WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:04.000 Welcome to Katie r. H Garden Line with Skip Rictor. 2 00:00:04.120 --> 00:00:15.039 It's the crazy trim. Just watch him as well. 3 00:00:18.960 --> 00:00:25.480 That so many people things to see bat crazy you. 4 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:33.320 Not a salon, incredit gas. 5 00:00:34.920 --> 00:00:37.280 Salamon sweet. 6 00:00:42.679 --> 00:00:47.320 All right, Good Saturday morning, folks, welcome to garden Lines. 7 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:50.359 Good have you with us this morning. We've got a 8 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:52.840 lot to talk about, as we always do in horticulture. 9 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:55.520 You know, when it comes to gardening, we never run 10 00:00:55.560 --> 00:00:57.759 out of things to talk about. Twelve months out of 11 00:00:57.799 --> 00:01:02.280 the year at three sixty five, it is there's always something, 12 00:01:02.640 --> 00:01:05.280 you know. It's the plants for the seasons, the problems 13 00:01:05.480 --> 00:01:10.719 for the seasons, identifying bugs and insects or insects and 14 00:01:10.840 --> 00:01:13.439 diseases and all kinds of things. There's always something going 15 00:01:13.480 --> 00:01:15.400 on out in the garden. That's a fun part about it. 16 00:01:15.840 --> 00:01:16.000 You know. 17 00:01:16.079 --> 00:01:19.079 One of the things I enjoy most about horticulture is 18 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:22.760 the fact that it's always changing and there's always something new. 19 00:01:22.799 --> 00:01:25.400 You don't get bored. It's not like silk flowers. 20 00:01:25.959 --> 00:01:26.120 You know. 21 00:01:26.359 --> 00:01:28.439 If you and I saw a landscape the other day, 22 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:33.640 it was loaded with silk flowers and just all along 23 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:36.560 the road and up the sidewalk and everything. And that's 24 00:01:36.599 --> 00:01:38.879 going to look the same three hundred and sixty five 25 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:43.400 days a year until the sun fades them. But that's boring. 26 00:01:44.079 --> 00:01:47.760 That's boring stuff. We love the changes. We love to 27 00:01:47.879 --> 00:01:51.599 see the perennials go through their seasons and then go 28 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:55.359 out and putting new annuals in and doing just different things. 29 00:01:55.599 --> 00:01:59.079 Spring brings, bring spring blooms, Summer bring summer blooms, fall 30 00:01:59.159 --> 00:02:02.760 brings fall blooms, and a landscape like that is always evolving, 31 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:06.560 and it's just an ongoing work of art. In my opinion, 32 00:02:06.640 --> 00:02:08.759 I like that about it. I think that is really 33 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:11.199 cool that it is an ongoing work of art. And 34 00:02:11.319 --> 00:02:13.599 as I've said before, don't worry about failing when it 35 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:17.560 comes to gardening. Just don't give up. Because you may 36 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:21.199 plant something and it doesn't do well, well, pull it up, 37 00:02:21.319 --> 00:02:25.280 put something else in there and it probably will. Hopefully 38 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:27.919 you picked a plant that was adapted to the area. 39 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:32.080 But listen, this is our fund. It's like, I don't know, 40 00:02:32.319 --> 00:02:35.680 finger painting in the first grade. Get you get to 41 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:38.120 just take your fingers, dip them in paint and smear 42 00:02:38.159 --> 00:02:41.199 them all over the place. And hey, mom and dad 43 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:43.840 thought it was gorgeous, right what you came up with 44 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:48.639 This is for your own esthetic pleasure, So just have 45 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:50.960 a good time. If you're someone that want to get 46 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:53.240 out and mess with the garden, you just want done, well, 47 00:02:53.439 --> 00:02:56.479 you can have it done for you. But I think 48 00:02:56.639 --> 00:03:03.240 part of the real healing and just mental health benefit 49 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:06.159 of gardening as well as physical is just getting out 50 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:08.759 there and having fun doing it all. Right, Well, you've called, 51 00:03:09.039 --> 00:03:10.319 you're listening to the right place. 52 00:03:10.439 --> 00:03:10.560 Now. 53 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:13.000 If you'd like to call the right place, we're gonna 54 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.039 say seven to one three two one two ktr H 55 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:18.800 seven one three two one two k t RH give 56 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:21.360 me a call. Let's uh, let's talk about the things 57 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:26.680 that are of interest to you. One of the most 58 00:03:26.719 --> 00:03:30.599 important things that we do in the garden is to 59 00:03:30.680 --> 00:03:34.439 get out and make sure our soil is good, that 60 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:41.879 our soil was basically built up for good drainage and 61 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:49.479 enriched for good nutrient content and good oxygen depth into 62 00:03:49.560 --> 00:03:52.759 the soil. A heavy clay air just can't move down 63 00:03:52.800 --> 00:03:56.360 into that, nor can water very fast. Right, But as 64 00:03:56.439 --> 00:03:59.319 you break it up at organic matter at expanded hill, 65 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:03.240 those kinds of thing, you increase the amount of air 66 00:04:03.319 --> 00:04:06.199 that can move down deeper and deeper into the soil 67 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:08.719 and therefore the root system thrives. So that's how we 68 00:04:08.800 --> 00:04:11.560 do it. That is what I would say would be 69 00:04:11.719 --> 00:04:15.639 an organic approach to soil care, because when it comes 70 00:04:15.719 --> 00:04:20.519 to organics, it's all about the soil. People think, well, 71 00:04:20.759 --> 00:04:26.199 something's organic, so I'm going to use an organic fungicide 72 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:29.079 or an organic pesticide or an organic herbicide. No, that's 73 00:04:29.120 --> 00:04:32.040 not where organics begin. Organics begin and still is in 74 00:04:32.199 --> 00:04:35.480 the soil. You get the soil, right, that's number one. Now, yes, 75 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:38.879 there are organic controls for diseases and pests and weeds 76 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:42.759 and things. We have those options, but it's not just 77 00:04:42.959 --> 00:04:46.319 changing the bullets in the gun. Organics is not just 78 00:04:46.600 --> 00:04:49.800 changing the bullets in the gun. It is a whole 79 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:53.519 system approach. It begins in the soil. That's why Microlife 80 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:57.759 when they design their products, they included a lot of 81 00:04:57.920 --> 00:05:02.839 soil microbiology. The product itself is former plant material. I 82 00:05:02.920 --> 00:05:07.399 mean it is materials that were taken from nature to 83 00:05:07.439 --> 00:05:10.759 create the fertilizer in the first place. But whether it's 84 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:13.839 the green bag, the six two four, the one that 85 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:15.720 most people put on their lawns, I use it all 86 00:05:15.759 --> 00:05:19.959 over the place. It's not just launs or the purple bag, 87 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:23.839 which is hum makes plus the final decomposition stage of 88 00:05:24.079 --> 00:05:27.839 compost is humous, so it's concentrated compost in a bag. 89 00:05:28.399 --> 00:05:30.160 All of those are done not just to put the 90 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:34.279 nutrients out there, but to help continue to build the 91 00:05:34.360 --> 00:05:37.879 soil better and better. And when you do that, plants thrived. 92 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:40.839 That's what it's based on, as simple as that. By 93 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:43.399 the way, if you're interested in Microlife fertilizers, you can 94 00:05:45.199 --> 00:05:47.800 find them. If you go to Microlife fertilizer dot com, 95 00:05:48.000 --> 00:05:49.680 you can find out all the places where you can 96 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:52.439 get it in and it is so widely available. Off 97 00:05:52.480 --> 00:05:53.759 the top of my head, I can't think of a 98 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:56.000 place that I talk about a source, A feed store, 99 00:05:57.079 --> 00:06:01.399 a garden center, and Southwest fertilizer, ace hardware stores all right, 100 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:06.480 everybody carries micro Life, easy, easy to find. So anyway, 101 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:09.959 I was talking about the importance of, you know, starting 102 00:06:10.040 --> 00:06:13.439 with the soil, getting that right. That is a mantra 103 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:16.920 that we do talk about here a lot on the 104 00:06:17.000 --> 00:06:19.920 garden line because it is the foundation for success. It's 105 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:23.480 where we want to begin. It just makes things easy. 106 00:06:24.600 --> 00:06:26.920 And so if you look at a landscape and you 107 00:06:27.120 --> 00:06:29.879 see beautiful flowers and you go, oh, my gosh, I 108 00:06:29.920 --> 00:06:32.079 wish my house looked like that. I can promise you 109 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:35.319 one thing. Go to the go to the below the flowers. 110 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:38.519 Go to the ground level, dig down in that soil 111 00:06:39.319 --> 00:06:41.879 and look at it and feel it. And I'll tell 112 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:45.759 you this. That is the reason those flowers look good. 113 00:06:46.079 --> 00:06:46.439 That is it. 114 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:50.399 Somebody has put the nutrients in and everything else to 115 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.360 have success. Now, of course it's important. It's very important 116 00:06:53.360 --> 00:06:56.120 which which flowers you plant, and when you plant them 117 00:06:56.199 --> 00:06:59.759 and so on. We this is a big country, and 118 00:07:00.360 --> 00:07:03.079 there are all kinds of blooms all over the place, 119 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:07.519 or rhododendrons growing wild up in Oregon and Washington. Stage. 120 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:12.560 You've got a lot of things like lilac in the 121 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.360 Midwest and other places you know that just do so well. 122 00:07:15.959 --> 00:07:19.480 Blue spruce and Colorado looks so beautiful. And those are 123 00:07:19.519 --> 00:07:22.399 plants for another place, not for here. But I can 124 00:07:22.439 --> 00:07:24.600 tell you this. We have our plants for here, plenty 125 00:07:24.680 --> 00:07:26.439 of them. You just want plants that want to be 126 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:29.839 happy here, all right, If you would like to give 127 00:07:29.879 --> 00:07:31.439 us a call this morning, it's always good. 128 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:31.680 You know. 129 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:35.800 One of the things that happens every show is early on. 130 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:37.839 It's real slow, and that's fine. It gives me a 131 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:41.160 chance to just jabber. But late in the show, then 132 00:07:41.160 --> 00:07:43.040 everybody tries to call, and we're trying to get through 133 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:45.319 all the calls. So just a word to the wise 134 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:47.879 for those of you that are early birds, this is 135 00:07:48.199 --> 00:07:50.439 usually the beginning of the show. Early on in the show, 136 00:07:50.519 --> 00:07:52.959 the first hour is a time when it's real easy 137 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:54.959 to get in or you just don't have to wait 138 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:57.399 very long at all if you do so. There it 139 00:07:57.519 --> 00:08:02.000 is seven one three two on two. I was out 140 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:07.800 enjoying the birds that are at my feeders, and I 141 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:10.120 every time a new bird comes to the feeder, I 142 00:08:10.879 --> 00:08:14.480 have to go look it up because I'm not a 143 00:08:14.560 --> 00:08:17.879 bird specialist, but I go look it up. And when 144 00:08:17.920 --> 00:08:19.319 I come back, I'm gonna take a little break here. 145 00:08:19.480 --> 00:08:20.839 I want to come back. I want to talk a 146 00:08:20.920 --> 00:08:23.199 little bit about some of the some of the things 147 00:08:23.240 --> 00:08:28.040 I've been noticing that I've learned from uh regarding backyard birds. 148 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:33.519 We'll be right back seven three two two five eight 149 00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:36.919 seven four. We're going to go now out to Richard 150 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.799 and Katie. A good morning, Richard, welcome to guard Line. 151 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:43.120 Hey, I appreciate you taking my calls. It's kind of 152 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:45.600 a silly little question but I raise a few cows 153 00:08:45.639 --> 00:08:48.399 down Lavaca County, and I noticed the farmers in their 154 00:08:48.480 --> 00:08:53.279 corn fields always morning glories coming up in their corn fields. 155 00:08:53.879 --> 00:08:56.279 Is the seed just mixed in with the corn or what? 156 00:08:58.360 --> 00:08:58.399 No? 157 00:08:58.759 --> 00:09:02.240 Probably not. Its morning glory is a perennial weed, so 158 00:09:02.360 --> 00:09:04.840 once it gets established, it's got a little underground tuber. 159 00:09:05.320 --> 00:09:07.279 So it's it's it's hard to get rid of. I mean, 160 00:09:07.720 --> 00:09:10.639 they have access to chemicals that'll do it, but uh, 161 00:09:10.879 --> 00:09:15.399 it just it's a very common noxious weed. It's it's 162 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:19.440 one that deal with, Yeah, in at home garden, you know, 163 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:21.879 you kind of focused on it when you got several 164 00:09:21.960 --> 00:09:24.840 hundred acres to deal with. You know, it's kind of 165 00:09:24.879 --> 00:09:27.320 hard to worry about pinpointing each weed. And once one 166 00:09:27.440 --> 00:09:32.039 gets away, now you just sentenced yourself to another decade 167 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:33.639 of dealing with those seeds. 168 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:37.159 Is that playing noxious to cattle? 169 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.240 No, No, it's just a it's not toxic. It's just 170 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:45.519 a well, I don't know, let me take that back. 171 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:48.360 I don't know if it's I've never heard it being toxic. 172 00:09:48.919 --> 00:09:51.279 But it's just a weed that infests in it climbs 173 00:09:51.360 --> 00:09:54.519 up on stuff, and so yeah, it's a it's a problem. 174 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:55.159 For farmers. 175 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:59.840 Well, yours pretty though, Well, I appreciate that. I didn't 176 00:09:59.840 --> 00:10:01.759 want I didn't want to have as my farmer friends. 177 00:10:01.840 --> 00:10:03.399 I didn't want to know how to tell them I was, 178 00:10:03.559 --> 00:10:06.000 so I appreciate your answer. 179 00:10:06.200 --> 00:10:09.840 No it Yeah, it's pretty. And boy there's some especially 180 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:14.639 bumblebees and things that really love those flowers. But I'm 181 00:10:14.720 --> 00:10:17.600 not trying to talk anyone into leaving it around the 182 00:10:17.720 --> 00:10:20.039 landscape or farm that's for sure. 183 00:10:20.279 --> 00:10:21.440 Well, no, they are beautiful. 184 00:10:21.559 --> 00:10:22.320 I appreciate that. 185 00:10:22.440 --> 00:10:23.759 Thank you godle yes. 186 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:28.879 You bet as well. All right here, let's see we're 187 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:31.559 going to go now to sugar Land and talk to Gary. 188 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.080 Good morning, Gary, Good morning. 189 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:34.960 How are y'all doing? 190 00:10:36.360 --> 00:10:38.639 We're great, We're great. How can I help to day? 191 00:10:40.600 --> 00:10:45.840 What do you think about Flora tam grass? Florida tam 192 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:49.080 is an older variety. It's been around a long time. Uh, 193 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:53.240 and when it came, you know, we've got a lot 194 00:10:53.279 --> 00:10:55.360 of new varieties on the market, and each time they 195 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.200 breed new varieties, they improve on what used to be. 196 00:10:58.919 --> 00:10:59.039 Uh. 197 00:10:59.279 --> 00:11:01.759 Florida TAM's biggest strength is it's tough. 198 00:11:02.279 --> 00:11:02.399 Uh. 199 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:06.039 It is has a good deep root system, it's got 200 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:10.320 it's very resilient. The original Flora Town was very resistant 201 00:11:10.360 --> 00:11:14.039 to chinchbugs, and I think maybe over the years, uh, 202 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:16.919 you know, insects tend to change when they have to, 203 00:11:17.480 --> 00:11:22.120 and and probably some now the resistance of chinchbugs is 204 00:11:22.200 --> 00:11:24.600 not what it once was. It is it is somewhat, 205 00:11:25.039 --> 00:11:29.679 uh somewhat but not fully. The negatives of Florida Town 206 00:11:30.120 --> 00:11:32.639 is it's a kind of a big rangy grass. People 207 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:36.639 like a really tight, nice dense lawn, and Saint Augustine 208 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:39.000 already is, you know, big old fat leaf blades and 209 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:42.399 runners and everything. Florida Town was even more that way. 210 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:47.159 So if you wanted, you know, if you wanted the 211 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:49.720 maybe you came from the north and you know a 212 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:52.480 nice little bluegrass lawn or something. You want something nice 213 00:11:52.480 --> 00:11:54.480 and tight and everything floor toown was a little bit 214 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:57.639 rainier in its growth habit, but it was. It was 215 00:11:57.679 --> 00:12:00.440 a good grass and and developed by Florida and Texas 216 00:12:00.480 --> 00:12:02.399 and m together many years ago. 217 00:12:03.679 --> 00:12:06.759 But it has lost its resistance to change budge for 218 00:12:06.879 --> 00:12:11.600 the most part, somewhat. Yeah, I would no longer say 219 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:15.080 plant Flora tam and you won't have chinchbug problems at all, 220 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:20.759 But there there is some there. And again it's not 221 00:12:20.960 --> 00:12:25.879 that the plant lost its resistance. It's that the chinchbugs 222 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:28.440 have changed, have evolved and changed. That happens all the 223 00:12:28.519 --> 00:12:29.919 time with insects and diseases. 224 00:12:30.039 --> 00:12:30.679 You know, they. 225 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:33.480 You know the question. 226 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:35.559 I go for it. 227 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:40.519 Probably seven eight ten years ago A and M came 228 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:44.279 out with a new line of citrus trees that were 229 00:12:44.360 --> 00:12:46.159 supposed to be more cold hardy. 230 00:12:46.879 --> 00:12:51.360 And I don't hear them mentioned too much anymore, Okay, 231 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:57.519 So yes, sir, yes, sir. What they did is they 232 00:12:57.879 --> 00:13:03.120 they due to some good cold freezing temperatures unusually cold, 233 00:13:03.639 --> 00:13:06.799 that cleaned out a lot of varieties of satsuma that 234 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:10.039 weren't quite as hardy. There were a couple that they 235 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:15.279 found out. Most of the results were out in the Uvaldi, 236 00:13:15.399 --> 00:13:18.360 but other places it was we saw this, but Miho 237 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:21.840 m I h O and Cito s E t O. 238 00:13:22.440 --> 00:13:26.799 Miho and CTO were two of the hardier ones that 239 00:13:26.960 --> 00:13:31.559 they had. After that really cold weather came through. Then 240 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:35.639 a fellow named doctor Moy and San Antonio developed arctic frost, 241 00:13:36.039 --> 00:13:38.600 and oh gosh, the other name is it's another frost. 242 00:13:38.720 --> 00:13:41.960 It's escaping me at the very moment. And those we 243 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:45.320 were more cold hardy as well, and so we really 244 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:48.360 have several varieties. There are a lot of other citrus 245 00:13:48.480 --> 00:13:50.120 varieties that are good, and I'll make it through the 246 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:55.440 vast majority of your winners down in this area. But yeah, 247 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:57.039 I think that's what you're referring to. 248 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:02.600 Yes, sir, I just don't hear the poor already frost 249 00:14:02.759 --> 00:14:05.519 or anything mentioned anymore. And I didn't know if they 250 00:14:05.639 --> 00:14:08.440 did not worked out as well as they thought or 251 00:14:08.480 --> 00:14:09.759 what situation was. 252 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:14.360 No, they worked well. One of the two frosts is 253 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:16.679 a little more cold tolerant than the other. The other 254 00:14:16.720 --> 00:14:19.159 one's a little bit better fruit quality than the other one. 255 00:14:19.240 --> 00:14:22.039 It's kind of a trade off between those two. I 256 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.919 still see them around. They are on the market. It 257 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.559 just you know, I don't you would have to ask 258 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:30.720 for them, and if you did, I'm sure the garden 259 00:14:30.799 --> 00:14:32.679 centers would be able to get them in for you 260 00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:36.279 if they don't already carry them. Okay, thank you very much. 261 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:40.639 I really enjoy your show. Thank you, Gary, appreciate your call. 262 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:43.200 I appreciate that a lot. You know, I'll tell you 263 00:14:43.519 --> 00:14:45.039 one place that you're going to be able to get 264 00:14:45.320 --> 00:14:49.120 things like the hardy types of citrus, and a wide 265 00:14:49.159 --> 00:14:51.240 variety is up at the arbor Gate in a tumble. 266 00:14:51.919 --> 00:14:57.000 Beverly prides herself on carrying plants that are adapted to here, 267 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:01.320 getting plants that maybe are not as that people would want. 268 00:15:01.480 --> 00:15:03.720 And so I guarantee you they can get those kind 269 00:15:03.759 --> 00:15:05.480 of plants for you if they don't already have them. 270 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:09.120 She carries fruit trees year round up at the arbor Gate, 271 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:11.159 and I'm talking about peaches and other things. I mean, 272 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:14.600 they always have something there at the arbor Gate, and 273 00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:16.799 so you just go if you haven't been there. It's 274 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.600 on twenty nine to twenty west of Tumbull, just a 275 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:22.799 little bit outside of town, and there's a road called 276 00:15:22.919 --> 00:15:26.320 Trishel t R I c ch e L Trishel Road. 277 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:28.639 It goes behind Arburgate. Think of it as a loop. 278 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:31.120 So as you're heading west on twenty nine to twenty, 279 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:34.840 you'll you'll pass Trishel Road, then you'll see Arburgate, then 280 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:37.679 you'll see Trishele Road again. So before or after, if 281 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:38.960 you miss it, you're going to be able to just 282 00:15:39.039 --> 00:15:40.879 turn back and get to the back parking lot. And 283 00:15:41.039 --> 00:15:44.679 I'd recommend you do that. While you're out there, just 284 00:15:45.000 --> 00:15:46.759 first of all, take friends with you and you go 285 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:49.960 This is a fun place. This isn't like you know, 286 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:53.240 the grocery store. You walk in, I load your basket 287 00:15:53.279 --> 00:15:55.960 and run out because it's all just meat and potatoes. 288 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:00.159 That's a good knowledgy. But this is a place where 289 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:02.039 you're gonna want to hang out and shop and look 290 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:04.480 at the displays and look at the yard arts, the 291 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:07.600 beautiful things they have there and the gift shops and everything. 292 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:10.120 So grant a friend, run out there to the Arborgate 293 00:16:10.120 --> 00:16:12.080 and you're going to see what I'm talking about. I 294 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:15.399 always love to go. I always see plants I haven't 295 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:19.519 seen before because there's always something new coming in to Arburgate. 296 00:16:19.639 --> 00:16:21.720 And the folks there know what they're talking about. They'll 297 00:16:21.759 --> 00:16:25.639 point you in the right direction. They absolutely you go 298 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:28.559 in and you need help, and they can help you 299 00:16:28.600 --> 00:16:30.679 because they know what they're talking about. And that is 300 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:34.000 so important when you go to a garden center. That's 301 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:37.320 for sure. See I'm going to head out now to 302 00:16:37.480 --> 00:16:40.279 North Houston and we're going to talk to Paul. Hello, Paul, 303 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:41.799 welcome to garden Line. 304 00:16:42.879 --> 00:16:46.320 Well, good morning, thanks for taking the call. Hey, here's 305 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:51.919 my question, pleasure. I've had for years of Virginia button 306 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:56.360 wood on my front lawn. I face the west, and 307 00:16:57.080 --> 00:17:01.799 it comes kind of in the I'll say the late spring. 