WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:05.040 Welcome to Katie r. H. Garden Line with Skip Rictor. 2 00:00:06.759 --> 00:00:15.000 The Crazy gas can trim. You just watch him as 3 00:00:15.080 --> 00:00:17.160 the world gods. 4 00:00:20.480 --> 00:00:29.920 Many thanks to sup Brasys, gass, the club backs, not 5 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:33.359 a sound credit, the glass gas. 6 00:00:35.359 --> 00:00:45.759 The sun beam, and gas starting out. 7 00:00:45.640 --> 00:00:46.200 Of a tree. 8 00:00:48.280 --> 00:00:52.520 All right, folks, we got a garden show to do here, 9 00:00:52.600 --> 00:00:55.359 so let's just say that's just to get going. I'm 10 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:58.799 your host, Skip Rictor. You're listening to garden Line and 11 00:00:58.880 --> 00:01:00.880 we're here to help you have a boutonful garden and 12 00:01:01.000 --> 00:01:04.799 a beautiful landscape and most importantly more fun in the process. 13 00:01:05.760 --> 00:01:07.439 Gardening is fun. 14 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:07.879 It is. 15 00:01:08.079 --> 00:01:11.920 It's a rewarding hobby. It is a hobby that helps 16 00:01:11.959 --> 00:01:14.879 you physically, it helps you mentally. Did you know that 17 00:01:15.159 --> 00:01:18.000 there is a ton of research up foot deep stock 18 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:20.359 of research papers that could file up on the desk 19 00:01:21.120 --> 00:01:23.439 and I print them out over the years of what's 20 00:01:23.480 --> 00:01:26.680 the latest research and stuff? And gardening is incredible. I 21 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:32.280 mean it, it is incredible. Kids with ADHD improvement score tests, 22 00:01:33.200 --> 00:01:38.519 old folks dealing with dementia issues. It's beneficial people that 23 00:01:38.640 --> 00:01:41.359 are in a hospital healing. The difference between looking out 24 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:43.760 a window at plants and looking out a window at 25 00:01:43.760 --> 00:01:47.079 a parking lot. Measurable difference and rate of healing is 26 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:49.239 that amazing. I mean, I could go on and on 27 00:01:49.319 --> 00:01:51.760 and on with all the benefits. But we gardeners already 28 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:54.719 know this. You know, when you're out there in the garden, 29 00:01:55.000 --> 00:01:57.719 especially this morning, you're gonna hear the birds singing, you're 30 00:01:57.760 --> 00:01:59.879 gonna be out and about doing some things. It's just 31 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:03.959 it's just wonderful, whether you're doing a lot of exercise 32 00:02:04.079 --> 00:02:06.959 or whether you're just puttering around the garden, which is legit. 33 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:11.159 I love to putter around my garden. It's it's I 34 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:14.360 don't know, it's therapeutic. It's helpful in many many ways. 35 00:02:14.439 --> 00:02:17.680 So you're in the right place. Welcome to Garden Line. 36 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:19.439 Nice to have you with us today. If you'd like 37 00:02:19.479 --> 00:02:21.280 to give me a call, we're here to answer your 38 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:24.759 gardening question. Seven one three two one two kt r 39 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:29.240 H seven to one three two one two k t RH. 40 00:02:29.520 --> 00:02:33.599 I was fertilizing my yard just this past week. Actually, 41 00:02:33.639 --> 00:02:36.919 I say yard, one of my yards. I've I divided 42 00:02:37.039 --> 00:02:39.280 my yard up. I have four different sections of turf 43 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:41.759 in my landscape, and I have four different turfs in 44 00:02:41.840 --> 00:02:44.439 each section. I know that's weird, but it's what I 45 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.879 like to do. It allows me to try different things 46 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:49.719 out and learn about turf. So when you give me 47 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:51.800 a call and you ask me about a particular turf 48 00:02:51.960 --> 00:02:54.120 or what about this or that or the other, it's 49 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.120 not like, well, I read a book somewhere that you're 50 00:02:56.120 --> 00:02:59.159 supposed to know. I'm doing it to my own yard trying. 51 00:02:59.520 --> 00:03:02.000 When I talk talk about a fertilizer, it's because I've 52 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:06.560 used it and because it works. I don't just like, Okay, 53 00:03:07.039 --> 00:03:08.560 so and so wants me to talk about their fertile 54 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:11.000 I'll talk about their Furtilzer. No, it is a matter 55 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:13.240 of what does it work. And one that works, I'll 56 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:17.439 tell you this for sure, is Nitrofoss's Superturf. Superturf is 57 00:03:17.520 --> 00:03:21.560 a nineteen four to ten fertilizer, so that is about 58 00:03:22.159 --> 00:03:24.759 a four to one two ratio. Three one two and 59 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:29.199 four one two ratios are very very appropriate for turf. 60 00:03:29.280 --> 00:03:32.280 If you were to cut grass clippings, healthy grass clippings 61 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:34.000 off and send them to a lab and say what's 62 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:35.840 in them, They're going to tell you there's a lot 63 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:39.800 of nitrogen, very little phosphorus, and a medium amount of potassium. 64 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:42.159 That's what turf takes up, so why not put that 65 00:03:42.319 --> 00:03:45.919 down now. Nitrofoss Superturf nineteen four ten is slow released, 66 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:48.919 so for four months it's going to be gradually releasing 67 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:52.840 that nineteen percent nitrogen to your turf so you get 68 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:56.039 nice even growth. You're going to find this product as 69 00:03:56.080 --> 00:03:58.439 well as other nit foss products it places like en 70 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:02.360 sheended forest down on FM twenty seven fifty nine in 71 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:05.280 the Richmond Rosenberg area at Ace Hardware Single Ranch on 72 00:04:05.400 --> 00:04:09.080 Mason Road, Aspass up in the Woodlands on Kirkandall and 73 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:13.560 certainly the Arborgate on FM twenty nine twenty and Tombaal 74 00:04:13.680 --> 00:04:19.360 carries some of the nitrofoss products as well. Say I 75 00:04:19.439 --> 00:04:24.639 was fertilizing my lawn and when you put out nutrient, 76 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:27.879 you want to put it out in two different directions, 77 00:04:28.079 --> 00:04:31.240 and I use north south and east west as just examples. 78 00:04:31.279 --> 00:04:34.000 It doesn't matter which way there you're going. But when 79 00:04:34.079 --> 00:04:37.680 you cross hatch your application like that, it smooths it out. 80 00:04:37.839 --> 00:04:40.399 Have you ever seen someone with a striped yard. They 81 00:04:40.480 --> 00:04:42.560 went through the yard with a spreader and maybe the 82 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:46.879 spreader overlapped, so some strips through the lawn got twice 83 00:04:46.920 --> 00:04:49.839 as much fertilizer, as other strips through the lawn did 84 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:52.879 because of the overlap or lack of overlap. Well, you 85 00:04:52.920 --> 00:04:55.920 can avoid that by going about half of your product 86 00:04:56.199 --> 00:04:59.439 one direction, then go half your product the other. It 87 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.720 is all always better to under apply and then to 88 00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:07.319 come back and touch it up. So I've done this before. 89 00:05:07.360 --> 00:05:09.560 Don't tell anybody, it's just Jimmy listening red. But please 90 00:05:09.560 --> 00:05:13.360 don't spread this around. I have gone out, build up 91 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.600 my hopper, set it like I thought it needed to 92 00:05:15.680 --> 00:05:18.480 be set, and took off across the yard, and three 93 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:20.879 fourths of the way across the yard, I'm out a fertilizer. 94 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:24.160 Uh oh, so now what we'll load it up and 95 00:05:24.759 --> 00:05:28.399 end up overfertilizing the rest just to make it look even. 96 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:32.240 But then you have the stripes also from that. Well, 97 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:35.160 what I'll do is figure out, you know what I 98 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:38.439 probably need. I'm going to go about under half rate 99 00:05:38.839 --> 00:05:41.839 one direction, and then you can look and go, you 100 00:05:41.879 --> 00:05:44.240 know what, I'm putting out too much and you drop 101 00:05:44.319 --> 00:05:46.279 it down in the other direction. You go at the 102 00:05:46.279 --> 00:05:49.360 appropriate rate, or maybe I'm not putting out enough. That's okay, 103 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:51.199 go over the other one the other way, and then 104 00:05:51.759 --> 00:05:54.240 just if you have to make a third pass, you 105 00:05:54.319 --> 00:05:56.839 know what, to diagnose them. Just do it and that 106 00:05:57.079 --> 00:05:59.319 just smooths things out. That way, you don't mess up 107 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:01.920 because if you have extra leftover and you didn't set 108 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:05.839 it putting out fast enough, that's okay. It just means 109 00:06:05.879 --> 00:06:09.720 you can make a nice, more even application. So just 110 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:12.439 a tip there. That's true with fertilizer, It's certainly true 111 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:16.680 with weed control, and it certainly is true when you're 112 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:19.480 dealing with insects and diseases as well. Coverage is key. 113 00:06:19.680 --> 00:06:23.000 Coverage is critical. That's just a little tip for you there. 114 00:06:24.680 --> 00:06:28.639 The folks at Spring Creek Feed up and humble, they 115 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:32.160 just continue to prevent to bring in and last time 116 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.879 I was there, the product line that they have for 117 00:06:35.000 --> 00:06:38.120 your lawn and garden is amazing. You're going to find well, 118 00:06:38.279 --> 00:06:41.160 you know, if you're doing lawn fertilizing, maybe you do 119 00:06:41.399 --> 00:06:44.399 like a nitropost product. They've got them. They've got Nelson 120 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:47.800 Turf Star line, they've got the Microlife line as well. 121 00:06:48.399 --> 00:06:50.959 All there at Spring Creek Feed they also have things 122 00:06:51.000 --> 00:06:54.360 to control weeds and insects and diseases. When you go 123 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:58.079 into Spring Creek, you will be greeted by friendly courteous staff, 124 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:00.240 just like you would expect or hope when you go 125 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.800 in to any kind of a business. If you're an 126 00:07:04.040 --> 00:07:07.720 FFA kiddo or four H kiddo, they have discounts as 127 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:11.240 well as for folks that are military and senior citizens, 128 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:15.120 a special deliver, they will deliver and they'll special order 129 00:07:15.199 --> 00:07:18.040 to both. In fact, at Spring Creek Feed. They're located 130 00:07:18.120 --> 00:07:21.439 in Magnolia on FM twenty nine seventy eight. You can't 131 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:23.000 miss them as you're kind of heading up in north 132 00:07:23.040 --> 00:07:26.160 direction twenty ninety seventy eight on the left hand side 133 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:29.199 there is Spring Creek Feed and just minutes away from 134 00:07:29.240 --> 00:07:33.000 Grand park Way and Highway to forty nine. Well, I'm 135 00:07:33.000 --> 00:07:35.199 gonna take a little break here and we will be 136 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:37.519 back with your questions again if you'd like to be 137 00:07:37.600 --> 00:07:40.680 first up this morning. Seven to one three two one 138 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:44.000 two kt r H. Seven to one three two one 139 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:49.759 two k t r H. Alright, we're back. Welcome back 140 00:07:49.759 --> 00:07:51.680 to the garden Line. Good to have you with us today. 141 00:07:51.720 --> 00:07:55.959 We've got plenty to talk about. It is spring. Let 142 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:58.439 me say it this way. If it is April and 143 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:02.560 you are not interested in garden two things. One, check 144 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:05.399 your pulse, make sure you're still alive. Number two, If 145 00:08:05.439 --> 00:08:08.199 you have a pulse, then you're not a gardener. I'm 146 00:08:08.279 --> 00:08:12.000 telling you everybody who is has one drop of gardening 147 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:15.199 blood in them anywhere. Boy, I hope you do. It's 148 00:08:15.240 --> 00:08:19.120 such a great hobby. Spring is like everybody's a gardener. Now. 149 00:08:19.639 --> 00:08:22.439 I understand we get to July and August and I'm 150 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.720 gonna have to talk into it some of you at 151 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:27.759 least at that time. But Spring, gosh, this is the 152 00:08:27.839 --> 00:08:31.279 fun time. This is the easy time. You put things 153 00:08:31.360 --> 00:08:33.480 in the ground and they just want to grow and 154 00:08:33.879 --> 00:08:37.240 it's just everything. Everybody's happy, all right, So this is it. 155 00:08:38.600 --> 00:08:41.919 I was just talking a minute ago about fertilizing the 156 00:08:42.000 --> 00:08:45.000 lawn and what I forgot to mention to you is 157 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:49.639 it's not just the macro nutrients that our turf needs. 158 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:53.720 Turf needs, you know, about twenty different nutrients in order 159 00:08:53.840 --> 00:08:57.159 to grow turf grass plants. So you pick a grass blade, 160 00:08:57.320 --> 00:08:59.519 look at it, hold up, look at it. In that 161 00:08:59.639 --> 00:09:02.519 grass plate is boron? Did you know that? And have 162 00:09:02.600 --> 00:09:05.279 you ever seen boron on a fertilizer label before? It's 163 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:08.240 a big three that you primarily see on fertilizer labels, 164 00:09:08.879 --> 00:09:11.639 but boron and zinc and iron, and manganese and molybthanum, 165 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:13.679 and there's a lot of things that grass has to 166 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:17.200 have to grow. That's why we put do a trace 167 00:09:17.320 --> 00:09:20.799 mineral supplement, and we put on one called azmite. Asimite 168 00:09:21.080 --> 00:09:23.600 is mined out of the ground up in Utah and 169 00:09:23.919 --> 00:09:28.120 it is sold as a mineral supplement for micronutrients. It 170 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:30.320 doesn't make the grass turn green and grow fast like 171 00:09:30.480 --> 00:09:35.039 nitrogen does. No, I bet it's needed. It's required. Asumite 172 00:09:35.120 --> 00:09:37.240 is put down at a very low rate, about a 173 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:39.879 forty four pound bag will cover about six to twelve 174 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:41.559 thousand square feet. By the way, I use it in 175 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:44.840 vegetable gardens two ten pounds per thousand in a vegetable garden, 176 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:47.919 and it works. Azimite Texas dot com. That's a website 177 00:09:47.919 --> 00:09:50.120 if you want to learn more about it. But I'll 178 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:52.559 just tell you this. You go to feed stores, garden centers, 179 00:09:52.960 --> 00:09:56.399 ace hardware stores, Southwest fertilizer places like that, you're going 180 00:09:56.440 --> 00:09:59.200 to find azamite. And it is something you do not 181 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:03.840 mix in the same fertilization application because the particle sizes 182 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:06.879 are different. You just do your fertilizing, then turn around, 183 00:10:06.919 --> 00:10:08.679 load up with as mite and do it again with 184 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:10.840 the a's mite. You don't have to do it on 185 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:12.679 the same day. You can do as mite any day 186 00:10:12.679 --> 00:10:14.519 of the year. You want to do as mite, okay, 187 00:10:15.080 --> 00:10:17.200 but since you're out there and you got the machine 188 00:10:17.240 --> 00:10:19.279 out running across the lawn, go ahead and do it 189 00:10:19.679 --> 00:10:27.440 as mite. It works. That concept of micronutrients for some 190 00:10:27.600 --> 00:10:30.120 folks is a little hard hard to follow. And you say, well, 191 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:33.639 is it a fertilizer. Well, yes, it's a fertilizer because 192 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:38.080 it is nutrient elements the grass has to have. But 193 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:41.600 it's not like the Big three that you put on. 194 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:43.480 That's kind of the difference. I think that's where the 195 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:46.879 confusion occurs. Our bodies are the same way. You know, 196 00:10:47.039 --> 00:10:49.919 you need a lot of protein, you do in order 197 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.200 to do well. There's a lot of things in your 198 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:55.399 diet you need. But then there are these things like 199 00:10:55.559 --> 00:11:00.840 tiny little micronutrients that you need too. There's nutrients, micronutrients, 200 00:11:00.840 --> 00:11:03.399 there's vitamins and things like vitamin D. Well, you don't 201 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.799 need much of that, but you do need it. And 202 00:11:06.360 --> 00:11:09.279 those are the things that we must not forget both 203 00:11:09.320 --> 00:11:12.000 in our diet and then the diet of our lawns 204 00:11:12.000 --> 00:11:16.559 as well. I was touching base with the folks at 205 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:21.600 pest Pros yesterday, just reaching out. We're having some conversations 206 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:24.559 kind of some more coming up here about things going 207 00:11:24.600 --> 00:11:27.600 on out in the landscape and out around the house. 208 00:11:27.679 --> 00:11:30.559 And you know, pest Pros is our pest control service 209 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.919 here on Garden Line. They cover a wide area. They'll 210 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:36.120 go all the way from Baytown across the Kadie and 211 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:38.519 from Texas City down south all the way up into 212 00:11:38.600 --> 00:11:41.679 the woodlands, and they take care of the pests that 213 00:11:41.799 --> 00:11:43.919 you have. It doesn't matter what it is. The number 214 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:49.399 one concern of us is termites because they damage our 215 00:11:49.480 --> 00:11:53.919 homes to great financial significant damage. 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Now, if you have fire ants, if 226 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:26.639 you have mosquitoes, they if you have cockroaches in the house, 227 00:12:26.720 --> 00:12:30.559 you know, if you've got silverfish crawling around, whatever kinds 228 00:12:30.600 --> 00:12:33.879 of treatments you have, pest Bros Can do it. And 229 00:12:34.000 --> 00:12:37.000 that includes things like wild varmts, you know, those possums 230 00:12:37.080 --> 00:12:39.879 and the roof rats or whatever kind of rats crawling 231 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:43.519 around outside. They can handle all of those things. All 232 00:12:43.559 --> 00:12:46.759 you got to do is head to the website thepestbros 233 00:12:47.120 --> 00:12:52.600 dot com b ros d pestbros dot com, all right, 234 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:54.919 and you can also give them a call if you 235 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.120 like to get a quote. Two eight one two o 236 00:12:57.399 --> 00:13:00.759 six forty six seventy two eight one two oh six 237 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.440 forty six seventy Make sure when you call them you 238 00:13:03.559 --> 00:13:07.720 ask about their mosquito control buckets. Just say it that way. 239 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:09.919 That's the simplest way to put it. Let them tell 240 00:13:09.919 --> 00:13:12.159 you what this stuff does. It is amazing. I've got 241 00:13:12.200 --> 00:13:16.879 them at my house and that's a goolest new safe again, 242 00:13:17.080 --> 00:13:20.799 safer technology. That's what we're all about. That pest Bro's 243 00:13:20.879 --> 00:13:27.080 house fascinating. I keep checking my buckets all the time, 244 00:13:27.159 --> 00:13:29.240 looking at you know, looking for a little larvae animus. 245 00:13:29.879 --> 00:13:33.279 They make the mosquitoes lay, make them, they entice them 246 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:37.639 to lay their eggs in those buckets, and those mosquitoes 247 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:40.279 are never going to hatch. Plus when the mama mosquito 248 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:44.279 flies away, she takes a substance that will prevent mosquitos 249 00:13:44.320 --> 00:13:48.960 in other areas from hatching as well. Super say, pets, 250 00:13:49.440 --> 00:13:54.960 pets and birds and other things. No worries about that. Well, 251 00:13:55.080 --> 00:13:59.679 I was looking online at I always check our garden 252 00:13:59.720 --> 00:14:01.720 center and see, you know, what are they getting in, 253 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.200 what's going on there, what's happening there? And something is 254 00:14:05.240 --> 00:14:07.879 always going on at a Plants for All seasons. That's 255 00:14:07.960 --> 00:14:11.840 up on Tomball Parkway, which is FM two forty nine. 256 00:14:12.639 --> 00:14:15.480 It's just north of Luetta Road right there on FM 257 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:18.519 two forty nine. Okay, not on Luetta on FM two 258 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.159 forty nine. If you have a brown thumb and you'd 259 00:14:22.240 --> 00:14:24.159 like to see it turned green, well you need to 260 00:14:24.240 --> 00:14:26.399 go to Plants for All seasons. Those of you have 261 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:28.440 a green thumb probably already been there, and that's part 262 00:14:28.480 --> 00:14:31.159 of the reason why it's green, because the color of 263 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:34.679 our thumb is all about good information and good plants. 264 00:14:35.000 --> 00:14:37.039 You pick up plant that wants to grow here, you 265 00:14:37.159 --> 00:14:38.919 plant it right and take care of it right, and 266 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.919 Plants for All Seasons helps you do that and the 267 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:44.240 plant grows and everybody goes you got a green thumb, Well, 268 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:46.600 just have an informed thumb, because I went to a 269 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:50.480 place that is a full service garden center, family owner 270 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:54.120 and operated since nineteen seventy three, and they are true 271 00:14:54.399 --> 00:14:56.639 lawn and garden experts. I mean you can take them 272 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:58.840 a picture or a sample or whatever. You know, here's 273 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:01.039 my neighbor, he's got this plan over there in the yard. 274 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:02.720 Or I was driving by a house and I saw this, 275 00:15:03.080 --> 00:15:05.080 What is it? Does it grow here? And they'll they'll 276 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:08.039 tell you. They'll they will tell you exactly how to grow. 277 00:15:08.080 --> 00:15:09.840 If you have an issue you're dealing with things, help 278 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:13.159 you with that. To solve an insect or disease or 279 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:15.600 weed problem, whatever you have, you can get your green 280 00:15:15.679 --> 00:15:20.399 on there Plants for All Seasons, Plants for All Seasons 281 00:15:20.720 --> 00:15:22.240 dot com. If you're want to give them a call 282 00:15:22.360 --> 00:15:26.200 two eight one three seven six sixteen forty six two 283 00:15:26.240 --> 00:15:32.000 eight one three seven six one six four six the 284 00:15:33.000 --> 00:15:36.799 my front bed. Don't tell anybody that because I wouldn't 285 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:38.679 want the word to get out, but I had not 286 00:15:38.879 --> 00:15:41.840 trimmed back my perennials in front of my house. I 287 00:15:42.000 --> 00:15:43.879 just haven't. I keep walking by going, Yeah, I got 288 00:15:44.000 --> 00:15:46.159 to get around to that. Actually, I'm thinking I'm gonna 289 00:15:46.159 --> 00:15:48.200 do a little video on that for our Facebook account. 290 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:52.039 We have a garden line Facebook account and Instagram account too, 291 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:56.000 by the way, and I was post a little videos 292 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:58.840 on what's happening. I did one on fertilizing a week 293 00:15:58.919 --> 00:16:02.519 or so ago. Anyway, I'm walking by it and I'm 294 00:16:02.559 --> 00:16:04.120 not doing it, and it needs to get done. I 295 00:16:04.200 --> 00:16:06.159 need to get those trimmed back. But I'm waiting till 296 00:16:06.159 --> 00:16:07.320 I can get a camera set up and do a 297 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.600 little video showing you what we do and why on it. 298 00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:13.720 And so that's a task that needs to get done. 299 00:16:13.919 --> 00:16:17.960 I've got some maults replenishing that I just finished. If 300 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:20.600 you have mults your flower beds, and boy, I hope 301 00:16:20.600 --> 00:16:22.279 you have. If not, you're going to spend a lot 302 00:16:22.320 --> 00:16:25.799 of time weeding and fussing and being disappointed in all 303 00:16:25.879 --> 00:16:30.399 the weeds. A good thick maultz blocks light, and when 304 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:34.440 you block light, weed seeds can't get a start. That's 305 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:37.519 how it works. So what you gotta do is you 306 00:16:37.639 --> 00:16:41.360 need to keep that mault thick enough to block the light. People. 307 00:16:41.399 --> 00:16:44.080 So how deep do you malt? Well, I usually say 308 00:16:44.120 --> 00:16:47.120 about three inches or so four inches. Maybe it just 309 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:49.279 depends on what you're using though. If you were using 310 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:53.080 a very fine textured malts, you know, compost level kind 311 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:55.720 of texture, very fine texture, well, it doesn't take much 312 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:58.799 to block the light. But if you're using something big 313 00:16:58.919 --> 00:17:03.360 and chunky, well, you know, it doesn't make a solid 314 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:05.799 covering unless you make it pretty deep because a light 315 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:08.599 goes past those chunks in between them and makes it 316 00:17:08.680 --> 00:17:10.440 to the ground. So you have to put a little 317 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:13.200 bit deeper. So it's not a great answer to it. 318 00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:17.440 Three inches is just a general guide. But whenever you 319 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:20.200 do mulch, and I've had people call here and say, 320 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:23.400 do I need to get that old mulch out of there, 321 00:17:23.759 --> 00:17:27.079 as if the old mulch is a bad thing, And 322 00:17:27.200 --> 00:17:31.720 the answer is absolutely not. Old mulch is a good thing. 323 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:35.079 Think about this, Think about how the forest was designed 324 00:17:35.119 --> 00:17:38.079 to work. I mean, really the perfect place to grow 325 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:41.440 a tree. Right in the forest. We have soil that 326 00:17:41.519 --> 00:17:43.880 gets better and better every year in the forest because 327 00:17:43.920 --> 00:17:46.839 the trees drop organic matter on the ground and it 328 00:17:47.039 --> 00:17:50.400 rots and it becomes soil. And now does someone go 329 00:17:50.519 --> 00:17:52.799 through there and rake up all the old leaves at 330 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:54.839 the end of the year and put so the fresh 331 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:58.279 new fall leaves can fall on dirt. No, they drop 332 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:00.839 on top of the old stuff, and the old stuff 333 00:18:01.000 --> 00:18:06.000 just decomposes faster because it's staying moist and it can 334 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:09.319 decompose faster, and that it gets better and better. So 335 00:18:09.519 --> 00:18:12.119 when you've got mulch and it's getting thin and you're thinking, 336 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:14.599 oh darn, my mault is, then I gotta put a 337 00:18:14.640 --> 00:18:17.680 new multch down on there. Well, yeah, okay, that's work. 338 00:18:17.799 --> 00:18:19.480 It takes all the time to do it, Yeah, but 339 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:25.240 not much. But that old multch is decomposing away and 340 00:18:25.400 --> 00:18:29.000 making your soil better and better and better and better. 