WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.040 --> 00:00:04.759 Welcome to Katie r. H Garden line with skin Rictor. 2 00:00:04.879 --> 00:00:08.560 It's crazy man. 3 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:15.519 A trim you just watch him as well. 4 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:22.199 There are so many birthdays to super. 5 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:37.119 Busy gassing not a Simon gas gas sunmon. 6 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:47.640 Hey, good morning, good morning, gardeners, want to be gardeners, 7 00:00:47.640 --> 00:00:51.240 soon to be gardeners, and people who have gathered just 8 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:54.560 to hear kind of crazy things. He gonna say next. 9 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:57.479 We're glad to have you with us this morning. I've 10 00:00:57.479 --> 00:00:59.600 been looking forward to this morning. As a matter of fact, 11 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:02.359 this week has been a busy one out in the 12 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:06.239 garden for me, dodging rain storms. Did you guys get 13 00:01:06.239 --> 00:01:09.359 some rain where you live? We sure did, boy, I mean, 14 00:01:09.400 --> 00:01:12.040 and it rained, and it rained and it rained. It 15 00:01:12.120 --> 00:01:14.319 just seems like every time I just if I get 16 00:01:14.400 --> 00:01:18.439 soil moist or dry enough to be able to, you know, 17 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:24.000 actually actually get something done, well, here comes another rainstorm. 18 00:01:25.079 --> 00:01:27.280 I want to talk a little bit about preparing soil. 19 00:01:27.319 --> 00:01:29.840 I talk all the time about how important it is. 20 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:31.680 You know, we got to prepare our soil, We got 21 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.840 to take care of our soil. And that's true, certainly true. 22 00:01:36.359 --> 00:01:40.200 But we have different types of soil. You have different 23 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:44.359 types of soil. In your various yards and gardens. If 24 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.680 you're dealing with soil that was there when you got there, 25 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:51.439 meaning the soil from that site before even the house 26 00:01:51.519 --> 00:01:53.920 was built, the soil from that site, you either have 27 00:01:53.959 --> 00:01:56.480 a sand, a silt, or a clay type of soil. 28 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:02.239 Sand is granules like sugar gran There are various sizes 29 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:04.959 of sand, but basically they drain really well. They're like 30 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.120 just imagine a shattered windshield on a car. You know, 31 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.479 it breaks up into those little tiny squares, little chunks 32 00:02:11.520 --> 00:02:14.319 of glass. That's what sand amounts to. If you look 33 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:17.639 at it under a microscope and it water goes through 34 00:02:17.639 --> 00:02:22.599 it and nutrients go through it, it gets droughty really 35 00:02:22.639 --> 00:02:25.439 fast after you water. It doesn't hold water very well, 36 00:02:26.080 --> 00:02:30.319 and you have to fertilize periodically pretty frequently actually to 37 00:02:30.319 --> 00:02:32.960 get the same effects. Does that means sounds bad? 38 00:02:33.039 --> 00:02:33.120 No? 39 00:02:33.280 --> 00:02:35.879 Actually, the good thing about sand is it does drain well, 40 00:02:35.960 --> 00:02:39.520 and so it helps things that don't want to be 41 00:02:39.560 --> 00:02:42.759 too wet to drain well. Some of our crops that 42 00:02:42.800 --> 00:02:47.360 we grow, loves and strawberries and even blackberries. A soil 43 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:50.000 that has a consistent amount of sand in it, or 44 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:54.439 a loam for blackberries, they do well in that. Then 45 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:56.960 there's silt. Silt is in between the two. Silt is 46 00:02:57.000 --> 00:03:01.039 a very tiny particle, it's not but it's in between 47 00:03:01.120 --> 00:03:03.120 sand and clay, a little closer to clay than the 48 00:03:03.199 --> 00:03:08.120 sand in size, and it holds moisture very well and 49 00:03:08.199 --> 00:03:11.199 it drains okay, but it can be a little bit tight. 50 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:13.319 And then there's clay, which everybody knows what clay is, 51 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:18.439 basically our Houston black clays that occur along the Texas 52 00:03:18.479 --> 00:03:23.960 Gulf Upper Texas Gulf Coast especially. They don't drain well 53 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:26.520 and they don't take in water well. Does that make 54 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:30.280 clay bad? Not necessarily. Clay soil holds a lot of 55 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:34.360 moisture and if it's prepared properly, it can actually be 56 00:03:34.400 --> 00:03:39.000 a good soil for years. In this along the Gulf coast, 57 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:42.719 this was a big fig production area and eight hundreds 58 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:45.919 of acres of fig trees growing in this clay soil 59 00:03:45.960 --> 00:03:49.280 that then turned into rice paddies. In many cases the 60 00:03:49.360 --> 00:03:53.319 rice paddies a whole water very well, but it makes 61 00:03:53.319 --> 00:03:56.479 a good crop for having that kind of clay. There 62 00:03:56.520 --> 00:03:58.719 are the things that can grow in clay too, So 63 00:03:58.759 --> 00:04:03.240 the bottom line is the those are textures of soil okay, 64 00:04:03.360 --> 00:04:07.159 send silk clay and as you mix them together, and 65 00:04:07.400 --> 00:04:12.479 no soil typically is just one. Well I shouldn't say no. 66 00:04:12.919 --> 00:04:15.159 Most soils are not just one. They're a mix of 67 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.839 the two or three. Rather and a loam. The word 68 00:04:18.920 --> 00:04:22.519 loam is not a I'm nerding out here on you, 69 00:04:22.560 --> 00:04:24.560 but just bear with me. I think it's worth knowing this. 70 00:04:25.199 --> 00:04:28.480 The word loam means a mix of the three. Okay, 71 00:04:28.639 --> 00:04:31.079 And if you get send silk clay mixed together, that's 72 00:04:31.120 --> 00:04:33.399 a loam. And loam would be almost the ideal soil 73 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:36.680 for many, many, many different kinds of things. But you 74 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:41.000 can't change your texture. You can't take sand and grind 75 00:04:41.079 --> 00:04:43.639 it up in smaller particles to make it a silt 76 00:04:43.720 --> 00:04:46.480 or a clay or whatever. If you have what you have, 77 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:49.759 unless you buy and bring in something different. What you 78 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.240 can do is you can add organic matter to it, 79 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:54.439 and if it's a heavy clay, you can add expanded 80 00:04:54.519 --> 00:05:01.439 shale to it. Expanded shale. Remember those little la I 81 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:03.319 don't see them muchymore. I'm sure they still are, but 82 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:05.800 on barbecue pits. On the bottom of barbecue pits are 83 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:10.519 really like Swiss cheese holes in the rock. A lava rock. Well, 84 00:05:10.519 --> 00:05:12.519 if you were to take expanded shell and look at 85 00:05:12.519 --> 00:05:14.920 it under our microscope, it kind of look like that. 86 00:05:15.120 --> 00:05:17.959 Lots of pits and holes all in it. And it's 87 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:21.839 basically a clay that has been super fired in a 88 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:25.360 very hot, steamy oven to expand and get all these 89 00:05:25.360 --> 00:05:28.279 little holes in it. Why does that matter, Well, all 90 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:31.680 those little holes are places where moisture can attach, where 91 00:05:31.759 --> 00:05:35.279 nutrients can attach to. Its increases the surface area of 92 00:05:35.319 --> 00:05:39.639 the particles, and microbes live in on the surface of 93 00:05:39.639 --> 00:05:43.480 those as well. So it's a good thing, expanded jale. 94 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:45.160 So what do you do. You take your soil you 95 00:05:45.240 --> 00:05:48.040 have and you amend it. Now, there are a few 96 00:05:48.040 --> 00:05:51.600 things where one product is a miracle cure for everything, 97 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:56.439 but in the case of soil, composts comes pretty close 98 00:05:56.480 --> 00:05:58.240 to that. If you have a sandy soil and it 99 00:05:58.319 --> 00:06:03.040 drains too well, compost additions are like adding little tiny 100 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:07.360 sponges into that broken glass of sand. You know that 101 00:06:07.439 --> 00:06:10.399 little tiny water runs right through. Now you got little 102 00:06:10.439 --> 00:06:13.920 tiny microscopic sponges everywhere in there that are holding moisture 103 00:06:13.920 --> 00:06:17.000 and holding nutrients. So compost helps the sand. If you're 104 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:18.759 on the other end of the spectrum, and you have 105 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:21.959 a clay and water won't go in the clay very fast. 106 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:25.199 By the way, did you know our Houston black clay 107 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:27.560 soils take in water at about an eighth of an 108 00:06:27.600 --> 00:06:30.879 inch an hour, all things being equally. You just take 109 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:33.279 the soil, no roots, no organic matter in it, just 110 00:06:33.279 --> 00:06:35.920 the soil, and about an eighth of an inch an hour. 111 00:06:36.040 --> 00:06:38.199 That ain't very good. I mean, in other words, they 112 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:40.920 just sit there. Water just sits on them pretty much. 113 00:06:41.879 --> 00:06:45.240 You add compost to that, and now that massive clay 114 00:06:45.319 --> 00:06:54.240 gets broken into little chunks are groups of clay particles. 115 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:58.319 So the description you know, with sand and compost, I 116 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.519 said it was like broken glass with any sponges in it. 117 00:07:01.600 --> 00:07:05.439 With clay in compost, it's like instead of a mass clay, 118 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:07.519 now you have like a bowl of popcorn where the 119 00:07:07.560 --> 00:07:11.040 clay particles are clumped together with the compost. And now 120 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:14.439 there's airspace in between them, and so that does take 121 00:07:14.480 --> 00:07:18.680 in water faster, and it does drain internally better. So 122 00:07:18.839 --> 00:07:22.120 the compost is a miracle cure for all kinds of soil, really, 123 00:07:22.759 --> 00:07:25.839 But when the soil is wet, you don't want to 124 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:31.399 work it less with it. It would be like taking well, 125 00:07:31.680 --> 00:07:34.120 what would be a good example for that, Like rice 126 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.319 crispies or something, and you wet them and then you 127 00:07:36.360 --> 00:07:39.399 start mashing on them. Okay, it just becomes a gou, 128 00:07:39.560 --> 00:07:43.680 a thick goo. It destroys the structure of clay based soils, 129 00:07:43.720 --> 00:07:46.000 which many, many, many of our soils have a lot 130 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:48.480 of clay in them. So what do you do. Well, 131 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:53.759 you wait until it's moist but not wet, but not dry. 132 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:56.519 If it's dry, it's concrete, you can hardly break it up. 133 00:07:56.600 --> 00:07:59.720 If it's wet, got gooey, you ruin the structure. It's 134 00:07:59.720 --> 00:08:02.879 why we don't walk on our garden beds too. Well, 135 00:08:02.879 --> 00:08:05.160 there's just a soil one oh one in our first 136 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:07.759 little segment here. How about I give you a phone 137 00:08:07.839 --> 00:08:10.279 number and we start talking. Seven one three two one 138 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:14.480 two k t RHIW right back, little Zach Brown, first 139 00:08:14.519 --> 00:08:18.759 thing this morning. Good to have you back with us. Look, 140 00:08:18.839 --> 00:08:21.360 if you're looking in your lawn and you're seeing the 141 00:08:21.439 --> 00:08:24.480 little spots all over your Saint Augustine leaves, or if 142 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.519 you're standing back looking at the lawn and it just 143 00:08:26.600 --> 00:08:28.839 like looks like parts of it are kind of yellowing 144 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:32.519 and just sort of browning and going away. It may 145 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:35.559 well be a gray leaf spot. That is a disease 146 00:08:35.639 --> 00:08:38.480 that loves moisture, and boy have we had moisture lately. 147 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:41.600 It loves warm temperatures, and boy have we had warm 148 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:46.600 temperatures lately. Gray leaf spot is something that tends to 149 00:08:46.639 --> 00:08:48.879 go away as the weather really heats up hot and 150 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:52.320 gets drier in the summer. But it's with us now 151 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:54.440 and I'm seeing quite a bit of it around in 152 00:08:54.519 --> 00:08:56.919 the area of lawns. The way to deal with it 153 00:08:56.960 --> 00:09:01.600 is eagle turf funderside from the folks at nitrofoss. Eagle 154 00:09:01.639 --> 00:09:05.519 turf fungicide contains michael butte neil. That is a systemic. 155 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:08.600 It works on a lot of different diseases, not just 156 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:11.840 gray leaf spot, but it's excellent for gray leaf spot. 157 00:09:11.919 --> 00:09:14.879 Eagle turf fungicide from Nitrophis. You're gonna find it at 158 00:09:14.919 --> 00:09:19.159 places like Ingented Forest down there in the Richmond Rosenberg area, 159 00:09:19.279 --> 00:09:23.240 the Ace Hardware, Sinkle Ranch or perhaps Ospas Ace up 160 00:09:23.279 --> 00:09:29.000 in the woodlands, all places that carry nitrofos products. We're 161 00:09:29.000 --> 00:09:31.879 gonna head out now to the phones and Terry, you 162 00:09:32.000 --> 00:09:35.480 are the early bird of the day. Welcome to garden Line. 163 00:09:36.559 --> 00:09:40.000 Hey, thank you you're talking about the soil amending earlier 164 00:09:40.080 --> 00:09:43.120 in Tompost got a question. I guess I've got two questions. 165 00:09:43.399 --> 00:09:45.519 First question is, you know old timers used to talk 166 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:49.720 about putting gypsum in soil. I think, particularly like play soil, 167 00:09:50.240 --> 00:09:52.200 that would they claim with help break it up and 168 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:55.440 grain out. I mean, I've even heard tales of you know, 169 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:58.120 they use like old gypsum board from construction and just 170 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:00.720 throw it in the arc and it breaks park improves 171 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:02.360 the soil. Is there any truth to that? 172 00:10:03.960 --> 00:10:06.720 This sure is And I appreciate that question. It's an 173 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:11.679 excellent question, Terry, because most people misunderstand gypsum. So here's 174 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:14.879 what happens if you go to areas that have a 175 00:10:14.879 --> 00:10:18.159 lot of sodium in the soil, the Briancotta Station area. 176 00:10:18.279 --> 00:10:20.120 You go up there and try to you wash your 177 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:21.720 hands and you can't get the soap off because there's 178 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:23.440 so much sodium in the water. It just feels like 179 00:10:23.480 --> 00:10:26.919 soap's not coming off your hands. That sodium in a 180 00:10:26.960 --> 00:10:31.039 clay soil makes that clay structure destroy. It destroys the 181 00:10:31.080 --> 00:10:33.960 clay structure and it just becomes a massive clay be 182 00:10:34.000 --> 00:10:37.000 good for building a farm pond, but not growing a yard. 183 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:42.120 And gypsum knocks the sodium off the soil particles, so 184 00:10:42.279 --> 00:10:45.639 it can wash away and you can regain good structure. 185 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:49.399 And that's why they look at gypsum as loosening a 186 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:53.600 clay soil. But if it's just clay and it's not 187 00:10:53.960 --> 00:10:57.759 clay with a lot of sodium, gypsum doesn't really help 188 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:01.720 the clay much, if any at all. So it's a 189 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:05.240 good thing if the problem is clay with a lot 190 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:09.240 of sodium in it, and if it's not, then then 191 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:12.799 it's not probably worth messing with. I would. I would 192 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:16.240 then look more toward organic matter or maybe expanded shale 193 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:19.360 in a long term flower beds as a solution. 194 00:11:21.000 --> 00:11:22.879 So how do you know if your clay's got a 195 00:11:22.879 --> 00:11:24.080 lot of sodium in it or not? 196 00:11:24.240 --> 00:11:24.600 Is it just? 197 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:27.840 Yeah? 198 00:11:27.879 --> 00:11:30.879 One bay would be a soil test. Typically, our soils 199 00:11:31.000 --> 00:11:34.720 don't just have a lot of sodium in them here, uh, 200 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:38.919 they in this area. But if your water supply has 201 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:42.799 sodium in it, number one, you can taste it. Number two. 202 00:11:43.080 --> 00:11:46.559 The like I said that you it's like your instead 203 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:49.240 of soap just washing off, it's just like your hands 204 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:51.559 stay slippery and you're not able to get it feels 205 00:11:51.559 --> 00:11:53.440 like you're not able good soap off even though you are. 206 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:58.799 People that have water softeners they use sodium to soften 207 00:11:58.840 --> 00:12:02.200 the water to help but clean better, wash your clothes better, 208 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:04.080 and things like that. So if you have a water 209 00:12:04.200 --> 00:12:07.639 softener and you irrigate with that water, then you're putting 210 00:12:07.679 --> 00:12:10.600 sodium out in the soil. But a soil test you 211 00:12:10.639 --> 00:12:13.399 can go to what there's there's a website. It's real easy. 212 00:12:13.440 --> 00:12:16.559 It's soil Testing. Is the name of the website, soil Testing, 213 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:19.759 and then the address is dot t A m U, 214 00:12:19.960 --> 00:12:23.360 dot E ed U text A and M Statewide Soil 215 00:12:23.440 --> 00:12:27.600 Testing Lab, Soil Testing dot TAMU, dot ed U, and 216 00:12:27.639 --> 00:12:30.120 then you can know exactly what all your nutrients, including 217 00:12:30.159 --> 00:12:30.759 sodium are. 218 00:12:33.480 --> 00:12:35.639 I appreciate that information because I do have a water 219 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:36.639 software and I know it. 220 00:12:36.799 --> 00:12:38.919 Like you said, you use the. 221 00:12:39.000 --> 00:12:42.120 Salt to accomplish this purpose. So I've been using that. Yeah, 222 00:12:42.200 --> 00:12:45.159 you know, water the landscaping around my house, and maybe 223 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:47.799 at some point I should throw a few handfuls of 224 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:50.320 sodium on my flower beds or something out. 225 00:12:51.799 --> 00:12:55.480 Yeah it could be. Yeah, that could be a lot 226 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:58.440 of people too, will go the water softener will be 227 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:00.679 for going in the house and they're out outdoor pipes 228 00:13:00.720 --> 00:13:04.919 and stuff will be plumbed before the water softener because 229 00:13:05.000 --> 00:13:08.159 you're spending money to soften that water and it didn't 230 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:11.080 good for the landscape anyway, So that would be another 231 00:13:11.159 --> 00:13:15.240 thing to check and maybe make an adjustment to. All right. 232 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:16.919 Kind of on a related note, So I had a 233 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:19.879 new house built years ago, and of course they bring 234 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:22.480 in clay to build a pad, and I'm on kind 235 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.639 of a little bit of slope lands in some places 236 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:27.639 it's you know, it's probably looking at three feet of clay. 237 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.919 Makes it hard the landscape around my house. Any suggestions 238 00:13:32.000 --> 00:13:34.600 what I can do? I mean, I really can't bring 239 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:36.279 in a bunch of topsa on poll of that because 240 00:13:36.279 --> 00:13:39.799 then it's it's up against my house, you know, yeah, 241 00:13:40.000 --> 00:13:44.000 kind of eat foundation gap. So any suggestions on what 242 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.320 to do to make that it's the real d you know, 243 00:13:47.480 --> 00:13:51.639 kind of snotty clay with some streaks of gree in it. 244 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:54.039 Oh, okay, Well they are that that typically is a 245 00:13:54.080 --> 00:13:58.840 poorly errated clay based on the physical or visual description 246 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:04.080 you gave, So you know, if it's already up pretty high, 247 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:06.679 one option would be to take some out and then 248 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:12.039 bring in expanded shale organic and organic composted materials a 249 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:14.679 little bit on the chunky side, you know, not like 250 00:14:14.759 --> 00:14:18.120 potting soil, but more like kind of a bed mix 251 00:14:18.200 --> 00:14:20.759 that has a little bit chunkier because it's going to 252 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.360 last a little bit longer. That way. Expanded shale is 253 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:27.360 not cheap, but if you can get it down at 254 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:31.320 about three inches deep even and mix it in as 255 00:14:31.320 --> 00:14:33.440 deeply as you can, it'll give you a very good 256 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:36.000 long term benefit to the clay. I like to use 257 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:39.279 expanded shell and compost together because they each have their benefits. 258 00:14:40.039 --> 00:14:43.200 But they did some studies up in Dallas, which also 259 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:46.000 has a black clay like we have here, and they 260 00:14:46.799 --> 00:14:50.000 found that putting three inches of expanded shale down just 261 00:14:50.080 --> 00:14:53.480 did wonders and making that clay better air rated, taking 262 00:14:53.559 --> 00:14:57.159 water better, drain better, and all that. So I would say, 263 00:14:57.240 --> 00:14:59.440 if you need to excavate a little out of the 264 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:01.480 beds to be able to do that, go ahead and 265 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:04.799 do that. If you can just add three inches of 266 00:15:04.840 --> 00:15:07.440 the shale in without bringing it up too high, then 267 00:15:07.840 --> 00:15:08.399 I would do that. 268 00:15:09.919 --> 00:15:13.200 Where do you get expanded shale at any home improvement store? 269 00:15:14.799 --> 00:15:16.919 Yeah, Well, you can buy a lot of places but 270 00:15:17.240 --> 00:15:21.320 I would call Heirloom Soils heirloom. Go to the website 271 00:15:21.399 --> 00:15:26.840 heirloomsoils dot com. They sell it by the bag. They 272 00:15:27.000 --> 00:15:29.600 might sell it by the bulk too, because you may 273 00:15:29.600 --> 00:15:31.679 be you may be buying quite a bit of it, 274 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:35.679 depending on how many flower bed square footage you've got. 275 00:15:36.279 --> 00:15:38.080 But Heirloom Cells, I know, sells it by the bag, 276 00:15:38.120 --> 00:15:40.759 so it's going to be available in the stores where 277 00:15:40.799 --> 00:15:46.720 they that carry their products. Dope anyway, that's I think 278 00:15:46.840 --> 00:15:50.960 that's probably the single best investment. And if it were 279 00:15:51.000 --> 00:15:53.240 a veg garden or a flower If it was a 280 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:55.039 vegeta garden or a flower bed, you can just add 281 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:58.240 compost every time you rework the soil. If it's something 282 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:00.679 that's going to have roses or shrubs where you're not 283 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:03.279 going to pull up the plants and rework the soil, 284 00:16:03.720 --> 00:16:06.440 that's where the expanded show gives you the longer term 285 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:08.559 I think is probably a better choice. 286 00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:13.679 All right, all right, appreciate it, Thank you, all. 287 00:16:13.639 --> 00:16:16.480 Right, good, thanks for the call, good questions. Good to 288 00:16:16.480 --> 00:16:19.519 have you with us on this Saturday morning. Folks, if 289 00:16:19.519 --> 00:16:21.360 you'd like to give me a call seven one three 290 00:16:21.440 --> 00:16:25.279 two one two kt R H seven one three two 291 00:16:25.360 --> 00:16:28.320 one two kt RH. For those of who done in 292 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:32.279 League City area, your hometown feed store is League City 293 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:34.840 Feed And when I say area, I mean area. I'm 294 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:38.039 talking about all those communities down there, Baycliffe and Lamark 295 00:16:38.080 --> 00:16:42.279 and San Leone, Webster, el Kamin Area, League City of course, 296 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:46.279 Clear Lake City, Santa Fe, Dickinson, all those places. This 297 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:49.039 is your hometown feed store. It's about a few blocks 298 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:52.200 south of Highway ninety six on Highway three. They're in 299 00:16:52.279 --> 00:16:54.679 League City. Now, when you're drive by, you'll see it there. 300 00:16:54.679 --> 00:16:56.840 It's on the east side of the road and it's 301 00:16:56.840 --> 00:16:59.679 been around since I think they built it forty years ago. 302 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:02.440 Believe in fact, it was over forty years ago that 303 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:06.119 their grandpa built that League City feed store. Now the 304 00:17:06.240 --> 00:17:09.799 third generations of Thunderbergs are running the store, and when 305 00:17:09.839 --> 00:17:12.640 you go to League City, they're going to carry all 306 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:15.039 of the things that you need for your lawn in 307 00:17:15.079 --> 00:17:19.559 your garden. Now I'm talking about things like, for example, 308 00:17:19.839 --> 00:17:23.519 fire ant baits and fire ant individual mound treatments. They've 309 00:17:23.519 --> 00:17:27.400 got them there. You know you hear about nitrofoss bugout max, Well, 310 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:30.039 that's a League City feed You hear about baits like 311 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:33.960 extinguished for example, or mound treatments like surrender. They're all 312 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:36.400 there at League City Feed. And it is fire and season. 313 00:17:36.440 --> 00:17:37.839 By the way, if you don't know, you hear me 314 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:40.440 talk about mosquito bits and mosquito dunks all the time 315 00:17:40.559 --> 00:17:44.079 for getting in water to prevent those mosquitoes from breeding. There. 