308 00:17:01.960 --> 00:17:04.839 It's not in the very beginning, but then it appears 309 00:17:04.920 --> 00:17:10.759 on the lawn and then it kind of proliferates over 310 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:15.200 the year and then come into the fall, it just 311 00:17:15.400 --> 00:17:17.839 goes goes away, or at least you can't see it. 312 00:17:17.960 --> 00:17:21.680 I know it's probably still down into the on the 313 00:17:21.759 --> 00:17:25.480 base of the dirt. But this year is the worst 314 00:17:25.960 --> 00:17:33.240 I have ever had. And picking it as an orkan, no, no, 315 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:33.759 you can't. 316 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:36.680 You can't pick Virginia button weed. That that is true. 317 00:17:37.559 --> 00:17:42.200 Virginia button weed is a difficult one to control. So 318 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:45.640 bottom bottom line on it is you got to get 319 00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:48.000 a product that's going to work on it, which they 320 00:17:48.079 --> 00:17:51.640 don't all work equally well. You know, things like trimech 321 00:17:51.720 --> 00:17:54.759 for example, control a lot of different broad leaved weeds. 322 00:17:55.160 --> 00:17:58.119 Aren't as effective against it as we need them to be. 323 00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:58.839 Uh. 324 00:17:58.960 --> 00:18:03.519 There is a product called Celsius, like the temperature celsius. 325 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:04.759 It is. 326 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:14.200 Cel s i us celsius. If you apply it to 327 00:18:14.319 --> 00:18:17.519 Virginia button weed, as it gets growing and stay on it, 328 00:18:17.559 --> 00:18:20.839 you're going to have to make a second application to it. 329 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:25.640 So what you'd like to do is when it begins 330 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:29.279 to green up the grass, the virginia button weed is 331 00:18:29.319 --> 00:18:31.680 starting to green up, you're going to want to treat 332 00:18:31.680 --> 00:18:35.559 it with celsius, and then about four to six weeks later, 333 00:18:35.680 --> 00:18:38.960 you're going to want to treat it again once temperatures 334 00:18:39.000 --> 00:18:42.200 get up above eighty five degrees. A lot of our 335 00:18:42.279 --> 00:18:46.000 broad leaf weed control products are stressful to the Saint Augustine. 336 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:49.240 They weaken it, they injure it. They don't kill it 337 00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:52.039 out right, but they weaken it. And so what you're 338 00:18:52.079 --> 00:18:54.720 going to want to be able to do is apply 339 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:58.079 it early on. You can apply these earlier during the 340 00:18:58.240 --> 00:19:01.279 lawn spring green up period, uh than a lot of 341 00:19:01.359 --> 00:19:04.759 other products without damaging the lawn. But it's going to 342 00:19:04.839 --> 00:19:07.440 take more than one control. You don't have to treat 343 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:09.519 the whole long. Just where you see the virginia button, 344 00:19:09.599 --> 00:19:12.759 we'd treat that. And again, these aren't cheap. It comes 345 00:19:12.799 --> 00:19:14.920 in a little packet of like a dust and an 346 00:19:15.039 --> 00:19:18.599 envelope that you dump in I think it probably usually 347 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:21.440 they make about a gallon of spray, which is your 348 00:19:21.519 --> 00:19:25.079 spot reading. So that's more than enough. But that is 349 00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:28.720 the one that is going to work. But again, don't 350 00:19:28.920 --> 00:19:31.640 expect one application and don't wait until the end of 351 00:19:31.680 --> 00:19:34.000 the year to try to treat it. Catch it early 352 00:19:34.319 --> 00:19:36.519 and then about four to six weeks later. 353 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:41.160 Okay, I will try it. I guess next next spring. 354 00:19:41.799 --> 00:19:42.799 Thank you very much, yes. 355 00:19:42.759 --> 00:19:45.279 Time, all right, you bet, Paul, thank you. We're going 356 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.799 to run to break. I'll be right back. Folks question today, 357 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:51.160 we are happy to help at seven to one three 358 00:19:51.319 --> 00:19:55.000 two one two kt r. H seven to one three 359 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:57.640 two one two kt R. 360 00:19:58.039 --> 00:19:58.920 H Uh. 361 00:19:59.240 --> 00:20:03.519 You know, I I wanted to mention Buchanans Plants, which 362 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:08.279 is in the Heights on eleven Street. Buchanans has just 363 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:11.480 so many native plants. In fact, that's in the name 364 00:20:11.559 --> 00:20:15.640 Buchanans native plants that you're going to find all kinds 365 00:20:15.680 --> 00:20:18.240 of things that you can grow. For example, someone who's 366 00:20:18.240 --> 00:20:20.440 asking me the other day about what are some good 367 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:25.000 plants flowers for hummingbirds, Well, I don't know. I think 368 00:20:25.079 --> 00:20:28.440 Buchanans probably has about two or three dosten different plants 369 00:20:28.480 --> 00:20:31.480 that will attract hummingbirds, because a lot of native plants 370 00:20:31.599 --> 00:20:35.039 are very good at that, things with long tubular flowers. 371 00:20:35.319 --> 00:20:38.039 Some of the ones that aren't native but do very well, 372 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:41.000 very well adapted here. They'll attract them. By the way 373 00:20:41.079 --> 00:20:44.160 hummingbirds are here, they're coming back. Buchanan's got you covered 374 00:20:44.319 --> 00:20:46.880 on those kinds of things. They always have a good 375 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:50.000 stock of everything. They've got knowledgeable folks and points in 376 00:20:50.079 --> 00:20:53.000 the right direction. And if you're going to do any 377 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:56.400 kind of native plant gardening, you need to talk to 378 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:58.839 them because it's more than just buying a plant. It's 379 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:00.680 how do I use this plant, how do I include 380 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:03.880 this plant? It's what plants would be good for hummingbirds 381 00:21:03.920 --> 00:21:08.960 and whatnot. There is also today at Buchanans Plants, August 382 00:21:08.960 --> 00:21:12.440 twenty fourth, from twelve to one pm over the noon 383 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:17.000 hour is a Midsummer Flower Grown workshop. I would call 384 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:19.839 them first make sure it's not full. But a Midsummer 385 00:21:19.920 --> 00:21:23.440 flower grown workshops. It's a cost because you're going to 386 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:25.680 get a lot of you know, there's a lot of 387 00:21:25.759 --> 00:21:28.000 materials that go into this that you get and get 388 00:21:28.039 --> 00:21:31.119 to do. It's eighty five bucks a person. But that's 389 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:33.240 today from twelve to one. I would give them a 390 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:34.920 call to find out more about it and find out 391 00:21:34.920 --> 00:21:37.680 what you're interested in. While you're out there, you know, 392 00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:41.079 all the other plants you want, from vegetables to herbs 393 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:43.279 to house plants, do you name it. You're going to 394 00:21:43.319 --> 00:21:46.000 find there at buchanans Plants again there on Eleventh Street 395 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:48.759 in the Heights. But you really ought to go check 396 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:52.960 them out. Also check out the website Buchanansplants dot com. 397 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:56.000 And the reason is there is a ton of educational 398 00:21:56.039 --> 00:21:58.119 material on the website and that's where you can sign 399 00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:02.319 up for the newsletter that is so informative. Really that 400 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:05.559 alone is worth the price permission. As they say so earlier, 401 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:08.759 I was talking about birds. I just mentioned hummingbirds, about 402 00:22:08.759 --> 00:22:10.519 the birds at my feet aer and I noticed this 403 00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:15.759 spring that my birds are looking scruffy. I mean when 404 00:22:15.799 --> 00:22:17.960 I say scruffy, it's like they had a fight with 405 00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:20.680 a weed eater and lost. I mean, they're just like 406 00:22:20.759 --> 00:22:23.920 a red bird is only about fifty percent red because 407 00:22:23.960 --> 00:22:26.440 all the a lot of feathers have fallen out, the 408 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:29.559 outer pretty feathers and stuff. They just look horrible. And 409 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:33.240 so I sent a picture to Rich who is a 410 00:22:33.400 --> 00:22:37.599 Waldbird's Unlimited store owner, and I know, when I go 411 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:39.519 to one of the Wallbirds store owners, I'm going to 412 00:22:39.559 --> 00:22:42.240 get really accurate answers. And he goes, yeah, they're still 413 00:22:42.319 --> 00:22:44.799 molting and This was very late in the season. I thought, gosh, 414 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:47.000 I think they'd be through by now. But they are, 415 00:22:47.200 --> 00:22:50.079 and they're about to get their new feathers in and 416 00:22:50.319 --> 00:22:54.440 look beautiful. If you are interested in birds, you need 417 00:22:54.519 --> 00:22:58.240 to go to Warbirds Unlimited and learn and ask questions 418 00:22:58.279 --> 00:23:01.559 because they can absolutely you get right on the right track. 419 00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:03.400 And you don't have to, you know, go get the 420 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:06.759 whole nine yards of all the supplies and everything at once. 421 00:23:07.160 --> 00:23:08.839 Just go out there and get your feeder, or get 422 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:11.519 you a bird house, or get mainly get some of 423 00:23:11.559 --> 00:23:14.759 the quality feed that they have. Their feed is not 424 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:17.440 filled with stuff the birds won't eat, like cheap bird 425 00:23:17.559 --> 00:23:20.079 seed is cheap bird seeds full of red bebies. Red 426 00:23:20.119 --> 00:23:23.799 bebies get kicked off on the ground. It's milow and 427 00:23:23.920 --> 00:23:25.839 they get kicked off on the ground, or sort them. 428 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:29.039 The birds don't care about them. So you buy this 429 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:31.319 bag of feed, you get about what half of it 430 00:23:31.839 --> 00:23:35.559 that's actually stuffed birds eat other than maybe some doves 431 00:23:35.599 --> 00:23:38.319 that pack around on the ground. You need to go 432 00:23:38.400 --> 00:23:41.799 to Wildbirds and get quality products and quality advice. And 433 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:43.400 I'm going to tell you, I'm warning you it is 434 00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:46.480 at an addictive hobby. I was never a bird person 435 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:50.880 until I got my supplies at Wildbirds. And now suddenly 436 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:53.839 I'm hearing a song and I'm I got a little 437 00:23:53.880 --> 00:23:56.200 app that it listens to the bird and it tells 438 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:58.559 you what the bird is and is this cool stuff? 439 00:23:59.480 --> 00:24:03.119 Wb dot com Forward slash Houston. That's all you need 440 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:07.920 to know. W b U dot Com Forward Slash Houston 441 00:24:08.200 --> 00:24:11.079 helps you find the six war Birds unlimited stores so 442 00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:13.279 you can find the one that is nearest to you. 443 00:24:13.799 --> 00:24:17.960 And birds are a lot, a lot of fun. I 444 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:21.920 I have a number of them that I use an 445 00:24:21.920 --> 00:24:24.920 app called Merlin m R L I N. It's a 446 00:24:24.960 --> 00:24:29.799 free app from Cornell University. They've got an outstanding ornithology 447 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:33.279 department up there, by the way. That's the fancy word 448 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:40.000 for I'm learning about birds or anthology. Okay, let's head 449 00:24:40.000 --> 00:24:43.400 out to Manville, Texas and we're gonna talk to Kurt 450 00:24:44.559 --> 00:24:50.440 he Good morning morning. What's up Menville? 451 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:51.920 Oh? 452 00:24:52.119 --> 00:24:54.519 Nothing much, man. I just bought a property and it's 453 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:58.559 got fig trees on it, a couple of Magnoli trees. 454 00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:58.920 Uh. 455 00:24:59.680 --> 00:25:02.119 And I'll told a wild back man. I think I 456 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:04.400 might have been at the casino in Louisiana and this 457 00:25:04.519 --> 00:25:09.359 guy that works at a nerdy tree with overheard him 458 00:25:09.440 --> 00:25:12.640 telling this lady that she poured some dust and salt 459 00:25:12.680 --> 00:25:17.440 around the trees. I guess the magnesium in it what 460 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:21.799 have you would make them grow more fruit and have 461 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.920 hepta trees grow. 462 00:25:25.759 --> 00:25:29.720 Yes and no is the answer to that. Magnesium is 463 00:25:29.839 --> 00:25:33.400 one is one of the secondary nutrients. Plants don't need 464 00:25:33.440 --> 00:25:36.640 as much of it as they need nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium, 465 00:25:36.720 --> 00:25:39.759 the three numbers on a fertilizer bag, but it's the 466 00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:43.319 next level of nutrients, so they do need magnesum. Typically, 467 00:25:43.640 --> 00:25:46.599 if the plant is lacking magnesium, if you look at 468 00:25:46.680 --> 00:25:50.720 the older leaves, the older last, you'll start to see 469 00:25:50.920 --> 00:25:53.160 a green Christmas tree in the middle of the leaf. 470 00:25:53.319 --> 00:25:57.960 In other words, as in the center, it stays green 471 00:25:58.119 --> 00:26:00.680 the main the veins in the center, and then as 472 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:02.400 it gets out towards the edge of the leaf, it 473 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:05.680 kind of loses color, and so it looks like you're 474 00:26:05.680 --> 00:26:07.799 looking at a green Christmas tree and a leaf. That's 475 00:26:07.799 --> 00:26:09.480 the best way I can describe it, because it's that 476 00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:14.319 same shape. If that's the case, then any magnesium fertilizer 477 00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:17.359 epsom salts does have a lot of magnesium in it 478 00:26:18.799 --> 00:26:21.160 would help. But if a plant already has all the 479 00:26:21.200 --> 00:26:23.720 magnesium it needs. Giving it more isn't going to help. 480 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:31.480 Okay, okay, all right, So is there any fertilize out 481 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:37.440 there that you, you know, much to think of that's beneficial. 482 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:42.279 In general for fig trees. For fig trees, I'd just 483 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:45.759 use my lawn fertilizer on them. It just a good 484 00:26:45.839 --> 00:26:47.960 lawn fertilizer because you're already buying it, you know, for 485 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:51.039 a long and you just use it on those big 486 00:26:51.119 --> 00:26:53.240 trees and they'll be fine. You know, if you had 487 00:26:53.240 --> 00:26:55.400 a soil test and it said, hey, you're low and 488 00:26:55.839 --> 00:26:59.319 I don't know potassium or some other thing, it may 489 00:26:59.359 --> 00:27:01.880 be that you would shift a little bit. But in general, 490 00:27:01.960 --> 00:27:05.279 figs are pretty good. If you just use a standard 491 00:27:05.400 --> 00:27:07.480 kind of fertilizer on them, they'll do just fine. 492 00:27:08.759 --> 00:27:11.160 Well alrighty, I appreciate you guys man, and have a 493 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:11.720 blessed stake. 494 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:18.839 Alright, good, thanks for the call. Appreciate appreciate that if 495 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:22.240 you're looking, you know, for fertilizing. I do use lawn 496 00:27:22.279 --> 00:27:24.000 fertilizer on a lot of different things. 497 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:24.200 You know. 498 00:27:24.319 --> 00:27:27.240 For example, Nitrofoss has their super turf. I've been talking 499 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:29.960 about it all summer because it's a slow release fertilizer. 500 00:27:30.240 --> 00:27:32.079 You put super turf out and you're going to get 501 00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:36.279 months out of that application of fertilizer because it it's 502 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.799 designed for the nitrogen to release slowly, which is what 503 00:27:39.960 --> 00:27:42.519 you want. You don't want it all at once. I mean, imagine, 504 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:45.680 think about yourself when you eat. Can you imagine the 505 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:48.160 first thing Monday morning eating all the food you need 506 00:27:48.240 --> 00:27:51.759 for the week. That would be ridiculous, right, And well, 507 00:27:52.000 --> 00:27:54.200 sometimes we think about we're gonna put some nutrient on 508 00:27:54.279 --> 00:27:57.519 the ground and expect, especially something volatile like nitrogen to 509 00:27:57.680 --> 00:28:01.200 last for months at a time, and it doesn't. But 510 00:28:01.839 --> 00:28:03.920 in a slower lease form it can. And that's what 511 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:06.720 that's what super turf does. But there's nothing wrong. I mean, 512 00:28:06.799 --> 00:28:09.240 it's made for lawns, that's the main reason we use it. 513 00:28:09.319 --> 00:28:10.839 But you know, if you want to use that on 514 00:28:10.960 --> 00:28:12.799 your fig tree, that would be just fine. It would 515 00:28:12.799 --> 00:28:14.640 give you a gradual feed all through the summer. There's 516 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:18.759 no problem with that. Again, I'm not saying it's made 517 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.799 for fruit, but still it works. It does, and you 518 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.680 can find you're going to find it where you find 519 00:28:24.720 --> 00:28:27.960 other nitrofoss products. Hide and feed hiding and feed up 520 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:30.119 on Studient Airline. They carry it up there. I think 521 00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:32.359 you can also find it at Bearings Hardware, both the 522 00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:35.319 one on Bissinet and the one out on West Timer. 523 00:28:36.160 --> 00:28:39.519 It's easy to find Plantation Ace Hardware. Another place. Adam 524 00:28:39.599 --> 00:28:43.279 Richmond Rosenberg carries nitrofoss products like Superturf. By the way, 525 00:28:43.359 --> 00:28:46.640 that's a silver silver bag if you're going by bag color, 526 00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:52.440 which makes it really easy easy to identify. I've mentioned 527 00:28:52.519 --> 00:28:55.920 before that you know gardening in fact, first thing this morning, 528 00:28:56.039 --> 00:28:58.240 first thing this morning, I was talking about gardening being 529 00:28:58.480 --> 00:29:03.880 a a h that we grow into and we learn 530 00:29:04.079 --> 00:29:07.680 and we change things, and it's just it's enjoyable and 531 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:10.640 you can do that yourself, but you can also hire 532 00:29:10.680 --> 00:29:14.480 somebody to do it. And Pierscapes peerscapes dot com is 533 00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:18.000 the website. They can take care of everything for you, 534 00:29:18.119 --> 00:29:23.799 from design to hardscapes, to fixing irrigation to landscape lighting, 535 00:29:24.160 --> 00:29:29.480 to quarterly maintenance, trimming, weeding, fertilizing, checking the irrigation, doing 536 00:29:29.559 --> 00:29:32.440 seasonal color changes, making sure the mulch is kept up. 537 00:29:32.799 --> 00:29:35.319 They can keep those flowerbeds looking really good. So maybe 538 00:29:35.359 --> 00:29:37.559 you don't want anything added, you just want it maintained. Well, 539 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:40.880 they can do that too, Pierscapes dot com two eight 540 00:29:40.960 --> 00:29:48.359 one three seven oh fifty sixty. I'll be right back. Hey, 541 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:52.400 Welcome back to Guardline folks. On what is gonna be 542 00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:54.359 a nice Saturday. I'm looking forward to getting out and 543 00:29:54.440 --> 00:29:59.079 getting some things done after the show today. For those 544 00:29:59.160 --> 00:30:01.400 of you who you know, I don't know if how 545 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:03.240 you listen to garden I'm always curious that you know, 546 00:30:03.279 --> 00:30:05.519 are people listening on the radio or they're listening on 547 00:30:05.599 --> 00:30:07.519 an app that they're listening on their computer. And there's 548 00:30:07.519 --> 00:30:09.000 a lot of ways you can listen to garden Line. 549 00:30:09.799 --> 00:30:11.759 One of the ways I think makes a lot of 550 00:30:11.880 --> 00:30:17.319 sense is to get a radio app like the iHeartMedia app. 551 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:21.000 It's free and you can just put in garden Line 552 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:24.440 on there and you can listen to past shows a podcast. 553 00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:26.440 Once I finish a show, they put it online so 554 00:30:26.519 --> 00:30:28.839 that you can listen, re listen if you missed the 555 00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:32.839 show for the first time listen, and you can also 556 00:30:32.920 --> 00:30:35.920 listen live on that app. And so you know, if 557 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:38.359 I were not in here in front of a microphone 558 00:30:38.559 --> 00:30:41.799 talking to you. Once you get a little sunlight outside, 559 00:30:42.039 --> 00:30:44.319 I'm going to be outside getting some gardening done. 560 00:30:44.359 --> 00:30:44.400 This. 561 00:30:44.559 --> 00:30:46.960 Take my phone, turn it upside down and listen to 562 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:49.880 the garden line while I'm working in the yard, because 563 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:52.279 this is the season where we like to get that 564 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:56.119 stuff done early in the day, right unless you just 565 00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:01.119 enjoy a sauna sweating outside. By the way, fall is coming. 566 00:31:01.519 --> 00:31:04.880 Fall is coming, and when fall gets here, there is 567 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:07.200 a lot going on. So now would be a good 568 00:31:07.240 --> 00:31:09.920 time to build your soil. Whatever you're going to do 569 00:31:10.519 --> 00:31:12.960 to build your soil, get it done now. Maybe you 570 00:31:13.039 --> 00:31:15.640 want to plant broccoli this fall, or maybe you're looking 571 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:19.880 forward to planting some cool season flowers like between our pansies. Well, 572 00:31:20.559 --> 00:31:24.039 build the soil now, because whenever the soil is not wet, 573 00:31:24.240 --> 00:31:27.079 or when it's moist not soggy wet, is a great 574 00:31:27.160 --> 00:31:29.519 time to mix in organic matter and make it better 575 00:31:29.720 --> 00:31:32.920 to bring in mixes and stuff. Then when planting season occurs, 576 00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:35.599 even if it's rainy and wet, you're ready to go. 577 00:31:36.400 --> 00:31:39.559 What did they say, make hay while the sunshines, right, Well, 578 00:31:40.279 --> 00:31:43.400 make garden beds while the sunshines while it's not rainy 579 00:31:43.599 --> 00:31:45.759 and things. That's just a little tip for you to 580 00:31:45.839 --> 00:31:49.200 think about. We've been talking about fertilizers and you know, 581 00:31:50.039 --> 00:31:54.640 we were discussing magnesium with the previous collar and I 582 00:31:54.799 --> 00:31:56.920 mentioned it had a little Christmas tree shape in the center, 583 00:31:57.000 --> 00:31:59.480 and it was a secondary nutrient. You know, we have primaries. 584 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:03.720 It's nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium. Those three, the three numbers on 585 00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:07.279 a fertilizer big are primary nutrients, and all primary means 586 00:32:08.079 --> 00:32:10.240 is not they're more important, it's that they're needed in 587 00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:16.079 more quantity than other nutrients. There's twenty something nutrients that 588 00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:21.960 are all essential. They're all important, they're all essential. The 589 00:32:22.079 --> 00:32:26.119 secondary group would include things like magnesium and calcium for example. 590 00:32:26.519 --> 00:32:29.079 Those are secondary nutrients. Then we have the trace minerals, 591 00:32:29.559 --> 00:32:33.039 the ones that are in azumite. I've talked about asmite before. 592 00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:41.359 Those be things like molybdenum, manganese, copper, zinc, iron. Those 593 00:32:41.400 --> 00:32:45.799 are trace minerals. And we put the azamite out on 594 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:49.240 our soil to build up the trace mineral content, and 595 00:32:49.319 --> 00:32:51.240 a soil test will tell you exactly where you are 596 00:32:51.319 --> 00:32:54.200 on all the different nutrients. And I always recommend starting 597 00:32:54.240 --> 00:32:57.839 with the soil test because that way you fertilize intelligently 598 00:32:58.359 --> 00:33:01.680 based on your soil. You know your soil and your 599 00:33:01.720 --> 00:33:04.599 neighbor's soil can be different, even though originally they're probably 600 00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:07.640 the same type of soil there, but they've been fertilized 601 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:11.079 and amended in things, so the nutrient levels aren't the same. 602 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:13.720 And soil tests a good way to do it. But 603 00:33:13.839 --> 00:33:16.880 as mite is those trace minerals, and generally I'll say 604 00:33:17.039 --> 00:33:19.119 just you know, once a year, do an as and 605 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:23.240 mite application to your lawn to provide a bank account there. 