WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.440 --> 00:00:04.200 Welcome to Katie r h. Garden Line with skimp Rictor. 2 00:00:04.280 --> 00:00:14.400 It's shoes crazy gas can trim. Just watch him as 3 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:21.239 wool gases gas us so many good thanks to sup 4 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:29.320 bout basic grasses and gas can you dass backing not 5 00:00:29.480 --> 00:00:44.119 a sound gases gas sound beaming down between gas starting 6 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:45.560 in a tie. 7 00:00:46.719 --> 00:00:51.840 Well, Well, good morning, good Sunday morning, and welcome to 8 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:55.280 garden Line. We are glad you are listening. Congratulations you 9 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:57.799 are an early bird, and well, I hope you got 10 00:00:57.840 --> 00:00:59.679 a cup of coffee and at least one eye open. 11 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:02.159 We're going to talk about gardening today and there's a 12 00:01:02.240 --> 00:01:05.159 lot to talk about. If you've got questions, you'd like 13 00:01:05.239 --> 00:01:07.719 to give us a call, it's pretty easy. Number seven 14 00:01:07.920 --> 00:01:12.319 one three two one two k t r H. Seven 15 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:15.920 to one three two one two k t r H. 16 00:01:16.519 --> 00:01:18.840 Look for visiting with you about the things that are 17 00:01:18.879 --> 00:01:23.640 of interest to you. Well, I wanted to mention this summer. 18 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:26.879 You know it's it's it's heating up. We're about to 19 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:31.000 have a warmer week. And when that happens, Uh, some 20 00:01:31.280 --> 00:01:34.359 plants struggle along a little bit that are not really 21 00:01:34.719 --> 00:01:37.319 set up for summer. We got petunias and things that 22 00:01:37.760 --> 00:01:41.120 you try to coax through summer, but it's a little 23 00:01:41.159 --> 00:01:43.079 hard on them. They're just not as productive at that time. 24 00:01:43.120 --> 00:01:46.200 But we have other plants. It just thrive, plants that 25 00:01:47.040 --> 00:01:50.079 laugh and just laugh at the summer weather. I was 26 00:01:50.159 --> 00:01:52.439 looking at my turk's cap that I've got back in 27 00:01:52.519 --> 00:01:56.840 the yard. That's a wonderful Texas native plant. It has 28 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:00.480 big red tubular flowers that are beautiful, and oh my goodness, 29 00:02:01.120 --> 00:02:05.239 it is just thriving, just through, absolutely thriving. Angelonia is 30 00:02:05.239 --> 00:02:07.519 another example of a flower you see all around now. 31 00:02:07.920 --> 00:02:11.840 There's so many different colors and it is going strong. 32 00:02:12.639 --> 00:02:15.919 And there are many many examples. And our turf, for example, 33 00:02:16.439 --> 00:02:20.360 can take whatever heat our local area throws at it, 34 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.439 which is a lot, by the way, but it does 35 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:28.280 need adequate moisture that doesn't need overwatering. And in the summertime, 36 00:02:28.400 --> 00:02:32.599 people tend to overwater their lawns. I would say overwater 37 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.599 and miss water their lawns. And here's what I mean. 38 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:39.280 The best way to take care of a lawn is 39 00:02:39.360 --> 00:02:42.159 to give it a good deep soaking, filled that root 40 00:02:42.319 --> 00:02:46.240 zone with water, and then turn off the water and 41 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:48.800 let the turf use it. Some's going to evaporate the 42 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:51.360 turf's going to use some and transpired out of its leaves. 43 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:53.599 Some it may even soak down a little bit deeper, 44 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:57.000 and as it does, that air comes down in the soil. 45 00:02:57.080 --> 00:02:59.680 You know those spaces where water once filled the poor 46 00:02:59.759 --> 00:03:03.120 space between soil particles, Well, now air is in there, 47 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:08.319 and oxygen in the soil stimulates microbial growth, stimulates root performance. 48 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.879 Roots need oxygen, even though they're underground. They need oxygen 49 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:15.560 to thrive and do what they do. And by allowing 50 00:03:15.560 --> 00:03:19.199 it to dry a little bit, it just rejuvenates your grass. 51 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:21.639 The opposite end of the spectrum is to squirt it 52 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:23.240 every day with just a little bit of water, and 53 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:26.680 what that does is barely what the surface. It promotes 54 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:29.680 shallow rooting rather than a good deep root system or 55 00:03:29.840 --> 00:03:33.319 resilient root system that can take some grubs and can 56 00:03:33.360 --> 00:03:37.759 take droughts and things like that. But it also increases diseases, 57 00:03:37.840 --> 00:03:40.400 and we're seeing some of the summer diseases right now. 58 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:44.039 There's types of rhizoctonia that have hit some lawns. There 59 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:46.120 certainly is great leaf spot that we were dealing with, 60 00:03:46.319 --> 00:03:49.520 especially when we're having all that rain. Well, it's still 61 00:03:49.639 --> 00:03:53.360 time to provide nutrients for your lawn, and Sweet Grein 62 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:55.879 by Nitroposs is an example of a product like that. 63 00:03:56.800 --> 00:03:59.280 When you put sweet Green out, it is going to 64 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:03.840 dissolve a pretty rapidly and release those nutrients which are 65 00:04:03.879 --> 00:04:08.280 based on molasses that microbes have done their work on 66 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:12.879 into the soil to stimulate microbial growth and also those 67 00:04:13.000 --> 00:04:16.920 nutrients to stimulate turf growth. Sweet Green is eleven percent 68 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:20.519 nitrogen fertilizer and it's widely available. You're going to find 69 00:04:20.600 --> 00:04:25.399 it in places like Ace Hardware City on Memorial Drive 70 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:30.720 at Katie Hardware, Ace on Pennoak Driving Katie, It's not 71 00:04:30.839 --> 00:04:35.240 hard to find. Stanton Shopping serves another one down in Alvin, Texas. Now, 72 00:04:35.439 --> 00:04:38.839 I would suggest that you apply, rather than the full 73 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:41.439 pound of nitrogen at one time, which would be ten 74 00:04:41.480 --> 00:04:44.160 pounds of Sweet Green, that you apply five pounds now 75 00:04:44.399 --> 00:04:46.720 and six to eight weeks later apply the other five 76 00:04:46.800 --> 00:04:49.439 pounds and that'll give you a much smoother feed through 77 00:04:49.519 --> 00:04:53.600 the summer season and just really benefit your turf in 78 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:57.800 many ways. Well, I am your host, skipt Richter, and 79 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:00.480 we're here to help you with whatever kinds of gardening 80 00:05:00.600 --> 00:05:03.560 questions you might have. I tell you I was out 81 00:05:03.600 --> 00:05:07.680 in my backyard this week, and oh, the mosquitos. They 82 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.839 would not leave me alone. And I hate that. I 83 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.319 hate to be working. And you know, you're just being 84 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.720 bugged by mosquitos the whole time. And it's all that 85 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:19.000 rain we had. And who knows where these particular mosquitos 86 00:05:19.040 --> 00:05:23.720 are reproducing. They love to find little bits of standing 87 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:26.720 water that they can reproduce in. Some can reproduce in 88 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:30.480 as little as like a thimbleful of water. And they 89 00:05:30.600 --> 00:05:32.920 like water that's got decaying organic matter in it. At 90 00:05:33.000 --> 00:05:35.959 least some types of mosquito dunks are made for that. 91 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:39.240 Mosquito dunks are a disease of mosquitos. I can't think 92 00:05:39.240 --> 00:05:41.199 of a better thing to happen to a mosquito than 93 00:05:41.279 --> 00:05:46.759 to die of a disease based on a microbe b tee. 94 00:05:46.920 --> 00:05:49.079 It's not the b tea for worms. It's a bettee 95 00:05:49.240 --> 00:05:53.079 for mosquitos and fungus, notts. There's a strain that does that. 96 00:05:53.600 --> 00:05:56.920 Mosquito dunks are widely available by pretty much anywhere. If 97 00:05:56.920 --> 00:06:00.519 I talk about any garden center or hardware store or 98 00:06:00.879 --> 00:06:05.000 bead stores here on garden Line, all of those places, 99 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:08.920 all of those places carry mosquito dunks and You just 100 00:06:09.000 --> 00:06:12.319 throw a dunk in about ten ten by ten area 101 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:17.199 of water hundred square feet and it'll soak there for 102 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:22.839 about about a month releasing. It's a disease of mosquitoes. Now, 103 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:26.759 don't worry about hurting anything else. It does not affect 104 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.160 your dog, your cat, your songbirds coming in to get 105 00:06:31.199 --> 00:06:33.399 a drink out of the water. It does not affect 106 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:37.480 anything but the mosquito larvae. It's very specific. 107 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:38.240 Now. 108 00:06:38.519 --> 00:06:41.319 Mosquito dunks are also available in a granular farm, or 109 00:06:41.319 --> 00:06:45.000 you can just crack a dunk apart to maybe put 110 00:06:45.040 --> 00:06:48.199 it up in a sagging gutter where they're standing water, 111 00:06:48.360 --> 00:06:50.839 or toss them into a hole in a tree. That's 112 00:06:50.879 --> 00:06:54.759 another use for the mosquito dunks. But always have them 113 00:06:54.800 --> 00:06:58.560 on hand because well, where do we live. We live 114 00:06:58.600 --> 00:07:01.120 in the mosquito capital of the world, just about down here. 115 00:07:01.240 --> 00:07:03.279 Because we get a lot of rain. Thank goodness for that, 116 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:07.279 but not thank goodness for the mosquitoes that come as 117 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:08.199 a result. 118 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:08.600 Of that rain. 119 00:07:11.240 --> 00:07:17.240 I always check out our garden centers and their websites 120 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:19.519 and you know, the online activities and things going on. 121 00:07:19.639 --> 00:07:22.120 I was just looking at nature, the plants for all 122 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.720 seasons rather and plants for all seasons is the Garden Center. 123 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:28.199 It's on two forty nine Tomball Parkway, So as you're 124 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:32.399 going north up toward Tomball, you just exit Luetta and 125 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:34.759 cross over Luetta and then it's going to be right 126 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:36.800 there pretty quick on the on the right hand side. 127 00:07:37.879 --> 00:07:40.439 This garden center has been around since nineteen seventy three. 128 00:07:40.560 --> 00:07:45.600 The Flowery family has They have incredible amount of experience, 129 00:07:45.879 --> 00:07:50.959 firsthand experience their gardeners themselves out there in the landscapes 130 00:07:51.000 --> 00:07:55.120 and gardens in our area, where they've learned how to 131 00:07:55.240 --> 00:07:58.519 garden properly. They've learned what plants work and don't work, 132 00:07:58.680 --> 00:08:02.519 and they've the customer go there because they know when 133 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:06.560 they get there they're going to get excellent advice, dependable advice, 134 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:11.120 and they're also going to get products that are exactly 135 00:08:11.199 --> 00:08:14.639 what they need for this area of the country, that 136 00:08:14.800 --> 00:08:17.079 are designed for the issues that we have, that are 137 00:08:17.120 --> 00:08:20.279 fertilizers and designed for the soils that we have. Uh, 138 00:08:20.560 --> 00:08:23.240 you name it. If it's a pest control product, they've 139 00:08:23.319 --> 00:08:25.480 got it, and they've experienced the pest they know what 140 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:27.639 they're talking about. They can point you to the right product. 141 00:08:27.959 --> 00:08:30.879 And then there's the plants. Plants that we know will 142 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:31.600 do very well. 143 00:08:31.680 --> 00:08:31.839 Here. 144 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:35.159 You're going to find at Plants for all seasons. Just 145 00:08:35.240 --> 00:08:38.039 go to the website Plants for All Seasons dot com 146 00:08:38.240 --> 00:08:40.240 learn more about them. They do many things I don't 147 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:42.519 even have time to talk about here on the air, 148 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:44.559 or you can give them a call. Two eight one 149 00:08:44.799 --> 00:08:48.080 three seven six one six four six. I'm going to 150 00:08:48.120 --> 00:08:50.360 take a little break right now. It is time, and 151 00:08:50.559 --> 00:08:52.279 I will be right back if you would like to 152 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:55.279 give me a call and ask a question seven one 153 00:08:55.399 --> 00:08:59.960 three two one two k t RH you with us today, 154 00:09:00.639 --> 00:09:02.600 Really good to talk to you. In fact, we're going 155 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:04.759 to go right out now to the phones and talk 156 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:08.200 to mel In Tomball with Mel. If I can find 157 00:09:08.240 --> 00:09:09.759 the right button, we're going to talk to you. 158 00:09:09.840 --> 00:09:10.519 Here we go. 159 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:12.120 How's it going this morning? 160 00:09:12.200 --> 00:09:12.360 Mel? 161 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:19.759 Hello? Mil All right, I'm gonna put him. I have 162 00:09:19.879 --> 00:09:22.399 to put him on hold, and I'll come back in 163 00:09:22.600 --> 00:09:24.480 just a bit and we'll check in on it. Maybe 164 00:09:24.639 --> 00:09:27.679 Chris you could check that for me. Well, I tell 165 00:09:27.679 --> 00:09:30.600 you that I was talking earlier about our lawns are 166 00:09:30.639 --> 00:09:33.159 able to take the heat as long as there provided 167 00:09:33.440 --> 00:09:37.159 plenty of soul moisture. And I'm gonna talk a little 168 00:09:37.159 --> 00:09:40.039 bit later about you know, some other aspects of good 169 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.559 lawn care, and including I mentioned a little bit how 170 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:44.879 to water properly, and you know someone would think, well, 171 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:46.279 why do you have that? Tell me how to water? 172 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.759 You turn on the hose, that's how you water well. 173 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:51.320 I think, as you heard me say earlier, there's a 174 00:09:51.320 --> 00:09:53.559 little more to it, and we want you to have success. 175 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:56.799 And mowing, watering, and fertilizing really the three most important 176 00:09:56.840 --> 00:09:59.919 things you do for your lawn. And so although those 177 00:10:00.120 --> 00:10:02.559 may seem simple, there are some aspects of them that 178 00:10:02.679 --> 00:10:05.000 are very important. Let's go back now, and we're gonna 179 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.399 give Mel a try. Hey Mel, welcome to garden Line. 180 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:10.440 Hey, good morning. You've got the ride button this time. 181 00:10:11.600 --> 00:10:12.000 There you go? 182 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:13.559 All right? 183 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:14.200 Can you hear me? 184 00:10:15.240 --> 00:10:16.639 Oh yeah, I can hear you. Can you hear me? 185 00:10:17.600 --> 00:10:17.799 Yes? 186 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:23.480 Okay. I sent you an email, sir, pictures of a 187 00:10:23.600 --> 00:10:27.440 weed that I think rivals button weed, and I don't 188 00:10:27.480 --> 00:10:30.080 know what it is and how to treat it. I 189 00:10:30.200 --> 00:10:32.279 sent you an email with three pictures of it. 190 00:10:34.559 --> 00:10:37.320 Okay, I see it. It looks like crabgrass is the 191 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:40.840 predominant one. And you got a little bit of a 192 00:10:40.960 --> 00:10:44.159 horse herb in there, as well as well as some 193 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:45.960 burd Is it a bermuda lawn? 194 00:10:47.840 --> 00:10:51.000 No, well, it's got bermuda grass mix it. I used 195 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:56.759 to have solid Saint Augustine, but different types of weeds 196 00:10:56.799 --> 00:10:59.399 have taken over. I talked to you once before about 197 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:02.200 stage some stids in there, and I got some stage 198 00:11:02.240 --> 00:11:07.000 hammer for that. But this stuff, I mean that when 199 00:11:07.039 --> 00:11:09.279 you pull it, you pull it up about like a 200 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:12.159 bunch of them, because they're weeds are all very fine 201 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:15.480 and you know locking, and so I don't know, I 202 00:11:15.559 --> 00:11:20.759 guess just a what common ordinary weed killer would you 203 00:11:21.080 --> 00:11:23.639 prescribe for something like that? Or yeah? 204 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:27.159 So the problem, yeah, I got you. The problem is 205 00:11:27.480 --> 00:11:29.200 how do you kill a grass and the grass and 206 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:32.279 that that is something that kills grass, kills grass, And 207 00:11:32.440 --> 00:11:35.960 so you got a couple of options. You could kill 208 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:41.440 entire areas of it, uh and then put side back 209 00:11:41.559 --> 00:11:44.840 in there, you know, in those areas if it's just 210 00:11:45.000 --> 00:11:47.759 kind of mixed in with your Saint Augustine everywhere, well, 211 00:11:47.759 --> 00:11:50.279 that would mean killing the whole lawn. And so that 212 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:53.320 may not be an acceptable option for you, but it is. 213 00:11:53.600 --> 00:11:56.399 It is one of the options. The other would be 214 00:11:56.600 --> 00:12:00.159 to use some sort of a wiper type applicator Uh, 215 00:12:00.759 --> 00:12:03.440 and you rub it over the tops of the grass 216 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:06.279 where you get it on these weeds, but not on 217 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:09.000 your Saint Augustine leaves. And then the pictures you showed me, 218 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:11.919 I don't see any Saint Augustine. So if you found 219 00:12:11.960 --> 00:12:15.279 a way that you could apply carefully just to these weeds, 220 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.720 Oh what about. 221 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:23.360 A spray on them? I got, I got a sprayer. 222 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:28.799 If you spray something to kill these, it also kills 223 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:34.399 your Saint Augustine. But it sometimes it's the you know, 224 00:12:34.519 --> 00:12:39.320 it's it's your last option. And you know that's. 225 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:43.559 When you say wiper applicator would be just take a 226 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:45.720 rag or something and then soak it with the with 227 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:46.600 the stuff. 228 00:12:47.960 --> 00:12:52.960 They Yeah, they make wiper type applicators. People invent their 229 00:12:53.039 --> 00:12:54.720 own wiper type applicators. 230 00:12:55.320 --> 00:12:55.440 Uh. 231 00:12:57.159 --> 00:13:00.399 It basically is just some sort of either a cloth 232 00:13:00.639 --> 00:13:04.360 or a rope attached. Sometimes there's one version that's a 233 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.519 rope that's attached to PBC and the rope gets the 234 00:13:07.639 --> 00:13:10.559 products soaked in it that you wipe it over. It's 235 00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:13.159 not it's not easy to do them that way, but 236 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:15.320 it is an option. But I'll tell you, in the 237 00:13:15.360 --> 00:13:18.240 photos I'm seeing, I just don't see Saint Augustine anywhere. 238 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:22.879 No, I mean that's the thing. It completely, it takes over. 239 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:25.879 I mean, I've got Saint Augustine in spots is less, 240 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:28.399 you know, And I'm pulling like crazy, you know, pulling 241 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:33.399 weeds like all older head. But that's why. So it's 242 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:35.639 odd because when I pull and it doesn't happen with 243 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:40.440 these weeks because they're they clump together, their roots clump together. 244 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:43.440 But in a lot of them, even like in uh, 245 00:13:44.679 --> 00:13:49.000 when I'm when I'm pulling a button weed, that's what's 246 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:51.080 so frustrating, because once in a while I'll pull up 247 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:53.720 a strand of Saint Augustine trying to make its way 248 00:13:53.759 --> 00:13:54.519 through all that mess. 249 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.919 Yeah, pulling button weed is don't even do that. It's 250 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:00.960 not it is not going to accomplish anything. 251 00:14:02.519 --> 00:14:02.840 You know what. 252 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:06.120 I'll give you my opinion. You can do as your wish. 253 00:14:07.000 --> 00:14:10.080 If if I'm seeing what you're sending me in pictures here, 254 00:14:10.399 --> 00:14:12.320 I would get something out there to get rid of 255 00:14:12.360 --> 00:14:15.080 all of it. And then if you need to plug 256 00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:17.600 some Saint Augustine and fine, you may want to do 257 00:14:17.720 --> 00:14:19.399 part of your yard. I don't know if you want 258 00:14:19.399 --> 00:14:21.679 to take on replanting the whole yard, but you could 259 00:14:21.679 --> 00:14:24.000 do part of it and then later on come back 260 00:14:24.039 --> 00:14:25.559 and do part of it if you want to spread 261 00:14:25.639 --> 00:14:29.759 that work and expense out over time. But the bottom 262 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:32.240 line is you got to get there's some there are 263 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:34.720 some weeds in here that are going to coexist in 264 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:37.919 your Saint Augustine, and I just would start with a 265 00:14:38.000 --> 00:14:39.720 clean slate personally. 266 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.080 All right, I appreciate it, sir. 267 00:14:44.960 --> 00:14:46.440 Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. 268 00:14:47.679 --> 00:14:51.679 Oh that's all right, thank you, all right, bye bye. 269 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:55.799 Yeah, there are situations that there there's just not a 270 00:14:55.879 --> 00:14:59.879 great solution to you know, sometimes hand weeding is infected. 271 00:15:00.200 --> 00:15:03.080 That's a great idea for a lot of things. I 272 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:05.720 minimize the times I have to spray. I don't like 273 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:08.399 to spray. I don't like to put out week killers 274 00:15:08.440 --> 00:15:11.000 and things like that, and so I minimize the times 275 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:13.000 I have to do that. There are certain weeds that 276 00:15:13.120 --> 00:15:17.519 I fight by hand, pulling the fall aster that appears 277 00:15:17.519 --> 00:15:20.200 in our lone. You'll see it in October that one. 278 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:22.720 I know what it looks like, and I know there's 279 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:24.720 a certain area of the lawn where I have a 280 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:29.360 neighbor that has it, and the little seeds blow over 281 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:31.399 in my yard. So I'm constantly to fight it in 282 00:15:31.440 --> 00:15:33.639 my yard. But I just get out there and it 283 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:35.559 comes out of one spot in the ground when the 284 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:39.320 soil is moist, whittle it. Get my little kneeling bench 285 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.320 to kneel down on, makes work so easy, and get 286 00:15:42.360 --> 00:15:44.600 those pulled up and deal with it that way. Some 287 00:15:44.679 --> 00:15:48.080 people would spray it, but I prefer not. At the 288 00:15:48.159 --> 00:15:51.799 bottom line, though, is there's times when it's just a 289 00:15:51.960 --> 00:15:54.679 mess and you either live with all of the above 290 00:15:55.720 --> 00:15:59.480 or you bite the bullet. I have a friend who 291 00:15:59.720 --> 00:16:04.279 is and he used to be extension horticulturists. Now he's 292 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:08.720 us just private, but he is very tolerant of weeds, 293 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:10.320 and he says the way he gets rid of all 294 00:16:10.360 --> 00:16:14.360 his weed problems is to take off his glasses. You know, 295 00:16:14.440 --> 00:16:16.440 if you mow weeds. I've seen some LUNs around my 296 00:16:16.519 --> 00:16:19.480 neighborhood that they look decent, and if you walk up 297 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:21.799 to them, you see it's about eighty percent weeds. They 298 00:16:21.960 --> 00:16:25.279 just these grassy weeds. They're just mowing those. For a 299 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.320 lot of people, that's not acceptable, but that's your call, 300 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:31.840 your business. Where you're listening to guarden Line our phone 301 00:16:31.919 --> 00:16:35.480 number seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy 302 00:16:35.559 --> 00:16:38.480 four seven one three, two, one two, five eight seven four. 303 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:42.120 You hear me talk about fertilizers all the time, and basically, 304 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:44.600 when I'm talking about a fertilizer for the lawn, I'm 305 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:48.879 talking about something that has the nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium 306 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:53.000 levels that are that are what we are wanting to apply. 