316 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:47.920 League City Feed has got those. We're looking all these 317 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:52.720 different products for fertilizer, superturb from nitrophiles, they carry them. 318 00:17:52.720 --> 00:17:55.680 All micro life products, they got those there. The I 319 00:17:55.839 --> 00:17:58.279 was just talking about heirloom soil. So they've got their 320 00:17:58.400 --> 00:18:02.160 roses in Bloomers blend and the veggie her mix and 321 00:18:02.519 --> 00:18:05.759 the berry mix. They carry all of this stuff and 322 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:08.079 you just need to go buy there, and they're gonna 323 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:11.200 have everything that you're looking for. Products from Nelson like 324 00:18:11.759 --> 00:18:14.640 they're weedin et or Azemie and other things. It's all 325 00:18:14.680 --> 00:18:17.599 at League City Feed, so one stop shop. It's easy. 326 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:22.559 They're open till six during the week, including Saturday today, 327 00:18:22.640 --> 00:18:26.079 closed on Sundays. And if you're looking for premium pet foods, 328 00:18:26.319 --> 00:18:28.400 you're gonna find premium pet food. It's like Taste of 329 00:18:28.400 --> 00:18:32.680 the Wild, awesome, very high quality pet food. They've got 330 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:36.759 them there at League City Feed. For example, I was 331 00:18:36.759 --> 00:18:39.279 talking about those mosquito dunks. Now's the time to get 332 00:18:39.319 --> 00:18:43.880 those things out there. If you've got standing water anywhere, 333 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:47.079 put them in there, Like maybe you have a bird bath, 334 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:49.680 or maybe maybe you've got a little area that just 335 00:18:49.720 --> 00:18:52.319 doesn't drain well and you hadn't gotten around to fixing 336 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:54.440 the drainage there yet. But you've got a little puddle 337 00:18:54.480 --> 00:18:57.119 that lasts for a week or two after a rain, 338 00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:59.680 You better get some in there. You got some saggy gutters, 339 00:18:59.720 --> 00:19:03.359 Throw granules up in the gutters, a hollow area on 340 00:19:03.400 --> 00:19:05.160 a tree, you know where a limb used to be 341 00:19:05.200 --> 00:19:08.440 and it trotted out. Throw some mosquito granules, or take 342 00:19:08.480 --> 00:19:10.480 a dunk and break it up and put it in there. 343 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:14.559 You'd want to not be a as we say, Skeeter Breeder. 344 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:17.839 By the way, League City Feed phone number eight two 345 00:19:17.920 --> 00:19:22.279 eight one three three two sixteen twelve two eight one 346 00:19:22.559 --> 00:19:25.680 three three two sixty twelve. That's League City Feed, just 347 00:19:25.720 --> 00:19:28.440 a few blocks south of ninety six on Highway three 348 00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:31.960 there in League City. I've got to pick up some dunks. 349 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:36.720 I've got a grate in my landscape in front where 350 00:19:36.759 --> 00:19:39.400 the water runs off the driveway and I didn't want 351 00:19:39.440 --> 00:19:41.319 it to just pull up in the bed there, so 352 00:19:41.359 --> 00:19:44.799 I put a little French strain where water can go 353 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:46.599 through the rocks and go on and get out of there. 354 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:48.640 But there's a grate that takes in some of it, 355 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.799 and down at the bottom of that grate, they're standing 356 00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:54.039 water almost all the time because it gathers there and 357 00:19:54.079 --> 00:19:57.160 then the excess moves on out. Throw a few granules 358 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:01.160 in there periodically, you know, that's stuff last. I know, 359 00:20:01.240 --> 00:20:04.119 the little donuts of mosquita dunks last about a month. 360 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:04.839 Uh. 361 00:20:05.000 --> 00:20:07.400 And so you don't have to leave it long. I 362 00:20:07.400 --> 00:20:09.880 mean you have to do it that often, but you 363 00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:11.519 do want to do it because you don't want to 364 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:15.160 be a skeeter breeder. Well, we're going to take another break. 365 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:17.640 Here the phone number if you'd like to give my 366 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.960 producer a call and be ready to go when we 367 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:23.079 come back. Seven one three two one two five eight 368 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:28.079 seven four seven one three two one two kt r H. Hey, 369 00:20:28.240 --> 00:20:29.440 welcome back to guard Line. 370 00:20:30.599 --> 00:20:31.599 You look good. 371 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:39.000 We are talking gardening today. Uh. This past week with 372 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:41.319 the rain, I couldn't work the soil, which I spent 373 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:43.200 a lot of time talking about. By the way, starting 374 00:20:43.240 --> 00:20:47.359 off the show, today, but it is going to dry 375 00:20:47.400 --> 00:20:49.720 out and we're going to get some beds made. I've 376 00:20:49.759 --> 00:20:52.920 got a number of different products that I'm wanting to 377 00:20:53.039 --> 00:20:56.279 work into the soil, some really nice bed mis that 378 00:20:56.359 --> 00:21:00.599 I picked up from the folks at a Nature's Way sources, 379 00:21:00.680 --> 00:21:04.599 and it it's high quality, is gonna help me get 380 00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:06.920 those beds up in a raised there. I do have 381 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:11.200 clay soils too, by the way, and so getting that 382 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:14.799 getting that soil fixed is a good thing. I mentioned that, 383 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:18.200 you know, sand and clay and everything has its pros 384 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:21.960 and cons. But it don't think that, you know, we 385 00:21:22.039 --> 00:21:25.160 gripe about clay because of the things it does. It shrinks, 386 00:21:25.200 --> 00:21:27.599 its swells, it breaks up our sidewalks and foundations that 387 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:30.279 you know. It heaves and it dries out too much, 388 00:21:30.359 --> 00:21:33.039 and it gets cracks in it, and it doesn't drain well, 389 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:34.759 doesn't take in water well and all that. But we 390 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:37.079 fix those things. We can fix those things. And so 391 00:21:37.559 --> 00:21:40.839 clay has its pros too. And so when I start 392 00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:44.359 mending these beds, and when you do, you're gonna get 393 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:46.359 soil that you can grow almost anything in it. And 394 00:21:46.400 --> 00:21:50.799 there again, I'm not an anti clay person because a 395 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:54.200 well amended clay is a good soil for a lot 396 00:21:54.200 --> 00:21:57.559 of different kinds of things. So just just remember that 397 00:21:58.480 --> 00:22:01.559 another tip that I would throw out there just for 398 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:06.240 those of you interested in getting maybe taking your gardening 399 00:22:06.400 --> 00:22:12.440 up to a higher level. When you plant, think about 400 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:15.559 what wants to be where you're planting it now. I know, 401 00:22:15.599 --> 00:22:20.160 as gardeners were always wanting to create, to grow something 402 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:22.920 that doesn't grow here. Right if you move from the Midwest, 403 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:24.680 you're probably still trying to figure out how to grow 404 00:22:24.720 --> 00:22:27.920 lilacs in Forsythia because they were such a staple for 405 00:22:28.039 --> 00:22:33.559 your landscapes back home. But there's a certain amount of 406 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:35.680 that that we can do. But we can't change can 407 00:22:35.799 --> 00:22:38.519 change the weather itself, right, I mean, we can't change 408 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:40.160 the fact that it gets as cold as it gets 409 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:43.079 or as hot as it gets, or rains as much 410 00:22:43.160 --> 00:22:45.559 or little than it does. But you can do a 411 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:47.880 lot to amend the soil and to make a plant 412 00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:50.759 at home. But also there's a case to be made 413 00:22:50.759 --> 00:22:52.920 for planting things that just want to grow in what 414 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:56.559 you have there. We have many plants, and we're talking 415 00:22:56.559 --> 00:22:59.960 about claysoil. While ago clay soil and things that strung 416 00:23:00.160 --> 00:23:02.640 go along to grow in a clay soil. Well, we 417 00:23:02.720 --> 00:23:05.640 have a lot of plants that can tolerate a heavy 418 00:23:05.680 --> 00:23:08.759 clay soil that even thrive in heavy clay type saals. 419 00:23:08.799 --> 00:23:10.799 Look at the native plants that we have around us. 420 00:23:11.240 --> 00:23:15.319 They do well because they're from here. They, if you will, 421 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:18.240 they grew up here in this kind of clay. And 422 00:23:18.400 --> 00:23:20.279 you go to a place like Buchanans, for example, you're 423 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:23.000 gonna find tons of native plants. And that's just what 424 00:23:23.039 --> 00:23:27.160 they do all the time. They have not just natives, 425 00:23:27.200 --> 00:23:30.160 So please understand this. Buchanans has every kind of plant. 426 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:32.480 I'm talking about fruit trees and vegetables and herbs and 427 00:23:32.759 --> 00:23:36.079 house plants and tropical you know types of things. They 428 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:39.079 have it all, but they focus and they make sure 429 00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:41.839 that they have every possible native that's on the market 430 00:23:41.880 --> 00:23:44.279 that will do well for you here. That's how they 431 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:47.079 do it. And they it doesn't matter what you're trying 432 00:23:47.079 --> 00:23:49.440 to grow or do you want to support pollinators? Do 433 00:23:49.480 --> 00:23:52.720 you want to attract hummingbirds? Do you need something for shade? 434 00:23:53.279 --> 00:23:56.079 Do you want something that blooms seasonally? Do you need 435 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:58.839 an evergreen? You go in there and you tell them 436 00:23:58.920 --> 00:24:01.680 I need this. Do you have anything like that that's native. 437 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:06.680 For example, red bay. Red bay is a native tree 438 00:24:06.759 --> 00:24:09.319 in the area, and it's leaves or used like you 439 00:24:09.319 --> 00:24:11.599 would bay laurel. You know, when you use bay leaves 440 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:13.279 like you're throwing a bay leaf in when you're making 441 00:24:13.279 --> 00:24:17.160 gumbo or something. Well, red bay is also a seasoning 442 00:24:17.480 --> 00:24:21.480 type of leaf. It's a little different flavor wise than 443 00:24:21.519 --> 00:24:23.839 bay laurel, but it is a seasoning leaf and it's 444 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:26.920 a native so why not grow one of those. There 445 00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:32.880 are so many good native herbs people that are into 446 00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:37.119 flavors for cooking, like Mexican or regano. That's a different kind, 447 00:24:37.279 --> 00:24:39.359 very different than regular regano. It's just think of a 448 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:43.200 whole completely different plant. But you can do that. I 449 00:24:43.319 --> 00:24:46.359 talked last week. I was talking about inland CEOs and 450 00:24:46.720 --> 00:24:50.000 as a groundcover and a shade loving groundcover, a wax myrtle. 451 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:52.079 You know if it gets soggy and wet and stays 452 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:55.440 on the wet side, well, wax martle. In fact, did 453 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:57.160 you know wax myrtle is a native herb. I've never 454 00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:59.440 used it as a nerve, but anyway, it's leaves can 455 00:24:59.480 --> 00:25:03.319 be used like use bay laurel leaves. Texas Star hibiscus. 456 00:25:03.319 --> 00:25:05.759 That's a native that we have along the Gulf Coast. 457 00:25:06.759 --> 00:25:09.279 The funny thing about Texas Star is it has Texas 458 00:25:09.279 --> 00:25:12.839 in its name, but it's because the flowers look more 459 00:25:12.920 --> 00:25:17.079 like a star five petals. But it's not native to 460 00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:20.359 Texas specifically, but Louisiana in the Gulf Coast. It is 461 00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:24.440 kind of interesting anyway, whatever kind of native you're looking for, 462 00:25:24.599 --> 00:25:27.200 whatever you want, you're gonna find it there at Buchanans. 463 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:30.119 And they do such a good job of bringing these 464 00:25:30.119 --> 00:25:34.400 plants in, making sure they're in top top quality, and 465 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:36.519 so you get to go in and you shop and 466 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:40.880 explore yourself along. How about this, How about edible natives. 467 00:25:41.400 --> 00:25:45.160 Edible natives in the terms of like mulberry, for example, 468 00:25:45.720 --> 00:25:52.240 muscadine grapes, Mayhaw's mayhaw is another one, elderberry, prickly pear. 469 00:25:52.759 --> 00:25:55.519 I grew up in prickly pear country down south of 470 00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:59.559 San Antonio. And I'm telling you, the nopalas, the nopals, 471 00:25:59.640 --> 00:26:02.599 the the pads, the young tender pads before they get 472 00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:06.640 the thorns on them so much, they're very good edible. 473 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:08.720 We'd use them, slice them up and use them in 474 00:26:08.759 --> 00:26:12.519 scrambled eggs. That's how we used them. And then the tunas, 475 00:26:12.559 --> 00:26:15.960 the little fruit for paricular pair. Those are native Texas fruit. 476 00:26:16.400 --> 00:26:19.160 Agarita is another one. It's a native Texas fruit that 477 00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:22.039 grows in much of the state. Chili pekins. Boy, if 478 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:23.880 you want a pepper, they'll set your mouth on fire. 479 00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:28.359 Chili pecin peppers. Let's see that. Barbados cherry is another 480 00:26:28.359 --> 00:26:31.839 one common per Simmons. There's a lot of native plants, 481 00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:34.079 and when you go to Buchanons you get to enjoy 482 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:36.640 all of these things. So what do you do, Well, 483 00:26:37.160 --> 00:26:39.200 you jump in your car and you go to eleven 484 00:26:39.240 --> 00:26:43.599 Street in the Heights, eleven Street in the Heights or better, Yeah, 485 00:26:43.759 --> 00:26:46.960 just start by going to the website Buchanans Plants dot com. 486 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:50.680 Bu Canoes Plants dot com been hurt serving gardeners here 487 00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:53.640 in the Easton area since nineteen eighty six. And I 488 00:26:53.680 --> 00:26:56.480 guarantee you when you go there, alle yourself some time, 489 00:26:56.480 --> 00:26:59.640 because you are going to really really enjoy shopping and 490 00:26:59.720 --> 00:27:04.759 seeing so many plants that you haven't even heard of maybe, 491 00:27:05.480 --> 00:27:07.799 and you're going to find some cool new things to 492 00:27:07.839 --> 00:27:11.400 create that beautiful landscape, to turn your landscape more native, 493 00:27:11.880 --> 00:27:15.839 to support songbirds and to support all of the things 494 00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:18.319 that you want to get out of your landscape, the enjoyment. 495 00:27:19.400 --> 00:27:23.359 There be canons. They carry a wide variety of fertilizers too, 496 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:26.680 you know, things like Microlife. If you're looking for a 497 00:27:26.799 --> 00:27:31.319 quality organic fertilizer, you're not going to find anything that 498 00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:36.319 is better than Microlife. It's an awesome fertilizer that provides 499 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:40.000 the nutrients and the right ratios that plants want. That's important. 500 00:27:40.599 --> 00:27:43.559 Now there's a green bag that's our lawn fertilizer. But 501 00:27:44.319 --> 00:27:47.519 just train you and me. It's an everything fertilizer. I 502 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:51.359 use it in vegetable gardens. I've used it in herb gardens. 503 00:27:52.039 --> 00:27:54.200 I've even used it when I was in a pinch. 504 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:56.799 I needed something I was mixing into a soil blend 505 00:27:56.839 --> 00:27:59.799 to plant some plants, and Microlife's not salt based, is 506 00:27:59.839 --> 00:28:02.000 not to burn plants. I just mixed some into the 507 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:05.799 soil and plant them a plant. And because it's the nutrients, 508 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:07.880 it's going to do well. That's a green bag. Then 509 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:11.839 there's humates plus concentrated compost in a bag, the purple bag. 510 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:14.039 You can do that anytime you want to do it 511 00:28:14.160 --> 00:28:17.880 and it will work. Microlife high quality products. You can 512 00:28:17.920 --> 00:28:20.680 go to the website Microlifefertilizer dot com. I want you 513 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:22.480 to learn about all the others. I don't have time 514 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:25.200 talk about many of them here on the show, but 515 00:28:25.279 --> 00:28:28.599 there are a lot of great microlife products we need 516 00:28:28.640 --> 00:28:32.319 to be exploring our way through because they do work. 517 00:28:34.759 --> 00:28:37.880 If you haven't been a Southwest Fertilizer, you need to 518 00:28:37.920 --> 00:28:41.359 go because everything you need is there. That's the bottom line. 519 00:28:41.519 --> 00:28:45.759 Southwest Fertilizer has been run for seventy years and everything 520 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:50.279 for your garden, from tools to fertilizers, to pest control, 521 00:28:50.440 --> 00:28:55.720 disease control, weed control, and expert advice is all there 522 00:28:55.920 --> 00:28:59.680 at Southwest Fertilizer. If you're an organic gardener, the biggest 523 00:28:59.759 --> 00:29:03.240 organ next selection anywhere in the region is it Southwest Fertilizer. 524 00:29:04.000 --> 00:29:06.519 Whatever you need is there, that's the bottom line. Just 525 00:29:06.640 --> 00:29:08.799 remember this. If they don't have it, you don't need it. 526 00:29:09.119 --> 00:29:11.960 That's the kind of place Southwest Fertilizer. It's a one 527 00:29:12.039 --> 00:29:16.680 stop shop. Southwest Fertilizer dot Com. Corner of Bissinut and Renwick. 528 00:29:16.880 --> 00:29:20.359 Corner of Bissinet and Renwick, Southwest Houston. Well, I'm gonna 529 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:22.599 take a little break and we'll be back with your calls. 530 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:27.480 Seven one three two one two KTRH. Good morning, Gardner's 531 00:29:27.519 --> 00:29:31.559 good morning on a great day to get outside and 532 00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:36.920 enjoy enjoy the outdoors. Uh, if you've been here for 533 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:39.160 a summer, you know what summer's like here in the 534 00:29:39.160 --> 00:29:43.440 Greater Houston area. And so we appreciate any cool conditions 535 00:29:43.680 --> 00:29:46.039 we can get, or any mild conditions that we get. 536 00:29:46.359 --> 00:29:49.559 We're still we're still doing pretty good. I'm not gonna complain. 537 00:29:50.920 --> 00:29:53.799 I learned a long time ago that wherever you live, 538 00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:56.720 there's something about the weather you might not like. And 539 00:29:56.799 --> 00:30:00.039 even you know, people talk about perfect weather like I 540 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:02.400 don't know, Southern California doesn't rain that much, and just 541 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:05.720 temperatures are so good that gets boring for me. I 542 00:30:05.839 --> 00:30:08.079 like to have a little bit of change. And maybe 543 00:30:08.079 --> 00:30:10.440 some of you are going no, I'd rather be bored. Well, 544 00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:13.319 I seriously, I like a little bit of change in 545 00:30:13.319 --> 00:30:17.039 the weather, and boy, do we get that here, that 546 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:19.960 is for sure. You're listening to garden Line and if 547 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:21.480 you'd like to give me a call or ask a 548 00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:24.720 gardening question. Seven one three two one two k t 549 00:30:24.920 --> 00:30:28.319 r H seven one three two one two k t 550 00:30:28.559 --> 00:30:33.160 r H R c W Nurseries is right there where 551 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:36.599 belt Wag eight and Tomball Parkway come together. It's really 552 00:30:36.599 --> 00:30:39.079 easy to get to. As a result of that, r 553 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:41.960 CW is the kind of place where you go and 554 00:30:42.000 --> 00:30:45.599 you're going to find quality plants that were grown right. 555 00:30:46.000 --> 00:30:47.359 First of all, they are the plants that ought to 556 00:30:47.400 --> 00:30:51.559 be grown here and planted here, but they're they're done right. 557 00:30:51.599 --> 00:30:53.960 You know. They grow their own trees. They grow They 558 00:30:53.960 --> 00:30:57.480 have a tree farm up there in Plannersville area, Wimson 559 00:30:57.559 --> 00:30:59.839 Tree Farm where they do bring their own trees in 560 00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:02.359 from there. By the way, they got a sale right 561 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:06.799 now going on on crate myrtles ten percent off Crpe 562 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:09.559 myrtles right now now. When you buy a crp myrtle 563 00:31:10.079 --> 00:31:13.960 anywhere including RCW, you want to get one that of 564 00:31:14.000 --> 00:31:16.240 course you want the flower color you want, but you 565 00:31:16.319 --> 00:31:20.599 also want the size that you want. Crpe myrtles are 566 00:31:20.599 --> 00:31:24.119 not sold with saws, and people plant big crape myrtles. 567 00:31:24.160 --> 00:31:27.720 I was driving through neighborhood yesterday with my wife just 568 00:31:27.759 --> 00:31:31.839 pointing out the Natches crape myrtle. Natches is one of 569 00:31:31.839 --> 00:31:35.119 my favorite crape myrtles. It has white blooms and it 570 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:39.599 has beautiful cinnamon colored exfoliating bark, and it was very popular, 571 00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:43.519 and they were all through this neighborhood. And I just 572 00:31:43.559 --> 00:31:46.079 made the point. I love that crpe myrtle. It's also 573 00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:49.720 powdery mildey resistant, by the way, but it gets like 574 00:31:49.759 --> 00:31:52.359 thirty feet tall. And so if you're going to put 575 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:53.640 it at the corner of the house and you don't 576 00:31:53.680 --> 00:31:56.960 want it to reach the eaves, why not plant one instead? 577 00:31:56.960 --> 00:31:58.880 Do you know that crate myrtles will get three feet tall. 578 00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:02.319 Crate myrtles that get five to seven feet tall, maybe ten, 579 00:32:02.559 --> 00:32:05.319 ten to twelve, fifteen feet tall. You can buy the 580 00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:07.960 size you want, So pick a crape myrtle that gets 581 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:10.400 the size you want, the color you want, the size 582 00:32:10.400 --> 00:32:13.759 you want. Now I've got I've got a web page 583 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:17.079 out there somewhere. Somebody else put it up. But if 584 00:32:17.119 --> 00:32:20.559 you do a Google search or whatever you use to search, 585 00:32:20.599 --> 00:32:23.319 and you put in my name, Skip Richter, and then 586 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:27.599 crape myrtle, Skip Richter, crpe myrtle, one of the things 587 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:29.640 that pops up will be a chart and it shows 588 00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:31.759 you all the sizes of crape myrtles. It gives you 589 00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:34.200 a little picture of what the ballooms look like. It 590 00:32:34.240 --> 00:32:37.440 tells you whether they're powdery, mildew resistant or not, whether 591 00:32:37.519 --> 00:32:40.240 the bark is of interest. I think they even have 592 00:32:40.319 --> 00:32:42.319 on their fall color. Some crapes do a really good 593 00:32:42.400 --> 00:32:46.200 job of making beautiful fall color. But that is an 594 00:32:46.359 --> 00:32:49.599 old list and there's lots of new ones that have 595 00:32:49.640 --> 00:32:51.519 come out since then. I need to redo it, but 596 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:55.599 that's a major undertaking with all the new ones. But anyway, 597 00:32:55.599 --> 00:32:58.240 go look at it and just get some ideas and 598 00:32:58.279 --> 00:33:00.480 you'll kind of you may find a lot of them 599 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:03.119 on there. You're gonna have trouble finding now because time's change. 600 00:33:03.559 --> 00:33:06.960 But that will get you in the ballpark of thinking 601 00:33:07.000 --> 00:33:09.799 and looking and seeing what's available so that as you 602 00:33:09.880 --> 00:33:11.480 go hunting for a great murder, you can find a 603 00:33:11.480 --> 00:33:14.039 good one. And then just head over to RCW. RCW 604 00:33:14.519 --> 00:33:18.920 has outstanding quality plants because they grow on themselves. They 605 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:22.960 really really look good when you're there. I want to 606 00:33:23.000 --> 00:33:25.720 ask you to try one thing this year from RCW, 607 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:30.559 and that is their Cajun Hibiscus. Now, Cajun Hibiscus is 608 00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:32.680 a series, is not one plant. It's a bunch of 609 00:33:32.680 --> 00:33:39.200 different plants. The blooms are gaudy and they're gorgeous. Absolutely, 610 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:42.240 they should call them the the gg hibiscus, the gaudy, 611 00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:46.160 gorgeous hibiscus. Try one this year. I've got some. I 612 00:33:46.240 --> 00:33:48.759 got a big plastic It looks like a whiskey barrel 613 00:33:48.759 --> 00:33:51.279 but it's about two thirds that size and made a plastic. Okay, 614 00:33:51.279 --> 00:33:53.079 you know what the thing is I'm talking about. I've 615 00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:56.160 got one in there, and last year edge I bloomed 616 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:59.200 and bloomed and bloomed, and the blooms are so pretty. 617 00:33:59.400 --> 00:34:01.880 They're so gorgeous, and in a container. You can put 618 00:34:01.880 --> 00:34:03.640 it wherever you want it. Where have you got sunlight? 619 00:34:03.680 --> 00:34:05.359 You put an entrance to going in the front door, 620 00:34:05.400 --> 00:34:07.960 you're hushing, put it on the back patio, whatever, but 621 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:12.239 gets you a casion. Hibiscus from r c W Nursries. 622 00:34:12.280 --> 00:34:14.800 Head on over there again the corner of Beltway eight 623 00:34:15.440 --> 00:34:20.519 and Tomball Parkway. R c W Nurseries. Check those out 624 00:34:21.920 --> 00:34:24.199 now for the lawns. If you would like to give 625 00:34:24.199 --> 00:34:28.199 your lawn a boost, something that you know gets it going, 626 00:34:28.400 --> 00:34:31.400 gets it a good boost of nutrients and things. I'd 627 00:34:31.440 --> 00:34:34.119 like to recommend a couple of things for you to consider. 