341 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:32.240 Leave the old maults. Put fresh mult on top to 342 00:18:32.359 --> 00:18:35.680 maintain the depth you need to maintain. But that old 343 00:18:35.799 --> 00:18:40.319 maltch isn't gone. It's now become good stuff for the 344 00:18:40.400 --> 00:18:44.400 plants themselves. Before it was just dry organic matter sitting 345 00:18:44.440 --> 00:18:46.480 on the surface to block the light. That's kind of 346 00:18:46.480 --> 00:18:49.279 what it accomplished. It blocks the light. It moderates the 347 00:18:49.359 --> 00:18:53.440 soil temperature because it's a shading of the soil, and 348 00:18:53.720 --> 00:18:56.559 it helps hold in some moisture as well, because again 349 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:02.319 the evaporation from the soil surface is decreased because you 350 00:19:02.400 --> 00:19:03.759 got the mulch on there, so it has a lot 351 00:19:03.799 --> 00:19:07.680 of good benefit. But when it decomposes, then you get 352 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:10.920 the good stuff released down into the soil. All right, 353 00:19:10.920 --> 00:19:12.880 I hope I made sense of that. But anyway, Yeah, 354 00:19:13.079 --> 00:19:18.960 don't remove your old mult that is important. Hey, if 355 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:20.400 you like to give us a call seven to one 356 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:21.839 three two one two. 357 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:23.319 K t r H. 358 00:19:23.759 --> 00:19:28.000 Seven one three two one two k t r H, 359 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:28.960 feel free. 360 00:19:28.880 --> 00:19:29.240 To do that. 361 00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:31.640 We'd love to visit with you about the kinds of 362 00:19:31.720 --> 00:19:37.119 questions that you might have. I uh, I don't know 363 00:19:37.160 --> 00:19:40.480 how many years ago, not too many, maybe four or 364 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:44.160 five years ago. I discovered something called sweet green from Nitrofoss. 365 00:19:44.440 --> 00:19:46.200 I say I discovered it. It had been around, but 366 00:19:46.240 --> 00:19:48.279 I just ran across it and actually stopped to look 367 00:19:48.319 --> 00:19:51.359 at it and began to work with it. And I've 368 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:53.359 got some right now about to put out in one 369 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:54.279 of my yards. 370 00:19:55.160 --> 00:19:55.279 Uh. 371 00:19:55.519 --> 00:19:58.039 And it's time, by the way, to put the sweet 372 00:19:58.079 --> 00:20:02.160 green out. Sweet green is a natural product sold by 373 00:20:02.240 --> 00:20:08.359 Nitrofoss that dissolves away into the soil and feeds beneficial microbes. 374 00:20:08.480 --> 00:20:12.559 Microbes love sugary materials. That's why they call it sweet green. 375 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:16.240 It also smells sweet by the way. It smells wonderful. 376 00:20:17.000 --> 00:20:19.759 But it's eleven percent nitrogen, and when you put it down, 377 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:22.440 it dissolves in. The microbes go crazy. And when they 378 00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:24.400 go crazy, yeah, they're taking some of it up, and 379 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:26.319 then as they do their a little quick life cycle, 380 00:20:26.359 --> 00:20:30.119 they don't live forever. It releases that nutrient back into 381 00:20:30.160 --> 00:20:32.839 the soice part of the cycle of the soil. And 382 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:35.119 sweet green you're gonna find at a lot of different places. 383 00:20:35.839 --> 00:20:38.119 You go to a place like in Channa Gardens down 384 00:20:38.160 --> 00:20:40.799 the Richmond Rosenberg area, or maybe Hiding and Feed on 385 00:20:40.880 --> 00:20:45.079 Studenter Airline, Fisher's Hardware on Southomore down in Pasadena, just 386 00:20:45.160 --> 00:20:47.759 some examples of places where you're going to find sweet 387 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:52.759 green and other quality products. If you put it down, 388 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:56.000 you want to, like any fertilizer, you will water it in. 389 00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:59.640 You want to dissolve away, move into the soil and 390 00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:03.079 get that good stuff down in to give your plants 391 00:21:03.119 --> 00:21:05.000 a boost. And it's a great one to get a 392 00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:09.279 good boost and get that lawn growing. The weather we're 393 00:21:09.319 --> 00:21:12.160 having now is perfect for lawns. I mean, our lawn 394 00:21:12.359 --> 00:21:15.319 southern turf grasses can take it really really hot, but 395 00:21:15.440 --> 00:21:18.559 they are kicking into high gear. And a good nutrient 396 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:21.279 application right now, be very helpful. All Right, I'm gonna 397 00:21:21.279 --> 00:21:23.559 take a little break here. When we come back, we're 398 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:26.599 going to start with Ronald and Lake Jackson. Look forward 399 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:30.519 to talking to you. Then stick around. Hey, welcome back, well, 400 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:35.160 welcome back to arbor Gate. As visiting with Jason over 401 00:21:35.200 --> 00:21:37.440 at Pearscapes the other day and we're just talking about 402 00:21:37.480 --> 00:21:40.599 some different kinds of things going on and how the 403 00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:42.839 spring's going with them, and boy, they're having a great spring. 404 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:47.000 By the way, Piercescapes is our garden Line preferred landscaper. 405 00:21:47.079 --> 00:21:50.160 They work an area about forty five minutes from Tomball 406 00:21:50.200 --> 00:21:53.240 in all directions, so you know, with north, south, east west, 407 00:21:53.319 --> 00:22:00.559 whichever direction you're going. Piercecapes is a prime quality company, 408 00:22:00.640 --> 00:22:03.720 I mean, and go to their website Piercescapes dot com. 409 00:22:03.880 --> 00:22:06.359 Piercescapes dot com. Take a look at the work they do. 410 00:22:06.759 --> 00:22:10.200 It's unbelievable. They do landscape, of course, they do irrigation work, 411 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:13.480 they do lighting and drainage, a lot of things. I'm 412 00:22:13.519 --> 00:22:16.200 telling you you ought to check them out for just 413 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:19.839 their maintenance. They do a quarterly maintenance four times a year. 414 00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:22.559 They come by. They spruce up your beds, you know, 415 00:22:22.640 --> 00:22:24.759 put new multch down if you want to have a 416 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:27.079 color change, like take all those flowers out and put 417 00:22:27.119 --> 00:22:29.680 the new flowers the next season in that. They can 418 00:22:29.759 --> 00:22:32.480 do that. Just make sure everything's in work in order. 419 00:22:32.559 --> 00:22:34.079 You know, the irrigation's got to be in work in 420 00:22:34.200 --> 00:22:36.640 order for things to do good. It's a general care 421 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:38.960 any kind of pruning, trimming, things that might be done, 422 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:42.039 and it just keeps your landscape beds looking good year round. 423 00:22:42.079 --> 00:22:44.519 It's only come by four times a year to do that, 424 00:22:44.960 --> 00:22:47.240 but it is a it is an excellent service. You 425 00:22:47.359 --> 00:22:49.559 can go to Piercescapes dot com and find out more 426 00:22:49.680 --> 00:22:51.599 or just give them a call. Two eight one three 427 00:22:51.759 --> 00:22:55.079 seven oh fifty sixty two eight one three seven oh 428 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:58.880 fifty sixty. Let's head now out to Lake Jackson and 429 00:22:58.960 --> 00:23:01.279 we're going to talk to Ronald. Hello, Ronald, welcome to 430 00:23:01.319 --> 00:23:01.799 garden Line. 431 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:04.839 Good morning, sir, Thank you for taking my call. 432 00:23:06.319 --> 00:23:10.720 Yes, I have a question concerning a tree that we 433 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:14.519 would like to plant in honor of someone's special I 434 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:18.440 pastor a church around here include actually, and the tree 435 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:21.480 would be likely planted within twenty feet of the front 436 00:23:21.640 --> 00:23:25.599 entrance of the church. And so we're looking for something 437 00:23:25.680 --> 00:23:29.440 that would stay green year round and it's not going 438 00:23:29.480 --> 00:23:33.240 to make a huge mess with leaves or berries or nuts. 439 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:36.720 And so just wondering about a recommendation. 440 00:23:39.039 --> 00:23:44.079 Boy, you want it ever green. It's not a deciduous right, 441 00:23:44.440 --> 00:23:47.480 is that I'm understood, because we're just like. 442 00:23:47.759 --> 00:23:51.440 To not have a bear tree standing there throughout the winter. 443 00:23:51.559 --> 00:23:54.200 You know, we could have something that would I see, 444 00:23:55.880 --> 00:23:58.240 stay green most of the time, if not all year round. 445 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:01.279 That's a little bit. It's a little tough call. 446 00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:01.519 You know. 447 00:24:01.559 --> 00:24:04.599 We have evergreens that that don't get that big. They 448 00:24:04.640 --> 00:24:07.319 get large, but they're not that kind of tree size, 449 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:10.599 you know, Holly's and different things, But that doesn't make 450 00:24:11.119 --> 00:24:14.599 a shade tree kind of tree, if you will. Live 451 00:24:14.640 --> 00:24:18.799 oaks can be a little bit. The mothers get too large, 452 00:24:18.839 --> 00:24:21.480 way too large for that spot, so they're not going 453 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:23.799 to do as well. There are some columnar types of 454 00:24:23.880 --> 00:24:28.200 live oaks that grow more upright than spreading. I just 455 00:24:28.279 --> 00:24:30.279 don't think that's going to be a good fit for 456 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:32.319 you in that area. Some of the best trees for 457 00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:36.720 that area are deciduous trees. There's some lots of lots 458 00:24:36.759 --> 00:24:40.200 of good things. The red oaks, the Schumart and I 459 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:43.720 mean the I see this is in Lake Jackson. I 460 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:46.039 would probably do a nuttall. If I was doing a 461 00:24:46.119 --> 00:24:48.799 red oak in that area. Oh gosh, let me think here, 462 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:53.559 evergreen tree that size I met, think about that one 463 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:57.000 a little bit. I'd probably try to talk you into 464 00:24:57.160 --> 00:25:00.319 a tree that's more that's deciduous. That may he has 465 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:05.519 some attractive features. The the Chinese elm has beautiful bark 466 00:25:05.640 --> 00:25:09.960 that's kind of a rusty coloring gray as it flakes off, 467 00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:12.680 and it's a it's a very attractive pattern. So even 468 00:25:12.759 --> 00:25:17.200 in winter time it looks pretty good. My brain is 469 00:25:17.319 --> 00:25:20.839 drawing a blank here. I'm gonna have to back up 470 00:25:20.880 --> 00:25:25.279 a little bit. Try to think of a good evergreens. 471 00:25:25.920 --> 00:25:29.119 See the pines not a good tree for that area. 472 00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:33.799 Certainly cedars there. You know, you can do a cedar 473 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:38.240 type tree there, but that's not the most attractive for 474 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:41.400 a spot like that. But that would be evergreen, a 475 00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:43.839 juniper type ceed a type tree. 476 00:25:43.960 --> 00:25:46.880 A friend suggested a Chinese fringe tree. 477 00:25:48.720 --> 00:25:51.240 I was I would love to recommend that one, but 478 00:25:51.440 --> 00:25:55.680 it's not evergreen. It has beautiful shaggy white blooms in 479 00:25:55.759 --> 00:25:59.519 the spring. And it's a moderate sized tree, so that 480 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:03.279 that's another concern of being twenty feet away from the church. 481 00:26:03.359 --> 00:26:05.720 That's pretty close, but not for a Chinese fringe. You 482 00:26:05.759 --> 00:26:09.000 could get by with that. And if I think it's 483 00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:11.000 one of the prettiest trees there is. In summer, it's 484 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:17.400 just a pretty green tree. But in the spring it's awesome, awesome. 485 00:26:17.279 --> 00:26:17.680 Really. 486 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:21.440 And what was the tree you said they had the 487 00:26:21.599 --> 00:26:22.519 nice bark on It. 488 00:26:22.720 --> 00:26:28.000 Was Chinese elm. And it gets quite large, So twenty 489 00:26:28.079 --> 00:26:31.240 feet you're gonna have to do some pruning to keep 490 00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:36.880 it from you know, the branches brushing against the roof 491 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:45.200 of the church or the eaves and things. Yes, sir, yeahead, 492 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:47.960 Did I say Chinese elm? I just heard Chinese fringe 493 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:50.480 echoing in my ear. Did I also say Chinese that's 494 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:51.839 the one with the pretty bark. 495 00:26:53.440 --> 00:26:53.880 Lace? Yes? 496 00:26:54.759 --> 00:26:58.599 Okay, good, good, Yeah. And I would suggest go online 497 00:26:58.680 --> 00:27:02.039 to your search engine and just look at Chinese fringe 498 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:06.680 and look at Chinese elm, and I think you'll see 499 00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:08.759 what I'm talking about. 500 00:27:09.599 --> 00:27:11.759 Yes, all right, well, I do appreciate your time. Thank 501 00:27:11.799 --> 00:27:12.200 you today. 502 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:15.640 Yes, sir, Hey, thanks Ron. I appreciate that very much. 503 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:18.480 Good cause too. It's always nice to plant a tree 504 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:23.039 for somebody. I just think that's a wonderful gesture antiq 505 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:27.480 Rosing Forium. Boy. They are hopping out there. They got 506 00:27:27.519 --> 00:27:29.640 a lot of new plants on of course they got roses, 507 00:27:29.720 --> 00:27:32.839 but so many more things than roses. Lots of new 508 00:27:32.920 --> 00:27:35.119 things in their garden centers. Remember, they got the two 509 00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:39.319 new roses that they bred exclusively available from antiqu Rosingporium, 510 00:27:39.680 --> 00:27:42.880 Glass Slipper and Cupid's Sweetheart. Those are two brand new 511 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:47.000 roses that they have released. They'll be open, by the 512 00:27:47.039 --> 00:27:51.160 way today from nine to five point thirty, close tomorrow. 513 00:27:51.200 --> 00:27:56.599 Easter Sunday, April twentieth, coming up that Earth Day. Kids 514 00:27:56.680 --> 00:27:59.960 activities are coming up. The Rose and Herb conferences coming up, 515 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:05.079 by the way. The Rosen Herb Conference is on April 516 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:09.799 twenty six from ten am to three pm and tomorrow 517 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:13.119 the tickets close for that. So this is a whole 518 00:28:13.200 --> 00:28:16.400 day of educational seminars and workshops and more. But you 519 00:28:16.599 --> 00:28:18.759 don't delay, I mean, go ahead today. If you're gonna 520 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:20.359 do it, go ahead to day and get your tickets. 521 00:28:20.359 --> 00:28:24.519 Say close tomorrow Rose and Herb Conference April twenty sixth, 522 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:27.240 and then on May tenth. If you're planning ahead for 523 00:28:27.359 --> 00:28:30.400 your mom, they're gonna have a Mother's Day tea and luncheon. 524 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:33.160 They have a wonderful little luncheon, a medley of like 525 00:28:33.319 --> 00:28:37.079 things like finger sandwiches, fresh salads, fruits, vegetables, a variety 526 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:40.400 of hummus types of dips, and then some real cool 527 00:28:40.440 --> 00:28:42.880 desserts too as well. They'd be a nice thing to 528 00:28:43.000 --> 00:28:45.759 do for mom, with some special teas as well. Now 529 00:28:45.920 --> 00:28:48.559 you need to go to the website Antique Roseanmporium dot 530 00:28:48.640 --> 00:28:53.079 com Antique Roseanmporium dot com and oh you can give 531 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:56.680 them a call ninety seven nine eight three six fifty 532 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:00.559 five forty eight nine seven nine eighty three six fifty eight. 533 00:29:01.079 --> 00:29:04.920 You need to make sure and register. You can go 534 00:29:05.119 --> 00:29:08.799 see things going on on their website, but always register 535 00:29:09.000 --> 00:29:11.960 and always follow them, you know, get information from the 536 00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:15.279 sign up to get information from Antiqurosen parm so you 537 00:29:15.359 --> 00:29:17.880 can find out about these things. But main thing is 538 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:20.920 just get out there. They're still blooming up a storm 539 00:29:21.000 --> 00:29:24.720 out there. It's just beautiful place, really beautiful. This would 540 00:29:24.720 --> 00:29:26.680 be kind of thing you grab some friends and family, 541 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:28.079 throw them in the car and go, hey, we're going 542 00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:30.000 to have an outing. And you get out there and 543 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:32.319 you just really enjoy yourself. I promise you you will. 544 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:35.880 You will love that place. Well, I need to take 545 00:29:35.880 --> 00:29:40.319 a little break here again for some business and when 546 00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:43.039 we come back, we'll come back for your calls. Here's 547 00:29:43.079 --> 00:29:47.440 the number seven one three two one two KTRH. We 548 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:50.240 got regulars in the water. And if you are dealing 549 00:29:50.279 --> 00:29:53.079 with mosquitos, if you well, if you're living the Greater 550 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:55.920 Houston area, you're dealing with mosquitos. It's just how things 551 00:29:55.960 --> 00:29:59.880 are down here. Mosquito dunks is a product you just 552 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:03.680 should have on hand. The mosquita dunks are little like 553 00:30:03.799 --> 00:30:07.359 mini donuts, like those little white, little Debbie donuts, you know, 554 00:30:07.359 --> 00:30:10.880 about that size, but they're hard and crumbly, and you 555 00:30:11.000 --> 00:30:13.279 toss them in water and they float for about it 556 00:30:13.400 --> 00:30:15.960 lasts about a month, and they release enough of the 557 00:30:16.119 --> 00:30:19.480 disease of mosquitoes. Only mosquitoes doesn't kill other insects or 558 00:30:19.640 --> 00:30:22.880 family pet or birds or anything like that. It's very unique. 559 00:30:23.720 --> 00:30:27.279 They release it this substance in the water. It's a 560 00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:30.480 type of bt actually, not the caterpillar type, but it 561 00:30:30.559 --> 00:30:33.799 kills mosquito larvae. And so when the for about a 562 00:30:33.920 --> 00:30:37.640 month that maybe hundred square foot of area will be 563 00:30:37.720 --> 00:30:39.279 covered by it. You can break them up. You want 564 00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:41.519 to crack them up and put them in little places, 565 00:30:41.599 --> 00:30:46.440 you know, maybe the catch basin, under a watering container 566 00:30:46.599 --> 00:30:48.720 to hold the water. You know, mosquitos breed, and that 567 00:30:48.799 --> 00:30:52.400 old mosquitoes need is a teaspoon or a bottle cap 568 00:30:52.480 --> 00:30:55.559 really of water to complete a life cycle. So you 569 00:30:55.640 --> 00:30:56.640 got to take care of these things. 570 00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:56.759 Now. 571 00:30:56.839 --> 00:31:00.599 Mosquito dunks that they are the safest simple way to 572 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:04.519 control mosquitoes, just really really easy to do. Y'all always 573 00:31:04.519 --> 00:31:06.440 should have them on hand. They come in a granule too, 574 00:31:06.599 --> 00:31:08.799 But we talk about the dunks as a little doughnuts. 575 00:31:09.519 --> 00:31:11.759 And again, if you want to take a dunk and 576 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:13.480 break it up, you can do that if you need 577 00:31:13.480 --> 00:31:15.920 a little smaller amount of it. You're gonna find them everywhere. 578 00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.319 Feed stores have them, Ace hardware stores have them. You're 579 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:21.359 gonna find them at Southwest Fertilizer. You're going to find 580 00:31:21.400 --> 00:31:23.559 them at a lot of our garden centers. A lot 581 00:31:23.680 --> 00:31:26.200 of our mom about been a garden centers carry these 582 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:28.759 as well. So just grab some have them on hand. 583 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:32.119 You're going to need them. And you know, if your 584 00:31:32.160 --> 00:31:35.960 neighbor won't take care of their areas, just toss the 585 00:31:36.039 --> 00:31:39.480 mosquito dunk across the fence and land in that puddle 586 00:31:39.519 --> 00:31:42.599 of water that they have back there. Anyway, you get 587 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:46.200 the idea. Hey, We're going to head now over to 588 00:31:46.400 --> 00:31:49.079 Dayton and talk to Kevin. Hey, Kevin, welcome to garden Line. 589 00:31:50.000 --> 00:31:53.880 Good morning, thanks for taking the calls. Want to call 590 00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:57.920 and talk tomato plants this morning. I've got a container garden. 591 00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:01.480 I've put together in four and a half yelling containers, 592 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:06.839 and I've planted the Roman tomatoes and the Early Girl tomatoes, 593 00:32:08.920 --> 00:32:12.240 and all the plants are twenty four inches to about 594 00:32:12.279 --> 00:32:15.759 thirty three inches tall right now. I've planted them in 595 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:20.240 jungle and soil, and I used the little as of mite, 596 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:24.720 and I'm starting to notice some foliage. Probably about five 597 00:32:24.839 --> 00:32:27.200 percent of the plant is starting to get a little 598 00:32:27.240 --> 00:32:30.839 brown on the ends. It's kind of I've got blooms 599 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:33.440 they haven't set yet. I was kind of worried about those. 600 00:32:33.799 --> 00:32:36.880 Is there possibly something I need to worry about or 601 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:38.920 that I need to do as a solomon? 602 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:39.319 Maybe? 603 00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:43.559 Yeah, Kevin, when you say I'm brown on the ends. 604 00:32:43.599 --> 00:32:47.119 You mean the tips and edges of the leaf a brown, Yes, sir, 605 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:51.319 that's that's a sign. It could be drought, but it 606 00:32:51.400 --> 00:32:54.279 also could be when you use salt based fertilizers, if 607 00:32:54.319 --> 00:32:56.359 you put a lot on, you can get some tip 608 00:32:56.480 --> 00:32:59.559 and margin burn on leaves from the salts in a 609 00:32:59.680 --> 00:33:03.720 salt type fertilizer. Salt, a synthetic type fertilizer. Uh, it 610 00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:05.519 could be that, or it could be the drought. It's 611 00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:08.839 one or the other. And I would just if they're 612 00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:11.279 growing at a good pace, but they look they look 613 00:33:11.319 --> 00:33:15.079 pretty good overall, I would just hold on the fertilizer 614 00:33:15.200 --> 00:33:18.599 for now, not add anymore. Try to keep this sow 615 00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:22.200 moist but not soggy wet. And I think I think 616 00:33:22.240 --> 00:33:25.160 they're going to outgrow this based on what I'm hearing 617 00:33:25.200 --> 00:33:25.480 from you. 618 00:33:26.640 --> 00:33:26.960 Okay. 619 00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:32.279 Also, pruning tomato plants, is that something that's you know, recommended, 620 00:33:32.599 --> 00:33:36.680 or do you kind of leave them alone and let's burnt, bloom, 621 00:33:36.799 --> 00:33:40.680 set and hope you get some delicious tomatoes or I 622 00:33:40.759 --> 00:33:41.240 guess I. 623 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:50.279 Man, I will allow I'll allow maybe three different trunks 624 00:33:50.319 --> 00:33:53.519 to come up and then remove the other suckers everywhere 625 00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:56.799 there's a leaf you'll get'll shoot and as that plant 626 00:33:56.839 --> 00:33:59.400 gets bigger, it'll have so many shoots that it's just 627 00:33:59.480 --> 00:34:01.920 a wat of foliage in that cage or what however 628 00:34:01.960 --> 00:34:04.160 you're growing them. And so I'll thin them out a 629 00:34:04.200 --> 00:34:07.640 little bit, maybe three maybe four trunks on the tomato 630 00:34:07.759 --> 00:34:11.239 plant and then after that no more uh. And so 631 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:14.800 that that kind of pruning, just snapping out those little 632 00:34:15.000 --> 00:34:17.719 sucker shoots coming out of the where the leaf attaches 633 00:34:17.800 --> 00:34:18.360 to the stem. 634 00:34:19.519 --> 00:34:19.840 Okay. 635 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:24.039 I also have bell peppers in my my container garden 636 00:34:24.079 --> 00:34:27.800 as well. Is there any any type of fertilizer maybe 637 00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:30.440 you would recommend for the bell peppers. Again, I've planted 638 00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:33.599 all this in jumble in soil, which was great and. 639 00:34:33.760 --> 00:34:40.000 Yeah, just a standard, yeah, just a standard. You know, 640 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:44.039 Nelson Nelson in their nutri Star line Nelson Plant Food 641 00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:47.440 has a vegetable fertilizer that's excellent to use for that, 642 00:34:48.159 --> 00:34:49.760 and I would use that. And if you can't get 643 00:34:49.800 --> 00:34:52.119 to any you don't have any in a pinch, just 644 00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:55.159 use some of your lawn fertilizer and moderate amounts and 645 00:34:55.320 --> 00:34:57.079 you can do that. But if you can find the 646 00:34:57.159 --> 00:35:02.760 Nelson vegetable fertilizer that would be the one. All right, okay, well, 647 00:35:02.800 --> 00:35:06.440 good luck with it. Hey, thanks for the call, Thanks 648 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:09.559 for the call. Appreciate that you are listening to Garden 649 00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:12.000 Line our phone number seven one three two one two 650 00:35:12.199 --> 00:35:14.000 k t R H. We're about to go away here 651 00:35:14.079 --> 00:35:14.920 for a little bit. 652 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:15.440 Uh. 653 00:35:15.559 --> 00:35:18.280 Quality Home Products of Texas. You hear me talk about them, 654 00:35:18.440 --> 00:35:21.679 hear me brag about them all the time. They are 655 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:27.400 where you can find that quality generaic automatic stand by generator. 656 00:35:27.719 --> 00:35:27.840 Uh. 657 00:35:28.239 --> 00:35:30.400 It just it gives you free power. You know, power 658 00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:33.559 goes out. I say free power. It gives you the 659 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:38.960 free access to power when the power goes out. So 660 00:35:39.159 --> 00:35:43.239 what's happening is the maybe a storm knocks your power out, 661 00:35:43.320 --> 00:35:45.239 and boy, we can have storms. We didn't have to 662 00:35:45.320 --> 00:35:47.440 be hurricane season for us to have storms, as we 663 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:51.840 learned last year. 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Those 697 00:37:31.760 --> 00:37:35.000 once in a lifetime storms keep happening, happening, don't they 698 00:37:35.920 --> 00:37:42.000 rough here last year. RCW Nurseries is the garden center 699 00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:44.599 there at Tumbull Parkway in belt wag eight and they 700 00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:46.480 have so many cool things. 701 00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:47.719 I was. 702 00:37:47.800 --> 00:37:49.880 I was there recently a for an appearance, had a 703 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:53.960 real good time out there, and I was just impressed 704 00:37:54.280 --> 00:37:56.360 by I'm always impressed by the stuff they have. But 705 00:37:56.719 --> 00:37:59.199 they had a really good selection of the Cajun hibiscus, 706 00:37:59.239 --> 00:38:01.159 which is my favorite. In fact, I got me a 707 00:38:01.199 --> 00:38:04.599 couple that day. I bought one last year too. The 708 00:38:05.840 --> 00:38:10.199 Cajun hibiscus, the colors in it are just gorgeous and 709 00:38:10.239 --> 00:38:12.440 you just have to go see just go look or 710 00:38:12.480 --> 00:38:14.920 go online and just take a look at what the 711 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:18.199 pictures of what they look like. They have really good 712 00:38:18.280 --> 00:38:21.519 selection of shrubs. We walk by and just intoxicated by 713 00:38:21.559 --> 00:38:25.360 the Confederate or star jasmine, those little white flowers they're 714 00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:27.960 blooming around town right now. Oh my gosh, they're awesome. 