307 00:16:53.159 --> 00:16:56.440 In other words, those are the big three big meaning 308 00:16:57.080 --> 00:16:59.919 you need a lot more of those nutrients. There are 309 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:04.680 other nutrients that are just minuscule amounts are needed. They're 310 00:17:04.720 --> 00:17:10.279 called micro nutrients, are trace minerals. Well, azamite is a 311 00:17:10.359 --> 00:17:14.359 product that is full of those, and when you put 312 00:17:14.400 --> 00:17:16.799 out asamite, you don't need to do it every time 313 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.480 you fertilize. Don't overdo it. You know, all fertilization really 314 00:17:20.519 --> 00:17:23.319 should be driven by a soil test because a sol 315 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.440 test tells you what you have and therefore what you need, 316 00:17:27.000 --> 00:17:30.119 and so fertilizing blind in any way, shape or form 317 00:17:30.319 --> 00:17:32.839 is not something we should do for too many years 318 00:17:32.880 --> 00:17:34.960 in a row. Occasionally have that sole test, have it 319 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:38.400 checked well. Asmite is taking care of those trace minerals, 320 00:17:38.440 --> 00:17:42.000 the little beaty ones, if you will, are needed in 321 00:17:42.079 --> 00:17:44.799 little bitty amounts. I should say and you can go 322 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:47.359 to asimite Texas dot com and find out more about it. 323 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:51.599 Asmite is widely available. You know, our garden centers, feed stores, 324 00:17:51.759 --> 00:17:54.720 hardware stores, they're all going to carry azimite here pretty 325 00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:59.200 much in the greater Houston area. And it provides those 326 00:17:59.359 --> 00:18:01.519 trace minerals that are needed. I would say about once 327 00:18:01.559 --> 00:18:04.079 a year, again based on a sol tests ideally, but 328 00:18:04.279 --> 00:18:07.680 in absence of a test, about once a year is 329 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:10.519 adequate to get out there and put some asmite out 330 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:14.200 in most lawns. Full tests may tell you you need more, 331 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.319 but that's a that's a good general that's a good general. 332 00:18:17.119 --> 00:18:17.599 Guess. 333 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:19.720 I have been. 334 00:18:20.160 --> 00:18:23.079 I mentioned that I was out and the mosquitoes were 335 00:18:23.079 --> 00:18:27.359 getting after me. I was out recently, I was taking 336 00:18:27.400 --> 00:18:29.359 care of my lawn. In fact, my lawn needs mowing. 337 00:18:29.440 --> 00:18:32.480 Don't tell anybody, but it's been a little too long 338 00:18:32.599 --> 00:18:36.200 since I got back to it. But one principle of 339 00:18:36.319 --> 00:18:39.599 mowing is to mow at a proper height as often 340 00:18:39.680 --> 00:18:43.920 as you can. And so the lower you mow your lawn, 341 00:18:44.680 --> 00:18:47.559 the more often you need to mow. Because we don't 342 00:18:47.599 --> 00:18:49.839 want to cut off half of the grass heights when 343 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:51.720 we mow. We want to cut off about a third 344 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:54.119 of it. And now I know when it rains and 345 00:18:54.519 --> 00:18:56.400 it gets away from us can't get out there because 346 00:18:56.400 --> 00:18:59.279 it's wet. Then we have to bite the bullet because 347 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:01.640 we've got talk grass and it's just what is. But 348 00:19:01.799 --> 00:19:04.640 in general, where it is in your control, you should 349 00:19:04.680 --> 00:19:07.640 mow often. If you can mow every seven days, seven 350 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:09.799 days is a cycle we live on. So if you 351 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:12.720 like to mow on Saturdays, that's ever seven days. If 352 00:19:13.000 --> 00:19:15.839 you can mow more often, the grass looks even better. 353 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:20.039 The more often you hedge trim your grass with a lawnmower, 354 00:19:20.359 --> 00:19:22.519 that's the principle we're talking about. The more often you 355 00:19:22.640 --> 00:19:25.599 do that, the better your lawn is going to look. 356 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:27.400 So it's time for me to get out there and 357 00:19:27.480 --> 00:19:31.440 get back on that schedule. These storms we just went 358 00:19:31.519 --> 00:19:34.519 through really reminded us of the importance of proper tree printing. 359 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:36.759 You know, when trees grow and we don't train them right, 360 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:40.799 we get narrow angles and crowded branches and all kinds 361 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:44.200 of other issues that happen. We're run into problems down 362 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:47.559 the line and as a result of that, you can 363 00:19:47.640 --> 00:19:50.400 cause significant damage. Not only do you lose sections, if 364 00:19:50.440 --> 00:19:53.240 not the whole tree, but it can fall on something 365 00:19:53.319 --> 00:19:56.960 a house, a car, God forbid, a human being. And 366 00:19:57.759 --> 00:19:59.599 we need to build trees that are stronger. We need 367 00:20:00.240 --> 00:20:02.279 right and then we need im prune properly. And one 368 00:20:02.319 --> 00:20:05.599 of the aspects of life down here on the Gulf 369 00:20:05.680 --> 00:20:08.920 Coast area, this whole region, is that we have hurricanes 370 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:11.119 that come through, but we also have other storms that 371 00:20:11.200 --> 00:20:13.119 come through. We've had two what was a hurricane and 372 00:20:13.240 --> 00:20:15.599 one was just not a hurricane, just a really bad 373 00:20:15.720 --> 00:20:19.359 strong storm that put out power because power lines are 374 00:20:19.440 --> 00:20:23.079 damaged by trees and other things. Well, Martin Spoon Wort 375 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:27.680 Affordable Tree knows how to prepare trees for that kind 376 00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:31.200 of weather. There is a proper way to prune, and 377 00:20:31.279 --> 00:20:33.880 there's there are many wrong ways to prune, and you 378 00:20:34.039 --> 00:20:36.839 need to hire somebody that knows how to do it correctly, 379 00:20:36.839 --> 00:20:39.400 and that's Martin Spoon. More, it just makes your trees 380 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:42.440 safer and heavy winds. It sets them up as best 381 00:20:42.519 --> 00:20:45.160 you can for storm readiness. You know, there's some storms 382 00:20:45.319 --> 00:20:47.759 no matter what you do, what's going to happen is 383 00:20:47.799 --> 00:20:50.400 going to happen. But there are things that are in 384 00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:53.200 your power, and that's having your trees cared for properly, 385 00:20:53.599 --> 00:20:56.319 and that care goes beyond just pruning trees. It goes 386 00:20:56.359 --> 00:20:59.599 into a proper feeding of trees. It goes into proper 387 00:20:59.680 --> 00:21:03.319 water of trees. It goes into not adding insult to 388 00:21:03.400 --> 00:21:06.440 injury by putting a trench right across the tree's root 389 00:21:06.519 --> 00:21:09.839 system and severing the very things that that tree needs 390 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:12.279 to stay well anchored and to take up the water 391 00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:15.440 and nutrients it needs to survive. Give Martin spoon More 392 00:21:15.480 --> 00:21:17.759 a call. You can go to the website first of all, 393 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:21.880 it's a fftree service dot com. Or give them a 394 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:25.359 call at seven one three six nine nine two six 395 00:21:25.880 --> 00:21:29.799 sixty three seven one three six nine nine two six 396 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:33.400 sixty three. It drives me nuts. And this happens all 397 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:36.200 the time, drive around town looking at trees and going, 398 00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:39.559 oh my gosh, they had somebody to know what they're doing. 399 00:21:39.640 --> 00:21:41.799 Come in here, and they've runed that tree. And when 400 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:45.759 you when you miss prune a tree severely, you can 401 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:49.119 run it for life. You everything you do to try 402 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:53.599 to bring it back to some semblance of structural integrity, 403 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:58.359 UH is just your best best effort. But bad pruning 404 00:21:58.759 --> 00:22:02.799 is for a lifetime. And so don't let people that 405 00:22:02.880 --> 00:22:06.880 don't know what they're doing loose with your trees. Just don't. 406 00:22:07.200 --> 00:22:09.680 Because you have a business card, own a pickup and 407 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:11.720 a chain saw does not make you a tree service, 408 00:22:12.359 --> 00:22:14.839 that is for sure. And I could take you for 409 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:17.720 a ride around town, any neighborhood, drive around, and I 410 00:22:17.759 --> 00:22:21.079 can just show you where they are not doing things properly, 411 00:22:21.119 --> 00:22:25.160 and eventually that catches up to you. We're going to 412 00:22:25.200 --> 00:22:28.839 go now to the phones and talk to Scott. Hello Scott, 413 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:29.920 and welcome to guarden Line. 414 00:22:31.359 --> 00:22:32.119 Hey, how you doing. 415 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:34.000 I'm well, thank you. 416 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:40.559 I'm building a house out in Belleville, Texas. And because 417 00:22:40.599 --> 00:22:43.720 of how much I had to get done, I said, 418 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:46.000 no way I can afford to put sod down on 419 00:22:46.359 --> 00:22:50.559 three quarters of an acre. So I had a hydroceiter 420 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:56.720 come out and spray through the grounds. And about four 421 00:22:56.799 --> 00:23:01.000 days later, five days later coming up, okay, and we 422 00:23:01.119 --> 00:23:03.640 had this little hurricane come through in a whole bunch 423 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:08.119 of rain kind of did some damage or did some 424 00:23:08.279 --> 00:23:09.720 hurt to the seed, you know. 425 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.079 What I mean. 426 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:14.240 So it's not as thick and and it just it 427 00:23:14.400 --> 00:23:14.880 is what it is. 428 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:18.480 And I got a comment about mowing the weeds down 429 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:22.240 like you use it in the other parts of it's 430 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:26.519 two point one acres and probably about nine tenths of 431 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:30.519 an acre. I got hydro seated. What can I what's 432 00:23:30.599 --> 00:23:31.160 the process? 433 00:23:31.240 --> 00:23:31.359 Now? 434 00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:33.039 I know the hydro seed has a lot of wood 435 00:23:33.119 --> 00:23:35.799 moults and there's a lot of fertilizer and whatnot, but 436 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:39.640 it's it's fairly sparse right now in this hot sun 437 00:23:39.839 --> 00:23:41.359 is just killing it. 438 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:44.680 So yeah, well what do I need? 439 00:23:44.759 --> 00:23:45.720 What's the process? 440 00:23:45.759 --> 00:23:47.319 What do I need to do to kind of make 441 00:23:47.359 --> 00:23:49.480 it fill in or help it fill in or whatever? 442 00:23:50.319 --> 00:23:52.880 Yeah, I understand. And when you got that much land, 443 00:23:53.200 --> 00:23:55.799 you have two options. Actually, you've got hydro seating and 444 00:23:55.920 --> 00:23:59.119 then they're sprugging where imagine just taking a bunch of 445 00:23:59.160 --> 00:24:01.720 bermuda grass and digging it up and chopping it up 446 00:24:02.319 --> 00:24:04.480 and put in big old bags, keep it moist, and 447 00:24:04.559 --> 00:24:07.319 then spread it out in an area and lightly disk 448 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.640 it in. 449 00:24:08.400 --> 00:24:08.480 Uh. 450 00:24:08.680 --> 00:24:10.640 That is another way to do a big area. And 451 00:24:10.720 --> 00:24:13.000 there you're starting with a stronger plant because you've got 452 00:24:13.039 --> 00:24:16.279 the actual rhizomes and things of the you know, already 453 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:19.519 ready to root and go. When you do, see, you're right. 454 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:22.039 A good gully washer rain and it washes all the 455 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:24.519 seeds into clumps. In some areas, have too much and 456 00:24:24.599 --> 00:24:27.960 some don't have enough. And then those tender seedlings in 457 00:24:28.039 --> 00:24:30.559 hot weather, trying to keep them alive, going, it's going 458 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:34.480 to require water. And how do you can you water 459 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:37.200 that area? Is there a way to move poses around 460 00:24:37.319 --> 00:24:43.559 and to give it? Probably every day every other day, 461 00:24:43.720 --> 00:24:46.079 depending on how much water you put on a little 462 00:24:46.079 --> 00:24:48.119 bit of water on all the seeds. And as they 463 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:52.079 get going, you need less less and less supplemental or 464 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:55.400 less frequent too supplemental. But that's kind of the bull 465 00:24:55.839 --> 00:24:57.799 and it's God is is you know? Can you keep 466 00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:59.880 can you take care of those tender seedlings that have 467 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:02.240 almost no root system at all as they're trying to 468 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:02.839 get started? 469 00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:08.160 Well, I've actually it's not too bad, but it's just 470 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:12.400 it's sparse and I imagine FLF hide receding starts out anyway, 471 00:25:12.880 --> 00:25:14.519 you know, it's not like a bed. 472 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.640 Like saw it. 473 00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:17.640 I don't know how they get the saw it so thick, 474 00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:22.039 but yeah, I did, and I've already had. I've already 475 00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:24.319 cut it once. Like you said, I kind of cropped 476 00:25:24.359 --> 00:25:28.960 off the top third of it and with a zero tourney. 477 00:25:28.759 --> 00:25:31.920 I mean, you're cutting out of me, Scott. I didn't 478 00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:33.200 really hear the last thing you said. 479 00:25:34.160 --> 00:25:36.240 Yeah, I'm out in the middle of nowhere right now. 480 00:25:36.400 --> 00:25:39.200 My my daughter in law is having a baby and 481 00:25:39.400 --> 00:25:42.079 I am out in the middle of nowhere heading towards off. 482 00:25:42.279 --> 00:25:42.440 Wow. 483 00:25:42.799 --> 00:25:45.480 So all right, listen, I'm having to go to a break. 484 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:47.680 If you want to hang on, let's continue this. Maybe 485 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:50.359 you'll get into a better sell and I'll be right back. 486 00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:51.799 But sorry, I got a hard break. I can do 487 00:25:51.920 --> 00:25:53.039 that I need to, right. 488 00:25:53.079 --> 00:25:53.680 I appreciate it. 489 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:55.880 Here all right, folks, if you want to give us 490 00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:59.119 a call seven one three two fifty eight seventy four 491 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:04.079 for listening with us today. Remember that the most important 492 00:26:04.160 --> 00:26:06.400 thing you do if you want to have success with 493 00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:11.000 plants is prepare the soil properly. Plants live in their roots. 494 00:26:11.279 --> 00:26:14.680 That is the source of everything they need but sunlight. 495 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:22.039 And so when you reach into the soil with organic matter, 496 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:26.000 with nutrients, with all the things that make that structure better, 497 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:28.839 that make it better air rated, you create a big 498 00:26:28.960 --> 00:26:31.440 root zone and plants can thrive. That's the bottom line. 499 00:26:31.440 --> 00:26:34.440 It holds water well, it drains better. It's all part 500 00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:37.359 of the brown stuff that you start with. And Cienamlts 501 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:41.799 is a company that specializes in the brown stuff. When 502 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:44.279 you drive into Ciena Malts, you're going to find your compost. 503 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:49.240 You're going to find, for example, the Heirlooms soils Veggimx, 504 00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:51.200 They've got that there. They have a lot of quality 505 00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:53.720 versions of things that you would want to put into 506 00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:56.839 a bed to improve the soil. They also have the 507 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:59.359 fertilizers that I talk about on Guardenline. All of them 508 00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:02.119 you're going to find them there at Ciena Malts. So 509 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:04.839 when you go home, you are ready to set a 510 00:27:04.920 --> 00:27:08.160 foundation for success. So you can get to Cienamultch's website 511 00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:11.799 by going to cienamultch dot com. I'd recommend you go there. 512 00:27:11.839 --> 00:27:14.240 They're down south of Houston, just north of Road Sharon 513 00:27:14.559 --> 00:27:17.799 on FM five twenty one. They deliver within about a 514 00:27:17.839 --> 00:27:20.720 twenty mile area, by the way. They're hours are Monday 515 00:27:20.759 --> 00:27:24.160 through Friday seven thirty to five and Saturday seven thirty 516 00:27:24.200 --> 00:27:26.319 to two. They're closed today, but they'll open up seven 517 00:27:26.440 --> 00:27:29.880 thirty tomorrow morning. Don't put a plant in the ground 518 00:27:30.039 --> 00:27:32.880 until you've prepared the soul properly, or you're wasting time 519 00:27:32.960 --> 00:27:36.359 and money and you will end up disappointed. Ciena Maltz 520 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.720 can make sure that does not happen for you. I 521 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:41.720 want to head back to the phones we were talking 522 00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:45.839 with Scott. Scott, are you still there? I am, I 523 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:49.400 am okay. So the bottom line on it is that 524 00:27:49.559 --> 00:27:52.720 a little seedling and you know, when it starts to sprout, 525 00:27:52.839 --> 00:27:56.119 if it dries out, it dies, and so every day 526 00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:58.240 that goes by it has more of a root and 527 00:27:58.359 --> 00:28:03.000 therefore more resilience. And so aside from having they're not 528 00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:05.599 going to be able to come in and do that 529 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:11.039 hydro seating again because you you know, it'd be very patchy. 530 00:28:11.240 --> 00:28:15.519 If you can find out from them what specific type 531 00:28:15.559 --> 00:28:18.079 of bermuda did they use, you could get that with 532 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:20.559 one of those little hand crank walkarounds and you could 533 00:28:20.599 --> 00:28:23.279 fill in some areas, maybe rake rake a little bit 534 00:28:23.799 --> 00:28:26.839 and start to create more. Once a bermuda gets established, 535 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:29.079 it's going to fill in, but you probably don't want 536 00:28:29.119 --> 00:28:31.480 to look at it for as long as it's going 537 00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:33.880 to take to fill in on its own. 538 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.519 Well. 539 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:41.400 Yeah, and again I've called the guy because of after 540 00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:44.000 you know, the hurricane came through and really kind of 541 00:28:44.960 --> 00:28:47.119 put a hurt on some of the areas. There's some 542 00:28:47.480 --> 00:28:49.880 bare areas and whatnot, and I did have to go 543 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:52.799 in and get some sawd to take care of a 544 00:28:52.839 --> 00:28:55.279 section that was kind of eroding because of the way 545 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:58.920 of a driveway funneling water in the area. And he 546 00:28:59.039 --> 00:29:01.880 said that the closest thing that a solid farm would 547 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:05.440 have would be celebration. And I was able to get 548 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:07.759 some top soil and put it down where the erosion 549 00:29:07.920 --> 00:29:12.440 was happening, and then we had the big rain about 550 00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:15.200 a week of pretty good solid rain after that, which 551 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:17.960 did me good. I mean, the stuff came up good, 552 00:29:18.039 --> 00:29:22.359 the sod is firmly established, the erosion has stopped, so 553 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:25.039 I'm feeling good about that. But I was just wondering, 554 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:27.839 you know, maybe I could go back to him and say, Okay, 555 00:29:27.920 --> 00:29:30.000 what's the type of seed. I'll figure out where to 556 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:33.799 buy some bags of seed. One other questions that I 557 00:29:33.920 --> 00:29:36.440 had was there was one or two areas because this 558 00:29:36.559 --> 00:29:38.839 is new construction where you have a lot of that 559 00:29:38.960 --> 00:29:41.759 red soil that they build the pads out of, and 560 00:29:41.960 --> 00:29:44.079 there was not a lot of top soil on there 561 00:29:44.359 --> 00:29:47.200 is there an amendment that I can put on top 562 00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:49.559 of that that would kind of break up that clay 563 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:51.559 in that area a little bit. I know up in 564 00:29:51.599 --> 00:29:56.079 the Northwest, we used to put lime down for certain areas. 565 00:29:56.759 --> 00:30:00.759 Yeah, lines don't do the line here. If if you 566 00:30:00.880 --> 00:30:04.519 have high sodium water, then gypsum may help that. You 567 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:06.359 need to kind of scratch it into the soil in 568 00:30:06.440 --> 00:30:10.519 those areas. Otherwise it would just be organic matter composted 569 00:30:10.599 --> 00:30:11.400 type materials. 570 00:30:12.359 --> 00:30:14.559 Just compost the material and top dress it. 571 00:30:14.680 --> 00:30:17.680 Huh. Yeah, that's that's what's in your control. 572 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:24.599 Okay, Well, I've got a horse fire another next to me, 573 00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:27.160 so I'm going to go get some truckloads a horse 574 00:30:27.200 --> 00:30:28.240 maneuver and compost it. 575 00:30:28.799 --> 00:30:30.759 All right, I need to run another call, but thank 576 00:30:30.799 --> 00:30:32.720 you and good luck with that, and have a safe trip. 577 00:30:32.839 --> 00:30:35.480 By the way, in that right time, we're going to 578 00:30:35.559 --> 00:30:38.119 run now to the woodlands and talk to Mike. Hey, Mike, 579 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:39.079 welcome to Guardenline. 580 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:43.839 Tell you good morning, Skip. I just moved into a 581 00:30:44.079 --> 00:30:47.640 new home that's it hasn't been lived in for a 582 00:30:47.720 --> 00:30:52.200 long time. And the flower bed I've got a weed 583 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:56.839 that's just taken over the flower beds. I sent a picture. 584 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:58.759 I don't know if you you can see it yet 585 00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:03.160 or not. Yes, I did get Okay, I'm just wondering 586 00:31:03.240 --> 00:31:06.759 what would be the best way to kill that weed 587 00:31:08.279 --> 00:31:09.960 amongst all the other plants. 588 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:10.599 That are in there. 589 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:16.079 Yeah. Well, first of all, if you if you are able, 590 00:31:17.279 --> 00:31:20.480 doing hand hoing promptly is important because that little booger 591 00:31:20.519 --> 00:31:25.200 starts to set seed really fast. And yes, as a result, 592 00:31:26.039 --> 00:31:29.319 you just you're ending up kind of going backwards, and 593 00:31:29.480 --> 00:31:32.240 so that that's why getting it out of there with 594 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:35.720 a hoe right now is the most important. Spraying it 595 00:31:35.839 --> 00:31:38.759 with a post emergent weed killer would kill the weed, 596 00:31:38.920 --> 00:31:42.000 but all that seed that's on it, and the picture 597 00:31:42.039 --> 00:31:43.880 you showed me, it's got plenty of seeds on it. 598 00:31:45.480 --> 00:31:48.559 They would just be you know, in your in your lawn, 599 00:31:48.720 --> 00:31:51.000 and I mean in your flower bed. So I would 600 00:31:51.559 --> 00:31:54.000 spurge comes out of one spot and then it comes 601 00:31:54.079 --> 00:31:57.119 up and spreads out sideways in all directions. If you 602 00:31:57.279 --> 00:31:59.559 can just grab a hold of it comes out real easy, 603 00:31:59.720 --> 00:32:01.880 or you hoe it out real easy. I'd do that, 604 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:04.200 and then I would follow it up with what are 605 00:32:04.200 --> 00:32:05.240 you growing in the flower bed? 606 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:15.119 Well, there's some foxtail ferns, and don't I don't even 607 00:32:15.160 --> 00:32:16.640 know the name of some of the some of the 608 00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:17.160 plants you. 609 00:32:17.160 --> 00:32:20.519 Are there, are you seeding? Are you seeding flowers or 610 00:32:20.519 --> 00:32:24.039 anything or just transplants and existing plants. 