628 00:34:34.679 --> 00:34:38.559 First of all, medina has to grow lawn. Medina has 629 00:34:38.599 --> 00:34:42.159 to grow lawn. It is a three one two ratio 630 00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:45.400 fertilizer as a liquid that hooks to a garden hose. 631 00:34:46.159 --> 00:34:48.920 You look it up to a garden hose and you 632 00:34:49.159 --> 00:34:52.840 spray your lawn with it. It's fast, it's easy, and 633 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:55.519 it'll give you a quick result, but it doesn't just 634 00:34:55.559 --> 00:34:59.079 go away fast. It lasts a while. Medina has to 635 00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:01.559 grow lawn is a great way to give your lawn 636 00:35:01.599 --> 00:35:04.239 a boost. And the thing I like about the hose 637 00:35:04.320 --> 00:35:07.039 in sprayer for lawn is I've got an area in 638 00:35:07.039 --> 00:35:09.639 my backyard where the lawn is not doing as good, 639 00:35:09.679 --> 00:35:11.320 and I can go in there with my hose end 640 00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:13.280 and I can just do a little treatment to that 641 00:35:13.440 --> 00:35:16.440 area and just kind of green it up a little bit, okay, 642 00:35:16.599 --> 00:35:19.480 kind of feathered out, blended in really well. As opposed 643 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:23.760 to a fertilizer drop spreader or or a whirlybird spreadder 644 00:35:23.760 --> 00:35:26.199 where it's kind of slinging the fertilizer, it's a little 645 00:35:26.199 --> 00:35:29.800 harder to control. The application Medina has to grow for lawn. 646 00:35:29.800 --> 00:35:33.559 It's a twelve four to eight. It does super super well. 647 00:35:33.840 --> 00:35:37.800 Medina also has a sixteen percent nitrogen fertilizer that has 648 00:35:37.920 --> 00:35:40.719 zero phosphorus in it, which for many of our lawns 649 00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:45.679 is a very good product choice because most of our 650 00:35:45.760 --> 00:35:48.280 lawns have more than enough phosphorus. That's a middle number, 651 00:35:48.599 --> 00:35:51.880 more than enough of the phosphorus. So I would recommend 652 00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:54.800 that you give that a try. Try one of those 653 00:35:54.840 --> 00:35:56.960 Medina products. They hook up to the host. They're faster 654 00:35:57.079 --> 00:35:59.320 or easy. You're in, you're out, You've done it, and 655 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:03.159 it just looks good. I love those products. I started 656 00:36:03.280 --> 00:36:08.840 using some of the different Excuse me, I'm still fighting 657 00:36:08.840 --> 00:36:10.880 a cold that I was getting over for a while. 658 00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:14.320 But anyway, Hastra Grow Lawns is twelve four to eight 659 00:36:14.519 --> 00:36:17.519 formulated for the lawns. It does well. I started using 660 00:36:17.599 --> 00:36:21.559 the other one, the sixteen percent nitrogen Medina Supergrow Plus. 661 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:25.000 It's got a little kind of a green label on it, 662 00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:29.239 but super Grow plus and sixteen zero two are the numbers. 663 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:32.039 If you want to give a boost. That is a 664 00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:35.079 great way to give a quick boost. And I know 665 00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:37.440 it says lawns. Don't tell anybody, but you can use 666 00:36:37.440 --> 00:36:39.679 it on anything you want. You can use that. I 667 00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:42.639 know people that will spray it on their tomatoes to 668 00:36:42.719 --> 00:36:45.760 get a little boost and vigor in their vegetable garden 669 00:36:45.760 --> 00:36:47.880 and spread it on the tomatoes and have and on 670 00:36:47.960 --> 00:36:49.840 the soil too. You can fold your feet it, you 671 00:36:49.840 --> 00:36:52.559 can put in the soil. It works well. Medina hasht 672 00:36:52.639 --> 00:36:55.960 gro Lawn and Medina Supergrol Plus. Both of them hook 673 00:36:56.039 --> 00:36:58.519 up to a garden hose. Both of them will give 674 00:36:58.559 --> 00:37:01.239 your lawn a good boost. Both of them are widely 675 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:06.599 available here in the Greater Houston area. So check those out, 676 00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:08.920 try them out. I want to hear try them out, 677 00:37:08.920 --> 00:37:10.119 and I'd like to hear how they do for you. 678 00:37:10.159 --> 00:37:11.679 And they don't call me the day after you apply them. 679 00:37:11.679 --> 00:37:13.599 It takes a little longer than that. But I would 680 00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:15.960 like to hear how those things work for you, because 681 00:37:15.960 --> 00:37:19.000 I can tell you my experience with them has been outstanding. 682 00:37:19.840 --> 00:37:23.320 I know I'm talking about this a lot, but when 683 00:37:24.360 --> 00:37:27.159 Andy from Medina first told me that they were coming 684 00:37:27.199 --> 00:37:30.920 out with this sixteen percent no phosphorus fertilizer, I was 685 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:36.000 really excited because I can just tell you there isn't 686 00:37:36.000 --> 00:37:38.280 a lawn out there that isn't going to benefit from it. 687 00:37:38.360 --> 00:37:41.960 And I've done a number of soil test studies on lawns. 688 00:37:42.000 --> 00:37:44.000 I was in Austin for a number of years working 689 00:37:44.039 --> 00:37:47.159 as horticultures to with agrilife extension over there. And we 690 00:37:47.199 --> 00:37:51.840 did a study of two hundred lawns in northwest Austin 691 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:56.760 in the Steelhouse Creek neighborhood, and we soil sampled every 692 00:37:56.920 --> 00:37:59.719 lawn and looked at the nutrient levels in those lawns 693 00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:03.760 and that area. By and large, when you look at 694 00:38:03.800 --> 00:38:06.280 a lawn, you're going to find the phosphorus levels or adequate, 695 00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:09.119 which is why we generally recommend going with the low 696 00:38:09.199 --> 00:38:12.719 middle number on turf, just because in general that's true. 697 00:38:13.559 --> 00:38:17.360 I will say this, Uh, people call it all the time. 698 00:38:17.400 --> 00:38:19.159 You know, what's a good fertilizer for this or what 699 00:38:19.199 --> 00:38:23.280 should I put on that? Well, we see fertilizers with 700 00:38:23.400 --> 00:38:26.119 names on them, like this is a lawn fertilizer, this 701 00:38:26.280 --> 00:38:29.760 is a hibiscus fertilizer, This is a plumeria fertilizer, this 702 00:38:29.880 --> 00:38:34.079 is a vegetable fertilizer. That's all good, that's a good start, 703 00:38:34.400 --> 00:38:37.840 But what any plant needs depends on what's already in 704 00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:41.000 the soil. So when you do a soil test, you 705 00:38:41.079 --> 00:38:43.840 find out what's in your soil, and it may be 706 00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:46.639 that you go with a different kind of fertilizer for 707 00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:50.159 that plant than the one with that plant's name on it, 708 00:38:50.679 --> 00:38:54.119 because your soil for that plant is a little bit different, 709 00:38:54.440 --> 00:38:55.960 so it's always good to have a soil test. You 710 00:38:56.000 --> 00:38:58.199 can go to Soil Testing dot t a m U, 711 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:03.920 dot EDUT, dot tamudd you and there find out how 712 00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:05.719 to get your sol tested. You can also go to 713 00:39:05.719 --> 00:39:12.360 my website gardening with Skip, Gardening with skip dot com. 714 00:39:12.840 --> 00:39:16.920 Write that down least bookmark that website. We are adding 715 00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:19.079 stuff to it all the time. There's a lot of 716 00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:23.599 good information out there, continuing to put stuff up. I've 717 00:39:23.599 --> 00:39:25.800 got several projects I'm working on to get up on 718 00:39:25.840 --> 00:39:29.400 the web right now. And it's all free. Can't beat that, 719 00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:34.480 so anyway, check it out. There's a publication on testing 720 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:37.079 your soil, how to do it and where to send 721 00:39:37.119 --> 00:39:41.000 your soil, which soil form to use when you go 722 00:39:41.039 --> 00:39:44.440 to soil Testing dot tamudd you. So it's trying to 723 00:39:44.440 --> 00:39:47.519 help you. A goal is for you to have a 724 00:39:47.679 --> 00:39:52.280 beautiful landscape, a bountiful garden, and more fun in the process. 725 00:39:52.679 --> 00:39:58.440 We'll take a break here, be right back. Good morning, 726 00:39:59.360 --> 00:40:04.119 Good morning, gardeners. Good to have you with us this morning. Hey, 727 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:07.760 you are listening to garden Line and our whole purpose 728 00:40:07.800 --> 00:40:10.519 here in addition to having fun, by the way, is 729 00:40:10.599 --> 00:40:12.480 for you to have a more bountiful garden and a 730 00:40:12.519 --> 00:40:16.000 more beautiful landscape and enjoy the process. You can give 731 00:40:16.000 --> 00:40:17.920 me a call at seven one three two one two 732 00:40:18.599 --> 00:40:22.039 ktr H seven one three two one two ktr H 733 00:40:22.199 --> 00:40:24.679 be glad to visit with you about the things that 734 00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:27.760 are of most interest to you. For those of you 735 00:40:27.800 --> 00:40:30.880 who live down south of Houston, your hometown garden center 736 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:34.760 down there is Ores Hidden Gardens or Hayes Hidden Gardens. 737 00:40:35.239 --> 00:40:39.800 It's an Alvin address. Actually, it's located on Elizabeth Road. 738 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:43.440 Elizabeth Road in Alvin. If you're in Alvin, you just 739 00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:46.760 head down Highway six towards Santa Fe and it's off 740 00:40:46.800 --> 00:40:48.840 to the right. It's kind of in between the two cities, 741 00:40:49.119 --> 00:40:52.480 Alvin and Santa Fe. But off to the right Elizabeth 742 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:54.599 Road is the address. Now, why would I tell you 743 00:40:54.599 --> 00:40:58.039 to go there? Well, any of you from any of 744 00:40:58.079 --> 00:41:02.599 those communities like Santa Fe, hillc Us, Algoa, Arcadia, Alta Loma, 745 00:41:03.039 --> 00:41:06.119 you know, all Alvin, of course, all those places, you're 746 00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:09.880 going to find an amazing array of things at jorghesid 747 00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:13.239 and Gardens. Right now, right now, he has got some 748 00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:17.119 red buds that are amazing. There's one called Hearts of Fire. 749 00:41:17.719 --> 00:41:20.760 Hearts of Fire, and it's what you would think. It's 750 00:41:20.840 --> 00:41:24.559 got red and orange, peach colored and green tones all 751 00:41:24.559 --> 00:41:27.639 in the leaf. It is gorgeous even when it's not blooming. 752 00:41:27.840 --> 00:41:29.880 You know, red buds bloom in the spring, but all 753 00:41:29.920 --> 00:41:32.280 the rest of the year. What are you looking at? Green? Right? Well, 754 00:41:32.320 --> 00:41:34.360 with Hearts of Fire, you get all these other colors 755 00:41:34.360 --> 00:41:37.519 in there. There's other kinds of spectacular Eastern red buds. 756 00:41:37.559 --> 00:41:40.079 They have weeping red buds where the stem comes up, 757 00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:43.039 the trunk comes up and the branches hang pendently down 758 00:41:43.079 --> 00:41:46.519 from them. Very unique feature in the landscape. And then 759 00:41:46.559 --> 00:41:49.519 of course they have one called Merlow that's a beautiful 760 00:41:49.559 --> 00:41:53.599 like the wine color of the foliage, very beautiful. If 761 00:41:53.639 --> 00:41:57.400 you're looking for vegetables like peppers, for example, or he's 762 00:41:57.440 --> 00:41:59.880 got those. If you're looking for fruit trees right now, 763 00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:03.599 he's got avocados still that actually have fruit on them. 764 00:42:03.639 --> 00:42:07.119 They carry citrus, they carry blueberries, all kinds of things. 765 00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:09.360 And when it comes to shrubs and trees, Jorges got 766 00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:12.400 you covered on that too, great myrtles, multi stem He's 767 00:42:12.400 --> 00:42:14.760 got the you know, everything from small live oaks that 768 00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:16.559 you want to get started in your yard. You know, 769 00:42:16.599 --> 00:42:18.679 the best time to plant a tree is forty years ago. 770 00:42:19.199 --> 00:42:23.519 Second best time is today. Well there you go. Rayes 771 00:42:23.599 --> 00:42:27.760 got you covered on all of that rages hidden gardens, 772 00:42:27.760 --> 00:42:30.840 go check them out again. Elizabeth Street in Alvin, just 773 00:42:30.880 --> 00:42:34.119 out the Highway six. We're going to head out to 774 00:42:34.119 --> 00:42:37.840 the phones now and we're going to visit with Norm 775 00:42:38.039 --> 00:42:40.920 if I can get the right button here. Hey, Norm, 776 00:42:41.000 --> 00:42:42.239 welcome to garden Line. 777 00:42:43.000 --> 00:42:47.280 Hey Skip, thank you for taking my call. I don't 778 00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:51.559 want to overwhelm everybody with our compliments to your show, 779 00:42:52.320 --> 00:42:54.920 but we are very very happy out here in the 780 00:42:55.159 --> 00:42:56.519 Senior citizen land. 781 00:42:57.480 --> 00:42:58.360 It's what you do. 782 00:42:58.800 --> 00:43:02.679 It entertains us every Saturday and every Sunday. I was 783 00:43:02.719 --> 00:43:06.840 telling you a producer about Francis, my wife. She's listening 784 00:43:08.159 --> 00:43:10.639 out on the patio and I'm in the house because 785 00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:13.119 I don't want her to take over the phone call. 786 00:43:13.280 --> 00:43:20.960 But we we have a problem at our age, falling 787 00:43:21.000 --> 00:43:26.280 around in the garden. And what's your little invention that 788 00:43:26.360 --> 00:43:30.519 you talk about all the time, your weed wiper. I 789 00:43:30.679 --> 00:43:34.000 had a hunch that I could give you a challenge. 790 00:43:34.559 --> 00:43:38.679 And before we hang up today, be sure and get 791 00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:41.000 your three m sticky pad and make a little bit 792 00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:49.239 of a note a weed walker, and we'd what do 793 00:43:49.239 --> 00:43:52.920 you call it, wiper? Come together. We can't wipe the 794 00:43:52.960 --> 00:43:54.440 weeds without a weed walker. 795 00:43:55.800 --> 00:44:02.000 Oh okay, And talking about toppling over in the garden, yeah, yeah. 796 00:44:01.719 --> 00:44:04.880 I've got a kind of miracle stories that I've told 797 00:44:04.920 --> 00:44:09.079 about falling in the yard and I've managed to survive 798 00:44:09.239 --> 00:44:15.599 to this year. But walking in the garden, to me, 799 00:44:15.800 --> 00:44:19.239 has been an idea creator. I always tell my grandchildren, 800 00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:23.880 somebody invented that, and you take pride in the wheat wiper. 801 00:44:24.400 --> 00:44:27.960 And I'm thinking that when we were babies, we had 802 00:44:28.000 --> 00:44:31.440 a little what they called walker, and you put your 803 00:44:31.480 --> 00:44:33.760 legs through the holes, and then you got wheels and 804 00:44:34.559 --> 00:44:42.360 you learn how to walk. And I'm thinking out, But 805 00:44:42.800 --> 00:44:48.199 I've asked people that my contact that are in the 806 00:44:48.239 --> 00:44:52.880 machine shop what they call them guys that create stuff 807 00:44:52.920 --> 00:44:55.440 and build stuff, to. 808 00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:56.159 Think about it. 809 00:44:56.199 --> 00:44:59.880 And one of my friends up in Central Texas is 810 00:45:00.000 --> 00:45:01.719 a retired. 811 00:45:01.199 --> 00:45:03.400 Guy doing that, and I call it him. 812 00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:06.840 He's on the porch, of course, every morning, looking at 813 00:45:06.880 --> 00:45:12.480 the sunset, listening to you. But the need to not 814 00:45:12.679 --> 00:45:19.119 fall in the garden becomes more more necessary every day. 815 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:23.480 Right. Well, well, normally you know this would be a yeah, 816 00:45:23.559 --> 00:45:26.559 this be no. And gardening is for all ages and 817 00:45:26.639 --> 00:45:29.440 it should go as long as our life goes. I 818 00:45:29.480 --> 00:45:33.199 mean I knew people that even toward the end of life, 819 00:45:33.679 --> 00:45:36.400 they were still you know that they had their house plans, 820 00:45:36.480 --> 00:45:38.639 that little cart came in and stuff they could do it. 821 00:45:38.840 --> 00:45:43.079 It is a refreshing and wonderful thing. We could talk 822 00:45:43.119 --> 00:45:46.679 for days on the topic. But uh, there is there 823 00:45:46.719 --> 00:45:49.440 are you know, regular rolling walkers that some people use. 824 00:45:49.480 --> 00:45:52.079 There's also a rolling seat that some people use. But 825 00:45:52.239 --> 00:45:54.800 your point is well taken. I think it's a matter 826 00:45:54.840 --> 00:45:57.760 of getting good solid pathways first of all installed that 827 00:45:58.400 --> 00:46:02.639 give you a little more stability. That's important. But I 828 00:46:03.239 --> 00:46:05.280 hear your challenge and let me think about that a 829 00:46:05.320 --> 00:46:08.480 little bit and see if we can figure out maybe 830 00:46:08.519 --> 00:46:11.159 some other tips. I know there's a lot of great 831 00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:14.440 tools that are ergonomic that I help. You know, sometimes 832 00:46:14.440 --> 00:46:16.960 folks are dealing with things like an arthritis or some 833 00:46:17.039 --> 00:46:20.840 other limitations. But let me think about that. Uh, I've 834 00:46:20.840 --> 00:46:22.840 got a whole line of folks that are lined up 835 00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:26.360 here that I need to get to. But I appreciate 836 00:46:26.400 --> 00:46:28.800 your kind words and your call and I will give 837 00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:31.440 this some thought. I think that it is a good point, 838 00:46:31.519 --> 00:46:34.079 because the last thing on Earth we need to do 839 00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:38.239 is slow down our gardening when life's limitations come along. 840 00:46:38.639 --> 00:46:41.840 But I thank you, Norman. And do you have any 841 00:46:41.840 --> 00:46:43.000 of those sticky pads? 842 00:46:45.280 --> 00:46:49.440 Yes, somebody invented the glue that's on the back of that. 843 00:46:50.599 --> 00:46:54.639 Right right by accident. Yeah, it was uh huh. There 844 00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:57.800 you go. All right, Norman. Hey, thanks, call back, call back, 845 00:46:58.000 --> 00:47:00.480 call back, anytime. I'd be glad to a visit with 846 00:47:00.519 --> 00:47:02.800 you about that. Let's see here, we're going to go 847 00:47:02.800 --> 00:47:04.679 to Joe and spring Joe. I got about a half 848 00:47:04.719 --> 00:47:06.679 a minute, but if we need we'll hold you over 849 00:47:06.800 --> 00:47:07.880 to the next break. 850 00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:13.519 Okay, have one big question in two little comments. So 851 00:47:13.599 --> 00:47:17.239 I follow your long care program religiously for the last 852 00:47:17.320 --> 00:47:19.639 seven years, and I think my tree likes it better 853 00:47:19.679 --> 00:47:23.599 than my lawn. That thing is growing like galore. And 854 00:47:23.679 --> 00:47:26.679 so I'm having a problem that two branches are crossing 855 00:47:26.760 --> 00:47:30.000 each other and I didn't catch it earlier. And so 856 00:47:30.119 --> 00:47:33.800 my question is, you know it's they're they're getting closely 857 00:47:33.840 --> 00:47:37.119 and stuck together. Is it too late to have the 858 00:47:37.159 --> 00:47:39.440 tree trimmed for the summer? Do I just have a 859 00:47:39.800 --> 00:47:41.800 guy come in there and take out that one branch 860 00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:44.679 so that they're anymore. 861 00:47:45.079 --> 00:47:47.159 Or now you can do it just making a cut 862 00:47:47.199 --> 00:47:49.039 here and there is fine to do it now, go 863 00:47:49.079 --> 00:47:51.920 ahead and get it done. Just make sure they know 864 00:47:51.960 --> 00:47:54.199 how to prune and what they're doing. But no, now's fine. 865 00:47:54.239 --> 00:47:55.519 No need to treat the wound. 866 00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:59.239 Either, Okay, so just take care the one branch, don't 867 00:47:59.239 --> 00:48:02.719 through the whole tree trimming. It needs to thin in 868 00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:03.760 the whole tree. 869 00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:07.440 Well. I mean, you could do a moderate amount now, 870 00:48:08.280 --> 00:48:11.519 but it's not going to heal very fast, and so 871 00:48:11.679 --> 00:48:14.280 it would be better to do the majority of your 872 00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:16.920 printing in winter. But anything that's going to get worse 873 00:48:17.039 --> 00:48:20.360 between now and next the end of or next midwinter, 874 00:48:20.840 --> 00:48:22.840 go ahead and do it now, and you know, don't 875 00:48:22.880 --> 00:48:26.199 let it get worse like that. But yeah, that's the balance. 876 00:48:27.480 --> 00:48:31.519 And also my lawn, I'm getting some yellow h what 877 00:48:31.559 --> 00:48:34.280 do you call pieces of the grass all around. I 878 00:48:34.280 --> 00:48:38.440 haven't put my slow release fertilizer on yet. Do I 879 00:48:38.480 --> 00:48:41.960 pick one that has the highest iron in it? Or 880 00:48:42.079 --> 00:48:45.000 is it time for iron eight or something? On the yard? 881 00:48:46.320 --> 00:48:50.039 You know, Joe, if you are able to take some 882 00:48:50.199 --> 00:48:52.320 close up maybe a picture, of your lawn and then 883 00:48:52.360 --> 00:48:55.000 some close ups of what you see as yellow as 884 00:48:55.000 --> 00:48:57.159 close as you can get in sharp focus, and email 885 00:48:57.199 --> 00:48:59.960 them to me. I can give you a better answer. 886 00:49:00.199 --> 00:49:02.159 It could be a lack of nitrogen, it could be 887 00:49:02.199 --> 00:49:05.719 a foliage disease, and it also could be ourn deficiency. 888 00:49:06.400 --> 00:49:09.840 I'm leaning away from it being ourn deficiency in and 889 00:49:09.880 --> 00:49:12.599 of itself, unless it's related to a disease. So I'd 890 00:49:12.679 --> 00:49:14.559 rather give you a better answer. So if you would 891 00:49:14.639 --> 00:49:17.800 email me those, you can call back, we can talk 892 00:49:17.800 --> 00:49:20.440 about it. I'll reply to that, and we can even 893 00:49:20.480 --> 00:49:22.280 finish a conversation today if you'd like. 894 00:49:23.480 --> 00:49:26.599 Okay, well the pictures in sun Ben. 895 00:49:27.800 --> 00:49:29.719 Yes, sir, thank you, I appreciate the called. Look forward 896 00:49:29.719 --> 00:49:32.280 to helping you more with that question. I got to 897 00:49:32.360 --> 00:49:34.440 run to a break, folks. When we come back, we're 898 00:49:34.440 --> 00:49:38.239 going to talk to Forrest and in Galleria jim Idam Magnolia. 899 00:49:39.079 --> 00:49:41.920 All right, welcome back, folks. Good to have you back 900 00:49:42.239 --> 00:49:45.280 here on Garden Line. Got plenty of things we can 901 00:49:45.320 --> 00:49:48.000 be talking about right now. I first of all, I 902 00:49:48.039 --> 00:49:50.559 wanted to I was talking earlier about the clay soils 903 00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:54.000 and the issues of clays, our heavy clay soils here 904 00:49:54.079 --> 00:49:57.159 have what is called a high shrink swell potential. What 905 00:49:57.199 --> 00:49:59.280 does that all mean, Well, it just means us, when 906 00:49:59.320 --> 00:50:01.119 they get dry, this shrink, when they get wet, they 907 00:50:01.119 --> 00:50:04.159 swell and so in the summer, when it's hot and dry, 908 00:50:04.199 --> 00:50:06.239 you got cracks in the backyard so deep you could 909 00:50:06.280 --> 00:50:08.679 lose a toddler down the things, or a small foo 910 00:50:08.760 --> 00:50:11.880 foo dog. And then it rains and they swell up 911 00:50:12.000 --> 00:50:17.000 and that moves sidewalks, driveways, breaks water pipes underground for 912 00:50:17.079 --> 00:50:21.199 the city, and it causes foundation problems for your home 913 00:50:21.320 --> 00:50:25.360 and fix my slab. Foundation Repair is the expert company 914 00:50:25.440 --> 00:50:27.400 that I would suggest you give a call if you 915 00:50:27.440 --> 00:50:30.119 have any questions about where things are. I mean, they 916 00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:32.480 can do things like, you know, re level your driveway 917 00:50:32.519 --> 00:50:35.800 if you've got issues with cracks in the driveway. Ty 918 00:50:35.800 --> 00:50:38.360 Strickland's been doing this for twenty three years. And so 919 00:50:38.719 --> 00:50:41.079 you got to crack in the sheet rock indoors. Typically 920 00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:43.440 you'll see those sometimes in the ceiling, but or the 921 00:50:43.440 --> 00:50:45.559 walls in general, but maybe over in a corner by 922 00:50:45.559 --> 00:50:47.880 a window on the outside. Same thing on the brick. 923 00:50:48.199 --> 00:50:50.400 Cracks in the brick going down on the outside is 924 00:50:50.440 --> 00:50:53.800 a sign something is moving. Don't be an Ostrich, don't 925 00:50:53.800 --> 00:50:55.599 put your head in the sand. You need to have 926 00:50:55.679 --> 00:50:59.400 him look at it. This is an honest fellow, native Houstonian, 927 00:50:59.480 --> 00:51:02.679 fifth generation Texan. He knows what he's doing, been doing 928 00:51:02.719 --> 00:51:06.199 this for twenty three plus years now, and he'll come 929 00:51:06.239 --> 00:51:07.880 out and take a look, you know, tell you if 930 00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:11.000 you need work and if you do what's needed, or 931 00:51:11.039 --> 00:51:14.079 if I'll tell you now for right now, you're it's good. 932 00:51:14.320 --> 00:51:17.599 Just let's let's let's watch it. Let's see how it goes. 933 00:51:17.920 --> 00:51:20.639 Tell him your guardline listener Free free estimates for Guardline 934 00:51:20.679 --> 00:51:25.920 listeners fixmyslab dot com. Easy to Remember Fix myslab dot 935 00:51:26.000 --> 00:51:30.679 com com two eight one two five five forty nine 936 00:51:30.719 --> 00:51:33.320 two eight one two five forty nine forty nine. We're 937 00:51:33.360 --> 00:51:36.000 going to go now out to the galleria and talk 938 00:51:36.119 --> 00:51:38.519 to Forrest. Hello, Forrest, Welcome to garden Line. 939 00:51:39.599 --> 00:51:46.119 Hey, if I wanted to ask you about this, you know, 940 00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:52.400 putting a filtered cloth or some filtered cloth over vegetable gardens, 941 00:51:52.480 --> 00:51:57.000 specifically tomatoes, to kind of create a micro underneath. 942 00:51:57.119 --> 00:52:01.039 If you think that's something that would work here in Houston. 943 00:52:02.280 --> 00:52:06.360 People use it some. It doesn't change the ambient air temperature, 944 00:52:06.519 --> 00:52:08.760 but it does keep the sun from heating up the 945 00:52:08.840 --> 00:52:14.360 plant tissues so much. The trick for us is to 946 00:52:14.559 --> 00:52:19.360 not lower your sunlight intensity levels so much that your 947 00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:22.960 plants aren't able to make enough carbohydrates, in your case 948 00:52:23.039 --> 00:52:26.960 to set tomatoes. So if you were to go I 949 00:52:27.000 --> 00:52:29.760 wouldn't definitely, I would not go past fifty percent shade. 950 00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:33.000 It could be a little lighter than that. And now, 951 00:52:33.039 --> 00:52:36.639 if you're already struggling to get enough sun, then adding 952 00:52:36.719 --> 00:52:39.960 the shade cloth would probably be a mistake. But in 953 00:52:40.079 --> 00:52:42.480 general it helps a little. It just remember it doesn't 954 00:52:42.519 --> 00:52:46.199 change the ambient air temperature. So when it's ninety, it's ninety. 955 00:52:46.320 --> 00:52:49.280 When it's you know, seventy eight degrees at night, it's 956 00:52:49.360 --> 00:52:52.280 seventy eight degrees at night, even at the shade cloth, 957 00:52:52.320 --> 00:52:53.920 and those are the things that tend to make our 958 00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:57.719 tomatoes slower cease production when it gets hot. 959 00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:03.039 I just felt like, at some level, as you said, 960 00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:05.159 the ambient temperature is going to get so high that 961 00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:07.719 it's just going to tomato season is going to be 962 00:53:07.800 --> 00:53:10.320 over at some point here, and I didn't think the 963 00:53:10.400 --> 00:53:13.320 shade cloth would yeah really change that that. 964 00:53:14.440 --> 00:53:16.920 That is true. It makes a little difference, but not 965 00:53:17.199 --> 00:53:20.039 a lot. And so what we do. What I do 966 00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:21.840 in my garden is you know, I may have some 967 00:53:21.960 --> 00:53:25.000 slicer tomatoes, and I know when the temperatures get up 968 00:53:25.000 --> 00:53:27.320 in the nineties and the night times are above the 969 00:53:27.400 --> 00:53:30.760 mid seventies, for sure, they're going to start shutting down 970 00:53:31.079 --> 00:53:34.960 their production. And I throw in some cherries or grape 971 00:53:35.280 --> 00:53:38.920 type tomatoes. Cherry tomatoes grape tomatoes because they set well 972 00:53:39.039 --> 00:53:41.599 even in hotter weather, and that way you at least 973 00:53:41.599 --> 00:53:44.719 get tomato flavor carrying you on a little further into 974 00:53:44.760 --> 00:53:49.039 the season. Okay, well, I appreciate it. Thank you, sir. 975 00:53:50.320 --> 00:53:52.239 You bet, thanks for being patient waiting on the call. 976 00:53:52.239 --> 00:53:54.960 I know we've had a line here, so good to 977 00:53:55.119 --> 00:53:59.039 talk to you. Let's now go to a task ASDA 978 00:53:59.239 --> 00:54:01.599 and talk to Jill. Hey, Jim, welcome to garden line. 979 00:54:02.880 --> 00:54:03.400 Thank you sir. 980 00:54:04.599 --> 00:54:08.760 Today's topic is tree planting and care and root washing 981 00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:11.679 and root girdle removal. 