outright, just if used

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as directed, but they'll stress it. And so if we're going to try

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to control those broad leaf weeds,
we need to do so soon rather than

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wait, because once it heats up, you put those products down, and

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a number of them, again,
not everyone but a number of them they

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do stress the Saint Augustine. So
what's what does that mean? It's stress

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is a Saint Augustine, Well,
it means that it may yellow a little

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bit, it means that it will
get weaker. It means that a disease

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like take all root rot will get
an opportunity to come in and take down

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that plant. That plant be in
your Saint Augustine grass plants, and so

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we try to avoid that by not
adding insult to injury. It's almost it

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almost becomes like a situation where you're
trying to decide between you know, do

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I live with the weeds? Do
I control them with a spray? Do

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I hand pull them? And everybody's
got different answers for that, and each

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weed is different. You're not going
to hand pull dollar weed, you won't

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get anywhere at all. You're not
going to hand pull in a lawn and

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you know, nuts edge or something
like that. But if you do need

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to do that spraying, now's the
time. And so that would be the

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perennial weeds, the things that are
difficult to control, like dollar weed,

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Virginia button weed, if you want
to control dichondra, those are just some

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examples. You want to get those
things taking care of earlier on rather than

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later, because later you're not going
to have the options. You're just not

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and so you just live in mow
and try to ignore them as best you

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can. But just something to think
about getting out there. We try to

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avoid stressing plants in every way we
can, because I love to anthropomorphize,

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and here we go again. But
plants in many ways are like us,

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and that if you don't eat right, if you don't get enough sleep,

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if you know you're not taking care
of your body, you're more likely to

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get sick than if you do all
those things and do them right. You

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sleep well, you eat right,
you've got healthy food, you exercise.

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You know, it doesn't mean you're
not going to get sick. It just

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means your chances are much much less. And we just get in this loop

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with our bodies when we weaken ourselves
to where it seems like everything that comes

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along, you know, we catch
it or we takes us down. And

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that happens with plants too. When
you weaken a plant, you increase the

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chances of problems with it. There
are diseases that are absolute opportunists. They're

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there in the environment. You may
wonder where did that come from. Well,

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it's been there all along. It's
just the patient, the subject.

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The plant got weakened and the disease
got a chance to move in. So

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take all root rot is one of
those diseases of Saint Augustine. It when

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Saint Augustine is in a stressed,
weakened state. That stress could be from

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shading, it could be from drought, it could be from a broad leaf

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post emergent weed control product in hot
weather. There's a lot of ways we

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stress or can stress Saint Augustine.
Take all has the opportunity. Another example

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of that is with hypoxalin canker,
and that's a disease of oak trees.

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Primarily we see it on our red
oaks, but it can occur on almost,

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i guess, just about any kind
of oak tree. When the disease

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is ubiquitous, it's in the environment. But when the plant gets stressed,

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the tree gets stressed, the disease
moves in and suddenly you've got bark fallen

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off. You've got these big gray
areas or big kind of olive brown,

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drab, dusty looking areas on the
trunk where the bark fell off and the

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tree is dying. And someone may
say, well, where did Habboxlan come

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from? Well, it was already
there. I'll continue that in just a

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moment. For right now, I
want to go to the phones, our

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number again seven one three two one
two five eight seven four, and we're

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going to start off this morning talking
to Joe out in Jersey Village. Good

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morning, Joe, Hello Joe.
All right, I'm gonna put Joe on

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hold and see if we can get
Joe back here in just a moment.

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Josh, let me know if we
get him that last year freeze all that,

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and it's down to where I've got
one big patch of mossing but grown

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dirt, and then it's sort of
the dead grass. You can see.

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It's like the semis, I think
it is. But then I've got orders

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of the you know, the typical
so Augustine wonder, but no leaves on

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the order. Okay, So I'm
thinking I've got so well born because I've

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seen some moths too. I think, all right, well, Joe,

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we're a little early for soide web
worms, but there are plenty of other

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moths out there. But I think, unless you well, we're too I

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think I'm gonna say we're too early
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That when you have runners without leaves
on them. We often look at

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a disease called large patch. We
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and that rots the leaves off the
runners. It makes those big circles in

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the cool season. You see them
in the fall, in the spring.

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But if the run, if the
runners are green, that's a good sign

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because they can resprout leaves. That
that's not the problem. They're actually not

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green. They die, but there's
no leaves. I mean, I don't

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know ways leaves are teacher. So
the runner is dead too, it's not

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okay, But there are are patches
of green still left throughout the yard,

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okay, well in areas. So
what I would do first is I would

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assess how big are the dead patches. You know, if you've got a

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dead patch, that's maybe there's a
green sprig here and there where the green

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parts or a foot apart here and
there there's some green life in and among

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the dead. It can close back
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season with good care. If they're
larger than that, I'd consider buying some

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some pieces of side to put in
and try to get a head start to

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fill it back in, because wherever
the soil is bare, you're going to

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get a lot more weed problems and
we'd like to avoid that. I think

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starting off, have you fertilized yet
this this spring I have, but that

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doesn't seem to have done. And
it's under twenty I mean, you know

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something year old oak tree and uh
so I thought it was just not enough

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sun. But it's been even the
areas of good sun, it's it gets

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like this clumps of green grass left. But then there's these bare brown runners

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of the Saint Augustine. So I
don't know. I didn't know what does

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take holl uh look like I didn't. I'm gonna hold on here and take

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a break, and you hang on
and we'll come back to you right after

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break, and we will continue this
discussion. If you'd like to call our

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number seven one three two one two
fifty eight seventy four. Well, good

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Saturday morning, on a good day
for gardening, as they all are.

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We have been talking with Joe out
here in Jersey. We're gonna go back

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to Joe and just one second here, but I want to give you the

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phone number. It is seven one
three two one two five eight seven four

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seven one three two one two fifty
eight seventy four. Well, Joe,

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let's continue on. So we got
grass dying, and it's in the shade,

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it's in the sun, and there's
all kinds of patches. I need

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to hang on one second, Joe, I need to put you on hold.

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Um let's see, we're gonna come
back to go there, all right,

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Joe, Uh, anyway back back
with the um the grass. Are

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you there? Okay? Excuse me. We're having trouble with Joe. So

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we're gonna get the gremlins out of
the system and I'm just going to continue

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to talk here about about ter up. Joe's back. Joe, how are

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you okay? I didn't know whether
lost year are you lost? We have

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we have ghosts inhabiting the wires,
and so we're trying to run them out

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right now. So back to the
back to the along Joe. If I

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were to just guess, I think
you probably have a disease called take all

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root rot in that grass based on
some of the ways you've described it.

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Now for me to diagnose over the
air, not even seeing the grass is

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a long shot, so I wouldn't
I wouldn't assume that's the final word.

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You've got a couple of options.
One, you can try to manage this

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from a cultural standpoint, you know, doing the things that help the grass

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get stronger. Or and this may
be the better option, you can take

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a sample and send it into the
state plant clinic where they will truly diagnose

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it. They'll culture it out in
a petri dish and truly identify it,

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and then we know exactly what to
go after it with. So if you

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wanted to do the diagnosis option,
you just take a plug of sick grass,

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not healthy, not dead, but
sick declining. It doesn't look good,

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but it's still alive, and you
sent and you go online to plant

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clinic one word plant clinic dot TAMU
dot e d U Plant Clinic dot TAMU

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dot edu and just follow the instructions
on the form. That's the way to

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find out for sure. If you
want to go the other route, what

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I would recommend is to begin using
fertilizers that are somewhat acidifying to your lawn.

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Microlap sixty four, for example,
is an acidifying fertilizer. Not the

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green bag but it's it's kind of
in a pinkish bag. I believe pick

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ash red a color, but it's
acidifying one. You would use that.

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Top dressing the lawn with a very
thin layer of pete moss has been shown

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to be effective as well. Aerating
the lawn has been shown to be effective

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also and helping to combat take all
root rot. So those would be kind

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of your cultural options if you don't
want to go to the route of officially

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having it identified. Because it never
hurts to do some top dressing, it

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never hurts the duration, and it
never hurts to a moderate amount of fertilization.

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Well, i think that's excellent recommend
So I'm going to do the test.

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And because if I've got a ten
by ten spots, even though we

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won't grow in, even though that's
yeah, that's an unusual situation. Can

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you think of anything that was done
there in the past, you know that,

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Like I don't know, if you
were out on property, I'd say,

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did you have a big burn pile
there, you know, on the

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land or is it was that a
place where some building side or anything like

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that. No, the only thing
I can think is is that just because

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it's right to it's under this oak
tree with heavy shade that I wasn't paying

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attention to the grass and died gradually
then went away, but it receded.

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It receded, and then there's that. Then as you described the other spotsy

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areas where there's learned birds and then
there's the grass. There's a lot of

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fetch that grass. So I think
I need to sample, to take the

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plant and sample and fit it in, and what about a soil sample should

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do that? You could do that, but I put down some medina and

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some hemates and I didn't know.
You know, that didn't seem to make

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as well. But that didn't hurt
anything. And we probably just have too

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many things going on here at once
with it. And so for example,

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I would say, you know,
the shade, as I was mentioned a

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little bit earlier, it can be
a contributing factor to take all root rot

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because it stresses the grass and so
it's usually not just one thing that's happening

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soul. I would do that sample. If you want to do a soil

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sample, you could because it would
inform your future fertilizing. Now or only

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question on soil is do you want
to sample your whole lawn and small samples

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all over, put it together,
mix it up so you get an overall

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idea. Or do you want to
just sample an area that nothing wants to

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grow to see if there's something unusual
going on just in that one area,

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and that could be two different samples
that you do. I'm inclined to think

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that the reason nothing is growing is
because of a soil nutrient or pH issue.

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That's what a soil test would tell
you is just nutrients and pH nothing

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else. And so I'm I'm not
as yeah, yeah, you got to

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go sample this soil in this case
because of what you're calling about. I

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would say that if you do the
disease, you want to If you do

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the disease sample, you want to
take the sample correctly. And I don't.

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I have a YouTube channel online and
there's a video. If you do

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a search for skip ricter on YouTube, first you get a bunch of video

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games that somehow have skip ricter in
the name. I don't know what that's

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about, but you also get my
channel, and on my channel, if

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you do a search for soil or
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or something, there's a video that
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a sample, because when you take
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money to have them look at it, you don't want to just have taken

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a dead sample and they say,
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I to that video online first.
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I think that's what I'm going to
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it's it's facting weird and I just
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new side, he would die.
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right, well, it could off
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are there, it could take all
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not like you know, you brought
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and so bringing in new side under
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all is there is not a problem. Otherwise ever long on the block would

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be dying right now, would take
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opportunist. So we're trying to avoid
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of my little monologue today, was
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plants because then we skit on this
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that, you know. Yeah,
yeah, just I mean it's like saying

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I don't want to take care of
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that's kind of the approach I take. But I've been I've been doing this

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root, right, I would put
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and then we'll la when the lab
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Give us a call, let me
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as to what we do about it. I'll do it. Would you run

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that paddress by me one more time? Yes? And I'm sure other people

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would want to write that down too. I always say, listen to the

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show with a pen and paper and
they address for plant samples. Would you

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want to say, here's a sick
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lab is plant clinic, plant clinic
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A MU is in Texas a and
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actually, all right, than I
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on. All right, I appreciate
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Okay, good good, that's that's
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goodness. Well, our phone number, you need to give us a call

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bit, and if you will give
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you on the board and you can
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the show. Yeah, that that
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are in some cases to insects as
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because a lot of times we just
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these silver bullets at the at the
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after. And you know, there
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awesome fertilizers, there's good pest control, there's good disease control, and so

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on, but we start off with
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we can, and then we have
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apply some product to cure or fix
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man. If that doesn't get your
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wake up. If you look over
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off, go over and knock on
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Line, they will rise up and
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but later on. We love when
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Hey, well, we've got a
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down, in fact, hand it
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seven one three. Maybe not today. I don't know if I want them

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calling me saying why did you tell
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kind of been a why is my
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See if it continues that way.
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is just a real problem because you
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look horrible and it does significant damage
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but can bounce back. The brown
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here in Texas makes the big circles. That's a problem, but the runners

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are left green and so the grass
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that kills the roots. Take all
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what's going on there. And when
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rot, that's a disease that where
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keep it alive and try to grow
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in gardening and horticulture that you know, you can replace the hold on,

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there. There's a lot of range
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line would take all is it's it's
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Steve in New Canaan. Hello,
Steve, Hi, how are you well?

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Thank you great. This was February
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on my Saint Augustine lawn and about
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the lawn services that tree yards,
you know, spray came and by mistake

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treated my yard. They did the
front yard and realized their mistake before they

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did the backyard. So the backyard
looks great. It's exactly where I want

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it to be. The front yard
is horrible. Okay. Is there anything

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I can do to counteract that guests
in compatibility with the chemical or something?

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But you're talking about this take all
root rod. That's kind of I've got

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bare patches that runners that are brown. Yes, you know, in a

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lot of this well, and this
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where Takeoff would love to hop in. But we're just gonna have to wait

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and see. There's no fixing the
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the lawn with pre emergence. A
lot of the pre emergence, and a

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lot of the very effective pre emergence
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that means is they don't let roots
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your lawn where it was double dosed
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and pull up a runner and look
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long, normal roots going down in
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are stubbed off. You know,
they may be a quarter inch long by

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the time they hit the soil,
they quit growing, or they may be

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you know, a half inch long
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like a caveman club. We call
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that kind of herbicide, pre emergent
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system. So here's the double whammy. Your grass needs water and nutrients,

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but it can't get a root in
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the runner is dying, maybe from
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so now the grass is sitting there
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it's like you pull the runner out
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so what we need to do is
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best we can. If you did
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to the lawn, that would be
helpful. But I'm not saying that's the

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normal solution to this. It's just
we got to get the grass through this

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period of time, and it can
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to break down so that it can
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So that's the juggling act you're doing
right now. Okay, So I've done

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the quick green up. Uh you
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that's all I use. So I
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do the best, do the best
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don't need to resaw it, or
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is that Yeah, if you dropped
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that product is right there at the
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It's doing its job. We just
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know, we're kind of having to
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because like I said that, it's
a too totally diametric where they realized as

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that it's the what I called the
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that's just that what that is.
But hey, I appreciate your call.

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I wish you good luck with that. We're gonna have to head off to

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a break. Well, appreciate,
appreciate it. You bet. Her number

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Right, go, well, good Saturday

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morning, on a good morning for
gardening. You're listening to garden Line,

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which is a good thing to be
doing right now at least. Maybe I'm

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biased, but I think so.
Maybe if you had a head lamp you

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could go out and start gardening.
But I believe, I believe a cup

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of coffee in the radio is good
enough for right this minute. How about

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that? Hey, if you had
any kind of gardening questions you want to

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talk about, give me a call
at seven one three two one two five

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eight seven four seven one three two
one two fifty eight seventy four. Talking

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about all kinds of things related to
the lawns this morning and grass stresses and

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whatnot. It is so important to
start off by taking care of your soil.

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I mentioned that we're talking about cnmals
a little bit earlier. Uh,

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you know, you go to a
place you get, you get the compost

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materials, you get the fertilizer materials, you get your soil right, and

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then you plan and it's important.
And I understand I was at yesterday.

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I was, in fact, I
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four Being County area and just walking
around looking at all the color. And

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you know, this is that time
of year in garden centers around the Houston

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area. You just are just eyes
are just wide open with oh my gosh,

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I have to have one of all
of these, right, and the

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color the plants, that's what inspires
us. But before thinking about the green

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stuff, you need to think about
the brown stuff, and that's the soil.

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Because the awesome plants that are available
at our independent garden centers very well

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adapted, quality, many cases disease
resistant plants that we choose there because they've

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selected the best for us. They're
not just mass merchandising stuff all over the

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United States and their stores because they
don't have those They have a store here,

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are two stores here, and they're
local. But those plants dropped into

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unprepared soil that's not given them a
chance for success. I mean, they

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some of them are so tough.
They'll live despite that. But why not

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start and get the setting right for
the plants so that they can thrive,

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create that environment that they can thrive
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results. And so you know it's
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mind initially that I think or a
challenge as I talk to gardeners. One

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of them is getting people to look
at the fall as as good of a

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planting season as the spring. Everybody
has spring fever, and we got it

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right now. I've got it right
now. In fact, I had had

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to have a few things to haul
home with me because just love, love,

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love the spring planning season. But
fall is a great planning season,

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and yet we don't have that spring
fever in the fall. I wish I

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could change that and have it in
both seasons. Second thing is getting people

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to do the soil before they plant
the plants. Now, I used to

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say, spend a dollar on your
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plants. I think that makes the
point, But why not spend a dollar

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on both at the same time.
But when you come home with a plant

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and you're not coming home with compost
for a heavy clay, you know,

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expanded shale for example. With the
fertilizers that you need to mix into the

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soil and to sup ament the plant, then that plant is not going to

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give you its full potential. And
that is exactly what we're trying to do

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here, is have our plants do
the best they can. When you go

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to the garden center and you see
that flower, you see that tomato plant,

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you see whatever your mind's eye pictures, how beautiful your place is going

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to be, how productive your garden's
going to be, how tasty the tomatoes

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you're going to get are going to
be. Right, that's what we want,

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and we can realize that we live
in an area where it is easy

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to be successful in gardening if you
follow the basic principles, and principle number

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one I'm going to say is build
a quality soil. It may not be

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exciting to look at a handful of
brown stuff and that's not as pretty as

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a hibiscus bloom that's got you blow
in your mind. But if you want

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the mind blowing hibiscus bloom, then
spend some money on the brown stuff and

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the nutrients that go with it so
that you can achieve that that's a word

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to the wise, and I promise
you if you will follow that guide,

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you're going to see much more success
and you won't be one of the people

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that say I have a brown thumb. I planted this, I planted that.

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Nothing grows here. We can help
with that. So give us a

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call. We're going to go to
break but write down seven one three,

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two one two fifty eight seventy four. Josh will get you on the boards

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and when we come out of this
segment, you will be the first in

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line. We can talk about whatever
kind of topics you want. It's kind

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of been a turf morning. Maybe
we need to get some vegetables and herbs

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and flowers and expecting the phone to
ring on trees it usually does. We

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we'll get to all that kind of
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You're listening to Guardenline. I'm your
host, Skip Ricter, and I

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can't wait to get back to the
next hour. See if them. KTRH

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

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program. Welcome to KTRH Garden Line
with Skip rictor so Trip. Just watch

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him as so many club back rickety, good Saturday morning. You are listening

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to garden Line. I'm your host, skip Rictor, and this is a

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good morning for gardening, as all
mornings are. Our phone number, write

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it down, get on the board. Let's have Josh get you ready to

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go so I can visit with you
about what's of interest to you. Seven

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one three two one two five eight
seven four. And we are going to

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begin by going to talk to Marty. I believe we got Marty online this

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morning. Soon as we get more
up, we're gonna we're gonna have to

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hold on Marty just one second.
Well, last segment, I was talking

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about the importance of building soil,
the importance of keeping our plants healthy through

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proper cultural care, and that theme
you're going to hear from me week after

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week, over and over. You
know, we talk about products. Here's

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a good fertilizer, here's a good
pest control, here's a good disease control,

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and all those kind of things.
But that's not what we lead with.

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We lead with building good soil.
We lead with keeping our plants healthy.

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Then when we have problems, and
we will have problems, then we

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deal with the different ways to control
those problems. And our nutrients and our

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fertilizing is guiding our growth. It's
supporting our growth. It's helping plants to

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be more floriferous if it's a flower
productive, if it's a vegetable or fruit.

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You get the idea. And that's
kind of what that's our aim.

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That's how we go about it.
All right, let's talk to Marty this

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morning. Good morning Marty out there
in Fairfield. Morning, Skip. I

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know you wanted to get off the
turf questions, but I have one's okay

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with the intermittent rains every other day
lately, I'm still trying to battle some

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crab grass and some dollar weed.
I've gotten most of it down. But

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what you said there was something I
could go ahead and put down now before

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the warm season comes the hot Ye, what would that is it? I've

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got the weed beater complete, okay, about two bags of it? Can

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I put that out and it's still
If there's more rain, it'll be okay.

