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Kt r H Garden Line does not
necessarily endorse any of the products or services

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advertised on this program. Welcome to
kt r H Garden Line with Skip Richter.

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It's so crazy. Just watch him
as well. Stay well, good

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Sunday morning. We are glad you're
tuned in and listening to Garden Line.

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And if you got some questions,
you're welcome to give us a call today

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our phone number seven one three two
one two k t r H seven one

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three two one two fifty eight seventy
four. I don't know. Some people

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like dialing by letters and numbers.
Seems easier for me to dial by numbers,

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but you know, the letters are
perhaps easier to remember. I don't

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know. We'll switch around, give
me both ways. Hey, the weather

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we're having is outstanding, and I
know it's a little warm, it's a

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little unseasonably warm. But what that's
doing is it's helping us have more time

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to get some October things done.
October is the month we fertilize with a

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fall fertilization. A fall fertilization is
different than spring and summer, and here's

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why. In the spring and summer
we are providing our turf with a fertilizer's

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got plenty of nitrogen to encourage growth, to encourage it to fill in and

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grow and be green, and all
of that. When we get to fall,

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we don't want to push it.
If you have a high nitrogen fertilizer

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in the fall, especially one that's
releasing it immediately making it all available,

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you push a lot of green growth, and large patch or brown patch is

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just a lot worse. You predispose
it. In fact, there's several things

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that predispose a lawn to brown patch. And if you've listened to this show

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very much, you know that when
I talk about these issues we deal with

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with me, it's not just like
here's the product you used to fix everything.

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It's first cultural practices, how do
we avoid predisposing our plants to problems?

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And then secondly, when we have
a problem, Yeah, they're products

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that fix it or deal with it. That's the order that I would like

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to encourage you to think about.
So, for example, with large patch,

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lots of nitrogen, frequent watering,
keeping it wet, mowing it very

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very low your lawn, all of
those things are gonna make brown patch or

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large patch much worse. They just
are. And so don't do them.

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The grass doesn't need that. Infall, we shift to a lower nitrogen fertilizer,

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but we still want a good content
of that last number, especially that's

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the potassium our plants, our grass
plants need all nutrients, lots of nutrients,

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different kinds that is, but potassium
helps it in winter heartiness and so

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coming out of summer. By the
way, potassium also is in really all

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of our fertilizations at a decent level
because it also helps with drop tolerance as

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well. So we put that on
it. We give our grass as much

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time as we can before cold winter
weather kind of shuts it down. And

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right now your grass is actively taking
up nutrients, so this will be a

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great time to get the fall fertilization
in, get that thing beefed up,

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because here's what it does. It
takes up the nutrients, it makes carbohydrates,

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It gets ready for winter, and
it's stronger coming out of winter too.

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When your grass comes out of winter, the energy that it's using is

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not what it's taking up early early
early in the spring. It's the energy

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that was stored from the fall fertilization
or good nutrients supplies in the soil and

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fall and that helps it get going
and then the roots start elongating, getting

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out in the ground, and here
comes our spring fertilizations. We just take

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off from there. But very important
also this warm weather. So first thing,

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warm weather, even though we would
love it to go ahead and cool

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off a little more, it is
helping us have a little more time to

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get those nutrients into the grass,
get the grass a little stronger. Secondly,

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cool season weeds start to germinate when
the temperature drops, and when we

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get that in each weed species has
its own germination temperature, but in general,

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when we start cooling off in the
fall, get a little bit of

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rain, boom here they come up
out of the ground weed seeds and if

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sunlight hits the soil, nature plants
a weed. That's how it works.

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So that's culturally why we work really
hard to make sure we are mow,

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watering and fertilizing properly through the season. And my lawn care schedule it's called

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Skip Richter's lawn Care Schedule. It's
on my website Gardening with Skip dot com.

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Gardening with Skip dot Com. That's
the lawn care schedule, so it'll

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tell you about the fall fertilization and
the many product options you have. But

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the weeds, I also have a
lawn, pest, disease and weed management

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schedule, and it gives you timing
for like do chinchbug show up? Typically?

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When when do we treat for grubs? Uh? What about you know,

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gray leaf spot in the summer or
take all root rot or a large

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patch of brown patch in the fall. It gives you schedules for all of

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that, including weed control. It
gives you the organic and the synthetic option.

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So I encourage you make a make
a bookmark for gardening with skip dot

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com. That website is going to
get bigger and bigger and better and better.

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We keep adding to it and we've
got some major renovations. We're going

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to try to get it done in
mid to late winter as well. On

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that so weeds, fertilizing the lawn
and then dealing with the diseases of course

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that we have to deal with.
It's all it's all scheduled on there,

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and by delaying that arrival of fall, it gives you a little bit more

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time to get that done. Something
like asimite, for example, you're you

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that is a trace mineral supplement.
So what is a trace mineral. It's

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a mineral that is as essential as
the macro nutrients like N and phosphorus,

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potassium, the big three numbers on
the bag. It's as essential as those,

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but it's needed in tiny trace amounts, and asimite provides that. You

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can go to azimite Texas dot com
find out more about it. You just

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when you fertilize. If you haven't
put some azmite down this year, go

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ahead and put an application of asmite
down following the fertilization. Don't mix them

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in the hopper because anytime you mix
things of different particle size, you don't

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get even distribution. So follow your
fertilization up right away with an azimite application

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and you'll be good to go.
So anyway, we're taking care of a

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lot of a lot of things as
we go into fall, and this is

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the big planting season of the year. It just is. And I'll keep

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pushing and pushing for you guys and
anyone listening and anyone who will listen to

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you because you heard it on the
radio. We got a plant better and

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more in the fall. It's just
planting trees and shrubs properly, digging in

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a good hole, making sure it
doesn't have circling roots. Those are all

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important. And fall planting is also
important. Listen, if you had a

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let's say you planted a plant last
spring and then we went into the summer.

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From hell, we just walked through
and that tree. You can keep

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it alive, but boy, it's
touch and go and you're working at it.

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Had you planted it in the fall
before, it would have all those

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months to establish roots, because tree
roots grow when the sell temperatures in the

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fifties even and I mean that's all
year here in the Houston area. Didn't

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go blow that here in the Houston
area. So go ahead and get those

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things in the ground. Really really
important to do. And anytime you plant

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a tree, just goueid and grab
a tree hugger sprinkler. You put those

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around the tree and you can use
it from planting time all the way through.

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It's probably most important in those first
three four or five years of the

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tree's life because you can water that
entire zone under the branch, spread real

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easily. Go online TreeHugger sprinkler dot
com. You can find a retailer near

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you. But I'll tell you this, they're widely available. Well let's take

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a break. We will be right
back if you'd like to give us a

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call. Seven one three two one
two five eight seven four. Well,

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good morning, good Sunday morning on
what is going to be a beautiful sunday

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out there. We're glad you're listening
to garden Line if you got any gardening

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questions and want to give us a
call. Seven one three two one two

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fifty eight seventy four. Seven one
three two one two fifty eight seventy four.

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I read a quote the other day. I have a whole bunch of

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gardening quotes that I save and love
because they're so insightful. But allan Armitage

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doctor. Armitage is a horticulturist and
Georgia for a long time just a nationally

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recognized expert, and especially in ornamental
horticulture. He said, gardening simply does

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not allow one to be mentally old, because too many hopes and dreams are

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yet to be realized. And that
is true. You know, when let's

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say you're buying a fruit tree and
you're going to plant one this fall or

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this winter. When you buy that
tree, what are you thinking about in

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terms of planting that you're picturing the
crops of peaches or pears or figs or

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whatever. You're picturing that in your
mind you can almost taste them. That

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is a hope, That is a
dream. When you put a seed in

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the ground, I mean that is
an act of faith because you're taking this

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little, tiny, dried up piece
of detritus and you're dropping it in the

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ground, and you think that a
tomato is going to end up coming out

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of that endeavor, and it is. But there's a whole process to it.

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But even when you mess up in
gardening, you know, maybe you

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do things wrong, or maybe the
weather messes you up, you just get

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a fresh new start. And that's
one of the cool things about gardening.

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You know, I like people to
have success. And that's one of the

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reasons, for example, that you
hear me talk about Vego garden beds,

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because I've gardened in a lot of
different ways. I've gardened in mounds of

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soil, raised mountain beds, I've
gardened in boxed beds with treated wood,

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I've gardened with cinder blocks around beds, a lot of things. But when

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I found Vego, that was a
game changer. And the deal is this,

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it's it's metal that has been specially
processed so that it will not rust

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and corrode, and then they coat
it with several layers of USDA approved paint

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that are beautiful colors. You get
to pick your colors. Their margin marginal.

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Marginal is not the word modular.
Modular design allows you to do.

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You have a little l shape area
you want to bed in, you can

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do that. Do you want to
make them, you know, a big

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square or a long skinny bed You
do all that with Vego real easy to

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do. Now, if that's not
enough, if you're an organic gardener,

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there's no treatment, there's no concern
about center blocks or fly ash or anything

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like that. You just go right
to town on it. Now. It's

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also a Houston company. They're right
here in Houston. They are the original

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metal beds here in the US,
and Vego garden beds are just they're easy

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and they last long, long time, long outliving things like treated wood,

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for example, you can buy and
all sizes. It's really a no brainer.

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Drop the bed in, put a
quality soil in it, and you

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go to town. Just as simple
as that. We're going to head out

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now to Kema and we're gonna talk
to Cheryl Good morning, Cheryl, Good

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morning. I bought the three step
bags and we've already put the herbicide down,

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okay, pre emergent or herbicide,
And I'm looking here at the Eagle

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specialty by the side, Macro Fast
is that the second one? And then

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the fertilizer fall special goes in at
the end. Well, you can you

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can do them. You can do
them all. What I would do is

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go ahead and do the fertilizer now, because you're gonna want to water in

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the pre emergent if you haven't already, and you're gonna water in, water

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in the fertilizer, and then when
you do the eagle, you're just barely

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gonna wet the grass. You know, you don't have to put a half

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inch of water on it. You
just want to just put a little moisture

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out there on the grass to kind
of move that down down the grass blades

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and around the runners and whatnot.
That's the eagle, Okay. I never

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watered the pre emergent herbicide. That's
okay. I did it about two weeks

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ago. Did we have any rain? I never water. We were supposed

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to do any water. We can
still do it. There's a lot of

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weeds browting that's on its way,
So go ahead and get it watered in.

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You'll be okay, So go ahead, all right. So now then

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I should water the grass because it
has the pre emergent herbicide in it.

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I would I would put the fertilizer
out now and then do one watering for

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the pre emergent and the fertilizer,
okay, and then and then the the

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specialty fungicide goes in at the end. Yeah, I would do that because

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you just you don't want to just
put a ton of water on right after

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you put out this fungerside. The
fertilizer goes in the You want it going

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down into the soil, dissolving the
pre emergent. You also want to wash

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to the soil where it ties up
right at the surface. But the eagle,

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you're wanting that on the grass plant
part arts primarily and down in the

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thatch area where it can fight the
diseases. So the eagle goes in at

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the end. Yes, okay,
you know, I think you're you're making

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it harder than it really needs to
be. A lot of people just put

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them out there and nature comes and
drops two inches of water on the ground

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or whatever. But but I'm just
telling you how I would do it.

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If I was at your stage,
I would go ahead and fertilize. I'd

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put about a half inch of water
down, and then I'd put it could

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be the same day, could be
the next day, next week, whatever.

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You put the eagle down. But
you just don't want to wait until

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the big circles appear before you put
it down. Oh okay, that's for

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the that. Okay, yes,
okay, thank you. And are we

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going to get a big bunch of
rain? You know, I haven't watched

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the weather close enough. I just
heard Nikki talking about maybe later in the

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week a little bit of rain,
but I don't I don't know it will

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about ruin it if we get one. No, it will not lose your

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brain. Okay, So go ahead
and get the fertilizer in and then do

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the specialty from the site. There
you go, as simple as all right.

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All right, thanks Cheryl. I
appreciate appreciate that very much. You

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know, if you live up in
the Fumbole area out west of town is

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the Arborgate. I know pretty much
I in town knows about the arbor Gate.

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It's one of the premier destination nurseries
that we have in the Greater Houston

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area, and folks come from all
over to see it. And there's a

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reason for that. It is gorgeous
walking through it. The display gardens,

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the inspiration, of course, the
very knowledgeable staff that helps you out.

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They've got a shipment of old garden
roses and still have heirloom bulbs, oh

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my gosh, the kind that repeat
year after year. You buy them once

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and you get return dividends on your
money every year because that's the kind of

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bulbs they carry there now. They
also have the one two three system for

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your soil, and that is a
food, an organic food, and four

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four to three that feeds anything with
roots'd be a great one to put on

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for your fall application of fertilizer right
now, a really good blend of nutrients

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for that. They have the Organic
Soil Complete which includes some expanded shale in

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it, as does the Organic Compost
Complete step three. All three bags put

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together set your plants up for success. And every time you do that,

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you are making the soil better and
better and better. And then it's like

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gardening is easy. And not only
do you have a green thumb, you've

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got green fingers and everything else because
you've built the soil with those quality products

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from Barburgate. So i'd encourage you
to go check them out again. They're

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just west of Tomball on twenty nine
to twenty and with the new parking lot,

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you turn in before or after Arborgate
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my gosh, so convenient, so
easy, and an all weather convenience as

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well. Well, let's see,
we're going to head out to Katie now

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and talk to Hank. Hello,
Hank, good morning. Sure, A

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course I have on Warner him.
I've got an eight foot fence going uh

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east to west, and I want
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and The've got some oak trees up
and down it, but we will

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get filtered light to actually maybe scattered
sun. And I want to plant something

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that will not trees. And the
only things I can think of a clear

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Japonica and uh, maybe any of
the holly family. Yeah, those those

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would be those would be two good
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out. So you're you're pretty sure
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gonna come up. So even though
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be getting some sunlight, right right, right, it's gonna get It's not

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good, I mean, it's not
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get light. Yes, okay,
well uh and it's and there's places that

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are getting more sunned. Yeah,
okay, scattered trees. They're not solid

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overcast. So you're wanting basically an
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option would be to put in a
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they get partial sun they do pretty
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example, like a pride to Houston. That would be one possible option.

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So the plants are going to be
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bed. Yes, yes, it's
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Yeah. Yeah, I've got some
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They're doing okay, But that would
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You know, when it comes to
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our selection is somewhat limited because most
things just need more sunlight to really be

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dense. So you just have to
recognize that that it's going to be a

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little less dense than maybe it would
have been in the sun. Your lower

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pens will eventually get lady. Yes, well they can. You can keep

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them trimmed and they stay compact.
But Laura they will grow in shade,

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but not full shade, but bright
shade. So that would be a good

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choice too. But here's the thing
with Laura pedlums. When you purchase them,

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you have an option of sizes.
Uh you know, I was,

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I was looking at some nursery catalogs
the other day, and I mean they

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got Laura pedlums that are fairly compact, and then the standard old type.

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I've seen those suckers, you know, fifteen feet high or more growing into

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a small tree form. So but
it's a matter of pruning, and it's

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a matter of you know, if
you want one to be small, pick

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one that is naturally compact. And
the red button tree would be a great

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selection in here with that much sun
when it because the tree is going to

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get up above that fence. I
don't know that red bud would be my

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first option. If do you want, If you want, you're not going

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to be very little son until they
get above the fence, right, Yeah,

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no, No, they've got oaks
above the fence. Okay, yeah,

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you could do a red bud if
it's got a bright shade, a

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little bit of morning sun or something
like that, it'll do just fine in

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there, right. And one other
question, if you're trying to go organic,

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is there a post emergent wheed killer
for joy here? Post emergent zousia

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organic? The only thing would be
one we want to get rid of them?

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Well, I understand the only thing
would be one of the top kill,

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top burn products. You know,
people use things like vinegar, for

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example, to burn the tops of
the weeds, and that probably is your

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best bet for killing the zoisia.
Some of the other products at work,

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like the cinnamon based product or iron
based products, are not going to kill

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the zoisia. So the only other
things there would be to put down a

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really good thick layer of mulch under
on top of some cardboard or something to

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literally just block it out. But
zoysia is able to hold its breath a

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long time, so maybe physical movell
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Hey, I've got I've got to
run to I got to run to

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a break. Thank you, Hank, I appreciate your call. Oh boy,

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seven one three two one two fifty
eight seven. I feel like I'm

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running down the street or something here, uh, fifty eight seventy four.

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We're going to turn it over to
the Nicky News Network. Gather our thoughts

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and be right back. Good Sunday
morning, on what is going to be

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a beautiful day. You're listening to
garden Line. I'm your host, Skip

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Richter, and our phone number is
seven one three two one two five eight

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seven four seven one three two one
two fifty eight seventy four. I was

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looking at Quality Feed the other day. They have got in a shipment of

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garlic. And I don't know if
you've ever tried going garlic before, but

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you ought you ought to try that. It's pretty cool. It's not hard

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to do. You plant it in
the fall, put your clothes in the

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ground and get them started. And
uh, you just you know, you

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take a set of garlic clothes,
break them apart, so each individual clove

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then becomes a plant. That's how
you do it, and you just get

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it going once. Once it's started, just make sure it has adequately moist

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soil. I tend to give small
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all through the cool season, and
then by the time we get into starts

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to warm up next spring, you're
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If you never tried it before,
you ought to do that. And

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Quality Feed has that, and of
course they have quality feed as well.

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They really, you know, when
it comes to chickens, it's kind of

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like the one stop shop for all
things chickens. I mean, you need

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feed, do you need chicks?
They get them in all the time.

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They're constantly ordering new ones in over
there. They're on Luzon Street, kind

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of north central Houston downtown area,
not downtown, but just north of downtown

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eighteen thirteen Louzon and it's easy to
find, it's easy to get to and

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out of. It's that old time
feed store that we love to go to.

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I always love to go into Quality
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you like airloom seeds, they really
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But all the fertilizers. You know, I've been saying, you got

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to use these products, now,
get them down, get them ready to

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go. Quality carries all of that
and then some you're always going to find

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what you're looking for. And if
you hear it on Garden Line, you're

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going to find it there a quality
feed. You can go online to qualityfeedco

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dot com, qualityfeedco dot com,
or just drive over to eighteen thirteen loos

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On Street. It's kind of near
the intersection where equipment and Alesion come together.

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Say hello of the folks there and
just show them what you want.

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Take a copy of the schedule in
if you want a product for your lawn,

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and you can just point to the
one and they'll be able to direct

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you to that as well. Always
love going in to visit m ckn and

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Chris quality feed. We really love
feeds stores here on Garden Line, and

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we've got feed stores all over the
Greater Houston area that we feel like provide

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that quality service, that experience for
the custom and that they're going to carry

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the things you need. That is
absolutely the case. We were talking earlier

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a little bit about some shrubs.
We're talking with Hank about some shrubs,

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and when you're considering a shrub for
an area, there are a number of

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factors. Number one, do you
want it to be an evergreen to block

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a view or to just make a
wall. You know, shrubs and vines

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can both be walls in the landscape. Our landscape has carpet, it has

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walls, it has ceilings that would
be trees and arbors. But if you

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want it to be a wall,
you need to always make sure you trim

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it so that the top is no
wider than the base. And shrubs are

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always going to try to do the
opposite of that. They're going to try

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to make a capital V shape,
narrow at the bottom, wide at the

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top. We need something more in
the direction of straight walls or a capital

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A shape, if you want to
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top is a little more narrow than
the base, so sunlight reaches all parts

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of the shrub. Without sunlight down
in the shrub, you're going to lose

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leaves, and once you lose them, you got to see through lower area

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of the shrub and it's not blocking
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And it takes light to do that, to grow dense and to do

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that very successfully. Hey, our
phone number is seven one three two one

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two fifty eight seventy four if you'd
like to discuss something related to gardening this

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morning. That is why we're here, by the way, Thanks thanks to

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everybody who came out to Enchanted Gardens
in Richmond yesterday had some really great conversations

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with listeners, and I just appreciate
you all coming up, getting a chance

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to meet you and help you have
success with your garden. Uh. The

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McGrath Pest Control, you've heard me
mention them before, but they're one of

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those companies that does things the old
fashioned way. That doesn't mean that their

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old time. When it comes to
technology, McGrath the best way, I

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would describe them as modern technology and
techniques with the old fashioned customer service.

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What do I mean by that?
If they tell you that you need something,

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you need it, they don't sell
you something you don't need. If

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they say I'll be there on such
and such day at such and such time,

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they will. It's not like blockout
your day and you're lucky if we

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show up like it is with how
many times have you had a service person

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do that for you? You can
go on line to makegraphpesscontrol dot com find

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out more. You can give them
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nine eighty two forty listen. They've
been doing this for almost fifty years now,

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and no matter what the pests are, that you're dealing with, whether

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it's bugs running around the kitchen,
whether it's varmint's getting up in the attic,

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a mosquitoes out. They do it
all. They do it all at

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pest Control. And by the way, they just they were just selected as

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a curator's pick for the best pest
control companies in Houston. And that doesn't

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come easy. The reason that I'm
bragging on them is the reason that they

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would have been selected. They were
selected for an incredible award like that.

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That's the kind of service and company
that you want to go with. You're

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listening to guard Line and our phone
number is seven to one three two one

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two five eight seven four seven one
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Someone asked me the other day,
is should I scout my lawn before

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we go into winter or should I
mow it ro high? Or how high

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do I mow the lawn? I
would mo it at the regular level going

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into winter. You know, our
goal is to keep it healthy. When

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most lawns are Saint Augustine here in
the greater Houston area, not all for

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sure, but most of them are. And when you most Saint Augustine low,

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it just weakens the plant. It's
not made for that. Bermuda's made

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for that. Most lass are made. They can take that. They adjust

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to it very well. Look beautiful, but Saint Augustine's not. So let's

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not cut it down low. Also, think about this, The more you

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block sunlight from the soil, the
less problems you're going to have with weeds

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trying to germinate. So start with
that in the spring. If you wanted

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to start with a lower mowing initially, you could do that. We'll talk

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about that when we get to that
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we are going to run out to
Fresno and Alex is our next caller.

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Hey, Alex, we got about
a minute to start the question and then

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we'll just continue it after break if
we need to. All right, good

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morning, I just had a question
I have. I believe it's a cypress

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tree, similar to the ones in
the we we'll walk over there in San

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Antonio with the stumps coming off the
ground. Oh yeah. My question was

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is it a danger to the house, the foundation whatever? Since it's up.

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They're about twenty feet from the well. One of them is about twenty

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feet that's the closest to the house. No, they're not. Any tree

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is going to put roots around your
house because that's where water drips off the

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roof. That's where it stays nice
and moist. And the problem is any

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tree roots are going to take the
water out during the hot summer seat when

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they're trying to survive, and our
soil when it gets wet and dry and

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wet and dry, that shrinking and
swelling is what causes us problems on our

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foundation. But it's not a cypress
knee under the foundation lifting up your your

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house. Foundation's I also have irrigation
system and is actually starting to actually affect

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one area where it broke a line. I guess I'll aware though they'll do

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that. They will absolutely do that, that is for sure. Yeah.

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Uh. You know there are cypress
out there. They're hard to find and

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the trade, but that don't produce
the knees. Well. Actually, there's

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some like the manazuma that's easy to
find in the trade. But I wish

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we could go back in time and
put more of those kind in our yards

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because I've got some cypress in my
yard and I'm always fussing about those knees

408
00:28:47.599 --> 00:28:51.920
coming up. All right, thank
you very much, Yes, sir,

409
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thank you for the call. I
appreciate that we're going to go to break.

410
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If you'd like to get on the
board seven one three two one two

411
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fifty eight seventy for give Josh a
call. Well, good Sunday morning.

412
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You're listening to garden Line, and
I'm glad you are our phone number.

413
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If you'd like to give us call
seven one three two one two fifty eight

414
00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:15.559
seventy four. I was out in
the backyard this past week and we're getting

415
00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:18.559
our fire table ready to go,
and just you know, now that's not

416
00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:22.759
so blazing hot. We're really enjoying
being outside. When it comes to all

417
00:29:22.839 --> 00:29:26.960
the stuff that you need for like
that backyard patio and whatnot. You know,

418
00:29:27.000 --> 00:29:30.880
a grill, outdoor, furniture,
lighting, power equipment, games,

419
00:29:32.000 --> 00:29:34.119
all kinds of stuff. Ace Hardware
is the place to go. I mean,

420
00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:37.279
all the things we talk about here
on Guardline you can get that there

421
00:29:37.279 --> 00:29:41.319
too. You want a beautiful yard, you need some fertilizer, you need

422
00:29:41.680 --> 00:29:45.400
some sort of a pest control or
weed management or any kind of products like

423
00:29:45.480 --> 00:29:48.519
that. Ace Hardware has them.
You can go to Ace hardware dot com,

424
00:29:48.720 --> 00:29:52.559
find the store locator and find one
of the thirty nine. Ace Hardware

425
00:29:52.640 --> 00:29:57.640
is near you. It's as simple
as that. Let's run out to Palasios.

426
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Now we're going to talk to Mark. Hello, Mark, good morning.

427
00:30:02.799 --> 00:30:06.160
I have a couple quick questions.
I've got an old hackberry tree.

428
00:30:06.200 --> 00:30:07.559
It's ugly as sin, but it's
all i've got, so I need to

429
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try to save it. Okay,
it's developed a big hole directly underneath it.

430
00:30:12.160 --> 00:30:17.519
Should I fill that with dirt?
You could, It's not going to

431
00:30:17.559 --> 00:30:22.079
affect the life of the tree,
But I don't know. I don't know

432
00:30:22.119 --> 00:30:25.400
what exactly did a varmit you think
get in there and make that hole.

433
00:30:25.720 --> 00:30:27.960
Maybe we just moved to the house
and yeah, it's possible. I have

434
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a noticed one lightly. Yeah,
but I don't know how deep it is.

435
00:30:30.920 --> 00:30:33.720
But well for strength toise too,
I mean, would it helped at

436
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all? Not pretty big, not
really on hackberry you know, they they're

437
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not anywhere near the best trees,
and I understand why you want to keep

438
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it. You might want to think
about planting some other quality, long lived

439
00:30:48.839 --> 00:30:53.880
trees that grow pretty fast around that
area. And then so when you take

440
00:30:53.920 --> 00:30:56.359
the hackberry out, you already got
something that's got a little bit of a

441
00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:00.160
head start, but that would just
be an yeah, an option there.

442
00:31:00.240 --> 00:31:03.759
It's right close to fairly close to
the house over a swimming pool. Now

443
00:31:03.839 --> 00:31:07.640
so anyway, okay, it'll fall
sooner or later. Yeah, but I

444
00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:11.359
need a shape. Second question,
I was looking for for a shaped tree

445
00:31:11.359 --> 00:31:15.359
in my front yard. There's nothing
there full sign on south basic sign.