982 00:54:13.519 --> 00:54:19.920 Okay, good questions, any specific or just you want me 983 00:54:20.000 --> 00:54:20.800 to comment on all that. 984 00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:25.159 I would like you to comment on it because the 985 00:54:25.239 --> 00:54:28.000 fact is that I've been buying product lately that is 986 00:54:28.079 --> 00:54:32.239 so root bound. It's just it's unbelievable. I can't believe 987 00:54:32.320 --> 00:54:35.719 how Yeah, you think these nurseries are going to take 988 00:54:35.760 --> 00:54:36.199 that of care. 989 00:54:36.320 --> 00:54:40.320 But well, and it's not all. It's not necessarily the 990 00:54:40.480 --> 00:54:44.639 nursery's fault. You know, the most economical way to grow 991 00:54:44.639 --> 00:54:47.199 a tree is in a round pot. There are pots 992 00:54:47.239 --> 00:54:51.039 out there that are designed to air prune roots and 993 00:54:51.159 --> 00:54:54.760 to prevent girdling, but they're expensive, and nobody goes to 994 00:54:54.840 --> 00:54:58.079 the garden center and says, I want a tree that's 995 00:54:58.119 --> 00:55:00.599 in this kind of pot. They just don't. People don't 996 00:55:00.719 --> 00:55:03.400 know to ask for that, and so it's not worth 997 00:55:03.440 --> 00:55:06.280 it for the growers or for the garden centers to 998 00:55:06.400 --> 00:55:10.079 try to carry the higher dollar tree, And that, unfortunately, 999 00:55:10.360 --> 00:55:13.920 is the situation we're in. For the most part. You 1000 00:55:14.000 --> 00:55:17.039 can get by with a circling tree if it doesn't 1001 00:55:17.079 --> 00:55:19.440 spend too much time in the pot. Now, if you know, 1002 00:55:19.519 --> 00:55:21.800 if it sits there for an extra year or two, 1003 00:55:22.000 --> 00:55:24.960 well then you're going to have major problems in the 1004 00:55:25.239 --> 00:55:27.760 You know, before you buy it, When you get them home, 1005 00:55:27.840 --> 00:55:30.719 you slide them out and you cut the roots. I 1006 00:55:30.880 --> 00:55:35.039 cut mine in three or four places vertically. I'll use 1007 00:55:35.039 --> 00:55:37.360 a little box cutter knife to cut small roots, or 1008 00:55:37.360 --> 00:55:40.920 I'll use hand prunters to cut bigger roots, but cut them. 1009 00:55:41.159 --> 00:55:44.199 Within two weeks they will be branching out new roots. 1010 00:55:44.400 --> 00:55:46.519 Just like if you cut a branch, you get re 1011 00:55:46.679 --> 00:55:50.119 sprouting from behind where you cut. When you cut a root, 1012 00:55:50.159 --> 00:55:52.320 you get re sprouting from behind where you cut. So 1013 00:55:52.599 --> 00:55:55.880 before they go in the ground, any circling roots should 1014 00:55:55.880 --> 00:55:57.679 be cut on a plant that is going to get 1015 00:55:57.679 --> 00:56:00.840 big and live a long time. Not so important for 1016 00:56:00.880 --> 00:56:04.079 a little perennial plant or you know, some small little 1017 00:56:04.119 --> 00:56:08.000 shrub maybe, But if it if that root getting bigger 1018 00:56:08.079 --> 00:56:11.239 over time and the trunk getting bigger over time are 1019 00:56:11.519 --> 00:56:14.000 likely to come together, which they would on a big 1020 00:56:14.039 --> 00:56:16.599 tree like a live oat, for example, then you need 1021 00:56:16.679 --> 00:56:19.320 to be they need to be cut. You mentioned the 1022 00:56:19.480 --> 00:56:24.679 term root washing. Root washing is the extra step that 1023 00:56:24.800 --> 00:56:28.800 you can go And here this is the fastest version 1024 00:56:29.159 --> 00:56:31.400 that I that I can give you. But if you 1025 00:56:31.599 --> 00:56:33.199 if you were growing a tree and you had it 1026 00:56:33.280 --> 00:56:35.480 in a gallum pot and the roots went out and 1027 00:56:35.599 --> 00:56:39.480 made a circle, what's a gallumpot about five inches six 1028 00:56:39.559 --> 00:56:43.440 inches across maybe the top that that'd be like, let's 1029 00:56:43.440 --> 00:56:45.719 say a five inch circle, and then you move that 1030 00:56:45.840 --> 00:56:48.639 tree to a five gallum pot and keep growing it out. 1031 00:56:49.159 --> 00:56:53.119 Now that circle from the one gallon is inside and 1032 00:56:53.239 --> 00:56:55.719 it can't be seen because you put it in a 1033 00:56:55.760 --> 00:56:59.280 bigger pot with more soil. Root Washing is where you 1034 00:56:59.440 --> 00:57:02.639 blast off all the growing mix so you can see 1035 00:57:02.960 --> 00:57:06.880 inside and remove all of the different things that might 1036 00:57:06.960 --> 00:57:09.920 be a problem. Do the surgery if you will, the 1037 00:57:10.039 --> 00:57:17.039 root cutting all through good forestry folks from Texan and 1038 00:57:17.239 --> 00:57:19.360 Forest Service told me about this a long time ago. 1039 00:57:19.519 --> 00:57:22.119 We did a demonstration for some for a class I did, 1040 00:57:22.679 --> 00:57:25.400 and it works, but it's a lot of trouble and 1041 00:57:25.559 --> 00:57:27.360 most people are not going to want to go to that. 1042 00:57:28.000 --> 00:57:31.280 But if you have concerns on a bigger tree that 1043 00:57:31.360 --> 00:57:35.920 you may have some interior buried problems, root washing would 1044 00:57:35.960 --> 00:57:41.320 be the way to get around that. Thank you so 1045 00:57:41.559 --> 00:57:45.440 much and have a great day, all right, Thank you sir. 1046 00:57:45.519 --> 00:57:49.199 Appreciate your call. Yep, And you're a lot of you 1047 00:57:49.320 --> 00:57:51.440 listening are going, oh my gosh, I didn't even know 1048 00:57:51.480 --> 00:57:54.239 I was supposed to worry about all that, will you know? 1049 00:57:54.360 --> 00:57:58.119 It's it's it's a matter of degrees, and some trees 1050 00:57:58.119 --> 00:58:01.519 are prone to that. Bread for pairs, they grow so 1051 00:58:01.800 --> 00:58:06.519 fast and they can quickly get into girdling problems. I 1052 00:58:06.559 --> 00:58:08.400 wish I could show you pictures on the radio. I 1053 00:58:08.440 --> 00:58:12.079 can show you some pear trees in general that have 1054 00:58:12.199 --> 00:58:15.280 come into the extension office. It just took pictures of 1055 00:58:15.360 --> 00:58:20.760 its amazing. Also, living Christmas trees that is a problem 1056 00:58:20.920 --> 00:58:22.920 in general. A living Christmas tree is going to be 1057 00:58:23.000 --> 00:58:26.039 a problem. They don't like having their roots cut. Pine 1058 00:58:26.239 --> 00:58:29.280 type species, those kinds of plants don't really care for 1059 00:58:29.840 --> 00:58:32.760 having the roots cut. They have to grow, grow, grow 1060 00:58:32.880 --> 00:58:35.159 them so they can sheare them so they can make 1061 00:58:35.199 --> 00:58:38.400 a little miniature Christmas tree so you'll buy it. Well, 1062 00:58:38.440 --> 00:58:43.440 that tree spent just by the nature of how a 1063 00:58:43.519 --> 00:58:46.199 living Christmas trees has to be grown. It spent too 1064 00:58:46.280 --> 00:58:48.320 much time in the pot, and so then you put 1065 00:58:48.320 --> 00:58:50.039 it in your landscape. It grows for a while and 1066 00:58:50.079 --> 00:58:52.760 then you start It depends on the species. But about 1067 00:58:52.800 --> 00:58:54.960 eight years down the line is when you really see 1068 00:58:55.519 --> 00:58:58.639 the things start to go south. Anyway. Something to think 1069 00:58:58.679 --> 00:59:04.320 about wild Birds Unlimited is the place to go for 1070 00:59:04.400 --> 00:59:07.760 anything you're looking for for birds, anything that you're looking 1071 00:59:07.800 --> 00:59:10.360 for for birds. Do you need bird housing, do you 1072 00:59:10.480 --> 00:59:15.480 need bird seed? Nothing compares to wild Birds Unlimited. Bird 1073 00:59:15.599 --> 00:59:18.800 seed blends right now, the blend to use is Nesting 1074 00:59:18.920 --> 00:59:22.679 Super Blend because we're still in nesting season for birds 1075 00:59:23.159 --> 00:59:26.280 and it helps with the development of the birds. Now 1076 00:59:26.360 --> 00:59:28.559 you can buy it loose, you buy it in seed cylinders, 1077 00:59:28.719 --> 00:59:32.920 but just buy it nesting super blended. Wild Birds Unlimited. 1078 00:59:32.920 --> 00:59:37.360 They're six stores in the Greater Houston area Kingwood, Clear Lake, Pearland, 1079 00:59:38.480 --> 00:59:41.559 Houston on bel Air, Houston on Memorial and then Cypress 1080 00:59:41.719 --> 00:59:46.280 up in Barker. Cypress is another wild Bird's Unlimited store. 1081 00:59:46.599 --> 00:59:49.239 They carry quality seed, not the seed the bird kicks 1082 00:59:49.280 --> 00:59:51.000 on the ground, the little red bebes that come in 1083 00:59:51.079 --> 00:59:54.519 cheap bird seed. Birds don't like those, and you waste 1084 00:59:54.679 --> 00:59:58.840 most of what you're buying in the bag. Wild Birds 1085 00:59:58.960 --> 01:00:02.480 Unlimited half quality seeds of things birds want. You buy 1086 01:00:02.519 --> 01:00:04.239 a pound a seed, you get a pound of something 1087 01:00:04.519 --> 01:00:06.480 that goes into the bird's stomach. In the case of 1088 01:00:06.559 --> 01:00:09.760 their no mess blends, where they're not even sunflower shells 1089 01:00:09.800 --> 01:00:13.519 on the outside of the sunflower kernels. While birds I'm limited. 1090 01:00:13.840 --> 01:00:16.000 I gotta take a break here, Steven der Park here first. 1091 01:00:16.039 --> 01:00:19.480 When we come back. Hey, welcome back, Welcome back to 1092 01:00:19.519 --> 01:00:21.960 the garden line. Good to have you with us. Hey, 1093 01:00:22.480 --> 01:00:25.159 I just want to say some this is important that 1094 01:00:25.280 --> 01:00:31.119 you hear this today because time is essentially up. Nature's 1095 01:00:31.159 --> 01:00:34.360 Way Resources is having the final day of their fungal 1096 01:00:34.440 --> 01:00:39.679 compost overstock sale fifteen dollars a yard. 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And just I 1107 01:01:13.320 --> 01:01:15.519 mean you can use fung You can use screen fungal 1108 01:01:15.599 --> 01:01:18.000 compost even as a top dressing on your lawn if 1109 01:01:18.000 --> 01:01:20.440 you wan't do that, you can use it in flower beds. 1110 01:01:20.480 --> 01:01:22.559 You can use it as a surface malts even if 1111 01:01:22.599 --> 01:01:25.079 you put it down and then mix it into the soil. 1112 01:01:25.679 --> 01:01:28.800 It works very well. And they have a super sale 1113 01:01:28.880 --> 01:01:33.519 going on that ends today. So nine two seven three 1114 01:01:33.599 --> 01:01:37.599 twelve hundred Nature'sway Resources dot com. Check out that website. 1115 01:01:37.639 --> 01:01:40.440 It's awesome. It has to go to the contact information 1116 01:01:40.559 --> 01:01:42.920 find out how I get there. But the main thing is, 1117 01:01:43.000 --> 01:01:45.639 don't let this deal go by. It is an awesome 1118 01:01:45.679 --> 01:01:48.719 one you don't want to miss. We're going to head 1119 01:01:48.719 --> 01:01:51.960 out to Steve in Deer Park. Now, Hey Steve, welcome 1120 01:01:52.000 --> 01:01:52.599 to garden Line. 1121 01:01:53.719 --> 01:01:58.360 Good morning, Skip. I sent you an email some tomatoes. 1122 01:01:58.679 --> 01:01:59.280 Did you see it? 1123 01:02:01.239 --> 01:02:05.199 Okay? I did. Let me take a look here. Oh yes, 1124 01:02:05.360 --> 01:02:10.800 uh huh okay, go ahead, and having run with holes 1125 01:02:10.840 --> 01:02:11.119 in them. 1126 01:02:12.760 --> 01:02:15.239 Yeah, And I sent you a picture of it cut 1127 01:02:15.360 --> 01:02:21.719 open to where there's some Yeah, anyway, and they're split 1128 01:02:21.800 --> 01:02:23.800 and I'm real bad and I'm really not getting the 1129 01:02:23.920 --> 01:02:27.239 best production this year for some reason. But anyway, to 1130 01:02:27.639 --> 01:02:29.880 head in recommendations. 1131 01:02:30.320 --> 01:02:33.760 You bet. So the hole is and the interior shows 1132 01:02:33.840 --> 01:02:36.199 that a caterpillar got in there and chewed around, and 1133 01:02:36.400 --> 01:02:39.039 once you make a wound, you start to get decay 1134 01:02:39.199 --> 01:02:41.800 and all kinds of issues. So that's what you're looking 1135 01:02:41.880 --> 01:02:45.800 at on that one. You know, regular applications of something 1136 01:02:45.920 --> 01:02:48.280 to prevent caterpillars. There's a lot of options for that, 1137 01:02:48.679 --> 01:02:50.599 but you got to do it before the caterpillar gets in. 1138 01:02:50.760 --> 01:02:52.719 I know you use seven. I think I see some 1139 01:02:52.840 --> 01:02:55.159 seven dust looks like on the surface of some of 1140 01:02:55.199 --> 01:02:58.440 the tomatoes, and that'll kill the heck out of a caterpillar, 1141 01:02:58.679 --> 01:03:02.840 But not after the caterpillars inside, you know, they it's 1142 01:03:02.920 --> 01:03:06.599 more of a venom from getting in. So that is 1143 01:03:06.679 --> 01:03:11.719 what it is. The cracking tomatoes crack typically in two 1144 01:03:11.920 --> 01:03:16.400 common ways. One in addition to just splitting. When they 1145 01:03:16.559 --> 01:03:20.559 grow real fast after a rain, you get little round 1146 01:03:20.760 --> 01:03:23.400 cracks that go like in a circle around the stem 1147 01:03:23.480 --> 01:03:26.400 attachment area the top of the tomato. And then you 1148 01:03:26.519 --> 01:03:28.880 get these radio cracks, which is what you see, and 1149 01:03:28.920 --> 01:03:30.800 it looks like you just took a little knife and 1150 01:03:31.000 --> 01:03:34.320 just split the tomato from the stem, you know, across 1151 01:03:34.400 --> 01:03:38.159 the shoulder a little bit. That is very variety specific. 1152 01:03:38.280 --> 01:03:41.239 Some varieties are bad about that, others are not so bad. 1153 01:03:42.199 --> 01:03:46.199 Anything we do that evens out the growth helps with 1154 01:03:46.320 --> 01:03:50.159 all kinds of cracking and splitting of the tomatoes. And 1155 01:03:50.320 --> 01:03:52.760 so sometimes what will happen is the tomato will grow 1156 01:03:53.199 --> 01:03:55.840 and it'll be real dry, and it's not growing very much, 1157 01:03:56.000 --> 01:03:59.280 but the cells are still dividing. Then you get this 1158 01:03:59.360 --> 01:04:02.360 gully washer rain and the roots take up all this 1159 01:04:02.559 --> 01:04:04.840 water and it tries to fill up all those cells 1160 01:04:05.360 --> 01:04:08.840 and it swells faster than the skin can accommodate it, 1161 01:04:09.000 --> 01:04:12.800 and you get the splits from that. So evening out 1162 01:04:12.880 --> 01:04:16.199 the watering is helpful for the splitting. But this shoulder 1163 01:04:16.280 --> 01:04:20.119 cracking like you see, is going to be more variety specific, 1164 01:04:20.320 --> 01:04:23.679 and it just there's just not a thing to do 1165 01:04:24.480 --> 01:04:26.840 about that other than try a different variety if you don't. 1166 01:04:26.920 --> 01:04:31.679 If you don't like it. It's mostly catic though general, Yeah, 1167 01:04:31.760 --> 01:04:32.119 go ahead. 1168 01:04:33.519 --> 01:04:37.000 I was thinking for next year, trying to stay ahead 1169 01:04:37.039 --> 01:04:41.480 of the caterpillars, and I was thinking that if you 1170 01:04:41.599 --> 01:04:45.440 had a favorite that you like to use, because I 1171 01:04:45.559 --> 01:04:48.920 don't really see you know, Yeah. 1172 01:04:49.159 --> 01:04:54.400 That's right, and there's different options, you know. I'll just start, 1173 01:04:54.519 --> 01:04:57.039 you know, on the synthetic in things like seven dust 1174 01:04:57.239 --> 01:04:59.360 will kill caterpillars if you keep it on the surface 1175 01:04:59.400 --> 01:05:01.880 of the fruit and it lasts a long time. It's 1176 01:05:02.000 --> 01:05:05.719 persistent there, which is good when it comes to pest control, 1177 01:05:05.800 --> 01:05:08.519 bad when it comes to you eating this stuff. But 1178 01:05:09.440 --> 01:05:13.840 that is one that is one end. On the other 1179 01:05:14.119 --> 01:05:18.320 end would be things like using BT or spinosid as sprays, 1180 01:05:18.840 --> 01:05:23.079 spinosid lasts longer, so it would give you b tea. 1181 01:05:23.320 --> 01:05:26.079 After a couple of days, it's no longer killing what's 1182 01:05:26.119 --> 01:05:28.719 out there, so you pray in it all the time, 1183 01:05:28.840 --> 01:05:33.320 trying to get ahead of the caterpillars. The spinosid lasts longer, 1184 01:05:33.440 --> 01:05:36.199 and then some people will actually bag their tomatoes, you know, 1185 01:05:36.239 --> 01:05:38.480 if you just have a tomato plant or two, those 1186 01:05:38.519 --> 01:05:41.079 little organza bags with the draw string, they'll slip them 1187 01:05:41.159 --> 01:05:43.360 over there and just pull them, pull them over them, 1188 01:05:43.639 --> 01:05:46.079 and you keep everything out. You keep the bird pecks out, 1189 01:05:46.159 --> 01:05:49.320 you keep you know, the caterpillars and stink bugs away, 1190 01:05:49.960 --> 01:05:54.039 so that that's more detailed. But those are very inexpensive 1191 01:05:54.119 --> 01:05:58.000 little bags. Again, if you had, you know, twenty tomato plants, 1192 01:05:58.039 --> 01:06:00.960 that would be too tedious. But just a few. It's 1193 01:06:01.119 --> 01:06:01.679 an option. 1194 01:06:03.440 --> 01:06:06.159 What about insect the saddle soap, it's a good option. 1195 01:06:07.599 --> 01:06:10.880 It won't work on the caterpillars, it just doesn't. Oh no, 1196 01:06:11.400 --> 01:06:13.679 it's good for it's good for spider mates and a 1197 01:06:13.800 --> 01:06:15.159 fits on your tomato leaves. 1198 01:06:16.760 --> 01:06:20.079 I was concerned about the seven desks for the contamination. 1199 01:06:20.280 --> 01:06:22.480 But anyway, thank you for all the options. 1200 01:06:23.719 --> 01:06:26.079 Yeah, you got some options, and thanks for the COSTA 1201 01:06:26.199 --> 01:06:29.519 appreciate appreciate you call very much. When was the last 1202 01:06:29.559 --> 01:06:33.320 time you guys were at Arbrogate. They always have new 1203 01:06:33.360 --> 01:06:36.880 things coming in. I mean it is always cool. It's 1204 01:06:36.960 --> 01:06:39.920 just I love going to Arbigate because of all the 1205 01:06:39.960 --> 01:06:43.159 stuff that they have. Do you need vegetables? Dany flowers? 1206 01:06:43.199 --> 01:06:45.000 Do you need roses? Do you need shrubs? Do you 1207 01:06:45.079 --> 01:06:46.840 need bulbs? Oh? By the way, guess what they just 1208 01:06:46.960 --> 01:06:49.880 got in A bunch of bulbs from Southern Bulb Company 1209 01:06:50.400 --> 01:06:53.719 h And they've got some of the great bulbs for summer. 1210 01:06:53.920 --> 01:06:56.719 There's a lot of awesome options for bulbs for summer, 1211 01:06:57.239 --> 01:06:59.880 and they're starting to carry some of the gingers. And 1212 01:07:00.599 --> 01:07:03.280 ginger is one of my favorite plants. And a Southern 1213 01:07:03.320 --> 01:07:07.079 Bulb Company is an outstanding producer of bulbs, and Arborgate 1214 01:07:07.239 --> 01:07:10.119 carries their bulbs. So go by there, say I want 1215 01:07:10.119 --> 01:07:13.599 to see these ginger bulbs. Skip was talking about the hedicium, 1216 01:07:13.679 --> 01:07:16.599 the white butterfly ginger, one of my favorite ones. There's 1217 01:07:16.599 --> 01:07:18.639 a lot of other types that are there. When you 1218 01:07:18.719 --> 01:07:21.239 go to Arburgate. Grab the one two three system. The 1219 01:07:21.360 --> 01:07:25.159 food complete, the soil complete, and the compost complete. All 1220 01:07:25.280 --> 01:07:28.880 three organic, All three work, and all three help you 1221 01:07:28.960 --> 01:07:31.800 get the brown stuff. Right, so the green stuff you 1222 01:07:31.880 --> 01:07:34.760 bought at Arburgate goes in and hits the ground running. 1223 01:07:35.000 --> 01:07:36.760 You can also buy those by the bulk by the 1224 01:07:36.800 --> 01:07:40.159 way at Arburgate, just about a mile and a half 1225 01:07:40.239 --> 01:07:43.719 west of two forty nine on twenty nine twenty there 1226 01:07:43.920 --> 01:07:49.920 in the Tombault area. Let's go now to Wharton and 1227 01:07:50.119 --> 01:07:52.000 we're going to talk to Angie Ajie. I got a 1228 01:07:52.000 --> 01:07:53.400 little bit of time here. Let's see if we can 1229 01:07:53.440 --> 01:07:54.480 squeeze a call in with you. 1230 01:07:56.000 --> 01:07:59.519 Warning skip, Yeah, I was calling about my Peggy Martin roses. 1231 01:08:00.519 --> 01:08:02.679 All of a sudden, they've got spots all over them 1232 01:08:02.719 --> 01:08:07.519 and they're dropping their leaves. That's my first question. And 1233 01:08:07.800 --> 01:08:13.119 sent you some pictures I saw it in Yeah, what 1234 01:08:13.199 --> 01:08:13.679 do you think? 1235 01:08:15.199 --> 01:08:19.600 That's called circaspara leaf spot. It is a fungal leaf spot. 1236 01:08:20.199 --> 01:08:24.039 It's not like bronze spot that makes big large blotches 1237 01:08:24.560 --> 01:08:28.479 or black spot large blotches on the leaves. It just 1238 01:08:28.560 --> 01:08:32.000 makes a little round circleish dark spots sometimes at the 1239 01:08:32.079 --> 01:08:34.600 gray center, a little bit of a yellow halo around them, 1240 01:08:35.439 --> 01:08:38.359 and you would just have to use a fungicide to 1241 01:08:38.520 --> 01:08:43.680 prevent it. So Peggy Martin's a tough rose a little 1242 01:08:43.760 --> 01:08:47.239 sir caspara coming and going on it. You could ignore 1243 01:08:47.279 --> 01:08:49.279 it and it would be Okay, it doesn't look good, 1244 01:08:49.760 --> 01:08:52.439 but it's not going to kill your Peggy Martin. If 1245 01:08:52.520 --> 01:08:55.760 you wanted to spray, then then you could use a 1246 01:08:55.800 --> 01:08:57.039 fung aside to stop it. 1247 01:08:58.079 --> 01:09:01.800 Okay, But the leaf drop is that that go along 1248 01:09:01.960 --> 01:09:04.239 with this particular fungus that you're talking about. 1249 01:09:04.720 --> 01:09:05.600 Okay, okay? 1250 01:09:06.119 --> 01:09:09.720 Would go ahead? 1251 01:09:10.800 --> 01:09:13.920 Would it benefit from pruning the roads back and just 1252 01:09:14.000 --> 01:09:16.960 kind of letting it start over? Or that fungus in 1253 01:09:17.039 --> 01:09:17.520 the soul and. 1254 01:09:17.560 --> 01:09:20.279 It's just going to be there, it's in the air. 1255 01:09:20.600 --> 01:09:23.039 Uh So if you pruned it back, you'd get fresh, 1256 01:09:23.119 --> 01:09:25.560 tender new growth. And then if we got some rainy weather, 1257 01:09:26.199 --> 01:09:28.479 when spores land on the leaf and they get a 1258 01:09:28.520 --> 01:09:31.760 little coating of water over them, they germinate and they 1259 01:09:31.840 --> 01:09:35.680 infect and they cause the spots. So pruning, okay, wouldn't 1260 01:09:36.359 --> 01:09:38.720 change it. It would just I would delay a little 1261 01:09:38.720 --> 01:09:40.479 bit and the new flesh of growth could get it 1262 01:09:40.600 --> 01:09:42.000 too if the weather was right. 1263 01:09:43.279 --> 01:09:46.560 Could I use the same spray sun just side that 1264 01:09:46.640 --> 01:09:48.520 I use on my high biscuits and not my high 1265 01:09:48.560 --> 01:09:51.520 biscuits my hydranges? Would that the same thing work for this. 1266 01:09:52.600 --> 01:09:54.760 Do you happen to have a recommendation the name of 1267 01:09:54.800 --> 01:09:57.560 it is if you know what's in it, I could 1268 01:09:57.640 --> 01:10:02.600 tell you products that are contained dack o'nil would be 1269 01:10:02.720 --> 01:10:09.159 good for the gray leaf spot. Uh. The products, let's see. Uh, 1270 01:10:10.039 --> 01:10:14.640 there's a product called immunox is another one that is 1271 01:10:14.760 --> 01:10:18.920 pretty good on the gray leaf spot. I'm trying to 1272 01:10:18.960 --> 01:10:22.399 think of what other that those would be the primary 1273 01:10:22.520 --> 01:10:27.359 ones that you would look at. Uh, yeah, it just 1274 01:10:27.479 --> 01:10:29.319 kind of depends. It just kind of depends. 1275 01:10:30.199 --> 01:10:32.439 The daklo mil is what I want. I need a 1276 01:10:32.479 --> 01:10:33.800 product with daqueo mil in it. 1277 01:10:33.960 --> 01:10:34.199 Right. 1278 01:10:36.119 --> 01:10:40.159 A C it's d A c O n I L 1279 01:10:40.439 --> 01:10:46.520 dack O'Neill jl okay nimaspraiser. Also, they're organic and they're 1280 01:10:46.520 --> 01:10:49.640 pretty good on on the gray leaf spot as well. 1281 01:10:50.720 --> 01:10:52.760 Yeah, and that's uh need to get that out early 1282 01:10:52.840 --> 01:10:54.640 in the morning, right before it gets too hot. 1283 01:10:55.800 --> 01:10:58.920 It's better, Yes, it's better. I would probably go with 1284 01:10:59.039 --> 01:11:04.319 the immune em unox type product. All right, Well, I'm 1285 01:11:04.439 --> 01:11:07.600 up against a hard break, but good luck with that rose. 1286 01:11:08.079 --> 01:11:09.159 They're a beautiful one to have. 1287 01:11:10.279 --> 01:11:12.119 Can you talk about my whole in my in my 1288 01:11:12.319 --> 01:11:14.359 Cajun high biscus when you come back. What's eating? 1289 01:11:14.520 --> 01:11:17.319 Yes, I'm gonna put you on hold and we'll talk 1290 01:11:17.399 --> 01:11:20.880 when I come back. All right, folks, I'll be right back. Alright, folks, 1291 01:11:20.960 --> 01:11:30.039 were back. Hey, we're back. Had a listener Larry sent 1292 01:11:30.119 --> 01:11:33.920 me a product that kind of relates to a conversation 1293 01:11:34.319 --> 01:11:37.279 that I was having a norm about, you know, overly 1294 01:11:37.359 --> 01:11:39.760 folks walking through the garden and not falling. And it's 1295 01:11:39.760 --> 01:11:44.279 a little walker deal. It's called a wheel ease. Well, 1296 01:11:44.319 --> 01:11:45.720 it's got a lot of ease in it. I don't 1297 01:11:45.760 --> 01:11:49.239 know anyway, w h E E L E easy anyway 1298 01:11:49.680 --> 01:11:52.960 it is. It's got big old fat rubbery tires. It's 1299 01:11:53.039 --> 01:11:55.359 for going on the beach with it, and it's like 1300 01:11:55.399 --> 01:11:57.560 a walker for the beach kind of deal. It would 1301 01:11:57.560 --> 01:11:59.920 be good for a garden, but runs about a loving 1302 01:12:00.079 --> 01:12:07.399 hundred bucks. So that's some expensive tomatoes. But anyway, those 1303 01:12:07.479 --> 01:12:09.159 of you who are injured, well and check that. I'm 1304 01:12:09.199 --> 01:12:12.920 not recommending the product, doing anything about it, just public service. 1305 01:12:13.000 --> 01:12:16.880 Had that conversation and caller, Thanks appreciate you sending me 1306 01:12:16.960 --> 01:12:22.399 that information. Larry. All right, let's see here. Well, I 1307 01:12:22.520 --> 01:12:24.840 wanted to tell you talk about ACE hardware stores just 1308 01:12:24.880 --> 01:12:28.680 for a moment. ACE is. Every time I go into 1309 01:12:28.680 --> 01:12:31.399 an ACE, I'm just reminded of how awesome of a 1310 01:12:31.479 --> 01:12:35.600 place they are. And I really you gotta go in 1311 01:12:35.760 --> 01:12:37.600 one to see. I can sit here and describe it 1312 01:12:37.640 --> 01:12:41.359 and tell you about all this stuff. But they have everything. 1313 01:12:41.600 --> 01:12:44.279 They have everything you need and all the fertilizers. I'm 1314 01:12:44.319 --> 01:12:47.159 talking about, all the products to control pasts and weeds 1315 01:12:47.199 --> 01:12:49.399 and diseases, and the tools that you might need, and 1316 01:12:50.159 --> 01:12:52.520 on and on to all the things that make outdoor living, 1317 01:12:52.760 --> 01:12:55.399 including the barbecue pits. One of these days, I'm gonna 1318 01:12:55.680 --> 01:12:57.760 tell you about my barbecue pit that I got at 1319 01:12:57.760 --> 01:13:02.680 ACE recently. Oh, we're loving thing, just turning outside into 1320 01:13:02.760 --> 01:13:06.640 a whole new, wonderful living area for us. But ACE 1321 01:13:06.680 --> 01:13:09.159 Hardware stores are all over the area. You can go 1322 01:13:09.279 --> 01:13:14.000 to ACE Hardware Texas. Don't forget Texas. Acehardware Texas dot com. 1323 01:13:14.119 --> 01:13:17.760 That's my garden line ACE Hardware Store group. Acehardware Texas 1324 01:13:17.880 --> 01:13:21.159 dot com. There's an ACE in League City, for example, 1325 01:13:21.359 --> 01:13:25.640 on West League City Parkway. There's an ACE in Katie 1326 01:13:25.720 --> 01:13:30.560 on Pinoak. There's an ACE down on Mason Road in Richmond, Plantation, 1327 01:13:30.760 --> 01:13:36.359 ACE K and m A. Tascasita is in Humble Texas, Fullshare, 1328 01:13:36.439 --> 01:13:39.439 Ace down in Fullshore, Texas on three fifty nine, j 1329 01:13:39.640 --> 01:13:43.560 and Our's Ace Hardware in Porter, Texas, and Bay City 1330 01:13:43.640 --> 01:13:46.720 Ace Hardware. Those are just a few of many, many, 1331 01:13:46.800 --> 01:13:50.039 many Ace Hardware stores here in the area. Go to 1332 01:13:50.119 --> 01:13:53.199 Acehardware Texas dot com, find the one near you, and 1333 01:13:53.319 --> 01:13:57.920 go check it out. You'll be glad you did. Let's see, 1334 01:13:57.960 --> 01:14:02.000 We're going to go now to Malin in Houston. If 1335 01:14:02.079 --> 01:14:03.520 I can find the right button. 1336 01:14:03.600 --> 01:14:04.079 There you go. 1337 01:14:04.279 --> 01:14:05.920 Hey, Melinda, welcome to garden Line. 1338 01:14:07.279 --> 01:14:09.760 Good morning, and kudos to ACE Hardware. 1339 01:14:09.800 --> 01:14:10.239 I love them. 1340 01:14:11.720 --> 01:14:12.680 Yeah, thank you. 1341 01:14:15.000 --> 01:14:17.920 Can we have a problem, Well, I've had a problem. 1342 01:14:18.199 --> 01:14:22.199 It started last year where spider mites just took over 1343 01:14:22.840 --> 01:14:27.239 my garden that I have in my atrium and I 1344 01:14:27.399 --> 01:14:32.840 sprayed them with a copper fungicide and I just had 1345 01:14:32.880 --> 01:14:35.279 trouble getting under control and it really just affected my 1346 01:14:35.520 --> 01:14:39.279 entire garden. And now they're back again this year and 1347 01:14:40.359 --> 01:14:43.680 I just okay, I've had a recommendation of something else 1348 01:14:43.760 --> 01:14:46.560 to spread my plants, and I just wonder what your sure. 1349 01:14:48.079 --> 01:14:51.680 Sure? Is this an outdoor atrium type area that you're 1350 01:14:51.720 --> 01:14:57.439 talking about? It is, yes, Okay, So the simplest safest 1351 01:14:57.479 --> 01:14:59.479 thing to do for spider mites is to blast them 1352 01:14:59.520 --> 01:15:02.600 with water. So I have a little, you know, one 1353 01:15:02.640 --> 01:15:05.199 of those hose end guns that you spray with, and 1354 01:15:05.800 --> 01:15:08.600 I'll put my hands. If the plants are reachable, like 1355 01:15:09.399 --> 01:15:12.359 head high body hide that you can just blast them 1356 01:15:12.479 --> 01:15:14.520 by putting your hand about the leave and blasting it 1357 01:15:14.640 --> 01:15:17.359 off and just knocking the spider mics off of there. 