611 00:32:25.039 --> 00:32:28.279 Yeah, I would put probably some transplants in there. Okay, 612 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:32.160 after I get get rid of the weed, get. 613 00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:35.319 Some barricade and put it down. Follow the label. It 614 00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:38.880 goes on at a certain rate, don't overdo it. Follow 615 00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:41.160 the label, and then you're going to need to water 616 00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:43.400 it in after you apply it, and it moves into 617 00:32:43.480 --> 00:32:46.599 the surface of the soil, and when seeds try to germinate, 618 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:49.519 it shuts them down. And so that's that works. Now, 619 00:32:49.559 --> 00:32:52.480 if you go in and you spade or you hoe 620 00:32:52.680 --> 00:32:55.920 or you pull up a plant, you're bringing your exposing 621 00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:00.200 soil that hasn't been treated to the surface, and so 622 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:03.880 you're going to get re sprouting as seeds. But if 623 00:33:03.920 --> 00:33:07.359 you can do whatever soil disturbance you need, you're gonna do, 624 00:33:07.880 --> 00:33:09.799 and then put on the barricade and then water it in. 625 00:33:10.079 --> 00:33:13.960 It'll give you some time. The next thing is mult 626 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:17.759 just don't ever leave bear soil for the sun to 627 00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:20.559 shine on it, because wherever sunlight hits the soil, nature 628 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:24.880 plants a weed. And so that would be probably the 629 00:33:24.960 --> 00:33:29.039 simplest way is to just constantly maintain a good thick mulch. 630 00:33:30.559 --> 00:33:31.519 Okay, so. 631 00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:35.839 Try to pick it up with a hoe and then 632 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:37.920 put down the barricade and then. 633 00:33:37.839 --> 00:33:38.480 Mulch over it. 634 00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:41.720 Well yeah, I mean if you do, if you do 635 00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:44.720 the malt, you might not need the barricade. But I'm 636 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:48.480 just saying barricade prevents the seeds that are going to 637 00:33:48.519 --> 00:33:53.000 sprout from establishing. They just die before they get started. Okay, 638 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:54.519 all right, well good luck with. 639 00:33:56.000 --> 00:33:57.559 Okay, thank you. Yeah, I appreciate it. 640 00:33:57.960 --> 00:34:02.319 We say spurge is this urge because it is a 641 00:34:03.119 --> 00:34:07.480 very pernicious weed. It just it's it's unbelievable its ability 642 00:34:07.559 --> 00:34:09.920 to reproduce and to show up and how did they 643 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:13.360 ever get there? Well, who knows? Esk spurge. It's a scourge. 644 00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:18.119 Thanks a lot, Mike, appreciate the call. If you've been 645 00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:20.719 out too. Ingenet Gardens it's out enrichment. It's on the 646 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:23.840 Katie fullsher side of Richmond. Let me first of all, 647 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:26.400 let me just give you the website, because this website 648 00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:30.760 is awesome. It's a wealth of information. Enchanted Gardens Richmond 649 00:34:30.960 --> 00:34:35.679 dot com. They have everything. It is a beautiful spread 650 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:38.679 out place with so much to see and do you 651 00:34:38.760 --> 00:34:42.519 ought to see the fairy gardens, the container gardens, the 652 00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:45.159 amount of every kind of plant you could want, Do 653 00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:48.400 you like succulents. Oh my gosh, they're loaded with suckings. 654 00:34:48.840 --> 00:34:53.840 Do you like salvia's They're loaded roses, fruit, trees, shrubs, 655 00:34:54.039 --> 00:34:57.000 just on and on and on and good advice in 656 00:34:57.079 --> 00:35:01.440 the process. Enchanted Gardens. It's on FM three point fifty nine. 657 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:04.280 Just if you're in Richmond, just head north third Katie. 658 00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:06.519 It's on FM three fifty nine. And you got to 659 00:35:06.559 --> 00:35:09.480 see the place. Don't let my description fill your brain 660 00:35:10.079 --> 00:35:12.679 you it won't be an adequate picture. Go see it 661 00:35:14.679 --> 00:35:17.679 all right? Well, I hear music. That must be time 662 00:35:17.760 --> 00:35:20.559 for me to turn the mic over to the news. 663 00:35:20.960 --> 00:35:22.239 I'll be back if you'd like to give us a 664 00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:25.320 call seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. 665 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:35.159 He c RH Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any 666 00:35:35.199 --> 00:35:39.000 of the products or services advertised on this program. Welcome 667 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:42.800 to kt r H Garden Line with Skip rictor so. 668 00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:52.760 Trim just watch him as. 669 00:35:57.800 --> 00:35:58.559 So many. 670 00:36:12.719 --> 00:36:18.360 Well, Welcome to garden Line. It is good to be 671 00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:21.320 here today. I tell you, I love every I love 672 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:24.440 the beginning of the day. You know we've it's dark outside, 673 00:36:24.519 --> 00:36:27.840 but you just know that as it starts to get 674 00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:29.960 some light, it's the coolest part of the day. It's 675 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:32.440 the best time to be out. The birds are just 676 00:36:32.639 --> 00:36:34.880 going nuts. I mean they are. They start the day 677 00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:37.599 with song, for sure, and it's just a good day. 678 00:36:37.840 --> 00:36:39.880 It's a good day. It's always a good day for gardening. 679 00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:43.360 Even again, as I say, some people will go, what 680 00:36:43.480 --> 00:36:46.760 if it's freezing and raining and hailing outside. Well, you 681 00:36:46.760 --> 00:36:49.639 I got house plants. You can do cuttings indoors, get 682 00:36:49.679 --> 00:36:52.639 them started. You can make your plans for the next 683 00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:55.440 garden planting or some renovation. You see what I'm saying. 684 00:36:55.599 --> 00:36:59.519 It's always a good day to get out and enjoy gardening, 685 00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:02.679 that is for sure. If you've not fertilized your lawn 686 00:37:03.039 --> 00:37:05.599 in the last few months, this is the time to 687 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:08.199 get it done because our next fertilization is going to 688 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:10.320 come in the fall. Now. If you go if you 689 00:37:10.320 --> 00:37:13.519 go to my website Gardening with Skip dot com and 690 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:16.840 you look at the lawn care schedule, there's two schedules 691 00:37:16.880 --> 00:37:21.400 on there. One is how to care for your lawn, mow, water, fertilized, 692 00:37:21.440 --> 00:37:23.719 how to care for your lawn. The other one is 693 00:37:23.800 --> 00:37:27.840 the lawn pest, Disease and weed management schedule. That's kind 694 00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:30.679 of like the Lions Tigers and bears oh my version. 695 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:33.239 In other words, what goes wrong? What is out there 696 00:37:33.280 --> 00:37:36.960 to eat your lawn, attack your lawn, or infest your lawn? Well, 697 00:37:37.199 --> 00:37:41.079 the lawn care schedule talks about you knowing, applying, fertilizing 698 00:37:41.079 --> 00:37:43.000 and slow. You'll see if you go all the way 699 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:47.199 over to fall late September October, those are big times 700 00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:51.199 to do your fall fertilization. So if you want to 701 00:37:51.320 --> 00:37:54.480 do one now to carry until then. Nitropos super turf 702 00:37:55.159 --> 00:37:58.639 is an excellent products. A silver bag from Nitrovos. It 703 00:37:58.800 --> 00:38:03.119 gradually releases neutris over time, and that's the nice thing 704 00:38:03.159 --> 00:38:06.199 about it. You're not going to mow as much because 705 00:38:06.519 --> 00:38:10.320 you are not providing this flush of extra nitrogen that 706 00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:13.199 just causes the grass to grow real fast. You got 707 00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:16.440 to mow more. The root system actually is reduced. When 708 00:38:16.480 --> 00:38:18.960 you overfertilize with nitrogen, you get a lot of green 709 00:38:19.039 --> 00:38:22.880 top growth, but the root systems reduced. Nitroposed superturf won't 710 00:38:22.920 --> 00:38:25.480 do that. It gradually feeds it over time. And you 711 00:38:25.519 --> 00:38:28.320 can find nitrophs superturf in a lot of different places. 712 00:38:28.360 --> 00:38:31.079 You know, we know our ace hardware stores are always 713 00:38:31.159 --> 00:38:33.599 good places to find a quality product. 714 00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:33.920 Like that. 715 00:38:36.199 --> 00:38:38.920 The Plantation Ace Hardware be a good example of one 716 00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:42.320 of those kinds of stores. You find it at Southwest 717 00:38:42.360 --> 00:38:46.360 Fertilizer too, by the way, Bob carries it there. Well, 718 00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:49.559 anytime you fertilize too, just I want to mention this. 719 00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:53.000 You want to make sure and water it in really well. 720 00:38:53.840 --> 00:38:57.280 You want to get the nutrients from the granules down 721 00:38:57.360 --> 00:39:00.760 into this soe if it's an organic fertilizer, then what's 722 00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:03.079 going to have to happen is microbes are going to 723 00:39:03.119 --> 00:39:06.320 go to work on that, and keeping it moist helps that. 724 00:39:06.519 --> 00:39:09.360 I mean, microbes can't live in a desert it's too dry. 725 00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:11.840 I mean they've got to have soul moisture and they 726 00:39:11.920 --> 00:39:14.280 got to have moisture in those particles of the organic 727 00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:17.480 product you put out. So water and keeping some moisture 728 00:39:17.519 --> 00:39:20.239 there is very important to getting the nutrients from any 729 00:39:20.320 --> 00:39:22.880 kind of product you put down into the root system 730 00:39:23.239 --> 00:39:27.519 where the plants are able to use it. Well, this 731 00:39:27.719 --> 00:39:29.880 is a call in show, and the goal of our 732 00:39:29.960 --> 00:39:32.280 show is to help you have a more beautiful garden, 733 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:36.800 a more bountiful garden, and certainly a more beautiful landscape 734 00:39:36.840 --> 00:39:39.760 as well. So in order to do that, give us 735 00:39:39.800 --> 00:39:43.320 a call. It's seven one three two one two kt 736 00:39:43.760 --> 00:39:47.920 rh seven to one three two one two kt rh. 737 00:39:48.079 --> 00:39:53.920 Speaking of beautiful and bountiful. 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Do you want them 749 00:40:33.639 --> 00:40:35.840 to have them come out for quarterly maintenance, to trim, 750 00:40:36.000 --> 00:40:39.480 to weed, to feed, to check the irrigation, to change 751 00:40:39.519 --> 00:40:42.239 out the color when it needs to be changed out seasonally, 752 00:40:42.599 --> 00:40:45.400 to add some mulch to the surfaces. They can do 753 00:40:45.559 --> 00:40:49.800 all of that. Just go to the website pierce Scapes 754 00:40:50.280 --> 00:40:54.559 dot com Piercescapes dot com, or if you'd like to 755 00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:57.239 give them a call. Here's the number. You might want 756 00:40:57.280 --> 00:40:59.679 to write this down seven or excuse me two eight 757 00:40:59.760 --> 00:41:04.079 one three seven oh fifty sixty two eight one three 758 00:41:04.199 --> 00:41:09.239 seven o five zero six zero. But go to pierscapes 759 00:41:09.280 --> 00:41:11.480 dot com. I want you to see the kind of 760 00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:13.719 work they do. You will see why we think so 761 00:41:13.840 --> 00:41:17.119 much of them here on Guardline. Well, it's time to 762 00:41:17.199 --> 00:41:18.840 go out to the phones now. I think i'll hit 763 00:41:18.880 --> 00:41:21.880 out to Kingwood and we're going to talk to Joe. Hello, Joe, 764 00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:22.800 welcome to Guardline. 765 00:41:23.320 --> 00:41:27.719 Good morning Skip. I was wanting to know what fertilizer 766 00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:32.280 you'd recommend for Mexican firebush to promote more blooms on them. 767 00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:39.159 Well, the fertilizer is, you know, to provide support growth 768 00:41:39.280 --> 00:41:42.639 of the planet itself if your phosphorus were low. Phosphorus 769 00:41:42.719 --> 00:41:47.760 is an important nutrient in helping plants promote. Among many 770 00:41:47.840 --> 00:41:52.519 other functions of phosphorus, it also helps promote bloom. Potassium 771 00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:55.159 is also, of course important. I would just say a 772 00:41:55.199 --> 00:42:00.280 good balanced fertilizer for firebush. Don't overdo the nitrogen, just 773 00:42:00.400 --> 00:42:03.320 give it a moderate amount of growth rate. So something 774 00:42:04.000 --> 00:42:07.119 that's on a lower end of the nitrogen with a 775 00:42:07.239 --> 00:42:13.760 lawn type fertilizer or a bloom producing fertilizer Nelson couldn't 776 00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:17.000 think of the name. Nelson Plant Food has a color 777 00:42:17.079 --> 00:42:20.559 Star line that would be excellent for that. We also 778 00:42:20.719 --> 00:42:23.440 have a blooming food for tropicals, and although fire bush 779 00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:26.719 isn't a tropical, it would do well with their blooming 780 00:42:27.800 --> 00:42:31.960 their product for tropical plants as well. But sunlight is 781 00:42:32.079 --> 00:42:34.639 the number one key and fire bush. You know, you've 782 00:42:34.679 --> 00:42:36.679 got to have good sun to get good blooms or 783 00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:38.639 foliage color on fire bush. 784 00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:40.119 That's great. 785 00:42:40.199 --> 00:42:45.159 Yeah, I've got Nelson's Color Star and also have Medina 786 00:42:46.079 --> 00:42:48.280 growing green organic as well. 787 00:42:49.239 --> 00:42:54.639 Okay, that'd be fine. Yeah, either of those would work 788 00:42:54.719 --> 00:42:57.119 fine for it. Firebush is one of the plants that 789 00:42:57.199 --> 00:43:00.320 I don't worry a lot about doing extra fertilizer. You know, 790 00:43:00.440 --> 00:43:02.880 some things are very heavy feeders and some things not 791 00:43:03.039 --> 00:43:06.679 so much. And if you look at your fire bush, 792 00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:09.119 if the soil moisture is right and the sun is 793 00:43:09.239 --> 00:43:11.199 right and it's not growing, then give it a boost, 794 00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:15.000 even some extra nitrogen if needed. But otherwise it's a 795 00:43:15.039 --> 00:43:18.440 pretty tough plant. Number one thing it needs is consistent 796 00:43:18.679 --> 00:43:19.400 soil moisture. 797 00:43:20.360 --> 00:43:22.840 So if fertilized two three times a year. 798 00:43:22.960 --> 00:43:26.159 That good, that should be plenty. It's only going to 799 00:43:26.199 --> 00:43:29.480 be interested in growing when it's hot, so that might 800 00:43:29.599 --> 00:43:31.440 be in your you know, maybe you're putting something out 801 00:43:31.480 --> 00:43:35.719 in May or even probably do a little late April, probably, 802 00:43:36.559 --> 00:43:40.440 and then I would probably come back in June or July, 803 00:43:40.760 --> 00:43:44.199 and then probably toward the end of August, do the 804 00:43:44.280 --> 00:43:48.679 last fertilization if you do it September. But it's primarily 805 00:43:48.719 --> 00:43:50.199 going to be interested in growing when it's hot. 806 00:43:51.639 --> 00:43:53.199 Thank you, Skip, I appreciate. 807 00:43:52.880 --> 00:43:55.599 It all right, thanks a lot, Thanks for the call. 808 00:43:55.760 --> 00:44:03.840 Appreciate that very much. Out now, talk to Sean and Cyprus. 809 00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:07.119 No false alarm this time. Sean, how can we help? 810 00:44:08.320 --> 00:44:08.880 No problem? 811 00:44:09.480 --> 00:44:13.039 Hey, after about thirty five years living in the place 812 00:44:13.079 --> 00:44:17.199 I'm at now, I've got to move. And probably about 813 00:44:17.280 --> 00:44:20.960 thirty years ago, we planted a magnolia tree as a 814 00:44:21.079 --> 00:44:25.760 sentimental for a past mother, and I'd like to take 815 00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:28.840 a part of it with us. And the seed pods 816 00:44:28.840 --> 00:44:31.519 are dropping, and I want to know what it takes 817 00:44:31.760 --> 00:44:35.320 to try and grow a magnolia tree from a seed 818 00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:37.679 pod or even a cutting off of the tree. 819 00:44:38.280 --> 00:44:39.119 Any advice. 820 00:44:44.000 --> 00:44:44.480 Are you there? 821 00:44:45.679 --> 00:44:45.840 Yes? 822 00:44:46.119 --> 00:44:46.559 Can you hear me? 823 00:44:47.480 --> 00:44:47.639 Yeah? 824 00:44:47.760 --> 00:44:49.400 You cut out at the end, go ahead and say 825 00:44:49.480 --> 00:44:52.000 the last part again, I was. 826 00:44:52.119 --> 00:44:54.400 Just wondering what it would take to grow a magnolia 827 00:44:54.480 --> 00:44:56.239 tree from a seed pod or a cutting. 828 00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:04.480 Well, the cuttings are going to be extremely difficult. In fact, 829 00:45:04.719 --> 00:45:08.039 I would suggest you not even try that. You can 830 00:45:08.119 --> 00:45:11.079 go online, but it's gonna take certain certain types of 831 00:45:11.199 --> 00:45:16.280 magnolia branch tissue, wood tissues, and a very high level 832 00:45:16.480 --> 00:45:20.719 of rooting hormones and other conditions that are going to 833 00:45:20.760 --> 00:45:25.079 be just have to be just about right so you 834 00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:27.320 can harvest your own. You want to wait and let 835 00:45:27.400 --> 00:45:30.639 them turn really bright red and be fully right. You 836 00:45:30.719 --> 00:45:33.840 want to take all that flesh around the outside of 837 00:45:33.960 --> 00:45:36.320 the magnolia seed pod it is a little tiny like 838 00:45:36.400 --> 00:45:41.000 a fruit. It's a berry actually, and just soak those 839 00:45:41.039 --> 00:45:45.639 seeds in nice warm water and remove that outer coating 840 00:45:45.719 --> 00:45:49.119 of the seed. You can use like a wires piece 841 00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:54.280 of metal screening, not the nylon or whatever that plasticky 842 00:45:54.360 --> 00:45:57.480 screening is, but something kind of firm to rub that 843 00:45:57.679 --> 00:46:01.159 outer seed coat on it, and that's gonna be helpful 844 00:46:01.400 --> 00:46:05.920 in helping it to germinate. They go through a normal 845 00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:12.199 stratification period because in nature, the seeds are cast and 846 00:46:12.280 --> 00:46:15.199 those seeds go through winter and then sprout the next year. 847 00:46:15.679 --> 00:46:18.400 They require that cold temperature. So you can put those 848 00:46:18.480 --> 00:46:23.599 seeds that you have in moist sand, or you could 849 00:46:23.719 --> 00:46:27.519 use spagnum, peat moss, you know, some of the mosst lines, 850 00:46:27.559 --> 00:46:30.800 hanging baskets, whatever, something to keep them moist. Put them 851 00:46:30.840 --> 00:46:33.920 in a zipplock, close it up, and then put it 852 00:46:33.960 --> 00:46:37.840 in the refrigerator, and I would say probably leave it 853 00:46:38.239 --> 00:46:41.880 for at least two months, maybe three in the refrigerator. 854 00:46:42.559 --> 00:46:45.159 Check it periodically, make sure it's still moist, make sure 855 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:47.960 it's not already sprouting in there, and then take them 856 00:46:48.000 --> 00:46:51.280 out and plant them in a container and get them going. 857 00:46:51.840 --> 00:46:54.119 Or you can plant them directly where they're going to 858 00:46:54.159 --> 00:46:56.360 grow in the ground, if you want to go about 859 00:46:56.400 --> 00:46:56.880 it that way. 860 00:46:58.159 --> 00:46:58.599 Wonderful. 861 00:46:58.760 --> 00:47:00.960 I appreciate it, all. 862 00:47:00.880 --> 00:47:05.280 Right, Good luck with that. Appreciate that. Yes, sir, you 863 00:47:05.400 --> 00:47:08.079 take care for those of you up in the Montgomery area. 864 00:47:08.599 --> 00:47:12.119 You have got a hometown garden center called Ana Plants 865 00:47:12.159 --> 00:47:15.000 and Produce. And I say Montgomery area, I mean all 866 00:47:15.039 --> 00:47:18.719 of Lake Conro all through that region anywhere out there 867 00:47:18.800 --> 00:47:21.800 nearby Montgomery. Ana Plants and Produce are on one oh 868 00:47:21.880 --> 00:47:25.280 five on the east side of town. They carry a 869 00:47:25.480 --> 00:47:28.159 wide variety of things. Of course, their plants are awesome. 870 00:47:28.199 --> 00:47:30.480 They're always getting in new plants. They've got some really 871 00:47:30.599 --> 00:47:33.880 cool things for the landscape. I call it bling. You know, 872 00:47:34.039 --> 00:47:39.239 things like maybe a metal artwork or a metal arch way, 873 00:47:39.719 --> 00:47:42.239 or maybe you want a chiminea to put out on 874 00:47:42.360 --> 00:47:45.559 the patio and just enjoy when we get into these fall, 875 00:47:45.800 --> 00:47:49.280 cool crispy nights. Enjoy a little fire there on the patio. 876 00:47:49.960 --> 00:47:52.599 They can do all of that. They also specialize in 877 00:47:53.000 --> 00:47:55.599 carrying every fertilizer I talk about on guarden line, and 878 00:47:55.679 --> 00:47:59.320 I'm talking about nitrophos I'm talking about Nelson microlife and 879 00:47:59.400 --> 00:48:03.440 then soil, airloom, soils, Nature's way resources. Both of them 880 00:48:03.639 --> 00:48:06.960 are available there at A ANDA Plants and Produce. They 881 00:48:07.039 --> 00:48:09.039 usually keep my schedules there at the counter, so you 882 00:48:09.079 --> 00:48:10.639 can just grab one when you go in, or better 883 00:48:10.920 --> 00:48:13.400 just print it before you head that way. But you're 884 00:48:13.400 --> 00:48:15.719 going to find everything you need to have success with 885 00:48:15.880 --> 00:48:20.239 your landscape at A and A Plants and Produce. I'm 886 00:48:20.280 --> 00:48:23.880 going to head now to Baytown and talk to Alan. 887 00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:27.960 Hello Allen, good morning, and my question is about the 888 00:48:28.039 --> 00:48:31.320 fertilization schedule. I just bought a new home, but the 889 00:48:31.400 --> 00:48:34.079 grass has been established for almost a year, just houses 890 00:48:34.119 --> 00:48:37.800 setting on body till I did. Can I go ahead 891 00:48:37.800 --> 00:48:39.960 and do I need to wait for the winter rising? 892 00:48:40.159 --> 00:48:42.000 Or can I go ahead and backtrack a little bit 893 00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:45.239 and start with the three one two and just delay 894 00:48:45.280 --> 00:48:46.280 the winter rising later on? 895 00:48:48.639 --> 00:48:52.480 We're going to do the fall application in October, and 896 00:48:52.679 --> 00:48:55.880 so if I were I would do I would do something. 897 00:48:56.559 --> 00:49:00.960 Now you might want to use do you typically or 898 00:49:01.000 --> 00:49:04.079 fertilizing organically or synthetics or what what do you prefer 899 00:49:04.159 --> 00:49:04.480 to use? 900 00:49:06.039 --> 00:49:10.599 I don't know, to use the nitro falls whatever that is. 901 00:49:10.800 --> 00:49:14.239 Well, I would get you could do the silver bag, 902 00:49:14.519 --> 00:49:17.679 but that's going to carry a pretty far distance into 903 00:49:17.760 --> 00:49:20.199 the fall too, so you could do that. That is 904 00:49:20.280 --> 00:49:22.760 a What does a long look like right now? Is 905 00:49:22.840 --> 00:49:24.719 it looking healthier? 906 00:49:25.320 --> 00:49:28.079 Because yeah, I know it's pretty green. Santa Augustine is 907 00:49:28.119 --> 00:49:29.960 pretty green because I guess they're trying to sell the 908 00:49:30.000 --> 00:49:32.239 house that kept it watered so it speaks better than 909 00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:35.400 most people's. But yeah, I just know it hasn't been 910 00:49:35.480 --> 00:49:36.320 fertilized at all. 911 00:49:37.880 --> 00:49:39.119 Yeah, I don't do that. 912 00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:43.119 Yeah, I certainly get that. Well, you could, you know, 913 00:49:43.199 --> 00:49:45.519 if it's looking great, I mean you could, you could 914 00:49:45.559 --> 00:49:47.639 wait and do it in the fall, but you could 915 00:49:47.679 --> 00:49:50.840 also put the nitrophoss imperial. That's the red bag. It's 916 00:49:50.840 --> 00:49:53.840 a fifteen to five time down, and I would put 917 00:49:54.199 --> 00:49:56.440 I'd go a little lighter on it right now. I 918 00:49:56.480 --> 00:49:59.440 would probably put about five pounds per thousand square feet 919 00:49:59.639 --> 00:50:02.599 of that. That's a little on the light side. But 920 00:50:02.719 --> 00:50:06.519 your lawn already looks pretty good, and it's an immediate release, 921 00:50:06.639 --> 00:50:09.840 and we don't want to push a lot of you know, growth, 922 00:50:10.960 --> 00:50:12.800 too much of it, So go a little on the 923 00:50:12.880 --> 00:50:13.679 light side with them. 924 00:50:14.760 --> 00:50:16.039 All right, thank you very much. 925 00:50:16.119 --> 00:50:20.159 All right, all right, watered in rod, thank you, bet 926 00:50:20.719 --> 00:50:27.159 you take care. I you know, fertilizing, we give you 927 00:50:27.320 --> 00:50:29.960 these rules of thumbs. You know, I tell you on 928 00:50:30.159 --> 00:50:34.719 your gardening vegetables, you put two cups of this thing 929 00:50:34.880 --> 00:50:37.960 down per ten feet a row or some. We throw 930 00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:43.480 these numbers out there, like with with lawns, a pound 931 00:50:43.559 --> 00:50:46.599 of nitrogen per thousand square feet. That is basically the 932 00:50:46.760 --> 00:50:50.320 lawn fertilization rate that researchers have come up with as 933 00:50:50.400 --> 00:50:53.639 being the best a pound of nitrogen per thousand square feet. Well, 934 00:50:53.679 --> 00:50:56.199 some fertilizers have a lot of nitrogen. Some don't have 935 00:50:56.320 --> 00:50:59.239 a lot of nitrogen, so that varies. But what about 936 00:50:59.320 --> 00:51:02.320 your lawn? How much phosphorus do you have in your lawn? 937 00:51:02.480 --> 00:51:07.440 How much potassium, how much magnesium? And a soil test 938 00:51:07.719 --> 00:51:10.239 gives you an idea where you are. And it may 939 00:51:10.280 --> 00:51:13.679 be that my standard rule of thumb fertilizing is not 940 00:51:13.880 --> 00:51:17.960 the best, exactly the best for your particular lawn. Maybe 941 00:51:18.000 --> 00:51:20.199 you need to tweak things a little bit. Maybe all 942 00:51:20.239 --> 00:51:22.960 you need is a little nitrogen. Maybe you need to 943 00:51:23.039 --> 00:51:26.119 really move the magnesium and the potassium up. You see 944 00:51:26.159 --> 00:51:29.639 what I'm saying. The rules of thumbs are good and 945 00:51:29.760 --> 00:51:31.599 they will carry you a long way, and you could 946 00:51:31.639 --> 00:51:33.920 do that for years and not have a problem. But 947 00:51:34.480 --> 00:51:37.599 it's good every few years to do another soil test 948 00:51:37.719 --> 00:51:39.639 to find out where you are with things, and that 949 00:51:39.800 --> 00:51:44.880 way you're able to fertilize, you say, more accurately, more intelligently, 950 00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:49.480 more accurately, to fit the needs of your lawn when 951 00:51:49.519 --> 00:51:52.519 it comes to soil, the brown stuff that I'm always 952 00:51:52.559 --> 00:51:56.159 talking about, fertilizer and soil, so brown stuff. Landscaper's Pride 953 00:51:57.079 --> 00:52:01.760 is an excellent company with excellent resources, excellent products. It's 954 00:52:01.760 --> 00:52:04.400 still time to be mulching In fact, we're talking someone 955 00:52:04.440 --> 00:52:07.239 earlier about a weed. You know, where sunlight hits a 956 00:52:07.280 --> 00:52:10.960 soil nature points of weed. Landscaper's Pride has a number 957 00:52:11.000 --> 00:52:13.840 of different mulch products that'll do just fine. But the 958 00:52:13.920 --> 00:52:15.960 soil now is the time to prep soil for the 959 00:52:16.039 --> 00:52:19.000 fall garden. You know, even though temps are high, when 960 00:52:19.039 --> 00:52:22.199 you add organic matter, you're improving the soil for root growth. 