446
00:31:15.960 --> 00:31:19.160
I saw a tea food tree or
a rosewood. I've never seen that or

447
00:31:19.160 --> 00:31:23.000
heard of it. Do you have
any knowledge of that? I really don't.

448
00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:29.799
That does sound like I would have. I'd be familiar with it if

449
00:31:29.799 --> 00:31:32.880
it was a good top tree for
this area. But yeah, I've never

450
00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:36.200
seen it before, so i'd probably
go with it. Does the area drain

451
00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:42.279
well? Yeah, okay, it's
flat and yeah it drains well. Okay.

452
00:31:42.599 --> 00:31:47.839
I would consider a red oak tree. There is a Schumart oak if

453
00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:49.599
you have a good soil. If
it's just a heavy clay, I'd probably

454
00:31:49.640 --> 00:31:52.480
go with a nut tall oak.
And you t t a L I believe

455
00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:56.240
it is how they spell that,
Okay, And for a large one,

456
00:31:56.359 --> 00:32:01.240
I'm sixty six. I don't have
it, you know, so I don't.

457
00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:05.200
I want to buy as large as
I can, and I'll planted a

458
00:32:05.319 --> 00:32:07.039
large red oak in my other house
that I just moved from. Okay,

459
00:32:07.079 --> 00:32:09.160
and it was okay, but it
was more like a Christmas tree. I

460
00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:14.440
want something that's going to spread out
some more. Well, a red oak

461
00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:17.799
will. So you're wanting to buy
a ground that's already large, yes,

462
00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:22.920
So I don't know what the best
value is on a large tree. Well,

463
00:32:22.960 --> 00:32:27.359
you want a quality you want a
tree that that's been grown, right,

464
00:32:27.440 --> 00:32:30.680
a quality tree. The folks at
Verdant Tree Farm could do that.

465
00:32:30.680 --> 00:32:34.319
I would give them a call.
Verdant is that are all over town,

466
00:32:34.400 --> 00:32:38.480
four locations around. It's easy to
find them. And let me just give

467
00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:44.240
you the website Verdant b E R
D A N T Tree farmank. You

468
00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:45.720
can drive up there. You can
drive around with them and look. And

469
00:32:45.759 --> 00:32:50.079
the bigger the tree gets some more
costs of course, but yeah, I

470
00:32:50.119 --> 00:32:52.319
want to check it out. And
they'll have some other suggestions as well.

471
00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:59.160
Okay, they have an excellent selection
of trees, so very good. All

472
00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:01.680
right, appreciate it, all right, thank you appreciate that, Mark,

473
00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:07.960
I you bet, yeah, boy, that's time to plant a tree today,

474
00:33:07.200 --> 00:33:12.240
actually forty years ago. Second best
times today if you leave if you

475
00:33:12.319 --> 00:33:16.160
live down in League City your hometown
feed store in that area is League City

476
00:33:16.200 --> 00:33:21.000
Feed now? And when I say
Lee live in League City, Santa Fe

477
00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:24.279
Dickinson, you know Webster clear like
all that area, League City Feeds your

478
00:33:24.279 --> 00:33:29.599
hometown feed store. The Thunderbergs have
a great old time store there. Wes

479
00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:31.480
and his sister Madison are there.
Hey, if you show up on a

480
00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:36.359
Saturday, you might get to meet
Rorshak the Dalmatian. Is that a good

481
00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:39.480
name for a dalmation? Rorshak stare
at the dog and what do you see?

482
00:33:39.799 --> 00:33:45.960
The phone number is two eight one
three three two one six one two.

483
00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:50.319
They're open Monday through Saturday nine to
six and closed on Sunday. And

484
00:33:50.599 --> 00:33:53.559
if you hear me talk about a
fertilizer product, they're going to have it

485
00:33:53.640 --> 00:33:59.519
at League City Feed. They say
they stay stocked up with all the things

486
00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:02.119
you need, have a beautiful art, lawn, landscape, garden, and

487
00:34:02.160 --> 00:34:07.039
everything else included. I always like
to go down there and visit with I

488
00:34:07.079 --> 00:34:09.639
need to. I haven't seen Roorshak, and I need to go oack and

489
00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:14.800
see Rorshack, see how he's doing. You know, we're entering that holiday

490
00:34:14.840 --> 00:34:19.559
season and a lot of people think
about a giving and ways that they can

491
00:34:19.679 --> 00:34:22.239
make a difference in other people's lives. You're not going to find a better

492
00:34:22.280 --> 00:34:27.320
way than Star of Hope. My
wife and I are supporters of Star of

493
00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:30.800
Hope. We've been associated with Star
Hope for a long long time, from

494
00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:36.360
years ago when we lived in town
just north of town to now. Star

495
00:34:36.400 --> 00:34:39.639
of Hope serves more than seven six
thousand meals a week, So for like

496
00:34:39.960 --> 00:34:44.480
two dollars and eighty cents, you
can provide a meal for someone at Star

497
00:34:44.559 --> 00:34:51.159
of Hope. Go to the website
sohmission dot org. They make a difference.

498
00:34:51.239 --> 00:34:52.360
It isn't just come in, get
a meal, go back out on

499
00:34:52.360 --> 00:34:57.280
the street. It isn't just here's
some support and good luck. No,

500
00:34:57.400 --> 00:35:00.400
they go through training. They help
people know, no matter what their situation,

501
00:35:00.840 --> 00:35:05.440
to get back on their feet.
That is a good cause, and

502
00:35:05.480 --> 00:35:08.880
that's why we support Star of Hope. It is a very good cause.

503
00:35:09.000 --> 00:35:14.360
It is not a handout, It
is life changing help. It takes time,

504
00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:16.599
They take the time to do it, and they make a difference in

505
00:35:16.639 --> 00:35:22.559
people's lives. It's as simple as
that. One of the many reasons that

506
00:35:22.599 --> 00:35:27.519
I think Star Hope is excellent.
Did you guys know, I don't know

507
00:35:27.519 --> 00:35:31.480
if you heard me yesterday. But
Nelson Plant Food their forty year anniversary was

508
00:35:31.519 --> 00:35:37.000
October fourteenth, just the other day. You know, Nelson's, they've been

509
00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:42.079
a fixture in the fertilizer industry.
I mean, they have their many lines,

510
00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:46.639
the Nelson plant Food lines that I
just think are absolutely outstanding, or

511
00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:52.119
things like color Star or a nutri
Star. Now right now we're talking turf

512
00:35:52.199 --> 00:35:57.480
and that would be the turf Star
line. The Nelson plant Food product that

513
00:35:57.559 --> 00:36:01.920
you want to put down now is
carbel Load. Carbo Load has a good

514
00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:07.239
supply of potassium, it's got a
good amount of nitrogen, not too much

515
00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:09.760
though, and it also has a
pre emergent weed control product in it.

516
00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:14.360
So when you put it down in
water in you've done two things. You

517
00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:17.559
have fertilized the lawn, but you've
also put down a pre emergent and especially

518
00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:22.599
if your lawn is thin coming out
of the weather that we had this summer,

519
00:36:22.840 --> 00:36:27.599
well that's exactly going to fill the
blank for you. Because where sunlight

520
00:36:27.679 --> 00:36:30.800
hits a soil, nature plants a
weed. And with carbo Load you get

521
00:36:30.840 --> 00:36:37.320
a quality fertilizer and you get the
weed control preventative that will carry you all

522
00:36:37.360 --> 00:36:42.880
through the winter season as well.
That is a great combination. It's probably

523
00:36:42.880 --> 00:36:45.519
one of my favorite products that they
make. I actually have several favorites.

524
00:36:45.559 --> 00:36:50.159
But when Elson plant food, you
know you're getting a quality product that was

525
00:36:50.239 --> 00:36:55.239
designed for our soils, for our
climate, for down here. And just

526
00:36:55.280 --> 00:37:00.400
a congratulations to Dean and the folks
at Nelson on that forty year anniversary.

527
00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:05.239
Boy, that is that is something
special. Well, you're listening to garden

528
00:37:05.320 --> 00:37:07.159
Line. We're about to take a
top of the hour break here. We

529
00:37:07.280 --> 00:37:12.519
will be back if you would like
to get on the boards. Give Josha

530
00:37:12.519 --> 00:37:17.599
calls seven to one three two one
two five eight seven four. Hey,

531
00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:23.079
next Saturday, Next Saturday, at
twenty eighth of October, I'm going to

532
00:37:23.079 --> 00:37:28.079
be at Southwest Fertilizer, one of
my favorite places in the world. Southwest

533
00:37:28.119 --> 00:37:30.760
Fertilizer. You know they've got all
kinds of great products there. But I'll

534
00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:35.119
be there answering your gardening questions.
Hey, bring some samples in, put

535
00:37:35.119 --> 00:37:37.599
them in a bag, let's talk
about it. If you need them identified,

536
00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:39.119
if you need them diagnosed, we
can do that. If you want

537
00:37:39.119 --> 00:37:43.199
to bring some pictures on your phone, take a look at them, discuss

538
00:37:43.760 --> 00:37:45.800
maybe some plants that would do well
there, or what's going on in this

539
00:37:45.880 --> 00:37:49.519
area? What do you think you's
wrong with this? We can talk about

540
00:37:49.559 --> 00:37:52.639
all that. I always love to
visit with people that listen to the show

541
00:37:52.639 --> 00:37:55.119
as we get out to these areas. And while you're there at Nelson's,

542
00:37:55.519 --> 00:37:59.559
it's nels. I've been talking about
Nelson's. By the way, Southwest carries

543
00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:02.559
Nelson's as well as many other fertilizers. You can just pick up some flies.

544
00:38:02.840 --> 00:38:07.679
Well, we'll be right back and
continue the show in just a moment.

545
00:38:08.199 --> 00:38:12.639
Kat r H. Garden Line does
not necessarily endorse any of the products

546
00:38:12.679 --> 00:38:17.519
or services advertised on this program.
Welcome to kat r H. Garden Line

547
00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:43.239
with Scip Richter's Crazy. Just watch
him as well. Good morning, good

548
00:38:43.280 --> 00:38:47.159
Sunday morning, on what is going
to be a beautiful day. I know

549
00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:51.639
it is dark outside. Still,
if you look over see your neighbor's house

550
00:38:51.800 --> 00:38:53.519
and the lights are off, go
bang on the door, tell him they're

551
00:38:53.519 --> 00:38:57.519
missing garden Line. They will appreciate
it. In fact, they might just

552
00:38:57.679 --> 00:39:00.679
rise up and call you blessed.
Well maybe not that's morning, but in

553
00:39:00.800 --> 00:39:07.000
time they will come to appreciate you're
turning them on to garden Line. Our

554
00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:08.679
phone number if you'd like to give
us a call this morning is seven to

555
00:39:08.719 --> 00:39:15.239
one three two one two fifty eight
seventy four seven one three two one two

556
00:39:15.519 --> 00:39:22.000
five eight seven four. As simple
as that. The Enchanted Forest Garden Center

557
00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:25.360
is. If you haven't been out
there before, it's if you're in Richmond,

558
00:39:25.360 --> 00:39:28.559
you're heading up towards sugar Land Way. It's off to the right.

559
00:39:28.760 --> 00:39:31.119
It's off to the right down there. You can find them on FM twenty

560
00:39:31.159 --> 00:39:37.159
seven to fifty nine to be specific. But they have an unbelievable selection right

561
00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:40.440
now of all things fall. You
know, do you want shrubs and trees?

562
00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:43.920
I keep telling you now it's time
to plant one. They have a

563
00:39:43.920 --> 00:39:47.199
great selection. They have natives and
they have adapted non natives as well.

564
00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:50.679
You know. One of my favorite
and I was looking at these out there

565
00:39:50.679 --> 00:39:53.559
the other day. They had some
Chinese fringe trees, and fringe tree is

566
00:39:53.639 --> 00:39:58.079
just beautiful. There. There is
a native version and then there's a Chinese

567
00:39:58.079 --> 00:40:00.440
fringe tree. Both of them beautiful
trees for this area. And they got

568
00:40:00.440 --> 00:40:06.440
a good supply of those. Do
you need anything for the fall harvest holiday

569
00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:12.079
celebrations from October through November? They've
got everything like that, and it's about

570
00:40:12.079 --> 00:40:15.360
time to get those cool season flowers
going. And if you need a selection

571
00:40:15.440 --> 00:40:21.079
of pansies and violas and all kinds
of things that do well snap dragons in

572
00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:23.679
the cool season, ulyssa in the
cool season. All of that is there

573
00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:30.400
if you want to plant perennial herbs, their herbs selection with that new facility

574
00:40:30.400 --> 00:40:34.360
in facility, it's a kind of
a barn like structure that they built for

575
00:40:34.440 --> 00:40:37.559
that area of the herbs and the
vegetables. Oh my gosh, chalk full

576
00:40:37.840 --> 00:40:42.559
of herbs, lots of them.
And again, now's the time to get

577
00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:45.119
those things in the ground. It
gives you the head start that you need.

578
00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:50.639
Enchanted Forest Nursery, you will be
enchanted when you visit. You can.

579
00:40:50.880 --> 00:40:54.559
You can give them a call at
two eight one nine three seven ninety

580
00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:59.519
four forty nine to find out more. And they always have something going on

581
00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:04.519
on the weekend out there scheduled through
this whole fall season. Well, you're

582
00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:07.920
listening to garden Line. Our phone
number is seven to one three two one

583
00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:14.480
two five eight seven four seven one
three two one two fifty eight seventy four.

584
00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:20.639
It is as simple as that,
I like I like quotes, I

585
00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:24.239
like gardening quotes, and I saw
one the other day that said, my

586
00:41:24.320 --> 00:41:30.440
rule, my rule of thumb for
malts is to double my initial estimate of

587
00:41:30.519 --> 00:41:35.559
bags needed and add three. That
way, I'll only be two bags short.

588
00:41:37.280 --> 00:41:39.320
That's true. And if you're looking
for if you're looking for bags of

589
00:41:39.360 --> 00:41:43.320
malts, airloom soils, as you
covered, I mean, they have a

590
00:41:43.519 --> 00:41:46.199
wide variety of products, all kinds
of things, multz, compost, potting,

591
00:41:46.199 --> 00:41:49.800
soils, you name it. Right
now. They got a special going

592
00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:52.719
though, And this is your chance. If you thought about putting in a

593
00:41:52.760 --> 00:41:55.480
garden bed or renovating a garden bed, here's a deal that you don't want

594
00:41:55.519 --> 00:42:00.800
to miss. The veggie and herb
soil that there. That's the veggian herb

595
00:42:00.880 --> 00:42:04.719
mix, excellent for edibles, herbs, all kinds of things like that.

596
00:42:05.760 --> 00:42:09.280
It's unspecial. One hundred nineteen dollars
bulk per yard or one hundred and forty

597
00:42:09.280 --> 00:42:14.800
eight for a supersack. A supersack
is a cubic yard in a sack that

598
00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:17.679
they bring and set on your driveway, neat, clean and easy. Now,

599
00:42:17.719 --> 00:42:22.480
the rose soil, which we use
and recommend all the time for all

600
00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:24.679
kinds of garden beds. Not just
roses, but excellent for a lot of

601
00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:30.519
things. Seventy dollars bulk and ninety
nine dollars for a supersack. That is

602
00:42:30.559 --> 00:42:34.639
all with heirloom soils. And you
know their products or quality, that's just

603
00:42:34.880 --> 00:42:38.599
what they make. Heirloomsoils off Texas
dot com. That's the website. But

604
00:42:38.719 --> 00:42:44.519
don't miss out on this opportunity.
It is the time to get those garden

605
00:42:44.559 --> 00:42:47.079
beds built. Whether it's for fall
planting or for spring planting. Go ahead

606
00:42:47.119 --> 00:42:51.840
and get it done and take advantage
of this great deal that they're offering.

607
00:42:52.760 --> 00:42:57.480
You're listening to Guardenline. Our phone
number is seven one three two one two

608
00:42:57.519 --> 00:43:01.679
five eight seven four. I did
want to mention I've talked about herbs a

609
00:43:01.679 --> 00:43:08.119
little bit this morning. When you
are thinking about using herbs, expand your

610
00:43:09.119 --> 00:43:15.199
thought process a little bit. I
use like oregano as a groundcover at the

611
00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:19.159
end of my garden beds and the
vegetable garden. I would use chives,

612
00:43:19.239 --> 00:43:23.239
blooming chives even in ornamental beds.
By the way, that attracts a lot

613
00:43:23.280 --> 00:43:30.719
of beneficial insects and pollinators as well. Rosemary is a very tough plant if

614
00:43:30.760 --> 00:43:34.679
you give it good drainage, it
will do very well here. Even during

615
00:43:34.719 --> 00:43:37.719
a drought, it does really well. And then we have blooming herbs like

616
00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:43.960
Mexican marigold and pineapple sage. Those
bloom late in season, and oh my

617
00:43:44.000 --> 00:43:47.719
gosh, they're absolutely beautiful. So
don't think you have to have a special

618
00:43:47.800 --> 00:43:54.639
geometrically balanced herb garden design. Use
herbs everywhere, and I think it's just

619
00:43:54.719 --> 00:43:59.800
great. And when you want to
go out and collect some herbs for cooking,

620
00:44:00.199 --> 00:44:01.760
you know you can do that,
But why not take advantage of the

621
00:44:01.800 --> 00:44:05.840
beauty of the plants as well.
Hey, we're going to go now out

622
00:44:05.880 --> 00:44:10.400
to Spring Branch and visit with Betty. Hello, Betty, Hello, how

623
00:44:10.400 --> 00:44:16.480
can we help today? Well,
yesterday I listened to you and you was

624
00:44:16.559 --> 00:44:22.920
talking about a flower plant that had
yellow daisy type flowers on it. It

625
00:44:22.960 --> 00:44:27.639
was a weed. I didn't get
the name of it. I think I

626
00:44:27.719 --> 00:44:30.880
got in two places in my yard. It's really hard to get rid of

627
00:44:32.400 --> 00:44:39.679
yellow daisy flowers. I think I
was probably talking that there's a slender aster

628
00:44:40.280 --> 00:44:45.760
that has little daisy flowers that are
white to kind of a light lavender color

629
00:44:45.960 --> 00:44:50.800
of lavender color. Oh, they're
not yellow. No, The slender aster

630
00:44:51.000 --> 00:44:53.000
is not yellow. I don't know
that, you know, Betty. One

631
00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:58.199
option would be to let's look at
a picture of it and and see if

632
00:44:58.199 --> 00:45:00.480
we can identify it. But if
it's it's blooming now, it's a warm

633
00:45:00.519 --> 00:45:06.280
season weed. And if it's blooming
now, it's probably too late to spray

634
00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:08.320
it with a post emergent product.
They just don't work. Well, oh

635
00:45:08.400 --> 00:45:14.840
yeah, I realize that I was
going to spray with that BONUSO yes yesterday

636
00:45:14.880 --> 00:45:22.800
from uh well, okay, Well, I'm just saying that when when these

637
00:45:22.800 --> 00:45:27.480
weeds at the end of the season
are blooming and setting seed, the sprays

638
00:45:27.519 --> 00:45:30.639
we put on them aren't as effective. It's better to catch them next year

639
00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:35.400
when they're up and starting and you
see the present, that's the time to

640
00:45:35.519 --> 00:45:37.800
use hundreds of thousands of them by
next year. I mean, I got

641
00:45:37.800 --> 00:45:43.000
it. Unbelievable how many seeds you
take put out. I understand, Betty.

642
00:45:43.000 --> 00:45:45.559
I'm just telling you already have hundreds
of thousands because they're blooming and setting

643
00:45:45.559 --> 00:45:51.000
seeds and the spray's not going to
kill the seed. So you don't want

644
00:45:51.039 --> 00:45:52.480
to hear this. But if you
can find somebody to get out there and

645
00:45:52.519 --> 00:45:55.960
hand pull those things as much as
you can get them out, Go ahead

646
00:45:55.960 --> 00:45:59.800
and do that, and then next
spring you can put a product down that

647
00:46:00.079 --> 00:46:04.880
events the germination of those weeds.
And that's all on my schedule. It's

648
00:46:04.920 --> 00:46:08.119
all. It tells you when and
what to use for that. Well about

649
00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:14.440
barricade too, that's that's a product
you can use use for that. Hey,

650
00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:16.840
I got to go to a break. But that's the bottom line.

651
00:46:16.880 --> 00:46:22.559
Do you know what was then of
it? Though the name of what the

652
00:46:22.679 --> 00:46:25.280
plan she was talking about, I
was talking about slender astor Betty, I

653
00:46:25.320 --> 00:46:29.320
got to run. Thank you for
the call. I appreciate that. Our

654
00:46:29.360 --> 00:46:31.159
phone number if you'd like to give
us a call, seven one three two

655
00:46:31.159 --> 00:46:36.800
one two fifty eight seventy four will
be right back. Welcome back to garden

656
00:46:36.840 --> 00:46:40.760
Line. Our phone number seven one
three two one two five eight seven four

657
00:46:40.800 --> 00:46:44.559
if you'd like to give us a
call. If you live up in the

658
00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:47.679
Tombol area, your hometown feed stores
D and D Feed. They're west to

659
00:46:47.679 --> 00:46:52.079
Tomball on twenty nine twenty, about
three miles west of two forty nine.

660
00:46:52.599 --> 00:46:58.679
You know they they expanded this summer
and that the new place is just even

661
00:46:58.840 --> 00:47:02.760
more stocked full of all kinds of
quality products, including quality pet foods,

662
00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:07.760
certainly livestock food, you know,
products for caring for horses and whatnot.

663
00:47:07.119 --> 00:47:12.440
They also have plants and they have
seeds, but they have every fertilizer I

664
00:47:12.480 --> 00:47:15.639
recommend out there, and they have
all the different products for controlling insects,

665
00:47:15.719 --> 00:47:21.440
controlling diseases, controlling weeds, for
example. You're going to find all of

666
00:47:21.480 --> 00:47:25.320
that out there at D and D
Feed and Supply out in Tombol. Give

667
00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:29.920
them, give them a lookover.
I think you will be impressed as I

668
00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:31.880
have. While you're out there,
grab some treats for your dogs. I

669
00:47:31.960 --> 00:47:36.719
got a little doggy deli there that
my dogs always get. You know,

670
00:47:36.760 --> 00:47:38.400
they insist if they know I'm going
to D and D feed. I got

671
00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:42.880
to bring them some of those doggy
treats home. They love that. We're

672
00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:47.159
going to head now over to Southwest
Houston and we're going to talk to Judy.

673
00:47:47.239 --> 00:47:52.760
Hello Judy, Hi, Good morning, Scip, Good morning. We

674
00:47:52.840 --> 00:47:58.199
have a corner of our lawn where
amina grass is overtaking our set augustine grass.

675
00:47:58.320 --> 00:48:02.199
Yes, if they're a product we
can use to eradicate the Bermuda grass,

676
00:48:02.199 --> 00:48:07.679
but not harm the said Augustine Yeah, there's not something that is you

677
00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:12.960
know, you can go buy that
will that will do that. It's just

678
00:48:13.760 --> 00:48:16.159
it's just a problem we deal with
when those two run together. It's hard

679
00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:19.960
to get the bermuda out of the
Saint Augustine. We can do things that

680
00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:23.840
weaken the bermuda a little bit or
or you know, but but it's not

681
00:48:23.920 --> 00:48:27.519
going to do what you want it
to do. It's not going to eradicate

682
00:48:27.559 --> 00:48:30.840
it like you want it to.
Well, what can we do to weaken

683
00:48:30.920 --> 00:48:37.559
it? Uh? There, Well, there there are some products some pre

684
00:48:37.599 --> 00:48:43.880
emergence that I don't like to recommend, contain something like atrazine that that weaken

685
00:48:44.239 --> 00:48:47.239
bermuda grass and aren't as hard on
Saint Augustine, but they will wash down

686
00:48:47.239 --> 00:48:52.000
on the soil and they will get
in the roots of trees and shrubs that

687
00:48:52.039 --> 00:48:54.239
pick them up. They can do
damage there. Uh. And it's just

688
00:48:54.719 --> 00:49:00.079
it's just products I would rather not
include in the recommendation. Okay, and

689
00:49:00.079 --> 00:49:02.000
and there. If I thought it
would eradicate to bermuda, I would say,

690
00:49:02.000 --> 00:49:06.519
okay, go ahead, just be
real careful. But I just don't

691
00:49:07.719 --> 00:49:08.960
The only thing, and I've done
this in my yard where I have a

692
00:49:08.960 --> 00:49:14.039
little spots of bermuna. I will
just kill both crosses and just kill everything

693
00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:19.440
out and then either replant Saint Augustine
in that spot, that little area,

694
00:49:19.960 --> 00:49:22.880
or just let it crawl in from
the sides. If it's just a real,

695
00:49:22.039 --> 00:49:27.440
really small area that you're that you're
killing. Okay, okay, thank

696
00:49:27.480 --> 00:49:30.840
you very much. I wish I
had better news for you. Thank you,

697
00:49:30.920 --> 00:49:35.760
Gudy. I appreciate that very much. You are listening to Gardenline.

698
00:49:35.760 --> 00:49:39.760
Our phone number is seven one three
two one two five eight seven four.

699
00:49:40.000 --> 00:49:44.960
Hey, if you have not done
your fertilization yet, you need to consider

700
00:49:45.079 --> 00:49:49.039
Nitrofossis Texas. Three step. Now
what is three step? Well, first,

701
00:49:49.039 --> 00:49:53.639
it's their fall special perfect blend of
nutrients for our soils, for our

702
00:49:53.719 --> 00:49:57.760
climate, and now's the time to
get it down. Number two step.

703
00:49:58.079 --> 00:50:01.360
They're barricade that prevents weeds seeds from
coming up. So wherever you have thin

704
00:50:01.440 --> 00:50:04.920
areas of the lawn and the sun
hits the ground, you're going to get

705
00:50:04.920 --> 00:50:07.679
weeds in there. Barricade when the
weed tries to sprout and establish, it

706
00:50:07.760 --> 00:50:12.880
shuts it down right at that point. And then the third step is nitrofoss

707
00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:15.599
Eagle turf fungicide. That is a
systemic. It soaks in. Now,

708
00:50:15.639 --> 00:50:20.639
you want to get the weed control
of the barricade down now because after the

709
00:50:20.679 --> 00:50:23.760
weed drawll up and growing, well, you've kind of missed missed your opportunity.