715 00:38:28.400 --> 00:38:32.239 They are awesome, really good shrub selection. They grow their 716 00:38:32.280 --> 00:38:35.360 own trees up in Plannersville at Williamson Tree Farm up there, 717 00:38:35.760 --> 00:38:37.639 and so you get a quality tree, and you get 718 00:38:37.639 --> 00:38:40.239 a tree species that wants to grow here, that's gonna 719 00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:43.119 do well here. That's what they that's what they're all about, 720 00:38:43.159 --> 00:38:44.480 and they know how to do it. They know how 721 00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.239 to take care of things and provide you that. Nay, 722 00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:48.880 if you want to planet yourself, you can't. If you 723 00:38:48.920 --> 00:38:51.760 want them to come planet, they'll come professionally. Put that 724 00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:54.440 thing in and the right way. Especially those trees are 725 00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:56.719 too heavy for you to handle, you might want to 726 00:38:56.760 --> 00:38:59.159 have them come out and do it. It's r CW 727 00:38:59.400 --> 00:39:03.480 Nurseries dot com again Tomball Parkway and Beltway eight r 728 00:39:03.800 --> 00:39:09.320 c W Nurseries the other day and doing some planting. 729 00:39:09.719 --> 00:39:13.320 I always have Medina products on hand, and I got 730 00:39:13.400 --> 00:39:15.800 this six twelve six, the Medina plant food has to 731 00:39:15.880 --> 00:39:19.360 grow six twelve six. It's got course those nutrients in it, 732 00:39:19.480 --> 00:39:22.440 the six twelve six. It's got Medina soil activator, it's 733 00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:26.400 got humate, humic acid, seaweed extracts. Basically, it's a concoction 734 00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:30.599 to help plants grow. Now, I think the number one 735 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:33.760 used for it is when you're transplanting water those plants 736 00:39:33.800 --> 00:39:35.960 in with it, mix it in water, put it in 737 00:39:36.039 --> 00:39:37.920 the water, and can like I do, and do it 738 00:39:38.000 --> 00:39:40.480 again twice more about a week apart. You can use 739 00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:42.800 this anytime of the year. It's not just for transplanting. 740 00:39:42.840 --> 00:39:45.719 You meant folier with it if you want foldier spray. 741 00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:48.400 But main thing is get it on hand so you 742 00:39:48.599 --> 00:39:50.880 have it. I do, and that way whenever I plant, 743 00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:53.199 I just reach for has to grow six twelve six 744 00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:59.199 plant food from Medina. I hear music, that means I 745 00:39:59.440 --> 00:40:02.280 quit talking. All right, folks, Well we're gonna take a 746 00:40:02.320 --> 00:40:04.719 little break here. When we come back. Angelo and Kingwood 747 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:07.800 you'll be our first up today. Guess where I'm going 748 00:40:07.880 --> 00:40:12.519 to be today, Warren Southern Garden in Kingwood. Come out 749 00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:14.039 and see me out there. All of you out in 750 00:40:14.119 --> 00:40:17.159 that direction, Kingwood and Humble and Porter and all the 751 00:40:17.199 --> 00:40:19.360 way all out there, come out and see me at 752 00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:21.440 Warren Southern Gardens. I'll be there from twelve thirty to 753 00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:24.199 two thirty. Twelve thirty to two thirty. They've got some 754 00:40:24.400 --> 00:40:26.559 great specials going on. I'll tell you about in a 755 00:40:26.639 --> 00:40:29.400 little bit. I don't care where you live. Coming out 756 00:40:29.440 --> 00:40:31.480 to Warrens today. You need to see that place. It 757 00:40:31.639 --> 00:40:42.360 is awesome. All right, folks, we're back. Let's uh, let's 758 00:40:42.719 --> 00:40:46.519 get busy here. We got it's spring. It's spring, and 759 00:40:46.599 --> 00:40:48.679 there's so much to talk about. I mean, I could 760 00:40:48.719 --> 00:40:51.400 do a monologue for four hours on this show much less. 761 00:40:52.199 --> 00:40:54.199 The main reason we're here is that's to take your 762 00:40:54.320 --> 00:40:57.440 calls seven one three two one two ktr eight seven 763 00:40:57.519 --> 00:40:59.800 one three two one two k t r H. If 764 00:40:59.840 --> 00:41:01.880 you are looking for a place where you can walk 765 00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:04.719 in and any product you're gonna need for your garden 766 00:41:05.119 --> 00:41:07.480 is going to be there. And I say product, I 767 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:12.280 mean products to control weeds, products to control insects, products 768 00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:16.880 to control diseases. I mean fertilizers to provide that nutrient. 769 00:41:16.960 --> 00:41:20.800 I'm talking about fertilizer spreaders. I'm talking about tools. Southwest 770 00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:24.639 Fertilizer in Southwest Houston. That's it. But around since nineteen 771 00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:30.440 fifty five, seventieth the anniversary year. So congratulations to Southwest Fertilizer. 772 00:41:30.559 --> 00:41:32.840 And you don't stick around that long if you're not 773 00:41:33.000 --> 00:41:36.320 doing a lot right, and boy they really are. If 774 00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:38.119 they don't have it, you don't need it. It's as 775 00:41:38.159 --> 00:41:41.880 simple as that. The largest selection of all kinds of 776 00:41:41.960 --> 00:41:45.000 things like that in the greater Houston area, including for 777 00:41:45.079 --> 00:41:46.960 those of you who organic gardeners, you're going, well, those 778 00:41:47.000 --> 00:41:49.480 all sound like chemicals. Well, everything is a chemical. But 779 00:41:50.519 --> 00:41:54.400 if you want organic products, go to Southwest Fertilizer, the 780 00:41:54.519 --> 00:41:57.960 biggest selection of organic products in the entire region, right 781 00:41:58.039 --> 00:42:01.320 there at Southwest Fertilizer, or Abisa, Nutt and Runwick in 782 00:42:01.400 --> 00:42:05.079 Southwest Houston seven to one three six six six one 783 00:42:05.440 --> 00:42:08.800 seven four four, or go to the website Southwest Fertilizer 784 00:42:09.199 --> 00:42:11.400 dot com. But the main thing is just go check 785 00:42:11.480 --> 00:42:13.199 it out. You'll see what I'm talking about. If you 786 00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:15.119 look on my schedule, you hear me say things on 787 00:42:15.199 --> 00:42:18.119 the radio about products or this or that. They're all 788 00:42:18.239 --> 00:42:21.360 there at Southwest Fertilizer. We're gonna head now out to 789 00:42:21.519 --> 00:42:23.480 Kingwood and talk to Angelo. 790 00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:27.320 Hello, Angelo, how you doing, Hey, Skip, how are you today? 791 00:42:28.440 --> 00:42:29.239 I'm well, thank you? 792 00:42:29.800 --> 00:42:32.039 Okay, Hey, here's what I got. I got a lemon 793 00:42:32.159 --> 00:42:34.400 and a lime tree Myers lemon and a lime tree 794 00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:38.639 bottom last year during thirty five gallon containers. I brought 795 00:42:38.679 --> 00:42:43.000 them in during the winter when we had those couple freezes, 796 00:42:43.039 --> 00:42:45.599 maybe a couple of weeks, but AnyWho. Both of them 797 00:42:45.639 --> 00:42:48.400 were full of blooms. I mean full of them. The 798 00:42:48.519 --> 00:42:52.360 lime tree produces lime. There's numerous lines on there. But 799 00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:55.199 the lemon tree, after all the blooms fell up, not 800 00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:59.039 one lemon is there. I just wondered, what's going on. 801 00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:02.199 I've had orange trees and lemon trees in the past, 802 00:43:02.280 --> 00:43:05.039 and they all when they blew them at least got something. Yeah, 803 00:43:05.199 --> 00:43:08.960 but not one single lemon. And there were bees pollinating 804 00:43:09.039 --> 00:43:12.880 throughout the late winter. But I don't know what's going 805 00:43:12.920 --> 00:43:13.199 on there. 806 00:43:13.719 --> 00:43:18.320 Nothing Okay, well who knows? Who knows for sure? When 807 00:43:18.360 --> 00:43:21.199 those trees get stressed, they drop fruit. They have bort fruit, 808 00:43:21.440 --> 00:43:23.679 and so you know, if it went through a drought, 809 00:43:23.760 --> 00:43:27.719 stress or sometimes cold temperatures can do that. But the 810 00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:32.400 bottom line is something something stressed those trees. And I 811 00:43:32.480 --> 00:43:34.519 can't tell you exactly what it was, because you know, 812 00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:38.000 whn't they're watching them every day. But something stressed them. 813 00:43:38.079 --> 00:43:40.400 Have have they produced crops for you in the past. 814 00:43:41.360 --> 00:43:43.159 This is the second year I put them in. I 815 00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:44.920 bought them at one of the box stores, but they 816 00:43:44.960 --> 00:43:49.199 were the same growers. I've had these trees in the past, 817 00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:51.960 but they all froze. But I don't know. Like I said, 818 00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:54.400 I don't think they were stressed. They were water properly, 819 00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:57.079 they were put outside after the freeze was gone. Everything 820 00:43:57.239 --> 00:43:59.039 I did I think was right, But just. 821 00:44:00.119 --> 00:44:03.320 I don't know if it's well, how big is the 822 00:44:03.400 --> 00:44:04.239 pot that they're in? 823 00:44:04.880 --> 00:44:09.920 Thirty five gallons? Okay it was, Yeah, there was canisters 824 00:44:10.000 --> 00:44:12.280 that the landscaper's plant a huge treason. 825 00:44:13.400 --> 00:44:16.199 Well, it seems like you're doing your part. So they 826 00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:17.760 need to go out and give them a good talking 827 00:44:17.840 --> 00:44:21.400 to because they're not doing theirs, you know, other than 828 00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:23.679 you know, what I said about the stress is. It 829 00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:26.440 is also true though that when a citrus is young, 830 00:44:27.639 --> 00:44:31.400 it is more prone to a boarding than as it 831 00:44:31.519 --> 00:44:35.320 gets older and better established. So that that factor is 832 00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:38.280 in there, you should have you shouldn't have lost everything 833 00:44:38.360 --> 00:44:39.920 though on that line, on that. 834 00:44:39.960 --> 00:44:44.320 Wag, I'm sorry on the tag itself that the first 835 00:44:44.440 --> 00:44:49.239 bloom was in twenty three and I bought him in 836 00:44:49.320 --> 00:44:52.400 twenty four and it's twenty five, So I don't know. Maybe, 837 00:44:52.519 --> 00:44:54.480 like you said, it's just maybe a little bit too young, 838 00:44:54.559 --> 00:44:57.320 but they're probably you know, waist high. 839 00:44:57.800 --> 00:45:02.679 Yeah, some very fact came in. Yeah, some factors came in, 840 00:45:02.800 --> 00:45:07.199 I believe fully that if they're in good sunlight, you 841 00:45:07.320 --> 00:45:09.639 can have a crop next year. I think you're going 842 00:45:09.719 --> 00:45:12.559 to get a crop next year. I like a sign 843 00:45:12.639 --> 00:45:13.519 that something's wrong. 844 00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:16.679 In the past, I've noticed that they would bloom again 845 00:45:16.840 --> 00:45:19.559 maybe in July and August. 846 00:45:21.199 --> 00:45:21.559 You can. 847 00:45:22.519 --> 00:45:25.039 They have in the past. So basically what you're saying, 848 00:45:25.079 --> 00:45:26.880 it could be anything. It just could be there may 849 00:45:26.920 --> 00:45:28.840 be too young, or if I didn't do anything wrong, 850 00:45:28.920 --> 00:45:33.239 it's just mother nature taken hold of things for whatever reason. 851 00:45:33.440 --> 00:45:37.199 But just moderate nutrition. But don't push them with too 852 00:45:37.280 --> 00:45:40.039 much nitrogen. That's another thing that that can be a 853 00:45:40.119 --> 00:45:41.719 problem with good fruit set on. 854 00:45:42.039 --> 00:45:46.079 Some certain types of plants have no fertilizer on them. 855 00:45:47.480 --> 00:45:52.880 Alrighty, all right, well hold your mouth right, clean living, 856 00:45:53.159 --> 00:45:57.360 fancy gardening footwork, and we'll we'll see lemons before long. 857 00:45:57.960 --> 00:45:58.559 I believe that. 858 00:45:58.639 --> 00:46:01.480 All right, Updated that happens. But thanks for the info. 859 00:46:01.599 --> 00:46:02.239 I appreciate it. 860 00:46:02.320 --> 00:46:06.039 Sure, Hey, Angela, I'm gonna be at Warren Southern Gardens 861 00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:08.360 today from twelve thirty to two thirty. Get a chance 862 00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:09.000 to swing by there. 863 00:46:09.519 --> 00:46:11.079 I'll tell you what. I'll bring the tree and you 864 00:46:11.119 --> 00:46:13.079 could bless them since it's Easter, or maybe that'll do 865 00:46:13.199 --> 00:46:15.039 something Oh. 866 00:46:14.960 --> 00:46:17.679 My, now that would be if someone will bring a camera, 867 00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:21.079 I will that will be a photo. Oh my gosh, 868 00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:26.639 thanks a lot, Angela. All right, the Blessing of the 869 00:46:26.719 --> 00:46:31.320 trees today live at Warren Southern Gardens. Oh my gosh. 870 00:46:32.119 --> 00:46:34.599 All right, Well, at least we're sort of having fun here, 871 00:46:34.719 --> 00:46:40.039 I guess slightly, Reverend fun. Nature's Way Resources up in 872 00:46:40.400 --> 00:46:44.440 the tumble or excuse me, the Conro area is an 873 00:46:44.599 --> 00:46:47.559 awesome place. Number one. They've got some of the best 874 00:46:47.679 --> 00:46:51.199 quality soil products you're gonna find anywhere, rose soil, leafmo compost, 875 00:46:51.320 --> 00:46:55.960 you know, special products for mulches, a number of options. 876 00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:58.800 So what do you want to grow? Azelia, blueberry, something 877 00:46:58.920 --> 00:47:01.440 likes acid loving soil. Tell them they'll point you to 878 00:47:01.559 --> 00:47:04.280 that one. You can buy it by the bulk. You 879 00:47:04.320 --> 00:47:05.920 can buy by the bag. You can go get it, 880 00:47:06.000 --> 00:47:07.599 you can have them deliver it. You can swing by 881 00:47:07.679 --> 00:47:11.480 garden centers and find Nature's Way Resources bags there as well. 882 00:47:12.119 --> 00:47:16.400 Every Friday is Fungal Friday. That means fungal based compost. 883 00:47:16.519 --> 00:47:19.719 High quality compost by the Way is available at a 884 00:47:19.760 --> 00:47:22.840 lower price ten percent off bags the forty pound bags 885 00:47:23.159 --> 00:47:25.480 and if you want to do bulk twenty percent off 886 00:47:25.639 --> 00:47:30.079 of the bulk purchase itself. Nature's Way Resources dot Com. 887 00:47:30.280 --> 00:47:33.760 That's a website. It's new, they've revamped it. It's gorgeous. 888 00:47:33.880 --> 00:47:38.760 Check it out Nature's Way Resources dot Com. We're going 889 00:47:38.840 --> 00:47:41.079 to go now out to know, we're not going to 890 00:47:41.159 --> 00:47:43.599 go out. Ruth and Hockley your first up. When we 891 00:47:43.719 --> 00:47:45.800 come back. I would have about ten seconds if I 892 00:47:45.920 --> 00:47:48.199 took your call right now, So we're not going to 893 00:47:48.280 --> 00:47:50.320 do that to you. Just remember, folks, come on out 894 00:47:50.440 --> 00:47:55.079 to Kingwood to Warren's Southern Gardens today twelve thirty to 895 00:47:55.199 --> 00:47:57.400 two thirty. I'm going to be there. I have some 896 00:47:57.559 --> 00:47:59.239 cool things. I'm gonna give a way too. By the way, 897 00:48:00.280 --> 00:48:02.360 all right, welcome back to the garden Line. Good to 898 00:48:02.400 --> 00:48:06.000 have you with us. Hey, you hear me talk about 899 00:48:06.039 --> 00:48:08.760 Nelson plant Food all the time. They've got so many 900 00:48:08.800 --> 00:48:11.960 great products. Their Turf Star line is all kinds of 901 00:48:12.039 --> 00:48:16.000 things for turf, basically what it amounts to. They have 902 00:48:16.079 --> 00:48:19.960 a product called Bruce's Sprew. Bruces Sprew is a interesting 903 00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:21.960 product because you know, we talk about fast release and 904 00:48:22.000 --> 00:48:24.360 we talk about slow release. Well, Bruce's Brew is kind 905 00:48:24.400 --> 00:48:27.039 of like all the above. It's kind of like both 906 00:48:27.920 --> 00:48:29.880 you do get a quick release from it, but not 907 00:48:30.039 --> 00:48:32.360 all the nutrients are quick release. Some of them will 908 00:48:32.440 --> 00:48:35.159 gradual release over time and it'll take a while for 909 00:48:35.280 --> 00:48:38.840 them to fully release their nutrients out. So you kind 910 00:48:38.840 --> 00:48:40.760 of get the best of both worlds in many ways. 911 00:48:40.840 --> 00:48:44.280 Bruce's sprew as this temperature now is warming up, it's 912 00:48:44.320 --> 00:48:47.079 going to give you a good quick greenup of your grass. 913 00:48:47.360 --> 00:48:51.039 And then as that nutrient release evens out over time, 914 00:48:51.440 --> 00:48:54.800 you got a nice regulated growth rate. It really helps 915 00:48:54.880 --> 00:48:59.400 the roots to develop to sustain good root depth and 916 00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:02.280 resilience in summer heat. You know, we need a good 917 00:49:02.320 --> 00:49:05.599 root system. And when you over fertilize with nitrogen, when 918 00:49:05.639 --> 00:49:08.360 you overdo a nitrogen in one point in time, you 919 00:49:08.400 --> 00:49:11.480 know too much at once. You get top growth at 920 00:49:11.519 --> 00:49:14.840 the expense of root growth. But with Bruce's brew, you 921 00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:17.880 don't get that because it's going to gradually provide it 922 00:49:18.119 --> 00:49:21.320 over time, that carbon based nitrogen in it. It's going 923 00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:23.840 to feed soil microbes, and you know, when you have 924 00:49:23.960 --> 00:49:26.639 healthy soil, you have healthy lawn. And when you have 925 00:49:26.679 --> 00:49:29.199 a healthy lawn, it's going to be less vulnerable to 926 00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:32.440 a lot of the pest and disease issues that Alan's 927 00:49:32.800 --> 00:49:35.000 a lawn can face here in the Greater Houston area. 928 00:49:35.280 --> 00:49:38.000 You're going to find Bruces Brew and other Nelsen products 929 00:49:38.039 --> 00:49:43.599 at many retailers across Ale across the whole Houston Greater 930 00:49:43.679 --> 00:49:48.039 Houston areia. I would highly recommend it. It works. I 931 00:49:48.199 --> 00:49:51.079 know because I've tried it. We're going to go now 932 00:49:51.159 --> 00:49:54.519 out to Hockley and talk to Ruthie this morning. Hey Ruthie, 933 00:49:54.519 --> 00:49:55.480 welcome to garden Line. 934 00:49:56.760 --> 00:49:57.840 Hi Skip, thank you. 935 00:49:58.840 --> 00:50:01.480 I have a piggy ma and rose that. 936 00:50:01.639 --> 00:50:03.519 I bought at the arbor Gate last year. 937 00:50:03.599 --> 00:50:07.000 It's about ten feet tall and I'm thinking about transplanting it. 938 00:50:07.079 --> 00:50:09.440 But if the transplant will kill it, I won't do it, 939 00:50:09.599 --> 00:50:10.639 so I wanted your advice. 940 00:50:15.079 --> 00:50:18.199 It won't kill it, it'll it'll set it back because 941 00:50:18.239 --> 00:50:20.400 it's putting all its spring growth on and then you're 942 00:50:20.400 --> 00:50:22.760 going to wrap up a good part of the root 943 00:50:22.800 --> 00:50:25.639 system no matter how much you try to get But 944 00:50:26.280 --> 00:50:28.800 if you if you need to get it moved, go 945 00:50:28.880 --> 00:50:31.000 ahead and move it. I would cut it back by 946 00:50:31.079 --> 00:50:36.239 about maybe fifty percent something like that. Well it put 947 00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:39.559 it in its because yeah, it'll it'll come back from that. 948 00:50:40.000 --> 00:50:41.960 Put it in now. If you cut it back, yes, 949 00:50:42.119 --> 00:50:45.559 fifty and put it in its new spot immediately. Don't 950 00:50:45.599 --> 00:50:48.119 let the roots dry out one bit, and get them 951 00:50:48.159 --> 00:50:51.400 moved over the new spot watered in really well. And 952 00:50:51.480 --> 00:50:53.639 then if you have a way of draping something over 953 00:50:53.760 --> 00:50:55.519 it to just give it a little bit of a 954 00:50:55.599 --> 00:50:58.719 break from sun for a little bit as it recovers. Okay, 955 00:50:59.320 --> 00:51:01.280 that would be hopeful. You don't want to you don't 956 00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:03.239 want to put it in deep shade. It needs sunlight 957 00:51:03.519 --> 00:51:07.599 to produce carbohydrates to recover. But just a little bit 958 00:51:07.639 --> 00:51:10.519 of a break and after a couple of weeks you 959 00:51:10.599 --> 00:51:13.000 can kind of pull that shading off of it, or 960 00:51:13.119 --> 00:51:17.000 the break from the sun. That's what I recommend. Just 961 00:51:17.119 --> 00:51:19.559 keep it, keep it moist. When you dig it up, 962 00:51:19.639 --> 00:51:22.280 you'll see how big the root system you're moving is. 963 00:51:22.920 --> 00:51:25.199 And that's where all the water has to go for 964 00:51:25.400 --> 00:51:28.480 at least three or four weeks, uh, and then gradually 965 00:51:28.559 --> 00:51:31.400 watering a bigger area. But it has only roots in 966 00:51:31.519 --> 00:51:33.880 that area, and it's got to produce new roots, which 967 00:51:33.880 --> 00:51:35.559 is within a couple of weeks it'll have a good 968 00:51:35.639 --> 00:51:37.440 root system starting its way back. 969 00:51:39.320 --> 00:51:43.800 All right, very good bye, thank you, Skip, I appreciate it, all. 970 00:51:43.719 --> 00:51:46.440 Right, thank you, appreciate that call. I put a post 971 00:51:46.519 --> 00:51:50.440 on Facebook the other day of my Peggy Martin rose 972 00:51:50.679 --> 00:51:55.280 and in the photo our Tex and Ellie, my Golden Retrievers. Uh, 973 00:51:55.800 --> 00:51:58.719 you know, Peggy Martin is an incredible rose. It survived. 974 00:51:58.760 --> 00:52:01.679 The reason Peggy Martin, the reason we even know Peggy Martin, 975 00:52:01.719 --> 00:52:04.719 the reason it even has that name is when Katrina 976 00:52:04.840 --> 00:52:09.039 hit and New Orleans where this rose was living, by 977 00:52:09.079 --> 00:52:12.039 the way, was under twenty feet of salt water for 978 00:52:12.320 --> 00:52:15.400 like two weeks. I mean it was like, well, nothing 979 00:52:15.679 --> 00:52:22.239 lives with that. When the saltwater subsided from Katrina, the 980 00:52:22.320 --> 00:52:25.039 darn thing came back and kept going and kept blooming. 981 00:52:25.239 --> 00:52:27.840 And the lady who had the place's name was Peggy 982 00:52:27.880 --> 00:52:30.199 Martin and that's why they named it that. And so 983 00:52:30.360 --> 00:52:32.360 that is a tough rose. Well, so I bring it 984 00:52:32.440 --> 00:52:35.639 to my house. I put it in the back near 985 00:52:35.840 --> 00:52:38.920 a little arbor area we have to sit under, and 986 00:52:39.079 --> 00:52:42.800 it grew. And then my two Golden Retrievers, Tax and Alley, 987 00:52:42.960 --> 00:52:45.280 they decided, you know what, why don't we chew that 988 00:52:45.440 --> 00:52:47.639 off about a foot above the ground. And they did, 989 00:52:48.239 --> 00:52:50.679 and I walked out and I talked to them about it. 990 00:52:53.119 --> 00:52:56.880 That's a nice way to put it, and they looked 991 00:52:56.920 --> 00:53:01.880 at me as if they had remorse and out. I see, 992 00:53:01.920 --> 00:53:04.119 the first two years they did it twice. So at 993 00:53:04.159 --> 00:53:06.679 some point they did it again, and it's like, okay, 994 00:53:06.880 --> 00:53:10.000 you guys are just incorrigible anyway. So I put this 995 00:53:10.159 --> 00:53:12.639 little ring of hardware cloth around it, you know, the 996 00:53:12.679 --> 00:53:19.880 little half inch square hardware cloth, and then they couldn't 997 00:53:19.920 --> 00:53:22.360 shoot through that, or at least they've decided not to try. 998 00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:25.360 And now it's up over the trellis and it looks 999 00:53:25.480 --> 00:53:27.159 just beautiful. I took a picture of it with the 1000 00:53:27.239 --> 00:53:32.280 two guilty parties who have no shame Texanlly underneath it. 1001 00:53:32.440 --> 00:53:34.760 So there you go. I love those dogs, but I'm 1002 00:53:34.800 --> 00:53:38.599 telling you they can try my patients. I thought when 1003 00:53:38.599 --> 00:53:40.719 I was getting a golden retriever it was like bread 1004 00:53:40.840 --> 00:53:44.039 for you know, retrieving birds for bird hunters or something. 1005 00:53:44.239 --> 00:53:45.760 Well I don't know what it was bred for, but 1006 00:53:45.880 --> 00:53:48.480 I know this. When I plant a plant in a 1007 00:53:48.519 --> 00:53:51.199 flower bed, they will retrieve it and bring it to 1008 00:53:51.280 --> 00:53:54.280 the back porch and set it there on the mat 1009 00:53:54.519 --> 00:53:57.280 going in the back door, as if they accomplished me 1010 00:53:57.360 --> 00:53:59.519 a favor, like, hey, skip, you forgot this plant while 1011 00:53:59.519 --> 00:54:02.960 you're out in the garden earlier. Yeah, Golden Retrievers. By 1012 00:54:03.000 --> 00:54:09.239 the way, Also, since I'm tongue in cheek lamenting about goldens, 1013 00:54:09.280 --> 00:54:13.920 we love those dogs. Whenever, there needs to be a 1014 00:54:13.960 --> 00:54:17.079 Texas law that if you sell Golden Retriever puppies you 1015 00:54:17.320 --> 00:54:20.280 have to give away a free Roomba vacuum cleaner to 1016 00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:26.400 everyone who buys one, because we have two. Rumba type 1017 00:54:26.559 --> 00:54:30.079 is not that brand, but Roomba type vacuum cleaners. They 1018 00:54:32.079 --> 00:54:34.679 work every day every day. Try to keep up with 1019 00:54:34.760 --> 00:54:37.559 those Golden Retrievers. All right, there, you go, enough about that. 1020 00:54:39.760 --> 00:54:41.679 If you've been to the Arbor Gate up in Tomball, 1021 00:54:41.920 --> 00:54:43.679 if you haven't, you need to go. It is one 1022 00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:47.920 of the premiere outstanding garden centers we have in our area. 1023 00:54:49.159 --> 00:54:51.480 You go in first of all, they for those of 1024 00:54:51.519 --> 00:54:53.000 you who haven't been in a while. They have a 1025 00:54:53.039 --> 00:54:55.400 new parking lot in back and you take Tresher Road 1026 00:54:55.440 --> 00:54:57.199 around the back. That's where you can park and get in. 1027 00:54:57.320 --> 00:54:59.920 Trough easy to get in and out, very safe, very nice, 1028 00:55:00.639 --> 00:55:02.199 and you need to take advantage of it. It's the 1029 00:55:02.239 --> 00:55:05.880 one I use all the time now. But anyway, Arburgate 1030 00:55:06.280 --> 00:55:08.800 is the place you wander through and your jaws, jaws 1031 00:55:08.880 --> 00:55:11.920 hanging open, you know, and if you're like me, there's 1032 00:55:11.920 --> 00:55:13.280 a little droll coming out of the corner of your 1033 00:55:13.320 --> 00:55:16.920 mouth because you're looking at all these awesome plants, beautiful 1034 00:55:17.280 --> 00:55:22.159 spread out everywhere. It's just great. But I think despite 1035 00:55:22.320 --> 00:55:25.159 all the beauty and all the just the fun of 1036 00:55:25.280 --> 00:55:27.559 walking around and seeing everything they have, I think the 1037 00:55:27.719 --> 00:55:32.079 strong point of Arburgate there's two things. Number One, they 1038 00:55:32.199 --> 00:55:36.400 bring in an incredibly wide selection all through the year 1039 00:55:36.679 --> 00:55:39.320 of everything you might want to grow or didn't even 1040 00:55:39.400 --> 00:55:42.480 know existed, that that becomes your new favorite plant. Number Two, 1041 00:55:43.639 --> 00:55:47.440 the folks that work there, Beverly and Kennon down to 1042 00:55:47.599 --> 00:55:51.760 the even the ladies at the checkout. Everyone is friendly 1043 00:55:52.039 --> 00:55:55.440 and helpful and doesn't mind. They don't point it like, oh, 1044 00:55:55.599 --> 00:55:57.880 go to the other side of the garden center. There's 1045 00:55:57.920 --> 00:56:00.400 one of those plants over there. They walk you to it, 1046 00:56:00.480 --> 00:56:02.800 they take you to if you want. If you need help, 1047 00:56:02.960 --> 00:56:05.760 like putting together a plant or something, they'll spend some 1048 00:56:05.880 --> 00:56:08.440 time with you. They'll answer your questions. You can bring 1049 00:56:08.519 --> 00:56:12.440 them questions and samples and pictures and things. It's service. 1050 00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:17.639 It is friendly service, quality plants. And you know, I 1051 00:56:17.679 --> 00:56:20.519 always say brown stuff before green stuff. Before you leave arbigate, 1052 00:56:20.639 --> 00:56:24.119 grab the three the one two three completely easy system. 1053 00:56:24.480 --> 00:56:27.639 That is an organic food complete, which is an organic 1054 00:56:27.800 --> 00:56:32.039 fertilizer with calcium two by the way, organic soil complete 1055 00:56:32.199 --> 00:56:35.119 and Organic compost complete. Those are the three. The latter 1056 00:56:35.199 --> 00:56:39.719 two have the expanded hiale in the mix, which our 1057 00:56:39.760 --> 00:56:44.920 clay soils need. Now, those three are the bags that 1058 00:56:45.000 --> 00:56:46.320 go in the back of the car when you bring 1059 00:56:46.400 --> 00:56:49.840 home the plants, brown stuff before the green stuff. But 1060 00:56:50.440 --> 00:56:53.920 if you want more than just bags of them, well, 1061 00:56:54.039 --> 00:56:57.360 the organic Soil Complete and the Organic Compost Complete are 1062 00:56:57.400 --> 00:57:01.159 available in bulk. They can bring a giant sack out 1063 00:57:01.199 --> 00:57:03.880 there and set it on the property, on the driveway 1064 00:57:03.960 --> 00:57:05.920 or whatever, so you can have it. You don't want 1065 00:57:05.920 --> 00:57:07.719 to eight hundred bags, we'll just buy it by the 1066 00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:10.679 bulk and they will deliver it. They will deliver it. 1067 00:57:10.719 --> 00:57:12.400 All you have to do is contact them, go to 1068 00:57:12.440 --> 00:57:15.159 the website, give them a call and find out about 1069 00:57:15.199 --> 00:57:17.719 how to do that. But the soil and the compost 1070 00:57:17.880 --> 00:57:21.159 can be delivered in bulk, and you should consider that 1071 00:57:21.519 --> 00:57:25.800 because getting the soil right is so important. As wonderful 1072 00:57:25.840 --> 00:57:28.480 as the plants are that they have, you got to 1073 00:57:28.519 --> 00:57:31.119 get the soil right for any plant to have its 1074 00:57:31.159 --> 00:57:34.000 best chance of success. And that's why we're buying plants 1075 00:57:34.159 --> 00:57:38.400 is to have success. You are listening to garden Line. 1076 00:57:38.559 --> 00:57:40.679 I am your host, Skip Richter, and we're here to 1077 00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:43.599 help you have success. We want you to have a 1078 00:57:43.840 --> 00:57:47.440 bountiful garden. We want you to have a beautiful landscape, 1079 00:57:48.039 --> 00:57:50.280 and we want you to have more fun in the process. 1080 00:57:50.639 --> 00:57:54.000 That's Gardening is fun. It is a great, great hobby 1081 00:57:54.360 --> 00:57:57.360 and you can have fun too as you do it. 1082 00:58:00.880 --> 00:58:04.960 Sweet Green is a product produced by the folks at Nitrophoss. 1083 00:58:05.119 --> 00:58:10.000 Sweet Green is gosh. It's a it's an organic product 1084 00:58:10.039 --> 00:58:14.440 that has eleven percent nitrogen nutrient in it. Now that's 1085 00:58:14.519 --> 00:58:18.199 a lot for an organic product. It dissolves away. It's 1086 00:58:18.480 --> 00:58:22.519 by the way. It's a sweet basically a sugar molasses 1087 00:58:22.559 --> 00:58:25.639 type base, and so it dissolves the way into the 1088 00:58:25.679 --> 00:58:29.800 soil and that carbon makes microbes go nuts. They love 1089 00:58:29.920 --> 00:58:33.159 that stuff and they release that nutrient out of there 1090 00:58:33.360 --> 00:58:35.559 and it makes your longo nuts. It makes it green. 