WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.080 Kat r H Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any 2 00:00:03.120 --> 00:00:07.120 of the products or services advertised on this program. Welcome 3 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:11.279 to kt r H Garden Line with skip Rickard's. 4 00:00:17.640 --> 00:00:27.440 Trip just watch him as so many things to see. 5 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:44.240 Black Bay not a sign. Well, good morning, welcome to 6 00:00:44.280 --> 00:00:48.880 garden Line, and first of all, congratulations, even if you 7 00:00:48.920 --> 00:00:51.679 only have one eye opening, a cup of coffee in 8 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:54.640 your hand trying to get the other one hoping you're here, 9 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:57.439 We're glad to have you with us this morning, and 10 00:00:57.640 --> 00:01:00.600 we are going to be talking about gardening like we 11 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.119 always do. If you would like to be part of 12 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:06.079 the show and maybe ask a question, well here's how 13 00:01:06.120 --> 00:01:08.159 you do it. Seven to one to three, two to 14 00:01:08.159 --> 00:01:11.319 one two kt r H. Seven to one three two 15 00:01:11.359 --> 00:01:16.760 one two kt r H. I want to visit about 16 00:01:16.799 --> 00:01:19.799 a number of different things today, some things that are 17 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:23.120 kind of different than what I generally talk about on Guardline, 18 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:26.840 but still gardening related topics, and certainly we'll have your 19 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:30.319 calls to talk about the things that you are interested in. 20 00:01:31.079 --> 00:01:35.120 We're kind of hitting that time where we're officially transitioning 21 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:37.879 our seasons according to the temperature outside. You know, I've 22 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:40.640 been telling you that don't pay attention to the calendar 23 00:01:41.000 --> 00:01:43.640 or to the temperature. Pay attention to the calendar, because 24 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:46.599 summer drags on here and then we seem to be 25 00:01:46.640 --> 00:01:49.239 getting fall, and then we have another week of summer 26 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:53.040 again temperature wise, but we have to do things according 27 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:55.920 to the calendar, because there's such a thing as average 28 00:01:56.280 --> 00:02:01.719 frost dates average freeze dates, and those are based on 29 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:05.680 basically about ten twenty years more like twenty years of 30 00:02:05.840 --> 00:02:08.960 data by the Weather Service, saying, okay, on average, this 31 00:02:09.039 --> 00:02:12.400 is when the first frost of fall occurs, and then 32 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:14.840 on average, this is when the first frosts of freeze 33 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:19.400 freeze of fall occurs. My mouth still hadn't woken up 34 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:24.280 fully yet, so bear with me. And when we're planting things, 35 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:27.199 if it's a warm season plant, well it's not built 36 00:02:27.280 --> 00:02:29.599 to take frosts and freezes. And if it's a cool 37 00:02:29.599 --> 00:02:32.240 season plant, it's not built to take blazing heat either 38 00:02:33.000 --> 00:02:36.080 most cases. But we have to plant according to that 39 00:02:36.240 --> 00:02:38.439 and when those dates are coming, we need to start 40 00:02:38.479 --> 00:02:42.000 watching for them. Now, average can be a misleading word, 41 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:47.199 you know. I had a years ago a caller came 42 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:50.879 in and said they wanted to know, what when is 43 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.639 the first frost going to be this year, and worded 44 00:02:53.680 --> 00:02:56.319 that way, it's like, who knows, I don't have a 45 00:02:56.360 --> 00:03:03.080 gardening crystal ball. Because average just means average. We could 46 00:03:03.120 --> 00:03:05.800 have a frost a month earlier, we could have a 47 00:03:06.319 --> 00:03:10.280 frost not until a month later. And that's an exaggeration 48 00:03:10.360 --> 00:03:12.919 a little bit. But in general, average just means, you know, 49 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:14.840 kind of what's in the middle of all the things 50 00:03:14.840 --> 00:03:17.280 that could happen. And I realize I'm not going to 51 00:03:17.319 --> 00:03:22.120 get For those of you who are mathematicians, I understand mean, median, mode, average, 52 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:24.080 all those different ways to say in the same thing. 53 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:27.639 But you know what I'm talking about. So what does 54 00:03:27.680 --> 00:03:30.639 average mean? Well, I like to say average is just 55 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:33.199 a guide and it basically means nothing. Why do I 56 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:35.199 say that, Well, if you put one foot in boiling 57 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:37.919 water and one foot in ice water on average, you're comfortable. 58 00:03:38.280 --> 00:03:41.319 You see what I'm saying. In other words, average is 59 00:03:41.360 --> 00:03:43.560 just somewhere in the middle that we look at. So 60 00:03:44.919 --> 00:03:48.000 if you are looking at your garden and you're looking 61 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:50.719 at the dates for your area as to when the 62 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.560 average frost dates would occur, you want to always air 63 00:03:54.680 --> 00:03:57.080 a little bit on the side of being conservative with it, 64 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:01.120 because it could come a little bit earlier than normal. Now, 65 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:03.840 I've put together some stuff that is online on my 66 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:07.719 website at Gardening with Skip dot Com. Fact I'll mention 67 00:04:07.800 --> 00:04:10.240 this later in the show if I remember it, and 68 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:15.039 it is the frost and Freeze publication that I put out. 69 00:04:15.240 --> 00:04:17.079 It's one that I did with one of the inn 70 00:04:17.199 --> 00:04:23.199 M horticulture specialists several years ago. But it's protecting landscape 71 00:04:23.240 --> 00:04:26.639 plants and gardens from frosts and freezes, and it goes 72 00:04:26.680 --> 00:04:28.800 into the whole nine yards. If you want to nerd 73 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:32.319 out on the science of frosts and freezes, there's information 74 00:04:32.399 --> 00:04:35.920 in there about that. But if you just want the basics, 75 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:38.839 like Okay, what do I do with my citrus tree 76 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:41.560 it's going to be twenty two degrees tonight? It helps 77 00:04:41.600 --> 00:04:43.800 you with what to do about those kind of things too, 78 00:04:44.560 --> 00:04:48.560 But that's on the website Gardening with Skip dot com. 79 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:54.240 Gardening with Skip dot Com. One time, when I was 80 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:58.000 in Conroe, this is many years ago, as a horticulture agent. 81 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:01.560 There a newspaper call and they were asking me about 82 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.279 frost and freezes. And I can't remember the conversation, but 83 00:05:05.319 --> 00:05:07.240 I think I said something about, well, the average free 84 00:05:07.279 --> 00:05:09.920 state for our area is such and such and and 85 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:14.160 we were talking in the newspaper when this story hit. 86 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:18.800 It said county horticultureist says the first freeze this year 87 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:22.279 will be on and it gave a date, and I 88 00:05:22.360 --> 00:05:25.120 was like, I like, no, I didn't say that, And 89 00:05:25.600 --> 00:05:30.040 I spent two weeks trying to tell everyone I knew 90 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:34.439 that I didn't say that. That was misprinted. On that day, 91 00:05:35.279 --> 00:05:37.560 there was a freeze and it was the It was 92 00:05:37.600 --> 00:05:39.759 the first one for the year, of the last one, 93 00:05:39.800 --> 00:05:42.399 I can't remember which which it was. And if I 94 00:05:42.560 --> 00:05:44.879 just kept my mouth shut, I would have sounded like 95 00:05:45.000 --> 00:05:49.759 some savant, some what you know, predictor of the profit 96 00:05:49.839 --> 00:05:53.759 of the future whatever. But that was so funny, because yeah, 97 00:05:53.759 --> 00:05:56.040 I didn't say that, but boy, if I had kept 98 00:05:56.040 --> 00:05:59.639 my mouth shut, it's sure what it looked good anyway. 99 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.199 Number seven one three two one two k t r 100 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:05.360 H seven one three two one two k t r H. 101 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:11.000 The folks at Nelson have created this fertilizer and we'd 102 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:14.879 control called carbo load. Carbo load, What an interesting name. 103 00:06:14.920 --> 00:06:17.279 Why does it? Why is it called carbo load? Well, 104 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:20.160 because in the fall, your turf grass takes up nutrients 105 00:06:20.160 --> 00:06:24.480 and especially needs potassium that's the third number on the bag. 106 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:27.120 It doesn't need a lot of nitrogen. You don't want 107 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:29.839 to push it into growth when we're entering the cold season. 108 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:32.639 But it needs a little bit because nitrogen and potassium 109 00:06:32.680 --> 00:06:35.800 are taken up together. Okay, that's the end of the 110 00:06:35.839 --> 00:06:40.839 nerd alert section here. But carbo load goes. The nutrients 111 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:43.800 go into the grass plant. The sun shines on the leaves, 112 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:48.160 which it's doing now, and the grass produces carbohydrates and 113 00:06:48.240 --> 00:06:53.399 carbohydrates or sugars that help prevent the grass from freezing. 114 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:56.399 They protect the tissue. It's like anti freeze in the 115 00:06:56.439 --> 00:06:59.680 grass plant. I remember when our kids were little, we 116 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:02.759 made popsicles, you know, mix up kool aid water or 117 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:07.759 something like that. We made popsicles, and when you froze 118 00:07:07.800 --> 00:07:10.560 them and the freezer some of you remember this, the 119 00:07:11.839 --> 00:07:14.800 clear water part would freeze fast and then right up 120 00:07:14.839 --> 00:07:18.120 at the very top would be this gooey sugary stuff 121 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.560 that never quite froze all the way. Sometimes that's the 122 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:25.639 principle we're talking about. Sugars in liquid in a plant 123 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:28.439 are going to not freeze. The plant's not going to 124 00:07:28.480 --> 00:07:31.000 freeze them. But that's what carbo load's about. It also 125 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:34.519 has a pre emergent herbicide in it. The pre emergent 126 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:37.879 herbicide prevents cool season weeds which you are germinating now, 127 00:07:38.120 --> 00:07:40.399 from being able to germinate and get established. So when 128 00:07:40.439 --> 00:07:42.160 you put carbo load out, and by the way, a 129 00:07:42.160 --> 00:07:46.720 forty pound bag covers five thousand square feet, then you 130 00:07:46.839 --> 00:07:49.399 water it in. And you have to water it in 131 00:07:49.600 --> 00:07:52.040 if it sits on top of the soil, neither fertilizer 132 00:07:52.120 --> 00:07:55.040 nor pre emergent is doing anything as a granule on 133 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:58.199 the soil. You water it in. The nutrients go into 134 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:01.120 the soil so the roots can get them, and the 135 00:08:01.279 --> 00:08:05.000 weed prevention goes into the soil surface so that when 136 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:09.839 a weed seed sprouts, it can't it cannot establish a plant. 137 00:08:10.040 --> 00:08:12.839 Car beload by now, so don't delay anymore. It's time 138 00:08:12.839 --> 00:08:15.240 to get that out. We need to get that out soon. 139 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:20.959 And always follow the label, always apply everything at the 140 00:08:21.040 --> 00:08:23.439 label rate. Very important. All right, time for me to 141 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:25.759 take a quick break. I will be right back with 142 00:08:25.800 --> 00:08:29.639 your call. Seven one three two one two KTRH. It's 143 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:32.240 always a good day for gardening. I was taking care 144 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:34.879 of some house plants the other day. I make that 145 00:08:34.919 --> 00:08:37.480 statement sometimes it every day is a good day for gardening, 146 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.600 and then someone will go, yeah, what if it's two 147 00:08:39.639 --> 00:08:43.000 degrees outside and hailing, you know, or something. Well, you 148 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:46.159 have house plans, don't you. You have seeds to order, 149 00:08:46.279 --> 00:08:49.519 you have seeds to start, you have cuttings to root inside. 150 00:08:49.519 --> 00:08:53.879 There's a lot of indoor gardening activities and I enjoy 151 00:08:53.960 --> 00:08:56.279 doing those. I do them a lot in the summertime 152 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:57.759 when it's blazing hot and I don't want to be 153 00:08:57.759 --> 00:08:59.679 outside in the middle of the day, and also in 154 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:03.840 the one time, I just, let's see, about three days ago, 155 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:06.879 set up my seed starting racks. I got two racks 156 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:09.559 that I'm using for seeds starting on a light to 157 00:09:09.559 --> 00:09:11.639 put on them. I'll talk about that more a little 158 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.240 bit later in the season when we're getting ready to 159 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:18.440 grow some different kinds of transplants. But anyway, I got 160 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:21.159 them set up, getting done ahead of time. I would 161 00:09:21.200 --> 00:09:24.399 encourage you, if you have not tried seeds starting before, 162 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:27.039 to try that because it's really fun. You can grow 163 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:31.480 your own seeds, you can start cuttings yourself, and you know, 164 00:09:31.519 --> 00:09:34.399 there's levels of gardening. There's the Okay, I'm going to 165 00:09:34.480 --> 00:09:36.960 go to the store, buy a plant, pay somebody to 166 00:09:37.000 --> 00:09:40.000 put it in the ground and then enjoy it. That's cool. 167 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:42.279 That's gardening. That's fun. You can do that, or you 168 00:09:42.279 --> 00:09:44.039 can go all the way down to where you are 169 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:47.559 collecting your own seeds, you're germinating and growing your own plants. 170 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:50.960 You're taking cuttings and rooting them yourself. I mean, there's 171 00:09:51.000 --> 00:09:53.120 a wide range there, and wherever you want to be 172 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:56.759 in that range is good. You decide gardening is fun. 173 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.080 It's supposed to be fun, and we try to make 174 00:09:59.120 --> 00:10:03.279 it so here on Garden. Speaking of fun and gardening, 175 00:10:03.519 --> 00:10:06.600 Plants Fell Seasons has got some cool season color in 176 00:10:06.720 --> 00:10:09.159 now and cool season vegetables too, by the way, but 177 00:10:09.320 --> 00:10:14.039 they are just stunning. You need to go and check 178 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:15.840 them out. You can check them out online on their 179 00:10:15.840 --> 00:10:19.399 Facebook page or just go by there. Plant Frell Seasons 180 00:10:19.559 --> 00:10:24.120 is on Tomball Parkway two forty nine, just north of Luetta. 181 00:10:24.279 --> 00:10:27.000 It's right there on the side of Tomball Parkway, just 182 00:10:27.080 --> 00:10:31.000 north of Luetta. You should see some of the gorgeous 183 00:10:31.039 --> 00:10:33.639 blooms that they have right now. They've got pansies and 184 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:38.840 violas that are just busting out with all kinds of 185 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:41.919 cool color and a lot of other cool things too. 186 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.600 If you put some of that out. Your winter landscape 187 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:51.159 can be so beautiful. There is no reason that our 188 00:10:51.240 --> 00:10:54.840 landscapes need to just be blah in the winter. There 189 00:10:54.919 --> 00:10:57.200 we have a lot of good color options and plant 190 00:10:57.240 --> 00:11:01.159 frall seasons can get you set up on that as well. Now, 191 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:04.360 if you have any questions or any samples you want identified, 192 00:11:05.080 --> 00:11:08.279 or you just need advice on Hey, this is a 193 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:11.039 shady bed and I can't get anything to grow well 194 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:13.480 in it. What would you suggest? They can do all that. 195 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:17.759 They are lawn and garden experts, So take some pictures, 196 00:11:17.759 --> 00:11:20.080 bring in some samples, go visit with them. Get your 197 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:22.639 green on. As they say at Plants for All Seasons 198 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:26.679 Plants for All Seasons dot Com two eight, one, three, seven, six, 199 00:11:27.240 --> 00:11:30.639 sixteen forty six, you need to swing by there. Oh, 200 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:32.879 by the way, they have bulbs. They have onion sets 201 00:11:32.919 --> 00:11:36.440 for your vegetable garden as well. Yep, they're ready for 202 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:41.559 the season and you can be too. I was setting 203 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:43.759 up my seed rack. I was just telling you about that. 204 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:47.879 And one of the things that is important when you're 205 00:11:48.080 --> 00:11:51.480 gonna be starting seeds or rooting cuttings for that matter, 206 00:11:51.879 --> 00:11:54.480 is to have good lighting. In fact, that would probably 207 00:11:54.840 --> 00:11:58.759 be the single most important thing, although there are things 208 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:01.279 that are essential. You gotta have good temperatures, you gotta 209 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:03.240 have good lighting, you gotta have a growing media, and 210 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:06.279 all that. Those are all important, but where most people 211 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:09.679 go south is on lighting. If your plants don't get 212 00:12:09.759 --> 00:12:12.639 adequate light, your seedlings are going to be spend ley 213 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:15.000 and they're not going to do well. They are just 214 00:12:15.120 --> 00:12:18.960 knocking their lean and stretch and snap over because they 215 00:12:18.960 --> 00:12:22.440 don't have any strength to the stem. And good lighting 216 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:25.759 is important. And if you are really into gardening, or 217 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:29.080 you know someone who is really into gardening and really 218 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:33.120 would like to grow their own seedlings or start transplants, 219 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:37.960 a great Christmas gift and it's not inexpensive. They as 220 00:12:38.039 --> 00:12:40.200 you get into really good lighting, you can spend a 221 00:12:40.200 --> 00:12:42.200 little money on it. That doesn't mean you have to 222 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:45.639 spend a lot of money. There's a range. We can 223 00:12:45.679 --> 00:12:48.960 help you with those kinds of questions as well, But 224 00:12:49.679 --> 00:12:56.440 that information will just change your whole efforts and seeds 225 00:12:56.440 --> 00:12:59.879 starting and trying things out like that. So get good light. 226 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:03.039 If you need to visit with me about it, I 227 00:13:03.039 --> 00:13:05.360 can kind of help direct you and guide you to 228 00:13:05.480 --> 00:13:08.600 some things. Get send me an email on that I 229 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:12.480 can send you some links to some good lighting information 230 00:13:12.600 --> 00:13:16.279 and resources. But that changed the world when it came 231 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:20.159 to seed starting. I used to do this and this 232 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:23.720 was like the bottom line lighting that got me by 233 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:27.320 on starting to mate a transplant or broccoli transplants or whatever. 234 00:13:27.360 --> 00:13:31.840 And that was the old shoplights with the T twelve fixtures. 235 00:13:31.840 --> 00:13:34.320 Those are the bulbs that are bigger than a quarter 236 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:37.480 in diameter, you know, the larger bulb. And I would 237 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:40.480 put a cool white bulb in a warm white bulb 238 00:13:40.840 --> 00:13:43.879 because the warm white bulb is more of the red wavelengths. 239 00:13:43.919 --> 00:13:46.399 The cool white bulb has more of the blue wavelengths. 240 00:13:46.480 --> 00:13:48.919 And when you put one of each in a shoplight 241 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:53.120 or four foot shoplight, you had a decent blend of lighting. 242 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:56.120 And so I'd put two shoplights, hang them over my 243 00:13:56.159 --> 00:13:58.000 planets and do that. Well, now we're kind of getting 244 00:13:58.039 --> 00:14:03.120 away from those effluorescent tubes. Now everything's becoming led. But 245 00:14:03.159 --> 00:14:06.159 it gets really confusing. I need to put something. I 246 00:14:06.200 --> 00:14:08.240 tell you what, I'm going to try to put something 247 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:12.559 on my website about basics of plant lighting. I will 248 00:14:12.559 --> 00:14:14.559 make a note right now and try to do that 249 00:14:14.639 --> 00:14:16.960 because going through the whole thing on the air is 250 00:14:17.039 --> 00:14:20.679 just not going to work. But if you want to 251 00:14:20.720 --> 00:14:23.080 spend just a little bit on a gift for somebody, 252 00:14:23.159 --> 00:14:26.080 a good led plant light that's in the white range, 253 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:30.879 right range of wavelength would be a good gift because 254 00:14:30.919 --> 00:14:33.600 I'm telling you it opens up the world. You know, 255 00:14:33.679 --> 00:14:36.600 any plant is yours when you have a good light indoors, 256 00:14:36.879 --> 00:14:39.919 meaning you can buy seeds of all kinds of things 257 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:43.039 you'll never find in a local garden center. And just 258 00:14:43.039 --> 00:14:46.879 because a garden center can't carry a nine million different things, 259 00:14:47.559 --> 00:14:50.360 and you can start on yourself. All right, Well, there's 260 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:55.440 a tip now, quick garden line quiz. If you've listened 261 00:14:55.440 --> 00:14:58.360 more than one show, you should know what is the 262 00:14:58.399 --> 00:15:02.519 mantra we say here on have success with gardening. Brown 263 00:15:02.559 --> 00:15:06.679 stuff before green stuff. Brown stuff before green stuff means 264 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:10.679 you get the soil right and your plants, then the 265 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:16.240 green stuff will thrive. Landscaper's Pride has been helping gardeners 266 00:15:16.240 --> 00:15:19.600 get the soil right for a long long time, over 267 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:22.399 two dozen different products that they have. One that I 268 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:25.559 think is an outstanding product. It's their Healthy Soil Compost. 269 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:31.360 It's made locally sourced green materials, composted down, screened down 270 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:35.080 into a quality mix to amend your soils. Many of 271 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:39.039 our soils here are heavy clays. Compost loosens up a clay, 272 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:42.519 helps it drain internally better, get oxygen down in the 273 00:15:42.600 --> 00:15:46.200 root system. Compost helps the sand to whole moisture better. 274 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:49.559 Sands drained too well, and compost helps hold a little 275 00:15:49.559 --> 00:15:52.240 bit of moisture in there. The other compost they have 276 00:15:52.360 --> 00:15:54.759 is a mushroom compost and that is made from local 277 00:15:54.840 --> 00:15:58.200 mushroom substrate. You know those little white mushrooms that you 278 00:15:58.240 --> 00:16:01.120 get in the store. Well, when they grow those, they 279 00:16:01.159 --> 00:16:04.320 grow them on a substrate of organic materials and then 280 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:06.679 when they're done with a crop, it goes out and 281 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:11.799 it's sold. It's available for compost and for making composts, 282 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:16.120 and for making a quality product, very rich in nutrients. 283 00:16:16.240 --> 00:16:19.799 That's the Landscapers Pride mushroom compost. For more of their products, 284 00:16:19.799 --> 00:16:24.879 go to Landscaperspride dot com. Landscaperspride dot com. You can 285 00:16:24.919 --> 00:16:26.919 follow them on social media just to keep up the 286 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:29.879 date with things. Also on there is a list of 287 00:16:29.879 --> 00:16:32.480 where you can buy their products, which is they're widely 288 00:16:32.639 --> 00:16:37.039 available here in the stores in this area. You are 289 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:40.519 listening to Guardenline and my number is seven one three 290 00:16:40.639 --> 00:16:44.559 two one two ktr H seven one three two one 291 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:48.840 two kt r A Sunday's always kind of uh, somewhat 292 00:16:48.840 --> 00:16:51.399 of a humor on guardline for me, and that is 293 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:53.639 that first thing in the morning, it's awfully quiet. Now, 294 00:16:53.639 --> 00:16:56.240 why would anyone want to sleep in? Early, early, early, 295 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:59.399 early on a Sunday morning. And then at the end 296 00:16:59.559 --> 00:17:02.000 of the show, it's like, oh, everybody now wants to 297 00:17:02.039 --> 00:17:04.359 call and it's harder to get in. So if you 298 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:06.440 ever want to get into garden line without a weight, 299 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.640 Sunday morning is a good time. Early Sunday morning is 300 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:11.720 a good time to do that. Someone asked me the 301 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.640 other day about azamite, you know, they said, is azimite 302 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.240 a fertilizer? And the answer is yes, But it's not 303 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:22.559 the same kind of fertilizer as the ones with the 304 00:17:22.599 --> 00:17:25.640 big three numbers on the bag that you put on 305 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:28.279 your lawns and gardens and things. Those big three numbers 306 00:17:28.319 --> 00:17:31.759 are macro nutrients, meaning your plants need a lot of them, 307 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.279 and they're always nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium in that order 308 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:40.000 the three numbers, but they're secondary nutrients like things like 309 00:17:40.079 --> 00:17:43.880 calcium or sulfur or magnesium and then there's trace minerals 310 00:17:43.960 --> 00:17:45.599 that you just need a little of. Do you know 311 00:17:45.880 --> 00:17:48.400 did you know that a plant cannot grow without manganese? 