1358 01:15:17.479 --> 01:15:20.479 They get Really they have a lot of issues when 1359 01:15:20.560 --> 01:15:26.039 they stay too wet. That's why they like hydrot dry, dusty, hot, dry, 1360 01:15:26.159 --> 01:15:29.520 dusty surfaces. So every time you give them a bath, 1361 01:15:29.720 --> 01:15:32.760 it's like you're causing fungal diseases of their body or 1362 01:15:32.800 --> 01:15:36.279 other issues. So just physically knocking them off getting them 1363 01:15:36.319 --> 01:15:39.640 wet like that once a week more than enough to 1364 01:15:39.720 --> 01:15:41.920 keep them. You do that about three times and you've 1365 01:15:42.000 --> 01:15:45.079 got them in check enough to get by the next 1366 01:15:45.079 --> 01:15:49.680 step would be to put an insecticidal soap or a 1367 01:15:49.760 --> 01:15:54.119 horticultural oil in a spray and spray upward from under 1368 01:15:54.159 --> 01:15:58.119 the leaf. Both the blasting, the soap and the oil 1369 01:15:58.520 --> 01:16:01.640 require you to get the mites wet in order to 1370 01:16:01.760 --> 01:16:05.039 kill them. So if you have one leaf that is 1371 01:16:05.119 --> 01:16:08.239 above another and the spray doesn't get on the leaf 1372 01:16:08.359 --> 01:16:13.039 that's the spray is blocked from. They will not be 1373 01:16:13.159 --> 01:16:16.760 controlled because soap and oil aren't poisons, they're physical killers. 1374 01:16:17.520 --> 01:16:21.199 So coverage is critical. Do them early, early in the morning, 1375 01:16:21.239 --> 01:16:23.119 when it's the coolest time of the day so it 1376 01:16:23.239 --> 01:16:26.359 dries off before the hot bake, the hot baking sun 1377 01:16:26.479 --> 01:16:29.760 would come out, because soaps and oils can both damage 1378 01:16:29.800 --> 01:16:33.479 plants in hot weather with sun baking down on them. 1379 01:16:34.199 --> 01:16:37.720 But I use blasts of water myself. Some plants it's 1380 01:16:37.840 --> 01:16:40.199 just a little impractical to get a blast to work 1381 01:16:40.239 --> 01:16:42.399 on them. You just can't get it to really blast 1382 01:16:42.479 --> 01:16:45.279 the leaf well. And in that case, the soaps and 1383 01:16:45.359 --> 01:16:47.600 oil sprays would be your best bet. And they're both 1384 01:16:47.680 --> 01:16:53.039 super super low toxic. Don't don't don't use copper anymore. 1385 01:16:53.079 --> 01:16:53.920 That won't work at all. 1386 01:16:55.239 --> 01:16:58.319 Right, Okay, And I understand, like I can do that. 1387 01:16:58.439 --> 01:17:00.159 I have a bunch of plants, but I can do that. 1388 01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:03.439 But I also have an ivy that they got on 1389 01:17:03.640 --> 01:17:06.159 last year, and it would be almost impossible to do 1390 01:17:06.279 --> 01:17:06.720 that ivy. 1391 01:17:07.199 --> 01:17:09.720 It would be it is absolutely impossible of doing an 1392 01:17:09.720 --> 01:17:15.279 ivy like that. There are some mitasides out there. There 1393 01:17:15.399 --> 01:17:17.800 used to be a product called Kelthane. I think it. 1394 01:17:18.439 --> 01:17:20.680 I think it's still on the market, but I'm not 1395 01:17:20.800 --> 01:17:23.680 sure of that. But you know, going into an ice 1396 01:17:23.760 --> 01:17:25.880 hardware and saying, hey, what what do you have for 1397 01:17:26.000 --> 01:17:28.439 spider may? Do you have anything like Kelthane? And I'd 1398 01:17:28.479 --> 01:17:30.279 have to check to see if that one's still around. 1399 01:17:30.560 --> 01:17:32.840 We've generally have gotten away from those because when you 1400 01:17:33.359 --> 01:17:37.399 use those kind of things, you often kill the beneficials 1401 01:17:37.479 --> 01:17:41.239 that are keeping the spider mites somewhat in check, and 1402 01:17:41.960 --> 01:17:46.279 then you have worse problems. But there are i'll call 1403 01:17:46.359 --> 01:17:50.560 them spidermight poison type products that you could also use. 1404 01:17:51.520 --> 01:17:52.560 And how do you spell that one? 1405 01:17:52.720 --> 01:17:53.199 Kelthane? 1406 01:17:53.279 --> 01:17:57.760 Would well? Kelthane is k E L T h A 1407 01:17:58.119 --> 01:18:01.600 n E. And I I probably shouldn't even have brought 1408 01:18:01.640 --> 01:18:04.279 it up without me first going and checking and making 1409 01:18:04.399 --> 01:18:09.520 sure that it that it actually is available. 1410 01:18:09.640 --> 01:18:15.920 Still, okay, all right, okay, I hope this works and 1411 01:18:16.399 --> 01:18:17.560 I appreciate your Yeah. 1412 01:18:18.760 --> 01:18:21.439 You bet, thanks for the call. Appreciate that a lot. Hey, 1413 01:18:21.479 --> 01:18:23.359 it's time to do your night Fass super Turf if 1414 01:18:23.359 --> 01:18:30.680 you have them already. Nitrofass Super Turf. It's slow release, 1415 01:18:31.000 --> 01:18:35.000 gets out there, releases for four months in your in 1416 01:18:35.119 --> 01:18:38.399 your lawn and just makes things look good. It really 1417 01:18:38.680 --> 01:18:42.079 really is an awesome fertilizer, widely available. You're gonna find 1418 01:18:42.079 --> 01:18:45.439 it at places like in Jennet Gardens and Richmond Rosenberg, 1419 01:18:45.760 --> 01:18:48.600 or maybe the M and D and Cyprus, or Katie 1420 01:18:48.640 --> 01:18:51.079 A's Hardware on pennok all places you're going to find 1421 01:18:51.399 --> 01:18:54.720 night foss products like that super turf. All right, well, 1422 01:18:54.920 --> 01:18:58.239 music means I gotta quit talking, and I will. We 1423 01:18:58.399 --> 01:18:59.880 will be back though, if you'd like to give me 1424 01:18:59.880 --> 01:19:01.720 a call, be one of the first up seven one 1425 01:19:01.840 --> 01:19:04.720 three two one two k t r H seven one 1426 01:19:04.800 --> 01:19:08.439 three two one two k t r H. I want 1427 01:19:08.479 --> 01:19:10.840 to remind you again about the website. I still talk 1428 01:19:10.880 --> 01:19:12.600 to a lot of people that have ever been there. 1429 01:19:13.119 --> 01:19:18.079 Gardening with skip dot com. Gardening with skip dot com. 1430 01:19:18.199 --> 01:19:20.760 Look at what's up there. My schedules are up there, 1431 01:19:20.800 --> 01:19:24.600 you can print them out, and there's lots more time 1432 01:19:24.680 --> 01:19:26.760 for me to grab another cup of coffee. Talk to 1433 01:19:26.760 --> 01:19:33.000 you in a minute. All right, folks, Hey, we're back. 1434 01:19:33.800 --> 01:19:36.560 Welcome back to guarden Line. Glad you're with us today, 1435 01:19:36.640 --> 01:19:40.399 looking forward to hoping you have a successful and more 1436 01:19:40.479 --> 01:19:44.359 enjoyable gardening experience. If you like to give me a 1437 01:19:44.399 --> 01:19:47.279 call seven one three two one two k t r H. 1438 01:19:47.399 --> 01:19:50.640 By the way, I just saw, uh, Angie, I we 1439 01:19:50.960 --> 01:19:54.439 had somehow you slipped through the cracks on my calls 1440 01:19:54.600 --> 01:19:56.960 and I wouldn't getting back to you. So if you 1441 01:19:57.039 --> 01:19:58.880 like to give me a call back, be happy to 1442 01:19:59.359 --> 01:20:01.680 visit with you a little bit more. And in fact, 1443 01:20:01.840 --> 01:20:07.479 as I say that, there we go. All right, Hey, Angie, 1444 01:20:08.319 --> 01:20:12.640 that's funny. Sorry about that. I just stuck you on 1445 01:20:12.720 --> 01:20:15.600 a shelf and forgot you were there. My apologies. 1446 01:20:16.880 --> 01:20:17.399 That's all right. 1447 01:20:17.600 --> 01:20:18.520 I'm very patient. 1448 01:20:20.479 --> 01:20:23.600 Good, well, I'm trying that patient. So you have some 1449 01:20:23.840 --> 01:20:26.640 You had a hole in a bud of a hibiscus. 1450 01:20:26.239 --> 01:20:29.079 Right, yes, my cage hibiscus. 1451 01:20:29.279 --> 01:20:33.960 Yes, yeah, that is a caterpillar hole. And there are 1452 01:20:34.159 --> 01:20:36.560 various kinds of caterpillars that will chew on the leaves 1453 01:20:36.640 --> 01:20:40.239 of hibiscus and also sometimes chew on the little buds. 1454 01:20:41.760 --> 01:20:41.920 You know. 1455 01:20:42.039 --> 01:20:46.239 It often is a little bit cosmetic and not maybe 1456 01:20:46.359 --> 01:20:49.239 worth getting out a spray bottle and mixing up stuff 1457 01:20:49.359 --> 01:20:52.960 and spraying if you want to spray to control them. 1458 01:20:53.119 --> 01:20:59.840 Either BT products products that contain an ingredient b as 1459 01:20:59.880 --> 01:21:03.680 a boy teas and Tom the proper name of the 1460 01:21:03.840 --> 01:21:07.680 of the bacteria as basillistheringiensis. That's why we just say 1461 01:21:07.760 --> 01:21:12.359 bt or A. Spino said products s P I N 1462 01:21:12.479 --> 01:21:17.079 O S A D spin No sad. They are both organic. 1463 01:21:17.359 --> 01:21:20.239 They're both caterpillar killers, and you would just have to 1464 01:21:20.359 --> 01:21:23.359 spray ahead of time and when they chew in, they 1465 01:21:23.439 --> 01:21:25.640 get the product and it kills them. I think Spino 1466 01:21:25.760 --> 01:21:29.439 said would work better for this situation. To be honest, 1467 01:21:29.439 --> 01:21:32.000 if it were mine, I probably would just tolerate a 1468 01:21:32.000 --> 01:21:34.239 little damage unless it just got really bad. 1469 01:21:34.840 --> 01:21:38.079 All right, I'll leave it b and then you know 1470 01:21:38.359 --> 01:21:40.800 we were talking about that fund decide for the gray 1471 01:21:40.920 --> 01:21:44.119 leaf spot on the Peggy Martin. The one I have 1472 01:21:44.600 --> 01:21:49.079 is in in fues is the brand name that I have, 1473 01:21:49.439 --> 01:21:50.880 and the chemical starts. 1474 01:21:50.640 --> 01:21:51.920 With the P p R O p. 1475 01:21:55.359 --> 01:21:59.880 Oh propaconaisole. Okay, yeah, that's fine, that would work to 1476 01:22:00.000 --> 01:22:03.319 It's fine. It's another good one if you If you 1477 01:22:03.439 --> 01:22:08.520 do that, that that is essentially well, it's the same 1478 01:22:08.640 --> 01:22:11.479 category as the emmynox that I gave you. It's a 1479 01:22:11.520 --> 01:22:15.399 different ingredient with the same category, So don't don't alternate 1480 01:22:15.439 --> 01:22:18.520 between those two. But the infuse should work. And if 1481 01:22:18.560 --> 01:22:21.880 you needed to change from the infuse. Then the dacanil 1482 01:22:22.079 --> 01:22:24.880 is a different category and we try to switch to 1483 01:22:24.960 --> 01:22:26.840 avoid resistance issues. 1484 01:22:26.920 --> 01:22:30.079 Okay, okay, all right, well thank you very much. 1485 01:22:30.279 --> 01:22:34.279 All right, all right, thanks for your pure no work. 1486 01:22:34.399 --> 01:22:38.760 You take care. Bye bye. Plans for All Seasons on 1487 01:22:39.359 --> 01:22:43.960 Tomball Parkway just north of Luetta Garden Center bet Arounds 1488 01:22:44.079 --> 01:22:46.840 is nineteen seventy three. I mean, we're talking about a 1489 01:22:46.960 --> 01:22:49.840 family owned operation of folks that know what they're talking about. 1490 01:22:50.399 --> 01:22:53.159 They are true lawn and garden experts, they really are. 1491 01:22:53.279 --> 01:22:55.119 You can take them pictures, you can bring in samples. 1492 01:22:55.199 --> 01:22:58.119 They can help you. They can help solve problems that 1493 01:22:58.159 --> 01:23:00.239 you would have. They could even make suggestions, you know, 1494 01:23:00.359 --> 01:23:02.720 like oh, I want to do a container, but it's 1495 01:23:02.760 --> 01:23:04.600 only going to get about a third of a day sun, 1496 01:23:04.960 --> 01:23:06.840 and I want it this and I want that. And 1497 01:23:07.399 --> 01:23:09.920 they'll just walk around with you, pick out some plants 1498 01:23:09.960 --> 01:23:12.640 and say put these together. They would look really nice. 1499 01:23:13.039 --> 01:23:14.600 You can give them a call two eight, one, three 1500 01:23:14.680 --> 01:23:17.680 seven six sixteen forty six, or go to Plants for 1501 01:23:17.880 --> 01:23:21.479 All Seasons dot com. Whatever you do, and if you 1502 01:23:21.560 --> 01:23:23.840 take pride in your landscape and in your garden and 1503 01:23:23.960 --> 01:23:27.079 in your lawn, you need to visit plants for all seasons. 1504 01:23:27.199 --> 01:23:29.760 On two forty nine, they will help turn what you 1505 01:23:29.920 --> 01:23:35.800 think maybe a brown thumb into something green. Let's go 1506 01:23:35.880 --> 01:23:39.800 to Netherland now and talk to Randy. Hello, Randy, welcome 1507 01:23:39.840 --> 01:23:40.439 to guard Line. 1508 01:23:41.600 --> 01:23:42.560 How are you this morning. 1509 01:23:43.840 --> 01:23:47.359 I'm doing well, Thank you, good skip. 1510 01:23:47.439 --> 01:23:51.720 My question is about tomato seeds that are a year old. 1511 01:23:52.560 --> 01:23:56.479 If I plant them and they germinate, is there any 1512 01:23:56.640 --> 01:24:01.199 reason to think that that the plant would the inferior 1513 01:24:01.399 --> 01:24:03.680 to a seed that was from this year. 1514 01:24:06.199 --> 01:24:06.239 No. 1515 01:24:07.159 --> 01:24:09.800 Now, if they were stuck out in a hundred and 1516 01:24:09.880 --> 01:24:14.479 something degree hot, you know, storage shed outside, then that 1517 01:24:15.399 --> 01:24:18.279 will take a toll on viability. But tomatoes will last 1518 01:24:18.319 --> 01:24:22.720 a year easy. As a seed gets more towards the 1519 01:24:22.840 --> 01:24:25.039 end of its viability, like where if you plant them 1520 01:24:25.119 --> 01:24:27.479 only half the seeds have come up, They're going to 1521 01:24:27.520 --> 01:24:31.399 be a little bit weaker as an early on seedling, 1522 01:24:31.520 --> 01:24:33.439 but then they should hit the ground and catch up 1523 01:24:33.479 --> 01:24:36.039 and be okay. But a year old is not a 1524 01:24:36.119 --> 01:24:41.960 problem with tomatoes. Okay, I appreciate it all right, Renny, 1525 01:24:42.199 --> 01:24:47.960 you take care, Thanks, thank you, appreciate appreciate that very much. 1526 01:24:48.439 --> 01:24:51.600 Heirloom soils, when you think of heirloom soils. You think 1527 01:24:51.760 --> 01:24:55.000 of quality products, and you think of selection. And when 1528 01:24:55.039 --> 01:24:58.119 I say that, I mean do you need something for 1529 01:24:58.279 --> 01:25:00.239 roses and other bloomers. Do you need some them for 1530 01:25:00.359 --> 01:25:02.640 vegetables and herbs? Do you need something for fruit trees? 1531 01:25:02.720 --> 01:25:07.920 Do you need a nice quality screened compost leaf mold 1532 01:25:08.000 --> 01:25:09.960 compost to go on top of your lawn? Do you 1533 01:25:10.079 --> 01:25:12.840 need a lawn mix just to fill in some holes, 1534 01:25:12.960 --> 01:25:15.119 level things out a little bit, and get ready for 1535 01:25:15.239 --> 01:25:18.399 planting that lawn? What do you need? Do you need 1536 01:25:18.560 --> 01:25:21.920 mulches of many kinds? Heirloom soils They have it all. 1537 01:25:22.479 --> 01:25:24.319 You can buy it by the bag at your local 1538 01:25:24.399 --> 01:25:27.199 garden centers and feed stores and ace hardware stores in 1539 01:25:27.239 --> 01:25:29.640 places like that. 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I use 1550 01:25:59.239 --> 01:26:02.920 them myself, never had one that didn't work in the 1551 01:26:02.960 --> 01:26:05.880 most outstanding way. It is really good stuff. This is 1552 01:26:06.000 --> 01:26:10.760 not cheap hurried through low quality like you buy. You know, 1553 01:26:10.880 --> 01:26:14.680 you go someplace and you find something that looks less expensive, 1554 01:26:14.760 --> 01:26:18.239 Well it's cheaper or meaning it's cheap, it's junk. It 1555 01:26:18.319 --> 01:26:21.960 doesn't work. There's see so much of that, especially in 1556 01:26:22.039 --> 01:26:26.840 big box stores and things. Airloom soils, quality products, reasonable price, 1557 01:26:27.319 --> 01:26:30.920 and they work. Gardening is supposed to be fun. Don't 1558 01:26:30.960 --> 01:26:34.680 make it harder on yourself by using cheap junk. Get 1559 01:26:34.720 --> 01:26:38.000 a quality product like airloom soil that's made right so 1560 01:26:38.119 --> 01:26:42.279 that it does work, so you can have success. Let's 1561 01:26:42.319 --> 01:26:46.880 go now out to let's see here, go to Fairfield 1562 01:26:46.920 --> 01:26:49.159 and we're going to talk to Marty. Hello, Marty, welcome 1563 01:26:49.199 --> 01:26:49.760 to garden Line. 1564 01:26:49.880 --> 01:26:51.359 Morning morning, Skip. 1565 01:26:51.800 --> 01:26:52.479 Thank you for the. 1566 01:26:55.039 --> 01:26:57.680 The list, the email that you sent back to me. Hey, 1567 01:26:58.279 --> 01:27:03.039 I just three souded the whole side of my yard 1568 01:27:03.720 --> 01:27:07.920 and because of Virginia button weed and it's coming back. 1569 01:27:09.399 --> 01:27:11.840 And I wondered what I could use right now because 1570 01:27:11.880 --> 01:27:18.319 I used whatever you had on your website. I used 1571 01:27:18.359 --> 01:27:20.600 that on the front lawne and it seemed to have 1572 01:27:20.760 --> 01:27:22.319 weakened the grass a little bit. 1573 01:27:23.720 --> 01:27:25.720 So in this well former. 1574 01:27:26.159 --> 01:27:29.880 Yeah, so, Virginia button we it's hard to kill and 1575 01:27:30.039 --> 01:27:32.119 it takes a good punch to kill it. And Saint 1576 01:27:32.159 --> 01:27:35.800 Augustine is susceptible when weather gets up in the nineties 1577 01:27:36.039 --> 01:27:40.000 to some of those products, and so I would recommend 1578 01:27:40.039 --> 01:27:44.079 a product called Celsius, like the temperature fahrenheit and Celsius. 1579 01:27:44.560 --> 01:27:49.119 Celsius you can use it even into the lower to 1580 01:27:49.239 --> 01:27:52.520 mid nineties and it'll be okay without stressing your Saint 1581 01:27:52.520 --> 01:27:55.760 Augustine as well. And the trials I've seen across the 1582 01:27:55.840 --> 01:27:59.399 southeast US Celsius has been as good against the Virginia 1583 01:27:59.439 --> 01:28:01.960 button weed about anything that's over the counter in the 1584 01:28:02.039 --> 01:28:05.039 garden centers. So I thought would be the one I 1585 01:28:05.079 --> 01:28:05.600 would go with. 1586 01:28:07.000 --> 01:28:08.880 Okay, I'm gonna be at the plants for all season, 1587 01:28:08.960 --> 01:28:11.840 not until Tuesdays. There's something I can just put in 1588 01:28:11.960 --> 01:28:15.600 this one little one by it's just like a one 1589 01:28:15.680 --> 01:28:19.520 foot by five inch area to kind of hold it 1590 01:28:19.640 --> 01:28:20.319 for a couple of. 1591 01:28:20.399 --> 01:28:31.279 Days to kill the Virginia button weed. You mean, yeah, Well, 1592 01:28:31.319 --> 01:28:33.279 if It's only one foot by five and I mean 1593 01:28:33.720 --> 01:28:35.760 you could pretty much squirt anything on it. Just do 1594 01:28:35.880 --> 01:28:39.119 it early in the morning. I don't know if you 1595 01:28:39.199 --> 01:28:41.600 have a product that has like trimech in it, or 1596 01:28:41.640 --> 01:28:44.439 if you have a product like Baun eye beater, or 1597 01:28:44.479 --> 01:28:47.880 if you have fertilan weed free zone. Just get down 1598 01:28:48.000 --> 01:28:50.319 close and do as as best you can. Get it 1599 01:28:50.399 --> 01:28:52.680 on the Virginia button weed rather than the grass. But 1600 01:28:52.760 --> 01:28:56.079 that's a really small spot. And I would if you 1601 01:28:56.159 --> 01:28:59.079 do it in the morning. Temperatures are cool, uh, and 1602 01:28:59.159 --> 01:29:01.920 it has plenty of time to dry out before the 1603 01:29:02.000 --> 01:29:04.079 sun gets hot. I think you'd be okay with any 1604 01:29:04.119 --> 01:29:05.119 of those right now. 1605 01:29:05.520 --> 01:29:07.800 Okay, you have image with turbo it. 1606 01:29:10.319 --> 01:29:14.119 I don't know what's in image with turbo. 1607 01:29:16.560 --> 01:29:17.239 Dister fact it. 1608 01:29:18.760 --> 01:29:23.239 Okay, Oh okay, yeah, oh the turbos. Yes, let me 1609 01:29:23.399 --> 01:29:25.439 check on that image. I'm not sure on that. I'm 1610 01:29:25.560 --> 01:29:27.439 up against a really hard break here at Marty, but 1611 01:29:27.520 --> 01:29:30.640 I'll see something when when I can come back to it. Okay, 1612 01:29:30.920 --> 01:29:36.439 all right, thank you, bye bye, all right, folks, I'll 1613 01:29:36.479 --> 01:29:41.279 be right back alrighty, welcome back to Guardline. Good have 1614 01:29:41.399 --> 01:29:43.760 you with us? Got plenty of things we canna be 1615 01:29:43.800 --> 01:29:47.479 talking about today, and the callers are all over the 1616 01:29:47.560 --> 01:29:49.680 board when it comes to topics, so that's good. It 1617 01:29:49.800 --> 01:29:51.680 kind of makes it fun. Hey, D and D Feed 1618 01:29:51.760 --> 01:29:55.119 and Tombole awesome, awesome feed store. Of course, it's a 1619 01:29:55.159 --> 01:29:57.359 feed store. You get all the livestock feeds and things 1620 01:29:57.399 --> 01:29:59.359 you want, but you also get some really high quality 1621 01:30:00.079 --> 01:30:03.399 foods too. They have a number of different brands to 1622 01:30:03.520 --> 01:30:06.760 choose from, and dnd feed is a one stop shop 1623 01:30:06.880 --> 01:30:08.880 when it comes to things for your garden and your 1624 01:30:08.960 --> 01:30:12.720 lawn also. For example, you're going to find fertilizers from 1625 01:30:12.800 --> 01:30:16.800 Nitrofoss and Microlife, Nelson turf Star, and from Medina and 1626 01:30:17.359 --> 01:30:20.520 General Nelson plant foods in the jars as well as 1627 01:30:20.640 --> 01:30:24.119 Microlife in the jars too. You're going to find soils 1628 01:30:24.239 --> 01:30:29.520 from heirloom soils for example. Dand Feed carries things that 1629 01:30:29.680 --> 01:30:32.600 you can't find everywhere when it comes to certain products 1630 01:30:32.640 --> 01:30:36.520 for treating weeds or diseases or insects in your lawns, 1631 01:30:36.680 --> 01:30:40.439 in your gardens, shrubs, trees, whatever. You got, dand Feed's 1632 01:30:40.479 --> 01:30:42.800 going to have the supplies that you need to have success. 1633 01:30:43.319 --> 01:30:46.039 You're dealing with the pests and roadents outdoors. They've got 1634 01:30:46.159 --> 01:30:49.079 you covered. You need Mosquita dunks and other Mosquita product 1635 01:30:49.479 --> 01:30:52.800 control products. They've got you covered. D and D feed 1636 01:30:52.920 --> 01:30:55.600 three miles west of two forty nine on FM twenty 1637 01:30:55.720 --> 01:30:59.880 nine in Toombol two eight one three five one seven 1638 01:31:00.239 --> 01:31:03.640 one forty four two eight one three five one seventy 1639 01:31:03.680 --> 01:31:06.439 one forty four. We're going to run out now to 1640 01:31:06.600 --> 01:31:10.840 cypress and talk to John. Hello, John, Welcome to garden Line. 1641 01:31:10.960 --> 01:31:13.000 Hey, thank you skip. 1642 01:31:13.239 --> 01:31:13.399 Hey. 1643 01:31:13.560 --> 01:31:14.239 I have a question. 1644 01:31:14.560 --> 01:31:18.119 I've never aerrated my yard before, and I've kind of 1645 01:31:18.159 --> 01:31:19.640 been thinking about it, and I think I'm going to 1646 01:31:19.800 --> 01:31:23.560 try to do it this weekend, and I was curious 1647 01:31:23.760 --> 01:31:25.760 if you could if I go rent an aerrator, can 1648 01:31:25.840 --> 01:31:29.760 you help me understand? So once I air rate, I 1649 01:31:29.880 --> 01:31:33.039 think the next step would be compost top dressing. 1650 01:31:33.119 --> 01:31:34.439 But can you help walk me through. 1651 01:31:34.359 --> 01:31:36.600 The things that would be beneficial for my yard? I 1652 01:31:36.640 --> 01:31:37.960 have Saint Augustine grass. 1653 01:31:39.279 --> 01:31:42.279 Okay, so number one you want A first thing you 1654 01:31:42.399 --> 01:31:45.039 do is turn on your sprinklers and get you some 1655 01:31:45.159 --> 01:31:49.399 little metal, little wire flags. And everywhere there's a sprinkler head, 1656 01:31:49.800 --> 01:31:53.520 put a flag in so that you're not destroying sprinkler 1657 01:31:53.560 --> 01:31:56.279 heads with the aeration. You don't want that Okay, I've 1658 01:31:56.319 --> 01:32:01.359 done that extra work. Yeah. Second, you want the soil well, 1659 01:32:01.439 --> 01:32:03.439 this may have been even first, but you want the 1660 01:32:03.520 --> 01:32:06.880 soil to be moderately moist, not soggy, guey, wet, and 1661 01:32:07.000 --> 01:32:09.560 definitely not hard heart dry, so that you get the 1662 01:32:09.680 --> 01:32:13.960 most out of your aeration and then get your product. 1663 01:32:14.039 --> 01:32:16.760 If you can find a core aerator, one that pulls 1664 01:32:16.880 --> 01:32:20.000 cores out of the soil rather than just squeezing a 1665 01:32:20.119 --> 01:32:25.119 hole into the soil, then do a core aerator. It's 1666 01:32:25.239 --> 01:32:30.720 better to do that. Go over the lawn left right, 1667 01:32:31.800 --> 01:32:34.800 north south east west. If you will do two different ways, 1668 01:32:34.920 --> 01:32:38.760 make good aeration through the lawn, and then spread your 1669 01:32:39.439 --> 01:32:43.119 leaf more compost roughly about a third of an inch 1670 01:32:43.239 --> 01:32:46.359 thick something like that is plenty to put out there 1671 01:32:46.560 --> 01:32:49.680 on it and rake it around and it'll it'll go 1672 01:32:49.760 --> 01:32:51.279 down in the hole. So you do their. You do 1673 01:32:51.399 --> 01:32:54.399 the aeration first, you do the leaf moll compost second. 1674 01:32:54.840 --> 01:32:56.319 And you can buy it by the bag. You can 1675 01:32:56.359 --> 01:32:57.960 buy it by the bulk. You can have them to 1676 01:32:57.960 --> 01:32:59.880 deliver it. You know, if you need a whole QBICR 1677 01:33:00.079 --> 01:33:04.399 of it. If you go to airloom Soils website airloomsoils 1678 01:33:04.520 --> 01:33:07.920 dot com there's a calculator and you can say, Okay, 1679 01:33:08.000 --> 01:33:10.399 my yard is this big and I want to put 1680 01:33:10.439 --> 01:33:13.039 it this deep, and it'll tell you exactly how much 1681 01:33:13.119 --> 01:33:16.039 you need. Then you know if a book delivery is 1682 01:33:16.159 --> 01:33:18.960 needed or not. And you can also go pick it 1683 01:33:19.039 --> 01:33:20.720 up if you happen to have a trailer or truck. 1684 01:33:20.800 --> 01:33:22.079 But however you want to go. 1685 01:33:22.199 --> 01:33:27.119 Okay, what about like fertilizers or any products that I 1686 01:33:27.199 --> 01:33:29.319 could spray on to help my grass? 1687 01:33:29.399 --> 01:33:31.279 Is there anything? Or should I just wait after I 1688 01:33:31.399 --> 01:33:34.960 do the compost? Yeah, wait until the whole thing's over. 1689 01:33:36.000 --> 01:33:39.199 If you if you wanted to, if you're gonna do fertilization, 1690 01:33:39.840 --> 01:33:44.760 I would probably do it. I don't know. You could 1691 01:33:44.760 --> 01:33:47.640 do it first and then do the aeration and top dressing, 1692 01:33:47.840 --> 01:33:50.880 or you could air rate fertilize and then top dress. 1693 01:33:51.720 --> 01:33:53.960 However you want to go about it is fine either way. 1694 01:33:54.479 --> 01:33:56.920 It doesn't really matter with the fertilizer what order you 1695 01:33:57.000 --> 01:33:58.880 put it in, but just put it out at the 1696 01:33:58.960 --> 01:34:01.159 right rate. Follow my skin schedule in terms of the 1697 01:34:01.199 --> 01:34:03.399 products to use for this time of the year. Sure, 1698 01:34:03.960 --> 01:34:05.560 and you should be good to go. Water it in 1699 01:34:05.640 --> 01:34:07.880 real good when you're done. Okay. 1700 01:34:07.960 --> 01:34:12.199 Last question, Also, like I've heard it and read about hummates. 1701 01:34:12.960 --> 01:34:14.840 If I put humates down, would that help? 1702 01:34:16.520 --> 01:34:19.920 Yeah? Humates are always good. No, hum mates are like 1703 01:34:20.039 --> 01:34:23.680 concentrated compost. I would do it after the aerration. Micro 1704 01:34:23.800 --> 01:34:27.399 Life's purple bag called Humates plus. You can put it 1705 01:34:27.439 --> 01:34:29.319 out now. There's going to be a rate on the bag. 1706 01:34:29.560 --> 01:34:31.920 If you wanted to go a little higher than that rate, 1707 01:34:32.079 --> 01:34:34.319 it is not going to hurt anything. It just is 1708 01:34:34.359 --> 01:34:37.640 adding more humans to the soil, and so that that 1709 01:34:37.720 --> 01:34:39.199 would be a good thing, and it would with the 1710 01:34:39.279 --> 01:34:41.560 aerration it would get it down below the surface too, 1711 01:34:41.600 --> 01:34:42.520 which is even better. 1712 01:34:42.800 --> 01:34:43.039 Sure. 1713 01:34:44.119 --> 01:34:47.039 Okay, all right, okay, sounds like you're off to a 1714 01:34:47.119 --> 01:34:52.319 good start. John, you bet, thank you. I appreciate appreciate 1715 01:34:52.399 --> 01:34:56.399 your call. Yeah, good idea. Hey, Nelson Water Garden and 1716 01:34:56.520 --> 01:35:00.760 Nursery out there in Katie, Texas is theur West Houston 1717 01:35:00.840 --> 01:35:03.560 Premier Garden Center. And when I say premiere, I'm talking 1718 01:35:03.560 --> 01:35:07.560 about a destination type garden center you take your friends to. 1719 01:35:07.720 --> 01:35:10.760 People travel from distances to get there because it's so cool. 1720 01:35:11.159 --> 01:35:14.960 They have been basically they have been a leader when 1721 01:35:15.039 --> 01:35:18.359 it comes to all things water garden across the country 1722 01:35:18.439 --> 01:35:22.279 now for years. They are awesome. But what you're gonna 1723 01:35:22.279 --> 01:35:24.239 find when you go to Nelson is not just water 1724 01:35:24.319 --> 01:35:27.520 garden stuff. You're going to find plants from house plants 1725 01:35:27.600 --> 01:35:29.680 to beautiful little They have a little thing called a 1726 01:35:29.880 --> 01:35:33.159 sand dollar cactus and you just got to go look 1727 01:35:33.239 --> 01:35:36.680 at them. They're cute. They're a little dark, dark gray 1728 01:35:36.800 --> 01:35:40.359 green with kind of white silvery spots on them. They 1729 01:35:40.399 --> 01:35:43.800 have little pretty low ballooms on them. Really cool. When 1730 01:35:43.840 --> 01:35:45.880 you're there, you're going to find plants for you know, 1731 01:35:46.039 --> 01:35:49.000 vegetables and herbs and shrubs and trees and flowers, and 1732 01:35:49.079 --> 01:35:53.680 certainly water garden plants do really really well. So Nelson 1733 01:35:53.920 --> 01:35:57.880 Water Gardens and Nursery and Katie on Fort Ben Road. 1734 01:35:57.920 --> 01:36:00.359 You just turn north on Katie Fort Benroad. It's just 1735 01:36:00.439 --> 01:36:03.960 a little bit up on the right hand side. Nelsonwatergardens 1736 01:36:04.520 --> 01:36:08.079 dot Com. Let's go now to Pinehurst, Texas and we're 1737 01:36:08.119 --> 01:36:13.199 going to talk to Marcus. Hello, Marcus, Hi, thanks for 1738 01:36:13.319 --> 01:36:14.000 taking my call. 1739 01:36:14.359 --> 01:36:17.079 I have a question about a magnolia tree. 1740 01:36:18.600 --> 01:36:18.880 I have. 1741 01:36:21.600 --> 01:36:22.640 Okay, I have a. 1742 01:36:24.359 --> 01:36:28.399 By garden area. It's mostly just a mult going around 1743 01:36:28.479 --> 01:36:34.319 the tree. It's about a ten foot diameter circle. And 1744 01:36:35.079 --> 01:36:39.640 my tree it wasn't taken care of by the previous owner. 