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I need to get that ingredient list
in front of me on the weed

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beater complete. I believe that.
I believe that's post emergent if I'm not

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mistaken, but I need to check
it off the top of it. Yeah

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it is, but I didn't know
if that was a heat or cold.

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It says heat and warm and cold, warm and cool season warm in cool

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season. Yeah, I would.
I would still watch the temperature on it.

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When we get up above mid to
uper eighties, I would start being

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careful with that one. And I'll
look at the ingredients again. But I'm

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ninety percent sure that's one I would. I would go ahead and use it

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now. The dollar weed, the
broad leaf weeds in your lawn, now

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would be the time to use a
broad leaf post emergent product on them,

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and so that this would be the
time if you're gonna if you're gonna do

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that now. The pre emergence,
like the crab grass, for example,

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that's where something like barricade would come
in. Well, I go ahead,

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I already had the barricade. These
are all up already, Okay. So

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once the crab grass is in your
lawn, you just need to mow it

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and ignore it, because you're not
going to kill crab grass plants without killing

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your lawn. It's a it's a
grass growing in a grass and there we've

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got a problem. Oh, I've
been pulling it out. Well, you

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can pull it out too. Yeah. I mean that's that's good. I

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mean, you know that that's fine. I'm just saying the pre emergence and

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the post emergence once the crab grass
is up, neither one is going to

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be an option for you because,
okay, you'll damage your lawn. But

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yeah, fine, is there another
product that I can put down now?

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For just overall any weeds at all, most of them are the crab grass

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and the dollar weedstal Okay, Well, the dollar weed is a perennial,

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and so while every plant can come
from a seed, it's being a perennial

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you you know, it's living and
coming back on you. And so I

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would for the dollar weed again,
I would do the post emergent broad leafs.

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Do you say we'd beat or complete
or ultra? I can't remember which

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which one you mentioned? I have
complete, complete, okay, yeah,

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and so you could you know,
you could use that on the dollar weed

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still. Uh, if if you
are dealing with the crab grass and there's

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going to be others coming up,
which there will be, that's where the

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barricade helps. How long ago did
you do the barricade last time? Back

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in February February. Okay, yeah, February March April. So I would

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say probably anytime towards the end of
this month, depending on when in February

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or early May, go ahead and
get the barricade out again, just to

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continue because warm season weeds can keep
germinating through the through the season, and

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so okay, that's you know,
it's not like you put this stuff down

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and it works for eight months.
You know, you're probably looking at five

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to sixty days, depending on the
pre emergent that you use and the conditions

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that you have. Okay, well, there's some other weeds that it seems

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like they're blowing in from. I
had neighbors on both sides that don't have

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you know, wonderful soil but or
grass, and I've got some weird weeds.

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So okay, I just wanted to
see if the weed beater complete was

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okay to put down, because I'll
just do that for everything. Yeah,

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and I'll do it today. Yeah, that would be fine. Yeah,

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go ahead and get that done.
We don't have any more rain schedule that

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I for today. You wouldn't want
to put something like that downright for it

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rains. But now I think that's
behind us. So this ought to be

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a good time and the weather,
temperatures are going to be great. Oh,

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I know they're awesome already. All
right, you bet get out there

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and have some fun. All right, bye bye bye bye. Well let's

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head out and now to Katie and
talk to Diane. Hello, Diane,

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Good morning. We got Diane there, I'm here, there we go.

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How are you doing this morning?
How can we help? I'm good.

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There seems to be a serious decline
in crape myrtles all over this side of

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town. And I've never seen them
be this slow coming out. And if

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they do come out, they're coming
out just weird, like from the bottom

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of the branch, but not all
the way to the top. Yes,

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there might be a third of it
at the top. It just looks dead.

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We might have one that's sort of
living and then one right to it

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that looks sort of dead. Ye. What's causing that? And how can

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they be prune so that they might
come back? Well, there's more thing,

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more than one thing that could cause
it. But I think a lot

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of what we're seeing here is the
result of the December freeze that cut our

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plants not fully hardened off and ready
for freeze. You know, normally crape

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myrtles can take our winner without any
problem, but I think that it cut

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them off guard and we saw some
die back from that. It's normal for

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the tips of crape myrtles a little
twiggy stuff right out at the end to

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freeze and it ends up falling out
anyway. You don't even have to prunt

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it out. But when you said
like a third, you know that's a

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big chunk, and so that's probably
cold damage. When the new growth comes

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in, which it is now,
that kind of tells you where to prune

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back to. And I would is
you prune a crepe, I would rather

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than stub it off so that when
you cut a branch it looks like the

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end of a broom handle. I
would go back to where there's a side

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branch and I would cut it off
just right about there, so that it

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leaves a more natural form, because
when you have those stubs, you get

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a crow's foot or regrowth, and
it just it's very unnatural looking. The

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branches don't tend to be well attached, so they may break off in future

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storms. So cut back to where
there's a side shoot. Does that make

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sense, Yes, it does.
And it just take some more time.

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Well, it does, it does, and I mean you can leave it,

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but you're gonna happen. You know, a dead branch is a dead

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branch, and so you want to
get this. Okay, what about the

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ones that are just coming back from
the ground. You mean, like the

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whole top is dead. Yeah,
the whole thing is now still looking brown

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except for some new growth shoots at
the bottom. I'd give it a little

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more time. I'd give it a
little more time. But you're gonna have

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to cut the drunk off if the
whole top is dead, and then take

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the shoots and leave a bunch of
let me maybe three or four right now,

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and then gradually go down to one
and shoot. You just want to

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kind of head your bed a little
bit. Hey, I'm gonna have to.

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I'm gonna have to go to a
break. If you want to hang

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on and continue, we can.
No, No, that's fine, Thank

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you, Thank you for the call. The number is seven one three two

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one two five eight seven four.
It had a whizzing man with a gun

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in his hand and he was looking
boy, you know, he said,

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fellow with the hair. Yeah,
this is one of those songs that you

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just have to listen to just let
it run a minute here we go,

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alright, alright, well that that
kind of gets the blood flowing a little

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bit. This morning. You're listening
to garden Line. I'm your host,

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Skip Richter, and we're here to
answer your calls. If you want to

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give us a call, the number
is seven one three two one two five

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eight seven four seven one three two
one two fifty eight seventy four. Let's

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go ahead and head out to the
phone right now, and we're going to

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talk to Susan in Cyprus. Good
morning, Susan, Hey, Skip,

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how are you? I'm well,
thanks? What's up? So? What

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will kill all these little tiny moths
that are in my Bermuda gras, my

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Bermuda grass. They're not side web
worm moths. They're real tiny, you

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00:41:37.679 --> 00:41:43.199
know, Susan. Killing moths as
adults is kind of difficult because for a

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lot of the species, the larva
or what's doing the eating. The caterpillars

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for butterflies and mosart are doing the
eating, and in the case of the

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moths, they're not. The moth
themselves are not chewing on your plants,

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so you can't put the poison on
the plant and kill the moth. You

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just kind of have to basically ignore
them. If it's not a moth that

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we know is a problem, I
would recommend leaving it alone. There are

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literally hundreds and hundreds of species of
moths that we see around our landscape or

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maybe don't even notice, that are
just of no big concern. Okay,

562
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it's just when I walk across the
grass, there's like literally thousands of them.

563
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They're so tiny, really, yeah, they're they're a little teeny tiny.

564
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It's like even in my whole neighborhood. My neighbors have them. It's

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just little teinky ones, and there's
like we walk through the grass and that

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just there's literally thousands of them that
just fly around real close to the grass.

567
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Well, that's very interesting. Have
you noticed when they land and stop

568
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flying, do the wings sit out
to the sides, making sort of a

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triangle shape with the moth like a
like an jet air fighter wing? Or

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do they lay along the body where
they're shaped more like a school bus.

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They're so small you couldn't see it. They're they're so small. Okay,

572
00:43:04.440 --> 00:43:07.079
you couldn't even tell what kind of
moth it is. It's not like a

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web worm, moth where you could
actually see it. So you've seen a

574
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side web worm moth before and this
is smaller. You're saying, oh my

575
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gosh, yes, no, no, no, I know what sadweb worn

576
00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:24.239
moth? Why these are little teency
teenthcy almost clear looking moths, almost clear

577
00:43:24.280 --> 00:43:30.639
looking. Okay, well, I
am not aware of any turf pest that

578
00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:35.400
fits that description. You know,
when it comes to moths and the turf,

579
00:43:35.480 --> 00:43:38.360
We've got sideweb worms and we have
army worms, and they're both much

580
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bigger, much especially the army worm, much bigger. So I know that,

581
00:43:45.039 --> 00:43:46.519
you know, you don't like the
idea of them being there, but

582
00:43:46.960 --> 00:43:51.559
they're really I don't think there are
any problem, and I don't think you

583
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need to do anything about them.
I mean, you could always, you

584
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know, kind of nuke the yard
with an insecticide, and you know,

585
00:43:57.519 --> 00:44:00.199
if you got it on, I'm
probably kill them. But I just don't

586
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think that'd be an approach i'd take. I think I think they will come

587
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and go. They have a life's
a lifespan, a very short lifespan,

588
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and I don't think it's gonna be
a long term problem. And if that's

589
00:44:09.599 --> 00:44:13.079
if that turns out to not be
right. You can feel free to call

590
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me back. But I see a
lot of different kinds of moths that come

591
00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:20.800
and go through the season, and
I wish I could tell you exactly what

592
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kind of moth you're seeing, but
I'm not, you know, without seeing

593
00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:29.320
it and getting it under a microscope
to truly identify it, I'm not sure

594
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what that is. But but again, when I look back at the things

595
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that could be causing your long problems, that's not in the list. So

596
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thank you very much. That wasn't
very comforting, but I hope it was

597
00:44:43.760 --> 00:44:49.559
all right. Thank you. You
bet, you bet. You know so

598
00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:53.039
so many, so many different kinds
of insects out there. You know,

599
00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:59.360
we've been We were talking earlier about
some broadly WE control products. Someone mentioned

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the weed bitter plus or Ultra or
something like that. When you're looking for

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00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:07.280
products, I can think of no
other place in town to go other than

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00:45:07.360 --> 00:45:13.239
Southwest Fertilizer. Southwest been around since
nineteen fifty five, and I was out

603
00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:15.440
visiting with Bob a while back.
We did a live appearance out there,

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and every time I walk through the
store, I just walk up and down

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aisles making note of what products they
have. So as I guide people,

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I can say, well, yeah, this is available in the market and

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00:45:24.559 --> 00:45:28.599
you can get it here. It
takes an hour to do that. It's

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00:45:28.639 --> 00:45:32.199
Southwest Fertilizer because they have so much
and if you're an organic gardener, they

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have all the different things you need
for that as well. If you need

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tools, if you want bags of
mulch and compost, soil amendments, if

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you need to get your lawn mower
blade sharpen. In the back, they

612
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got a shop and they sell equipment
and they service equipment back there, so

613
00:45:47.679 --> 00:45:52.679
it's kind of like the one stop
shop for what you need. Take a

614
00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:55.880
sample in and let Bob and his
team look at it. See what's wrong.

615
00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:59.760
What is this sample in the bag. They won't steer you wrong.

616
00:46:00.000 --> 00:46:01.840
I won't just say you some product
because you brought them a bug and it's

617
00:46:01.840 --> 00:46:06.239
an insight killer. They'll take you
to the right thing based on you know,

618
00:46:06.320 --> 00:46:08.119
you tell them, hey, I
want a garden organically, so they'll

619
00:46:08.159 --> 00:46:12.280
take you to that kind of product, or I just want something that a

620
00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:15.320
systemic or last or what they can
direct you because they know what they're doing.

621
00:46:15.719 --> 00:46:20.599
Southwest Fertilizer dot Com is a place
you can go to find out more

622
00:46:20.639 --> 00:46:23.440
about them, find a location and
everything like that. But they're there,

623
00:46:23.440 --> 00:46:27.400
and what used to be the southwest
side of town now it's kind of been

624
00:46:27.400 --> 00:46:30.320
swallowed up as Houston just keep seeming
to work its way outward, right,

625
00:46:30.760 --> 00:46:36.280
Well, if you're needing a product
like that, and I know we were

626
00:46:36.280 --> 00:46:38.360
talking about the moths as Susan had, you know that this is a kind

627
00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:43.719
of place that's going to find something
or have something and direct you to the

628
00:46:43.800 --> 00:46:49.239
right kind of thing that will that
will help control them. This morning,

629
00:46:49.239 --> 00:46:53.480
we're talking all kinds of different things, but lawn seems to be a popular

630
00:46:53.559 --> 00:46:58.760
topic. I wanted to mention a
little bit about vegetable gardens. We're in

631
00:46:58.800 --> 00:47:04.199
that transition season where we're in the
big middle of spring, and when you

632
00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:06.639
know, when we're in the big
middle of spring, that means our cool

633
00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:10.119
season is starting to go downhill.
The cool season garden is, you know,

634
00:47:10.199 --> 00:47:15.559
winding up. I've still got a
few cool season crops in, but

635
00:47:15.920 --> 00:47:21.199
in general kind of winding up pretty
well. And the warm season crops are

636
00:47:21.239 --> 00:47:25.079
coming on and now the hot season
crops are going in too. So things

637
00:47:25.119 --> 00:47:29.880
like okrah ok is kind of like
the poster plant of the hot weather right,

638
00:47:30.559 --> 00:47:32.079
it can take any kind of heat. And I'm going to talk about

639
00:47:32.159 --> 00:47:37.159
some other warm season vegetables that you
might want to plant a little bit and

640
00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:39.840
when we get here a little bit
after, I'm going to save it probably

641
00:47:39.880 --> 00:47:45.159
until we get after the break time. But there's a number of good greens

642
00:47:45.159 --> 00:47:49.800
and things that we can plant.
But when we're in that transition season,

643
00:47:50.079 --> 00:47:53.840
that's your opportunity to improve your soil. And if you haven't had a soil

644
00:47:53.880 --> 00:47:57.519
test done in a while, I
would recommend doing that. You can go

645
00:47:57.599 --> 00:48:02.440
online the State Soil Lab Texas A
and M is a simple URL. It's

646
00:48:02.519 --> 00:48:07.480
all the all the URLs that I
send you to for fire ends and diseases

647
00:48:07.519 --> 00:48:14.119
and insects and soil and all that
they all end and dot TAMU, dot

648
00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:17.599
edu and this one is simple.
It's soil testing. Soil testing dotam or

649
00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:22.559
dot edu. Get your soil tested
now, so when you transition from one

650
00:48:22.599 --> 00:48:24.119
crop to another, you know what
to add to the soil to get it

651
00:48:24.199 --> 00:48:30.519
right. And also every time you
transition an inch a compost mixed down into

652
00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:35.239
the soil to enrich that soil,
to improve the drainage, to help it

653
00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:42.719
to just do better to just really
thrive and be the kind of base foundation

654
00:48:43.159 --> 00:48:45.000
that plants need to draw from.
You get the water right, you get

655
00:48:45.039 --> 00:48:49.440
the nutrients right, you get the
oxygen down in the soil, and things

656
00:48:49.480 --> 00:48:52.119
just do better. So as we
do those transitions, take advantage of that

657
00:48:52.199 --> 00:48:55.079
time to do that. You know, I always say buy the brown stuff

658
00:48:55.119 --> 00:48:58.800
before you buy the green stuff,
or when you buy the green stuff,

659
00:48:58.840 --> 00:49:05.519
because fixing it to begin with is
so very very important in the vegetable garden.

660
00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:08.039
Right now, as I'm pulling out
some of the crops that I have,

661
00:49:08.079 --> 00:49:10.880
I've got some radishes that have kind
of wound up, and some carrots

662
00:49:10.920 --> 00:49:14.679
that I need to harvest. If
I can find time to get off the

663
00:49:14.760 --> 00:49:16.199
radio and run down take care of
my own garden. What do they say,

664
00:49:16.360 --> 00:49:21.440
Nikki the cobbler's kids go barefoot?
Have you heard that one? Yes,

665
00:49:22.159 --> 00:49:23.719
if we put a picture, if
we put a picture in my garden

666
00:49:23.800 --> 00:49:28.840
today on the internet, no one
would call garden one. They'd be like,

667
00:49:28.880 --> 00:49:31.119
well, obviously that guy can't help
me. Well, it's because I'm

668
00:49:31.159 --> 00:49:35.320
talking to you instead of taking care
of my garden. Now, I'll catch

669
00:49:35.320 --> 00:49:38.360
it up. But the radishes have
come out. The character about to be

670
00:49:38.400 --> 00:49:43.079
harvested, and I have been slow, but I need to get my black

671
00:49:43.079 --> 00:49:47.440
eyed peas in the I love crowder
peas, purple hole peas, cream peas,

672
00:49:47.559 --> 00:49:52.599
all those kinds of things. That
is one vegetable that you know people

673
00:49:52.639 --> 00:49:55.440
say stuff tastes better when you grow
at yourself. A black eyed pea in

674
00:49:55.480 --> 00:50:00.239
a can versus a fresh shelled black
eyed pea is like two different vegetables.

675
00:50:00.280 --> 00:50:02.719
I don't know that I've ever had
a fresh one. I've always had in

676
00:50:02.920 --> 00:50:07.719
it is unbelievable. Wow. It's
the only way to go anyway, speaking

677
00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:10.840
of the only way to go when
we need news, the only way to

678
00:50:10.880 --> 00:50:19.239
go is to Nikki. And here
she is tonight is gold. I'll be

679
00:50:19.400 --> 00:50:25.480
a tail bleak so way in this
town. See me in the bay like

680
00:50:25.719 --> 00:50:35.239
it. So we'll get the bull
hallo like to live. Can see us

681
00:50:35.320 --> 00:50:38.679
coming off? Good morning on a
good Saturday morning for gardening. I'm your

682
00:50:38.679 --> 00:50:43.360
host, Skipwrector, and you are
listening to garden Line. We're here to

683
00:50:43.559 --> 00:50:47.039
answer your gardening questions, to talk
gardening. Let's see our phone number.

684
00:50:47.039 --> 00:50:52.719
You want to write this down seven
one three two one two fifty eight seventy

685
00:50:52.760 --> 00:50:55.239
four seven one three, two,
one, two, five, eight seven

686
00:50:55.360 --> 00:50:59.639
four, And we're going to start
this segment off by going out to Oak

687
00:50:59.760 --> 00:51:06.079
four Rest and talking with Sharon.
Good morning, Sharon, Hey, Skip.

688
00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:09.679
My question is about how to get
rid of bamboo. My neighbor planted

689
00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:14.159
bamboo and he doesn't want to get
rid of it, and it's growing under

690
00:51:14.199 --> 00:51:19.320
my fence and coming in my yard. Oh boy, okay, well do

691
00:51:19.400 --> 00:51:23.280
you is this? It sounds like
it maybe the running type of bamboo as

692
00:51:23.280 --> 00:51:29.320
opposed to the clumping type of bamboo. Correct, Oh boy, okay.

693
00:51:29.760 --> 00:51:35.119
Well, the public service message to
everyone listening, don't plant a running bamboo

694
00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:38.280
unless you have a way to contain
it because they run. It's like planting

695
00:51:38.639 --> 00:51:43.519
bermuda grass next to a flower bed
that doesn't end up well usually right,

696
00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:47.119
So what your options are pretty much
is to dig down, put in some

697
00:51:47.159 --> 00:51:51.719
sort of a barrier to prevent It's
like an undergo thigk of it as an

698
00:51:51.800 --> 00:51:55.360
underground wall, and they make some
very strong materials that you can put in

699
00:51:55.400 --> 00:52:00.400
the ground. It is not easy, it's not cheap to do that,

700
00:52:00.719 --> 00:52:05.800
but that creates the wall. The
alternative is either hand digging it or to

701
00:52:05.920 --> 00:52:08.639
spray as it pops up. On
your side. But the problem with spraying

702
00:52:08.800 --> 00:52:14.519
is it translocates over. Just like
if you sprayed bermuda grass in one spot,

703
00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:17.119
that chemical is going to move out
to the other bermuda grass nearby and

704
00:52:17.159 --> 00:52:21.960
affect it as well, so that
that sort of becomes a neighbor issue.