710
00:50:23.840 --> 00:50:29.000
So let's prevent them by not waiting
on that. And if it comes

711
00:50:29.039 --> 00:50:31.840
down to the turf fungicide for example, again, once you got big brown

712
00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:37.079
circles everywhere in the yard, well
you've missed that opportunity to do that,

713
00:50:37.159 --> 00:50:40.400
And so that's something we would do
sooner rather than later as well. Texas

714
00:50:40.400 --> 00:50:44.920
three step one two three simple as
that, And you can find this out

715
00:50:44.960 --> 00:50:50.079
at Warne's Southern Gardens out there in
Kingwood. Ace Hardware, Single Ranch Growers,

716
00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:53.840
Outlet and Willis all carry nitrofoss three
step, as do many other areas.

717
00:50:54.119 --> 00:50:59.840
Let's go now to Eldon in Magnolia. Hello, Elden, Hello,

718
00:51:00.119 --> 00:51:06.519
how can we help? I've got
a magnot I know it's in the Magnoldia

719
00:51:06.639 --> 00:51:10.440
family. We called it a tulip
tree because it looks like tulip buds on

720
00:51:10.559 --> 00:51:15.400
it. I know what you're talking
about. When can we tram that tree

721
00:51:15.480 --> 00:51:21.199
back? I need to trum it
back pretty drastically, it's about twenty five

722
00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:25.480
feet tall now, yes, and
it's overtaking the roof of the house that

723
00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:30.320
section. Okay, So you want
to wait until after it blooms. It

724
00:51:30.320 --> 00:51:32.519
blooms really early in the spring,
one of the first things to bloom,

725
00:51:32.840 --> 00:51:36.639
and you want to wait till after
that and print it then, because if

726
00:51:36.639 --> 00:51:38.880
you print it now, you're taking
off all this spring's flower buds, and

727
00:51:38.920 --> 00:51:43.360
you want next springs flowerbuds. You
want to enjoy that. So don't print

728
00:51:43.400 --> 00:51:45.639
it this winter. Wait until after
it blooms, and do the print you

729
00:51:45.679 --> 00:51:52.960
need to do at that time.
Uh, James or Eldon, I need

730
00:51:53.000 --> 00:51:58.320
to get you to turn that radio
off so we can talk. All right.

731
00:51:58.480 --> 00:52:00.760
I believe we took care of it
there. We're going to head now

732
00:52:00.840 --> 00:52:05.599
out to sugar Land and talk to
James. Hello, James, Hey,

733
00:52:05.639 --> 00:52:10.079
good morning, Skip, good morning. We pretty much lost the chinchbug battle

734
00:52:10.119 --> 00:52:14.599
over the summer, but now something
else is going on. Okay. My

735
00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:20.400
grass is the it's Saint Augustine.
The blades are turning yellow and then it's

736
00:52:20.519 --> 00:52:23.760
dying. All okay. I put
out the eagle turf about three weeks ago,

737
00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:29.679
trying to get ahead of brown patch. Yes, something doesn't seem to

738
00:52:29.719 --> 00:52:35.480
have worked. I don't know if
it's take all patch, but it's I'm

739
00:52:35.559 --> 00:52:38.360
kind of at a loss to where
to go now. My guess is that

740
00:52:38.400 --> 00:52:44.280
it would be takeall patch what I
would recommend for you. And when it's

741
00:52:44.400 --> 00:52:49.039
when it comes to these diseases,
diagnostics is very important. You've got a

742
00:52:49.079 --> 00:52:53.599
really good kind of extension horticulturist,
mister Boone holiday out there in Fort ben

743
00:52:53.679 --> 00:52:58.679
County, and you could bring a
sample into the office for them to look

744
00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:02.960
at. Some photos are a sample, but call them first and let them

745
00:53:04.000 --> 00:53:07.199
take a look at a sample before
you go spend the money on other products.

746
00:53:07.599 --> 00:53:10.280
We want to make sure we got
the right you know, the right

747
00:53:10.800 --> 00:53:15.920
diagnosis first. But you're probably right
about take all root rot that yellowing.

748
00:53:16.599 --> 00:53:20.960
Other things can yellow Saint Augustine,
but take all root rot. That is

749
00:53:21.000 --> 00:53:23.480
one of the signs as the roots
begin to die, and it is.

750
00:53:23.719 --> 00:53:28.880
It is a pain in the neck
and quite a quite a process of dealing

751
00:53:28.920 --> 00:53:32.199
with it. And there's places,
I mean it's just died off the straw,

752
00:53:32.840 --> 00:53:37.239
yes, I mean there's just nothing
left. And there'll be a spot,

753
00:53:37.760 --> 00:53:39.840
just a couple of sprigs here and
there that are alive right now,

754
00:53:39.880 --> 00:53:45.199
I've read that if it's take all
root rot, you can use like banner

755
00:53:45.320 --> 00:53:47.320
or something like that. Is there
a more efficient way to put that out

756
00:53:47.400 --> 00:53:52.440
than a pump sprayer? Well,
you could do. You could do a

757
00:53:52.480 --> 00:53:55.599
hose end Uh, just have to
do the figuring so you get the right

758
00:53:55.719 --> 00:54:00.679
rate out there. Banner's propaconazole and
and that is one of the products that

759
00:54:00.840 --> 00:54:05.320
is labeled for control of take all
rut. Right. But I can tell

760
00:54:05.360 --> 00:54:07.760
you this, You're gonna have to
do it in the fall. Now,

761
00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:12.719
you're gonna have to do it in
the springtime, probably in about March.

762
00:54:13.400 --> 00:54:16.400
I would do another application because it
also infects a lot in the spring,

763
00:54:16.480 --> 00:54:20.320
and then we see the problems in
the summer as the roots are dying and

764
00:54:20.360 --> 00:54:23.599
the plants going downhill. Once the
grass dies, is it's still going to

765
00:54:23.679 --> 00:54:30.679
be there? Then if you look
Saint Augustine right right, if the run,

766
00:54:30.800 --> 00:54:35.559
if the runners are green, the
it could it could come back.

767
00:54:35.920 --> 00:54:39.159
If the runners are brown, it's
gone. There's Saint Augustine has no underground

768
00:54:39.280 --> 00:54:45.559
way of rejuvenating. No, no, no, I mean the fungus itself.

769
00:54:45.599 --> 00:54:49.440
Will it still be there? It
is? It is ubiquitous it's it's

770
00:54:49.480 --> 00:54:52.039
in yards of people that don't see
any problems in their yard. When the

771
00:54:52.119 --> 00:54:57.440
grass gets weakened, that disease moves
in and it kills it. But it

772
00:54:57.800 --> 00:55:00.239
would it. You know, it
could be weakened by certain herbicides used in

773
00:55:00.280 --> 00:55:04.960
the summer, that's stress grass.
It could be weakened by compacted soil or

774
00:55:05.000 --> 00:55:07.440
shade or drought or you know,
there's a lot of things that can weaken

775
00:55:07.519 --> 00:55:13.000
it. Take all as an opportunist, and it moves in because the grass

776
00:55:13.079 --> 00:55:17.000
is weak. Okay, Now,
if I take samples to the county agent,

777
00:55:17.480 --> 00:55:21.360
is it the grass they want to
see? The soil they want to

778
00:55:21.360 --> 00:55:24.679
see, it'll be the grass.
Take some pictures. But when you get

779
00:55:24.679 --> 00:55:29.920
a sample, get some roots maybe
four inch by six inch plug, slip

780
00:55:29.920 --> 00:55:32.159
it in a ziplock and zip it
up just in case there's something else that

781
00:55:32.280 --> 00:55:37.199
might be running around in there.
Okay, okay, all right, I

782
00:55:37.239 --> 00:55:39.840
appreciate it, you bet you,
thank you very much. I appreciate that.

783
00:55:42.519 --> 00:55:49.800
You know, Siena Molts, it's
just to call a place a pretty

784
00:55:49.840 --> 00:55:53.280
soil yard. This kind of sounds
funny, but it is. It's so

785
00:55:53.480 --> 00:55:59.199
neat and clean, and the products
they have are just outstanding. I mean,

786
00:55:59.440 --> 00:56:04.519
the best of the mulches, the
best of the soil blends and composts

787
00:56:04.519 --> 00:56:06.920
and things like that. They have
it in bulk. Of course, they'll

788
00:56:06.920 --> 00:56:10.320
deliver it about twenty mile rates for
a small fee. They also have all

789
00:56:10.320 --> 00:56:14.559
the fertilizers that I talk about.
Oh and I didn't even mention the mulches

790
00:56:14.599 --> 00:56:17.519
and the rock and oh my gosh, it's lots of good stuff there at

791
00:56:17.519 --> 00:56:21.719
Ciena Moltch. So if you need
to pick up some fertilizer way out there,

792
00:56:21.840 --> 00:56:24.280
they carry them all the very best
of the best. Now. Cenamultch

793
00:56:24.360 --> 00:56:28.800
dot com is their website, or
you can just drive over there. It's

794
00:56:28.960 --> 00:56:34.239
FM five twenty one near where Highway
six and twenty eight two eighty eight come

795
00:56:34.280 --> 00:56:37.920
together. FM five twenty one just
north of Row Sharon. They're closed on

796
00:56:37.960 --> 00:56:43.079
Sunday, but they're open Monday through
Friday from seven thirty to five and Saturday

797
00:56:43.079 --> 00:56:45.639
from seven thirty to two. Go
check them out. You will be as

798
00:56:45.679 --> 00:56:50.920
impressed as I was. I'm sure
we are going to go now to Northwest

799
00:56:50.960 --> 00:56:54.880
Houston and talk to Debbie. Hello, Debbie hie you well, thank you.

800
00:56:54.920 --> 00:56:59.440
How can we help? I have
a question. I took them on

801
00:56:59.440 --> 00:57:05.519
a faller, and I wonder,
I know we're supposed to put down barricade.

802
00:57:05.599 --> 00:57:08.480
Can you put down a way better
complete? It's so the barricade or

803
00:57:08.599 --> 00:57:13.199
would you recommend a bear training.
I don't have that label in front of

804
00:57:13.199 --> 00:57:16.039
me. I would use the barricade. Uh, we'd beat or complete if

805
00:57:16.079 --> 00:57:20.920
it's is it's a bag of granular
is that right? Yes, yeah,

806
00:57:20.960 --> 00:57:22.960
that's going to probably have a pre
emergent in it. But I just don't

807
00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:28.000
have a label in front of me
on that one. I would use the

808
00:57:28.000 --> 00:57:30.920
the barricade myself. And just remember
whenever you use a pre emergent, you

809
00:57:30.920 --> 00:57:35.079
want to water it in afterwards,
with about a half inch of water to

810
00:57:35.159 --> 00:57:38.400
move it in the soil. Sure, yeah, okay, thank you,

811
00:57:38.480 --> 00:57:43.360
thank you very much. I appreciate
it. You take care, bobye,

812
00:57:43.960 --> 00:57:52.079
thank you. Microlife has produced a
fertilizer that is a whole collection of fertilizers.

813
00:57:52.199 --> 00:57:58.000
They're just outstanding. Micro Life fertilizers
cover all kinds of plants that you

814
00:57:58.039 --> 00:58:00.519
want to grow. They've got dry
granulars, they've got the liquids, all

815
00:58:00.559 --> 00:58:07.639
of them chock full of nutrients and
microorganisms. Most importantly, of all their

816
00:58:07.800 --> 00:58:10.440
humous products and other things that just
builds your soil. I want to talk

817
00:58:10.440 --> 00:58:15.280
about their Ultimate. It's the Blue
Bag. It is a eight four to

818
00:58:15.519 --> 00:58:19.360
six combination and it's good for anything
that you're going to grow. I mean

819
00:58:19.360 --> 00:58:22.320
you plant a rosebush and fertilize it
with that. It's good for a lot

820
00:58:22.320 --> 00:58:25.360
of things. They also have the
Ocean Harvest that's a liquid that's a fish

821
00:58:25.559 --> 00:58:29.800
based product. Now, when you
have a fish based product, you have

822
00:58:29.840 --> 00:58:31.679
a lot of you have the nutrient
in there, but you also have a

823
00:58:31.679 --> 00:58:37.519
lot of other substances that help stimulate
plant growth, and that is also important.

824
00:58:37.679 --> 00:58:39.800
You can use it to water things
in, you can spray it as

825
00:58:39.800 --> 00:58:44.239
a folier feet. It's not going
to burn. But that blue plus blue,

826
00:58:44.480 --> 00:58:46.719
I guess, is what I would
call it. That is the Microlife

827
00:58:46.760 --> 00:58:52.320
Ultimate and the Microlife Ocean Harvest.
Check them out and go to Microlifefertilizer dot

828
00:58:52.320 --> 00:58:55.679
com. You can find out all
the places that they're available here in town,

829
00:58:55.840 --> 00:59:01.599
and you can find out more about
these specific products. Well, Nikki,

830
00:59:02.119 --> 00:59:06.440
yeah, so it has humus.
Is that like hummus? Can you

831
00:59:06.480 --> 00:59:12.199
have it on crackers? No?
Okay, I wouldn't do that. I

832
00:59:12.239 --> 00:59:16.840
wouldn't do that, but I mean, they're safe fertilizers of microlive, but

833
00:59:17.119 --> 00:59:24.320
I wouldn't experiment. Probably keep you
regular, Nikki. I'm gonna turn it

834
00:59:24.320 --> 00:59:29.920
over to you before I really talk
myself into a hole. Here. Well,

835
00:59:29.960 --> 00:59:34.519
good Sunday morning. Sun is peeking
out over the horizon. We're starting

836
00:59:34.519 --> 00:59:37.679
to get that wonderful day going here. It's a good time to be out

837
00:59:37.719 --> 00:59:42.159
and about. Lots of things to
do this afternoon, if you can get

838
00:59:42.199 --> 00:59:45.519
out and do some shopping, or
just get out in the yard and do

839
00:59:45.599 --> 00:59:49.360
some putting things in the ground and
taking care of what you got. You

840
00:59:49.360 --> 00:59:52.239
know, earlier I was talking about
think it was a mark about Verdant Tree

841
00:59:52.280 --> 00:59:58.480
Farm and them being available all over
town to Verdon has four locations, by

842
00:59:58.519 --> 01:00:01.800
the way, there's the West Houston
and location on Barker Cypress down on Broadway

843
01:00:01.840 --> 01:00:07.360
in Paarland, just a few blocks
away from Killing Steakhouse. They also have

844
01:00:07.400 --> 01:00:13.840
a location third location up there in
the Heights area where Yale Street comes into

845
01:00:13.880 --> 01:00:16.079
it. Ten did I say four? While ago amidstly three? Anyway,

846
01:00:16.920 --> 01:00:21.320
you can find them wherever you are
a Verden pretty close by, and they

847
01:00:21.360 --> 01:00:25.360
carry such a wide variety of trees, quality trees grown well and they will

848
01:00:25.400 --> 01:00:30.239
come and install for you too,
and I would have them do that certainly

849
01:00:30.239 --> 01:00:35.400
whence you start to get large root
balls on these plants. It's just not

850
01:00:35.480 --> 01:00:37.960
possible to do it yourself on there. But you need somebody that knows what

851
01:00:38.000 --> 01:00:42.239
they're doing, and that's them.
Take a picture of your yard, go

852
01:00:42.320 --> 01:00:45.920
in and say, look what trees
would you recommend for here? And you

853
01:00:45.960 --> 01:00:47.039
can go out there and tag the
tree. You get to pick it out,

854
01:00:47.199 --> 01:00:50.880
pick the one you want, They
come to your house, they plant

855
01:00:50.920 --> 01:00:52.760
it, and you're good to go. And you want a big tree.

856
01:00:52.760 --> 01:00:58.239
I think they have containers up the
seven hundred gallon container tree. That's a

857
01:00:58.239 --> 01:01:04.960
good sized tree. Anyway. All
there verdant treefarm dot com. We are

858
01:01:04.960 --> 01:01:08.559
going to head out to Katie now
and visit with David morning. David,

859
01:01:10.039 --> 01:01:14.679
Hey, Skip, how are you? I'm well? Thank you good?

860
01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:20.480
I have I've got natur to frost
barricade for Saint August theme, yes,

861
01:01:20.679 --> 01:01:23.519
and I just want to make sure
I have Saint August thing Paul metto in

862
01:01:23.599 --> 01:01:29.599
my backyard. Okay, you're supposed
to be more more shade tolerant or whatever,

863
01:01:29.880 --> 01:01:34.039
yes is that is the barricade.
Okay for that it is, but

864
01:01:34.280 --> 01:01:39.039
I'm glad you asked that question because
there we we just have a problem in

865
01:01:39.079 --> 01:01:45.320
gardening and horticulture with the concept of
if a teaspoons good, a tablespoons better,

866
01:01:45.519 --> 01:01:49.280
you know, I'm gonna I'm going
to have that bug deader than dead,

867
01:01:49.400 --> 01:01:52.519
you know, by by beefing it
up. Yeah, exactly, that

868
01:01:52.679 --> 01:01:54.960
is. That is absolutely not true. And in fact, you can get

869
01:01:55.000 --> 01:01:59.199
in a lot of trouble that way. And using a pre emergent as an

870
01:01:59.239 --> 01:02:02.920
example, a lot of these products
the way they work on the weeds when

871
01:02:04.000 --> 01:02:07.679
you overdose them, like double dose, the triple dose. And believe me,

872
01:02:07.760 --> 01:02:10.679
I have seen yards where they triple
dose not paying any attention to the

873
01:02:10.719 --> 01:02:14.760
label. And yeah, you can
cust some damage on that. And but

874
01:02:14.840 --> 01:02:19.679
you shouldn't used at the proper rate
and the right way. That's good And

875
01:02:19.679 --> 01:02:24.480
and so I don't care if it's
a fungicide and insecticide or herbicide. Label

876
01:02:24.719 --> 01:02:28.639
is there for a reason. And
one way I always tell people this,

877
01:02:28.920 --> 01:02:31.000
You know someone's selling your product and
they put on the label, you know,

878
01:02:31.159 --> 01:02:35.960
use a teaspoon per gallon and blah
blah blah. Well, if if

879
01:02:36.000 --> 01:02:39.039
they could sell you more product by
saying a tablespoon, wouldn't they be kind

880
01:02:39.039 --> 01:02:43.400
of tempted to do that. There's
a reason it says a teaspoon and not

881
01:02:43.480 --> 01:02:45.719
a tablespoon. It's because that's the
effective rate, and that's the rate they

882
01:02:45.719 --> 01:02:51.360
won't do damage and so on.
So I believe the label. And follow

883
01:02:51.440 --> 01:02:54.679
up, Sorry to be preaching at
you on a Sunday morning about this,

884
01:02:54.800 --> 01:03:00.280
but I'm really talking to everybody listening
to this show because I just just have

885
01:03:00.360 --> 01:03:05.159
dealt with that as a kunt of
extension agent for decades. And oh yeah,

886
01:03:05.280 --> 01:03:08.199
yeah, well yeah you're not You're
not preaching to the wrong guy.

887
01:03:08.280 --> 01:03:13.840
I'm probably in that group. So
uh, you know, like like I'm

888
01:03:13.880 --> 01:03:16.679
going to really get rid of that
button weed this time and and hopefully not

889
01:03:16.800 --> 01:03:22.960
my whole yards. I will be
very careful to go low. Well,

890
01:03:22.079 --> 01:03:24.920
just just go by the label.
The labels are for a right, that's

891
01:03:24.960 --> 01:03:28.400
the rate that works, that's the
rate that's you know, not going to

892
01:03:28.440 --> 01:03:31.440
cause all the damage, and and
just just follow that. But yeah,

893
01:03:31.480 --> 01:03:38.559
your question just rejuvenated that that idea
and me and uh, yeah, that's

894
01:03:38.639 --> 01:03:44.760
interesting. Well good, I really
really appreciate you and I just love the

895
01:03:44.800 --> 01:03:46.880
way you're doing this show. I
appreciate that very much. That's kind of

896
01:03:46.880 --> 01:03:50.239
you. I appreciate it. Hey, thanks for the call. I appreciate

897
01:03:50.239 --> 01:03:53.440
that day. You bet, thanks
you. Bye bye oh boy. Soapboxes.

898
01:03:53.519 --> 01:03:55.519
Yeah, I got a few others, but I'll try not to pull

899
01:03:55.599 --> 01:04:01.960
them out today. Uh, Nature's
Way Resources is the I guess the originator

900
01:04:02.039 --> 01:04:05.599
is the best way. I would
say of some of the best quality soil

901
01:04:05.639 --> 01:04:10.519
products that we have in the Greater
Houston area, Rose soil and leaf more

902
01:04:10.559 --> 01:04:15.320
composts. Those are two examples of
stuff that John Ferguson created up at Nature's

903
01:04:15.320 --> 01:04:19.079
Way, and now John and Ian
just are continuing that tradition. They have

904
01:04:19.280 --> 01:04:23.719
high quality products. By the way, if you want a good deal on

905
01:04:24.119 --> 01:04:29.400
fungal based products, ten percent off
bags and twenty percent off bulk every Friday

906
01:04:29.440 --> 01:04:32.920
they call it Fungal Friday, and
they can supply you with one of those

907
01:04:33.000 --> 01:04:35.119
kind of high quality products. You
can go there and pick it up.

908
01:04:35.159 --> 01:04:39.039
You can pay somebody to come out
and deliver it. They'll bring it out

909
01:04:39.079 --> 01:04:41.679
and deliver it as well. By
the way, the phone numbers nine three,

910
01:04:41.800 --> 01:04:45.159
six, three, two, one, sixty nine to ninety if you

911
01:04:45.239 --> 01:04:48.239
drive out there, check out their
plants. Their little growing nursery out there

912
01:04:48.400 --> 01:04:53.119
is really impressive. I was out
there not too long ago, and again

913
01:04:53.239 --> 01:04:56.480
it had just gotten bigger and better, and lots of really good, high

914
01:04:56.559 --> 01:05:01.559
quality native plants too out at Nature's
Way re Sources. Well, you're listening

915
01:05:01.599 --> 01:05:08.000
to Garden Lined and our phone number
is seven to one three two one two

916
01:05:08.440 --> 01:05:14.480
fifty eight seventy four seven one three
two one two five eight seven four.

917
01:05:14.760 --> 01:05:17.320
Give us a call. We can
talk about all kinds of things that are

918
01:05:17.679 --> 01:05:21.840
of interest to you. What is
the topic that interests you. I consider

919
01:05:21.920 --> 01:05:26.760
and talk gardening all day, but
I'd rather visit with you about the things

920
01:05:27.159 --> 01:05:30.840
that you like to talk about the
problems that you have in the lawn and

921
01:05:30.880 --> 01:05:38.079
the garden. We've gotten a lot
of questions in really all through the week

922
01:05:38.480 --> 01:05:43.719
this past week about people that are
wanting to prune trees and wanting to know,

923
01:05:44.159 --> 01:05:45.519
you know, how do I prune
a tree and what's the best way

924
01:05:45.519 --> 01:05:48.719
to do it. Well, if
you're going to do a major printing job,

925
01:05:48.760 --> 01:05:51.800
you need to harsh I to do
that. I would not attempt that

926
01:05:53.400 --> 01:05:56.760
on your own, for sure.
A little trimming here and there as you're

927
01:05:56.800 --> 01:06:00.920
training a young tree. That's important. But giving a talk a while back,

928
01:06:01.400 --> 01:06:03.760
I used the phrase that I like
to use, and that is that

929
01:06:03.840 --> 01:06:08.000
if you're pruning a tree and you
grab a saw, that's an admission of

930
01:06:08.039 --> 01:06:13.000
guilt. Let me explain that one. When you train a tree, from

931
01:06:13.079 --> 01:06:16.440
the time you plant that young tree, all through its life, you should

932
01:06:16.519 --> 01:06:20.679
not have to use a saw hardly
ever, hardly ever, when you have

933
01:06:20.719 --> 01:06:24.880
two branches and one of them should
be taken off, but you put it

934
01:06:24.920 --> 01:06:27.559
off and put it off, and
now you're four years down the line and

935
01:06:27.559 --> 01:06:30.039
you got to get out of saw. That's what I mean about the admission

936
01:06:30.079 --> 01:06:32.679
of guilt. I should have trained
this earlier. And maybe you moved into

937
01:06:32.719 --> 01:06:38.119
a house and the previous owner didn't
take care of the trees. I understand,

938
01:06:38.280 --> 01:06:41.760
but just think about it that way. The earlier you make a decision

939
01:06:41.880 --> 01:06:45.599
on which limbs stay which limbs need
to go, the better off you're going

940
01:06:45.679 --> 01:06:48.719
to be. And that's just a
fact. There's a lot of good information

941
01:06:48.840 --> 01:06:54.199
online about how to prune fruit trees, for example, from planting all the

942
01:06:54.199 --> 01:06:58.440
way through the process, maybe training
a young tree that you put out in

943
01:06:58.559 --> 01:07:00.960
the landscape, but when it gets
a little bigger. You need to harre

944
01:07:01.000 --> 01:07:04.519
somebody to do that. They can
do it right and knows what they're doing.

945
01:07:04.639 --> 01:07:09.400
And when I see somebody to do
that, I'm not talking about you

946
01:07:09.440 --> 01:07:13.360
know, the two jerks on a
chainsaw tree service. They took a card

947
01:07:13.400 --> 01:07:15.880
in your door and drive off and
they don't know what they're doing. They're

948
01:07:15.880 --> 01:07:20.480
not trained, they're not experienced.
So take really good care of those.

949
01:07:20.679 --> 01:07:26.159
That is important, and that's why
I like to recommend Affordable Tree. You

950
01:07:26.159 --> 01:07:30.079
know, affordable Tree is you know
when you turn the job over to them

951
01:07:30.119 --> 01:07:34.119
that they're going to do it right, and that is so very important.