1745 01:36:39.840 --> 01:36:43.279 So now it's grown way out and it's growing down 1746 01:36:44.760 --> 01:36:47.199 and I would really like to trim this tree, but 1747 01:36:47.359 --> 01:36:53.720 I know magnolias are sensitive, so I didn't know if 1748 01:36:53.760 --> 01:36:54.319 you had any. 1749 01:36:56.560 --> 01:37:00.560 Yeah, it's okay to prove them, primarily them in the winter, 1750 01:37:00.680 --> 01:37:03.319 but you can do some printing right now. The thing 1751 01:37:03.399 --> 01:37:06.479 with magnolias is part of their natural beauty and form 1752 01:37:06.720 --> 01:37:08.600 is when the branches go all the way to the ground. 1753 01:37:08.680 --> 01:37:10.199 We say the skirt goes all the way to the 1754 01:37:10.279 --> 01:37:14.279 ground on the tree, the foldage skirt. And that's fine. 1755 01:37:14.479 --> 01:37:16.560 If you want to train them up where they have 1756 01:37:16.640 --> 01:37:19.319 a trunk and then the branches start at some height, 1757 01:37:19.520 --> 01:37:21.960 you can do that. There's no problem with doing that. 1758 01:37:22.560 --> 01:37:24.840 It's just that it's difficult to get things to grow 1759 01:37:25.000 --> 01:37:28.640 under a magnolia, and so you know, when you train 1760 01:37:28.720 --> 01:37:31.399 it up because of the density of shade year round, 1761 01:37:31.760 --> 01:37:35.079 it's kind of difficult. And sometimes people just let them 1762 01:37:35.159 --> 01:37:37.800 go all the way to the ground. That's purely aesthetic. 1763 01:37:38.000 --> 01:37:38.560 Your choice. 1764 01:37:40.039 --> 01:37:44.880 Yeah, I know my wife would prefer that, but I'm 1765 01:37:44.920 --> 01:37:48.680 probably sitting the outside of the tree is, or the 1766 01:37:48.800 --> 01:37:52.640 drip line of the tree is probably sitting about three 1767 01:37:52.720 --> 01:37:57.039 to four feet outside of what I've got already. Okay, 1768 01:37:57.159 --> 01:37:59.840 my front yard is not that big. 1769 01:38:01.520 --> 01:38:05.000 Yeah, well, trim them up, trim them up to a 1770 01:38:05.039 --> 01:38:06.680 certain height. If you want to do part of it 1771 01:38:06.800 --> 01:38:09.119 now and go up a certain height and then in 1772 01:38:09.199 --> 01:38:11.159 the wintertime go up a little higher. You can. You 1773 01:38:11.239 --> 01:38:14.520 can do that just kind of. Look. Sometimes it means 1774 01:38:14.560 --> 01:38:16.640 a branch needs to come off the trunk. Sometimes it 1775 01:38:16.840 --> 01:38:19.600 just means maybe there's a fork in the branch and 1776 01:38:19.760 --> 01:38:22.319 one side's going down low and the other west side's 1777 01:38:22.359 --> 01:38:25.119 coming up higher, and you can just make that cut 1778 01:38:25.279 --> 01:38:27.720 at the fork and not have to remove the whole 1779 01:38:27.760 --> 01:38:30.319 branch at the trunk. But you're not gonna there's not 1780 01:38:30.399 --> 01:38:32.520 a right or wrong on this. You're gonna be okay, 1781 01:38:32.680 --> 01:38:37.239 just go with your ascetic preferences. Let me say wife's 1782 01:38:37.720 --> 01:38:38.840 aesthetic preferences. 1783 01:38:40.199 --> 01:38:43.159 Okay, I have read some things that you need to 1784 01:38:44.439 --> 01:38:47.840 keep your cutting tools as sanitary as possible. 1785 01:38:48.039 --> 01:38:48.239 Is it. 1786 01:38:51.239 --> 01:38:54.960 Wipe everything down with alcohol and all. 1787 01:38:54.800 --> 01:38:58.439 That kind of all right, So it's just a if 1788 01:38:58.479 --> 01:39:01.560 we're dealing with things that maybe does like hankers and things, 1789 01:39:01.760 --> 01:39:05.920 we sterilize it between cuts. But in general, you don't 1790 01:39:06.000 --> 01:39:09.600 need in pruning the landscape to always sterilize in between 1791 01:39:09.680 --> 01:39:12.159 every cut and on a magnolia. I don't think you 1792 01:39:12.319 --> 01:39:14.479 have a problem with that. I wouldn't worry about it. 1793 01:39:15.079 --> 01:39:17.520 If you want to get your bottle or a spray, 1794 01:39:17.600 --> 01:39:20.199 a spray can of Lye sool and just spray the prunters. 1795 01:39:20.279 --> 01:39:23.359 It's fast and easy that way. Uh, if you want 1796 01:39:23.399 --> 01:39:25.760 to do that, okay, good luck. 1797 01:39:26.199 --> 01:39:29.920 So I appreciate it, all right. 1798 01:39:29.920 --> 01:39:32.960 Thank you very much. Appreciate appreciate your call very much. 1799 01:39:34.520 --> 01:39:37.760 All right, folks, well here we go. We are up 1800 01:39:37.800 --> 01:39:41.319 against another break, Jay and deer Park. You are going 1801 01:39:41.359 --> 01:39:43.239 to be first when we come back from a little 1802 01:39:43.319 --> 01:39:46.479 quick break here for the rest of you. Seven to 1803 01:39:46.520 --> 01:39:50.399 one three two one two kt r H. Seven to 1804 01:39:50.399 --> 01:39:53.600 one three two one two kt r H. Take a 1805 01:39:53.600 --> 01:39:56.079 little quick break and we'll be right back. Don't go away, 1806 01:39:56.760 --> 01:39:59.920 all right, folks, welcome back. Good have you with us 1807 01:40:01.399 --> 01:40:04.359 here on Guardline. Hey, I won't tell you about a 1808 01:40:04.359 --> 01:40:09.840 new company here on Guardline, and that is Arctic Insulation Solutions. Now, 1809 01:40:10.079 --> 01:40:11.920 I don't have to tell you. It's getting hot outside. 1810 01:40:12.159 --> 01:40:15.920 Have you ever been in your attic during the summertime? 1811 01:40:16.920 --> 01:40:19.960 It is hot in your eye? I mean it could 1812 01:40:20.039 --> 01:40:21.800 get up the like one hundred and fifty hundred and 1813 01:40:21.800 --> 01:40:23.960 sixty degrees in an addict. Typically one hundred and forty 1814 01:40:24.039 --> 01:40:26.760 is no surprise at all. And what where does that 1815 01:40:26.880 --> 01:40:30.199 heat go? Well, it's rating in all directions and it's 1816 01:40:30.239 --> 01:40:33.680 coming through your roof. And when you have issues that 1817 01:40:33.960 --> 01:40:38.800 are based around lack of proper insulation and ceiling up there, 1818 01:40:39.600 --> 01:40:42.680 you're going to be working your conditioner overtime. Now, the 1819 01:40:42.720 --> 01:40:45.840 folks at Arctic Insulation Solutions, they know what they're doing. 1820 01:40:46.000 --> 01:40:48.319 They know how to help you save money on your 1821 01:40:48.359 --> 01:40:51.479 cooling costs. Say wear and tear on your AC unit, 1822 01:40:52.119 --> 01:40:55.039 Extend the life expectancy of your unit, cut out on 1823 01:40:55.119 --> 01:40:57.680 the maintenance cost of your AC. A lot of people's 1824 01:40:57.720 --> 01:40:59.560 a see you know, they'll set it on seventy two, 1825 01:41:00.079 --> 01:41:03.319 but it'll just run all day long and it only 1826 01:41:03.399 --> 01:41:06.239 gets to seventy eight or seventy five. It never catches up. 1827 01:41:06.600 --> 01:41:09.800 It can't keep up with the thermostat. So you want 1828 01:41:09.840 --> 01:41:12.079 your home to be more comfortable where it's actually cooler 1829 01:41:12.119 --> 01:41:14.399 in your house like you want it to be, Well, 1830 01:41:14.520 --> 01:41:16.880 why not make your home more efficient? And they're a 1831 01:41:17.000 --> 01:41:20.880 one stop shop for all customized insulation needs, all it needs. 1832 01:41:21.199 --> 01:41:21.279 Now. 1833 01:41:21.319 --> 01:41:23.479 I don't care if you live out West or Brookshire, 1834 01:41:23.479 --> 01:41:25.479 if you're over in Baytown to the east, north and 1835 01:41:25.520 --> 01:41:28.600 Willis South and Galveston. They service that whole area. And 1836 01:41:28.640 --> 01:41:30.239 they've got a couple of things they can have us 1837 01:41:30.239 --> 01:41:32.239 several things that they can do. First of all, they 1838 01:41:32.239 --> 01:41:35.079 can put a full radiant barrier in your roof that 1839 01:41:35.319 --> 01:41:38.760 reflects the heats like you know how we use aluminum foil. 1840 01:41:38.920 --> 01:41:41.680 We know that that reflects the heatback the do that 1841 01:41:42.239 --> 01:41:45.560 up on the in the attic itself, on the rafters 1842 01:41:45.640 --> 01:41:48.640 if you will, and reflect that heat back out and 1843 01:41:48.760 --> 01:41:51.600 allow it to escape out the top and move out 1844 01:41:51.880 --> 01:41:55.560 of that attic space. Huge difference about thirty degree or 1845 01:41:55.640 --> 01:41:58.600 more difference in the temperature of your attic cuts down 1846 01:41:58.640 --> 01:42:01.760 on that HVAC strain that's going on because it's so 1847 01:42:01.960 --> 01:42:05.680 dad gum hot up there. Reduces the transferred down into 1848 01:42:05.760 --> 01:42:09.279 your nice living room space where you're trying to enjoy life. Second, 1849 01:42:09.479 --> 01:42:12.520 fiberglass insulation. They can do any kind of insulation you 1850 01:42:12.600 --> 01:42:14.920 need up there. Any kind There's a lot of different 1851 01:42:14.960 --> 01:42:19.119 approaches to insulation. The most economical and one that works 1852 01:42:19.319 --> 01:42:23.199 really really well is blown fiberglass with an r value 1853 01:42:23.239 --> 01:42:26.159 of thirty eight on top of the ceiling. They get 1854 01:42:26.199 --> 01:42:28.039 in there quick. I mean, if it's just a matter 1855 01:42:28.159 --> 01:42:31.720 of putting some new fiberglass to make a good dense 1856 01:42:32.199 --> 01:42:34.279 insulation and the floor of the attic, they can do 1857 01:42:34.359 --> 01:42:36.840 that in a few hours, very minimal disruption to your day. 1858 01:42:37.560 --> 01:42:40.359 But it lasts a very long time and its thermal 1859 01:42:40.399 --> 01:42:43.439 properties are outstanding. It also, by the way, is fire 1860 01:42:43.520 --> 01:42:47.000 resistant and moist sure resistant as well. Another thing they 1861 01:42:47.039 --> 01:42:50.640 can do is put a solar attic fan in. Now, 1862 01:42:50.640 --> 01:42:53.520 a solar attic fan. Whenever the temperatures go above eighty 1863 01:42:53.600 --> 01:42:56.560 five or you get above seventy five percent humidity up 1864 01:42:56.600 --> 01:42:58.800 in the attic. We don't want mold and stuff up there. 1865 01:42:59.239 --> 01:43:02.800 That attic fan that's powered by the sun. It comes 1866 01:43:02.840 --> 01:43:06.399 on and moves about fifteen hundred cubic feet per minute 1867 01:43:06.680 --> 01:43:11.520 right out of that attic. Regular normal temperature outdoor airs 1868 01:43:11.560 --> 01:43:14.399 coming in, and it's taking all that excess heat out, 1869 01:43:14.560 --> 01:43:17.680 preventing mold and mildew in the process, lifetime orranty on 1870 01:43:17.760 --> 01:43:19.760 those by the way, they'll go in. They can take 1871 01:43:19.800 --> 01:43:24.520 old insulation out, that dusty, moldy insallation. They can disinfect 1872 01:43:24.600 --> 01:43:27.239 that airspace so your air quality is improved. You know, 1873 01:43:27.520 --> 01:43:30.680 issues like mold and whatnot that you're dealing with. And 1874 01:43:30.800 --> 01:43:34.159 then they do air seal around your light fixtures. I 1875 01:43:34.199 --> 01:43:36.279 don't know if you've ever noticed this or not, but 1876 01:43:36.560 --> 01:43:38.000 you go up in the attic. You go up in 1877 01:43:38.039 --> 01:43:39.920 the attic when it's dark up there, turn off the 1878 01:43:40.000 --> 01:43:43.479 light up there, and look down where your AC registers 1879 01:43:43.760 --> 01:43:46.520 stick through the ceiling or where a light fixture is, 1880 01:43:46.600 --> 01:43:49.000 and you'll see light. And what that means is there's 1881 01:43:49.039 --> 01:43:51.560 air moving through there and they can help seal that 1882 01:43:51.760 --> 01:43:54.399 off and the wall plates and so on. It's just 1883 01:43:54.520 --> 01:43:56.600 like closing a window. And they did some studies I 1884 01:43:56.640 --> 01:43:59.039 think it was Colorado. They did some studies where they 1885 01:43:59.119 --> 01:44:02.199 looked at just the effect of sealing up those spaces 1886 01:44:02.439 --> 01:44:04.560 in the ceiling and it was like it was like 1887 01:44:04.680 --> 01:44:06.680 you had your windows open on the house and suddenly 1888 01:44:06.720 --> 01:44:10.039 you close your windows. It makes a lot of difference. 1889 01:44:10.680 --> 01:44:12.239 Arctic Insulations does all of that. 1890 01:44:12.359 --> 01:44:12.439 Now. 1891 01:44:12.439 --> 01:44:14.279 I know I'm spending some time telling you about them, 1892 01:44:14.319 --> 01:44:17.119 but I just want you to understand the kinds of 1893 01:44:17.199 --> 01:44:20.239 stuff they do. They're professionals. They have many options. You 1894 01:44:20.319 --> 01:44:24.439 can say, look, come to the house, I want to 1895 01:44:24.520 --> 01:44:27.199 do it all. I want it all top notch, or 1896 01:44:27.319 --> 01:44:29.199 you can say, look, I got this much to spend. 1897 01:44:30.319 --> 01:44:32.800 Is what are the things you would recommend? And they'll 1898 01:44:32.840 --> 01:44:35.159 give you a package of things that fit your budget. 1899 01:44:35.560 --> 01:44:37.239 These are the things we can do that are the 1900 01:44:37.640 --> 01:44:40.720 low hanging fruit, the most important things that you should do, 1901 01:44:40.880 --> 01:44:44.239 because they know how to do that. Arctic Insulation Solutions 1902 01:44:44.680 --> 01:44:49.439 right down their email Arctic Houston dot com. By the way, 1903 01:44:49.560 --> 01:44:52.439 Arctic for those of you who didn't pass spelling in school, 1904 01:44:52.920 --> 01:44:57.560 a RC tic Arctic is how we should say it. 1905 01:44:57.640 --> 01:45:02.319 I guess Arctic Houston eight three to two five eight 1906 01:45:02.439 --> 01:45:05.399 six twenty eight ninety three. Eight three to two, five 1907 01:45:05.479 --> 01:45:10.319 eight six twenty eight ninety three. We're going to head 1908 01:45:10.319 --> 01:45:13.239 out now to Deer Park and we are going to 1909 01:45:13.319 --> 01:45:17.000 talk to Jay. Hello Jay, and welcome to garden Line. 1910 01:45:18.079 --> 01:45:20.880 Good morning, Skip. I've got some brown pat questions on 1911 01:45:20.960 --> 01:45:23.399 the front yard. I sent over some pictures. I'm not 1912 01:45:23.479 --> 01:45:26.520 sure if you've seen those, have access to them, but 1913 01:45:26.800 --> 01:45:29.720 I did traded for it last year. It's just not 1914 01:45:29.960 --> 01:45:32.399 recovering quite as fast as I thought, so any tips 1915 01:45:32.439 --> 01:45:37.239 on recovery, and probably more important is prevention. This isn't 1916 01:45:37.279 --> 01:45:38.720 the first time it's happened, so I want to try 1917 01:45:38.760 --> 01:45:39.840 to get ahead of it this year. 1918 01:45:41.199 --> 01:45:45.159 Okay, let me let me get that picture of pictures 1919 01:45:45.279 --> 01:45:47.000 that chat back out in front of it. Yeah. So 1920 01:45:47.119 --> 01:45:49.319 the brown patch rots the leaves off the runner, and 1921 01:45:49.399 --> 01:45:52.079 then the grass comes back, because it doesn't kill the grass, 1922 01:45:52.119 --> 01:45:55.000 it just rots the leaves off. But in the meantime 1923 01:45:55.479 --> 01:45:58.119 you're left with these spots, and then you're left also 1924 01:45:58.319 --> 01:46:01.319 with more weed problems because the sunlight now can reach 1925 01:46:01.439 --> 01:46:04.880 the soil. When I look at your areas, it looks 1926 01:46:05.000 --> 01:46:08.279 like more than brown patches going on. To me, it 1927 01:46:09.439 --> 01:46:12.640 looks almost like it might be take all root rot. 1928 01:46:13.800 --> 01:46:16.079 As I you know, I can only get so close 1929 01:46:16.279 --> 01:46:19.760 in the photo, but as I'm zooming in and taking 1930 01:46:19.800 --> 01:46:22.880 a look at them, there are just some signs that 1931 01:46:23.239 --> 01:46:27.439 more is going on. There's also some signs of a 1932 01:46:27.560 --> 01:46:31.520 little bit of gray leaf spot and a little bit 1933 01:46:32.199 --> 01:46:38.079 of Saint Augustine decline virus. Okay, So if you go 1934 01:46:38.199 --> 01:46:40.039 up to those spots when you're out there in the 1935 01:46:40.159 --> 01:46:43.000 yard and you see some grass blades, and when you 1936 01:46:43.159 --> 01:46:46.840 pick them, the green has all these little tiny thin 1937 01:46:47.079 --> 01:46:53.239 splotches of not green, kind of tannish yellowish looking in them. 1938 01:46:53.319 --> 01:46:58.399 That's gray leaf that is Saint Augustine declined virus, and 1939 01:46:58.520 --> 01:47:00.560 I think that's what you're dealing with. So the fact 1940 01:47:00.600 --> 01:47:03.119 that there's some seed heads in there, I think it's 1941 01:47:03.159 --> 01:47:06.479 an older type of Saint Augustine maybe, but that's what 1942 01:47:06.600 --> 01:47:11.560 I'm seeing. So my best guess, shooting just from pictures, 1943 01:47:11.840 --> 01:47:14.920 is that you've got an older type of Saint Augustine 1944 01:47:15.239 --> 01:47:17.920 that is weakened by the virus. There's no cure for that. 1945 01:47:18.600 --> 01:47:20.640 Lots of loans have had it over the decades here 1946 01:47:20.680 --> 01:47:23.159 in the Greater Houston area. It's just a matter of 1947 01:47:23.239 --> 01:47:26.800 plugging in, either revamping the lawn holy or just plugging 1948 01:47:26.880 --> 01:47:29.680 in some healthier Saint Augustine's that are resistant to the 1949 01:47:29.800 --> 01:47:33.920 virus to get away from that. The other the take 1950 01:47:33.960 --> 01:47:37.880 all is a root killing disease, and it's showing up 1951 01:47:38.119 --> 01:47:41.720 is some yellowing on your turf and some decline of 1952 01:47:41.800 --> 01:47:44.800 the growth in your turf. I would say that if 1953 01:47:44.840 --> 01:47:46.840 you go to my website and go to my lawn 1954 01:47:47.000 --> 01:47:51.000 pest Disease and we'd management schedule there is it tells 1955 01:47:51.039 --> 01:47:53.520 you about brown patch, it tells you about take all 1956 01:47:53.640 --> 01:47:56.840 root rot. When you would apply things for those I 1957 01:47:56.880 --> 01:47:59.920 would seriously consider doing a take all root rot app 1958 01:48:00.039 --> 01:48:04.680 location this October in your lawn. And finally, the gray 1959 01:48:04.760 --> 01:48:08.359 leaf spot is the spots on the leaves that have 1960 01:48:08.560 --> 01:48:11.600 very ten centers and purplish borders. I see a lot 1961 01:48:11.680 --> 01:48:16.039 of that in those areas. And there's a fungicide product 1962 01:48:16.079 --> 01:48:20.239 by nitrofoss called Eagle a g l E and Eagle 1963 01:48:21.159 --> 01:48:25.520 will control a number of diseases, but also that gray 1964 01:48:25.600 --> 01:48:28.279 leaf spot. So I think I would do an Eagle application. 1965 01:48:29.000 --> 01:48:31.960 I might consider some compost top dressing in some of 1966 01:48:32.039 --> 01:48:36.119 those areas, uh, and then just moderate fertilization on through 1967 01:48:36.159 --> 01:48:36.600 the summer. 1968 01:48:36.720 --> 01:48:41.279 For now, at the beginning of that you talked about 1969 01:48:41.319 --> 01:48:44.520 maybe replacing it. In my mind was going towards cutting 1970 01:48:44.560 --> 01:48:46.680 out that area and putting in new side just in 1971 01:48:46.760 --> 01:48:51.520 those those spots. Yeah, would that be I mean it 1972 01:48:51.560 --> 01:48:53.119 seems to me that would take care of most of that, 1973 01:48:53.279 --> 01:48:56.439 right or should I would you recommend going with them 1974 01:48:57.760 --> 01:48:58.239 and whatnot? 1975 01:48:58.640 --> 01:49:02.880 You you could? You could? That would be that would 1976 01:49:02.920 --> 01:49:06.239 be some work. Just each Saint Augustine is a little different. 1977 01:49:06.359 --> 01:49:09.520 Some are bluer than others, some are more upright than others, 1978 01:49:10.000 --> 01:49:13.119 some that you know, and so you may end up 1979 01:49:13.119 --> 01:49:16.159 with a little splotchiness when you try to put the 1980 01:49:16.239 --> 01:49:20.279 new grass in among that old grass. But that that 1981 01:49:20.479 --> 01:49:23.359 is the only drawback. But I understand certainly you don't 1982 01:49:23.520 --> 01:49:25.359 have to redo the whole lawn just because of this. 1983 01:49:25.840 --> 01:49:29.279 If it were my lawn, I would do I probably 1984 01:49:29.319 --> 01:49:32.279 would do some aerration corroration. I would do a compost 1985 01:49:32.279 --> 01:49:37.039 stop dressing, and then I would be ready this fall 1986 01:49:37.159 --> 01:49:40.039 to do a take all root rot application and then 1987 01:49:40.079 --> 01:49:42.680 that fungicide eagle. I think I would do that and 1988 01:49:42.840 --> 01:49:44.840 let's see if we can bring it back before we 1989 01:49:45.159 --> 01:49:49.520 do the more drastic thing of resotting areas perfect. 1990 01:49:50.119 --> 01:49:52.319 I appreciate the tips. And then there was one other 1991 01:49:52.359 --> 01:49:54.119 picture that was thrown in in there, just just a 1992 01:49:54.199 --> 01:49:56.479 plug for the Vego garden systems. 1993 01:49:57.199 --> 01:50:02.720 I saw that. That that's beautiful. I have a question 1994 01:50:02.840 --> 01:50:05.880 for you, a real quick question. I'm laid on a 1995 01:50:05.920 --> 01:50:09.319 break here, but do those little Christmas ornaments? Do you 1996 01:50:09.399 --> 01:50:11.880 think they help with birds pecking the tomatoes? Have you 1997 01:50:12.039 --> 01:50:13.079 noticed any difference? 1998 01:50:14.039 --> 01:50:16.359 I did weirdly enough, I think it does. This is 1999 01:50:16.399 --> 01:50:18.119 my second year to do them, okay, And I don't 2000 01:50:18.119 --> 01:50:20.439 know if I heard of from Reindy or from yourself. 2001 01:50:20.520 --> 01:50:23.520 But I thought there's a waste of time, and after 2002 01:50:23.600 --> 01:50:25.439 battling it for years, I decided to do it, and 2003 01:50:25.680 --> 01:50:27.359 I honestly think it did make a difference. 2004 01:50:28.640 --> 01:50:31.199 Well, good good. I'm just curious because people have talked 2005 01:50:31.199 --> 01:50:34.159 about that for years and usually they use red ornaments 2006 01:50:34.239 --> 01:50:37.399 so it looks like a ripening tomato or something. But 2007 01:50:37.520 --> 01:50:39.800 I just thought i'd ask, Hey, thanks a lot. I 2008 01:50:39.880 --> 01:50:43.079 appreciate that, and good luck getting that long back and shape. 2009 01:50:43.159 --> 01:50:45.319 If you do those things and can turn it around, 2010 01:50:45.399 --> 01:50:47.840 send me a picture. I'd love to see it. Well 2011 01:50:47.920 --> 01:50:51.279 do thank you, Thank you for the call. Appreciate that. 2012 01:50:51.520 --> 01:50:55.520 All right, I'll be right back, all righty, ready, here 2013 01:50:55.600 --> 01:51:01.199 we go. Love Neil Diamond. 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Now they're going to give awards for judges choice, 2041 01:52:40.439 --> 01:52:43.560 the best tasting tomato, the biggest tomato by weight, the 2042 01:52:43.640 --> 01:52:47.239 People's choice, the crowd favorite one most people like, and 2043 01:52:47.560 --> 01:52:50.840 the best tomato themed costume. So there you go. Don't 2044 01:52:50.840 --> 01:52:52.520 know if you have time to sew one still, but 2045 01:52:52.800 --> 01:52:58.199 the best tomata theme costume Enchedded Forest Tomato Tasting Contest today. 2046 01:52:58.359 --> 01:53:01.960 While you're there, go what is it their herb house? 2047 01:53:02.840 --> 01:53:06.800 Unbelievable selection in the herb house. I mean they have 2048 01:53:07.159 --> 01:53:09.800 so many different kinds of herb. I talk about that 2049 01:53:09.920 --> 01:53:12.239 their herb selection all the time. But try this on 2050 01:53:12.399 --> 01:53:15.399 for size. Eighteen varieties of basil. Do you think you 2051 01:53:15.479 --> 01:53:18.760 can find one you like out of eighteen varieties of basil? Yeah? 2052 01:53:19.439 --> 01:53:22.479 Nine varieties of ment, eight varieties a time, five types 2053 01:53:22.520 --> 01:53:26.880 of aregano, Mexican marigol, lemon, verbena, deal, fennel, onion, chiveed card. 2054 01:53:27.520 --> 01:53:29.680 It just goes on and on go. Yeah, you know 2055 01:53:29.800 --> 01:53:32.600 you can't go tomatoes without oregano. Right, You've got to 2056 01:53:32.600 --> 01:53:34.279 be able to and basil. You got to be able 2057 01:53:34.279 --> 01:53:38.079 to make pestos and things well. Intended Forest Richmond Rosenberg 2058 01:53:38.279 --> 01:53:43.920 Intended Forest Richmond, TX dot com. We're gonna head out 2059 01:53:43.960 --> 01:53:46.640 the phones. Now go to sugar Land and talk to Samuel. 2060 01:53:46.720 --> 01:53:48.399 Hello Samuel, welcome to garden Line. 2061 01:53:49.600 --> 01:53:54.399 Good morning. Just have a quick question. I've been working 2062 01:53:54.439 --> 01:53:56.600 with a company called True Green, and I am not 2063 01:53:56.680 --> 01:53:59.359 saying they're doing a bad job, but I'm having a 2064 01:53:59.439 --> 01:54:06.319 real problem with crabgrass and Okay, I'm torn between just 2065 01:54:06.920 --> 01:54:09.399 you know, digging them. There's so many of them. I 2066 01:54:09.439 --> 01:54:13.039 would say, is it a bad idea just to pull 2067 01:54:13.119 --> 01:54:16.079 them out and put new grass or just continue with 2068 01:54:16.159 --> 01:54:17.840 the process that they're saying it'll. 2069 01:54:17.640 --> 01:54:18.560 Go away over time. 2070 01:54:20.800 --> 01:54:23.239 Well, it goes away when your lawn gets so dense 2071 01:54:23.279 --> 01:54:25.560 that light can't get to the ground and the seeds 2072 01:54:25.600 --> 01:54:28.359 can't get started. But most lawns are gonna have some 2073 01:54:28.520 --> 01:54:31.840 thinness to them. That's why on my schedule you'll see 2074 01:54:31.920 --> 01:54:37.239 barricade applications in mid February because crabgrass is an early germinator, 2075 01:54:37.840 --> 01:54:40.880 and you got to put it down before the crabgrass germinates. Now, 2076 01:54:40.880 --> 01:54:45.640 if you get a good pull pulling of your crabgrass out, 2077 01:54:46.159 --> 01:54:48.560 then you could do a barricade even now watered in 2078 01:54:48.680 --> 01:54:51.039 with a half inch of water, and then future seeds 2079 01:54:51.039 --> 01:54:53.439 that would come up, it'll stop those for about sixty 2080 01:54:54.159 --> 01:54:58.039 days or more in your lawn, so that that would 2081 01:54:58.039 --> 01:54:58.920 be an option for you. 2082 01:55:02.479 --> 01:55:07.039 Yeah, I just it seems like every time I pull 2083 01:55:07.079 --> 01:55:09.920 it out put new grass. I'm good for about six 2084 01:55:10.000 --> 01:55:12.840 to eight months, and then inside of a year they 2085 01:55:12.960 --> 01:55:14.239 show up in different spots. 2086 01:55:15.800 --> 01:55:18.880 Well, two things. Number one, just what I said, follow 2087 01:55:18.920 --> 01:55:22.800 the schedule. You can avoid crabgrass that way. Secondly, if 2088 01:55:22.840 --> 01:55:25.680 you want to send some pictures up close, pull some up, 2089 01:55:25.840 --> 01:55:28.279 lay it on a dark surface like a kitchen table 2090 01:55:28.399 --> 01:55:30.840 or something, and take a picture of it in good 2091 01:55:30.840 --> 01:55:33.000 sharp focus. If you've got seed heads on it, that's 2092 01:55:33.039 --> 01:55:35.199 even better. Let me make sure we're talking about crabgrass, 2093 01:55:35.279 --> 01:55:37.199 because there's a lot of grasses some of them look 2094 01:55:37.279 --> 01:55:39.840 somewhat like that. But I'll be happy to do that 2095 01:55:39.960 --> 01:55:43.560 for you, Samuel. But my schedule is available at gardening 2096 01:55:43.800 --> 01:55:46.600 with Skip dot com, and if you send the photos, 2097 01:55:46.720 --> 01:55:48.479 I'm going to put you on hold. If you want 2098 01:55:48.479 --> 01:55:50.600 to stick around, my producer will pick up and tell 2099 01:55:50.640 --> 01:55:52.199 you how to send me some photos so we make 2100 01:55:52.239 --> 01:55:54.520 sure we're talking about the same grass. But thank you 2101 01:55:54.640 --> 01:55:58.039 very much, I do appreciate that call. Speaking of lawns, 2102 01:55:58.920 --> 01:56:04.000 Nelson Plant Food has outstanding products for the lawns. We've 2103 01:56:04.039 --> 01:56:06.479 talked about a number of different things that they carry, 2104 01:56:07.279 --> 01:56:11.560 super quality products I won't call weedinator. Wheedenator is a 2105 01:56:12.560 --> 01:56:15.560 herbicide that kills existing weeds. We usually talk about that 2106 01:56:15.720 --> 01:56:20.439 in the springtime. They do have the Slow and Easy, 2107 01:56:20.720 --> 01:56:24.279 which is a summer fertilization product that lasts for four 2108 01:56:24.399 --> 01:56:27.319 months or more. You put Slow and Easy down from 2109 01:56:27.479 --> 01:56:31.479 Nelson now and you're not going to fertilize again until 2110 01:56:31.600 --> 01:56:34.479 the fall fertilization. It is that slow. It has several 2111 01:56:34.520 --> 01:56:37.920 different kinds of nitrogen in it, and each one releases 2112 01:56:38.039 --> 01:56:40.399 at a little different pace, and so you get this 2113 01:56:40.680 --> 01:56:46.000 nice even feeding with Nelson Slow and Easy, Slow and easy, 2114 01:56:46.159 --> 01:56:50.640 easy to remember, easy to apply, and you will love 2115 01:56:50.800 --> 01:56:52.800 the way your lawn looks when you use it. It 2116 01:56:52.920 --> 01:56:56.640 is a super quality product based on turf research science 2117 01:56:57.159 --> 01:57:00.520 that knows exactly what grass needs, what it needs, and 2118 01:57:00.600 --> 01:57:03.159 what ratios and how to apply it. Nelson's Plant Food, 2119 01:57:03.479 --> 01:57:08.680 Slow and Easy. Piercecapes is who I would tell someone 2120 01:57:08.760 --> 01:57:12.439 to call if they wanted if they're on needed professional help. 2121 01:57:12.560 --> 01:57:15.039 If you need professional help, that's a different phone call. 2122 01:57:15.159 --> 01:57:19.560 But anyway, Pierscapes they can come in, they can revamp 2123 01:57:19.800 --> 01:57:23.319 They can redo your irrigation system. Maybe inefficient, they can 2124 01:57:23.399 --> 01:57:25.479 fix that. Do you have bad drainage, they can fix that. 2125 01:57:25.600 --> 01:57:28.479 Do you want landscape lighting, They can do that. Go 2126 01:57:28.640 --> 01:57:33.479 to the website get the inspiration from there. Pierce Scapes 2127 01:57:34.119 --> 01:57:38.119 dot com. Piercescapes dot com two eight one three seven 2128 01:57:38.239 --> 01:57:42.920 oh fifty sixty. These are professional folks that know how 2129 01:57:43.000 --> 01:57:46.079 to do it right, and they can do whether it's 2130 01:57:46.079 --> 01:57:48.479 a big job or a small job. They can make 2131 01:57:48.520 --> 01:57:51.199 your place a showplace, that little garden of Eden that 2132 01:57:51.279 --> 01:57:55.399 we all want when we dream of our beautiful outdoor 2133 01:57:55.520 --> 01:58:01.960 living environment around our homes. Pest Bros. The landscape pest 2134 01:58:02.399 --> 01:58:07.199 and pest management company and the indoor pest management company 2135 01:58:07.279 --> 01:58:09.640 that we talk about here on Guardline. 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And this next week I'm going to 2146 01:58:44.119 --> 01:58:47.039 give an update from my yard on how the mosquito 2147 01:58:47.079 --> 01:58:50.399 buckets I have from pest Bros. Have been working. So 2148 01:58:50.800 --> 01:58:53.399 stay tuned for that. Follow us on Facebook, by the way, 2149 01:58:53.520 --> 01:58:57.279 garden Line on Facebook, or you can follow me also 2150 01:58:57.359 --> 01:59:01.760 on Instagram. Gardening with Skip on Instagram. Our garden Line 2151 01:59:01.800 --> 01:59:04.279 with skip. Excuse me, garden Line with Skip on Instagram. 