606 00:33:23.799 --> 00:33:26.839 You know, those trace minerals don't make the grass grow. 607 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:31.119 You know, nitrogen pushes new growth. That's pushes is not 608 00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:34.519 a good word, but it it basically, it stimulates the 609 00:33:34.599 --> 00:33:36.920 new growth. But these trade minerals they're not going to 610 00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:39.759 do that. But to support new growth, you have to 611 00:33:39.880 --> 00:33:42.720 have them. And so think of it as a bank account. 612 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:44.759 You put the money in the bank account so when 613 00:33:44.799 --> 00:33:47.720 you need it you can make a withdrawal. That's what 614 00:33:48.119 --> 00:33:51.720 asamite is doing for your soil. It's putting trace minerals 615 00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:53.880 in the bank account. You can go to asimite Texas 616 00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:58.200 dot com find out more about it, and it's widely available. 617 00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:00.680 It's all over the place. It's much if I talk 618 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:05.480 about some feed store, garden center, ACE hardware stores, you 619 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:08.519 know Southwest fertilized all those places, or you're going to 620 00:34:08.519 --> 00:34:10.960 be able to get asamite there. They are set up 621 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:17.920 to do just that. But soil building while the sunshines. 622 00:34:18.000 --> 00:34:20.760 That is something to remember. And I know you know, 623 00:34:20.960 --> 00:34:23.880 when you're having temperatures that are forecasts to be really 624 00:34:23.920 --> 00:34:27.360 hot outside, it's kind of hard to get excited about 625 00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:34.199 going to get soil or bringing soil in and going 626 00:34:34.280 --> 00:34:38.639 through all the amendments and whatnot. But this is a 627 00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:41.800 time to do it. Get it done in the early morning. 628 00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:44.119 You can take you can take a better part of 629 00:34:44.159 --> 00:34:46.440 a week just working just a little bit in the 630 00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:50.400 mornings to get those those things done, because then later 631 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:53.599 you are going to have success. Remember it all begins 632 00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:56.360 in the soil, brown stuff before green stuff, and what 633 00:34:56.519 --> 00:35:01.960 that means is decomposed organic matter and fertilizers in the 634 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:06.000 soil to create the best possible soil condition you can get. 635 00:35:06.599 --> 00:35:11.119 That's it I'm talking about. As mit Ace Hardware stores 636 00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:13.480 is a great place to get anything you hear me 637 00:35:13.559 --> 00:35:18.320 talk about here on Guardline. The fertilizers, including as might 638 00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:23.400 the micro nutrient or trace mineral application. If you have 639 00:35:23.519 --> 00:35:27.239 pests and diseases and weeds go to ACE Hardware. They've 640 00:35:27.320 --> 00:35:29.199 got it. They carry it all there, and you know, 641 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:31.599 we've got forty of them in the Greater Houston areas. 642 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:34.280 So close your eyes and throw a rock and you're 643 00:35:34.280 --> 00:35:36.280 probably going to get an ACE Hardware store. There's the 644 00:35:36.360 --> 00:35:39.559 minium around here. But seriously, you can go online to 645 00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:43.000 ACE Hardware dot com. That's the website Ace Hardware dot 646 00:35:43.039 --> 00:35:46.800 Com and find the store locator and you get a 647 00:35:46.800 --> 00:35:48.599 little map with the red dots all over it, and 648 00:35:48.679 --> 00:35:51.519 you can find every Ace Hardware store around you. Maybe 649 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:55.599 you're you know, you're out visiting family and some other 650 00:35:56.159 --> 00:35:58.840 outside the Greater Houston area, you can find the ACE 651 00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:02.360 Hardware store near you. That I mean, they're everywhere, and 652 00:36:02.480 --> 00:36:04.920 they carry all the things we're talking about. Especially our 653 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:08.480 Houston group. Those stores around here, we work together, and 654 00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:12.039 you know, so that I don't just start naming some 655 00:36:12.280 --> 00:36:15.639 product that they've never heard of. They are going to 656 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:17.679 carry the things that I talk about on Guarden Line, 657 00:36:17.760 --> 00:36:20.239 and that's important. It's a one stop shop. And you 658 00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:22.480 know when you go onto ACE, you're gonna have You're 659 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:25.800 gonna have everything else you could possibly need for setting 660 00:36:25.920 --> 00:36:29.880 up that beautiful area. You know, barbecue pits. It's still 661 00:36:30.119 --> 00:36:33.159 barbecue season, and hey, here comes football season, and what 662 00:36:33.239 --> 00:36:34.960 do we do. We have to put some burgers and 663 00:36:36.159 --> 00:36:38.679 hot dogs on the grill. Well, Ace Hardware can get 664 00:36:38.760 --> 00:36:41.880 you set up with grills, including grills on steroids like 665 00:36:42.559 --> 00:36:46.199 the Big Green Egg and the Traeger grills and the Weber. 666 00:36:46.519 --> 00:36:49.559 Weber's a great brand of grill and all the supplies 667 00:36:49.599 --> 00:36:53.239 that you need. Of course, I love outside to have 668 00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:57.199 those little strings of lights that create the ambiance. 669 00:36:57.280 --> 00:36:57.440 You know. 670 00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:01.840 I call them beer garden lights because you know that 671 00:37:02.000 --> 00:37:04.639 kind of gives you that outdoor setting under the trees, 672 00:37:04.920 --> 00:37:07.239 you know, kind of picture. Stringing some of those around 673 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:10.360 outside just creates a beautiful ambiance. We start to get 674 00:37:10.360 --> 00:37:12.719 a little cooler weather and the little more pleasant to 675 00:37:12.760 --> 00:37:15.119 be outside late in the day, and you need to 676 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:17.360 be set up. And that's just one of the things. 677 00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:17.559 You know. 678 00:37:17.800 --> 00:37:19.800 ACE is the place. What do you need? Ace is 679 00:37:19.800 --> 00:37:22.679 a place They're going to have it. That is kind 680 00:37:22.719 --> 00:37:27.079 of nice to know. Alrighty, well, it looks like we're 681 00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:29.559 about to have to put this hour in the books. 682 00:37:29.639 --> 00:37:32.840 I believe I'm running out of time on it. Appreciate 683 00:37:33.360 --> 00:37:35.199 you staying with us through the first hour. We're going 684 00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:38.239 to be back for a second hour. Got planning more 685 00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:39.840 things to talk about. I got a few things I 686 00:37:39.920 --> 00:37:42.599 want to tell you about today as we get through 687 00:37:42.719 --> 00:37:46.360 the show. It's always a good time. I'm going into 688 00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.719 a break if you want to give us a call, 689 00:37:47.920 --> 00:37:49.719 if you're even to be right up on the boards 690 00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:52.719 there when we come back. Seven to one three two 691 00:37:52.800 --> 00:37:56.239 one two k t R seven to one three two 692 00:37:56.320 --> 00:38:00.920 one two k t R H. I want to remind 693 00:38:00.960 --> 00:38:05.119 you that if you're interested in the second annual Strawberry 694 00:38:05.280 --> 00:38:08.599 Jamboree and Lake Jackson, Texas, you're going to have a 695 00:38:08.760 --> 00:38:11.119 day full of speakers. You know, October is the best 696 00:38:11.159 --> 00:38:13.800 time to blent strawberries down here in our area. And 697 00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:16.639 if you go to this, it's September twenty first, from 698 00:38:16.719 --> 00:38:19.880 eight to noon, so all morning, September twenty first, Lake 699 00:38:20.000 --> 00:38:23.159 Jackson Civic Center. Want more information, here's a phone number 700 00:38:23.679 --> 00:38:28.840 nine seven nine eight six four fifteen fifty eight. Nine 701 00:38:28.920 --> 00:38:32.360 seven nine eight six four fifteen fifty eight are called 702 00:38:32.360 --> 00:38:46.719 the Brazoria County Extension Officebus taken Welcome back, Welcome back 703 00:38:46.719 --> 00:38:48.719 to Guardline. Good have you with us today. We've got 704 00:38:48.840 --> 00:38:52.239 plenty things to talk about today. If you'd like to 705 00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:54.360 give us a call, if you have a question or 706 00:38:55.039 --> 00:38:58.519 want a plan identified or whatever. The question is seven 707 00:38:58.559 --> 00:39:01.760 one three two one two kt r H. Seven one 708 00:39:01.880 --> 00:39:07.320 three two one two kt r H. It's as simple 709 00:39:07.480 --> 00:39:10.039 as that. I'd be glad to help you have a 710 00:39:10.320 --> 00:39:11.880 I like to put it this way. We want you 711 00:39:11.960 --> 00:39:14.920 to have a more bountiful garden and a more beautiful landscape. 712 00:39:15.079 --> 00:39:18.079 That's kind of a goal here on garden Line to 713 00:39:18.239 --> 00:39:20.719 guide you in the right direction. And if I can 714 00:39:20.840 --> 00:39:24.400 just rant for a minute, I just we allow me 715 00:39:24.679 --> 00:39:28.760 just a real quick rant here. Social media is not 716 00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:31.480 the place you need to get all your gardening information 717 00:39:32.280 --> 00:39:36.360 unless you really know the source. Unless you really know 718 00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:41.760 the source here. Here's why. What I find is that 719 00:39:42.480 --> 00:39:45.920 when you go on social media, anybody who has a 720 00:39:46.000 --> 00:39:50.239 computer can be an expert. And you see stuff. There's 721 00:39:50.280 --> 00:39:55.199 several categories. There's stuff that is just clickbait and it's 722 00:39:55.239 --> 00:39:59.119 a waste of your time. You know, put beer on 723 00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:02.360 your lawn. That was an old one, used to be 724 00:40:02.920 --> 00:40:06.400 real popular, and if it's weird, it's going to be popular. 725 00:40:07.079 --> 00:40:11.800 The second category are people that kind of know what 726 00:40:11.840 --> 00:40:15.719 they're talking about, but not really and so you know, 727 00:40:15.800 --> 00:40:17.599 you can start with the truth and end up in 728 00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:21.079 a lie. Okay, that because it's been or it's applied 729 00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:24.039 in a way that it doesn't apply, or you know, 730 00:40:24.159 --> 00:40:28.320 anything like that. That's that's the second category is like, Okay, 731 00:40:28.400 --> 00:40:30.679 I know why you're saying that, but what you're saying 732 00:40:30.840 --> 00:40:33.800 is wrong, or it's wrong for the Houston, Texas area, 733 00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:37.159 or it's wrong for a different version of the planet 734 00:40:37.199 --> 00:40:40.079 you're talking about or whatever. That's the second hutter. And 735 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:44.559 then there are people that just wing it. And I'm 736 00:40:44.559 --> 00:40:48.000 always amazed when I see things posted and someone says, oh, 737 00:40:48.119 --> 00:40:51.880 what bug is this? And these people are just throwing 738 00:40:51.960 --> 00:40:56.679 out all these answers, and it's like, what where do 739 00:40:56.760 --> 00:41:00.760 you even come up with that? It's good to I've 740 00:41:00.800 --> 00:41:02.920 had to learn this. It's good to know when to 741 00:41:03.000 --> 00:41:05.920 keep your mouth shut right and just not be the 742 00:41:06.039 --> 00:41:09.519 expert out there. But that's social media for you. And 743 00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:12.840 so I always cringe at it, and I can. Boy, 744 00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:15.039 I wish we had a slide show I could put 745 00:41:15.119 --> 00:41:17.880 up right now for you to see of all the examples. 746 00:41:18.039 --> 00:41:22.960 A cluster of tomatoes where one tomato is primary blue 747 00:41:23.119 --> 00:41:26.360 and another one is primary red, and another one is 748 00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:30.280 primary purple. I mean not Cherokee purple tomato. I'm talking 749 00:41:30.320 --> 00:41:34.400 about purple tomato and another one is yellow and they're 750 00:41:34.400 --> 00:41:39.719 all on the same cluster. That doesn't happen. It's a lie. 751 00:41:40.440 --> 00:41:43.320 And they're selling seeds for this, and you know people 752 00:41:43.360 --> 00:41:45.000 are going to buy it. It's like, Oh, wouldn't they 753 00:41:45.000 --> 00:41:47.920 be cool to have that plant? Don't do it, don't 754 00:41:47.960 --> 00:41:52.639 believe it. It's just does that mean there's no truth 755 00:41:52.679 --> 00:41:56.000 on social But of course not. Of course not. Guardline 756 00:41:56.039 --> 00:41:58.800 has a Facebook page. I mean, so I'm there and 757 00:41:58.880 --> 00:42:02.519 I have an Instagram to you, but it's just saying 758 00:42:02.599 --> 00:42:07.199 that in general, it's it almost seems like the people 759 00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:09.039 that most don't know what they're talking about have the 760 00:42:09.079 --> 00:42:13.039 loudest boys, or at least they're they're ubiquitous and everywhere, 761 00:42:13.760 --> 00:42:16.480 and that that's just not a good a good way 762 00:42:16.559 --> 00:42:20.079 to get good gardening advice. You have a number of options. 763 00:42:20.119 --> 00:42:23.960 We've got garden Line Radio, we have got your local 764 00:42:24.039 --> 00:42:27.639 county Agrolife Extension office. Where in the greater Houston area 765 00:42:27.679 --> 00:42:30.360 you got, like I mek six different horticulturists. There's one 766 00:42:30.440 --> 00:42:35.719 in Montgomery County, Brises County, Harris County, Fort benk County, 767 00:42:36.320 --> 00:42:41.519 Brazoria County, Galveston County, Orange, out in Orange out there? 768 00:42:42.599 --> 00:42:44.760 Who am I leaving out? Don't want to leave anybody out. 769 00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:47.199 But anyway, there's a lot of horticulturists done here in 770 00:42:47.239 --> 00:42:51.159 the greater scenario too. There's way garden centers, the mom 771 00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:54.400 and pops, the independent garden centers. You go in there 772 00:42:54.480 --> 00:42:57.280 with your your picture or your question, or maybe you 773 00:42:57.360 --> 00:43:00.639 saw something on social media, you know, take it in 774 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:03.079 on your phone and show it to them and say 775 00:43:03.159 --> 00:43:06.920 is this true? And just wait a minute, because it's 776 00:43:06.920 --> 00:43:09.320 gonna they're gonna have to get up off the floor 777 00:43:09.480 --> 00:43:14.519 where they were rolling around laughing. Answer your question, but seriously, 778 00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:19.360 don't don't be fooled by all that stuff. All right, 779 00:43:19.719 --> 00:43:22.519 Well that was my little soapbox. Thank you for allowing 780 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:26.199 that to Hope you didn't turn off the radio. Uh 781 00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:29.000 A word of the wise, though, I'm telling you, what 782 00:43:29.079 --> 00:43:32.559 did Pt. Barnum say there's a sucker born every minute? Yeah, 783 00:43:32.639 --> 00:43:36.320 don't be that one when it comes to gardening. Uh, 784 00:43:36.679 --> 00:43:38.559 Martin Spoon Moore. Someone is asking me the other day 785 00:43:38.559 --> 00:43:40.960 whould I recommend for? And I can you know, I'm 786 00:43:41.000 --> 00:43:42.760 not going to finish the question, but it was a 787 00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:46.039 tree question and I just set Affordable Tree Service Martin 788 00:43:46.079 --> 00:43:48.800 spoon Moore. It's as simple as that. You need somebody 789 00:43:48.800 --> 00:43:50.880 that knows what they're talking about to deal with your trees. 790 00:43:51.719 --> 00:43:54.159 When someone shows up on your property with a chainsaw 791 00:43:54.519 --> 00:43:56.400 or any kind of saw and they don't know what 792 00:43:56.480 --> 00:43:59.960 they're doing, they can do damage that never gets fixed. 793 00:44:00.440 --> 00:44:03.760 Once you turn a big beautiful tree into a hat 794 00:44:03.920 --> 00:44:07.159 rack or some other version of that, it'll never be 795 00:44:07.320 --> 00:44:12.039 the same. I mean, and it's you gotta you gotta 796 00:44:12.119 --> 00:44:13.960 have somebody who knows what they're talking about. That's Martin 797 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:16.599 spoon Moore an affordable tree. You can go to the 798 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:22.800 website aff Tree Service dot com a fftree Service dot com, 799 00:44:23.199 --> 00:44:25.000 or you could just give him a call. Give Martin 800 00:44:25.039 --> 00:44:28.239 a call at seven one three, six nine nine twenty 801 00:44:28.320 --> 00:44:31.480 six sixty three. You know you should always listen to 802 00:44:31.599 --> 00:44:34.280 Garden Line with a pen and paper around, because I'm 803 00:44:34.360 --> 00:44:38.039 gonna give out websites and brand names and products and 804 00:44:38.159 --> 00:44:40.559 plant names and things that you want to write down. 805 00:44:41.320 --> 00:44:43.880 So hopefully you've grabbed it by now here. It goes 806 00:44:43.920 --> 00:44:47.840 again seven to one three six nine nine two six 807 00:44:48.599 --> 00:44:52.840 six three Affordable Tree Service. Uh, get ready for storms. 808 00:44:53.119 --> 00:44:56.920 When when storms hit, if a tree is properly pruned, 809 00:44:57.199 --> 00:45:00.679 it's less likely. Doesn't mean it guarantees you want have damage, 810 00:45:00.679 --> 00:45:03.880 but it's less likely to have damage. Have them properly proved, 811 00:45:04.000 --> 00:45:07.159 Have your trees trained right, anything you need done around 812 00:45:07.599 --> 00:45:10.440 a tree, trees living the roots. You put a trench 813 00:45:10.519 --> 00:45:12.840 by a tree and you have cut a huge section 814 00:45:12.920 --> 00:45:15.559 of the roots off. Call Martin first, how do we 815 00:45:15.639 --> 00:45:18.719 go about this? Have him come out. He charges for 816 00:45:18.800 --> 00:45:21.480 a consultation to come out. If you hire him to 817 00:45:21.559 --> 00:45:24.760 do some work. That consultation fee goes into the price 818 00:45:24.840 --> 00:45:27.000 of what you hired him to do. But have him 819 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:28.639 come out and take a look at it before you 820 00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:34.440 make a mistake that you're gonna definitely regret later. It 821 00:45:34.559 --> 00:45:39.280 always I cringe driving around town and seeing the kinds 822 00:45:39.360 --> 00:45:43.079 of damage that had been done to trees, because I know, 823 00:45:43.400 --> 00:45:45.599 you know, so one the other day took a picture 824 00:45:45.599 --> 00:45:48.039 of it and it was like, that tree, just go 825 00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:51.679 ahead and take it out. It's over. It's over. I 826 00:45:51.719 --> 00:45:54.119 don't know, you know what kind of two jerks on 827 00:45:54.199 --> 00:45:57.440 a chainsaw tree service drove by. You know you own 828 00:45:57.519 --> 00:46:00.760 a pickup and and a chainsaw. You can call yourself 829 00:46:00.800 --> 00:46:04.119 a tree service. Anyway you get the idea. Well, let's 830 00:46:04.119 --> 00:46:05.960 take a little break here. I'll be right back. The 831 00:46:06.079 --> 00:46:08.159 number if you'd like to call in seven one three 832 00:46:08.320 --> 00:46:11.119 two one two KTR eight. Then if you would like 833 00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:14.119 to ask a gardening question, you can give me a 834 00:46:14.159 --> 00:46:17.320 call seven one three two one two k t R 835 00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:20.199 eight seven one three two one two k t R 836 00:46:20.400 --> 00:46:24.679 h nightro fives has a product called Sweet Green, and 837 00:46:24.760 --> 00:46:27.400 I've talked about it before. Here here's the thing that 838 00:46:27.519 --> 00:46:29.840 I think is really cool about sweet Green. Sweet Green 839 00:46:29.960 --> 00:46:33.079 is a molasses based product. That's where that's what it 840 00:46:33.360 --> 00:46:38.159 began with is molasses, and molasses is basically a bunch 841 00:46:38.199 --> 00:46:41.880 of carbon. Sugars are basically long chains of carbon, and UH, 842 00:46:42.760 --> 00:46:45.920 microbs need that, especially some of the beneficial backter we're 843 00:46:45.960 --> 00:46:49.360 talking about. That source of carbon is very important for 844 00:46:49.559 --> 00:46:52.880 them in order for them to proliferate and grow, and 845 00:46:53.039 --> 00:46:55.800 Sweet Green does just that. Organic gardeners have known for 846 00:46:55.840 --> 00:46:59.480 a long time that molasses can be beneficial for the plants. 847 00:47:00.079 --> 00:47:02.480 There's products that are just molasses that you put out. 848 00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:06.039 Sweet Green is eleven percent nitrogen fertilizer for your lawn 849 00:47:06.320 --> 00:47:09.760 and it releases those nutrients pretty quickly into the soil 850 00:47:10.119 --> 00:47:14.639 where microbes then do their work and the plant roots 851 00:47:14.719 --> 00:47:19.159 get access to that nitrogen that they want. Well, sweet 852 00:47:19.199 --> 00:47:21.480 green can be applied. It's about a ten or eleven 853 00:47:21.519 --> 00:47:25.079 percent nitrogen. So you put about let's see, ten pounds 854 00:47:25.320 --> 00:47:28.880 per thousand square feet. But right now, how I would 855 00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:32.199 recommend you use it. Listen to me here please, as 856 00:47:32.280 --> 00:47:34.679 I would put half of it down now, and then 857 00:47:34.719 --> 00:47:36.719 I'd weigh about a month and put another the other 858 00:47:36.840 --> 00:47:39.119 half of it down, so about five pounds now, about 859 00:47:39.159 --> 00:47:42.159 five pounds about a month, and kind of spread that 860 00:47:42.239 --> 00:47:44.880 out a little bit over time. After that we're going 861 00:47:44.960 --> 00:47:47.440 to be you know, it's really time to be doing 862 00:47:47.519 --> 00:47:51.159 our fall fertilization here, so you can go ahead and 863 00:47:51.400 --> 00:47:54.360 follow my schedule. And by the way, if you haven't 864 00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:59.360 seen my fertilizing schedule online, it's at Gardening with Skip. 865 00:48:01.280 --> 00:48:05.039 There's a schedule for mowing, watering, and fertilizing. That's the 866 00:48:05.079 --> 00:48:07.559 how to take care of your lawn schedule. Then there's 867 00:48:07.599 --> 00:48:12.559 a schedule for insects, pest diseases, weeds, all those kind 868 00:48:12.599 --> 00:48:14.639 of things, the things that want to attack our lawn 869 00:48:15.199 --> 00:48:18.360 or infest our lawn. That's a different schedule. Both are free. 870 00:48:18.440 --> 00:48:20.559 They're both there and if you look at them you'll 871 00:48:20.559 --> 00:48:23.440 see when we do fertilizing and the different products that 872 00:48:23.599 --> 00:48:26.239 I think will do a super job for you. So 873 00:48:26.440 --> 00:48:30.599 sweet Green from nitrofoss it smells wonderful. I like to 874 00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:33.440 kind of half tongue in cheeks say it smells so 875 00:48:33.519 --> 00:48:35.039 good you want to throw a bag in the back 876 00:48:35.079 --> 00:48:39.159 of your car and drive around the Loop in Houston 877 00:48:39.719 --> 00:48:42.199 one more time, just to enjoy the fragrance on the 878 00:48:42.280 --> 00:48:44.679 way home. Hey, where do you get sweet green? Well, 879 00:48:44.679 --> 00:48:47.639 you're gonna get it in Channa Forest Adam Richmond Rosenberg 880 00:48:47.679 --> 00:48:50.079 Growers outlet up and Willis carries it as well as 881 00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:53.559 RCW Nursery on Tomball Parkway right where it comes into 882 00:48:53.639 --> 00:48:58.480 built Way eight. Sweet Green. Our phone number is seven 883 00:48:58.559 --> 00:49:02.199 one three two one two fifty eight seventy four seven 884 00:49:02.320 --> 00:49:05.679 one three two and two five eight seven four if 885 00:49:05.760 --> 00:49:08.599 you would like to give us a call. I'm a 886 00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:13.199 broken record on garden line about preparing the soil. 887 00:49:13.320 --> 00:49:13.480 Right. 888 00:49:13.800 --> 00:49:17.199 It's because I know that that is the single most 889 00:49:17.239 --> 00:49:20.960 important thing you do to have successive plants, single most 890 00:49:21.000 --> 00:49:24.960 important thing that you do well. How do you do 891 00:49:25.079 --> 00:49:27.519 that well? One of the basic ways we do that 892 00:49:28.000 --> 00:49:32.480 is we put decomposed organic matter into the soil to 893 00:49:32.639 --> 00:49:37.400 create better structure, to improve internal drainage, Water drains down 894 00:49:37.519 --> 00:49:42.519 through the soil to improve aeration, Oxygen gets down deeper 895 00:49:42.880 --> 00:49:46.199 for a deeper, more resilient root system. All of that. 896 00:49:47.079 --> 00:49:49.400 And the place that's been doing this longer than about 897 00:49:49.440 --> 00:49:54.480 anybody is Nature's Way Resources. John Ferguson Ian Ferguson out 898 00:49:54.480 --> 00:49:57.480 there at Nature's Way, uh for a long time now, 899 00:49:57.599 --> 00:50:01.400 Nature's Way has been producing quality materials I'm talking about. 900 00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:06.119 You hear me talk about rose soil. Well, Nature's Way 901 00:50:06.199 --> 00:50:08.639 is where rose soil was born. You hear me talk 902 00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:11.360 about leath Moore composts for a lot of things, including 903 00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:14.559 top dressing a lot. Nature's Way is where that was born. 904 00:50:14.719 --> 00:50:18.920 They've been long. John is a walking encyclopedia and has 905 00:50:19.000 --> 00:50:22.159 been for a long time of all things soil. And 906 00:50:22.679 --> 00:50:24.599 all you need to do is head out there there 907 00:50:25.400 --> 00:50:29.039 on Sherwood Circle up as you're going up Interstate forty 908 00:50:29.119 --> 00:50:33.679 five where fourteen eighty eight comes in from Magnolia, you 909 00:50:33.840 --> 00:50:37.199 just exit their turn right instead of turning left toward Magnoia, 910 00:50:37.320 --> 00:50:39.679 turn right, go across the tracks that sherwood. Circle back 911 00:50:39.719 --> 00:50:43.239 in there, and that will be Nature's way. Take a truck, 912 00:50:43.400 --> 00:50:46.159 take a trailer, call them to make have them deliver 913 00:50:46.320 --> 00:50:48.760 it for you. Go buy and pick up bags of it, 914 00:50:49.000 --> 00:50:52.320 bags of composts, bags of these different soil mixes, bags 915 00:50:52.920 --> 00:50:56.199 of mulches to go on top of the soil surface. 