952
01:07:34.119 --> 01:07:38.519
Martin Spoon Moore and his wife Joe, they're the ones that still answer the

953
01:07:38.519 --> 01:07:42.280
phone. Owners answering the phone.
That's right, they do it. If

954
01:07:42.320 --> 01:07:44.679
they don't answer, by the way, hang up and call back. You've

955
01:07:44.719 --> 01:07:48.880
called the wrong Affordable Tree service.
The website's Afftree Service dot com. But

956
01:07:49.119 --> 01:07:51.440
you know, now's the time to
go ahead and call them. Maybe you're

957
01:07:51.440 --> 01:07:54.880
not going to get pruning, you
don't need printing until later, but go

958
01:07:54.880 --> 01:07:57.719
ahead and get on the schedule.
Because he does a good job. He's

959
01:07:57.719 --> 01:08:00.880
a popular guy. He books up
and don't delay on that, go ahead

960
01:08:00.880 --> 01:08:03.440
and get on the schedule. Don't
delay. By the way, tell them

961
01:08:03.519 --> 01:08:06.480
you heard it on garden Line.
They will make sure you go to the

962
01:08:06.519 --> 01:08:11.239
front of the list. The garden
Line customers. They love their garden Line

963
01:08:11.280 --> 01:08:15.640
customers. They're at Affordable Tree Service. Well, let's see, it's time

964
01:08:15.680 --> 01:08:19.319
for another break. I've droned on
here a little bit. We will come

965
01:08:19.359 --> 01:08:24.279
back and we will get to the
phones. Jr. And Marine. You'll

966
01:08:24.319 --> 01:08:27.880
be the first when we come right
back. If you'd also like to call

967
01:08:28.039 --> 01:08:32.159
seven one three two one two fifty
eight seventy four. Well, good morning.

968
01:08:32.399 --> 01:08:35.039
I hope you're feeling good. You're
listening to garden Line. Our phone

969
01:08:35.119 --> 01:08:40.760
number is seven one three two one
two five eight seven four. You know,

970
01:08:40.800 --> 01:08:45.800
if you've been looking at your landscape
and you're thinking, I've lost so

971
01:08:45.880 --> 01:08:48.920
much of the lawn, I've lost
shrubs or trees or things. What do

972
01:08:48.960 --> 01:08:51.359
I do? What do I do? Or I'm just tired of looking at

973
01:08:51.399 --> 01:08:56.640
it? Or maybe you need a
renovation, just something new, something better.

974
01:08:57.119 --> 01:09:00.239
Pierscapes, that's who you call,
Pierscapes, Jason Garretty and his team

975
01:09:00.279 --> 01:09:04.399
there. They've been doing this since
nineteen eighty eight and they will custom design

976
01:09:04.640 --> 01:09:08.880
a landscape for you. Maybe you
just want them to renovate and do a

977
01:09:08.880 --> 01:09:12.800
new bed. Maybe you want loss
some shrubs and hey guys, I need

978
01:09:12.800 --> 01:09:15.800
something more drought resistant to put in
here. They can do that. Does

979
01:09:15.840 --> 01:09:19.720
your sprinkler system need work? They
can do that. Outdoor lighting they can

980
01:09:19.760 --> 01:09:25.960
do that, rock borders, hard
escapes, walkways, drainage in certain areas.

981
01:09:26.000 --> 01:09:30.520
A lot of us have that problem. They can fix that piercescapes dot

982
01:09:30.520 --> 01:09:35.319
com or give them a call two
eight one three seven o five zero six

983
01:09:35.600 --> 01:09:40.800
zero. Let them turn your place
into a show place and call them soon.

984
01:09:40.920 --> 01:09:43.640
Let's get going on. This falls
the time to get the planting done

985
01:09:43.680 --> 01:09:46.600
too, as well as winter.
We're going to head out now to Bunker

986
01:09:46.680 --> 01:09:51.479
Hill and talk to JR. Hello
JR. Hey, good moreen. Thanks

987
01:09:51.479 --> 01:09:55.079
for taking my call and I really
do enjoy your show. Thank you,

988
01:09:55.079 --> 01:10:00.159
Tom. I have two well established
vines of pipeline and Passionvine several years and

989
01:10:00.199 --> 01:10:03.239
they've bloomed in the past, but
they haven't bloomed this year, and I

990
01:10:03.279 --> 01:10:08.439
don't know why. Hm. You
know someone else called about that the other

991
01:10:08.520 --> 01:10:15.079
day. The pack the pipeline specifically
getting good sun, having adequate soil moisture.

992
01:10:15.760 --> 01:10:17.319
Plant looks good? Is that true? Ye? A plant? The

993
01:10:17.359 --> 01:10:23.520
plant looks really good and it's growing
prolifically. You know, I have to

994
01:10:23.560 --> 01:10:28.880
trim it back regularly, both of
them. And I really haven't fertilized them

995
01:10:28.880 --> 01:10:31.039
this year because they looked so good. But I don't know what I'm doing

996
01:10:31.079 --> 01:10:33.399
wrong. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, it sounds like you're

997
01:10:33.399 --> 01:10:39.760
not doing anything wrong, but sometimes
plants can just kind of get weird like

998
01:10:39.800 --> 01:10:43.720
that. All the reasons that I
would have suggested, you're not doing those,

999
01:10:44.279 --> 01:10:50.960
So just I guess I'd agree that
sometimes you should give a seaweed fertilizer

1000
01:10:51.000 --> 01:10:54.840
tomb or something like that. Well, that's fine. Yeah, And seaweed

1001
01:10:54.920 --> 01:10:59.199
is it's a low concentration of nutrients, but it is a product that has

1002
01:10:59.279 --> 01:11:01.399
a lot of compound in it that
are helpful for plants as well as some

1003
01:11:01.520 --> 01:11:05.159
nutrients. So you could you could
do that. You could do a seaweed

1004
01:11:05.279 --> 01:11:09.840
or a fish and mulsion. Those
are both good products. Okay, and

1005
01:11:09.880 --> 01:11:12.399
then just hang in there. We
just hang in there and wait. I

1006
01:11:12.479 --> 01:11:15.279
don't know if this is how it
is in gardening. Sometimes you know,

1007
01:11:15.319 --> 01:11:19.199
things just don't make sense. One
year a vegetable crop does great and the

1008
01:11:19.239 --> 01:11:23.039
next year the same thing doesn't.
You can't figure out what's the difference,

1009
01:11:23.119 --> 01:11:27.479
you know. Anyway, all right, thank you? Sorry, Sorry we

1010
01:11:27.520 --> 01:11:30.039
didn't have a crystal ball on that
one, because I think that's what I've

1011
01:11:30.600 --> 01:11:34.720
I had to pull out, you
bet uh. You know ACE Hardware stores.

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01:11:34.880 --> 01:11:39.279
We talk about ACE a lot.
But when you're trying to renovate your

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01:11:39.319 --> 01:11:43.000
outdoor area, maybe your lawn,
you're trying to get it going again.

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01:11:43.039 --> 01:11:46.000
You need the fertilizers and the products. Maybe you want to make a beautiful

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01:11:46.039 --> 01:11:48.960
outdoor sitting area. How about a
string of those lights And we used to

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01:11:49.000 --> 01:11:51.520
call them beer garden lights, but
you know what I'm talking about, those

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01:11:51.560 --> 01:11:57.279
strings of lights to kind of glow
at night and make a beautiful outdoor area.

1018
01:11:57.439 --> 01:12:01.239
ACE has everything everything you need for
your lawn, everything for the landscape,

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01:12:01.319 --> 01:12:04.560
everything for the vegetable garden, the
flower garden, the herb garden.

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01:12:04.800 --> 01:12:09.199
And they're easy to find. Go
to acehardware dot com, find the store

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01:12:09.239 --> 01:12:12.920
locator and find the store near you. Thirty nine of them in the Houston

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01:12:12.960 --> 01:12:15.760
area. It's easy to find an
ACE Hardware and when you get to one,

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01:12:15.840 --> 01:12:20.039
it's easy to get everything that you
might need. Let's got to Lakeside

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01:12:20.079 --> 01:12:25.319
of States now and we're going to
talk to Marene. Hello Marine, Hey,

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01:12:25.880 --> 01:12:34.600
I do have the ag like extension
list of all plants. But being

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01:12:34.720 --> 01:12:40.399
kind of a purist and liking to
do things only once, I'm calling to

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01:12:40.479 --> 01:12:48.119
see whether I should just skip seeds
and go right to buying transplants. So

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01:12:48.239 --> 01:12:51.399
my tomatoes, I don't have any
problem with that, they're up. They're

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01:12:51.439 --> 01:12:57.439
fine. I'm interested in spinach,
lettuce, any kind of bean, string

1030
01:12:57.479 --> 01:13:02.640
beans, or their being broccoli.
Okay, some things that go kind of

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01:13:02.680 --> 01:13:06.399
fast. I would I would just
plant from seed, like let us.

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01:13:06.479 --> 01:13:11.720
It's real easy. But you can
buy transplants and do them that. Here's

1033
01:13:11.760 --> 01:13:15.760
the deal between seeds and transplants,
the pros and cons. With seeds you

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01:13:15.800 --> 01:13:21.279
can find varieties that are not available
as transplants. And with seeds, yeah

1035
01:13:21.399 --> 01:13:25.520
you can. You can do that, and they're they're of course less expensive

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01:13:25.680 --> 01:13:30.279
to plant by seed than transplants.
You get the head start. So like

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01:13:30.359 --> 01:13:32.800
broccoli, for example, we could
have been planning broccoli for a while now.

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01:13:33.079 --> 01:13:36.000
And if you don't want to plant
a seed and wait, it's going

1039
01:13:36.079 --> 01:13:40.199
to get kind of cool. And
I think you do better off starting by

1040
01:13:40.239 --> 01:13:43.880
transplants because of the time of the
season we're in right now. With the

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01:13:43.920 --> 01:13:46.920
broccoli. It's not a yes or
no. Uh, it's just each has

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01:13:46.920 --> 01:13:53.279
its pros and cons. Okay,
yeah, I just figured I was trying,

1043
01:13:53.399 --> 01:13:55.880
like I said, to do it
right. Don't make a big fight

1044
01:13:55.920 --> 01:13:59.760
over it. By the transplant and
easy. I'd like to actually watch the

1045
01:13:59.800 --> 01:14:02.039
sea each growth kind of exciting too, well, I do. I do

1046
01:14:02.079 --> 01:14:04.520
a mix of both. I do
a mix of both. I even start

1047
01:14:04.600 --> 01:14:11.760
my seeds indoors in the wintertime the
spring garden under lights. But yeah,

1048
01:14:11.279 --> 01:14:15.920
they all work. Everything's good.
Seeds are a little harder with some plants.

1049
01:14:15.960 --> 01:14:19.439
Seeds are a little harder to get
them to establish and grow because a

1050
01:14:19.520 --> 01:14:24.760
gully washer rain, you know,
washes them out and other issues like that.

1051
01:14:25.960 --> 01:14:29.359
Okay, all right, thank you
so much. I'll continue listening.

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01:14:29.439 --> 01:14:32.000
I always pick up something good.
Thank you, Marien. I appreciate that.

1053
01:14:32.039 --> 01:14:35.760
Thank you. That is good to
hear. Hey, I want to

1054
01:14:35.760 --> 01:14:42.640
remind you guys that my calendar schedules
are on the website, and if you

1055
01:14:42.680 --> 01:14:46.359
haven't gone to the website yet,
please do and bookmarket because it is going

1056
01:14:46.399 --> 01:14:50.600
to continue to evolve right now.
By the way, the website addresses gardening

1057
01:14:51.039 --> 01:14:57.960
with Skip dot Com Gardening with Skip
dot Com, and you can find the

1058
01:14:58.000 --> 01:15:00.640
long cair schedule on there that tells
you, you know, when it comes

1059
01:15:00.680 --> 01:15:06.119
to proper mowing, watering, and
fertilizing. All the products fertilizer, whether

1060
01:15:06.159 --> 01:15:11.000
you're organic or synthetic, they're all
listed on there, and the time to

1061
01:15:11.039 --> 01:15:14.840
apply them and other advice is on
there. Then there's the lawn, pest,

1062
01:15:14.920 --> 01:15:19.079
disease and weed management schedule. Now
that one does just what I said

1063
01:15:19.239 --> 01:15:24.319
it the insects, the diseases,
and the weeds. How do you prevent

1064
01:15:24.359 --> 01:15:28.479
the weeds with pre emergent and with
cultural practices that's on there too, and

1065
01:15:28.520 --> 01:15:30.640
then how do you kill existing weeds? And then a wide variety of all

1066
01:15:30.680 --> 01:15:35.600
those products that are down there at
the bottom. So check out those two

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01:15:35.640 --> 01:15:42.920
schedules at Gardening with Skip dot Com
Gardening with Skip dot Com, and I

1068
01:15:42.960 --> 01:15:47.720
think you will find that it's helpful. Some people will print it out,

1069
01:15:47.880 --> 01:15:51.960
take it with them when they go
shopping. Some people will just go and

1070
01:15:53.079 --> 01:15:57.039
grab the schedule when they need to
check on it and you know, find

1071
01:15:57.039 --> 01:16:00.319
out what should I be doing right
now? It's all on there and the

1072
01:16:00.359 --> 01:16:03.520
prime times for doing everything, and
timing is important. It is very important.

1073
01:16:03.840 --> 01:16:08.359
And so whether you're putting down a
herbicide, whether you're treating with a

1074
01:16:08.399 --> 01:16:14.439
fungicide and secticide or just fertilizing,
even getting a timing right is an important

1075
01:16:14.479 --> 01:16:20.279
thing to do. I was visiting
with a gardener the other day that was

1076
01:16:20.640 --> 01:16:27.119
asking some questions about a wind a
plant a winter squash, and he was

1077
01:16:27.119 --> 01:16:30.680
thinking, well, it said winter
squash, So I guess I plant those

1078
01:16:30.680 --> 01:16:34.920
in the winter. No, we
don't. They're called winter squash because they

1079
01:16:35.000 --> 01:16:41.880
store well, things like an acron
squash, a butternut squash, a kabocha

1080
01:16:41.960 --> 01:16:45.680
squash, oh gosh, spaghetti squash. Those are all winter squashes. They

1081
01:16:45.680 --> 01:16:49.279
have a firm, hard rind like
a pumpkin does. In fact, I

1082
01:16:49.319 --> 01:16:55.239
would say a pumpkin is another winter
squash. But those are planted in the

1083
01:16:55.319 --> 01:16:59.039
springtime, in summer, late spring
and summer because they take a long time.

1084
01:16:59.399 --> 01:17:01.800
You can plan. Just need to
read the sea packet and give them

1085
01:17:01.840 --> 01:17:09.640
plenty of time to be able to
fully produce the mature fruit. With summer

1086
01:17:09.680 --> 01:17:13.199
squashes, we eat those when they're
immature. You know, you can stick

1087
01:17:13.239 --> 01:17:15.640
your thumbnail through. You don't want
a yellow squash to be all tough and

1088
01:17:15.760 --> 01:17:19.159
big seeds in it. You don't
want a zucchini like that. Those are

1089
01:17:19.199 --> 01:17:24.479
examples of summer squashes, and we
just eat those when they're immature. So

1090
01:17:24.520 --> 01:17:28.399
anyway, that's the difference between the
two. But no, don't be confused

1091
01:17:28.399 --> 01:17:31.239
by the word winter in winter squash, it just means it stores. Think

1092
01:17:31.239 --> 01:17:34.199
of it. I guess probably you
store it over winter, and a lot

1093
01:17:34.199 --> 01:17:38.640
of them will keep what two months, three months, some maybe even four

1094
01:17:38.680 --> 01:17:42.720
months if they're if they're in good
shape when they go into your storage.

1095
01:17:43.359 --> 01:17:45.920
Well, it looks like we're about
to put another hour in the books.

1096
01:17:45.159 --> 01:17:50.119
I want to remind you that next
Saturday, I will be at Southwest Fertilizer

1097
01:17:50.199 --> 01:17:56.119
in Southwest Houston, corner of bissin
Ut and Renwick. Bob is having me

1098
01:17:56.199 --> 01:17:59.680
come in to help you with your
gardening questions. If you want to bring

1099
01:17:59.680 --> 01:18:02.199
sam to look at, to identify, to diagnose, you want to bring

1100
01:18:02.319 --> 01:18:06.399
pictures, bring them in. Let's
let's take a look at them. Whatever

1101
01:18:06.520 --> 01:18:12.039
the problem with the plant you bring
in, there's going to be more than

1102
01:18:12.079 --> 01:18:16.600
one item on the shelf there At
Southwest fertilizer that deals with that specific issue

1103
01:18:16.640 --> 01:18:19.920
that you might have. But I
always like to visit. I loved it

1104
01:18:20.000 --> 01:18:23.199
the last time I was in there, getting to visit with some of the

1105
01:18:23.199 --> 01:18:25.159
gardeners. By the way, when
you go over there, you need to

1106
01:18:25.159 --> 01:18:29.439
pick up your kneeling bench. Now, a folding kneeling bench. You can

1107
01:18:29.479 --> 01:18:32.039
put it down where you kneel on
it, and it has handles to help

1108
01:18:32.079 --> 01:18:35.720
you get up. You're north of
forty you know what I'm talking about.

1109
01:18:35.960 --> 01:18:39.760
Flip it over and it's a nice
gardening seat. Bob's got a bunch of

1110
01:18:39.760 --> 01:18:42.680
them on hand there. Hey,
we'll be right back. Seven one three

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01:18:42.760 --> 01:18:48.359
two point two fifty eight seventy four. KATRH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse

1112
01:18:48.399 --> 01:18:56.079
any of the products or services advertised
on this program. Welcome to KTRH Garden

1113
01:18:56.079 --> 01:19:09.560
Line with Scamp Richt. It's just
watch as the world. Well, good

1114
01:19:09.640 --> 01:19:13.880
morning on a beautiful Sunday morning.
We're glad you're listening to garden Line.

1115
01:19:14.479 --> 01:19:16.560
We're here to answer your gardening questions, to help you have success, to

1116
01:19:16.600 --> 01:19:20.560
hope you have a more beautiful garden
and a bountiful landscape. Our phone number

1117
01:19:20.640 --> 01:19:25.720
is seven to one three two one
two, five eight seven four seven one

1118
01:19:25.760 --> 01:19:30.880
three two one two k t R
H. We are entering the holiday seasons

1119
01:19:30.880 --> 01:19:34.880
here, just Thanksgiving not too far
away, and then of course the Christmas

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01:19:34.880 --> 01:19:42.239
season. Holiday seasons always a good
time forgiving. People really just open their

1121
01:19:42.239 --> 01:19:45.439
hearts up at that time of the
year. And I want to recommend to

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01:19:45.520 --> 01:19:49.520
you an option for you to consider
forgiving, and that is the Star of

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01:19:49.720 --> 01:19:58.439
Hope. Star of Hope Changes Lives
in the Houston area. They have not

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01:19:58.479 --> 01:20:00.439
only do they go out to help
people that are on the streets, they

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01:20:00.680 --> 01:20:05.359
bring people in, They provide education, they provide housing, They even provide

1126
01:20:06.439 --> 01:20:10.359
instruction on like how do you interview
for a job? I mean you think

1127
01:20:10.399 --> 01:20:14.920
about people are homeless for a lot
of different reasons, a lot of different

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01:20:14.920 --> 01:20:18.520
reasons, often not their own fault, but whatever the reason, they need

1129
01:20:18.560 --> 01:20:23.199
a pathway back. They don't need
just a handout or food for a day

1130
01:20:23.279 --> 01:20:26.279
or a week. They need a
way to get back on their feet.

1131
01:20:26.279 --> 01:20:28.199
And that takes a lot. You
know, we take it for granted.

1132
01:20:28.239 --> 01:20:30.199
I got a car, I can
go drive around and get a job with

1133
01:20:30.319 --> 01:20:33.319
I got and so on. Star
of Hope Changes Lives. That's the bottom

1134
01:20:33.359 --> 01:20:39.520
line. Sohmission dot org. That
is the website. Go check it out

1135
01:20:39.760 --> 01:20:44.479
and consider adding Star of Hope to
your giving list, as my wife and

1136
01:20:44.560 --> 01:20:47.720
I do Star of Hope Mission right
here in Houston. What a difference it

1137
01:20:47.800 --> 01:20:51.920
is making. Let's head out to
pair Land and we're going to talk to

1138
01:20:53.000 --> 01:20:56.359
K. Good morning, K,
Good morning to Skip. Thank you for

1139
01:20:56.439 --> 01:21:00.560
taking my call. I have a
question about fertilizer. I had kind of

1140
01:21:00.600 --> 01:21:06.840
a couple of a few brown patch
spots last year that were kind of bad,

1141
01:21:08.000 --> 01:21:12.920
and I had my yard man yesterday
came and put Miracle Grow brown patch

1142
01:21:13.000 --> 01:21:16.760
on. Uh. I have a
small yard and uh he had about a

1143
01:21:16.880 --> 01:21:23.640
half half a bag left. Can
I or should I or may I use

1144
01:21:23.760 --> 01:21:29.600
that again in another maybe a month
or two? Would that be of benefit?

1145
01:21:29.960 --> 01:21:39.880
Or called miracle go brown miracle grow
brown patch? You recommended it?

1146
01:21:40.039 --> 01:21:43.800
That's what? Oh? Okay,
Oh no, you're thinking of microlife brown

1147
01:21:43.800 --> 01:21:47.039
patch microlife micro life. I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Well we're on the

1148
01:21:47.039 --> 01:21:50.560
said page now, Yeah, okay, Yeah, that's is a good organic

1149
01:21:50.600 --> 01:21:55.560
fertilizer. It's got five percent nitrogen, it's got a very low one percent

1150
01:21:55.560 --> 01:21:58.960
phosphorus, and then a good amount
of potassium. So I like it for

1151
01:21:59.000 --> 01:22:02.000
the fall seas, and it's a
good mix for that. Now if depending

1152
01:22:02.000 --> 01:22:05.920
on how much you put out,
I wouldn't do it again in the winter.

1153
01:22:06.520 --> 01:22:11.760
I would do it now while the
grass still is most active in taking

1154
01:22:11.840 --> 01:22:16.039
up nutrients. And then the next
time as the grass comes out of winter

1155
01:22:16.119 --> 01:22:20.000
into spring and begins to grow and
get some roots in the ground, we

1156
01:22:20.039 --> 01:22:24.199
are fertilizing at that time again,
and you could use that one again,

1157
01:22:24.359 --> 01:22:27.039
or you could switch over to the
green bag at that time. But you

1158
01:22:27.079 --> 01:22:30.520
can use that that microlike brown patch. Go ahead and just use it now

1159
01:22:30.560 --> 01:22:32.239
if you need to use it.
You can use it on a lot of

1160
01:22:32.239 --> 01:22:35.880
different kinds of plants. Okay,
I didn't know how long it would last.

1161
01:22:36.279 --> 01:22:41.159
It'll last in the bag. It'll
be fine. Okay, Thank you

1162
01:22:41.199 --> 01:22:43.640
so much, and enjoy your show. All right, Thank you, good

1163
01:22:43.680 --> 01:22:45.800
bye, have a good one.
Thank you very much. I appreciate that

1164
01:22:46.640 --> 01:22:51.359
you know Enchanted Gardens out in Richmond. I was out there this weekend.

1165
01:22:51.399 --> 01:22:56.319
I want to thank the crew out
there for having me come out. It

1166
01:22:56.399 --> 01:23:00.760
was nice. I was there with
Andy from Medina Products and we were giving

1167
01:23:00.760 --> 01:23:03.640
away some products and visiting with a
lot of people out there. And in

1168
01:23:03.760 --> 01:23:09.920
Chanted Gardens is just it's just an
enchanting place just watching people walk around.

1169
01:23:11.199 --> 01:23:15.039
It's a it's a broad spread of
all kinds of plants and all kinds of

1170
01:23:15.079 --> 01:23:16.119
them. Mean, they got a
great supply of pumpkins, by the way,

1171
01:23:16.159 --> 01:23:19.319
if you still need some pumpkins.
They carry the vego garden beds too.

1172
01:23:19.359 --> 01:23:23.239
I saw those out there. I
was that was nice and talk about

1173
01:23:23.239 --> 01:23:28.600
those all the time. But whether
it's edibles like vegetables and herbs, whether

1174
01:23:28.680 --> 01:23:32.680
it's flowers like annuals and perennials,
shrubs, tall shrubs, short short shrubs,

1175
01:23:33.039 --> 01:23:38.560
blooming shrubs, trees, everything is
out there in Chanted Gardens. The

1176
01:23:38.680 --> 01:23:43.319
website is Enchanted Gardens Richmond. They're
on FM three fifty nine, So if

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01:23:43.319 --> 01:23:45.760
you're in Richmond, you head up
toward Katie Way. That's it. In

1178
01:23:45.880 --> 01:23:50.000
Channed Gardens on FM three fifty nine. You're going to find every kind of

1179
01:23:50.000 --> 01:23:54.840
plant you need. You're going to
find educated folks that know what they're talking

1180
01:23:54.880 --> 01:23:58.560
about to help you, and you're
going to find every fertilizer product that I

1181
01:23:58.640 --> 01:24:01.920
talk about here as well well as
soil products that I talk about here.

1182
01:24:02.039 --> 01:24:08.079
On garden Line Monday through Saturday,
eight to five Sunday, ten am to

1183
01:24:08.159 --> 01:24:13.159
four pm. Hey, that's a
good idea for an afternoon outing today out

1184
01:24:13.199 --> 01:24:18.039
two enchanted gardens. We are taking
your calls here on garden Line. If

1185
01:24:18.039 --> 01:24:21.840
you'd like to give us a call, the phone number seven one three two

1186
01:24:21.960 --> 01:24:30.079
one two five eight seven four seven
one three two one two fifty eight seventy

1187
01:24:30.119 --> 01:24:31.279
four. Just go ahead and give
us a call. I want to remind

1188
01:24:31.319 --> 01:24:38.279
you that my website has the lawn
schedules for both fertilizing your lawn and managing

1189
01:24:38.439 --> 01:24:43.880
pest problems like diseases and weeds and
insects that might be in your lawn.

1190
01:24:44.119 --> 01:24:51.680
And it's at the website Gardening with
Skip dot com Gardening with Skip dot com.

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01:24:53.439 --> 01:24:58.800
Nelson Fertilizer celebrated their forty year anniversary
just the other day, October fourteenth.