312 00:17:48.799 --> 00:17:51.079 Did you know that a plant cannot grow without copper? 313 00:17:51.519 --> 00:17:53.599 Did you know that a plant can't grow without zinc 314 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:57.599 or iron? Okay, those are trace minerals. Those are all 315 00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:01.599 trace minerals. They are essential for plant growth. Azamite is 316 00:18:01.640 --> 00:18:04.559 a trace mineral supplement that you put on your soil. 317 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:07.640 You can put in your vegetable gardens so your vegetables 318 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:10.400 are more packed with all of the different nutrients and 319 00:18:10.480 --> 00:18:13.200 grow really well as a result. You can put on 320 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:15.720 your lawns, and I do recommend that you do that. 321 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:20.359 But whatever you do, you need to get your azmite 322 00:18:20.440 --> 00:18:24.680 down on the soil to provide those minerals. So when 323 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:27.440 do you do it, Well, you don't have to wait 324 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:31.480 until it's time to fertilize the lawn to put on asmite. 325 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:34.000 We wouldn't put out a high nitrogen right now in 326 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:36.440 the lawn because we're going into winter. But now's a 327 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:39.519 fine time to do asimite. So is the time in 328 00:18:39.559 --> 00:18:41.799 the spring when you're fertilizing your lawn. You could also 329 00:18:41.880 --> 00:18:45.240 add to asumite at that time. It is a soil 330 00:18:45.640 --> 00:18:49.559 bank account builder. Think of it that way. When you 331 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:51.960 need to buy something, you got to get money from 332 00:18:52.000 --> 00:18:54.960 the bank to buy it. Well, when plants want to grow, 333 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:58.319 when they want vigor, when they want blooms, when they 334 00:18:58.319 --> 00:19:02.000 want fruit, whatever they're producing, they have to get it 335 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:05.240 from the soil bank account to do that. And as 336 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:09.519 might does just that. ASMI Texas dot com. That's the website. 337 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:12.160 If you want to learn more about it ASMIT Texas 338 00:19:12.200 --> 00:19:14.359 dot com. Whether you learn more about it or not, 339 00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.839 just do it. All right, time for a break. I'll 340 00:19:17.839 --> 00:19:21.559 be right back. All right, we're back. We are back 341 00:19:21.599 --> 00:19:26.960 on guardline. Welcome, Welcome back. If you are interested in 342 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:29.720 asking a question, or have a plant you need identified, 343 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:31.519 or any kind of thing like that, you can just 344 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:34.119 give me a call. Seven one three two one two 345 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:37.960 k t r H seven one three two one two 346 00:19:38.640 --> 00:19:42.240 k t r H in Chenny Gardens down in the 347 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:48.640 Richmond Rosenberg area is a destination nursery. And I'm not 348 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:51.319 just saying that like it's a description I'm giving it. 349 00:19:51.559 --> 00:19:55.079 I'm talking about being out there talking to people and 350 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:57.680 finding out they've driven. Like I said the other day, 351 00:19:57.680 --> 00:20:00.200 it's ran and somebody who came from Austin, Texas. No, 352 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:02.319 you're visiting family over here. No, we came over to 353 00:20:02.359 --> 00:20:06.279 shop at gardens. We love this place. So okay, well 354 00:20:06.279 --> 00:20:08.480 that is what of culture tourism. But that's the kind 355 00:20:08.519 --> 00:20:10.559 of garden center there. It is. It's on the Katie 356 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:13.599 Fullsher side of Richmond, that's north. So you just go 357 00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:18.279 up seven twenty three FM seven twenty three and three 358 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:21.519 fifty nine, right at that corner FM three fifty nine, 359 00:20:21.759 --> 00:20:23.839 and when you get there, you're going to see a 360 00:20:24.279 --> 00:20:28.960 very gorgeous, sprawling place that has every kind of plant 361 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:33.039 that you can imagine, certainly everything for the season. Like 362 00:20:33.119 --> 00:20:36.079 right now, for example, they've got strawberries in now's the 363 00:20:36.079 --> 00:20:38.599 time to plant strawberries. Everybody thinks they want to plant 364 00:20:38.640 --> 00:20:41.119 strawberries in the spring. Don't do that. Plant them now 365 00:20:41.480 --> 00:20:43.960 because they have all winter. We have really mild winters here, 366 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:46.319 and they'll grow all winter and you will get a 367 00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:50.200 bigger plant with more bloom buds already in the plant 368 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:53.519 when spring comes. Do you know that strawberries as they 369 00:20:53.559 --> 00:20:56.240 grow over the winter time, the fall and winter season, 370 00:20:56.319 --> 00:20:59.839 they develop stronger plants that have more bloom buds that 371 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:02.240 and it is time to bloom. You get more production. 372 00:21:02.920 --> 00:21:05.119 So go to in chanted gardens. Grab some strawberries. You 373 00:21:05.160 --> 00:21:07.200 can put them in strawberry jars if you want those 374 00:21:07.240 --> 00:21:10.480 little terracotta containers that have the holes in the side 375 00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:13.000 for planning in. I just put mine in the ground. 376 00:21:13.119 --> 00:21:15.720 I put them in raised beds and all kinds of things. 377 00:21:16.400 --> 00:21:19.440 It is easy to grow strawberries here. You just get 378 00:21:19.440 --> 00:21:23.000 them in, water them in continue to provide small amounts 379 00:21:23.039 --> 00:21:24.799 of nitrogen over the winter, and they can do that. 380 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:27.680 So grab your plants there. Also, if you need some 381 00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:30.480 onion sets though, while you're in there, grab those. I 382 00:21:30.960 --> 00:21:34.640 challenge you yesterday to grow onions as year. Most of 383 00:21:34.680 --> 00:21:38.480 you have not grown onions yourself, and you should. If 384 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:40.880 you don't have a garden, just get a big container. 385 00:21:41.000 --> 00:21:44.039 You can grow onions in a big container. They'll grow 386 00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:45.799 in that just fine. You just want to give them space. 387 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:48.200 You'll probably I don't know, in a container. I'd probably 388 00:21:48.200 --> 00:21:51.480 put them about maybe four inches apart, something like that. 389 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:56.160 And then with onions, you keep pushing them with nitrogen 390 00:21:56.400 --> 00:22:00.559 and continually adequate water, not soggy, but always watering them, 391 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:04.799 always fertilizing them. Here's why if you want success with onions, 392 00:22:05.319 --> 00:22:07.079 you need to get as big a plant as you 393 00:22:07.119 --> 00:22:09.960 can before spring, as big a plant as you can 394 00:22:10.000 --> 00:22:14.880 before spring, because every leaf on an onion plant is 395 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:18.279 a ring in the onion bulb. I think about that 396 00:22:18.400 --> 00:22:21.000 just a minute. So if you've got a scrawny onion 397 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:24.839 plant with three leaves, when spring comes, you're going to 398 00:22:24.880 --> 00:22:28.440 have a scrawny onion bulb with three rings. The base 399 00:22:28.680 --> 00:22:31.559 of the leaf is the ring of the onion. So 400 00:22:32.200 --> 00:22:35.319 if you fertilize and fertilize and makes they never get 401 00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:38.160 dry and you just keep them going all wintertime. When 402 00:22:38.240 --> 00:22:41.480 the day link shortens or LinkedIn's and it starts to bulb, 403 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:44.480 you're going to have something huge. 404 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:45.279 You know. 405 00:22:45.640 --> 00:22:48.039 My goal is always to have those softball sized onions 406 00:22:48.079 --> 00:22:50.440 you see in the store, and it's kind of hard 407 00:22:50.440 --> 00:22:52.839 to achieve in our climate, but you can get real 408 00:22:52.880 --> 00:22:55.720 close and I've seen some gardeners do impressive with them. 409 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:58.759 But that's a secret to success, and just go out 410 00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:01.920 to in Chenny Gardens again FM three point fifty nine 411 00:23:02.119 --> 00:23:04.960 and seven twenty three on the Katie fullsher Side of Richmond. 412 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:07.400 Go to the website and you can find out more there. 413 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:12.880 Enchanted gardens Richmond dot com, Enchanted Gardens Richmond dot com. 414 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:15.039 You're gonna find the fertilizers I talk about, and you're 415 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:19.440 going to find incredibly knowledgeable and helpful people to help 416 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:26.440 you have success. That is what they do there. I 417 00:23:26.440 --> 00:23:29.599 I was talking to one of my one of my kids. 418 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:33.200 I call them kids there, they're long grown, but you know, 419 00:23:33.319 --> 00:23:36.119 I'm a parent talking to one of my kids the 420 00:23:36.160 --> 00:23:38.559 other day and they had purchased a home where they 421 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:42.519 had some cracks in the outside of the home, and 422 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:46.440 they were concerned about what do we need to do? 423 00:23:46.559 --> 00:23:48.720 Is this a big foundation problem? What should we do? 424 00:23:49.559 --> 00:23:52.559 And I call Ty Strickland. Tay Strickland's the owner of 425 00:23:52.640 --> 00:23:54.960 Fix my Slab Foundation Repair, and I said, hey, Ty, 426 00:23:55.359 --> 00:23:57.440 here's the situation. What do you think you know, do 427 00:23:57.519 --> 00:23:59.240 we need to get somebody on This was in a 428 00:23:59.319 --> 00:24:04.359 town halfway across Texas, uh and outside his area for sure, 429 00:24:05.039 --> 00:24:07.559 but you know, he was so helpful. He was He 430 00:24:07.640 --> 00:24:09.920 talked to me about, you know, well, okay, how how 431 00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:13.079 how far is how BIG's a crack? What's this happening here? 432 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:15.039 And he's asked me a bunch of questions about it, 433 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:17.480 And the bottom line was you know what that's movement, 434 00:24:17.519 --> 00:24:21.759 but that's within the range of something to not really 435 00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:25.000 worry about, and it's like, okay, well that's good to know. 436 00:24:25.400 --> 00:24:27.680 But that's the kind of guy Tye is. Tye is 437 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:33.359 that service type industry person who does the job right. 438 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:36.839 He fixes it right, He shows up on time when 439 00:24:36.880 --> 00:24:40.519 he says he will, and he gives you a fair price, 440 00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:43.240 and if something's not needed, he'll tell you, and if 441 00:24:43.279 --> 00:24:44.799 it is, he'll tell you and tell you what your 442 00:24:44.799 --> 00:24:47.559 options are. You can go to fix myslab dot com. 443 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:49.359 That's his website, or you can just give him a 444 00:24:49.400 --> 00:24:52.599 call two eight one two fifty five forty nine forty nine. 445 00:24:52.880 --> 00:24:54.480 So if you're walking around the house and you look 446 00:24:54.480 --> 00:24:56.599 at the brick on the outside and you see cracks, 447 00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:59.440 especially underneath windows, that seems to be a place where 448 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:03.079 cracks off and originate. Or if you're inside and you 449 00:25:03.119 --> 00:25:05.599 see cracks in the sheet rock or doors are sticking, 450 00:25:05.880 --> 00:25:09.640 those are all reasons to call Tie and have him 451 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:10.880 come out and take a look at it. Tell him 452 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:13.599 your guardenline listener free estimates if you are a garden 453 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:15.559 line listener. He's been doing this for twenty three years. 454 00:25:15.559 --> 00:25:18.720 He knows what he's doing ti strick one fix my 455 00:25:18.759 --> 00:25:26.440 slab foundation repair. Nobody wants to have foundation problems, I 456 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:29.359 mean right, I mean that is like, oh my gosh, 457 00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:32.079 because this is like, this is my home. I don't 458 00:25:32.160 --> 00:25:36.079 have that problem. Well, you know the analogy of the ostrich, 459 00:25:36.160 --> 00:25:38.559 it sticks his head in the sand. Don't be the ostrich. 460 00:25:39.160 --> 00:25:41.359 I think that's That's basically what I'm trying to say 461 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:43.839 is if you see a problem, have somebody look into 462 00:25:43.880 --> 00:25:46.160 it early. It's not going to get better, it may 463 00:25:46.200 --> 00:25:50.440 not be a horrible thing. Just don't don't put it 464 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:52.839 off because you're worried about it. Just just look at it. 465 00:25:54.960 --> 00:25:57.680 Our clay soils shrink and swell a lot, and they move. 466 00:25:58.079 --> 00:26:01.240 They definitely move, that's for sure. One of my back 467 00:26:01.319 --> 00:26:07.200 patios is actually the patio pad is heaving up and 468 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:10.960 moving away from the foundation of the house just a 469 00:26:10.960 --> 00:26:12.839 little bit, just a tiny bit. But I was looking 470 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:15.799 at the other and thinking, Wow, the power of soil 471 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:18.440 is amazing. Is it shrinks and swells and moves and 472 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:22.960 all kinds of stuff like that. Well, if you are 473 00:26:23.319 --> 00:26:25.440 gonna take my advice and take care of the brown 474 00:26:25.519 --> 00:26:29.160 stuff before the green stuff, then you need to contact 475 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:32.559 the folks at Heirloom Soils. And here's why they've got 476 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:35.440 a really special deal going on, and that is their 477 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:39.000 one cubic yard supersacks. They got their new branded one 478 00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:42.119 cubic yard supersacks out there. What is that, Well, you 479 00:26:42.119 --> 00:26:44.519 know the grocery sacks you buy so you don't have 480 00:26:44.519 --> 00:26:47.319 to use paper plastic bags. You know, those those sacks 481 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:50.400 of the handles. Imagine something so big and so strong 482 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:54.079 that it can hold a cubic yard of soil material 483 00:26:54.160 --> 00:26:56.559 in it. And they just lifted up, put it on 484 00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:58.160 the truck, take it to your house, lifted up, put 485 00:26:58.160 --> 00:27:00.680 it on your driveway. And I've used to. I've had 486 00:27:00.720 --> 00:27:03.680 two different supersacks at my house, and oh my gosh, 487 00:27:03.680 --> 00:27:05.559 they are so easy. You know, for years I would 488 00:27:05.559 --> 00:27:08.240 just say, okay, dump it in the driveway, Just dump 489 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:12.319 the whatever it is, mult compost whatever in the driveway 490 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:15.160 and then I'm I'm shoveling it into super sacks are 491 00:27:15.160 --> 00:27:19.640 so much easier, neat, clean, easy to do. And listen 492 00:27:19.680 --> 00:27:22.359 to this right now, They've got a deal where you 493 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:26.319 can get their awesome leaf mold compost. If you're going 494 00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:28.240 to top dress on, if you're going to even just 495 00:27:28.319 --> 00:27:31.440 mix composts in the so leaf mold compost is the Cadillac. 496 00:27:31.880 --> 00:27:36.079 They're awesome veggie and herb mix. That's I've used it. 497 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:39.480 That stuff will grow just about anything, but especially things 498 00:27:39.519 --> 00:27:42.240 like veggies and herbs. I would use it for flowers too. Actually, 499 00:27:42.799 --> 00:27:45.240 uh for one hundred and twenty nine dollars for either 500 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:48.680 one or the other or both h one twenty nine 501 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:52.160 per qubic yard supersack and you get to keep the sack. 502 00:27:52.599 --> 00:27:55.720 You don't have to, you know, pay for the sack. 503 00:27:55.799 --> 00:27:58.799 Turn it back in one twenty nine. Now that you 504 00:27:59.200 --> 00:28:01.839 go to the porter, which is Porter Texas Out. I'm 505 00:28:01.880 --> 00:28:04.480 fifty nine on the access road on the right going 506 00:28:04.559 --> 00:28:06.839 out and that's where you pick it up. Or you 507 00:28:06.880 --> 00:28:08.559 can call them and have them deliver it, but they're 508 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:11.119 going to need a three sacked minimum for delivery, and 509 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:13.920 there are delivery fees. If you want delivery, go to 510 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:19.400 rockinmultch dot com slash delivery rock in maultch Warrens rockin 511 00:28:19.480 --> 00:28:23.920 malts So just Rockmultch dot com slash delivery, or if 512 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:25.480 you want to go pick it up yourself, just head 513 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:27.240 out to Porter and do it. Here's the phone number. 514 00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:29.960 Call them up and they're not They're not open today 515 00:28:29.960 --> 00:28:33.559 on Sunday, but they are open Monday through Saturday two 516 00:28:33.599 --> 00:28:37.319 eight one three five four nineteen fifty two eight one 517 00:28:37.680 --> 00:28:41.119 three five four one nine five zero. By the way, 518 00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:44.279 they also have their new premium lawn mix for when 519 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:46.319 you're gonna redo your lawn you want to fill in 520 00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:48.240 some holes and kind of get some organic matter in 521 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:51.480 the surface. There seventy four dollars a sack for that 522 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:55.599 and many many other products. Why are you there? All right? 523 00:28:55.640 --> 00:28:57.920 Time for me to take another little break and we 524 00:28:58.000 --> 00:29:04.640 will be right back. Well, coming back. Allow music crawl 525 00:29:04.720 --> 00:29:13.000 our Louisiana lesteners across the George straight. Welcome back to 526 00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:14.359 the Garden Line. We're glad to have you with us. 527 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:16.440 We're gonna go straight to the phones now and head 528 00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:19.839 out to Richmond to talk to Connie this morning. Hello Connie, 529 00:29:19.880 --> 00:29:25.440 welcome to Garden Line. All right, Uh, do we have Connie? 530 00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:29.039 See what? I'm gonna put Connie back on hold here 531 00:29:29.319 --> 00:29:31.759 and if y'all check on that, we'll come back to her. 532 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:38.960 Excuse me, all right, let's see, we're gonna try this again. There, 533 00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:44.480 do we have you Connie? Hello, Hey, welcome to Garden. 534 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:47.920 Him. 535 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:48.799 Sorry about all. 536 00:29:48.680 --> 00:29:53.880 That The reason I calling is we have cutter ants 537 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:56.880 in our yard that bridge over into our neighbor's yard 538 00:29:56.920 --> 00:29:59.480 and we can't seem to get rid of them. 539 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:04.640 Uh huh what can we do? Uh? Well, what's what 540 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:07.079 you need to do? Uh? And I'm not going to 541 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:11.880 like read out my home concoction recipe thing on the 542 00:30:11.920 --> 00:30:14.799 air here and every but what I have one that 543 00:30:15.519 --> 00:30:19.319 some pest control operators have said. It just works well, 544 00:30:19.400 --> 00:30:23.440 so it's worth giving it a try. Basically, it's a 545 00:30:23.519 --> 00:30:26.359 mix of some different products. The problem with leaf cutter 546 00:30:26.400 --> 00:30:31.960 ants is they they they're not attracted to the exact 547 00:30:32.039 --> 00:30:34.920 same baits as like fire ants or sugar ants or 548 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:37.319 each ant has kind of certain things that attract it. 549 00:30:37.839 --> 00:30:42.640 And you can't just use a contact killer pesticide with 550 00:30:42.680 --> 00:30:46.599 them because they live in a giant underground cavern where 551 00:30:46.640 --> 00:30:48.599 they cut your You may know this, but they cut 552 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:51.000 the leaves off your plants, They haul them back, they 553 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:53.359 stick them to the ceiling of the cavern and grow 554 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:56.200 fungus on them and eat the fungus. Is that is 555 00:30:56.240 --> 00:31:01.599 that interesting? And basically grows weed fungus too, it's called mushrooms. 556 00:31:02.240 --> 00:31:06.000 But anyway, that's what they do, and so you kind 557 00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:08.240 of have to get abait product in there in a 558 00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:10.000 way that's going to be able to kill them. And 559 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:12.839 I can I can send you some some kind of 560 00:31:13.240 --> 00:31:16.480 home concoction thing that that I think if you try it, 561 00:31:16.559 --> 00:31:17.720 you'll have success with it. 562 00:31:18.680 --> 00:31:18.960 Okay. 563 00:31:19.039 --> 00:31:21.559 And also, just in case we need it, is there 564 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:25.119 a company that can help with that if we decide 565 00:31:25.119 --> 00:31:28.000 that we've tried yet and it's just not getting it. 566 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:33.519 That is a good question. I don't I don't know. 567 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:36.440 I would have to look into that. We don't currently 568 00:31:36.480 --> 00:31:40.960 have a sponsor who I communicate with on pest control 569 00:31:41.440 --> 00:31:45.559 type things. Okay, there probably is somebody who could do 570 00:31:45.599 --> 00:31:47.559 something like that, but I just off the top of 571 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:50.519 my head couldn't couldn't tell you who. Okay, but it's 572 00:31:50.519 --> 00:31:53.480 pretty but I'm almost send you is really easy to 573 00:31:53.519 --> 00:31:55.440 do it yourself. It's really easy to do. 574 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:59.799 So what about the fact that people have them to 575 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:02.640 and they don't seem to be, you know, worried about 576 00:32:02.640 --> 00:32:04.839 trying to get rid of them. We're just gonna have 577 00:32:04.839 --> 00:32:07.519 to keep doing well because they have them and they're 578 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:09.400 not getting rid of theirs. 579 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:13.039 Yeah, and nothing is nothing is permanent. And you might 580 00:32:13.319 --> 00:32:15.279 if your neighbor is willing, you might talk to him 581 00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:16.720 and say, would you mind if we put some of 582 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:19.160 this bait, you know, across the fence over there too, 583 00:32:19.319 --> 00:32:23.359 or because that that way you could get ahead of them. 584 00:32:23.359 --> 00:32:25.359 And it's not permanent. You know, it's going to give 585 00:32:25.359 --> 00:32:30.319 you several months of control. But generally these mounds have 586 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:33.240 a way of recovering, and you know, you don't get everything, 587 00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:36.000 and so they come back. But it sure saves you 588 00:32:36.039 --> 00:32:39.680 from losing stuff. I one night, in one night, I 589 00:32:39.720 --> 00:32:42.519 had a peach orchard, and in one night I walked 590 00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:45.559 out the next morning and three peach trees didn't have 591 00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:47.720 a leaf on them, and they all had leaves the 592 00:32:47.799 --> 00:32:52.319 day before. So I know what leaf cutter ants can do. 593 00:32:52.359 --> 00:32:55.920 They work fast, all right, they work fast, that's right. 594 00:32:55.960 --> 00:33:00.240 But they are fascinating, very fascinating. All right, Connie, thank you. 595 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.559 I'm gonna put you on hold. Don't go away. Jonathan'll 596 00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:07.880 pick up and he'll give you my email address. All right. 597 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:12.559 That's it. One of the interesting creatures of nature. You know, 598 00:33:12.720 --> 00:33:15.279 we sit here and a lot of pests. You know, 599 00:33:15.440 --> 00:33:18.519 they just make you mad, like fire ants, they bite 600 00:33:18.599 --> 00:33:22.319 you make you mad. But when you look at just 601 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:26.079 the world, they live in how they just just all 602 00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:28.319 the signs of what's going on in there. It is 603 00:33:28.359 --> 00:33:30.920 a fascinating world. It's like honey bees, you know, honey 604 00:33:30.920 --> 00:33:33.480 We're very familiar with the fact that honey bees have 605 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:35.799 ways of doing dances that tell other bees where to 606 00:33:35.839 --> 00:33:39.920 go get pollen and nectar, and they just the whole 607 00:33:39.960 --> 00:33:44.200 world of honey bees is fascinating. Well, we just happen 608 00:33:44.240 --> 00:33:46.680 to like honeybees because they give us honey. But a 609 00:33:46.720 --> 00:33:49.279 lot of creatures out there in nature are pretty interesting, 610 00:33:49.319 --> 00:33:52.559 pretty cool. But not when I've got three peach trees 611 00:33:52.559 --> 00:33:54.480 that don't have a leaf on them the next day 612 00:33:54.559 --> 00:34:00.200 that I'm not into that, that is for sure. Okay, 613 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:03.279 you're listening to Gardenline and I'm wandering around on all 614 00:34:03.359 --> 00:34:07.319 kinds of other topics. I wanted to mention that Quality 615 00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:15.559 Home Products is hiring professional licensed electricians and plumbing pros. Now, 616 00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:18.440 if you are a licensed electrician and plumbing pro, you 617 00:34:18.440 --> 00:34:20.639 should give them a call. This is a great company 618 00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:22.440 and people love to work for them for a number 619 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:25.559 of reasons. The pay is very competitive. 