705
00:52:22.000 --> 00:52:25.360
But it sounds like they're not being
very good neighbors to begin with. So

706
00:52:25.559 --> 00:52:30.519
how deep does that barrier have to
go down? That is a good question,

707
00:52:31.000 --> 00:52:34.920
and that is outside my area of
expertise, so I'm not going to

708
00:52:34.960 --> 00:52:37.440
give you a definitive answer, but
I would think if you could get down

709
00:52:37.480 --> 00:52:45.519
about eighteen inches that would do it. I would talk to a bamboo expert.

710
00:52:45.599 --> 00:52:49.400
You know, there are number of
places to sell bamboo and their landscapers

711
00:52:49.400 --> 00:52:52.280
that can do that kind of barrier, and they can probably tell us.

712
00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:57.280
Expect some of it may be related
to soil type too, but it's going

713
00:52:57.360 --> 00:53:00.559
to have to be a company that
has access to the kind of product.

714
00:53:00.599 --> 00:53:04.320
I mean, you can't just put
a little piece of tin or a little

715
00:53:04.360 --> 00:53:07.079
piece of plastic down in there.
This is a this is a special,

716
00:53:07.239 --> 00:53:14.000
very dense, less forever kind of
plastic that's put down as a barrier in

717
00:53:14.039 --> 00:53:16.360
the ground. I'm sorry you're in
that situation. I know it's a it's

718
00:53:16.360 --> 00:53:22.519
frustrating. Very okay, well,
thank you for your information. I appreciate

719
00:53:22.559 --> 00:53:25.320
it all right, Sharon, thank
you for that call. Our phone number

720
00:53:25.360 --> 00:53:30.519
if you'd like to be on the
Aaron Talk Gardening is seven one three two

721
00:53:30.599 --> 00:53:37.800
one two five eight seven four.
You know bamboo, I actually love bamboo,

722
00:53:37.960 --> 00:53:42.320
and I love the clumping types,
especially because they kind of behave.

723
00:53:42.400 --> 00:53:49.000
I think about grasses. You've got
clumping grasses like maiden grass or miscanthus and

724
00:53:49.079 --> 00:53:52.039
other grasses. It just form a
clump, and the clump gets bigger over

725
00:53:52.079 --> 00:53:55.199
time, but it stays a clump. Then you have the runners, and

726
00:53:55.280 --> 00:54:00.079
that would be a Bermuda grass is
the best example. It's going underground above

727
00:54:00.159 --> 00:54:06.760
ground. Branbew bamboo has these underground
rhizomes that pop up, and so it

728
00:54:06.840 --> 00:54:12.840
just keeps going and as long as
there's some soul moisture to keep it alive,

729
00:54:12.880 --> 00:54:15.840
which welcome to Houston. There's always
some soul moisture. It's just going

730
00:54:15.880 --> 00:54:20.960
to keep going and it becomes not
really good if you can contain it.

731
00:54:21.519 --> 00:54:25.159
Running bamboos. There's some beautiful,
wonderful types of running bamboo. But to

732
00:54:25.280 --> 00:54:30.199
just plant it, especially on the
border with your neighbor, and not contain

733
00:54:30.280 --> 00:54:36.159
it is just I mean that what
would that be some form of horticultural terrorism

734
00:54:36.639 --> 00:54:38.519
that might that might be a good
way to put it. All right,

735
00:54:38.559 --> 00:54:43.239
Well, let's let's go back to
the phone seven one three two one two

736
00:54:43.840 --> 00:54:46.679
five eight seven four. We're going
to go to Friendswood now and talk to

737
00:54:46.880 --> 00:54:51.760
Mitchell. Good morning, Mitchell,
Good morning, sir. Hey done,

738
00:54:51.760 --> 00:54:57.079
the first time caller here. Thank
you, glad you called. I've got

739
00:54:57.079 --> 00:55:00.199
a pond. We live out in
a rural area. In the back my

740
00:55:00.239 --> 00:55:01.960
place. I got a pond.
It's roughubly one hundred and fifty foot wide

741
00:55:02.000 --> 00:55:06.719
by probably two hundred foot in link
and you know the depths, of course

742
00:55:06.800 --> 00:55:08.679
change from four foot too. I
probably had in the middle of that maybe

743
00:55:08.719 --> 00:55:14.079
fourteen foot. Okay. I've got
a bunch of this algae style mos moss

744
00:55:14.159 --> 00:55:16.360
in it, I call it.
And it's just like overgrowing the pond.

745
00:55:16.400 --> 00:55:19.320
And I've got a bunch of fish
in it. And I don't want to

746
00:55:19.360 --> 00:55:22.480
kill the fish. I want to
reduce the algae. And I'm looking for

747
00:55:22.519 --> 00:55:25.239
something to maybe sprinkle in the water
that's safe, safe and you know,

748
00:55:25.880 --> 00:55:31.639
environmental environmentally compliant. All right,
So I'm going to give you a website

749
00:55:31.800 --> 00:55:37.840
because it's gonna we could talk for
an hour just on the pond kinds of

750
00:55:37.840 --> 00:55:43.599
things like you're asking, and this
website is you will love it. It

751
00:55:43.800 --> 00:55:50.719
is Aqua plant a qua p l
A n T as in water plant aqua

752
00:55:51.159 --> 00:55:57.360
plant dot dot TAMU dot edu.
Like all the websites I give you in

753
00:55:58.440 --> 00:56:00.360
you can go on there and it'll
help you a If I a weed plant

754
00:56:00.400 --> 00:56:04.800
in your pond, it will help
you manage the weed plant and even as

755
00:56:04.840 --> 00:56:07.960
stuff if you want to stock them
with fish and all kinds of things like

756
00:56:07.000 --> 00:56:13.480
that. But it has helpful videos
and especially when it comes to dealing with

757
00:56:13.599 --> 00:56:16.800
specific like for example, there's a
section on floating plants, you know,

758
00:56:16.840 --> 00:56:22.719
like duckweed. There's a section on
submerged plants or plants that come up to

759
00:56:22.760 --> 00:56:27.880
the surface like lilypads would for example, And then there's a whole section just

760
00:56:28.119 --> 00:56:30.760
on algae, and it divides them
by the types of algae. You see

761
00:56:30.760 --> 00:56:34.280
what I mean. But we could
talk for an hour. You go to

762
00:56:34.320 --> 00:56:37.079
this website and it will take you
through everything that you need on dealing with

763
00:56:37.239 --> 00:56:42.800
the things in your pond, all
right, and that's aqua plant. You

764
00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:45.360
spend something at the end of kind
of order. Yeah, aqua plant is

765
00:56:45.400 --> 00:56:52.039
the word first word and then dot
T A m u as in Texas A

766
00:56:52.400 --> 00:56:58.400
and m university t A m U
dot e d u as in the first

767
00:56:58.480 --> 00:57:00.880
letters of education. All right,
well, thank you, sir, and

768
00:57:01.000 --> 00:57:04.840
we will we will investigate. Thank
you so much, so much pretending.

769
00:57:05.079 --> 00:57:07.079
All right, thank you for the
call. And you are listening to garden

770
00:57:07.119 --> 00:57:09.480
Line. I'm your host, Skip
Richter, and we are going to be

771
00:57:09.519 --> 00:57:14.679
back after a little break to answer
your gardening questions. Right down the number

772
00:57:14.679 --> 00:57:19.599
and give us a call. Seven
one three two one two five eight seven

773
00:57:20.199 --> 00:57:35.519
four. I'm not crazy. I'm
just but stay you'll see. I'm just

774
00:57:37.199 --> 00:57:40.840
I'm all right now, you don't
care. Well, I'm not crazy.

775
00:57:40.960 --> 00:57:44.880
I'm just a little crazy about horticulture, I guess you could say, in

776
00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:47.159
gardening. And I hope you are
too. Obviously you're listening to garden Line,

777
00:57:47.320 --> 00:57:51.559
and you know I know this.
We have people that listen to garden

778
00:57:51.559 --> 00:57:55.000
Line who are not gardeners. They
just just like to listen to hear about

779
00:57:55.039 --> 00:58:00.360
gardening and learn about things, and
so you're welcome to but imis you.

780
00:58:00.400 --> 00:58:01.920
If you keep listening, we're going
to make a gardener out of you.

781
00:58:02.159 --> 00:58:05.039
I mean, at least we're going
to get you to go out and get

782
00:58:05.039 --> 00:58:07.599
a house plant and bring it back, and that's the gateway drug. Next

783
00:58:07.639 --> 00:58:10.559
thing you know, you'll be plowing
up the backyard and well, you get

784
00:58:10.599 --> 00:58:15.000
the idea. That's why we're here, though, to answer your gardening questions

785
00:58:15.000 --> 00:58:19.559
and hopefully inspire a little bit.
Our phone number seven one three two one

786
00:58:19.639 --> 00:58:24.400
two five eight seven four seven one
three two one two fifty eight seventy four.

787
00:58:24.480 --> 00:58:30.239
Looks like we've about to enter the
eight o'clock time here for the last

788
00:58:30.280 --> 00:58:31.719
two segments, so we've got a
little time. It's going to be short.

789
00:58:31.800 --> 00:58:35.679
I believe we've got a call coming
on the board. We'll move to

790
00:58:35.760 --> 00:58:38.800
that in just one second. But
I was talking about warm season vegetables while

791
00:58:38.840 --> 00:58:43.480
ago, and I mentioned that I
would talk about some greens and if you

792
00:58:44.320 --> 00:58:49.239
and i've talked about this before,
but I'm always wanting to expand our palette,

793
00:58:49.519 --> 00:58:52.159
but both in terms of color and
plants, new plants we haven't tried

794
00:58:52.199 --> 00:58:55.880
before, but also in terms of
vegetables and things that we eat and when

795
00:58:55.880 --> 00:58:59.920
I say greens, you think cool
season. I promise you do, because

796
00:59:00.000 --> 00:59:02.320
if I said name greens, you
would name lettuce, you would name spinach,

797
00:59:02.320 --> 00:59:06.119
you would name collars, you would
name kale, you would name maybe

798
00:59:06.159 --> 00:59:08.679
a rugula. You get the idea. We're talking about cool season greens.

799
00:59:09.119 --> 00:59:13.800
But in the warm season, we
have things like malibar. They call it

800
00:59:13.840 --> 00:59:16.079
malibar spinach. It's not spinach,
but malabar is a good name for it.

801
00:59:16.320 --> 00:59:21.199
We have things like molochia, which
is a green very popular in various

802
00:59:21.199 --> 00:59:23.360
parts of the world, but especially
in the Middle East area. It's a

803
00:59:23.480 --> 00:59:28.199
really, really happy to be in
Houston kind of green. We've got amaranth,

804
00:59:28.559 --> 00:59:31.039
the vegetable types of amaranth that will
grow in the summer, and on

805
00:59:31.079 --> 00:59:36.159
and on. I probably name ten
or twelve different warm season greens. So

806
00:59:36.239 --> 00:59:40.199
as our weather moves hotter now in
the coming months, and things like well

807
00:59:40.239 --> 00:59:44.719
my tomatoes aren't setting as well,
or the squash and cucumbers aren't doing as

808
00:59:44.760 --> 00:59:47.400
well, there is a group of
vegetables to carry you through that season and

809
00:59:47.480 --> 00:59:53.800
have fresh, healthy, nutrient rich
produce that helps you to have a healthy

810
00:59:53.840 --> 01:00:00.159
life and also to enjoy some new
flavors and new kinds of cuisine. I'm

811
01:00:00.239 --> 01:00:02.719
crazy to give those a shot.
Let's head out now to the phones.

812
01:00:02.840 --> 01:00:07.159
We're gonna go to clear Lake and
talk to Stephen. Good morning, Stephen.

813
01:00:07.960 --> 01:00:10.280
How are you, sir? I'm
well? How are you today?

814
01:00:10.760 --> 01:00:14.360
Well? On vertical and at my
age, that's good. You know,

815
01:00:14.440 --> 01:00:16.199
every day I get up, I
read the obets first, and if my

816
01:00:16.280 --> 01:00:20.039
name isn't in the paper, I
figure it's going to be a good day.

817
01:00:20.440 --> 01:00:22.239
You know you're not doing that online. Now you're actually reading the paper.

818
01:00:23.079 --> 01:00:25.639
Yeah, I hold the old stuff
and no, actually i'd do it

819
01:00:25.679 --> 01:00:30.039
online. I've just reading my paper
online. Well, I have a couple

820
01:00:30.039 --> 01:00:35.079
of comments to make about other callers. I'm pope. I can mention the

821
01:00:35.159 --> 01:00:39.320
name of these organizations, but in
terms of the bamboo, do West Foundations

822
01:00:39.480 --> 01:00:44.719
deals with that? I think most
foundation companies do, and they can counsel

823
01:00:44.760 --> 01:00:49.119
you. But you know, do
you know about Caldwell Nursery and Rosenberg?

824
01:00:49.320 --> 01:00:51.880
I do know about Caldwell, but
go ahead and go ahead and mention it.

825
01:00:51.920 --> 01:00:55.440
Regarding the bamboo, well, they
specialize in bamboo, and I don't

826
01:00:55.440 --> 01:00:59.960
know if you've been out there,
but they have stands of bamboo set up

827
01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:05.880
like a jungle set. And you
know, I even asked them if they've

828
01:01:05.880 --> 01:01:09.119
rented out for folks that are doing
actual movies. It's just fantastic. So

829
01:01:09.159 --> 01:01:14.039
they're they're what I would consider.
You don't mistake me for some of those

830
01:01:14.199 --> 01:01:17.039
he was talking about, but I
would consider them experts on bamboo and how

831
01:01:17.039 --> 01:01:22.639
to take care of it and make
sure it doesn't creep into your neighbor's yard.

832
01:01:22.920 --> 01:01:24.679
Yeah. And I was gonna say, do you know if they have

833
01:01:24.760 --> 01:01:30.159
the products and they do that service
or just advise. I don't believe they

834
01:01:30.199 --> 01:01:32.760
do the service, but once again, don't mistake me, right, but

835
01:01:32.920 --> 01:01:37.039
they certainly can advise. Yeah,
And I would think if you go there,

836
01:01:37.119 --> 01:01:38.400
they can point you to somebody.
I know. That's how it is

837
01:01:38.440 --> 01:01:42.599
with all our good mom pop garden
centers. Is you go there and you

838
01:01:42.639 --> 01:01:45.400
say, hey, who would you
recommend for our landscape or you know whatever,

839
01:01:45.440 --> 01:01:46.760
They're going to point you to somebody. Well, it's out of the

840
01:01:46.800 --> 01:01:50.840
way a little bit certainly for us. And clearly here we've been there a

841
01:01:50.840 --> 01:01:54.320
couple of times. The setting is
just amazing. But if you don't want

842
01:01:54.320 --> 01:01:57.599
to go there, I'm sure you
could call them and they could counsel you

843
01:01:57.639 --> 01:02:01.760
as to what to do. And
then the third thing is the seventh wild

844
01:02:01.800 --> 01:02:06.400
Birds Unlimited is now open. They
haven't had their grand opening yet, but

845
01:02:06.440 --> 01:02:08.920
they've had the soft opening and they're
doing business. It's in the area that's

846
01:02:08.920 --> 01:02:12.840
called the Reserve in Clear Lakes,
Oh and clear Lake. You know,

847
01:02:12.920 --> 01:02:15.760
I'm going to be out there at
wild Birds and clear Lake on May twenty

848
01:02:15.760 --> 01:02:20.000
seventh, towards the end of May, and I can't I can't wait to

849
01:02:20.039 --> 01:02:23.280
see the new store. I hear
it's really really cool. No, it's

850
01:02:23.320 --> 01:02:25.719
really really nice yea. And of
course the guy that runs it, the

851
01:02:25.800 --> 01:02:30.400
Jeff, is just a wonderful dude. Well, hey, I thank you.

852
01:02:30.480 --> 01:02:34.119
I appreciate that call, Stephen.
We're going to head another break sure

853
01:02:34.880 --> 01:02:37.800
those of you listening seven one three
two one two five eight seven four.

854
01:02:37.880 --> 01:02:43.840
And by the way, I'm going
to be today in Kingwood at K and

855
01:02:44.239 --> 01:02:47.320
m Ace Hardware from eleven thirty to
one thirty. I'll be there for two

856
01:02:47.320 --> 01:02:51.679
hours making an appearance. We're going
to be giving away a bag of nitro

857
01:02:51.719 --> 01:02:54.039
phos fertilizer every thirty minute, so
you want to get there and sign up

858
01:02:54.079 --> 01:02:58.559
for it. Give me a chance
to meet you. Let's talk. Bring

859
01:02:58.559 --> 01:03:01.280
in samples, bring them in a
bag so you don't have stuff flying all

860
01:03:01.320 --> 01:03:05.679
over the store. Bring them in
a bag, or bring me photos on

861
01:03:05.719 --> 01:03:08.920
your phone. We can talk about
whatever you're interested in. K and m

862
01:03:08.960 --> 01:03:15.599
Ace Hardware in Kingwood. I'll get
there by eleven thirty and I look forward

863
01:03:15.599 --> 01:03:17.440
to seeing you. I hope you
will stop by, especially anyone that lives

864
01:03:17.440 --> 01:03:22.000
out in the Kingwood New Caney Porter
anywhere in that area. Plus, you

865
01:03:22.039 --> 01:03:24.679
need to get by and see this
Ace Hardware store. You will be impressed.

866
01:03:29.840 --> 01:03:34.360
KTRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse
any of the products or services advertised

867
01:03:34.360 --> 01:03:50.000
on this program. Welcome to KTRH
Garden Line with Skip Rictord. Just watch

868
01:03:50.079 --> 01:04:00.679
him well, good Saturday morning,
on a good day for gardening. I'm

869
01:04:00.719 --> 01:04:04.440
your host, Skip Richter, and
you're listening to garden Line, and this

870
01:04:04.480 --> 01:04:10.920
show is about talking to you about
what you're interested in. I'll offer some

871
01:04:11.039 --> 01:04:14.679
thoughts and monologues as we go through
here, but I think the best part

872
01:04:14.679 --> 01:04:17.480
of the show is hearing from callers, hearing your questions, because I guarantee

873
01:04:17.480 --> 01:04:20.960
you, if you've got a question, somebody else probably has the same kind

874
01:04:21.079 --> 01:04:25.920
of question. If you'd like to
call, our number is seven one three

875
01:04:26.239 --> 01:04:31.880
two one two five eight seven four
seven one three two one two fifty eight

876
01:04:32.440 --> 01:04:36.280
seventy four, and we will get
you, Josh, We get you up

877
01:04:36.280 --> 01:04:39.960
with there on the board, and
we can talk to you and visit about,

878
01:04:40.079 --> 01:04:44.840
you know, the kinds of things
that you particularly find interesting. Well,

879
01:04:44.840 --> 01:04:46.599
we've talked lawns today, we talk
a little bit about trees today.

880
01:04:47.119 --> 01:04:51.760
I've talked a little bit about vegetables
today. Have you ever thought about herbs?

881
01:04:53.639 --> 01:04:57.400
You know, I mean maybe you
picture an herb garden as being this

882
01:04:57.599 --> 01:05:00.840
formal garden, you know, where
everything is a metric and it's all well,

883
01:05:00.880 --> 01:05:03.880
those are beautiful, those are gorgeous. Most people don't have room for

884
01:05:03.920 --> 01:05:08.400
one of those, right. If
you've got a patio, you can grow

885
01:05:08.440 --> 01:05:11.079
herbs. You can grow them in
pots. In fact, I grow I

886
01:05:11.119 --> 01:05:15.199
grow my chives, I grow my
oregano. What else do I have in

887
01:05:15.239 --> 01:05:18.719
there? I've got time and containers. I've got rosemary and a different container

888
01:05:19.360 --> 01:05:25.719
that's growing. I always grow my
basil out in the containers on the patio.