1091 00:58:35.920 --> 00:58:39.440 It's sweet green. That's why it has that name. You 1092 00:58:39.559 --> 00:58:41.880 can put it down, water it in really good and 1093 00:58:42.039 --> 00:58:45.039 watch the results and it will be it will be 1094 00:58:45.400 --> 00:58:49.000 very fast and it will be very impressive from sweet Green. Now, 1095 00:58:49.079 --> 00:58:52.440 sweet Green, being a nitrofoss product, is available to a 1096 00:58:52.519 --> 00:58:55.199 lot of different places. If you go to Plantation Ace 1097 00:58:55.239 --> 00:58:59.679 Hardware out there on FM three fifty nine in Richmond, Rosenberg. 1098 00:59:00.000 --> 00:59:01.840 If you go to Langham Creek Ase Hardbare by the way, 1099 00:59:01.920 --> 00:59:04.800 that's one at Copperfield on FM five point twenty nine, 1100 00:59:04.880 --> 00:59:09.119 Barker Cypress right in that area, or RCW Nursery Tambo Parkway. 1101 00:59:09.280 --> 00:59:11.679 All places where you're going to get Nightcross products like 1102 00:59:12.039 --> 00:59:18.440 the sweet Green it works, absolutely works. Let's see our 1103 00:59:18.519 --> 00:59:20.199 phone number. Ought to give you a phone number here 1104 00:59:20.599 --> 00:59:23.400 seven one three two one two k t r H 1105 00:59:23.599 --> 00:59:26.400 seven one three two one two k t r H. 1106 00:59:26.519 --> 00:59:28.880 Give us a call. By the way, Craig called earlier, 1107 00:59:29.159 --> 00:59:31.199 and I think we got word back to him. But 1108 00:59:31.280 --> 00:59:35.360 he was asking for an evergreen tree that could be 1109 00:59:35.599 --> 00:59:38.760 used like in an entrance way to a church and 1110 00:59:39.159 --> 00:59:42.840 uh kind of close to the church. Uh, and I 1111 00:59:42.960 --> 00:59:45.559 was kind of drawing a blank on a good evergreen tree. 1112 00:59:45.599 --> 00:59:48.360 We talked about a number of different things, but uh 1113 00:59:48.880 --> 00:59:52.840 uh someone had called in. Excuse me, I'm sorry, Ronald 1114 00:59:53.000 --> 00:59:56.920 called got I get my name's crossed here Ronald called 1115 00:59:56.920 --> 00:59:59.800 about that lake Jackson. Craig called in and he goes, hey, 1116 00:59:59.840 --> 01:00:03.000 what about southern Magnoia is like, dah, yes, that's a 1117 01:00:03.039 --> 01:00:07.360 good idea. Thanks for that reminder, Craig. Southern magnolia grows 1118 01:00:07.440 --> 01:00:10.280 slow though, so it's not one that's gonna, you know, 1119 01:00:10.360 --> 01:00:13.199 be a big beautiful tree very fast. And they do 1120 01:00:13.360 --> 01:00:17.719 get quite large, okay, but in time that with some 1121 01:00:18.239 --> 01:00:21.119 you know, trimming of branches to protect them from rubbing 1122 01:00:21.199 --> 01:00:23.320 against the roof of the of the church or the 1123 01:00:23.360 --> 01:00:25.840 eaves or whatever. You don't want to get them too close. 1124 01:00:26.559 --> 01:00:28.800 That would be a nice one that would get beautiful, 1125 01:00:29.199 --> 01:00:34.519 beautiful blooms in the summertime and provide year round color. 1126 01:00:34.599 --> 01:00:38.039 The only thing about southern magnolia to keep in mind, Ronald, 1127 01:00:38.199 --> 01:00:44.440 is the the thing casts a deep shade all year, 1128 01:00:44.840 --> 01:00:46.760 and so it's hard to get things to grow under 1129 01:00:46.880 --> 01:00:50.639 southern magnolia. Monkey grass, mondo grass will grow under a 1130 01:00:50.719 --> 01:00:54.519 southern magnolia pretty well. That's something that you could do, 1131 01:00:54.920 --> 01:00:58.119 but in general it's kind of hard to get you know, 1132 01:00:58.559 --> 01:01:01.719 real good growth of other things show You may just 1133 01:01:01.880 --> 01:01:05.199 end up with a nice bark multched area underneath there 1134 01:01:05.480 --> 01:01:08.039 that would probably be the way I would go. Hey, 1135 01:01:08.079 --> 01:01:11.480 by the way, jungle Land from Nitroposs is a potting 1136 01:01:11.840 --> 01:01:15.280 soil for indoors and for outdoors. The flour and vegetable 1137 01:01:15.320 --> 01:01:18.400 planting soil is for outdoors. The water saber potting soil 1138 01:01:18.480 --> 01:01:22.159 is for indoors. Someone was mentioning planning citric or something 1139 01:01:22.480 --> 01:01:25.079 a minute ago in jungle Land and the stuff works 1140 01:01:25.199 --> 01:01:27.880 being a night Foss product. Fishers Hardware down on South 1141 01:01:27.920 --> 01:01:31.000 Broadway and Laporte and in Mott Bellevue, the Fishers on 1142 01:01:31.320 --> 01:01:34.320 thirty one eighty, as well as the M and D 1143 01:01:34.440 --> 01:01:42.320 Beamer in Sagemont. We'll be right back, all right, Welcome 1144 01:01:42.360 --> 01:01:44.920 back to Guardline. Good to have you with us. You'd 1145 01:01:45.000 --> 01:01:46.440 like to give me a call today, by the way, 1146 01:01:46.960 --> 01:01:50.679 seven one three two one two KTRH seven one three 1147 01:01:51.320 --> 01:01:54.800 two one two kt RH. We are here to help 1148 01:01:54.880 --> 01:01:57.639 you have success in your garden. That's what we want 1149 01:01:57.639 --> 01:02:00.159 to see. Gardening should be fun. You don't need to 1150 01:02:00.159 --> 01:02:02.840 fail at gardening. In fact, I'm going to be so 1151 01:02:03.000 --> 01:02:05.519 bold as to say this, and I hope, I hope 1152 01:02:05.559 --> 01:02:09.360 you hear this. You cannot fail at gardening. Now you go, well, 1153 01:02:09.400 --> 01:02:12.559 wait a minute, if you saw the plants I've killed over. 1154 01:02:12.760 --> 01:02:16.880 I know you can. You cannot have success in a 1155 01:02:16.920 --> 01:02:20.440 particular season. But you only fail when you quit, when 1156 01:02:20.480 --> 01:02:23.320 you give up trying, when you say I've got a 1157 01:02:23.360 --> 01:02:29.119 brown thumb, first of all, you don't. Then you fail 1158 01:02:29.320 --> 01:02:32.840 because you quit. But when it comes to gardening, every 1159 01:02:32.920 --> 01:02:35.679 year is a new year. Listen, look at nature. There 1160 01:02:35.719 --> 01:02:38.360 are plants. They come up from seed in a year 1161 01:02:38.559 --> 01:02:41.239 and then they die and they're gone, and then next 1162 01:02:41.360 --> 01:02:44.320 year other seeds come up and it starts over, and 1163 01:02:44.400 --> 01:02:46.880 it starts over. Perennials die to the ground and they 1164 01:02:46.960 --> 01:02:51.679 come back. Nature has a cycle to it, and there 1165 01:02:51.760 --> 01:02:56.760 is nothing wrong with replacing plants. If something doesn't do well, 1166 01:02:56.840 --> 01:02:59.719 you don't like how it's doing, maybe it dies. Replace it. 1167 01:03:00.159 --> 01:03:02.559 You can do that. They're thing called garden centers. They 1168 01:03:02.599 --> 01:03:04.840 will help you do that. They will help you do that. 1169 01:03:05.760 --> 01:03:08.800 But try new things start over. Give us a call 1170 01:03:08.880 --> 01:03:12.039 on garden Line. Go on to my website gardeningwi skip 1171 01:03:12.159 --> 01:03:16.559 dot com. Find out where you know. If you look 1172 01:03:16.599 --> 01:03:19.239 at the website, you'll find out everything from coal protection 1173 01:03:19.400 --> 01:03:22.440 to plants, to how to get rid of that's edge 1174 01:03:22.519 --> 01:03:24.599 to I mean, all the different things we deal with 1175 01:03:24.679 --> 01:03:26.800 this garden. One by one. We're adding them there to 1176 01:03:26.880 --> 01:03:29.599 the website to help you have success. And once you 1177 01:03:29.800 --> 01:03:32.599 learn what plants want, you just get better and better, 1178 01:03:32.800 --> 01:03:35.440 and what you think is a brown thumb becomes greener 1179 01:03:35.599 --> 01:03:39.159 and greener because you're giving plants what they want. That 1180 01:03:40.239 --> 01:03:44.320 is really the bottom line to successful gardening is making 1181 01:03:44.400 --> 01:03:47.639 plants happy, and we can help you do that. So 1182 01:03:47.760 --> 01:03:50.400 don't give up. Give it a try. And a great 1183 01:03:50.440 --> 01:03:54.239 way to do that is to go to places that 1184 01:03:54.440 --> 01:03:59.039 sell good plants and then have good advice. Okay, places 1185 01:03:59.119 --> 01:04:01.400 that sell good plants and that have good advice. You're 1186 01:04:01.440 --> 01:04:04.639 at if you're out in West Houston, Nelson Water Garden 1187 01:04:04.679 --> 01:04:08.039 and Nursery out and Katie, that is the prime spot 1188 01:04:08.440 --> 01:04:11.599 with that. Now, water gardens and nursery. Okay, that's what 1189 01:04:11.760 --> 01:04:14.639 Nelson's is. Well, they've always been water gardens. I mean 1190 01:04:14.679 --> 01:04:18.599 that they're nationally known for quality water gardens. If you've 1191 01:04:18.639 --> 01:04:21.039 got this giant container and you go, oh, that would 1192 01:04:21.079 --> 01:04:22.920 be pretty if water came out of the top and 1193 01:04:23.239 --> 01:04:26.159 went over the sides and recircle back. They invented that 1194 01:04:26.800 --> 01:04:28.920 they can take your container and they can make it 1195 01:04:29.000 --> 01:04:31.199 into something like that, or they can they can sell 1196 01:04:31.239 --> 01:04:34.719 you a beautiful. Gosh, their pottery is so gorgeous. One 1197 01:04:34.760 --> 01:04:36.719 of the kind stuff you can only get there. They 1198 01:04:36.800 --> 01:04:39.159 can do that, and of course the water plants, you know, 1199 01:04:39.440 --> 01:04:43.800 lolly pets and loaded all kinds of cool plants, and 1200 01:04:43.920 --> 01:04:47.480 then the fish shamunkins and and the kois and whatnot. 1201 01:04:47.559 --> 01:04:49.719 By the way, take your kids out there. They'll give 1202 01:04:49.760 --> 01:04:51.320 them a little bit of fish food and then go 1203 01:04:51.360 --> 01:04:53.159 out in the back. There's a pond they have toward 1204 01:04:53.199 --> 01:04:57.119 the back of the property. It's beautiful under shady areas. 1205 01:04:57.519 --> 01:04:59.320 Kids can go back and feed the fish. And these 1206 01:04:59.400 --> 01:05:02.280 koi come right out of They just kind of rise 1207 01:05:02.400 --> 01:05:04.639 up out of the water with big old mouths wide 1208 01:05:04.679 --> 01:05:07.639 open and you just drop the feet in and the 1209 01:05:08.000 --> 01:05:12.039 kiddos will love that. But anyway, I'm digressing. By the way, 1210 01:05:12.519 --> 01:05:16.559 today starting at nine am, they're going to have their 1211 01:05:16.559 --> 01:05:18.960 Easter egg hunt today going on out there. It's a 1212 01:05:19.039 --> 01:05:21.800 nice family event. They always have things going on. But 1213 01:05:21.920 --> 01:05:24.920 you also when you're out there, just look for some 1214 01:05:25.159 --> 01:05:27.360 of the planets that they have. I don't care what 1215 01:05:27.800 --> 01:05:29.840 kind of plant you're looking for. It could be a 1216 01:05:29.880 --> 01:05:33.360 copper canyon daisy. It's one of my favorite. If you 1217 01:05:33.400 --> 01:05:36.239 don't know Copper Canyon daisy. It's actually a type of marigold, 1218 01:05:37.119 --> 01:05:40.760 not a daisy, but it has little yellow flowers and 1219 01:05:40.880 --> 01:05:45.960 it has strong pine slash cetrus scented foliage. So get 1220 01:05:46.000 --> 01:05:49.840 your head around that pine and cetrus, very strong pine 1221 01:05:49.880 --> 01:05:52.119 and ctrus scented foliage. Some people don't care for it. 1222 01:05:52.199 --> 01:05:56.039 I love it, absolutely love it. They've got those. Do 1223 01:05:56.159 --> 01:05:59.480 you need roses, do you need hadranges? Do you need herbs, 1224 01:05:59.519 --> 01:06:02.719 do you need flowers? You name it, they've got it 1225 01:06:02.800 --> 01:06:05.280 at Nelson Water Garden in nursery. By the way, they 1226 01:06:05.360 --> 01:06:07.960 are on Katie Fort Ben Road. You turn north from 1227 01:06:08.000 --> 01:06:10.320 I ten, go north just a little bit and they're 1228 01:06:10.360 --> 01:06:16.480 on the right hand side. Nelsonwatergardens dot Com. We are 1229 01:06:16.559 --> 01:06:20.119 going to go now out and talk to Katie. Hello Katie, 1230 01:06:20.199 --> 01:06:21.159 Welcome to garden Line. 1231 01:06:22.159 --> 01:06:24.960 Hello Skip, I sent you picture. 1232 01:06:26.519 --> 01:06:28.119 Okay, a new of. 1233 01:06:28.559 --> 01:06:34.320 My newly sodded backyard. Weeks and I have a boxer 1234 01:06:35.519 --> 01:06:39.880 and he is destroying one section because he relieves himself 1235 01:06:39.960 --> 01:06:42.039 on the tree. What can I do? 1236 01:06:42.199 --> 01:06:48.039 Okay, well you can. 1237 01:06:50.480 --> 01:06:54.960 I can't reach out, believe me. 1238 01:06:55.079 --> 01:06:58.880 I I know I know about dogs and that so 1239 01:07:00.840 --> 01:07:03.480 a couple of things. If you put a bed around 1240 01:07:03.519 --> 01:07:06.519 the tree and just had some molts or something there. 1241 01:07:06.800 --> 01:07:09.320 Then he could still go there and you just wouldn't 1242 01:07:09.320 --> 01:07:11.039 have grass in that spot. I think it looks kind 1243 01:07:11.039 --> 01:07:12.519 of nice to have a little bed around a tree 1244 01:07:12.639 --> 01:07:15.559 like that, as far as you're not going to retrain him. 1245 01:07:15.559 --> 01:07:18.719 As you said, it's a tree. The boxer's a dog, 1246 01:07:19.119 --> 01:07:23.519 So you know, there you go if you go out 1247 01:07:23.599 --> 01:07:28.119 and rents down areas like that very well with water 1248 01:07:28.280 --> 01:07:30.920 and flesh out some of the ammonious salts and things 1249 01:07:31.039 --> 01:07:34.559 that are that are there that's burning the grass. But 1250 01:07:34.760 --> 01:07:36.400 you're not going to get out and do that all 1251 01:07:36.480 --> 01:07:40.199 the time every time the dog goes over. So I think, yeah, 1252 01:07:40.440 --> 01:07:43.679 it's it's that you could do that, but that's just 1253 01:07:43.800 --> 01:07:45.880 kind of the way the way that that is. So 1254 01:07:46.000 --> 01:07:48.679 I think it's a situation where, you know, life gives 1255 01:07:48.679 --> 01:07:51.559 you lemons, make lemonade, they say, I think turn turning 1256 01:07:51.639 --> 01:07:53.760 that area into something just a little bit different. And 1257 01:07:53.840 --> 01:07:55.559 he's not going to go that far away because he's 1258 01:07:55.599 --> 01:07:58.519 trying to hit the tree, so it's going to always 1259 01:07:58.599 --> 01:08:00.719 be kind of around the base. I would put anything 1260 01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:04.039 that's you know, like real thick, chunky stuff, so he's 1261 01:08:04.079 --> 01:08:06.400 afraid he doesn't like stepping on it. You know, let 1262 01:08:06.480 --> 01:08:08.480 him go and walk up to it. But but just 1263 01:08:08.519 --> 01:08:10.320 a little bit of a ring them all. It's probably 1264 01:08:10.480 --> 01:08:12.079 is the simplest thing that you can do. 1265 01:08:13.320 --> 01:08:13.599 Okay. 1266 01:08:14.639 --> 01:08:18.880 Is there anything I can put on like a like 1267 01:08:19.000 --> 01:08:21.880 a soil eight or anything for the other small areas 1268 01:08:21.880 --> 01:08:23.079 where he sometimes goes? 1269 01:08:23.279 --> 01:08:23.439 You know? 1270 01:08:23.640 --> 01:08:24.840 Is there anything like a. 1271 01:08:26.840 --> 01:08:30.760 Yeah, it's just uh, it's just the primarily the salt 1272 01:08:30.880 --> 01:08:34.000 type things in the in the urine that is doing that. 1273 01:08:34.560 --> 01:08:36.399 I you know, I need to look into that a 1274 01:08:36.439 --> 01:08:39.039 little bit further. I think there's probably some products that 1275 01:08:39.159 --> 01:08:41.800 might discourage them from go to an area. But then 1276 01:08:41.920 --> 01:08:43.079 he's got to go to the bathroom. 1277 01:08:43.279 --> 01:08:46.039 So you're just moving on that fat around the tree. 1278 01:08:46.239 --> 01:08:48.560 The tree is his area, and I don't mind, but 1279 01:08:48.640 --> 01:08:51.399 i'd like to preventing like he's starting to do another 1280 01:08:51.479 --> 01:08:53.800 new spot and I want to prevent him from that one. 1281 01:08:53.920 --> 01:08:57.640 So I would love some some guidance on you know, 1282 01:08:57.840 --> 01:09:00.560 is there a parent that that's not And then the 1283 01:09:00.640 --> 01:09:04.640 other thing about the backyard, it's newly sodded six weeks. 1284 01:09:05.640 --> 01:09:07.640 I know you're supposed to let it establish routes, but 1285 01:09:07.920 --> 01:09:10.159 do you when should I fertilize. 1286 01:09:10.199 --> 01:09:11.239 Do I wait till fall? 1287 01:09:11.720 --> 01:09:13.279 Is there anything I put on it? Now that I 1288 01:09:13.399 --> 01:09:16.399 know that the it's you know, the roots have been established. 1289 01:09:17.760 --> 01:09:19.439 Well, first of all, it looks really good. They did 1290 01:09:19.520 --> 01:09:21.279 a good or the or you did a good job 1291 01:09:21.439 --> 01:09:26.319 of sodding and they did well. Congratulations, you did good. 1292 01:09:26.439 --> 01:09:29.840 You obviously you watered it regularly, and I would it's 1293 01:09:29.920 --> 01:09:32.079 done in six weeks. You should be on a regular 1294 01:09:32.159 --> 01:09:36.119 watering schedule by now, I would. I would wait. I say, 1295 01:09:36.199 --> 01:09:38.720 wait a month, but really you wait longer. I'll be 1296 01:09:38.760 --> 01:09:41.399 honest with you. I planted some side last year and 1297 01:09:41.439 --> 01:09:43.680 I didn't fertilize it all summer just because I didn't 1298 01:09:43.680 --> 01:09:45.760 get around to it. And it looked good, and and 1299 01:09:45.880 --> 01:09:48.439 you know, I wish I had, but I just didn't 1300 01:09:48.479 --> 01:09:50.840 get to it. So your lawn's going to be okay. 1301 01:09:51.760 --> 01:09:54.279 But after six weeks, if you want to start in 1302 01:09:54.560 --> 01:09:58.199 maybe a slow release product, something that will drag out 1303 01:09:58.279 --> 01:10:02.479 over time. Do you do you use organic or synthetic? 1304 01:10:03.479 --> 01:10:07.239 I do organic because well, one I do it because 1305 01:10:07.279 --> 01:10:09.399 I believe in it, and two I do it because. 1306 01:10:09.159 --> 01:10:09.680 He's on it. 1307 01:10:10.319 --> 01:10:14.239 And three I also almost all my plants or pollinator 1308 01:10:14.319 --> 01:10:19.680 plants or like, I have a ton of passing vine 1309 01:10:19.800 --> 01:10:23.000 and pipe vine and milkweed, so I don't do anything 1310 01:10:23.039 --> 01:10:24.880 that's going to hurt my pollinators. 1311 01:10:25.319 --> 01:10:29.119 All right, So get the Microlife green bag, Microlife green 1312 01:10:29.239 --> 01:10:32.199 bag and put it down. And I would also do 1313 01:10:32.319 --> 01:10:37.520 the purple bag, which is humates plus that is those 1314 01:10:37.600 --> 01:10:40.840 two do different things for the grass and in the soil. 1315 01:10:41.560 --> 01:10:43.800 But go ahead and do that. I would do Microlife 1316 01:10:43.880 --> 01:10:49.279 probably now, probably in another eight weeks and then and again, 1317 01:10:49.640 --> 01:10:51.479 you know you can. You can do it several times 1318 01:10:51.560 --> 01:10:52.720 during the summer if you like to. 1319 01:10:53.239 --> 01:10:55.399 Okay, Okay, I just don't want it to have a 1320 01:10:55.600 --> 01:10:58.319 hard time this summer, Okay, appreciate it, all. 1321 01:10:58.239 --> 01:11:02.000 Right, Katie, you bet, thank you for the call. And 1322 01:11:02.119 --> 01:11:03.680 you should have mentioned this to them. You know you're 1323 01:11:03.680 --> 01:11:05.359 looking for a micro live product, you go to an 1324 01:11:05.399 --> 01:11:07.800 Ace Hardware store, you're probably gonna find it because Ace 1325 01:11:07.840 --> 01:11:11.840 Hardware carries everything that you need for your lawn, your garden, 1326 01:11:11.880 --> 01:11:14.439 your landscape, you name it. You can go to the website. 1327 01:11:14.520 --> 01:11:18.199 It's Acehardwaretexas dot com. Don't forget that, Texas. That's our 1328 01:11:18.279 --> 01:11:23.039 Houston area garden line Ace Hardware group here. Ace Hardware 1329 01:11:23.119 --> 01:11:25.479 Texas dot com. I've got a lot of good Ace 1330 01:11:25.520 --> 01:11:27.439 Hardware stores here in the Houston area, and that's how 1331 01:11:27.479 --> 01:11:30.960 you find them when you are looking for anything for 1332 01:11:31.159 --> 01:11:34.199 your lawn, for your garden, for success with those outdoor 1333 01:11:34.279 --> 01:11:36.520 living areas. That's the place you're going to find it. 1334 01:11:37.000 --> 01:11:39.680 You can find it in places like All Seasons Ace Hardware, 1335 01:11:39.680 --> 01:11:42.319 which is on Interstate forty five up in Willis. You 1336 01:11:42.479 --> 01:11:45.199 go out to Kingwood to k and m Ace Hardware 1337 01:11:45.239 --> 01:11:49.239 and Kingwood Drive, go down to let's say, Chalmers, Ace 1338 01:11:49.319 --> 01:11:52.840 and Galveston on Broadway. Those are just examples of the 1339 01:11:52.960 --> 01:11:55.319 many Ace Hardware stores you're going to find it. Ace 1340 01:11:55.399 --> 01:11:58.319 Hardware Texas dot Com. I'm gonna take a little break 1341 01:11:58.359 --> 01:12:00.720 when we come back, Chris from the Woodlands. You'll be first. 1342 01:12:02.760 --> 01:12:06.880 Alrighty folks, we don't quite have any sun out there yet, 1343 01:12:06.920 --> 01:12:11.000 but we're gonna. We're gonna. We will be soaking and 1344 01:12:11.479 --> 01:12:13.920 God to have you back with us. Hey or Hayes 1345 01:12:13.960 --> 01:12:16.880 Hidden Gardens. Have you been there? If you're down south 1346 01:12:16.920 --> 01:12:19.319 of Houston, you need to go by there. They are 1347 01:12:19.399 --> 01:12:23.359 out in Alvin. Actually specifically they are if you're in 1348 01:12:23.600 --> 01:12:26.479 Alvin and you're heading down six towards Santa Fe you 1349 01:12:26.600 --> 01:12:28.760 end up turning to the right to go out just 1350 01:12:28.880 --> 01:12:30.640 off the road there a little bit. That's what it's 1351 01:12:30.680 --> 01:12:34.479 called hidden gardens, I guess. But they have stunning Peggy 1352 01:12:34.520 --> 01:12:37.319 Martin roses still in full bloom. They look good. People 1353 01:12:37.439 --> 01:12:39.399 keep talking about Peggy Martin. I was just talking about 1354 01:12:39.399 --> 01:12:41.920 Peggy Martin a minute ago. Or Hayes Hidden Gardens has 1355 01:12:41.960 --> 01:12:44.520 got it. They've got lots of good seasonal color plants, 1356 01:12:45.159 --> 01:12:48.039 things like Vinka's and Angelonia. By the way, Angelonia is 1357 01:12:48.079 --> 01:12:50.439 one of the best summer color plants we can have, 1358 01:12:50.640 --> 01:12:53.800 and there's so many color options. They also have Vitex. 1359 01:12:54.239 --> 01:13:00.199 Vitex is a beautiful shrub slash tree, mainly shrub that 1360 01:13:00.439 --> 01:13:04.880 is awesome for the summertime blue flowers. If you share 1361 01:13:04.920 --> 01:13:07.600 it back after they bloom, don't let it go to seed, 1362 01:13:07.760 --> 01:13:10.600 it just makes it bloom more. And it's a great plant. 1363 01:13:11.199 --> 01:13:13.479 Got one in my own yard. I love by text 1364 01:13:14.520 --> 01:13:16.520 now or he's got plenty of He's got plenty of 1365 01:13:16.600 --> 01:13:18.760 other shrubs too. By the way, Hey, he's opened today 1366 01:13:18.760 --> 01:13:22.159 from eight to four and tomorrow he's closed it's Easter. 1367 01:13:22.520 --> 01:13:25.520 But swing out there to where he's Hidden Gardens on 1368 01:13:26.680 --> 01:13:33.199 Elizabeth Street in Alvin, Texas. All right, Elizabeth Street, alrighty well, 1369 01:13:33.920 --> 01:13:35.840 I am going to head to the phones here real quick. 1370 01:13:35.920 --> 01:13:39.000 We're going to go to Chris in the Woodlands. Hey, Chris, 1371 01:13:39.119 --> 01:13:40.079 welcome to garden Line. 1372 01:13:40.760 --> 01:13:46.359 Well, thank you, Skip, I'm good morning. I bought some hardware, 1373 01:13:47.319 --> 01:13:53.479 hardwood mulch, and put down on bear lawn out front 1374 01:13:54.399 --> 01:13:57.920 a couple of days ago, and two days later put 1375 01:13:58.000 --> 01:14:03.560 down some San Augustine side, and I guess it was 1376 01:14:03.640 --> 01:14:06.760 a day or two later. I picked up one of 1377 01:14:06.840 --> 01:14:09.439 them to see what was going on and if they 1378 01:14:09.479 --> 01:14:14.359 were rooting. But all I saw was teeny eats eats, 1379 01:14:14.399 --> 01:14:19.479 the teeny small worms everywhere under the one that I've lifted. 1380 01:14:20.560 --> 01:14:24.239 Underneath the What was it that you lifted? I'm sorry, 1381 01:14:24.279 --> 01:14:25.800 what was it that you lifted. 1382 01:14:26.680 --> 01:14:30.000 The side the San Augustine's side that I had brought them? 1383 01:14:31.399 --> 01:14:34.119 Okay, well that's not a problem. Did they look like 1384 01:14:34.239 --> 01:14:37.560 earthworms but just tiny? Or were they white or some 1385 01:14:37.720 --> 01:14:38.279 other color? 1386 01:14:39.039 --> 01:14:41.920 They were white, and they're just wiggling all over the place. 1387 01:14:42.000 --> 01:14:45.199 They're hardly even, they're less than a centimeter long. 1388 01:14:46.640 --> 01:14:50.479 Okay, yeah, don't worry about that. Those could be baby earthworms, actually, 1389 01:14:50.640 --> 01:14:53.840 but I wouldn't worry about them. There's not a there's 1390 01:14:53.960 --> 01:14:57.560 not a problem that attacks lawns that fits out description 1391 01:14:57.720 --> 01:15:01.000 anywhere close. So your your gut. If anything, it's a 1392 01:15:01.039 --> 01:15:02.760 good thing probably to have them there. 1393 01:15:02.880 --> 01:15:06.560 So yeah, all right, I was afraid it was termite babies. 1394 01:15:07.199 --> 01:15:11.039 So now termites are going to be a little little 1395 01:15:11.079 --> 01:15:14.399 white larvae. You know, they'll look like a little tiny, 1396 01:15:15.119 --> 01:15:17.960 you know, termites. But yeah, don't don't worry about that. 1397 01:15:18.239 --> 01:15:22.880 You're good, Okay, good, thank you. I appreciate that, you. 1398 01:15:22.960 --> 01:15:25.840 Bet, thanks for thank you for the call. I appreciate 1399 01:15:25.920 --> 01:15:29.880 that very much. Lots of wild critters out there in 1400 01:15:29.920 --> 01:15:32.560 the landscape, and you know, we just have to kind 1401 01:15:32.560 --> 01:15:35.800 of realize that just because something masks six legs or 1402 01:15:35.880 --> 01:15:38.000 in this case, worms don't have legs. But just a 1403 01:15:38.079 --> 01:15:42.199 lot of times people see a quote bug and they 1404 01:15:42.279 --> 01:15:45.199 think it needs to die. And then that wasn't the 1405 01:15:45.720 --> 01:15:48.119 question Chris had. But I get these questions a lot. 1406 01:15:48.199 --> 01:15:50.520 People They see a bug and they think, oh, what 1407 01:15:50.640 --> 01:15:52.760 am I going to do? It's got to be bad. No, No, 1408 01:15:53.279 --> 01:15:54.800 if you were to make a pie chart of all 1409 01:15:54.840 --> 01:15:58.920 the insects, the vast majority, almost the whole pie, is 1410 01:15:59.039 --> 01:16:01.600 going to be things that are either beneficial or of 1411 01:16:01.800 --> 01:16:05.399 no consequence to whatever plant you're seeing this bug on. Okay, 1412 01:16:06.279 --> 01:16:09.960 a few pests for any particular plant are out there 1413 01:16:10.039 --> 01:16:13.079 that we're concerned about, but it is a fraction of 1414 01:16:13.199 --> 01:16:16.359 what's out there. So the first thing you think about 1415 01:16:16.399 --> 01:16:18.880 when you see something with six legs crawling around on 1416 01:16:18.960 --> 01:16:22.199 a plant is it's not a problem. The second thing 1417 01:16:22.399 --> 01:16:25.479 is it could be. We can look into it, but 1418 01:16:25.680 --> 01:16:29.319 probably not. Probably not. That's the best way to look 1419 01:16:29.359 --> 01:16:33.399 at it. I was talking with the folks that B 1420 01:16:33.960 --> 01:16:37.239 and B turf pros this week, and you know, BnB 1421 01:16:37.439 --> 01:16:42.239 is a family owned operation. BnB provides honest quality work. 1422 01:16:42.319 --> 01:16:44.600 You know, you want to do a compost top dressing, 1423 01:16:44.680 --> 01:16:47.600 you want to do aer ration, They got you covered. 1424 01:16:47.680 --> 01:16:50.439 And by the way, this is important, don't make a 1425 01:16:50.560 --> 01:16:53.239 note of this. Don't zone out on me. Here. Free 1426 01:16:53.479 --> 01:16:58.279 aerration with purchase of compost top dressing through May. Just 1427 01:16:58.479 --> 01:17:00.960 through May. So we we got them out a month 1428 01:17:01.039 --> 01:17:04.079 and so or so left in this. But if you 1429 01:17:04.239 --> 01:17:07.399 purchase compost top dressing, they'll just do aeration for free 1430 01:17:07.920 --> 01:17:11.399 during that time. Now, remember this compost top dressing and 1431 01:17:11.479 --> 01:17:13.720 aeration as a process. You hear me talk about this 1432 01:17:13.880 --> 01:17:19.760 a lot, but it's an expensive thing for the company 1433 01:17:19.920 --> 01:17:21.760 to get out and do. They got a haul equipment 1434 01:17:21.800 --> 01:17:23.560 to your site, They got to bring in composts to 1435 01:17:23.640 --> 01:17:26.359 your site, and they can't just run all over every place. 1436 01:17:26.399 --> 01:17:29.239 That's why our suppliers here on Garden Line cover a 1437 01:17:29.319 --> 01:17:32.560 certain area. BnB covers the air from Sugarland and Missouri 1438 01:17:32.680 --> 01:17:36.239 City on the north of the west side up down 1439 01:17:36.359 --> 01:17:38.920 Highway six and all the way across over to Alvin 1440 01:17:39.000 --> 01:17:41.800 and Friendswood and Dickinson and League City, you know, past 1441 01:17:41.880 --> 01:17:44.439 Pairlin and Manvel and all of that. That's the region 1442 01:17:44.520 --> 01:17:47.000 that they cover. Now, if you are going to do 1443 01:17:47.159 --> 01:17:51.439 this free aeration, there is a minimum of eight hundred 1444 01:17:51.439 --> 01:17:55.920 and ninety five dollars for top dress that you're going 1445 01:17:56.039 --> 01:18:00.399 to provide. Okay, so you get the cop dress done, 1446 01:18:00.439 --> 01:18:03.840 they do the free aeration and aeration. It does cost 1447 01:18:04.000 --> 01:18:05.760 to get it out there, but it is one of 1448 01:18:05.840 --> 01:18:07.600 the single best things you can do to a lawn. 1449 01:18:08.079 --> 01:18:11.119 Prices start around five hundred dollars for small yards for compost, 1450 01:18:11.199 --> 01:18:16.079 top dressing and aeration. But they're they're bringing expensive equipment 1451 01:18:16.119 --> 01:18:19.119 out and they're bringing cores of soil out of the soil, 1452 01:18:19.199 --> 01:18:22.479 dropping them on the surface and When that happens, then 1453 01:18:22.520 --> 01:18:24.840 they top dress and it falls down in those holes 1454 01:18:25.439 --> 01:18:28.359 and it gets oxygen into the soil and that is 1455 01:18:28.479 --> 01:18:31.199 what invigorates a lawn so much. Again, it's one of 1456 01:18:31.239 --> 01:18:33.520 the most things. Yes, it's important to water. Yes it's 1457 01:18:33.560 --> 01:18:36.000 important to fertilize and mow and all those are important. 1458 01:18:36.640 --> 01:18:39.199 But if you're looking at an area that's struggling, maybe 1459 01:18:39.359 --> 01:18:43.159 it's chinchbugs or drought from the past, or some cold injury, 1460 01:18:43.439 --> 01:18:47.840 or compost or compaction rather from foot traffic, or just 1461 01:18:47.920 --> 01:18:50.760 a heavy equal a soil kind of thing. Aeration and 1462 01:18:50.800 --> 01:18:53.239 compost stop dressing is important. They do it to golf courses. 1463 01:18:54.359 --> 01:18:57.119 If you want to have top quality turf, aeration and 1464 01:18:57.640 --> 01:19:00.439 top dressing is a way to do it. And that's important. 1465 01:19:00.680 --> 01:19:04.840 By the way. The website BB no end, BB Turfpros 1466 01:19:04.880 --> 01:19:08.920 dot com, Bbturfpros dot com seven one three two three 1467 01:19:09.000 --> 01:19:12.640 four fifty five ninety eight seven one three, two, three, four, 1468 01:19:12.800 --> 01:19:16.840 five five nine eight. Let's go now out to Friendswood 1469 01:19:16.920 --> 01:19:19.159 and we're going to talk to Mark. Hey, Mark, welcome 1470 01:19:19.199 --> 01:19:19.800 to garden Line. 1471 01:19:20.760 --> 01:19:21.319 Hi scoop. 1472 01:19:23.079 --> 01:19:27.760 My loan has large brown spots in it and I'm 1473 01:19:28.279 --> 01:19:31.640 sensing photos to email, wondering if you could healthy figure 1474 01:19:31.640 --> 01:19:37.000 out what's going on with it. You sent those to me, Mark, Yes, 1475 01:19:38.039 --> 01:19:41.000 you said, okay, let me get that in front of 1476 01:19:41.079 --> 01:19:43.840 me and open it up here and take a look. Oh, yes, 1477 01:19:44.079 --> 01:19:46.840 I did see these. You sent these yesterday, your day fords. 