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If you look at their 629 00:35:04.880 --> 00:35:07.960 ratings online, it's through the roof because they do it right. 630 00:35:08.159 --> 00:35:11.079 They absolutely do. They dedicated to make a positive bent 631 00:35:11.159 --> 00:35:13.760 pack here in the Houston area. I mean, you know 632 00:35:13.840 --> 00:35:18.199 there we're talking about donating to local food banks, funding schools, 633 00:35:18.320 --> 00:35:22.559 providing COVID relief. There's so many ways that they are 634 00:35:22.719 --> 00:35:26.239 let's just say, good citizens, good business citizens of our 635 00:35:26.280 --> 00:35:31.079 community here and certainly in the sense of when power 636 00:35:31.159 --> 00:35:36.199 goes out, providing what's needed to keep our homes and 637 00:35:36.280 --> 00:35:44.199 businesses running. Quality Home. I yesterday was out working on 638 00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:46.840 my patio again. This is like going to be a 639 00:35:46.880 --> 00:35:50.000 longstime story because it's taken me a while because there's 640 00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:52.039 a bunch of issues I'm having to deal with and 641 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:55.039 getting it in, but getting those stones light down getting 642 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:58.960 everything in place. And I have two Golden Retrievers, and 643 00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:04.719 these golden retrieves, we love our dogs, but I have 644 00:36:04.800 --> 00:36:07.880 found that you cannot shame a golden retriever. You know, 645 00:36:08.079 --> 00:36:10.599 I've walked out and said, you guys are bums. What 646 00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:13.400 are you doing? I get up? Come on, man, you 647 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:15.920 know I need some help over here. They don't. It 648 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:18.440 doesn't phase them. But what they will do is when 649 00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:21.239 I'm not watching, they will go find a stick and 650 00:36:21.280 --> 00:36:23.840 take it to the back door and shred it into 651 00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:27.639 something I've got to vacuum up. And yesterday doing the patio, 652 00:36:27.719 --> 00:36:31.519 there were these little slabs that it's almost like thin tiles, 653 00:36:31.760 --> 00:36:34.800 tight slabs of rock, and they were taking them out 654 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:37.800 in the yard and somehow with their teeth cracking them 655 00:36:38.360 --> 00:36:41.239 and leaving rocks all over my yard. And I probably 656 00:36:41.280 --> 00:36:45.239 spent fifteen twenty minutes just picking up the rocks that 657 00:36:45.320 --> 00:36:47.880 they saw a need to crack in the grass. So 658 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:51.760 Ellie and Tex are not let's just say they're in 659 00:36:51.800 --> 00:36:58.639 the doghouse today, but as they know, I don't really 660 00:36:58.639 --> 00:37:02.679 get mad at them. Love those dogs. Well, we're hitting 661 00:37:02.719 --> 00:37:05.199 the top of the hour. This this one went kind 662 00:37:05.199 --> 00:37:07.559 of fast. That was that was kind of interesting. If 663 00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:09.760 you'd like to give us a call, you could get 664 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:13.519 online or get on the board that is during this 665 00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:16.039 break and then you'll be first up. When you come. 666 00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:18.880 It's seven one three two one two kp r H. 667 00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:24.159 Seven one three two one two k t r H. 668 00:37:24.239 --> 00:37:27.360 I want to remind you that my website, Gardening with 669 00:37:27.719 --> 00:37:31.159 Skip dot com gardening is skip dot com has my 670 00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:35.440 schedules on it. The lawn care schedule which is mow water, fertilized, 671 00:37:35.480 --> 00:37:39.239 apply the azmite type products, do aeration. It's all on 672 00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:41.440 that schedule. In other words, try to care for your launch. 673 00:37:41.800 --> 00:37:45.639 The second schedule is the best disease and we'd management schedule. 674 00:37:45.679 --> 00:37:47.920 And that's everything that goes wrong with the lawn. When 675 00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:50.760 do chinchbugs occur? And how do you control them? When 676 00:37:50.800 --> 00:37:54.039 does take af thatch or large petture or ralei spot? 677 00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:56.320 How do you prevent the ks? How do you kill 678 00:37:56.320 --> 00:37:59.559 echo gat? Those schedules are free on the online with 679 00:37:59.679 --> 00:38:02.920 the ever good info. Should check it out Gardening with 680 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:05.119 Skip dot com. 681 00:38:05.119 --> 00:38:08.840 Welcome to Katie r h. Garden Line with Skip Ricter. 682 00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:25.360 It's just watch him as many good. 683 00:38:25.280 --> 00:38:26.079 Things to see. 684 00:38:34.159 --> 00:38:34.960 A sun. 685 00:38:37.679 --> 00:38:41.760 Well, good morning Welcome back to Guardline. Good to have 686 00:38:41.840 --> 00:38:44.559 you with us this morning. We are looking forward to 687 00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:47.079 visiting with you about the things that are of interest 688 00:38:47.360 --> 00:38:53.320 to you. What are your questions? Is about the lawn trees, vegetables. 689 00:38:54.000 --> 00:38:56.840 Keep trying to convince everybody to grow a vegetable garden 690 00:38:56.880 --> 00:38:59.119 for the first time. If you've never grown one before, 691 00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:01.719 if you have already, try something different, a new vegetable, 692 00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:05.360 maybe maybe a new way of growing, a container growing 693 00:39:05.559 --> 00:39:08.119 or something like that. I think that's kind of fun. 694 00:39:08.159 --> 00:39:12.199 One time, I want one time, many years ago. I 695 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:15.280 did it the first time, and I still do garden 696 00:39:15.480 --> 00:39:18.199 in wheelbarrows? Have you ever thought about that? You get 697 00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:20.000 an old wheelbarrow and can get a new one if 698 00:39:20.039 --> 00:39:22.440 you want. Just make sure it has some drainage holes 699 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:24.920 down in the bottom, and you feel it full of 700 00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:29.320 quality potting mix and you can grow anything and it's 701 00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:32.239 great for the winter. Here's why you want to plant 702 00:39:32.320 --> 00:39:35.239 some things out there and in the wheelbarrow that might 703 00:39:35.400 --> 00:39:38.239 freeze if it got really really cold. What do you 704 00:39:38.280 --> 00:39:40.079 have to do? Roll up the garage door, send the 705 00:39:40.079 --> 00:39:43.119 wheelbarrow inside for the night, bring it back out the 706 00:39:43.159 --> 00:39:45.840 next day. You want to put you say you don't 707 00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:47.760 have room for a garden that has a good sign. 708 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:49.920 If you got a wheelbarrow, you do you just roll 709 00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:52.119 it over to the sunny spot and it gives the 710 00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:54.440 neighbors something to talk about. As if they needed it. 711 00:39:54.440 --> 00:39:59.000 They talk about you already, you know that right anyway, 712 00:39:57.599 --> 00:40:02.639 That is a whimsickle way of going about gardening, but 713 00:40:02.760 --> 00:40:07.360 it is fun for flowers and for vegetables. Speaking of whimsy, 714 00:40:07.679 --> 00:40:10.800 have you been to Arburgate a garden center recently? You know, 715 00:40:10.840 --> 00:40:12.519 when you go into Arburgate, First of all, you just 716 00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:14.880 stop in your tracks because you look around and there 717 00:40:15.039 --> 00:40:19.039 is so much going on. There is color everywhere, and 718 00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:22.039 then there is all the different kinds of garden art 719 00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:24.840 and things just I can't describe it. You's got to 720 00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:26.239 go see it, maybe those of you who have been 721 00:40:26.280 --> 00:40:28.719 there to know what I'm talking about. Just all kinds 722 00:40:28.719 --> 00:40:31.079 of things that make your garden just look cool. Their 723 00:40:31.119 --> 00:40:37.079 pottery is gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous. No matter what you're interested in, 724 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:40.519 they've got it. By the way, the gift shops there 725 00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:43.920 are just loaded to the brim with all kinds of 726 00:40:43.960 --> 00:40:48.159 holiday arrangements, great gifts for your home or for somebody else. 727 00:40:48.239 --> 00:40:51.719 That's on your list and they have the expert advice 728 00:40:52.039 --> 00:40:55.840 to help you have success. For example, let's say you decided, 729 00:40:55.880 --> 00:40:58.199 you know what, I want to grow blueberries and I 730 00:40:58.280 --> 00:41:00.239 want to grow them in a big container? Do I 731 00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:01.840 do that? And what do I need? Do I need 732 00:41:01.840 --> 00:41:03.960 two varieties or will one variety do it? How do 733 00:41:04.039 --> 00:41:06.440 I do that? What kind of potting soil do I use? 734 00:41:06.480 --> 00:41:08.760 What kind of fertilizer do I use? Walk into Arburgate 735 00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:11.159 and ask them wouldn't it be cool to have your 736 00:41:11.159 --> 00:41:13.760 own blueberries in the spring to enjoy in the summer. 737 00:41:14.800 --> 00:41:16.880 They can help you do that. That's what I'm talking about. 738 00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:20.480 No matter what you're going after, Arburgate has got exactly 739 00:41:20.519 --> 00:41:22.880 what you need. They are on Tomball Parkway, which is 740 00:41:24.199 --> 00:41:27.760 I'm sorry not Tomball Parkway. They're off of Tomball Parkway 741 00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:30.679 about a mile and a half on twenty nine to twenty. 742 00:41:30.760 --> 00:41:33.000 So if you go up to Tomball up tom Ball Parkway, 743 00:41:33.119 --> 00:41:35.960 turn left on twenty nine twenty about a mile and 744 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:38.440 a half out on the left, there they are tresh. 745 00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:40.719 A road goes around behind them. It's a little loop 746 00:41:40.760 --> 00:41:42.599 and that's the back parking lot you want to go 747 00:41:42.639 --> 00:41:46.519 parking because it's very easy and safe access, easy to do, 748 00:41:46.960 --> 00:41:49.360 but allow some time because when you go to arbigate, 749 00:41:49.639 --> 00:41:52.079 you're going to need some time because there's so much 750 00:41:52.159 --> 00:41:55.000 to see and there's so many things that you will 751 00:41:55.039 --> 00:41:58.920 suddenly discover you cannot live without. I'm going to head No, 752 00:41:59.039 --> 00:42:02.480 back to the phones to go talk to Liam. Hello, Liam, 753 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:08.920 Welcome to garden line. Hello sir, Hello, how can we help? 754 00:42:09.840 --> 00:42:13.360 Yes, yes, sir, I got flight flies on my citrus trees. 755 00:42:13.519 --> 00:42:16.199 Their baby citrus hadn't been in the ground a year, 756 00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:19.519 and I can't seem to get ahead of them. 757 00:42:22.079 --> 00:42:22.400 Flies. 758 00:42:23.360 --> 00:42:24.840 Yes, I believe it's a white flies. 759 00:42:24.840 --> 00:42:27.480 It's got the curly leaf, got the little lines inside 760 00:42:27.480 --> 00:42:28.079 of the leaves. 761 00:42:29.360 --> 00:42:32.360 Oh, I'm glad, I add No, that's a citrus leaf miner. 762 00:42:33.320 --> 00:42:36.400 H And so okay, here's what happens that that's it 763 00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:39.719 is a fly that lays an egg, and that egg 764 00:42:40.039 --> 00:42:43.199 is a tunnel. The larva tunnels between the upper and 765 00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:45.320 lower leaf surface. And if you look real close at 766 00:42:45.360 --> 00:42:48.679 one of those silvery curled leaves, you'll see a little 767 00:42:48.719 --> 00:42:53.480 black trail zigzagging through the leaf, serpentining through the leaf. 768 00:42:53.800 --> 00:42:57.119 That's the larva as it's chewed through the leaf. What 769 00:42:57.199 --> 00:43:01.760 it leaves behind, So how do I kill him? You bet? 770 00:43:01.920 --> 00:43:06.239 They only attack new tender growth. They don't attack old, tough, 771 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:09.239 leathery leaves. So anytime you get a flush of growth, 772 00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:12.679 you can spray it. And the probably the most organic 773 00:43:12.760 --> 00:43:16.280 safest product that works is on that is going to 774 00:43:16.320 --> 00:43:22.039 be spin no sid spin spin spin. Oh. And then 775 00:43:22.199 --> 00:43:26.639 sad is the those pests make you sad. Spin o 776 00:43:26.880 --> 00:43:30.559 sad and uh, that's organic. It soaks into the leaf 777 00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:33.599 and so when the larva tries to choose through it, 778 00:43:33.719 --> 00:43:37.760 that's spinosid is inside where it will kill them. They 779 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:40.480 don't kill citrus trees. If you have a young tree 780 00:43:40.480 --> 00:43:42.320 you're trying to get to grow fast, they can set 781 00:43:42.360 --> 00:43:44.519 it back if you have an old, established tree. Some 782 00:43:44.559 --> 00:43:47.079 people just ignore them and don't worry about it. But 783 00:43:48.079 --> 00:43:49.840 that is how you control them. You just have to 784 00:43:49.840 --> 00:43:52.199 get ahead of them when the new flushes of growth occur. 785 00:43:53.760 --> 00:43:57.119 Thank you very much. I appreciate it, you bet. 786 00:43:57.199 --> 00:43:57.400 Liam. 787 00:43:57.519 --> 00:43:59.960 Now you know on Guardenline we do not charge for advice, 788 00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:02.960 but I do expect half the produce. If this helps 789 00:44:03.000 --> 00:44:05.360 you have good centrius destruction. It's going to be a 790 00:44:05.400 --> 00:44:09.039 couple of years, but I'll owe you. Hey, I figure 791 00:44:09.079 --> 00:44:11.039 in time, I'm going to eat well in my old 792 00:44:11.079 --> 00:44:15.719 age when all these things start to bring their dividends. Hey, 793 00:44:15.719 --> 00:44:20.199 have a good weekend. Appreciate that. Thanks, appreciate that very much. Yeah, 794 00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:22.239 and where do you get things, like Spino said, Well, 795 00:44:22.679 --> 00:44:25.880 Ace hardware stores. That is one place. There's forty Ace 796 00:44:25.880 --> 00:44:28.559 Hardware stores in the Houston area. And so when you 797 00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:31.599 hear me say some product, go into ACE and say, hey, 798 00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:33.519 you got some of this, and the answer is probably yes, 799 00:44:34.159 --> 00:44:37.239 Spino said, definitely is going to be a yes. It 800 00:44:37.320 --> 00:44:40.519 is so easy. And with forty stores, no matter where 801 00:44:40.559 --> 00:44:43.000 you live, you're going to find it. You already know 802 00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:45.679 that ACE is a place you get all the fertilizers 803 00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:48.320 I talk about on guarden Line. You already know that 804 00:44:48.360 --> 00:44:50.840 ACE is a place when you're trying to control weeds, 805 00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:54.199 trying to control disease and pests, insects, all that. That's 806 00:44:54.239 --> 00:44:56.800 the place for that. But ACE is also the place 807 00:44:57.079 --> 00:45:01.199 for your holiday decorating, for making the areas that you 808 00:45:01.239 --> 00:45:05.639 want to enjoy nicer indoors and outdoors. By the way, 809 00:45:06.280 --> 00:45:09.719 ACE is, Yes, a hardware store. You everything at a 810 00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:12.320 hardware store should be ACE is. But ACE is a 811 00:45:12.360 --> 00:45:15.960 place for top quality barbecue pits. For example. ACE is 812 00:45:15.960 --> 00:45:18.920 a place for some really unique and cool holiday gifts. 813 00:45:18.920 --> 00:45:21.039 I'm gonna I'm gonna be talking about that here in 814 00:45:21.079 --> 00:45:24.679 a couple of weeks once we get to the Thanksgiving weekend. 815 00:45:26.400 --> 00:45:29.960 So if you are looking for anything that you need 816 00:45:30.039 --> 00:45:32.199 like that, Ace Hardware is the place. It makes it 817 00:45:32.239 --> 00:45:34.239 so easy. Go to ACE Hardware dot com, find the 818 00:45:34.320 --> 00:45:37.679 store locator. Ace Hardware dot Com find the store locator 819 00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:40.280 and you can find the ACE store that is nearest 820 00:45:40.320 --> 00:45:42.880 to you. I'm gonna need to take a little break 821 00:45:42.920 --> 00:45:46.599 here and when I come back, Kathy in Belleville, you 822 00:45:46.639 --> 00:45:49.639 will be our first up. We're back on the Garden Line. 823 00:45:49.719 --> 00:45:51.920 And what are we gonna do. We're gonna run first 824 00:45:52.079 --> 00:45:56.199 things right out for Belville, Texas and back to Kathy. Cathy, 825 00:45:56.800 --> 00:46:01.920 Welcome to Garden Line. Hi, Hi, how are you doing well? 826 00:46:01.960 --> 00:46:03.639 I'm doing great. What's up? 827 00:46:05.119 --> 00:46:08.480 I have a huge problem with cut ants and I've 828 00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:12.159 tried going to my agrolife agent and I've tried some 829 00:46:12.239 --> 00:46:15.800 of her stuff that she suggested and nothing, you know, 830 00:46:15.880 --> 00:46:20.280 it kind of kills the you know, the area, and 831 00:46:20.360 --> 00:46:23.679 they just pick up and move someplace else. Do you 832 00:46:23.679 --> 00:46:24.480 have your secrets. 833 00:46:24.559 --> 00:46:29.440 They're tough. Yeah, yes, I'm gonna have to put you 834 00:46:29.519 --> 00:46:32.119 on hold and and you'll get an email. You send 835 00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:34.480 me that request, I'll send you some information on it. 836 00:46:34.880 --> 00:46:37.679 I'd be happy to do that. Yeah, I, as I 837 00:46:37.719 --> 00:46:40.239 was saying before, I've dealt with them. And uh, did 838 00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:47.320 you ever see the show Caddyshack. Yeah, yeah, yeah, well 839 00:46:47.360 --> 00:46:50.039 there was that gopher or whatever it was, and you 840 00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:53.440 know he just went through everything from dynamite to un 841 00:46:54.119 --> 00:46:56.760 trying to catch up with that gopher. That was me 842 00:46:56.960 --> 00:46:59.920 And I tried one time putting a hose into the 843 00:47:00.159 --> 00:47:02.800 area and just turned it on and ran it and ran. 844 00:47:03.480 --> 00:47:05.840 Think I'm gonna float those guys right out of there. 845 00:47:06.039 --> 00:47:08.880 That didn't work. I won't. I won't say on the 846 00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:14.880 air ballistic things that I a while that was about it. 847 00:47:15.400 --> 00:47:18.280 I tried setting them on fire and everything else. Yeah, 848 00:47:18.280 --> 00:47:20.599 they're a problem, but I do have a recipe that's 849 00:47:20.639 --> 00:47:24.760 some pcos Pescantal operators tell me works pretty good. So anyway, 850 00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:26.360 I ought to give you at least relief for a 851 00:47:26.360 --> 00:47:28.679 while before you have to come back and do it again. 852 00:47:29.559 --> 00:47:32.320 Yeah, because there they're a vicious little launsters. Say, I 853 00:47:32.400 --> 00:47:36.320 have thirteen cranpe myrtles that they decimated three times. Now 854 00:47:36.360 --> 00:47:37.800 I'm surprised there's still a love. 855 00:47:37.920 --> 00:47:42.800 Oh yeah, it's a mess. We gotta put to stop that. 856 00:47:42.800 --> 00:47:45.519 All right, we'll put you on hold, Jonathan will pick 857 00:47:45.559 --> 00:47:48.000 it up and you can go from there. All right, 858 00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:52.679 Thank you, Keavi. I appreciate that. That is funny. I 859 00:47:52.719 --> 00:47:55.400 guess this could be the leaf cutter Ant Show. By 860 00:47:55.440 --> 00:47:57.320 the way, when we need a title for this show, 861 00:47:57.920 --> 00:48:02.239 The leaf cutter Ant Show had two calls. Peerscapes is 862 00:48:02.679 --> 00:48:08.519 the professional landscape whatever you need company. And I mean 863 00:48:08.559 --> 00:48:10.960 that When I say whatever you need, I mean you 864 00:48:11.000 --> 00:48:13.639 walk in, talk to them, talk to their designers, and 865 00:48:13.679 --> 00:48:17.000 get your whole landscape designed and created right there like that, 866 00:48:17.639 --> 00:48:19.760 or you walk in and go, you know what. My 867 00:48:19.800 --> 00:48:22.239 irrigation system is a mess. Can y'all come in check 868 00:48:22.280 --> 00:48:24.920 it out, fix it, do whatever I need? Or I 869 00:48:25.000 --> 00:48:27.840 got this poorly drained area and Skip keeps saying that 870 00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:30.840 plants need good drainage and I can't grow anything there. 871 00:48:31.079 --> 00:48:33.880 Can you guys put some subsurface drainage in the interest 872 00:48:33.960 --> 00:48:37.039 just to all these I want landscape lighting. You remember 873 00:48:37.039 --> 00:48:40.400 how I said, make those outdoor areas just really special 874 00:48:40.400 --> 00:48:42.159 to be out in and you know we're so warm 875 00:48:42.199 --> 00:48:45.280 here in the winter. We enjoy our outdoors all through 876 00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:47.440 the winter time. The hard time to enjoy is on 877 00:48:47.519 --> 00:48:50.559 the summer day. But Peerskaps can do that. Do you 878 00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:53.480 want hard scapes like I'm working on in my backyard 879 00:48:53.519 --> 00:48:56.320 right now? Peerscapes can do it professionally, not like I 880 00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:59.599 do it professionally. Do you want somebody just to come 881 00:48:59.639 --> 00:49:01.760 in and do maintenance on your bed? That's it. I 882 00:49:01.800 --> 00:49:04.039 just want you to come four times a year quarterly, 883 00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:08.039 put new flowers in, refresh the mulch, check for problems 884 00:49:08.039 --> 00:49:11.119 in the irrigation, fertilize. You see what I'm saying. They 885 00:49:11.159 --> 00:49:14.360 can do that too. Go to this website and you'll 886 00:49:14.360 --> 00:49:16.960 see pictures of what they can do and all the 887 00:49:17.000 --> 00:49:21.440 contact info is there Pierce Scapes dot com, p E 888 00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:24.599 A R C E S C A p E S 889 00:49:24.719 --> 00:49:28.880 Piercescapes dot com. You really need to check it out. 890 00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:33.639 I'm going to go now to Tom in Dickenson. Welcome 891 00:49:33.639 --> 00:49:34.280 to garden Line. 892 00:49:34.280 --> 00:49:38.840 Tom Hey, good morning, thank you. I planted a half 893 00:49:38.840 --> 00:49:42.920 a dozen lemon trees just from seeds from lemons we 894 00:49:42.960 --> 00:49:45.079 brought home from the grocery store. Just as a project. 895 00:49:45.119 --> 00:49:48.239 I'd never done anything like that before. The reason I'm 896 00:49:48.280 --> 00:49:50.599 calling is, I remember a couple weeks ago you were 897 00:49:50.599 --> 00:49:54.840 discussing the trus with one of the callers and talked 898 00:49:54.840 --> 00:49:57.360 about grafting and whether or not it was going to 899 00:49:57.400 --> 00:50:00.679 be edible fruit, and something about thorns on the branches. 900 00:50:01.199 --> 00:50:03.360 And I'm starting to see some thorns on mine. So 901 00:50:03.440 --> 00:50:06.119 am I barking up the wrong tree with these seedlings? 902 00:50:10.039 --> 00:50:11.920 Tell me where the seeds came from? 903 00:50:13.119 --> 00:50:14.960 Just blumins. I bought from the grocery store. 904 00:50:16.199 --> 00:50:21.599 Okay, So what you're looking at is those are a 905 00:50:21.679 --> 00:50:24.280 variety that's not a rootstock. So what you heard me 906 00:50:24.320 --> 00:50:28.400 say before was where the graph dies and the rootstock sprouts, 907 00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:31.400 and you get thornin us, but a lot of citrus. 908 00:50:31.559 --> 00:50:34.199 When it's in a juvenile state, meaning it came from 909 00:50:34.239 --> 00:50:37.920 a seed and it's early in its life, is very thorny. 910 00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:41.199 And then as it gets older and becomes mature, the 911 00:50:41.719 --> 00:50:45.559 branch growth up higher on it. It isn't as thorny 912 00:50:45.880 --> 00:50:50.320 because it goes from being a juvenile to being something 913 00:50:50.360 --> 00:50:53.400 that can bloom and set fruit. That's a maturing process. 914 00:50:53.800 --> 00:50:57.000 So it is not unusual for seedlings to be thorny. 915 00:50:57.760 --> 00:51:00.400 You just have to be patient with it, and eventually 916 00:51:00.480 --> 00:51:05.559 you will get non thorny. Although the caveat to that 917 00:51:05.840 --> 00:51:09.400 is some types of citrus do have thorns. That's just 918 00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:11.880 part of the type of Ceterrius. You know, like setsuma 919 00:51:11.920 --> 00:51:14.639 oranges aren't very thorny, but you know, certain kinds of 920 00:51:14.679 --> 00:51:18.639 other things can be thorny. But anyway, that's okay. 921 00:51:18.679 --> 00:51:21.440 So I'm okay with these growing up. They're probably gonna. 922 00:51:23.199 --> 00:51:27.559 What's that They're going to grow and they will set 923 00:51:27.960 --> 00:51:30.639 brute eventually. I don't know how long it'll take. Different 924 00:51:30.639 --> 00:51:32.719 fruit plant, you know, like a pecan tree can take 925 00:51:33.079 --> 00:51:37.239 twelve years before you finally start getting pecans off of it. 926 00:51:37.280 --> 00:51:39.920 With something like ceterric, it should happen much much sooner 927 00:51:39.960 --> 00:51:43.320 than that. But when it happens depends on the growth 928 00:51:43.320 --> 00:51:45.400 and health of the plant, how much sun it's getting, 929 00:51:45.440 --> 00:51:48.599 and then the very specific genetics of that of that 930 00:51:48.679 --> 00:51:50.000 seed species. 931 00:51:51.400 --> 00:51:54.000 Well there, I guess they're young there. I just transfer 932 00:51:54.079 --> 00:51:57.719 them from like a dixie cup to a gallon planter 933 00:51:58.840 --> 00:52:00.880 and they just really took off. So they're about a 934 00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:02.760 foot tall now, So I'm thinking they just need a 935 00:52:02.760 --> 00:52:04.519 little more room to roam. 936 00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:08.320 Yeah, they're gonna be juvenile for several years. For several years, 937 00:52:08.320 --> 00:52:11.400 you're got a pretty good sized plant growing and it'll 938 00:52:11.400 --> 00:52:15.719 still be in a juvenile stage. But I'm just having 939 00:52:15.719 --> 00:52:16.360 fun with it now. 940 00:52:16.400 --> 00:52:18.800 It's just it's just a project and experiment. I've never 941 00:52:18.840 --> 00:52:21.880 done something. I'm taking your advice and trying new stuff. 942 00:52:21.920 --> 00:52:24.159 So I'm not you know, I'm not a gardener by 943 00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:25.880 any stretch, but we're trying to learn. 