961 00:52:22.639 --> 00:52:24.800 And so why not get those beds ready now, whether 962 00:52:24.880 --> 00:52:28.599 it's herb planting or vegetable planting or flowers. How about 963 00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:32.159 Gardener's Magic. It's an organic pine based blend that contains humus, 964 00:52:32.400 --> 00:52:37.039 green pine screen, pine, the composted riceholes, and a chicken 965 00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:39.639 pellet fertilizer that last up to three months. So there 966 00:52:39.800 --> 00:52:41.920 you're kind of providing a little bit of food along 967 00:52:42.000 --> 00:52:45.559 with everything else. Mushroom compost Gardeners have long known that 968 00:52:45.679 --> 00:52:50.239 mushroom compost is a wonderful potent product that really helps 969 00:52:50.320 --> 00:52:54.000 to green things up. And then there's healthy soil compost 970 00:52:54.039 --> 00:52:57.000 one hundred percent recycle composted plant material. It's got a 971 00:52:57.079 --> 00:52:59.920 neutral pH. And then there are black humous, a dark, 972 00:53:00.400 --> 00:53:04.559 rich organic mix of composted bark with loamy topsoil really 973 00:53:04.599 --> 00:53:06.639 helps that soil the whole water while at the same 974 00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:09.519 time draining well. It's good for a brand new bed 975 00:53:09.559 --> 00:53:12.480 you're putting in, or really for just a mending in 976 00:53:12.599 --> 00:53:16.679 beds that are already existing. Go to Landscaperspride dot com. 977 00:53:17.159 --> 00:53:19.039 That's where you can find out about all their products 978 00:53:19.159 --> 00:53:22.840 and where they're available, and they are widely available here 979 00:53:22.960 --> 00:53:28.480 in the Greater Houston area. I wish that, Let's see, 980 00:53:28.519 --> 00:53:30.159 I probably wish more than two things, but I'm going 981 00:53:30.199 --> 00:53:32.800 to say I wish for two things. One is for 982 00:53:32.960 --> 00:53:36.239 spring fever for us to bottle it up and pour 983 00:53:36.280 --> 00:53:40.239 it into the drinking water supply in fall, so people 984 00:53:40.440 --> 00:53:44.079 would get as excited or more excited in fall as 985 00:53:44.119 --> 00:53:47.400 they do about spring. Listen, Fall is the best planting 986 00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:49.960 season of the year. There are very few things that 987 00:53:50.039 --> 00:53:53.760 falls not the best time to plant. And basil doesn't 988 00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:56.039 like cool weather, so basil would be an example. But 989 00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:59.199 you talk about woody ornamental shrubs, trees and woody vines, 990 00:53:59.400 --> 00:54:03.000 you talk about perennials, you talk about herb perennial herbs. 991 00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:05.719 Fall is great. There's lots of fall flowers, lots of 992 00:54:05.760 --> 00:54:09.039 faull vegetables. Fall is a great time. Get the soil 993 00:54:09.159 --> 00:54:12.119 ready now so that in fall you're ready to go. 994 00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:14.519 You're ready to plant, because here's what's going to happen. 995 00:54:15.000 --> 00:54:18.239 About the time you decide this weekend I'm putting in 996 00:54:18.400 --> 00:54:22.360 that garden. Here comes some storm through or whatever, and 997 00:54:22.519 --> 00:54:25.280 it rains and it rains, and now you're having to 998 00:54:25.440 --> 00:54:28.360 wait because you can't work soil when it's sloppy, wet, 999 00:54:29.280 --> 00:54:31.519 un till later. And you didn't plant when you wanted 1000 00:54:31.559 --> 00:54:34.480 a plant. See what I'm saying. Do your soil prep now, 1001 00:54:34.840 --> 00:54:36.599 get up early in the morning, get it done when 1002 00:54:36.639 --> 00:54:39.960 it's cooler, and you will find you have great success. Well, 1003 00:54:39.960 --> 00:54:42.159 it's time for me to take a break. Our number 1004 00:54:42.280 --> 00:54:46.119 seven one three two one two KTR eight Welcome back 1005 00:54:46.119 --> 00:54:48.119 to the guard Line. Good to have you with us today. 1006 00:54:48.480 --> 00:54:51.760 We are talking about all kinds of things gardening. If 1007 00:54:51.800 --> 00:54:53.960 you've got a question you'd like to ask or get 1008 00:54:54.039 --> 00:54:56.960 some help or advice, give us a call seven to one, 1009 00:54:57.079 --> 00:55:01.119 three two to one two kt RH seven one three 1010 00:55:01.440 --> 00:55:06.719 two one two k t r H. You've heard me 1011 00:55:07.039 --> 00:55:09.800 talk about Southwest fertilizer. You hear me talk about them 1012 00:55:09.840 --> 00:55:14.119 a lot, and the reason is a Southwest Fertilizer is 1013 00:55:14.440 --> 00:55:18.559 a place that has such a wide variety of all 1014 00:55:18.679 --> 00:55:21.719 the different products and tools that you need to have 1015 00:55:21.840 --> 00:55:26.920 success that it's just a one stop shop. There is 1016 00:55:27.000 --> 00:55:29.800 no fertilizer on my schedule that's not a Southwest fertilizer. 1017 00:55:30.199 --> 00:55:34.079 And then there's more than that. Uh, there is more 1018 00:55:34.679 --> 00:55:39.000 selection of things to control insects, to manage diseases, to 1019 00:55:39.119 --> 00:55:42.480 prevent weeds than any place I've seen. It is an 1020 00:55:42.719 --> 00:55:46.960 outstanding selection of quality products. You walk in there, you 1021 00:55:47.039 --> 00:55:48.519 talk to Bob, or you talk to Aaron, or you 1022 00:55:48.559 --> 00:55:50.639 talk to any of the team there, and you're going 1023 00:55:50.719 --> 00:55:52.559 to get knowledgeable advice. 1024 00:55:52.719 --> 00:55:52.880 You know. 1025 00:55:53.039 --> 00:55:55.559 They don't say stuff you don't need. So you walk 1026 00:55:55.599 --> 00:55:57.599 in maybe you got a bug, maybe you got a picture, 1027 00:55:57.719 --> 00:55:59.800 maybe you have a sample of a plant, and you 1028 00:56:00.039 --> 00:56:01.840 talking to him about it, and they'll say, well, here's 1029 00:56:01.920 --> 00:56:04.719 what it's gonna take. Here's the product probably work best 1030 00:56:04.760 --> 00:56:06.480 for you. You got two op you actually got ten 1031 00:56:06.559 --> 00:56:10.559 options there. But they really do direct you. Well. You know, 1032 00:56:10.599 --> 00:56:13.000 they have that folding kneeling bench that I keep bragging 1033 00:56:13.079 --> 00:56:16.480 on Top five tool and my tool shed is the 1034 00:56:16.679 --> 00:56:21.960 folding kneeling bitch. Absolutely up at the top. Did easy 1035 00:56:22.079 --> 00:56:24.440 to store. Because it folds up, you unfold it, you 1036 00:56:24.519 --> 00:56:26.320 can use it as a seat, you can flip it 1037 00:56:26.400 --> 00:56:30.800 over and kneel on it, and it the legs become handles. 1038 00:56:31.440 --> 00:56:33.599 So as I like to say, if you're anywhere north 1039 00:56:33.639 --> 00:56:36.239 of forty years old, you know what it's like to 1040 00:56:36.280 --> 00:56:38.480 wake up in the morning sore and you can't remember why. 1041 00:56:38.920 --> 00:56:40.719 Remember that. You don't have to admit it. We're on 1042 00:56:40.760 --> 00:56:44.800 the radio. I'm admitting it. But that folding kneeling bitch 1043 00:56:44.960 --> 00:56:47.480 is great because you know, I've had many times where 1044 00:56:47.480 --> 00:56:49.960 I work all Saturday and here I go, you know, 1045 00:56:50.159 --> 00:56:52.920 wake up Sunday morning and I feel like I'm in 1046 00:56:53.039 --> 00:56:56.119 the pre natal position because I can't stretch out because 1047 00:56:56.119 --> 00:56:58.400 I got up and down, up and down a thousand times. 1048 00:56:59.000 --> 00:57:01.039 Bob's got an eighty foot wall of tools. So do 1049 00:57:01.119 --> 00:57:05.159 you need pruning, do you need rakes or any kind 1050 00:57:05.199 --> 00:57:07.960 of tool you can imagine from small hand tools up 1051 00:57:08.000 --> 00:57:11.360 to large tools. He's also got a little grabber tool. 1052 00:57:11.440 --> 00:57:16.880 And I'm about to put something online that is instructions 1053 00:57:16.960 --> 00:57:21.039 for building your own weed wiper, and it needs a 1054 00:57:21.079 --> 00:57:23.719 certain kind of grabber tool. Bob's got those there at 1055 00:57:24.119 --> 00:57:27.639 ACE Hardware Stores. It'll be we're putting that publication up 1056 00:57:27.760 --> 00:57:30.400 early this coming week, may even get it up tomorrow, 1057 00:57:30.519 --> 00:57:33.119 but early this week. We're going to get that up 1058 00:57:33.199 --> 00:57:35.000 on the line. And when you go look at it, 1059 00:57:35.079 --> 00:57:36.599 you're going to go, oh, I want to build one 1060 00:57:36.639 --> 00:57:39.440 of those. We'll go over to Southwest Fertilizer and get 1061 00:57:39.480 --> 00:57:42.800 one of his suction cup type grabber tools. He's got 1062 00:57:42.880 --> 00:57:45.440 him there. They're on the corner of Businet and Runwick 1063 00:57:45.480 --> 00:57:49.039 in Southwest Houston. You can go to Southwest Fertilizer dot 1064 00:57:49.119 --> 00:57:51.960 com find out more information there or just call him 1065 00:57:52.320 --> 00:57:57.039 seven to one three six six six one seven four four. 1066 00:57:57.639 --> 00:58:01.559 Southwest Fertilizer was like going in there, and you know, 1067 00:58:01.639 --> 00:58:04.519 I tell you that they always have such new stuff 1068 00:58:05.119 --> 00:58:08.280 that it's like I go and just walk the aisles 1069 00:58:08.360 --> 00:58:10.800 and go when did that come on the market, And 1070 00:58:10.880 --> 00:58:12.760 you start learning about it and go, oh, we got 1071 00:58:12.760 --> 00:58:16.039 another option for things, because when it comes on the market, 1072 00:58:16.519 --> 00:58:18.559 he'll have it. The way I like to put it is, 1073 00:58:19.440 --> 00:58:23.159 if Southwest Fertilizer doesn't have something, you don't need it. 1074 00:58:23.760 --> 00:58:26.199 I think that's a good way to put it, because 1075 00:58:26.239 --> 00:58:32.400 it's true, absolutely true. Well, I was earlier talking about 1076 00:58:32.760 --> 00:58:35.719 different things, including success with the lawns, and things you 1077 00:58:35.840 --> 00:58:37.440 need to have success with the lawns. And I was 1078 00:58:37.480 --> 00:58:41.119 talking about for watering, how to water properly. If you 1079 00:58:41.360 --> 00:58:44.960 were to create the ideal soul moisture conditions for lawns, 1080 00:58:45.079 --> 00:58:48.039 a really pretty much ever plant, you would want to 1081 00:58:48.079 --> 00:58:50.400 give a good soaking to the soil, like a good 1082 00:58:50.519 --> 00:58:53.679 slow rain that thoroughly wets the soil deeply, and then 1083 00:58:53.760 --> 00:58:56.800 you turn the water off and allow it to dry out, 1084 00:58:57.000 --> 00:59:01.599 not powder dry, but allow all that space between the 1085 00:59:01.719 --> 00:59:05.960 saw particles for where there's now water to go away 1086 00:59:06.199 --> 00:59:09.079 and fill with air. As air is pulled back down 1087 00:59:09.159 --> 00:59:12.800 in the soil to stimulate root growth. That schedules the 1088 00:59:12.840 --> 00:59:16.559 watering schedule mowing I talked about earlier. The more often 1089 00:59:16.639 --> 00:59:18.800 you mowed, the better your lawn looks. Think of a 1090 00:59:18.880 --> 00:59:21.079 hedge around your house. If you had a boxwood hedge, 1091 00:59:21.519 --> 00:59:23.960 and if you went in once a year and you 1092 00:59:24.119 --> 00:59:26.519 cut it way back and it was all sticks, and 1093 00:59:26.599 --> 00:59:28.920 then it sprouts back out again, and eventually it comes 1094 00:59:29.000 --> 00:59:31.559 back out, and the next year you do that again, 1095 00:59:31.639 --> 00:59:34.599 it's gonna look horrible all the time. A lawn is 1096 00:59:34.679 --> 00:59:38.199 the same way. Frequent shearing with a lawnmower. I use 1097 00:59:38.239 --> 00:59:41.119 the word shearing, you know, I mean mowing, but it's 1098 00:59:41.239 --> 00:59:45.280 the hedge analogy. Frequent shearing with a lawnmower creates density 1099 00:59:45.440 --> 00:59:49.480 density density. First specialist told me one time that the 1100 00:59:49.559 --> 00:59:51.679 single most important thing you do to have a beautiful 1101 00:59:51.760 --> 00:59:55.639 lawn is to mow regularly. And I thought, okay, come on, man, 1102 00:59:55.920 --> 00:59:58.480 that that can't be true. Well, he knew what he 1103 00:59:58.599 --> 01:00:02.360 was talking about. It is very very important to do that. Also, 1104 01:00:03.039 --> 01:00:06.280 when you are dealing with your lawn mowing, you want 1105 01:00:06.280 --> 01:00:09.400 to mow it the right height it. Think of the 1106 01:00:09.679 --> 01:00:14.119 any plant, the above ground and the below ground parts 1107 01:00:14.280 --> 01:00:18.119 are in some degree of balance. So if you cut 1108 01:00:18.280 --> 01:00:22.559 a lawn very very low, the depth of the root 1109 01:00:22.639 --> 01:00:25.960 system is often less than if you had it a 1110 01:00:26.000 --> 01:00:29.280 little higher, a more top growth to support that root 1111 01:00:29.320 --> 01:00:31.840 growth and whatnot. It's going to improve on the root 1112 01:00:31.880 --> 01:00:35.440 system as well. But the more the lower you mow, 1113 01:00:35.599 --> 01:00:37.559 the more often you have to move because remember we 1114 01:00:37.639 --> 01:00:39.440 want to mow regularly. We don't want to cut off 1115 01:00:39.480 --> 01:00:42.199 more than a third of the leaf blade. That's ideal. 1116 01:00:42.679 --> 01:00:46.280 And I know when it rains, we get away, it 1117 01:00:46.320 --> 01:00:47.920 gets away from us, can't get back out there and 1118 01:00:48.039 --> 01:00:50.480 mow and then we have to come in and catch up. 1119 01:00:51.119 --> 01:00:53.760 But by the way, if you're catching up a lawn, 1120 01:00:53.840 --> 01:00:56.159 and it's what I do in mind, I'll go is 1121 01:00:56.239 --> 01:00:58.440 that the more really high, and I'll mover at once 1122 01:00:58.599 --> 01:01:00.440 and chop that up down in the and then I'll 1123 01:01:00.519 --> 01:01:02.239 drop it back down to the level I want to 1124 01:01:02.280 --> 01:01:04.599 mow and mow it again. And I know most people 1125 01:01:04.599 --> 01:01:06.239 aren't going to want to mow twice, but I do. 1126 01:01:06.440 --> 01:01:10.719 My mower is not the best at mulching, and so 1127 01:01:11.440 --> 01:01:13.559 a good multing more probably would work better for me. 1128 01:01:13.639 --> 01:01:18.400 But anyway, so mow at the proper height for something 1129 01:01:18.559 --> 01:01:22.239 down really low, like a dwarf type of Bermuda or 1130 01:01:22.480 --> 01:01:25.360 even yeah, you may be mowing down, you know, at 1131 01:01:25.400 --> 01:01:28.360 an inch down low for your lawn when it gets 1132 01:01:28.400 --> 01:01:30.639 to something like Saint Augustine two and a half three inches. 1133 01:01:30.760 --> 01:01:33.079 I know people that moight even higher than that, but 1134 01:01:33.239 --> 01:01:35.760 that gives you the best height. And the taller it is, 1135 01:01:36.280 --> 01:01:38.400 the longer it takes for it to grow, so that 1136 01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:41.719 you're cutting off a third. So a golf course green 1137 01:01:41.760 --> 01:01:44.840 gets cut every day because it's so low. They're mowing 1138 01:01:45.079 --> 01:01:48.000 so little off of it that it gets cut every day. Well, 1139 01:01:48.000 --> 01:01:49.440 you can't do that on your lawn, he used to. 1140 01:01:49.440 --> 01:01:51.440 I hope you don't have time for that. That's that 1141 01:01:51.519 --> 01:01:56.440 would be not my idea of fun. But just remember 1142 01:01:56.480 --> 01:01:58.320 to do it regularly. All right, We're gonna take a 1143 01:01:58.320 --> 01:02:00.760 little break here for the news. My phone number seven 1144 01:02:00.840 --> 01:02:03.840 one three two one two kt r H. Give Crystal call. 1145 01:02:03.920 --> 01:02:06.039 Let's get you on the boards and we'll visit with 1146 01:02:06.119 --> 01:02:11.119 you when we come back. Hey, I'm glad you're listening today. 1147 01:02:11.320 --> 01:02:13.800 You know, I enjoy talking with gardeners, and I just 1148 01:02:13.960 --> 01:02:18.039 think gardeners are the greatest people we can. First of all, 1149 01:02:18.199 --> 01:02:20.480 we understand what it means to get out there, get 1150 01:02:20.480 --> 01:02:24.480 our hands dirty, and joy nature, and that is so important. 1151 01:02:25.320 --> 01:02:30.440 There are unlimited benefits to getting outside in nature, whether 1152 01:02:30.519 --> 01:02:33.079 it's taking a walk or getting down on your hands 1153 01:02:33.079 --> 01:02:36.360 and knees and planting something in the dirt. There are 1154 01:02:36.719 --> 01:02:41.679 benefits from microbes. They're release substances that are helpful for 1155 01:02:41.840 --> 01:02:45.440 us in so many ways. For example, there are microbes 1156 01:02:45.559 --> 01:02:49.440 that release substances that actually cause you to feel better, 1157 01:02:49.679 --> 01:02:51.360 cause you to be happier. 1158 01:02:51.440 --> 01:02:51.559 You know. 1159 01:02:51.679 --> 01:02:56.239 Serotonin is a't important something in our in our world, 1160 01:02:56.360 --> 01:02:59.719 and it just I don't know whether it's microbes in 1161 01:02:59.760 --> 01:03:02.639 our in our intestinal track or our gut systems as 1162 01:03:02.679 --> 01:03:04.960 they call it, or microbes in the soil. There's a 1163 01:03:05.079 --> 01:03:08.480 good connection right there. There's also the idea of exercise 1164 01:03:08.679 --> 01:03:13.079 and sunshine and fresh air that does a world for people, 1165 01:03:13.199 --> 01:03:16.079 even people that are maybe having trouble getting around. You 1166 01:03:16.159 --> 01:03:18.119 get the right tools, the things you need to be 1167 01:03:18.199 --> 01:03:20.639 able to do things like you want, and you can 1168 01:03:20.719 --> 01:03:23.760 continue gardening for a long time. There's ergonomic tools, there's 1169 01:03:23.840 --> 01:03:26.079 raised beds. That's a folding bench that I was talking 1170 01:03:26.079 --> 01:03:29.079 about it. There's all kinds of things. Gardening is a 1171 01:03:29.199 --> 01:03:32.159 wonderful hobby. Don't wait until you are an older person 1172 01:03:32.280 --> 01:03:35.360 to start gardening. Start gardening now and teach your kids 1173 01:03:35.440 --> 01:03:38.800 to garden. Kids that grow things and eat things out 1174 01:03:38.840 --> 01:03:42.119 of their garden that they grew are more likely to 1175 01:03:42.239 --> 01:03:45.599 be willing to eat healthy as they grow up. That 1176 01:03:45.760 --> 01:03:48.920 is our number one problem I think with our health 1177 01:03:49.000 --> 01:03:52.559 in this country is our lack of exercise and our 1178 01:03:52.679 --> 01:03:56.119 poor eating habits. We all know the stories of fast 1179 01:03:56.199 --> 01:03:59.119 food and all of that kind of thing. Gardening is 1180 01:03:59.159 --> 01:04:00.599 the opposite of all of it, and I hope you 1181 01:04:00.679 --> 01:04:03.400 take advantage of that. You're listening to Guardline. I'm your host, 1182 01:04:03.440 --> 01:04:05.679 Skip Richter. Our phone number is seven one three two 1183 01:04:05.719 --> 01:04:09.360 one two fifty eight seventy four. While I'm talking about nature, 1184 01:04:09.920 --> 01:04:12.960 I'll just tell you about Microlife fertilizer again. I talk 1185 01:04:13.000 --> 01:04:16.000 about it all the time because Microlife is designed to 1186 01:04:16.119 --> 01:04:19.719 work with the soil. The what okay, quick quiz for 1187 01:04:19.800 --> 01:04:22.159 garden Line listeners. What's the most important thing to have 1188 01:04:22.239 --> 01:04:26.639 success with plants? That's right, the brown stuff, the soil, 1189 01:04:27.079 --> 01:04:31.440 the foundation for everything. When you create soil where roots 1190 01:04:31.480 --> 01:04:35.000 can thrive, microbes can thrive, You're going to have success 1191 01:04:35.039 --> 01:04:37.639 with your plants. And Microlife's designed that way. By the way, 1192 01:04:38.000 --> 01:04:40.079 you know, when you buy a Microlife product, you are 1193 01:04:40.119 --> 01:04:42.960 also buying a lot of microbes. And when I say 1194 01:04:43.000 --> 01:04:45.840 a lot, I mean lots of different kinds and bazillions 1195 01:04:45.920 --> 01:04:48.679 of them at that. So, whether it's the green bag, 1196 01:04:48.800 --> 01:04:52.119 the sixty four, whether it's Microlife Humates plus that's the 1197 01:04:52.199 --> 01:04:56.119 purple bag that's concentrated compost in a bag, whether it's 1198 01:04:56.159 --> 01:04:58.960 one of their liquid products like the Biomatrix, the orange 1199 01:04:59.000 --> 01:05:04.119 label that is, they're all excellent products that do two things. 1200 01:05:04.239 --> 01:05:06.400 Number One, they have nutrients to feed the plants, but 1201 01:05:07.199 --> 01:05:10.960 they have microbes as well, and they stimulate microbial growth, 1202 01:05:11.199 --> 01:05:14.199 and that is how nature was designed to work so 1203 01:05:14.360 --> 01:05:17.559 that plants could thrive. You can go into space. You 1204 01:05:17.679 --> 01:05:21.440 can create nutrient water and spray it on tomatoes hanging 1205 01:05:21.519 --> 01:05:24.159 in the air and space with artificial light shining on, 1206 01:05:24.440 --> 01:05:27.000 or grow a tomato. That's not how nature grows things. 1207 01:05:27.760 --> 01:05:30.599 Nature has a way of building soil better and better 1208 01:05:30.960 --> 01:05:34.079 as time goes on, and we can too right now 1209 01:05:34.280 --> 01:05:38.079 by using a product like the many products available for microlife. 1210 01:05:38.400 --> 01:05:38.559 Now. 1211 01:05:38.920 --> 01:05:42.840 When you want to have successful gardening, soil is important. 1212 01:05:42.920 --> 01:05:45.679 Another important thing is to give plants the basics of 1213 01:05:45.760 --> 01:05:49.719 what they need. Plants need sunlight. Some don't want direct 1214 01:05:49.800 --> 01:05:52.800 sun they'll burn up. Others need full sun to do 1215 01:05:52.920 --> 01:05:55.800 what they're going to do. In general, as a very 1216 01:05:55.880 --> 01:05:58.760 general guide, if you're going to grow let's say a 1217 01:05:58.840 --> 01:06:02.599 vegetable for root or fruit, so that would be a 1218 01:06:02.760 --> 01:06:06.599 carrot or a tomato. It could be a turnip or 1219 01:06:07.079 --> 01:06:09.679 a squash. You see what I'm saying. You need the 1220 01:06:09.760 --> 01:06:11.679 most sunlight you can give it. If you're going to 1221 01:06:11.719 --> 01:06:14.239 grow stuff to eat the leaves like kale or lettuce 1222 01:06:14.320 --> 01:06:17.719 or whatever, it can do Okay, on less sunlight doesn't 1223 01:06:17.880 --> 01:06:20.639 want to be in the shade, but it can take 1224 01:06:20.840 --> 01:06:23.840 less sunlight and still perform. So when you're locating your 1225 01:06:23.920 --> 01:06:27.280 garden and maybe you got a pretty good sun over 1226 01:06:27.360 --> 01:06:30.239 here and not as great over there, put the leaves 1227 01:06:30.320 --> 01:06:32.719 in the nut as great over there. Put the roots 1228 01:06:32.760 --> 01:06:34.960 and fruit and the good stuff over the side. That's 1229 01:06:35.000 --> 01:06:37.519 true many other plants, you know roses, they want sunlight. 1230 01:06:37.599 --> 01:06:40.920 Most blooming plants want good, good sunlight. We have a 1231 01:06:41.000 --> 01:06:45.360 few like impatience and wishbone flour that grow in quite 1232 01:06:45.360 --> 01:06:48.000 a bit of shade. They can do with lower levels. 1233 01:06:48.119 --> 01:06:52.000 But giving plants what they want, giving them good drainage. 1234 01:06:53.039 --> 01:06:54.559 Do I need to tell you When it rains, it 1235 01:06:54.599 --> 01:06:58.639 pours around here. So when soil gets water logged for 1236 01:06:58.760 --> 01:07:02.679 extended periods of time, plants suffer. It can cause root rots, 1237 01:07:02.719 --> 01:07:04.519 it can cause a lot of other problems. And so 1238 01:07:04.719 --> 01:07:08.960 a good raised bed a well drained internally well drained 1239 01:07:09.079 --> 01:07:11.159 soiled That is what we do when we add like 1240 01:07:11.320 --> 01:07:14.480 expanded shale into a clay, when we've put compost into 1241 01:07:14.559 --> 01:07:18.480 the soil, we improve the internal structure and drainage. That 1242 01:07:18.760 --> 01:07:22.639 is very important. And so I keep saying that gardening 1243 01:07:22.760 --> 01:07:25.199 is not that difficult. There's no such thing as a 1244 01:07:25.280 --> 01:07:29.320 brown thumb. There's only an uninformed thumb. And we're we 1245 01:07:29.480 --> 01:07:31.840 here on garden Line, are here to inform your thumbs. 1246 01:07:32.840 --> 01:07:35.599 The smarter your thumb gets, the better you grow stuff. 1247 01:07:35.760 --> 01:07:37.760 Here's what I'm saying by that I just went through. 1248 01:07:38.119 --> 01:07:41.199 You know, plants need light, plants need drainage, plentsy good nutrients, 1249 01:07:41.239 --> 01:07:43.519 plants need you know, my craigire like to be well 1250 01:07:43.599 --> 01:07:47.159 drained soil and on those. That's the basics. And there 1251 01:07:47.199 --> 01:07:49.760 are few other things we could add, but that is 1252 01:07:49.840 --> 01:07:52.079 the basics. And when you give a plant what it wants, 1253 01:07:52.480 --> 01:07:55.039 suddenly everybody thinks you got a green thumb. Well, your 1254 01:07:55.119 --> 01:07:57.239 thumb just got smarter along with the rest of you, 1255 01:07:57.760 --> 01:08:00.559 and we spend a lifetime learning about grow. You know, 1256 01:08:00.599 --> 01:08:04.039 I've been gardening for over sixty years, while I've been 1257 01:08:04.079 --> 01:08:06.519 around for over six years. I mean, I've been probably 1258 01:08:06.679 --> 01:08:09.760 actively gardening since oh, I don't know, I was a 1259 01:08:10.079 --> 01:08:14.639 maybe grade school for sure. Grade school we had a 1260 01:08:14.679 --> 01:08:18.479 garden in our backyard. And I still learn stuff every day, 1261 01:08:19.000 --> 01:08:21.279 every day. There's no end to it. That's another reason 1262 01:08:21.279 --> 01:08:23.640 why gardening keeps you young. In addition to the physical 1263 01:08:23.680 --> 01:08:27.119 and the mental. It's just the fact that you're stimulating 1264 01:08:27.479 --> 01:08:30.079 your brain, you're learning, you're enjoying things. You know, my 1265 01:08:30.239 --> 01:08:33.720 best garden you know when it when the best gardening 1266 01:08:33.800 --> 01:08:39.600 year of my life. Next year, there's hope in gardening. 1267 01:08:39.680 --> 01:08:43.800 It's always something else cool that's coming along. So I 1268 01:08:43.880 --> 01:08:46.720 think you, I think you get the idea. Well, what 1269 01:08:46.800 --> 01:08:50.239 I'm saying, basically, to just cut it to the bottom 1270 01:08:50.319 --> 01:08:53.600 line is learn and learn and learn. Don't be afraid 1271 01:08:53.640 --> 01:08:57.239 to fail. The more you learn, the better you get. 1272 01:08:57.520 --> 01:09:00.840 And it's just a great hobby, and it's an unending 1273 01:09:01.000 --> 01:09:04.359 supply of opportunities to get better and better, to have 1274 01:09:04.520 --> 01:09:07.000 more success. Don't be afraid to kill a plant. You 1275 01:09:07.039 --> 01:09:08.560 got to kill a lot of plants to be a 1276 01:09:08.600 --> 01:09:09.239 great gardener. 