916 00:50:56.599 --> 00:50:58.480 But here's something you need to do. You need to 917 00:50:58.559 --> 00:51:00.840 tell them that you heard about it on garden Line. 918 00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:04.519 All of these products, all these soil based products are 919 00:51:05.079 --> 00:51:08.400 on a special if you will a really good special 920 00:51:08.519 --> 00:51:10.000 if you will tell them that you heard about it 921 00:51:10.079 --> 00:51:12.360 on garden Line. So don't forget that. Make sure and 922 00:51:12.480 --> 00:51:14.360 mention that when you talk to them. Here's the phone 923 00:51:14.400 --> 00:51:15.719 number if you just want to give them a call. 924 00:51:16.239 --> 00:51:21.039 Nine three six three two one sixty nine ninety nine 925 00:51:21.119 --> 00:51:25.400 three six three two one sixty nine ninety Right now 926 00:51:25.639 --> 00:51:28.440 is the time to get your soil ready because if 927 00:51:28.440 --> 00:51:31.280 you're gonna plant herbs this fall, perennials this fall, woody 928 00:51:31.360 --> 00:51:35.920 ornamental shrubs, trees, vines, if you're gonna plant vegetables, flowers, 929 00:51:36.199 --> 00:51:41.000 whatever it is, do the bed prep now. And Nature's 930 00:51:41.000 --> 00:51:43.480 way resources helps you do the bad prep so that 931 00:51:43.639 --> 00:51:46.000 when it's time to plant it doesn't matter if it's 932 00:51:46.000 --> 00:51:48.760 been raining for three days. You can get right out 933 00:51:48.800 --> 00:51:50.320 in there and get your plant in the ground because 934 00:51:50.360 --> 00:51:57.039 you've prepared good soil using nature's way resources products. I 935 00:51:58.400 --> 00:52:01.800 think about this a lot. I always think about things 936 00:52:02.119 --> 00:52:06.000 that are hard to convince people of. For example, fall 937 00:52:06.119 --> 00:52:11.239 planting in spring. Everyone's a gardener. Everybody wants to be 938 00:52:11.280 --> 00:52:16.079 a gardener in spring. And when it comes to planting, though, 939 00:52:16.360 --> 00:52:20.599 the best season of the year for planting is in 940 00:52:20.719 --> 00:52:23.440 the fall. That means it's the only season we can 941 00:52:23.800 --> 00:52:27.199 plant twelve months out of the year here. But if 942 00:52:27.239 --> 00:52:31.119 you plant in the fall, let's say October November, for example, 943 00:52:32.039 --> 00:52:35.760 the plant has all winter when there's essentially no demands 944 00:52:35.840 --> 00:52:38.559 on it at all to speak of, to get that 945 00:52:38.719 --> 00:52:42.239 root system growing out of what was the cylinder roots 946 00:52:42.280 --> 00:52:45.679 and the container into the soil around it. So when 947 00:52:45.800 --> 00:52:49.199 next June comes, or when it may, when summer begins 948 00:52:49.320 --> 00:52:53.360 here in our area, when it heats up, that plant 949 00:52:53.400 --> 00:52:55.760 has a better root system than one that was planted 950 00:52:55.800 --> 00:52:58.119 in the spring. It's just a way to get there 951 00:52:58.159 --> 00:53:02.360 faster and easier. The recommend that you do your soil 952 00:53:02.440 --> 00:53:06.639 prep and you're planting, get that done in the fall. 953 00:53:06.760 --> 00:53:09.360 It's the best season of the year to put these 954 00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:12.159 things in. And I wish I could convince you that, 955 00:53:12.519 --> 00:53:16.960 just like trying to convince people to buy brown stuff 956 00:53:17.760 --> 00:53:20.280 when they're staring at all these plants with big, beautiful 957 00:53:20.320 --> 00:53:24.800 blooms on them, Well, just make a new Year's resolution 958 00:53:27.159 --> 00:53:31.480 and at the end of summer, and that resolution is 959 00:53:31.920 --> 00:53:34.039 if I buy a plant, I'm going to buy something 960 00:53:34.320 --> 00:53:36.880 to make the soil better. With that plant, go and 961 00:53:37.079 --> 00:53:40.119 fix the soil better, but always better. It's not a 962 00:53:40.199 --> 00:53:44.320 one and off. You're always improving it, fertilizing, compost, things 963 00:53:44.440 --> 00:53:46.519 like that. And then when you put that plant in, 964 00:53:46.719 --> 00:53:48.480 it's going to thrive. And you know, you go to 965 00:53:48.480 --> 00:53:50.400 a place like Plants for All Seasons, which is on 966 00:53:51.760 --> 00:53:56.280 let's see Tumball Parkway Highway FM two forty nine. Going 967 00:53:56.360 --> 00:53:59.039 up the Tamba Plants for All Seasons, you exit Luetta 968 00:53:59.079 --> 00:54:02.320 and it's just path past Luetta, just north of Luetta 969 00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:07.000 on two forty nine Tumbo Parkway. They have tons of 970 00:54:07.039 --> 00:54:09.760 plants there, but they also have all these soil products there. 971 00:54:10.000 --> 00:54:12.440 I mean, when you walk through the you know the 972 00:54:12.480 --> 00:54:16.480 stories you're heading toward checkout, they just all around you. 973 00:54:16.800 --> 00:54:20.800 There's soils there's fertilizers, there's everything you need to make 974 00:54:20.960 --> 00:54:24.079 the brown stuff right. Don't just grab a plant and 975 00:54:24.199 --> 00:54:27.519 head to the car. Grab something else to so that 976 00:54:27.679 --> 00:54:31.199 that plant is happy. If it's happy, it'll make you 977 00:54:31.320 --> 00:54:33.800 happy with blooms and fruit and whatever you're wanting to 978 00:54:34.559 --> 00:54:37.079 get out of that plant. Plants for All Seasons is 979 00:54:38.000 --> 00:54:40.480 the website, by the way, is Plants for All Seasons 980 00:54:40.559 --> 00:54:44.119 dot com. The phone number two eight one three seven six, 981 00:54:44.440 --> 00:54:47.599 sixteen forty six. Listen, when you go into there and 982 00:54:47.760 --> 00:54:50.119 you bring that stuff home, the plants and the soils 983 00:54:50.159 --> 00:54:53.320 and things, your brown thumb is going to get really green. 984 00:54:53.800 --> 00:54:56.559 And they also are experts on helping you with any 985 00:54:56.639 --> 00:54:59.440 kind of question that you might have for success with 986 00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:04.199 your plant. We're going to head now to Cyprus, Texas 987 00:55:04.440 --> 00:55:06.960 and talk to Ed. Hello, Ed, welcome to garden Line. 988 00:55:07.920 --> 00:55:08.480 Good morning. 989 00:55:09.480 --> 00:55:11.800 I'm assuming you receive the photos I sent you. 990 00:55:14.159 --> 00:55:21.199 Uh, let's see here. I probably did find them. Tell 991 00:55:21.239 --> 00:55:22.280 me what the photos were of. 992 00:55:23.719 --> 00:55:30.199 Okay, there were of some mullygrass that got a why yes, yes, 993 00:55:31.320 --> 00:55:32.440 growth on the or I. 994 00:55:32.440 --> 00:55:36.079 Don't know what it is, absolutely yes, I did, okay, 995 00:55:36.119 --> 00:55:39.400 So Ed, there were two things. There was the wild 996 00:55:39.519 --> 00:55:44.119 morning glory was the vining beautiful flowered vining weed growing 997 00:55:44.199 --> 00:55:46.480 in there, and you need to follow it to where 998 00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:47.920 it comes out of the ground. There's gonna be a 999 00:55:47.960 --> 00:55:50.920 tuber underground that you can just dig that up, or 1000 00:55:51.400 --> 00:55:53.519 you can apply a product to it. But you want 1001 00:55:53.559 --> 00:55:56.440 to be real careful because the morning glory crawls all 1002 00:55:56.519 --> 00:55:58.960 over your desirable plants, so if you spray it, you're 1003 00:55:58.960 --> 00:56:01.920 probably gonna hurt the desire marble plants too. But that 1004 00:56:02.079 --> 00:56:05.559 is one morning glory. The white stuff is a meai 1005 00:56:05.679 --> 00:56:10.199 bug UH, and it's probably the mealy grass meaie bug. 1006 00:56:10.280 --> 00:56:12.880 It attacks a lot of different types of mealy grass 1007 00:56:12.960 --> 00:56:15.960 and other ornamental grasses too. By the way, UH and 1008 00:56:16.079 --> 00:56:18.400 meali bugs are very difficult to get rid of. They 1009 00:56:18.960 --> 00:56:21.400 hide and so products don't get to them. They have 1010 00:56:21.519 --> 00:56:25.039 that protective fluffy coating, so your spray doesn't get down 1011 00:56:25.119 --> 00:56:27.519 there to the bug. You know, it gets caught up 1012 00:56:27.559 --> 00:56:30.239 on the outside. So what I would recommend is, if 1013 00:56:30.280 --> 00:56:32.719 you've got those in there, which you do in the pictures, 1014 00:56:33.320 --> 00:56:35.800 I would cut that grass all the way back down 1015 00:56:35.840 --> 00:56:38.239 to the ground and I would get all the debris 1016 00:56:38.320 --> 00:56:39.960 out of there, put it in a trash sack and 1017 00:56:40.039 --> 00:56:41.760 get it off the property because it's going to be 1018 00:56:41.840 --> 00:56:44.480 full of meai bugs. Your grass is going to send 1019 00:56:44.599 --> 00:56:47.199 new growth up out of the base the crown of 1020 00:56:47.280 --> 00:56:50.880 the plant. And then I would use a product that's 1021 00:56:50.920 --> 00:56:55.280 a systemic insecticide to get in the plumbing of the 1022 00:56:55.400 --> 00:56:58.440 plant so when those mealy bugs suck juices, they get 1023 00:56:58.519 --> 00:57:01.400 the poison. It's like your that becomes a bait station. 1024 00:57:02.199 --> 00:57:04.599 Now with a lot of plants, I don't recommend the 1025 00:57:04.679 --> 00:57:07.840 systemics because we got bees coming to the flowers. With 1026 00:57:08.239 --> 00:57:12.840 newly grass, we don't have that concern, So I would 1027 00:57:13.000 --> 00:57:20.320 use There is one called Immido Cloak Bred some welcome back. 1028 00:57:20.920 --> 00:57:22.920 Good to have you here with us on Guardenline. Hey, 1029 00:57:22.960 --> 00:57:25.039 we're looking forward to talking to you about the things 1030 00:57:25.119 --> 00:57:28.679 that are of interest to you. We also direct you 1031 00:57:28.800 --> 00:57:32.719 to good sources for the various supplies that you need 1032 00:57:32.880 --> 00:57:37.039 for your success, whether it's lawns, gardens, tree shrubs, vegetables 1033 00:57:37.119 --> 00:57:37.360 all that. 1034 00:57:38.239 --> 00:57:38.360 Well. 1035 00:57:38.440 --> 00:57:41.840 Leake City Feed down in Leake City, Texas is a 1036 00:57:41.920 --> 00:57:44.440 great source. We love feed stores here on Garden Line 1037 00:57:44.480 --> 00:57:46.480 and down at Leake City. You're going to find all 1038 00:57:46.519 --> 00:57:48.679 the fertilizers I talk about. You're going to find the 1039 00:57:48.800 --> 00:57:52.679 products to help you have success, whether it's a fertilizer, 1040 00:57:52.880 --> 00:57:56.840 controlling pests, diseases, weeds. All of that League City feed 1041 00:57:56.960 --> 00:57:59.280 is on Highway three, just a few blocks of Highway 1042 00:57:59.360 --> 00:58:03.400 ninety six in League City, Texas. All of those communities 1043 00:58:03.480 --> 00:58:05.719 down there. I mean, I'm talking about not just a 1044 00:58:05.800 --> 00:58:09.119 League City, but Santa Fe, Clear Lake City, Elkaemeno, Reale, 1045 00:58:09.199 --> 00:58:12.360 San Leone, Lamark, Webster Bay Club, all of those communities. 1046 00:58:12.679 --> 00:58:15.599 This is your hometown feed store and they're open Monday 1047 00:58:15.639 --> 00:58:18.559 through Saturday from nine to six. Are closed tomorrow, closed 1048 00:58:18.599 --> 00:58:22.039 on Sunday, but with the nine to six. If you're 1049 00:58:22.119 --> 00:58:23.880 at work all day and you're swinging by on the 1050 00:58:23.920 --> 00:58:26.360 way home, just stop in and grab what you need. 1051 00:58:26.440 --> 00:58:28.760 It's that old time service. They carry the sacks out 1052 00:58:28.800 --> 00:58:31.840 for you and they carry everything that I talk about 1053 00:58:31.880 --> 00:58:34.880 on guardline, as well as quality pet food supplies for 1054 00:58:34.960 --> 00:58:37.960 your backyard chickens, whatever you need. Here's a phone number 1055 00:58:38.159 --> 00:58:41.599 two eight one three three two sixteen twelve two eight 1056 00:58:41.679 --> 00:58:44.760 one three three two sixteen twelve to get to get 1057 00:58:44.760 --> 00:58:47.320 a hold of the folks there at Leak City feet 1058 00:58:48.400 --> 00:58:50.639 I'm going to head now out to Cypress again. I 1059 00:58:50.840 --> 00:58:52.519 believe we're going to talk to Ed. 1060 00:58:52.639 --> 00:58:55.119 Hello, Ed, Yes, so. 1061 00:58:56.719 --> 00:58:59.880 Can you spell that systemic and sect the side again 1062 00:59:00.039 --> 00:59:00.239 for the. 1063 00:59:00.320 --> 00:59:04.800 Multigrass, Yes, it's I AM I. 1064 00:59:06.599 --> 00:59:07.000 D O. 1065 00:59:10.639 --> 00:59:11.400 C L O. 1066 00:59:13.079 --> 00:59:18.679 P R I D Okay, got no prid. And if 1067 00:59:19.000 --> 00:59:21.119 you come even work close to that and you say 1068 00:59:21.199 --> 00:59:24.119 this is a systemic insecticide, they're gonna be able to 1069 00:59:24.280 --> 00:59:25.880 They're gonna be able to tell you just if you 1070 00:59:25.960 --> 00:59:28.320 just see the I M I D O part. That's 1071 00:59:28.320 --> 00:59:30.599 the only in sex side I know that begins with 1072 00:59:30.679 --> 00:59:31.239 those letters. 1073 00:59:32.239 --> 00:59:37.960 Okay. Then one other thing, I've got armadillos. How do 1074 00:59:38.079 --> 00:59:39.199 I control those things? 1075 00:59:41.800 --> 00:59:42.000 You know? 1076 00:59:42.239 --> 00:59:44.920 They they're bumbling little things and they tend to come 1077 00:59:44.960 --> 00:59:47.199 along and like if you've got a privacy fence or 1078 00:59:47.239 --> 00:59:49.039 the side of the house, they kind of bounce along 1079 00:59:49.159 --> 00:59:51.280 that and then go out into your yard and do 1080 00:59:51.360 --> 00:59:55.280 the little digging. A live have a heart trap is 1081 00:59:55.400 --> 00:59:57.199 a good way to do it, you know, one of 1082 00:59:57.239 --> 01:00:00.360 those live capture traps. But you almost have to funnel 1083 01:00:00.440 --> 01:00:02.760 them into it, like a couple of boards at the 1084 01:00:02.840 --> 01:00:05.320 mouth of the trap pointing outward in a V shape. 1085 01:00:05.559 --> 01:00:08.199 You see what I'm saying. So as there are bumbling, 1086 01:00:08.280 --> 01:00:12.480 they're they're not smart, and so you kind of force 1087 01:00:12.519 --> 01:00:16.440 them in. Here's a little trick that wildlife management specialists 1088 01:00:16.480 --> 01:00:19.239 told me a long time ago works, and that is 1089 01:00:19.320 --> 01:00:25.239 to get elbow macaroni, little elbow pasta and boil it 1090 01:00:25.440 --> 01:00:28.320 in a beef boo yon. I guess that makes it 1091 01:00:28.440 --> 01:00:30.760 taste like a tasty grub or something. I don't know. 1092 01:00:31.760 --> 01:00:33.880 And you can don't put too many of them. You 1093 01:00:33.920 --> 01:00:35.719 don't want to fill up the armadilla, but you can 1094 01:00:36.159 --> 01:00:38.239 kind of put one and then a little further forward 1095 01:00:38.280 --> 01:00:40.239 put another one, and you can kind of lead them 1096 01:00:40.400 --> 01:00:43.920 into the trap that way, and once they get in there, 1097 01:00:44.360 --> 01:00:46.719 then it closes behind them and you have to relocate 1098 01:00:46.760 --> 01:00:52.239 them somewhere else. All right, thank you, all right, Okay, 1099 01:00:52.320 --> 01:00:54.840 I was going to offer you recipes for armadilla, but 1100 01:00:54.920 --> 01:00:58.840 I figured that probably wouldn't go over it. All right, 1101 01:00:59.280 --> 01:01:03.039 take care of it. Thanks for the call. Appreciate that. Yeah, 1102 01:01:04.159 --> 01:01:07.800 I'm told people eat those things. I cannot imagine that. 1103 01:01:08.119 --> 01:01:11.880 That just doesn't work for me. Mental block. I'll try 1104 01:01:11.880 --> 01:01:14.280 a lot of things. I'll try a lot of new things, 1105 01:01:14.840 --> 01:01:18.760 but that one I'm gonna die domb on that impossum. 1106 01:01:19.480 --> 01:01:22.159 You know, you can call me if you if you 1107 01:01:22.280 --> 01:01:25.119 love either of those, to tell me why that's wonderful, 1108 01:01:25.159 --> 01:01:29.480 But I'm not gonna go there. All right, Uh, we've 1109 01:01:29.519 --> 01:01:32.280 had storms, this sprank, we had one heck of a 1110 01:01:32.320 --> 01:01:34.679 one that put power out for a very long time. 1111 01:01:34.840 --> 01:01:38.760 Then comes hurricane Barrel power out for a very long time. 1112 01:01:38.920 --> 01:01:42.000 People are interested in getting a generator, and you by 1113 01:01:42.119 --> 01:01:45.880 generators a lot of places, and you know, Generak is 1114 01:01:45.920 --> 01:01:49.639 an outstanding brand. But I'm telling you, if you're going 1115 01:01:49.719 --> 01:01:52.840 to get a generator, please listen to this. Quality Home 1116 01:01:52.920 --> 01:01:55.519 Products of Texas is where you need to get it. 1117 01:01:56.039 --> 01:01:59.119 They carry Generac as well as another brand of generators, 1118 01:01:59.760 --> 01:02:04.840 but Quality Home it's all about the way that you're 1119 01:02:04.880 --> 01:02:08.599 treated and the service you get before and after the seale. 1120 01:02:08.639 --> 01:02:10.440 You walk in there you go, hey, I need a generator. 1121 01:02:10.519 --> 01:02:12.360 They're not just going to be like, well here's the Cadillac, 1122 01:02:12.440 --> 01:02:14.079 go buy this one. They're going to ask you what 1123 01:02:14.159 --> 01:02:15.760 do you need it for? I mean, are you just 1124 01:02:15.840 --> 01:02:18.679 trying to keep a refrigerator going? Is it a whole 1125 01:02:18.719 --> 01:02:20.239 house that you need to get going? 1126 01:02:21.400 --> 01:02:22.440 What is it that you need? 1127 01:02:22.840 --> 01:02:26.400 And they designed that make sure you get the right generator. 1128 01:02:26.719 --> 01:02:29.199 They come out and they pour a pad, not bringing 1129 01:02:29.280 --> 01:02:32.039 in a little cheap pad that's going to crack that 1130 01:02:32.199 --> 01:02:34.079 The generator comes all the way out to the edge 1131 01:02:34.079 --> 01:02:35.719 of the pad, so you hit it with the lawnmar 1132 01:02:35.960 --> 01:02:38.119 Now they have a they pour a bigger pad than 1133 01:02:38.159 --> 01:02:41.480 the generator so that it protects that valuable piece of equipment. 1134 01:02:42.000 --> 01:02:44.960 And they go through all the hoops of the permissions 1135 01:02:45.039 --> 01:02:46.800 that you got to go through to get all that done, 1136 01:02:46.880 --> 01:02:49.320 and the city codes and whatever. 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You 1147 01:03:25.920 --> 01:03:27.199 can learn a lot, but you need to call them. 1148 01:03:27.239 --> 01:03:30.920 Ay it's seven to one three quality, seven one three 1149 01:03:31.639 --> 01:03:35.480 quality and find out they have financing options right now. 1150 01:03:35.960 --> 01:03:38.400 If you trade in an old portable generator, any brand 1151 01:03:38.519 --> 01:03:41.639 or size, five hundred dollars off of what you are 1152 01:03:41.719 --> 01:03:45.320 about to purchase, so you can't go wrong. And if 1153 01:03:45.360 --> 01:03:48.079 you're going to get one, talk to the folks at Quality. 1154 01:03:48.280 --> 01:03:50.920 They know what they're talking about and they do take 1155 01:03:50.960 --> 01:03:55.199 care of their customers. You're listening to Gardenline and we're 1156 01:03:55.239 --> 01:03:57.559 here to answer any kinds of gardening questions that you 1157 01:03:57.639 --> 01:04:03.320 may run across, for example, tables, lawns, weeds, trees, shrubs, 1158 01:04:03.400 --> 01:04:05.880 whatever your questions are, just give us a call. Seven 1159 01:04:05.920 --> 01:04:10.039 one three two one two kt R H seven one 1160 01:04:10.199 --> 01:04:13.639 three two one two k t R H. 1161 01:04:14.639 --> 01:04:14.760 Uh. 1162 01:04:14.840 --> 01:04:18.440 I was talking with Joey from Enchanted Gardens out there 1163 01:04:18.840 --> 01:04:22.880 in the Richmond area. In fact, Channed Gardens is actually 1164 01:04:22.920 --> 01:04:26.559 on the north side of Richmond, that Katie Fullscher side 1165 01:04:26.599 --> 01:04:29.000 of Richmond. They're out there on FM three point fifty nine. 1166 01:04:29.039 --> 01:04:30.599 I was visiting with Joey a little bit over at 1167 01:04:30.639 --> 01:04:35.239 the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association show in San Antonio. 1168 01:04:35.440 --> 01:04:38.400 That was a little bit a week or so ago. Uh, 1169 01:04:38.639 --> 01:04:41.559 and uh, you know, I always like going out to 1170 01:04:41.559 --> 01:04:44.880 in Channa Gardens because it is such a wonderful place. 1171 01:04:45.239 --> 01:04:48.199 It is enchanting number one. You get there and it's like, 1172 01:04:48.280 --> 01:04:51.400 oh my gosh, this is big, and there's there is 1173 01:04:51.760 --> 01:04:55.159 every kind of plant you can imagine, and the best varieties, 1174 01:04:55.280 --> 01:04:57.239 new varieties, things you've never tried. Do you want to 1175 01:04:57.239 --> 01:04:59.920 bring in hummingbirds? They've got every kind of hummingbird thing 1176 01:05:00.119 --> 01:05:04.000 you can imagine there at Enchanted Gardens and Richmond. They 1177 01:05:04.039 --> 01:05:08.719 have beautiful pottery out there, gorgeous pottery. And I think 1178 01:05:08.800 --> 01:05:11.880 pottery is an investment. And if you buy cheap pottery, 1179 01:05:12.280 --> 01:05:16.159 you get what you paid for, get you a quality piece. 1180 01:05:16.239 --> 01:05:17.880 You have to buy it all at once, but gets 1181 01:05:17.880 --> 01:05:20.559 you some quality pieces of pottery. And there's pretty is 1182 01:05:20.559 --> 01:05:23.519 the plant you put in them out and Enchanted, you're 1183 01:05:23.519 --> 01:05:26.800 going to find things that aren't so common, like, for example, 1184 01:05:27.280 --> 01:05:30.800 creeping wiregrass or wire vine. Excuse me, creeping war vine. 1185 01:05:31.480 --> 01:05:33.960 It is a really cool little groundcover that you don't 1186 01:05:34.039 --> 01:05:36.199 just find everywhere. They've got that. Do you want to 1187 01:05:36.199 --> 01:05:39.760 bring in butterflies? They have every kind of butterfly plant 1188 01:05:39.800 --> 01:05:43.599 you can imagine there at Enchanted Gardens and much much 1189 01:05:43.960 --> 01:05:47.719 much more beautiful garden. Blame everything all of the above 1190 01:05:48.159 --> 01:05:52.840 at Enchanted Gardens. Here's the website, Enchanted Gardens Richmond dot com. 1191 01:05:53.039 --> 01:05:57.760 Enchanted Gardens Richmond dot com. Go out there, but take 1192 01:05:57.800 --> 01:06:01.039 some friends when you go, because this is a destination 1193 01:06:01.199 --> 01:06:04.599 place to visit. I'll be right back. Hey, welcome back in. 1194 01:06:05.239 --> 01:06:07.719 Good to have you with us. Good to have you 1195 01:06:07.800 --> 01:06:10.119 with us here on garden Line. Looking forward to visiting 1196 01:06:10.159 --> 01:06:12.760 with you about the things that are most interest to you. 1197 01:06:13.480 --> 01:06:17.599 I did a post to our Facebook page the other 1198 01:06:17.679 --> 01:06:22.719 day where I'm talking about Medina has to Grow supergrow Plus. 1199 01:06:22.880 --> 01:06:25.599 Now Medina products, you've been familiar with them since the 1200 01:06:25.719 --> 01:06:28.440 nineteen fifties. I believe they may even go further, but 1201 01:06:28.519 --> 01:06:31.199 I believe that's when they begin, in other words, a 1202 01:06:31.360 --> 01:06:33.960 long time, and they've been on garden Line for just 1203 01:06:34.000 --> 01:06:37.199 about that minut of time too. Medina has to grow, 1204 01:06:37.280 --> 01:06:39.119 there's the has to grow lawn, and there's the has 1205 01:06:39.199 --> 01:06:43.840 to grow supergrow Plus for lawns. Also, the supergrol Plus 1206 01:06:44.280 --> 01:06:48.559 has a sixteen zero two fertilizer content. A lot of 1207 01:06:48.599 --> 01:06:51.760 things have fertilizer content in them. This one also includes 1208 01:06:51.880 --> 01:06:55.079 a keylated form of iron. Now, when your long grass, 1209 01:06:55.119 --> 01:06:57.840 when you're Saint Austine starts a yellow that's an iron 1210 01:06:57.880 --> 01:07:00.639 deficiency and it can be due to various reasons. But 1211 01:07:01.000 --> 01:07:03.760 by applying the supergril Plus, which by the way, it's 1212 01:07:03.800 --> 01:07:06.159 a quart bottle, hooks up the garden hose, covers four 1213 01:07:06.199 --> 01:07:08.559 thousand square feet. It takes about ten minutes to do it. 1214 01:07:08.960 --> 01:07:13.000 By applying that, you're getting the folier nutrient on the plant, 1215 01:07:13.119 --> 01:07:15.559 the grass plant, the grass blades, but you're also getting 1216 01:07:15.599 --> 01:07:17.559 it done in the soil and it really helps with 1217 01:07:17.679 --> 01:07:21.239 that iron chlorosis. It also has molasses. I was talking 1218 01:07:21.280 --> 01:07:24.360 earlier about molasses and why we like that. It also 1219 01:07:24.480 --> 01:07:29.039 has humic acid for example, and seaweed extract that is 1220 01:07:29.159 --> 01:07:32.480 just a concoction. Now it's made. You know, it's promoted 1221 01:07:32.559 --> 01:07:34.719 as a lawn fertilizer, but you can use it on 1222 01:07:34.800 --> 01:07:37.519 a lot of other plants and gain the same kinds 1223 01:07:37.559 --> 01:07:41.159 of benefits from it. Widely available like all Medina products 1224 01:07:41.199 --> 01:07:43.719 here in the Greater Houston area. We're going to go 1225 01:07:43.800 --> 01:07:45.360 now to the phones. I'm going to head out to 1226 01:07:45.599 --> 01:07:48.880 Kingwood and talk to Bill. Hey, Bill, welcome to garden Line. 1227 01:07:51.039 --> 01:07:51.559 Good morning. 1228 01:07:52.800 --> 01:07:57.000 I have a question about box woods. The Okay, the 1229 01:07:57.119 --> 01:08:00.440 problem we have is we have boxwoods around our and 1230 01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:03.599 occasionally one of them will just turn bright yellow and dye. 1231 01:08:03.920 --> 01:08:07.519 And I heard from rumor that there is some kind 1232 01:08:07.519 --> 01:08:10.079 of fungus or something that invades the soil that will 1233 01:08:10.119 --> 01:08:12.679 kill the box woods, and then if you plant another 1234 01:08:12.760 --> 01:08:17.880 one in that location, it'll die too. So you probably 1235 01:08:17.960 --> 01:08:20.119 know the whole story. So would you please at number 1236 01:08:20.159 --> 01:08:20.600 eight for me? 1237 01:08:22.000 --> 01:08:25.680 Yeah, boxes have several problems. Two of them are root problems. 1238 01:08:26.039 --> 01:08:29.640 One is a vascular wilt. It plugs the plumbing of 1239 01:08:29.680 --> 01:08:32.479 the plant and so it's like you cut the branch 1240 01:08:32.560 --> 01:08:35.079 off and threw it on the sidewalk. The results are 1241 01:08:35.600 --> 01:08:38.159 fast and they look like that, like what you're describing. 1242 01:08:39.239 --> 01:08:43.279 There's not a spray or a drench for Verticillium or Fusarium, 1243 01:08:43.319 --> 01:08:47.600 which are two common vascular wilts. Boxes. Secondly, in the 1244 01:08:47.680 --> 01:08:51.199 soil get nematodes on the roots, especially in a sandy soil, 1245 01:08:51.439 --> 01:08:54.880 but it can occur in other types and those make 1246 01:08:54.960 --> 01:08:57.600 it less and less efficient. So it just looks like 1247 01:08:57.720 --> 01:09:00.640 it needs to be watered and fertilized as it declined down. 1248 01:09:01.159 --> 01:09:04.920 Typically that doesn't kill it. Boxwoods are pretty tough and 1249 01:09:04.960 --> 01:09:07.239 they're able to survive with the nematods, but they don't 1250 01:09:07.279 --> 01:09:09.720 look good then there's a boxwood blight, which is a 1251 01:09:09.840 --> 01:09:14.239 disease and it can cause the complete death. And so 1252 01:09:15.079 --> 01:09:17.359 I can't tell you what you're seeing on this one. 1253 01:09:17.439 --> 01:09:20.119 You would have to have somebody take a look at it. 1254 01:09:20.680 --> 01:09:22.960 One thing you can do is if you have one 1255 01:09:23.079 --> 01:09:26.800 that's dyed the plant is it, but right before it's 1256 01:09:26.840 --> 01:09:29.800 completely gone, while there's still some green in it, you 1257 01:09:29.920 --> 01:09:33.960 can take a knife and slice the trunk. Slice into 1258 01:09:34.000 --> 01:09:36.840 the trunk vertically like down the direction of the trunk, 1259 01:09:37.319 --> 01:09:40.840 and underneath the outer bark you'll see some brown staining. 1260 01:09:40.920 --> 01:09:42.520 The way I describe it as it's almost like a 1261 01:09:42.560 --> 01:09:45.279 cigarette filter, you know, that has that tar staining in it. 1262 01:09:46.199 --> 01:09:48.600 That's what it looks like. That's an indication of the 1263 01:09:48.760 --> 01:09:53.640 soil born fungus problem. Now the blight itself, that's going 1264 01:09:53.720 --> 01:09:58.600 to be something that's attacking above ground, and it just 1265 01:09:58.800 --> 01:10:02.119 is what it is. Occasionally you get broken branches. Occasionally, 1266 01:10:02.840 --> 01:10:04.760 had we just had a row coal winter, I would 1267 01:10:04.800 --> 01:10:08.159 suspect coal damage splits to the trunk as well, which 1268 01:10:08.239 --> 01:10:11.960 can happen. But so in other words, the answer to 1269 01:10:12.000 --> 01:10:14.880 your question could be several answers, but those are some 1270 01:10:15.000 --> 01:10:18.319 ways you can try to just tell between the two nematodes. 1271 01:10:18.359 --> 01:10:21.760 You wash some soil up with a good strong blast 1272 01:10:21.800 --> 01:10:24.359 of water, and the roots will have little bumps and 1273 01:10:24.439 --> 01:10:26.960 knots on them, almost like an ugly sing string of 1274 01:10:27.039 --> 01:10:29.520 pearls or the michelin Man kind of look. 1275 01:10:30.840 --> 01:10:35.640 So, all right, those are a systemic thunge side that 1276 01:10:35.720 --> 01:10:37.560 would treat one of those conditions. 1277 01:10:38.920 --> 01:10:41.960 No, the systemics, there's just not one that's going to 1278 01:10:42.000 --> 01:10:44.640 do a good job on verticillium and fusarium. It's a 1279 01:10:44.760 --> 01:10:48.880 matter of just pulling them out, you know, And I 1280 01:10:49.039 --> 01:10:52.239 know that is a horrible answer for someone who's spent 1281 01:10:52.319 --> 01:10:55.680 money on a bunch of boxwoods. But they'll gradually work 1282 01:10:55.720 --> 01:10:58.359 its way from one to the other across the plant. 