1478 01:19:47.520 --> 01:19:47.640 Uh. 1479 01:19:48.199 --> 01:19:54.560 So what I see there is primarily where riiseoctonia, which 1480 01:19:54.800 --> 01:19:59.479 is uh the disease that causes uh large patch or 1481 01:19:59.520 --> 01:20:04.479 brown pat. Those are circles that rise octnia caused, and 1482 01:20:04.640 --> 01:20:06.800 they're trying to green up, but they're not doing a 1483 01:20:06.920 --> 01:20:09.600 very good job of it. Now that we're having warmer temperatures, 1484 01:20:09.720 --> 01:20:13.119 you should be seeing more green up of it. And 1485 01:20:13.439 --> 01:20:16.479 I think you may also have a disease called take 1486 01:20:16.640 --> 01:20:20.199 all root rot that's in there. Now. You can't diagnose 1487 01:20:20.359 --> 01:20:25.319 these specifically, and one by looking at a photo. I've 1488 01:20:25.399 --> 01:20:28.000 just seen enough of this stuff that I think that's 1489 01:20:28.079 --> 01:20:31.680 what you're looking at. Take all and large patch are 1490 01:20:31.720 --> 01:20:35.119 both on my lawn care schedule. If you go to 1491 01:20:35.199 --> 01:20:38.640 my website Gardening with Skip dot com, you can find 1492 01:20:38.920 --> 01:20:44.760 my lawn care schedule lawn disease and weed schedule. That's 1493 01:20:44.840 --> 01:20:47.920 the one and just take a look at it, and 1494 01:20:48.000 --> 01:20:49.960 it tells you when they occur, and what to do 1495 01:20:50.479 --> 01:20:52.760 about them, when to apply it, and what to apply 1496 01:20:52.960 --> 01:20:56.960 and all of that. At this point, something like aeration 1497 01:20:57.079 --> 01:21:01.680 would be helpful making sure the lawn gets adequate moisture 1498 01:21:01.720 --> 01:21:04.720 when we get hot and dry here. That's very important. 1499 01:21:05.439 --> 01:21:08.319 And a modern amount of fertilization, a modern amount of 1500 01:21:08.600 --> 01:21:11.239 typical what's on my schedules to apply. That would be 1501 01:21:11.279 --> 01:21:14.760 the amount that you would put down. But other than that, 1502 01:21:15.079 --> 01:21:17.920 you know, what I'm seeing is just the signs I 1503 01:21:18.439 --> 01:21:22.239 think of those diseases. And so that's one you're just 1504 01:21:22.319 --> 01:21:27.600 gonna have to deal with according to this schedule. All right, 1505 01:21:27.720 --> 01:21:31.279 thanks long, all right, sorry to be the bearer of 1506 01:21:31.319 --> 01:21:34.560 bad news, but you can turn this around. It is 1507 01:21:34.800 --> 01:21:38.159 it is. Let me let me make one other suggestion. Okay, 1508 01:21:38.880 --> 01:21:44.479 are you there, Yes, Okay, there's a product called Disease 1509 01:21:45.039 --> 01:21:49.239 x e X. Disease e X and go to your 1510 01:21:49.319 --> 01:21:53.159 local ACE hardware store and just tell them you're looking 1511 01:21:53.319 --> 01:21:57.600 for disease e X and that is what you're going 1512 01:21:57.680 --> 01:22:01.079 to use for especially the tape called root rock, which 1513 01:22:01.159 --> 01:22:03.319 is the one that does kill the grass, but it'll 1514 01:22:03.319 --> 01:22:06.000 also work on other diseases. I would get it down 1515 01:22:06.039 --> 01:22:08.600 and water down asap, and then you're gonna do it 1516 01:22:08.640 --> 01:22:11.439 again this fall, but that's on the schedule. All right, 1517 01:22:12.399 --> 01:22:15.560 all right, thank you, Thank you, Ben, appreciate your calling 1518 01:22:16.000 --> 01:22:18.000 very much. All right, we're gonna take a break. Hey, 1519 01:22:18.800 --> 01:22:22.640 today Warren Southern Gardens twelve thirty to two thirty King 1520 01:22:22.720 --> 01:22:24.479 would be there by Square. 1521 01:22:28.560 --> 01:22:28.800 Tween. 1522 01:22:29.920 --> 01:22:36.000 Hey, welcome back, Welcome back to garden Line, folks. I'm 1523 01:22:36.079 --> 01:22:38.520 your host, Skip Richter. We're here to help you have 1524 01:22:38.600 --> 01:22:42.159 a bountiful garden, a beautiful landscape, and more fun in 1525 01:22:42.359 --> 01:22:45.600 the process. That is what we're all about here. We're 1526 01:22:45.640 --> 01:22:49.920 gonna talk about a number of things today. But the 1527 01:22:50.039 --> 01:22:51.840 first thing I want to do before I tell you what, 1528 01:22:51.960 --> 01:22:53.560 let's just do this. The first thing I want to 1529 01:22:53.560 --> 01:22:54.840 do is run straight out to the phone. 1530 01:22:54.920 --> 01:22:55.039 Here. 1531 01:22:55.079 --> 01:22:58.760 We're going to go to Southwest Houston and talk to Maxie. 1532 01:22:58.880 --> 01:23:00.680 Hello Maxime to garden Line. 1533 01:23:00.800 --> 01:23:03.079 Hi, good morning, Happy Easter. 1534 01:23:03.039 --> 01:23:09.199 Good morning you as well. We have a tree, little. 1535 01:23:09.039 --> 01:23:12.960 Young tree that's dying back. Looks like it looks worse 1536 01:23:13.079 --> 01:23:16.840 today than it looked three days ago. And you have 1537 01:23:16.960 --> 01:23:17.880 a picture. 1538 01:23:19.159 --> 01:23:22.520 I see it. That's a first of all, it's a 1539 01:23:22.560 --> 01:23:28.079 maple tree. Something is wrong in the plumbing of the tree. 1540 01:23:29.119 --> 01:23:30.880 You know, from the roots all the way to the 1541 01:23:30.960 --> 01:23:35.159 top where the leaves are supplied. Something is blocking the highway. Now, 1542 01:23:35.560 --> 01:23:37.640 so what can do that? Well, if you took a shoveling, 1543 01:23:37.800 --> 01:23:40.039 if you took an axe and cut off roots, that 1544 01:23:40.159 --> 01:23:42.720 would stop the flow. Right if you were to go 1545 01:23:42.880 --> 01:23:44.800 up to the bark, and if you had a canker 1546 01:23:44.880 --> 01:23:48.399 on the bark that was killing tissues that are translocating 1547 01:23:48.479 --> 01:23:51.159 water and nutrients up and down the tree, that would 1548 01:23:51.239 --> 01:23:53.880 cause that. If you had a disease that was plugging it. 1549 01:23:54.039 --> 01:23:57.000 I can't tell you what's causing it, but the fact 1550 01:23:57.079 --> 01:24:01.039 that most of it seems to be on shoots that 1551 01:24:01.199 --> 01:24:05.319 are toward the street compared to shoots that are in 1552 01:24:05.439 --> 01:24:09.000 other directions kind of makes me think maybe something on 1553 01:24:09.199 --> 01:24:12.239 that side of the root system happened, or maybe something 1554 01:24:12.439 --> 01:24:15.439 on that side of the trunk somewhere along the way 1555 01:24:16.239 --> 01:24:19.560 has killed tissues. But in the photo it's not evident 1556 01:24:19.760 --> 01:24:22.279 what is causing it. But I can just tell you 1557 01:24:22.359 --> 01:24:25.760 that's what happened. The growth came out and immediately collapsed 1558 01:24:26.039 --> 01:24:29.800 and dried and withered. Yeah, and that is an unusual thing. 1559 01:24:30.720 --> 01:24:34.439 My gut on it is that there's not a good 1560 01:24:34.479 --> 01:24:37.079 future for this tree. There's not a magical thing I 1561 01:24:37.159 --> 01:24:38.800 can tell you. Spray on it and it'll make all 1562 01:24:38.880 --> 01:24:43.199 this go away. If it stopped, If it stopped now 1563 01:24:43.279 --> 01:24:46.720 and the tree recovered, you know, you would still have 1564 01:24:46.840 --> 01:24:50.520 the tree, but it'd be very lopsided and it would 1565 01:24:50.520 --> 01:24:54.000 look look kind of bad. I don't see these branches 1566 01:24:54.199 --> 01:24:57.840 with the dead leaves coming back to life. But if 1567 01:24:57.840 --> 01:24:59.199 you want to give it a little more time and 1568 01:24:59.279 --> 01:25:02.600 wait and see, that's fine. The tree needs quite a 1569 01:25:02.640 --> 01:25:06.000 bit of pruning anyway, and after this it'll need some 1570 01:25:06.119 --> 01:25:07.119 additional pruning. 1571 01:25:07.680 --> 01:25:08.000 And so. 1572 01:25:09.479 --> 01:25:11.720 I guess kind of a wait and see. But if 1573 01:25:11.760 --> 01:25:14.199 you can go back in your brain and time and go, 1574 01:25:14.359 --> 01:25:16.760 you know, well we did this, or you know, we 1575 01:25:16.840 --> 01:25:20.920 dug something up over there, or I don't know anything 1576 01:25:21.039 --> 01:25:22.199 that might explain. 1577 01:25:23.479 --> 01:25:26.399 Yeah, I don't remember anything going on, but we did 1578 01:25:26.640 --> 01:25:30.079 just prune big time. And I guess it was the 1579 01:25:30.279 --> 01:25:33.680 freeze that killed most of it. But then there's also 1580 01:25:34.000 --> 01:25:36.520 I guess what you say is something else is going on. 1581 01:25:37.439 --> 01:25:39.800 Okay, yeah, something's going on in the plumbing. Cause see 1582 01:25:39.840 --> 01:25:42.119 that there was there was a nice flow of water 1583 01:25:42.279 --> 01:25:44.840 nutrients that caused all those leaves to grow out. This 1584 01:25:45.000 --> 01:25:47.960 spring to come out and start growing. Yeah, and then 1585 01:25:47.960 --> 01:25:50.840 all of a sudden that flow was cut off, but 1586 01:25:51.000 --> 01:25:53.680 not on the whole tree, just on certain branches. So 1587 01:25:53.840 --> 01:25:57.239 that's why. Yeah, we got to start at the dead 1588 01:25:57.359 --> 01:26:00.279 leaves and go backwards down to the ground, look for 1589 01:26:00.439 --> 01:26:04.439 cankers or something is happening there. It could be that 1590 01:26:05.039 --> 01:26:08.439 in the pruning a disease was introduced into the wounds 1591 01:26:08.920 --> 01:26:10.760 because you did quite a bit of pruning on that 1592 01:26:10.920 --> 01:26:16.840 tree and introduced that was there before the pruning. 1593 01:26:20.600 --> 01:26:24.119 I mean, it's like last week we prune stuff that 1594 01:26:24.359 --> 01:26:27.520 looked like it was frozen back, and that stuff. 1595 01:26:27.319 --> 01:26:33.199 Was already on there, and well take it, take a 1596 01:26:33.279 --> 01:26:35.840 good look at it and decided. I know, no one 1597 01:26:35.920 --> 01:26:38.479 wants to lose a tree, but if in fact it 1598 01:26:38.680 --> 01:26:41.960 is essentially gone or marred to the point of not 1599 01:26:42.159 --> 01:26:45.359 being worth keep trying to keep, then I would get 1600 01:26:45.439 --> 01:26:48.680 you get started a s a p with a new tree. 1601 01:26:49.800 --> 01:26:52.680 It could be in that location or it could be nearby. Uh, 1602 01:26:53.079 --> 01:26:55.479 so that you end up getting back in business, getting 1603 01:26:55.479 --> 01:26:58.479 a nice tree like you see throughout the neighborhood, a nice, big, 1604 01:26:58.560 --> 01:27:02.960 beautiful spreading tree going and don't put off the inevitable. 1605 01:27:04.680 --> 01:27:07.800 Yes, sir, okay, I appreciate you trying very much. 1606 01:27:08.239 --> 01:27:10.800 You have a great day, all right, thank you. That 1607 01:27:10.960 --> 01:27:14.039 makes me thank you. I appreciate that. Take care in 1608 01:27:14.159 --> 01:27:16.640 Chennit Gardens down in Richmond, Rosenberg is one of those 1609 01:27:16.920 --> 01:27:20.680 garden centers that is a destination. By the way, in 1610 01:27:20.800 --> 01:27:23.560 Chene Gardens is on FM three point fifty nine. It's 1611 01:27:23.600 --> 01:27:26.720 on the Katie Fulscher side of Richmond, so if you 1612 01:27:26.800 --> 01:27:30.720 head north, okay. Now, the website is something you should 1613 01:27:30.720 --> 01:27:33.800 write down and you should subscribe to the newsletter and 1614 01:27:34.039 --> 01:27:36.560 stay up the date on this place because there's always 1615 01:27:36.600 --> 01:27:39.560 something going on out there. They have a lot of 1616 01:27:39.720 --> 01:27:43.039 quality plans. Here's the website that I would suggest that 1617 01:27:43.239 --> 01:27:48.079 you go to and subscribe to their newsletter, Enchanted Gardens 1618 01:27:48.640 --> 01:27:55.159 Richmond dot com. Enchanted Gardens Richmond dot com. When you 1619 01:27:55.279 --> 01:27:59.119 go there, you're going to find a lot of amazing things. 1620 01:27:59.399 --> 01:28:02.680 They you know, this place, it's just a leader in 1621 01:28:02.720 --> 01:28:04.840 the industry. You know, what, what do you need? Do 1622 01:28:04.920 --> 01:28:07.960 you want a plumeria, Well, they've got some beautiful ones in. 1623 01:28:08.159 --> 01:28:11.239 Do you want roses? Maybe some roses that are called 1624 01:28:11.319 --> 01:28:14.119 standards where you have a trunk and then the little 1625 01:28:14.520 --> 01:28:16.880 rosebush kind of at the top of the trunk, or 1626 01:28:17.000 --> 01:28:18.840 the same with boogabys. By the way, they have Booga 1627 01:28:18.880 --> 01:28:23.880 Beya standards there as well. Herbs they got them, pollinator plants, 1628 01:28:24.119 --> 01:28:27.920 they got them. Plants to attract butterflies or hummingbirds, they 1629 01:28:28.000 --> 01:28:33.399 got them. And they have expert service with very friendly, educated, 1630 01:28:33.840 --> 01:28:38.560 helpful employees there. That is very important. And this independent 1631 01:28:38.640 --> 01:28:41.359 garden center has absolutely all that. Lindermann family has been 1632 01:28:41.439 --> 01:28:45.439 doing this since nineteen ninety five. Again FM three point 1633 01:28:45.439 --> 01:28:49.720 fifty nine, Katie fulsher side of Richmond Chented Gardens Richmond 1634 01:28:49.960 --> 01:28:53.199 dot com. Let's go now to need Vue and we're 1635 01:28:53.239 --> 01:28:55.760 going to talk to Vernon. Hey, Vernon, welcome to garden Line. 1636 01:28:57.159 --> 01:28:59.479 How you doing today? Hey, I have a question about 1637 01:28:59.520 --> 01:29:02.960 some trees. They're coming back real good from the freeze. 1638 01:29:03.079 --> 01:29:05.720 I just planned them last year. But I have a 1639 01:29:05.800 --> 01:29:08.520 lot of excessive growth at the bottom, a lot of 1640 01:29:08.600 --> 01:29:10.560 leaves and a lot of new sprouts. Should I remove 1641 01:29:10.640 --> 01:29:12.800 those and let it focus on the main stalks or 1642 01:29:13.720 --> 01:29:14.199 or let it go? 1643 01:29:15.000 --> 01:29:15.119 Uh? 1644 01:29:15.760 --> 01:29:18.159 Yeah, you can, you can remove move that stuff out 1645 01:29:18.199 --> 01:29:21.520 of the way. I mean, there's not really to be honest, 1646 01:29:21.560 --> 01:29:24.000 there's not really a right or wrong way to prine 1647 01:29:24.000 --> 01:29:27.079 a fact. Typically we allow a few major trunks to 1648 01:29:27.159 --> 01:29:30.079 come up just because training them to a single trunk, 1649 01:29:30.359 --> 01:29:32.600 we end up getting cold here now, and then that 1650 01:29:32.760 --> 01:29:34.479 kills it back. And so about the time he got 1651 01:29:34.520 --> 01:29:37.680 a un trained and a tree, you start over again. 1652 01:29:37.800 --> 01:29:40.840 So we do multiple trunks. But removing small things is 1653 01:29:41.000 --> 01:29:41.920 there's no problem with that. 1654 01:29:43.279 --> 01:29:45.760 Okay, I have another question. I have an old man 1655 01:29:45.800 --> 01:29:46.119 out here. 1656 01:29:46.199 --> 01:29:49.239 Tell me he used to plant his watermelons beside a 1657 01:29:49.279 --> 01:29:52.279 big concrectree slab and he grew on my poona concrete slab. 1658 01:29:52.960 --> 01:29:55.239 I was going to try that on an old war 1659 01:29:55.279 --> 01:29:56.399 shout driveway I have in. 1660 01:29:56.399 --> 01:29:59.039 The back of my property. Do you think that's feasible? 1661 01:30:00.439 --> 01:30:02.479 Help help me out on that again? What was on 1662 01:30:02.560 --> 01:30:04.720 the concrete slab? What do you want to do on it? 1663 01:30:04.880 --> 01:30:08.560 He would he would plant his watermelons beside the concrete 1664 01:30:08.640 --> 01:30:12.279 slab and then grow the vine stuff into the concrete slab. 1665 01:30:12.119 --> 01:30:15.319 And raise watermelons that a way. How would you do 1666 01:30:15.399 --> 01:30:17.079 that on an old More South driveway? 1667 01:30:18.600 --> 01:30:21.560 Yeah, you could totally do that. That'd be fine, no 1668 01:30:21.720 --> 01:30:22.239 problem at all. 1669 01:30:22.520 --> 01:30:26.800 Okay, okay, all right, thank you sir. 1670 01:30:26.800 --> 01:30:29.600 All right, hey, thanks for the call. Vernont. Have fun 1671 01:30:29.640 --> 01:30:33.640 out there a Neville. All right, folks, I gotta take 1672 01:30:33.640 --> 01:30:37.680 a little quick break here and I will be back. Hey, 1673 01:30:37.760 --> 01:30:41.199 welcome back to the Guardline, folks. Glad you're with us. 1674 01:30:42.039 --> 01:30:44.640 Good to have you with us today. Listen in our 1675 01:30:44.720 --> 01:30:48.520 clay soils around here. When it rains, they they swell, 1676 01:30:48.680 --> 01:30:52.359 get bigger, they literally expand. When it gets dry they 1677 01:30:52.439 --> 01:30:57.560 shrink literally again. That's why you drive downtown some areas 1678 01:30:57.640 --> 01:31:00.520 around Houston and neighborhoods and it's like you're going across 1679 01:31:00.600 --> 01:31:04.319 the rocky mountains. I mean the streets or heaving and 1680 01:31:04.520 --> 01:31:08.239 buckling and everything. Water lines crack every summer because of 1681 01:31:08.319 --> 01:31:11.720 that shrink and swell. It's a mess and it does 1682 01:31:11.800 --> 01:31:17.159 the same kind of damage to our landscape, driveways, our walkways, 1683 01:31:17.680 --> 01:31:21.359 and our homes. The home foundation Fix my slab foundation 1684 01:31:21.520 --> 01:31:25.000 Repair is the place to call. They can come in, 1685 01:31:25.239 --> 01:31:27.399 they will assess it, They will make sure and give 1686 01:31:27.439 --> 01:31:30.000 you an accurate assessment of what's going on. Is something 1687 01:31:30.159 --> 01:31:32.920 needed or not, and if so, what is it? And 1688 01:31:33.279 --> 01:31:35.720 the thing I like about Ty Strickland and Fix my 1689 01:31:35.840 --> 01:31:39.640 Slab Fundation Repair is that first of all, they'll do 1690 01:31:39.720 --> 01:31:42.279 free estimates for gardenline listeners. Don't forget that. Tell them 1691 01:31:42.319 --> 01:31:47.000 your guardenline listener. But they are committed to being on time, 1692 01:31:47.239 --> 01:31:49.600 to fixing it right, and to charging you a fair price. 1693 01:31:49.840 --> 01:31:52.319 And that is so important in any kind of service 1694 01:31:52.359 --> 01:31:55.680 that you have done. Fix my slab foundation repair. If 1695 01:31:55.720 --> 01:31:58.760 you see cracks in the brick, in the sheet rock inside, 1696 01:31:58.880 --> 01:32:01.720 or sticking doors inside, those are all signs of a problem. 1697 01:32:02.199 --> 01:32:04.720 They do driveways too, by the way, those are all 1698 01:32:04.760 --> 01:32:07.439 signs of a problem. And don't be an ostrich. Put 1699 01:32:07.439 --> 01:32:08.840 your head in the sand. It's not gonna get better, 1700 01:32:08.840 --> 01:32:11.119 it only gets worse. So call them, have them come 1701 01:32:11.159 --> 01:32:13.560 in and take a look at it. Fix myslab dot 1702 01:32:13.680 --> 01:32:17.680 com two eight one two five forty nine forty nine. 1703 01:32:18.279 --> 01:32:22.399 We're gonna now head out to Paul in Montgomery. Hey, Paul, 1704 01:32:22.439 --> 01:32:23.239 welcome in the morning. 1705 01:32:24.239 --> 01:32:29.079 Good morning, Good morning. So I've got I've tried planting 1706 01:32:30.000 --> 01:32:35.319 cucumbers from seed that you know sprouted up and then 1707 01:32:35.359 --> 01:32:39.399 I transplanted them and just brought everything just goes yellow 1708 01:32:39.479 --> 01:32:41.039 leaves and then white leaves. 1709 01:32:41.079 --> 01:32:41.680 And the guy. 1710 01:32:43.840 --> 01:32:47.960 Never had any luck with cucumbers. And I'm curious how long. 1711 01:32:48.680 --> 01:32:51.319 How long have you had this soil and that you're 1712 01:32:51.399 --> 01:32:52.039 planting them. 1713 01:32:51.960 --> 01:32:54.239 In about two years at a bed mix. 1714 01:32:54.920 --> 01:33:01.560 Oh okay, well that's yeah. Huh. Yellowing and dying is 1715 01:33:01.640 --> 01:33:04.039 the symptom, right, they come up, they turn yellow, they dye. 1716 01:33:05.479 --> 01:33:09.640 So something is definitely wrong in the soil and so 1717 01:33:10.000 --> 01:33:14.039 I you know, soggy conditions can cause problems like that 1718 01:33:15.680 --> 01:33:20.399 kind of a wed tree deficiency. Yeah, well that can 1719 01:33:20.479 --> 01:33:24.840 be a problem. So a raised bed where the gravity 1720 01:33:25.000 --> 01:33:27.760 kind of drains water downward in the soil, so I 1721 01:33:27.840 --> 01:33:31.560 think the roots or not in soggy conditions, I try, 1722 01:33:31.840 --> 01:33:34.760 I'd raise the bed up, bring some soil in. Also, 1723 01:33:35.479 --> 01:33:38.760 it could be an extreme issue with some nutrient problem, 1724 01:33:38.880 --> 01:33:44.079 although that description you're giving is a little extreme for 1725 01:33:44.239 --> 01:33:46.359 it to just be a nutrient kind of thing we're 1726 01:33:46.359 --> 01:33:50.039 dealing with there. And then there's always the possibility of 1727 01:33:50.159 --> 01:33:53.159 like a root disease something killing roots. And you know, 1728 01:33:53.199 --> 01:33:57.239 whether it's water drowning roots or whether it's disease killing roots, 1729 01:33:57.279 --> 01:33:59.920 you end up with can end up with some of us. 1730 01:34:00.039 --> 01:34:03.840 The more response I would bring in a fresh BEDMX, 1731 01:34:03.960 --> 01:34:06.319 get some bags or bulk or whatever and build it 1732 01:34:06.439 --> 01:34:09.880 up a little bit. I would also even before you 1733 01:34:10.000 --> 01:34:12.800 do that, I would send a sample into the soil 1734 01:34:12.920 --> 01:34:16.680 test lab text A and M. There's a publication on 1735 01:34:16.880 --> 01:34:21.279 my website, which is Gardening with Skip dot com that's 1736 01:34:21.319 --> 01:34:23.319 on soil testing and it tells you where to send 1737 01:34:23.359 --> 01:34:24.680 it and how to take it and all that and 1738 01:34:25.319 --> 01:34:28.399 the main the main bottom line is it's soil testing 1739 01:34:29.399 --> 01:34:31.960 dot TAMU dot E d U t A m U 1740 01:34:32.800 --> 01:34:36.079 soil testing dot dot T A m U dot E 1741 01:34:36.199 --> 01:34:40.199 d U. Use the urban soil test form that means gardening, 1742 01:34:40.560 --> 01:34:44.199 Urban means garden, uh and send a soil sample in 1743 01:34:44.680 --> 01:34:48.560 because what it'll tell you, Paul is I mean, yeah, 1744 01:34:48.720 --> 01:34:52.520 is whether maybe some nutrient is we had a whack 1745 01:34:52.600 --> 01:34:54.159 or the pH could be way out of whack. 1746 01:34:55.920 --> 01:34:58.880 But it's only cucumbers. I have squashed that I'm growing 1747 01:34:58.960 --> 01:35:03.159 and it's growing iron. It's in a Yeah, it's in 1748 01:35:03.239 --> 01:35:06.600 a garden with other things. I have flowers coming up. 1749 01:35:06.640 --> 01:35:11.920 I have asparagus coming up. I have you know, onions 1750 01:35:12.039 --> 01:35:15.720 and celery and none of those seem to be affected. 1751 01:35:16.399 --> 01:35:17.840 Stupid cucumbers. 1752 01:35:18.960 --> 01:35:22.079 That is very very strange. I don't know what to 1753 01:35:22.159 --> 01:35:24.479 tell you on that. Because squash and cucumbers are in 1754 01:35:24.560 --> 01:35:27.199 the same family, they get the same diseases, Yeah, the 1755 01:35:27.239 --> 01:35:34.520 same nutrients things. Yeah, that's I'm left with, going, hey, 1756 01:35:34.720 --> 01:35:38.880 go buy a different variety. Go buy some new, different variety. 1757 01:35:39.079 --> 01:35:43.039 Try it out. You know, there's no reason squash should 1758 01:35:43.079 --> 01:35:45.319 grow and cucumbers not in the same spot. 1759 01:35:46.760 --> 01:35:50.520 And then another question I don't know is my apple trees. 1760 01:35:50.640 --> 01:35:55.359 I have two Einsheimer's and a golden dor set. There 1761 01:35:55.439 --> 01:35:57.920 said golden home, you want to pronounce it, and they flowered, 1762 01:35:58.680 --> 01:36:01.039 but no fruit sat. 1763 01:36:03.920 --> 01:36:04.680 Very frustrating. 1764 01:36:04.880 --> 01:36:09.000 Well, you know, so that the fruit set is all 1765 01:36:09.039 --> 01:36:13.880 about pollination from a separate variety in apples. So the 1766 01:36:14.000 --> 01:36:16.159 two varieties have the bloom at the same time, which 1767 01:36:16.239 --> 01:36:19.399 those two should. But if they bloom at the same time, 1768 01:36:19.680 --> 01:36:21.760 and then you have to have bees to take pollen 1769 01:36:21.840 --> 01:36:24.479 from one or the other, and if that happens, you 1770 01:36:24.560 --> 01:36:27.560 should have fruit fruit set. If either they're not blooming 1771 01:36:27.560 --> 01:36:31.359 at the same time or the bees aren't present for 1772 01:36:31.439 --> 01:36:35.239 whatever reason. Sometimes it's just rainy, cloudy weather. Sometimes it's 1773 01:36:35.279 --> 01:36:38.560 the bees, something killed them, they're not around or whatever. 1774 01:36:39.680 --> 01:36:41.920 So if that's happening, then you're left with taking a 1775 01:36:41.920 --> 01:36:47.880 little artist paintbrush and doing the pollination yourself. But yeah, 1776 01:36:48.279 --> 01:36:51.319 you've got some weird things going on there. Have you 1777 01:36:51.439 --> 01:36:53.760 checked for culture geist around the place. 1778 01:36:53.560 --> 01:36:56.960 Because you know, I need to do a kind of 1779 01:36:57.000 --> 01:36:57.479 a dance. 1780 01:36:57.600 --> 01:37:00.159 I guess when it stuff because they blastom at the 1781 01:37:00.199 --> 01:37:00.720 same time. 1782 01:37:01.119 --> 01:37:02.079 And we do have bees. 1783 01:37:02.880 --> 01:37:05.399 And I have a peach that I just planted in 1784 01:37:05.560 --> 01:37:10.199 the back and that put on like three peaches. 1785 01:37:10.319 --> 01:37:12.279 It's a real young peach its first year. 1786 01:37:12.439 --> 01:37:17.880 So yeah, the peaches don't need don't need pollinations, a 1787 01:37:17.960 --> 01:37:21.760 cross pollination, so okay, yeah, that's a weird one. 1788 01:37:23.000 --> 01:37:24.239 All right. 1789 01:37:25.039 --> 01:37:27.600 Well, i'd heard have you heard of how can I 1790 01:37:27.640 --> 01:37:31.960 get worms naturally? You know, I've heard some place read 1791 01:37:32.000 --> 01:37:34.600 somewhere that if you put cardboard down on your yard, 1792 01:37:36.439 --> 01:37:37.039 the worms will. 1793 01:37:39.479 --> 01:37:41.920 Yeah, when you have mult and organic matter, they do, 1794 01:37:42.279 --> 01:37:47.199 but that's primarily like nightcrawlers and things that that's bringing in. Uh, 1795 01:37:47.439 --> 01:37:50.479 And so it's just a matter of creating a moist 1796 01:37:51.600 --> 01:37:55.000 environment with lots of organic matter on the surface especially, 1797 01:37:55.760 --> 01:37:59.159 and good oxygen in the soil. Worms don't like to 1798 01:37:59.279 --> 01:38:03.560 drown whenever, So those are the things that bring them in. 1799 01:38:03.840 --> 01:38:06.960 If there's none around, well, then creating that environment it's 1800 01:38:06.960 --> 01:38:09.680 not gonna bring them in. But like they crawl across 1801 01:38:09.720 --> 01:38:13.000 the neighbor's yard to get to yours, all right, Hey, 1802 01:38:13.000 --> 01:38:17.800 I got to run. Good luck with those mysteries, all right, 1803 01:38:17.920 --> 01:38:21.359 thank you very much. That is really interesting, very strange, 1804 01:38:21.880 --> 01:38:25.239 very strange. Night to five Superturf is a product. I 1805 01:38:25.279 --> 01:38:27.720 was talking about it earlier. It is a nineteen four 1806 01:38:27.720 --> 01:38:32.279 to ten fertilizer that is slow release over four months. 1807 01:38:32.399 --> 01:38:34.880 You put nine to five super turf down. Now you 1808 01:38:35.000 --> 01:38:38.600 don't return, you do return your clippings. Don't remove your clippings, 1809 01:38:39.000 --> 01:38:41.239 and that combo will feed you all the way up 1810 01:38:41.319 --> 01:38:44.000 until I start talking about fall fertilization to the end 1811 01:38:44.039 --> 01:38:45.880 of the year. I mean, it really will. It lasts 1812 01:38:45.880 --> 01:38:49.399 a long time, and recycling those clippings, those two will 1813 01:38:49.399 --> 01:38:51.600 do the trick. Now, you're gonna find nine five Superturf 1814 01:38:51.640 --> 01:38:56.399 at places like the Plans for All Seasons on Luetta Road. 1815 01:38:56.760 --> 01:38:59.760 You're going to find it at Fisher's Hardware on thirty 1816 01:38:59.760 --> 01:39:02.159 one eighty done in my bellvue, the M and D 1817 01:39:02.319 --> 01:39:05.920 clear Lake on Bay Area Boulevard, and Stanton's Shopping Center 1818 01:39:06.000 --> 01:39:09.800 on North Taylor down there in Alvin. Let's head over 1819 01:39:09.920 --> 01:39:14.439 to Missouri City now and talk to Lauren. Hello, Lauren, Hey, 1820 01:39:14.520 --> 01:39:15.520 good morning, Skip. 1821 01:39:17.159 --> 01:39:23.640 Taking off the speaker there, question, we got the webworms 1822 01:39:23.960 --> 01:39:25.439 in the same tree this year. 1823 01:39:25.760 --> 01:39:26.880 You told me a. 1824 01:39:26.920 --> 01:39:29.960 Product to get last year, and every place we went 1825 01:39:30.199 --> 01:39:32.800 was out of it, and so we ended up just 1826 01:39:32.880 --> 01:39:36.760 squirting it with water and which spread the camera around. 1827 01:39:36.880 --> 01:39:39.319 Of course, once he got hot, we got rid of them. 1828 01:39:39.399 --> 01:39:42.199 But what is the right stuff to get? 1829 01:39:43.680 --> 01:39:47.840 There are two products that are less toxic organic products 1830 01:39:47.920 --> 01:39:51.800 for webworms. One is BT B as in boy Teas 1831 01:39:51.880 --> 01:39:55.520 and tom that's the ingredient sold in many mini brands. 1832 01:39:56.800 --> 01:40:02.159 The second is steno said and it's spin spi N 1833 01:40:02.880 --> 01:40:06.880 the letter O and then sad sad spin O sad 1834 01:40:07.800 --> 01:40:09.720 and either one of them. You got to get them 1835 01:40:09.720 --> 01:40:12.880 on the foliage. The BT only lasts a day or 1836 01:40:12.920 --> 01:40:15.479 two out there in the environment, so you may have 1837 01:40:15.560 --> 01:40:19.640 to reply it periodically, like once a week if the 1838 01:40:19.880 --> 01:40:21.880 webworms don't go away, but you get it out there. 1839 01:40:22.000 --> 01:40:25.159 The earlier you spray in the life cycle of the insect, 1840 01:40:25.199 --> 01:40:27.920 the better off you are. So if it's young caterpillars, 1841 01:40:28.000 --> 01:40:31.319 it's very effective. If the caterpillars are old and about 1842 01:40:31.359 --> 01:40:34.880 to turn into moths, then it's not as effective, so 1843 01:40:35.760 --> 01:40:39.279 catch them early. The spring generation is usually a light 1844 01:40:39.359 --> 01:40:42.720 one the fall late summer. The fall generation is usually 1845 01:40:42.920 --> 01:40:46.000 very heavy one, but nature can throw us a curve 1846 01:40:46.079 --> 01:40:47.079 in a year it chooses. 1847 01:40:49.359 --> 01:40:53.039 I see, okay, Spino said, got you happy Easter, and 1848 01:40:53.560 --> 01:40:55.560 remember it's not about the bunny. 1849 01:40:57.199 --> 01:40:57.359 Oh. 1850 01:40:57.560 --> 01:41:01.399 Thanks, I appreciate that. Thanks a lot. Appreciate your call there, Lauren. 1851 01:41:01.920 --> 01:41:02.479 You take care. 1852 01:41:02.680 --> 01:41:03.000 Thank you. 1853 01:41:03.760 --> 01:41:06.920 You are listening. Yes, sir, you were listening to garden Line. 1854 01:41:07.239 --> 01:41:09.680 And I still tell you about Buchannan's native plants. I 1855 01:41:10.319 --> 01:41:12.800 was talking z i can Head the other day and 1856 01:41:13.000 --> 01:41:17.560 they are excited. Their new Cash Barn area is now open, 1857 01:41:17.840 --> 01:41:19.159 like if you want to see it, he will be 1858 01:41:19.239 --> 01:41:21.279 the first people out to see it. This morning is 1859 01:41:21.279 --> 01:41:24.479 the time to go, by the way, which also by 1860 01:41:24.479 --> 01:41:27.359 the way, this morning is the annual Easter egg hunt. 1861 01:41:27.359 --> 01:41:30.279 It's a free event. It's only eight thirty to nine, 1862 01:41:30.520 --> 01:41:32.760 so we got about thirty minutes to get out there. 1863 01:41:33.119 --> 01:41:35.640 But the Easter Bunny will be out till ten thirty. 1864 01:41:35.720 --> 01:41:37.920 So even thirty minutes after garden Line's over, you can 1865 01:41:37.960 --> 01:41:40.199 go get a picture with the kiddos with the Easter 1866 01:41:40.319 --> 01:41:43.760 bunny out there. Now, the Cash Barn, What am I 1867 01:41:43.840 --> 01:41:48.199 talking about? Well, I tell you our heart goes out 1868 01:41:48.680 --> 01:41:53.239 to begins. Over this past year, twice they've lost their 1869 01:41:53.319 --> 01:41:58.000 checkout area to storms, just destroyed their checkout era twice. 