889
01:05:26.559 --> 01:05:29.360
All of these things can be grown. All these herbs can be grown

890
01:05:29.719 --> 01:05:33.039
even without an herb garden. I
put herbs in my vegetable garden at the

891
01:05:33.119 --> 01:05:36.039
end of the rows because certain herbs, like chives, they bloom and they

892
01:05:36.079 --> 01:05:40.239
bring in a lot of pollinators and
a lot of beneficial insects too, and

893
01:05:40.360 --> 01:05:43.400
basil too. When basil blooms,
that's very popular. In fact, just

894
01:05:43.480 --> 01:05:48.159
the other day I bought a basil. I can't remember where I was when

895
01:05:48.159 --> 01:05:50.960
I found that thing. I think
I was. I believe I was out

896
01:05:51.000 --> 01:05:55.880
at Arbor Gate and they had one
called African Blue and it's what I've grown

897
01:05:55.960 --> 01:06:00.920
before out there or in my house, and it is just a loanator magnet.

898
01:06:00.960 --> 01:06:03.480
Now it's not one that I would
plant just for culinary purposes. I

899
01:06:03.480 --> 01:06:09.039
mean you can it's a basil.
You can consume it, but I prefer

900
01:06:09.159 --> 01:06:13.119
some of the other types of basil
for cooking or pesto or something. But

901
01:06:13.440 --> 01:06:16.559
this one, it blooms like crazy. It makes a bush about I don't

902
01:06:16.559 --> 01:06:21.719
know, three feet high eventually,
and it just loads up and it'll be

903
01:06:21.920 --> 01:06:26.440
covered with so many you'll see bees
and you'll go, I don't even know

904
01:06:26.480 --> 01:06:28.880
what kind of bee that is.
Well, it's one of our native bees.

905
01:06:28.880 --> 01:06:32.480
And you're helping keep them alive because
they are helping us with pollination.

906
01:06:32.960 --> 01:06:39.639
You'll find a little surfeit fly on
it, that lay larva that eat a

907
01:06:39.719 --> 01:06:44.559
fens for example. You'll find parasitoid
wasps on it. Just another reason to

908
01:06:44.679 --> 01:06:48.159
grow herbs. That many many good
reasons out there. But if you've not

909
01:06:48.239 --> 01:06:50.960
tried that before, today'd be a
good day to go out. Get you

910
01:06:51.000 --> 01:06:55.920
a good container, get you some
good quality growing mix to put in the

911
01:06:55.960 --> 01:06:59.000
container, and then pick an herb
or two, depending on the size of

912
01:06:59.000 --> 01:07:02.039
the container. If you go to
a good independent nursery, they're going to

913
01:07:02.119 --> 01:07:05.400
tell you, you know, if
you're buying this size pot and you want

914
01:07:05.440 --> 01:07:09.719
these herbs that yes, you can
put all those in one pot or no

915
01:07:09.880 --> 01:07:13.559
eat this one needs its own pot
or whatever, and they'll get you off

916
01:07:13.599 --> 01:07:15.320
to a good start. So if
you haven't tried grown herbs before, you

917
01:07:15.360 --> 01:07:19.000
really need to. I mean,
they're beautiful. We have some herbs at

918
01:07:19.039 --> 01:07:25.960
bloom pineapple sage for example. It's
a salvia. The leaves smell like pineapple

919
01:07:25.960 --> 01:07:30.480
when you crush them. It has
beautiful, long red blooms that are attractive

920
01:07:30.519 --> 01:07:35.400
to hummingbirds. For example, there
is Mexican meant marigold it smells. The

921
01:07:35.519 --> 01:07:40.239
leaves smell like black jelly beans,
you know, the liquorice jelly beans.

922
01:07:40.320 --> 01:07:43.000
I happen to love that. Now
some people aren't crazy about it, but

923
01:07:43.360 --> 01:07:46.000
the leaves smell like that. It's
used as a substitute for French tarragon in

924
01:07:46.039 --> 01:07:49.320
our cooking. But in the late
season, when the day length starts to

925
01:07:49.320 --> 01:07:54.320
shorten up, we see blooms,
just all kinds of yellow blooms on top

926
01:07:54.360 --> 01:07:58.639
of the Mexican met marigolds. So
they're ornamental herbs that are there. I

927
01:07:58.639 --> 01:08:01.159
mean, what other work could you
want from a plant? You can eat

928
01:08:01.199 --> 01:08:08.800
it. It is ornamental. It
attracts beneficial insects. I mean that that's

929
01:08:08.880 --> 01:08:12.119
kind of like a trifector right there. And herbs can be that kind of

930
01:08:12.119 --> 01:08:15.000
plant. So if you've not tried
them before, when you're out and about

931
01:08:15.000 --> 01:08:16.479
shopping today, and boy, I
hope you will be, because this is

932
01:08:16.520 --> 01:08:18.920
going to be a good day to
get out to a garden center, that

933
01:08:19.039 --> 01:08:23.359
you will check out some of those
herbs. Well, let's now head to

934
01:08:23.399 --> 01:08:27.560
the phones our number seven one three, two one two five eight seven four,

935
01:08:27.680 --> 01:08:30.039
and we're going to head all the
way out to Grange your land and

936
01:08:30.199 --> 01:08:36.479
talk to Eugene. Good morning,
Eugene. Yes, sir, I told

937
01:08:36.520 --> 01:08:42.520
the man to McCall. I want, I want to plan a ruby red

938
01:08:42.680 --> 01:08:46.880
grapefruit, and I'd like to grow
a pear tree. I want. I

939
01:08:46.960 --> 01:08:54.399
want one that grows soft yellow pears. And I'm wandering work and find one.

940
01:08:54.479 --> 01:09:00.319
And if it's too late in a
season to try planting. And granger

941
01:09:00.439 --> 01:09:08.159
Land, I'm where on earth are
you were? Granger Land Roma? Oh

942
01:09:08.199 --> 01:09:11.399
gosh, I've driven through there.
I should know where grain chure Land.

943
01:09:11.600 --> 01:09:16.079
Sorry, you're out south southeast of
Cutton Shoot or something right? Well,

944
01:09:16.600 --> 01:09:23.239
yes, yes, sir, exactly, there you go. So you are,

945
01:09:23.279 --> 01:09:27.840
you were pretty close to being over
in the Kingwood area, and you

946
01:09:27.840 --> 01:09:32.520
can head over to Kingwood Garden Center
or Warren's Southern Garden and they are going

947
01:09:32.600 --> 01:09:36.520
to have the kinds of like Kingwood
where i'd go, Yeah, Kingwood Garden

948
01:09:36.560 --> 01:09:41.800
Center, but Warren Southern Gardens is
in Kingwood, and I would I would

949
01:09:41.800 --> 01:09:44.359
go check them out. And if
you you know, if you can't find

950
01:09:44.359 --> 01:09:47.119
that one, the other one's probably
gonna have it. But those they're going

951
01:09:47.159 --> 01:09:53.279
to carry the kinds of things you're
looking for out in in that particular area.

952
01:09:53.439 --> 01:09:57.720
So that that would be my suggestion
for you, sir. Okay,

953
01:09:57.760 --> 01:10:02.199
well the soul I noticed so where
I was wanting to plan it all this

954
01:10:02.520 --> 01:10:08.319
rain. Now some crowd edge built
some mounds. So I'm wondering if that's

955
01:10:08.399 --> 01:10:11.600
going to be too wet. Do
I need to have some dirt hold in?

956
01:10:12.039 --> 01:10:15.600
Yes, crowdads tell you there's a
water table down there, and so

957
01:10:15.800 --> 01:10:18.199
you're gonna want to bring in and
create a raised mound. I would try

958
01:10:18.239 --> 01:10:24.119
to get it a foot high.
And here's why it's going to settle.

959
01:10:24.399 --> 01:10:28.600
Well, you won't get an eighteen
wheeler to bring in a dump croke load.

960
01:10:28.840 --> 01:10:30.720
Okay, Well, if you can
get up, if you can get

961
01:10:30.720 --> 01:10:32.119
soiled, that's up about a foot
high. It be better to be a

962
01:10:32.119 --> 01:10:35.359
little higher because it is going to
settle down. But get you a good

963
01:10:35.439 --> 01:10:40.640
quality mix. Now, you're also
near airloom soils. They're in Porter,

964
01:10:41.359 --> 01:10:45.720
so airloom soils is close to you. They will deliver to your house.

965
01:10:45.000 --> 01:10:48.560
You can have them dump it on
the driveway or you can have them bring

966
01:10:48.600 --> 01:10:53.439
it in the big supersacks. Now, the nice thing about the super sacks,

967
01:10:53.479 --> 01:10:57.079
it's a big bag that they drop
off on your driveway. And think

968
01:10:57.119 --> 01:11:01.239
of you know those cloth grocery bag
some people shop with. Well, imagine

969
01:11:01.279 --> 01:11:04.479
something that holds a cubic yard of
soil, right, and if you need

970
01:11:04.520 --> 01:11:08.079
more than that, you can they
can bring it and dump it. But

971
01:11:08.159 --> 01:11:13.239
talk to the folks at Heirloom Soils
because they they're gonna they're gonna have exactly

972
01:11:13.720 --> 01:11:15.319
you know what you need, and
they can give you the right mix.

973
01:11:15.399 --> 01:11:19.000
Tell them you're wanting to grow fruit
trees and they will get you a mix

974
01:11:19.319 --> 01:11:26.520
for fruit trees. Okay, yeah, I want to put them at about

975
01:11:26.520 --> 01:11:32.000
five or six foot from the building
and probably about five or six foot apart.

976
01:11:32.199 --> 01:11:34.439
Okay, well, that's all good, and they can direct you and

977
01:11:34.479 --> 01:11:38.560
all that, and I'm gonna have
to go to break here, but I

978
01:11:38.600 --> 01:11:41.920
would definitely get a hold of them, because before you put that tree in

979
01:11:41.920 --> 01:11:45.159
the ground, you need to know
you have good prepared soil, and you

980
01:11:45.199 --> 01:11:49.560
need to know you've picked the right
kind of grapefruit and pear. And the

981
01:11:49.640 --> 01:11:54.079
two places I've sent you, three
places I've sent you won't won't steer you

982
01:11:54.119 --> 01:11:57.079
wrong there. Thank you very much
for that call. We're gonna take a

983
01:11:57.079 --> 01:12:00.960
break now and I will be back
the number seven, one, three,

984
01:12:00.039 --> 01:12:03.239
two one, two fifty eight,
seventy four. Give Josh a call.

985
01:12:03.359 --> 01:12:17.920
Let's get you on the boards.
Just say those old shouts got the same

986
01:12:18.079 --> 01:12:30.960
side. Well, good Saturday morning, on a good day for gardening.

987
01:12:31.479 --> 01:12:35.279
You are listening to garden Line and
I'm your host, Skip Rictor, and

988
01:12:35.399 --> 01:12:41.800
we're here to talk about whatever you
are interested in. This is the season

989
01:12:41.920 --> 01:12:45.920
for spring color and spring excitement and
spring in the garden. This is the

990
01:12:45.000 --> 01:12:49.439
time to get your lawn right.
You I've got infection. Talk about the

991
01:12:49.479 --> 01:12:53.520
cobbler's kids go barefoot. The other
day. I've got a couple of bags

992
01:12:53.520 --> 01:12:57.359
of fertilizer that a couple of different
kinds I'm trying out, just testing.

993
01:12:57.359 --> 01:13:00.600
I always like to try different things
and get experience with them. You know,

994
01:13:00.600 --> 01:13:01.800
how fast do they kick in,
how well do they work, and

995
01:13:01.840 --> 01:13:05.159
so on. And I've been able
to get to my lawn to fertilize it.

996
01:13:05.279 --> 01:13:09.600
For the fertilizer that'll carry me through
the summer. So I need to

997
01:13:09.600 --> 01:13:13.039
get out there and do that.
And I was talking about, you know,

998
01:13:13.119 --> 01:13:16.880
some of the color plants, and
one of the one of the plants

999
01:13:16.880 --> 01:13:19.920
that I've not grown a lot in
the past. I've grown them off and

1000
01:13:19.960 --> 01:13:23.760
on, but I just have kind
of been focusing on other things. But

1001
01:13:23.840 --> 01:13:28.520
that's hibiscus, and I love the
perennial hibiscus. Those are the kind that

1002
01:13:28.560 --> 01:13:30.880
have the big dinner plate sized blooms
and they die to the ground and come

1003
01:13:30.920 --> 01:13:35.680
back. But if you want color, you just can't do better than the

1004
01:13:35.720 --> 01:13:43.560
tropical hibiscus and checking out some of
those. RCW has an unbelievable collection of

1005
01:13:43.560 --> 01:13:46.159
those out there. For example,
you can, you know, you can

1006
01:13:46.199 --> 01:13:48.920
have the standard colors, like here's
a red one, here's a yellow one.

1007
01:13:49.399 --> 01:13:54.279
But some of these, especially some
of the kind of Cajun series of

1008
01:13:54.560 --> 01:13:59.199
hibiscus that they're carrying out there.
Now, it's like you stare at the

1009
01:13:59.239 --> 01:14:02.359
bloom and try to name the colors. I mean, it may start off

1010
01:14:02.399 --> 01:14:06.920
orange and go through some sort of
a coral look and the next thing you

1011
01:14:06.960 --> 01:14:10.800
know, you're into kind of a
pink and then a purple and this is

1012
01:14:10.840 --> 01:14:14.640
all in one bloom. I mean, it's just absolutely amazing, and that

1013
01:14:14.640 --> 01:14:16.800
that's typical for our CW to have
color. I mean the right now,

1014
01:14:16.840 --> 01:14:23.399
the hanging baskets they have are unbelievable. They are absolutely unbelievable. If you

1015
01:14:23.399 --> 01:14:26.960
don't know where they are first of
all, go to RCW Nurseries dot com.

1016
01:14:27.119 --> 01:14:31.239
RCW nurseries dot com. They're on
Tumba Parkway, which is two forty

1017
01:14:31.279 --> 01:14:35.720
nine about where two forty nine comes
into Beltway eight and they're open Monday through

1018
01:14:35.760 --> 01:14:40.640
Saturday from eight to five and on
Sunday from ten to five as well.

1019
01:14:41.079 --> 01:14:44.039
But trust me on this one,
if you go out there, you're going

1020
01:14:44.079 --> 01:14:47.079
to come home with color. It
is. It is amazing, just the

1021
01:14:47.119 --> 01:14:54.039
pizzazz and the pop that purchase like
that can make in the landscape. I

1022
01:14:54.239 --> 01:14:57.640
was, you know, out,
I've been out. I think one of

1023
01:14:57.640 --> 01:15:00.800
my favorite things to do is just
to basically go out and drive around to

1024
01:15:00.920 --> 01:15:03.359
some of our awesome nurseries that we
have in this area and just see what

1025
01:15:03.399 --> 01:15:08.199
they have. And you know,
I've been doing horticulture for thirty four years,

1026
01:15:08.600 --> 01:15:12.760
well longer than that, but officially
professionally for thirty four years, and

1027
01:15:13.560 --> 01:15:17.159
I always learned something new when I
visit. Now, I'm not talking about

1028
01:15:17.279 --> 01:15:23.680
some big box store that's got the
cookie cutter junk they sell all over the

1029
01:15:23.720 --> 01:15:28.439
country. I'm talking about a mom
and pop, an independent garden center that

1030
01:15:28.520 --> 01:15:31.640
brings in some really cool and unique
things and We talk about these garden centers

1031
01:15:31.640 --> 01:15:35.560
all the time. We're fortunate to
have them as sponsors on garden Line because

1032
01:15:35.560 --> 01:15:41.039
that just gives us more of an
opportunity to talk about the awesome garden centers.

1033
01:15:41.079 --> 01:15:43.720
But when you go there, you're
going to see things you've never seen

1034
01:15:43.720 --> 01:15:46.840
before. And I'm telling you I
do every time I go to an independent

1035
01:15:46.880 --> 01:15:50.399
garden center and look hard enough and
long enough, it's like, I didn't

1036
01:15:50.399 --> 01:15:54.479
know that variety was out there.
I didn't know they had developed that plant.

1037
01:15:54.560 --> 01:15:57.720
What is this species? I've been
doing this thirty four years and never

1038
01:15:57.760 --> 01:16:00.880
even heard of this before. And
you visit them, and of course they

1039
01:16:00.960 --> 01:16:03.560
know, they sell it and they
know what it is. And that's one

1040
01:16:03.560 --> 01:16:08.840
of the fun things about gardening is
trying out new stuff. And some people

1041
01:16:08.920 --> 01:16:13.199
think of it like, well,
you gotta do this landscape once and either

1042
01:16:13.239 --> 01:16:16.319
get it right or wrong. And
no landscapes evolve. If you have a

1043
01:16:16.439 --> 01:16:24.640
landscape that's twenty years old, it
has outlived its original planting. In other

1044
01:16:24.680 --> 01:16:27.960
words, maybe the trees have gotten
bigger and now an area that was sunny

1045
01:16:28.479 --> 01:16:30.600
is now too shady for that rosebush
to bloom. Well, well move the

1046
01:16:30.680 --> 01:16:33.640
rosebush to a sunny spot. Put
it in a container on the patio if

1047
01:16:33.640 --> 01:16:38.479
you have to. But get some
things that like the shade, some of

1048
01:16:38.479 --> 01:16:41.000
the old shrubs that we used to
plant the house I grew up in.

1049
01:16:41.039 --> 01:16:43.880
I was looking at a picture the
other day and the house I grew up

1050
01:16:43.920 --> 01:16:48.720
in had Nandina and Glossiabelia and red
tip potnia out in front. And the

1051
01:16:48.760 --> 01:16:50.760
last time I drove by there and
looked at it, and this was a

1052
01:16:50.800 --> 01:16:56.600
long time ago, the shrubs were
over the eaves. Whoever was living in

1053
01:16:56.600 --> 01:16:59.399
the house now, but you had
given up trying to prune them. Well,

1054
01:16:59.479 --> 01:17:01.840
now we have shrubs that stay low. It used to be that Chinese

1055
01:17:01.880 --> 01:17:05.279
witch Hazel Laura Peddlum just became a
tree. Well, you can buy them

1056
01:17:05.279 --> 01:17:09.640
now that size, but you can
buy them now that are compact. So

1057
01:17:09.840 --> 01:17:15.079
your landscape is constantly in need of
an evolution, of a change, of

1058
01:17:15.159 --> 01:17:17.520
moving things, in of trying new
things. You know, it's like clothes.

1059
01:17:17.720 --> 01:17:21.960
You know, you can wear clothes
for ten years, I guess,

1060
01:17:23.439 --> 01:17:27.439
but why not have something new to
try out? By the way, one

1061
01:17:27.479 --> 01:17:31.199
of my daughters posted on social media, when I see old pictures of mom

1062
01:17:31.199 --> 01:17:35.520
and dad, and I see mom
I think that's a beautiful dress. When

1063
01:17:35.520 --> 01:17:39.479
I see pictures of mom and dad
and I look at Dad, I think

1064
01:17:39.560 --> 01:17:45.880
he still wears that shirt. It's
true, I'm guilty, but they're helping

1065
01:17:45.880 --> 01:17:49.199
me, helping me overcome that,
helping me overcome that. Hey, give

1066
01:17:49.279 --> 01:17:55.159
us a call seven one three two
one two five eight seven four. So

1067
01:17:55.399 --> 01:17:58.720
don't let people look at your landscape
and go you know, I've been here

1068
01:17:58.760 --> 01:18:01.000
twenty years ago, I've seen it
ten years ago, and I'm looking at

1069
01:18:01.039 --> 01:18:06.760
it today and nothing has changed except
everything's overgrown, you know, and things

1070
01:18:06.760 --> 01:18:11.319
that used to bloom or not blooming
as well. We can fix that.