944 00:52:26.599 --> 00:52:30.519 Oh yeah, you are a gardener. You gardeners are always 945 00:52:30.599 --> 00:52:33.280 trying and learning. So welcome to the world. Yeah, that 946 00:52:33.440 --> 00:52:35.920 is fun, and congratulations on that. I think I think 947 00:52:35.920 --> 00:52:39.159 people should do stuff like that one take care, Tom, 948 00:52:39.239 --> 00:52:43.000 thank you for the call. And if it ever starts 949 00:52:43.000 --> 00:52:46.199 producing lemons, if it ever produces lemons, you can just 950 00:52:46.280 --> 00:52:50.199 drop some off and we'll call it either. Yeah, ok, 951 00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:54.000 thank you, bye bye. Yeah. It's not a rule, it's 952 00:52:54.079 --> 00:52:57.239 just a suggestion. Or maybe it's a plea. I don't 953 00:52:57.320 --> 00:53:01.000 a desperate plea. I don't know what it is. If 954 00:53:01.039 --> 00:53:03.679 you're out in the Kingwood area, you've got two really 955 00:53:03.679 --> 00:53:06.880 cool garden centers. You got Kingwood Garden Center and warrens 956 00:53:06.920 --> 00:53:09.920 Now First Kingwood Garden Center. That's the one on Stone Hollow, 957 00:53:10.360 --> 00:53:13.400 Kingwood Garden Center at their gift shop right now. This 958 00:53:13.480 --> 00:53:16.920 is the third week of an ever increasing it's been 959 00:53:16.960 --> 00:53:19.800 going up every week. How much percent off is the 960 00:53:19.840 --> 00:53:22.159 items in the gift shop. They're cleaning house, so you 961 00:53:22.239 --> 00:53:26.440 get a whole bunch of new inventory in forty percent 962 00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:31.719 off this week. Yes, it started yesterday. It goes all 963 00:53:31.760 --> 00:53:36.280 the way to the thirtieth of November. Forty percent off. 964 00:53:36.400 --> 00:53:38.639 So get over there. Whatever you can find. I mean, 965 00:53:38.639 --> 00:53:41.039 you're not going to better deal than that. Their gift 966 00:53:41.039 --> 00:53:44.280 shop is loaded with the widest range of things you've 967 00:53:44.360 --> 00:53:46.440 ever seen. It is really cool. And while are you there, 968 00:53:46.440 --> 00:53:49.840 you get to enjoy seeing Kingwood Garden Center too. It's 969 00:53:49.880 --> 00:53:52.360 a nice place to visit real cool plants. And then 970 00:53:52.360 --> 00:53:56.599 over at Warren's Southern Gardens on North Park Drive, they 971 00:53:56.639 --> 00:53:59.719 are loaded up on their cool season color. They have 972 00:54:00.039 --> 00:54:03.079 bulbs in stock. They have got a really good deal 973 00:54:03.239 --> 00:54:09.239 on some of the mulch and are salt based mulch 974 00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:12.760 and soil based products and things that it's the kind 975 00:54:12.760 --> 00:54:14.440 of place to where you go and you just get 976 00:54:14.559 --> 00:54:17.360 excellent advice. You know, Michael and the whole team over there, 977 00:54:17.800 --> 00:54:20.119 they know what they're talking about, and they can guide 978 00:54:20.199 --> 00:54:24.599 you to success. Maybe you've seen a beautiful, cool seasoned 979 00:54:24.599 --> 00:54:28.360 plant or with all these plants and flowers and colorful 980 00:54:28.400 --> 00:54:30.119 foliage coming out of it, but you don't know how 981 00:54:30.159 --> 00:54:32.639 to do that. Go talk to them. They'll walk you through. 982 00:54:32.679 --> 00:54:34.840 They'll say, here, grab some of this dusty miller over here, 983 00:54:34.920 --> 00:54:38.320 grab some of this blue violas over here. And I mean, 984 00:54:38.360 --> 00:54:41.039 they'll put the thing together for you and show you 985 00:54:41.119 --> 00:54:42.199 how to do it. I mean, if you want to 986 00:54:42.599 --> 00:54:45.760 harm them to do it, they'll do that. But they 987 00:54:45.800 --> 00:54:50.239 can make you look good. That's what they do at 988 00:54:50.280 --> 00:54:52.960 Warren Southern Guards and Kingwood Garden Center out there in 989 00:54:53.000 --> 00:54:56.400 the Kingwood area. I'm going to head now out to 990 00:54:56.719 --> 00:55:00.000 Oak Forest and we're going to talk to a little 991 00:55:00.639 --> 00:55:02.119 Oh Elizabeth. 992 00:55:02.719 --> 00:55:04.280 Hi, good morning. How are you doing. 993 00:55:05.639 --> 00:55:07.599 I'm well, thank you? What's up? 994 00:55:07.679 --> 00:55:07.920 Good? 995 00:55:09.159 --> 00:55:09.559 Okay? 996 00:55:09.639 --> 00:55:15.119 Tomato hornworms there. My grandparents were able to grow anything 997 00:55:15.159 --> 00:55:18.880 in their backyard, and forest comes to tomatoes. I have 998 00:55:19.000 --> 00:55:22.239 grown tomatoes and oak forests in the past, but now 999 00:55:22.360 --> 00:55:26.360 I just constantly they're just eaten up by tomato hornworms. 1000 00:55:26.480 --> 00:55:28.679 And if I can be there every day and go 1001 00:55:28.719 --> 00:55:31.440 out at night with the flashlights I can kill them. 1002 00:55:31.440 --> 00:55:34.039 But if I'm taking care of a sick grandchild for 1003 00:55:34.079 --> 00:55:37.840 a few days, or working really intensely for a few days, 1004 00:55:38.199 --> 00:55:41.039 it's all over. And so I just let my tomatoes 1005 00:55:41.079 --> 00:55:41.800 go for the summer. 1006 00:55:41.840 --> 00:55:42.599 I gave us. 1007 00:55:42.880 --> 00:55:46.159 Well, so I have my fall tomatoes and they were 1008 00:55:46.199 --> 00:55:51.960 just sudding out looking great. Hear their back. What I 1009 00:55:52.119 --> 00:55:54.159 just I'm giving up? What do you do? 1010 00:55:55.960 --> 00:55:59.079 Well, here's the problem, Elizabeth, out there on the dark 1011 00:55:59.159 --> 00:56:01.480 gardening Web. You've heard of the dark web, the dark 1012 00:56:01.519 --> 00:56:06.039 gardening Web. Your address is, your address is posted in 1013 00:56:06.159 --> 00:56:09.400 the Tomato hornworm chat room, and they all know where 1014 00:56:09.440 --> 00:56:11.679 you are, and they're all coming there. I'm sorry to 1015 00:56:11.719 --> 00:56:14.800 tell you that you've been outed. What I would do 1016 00:56:16.360 --> 00:56:19.559 if you've got neighborhood kids, you need to enlist what 1017 00:56:19.599 --> 00:56:23.039 we call importation of natural enemies. This is something that's 1018 00:56:23.079 --> 00:56:25.159 been done in gardening for a long time, where you 1019 00:56:25.159 --> 00:56:28.719 bring in a natural enemy that takes care of the past. 1020 00:56:29.199 --> 00:56:31.840 So you get a neighborhood kid back there. You pick 1021 00:56:31.880 --> 00:56:33.800 one horn worm, you don't have to say a word, 1022 00:56:34.199 --> 00:56:35.920 and you put it on the sidewalk and step on 1023 00:56:35.960 --> 00:56:38.679 it and it squirts like a ketchup packet in McDonald's 1024 00:56:38.719 --> 00:56:41.360 as you stepped on and then you go back in 1025 00:56:41.400 --> 00:56:44.239 the house and fifteen minutes later look at your kitchen 1026 00:56:44.280 --> 00:56:47.000 window and there's going to be six kids that they've gathered. 1027 00:56:47.360 --> 00:56:49.039 They could bring all their friends and show them this 1028 00:56:49.280 --> 00:56:52.199 and after that, you don't have hornworm problems. Okay, I'm 1029 00:56:52.239 --> 00:56:53.880 going to go with you. 1030 00:56:55.119 --> 00:57:00.280 I used to feed into my son's bearded drag. We 1031 00:57:00.280 --> 00:57:04.199 don't have the spirit drag all right? What to do? 1032 00:57:04.320 --> 00:57:09.039 Okay? Well, what you do? Get them either bet or 1033 00:57:09.159 --> 00:57:13.639 spin no said. BT lasts about two days. Spinosaid lasts 1034 00:57:13.679 --> 00:57:18.840 longer in the environment. And spray your tomatoes periodically with it. 1035 00:57:19.039 --> 00:57:23.920 Those are both organic. They're both organic, and the the 1036 00:57:24.159 --> 00:57:28.559 leaves of the tomato. Spinosad will kill anything that's a caterpillar. 1037 00:57:28.840 --> 00:57:31.679 BT will kill and that way you spray them. I 1038 00:57:31.679 --> 00:57:33.920 would do the spinosaid if you're not able to check 1039 00:57:33.960 --> 00:57:37.719 them periodically. But typically it's not going to be like 1040 00:57:37.760 --> 00:57:40.199 in two days suddenly you've got giant horn rooms. They 1041 00:57:40.199 --> 00:57:42.199 have to the moth has to lay the egg, they 1042 00:57:42.199 --> 00:57:44.519 have to hatch out their tiny caterpillars. It takes a 1043 00:57:44.519 --> 00:57:46.440 while for them to grow before you even see leaves 1044 00:57:46.440 --> 00:57:49.159 in missing because there's a little small, right, and so 1045 00:57:49.280 --> 00:57:51.679 if you just periodically you would just spray your tomatoes, 1046 00:57:51.719 --> 00:57:53.199 like you know, I am going to go on vacation 1047 00:57:53.920 --> 00:57:56.440 for a week. Just just spray them and you'll be 1048 00:57:56.559 --> 00:57:57.719 You'll be okay that way. 1049 00:57:59.000 --> 00:58:01.159 Well, we've had a lot of in the past doing 1050 00:58:01.239 --> 00:58:03.440 kind of a black light search at night. It's kind 1051 00:58:03.440 --> 00:58:06.159 of a neat scientific cure for kids. But at this 1052 00:58:06.199 --> 00:58:10.079 point I don't care anymore. Kill them, all right, okay, Well, 1053 00:58:10.079 --> 00:58:16.119 thank you, you bet all right, you take care all right, 1054 00:58:16.440 --> 00:58:18.039 thank you, bye bye. 1055 00:58:18.559 --> 00:58:21.719 Yeah, thanks thanks for letting me have some fun with 1056 00:58:21.760 --> 00:58:25.320 that one. Uh yeah, Tomato horn worms, I'll tell you 1057 00:58:25.360 --> 00:58:27.159 one day. I should have said this right up front. 1058 00:58:27.400 --> 00:58:30.599 Tomato horn worms are about to go away. In fact, 1059 00:58:30.639 --> 00:58:33.760 they're you know, as we get cooler and cooler, they 1060 00:58:33.800 --> 00:58:35.800 don't they don't like that of course, need to do 1061 00:58:35.880 --> 00:58:39.440 the tomatoes for that matter. Well, it's time for me 1062 00:58:39.480 --> 00:58:41.440 to take another quick break. Here's the phone number if 1063 00:58:41.440 --> 00:58:43.400 you'd like to call in seven one three two one 1064 00:58:43.440 --> 00:58:45.920 two k t R H. I'll be right back. I 1065 00:58:46.000 --> 00:58:48.079 need to go again on guarden line. With your calls 1066 00:58:48.119 --> 00:58:52.199 seven one three two one two five eight seven or 1067 00:58:53.239 --> 00:58:56.199 the most important thing you do. I'm just gonna say 1068 00:58:56.199 --> 00:58:58.199 this over and over again. The most important thing you 1069 00:58:58.239 --> 00:58:59.960 do if you want to have success with plans is 1070 00:59:00.039 --> 00:59:04.239 prepare the soil first. Now very important. Also picking plants 1071 00:59:04.239 --> 00:59:06.719 that want to grow there, in fact, that's essential. Picking 1072 00:59:06.760 --> 00:59:09.239 a spot that has the amount of sunlight that plant needs, 1073 00:59:09.400 --> 00:59:13.480 that's essential. But soil is it's so easy, it's in 1074 00:59:13.519 --> 00:59:15.840 your control and you can do it. And Cienamlts is 1075 00:59:15.880 --> 00:59:18.559 a place where you can make that happen because the 1076 00:59:18.599 --> 00:59:22.480 brown stuff that comes before the green stuff includes compost 1077 00:59:22.639 --> 00:59:26.599 and includes sol prep. It might include expanded shale. It 1078 00:59:26.639 --> 00:59:30.320 would include nutrients, fertilizers and things like that. When you 1079 00:59:30.440 --> 00:59:35.039 make roots happy, that plant can thrive. Very very important. 1080 00:59:35.199 --> 00:59:39.719 Don't PLoP a poor plant into an unprepared plot or 1081 00:59:39.800 --> 00:59:43.559 pick a peck of pickle puppers with peter piper. Plants 1082 00:59:43.800 --> 00:59:48.079 need to have soil where they can create an extensive 1083 00:59:48.159 --> 00:59:54.239 root volume full of rich, well aerated, oxygenated soil to 1084 00:59:54.360 --> 00:59:56.760 thrive in, and they will reward you if you do that. 1085 00:59:56.920 --> 00:59:59.159 Ciena Maltz is a place you go to get that done. 1086 00:59:59.400 --> 01:00:02.360 Go to Sea Maltz dot com. They're down there on 1087 01:00:02.599 --> 01:00:05.440 FM five twenty one near Highway six and two eighty 1088 01:00:05.440 --> 01:00:10.400 eight south of Houston, siennamultch dot com. All the communities 1089 01:00:10.440 --> 01:00:13.599 around there. You can get hardwood Multch. You can get 1090 01:00:13.639 --> 01:00:18.440 double ground malts, two inch screened mult There is brands 1091 01:00:18.840 --> 01:00:23.719 like Landscaper's Pride, like heirloom soils. They also have rocks too, 1092 01:00:23.760 --> 01:00:27.880 by the way, sand gravel stones on pallets. They deliver 1093 01:00:27.920 --> 01:00:30.800 within twenty miles for a fee. And if you need 1094 01:00:31.199 --> 01:00:33.840 the fertilizers, which you do, they carry all the ones 1095 01:00:33.880 --> 01:00:37.719 I talk about on Guardenline. Fertilizers from nitrofoss fertilizers from Nelson, 1096 01:00:37.719 --> 01:00:45.079 plant food, fertilizers from Medina, from Microlife, from Azamite, Ciena Maltch. 1097 01:00:45.280 --> 01:00:48.320 That's what you need to know, cienamultch dot com. We're 1098 01:00:48.320 --> 01:00:50.480 going to go now to a Tascasita and we're going 1099 01:00:50.519 --> 01:00:54.440 to talk to Veronica. Veronica, welcome to garden Line. 1100 01:00:54.760 --> 01:00:55.599 Yes, good morning. 1101 01:00:56.000 --> 01:00:58.400 I have a question about greet myrtles. 1102 01:00:58.679 --> 01:01:01.920 I had a couple crate myrtles removed from my front 1103 01:01:02.000 --> 01:01:03.719 yard a couple of years ago. 1104 01:01:03.639 --> 01:01:09.000 And the problem is that I keep getting tons of baby. 1105 01:01:08.679 --> 01:01:10.000 Crate myrtles popping up. 1106 01:01:10.760 --> 01:01:13.599 Yeah, the stumps were ground from the tree. But I'm 1107 01:01:13.639 --> 01:01:15.360 still having these. 1108 01:01:15.400 --> 01:01:17.360 Like thirty at a time coming up. 1109 01:01:17.440 --> 01:01:19.000 I don't know if there's anything I can do to 1110 01:01:19.039 --> 01:01:19.440 stop that. 1111 01:01:21.360 --> 01:01:26.679 Yeah, there is other than digging, which you're already aware 1112 01:01:26.719 --> 01:01:31.159 of that. What I would do is if there and 1113 01:01:31.239 --> 01:01:33.199 I do this by the way, I have crate myrtles 1114 01:01:33.239 --> 01:01:36.400 that pop up here and there where maybe a root 1115 01:01:36.480 --> 01:01:40.000 was cut or something and they sprout up. And I 1116 01:01:40.039 --> 01:01:43.400 have a weed wiper that I made. It's so easy 1117 01:01:43.440 --> 01:01:45.960 to make homemade. I mean, anybody could do it. If 1118 01:01:45.960 --> 01:01:48.400 you go to my website Gardening with Skip, look for 1119 01:01:48.440 --> 01:01:50.719 Skip's weed wiper. What it is is one of those 1120 01:01:50.760 --> 01:01:53.679 grabber tools, you know, the things that you reach up 1121 01:01:53.679 --> 01:01:55.440 to get a jar office shelf, and they got like 1122 01:01:55.480 --> 01:01:59.000 suction cups on the end to grab something. You get 1123 01:01:59.000 --> 01:02:01.880 one of the You get one of those and you 1124 01:02:02.360 --> 01:02:05.599 attach sponges to it. But my little diagram on there 1125 01:02:05.719 --> 01:02:08.400 shows you exactly how to do it, and then there 1126 01:02:08.440 --> 01:02:12.280 is an ingredient called triclop peer that you put on 1127 01:02:12.599 --> 01:02:15.599 the sponge. Now, the reason I like the weed wiper 1128 01:02:15.679 --> 01:02:17.360 is you don't have to stoop down, you don't have 1129 01:02:17.440 --> 01:02:20.519 to dig. Those things are long enough to We're standing 1130 01:02:20.599 --> 01:02:23.119 upright with your arm down by your side. You can 1131 01:02:23.159 --> 01:02:25.000 reach all the way to the ground with them and 1132 01:02:25.079 --> 01:02:28.440 you just squeeze the handle and the sponges wipe that 1133 01:02:28.559 --> 01:02:31.280 product right on the leaves of the crepe myrtle in 1134 01:02:31.320 --> 01:02:35.039 this case that's coming up only. So on my website 1135 01:02:35.079 --> 01:02:37.480 gardening with skip dot com, there is how to build 1136 01:02:37.480 --> 01:02:40.760 a weed wiper, and then there's herbicides for it, and 1137 01:02:40.800 --> 01:02:44.079 that triclo peer t R I c l O p 1138 01:02:44.360 --> 01:02:49.119 y R is listed on there for things like I 1139 01:02:49.159 --> 01:02:51.159 don't I don't put crate myrtles. Most people aren't trying 1140 01:02:51.199 --> 01:02:55.320 to kill kraigmer but poison ivy pepper wine, you know 1141 01:02:55.400 --> 01:02:58.719 those seedlings from hackberries coming up in the fence line. 1142 01:02:58.960 --> 01:03:01.880 That it's really easy to do. And even if you 1143 01:03:01.920 --> 01:03:05.119 don't build the weed wiper, the tricle apear ingredient is 1144 01:03:05.119 --> 01:03:06.679 what you want to use. But you just have to 1145 01:03:06.719 --> 01:03:08.800 be careful because if you spray it, there are a 1146 01:03:08.800 --> 01:03:11.119 lot of things tricl appear will kill, so you don't 1147 01:03:11.119 --> 01:03:14.000 want to get it on something that's not the problem weed. 1148 01:03:15.639 --> 01:03:19.440 Okay, okay, well I'll check your website out and see 1149 01:03:19.440 --> 01:03:20.400 if that works for me. 1150 01:03:20.480 --> 01:03:24.599 Thank you very much all right, Well, that is the 1151 01:03:24.599 --> 01:03:26.199 way to get rid of them. And it may take 1152 01:03:26.239 --> 01:03:28.639 a few applications. You know, if you got a whole 1153 01:03:28.719 --> 01:03:32.360 big old root under there with lots of storage capacity, 1154 01:03:33.079 --> 01:03:35.360 one little wipe may not get it all in one time, 1155 01:03:35.519 --> 01:03:38.639 but it will get it. It will get it. Thank you, Veronica. 1156 01:03:38.639 --> 01:03:42.480 I appreciate you waiting, and you appreciate the call. That 1157 01:03:42.719 --> 01:03:45.480 is the case I'm telling you. That makes it so easy. 1158 01:03:45.519 --> 01:03:48.079 And don't worry about how hard is this to build. 1159 01:03:48.159 --> 01:03:51.639 I mean, if you if you can take a pint 1160 01:03:51.920 --> 01:03:55.079 jar canning lid and a nail and a hammer and 1161 01:03:55.119 --> 01:03:58.280 make a hold in the lid, you can build this thing. Seriously, 1162 01:03:58.320 --> 01:04:00.719 that's about the total amount of work too. It's very 1163 01:04:00.800 --> 01:04:05.639 easy to do. Star Hope Ministries has been around Houston 1164 01:04:05.639 --> 01:04:09.440 for a very long time. In fact, Star of Hope, 1165 01:04:09.719 --> 01:04:12.400 I don't even I can't imagine the number of lives 1166 01:04:12.400 --> 01:04:14.679 that they change, and they do change lives. You know, 1167 01:04:14.719 --> 01:04:18.000 you're a compassionate person, and your dollars are hard earned, 1168 01:04:18.280 --> 01:04:20.960 and you want to give them to some place that 1169 01:04:21.440 --> 01:04:24.519 is going to make the most difference with those dollars. 1170 01:04:24.559 --> 01:04:26.519 And I cannot think of a place that does a 1171 01:04:26.519 --> 01:04:29.079 better job of that than Star of Hope. Star Hope 1172 01:04:29.119 --> 01:04:33.119 feeds people six thousand meals a week for people that 1173 01:04:33.280 --> 01:04:36.360 need that. Two dollars and eighty five cents from you 1174 01:04:36.400 --> 01:04:39.760 can buy a meal. Star of Hope gives training for jobs. 1175 01:04:39.840 --> 01:04:42.280 It gives daycare for people that are there learning how 1176 01:04:42.320 --> 01:04:44.800 to train getting back on their feet. Listen, when you 1177 01:04:44.800 --> 01:04:46.760 lose everything and you're living in a car with your 1178 01:04:46.840 --> 01:04:52.679 kids for maybe no fault of your own, whatever the reason, 1179 01:04:53.719 --> 01:04:55.639 it takes a lot to get you back on your 1180 01:04:55.639 --> 01:04:58.480 feet as a contributing member of society who can actually 1181 01:04:58.480 --> 01:04:59.719 have a job. You know, to have a job, you 1182 01:04:59.760 --> 01:05:03.119 got to a car or a transportation. To have a job, 1183 01:05:03.199 --> 01:05:06.119 you've got to be able to do the interview. You've 1184 01:05:06.159 --> 01:05:09.639 got to deal with things like sometimes substance abuse. Starhope 1185 01:05:09.679 --> 01:05:13.400 has programs for that. They change lives. I cannot think 1186 01:05:13.480 --> 01:05:16.000 of a better way to put your compassion to work 1187 01:05:16.480 --> 01:05:21.239 then to go to shmission dot org. S oh for 1188 01:05:21.360 --> 01:05:25.639 Star Hope Shmission dot org. Well, you join my wife 1189 01:05:25.639 --> 01:05:29.840 and I being supporters of Star of Hope. We're going 1190 01:05:29.920 --> 01:05:32.199 to go now to Nope, We're not going to go. 1191 01:05:32.880 --> 01:05:34.519 It is time for me to take a break here 1192 01:05:34.559 --> 01:05:37.000 pretty quick, Leanne and Cyprus. You will be the very 1193 01:05:37.000 --> 01:05:38.960 first up when we come back from break, because I 1194 01:05:39.000 --> 01:05:40.880 want to have time to be able to give you 1195 01:05:40.960 --> 01:05:44.880 adequate time on your call. I just want to remind Joe. 1196 01:05:45.079 --> 01:05:47.519 I was talking about the website before. There's a lot 1197 01:05:47.519 --> 01:05:51.159 of information on there, and I put it up there 1198 01:05:51.199 --> 01:05:54.079 because some things are hard to just explain, you know, 1199 01:05:54.159 --> 01:05:56.320 one hundred times over the course of a couple of months, 1200 01:05:57.199 --> 01:05:59.960 Like how do you kill a nutgrass? Well, it's a process, 1201 01:06:00.039 --> 01:06:02.920 there's a there's information to it. But on my website 1202 01:06:03.000 --> 01:06:04.559 is all the free stuff of how to do it. 1203 01:06:04.639 --> 01:06:06.400 So just go there and look at it and save 1204 01:06:06.440 --> 01:06:08.559 yourself the hassle. That way, you don't have to worry 1205 01:06:08.559 --> 01:06:11.360 about writing all these chemicals or writing all these names 1206 01:06:11.400 --> 01:06:16.079 of plants down or whatever. We're doing. The publication on 1207 01:06:16.239 --> 01:06:19.559 protecting plants from frosts and freezes is there on the website, 1208 01:06:19.960 --> 01:06:22.440 and we're not there yet, but we will soon be 1209 01:06:22.519 --> 01:06:24.559 there where you'll need that publication, So go ahead and 1210 01:06:24.559 --> 01:06:28.480 print it up or download it. It's free, and be 1211 01:06:28.599 --> 01:06:31.159 ready when the time comes. All right, we're going to 1212 01:06:31.199 --> 01:06:34.760 take a break. I'll be right back. Thanks for listening, 1213 01:06:34.920 --> 01:06:37.920 and we do appreciate it. We really do appreciate that. 1214 01:06:37.960 --> 01:06:43.239 I love visiting with gardeners, and so whenever we get 1215 01:06:43.239 --> 01:06:45.039 to go on the air and talk with you that 1216 01:06:45.039 --> 01:06:48.960 that's kind of my happy place right there. Absolutely, you know, 1217 01:06:49.000 --> 01:06:50.960 if you can as plants in the Heights, it's such 1218 01:06:50.960 --> 01:06:53.920 a cool place. If you haven't been, you really ought 1219 01:06:53.920 --> 01:06:55.519 to go. But I want to tell you what you 1220 01:06:55.840 --> 01:06:58.480 what you need to do, and just if you'll trust 1221 01:06:58.480 --> 01:07:04.000 me on this one, go to Buchanan's plants website. Okay, 1222 01:07:04.280 --> 01:07:09.119 it's buchanansplants dot com. Buchanansplants dot com. Sign up for 1223 01:07:09.159 --> 01:07:14.079 their newsletter and it is full of good information stuff 1224 01:07:14.159 --> 01:07:16.760 you want to know, stuff that will really help you. 1225 01:07:17.000 --> 01:07:19.239 For example, if you were signed up to their newsletter, 1226 01:07:19.480 --> 01:07:22.800 you would know that the Holiday open House is Saturday, 1227 01:07:22.800 --> 01:07:25.840 December seventh from ten am to three pm. It's a 1228 01:07:25.880 --> 01:07:30.480 free event with live music, kids, crafts, sano be there, drinks. 1229 01:07:30.519 --> 01:07:33.199 I don't have santagates around so much drinks and more 1230 01:07:33.280 --> 01:07:35.079 all there at the Holiday open House. You would know 1231 01:07:35.119 --> 01:07:37.559 that December seventh, you would know when they got their 1232 01:07:37.599 --> 01:07:39.400 point set is in. You would know that you can 1233 01:07:39.440 --> 01:07:44.599 get some really gorgeous faux wreaths and garlands for beautiful 1234 01:07:44.960 --> 01:07:48.239 holiday decorations. Just year after year after year, you see 1235 01:07:48.239 --> 01:07:50.480 some picture of those gorgeous things, and you would know 1236 01:07:50.519 --> 01:07:53.000 about the native plant of the week, Like have you 1237 01:07:53.039 --> 01:07:56.880 ever heard of Virginia sweet spire? You know, Buchanans Navy 1238 01:07:56.920 --> 01:08:01.119 Plants specializes in native plants. Virginia sweets is so cool. 1239 01:08:01.320 --> 01:08:05.239 It's native in East Texas area and beyond. But it 1240 01:08:05.800 --> 01:08:10.320 has beautiful white blooms, fragrant little blooms that are like 1241 01:08:11.039 --> 01:08:14.239 a bottle brush kind of but a small, thin bottle brush. 1242 01:08:14.400 --> 01:08:17.199 And you can make if you've got a shady area 1243 01:08:17.279 --> 01:08:18.960 and you want a shrub that grows in there, and 1244 01:08:18.960 --> 01:08:21.760 it's like, okay, I know about azelias. What else Virginia 1245 01:08:21.840 --> 01:08:24.279 sweetspar will do well. It'll put up with some sun too. 1246 01:08:24.319 --> 01:08:26.399 By the way, it's not just total shade. But you 1247 01:08:26.399 --> 01:08:28.359 would learn about things like that. You would learn about 1248 01:08:28.359 --> 01:08:30.760 when they're having a discount, like right now all the 1249 01:08:30.840 --> 01:08:34.640 fall decor is fifty percent off. You need to go 1250 01:08:34.680 --> 01:08:38.319 to the website buchanusplasts dot com. You need to sign 1251 01:08:38.439 --> 01:08:41.359 up for the newsletter. You will learn a lot and 1252 01:08:41.399 --> 01:08:43.439 also on the website there's a lot of good helpful 1253 01:08:43.640 --> 01:08:47.600 how to information. Let's set out to cypress now and 1254 01:08:47.640 --> 01:08:57.760 we're going to talk to Leanne. Hello, Leanne, welcome to Guardenline. Alrighty, 1255 01:08:57.920 --> 01:09:01.319 We're going to put Lee in on old here and 1256 01:09:01.720 --> 01:09:05.720 let's see if we can there we go. You know what, Leanne, 1257 01:09:05.720 --> 01:09:08.279 if I push the right button, I actually have you 1258 01:09:08.319 --> 01:09:08.840 on the air. 1259 01:09:09.439 --> 01:09:13.279 Sorry about that, I'll get good morning Skip. So I 1260 01:09:13.319 --> 01:09:15.880 took your advice a couple of months ago, and we 1261 01:09:17.239 --> 01:09:20.359 in prep for putting in the generator, we had had 1262 01:09:20.399 --> 01:09:26.479 to have the crape myrtle totally removed and then moved 1263 01:09:26.479 --> 01:09:29.680 over slightly to where it would stay. I put in 1264 01:09:29.760 --> 01:09:35.439 a Chitalpa from proven Winners, and I know it's going 1265 01:09:35.479 --> 01:09:38.119 to give me fragrant blooms about the same color pink 1266 01:09:38.880 --> 01:09:41.680 and maybe not quite be as big an invasive, but 1267 01:09:42.760 --> 01:09:47.000 just and I've been watching for sprouts and I did 1268 01:09:47.720 --> 01:09:49.600 this last week find some. 1269 01:09:50.000 --> 01:09:50.600 I had to. 1270 01:09:51.079 --> 01:09:54.319 I had to actually move some more roots that were 1271 01:09:54.359 --> 01:09:57.239 going to go under that generator pad. But we could 1272 01:09:57.239 --> 01:10:00.640 only go so far because there's other infrastructure there. There's 1273 01:10:02.119 --> 01:10:07.000 our WiFi and phone, and of course electrical is lower. 1274 01:10:07.079 --> 01:10:12.880 But we could only go so far. And so I 1275 01:10:13.000 --> 01:10:17.399 was poisoning with the tricle peer. And one of these 1276 01:10:17.479 --> 01:10:21.800 roots is as big as my forearm and I could 1277 01:10:21.800 --> 01:10:23.319 only take it out so far. 1278 01:10:23.560 --> 01:10:25.039 And since then, and I've known. 1279 01:10:24.960 --> 01:10:29.560 Him brown tips on the upper growth of that chitalpa 1280 01:10:29.640 --> 01:10:32.119 and it had been in the ground for over a 1281 01:10:32.199 --> 01:10:36.640 month with no problem. Can the moisture in the ground 1282 01:10:37.039 --> 01:10:38.840 wick that poison over there? 1283 01:10:40.520 --> 01:10:42.920 It's not gonna it's not going to hit it that way. 1284 01:10:43.239 --> 01:10:46.359 I don't think that's the tricle peer that's doing that, tokay. 1285 01:10:47.680 --> 01:10:51.600 But when you apply tricle per, you either apply it 1286 01:10:51.760 --> 01:10:54.720 just to the foliage as a wipe on. I like 1287 01:10:54.800 --> 01:10:58.520 to use my weed wiper for that, or you dab 1288 01:10:58.560 --> 01:11:01.279 it on fresh cut surface. Is only you know, you're 1289 01:11:01.319 --> 01:11:04.399 not drenching it into the soil of course, just dad 1290 01:11:04.640 --> 01:11:07.039 with the fresh cut because that wound can take in 1291 01:11:07.199 --> 01:11:11.119 the trichopere. So a little spongebrush and you know we're 1292 01:11:11.119 --> 01:11:14.279 talking about a tea spoon or tablespoon of the product. 1293 01:11:14.439 --> 01:11:17.800 So yeah, that that's not the problem. Then when you 1294 01:11:17.880 --> 01:11:20.760 plant a new plant, the root systems can find and 1295 01:11:20.800 --> 01:11:23.800 in the garden center is getting watered every day and 1296 01:11:24.279 --> 01:11:28.239 so that it pumps that soil that root ball dry. 1297 01:11:28.359 --> 01:11:30.159 Even if the soil is kind of moist, it can 1298 01:11:30.199 --> 01:11:32.600 still go into a little bit of a drought, and 1299 01:11:32.960 --> 01:11:36.800 that burning tips can be anything from a little bit 1300 01:11:36.800 --> 01:11:40.800 of a drought type symptom to if you put fertilizer 1301 01:11:40.840 --> 01:11:43.319 that's salt based in the planting hole and those roots 1302 01:11:43.319 --> 01:11:46.880 get burned, that that nutrient goes up into the plant 1303 01:11:46.960 --> 01:11:48.840 and goes all the way out to the to the 1304 01:11:48.840 --> 01:11:51.800 tips of the leaves and edges of the leaves where 1305 01:11:51.920 --> 01:11:55.800 the water is all evaporating away, transpiring away, and it 1306 01:11:55.880 --> 01:11:58.000 leaves that salt behind and you get a burn tip too. 1307 01:11:58.079 --> 01:11:59.920 So there's different things that can cause it. But I 1308 01:12:00.079 --> 01:12:02.600 think your chittapa is fine. I wouldn't worry about that 1309 01:12:02.880 --> 01:12:03.359 right now. 1310 01:12:04.239 --> 01:12:14.359 So if anything could, it be overwatering, well probably not. 1311 01:12:15.399 --> 01:12:21.760 The when you overwater. The reason overwatering is bad for 1312 01:12:21.840 --> 01:12:25.560 plants is because the roots can't get oxygen, and so 1313 01:12:25.640 --> 01:12:28.319 then the roots start to die and then you see 1314 01:12:28.399 --> 01:12:32.199 overall symptoms where like an entire leaf is just turning 1315 01:12:32.319 --> 01:12:36.279 yellow and falling off, and the plant's wilting even though 1316 01:12:36.319 --> 01:12:40.479 it's standing in water. Because the roots can't kick into gear, 1317 01:12:40.560 --> 01:12:43.600 they can't have to breathe, and they can't do that, 1318 01:12:44.119 --> 01:12:45.960 So I don't think that is going to be an 1319 01:12:45.960 --> 01:12:47.680 overwatering symptom. 