2152 01:59:04.800 --> 01:59:08.479 We post things periodically say pretty regularly that will help 2153 01:59:08.520 --> 01:59:12.119 you have a beautiful and bountiful garden. I'll be right back. 2154 01:59:16.960 --> 01:59:20.800 Welcome back to garden Line. Hey, by a hour today, 2155 01:59:23.119 --> 01:59:24.359 No time for you to give us a call if 2156 01:59:24.399 --> 01:59:26.520 you got a question. Seven one three two one two 2157 01:59:26.880 --> 01:59:29.199 kt r H seven one three two one two k 2158 01:59:29.399 --> 01:59:33.199 t r H Houston powder coders. You've heard me talk 2159 01:59:33.239 --> 01:59:36.680 about them before. They are the biggest powder coder in 2160 01:59:37.079 --> 01:59:41.840 this region. Six acre operation, over seventy five employees. I mean, 2161 01:59:41.880 --> 01:59:44.720 these people are serious about powder coating. They got ben 2162 01:59:44.800 --> 01:59:47.479 Sebiggie and drab a whole Traguzhnak trailer in there and 2163 01:59:47.520 --> 01:59:50.479 get it powder coded. But from a home garden standpoint, 2164 01:59:50.800 --> 01:59:53.479 what do you have outside that's metal that you would 2165 01:59:53.640 --> 01:59:57.039 like to make beautiful and to preserve its quality. Maybe 2166 01:59:57.079 --> 02:00:00.079 you've got some outdoor furniture that's starting to rust a 2167 02:00:00.119 --> 02:00:02.359 little bit. Well, they can deal with the rust. They 2168 02:00:02.800 --> 02:00:05.359 need maybe a broken well need's fixing, and need some 2169 02:00:05.439 --> 02:00:07.880 new hardware like rusty bolts and things. I'll put stainless 2170 02:00:07.880 --> 02:00:11.199 steel ones on there. Anything that it needs to get 2171 02:00:11.239 --> 02:00:13.520 it back in the shape it was. That includes straps 2172 02:00:13.600 --> 02:00:16.880 and you know, sling fabric and vinyl straps and those 2173 02:00:16.960 --> 02:00:19.439 little plastic rubber feet that go on the bottom of 2174 02:00:19.520 --> 02:00:21.760 some of the tubular furniture. They do all that, and 2175 02:00:21.880 --> 02:00:24.159 then you get to pick from over one hundred colors 2176 02:00:24.279 --> 02:00:26.159 as to what color you want it to be. From 2177 02:00:26.199 --> 02:00:28.760 something very natural like almost a rusty color, or a 2178 02:00:28.880 --> 02:00:32.920 tan color, a black color, to you name it. They 2179 02:00:33.000 --> 02:00:36.880 can do it all cast iron, wrought iron, aluminum, if 2180 02:00:36.920 --> 02:00:39.960 it's metal. If it's outside and you want it powder coated, 2181 02:00:40.720 --> 02:00:42.239 here's what you do. You take a picture of it, 2182 02:00:42.840 --> 02:00:47.560 you email it to them sales at Houstoncoders dot com. 2183 02:00:47.800 --> 02:00:53.119 Sales at Houstoncoders dot com. They will give you a 2184 02:00:53.199 --> 02:00:55.600 quick response. If you're in the greater Houston area, they'll 2185 02:00:55.640 --> 02:00:57.439 pick it up and when they're done, they'll deliver it. 2186 02:00:57.840 --> 02:00:59.880 Simple as that. I mean, this is a This is 2187 02:01:00.000 --> 02:01:02.000 a company that knows what they're doing. They treat their 2188 02:01:02.039 --> 02:01:04.840 customers right, and the work is unbelievable. Go check them 2189 02:01:04.880 --> 02:01:10.479 out at Houstonpowdercoders dot com. Houston powder Coders dot com 2190 02:01:10.600 --> 02:01:13.920 two eight one six seven six thirty eight eighty eight. 2191 02:01:14.359 --> 02:01:16.600 If you're on Facebook or Instagram, look them up on 2192 02:01:16.800 --> 02:01:19.800 social media Houston powder Coders and look at the work 2193 02:01:19.880 --> 02:01:23.000 they do. Unbelievable. It'll make you wish you had metal 2194 02:01:23.039 --> 02:01:25.439 furniture if you didn't, so you could take it by 2195 02:01:25.520 --> 02:01:29.680 there because they do such unbelievably awesome work. All right, 2196 02:01:29.760 --> 02:01:32.760 we're going to run here. Let's see here. Get my 2197 02:01:33.399 --> 02:01:35.640 computer mouse. I always grabbed the wrong I have more 2198 02:01:35.680 --> 02:01:37.840 than one mouse. Can you believe that I have mice? 2199 02:01:38.560 --> 02:01:38.680 Uh? 2200 02:01:38.840 --> 02:01:40.479 And I got to go to the right one. We're 2201 02:01:40.520 --> 02:01:43.279 gonna go to El Campo and talk to Jim. Hello, Jim, 2202 02:01:43.319 --> 02:01:44.279 welcome to garden Line. 2203 02:01:45.720 --> 02:01:45.960 Thank you. 2204 02:01:46.039 --> 02:01:46.319 Skip. 2205 02:01:46.800 --> 02:01:49.199 My wife and I had just moved to El Campo, 2206 02:01:49.319 --> 02:01:52.840 bought a piece of property. That's it's all active farming community, 2207 02:01:52.960 --> 02:01:55.880 so everything is pretty much clearcut. And when I wanted 2208 02:01:55.920 --> 02:01:58.479 to put some trees in around the house, but I 2209 02:01:58.600 --> 02:02:00.960 just kind of wanted your recommendation. So what kinds of 2210 02:02:01.000 --> 02:02:04.399 trees would do well in that area? And you know, 2211 02:02:04.560 --> 02:02:06.520 seek relatively low maintenance. 2212 02:02:07.760 --> 02:02:10.720 Right, Okay, well, good, good question. Good time to ask 2213 02:02:10.840 --> 02:02:16.000 too before you plan. So just remember that remember this phrase, 2214 02:02:16.319 --> 02:02:21.800 live fast, die young. Okay, grow fast, die young. Typically 2215 02:02:21.920 --> 02:02:23.760 the trees that they go, oh, this is a fast 2216 02:02:23.840 --> 02:02:27.600 growing tree. It's not worth having weak wooded all kinds 2217 02:02:27.600 --> 02:02:30.840 of issues. But if you get a quality tree, like 2218 02:02:30.880 --> 02:02:33.880 an oak, for example, let's say a nuthall oak or 2219 02:02:33.960 --> 02:02:37.920 a shoe mard oak, if you fertilize them and water 2220 02:02:38.000 --> 02:02:40.520 them adequately, they will grow at a very good rate 2221 02:02:41.000 --> 02:02:44.760 and they will last decades and decades and decade. Your 2222 02:02:44.760 --> 02:02:48.439 grandkids will enjoy the tree. So that's the way you 2223 02:02:48.520 --> 02:02:51.319 want to go. Get a good quality species and take 2224 02:02:51.359 --> 02:02:53.840 care of it with watering and fertilizing. Watering is more 2225 02:02:53.880 --> 02:02:58.399 important than fertilizing. Fertilizing is also important. Shoe mard would 2226 02:02:58.439 --> 02:03:01.439 be one if your soil is good, decent, kind of 2227 02:03:01.479 --> 02:03:05.000 a loamy type soil. If it's a clay. If it's 2228 02:03:05.039 --> 02:03:10.079 a little bit maybe questionable drainage, definitely shift over to 2229 02:03:10.319 --> 02:03:13.199 nuttall oak. Nuttall will grow in any kind of soil, 2230 02:03:13.720 --> 02:03:16.359 but it's just a little more tolerant of poor drainage 2231 02:03:16.439 --> 02:03:20.640 than the schue mart Is so nttal. Can never remember 2232 02:03:20.680 --> 02:03:25.880 how many ls it has, but anyway, nuttall. Another good 2233 02:03:25.960 --> 02:03:29.920 one that you see around is Chinese elm. It is 2234 02:03:30.479 --> 02:03:32.560 this one. You probably ought to go online and do 2235 02:03:32.640 --> 02:03:34.079 a search for it so you can see what I'm 2236 02:03:34.079 --> 02:03:36.720 talking about. But as little small leaves, it's got a 2237 02:03:36.800 --> 02:03:40.880 very open, tall, large habit. But the bark is kind 2238 02:03:40.920 --> 02:03:46.319 of a cinnamon and gray mix of splotchy, exfoliating bark. 2239 02:03:46.359 --> 02:03:48.520 It's a very attractive bark, so even in winter it 2240 02:03:48.840 --> 02:03:51.640 looks good. But that one grows pretty fast. You see 2241 02:03:51.680 --> 02:03:55.520 it used a lot in parking lots, islands and things 2242 02:03:55.600 --> 02:03:59.119 where the conditions are horrible for trees. It's very tolerant 2243 02:03:59.319 --> 02:04:02.680 of a ye rows of conditions. But that would be 2244 02:04:02.760 --> 02:04:07.279 another good one, you know. There there's just so many 2245 02:04:07.359 --> 02:04:11.159 different kinds of trees, Jim. I like cypress trees a lot. 2246 02:04:11.359 --> 02:04:14.399 I think they make a big, beautiful, long live tree. 2247 02:04:15.279 --> 02:04:17.760 But if your soils a little soggy, they send the 2248 02:04:17.840 --> 02:04:21.760 knees up. And so if you've got clay soils and 2249 02:04:21.880 --> 02:04:23.479 it may stay a little on the wet side for 2250 02:04:23.560 --> 02:04:26.159 periods of time, you would want to get one called 2251 02:04:26.279 --> 02:04:30.199 a month of Zuma cypress. He doesn't want money month 2252 02:04:30.239 --> 02:04:33.840 of Zuma and they get huge in time. They're a 2253 02:04:33.880 --> 02:04:37.520 nice treat, a little bit less cold hearty than regular cypress. 2254 02:04:37.640 --> 02:04:40.079 But down you're in Whartons, so you know, it's not 2255 02:04:40.239 --> 02:04:41.640 like you're calling me from Huntsville. 2256 02:04:43.439 --> 02:04:46.520 What size trees would you recommend we start with, I 2257 02:04:46.560 --> 02:04:50.239 mean in terms of, you know, having the best chance 2258 02:04:50.279 --> 02:04:51.319 for success. 2259 02:04:52.840 --> 02:04:54.840 Yeah, when you buy a tree, you pay for the 2260 02:04:54.960 --> 02:04:57.560 size of the pot. That's basically what you're paying for. 2261 02:04:58.399 --> 02:05:01.640 And so when you go from five gallon to fifteen gallons, 2262 02:05:01.760 --> 02:05:03.800 it goes up. When you go from fifteen to thirty, 2263 02:05:03.880 --> 02:05:07.680 it goes up. And so the bigger the pot, the 2264 02:05:07.720 --> 02:05:10.560 bigger tree you start with. But if you wanted to 2265 02:05:10.600 --> 02:05:12.840 save a little money and buy a little bit smaller tree, 2266 02:05:13.359 --> 02:05:16.039 just make sure that any roots circling the pot or 2267 02:05:16.159 --> 02:05:19.159 cut when it goes in the ground, and then start 2268 02:05:19.239 --> 02:05:21.479 taking care of it. If you will do, if you 2269 02:05:21.520 --> 02:05:24.560 will do three things for a tree. You can save 2270 02:05:24.640 --> 02:05:27.359 a lot of money on the tree initially and get 2271 02:05:27.439 --> 02:05:30.119 that small tree to catch up with the bigger one 2272 02:05:30.399 --> 02:05:34.800 pretty quick. One is get rid of all grass in 2273 02:05:34.880 --> 02:05:37.079 as large of an area around the tree as you can. 2274 02:05:37.439 --> 02:05:39.760 For some people that they can only stand it three 2275 02:05:39.840 --> 02:05:42.159 feet out from the trunk. But if you with that tree, 2276 02:05:42.319 --> 02:05:45.439 you would like grass no closer than the branch spread 2277 02:05:45.479 --> 02:05:48.359 of the tree. And the more of a mulched area, 2278 02:05:48.399 --> 02:05:50.760 the more of a forest floor you give it, the 2279 02:05:50.880 --> 02:05:53.439 faster it's going to grow. Plus it keeps along more 2280 02:05:53.479 --> 02:05:57.000 and wheat eat away. Second, give it a good soaking, 2281 02:05:57.239 --> 02:06:01.880 get you a tree hugger sprinkler, and following the recommendations 2282 02:06:02.000 --> 02:06:05.239 on watering it, you can water a small area with 2283 02:06:05.319 --> 02:06:07.800 a tree hugger, and when it's a fifteen year old tree, 2284 02:06:07.880 --> 02:06:10.479 you're still rescue. Watering it in summer to keep the 2285 02:06:10.560 --> 02:06:12.960 growth rate as fast as you can. You're not just 2286 02:06:13.079 --> 02:06:17.000 keeping it alive, you're keeping it growing. And then finally, 2287 02:06:17.560 --> 02:06:22.000 every spring gets you a lawn fertilizer without weed controlling it, 2288 02:06:22.279 --> 02:06:25.920 just fertilizer, and for every intra trunk diameter give it 2289 02:06:25.960 --> 02:06:29.039 a cup or two a synthetic fertilizer. Or three times 2290 02:06:29.119 --> 02:06:31.079 that much for if it's organic fertilizer. 2291 02:06:31.479 --> 02:06:36.079 Okay, excellent. Last last question, that's any any particular place 2292 02:06:36.119 --> 02:06:36.680 you recommend? 2293 02:06:39.560 --> 02:06:39.680 Uh? 2294 02:06:39.840 --> 02:06:43.239 Don know, Campbo area. Well, you're you're not too far 2295 02:06:43.359 --> 02:06:45.760 away as you come into town A. Richmond Rosenberg. You 2296 02:06:45.880 --> 02:06:51.279 got in Chenna forests and Channa gardens. Those are good. 2297 02:06:51.560 --> 02:06:55.199 I don't know the other big tree cellars you know, 2298 02:06:55.399 --> 02:06:58.520 down out that far out that far in the area. 2299 02:06:58.560 --> 02:07:01.159 I'm sure there's some good ones out there, but I 2300 02:07:01.600 --> 02:07:03.600 would go with one of those. They're going to carry 2301 02:07:03.640 --> 02:07:07.119 good species and good quality ones. And I'm assuming you 2302 02:07:07.199 --> 02:07:08.920 want a big shade tree. I should ask you that 2303 02:07:09.039 --> 02:07:14.399 up front, not a flowering. Yes, yes, yeah, well that's 2304 02:07:14.439 --> 02:07:15.239 what i'd recommend. 2305 02:07:15.319 --> 02:07:15.640 That was it. 2306 02:07:15.720 --> 02:07:17.760 In a nutshell, I've kind of tucked myself into my 2307 02:07:17.840 --> 02:07:18.680 next break here, but. 2308 02:07:19.359 --> 02:07:21.800 I hope that thank you very much, extremely helpful. 2309 02:07:23.119 --> 02:07:25.960 You bet, thank you. Folks. Will be right back. There 2310 02:07:26.039 --> 02:07:30.520 we go, There you go, All right, folks, we're back. 2311 02:07:30.760 --> 02:07:32.760 Welcome back to the garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, 2312 02:07:33.000 --> 02:07:35.199 and we are here to help you have a bountiful garden, 2313 02:07:35.920 --> 02:07:39.319 beautiful landscape and more fun in the process. If you 2314 02:07:39.520 --> 02:07:43.920 are in Kingwood or Humble or a test Caasita or 2315 02:07:44.439 --> 02:07:48.760 Porter anywhere out that direction. Here's a public service announcement. 2316 02:07:48.800 --> 02:07:52.640 Today's last day for the Spring megasale at one Southern 2317 02:07:52.720 --> 02:07:54.880 Gardens and Kingwood Garden Center. That's the one where you 2318 02:07:54.920 --> 02:07:56.640 buy one hundred dollars worth of stuff, you get twenty 2319 02:07:56.680 --> 02:08:00.600 percent off. You buy three thousand dollars with the stuff, 2320 02:08:00.680 --> 02:08:02.840 you get forty percent off. Now, I know you're going 2321 02:08:02.880 --> 02:08:05.800 who buys freaked out? People do, But if you're on 2322 02:08:05.840 --> 02:08:09.520 a revamp your landscape, my gosh, I mean, what a 2323 02:08:09.640 --> 02:08:13.319 deal forty percent off of a major revamp. And that 2324 02:08:13.439 --> 02:08:17.479 includes not just plants, certainly plants, but all kinds of 2325 02:08:17.560 --> 02:08:22.560 things like metal trellises and fertilizer products and other things. 2326 02:08:22.680 --> 02:08:26.000 It's there at Warren's Southern Gardens in Kingwood Garden Center 2327 02:08:26.479 --> 02:08:30.199 the last time, last morning. Today. That's it. So there's 2328 02:08:30.239 --> 02:08:32.960 something to be doing this afternoon. Why are you there? Once? 2329 02:08:33.000 --> 02:08:35.399 You check out something and that is their proven winners, 2330 02:08:36.159 --> 02:08:42.399 Summerrific rose mallows. Rosemallow is a perennial hibiscus. It has 2331 02:08:42.560 --> 02:08:46.000 big blooms, bigger than tropical a biscus. They typically are 2332 02:08:46.079 --> 02:08:48.319 going to be white pink red or some version of 2333 02:08:48.399 --> 02:08:51.479 the three. That's kind of what rose mallow is about. Now, 2334 02:08:51.880 --> 02:08:55.560 those things are gorgeous. They make perennial plants come back 2335 02:08:55.640 --> 02:08:58.399 year after year after year, and they bloom and bloom 2336 02:08:58.399 --> 02:09:01.560 and bloom. Each bloom last day, but there's clusters of blooms. 2337 02:09:01.600 --> 02:09:04.039 So there's bloom and bloom and bloom. And they've got 2338 02:09:04.159 --> 02:09:09.560 him at we're in Southern Gardens, proven winners, summer terrific, Hibiscus, 2339 02:09:10.039 --> 02:09:13.479 perennial rosemall beautiful plants. You need to check them out. 2340 02:09:13.920 --> 02:09:16.279 They by the way, when you go out to Kingwood, 2341 02:09:16.800 --> 02:09:20.600 Warrens is on North Park and Kingwood is Kingwood Garden 2342 02:09:20.680 --> 02:09:24.399 Center is on Stone Hollow Drive. Let's run out to 2343 02:09:24.479 --> 02:09:26.279 the phones. Now we're going to head to College station 2344 02:09:27.039 --> 02:09:31.000 and talk to Jesse this morning. Hello Jesse, and welcome 2345 02:09:31.000 --> 02:09:33.800 to garden y Well. I good to talk to you. 2346 02:09:34.159 --> 02:09:37.159 Talk to you on your college station show in the past. Listen, 2347 02:09:37.279 --> 02:09:40.560 I have a okay, I have a problem with yellowing 2348 02:09:40.640 --> 02:09:44.039 of my Saint Augustine lawn in one particular area of 2349 02:09:44.079 --> 02:09:48.039 my lawn, but no other. I follow your schedule, a 2350 02:09:48.319 --> 02:09:53.159 fertilizing and pre emergent all everything I've downloaded your schedule. 2351 02:09:54.239 --> 02:10:01.000 I put down the azoxystroban, I've used heat moss on 2352 02:10:01.079 --> 02:10:04.399 the area. I've had my county extension agent come out 2353 02:10:04.439 --> 02:10:07.159 and he actually pulled up some sprigs and brought him 2354 02:10:07.199 --> 02:10:08.800 back to his office and looked at him with a 2355 02:10:08.880 --> 02:10:12.000 microscope and says, I don't know what's causing this yellowing. 2356 02:10:13.000 --> 02:10:16.000 I've noticed some other yellowing patches and other yards in 2357 02:10:16.079 --> 02:10:20.079 my neighborhood. I was wondering if you had any idea 2358 02:10:20.199 --> 02:10:22.560 what could be causing this. It's been going on for 2359 02:10:23.079 --> 02:10:25.760 a year in just one particular area of my yard. 2360 02:10:27.439 --> 02:10:30.399 All right, Well, it's a it could be a number 2361 02:10:30.439 --> 02:10:34.119 of things. And you're fortunate to have Stephen Brugerhoff as 2362 02:10:34.159 --> 02:10:37.119 your horticulture agent up there, and he's taken over that 2363 02:10:37.199 --> 02:10:38.800 show that I used to do up in College station. 2364 02:10:39.039 --> 02:10:43.199 Yeah he could when they came out to my house. Yeah. Yeah. 2365 02:10:43.279 --> 02:10:45.359 So what I what I would recommend, Jesse for me 2366 02:10:45.439 --> 02:10:48.600 to help you the best is let me we'll close 2367 02:10:48.640 --> 02:10:50.760 here in a second. I'll put you on hold and 2368 02:10:51.760 --> 02:10:53.840 send me photos. I want to see the whole lawn, 2369 02:10:54.039 --> 02:10:55.600 and then I want you to get up real close 2370 02:10:55.800 --> 02:10:58.079 and as close as you can get. Send me some photos. 2371 02:10:58.119 --> 02:11:00.800 In good sharp focus. I'll take a look at them 2372 02:11:01.000 --> 02:11:04.359 and we can take it from there. It still could 2373 02:11:04.439 --> 02:11:06.840 be take a root rot. It may be that that's there. 2374 02:11:06.960 --> 02:11:09.560 It could be that that section has a higher pH 2375 02:11:09.720 --> 02:11:12.239 or maybe a bunch of phosphors got applied, or something 2376 02:11:12.359 --> 02:11:15.560 that is tying up iron. It could be great leaf spot, 2377 02:11:15.680 --> 02:11:18.319 which is going on a lot right now in the area, 2378 02:11:18.359 --> 02:11:21.439 including College Station, and so let me just look at 2379 02:11:21.439 --> 02:11:23.359 a photo, so we don't waste your time and money 2380 02:11:23.439 --> 02:11:26.119 sending you out after a product that isn't the one 2381 02:11:26.439 --> 02:11:30.119 that fixes what you have. Okay, I appreciate it. I'll 2382 02:11:30.119 --> 02:11:32.399 say them the lot, all right, I'll put you on 2383 02:11:32.439 --> 02:11:35.000 all one hundred pickup just second here and we'll take 2384 02:11:35.039 --> 02:11:38.399 care of that. ACE Hardware ACE is the place. Here's 2385 02:11:38.439 --> 02:11:44.199 what you need to know. Acehardwaretexas dot com. ACE Hardware 2386 02:11:44.319 --> 02:11:47.239 Texas dot com. Don't forget the word Texas. Acehardware Texas 2387 02:11:47.279 --> 02:11:50.680 dot com. That's my greater Houston area ACE Hardware Group. 2388 02:11:51.399 --> 02:11:54.119 And there are so many stores and when you go there, 2389 02:11:54.159 --> 02:11:56.720 you can find your store real close to you. And 2390 02:11:56.840 --> 02:11:58.800 when you go to ACE, you're going to find everything 2391 02:11:58.880 --> 02:12:01.199 you need for success with your lawn. You know, I'm 2392 02:12:01.720 --> 02:12:04.319 just visiting, you know, with just seeing College station about 2393 02:12:04.359 --> 02:12:06.600 his lawn. I'll tell you this whenever I get through 2394 02:12:06.680 --> 02:12:08.640 looking at the pictures and come up with here's what 2395 02:12:08.760 --> 02:12:11.000 it is, here's what you do. The answer is going 2396 02:12:11.039 --> 02:12:13.199 to be waiting at Ace Hardware store for somebody to 2397 02:12:13.279 --> 02:12:16.439 pick up, for them to apply and to have success. 2398 02:12:16.720 --> 02:12:18.800 It's as simple as that. Guess what I'm going to 2399 02:12:18.840 --> 02:12:21.600 be doing this afternoon. By the way, I'm heading outside. 2400 02:12:22.000 --> 02:12:26.399 I got a brown, brand new bouncing Baby rec Tech 2401 02:12:27.199 --> 02:12:30.960 barbecue grill from Ace Hardware, and we are going to 2402 02:12:31.000 --> 02:12:33.800 be doing some fun stuff on it. These You know, 2403 02:12:33.880 --> 02:12:37.720 Ace has all the top brands, you know, Traeger pillet grills, 2404 02:12:37.880 --> 02:12:41.560 Rectech Pellet grills, the Big Green Egg. Oh my gosh, 2405 02:12:41.600 --> 02:12:44.560 there's a cult following for Big Green Egg and Weber 2406 02:12:44.800 --> 02:12:47.760 and on and on. I mean, there are many brands, quality, 2407 02:12:48.039 --> 02:12:50.800 many kinds of accessories you need to unit. You always 2408 02:12:50.840 --> 02:12:52.920 have to ask accessories to do your barbecue. 2409 02:12:52.920 --> 02:12:52.960 It. 2410 02:12:53.600 --> 02:12:56.720 It's all there at Ace Hardware. Make your outdoor a 2411 02:12:56.920 --> 02:13:00.479 wonderful living area with Ace Hardware Stores. We're going to 2412 02:13:00.560 --> 02:13:02.840 go now to Spring, Texas and I'm going to visit 2413 02:13:02.920 --> 02:13:05.239 with Ann. Hello, Anne, Welcome, to garden line. 2414 02:13:05.279 --> 02:13:09.520 Good morning, thank you. I have a lot of beds 2415 02:13:09.960 --> 02:13:11.920 in my yard back in front. 2416 02:13:13.479 --> 02:13:15.640 Most of them are pretty much. 2417 02:13:15.640 --> 02:13:21.039 Sun but I pull these little wispy weeds. They grow 2418 02:13:21.159 --> 02:13:24.479 up like overnight, and the pine els. I guess I'll 2419 02:13:24.520 --> 02:13:26.920 never get a big enough where I can keep that out. 2420 02:13:27.600 --> 02:13:31.239 But could I get to sprinkle in the bed. 2421 02:13:32.720 --> 02:13:34.319 To try to deter that. 2422 02:13:34.840 --> 02:13:37.439 I mean, they grow like crazy. If you got one, 2423 02:13:37.520 --> 02:13:39.479 you got five, and then you got about ten, and 2424 02:13:39.560 --> 02:13:40.800 then it rear of it all over. 2425 02:13:42.199 --> 02:13:44.800 All, right, ann, Well, I need to know the weed 2426 02:13:45.000 --> 02:13:47.960 before I can really recommend a product for you if 2427 02:13:47.960 --> 02:13:51.279 it's coming from seed. There are products that are labeled 2428 02:13:51.319 --> 02:13:53.840 for use in a garden bed that are pre emergence 2429 02:13:54.039 --> 02:14:01.359 that you can use, but it depends on the barricade works. 2430 02:14:01.800 --> 02:14:05.880 But barricade is not labeled for garden beds, and so 2431 02:14:06.159 --> 02:14:10.439 I can't recommend that you use it in a garden bed. Generally, 2432 02:14:10.560 --> 02:14:15.239 with garden beds, my approach to my beds is multch, mulch, multch, 2433 02:14:15.479 --> 02:14:17.560 never let the sunlight hit the soil. You're right about 2434 02:14:17.600 --> 02:14:19.520 pine needles. They make a good multch, but they don't 2435 02:14:19.560 --> 02:14:22.079 block the light as well as other types of mulch, 2436 02:14:22.640 --> 02:14:25.520 and I think I would consider putting a little thicker 2437 02:14:25.600 --> 02:14:28.520 layer of mulch and something that blocks the light a 2438 02:14:28.600 --> 02:14:34.000 little bit better. That would work in keeping weed seeds down. Now, 2439 02:14:34.039 --> 02:14:36.840 if it's a perennial weed, you know nutsedge and bermuda 2440 02:14:36.920 --> 02:14:43.840 grass and a lot of them. Okay, well, then go 2441 02:14:44.039 --> 02:14:48.920 on my website gardening with Skip dot com Gardening with 2442 02:14:49.039 --> 02:14:52.479 Skip dot com and look for a publication called an 2443 02:14:52.600 --> 02:14:55.560 in Depth Look at Nutsedge or nuts edge an in 2444 02:14:55.760 --> 02:14:58.439 Depth Look and read that and it'll tell you what 2445 02:14:58.560 --> 02:15:00.399 to do for nuts edge. It's a a little more 2446 02:15:00.439 --> 02:15:02.800 involved than I can get in on the air, but 2447 02:15:02.920 --> 02:15:04.920 it's not hard to do, and you can do it. 2448 02:15:05.000 --> 02:15:06.840 I have a little weed wiper that I made that 2449 02:15:06.960 --> 02:15:08.600 makes it real easy to use. You don't have to 2450 02:15:08.640 --> 02:15:12.119 have a weed wiper to control ntsage, but that is 2451 02:15:12.239 --> 02:15:14.239 probably it. If you would like to send me a 2452 02:15:14.319 --> 02:15:17.760 picture of the weed up close in good sharp focus, 2453 02:15:18.000 --> 02:15:20.079 I'll identify it and then tell you what to do. 2454 02:15:20.199 --> 02:15:23.199 We can also take that approach. Okay, okay, well. 2455 02:15:23.119 --> 02:15:24.479 I'll look on your wisite. 2456 02:15:24.600 --> 02:15:27.560 Thank you so much. Yeah, you do that, I'm gonna 2457 02:15:27.560 --> 02:15:29.119 put you on hold. You can hang up or if 2458 02:15:29.159 --> 02:15:31.720 you wait, you can get an email to send some 2459 02:15:31.840 --> 02:15:34.039 photos to to make sure we're talking about the same weed. 2460 02:15:34.439 --> 02:15:36.800 And thank you very much and I appreciate your call. 2461 02:15:37.520 --> 02:15:40.800 Sprint Creek Feed is up there in Magnolia off FM 2462 02:15:41.239 --> 02:15:44.960 twenty nine seventy eight. Sprint Creek Feed is. It's beautiful 2463 02:15:45.039 --> 02:15:47.359 by the way you drive up and it's like, oh 2464 02:15:47.399 --> 02:15:50.680 my gosh, this please is gorgeous. Castle you walk in, 2465 02:15:51.119 --> 02:15:53.319 there's all the feed that you would expect from a 2466 02:15:53.359 --> 02:15:56.079 feed store. Of course, there's that kind of thing, but 2467 02:15:56.439 --> 02:15:59.199 staring straight ahead, there's all kinds of beautiful things for 2468 02:15:59.279 --> 02:16:03.840 the home, for indoors, decorations and whatnot. Really cool nice store. 2469 02:16:04.560 --> 02:16:08.239 Spring Creek Feed Center on twenty nine seventy eight, just 2470 02:16:08.359 --> 02:16:10.840 minutes away from Graham Parkway and Highway two forty nine, 2471 02:16:10.920 --> 02:16:14.720 just northeast of the Tombaugh area. They carry fertilizers like 2472 02:16:15.159 --> 02:16:18.680 Nelson's and Microlife and nitrofoss. They carry pest, weed and 2473 02:16:18.760 --> 02:16:22.640 disease control products. If you are a military or a 2474 02:16:22.760 --> 02:16:27.000 senior citizen, then discounts are available to you. They special 2475 02:16:27.159 --> 02:16:30.560 order and they also will deliver upon request at Spring 2476 02:16:31.039 --> 02:16:35.040 Creek Feed Center. I recommend you check them out by 2477 02:16:35.079 --> 02:16:39.360 the way spring creekfeed dot com. That's the actual website 2478 02:16:39.639 --> 02:16:41.719 if you want to go there and check out the 2479 02:16:41.879 --> 02:16:43.719 things that they have going on there. They also have 2480 02:16:43.799 --> 02:16:46.040 plants by the way, low plant section out front. That's 2481 02:16:46.079 --> 02:16:52.280 really nice Spring Creek Feed. I was looking. I always 2482 02:16:52.399 --> 02:16:58.040 check follow my own sponsors on social media and just 2483 02:16:58.239 --> 02:17:01.440 see what's going on, what's happening, what's happening there in 2484 02:17:01.559 --> 02:17:06.040 Chennet Gardens out in Richmond Rosenberg. You know, I don't 2485 02:17:06.040 --> 02:17:08.479 even need really to look at social media because there's 2486 02:17:08.600 --> 02:17:10.879 always stuff going on there and I can just tell 2487 02:17:10.879 --> 02:17:12.719 you what is the season, well, I can tell you 2488 02:17:12.719 --> 02:17:15.120 what they have there because they have everything you need 2489 02:17:15.600 --> 02:17:18.639 for whatever season you're in. Now, this is kind of cool. 2490 02:17:18.760 --> 02:17:22.760 But on Saturday, June seventh, that's next Saturday, at ten am, 2491 02:17:23.399 --> 02:17:26.360 they are doing a little class on ferry gardens. And 2492 02:17:26.479 --> 02:17:28.399 if you've never seen a ferry garden, just think of 2493 02:17:28.479 --> 02:17:31.319 a miniature garden with figurines in it. So you go 2494 02:17:31.399 --> 02:17:33.920 to the base of a tree, for example, and around 2495 02:17:34.000 --> 02:17:36.639 that tree you have light, a little mossy like mulch 2496 02:17:36.719 --> 02:17:40.159 area down there, and then you have all these figurines. 2497 02:17:40.200 --> 02:17:42.079 It's all a little miniature and it's like a little 2498 02:17:42.159 --> 02:17:44.920 miniature scene as if you walked upon a little faery 2499 02:17:45.000 --> 02:17:47.920 neighborhood in your garden. You can do that in containers too, 2500 02:17:48.040 --> 02:17:52.600 by the way, And in Chened Gardens Chenny Gardens, Richmond, Rosenberg. 2501 02:17:52.680 --> 02:17:55.760 They're on FM three point fifty nine on the northeast 2502 02:17:55.799 --> 02:17:59.360 side of Richmond, the Katie Fullsher side of Richmond F 2503 02:17:59.559 --> 02:18:03.920 three nine. The websites in Chenni Gardens Richmond dot com. 2504 02:18:04.280 --> 02:18:06.840 Follow them on social media, check out the things that 2505 02:18:06.959 --> 02:18:10.920 they have. Very interesting, very cool. I saw recently they 2506 02:18:11.000 --> 02:18:14.000 had kind of come up with a plan for a red, 2507 02:18:14.079 --> 02:18:18.799 white and blue flag planting So imagine a planting bed 2508 02:18:19.159 --> 02:18:22.680 that looked like the American flag. Yeah, they got they 2509 02:18:22.760 --> 02:18:24.680 got the plants to do that with. Isn't that cool? 2510 02:18:25.040 --> 02:18:27.120 But that's just like them to be creative like that. 2511 02:18:27.239 --> 02:18:29.200 They carry all the products you need, they have, they 2512 02:18:29.280 --> 02:18:32.159 have folks that greet you, that help you, that know 2513 02:18:32.280 --> 02:18:35.200 what they're talking about. And Chenny Gardens on the Katie 2514 02:18:35.200 --> 02:18:40.120 Foster side of Richmond. I love I always love visiting, 2515 02:18:40.600 --> 02:18:43.040 you know. We one of these days we need to 2516 02:18:43.079 --> 02:18:47.559 do a garden line garden tour, like an All Saturday 2517 02:18:47.719 --> 02:18:50.239 or something tour where we just go around and look 2518 02:18:50.280 --> 02:18:52.239 at all these places. Would that be fun? Would you 2519 02:18:52.360 --> 02:18:54.600 like that? Get a big bus go around. We'd have 2520 02:18:54.639 --> 02:18:58.280 to pull trailers behind the bus for all your plants, though. Anyway, 2521 02:18:58.920 --> 02:19:01.000 you get the idea. I'll take a little break here. 2522 02:19:01.120 --> 02:19:04.000 We'll be back in just a moment with your calls. 