1870 01:41:58.319 --> 01:42:02.079 So they decided we're putting up a nice strong structure 1871 01:42:02.399 --> 01:42:05.119 to avoid that problem. And it is beautiful. It ain't 1872 01:42:05.119 --> 01:42:08.479 going to go away. And also as you shop, especially 1873 01:42:08.520 --> 01:42:10.279 as the weather heats up, you're going to be not 1874 01:42:10.399 --> 01:42:11.920 only out of the rain, but you're going to be 1875 01:42:11.960 --> 01:42:14.239 out of the sunlight to a nice cool area to 1876 01:42:14.359 --> 01:42:16.199 check out. You got to go by and see it. 1877 01:42:16.520 --> 01:42:18.640 It is really really cool. And now coming up on 1878 01:42:18.720 --> 01:42:22.640 April twenty second, that's Earthday, and to celebrate Earthday, all 1879 01:42:22.680 --> 01:42:26.760 their drought tolerant perennials are thirty to fifty percent off. 1880 01:42:26.840 --> 01:42:30.520 You heard that right, Drought tolerant perennials thirty to fifty 1881 01:42:30.560 --> 01:42:35.199 percent off. Celebrate Earthday coming up April twenty second. They also, 1882 01:42:35.760 --> 01:42:37.920 by the way, you can go to the perennial section 1883 01:42:38.039 --> 01:42:40.359 on their website, which you always need to go to 1884 01:42:41.079 --> 01:42:45.479 Buchanan's Native Plants dot com. That website is awesome. You 1885 01:42:45.600 --> 01:42:47.760 need to sign up for the newsletter while you're on 1886 01:42:47.880 --> 01:42:51.159 there too, by the way, and when you're there, check 1887 01:42:51.199 --> 01:42:53.880 out the perennial section for all the different perennials that 1888 01:42:53.960 --> 01:42:56.880 They have thirty percent off rain barrels too. So if 1889 01:42:56.920 --> 01:42:59.000 you've been thinking about getting a rainbarrow to have to 1890 01:42:59.039 --> 01:43:01.239 save on your water bill and conserve some water and 1891 01:43:01.399 --> 01:43:04.359 provide your plants the best kind of water, well you 1892 01:43:04.399 --> 01:43:06.039 can do that if you can, as sneed plants. But 1893 01:43:06.119 --> 01:43:09.560 go see the new cashpoarn. It is beautiful. You ever 1894 01:43:09.640 --> 01:43:14.920 heard weird al Yankovi version of that song? It's pretty funny. 1895 01:43:15.760 --> 01:43:18.359 I won't go into it here, but just go to 1896 01:43:18.439 --> 01:43:20.720 your music app and check it out. Weird ow yank 1897 01:43:20.800 --> 01:43:25.279 of it. All Right, Hey, we're gonna I want to 1898 01:43:25.680 --> 01:43:27.840 talk a little bit about a year round Houston. I 1899 01:43:27.960 --> 01:43:31.600 was out visiting with them on a site where they 1900 01:43:31.680 --> 01:43:34.680 were doing some cor aeration and compost stop dressing this 1901 01:43:34.840 --> 01:43:38.279 past week. And these guys are specialist you know when 1902 01:43:38.319 --> 01:43:41.960 it comes to cor aeration in compost top dressing. Yeah, 1903 01:43:42.079 --> 01:43:43.880 you can do it yourself. You can go run a 1904 01:43:43.960 --> 01:43:46.279 machine and bring it home. You gotta dump the junk 1905 01:43:46.319 --> 01:43:48.960 on your driveway, the composter and driveway to spread it out. 1906 01:43:49.399 --> 01:43:51.279 It's a mess, and then you got to clean the machine, 1907 01:43:51.319 --> 01:43:53.000 get it back and all of that. Or you can 1908 01:43:53.079 --> 01:43:55.199 just hire them to come out and do it. They work. 1909 01:43:55.560 --> 01:43:58.000 That whole area inside the Beltway is what we talked 1910 01:43:58.039 --> 01:44:01.039 about with year Round Houston here on garden Line, and 1911 01:44:01.159 --> 01:44:06.359 the website is the name year round Houston dot Com. 1912 01:44:06.680 --> 01:44:09.439 Here's a phone number eight three to two eight eight 1913 01:44:09.520 --> 01:44:13.319 four fifty three thirty five. I took some video out there. 1914 01:44:13.560 --> 01:44:15.600 We were looking at a site one of the customers 1915 01:44:15.680 --> 01:44:19.439 that they have, and I'll post it to Facebook this week. 1916 01:44:19.560 --> 01:44:20.920 I think that'd be a good thing. I'd like you 1917 01:44:21.000 --> 01:44:23.680 to see how that works. But it is one of 1918 01:44:23.760 --> 01:44:26.920 the single most important things you do to have success 1919 01:44:27.359 --> 01:44:33.840 with your landscape, especially your lawn. Specifically, it gets oxygen 1920 01:44:33.920 --> 01:44:35.800 into the soil. They pop the low cores out of 1921 01:44:35.840 --> 01:44:37.880 the soil, drop them on the surface, cover it with 1922 01:44:38.000 --> 01:44:41.600 compost and it filters down into the holes. Holds that 1923 01:44:41.920 --> 01:44:45.960 those holes open that the compost decomposes further releases nutrients. 1924 01:44:46.039 --> 01:44:49.199 It's just it's like a spa day for your lawn. 1925 01:44:49.399 --> 01:44:52.159 It really is year Round Houston dot Com. They can 1926 01:44:52.199 --> 01:44:53.800 do it if you're inside the Beltway. Give them a call. 1927 01:44:54.439 --> 01:44:57.239 Year Round Houston dot Com. Eight three to two, eight 1928 01:44:57.319 --> 01:45:00.960 eight four fifty three thirty five eight three two eighty 1929 01:45:00.960 --> 01:45:03.520 eight four fifty three thirty five all right, we're gonna 1930 01:45:03.520 --> 01:45:06.319 go to Montgomery now and talk to Jim. Hey Jim, 1931 01:45:06.760 --> 01:45:07.600 welcome to Guarden Line. 1932 01:45:07.640 --> 01:45:08.960 Hey, good morning. How you doing. 1933 01:45:10.279 --> 01:45:10.880 I'm well, sir. 1934 01:45:12.319 --> 01:45:14.479 Yeah, I would like to know if you know of 1935 01:45:14.600 --> 01:45:17.119 any plants that I can put on my back patio 1936 01:45:17.319 --> 01:45:19.720 that will help repel mosquitos. 1937 01:45:21.319 --> 01:45:25.000 That's a great question. So here here's the bottom line 1938 01:45:25.159 --> 01:45:31.119 fast answer. No, uh, there are plants that mosquitos that 1939 01:45:31.279 --> 01:45:34.880 mosquitoes don't want to land in. Okay, so citronella is 1940 01:45:35.000 --> 01:45:38.119 the one you know that ever people talk about all 1941 01:45:38.159 --> 01:45:41.800 the time. Let's put citronella around. There are other plants 1942 01:45:42.560 --> 01:45:47.199 like a lemon thyme, some of the scented geraniums that 1943 01:45:47.680 --> 01:45:51.399 they they don't like that that it's like an oil 1944 01:45:51.640 --> 01:45:54.520 from a citrus kind of oil that's in there. They 1945 01:45:54.560 --> 01:45:57.119 don't care for that. But they're just not going to 1946 01:45:57.199 --> 01:45:59.840 land on that plant. But having a citronella on the 1947 01:46:00.079 --> 01:46:02.319 in the patio, on your little table there isn't going 1948 01:46:02.399 --> 01:46:04.319 to keep them out of the patio. They'll they'll fly 1949 01:46:04.439 --> 01:46:07.600 all around anyway. So there's not a there's not a 1950 01:46:07.720 --> 01:46:11.479 good effective way to do it with plants. But so technically, 1951 01:46:11.920 --> 01:46:14.680 is there a plant that repels them, Yes, from that plant, 1952 01:46:15.439 --> 01:46:18.159 but will it work in a sitting area? Not one bet, 1953 01:46:18.600 --> 01:46:19.479 Not one bet at all. 1954 01:46:21.520 --> 01:46:25.439 Okay, Well, I guess that's not great news, but quite 1955 01:46:25.520 --> 01:46:25.960 known for you. 1956 01:46:26.479 --> 01:46:27.319 No second question. 1957 01:46:27.880 --> 01:46:32.600 Yeah, I live in Montgomery in the wood Forest development 1958 01:46:33.319 --> 01:46:36.319 near Lake Conroe, and I'm looking for a good nursery, 1959 01:46:37.199 --> 01:46:40.399 independent nursery that I can go to. Can you recommend one. 1960 01:46:42.520 --> 01:46:44.800 Well out in your area. You've got an A Plants 1961 01:46:44.840 --> 01:46:46.720 which is right there on one oh five, so it's 1962 01:46:46.800 --> 01:46:48.560 just down the street from from you, on the edge 1963 01:46:48.760 --> 01:46:51.039 on the east side of Montgomery out there. It kind 1964 01:46:51.039 --> 01:46:53.600 depends on two what kinds of plants you're looking for 1965 01:46:53.920 --> 01:46:57.199 as you go from from your area, and you you know, 1966 01:46:57.319 --> 01:46:59.319 you kind of come south and you're you're in the 1967 01:46:59.399 --> 01:47:02.199 Tombol area, and you've got plants for all seasons. Down 1968 01:47:02.359 --> 01:47:05.960 south of Tomball, you've got arbigate they're in Tomball. So 1969 01:47:06.119 --> 01:47:07.279 those are some options for. 1970 01:47:07.399 --> 01:47:13.119 You, okay, And in particular, I'd like to ask some 1971 01:47:13.279 --> 01:47:17.279 advice of the nursery. I've got a couple of trees 1972 01:47:17.359 --> 01:47:20.119 in my backyard that didn't fare well over the winter, 1973 01:47:20.319 --> 01:47:23.960 and particularly up at the top, have lost foliage. So 1974 01:47:24.079 --> 01:47:25.880 I wanted to go in and see if they could 1975 01:47:26.079 --> 01:47:27.319 tell me what's wrong with them. 1976 01:47:29.680 --> 01:47:31.760 Well, are they big trees. 1977 01:47:33.439 --> 01:47:39.159 No, they're young trees, maybe twelve feet tall. They were 1978 01:47:39.279 --> 01:47:42.800 planted a year ago and it seems like they didn't 1979 01:47:42.840 --> 01:47:46.000 fare that well in the winter. So maybe the top 1980 01:47:46.159 --> 01:47:48.720 two or three feet doesn't have any leaves on it. 1981 01:47:50.159 --> 01:47:52.239 Okay, So there's not going to be a thing you 1982 01:47:52.399 --> 01:47:55.039 do to those trees. It could have been some coal 1983 01:47:55.159 --> 01:47:58.279 damage when the tree wasn't ready for cold. It could 1984 01:47:58.319 --> 01:48:01.239 be a lack of root system and not getting water 1985 01:48:01.359 --> 01:48:03.680 to the periphery of the tree. I mean, there's different things. 1986 01:48:04.039 --> 01:48:06.520 Bottom line is, as they as they're sprouting out, now, 1987 01:48:07.000 --> 01:48:09.399 look at where there's no growth up there and cut 1988 01:48:09.479 --> 01:48:11.880 that off back down to where there is growth. 1989 01:48:12.640 --> 01:48:13.600 Uh, and just do that. 1990 01:48:13.840 --> 01:48:16.319 Did that kind of pruning to them, and they'll do well. 1991 01:48:16.359 --> 01:48:18.840 By the way, while I'm thinking about it, Jim, you've 1992 01:48:18.880 --> 01:48:22.159 also got growers outlet over there in Willis That is 1993 01:48:22.359 --> 01:48:24.840 just south of Willis on seventy five towards Conroe, so 1994 01:48:24.960 --> 01:48:26.600 that's not too terribly far from you either. 1995 01:48:27.159 --> 01:48:30.880 Okay, growers outlet, Okay, sounds great. All right, thanks so much. 1996 01:48:31.279 --> 01:48:31.840 I listened to you. 1997 01:48:32.640 --> 01:48:37.199 Let yeah, okay, let me, let me recommend one other things. 1998 01:48:37.279 --> 01:48:39.720 You're you're kind of far north for them. I don't 1999 01:48:39.760 --> 01:48:41.520 know if they come out that far or not, but 2000 01:48:41.640 --> 01:48:43.479 you have to call them in. That's pest Bros. If 2001 01:48:43.560 --> 01:48:48.079 you go to their website, it's pestbros dot com. They 2002 01:48:48.239 --> 01:48:51.439 bring they can bring out a certain bucket system for 2003 01:48:51.600 --> 01:48:55.800 mosquitoes that is super uh. It attracts the mosquitoes to 2004 01:48:55.840 --> 01:48:58.640 the bucket, but then when the mosquitoes lay eggs, it 2005 01:48:58.760 --> 01:49:00.960 has stuff in the water that keeps them from laying. 2006 01:49:01.560 --> 01:49:04.199 And then when the mosquito leaves the bucket, wherever that 2007 01:49:04.319 --> 01:49:07.399 mosquito goes, it carries with it a substance. That number 2008 01:49:07.439 --> 01:49:10.279 one is a fungus that kills the mosquito in seven days. 2009 01:49:10.920 --> 01:49:13.960 But also when they go land in another water spot, 2010 01:49:14.039 --> 01:49:16.399 maybe your neighbor has a bird bath they're not cleaning 2011 01:49:16.479 --> 01:49:20.359 out when they land in that other mosquitoes can't breed 2012 01:49:20.439 --> 01:49:23.720 in that site. It's really unusual and cool and it's 2013 01:49:23.840 --> 01:49:26.920 very safe. I won't hurt birds and plants and things, 2014 01:49:27.000 --> 01:49:29.800 but if you have pestpers come out, that is a 2015 01:49:31.079 --> 01:49:34.359 That system is the way to go. We're talking about 2016 01:49:34.399 --> 01:49:36.880 the centranella kind of plants. But this other way is 2017 01:49:37.000 --> 01:49:38.880 it'll work all right. 2018 01:49:39.119 --> 01:49:41.039 Sounds good, Thanks so much, appreciate it. 2019 01:49:41.079 --> 01:49:43.600 All right, yeaes sir, you take care of Jim. Thanks 2020 01:49:43.640 --> 01:49:47.279 a lot, Bye bye, appreciate your call. Yeah, lots of 2021 01:49:47.319 --> 01:49:50.479 good stuff out there. Growers Outlet in Willis Is. That's 2022 01:49:50.520 --> 01:49:54.000 the website too. By the way, Growers outlet in Willis 2023 01:49:54.399 --> 01:49:57.560 dot com. Go to that website. They list their plants, 2024 01:49:57.760 --> 01:50:00.399 they list availability, so you don't drive a there and 2025 01:50:00.479 --> 01:50:03.000 then they don't have the plant. They list what's available, 2026 01:50:03.520 --> 01:50:05.399 and then they even give you the price of the plant, 2027 01:50:05.520 --> 01:50:07.680 so you can know right up front. So all of 2028 01:50:07.760 --> 01:50:11.159 you over there in Conrad and Willis the woodlands, even 2029 01:50:11.239 --> 01:50:14.199 as I'm saying over toward Montgomery direction, Grows out in 2030 01:50:14.279 --> 01:50:18.119 Willis a great place. They carry fertilizers from Microlife and Nitrofoss. 2031 01:50:18.159 --> 01:50:21.600 They carry products from Medina and the pest control products. 2032 01:50:21.640 --> 01:50:25.399 They have beautiful hanging baskets and flowers and vegetables and 2033 01:50:25.479 --> 01:50:28.560 herbs and fruit and everything you can need. Growers Outlet 2034 01:50:28.640 --> 01:50:30.880 in Willis just minutes away from forty five, just south 2035 01:50:30.920 --> 01:50:35.960 of Willis on Highway seventy five. Well, where are we here? 2036 01:50:36.159 --> 01:50:39.079 We are looking at yah I got a little bit time. 2037 01:50:39.079 --> 01:50:42.439 I'm going to go to Susan in Sugarland. Hey Susan, 2038 01:50:42.520 --> 01:50:43.399 Welcome to garden Line. 2039 01:50:44.359 --> 01:50:46.279 Hi Skip, thank you for taking my call. 2040 01:50:47.199 --> 01:50:48.760 Quick question, two quick questions. 2041 01:50:49.640 --> 01:50:51.640 I have a lot of construction in my backyard and 2042 01:50:51.720 --> 01:50:54.680 a lot of dry spots. And what I discovered is 2043 01:50:54.840 --> 01:50:59.159 I have what's called horse herb or straggler daisy. 2044 01:50:59.000 --> 01:50:59.439 In my yard. 2045 01:50:59.520 --> 01:51:01.960 Have you ever, yes, I have? 2046 01:51:02.319 --> 01:51:02.600 How do. 2047 01:51:04.079 --> 01:51:04.600 How do I? 2048 01:51:05.640 --> 01:51:08.239 I mean, if do I just let it go and 2049 01:51:08.399 --> 01:51:10.439 it dies, it'll go away? I mean? 2050 01:51:10.800 --> 01:51:12.039 Or do when I saw it? 2051 01:51:12.159 --> 01:51:15.159 In some spots, the will the grass. 2052 01:51:15.000 --> 01:51:15.520 Choke it out? 2053 01:51:15.720 --> 01:51:19.199 Well, you almost have to dig it out. It is tough. 2054 01:51:19.359 --> 01:51:21.560 There's a There are some products that will kill it, 2055 01:51:21.640 --> 01:51:24.199 but they probably will kill your grass too. One is 2056 01:51:25.319 --> 01:51:29.159 pretty effective. But I have sprayed that with roundup and 2057 01:51:29.279 --> 01:51:31.920 it didn't kill it. That's how tough that way is. Now. 2058 01:51:32.720 --> 01:51:36.279 Native enthusiasts love it. It is a native drought tolerant 2059 01:51:36.359 --> 01:51:39.319 groundcover that if you have a high shade with decent light, 2060 01:51:39.520 --> 01:51:42.439 no sun, but decent light, it'll grow there. And so 2061 01:51:43.159 --> 01:51:45.359 you can say, well I like it because it's a 2062 01:51:45.399 --> 01:51:47.840 good tough drought resilient groundcover, or you can say I 2063 01:51:47.920 --> 01:51:50.800 want to get rid of it, in which case you 2064 01:51:51.119 --> 01:51:53.520 either go to Great Links or call your realtor and move. 2065 01:51:53.680 --> 01:51:54.520 That would be another way. 2066 01:51:57.439 --> 01:52:00.479 Well, I looked out blaming, and I looked at thought, 2067 01:52:00.640 --> 01:52:02.479 what is it? Yellow stuff all over the yard, and 2068 01:52:02.560 --> 01:52:07.680 it's these flows anyway, So that's one question. A pree 2069 01:52:07.720 --> 01:52:09.319 emergent in the spring won't kill it? 2070 01:52:09.399 --> 01:52:13.239 Correct, No, not at all. It's a perennial. Hey, Susan, 2071 01:52:13.279 --> 01:52:15.039 I've got to go to a break. Did you have 2072 01:52:15.039 --> 01:52:16.079 another real quick question. 2073 01:52:17.159 --> 01:52:19.199 Yeah, my brand new growth on my lemon tree is 2074 01:52:19.239 --> 01:52:21.560 covered with aphids. I need something good to spray on. 2075 01:52:21.680 --> 01:52:25.159 Okay. I would get a blast of water from a 2076 01:52:25.239 --> 01:52:26.960 gun on the end of a hose, you know, the 2077 01:52:26.960 --> 01:52:30.199 little spray gun, and blast them off. Or get you 2078 01:52:30.319 --> 01:52:33.199 some insecticidal soap and early in the morning go out 2079 01:52:33.199 --> 01:52:35.199 there and spray. You gotta get the aphi's wet. You 2080 01:52:35.279 --> 01:52:37.479 got to give him a bath and soap to kill 2081 01:52:37.560 --> 01:52:40.079 them with. Sup Okay, but that'll do a really good 2082 01:52:40.159 --> 01:52:40.680 job for you. 2083 01:52:40.920 --> 01:52:42.560 All right, thank you. 2084 01:52:42.640 --> 01:52:44.239 Ski's fine. 2085 01:52:44.479 --> 01:52:47.640 Appreciate appreciate the call. All right, folks, you got around, 2086 01:52:47.640 --> 01:52:49.880 I'll be right back. Hey, welcome back to the garden. 2087 01:52:49.920 --> 01:52:50.119 Line. 2088 01:52:51.680 --> 01:52:54.359 Glad to have you with us this morning. Listen. I'm 2089 01:52:54.359 --> 01:52:57.239 going to be at Warm seven Gardens today now that's 2090 01:52:57.279 --> 01:52:59.840 out in Kingwood, Texas. I'll be there from twelve thirty 2091 01:53:00.119 --> 01:53:03.520 to two thirty. And they've got some great specials going 2092 01:53:03.560 --> 01:53:07.039 on out there. You know, Warren Southern Gardens, that's the 2093 01:53:07.159 --> 01:53:11.560 place that is. It's just it's just a wonderland. I 2094 01:53:11.760 --> 01:53:15.239 love walking through there because every time I go, there's 2095 01:53:15.279 --> 01:53:18.239 stuff that's new that I hadn't seen before that they've 2096 01:53:18.319 --> 01:53:20.840 gotten in. They're always getting in new things, whether it's 2097 01:53:21.039 --> 01:53:25.760 roses or whether it's beautiful salvia's. You need blueberry bushes. 2098 01:53:25.840 --> 01:53:29.680 You want some colorful foliage, you know, like the Cuban 2099 01:53:29.760 --> 01:53:34.319 gold Duranta has beautiful golden foliage. You got what is 2100 01:53:34.399 --> 01:53:38.119 the thing we plant underneath the trees? Kaladiums there couldn't 2101 01:53:38.119 --> 01:53:40.760 even come to mind. They are loaded with kaladiums. They've 2102 01:53:40.800 --> 01:53:46.600 got the Chinese a witch hazel with the purplish burgundy. Beautiful, beautiful. 2103 01:53:47.560 --> 01:53:49.199 You need to come out today and you need to 2104 01:53:49.239 --> 01:53:51.720 see the boogablias that they have the standards. They are 2105 01:53:52.039 --> 01:53:55.760 so beautiful, they really are. I mean, it's just breath 2106 01:53:55.800 --> 01:53:57.720 thinking it's like, do those things have leaves on them? 2107 01:53:57.760 --> 01:54:01.000 Because there's so many blims you can't even see the leaves. Plumerias. 2108 01:54:01.119 --> 01:54:04.039 Have you ever thought about growing to pulumeria the Hawaiian layflower. 2109 01:54:04.359 --> 01:54:07.760 They've got those there. When you go to Warrensted and Gardens, 2110 01:54:07.800 --> 01:54:09.720 you find the products that you're looking for. And I'm 2111 01:54:09.720 --> 01:54:11.800 going to be out there from twelve thirty to two 2112 01:54:11.920 --> 01:54:14.159 thirty today, and I hope you come out and see me. 2113 01:54:14.199 --> 01:54:16.520 I'm going to have some Texas Gardener magazines on hand. 2114 01:54:16.560 --> 01:54:18.239 If you've never seen Texas Gardener, you need to come 2115 01:54:18.239 --> 01:54:20.319 out and see that magazine. It is really good. I'll 2116 01:54:20.359 --> 01:54:22.760 be giving those way as long as supplies last. Have 2117 01:54:22.920 --> 01:54:25.359 some copies of my schedule out there. You can bring 2118 01:54:25.479 --> 01:54:28.560 me samples of plants or pictures of plants if you 2119 01:54:28.600 --> 01:54:32.359 want them identified or diagnosed or whatever. Let's spend some 2120 01:54:32.439 --> 01:54:34.680 time together. I love to meet people that listen to 2121 01:54:34.800 --> 01:54:36.680 Garden Line, and when you come out to one of 2122 01:54:36.720 --> 01:54:39.800 these appearances, I have time to sit, visit and kind 2123 01:54:39.840 --> 01:54:41.640 of go more in depth than I can here on 2124 01:54:41.760 --> 01:54:42.039 the air. 2125 01:54:42.159 --> 01:54:42.279 Now. 2126 01:54:42.399 --> 01:54:46.279 Warrens is on North Park Drive. There's also Kingwood Garden 2127 01:54:46.399 --> 01:54:48.960 Center by the way. Two great garden centers out there, 2128 01:54:49.600 --> 01:54:52.439 Kingwood's on Stone Hollow Drive. I'll be at Warren's today. 2129 01:54:52.600 --> 01:54:55.359 Both of those are open seven days a week. But 2130 01:54:55.439 --> 01:54:57.880 come on and see me looking forward to it. I 2131 01:54:58.439 --> 01:55:00.800 really look. I love doing these. It's a lot of 2132 01:55:00.880 --> 01:55:04.520 fun for sure. Just a little tip something you might 2133 01:55:04.600 --> 01:55:07.159 want to think about. If you have houseplants that you 2134 01:55:07.239 --> 01:55:09.640 have not repotted in a while, you may want to 2135 01:55:09.640 --> 01:55:11.920 go ahead and do that. I had some the other day. 2136 01:55:11.960 --> 01:55:14.039 I turn them on the side and kind of you know, 2137 01:55:14.399 --> 01:55:16.479 squeeze the pot a littleit and then slid them out 2138 01:55:16.520 --> 01:55:18.199 to the side. By the way, that's how you remove 2139 01:55:18.239 --> 01:55:20.760 a houseplant from the pot, turn it upside down or 2140 01:55:20.800 --> 01:55:22.760 turn it on its side. And if you see a 2141 01:55:22.760 --> 01:55:24.720 whole bunch of roots going around in a circle, that 2142 01:55:24.880 --> 01:55:27.039 plant is pot bound. You need to move it up 2143 01:55:27.079 --> 01:55:30.000 to the next size pot, okay. And when you do that, 2144 01:55:30.239 --> 01:55:33.359 get you a quality potting soil like jungle land jungle 2145 01:55:33.439 --> 01:55:37.800 lands water saving potting soil specifically, I'm talking now, not 2146 01:55:37.880 --> 01:55:40.720 about the outdoor one, but the indoor one. Jungle land 2147 01:55:40.800 --> 01:55:43.319 water saving potting soil. It's got crystals in it, so 2148 01:55:43.399 --> 01:55:46.199 if you forget to water those crystals whole moisture for 2149 01:55:46.319 --> 01:55:49.439 longer than the soil itself does, and it provides a 2150 01:55:49.479 --> 01:55:52.640 little extra boost of water for those plants until you 2151 01:55:52.800 --> 01:55:56.199 remember to water them again. But repotting them with a 2152 01:55:56.399 --> 01:55:59.239 good quality mix it drains well but yet holds moisture 2153 01:55:59.319 --> 01:56:01.359 like jungle Land is a way to go. You're going 2154 01:56:01.439 --> 01:56:04.239 to find night foss products like jungle in many different places. 2155 01:56:04.319 --> 01:56:07.960 A Stanton Shopping Center down and Alvin Lake hard Hardware 2156 01:56:08.399 --> 01:56:11.800 in Engleton on Velasco as well as Lake Hardware Clute 2157 01:56:12.119 --> 01:56:17.199 on Dixie Drive all places to carry nitrofoss products. Let's 2158 01:56:17.239 --> 01:56:19.479 go to Tomball real quick here we're going to talk 2159 01:56:19.520 --> 01:56:21.640 to Keith. Hey Keith, welcome to garden Line. 2160 01:56:23.079 --> 01:56:26.840 Hey you, good morning, Good morning. Always love to listen 2161 01:56:26.880 --> 01:56:27.399 to your show. 2162 01:56:27.720 --> 01:56:28.800 Hey, I've got a question. 2163 01:56:30.000 --> 01:56:32.760 My wife and i'd love to travel to Europe and 2164 01:56:33.039 --> 01:56:35.880 we have come to love a certain type of melon 2165 01:56:36.119 --> 01:56:40.600 over there, namely around the Portugal area. It's it's called 2166 01:56:40.640 --> 01:56:44.720 a Sapo melon or also called a Christmas melon. Have 2167 01:56:44.840 --> 01:56:46.960 you ever had that and re familiar with it? 2168 01:56:49.000 --> 01:56:49.479 I have had a. 2169 01:56:49.520 --> 01:56:53.359 Christmas melon from a grocery store over here one time. 2170 01:56:53.439 --> 01:56:54.359 It's pretty good melon. 2171 01:56:56.319 --> 01:56:58.479 Yeah, it's kind of got a white pulp to it 2172 01:56:59.319 --> 01:57:01.520 and it's really good. I just didn't know is can 2173 01:57:01.600 --> 01:57:03.359 you grow it in Houston? And when? 2174 01:57:04.039 --> 01:57:05.319 What time of year would you grow it? 2175 01:57:06.800 --> 01:57:08.319 You can. You're gonna grow it just like you do 2176 01:57:08.399 --> 01:57:12.560 candlops and watermelons, same thing, same time. You just want 2177 01:57:12.640 --> 01:57:15.640 to yet to go find the seed somewhere. It's not common, 2178 01:57:15.720 --> 01:57:19.000 but you can probably hunt it down online and treat 2179 01:57:19.039 --> 01:57:23.079 it again, just like candlops and watermelons. Good sunlight, good drainage, 2180 01:57:23.319 --> 01:57:26.319 consistent moisture, and be ready. It's going to be a 2181 01:57:26.359 --> 01:57:30.279 little more prone to some foliage diseases than some of 2182 01:57:30.359 --> 01:57:34.319 our other things are. So powdery mildew or is probably 2183 01:57:34.399 --> 01:57:36.720 the main one. But just be watching for that and 2184 01:57:36.840 --> 01:57:39.279 at the first sign be ready to do a little 2185 01:57:39.319 --> 01:57:41.640 spray of that foliage to protect it, because without good 2186 01:57:41.680 --> 01:57:44.880 healthy leaves, you can't have a sweet melon on the vine. 2187 01:57:46.359 --> 01:57:49.640 Right, Okay, good, awesome, Okay, yeah, thank you very much. 2188 01:57:50.039 --> 01:57:52.680 All right, Hey, thanks for the call. That's an unusual one. 2189 01:57:52.760 --> 01:57:54.520 I hadn't had that one before, so good to talk 2190 01:57:54.520 --> 01:57:58.119 to you. I was talking to somebody the other day 2191 01:57:58.119 --> 01:58:01.279 about tree hugger sprinklers and the reason was they were saying, 2192 01:58:01.359 --> 01:58:04.920 you know, yeah, I just planted this tree, and I 2193 01:58:05.000 --> 01:58:07.239 don't know how to water it or where to water it. Well, 2194 01:58:07.359 --> 01:58:09.039 first of all, when you put a plant in the ground, 2195 01:58:09.600 --> 01:58:12.399 the roots are all there like they were in the pot. 2196 01:58:12.600 --> 01:58:14.600 You know, you have a little cylinder of roots, and 2197 01:58:14.680 --> 01:58:17.359 so you got to water it there. And then as 2198 01:58:17.439 --> 01:58:19.760 it grows, you know, over the weeks to come, the 2199 01:58:19.880 --> 01:58:21.520 roots are moving out in the soil, and over the 2200 01:58:21.600 --> 01:58:23.720 months to come, they're moving out in the soil, and 2201 01:58:23.880 --> 01:58:27.000 you water a larger and larger area primarily underneath the 2202 01:58:27.000 --> 01:58:30.439 branch bread of the tree, primarily. Okay, TreeHugger lets, you 2203 01:58:30.520 --> 01:58:32.039 do that. You hook it up to a hose, you 2204 01:58:32.119 --> 01:58:34.600 put it around the trunk. It comes in three sizes 2205 01:58:34.720 --> 01:58:37.920 seven inch, eleven inch, fifteen inch, and you when it's 2206 01:58:37.960 --> 01:58:39.600 a brand new plant, you just barely turn it on 2207 01:58:39.720 --> 01:58:42.079 where it's not really spraying out. It's just sort of 2208 01:58:42.159 --> 01:58:45.960 trickling out of the thing. That water's that root cylinder 2209 01:58:46.079 --> 01:58:49.000 at the base. As your trees gets bigger, you turn 2210 01:58:49.039 --> 01:58:51.279 it on more where it's you can water a huge 2211 01:58:51.359 --> 01:58:53.520 circle when you crank it up all the way. So 2212 01:58:53.680 --> 01:58:55.199 maybe you've got a tree that's been in the ground 2213 01:58:55.279 --> 01:58:57.520 five years. This summer, we're going to be one hundred 2214 01:58:57.520 --> 01:59:01.079 degrees without rain. At some point on your spree, your 2215 01:59:01.159 --> 01:59:03.159 tree hugger and you rescue that tree and you keep 2216 01:59:03.199 --> 01:59:04.920 it healthy and growing, and you're going to find these 2217 01:59:05.000 --> 01:59:08.520 products that places like Kingwood and Warren's Garden Center where 2218 01:59:08.560 --> 01:59:11.039 I will be today at Warren's. Come on out and 2219 01:59:11.119 --> 01:59:15.439 get you one there. RCW Nursery, Arborgate, Nelson Water Gardens 2220 01:59:15.520 --> 01:59:20.600 out in Katie down in Richmond both Enchanted and in 2221 01:59:20.680 --> 01:59:24.359 Chanted Gardens and in Chanted Forest have Themnia Defeed and 2222 01:59:24.439 --> 01:59:27.359 Tomball League City Feed down in League City Spring Creek 2223 01:59:27.399 --> 01:59:31.720 Feed Center up toward Magnoia direction Southwest Fertilizer and then 2224 01:59:31.800 --> 01:59:34.199 many Ace hardware stores like the one in Fullshire and 2225 01:59:34.239 --> 01:59:38.159 a Tascaseda and K and m Ace in Casseda, the 2226 01:59:38.560 --> 01:59:41.279 Katie Ace Hardware Sinkle Ranch. You see what I'm talking about. 2227 01:59:41.319 --> 01:59:43.479 They're widely available. You just need to get one and 2228 01:59:43.520 --> 01:59:45.239 you need to keep it because you're gonna need it. 2229 01:59:45.560 --> 01:59:47.439 Maybe next year. You plant a rose bush. I know 2230 01:59:47.560 --> 01:59:49.760 it says tree hugger. It's for a rose hugger too. 2231 01:59:50.159 --> 01:59:51.920 You can put it around a shrub or a tree 2232 01:59:52.319 --> 01:59:54.520 and save that plant, or at least help keep it 2233 01:59:54.640 --> 01:59:59.119 growing rapidly when we go into hot, hot weather. Keep 2234 01:59:59.199 --> 02:00:02.720 that in mind. Visiting with Jim Moss the other day 2235 02:00:02.800 --> 02:00:06.760 down at Moss Nursery in Seabrook, Texas. And first of all, 2236 02:00:06.840 --> 02:00:08.359 for those of you who haven't been to Moss, you 2237 02:00:08.439 --> 02:00:11.000 may go, I don't live in Seabrook. Well, if you did, 2238 02:00:11.079 --> 02:00:14.640 you've already been to Moss. But if you don't, it 2239 02:00:14.800 --> 02:00:17.640 is a destination. You know, you need to do horticulture 2240 02:00:17.720 --> 02:00:21.399 tourism during the week or on the weekends. What I 2241 02:00:21.520 --> 02:00:23.439 mean by that is, you know, go down the boardwalk 2242 02:00:23.520 --> 02:00:25.560 on Keema, you know, check it out, have some fun 2243 02:00:25.640 --> 02:00:28.560 down there. But swing by Moss Nursery, all right, or 2244 02:00:28.720 --> 02:00:31.920 just go to Moss Nursery. It is eight acres crammed 2245 02:00:31.960 --> 02:00:36.520 full of gorgeous plants. There are flowering things everywhere, all 2246 02:00:36.640 --> 02:00:40.439 kinds of flowering shrubs, you know, from azaleas to those 2247 02:00:40.600 --> 02:00:44.279 beautiful deciduous magnolias that were blooming early early in the spring, 2248 02:00:44.359 --> 02:00:47.359 first bloomer of the spring, by the way, to roses, 2249 02:00:47.680 --> 02:00:51.920 you name it. You want hanging baskets, they're galore, hanging 2250 02:00:52.000 --> 02:00:56.000 baskets galore. Down at Moss Nursery. Do you need bones eye, 2251 02:00:56.159 --> 02:00:59.560 you know, new hobby there or a gorgeous houseplant. They 2252 02:00:59.600 --> 02:01:03.319 have one of the most outstanding houseplants selections anywhere, and 2253 02:01:03.520 --> 02:01:05.640 more and more and more and more stuff. And when 2254 02:01:05.640 --> 02:01:07.319 you're in there, be sure to check out the quirky 2255 02:01:07.399 --> 02:01:11.479 t shirts that Jim Moss has designed and created, like 2256 02:01:11.720 --> 02:01:13.760 the eyeball plant. You just got to see it. I 2257 02:01:13.840 --> 02:01:17.359 can't describe it. But Moss is not just another garden center. 2258 02:01:17.479 --> 02:01:20.560 It's a seventy year old, family operated eight acre source 2259 02:01:20.640 --> 02:01:23.880 of everything that you could need. It's on Toddville Road 2260 02:01:23.960 --> 02:01:28.600 in Seabrook, Texas two eight one four seven four twenty 2261 02:01:28.640 --> 02:01:31.920 four eighty eight two eight one four seven four twenty 2262 02:01:32.039 --> 02:01:35.279 four eighty eight. When you're down there, you can find 2263 02:01:35.279 --> 02:01:37.920 a lot of quality products to you know, Microlife fertilizer's 2264 02:01:37.920 --> 02:01:40.039 an example of the of one of those prob I 2265 02:01:40.119 --> 02:01:42.159 was telling somebody to put some six to four down 2266 02:01:42.239 --> 02:01:45.399 the other day. I would suggest, when you can find Microlife, 2267 02:01:45.479 --> 02:01:48.239 get their orange label and get their blue label bottle. 