1192
01:24:59.159 --> 01:25:02.319
And you know, from the the
very small beginnings, they have grown

1193
01:25:02.560 --> 01:25:11.720
into a product just unbelievable selection and
lines. The whole line of color Star

1194
01:25:12.079 --> 01:25:15.560
is outstanding. The whole line of
nutri Star quality products. Those are in

1195
01:25:15.640 --> 01:25:19.399
jars. Then you can just feed
your plants. It's real simple. It's

1196
01:25:19.439 --> 01:25:24.600
a nice blend. The turf Star
line contains a number of different products,

1197
01:25:24.600 --> 01:25:28.359
but just remember right now, it's
the carbo load that's the one to put

1198
01:25:28.359 --> 01:25:31.920
on in the fall. From Nelson's. The carbo load has an extra punch

1199
01:25:31.960 --> 01:25:36.279
of potassium in it, which is
important for winter hardiness and drop recovery as

1200
01:25:36.319 --> 01:25:40.960
well. And it also has a
pre emergent herbicide. So if you're going

1201
01:25:41.000 --> 01:25:45.000
to do the carbo load, which
I think is an excellent option for your

1202
01:25:45.079 --> 01:25:47.760
yard, I would do it now
as soon as possible, get it watered

1203
01:25:47.800 --> 01:25:53.760
in, to get that pre emergent
and the fertilizer down to the soil surface

1204
01:25:54.359 --> 01:25:58.560
where it can help the roots and
where it can prevent the weed seeds from

1205
01:25:58.560 --> 01:26:00.439
coming up over the cool sea.
And if your line is at all thin,

1206
01:26:00.880 --> 01:26:04.960
cool season weeds which are germinating October
November and really on through the cool

1207
01:26:05.000 --> 01:26:09.279
season and our mild climate, you
need to get ahead of them, and

1208
01:26:09.319 --> 01:26:12.920
now is the time to do it. And carboload is a great way to

1209
01:26:12.960 --> 01:26:15.600
do two things at once for your
lawn. We're going to go now to

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01:26:15.760 --> 01:26:21.239
Northwest Houston if I can find the
button here and talk to Parla. Hello,

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01:26:21.359 --> 01:26:27.359
Paula, Hello, good morning.
I have a comment and a question,

1212
01:26:27.680 --> 01:26:30.439
a comment about that gentleman that called
in with the two vines that weren't

1213
01:26:30.439 --> 01:26:36.119
blooming. Yes, tell me not. I'll be listening to not feel bad

1214
01:26:36.600 --> 01:26:43.039
because I have grown fire spike for
years. Can always tell when the humming

1215
01:26:43.079 --> 01:26:47.359
burgers are getting made to come,
because the fire spike always blooms just about

1216
01:26:47.399 --> 01:26:53.960
that time. This year, I
have not had one bloom on any of

1217
01:26:53.960 --> 01:27:01.279
my fire spikes. Really, I
mean, for you religiously, year after

1218
01:27:01.359 --> 01:27:05.000
year after year. The well,
I'm sure. I don't know if it's

1219
01:27:05.520 --> 01:27:10.119
I don't know if it's the drought. Yeah, I don't think because they

1220
01:27:10.479 --> 01:27:15.159
were really suffering through the drought.
I could see the league allow a lot

1221
01:27:15.159 --> 01:27:16.239
of plans that way. I got
to run to break. But thanks for

1222
01:27:16.279 --> 01:27:20.800
pointing that out. I got a
question about that, and I'll be right

1223
01:27:20.840 --> 01:27:24.880
back. We're going to take a
break. Seven one three two one two

1224
01:27:24.920 --> 01:27:29.359
fifty eight seventy four. Well,
good Sunday morning on a beautiful day.

1225
01:27:29.479 --> 01:27:32.319
You're listening to garden Line and our
phone number is seven one three two one

1226
01:27:32.359 --> 01:27:38.880
two fifty eight seventy four. You
know the roy family, owners of Grimes

1227
01:27:39.119 --> 01:27:44.159
County Feed. They have been serving
and giving back to their community. It's

1228
01:27:44.199 --> 01:27:46.560
a way of life for them.
I mean we're talking about in the family,

1229
01:27:46.680 --> 01:27:51.319
this Polish family's past of agriculture,
the fire service, in the Houston

1230
01:27:51.359 --> 01:27:56.680
Fire Department, law enforcement, the
Houston Police Department. UH and they support

1231
01:27:56.960 --> 01:28:01.960
like Iola School District, the FFA, the four h the Anderson Volunteer Fire

1232
01:28:01.960 --> 01:28:06.159
Department, Grimes County True Blue Foundation. I mean, they are part of

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01:28:06.159 --> 01:28:10.720
the county and have been for a
long time. And that's the same mindset,

1234
01:28:10.800 --> 01:28:14.960
that's the same attitude that they take
into their business. Grimes County Feed

1235
01:28:15.079 --> 01:28:17.640
and Farm. When I talk about
a fertilizer, if you're up in that

1236
01:28:17.800 --> 01:28:23.600
general area around Carlos Navasota, Brian
College Station, anywhere in there, Grimes

1237
01:28:23.600 --> 01:28:27.560
County Feed is going to have that
fertilizer available, and then they have everything

1238
01:28:27.560 --> 01:28:30.840
else you would expect from a feed
store, including a fish stocking during the

1239
01:28:30.880 --> 01:28:34.960
growing season when things warm up a
little bit. Just check them out.

1240
01:28:35.000 --> 01:28:42.000
Grimes County Feed two eight one eight
one four twenty four ninety four. Let's

1241
01:28:42.000 --> 01:28:45.399
go back to Hello, Paula,
I think you had some more information or

1242
01:28:45.560 --> 01:28:53.600
yes, okay, you suggest several
weeks ago you suggested to someone planting diantus.

1243
01:28:54.000 --> 01:28:56.880
I've never planted them before, but
they shunded really good. So I

1244
01:28:56.960 --> 01:29:00.279
went and bought a flat of them
and planted them and out of side to

1245
01:29:00.319 --> 01:29:02.319
try to read up on them a
little bit since I've never planned them before.

1246
01:29:02.479 --> 01:29:06.920
And it said that you should keep
them deadheaded or also go to seed.

1247
01:29:08.560 --> 01:29:11.359
Well, yes, that true,
that's true of almost any flower.

1248
01:29:11.920 --> 01:29:15.319
Well, yeah, that's why plants
bloom. But yeah, you know you

1249
01:29:16.239 --> 01:29:19.039
if you don't, I mean,
they still grow and they'll still bloom some,

1250
01:29:19.239 --> 01:29:24.680
but as you take the old ugly
flowers off, it just helps rejuvenate

1251
01:29:24.680 --> 01:29:27.920
them a little bit better. So
it's a beautiful. They will keep they

1252
01:29:27.960 --> 01:29:30.159
will keep blooming, just like a
regular plant. Yes, the new modern

1253
01:29:30.239 --> 01:29:33.399
variety is keep blooming for you.
Okay, okay, okay, that's what

1254
01:29:33.479 --> 01:29:35.560
I needed to know that, all
right, Okay, thank you for the

1255
01:29:35.600 --> 01:29:42.800
call. I appreciate that very much. Now, we talk a lot about

1256
01:29:43.239 --> 01:29:47.800
lawn fertilizing and mowing and watering and
things. One thing that I probably should

1257
01:29:47.800 --> 01:29:53.239
talk about more is aeration and compost
stop dressing of the soil. And the

1258
01:29:53.279 --> 01:29:56.399
folks at green Pro they are the
pros at that they've been doing that for

1259
01:29:56.439 --> 01:30:00.159
a long time. They know what
they're doing. Their prices started five five

1260
01:30:00.319 --> 01:30:03.720
ninety nine plus tax depending on the
size and location of your property. If

1261
01:30:03.720 --> 01:30:08.840
they got to drive a good distance, well that's part of the consideration there.

1262
01:30:08.960 --> 01:30:12.920
You can go to greenpro dot net. But they have some really high

1263
01:30:13.039 --> 01:30:17.319
quality equipment and they come in and
when they do a deep core aeration,

1264
01:30:17.439 --> 01:30:19.840
it pops the plugs out of the
ground, drops them on the top,

1265
01:30:19.920 --> 01:30:25.000
and then follow that with a compost
top dressing of Leipmo compost. You are

1266
01:30:25.479 --> 01:30:30.039
talking about exactly what a law needs
to rejuvenate it, to get oxygen in

1267
01:30:30.079 --> 01:30:34.159
the soil, to get organic meta
done in the soil, to stimulate those

1268
01:30:34.239 --> 01:30:39.359
roots, and it's just a good
deal. I would highly recommend you consider

1269
01:30:39.600 --> 01:30:43.600
giving green Pro a caller. Just
go to their website greenpro dot net,

1270
01:30:43.760 --> 01:30:46.359
where you can find out a lot
more information on that. We're going to

1271
01:30:46.439 --> 01:30:53.239
go now out to Oaksbury and talk
to Lee. Hello Lee, Hello Skip,

1272
01:30:53.399 --> 01:30:58.960
I'm well, thank you. I'd
like to find out something about a

1273
01:30:59.439 --> 01:31:03.800
republic of text orange tree. Okay, when would be a good time to

1274
01:31:03.800 --> 01:31:10.199
buy one and plant it? Well, you could do it pretty much any

1275
01:31:10.319 --> 01:31:15.840
time. Whenever we're dealing with plants
that are semi hardy. You know they're

1276
01:31:15.880 --> 01:31:17.640
pretty hardy, but we can have
winters that do a lot of damage and

1277
01:31:17.680 --> 01:31:23.760
stuff when it's extra cold. I
often will purchase them and hold on to

1278
01:31:23.840 --> 01:31:27.079
them and put them in in the
spring. That that way I can move

1279
01:31:27.119 --> 01:31:30.319
them in the garage if they need
to. It's just that first year you

1280
01:31:30.319 --> 01:31:31.720
want to if you give them a
few more months, you know, than

1281
01:31:31.800 --> 01:31:34.720
just dropping them in the ground.
Now, it's just a way to kind

1282
01:31:34.720 --> 01:31:38.640
of head your bed a little bit. But a lot of people in the

1283
01:31:38.680 --> 01:31:44.680
fall this fall have been planting citrus
trees and there's no other reason other than

1284
01:31:44.920 --> 01:31:47.800
just get ready to give it a
little extra protection if we do have a

1285
01:31:47.840 --> 01:31:55.880
real coal spell. So it wouldn't
hurt to just hold off and buy them

1286
01:31:55.960 --> 01:32:00.199
later. You could do that also, but I tell you, you know,

1287
01:32:00.239 --> 01:32:02.159
the selection is what's important. You
know, when you're looking for a

1288
01:32:02.159 --> 01:32:06.760
particular variety like you mentioned, you
could it won't hurt to hold off and

1289
01:32:06.760 --> 01:32:10.039
buy them later. You can certainly
do that. You just want to make

1290
01:32:10.079 --> 01:32:15.159
sure they don't sell out wherever you're
purchasing your plants. Okay, well,

1291
01:32:15.199 --> 01:32:18.039
thank you very much, Scott.
I appreciate your information, all right,

1292
01:32:18.119 --> 01:32:24.079
Lee, thanks for the call.
Appreciate that very very much. RCW Nursery,

1293
01:32:24.119 --> 01:32:28.920
that's the nursery up there where Tumbull
Parkway comes into Beltweg eight. They

1294
01:32:28.960 --> 01:32:33.079
are having quite the shin dig here
every weekend in October. This weekend,

1295
01:32:33.359 --> 01:32:39.159
there's one more weekend left in October. They have a special discount fifteen percent

1296
01:32:39.239 --> 01:32:43.279
off all trees, and boy do
they ever have a great selection of trees.

1297
01:32:43.560 --> 01:32:46.640
They grow on themselves, quality trees, the species that you should be

1298
01:32:46.680 --> 01:32:51.359
planting here because they're adapted area.
That's what you get at RCW Nurseries.

1299
01:32:51.840 --> 01:32:56.159
But by the way, this shindig
deal I was talking about funding games for

1300
01:32:56.279 --> 01:33:00.439
kids of all ages. They got
refreshments and snacks for the family areas where

1301
01:33:00.479 --> 01:33:03.199
you can go and you know,
take a photo, you know, with

1302
01:33:03.279 --> 01:33:08.560
a little setup decoration, kind of
cool, lots of fun stuff while you're

1303
01:33:08.600 --> 01:33:11.680
out there. Check out everything else
that they do, I mean, annuals

1304
01:33:11.800 --> 01:33:15.720
perennials. They've got it all.
They've got it all. Roses, a

1305
01:33:15.840 --> 01:33:20.960
unbelievable selection of roses all at RCW
Nurseries. Let's go out to spring.

1306
01:33:21.000 --> 01:33:27.840
Now we're going to talk to Bernie. Hello, Bernie, good morning.

1307
01:33:27.039 --> 01:33:30.920
I've been I've been pulling Virginia button
weed out of the Saint Augustine grass,

1308
01:33:31.399 --> 01:33:34.079
and of course there's not a lot
of grass left. But I was wondering

1309
01:33:34.079 --> 01:33:36.760
what I've been getting a lot of
the runners out, but what do I

1310
01:33:36.800 --> 01:33:42.079
put on next to kill the roots
that I don't get? Well, there's

1311
01:33:42.079 --> 01:33:45.279
nothing you can put on now to
kill the existing plants that are there.

1312
01:33:45.720 --> 01:33:49.279
Uh, just you're pulling is the
right thing. You're getting a lot of

1313
01:33:49.319 --> 01:33:55.840
seed out hopefully and minimizing the problem
next year. Just watch that you don't

1314
01:33:56.039 --> 01:34:00.880
keep the soil too wet. Virginia
button weed thrives in wet conditions especially.

1315
01:34:00.359 --> 01:34:04.720
Uh. There are post emergent products
that you can use after it comes up.

1316
01:34:05.000 --> 01:34:10.159
And there's also some pre emergent product
that you would put down and help

1317
01:34:10.199 --> 01:34:14.000
prevent seeds of all the weeds that
would come up in the warm season in

1318
01:34:14.039 --> 01:34:17.520
your lawn. Those would be applied
in February for the for the warm season.

1319
01:34:17.560 --> 01:34:23.600
We're applying now for the cool season. Any particular one that you recommend,

1320
01:34:23.840 --> 01:34:29.159
we recommend barricade. Yeah, it's
a good product and it is you

1321
01:34:29.199 --> 01:34:31.680
know, it's it's going to be
effective against broad leaf and grassy weeds,

1322
01:34:31.680 --> 01:34:35.800
which is good. Not every pre
emergent is effective against both broadly broad leaf

1323
01:34:35.840 --> 01:34:41.439
and grass. I put that down
last week with the fertilizer. Good.

1324
01:34:41.640 --> 01:34:45.319
Well, then you're off. You're
off to the race. Okay, that's

1325
01:34:45.359 --> 01:34:47.920
what I want to hear. Sounds
good. Thanks for your well, have

1326
01:34:48.079 --> 01:34:54.479
fun fun pulling the Virginia button weed. I feel your pain. Yeah,

1327
01:34:54.520 --> 01:34:59.760
I know, all right, thank
you again. Uh huh, that's funny.

1328
01:35:00.119 --> 01:35:04.760
Hey. The nitrophus three step Nitrophus
three step that we've been talking about

1329
01:35:04.800 --> 01:35:10.359
it this fall and keep talking about
it. It is a great combination for

1330
01:35:10.439 --> 01:35:14.479
the three things that affect our lawns
in the fall. Number one, nutrients.

1331
01:35:14.560 --> 01:35:17.159
We got to get the soil with
a good supply of potassium and some

1332
01:35:17.319 --> 01:35:21.479
nitrogen to get that grass plant as
healthy and strong as we can get it

1333
01:35:21.560 --> 01:35:28.079
going into winter, because that's what
drives spring growth initially, and so when

1334
01:35:28.079 --> 01:35:32.880
you're fertilizing now, you are doing
that to have a great lawn starting early

1335
01:35:32.960 --> 01:35:36.479
next year. That's what that does. That's the nitrophos fall special. They

1336
01:35:36.479 --> 01:35:41.720
have the barricade which we were just
talking about with a bernie that is a

1337
01:35:42.079 --> 01:35:46.560
broad leaf and grassy weed prevent you
put it down, you watered in and

1338
01:35:46.600 --> 01:35:50.199
when the weed seeds try to come
through, it shuts things down. It's

1339
01:35:50.279 --> 01:35:56.600
essentially a barricade. Good name Nitrophus
Eagle is a turf fundicide. It's a

1340
01:35:56.640 --> 01:36:00.439
systemic. It soaks into the turf
so when patch comes on a little bit

1341
01:36:00.520 --> 01:36:04.279
later in the season. Actually,
we could be seeing those circles any day

1342
01:36:04.319 --> 01:36:09.439
now if we had the right kind
of temperature drop and little rainy weather.

1343
01:36:10.399 --> 01:36:13.399
That's what the eagles for. It's
to prevent that. It also works pretty

1344
01:36:13.399 --> 01:36:15.600
good on take a root rot,
which is also another one we're dealing with

1345
01:36:15.800 --> 01:36:19.600
now. You can find Nitrofoss,
Texas three step and other products at Katie

1346
01:36:19.600 --> 01:36:23.720
Hardware, RCW, Nursia. I
was just talking about them a second ago,

1347
01:36:24.000 --> 01:36:28.119
and up at the arbor Gate up
in Tomball they all carry the nitrofoss

1348
01:36:28.159 --> 01:36:33.000
products like Texas three step. You're
listening to Garden Line. We are here

1349
01:36:33.039 --> 01:36:38.600
to answer your gardening questions. Our
phone number is seven to one three two

1350
01:36:38.600 --> 01:36:45.199
one two fifty eight seventy four seven
one three two one two five eight seven

1351
01:36:45.359 --> 01:36:48.560
four. It's as simple as that. You know, there's no reason not

1352
01:36:48.680 --> 01:36:54.600
to have color in the winter.
They everybody you know on spring all the

1353
01:36:54.640 --> 01:36:59.199
flowers. People are excited. Then
summer comes and a few more few less

1354
01:36:59.239 --> 01:37:01.520
options, but still options for summer. Then we have the fall season.

1355
01:37:01.840 --> 01:37:04.960
And there's two things I'd like you
to think about as you're going into fall

1356
01:37:05.119 --> 01:37:12.039
wanting to make a more beautiful,
beautiful landscape. One are fall bloomers.

1357
01:37:12.319 --> 01:37:14.600
Now you plan them. Now,
you're not going to get to enjoy,

1358
01:37:14.720 --> 01:37:17.439
you know, the big beautiful plant
this fall, but you will next fall

1359
01:37:17.439 --> 01:37:21.079
and never fall after that. If
it's a perennial and we have some beautiful

1360
01:37:21.119 --> 01:37:27.920
fall blooming. Salvia leucantha blooms late
summer and fall. There is salvia pineapple

1361
01:37:27.960 --> 01:37:31.840
sage blooms in the late summer and
the fall season. Probably my favorite fall

1362
01:37:31.840 --> 01:37:38.800
plant is the aster, the fall
aster, autumn aster. It is beautiful.

1363
01:37:38.880 --> 01:37:42.800
It is tough as nails, and
it just spreads out. You shared

1364
01:37:42.880 --> 01:37:45.279
a little bit to kind of manage
the gross shape like you want it to

1365
01:37:45.319 --> 01:37:48.920
be. But boy, when fall
comes, it is absolutely gorgeous. And

1366
01:37:48.960 --> 01:37:54.079
it's a perennial. And we have
other fall blooming plants that we can put

1367
01:37:54.119 --> 01:37:59.640
out there in the landscape. Just
think about installing those now for years of

1368
01:37:59.680 --> 01:38:02.159
beauty in the fall. Second,
thing, or the cool season annuals.

1369
01:38:02.359 --> 01:38:06.000
There's a lot of great cool season
annuals. I was just talking a minute

1370
01:38:06.039 --> 01:38:13.720
ago with Paula about Dianthus. Dianthus
comes in some little compact bedding plant types.

1371
01:38:13.760 --> 01:38:17.840
It comes in types that get really
tall, beautiful neon flowers on the

1372
01:38:17.920 --> 01:38:24.119
Amazon series and some of the others
like that, the violas and pansies or

1373
01:38:24.159 --> 01:38:28.239
two of the heartiest cool season flowers
that we have. I guess right up

1374
01:38:28.279 --> 01:38:31.079
there with those would be things like
ornamental cabbage and kale, which we don't

1375
01:38:31.079 --> 01:38:35.600
grow for the blooms, although when
they bolt in spring they're beautiful, but

1376
01:38:35.640 --> 01:38:42.279
all listen, and things like snapdragon
for example. Stock is another cool season

1377
01:38:42.319 --> 01:38:45.720
plant. Take advantage of those.
Oh and Dusty Miller. That's a foliage

1378
01:38:45.760 --> 01:38:51.199
plant that looks really really good.
If you thought about maybe purchasing a tractor

1379
01:38:51.359 --> 01:38:56.439
to use in your place, something
to make work easier, well, the

1380
01:38:56.520 --> 01:39:00.359
folks a Landsdown They've got you covered. The Lansdown Moody package. Here's the

1381
01:39:00.399 --> 01:39:02.439
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1382
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That is the hydrostatic transmission. Great,

1383
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great tractor. Then go to tractor
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1384
01:39:13.520 --> 01:39:15.079
want to go with it. Do
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1385
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need a front end loader, a
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1386
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1389
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1390
01:39:44.720 --> 01:39:47.279
Welcome back to Gardenline. I'm your
host, Skip Richter, and we're

1391
01:39:47.319 --> 01:39:50.880
here to answer your gardening questions.
UH phone number if you'd like to give

1392
01:39:50.920 --> 01:39:56.279
us a call seven to one three
two one two k t R H or

1393
01:39:56.359 --> 01:40:00.000
SEVENE three two one two fifty eight
seventy four if you prefer to go that

1394
01:40:00.319 --> 01:40:03.800
direction. If you live out in
Kingwood, do you hear me talk about

1395
01:40:03.880 --> 01:40:10.079
Kingwood Garden Center and Warren Southern Gardens
all the time. You are fortunate these

1396
01:40:10.079 --> 01:40:15.199
two places right there, just down
the street really from you. They always

1397
01:40:15.560 --> 01:40:18.079
have quality plants, They always have
some things going on. I know the

1398
01:40:18.119 --> 01:40:21.199
pink Mewley grass that was a Navy
Plant of the Month they had going on.

1399
01:40:21.279 --> 01:40:25.479
They have going on out there.
Pink Muley is beautiful. I love

1400
01:40:25.479 --> 01:40:30.720
it when the sunlight comes through those
awns, that's where it really shines pink.

1401
01:40:30.119 --> 01:40:35.079
It's just gorgeous. Warrens has a
stock of everything you need to make

1402
01:40:35.119 --> 01:40:39.800
sure that your plants do well,
your lawns do well, like the fertilizers

1403
01:40:39.840 --> 01:40:44.640
and the composts and the multous high
quality, high quality products. Do you

1404
01:40:44.680 --> 01:40:48.039
need cool season color, They've got
it. Just looking at a flat of

1405
01:40:48.279 --> 01:40:53.840
the snapdragons that they have out there. Snapdragons are such a cool flower.

1406
01:40:53.880 --> 01:40:56.760
You know. They come in small, squatty sizes and they come in real

1407
01:40:56.840 --> 01:41:00.840
tall cut flower types as well.
And they got that real cool little flower

1408
01:41:00.920 --> 01:41:03.560
where the jaw snaps down like a
dragon jaw. Show that to a little

1409
01:41:03.640 --> 01:41:08.119
kiddo and they'll think that's pretty cool
stuff as well. They have a in

1410
01:41:08.159 --> 01:41:11.560
fact, they have a sale on
the snap dragon's going on till the twenty

1411
01:41:11.560 --> 01:41:14.319
fourth, so we're just a couple
of days away from that, so don't

1412
01:41:14.319 --> 01:41:17.720
delay if you need color for your
landscape. Warren's Southern Gardens or Kingwood Gardens

1413
01:41:17.720 --> 01:41:21.600
cent are both in Kingwood. They'll
get you fixed up. Let's go now

1414
01:41:21.640 --> 01:41:27.479
to Chris up in Highlands. Hello, Chris, hi doing? I was

1415
01:41:27.479 --> 01:41:30.640
calling. You're just speaking about the
having color. So I have about three

1416
01:41:30.680 --> 01:41:34.720
acres and I was looking for like
a showpiece kind of tree to plan out

1417
01:41:34.720 --> 01:41:39.000
there. And I was wondering,
and I may be butchering the name,

1418
01:41:39.039 --> 01:41:43.960
but a jack aranda tree. It's
like a purple yes, how would that

1419
01:41:44.279 --> 01:41:46.960
like? How would that do in
our climate? It is very showy that

1420
01:41:47.039 --> 01:41:53.359
it is a fast growing and not
a recommended tree. It grows really fast

1421
01:41:53.399 --> 01:41:56.239
and kind of falls apart. It's
not not a real good one for us.

1422
01:41:56.560 --> 01:42:00.520
I think it may have some occasional
co weather problems. I'd need to

1423
01:42:00.600 --> 01:42:04.600
check on that depending on the area. But yeah, I wouldn't. Could

1424
01:42:04.600 --> 01:42:10.239
you recommend one that would be like
a show popper in a world of green?

1425
01:42:10.319 --> 01:42:14.359
I guess something blooming, something bloomy? Yes, just a yes or

1426
01:42:14.439 --> 01:42:16.800
yes, sir, I would choose
between. There are some very tall,

1427
01:42:16.880 --> 01:42:21.720
beautiful craite myrtles, something get thirty
feet tall that would be a consideration.

1428
01:42:21.960 --> 01:42:26.600
And I put those on the list
because what three months of bloom through the

1429
01:42:26.640 --> 01:42:31.199
summer season, that's a lot for
any tree I like. Chinese fringe tree.

1430
01:42:31.680 --> 01:42:35.399
Chinese fringe tree is a spring bloomer. It as shaggy blooms, but

1431
01:42:35.479 --> 01:42:41.640
it's only a medium sized tree,
so think more in the twenty twenty five

1432
01:42:41.680 --> 01:42:45.279
foot range. Eventually, it takes
a little while to get there. So

1433
01:42:45.600 --> 01:42:48.439
that's a beautiful one that I like
as well. I don't know if either

1434
01:42:48.479 --> 01:42:53.439
of those fit the bill. Do
they Are they either one of those good

1435
01:42:53.479 --> 01:43:00.359
shade trees the friend. No,
they don't. Well, they shade well

1436
01:43:00.479 --> 01:43:05.319
underneath their canopy, but the crape
myrtles don't spread as much as a lot

1437
01:43:05.319 --> 01:43:11.560
of our big shade trees do.
And also with the fringe it spreads.

1438
01:43:11.960 --> 01:43:15.600
But again it's you know, it's
probably going to go out about twelve feet

1439
01:43:15.720 --> 01:43:20.960
in both directions of twenty four feet
across or so okay, okay, all

1440
01:43:21.039 --> 01:43:24.720
right, thank you, because I
was looking for something to line my driveway.

1441
01:43:24.920 --> 01:43:30.520
So oh okay, that'll work twelve
feet wide enough, Thank you so

1442
01:43:30.600 --> 01:43:31.640
much. Yeah, you may want
to mix it up a little bit,

1443
01:43:32.000 --> 01:43:35.319
try some other things in that way, you know, you get you get

1444
01:43:35.359 --> 01:43:40.479
some variation in there, maybe other
seasons of bloom or things like that.