1071
01:18:11.439 --> 01:18:15.279
And that's the fun part about gardening. Look at your landscape and look at

1072
01:18:15.279 --> 01:18:19.840
your garden like it were an etch
A sketch. You remember those. You

1073
01:18:19.920 --> 01:18:24.000
got the two little knobs and one
goes up and down, one goes sideways,

1074
01:18:24.039 --> 01:18:28.359
and you try to draw something,
but inevitably your brain says go left

1075
01:18:28.399 --> 01:18:30.800
instead of right, and you end
up messing up your diagram. What do

1076
01:18:30.840 --> 01:18:33.840
you do? You turn it upside
down, you shake it, and you

1077
01:18:33.880 --> 01:18:39.439
start over with a brand new picture. Our gardens are like an etch A

1078
01:18:39.520 --> 01:18:42.800
sketch, and we can't turn them
upside down and shake them. But we

1079
01:18:42.840 --> 01:18:45.079
do have this thing called a roto
teller, and don't be afraid to use

1080
01:18:45.119 --> 01:18:49.159
it. There is no shame in
pulling out a plant. Maybe you bought

1081
01:18:49.159 --> 01:18:53.239
it and you just don't like it
anymore, Maybe it's not doing well.

1082
01:18:53.760 --> 01:18:56.199
Maybe we can move it to another
area. We'll give us a call.

1083
01:18:56.279 --> 01:19:00.119
Let's talk about those kinds of things. We would be happy to visit with

1084
01:19:00.159 --> 01:19:04.000
you about anything related to your landscape
and your garden and maybe how to give

1085
01:19:04.000 --> 01:19:09.159
it a good face. Left and
by the way, Today at eleven thirty,

1086
01:19:09.279 --> 01:19:13.119
I will be at K and m
Ace Hardware out in Kingwood, and

1087
01:19:13.239 --> 01:19:15.520
I hope you will come out to
see me. If you live in the

1088
01:19:15.600 --> 01:19:18.760
Kingwood Porter, New Caney, anywhere
north and east like that, or if

1089
01:19:18.760 --> 01:19:21.880
you just want to drive across town, I would love to see you out

1090
01:19:21.920 --> 01:19:26.199
at K and m Ace Hardware and
Kingwood from eleven thirty to one thirty.

1091
01:19:26.359 --> 01:19:30.680
We'll be giving away four bags of
nitro FoST fertilizer, one every thirty minutes,

1092
01:19:30.760 --> 01:19:32.239
so you want to get in and
sign up. But when you come,

1093
01:19:32.880 --> 01:19:36.800
bring me samples of plants you want
to identified or issues you will have

1094
01:19:36.880 --> 01:19:41.760
solved in a baggie or bring photos
from your phone, Like, here's a

1095
01:19:41.920 --> 01:19:44.600
dark area in the back of the
landscape. What could I plant back there

1096
01:19:44.840 --> 01:19:46.960
with a good photo where I can
see the setting. We can help you

1097
01:19:47.000 --> 01:19:50.800
with that. So I hope you'll
come out to K and m Ace Hardware

1098
01:19:50.840 --> 01:19:56.159
and Kingwood today. Let's head out
now we're going to go to Richmond and

1099
01:19:56.199 --> 01:20:00.760
we're going to visit with Michael.
Good morning, Michael, Good morning,

1100
01:20:00.840 --> 01:20:03.840
Skip Well. I want to thank
you for all your knowledge. It's a

1101
01:20:03.880 --> 01:20:09.680
pleasure to listen to you. And
my question is around what you're talking about

1102
01:20:09.720 --> 01:20:14.840
the other week, about them Maugustrum
bush and probably even like the Indian Hawthorne

1103
01:20:15.279 --> 01:20:20.319
boxwood seem to be going through a
lot of stress right now with the root

1104
01:20:20.359 --> 01:20:26.399
broad And my question really is about
do you think this is kind of a

1105
01:20:26.439 --> 01:20:30.520
permanent issue with the boxwood. Should
I not be trying to replace him because

1106
01:20:30.520 --> 01:20:34.920
I'm going to keep struggling with that. Well, you know, boxwood,

1107
01:20:36.159 --> 01:20:41.680
there are so many wonderful types of
boxwood. The problem with boxwood for us

1108
01:20:41.840 --> 01:20:45.920
is there are several things that they're
susceptible to. They can get nematodes.

1109
01:20:45.960 --> 01:20:47.840
If you're in a sandy soil.
You can have problems with that. There's

1110
01:20:48.039 --> 01:20:53.279
certain kinds of root diseases that plug
the plumbing that can get in a boxwood.

1111
01:20:53.520 --> 01:20:58.239
Occasionally an untimely cold snap can catch
them off guard. So as much

1112
01:20:58.279 --> 01:21:00.399
as I like boxwood, I wouldn't
put it at the top of my list.

1113
01:21:00.880 --> 01:21:03.880
There. If you have the right
soil in place where the things I

1114
01:21:03.960 --> 01:21:09.119
just mentioned are not present in your
yard, they can be a nice edition.

1115
01:21:09.479 --> 01:21:11.880
So that's kind of the trade off. It's hard to give a yes

1116
01:21:12.000 --> 01:21:16.319
no Michael. Yeah. I think
my problem where I want to put them

1117
01:21:16.439 --> 01:21:23.159
is that the soil stays moist because
of where the sun in space and north

1118
01:21:24.000 --> 01:21:27.800
and I just you know, it's
hard to keep them there. All right,

1119
01:21:27.840 --> 01:21:30.760
Well, I got I got about
thirty seconds, and if you if

1120
01:21:30.800 --> 01:21:33.199
you want to continue the conversation after
break, we can do that. Basically,

1121
01:21:33.199 --> 01:21:36.760
a moist soil is fine as long
as it's not saggy wet for an

1122
01:21:36.760 --> 01:21:41.079
extended period of times. But Carl, I'm going to put you on hold,

1123
01:21:41.119 --> 01:21:44.359
and if you want to hang on, that's fine. If you've gotten

1124
01:21:44.359 --> 01:21:45.399
your answer and want to go,
that's good too. But I thank you.

1125
01:21:45.560 --> 01:21:49.399
I do appreciate that call. Our
phone number is seven one three two

1126
01:21:49.479 --> 01:21:55.159
one two five eight seven four.
You're listening to garden Line, and now

1127
01:21:55.359 --> 01:22:10.560
you're about to hear the news from
Nikki. I took a halt. She

1128
01:22:10.640 --> 01:22:19.039
said, look what good Saturday morning? On a good Saturday for gardening,

1129
01:22:19.079 --> 01:22:24.479
like they all are. The light
is out, I can see everywhere.

1130
01:22:24.520 --> 01:22:27.119
Don't see a little signed yet,
got some haze. But listen, this

1131
01:22:27.159 --> 01:22:30.359
is gonna get better today. This
is a good day to get out in

1132
01:22:30.399 --> 01:22:31.800
the yard and garden. This is
a good day to go visit a garden

1133
01:22:31.880 --> 01:22:34.399
center. And we're gonna head back
to the phones. By the way,

1134
01:22:34.399 --> 01:22:40.880
the number is seven one three two
one two fifty eight seventy four. We

1135
01:22:40.920 --> 01:22:45.239
are going to go back and visit
with Michael out in Richmond. Michael,

1136
01:22:45.279 --> 01:22:47.880
we were talking about the boxwoods,
and I think you had some other follow

1137
01:22:47.920 --> 01:22:53.880
up to that. Yeah, another
question for you. I've got my neighbor

1138
01:22:53.960 --> 01:22:59.840
that's right on the fence line has
a like a series. It's for country

1139
01:23:00.079 --> 01:23:05.560
that come out of the ground in
a nice circle. And I was wondering

1140
01:23:06.119 --> 01:23:14.119
what you would recommend to if there's
any like I guess organic food that you

1141
01:23:14.119 --> 01:23:18.520
can put down to strengthen those pond
trees to keep them healthy. Okay,

1142
01:23:19.199 --> 01:23:24.000
what would you say as a trunk
diameter on those trees about chest high?

1143
01:23:24.920 --> 01:23:30.640
How big are they? Yeah?
I would say they're probably a foot if

1144
01:23:30.640 --> 01:23:34.800
not maybe foot to have. Okay, so pretty good size. Yeah.

1145
01:23:34.880 --> 01:23:39.680
Up, A coin that reaches that
size is you know, it's it's hit

1146
01:23:39.760 --> 01:23:42.600
its kind of mature level. I
mean, they'll get a lot lot bigger,

1147
01:23:42.600 --> 01:23:45.359
of course, but we're not talking
about a young tree that we're trying

1148
01:23:45.359 --> 01:23:47.720
to get to grow fast anymore.
We're talking about tree that's now established.

1149
01:23:48.119 --> 01:23:51.880
And so there's this balance act where
there's a certain amount of soil moisture available,

1150
01:23:51.880 --> 01:23:56.560
there's a certain amount of nutrients available, and that kind of determines how

1151
01:23:56.600 --> 01:23:58.920
big a tree can get. You
know, when you go around the country,

1152
01:23:58.960 --> 01:24:02.079
you see the same species a tree
different sizes depending on growing conditions.

1153
01:24:02.560 --> 01:24:05.439
So with our pecans, we don't
want to just push, push, push

1154
01:24:05.479 --> 01:24:12.359
with nitrogen all the time because they
know there's a certain size that the soil

1155
01:24:12.399 --> 01:24:15.880
inside and climate is going to allow
them to be. And so once we

1156
01:24:15.880 --> 01:24:17.800
get close to that, we kind
of let them let them just gradually take

1157
01:24:17.840 --> 01:24:21.439
off from there and do what they're
going to do. And I find that

1158
01:24:21.560 --> 01:24:26.399
the lawn fertilizing that you do,
if there's a lawn underneath the trees or

1159
01:24:26.439 --> 01:24:30.920
around the trees anywhere, that's going
to be adequate to keep the trees healthy.

1160
01:24:30.279 --> 01:24:33.159
Now, if you look up in
the tree and you see issues in

1161
01:24:33.239 --> 01:24:39.800
the foliage, sometimes and high pH
soils pecans can have zinc deficiency, and

1162
01:24:39.840 --> 01:24:44.399
so we supplement with that, but
that's a very specific way of supplementing.

1163
01:24:45.720 --> 01:24:49.640
If they're just as a general lack
of good vibrant green leaf color, then

1164
01:24:49.760 --> 01:24:53.720
maybe we do need to add a
little nitrogen or have a soil test to

1165
01:24:53.760 --> 01:24:58.159
guide us to a mystery nutrient that
may be missing. But other than that,

1166
01:24:58.359 --> 01:25:01.199
fertilize your lawn. And a tree
that size, I wouldn't do additional

1167
01:25:01.239 --> 01:25:06.039
fertilizing for it unless you just really
are needing it to get bigger faster.

1168
01:25:08.479 --> 01:25:11.640
Okay, Yeah, it was more
about you know, there there was one

1169
01:25:11.840 --> 01:25:18.239
branch or one tree that seemed to
bloom later than the other three and then

1170
01:25:18.720 --> 01:25:23.520
circumference if you will, And so
I didn't know if it was just a

1171
01:25:23.600 --> 01:25:26.880
sign of like stress on that tree, or it could be a couple of

1172
01:25:26.920 --> 01:25:31.880
things. Yeah, Micah, could
be genetics, there's their variations. Just

1173
01:25:31.920 --> 01:25:38.880
like people are genetically different, pecan
trees are genetically different unless you have exactly

1174
01:25:38.920 --> 01:25:44.119
the same variety in each tree.
It also sometimes when we see that,

1175
01:25:44.239 --> 01:25:49.159
it's because the variety of pecan.
There's two types of pecans. One produces

1176
01:25:49.199 --> 01:25:55.039
the pollen catkins first and then the
nutlets that are receptive to pollen. The

1177
01:25:55.079 --> 01:25:58.439
other one does it the other way
around. It produces the receptive nutlets and

1178
01:25:58.439 --> 01:26:01.399
then later the pollen. So when
you say bloom, you're probably referring to

1179
01:26:01.439 --> 01:26:05.000
seeing those catkins out there, because
the nutlets aren't that noticeable, they're so

1180
01:26:05.039 --> 01:26:10.239
tiny at that stage, and you
probably are looking at one that is the

1181
01:26:10.279 --> 01:26:15.479
other type from the ones that are
as you said bloom first, you're probably

1182
01:26:15.560 --> 01:26:17.960
looking at one that's just switched.
And that is good that you have both

1183
01:26:18.039 --> 01:26:26.239
because the technical terms for those who
like to nerd out is protogenous and protendrous

1184
01:26:26.520 --> 01:26:30.159
on the pecans. But basically,
when you have both a protogenous and a

1185
01:26:30.199 --> 01:26:33.319
protendrous pecan, then they can pollinate
each other even better. Now, pollen

1186
01:26:33.479 --> 01:26:38.479
is wind blown on pecan, So
if you just had one type any pollen,

1187
01:26:38.640 --> 01:26:41.680
any pecan in the neighborhood, but
the wind blow in the right way

1188
01:26:41.760 --> 01:26:45.319
is going to send your pollen to
your tree. But when you have on

1189
01:26:45.319 --> 01:26:48.359
your one site both types, you're
covered and you're you're always going to have

1190
01:26:48.439 --> 01:26:53.880
the pollination necessary for a good set
of pecans, which will make all the

1191
01:26:53.920 --> 01:26:58.479
squirrels in the neighborhood very happy.
Yes, they are very happy. Okay,

1192
01:26:58.760 --> 01:27:00.960
well, very good, shake that
skip and thanks again. All right,

1193
01:27:01.000 --> 01:27:03.960
Michael, thank you for the call. I appreciate that very much.

1194
01:27:04.800 --> 01:27:11.359
Let's head out. I think we're
going to talk to Carl in spring next.

1195
01:27:12.399 --> 01:27:16.279
Carl, how are you great?
Good morning, Thank you, you're

1196
01:27:16.319 --> 01:27:23.039
doing a great job. Really appreciate
you answering everybody's questions, so thank quickly

1197
01:27:23.039 --> 01:27:30.039
and clearly. But two questions.
One, is it too late to transplant

1198
01:27:30.239 --> 01:27:32.960
great mortles that are on the smaller
side. Are you talking about you digging

1199
01:27:32.960 --> 01:27:35.560
them up? Are you talking about
taking them out of a container to plan

1200
01:27:35.680 --> 01:27:40.439
them digging them up? I moved
them two years ago from the back to

1201
01:27:40.479 --> 01:27:43.880
the front because they weren't doing very
good, and now I'm ready to put

1202
01:27:43.920 --> 01:27:45.479
them back in the back. Carl, if you have to do it,

1203
01:27:45.800 --> 01:27:48.840
I would do it right away,
and I would get as much of the

1204
01:27:48.920 --> 01:27:53.960
roots as you practically can get,
not so much going deeper, but going

1205
01:27:54.039 --> 01:27:57.560
wider. Okay, if you get
even a foot deep as plenty, but

1206
01:27:57.840 --> 01:28:01.840
wider is more important. And water
them in right away, maybe put a

1207
01:28:01.840 --> 01:28:05.520
little shade cloth over them to just
kind of take a little bit of the

1208
01:28:05.600 --> 01:28:10.039
intensity to sign out until they get
some roots down. If you could at

1209
01:28:10.039 --> 01:28:12.800
all wait, I would wait and
do it this fall. It'll be way

1210
01:28:12.800 --> 01:28:17.319
better to do it in early November. Okay, okay, great. My

1211
01:28:17.399 --> 01:28:26.239
second question is what would you recommend. I need a freeze resistant, fast

1212
01:28:26.279 --> 01:28:32.680
growing screening bush, and I do
like logustrums, but just is there something

1213
01:28:32.720 --> 01:28:38.039
better than a lugustrum that grows faster
and taller and wider. All right,

1214
01:28:38.039 --> 01:28:40.439
well, I'm gonna come in on
lugustrum and then we're going to go to

1215
01:28:40.520 --> 01:28:44.239
break and if you'll hang on,
that's a big question, and so I

1216
01:28:44.319 --> 01:28:46.319
like to give it a little bit
more time. But lugustrum is not a

1217
01:28:46.439 --> 01:28:50.520
plant. I like, they're everywhere, They've been around forever, but they

1218
01:28:50.560 --> 01:28:55.279
get a foliage leaf spot disease that
just plagues them, and they are a

1219
01:28:55.279 --> 01:28:58.279
painting. It's a pain in the
neck to deal with. We got other

1220
01:28:58.399 --> 01:29:00.680
ways we can steer you and when
I come back from break, we'll talk

1221
01:29:00.720 --> 01:29:04.920
about some of those options. Okay, okay, thanks, thank you very

1222
01:29:04.960 --> 01:29:08.520
much for hanging on. You're listening
to garden Line. I'm your host,

1223
01:29:08.600 --> 01:29:13.680
Skip Rictor, and our phone number. Write this down seven one three two

1224
01:29:13.720 --> 01:29:36.479
one two fifty eight seventy four.
Real quick to band apologize. I'll tell

1225
01:29:36.520 --> 01:29:42.199
you you gotta you gotta appreciate the
fact that country music sings your life,

1226
01:29:43.000 --> 01:29:46.199
or at least sometimes what you hope
isn't your life, but it has a

1227
01:29:46.239 --> 01:29:49.880
way of putting it into song.
You're listening to garden Line and I'm your

1228
01:29:49.880 --> 01:29:56.800
host, Skip Richter our phone number
seven one three two one two five eight

1229
01:29:57.199 --> 01:30:01.199
seven four seven one three two one
two eight seventy four. We're gonna go

1230
01:30:01.279 --> 01:30:08.319
back now to talk to Carl in
spring and we're going to continue our disco.

1231
01:30:08.359 --> 01:30:10.800
No I think we got do we
lose? Michael? Are we to

1232
01:30:10.840 --> 01:30:14.560
Carl? Now? Yes? All
right, Carl? How can we help

1233
01:30:14.600 --> 01:30:20.199
today? Yeah, we're guarding a
tall, fast growing great bush to use

1234
01:30:20.239 --> 01:30:26.479
of a screen or along a fence
line. Okay, privacy, yeah,

1235
01:30:26.479 --> 01:30:30.880
you know that that's the challenge is
we want something that gives us instant privacy,

1236
01:30:31.000 --> 01:30:34.840
which is hard to come by.
We want something that's evergreen, which

1237
01:30:34.880 --> 01:30:39.520
limits the plant palette a little bit, and we want something that doesn't get

1238
01:30:39.560 --> 01:30:42.720
as fat as it gets tall,
so it doesn't eat up the whole yard,

1239
01:30:42.880 --> 01:30:45.840
right, And that's the challenge that
we have. There are some pretty

1240
01:30:45.840 --> 01:30:49.800
good upright hollies that will do well
if your area is well drained and you

1241
01:30:49.880 --> 01:30:57.119
provide good moisture sole moisture for them
as they begin to grow. Certainly,

1242
01:30:57.159 --> 01:31:00.159
there are some yopons that can be
upright and give you some good growth.

1243
01:31:00.199 --> 01:31:03.760
The problem with the upright yopuns,
carl is as they get older, they

1244
01:31:03.760 --> 01:31:06.720
tend to kind of open up.
We say they fall apart, meaning they,

1245
01:31:06.840 --> 01:31:11.439
you know, what's upright, begins
to lean out, and so they're

1246
01:31:11.479 --> 01:31:15.479
not at the top of my list
for those kinds of that kind of use.