1283 01:10:58.880 --> 01:11:01.520 You'll see more and more because again, think of it 1284 01:11:01.600 --> 01:11:04.199 as all those root tips are like the opening of 1285 01:11:04.319 --> 01:11:06.920 straws that bring in water, and the straws take the 1286 01:11:07.000 --> 01:11:09.399 water all the way up to the top. It affects 1287 01:11:09.439 --> 01:11:11.920 some and then it affects others, and as it affects them, 1288 01:11:12.039 --> 01:11:16.399 everything that those roots are feeding starts to turn ten 1289 01:11:16.800 --> 01:11:21.279 and die. And if it's the blight again, you would 1290 01:11:21.319 --> 01:11:23.880 need you can take a sample of a box would 1291 01:11:24.000 --> 01:11:26.720 and that's probably the best thing to do. Get one 1292 01:11:26.840 --> 01:11:29.960 that is dying but not dead. The plant clinic at 1293 01:11:29.960 --> 01:11:33.399 an m will do diagnosis, but they can't do autopsies. 1294 01:11:34.399 --> 01:11:37.000 So get one that's sick and you can see this 1295 01:11:37.119 --> 01:11:40.159 one's going out. Pull it up, shake some soil off 1296 01:11:40.199 --> 01:11:42.680 the roots, get some good roots with it, put it 1297 01:11:42.760 --> 01:11:44.800 in a bag box. You can drive it up to 1298 01:11:44.880 --> 01:11:47.199 the clinic. That's probably the easiest way. It's about an 1299 01:11:47.239 --> 01:11:50.760 hour and fifteen minutes up the road and the clinic 1300 01:11:50.920 --> 01:11:56.800 address is plant Clinic, Plant Clinic dot t a m 1301 01:11:57.000 --> 01:12:01.720 U dot e edu, plant Clinic dot HAMMOU dot edu. 1302 01:12:02.199 --> 01:12:06.039 And that way you can have them diagnosed. It's not 1303 01:12:06.199 --> 01:12:08.439 that expensive to do. And if you're looking at a 1304 01:12:08.479 --> 01:12:12.119 lot of boxwoods, it's cost effective to do that because 1305 01:12:12.720 --> 01:12:14.880 then you know what the next step to take is 1306 01:12:14.960 --> 01:12:17.000 instead of meet giving you all the possibilities. 1307 01:12:18.359 --> 01:12:25.079 Okay, so that's just another example of nature developing a 1308 01:12:25.199 --> 01:12:30.399 new disease that we can't control. Basically, well, well, some of. 1309 01:12:30.399 --> 01:12:34.920 These have been around, Yeah, yeah, well that's yeah, that's 1310 01:12:34.960 --> 01:12:37.199 what nature is. Hey, Bill, thanks, I'm gonna have to 1311 01:12:37.239 --> 01:12:39.279 I'm gonna have to run, but thank you very much 1312 01:12:39.600 --> 01:12:43.279 for that call. I appreciate that if you live up 1313 01:12:43.319 --> 01:12:46.680 in the Conroe area, the Lake Conroe area, the Montgomery area. 1314 01:12:47.000 --> 01:12:50.520 Ana Plants and Produce is a garden center that you've 1315 01:12:50.560 --> 01:12:52.640 got to visit. It's your hometown garden center up there, 1316 01:12:53.039 --> 01:12:56.319 that whole Lake Conroy area. A and A Plants and Produce. 1317 01:12:56.479 --> 01:12:58.359 Right now, they have a hot summer sale going on 1318 01:13:01.119 --> 01:13:05.119 any plant forty percent off, thirty percent off all their 1319 01:13:05.279 --> 01:13:07.640 metal and pottery. And if you've ever been to Ana, 1320 01:13:07.800 --> 01:13:09.800 you know they got tons of cool blaying up there. 1321 01:13:10.359 --> 01:13:13.680 Metal and pottery, thirty percent off. Ana Plants and Produce 1322 01:13:13.720 --> 01:13:17.359 on Highway one oh five on the east side of Montgomery, Texas. 1323 01:13:17.680 --> 01:13:19.199 You got to go visit if you haven't been there, 1324 01:13:19.239 --> 01:13:21.079 because this is a really cool place and there's always 1325 01:13:21.119 --> 01:13:23.920 something new coming in at Anta Plants and Produce, And 1326 01:13:24.000 --> 01:13:26.439 boy do they ever have a great selection of all 1327 01:13:26.479 --> 01:13:30.720 the fertilizers I talk about, I including soil amendments as well. 1328 01:13:32.119 --> 01:13:36.760 Let's see here, I'm going to Greg and Trinity. Greg, 1329 01:13:36.840 --> 01:13:38.479 we're gonna hear music in a minute, and if we 1330 01:13:38.560 --> 01:13:41.279 have to quit talking, I'll finish with you after the break. 1331 01:13:41.399 --> 01:13:42.279 But how can I help? 1332 01:13:43.439 --> 01:13:43.680 Great? 1333 01:13:43.760 --> 01:13:44.319 Got a problem? 1334 01:13:44.359 --> 01:13:44.840 Good morning? 1335 01:13:45.199 --> 01:13:47.359 Hey, I planted some hybrid poplars. 1336 01:13:48.600 --> 01:13:49.119 Can you hear me? 1337 01:13:50.640 --> 01:13:50.800 Yes? 1338 01:13:52.159 --> 01:13:54.880 Okay, I planned some hybrid poplars a few years back. 1339 01:13:55.279 --> 01:13:58.880 Quick growing tree. They do about eighty eight a year. Uh, 1340 01:13:59.079 --> 01:14:01.000 And I get the staff plan FuMB them off their 1341 01:14:01.079 --> 01:14:04.159 root lines. They run a real shallow root line. And 1342 01:14:04.840 --> 01:14:07.520 when I took those out, they grew pretty well in 1343 01:14:07.600 --> 01:14:10.479 a bucket, and then I transplant them. My question to you, 1344 01:14:10.680 --> 01:14:14.319 he is, should I plant them this year? They're about 1345 01:14:14.359 --> 01:14:16.279 three feet tall in the buckets right now? 1346 01:14:16.399 --> 01:14:18.199 All right, let me let me get there. 1347 01:14:18.319 --> 01:14:18.520 Good. 1348 01:14:20.239 --> 01:14:22.439 Now, you want to plan them this fall in November? 1349 01:14:22.560 --> 01:14:24.119 Pull them out of the bucket. You're not going to 1350 01:14:24.159 --> 01:14:25.920 want to do this, but cut the roots that are 1351 01:14:25.960 --> 01:14:28.439 circling in the pot. Put them in the ground in 1352 01:14:28.520 --> 01:14:31.199 November and they'll have the best chance possible. Plan them 1353 01:14:31.239 --> 01:14:33.840 if the same depth they were. Don't put anything in 1354 01:14:33.920 --> 01:14:35.880 the planning hole, just the SOI you dug it out. 1355 01:14:36.520 --> 01:14:38.520 This is the end of our segment. I'm gonna go 1356 01:14:38.600 --> 01:14:40.359 ahead and put you on hold, but if you need 1357 01:14:40.479 --> 01:14:46.920 to stick around, I'll be back. Welcome back. So good 1358 01:14:46.920 --> 01:14:49.079 to have you with us. Glad you're listening in today. 1359 01:14:49.119 --> 01:14:51.199 I'm going to take you about thirty minutes here and 1360 01:14:51.479 --> 01:14:54.479 I'm bringing a special guest in that is a wealth 1361 01:14:54.680 --> 01:14:57.760 of knowledge when it comes to things related to monarch, 1362 01:14:57.840 --> 01:15:01.560 butterflies and milkweed. And I say that because, well, I'm 1363 01:15:01.680 --> 01:15:04.720 talking about Howard and Amarov. Howard and I have been 1364 01:15:05.399 --> 01:15:09.079 I guess, penpals in a sense in terms of, you know, 1365 01:15:10.000 --> 01:15:13.880 communicating through our emails and whatnot over a number of 1366 01:15:13.960 --> 01:15:17.640 years now. Howard's a certified master gardener text here in 1367 01:15:17.720 --> 01:15:21.760 Texas with an advanced entomology certification. So when he's not 1368 01:15:22.079 --> 01:15:27.279 research and Howard's out in his garden, his yard, the laboratory, right, he, 1369 01:15:28.039 --> 01:15:31.319 like me, is forever curious, wanting to learn more and 1370 01:15:31.560 --> 01:15:34.840 learn a good information. As part of his entomology research, 1371 01:15:34.920 --> 01:15:40.239 Howard has read a number of peer reviewed papers, recent 1372 01:15:40.319 --> 01:15:44.239 peer reviewed papers about monarch butterflies, about their migration, and 1373 01:15:44.319 --> 01:15:47.119 about this plant, tropical milkweed that you've heard a lot 1374 01:15:47.159 --> 01:15:49.079 about and you hear people say, don't plant it. You 1375 01:15:49.119 --> 01:15:52.119 hear people say cut it down and the end of 1376 01:15:52.159 --> 01:15:56.399 the year and it carries some disease of the monarchs. 1377 01:15:56.399 --> 01:15:58.159 We're going to get to the bottom of all that here. 1378 01:15:58.600 --> 01:16:01.479 I'm holding calls during this next thirty minutes. Once you 1379 01:16:01.520 --> 01:16:04.159 get past about eight thirty or so, we'll be taking 1380 01:16:04.239 --> 01:16:06.920 calls again. But first of all, I want to go 1381 01:16:07.000 --> 01:16:11.640 to the phones and welcome Howard to garden Line. Hey, Howard, 1382 01:16:11.680 --> 01:16:13.600 it's good to talk to you again. Welcome to garden 1383 01:16:13.640 --> 01:16:14.159 Line Radio. 1384 01:16:15.479 --> 01:16:17.279 Oh, thank you for having me on SKIP. 1385 01:16:18.840 --> 01:16:21.279 Well, looking, I'm really looking forward to this. You know, 1386 01:16:21.319 --> 01:16:24.800 I've picked your brain before on this issue. But we're 1387 01:16:24.840 --> 01:16:29.760 talking about a disease that affects monarchs. Can you can 1388 01:16:29.800 --> 01:16:32.359 you go a little bit into exactly what is that 1389 01:16:32.520 --> 01:16:35.800 disease and how does it affect monarch butterflies? 1390 01:16:37.039 --> 01:16:41.479 Okay, Well, the disease is Afrio sistus electroscira, and from 1391 01:16:41.600 --> 01:16:45.159 here forward we will call that OE. It's acronym. 1392 01:16:45.399 --> 01:16:49.199 I think everybody's thanking us for having a brief a 1393 01:16:49.319 --> 01:16:51.359 brief oe for that long word. 1394 01:16:52.960 --> 01:16:56.880 Yeah, yeah, I understand. And it is a It's a 1395 01:16:56.960 --> 01:17:02.600 parasite that commonly builds up primarily on tropical milk weed, 1396 01:17:04.479 --> 01:17:12.840 and it gets consumed with when the moner caterpillars consume 1397 01:17:12.920 --> 01:17:17.319 the leaves, they ingest this oe and it starts this 1398 01:17:17.640 --> 01:17:22.760 replication cycle that results in when they come out of 1399 01:17:22.880 --> 01:17:28.279 their chrysalis, they have these spores on their wings, and 1400 01:17:28.359 --> 01:17:31.840 then when they fly off, they will spread those spores 1401 01:17:31.960 --> 01:17:35.520 to other milkweed, and that could include native milk weeds. 1402 01:17:37.000 --> 01:17:43.199 I see. It's like coronavirus spreading around the country. Huh, 1403 01:17:43.479 --> 01:17:44.680 from one person to another. 1404 01:17:44.840 --> 01:17:49.600 Yeah, there with people who are not isolating or you know, 1405 01:17:50.039 --> 01:17:51.520 and when they're sick. Yeah. 1406 01:17:52.479 --> 01:17:55.760 Okay, So you mentioned that they come out, but a 1407 01:17:55.800 --> 01:17:57.920 lot of times doesn't it affect the development of the 1408 01:17:57.960 --> 01:17:59.840 butterfly in the crysalis itself. 1409 01:18:01.279 --> 01:18:05.640 It does in many of the monarchs emerged deformed and 1410 01:18:05.720 --> 01:18:09.000 they can't fly, but there is a small percentage that 1411 01:18:09.239 --> 01:18:13.039 remain healthy enough to fly off and spread these bores 1412 01:18:13.119 --> 01:18:14.199 onto other milk weeds. 1413 01:18:15.920 --> 01:18:19.880 Wow, okay, well, so actually I guess that I'm not 1414 01:18:20.079 --> 01:18:22.479 making it is a good thing for the sake of 1415 01:18:22.520 --> 01:18:27.319 all the monarch population. But that's correct. Well, why are 1416 01:18:27.399 --> 01:18:29.960 we talking about tropical milk weed, because you know, that's 1417 01:18:29.960 --> 01:18:32.239 the one you see most in garden centers. I know 1418 01:18:32.359 --> 01:18:35.399 a lot of people have promoted the milkweeds, but it's 1419 01:18:35.479 --> 01:18:38.479 basically the tropical that everybody's planting. And what's wrong with 1420 01:18:38.600 --> 01:18:40.760 that plant? Why aren't other milk weeds just as bad 1421 01:18:40.800 --> 01:18:41.039 as that? 1422 01:18:42.960 --> 01:18:48.880 Well, tropical milk weed has it's well adapted to our climate, 1423 01:18:49.039 --> 01:18:55.960 so it stays evergreen. And that's the challenge because plants 1424 01:18:56.119 --> 01:19:01.000 like tropical milkweed that keep their leaves all and into 1425 01:19:01.199 --> 01:19:06.159 the fall will continue to have those spores on their leaves. 1426 01:19:06.359 --> 01:19:11.439 Native milk weeds generally go dormant once or twice during 1427 01:19:11.560 --> 01:19:15.279 the growing season, so when they do any any spores 1428 01:19:15.359 --> 01:19:19.039 that were on those leaves fall away to the soil 1429 01:19:19.159 --> 01:19:23.680 and disappear from this cycle. So when they push new 1430 01:19:23.800 --> 01:19:28.039 leaves out from their roots, those leaves are clean, and 1431 01:19:28.239 --> 01:19:32.840 if a monarch comes along and eats those leaves, then 1432 01:19:32.880 --> 01:19:34.000 they won't get infected. 1433 01:19:36.279 --> 01:19:39.359 I see, well that that makes a lot of sense, 1434 01:19:39.960 --> 01:19:42.880 And I think is there some other stuff about tropical 1435 01:19:42.920 --> 01:19:46.359 milk weed where just feeding on the planet itself, aside 1436 01:19:46.399 --> 01:19:50.239 from the spore concern, may be an issue for the monarchs. 1437 01:19:53.000 --> 01:19:54.720 And I'd like I like to preface this that I 1438 01:19:54.840 --> 01:19:58.720 used to grow tropical milk weed until I read a 1439 01:19:58.880 --> 01:20:02.359 lot of research that all pointed in the same direction 1440 01:20:02.600 --> 01:20:07.840 from slightly different perspectives. Researchers have found that the monarchs 1441 01:20:07.840 --> 01:20:10.239 who feed on the tropical milk weed as larvae have 1442 01:20:10.439 --> 01:20:16.359 less effiicient metabolism and shorter and smaller wings. Now, both 1443 01:20:16.399 --> 01:20:19.279 of these mutations make it harder to fly long distances, 1444 01:20:19.439 --> 01:20:25.039 which damages the migration. Basically, these monarchs are less likely 1445 01:20:25.159 --> 01:20:27.760 to complete the migration. And that's really what we want 1446 01:20:27.840 --> 01:20:31.079 to support, is that migration that's been going on for 1447 01:20:31.199 --> 01:20:34.359 thousands of years, right. 1448 01:20:35.760 --> 01:20:38.159 That and the fact that we would not like them 1449 01:20:38.279 --> 01:20:40.479 to be carrying the spores around. You know, when they 1450 01:20:40.520 --> 01:20:42.479 go back to Mexico, there's all the pursures of them 1451 01:20:42.520 --> 01:20:45.279 in the forest, just as like solid butterflies there in 1452 01:20:45.319 --> 01:20:49.239 the fourth Yeah, okay, so even the planet itself has 1453 01:20:49.279 --> 01:20:52.039 some issues. You know, I've had tropical milk weed for 1454 01:20:52.079 --> 01:20:55.039 a very long time and I love the plant, you know, 1455 01:20:55.119 --> 01:20:57.039 for a number of different reasons, and so this is 1456 01:20:57.159 --> 01:21:00.840 kind of interesting to put it in a spotlight here 1457 01:21:00.880 --> 01:21:02.680 and talk about it a little bit and some of 1458 01:21:02.720 --> 01:21:05.079 the issues that maybe people weren't aware of. That's one 1459 01:21:05.119 --> 01:21:07.039 reason I wanted to have you on, just so people 1460 01:21:07.760 --> 01:21:10.039 get a chance to hear a little bit more, a 1461 01:21:10.079 --> 01:21:16.359 little bit more about that. So now, what what what 1462 01:21:16.600 --> 01:21:17.439 is a gardener? 1463 01:21:18.119 --> 01:21:18.239 Uh? 1464 01:21:18.720 --> 01:21:22.960 You know, can can we do to help this issue? 1465 01:21:23.079 --> 01:21:28.600 I know, planting the natives is important. Uh, and and 1466 01:21:28.760 --> 01:21:31.439 there are a number of species around they're often kind 1467 01:21:31.439 --> 01:21:32.199 of hard to find. 1468 01:21:34.479 --> 01:21:39.119 Yeah, that's that's a problem, Uh that the natives are 1469 01:21:39.520 --> 01:21:43.159 not available at the wholesale level, so the retailers couldn't 1470 01:21:45.000 --> 01:21:52.800 find them for sale. And there's uh this, there's a 1471 01:21:52.920 --> 01:21:55.800 lot of people who are concerned. And one of these 1472 01:21:55.880 --> 01:21:58.840 concerns is they're they're promoting is well, plant more milkweed. 1473 01:22:01.159 --> 01:22:01.439 Ford. 1474 01:22:01.439 --> 01:22:03.880 I'm sorry to interrupt. I'm sorry to have to interrupt. 1475 01:22:04.680 --> 01:22:06.640 I'm not looking at my clock, and I got this 1476 01:22:06.800 --> 01:22:09.520 hard break here. We're going to come right back. Stay teen, folks, 1477 01:22:09.760 --> 01:22:11.720 We're gonna come right back to this point with Howard. 1478 01:22:11.800 --> 01:22:15.039 I'll be right back if you will come back. I'm 1479 01:22:15.039 --> 01:22:17.439 gonna jump right in here into the music. We want 1480 01:22:17.479 --> 01:22:22.680 to get right back out to talking with Howard Nemoroff, 1481 01:22:22.800 --> 01:22:26.720 Howard Numerff, Certified Master Gardner, Advanced Entomology training and we're 1482 01:22:26.760 --> 01:22:30.279 talking about monarchs and tropical milk weed, and Howard, I 1483 01:22:30.359 --> 01:22:31.840 kind of cut you off there in the middle of 1484 01:22:31.880 --> 01:22:35.159 a native milkweed a spiel. We've got some great nursery 1485 01:22:35.199 --> 01:22:39.560 Sharon Houston that really focus on native plants, and we 1486 01:22:39.760 --> 01:22:42.800 can find a few of the natives here. They're a 1487 01:22:42.840 --> 01:22:44.479 little bit of a challenge though. You kind of have 1488 01:22:44.560 --> 01:22:48.840 to adjust your thinking in that. You know, they don't 1489 01:22:49.079 --> 01:22:51.039 sit there and look pretty all year. You know, they 1490 01:22:51.199 --> 01:22:52.920 like you said, they do their bloom and then they 1491 01:22:53.000 --> 01:22:55.279 drop leaves, and so you may want to elaborate just 1492 01:22:55.359 --> 01:22:55.880 a bit on that. 1493 01:22:57.119 --> 01:23:01.000 Yeah, they do, and their best planted it amongst a 1494 01:23:01.159 --> 01:23:05.000 number of other plants. So think think a pocket prairie. 1495 01:23:05.119 --> 01:23:07.960 Think of of a space where you have a number 1496 01:23:08.039 --> 01:23:13.000 of native plants that work together. So when the milk 1497 01:23:13.039 --> 01:23:17.640 weeds go dormant, it doesn't really impact your your visual appeal, 1498 01:23:17.880 --> 01:23:21.399 and it doesn't stop the pollinators from visiting your gardens. 1499 01:23:21.479 --> 01:23:24.920 So everything keeps rolling along and then the milk weeds 1500 01:23:24.960 --> 01:23:25.600 will do their thing. 1501 01:23:27.279 --> 01:23:29.640 Yeah, and that's a that's a very good point because 1502 01:23:29.800 --> 01:23:33.560 you know, we have our standard Saint Augustine. Half the 1503 01:23:33.640 --> 01:23:37.359 plants in the landscape originated in Asia, you know, those 1504 01:23:37.439 --> 01:23:40.560 kind of landscapes, and then we have the natives, and 1505 01:23:40.640 --> 01:23:43.079 the natives it's a different look. It's a beautiful look. 1506 01:23:43.479 --> 01:23:45.960 But I think that's a is a very very good 1507 01:23:46.000 --> 01:23:52.439 point to make. I want to go ahead, No, go ahead, 1508 01:23:52.560 --> 01:23:53.039 I'll come. 1509 01:23:53.680 --> 01:23:55.800 I was just going to say that you don't really 1510 01:23:55.880 --> 01:23:59.279 need to plant milk weeds. The research is showing that 1511 01:23:59.359 --> 01:24:02.560 the population monoch populations and the stable for the last 1512 01:24:02.880 --> 01:24:07.359 decade or more, and that there's enough native milk weed 1513 01:24:07.640 --> 01:24:10.439 in the summer breeding range to maintain the population. 1514 01:24:10.720 --> 01:24:15.600 Go ahead, skip, Okay, all right, Well, what can a 1515 01:24:15.680 --> 01:24:19.800 gardener do to help support monarchs other than not planning 1516 01:24:20.520 --> 01:24:24.039 the tropical milkweed? What are some things you can do 1517 01:24:24.359 --> 01:24:26.439 to really support the monarch. 1518 01:24:28.119 --> 01:24:30.840 Well, what we need to support here in Texas is 1519 01:24:30.920 --> 01:24:35.319 the migration. They come through here from their Mexico overwintering 1520 01:24:35.479 --> 01:24:37.680 site in the spring and then they come back from 1521 01:24:37.760 --> 01:24:41.079 the north in the fall and they pass through Texas. 1522 01:24:41.199 --> 01:24:44.199 They all pass through Texas. So what they really need 1523 01:24:44.359 --> 01:24:48.000 is fuel. They need nectar to refuel so they can 1524 01:24:48.119 --> 01:24:52.920 complete their migration. So a simple but powerful contribution that 1525 01:24:53.039 --> 01:24:56.119 everybody should be able to make is to grow nectar flowers. 1526 01:24:57.079 --> 01:24:59.199 And they could be betting plants that you can buy 1527 01:24:59.279 --> 01:25:02.000 in spring. It could be Zenya's for example, that you 1528 01:25:02.119 --> 01:25:06.560 buy at the stores. It could be popular natives like 1529 01:25:06.960 --> 01:25:11.119 Greg's mist flower, or verbinas or echinaesia, the you know, 1530 01:25:11.239 --> 01:25:15.000 purple cone flower. There's there's a lot of options that 1531 01:25:15.439 --> 01:25:18.520 are really doable for pretty much any gardener. 1532 01:25:21.079 --> 01:25:23.880 And then you still are attracting them to your landscape, 1533 01:25:24.000 --> 01:25:25.640 so you get to enjoy them and you are and 1534 01:25:25.720 --> 01:25:28.039 everything like that. That makes sense. That's just what we 1535 01:25:28.119 --> 01:25:31.000 do with hosaft. You know, we we fuel them up 1536 01:25:31.119 --> 01:25:33.840 so they can The fact that a hummingbird can fly 1537 01:25:33.960 --> 01:25:38.479 across the Gulf of Mexico is still blows but we 1538 01:25:38.640 --> 01:25:42.399 have to feel that kind of true. Yeah, I would 1539 01:25:42.840 --> 01:25:45.560 exactly a mile out from shore, I would run out 1540 01:25:45.600 --> 01:25:48.079 of energy and turn around. 1541 01:25:50.199 --> 01:25:54.000 It's amazing what they can do. Yeah, and the monarchs. 1542 01:25:54.039 --> 01:25:56.520 Remember is some of these monarchs coming from southern Canada, 1543 01:25:56.640 --> 01:26:00.439 so they are traveling three thousand miles in the fall 1544 01:26:00.840 --> 01:26:01.920 to get to Mexico. 1545 01:26:02.199 --> 01:26:06.359 Yeah. Wow. And you watch a butterfly fly and it's 1546 01:26:06.439 --> 01:26:09.159 not exactly like a homing pigeon. That's you know, like 1547 01:26:09.239 --> 01:26:12.640 a bullet shutting past. It takes some few capes to 1548 01:26:12.720 --> 01:26:15.000 get there. Well, it's good. You know some other good 1549 01:26:15.119 --> 01:26:17.960 native plants that we would talk about, and I think 1550 01:26:18.000 --> 01:26:21.000 you included this in a program I saw that you did. 1551 01:26:22.000 --> 01:26:25.199 The latrous which is called gay feather. It's a native species. 1552 01:26:25.359 --> 01:26:28.239 Maximilian sunflowers another one I think that you had on 1553 01:26:28.319 --> 01:26:31.439 the list. That is one that blooms in the fall, 1554 01:26:32.199 --> 01:26:36.560 late summer fall season, so it spreads it out. Verbinas 1555 01:26:37.000 --> 01:26:42.079 Joe pieweed, golden rod another full blooming plant. Purple cone 1556 01:26:42.119 --> 01:26:46.079 flowers another native plant that does well. And then you 1557 01:26:46.199 --> 01:26:49.000 mentioned the misflower, the Greg's missflower, and another one called 1558 01:26:49.000 --> 01:26:52.399 shrubby bone set that's another type of misflower that does well. 1559 01:26:52.920 --> 01:26:54.640 I just want to get some names out there for 1560 01:26:55.039 --> 01:26:56.159 people to consider. 1561 01:26:57.880 --> 01:26:59.640 Yeah, and then when you go to these go to 1562 01:26:59.720 --> 01:27:02.600 the gars. You know, they may have some other suggestions. 1563 01:27:02.680 --> 01:27:05.800 But we need to remember that monarchs have been coming 1564 01:27:05.880 --> 01:27:08.079 through here for thousands of years, so they have been 1565 01:27:08.159 --> 01:27:13.039 finding native plants to refuel on. And so it gives 1566 01:27:13.079 --> 01:27:15.680 us a lot of options if we just look up 1567 01:27:15.760 --> 01:27:19.520 and find out what's native to our local area, which 1568 01:27:19.560 --> 01:27:20.720 are our county. 1569 01:27:20.640 --> 01:27:21.680 Or you know our. 1570 01:27:25.159 --> 01:27:29.399 Yeah, that's true. In fact, I think this you'll find 1571 01:27:29.479 --> 01:27:30.119 this interesting. 1572 01:27:30.399 --> 01:27:30.560 Well. 1573 01:27:30.600 --> 01:27:33.159 One of our garden centers of Buchanan's Native Plants in 1574 01:27:33.239 --> 01:27:36.479 the Heights of Houston, they actually have a table where 1575 01:27:36.520 --> 01:27:40.239 it's just Harris County natives. You know, it's just natives, right, 1576 01:27:40.439 --> 01:27:42.880 here as opposed to be in a Texas Native which 1577 01:27:42.960 --> 01:27:48.199 is much broader range, which I think is kind of cool. Well, so, people, I. 1578 01:27:48.279 --> 01:27:52.399 Definitely agree with that principle. Good. Yeah, No, I definitely 1579 01:27:52.439 --> 01:27:55.279 think you try and find county label level natives. And 1580 01:27:55.680 --> 01:27:58.039 I've heard about Buchanans. I don't live there, but I 1581 01:27:58.119 --> 01:28:01.479 know a number of people gardeners that really think highly 1582 01:28:01.640 --> 01:28:05.159 of the set they're promoting the local natives. 1583 01:28:06.439 --> 01:28:08.159 Well, when you're ready to jump in the car and 1584 01:28:08.239 --> 01:28:10.239 head this way, I have to give you a list. 1585 01:28:10.479 --> 01:28:14.479 We have more of these centers that I've ever seen here, 1586 01:28:15.079 --> 01:28:18.159 you know. I know over in Austin area and in 1587 01:28:18.279 --> 01:28:20.880 San Antonio there's a lot of great garden centers, but 1588 01:28:21.079 --> 01:28:23.760 oh my gosh, North, South, East West ones that you 1589 01:28:23.920 --> 01:28:26.600 go into and it's like, why can't I have something 1590 01:28:26.680 --> 01:28:29.119 like this where I live, you know, because they're they're 1591 01:28:29.560 --> 01:28:34.239 interesting and cool. Well, okay, so now I'm gonna I 1592 01:28:34.359 --> 01:28:36.439 kind of, I guess a little bit put you on 1593 01:28:36.520 --> 01:28:39.199 the spot in that. Uh And we talked about this before, 1594 01:28:39.319 --> 01:28:42.439 but uh, I'm aware of the fact that people listening 1595 01:28:42.479 --> 01:28:44.720 to the show, everybody's not gonna go out and pull 1596 01:28:44.800 --> 01:28:48.359 up their their tropical milk weed. It just doesn't quite 1597 01:28:48.399 --> 01:28:49.000 work that way. 1598 01:28:49.680 --> 01:28:50.199 Uh uh. 1599 01:28:50.520 --> 01:28:53.039 And while that I know for you, that's a passion 1600 01:28:53.119 --> 01:28:56.479 and a concern for sure, for reasons of your research. 1601 01:28:57.159 --> 01:29:00.920 If someone has a tropical milkweed plan, uh and they're 1602 01:29:01.000 --> 01:29:04.720 just like, you know, okay, what can I do to 1603 01:29:04.960 --> 01:29:10.239 minimize the issue, especially the issue with the disease on 1604 01:29:10.399 --> 01:29:13.239 the plant? What what would you recommend? I know you're 1605 01:29:13.239 --> 01:29:14.920 going to try talking and pulling it out and putting 1606 01:29:14.960 --> 01:29:19.199 a different milk weed in bute to at least make 1607 01:29:19.239 --> 01:29:20.439 it less of a concern. 1608 01:29:22.000 --> 01:29:24.800 Yeah, I'm not a garden nazi. I'm not going to 1609 01:29:24.880 --> 01:29:30.159 come and harass people or break in and pull out 1610 01:29:30.279 --> 01:29:35.079 pull out their tropical milk weed. I do recommend removing it, however, 1611 01:29:35.239 --> 01:29:39.399 best practices if if you're going to keep it. If 1612 01:29:39.399 --> 01:29:40.279 you're going to keep. 1613 01:29:40.159 --> 01:29:43.880 It, go ahead, I'm sorry. 1614 01:29:45.000 --> 01:29:50.159 Oh no, it's not good in Texas to crash into 1615 01:29:50.239 --> 01:29:55.159 somebody else's property. But anyway, if there's two times a 1616 01:29:55.279 --> 01:29:57.520 year when you you should cut it down to the ground. Remember, 1617 01:29:57.600 --> 01:30:00.439 tropical milk weed is a perennial, so we'll come back 1618 01:30:00.479 --> 01:30:04.119 from the roots. So if you cut everything down to 1619 01:30:04.239 --> 01:30:07.479 the ground in late winter, early spring, before the monarchs 1620 01:30:07.560 --> 01:30:12.600 arrive from Mexico, they'll have fresh leaves. And if you 1621 01:30:12.720 --> 01:30:15.560 cut it down to the ground again in late September 1622 01:30:16.760 --> 01:30:20.359 before the monarchs arrive on their way to Mexico, you 1623 01:30:20.479 --> 01:30:24.479 will also help the migration because research has also found 1624 01:30:24.560 --> 01:30:30.920 that some of the females drop out of their reproductive 1625 01:30:31.000 --> 01:30:36.800 dormant cycle to lay eggs when they find tropical milk weed. 1626 01:30:37.039 --> 01:30:38.920 What we really want to do is we want those 1627 01:30:39.000 --> 01:30:43.319 females to travel all the way to Mexico, where they 1628 01:30:43.399 --> 01:30:47.560 will come back from in the spring and lay eggs 1629 01:30:47.600 --> 01:30:50.600 as they start their natural journey north. 