1277 01:09:09.439 --> 01:09:09.600 You do. 1278 01:09:09.960 --> 01:09:12.800 It's just part of the deal. Well, there was a spiel, 1279 01:09:13.680 --> 01:09:16.279 so I just sort of went off on a tangent 1280 01:09:16.399 --> 01:09:18.479 right there. I do want to I do want to 1281 01:09:18.520 --> 01:09:20.960 remind you that our phone number is seven one three 1282 01:09:21.119 --> 01:09:25.279 two one two fifty eight seventy four seven one three 1283 01:09:25.640 --> 01:09:33.159 two one two five eight seven four. That is important. Well, 1284 01:09:33.399 --> 01:09:36.039 time flies when you're having fun. I hope you're having fun. 1285 01:09:36.079 --> 01:09:38.880 I share am today I hear the music. That means 1286 01:09:38.960 --> 01:09:40.680 it's a top of the hour. We're about to take 1287 01:09:40.720 --> 01:09:42.840 a little break here at the top of the hour. 1288 01:09:43.199 --> 01:09:44.960 When we come back, I'm gonna spend a little bit 1289 01:09:45.000 --> 01:09:49.600 of time, uh, talking with Mike Orant about Oba Oba 1290 01:09:49.840 --> 01:09:52.560 as organic cordic culture benefits alliance and you're going to 1291 01:09:52.600 --> 01:09:55.319 hear a lot about this organization, what it does and how. 1292 01:09:55.520 --> 01:09:58.920 You remember how I said you need an informed thumb. 1293 01:09:59.640 --> 01:10:04.119 Oba answer a great way to inform your thumb top nod. 1294 01:10:04.159 --> 01:10:05.800 Do you hear more about that in a minute. But 1295 01:10:05.880 --> 01:10:07.720 we're gonna pick his brain and talk about some of 1296 01:10:07.760 --> 01:10:09.159 that kind of stuff. We may talk a little bit 1297 01:10:09.199 --> 01:10:11.319 about organic gardening in the process as well. 1298 01:10:11.800 --> 01:10:11.920 Uh. 1299 01:10:11.960 --> 01:10:13.920 I hope you stick around for it. We'll get back 1300 01:10:13.920 --> 01:10:17.560 to your calls right after that, So hang around in 1301 01:10:17.720 --> 01:10:20.359 the meantime seven one three two one two k t 1302 01:10:20.640 --> 01:10:24.119 r H and don't forget my website, Gardening with Skip 1303 01:10:24.359 --> 01:10:24.880 dot com. 1304 01:10:29.600 --> 01:10:33.800 Welcome to kt r H Garden Line with Skip Rictor It's. 1305 01:10:35.560 --> 01:10:51.399 Crazys. Just watch him as well. Maybe gives to set Brasy. 1306 01:10:57.399 --> 01:10:57.680 Again. 1307 01:10:58.439 --> 01:11:05.039 Not sorry, Welcome to garden Line. Welcome back on a 1308 01:11:05.279 --> 01:11:07.520 wonderful Sunday, and you know every day is a good 1309 01:11:07.600 --> 01:11:09.119 day for gardening. I don't care if it's going to 1310 01:11:09.199 --> 01:11:12.479 rain outside. I don't care if it is zero degrees outside. 1311 01:11:12.960 --> 01:11:15.239 You can always come inside, take care of your house plants, 1312 01:11:15.319 --> 01:11:20.800 plant seeds for starting transplants, start cuttings. Gross. How about this? 1313 01:11:21.119 --> 01:11:21.479 Have you ever? 1314 01:11:21.600 --> 01:11:25.119 I don't even talk about this much, but growing microgreens. 1315 01:11:25.239 --> 01:11:28.079 That is another very healthy thing we can eat and 1316 01:11:28.199 --> 01:11:32.279 something you can do completely enough and do completely indoors 1317 01:11:32.399 --> 01:11:35.159 as well. It's always a good day for gardening. Thanks 1318 01:11:35.199 --> 01:11:38.680 for listening. We're glad you're here. I'm gonna not be 1319 01:11:38.840 --> 01:11:41.800 taking calls for the next couple of segments here because 1320 01:11:41.840 --> 01:11:44.760 I have a very special guest. When we get about 1321 01:11:44.840 --> 01:11:47.640 the half hour, we'll start taking calls again. So hold 1322 01:11:47.720 --> 01:11:49.720 on to those questions. We'll get back to them. But 1323 01:11:49.800 --> 01:11:52.960 I have a very special guest, mister Mike's Errant. Mike's 1324 01:11:53.000 --> 01:11:58.640 Rant is the owner creator of Microlife Fertilizer and very 1325 01:11:58.920 --> 01:12:03.479 active with an organization called Oba and Mike. 1326 01:12:03.760 --> 01:12:06.720 Do we have you on the line there, Yes, sir, 1327 01:12:06.960 --> 01:12:09.439 Good morning, Hello, good morning. 1328 01:12:10.079 --> 01:12:10.479 How are you? 1329 01:12:11.880 --> 01:12:14.840 I feel terrific? How about yourself, mister Skipp. 1330 01:12:15.760 --> 01:12:18.279 I'm doing good. I'm doing good. Thank you very much. 1331 01:12:18.920 --> 01:12:21.800 I appreciate you taking time to come on. I wanted 1332 01:12:21.920 --> 01:12:25.159 to tell people that listen to Guardline about OBA and 1333 01:12:25.479 --> 01:12:30.279 what OBA is. It's HbA organic hordiculture benefits alliance, but 1334 01:12:30.399 --> 01:12:33.319 what does that even mean? Tell us a little bit 1335 01:12:33.439 --> 01:12:35.560 about OBA and what OBA does. 1336 01:12:36.880 --> 01:12:39.800 Well, Skip, thank you very much for this wonderful opportunity. 1337 01:12:40.000 --> 01:12:45.000 OBA is a five oh one C three organic education nonprofit. 1338 01:12:45.640 --> 01:12:51.039 We prevent science. We provide science in really good information 1339 01:12:51.199 --> 01:12:54.800 in non commercial way. Now, I think really our principle 1340 01:12:54.960 --> 01:12:58.640 is is so we can all grow the environment in 1341 01:12:58.760 --> 01:13:03.279 humans together healthily. We are part of the environment. You 1342 01:13:03.319 --> 01:13:06.319 can't separate humans from the environment, and we can't have 1343 01:13:06.640 --> 01:13:10.359 a meaningful civilization unless we have a healthy environment. So 1344 01:13:10.479 --> 01:13:13.439 we're doing that interface teaching people how to take great 1345 01:13:13.479 --> 01:13:17.600 care of themselves nutritionally and also how to manage ecosystems, 1346 01:13:17.680 --> 01:13:21.600 be it college campuses or backyard gardens with nature and 1347 01:13:21.760 --> 01:13:22.680 organics in mind. 1348 01:13:23.880 --> 01:13:27.760 Okay, now, who who is OBA? I mean who you know? 1349 01:13:27.880 --> 01:13:29.039 Who can anybody join? 1350 01:13:29.399 --> 01:13:30.239 Or you know what? 1351 01:13:31.680 --> 01:13:33.359 What kind of folks make up OBA? 1352 01:13:34.600 --> 01:13:36.720 Well, it was a five to one C three, So 1353 01:13:36.920 --> 01:13:39.920 we're open to everybody and we welcome all people to 1354 01:13:40.119 --> 01:13:45.319 come as members or to come as visitors, volunteer opportunities. 1355 01:13:45.600 --> 01:13:50.479 It's made up of professionals in the landscape industry, of 1356 01:13:50.600 --> 01:13:56.600 the medical industry, of the soil microbiology industry, of homeowners. 1357 01:13:57.920 --> 01:14:02.279 Really a great group of volunteers. We're very low in staff. 1358 01:14:02.680 --> 01:14:06.640 All of our money basically goes to supporting education. We 1359 01:14:06.800 --> 01:14:09.880 have a tremendous event coming up this next weekend, as 1360 01:14:09.920 --> 01:14:13.680 you're aware of, called Oba Palooza, and happy to talk 1361 01:14:13.720 --> 01:14:14.720 about that if you'd like. 1362 01:14:16.439 --> 01:14:19.119 Yeah, we definitely are going to get to OBA Palooza 1363 01:14:19.239 --> 01:14:22.239 for sure. So anybody can come to an OBA event 1364 01:14:22.520 --> 01:14:25.760 or can join OBA and be a supporter. And you 1365 01:14:25.840 --> 01:14:29.439 do have a lot of very interested gardeners in there, Mike. 1366 01:14:30.199 --> 01:14:32.800 And I'm not just saying this because you're on the 1367 01:14:32.880 --> 01:14:35.840 phone with me today, but I see a lot of 1368 01:14:35.920 --> 01:14:38.520 programs done by a lot of organizations and a lot 1369 01:14:38.600 --> 01:14:43.079 of places, and I don't know anyone that consistently brings 1370 01:14:43.159 --> 01:14:50.039 in the high quality educational speakers as does OBA always. 1371 01:14:50.159 --> 01:14:54.439 I'm always very impressed with OBA events. And you mentioned 1372 01:14:54.520 --> 01:14:56.720 Oba Palooza. I'm sure it's going to be the same. 1373 01:14:56.800 --> 01:14:58.960 I looked at the lineup and things about it. But 1374 01:14:59.520 --> 01:15:02.439 first of all, I think the name is great Oba Palooza. 1375 01:15:02.880 --> 01:15:04.760 How could you not have fun name? How could you 1376 01:15:04.880 --> 01:15:07.159 not have fun at something with Polusa in the name? 1377 01:15:07.319 --> 01:15:09.560 Right, So totally agree. 1378 01:15:09.680 --> 01:15:12.640 So anyway, tell us about tell us a little bit 1379 01:15:12.640 --> 01:15:13.640 about Oba Palooza. 1380 01:15:14.920 --> 01:15:17.760 Well, yes, and thank you very much. As I mentioned, 1381 01:15:17.800 --> 01:15:21.680 this is their twentieth year. We are completely unique to 1382 01:15:21.760 --> 01:15:26.359 the Houston metro area organization OBA is there's nothing like 1383 01:15:26.479 --> 01:15:28.920 it in all of America. And we bring in the 1384 01:15:29.000 --> 01:15:35.840 finest scientists, medical doctors, human medical doctors, soul scientists, economics, farmers, 1385 01:15:36.600 --> 01:15:41.680 very successful grounds maintenance, landscape contractors, gardeners, horticulturalists that we've 1386 01:15:41.720 --> 01:15:44.399 even had this really famous guy by name of mister 1387 01:15:44.479 --> 01:15:46.720 Skip Richard come a couple of times which we were 1388 01:15:46.800 --> 01:15:50.439 just amazed by his presentation. So even go ahead. 1389 01:15:50.760 --> 01:15:53.039 Yeah, I'm sorry, I don't know how that got through 1390 01:15:53.159 --> 01:15:55.760 the quality control, but thanks a. 1391 01:15:55.800 --> 01:15:57.920 Lot, Thank you too. 1392 01:15:57.960 --> 01:16:00.960 You've done a lot for all of us for over 1393 01:16:01.079 --> 01:16:06.000 twenty years. So we do these great education events and 1394 01:16:06.039 --> 01:16:08.279 they're open to the public, and of course we also 1395 01:16:08.439 --> 01:16:12.000 have a lot of professional horticulturalism gardeners come in and 1396 01:16:12.159 --> 01:16:16.800 we do about five major educational events We also do 1397 01:16:16.960 --> 01:16:21.119 lunch and learns for colleges and for high schools so 1398 01:16:21.399 --> 01:16:23.880 kids can realize that there's some great opportunity in the 1399 01:16:23.960 --> 01:16:28.119 horticultural world. We interlign with Texas agur Life. In fact, 1400 01:16:28.159 --> 01:16:31.399 they're one of the sponsors at Oberpalooza and one of 1401 01:16:31.439 --> 01:16:35.720 the exhibitors, and we interlign with the Texas Department of Agriculture. 1402 01:16:36.079 --> 01:16:40.039 They're one of the exhibitors as well. But Obaluza is 1403 01:16:40.159 --> 01:16:43.359 a Saturday event, and I have a feeling it's going 1404 01:16:43.399 --> 01:16:45.600 to be kind of hot this coming Saturday, I think 1405 01:16:45.680 --> 01:16:49.560 like around ninety six ninety eight. So I would invite 1406 01:16:49.600 --> 01:16:53.039 your listeners to come to the very cool environment, enjoy 1407 01:16:53.159 --> 01:16:57.800 the cool vibe over Balooza is joyful, it's happy. We 1408 01:16:57.960 --> 01:17:02.199 teach fantastic education. There's about twenty five exhibitors. You will 1409 01:17:02.239 --> 01:17:05.199 meet all sorts of really great people. We do a 1410 01:17:05.319 --> 01:17:10.800 terrific lunch that's provided lots of social networking. Let's make friends, 1411 01:17:11.159 --> 01:17:14.680 let's make connections, and then we have just an incredible 1412 01:17:14.880 --> 01:17:19.720 education of selection that people have multiple classes to choose from, 1413 01:17:20.319 --> 01:17:24.000 from how to raise chickens to why eating organic foods 1414 01:17:24.119 --> 01:17:29.319 is important, to understanding soil, how to build healthy ecosystems, 1415 01:17:29.399 --> 01:17:33.920 lawns and gardens. Another class is the Feminazi sequence, which 1416 01:17:34.039 --> 01:17:38.680 is a fascinating mathematical look how nature has this incredible 1417 01:17:38.760 --> 01:17:45.399 synernistic movement about it, does dance about it. Yes, yes, yes, yes, 1418 01:17:45.880 --> 01:17:48.720 thank you. So we got We're going to learn about 1419 01:17:48.840 --> 01:17:51.960 how to have beneficial insects in your gardens, going to 1420 01:17:52.079 --> 01:17:55.680 learn about herbs how easy you can grow them. I know, 1421 01:17:55.760 --> 01:18:00.279 as you mentioned about micro greens, and I recently read 1422 01:18:00.359 --> 01:18:04.279 that watercress, according to one source, is the most important, 1423 01:18:04.399 --> 01:18:07.960 most valuable food source in the world. Now, maybe it's 1424 01:18:08.000 --> 01:18:10.359 not a herb, but we're gonna learn about how herbs 1425 01:18:10.399 --> 01:18:15.560 can be grown easily and used for pictures or flavoring foods, 1426 01:18:15.840 --> 01:18:20.199 or taken as minasial medicine. So it's a great event, 1427 01:18:20.319 --> 01:18:23.640 and I would encourage people to come if I could 1428 01:18:23.800 --> 01:18:27.359 mention that it's best to buy the tickets online. It's 1429 01:18:27.439 --> 01:18:31.399 kind of a limited attendance because of space, but if 1430 01:18:31.439 --> 01:18:33.560 they go and it's kind of long, but if they 1431 01:18:33.680 --> 01:18:40.680 go to OVA online dot org, the homepage will take 1432 01:18:40.840 --> 01:18:46.560 the interested person to registration. The cost is very very low. 1433 01:18:47.279 --> 01:18:50.359 Over members are fifty dollars and non over members are 1434 01:18:50.439 --> 01:18:55.439 seventy and non over members are completely welcome. All net 1435 01:18:55.600 --> 01:18:59.840 profits go to benefit the community into further education. 1436 01:19:01.479 --> 01:19:05.159 Well and for that, for that registration, I mean, you're 1437 01:19:05.720 --> 01:19:08.319 you're getting some really nice breaks, you guys. Put on 1438 01:19:08.399 --> 01:19:11.119 a good break and then a very healthy lunch as well. 1439 01:19:11.279 --> 01:19:13.880 And Mike, I've got to I'm up against a break here. 1440 01:19:14.439 --> 01:19:15.840 Can you hear on for a little bit and we 1441 01:19:15.920 --> 01:19:18.119 come back and do this. Yeah, and that by the way, 1442 01:19:18.279 --> 01:19:20.399 for those of you listening, that's at the United Way 1443 01:19:20.439 --> 01:19:22.960 of Greater Houston at fifty wad Drive and we'll be 1444 01:19:23.119 --> 01:19:23.640 right back. 1445 01:19:26.560 --> 01:19:26.840 With us. 1446 01:19:26.840 --> 01:19:30.079 Today we are visiting with Mike Sarant about an organization 1447 01:19:30.279 --> 01:19:35.239 called OBA HbA Organic Horticulture Benefits Alliance and an event 1448 01:19:35.359 --> 01:19:39.319 coming up called OBA Palooza. This event again is Saturday, 1449 01:19:39.359 --> 01:19:43.520 August tenth, that's this coming Saturday. Goes from eight in 1450 01:19:43.600 --> 01:19:46.359 the morning until three point thirty in the afternoon, and 1451 01:19:46.640 --> 01:19:50.279 it is a constant lineup of some of the best speakers, 1452 01:19:50.520 --> 01:19:53.359 the best, most interesting topics you're going to run into. 1453 01:19:54.000 --> 01:19:58.359 And in fact, there's three different concurrence sessions. Mike, are 1454 01:19:58.399 --> 01:20:02.399 you with us, they're still hey, yes, sir, thank you. Yeah. 1455 01:20:02.560 --> 01:20:06.239 Three concurrent sessions, so you get to pick between the 1456 01:20:06.319 --> 01:20:08.039 topics that are most of interest to you. 1457 01:20:11.319 --> 01:20:16.680 Well, that's correct. I'm sorry, I thought there was a pause. 1458 01:20:16.720 --> 01:20:19.399 I was just going to say. The most challenging part 1459 01:20:19.439 --> 01:20:22.720 about Opalooza is which class you're going to take. We 1460 01:20:22.840 --> 01:20:29.319 have two open main hall classes where everybody's listening and 1461 01:20:29.479 --> 01:20:33.840 learning together, and then, as you mentioned, there's concurrence sessions 1462 01:20:33.920 --> 01:20:36.000 in the in the subjects are just like you want 1463 01:20:36.039 --> 01:20:38.359 it and tend them all just incredible. 1464 01:20:39.000 --> 01:20:43.640 So anyway, well, I see you have a doctor, doctor 1465 01:20:43.720 --> 01:20:47.479 John Novac, and you know, Joe was my vegetable professor 1466 01:20:47.600 --> 01:20:49.399 when I was getting my masters at A and M 1467 01:20:49.560 --> 01:20:54.479 and keeping up with that. I had to work out 1468 01:20:54.560 --> 01:20:56.399 and wear tennis shoes to keep up with that guy. 1469 01:20:56.800 --> 01:20:59.359 I still consider him a friend, and he is a 1470 01:20:59.520 --> 01:21:03.720 wealthy good information. I can't imagine anything he would talk 1471 01:21:03.720 --> 01:21:06.199 about that's not going to be eye opening and really 1472 01:21:06.439 --> 01:21:09.079 enjoyable for folks that attend. That's just one example. 1473 01:21:10.920 --> 01:21:14.279 Well, there's doctor Joe, and you're right, he's incredible. He 1474 01:21:14.359 --> 01:21:17.199 heads up the community garden at Rice University. 1475 01:21:17.319 --> 01:21:18.600 We have another Rice. 1476 01:21:18.880 --> 01:21:22.199 Professor of Glenn Olsen, who's going to talk about the 1477 01:21:22.359 --> 01:21:25.800 College of plants, pollinarian birds, how they all relate together. 1478 01:21:26.439 --> 01:21:29.039 So and they're going on at the same time. 1479 01:21:29.079 --> 01:21:29.920 So who do you choose? 1480 01:21:30.920 --> 01:21:34.199 Yeah, yeah, Well you got John Ferguson, who pretty much 1481 01:21:34.319 --> 01:21:38.039 knows more about soil than anybody when it comes to 1482 01:21:38.159 --> 01:21:40.600 how to build and create good soils. You've got, oh, 1483 01:21:40.720 --> 01:21:44.800 doctor Mark Vordenbrugen. Now that guy is quite the character. 1484 01:21:45.000 --> 01:21:47.000 And I'm telling you, if you ever walk up to 1485 01:21:47.039 --> 01:21:49.159 a plant and wonder if you can need it, he'll 1486 01:21:49.239 --> 01:21:51.079 not only tell you that, but he'll tell you what 1487 01:21:51.520 --> 01:21:53.640 Native Americans did with it, how to make a new 1488 01:21:53.720 --> 01:21:57.640 hat out of it, and everything else. He's awesome. 1489 01:21:58.760 --> 01:22:04.479 Yeah, I just picked I mean yeah, yes, And we've 1490 01:22:04.520 --> 01:22:06.960 been blessed with a wonderful summer. I think the best 1491 01:22:07.000 --> 01:22:11.079 summer I've ever seen in Texas. When I'm looking at 1492 01:22:11.119 --> 01:22:14.399 a countryside right now and everything is green and lush 1493 01:22:14.520 --> 01:22:17.279 and Mother Nature is not angry, looks very very happy. 1494 01:22:17.399 --> 01:22:21.760 But going back to John Ferguson, we ultimately we want 1495 01:22:21.800 --> 01:22:24.640 to work with the soil. Can have a healthy soil, 1496 01:22:24.880 --> 01:22:28.720 healthy plants, healthy people, right, and so water is an 1497 01:22:28.760 --> 01:22:32.600 issue always, drainage is always an issue. How about if 1498 01:22:32.720 --> 01:22:36.439 we work within the principles and guidelines of nature to 1499 01:22:36.560 --> 01:22:42.399 improve aeration, to improve drainage, to improve water holding capability capacity, 1500 01:22:42.920 --> 01:22:47.239 and reduce the need on bought irrigation water. So John's 1501 01:22:47.560 --> 01:22:50.720 subject matter is going to talk about that soil as 1502 01:22:50.960 --> 01:22:54.199 your reservoir. John and I calculated many years ago after 1503 01:22:54.279 --> 01:22:57.479 the twenty eleven drought that we could actually work the 1504 01:22:57.640 --> 01:23:02.520 soil so for each rain irrigation event, we can hold 1505 01:23:02.640 --> 01:23:06.359 up to one hundred and eighty thousand gallons of water 1506 01:23:07.039 --> 01:23:09.720 beneath our feet. And think about that. That's just an 1507 01:23:09.760 --> 01:23:13.079 amazing amount of water that we can use and not 1508 01:23:13.199 --> 01:23:13.880 have to pay for it. 1509 01:23:15.079 --> 01:23:18.439 Yeah, that is cool. Well, you're gonna you're gonna word 1510 01:23:18.439 --> 01:23:21.119 to learn about native plants. There could be medicinal herbs. 1511 01:23:21.920 --> 01:23:23.800 There was one teaser I saw out there, even the 1512 01:23:23.880 --> 01:23:26.439 secret Language of trees. That's one I gotta hear. 1513 01:23:26.560 --> 01:23:26.880 I got. 1514 01:23:29.279 --> 01:23:31.039 I knew they were talking about me. I just have 1515 01:23:31.119 --> 01:23:33.399 no idea what they're saying. So now I'm gonna find 1516 01:23:33.439 --> 01:23:33.720 it out. 1517 01:23:35.159 --> 01:23:37.319 Well, I'm sure to say very kind things about you 1518 01:23:37.399 --> 01:23:39.760 because you've been a friend of the environment for your 1519 01:23:39.920 --> 01:23:43.079 entire career. So they're probably saying, hey, skip, what a guy, 1520 01:23:43.159 --> 01:23:43.640 What a guy? 1521 01:23:44.479 --> 01:23:47.119 Yeah, I'm gonna go on believe in that rather than 1522 01:23:47.199 --> 01:23:49.560 that decoding what they're saying. 1523 01:23:49.920 --> 01:23:51.039 Did you believe in that? 1524 01:23:51.239 --> 01:23:53.520 Okay, gotcha believing that? 1525 01:23:53.760 --> 01:23:56.399 Yeah, that's that's for sure. Okay. This is Oba Palooza 1526 01:23:56.760 --> 01:23:59.439 and this is the third annual Organic Fair and Workshop. 1527 01:23:59.520 --> 01:24:01.640 Now OB does a lot of other things, though, Mike, 1528 01:24:01.720 --> 01:24:04.119 I've you guys, you know how to have fun too. 1529 01:24:05.800 --> 01:24:07.359 I can tell you that it's a good reason that 1530 01:24:07.600 --> 01:24:09.760 well we do itself is worth joining OB. 1531 01:24:10.920 --> 01:24:15.000 Right, thank you. You'll find that other people, people that 1532 01:24:15.119 --> 01:24:18.920 believe in the organic philosophy are very hopeful, they're very joyful. 1533 01:24:20.119 --> 01:24:23.800 They go through the same events of life everybody does, 1534 01:24:23.920 --> 01:24:25.800 but they just have a certain type of spirit and 1535 01:24:25.920 --> 01:24:30.000 optimism about him. You will find, like I mentioned earlier, 1536 01:24:30.119 --> 01:24:33.880 very cool, happy vibes. We would love to for everybody 1537 01:24:33.960 --> 01:24:37.119 to come and attend, but register if you could early, 1538 01:24:37.319 --> 01:24:41.319 because it is a limited attendance and we'd just love 1539 01:24:41.399 --> 01:24:44.520 to have your audience there. There'll be more than welcome. 1540 01:24:46.439 --> 01:24:48.880 Well, and it's only six days away or five days. 1541 01:24:49.119 --> 01:24:51.359 I have to recount the six days, I guess, but 1542 01:24:51.560 --> 01:24:55.680 so yeah, early is like today. You better get that done, 1543 01:24:55.720 --> 01:24:58.399 don't delay, and if you want to register, folks, it's 1544 01:24:58.560 --> 01:25:02.680 OBA online dot org. So here it is OHBA online 1545 01:25:02.840 --> 01:25:07.000 all one word dot org, Oba online dot org to 1546 01:25:07.119 --> 01:25:12.520 be part of to attend Obapalooza, Mike. Then, by the way, 1547 01:25:12.560 --> 01:25:14.039 I'll just remind you again, it's going to be at 1548 01:25:14.039 --> 01:25:18.399 the or excuse me, United Way of Greater Houston, which 1549 01:25:18.479 --> 01:25:22.279 is on at fifty wad Drive here in Houston, Texas. 1550 01:25:22.319 --> 01:25:25.159 The United Way have Greater It's a wonderful facility and 1551 01:25:25.239 --> 01:25:28.319 you guys have a lot of your programs there. It'll 1552 01:25:28.359 --> 01:25:30.359 start at eight in the morning, go to three point thirty. 1553 01:25:30.439 --> 01:25:33.079 You're going to get a really nice healthy lunch as 1554 01:25:33.159 --> 01:25:36.920 part of the registration, including some good breaks. And you know, 1555 01:25:37.000 --> 01:25:39.199 anytime I go to one of these events, Mike, I 1556 01:25:40.039 --> 01:25:43.199 probably learn as much just visiting with people on the 1557 01:25:43.399 --> 01:25:46.479 side as I do from some of these incredible speakers, 1558 01:25:46.680 --> 01:25:50.119 because there are so many enthusiastic people with a wide 1559 01:25:50.319 --> 01:25:53.359 range of expertise that are attending the thing as well 1560 01:25:53.399 --> 01:25:54.520 as those that are speaking at it. 1561 01:25:56.279 --> 01:25:59.079 I agree, great people and of course we always love 1562 01:25:59.119 --> 01:26:01.199 to see you there. I know your time is limited, 1563 01:26:01.279 --> 01:26:04.039 but it always great to see you. You always add 1564 01:26:04.079 --> 01:26:07.119 a lot of zip to any grouping, So thank you 1565 01:26:07.239 --> 01:26:07.600 very much. 1566 01:26:09.399 --> 01:26:13.600 I appreciate that. So I want to visit a little 1567 01:26:13.640 --> 01:26:18.520 bit with you. You, of course, your day job is 1568 01:26:18.680 --> 01:26:21.079 a micro Life fertilizer, and we talk about that a 1569 01:26:21.159 --> 01:26:24.520 lot here on Garden Line, and I realized we're here 1570 01:26:24.600 --> 01:26:27.119 talking about OBA. But I just think that we would 1571 01:26:27.159 --> 01:26:28.920 do well. I would like to hear a little bit 1572 01:26:28.920 --> 01:26:32.279 about how did Microlife get going and how long have 1573 01:26:32.439 --> 01:26:34.920 you guys been around. I know right now I would 1574 01:26:35.000 --> 01:26:38.720 say it is the premiere organic product that we find 1575 01:26:38.880 --> 01:26:42.439 throughout this greater Houston area. You have really saturated and 1576 01:26:42.560 --> 01:26:43.560 gotten the message out. 1577 01:26:43.600 --> 01:26:48.119 Well, well, it's a good story. I think I'll try 1578 01:26:48.199 --> 01:26:50.199 to keep it short. Please help me on that one. 1579 01:26:50.319 --> 01:26:52.399 But my mom and I started to come me back 1580 01:26:52.479 --> 01:26:55.680 in nineteen eighty four, and she was my business party 1581 01:26:55.760 --> 01:26:59.319 for twenty nine years, pass away when she was eighty nine. 1582 01:27:00.199 --> 01:27:04.680 Came to office every day. And Microlife is basically owned 1583 01:27:04.720 --> 01:27:09.640 by the parent company which I now own, Sandysono Environmental Supplies, 1584 01:27:10.119 --> 01:27:13.279 And we started selling back in eighty four chemical fertilizers 1585 01:27:13.319 --> 01:27:17.000 and pesticized because that's just what you did in the 1586 01:27:17.119 --> 01:27:20.239 mid eighties. And I realized my mom did to that. 1587 01:27:20.359 --> 01:27:23.199 The more chemical fertilizers we sold to our clients, which 1588 01:27:23.239 --> 01:27:26.720 the grounds maintenance companies, that the more pest problems they had, 1589 01:27:27.399 --> 01:27:30.920 and we thought that was strange because in our way 1590 01:27:31.000 --> 01:27:34.119 of being taught that all plant foods were the same. 1591 01:27:34.720 --> 01:27:38.520 And then we come to realize that chemical fertilizers are 1592 01:27:38.520 --> 01:27:42.359 basically jump food, and so we're causing malnourishment when we're 1593 01:27:42.399 --> 01:27:46.039 feeding the plants chemical fertilizers, and the malnourishment leads to 1594 01:27:46.600 --> 01:27:49.960 pest insects, disease, and weeds coming in. So we looked 1595 01:27:50.000 --> 01:27:52.279 for a better way, and we found the organic path 1596 01:27:52.359 --> 01:27:56.760 and we started manufacturing Microlife in nineteen eighty eight. Thirty 1597 01:27:56.800 --> 01:28:01.199 six years later, we're the second oldest continued organic fertilizer 1598 01:28:03.159 --> 01:28:07.680 in America and we sell throughout Texas fortunately, and we've 1599 01:28:07.720 --> 01:28:11.119 been very, very successful and very grateful to the people 1600 01:28:11.279 --> 01:28:14.439 that support us, that sell it and buy it. And 1601 01:28:14.560 --> 01:28:18.039 there was a Japanese word I learned last week. It's 1602 01:28:18.119 --> 01:28:27.640 called aikeja, and what that means is uh so akija, 1603 01:28:28.079 --> 01:28:31.560 what is your purpose in life? And my company and 1604 01:28:31.560 --> 01:28:34.640 I we found a really a tremendous purpose and we 1605 01:28:34.760 --> 01:28:37.880 put mission over profits. I know that may sound kind 1606 01:28:37.920 --> 01:28:40.960 of contrived, but that's really true. We believe in helping people, 1607 01:28:41.439 --> 01:28:43.359 and our way of helping people is to help them 1608 01:28:43.399 --> 01:28:46.119 to get healthy. And the way for people to get 1609 01:28:46.159 --> 01:28:49.159 healthy is to have a healthy environment. So by going organic, 1610 01:28:49.960 --> 01:28:52.359 you're gonna your food, you're gonna be more nutritious. Uh, 1611 01:28:52.520 --> 01:28:54.760 there're gonna be a lot safe to eat. You want 1612 01:28:54.760 --> 01:28:58.600 your ecosystem be at your front yard, your backyard, sports 1613 01:28:58.680 --> 01:29:00.920 fields to be free. At past society, we don't have 1614 01:29:00.960 --> 01:29:04.319 any exposures. And the beautiful thing is is that when 1615 01:29:04.359 --> 01:29:08.960 you work with nature, guess what, it works, So cheaper 1616 01:29:09.319 --> 01:29:11.640 to go help here, to go more rewarding. 