2523 02:19:04.479 --> 02:19:08.200 Seven one three two one two ktr H. Seven one 2524 02:19:08.280 --> 02:19:11.520 three two one two k t r H. In the meantime, 2525 02:19:12.200 --> 02:19:15.319 why not go check out my website gardening with Skip 2526 02:19:15.559 --> 02:19:18.719 dot com. Gardening with Skip dot com. Look at what's 2527 02:19:18.799 --> 02:19:21.159 up there, make yourself familiar with it, and get ready. 2528 02:19:21.479 --> 02:19:23.840 There's a lot more stuff coming. We're just going to 2529 02:19:23.920 --> 02:19:25.719 keep building it better and better. But it'd be good 2530 02:19:25.719 --> 02:19:27.600 if you had a bookmark. That way, when you're listening 2531 02:19:27.600 --> 02:19:29.000 to guard Line, I can just tell you, hey, go 2532 02:19:29.159 --> 02:19:32.760 check it now. I'll be right back. Okay, you get it, 2533 02:19:32.879 --> 02:19:38.440 You get it, Megan Trainer, Oh my gosh, Hey, welcome 2534 02:19:38.479 --> 02:19:40.959 back to Guardline. Good to have you with us. Seven 2535 02:19:41.040 --> 02:19:43.879 one three two one two KTRH. That's the number you 2536 02:19:43.959 --> 02:19:45.280 need if you want to give me a call. We'll 2537 02:19:45.360 --> 02:19:47.639 talk about what you're interested in. As long as it's 2538 02:19:48.000 --> 02:19:51.440 gardening that you're interested in. Be glad to help. When 2539 02:19:51.479 --> 02:19:55.079 we get rain, guess what happens in yards all over 2540 02:19:55.120 --> 02:19:57.600 the place, including years in mind, and that is fire ants. 2541 02:19:57.799 --> 02:20:00.239 They come boiling up out of the ground if you well, 2542 02:20:00.600 --> 02:20:03.000 getting those little dirt mounds built up a little bit higher, 2543 02:20:03.559 --> 02:20:06.559 and they spoiled the show. In fact, I can tell 2544 02:20:06.600 --> 02:20:11.319 you a horror story. Years ago. I was in ruston 2545 02:20:11.399 --> 02:20:13.879 Louisiana at a peach orchard, big peach orchard. I was 2546 02:20:13.920 --> 02:20:16.600 doing a part of my master's work there in horticulture, 2547 02:20:17.159 --> 02:20:19.920 and I was out pruning one day. No, it wasn't pruning, 2548 02:20:19.959 --> 02:20:23.600 it was harvesting, actually doing some thinning of the peaches 2549 02:20:23.840 --> 02:20:28.159 and whatnot, and all of a sudden I felt pain 2550 02:20:28.719 --> 02:20:35.079 from my belt down everywhere. And what I was standing 2551 02:20:35.239 --> 02:20:38.479 in a fire at mound and they had all crawled 2552 02:20:38.559 --> 02:20:40.879 up my legs, crawled up the pants actually, I guess, 2553 02:20:41.479 --> 02:20:45.520 and I think they all went one, two, three, go, 2554 02:20:45.879 --> 02:20:49.600 and they all just it was like everywhere pain shot. 2555 02:20:50.159 --> 02:20:55.520 Let me just say this modesty gave way to self preservation, 2556 02:20:56.360 --> 02:20:59.840 and yeah, it was. I'm glad that that was before 2557 02:20:59.879 --> 02:21:02.159 the day where they filmed everything and put it on YouTube. 2558 02:21:02.600 --> 02:21:05.840 But there's probably still talking about that in Rust and Louisiana. 2559 02:21:05.920 --> 02:21:08.799 I remember that time. That guy. Anyway, let's just say this, 2560 02:21:09.000 --> 02:21:12.440 it was, it was. It was not pleasant. My relationship 2561 02:21:12.520 --> 02:21:15.440 with fire ants is not a love hate relationship. It's 2562 02:21:15.600 --> 02:21:17.799 well it is. I love to hate them. I just 2563 02:21:18.000 --> 02:21:22.159 love hating fiants. The folks that nitrophass have a fire 2564 02:21:22.200 --> 02:21:25.120 ant killer. It works well, it works fast. You know, 2565 02:21:25.239 --> 02:21:27.760 we got baits, and I recommend you use baits. They're 2566 02:21:27.799 --> 02:21:30.040 a good long term way to get controller on the yard. 2567 02:21:30.559 --> 02:21:32.120 But when you need to get out there and knock 2568 02:21:32.120 --> 02:21:34.280 a mound out, you know, let's say this afternoon, you 2569 02:21:34.360 --> 02:21:36.600 got a party going on, and tomorrow maybe you got 2570 02:21:36.840 --> 02:21:39.360 a gathering going on. You need to deal with those 2571 02:21:39.479 --> 02:21:43.120 fast and so getting fast results is important. And the 2572 02:21:43.280 --> 02:21:46.360 Nitropos fire ant killer is an excellent choice for doing 2573 02:21:46.440 --> 02:21:50.239 just at and spoiling the show. And right before you 2574 02:21:50.399 --> 02:21:51.760 put it on the mound, I want you to look 2575 02:21:51.760 --> 02:21:54.360 at the fire ants and go skip sent me hahaha, 2576 02:21:54.719 --> 02:21:56.799 and then put it on the mound. That that will 2577 02:21:56.840 --> 02:21:59.680 make me feel better at least. Yeah, like I said, 2578 02:21:59.719 --> 02:22:02.639 I was, I was. I was basically marred for life 2579 02:22:03.040 --> 02:22:06.440 from that experience. Well, you are listening to the garden 2580 02:22:06.440 --> 02:22:07.760 line if you'd like to give me a call seven 2581 02:22:07.799 --> 02:22:10.799 one three two one two Katie r Age seven one 2582 02:22:10.879 --> 02:22:13.319 three two one two Kati your age by the way, 2583 02:22:13.360 --> 02:22:17.159 Sorry about that vividmental image. Affordable Tree Service. If you 2584 02:22:17.319 --> 02:22:20.959 need your trees taken care of, Affordable Tree Service, that 2585 02:22:21.399 --> 02:22:23.479 is the one you need to call. Martin Spoon Moore's 2586 02:22:23.479 --> 02:22:26.959 company is a family owned operation. You've been hearing about 2587 02:22:27.040 --> 02:22:30.159 Martin since what Randy was sitting in this chair for 2588 02:22:30.280 --> 02:22:34.120 twenty six years doing garden Line. He talked about Affordable 2589 02:22:34.159 --> 02:22:36.959 Tree Service as the go to place, and it still is. 2590 02:22:37.319 --> 02:22:40.799 It still is. Uh, This family owned operation is the 2591 02:22:40.920 --> 02:22:44.120 kind where everybody pitches in. And you give a phone 2592 02:22:44.159 --> 02:22:47.760 call to Affordable Tree Service at seven one three sixt' 2593 02:22:47.840 --> 02:22:51.559 nine nine two six sixty three, and probably you're going 2594 02:22:51.639 --> 02:22:53.920 to talk to Martin's mom. She usually answers the phone 2595 02:22:53.920 --> 02:22:57.520 there seven one three six nine nine two six six three. 2596 02:22:57.600 --> 02:22:59.639 Tell her you're you heard about him on guarden Line, 2597 02:23:00.000 --> 02:23:02.559 because Guardenline customers are the top priority for them, So 2598 02:23:02.680 --> 02:23:05.280 make sure and mention that to them now when you 2599 02:23:05.559 --> 02:23:08.719 give them a call, they certainly can come out and prune. 2600 02:23:09.200 --> 02:23:12.719 It's storm season and your tree's being properly pruned is 2601 02:23:12.959 --> 02:23:15.399 very important. And it's not just like you prune them 2602 02:23:15.440 --> 02:23:18.159 now for this season. It's like you continue to maintain 2603 02:23:18.200 --> 02:23:21.399 a healthy tree so that when storms come, you have 2604 02:23:21.479 --> 02:23:24.159 a tree that has grown in the strongest possible way 2605 02:23:24.479 --> 02:23:27.239 to withstand those storms. Do you see what I'm talking about? 2606 02:23:27.760 --> 02:23:32.200 And they know how to do that at Affordable Tree Service. Now, 2607 02:23:32.840 --> 02:23:36.200 with proper pruning, over time, you build the most resilient 2608 02:23:36.280 --> 02:23:39.280 tree you can. They do other things. They do consultations. 2609 02:23:39.399 --> 02:23:41.559 If you're going to have any kind of construction done 2610 02:23:41.600 --> 02:23:46.000 around a tree, please call them first to come out 2611 02:23:46.239 --> 02:23:48.879 and advise you. By the time you put a trench 2612 02:23:48.920 --> 02:23:51.840 in the ground, you damage the roots. It's done. You 2613 02:23:51.920 --> 02:23:54.520 can do things to help it recover as best you can. 2614 02:23:55.000 --> 02:23:58.479 But it's way better than to let Affordable Tree come out. 2615 02:23:59.520 --> 02:24:02.399 It's way better two. Let Affordable Tree come out and 2616 02:24:02.559 --> 02:24:04.479 tell you where to put that trench or what you 2617 02:24:04.600 --> 02:24:06.399 can do to help the tree in the process, and 2618 02:24:06.479 --> 02:24:09.399 so on. They do deep roof feeding, They do pest 2619 02:24:09.479 --> 02:24:11.600 and disease control. You got a no stump you're tired 2620 02:24:11.639 --> 02:24:13.920 of looking at, they can come out and do stump grinding. 2621 02:24:14.280 --> 02:24:16.799 If you're gonna build a house, pre Construction Care. You 2622 02:24:16.879 --> 02:24:20.879 got to call them first. Affordable Tree Service seven one 2623 02:24:21.000 --> 02:24:24.879 three six ninety nine two six six three and somebody 2624 02:24:25.000 --> 02:24:26.879 just left the gates open on the phone here. All right, 2625 02:24:26.879 --> 02:24:29.079 We're gonna go up to Willis now and talk to 2626 02:24:29.239 --> 02:24:31.959 Kelly this morning. Hello Kelly, Welcome to garden Line. 2627 02:24:33.440 --> 02:24:34.360 Good morning. 2628 02:24:35.760 --> 02:24:36.040 Morning. 2629 02:24:36.079 --> 02:24:40.040 Had a question. I'm up in Willis, Texas. Got a 2630 02:24:40.120 --> 02:24:43.239 real problem with I guess what's called a leaf cutter ants? 2631 02:24:44.479 --> 02:24:49.680 And you huh, yeah, and uh. I want to know 2632 02:24:49.959 --> 02:24:53.680 if the best ways to get rid of them and 2633 02:24:53.879 --> 02:24:57.040 control them or either you know one or the other. 2634 02:24:59.520 --> 02:25:03.280 Yeah, they're a challenge. Leaf cutters are because what they 2635 02:25:03.360 --> 02:25:06.399 do is they chew the leaves off your tree, they 2636 02:25:06.799 --> 02:25:08.920 clip them off, they take them home, they glue them 2637 02:25:08.959 --> 02:25:12.319 to the ceiling and grow fungus on them and underground, 2638 02:25:12.559 --> 02:25:15.159 and then they eat the fungus. So it's hard to 2639 02:25:15.200 --> 02:25:18.799 control them. There are some baits that are made for 2640 02:25:19.040 --> 02:25:21.639 leaf cutter ants, and you just have to go where 2641 02:25:21.799 --> 02:25:24.600 you shop up there in the Willis area. You might 2642 02:25:24.879 --> 02:25:27.719 talk to the folks at Growers Outlet and see if 2643 02:25:27.760 --> 02:25:30.000 they have one. It's kind of a specialty bait. They 2644 02:25:30.079 --> 02:25:32.680 may not, but check them, check with your ace hardware 2645 02:25:32.719 --> 02:25:36.520 store up there right off of forty five going north 2646 02:25:37.120 --> 02:25:40.680 and see if they carry a leaf cutter ant bait. 2647 02:25:40.760 --> 02:25:42.479 If not, you need to search for one because it's 2648 02:25:42.520 --> 02:25:45.000 not the same as regular fire ant bait. It's a 2649 02:25:45.040 --> 02:25:48.959 different bait. But that's one option. I had a farm 2650 02:25:49.520 --> 02:25:52.920 west or to study, east of Willis on County Line Road, 2651 02:25:53.600 --> 02:25:55.959 and we had peach trees. And I came out one 2652 02:25:56.079 --> 02:25:59.120 night and three trees that were fully leafed out were 2653 02:25:59.200 --> 02:26:02.559 completely leafless overnight because they found them and they cleaned 2654 02:26:02.559 --> 02:26:05.319 them out. We had a big colony. And what I 2655 02:26:05.440 --> 02:26:09.799 did is I got some dust like ortheene dust ant 2656 02:26:09.879 --> 02:26:15.680 must and I dusted every entrance to every mound. You know, 2657 02:26:15.799 --> 02:26:17.639 they have a whole colony of little holes. You can 2658 02:26:17.639 --> 02:26:20.239 see where the active holes are, so that every fire 2659 02:26:20.239 --> 02:26:22.479 ant that I mean, every leaf cutter ant that left 2660 02:26:22.559 --> 02:26:24.719 the mound or came back to the mound walked through 2661 02:26:24.760 --> 02:26:26.959 the dust and it kills that ant. It does not 2662 02:26:27.159 --> 02:26:30.479 kill the mound. But if you do that and they 2663 02:26:30.559 --> 02:26:33.159 can't come out without dying and tracking that stuff in, 2664 02:26:33.920 --> 02:26:36.360 you will suppress them and you won't see them for 2665 02:26:36.440 --> 02:26:38.680 a while. They'll go away for a while and at 2666 02:26:38.760 --> 02:26:43.079 that point that is where you you know, then it 2667 02:26:43.440 --> 02:26:46.479 at least it's just keeping them from doing their damage 2668 02:26:46.719 --> 02:26:49.639 as fast as you can. Now, I'm gonna do this, 2669 02:26:50.040 --> 02:26:51.719 if you will. I'm gonna put you on hold, and 2670 02:26:51.760 --> 02:26:55.120 I want you to give my producer your email, and 2671 02:26:55.200 --> 02:26:58.959 I'm going to send you a concoction that pest control 2672 02:26:59.000 --> 02:27:01.920 operators have told me works. It's a combination of different 2673 02:27:01.959 --> 02:27:03.799 products and I can't go into it all on the air, 2674 02:27:04.280 --> 02:27:06.760 but I will send you a copy of this for 2675 02:27:06.920 --> 02:27:09.120 you to give a shot to if you just promised 2676 02:27:09.159 --> 02:27:12.600 to report to me how it does for you, because 2677 02:27:12.879 --> 02:27:15.200 I'm told that it works pretty good and it gives 2678 02:27:15.239 --> 02:27:18.000 a good long suppression of the leaf cutter aunt. But 2679 02:27:18.159 --> 02:27:21.719 just hang on, put you on hold, and I'll see you. 2680 02:27:21.920 --> 02:27:25.120 Time for one other thing or not. 2681 02:27:25.760 --> 02:27:28.200 You're gonna have to hold until after break for that. 2682 02:27:28.440 --> 02:27:30.319 But I've got to go to break. I'll pick you 2683 02:27:30.440 --> 02:27:33.479 back up when I come back. All right, All right, folks, 2684 02:27:33.559 --> 02:27:41.479 I'll be right back here we go. All right, we're back. Hey, 2685 02:27:41.559 --> 02:27:43.559 when was the last time you went to Moss Nursery? 2686 02:27:44.440 --> 02:27:46.600 You hear me talk about Moss all the time. The 2687 02:27:46.719 --> 02:27:49.040 place is amazing. I mean, you go down to Moss 2688 02:27:49.200 --> 02:27:53.079 and you're gonna find eight acres jam pack full of 2689 02:27:53.399 --> 02:27:57.200 gorgeous plants, just everything you can imagine. If you want 2690 02:27:57.239 --> 02:27:59.639 to create a tropical paradise, boy did they ever have it. 2691 02:28:00.159 --> 02:28:03.760 If you want to maybe do cactine succulents, they can 2692 02:28:03.840 --> 02:28:05.680 got you set up. You're not com find a better 2693 02:28:05.719 --> 02:28:09.280 selection of containers anywhere. I mean, the place is crawling 2694 02:28:09.600 --> 02:28:12.959 with containers and every other kind of plant you can imagine. 2695 02:28:13.040 --> 02:28:16.639 Jim Moss has made this family operation. I've been around 2696 02:28:16.680 --> 02:28:20.719 seventy years, by the way, eight acre family operation, seventy years. 2697 02:28:20.840 --> 02:28:23.120 He's made it into a wonderland and it's a fun 2698 02:28:23.200 --> 02:28:26.520 place to go, just wandering through and seeing all the things. 2699 02:28:26.840 --> 02:28:29.040 If you cannot find a plant you like there, then 2700 02:28:29.200 --> 02:28:31.280 you don't. You better check your pulse. You probably don't 2701 02:28:31.319 --> 02:28:36.000 have one. Because Moss Nursery is set up with everything 2702 02:28:36.319 --> 02:28:38.559 you need to have beauty and success. That's why people 2703 02:28:38.600 --> 02:28:40.040 down there love it so much. That's why I have 2704 02:28:40.200 --> 02:28:43.239 to have truckloads of plants coming in constantly, just keeping 2705 02:28:43.280 --> 02:28:47.479 the place well stocked because people love that thing. Doesn't 2706 02:28:47.520 --> 02:28:52.079 matter betting plants, herbs, shrubs, vines, They've got it all 2707 02:28:52.520 --> 02:28:54.959 they've got it all there now. If you don't have 2708 02:28:55.079 --> 02:28:58.159 some fun, how about showing up on Saturday, June fourteenth 2709 02:28:58.280 --> 02:29:02.079 from twelve to six pm. Twelve noon to six pm Saturday, 2710 02:29:02.159 --> 02:29:04.600 June fourteenth, a couple of saturdays from now. They're gonna 2711 02:29:04.600 --> 02:29:07.239 have Alex Moss, the Black Angels and light in the 2712 02:29:07.280 --> 02:29:10.200 attic and it's just it's gonna be worth to have 2713 02:29:10.280 --> 02:29:14.000 a crawfish ball. It's all free. Crawfish boil for free. 2714 02:29:14.000 --> 02:29:17.120 How do they do that? Anyway? It will be fun. 2715 02:29:17.760 --> 02:29:20.000 Go check out Moss Nursery, have some fun. Look at 2716 02:29:20.040 --> 02:29:22.719 the waters features and things that they have. Look at 2717 02:29:22.760 --> 02:29:25.000 the beautiful oh asked to see their out There is 2718 02:29:25.040 --> 02:29:28.239 a rows of Sharon. Some of the most gorgeous underplanted 2719 02:29:28.280 --> 02:29:31.200 plants been around the South for a long time. Not 2720 02:29:31.319 --> 02:29:33.319 as common as they used to be, but they should be, 2721 02:29:33.440 --> 02:29:35.639 and they got them there at Moss Nursery on Toddville 2722 02:29:35.680 --> 02:29:38.799 Road in Seabrook, Texas. We're gonna head now up to 2723 02:29:38.840 --> 02:29:41.600 the Woodlands and talk to Ken. Hello, Ken, Welcome to 2724 02:29:41.680 --> 02:29:42.399 garden Line. 2725 02:29:43.920 --> 02:29:44.200 Morning. 2726 02:29:44.280 --> 02:29:49.239 Skip got a couple of questions about the Weeden Eter product. 2727 02:29:49.440 --> 02:29:54.600 I put that down almost exactly ninety days ago. March first, 2728 02:29:55.399 --> 02:29:59.840 and it has been fantastic. I don't know about the 2729 02:30:00.959 --> 02:30:04.520 weed killing properties of it, because I couldn't really tell 2730 02:30:04.559 --> 02:30:07.799 if it was that effective, but the grass has just 2731 02:30:08.719 --> 02:30:12.719 been incredible. It's you know, just a deep green, and 2732 02:30:12.959 --> 02:30:17.120 it hasn't grown up as you know, it hasn't gotten 2733 02:30:17.239 --> 02:30:22.719 stringy and tall as much. I haven't had to mow 2734 02:30:22.799 --> 02:30:26.120 it as frequently, I guess, and it has really spread 2735 02:30:26.360 --> 02:30:33.319 with runners just you know, like incredibly filled in some 2736 02:30:33.520 --> 02:30:36.159 areas that I was concerned about. And you know, I've 2737 02:30:36.280 --> 02:30:40.200 used other products for spring, and my question is I've 2738 02:30:40.239 --> 02:30:42.120 still got a half a bag of it left. Can 2739 02:30:42.200 --> 02:30:45.600 I use it now and make another application for the 2740 02:30:45.639 --> 02:30:48.120 summer or do I need to switch to something else now? 2741 02:30:48.879 --> 02:30:51.120 Now tell me how long ago you used it? 2742 02:30:52.319 --> 02:30:56.120 Ninety days March first, Okay. 2743 02:30:55.959 --> 02:30:58.799 Yeah, you can use it again, and you're dealing with 2744 02:30:58.879 --> 02:31:04.840 Saint Augustine, yes, okay, yes, you can, just be careful, 2745 02:31:05.000 --> 02:31:09.639 don't misuse it. It has an ingredient called a CANBA 2746 02:31:09.760 --> 02:31:14.360 that's very effective as a post emergent broad leaf weed control. 2747 02:31:14.559 --> 02:31:17.440 It's not going to control grassy weeds. Post emergent broad 2748 02:31:17.520 --> 02:31:20.159 leaf is the one, but you can use it now 2749 02:31:20.319 --> 02:31:22.639 if you'd like to. I generally don't talk about that 2750 02:31:22.760 --> 02:31:26.040 now because we're usually switching to some other things through 2751 02:31:26.079 --> 02:31:28.680 this time of the year. But if you wanted to 2752 02:31:28.719 --> 02:31:31.000 get your fertilizer down and do the weed control at 2753 02:31:31.040 --> 02:31:32.600 the same time, you could do that. I would wet 2754 02:31:32.680 --> 02:31:36.159 the lawn and while the leaves are wet, the grass 2755 02:31:36.319 --> 02:31:41.799 blades are wet, then I would put it out and 2756 02:31:41.920 --> 02:31:44.280 then and then yeah, okay. 2757 02:31:45.600 --> 02:31:50.440 And one other question about weed control. I know you're 2758 02:31:50.479 --> 02:31:53.879 not supposed to use most of them when the temperatures 2759 02:31:53.959 --> 02:31:58.200 get hot, But the only question is if you use them. 2760 02:31:59.360 --> 02:32:01.600 You know, she's going to go to ninety five in 2761 02:32:01.680 --> 02:32:05.719 the afternoon, but it's only you know, eighty in the morning. 2762 02:32:07.440 --> 02:32:09.360 Is it okay to use those things or is it 2763 02:32:09.559 --> 02:32:12.360 a you know, anytime in twenty four hours if it 2764 02:32:12.440 --> 02:32:14.120 gets above ninety. 2765 02:32:14.120 --> 02:32:17.840 No, that's a good question. Yeah, it's it's a good question. 2766 02:32:18.040 --> 02:32:20.760 And when I've talked to the reps from the companies 2767 02:32:20.760 --> 02:32:24.079 about that, because I had that same question, they were saying, well, 2768 02:32:24.159 --> 02:32:27.000 as long as it's not ninety when you're using it, Well, 2769 02:32:28.200 --> 02:32:30.079 you know, when we get into the heat of summer, 2770 02:32:30.200 --> 02:32:33.680 it's going to be ninety by the time this comes up. Practically, 2771 02:32:33.959 --> 02:32:36.639 I mean, that's an exaggeration, but you want to be 2772 02:32:36.719 --> 02:32:39.840 real careful, so I try to avoid it. That's why 2773 02:32:39.879 --> 02:32:42.879 you always be talking about celsius, because it's more forgiving 2774 02:32:43.440 --> 02:32:46.959 in terms of the temperature. Plus it works good on 2775 02:32:47.079 --> 02:32:50.840 most weeds. But if you do it in the morning early, 2776 02:32:51.600 --> 02:32:54.520 let it cool, well, that's cool, let it completely dry 2777 02:32:54.600 --> 02:32:56.440 off then and then here comes the sun. It's supposed 2778 02:32:56.479 --> 02:32:58.840 to be okay on those. Just be a little careful 2779 02:32:59.559 --> 02:33:03.600 because some of the products are Saint Augustine, especially not 2780 02:33:03.760 --> 02:33:07.200 just saying, especially, some of the broadly weak collar products 2781 02:33:07.280 --> 02:33:10.719 really really weaken it. They stress it. They cause it 2782 02:33:10.840 --> 02:33:13.719 to yellow, to discolor a little bit, and and can 2783 02:33:13.799 --> 02:33:16.120 even do more damage than that by weakening it and 2784 02:33:16.239 --> 02:33:19.639 opening the door for some diseases. When we start pushing 2785 02:33:19.760 --> 02:33:21.920 the edge of that of that rule. 2786 02:33:24.280 --> 02:33:27.520 Okay, well, I appreciate it, and I'll go out and 2787 02:33:28.079 --> 02:33:32.799 put on another application of the weed natter here in 2788 02:33:32.840 --> 02:33:33.399 a few days. 2789 02:33:34.799 --> 02:33:37.200 All right, sounds good, Well, good luck with it. Just 2790 02:33:37.280 --> 02:33:39.920 remember don't, as always, don't if a teaspoons good, a 2791 02:33:40.000 --> 02:33:42.600 tablespoons not better, follow follow the label. 2792 02:33:42.600 --> 02:33:45.079 I understand, and that's why I've got a half a bag. 2793 02:33:47.399 --> 02:33:50.680 Okay, well, good, good for you, Good for you? All right, 2794 02:33:50.879 --> 02:33:57.440 you take care? Ye, yeah, that is the case. Seeing 2795 02:33:57.479 --> 02:34:01.760 the Maltz is your one stop shop for success. And 2796 02:34:01.840 --> 02:34:04.840 I really mean that. You know my mantra on garden line, 2797 02:34:04.959 --> 02:34:07.200 brown stuff before green stuff, well, at least it's one 2798 02:34:07.239 --> 02:34:10.280 of my mantras, brown stuff before green stuff means you 2799 02:34:10.360 --> 02:34:13.319 get that soul right. It drains well, it's got good nutrition, 2800 02:34:13.520 --> 02:34:18.040 it's got good internal oxygenation. It holds water well, but 2801 02:34:18.159 --> 02:34:21.280 it drains away the excess. It's got everything that plants need. 2802 02:34:21.479 --> 02:34:24.760 Is a foundation for success. See animals is a place 2803 02:34:24.799 --> 02:34:27.079 you get that done. You go there, you get your 2804 02:34:27.120 --> 02:34:29.319 compost products. I don't care if you're putting in a 2805 02:34:29.399 --> 02:34:31.200 vegetable bed or a herb bed and you want the 2806 02:34:31.280 --> 02:34:34.479 veggie nerb mix from Heirloom Soils. They've got that. Maybe 2807 02:34:34.520 --> 02:34:37.079 you're putting in some altheas I was just talking about 2808 02:34:37.079 --> 02:34:40.280 the Rosa sharon and the Althea moss nursery. Well that's 2809 02:34:40.319 --> 02:34:43.879 a blooming plant. So the rose mix, the rose and 2810 02:34:44.040 --> 02:34:48.559 bloomers mix that they carry is awesome for those kinds 2811 02:34:48.600 --> 02:34:52.280 of plants. You get the fertilizers that you need from microlife, 2812 02:34:52.520 --> 02:34:56.280 and from nitrofoss and from Nilsen plant fruit, and from Medina. 2813 02:34:57.120 --> 02:35:01.079 You need some azamite, they've got it there, Ciena Moll. 2814 02:35:01.280 --> 02:35:04.479 So basically, you drive in, you drive out, you set 2815 02:35:04.559 --> 02:35:06.920 up success, you plant your plants and you're good to go. 2816 02:35:07.600 --> 02:35:11.120 Don't forget Sienna when you're putting in your garden beds. 2817 02:35:11.399 --> 02:35:14.200 They deliver within about twenty miles of their location there, 2818 02:35:14.319 --> 02:35:17.360 so you can have them deliver for a small fee 2819 02:35:17.399 --> 02:35:19.280 if you'd like to do that there on FM five 2820 02:35:19.440 --> 02:35:23.360 twenty one. Just go to this website, Sienna bultch dot com. 2821 02:35:23.440 --> 02:35:25.479 By the way, they're open today till five pm, or 2822 02:35:25.520 --> 02:35:28.200 excuse me, till two pm. Sorry, only two pm today 2823 02:35:28.520 --> 02:35:30.680 during the week till five on Saturdays from to you 2824 02:35:30.760 --> 02:35:34.280 close on Sunday Sienna Mulch dot com. We'll tell you 2825 02:35:34.360 --> 02:35:37.719 everything you need to know. We're gonna now go to Peter. Peter, 2826 02:35:37.879 --> 02:35:40.000 are you in a town called Butcher, Texas? 2827 02:35:41.200 --> 02:35:43.520 Brookshire, Texas, sys sir, Good morning, Skip, how are you doing? 2828 02:35:43.600 --> 02:35:46.239 Oh? Brookshire? Okay? You know, I thought I knew every 2829 02:35:46.280 --> 02:35:48.159 town in Texas and I'd never heard of Butcher. So 2830 02:35:48.200 --> 02:35:52.239 all right, hey, Peter, how can we help so skip. 2831 02:35:52.280 --> 02:35:55.600 I've got a couple of big mesquites and aliva. With 2832 02:35:55.719 --> 02:35:57.920 the branches, you're getting so long and they're starting to 2833 02:35:57.959 --> 02:36:01.719 hang low. Now I was wondering, I've been using like 2834 02:36:02.159 --> 02:36:04.360 four by fours kind of pomp up the brains, but 2835 02:36:04.440 --> 02:36:06.280 they're so heavy, I can't do that anymore. So it's 2836 02:36:06.360 --> 02:36:09.639 wondering what's a good technique to elevate those branches. So 2837 02:36:09.680 --> 02:36:11.680 I have to kind of it's just getting hard to 2838 02:36:11.760 --> 02:36:12.520 mow underneath them. 2839 02:36:13.799 --> 02:36:17.159 Okay, well, if you want to elevate them, you're either 2840 02:36:17.200 --> 02:36:20.000 putting a prop under them, which is a long term 2841 02:36:20.120 --> 02:36:24.159 thing and requires a good strong prop, and then you've 2842 02:36:24.159 --> 02:36:27.360 got to move the prop in order to mow. There 2843 02:36:27.639 --> 02:36:31.440 is something that a qualified arborist can do where they 2844 02:36:31.520 --> 02:36:34.159 basically put an eyebolt through the branch and put an 2845 02:36:34.239 --> 02:36:37.200 eyebolt in a branch up high on the tree the 2846 02:36:37.280 --> 02:36:41.399 trunk or something, and they use a cable to support 2847 02:36:41.479 --> 02:36:44.239 that limb and to keep it from sagging more. Now 2848 02:36:44.280 --> 02:36:47.840 that's not normally a homeowner type attempt, but you can 2849 02:36:47.959 --> 02:36:50.399 kind of picture how that would work. But a good 2850 02:36:50.479 --> 02:36:53.760 cable with those eyebolts and good washers through the branch, 2851 02:36:53.920 --> 02:36:58.040 so that you know it, That would be another option, 2852 02:36:58.360 --> 02:36:59.879 and I'm not there to take a look at it 2853 02:37:00.200 --> 02:37:02.479 and to be able to assess whether that would be 2854 02:37:02.600 --> 02:37:05.280 suitable for the angles and the situation you got in 2855 02:37:05.360 --> 02:37:09.159 those trees, but that would be probably the way if 2856 02:37:09.200 --> 02:37:11.159 someone were wanting to go about not having to cut 2857 02:37:11.200 --> 02:37:11.760 the branch off. 2858 02:37:13.000 --> 02:37:16.840 Also cast another quick question, you bet so, I have 2859 02:37:17.479 --> 02:37:21.479 a small orchard and I'm power of pulling weeds. Is 2860 02:37:21.559 --> 02:37:24.680 it okay to like weed eat around that gets the 2861 02:37:24.719 --> 02:37:27.239 grass will load to put a wheat barrier down and 2862 02:37:27.360 --> 02:37:29.440 multiple on top. Because a lot of these trees are 2863 02:37:29.479 --> 02:37:31.479 only about two to three years old, was that going 2864 02:37:31.520 --> 02:37:32.159 to be a problem. 2865 02:37:34.840 --> 02:37:38.600 Well, what I would recommend is weed eating it as 2866 02:37:38.920 --> 02:37:43.799 to the dirt basically, and then laying down a good thick, thick, 2867 02:37:43.920 --> 02:37:47.000 thick mulch and keep it thick. The weeds that will 2868 02:37:47.000 --> 02:37:51.120 come through that are things like nutsedge and bermuda grass, 2869 02:37:51.639 --> 02:37:54.280 but those you can control with products that don't hurt 2870 02:37:54.360 --> 02:37:56.840 the tree. They don't hurt that like. There's a grass 2871 02:37:57.040 --> 02:38:00.159 only killer several on the market. You can go my 2872 02:38:00.239 --> 02:38:03.079 website gardening with skip dot com look for the publication 2873 02:38:03.239 --> 02:38:07.120 herbicides for skipsweed wiper and there's a section for grass 2874 02:38:07.200 --> 02:38:10.280 killers on there, and so the tree will love that. 2875 02:38:10.479 --> 02:38:13.920 Trees want to live with a forest floor environment. So yes, 2876 02:38:14.440 --> 02:38:17.840 as wide as you esthetically can stand, the tree will 2877 02:38:18.040 --> 02:38:22.879 like that. Fantastic Thank you sir. You bet have a 2878 02:38:23.000 --> 02:38:26.479 good day and we'll talk to you later. Appreciate your call. 2879 02:38:27.520 --> 02:38:30.799 All right, folks, Well that was fast. They're on a show. 2880 02:38:31.319 --> 02:38:35.319 We'll be back tomorrow, by the way, look forward to 2881 02:38:35.440 --> 02:38:36.239 visiting with you then.