1630 01:30:52.000 --> 01:30:54.640 Okay, so just to in a nutshell, you said, cut 1631 01:30:54.680 --> 01:30:57.279 it to the ground at the end of winter, cut 1632 01:30:57.319 --> 01:30:59.640 it to the ground again at the end of September, 1633 01:31:00.279 --> 01:31:04.279 and that's right, I'm not correct. Okay, all right, Well, 1634 01:31:04.359 --> 01:31:07.439 I know you you know your your your main concern 1635 01:31:07.600 --> 01:31:11.479 is is looking toward native milkweeds and recognizing the fact 1636 01:31:11.560 --> 01:31:16.000 that probably we do a better benefit to the monarchs 1637 01:31:16.159 --> 01:31:20.359 by getting the flowers that fuel them. But I know, 1638 01:31:20.439 --> 01:31:22.439 we got a lot of different versions of gardeners out 1639 01:31:22.479 --> 01:31:26.439 there that that uh uh, you know, are going to 1640 01:31:26.800 --> 01:31:30.600 to one degree or another change the way they garden 1641 01:31:31.159 --> 01:31:36.159 or not. Wow, well, we got about three minutes left here. 1642 01:31:36.640 --> 01:31:36.760 Uh. 1643 01:31:36.960 --> 01:31:39.359 So one thing that Lincoln that I got from you 1644 01:31:39.680 --> 01:31:42.159 is from the Native Plants Society in Texas and it's 1645 01:31:42.279 --> 01:31:46.680 bring Back the Monarchs to Texas. And uh, of course 1646 01:31:46.720 --> 01:31:48.279 they're going to come here whether we bring them back 1647 01:31:48.359 --> 01:31:51.640 or not. But the article is really good and it's 1648 01:31:51.680 --> 01:31:53.720 at the website. I'm not going to give you the 1649 01:31:53.840 --> 01:31:57.560 whole thing to this article, but it's n P s 1650 01:31:57.800 --> 01:32:01.399 o T dot org. So n P s o T 1651 01:32:01.680 --> 01:32:05.560 is Native Plant Society of Texas dot o r G. 1652 01:32:06.520 --> 01:32:09.600 And the article is bring Back the Monarchs to Texas. 1653 01:32:09.640 --> 01:32:11.680 And it's a very very helpful article. 1654 01:32:15.279 --> 01:32:16.039 Yeah it is. 1655 01:32:19.880 --> 01:32:24.720 I can't remember exactly right now every detail, but they 1656 01:32:24.800 --> 01:32:29.800 do give people a lot of good tips on how 1657 01:32:29.880 --> 01:32:32.600 you can do it. And like you said, you have 1658 01:32:32.880 --> 01:32:36.680 you have gardeners at different levels of knowledge and experience. 1659 01:32:36.880 --> 01:32:43.680 So it gives people an opportunity to read up on 1660 01:32:43.760 --> 01:32:48.159 what they can do and then figure out what works 1661 01:32:48.359 --> 01:32:52.439 best for me and my garden that I can do. 1662 01:32:54.880 --> 01:32:58.600 Well. And that's that is really true. And I know 1663 01:32:58.880 --> 01:33:01.960 you you know as an aster gardener, uh and just 1664 01:33:02.000 --> 01:33:03.039 a lifetime gardener. 1665 01:33:03.520 --> 01:33:03.600 Uh. 1666 01:33:03.840 --> 01:33:09.600 You recognize the importance of things that that we grow here, 1667 01:33:09.800 --> 01:33:13.239 choosing things we go here, designing our landscapes appropriately, whether 1668 01:33:13.439 --> 01:33:18.600 we're looking at water conservation or you know, taking care 1669 01:33:18.600 --> 01:33:22.880 of our beneficial insects and all of those. There's a 1670 01:33:22.960 --> 01:33:26.640 lot of practices. Yeah, and it all begins one garden 1671 01:33:26.720 --> 01:33:27.239 at a time. 1672 01:33:28.920 --> 01:33:32.439 Yeah, it does. And you made a good point, and 1673 01:33:32.479 --> 01:33:34.800 I'd like to make make this point that what you 1674 01:33:34.960 --> 01:33:38.920 do that that benefits other pollinators. I got a will 1675 01:33:39.079 --> 01:33:43.239 benefit monarchs. Yeah, it'll benefit monarchs. And what benefits monarchs 1676 01:33:43.319 --> 01:33:46.319 benefits all of our native pollinators that live here all 1677 01:33:46.439 --> 01:33:46.880 year round. 1678 01:33:48.680 --> 01:33:52.640 Yeah, that's that is true. That is absolutely the case. 1679 01:33:52.760 --> 01:33:56.359 I Uh, I lost part of what you said my 1680 01:33:56.640 --> 01:34:00.680 my audio uh clicked out a second there. But talking 1681 01:34:00.720 --> 01:34:03.880 about with all the other important native pollinators and taking 1682 01:34:03.920 --> 01:34:07.159 care of them, and there is so much that we 1683 01:34:07.239 --> 01:34:11.800 can do in order to do that. Well, Howard, I 1684 01:34:12.680 --> 01:34:17.000 really appreciate you taking time to come on today. It's 1685 01:34:17.079 --> 01:34:20.159 been wonderful. I know, I'm gonna I'm gonna hear a 1686 01:34:20.199 --> 01:34:24.560 lot about you know, the talk, the information that you provided, 1687 01:34:24.600 --> 01:34:26.359 and one thing that I just wasn't aware of was 1688 01:34:26.439 --> 01:34:29.960 the issue of just feeding on that plant is not, 1689 01:34:30.199 --> 01:34:32.680 as I'm gonna say, not as nutritious, not as helpful 1690 01:34:32.720 --> 01:34:37.279 for the butterfly development or whatever is specifically that and 1691 01:34:37.560 --> 01:34:40.520 that that was kind of interesting as well. I'm gonna 1692 01:34:40.520 --> 01:34:42.800 have to run to a break, but thank you again. 1693 01:34:43.000 --> 01:34:47.000 I appreciate look forward to future corresponding with you on 1694 01:34:47.159 --> 01:34:49.560 this and a lot of other topics as we have 1695 01:34:49.680 --> 01:34:51.840 in the past. So thank you for being a guest 1696 01:34:51.920 --> 01:34:52.680 on Guardline. 1697 01:34:53.880 --> 01:34:55.199 Well thanks for having me skied. 1698 01:34:56.640 --> 01:35:00.359 Yes, sir, you you enjoyed that segment. I thought it 1699 01:35:00.560 --> 01:35:04.960 was very informative and very helpful when it comes to, 1700 01:35:05.399 --> 01:35:10.680 you know, our dealing with butterfly gardening and the monarchs 1701 01:35:10.760 --> 01:35:12.800 and some of the issues that we've heard before. I've 1702 01:35:12.840 --> 01:35:15.399 always heard bits and pieces of it, but I got 1703 01:35:15.399 --> 01:35:18.800 a little bit bigger, bigger picture, I think in visiting 1704 01:35:19.119 --> 01:35:22.840 with mister Nemrov, I want to remind you, or not 1705 01:35:23.000 --> 01:35:25.479 remind you, tell you for the first time. Actually, the 1706 01:35:25.560 --> 01:35:29.920 Montgomery County Fall Home and Outdoor Living Show is coming up. 1707 01:35:29.960 --> 01:35:33.880 It's two weeks from today and it's over the weekend 1708 01:35:34.119 --> 01:35:37.680 two weeks from day, September seventh and September eighth, and 1709 01:35:37.880 --> 01:35:40.119 this is always a great show up there. In the 1710 01:35:40.159 --> 01:35:43.439 Montgomery County area. It is at the Lone Star Convention 1711 01:35:43.560 --> 01:35:46.239 and Expo Center and I'm going to be there on Saturday, 1712 01:35:46.399 --> 01:35:48.880 So all of you listening up in the like Conroe 1713 01:35:48.960 --> 01:35:55.279 area up Conroe, willis just that whole direction, come on out. 1714 01:35:55.560 --> 01:35:57.039 I'd like to meet you. I'm going to be given 1715 01:35:57.079 --> 01:36:01.199 a talk on fall gardening, not just vegetables, but fall 1716 01:36:01.239 --> 01:36:04.640 gardening in general, and then I'll be answering your gardening questions. 1717 01:36:04.760 --> 01:36:07.159 I'll be having a lot of different kinds of products, 1718 01:36:07.159 --> 01:36:09.279 supplies and stuff. We're going to be given away some 1719 01:36:09.439 --> 01:36:12.199 different things that I think you would be very interested in, 1720 01:36:13.159 --> 01:36:15.720 and just there for the Q and I always like 1721 01:36:15.840 --> 01:36:18.039 to meet the folks that listen to garden Line. That's 1722 01:36:18.119 --> 01:36:22.319 the Montgomery County Fall Home and Outdoor Living Show September 1723 01:36:22.399 --> 01:36:26.640 seventh and eighth at the Lone Star Convention Center and Expostcenter. 1724 01:36:27.199 --> 01:36:30.960 Now you can find out more by going to techswood 1725 01:36:31.479 --> 01:36:36.800 Shows dot com, Textwood, t exwod Shows, all one word 1726 01:36:37.239 --> 01:36:40.840 dot com. I'm going to be there on Saturday, and 1727 01:36:41.159 --> 01:36:43.720 i'll get there I believe about noon. I believe that's 1728 01:36:43.720 --> 01:36:46.720 what I've got scheduled to show up and be there 1729 01:36:46.840 --> 01:36:49.640 for a couple hours actually out at the show, so 1730 01:36:50.560 --> 01:36:53.600 twelve to two. Yeah, that's correct. All right, folks, I'm 1731 01:36:53.640 --> 01:36:55.439 going to head straight out to the phones now. No, 1732 01:36:55.520 --> 01:36:57.640 we had some folks that have been waiting to talk. 1733 01:36:57.880 --> 01:37:01.800 We're going to go to Cyprus and tuck to Nick. Hello, Nick, 1734 01:37:01.840 --> 01:37:02.800 Welcome to garden Line. 1735 01:37:04.000 --> 01:37:04.239 Hello. 1736 01:37:04.319 --> 01:37:04.640 How are you? 1737 01:37:06.439 --> 01:37:10.119 I'm well, thank you? Okay, okay, yes, sir, I just 1738 01:37:10.159 --> 01:37:12.800 want to check in on about I have two. 1739 01:37:14.239 --> 01:37:18.039 Texas sage bushes growing in the front yard and I'm 1740 01:37:18.039 --> 01:37:20.439 about to cut back. Yes, I want to cut them 1741 01:37:20.479 --> 01:37:22.439 back to give them some shape. I was curious about 1742 01:37:22.439 --> 01:37:24.960 what time. What's the best time to do that? 1743 01:37:25.880 --> 01:37:31.279 Before any time? Yeah, it's a it's a shrub. It's 1744 01:37:31.279 --> 01:37:34.359 an evergreen shrub. So, I mean people share their shrubs 1745 01:37:34.880 --> 01:37:37.640 all the time. Depending on what the goal is, you 1746 01:37:37.760 --> 01:37:42.279 can share Texas sage. It affects its bloom. Show to 1747 01:37:42.399 --> 01:37:44.279 do that, I mean, it doesn't mean it keeps it 1748 01:37:44.319 --> 01:37:47.000 from blooming. It just means you've you've created a wall 1749 01:37:47.159 --> 01:37:50.920 instead of a I when I trim my Texas sage 1750 01:37:50.960 --> 01:37:53.279 in the past, I will go in and do what's 1751 01:37:53.319 --> 01:37:56.319 called thinning. So if you imagine this kind of bushy 1752 01:37:56.439 --> 01:37:59.359 plant that has never been trimmed, and you got a 1753 01:37:59.439 --> 01:38:02.159 gangly shoot going out here on the left side, and 1754 01:38:02.279 --> 01:38:04.279 so you go back and you cut it off where 1755 01:38:04.319 --> 01:38:07.680 it joins another shoot. And so when you get through pruning, 1756 01:38:07.840 --> 01:38:10.800 it doesn't look sheared. It just looks smaller. Do you 1757 01:38:10.840 --> 01:38:14.359 see what I'm saying? And so, okay, there's two ways 1758 01:38:14.399 --> 01:38:16.520 to do it. One is shearing, which is kind of 1759 01:38:16.600 --> 01:38:19.880 unnatural and I don't like the results. The other is 1760 01:38:20.000 --> 01:38:23.479 to bring things back by cutting a long shoot back 1761 01:38:23.520 --> 01:38:26.399 to where a side shoot occurs, and you just kind 1762 01:38:26.399 --> 01:38:28.680 of bring it into a little better shape that way. 1763 01:38:28.800 --> 01:38:29.920 So those are your options. 1764 01:38:31.359 --> 01:38:32.479 Okay, excellent, Thank you. 1765 01:38:32.479 --> 01:38:35.720 I appreciate it. All right, So thanks for the call. 1766 01:38:35.840 --> 01:38:39.680 I appreciate appreciate that very much. We're going to go 1767 01:38:39.760 --> 01:38:41.399 now to Larry and sugar Land. 1768 01:38:41.439 --> 01:38:44.199 Hello Larry, Hello Sarah. How are you. 1769 01:38:45.720 --> 01:38:47.960 I'm well. I'm well. You sent me some pictures of 1770 01:38:48.079 --> 01:38:49.119 some unhappy grass. 1771 01:38:50.159 --> 01:38:54.760 Yeah, only the one section, the one rectangle there. The 1772 01:38:54.920 --> 01:38:58.279 rest of my yard front and back is beautifulest and 1773 01:38:58.359 --> 01:39:00.439 great shape. What do you think is going on? 1774 01:39:00.680 --> 01:39:02.640 Let me tell you, yeah, let me tell you what 1775 01:39:02.720 --> 01:39:06.119 I see. Number one, My first question is does that 1776 01:39:06.319 --> 01:39:09.439 front area between the curb and the sidewalk get watered 1777 01:39:09.800 --> 01:39:12.840 as efficiently as the rest of the lawn does. And 1778 01:39:12.960 --> 01:39:15.600 that's rhetorical. You just kind of do with that as 1779 01:39:15.680 --> 01:39:18.920 you wish. I'm to ensure that the fact that the 1780 01:39:19.000 --> 01:39:23.159 grass looks good in the yard and bad between the 1781 01:39:23.359 --> 01:39:26.079 curb and the sidewalk. The first thing I think of 1782 01:39:26.199 --> 01:39:30.359 is chinchbugs. Now, chinchbugs make it look like the grass 1783 01:39:30.399 --> 01:39:33.319 hasn't been watered. It shrivels up, it starts to die 1784 01:39:33.399 --> 01:39:37.840 back slowly as the chinchbugs just more and more increase 1785 01:39:37.880 --> 01:39:43.000 their population and march out into the lawn finding new 1786 01:39:43.960 --> 01:39:46.560 grass runners to suck the juices out of. That's kind 1787 01:39:46.600 --> 01:39:49.880 of how they work, so they almost always start in 1788 01:39:50.000 --> 01:39:52.479 the sun next to a curb. One specific thing I 1789 01:39:52.560 --> 01:39:54.640 noticed in your photo is that there's a couple of 1790 01:39:54.680 --> 01:39:58.279 places where the tree branches probably tend to shade more, 1791 01:39:58.800 --> 01:40:01.399 and the grass looks better there. So that makes me 1792 01:40:01.560 --> 01:40:06.399 think not so much chinchbugs, but maybe the watering isn't 1793 01:40:06.439 --> 01:40:09.039 as good, so the demands are less where they're shade. 1794 01:40:09.600 --> 01:40:12.720 But my bottom line is my best guess is you've 1795 01:40:12.720 --> 01:40:15.159 got chinchbugs out there, and they will cross over the 1796 01:40:15.239 --> 01:40:18.239 sidewalk and start into the rest of the lawn. You 1797 01:40:18.319 --> 01:40:20.000 need to part the grass, get on your hands and 1798 01:40:20.079 --> 01:40:22.760 knees in the zone between healthy and dead. You know, 1799 01:40:22.880 --> 01:40:25.319 once they kill grass, they move on. They won't be 1800 01:40:25.399 --> 01:40:28.960 in dead grass, they'll be in living grass. Part it. 1801 01:40:29.199 --> 01:40:31.800 Go online. Look at a chinchbug. What they look like. 1802 01:40:32.079 --> 01:40:35.680 They're really tiny. They're very small. They're like an eighth 1803 01:40:35.720 --> 01:40:38.319 of an inch long, black and white. The younger ones 1804 01:40:38.880 --> 01:40:43.399 are kind of a bronze red color with a white 1805 01:40:43.439 --> 01:40:47.680 stripe across their back. But once you see them. Another 1806 01:40:47.720 --> 01:40:51.039 way to check for them, Larry, is to get some soap, 1807 01:40:51.720 --> 01:40:54.880 like a dish soap ivory liquid kind of thing, or 1808 01:40:54.960 --> 01:40:57.560 better than that, actually better than that is the lemon 1809 01:40:57.800 --> 01:41:02.520 scented soaps that you wash dishes in and put it 1810 01:41:02.640 --> 01:41:05.960 in a watering can with water. Just squirt a little 1811 01:41:05.960 --> 01:41:07.840 soap in there, you don't need a lot, and then 1812 01:41:07.960 --> 01:41:11.159 pour that watering can into that zone between healthy and 1813 01:41:11.279 --> 01:41:15.520 dead where we think the chinchbugs are most feeding, and 1814 01:41:15.760 --> 01:41:17.960 you'll see them come crawling up out of the truck. 1815 01:41:18.039 --> 01:41:22.359 They hate that wet soapy material. It brings them crawling 1816 01:41:22.439 --> 01:41:23.279 straight up out of there. 1817 01:41:23.359 --> 01:41:27.319 That's another way to check Okay, now I put on 1818 01:41:27.640 --> 01:41:30.640 bug out a couple of weeks ago, you know, with 1819 01:41:30.800 --> 01:41:35.039 an anticipation that maybe something was going on. And you know, 1820 01:41:35.119 --> 01:41:37.119 of course, you know, well the dead is dead. 1821 01:41:37.600 --> 01:41:40.840 It works. Yeah, it works, it works, and so you 1822 01:41:41.279 --> 01:41:43.880 may be that some damage was done and you've shut 1823 01:41:43.960 --> 01:41:46.159 it down. That's why I always say check for them, 1824 01:41:46.199 --> 01:41:47.960 because I hate to send people out with more and 1825 01:41:48.039 --> 01:41:52.680 more pesticides when the problem doesn't need that. So you'll 1826 01:41:52.760 --> 01:41:55.479 check that first. But that'd be my suggestion. 1827 01:41:56.560 --> 01:41:59.479 Okay, well you've got a shot. Take it question. I'm 1828 01:41:59.520 --> 01:42:04.880 sorry this some bug this. Uh, We've got some hibiscus 1829 01:42:05.000 --> 01:42:08.960 in the backyard that are just doing great. Should I 1830 01:42:09.279 --> 01:42:11.720 bet they're of course blooming all the time. Should I 1831 01:42:12.000 --> 01:42:15.680 kept them back? And you know what, what what do 1832 01:42:15.800 --> 01:42:17.319 I do? They're getting they're getting big. 1833 01:42:17.920 --> 01:42:21.880 Okay, is this a tropical hibiscus shinier leaves and really 1834 01:42:21.880 --> 01:42:25.119 beautiful colored blooms, or is this the perennial hibiscus that's 1835 01:42:25.159 --> 01:42:28.079 got either red, pink or white blooms that dies to 1836 01:42:28.119 --> 01:42:29.119 the ground and comes back. 1837 01:42:30.560 --> 01:42:33.439 No, these don't don't die back. Of course we protect them, 1838 01:42:33.520 --> 01:42:36.720 but no, they are tropical. 1839 01:42:36.800 --> 01:42:40.039 I guess what what what color are the blooms. 1840 01:42:41.680 --> 01:42:48.640 Oh lords, got some yellow red? Yeah? Okay, okay, got 1841 01:42:48.720 --> 01:42:51.239 more red, pink okay. 1842 01:42:51.399 --> 01:42:54.560 Okay, yeah, tropical, that's an issue. Look, I'm gonna have 1843 01:42:54.680 --> 01:42:57.000 to hit a break here and come back. Can you 1844 01:42:57.079 --> 01:42:59.800 hold on and we'll finish. Yeah, I'll be happy to 1845 01:43:00.039 --> 01:43:03.039 side of bright all right, We'll be right back, folks. 1846 01:43:03.039 --> 01:43:05.720 The number seven one three two one two five eight 1847 01:43:05.840 --> 01:43:07.800 seven four. I'll be right back to the guardline. We're 1848 01:43:07.840 --> 01:43:11.520 glad you're with us. Appreciate you listening in. Have you 1849 01:43:11.600 --> 01:43:14.279 been RCW Nursery before those of you listen? You know 1850 01:43:14.399 --> 01:43:16.920 that's the garden center. That's where Tumble Park, Wind Bilt 1851 01:43:16.920 --> 01:43:22.439 Way eight come together. RCW Nurseries dot Com is their website. 1852 01:43:22.600 --> 01:43:25.720 RCW Nursery dot com. Right now, they have an August 1853 01:43:25.800 --> 01:43:29.680 sale that you need to listen to. This fifty percent 1854 01:43:29.800 --> 01:43:32.920 off select roses. And they carry more types of roads 1855 01:43:32.920 --> 01:43:35.920 than anybody I know. They've got certain ones that are 1856 01:43:36.000 --> 01:43:40.800 off fifty percent and that is unbelievable. Fifteen percent off 1857 01:43:40.920 --> 01:43:43.319 all the trees and then include citrus trees. So if 1858 01:43:43.359 --> 01:43:45.600 you've thought about putting in a citrus, now's a good 1859 01:43:45.640 --> 01:43:48.279 time to get it in because you wanted to settle 1860 01:43:48.319 --> 01:43:52.720 in and establish before winter comes. Fifty percent off all 1861 01:43:52.840 --> 01:43:57.079 Cajun hibiscus, my favorite type of hibiscus. Really, I just 1862 01:43:57.359 --> 01:44:00.359 I love my Cajun hibiscus. And ten percent off all 1863 01:44:00.439 --> 01:44:02.399 the shrubs. So what kind of shrubs do you need 1864 01:44:02.479 --> 01:44:04.319 to replace in your landscape or do you want to 1865 01:44:04.319 --> 01:44:06.479 add to your landscape. This is all part of the 1866 01:44:06.520 --> 01:44:11.439 August Island Listen, August is almost over. Don't delay if 1867 01:44:11.520 --> 01:44:15.119 you want to take advantage of this really really good deal. 1868 01:44:15.800 --> 01:44:18.479 It's got to happen either this weekend or next week. 1869 01:44:19.039 --> 01:44:22.159 And RCW Nurseries is a place to go for that 1870 01:44:22.479 --> 01:44:24.920 and a lot of other things. What a deal, What 1871 01:44:25.039 --> 01:44:27.800 a great time to get that done. Let's head out now. 1872 01:44:27.840 --> 01:44:30.479 We're going to go to Larry and sugar Line. Hey Larry, 1873 01:44:30.680 --> 01:44:33.000 we are back now, and I think you kind of 1874 01:44:33.039 --> 01:44:35.000 had a follow up question. Could you repeat that for 1875 01:44:35.039 --> 01:44:36.159 folks who just joined out. 1876 01:44:37.279 --> 01:44:41.439 Yeah, We've got some hibiscus in the back that are 1877 01:44:41.640 --> 01:44:45.359 just doing great and I'm just trying to They're almost 1878 01:44:45.520 --> 01:44:49.840 out growing, They're getting so big. When do you trim them? 1879 01:44:50.720 --> 01:44:55.680 Their you know, blooming beautifully. Everything is super, But when 1880 01:44:55.720 --> 01:44:57.560 do I need to trim them back? A little bit. 1881 01:44:59.000 --> 01:45:02.399 Yeah, you can do the pretty much anytime. Being a 1882 01:45:02.880 --> 01:45:07.920 tender species, we try to avoid pruning them after August. 1883 01:45:08.760 --> 01:45:11.640 And here's an example. You know, you get into late 1884 01:45:11.720 --> 01:45:14.279 September or October and you prune them back, and here 1885 01:45:14.359 --> 01:45:17.239 comes all this fresh new growth. Pruning stimulates new growth 1886 01:45:17.319 --> 01:45:20.560 to come out. And now this new growth, it doesn't 1887 01:45:20.560 --> 01:45:23.680 have a chance when we get frosty, freezing wheather or whatever. 1888 01:45:24.079 --> 01:45:27.279 It's even more susceptible than the planet itself. So I 1889 01:45:27.319 --> 01:45:29.039 would get that done now. If you need to do 1890 01:45:29.119 --> 01:45:31.399 some trimming back, that would just be fine. A lot 1891 01:45:31.479 --> 01:45:33.720 of people will cut them back because they bring them 1892 01:45:33.720 --> 01:45:36.960 into the garage or some greenhouse or something in the 1893 01:45:37.079 --> 01:45:39.039 winter and they'll prune them back just so they can 1894 01:45:39.079 --> 01:45:41.640 get them in the door and not take up so 1895 01:45:41.760 --> 01:45:42.279 much space. 1896 01:45:43.479 --> 01:45:46.399 Right right, right, okay, all right, very good, Thank you 1897 01:45:46.520 --> 01:45:52.920 so much. Welcome. Go ahead, go ahead, No, I go ahead. 1898 01:45:53.800 --> 01:45:54.479 That kind of pruning. 1899 01:45:54.720 --> 01:45:57.039 I'm just going to say, yeah, I was just said, 1900 01:45:57.039 --> 01:45:59.439 that kind of pruning right before moving them in. That's 1901 01:45:59.479 --> 01:46:02.279 fine too, said to it now, not later. But if 1902 01:46:02.319 --> 01:46:03.880 you need to print them right before you bring them in, 1903 01:46:04.119 --> 01:46:06.680 that that is also okay. They're going to try to 1904 01:46:06.760 --> 01:46:10.840 resprout in the garage or wherever, and typically there's not 1905 01:46:10.920 --> 01:46:13.960 a lot of light in those places, but that's that's 1906 01:46:14.119 --> 01:46:14.359 just it. 1907 01:46:17.399 --> 01:46:19.680 S Thank you so much. Welcome to you. 1908 01:46:22.239 --> 01:46:25.199 Thank you very much. Appreciate the appreciate the call a lot. 1909 01:46:25.840 --> 01:46:25.960 Uh. 1910 01:46:27.079 --> 01:46:30.279 We were talking, you know, we're talking about with Larry, 1911 01:46:30.640 --> 01:46:32.319 you know, you sent the photos of the lawn and 1912 01:46:32.399 --> 01:46:34.560 he said he'd use nit Fross bug out Max and 1913 01:46:35.119 --> 01:46:38.560 bug out Max is an excellent, excellent product. It's granules. 1914 01:46:38.600 --> 01:46:40.399 You put it out and then you have to water 1915 01:46:40.840 --> 01:46:42.520 a little bit, not a lot, just a little bit, 1916 01:46:42.880 --> 01:46:45.880 and it dissolves that pesticide off the granule and it 1917 01:46:45.960 --> 01:46:48.359 goes into the thatch area and that's where chinch bugs 1918 01:46:48.359 --> 01:46:50.359 are living. They hide in the thatch. 1919 01:46:51.159 --> 01:46:51.239 Uh. 1920 01:46:51.640 --> 01:46:54.560 Also sid web worms during the day are down there 1921 01:46:54.600 --> 01:46:57.640 in the thatch. So this will work against fleas, ticks, 1922 01:46:57.680 --> 01:47:00.560 and a lot of other things. Within how about forty 1923 01:47:00.560 --> 01:47:02.760 eight hours, it's pretty much done what it's going to do. 1924 01:47:02.960 --> 01:47:05.720 It's very very quick to get to work, but then 1925 01:47:05.760 --> 01:47:08.359 it lasts. You don't have to apply it every a 1926 01:47:08.479 --> 01:47:10.880 few weeks. It's going to last for a good while. 1927 01:47:10.960 --> 01:47:14.079 So applying it now takes care of that whole lawn 1928 01:47:14.239 --> 01:47:18.039 insects season, which basically is mid to late summer primarily 1929 01:47:18.399 --> 01:47:20.079 that we deal with those. Now you're going to find 1930 01:47:20.119 --> 01:47:22.920 bug Out Max at Ace Hardawar City of Memorial Drive, 1931 01:47:23.399 --> 01:47:25.640 a hiding and feed up on student or Airline has 1932 01:47:25.720 --> 01:47:28.880 it plants for all seasons. On Highway two forty nine. 1933 01:47:28.920 --> 01:47:31.039 Talk about Parkway is another place that you can find 1934 01:47:31.520 --> 01:47:36.920 that bug Out Max when we're when I'm talking about 1935 01:47:36.920 --> 01:47:38.520 all these things today. By the way, I hope you 1936 01:47:38.720 --> 01:47:45.520 enjoyed our visit with Howard Nemerov on monarchs and tropical milkweed. 1937 01:47:45.600 --> 01:47:48.399 I think it's really good to learn about that and 1938 01:47:48.720 --> 01:47:51.840 to understand that we try to have some guests on periodically. 1939 01:47:51.960 --> 01:47:53.840 That's something I'd like to do a little bit more. 1940 01:47:53.920 --> 01:47:56.119 I know, you know we're all about calling in and 1941 01:47:56.239 --> 01:47:59.319 things like that, but I think guests really help bring 1942 01:47:59.399 --> 01:48:01.960 in a new person, effective and some new information to 1943 01:48:02.079 --> 01:48:05.239 the show. So I hope you're enjoying that that we do. 1944 01:48:05.359 --> 01:48:05.840 I know I do. 1945 01:48:06.039 --> 01:48:10.680 I enjoy getting to pick their brain as during that time. 1946 01:48:11.560 --> 01:48:14.760 Remember when you're watering your grass, your lawn grass, this 1947 01:48:14.920 --> 01:48:17.520 is like my public service announcement. When you're watering your 1948 01:48:17.560 --> 01:48:22.560 lawn grass, during this hot summer weather. A good deep, 1949 01:48:23.239 --> 01:48:27.720 infrequent watering is best. Just two words to remember, deeply 1950 01:48:28.520 --> 01:48:31.239 and infrequently. So if you take an inch, let me 1951 01:48:31.319 --> 01:48:33.760 do this. If you take an inch of water, and 1952 01:48:33.960 --> 01:48:36.199 you were to say, I'm going to water four times 1953 01:48:36.319 --> 01:48:38.479 next week, because skip says put an inch of water 1954 01:48:38.600 --> 01:48:41.199 a week when you're Saint Augustine lawn. Okay, so I'm 1955 01:48:41.239 --> 01:48:43.039 going to water four times. I'm going to a quarter 1956 01:48:43.119 --> 01:48:47.199 inch on each time. That quarter inch of irrigation would 1957 01:48:47.239 --> 01:48:51.880 what the grass blades that thatch and not even get 1958 01:48:51.960 --> 01:48:54.760 into the surface of the soil, and then when the 1959 01:48:54.800 --> 01:48:58.000 irrigation goes off, it all evaporates away. But by doing 1960 01:48:58.079 --> 01:49:02.119 that four times, you've increased the problems with diseases on 1961 01:49:02.279 --> 01:49:05.520 any plant. Wetting the foliage repeatedly is not a good thing. 1962 01:49:06.359 --> 01:49:08.880 If you put that inch on it one time, and 1963 01:49:09.000 --> 01:49:11.840 that may require what we call cycle and soak so 1964 01:49:12.000 --> 01:49:15.640 that it doesn't run off. Most soils, especially clays here 1965 01:49:15.680 --> 01:49:17.520 in the Houston area, you can't put an inch on 1966 01:49:17.600 --> 01:49:20.399 at one time. It starts to run off faster than 1967 01:49:20.479 --> 01:49:22.760 can soak in. So you water for a while, let 1968 01:49:22.800 --> 01:49:25.119 the irrigation go off for forty five minutes, and have 1969 01:49:25.239 --> 01:49:28.159 that cycle come back on again and water again, and 1970 01:49:28.439 --> 01:49:30.439 you can cycle it soak two or three times and 1971 01:49:30.560 --> 01:49:34.000 get that inch in the soil. Now, the surface is 1972 01:49:34.039 --> 01:49:36.199 still going to dry out the grass blades of thatch 1973 01:49:36.239 --> 01:49:38.520 and all that. That water is always going to evaporate 1974 01:49:38.560 --> 01:49:41.079 away no matter how you water. But you've put the 1975 01:49:41.199 --> 01:49:44.119 rest of it into the soil and wet the soil deeply, 1976 01:49:44.359 --> 01:49:48.560 and that creates a deep, resilient grass plant. And you 1977 01:49:48.680 --> 01:49:51.800 are using drinking water to put on your lawn. When 1978 01:49:51.840 --> 01:49:56.039 you irrigate, you waste less money on your drinking water, 1979 01:49:56.079 --> 01:49:58.920 which also saves you in most communities on your sewer 1980 01:49:59.000 --> 01:50:01.680 bill as well, because it's tied to the water build 1981 01:50:01.680 --> 01:50:04.800 in most communities. So that's just a tip of the wise. 1982 01:50:04.920 --> 01:50:09.760 A good deep soaking on an infrequent basis, deep soaking 1983 01:50:10.439 --> 01:50:15.319 on an infrequent basis, that is the secret to proper watering. 1984 01:50:15.479 --> 01:50:19.600 And I've explained the reasons why it's so important. I 1985 01:50:19.760 --> 01:50:22.680 used to live in Cypress area and I had a neighbor. 1986 01:50:22.760 --> 01:50:26.000 The water came on, I don't know three times a week, 1987 01:50:26.039 --> 01:50:29.800 which is way too much, and it he just was 1988 01:50:29.880 --> 01:50:33.079 watering too often, and the irrigation heads were so misaligned. 1989 01:50:33.159 --> 01:50:35.840 That one head was spray in my car and my driveway. 