1320 01:12:48.159 --> 01:12:54.960 Yeah, it's not yellowing. So when I plan, I know 1321 01:12:55.079 --> 01:12:58.159 chatapas I read the instructions that said they don't like 1322 01:12:58.800 --> 01:13:02.960 to be extra fertile. But when I did plant it 1323 01:13:03.119 --> 01:13:05.439 two weeks in a row, I did put the medina 1324 01:13:05.520 --> 01:13:08.159 has to grow on it to water it. And it 1325 01:13:08.279 --> 01:13:12.119 is a sprinkler system there. Yeah, I knew that would. 1326 01:13:11.960 --> 01:13:15.279 Be okay, yeah, and. 1327 01:13:17.000 --> 01:13:19.720 Yeah, and then but there is a sprinkler system there. 1328 01:13:19.840 --> 01:13:23.239 It does run quite a bit because it's also connected 1329 01:13:23.520 --> 01:13:27.359 to some hanging baskets. That's my biggest. 1330 01:13:26.880 --> 01:13:30.520 Concern that well, back back it down a little bit. 1331 01:13:30.840 --> 01:13:33.760 One of one of Chatopa's parents is desert willow, which 1332 01:13:33.800 --> 01:13:37.640 grows in very dry areas. Very well, that's one of 1333 01:13:37.640 --> 01:13:40.600 its two parents. And so you don't want to you 1334 01:13:40.640 --> 01:13:42.199 don't want to keep it in a swamp. It doesn't 1335 01:13:42.199 --> 01:13:44.760 want to be in a swamp. So I would I would, uh, 1336 01:13:45.239 --> 01:13:47.000 I would back off a little bit. If you can 1337 01:13:47.039 --> 01:13:50.439 do hand watering, uh, just from now on it up 1338 01:13:50.520 --> 01:13:53.760 until spring. That way you could water right at the base, 1339 01:13:53.800 --> 01:13:55.720 which is where the only place where all the roots 1340 01:13:55.720 --> 01:13:57.640 are is still that little cylinder you put in the 1341 01:13:57.680 --> 01:14:00.880 ground and just hand water there, I think that would 1342 01:14:00.920 --> 01:14:03.439 probably be better. And a clay soil. If you overwater the 1343 01:14:03.479 --> 01:14:06.319 hole becomes an underground bathtub, and now the roots are 1344 01:14:06.359 --> 01:14:10.039 sitting submerged. So I would just watch out for the 1345 01:14:10.039 --> 01:14:12.960 sprinkler on this one. Let's get it. You know it's 1346 01:14:12.960 --> 01:14:15.479 gonna go dormant here, the leaves are gonna fall off, 1347 01:14:15.520 --> 01:14:18.439 and then it essentially almost needs no water. You know, 1348 01:14:18.640 --> 01:14:20.479 the nature will provide enough for it. 1349 01:14:21.239 --> 01:14:24.520 All right, Okay, sounds good, Thank. 1350 01:14:24.319 --> 01:14:27.720 You, well, good luck with it. Good luck with it. 1351 01:14:27.760 --> 01:14:32.399 Sounds like you're making progress there. Thanks for the thanks 1352 01:14:32.720 --> 01:14:35.880 for the call. I appreciate that very much. I'm gonna 1353 01:14:35.880 --> 01:14:37.800 have to go to a break here. I will be 1354 01:14:37.960 --> 01:14:40.279 back pretty soon. I'm gonna hear some music in about 1355 01:14:40.279 --> 01:14:42.479 two seconds. You mentioned medina. You know, hash to grow 1356 01:14:42.520 --> 01:14:46.119 six to twelve six is excellent for watering in plants, like 1357 01:14:46.119 --> 01:14:49.279 we were talking about. Just get something, have it on 1358 01:14:49.319 --> 01:14:51.560 the shelf, has to grow six twelve six plant. For 1359 01:14:52.600 --> 01:14:54.359 what you do is I put mine into like a 1360 01:14:54.439 --> 01:14:56.840 watering can and then just water in every time my 1361 01:14:56.880 --> 01:14:58.960 plants an do that, you do it again a week 1362 01:14:59.039 --> 01:15:01.239 later and again a week. Makes it real easy. You 1363 01:15:01.239 --> 01:15:04.119 can get Medina all kinds of places widely available. It's 1364 01:15:04.119 --> 01:15:06.560 one of the many products it's got. It also has 1365 01:15:06.560 --> 01:15:09.039 that Medina Soul activator in it too, which I think 1366 01:15:09.119 --> 01:15:15.760 is excellent, excellent. Alrighty, well, there's the music that means 1367 01:15:15.800 --> 01:15:17.479 we are going to take a little break. We will 1368 01:15:17.520 --> 01:15:19.560 come back. If you would like to give us a 1369 01:15:19.560 --> 01:15:21.479 call and get on the board so you can be 1370 01:15:21.520 --> 01:15:24.760 first up when we come back. Seven one three two 1371 01:15:24.840 --> 01:15:28.000 one two three ten seven. 1372 01:15:29.439 --> 01:15:29.920 Don't have to. 1373 01:15:34.520 --> 01:15:38.560 Welcome to kzy r h garden Line with skimp Rickards. 1374 01:15:47.119 --> 01:16:03.880 Just watch him as. 1375 01:15:48.600 --> 01:16:02.079 A welcome back. Welcome to garden Line. Let's do this again. 1376 01:16:02.239 --> 01:16:05.000 We got an hour to go here at eight o'clock 1377 01:16:05.039 --> 01:16:07.479 and another one at nine o'clock. Two more hours today 1378 01:16:07.960 --> 01:16:10.960 for your gardening questions and for advice to help you 1379 01:16:11.079 --> 01:16:13.960 have a more bountiful garden, a more beautiful landscape, and 1380 01:16:14.000 --> 01:16:17.840 more fun in the process. That's what I want to happen. 1381 01:16:17.880 --> 01:16:20.119 That's what I would like to happen for you. Gardening 1382 01:16:20.199 --> 01:16:24.039 should be fun, it should be and we all kill plants. 1383 01:16:24.279 --> 01:16:28.000 We all kill plants. Yes, I'm admitting I kill plants. 1384 01:16:28.000 --> 01:16:29.840 Don't tell anybody. It's just hearing me listening right now. 1385 01:16:30.159 --> 01:16:33.680 Don't spread that around. But that's okay. To be a 1386 01:16:33.680 --> 01:16:36.039 good gardener, you got to kill plants because things happen. 1387 01:16:36.159 --> 01:16:40.560 You learn that way. Sometimes it's no fun, you know, 1388 01:16:40.680 --> 01:16:44.159 lose an expensive plant. But just by following some principles 1389 01:16:44.199 --> 01:16:48.720 you can have success. You can minimize your plant killing. 1390 01:16:49.199 --> 01:16:51.520 You know, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to 1391 01:16:51.560 --> 01:16:53.880 Plants will take your name off the list as you 1392 01:16:53.960 --> 01:16:56.479 learn a little bit more and you're less likely to 1393 01:16:56.479 --> 01:16:59.560 get hauled off to horticulture prison for murdering some poor 1394 01:16:59.600 --> 01:17:02.720 little plan Who can help you with that, you know. 1395 01:17:02.800 --> 01:17:06.680 Microlife Fertilizer has a wide variety of products. They've got 1396 01:17:06.680 --> 01:17:09.399 their granular products. That's things like the green bag, the 1397 01:17:09.560 --> 01:17:13.279 sixty four, the summer fertilizer, the fall fertilizer, which it's 1398 01:17:13.359 --> 01:17:15.880 still okay to put on now. If you didn't get 1399 01:17:15.880 --> 01:17:17.720 it done until now, you can still go ahead and 1400 01:17:17.760 --> 01:17:21.079 do it. That is called brown patch. It's called Microlife 1401 01:17:21.159 --> 01:17:24.800 brown patch and a brown bag brownish purple, herb, maroon, 1402 01:17:26.359 --> 01:17:31.399 and the brown patch will give you the nutrient blend 1403 01:17:31.479 --> 01:17:33.800 you need for going into fall, and it does really 1404 01:17:33.880 --> 01:17:35.920 well for that. But then they also have their liquids. 1405 01:17:36.000 --> 01:17:39.560 I like to use the liquid products. They've got a seaweed, 1406 01:17:39.560 --> 01:17:43.000 They've got a fisher moulsion type product. They've got one 1407 01:17:43.199 --> 01:17:46.920 that I use a lot on house plants. It is 1408 01:17:47.239 --> 01:17:52.159 an orange label, okay, micro see micro, I just want 1409 01:17:52.199 --> 01:17:55.239 blank on the micro anyway, it's an orange label on it. 1410 01:17:55.319 --> 01:17:57.359 I'll tell you in just a minute. It just stepped 1411 01:17:57.399 --> 01:18:01.359 out of my mind and I find that it's excellent. 1412 01:18:01.600 --> 01:18:03.960 It has no odor really, and so you can use 1413 01:18:04.000 --> 01:18:06.119 it indoors. By the way, don't use don't use fish 1414 01:18:06.119 --> 01:18:08.760 and motion indoors unless you have cats and want to 1415 01:18:08.760 --> 01:18:12.760 see all the potting soil in your plant. Help because 1416 01:18:12.840 --> 01:18:16.199 cats will walk them off for a fish. But fish 1417 01:18:16.199 --> 01:18:19.399 emulsion is such an excellent fertilizer, just not inside. But 1418 01:18:20.079 --> 01:18:23.359 other products that they have, they have liquids. For example, 1419 01:18:23.439 --> 01:18:27.199 the micro grow liquid is an excellent product for adding 1420 01:18:27.399 --> 01:18:31.399 tons of microbes to the soil. Adding a lot of 1421 01:18:31.439 --> 01:18:34.800 micro I mean I'm talking about the bazillions that add 1422 01:18:34.960 --> 01:18:37.520 to the soil, and even for house plants, that is helpful. 1423 01:18:38.039 --> 01:18:42.039 It is helpful to be able to add additional microbial 1424 01:18:42.079 --> 01:18:44.920 content because microbes help the plants to thrive by the 1425 01:18:44.960 --> 01:18:46.880 way the product I couldn't say the name of the 1426 01:18:46.880 --> 01:18:50.800 orange le biomatrix to seven one three fertilizer you can 1427 01:18:50.880 --> 01:18:52.720 use I use it on houseplins, but I mean you 1428 01:18:52.760 --> 01:18:55.079 can use it in any plant in your garden. It 1429 01:18:55.199 --> 01:18:58.079 just does really well. All of that's for Microlife. All 1430 01:18:58.119 --> 01:19:00.399 you have to do is go to Microlife Fertilizer Com 1431 01:19:00.439 --> 01:19:03.479 and learn about all of the many, many products, many 1432 01:19:03.520 --> 01:19:05.520 of which I never even talked about here on guard Line. 1433 01:19:05.600 --> 01:19:07.680 Just don't have time to do all of them. 1434 01:19:08.119 --> 01:19:08.399 Uh. 1435 01:19:08.439 --> 01:19:10.439 And you'll also learn where you can get micro Life, 1436 01:19:10.479 --> 01:19:13.760 which I'll save you the trouble. It's just everywhere everywhere, 1437 01:19:13.920 --> 01:19:19.640 feed stores, hardware, ace hardware stores, garden centers, Southwest Fertilizers. 1438 01:19:19.680 --> 01:19:23.239 You can get Microlife everywhere. All right, We're gonna go 1439 01:19:23.560 --> 01:19:27.680 up to talk to Caroline next. Hello Caroline, Welcome to 1440 01:19:27.720 --> 01:19:28.359 garden Line. 1441 01:19:29.560 --> 01:19:29.840 Hello. 1442 01:19:30.800 --> 01:19:34.479 Uh, I have a comment about something I heard yesterday morning, 1443 01:19:34.520 --> 01:19:39.239 but I didn't take time to stop and call. You 1444 01:19:39.239 --> 01:19:42.039 had a caller that was having problems with squirrels in 1445 01:19:42.079 --> 01:19:48.319 the backyard messing up for trees of Yeah, well we 1446 01:19:48.439 --> 01:19:51.119 have a problem. So man, when we have it again. 1447 01:19:52.399 --> 01:19:56.479 But a few years ago we had a tree man 1448 01:19:56.600 --> 01:20:00.359 come out and tream all our trees and everything looks pretty. 1449 01:20:00.840 --> 01:20:05.960 And then we just kept seeing these twigs falling every 1450 01:20:06.800 --> 01:20:11.479 all of our driveway in yard. And when the yard 1451 01:20:11.560 --> 01:20:14.199 man would come and pick him up, and they were 1452 01:20:14.199 --> 01:20:17.880 back again, and uh, and it got worse, and we 1453 01:20:18.000 --> 01:20:20.439 called the tree man back. And we had something called 1454 01:20:20.560 --> 01:20:25.239 twig girdlers, and it didn't have anything to do with 1455 01:20:25.319 --> 01:20:29.640 the squirrels that they sprayed. Right in the meantime, I 1456 01:20:29.680 --> 01:20:34.479 had to pick up the drop the whatever leaves and 1457 01:20:34.520 --> 01:20:36.800 twigs had dropped, put them in a bag and tie 1458 01:20:36.840 --> 01:20:37.239 it tight. 1459 01:20:38.119 --> 01:20:43.199 He said, there, that is right in that twiggerler though 1460 01:20:43.279 --> 01:20:46.399 this this collar was saying they were dropping leaves everywhere, 1461 01:20:46.439 --> 01:20:48.439 and the twigg gurler though, I'm gonna tell you what 1462 01:20:48.479 --> 01:20:50.520 i'm gonna do, Caroline, in a little bit. I'm gonna 1463 01:20:50.520 --> 01:20:52.920 talk about a couple of things that that chomp on 1464 01:20:53.039 --> 01:20:57.399 twigs like that. But thank you for that caller. Reminder, 1465 01:20:57.840 --> 01:20:59.520 lots of critters out there, aren't. 1466 01:20:59.319 --> 01:21:01.239 There, Yes, there are. 1467 01:21:01.439 --> 01:21:04.319 You can't see these, I mean, but he said, if 1468 01:21:04.359 --> 01:21:07.439 you don't pick them up, they'll crawl back up the 1469 01:21:07.479 --> 01:21:10.399 tree and lay more eggs, and evidently a few of 1470 01:21:10.479 --> 01:21:13.600 them did, because it's been two or three years and 1471 01:21:13.640 --> 01:21:14.159 they're back. 1472 01:21:14.520 --> 01:21:14.720 They do. 1473 01:21:15.000 --> 01:21:18.319 They do a nice little neat cut on those limbs. Hey, 1474 01:21:18.359 --> 01:21:21.039 thank you for the call. I appreciate that very much. 1475 01:21:21.640 --> 01:21:24.359 I talk about RCW Nursery a lot because I love 1476 01:21:24.479 --> 01:21:27.640 RCW Nursery. It's the garden center that's right there where 1477 01:21:27.680 --> 01:21:31.359 two forty nine comes into belt Way eight. And when 1478 01:21:31.399 --> 01:21:34.119 you go into RCW, first of all, you're going to 1479 01:21:34.159 --> 01:21:35.960 find all the kinds of plants you're looking for and 1480 01:21:36.079 --> 01:21:39.199 products to go with those plants. But if you're looking 1481 01:21:39.279 --> 01:21:41.399 for shrubs right now, they got a sale on shrubs. 1482 01:21:41.439 --> 01:21:44.119 It's excellent talking to somebody the other day. Send them 1483 01:21:44.119 --> 01:21:47.520 over there that's looking for some special certain kinds of shrubs, 1484 01:21:47.560 --> 01:21:50.880 and rcw's got those, and so it's a good time 1485 01:21:50.920 --> 01:21:53.720 to get them. Falls the best time to plant shrubs 1486 01:21:53.720 --> 01:21:56.520 and trees anyway, and so you should do that. They 1487 01:21:56.640 --> 01:21:58.840 grow their own trees up there in Plannersville at the 1488 01:21:58.840 --> 01:22:04.239 Tree Farm, and I'm telling you RCW only sells plants 1489 01:22:04.439 --> 01:22:07.199 that are going to do really really well. Here. Those 1490 01:22:07.239 --> 01:22:09.840 trees are growing. They've chosen those species because they know 1491 01:22:09.880 --> 01:22:13.000 they do well here and you can plant them yourself. 1492 01:22:13.000 --> 01:22:14.920 It's small. If you want them to come plant it, 1493 01:22:14.960 --> 01:22:17.000 they'll do a professional job on it. They have the 1494 01:22:17.039 --> 01:22:19.680 products like root stimulator and whatnot that you would want 1495 01:22:19.720 --> 01:22:22.479 for that. But just go to RCW again the corner 1496 01:22:22.479 --> 01:22:27.359 of Tomball Parkway at Beltway eight r cwnurseries dot com. 1497 01:22:27.760 --> 01:22:31.359 We're going to go now to Huntsville and talk to Charles. Hey, Charles, 1498 01:22:31.399 --> 01:22:32.520 Welcome to garden Line. 1499 01:22:33.239 --> 01:22:37.199 Good morning. I planted a burroke in the very corner 1500 01:22:37.279 --> 01:22:40.800 of my dog pin and my wife got overzealous with 1501 01:22:40.960 --> 01:22:44.039 the roundup in order to kill all the weeds there 1502 01:22:44.079 --> 01:22:47.199 so she could mow and lo and behold it killed 1503 01:22:47.199 --> 01:22:49.960 the burroke. So I cut it off at ground level. 1504 01:22:50.039 --> 01:22:52.800 It was dead, all the limbs where you can just 1505 01:22:52.800 --> 01:22:54.760 break them off with your hand, and there was no green. 1506 01:22:55.239 --> 01:22:57.399 I cut it off at ground lever didn't pay any 1507 01:22:57.359 --> 01:22:59.960 attention to it. About a week ago I went out 1508 01:23:00.079 --> 01:23:03.399 and lo and behold, there's a stem coming straight up 1509 01:23:03.439 --> 01:23:07.920 with three beautiful big leaves that the burrough has. And 1510 01:23:08.800 --> 01:23:11.840 I wondered about should I mulch it around it with 1511 01:23:12.039 --> 01:23:14.760 pine needles. I've got a lot of pine trees and 1512 01:23:15.119 --> 01:23:18.039 I put a lot of pine needles around it. It 1513 01:23:18.359 --> 01:23:21.279 had three adult leaves and it had one little one 1514 01:23:21.359 --> 01:23:24.800 just starting. And we're getting cold weather. It's already been 1515 01:23:24.840 --> 01:23:28.239 down in the thirty thirty five thirty six degree level 1516 01:23:28.920 --> 01:23:31.319 those leaves should have if it was normal, those leaves 1517 01:23:31.359 --> 01:23:34.640 would have died and blown away by now. But what 1518 01:23:34.760 --> 01:23:38.199 about up here in this You know I'm north of Huntsville, Alabama. 1519 01:23:39.199 --> 01:23:40.079 Am I going to have to? 1520 01:23:40.439 --> 01:23:40.600 Oh? 1521 01:23:40.640 --> 01:23:41.800 Alabama? Okay? 1522 01:23:42.399 --> 01:23:44.000 Yeah, yeah, Huntsville, Alabama. 1523 01:23:44.199 --> 01:23:45.000 So I've called you. 1524 01:23:45.199 --> 01:23:48.439 I think it's before Yeah, I think it's going to 1525 01:23:48.479 --> 01:23:52.399 be fine, Charles. The burokes are tough native species, and 1526 01:23:52.640 --> 01:23:55.279 you still have a root system that's in decent health. 1527 01:23:55.279 --> 01:23:58.560 That's why you got that sprout. So even if freeze 1528 01:23:58.680 --> 01:24:02.479 killed that sprout back, which I don't think it will, uh, 1529 01:24:02.600 --> 01:24:05.680 then it's going to be just fine. Your mulching is fine, 1530 01:24:05.760 --> 01:24:08.000 kind of protects the base. Generally not at all needed 1531 01:24:08.039 --> 01:24:10.359 on a burrow, but there's no problem. Just couldn't leave 1532 01:24:10.359 --> 01:24:12.520 it since you got it on there. I think next 1533 01:24:12.560 --> 01:24:14.640 spring you'll see it come back and all you The 1534 01:24:14.720 --> 01:24:17.399 only other thing you need for success is to take 1535 01:24:17.520 --> 01:24:20.760 the roundup away from your wife. 1536 01:24:21.000 --> 01:24:23.920 That's well they make beautiful a. 1537 01:24:27.439 --> 01:24:30.039 Uh oh, I hear her in the background. I'm probably 1538 01:24:30.039 --> 01:24:31.159 in big trouble. 1539 01:24:30.880 --> 01:24:37.720 Now, Yeah, I said, the acorns make beautiful decorations. You 1540 01:24:37.760 --> 01:24:40.720 can spray them gold or silver, and people use them 1541 01:24:40.720 --> 01:24:42.600 in their decorative reefs and so forth. 1542 01:24:42.640 --> 01:24:45.079 But beautiful than. 1543 01:24:46.760 --> 01:24:48.319 I just have to wear a hard hat when you're 1544 01:24:48.359 --> 01:24:51.000 mowing underneath the burrow. Hey, I've got I've got to run. 1545 01:24:51.079 --> 01:24:53.920 I've talked past my break time. But thank you very much. 1546 01:24:53.960 --> 01:24:56.760 I appreciate that call a lot, Charles. All right, folks, 1547 01:24:56.760 --> 01:24:59.079 I'll be right back. All right, welcome back to the 1548 01:24:59.159 --> 01:25:03.680 Guardline to have you with us. Glad to be here. 1549 01:25:03.720 --> 01:25:05.239 We're going to head back to the phones here and 1550 01:25:05.279 --> 01:25:06.720 just a bit by the way, the phone number is 1551 01:25:06.720 --> 01:25:10.039 seven one three two one two k t r H 1552 01:25:10.199 --> 01:25:12.880 seven one three two and two k t r H. 1553 01:25:13.079 --> 01:25:16.680 Listen to. Birds are about to be flocking back to 1554 01:25:16.800 --> 01:25:19.319 the feeders there. They're there at the feeders already, but 1555 01:25:19.760 --> 01:25:22.119 as we get into colder weather, they're going to be 1556 01:25:22.199 --> 01:25:24.840 depending on our feeders a lot more. And that is 1557 01:25:24.880 --> 01:25:26.720 a great thing because it's an opportunity to bring them 1558 01:25:26.800 --> 01:25:29.880 up where you can sit and enjoy them, especially through 1559 01:25:29.920 --> 01:25:33.399 the winter. Time, and I would recommend right now that 1560 01:25:33.479 --> 01:25:37.800 you get some Winter super Blend. Winter super Blend is 1561 01:25:38.399 --> 01:25:43.680 the wild birds unlimited bird seed for the cold weather season. 1562 01:25:43.760 --> 01:25:47.640 It's packed with protein, it's packed with fat. As the 1563 01:25:47.720 --> 01:25:51.760 daylight hours or shorter and shorter now we are looking 1564 01:25:51.880 --> 01:25:54.439 at less time for birds to be outfeeding. So being 1565 01:25:54.479 --> 01:25:56.239 able to get a high quality feed and a short 1566 01:25:56.279 --> 01:26:00.199 amount of time is very important. Remember to that it's 1567 01:26:00.279 --> 01:26:03.560 always good to have water out. Number one. Birds need 1568 01:26:03.600 --> 01:26:06.479 water every day and so having a dependable supply is 1569 01:26:06.520 --> 01:26:08.880 important to them. And when they know there's a dependable supply, 1570 01:26:08.920 --> 01:26:11.000 they're going to come back there time after time. You know, 1571 01:26:11.000 --> 01:26:12.520 if you have the water out for one day a 1572 01:26:12.520 --> 01:26:15.119 week here and there, they don't know they get water 1573 01:26:15.159 --> 01:26:16.640 to the house. I mean they may find it, but 1574 01:26:17.199 --> 01:26:18.920 keep it out all the time. They need it every 1575 01:26:19.000 --> 01:26:21.399 day and it brings them to your house, just like 1576 01:26:21.520 --> 01:26:25.119 feed brings them to your house. Bird seed, so does water. 1577 01:26:25.359 --> 01:26:28.720 So keep that out for them as well. Stop by wallbirds. 1578 01:26:29.119 --> 01:26:33.359 I tell you there are so many gift opportunities in there. 1579 01:26:34.279 --> 01:26:37.920 Put something on your list for the holidays for gift giving. 1580 01:26:38.439 --> 01:26:41.399 Purchase something for somebody else you know. You may know 1581 01:26:41.479 --> 01:26:43.800 someone who is just not you know, they're not the 1582 01:26:43.840 --> 01:26:47.000 typical bird watcher with binoculars wandering around through the woods, 1583 01:26:47.640 --> 01:26:51.520 but they would enjoy something that really brings the beauty, 1584 01:26:51.640 --> 01:26:54.680 the sounds of the birds and everything into the backyard. 1585 01:26:54.800 --> 01:26:57.199 So a quality bird feed er, a quality bird house. 1586 01:26:58.319 --> 01:27:00.600 Just go to Wallbirds talk to them about it. If 1587 01:27:00.600 --> 01:27:02.520 you know someone that already likes birds, They've got some 1588 01:27:02.680 --> 01:27:05.960 awesome books that would make great gifts. Wildbirds Ilimited go 1589 01:27:06.000 --> 01:27:11.920 to WBU dot com forward slash Houston w b U 1590 01:27:12.319 --> 01:27:15.479 dot com forward slash Houston. We're going to go to 1591 01:27:15.479 --> 01:27:21.000 Southwest Houston now and talk to Carolyn. Hello, Carolyn, good morning. 1592 01:27:21.880 --> 01:27:26.560 I'm wondering if it's too late to fertilize my eggplants 1593 01:27:26.720 --> 01:27:31.119 bloomed all summer, but didn't They didn't make but until 1594 01:27:31.159 --> 01:27:33.680 the end of the summer. And now I've got four 1595 01:27:33.840 --> 01:27:38.640 good sized eggplants and two little marble size ones coming out. 1596 01:27:39.000 --> 01:27:42.279 So should I give them some fertilizer now or is 1597 01:27:42.319 --> 01:27:43.000 it too late? 1598 01:27:44.640 --> 01:27:47.039 I wouldn't give them any. They're just find their growth 1599 01:27:47.119 --> 01:27:50.479 rate is slowing down as the days get shorter or 1600 01:27:50.600 --> 01:27:56.640 are shorter in the good night, temperatures cool off a 1601 01:27:56.720 --> 01:28:00.840 little bit. And so there's plenty of nutrients in the soil. 1602 01:28:00.960 --> 01:28:03.119 You don't want to stimulate tender new growth. There's not 1603 01:28:03.239 --> 01:28:05.840 time for that to develop and bloom and set eggplants. 1604 01:28:05.840 --> 01:28:09.159 So I'm just concerned with whatever you've got on the plant, 1605 01:28:09.199 --> 01:28:11.680 trying to get those to harvest. So yeah, hold off 1606 01:28:11.720 --> 01:28:13.119 on the fertilizer. 1607 01:28:12.560 --> 01:28:15.199 On the eggplant, Okay. I the same with it with 1608 01:28:15.319 --> 01:28:16.640 the okra. 1609 01:28:18.880 --> 01:28:22.279 Oh yes, yeah, I'm impressed that you still have okrah going. 1610 01:28:22.840 --> 01:28:25.760 My mine has been dwindling down for a while now, 1611 01:28:26.239 --> 01:28:29.319 but it is even pickier about these cold nights that 1612 01:28:29.359 --> 01:28:31.680 we're having right now. It's not happy at all about that. 1613 01:28:31.840 --> 01:28:37.159 So any on vegetables, squash, green beans, okra. You know 1614 01:28:37.319 --> 01:28:40.119 that none of those need need fertilizer. 1615 01:28:39.560 --> 01:28:44.039 Now, okay, good, thank you, you. 1616 01:28:44.079 --> 01:28:46.960 Bet you bet. Now remember the rule on guard lines. 1617 01:28:47.039 --> 01:28:48.600 All I need to do is when you get those 1618 01:28:48.680 --> 01:28:51.119 last few eggplants, just divide them in half and bring 1619 01:28:51.159 --> 01:28:53.880 them to the station. We'll call it even. Thank you 1620 01:28:54.680 --> 01:28:55.640 appreciate that. 1621 01:28:56.960 --> 01:28:58.000 Okay, take care. 1622 01:28:58.920 --> 01:29:02.439 Okay, someday that Joe, it's going to get old. Maybe not, 1623 01:29:02.680 --> 01:29:05.880 I don't know. We'll see. We'll find out. When you're 1624 01:29:05.880 --> 01:29:09.840 looking for a place to get all kinds of things 1625 01:29:09.920 --> 01:29:15.239 that you need for making a beautiful, bountiful garden and landscape. 1626 01:29:15.319 --> 01:29:19.640 Southwest Fertilizer has got you covered. Southist Fertilizer's been around 1627 01:29:19.680 --> 01:29:22.479 since nineteen fifty five. They're at the corner Abyssinet and 1628 01:29:22.560 --> 01:29:28.199 Runwick in south West Houston. Southwest Fertilizer has got every 1629 01:29:28.199 --> 01:29:31.199 fertilizer I talk about on garden line, I mean, and 1630 01:29:31.239 --> 01:29:33.720 then some. Just if you haven't been in there, you 1631 01:29:34.359 --> 01:29:35.840 need to drive over there and just go look at 1632 01:29:35.840 --> 01:29:37.640 it and see what what is this? This kip keeps 1633 01:29:37.640 --> 01:29:39.560 talking about the place where if they don't have it, 1634 01:29:39.600 --> 01:29:42.520 you don't need it, Well go look, go see it. 1635 01:29:43.239 --> 01:29:45.560 I've been talking to people today about my weed wiper, 1636 01:29:45.600 --> 01:29:47.920 my homemade weed wiper. How easy it is to make. 1637 01:29:48.560 --> 01:29:51.520 Bob's got the little grabber tools with the suction cups 1638 01:29:51.520 --> 01:29:53.560 that you need to make one. They're there on the wall. 1639 01:29:53.560 --> 01:29:56.680 He's got stock of them. Get one, even if you 1640 01:29:56.680 --> 01:29:59.720 don't need it today, just get it and get it made. 1641 01:29:59.760 --> 01:30:01.640 It's it's so easy. Go on my website. You can 1642 01:30:01.640 --> 01:30:04.520 do that. Grab His kneeling bench makes a good gift, 1643 01:30:04.640 --> 01:30:07.359 and it's also buy one for yourself. I bought one 1644 01:30:07.399 --> 01:30:09.720 for my sister, who is much older than me, the 1645 01:30:09.760 --> 01:30:12.520 fact that I very much enjoy pointing out to her. 1646 01:30:12.920 --> 01:30:15.880 And after a while I thought, you know what, I 1647 01:30:15.920 --> 01:30:17.439 think I'm going to get me one. And I did. 1648 01:30:17.479 --> 01:30:20.439 And I'm telling you, change your life, change your gardening life. 1649 01:30:20.680 --> 01:30:23.359 Me going up and down laying a patio stones and 1650 01:30:23.439 --> 01:30:25.880 getting up and down and up and down. If I 1651 01:30:25.880 --> 01:30:27.640 didn't have that kneeling bench, I don't know how you 1652 01:30:27.680 --> 01:30:30.399 get buy I mean, because well, I know what happened. 1653 01:30:30.439 --> 01:30:32.760 You wake up in the prenatal position the next morning 1654 01:30:32.760 --> 01:30:35.319 and you can't straighten your legs out because you're so sore. 1655 01:30:36.000 --> 01:30:38.640 It's a cool tool. Hey, he's also got an eighty 1656 01:30:38.800 --> 01:30:41.920 or actually now ninety foot wall of tools. Do you 1657 01:30:41.960 --> 01:30:44.800 need substacle to prevent weeds or kill weeds? Do you 1658 01:30:44.840 --> 01:30:46.920 need stuff to kill insects? Do you need stuff to 1659 01:30:46.920 --> 01:30:50.720 fight diseases? Are you an organic gardener and you only 1660 01:30:50.800 --> 01:30:53.319 want organic products? You're not going to find a bigger 1661 01:30:53.520 --> 01:30:57.640 selection than Southwest Fertilizer. Yes, they have those two Southwest 1662 01:30:57.920 --> 01:31:01.600 Fertilizer dot com corner of this and Runwick. You should 1663 01:31:01.640 --> 01:31:07.840 check those out. For example, he's got there you hear 1664 01:31:07.880 --> 01:31:11.119 me talk about the color Star and other Nelson products 1665 01:31:11.119 --> 01:31:16.560 and things. You know, the color Star is Nelson's fertilizer famous, 1666 01:31:16.600 --> 01:31:19.760 I'll say, famous fertilizer for flowering plants. And why do 1667 01:31:19.840 --> 01:31:23.159 I say famous, Well, because it has become so popular. 1668 01:31:24.079 --> 01:31:26.760 Professional landscapers have been using it for a long time. 1669 01:31:26.840 --> 01:31:30.800 Do you know that Nelson's ships the product out of 1670 01:31:30.840 --> 01:31:34.359 state to commercial landscapers and others because it's so popular. 1671 01:31:34.359 --> 01:31:36.720 It's not just textans. I mean people all over they 1672 01:31:36.760 --> 01:31:40.319 find it, they try it, it works, and they buy it. 1673 01:31:40.760 --> 01:31:43.600 That is color Star. Color Star has got five different 1674 01:31:43.640 --> 01:31:46.760 sources of nitrogen in it. It's got organic bone meal 1675 01:31:46.800 --> 01:31:51.439 that provides phosphors, it's got organic blood meal that provides nitrogen, 1676 01:31:51.479 --> 01:31:54.039 and I mean it's got five different sources of nitrogen. 