1247
01:31:16.079 --> 01:31:23.439
There is the oh gosh cherry Laurel
Southern or Carolina cherry laurel. There's

1248
01:31:23.479 --> 01:31:27.920
a variety called Brighton type. There's
some other compact types. And by compact

1249
01:31:27.920 --> 01:31:30.279
it just means they they're more compact, they grow slower, but they still

1250
01:31:30.319 --> 01:31:35.600
get tall, and so that would
be that would be a good one to

1251
01:31:35.760 --> 01:31:40.399
use as well, so that those
are a few of the opportunities that you're

1252
01:31:40.439 --> 01:31:43.840
in spring. Is that right,
correct? Yes, if you will,

1253
01:31:43.880 --> 01:31:46.119
If you will head up, I
don't know how far away you are from.

1254
01:31:46.399 --> 01:31:49.760
Like our CW Nursery which is bout
way eight and two forty nine or

1255
01:31:50.000 --> 01:31:54.720
even up to m plants for all
seasons. They're going to have a wide

1256
01:31:54.800 --> 01:31:57.800
variety of shrubs, and they're going
to have things that are not coming to

1257
01:31:57.920 --> 01:32:00.479
my mind right at this moment that
they can direct you to also, so

1258
01:32:00.560 --> 01:32:03.600
I know, I don't want to
give you too limited of a list there,

1259
01:32:04.119 --> 01:32:08.560
but one of those places is going
to be able to steer you correct.

1260
01:32:10.319 --> 01:32:13.039
How high do you think that the
screen is going to need to be.

1261
01:32:14.399 --> 01:32:17.760
I would prefer it to get to
around eight feet tall? Okay,

1262
01:32:17.960 --> 01:32:21.640
well, I would throw southern wax
myrtle in there, and if you keep

1263
01:32:21.680 --> 01:32:25.840
it sheered. The nice thing about
it is it puts up with wet soil

1264
01:32:25.880 --> 01:32:28.319
too. So I hope that helps. I'm going to have to run.

1265
01:32:28.880 --> 01:32:30.159
We're at the end of the segment, but I hope that's helpful to you,

1266
01:32:30.279 --> 01:32:32.920
that those folks won't steer you wrong. You know, I was talking

1267
01:32:32.920 --> 01:32:36.640
about soils I was talking about soils
earlier, and the folks at Heirloom Soils

1268
01:32:38.000 --> 01:32:42.279
they have every blend you can imagine, and they know how to make it.

1269
01:32:42.479 --> 01:32:45.199
When you talk to Louise out there, when you talk to Mark out

1270
01:32:45.239 --> 01:32:48.039
there, those are experts at it. And if you don't want soil dumped

1271
01:32:48.039 --> 01:32:50.199
on your driveway, which by the
way, is fine to do, but

1272
01:32:50.239 --> 01:32:55.920
if you don't consider their supersack,
they can put a cubic yard in a

1273
01:32:56.039 --> 01:33:00.560
giant superstack that they set right on
your driveway. You is it up,

1274
01:33:00.600 --> 01:33:05.319
it's clean, it's easy, it's
nice. Go to Airloom Soils of Texas

1275
01:33:05.520 --> 01:33:11.239
dot com. And while you're at
Airloom Soils of Texas dot com, check

1276
01:33:11.239 --> 01:33:17.159
out their cubic yard calculator. It
is the most extensive, amazing one I've

1277
01:33:17.159 --> 01:33:19.319
seen online. I've seen a lot
of them. I mean, if you

1278
01:33:19.359 --> 01:33:24.399
want to know how many five gallon
buckets is in a yard, they can

1279
01:33:24.439 --> 01:33:28.560
tell you that this calculator for whatever
amount of soil you need will help you

1280
01:33:28.600 --> 01:33:33.920
calculate and therefore purchase the right amount. Airloom Soils of Texas dot com.

1281
01:33:34.079 --> 01:33:39.720
The nice thing about you know when
you when you do a calculator like that,

1282
01:33:40.000 --> 01:33:42.600
because you think, what is a
cubic yard of soil? I mean

1283
01:33:42.640 --> 01:33:45.000
it there's three by three, But
I'm a soil of that really. I

1284
01:33:45.000 --> 01:33:47.600
mean I need a pile out here. I want it to be ten inches

1285
01:33:47.680 --> 01:33:51.680
high and four feet wide and so
many feet long. How do you figure

1286
01:33:51.720 --> 01:33:56.199
all that out? That's a nice
thing about a calculator like that, and

1287
01:33:56.239 --> 01:34:00.520
the quality products that they that they
make. You know, I'm gonna heading

1288
01:34:00.560 --> 01:34:03.640
out here. We are. We
got about another what hour in the books

1289
01:34:04.079 --> 01:34:09.720
before we're done. But don't forget
if you're anywhere out in the Kingwood,

1290
01:34:09.880 --> 01:34:14.159
New Porter, New Caney, anywhere
out in northeast. I hope you'll come

1291
01:34:14.199 --> 01:34:17.720
out today to K and m Ace
Hardware in Kingwood. I'm gonna leave after

1292
01:34:17.760 --> 01:34:20.920
the show. I'll be set up
and ready to go by eleven thirty and

1293
01:34:20.920 --> 01:34:25.760
I'll go till at least one thirty
out there at K and m As Hardware.

1294
01:34:25.880 --> 01:34:29.479
It's a chance to meet you know. On the air, I only

1295
01:34:29.520 --> 01:34:31.800
have time to take a few phone
calls each day. But when you come

1296
01:34:31.800 --> 01:34:35.880
out, you get eye to eye
time with me. We can discuss whatever

1297
01:34:35.960 --> 01:34:40.840
kinds of planting plans you have,
whatever kinds of questions you have, we

1298
01:34:40.960 --> 01:34:45.840
can do a diagnostic to kind of
help you maybe figure out what's this bug

1299
01:34:45.960 --> 01:34:48.760
or what's this disease, or bring
me a picture, let's look at what's

1300
01:34:48.760 --> 01:34:51.960
going on. And by the way, when you take pictures, always take

1301
01:34:53.000 --> 01:34:56.920
them in good sharp focus. Sometimes
someone will hold up a leaf and they'll

1302
01:34:56.960 --> 01:35:00.039
put their phone up there and take
a picture in the phone focuses on the

1303
01:35:00.079 --> 01:35:02.399
backyard, not on the leaf right
in front of the phone. Make sure

1304
01:35:02.399 --> 01:35:06.840
it's in good sharp focus. Because
the diagnosis and the identification is only as

1305
01:35:06.880 --> 01:35:11.000
good as the picture, and so
we want to make sure and get that.

1306
01:35:11.319 --> 01:35:13.960
While you're out there at K and
M, you're going to see the

1307
01:35:14.079 --> 01:35:16.920
store and the products that they have
on the shelf. And it is really

1308
01:35:16.960 --> 01:35:21.800
really amazing, you know, when
you're when we're talking about Ace Hardware stores,

1309
01:35:23.520 --> 01:35:26.199
we've got Ace Hardware all over the
place. And so if you're going,

1310
01:35:26.239 --> 01:35:29.520
well, where is K and M
Ace Hardware? Where is my Ace

1311
01:35:29.600 --> 01:35:33.279
Hardware in the community where I live? Ace Hardware dot com. It's as

1312
01:35:33.319 --> 01:35:39.039
simple as that Ace Hardware dot Com
find a store near you. You can

1313
01:35:39.079 --> 01:35:42.359
find and join me at K and
M today, and I hope you will

1314
01:35:42.399 --> 01:35:45.960
by the way. Even if you
don't live that way, come on out.

1315
01:35:45.359 --> 01:35:50.199
You will not be disappointed. Believe
me, it is a cool place

1316
01:35:50.239 --> 01:35:56.359
with lots and lots of good products. I was out visiting with Ace Hardware

1317
01:35:56.479 --> 01:36:00.680
the other day and looking at the
things they carry, and again I can't

1318
01:36:00.760 --> 01:36:05.920
believe the variety of products. If
you're organic, if you're synthetic, if

1319
01:36:05.920 --> 01:36:10.600
you don't care, they've got products
for you. You want soils, you

1320
01:36:10.640 --> 01:36:15.279
want fertilizers, and we talk about
all these fertilizers all the time. They're

1321
01:36:15.279 --> 01:36:17.960
going to have it all there for
you as well. So you know,

1322
01:36:17.960 --> 01:36:20.720
a good hardware store is going to
help you get the right paint. A

1323
01:36:20.840 --> 01:36:25.439
good hardware store is going to help
you understand how to use what they sell

1324
01:36:25.560 --> 01:36:28.720
you and bring in a piece of
piefin. What do I? How do

1325
01:36:28.760 --> 01:36:30.479
I fix this? They'll tell you. But when it comes to lawn and

1326
01:36:30.560 --> 01:36:36.039
garden, Ace Hardware is exactly the
same kind of service. KTRH Garden Line

1327
01:36:36.119 --> 01:36:42.560
does not necessarily endorse any of the
products or services advertised on this program.

1328
01:36:42.600 --> 01:37:14.840
Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Scared
rectors. Just what a well, good

1329
01:37:15.000 --> 01:37:19.199
good Saturday morning on a good day
for gardening. As all days are good

1330
01:37:19.199 --> 01:37:25.279
for gardening. You are listening to
garden Line and I'm your host skip rictor,

1331
01:37:25.399 --> 01:37:28.600
and we are here to talk to
you about whatever you're interested in when

1332
01:37:28.640 --> 01:37:30.960
it comes to gardening, maybe the
lawn, maybe trees, maybe shrubs,

1333
01:37:30.960 --> 01:37:34.520
flowers. We talked a little bit
about herbs a little bit earlier today.

1334
01:37:34.560 --> 01:37:39.199
I hope I made my best pitch
at talking you and to trying herbs.

1335
01:37:39.439 --> 01:37:43.960
They are one of the most versable
plants that we can add to the landscape.

1336
01:37:44.960 --> 01:37:49.279
I would would always consider other ways
to plant things. You know,

1337
01:37:49.640 --> 01:37:54.119
when you're a plant collector, which
a lot of us are. I know,

1338
01:37:54.720 --> 01:37:57.319
uh, you know, us plant
collectors, we don't start with a

1339
01:37:57.439 --> 01:38:00.359
landscape plan usually, and we should
be is that's what makes the place is

1340
01:38:00.439 --> 01:38:04.000
most beautiful. But we start by
walking through a nursery going oh, I

1341
01:38:04.000 --> 01:38:08.000
don't have one of those. Oh
that's a new house plant. I think

1342
01:38:08.039 --> 01:38:10.760
I need one of those. You
see what I'm saying. And then we

1343
01:38:10.840 --> 01:38:13.159
bring it home, we try to
figure out where to put it, and

1344
01:38:13.279 --> 01:38:15.680
we just kind of put them where
we put them. But hey, it's

1345
01:38:15.720 --> 01:38:18.920
your property. Between you and the
homeowners association. You can do what you

1346
01:38:18.960 --> 01:38:23.560
can do. What you want to
do. We have all these gardening rules.

1347
01:38:23.640 --> 01:38:28.880
You know, the nice sweeping,
gradual curves in the landscape makes for

1348
01:38:29.000 --> 01:38:32.800
easier mowing and more esthetic on the
eyes. And we want to blend our

1349
01:38:32.880 --> 01:38:38.520
colors so that they're appropriate in terms
of the way they match within the color,

1350
01:38:39.479 --> 01:38:42.840
you know, the span of colors
around the circle, of all the

1351
01:38:42.880 --> 01:38:45.640
different options of colors that we have, and so on. But you get

1352
01:38:45.680 --> 01:38:48.600
the idea. Hey, there's no
rules in gardening except have fun. Now,

1353
01:38:48.600 --> 01:38:53.479
the Homeowners Association does right rules,
But when it comes to gardening,

1354
01:38:54.640 --> 01:38:57.319
enjoy it. Grow what you want
to grow. I mean, you could

1355
01:38:57.319 --> 01:39:00.920
put in a flower bed and do
annuals and stuff and decide, you know

1356
01:39:00.960 --> 01:39:03.960
what, I'd rather have some perennials
or a shrub there. I'm going to

1357
01:39:04.000 --> 01:39:10.600
grow vegetable as well. How about
some ornamental vegetables the bright light Swiss chard,

1358
01:39:10.720 --> 01:39:15.520
rhubarb, charred those are beautiful.
I don't think I've ever mentioned salad

1359
01:39:15.560 --> 01:39:18.520
burnette. Salad burnett is a little
mounding plant. I don't know whether to

1360
01:39:18.560 --> 01:39:21.600
call it a vegetable or an herb. It's kind of in between. But

1361
01:39:21.680 --> 01:39:25.920
it has a little leaves that have
a cute, fresh cucumber like taste.

1362
01:39:26.239 --> 01:39:29.920
But it makes a mound. So
if you used a row of salad burnett

1363
01:39:30.039 --> 01:39:33.279
around a board a border, it
would be it would be really attractive.

1364
01:39:33.279 --> 01:39:36.279
It'd be like you know how people
use lo rioty to form a border,

1365
01:39:36.600 --> 01:39:40.640
Well, you could use salid burnett. Now, it's not going to be

1366
01:39:40.760 --> 01:39:45.119
green all year and so it's going
to have its season. But I'm just

1367
01:39:45.199 --> 01:39:48.880
saying, get creative, and you
can put things you can eat in all

1368
01:39:49.000 --> 01:39:54.960
kinds of places around the landscape.
So don't just have the mindset of there's

1369
01:39:55.000 --> 01:39:59.479
my flower garden, there's my vegetable
garden, there's my herb garden. If

1370
01:39:59.479 --> 01:40:01.920
you want that, do it,
but otherwise mix it up. I even

1371
01:40:02.079 --> 01:40:08.760
sometimes will mix herbs with ornamentals,
other ornamental plants in the same container.

1372
01:40:08.800 --> 01:40:15.039
I've put herbs with a vegetable plant
before in the same container. It's fun.

1373
01:40:15.199 --> 01:40:17.600
Get out there and have fun.
Well, we're going to go to

1374
01:40:17.640 --> 01:40:21.039
the phones. You're listening to garden
Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter,

1375
01:40:21.199 --> 01:40:26.520
and our phone number is seven one
three two one two five eight seven

1376
01:40:26.640 --> 01:40:30.319
four two and two fifty eight seventy
four. Or make it easy, Katie

1377
01:40:30.439 --> 01:40:34.720
R. H Let's head out to
Westchase now and we are going to visit

1378
01:40:34.840 --> 01:40:41.560
with Sharon. Good morning, Sharon, Hi Skip, Thanks. I have

1379
01:40:41.600 --> 01:40:45.960
a question and it's not for me, it's for my friends asking for a

1380
01:40:45.079 --> 01:40:49.479
friend. Okay, Yes, she
will not call in. She googles everything.

1381
01:40:50.000 --> 01:40:53.800
But I've been telling arm about your
show, and I said, you

1382
01:40:53.840 --> 01:40:58.399
know, you should really call a
garden Line about She wants to know about

1383
01:40:58.600 --> 01:41:02.239
ants in her stable garden and I
don't have a vegetable garden, so I

1384
01:41:02.239 --> 01:41:06.239
don't even know how to praise this
question. Okay, but she said she

1385
01:41:06.399 --> 01:41:14.600
kicked over a mound and ants crawled
out everywhere, and I said, well,

1386
01:41:15.159 --> 01:41:17.960
you know, you need to be
careful what you put on those in

1387
01:41:18.079 --> 01:41:21.800
it for your to control the antswer
And that's when I told her to call

1388
01:41:21.840 --> 01:41:26.680
it a skip and she said,
will you call? So what? How?

1389
01:41:26.720 --> 01:41:29.439
What is she? What is the
best way to deal with that for

1390
01:41:29.520 --> 01:41:32.680
her? All right, Well,
first of all, thank you and her

1391
01:41:32.880 --> 01:41:36.640
for the question. We have got
to get her comfort level up. You

1392
01:41:36.640 --> 01:41:40.960
know, if you've listened to Garden
Line very long, you know that I

1393
01:41:41.079 --> 01:41:44.319
make it easy for callers, right, And I'm not going to go answer

1394
01:41:44.319 --> 01:41:46.479
that's a stupid question. Don't call
me by I'm going to give it another

1395
01:41:46.520 --> 01:41:53.239
answer. She's an engineer and she
does everything online. Okay, well,

1396
01:41:53.000 --> 01:41:57.000
so we coordinate, she and I
because I don't know much about it online

1397
01:41:57.039 --> 01:42:00.279
and she helps me there, so
we kind of help each other. All

1398
01:42:00.359 --> 01:42:02.520
right, Well, here's the answer
for your friend. And there are a

1399
01:42:02.520 --> 01:42:05.000
lot of other people listening that have
the same question. Now I'm going to

1400
01:42:05.079 --> 01:42:10.079
assume by ants she means fire ants
because she talked about kicking off the over

1401
01:42:10.159 --> 01:42:13.640
the top of a mound, and
that sounds like fire ants. Do you

1402
01:42:13.680 --> 01:42:15.399
know offhand if that's it or did
she just say aunt? I don't know

1403
01:42:15.439 --> 01:42:19.000
offhand, but I suspect. I
think I'm trying to remember our conversation.

1404
01:42:20.039 --> 01:42:26.039
I think it might be. Okay, well, it's probably fireans because every

1405
01:42:26.039 --> 01:42:29.079
other aunt in the vegetable garden you
don't need to worry about. There is

1406
01:42:29.119 --> 01:42:31.560
one ant called a leaf cutter aunt, but you don't have a mound in

1407
01:42:31.680 --> 01:42:36.319
your in your garden. A mound
of a colony of leaf cutters is bigger

1408
01:42:36.319 --> 01:42:40.720
than your garden. But we're gonna
say fire ants. So here's here's two

1409
01:42:40.760 --> 01:42:44.960
things. First of all, you
want to start with a bait if you

1410
01:42:45.119 --> 01:42:49.079
just treat fire ant mounds individually,
it's like playing whack a mole. You

1411
01:42:49.119 --> 01:42:51.680
see a mound pop up, you
kill it, and then over here a

1412
01:42:51.680 --> 01:42:55.119
mound pops up, and you kill
it, and then over here a mound

1413
01:42:55.119 --> 01:42:59.680
pops up. Because you never really
get rid of the underlying colonies that you

1414
01:42:59.720 --> 01:43:03.439
don't see. So a bait,
even invisible mounds that haven't boiled of the

1415
01:43:03.479 --> 01:43:06.960
surface yet, a bait will get
them, and you spread it evenly through

1416
01:43:08.000 --> 01:43:13.239
the garden. And I only know
of one bait labeled for use inside vegetable

1417
01:43:13.279 --> 01:43:16.239
gardens. There maybe some others,
but I've looked and so far I haven't

1418
01:43:16.279 --> 01:43:20.920
found any others. But it's called
come and Get It, Come and Get

1419
01:43:20.920 --> 01:43:25.840
It. It's a product I believe
it's made by Fertile Home and it is

1420
01:43:25.880 --> 01:43:30.880
a bait based on an organic ingredient
called spinosid. And so the ants pick

1421
01:43:30.920 --> 01:43:32.760
it up, they take it back
to the colony, they feed the queen

1422
01:43:32.880 --> 01:43:36.720
and it takes it from there.
So I would use that product in the

1423
01:43:36.800 --> 01:43:42.199
vegetable garden. If the garden is
small, you can use other baits around

1424
01:43:42.239 --> 01:43:45.720
the garden. And there are many
fire ant baits on the market that you

1425
01:43:45.760 --> 01:43:48.000
just wouldn't put them in the garden, but the ants would go find a

1426
01:43:48.039 --> 01:43:53.279
granule because they're not just hunting around
the mound. They're going pretty far out

1427
01:43:53.319 --> 01:43:57.039
and searching for food, and they'll
find them and bring them back to the

1428
01:43:57.039 --> 01:44:00.399
mound. The other thing I would
tell your friend Sharon is if she's working

1429
01:44:00.439 --> 01:44:05.319
in the garden and ants crawling up
on her legs and two up the handle

1430
01:44:05.359 --> 01:44:10.439
of tools and things is a problem
if you dust, if you wear rubber

1431
01:44:10.439 --> 01:44:14.079
boots and dust the outsides with a
baby powder, or if you dust the

1432
01:44:14.119 --> 01:44:16.720
handles of your tools with baby powder, ants try to climb up and they

1433
01:44:16.720 --> 01:44:20.840
fall off, and it's just a
way like someone will often say, you

1434
01:44:20.840 --> 01:44:25.319
know, I've got a nice compost
pile, but the ants are in it,

1435
01:44:25.359 --> 01:44:28.720
and I can't turn the compost without
getting bit. Well, baby powder

1436
01:44:28.800 --> 01:44:31.000
is your friend. It'll take care. That's just a little added tip for

1437
01:44:31.039 --> 01:44:34.319
your friend. Okay, So let
me read you fertilem makes it. It's

1438
01:44:34.319 --> 01:44:38.399
got Spinoza and it's called come and
get it. Come and get it.