1445
01:43:40.760 --> 01:43:44.159
Oh like alternating trees. Yeah,
you know, if you did the fringe

1446
01:43:44.199 --> 01:43:47.800
with the crapes, you have spring
and summer covered. Okay, okay,

1447
01:43:47.880 --> 01:43:51.760
I like that idea a lot.
All right, thank you, thank you

1448
01:43:51.319 --> 01:43:56.000
so much. Right, you have
good day, you too. Let's go

1449
01:43:56.079 --> 01:44:00.880
now out to Brazewood. Talk to
Jim. Hello, Jim, Hey,

1450
01:44:00.920 --> 01:44:04.199
Skip, how you doing. I'm
well, you know, I've got so

1451
01:44:04.399 --> 01:44:08.359
I want to plant some Texas sage
in my front yard. I've got a

1452
01:44:08.399 --> 01:44:13.039
southern exposure and you know, as
a has a backdrop in a hedge,

1453
01:44:13.079 --> 01:44:16.920
you know, I've got a shorter
yes bush in front. And what's the

1454
01:44:16.920 --> 01:44:20.119
best way to mend the soil?
You know, I've got this gumbo yes

1455
01:44:20.199 --> 01:44:23.840
here, of course. And what
do you think? We're just a good

1456
01:44:23.960 --> 01:44:26.920
a good blend. You know,
you could use something like a rose soil

1457
01:44:26.960 --> 01:44:30.960
blend. That would be a good
one. Uh. Just something that is

1458
01:44:31.760 --> 01:44:35.560
going to provide the drainage that you
want. And that is very important.

1459
01:44:35.600 --> 01:44:40.279
And you need a bed that's not
as tall as you can stand to make

1460
01:44:40.319 --> 01:44:44.960
it because those things will settle in
time. And Texas sage does not want

1461
01:44:45.039 --> 01:44:47.880
soggy roots. It does not like
that at all. So well, look,

1462
01:44:47.880 --> 01:44:51.319
can I ask you then, so
so like for the bottom of the

1463
01:44:51.359 --> 01:44:57.239
hole, should you put is it
okay to put in like a loamy sandy

1464
01:44:57.319 --> 01:45:00.079
type of thing, or should you
just put clay in? You? You

1465
01:45:00.119 --> 01:45:03.800
should. What you should do on
any shrub. But also Texas sage is

1466
01:45:03.880 --> 01:45:08.399
have the whole bed amended like you
want it, and then dig the whole

1467
01:45:08.680 --> 01:45:12.039
of them out of dig the amended
soil out to plant it. Put the

1468
01:45:12.079 --> 01:45:15.359
amended soil back in over it.
Don't put something special in the hole.

1469
01:45:15.920 --> 01:45:19.439
Okay, yeah, it will not
help them in in many cases it hurts,

1470
01:45:20.239 --> 01:45:25.479
really yeah. Okay. Drainage and
sun those are the two keys to

1471
01:45:25.560 --> 01:45:28.840
Texas sage. Yeah, it gets
all the sun. It gets all.

1472
01:45:28.880 --> 01:45:30.760
But you say, elevate the bed
as much as you can then, yeah,

1473
01:45:30.920 --> 01:45:33.600
just because it's gonna settle. That's
why I say, you know,

1474
01:45:33.640 --> 01:45:38.199
it didn't The plant doesn't know if
it's eight inches high or twenty four inches

1475
01:45:38.279 --> 01:45:41.800
high. I'm just saying that those
beds a lot of organic matter. They

1476
01:45:41.800 --> 01:45:45.000
settle quite a bit. I might
mix some expanded shale in it as well,

1477
01:45:45.039 --> 01:45:50.239
because that also helps with drainage,
and it has more of a structure

1478
01:45:50.319 --> 01:45:57.039
to it, so it doesn't just
oxidize down like organic matter. Will Okay,

1479
01:45:57.119 --> 01:46:00.279
I got you, all right,
all right, all right, thank

1480
01:46:00.279 --> 01:46:04.319
you very much. I appreciate appreciate
that very much. Uh. You know,

1481
01:46:04.600 --> 01:46:09.319
its fall is planning time, and
anytime you plant, I recommend you

1482
01:46:09.399 --> 01:46:13.600
use has to grow six twelve six. Six twelve six has seaweed extracts,

1483
01:46:13.640 --> 01:46:16.720
it's got humic acid in it,
It's got all the things that stimulate the

1484
01:46:16.720 --> 01:46:20.239
biological activity of the soil and help
the roots, help the roots. It's

1485
01:46:20.239 --> 01:46:25.479
got the nutrients in there for that. So whatever shrub tree, perennial,

1486
01:46:25.640 --> 01:46:29.720
ornamental grass you're planting, has to
grow six twelve six, if you're planting

1487
01:46:29.720 --> 01:46:33.199
flowers, if you're planting vegetables,
just mix it up in water and water

1488
01:46:33.279 --> 01:46:36.159
it in with that, do it
again five to seven days later, again,

1489
01:46:36.239 --> 01:46:40.520
five to seven days later. In
other words, planned at planting,

1490
01:46:40.640 --> 01:46:44.079
and twice more about a week apart. To help that plant get off to

1491
01:46:44.159 --> 01:46:46.960
a really, really good start.
Medina has to grow six. One of

1492
01:46:47.000 --> 01:46:50.920
the many excellent Medina products out there
on the market. We're going to go

1493
01:46:50.920 --> 01:46:54.960
to a break now. Our phone
number is seven one three two one two

1494
01:46:55.199 --> 01:46:59.399
fifty eight seventy four. When we
come back, Chris, John and Ted

1495
01:46:59.640 --> 01:47:03.159
you the first up. Well,
come to garden Line. We are glad

1496
01:47:03.199 --> 01:47:08.800
you're listening today and talking all kinds
of things plants with you. We're gonna

1497
01:47:08.840 --> 01:47:13.279
head straight out to let's see,
we're going to Chris. Another Chris in

1498
01:47:13.319 --> 01:47:17.600
the Highlands. Hey, that's coincidence. How you doing? I'm gonna skip

1499
01:47:18.199 --> 01:47:21.960
yeah, another Chris and Highlands.
A hard day call. I got a

1500
01:47:21.960 --> 01:47:27.399
couple of quick questions. About ten
days ago, I laid some sad in

1501
01:47:27.479 --> 01:47:31.840
my yard and I was wondering,
should I pick up with the fall fertilization

1502
01:47:32.079 --> 01:47:36.479
schedule or would it be better if
I got some hash to grow and spray

1503
01:47:36.600 --> 01:47:44.439
that on there? And two,
how can I get rid of some bermuda

1504
01:47:44.439 --> 01:47:47.680
where it's trying to take over?
Okay, I would the hash to grow

1505
01:47:47.720 --> 01:47:50.479
is a good product, but I
would use it. It's got a pretty

1506
01:47:50.479 --> 01:47:54.680
good nitrogen content, and I would
save that to use in spring or summer.

1507
01:47:55.760 --> 01:47:59.960
And right now I would put a
granular fall fertilizer down on the lawn.

1508
01:48:00.239 --> 01:48:02.079
I know it's been in ten days, it's getting some routes going,

1509
01:48:02.399 --> 01:48:05.439
but go ahead and get that down. We talk about a lot of good

1510
01:48:05.439 --> 01:48:09.960
ones here, and if you go
to my lawn schedule on gardening with Skip

1511
01:48:10.079 --> 01:48:14.399
dot com. There's a list of
all the different products that I would recommend

1512
01:48:14.439 --> 01:48:19.199
fourfall, both organic ins of them. Yeah, I would do watered in

1513
01:48:19.680 --> 01:48:24.479
that new side. You know,
we we're kind of up against the here

1514
01:48:24.520 --> 01:48:27.680
comes winner, and but we still
want to get the nutrients down and help

1515
01:48:27.720 --> 01:48:32.600
it as much as we can.
Okay, And how about the bermuda bermuda

1516
01:48:32.720 --> 01:48:39.520
in Saint Augustine, Yes, sir, yeah, Well, other than calling

1517
01:48:39.560 --> 01:48:44.920
a realtor and moving, I tell
you that is an We don't have a

1518
01:48:45.159 --> 01:48:49.279
we don't have a product available in
the home gardening market that will kill bermuda

1519
01:48:49.319 --> 01:48:55.239
grass and not damage Saint Augustine grass. So if it's an area where you

1520
01:48:55.239 --> 01:48:59.720
can kill everything and then replant Saint
Augustine, that's an option. But other

1521
01:48:59.800 --> 01:49:03.159
than that, you're living with the
two of them together. Yeah, okay,

1522
01:49:03.520 --> 01:49:06.479
sorry to not have a solution on
that one, but we just we

1523
01:49:06.600 --> 01:49:10.239
just redon't right now in the home
and garden market. Yes, sir,

1524
01:49:11.680 --> 01:49:15.640
Okay, thank you very much,
Thanks sir, appreciate your call very much.

1525
01:49:15.279 --> 01:49:18.239
We are now gonna go let's see, we're gonna go to John up

1526
01:49:18.239 --> 01:49:21.880
in Tomball. Hello John, Good
morning, Skip. How you doing.

1527
01:49:23.000 --> 01:49:29.359
I'm well, How are you well? Quick question. I've done what mister

1528
01:49:29.600 --> 01:49:33.520
Skips told me to do. I
fertilized, I did the barricade last week.

1529
01:49:34.439 --> 01:49:38.960
I've got bermuda in the backyard and
about a third of it is starting

1530
01:49:39.039 --> 01:49:44.079
to really get little brown brown areas. Yes, I know I need the

1531
01:49:44.119 --> 01:49:46.800
air rap, but that's probably in
the spring. Can I put out some

1532
01:49:46.840 --> 01:49:49.720
stuff for brown pats right now?
Shit, I'll hold off. Uh.

1533
01:49:50.479 --> 01:49:56.600
It's better to do those preventatively,
which would mean now we're gonna get the

1534
01:49:56.600 --> 01:50:00.279
weather soon where it's gonna occur,
and once it rots the lead, you

1535
01:50:00.319 --> 01:50:03.399
can't make it green again until next
spring. So we put a product on

1536
01:50:03.520 --> 01:50:08.319
to prevent it. If you've had
a history of that problem. I'm not

1537
01:50:08.359 --> 01:50:12.880
saying everybody that with every lawn should, you know, apply a brown patch

1538
01:50:12.960 --> 01:50:15.960
control. Some lawns just don't have
problems with it. You don't see it

1539
01:50:15.039 --> 01:50:18.760
much. Typically lawns that have been
managed well over time, it's not as

1540
01:50:18.800 --> 01:50:21.600
big of a deal. But we
can't control the weather, and the weather

1541
01:50:21.720 --> 01:50:28.159
is another reason why it tends to
be worse some years than others. It's

1542
01:50:28.199 --> 01:50:32.439
just weird and some in this one
area, it's like it's a different bermuda

1543
01:50:32.479 --> 01:50:36.079
than the other part of the yard. It's yes, I probably just need

1544
01:50:36.119 --> 01:50:41.920
to tear it up because it's always
struggled in one area. Okay, yeah,

1545
01:50:42.039 --> 01:50:45.279
that may be. That may be
the best bet. You know,

1546
01:50:45.319 --> 01:50:47.239
bermuda, if you give it water, fertilizer, and sun, it's usually

1547
01:50:47.279 --> 01:50:53.279
pretty happy. Exactly. Yeah,
Okay, thanks Jip. All right,

1548
01:50:53.319 --> 01:50:56.560
sir, thank you for the call. I appreciate that. Hey, if

1549
01:50:56.560 --> 01:51:00.279
you live up in the Montgomery area, your hometown nursery is Ana Plants and

1550
01:51:00.359 --> 01:51:03.760
Produce. They're right there on the
east side of Montgomery on the way to

1551
01:51:04.800 --> 01:51:09.800
Conroe Highway one to five. They're
a full service garden center. You know,

1552
01:51:09.840 --> 01:51:14.960
a family owned, been there thirty
years and they serve that whole area.

1553
01:51:15.159 --> 01:51:16.600
And I know all the people out
it, like Conroe, go all

1554
01:51:16.640 --> 01:51:19.680
those neighborhoods out there. April,
Sound of Woodlands, bent Water so on.

1555
01:51:20.560 --> 01:51:24.439
That is so close. I mean
you almost throw a rock and hit

1556
01:51:24.520 --> 01:51:28.800
Ana Plants and Produce. But if
you hear me talking about fertilizers and you're

1557
01:51:28.800 --> 01:51:31.399
thinking, hey, I need some
fall fertilizer for the lawn, you're going

1558
01:51:31.439 --> 01:51:34.000
to get it there. The ones
I would recommend are going to be there,

1559
01:51:34.079 --> 01:51:38.560
as well as all the other products
you might need for your lawns.

1560
01:51:38.760 --> 01:51:41.560
They're open seven days a week,
so they're open today nine to five,

1561
01:51:42.159 --> 01:51:46.399
three acres to wander through beautiful,
beautiful things. Lots of great fall decorations

1562
01:51:46.479 --> 01:51:50.000
going on right now, and they're
always having some kind of activity, especially

1563
01:51:50.039 --> 01:51:54.000
for kids. I do a lot
of stuff for kids out there in that

1564
01:51:54.159 --> 01:51:58.239
area at A and A Plants and
Produce. Go check them out this afternoon.

1565
01:51:58.319 --> 01:52:01.560
That'd be a good afternoon. Outing. Let's head now to San Leone.

1566
01:52:01.640 --> 01:52:05.239
We're going to talk to Ted.
Hey, Ted, Hey, good

1567
01:52:05.279 --> 01:52:09.840
morning, good morning. I'm just
man. I got a flock of white

1568
01:52:09.880 --> 01:52:14.640
wings. They you know, they
ran up into the tallow tree yesterday,

1569
01:52:14.880 --> 01:52:16.960
just just eating the heck out of
the seeds. But anyway, I was

1570
01:52:17.039 --> 01:52:24.359
talking to a friend about the Texas
three step and she went out and bought

1571
01:52:24.399 --> 01:52:30.199
a Bear three and one. It's
got a it's got an MPK of thirty

1572
01:52:30.279 --> 01:52:33.680
five zero four. Yeah, Plus
it's a weed and feed. Plus it's

1573
01:52:33.720 --> 01:52:41.359
got a pre emergent and we need
to neutralize it nitrogen. I wouldn't use

1574
01:52:41.399 --> 01:52:43.680
it. I wouldn't use it.
I don't know if they'll take it back.

1575
01:52:43.840 --> 01:52:46.439
But that so no, that's already
in the yard. Oh okay,

1576
01:52:46.680 --> 01:52:50.520
well, I guess we'll find out. Uh No, you can't neutralize the

1577
01:52:50.600 --> 01:52:56.319
nitrogen. You know, the first
number is high. It also depends on

1578
01:52:56.359 --> 01:52:58.800
how much how much she put out. If she put it out at a

1579
01:52:58.880 --> 01:53:00.680
high rate, yeah, you a
problem if you barely put any out at

1580
01:53:00.720 --> 01:53:05.039
all. Still with I don't see
how you apply. That would be like

1581
01:53:05.239 --> 01:53:11.359
three pounds of that fertilizer per thousand
square feet it's concentrated, I guess.

1582
01:53:11.479 --> 01:53:14.039
I mean, I haven't seen the
yard. I don't know if it doesn't

1583
01:53:14.079 --> 01:53:17.159
sound like she burned it or she
watered it in. But now how do

1584
01:53:17.239 --> 01:53:26.399
I make up for the the p
and the kay? You know you could,

1585
01:53:26.720 --> 01:53:30.359
you could do a couple of things. I just wouldn't put any I

1586
01:53:30.399 --> 01:53:35.319
don't think i'd put any more fertilizer
on period. It just the humates plus

1587
01:53:35.439 --> 01:53:39.640
has a little bit of potassium in
it from microlife. You might want to

1588
01:53:39.680 --> 01:53:42.760
try that. It's always good to
have hu mates in the ground, improving

1589
01:53:42.800 --> 01:53:45.439
the soul quality. And there's a
little potassium in that product too, And

1590
01:53:45.520 --> 01:53:50.079
you're not getting the nitrogen push,
So that might be the way I would

1591
01:53:50.119 --> 01:53:54.720
go. I think I think that's
probably going to be a good one for

1592
01:53:54.840 --> 01:53:58.279
you. Okay, all right,
let's see what happens. I mean,

1593
01:53:59.199 --> 01:54:03.560
it's until it gets told. Guess
yeah, just tell them don't buy that

1594
01:54:03.680 --> 01:54:09.479
anymore. Yeah, because you know, think about this, that that product

1595
01:54:09.560 --> 01:54:14.119
thirty percent. That would mean you
would put three pints of the fertilizer over

1596
01:54:14.279 --> 01:54:21.039
a thousand square feet. It was
a granular thirty five zero four of thirty

1597
01:54:21.079 --> 01:54:27.279
five. Okay, well all right, what is it? What is it?

1598
01:54:28.159 --> 01:54:31.560
Change it going forward? Okay,
fingers crossed them, But thank you,

1599
01:54:31.760 --> 01:54:34.439
Thank you, Ted. I appreciate
the call very much. Oh yeah,

1600
01:54:34.520 --> 01:54:40.199
wow, that is a that is
a concentrated deal. It's a lot

1601
01:54:40.239 --> 01:54:45.760
of fertilizer going down. Well,
you know, we're wanted to take care

1602
01:54:45.800 --> 01:54:47.199
of our lawns. I've talked about
why we want to do that, and

1603
01:54:47.279 --> 01:54:51.319
it's it's an important time to do
that when you when you're looking at your

1604
01:54:51.319 --> 01:54:54.520
fruit trees. I haven't talked a
lot about fruit trees, and I just

1605
01:54:54.640 --> 01:54:56.840
want to mention a few things.
Be where we go to a break here

1606
01:54:56.920 --> 01:55:01.319
coming up, But when you're planning
fruit trees, sunlight is very important.

1607
01:55:03.159 --> 01:55:09.960
Some fruit cetrus, blueberries, maybe
figs a little bit can take a little

1608
01:55:10.000 --> 01:55:13.920
bit of shade and still do okay. But most fruit wants lots of sun.

1609
01:55:13.960 --> 01:55:16.359
They want at least six hours of
sun, if not more. And

1610
01:55:16.479 --> 01:55:21.199
that would be peaches and plums and
pears and apples and all those different kinds

1611
01:55:21.199 --> 01:55:26.520
of things. If you've never considered
planning a persmon tree, now, first

1612
01:55:26.520 --> 01:55:29.279
of all, you need to decide
if you like per semon. Some people

1613
01:55:29.479 --> 01:55:31.560
love them and some people don't care
for them that much. But a percimme

1614
01:55:31.680 --> 01:55:34.680
tree allows you to have fruit in
the fall, which is a cool thing,

1615
01:55:34.920 --> 01:55:40.079
as does Ceterus, by the way, and so they're very tough,

1616
01:55:40.199 --> 01:55:43.600
hardy trees as long as they have
good drainage in the soil. And you

1617
01:55:43.680 --> 01:55:47.359
have this little ornamental orange fruit hanging
on a leafless plant in the fall.

1618
01:55:47.399 --> 01:55:50.479
By the way, per Semon has
good fall color too for the leaves.

1619
01:55:50.600 --> 01:55:54.800
It's one of the plants with excellent
fall color. So you might want to

1620
01:55:54.800 --> 01:55:58.760
think about doing that. Full sun
important. Second, I mentioned it ari,

1621
01:55:58.920 --> 01:56:04.159
but drainage is very very important.
Soggy wet root systems are not good

1622
01:56:04.319 --> 01:56:09.279
and I you know, fruit in
general, unless it's there's a wild East

1623
01:56:09.279 --> 01:56:15.199
Texas fruit called mayhaw looks like little
tiny apples that can live in a swamp.

1624
01:56:15.760 --> 01:56:17.520
But that's not the kind of fruit
you're going to pick and chomp on.

1625
01:56:17.640 --> 01:56:21.800
People typically make jelly out of it. But in general, fruit needs

1626
01:56:23.000 --> 01:56:26.399
good drainage, so you want to
make sure it has that. The next

1627
01:56:26.479 --> 01:56:31.319
thing about fruit is pick varieties that
do well. Here, you know fruit

1628
01:56:31.399 --> 01:56:34.920
trees when they go dormant in the
winter, the deciduous fruit trees, the

1629
01:56:35.000 --> 01:56:41.119
buds have a little clock inside.
Okay, now I'm using an example here,

1630
01:56:41.239 --> 01:56:44.520
not an actual clock, but they
have a clock inside the bud,

1631
01:56:45.039 --> 01:56:49.119
and as it goes through temperatures between
about thirty five and forty five somewhere in

1632
01:56:49.199 --> 01:56:55.359
there, each hour counts as an
hour of chilling. And so you may

1633
01:56:55.399 --> 01:56:59.000
have fruit trees that need one thousand
hours of chilling or fruit trees that only

1634
01:56:59.079 --> 01:57:01.920
need three hundred hours of chilling.
Well, if you plant one that needs

1635
01:57:02.000 --> 01:57:04.760
more chilling than you get, it
doesn't come out in the spring. It

1636
01:57:04.880 --> 01:57:09.000
just sputters out with a few leaves
and it never does well. If you

1637
01:57:09.039 --> 01:57:12.319
plant one that needs way less,
it's gonna bloom. The first warm day

1638
01:57:12.359 --> 01:57:15.840
in February and you're going to get
another frost. Just some things to think

1639
01:57:15.880 --> 01:57:23.359
about, sunlight, drainage, and
pick varieties that are for this area of

1640
01:57:23.439 --> 01:57:27.560
whatever kind of fruit that you're going
to want to plant. We love grown

1641
01:57:27.640 --> 01:57:30.319
fruit. I'd encourage you to explore
more strawberries. You know, used to

1642
01:57:30.399 --> 01:57:35.239
be a big Pasadena strawberry festival around
here. They're a great plant to grow.

1643
01:57:35.319 --> 01:57:39.159
I just got some the other day. Taking them home to plant them

1644
01:57:39.239 --> 01:57:44.560
is part of a little trial I'm
doing with a Brazoria County Extension. We're

1645
01:57:44.960 --> 01:57:47.800
looking at some different varieties and seeing
how they do. That's a great fruit.

1646
01:57:47.800 --> 01:57:51.359
You can grow those and a big
container too. Anyway, I hope

1647
01:57:51.359 --> 01:57:55.439
you'll consider some fruit. Give it
a try. By the way, next

1648
01:57:55.720 --> 01:58:00.239
Saturday, don't forget Southwest Fertilizer.
I'm going to be a Southwest Fertilizer next

1649
01:58:00.279 --> 01:58:04.800
Saturday, eleven thirty to one thirty. Bring me samples thanks to identify or

1650
01:58:04.920 --> 01:58:09.279
diagnose. We'll get all that done
and we'll also do a little visiting in

1651
01:58:09.439 --> 01:58:15.079
the meantime. Kat r H Garden
Line does not necessarily endorse any of the

1652
01:58:15.119 --> 01:58:21.439
products or services advertised on this program. Welcome to kt r H Garden Line

1653
01:58:21.720 --> 01:58:39.560
with Skip Richter's so Crazy, Yes
trip just watch him as well. Well,

1654
01:58:39.760 --> 01:58:45.079
good morning on a beautiful Sunday.
We're glad you're listening to Garden Line.

1655
01:58:45.079 --> 01:58:46.880
If you'd like to give us a
call, our phone number is seven

1656
01:58:46.960 --> 01:58:53.279
one three two one two five eight
seven four seven one three two one two

1657
01:58:53.680 --> 01:59:00.840
fifty eight seventy four. Nitrophossis three
step is a fertilizer, a weed preventative,

1658
01:59:01.600 --> 01:59:06.640
and a disease preventative. That's the
three steps of the Texas three Step

1659
01:59:06.720 --> 01:59:13.359
by Nitrofas. The fertilizer is Nitrophos's
Fall Special. It's got a good blend

1660
01:59:13.439 --> 01:59:17.039
of nutrients and a really good ratio
for fall application. It's what your grass

1661
01:59:17.279 --> 01:59:21.039
needs. That ratio is what your
grass needs right now to go into winter

1662
01:59:21.239 --> 01:59:26.119
strong so it can come out strong. The second step is the barricade.

1663
01:59:26.319 --> 01:59:30.760
Pre Emergent prevents weeds, both grassy
and broad leaf weeds, and it will

1664
01:59:31.399 --> 01:59:34.640
if you apply it now and get
it down before the weeds germinate, because

1665
01:59:34.640 --> 01:59:40.319
they're going to be germinating in October, November, even into December. It

1666
01:59:40.479 --> 01:59:43.880
prevents that they don't get established and
you never have to deal with them as

1667
01:59:43.960 --> 01:59:48.800
big weed problems in the spring.
The third step is nitrophos egle turf fungicide.

1668
01:59:49.119 --> 01:59:54.520
Now, ego fungicide is a systemic
It moves into the tissues of the

1669
01:59:54.600 --> 02:00:00.439
plant. And when that happens when
a brown brown patch spores, you know

1670
02:00:00.520 --> 02:00:03.199
from brown patch, or even take
all root rod issues when they try to

1671
02:00:03.279 --> 02:00:08.720
attack, you've already got this in
the plant system and it does a preventative.

1672
02:00:08.960 --> 02:00:12.159
Don't wait until the big circles apply. Get it done now, and

1673
02:00:12.520 --> 02:00:15.000
that way, when they would start
to show up, you have that prevention

1674
02:00:15.199 --> 02:00:20.720
down one, two three, fall
special barricade ego turf fungicide by nitrofoss.

1675
02:00:20.800 --> 02:00:25.479
You can find nitrofoss products all over
the place, such as Cyprus ace hardware,

1676
02:00:25.840 --> 02:00:31.800
Fissures hardware, and Laporte or plantation
ace hardware down in Richmond. Today,

1677
02:00:32.680 --> 02:00:36.239
the topics have ranged a lot.
We've talked a little bit about flowers,

1678
02:00:36.279 --> 02:00:41.319
a little bit about you know,
vegetables and herbs, and certainly lawns.

1679
02:00:41.399 --> 02:00:45.000
Lawn drea is the elephant in the
room of conversations that we have.