1677 01:31:54.399 --> 01:31:56.680 It feeds the soil and the soil feature plants. That's 1678 01:31:56.680 --> 01:31:58.760 how that works. I would say put it out about 1679 01:31:58.760 --> 01:32:01.680 every three to four months the growing season and in 1680 01:32:01.680 --> 01:32:03.560 the cool season too. You know, in the cool season, 1681 01:32:03.600 --> 01:32:06.880 micro activity slows down a little bit and the release 1682 01:32:06.920 --> 01:32:09.039 of nutrients are far slows down a little bit. If 1683 01:32:09.079 --> 01:32:11.159 you've got a bed full of pansies and you want 1684 01:32:11.199 --> 01:32:13.680 them to bloom, bloom, bloom. Have you ever you ever 1685 01:32:13.720 --> 01:32:16.079 planted those things? And you know they bloom pretty good 1686 01:32:16.119 --> 01:32:18.560 and then they just sort of kind of not do much. 1687 01:32:19.039 --> 01:32:21.760 You got to stimulate new growth on them because new 1688 01:32:21.800 --> 01:32:24.720 growth makes new leaves that catch sunlight, that makes sugars 1689 01:32:24.760 --> 01:32:28.079 that make blooms. That's how that works. If a cool 1690 01:32:28.079 --> 01:32:33.560 season or worm season blooming plant is not healthy growing 1691 01:32:33.680 --> 01:32:36.319 with green foliage growth, you're not going to have good 1692 01:32:36.319 --> 01:32:39.439 bloom production. Color Star does just that. It's a nineteen 1693 01:32:39.640 --> 01:32:43.960 thirteen six for all flowering plants from Nelson Plant. It 1694 01:32:43.960 --> 01:32:46.800 comes in little jars two pound jars and larger a 1695 01:32:46.920 --> 01:32:50.640 larger screw top lid type jar as well. Four pounds 1696 01:32:50.680 --> 01:32:53.600 I believe is the weight on it. But anyway, bottom 1697 01:32:53.640 --> 01:32:56.199 line is color Star. You need some of that and 1698 01:32:56.239 --> 01:33:00.239 it works and I would highly recommend it. You were 1699 01:33:00.279 --> 01:33:02.920 listening to Gardenline. Our phone number is seven to one 1700 01:33:03.000 --> 01:33:06.600 three two one two k t r H. Seven to 1701 01:33:06.640 --> 01:33:10.960 one three two one two k t r H. Give 1702 01:33:11.000 --> 01:33:12.960 us a call. We can answer the questions that you 1703 01:33:13.079 --> 01:33:18.720 might have. I earlier on I was talking about let's 1704 01:33:18.720 --> 01:33:21.079 see what was I talking about. Oh, we had a 1705 01:33:21.119 --> 01:33:26.680 call yesterday about some leaves that were dropping off of 1706 01:33:26.720 --> 01:33:29.479 a tree. And I wanted to talk a little about 1707 01:33:29.640 --> 01:33:33.319 another question that I haven't had, didn't have yesterday, but 1708 01:33:33.359 --> 01:33:38.319 it's very closely related, and that is what causes small 1709 01:33:38.359 --> 01:33:40.600 twigs to fall out of your tree a lot, or 1710 01:33:40.640 --> 01:33:43.039 small branches to fall out of your trees a lot. 1711 01:33:43.119 --> 01:33:46.399 And there's there's a couple of different things. Number One, 1712 01:33:46.560 --> 01:33:49.479 squirrels can actually nip the ends of branches and so 1713 01:33:49.600 --> 01:33:52.079 on the ground you find this little section of a 1714 01:33:52.119 --> 01:33:54.960 twig with leaves on it, and when you look at 1715 01:33:55.079 --> 01:33:57.479 where it broke off, you can see that it was 1716 01:33:57.560 --> 01:34:00.239 like cut with little squirrel teeth cut off and do 1717 01:34:00.279 --> 01:34:02.479 that occasionally they'll just nip those little things off, and 1718 01:34:02.520 --> 01:34:06.039 you'll see that. There are also little borers that can 1719 01:34:06.079 --> 01:34:10.239 get into a branch, little pinhole size hole in them, 1720 01:34:10.720 --> 01:34:13.560 and that becomes a weak spot. The branch often dies 1721 01:34:13.640 --> 01:34:15.600 because the flow can't get to the leaves toward the 1722 01:34:15.680 --> 01:34:18.079 end of it, and it snaps there and falls off. 1723 01:34:18.560 --> 01:34:21.920 And then there are twig girdlers. And we had a 1724 01:34:21.960 --> 01:34:24.159 collar a little bit earlier that was talking about the 1725 01:34:24.199 --> 01:34:27.840 twig girdlers, and those are really interesting insects. They are 1726 01:34:27.880 --> 01:34:30.520 a long insect with very long antenna. It's kind of 1727 01:34:30.520 --> 01:34:35.199 a brown black, little chewing beetle insect that gets on 1728 01:34:35.239 --> 01:34:38.039 the twig. And typically it's going to happen on twigs 1729 01:34:38.520 --> 01:34:42.399 that are maybe the size of your small into your 1730 01:34:42.439 --> 01:34:45.479 small finger, or even a little bit smaller pencil size 1731 01:34:45.520 --> 01:34:49.039 even is a common size. And they stand there on 1732 01:34:49.079 --> 01:34:51.399 the twig and they chew all the way around the 1733 01:34:51.439 --> 01:34:53.840 twig as if you took a little tiny saw and 1734 01:34:53.920 --> 01:34:56.079 you saw it not through it, but all the way 1735 01:34:56.600 --> 01:34:59.159 almost to the center, all the way around it. And 1736 01:34:59.199 --> 01:35:02.279 then that twig, of course snaps and falls out. And 1737 01:35:02.279 --> 01:35:03.800 you pick up this twig and it looks like it 1738 01:35:03.800 --> 01:35:07.119 would just sawed off, perfectly sawed off, and that's the 1739 01:35:07.159 --> 01:35:09.840 twig girdler. What that insect does is it lays an 1740 01:35:09.880 --> 01:35:15.000 egg outside of where it cut the limb off. Okay, 1741 01:35:15.399 --> 01:35:20.520 so that egg is now in the fallen branch, and 1742 01:35:20.600 --> 01:35:22.720 you need to pick those branches up and get rid 1743 01:35:22.800 --> 01:35:25.600 of them. Get rid of them, bury them down deep 1744 01:35:25.640 --> 01:35:27.159 in the soil if you want to dig that kind 1745 01:35:27.159 --> 01:35:28.680 of hole. Put them in the trash and have somebody 1746 01:35:28.680 --> 01:35:31.720 haul them away somewhere else, because they will hatch out 1747 01:35:31.720 --> 01:35:34.600 of that and that's part of the life cycle of 1748 01:35:34.640 --> 01:35:36.600 coming back into your trees. I've seen them do this 1749 01:35:36.720 --> 01:35:39.159 to many kinds of trees, pecond trees. It happens a lot. 1750 01:35:39.199 --> 01:35:42.880 I've even seen it on rose branches before. But that's 1751 01:35:42.920 --> 01:35:45.760 a twig girdler. You can spray, but there's really no 1752 01:35:45.800 --> 01:35:48.359 need to just pick up all the fallen branches like that, 1753 01:35:48.760 --> 01:35:52.239 and you've removed that whole generation of you know, of 1754 01:35:52.600 --> 01:35:55.520 new offspring that are about to come out from your property. 1755 01:35:55.760 --> 01:35:58.359 That's a twig girdler. Just a little minor pruning is 1756 01:35:58.399 --> 01:36:02.520 the damage they do. I've seen some pretty significant cases, 1757 01:36:02.560 --> 01:36:07.199 but nothing that was very alarming to worry about. All right, 1758 01:36:07.199 --> 01:36:09.960 it's time for me to take a break for the news. 1759 01:36:10.079 --> 01:36:12.119 I will be right back with your calls. If you'd 1760 01:36:12.199 --> 01:36:14.319 like to be first up seven to one three two 1761 01:36:14.439 --> 01:36:18.039 one two KTRH. Welcome back to the garden line, folks. 1762 01:36:18.119 --> 01:36:21.159 If you would like to call in with your questions, 1763 01:36:21.479 --> 01:36:25.600 just dial seven to one three two to one two KTRH. 1764 01:36:26.000 --> 01:36:29.399 You know I still say dial That's interesting. I catch 1765 01:36:29.439 --> 01:36:31.039 myself every time I say it. Now at least I'm 1766 01:36:31.039 --> 01:36:34.159 aware of it. If you remember the rotary phones, a 1767 01:36:34.199 --> 01:36:35.159 lot of listeners do. 1768 01:36:35.439 --> 01:36:35.680 Uh. 1769 01:36:36.039 --> 01:36:38.039 It's kind of weird now to think that we actually 1770 01:36:38.079 --> 01:36:40.760 stuck our finger and a dial and made a big circle. 1771 01:36:41.359 --> 01:36:43.760 I had to wait for a text come back again. 1772 01:36:43.880 --> 01:36:49.439 But times change, right, Well, welcome back to the garden line. 1773 01:36:49.600 --> 01:36:51.520 What do you want to talk about? What kind of 1774 01:36:51.560 --> 01:36:53.359 questions do you have? We want you to have a 1775 01:36:53.399 --> 01:36:56.600 bountiful garden, a beautiful landscape, and I like fun in 1776 01:36:56.680 --> 01:36:59.680 the process. That would be a goal that I have 1777 01:37:00.119 --> 01:37:04.520 least for you. In my gardens out there, we are 1778 01:37:04.680 --> 01:37:10.760 starting to harvest a lot of the coal crops cruciferous crops. 1779 01:37:11.640 --> 01:37:16.840 Those are the blue leaf vegetables. That's things like broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, coal, 1780 01:37:17.000 --> 01:37:22.239 robbie kale, collards. What else is in that group Brussels 1781 01:37:22.600 --> 01:37:26.600 Brussels sprouts. Anyway, those are all coal crops and they 1782 01:37:26.600 --> 01:37:30.520 are packed with really good things for our health. Coal 1783 01:37:30.520 --> 01:37:33.680 crops are they have a number of cancer fighting agents 1784 01:37:33.760 --> 01:37:35.920 in them. They're just good for you. They really are 1785 01:37:36.039 --> 01:37:38.560 good for you. Now people have different opinions about them. 1786 01:37:38.720 --> 01:37:41.279 Some of them can be quite strong, such as mustard 1787 01:37:41.439 --> 01:37:43.840 that even though it's not blue leaf, that's actually a 1788 01:37:43.880 --> 01:37:48.359 cruciferous vegetable itself, and I'm not quite up to mustard. 1789 01:37:48.439 --> 01:37:50.239 It's a little too strong for me. But some people 1790 01:37:50.279 --> 01:37:52.960 love it. And then there's others that are just not 1791 01:37:53.119 --> 01:37:56.000 strong at all. They're just sweet. There is a vegetable 1792 01:37:56.039 --> 01:37:59.680 called chi jim asi, and that's a name, at least 1793 01:37:59.680 --> 01:38:02.520 once company gives on it. It's a it's a different 1794 01:38:02.600 --> 01:38:05.399 species of one of the coal crops. It's very mild. 1795 01:38:05.439 --> 01:38:10.800 It doesn't have that mustard family pungency at all to it. 1796 01:38:10.960 --> 01:38:15.560 But everybody's taste varries. I love kale, especially when we 1797 01:38:15.600 --> 01:38:17.800 get some cold weather and the kale just seems to 1798 01:38:17.800 --> 01:38:21.520 get really sweet. I think it's great. Isn't smoothies and 1799 01:38:21.600 --> 01:38:24.199 my smoothies for example, And a lot of people don't 1800 01:38:24.319 --> 01:38:28.119 like kale. One one time, I was watching a sports 1801 01:38:28.159 --> 01:38:30.079 show and they were, I don't know, they were just 1802 01:38:30.199 --> 01:38:33.359 chit chatting and they got off topic on TV, and uh, 1803 01:38:34.039 --> 01:38:37.760 this guy said he had a good kale recipe. And 1804 01:38:37.920 --> 01:38:40.960 what you do is you take a cookie sheet a 1805 01:38:40.960 --> 01:38:44.279 cookie sheet pan, and you spray it with a non 1806 01:38:44.399 --> 01:38:47.239 stick spray and you put the kale out on it, 1807 01:38:47.279 --> 01:38:49.159 and then you spray that with a little olivail and 1808 01:38:49.199 --> 01:38:51.199 sprinkle se saal on it and you put it in 1809 01:38:51.279 --> 01:38:55.119 the in the oven and you roast it until it's crispy, 1810 01:38:55.640 --> 01:38:58.039 and then you take it out and you walk over 1811 01:38:58.079 --> 01:39:00.439 to the trash and you tilt the pan and it 1812 01:39:00.520 --> 01:39:04.920 slides right off into the trash because you oiled. Okay, 1813 01:39:04.960 --> 01:39:07.840 that's not a fan of kale right there. Some of 1814 01:39:07.880 --> 01:39:10.399 you are going, yes, yes, I like that recipe. Others 1815 01:39:10.439 --> 01:39:14.439 are horrified that kale chips just got thrown away. That's 1816 01:39:14.479 --> 01:39:16.680 a good thing about vegetables. We can find lots of 1817 01:39:16.720 --> 01:39:18.600 things we want to grow. But I want to challenge 1818 01:39:18.640 --> 01:39:23.039 you to do something this year. Grow something you've never 1819 01:39:23.279 --> 01:39:28.880 grown before. Eat something you've never tried before. I never 1820 01:39:29.000 --> 01:39:30.840 was a kale fan. I grew up in the South, 1821 01:39:31.039 --> 01:39:33.319 and I don't know. There is something about the Mason 1822 01:39:33.359 --> 01:39:37.640 Dixon line, where years ago kale was north of the line, 1823 01:39:37.760 --> 01:39:39.800 college was south of the line. That's just kind of 1824 01:39:39.800 --> 01:39:42.600 how the line drew through the country. Now we grow 1825 01:39:42.600 --> 01:39:44.239 a lot of kale in the South way more than 1826 01:39:44.279 --> 01:39:46.520 we used to. I don't know if they're growing College 1827 01:39:46.560 --> 01:39:50.119 further up north or not. But anyway, try something you 1828 01:39:50.119 --> 01:39:52.640 ever grown before. There's some good ones. That Cheams I 1829 01:39:52.800 --> 01:39:56.560 was talking about is an excellent, really mild one. Somebody 1830 01:39:56.600 --> 01:39:59.119 that is not in the mustard at all would love 1831 01:39:59.159 --> 01:40:01.960 that plant really well. There's a lot of different kinds 1832 01:40:02.000 --> 01:40:05.119 of radishes. My dad ate the little cherry bell radishes 1833 01:40:05.119 --> 01:40:06.840 that were so hot they'd burned the end of your 1834 01:40:06.840 --> 01:40:10.800 tongue off. And I hate the hot radishes. I just 1835 01:40:10.840 --> 01:40:17.079 don't like them at all. But now there's very mild radishes, 1836 01:40:17.119 --> 01:40:19.920 like the watermelon radish, which is the size of a turnip, 1837 01:40:20.439 --> 01:40:23.079 and it has a beautiful red color on the inside 1838 01:40:23.199 --> 01:40:25.359 with a white maybe a little green on the very outside, 1839 01:40:25.359 --> 01:40:28.760 and then white and then red inside. It's beautiful. Have 1840 01:40:28.800 --> 01:40:31.399 you ever tried growing those? Get your kids out there too. 1841 01:40:31.640 --> 01:40:33.880 You know, when kids grow something and they're more likely 1842 01:40:33.960 --> 01:40:36.000 to eat it, and when they eat fresh vegetables, they're 1843 01:40:36.000 --> 01:40:39.279 more likely to have a healthy life in the long term. Yep, 1844 01:40:39.359 --> 01:40:42.439 that tried. Happy meals are not good for us. I'm 1845 01:40:42.439 --> 01:40:45.840 not picking on one store. I'm just saying, or one restaurant. 1846 01:40:45.880 --> 01:40:50.399 I'm just saying processed food, no fresh garden vegetables. Yes, 1847 01:40:50.439 --> 01:40:53.359 what are you gonna grow this year? How about a 1848 01:40:53.359 --> 01:40:56.800 Swiss chart? It is not extremely cold, hardy like spinaches, 1849 01:40:57.199 --> 01:40:59.520 but you can grow Swiss chart. They're a low cover 1850 01:40:59.560 --> 01:41:01.680 over it. We're gonna have some cold weather and it 1851 01:41:01.720 --> 01:41:04.279 does really well. Lots of things you can grow. Try something, 1852 01:41:04.960 --> 01:41:07.560 grow carrot Do this, okay, one thing I haven't convinced 1853 01:41:07.600 --> 01:41:10.439 you may think one thing. Get some carrot seed. Get 1854 01:41:10.479 --> 01:41:13.239 a five gallon bucket, drill some holes in the bottom, 1855 01:41:13.359 --> 01:41:16.000 put a quality soil mix in there, a potting soil, 1856 01:41:16.920 --> 01:41:22.159 you know, the very high quality potting soil. Sprinkle some 1857 01:41:22.199 --> 01:41:25.920 carrot seed on top of the surface. Barely cover them 1858 01:41:25.960 --> 01:41:27.720 like an eighth of an inch as I mean, just 1859 01:41:27.760 --> 01:41:30.359 a little bit of soil and press it down and 1860 01:41:30.439 --> 01:41:34.039 keep it moist. And it takes them a while to sprout, 1861 01:41:34.039 --> 01:41:36.239 but when they sprout, you got to keep it moist. 1862 01:41:36.720 --> 01:41:39.000 They will grow in that five gallon bucket and your 1863 01:41:39.039 --> 01:41:40.720 kids will get to pull carrots they grew out of 1864 01:41:40.720 --> 01:41:43.359 a five gallon big They will enjoy that. That is fun. 1865 01:41:43.399 --> 01:41:45.199 If you also got kids and you want something kind 1866 01:41:45.199 --> 01:41:47.840 of fun for them to do. They're not gonna lie cradishes, 1867 01:41:47.840 --> 01:41:51.279 probably most kids don't. But you can get a chicken wire, 1868 01:41:51.399 --> 01:41:54.359 hardware cloth or something like that. You plant the seeds 1869 01:41:54.479 --> 01:41:58.239 into a little container, a little flat container maybe for 1870 01:41:58.520 --> 01:42:01.920 six inches deep and then put that hardware cloth or 1871 01:42:01.960 --> 01:42:07.279 that chicken wire on the surface. They'll grow through it, 1872 01:42:07.359 --> 01:42:11.239 and once they've developed their full sized round roots, you 1873 01:42:11.279 --> 01:42:14.640 can then just pull that strip of wire off, wash 1874 01:42:14.680 --> 01:42:16.680 the soil off, and what you've got is a piece 1875 01:42:16.720 --> 01:42:19.920 of wire hanging in the air with the bulbs on 1876 01:42:19.920 --> 01:42:22.600 one side and the leaves on the other. That's pretty 1877 01:42:22.640 --> 01:42:26.760 cool stuff, fun for kids, but I'm not thinking they're 1878 01:42:26.760 --> 01:42:30.039 going to like the hot radishes. Let's go out now 1879 01:42:30.079 --> 01:42:34.199 to Lake Jackson and we're going to talk to Ronnie. Well, Hello, Ronnie, 1880 01:42:34.279 --> 01:42:35.359 Welcome to garden Line. 1881 01:42:36.119 --> 01:42:38.520 Glad to be here. Appreciate you taking the call. Two 1882 01:42:38.600 --> 01:42:43.520 quick questions. Is it too late to start growing cabbage 1883 01:42:44.199 --> 01:42:47.800 and stuff like that? The winter fruits vegetables you're talking 1884 01:42:47.840 --> 01:42:50.760 about from seeds? Should I get or can I go 1885 01:42:50.840 --> 01:42:52.880 ahead and plant the seeds now? Or should I get 1886 01:42:52.880 --> 01:42:54.920 a already started plant. 1887 01:42:57.319 --> 01:43:00.880 Well, it's better at this point you get already started 1888 01:43:00.920 --> 01:43:03.800 plants because you get a head start and it just 1889 01:43:03.880 --> 01:43:06.439 happens faster, and a lot of things can happen in 1890 01:43:06.520 --> 01:43:08.840 between it being a seed you're dropped on the ground 1891 01:43:08.920 --> 01:43:13.039 and hitting that stage of a transplant size. But that said, 1892 01:43:13.119 --> 01:43:15.159 if you want to start seeds, that's fine. If we're 1893 01:43:15.199 --> 01:43:17.880 going to get down, oh let's just say below freezing 1894 01:43:17.920 --> 01:43:20.399 and it's a little tender seedling, I'd cover them up, 1895 01:43:20.560 --> 01:43:22.520 you know, put something out there so the cover doesn't 1896 01:43:22.560 --> 01:43:26.119 smash them, and to hold up the cover. But yes, 1897 01:43:26.199 --> 01:43:28.800 you can still plant from seed if you want. It's 1898 01:43:28.840 --> 01:43:31.039 just going to be a very long cabbage takes a 1899 01:43:31.039 --> 01:43:35.399 long time anyway, and it'll it'll extend even longer. Okay, right, 1900 01:43:35.479 --> 01:43:39.279 just what I need. All right, man, thanks a lot, 1901 01:43:39.319 --> 01:43:42.840 appreciate appreciate that call. All right, here we go. Time 1902 01:43:42.880 --> 01:43:45.479 flies and you're having fun or when you're droning on 1903 01:43:45.720 --> 01:43:49.560 about kids and vegetables, we'll be right back. Hey, welcome 1904 01:43:49.560 --> 01:43:51.720 back to the Guarden Line. Good to have you with 1905 01:43:51.800 --> 01:43:55.960 us today. I'm gonna run right out the first thing 1906 01:43:56.279 --> 01:43:58.840 the segment and we're going to go to Fairfield and 1907 01:43:59.000 --> 01:44:01.600 talk to Marty. Hey, Marty, welcome to Garden Line. 1908 01:44:01.600 --> 01:44:02.079 Good morning. 1909 01:44:02.319 --> 01:44:05.920 Hey, Skip, Hey, don't ever put yourself down for talking 1910 01:44:05.920 --> 01:44:11.239 about in fact, kids and plants. I'm working on all 1911 01:44:11.279 --> 01:44:16.279 of my great grand uh nephews and nieces their Christmas gifts, 1912 01:44:16.359 --> 01:44:19.880 and we're putting together kits for them to start gardening. 1913 01:44:20.640 --> 01:44:25.439 So don't ever, don't ever feel like you might be 1914 01:44:25.520 --> 01:44:29.600 talking to the wind or the air or whatever, because 1915 01:44:29.640 --> 01:44:34.239 we're I understand you. 1916 01:44:35.319 --> 01:44:37.159 Yes, I wonder who was out there. I'm glad to 1917 01:44:37.159 --> 01:44:40.840 meet you. All right, what do you want to talk 1918 01:44:40.840 --> 01:44:41.720 about today, Marty? 1919 01:44:41.920 --> 01:44:45.079 Well, I cut all my Okrah back and I left 1920 01:44:45.359 --> 01:44:49.880 about oh three feet of them, and they're growing only 1921 01:44:50.199 --> 01:44:55.000 very very rapidly, and so they become six inches long 1922 01:44:55.399 --> 01:44:58.159 within a day or two, like faster than they did 1923 01:44:58.159 --> 01:45:02.680 in the summer. I've been picking them. They're probably too 1924 01:45:04.000 --> 01:45:08.680 tough to eat or pickle, but I've been picking seeds 1925 01:45:08.720 --> 01:45:10.840 out of them and just drying them and all that. 1926 01:45:11.079 --> 01:45:12.760 Is there anything else I can do with those? 1927 01:45:13.199 --> 01:45:16.399 Because I have a lot, Oh my gosh, Oh my gosh, 1928 01:45:16.960 --> 01:45:21.079 this is like you were setting me up to drone 1929 01:45:21.119 --> 01:45:25.680 on and bore the audience and unlink. Yes, there's a 1930 01:45:25.800 --> 01:45:28.000 lot you can do with Okra if you dry, if 1931 01:45:28.039 --> 01:45:31.039 you let Okra pods dry, you can paint them up. 1932 01:45:31.159 --> 01:45:34.159 And as a friend of mine painted ochre like little 1933 01:45:34.199 --> 01:45:37.199 Santa clauses. So just kind of imagine the little cap 1934 01:45:37.239 --> 01:45:40.039 on Okra is a Santa hat right at the end, 1935 01:45:40.479 --> 01:45:43.039 and they dipped them in red paint or something. They 1936 01:45:43.119 --> 01:45:45.439 put white beards on them. Yeah, you could do that. 1937 01:45:46.119 --> 01:45:50.319 Christmas tree ornaments. Okra dried arrangements can be sprayed too. 1938 01:45:50.399 --> 01:45:52.039 You get the stem and the whole thing, and they 1939 01:45:52.119 --> 01:45:53.960 use them like that. The seed can be ground and 1940 01:45:54.000 --> 01:45:58.399 made into coffee substitute. Now, I don't think Folgers is 1941 01:45:58.439 --> 01:46:01.199 in danger of getting put out of business coffee, but 1942 01:46:02.000 --> 01:46:05.239 I'm told that, like during Civil war or something, when 1943 01:46:05.279 --> 01:46:08.640 things were hard, they would grind up okresy to make 1944 01:46:08.720 --> 01:46:11.560 the coffee substitute out of it. Kind of weird stuff. 1945 01:46:11.800 --> 01:46:14.479 The pods are great fire starters when they're dry too. 1946 01:46:15.039 --> 01:46:17.560 I mean it's like you just put them underneath like 1947 01:46:17.640 --> 01:46:19.840 the lugs in the fireplace to get it started or 1948 01:46:19.880 --> 01:46:22.720 something like that. Or Yeah, there's a lot of different 1949 01:46:22.720 --> 01:46:25.319 things people. George Washington Carver, I told you I was 1950 01:46:25.359 --> 01:46:30.199 gonna drone on George Washington Carver, who is one of 1951 01:46:30.199 --> 01:46:35.840 my horticulture heroes. Absolutely amazing man. He found so many 1952 01:46:35.960 --> 01:46:40.640 different uses. He took ochra stalks and he soaked them 1953 01:46:40.680 --> 01:46:43.800 in water and kind of like hammered on him and 1954 01:46:43.880 --> 01:46:48.880 made rugs out of okra stalk fibers. He also made 1955 01:46:48.960 --> 01:46:52.520 paper out of the pith that then inside pith in 1956 01:46:52.560 --> 01:46:54.520 the okre yeah you made he pounded it out into 1957 01:46:54.560 --> 01:46:56.760 a paper like but that was him. He was the 1958 01:46:56.800 --> 01:46:59.760 guy's mind was incredible. But anyway, I'll stop there, but yes, 1959 01:47:01.479 --> 01:47:02.560 you're getting started. 1960 01:47:03.439 --> 01:47:07.800 Well no, I just like, I've been picking the seeds 1961 01:47:07.880 --> 01:47:10.600 until I'm tired of picking, but I just have so 1962 01:47:10.720 --> 01:47:12.920 many left, and I was like, what can I do 1963 01:47:13.000 --> 01:47:17.920 with this, especially because I'm making these kids little Christmas 1964 01:47:18.079 --> 01:47:23.079 kits today to start gardens. So anyway, okay, we'll all 1965 01:47:23.119 --> 01:47:27.159 go on. Is there a website with George Washington Carver 1966 01:47:27.279 --> 01:47:28.720 and all. 1967 01:47:28.600 --> 01:47:33.359 Of his Tuskegee Institute. He was a Tuskegee Institute. He 1968 01:47:33.520 --> 01:47:36.000 was like the Extension Service before there was even an 1969 01:47:36.000 --> 01:47:40.000 extension service. He was a very very early person. He 1970 01:47:40.000 --> 01:47:42.039 would have a wagon called the Jessup Wagon that he 1971 01:47:42.039 --> 01:47:46.000 would take out in the countryside to teach farmers about 1972 01:47:46.039 --> 01:47:47.960 how to be more productive, how to make more money 1973 01:47:47.960 --> 01:47:50.479 off their farms. And it's very very interesting. You can 1974 01:47:50.479 --> 01:47:53.840 look up Jessup Wagon or look up George Washington Carver. 1975 01:47:54.319 --> 01:47:58.920 The guys think he had over one hundred Jessup j. E. S. 1976 01:47:58.920 --> 01:48:03.479 S Up. I believe he found over one hundred uses 1977 01:48:03.520 --> 01:48:05.880 for sweet potatoes. 1978 01:48:06.279 --> 01:48:07.079 Oh my goodness. 1979 01:48:07.399 --> 01:48:09.760 But you know you think back in that day and time, 1980 01:48:09.920 --> 01:48:13.199 and that was he was an incredible scientist. This is 1981 01:48:13.239 --> 01:48:16.439 a long strung but all right, all right, have fun, 1982 01:48:17.279 --> 01:48:21.039 Bye bye bye. Yeah, don't get me started talking about Okra, 1983 01:48:22.119 --> 01:48:27.680 Star Hope Ministries, Christ centered counseling, Christ centered help for 1984 01:48:27.800 --> 01:48:31.960 people that are homeless, for people that are struggling with 1985 01:48:32.079 --> 01:48:37.279 substance abuse, for people that for whatever reason just need 1986 01:48:37.520 --> 01:48:40.359 some help. And you know, we all have times in 1987 01:48:40.399 --> 01:48:43.720 our life where we need help from somebody. 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Good luck. 1999 01:49:20.560 --> 01:49:23.800 This is getting involved in people's lives and changing their 2000 01:49:23.840 --> 01:49:26.159 lives and changing the lives of their kids, and therefore 2001 01:49:26.279 --> 01:49:29.359 changing our community for the better in the long run. 2002 01:49:29.800 --> 01:49:35.319 Shmission dot org, sohmission dot org. We're going to go 2003 01:49:35.399 --> 01:49:37.920 to willisonow and talk to Mark. Hey, Mark, welcome to 2004 01:49:37.960 --> 01:49:38.600 garden Line. 2005 01:49:39.640 --> 01:49:42.720 Hey, good morning. I have a question. I was in 2006 01:49:42.800 --> 01:49:45.920 to come to Washington last week and fell in love 2007 01:49:45.960 --> 01:49:49.880 with the Japanese maples. Can I grow Japanese maple up 2008 01:49:50.279 --> 01:49:51.039 at Lake Conrod? 2009 01:49:52.600 --> 01:49:56.399 You can, but you have to give them what they want. 2010 01:49:56.560 --> 01:49:59.720 They like somewhat acidic soil. They like to be in 2011 01:49:59.760 --> 01:50:02.479 a very bright shade, not in the full brunt of 2012 01:50:02.479 --> 01:50:05.760 the sun. Now, there are Japanese maples that have adjusted 2013 01:50:05.840 --> 01:50:07.920 and do it better in more sun than I thought 2014 01:50:07.960 --> 01:50:11.319 they would. But in general, the kind that have wider 2015 01:50:11.439 --> 01:50:15.079 leaves shaped like not the size of but shape like 2016 01:50:15.119 --> 01:50:17.960 a sycamore leaf, as opposed to the kind that have little, 2017 01:50:18.079 --> 01:50:21.760 narrow thread like leaves, the wider leaves tend to do 2018 01:50:21.840 --> 01:50:25.239 a little bit better. That's a generalization, but those are 2019 01:50:25.239 --> 01:50:27.319 some tips. If you go to a you know, you 2020 01:50:27.399 --> 01:50:30.199 go to a good garden center that can advise you 2021 01:50:30.279 --> 01:50:33.479 and direct you in the particular cultivars they grow. But 2022 01:50:33.640 --> 01:50:38.079 just remember acidic soil, lots of organic matter, constant moisture, 2023 01:50:38.520 --> 01:50:42.079 consistent moisture, don't let them dry out, and a very 2024 01:50:42.199 --> 01:50:45.479 very bright maybe a little morning sun, but very bright shade. 2025 01:50:46.039 --> 01:50:48.520 And that's the secret to getting them to do well. 2026 01:50:48.319 --> 01:50:51.960 For you here, So four or five hours of direct 2027 01:50:52.000 --> 01:50:53.520 sunlight that it's a no go. 2028 01:50:56.239 --> 01:50:58.680 You probably would be It would probably be okay with 2029 01:50:58.760 --> 01:51:02.920 four to five. It just depends a lot on the 2030 01:51:02.960 --> 01:51:05.399 cultivar and stuff that you grow. And if they if 2031 01:51:05.439 --> 01:51:07.640 they started with that, that's good. Where they run into 2032 01:51:07.640 --> 01:51:11.000 a problem is when it's real shady and then they 2033 01:51:11.520 --> 01:51:15.119 you know, the tree gets cut down and now they're 2034 01:51:15.159 --> 01:51:18.000 in full brunner sun. That changes to too sudden, too 2035 01:51:18.000 --> 01:51:19.000 hard on them. 2036 01:51:19.439 --> 01:51:21.840 Okay, Now, where can I locate one it's kind of 2037 01:51:21.880 --> 01:51:27.920 been tempered for our area, or oh that one of these. 2038 01:51:29.079 --> 01:51:31.439 Yeah, well, you can get Japanese maples in a lot 2039 01:51:31.479 --> 01:51:34.199 of different places. You know, you're not you're a little 2040 01:51:34.199 --> 01:51:37.159 distanced to come down I thirty five to the arbor gate. 2041 01:51:37.479 --> 01:51:40.720 I don't know if they carry them out there at 2042 01:51:40.960 --> 01:51:43.880 A and A plants and produce on one oh five 2043 01:51:44.000 --> 01:51:50.680 west of co Conroe or not. There's a grower's outlet 2044 01:51:50.720 --> 01:51:52.920 up there in Willis. It's close to you that might 2045 01:51:53.239 --> 01:51:56.920 have them. I didn't look for that one. I'm iffy 2046 01:51:57.000 --> 01:51:58.920 on whether they would carry that. I know if you come, 2047 01:51:58.960 --> 01:52:00.600 if you're willing to do a little. I've come down 2048 01:52:00.640 --> 01:52:04.880 to Arburgate. You can find Japanese maples there, and they're 2049 01:52:04.920 --> 01:52:07.039 going to know the varieties to carry and what to 2050 01:52:07.159 --> 01:52:08.880 have there. So those are a few places. 2051 01:52:08.880 --> 01:52:11.159 Okay, Now tell me get in the name of that. 2052 01:52:12.359 --> 01:52:16.880 Arbor gate, the arbor Gate. Yes, in Tomball there there 2053 01:52:16.960 --> 01:52:23.479 west just west of Tomball, about a mile arbur Gate Tree. 2054 01:52:23.840 --> 01:52:27.399 Give them a call first, see what they got. All right, 2055 01:52:27.560 --> 01:52:34.880 thank you, appreciate, all right, you take care. Well, let's 2056 01:52:34.920 --> 01:52:37.520 see here. I'm trying to catch the calls up this 2057 01:52:37.680 --> 01:52:40.680 hour and looks like I tell you what, let's do this. 2058 01:52:40.760 --> 01:52:43.560 I'm going to head out to Beaumont, Sabian. I may 2059 01:52:43.560 --> 01:52:45.359 not be able to finish your call this hour, but 2060 01:52:45.439 --> 01:52:46.720 let's give it a shot. 2061 01:52:48.000 --> 01:52:48.359 Okay. 2062 01:52:49.640 --> 01:52:52.800 I live in Beaumont and I have some foreign grass 2063 01:52:52.840 --> 01:52:55.960 in baiting my Saint Augustine. It looks like ryde grass. 