1617 01:29:12.479 --> 01:29:14.720 Well, it's been working without us for a long time. 1618 01:29:14.920 --> 01:29:18.319 Right before we decided we wanted a garden in a plot, 1619 01:29:18.439 --> 01:29:23.680 somebody was taking care of it. Speaking of health, one 1620 01:29:23.720 --> 01:29:26.760 of your speakers is doctor Mila McManus, and I think 1621 01:29:26.840 --> 01:29:28.800 she's quite the interesting lady. Will you tell us a 1622 01:29:28.840 --> 01:29:32.039 little bit about her at coming up on this Oba Palooza? 1623 01:29:33.039 --> 01:29:36.399 Yes, thank you very much. She discovered organics kind of 1624 01:29:36.479 --> 01:29:39.479 like the way that we did with the landscape, and 1625 01:29:39.640 --> 01:29:43.279 she was a brilliant, very dedicated young lady. She got 1626 01:29:43.319 --> 01:29:47.119 her medical degree from the University of Texas, and she 1627 01:29:47.239 --> 01:29:49.359 became a doctor because she had a lot of health 1628 01:29:49.399 --> 01:29:52.760 problems growing up and she wanted to solve those health problems. 1629 01:29:52.840 --> 01:29:57.119 So going through the typical medical program eight years et cetera, 1630 01:29:57.840 --> 01:30:01.359 she learned the latest and greatest of farm and so 1631 01:30:01.680 --> 01:30:04.920 she was diagnosing herself and you know, putting, taking these 1632 01:30:04.960 --> 01:30:10.520 different pharmaceuticals, and nothing was getting better. The problems were compounding. Gee, 1633 01:30:10.680 --> 01:30:14.840 that sounds like chemical pesticides. So she started diving into 1634 01:30:14.920 --> 01:30:20.359 an area called fundamental medicine, which is holistic homeopathic. It's 1635 01:30:20.399 --> 01:30:24.640 about raising the level of all parts of an ecosystem 1636 01:30:24.720 --> 01:30:28.640 and the human body, and its most defined definition is 1637 01:30:28.880 --> 01:30:32.640 an ecosystem into itself. So you raise the water in 1638 01:30:32.720 --> 01:30:35.640 the harbor, you raise all the ships at the same time. 1639 01:30:36.199 --> 01:30:38.760 So she's fascinating. We've got a tremendous practice up in 1640 01:30:38.800 --> 01:30:42.920 the woodlands. She helps people get healthy and stay healthy, 1641 01:30:43.520 --> 01:30:46.600 not through prescriptions, although she can't do that, but through 1642 01:30:47.119 --> 01:30:51.840 lifestyle changes, diets, supplements, et cetera, et cetera. Wonderful woman 1643 01:30:52.000 --> 01:30:55.720 and she'll absolutely let us know why it's so important 1644 01:30:55.720 --> 01:30:58.840 eat organic foods, which will be the basis of our 1645 01:30:58.920 --> 01:31:00.000 healthy ecosystem. 1646 01:31:01.640 --> 01:31:04.840 Good well, that is and of itself going to be 1647 01:31:04.920 --> 01:31:09.960 a really really good talk or showing up at the event. Well, 1648 01:31:10.159 --> 01:31:12.920 we're kind of running short here on our time, but 1649 01:31:13.000 --> 01:31:15.119 I did want to just remind her by some people 1650 01:31:15.479 --> 01:31:18.600 I find have joined in and at different points in 1651 01:31:18.680 --> 01:31:21.199 the show, so I always have to or not everybody 1652 01:31:21.279 --> 01:31:25.039 heard everything. This is the third annual organic fair and 1653 01:31:25.159 --> 01:31:30.039 workshop called Oba Palooza, put on by the Organic Corticulture 1654 01:31:30.039 --> 01:31:34.960 Benefits Alliance. It's this coming Saturday, August tenth, from eight 1655 01:31:35.000 --> 01:31:37.600 am in the morning till three thirty pm. You get 1656 01:31:37.640 --> 01:31:39.439 some good breaks in there, you get a good lunch 1657 01:31:39.479 --> 01:31:41.239 in there, and you have the opportunity not just to 1658 01:31:41.359 --> 01:31:45.720 hear a lot of really good speakers, but also to 1659 01:31:45.840 --> 01:31:47.680 visit with the other folks that are there and to 1660 01:31:47.760 --> 01:31:49.840 see the trade show. You know, you've got a lot 1661 01:31:49.920 --> 01:31:53.119 of really good sponsors and I always enjoy spending time 1662 01:31:53.239 --> 01:31:56.800 walking up and down learning about their products, visiting with them. 1663 01:31:57.560 --> 01:32:00.319 So there's just a lot of opportunities. Is that the 1664 01:32:00.479 --> 01:32:04.760 United Way of Greater Houston, which is fifty law drive, 1665 01:32:05.760 --> 01:32:10.039 So there'll be some opportunities from CEUs, I'm told as 1666 01:32:10.119 --> 01:32:12.760 well in this for people that are in, you know, 1667 01:32:12.840 --> 01:32:16.319 on the professional end, of Horticulture. But if you are 1668 01:32:16.479 --> 01:32:20.239 interested in going, don't delay because our time is running short. 1669 01:32:20.359 --> 01:32:26.680 It's OBA online dot org, HbA online dot org. There 1670 01:32:26.760 --> 01:32:29.880 you can sign up. It's worth kind of getting on 1671 01:32:30.000 --> 01:32:32.439 the mailing list finding out what's going on. There will 1672 01:32:32.560 --> 01:32:35.760 be other events coming up. These guys do this all 1673 01:32:35.960 --> 01:32:39.359 the time, and like I said, I've I'm always impressed 1674 01:32:39.760 --> 01:32:42.760 with the lineup of the kind of quality of speakers. 1675 01:32:43.319 --> 01:32:46.439 You know, to be a good presenter at a conference 1676 01:32:46.560 --> 01:32:48.680 like this or a program like this, you got to 1677 01:32:48.760 --> 01:32:50.399 know what you're talking about, but you also got to 1678 01:32:50.399 --> 01:32:52.520 be able to talk to people. You know, there's two 1679 01:32:52.560 --> 01:32:55.319 different things. You probably have run across people that knew 1680 01:32:55.319 --> 01:32:58.359 a lot but couldn't communicate it. Well, well you get 1681 01:32:58.600 --> 01:33:02.680 the whole package here, Mike. I so appreciate you coming on. 1682 01:33:03.000 --> 01:33:05.640 I hope people will take advantage of this opportunity. 1683 01:33:05.960 --> 01:33:09.920 I just want to thank you again, well my gratitude 1684 01:33:09.960 --> 01:33:12.720 G two Skiff for always helping everybody all the time, 1685 01:33:12.840 --> 01:33:15.439 and for this opportunity to visit with you and explain 1686 01:33:15.520 --> 01:33:20.439 OBA and to have the garden Line folks listen in 1687 01:33:20.920 --> 01:33:24.119 and thank you guard Line folks for caring about the world. 1688 01:33:23.880 --> 01:33:24.520 In the environment. 1689 01:33:25.680 --> 01:33:27.079 All right, well you take care. I hope you have 1690 01:33:27.159 --> 01:33:31.920 a wonderful weekend. UH and thanks thanks again much much 1691 01:33:31.960 --> 01:33:37.359 appropiate two one two Kate k t r H. How 1692 01:33:37.399 --> 01:33:40.439 many times have I said that? Seven one three two 1693 01:33:40.479 --> 01:33:42.159 one two k t r H. To give me a 1694 01:33:42.239 --> 01:33:44.800 call on garden line. Let's talk about the things that 1695 01:33:44.880 --> 01:33:47.960 are of most interest to you, and I'll tell you 1696 01:33:48.039 --> 01:33:50.560 something that's of interest to me, and that is a 1697 01:33:50.680 --> 01:33:54.159 quality garden center. Garden centers that are mom and pop 1698 01:33:54.319 --> 01:33:58.199 that are independently owned, that are local, that are staffed 1699 01:33:58.199 --> 01:34:01.399 by people that know what they're talking about, that bring 1700 01:34:01.520 --> 01:34:05.439 in the plants that want to grow here. Well, Buchanan's 1701 01:34:05.640 --> 01:34:08.439 Native Plants in the Heights is a prime example of that, 1702 01:34:08.920 --> 01:34:11.680 speaking of plants that want to grow here. Native is 1703 01:34:11.760 --> 01:34:15.439 in their name, Buchanan's Native Plants. They have native plants 1704 01:34:15.479 --> 01:34:18.039 from the region that you can even they even have 1705 01:34:18.119 --> 01:34:21.479 a table like where there's native plants from just natives 1706 01:34:21.720 --> 01:34:25.039 from here in Harris County. Local that's about as local 1707 01:34:25.079 --> 01:34:28.239 as you can get. And they specialize in that and 1708 01:34:28.319 --> 01:34:31.479 they're beautiful and they're knowledgeable about it. And that's one 1709 01:34:31.520 --> 01:34:34.720 reason why I say go check out their website. Buchanansplants 1710 01:34:34.760 --> 01:34:39.960 dot com. Buchanansplants dot com. There is checklists for what 1711 01:34:40.159 --> 01:34:43.399 to do during the month. There's articles that are educational, 1712 01:34:43.680 --> 01:34:48.079 videos that are educational announcements of their upcoming programs. By 1713 01:34:48.119 --> 01:34:51.439 the way, the next three Saturdays in August, they've got 1714 01:34:51.640 --> 01:34:55.560 educational programs going on there. At Buchanan's Plants. It's at 1715 01:34:55.600 --> 01:34:58.960 Eleventh Street in the Heights. Eleventh Street in the Heights. 1716 01:35:00.000 --> 01:35:01.600 You will find every kind of plant you're looking for. 1717 01:35:01.920 --> 01:35:04.520 And so when I stress the natives, it's because they 1718 01:35:04.640 --> 01:35:06.319 do a better job of that than anybody I know. 1719 01:35:07.239 --> 01:35:11.800 But it also they've got a greenhouse of house plants 1720 01:35:11.880 --> 01:35:16.880 for example. That is a huge, huge selection of house plants. 1721 01:35:17.319 --> 01:35:19.479 So any kind of thing you want to grow, the 1722 01:35:19.600 --> 01:35:22.479 advice you need to grow it right, and the products 1723 01:35:22.520 --> 01:35:25.800 you need to have success with that. Buchanan's Native Plants. 1724 01:35:25.800 --> 01:35:27.960 By the way, it's time to get those tomatoes in. 1725 01:35:28.079 --> 01:35:30.279 If you want to fall crop, you can and just 1726 01:35:30.319 --> 01:35:32.199 stocked up on tomato plants. You want to get a 1727 01:35:32.199 --> 01:35:34.079 little basil to go along with it. You know, we're 1728 01:35:34.079 --> 01:35:36.279 going to do some cooking here. They've got that. They've 1729 01:35:36.319 --> 01:35:39.520 got that as well. I'm going to head out now 1730 01:35:39.600 --> 01:35:44.520 to Jersey Village and we're going to talk to George. Hello, George, Hey, Skip, 1731 01:35:44.640 --> 01:35:45.239 good morning to you. 1732 01:35:45.359 --> 01:35:47.640 That was an interesting presentation to have a little bit 1733 01:35:47.680 --> 01:35:49.239 of ready yourself anyhow. 1734 01:35:49.319 --> 01:35:52.039 Yeah, was interesting, Yeah, yeah. 1735 01:35:52.199 --> 01:35:55.279 I was about the plant from California poppies, and my 1736 01:35:55.479 --> 01:35:57.000 wife yells at me all the time. 1737 01:35:57.119 --> 01:35:58.960 So is it's too late to plant anything? You should 1738 01:35:59.000 --> 01:35:59.640 plant only. 1739 01:35:59.520 --> 01:35:59.920 In the spring? 1740 01:36:00.079 --> 01:36:03.000 John, That was my first question, And the second question. 1741 01:36:03.039 --> 01:36:06.239 Was my blueberry plants have half of the stamas turned 1742 01:36:06.279 --> 01:36:08.600 brown and dying on the end, and the rest of 1743 01:36:08.640 --> 01:36:11.199 them looks like it's okay, should I cut that off 1744 01:36:11.279 --> 01:36:11.920 or break it off? 1745 01:36:13.800 --> 01:36:15.479 Just snip it off. It's not going to come back 1746 01:36:15.520 --> 01:36:17.399 to life, so you can just snip it off. Now. 1747 01:36:17.520 --> 01:36:19.399 That may be a sign of a little bit of 1748 01:36:19.479 --> 01:36:22.279 a root issue. Maybe they got a little dry. Blueberries 1749 01:36:22.560 --> 01:36:25.640 root systems are not really efficient at taking up water 1750 01:36:26.159 --> 01:36:28.279 compared to some other plants, and so we have to 1751 01:36:28.359 --> 01:36:33.439 keep them adequately moist. They don't do well with drought happening. 1752 01:36:34.560 --> 01:36:38.880 Fall is the best season of the plant. Perennials, woody shrubs, 1753 01:36:39.000 --> 01:36:43.960 woody trees, woody vines, all those kinds of perennial plants 1754 01:36:44.079 --> 01:36:48.039 and seeds of wildflowers is a good time. And also 1755 01:36:48.199 --> 01:36:50.319 things are going to come up in the spring. Now 1756 01:36:50.720 --> 01:36:53.520 if California, if you had California poppies in your yard 1757 01:36:53.600 --> 01:36:56.880 last year, let's just say, for example, they bloomed and 1758 01:36:57.000 --> 01:36:59.960 they cast their seed way back then, and the seeds 1759 01:37:00.119 --> 01:37:03.279 been sitting there all summer waiting for fall to sprout. Well, 1760 01:37:03.880 --> 01:37:07.760 the percentage of success goes down when it's that long 1761 01:37:07.920 --> 01:37:10.039 before it's time for a lot of things can happen 1762 01:37:10.079 --> 01:37:13.720 in the meantime. So to sprinkle your poppy seeds out 1763 01:37:14.119 --> 01:37:18.239 in September October, that is great. I probably would plant 1764 01:37:18.319 --> 01:37:21.840 mine in late September or early October, but as being 1765 01:37:21.920 --> 01:37:23.560 ideal because they're going to come up, they're going to 1766 01:37:23.600 --> 01:37:25.880 sit there as little tiny plants through the winter and 1767 01:37:26.039 --> 01:37:29.000 then go crazy in California Popuca gorgeous. 1768 01:37:30.119 --> 01:37:32.000 Yeah, so I saw. All right, Thanks very much. 1769 01:37:33.199 --> 01:37:35.560 All right, man, thanks a lot, appreciate the call, George. 1770 01:37:35.840 --> 01:37:39.800 You take care of it. Poppies, poppies. I wrote an 1771 01:37:39.960 --> 01:37:46.800 article on plants that you plant in fall that bloom 1772 01:37:46.880 --> 01:37:49.960 in the spring, and poppies is a big part of 1773 01:37:50.000 --> 01:37:52.640 that article. It's going to be in Texas Gardener magazine. 1774 01:37:52.680 --> 01:37:56.439 If you do not subscribe to Texas Gardener, you ought to. 1775 01:37:56.800 --> 01:38:01.359 It is an outstanding magazine and I'm really excited. I 1776 01:38:01.399 --> 01:38:05.079 think it's the September October issue that's coming up. It's 1777 01:38:05.159 --> 01:38:07.039 going to be in there, and you ought to take 1778 01:38:07.079 --> 01:38:09.159 a look. Because poppies aren't the only thing I talk about, 1779 01:38:09.199 --> 01:38:12.479 but I really talk a lot about the many kinds 1780 01:38:12.520 --> 01:38:14.439 of poppies and how to have success with them. I 1781 01:38:14.479 --> 01:38:16.600 think you would enjoy it myself. 1782 01:38:17.600 --> 01:38:17.800 Well. 1783 01:38:18.920 --> 01:38:22.920 I talk about soil all the time, the importance of soil, 1784 01:38:23.039 --> 01:38:27.359 the fact that the brown stuff is the key to success. 1785 01:38:28.000 --> 01:38:30.600 Brown stuff before green stuff. And you're not going to 1786 01:38:30.720 --> 01:38:36.640 find a purveyor of quality brown stuff products, then Nature's 1787 01:38:36.680 --> 01:38:39.720 Way resources. Nature's Way has been around for over thirty years. 1788 01:38:39.760 --> 01:38:43.399 They've been a pioneer in the organic movement. You can 1789 01:38:43.479 --> 01:38:46.119 go back to products that we now they just slip 1790 01:38:46.159 --> 01:38:48.640 off our tongues like they've always been around. Well, leaf 1791 01:38:48.720 --> 01:38:51.520 mold compost a. Nature's Way is the one that came 1792 01:38:51.600 --> 01:38:57.000 up and made that famous fungal composts, the rose mix 1793 01:38:57.199 --> 01:39:00.359 that people talk about that working with the rose side 1794 01:39:00.479 --> 01:39:03.159 Nature's Way, that's it, and by the way. You need 1795 01:39:03.239 --> 01:39:06.079 to be aware of this this summer. So I wouldn't 1796 01:39:06.079 --> 01:39:10.880 delay on this, but twenty percent off all of the 1797 01:39:10.960 --> 01:39:14.600 brown stuff. That would mean compost, that would mean mulchz 1798 01:39:15.039 --> 01:39:18.880 that would be soil blends. At Nature's Way. That twenty 1799 01:39:18.960 --> 01:39:21.840 percent off is good for the bagged products, and it's 1800 01:39:21.880 --> 01:39:24.159 good for the bulk products. And they do deliver or 1801 01:39:24.239 --> 01:39:26.800 you go get it, or they'll deliver while you're out there. 1802 01:39:26.800 --> 01:39:28.880 If you go get it. Check out their native plant collection. 1803 01:39:28.960 --> 01:39:31.800 They've got a wonderful little garden center nursery right there 1804 01:39:32.119 --> 01:39:34.720 on the property as well. But in order to get 1805 01:39:34.800 --> 01:39:37.640 that twenty percent discount, to listen to this part, it's 1806 01:39:37.680 --> 01:39:41.920 important you need to tell them mentioned garden Line to 1807 01:39:42.079 --> 01:39:44.239 the Nature's Way staff when you go. So I heard 1808 01:39:44.239 --> 01:39:47.079 about it on a twenty percent discount on garden Line, 1809 01:39:47.560 --> 01:39:50.520 and that will open the door and listen. It's always 1810 01:39:50.560 --> 01:39:53.159 a good time to build the soil, always a good 1811 01:39:53.239 --> 01:39:57.199 time to improve the soil. Fall planting season, the best 1812 01:39:57.279 --> 01:40:00.600 planting season of the year is coming. How's the time 1813 01:40:00.720 --> 01:40:02.760 to get the soil ready. We got a dry wheat 1814 01:40:02.840 --> 01:40:05.319 coming up here. This is a great time to get 1815 01:40:05.399 --> 01:40:08.560 that material brought in. Whether you're creating a bed or 1816 01:40:08.680 --> 01:40:12.000 just amending and improving soil. You have get that done 1817 01:40:12.119 --> 01:40:14.800 now so when fall comes, even if it's too rainy, 1818 01:40:15.079 --> 01:40:17.079 you're already ready to go and you can move right 1819 01:40:17.159 --> 01:40:20.800 in and plant. That is that's the tip of the week. 1820 01:40:21.680 --> 01:40:27.399 Get your soiling. We'll be right talking to you with 1821 01:40:27.680 --> 01:40:31.479 your gardening questions. Seven one three two one two kt 1822 01:40:31.880 --> 01:40:33.239 r H. I want to tell you a little bit 1823 01:40:33.279 --> 01:40:38.199 about Nelson Plant Food. I was just thinking about this yesterday. 1824 01:40:38.680 --> 01:40:41.439 They you know, when I talk about these products, I 1825 01:40:41.760 --> 01:40:45.840 mentioned one or two, But with Nelson's there's so many 1826 01:40:46.319 --> 01:40:48.560 many products out there, and Bruce is Brew is one 1827 01:40:48.600 --> 01:40:52.159 of their turf Star products. It's for lawns, and Bruce 1828 01:40:52.239 --> 01:40:56.560 s Brew will release nutrients right away, but it continues 1829 01:40:56.680 --> 01:40:59.479 to release some on and on as months go by, 1830 01:40:59.640 --> 01:41:02.800 and it just continues to provide that it's got a 1831 01:41:03.119 --> 01:41:06.119 eighteen four to nine ratio of nutrients, which is a 1832 01:41:06.159 --> 01:41:08.920 really good ratio. Basically, it's strong in the nitrogen, which 1833 01:41:08.960 --> 01:41:11.039 for your lawn that is what you want to do. 1834 01:41:11.199 --> 01:41:13.079 You can use it any month of the year. We 1835 01:41:13.199 --> 01:41:16.439 talk about their product which is slow and easy that 1836 01:41:16.600 --> 01:41:19.399 even releases for longer. We talk about that all the time, 1837 01:41:19.880 --> 01:41:22.560 but Bruce's Brew would be an excellent one to apply 1838 01:41:22.720 --> 01:41:25.720 now to your lawn to carry on into that fall fertilization. 1839 01:41:26.600 --> 01:41:28.560 They also have a tree and shrub that's part of 1840 01:41:28.600 --> 01:41:30.840 their nutris Star line. So you got the Turf Star, 1841 01:41:30.960 --> 01:41:33.720 you got the Nutris Star, you got the Collar Star 1842 01:41:33.920 --> 01:41:36.840 for all the flowers. This nutri Star tree and shrub, 1843 01:41:37.119 --> 01:41:40.439 it's about a twenty one six eight fertilizer that is 1844 01:41:40.720 --> 01:41:44.319 very slow release. It's five different sources of slow release 1845 01:41:44.439 --> 01:41:48.119 nitrogen in that product, two different sources of iron in 1846 01:41:48.279 --> 01:41:50.520 that product, and it's going to feed for three to 1847 01:41:50.600 --> 01:41:51.079 four months. 1848 01:41:51.159 --> 01:41:51.279 Now. 1849 01:41:51.359 --> 01:41:54.159 Listen, trees and shrubs grow all through the growing season. 1850 01:41:54.479 --> 01:41:57.279 A lot of growth in the spring, does grow through 1851 01:41:57.319 --> 01:42:00.359 the summer, and there's also growth that occurs in the fall. 1852 01:42:00.520 --> 01:42:04.600 So by getting that down now, you're providing nutrients for 1853 01:42:04.840 --> 01:42:07.079 that young tree that you have. This is a canister. 1854 01:42:07.399 --> 01:42:09.000 You can buy it in a two pound jar or 1855 01:42:09.000 --> 01:42:11.880 a four pound jar that you sprinkle it around, Just 1856 01:42:11.920 --> 01:42:14.680 follow a label, sprinkle it around and water it in. 1857 01:42:15.039 --> 01:42:17.720 Because the goal on trees is to get them to 1858 01:42:17.840 --> 01:42:20.239 grow fast when they're young. You don't want to sit 1859 01:42:20.279 --> 01:42:22.039 there and look at a broomstick in your yard for 1860 01:42:22.199 --> 01:42:24.960 four years. You want something to hang a hammock in 1861 01:42:25.520 --> 01:42:29.520 when you urge them along, provide that feeding with nutris, tar, 1862 01:42:29.600 --> 01:42:30.199 tree and shrub. 1863 01:42:30.359 --> 01:42:31.000 You do just that. 1864 01:42:31.439 --> 01:42:35.319 That's from Nelson Plant Foods widely available. Also. I want 1865 01:42:35.359 --> 01:42:37.119 to head out to Kingwood now and we're going to 1866 01:42:37.159 --> 01:42:38.680 talk to Pamela. Hello, Palm. 1867 01:42:40.119 --> 01:42:40.600 Hi there. 1868 01:42:41.720 --> 01:42:43.520 I enjoy your show so much. 1869 01:42:44.119 --> 01:42:45.000 I have a question. 1870 01:42:45.199 --> 01:42:48.880 I have a water oak tree, huge tree, right behind 1871 01:42:49.000 --> 01:42:52.920 my bedroom and with all the trees that came down 1872 01:42:53.079 --> 01:42:57.479 and split houses in half in my neighborhoods from the storm, 1873 01:42:57.920 --> 01:43:00.239 I'm going to have this thing cut down or it 1874 01:43:00.319 --> 01:43:05.439 comes down. Can I leave some of it standing and 1875 01:43:05.640 --> 01:43:07.479 have some ivy grow on it? 1876 01:43:10.439 --> 01:43:14.960 Well, you could just remember that as it's dead, it's 1877 01:43:15.119 --> 01:43:20.000 starting to decompose inside over time, and a big tree 1878 01:43:20.199 --> 01:43:22.880 has got in the past times when limbs have been 1879 01:43:22.920 --> 01:43:25.039 cut or broken and it's got some decay inside. They 1880 01:43:25.159 --> 01:43:27.840 usually do when they get older, So you just want 1881 01:43:27.880 --> 01:43:29.680 to be careful with that. I wouldn't have a trunk 1882 01:43:29.800 --> 01:43:33.239 so tall that if it fell it would hit something 1883 01:43:33.279 --> 01:43:36.000 you care about, But yeah, you could. You could leave 1884 01:43:36.079 --> 01:43:38.840 it like that as a trump but just remember it 1885 01:43:38.960 --> 01:43:41.199 is going to fall and break off later and then 1886 01:43:41.239 --> 01:43:42.600 you're going to have to hire somebody to come back 1887 01:43:42.640 --> 01:43:47.159 in again. So that's just the only drawback I would 1888 01:43:47.520 --> 01:43:48.399 particularly see. 1889 01:43:49.640 --> 01:43:53.079 Okay, because it's there's a lot of led lighting and 1890 01:43:53.199 --> 01:43:56.840 a zind garden and ferns and stuff underneath it. It's 1891 01:43:56.960 --> 01:43:58.800 really quite gorgeous. 1892 01:43:59.119 --> 01:43:59.840 And so on. 1893 01:44:00.000 --> 01:44:03.319 I was thinking, well, just you know, leave it four five, 1894 01:44:03.439 --> 01:44:06.920 six seven eight feet tall. It wouldn't hit the house. 1895 01:44:07.720 --> 01:44:10.880 But how long before it starts decomposing? 1896 01:44:11.920 --> 01:44:15.760 Well, you know, I like I say, there's probably some 1897 01:44:15.880 --> 01:44:19.159 areas inside that already have some decomposition going on. But 1898 01:44:19.279 --> 01:44:21.319 you're going to get you're going to get a number 1899 01:44:21.359 --> 01:44:24.319 of years before you have to worry about that, especially 1900 01:44:24.399 --> 01:44:26.840 as low as you're cutting it off eight feet even 1901 01:44:27.239 --> 01:44:31.079 that you're okay there and if you want that effect. 1902 01:44:30.840 --> 01:44:31.720 Then go for it. 1903 01:44:33.479 --> 01:44:37.279 Okay, great, Yeah, electrician may even put some lighting on 1904 01:44:37.439 --> 01:44:40.880 it for me, so you know it could be really 1905 01:44:40.960 --> 01:44:42.119 pretty Okay. 1906 01:44:42.279 --> 01:44:48.439 Well, thanks, it's not dead currently, right, No, No, it's not. 1907 01:44:48.720 --> 01:44:52.159 There's been some dead limbs. In fact, affordable came about 1908 01:44:52.239 --> 01:44:57.439 fifteen years ago because I had a dead limb and stuff. 1909 01:44:57.600 --> 01:44:59.279 But you know, it's beautiful. 1910 01:44:59.319 --> 01:44:59.640 I love. 1911 01:45:00.199 --> 01:45:03.840 The squirrels run up and down it and everything. 1912 01:45:04.199 --> 01:45:07.119 So the reason I ask that, the reason I asked 1913 01:45:07.159 --> 01:45:10.199 that penla is because it's going to probably try to 1914 01:45:10.239 --> 01:45:13.479 re sprout if it's a living trunk, and you probably 1915 01:45:13.520 --> 01:45:17.199 don't want that to happen. So you may have when 1916 01:45:17.239 --> 01:45:19.520 they cut the trunk off, you may have them treat 1917 01:45:19.760 --> 01:45:22.279 the cut surface right away. I mean cut it off 1918 01:45:22.359 --> 01:45:25.880 and within the hour, treat that cut surface with a 1919 01:45:26.000 --> 01:45:31.079 product that kills brush or poison ivy. It contains trickle, 1920 01:45:31.439 --> 01:45:33.960 and that way that'll help go ahead and make sure 1921 01:45:34.000 --> 01:45:36.399 it doesn't resprout, because then you got branches trying to 1922 01:45:36.439 --> 01:45:38.880 grow and they're not going to be firmly attached. And 1923 01:45:39.640 --> 01:45:41.680 so that would be my. 1924 01:45:41.720 --> 01:45:42.640 Okay to the tree. 1925 01:45:43.840 --> 01:45:46.800 About twenty two years ago, I took a maple tree 1926 01:45:46.880 --> 01:45:49.680 down on the other side of the property and I 1927 01:45:49.840 --> 01:45:52.680 have lots of maple trees now and I love it 1928 01:45:53.239 --> 01:45:58.359 my backyard. Everyone goes, it's it's cooler back here. Well, yeah, 1929 01:45:58.640 --> 01:46:04.640 it's fifteen grease cooler. I googled it, yeah, and it's 1930 01:46:04.880 --> 01:46:08.640 really nice. And I realized they can't fall and hurt 1931 01:46:08.720 --> 01:46:12.359 my house. All these other trees. It's it's like having 1932 01:46:12.479 --> 01:46:14.199 the green belt in my backyard. 1933 01:46:15.319 --> 01:46:18.920 All right, I got I got to run to another 1934 01:46:18.960 --> 01:46:20.800 couple of good luck with that. Sounds like you got 1935 01:46:20.880 --> 01:46:23.439 a plane go in there. Let's uh, let's head out 1936 01:46:23.680 --> 01:46:25.880 to Butcher, Texas and talk to Peter. 1937 01:46:26.199 --> 01:46:26.439 Peter. 1938 01:46:26.640 --> 01:46:27.920 Where is butcher Texas? 1939 01:46:29.199 --> 01:46:33.640 It's Brookshire, b r Okay, Brookshire? 1940 01:46:34.039 --> 01:46:34.359 All right? 1941 01:46:38.800 --> 01:46:39.000 Call? 1942 01:46:40.199 --> 01:46:41.199 I have two questions. 1943 01:46:41.800 --> 01:46:45.640 Is it okay to take fresh grass clippings and put 1944 01:46:45.680 --> 01:46:47.880 them around the base of my fruit trees. 1945 01:46:48.119 --> 01:46:51.119 It's kind of compost while it's still green. 1946 01:46:52.039 --> 01:46:53.720 And then I'll ask my second question. 1947 01:46:53.840 --> 01:46:56.359 If you answer that, yes, uh. 1948 01:46:57.479 --> 01:47:00.239 Number one, if you treat your lawn with broad leaf 1949 01:47:00.319 --> 01:47:03.800 weed killers, I wouldn't use those clippings for mulching, for 1950 01:47:03.920 --> 01:47:08.600 composting whatever. You're just transferring things over probably wouldn't be 1951 01:47:08.600 --> 01:47:10.800 a problem, but I wouldn't do that. If you're not 1952 01:47:10.920 --> 01:47:13.880 treating your lawn with broad leaf or products, then yes. 1953 01:47:14.880 --> 01:47:17.319 If you put them thicker than about an inch at 1954 01:47:17.359 --> 01:47:21.680 a time, they kind of get gooey nasty under there. 1955 01:47:21.800 --> 01:47:24.800 You know, they're all nitrogen and they decomposing and it 1956 01:47:24.960 --> 01:47:27.039 just kind of makes a i don't know, not a 1957 01:47:27.159 --> 01:47:30.199 very nice thing. So don't put them too deep. Put 1958 01:47:30.239 --> 01:47:31.720 them a little bit, let them drive for a day, 1959 01:47:31.800 --> 01:47:34.039 put some more, let it drive for a day. And 1960 01:47:34.720 --> 01:47:36.560 that's how I would go about it. I wouldn't put 1961 01:47:36.680 --> 01:47:39.039 like five inches of grass clipping through it. 1962 01:47:40.039 --> 01:47:40.520 Oh great. 1963 01:47:40.600 --> 01:47:44.319 And another quick question is I've got a couple of fruit. 1964 01:47:44.079 --> 01:47:47.479 Trees that planted in the spring and getting kind of gayly. 