1680
02:00:45.720 --> 02:00:49.199
I would also suggest that when you're
doing your fall planting, you consider what

1681
02:00:49.359 --> 02:00:53.760
kind of vines you're putting down.
You know, we have some beautiful,

1682
02:00:54.000 --> 02:01:00.319
beautiful vines out there. The cross
vine, coral, the coral viney that

1683
02:01:00.560 --> 02:01:02.079
is a perennial, goes back to
the ground, comes back out of the

1684
02:01:02.119 --> 02:01:09.159
ground. Just beautiful kinds of vines, woody vines, several types of whysteria

1685
02:01:09.239 --> 02:01:13.039
for example, that do really well. Vines are a way that we can

1686
02:01:13.520 --> 02:01:16.119
provide shade where there isn't a tree, a little arbor, put it up

1687
02:01:16.479 --> 02:01:20.319
and it looks really good. And
Buchanan's Nursery in the Heights, they of

1688
02:01:20.399 --> 02:01:25.279
course they have one of every kind
of plant. They specialize in natives.

1689
02:01:25.399 --> 02:01:28.520
So if you're looking for natives,
crossbine, by the way, is a

1690
02:01:28.640 --> 02:01:31.520
native plant. They can get you
set up with that. If you're looking

1691
02:01:31.760 --> 02:01:35.880
for herbs, if you're looking for
house plants, if you're looking for anything

1692
02:01:36.359 --> 02:01:40.840
that you would want to grow at
your house, well, Buchanans just going

1693
02:01:40.920 --> 02:01:43.439
to have it. They're at eleventh
Street in the Heights. You can go

1694
02:01:43.479 --> 02:01:46.600
to Buchanansplants dot com for their website, sign up for their newsletter. I

1695
02:01:46.640 --> 02:01:51.000
always tell people to do that because
they are always giving out a lot of

1696
02:01:51.279 --> 02:01:57.239
really good information and tips. They're
going to carry the fertilizer I talk about

1697
02:01:57.319 --> 02:01:59.800
too, by the way, there, as well as some really high quality

1698
02:02:00.359 --> 02:02:04.119
soil blends that you would want to
enhance your beds before you plant. Remember,

1699
02:02:04.760 --> 02:02:10.760
buy the brown stuff and take care
of that before you start planting the

1700
02:02:10.880 --> 02:02:15.000
green stuff. Make sure those plants
have a good place to grow. Buchanans

1701
02:02:15.079 --> 02:02:17.319
can get you set up on all
the above. We're going to head out

1702
02:02:17.359 --> 02:02:23.119
to Cypress now and talk to Sandy. Hello, Sandy, Good morning,

1703
02:02:23.199 --> 02:02:28.520
Skip. Yesterday I asked you about
my ochras, but today I found a

1704
02:02:28.600 --> 02:02:31.840
lot of acids on my bell peppers. Okay, you told me don't worry

1705
02:02:31.880 --> 02:02:34.760
about the ochras are going to be
gone. Are the bell peppers going to

1706
02:02:34.800 --> 02:02:38.239
be gone too? Well, they're
going to be gone too. You know.

1707
02:02:38.399 --> 02:02:41.079
If you have an excess, just
blast them off with some water.

1708
02:02:41.520 --> 02:02:45.359
If you want to apply a little
soap spray, you can. But these

1709
02:02:45.399 --> 02:02:49.800
peppers are going to hang around until
we get our first good frost. Okay,

1710
02:02:50.079 --> 02:02:54.159
but I have a lot of flowers
on my bell peppers, so does

1711
02:02:54.239 --> 02:02:59.640
that mean I'm gonna get bell peppers? The flowers won't make it too like,

1712
02:02:59.720 --> 02:03:03.520
I'm sure red stage of the fruit
but you will have some small green

1713
02:03:03.640 --> 02:03:09.520
fruit that are probably still going to
be harvestable, especially if we continue having

1714
02:03:09.600 --> 02:03:13.720
some milder temperatures like we're having right
now, even fact, warmer temperatures like

1715
02:03:13.760 --> 02:03:18.079
we're having right now, Sandy,
Are you killing aphid right now? Yes?

1716
02:03:20.520 --> 02:03:29.199
I can hear it amusing water.
Well, then if you're trying to

1717
02:03:29.239 --> 02:03:31.880
blast them off, yeah, Oh, you need a little hose with it

1718
02:03:32.119 --> 02:03:36.840
with more pressure than that. I
mean you you need a little what Okay,

1719
02:03:38.680 --> 02:03:45.159
that's a spray, A power sprayer. It says, okay if it

1720
02:03:45.239 --> 02:03:48.399
knocks them off. If it knocks
it off, you're good. I just

1721
02:03:49.159 --> 02:03:53.079
kick out of that, all right. Hey, thanks for calling, and

1722
02:03:53.319 --> 02:04:00.199
enjoy those at day By. That's
great, That is great. So what

1723
02:04:00.439 --> 02:04:04.159
was I talking about before we went
to the last call? There? Flowers?

1724
02:04:05.119 --> 02:04:08.439
I can't even remember the topic.
I want to go back to the

1725
02:04:08.479 --> 02:04:11.840
flowers I mentioned earlier, a few
of the cool seasoned flower. Oh it

1726
02:04:11.920 --> 02:04:14.079
is vines. I'm sorry, it's
the vines. Let me talk about the

1727
02:04:14.159 --> 02:04:16.520
vines just a little bit more.
A good arbor, a good pergola,

1728
02:04:16.680 --> 02:04:21.119
some kind of structure that you can
grow the vines on is so helpful,

1729
02:04:21.840 --> 02:04:27.199
even against a western wall. There
are a lot of annual vines that you

1730
02:04:27.239 --> 02:04:30.479
can plant from seed, and those
would be planted in the spring. But

1731
02:04:30.600 --> 02:04:33.439
if you have a structure for him
to grow on, they'll shade that western

1732
02:04:33.520 --> 02:04:36.199
wall. And it makes a huge
difference. If you ever went around the

1733
02:04:36.239 --> 02:04:40.279
side of the house, put your
hand against the wall, let's say seven

1734
02:04:40.359 --> 02:04:43.560
or eight o'clock at night, you
know sun's going down, but it is

1735
02:04:43.680 --> 02:04:46.359
still hot, and it's radiating that
heat into your house, and you get

1736
02:04:46.399 --> 02:04:51.159
to spend some more electric money to
fix that with your air conditioner system.

1737
02:04:51.439 --> 02:04:58.319
So vines are good in many,
many different ways. Just annuals, perennial

1738
02:04:58.439 --> 02:05:01.720
vines, woody vine that form over
a structure. I don't think we use

1739
02:05:01.840 --> 02:05:06.960
enough vines in our landscapes. I
was in Europe one time, actually country

1740
02:05:06.960 --> 02:05:12.199
of Bulgaria, driving through and I
noticed that every place where they park a

1741
02:05:12.319 --> 02:05:15.960
car next to the house, there
would be a vine, a little arbor

1742
02:05:15.159 --> 02:05:17.960
going over the top of the car, so it shaded the car. But

1743
02:05:18.039 --> 02:05:21.439
they were getting grapes out of the
deal. So they went to great links

1744
02:05:21.479 --> 02:05:26.960
to grow food and beauty, but
especially food in every little spot that they

1745
02:05:27.000 --> 02:05:30.960
could find. Even saw a building
one time where it had like four stories

1746
02:05:30.359 --> 02:05:34.159
and it was apartments with little balconies
and they had a grape vine from the

1747
02:05:34.239 --> 02:05:38.760
ground going straight up and at each
balcony there'd be a branch that came off

1748
02:05:39.119 --> 02:05:43.199
and provided grapes for that balcony.
The vine would go up and provide It

1749
02:05:43.319 --> 02:05:46.720
was really unusual sight to see.
But yeah, let's take advantage of vines

1750
02:05:47.640 --> 02:05:51.960
and as far as getting back to
the cool seasoned flowers. Anytime that we

1751
02:05:53.079 --> 02:05:57.039
can provide color in the landscape,
it is a good thing. And you

1752
02:05:57.159 --> 02:06:00.600
can do a variety of different approaches. You can if you're going to view

1753
02:06:00.600 --> 02:06:03.520
it up close, you can use
a variety of colors, a mix of

1754
02:06:03.640 --> 02:06:10.800
colors, and it's very interesting to
see the different combinations all together. I

1755
02:06:10.960 --> 02:06:15.720
was out Enchanted Gardens yesterday and I
noticed they had some mums with several different

1756
02:06:15.800 --> 02:06:18.000
kinds in a pot, so you
had several colors there to view up close.

1757
02:06:18.239 --> 02:06:21.000
I'm going to talk a little bit
about color more when we come back.

1758
02:06:21.279 --> 02:06:26.159
Our phone number is seven one three, two one two five eight seven

1759
02:06:26.319 --> 02:06:30.479
four. Good morning, Good Sunday
morning, Welcome back to garden Line.

1760
02:06:31.119 --> 02:06:35.319
We are looking forward to talking to
you about the topics of interest to you

1761
02:06:35.600 --> 02:06:39.159
in your lawn and garden. Hey, you can give us a call at

1762
02:06:39.239 --> 02:06:45.319
seven one three two one two fifty
eight seventy four seven one three, two

1763
02:06:45.399 --> 02:06:51.359
one two five eight seven four.
While Birds Unlimited is the premiere place to

1764
02:06:51.479 --> 02:06:57.239
get anything that you need for birds
around your house. We're talking about feeders,

1765
02:06:57.279 --> 02:07:00.000
we're talking about houses, we're talking
about bird seeds. We're talking abou

1766
02:07:00.159 --> 02:07:03.319
quality bird feed. By the way, bird feed that doesn't have waste in

1767
02:07:03.439 --> 02:07:06.359
it. That you know, a
lot of the products you see on the

1768
02:07:06.399 --> 02:07:11.560
shelves, it looks like a good
cheap product. Well cheap is the right

1769
02:07:11.640 --> 02:07:15.520
word too, by the way,
about seventy percent of some of those are

1770
02:07:15.560 --> 02:07:17.159
a type of seed. The birds
just don't eat those little red bebies.

1771
02:07:17.199 --> 02:07:19.920
They just kick them on the ground. They don't like that stuff. And

1772
02:07:20.680 --> 02:07:24.520
when you go to Wildbirds and buy
feed, you get quality feed. Now

1773
02:07:24.560 --> 02:07:26.960
I just want to remind you is
we're going into the fall months. The

1774
02:07:27.079 --> 02:07:30.800
days are getting shorter, the nights
are getting longer, so the birds have

1775
02:07:30.880 --> 02:07:34.479
a little less daytime hours to fuel
up and they require or required to roos

1776
02:07:34.600 --> 02:07:39.079
longer time. But of course going
through the longer nights, well, wildbirds

1777
02:07:39.159 --> 02:07:45.560
Unlimited Super Winter super Blend. Winter
super Blend is one of those quality blends

1778
02:07:45.920 --> 02:07:48.399
that's designed for this season. It's
got fat and protein that help get the

1779
02:07:48.439 --> 02:07:53.680
birds through this winter season. Don't
forget a few of the roofous hummingbirds are

1780
02:07:53.720 --> 02:07:56.479
going to hang around here and make
winter their home. So if you're lucky,

1781
02:07:57.039 --> 02:08:00.640
you might have one visit. So
keep the hummingbird feeders out, just

1782
02:08:00.720 --> 02:08:03.880
one, just through the holidays and
just wait and see. You might get

1783
02:08:03.920 --> 02:08:09.119
that nice surprise. Don't forget.
Also, birds need water, water,

1784
02:08:09.359 --> 02:08:11.439
water, water, and it dries
up really quick around here, and that

1785
02:08:11.640 --> 02:08:16.479
is absolutely essential. Now we got
Wallbirds Unlimited stores all over town. There's

1786
02:08:16.479 --> 02:08:20.159
seven of them, bel Air,
Katie Kingwood, Clear Leg, Paarland,

1787
02:08:20.239 --> 02:08:26.319
Memorial, Cypress. Just go to
WBU dot com forward slash Houston and you

1788
02:08:26.479 --> 02:08:31.439
can find the Wildbird's Unlimited store near
you. And you will be inspired when

1789
02:08:31.479 --> 02:08:35.520
you go in too. Lots of
cool stuff and knowledgeable people to help you.

1790
02:08:35.760 --> 02:08:39.319
Of course, you want people that
know what they're talking about. You

1791
02:08:39.359 --> 02:08:41.600
can grow those folks, and I've
done this. I've talked some of the

1792
02:08:41.640 --> 02:08:48.119
different Walldbirds Unlimited staff and managers there
and you just ask them all these questions

1793
02:08:48.199 --> 02:08:52.840
and it's like they know everything.
That's really helpful because they can steer you

1794
02:08:52.960 --> 02:08:58.479
towards the stuff that you really need. Okay, what was I talking about

1795
02:08:58.560 --> 02:09:01.920
right, Oh, we're talking about
color colors going into the landscape. So

1796
02:09:03.039 --> 02:09:05.680
when you view something up close and
you have a mix of colors, that's

1797
02:09:05.760 --> 02:09:09.439
interesting. But as you back away
from it, that mix of colors just

1798
02:09:09.600 --> 02:09:13.159
kind of muddies. They just sort
of all go together like little pixels on

1799
02:09:13.239 --> 02:09:18.800
a TV screen, the old time
TV screens, that is. And so

1800
02:09:18.960 --> 02:09:22.239
when you back up in view from
a little more distance, you have to

1801
02:09:22.399 --> 02:09:28.000
use larger swaths of single color,
maybe a large swath of white flowers and

1802
02:09:28.119 --> 02:09:31.720
behind it a large swath of red
flowers, for example. And you can

1803
02:09:31.760 --> 02:09:35.720
get into all the things about color
wheels and combinations and whatnot. You know,

1804
02:09:35.760 --> 02:09:39.119
there's so many rules in gardening.
I think the only rule is to

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have fun, have fun in the
process. But yes, there are colors

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that complement each other. They look
better together. I always like in the

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02:09:46.520 --> 02:09:52.880
cool season, Dusty Miller used with
some light blue pansies or violas. I

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02:09:54.000 --> 02:09:58.479
prefer viola over pansy even but the
silvery foliage of Dusty Miller with the blue

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02:09:58.560 --> 02:10:03.520
of the viol I just think that
is a really excellent combination. Throw in

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a little bit of white flowers in
there too, and you really have an

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attractive combo. So there's no reason
not to have good color here in our

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landscapes. In this whole area we
have such mild winners. Really really takes

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02:10:16.840 --> 02:10:20.520
it easy here, so you can
enjoy not only having color all season,

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02:10:20.600 --> 02:10:28.159
but planting all season long as well. If you're living out in the Mott

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02:10:28.279 --> 02:10:31.840
Bellevue area, the Mott Bellevue area
that includes Baytown by the way, I'm

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02:10:31.920 --> 02:10:37.000
including Baytown in that Texas Feed Stop
that's your hometown feed store. Now,

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02:10:37.079 --> 02:10:39.880
it's really easy to get to them. They're on Highway one forty six,

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02:10:41.119 --> 02:10:45.399
just a few minutes north of Iten, So you're on Iten, go north

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02:10:45.479 --> 02:10:48.439
on one forty six a few minutes, it'll be on the right hand side.

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At Texas Feed Stop. You are
going to get outstanding customer service.

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You're going to be people that greet
you, that help you, people that

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02:10:54.760 --> 02:10:58.000
carry your product to the car for
you. They'll carry that out for you

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02:10:58.159 --> 02:11:03.239
there. And what do they carry
out They carry out every single fertilizer that

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I just recommended. For example,
the quality fertilizers for the Houston area are

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all at Texas Feed Stop. And
they also have things for dealing with past

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02:11:13.199 --> 02:11:16.319
whether those pester mosquitoes, or whether
it's other insects, whether it's diseases and

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02:11:16.479 --> 02:11:20.760
weeds. They have a very good
selection of that as well. They bring

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in some plants from time to time
out front and just another reason to stop

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02:11:26.359 --> 02:11:30.479
in there and check on them.
But remember at Texas Feed Stop Brian Hope

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02:11:30.560 --> 02:11:33.800
Roads and all their staff, they
treat you like family, and that's the

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02:11:33.880 --> 02:11:39.199
way we want. That's the kind
of relationships with the folks that sell us

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02:11:39.239 --> 02:11:43.720
our products that we would love to
have Texas Feed Stop for all of that

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02:11:43.880 --> 02:11:48.159
area Baytown and Mont Bellevue just a
few minutes north of Itan on Highway one

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forty six. It's as simple as
that. Someone was asking me the other

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day about lighting for indoor plant starting. So we're about to enter the cool

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02:12:01.079 --> 02:12:07.520
season and we're, you know,
we get close to let's say we've got

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past the New Year's and the holiday
season. It's time to be getting some

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02:12:11.039 --> 02:12:16.319
tomatoes started at that time, and
we want to start them indoors. Maybe

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02:12:16.399 --> 02:12:18.920
we got a certain variety that we
can only find available in the seed packet,

1840
02:12:18.920 --> 02:12:20.600
and you want to start it,
and you want to have success.

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Lighting is the most important thing.
And why am I talking about this now,

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02:12:24.520 --> 02:12:28.199
Well a couple of reasons. Number
one, I just want you to

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02:12:28.279 --> 02:12:31.079
be aware of the fact that the
most important thing to grow a healthy transplant

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02:12:31.640 --> 02:12:35.439
is to have good lighting. Number
two, the holidays are coming up.

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02:12:35.960 --> 02:12:39.760
Makes a good Christmas gift. You
might drop a hint here or there,

1846
02:12:39.199 --> 02:12:46.119
whatever kind of holiday celebration you're having, makes a great holiday gift for the

1847
02:12:46.479 --> 02:12:50.239
gardener on your list. And if
you're the gardener on the list, tell

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02:12:50.279 --> 02:12:52.640
everybody about it. You want a
good quality plant light. You do not

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02:12:52.840 --> 02:12:58.039
want just human light. And here's
the problem. When we go trying to

1850
02:12:58.079 --> 02:13:01.920
put lights up, people think the
brightness of the light is what it's all

1851
02:13:01.960 --> 02:13:07.880
about. Well, brightness is important, but it's really about quality now.

1852
02:13:09.079 --> 02:13:11.720
And when you go by lights at
a place where you would buy light bulbs,

1853
02:13:11.760 --> 02:13:18.039
you know for your house, they're
listed in lumens. But there is

1854
02:13:18.199 --> 02:13:24.520
something called par plant available. Part
available just ran out of the last name,

1855
02:13:24.880 --> 02:13:30.039
but par measures the things in light
that plants need. So the easy

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02:13:30.079 --> 02:13:33.119
way to think about it is lumens
are for humans, par is for plants.

1857
02:13:33.319 --> 02:13:35.880
That's one way to think about it. And if you go to a

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02:13:35.960 --> 02:13:41.119
place that knows what they're talking about
and they sell you a quality plant light,

1859
02:13:41.239 --> 02:13:43.239
you can have great success with that. And you get that light down

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02:13:43.279 --> 02:13:46.600
on the plant, provide them with
plenty of it, and that quality light

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02:13:48.199 --> 02:13:52.720
really makes a huge difference. If
you've ever tried growing seedlings and had a

1862
02:13:52.720 --> 02:13:56.319
little spindly things, those are absolutely
worthless. You put them out, they

1863
02:13:56.399 --> 02:13:58.960
break over, they fall, you
know, fall over and break and everything.

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02:14:00.119 --> 02:14:03.319
It's not good. You want a
good stocky transplant and light is the

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02:14:03.399 --> 02:14:07.039
key to success with that. So
maybe a gift would be a good lighting

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02:14:07.119 --> 02:14:11.560
system. Maybe a gift would be
a good system for starting your plants and

1867
02:14:11.640 --> 02:14:16.640
getting them going the little domed planters
where you start your seedlings and going,

1868
02:14:16.359 --> 02:14:18.960
why don't we ask for one of
those for a gift. That would be

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02:14:20.479 --> 02:14:24.960
wonderful as well. When it comes
to generators, Generac's a good brand,

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02:14:26.760 --> 02:14:33.720
but most important in buying a generator
is to buy from someone who services after

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02:14:33.840 --> 02:14:37.600
the sale, who does things right, who helps you find the right one.

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02:14:37.960 --> 02:14:41.840
Yes, there are options when it
comes to generators. Quality Home Products

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of Texas. That's what they do. They will show you a quality generator,

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02:14:46.359 --> 02:14:50.800
and they have ones that will back
up the entire house if the power

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02:14:50.880 --> 02:14:54.199
goes out, and they have ones
that are smaller that just do certain essential

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02:14:54.239 --> 02:14:58.640
functions that you want. They'll put
you in the right generator. And they

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are so highly rated. I mean, seventy seven thousand established satisfied customers.

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They have fourteen thousand five star reviews
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Business Bureau Awards, the winner of
the Distinction for Customer Service for example,

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or the most prestigious BBB Award,
the Customer Service Awards seven times. They've

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won that. The family owned,
highly knowledgeable financing options also available. Just

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go to Quality TX dot com,
Quality TX dot com, or you can

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call them. It's seven to one
to three quality Hey, quality Products,

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quality service for quality life. Yep, they're the ones. So if you're

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thinking about a generator, make sure
you start with Quality Home Products of Texas.

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We want you to have good,
good success with that, because I

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02:15:46.600 --> 02:15:50.920
tell you one time I drove out
of town and the power went off and

1888
02:15:52.640 --> 02:15:58.880
I cannot describe with words the smell
of food that's been closed up in a

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02:15:58.720 --> 02:16:05.960
power or less refrigerator or freezer over
time. Wow, that gets right.

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Our phone number is seven one three
two one two five eight seven four seven

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02:16:13.000 --> 02:16:18.039
one three two one two fifty eight
seventy four. If you haven't gotten my

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02:16:18.239 --> 02:16:24.479
schedule offline yet, you need to
go to gardening with Skip dot com.

1893
02:16:24.920 --> 02:16:28.439
Gardening with Skip dot com. The
lawn care schedules on there. There's also

1894
02:16:28.680 --> 02:16:35.000
the pest disease and we'd management schedule
that's on there. These are available if

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02:16:35.000 --> 02:16:37.920
you have you have options. If
you want to go synthetic or organic,

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02:16:37.000 --> 02:16:41.520
you have options on there, these
schedules to do that. There's other good

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02:16:41.600 --> 02:16:45.760
information that we've put up there.
I'm about to really beef it up with

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02:16:45.879 --> 02:16:50.719
a lot more stuff once we get
past this holiday season, and so just

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02:16:50.799 --> 02:16:54.000
bookmark that so you have it handy
and you can refer to it as you

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need to. I talked earlier about
out Microlife products, and sometimes people will

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02:17:03.760 --> 02:17:07.680
call and ask me about a particular
Microlife product, and it's nice to be

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02:17:07.760 --> 02:17:09.159
able to just say, yes,
that's a quality product, because that's what

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02:17:09.239 --> 02:17:13.799
they produce their at Microlife. Right
now, I would suggest you get the

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02:17:13.920 --> 02:17:20.479
Microlife brown Patch five to one three. That's an orange bag Microlife brown patch

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02:17:20.040 --> 02:17:24.040
five to one three that is going
to provide not only the nutrients to go

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02:17:24.200 --> 02:17:28.600
into winter with, which I keep
telling you how important that is, but

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02:17:28.719 --> 02:17:33.280
it's also going to provide a lot
of microbes to add to your soil and

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02:17:33.840 --> 02:17:37.920
some of the types of products that
help build soil. In an organic product,

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02:17:37.000 --> 02:17:39.520
you get a lot more than just
the three numbers on the bag.

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02:17:39.920 --> 02:17:48.479
Now, also the bioanoculant micro grows
bioinoculant for microlife. That particular product is

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02:17:48.680 --> 02:17:52.159
used to add even more microbes that
help populate the plant, services that help

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02:17:52.200 --> 02:17:56.159
populate the soil, that just make
the plants healthier and healthier. So we

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02:17:56.239 --> 02:18:00.799
got an orange bag, we got
a purple bag, light colored back.

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I'd recommend you try both of those
for micro life, and I think you

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02:18:05.159 --> 02:18:07.520
will be glad you did. Remember, when you're using these organic fertilizers,

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02:18:07.920 --> 02:18:13.680
you want to just use them consistently
over time to build the soil and build

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02:18:13.879 --> 02:18:18.719
the overall health of the plant.
As you build the soil with these products

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02:18:18.840 --> 02:18:22.360
over a period of time, and
I think you will see the results from

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02:18:22.440 --> 02:18:26.399
that sort of thing. Well,
Nikki, it's it's time for you to

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02:18:26.479 --> 02:18:30.040
take over here again. Uh,
some of the news has been kind of

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02:18:30.120 --> 02:18:35.799
interesting today. It's kind of like, what are you talking about? Have

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02:18:35.879 --> 02:18:41.399
you ever done news ahead of time? Like predicted? Could you predict the

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02:18:41.479 --> 02:18:45.360
astros to when tonight? Yes,
because if you could inform you of that,

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02:18:45.840 --> 02:18:48.879
I won't worry about it when I'm
watching the game, I'll just I'll

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02:18:48.959 --> 02:18:52.479
just watch and enjoy it. I
think that I think the mojo is with

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02:18:52.639 --> 02:18:56.280
them. I bet you've never had
that request. All right, it's all

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02:18:56.360 --> 02:18:58.479
yours seven one three two one two
five eight seven four. If you'd like

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02:18:58.520 --> 02:19:03.719
to give us a call, well, good morning, and welcome back to

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02:19:03.840 --> 02:19:07.559
garden Line. We are here to
answer gardening questions or I don't know,

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02:19:07.879 --> 02:19:11.280
I guess we'd even allow a little
bit of bragging on that tomato you guru

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02:19:11.360 --> 02:19:13.559
last year. You know, gardeners
are always wanting to grow the best,

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02:19:13.680 --> 02:19:18.600
earliest and most wonderful tomatoes. A
queen, Queen of the vegetable gardens.

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Our phone number is seven one three
two one two fifty eight seventy four seven

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02:19:24.479 --> 02:19:33.280
one three two one two five eight
seven four. When when you're looking at

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02:19:33.360 --> 02:19:37.600
starting a new garden, you've never
you've never gardened in a spot before.

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Soil is everything. We want to
make sure we build the soil, we

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02:19:41.760 --> 02:19:46.079
have good quality soil before we put
in the plants. That is important for

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02:19:46.200 --> 02:19:50.079
those of you who listen, who
are listening, who just are curious about

1939
02:19:50.120 --> 02:19:52.639
gardening. You'd like to garden someday, you want to try it out.