2268 02:01:48.319 --> 02:01:51.319 Those are liquids. Biomatrix is the orange label, it's a 2269 02:01:51.359 --> 02:01:54.359 seven to one three. Ocean Harvest is a blue label 2270 02:01:54.479 --> 02:01:57.479 it's a four to two three. Both of them are great. 2271 02:01:57.600 --> 02:02:00.840 I use Biomatrix, the orange one in door and outdoor, 2272 02:02:01.000 --> 02:02:04.880 I use Ocean Harvest the blue one outdoor. Micro Life 2273 02:02:04.920 --> 02:02:08.000 products are per sale everywhere, but try those out. That's 2274 02:02:08.039 --> 02:02:10.600 a great way to liquid feed your plants with a 2275 02:02:10.720 --> 02:02:13.039 natural plant food that will make them do well. And 2276 02:02:13.119 --> 02:02:15.399 I say that because I've used them and I've seen 2277 02:02:15.439 --> 02:02:18.039 the results. For Microlife, you can go to Microlife for 2278 02:02:18.199 --> 02:02:21.079 lizer dot com find out more about their other products. 2279 02:02:21.079 --> 02:02:23.239 I wish, I wish i'd, you know, I could just 2280 02:02:23.319 --> 02:02:26.800 take a whole show just talking about all the products 2281 02:02:26.840 --> 02:02:32.479 that are available for microm I love that stuff. I 2282 02:02:32.600 --> 02:02:34.680 hate the sound of music when I'm doing this show 2283 02:02:34.720 --> 02:02:36.840 because it means I got a quit talking about things 2284 02:02:36.920 --> 02:02:39.560 I like talking about things like talking to gardeners. If 2285 02:02:39.600 --> 02:02:41.880 you want to get on the phone and be the 2286 02:02:42.159 --> 02:02:44.520 first up or one of the first s up. Next 2287 02:02:44.640 --> 02:02:47.840 hour seven one three two one two k t r 2288 02:02:48.000 --> 02:02:51.479 H seven one three two one two k t r H. 2289 02:02:51.600 --> 02:02:53.640 Don't go away. We'll be right back for our last 2290 02:02:53.720 --> 02:03:02.039 hour today. Alrighty, we're back. Hey, welcome back to the garden. 2291 02:03:02.079 --> 02:03:04.159 I'm good to have you with us. Looking forward to 2292 02:03:04.279 --> 02:03:06.880 visiting with you about the questions that you might have 2293 02:03:07.199 --> 02:03:09.640 so you can have success in your garden and in 2294 02:03:09.720 --> 02:03:12.680 your landscape. You know, one of the ways that we 2295 02:03:12.840 --> 02:03:16.439 have success in our gardens is by taking care of 2296 02:03:16.600 --> 02:03:20.239 the soil. And that means adding compost to organic matter. 2297 02:03:20.279 --> 02:03:23.439 It means building up raised beds, It means getting special 2298 02:03:23.479 --> 02:03:25.920 bed mixes that are designed for the kind of plants 2299 02:03:25.960 --> 02:03:29.079 you're going to grow. You know, a woodland acidic mix 2300 02:03:29.199 --> 02:03:33.359 for azaleas and camellias, for blueberries, many other kinds of 2301 02:03:33.479 --> 02:03:37.439 even roses like that, kind of soil specific blends for roses, 2302 02:03:37.520 --> 02:03:40.840 speaking of roses, specific blends for fruit trees. All of 2303 02:03:40.880 --> 02:03:44.439 that's available to Nature's Way resources. Nature's Way also, and 2304 02:03:44.520 --> 02:03:46.439 I don't talk about this enough, they have a two 2305 02:03:46.560 --> 02:03:48.800 acre actually I think it's bigger in two acres now, 2306 02:03:49.319 --> 02:03:53.119 nursery area that is just chalk full of fruit trees 2307 02:03:53.199 --> 02:03:55.840 and natives and houseplants and vegetables and one of the 2308 02:03:55.920 --> 02:03:58.119 largest varieties of native plants you're going to find in 2309 02:03:58.199 --> 02:04:03.079 this area. Now, remember every Friday is fungal based Friday, 2310 02:04:03.199 --> 02:04:07.279 which means they have their high quality organic fungal based 2311 02:04:07.319 --> 02:04:10.880 soils which are excellent for growing all kinds of things. 2312 02:04:11.399 --> 02:04:14.039 Ten percent off of the bags and twenty percent off 2313 02:04:14.079 --> 02:04:16.239 of the bulk. Those bags are forty pounds, by the way, 2314 02:04:16.680 --> 02:04:18.520 twenty percent off of the bulk. Now you can have 2315 02:04:19.000 --> 02:04:21.279 you can go get stuff from Nature's Way like bags 2316 02:04:21.319 --> 02:04:23.159 in bulk, if you have a little trailer or truck, 2317 02:04:23.960 --> 02:04:25.640 or you can call them and have them deliver it 2318 02:04:25.680 --> 02:04:27.600 to your place. Are you A lot of garden centers 2319 02:04:27.640 --> 02:04:31.760 will carry their bags as well. Nature'sway Resources dot Com. 2320 02:04:31.920 --> 02:04:33.840 That's the website. You need to go there. You need 2321 02:04:33.920 --> 02:04:36.239 to check them out. And by the way, jnr's Ace 2322 02:04:36.279 --> 02:04:39.239 Hardware is one of the newest retailers. J and R 2323 02:04:39.319 --> 02:04:42.199 by the Way is Importer was up there earlier in 2324 02:04:42.319 --> 02:04:45.479 the year. They're one of the newest retailers for Nature's 2325 02:04:45.479 --> 02:04:48.640 Way products. Jnr's carrying their fine leaf moll composts, their 2326 02:04:48.680 --> 02:04:51.520 double ground malts, their rose soil, their Garden and Flower 2327 02:04:51.600 --> 02:04:55.039 bed Mix, the blueberry mix, the citrus mix. All there, 2328 02:04:55.680 --> 02:04:59.800 Nature's Way Resources products, quality products available all over the 2329 02:05:00.159 --> 02:05:04.640 er Houston area. Let's head out to Pasadena and we're 2330 02:05:04.640 --> 02:05:07.279 going to talk to John this morning. Hello John, welcome 2331 02:05:07.319 --> 02:05:12.279 to Guardline. Oh well, how are you, good sir, How 2332 02:05:12.319 --> 02:05:12.840 can we help? 2333 02:05:13.039 --> 02:05:16.800 Well, I have a Myers lemon that I bought about 2334 02:05:16.880 --> 02:05:17.680 two months ago. 2335 02:05:18.000 --> 02:05:18.319 It was. 2336 02:05:20.359 --> 02:05:24.399 It had a ton of balloons on it and very 2337 02:05:24.479 --> 02:05:28.199 few leaves, and I got it home and I've been 2338 02:05:28.279 --> 02:05:32.359 fooling with it, put it in a larger pot, and 2339 02:05:34.479 --> 02:05:39.560 it's still is the original ballooms dropped off with a 2340 02:05:39.680 --> 02:05:44.640 few little tiny lemons on it, little tiny huh. And 2341 02:05:46.560 --> 02:05:51.239 then it's now it's reblooming again, but no leaves. Now 2342 02:05:51.359 --> 02:05:55.199 I've got some leaves on it, but very few. And 2343 02:05:55.479 --> 02:05:59.159 I've checked the soil. I've been watering it. I've done 2344 02:05:59.239 --> 02:06:02.319 everything that I know how to do, other than teach 2345 02:06:02.439 --> 02:06:04.760 all that balloons. I don't know if I need to 2346 02:06:04.840 --> 02:06:05.520 do that or not. 2347 02:06:07.640 --> 02:06:10.119 I would I just because you're not gonna let them set. 2348 02:06:10.239 --> 02:06:12.239 You don't want them to set really for the first 2349 02:06:12.279 --> 02:06:15.279 two years of a centrist tree to get the best growth. 2350 02:06:16.079 --> 02:06:19.199 But give it some fertilizer. Get you a good quality 2351 02:06:19.239 --> 02:06:23.880 fertilizer with a little nitrogen bution in that too, and okay, well, 2352 02:06:24.199 --> 02:06:25.800 if you've done that, then you don't need to do 2353 02:06:25.920 --> 02:06:28.199 it again. But it's a brand new tree. It's got 2354 02:06:28.239 --> 02:06:30.800 a very limited root system. Still just give it a 2355 02:06:30.840 --> 02:06:33.920 little time, make sure it doesn't lack for water. That 2356 02:06:34.199 --> 02:06:36.640 confined root system that came out of the container is 2357 02:06:36.720 --> 02:06:40.880 still pretty much confined to that container. And just give 2358 02:06:40.920 --> 02:06:45.359 it regular waterings without keeping it too wet. And make 2359 02:06:45.399 --> 02:06:48.600 sure it gets good sunlight. That's another important thing. And 2360 02:06:48.720 --> 02:06:50.960 you should be getting growth. Soon as it warms up, 2361 02:06:51.079 --> 02:06:53.680 that tree's gonna be more interested and growing. We've got 2362 02:06:53.720 --> 02:06:56.640 some cool snaps this spring that have slowed some things down, 2363 02:06:56.840 --> 02:06:58.439 So I think you're gonna be all right. 2364 02:06:59.039 --> 02:07:02.399 I wouldn't you say peach off the blooms that are 2365 02:07:03.039 --> 02:07:04.199 showing up on it now? 2366 02:07:05.600 --> 02:07:08.159 Yeah? Normally, you know, I don't tell people to remove 2367 02:07:08.239 --> 02:07:11.479 the blooms because they're going to fall off, but you can, 2368 02:07:11.800 --> 02:07:14.920 you can remove you can remove them just to get 2369 02:07:15.359 --> 02:07:17.279 you know, we want that plant to think about only 2370 02:07:17.359 --> 02:07:19.720 one thing, and that is growing a good root system 2371 02:07:19.800 --> 02:07:22.359 and putting on a lot of foliage. And it'll start that. 2372 02:07:23.680 --> 02:07:26.039 Okay, okay, thank you very much. 2373 02:07:27.359 --> 02:07:29.600 All right, all right, thank you. I appreciate you call 2374 02:07:29.760 --> 02:07:30.119 very much. 2375 02:07:31.119 --> 02:07:31.359 Yeah. 2376 02:07:31.479 --> 02:07:34.119 That is a that's a situation, folks, that we have 2377 02:07:34.239 --> 02:07:36.720 to deal with from time to time. And it's okay. 2378 02:07:37.199 --> 02:07:39.880 I just remember new plants. You know, they it takes 2379 02:07:39.920 --> 02:07:42.680 a while to get started, and so be patient with them. 2380 02:07:43.399 --> 02:07:45.399 Weather is gonna warm up now and we're gonna be 2381 02:07:45.479 --> 02:07:49.199 fine going forward on centrus growth and stuff. Houston Powder 2382 02:07:49.279 --> 02:07:51.439 Coders is the biggest powder coder here in the greater 2383 02:07:51.520 --> 02:07:54.680 Houston area, really the whole region, to be specifically, I 2384 02:07:54.760 --> 02:07:57.720 mean six acres, seventy five plus employees. I mean that 2385 02:07:57.880 --> 02:08:00.880 they are into this big time. They can anything if 2386 02:08:00.920 --> 02:08:05.039 it holds still. But from your home gardening standpoint, we 2387 02:08:05.119 --> 02:08:08.239 talk about our outdoor patio furniture. We talk about any 2388 02:08:08.319 --> 02:08:11.880 kind of metal outside, whether it's a decorative art on 2389 02:08:12.000 --> 02:08:15.279 the walls, whether it is of course the patio furniture 2390 02:08:15.319 --> 02:08:18.279 aluminum or cast iron or wrought iron, anything like that. 2391 02:08:18.920 --> 02:08:21.119 You have a railing on a porch, you have a 2392 02:08:21.920 --> 02:08:24.760 light pole, metal light pole out in the landscape not 2393 02:08:24.920 --> 02:08:27.600 looking so good. Take it to them. Powder coating is 2394 02:08:27.680 --> 02:08:29.640 better than painting, and boy, can they ever do a 2395 02:08:29.680 --> 02:08:31.760 good job. Over one hundred colors that they can put 2396 02:08:31.800 --> 02:08:36.159 down a lot of colors. And if your furniture equipment 2397 02:08:36.279 --> 02:08:38.279 needs some help, you know, maybe it needs some a 2398 02:08:38.319 --> 02:08:40.960 little bit of welding to take care of something, or 2399 02:08:41.039 --> 02:08:43.640 maybe it needs a sling fabric, or the vinyl straps 2400 02:08:43.680 --> 02:08:47.399 are placed, or maybe the bolts in hardware is all rusty. 2401 02:08:47.560 --> 02:08:49.760 They can put stainless steel back in there, put new 2402 02:08:49.800 --> 02:08:53.119 plastic feet and the caps on it. That free pickup 2403 02:08:53.239 --> 02:08:55.760 and delivery in the Houston area. You can't beat that. 2404 02:08:56.159 --> 02:08:58.319 Take a picture of what you got and email it 2405 02:08:58.439 --> 02:09:03.520 to this place. Sales at houstoncoders dot com. Sales at 2406 02:09:03.560 --> 02:09:05.840 Houston cooders dot com. They'll give you a quick a 2407 02:09:05.920 --> 02:09:09.079 quick reply with a quote and go check them out 2408 02:09:09.119 --> 02:09:13.520 on the website Houston Powder Cooders dot com, Houston powder 2409 02:09:13.600 --> 02:09:17.600 Coders dot com. Let's go up to Magnolia. Now we're 2410 02:09:17.600 --> 02:09:19.880 going to talk to Ken. Hello, Ken, welcome to garden 2411 02:09:19.920 --> 02:09:21.359 Line morning. 2412 02:09:21.399 --> 02:09:21.640 Skip. 2413 02:09:21.680 --> 02:09:24.600 How you doing, sir, I'm good, can you hear me? 2414 02:09:25.640 --> 02:09:27.920 Okay, yes, sir, okay. 2415 02:09:28.079 --> 02:09:32.439 So I have I have some pepper plants. I have 2416 02:09:32.560 --> 02:09:33.600 a Carolina Reaper. 2417 02:09:33.800 --> 02:09:38.840 It's one of the it's the sole survivor of something 2418 02:09:38.880 --> 02:09:41.399 that attacked my plants last year. And what it was 2419 02:09:41.520 --> 02:09:45.319 doing was, first of all, the leaves would start to 2420 02:09:45.359 --> 02:09:48.439 get speckles on them and they would die and fall off. 2421 02:09:48.560 --> 02:09:51.279 Now I do I water them correctly? I check the 2422 02:09:51.359 --> 02:09:54.600 soil and to make sure that I'm not overwatering or underwatering. 2423 02:09:54.840 --> 02:09:58.239 So I don't that's the issue. It's almost like what 2424 02:09:58.479 --> 02:10:01.319 happens is the stems start dying at the tip and 2425 02:10:01.439 --> 02:10:03.159 then they die all the way back. 2426 02:10:04.399 --> 02:10:09.880 And okay, okay, so it could it could be a 2427 02:10:10.000 --> 02:10:13.159 soil issue like a root rod or anything that damages 2428 02:10:13.239 --> 02:10:15.800 roots could could cause that. But it also could be 2429 02:10:15.840 --> 02:10:19.159 a bacterial blight up on the plant and printing out 2430 02:10:19.319 --> 02:10:22.439 the dead areas that are dying back. Uh, dip your 2431 02:10:22.680 --> 02:10:25.119 or spray your printers with liesile between cuts just in 2432 02:10:25.239 --> 02:10:27.319 case it's a bacterial canker kind of thing going on. 2433 02:10:27.600 --> 02:10:31.840 You won't spread it that way. Good sunlight, good moisture, 2434 02:10:32.000 --> 02:10:35.960 moderate fertilizer, and warm weather and that that Pepperoni kick 2435 02:10:36.000 --> 02:10:38.359 back into gear if it starts happening again, though, Ken, 2436 02:10:38.439 --> 02:10:40.279 would you take a picture of it up close and 2437 02:10:40.359 --> 02:10:43.000 good sharp focus and email it to me and then 2438 02:10:43.079 --> 02:10:46.079 follow up with a call and uh, well, when I 2439 02:10:46.239 --> 02:10:48.920 actually see it, I can give you a more specific 2440 02:10:49.039 --> 02:10:51.720 answer than I can just you know, with that description. 2441 02:10:52.560 --> 02:10:55.520 Okay, Now, I did just take pictures of it this morning, 2442 02:10:55.560 --> 02:10:57.319 so I'll send that to you and I did the 2443 02:10:57.399 --> 02:10:59.560 pruning thing, and what I was doing, I had looked 2444 02:10:59.560 --> 02:11:02.560 at your to dip the pruner in like a light 2445 02:11:02.720 --> 02:11:06.279 solution of bleach to make sure you don't get that. 2446 02:11:06.439 --> 02:11:09.520 Yeah, you had that. You can do that, do You 2447 02:11:09.680 --> 02:11:11.960 just have to clean them after that because bleach really 2448 02:11:12.119 --> 02:11:14.640 rusts metal. And so that's why I like the lice 2449 02:11:14.640 --> 02:11:16.920 al better. But hey, I'm gonna put you on hold. 2450 02:11:16.960 --> 02:11:20.119 If you don't have my email, you can get it 2451 02:11:20.439 --> 02:11:24.079 from my producer and they'll take care of that for you. 2452 02:11:24.239 --> 02:11:27.159 Make sure you get you on the right page. RCW 2453 02:11:27.319 --> 02:11:33.119 Nurseries has loaded still with gorgeous roses, beautiful roses. I 2454 02:11:33.239 --> 02:11:35.880 was out there the other day and so impressed. And 2455 02:11:36.159 --> 02:11:37.920 I like being able to pick a rose out when 2456 02:11:37.960 --> 02:11:39.880 it's blooming on the bush. It's better than looking at 2457 02:11:39.920 --> 02:11:42.359 a tag. And they are the source. I mean, any 2458 02:11:42.600 --> 02:11:45.920 rosarian in the Houstonnario knows about RCW Nursery. By the way, 2459 02:11:45.960 --> 02:11:49.159 when you're there, you're gonna find nitrofoss and Microlife and 2460 02:11:49.279 --> 02:11:52.159 Nelson turf Star and a lot of other great products 2461 02:11:52.640 --> 02:11:55.640 to make sure you have success. They are the place 2462 02:11:55.760 --> 02:11:59.000 to go when it comes to any kind of shrubs 2463 02:11:59.079 --> 02:12:02.039 and trees and why not. From ornamentals to shade trees. 2464 02:12:02.760 --> 02:12:05.840 They grow on themselves and they look really really good. 2465 02:12:06.159 --> 02:12:08.439 Some people I was talking to you there, they just 2466 02:12:08.560 --> 02:12:11.359 go back over and over again for things from marcyw 2467 02:12:11.800 --> 02:12:13.640 because they told me is that every time they come 2468 02:12:13.720 --> 02:12:15.960 out and play something, every time I buy something here, 2469 02:12:16.239 --> 02:12:20.159 it grows. And there you go. There's a testimony. That's 2470 02:12:20.199 --> 02:12:23.560 what you want to hear. R CW Nurseries dot Com. 2471 02:12:23.640 --> 02:12:26.279 There on the corner where Tama Parkway comes in with 2472 02:12:26.439 --> 02:12:29.399 Beltway eight easy to get to. The main thing is 2473 02:12:29.520 --> 02:12:31.079 just go out there and check them out. And this 2474 02:12:31.199 --> 02:12:32.640 weekend it would be a good time to do that. 2475 02:12:33.439 --> 02:12:35.279 Time for me to take a quick break. I'll be 2476 02:12:35.399 --> 02:12:38.880 back with Melanie from Yoakum. All right, we're back, folks. 2477 02:12:39.399 --> 02:12:42.000 Let's do this. We've got a lot of garden line 2478 02:12:42.039 --> 02:12:44.319 to do here and a short time to do it. 2479 02:12:45.439 --> 02:12:48.760 Our last hour of the show. Looking forward to visiting 2480 02:12:48.800 --> 02:12:51.279 with you about the kinds of questions that you might have. 2481 02:12:52.600 --> 02:12:57.520 Wild Birds Unlimited. I want to talk a little bit 2482 02:12:57.720 --> 02:13:01.039 about this store. It is my favorite place to get 2483 02:13:01.159 --> 02:13:04.039 anything related to birds. I mean, they know what they're 2484 02:13:04.039 --> 02:13:06.800 talking about. We're in nesting season right now for many 2485 02:13:06.880 --> 02:13:09.239 of our songbirds and the folks at Wildbirds have designated 2486 02:13:09.279 --> 02:13:13.800 are just designated designed the perfect blend of seeds to 2487 02:13:13.880 --> 02:13:16.520 provide birds what they need most the season. It's called 2488 02:13:17.199 --> 02:13:20.640 Nesting super Blend and it's only available at Wildbirds Unlimited. 2489 02:13:21.079 --> 02:13:24.079 Nesting super Blend has got sunflower chips and peanuts and 2490 02:13:24.199 --> 02:13:27.960 dried mealworms, bark butter bits, sy flower tree nuts. It's 2491 02:13:28.279 --> 02:13:31.439 so in other words, it's providing that extra protein that 2492 02:13:31.560 --> 02:13:33.920 birds need. And it also has calcium too, by the way, 2493 02:13:33.960 --> 02:13:38.079 to support eggshell formation and skeletal development for nesting birds. 2494 02:13:38.720 --> 02:13:40.640 You can buy it loose and sea bags, or you 2495 02:13:40.640 --> 02:13:43.079 can buy it as cylinders a little compress centers look 2496 02:13:43.079 --> 02:13:45.640 like little fat candles sitting up there that the birds 2497 02:13:45.680 --> 02:13:47.439 have to peck the seeds out of. It works in 2498 02:13:47.479 --> 02:13:50.479 any kind of feeder. Now you can look for Nesting 2499 02:13:50.560 --> 02:13:52.560 super Blend. That's the one to look for right now 2500 02:13:52.720 --> 02:13:55.239 at any of the six Wildbirds Unlimited stores in the 2501 02:13:55.279 --> 02:14:00.479 Greater Houston area. That includes Kingwood, Kingwood Drive, clear Lake, 2502 02:14:00.880 --> 02:14:04.720 Eldorado Drive in Paarland, on East Broadway, in Houston on 2503 02:14:04.840 --> 02:14:07.920 bel Air and also in Houston on Memorial Drive and 2504 02:14:07.960 --> 02:14:11.800 then up in Cypress on Barker, cypress Ohen. While you're there, 2505 02:14:12.119 --> 02:14:16.239 pick up a wild Bird's Unlimited hy hyperch hummingbird feeder. 2506 02:14:16.520 --> 02:14:19.079 Just just go look at it. It's my favorite nectar 2507 02:14:19.159 --> 02:14:23.199 feeder for hummingbirds. And they also have this stuff that 2508 02:14:23.359 --> 02:14:27.600 helps extend that quality sugary water you put in to 2509 02:14:27.720 --> 02:14:30.319 not go bad so fast, and it just to ask 2510 02:14:30.399 --> 02:14:32.560 him about that's any little stuff you put in here 2511 02:14:32.680 --> 02:14:36.199 that keeps the water, you know, from that sugar sugar 2512 02:14:36.279 --> 02:14:38.359 water and warm temperatures, you know a few days and 2513 02:14:38.640 --> 02:14:40.960 you probably need to change it out. But with this 2514 02:14:41.159 --> 02:14:43.600 nectar defender, a yet little more time out of it, 2515 02:14:43.720 --> 02:14:48.560 and they have that at wild Birds Unlimited. Let's go 2516 02:14:48.640 --> 02:14:52.600 to Melanie now out in Yokum. Hello, Melanie, how are 2517 02:14:52.720 --> 02:14:53.760 things out in Yokum. 2518 02:14:54.640 --> 02:14:57.319 Oh they're beautiful today. Thank you for taking my call. 2519 02:14:57.479 --> 02:14:57.800 We're good. 2520 02:14:57.840 --> 02:14:58.720 Did you get my email? 2521 02:14:58.760 --> 02:15:03.319 All right? I did. It's a sad picture, I'm telling you, Melanie, 2522 02:15:03.720 --> 02:15:08.279 sad picture, uh, and I don't have great news about it. Basically, 2523 02:15:08.359 --> 02:15:10.159 Melanie sent me a picture of a plumb tree. It 2524 02:15:10.199 --> 02:15:11.720 looks like that is dying. 2525 02:15:12.399 --> 02:15:12.520 Uh. 2526 02:15:12.760 --> 02:15:15.920 Pretty much. All the leaves are just shriveling up and 2527 02:15:16.000 --> 02:15:21.199 turning brown. On it and Melanie the the two things 2528 02:15:21.239 --> 02:15:22.760 I see in the picture. First of all, it's like 2529 02:15:22.800 --> 02:15:25.119 there's two trunks and one of them is alive, one 2530 02:15:25.119 --> 02:15:28.560 of them is not. I'm wondering if that second trunk 2531 02:15:28.720 --> 02:15:31.399 is a root stock. Surely they didn't put two trees 2532 02:15:31.479 --> 02:15:38.079 in one in one pot. But when go ahead, I'm 2533 02:15:38.079 --> 02:15:38.479 pretty sure. 2534 02:15:40.439 --> 02:15:40.680 Yeah. 2535 02:15:40.760 --> 02:15:42.760 And you don't want to keep that unless you are 2536 02:15:42.800 --> 02:15:46.000 good at budding plants and you're gonna graft it yourself 2537 02:15:46.159 --> 02:15:49.920 or something. But all the branch, all the little branches 2538 02:15:49.960 --> 02:15:51.680 that tried to leaf out and then die, I think 2539 02:15:51.720 --> 02:15:54.359 that thing is gone. And something happened in the roots. 2540 02:15:55.000 --> 02:15:57.119 It could have been that they dried out. It could 2541 02:15:57.159 --> 02:16:00.479 have been that they stayed too soggy, wet or something. 2542 02:16:00.640 --> 02:16:03.800 I don't know what it was. But that tree is 2543 02:16:03.840 --> 02:16:06.399 a goner, and you, unfortunately, I have to be the 2544 02:16:06.479 --> 02:16:08.119 bearer of bad news. You just need to pull it 2545 02:16:08.279 --> 02:16:13.520 up and put a new can and to have success. Okay, 2546 02:16:13.760 --> 02:16:15.119 Well I had four of. 2547 02:16:15.159 --> 02:16:18.119 Them, and now I'm down to the three and that 2548 02:16:18.479 --> 02:16:21.079 third one and the one I just sent. You'll go 2549 02:16:21.119 --> 02:16:22.800 ahead and get rid of that guy. But the other 2550 02:16:22.920 --> 02:16:25.960 ones I trimmed them back because they're still new and 2551 02:16:26.000 --> 02:16:29.159 I want to, you know, get full and they're. 2552 02:16:29.039 --> 02:16:32.959 Doing fine good. Well, here's what I would do. I 2553 02:16:33.040 --> 02:16:36.200 would make that multary around them wider, if you can 2554 02:16:36.239 --> 02:16:39.040 make them as wide as the branch spread of that plant, 2555 02:16:39.239 --> 02:16:42.799 maybe two or three feet out in all directions, you know, 2556 02:16:43.079 --> 02:16:46.520 just as a start. Don't overfertilize them. And if you 2557 02:16:46.600 --> 02:16:49.159 put fertilizer in the planting hole, that's another thing that 2558 02:16:49.280 --> 02:16:51.600 can cause the burn of the leaves like that. So 2559 02:16:51.719 --> 02:16:54.239 don't don't put the fertilizer in the planting hole, but 2560 02:16:54.399 --> 02:16:58.360 do fertilize them lightly periodically. I would say a cup 2561 02:16:58.719 --> 02:17:01.760 of fertilizer, like a lawn type fertilizer would be just 2562 02:17:01.879 --> 02:17:05.280 fine for those and sprinkle it in a big circle 2563 02:17:05.360 --> 02:17:08.639 and do that about every four weeks through the summer 2564 02:17:08.760 --> 02:17:11.600 season and you will get really good fast growth. Stop 2565 02:17:11.719 --> 02:17:13.760 fertilizing by the time you get to August. 2566 02:17:13.479 --> 02:17:15.559 Though, Okay, we'll do. 2567 02:17:15.760 --> 02:17:20.600 Thank you all righty, good luck out there, Yokum bye, 2568 02:17:20.840 --> 02:17:24.200 Thank you ALRIGHTY, haven't been to Yokum in a while. 2569 02:17:24.559 --> 02:17:26.280 That's good. Good to know. 2570 02:17:26.879 --> 02:17:27.000 Uh. 2571 02:17:27.680 --> 02:17:31.200 You know, enchanted forest is down in Richmond Rosenberg. And 2572 02:17:31.719 --> 02:17:34.639 when I think of enchanted forest, number one. I think 2573 02:17:34.680 --> 02:17:37.040 of a beautiful place because it's gorgeous. It is. I 2574 02:17:37.280 --> 02:17:40.200 love shopping Their big shade trees all around, and it's 2575 02:17:40.239 --> 02:17:45.920 just gorgeous. But I think about variety and incredible selection. 2576 02:17:46.879 --> 02:17:51.200 For example, if you're looking for let's say, herbs, well, 2577 02:17:51.239 --> 02:17:54.879 they have a whole structure that contains all of the 2578 02:17:54.920 --> 02:17:57.120 different herbs that they grow. And I mean we're talking about, 2579 02:17:57.159 --> 02:17:59.360 like I don't know, something like nine or more types 2580 02:17:59.399 --> 02:18:03.200 of base alone, plus every herb you can imagine, and 2581 02:18:03.520 --> 02:18:05.799 some you've probably never heard of that are there at 2582 02:18:05.959 --> 02:18:09.719 Enchanted Forest. And Enchanted Forest is on FM twenty seven 2583 02:18:09.840 --> 02:18:13.520 fifty nine. That's if you're heading toward sugar Land from Richmond. 2584 02:18:13.559 --> 02:18:16.239 It's off to the right down that direction, okay, FM 2585 02:18:16.319 --> 02:18:19.639 twenty seven fifty nine. But they have fruit trees, they 2586 02:18:19.799 --> 02:18:23.879 have roses, they have any kind of plant that attracts butterflies, 2587 02:18:23.920 --> 02:18:26.760 whether it attracts the adults to the blooms or the 2588 02:18:26.920 --> 02:18:30.520 larval to the foliage, they have them. In fact, when 2589 02:18:30.559 --> 02:18:32.639 you buy one of those plants, it probably already has 2590 02:18:32.639 --> 02:18:34.639 a caterpillar on it, because all the butterflies know to 2591 02:18:34.719 --> 02:18:36.959 hang out there and they lay their eggs there and 2592 02:18:37.000 --> 02:18:38.959 so you get like us, what do they call it 2593 02:18:39.360 --> 02:18:42.280 sourdough starter when you want to do sourdough, Well, it's 2594 02:18:42.360 --> 02:18:44.479 like a butterfly garden starter. If you want to take 2595 02:18:44.520 --> 02:18:47.680 a caterpillar home, they'll provide you with one if you like. 2596 02:18:48.319 --> 02:18:52.440 It's really cool. Enchanted forest, beautiful trees and shrubs too. 2597 02:18:53.079 --> 02:18:57.040 I'm always bragging about that spring blooming Chinese fringe tree 2598 02:18:57.079 --> 02:18:59.680 that I love so much, and they've got those there, 2599 02:19:00.200 --> 02:19:03.719 much much, much much more, of course, flowers, of course, 2600 02:19:03.760 --> 02:19:07.200 hanging baskets, of course, vegetables, and on and on and on. 2601 02:19:07.479 --> 02:19:10.799 Enchanted forest and excellent advice, people that know what they're 2602 02:19:10.840 --> 02:19:15.000 talking about. Go by and talk to Danny, Danny or 2603 02:19:15.120 --> 02:19:17.760 Clay or any of the people there. They're gonna be 2604 02:19:17.760 --> 02:19:20.000 able to help you. Yes, I said Danny twice on purpose, 2605 02:19:20.360 --> 02:19:22.360 kind of like my brother Daryl, my other brother Daryl. 2606 02:19:22.360 --> 02:19:25.360 Remember that Bob Newhart show. Anyway, there's two Dannys there, 2607 02:19:26.319 --> 02:19:32.799 enchented forest, expert advice, friendly service and unbelievable selection, and 2608 02:19:32.920 --> 02:19:35.479 a place that you just love to go hang out. 2609 02:19:35.520 --> 02:19:38.639 I'm surprised you don't have to run customers off because 2610 02:19:38.680 --> 02:19:40.600 you know, you go there and it's just it's just 2611 02:19:40.680 --> 02:19:43.639 so enjoyable to wander around looking at plants and enjoying things. 2612 02:19:43.879 --> 02:19:46.360 All right, that's a little bit tongue in cheek, but 2613 02:19:46.479 --> 02:19:48.479 I really mean it when it's that kind of place 2614 02:19:48.920 --> 02:19:52.360 in Chented Forest. We're gonna go up to Pinehurst now 2615 02:19:52.399 --> 02:19:54.920 and talk to Greg. Hey, Greg, Welcome to guard Line. 2616 02:19:56.719 --> 02:20:02.120 Hey Skip, Hey man. I aer rated my yard on Thursdays, 2617 02:20:02.200 --> 02:20:04.879 two days ago, and then I put down some a's 2618 02:20:04.959 --> 02:20:07.319 and mite in some of the microlife humates. I didn't 2619 02:20:07.319 --> 02:20:09.920 do a full compost top dressing, just for my own 2620 02:20:09.959 --> 02:20:12.360 sanity and time. And I've had good luck with the 2621 02:20:12.399 --> 02:20:15.680 takings before, and so I want to get down my 2622 02:20:15.920 --> 02:20:19.159 spring fertilizer. I've got some sweet green for my backyard, 2623 02:20:19.280 --> 02:20:21.719 and I have some slow and easy for my front yard, 2624 02:20:22.639 --> 02:20:24.959 and I just want to I should put it down now, 2625 02:20:25.399 --> 02:20:28.440 or if I should wait till because of the rains, 2626 02:20:28.520 --> 02:20:30.319 or if I should wait a couple of weeks. I've 2627 02:20:30.399 --> 02:20:32.200 just kind of I put down my early green up 2628 02:20:32.200 --> 02:20:34.440 a month ago, so I'm kind of past that now. 2629 02:20:34.719 --> 02:20:37.639 You know you can you can do it now now, 2630 02:20:37.840 --> 02:20:39.879 be fine. If you did it a month ago, you 2631 02:20:39.959 --> 02:20:43.000 know you could do it now again. Especially the slow 2632 02:20:43.040 --> 02:20:45.479 and easy because it's going to gradually release over time. 2633 02:20:45.559 --> 02:20:49.760 The sweet green's a little faster, and so there's not 2634 02:20:49.879 --> 02:20:51.719 a magic number on it. If you don't do it now, 2635 02:20:51.760 --> 02:20:53.559 if you underdo it a month from now, either way 2636 02:20:53.600 --> 02:20:56.479 it's okay. I would probably go ahead and do it 2637 02:20:56.600 --> 02:20:59.360 sooner rather than later, and then get it watered in 2638 02:20:59.440 --> 02:21:01.879 real good to get it into the soil so it 2639 02:21:01.959 --> 02:21:02.879 can go to work for you. 2640 02:21:03.799 --> 02:21:04.120 Okay. 2641 02:21:04.280 --> 02:21:07.440 And then on the sweet green, I'm assuming it is 2642 02:21:07.479 --> 02:21:09.040 slow and easy, I probably won't have to use that 2643 02:21:09.120 --> 02:21:11.440 one application get me through the summer. But on the 2644 02:21:11.479 --> 02:21:13.959 sweet green, when should I throw down another application? 2645 02:21:15.559 --> 02:21:18.120 I would do it probably. Let's see where are we 2646 02:21:18.159 --> 02:21:22.120 are now, We're March, see May, June. I would probably 2647 02:21:22.280 --> 02:21:24.639 do it sometime in early July. 2648 02:21:25.920 --> 02:21:30.159 Okay, okay, and that organic won't curtet so yeah, and 2649 02:21:30.239 --> 02:21:31.280 then do you have a sign. 2650 02:21:31.639 --> 02:21:33.120 Because you're gonna water it in anyway? 2651 02:21:34.000 --> 02:21:34.159 Right? 2652 02:21:34.440 --> 02:21:36.200 Do you have a second for another unrelated question? 2653 02:21:37.399 --> 02:21:37.600 Yeah? 2654 02:21:37.680 --> 02:21:38.079 Real quick. 2655 02:21:39.520 --> 02:21:41.399 Do you know anything about climbing roses. 2656 02:21:41.559 --> 02:21:42.719 My wife's heard about. 2657 02:21:42.520 --> 02:21:43.760 These and she wants to use them. 2658 02:21:43.879 --> 02:21:45.520 I don't know much about roses. 