2064 01:52:55.960 --> 01:52:59.359 But it's not and it's spreading, and I don't know 2065 01:52:59.399 --> 01:53:00.960 what it is or how to get rid of it. 2066 01:53:02.359 --> 01:53:04.760 Does it come up above the Saint Augustine? Is it 2067 01:53:04.800 --> 01:53:06.199 taller than the Saint Augustine? 2068 01:53:06.520 --> 01:53:07.119 Yes? 2069 01:53:07.319 --> 01:53:12.359 Yes, okay, So killing a grass and a grass is 2070 01:53:12.399 --> 01:53:14.880 hard to do because something that kills a grassy weed 2071 01:53:15.000 --> 01:53:19.359 kills your grassy lawn. If you use a wiper type applicator, 2072 01:53:19.560 --> 01:53:22.560 you can wipe it on the grass that's the weed, 2073 01:53:22.880 --> 01:53:26.520 without getting the product on the lawn itself. So that 2074 01:53:26.560 --> 01:53:29.520 would be one option. I think what would be best 2075 01:53:29.680 --> 01:53:31.920 is if you could take some really good close up 2076 01:53:31.960 --> 01:53:35.800 pictures and let me see those. I would be happy 2077 01:53:35.880 --> 01:53:39.359 to do a quick id on them and give you 2078 01:53:39.439 --> 01:53:42.560 any other comments that might come to mind. Most of 2079 01:53:42.600 --> 01:53:44.880 the time you see a rye grass like plant. 2080 01:53:45.359 --> 01:53:48.359 Go ahead, I have good pictures. 2081 01:53:48.399 --> 01:53:49.880 I made them. I don't know. 2082 01:53:50.159 --> 01:53:52.640 Okay, what do I gotta send them? 2083 01:53:52.880 --> 01:53:55.079 I'm going to put you on hold and my producer 2084 01:53:55.159 --> 01:53:58.319 Jonathan will give you an email to send them to. 2085 01:53:59.239 --> 01:54:01.720 The long term solution to this is to use a 2086 01:54:01.800 --> 01:54:06.399 pre emergent earlier in the fall. All right, hi, folks, 2087 01:54:06.439 --> 01:54:08.279 I'll be right back after the top of the news. 2088 01:54:09.159 --> 01:54:12.920 Welcome to k t r H Garden Line with Skip Rictor. 2089 01:54:13.039 --> 01:54:29.520 It's just watch him as well. That many good peace 2090 01:54:29.600 --> 01:54:31.000 to suppot basic. 2091 01:54:38.520 --> 01:54:38.920 Sign. 2092 01:54:40.560 --> 01:54:43.840 Hey, welcome back, Welcome back to garden Line. If you 2093 01:54:43.880 --> 01:54:47.600 would like to give me a call to ask a question, 2094 01:54:47.640 --> 01:54:50.720 I'd be happy to help you our phone number seven 2095 01:54:50.760 --> 01:54:53.439 one three two one two k t r H seven 2096 01:54:53.520 --> 01:54:58.880 one three two one two k t r H. My 2097 01:54:59.000 --> 01:55:01.960 goal is for you to have fun gardening. I want. 2098 01:55:02.319 --> 01:55:04.560 I know you would like to have a bountiful garden, 2099 01:55:04.560 --> 01:55:06.880 and I know you would like to have a beautiful landscape, 2100 01:55:07.279 --> 01:55:08.640 and I know you would like to have fun in 2101 01:55:08.680 --> 01:55:11.119 the process, and that's what we're all about here on 2102 01:55:11.159 --> 01:55:13.000 the garden Line. I hope you're having fun this morning. 2103 01:55:13.079 --> 01:55:17.279 I am. Someone made a mistake and asked me about 2104 01:55:17.279 --> 01:55:20.520 Okra earlier. Thank you Marty for that. And I've been 2105 01:55:20.560 --> 01:55:23.920 thinking about Okra all during the break, so this is 2106 01:55:23.920 --> 01:55:25.800 a problem. There's probably a wing of the Betty Ford 2107 01:55:25.840 --> 01:55:29.840 Clinic for Okra enthusiasts. I need to go there, I think. 2108 01:55:30.760 --> 01:55:34.319 By the way, for those of you who want to 2109 01:55:34.359 --> 01:55:37.439 become addicted to Okra, there is a book called The 2110 01:55:37.560 --> 01:55:41.199 Whole Okra. The whole Okra by Chris Smith, friend of 2111 01:55:41.239 --> 01:55:45.199 mine from out in North Carolina area, and it is 2112 01:55:45.239 --> 01:55:48.199 a book. It will fascinate you. It will tell you 2113 01:55:48.199 --> 01:55:50.520 all about the history all kinds of He is like 2114 01:55:50.920 --> 01:55:53.760 he went over the top with okra and it's really 2115 01:55:53.880 --> 01:55:59.119 really fun and cool stuff. There's even a even made okra. 2116 01:55:59.359 --> 01:56:01.680 What do you call fruit roll ups? You know that 2117 01:56:01.680 --> 01:56:05.119 that gooey kind of gummy stuff. Well, they they found 2118 01:56:05.159 --> 01:56:07.079 a way to make a kind of a fruit roll 2119 01:56:07.159 --> 01:56:09.800 up thing out a hook er. So I know all 2120 01:56:09.840 --> 01:56:13.119 of you are are not watering at the mouth right now, 2121 01:56:13.199 --> 01:56:19.279 but that's that seven seventy four Nilson Water Garden out 2122 01:56:19.319 --> 01:56:23.720 there in Katie, Texas is an outstanding garden center because 2123 01:56:23.760 --> 01:56:27.399 it's Nilsen Water Gardens and nursery. You know, the nursery 2124 01:56:27.439 --> 01:56:32.279 itself is always full of really quality plants. Things that 2125 01:56:32.319 --> 01:56:34.239 you are looking for to grow you're going to find 2126 01:56:34.239 --> 01:56:36.640 out there, you know, and things you wouldn't maybe expect, 2127 01:56:36.680 --> 01:56:39.199 you know, for example, the the butterfly vine. Have you 2128 01:56:39.239 --> 01:56:41.840 ever heard of butterfly vine? It isn't it's not a 2129 01:56:41.920 --> 01:56:45.039 vine that it's not named that way because it attracts butterflies. 2130 01:56:45.039 --> 01:56:48.159 It's named that way, because the yellow flower clusters are 2131 01:56:48.199 --> 01:56:53.159 replaced by seed pods that look like butterflies. They do. 2132 01:56:53.359 --> 01:56:56.239 Just google it, look, check it out. It's really cool. 2133 01:56:56.520 --> 01:56:58.760 It makes a really good vine too. By the way, 2134 01:56:58.880 --> 01:57:04.000 very vigorous will will cover a structure well. And yeah, 2135 01:57:04.439 --> 01:57:07.039 arrangers will take those little pods, dry them and the 2136 01:57:07.079 --> 01:57:11.000 butterfly pods and dry them and use them in arrangements. 2137 01:57:11.439 --> 01:57:14.880 They uh, let's see. I believe that next week midweek 2138 01:57:14.880 --> 01:57:17.319 they're getting their Christmas trees in out at Nelson Water 2139 01:57:17.359 --> 01:57:19.760 Garden and Nursery. They got all kinds of sizes, lots 2140 01:57:19.800 --> 01:57:22.039 of good options on that, so you want to be 2141 01:57:22.079 --> 01:57:25.399 aware of that. When you're out there, you're gonna find 2142 01:57:25.479 --> 01:57:28.680 lots of color and you're also going to find water gardens. Now, 2143 01:57:29.479 --> 01:57:33.279 this would be a good time to schedule an installation 2144 01:57:33.680 --> 01:57:36.520 of a water garden, because you know, it takes a 2145 01:57:36.560 --> 01:57:38.399 while to get everything planned out and out there to 2146 01:57:38.479 --> 01:57:42.319 your place. And if you'd like a beautiful waterfall, a 2147 01:57:42.479 --> 01:57:45.600 beautiful waterfall, nobody can do it as well as Nelson 2148 01:57:45.640 --> 01:57:49.600 Water Garden and Nursery. They're outstanding at that. They created 2149 01:57:49.680 --> 01:57:54.479 the disappearing fountain, the big like a tall vase type 2150 01:57:54.520 --> 01:57:57.680 pottery that sits on a bed of gravel and water 2151 01:57:57.720 --> 01:57:59.520 comes out of the pottery, goes down the sides and 2152 01:57:59.560 --> 01:58:02.199 goes back the gravel and recirculates. They came up with 2153 01:58:02.239 --> 01:58:04.279 that system and they have all the parts for it. 2154 01:58:04.279 --> 01:58:05.840 So if you wanted to do it, do it yourself. 2155 01:58:05.840 --> 01:58:07.119 For on it. They could tell you how to do 2156 01:58:07.159 --> 01:58:08.279 it if you want to, if you want to go 2157 01:58:08.319 --> 01:58:12.520 that route. But you should see the pottery that they 2158 01:58:12.560 --> 01:58:15.439 have for the water gardens out there. It is outstanding. 2159 01:58:16.000 --> 01:58:17.560 They have the fish, they have the plants, they have 2160 01:58:17.600 --> 01:58:21.399 everything else. And so we're kind of entering into this 2161 01:58:21.600 --> 01:58:24.600 cool winter season where it's kind of an off season 2162 01:58:24.680 --> 01:58:27.600 in some ways and many things. Why not go ahead 2163 01:58:27.600 --> 01:58:30.199 and get set up to get an installation to add 2164 01:58:30.239 --> 01:58:34.239 water to your landscape. The sound of water is so therapeutic. 2165 01:58:34.479 --> 01:58:37.720 It is wonderfully therapeutic. Just and go out to Nelson 2166 01:58:37.760 --> 01:58:39.840 Water Garden. Do this, Take your friends, because this is 2167 01:58:39.880 --> 01:58:43.279 a destination worth going to. You head out it. Ten 2168 01:58:43.560 --> 01:58:46.039 you get to Katie Fort Ben Road and Katie turn right, 2169 01:58:46.279 --> 01:58:48.479 go north. It's just a little bit up on the 2170 01:58:48.560 --> 01:58:51.359 right hand side, and go back out there and just 2171 01:58:51.399 --> 01:58:54.279 sit for a while and just listen to the sound 2172 01:58:54.279 --> 01:58:58.199 of water coming from all over around you. It's inspiring 2173 01:58:58.359 --> 01:59:00.640 and you will want that to be the next thing 2174 01:59:00.800 --> 01:59:06.159 you add to your landscape when you experience it. Let's see, 2175 01:59:06.319 --> 01:59:08.199 I'm gonna Oh, I wanted to give you the website 2176 01:59:08.199 --> 01:59:13.720 Nelsonwatergardens dot com. Nelson Watergardens dot com. Go to the 2177 01:59:13.760 --> 01:59:15.680 website and check it out. You find a lot there. 2178 01:59:16.479 --> 01:59:19.840 We're gonna go now to Angleton and talk to Barbara. Hey, Barbara, 2179 01:59:20.000 --> 01:59:20.760 is it Barbara? 2180 01:59:20.800 --> 01:59:21.119 Hello? 2181 01:59:21.720 --> 01:59:24.000 Yes, Hey, Okay. 2182 01:59:25.479 --> 01:59:28.880 My question is I would like to enhance my flower 2183 01:59:28.920 --> 01:59:34.079 beds and I was thinking of getting some mushroom composts, 2184 01:59:35.279 --> 01:59:39.079 and I wanted to know if it's too late to 2185 01:59:39.199 --> 01:59:42.399 do that now or if I should wait until the spring. 2186 01:59:44.600 --> 01:59:47.560 No, you can do that now. You absolutely can do 2187 01:59:47.640 --> 01:59:50.760 that now in Louisiana, Pacific and Louisiana. I don't know 2188 01:59:50.800 --> 01:59:52.760 why I always say that, because it's a East Texas 2189 01:59:55.399 --> 02:00:00.560 lumber company thing. It reminds me of Landscaper's pride. Landscape 2190 02:00:00.680 --> 02:00:02.600 is pride as a mushroom compost by the bag, and 2191 02:00:02.640 --> 02:00:04.439 it's so widely available. I bet you can get it 2192 02:00:04.439 --> 02:00:06.800 in your area, especially if you've got some ace hardware 2193 02:00:06.800 --> 02:00:09.840 stores or something around, but get the mushroom compost from 2194 02:00:09.920 --> 02:00:12.439 them and spread it out. I would only add it 2195 02:00:12.479 --> 02:00:16.000 about an inch or too thick. You could go thicker 2196 02:00:16.119 --> 02:00:18.920 if your soil is really a very poor clay and 2197 02:00:19.039 --> 02:00:22.520 needs more amending. But it doesn't take as much mushroom 2198 02:00:22.560 --> 02:00:30.720 compost as regular compost to provide the same nutrient benefits. Okay, okay. 2199 02:00:31.079 --> 02:00:33.640 Now the one place I would not the one just 2200 02:00:33.680 --> 02:00:35.760 to be sure. The one place I would not use 2201 02:00:35.800 --> 02:00:39.399 the mushroom is on something that's a very acidic soil 2202 02:00:39.439 --> 02:00:42.960 bed like for azaleas or blueberries or things like that, 2203 02:00:43.439 --> 02:00:46.840 because it is a higher pH. But it's still good. 2204 02:00:47.119 --> 02:00:50.880 I've used it a lot for many decades. It's an excellent, 2205 02:00:50.960 --> 02:00:53.960 excellent product. Just know that it will raise the pH 2206 02:00:54.119 --> 02:00:54.720 just a little bit. 2207 02:00:55.840 --> 02:00:57.560 Okay, thank you very much, good. 2208 02:00:59.079 --> 02:01:04.159 Barbara. Thanks enjoy that flower bit you take that. Yeah. Yeah, 2209 02:01:04.199 --> 02:01:07.159 that mushroom compost is like magic stuff. I'm telling you, 2210 02:01:07.199 --> 02:01:10.600 it's really cool. Well let's take a little time here. 2211 02:01:10.600 --> 02:01:12.800 We're going to go to a break in just a second. 2212 02:01:13.039 --> 02:01:14.399 I did want to mention to you. I was telling 2213 02:01:14.399 --> 02:01:17.039 you about ACE before, and ACE hardware is the place 2214 02:01:17.039 --> 02:01:20.119 where you're going to find all kinds of things for 2215 02:01:20.239 --> 02:01:23.399 whatever season you're in. You know, right now we're looking 2216 02:01:23.439 --> 02:01:26.359 at gift giving. ACE is a place with all kinds 2217 02:01:26.399 --> 02:01:28.640 of cool gifts. Listen, if there's a do it yourself 2218 02:01:28.680 --> 02:01:32.079 for in your life. Oh my gosh, top brands of 2219 02:01:32.159 --> 02:01:35.840 all kinds of things that ACE has. I'm mister gardener, 2220 02:01:35.920 --> 02:01:40.199 right so I'm always talking about they've got fertilizers. When 2221 02:01:40.239 --> 02:01:42.239 I talk about a fertilizer on guardline, go to ACE 2222 02:01:42.279 --> 02:01:44.520 and get it. It works well. Do you need to 2223 02:01:44.560 --> 02:01:46.840 control or prevent weeds? Do you need to deal with 2224 02:01:46.880 --> 02:01:49.600 insects and diseases? Ace has got all of that stuff. 2225 02:01:50.079 --> 02:01:53.199 But ACE is so much more. And right now we're 2226 02:01:53.199 --> 02:01:57.920 in the holiday season, holiday decorations, holiday lighting, lots and 2227 02:01:57.960 --> 02:01:59.840 lots of good stuff that you're going to find it 2228 02:02:00.119 --> 02:02:02.800 neighborhood Ace. And when I say your neighborhood Ace, I 2229 02:02:02.800 --> 02:02:06.399 do mean that forty plus stores in the Greater Houston area. 2230 02:02:06.479 --> 02:02:09.920 Go to ACE Hardware dot com. Ace Hardware dot Com 2231 02:02:10.119 --> 02:02:12.600 find the store. If you've not been in an ACE recently, 2232 02:02:13.119 --> 02:02:17.239 please go check one out. You will be very pleasantly 2233 02:02:17.319 --> 02:02:20.640 surprised at all the things that are so cool and 2234 02:02:20.720 --> 02:02:23.760 so helpful, that are available in your local Ace hardware store. 2235 02:02:24.319 --> 02:02:26.680 Time for a break. I will be right back with 2236 02:02:26.760 --> 02:02:31.239 more garden line, all those things some of us will 2237 02:02:31.279 --> 02:02:32.119 take the branded for. 2238 02:02:33.880 --> 02:02:37.279 Us to use photochrome to take pictures. 2239 02:02:37.319 --> 02:02:43.800 Now, what do we use digital storage devices? Remember when 2240 02:02:43.840 --> 02:02:46.239 you had to take a picture and wait for it 2241 02:02:46.319 --> 02:02:50.800 to get uh you know, developed, the photographs printed, And 2242 02:02:50.840 --> 02:02:53.119 it wasn't like you just stood there and wait. Like now, 2243 02:02:53.159 --> 02:02:54.560 if you did a picture, you can stand there and 2244 02:02:54.560 --> 02:02:58.680 wait for uh No, it was it was. It took 2245 02:02:58.720 --> 02:03:01.319 a while, and then half your pictures were bad and 2246 02:03:01.359 --> 02:03:05.640 you had to throw them all out. That's it, yep, yep, 2247 02:03:05.720 --> 02:03:08.560 those are the days. Oh my, well, that's a development. 2248 02:03:08.720 --> 02:03:13.840 I love our fact that we got a camera incorporated 2249 02:03:13.880 --> 02:03:18.520 into our phone. That is unbelievably good, unbelievable what those 2250 02:03:18.520 --> 02:03:23.119 things can do. As a gardening photographer, which I am, 2251 02:03:24.159 --> 02:03:27.319 I do photography for my magazine articles and other things, 2252 02:03:28.000 --> 02:03:32.000 I can tell you this that the modern camera app 2253 02:03:32.359 --> 02:03:38.000 development has just been a life changer. So here's a 2254 02:03:38.000 --> 02:03:41.640 public service announcement. If you have a tree, you need 2255 02:03:41.680 --> 02:03:45.039 to listen to this. Trees are the most valuable individual 2256 02:03:45.039 --> 02:03:48.399 plants in our landscape. They do all kinds of things, 2257 02:03:48.479 --> 02:03:50.279 they provide shade in the heat of summer, and I, 2258 02:03:50.359 --> 02:03:52.319 by no, summer is ten and a half months a 2259 02:03:52.399 --> 02:03:58.520 year here just kidding. Trees can be dangerous. They can 2260 02:03:58.560 --> 02:04:01.079 fall on your house, in your neighbor's house, or on 2261 02:04:01.119 --> 02:04:04.920 your car, on people things like that. Trees are such 2262 02:04:05.159 --> 02:04:09.800 potential for adding lots of value to your landscape, to 2263 02:04:09.960 --> 02:04:12.199 your house if you ever tried to sell it. You 2264 02:04:12.199 --> 02:04:13.760 don't want to mess around with trees. You want to 2265 02:04:13.760 --> 02:04:17.319 plant trees that will survive for years and years and 2266 02:04:17.359 --> 02:04:19.520 get better and better. So forty years from now, you're 2267 02:04:19.520 --> 02:04:21.520 not taking the thing down because it was a fast 2268 02:04:21.880 --> 02:04:24.399 it was a trash tree. I say, grow fast, die young, 2269 02:04:24.640 --> 02:04:28.159 trash tree. But you have the best tree on the neighborhood. 2270 02:04:28.199 --> 02:04:30.399 Forty years from now. The best time to plant a 2271 02:04:30.439 --> 02:04:33.840 tree is now, absolutely now, get it done. But if 2272 02:04:33.880 --> 02:04:36.520 you have trees, you need to know about Martin Spoon 2273 02:04:36.520 --> 02:04:40.760 Moore an affordable tree service. Do not turn your trees 2274 02:04:40.960 --> 02:04:43.039 over to some guy who happens to own to pick 2275 02:04:43.079 --> 02:04:44.960 up a chainsawn and can put a business card in 2276 02:04:45.000 --> 02:04:48.039 your door. Find somebody that knows what they're talking about. 2277 02:04:48.199 --> 02:04:50.760 Because when I drive through neighborhoods all the time, I 2278 02:04:50.840 --> 02:04:54.880 see trees and I see devastating pruning jobs. It's like 2279 02:04:55.760 --> 02:04:57.760 they don't The people that did that did not know 2280 02:04:57.840 --> 02:04:59.960 anything about what they're doing. And when you turn it 2281 02:05:00.079 --> 02:05:02.920 tree into a hat rack like that, it will never 2282 02:05:02.960 --> 02:05:05.279 be the same. The branches that grow from it will 2283 02:05:05.319 --> 02:05:07.680 be weak, they'll be poorly attached, they'll come down in 2284 02:05:07.720 --> 02:05:12.600 a storm, and it's ugly. And don't do that yet, 2285 02:05:12.680 --> 02:05:15.239 Martin from Affordable Tree. Here's what you need to do. 2286 02:05:15.399 --> 02:05:18.760 Write this phone number down seven one three six nine 2287 02:05:18.880 --> 02:05:22.000 nine two six sixty three, seven one three, six nine 2288 02:05:22.079 --> 02:05:24.520 nine twenty six sixty three. If you want to go 2289 02:05:24.520 --> 02:05:28.960 to the website, it's aff Tree Service dot com. AFF 2290 02:05:29.079 --> 02:05:33.119 short for Affordable aff Tree Service dot com. When you 2291 02:05:33.159 --> 02:05:35.479 call Martin or Joe will answer. The owner's answer the 2292 02:05:35.479 --> 02:05:37.960 phone there. If you don't get Martin or Joe, hang 2293 02:05:38.039 --> 02:05:41.239 up and I'll seven one three sex nine nine two 2294 02:05:41.319 --> 02:05:44.880 six six three have him come out. He stays busy 2295 02:05:44.920 --> 02:05:48.079 because he does good work. And Martin can come out 2296 02:05:48.079 --> 02:05:49.680 eating look at your trees, tell you what you need 2297 02:05:49.800 --> 02:05:52.600 or don't need. If you got any kind of questions, 2298 02:05:52.640 --> 02:05:55.199 like hey, I'm putting a sidewalk in across this tree's 2299 02:05:55.279 --> 02:05:57.840 root system, or I'm putting a driveway about halfway underneath 2300 02:05:57.840 --> 02:06:01.279 the branch bread and he can invite you on do that, 2301 02:06:01.399 --> 02:06:03.760 don't do that, how to do it right? You know 2302 02:06:03.960 --> 02:06:08.159 everything you need to know. Trees are valuable, and if 2303 02:06:08.159 --> 02:06:10.640 you want to get Martin out there doing it, you 2304 02:06:10.680 --> 02:06:12.800 need to call him soon and get on the schedule 2305 02:06:12.800 --> 02:06:15.960 because winter is wheneverbody wants tree pruning done for a 2306 02:06:15.960 --> 02:06:18.920 good reason, and he stays busy. Give him a call 2307 02:06:18.960 --> 02:06:22.680 seven one three six nine nine two six six three. 2308 02:06:23.920 --> 02:06:27.800 You are listening to garden Line, and uh, I'm your host, 2309 02:06:27.800 --> 02:06:29.840 Skip Richter. We're here to help you have a bountiful 2310 02:06:29.880 --> 02:06:33.159 garden and a beautiful landscape. I try to direct you 2311 02:06:33.680 --> 02:06:36.479 to places that I think are just some of the 2312 02:06:36.520 --> 02:06:39.760 best places in town. Or when I say in town, 2313 02:06:39.800 --> 02:06:43.560 I mean the listening area around Houston. Uh all this 2314 02:06:43.720 --> 02:06:46.720 area to go to products that are going to work 2315 02:06:46.720 --> 02:06:49.039 because I've tried them, or because I've seen the research 2316 02:06:49.079 --> 02:06:52.520 and they do work, and places that you just will enjoy. 2317 02:06:52.560 --> 02:06:54.680 And one of those places is in Shenned for us. 2318 02:06:55.359 --> 02:06:58.680 I was down there earlier this fall, and I just 2319 02:06:58.840 --> 02:07:02.359 love going to Chenned. You know, you go out there 2320 02:07:02.640 --> 02:07:05.680 and it Enchanted is a good name for it, because 2321 02:07:05.880 --> 02:07:08.000 it is just cool. From the time you drive up, 2322 02:07:08.039 --> 02:07:11.319 it's like you're entering this really cool gardening world and 2323 02:07:11.439 --> 02:07:13.079 you just want to head in there and get busy. 2324 02:07:13.359 --> 02:07:15.960 They've got a great gift shop, they've got nice houseplants 2325 02:07:16.000 --> 02:07:18.680 when you first walk through, and then it opens up 2326 02:07:18.920 --> 02:07:22.199 into all kinds of things. Off to the right are 2327 02:07:22.920 --> 02:07:25.760 the plants that attract butterflies. Right outside the back door, 2328 02:07:25.840 --> 02:07:28.279 right there to the right, and I'm telling you, they've 2329 02:07:28.399 --> 02:07:31.560 got things that the ballooms attract butterflies. They've got things 2330 02:07:31.640 --> 02:07:34.880 that are butterfly larval food sources. And if you want 2331 02:07:34.880 --> 02:07:39.520 to have monarchs or golf fritillaries or swallowtails, there's plants 2332 02:07:39.760 --> 02:07:41.920 that those larva feed on, and you can put those 2333 02:07:41.960 --> 02:07:44.840 in your landscape and you will have butterflies. It's like 2334 02:07:44.880 --> 02:07:47.439 field of dreams. You build it, they will come, and 2335 02:07:47.479 --> 02:07:49.600 they've got them there. In fact, during the growing season 2336 02:07:49.600 --> 02:07:52.279 when the butterflies are jumping on the leaves of their plants, 2337 02:07:52.279 --> 02:07:54.319 and they'll even give you a free larva to take 2338 02:07:54.359 --> 02:07:57.039 home with you. When I say butterflies, I mean they're 2339 02:07:57.119 --> 02:07:59.600 larva they'll get they'll let you take home one kind 2340 02:07:59.600 --> 02:08:02.960 of like sow starter, no charge, and you get a 2341 02:08:02.960 --> 02:08:05.359 good start at your own place. Right now. They got 2342 02:08:05.359 --> 02:08:07.880 shrubs and trees. This is the prime season to plant 2343 02:08:07.920 --> 02:08:10.840 them all kinds of things. My favorite spring blooming tree 2344 02:08:10.960 --> 02:08:14.680 is Chinese fringe tree, and they've got those there, beautiful shaggy, 2345 02:08:14.720 --> 02:08:18.880 fragrant ballooms. Medium sized tree fits our modern lots really 2346 02:08:18.920 --> 02:08:22.520 really well, and it is just absolutely gorgeous. And they've 2347 02:08:22.560 --> 02:08:24.760 got red buds and all the other stuff that you 2348 02:08:24.800 --> 02:08:28.159 would want. You go to the left and you got vegetables, 2349 02:08:28.199 --> 02:08:31.439 you've got herbs, you've got the fairy garden things. You've 2350 02:08:31.439 --> 02:08:35.399 got flowers of perennials and annuals and all kinds of things. 2351 02:08:35.680 --> 02:08:37.000 You just need to go out there and see it all. 2352 02:08:37.000 --> 02:08:39.000 Allow yourself a little time to wander around. Say hello 2353 02:08:39.079 --> 02:08:42.520 to Clay and say hello to Danny. Out there. They 2354 02:08:42.560 --> 02:08:45.039 will advise you and point you in the right direction 2355 02:08:45.119 --> 02:08:49.680 whatever your gardening questions are. That's the Enchanted Forest. And 2356 02:08:49.720 --> 02:08:52.399 by the way, if you're in Richmond heading toward sugar Land, 2357 02:08:52.399 --> 02:08:54.920 it's off to the right. It's on FM twenty seven 2358 02:08:55.039 --> 02:08:58.760 fifty nine Enchanted Forest. If you want to go to 2359 02:08:58.840 --> 02:09:06.079 the website, go two enchanted Forest Richmond, TX dot com. 2360 02:09:06.119 --> 02:09:07.600 I will say that one more time, and you need 2361 02:09:07.640 --> 02:09:11.199 to go to the website. Their website is outstanding. It 2362 02:09:11.279 --> 02:09:18.359 is enchanted Forest, Richmond, TX dot com. You are listening 2363 02:09:18.399 --> 02:09:20.760 to Garden Line. We've got to open lines right now 2364 02:09:20.800 --> 02:09:23.840 and this is our last last bit of the show 2365 02:09:23.840 --> 02:09:26.920 here last half hour plus a little bit if you'd 2366 02:09:26.960 --> 02:09:28.479 like to give us a call. Seven one three two 2367 02:09:28.560 --> 02:09:32.560 one two k t r H. Seven one three two 2368 02:09:32.640 --> 02:09:38.399 one two k t r H. I uh. This past week, 2369 02:09:38.720 --> 02:09:40.720 one of the things that I've been working on is 2370 02:09:40.720 --> 02:09:45.319 getting some containers ready for planting. I've got some beautiful containers, 2371 02:09:45.319 --> 02:09:47.439 and you know, you spend money on a quality container, 2372 02:09:47.479 --> 02:09:50.239 a beautiful one, and you just have it for years 2373 02:09:50.279 --> 02:09:53.479 and years and years and years of enjoyment. And right 2374 02:09:53.520 --> 02:09:56.079 now I'm going to be putting some vegetables in a container. 2375 02:09:56.119 --> 02:09:58.039 I'll also want to get some flowers in one, but 2376 02:09:58.119 --> 02:10:01.840 first come some vegetables in a container. It's a gorgeous container. 2377 02:10:02.039 --> 02:10:05.000 We've got a rosemary that we're going to put out 2378 02:10:05.079 --> 02:10:07.039 in a container out in front of the house, and 2379 02:10:07.439 --> 02:10:09.760 the container's ready, it's just waiting on me to get 2380 02:10:09.760 --> 02:10:12.079 through at that patio so that I can get out 2381 02:10:12.119 --> 02:10:20.359 there and get busy doing that. Nature's Way Resources is 2382 02:10:20.439 --> 02:10:23.000 north of Conro, and you've heard me talk about him before. 2383 02:10:23.439 --> 02:10:27.840 Nature's Way is the birthplace of a lot of quality 2384 02:10:28.039 --> 02:10:32.079 soil products. John Ferguson years ago created Nature's Way and 2385 02:10:32.119 --> 02:10:37.520 that guy is a soil science student through the roof. 2386 02:10:38.039 --> 02:10:41.239 I mean the guy. The number of books and magazines 2387 02:10:41.279 --> 02:10:44.319 and journals, professional journals he's read over the years, I 2388 02:10:44.319 --> 02:10:47.000 couldn't even keep count. He knows what he's talking about. 2389 02:10:47.159 --> 02:10:50.279 And that's why it is the place where rose oil 2390 02:10:50.399 --> 02:10:54.640 was born, where leafmore compost was born, where you can 2391 02:10:54.760 --> 02:11:00.600 still get super high quality materials of all types. Mulches, compost. 2392 02:11:01.079 --> 02:11:02.520 You can buy it by the bag, you can buy 2393 02:11:02.560 --> 02:11:04.560 it by bulk. You can go get it, you can 2394 02:11:04.600 --> 02:11:06.640 have them deliver it, you can go to US stores. 2395 02:11:07.119 --> 02:11:10.159 They have different store outlets in Houston that carry their products. 2396 02:11:11.000 --> 02:11:13.680 And it's just quality stuff. You're not going to go wrong. 2397 02:11:13.800 --> 02:11:16.840 I've got two different kinds of mulches that they produce 2398 02:11:16.920 --> 02:11:19.079 that I've been testing out in flower beds and very 2399 02:11:19.079 --> 02:11:22.199 pleased with. And of course the soil blends are just 2400 02:11:22.520 --> 02:11:25.079 absolutely through the roof. If you want leaf mold compost 2401 02:11:25.199 --> 02:11:27.000 to do some top dressing of your lawn if you 2402 02:11:27.039 --> 02:11:29.079 kind of do a little do it yourself in there. 2403 02:11:29.560 --> 02:11:32.920 They've got that Nature's way resources. Here's the phone number 2404 02:11:33.000 --> 02:11:37.039 nine three six two seven three twelve hundred. They're up 2405 02:11:37.199 --> 02:11:41.640 Interstate forty five almost Conroe on the right, on the 2406 02:11:41.720 --> 02:11:44.119 right hand side where fourteen eighty eight comes in from 2407 02:11:44.159 --> 02:11:47.119 the left. Turn right across the tracks. Sherwood Circle is 2408 02:11:47.159 --> 02:11:49.520 what you run into. Turn right again and you're there, 2409 02:11:49.680 --> 02:11:53.960 simple as that Nature's Way resources. Let's head out to 2410 02:11:54.079 --> 02:11:57.520 Jersey Village now and I'm going to talk to George. Hey, George, 2411 02:11:57.560 --> 02:11:58.479 welcome to garden line. 2412 02:11:58.520 --> 02:12:00.840 Hey, Yeah, good morning, Skip. This is going to be 2413 02:12:00.840 --> 02:12:04.039 a regular occurrence. I have problems every day, but I'm 2414 02:12:04.039 --> 02:12:07.399 taking your advice about brown stuff. First, Okay, I've got 2415 02:12:07.399 --> 02:12:11.000 to raise bed that's about four football and I need 2416 02:12:11.000 --> 02:12:13.279 to fill it up so I can do another planning. 2417 02:12:13.359 --> 02:12:15.439 It was full at one time and the rain wash 2418 02:12:15.520 --> 02:12:18.720 some of it away, so I need about ten bags 2419 02:12:18.760 --> 02:12:21.079 of brown stuff to fill it up again. So what 2420 02:12:21.119 --> 02:12:21.960 do you recommend? 2421 02:12:23.439 --> 02:12:25.560 And tell me again what all you're going to grow 2422 02:12:25.560 --> 02:12:27.840 in there vegetables? 