1965 01:47:47.600 --> 01:47:49.920 Dedicate to they need to cut a foot off of them. 1966 01:47:52.640 --> 01:47:57.039 You know I wouldn't do it now. Well, it would 1967 01:47:57.039 --> 01:47:58.840 be okay to cut a foot off now, but we're 1968 01:47:58.880 --> 01:48:02.039 getting late and this is a time when they're setting 1969 01:48:02.119 --> 01:48:05.640 buds on the new growth, and so cutting now the 1970 01:48:05.760 --> 01:48:08.000 regrowth you're going to get is not going to have 1971 01:48:08.199 --> 01:48:13.319 time to set fruit buds for next year. So you know, 1972 01:48:13.439 --> 01:48:16.119 you kind of caught me on the line here. If 1973 01:48:16.159 --> 01:48:20.399 we were back in June, yes, if we're in September, 1974 01:48:20.640 --> 01:48:23.359 definitely know and so you can go either way. But 1975 01:48:23.560 --> 01:48:27.520 just realize that they are from now in the next 1976 01:48:27.600 --> 01:48:30.039 couple of months setting buds, and they wouldn't have time 1977 01:48:30.119 --> 01:48:35.239 to grow wood shoots that could set buds for next 1978 01:48:35.319 --> 01:48:36.640 year if you cut them now. 1979 01:48:38.119 --> 01:48:39.119 Okay, I appreciate that. 1980 01:48:39.199 --> 01:48:42.800 Guys, Thank you, sir, you bet you bet, Thanks a lot. 1981 01:48:42.960 --> 01:48:46.439 Good luck with that all we ask is that you 1982 01:48:46.720 --> 01:48:49.319 bring us half the fruit that you get off those trees. 1983 01:48:49.479 --> 01:48:55.039 As Penman for free advice. Peter, take care. Hi folks, 1984 01:48:55.039 --> 01:48:57.600 you're listening to the Garden Line. We're about to take 1985 01:48:57.600 --> 01:48:59.720 a break for the top of the a one more 1986 01:48:59.760 --> 01:49:02.199 hour this weekend. So if you'd like to call in 1987 01:49:02.399 --> 01:49:05.720 seven one three two one two k t R, here's 1988 01:49:05.720 --> 01:49:08.079 your warning. Get call Chris, get on the board. You 1989 01:49:08.119 --> 01:49:09.560 can be some of the first ones up when you 1990 01:49:09.640 --> 01:49:14.680 come back. Appreciate you guys listening. Just remember that I've 1991 01:49:14.720 --> 01:49:17.319 got the website where I continue to put things that 1992 01:49:17.479 --> 01:49:20.600 I think you would be interested in, and that coming 1993 01:49:20.720 --> 01:49:23.520 up is going to be a publication on controlling nuts 1994 01:49:23.640 --> 01:49:28.479 edge and a publication on building your own weed wiper. 1995 01:49:28.640 --> 01:49:30.439 It's a really cool deal. You're going to see on 1996 01:49:30.560 --> 01:49:32.520 Monday or Tuesday. We should have them up by then. 1997 01:49:33.840 --> 01:49:34.399 Stay tuned. 1998 01:49:34.439 --> 01:49:37.199 Gardening with Skip necessarily endorse any of the products or 1999 01:49:37.199 --> 01:49:42.319 services advertised on this program. Welcome to kt r H 2000 01:49:42.479 --> 01:49:44.479 Garden Line with Skip Richard. 2001 01:49:53.239 --> 01:50:01.600 Just watch him as man, they've got things to see. 2002 01:50:01.760 --> 01:50:07.840 Things well, Hello and welcome to Garden Line. We're good. 2003 01:50:08.000 --> 01:50:10.920 We're glad to have you back. We always enjoy getting 2004 01:50:10.960 --> 01:50:13.800 to visit with you about the things that are of 2005 01:50:13.840 --> 01:50:16.439 interest to you, about the questions that you might have, 2006 01:50:17.039 --> 01:50:19.199 and you can give me a call at seven one 2007 01:50:19.359 --> 01:50:22.640 three two one two five eight seven four. This is 2008 01:50:22.680 --> 01:50:25.760 our last hour. So if you're interested in asking a 2009 01:50:25.840 --> 01:50:28.439 question or talking about something, now would be the time. 2010 01:50:28.399 --> 01:50:28.760 To do it. 2011 01:50:29.640 --> 01:50:32.880 You hear me talk about ACE Hardware, and I tell 2012 01:50:32.920 --> 01:50:35.520 you all the time, there's forty Ace Hardware's in the 2013 01:50:35.640 --> 01:50:40.119 Greater Houston area. Let's just say that's a lot. There's 2014 01:50:40.199 --> 01:50:42.680 plenty of them around. There's gonna be one near you. 2015 01:50:42.960 --> 01:50:44.640 And all you have to do is go to Acehardware 2016 01:50:44.680 --> 01:50:48.279 dot com and find the store locator and it'll give 2017 01:50:48.319 --> 01:50:51.279 you this nice little map with the red dots all 2018 01:50:51.439 --> 01:50:52.920 over the place. You can find the ones that are 2019 01:50:52.920 --> 01:50:54.640 closest to you, because you know, when you go to ACE, 2020 01:50:54.920 --> 01:50:56.760 you're gonna find everything you need for your lawn and 2021 01:50:56.880 --> 01:51:00.439 for your garden. Now that we've had rain, firing are 2022 01:51:00.479 --> 01:51:03.359 starting to show up. I found two mounds in my yard. 2023 01:51:03.439 --> 01:51:05.800 I didn't even know there were fireans living in the yard. 2024 01:51:06.319 --> 01:51:08.880 And with the rain now I got this soil coming 2025 01:51:08.960 --> 01:51:10.920 up to the surface as they build their nest up 2026 01:51:11.000 --> 01:51:13.960 higher to get out of the wet, and so it's 2027 01:51:14.000 --> 01:51:17.119 time to get fire baited out. What else comes with 2028 01:51:17.199 --> 01:51:20.960 the rain Mosquitoes? They have mosquito bait skip mosquita dunks 2029 01:51:21.159 --> 01:51:24.199 to control the larvae. They've got mosquito rapunts, They've got 2030 01:51:24.279 --> 01:51:28.479 fogging machines. Whatever approach you want to take, Ace Hardware's 2031 01:51:28.479 --> 01:51:30.760 got it. All the fertilizers you hear me talk about 2032 01:51:30.800 --> 01:51:33.399 on guarden Line, they're all there at ACE, as well 2033 01:51:33.439 --> 01:51:36.079 as many many more things. By the way, it's summertime, 2034 01:51:36.119 --> 01:51:39.079 it's barbecue season. You got to check out their selection 2035 01:51:39.760 --> 01:51:43.279 of the big Green Egg and Treger and Weber quality 2036 01:51:43.399 --> 01:51:47.000 pits with all kinds of accessories that are cool. Anything 2037 01:51:47.039 --> 01:51:51.000 you want to make that patio a more inviting, enjoyable place, 2038 01:51:51.439 --> 01:51:53.520 You're going to find all that and more at ACE 2039 01:51:53.560 --> 01:51:58.239 Hardware stores. I always enjoy going in because you know, 2040 01:51:58.359 --> 01:52:02.399 ACE Hardware stores are there independently owned, so that means 2041 01:52:02.760 --> 01:52:06.319 that each store, the owner can do things a little 2042 01:52:06.319 --> 01:52:08.279 bit different. They have all the standard stuff, they got 2043 01:52:08.319 --> 01:52:11.079 all the basic ACE stuff that we talk about, but 2044 01:52:11.199 --> 01:52:14.439 they may decide to do something a little unusual, maybe 2045 01:52:14.479 --> 01:52:17.520 that another store doesn't have, and it's always cool. Stuff. 2046 01:52:18.199 --> 01:52:21.600 Was amazed at the way that they put things together 2047 01:52:22.039 --> 01:52:25.720 with the ACE hardware. By the way I talk about 2048 01:52:25.760 --> 01:52:27.399 the birds in the backyard. You know, I used to 2049 01:52:27.520 --> 01:52:30.520 not be a birder. I had nothing against birds. I 2050 01:52:30.680 --> 01:52:33.439 just was an endo that. And then I went into 2051 01:52:33.520 --> 01:52:36.960 a wild Bird's Unlimited store and it was like a 2052 01:52:37.039 --> 01:52:41.199 kid in a candy store. I looking around the feeders, 2053 01:52:41.560 --> 01:52:46.399 the bird houses, information like books on birds, all of 2054 01:52:46.479 --> 01:52:49.239 the equipment you need for hanging of feeders, and they 2055 01:52:49.359 --> 01:52:53.439 just have some technologies that are amazing for like a 2056 01:52:53.520 --> 01:52:56.840 Purple Martin house. You know, the telescoping poles and the 2057 01:52:57.359 --> 01:53:00.319 removable sections make it easy to clean and stuff you 2058 01:53:00.439 --> 01:53:02.159 go into you didn't even know that was a question 2059 01:53:02.279 --> 01:53:03.560 you had. And then you go into ACE and you 2060 01:53:03.720 --> 01:53:04.199 learn about it. 2061 01:53:04.720 --> 01:53:04.960 ACE. 2062 01:53:05.560 --> 01:53:08.000 I still talk about ACE wah Birds Unlimited and you 2063 01:53:08.159 --> 01:53:10.880 learn about it. But a huge reason to go in 2064 01:53:10.960 --> 01:53:14.520 there is the feeds. Quality feed. You can buy cheap 2065 01:53:14.800 --> 01:53:20.640 bird feed and it'll have typically over fifty percent of 2066 01:53:20.720 --> 01:53:23.760 those little red bebies that birds don't eat. That little 2067 01:53:23.840 --> 01:53:28.239 Milo in there, the Milo that is not getting a 2068 01:53:28.279 --> 01:53:30.640 good deal on feed. If you go and buy a 2069 01:53:30.760 --> 01:53:33.600 quality feed for MACE, you get stuff that birds eat, 2070 01:53:33.840 --> 01:53:35.880 and they have blends for different kinds of birds. They 2071 01:53:35.880 --> 01:53:38.359 have blends for different seasons of the year. Now's the 2072 01:53:38.439 --> 01:53:42.520 time for nesting. Super blend. It's got protein and calcium. 2073 01:53:42.560 --> 01:53:45.640 It's made out of this sounds good to me. Most 2074 01:53:45.680 --> 01:53:49.840 of it sunflower chips, peanuts, dried mealworms. I'm going to 2075 01:53:49.880 --> 01:53:52.479 be out on that one. Bark butter bits, half flower 2076 01:53:52.560 --> 01:53:55.840 tree nuts. It is good, high protein stuff. You know, 2077 01:53:55.920 --> 01:53:59.159 when birds are having young and when birds are molting 2078 01:53:59.479 --> 01:54:02.359 and other things, they need a good quality feed at 2079 01:54:02.359 --> 01:54:06.760 all stages of their life. Wabirds unlimited carries just that 2080 01:54:06.960 --> 01:54:10.359 right now. I would suggest you consider seed cylinders. That 2081 01:54:10.560 --> 01:54:13.920 is a packed cylinder of seed. It's like one of 2082 01:54:14.000 --> 01:54:15.840 those little candles you put on, you know, a little 2083 01:54:15.920 --> 01:54:19.760 five inch six inch high candles. They come in different sizes, 2084 01:54:19.840 --> 01:54:23.239 the bird cylinders, but they're packed in so you stick 2085 01:54:23.239 --> 01:54:25.319 it up there you go on vacation. When you come back, 2086 01:54:25.520 --> 01:54:27.399 the birds are still getting fed. It's not like, hey, 2087 01:54:27.439 --> 01:54:30.319 where are you? Why didn't you fill the feeders? And 2088 01:54:30.600 --> 01:54:33.359 it's also good because it takes somewhere a little bit 2089 01:54:33.399 --> 01:54:36.279 to kind of peck it loose from that cylinder, so 2090 01:54:36.439 --> 01:54:38.439 they hang around a little bit longer you get to 2091 01:54:38.560 --> 01:54:40.319 enjoy them and watch them a little bit more. All 2092 01:54:40.399 --> 01:54:45.039 wabirds Unlimited stuff. Hey, while Birds Unlimited. Here's the website 2093 01:54:45.399 --> 01:54:52.840 WBU dot com forward slash Houston WBU dot Com forward 2094 01:54:52.960 --> 01:54:58.319 Slash Houston that will show you the six while Birds 2095 01:54:58.479 --> 01:55:04.560 Unlimited stores that are near you. When we've got a 2096 01:55:04.560 --> 01:55:06.119 little break here in the cause that it gives me 2097 01:55:06.199 --> 01:55:08.840 the opportunity to talk about some things that I think 2098 01:55:08.880 --> 01:55:12.239 are timely and interesting and hopefully that you would be 2099 01:55:12.520 --> 01:55:15.760 interested in. I was talking earlier about the importance of 2100 01:55:15.800 --> 01:55:18.720 building soil. Now it's always a good there's never a 2101 01:55:18.800 --> 01:55:21.079 month of the year that's not a good time to 2102 01:55:21.279 --> 01:55:25.479 build and improve and prepare soil. You can go about 2103 01:55:25.520 --> 01:55:28.479 that different ways, but now is an important time because 2104 01:55:28.600 --> 01:55:31.880 fall is coming, and there is not a better time 2105 01:55:31.960 --> 01:55:36.960 of the year to plant trees, woody shrubs, woody vines 2106 01:55:37.239 --> 01:55:39.520 than the fall. There's not a better time to plant 2107 01:55:39.600 --> 01:55:44.119 perennial whether it's perennial herbs, perennial flowers, than the fall. 2108 01:55:45.279 --> 01:55:49.680 The fall gives plants all the winter season until spring 2109 01:55:49.760 --> 01:55:53.039 growth starts up again. To get a root system established, 2110 01:55:53.079 --> 01:55:55.479 that is a big head start and it makes a 2111 01:55:55.600 --> 01:56:00.560 difference on how much little daily tilc you're having to 2112 01:56:00.600 --> 01:56:03.479 give a plant. If you put it in now, it's fine, 2113 01:56:03.560 --> 01:56:06.279 you can keep it going, but you got to take 2114 01:56:06.279 --> 01:56:08.640 care of it because it's using a lot of water 2115 01:56:08.680 --> 01:56:11.479 every day the day after it's planted, and in the 2116 01:56:11.560 --> 01:56:14.640 fall planting you get even more time though, and so 2117 01:56:15.520 --> 01:56:19.079 it's also an economical time to plant. And let me 2118 01:56:19.159 --> 01:56:23.119 explain it this way. If you were to buy, let's 2119 01:56:23.119 --> 01:56:25.800 say there's a plant, like a particular salvia that you wanted, 2120 01:56:26.159 --> 01:56:27.640 and if you were to see it in a four 2121 01:56:27.680 --> 01:56:30.600 inch pot and maybe in a one gallon pot, well, 2122 01:56:30.960 --> 01:56:34.560 the price difference is huge between those two. If you 2123 01:56:34.640 --> 01:56:36.760 were to put the four inch pot of that salvia 2124 01:56:36.880 --> 01:56:40.640 in this fall, and you were to wait and then 2125 01:56:40.720 --> 01:56:44.680 in late spring put the gallon pot in number one, 2126 01:56:44.680 --> 01:56:46.800 it would costs more money at that time. But then 2127 01:56:46.880 --> 01:56:49.119 you go to mid or late summer and you look 2128 01:56:49.159 --> 01:56:51.359 at those two plants and you almost can't tell them apart. 2129 01:56:52.279 --> 01:56:55.159 So it's in a sense, if you want to save 2130 01:56:55.199 --> 01:56:58.479 your gardening dollar, falls a good planting time for that 2131 01:56:58.800 --> 01:57:00.880 reason as well. And I could go on and on. 2132 01:57:01.000 --> 01:57:03.079 There's a lot of reasons why you want a plant 2133 01:57:03.159 --> 01:57:05.800 in the fall, but just get it done. And if 2134 01:57:05.800 --> 01:57:07.319 you're going to be able to plant in the fall, 2135 01:57:07.520 --> 01:57:09.600 you've got to have the soil ready because when fall 2136 01:57:09.720 --> 01:57:13.239 comes typically we got rainy weather coming in, maybe the 2137 01:57:13.399 --> 01:57:16.359 end of the hurricane season in September, and there's always 2138 01:57:16.600 --> 01:57:20.119 coal fronts coming in bringing rain with them. Why not 2139 01:57:20.439 --> 01:57:22.880 make hay well the sunshines, why not prepare your soil 2140 01:57:23.439 --> 01:57:26.159 while you can right now? You can go buy it 2141 01:57:26.239 --> 01:57:28.800 by the bag, you can have it delivered. We got 2142 01:57:28.880 --> 01:57:31.720 some great suppliers that a our sponsorshare on garden Line 2143 01:57:32.159 --> 01:57:34.800 that I believe in the product they make. They make 2144 01:57:35.159 --> 01:57:39.520 good products and because of that, you get that in. 2145 01:57:39.960 --> 01:57:42.680 You do it right now, and when it comes time 2146 01:57:42.720 --> 01:57:45.039 to plant, you're ready to go. It doesn't matter what 2147 01:57:45.119 --> 01:57:47.800 the weather is, You're ready to go because you did 2148 01:57:47.840 --> 01:57:50.880 it ahead of time. So I can't stress enough the 2149 01:57:50.960 --> 01:57:56.199 importance of soil prep now and fall planting really really important. 2150 01:57:58.159 --> 01:57:59.720 Our phone number if you would like to give a 2151 01:57:59.760 --> 01:58:05.119 skull seven one three two one two five eight seven four. 2152 01:58:05.119 --> 01:58:07.199 I'm gonna take a break when we come back. Go 2153 01:58:07.239 --> 01:58:09.520 ahead and call now, give Chris a call, get on 2154 01:58:09.600 --> 01:58:11.479 the boards and you'll beat the first few up. When 2155 01:58:11.520 --> 01:58:14.039 we come back. Three two one two KTRH is a 2156 01:58:14.079 --> 01:58:17.199 phone number. We are entering our last couple of segments 2157 01:58:17.279 --> 01:58:19.600 here on garden Line. And so if you have a 2158 01:58:19.720 --> 01:58:21.880 question for this weekend, you want to don't want to 2159 01:58:21.880 --> 01:58:24.119 wait till next weekend on now would be a good 2160 01:58:24.119 --> 01:58:25.600 time to give us a call and we can take 2161 01:58:25.640 --> 01:58:28.359 care of that. Uh, when was the last time that 2162 01:58:28.479 --> 01:58:31.199 you were out in Channe Forest out in the Richmond 2163 01:58:31.279 --> 01:58:35.039 Rosenberg area. That's a garden center. That is if you're 2164 01:58:35.079 --> 01:58:38.680 heading from Richmond towards sugar Land heading up fifty nine, 2165 01:58:38.840 --> 01:58:41.880 it's off to the right on FM twenty seven fifty 2166 01:58:42.000 --> 01:58:45.840 nine FM twenty seven to fifty nine now and Chenna 2167 01:58:45.880 --> 01:58:48.640 Forest is always a good place to go visit because 2168 01:58:49.159 --> 01:58:51.520 every month of the year there's something going on there. 2169 01:58:51.600 --> 01:58:55.159 Right now, there's selection of fall vegetables outstanding. They got 2170 01:58:55.199 --> 01:58:58.199 to mate it transplants. They got cucumbers of writing called 2171 01:58:58.199 --> 01:59:01.880 homemade pickles. Was like pickles yourself. It's not hard to do. 2172 01:59:01.920 --> 01:59:04.800 You gotta try that that patty pin squash, yellow straight 2173 01:59:04.840 --> 01:59:08.199 and egg. They even have pumpkins small sugar pumpkin transplants, 2174 01:59:08.520 --> 01:59:10.119 so you can get those things in and grow you 2175 01:59:10.239 --> 01:59:14.079 some pumpkins as well. One thing that is really impressive 2176 01:59:14.159 --> 01:59:17.800 to me is the hanging baskets that they have right now. 2177 01:59:18.560 --> 01:59:23.520 Beautiful hanging baskets, the begonias, the angel wing begonias. Uh, 2178 01:59:23.960 --> 01:59:28.720 just so many night blooming serrus fern hanging baskets. Boy, 2179 01:59:28.920 --> 01:59:31.920 all of those plants love the weather we're having and 2180 01:59:32.119 --> 01:59:35.359 they will thrive right then. They've got an excellent collection 2181 01:59:35.920 --> 01:59:40.039 of blooming cacti as well. One of my favorite native 2182 01:59:40.079 --> 01:59:45.319 plants is Lendheimer gara. Sometimes it's called butterfly. There's a 2183 01:59:45.399 --> 01:59:48.439 variety of it called whirling butterflies because these little wary 2184 01:59:48.560 --> 01:59:52.000 stems with white to pink flowers on top. They kind 2185 01:59:52.039 --> 01:59:54.000 of move in the wind, so it almost looks like 2186 01:59:54.079 --> 01:59:58.439 a bunch of butterflies or fluttering above the above the plant. 2187 01:59:58.880 --> 02:00:03.439 It is an ex one to have around. They have 2188 02:00:03.560 --> 02:00:07.239 good cool things for bling in your garden at enchanted 2189 02:00:07.319 --> 02:00:10.800 forest as well, wind chimes, really nice wind chimes, and 2190 02:00:10.960 --> 02:00:13.800 some very unusual things. Gives a neighbor something to talk 2191 02:00:13.840 --> 02:00:16.479 about as well as you as a cool rain gage 2192 02:00:16.600 --> 02:00:18.600 is just you have to go see these things that 2193 02:00:18.640 --> 02:00:22.520 I'm talking about, because when you see them, you'll realize 2194 02:00:22.560 --> 02:00:27.000 why I think This is really cool stuff. Shrubs and trees. Remember, 2195 02:00:27.199 --> 02:00:32.199 fall is the time to plant. They have an outstanding selection. 2196 02:00:32.359 --> 02:00:37.640 Maybe you lost a southern magnolia during the incredibly hot 2197 02:00:37.800 --> 02:00:40.079 dry weather we had last summer. A number of people 2198 02:00:40.199 --> 02:00:43.000 lost their magnolias. They got to restock. You can get 2199 02:00:43.039 --> 02:00:45.159 in there. You can get you some good ones and 2200 02:00:45.479 --> 02:00:47.960 keep going, as well as many many other types of 2201 02:00:48.079 --> 02:00:50.439 falls and trees. Earlier, I was bragging about my turk's 2202 02:00:50.520 --> 02:00:55.039 cap that is a bulletproof plant in the backyard. Attracts hummingbirds. 2203 02:00:55.359 --> 02:00:59.079 Just just cool native. By the way, they've got those 2204 02:00:59.359 --> 02:01:02.800 at enchants, so, in other words, they got everything there 2205 02:01:03.720 --> 02:01:07.560 FM twenty seven to fifty nine, Richmond, Texas. It's easy 2206 02:01:07.600 --> 02:01:10.760 to get to go and check out the website. I 2207 02:01:11.079 --> 02:01:14.319 really enjoy visiting with the folks that are there. You're 2208 02:01:14.359 --> 02:01:16.359 going to find when you go, the Danny and Clay 2209 02:01:16.439 --> 02:01:19.000 and the whole team. They know what they're talking about. 2210 02:01:19.279 --> 02:01:23.039 It is a very very helpful group of people. The 2211 02:01:23.159 --> 02:01:29.880 web is enchanted Forest Richmond, TX dot com. Enchanted Forest Richmond, 2212 02:01:30.399 --> 02:01:35.880 TX dot com. All right, we are, let's see, I 2213 02:01:35.960 --> 02:01:37.560 want to talk about a couple of other things. By 2214 02:01:37.600 --> 02:01:38.800 the way, I want to give you the phone number 2215 02:01:38.800 --> 02:01:42.159 again seven one three two one two k t r 2216 02:01:42.479 --> 02:01:47.560 H seven one three two one two kt r H. 2217 02:01:48.079 --> 02:01:51.760 I have not talked about much about vegetable gardening, and 2218 02:01:52.079 --> 02:01:55.000 I want to do that. We're in the season now. 2219 02:01:55.199 --> 02:01:58.279 And by the way, you may have a vegetable garden, 2220 02:01:58.680 --> 02:02:00.439 or you may be a person who goes, I don't 2221 02:02:00.439 --> 02:02:02.920 have room for a vegetable garden. Well, I would say 2222 02:02:03.039 --> 02:02:08.159 almost everybody has room to grow vegetables. You can. I mean, 2223 02:02:08.199 --> 02:02:10.000 if you want to go down to the bottom line, 2224 02:02:10.319 --> 02:02:12.760 a five gallon bucket with holes drilled in the bottom, 2225 02:02:12.840 --> 02:02:15.920 filled with a quality mix will grow you pepper plants 2226 02:02:16.000 --> 02:02:19.479 for fall, and egg plants and squashes and other things. 2227 02:02:19.880 --> 02:02:23.000 You can get some beautiful containers that you would love 2228 02:02:23.119 --> 02:02:25.439 to have on your patio to grow vegetables in. You 2229 02:02:25.520 --> 02:02:29.479 can get a bed, a raised bed that you sat 2230 02:02:29.640 --> 02:02:31.640 on the ground, on top of the ground, filled up 2231 02:02:31.680 --> 02:02:34.239 with good mix and grow vegetables. So it's always a 2232 02:02:34.319 --> 02:02:39.039 good time to prepare to purchase the containers, that purchase 2233 02:02:39.159 --> 02:02:42.079 the planting beds, to purchase a swell and get ready 2234 02:02:42.119 --> 02:02:44.760 for it, because now's the time. Listen, tomatoes take a 2235 02:02:44.840 --> 02:02:49.199 while to go from planting to harvest, and fall is coming. 2236 02:02:49.359 --> 02:02:51.680 I know it's hard to imagine cool weather right now 2237 02:02:51.760 --> 02:02:54.640 this week, but it's coming, and you need your plants 2238 02:02:54.720 --> 02:02:57.840 to grow bloom set fruit in the milder days of 2239 02:02:57.920 --> 02:02:59.960 fall so that you can enjoy that in the fall. 2240 02:03:00.199 --> 02:03:02.760 Now's a good time for cucumbers to go. When we 2241 02:03:02.880 --> 02:03:06.920 get a little further along into especially into September or 2242 02:03:07.119 --> 02:03:10.399 even early October, then all the cool season crops that 2243 02:03:10.960 --> 02:03:13.600 we begin to plant, like the blue leaf vegetables, the 2244 02:03:13.680 --> 02:03:20.119 coal crops, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, colabie, collareds, and kale. Brussels 2245 02:03:20.159 --> 02:03:22.439 sprout to be another one to go in. Then cools 2246 02:03:22.439 --> 02:03:24.640 off a little bit more. We're talking about lettuce, and 2247 02:03:24.680 --> 02:03:27.239 we're talking about carrots, and we're talking about spinach and 2248 02:03:27.439 --> 02:03:34.079 other cool season greens like rocket roquette or rocket arugulus 2249 02:03:34.119 --> 02:03:37.079 another name for it. Those can all go in and 2250 02:03:37.199 --> 02:03:39.920 you can enjoy all of that and that creates really 2251 02:03:40.119 --> 02:03:43.600 healthy food for salads, for cooking, for all kinds of things. 2252 02:03:43.680 --> 02:03:46.439 So now's the time to be busy with those kind 2253 02:03:46.479 --> 02:03:50.399 of things. Herb planting. Herbs can be planted now. If 2254 02:03:50.399 --> 02:03:52.279 you're perennial herbs and you want to wait and do 2255 02:03:52.359 --> 02:03:54.279 them in the fall. You can, but there's no reason 2256 02:03:54.319 --> 02:03:55.760 why you can't put them out right now if you 2257 02:03:55.800 --> 02:03:57.800 give them a little bit of water to help them 2258 02:03:57.840 --> 02:04:01.960 have success. Most herbs need lots of sunlight, lots of 2259 02:04:02.000 --> 02:04:05.159 sunlight to do their best. That's one reason why I 2260 02:04:05.319 --> 02:04:07.319 like to put them in containers. In fact, I don't 2261 02:04:07.399 --> 02:04:11.079 have an herb garden. I will plant herbs in my 2262 02:04:11.199 --> 02:04:14.039 gardens at the end of a vegetable rope. I like 2263 02:04:14.119 --> 02:04:17.920 to put a regano or a rosemary bush, or chives 2264 02:04:18.079 --> 02:04:19.960 or something like that. Basil is a good one to 2265 02:04:20.039 --> 02:04:22.920 plant at the end of a vegetable row, or I'll 2266 02:04:22.920 --> 02:04:26.439 put them in containers. Containers are versatile. I've got a 2267 02:04:26.479 --> 02:04:28.560 big container out front that is waiting for me to 2268 02:04:28.640 --> 02:04:32.239 put a rosemary in it. Right now. There's a beautiful 2269 02:04:32.680 --> 02:04:37.000 glazed pottery container just just attractive in front. And I 2270 02:04:37.279 --> 02:04:39.560 just say this, that rosemary bush in there is going 2271 02:04:39.640 --> 02:04:42.319 to do well because it drains well and yet it 2272 02:04:42.399 --> 02:04:45.840 has enough soil to support it. So don't let not 2273 02:04:46.079 --> 02:04:49.640 having a garden stop you from gardening. No reason for 2274 02:04:49.760 --> 02:04:53.079 that at all. We can have very good success and 2275 02:04:53.199 --> 02:04:57.880 growing all kinds of things. You may be dealing, or 2276 02:04:57.920 --> 02:05:01.520 you may have dealt with bugs in your lawn that 2277 02:05:01.640 --> 02:05:05.439 were doing damage to your lawn in the past. Last 2278 02:05:05.560 --> 02:05:09.119 year I had the worst case of chinchbugs I've ever had. 2279 02:05:09.640 --> 02:05:11.920 In fact, I've never had to treat for chinchbugs in 2280 02:05:11.960 --> 02:05:13.840 my lawn. I just never have. I don't know. I 2281 02:05:13.880 --> 02:05:16.880 guess I got lucky, but not last year. Boy, they 2282 02:05:17.000 --> 02:05:21.680 came and I mean it was like a Sherman marching 2283 02:05:21.760 --> 02:05:22.279 through Georgia. 2284 02:05:22.399 --> 02:05:24.279 It was. 2285 02:05:24.520 --> 02:05:27.840 They left the path of destruction all the way across 2286 02:05:27.880 --> 02:05:30.359 the yard. I was gone, didn't see it happening. And 2287 02:05:30.439 --> 02:05:32.199 then when I came back, at first I didn't know 2288 02:05:32.239 --> 02:05:34.119 what it was because I went I just needed to 2289 02:05:34.159 --> 02:05:36.399 be watered because our water system had gone off, and 2290 02:05:36.960 --> 02:05:38.000 that was a big part of it. 2291 02:05:38.199 --> 02:05:38.359 Well. 2292 02:05:38.840 --> 02:05:41.960 Nitro Fuss bug out Max is an insecticide you put 2293 02:05:41.960 --> 02:05:44.479 out by a granule in your lawn. Follow the label 2294 02:05:44.680 --> 02:05:48.880 as always carefully, and if you've got ants crawling around 2295 02:05:48.920 --> 02:05:52.079 in the thatch area, it will kill them. It dissolves 2296 02:05:52.119 --> 02:05:55.199 off the granules when it gets either rain or irrigation 2297 02:05:55.319 --> 02:05:58.479 to water it in fleas hiding in the thatch. Yes, 2298 02:05:58.760 --> 02:06:02.800 fleas grow up that thatch also outside. That's part of 2299 02:06:02.880 --> 02:06:05.920 the cycle. Breaking the cycle on your dogs and cats 2300 02:06:06.159 --> 02:06:09.560 is you do things to your dog to control fleas, 2301 02:06:09.640 --> 02:06:11.560 but you also do things to your yards so the 2302 02:06:11.640 --> 02:06:15.560 flea the fleas never have a chance to get going. Chinchbugs, 2303 02:06:16.039 --> 02:06:19.600 we are in big time chinchbug season. If they're going 2304 02:06:19.640 --> 02:06:22.760 to have a big year this year, now and the 2305 02:06:22.880 --> 02:06:25.199 next month is when we will see a lot of 2306 02:06:25.279 --> 02:06:27.119 This is a coming month, all the month of August, 2307 02:06:27.159 --> 02:06:30.840 even early September. We should be seeing those putting out 2308 02:06:30.880 --> 02:06:33.279 bug out max now rather than waiting until they're all 2309 02:06:33.800 --> 02:06:36.439 your grass is all dead from chinchbugs. It's not a 2310 02:06:36.520 --> 02:06:39.439 bad idea, right. So if you've got side web worms, 2311 02:06:39.479 --> 02:06:41.640 they're going to show up this year. Late summer falls 2312 02:06:41.920 --> 02:06:44.880 early fall is the time that we see them. Nitro 2313 02:06:44.920 --> 02:06:48.119 Fuss bug out Max is widely available, Like nitrofuss products 2314 02:06:48.159 --> 02:06:50.960 all are. You're going to find it at places like 2315 02:06:51.720 --> 02:06:55.439 for example, Kingwood Ace Hardware store or the hardware up 2316 02:06:55.479 --> 02:06:59.760 in Tascasda, the hardware there, the Arbrigade up in Tomball 2317 02:07:00.359 --> 02:07:04.239 and Shades of Texas on Genoa, Redbuff down at Southeaston 2318 02:07:04.600 --> 02:07:07.880 are all places you can find nitrophos products like their 2319 02:07:08.079 --> 02:07:13.199 bugout Max. Let me give you a number again. We're 2320 02:07:13.239 --> 02:07:15.520 going to head to a call here in just a second, 2321 02:07:16.039 --> 02:07:18.279 but if you'd like to give us a call before 2322 02:07:18.479 --> 02:07:21.079 we wind up the show today, it's seven one three 2323 02:07:21.239 --> 02:07:24.039 two one two kt RHS. I think now I'm going 2324 02:07:24.079 --> 02:07:27.800 to head out to sugar Land and talk to Fred. Hey, Fred, 2325 02:07:27.880 --> 02:07:28.880 welcome to garden Line. 2326 02:07:29.560 --> 02:07:33.119 Good morning, Skip. I'm gonna bother you again this weekend. Well, 2327 02:07:33.359 --> 02:07:36.359 I think your picture of some by Burnham plants. They're 2328 02:07:36.399 --> 02:07:38.560 on the north side of the house. Although they do 2329 02:07:38.760 --> 02:07:42.319 get afternoon sun. With the sun the where it is 2330 02:07:42.399 --> 02:07:46.920 through the summer months, and we have severe rusting or 2331 02:07:47.000 --> 02:07:49.239 browning of leaves are all curling up and dying. 