2659 02:21:45.280 --> 02:21:50.520 Man so roses. Climbing roses are just a rose that 2660 02:21:50.639 --> 02:21:54.000 makes long shoots. They don't have any they don't twine 2661 02:21:54.040 --> 02:21:57.120 around stuff or grab onto stuff, but they're great plants. 2662 02:21:57.360 --> 02:22:01.000 Most climbing roses are only blooming the spring, and the 2663 02:22:01.079 --> 02:22:04.200 most famous one right now is called Peggy Martin. Everybody 2664 02:22:04.319 --> 02:22:06.840 loves it. It's clusters of pink blooms in the spring. 2665 02:22:07.360 --> 02:22:09.840 But there are many of the kinds of climbing roses 2666 02:22:10.000 --> 02:22:11.879 and they will do well here. But just keep in 2667 02:22:12.000 --> 02:22:14.440 mind that most of the time you're going to get 2668 02:22:14.440 --> 02:22:16.959 spring blooms and then they don't bloom until next spring. 2669 02:22:17.719 --> 02:22:20.399 That's the more common type of climbing rows. 2670 02:22:21.040 --> 02:22:22.120 So they won't climb up like a. 2671 02:22:25.040 --> 02:22:27.600 No, but you just lift them up to it and 2672 02:22:27.760 --> 02:22:30.879 tie them to it or kind of lay them across 2673 02:22:30.959 --> 02:22:33.079 it or whatever. They're great for you sun fences. 2674 02:22:33.159 --> 02:22:34.879 Yeah, oh okay, okay, gotcha. 2675 02:22:35.000 --> 02:22:36.120 Okay, Well that's super helpful. 2676 02:22:36.159 --> 02:22:38.360 Thanks skip all right. 2677 02:22:38.399 --> 02:22:38.600 Greg. 2678 02:22:38.680 --> 02:22:40.920 Hey, thanks, sound like you're doing everything right out there 2679 02:22:41.360 --> 02:22:44.559 with that lawn. Especially thanks for the call. I appreciate 2680 02:22:44.639 --> 02:22:47.680 that a lot. Talking about all the you know, the 2681 02:22:47.760 --> 02:22:50.639 different options and things you're going to find products like 2682 02:22:51.000 --> 02:22:53.799 you're hearing me talk about there. Greg was naming a 2683 02:22:53.879 --> 02:22:56.639 whole bunch of them at ACE Hardware Stores. You can 2684 02:22:56.680 --> 02:22:59.799 go to ACE Hardware Texas dot com. That's my group 2685 02:23:00.079 --> 02:23:02.920 of garden line ACE Hardware stores here in the Houston area. 2686 02:23:03.040 --> 02:23:06.319 Ace Hardware Texas dot Com. And they're gonna have everything 2687 02:23:06.399 --> 02:23:10.479 you need, whether it's fertilizers, we control, pest control, disease control, 2688 02:23:10.680 --> 02:23:15.200 or just outdoor living like those great barbecue pits from 2689 02:23:15.239 --> 02:23:18.000 Traeger and Big Green Egg and Weber and all the 2690 02:23:18.120 --> 02:23:21.559 accessories that go with them, including power equipment and pruning 2691 02:23:21.639 --> 02:23:24.959 tools and hoses and sprinklers and hey, if you have 2692 02:23:25.040 --> 02:23:28.559 a beautiful yard, Acehardware Texas dot Com, find the one 2693 02:23:28.639 --> 02:23:31.120 near you. There are a lot of them here. It 2694 02:23:31.200 --> 02:23:34.120 makes it really easy pretty much anywhere you live. For example, 2695 02:23:34.840 --> 02:23:38.239 maybe you are in the Copperfield area, you got Langham 2696 02:23:38.280 --> 02:23:41.280 Creek right there on FM five twenty nine. Maybe you 2697 02:23:41.360 --> 02:23:43.920 are down in Bay City, well, Bay City Ace on 2698 02:23:44.120 --> 02:23:47.319 seventh Street. If you're in Port Lavaka or Rockport, you 2699 02:23:47.399 --> 02:23:50.760 got Ace Hardware Stores Calhoun Plaza and Port Lavaca and 2700 02:23:50.959 --> 02:23:54.879 Kirkandaal Excuse me, I said the wrong thing. State Highway 2701 02:23:54.959 --> 02:23:57.920 thirty five in Rockport. All right, folks, I got to 2702 02:23:57.920 --> 02:24:04.520 go be right back all right, I am back a 2703 02:24:05.520 --> 02:24:09.920 little Doobie Brothers for you this morning. Ciena mulch is 2704 02:24:10.000 --> 02:24:12.479 a place I like to talk about. And here's why. Well, 2705 02:24:12.719 --> 02:24:16.159 here's a bunch of whys. Number One, brown stuff before 2706 02:24:16.239 --> 02:24:19.879 green stuff. Always start with the soil, and Ciena mulch 2707 02:24:20.000 --> 02:24:22.959 has all the things you need to make the soil. 2708 02:24:23.079 --> 02:24:23.239 Right. 2709 02:24:23.479 --> 02:24:26.360 It is the brown stuff source if you will, and 2710 02:24:26.479 --> 02:24:28.840 we say brown cus soil is typically brown, compost is 2711 02:24:28.879 --> 02:24:33.559 typically brown. They have quality compost products, many different types, 2712 02:24:34.239 --> 02:24:37.120 whatever kind of blend. Even they even carry like the 2713 02:24:37.319 --> 02:24:41.079 heirloom soils veggie nerb mix for example. That's the super 2714 02:24:41.159 --> 02:24:44.040 high quality stuff there. But that's just the way Ciena is. 2715 02:24:44.239 --> 02:24:47.639 They sell quality. They sell mulches of all types, native 2716 02:24:47.680 --> 02:24:52.319 hardwood malts, a double ground mulch. Just if you need 2717 02:24:52.680 --> 02:24:54.879 it for the soil or on top of the soil, 2718 02:24:54.920 --> 02:24:59.600 they've got it. That includes nutrients like microlife fertilizers. Nelson 2719 02:24:59.639 --> 02:25:02.120 turfs are in Nelson plant food jars too. By the way, 2720 02:25:02.719 --> 02:25:06.239 products from Medina azumite. You hear me talk about azemite 2721 02:25:06.239 --> 02:25:09.719 all the time. And then nitrofoss nitrofoss fertilizers they deliver 2722 02:25:09.879 --> 02:25:13.920 within twenty miles of their location, which is near Sienna. 2723 02:25:14.000 --> 02:25:17.479 It's Highway six and two eighty eight. The specific location 2724 02:25:17.680 --> 02:25:20.000 is FM five twenty one. But you have to remember 2725 02:25:20.040 --> 02:25:24.079 all that. Just go to Siena mulch dot com, Ciena 2726 02:25:24.120 --> 02:25:27.600 maltch dot com. All of you down south Pearland, Sweetwater, 2727 02:25:27.719 --> 02:25:31.879 First Colony, Riverstone, Rose Sharing, Fresno, Quel Valley, Lake Olympia, 2728 02:25:31.959 --> 02:25:34.200 Sandy Point, Arcola. I will get downe you keep going. 2729 02:25:34.319 --> 02:25:37.840 Cianna Plantation, Pomona near Brasispen State Park, that whole region, 2730 02:25:38.600 --> 02:25:42.920 siennamulch dot com. When you start there, you end up 2731 02:25:42.920 --> 02:25:46.719 with success. That's how that works. We're going to head 2732 02:25:46.719 --> 02:25:50.440 out now to Tiki Island, Texas and talk to Jeff. Hey, Jeff, 2733 02:25:50.479 --> 02:25:51.239 how are you doing today? 2734 02:25:52.159 --> 02:25:56.600 Good morning, sir. I'm doing quite well. So down here, 2735 02:25:56.840 --> 02:25:57.879 mangoes flower. 2736 02:25:57.639 --> 02:25:58.959 And everybody's looking really good. 2737 02:25:59.360 --> 02:26:00.879 But when I and covered by. 2738 02:26:01.239 --> 02:26:04.840 Citrus after the mind a little freezes, everybody has turned 2739 02:26:05.000 --> 02:26:09.600 a very light color of yellow. The grapefruit, the car car, lemon, limes, 2740 02:26:09.760 --> 02:26:13.680 everybody have all done this. And even their new growth. 2741 02:26:15.280 --> 02:26:18.680 Oh, new growth too, Okay. Usually when new growth turned yellow, 2742 02:26:18.959 --> 02:26:24.040 it's uh, it's it's usually because of sagi wet soil conditions, uh, 2743 02:26:24.159 --> 02:26:27.360 but not always, but that that can give them some trouble. 2744 02:26:27.600 --> 02:26:32.000 It can be a nutrient problem, you know, nitrogen, sulfur, iron, 2745 02:26:32.239 --> 02:26:34.600 lots of things can cause yellowing of the leaves depending 2746 02:26:34.639 --> 02:26:37.200 on which leaves you're seeing it on. I'm kind of 2747 02:26:37.280 --> 02:26:41.040 thinking that it's making an adjustment to some cooler conditions 2748 02:26:41.079 --> 02:26:44.079 and maybe a little bit of soil moisture uh involved 2749 02:26:44.120 --> 02:26:46.159 in that, and that it's going to green up and 2750 02:26:46.280 --> 02:26:48.000 be fine. If you want to be sure, you could 2751 02:26:48.120 --> 02:26:49.399 you could give it a little bit of a e 2752 02:26:49.520 --> 02:26:53.399 centrius fertilization uh to get it going again. You know, 2753 02:26:53.440 --> 02:26:56.680 if I if you're looking at a plant, would you 2754 02:26:56.719 --> 02:26:59.120 say it's the newest growth at the end of the leaves? 2755 02:26:59.360 --> 02:27:03.040 More so, are the oldest growth on the late on 2756 02:27:03.200 --> 02:27:06.440 the shoot the oldest leaves or is it just everything 2757 02:27:06.559 --> 02:27:07.959 the whole plant is yellow? 2758 02:27:08.959 --> 02:27:09.840 It's everything. 2759 02:27:09.879 --> 02:27:13.600 It lost probably about twenty percent of its foliage immediately, 2760 02:27:13.959 --> 02:27:17.399 and then the larger leaves turned that yellow. And then 2761 02:27:17.520 --> 02:27:20.079 as of the last probably three or four weeks, all 2762 02:27:20.120 --> 02:27:22.799 the new growth is coming out yellowing also. 2763 02:27:22.879 --> 02:27:23.840 And they're all in the ground. 2764 02:27:24.319 --> 02:27:25.520 They're all ten feet apart. 2765 02:27:25.600 --> 02:27:28.600 I did a winter feeding forum before the freezes or anything. 2766 02:27:29.440 --> 02:27:31.840 But they're all just all looking like that right now. 2767 02:27:33.360 --> 02:27:37.680 That is very weird. You didn't make any chance to 2768 02:27:37.680 --> 02:27:40.559 put any kind of our herbicide around them and the 2769 02:27:40.680 --> 02:27:41.799 lawn or anything there. 2770 02:27:42.520 --> 02:27:42.840 Nothing. 2771 02:27:43.120 --> 02:27:45.959 I just gave them the citrus food back in probably 2772 02:27:46.040 --> 02:27:51.920 that December January period of time, and they but they 2773 02:27:51.959 --> 02:27:54.239 are growing new growth all over the place. No flowers, 2774 02:27:54.639 --> 02:27:56.559 but all the sprouts and everything are all just that. 2775 02:27:56.959 --> 02:27:57.799 Light yellow color. 2776 02:27:59.840 --> 02:28:03.399 Is really weird, you know. It's the way you describe 2777 02:28:03.440 --> 02:28:06.200 it as being so widespread, both more than one plant 2778 02:28:06.440 --> 02:28:10.280 and all over the plant and stuff. I think it's 2779 02:28:10.319 --> 02:28:12.040 going to warm up and grow out of it. You know, 2780 02:28:12.159 --> 02:28:13.840 if it were a root rot, that would hit this 2781 02:28:13.959 --> 02:28:16.280 plant or that plant, but not all of them at once. 2782 02:28:18.280 --> 02:28:20.760 Just watch the soul moisture, I guess is the only thing. 2783 02:28:21.879 --> 02:28:24.079 Just be extra careful, dig down about four to six 2784 02:28:24.159 --> 02:28:26.040 inches and feel the soil and see if it's wet 2785 02:28:26.079 --> 02:28:28.600 before you do any watering. I think with a warming 2786 02:28:28.680 --> 02:28:32.600 weather they're going to get better. But if you wanted 2787 02:28:32.639 --> 02:28:35.360 to give them a light fertilization again, I think that 2788 02:28:35.440 --> 02:28:37.680 would be fine to do right now, Just go go 2789 02:28:37.920 --> 02:28:40.239 kind of light on it medium total. 2790 02:28:40.799 --> 02:28:44.479 I've also got access to chicken in your and duckmanheir, 2791 02:28:44.920 --> 02:28:46.600 and I didn't know how much to put down of 2792 02:28:46.639 --> 02:28:48.680 any of that either my kids grow. 2793 02:28:48.959 --> 02:28:52.399 You know what, I would hold off, Yeah, I'd hold 2794 02:28:52.440 --> 02:28:54.879 off on that for now. There's nothing wrong with manures, 2795 02:28:55.719 --> 02:28:59.040 but I'd rather feel like we're a little more in 2796 02:28:59.159 --> 02:29:03.520 control of specifically nutrients and stuff, and so let's stay 2797 02:29:03.559 --> 02:29:06.079 away from those for now. In time, you can do 2798 02:29:06.239 --> 02:29:09.719 light doses of those. Poultry manure compared to other manures 2799 02:29:09.879 --> 02:29:13.399 is typically a little stronger depending on how the poultry 2800 02:29:13.559 --> 02:29:16.239 and where they were raised. That you know, if it's confined, 2801 02:29:16.280 --> 02:29:19.719 they may have some salts there present in that material 2802 02:29:19.799 --> 02:29:23.959 as well, and so just go easy on that later. 2803 02:29:24.079 --> 02:29:26.799 But first, let's fix this problem before we start adding 2804 02:29:27.520 --> 02:29:31.719 complications to the scenario. We're looking at ten four. 2805 02:29:31.760 --> 02:29:32.959 I'll send you pictures of the mango. 2806 02:29:33.000 --> 02:29:33.600 It's beautiful. 2807 02:29:35.000 --> 02:29:36.639 Oh yeah, I'd love to see that. Thanks. I always 2808 02:29:36.680 --> 02:29:40.479 appreciate the pictures, all right, you take care. Send me 2809 02:29:40.559 --> 02:29:43.840 pictures of that centrius too, though. I'd like to kind 2810 02:29:43.879 --> 02:29:46.399 of get a picture of the whole thing and then 2811 02:29:46.479 --> 02:29:48.799 maybe some of the close up. Maybe I'll see something 2812 02:29:48.799 --> 02:29:51.200 else on it that I'm not picturing right now, but 2813 02:29:51.280 --> 02:29:54.959 thank you, Jeff, I appreciate that very much. Greenpro Green 2814 02:29:55.040 --> 02:29:59.760 Pro is experts. 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Greenprotexts dot com. 2834 02:31:08.120 --> 02:31:11.680 Greenprotexts dot com. That's the website. Here's a phone number 2835 02:31:11.799 --> 02:31:15.479 eight three two three five one zero zero three two 2836 02:31:15.559 --> 02:31:17.920 give them a call. Just keep in mind that this 2837 02:31:18.159 --> 02:31:21.040 is a process. It involves a lot of expensive equipment 2838 02:31:21.360 --> 02:31:23.760 and in some cases some distance. And so depending on 2839 02:31:23.799 --> 02:31:25.799 the size of your yard, you're probably looking at starting 2840 02:31:25.840 --> 02:31:29.040 around the five hundred range in there, and it goes 2841 02:31:29.159 --> 02:31:30.879 up from there depending on how far they have to 2842 02:31:30.959 --> 02:31:33.479 haul stuff and how much area they're having to cover. 2843 02:31:34.280 --> 02:31:36.760 But I'm telling you it is a single best thing 2844 02:31:36.840 --> 02:31:38.879 you can do to a lawn to bring it back, 2845 02:31:39.040 --> 02:31:41.920 especially when they's stressed, especially when you're dealing with sol 2846 02:31:42.000 --> 02:31:46.559 compaction in things. Correoration and compost stop dressing from Greenpro. 2847 02:31:48.760 --> 02:31:52.959 If you are looking to purchase some new houseplants, and 2848 02:31:53.000 --> 02:31:55.079 I hope you are, it's it is a lot of 2849 02:31:55.159 --> 02:31:57.879 fun to have beautiful loss plants. I love the colorful 2850 02:31:57.920 --> 02:32:00.239 foliage type. You always want to make sure get a 2851 02:32:00.319 --> 02:32:06.040 quality mix that we kill more houseplants with overwatering than underwatering. 2852 02:32:06.280 --> 02:32:09.239 And the primary reason is when you have a soggy soil, 2853 02:32:09.319 --> 02:32:12.120 roots can't get oxygen. You need a sole blend that 2854 02:32:12.399 --> 02:32:16.760 drains well, but it holds onto moisture. Right, Plants need moisture, 2855 02:32:17.159 --> 02:32:21.239 but they don't want to be oversaturated in this soppy, 2856 02:32:21.440 --> 02:32:26.239 mucky goo. Jungle Land jungle Land water saving potting soil 2857 02:32:26.399 --> 02:32:28.079 is a product that'll do just that. Now there's a 2858 02:32:28.120 --> 02:32:31.639 jungle Land also for outdoors, for the containers you got 2859 02:32:31.680 --> 02:32:35.399 out there on the patio, the flour and vegetable jungle land. 2860 02:32:35.680 --> 02:32:38.040 Either way you go, you're going to have success. Now, 2861 02:32:38.440 --> 02:32:42.479 jungle Land's available places. Actually, Nitrophoss in general is widely 2862 02:32:42.520 --> 02:32:44.959 available through the Eastern area, but places like Brenham and 2863 02:32:45.559 --> 02:32:48.399 Plants and things up in Brunham, Fisher's Hardware down on 2864 02:32:48.520 --> 02:32:53.079 Alexander in Baytown, Lake Hardware on Dixie Drive include as 2865 02:32:53.120 --> 02:32:56.120 well as the Lake Hardware in Angleton on Velasco. I'll 2866 02:32:56.159 --> 02:33:00.440 be right back, hey, welcome back to Guardline. You're with 2867 02:33:00.559 --> 02:33:03.360 us today. We are glad you're with us. 2868 02:33:03.399 --> 02:33:03.520 Hey. 2869 02:33:03.639 --> 02:33:08.079 Airloom soils, airloom cell products, their quality. I mean when 2870 02:33:08.120 --> 02:33:10.680 you say airloom soils, you're saying something that is going 2871 02:33:10.760 --> 02:33:13.280 to grow whatever plants you're trying to grow, and they 2872 02:33:13.319 --> 02:33:15.440 have a wide variety. They got the Vegian nerb mix. 2873 02:33:15.479 --> 02:33:18.840 They got products called the Rose and Bloomers product that 2874 02:33:19.120 --> 02:33:22.440 is perfect for roses and any kind of blooming shrub 2875 02:33:22.520 --> 02:33:26.079 or early flowers in general for that matter. They work, 2876 02:33:26.319 --> 02:33:29.719 They have leaf more compost. They've got pretty much every 2877 02:33:29.879 --> 02:33:33.040 kind of a soil for growing any kind of thing 2878 02:33:33.280 --> 02:33:37.200 that includes uphotting soil for indoor plants that includes a 2879 02:33:37.319 --> 02:33:40.360 cactus and succulent, kind of a gritty, grainy, really well 2880 02:33:40.479 --> 02:33:43.520 drained mix. They've got it. That's the bottom line. Now, 2881 02:33:44.319 --> 02:33:47.959 Porter Texas is where the product bulk is available. If 2882 02:33:47.959 --> 02:33:50.319 you want to go get it. You can also call 2883 02:33:50.360 --> 02:33:52.159 them and say, hey, deliver to me. Dumb it on 2884 02:33:52.239 --> 02:33:54.079 the driveway, bring me a bunch of yards of it. 2885 02:33:54.120 --> 02:33:55.799 I got a lot of work to do here. Or 2886 02:33:56.120 --> 02:33:58.000 you can be neat and clean about it and have 2887 02:33:58.159 --> 02:34:00.840 them bring a supersac out that's a cubic yard of product. 2888 02:34:01.120 --> 02:34:04.319 That is neat. They set the sack on the driveway, 2889 02:34:04.399 --> 02:34:07.040 and I've done it before. It is the neatest, cleanest 2890 02:34:07.040 --> 02:34:10.600 way you can get sold delivered to your house, and 2891 02:34:10.680 --> 02:34:13.040 then you can go pretty much all over the Greater 2892 02:34:13.159 --> 02:34:16.399 Houston area and find airloom soil products available in garden 2893 02:34:16.440 --> 02:34:19.239 centers near you. Quality garden centers carry this stuff. And 2894 02:34:19.360 --> 02:34:22.959 that includes feed stores, that includes you know the UH 2895 02:34:23.280 --> 02:34:26.239 plot places where you would expect to find and shop 2896 02:34:26.479 --> 02:34:32.920 for your quality gardening supplies. Now, Airloomsoils dot Com is 2897 02:34:33.000 --> 02:34:34.959 the website. You need to go there because they have 2898 02:34:35.079 --> 02:34:39.239 a calculator there that is awesome. It'll tell you, like, 2899 02:34:39.319 --> 02:34:41.319 here's a quiz question of the day and a QB 2900 02:34:41.399 --> 02:34:43.399 car to sol how many five gallon buckets is that? 2901 02:34:44.120 --> 02:34:46.760 Their calculator can tell you that answer. I mean, it's 2902 02:34:46.799 --> 02:34:49.239 a it's a really cool thing. Plus, you'll see all 2903 02:34:49.280 --> 02:34:51.840 their different products listed and I can tell you this, 2904 02:34:52.239 --> 02:34:55.280 I'm working my way through them. I've done pretty much. Oh, 2905 02:34:55.319 --> 02:34:57.680 I'd say three fourths of the airloom source products so 2906 02:34:57.799 --> 02:35:00.159 far that I've tried and has not been a one 2907 02:35:00.200 --> 02:35:03.719 of them that hasn't performed in an outstanding way. In fact, 2908 02:35:03.760 --> 02:35:05.600 if you come out to see me today, I'll be 2909 02:35:05.920 --> 02:35:11.239 in UH warrants at Warren Southern Gardens out in Kingwood, Texas, 2910 02:35:12.319 --> 02:35:15.879 and they have a lot of heirloom cell products on hand. There, 2911 02:35:16.600 --> 02:35:18.559 and I would encourage you to come out and check 2912 02:35:18.639 --> 02:35:20.440 them out. It's going to be a good day. We're 2913 02:35:20.440 --> 02:35:22.959 gonna have a good time out there. Twelve thirty to 2914 02:35:23.120 --> 02:35:24.760 two thirty. Come on out and see me and grab 2915 02:35:24.840 --> 02:35:27.159 you some heirloom saws while you're out there. Let's go 2916 02:35:27.399 --> 02:35:30.760 now to Lake Palestine and talk to Nancy. Hey, Nancy, 2917 02:35:30.799 --> 02:35:31.680 welcome to Guardline. 2918 02:35:33.079 --> 02:35:36.360 Yeah, Hi, good morning. I'm trying to speak. I'm out 2919 02:35:36.360 --> 02:35:39.000 here fishing. I've got two fishings. I've talked since I've 2920 02:35:39.040 --> 02:35:39.639 been on the hold. 2921 02:35:41.000 --> 02:35:43.719 Well should I should I let you go? You seem 2922 02:35:43.760 --> 02:35:47.040 to be busy. No, I wish I was out there fishing. 2923 02:35:47.559 --> 02:35:50.879 I know said they're biting today and bad. 2924 02:35:51.719 --> 02:35:54.799 I think, all right, there's the fishing report. 2925 02:35:56.079 --> 02:36:00.559 Right right, Really this is for my pond. But yeah, 2926 02:36:00.920 --> 02:36:05.600 I think you some pictures of my mimosa tree and 2927 02:36:05.719 --> 02:36:11.639 how I had windows tree. I bet an hour an hour. 2928 02:36:11.840 --> 02:36:17.200 I don't have pictures. Well you see, well know what 2929 02:36:17.319 --> 02:36:17.600 it is. 2930 02:36:17.680 --> 02:36:19.479 It's the way I have it staked. I have like 2931 02:36:19.559 --> 02:36:21.559 a wire and then I have a noose at the top. 2932 02:36:21.639 --> 02:36:23.920 It's a two year old mimosa. It did not freeze 2933 02:36:23.959 --> 02:36:27.600 this last year. It's got growth on the top. But 2934 02:36:27.799 --> 02:36:30.840 you talk about a tree hugger or some kind of 2935 02:36:31.159 --> 02:36:33.639 You were talking to the other last weekend about a 2936 02:36:33.719 --> 02:36:35.959 better way to stake it so it can move a little. 2937 02:36:36.479 --> 02:36:41.559 Yes, m Yeah, it's got three sixty tree three sixty 2938 02:36:41.719 --> 02:36:46.479 tree stabilizer. Three sixty tree stabilizer and uh, I just 2939 02:36:46.559 --> 02:36:49.079 put some on some little citrus trees I planted this 2940 02:36:49.239 --> 02:36:49.760 past week. 2941 02:36:50.319 --> 02:36:50.399 Uh. 2942 02:36:50.559 --> 02:36:53.959 And it works, It works super well. It's a it's 2943 02:36:54.000 --> 02:36:58.760 a basically a very reinforced plastic that attaches to like 2944 02:36:58.879 --> 02:37:01.280 a t post. It to any post, but they have 2945 02:37:01.360 --> 02:37:02.639 a fitting for te posts. 2946 02:37:03.159 --> 02:37:03.280 Uh. 2947 02:37:03.399 --> 02:37:05.440 And then it grabs the tree and holds it loosely 2948 02:37:05.520 --> 02:37:07.200 so that tree can move. And then you don't have 2949 02:37:07.280 --> 02:37:09.680 all those wires to trip over or wires to cut 2950 02:37:09.799 --> 02:37:11.159 into the bark of the plant. 2951 02:37:11.760 --> 02:37:11.879 Uh. 2952 02:37:12.079 --> 02:37:14.879 And so that's that's why I like that three sixty. 2953 02:37:16.040 --> 02:37:19.600 And where can I get that? It's I know our 2954 02:37:19.680 --> 02:37:22.600 AHRD here don't care the same thing that Houston does. 2955 02:37:22.719 --> 02:37:23.719 Then maybe I can order. 2956 02:37:23.840 --> 02:37:24.000 Yeah. 2957 02:37:24.120 --> 02:37:27.680 Yeah, well you're far enough away from me that I 2958 02:37:27.879 --> 02:37:32.159 don't know the shops that are out there. Let's see, 2959 02:37:32.360 --> 02:37:34.799 we're trying to see. Let me give you a let 2960 02:37:34.879 --> 02:37:39.360 me give you a contact phone number. Okay, you just 2961 02:37:39.479 --> 02:37:41.040 need telling them you talk to me on garden line 2962 02:37:41.239 --> 02:37:44.840 and I don't know that. Let them tell you how 2963 02:37:44.879 --> 02:37:47.440 to go about getting one. But it is too eight 2964 02:37:47.520 --> 02:37:53.799 one okay two five six thirteen twenty two. I'll say 2965 02:37:53.840 --> 02:37:58.399 that again to eight one two five six thirteen twenty 2966 02:37:58.440 --> 02:38:01.600 two and just talk to them there. Uh, they'll they'll, 2967 02:38:01.840 --> 02:38:03.799 they'll be able to help you out, all right. 2968 02:38:04.520 --> 02:38:04.719 Yeah. 2969 02:38:06.079 --> 02:38:08.159 I was trying to find that Medina has to grow 2970 02:38:08.239 --> 02:38:09.920 up here and I couldn't find it and I and 2971 02:38:10.079 --> 02:38:14.680 I called Medina can actually called me back to some suggestions. 2972 02:38:14.719 --> 02:38:17.639 I couldn't find it on the website. But they're great people. 2973 02:38:17.760 --> 02:38:22.200 They are unbelievable. Oh they're yeah. That who That whole 2974 02:38:22.239 --> 02:38:24.920 team at Medina is great to work with. Hey, thanks, Nancy, 2975 02:38:24.959 --> 02:38:27.639 I appreciate that. Good luck with the fish. You know, 2976 02:38:27.760 --> 02:38:29.799 normally if you listen to guard Line, you hear me 2977 02:38:29.879 --> 02:38:32.680 tell people they have to give me the produce when 2978 02:38:32.719 --> 02:38:35.600 I help them with. So h, just get that fish 2979 02:38:35.680 --> 02:38:37.680 frozen and send it to the K T r H 2980 02:38:37.760 --> 02:38:41.719 studios and we'll call it even all right, you give. 2981 02:38:41.639 --> 02:38:45.000 Me waiting for it on the way bye by by. 2982 02:38:47.000 --> 02:38:50.680 Oh my gosh, what do they say, there's no such thing. 2983 02:38:51.159 --> 02:38:53.079 What a bad day fishing is better than a good 2984 02:38:53.120 --> 02:38:57.280 day at the office or something like that. That's for sure. Hey, 2985 02:38:57.680 --> 02:39:00.520 Nelson Plant Food has products in jars. They've got the 2986 02:39:00.600 --> 02:39:03.600 nutri Star line, which includes pretty much anything you want 2987 02:39:03.600 --> 02:39:06.799 to grow plume areas and hibiscus and vegetables and Azelia's 2988 02:39:06.799 --> 02:39:10.120 acid loving plants and all that. Colorstar is their most 2989 02:39:10.159 --> 02:39:14.200 famous product. Color Star is sold across the country. Really, 2990 02:39:14.360 --> 02:39:15.799 I mean, I was talking to Dean the other day 2991 02:39:15.840 --> 02:39:19.280 and some other company outside the country. You got a 2992 02:39:19.319 --> 02:39:20.760 little sample of it and tried it, and they call 2993 02:39:20.799 --> 02:39:23.319 they go, okay, ship it. We need a bunch of 2994 02:39:23.399 --> 02:39:26.280 it here. This stuff works well. Colorstar also has a 2995 02:39:26.360 --> 02:39:29.799 version called color Star Plus that includes a systemic fungicide 2996 02:39:30.200 --> 02:39:32.559 as a preventative measure, gets inside of the plant and 2997 02:39:32.680 --> 02:39:34.959 protects a lot of disease issues. So you can go 2998 02:39:35.040 --> 02:39:38.440 either way with Colorstar. Colorstar or Colorstar Plus. Either way 2999 02:39:39.280 --> 02:39:41.479 has been going on for forty years now, and it 3000 02:39:41.639 --> 02:39:46.040 is super popular because it works, it has fast acting effects, 3001 02:39:46.280 --> 02:39:49.639 it gets it has a number of organic nutrients sources 3002 02:39:49.680 --> 02:39:52.920 too that help enrich that soil. So whether you're using 3003 02:39:53.000 --> 02:39:55.959 it on annuals or perennials or flowering shrubs or anything. 3004 02:39:56.399 --> 02:39:57.719 It's going to do well. It's going to give a 3005 02:39:57.799 --> 02:40:01.040 slow release for about three to four months. Also, the 3006 02:40:01.159 --> 02:40:03.760 color star plus that's one you need to look for. 3007 02:40:04.079 --> 02:40:07.120 That and the regular color star in jars from Nelson 3008 02:40:07.200 --> 02:40:11.239 Plant Food. We're going to go now to Joe and Galveston. Hey, Joe, 3009 02:40:11.399 --> 02:40:13.319 got about a half a minute left. Let's see if 3010 02:40:13.319 --> 02:40:15.239 we can help you quick question. 3011 02:40:15.680 --> 02:40:21.159 Hedge hog or spider aloes. Amusing them underneath my beach 3012 02:40:21.280 --> 02:40:25.360 home here right on the Gulf. My plant. They're native 3013 02:40:25.399 --> 02:40:29.719 to South Africa, and the literature says that they bloom 3014 02:40:30.319 --> 02:40:34.559 in summer. However, mine bloom in January, right at the 3015 02:40:34.680 --> 02:40:37.719 height of winter, and I'm wondering if that's some sort 3016 02:40:37.760 --> 02:40:41.600 of genetic something in the plant native to South Africa 3017 02:40:41.959 --> 02:40:42.680 or what's going on. 3018 02:40:44.440 --> 02:40:46.520 Yeah, it's one of the plants from South Africa that 3019 02:40:46.719 --> 02:40:50.840 does do pretty well here. A lot of South African plants. 3020 02:40:50.879 --> 02:40:52.600 It's kind of a head and miss on a lot 3021 02:40:52.680 --> 02:40:55.479 of those. But the hedgehog al is a beautiful little allo. 3022 02:40:55.600 --> 02:40:58.520 I like the narrow foliage and whatnot on it, and 3023 02:40:58.680 --> 02:41:02.479 it grows. I have reports folks in Corpus Christi, Texas 3024 02:41:02.639 --> 02:41:05.840 that have grown the things, and certainly Louisiana, like Charles Louisiana, 3025 02:41:05.879 --> 02:41:09.040 which is very similar to our conditions here. So you're 3026 02:41:09.079 --> 02:41:11.120 gonna have you're gonna have good results with it. You 3027 02:41:11.159 --> 02:41:13.239 don't need to fertilize it a lot, just a little bit. 3028 02:41:13.360 --> 02:41:16.239 It likes plenty of sunlight and it needs like any aloe, 3029 02:41:16.280 --> 02:41:18.760 it's gonna want really good drainage for it to do 3030 02:41:18.879 --> 02:41:19.360 its best. 3031 02:41:20.239 --> 02:41:23.200 Why is it growing in winter and not in summer 3032 02:41:23.360 --> 02:41:24.680 like the literature a syst. 3033 02:41:26.079 --> 02:41:30.920 Well Africa. Yeah, good, don galveson. You don't have winter. 3034 02:41:31.559 --> 02:41:35.879 I'm just kidding, but seriously, it's it's just our miles 3035 02:41:36.200 --> 02:41:39.079 mile winters. They can do that. Some not, you know, 3036 02:41:39.200 --> 02:41:41.600 not easy. Go further north. You're not going to see 3037 02:41:41.639 --> 02:41:44.360 that that kind of response. Okay, very good, All right, 3038 02:41:45.959 --> 02:41:49.239 thanks a lot, appreciate the call. You take care. Wow, 3039 02:41:49.319 --> 02:41:51.959 there's another show in the books. We are coming up here. 3040 02:41:52.079 --> 02:41:54.239 I ought to be hearing some music pretty quick. I 3041 02:41:54.360 --> 02:41:58.600 am on my way to Warren's Southern Gardens, warren Southern Guards. 3042 02:41:58.639 --> 02:42:00.879 I hope that you will come out out and see me. 3043 02:42:01.360 --> 02:42:03.239 I love going to Warrens. It is one of my 3044 02:42:03.399 --> 02:42:06.319 favorite places to visit. And if you live let's say 3045 02:42:06.360 --> 02:42:08.680 you don't live over there, you need something to go 3046 02:42:08.799 --> 02:42:11.639 do today, come across town, come on see me at 3047 02:42:11.680 --> 02:42:14.600 these appearances. We always have people that come from pretty 3048 02:42:14.639 --> 02:42:18.520 far outside of the area. So why not be that you? 3049 02:42:18.959 --> 02:42:21.079 Why not you be the one to do that. Today 3050 02:42:21.879 --> 02:42:24.600 You're going to find at One's some gorgeous points. I 3051 02:42:24.600 --> 02:42:26.360 want to show you the boo and BEEAs that they 3052 02:42:26.440 --> 02:42:30.440 have as standards out there, and then the color, oh 3053 02:42:30.680 --> 02:42:33.959 my gosh, and the hanging baskets. Hey, are you into strings? 3054 02:42:34.360 --> 02:42:36.559 You like strings? Come on out to Warrens. They got 3055 02:42:36.600 --> 02:42:39.399 some really good ones out there. By the way, today 3056 02:42:40.040 --> 02:42:42.479 you buy one hundred dollars or more of stuff, and 3057 02:42:42.600 --> 02:42:45.399 it's going to be fifteen percent off just today while 3058 02:42:45.440 --> 02:42:48.719 we're out there, either from twelve thirty to two thirty 3059 02:42:48.840 --> 02:42:52.079 today fifteen percent off purchases of one hundred dollars or 3060 02:42:52.159 --> 02:42:55.840 more out at Warren's Southern Gardens. So leave some room 3061 02:42:55.879 --> 02:42:57.840 in the car and the pickup because you're going to 3062 02:42:57.879 --> 02:43:00.399 want to bring some stuff back. Trust me, I'm sorry, 3063 02:43:00.559 --> 02:43:03.520 this gardening is addictive. I've warned you before. When you 3064 02:43:03.600 --> 02:43:05.319 get out there, you're going to see a lot of stuff, 3065 02:43:05.399 --> 02:43:08.879 and you can't live it out. I do every time 3066 02:43:08.920 --> 02:43:11.440 I go. Hey, bring me samples and questions you have. 3067 02:43:11.959 --> 02:43:12.959 BE happy to visit with you.