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02:19:54.239 --> 02:19:58.399
I would encourage you to start small. You know, we get these ideas

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02:19:58.479 --> 02:20:03.120
of grand and when you create a
big garden right off the bat that is

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02:20:03.159 --> 02:20:07.319
a garden that every square foot of
that you're gonna be dealing with weeds and

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02:20:07.440 --> 02:20:09.360
planting and you know, a lot
of different things, and it gets out

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02:20:09.360 --> 02:20:13.079
of hand. It's more more than
you can handle. I like to grow

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02:20:13.280 --> 02:20:18.000
into whatever garden size someone is able
to handle or interested in putting their time

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02:20:18.120 --> 02:20:22.200
in. But soil is important,
and I would suggest you start with a

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02:20:22.280 --> 02:20:26.079
soil test. I don't know,
I don't talk about that enough here on

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02:20:26.159 --> 02:20:31.719
garden Line, but a soil test
gives you an idea what you have right

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02:20:31.840 --> 02:20:35.440
now. Uh So, if you
go online, there's a website it's soil

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02:20:35.639 --> 02:20:41.280
Testing, soil Testing dot t A
m U dot ed U. Uh.

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If you just go to the my
lawn Care schedule at gardeningwithskip dot com,

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02:20:46.559 --> 02:20:50.399
you'll you'll see this, but soil
testing dot t A MU, dot EEDU,

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02:20:50.680 --> 02:20:52.280
and you want the urbansoil test.
I don't care if you're if you're

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02:20:52.319 --> 02:20:56.040
listening to a garden show, you
want the urbansoil test. It doesn't mean

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02:20:56.319 --> 02:21:01.120
yet to live in Houston to use
an urban You could live out in Timbuk

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02:21:01.200 --> 02:21:05.840
to in middle of nowhere. If
you're growing roses and lawns and vegetables and

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02:21:05.959 --> 02:21:11.399
fruit and shape, that is horticulture. That's an urban soil test. And

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02:21:11.799 --> 02:21:15.559
you follow the instructions on how to
take a sample. That is important.

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02:21:16.360 --> 02:21:20.520
You want a sample that is the
equal amounts of soil from the top to

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02:21:20.680 --> 02:21:24.719
six inches deep. That's what you're
aiming for. And you want to take

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02:21:24.760 --> 02:21:28.600
it in several places and mix it
together and send them a pint of soil.

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02:21:28.079 --> 02:21:31.000
And when you do that, they'll
be able to analyze it and give

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02:21:31.079 --> 02:21:37.040
you an accurate assessment of what you
need or don't need. And when I

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02:21:37.120 --> 02:21:41.440
say they'll give you an accurate assessment, they'll give you an accurate assessment of

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02:21:41.559 --> 02:21:45.319
what's in the sample you sent them. But if you just go out there

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02:21:45.479 --> 02:21:48.639
and maybe scoop some soil in the
yard and it happened to be a place

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02:21:48.680 --> 02:21:54.920
where Fido stopped, your family dog
stopped last week or less fall. That's

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02:21:54.920 --> 02:21:58.959
going to be a little different nutrient
content right there, and that won't be

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02:21:58.079 --> 02:22:03.600
representative of your So that's why we
take a composite several different places, zigzagging

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02:22:03.040 --> 02:22:07.040
through the lawn. By the way, Bob and Seth was fertilizer. They

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02:22:07.079 --> 02:22:09.079
have a little salt test probe that
you can check out. You have to

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02:22:09.159 --> 02:22:13.200
leave the deposit so you bring it
back, but that'll help you take that

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02:22:13.399 --> 02:22:18.159
vertical core of soil. That's very
important. When you get the results back

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02:22:18.200 --> 02:22:22.079
in, you'll see what situation your
soil is, what's the pH of it,

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02:22:22.520 --> 02:22:26.719
what is the nutrient content of all
the main nutrients that you need.

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02:22:28.399 --> 02:22:31.719
And the reason silt testing is important
is this. Let me use a I

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02:22:31.760 --> 02:22:35.280
don't know if this analogy will work
for you, but it does for me.

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02:22:35.319 --> 02:22:39.479
If you were if I were let's
say, going to bake a cake

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02:22:39.719 --> 02:22:43.639
and I'm mixing all the ingredients up
in the bowl and I stop, and

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02:22:43.799 --> 02:22:46.840
you walk in the room and I
say, hey, do I need to

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02:22:46.879 --> 02:22:50.079
add more salt? I need to
add more sugar or maybe baking powder whatever,

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02:22:50.719 --> 02:22:52.719
And you go, I don't know, I don't know what's in the

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02:22:52.840 --> 02:22:56.200
bowl already, so how could you
advise me on that? Well, that's

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02:22:56.280 --> 02:23:01.040
kind of how it is. We
recommend ratios of fertilize, and those are

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02:23:01.120 --> 02:23:05.799
good standards that cover most situations.
But what if your yard was super low

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02:23:05.879 --> 02:23:09.879
and magnesium that's not one I normally
talk about, but that's a very important

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02:23:09.959 --> 02:23:13.040
nutrient. Well, a soil test
would tell you that, and you could

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02:23:13.079 --> 02:23:16.319
then fertilize accordingly to get the levels
of that back up. Because your soil

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02:23:16.399 --> 02:23:20.479
is a bank account. It's a
bank account of nutrients, and it's a

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02:23:20.520 --> 02:23:24.399
bank account of water. And when
you have the bank account full, then

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02:23:24.479 --> 02:23:31.280
those plant roots going out there into
the soil find every nutrient they need,

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02:23:31.760 --> 02:23:35.000
the big ones that they need lots
of, and the little ones that are

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02:23:35.120 --> 02:23:39.200
equally essential that they just need a
trace amount of. And that is our

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02:23:39.239 --> 02:23:43.120
goal in a successful garden. And
as you build the soil, it becomes

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02:23:43.200 --> 02:23:48.079
your bank account of nutrients. Over
time, some nutrients tend to go away.

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02:23:48.200 --> 02:23:52.479
Nitrogen, for example, we're always
having to add it because it volatilizes

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02:23:52.559 --> 02:23:56.959
into the air, it washes away
with water and rain. It gets part

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02:23:58.000 --> 02:24:01.319
of the cycle in the soil with
microbes and plants and animals and everything else,

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02:24:03.000 --> 02:24:05.280
and so we had that a lot. But I would encourage you start

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02:24:05.360 --> 02:24:09.639
with a sol test this year.
Cool season is a good time to add

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02:24:09.719 --> 02:24:13.520
one. I wouldn't soil test right
after I fertilized, so maybe you would

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02:24:13.520 --> 02:24:16.040
want to do that, or early
in the year, after the first of

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02:24:16.079 --> 02:24:20.280
the year. Get a so simple
done prior to the spring gardening, or

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02:24:20.360 --> 02:24:22.639
maybe you know, later on in
December or something like that. Send one

2005
02:24:22.680 --> 02:24:26.760
over there. But it's just a
good idea. It's a good way to

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02:24:26.840 --> 02:24:30.319
start, and it helps you get
off to a really really good start.

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02:24:31.760 --> 02:24:37.319
I mentioned Southwest Fertilizer a minute ago. Bob at Southwest Fertilizer has one of

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02:24:37.360 --> 02:24:41.600
those institutions here in Houston, the
place that's been around a long time,

2009
02:24:41.760 --> 02:24:46.760
that everybody knows, everybody goes to, and that is what Southwest Fertilizer is.

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02:24:46.840 --> 02:24:50.520
It's been around since nineteen fifty five. I mean they were sponsoring garden

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02:24:50.559 --> 02:24:54.280
Line when Dewey Compton was in this
seat. That's a long time ago.

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02:24:54.879 --> 02:25:01.440
Southwest Fertilizer makes it their goal to
carry everything that you need. So,

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02:25:01.799 --> 02:25:05.319
do you need a fertilizer the ones
I talk about in more are there at

2014
02:25:05.360 --> 02:25:09.760
Southwest Fertilizer. Do you need something
for weeds or diseases or insects, or

2015
02:25:09.840 --> 02:25:15.200
you're an organic gardener and you want
organic products for those things. Southwest Fertilizer

2016
02:25:15.239 --> 02:25:18.840
has all that. They have all
that, lots of tools, lots of

2017
02:25:18.920 --> 02:25:22.280
great things. I always am talking
about the folding or kneeling bench that they

2018
02:25:22.360 --> 02:25:26.840
have. It's a folding kneeling bench
because it boy, I use it all

2019
02:25:26.920 --> 02:25:30.399
the time when I'm working in the
yard and getting up and down and up

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02:25:30.399 --> 02:25:33.920
and down. It is really really
cool. They have me in stock there.

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02:25:33.159 --> 02:25:37.680
And don't forget that soil probe that
I mentioned earlier. I'm sure it

2022
02:25:37.799 --> 02:25:39.319
gets checked out a lot, so
you may want to call ahead of time

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02:25:39.399 --> 02:25:43.120
make sure they got it in,
but that is really important. They'll sharpen

2024
02:25:43.200 --> 02:25:48.159
your mower blades. And when we're
ending our mowing season here, we want

2025
02:25:48.200 --> 02:25:52.479
to put all of our equipment to
bed for fall and want to run all

2026
02:25:52.520 --> 02:25:54.959
the guests out of it. You
want to bring the blades in, get

2027
02:25:56.000 --> 02:25:58.920
those things sharpened, and make sure
it's ready to go whin spring mowing season.

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02:26:00.479 --> 02:26:03.520
Yeah, you could wait and do
it in spring like everybody else and

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02:26:03.600 --> 02:26:07.200
their dog and get in line,
But why not do some of those things

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02:26:07.239 --> 02:26:11.120
ahead of time. They do have
that little small engine repair area where they

2031
02:26:11.159 --> 02:26:15.159
can take care of a lot of
good quality products that you have purchased that

2032
02:26:15.319 --> 02:26:18.959
just need a little tweaking, a
little small engine repair, maybe that weed

2033
02:26:18.000 --> 02:26:22.040
eater or something else like that,
And they have the old fashioned service.

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02:26:22.520 --> 02:26:24.879
Southwest Fertilizer dot COM's website. By
the way, I'm going to be there

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02:26:26.319 --> 02:26:31.559
next Saturday, Next Saturday on October
twenty eighth, from eleven thirty to one

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02:26:31.760 --> 02:26:37.120
thirty. So at all these appearances, I invite everybody listens to the show,

2037
02:26:37.239 --> 02:26:39.959
come on out. Let's a visit. Let's check out on things.

2038
02:26:39.520 --> 02:26:43.719
We will be analyzing whatever you bring
in, giving you advice, giving you

2039
02:26:43.760 --> 02:26:48.040
identifications, just to help out.
Well, let's take a break right now.

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02:26:48.920 --> 02:26:52.440
See our phone number seven one three
two one two fifty eight seventy four.

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02:26:52.559 --> 02:26:54.319
Give us a call, Josh.
We'll get you on the board and

2042
02:26:54.360 --> 02:26:58.639
we'll talk to you when we come
back. Well, good morning, beautiful

2043
02:26:58.680 --> 02:27:03.280
Sunday morning. We got today.
Entering our last segment of the morning by

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02:27:03.319 --> 02:27:07.680
the way garden Line. If you're
a new listener, garden Line is on

2045
02:27:07.079 --> 02:27:11.120
every Saturday and Sunday from six am
to ten am, so it's eight hours

2046
02:27:11.399 --> 02:27:16.200
you can listen to over the weekend
ask your gardening questions. It's also available

2047
02:27:16.239 --> 02:27:18.639
on podcasts, so if you miss
the show and you want to go back

2048
02:27:18.680 --> 02:27:22.879
and listen to a podcast, you
can do that if if you have the

2049
02:27:22.000 --> 02:27:28.760
iHeartRadio podcast app or really all your
podcast app providers can provide you with garden

2050
02:27:28.840 --> 02:27:31.840
Line and you can listen to past
shows that way if you would like to

2051
02:27:31.959 --> 02:27:35.920
do that. Sometimes I say things, people don't write them down and they

2052
02:27:35.000 --> 02:27:37.559
go, oh, what was that
thing you said? Well, go back

2053
02:27:37.559 --> 02:27:43.319
and find out that way. That
is another option that we have. Thanks

2054
02:27:43.360 --> 02:27:46.200
for being a listener, by the
way, we invite you to tell your

2055
02:27:46.239 --> 02:27:48.879
friends about guarden Line. Still got
a lot of people that don't know about

2056
02:27:48.920 --> 02:27:52.479
it. Sometimes when I'm out in
the garden center, I'll visit with somebody,

2057
02:27:52.600 --> 02:27:56.200
just start talking to them about plants
and things, and every now and

2058
02:27:56.239 --> 02:27:58.000
then I'll run into someone that didn't
know there was a gardening show. Well,

2059
02:27:58.040 --> 02:28:05.159
oh my gosh, yes, absolutely
check us out. This is the

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season where we start thinking about holiday
plants, and perhaps the most well known

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02:28:11.799 --> 02:28:18.200
and actually most purchased plant in the
country is point Setta's points otta, the

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02:28:18.319 --> 02:28:22.559
big beautiful leave red typically but white
and splotchy. There's so many types of

2063
02:28:22.600 --> 02:28:26.239
those. Now you want to take
care of these really well. And I'm

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02:28:26.239 --> 02:28:30.520
going to give you some holiday plants
and a few suggestions for those. Another

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02:28:30.639 --> 02:28:35.000
good holiday plant that people are very
really enjoy or rosemary that are trimmed up

2066
02:28:35.239 --> 02:28:39.840
like they're just a little miniature Christmas
trees or something. Those are beautiful,

2067
02:28:39.920 --> 02:28:46.239
They do very well inside. The
holiday cactus. Both the Thanksgiving cactus and

2068
02:28:46.280 --> 02:28:52.639
the Christmas cactus bloom in the fall
slash early winter season. And these things

2069
02:28:52.680 --> 02:28:56.600
that bloom in this season, like
point settas and like holiday cactus, bloom

2070
02:28:56.680 --> 02:29:01.319
because the nights are getting longer and
they're days or shorter. But it's the

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02:29:01.479 --> 02:29:05.040
long period of darkness that does that. Someone asked me the other day they

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02:29:05.079 --> 02:29:07.680
had a really nice point Setta that
they kept alive from last year and they're

2073
02:29:07.719 --> 02:29:11.399
wondering, how do I make it
bloom? Well, the way the way

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02:29:11.440 --> 02:29:15.639
you make it bloom is to make
sure it is covered up from light from

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02:29:15.719 --> 02:29:18.239
five pm at the end of the
day to eight am in the morning.

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02:29:18.360 --> 02:29:20.159
So just think of it this way. You go to work, you take

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02:29:20.200 --> 02:29:22.559
the cover off, you come home
from work, you put the cover on,

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02:29:24.000 --> 02:29:26.200
and you do that for a couple
of weeks. You can do that

2079
02:29:26.319 --> 02:29:28.319
in late September or in October,
whenever, you'll do it, and it

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02:29:28.440 --> 02:29:33.120
triggers that bloom response, and then
the blooms will come a little bit later.

2081
02:29:33.680 --> 02:29:37.520
When you're taking care of Christmas cactus
and point setus, you want to

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02:29:37.559 --> 02:29:41.079
keep the soul moist evenly, but
you don't want it to dry out at

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02:29:41.079 --> 02:29:43.559
all, and you don't want it
to be soggy wet. So set them

2084
02:29:43.600 --> 02:29:46.559
in the sink, let them drain
well, give them a good watering,

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02:29:46.920 --> 02:29:52.120
and then take them out and put
them back in their place. The temperature

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02:29:52.200 --> 02:29:56.120
is also important with the Christmas cactus
and Thanksgiving cactus. They like to be

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02:29:56.239 --> 02:30:00.600
on the cool side at night.
Not as cool as we are outdoors,

2088
02:30:01.079 --> 02:30:03.079
but they like to be a little
on the cool side, and heat drafts

2089
02:30:03.120 --> 02:30:07.559
and things like that can often cause
blooms to shrivel up and fall off.

2090
02:30:07.120 --> 02:30:11.079
But those are great plants, and
those are plants you can keep here after

2091
02:30:11.159 --> 02:30:13.239
year. I've got some that are
several years old that I purchased a good

2092
02:30:13.280 --> 02:30:18.360
while back that are still doing well. There are other plants that are solder

2093
02:30:18.399 --> 02:30:22.120
in the holiday seasons. Just remember, plants want light, and in our

2094
02:30:22.200 --> 02:30:26.559
house there's not much light. So
something you're planning on keeping like that rosemary,

2095
02:30:26.719 --> 02:30:28.520
you want to get it out into
good sunlight so that they got plenty

2096
02:30:28.600 --> 02:30:33.799
of light to rejuvenate itself and then
bring it back in. That ought to

2097
02:30:33.079 --> 02:30:37.680
be kind of an overall overview of
some of the things and taking care of

2098
02:30:37.760 --> 02:30:41.120
these holiday plants. I'll talk about
those more as we get a little further

2099
02:30:41.239 --> 02:30:46.799
along in the season. I just
see a lot of people that purchase plants

2100
02:30:46.879 --> 02:30:48.879
and it's like, well, I
don't know what I did, but all

2101
02:30:48.920 --> 02:30:54.159
the blooms felled off, So yep, that's it. You got to take

2102
02:30:54.200 --> 02:30:58.520
care of them. Another thing about
that Christmas and Thanksgiving cactus too, by

2103
02:30:58.559 --> 02:31:01.440
the way, is putting them out
side when we're having night times in the

2104
02:31:01.639 --> 02:31:07.639
maybe the upper fifties and leave them
out for quite a few nights and maybe

2105
02:31:07.680 --> 02:31:11.399
a couple of weeks like that,
And that is also part of helping initiate

2106
02:31:11.520 --> 02:31:16.600
that bloom bud formation. Those cooler
temperatures might have been outside now for about

2107
02:31:16.639 --> 02:31:20.079
three weeks, and it was a
little early to get them out, but

2108
02:31:20.159 --> 02:31:24.239
I went and did that, and
then we're going to start seeing bloom bud

2109
02:31:24.319 --> 02:31:31.040
formation pretty soon here on those plants. When when we're dealing with weeds and

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02:31:31.159 --> 02:31:37.360
lawns, one of the things that
a number of people have spoken about or

2111
02:31:37.399 --> 02:31:41.159
even complained about, those weeds that
just don't seem to want to go away

2112
02:31:41.280 --> 02:31:46.399
no matter what you do. And
we have weeds like that that you know,

2113
02:31:46.520 --> 02:31:48.399
first step is get your lawn as
dense and healthy as you can,

2114
02:31:50.120 --> 02:31:52.920
block every bit of light that you
can out. Make it a good thick,

2115
02:31:54.079 --> 02:31:58.040
dense lawn, and that chokes out
all your annual weeds. Seeds they're

2116
02:31:58.040 --> 02:32:01.559
not gonna be able to come back
up, or a perennial weed that comes

2117
02:32:01.639 --> 02:32:05.040
back from seed as well, that
it'll prevent that. But when you have

2118
02:32:05.159 --> 02:32:11.319
plants that can coexist in Saint Augustine, that's when we have to resort to

2119
02:32:11.799 --> 02:32:15.559
a couple of things. One is
cultural and the other is a spray type

2120
02:32:15.600 --> 02:32:18.680
thing. And this would include weeds
like dollar weed, Virginia button weed.

2121
02:32:20.079 --> 02:32:24.680
Those are two prime examples, very
difficult to control and they can just live

2122
02:32:24.799 --> 02:32:30.440
right there with the Saint Augustine fall
aster is another one like that that can

2123
02:32:30.520 --> 02:32:35.959
live right in a tightly mode lawn. It does very well. And those

2124
02:32:35.280 --> 02:32:39.360
first of all cultural what is the
plant? What does the plant need?

2125
02:32:39.920 --> 02:32:43.719
Well? In the case of Virginia
button weed, it wants moist soil.

2126
02:32:43.920 --> 02:32:46.760
It loves moist soil. In the
case of dollar weed, same thing.

2127
02:32:46.360 --> 02:32:52.040
Moist soil makes those weeds happy and
makes them proliferate. So if you didn't

2128
02:32:52.079 --> 02:32:58.239
want a water properly before water in
your lawn, a lot of people over

2129
02:32:58.360 --> 02:33:01.040
water, well, now you got
another and to not over water. Just

2130
02:33:01.239 --> 02:33:05.360
give the loan a good soaking,
let it dry out between waterings, and

2131
02:33:05.479 --> 02:33:07.399
it helped. It doesn't kill the
weeds all, It just suppresses their growth.

2132
02:33:07.760 --> 02:33:11.520
They're not going to grow as fast
and then we have to resort to

2133
02:33:11.639 --> 02:33:16.600
some post emergent products to kill them. Where the thing of a fall aster,

2134
02:33:16.879 --> 02:33:18.200
I do a lot of hand pulling
myself, because you can have a

2135
02:33:18.280 --> 02:33:22.239
big old weed comes out of a
single point in the middle, it's got

2136
02:33:22.319 --> 02:33:24.360
a taproot, and with moist soil
you can wiggle it out of there,

2137
02:33:24.559 --> 02:33:28.239
use a weeding fork and get it
out and especially this season of the year

2138
02:33:28.280 --> 02:33:33.000
where it's got all the blooms and
the seeds on it. You just need

2139
02:33:33.079 --> 02:33:35.719
to pull it out. Don't leave
it, or you'll leave all those behind.

2140
02:33:35.479 --> 02:33:39.120
So that would be a technique for
that. But you have to do

2141
02:33:39.399 --> 02:33:43.079
if you're going to spray a pre
emergent, you have to do it in

2142
02:33:43.200 --> 02:33:46.239
a season when it's going to be
effective. And the younger the weed is

2143
02:33:46.360 --> 02:33:52.559
the better. Once that weed becomes
what we would call reproductive, it's putting

2144
02:33:52.600 --> 02:33:58.520
out flowers and making seeds, those
products aren't nearly as effective against it.

2145
02:34:00.079 --> 02:34:03.920
But the funny thing is that's when
everybody notices the weed. That's why people

2146
02:34:03.920 --> 02:34:07.920
are calling now about fall aster,
because fall Aster is making a heck of

2147
02:34:07.000 --> 02:34:09.719
a show out there. Fixed to
put all those little blooms on some of

2148
02:34:09.799 --> 02:34:13.760
it's even started blooming here. But
then in the cool season, weeds,

2149
02:34:13.879 --> 02:34:20.000
when spring comes, they just begin
to bloom. They just bloom like crazy.

2150
02:34:20.280 --> 02:34:22.040
They're like our blue bonnets. They
sprout in the fall, they go

2151
02:34:22.200 --> 02:34:26.399
through the winter, and then they
take off growing and bloom in the spring,

2152
02:34:26.959 --> 02:34:30.399
flowers and seeds, and that's when
people want to spray them. Well,

2153
02:34:31.000 --> 02:34:33.000
it's not a good time to spray
them. Then they're getting they've hit

2154
02:34:33.079 --> 02:34:37.719
the reproductive stage and they propriarity have
seeds on them, So using pre emergency

2155
02:34:37.760 --> 02:34:41.760
to prevent them, or using a
post emergent early in the life when they're

2156
02:34:41.760 --> 02:34:46.760
still young, we can do a
much better job of controlling and managing those

2157
02:34:48.120 --> 02:34:50.680
kinds of weeds. So those are
just some tips on dealing with some of

2158
02:34:50.719 --> 02:34:56.600
the difficult weeds. Just remember it
all begins with proper lawn care, and

2159
02:34:56.719 --> 02:35:01.360
proper lawn care can be summarized with
water fertilize. You can throw in some

2160
02:35:03.239 --> 02:35:07.639
aerration in there when needed for things. That's good too, but mow water

2161
02:35:07.719 --> 02:35:11.399
fertilize. That's a secret to having
a beautiful and a healthy lawn. And

2162
02:35:11.479 --> 02:35:15.639
by the way, if you lost
your lawn this summer, if you lost

2163
02:35:15.799 --> 02:35:20.760
large sections and you're having to replant, do a little investigation about the different

2164
02:35:20.840 --> 02:35:24.239
varieties that are out there. Because
we keep improving on turf grass. There's

2165
02:35:24.440 --> 02:35:30.159
constantly trials going on across the South
on turf grass varieties, coming up with

2166
02:35:30.319 --> 02:35:33.879
better and better varieties. I was
talking the other day about cobalt and in

2167
02:35:35.040 --> 02:35:39.319
variety that is very drought resistant.
It's a saint Augustine that almost rivals of

2168
02:35:39.399 --> 02:35:43.479
Bermuda grass when it comes to drought
resistance. Well, if you got to

2169
02:35:43.520 --> 02:35:46.079
replace a lawn, that's a good
idea, right, you can consider that

2170
02:35:46.159 --> 02:35:48.520
one. There's a lot of good
varieties out there, But do a little

2171
02:35:48.719 --> 02:35:52.239
investigating and shopping around, because you
know, you don't want to replant lawn

2172
02:35:52.280 --> 02:35:58.159
every This is a this is a
long term investment that you're making in your

2173
02:35:58.239 --> 02:36:01.079
landscape. And I hope that help
a little bit. When we get back

2174
02:36:01.120 --> 02:36:05.399
into the growing season and things start
to move along, warming up and the

2175
02:36:05.479 --> 02:36:11.040
grass is growing and taking off,
a great time to make those renovations in

2176
02:36:11.159 --> 02:36:15.040
your lawn and so just kind of
put that on the back burner and think

2177
02:36:15.040 --> 02:36:18.000
about it. Do some learning in
the meantime. So when you go shopping,

2178
02:36:18.280 --> 02:36:22.600
you know what you're looking for.
Well, you've been listening to gardens'

2179
02:36:22.600 --> 02:36:26.520
success. We're here every Saturday and
Sunday from six am to ten am.

2180
02:36:26.920 --> 02:36:31.360
I just want to remind you that
this coming Saturday, October twenty eighth,

2181
02:36:31.639 --> 02:36:35.879
from eleven thirty to one thirty,
I'll be a Softwest Fertilizer on the corner

2182
02:36:35.920 --> 02:36:41.120
of this sinet and runway in Southwest
Houston. Look forward to meeting you,

2183
02:36:41.319 --> 02:36:45.479
to visiting with you. It's always
great just to visit, but if you

2184
02:36:45.559 --> 02:36:48.799
got anything you want to ask about, here's your chance for some one on

2185
02:36:48.959 --> 02:36:52.319
one eye to eye time with me
where we can diagnose, we can identify.

2186
02:36:52.760 --> 02:36:56.239
Bring some samples in in bags,
Bring some photos in. Photos are

2187
02:36:56.280 --> 02:37:00.680
great, just check them first,
make sure they're in good sharp focus because

2188
02:37:00.799 --> 02:37:03.520
I can't figure out what fuzzy is
supposed to be in the photo. But

2189
02:37:03.719 --> 02:37:07.879
anyway, thanks for listening. We
look forward to visiting with you again next week