1439
01:44:38.479 --> 01:44:43.439
That's right, and we're gonna right. It is safe for edible vegetable gard

1440
01:44:43.479 --> 01:44:45.960
It's labeled for edible vegetable gardens.
That's right, and I thank you for

1441
01:44:46.000 --> 01:44:48.000
the call. I'm gonna have to
run to break, but thank you very

1442
01:44:48.079 --> 01:44:51.640
much, and thank your friend.
Okay, our phone number is seven one

1443
01:44:51.840 --> 01:45:12.159
three two one two five eight seven
four. We'll be right back. Well,

1444
01:45:12.159 --> 01:45:15.319
welcome back to garden Line. You
are listening to garden Line and this

1445
01:45:15.479 --> 01:45:18.560
is a call in show. So
here's the number to call in. Seven

1446
01:45:18.640 --> 01:45:24.840
one three two one two fifty eight
seventy four seven one three two one two

1447
01:45:25.279 --> 01:45:29.760
five eight seven four. You know
I've talked about fertilizing today and that this

1448
01:45:29.840 --> 01:45:32.239
is the time to get all those
summer fertilizers down. But I don't want

1449
01:45:32.239 --> 01:45:35.960
to forget to mention something, and
that is when you put your fertilizer out,

1450
01:45:36.119 --> 01:45:41.399
you need to follow it with an
application of azamite. If you want

1451
01:45:41.399 --> 01:45:45.800
more information on azamite, which is
by the way, I mind material dug

1452
01:45:45.880 --> 01:45:49.920
up out of the soil full of
micronutrients, the little trace elements that are

1453
01:45:50.000 --> 01:45:54.600
essential for not only plant health,
but for human health, you can go

1454
01:45:54.640 --> 01:45:59.239
to Azamite Texas dot com and find
that I'd like to use azamite in a

1455
01:45:59.319 --> 01:46:03.960
vegetable guard about ten pounds per thousand
square feet and a vegetable garden provides all

1456
01:46:04.039 --> 01:46:09.279
those minor things that we need.
And so we talk about nutrients a lot,

1457
01:46:09.279 --> 01:46:11.399
and you're probably thinking, well,
what you know, how do you

1458
01:46:11.439 --> 01:46:15.039
know how much nutrients and why is
this or that important. Well, on

1459
01:46:15.079 --> 01:46:17.479
the typical fertilizer bag, you got
three numbers, which is three nutrients,

1460
01:46:18.239 --> 01:46:23.600
and those three numbers are going to
represent nitrogen, phosphors, and potassium.

1461
01:46:23.840 --> 01:46:29.560
Sometimes they'll add sulfur and magnesium into
the numbers on the bag occasionally you see

1462
01:46:29.600 --> 01:46:32.560
that. But plants need a lot
of different nutrients. They need about sixteen

1463
01:46:32.640 --> 01:46:36.840
seventeen nutrients that are essential for just
the basic things that plants have to do

1464
01:46:36.880 --> 01:46:41.760
to grow and survive. But we
need additional nutrients. So when I put

1465
01:46:41.840 --> 01:46:46.039
like an azamite into my garden,
I'm building that soil full of all kinds

1466
01:46:46.079 --> 01:46:51.520
of trace elements that are part of
good food. And you want your vegetable

1467
01:46:51.520 --> 01:46:57.039
garden. You're growing a vegetable garden
to grow healthy, quality food for you

1468
01:46:57.119 --> 01:47:00.319
to consume. Because what we eat
determines our health, right, That's one

1469
01:47:00.319 --> 01:47:03.000
of the main reasons we have problems
is because of the way we eat.

1470
01:47:03.560 --> 01:47:08.359
Well, when you build your soil
that way, and your produce is built

1471
01:47:08.399 --> 01:47:11.399
and packed with that kind of nutrient, it's going to be healthy. And

1472
01:47:11.439 --> 01:47:15.520
that's why I would recommend something like
an asamite product for your vegetable garden as

1473
01:47:15.560 --> 01:47:18.840
well. Well, let's head to
the phone's the phone number seven one three

1474
01:47:18.920 --> 01:47:25.000
two one two fifty eight seventy four. Let's talk to Francis out in Memorial.

1475
01:47:25.319 --> 01:47:29.640
Hello, Francis high skip. Good
morning to you, Thank you,

1476
01:47:29.880 --> 01:47:35.640
Good morning to you. I wanted
to talk to you about my amarillis that

1477
01:47:35.720 --> 01:47:41.359
are container rised and is it too
late to put them in the ground.

1478
01:47:42.479 --> 01:47:45.760
No, it's not at all.
You can go ahead and set those things

1479
01:47:45.800 --> 01:47:48.159
in the ground and they'll get their
roots down. Try to not disturb the

1480
01:47:48.239 --> 01:47:53.399
roots more than you have to,
and that will be that will be the

1481
01:47:53.439 --> 01:47:56.079
best for them. But yes,
you can move them right out and now

1482
01:47:56.239 --> 01:47:59.960
no problem. Okay, I have
them in real big pots right now,

1483
01:48:00.359 --> 01:48:08.800
like six or eight and how deep. I know I need to leave some

1484
01:48:08.880 --> 01:48:14.039
of the top bulb. Yeah,
yeah, amarillas, it kind of sits

1485
01:48:14.119 --> 01:48:17.479
up near the soil surface. You
can you know, I wouldn't if the

1486
01:48:17.520 --> 01:48:21.800
top of the bulb is just right
up at about the soil surface that should

1487
01:48:21.800 --> 01:48:26.600
be pretty good. There's somewhat flexible
there. But I wouldn't bury them down

1488
01:48:26.640 --> 01:48:30.920
deep like you would a daffodil for
example. Okay, and what about a

1489
01:48:30.039 --> 01:48:35.520
kubo's? Can maybe try and spline
it? Now? Well, now I'm

1490
01:48:35.560 --> 01:48:39.560
assuming you're meaning you're digging them up. You're not pulling them out of a

1491
01:48:39.600 --> 01:48:44.680
container, right right. I want
to try and splint them. They've gotten

1492
01:48:44.720 --> 01:48:48.319
too big for the area. Yeah, you know, can you yes?

1493
01:48:48.840 --> 01:48:54.079
But you need to dig down about
probably eight inches only. But why does

1494
01:48:54.119 --> 01:48:57.039
you can get If you can get
two feet three feet out on each side

1495
01:48:57.039 --> 01:49:00.520
of the shrub, that's even better. What I do on my is I

1496
01:49:00.319 --> 01:49:04.640
dig up one dig under one side
and slide a tarp under there, and

1497
01:49:04.680 --> 01:49:09.279
then I dig the other side,
and then you can just drag that plant

1498
01:49:09.319 --> 01:49:12.319
onto the tarp. Because if you
try to pick up the amount of soil

1499
01:49:12.359 --> 01:49:15.880
you're going to have, you might
as well call your chiropractor and ask him

1500
01:49:15.920 --> 01:49:19.640
if he makes house visits, because
that's there you go. But when it's

1501
01:49:19.680 --> 01:49:23.920
on a tarp, Fransis, you
can just drag it. I mean,

1502
01:49:24.039 --> 01:49:27.159
one person, if you want to, you just grab the tarp and it

1503
01:49:27.279 --> 01:49:30.119
just slides right over the lawn and
goes right to where you want to put

1504
01:49:30.159 --> 01:49:31.880
it, and you just slide it
right back and you never pick the thing

1505
01:49:31.960 --> 01:49:35.479
up. That's that's why to do
it now. Having said how to do

1506
01:49:35.520 --> 01:49:40.479
it now, if you can wait
until November, that would be a better

1507
01:49:40.520 --> 01:49:45.039
time. Your chances of success.
It won't be as touching go at this

1508
01:49:45.119 --> 01:49:47.199
point. You got to get it
into the new location, watered in really

1509
01:49:47.199 --> 01:49:54.159
well, and then once you've done
that, then continue to give small light

1510
01:49:54.319 --> 01:50:00.319
waterings to keep it going until it
gets a good extensive root system. I

1511
01:50:00.399 --> 01:50:05.760
did theyse of the freeze, and
my hibiscus didn't. Well, the tropical

1512
01:50:05.840 --> 01:50:12.359
biscus aren't very cold hearty. Cubas
is pretty cold hearty, okay, okay,

1513
01:50:12.359 --> 01:50:18.720
okay. And what about um so
sian quota um hedges and that sort

1514
01:50:18.760 --> 01:50:23.279
of thing. We used them over
in Mobile quite a bit. Oh yes,

1515
01:50:23.359 --> 01:50:26.079
yes, yes, that's a nice
evergreen And if you got the right

1516
01:50:26.119 --> 01:50:30.119
location, which is decent drainage and
an acidic type soil, they're going to

1517
01:50:30.159 --> 01:50:40.239
be the happiest. That's certainly prettier
than um um. What is the japonica?

1518
01:50:40.960 --> 01:50:47.600
No, that's the glass stop chameilias, but they're certainly nicer than Tom

1519
01:50:47.760 --> 01:50:51.199
and Hedge. We have rand here. Okay, I got you. Yeah,

1520
01:50:51.319 --> 01:50:55.880
Chamillias, both the Sasanko and the
Japonicas both will will grow here.

1521
01:50:56.239 --> 01:50:59.359
Uh, and you can learn about
how to grow them. They do have

1522
01:50:59.479 --> 01:51:03.079
some unique requirements. Are we're a
little of course, we're much further east

1523
01:51:03.239 --> 01:51:08.560
than you were. And it's the
acidic soils are not as prevalent here in

1524
01:51:08.560 --> 01:51:12.279
the general Houston area, but we
have some. But you can. The

1525
01:51:12.359 --> 01:51:14.960
nice thing is you can buy a
good bed mix and you can make it

1526
01:51:15.000 --> 01:51:16.960
feel very much at home. It'll
think it's in the Deep South somewhere,

1527
01:51:17.239 --> 01:51:20.760
and just and just do real well
for you. Okay, Well, I

1528
01:51:20.920 --> 01:51:27.119
show thank you and really enjoying your
program. Well, thank you. I

1529
01:51:27.159 --> 01:51:31.079
appreciate you saying that, and thank
you for being a listener. Thank you.

1530
01:51:32.880 --> 01:51:35.640
Yeah, the community is well,
I haven't I haven't talked about those

1531
01:51:36.319 --> 01:51:42.439
here, and I really need to
because communias are a beautiful, beautiful flower.

1532
01:51:42.520 --> 01:51:45.239
You get that you enjoy them during
the December January season. Depend on

1533
01:51:45.279 --> 01:51:49.880
what kind of communities you're planting.
Well, but yeah, success with camelias

1534
01:51:50.000 --> 01:51:55.640
is important, and you know,
I'm an old broken record when it comes

1535
01:51:55.720 --> 01:51:59.840
to talking about soils and the importance
of that. But to get a good

1536
01:52:00.159 --> 01:52:05.159
quality soil, a fungal compost soil, a leaf mold compost soil, that's

1537
01:52:05.199 --> 01:52:08.760
the key. And if you're going
to try something like a camellia, you

1538
01:52:08.920 --> 01:52:12.600
especially need to build that soil right. And a place where you can do

1539
01:52:12.640 --> 01:52:17.279
that is Nature's Way Resources John and
Ian Ferguson up in Nature's Way, which

1540
01:52:17.319 --> 01:52:21.800
is just off Highway forty five,
just south of Conro, north of the

1541
01:52:21.840 --> 01:52:27.079
Woodlands. They have those kind of
products. They have been a leader in

1542
01:52:27.199 --> 01:52:30.960
terms of soil for a long time. They were the original creators of the

1543
01:52:30.039 --> 01:52:34.199
leaf mold compost and the rose bed
mix. You know, you hear us

1544
01:52:34.239 --> 01:52:39.000
talk about those kind of things.
They take their time with soil, so

1545
01:52:39.079 --> 01:52:42.800
it's not just let's rush some organic
matter through, make it turn brown and

1546
01:52:42.880 --> 01:52:46.000
sell it. Let's give it the
time it needs to fully compost and fully

1547
01:52:46.079 --> 01:52:51.079
develop. And the results of plants, it's very significantly different when you have

1548
01:52:51.199 --> 01:52:54.880
that. By the way, when
you're at Nature's Way, they have two

1549
01:52:54.960 --> 01:53:00.560
acres of display gardens and plants,
plants for sale, and they have a

1550
01:53:00.640 --> 01:53:03.720
wide variety of plants. Last time
I was there, the second to last

1551
01:53:03.720 --> 01:53:08.239
time, they had a decent start
on the plants. But the last time

1552
01:53:08.279 --> 01:53:11.520
I went it was just a month
or so ago. I was surprised at

1553
01:53:11.520 --> 01:53:14.520
how many plants that they had.
So while you're there, you're picking up

1554
01:53:14.560 --> 01:53:17.479
your compost, you're picking up your
malts, You're picking up maybe the mineralizer

1555
01:53:17.560 --> 01:53:21.199
that helps add the nutrients and minerals
to the soil. You can also pick

1556
01:53:21.279 --> 01:53:26.239
up some plants as well, but
start with the soil, and Nature's way

1557
01:53:26.520 --> 01:53:30.560
is a great way to start with
the soil and get it right so that

1558
01:53:30.720 --> 01:53:34.199
it looks like your thumb is greener
than anybody's down the block. Do you

1559
01:53:34.199 --> 01:53:39.600
have a green thumb, Nikki?
I do not unless I'm painting and it

1560
01:53:39.640 --> 01:53:42.279
happens to be green. But short
of that, no, Well, I

1561
01:53:42.279 --> 01:53:45.359
always say it's there's this thing as
brown thumbs. There's uninformed thumbs there you

1562
01:53:45.439 --> 01:53:49.600
go. That's why we're hearing.
We teach your thumb how to grow things,

1563
01:53:49.680 --> 01:53:53.960
and everybody thinks you have a green
thumb, you know. I hear

1564
01:53:53.960 --> 01:53:57.760
people say, well, grandma everything
she planted grew, well, Grandma knew

1565
01:53:57.760 --> 01:54:00.960
how to do it. So anyway, I'm taking up the nice news time.

1566
01:54:00.199 --> 01:54:06.600
Well, we'll jump into it.
It's plan two line. When you've

1567
01:54:06.680 --> 01:54:20.479
been crying all those blund shot eyes
with me, you know, it's hard

1568
01:54:20.520 --> 01:54:24.600
for me to do a whole show
without at least one Western Swing asleep at

1569
01:54:24.600 --> 01:54:26.960
the wheel. In fact, I
think I may haven't done undone one for

1570
01:54:27.000 --> 01:54:30.159
two or three shows, but I
love that Western Swing, and a sleep

1571
01:54:30.199 --> 01:54:32.880
at the wheel show gets the job
done. You're listening to Garden Line.

1572
01:54:33.079 --> 01:54:38.520
I'm your host, Skipper Richter,
and it is getting near our last couple

1573
01:54:38.520 --> 01:54:41.439
of segments here. So if you're
it shouldn't calling in now. I'd be

1574
01:54:41.479 --> 01:54:44.760
a good time to do it.
Seven one three, two, one two

1575
01:54:45.319 --> 01:54:50.960
five eight seven four seven one three
two one two fifty eight seventy four.

1576
01:54:51.600 --> 01:54:56.600
By the way, those of you
who are out northeast in the Kingwood area,

1577
01:54:56.800 --> 01:55:00.840
tasks are the Porter, New Caney
all that direction. I'm going to

1578
01:55:00.920 --> 01:55:05.920
be today eleven thirty to one thirty
at the K and m Ace Hardware in

1579
01:55:06.079 --> 01:55:11.960
Kingwood. K and m Ace Hardware
in Kingwood. And when you come out

1580
01:55:12.000 --> 01:55:15.279
there, bring me a sample of
a plant, bring me a sample of

1581
01:55:15.319 --> 01:55:18.560
a bug. Whatever you want identified, whatever you want diagnosed you want to

1582
01:55:18.560 --> 01:55:21.880
bring pictures on your phone. It
was like, here's an area where I

1583
01:55:21.960 --> 01:55:25.880
can't see him to get stuff to
grow. What would you suggest planting there?

1584
01:55:25.880 --> 01:55:29.399
It's a little too shady. Or
maybe you know some other feature that

1585
01:55:30.199 --> 01:55:31.800
you just really want to enhance.
Well, let's take a look at those.

1586
01:55:31.920 --> 01:55:34.800
Just make sure the pictures are good
sharp focus. By the way,

1587
01:55:34.880 --> 01:55:40.199
go to Ace Hardware dot com.
That's where you're going to find the Ace

1588
01:55:40.319 --> 01:55:43.000
hardware near you. And if you
want to look at well, where's k

1589
01:55:43.079 --> 01:55:45.199
and m Ace Hardware, Well,
rather than me reading out the whole address,

1590
01:55:45.800 --> 01:55:49.640
go to Ace Hardware dot com.
It's on king It's in Kingwood,

1591
01:55:49.720 --> 01:55:55.720
so that can't be too hard to
find ken it so Ace Hardware dot com.

1592
01:55:56.159 --> 01:56:00.039
When we are out at these sites, it is always good. You

1593
01:56:00.079 --> 01:56:02.039
get to visit with people that are
listening, get to meet you, You

1594
01:56:02.119 --> 01:56:04.600
get to meet me, We get
to talk and kind of you get to

1595
01:56:04.680 --> 01:56:08.119
see the face behind the radio.
What do they say, a face made

1596
01:56:08.199 --> 01:56:10.479
for radio? I hope, I
hope I don't know that, but maybe

1597
01:56:10.520 --> 01:56:15.319
I do. Anyway, Knmas hard
Word looking forward to seeing you. We

1598
01:56:15.560 --> 01:56:18.840
are we are going, we are
Josh is talking to my ear cracking me

1599
01:56:18.960 --> 01:56:23.399
up. We're going to go out
to Magnolia now and talk to Barbara.

1600
01:56:23.680 --> 01:56:27.399
Well, Barbara, good morning,
how can we help? Good morning,

1601
01:56:27.560 --> 01:56:32.960
Skip. I have another question about
Amarilla's. Mine are usually abundant at this

1602
01:56:33.199 --> 01:56:39.199
time, and this year I have
no blooms, so I don't know if

1603
01:56:39.239 --> 01:56:43.399
there's anything going to happen this year. What should I do? Wow,

1604
01:56:43.520 --> 01:56:45.960
are these in containers? Are in
the ground? They're in the ground.

1605
01:56:48.640 --> 01:56:53.199
Well, that's a that is a
bit of a stumper, you know.

1606
01:56:53.439 --> 01:56:58.920
I'm sorry. I have the green, but no blooms. Are yours?

1607
01:56:59.119 --> 01:57:02.840
Do you know? Are yours the
old type called Johnson's amarellas that have the

1608
01:57:02.880 --> 01:57:06.359
skinnier petals or do you have one
of the new florist amarellas that have the

1609
01:57:06.439 --> 01:57:11.880
big wide petals. Johnson's is always
just red. The others can be red

1610
01:57:11.960 --> 01:57:15.960
and pink and kind of a yeah, I would say these are old.