1990 01:50:36.159 --> 01:50:38.159 So I'd park backwards on some days so I could 1991 01:50:38.279 --> 01:50:41.199 wash the other side of the car. But that's not 1992 01:50:41.359 --> 01:50:45.119 the way to water well. I talk about bronze stuff, 1993 01:50:45.319 --> 01:50:47.399 and you're not going to find a better place to 1994 01:50:47.520 --> 01:50:49.680 get quality things to make your soul the best it 1995 01:50:49.720 --> 01:50:53.119 can be than Cienamulch. Cienamult is down north of Roe, Sharon. 1996 01:50:53.199 --> 01:50:57.439 It's on FM five twenty one. Here's the website. Just 1997 01:50:57.720 --> 01:51:02.079 just write this down Sienna dot com. They carry the 1998 01:51:02.119 --> 01:51:04.479 best soil mixes. They have things like the Veggie nerd 1999 01:51:04.560 --> 01:51:08.439 mix from Heirloom Soils for example, many many others soils 2000 01:51:08.520 --> 01:51:12.319 and mulches and blends and bed mixes and composts and 2001 01:51:12.640 --> 01:51:15.720 they just you can buy stop bulk. You can buy 2002 01:51:15.760 --> 01:51:17.960 stop by the bag. I think they deliver within about 2003 01:51:18.079 --> 01:51:21.560 twenty miles for small delivery fee of the area. But 2004 01:51:21.720 --> 01:51:26.159 ever fertilizer I talk about is there at Cienamultch and 2005 01:51:26.279 --> 01:51:29.520 including a lot of other things composts and whatnot by 2006 01:51:29.600 --> 01:51:32.680 the bag. Now, so when you go into Cienamltch and 2007 01:51:32.800 --> 01:51:34.560 you drive away, or when you call them and have 2008 01:51:34.640 --> 01:51:37.800 them bring it, if you're close by. You have taken 2009 01:51:37.920 --> 01:51:41.239 care of the brown stuff, and now you're ready to 2010 01:51:41.359 --> 01:51:46.520 put plants in and have success. Cienamltch sets your garden 2011 01:51:46.600 --> 01:51:52.399 beds up for success. That's as simple as that. I 2012 01:51:52.520 --> 01:51:55.000 was driving past D and D Feed up there in 2013 01:51:55.119 --> 01:51:59.600 Tumble the other day, and D and D Feed is 2014 01:51:59.720 --> 01:52:02.920 just it's an awesome food store. Their phone number if 2015 01:52:02.960 --> 01:52:04.479 you like to get them called two eight one three 2016 01:52:04.600 --> 01:52:07.560 five one seventy one forty four. They carry every fertilizer 2017 01:52:07.600 --> 01:52:10.520 I talk about on guardline everyone, and you need to 2018 01:52:10.600 --> 01:52:13.039 swing in there to see it. They also have a 2019 01:52:13.439 --> 01:52:16.560 great selection of everything you need to take care of 2020 01:52:16.600 --> 01:52:18.159 your lawn. You hear me say, we'll use this for 2021 01:52:18.239 --> 01:52:20.399 ince X, or use this for diseases and use this 2022 01:52:20.560 --> 01:52:23.119 control week. Go to D and DE feet they get 2023 01:52:23.159 --> 01:52:25.960 you set up there. They carry age leaf, more composed 2024 01:52:26.039 --> 01:52:29.800 and rose, soil and fruit, very citrus, very veggy, and 2025 01:52:29.840 --> 01:52:33.479 irg sails all from airloom sauce. It's a great place 2026 01:52:33.560 --> 01:52:36.000 and they have plants out fine too. Go by and 2027 01:52:36.239 --> 01:52:38.239 say hi to them in there, and you got to 2028 01:52:38.279 --> 01:52:43.680 go inside that that is it is really really cool. Well, 2029 01:52:43.720 --> 01:52:46.000 it looks like I'm about to put another hour in 2030 01:52:46.199 --> 01:52:49.840 the books here, So I'll just say see in a 2031 01:52:49.960 --> 01:52:51.479 minute if you'd like to give us a call. We 2032 01:52:51.520 --> 01:52:54.600 got the phones open again here seven one three two 2033 01:52:54.720 --> 01:52:55.840 one two K. 2034 01:52:56.039 --> 01:52:57.039 T R H. 2035 01:52:59.520 --> 01:53:02.680 If you're looking for finding here, we are back again. 2036 01:53:03.600 --> 01:53:06.439 You're listening to Garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, 2037 01:53:06.560 --> 01:53:08.760 and we're here to answer your gardening questions. What kind 2038 01:53:08.760 --> 01:53:11.960 of question? Do you have something identified? You want something diagnosed, 2039 01:53:12.560 --> 01:53:15.479 I want a suggestion for a plant, or I don't know, 2040 01:53:15.800 --> 01:53:19.119 you tell me. We're happy to entertain those because we 2041 01:53:19.199 --> 01:53:22.000 want you to have a bountiful garden, a beautiful landscape, 2042 01:53:22.119 --> 01:53:24.479 and I want you to have fun out there in 2043 01:53:24.520 --> 01:53:29.000 the garden gardening. It is fun and it promotes our 2044 01:53:29.079 --> 01:53:31.760 health in any ways. I talk about that all the time, 2045 01:53:32.680 --> 01:53:34.840 but it should be fun. You know people that It 2046 01:53:35.000 --> 01:53:37.399 just breaks my heart when I hear somebody go, yeah, 2047 01:53:37.439 --> 01:53:40.079 I got a brown thumb. I can't grow anything. I 2048 01:53:40.239 --> 01:53:41.359 tried that it died. 2049 01:53:41.640 --> 01:53:41.800 You know. 2050 01:53:42.000 --> 01:53:43.920 It's like no, no, no, no, no, here, come here, 2051 01:53:44.279 --> 01:53:46.800 let me talk to you. We can fix this. There 2052 01:53:46.880 --> 01:53:50.119 are no such things as brown thumbs. There are uninformed 2053 01:53:50.479 --> 01:53:53.760 thumbs and will inform your thumb. That's why Granny could 2054 01:53:53.760 --> 01:53:56.680 grow stuff. You think, anything Granny put in the ground, 2055 01:53:56.760 --> 01:54:00.439 it just grews. She had all these beautiful flowers. Rannie 2056 01:54:01.199 --> 01:54:03.760 just knew the right things to do. It's as simple 2057 01:54:03.800 --> 01:54:06.880 as that. I talk about preparing the soil and how 2058 01:54:06.920 --> 01:54:10.239 important that is. I talk about picking plants that want 2059 01:54:10.279 --> 01:54:13.600 to grow there, planting them properly. If it wants sun, 2060 01:54:13.720 --> 01:54:15.560 give it sun. If it wants shade, give it shade. 2061 01:54:16.399 --> 01:54:18.520 Do you see what I'm saying, All of those aspects, 2062 01:54:18.920 --> 01:54:21.279 that's just the basics. And that's how you have success 2063 01:54:21.359 --> 01:54:25.720 with plants. And you can too. You can too. And 2064 01:54:25.880 --> 01:54:29.359 gardeners are always trying to do stuff that's outside the box. 2065 01:54:29.479 --> 01:54:31.520 And that's okay, that's part of the fun of it. 2066 01:54:33.520 --> 01:54:36.000 We're here to help you have success. That's what we 2067 01:54:36.119 --> 01:54:39.359 want to see because it's fun. It's a fun thing. 2068 01:54:40.720 --> 01:54:44.119 Something that's not fun is mosquitoes. You know, all that 2069 01:54:44.239 --> 01:54:46.880 rain we had a while back, Oh my gosh. I 2070 01:54:46.960 --> 01:54:50.960 walked outside and it was like any of you ever 2071 01:54:51.000 --> 01:54:56.520 see the hitch Alfred Hitchcock movie The Birds. If you haven't, well, 2072 01:54:56.560 --> 01:54:59.520 it probably probably doesn't hold up over time, because now 2073 01:54:59.600 --> 01:55:02.479 things are so much more horrific in the movies in 2074 01:55:02.640 --> 01:55:05.000 a scary movie. But oh, that one was frightening. Back 2075 01:55:05.039 --> 01:55:07.880 in the day birds it flocks of birds attacking. Well, 2076 01:55:08.239 --> 01:55:10.079 I thought it was in the movie the Birds, except 2077 01:55:10.119 --> 01:55:12.279 it was the mosquitos was the name of the movie. 2078 01:55:12.760 --> 01:55:15.680 They were coming in from everywhere. Mosquito dunks is what 2079 01:55:15.920 --> 01:55:18.479 you need to always have on hand. Now, there's a 2080 01:55:18.520 --> 01:55:20.319 lot of ways to manage mosquitos. You know, people have 2081 01:55:20.399 --> 01:55:22.199 foggers that they go out there and do that and 2082 01:55:22.560 --> 01:55:26.239 all that. Mosquitoes breed in water, and they don't need 2083 01:55:26.319 --> 01:55:30.600 much water. A thimbleful of water is enough for certain 2084 01:55:30.640 --> 01:55:32.880 species of mosquitoes to be able to do their life 2085 01:55:32.920 --> 01:55:35.319 cycle in And it's just a matter of days. They 2086 01:55:35.399 --> 01:55:37.720 lay the egg turns into a larva. The larva's there 2087 01:55:37.760 --> 01:55:39.640 for a bit, it comes out, and here we are 2088 01:55:39.800 --> 01:55:44.000 another mosquito. You put mosquito dunks in water, and mosquitoes 2089 01:55:44.079 --> 01:55:47.439 cannot grow up. They will die. It is a disease 2090 01:55:47.680 --> 01:55:52.279 only of mosquitoes. Won't hurt birds, won't hurt pets, it 2091 01:55:53.399 --> 01:55:57.159 won't heart beneficial insects water. It's a disease of mosquitos 2092 01:55:57.279 --> 01:56:00.359 and fungal fungus knots. By the way, it Lossoo kill 2093 01:56:00.359 --> 01:56:03.960 fungus nuts. So you take a dunk, it's a donut. 2094 01:56:04.119 --> 01:56:06.199 You throw it out there in the pond and it'll 2095 01:56:06.239 --> 01:56:08.840 cover one hundred square feet and last a month. Or 2096 01:56:09.239 --> 01:56:11.840 break it up, or just buy the granular form of 2097 01:56:11.960 --> 01:56:17.039 mosquito dunks from Summit Responsible Solutions and throw those into that. 2098 01:56:17.439 --> 01:56:19.199 Maybe you got a hollow up in a tree where 2099 01:56:19.239 --> 01:56:22.000 water stands and mosquitoes are breeding up there, a saggy 2100 01:56:24.880 --> 01:56:30.319 roof drainage channel. I can't even say the properly. Throw 2101 01:56:30.439 --> 01:56:33.720 them up in there, underneath the catch basins, underneath the 2102 01:56:33.840 --> 01:56:36.920 pots where water stands. Throw it in there, a bird 2103 01:56:37.000 --> 01:56:39.720 bat throw it in there, won't hurt the birds. Mosquito 2104 01:56:39.760 --> 01:56:42.439 dunks easy to get, available in a lot of different places. 2105 01:56:42.520 --> 01:56:45.319 For example, they're almost all independent nurseryes, feed stores, and 2106 01:56:45.359 --> 01:56:49.199 ace hardware stores carry those mosquito dunks, so just keep 2107 01:56:49.239 --> 01:56:53.279 them on hand. I mean, welcome to Southeast Texas. Mosquitoes 2108 01:56:53.359 --> 01:56:56.159 are part of life. It rains a lot here. If 2109 01:56:56.199 --> 01:56:58.680 you were in Elpaso, you wouldn't have so many mosquitoes. 2110 01:56:59.119 --> 01:57:01.520 But who wants to live in Opaso? And you can 2111 01:57:01.600 --> 01:57:04.399 live here and grow all kinds of good things. Here 2112 01:57:04.439 --> 01:57:06.680 in the Houston area, a mosquito Duk's what you need 2113 01:57:06.800 --> 01:57:10.640 to know. I mentioned Ace Hardware. Ace Hardware. There's forty 2114 01:57:10.720 --> 01:57:15.199 stores in the Greater Houston area and that is so convenient. 2115 01:57:15.520 --> 01:57:17.680 No matter where you live, there's an ACE Hardware store. 2116 01:57:17.800 --> 01:57:21.000 So for example, you know, go to Acehardware dot com, 2117 01:57:21.720 --> 01:57:24.359 forward sled, go to Aceharbor dot com and find the 2118 01:57:24.439 --> 01:57:27.119 store locator and you can find the stores near you. 2119 01:57:27.520 --> 01:57:29.279 I want to tell you this though, for those of 2120 01:57:29.359 --> 01:57:32.600 you anyone out west, kind of west northwest. Langham Creek. 2121 01:57:32.720 --> 01:57:35.359 ACE Hardware is on Highway five twenty nine in Cypress, 2122 01:57:35.479 --> 01:57:39.840 that's near the Copperfield neighborhood. It's at the intersection of Barker, 2123 01:57:39.960 --> 01:57:44.800 Cypress and FM five twenty nine. Langham Creek Ace Hardware. 2124 01:57:44.840 --> 01:57:46.720 You can find it by going to Acehardware dot com. 2125 01:57:47.319 --> 01:57:52.119 On Friday of this coming week, Friday the thirtieth, they're 2126 01:57:52.199 --> 01:57:55.680 going to have a giveaway of an Ego Power String 2127 01:57:55.760 --> 01:57:57.720 Trim or two hundred and fifty dollars machine. They're given 2128 01:57:57.760 --> 01:58:01.720 away because this is part of their grand reopening at 2129 01:58:01.800 --> 01:58:04.439 Langham Creek Case Hardware. They're going to do demos on 2130 01:58:04.680 --> 01:58:08.000 Weber grills Saturday, they'll be giving away a four hundred 2131 01:58:08.000 --> 01:58:11.399 and fifty dollars Weber gas grill. That's a big giveaway. 2132 01:58:12.000 --> 01:58:15.039 They'll be demonstrating Big Green Egg and the Goseny Picha 2133 01:58:15.319 --> 01:58:17.640 pizza oven. Those are cool. You got to see that. 2134 01:58:18.239 --> 01:58:21.720 They'll have fifteen percent off all still units only on 2135 01:58:21.840 --> 01:58:25.800 Saturday thirty first. Hear me clearly still open house only 2136 01:58:25.960 --> 01:58:29.279 on Saturday the thirty first for the still unit fifteen 2137 01:58:29.279 --> 01:58:32.000 percent off. Then on Sunday they're giving away a painting 2138 01:58:32.079 --> 01:58:35.239 room makeover worth two hundred dollars and they'll be demoing 2139 01:58:35.479 --> 01:58:37.760 trigger grills. So it's going to be a lot of 2140 01:58:37.840 --> 01:58:40.840 cool stuff. I was there earlier this year and we 2141 01:58:41.359 --> 01:58:43.560 had a great time there, and then they just they 2142 01:58:43.720 --> 01:58:45.600 kind of shut things down a little bit, did a 2143 01:58:45.880 --> 01:58:49.359 complete revamp, and they're opening up again at Legham Creek 2144 01:58:49.439 --> 01:58:52.279 Ace Hardware, one of the forty eighth hardware stores here 2145 01:58:52.640 --> 01:58:58.199 in the Greater Houston area. Well, you were listening to 2146 01:58:58.279 --> 01:59:01.079 Garden Line. Our phone number is seven and three two 2147 01:59:01.159 --> 01:59:04.960 one two k t r H. Seven to one three 2148 01:59:05.159 --> 01:59:09.520 two one two k t r H. While I was 2149 01:59:09.600 --> 01:59:12.279 out at the TNLA show, I got to meet a 2150 01:59:12.520 --> 01:59:15.239 lot of different folks. You know, a lot of our 2151 01:59:15.239 --> 01:59:17.800 sponsors go out to that show, and then there are 2152 01:59:17.800 --> 01:59:20.640 a lot of folks there's really from all over the country. 2153 01:59:20.800 --> 01:59:23.760 Just about people are coming in. People that wholesale plants 2154 01:59:23.840 --> 01:59:27.680 of different types and products and all kinds of things, equipment. 2155 01:59:27.720 --> 01:59:30.920 It's a great, great for horticulturists. It's a great, great show. 2156 01:59:31.239 --> 01:59:34.399 I was out there visiting with Dean Nelson and Shelby 2157 01:59:34.600 --> 01:59:37.920 and some of the team out at Nelson Fertilizers, Nelson 2158 01:59:38.159 --> 01:59:41.880 Plant Foods. Nelson's has been making quality plant food for 2159 01:59:41.920 --> 01:59:44.479 a long time and they have a number of really 2160 01:59:44.560 --> 01:59:47.000 good good products. I wish, I wish I could talk 2161 01:59:47.039 --> 01:59:49.359 about all of them, but that would take about three shows, 2162 01:59:49.399 --> 01:59:51.079 I think, to really do a good job of that. 2163 01:59:51.880 --> 01:59:55.239 But Bruces Brew is something you can use as part 2164 01:59:55.279 --> 01:59:58.319 of the turf Star line. It's grand or fertilizer anytime 2165 01:59:58.399 --> 02:00:00.680 grass is growing for a quick green hu Now it's 2166 02:00:00.760 --> 02:00:04.840 not just quick. It does have a gradual release component 2167 02:00:05.000 --> 02:00:07.920 to it also. But you can do bruces brew right now. 2168 02:00:07.960 --> 02:00:10.199 If you have not fertilized this summer, go ahead and 2169 02:00:10.239 --> 02:00:12.319 do the Bruces Breu. Now, I just do a light 2170 02:00:12.359 --> 02:00:15.039 application of it and it'll carry you forward. It's an 2171 02:00:15.039 --> 02:00:19.720 excellent fertilizer. But while you're purchasing products from Nelson, nutri 2172 02:00:19.880 --> 02:00:24.560 Star and the color Star line lots of different options 2173 02:00:24.640 --> 02:00:28.319 for tropical plants, for viining plants, for flowering trees and shrubs, 2174 02:00:28.399 --> 02:00:31.399 for just general trees and shrub The nutris Star Tree 2175 02:00:31.479 --> 02:00:34.840 and shob will give three to four months per application 2176 02:00:35.239 --> 02:00:38.359 of release of that nitrogen in the nutrients, and that 2177 02:00:38.640 --> 02:00:42.399 helps get your trees and shrubs growing faster, helps the established. 2178 02:00:42.760 --> 02:00:46.359 All of these plus a couple dozen of the products 2179 02:00:46.439 --> 02:00:50.640 available from Nelson Plant Food which are available widely throughout 2180 02:00:50.680 --> 02:00:55.680 the Greater Houston area. Okay, here, let's see. I was 2181 02:00:55.760 --> 02:00:58.359 gonna what was I want to tell you guys. Oh, 2182 02:00:58.520 --> 02:01:00.840 just another reminder. I know what it was before I forget, 2183 02:01:00.840 --> 02:01:02.319 because I tend to get the end of the show 2184 02:01:02.399 --> 02:01:06.119 and forget something. The Fall Home and Outdoor Living Show 2185 02:01:06.199 --> 02:01:13.319 September seventh and eighth. That's two weeks from today, September seventh. 2186 02:01:13.359 --> 02:01:16.000 I'll be there on September seventh. This is the Montgomery 2187 02:01:16.079 --> 02:01:19.840 County Fall Home and Outdoor Living Show. It's at the 2188 02:01:19.880 --> 02:01:22.760 Lone Star Convention Center up on the North side Airport 2189 02:01:22.880 --> 02:01:26.039 Road in Conroe. I'll be there from twelfth to two 2190 02:01:26.239 --> 02:01:28.439 and I'm going to be given a talk on fall gardening, 2191 02:01:28.560 --> 02:01:31.199 and then I'm going to be entering. I'll answer garden 2192 02:01:31.319 --> 02:01:33.680 questions to the cows come home. So bring your questions, 2193 02:01:33.760 --> 02:01:36.760 bring me samples, bring pictures on your phone. Let's talk. 2194 02:01:36.800 --> 02:01:39.560 I'm giving you a two week warning there the Fall 2195 02:01:39.640 --> 02:01:42.000 Home and Outdoor Living Show September seventh and eighth. I'll 2196 02:01:42.000 --> 02:01:44.880 be there on the seventh Montgomery County Fall Home and 2197 02:01:44.960 --> 02:01:47.359 Outdoor Living Show. Hope you'll come see me. That's always 2198 02:01:47.359 --> 02:01:49.479 a fun time. A lot of folks up there in 2199 02:01:49.600 --> 02:01:54.199 that region that really love gardening. Time for me to 2200 02:01:54.279 --> 02:01:56.680 take a break. When we come back, I'll be talking 2201 02:01:56.840 --> 02:01:59.920 with Randy and Richard first and your call as well. 2202 02:02:03.119 --> 02:02:05.239 We're gonna go straight to the phones and just get 2203 02:02:05.479 --> 02:02:07.600 down to business. Right here, We're gonna head out to 2204 02:02:07.880 --> 02:02:11.920 let's see Randy. Hello Randy, and welcome to Garden Line. 2205 02:02:13.239 --> 02:02:17.720 Hello, sir, I have a question about some I have 2206 02:02:17.880 --> 02:02:20.399 a question about some oak trees that we plan in. 2207 02:02:21.520 --> 02:02:24.800 Back in April May, we got two hundred gallon live 2208 02:02:24.880 --> 02:02:29.600 oats and four fifty gallon and got them planted and stuff. 2209 02:02:29.640 --> 02:02:31.560 But the one hundred gallon are. 2210 02:02:31.560 --> 02:02:32.399 Not doing good. 2211 02:02:32.520 --> 02:02:35.119 One of them's already looked like it's dyed, and now 2212 02:02:35.159 --> 02:02:39.000 the other one hundred gallon is starting to get a 2213 02:02:39.039 --> 02:02:41.279 lot of brown leaves falling and stuff. It's still got 2214 02:02:41.439 --> 02:02:44.399 new leaves on it, the baby leaves. But I was 2215 02:02:44.479 --> 02:02:47.880 wondering if there's a something that I can you know, 2216 02:02:48.119 --> 02:02:52.000 blend with water to try and help them or And 2217 02:02:52.520 --> 02:02:56.239 the second question is about the deep water in some 2218 02:02:56.359 --> 02:03:01.479 PCD down beside the two pieces beside each tree, and 2219 02:03:01.600 --> 02:03:02.199 I've tried that. 2220 02:03:03.239 --> 02:03:03.880 Is that good? 2221 02:03:04.159 --> 02:03:07.880 Or should I just top water them? Or all the 2222 02:03:07.960 --> 02:03:08.960 middle woods are doing. 2223 02:03:10.760 --> 02:03:13.000 Yeah, I would water them from the top down with 2224 02:03:13.159 --> 02:03:18.079 a slow, deep soaking and focus your watering on where 2225 02:03:18.239 --> 02:03:21.279 the original roots cylinder was that went into the ground, 2226 02:03:22.640 --> 02:03:25.319 because when you plant a tree like that, like a 2227 02:03:25.399 --> 02:03:28.680 live oak, it takes a long time for the roots 2228 02:03:28.760 --> 02:03:33.560 to really spread out and make a resilient plant. And 2229 02:03:33.720 --> 02:03:37.000 this is several years and so especially during that first summer, 2230 02:03:37.600 --> 02:03:40.760 you were just imagine that they didn't take the container 2231 02:03:40.840 --> 02:03:43.720 off and they just dropped the container with the tree 2232 02:03:43.800 --> 02:03:46.760 in the ground. You would know then all the water 2233 02:03:46.840 --> 02:03:49.359 and has to be done right where that cylinder is right, 2234 02:03:49.399 --> 02:03:52.119 because there's no reats can get outside that container. Well, 2235 02:03:52.319 --> 02:03:55.399 that's kind of how it is, is it slowly spreads out, 2236 02:03:55.479 --> 02:03:58.399 so it'll pump that cylinder dry. Even though the soil 2237 02:03:58.439 --> 02:04:01.119 around it is kind of moist. It can't wig in 2238 02:04:01.439 --> 02:04:04.239 fast enough, and so you've got to continue to water 2239 02:04:05.079 --> 02:04:07.920 that cylinder area. And that's the best thing you can do. 2240 02:04:08.079 --> 02:04:08.199 Now. 2241 02:04:08.399 --> 02:04:13.560 Now you don't want it to be submerged underwater soggy swamp, 2242 02:04:13.800 --> 02:04:17.119 you know, but you do want to just recognize that 2243 02:04:17.279 --> 02:04:21.119 every day that tree can pump that cylinder dry, I 2244 02:04:21.199 --> 02:04:23.760 mean on a hot, hot summer day. 2245 02:04:24.560 --> 02:04:24.840 And so. 2246 02:04:28.640 --> 02:04:31.840 Okay, well it's a matter too of the quantity. I 2247 02:04:31.840 --> 02:04:33.359 don't know how much you're putting on, and it's hard 2248 02:04:33.359 --> 02:04:34.920 for meat over the area, you know, kind of go, well, 2249 02:04:35.039 --> 02:04:37.920 put this many gallons on or whatever. That's the main 2250 02:04:38.000 --> 02:04:41.680 thing you can do. There's no special concoction at this 2251 02:04:41.880 --> 02:04:45.439 point to do it. I'm about ninety five percent sure 2252 02:04:45.600 --> 02:04:49.319 that the die back is due to it using water 2253 02:04:49.520 --> 02:04:52.840 faster than it can take it up in that root zone. 2254 02:04:53.600 --> 02:04:53.880 And so. 2255 02:04:55.520 --> 02:04:58.640 You know that that would be my suggestion or Randy 2256 02:04:58.720 --> 02:05:01.840 on trying to bring those back A disease wouldn't hit 2257 02:05:01.880 --> 02:05:05.039 it that fast. Insects not the cause of that. It's 2258 02:05:05.359 --> 02:05:09.279 got to be just due to the water, heat and 2259 02:05:09.399 --> 02:05:11.920 the heat. Yeah, and the heat. Oh yeah, and the 2260 02:05:11.960 --> 02:05:16.560 heat absolutely. But remember it's a it's essentially an evergreen species. 2261 02:05:16.680 --> 02:05:20.840 So when it cools off, the demands go down, but 2262 02:05:20.960 --> 02:05:23.439 it still has leaves and it's still using water. So 2263 02:05:23.600 --> 02:05:25.720 you back off the watering a little bit. But it's 2264 02:05:25.880 --> 02:05:28.680 just as important to be watering in September and October, 2265 02:05:28.880 --> 02:05:32.520 for example, November, even if we're not getting the rain 2266 02:05:32.600 --> 02:05:34.199 to supply an adequate amount. 2267 02:05:35.279 --> 02:05:38.159 Yes, sir, how long should I wait for the one 2268 02:05:38.279 --> 02:05:41.119 hundred gallon to determine whether to dig it up? Or 2269 02:05:41.680 --> 02:05:43.560 how long should I give it to say? Yeah, I'm 2270 02:05:43.640 --> 02:05:44.359 back the other one? 2271 02:05:45.760 --> 02:05:49.439 You should. You should see a re sprouting coming up 2272 02:05:49.479 --> 02:05:51.399 here in the next few weeks or months if it's going. 2273 02:05:51.520 --> 02:05:53.439 If you wanted to give it until spring, you could 2274 02:05:53.520 --> 02:05:57.800 do that. If you've bend twigs and they are there's 2275 02:05:57.960 --> 02:06:00.880 no moisture in them, you know, they're is dry, like 2276 02:06:01.359 --> 02:06:06.079 like you're bending a toothpick and it snaps, Uh, then uh, 2277 02:06:06.520 --> 02:06:08.920 it might try resprouting from the trunk. 2278 02:06:09.279 --> 02:06:09.399 Uh. 2279 02:06:09.600 --> 02:06:11.319 You may get some new sprouts in there, But then 2280 02:06:11.359 --> 02:06:13.239 you've got a whole different tree, and you just have 2281 02:06:13.359 --> 02:06:16.640 to decide if you would prefer to just go ahead 2282 02:06:16.680 --> 02:06:18.880 and replace it. So it comes down to aesthetics and 2283 02:06:18.960 --> 02:06:22.600 money and the trade off between those two. All right, Randy, Hey, 2284 02:06:22.640 --> 02:06:26.000 I got an I don't have to run, but you 2285 02:06:26.119 --> 02:06:28.079 bet wish you wish you very very well. We're going 2286 02:06:28.159 --> 02:06:36.199 to go now to Kingwood, Texas and talk to Javon. Hello, Yevon, Hello, Hi, 2287 02:06:36.920 --> 02:06:40.119 you're on a guard line. How can we help? You're 2288 02:06:40.159 --> 02:06:42.720 on guardline? Jevon, I turn off the radio if it's on. 2289 02:06:44.960 --> 02:06:49.399 I moved into a house with existing knockout roses that 2290 02:06:49.600 --> 02:06:51.600 have I think never been trimmed. 2291 02:06:52.720 --> 02:06:53.640 Can I trim them now? 2292 02:06:53.760 --> 02:06:55.199 Or do I need to wait till February. 2293 02:06:56.880 --> 02:06:59.279 Now's a great time with you. Trim them now. You're 2294 02:06:59.279 --> 02:07:02.760 gonna get reg like crazy and you'll have a beautiful 2295 02:07:02.840 --> 02:07:10.000 bloom show in October, late September and October. Okay, thanks, 2296 02:07:11.119 --> 02:07:15.399 all right, you beat you bad. Take care. Let's see 2297 02:07:15.439 --> 02:07:16.399 let's do another one quick. 2298 02:07:16.439 --> 02:07:16.560 Here. 2299 02:07:16.760 --> 02:07:20.800 We're going to go to Sherry and Hello, Sherry, welcome 2300 02:07:20.800 --> 02:07:21.399 to guardline. 2301 02:07:22.279 --> 02:07:23.960 Hi, Hi, Skip, can you hear me? 2302 02:07:25.560 --> 02:07:27.520 Yes, ma'am Hi there. 2303 02:07:27.720 --> 02:07:30.199 Okay, we really enjoy your show. Thanks for taking my call. 2304 02:07:30.920 --> 02:07:33.720 So what I'm talking about are mealy bugs. I have 2305 02:07:33.840 --> 02:07:37.479 been dealing with them since June. They it's a terrible 2306 02:07:37.560 --> 02:07:38.560 infestation right now. 2307 02:07:39.960 --> 02:07:42.720 And back in June, somebody else had called into you 2308 02:07:43.159 --> 02:07:46.079 asking about the mealy bugs and you had mentioned that 2309 02:07:46.159 --> 02:07:49.880 they have a coding of protective coating and to use 2310 02:07:50.199 --> 02:07:51.079 pesticide on them. 2311 02:07:51.760 --> 02:07:53.920 So that's what I've been doing. I've been using this 2312 02:07:54.079 --> 02:07:57.239 bio Advance three and one in sect disease and my 2313 02:07:57.399 --> 02:08:02.680 Control so it says to apply every thirty days, of 2314 02:08:03.000 --> 02:08:06.760 which I've done since June because they come back and 2315 02:08:07.000 --> 02:08:09.960 I mean they're just ravaging at this point. They're on everything. 2316 02:08:10.479 --> 02:08:13.520 It's terrible. So and I've also been out there and 2317 02:08:13.600 --> 02:08:17.680 I've wiped off the hibiscus like with the alcohol. But 2318 02:08:17.760 --> 02:08:20.560 the thing is is they're on everything, and I just 2319 02:08:20.640 --> 02:08:24.279 have too many plants to do that. So I'm kind 2320 02:08:24.279 --> 02:08:25.600 of I don't know what to do. 2321 02:08:28.119 --> 02:08:34.159 Okay, Well, if a plant is blooming, I tend to 2322 02:08:34.239 --> 02:08:36.640 not like to use a systemic on it because that 2323 02:08:36.760 --> 02:08:39.000 can get up in there and affect pollinators that are 2324 02:08:39.039 --> 02:08:43.680 coming to the blooms. But stomachs are a great way 2325 02:08:43.760 --> 02:08:46.920 to control meai bugs because they're sucking the juices out 2326 02:08:46.920 --> 02:08:49.479 of the plant and you're basically putting a poison in 2327 02:08:49.560 --> 02:08:52.560 the plumbing of the plant. Yeah, so that you know, 2328 02:08:52.720 --> 02:08:55.119 they thought, like a lady beetle could crawl across the 2329 02:08:55.239 --> 02:08:58.199 surface and not be affected because there's not a spray 2330 02:08:58.279 --> 02:09:02.079 on the surface. It's drenched in the roots. And so 2331 02:09:02.640 --> 02:09:08.319 I think that you know, probably those options get real 2332 02:09:08.439 --> 02:09:11.079 limited for mealai bugs. They're difficult to kill. It's hard 2333 02:09:11.119 --> 02:09:13.560 to get them all. So things like soaps and sprut 2334 02:09:13.640 --> 02:09:17.920 and oils and whatnot, that all just you know, it 2335 02:09:18.159 --> 02:09:22.239 just you just can't get it on all of them, 2336 02:09:22.319 --> 02:09:25.119 and that that is one of the problems with you 2337 02:09:25.439 --> 02:09:27.840 using any kind of a product on the mealy bugs. 2338 02:09:28.319 --> 02:09:30.920 Cutting back the top growth, like on an ornamental grass 2339 02:09:31.039 --> 02:09:33.039 or something that's invested, you can just cut the top 2340 02:09:33.079 --> 02:09:35.920 growth off at the ground just a few inches above 2341 02:09:35.960 --> 02:09:38.119 the ground and get all that out of there with 2342 02:09:38.199 --> 02:09:40.439 all the old meea bugs and eggs and larvae that 2343 02:09:40.560 --> 02:09:43.319 are in it and kind of start over coming up. 2344 02:09:43.439 --> 02:09:46.039 You're still going to have them, but you kind of 2345 02:09:46.159 --> 02:09:48.880 gotten it under control. Where then spring is a little 2346 02:09:48.960 --> 02:09:51.760 easier because you have better access to them. For some 2347 02:09:51.960 --> 02:09:55.520 plants that you can't do that with, sometimes people just 2348 02:09:55.720 --> 02:09:57.640 go ahead and make the decision to pull the plant 2349 02:09:58.039 --> 02:10:00.199 because they're not going to be able to get get 2350 02:10:00.239 --> 02:10:00.840 good control. 