2332 02:07:49.279 --> 02:07:49.399 Now. 2333 02:07:49.479 --> 02:07:52.920 The plant did have white flies, and it does on 2334 02:07:53.039 --> 02:07:56.079 these leaves. We do see some white flies now. But 2335 02:07:56.359 --> 02:08:00.479 are you noticing fungus occurring now this time? After all 2336 02:08:00.560 --> 02:08:02.399 the rain well on. 2337 02:08:02.760 --> 02:08:05.960 Some plants, but you're by Burnham. That is not a fungus. 2338 02:08:08.119 --> 02:08:10.560 I need to take a break and I have to 2339 02:08:10.640 --> 02:08:13.880 hit a a quiential break. Let me come back to you, Fred, 2340 02:08:14.039 --> 02:08:17.079 and we will finish this discussion. Thanks a lot, We'll 2341 02:08:17.119 --> 02:08:19.800 be right back. We are happy to visit about all 2342 02:08:19.920 --> 02:08:22.239 kinds of things related to gardening. The number is seven 2343 02:08:22.279 --> 02:08:24.000 one three two one two K. 2344 02:08:24.199 --> 02:08:24.840 T R H. 2345 02:08:24.920 --> 02:08:26.640 If you'd like to give us a call. We're going 2346 02:08:26.680 --> 02:08:28.960 to head back out here now and talk to Fred 2347 02:08:29.039 --> 02:08:32.079 again in Sugarland. Fred, I've looked at those pictures, and 2348 02:08:32.239 --> 02:08:33.520 that is not a disease. 2349 02:08:34.279 --> 02:08:34.399 Uh. 2350 02:08:34.720 --> 02:08:40.960 It looks to me like sunshine is making exacerbating or 2351 02:08:41.000 --> 02:08:42.399 making that symptom worse. 2352 02:08:42.800 --> 02:08:45.119 If you look at that little we thought maybe because 2353 02:08:45.159 --> 02:08:48.039 the sun really hits on their hoard like in July 2354 02:08:48.199 --> 02:08:52.840 and August, and maybe it's sunburn or something. Yeah, it's 2355 02:08:52.920 --> 02:08:54.920 not on the side next to the house where the 2356 02:08:54.960 --> 02:08:57.039 sun doesn't get so much. It doesn't seem to be 2357 02:08:58.199 --> 02:09:00.399 as pulmon dis is on the outside there where the 2358 02:09:00.479 --> 02:09:03.079 sun where I took that picture it is. 2359 02:09:03.159 --> 02:09:05.039 And I see, I see a leaf in the picture, 2360 02:09:05.239 --> 02:09:07.039 and I look for this a lot when it comes 2361 02:09:07.039 --> 02:09:10.680 to wondering if it's sun The leaf may start off flat, 2362 02:09:10.840 --> 02:09:13.399 like the sun just shines directly at a right angle 2363 02:09:13.520 --> 02:09:15.800 right on the leaf, and then the leaf crawls down 2364 02:09:16.000 --> 02:09:18.039 and the curl down part doesn't have the burn on it, 2365 02:09:18.279 --> 02:09:21.520 just the part that is, you know, most being directly 2366 02:09:21.600 --> 02:09:24.640 hit by the sun. So I think that's it now 2367 02:09:24.840 --> 02:09:27.479 by burnum should be able to grow without getting sun 2368 02:09:27.560 --> 02:09:32.039 scaled everywhere. So it could also be that the soil 2369 02:09:32.119 --> 02:09:34.960 moisture is a little in the short side there. It 2370 02:09:35.039 --> 02:09:37.960 could also be that maybe mites or you mentioned white flies. 2371 02:09:38.039 --> 02:09:41.279 I don't think this is white flies causing this, but 2372 02:09:41.600 --> 02:09:44.319 something else may be making it a little more prone 2373 02:09:44.359 --> 02:09:47.560 to the burn than it normally would be. But I 2374 02:09:47.680 --> 02:09:50.399 think it is a sun related thing, which is actually 2375 02:09:50.479 --> 02:09:52.720 good news because you can print that out and get 2376 02:09:52.760 --> 02:09:53.520 fresh new growth. 2377 02:09:54.119 --> 02:09:55.880 So just print it out and then let it go. 2378 02:09:57.239 --> 02:09:59.439 The white flies. We did have white flies on it. 2379 02:09:59.560 --> 02:10:03.520 I spray twice with a spectrocide and secticide. Seemed like 2380 02:10:03.560 --> 02:10:05.239 I got them under control, and all of a sudden, 2381 02:10:05.279 --> 02:10:08.600 this has just happened in the last week. So should 2382 02:10:08.600 --> 02:10:10.279 I continue to spray for the white flies. 2383 02:10:11.399 --> 02:10:14.000 I would hold off and wait and see what it's 2384 02:10:14.079 --> 02:10:16.439 gonna what it's going to do. I'm not a big 2385 02:10:16.680 --> 02:10:19.119 proponent of spraying for white flies. I know that there's 2386 02:10:19.199 --> 02:10:22.880 times that we have to, but white flies have natural enemies, 2387 02:10:22.960 --> 02:10:25.560 and what I've found is that when you spray, you 2388 02:10:25.720 --> 02:10:28.560 kill some white flies, you definitely kill the natural enemies, 2389 02:10:28.800 --> 02:10:32.079 and then you're left with a worse. White fight problem 2390 02:10:32.479 --> 02:10:36.800 sometimes interesting. Just uh, just be a little careful with that. 2391 02:10:37.279 --> 02:10:40.079 If you start experiencing that, well that is what's going on. 2392 02:10:40.239 --> 02:10:43.640 But I think this is sun I'd leave it for now, 2393 02:10:43.880 --> 02:10:47.399 and then as we get into maybe a few weeks 2394 02:10:47.439 --> 02:10:49.479 from now, just if it hasn't gotten much worse, just 2395 02:10:49.520 --> 02:10:50.840 go and print that stuff out. 2396 02:10:51.600 --> 02:10:53.359 Okay, thank you, sir. 2397 02:10:53.640 --> 02:10:54.359 I appreciate it. 2398 02:10:55.079 --> 02:10:58.000 Thanks for appreciate your appreciate your call a lot. Bye 2399 02:10:58.039 --> 02:11:01.319 bye our phone number seven to one three two one 2400 02:11:01.439 --> 02:11:06.079 two k t r H seven one three two one 2401 02:11:06.199 --> 02:11:13.760 two kt r H. I have been working on a 2402 02:11:13.840 --> 02:11:17.079 couple of publications three actually, but I'm going to put online. 2403 02:11:17.840 --> 02:11:20.000 Two of them are on nutsedge, and one of them 2404 02:11:20.159 --> 02:11:23.079 is on a tool that you can make yourself to 2405 02:11:23.279 --> 02:11:27.600 wipe products on leaves of plants that you need to kill, 2406 02:11:28.319 --> 02:11:30.760 but you don't want to get the product on nearby 2407 02:11:30.880 --> 02:11:33.439 plants that you don't want to kill, you know. So 2408 02:11:33.640 --> 02:11:37.399 for example, uh, you got nutsedge coming up under your roses, 2409 02:11:37.920 --> 02:11:39.720 you know, do you how do you get something on 2410 02:11:39.840 --> 02:11:42.560 there without getting it on the rose. Also, you've got 2411 02:11:42.680 --> 02:11:45.159 a particular weed, maybe it's a you got a nice 2412 02:11:45.680 --> 02:11:49.560 mode lawn, but here comes up above the lawn nut 2413 02:11:49.640 --> 02:11:52.439 sedge or some other weed. There's a wiper that you 2414 02:11:52.479 --> 02:11:54.760 can build, and I've got the plans of it almost 2415 02:11:54.840 --> 02:11:57.680 finished that are about to go up this week early 2416 02:11:57.840 --> 02:12:00.600 this week that you'll find on my website Gardening with 2417 02:12:00.960 --> 02:12:04.479 Skip dot com. Now, the nut sedge publication, that one 2418 02:12:04.560 --> 02:12:07.880 has been a long time coming. I know that we 2419 02:12:08.279 --> 02:12:10.319 you know, we think in terms of I have nutsedge, 2420 02:12:10.399 --> 02:12:12.760 I spray it, that it goes away, that's it. Well, 2421 02:12:12.880 --> 02:12:15.920 those of you who have fought nutsedge know that it 2422 02:12:16.159 --> 02:12:19.920 is not that simple. You're pulling it, you're chopping it, 2423 02:12:20.079 --> 02:12:22.920 you're spraying it, and then you look and it's like 2424 02:12:23.279 --> 02:12:26.960 I just made it worse. Well, there are principles to 2425 02:12:27.079 --> 02:12:29.159 what's going on with nutsedge that you can deal with. 2426 02:12:29.319 --> 02:12:30.840 First of all, you got to know which kind you have, 2427 02:12:31.119 --> 02:12:34.880 purple or yellow. It matters because there are products that 2428 02:12:35.039 --> 02:12:37.399 will do a good job on purple nutsedge, but not 2429 02:12:37.560 --> 02:12:41.640 on yellow nut seedge. They when it comes to yellow, 2430 02:12:41.760 --> 02:12:44.479 for example, you know, don't worry about remembering all this, 2431 02:12:44.640 --> 02:12:47.920 it's all in the publication. When it comes to yellow, 2432 02:12:48.159 --> 02:12:54.079 wet spots are especially prone to proliferation of yellow nutsedge, 2433 02:12:54.119 --> 02:12:57.439 and the reason is on a nuts edge nut or 2434 02:12:57.680 --> 02:13:00.680 it's actually a tuber. They're in the skin. There are 2435 02:13:00.840 --> 02:13:04.479 inhibiting chemicals that prevent the buds from growing. Because there 2436 02:13:04.520 --> 02:13:08.000 are like seven eight, there can be as many as 2437 02:13:08.039 --> 02:13:11.680 ten or more buds on that one nutsedge stubord. That's 2438 02:13:11.720 --> 02:13:13.720 why when it grows the shoot and you chop it 2439 02:13:13.760 --> 02:13:16.560 off with the hoe, it laughs and grows another shoot 2440 02:13:16.920 --> 02:13:18.560 and you chop that off with a hoe. It's got 2441 02:13:18.600 --> 02:13:20.479 seven or eight or more of them on there. It 2442 02:13:20.560 --> 02:13:23.800 can do that. And so what we have to do 2443 02:13:24.640 --> 02:13:29.239 is that when we get things wet, that inhibitor is 2444 02:13:29.560 --> 02:13:32.279 washed off the surface and buds are set free to 2445 02:13:32.439 --> 02:13:35.640 just grow, send out shoots, and you get a much 2446 02:13:35.800 --> 02:13:40.000 faster proliferation of yellow nutsedge and wet areas. So what's 2447 02:13:40.159 --> 02:13:43.880 the first step in yellow nutsedge control? Dry out the soil, 2448 02:13:44.439 --> 02:13:46.960 don't keep it soggy wet all the time. That doesn't 2449 02:13:47.079 --> 02:13:50.640 kill it, but it keeps one nuts edge plant for 2450 02:13:50.800 --> 02:13:55.439 becoming hundreds of nutsedge plants. And yes, that is possible. 2451 02:13:56.199 --> 02:13:58.359 Just to let you know what you're up against when 2452 02:13:58.439 --> 02:14:01.000 it comes to nutsedge. I've been doing research on this 2453 02:14:01.119 --> 02:14:03.079 for a good while, looking at a lot of different 2454 02:14:03.119 --> 02:14:09.920 research that are out there. Its reproductive ability is incredible. 2455 02:14:10.079 --> 02:14:13.439 I mean it is just its ability to take one 2456 02:14:13.520 --> 02:14:16.319 tuber and make more. For example, there was a study 2457 02:14:16.399 --> 02:14:19.119 up in Minnesota. I know this is nerdy stuff, but 2458 02:14:19.199 --> 02:14:21.640 hang with me. I think you'll find it interesting. There 2459 02:14:21.720 --> 02:14:23.600 was a study up in Minnesota, and can I just 2460 02:14:23.720 --> 02:14:25.920 tell you that Minnesota is a cooler place in Texas 2461 02:14:26.000 --> 02:14:30.479 and has a shorter warm season than Texas. A single 2462 02:14:30.760 --> 02:14:33.680 nutsedge tuber was put out in Minnesota. This was a 2463 02:14:33.760 --> 02:14:37.359 trial where they're looking at its reproductive ability by fall 2464 02:14:38.359 --> 02:14:44.239 from one tuber. There were six thousand, nine hundred tubers 2465 02:14:44.760 --> 02:14:49.439 and in the spring they nineteen hundred, one thousand, nine 2466 02:14:49.640 --> 02:14:54.239 hundred daughter plants came because one tuber was allowed to 2467 02:14:54.359 --> 02:15:00.239 grow until the following year. That's why it's such a 2468 02:15:00.319 --> 02:15:04.479 problem of control, and that's why controlling it needs to 2469 02:15:04.560 --> 02:15:07.800 be timely and the principles are all in this publication. 2470 02:15:08.039 --> 02:15:11.720 It's more than you want. It's three pages, but I 2471 02:15:11.880 --> 02:15:15.279 think if you really want to understand what's going on, 2472 02:15:15.439 --> 02:15:18.359 remember how we said there's no brown thumbs, there's uninformed thumbs. 2473 02:15:18.399 --> 02:15:19.960 When it comes to the nuts said, you need to 2474 02:15:20.039 --> 02:15:22.960 inform that thumb about this one it's going to have 2475 02:15:23.000 --> 02:15:25.039 a one page version for those of you who are 2476 02:15:25.119 --> 02:15:27.239 just like I don't care about all that. I don't 2477 02:15:27.279 --> 02:15:31.319 care that the Egyptian mummies took it in their tombs 2478 02:15:31.359 --> 02:15:33.840 in the pyramids so they could eat it in the afterlife. 2479 02:15:34.000 --> 02:15:38.439 Yes that happened. Give me a break anyway, you don't 2480 02:15:38.439 --> 02:15:40.119 care about that. You just want to know what Osbury? 2481 02:15:40.199 --> 02:15:42.039 How do I kill it? Now? Okay, there's a one 2482 02:15:42.079 --> 02:15:43.960 pager for those of you who are in that case. 2483 02:15:44.039 --> 02:15:45.800 So those are going to be up as well as 2484 02:15:45.840 --> 02:15:48.319 the weed Wiper publication. Just watch for them. I'll let 2485 02:15:48.359 --> 02:15:51.079 you know next weekend again. But in the meantime, if 2486 02:15:51.119 --> 02:15:53.159 you're curious you want to get the head start early 2487 02:15:53.279 --> 02:15:55.880 this week, those will be up online where you can 2488 02:15:55.920 --> 02:15:59.640 do something with them. Well, you are listening to Guardline. 2489 02:15:59.680 --> 02:16:01.800 Normally we get toward the end of a show and 2490 02:16:02.600 --> 02:16:05.880 now everybody starts calling in. Today is about the only 2491 02:16:05.920 --> 02:16:08.119 time I ever remember it being the very opposite where 2492 02:16:08.119 --> 02:16:11.359 it actually gets quiet towards the end. Our phone number 2493 02:16:11.720 --> 02:16:14.399 is seven one three two one two k t r H. 2494 02:16:14.439 --> 02:16:16.039 I want to take a break. I'll be back for 2495 02:16:16.119 --> 02:16:20.119 our last few minutes, our last segment. We've got a 2496 02:16:20.159 --> 02:16:23.119 few minutes here left seven one three two one two 2497 02:16:23.359 --> 02:16:26.439 k t R h seven to one three two to 2498 02:16:26.479 --> 02:16:29.239 one two kt r h. 2499 02:16:30.800 --> 02:16:30.880 Uh. 2500 02:16:31.119 --> 02:16:34.959 The fall season is up, is coming soon, and now's 2501 02:16:35.000 --> 02:16:36.840 the time that we got to get some things done 2502 02:16:36.879 --> 02:16:40.000 in order to enjoy that fall season. And I've talked 2503 02:16:40.000 --> 02:16:41.920 about soul prep today. I've talked about a number of 2504 02:16:41.959 --> 02:16:46.520 different things. I just want to remind you that when 2505 02:16:46.920 --> 02:16:50.799 when it comes to success in the fall, it's about 2506 02:16:50.959 --> 02:16:54.479 starting things earlier or ahead of time and being ready 2507 02:16:54.520 --> 02:16:57.360 to go when fall arrives. I used to know a 2508 02:16:58.000 --> 02:17:02.000 gardener up in Conrod, Texas. His name was mister Alden Colston. 2509 02:17:02.040 --> 02:17:05.239 He was ninety two years old and he was a character, 2510 02:17:05.360 --> 02:17:07.200 which I think you're allowed to be at ninety two 2511 02:17:07.239 --> 02:17:10.799 years old. He you know those baskets that sometimes you 2512 02:17:10.879 --> 02:17:15.200 buy like a houseplant, maybe you're having it given to 2513 02:17:15.239 --> 02:17:17.200 somebody in the hospital, and it's like a houseplant, but 2514 02:17:17.239 --> 02:17:20.120 it comes in this like a basket, a woven basket 2515 02:17:20.239 --> 02:17:22.280 that comes up around the pot and then kind of 2516 02:17:22.319 --> 02:17:24.760 flares out, you know what I'm talking about. He wore 2517 02:17:24.799 --> 02:17:28.159 those as hats. He had one of those. It was 2518 02:17:28.639 --> 02:17:32.559 ridiculous looking, but that was Alden and he was a 2519 02:17:32.680 --> 02:17:35.719 hoot too. He told me something that is stuck with 2520 02:17:35.920 --> 02:17:38.280 me now for decades since then, and that is you 2521 02:17:38.360 --> 02:17:40.399 can always add water, but you can't take it away. 2522 02:17:40.959 --> 02:17:43.399 And what does that mean. Well, what he was saying was, 2523 02:17:44.440 --> 02:17:46.440 you know, when if something is if the souls dry, 2524 02:17:46.559 --> 02:17:48.920 you can add water to it. But when the soul's wet, 2525 02:17:49.159 --> 02:17:51.760 you got wet soil, and you gotta wait. You gotta 2526 02:17:51.799 --> 02:17:54.159 wait for it to dry out and drain away. And 2527 02:17:54.719 --> 02:17:57.639 that was good advice. And he did all his garden 2528 02:17:57.719 --> 02:18:00.840 preps in the season before you know, whether if it 2529 02:18:00.959 --> 02:18:03.719 was spring gardening, he was going to be doing anytime 2530 02:18:03.799 --> 02:18:05.319 he could get a little bit of a dry period 2531 02:18:05.360 --> 02:18:08.159 in the fall or winter, which is harder to find 2532 02:18:08.200 --> 02:18:11.000 in the winter sometimes, but he would get the soaprep 2533 02:18:11.079 --> 02:18:13.440 done and as a result, let's just say, that's the 2534 02:18:13.520 --> 02:18:16.959 wisdom that comes with age, and he certainly had that 2535 02:18:17.239 --> 02:18:21.799 kind of wisdom as well. But that was a community 2536 02:18:21.840 --> 02:18:25.280 garden that was really interesting. They had a shed in 2537 02:18:25.399 --> 02:18:27.920 the middle that kind of was a little pavilion area 2538 02:18:28.120 --> 02:18:31.920 with tables and stuff, and we called it the loafers 2539 02:18:32.000 --> 02:18:34.639 lounge because people would just go sit there all day 2540 02:18:34.799 --> 02:18:38.440 and visit and you know the important things about gardening, 2541 02:18:38.680 --> 02:18:41.799 relaxing and lying about what you grew last year. And 2542 02:18:42.239 --> 02:18:44.639 your tomato gets bigger every time you tell the story. 2543 02:18:44.799 --> 02:18:46.920 You know, that kind of thing. That's what went on 2544 02:18:47.360 --> 02:18:51.520 in the loafers lounge at the Community Garden up at Conrod, Texas, 2545 02:18:52.319 --> 02:18:56.760 outside Montgomery County. I want to talk about a couple 2546 02:18:56.799 --> 02:18:59.479 of things before we go away today about fruit trees. 2547 02:18:59.719 --> 02:19:04.719 Fruit trees are wonderful to have in the garden and landscape. 2548 02:19:05.520 --> 02:19:07.760 You know, if you have property and you can put 2549 02:19:07.760 --> 02:19:11.920 a little orchard in, that's great. If you don't, you 2550 02:19:12.040 --> 02:19:15.280 can include fruit trees in your landscape. I had a 2551 02:19:15.840 --> 02:19:19.239 landscape when I lived in Conro, Texas that was had 2552 02:19:19.360 --> 02:19:21.879 beautiful beds in the back, and I had a peach tree, 2553 02:19:22.600 --> 02:19:25.799 one peach tree that was just part of the landscape. 2554 02:19:25.959 --> 02:19:29.040 And just because it's edible doesn't mean it's not ornamental. Peaches, 2555 02:19:29.600 --> 02:19:32.319 beautiful flowers in the spring, and there's even a variety. 2556 02:19:32.639 --> 02:19:35.040 It's a little bit on the higher chill side for 2557 02:19:35.120 --> 02:19:38.120 those of you way down south easton, but it's called 2558 02:19:38.159 --> 02:19:41.760 red barren, and red Barren has beautiful red blooms and 2559 02:19:42.120 --> 02:19:46.040 a quality edible fruit. Some of the ornamental peaches like peppermint. 2560 02:19:46.360 --> 02:19:49.920 The fruit isn't It's not worth planting that for the fruit, 2561 02:19:50.360 --> 02:19:53.399 so I would just plant a regular peach tree. You 2562 02:19:53.680 --> 02:19:56.239 do need excellent drainage when you do fruit trees. So 2563 02:19:56.360 --> 02:19:58.239 if you want to plant fruit this fall or this 2564 02:19:58.440 --> 02:20:02.000 winter or next spring, you got to get those beds 2565 02:20:02.239 --> 02:20:05.200 raised up. If it's just something in the yard, you 2566 02:20:05.280 --> 02:20:07.920 can create a raised mound like a pitcher's mound, but 2567 02:20:08.440 --> 02:20:10.399 you get it up high enough to get those roots 2568 02:20:10.479 --> 02:20:12.920 up out of the water. If you want to box 2569 02:20:13.040 --> 02:20:15.120 it in, you can box it in with whatever kind 2570 02:20:15.159 --> 02:20:19.360 of things. I'm planning some fruit trees this fall in 2571 02:20:19.719 --> 02:20:24.040 a little low, not very high sided bigo bed that 2572 02:20:25.120 --> 02:20:28.360 big sections. The soil in that area is not well drained, 2573 02:20:28.440 --> 02:20:30.840 and so I'm raising them up in those sections and 2574 02:20:30.959 --> 02:20:32.639 getting a bed to kind of help them out and 2575 02:20:32.680 --> 02:20:37.799 get them going. That's important. Sunlight is critical. Sunlight makes carbohydrates. 2576 02:20:38.040 --> 02:20:40.559 Carbohydrates make sweet fruit, and so if you're going to 2577 02:20:40.600 --> 02:20:46.079 grow fruit, you need sunshine. Strawberries, blackberries, peaches, apples, pears, 2578 02:20:47.079 --> 02:20:50.239 per simmons, the Rodney danger Field of the fruit world. 2579 02:20:50.920 --> 02:20:53.440 Per simmons are wonderful. They ought to get more respect. 2580 02:20:54.760 --> 02:20:57.680 It's a really cool fruit. It's ornamental. It grows in 2581 02:20:57.719 --> 02:21:00.440 a season when most other things are not fruit than 2582 02:21:00.559 --> 02:21:05.239 ceterrius and maybe pecon nuts. But percentage are great. Good 2583 02:21:05.520 --> 02:21:09.159 sunlight is critical for success. There are a couple of 2584 02:21:09.239 --> 02:21:11.360 fruit that put up with a little bit of shade. 2585 02:21:11.360 --> 02:21:13.799 They don't like it, but they do okay with a 2586 02:21:13.840 --> 02:21:15.959 little bit of shade. Citrus is that way. A lot 2587 02:21:16.000 --> 02:21:18.440 of as citruses can take a light shade and do okay. 2588 02:21:19.079 --> 02:21:21.639 I found that figs do okay when they're not in 2589 02:21:21.719 --> 02:21:25.280 the full brunt of the sun. But sun is better 2590 02:21:25.600 --> 02:21:28.719 than not, so that is important. You want to pick 2591 02:21:28.840 --> 02:21:32.719 varieties that want to grow here. And our good garden 2592 02:21:32.799 --> 02:21:36.319 centers are mom and pops, the independent garden centers. They 2593 02:21:36.360 --> 02:21:39.000 are not going to sell you something that doesn't grow here. 2594 02:21:39.200 --> 02:21:41.280 They're going to say the things that are successful. So 2595 02:21:41.479 --> 02:21:44.280 first of all, go there. I was in a big 2596 02:21:44.360 --> 02:21:49.319 box store and looking at fruit last late winter, and 2597 02:21:50.360 --> 02:21:53.600 there were four or five things that absolutely will not 2598 02:21:53.840 --> 02:21:58.200 survive here. It's a complete waste of money. Thompson seedless grapes, 2599 02:21:58.719 --> 02:22:03.000 concord grapes and be grown here. Black raspberries were for sale. 2600 02:22:03.559 --> 02:22:06.959 High bush blueberries not southern high bush, but high bush blueberries. 2601 02:22:07.399 --> 02:22:11.360 They don't, they're not for here. There was something else, 2602 02:22:12.479 --> 02:22:15.159 yellow raspberries was another one. I don't know. I couldn't 2603 02:22:15.159 --> 02:22:16.959 remember it all. I just took pictures of it all 2604 02:22:17.079 --> 02:22:19.440 so when I give a talk, I can put it 2605 02:22:19.559 --> 02:22:21.440 up there and go see. This is why I tell 2606 02:22:21.440 --> 02:22:24.079 you go buy stuff from a place that you know 2607 02:22:24.200 --> 02:22:27.399 you can trust. But picking varieties that want to grow here. 2608 02:22:28.360 --> 02:22:33.559 Some fruit like per simmons and peaches being examples, and 2609 02:22:33.719 --> 02:22:37.639 figs don't need two varieties to cross pollinate. Some fruit do, 2610 02:22:38.319 --> 02:22:42.120 apples and pear. Most pears do better, and most plums 2611 02:22:42.159 --> 02:22:44.040 will do better with pollination. There's a couple of self 2612 02:22:44.040 --> 02:22:46.520 fruitful plums and some that aren't. You can find out. 2613 02:22:46.559 --> 02:22:49.000 You can go to the Aggi Horticulture website. It's Aggie 2614 02:22:49.559 --> 02:22:53.840 hyphen Horticulture dot t A m U dot edu, Aggi 2615 02:22:53.879 --> 02:22:56.959 hortic Just remember Aggi Horticulture and go search it front page. 2616 02:22:57.079 --> 02:22:59.159 There's a fruit and not button. Click on it. There's 2617 02:22:59.200 --> 02:23:01.719 a publication on every fruit you want to grow here, 2618 02:23:01.760 --> 02:23:06.239 including avocados. Publicational avocados on there. Read about them and 2619 02:23:06.399 --> 02:23:09.840 learn so that if you're gonna plant fruit you know, 2620 02:23:09.959 --> 02:23:12.319 to plan a Let's say you plant an apple and 2621 02:23:13.319 --> 02:23:15.399 three years down the line starts to bloom really good 2622 02:23:15.760 --> 02:23:18.200 and no fruit. Four years no fruit, and then you 2623 02:23:18.360 --> 02:23:21.440 find out, oh I needed two varieties. Well that's a 2624 02:23:21.559 --> 02:23:26.079 sad situation. Find out ahead of time what varieties need 2625 02:23:26.159 --> 02:23:28.840 pollinators and which ones don't. And find out ahead of 2626 02:23:28.920 --> 02:23:34.280 time what varieties are there that will thrive well here. 2627 02:23:34.920 --> 02:23:37.879 And when you're out and about this weekend, pick up 2628 02:23:37.920 --> 02:23:40.319 some medina. Has to Grow, by the way, has to 2629 02:23:40.440 --> 02:23:43.680 Grow is an outstanding product. Cooks up to a garden hose. 2630 02:23:43.719 --> 02:23:45.280 You spray your laun with it. You can spray your 2631 02:23:45.319 --> 02:23:48.440 vegetable gardens too, by the way. It's a sixteen zero two. 2632 02:23:48.639 --> 02:23:52.440 It's got humus and a humic acid, and it's got molasses. 2633 02:23:52.559 --> 02:23:56.040 It's got a keylated form of iron and citrus extract, 2634 02:23:56.399 --> 02:23:59.920 and that's sixteen percent nitrogen, two percent potassium. Part of 2635 02:24:00.120 --> 02:24:03.760 that nitrogen is even slow release. It works well, it's easy, 2636 02:24:04.000 --> 02:24:06.280 covers what four thousand square feet and do it in 2637 02:24:06.360 --> 02:24:09.760 ten minutes. You can't beat that. You know, has to 2638 02:24:09.799 --> 02:24:14.319 go super grow spot particularly well, maybe we'll talk more 2639 02:24:14.360 --> 02:24:16.040 about fruit trees when we get to the next oh 2640 02:24:16.159 --> 02:24:18.440 one thing. I forgot to mention. A lot of fruit 2641 02:24:18.479 --> 02:24:20.959 trees need the right chilling hours. When they go into 2642 02:24:21.000 --> 02:24:23.559 winter and are dormant, the buds can't grow because they're 2643 02:24:23.639 --> 02:24:28.840 chemically inhibited. When you have hours in the forty forty 2644 02:24:28.920 --> 02:24:32.440 five maybe throw down to thirty five range, those are 2645 02:24:32.559 --> 02:24:36.280 chilling hours, not cold or not hotter, and they break 2646 02:24:36.399 --> 02:24:39.000 down the inhibitor so when warm weather comes they can 2647 02:24:39.040 --> 02:24:41.399 come out in spring. So if you get a fruit 2648 02:24:41.520 --> 02:24:44.239 that is too low in chilling hours, it starts booming 2649 02:24:44.280 --> 02:24:47.840 in February or January because it thinks it's spring Time's done. 2650 02:24:48.000 --> 02:24:50.639 I've had my hours. If you get one that's too high, 2651 02:24:51.079 --> 02:24:53.040 we're in May waiting for the thing to wake up 2652 02:24:53.079 --> 02:24:55.399 and start pushing out blakes. Not a good situation.