1611
01:57:15.880 --> 01:57:20.359
They came from a very dear friend's
garden who's no longer here, so they

1612
01:57:20.399 --> 01:57:26.079
were dug up quite a few years
ago. But this is the first year

1613
01:57:26.119 --> 01:57:31.119
I have no flower. Well,
just thinking horticulturally through it, there's not

1614
01:57:31.239 --> 01:57:38.920
some common amorellas thing that I've run
across that causes, you know, particular

1615
01:57:39.359 --> 01:57:44.000
to them to not bloom one year, but horticulturally, your bulbs bloom and

1616
01:57:44.119 --> 01:57:48.600
then the leaves capture sunlight and bring
the carbohydrates in to get the new bloom

1617
01:57:48.760 --> 01:57:55.479
bud created over time for next year. Right, So if if you were

1618
01:57:55.560 --> 01:57:59.840
to prune off the foliage early and
it has to use stored energy to grow

1619
01:58:00.079 --> 01:58:03.079
ran new foliage, that could throw
them off a little bit. If anything

1620
01:58:03.279 --> 01:58:09.920
that prevents that rejuvenation of the bulb
period could affect the next year's bloom and

1621
01:58:10.000 --> 01:58:14.800
a bulb in general. So I
don't you know, you're probably gonna tell

1622
01:58:14.840 --> 01:58:18.279
me, no, I didn't do
that, and yeah, and so I

1623
01:58:18.439 --> 01:58:21.880
don't know why they wouldn't bloom again. I mean, they're they're dependable.

1624
01:58:23.079 --> 01:58:27.000
These are bulbs, especially the old
type like you're talking about. They'd live

1625
01:58:27.039 --> 01:58:30.399
in abandoned places and just keep doing
their thing. So it's not like you

1626
01:58:30.479 --> 01:58:34.319
have to pamper them. But that
is the bloom cycle. So somewhere in

1627
01:58:34.439 --> 01:58:38.239
there, I don't know why,
but that got off. But I wouldn't

1628
01:58:38.239 --> 01:58:41.039
worry about them. I think they'll
be right back. It's not like a

1629
01:58:41.159 --> 01:58:43.760
disease. It's at them until now. They're never going to bloom again.

1630
01:58:44.199 --> 01:58:46.079
They'll be back. Is it too
late for them to come this year?

1631
01:58:48.720 --> 01:58:56.760
Tell me what what area you're in? I'm in m Magnolia. They hate

1632
01:58:57.079 --> 01:59:01.880
us to say that, but new
Magnolia, New Magna U. I don't

1633
01:59:01.880 --> 01:59:05.880
know. They could. They could
surprise me and just be a little slow

1634
01:59:05.960 --> 01:59:11.720
putting up some balloons. I this
is stretching past what I've experienced with those,

1635
01:59:12.079 --> 01:59:15.760
So I just I don't want to
give you an answer like it's authoritative

1636
01:59:15.840 --> 01:59:17.600
when I'm giving you my best shot. Guess. Okay, And in this

1637
01:59:17.800 --> 01:59:21.279
case, let's just wait and see
hopefully, and if they do bloom,

1638
01:59:21.319 --> 01:59:25.640
please call and let me know.
I'd like to know that. Okay.

1639
01:59:25.800 --> 01:59:29.720
I'll keep hoping and wait for the
surprise one day. All right, there

1640
01:59:29.800 --> 01:59:31.960
you go. That sounds like a
good boy. Have a good tape of

1641
01:59:32.079 --> 01:59:34.520
bye. Well, thank you,
Barbara. I appreciate that call. Thank

1642
01:59:34.560 --> 01:59:39.000
you very much. All Right,
we're gonna take a break here. I

1643
01:59:39.159 --> 01:59:42.960
did want to talk to you before
we do go to break though about sweet

1644
01:59:43.039 --> 01:59:48.159
green. Sweet green is Nitrofosters product
that is an organic plant food. It

1645
01:59:48.479 --> 01:59:54.760
is rich in a molasses type material, gives it that nice, fresh sweet

1646
01:59:54.840 --> 01:59:59.600
smell. It's got a high analysis
of nitrogen about eleven percent nitrogen. It

1647
02:00:00.000 --> 02:00:03.199
agular releases over time. It feeds
the microbes in the soil, which microbes

1648
02:00:03.239 --> 02:00:09.239
are the key to making things happen, making that rich soil environment that promotes

1649
02:00:09.399 --> 02:00:15.119
optimum health and optimum performance. And
you're gonna find sweet green everywhere you find

1650
02:00:15.239 --> 02:00:17.680
nitrofoss. If you're up in Brannam
at Plants and Things, or at Montgomery

1651
02:00:17.720 --> 02:00:20.800
at Gem's Hardware, or if you
come out to see me today at K

1652
02:00:20.960 --> 02:00:25.119
and m Ace Hardware in Kingwood,
I'll be there from eleven thirty to one

1653
02:00:25.279 --> 02:00:28.319
thirty. You can get you some
sweet green while you're out there too,

1654
02:00:28.720 --> 02:00:38.199
nitrofoss sweet green everywhere nitrofoss is sold. Because I'm my vegacine, I'm the

1655
02:00:38.399 --> 02:00:54.600
kind of heat gonna make it,
George, I can get. My gift

1656
02:00:54.640 --> 02:01:01.279
to you today is that I'm not
singing at hammer. You're listening to garden

1657
02:01:01.359 --> 02:01:04.720
Line and I'm your host, Skip
Richter, and we are here to answer

1658
02:01:04.800 --> 02:01:09.920
your gardening questions. We are entering
our last segment of the day, So

1659
02:01:10.039 --> 02:01:13.199
if you got a call, give
us a call. If you got a

1660
02:01:13.279 --> 02:01:16.199
question, give us a call.
Seven one three two one two fifty eight

1661
02:01:16.399 --> 02:01:21.560
seventy four. Seven one three two
one two fifty eight seventy four. Josh

1662
02:01:21.600 --> 02:01:27.199
says, we need to take a
promo picture of me in Gucci. I

1663
02:01:27.359 --> 02:01:30.960
just want to go on the record. This like outranks the I promise no

1664
02:01:31.119 --> 02:01:35.000
new taxes. I promise you will
never see a picture of me in Gucci.

1665
02:01:35.680 --> 02:01:39.560
Number one, I'm not gonna pay
for it. Number two, I'm

1666
02:01:39.600 --> 02:01:42.800
not gonna do it. How's that? If nominated, I will not run.

1667
02:01:42.840 --> 02:01:45.600
If elected, I will not serve. Yeah, that's not gonna happen.

1668
02:01:45.720 --> 02:01:48.479
Josh, all right, seven one
three two on two five eight seven

1669
02:01:48.600 --> 02:01:54.600
four or two on two k t
R eight. We will look forward to

1670
02:01:54.680 --> 02:01:59.359
talking to you about whatever kinds of
things you're interested in visiting with today.

1671
02:01:59.600 --> 02:02:01.920
By the way, we'll be back
tomorrow. We're every Saturday and every Sunday

1672
02:02:02.000 --> 02:02:08.079
from six am to ten am,
and so tomorrow morning six am. That

1673
02:02:08.319 --> 02:02:11.279
by the way, just a little
tip for garden line listeners. If you

1674
02:02:11.319 --> 02:02:14.119
want to get right on the boards, the best time to do it is

1675
02:02:14.359 --> 02:02:17.199
on early Sunday morning. For some
reason, there are a few people sleeping

1676
02:02:17.239 --> 02:02:20.920
in at that hour, and so
that's your chance to get on and be

1677
02:02:21.039 --> 02:02:25.319
part of garden line. Well,
let's head out now, and we're gonna

1678
02:02:25.319 --> 02:02:29.159
go to Kingwood and talk to Allen. Hello, Allan, good morning.

1679
02:02:30.279 --> 02:02:34.000
We got Ellen there. I think
we'll have him in just one moment here

1680
02:02:34.159 --> 02:02:38.840
and in Kingwood. All right,
Well, I'm gonna wait one second on

1681
02:02:39.000 --> 02:02:41.600
Allen. We will get to him. He will be here in just a

1682
02:02:41.720 --> 02:02:45.479
moment. By the way, I
will be out at Kingwood at K and

1683
02:02:45.640 --> 02:02:50.600
MS Hardware at eleven thirty to one
thirty today and so bring me. You're

1684
02:02:50.720 --> 02:02:57.880
tired, you're weary, you're sick, plants yearning to breathe free or whatever,

1685
02:02:58.439 --> 02:03:01.680
so please please please do that?
Do we got Alan ready to go

1686
02:03:01.840 --> 02:03:05.640
out there in Kingwood? Hey,
Alan, good morning? Well, Hello,

1687
02:03:05.800 --> 02:03:08.920
good morning to you, sir.
Hello, could you hear me?

1688
02:03:09.199 --> 02:03:15.079
I can? Let's do that?
Okay? Uh? I need Where are

1689
02:03:15.079 --> 02:03:17.760
you going to be in Kingwood again? I want to be sure I show

1690
02:03:17.880 --> 02:03:20.640
up and I didn't hear you.
I hope you will. We are going

1691
02:03:20.680 --> 02:03:26.479
to be at K and m Ace
Hardware in Kingwood. It's on Kingwood Drive

1692
02:03:26.560 --> 02:03:31.479
if you want to be specific.
Dat Well, I'll be there. Hey,

1693
02:03:31.600 --> 02:03:34.720
I have a new house. And
when they put the bermuda in,

1694
02:03:35.239 --> 02:03:40.600
they did a very very poor chart
a job. It's not level, it's

1695
02:03:40.640 --> 02:03:45.159
real lumpy. It's up and down. Okay, And I need some knowledge

1696
02:03:45.239 --> 02:03:47.279
on how you level a yard or
who I could call to come in and

1697
02:03:47.439 --> 02:03:51.600
level the yard. Okay. Well, a good a good quality landscape service

1698
02:03:51.680 --> 02:03:56.159
place could bring in the kind of
material you need to do that leveling.

1699
02:03:56.319 --> 02:03:59.760
Now, when when you have bermuda, that's fortunate in this case, but

1700
02:04:00.039 --> 02:04:01.720
as you could cover it up with
dirt and it'll pop right through the top,

1701
02:04:01.880 --> 02:04:04.399
you know, Saint Augustine, you
cover it with enough dirt if you

1702
02:04:04.479 --> 02:04:09.560
got a real low level or a
low hole or something, and it won't

1703
02:04:09.840 --> 02:04:12.479
it ain't able to come through it
as to crawl through from the sides.

1704
02:04:12.920 --> 02:04:16.399
So but bermuda, bermuda pops right
through. So I would use kind of

1705
02:04:16.439 --> 02:04:20.279
a top soil type mix just to
do the leveling. Now we're not talking

1706
02:04:20.319 --> 02:04:25.239
about a top dressing. That's when
we go with a fine screened quality leaf

1707
02:04:25.319 --> 02:04:29.079
mold compost. But compost breaks down. So if you have a hole and

1708
02:04:29.159 --> 02:04:31.079
you fill it with compost, it's
going to be full but then it's going

1709
02:04:31.119 --> 02:04:34.560
to become a hole again as that
compost breaks down, right, it sinks

1710
02:04:34.640 --> 02:04:38.720
down. So we want to use
something with a little more structure to it,

1711
02:04:38.840 --> 02:04:42.920
like a top soil type mix,
just to get that those holes leveled,

1712
02:04:43.079 --> 02:04:45.479
the area evened out like you want
it to be, and then going

1713
02:04:45.600 --> 02:04:50.640
forward for that, then the top
compost top dressing. So someone's listening and

1714
02:04:51.159 --> 02:04:55.159
you know thaying skips tell us you
put top soil all over your yond.

1715
02:04:55.239 --> 02:04:58.720
Well, no, only for filling
in holes, because we want something structurally

1716
02:04:58.840 --> 02:05:02.439
solid to you know, to keep
that level for us. Okay, wow,

1717
02:05:02.520 --> 02:05:06.399
that's good because everything I'm here and
put sand down, well, you

1718
02:05:06.479 --> 02:05:11.960
know you hear that. And one
of the reasons is because on golf course

1719
02:05:12.159 --> 02:05:15.600
greens and things, they use sand
as a top dressing because it's a super

1720
02:05:15.800 --> 02:05:20.199
super well drained mix that they water
the heck out of. So anyway,

1721
02:05:20.560 --> 02:05:25.039
but I hope that helps. I'm
gonna helps a hold on, hold on,

1722
02:05:25.279 --> 02:05:27.199
thank you very much, Yes,
sir, I'm gonna look forward to

1723
02:05:27.199 --> 02:05:29.000
seeing you out there. I gotta
run now. I'm going to go over

1724
02:05:29.039 --> 02:05:33.319
to a Taska Ceda and talk to
Ruby. Hello, Ruby, Yes,

1725
02:05:33.840 --> 02:05:39.560
I am looking for a good place
where they sell orchids, a nice selection

1726
02:05:39.920 --> 02:05:43.880
of variety of orchids. If you
can just help me with that, that's

1727
02:05:43.960 --> 02:05:47.079
all I need. Yeah, Well, you're out in the Taska Ceda areas.

1728
02:05:47.199 --> 02:05:50.239
What's your favorite closest nursery that you
go to out in that area?

1729
02:05:51.800 --> 02:05:57.439
So we go to We've been to
Warrens, We've gone to Ace Hardware.

1730
02:05:58.199 --> 02:06:01.840
I've even driven out to Orchids Express, which they're fabulous. I'm going there,

1731
02:06:02.279 --> 02:06:08.760
but I just want a variety,
not just orchids, but orchids and

1732
02:06:09.199 --> 02:06:12.640
other plants. Well, you know
there are places that specialize in orchids,

1733
02:06:12.720 --> 02:06:15.680
but for the variety, you're not
going to do better than Kingwood Garden Center

1734
02:06:15.720 --> 02:06:19.600
and Warren Southern Gardens those two.
And uh, you know, I'm gonna

1735
02:06:19.680 --> 02:06:21.720
by the way, I hope you
come over to k and m Ace to

1736
02:06:21.760 --> 02:06:25.840
see me today. When I'm out
there. It's eleven thirty to one thirty.

1737
02:06:26.199 --> 02:06:30.520
But you're going to be right in
that area. You've got to supergarden

1738
02:06:30.600 --> 02:06:33.319
centers with a wide variety of plants
that you can check out as well.

1739
02:06:33.800 --> 02:06:36.800
And that Okay, I think you're
going to find what you're looking for.

1740
02:06:38.079 --> 02:06:41.279
If you're looking for a particular type, you know, a certain species of

1741
02:06:41.439 --> 02:06:45.800
orchid. We may have to go
to a more kind of obscure orchids specialty

1742
02:06:45.880 --> 02:06:47.840
place. But I think what you
need as a place that has a wider

1743
02:06:47.920 --> 02:06:51.560
variety of things. Yes, all
right, thank you, all right,

1744
02:06:51.680 --> 02:06:56.439
thank you very much. You know
you're talking about talking about ACE Hardware.

1745
02:06:57.239 --> 02:07:00.159
If you would just go online to
ACE Hardware dot com. I talk about

1746
02:07:00.239 --> 02:07:05.119
him all the time. But thirty
nine locally owned and operated stores. I

1747
02:07:05.199 --> 02:07:11.960
mean that they're all over this listening
area, and our Houston group of ACE

1748
02:07:12.079 --> 02:07:16.079
Hardware stores does an excellent job of
making sure that when we talk about it

1749
02:07:16.159 --> 02:07:20.800
on garden Line, they carry it
in the store. And that's nice because

1750
02:07:21.359 --> 02:07:25.600
what a better deal. I mean, you need to go into a hardware

1751
02:07:25.640 --> 02:07:30.079
store for all the things you go
into the traditional hardware store for. When

1752
02:07:30.119 --> 02:07:32.439
you walk into an ACE, you're
going to have people that it's the old

1753
02:07:32.479 --> 02:07:36.920
time hardware. Remember when maybe growing
up, you walked into a hardware store

1754
02:07:36.960 --> 02:07:40.960
and there's some old guy that comes
shuffling up, and you know, you

1755
02:07:41.079 --> 02:07:45.640
show him a piece of pipe or
something you're fixing the plumbing, and he

1756
02:07:45.760 --> 02:07:48.359
knows exactly where to take you and
he tells you exactly how you do it

1757
02:07:48.520 --> 02:07:53.399
and it just has that kind of
knowledge. Well that's Ace Hardware. But

1758
02:07:53.800 --> 02:07:57.920
take that over to the garden Center. So all the products we talk about

1759
02:07:58.000 --> 02:08:01.119
are going to be available, and
then some there. They have a great

1760
02:08:01.159 --> 02:08:03.399
selection. By the way, if
you're a griller, Webber, Trager,

1761
02:08:03.960 --> 02:08:09.439
Big Green Egg, they've got all
that kind of stuff as well. Make

1762
02:08:09.479 --> 02:08:13.520
sure and sign up Race rewards programs
where every time you buy something you earn

1763
02:08:13.640 --> 02:08:18.760
money back on your purchase. But
go to ACE Hardware dot com and find

1764
02:08:18.840 --> 02:08:22.279
a store near you that. I
can't give you better advice than that.

1765
02:08:22.760 --> 02:08:26.319
And if you'll come out to the
K and M A's Hardware in Kingwood on

1766
02:08:26.880 --> 02:08:31.920
Kingwood Drive eleven thirty to one thirty
as soon as the show's over, I'm

1767
02:08:31.000 --> 02:08:35.439
heading that way. We're there to
answer your questions. I just like shake

1768
02:08:35.479 --> 02:08:37.119
your hand and meet you. But
if you want to bring in pictures and

1769
02:08:37.720 --> 02:08:41.600
have me kind of advise on some
plantings you'd like to put in, I'll

1770
02:08:41.640 --> 02:08:46.760
be there and I'll be available for
that and look forward to getting to talk

1771
02:08:46.800 --> 02:08:50.560
to you. You know. Garden
Line is here from six am to ten

1772
02:08:50.640 --> 02:08:54.319
am every Saturday and Sunday, and
we're here to answer your gardening questions.

1773
02:08:54.399 --> 02:08:58.000
We also are available by podcast.
And if you miss the show and you

1774
02:08:58.079 --> 02:09:01.119
want to go back and what was
that thing he said, Maybe you didn't

1775
02:09:01.159 --> 02:09:05.239
listen with a paper and pen handy, Well you can go back and listen

1776
02:09:05.319 --> 02:09:09.479
to a pass show and get some
more information. But we enjoy getting to

1777
02:09:09.560 --> 02:09:13.479
visit with gardeners. We enjoy your
questions and calls. And I would suggest

1778
02:09:13.600 --> 02:09:18.479
that you become our advocate in your
neighborhood. Tell your other friends and family

1779
02:09:18.560 --> 02:09:22.479
and people in your neighborhood to listen
to garden Line. They can get a

1780
02:09:22.520 --> 02:09:26.680
lot of good information. We really
work hard and providing good quality, research

1781
02:09:26.800 --> 02:09:31.600
based solid information, not just advice, not just someone's opinion, but something

1782
02:09:31.720 --> 02:09:37.800
that's been tried and proven and that
works. Because your yard and your garden,

1783
02:09:37.880 --> 02:09:41.560
they're your show place and I'm here
to make them more bountiful and more

1784
02:09:41.640 --> 02:09:46.000
beautiful. And that's the purpose of
the advice we give. So when you

1785
02:09:46.159 --> 02:09:50.840
run into problems, when you're looking
for ideas, that's why we're here.

1786
02:09:50.000 --> 02:09:54.359
You know, there are not many
towns that I know of in Texas where

1787
02:09:54.680 --> 02:09:58.399
you get eight hours of garden show
on a weekend. I mean, that's

1788
02:09:58.439 --> 02:10:05.119
a lot of opportunity and the combination
of that with oh so many wonderful garden

1789
02:10:05.199 --> 02:10:07.560
centers Houston area. What a great
place to live in garden