2423 02:12:27.840 --> 02:12:30.439 For now, I'm thinking about the watermelon radages you talk 2424 02:12:30.520 --> 02:12:33.439 about those sound like an interesting thing to try to grow, 2425 02:12:33.880 --> 02:12:37.960 so and spinach and stuff like that. 2426 02:12:39.399 --> 02:12:43.079 Okay, well I would I like the aerlom cells, veggie 2427 02:12:43.079 --> 02:12:46.439 and irmes for that kind of thing. It is available 2428 02:12:46.479 --> 02:12:49.119 by bag all over the place, easy to find it, 2429 02:12:49.800 --> 02:12:52.439 and airlom cels. I think veggie irmes would be the 2430 02:12:52.479 --> 02:12:54.920 way I would go for that particular kind of bad 2431 02:12:54.960 --> 02:12:55.800 that you're doing there. 2432 02:12:55.920 --> 02:12:58.560 Okay, good, thank you very much. We'll get some. 2433 02:13:00.159 --> 02:13:04.359 Yeah you bet all right? Okay, now you know, you 2434 02:13:04.399 --> 02:13:06.880 know the role on guard Line that was free advice. 2435 02:13:07.000 --> 02:13:09.079 But I do expect to see half of the produce 2436 02:13:09.239 --> 02:13:12.119 you create at the gar at the kid your Age studio, 2437 02:13:12.279 --> 02:13:13.119 so I don't. 2438 02:13:13.199 --> 02:13:17.720 I've never seen those watermelon bradishes, never seen watermelon ratis before. 2439 02:13:17.760 --> 02:13:19.039 That's an interesting looking thing. 2440 02:13:19.600 --> 02:13:24.800 So that one is? That one is? Oh okay yeah, yeah, 2441 02:13:25.239 --> 02:13:27.439 well I'm I'm I kid people about having to drop 2442 02:13:27.520 --> 02:13:31.399 off stuff. But yeah, watermelon radish is so pretty and 2443 02:13:31.439 --> 02:13:34.039 it's mild enough to where you can slice it and 2444 02:13:34.079 --> 02:13:36.600 then cut it into quarters, you know, like pizza pie 2445 02:13:37.359 --> 02:13:39.479 and put it on a dip tray and it makes 2446 02:13:39.520 --> 02:13:42.359 a really good chip if you will for dip and 2447 02:13:42.439 --> 02:13:48.119 it's mild enough for that, so we go. I'm getting hungry, okay, 2448 02:13:48.199 --> 02:13:51.199 you can. It is a radish, you know, so, I 2449 02:13:51.199 --> 02:13:53.680 mean in some radishes are just too hot for me, 2450 02:13:53.800 --> 02:13:57.439 but watermelons not. But it it's a nice addition to 2451 02:13:57.520 --> 02:13:59.439 a multi vegetable dip tray. 2452 02:13:59.520 --> 02:14:02.159 Yeah, nobody will know what it is, all right, man, 2453 02:14:03.359 --> 02:14:04.079 all right, thank you? 2454 02:14:04.239 --> 02:14:07.640 All right, there I go, Thank you, sir. Appreciate appreciate 2455 02:14:07.680 --> 02:14:12.600 your call. Yeah, try growing something new. That is my 2456 02:14:12.760 --> 02:14:14.720 challenge to you. What are you going to grow new 2457 02:14:15.239 --> 02:14:17.840 that you've never grown before? Try it? I mean, what 2458 02:14:17.920 --> 02:14:20.760 are you out? You know, packet of seed on watermelon radishes. 2459 02:14:20.800 --> 02:14:24.720 By the way, when you're planting things that are root crops, 2460 02:14:24.800 --> 02:14:27.560 it is better to plant them by seed than transplant. 2461 02:14:27.680 --> 02:14:32.039 You can plant radishes and turnips from transplants. You can 2462 02:14:32.079 --> 02:14:34.960 do that, or beats also from transplit if you want 2463 02:14:34.960 --> 02:14:36.399 to do that, but it is so easy to do 2464 02:14:36.439 --> 02:14:40.319 it from seed. Now, carrots you definitely need to do seed. 2465 02:14:40.399 --> 02:14:43.800 And here's why. That carrot sends a little skinny roots 2466 02:14:43.800 --> 02:14:46.359 straight down in the ground long before it becomes a carrot. 2467 02:14:46.399 --> 02:14:48.720 It's just a skinny root. And if that root breaks, 2468 02:14:49.560 --> 02:14:52.079 it will form two roots that go out or three, 2469 02:14:52.319 --> 02:14:54.560 and if you were to try to transplant, when that 2470 02:14:54.640 --> 02:14:57.760 root goes down in the transplant tree, it hits the 2471 02:14:57.840 --> 02:15:01.439 hole and the oxygen burns the rootoff, the air burns 2472 02:15:01.439 --> 02:15:03.399 the rooto off, and you will not have a long 2473 02:15:03.479 --> 02:15:06.039 normal carrot route if you grow it from a transplant. 2474 02:15:06.039 --> 02:15:08.920 So don't do that. You'll have weird carrot roots. You'll 2475 02:15:08.920 --> 02:15:11.880 have provocative carrot roots, but you won't have you won't 2476 02:15:11.920 --> 02:15:15.720 have normal carrot roots. So always direct seed your carrots. 2477 02:15:16.079 --> 02:15:18.680 And as far as I'm concerned, direct seed all your 2478 02:15:18.760 --> 02:15:23.359 root crops, I think they do better that way. Time 2479 02:15:23.399 --> 02:15:25.199 for me to take a break. We'll come back with 2480 02:15:25.279 --> 02:15:28.439 your calls in just a moment. Nine or eight or 2481 02:15:28.479 --> 02:15:32.399 seeing me seven to one three two one two ktright 2482 02:15:32.479 --> 02:15:34.640 seven one three two and two ktr eight. You heard 2483 02:15:34.680 --> 02:15:37.439 me talk about Microlife. I love to talk about Microlife 2484 02:15:37.439 --> 02:15:40.279 because they make a lot of really good quality products. 2485 02:15:40.319 --> 02:15:42.640 You know. One example of that would be their humic 2486 02:15:42.680 --> 02:15:45.520 acid complex. It's got some humic acid and some full 2487 02:15:45.600 --> 02:15:48.199 vic acid in it. Now you're going, Okay, why should 2488 02:15:48.239 --> 02:15:50.239 I care about these two acids? I don't even know 2489 02:15:50.279 --> 02:15:54.239 what you just said well, when you take compost and 2490 02:15:54.279 --> 02:15:57.680 you compost it to its final stage that's called humus, 2491 02:15:58.119 --> 02:16:02.479 and in that humans are acidic compounds that do a 2492 02:16:02.640 --> 02:16:05.199 number of things for the soil. They improve the soil's 2493 02:16:05.199 --> 02:16:11.239 physical properties, They help fungal promote in good fungi fungal growth. 2494 02:16:11.920 --> 02:16:15.159 They provide there are minerals in those products for the soil, 2495 02:16:15.600 --> 02:16:18.439 and the humic fulvic acid has also a little bit 2496 02:16:18.479 --> 02:16:21.520 of kelp in it. It's really a cornerstone product for them. 2497 02:16:21.880 --> 02:16:24.960 And anytime that you are putting something down into the soil, 2498 02:16:25.000 --> 02:16:26.800 you can add that. You can drench it onto over 2499 02:16:26.840 --> 02:16:30.640 your plants. It is beneficial for microbes, it's beneficial for 2500 02:16:30.720 --> 02:16:34.440 the soil structure, and it goes with a several products 2501 02:16:34.440 --> 02:16:38.000 that Microlife makes. They make one call liquid humates. Plus 2502 02:16:38.079 --> 02:16:42.200 it's a soil conditioner again, a stimulator of biological activity, 2503 02:16:42.840 --> 02:16:44.920 and it just works. You could put it in a 2504 02:16:44.959 --> 02:16:46.760 hose in spray or spread on your turf crash. You 2505 02:16:46.760 --> 02:16:48.200 can put it in a flower bed, you can put 2506 02:16:48.200 --> 02:16:50.959 it in a watering can to water things in. All 2507 02:16:51.040 --> 02:16:53.159 products from Microlife. All you have to do is go 2508 02:16:53.200 --> 02:16:56.719 online Microlife Fertilizer dot com and you can learn more 2509 02:16:56.799 --> 02:17:00.399 about these and other microlife products. I want to hit 2510 02:17:00.399 --> 02:17:01.920 out and out of Jersey Village and we're going to 2511 02:17:01.959 --> 02:17:03.959 talk to Chris. Hey, Chris, welcome to garden Line. 2512 02:17:05.159 --> 02:17:07.680 Hey, Skip, good morning. I wanted to talk a little 2513 02:17:07.680 --> 02:17:10.920 bit about my Saint Augustine. Wanted to talk about my 2514 02:17:10.959 --> 02:17:14.719 Saint Augustine grass, some lessons, some hard lessons that I've learned, 2515 02:17:14.719 --> 02:17:17.559 and maybe some things that I wanted to just run 2516 02:17:17.600 --> 02:17:20.239 by you and see what you thought. You know, this 2517 02:17:20.319 --> 02:17:22.360 time of year brown patch that we all know is 2518 02:17:22.639 --> 02:17:24.719 uh huh. 2519 02:17:24.760 --> 02:17:27.200 I was just gonna say, we're I've got some more 2520 02:17:27.280 --> 02:17:29.559 callers I'm gonna try to work in, So let's hit 2521 02:17:29.600 --> 02:17:31.600 one or two of them and who and then we'll 2522 02:17:31.600 --> 02:17:31.879 move on. 2523 02:17:32.440 --> 02:17:35.719 Okay, We've always been told to cut our Saint Augustine 2524 02:17:35.760 --> 02:17:39.920 as high as possible, and we have always, you know, 2525 02:17:40.079 --> 02:17:43.040 been told to different remedies for the brown patch. But 2526 02:17:43.799 --> 02:17:46.079 I think that we should also talk about this time 2527 02:17:46.120 --> 02:17:48.879 of year, especially right now after this rain. If you 2528 02:17:49.000 --> 02:17:52.239 have good grass, cut it short so it drives out faster. 2529 02:17:52.760 --> 02:17:55.200 And you won't have the moisture. 2530 02:17:54.879 --> 02:17:57.479 Problem staying around so long, and that will help with 2531 02:17:57.520 --> 02:18:01.600 the brown patch as well. That's that's just my opinion. 2532 02:18:01.799 --> 02:18:04.239 We've always been told to cut our grass high and 2533 02:18:04.239 --> 02:18:07.680 and do different things. But I think varying the speeds, 2534 02:18:07.879 --> 02:18:10.319 I mean the height on the lower as well as 2535 02:18:10.399 --> 02:18:11.559 whether or not you moult. 2536 02:18:11.520 --> 02:18:12.079 Or I like. 2537 02:18:12.200 --> 02:18:14.479 Right now, I don't know if you recommend multing. I 2538 02:18:14.520 --> 02:18:15.399 don't think multiing. 2539 02:18:15.479 --> 02:18:17.079 Might know it would be good, especially after. 2540 02:18:16.920 --> 02:18:21.440 The train trapping that much. One other things, I think 2541 02:18:21.440 --> 02:18:23.239 there are people on here that need to hear from 2542 02:18:23.280 --> 02:18:26.360 time to time that this time of year the sun 2543 02:18:26.559 --> 02:18:30.520 is further south and so what in summer you might 2544 02:18:30.600 --> 02:18:33.000 have light in one area, but now there's not, so 2545 02:18:33.040 --> 02:18:35.200 there's you know, people need to consider that that this 2546 02:18:35.280 --> 02:18:37.319 time of year the sun moves further south and you 2547 02:18:37.319 --> 02:18:39.360 have to move your plants around at their sun loving 2548 02:18:39.479 --> 02:18:42.479 out there in the shade. Thanks Skiff, appreciate the program. 2549 02:18:43.760 --> 02:18:46.079 Appreciate you. Wain In Chris, thanks for the call. We're 2550 02:18:46.079 --> 02:18:50.079 gonna We're gonna run now to uh tangle Wood, tangle 2551 02:18:50.120 --> 02:18:52.319 Wild and talk to be Hey b, welcome to guard Line. 2552 02:18:52.959 --> 02:18:53.479 Good morning. 2553 02:18:55.239 --> 02:19:00.280 I heard the fellow talking about trees, you know, the 2554 02:19:00.399 --> 02:19:04.120 Japanese maples, and I really like them too, but I've 2555 02:19:04.159 --> 02:19:07.159 always heard that they're really difficult to grow down here. 2556 02:19:08.639 --> 02:19:09.559 Of course, I don't know. 2557 02:19:09.639 --> 02:19:10.600 I'm not an expert. 2558 02:19:12.159 --> 02:19:14.399 Well, they're a little bit of a challenge. It can 2559 02:19:14.440 --> 02:19:18.000 be done, though, you know, plants can't read, and so 2560 02:19:18.120 --> 02:19:20.079 if they could read, they would know. They can't grow 2561 02:19:20.120 --> 02:19:22.479 in places where then somebody grows. And the minute I 2562 02:19:22.520 --> 02:19:25.159 go online and say you can't grow such and such plant, 2563 02:19:25.360 --> 02:19:27.719 I'll get five calls to people that are growing that plant. 2564 02:19:27.760 --> 02:19:30.600 You know. So there's always exceptions to the rule. But 2565 02:19:30.760 --> 02:19:33.559 I don't want to disk Japanese maple. They are beautiful, 2566 02:19:33.600 --> 02:19:37.399 beautiful plants. You just love the additions they want. Yeah, 2567 02:19:37.520 --> 02:19:42.000 and they add a very nice addition to the landscape. 2568 02:19:42.520 --> 02:19:44.799 Well, they have such a pretty color, you know, and 2569 02:19:45.200 --> 02:19:49.719 it's so it gets boring just look at green stuff, 2570 02:19:49.799 --> 02:19:54.840 you know. And I saw something on PBS about two 2571 02:19:54.920 --> 02:20:00.000 brothers who inherited a nursery from their dad who loves 2572 02:20:00.079 --> 02:20:03.719 of Japanese maples, and he started a nursery called Mister Maple. 2573 02:20:04.399 --> 02:20:08.520 And they're in Flat Rock, North Carolina. And these guys 2574 02:20:08.600 --> 02:20:10.799 went around the world looking All they do is look 2575 02:20:10.840 --> 02:20:14.360 at maples, apparently, and there's one hundred and eight types 2576 02:20:14.399 --> 02:20:18.200 of Japanese maples and I'm sure there's one that would 2577 02:20:18.200 --> 02:20:18.680 grow here. 2578 02:20:20.639 --> 02:20:23.600 Cool. Yeah, there are more than one, and our good 2579 02:20:23.600 --> 02:20:27.159 garden centers they will carry the ones that do best here. 2580 02:20:27.239 --> 02:20:29.479 So do you think they would know what cornelia is? 2581 02:20:31.760 --> 02:20:34.120 I don't know. I have not been into a cornelius lately, 2582 02:20:34.159 --> 02:20:35.399 so I just couldn't answer that. 2583 02:20:35.399 --> 02:20:36.120 For you. 2584 02:20:37.959 --> 02:20:40.799 Around for a long time. Yeah, yeah, they've been around 2585 02:20:40.840 --> 02:20:43.239 a long long time. Hey, thanks for the call, B 2586 02:20:43.399 --> 02:20:44.200 I appreciate that. 2587 02:20:44.639 --> 02:20:50.040 Okay, Well, I'm glad I yeah, because you know, on 2588 02:20:50.120 --> 02:20:53.079 my front yard they took a tree down that was 2589 02:20:54.239 --> 02:20:57.319 it should have acidified the soil because it was a pine. 2590 02:20:57.440 --> 02:20:59.879 It was a pine tree. So I'm hoping I can. 2591 02:20:59.719 --> 02:21:04.079 Grow one, all righty, good luck with that. Send me 2592 02:21:04.120 --> 02:21:06.120 a picture if you grow one. I'd love to see that. 2593 02:21:06.440 --> 02:21:09.440 We're gonna go to North Houston now and talk to Robert. Hey, Robert, welcome, 2594 02:21:09.479 --> 02:21:12.079 Reguard line. Hey, good morning, Skip. 2595 02:21:12.319 --> 02:21:18.159 I got a question about Aurelia cordatas. I've got two 2596 02:21:18.200 --> 02:21:22.280 different sources to say that in Japan they eat they 2597 02:21:22.280 --> 02:21:25.479 parbol the young shoots and are edible. So I was 2598 02:21:25.520 --> 02:21:28.639 wondering if the shoots are edible, and another sources that 2599 02:21:28.719 --> 02:21:33.159 the roots could be edible too. Do you think that 2600 02:21:33.159 --> 02:21:35.120 the leaves so that plant would be edible? 2601 02:21:35.159 --> 02:21:41.559 Awesome? Well, it's on a list. I've seen it on 2602 02:21:41.719 --> 02:21:45.399 lists of edible plants. When it gets to things like that, 2603 02:21:45.639 --> 02:21:47.920 I would want to research out a little bit before 2604 02:21:47.959 --> 02:21:51.040 I commented too much on it. Other than the fact 2605 02:21:51.120 --> 02:21:54.639 that it is on a list of things that you 2606 02:21:54.639 --> 02:21:57.799 can eat, I've seen that before. But as far as 2607 02:21:58.200 --> 02:22:01.280 you know it's growth and things like that, I don't 2608 02:22:01.399 --> 02:22:04.200 know if it'll grow this far south. I've never seen 2609 02:22:04.440 --> 02:22:10.079 aurelio kardada this far south. But I would do some research, 2610 02:22:10.200 --> 02:22:14.360 be real careful with that. But there's a website called 2611 02:22:15.479 --> 02:22:20.360 plants Let's see Plants for a Future, Plants for a Future. 2612 02:22:20.360 --> 02:22:23.479 It's p FAF dot org and it's a really good 2613 02:22:23.520 --> 02:22:26.280 website about all kinds of plants and uses and things. 2614 02:22:26.360 --> 02:22:29.479 P FAF dot org. I'm pretty sure they would have 2615 02:22:29.520 --> 02:22:32.159 a radio kardata on there, and in there you can 2616 02:22:32.200 --> 02:22:34.719 go read about it and learn a lot more. 2617 02:22:35.559 --> 02:22:38.239 Okay, one more question, bitter melon do you think you 2618 02:22:38.360 --> 02:22:39.159 would grow okay? 2619 02:22:39.200 --> 02:22:39.399 Here? 2620 02:22:41.319 --> 02:22:45.559 Do you say bitter melon yes, yes? Or bitter melon yeah? Better? Better? 2621 02:22:45.639 --> 02:22:48.559 Melon will grow here? And absolutely? What's a warm season plant, 2622 02:22:48.600 --> 02:22:51.559 so whenever you would be growing I don't know, canalops 2623 02:22:51.559 --> 02:22:54.200 and watermelons and squash and things. You can grow bitter 2624 02:22:54.239 --> 02:22:59.319 melon during the seasons, very popular. That's got the right name. 2625 02:22:59.360 --> 02:23:02.799 It is a bitter thing. But yeah, you can grow that. Hey, 2626 02:23:02.840 --> 02:23:05.399 I'm up against a hard break, Robert, thank you for 2627 02:23:05.440 --> 02:23:08.920 the cooker and thank you, yeah, thank you, appreciate that. 2628 02:23:09.000 --> 02:23:11.319 You take care. All right, folks, I'll be right back 2629 02:23:11.680 --> 02:23:13.280 if you'd like to get on the line with me. 2630 02:23:13.319 --> 02:23:17.520 Seven one three two one two kt r H. It's 2631 02:23:17.559 --> 02:23:20.639 a nerd day at the gardening. Call it outside of 2632 02:23:20.719 --> 02:23:25.639 the rain with the inside starting some seeds. I just 2633 02:23:25.719 --> 02:23:28.040 put on a raincoat. We can garden in the rain right. 2634 02:23:30.079 --> 02:23:30.120 Er. 2635 02:23:30.200 --> 02:23:35.840 The song remember the Doctor Doolittle movie Doctor Doolittle. How 2636 02:23:35.840 --> 02:23:38.280 many of you remember that movie. One of the songs 2637 02:23:38.319 --> 02:23:41.159 the words were, if you remain out in the rain, 2638 02:23:41.280 --> 02:23:44.479 you'll think you're drinking pink champagne and you will spend 2639 02:23:44.520 --> 02:23:47.840 your life praying for thunderstorms. I don't know where that 2640 02:23:47.879 --> 02:23:50.799 came from, back in the crevices of the brain, back 2641 02:23:50.840 --> 02:23:54.840 there somewhere. More useless information for the day. You're listening 2642 02:23:54.879 --> 02:23:58.840 to garden line for useful information call seven one three 2643 02:23:59.200 --> 02:24:03.079 two one two AH seven one three two one two 2644 02:24:03.559 --> 02:24:06.680 Ktr'd be happy to help you with the kinds of 2645 02:24:06.760 --> 02:24:09.879 questions that you might have. Earlier, I was talking about 2646 02:24:09.879 --> 02:24:13.680 Medina products and the product called has to Grow six 2647 02:24:13.760 --> 02:24:16.799 twelve six. That's a Medina plant foods product that I 2648 02:24:17.079 --> 02:24:20.360 especially recommend for when you're transplanting plants to put in 2649 02:24:20.360 --> 02:24:22.600 a water can drench it over the plants down in 2650 02:24:22.639 --> 02:24:25.440 the root system because it's got that twelve percent phosphorus 2651 02:24:25.479 --> 02:24:26.879 in it, a little bit of nitrogen, a little bit 2652 02:24:26.879 --> 02:24:30.280 of potassium, and twelve percent phosphorus. Phosphorus is important for roots. 2653 02:24:30.280 --> 02:24:33.719 It helps stimulate the blooming and whatnot on a plant. 2654 02:24:34.360 --> 02:24:38.360 But in that six twelve six is Medina soil activator 2655 02:24:38.399 --> 02:24:42.520 stimulates biological activity. It also has humande humic acid, which 2656 02:24:42.600 --> 02:24:45.440 we know humic acid is important for sol structure, improving 2657 02:24:45.479 --> 02:24:50.159 and proving nutrient uptake because when the structure is better, 2658 02:24:50.280 --> 02:24:53.200 the root system is better, the root is able to 2659 02:24:53.239 --> 02:24:56.040 take up nutrients to thrive and take up nutrients even better. 2660 02:24:56.040 --> 02:24:58.040 And of course it got seaweed extract in it too. 2661 02:24:58.799 --> 02:25:01.600 Lots of good products from me, this is just one 2662 02:25:02.079 --> 02:25:04.239 Medina products have been around for a very long time. 2663 02:25:04.280 --> 02:25:07.520 They're time tested, and in fact, you know when I 2664 02:25:07.559 --> 02:25:11.040 first began working my way through all the Medina line, 2665 02:25:11.120 --> 02:25:13.239 trying this out and trying that out and trying the 2666 02:25:13.280 --> 02:25:16.280 other out, I was just thinking, my goodness, They've got 2667 02:25:16.319 --> 02:25:19.120 a lot of really cool products and has to grow 2668 02:25:19.200 --> 02:25:22.799 six twelve six by Medina has to grow six twelve six. 2669 02:25:22.799 --> 02:25:24.760 Plant food is just one of those if you're going 2670 02:25:24.840 --> 02:25:27.639 to do any transplanting, you should have some on hand. 2671 02:25:27.719 --> 02:25:30.760 And listen, you should be doing transplanting. There is not 2672 02:25:30.840 --> 02:25:34.399 a better time of the year to plant woody ornamentals, 2673 02:25:34.440 --> 02:25:37.200 tree shrubs and woody vines, to plant fruit trees, to 2674 02:25:37.280 --> 02:25:43.719 plant strawberry plants, to plant perennials, and including ornamental grasses, 2675 02:25:43.760 --> 02:25:46.200 to plant cool seasoned flour. I mean, there's a lot 2676 02:25:46.239 --> 02:25:49.440 of planning to be done. And when maybe you have 2677 02:25:49.799 --> 02:25:54.440 bought some vegetables to set out as transplants, water them 2678 02:25:54.520 --> 02:25:57.479 in with Medina has to grow six twelve six. When 2679 02:25:57.520 --> 02:26:00.200 you grow these tomato transplants, I keep trying to get 2680 02:26:00.280 --> 02:26:03.360 you to grow some of your own transplants well water men, 2681 02:26:03.639 --> 02:26:09.360 Medina has to grow six twelve six seven ktr h. 2682 02:26:09.600 --> 02:26:12.360 We are in our last segment, we got time for 2683 02:26:12.399 --> 02:26:14.879 about another call. If somebody'd like to call in, we 2684 02:26:15.079 --> 02:26:17.799 be happy to visit with you and help you as 2685 02:26:17.840 --> 02:26:21.399 we always do, to have a beautiful, beautiful garden and 2686 02:26:21.479 --> 02:26:25.559 a bountiful, bountiful garden, and certainly a beautiful landscape as well, 2687 02:26:25.920 --> 02:26:28.399 and as I like to say, and more fun in 2688 02:26:28.479 --> 02:26:32.639 the process, and more fun in the process. I am 2689 02:26:32.719 --> 02:26:37.799 going to be doing my law and fertilization finally this week. 2690 02:26:37.920 --> 02:26:40.479 I know I've been busy, but I have an excuse. 2691 02:26:41.000 --> 02:26:44.799 It says the cobblers kids go barefoot. The Cobblers kids 2692 02:26:44.799 --> 02:26:47.559 go barefoot. So sometimes my yard has to wait because 2693 02:26:47.600 --> 02:26:50.360 I'm around doing other things. But anyway, I'm going to 2694 02:26:50.440 --> 02:26:53.040 be getting my fall fertilizer out and getting it watered 2695 02:26:53.079 --> 02:26:56.159 in really good to make sure that my ground, my 2696 02:26:56.280 --> 02:27:00.559 grass goes into winter stronger. Remember this, we talk about 2697 02:27:00.600 --> 02:27:03.760 cold heartiness, and we don't live in an area where 2698 02:27:04.360 --> 02:27:08.399 typical winners kill our grass. You know, it's not like 2699 02:27:09.319 --> 02:27:11.920 it's touch and go, and if we don't do that, 2700 02:27:12.040 --> 02:27:14.159 it's going to all die. But we can have winters 2701 02:27:14.200 --> 02:27:17.520 where there is cold damage to lawns. But I think 2702 02:27:17.600 --> 02:27:20.959 the most important reason that we do a fall fertilization 2703 02:27:21.000 --> 02:27:26.239 in our lawns is for spring growth, for spring growth. 2704 02:27:26.879 --> 02:27:29.120 And why am I saying that now, won't that fertilizer 2705 02:27:29.239 --> 02:27:32.959 be gone? No, because what happens is when you do 2706 02:27:33.000 --> 02:27:38.120 a fall fertilization, the grass takes it up, It makes 2707 02:27:38.159 --> 02:27:43.120 carbohydrates and creates, let's just say, an energy reserve in 2708 02:27:43.200 --> 02:27:47.760 the grass plant in spring. It's not the roots that 2709 02:27:47.879 --> 02:27:50.600 are taking up the nutrients that start that early growth. 2710 02:27:51.040 --> 02:27:54.040 The soil is cool, the roots are old, they're going 2711 02:27:54.079 --> 02:27:56.799 to be dying and new roots replacing them as we 2712 02:27:56.840 --> 02:28:00.879 move into spring. But it's that stored energy that supports 2713 02:28:00.959 --> 02:28:03.920 early green up and growth and strength. So your fall 2714 02:28:03.920 --> 02:28:07.280 fertilization is important for a number of reasons, not just 2715 02:28:07.360 --> 02:28:11.159 for winter survival and health, but for spring growth early on. 2716 02:28:11.680 --> 02:28:14.879 That is very, very important. And so if you haven't 2717 02:28:14.879 --> 02:28:17.600 done one, it's still time to do it. We've got 2718 02:28:17.600 --> 02:28:20.680 some great products out there that can help your lawn 2719 02:28:20.799 --> 02:28:23.959 be stronger going into the winter season. So if you 2720 02:28:23.959 --> 02:28:25.680 haven't done it yet, go ahead and do it now. 2721 02:28:25.920 --> 02:28:28.040 I'd rather we do it earlier. I'd rather i'd done 2722 02:28:28.120 --> 02:28:30.760 mine earlier. But still you can go ahead and do it. 2723 02:28:30.879 --> 02:28:34.280 Get it done now, because when you fertilize, now, maybe 2724 02:28:34.319 --> 02:28:37.559 I should say it this way. Fall fertilizing is fertilizing 2725 02:28:37.600 --> 02:28:42.239 your early spring lawn. It's supporting that early early growth 2726 02:28:42.319 --> 02:28:46.239 before the grass is you know, the soil's warm enough 2727 02:28:46.280 --> 02:28:48.680 and the rich systems or new roots are developing in things. 2728 02:28:48.879 --> 02:28:51.120 As that grass comes out of the winter and begins 2729 02:28:51.159 --> 02:28:53.840 to grow, it starts to you know, as it warms up. 2730 02:28:53.920 --> 02:28:56.360 The runners begin to grow in our sleepy headed, warm 2731 02:28:56.399 --> 02:28:59.680 season turf, and they begin to grow, and then they're 2732 02:28:59.719 --> 02:29:01.840 pegging down roots. And now you got new roots, and 2733 02:29:01.879 --> 02:29:04.680 now there's a whole other world. And we're doing our 2734 02:29:04.680 --> 02:29:08.159 spring fertilizations and other things summer fertilizations to keep it 2735 02:29:08.200 --> 02:29:13.799 growing through the year. Fall fertilizer very very important. All right, 2736 02:29:14.040 --> 02:29:15.840 there was your tip for the day. I don't know, 2737 02:29:15.920 --> 02:29:17.840 maybe I've getten another tip or two for the day, 2738 02:29:18.079 --> 02:29:20.079 but it would be a good time to do that. 2739 02:29:20.159 --> 02:29:23.280 So I've been challenging you all morning. What are you 2740 02:29:23.319 --> 02:29:24.959 going to grow different this year? What are you going 2741 02:29:25.040 --> 02:29:28.079 to try that's new this year? I want to give 2742 02:29:28.120 --> 02:29:30.159 you one more challenge. What are you going to learn 2743 02:29:30.200 --> 02:29:33.479 that's new this year? You know, we had a caller 2744 02:29:33.520 --> 02:29:37.200 about a plant that is assailable or not. You know, 2745 02:29:38.239 --> 02:29:42.319 maybe you are interested in learning about herbs. Why don't 2746 02:29:42.319 --> 02:29:44.520 you spend some time learning about herbs. You know, when 2747 02:29:44.600 --> 02:29:46.319 you listen to garden Line, you learn. I hope you do. 2748 02:29:46.920 --> 02:29:50.200 We provide that information to help you become a better gardener. 2749 02:29:50.840 --> 02:29:54.959 But it's also important when you are wanting to try 2750 02:29:54.959 --> 02:29:57.440 anything new or get better at what you do, to 2751 02:29:57.520 --> 02:30:01.639 spend some time learning. You know, they say that the 2752 02:30:01.639 --> 02:30:06.360 most important part of cutting down trees is sharpening the saw, 2753 02:30:06.680 --> 02:30:10.000 and that is really true. And you are the gardener. 2754 02:30:10.040 --> 02:30:13.000 We need to sharpen us as gardeners when we do that. 2755 02:30:13.360 --> 02:30:18.719 Printing season is coming. I see so much printing malpractice 2756 02:30:18.760 --> 02:30:21.120 out there where people have trimmed their shrubs in a 2757 02:30:21.159 --> 02:30:24.159 way that is not good. It's not going to help 2758 02:30:24.200 --> 02:30:26.319 the shrub. You can learn about that, and now'd be 2759 02:30:26.360 --> 02:30:28.799 a good time to do that. Spend some time learning. 2760 02:30:28.959 --> 02:30:32.239 One good website that I'll give you that you can 2761 02:30:32.280 --> 02:30:34.120 go to for a lot of good information is a 2762 02:30:34.200 --> 02:30:38.120 Aggie horticulture website. Aggie Horticulture from the Horticulture Department TAXA, 2763 02:30:38.159 --> 02:30:43.280 A and M. It's it's Aggie hyphen Horticulture dot TAMU 2764 02:30:43.479 --> 02:30:46.360 dot edu, but you can just google it Aggie Horticulture. 2765 02:30:46.760 --> 02:30:48.360 When you get there, you're going to find a section 2766 02:30:48.440 --> 02:30:52.399 on vegetables that has the Easy Gardening series of publications 2767 02:30:52.399 --> 02:30:55.479 for every single vegetable you possibly want to grow, and 2768 02:30:55.639 --> 02:30:58.920 things like fertilizing the garden, building raised beds, building the 2769 02:30:58.959 --> 02:31:02.600 soil disease controlled things like that. There's a fruit section 2770 02:31:02.680 --> 02:31:05.520 that has a publication on every fruit from avocados to 2771 02:31:05.559 --> 02:31:08.639 whatever fruit begins with a Z. It's got all those 2772 02:31:08.680 --> 02:31:12.799 publications in it. They're free and it's science based information. 2773 02:31:13.079 --> 02:31:16.520 Very good. And keep checking out gardening with Skip dot com. 2774 02:31:16.600 --> 02:31:19.319 I keep adding stuff. I'm working with my designer right now. 2775 02:31:19.360 --> 02:31:23.399 We're revamping the website and about to add a bunch 2776 02:31:23.520 --> 02:31:27.399 of whole new cool information to help you have success 2777 02:31:27.440 --> 02:31:31.120 with your garden. So go for the day tip for 2778 02:31:31.159 --> 02:31:33.959 the wires, however you want to put it. Learn something, 2779 02:31:34.159 --> 02:31:36.879 get out and learn something. I just read about it 2780 02:31:36.920 --> 02:31:39.239 and I just study it online. Then get out and 2781 02:31:39.280 --> 02:31:42.319 try it, because there's nothing like experience. I've got a 2782 02:31:42.360 --> 02:31:46.159 Master three in horticulture for textm that was helpful, And 2783 02:31:46.280 --> 02:31:49.079 I'm telling you by day by day by day one 2784 02:31:50.799 --> 02:31:51.959 most important of all