2351 02:10:02.119 --> 02:10:05.439 Really, so, is there a time in a year where 2352 02:10:05.960 --> 02:10:12.640 they or they disappear or are we in an environment 2353 02:10:12.840 --> 02:10:15.119 where I've never have dealt with the million bucks before. 2354 02:10:15.199 --> 02:10:19.520 This is the first year. So here it go away 2355 02:10:19.880 --> 02:10:20.359 and then. 2356 02:10:22.319 --> 02:10:24.279 Well they're there, but you don't really see them all 2357 02:10:24.319 --> 02:10:27.279 out like that when it's freezing weather and whatnot. But 2358 02:10:27.359 --> 02:10:31.720 they'll they'll overwinter and they'll come back. That bio advanced 2359 02:10:31.720 --> 02:10:33.439 by the way that you use that does have the 2360 02:10:33.520 --> 02:10:36.399 systemic in it, and it will get in the plumbing 2361 02:10:36.479 --> 02:10:39.119 and kill the plant, I mean killed the insect, but. 2362 02:10:39.359 --> 02:10:41.880 Right, but yeah, but they come back, and it seems 2363 02:10:41.920 --> 02:10:44.680 like this last time I applied it, it seems like 2364 02:10:45.760 --> 02:10:49.720 it didn't work the entire thirty days. I mean, it 2365 02:10:49.960 --> 02:10:52.800 maybe worked twenty days. So I'm like, well, I wonder 2366 02:10:53.079 --> 02:10:56.680 if you know it's just it stops working earlier, kind 2367 02:10:56.720 --> 02:11:06.520 of like it stop working. So my plants really aren't 2368 02:11:06.520 --> 02:11:12.960 even blue me now because I don't want Yeah, yeah, yeah. 2369 02:11:13.159 --> 02:11:15.880 Okay, well, that that's an option. You know, if you 2370 02:11:15.960 --> 02:11:18.640 can get a spray to the mealy bugs uh the 2371 02:11:18.960 --> 02:11:24.439 and the horticulture loyals uh in sexidal soaps, those can 2372 02:11:24.560 --> 02:11:28.119 be somewhat effective. They're a physical killer, not a poison, 2373 02:11:28.720 --> 02:11:31.399 but you just can't reach them all with the spray 2374 02:11:31.640 --> 02:11:36.039 and so you're just you're just addressing the part that's 2375 02:11:36.720 --> 02:11:38.920 you know, it's like chopping a weed off and it 2376 02:11:39.039 --> 02:11:41.920 comes back from underground. You just chump when you do 2377 02:11:42.039 --> 02:11:46.319 those kind of sprays. So, uh, the product you mentioned 2378 02:11:46.520 --> 02:11:50.159 is fine. Uh, just just stay with it, uh and 2379 02:11:50.439 --> 02:11:54.880 and realize that there's the decision. It's an effective product. 2380 02:11:55.119 --> 02:11:58.039 But mealy bugs are difficult to get control over and 2381 02:11:58.079 --> 02:11:59.920 get ahead of, and you may have to reapply it. 2382 02:12:00.880 --> 02:12:03.039 And there are times when pulling a plant is the 2383 02:12:03.119 --> 02:12:05.359 best thing just because you can't get ahead of them, 2384 02:12:05.720 --> 02:12:08.199 and there's times when cutting it off and getting all 2385 02:12:08.239 --> 02:12:09.880 that old growth out is the best thing. Is there's 2386 02:12:09.920 --> 02:12:13.159 not a one size cuts all, but you can win. 2387 02:12:13.279 --> 02:12:17.159 And that BioAdvance should that should do it. That should 2388 02:12:17.159 --> 02:12:17.680 help a lot. 2389 02:12:17.880 --> 02:12:21.119 Okay, okay, all right, well, thank you so much. 2390 02:12:21.039 --> 02:12:21.479 For your time. 2391 02:12:22.920 --> 02:12:25.800 You bet I hope that hope that helps. We're going 2392 02:12:25.840 --> 02:12:27.760 to go now to Tomball and talk to Michelle and 2393 02:12:27.840 --> 02:12:30.079 Michelle I got about one minute before we hit break, 2394 02:12:30.359 --> 02:12:32.399 but let's see how far we can get. 2395 02:12:34.239 --> 02:12:36.720 Yes, sir, so, I was calling because we have what 2396 02:12:36.800 --> 02:12:40.399 we what they call carpet grass in our backyard. We're 2397 02:12:40.439 --> 02:12:44.039 trying to get rid of it. That's one question. Second, 2398 02:12:44.159 --> 02:12:45.800 as we have some crab grass we want to get 2399 02:12:45.840 --> 02:12:49.920 rid of as well. And then third, we just lost a. 2400 02:12:49.960 --> 02:12:53.039 Fur baby from a coral snake bite, which because they 2401 02:12:53.039 --> 02:12:55.560 don't make anti vanom for coral snakes, and we've learned 2402 02:12:55.560 --> 02:12:57.840 that they live in the ground, so knowing what to 2403 02:12:58.079 --> 02:13:02.279 do to keep snakes so other babies don't get harmed 2404 02:13:02.439 --> 02:13:02.840 or us. 2405 02:13:03.039 --> 02:13:08.199 All right and all all right, good questions, they're telling me. 2406 02:13:08.279 --> 02:13:10.560 It's sign for a break in my ear. I will 2407 02:13:10.600 --> 02:13:12.720 be right back and we will tackle those. Thank you 2408 02:13:13.000 --> 02:13:15.399 very much. We were right back fors Hey. We are 2409 02:13:15.520 --> 02:13:19.920 glad you are with us today. We're got a board 2410 02:13:20.000 --> 02:13:23.119 full of calls here. We'll head straight out to fair Field. 2411 02:13:23.159 --> 02:13:27.000 Oh no, excuse me, still working with Michelle there. Hey, Michelle, 2412 02:13:27.079 --> 02:13:30.359 you were talking about carpet grass and crabgrass, getting rid 2413 02:13:30.399 --> 02:13:34.520 of those first, both of those can be controlled with 2414 02:13:34.600 --> 02:13:37.359 anything that kills the top of the plant. They don't 2415 02:13:37.399 --> 02:13:41.920 have a underground system to bounce back from like bermuda 2416 02:13:42.000 --> 02:13:45.800 grass would for example. So there are you know, burn 2417 02:13:45.880 --> 02:13:49.359 down products that things like vinegar would be an example 2418 02:13:49.439 --> 02:13:52.119 of that, but there are others that you can purchase 2419 02:13:52.199 --> 02:13:54.079 and sprown and mchillum, or you could just use a 2420 02:13:54.159 --> 02:13:57.159 grass killer. There's a couple of grass killers. If you 2421 02:13:57.279 --> 02:14:01.760 go to my website Gardening with Skip dot com Gardening 2422 02:14:01.840 --> 02:14:04.640 with Skip dot Com, there is a publication that says 2423 02:14:04.720 --> 02:14:09.199 herbicides that you use with my weed wiper, and there 2424 02:14:09.279 --> 02:14:13.359 it lists weed killers by the kind of weed they kill, 2425 02:14:13.439 --> 02:14:15.720 and there's a group for grasses and they're all listed 2426 02:14:15.800 --> 02:14:18.520 right there. That would work on life with those if 2427 02:14:18.560 --> 02:14:21.720 it's if what you have is crabgrass that is going 2428 02:14:21.800 --> 02:14:24.079 to come back from seed every year, it's an annual 2429 02:14:24.319 --> 02:14:28.319 so using a pre emergent in the spring, which is 2430 02:14:28.479 --> 02:14:32.119 on the same website on my Pest Disease and Weed 2431 02:14:32.520 --> 02:14:35.880 Management schedule for lawns, it tells you what and when 2432 02:14:35.960 --> 02:14:38.479 do you do it that'll prevent the grab grass from 2433 02:14:38.520 --> 02:14:42.359 coming in next year. So that would be that. Now 2434 02:14:42.399 --> 02:14:45.880 as far as the coral snakes. I don't know a 2435 02:14:46.079 --> 02:14:51.479 great way to control those. There are some products that 2436 02:14:51.600 --> 02:14:58.319 you put out that are they they smell to the snake. 2437 02:14:58.439 --> 02:15:01.000 One of them. One of them have oh gosh, what's 2438 02:15:01.000 --> 02:15:04.600 the ingredient. It's like essentially mothballs kind of thing, that 2439 02:15:04.760 --> 02:15:09.720 kind of odor. Another one is based on the napthalene, 2440 02:15:09.880 --> 02:15:11.960 is what I was trying to say. Another one is 2441 02:15:12.039 --> 02:15:15.399 based on like oils like clove and cinnamon oil, cedar 2442 02:15:15.439 --> 02:15:18.800 oils and things. They're going to give you a certain 2443 02:15:18.880 --> 02:15:22.800 amount of repellent. But they mainly work on pit vipers 2444 02:15:22.880 --> 02:15:27.560 like rattle snakes, and I guess watermarks and snakes. I 2445 02:15:27.720 --> 02:15:29.920 don't think they work on coral snake. You don't have 2446 02:15:29.960 --> 02:15:32.079 to get a label and look at it. I'm definitely 2447 02:15:32.159 --> 02:15:34.439 not a snake expert, as I'm proving on the air 2448 02:15:34.560 --> 02:15:34.880 right now. 2449 02:15:35.600 --> 02:15:38.840 Okay, okay, well this is helpful. 2450 02:15:39.199 --> 02:15:39.520 Thank you. 2451 02:15:40.600 --> 02:15:43.680 Yeah. Yeah, keeping things trim back so you can see 2452 02:15:43.760 --> 02:15:47.359 them that that will be another thing they liked, do 2453 02:15:48.159 --> 02:15:48.319 you know. 2454 02:15:49.640 --> 02:15:53.560 Yeah, we keep our yard cat every week. It's it's 2455 02:15:53.600 --> 02:15:58.000 a thick yard. My husband, it's it's super thick. It's 2456 02:15:58.039 --> 02:16:01.159 Saint Augustine. But we only have the problems in the backyard, 2457 02:16:01.279 --> 02:16:01.840 not the front. 2458 02:16:03.399 --> 02:16:06.520 Well, the good news on coral is, unlike the pit vipers, 2459 02:16:06.560 --> 02:16:09.560 they got these big fangs and they strike you and boom, 2460 02:16:09.640 --> 02:16:12.199 they've got you. Corals have to kind of bite and 2461 02:16:12.279 --> 02:16:15.000 be able to actually grab. Like you know, if you 2462 02:16:15.079 --> 02:16:17.279 look between your thumb and forefinger, you got some extra 2463 02:16:17.399 --> 02:16:19.399 skin right in there that they could get their mouth 2464 02:16:19.479 --> 02:16:22.439 around and bite. They more need to go at it 2465 02:16:22.560 --> 02:16:25.720 that way. But they are very poisonous. It's just that 2466 02:16:25.800 --> 02:16:28.399 there were things to inject the venom in the same way. 2467 02:16:28.680 --> 02:16:31.359 Yes, they got my dog on her lip. She was 2468 02:16:31.439 --> 02:16:35.280 a thirty five pounds healer mix and they don't make 2469 02:16:35.360 --> 02:16:36.440 into venom anymore. 2470 02:16:38.399 --> 02:16:42.239 Oh my gosh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Well, Michelle's that's 2471 02:16:42.239 --> 02:16:43.760 the best I can do on the snake one. But 2472 02:16:44.200 --> 02:16:47.479 I appreciate your call. Thank you very much. I know 2473 02:16:47.559 --> 02:16:51.040 I'm giving you guys the hebgbi's listening talking about snakes. 2474 02:16:51.079 --> 02:16:53.040 But here we go. We're going to go to Fairfield 2475 02:16:53.079 --> 02:16:55.399 now and talk to Marty. Hey, Marty, welcome, regard. 2476 02:16:55.200 --> 02:16:56.959 Line, Good mornings. 2477 02:16:57.040 --> 02:17:01.440 Get I'm sorry that her little dog. Understand, Hey, I 2478 02:17:01.559 --> 02:17:06.719 had I needed all purpose food for my potted plants. 2479 02:17:07.760 --> 02:17:10.639 On a patio that gets full sun all day. I'm 2480 02:17:10.719 --> 02:17:11.399 watering a lot. 2481 02:17:12.239 --> 02:17:13.479 But there it's a mix. 2482 02:17:13.559 --> 02:17:15.879 I've got the videos, I've got firecrack crap, I've got 2483 02:17:16.000 --> 02:17:21.280 high buscus is. Short of putting every different food on 2484 02:17:21.479 --> 02:17:23.719 each different one, is there an all purpose that I 2485 02:17:23.760 --> 02:17:24.799 could use instead? 2486 02:17:26.799 --> 02:17:30.760 You know, all of those would be okay to use 2487 02:17:31.280 --> 02:17:34.760 those kind of specifics. You know, Nitrophis and Nelson's makes 2488 02:17:34.840 --> 02:17:37.879 specific little jars for all those kinds of plants and things. 2489 02:17:38.840 --> 02:17:42.239 Just the color star would would work fine. Some of 2490 02:17:42.319 --> 02:17:46.159 Nitrofhoce's products you know for color plants and things, would 2491 02:17:46.159 --> 02:17:51.239 would also work. It we put these certain ratios on 2492 02:17:51.360 --> 02:17:53.959 a label and say this is a food for citrus 2493 02:17:54.079 --> 02:17:58.120 or four tomatoes or whatever, and it's it's just a 2494 02:17:58.239 --> 02:18:01.760 good general guess on those kinds of things. It's not 2495 02:18:02.000 --> 02:18:04.399 like you can't use the tomato food on a citrus 2496 02:18:04.440 --> 02:18:07.920 for example. I mean they're nutrients and they will help. 2497 02:18:08.120 --> 02:18:10.239 It's just and if you're trying to cover your bases 2498 02:18:10.280 --> 02:18:13.479 and not buy ten products for ten different plants, I 2499 02:18:13.559 --> 02:18:15.120 would just go with a standard like that. 2500 02:18:15.360 --> 02:18:18.719 Like I mentioned, well, I have ten different products for 2501 02:18:18.799 --> 02:18:23.000 all my plants. I have micro you already got I've 2502 02:18:23.040 --> 02:18:25.680 got for fox Farm, I've got Ozma cut, I've got 2503 02:18:26.239 --> 02:18:30.879 every color food you can imagine. But I just sort 2504 02:18:30.959 --> 02:18:34.680 of put in each individual one on and do I 2505 02:18:34.879 --> 02:18:38.600 use full strength right now? Or do I use partial 2506 02:18:38.680 --> 02:18:39.920 strength because of the heat. 2507 02:18:40.479 --> 02:18:45.159 Yeah? And you're talking about containers of flowering plants right, yes. 2508 02:18:45.040 --> 02:18:47.680 And I've got the mulch to put on the top, 2509 02:18:47.840 --> 02:18:49.079 and now I want to feed them. 2510 02:18:50.680 --> 02:18:53.239 Yeah, you can do it now. I would do it 2511 02:18:53.280 --> 02:18:56.639 at a moderate rate and make sure you keep them 2512 02:18:56.680 --> 02:19:01.280 adequately watered. If it's a synthetic, it's a salt based 2513 02:19:01.600 --> 02:19:05.159 and if you overapply, you can get root burn from 2514 02:19:05.200 --> 02:19:09.120 the concentrated salts. But if it's organic, it's going to 2515 02:19:09.159 --> 02:19:11.399 break down slow, it's going to release. It'll be a 2516 02:19:11.479 --> 02:19:14.799 little slower to release, but you're not going to get 2517 02:19:14.840 --> 02:19:18.600 the burn. But either way you can have great success 2518 02:19:18.760 --> 02:19:23.319 with plants. It's just sometimes well we have operator error 2519 02:19:23.520 --> 02:19:25.440 as they call it, you know, where someone gets a 2520 02:19:25.440 --> 02:19:28.959 great product and they'll dump it on and do damage 2521 02:19:29.000 --> 02:19:32.920 when the product is not the product's fault, right. 2522 02:19:33.559 --> 02:19:36.159 Okay, Well I'll just keep using the individual one. Then 2523 02:19:36.319 --> 02:19:41.479 I've already lost my mandavilia and I just gave it 2524 02:19:41.639 --> 02:19:44.760 some Boolavilia food, so I just thought maybe there was 2525 02:19:44.799 --> 02:19:47.760 an all purpose. All Right, I'll keep plugging in. 2526 02:19:48.799 --> 02:19:51.319 Well, I would consider color Star a pretty good all 2527 02:19:51.399 --> 02:19:52.799 purpose in general. 2528 02:19:53.040 --> 02:19:53.319 On that. 2529 02:19:53.799 --> 02:19:56.479 All right, that's got a big I was talking about 2530 02:19:56.520 --> 02:19:57.479 Nelson's products. 2531 02:19:58.360 --> 02:20:00.600 Yeah, I've got a big jar of I just bought 2532 02:20:01.479 --> 02:20:03.680 a couple weeks ago. We would use that instead. 2533 02:20:05.239 --> 02:20:08.159 There, you go follow the label. Anything that you're using 2534 02:20:08.200 --> 02:20:12.879 it on that might be an overwintering plant like a oh, 2535 02:20:13.799 --> 02:20:15.799 especially a shrub, or something that might be a little 2536 02:20:15.840 --> 02:20:18.920 cold tender, don't fertilize late in the season. Go ahead 2537 02:20:18.920 --> 02:20:21.120 and get it done now, because you don't want to 2538 02:20:21.159 --> 02:20:26.120 push something tender into late season growth, because that just 2539 02:20:26.239 --> 02:20:30.639 makes it more coal susceptible. Okay, very good, Okay, well, 2540 02:20:30.719 --> 02:20:35.200 thank you so much. All Right, you bet appreciate your 2541 02:20:35.239 --> 02:20:41.959 call very much. Landscaper's Pride produces quality soils and mulches 2542 02:20:42.079 --> 02:20:45.760 and they have many many types out there. Every month 2543 02:20:45.799 --> 02:20:47.440 of the years is a good time to maltz. 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They're mushroom compost I mean, gardeners, No, 2554 02:21:21.440 --> 02:21:24.200 mushroom compost is rocket fuel for plants, and they have 2555 02:21:24.440 --> 02:21:28.719 a mushroom compost product that provides a wide variety of nutrients. 2556 02:21:28.719 --> 02:21:33.239 They've got healthy soil compost that is an excellent recycled 2557 02:21:33.319 --> 02:21:36.760 composted plant material. And then the black humous, beautiful, dark, 2558 02:21:37.079 --> 02:21:41.159 rich composed. It's basically composted pine bark and some loamy 2559 02:21:41.200 --> 02:21:44.040 topsail mixed in together. It's good for creating a new 2560 02:21:44.159 --> 02:21:47.000 established bed or even just kind of building up an 2561 02:21:47.079 --> 02:21:50.440 existing bed that you have. All from Landscaper's Pride. You 2562 02:21:50.520 --> 02:21:53.280 go to Landscaperspride dot com and they'll tell you where 2563 02:21:53.360 --> 02:21:56.120 you can find these and they are widely available here 2564 02:21:56.159 --> 02:21:58.319 in the Houston area. We're going to take a break 2565 02:21:58.399 --> 02:22:00.760 right now. When we come back from break, Shay and 2566 02:22:00.840 --> 02:22:02.719 sugar Land, you'll be our first show in this today. 2567 02:22:02.879 --> 02:22:06.399 Looking forward to I don't know, it's a few more 2568 02:22:06.479 --> 02:22:09.799 calls here, maybe maybe certainly plenty of things we need 2569 02:22:09.879 --> 02:22:12.840 to be talking about here as we go forward. I'm 2570 02:22:12.840 --> 02:22:15.840 gonna first I just wanted to talk a little bit 2571 02:22:15.879 --> 02:22:18.200 about a company I haven't talked about in a good 2572 02:22:18.239 --> 02:22:21.559 wall and that's green Pro. Green Pro is a company 2573 02:22:21.639 --> 02:22:24.760 that will come out and they will do core aeration 2574 02:22:24.920 --> 02:22:27.680 of your lawn and compost stop dressing, and they basic 2575 02:22:27.799 --> 02:22:31.280 service the service the area. Basically service the area, oh, 2576 02:22:31.360 --> 02:22:33.879 let's say between I ten and Interstate thirty five. They 2577 02:22:33.959 --> 02:22:36.600 kind of handle the northwest quadrant in a little north 2578 02:22:36.680 --> 02:22:40.959 central as well. But Greenpro is one of those companies 2579 02:22:41.200 --> 02:22:43.639 that does it right. I don't care if it's heat 2580 02:22:43.719 --> 02:22:46.239 or dry spells, or foot traffic or take a root 2581 02:22:46.319 --> 02:22:49.520 rot or chinch bugs or whatever. When your turf is stressed, 2582 02:22:49.760 --> 02:22:52.680 getting a good deep time aera to get pull that 2583 02:22:52.840 --> 02:22:54.840 plug a core arash and pull the plug out of 2584 02:22:54.840 --> 02:22:57.360 the sole, leave it on the surface, and then follow 2585 02:22:57.399 --> 02:23:00.639 that up with the compost top dressing. It's an It 2586 02:23:00.760 --> 02:23:03.920 costs to do that, but it's still cheaper, especially than resotting. 2587 02:23:04.000 --> 02:23:05.600 And when you're trying to take the grass you have 2588 02:23:05.760 --> 02:23:08.639 and bring it back as best you can. This is 2589 02:23:08.719 --> 02:23:11.719 a regimen that I would recommend. Aerating and compost top 2590 02:23:11.799 --> 02:23:15.239 dressing now right now through fall. They've got a deal 2591 02:23:15.360 --> 02:23:18.680 where they will aerate your lawn for free when you 2592 02:23:18.799 --> 02:23:22.840 purchase the compost top dressing service. Now there's a two 2593 02:23:22.920 --> 02:23:24.840 yard minimum, so they can't come out and you know, 2594 02:23:24.920 --> 02:23:27.120 I just want one yard to compost and then aerrate. No, 2595 02:23:27.479 --> 02:23:30.959 it's a two yard minimum to do this, but they'll 2596 02:23:31.040 --> 02:23:33.920 airate for free when you purchase a compost top dressing. 2597 02:23:34.760 --> 02:23:38.360 Prices start at about five seventy five plus tax. It 2598 02:23:38.479 --> 02:23:40.239 depends on how big of an area, how far they 2599 02:23:40.319 --> 02:23:42.280 have to drive. You know, they're carrying a big multi 2600 02:23:42.440 --> 02:23:45.440 product all over the place. But Greenpro knows how to 2601 02:23:45.520 --> 02:23:49.040 do it, and they do it right. Greenpro always does 2602 02:23:49.600 --> 02:23:54.319 a proper job. So one I was, you know, visiting, 2603 02:23:54.440 --> 02:23:57.159 I think I was talking to you guys. Somebody called 2604 02:23:57.200 --> 02:24:00.879 the other day and we were discussing the whole idea 2605 02:24:01.040 --> 02:24:04.079 of compost stop dressing and why that, why that helps 2606 02:24:04.159 --> 02:24:06.760 and why that's important. And I'm telling you it just 2607 02:24:07.000 --> 02:24:10.280 really really matters that you get somebody that knows what 2608 02:24:10.399 --> 02:24:13.200 they're doing and that you get it done, because you 2609 02:24:13.280 --> 02:24:15.399 can improve it a lot that way. If you want 2610 02:24:15.440 --> 02:24:19.120 to go to the website, it's greenpro dot net, greenpro 2611 02:24:19.399 --> 02:24:21.760 dot net. If you need a phone number, it's two 2612 02:24:21.840 --> 02:24:26.520 eight one three five one. Let's see forty seven, Yeah, 2613 02:24:26.600 --> 02:24:29.360 forty seven thirty three two eight one three five one 2614 02:24:29.799 --> 02:24:32.479 forty seven thirty three. I'm going to head out now 2615 02:24:32.600 --> 02:24:34.840 to sugar Land and we are going to talk to 2616 02:24:34.959 --> 02:24:37.159 say hello, sh and welcome to Gardenline. 2617 02:24:38.799 --> 02:24:41.639 Hi Skim, thanks for taking my call. I have a 2618 02:24:42.879 --> 02:24:45.840 I know I'm not using the actual name, but I 2619 02:24:46.399 --> 02:24:51.040 say they're elephant ears. They they're call and they have 2620 02:24:51.200 --> 02:24:54.239 the heart shaped leaf, and I just I cannot get. 2621 02:24:54.159 --> 02:24:54.520 Rid of them. 2622 02:24:54.959 --> 02:24:58.520 We will pull them out at the root, and sure 2623 02:24:58.639 --> 02:25:01.440 enough they just come right back and they've just taken 2624 02:25:01.520 --> 02:25:04.680 over our garden in the back. And they started in 2625 02:25:04.680 --> 02:25:06.520 the backyard and now we see them in the front yard. 2626 02:25:07.920 --> 02:25:09.239 So is there anything. 2627 02:25:11.959 --> 02:25:12.360 Go ahead? 2628 02:25:13.920 --> 02:25:17.639 I never tried approaching it that way. They have underground 2629 02:25:17.719 --> 02:25:22.479 storage structures and so you know, whatever you do at 2630 02:25:22.520 --> 02:25:24.760 the top. If there's a piece in the ground, it's 2631 02:25:24.799 --> 02:25:28.399 gonna come back out. They proliferate that way. So hand 2632 02:25:28.440 --> 02:25:30.840 digging is an option, but you're probably have to come 2633 02:25:30.879 --> 02:25:33.120 back because you may miss the piece or two. But 2634 02:25:33.239 --> 02:25:36.520 that is an option. As far as sprays, I'm going 2635 02:25:36.600 --> 02:25:41.319 to give you my best guess idea here and I 2636 02:25:41.479 --> 02:25:44.959 have not tried these, so I'm not saying anybody listening 2637 02:25:45.040 --> 02:25:47.760 that I know this will kill Ala famire, But I 2638 02:25:47.760 --> 02:25:50.319 would think that one of two things would work. Either 2639 02:25:50.479 --> 02:25:54.920 applying a general purpose week killer to them. That would 2640 02:25:55.000 --> 02:25:57.920 include like a glyphosate type ingredient. You know, people are 2641 02:25:57.959 --> 02:26:00.639 all familiar with that and have different opinion about using 2642 02:26:00.760 --> 02:26:04.639 that product that but the key to it is having 2643 02:26:04.799 --> 02:26:09.280 a spreader sticker. And wherever you go shopping for your products, 2644 02:26:09.319 --> 02:26:11.360 like you're in sugar Land, you're not too far away 2645 02:26:11.479 --> 02:26:16.000 from Southwest Fertilizer on Businet and Runwick, Bob's got spreader sticks, 2646 02:26:16.120 --> 02:26:18.120 all of our garden centers, all our ace hardware, stort 2647 02:26:18.159 --> 02:26:21.239 they got spreader stickers and stuff. But put that on 2648 02:26:21.360 --> 02:26:23.559 there because if you've ever noticed, when it rains, the 2649 02:26:23.639 --> 02:26:25.879 water just balls up and rolls right off the leaf 2650 02:26:25.959 --> 02:26:28.040 and you need the spray to spread out and stick, 2651 02:26:29.079 --> 02:26:33.079 and the other thing would be a triclope here ingredient. 2652 02:26:33.600 --> 02:26:36.200 And if you go online to my website Gardening with 2653 02:26:36.680 --> 02:26:39.360 Skip dot Com, I put something up about how to 2654 02:26:39.440 --> 02:26:43.200 build your own weed wiper, and with it there's a 2655 02:26:43.280 --> 02:26:46.639 publication on herbicides to use. And what it does is 2656 02:26:46.680 --> 02:26:49.000 it says, if you've got woody weeds, use this product. 2657 02:26:49.319 --> 02:26:51.879 If you've got grassyweeds, use this product. You know, if 2658 02:26:51.879 --> 02:26:54.600 you and so on and on. There you'll find out 2659 02:26:54.760 --> 02:26:58.040 what are the products that contain life, I'll say, or 2660 02:26:58.079 --> 02:27:01.959 what are the products that contain trici peer we People 2661 02:27:02.079 --> 02:27:04.680 used to always just say, well round up glycas Well, 2662 02:27:04.879 --> 02:27:07.840 round Up's not glyphs it anymore. For most home and 2663 02:27:07.920 --> 02:27:11.079 garden centers where you go in when you buy roundup, 2664 02:27:11.079 --> 02:27:14.559 you're not buying glavasate most of the time. So that's 2665 02:27:14.600 --> 02:27:17.079 why I've made that where you can find the products 2666 02:27:17.120 --> 02:27:20.680 that contain either of those ingredients. So Gardening with Skip 2667 02:27:20.760 --> 02:27:21.360 dot Com. 2668 02:27:22.799 --> 02:27:24.719 Okay, all right, well, thank you appreciate it. 2669 02:27:24.920 --> 02:27:29.639 Okay, bad, all right, by bye bye bye. 2670 02:27:30.040 --> 02:27:30.239 Yeah. 2671 02:27:30.360 --> 02:27:32.360 That that kind of reminds me I need to I 2672 02:27:32.440 --> 02:27:34.840 need to look into that. I want to. I need 2673 02:27:34.920 --> 02:27:39.159 to check out on elephant ear come up. It's always interesting. 2674 02:27:39.159 --> 02:27:41.600 I've been answer your question for thirty five years. He's 2675 02:27:41.639 --> 02:27:45.120 a County Agrolife Extension horticulturist and as a radio host 2676 02:27:45.159 --> 02:27:47.479 and now's a radio host of Garden Line. Uh, and 2677 02:27:47.600 --> 02:27:50.280 I have not had that question before. So that's that's 2678 02:27:50.319 --> 02:27:53.040 always fun. Keeps me young, keeps me on top of 2679 02:27:53.120 --> 02:27:56.079 my toes. But they say part of me in sparts 2680 02:27:56.120 --> 02:27:58.319 and knowing what you're dumb at. I'm learning that I'm 2681 02:27:58.399 --> 02:28:00.559 dumb at a lot of things as I get. When 2682 02:28:00.559 --> 02:28:03.879 I was young, I knew everything all right. Hey, if 2683 02:28:03.920 --> 02:28:05.639 you're out in sugar Land and you haven't been to 2684 02:28:06.360 --> 02:28:09.920 Chanted Forest, you ought to go. Enchanted Forest is an 2685 02:28:09.959 --> 02:28:12.920 outstanding garden center. If you're in let's say you're in 2686 02:28:13.079 --> 02:28:16.000 rosenbur I said sugar Land. That it's near sugar Land too. 2687 02:28:16.120 --> 02:28:19.360 If you're in the Richmond area and you go towards 2688 02:28:19.399 --> 02:28:23.200 sugar Land up up fifty nine, it's off to the right. 2689 02:28:23.719 --> 02:28:27.440 The actual road is FM twenty seven fifty nine, twenty 2690 02:28:27.479 --> 02:28:31.680 seven to fifty nine. Awesome garden center. Their selection of 2691 02:28:31.760 --> 02:28:37.319 plants is unbelievable. Coming up on September twenty eighth, Danny Linderman, 2692 02:28:37.840 --> 02:28:40.680 owner of the Chanted Forest, is going to be talking. 2693 02:28:40.840 --> 02:28:43.959 He's giving a talk call the Fall Kickoff. There's going 2694 02:28:44.040 --> 02:28:45.840 to be all kinds of festivities. I'm going to be 2695 02:28:45.879 --> 02:28:48.399 speaking out there this fall. They have something almost every 2696 02:28:48.440 --> 02:28:51.559 weekend from September twenty eighth all the way, I don't know, 2697 02:28:51.760 --> 02:28:55.120 maybe November two. There's something going on every weekend out 2698 02:28:55.159 --> 02:28:57.840 an Enchanted Forest. The ninth thing going on there is 2699 02:28:58.159 --> 02:29:03.879 great plants, great selection, just outstanding. And if you're looking 2700 02:29:04.079 --> 02:29:07.600 for a pottery, if you're looking for blame for the garden, 2701 02:29:07.680 --> 02:29:11.079 you know, a herd, a bird bath kind of thing. 2702 02:29:11.799 --> 02:29:14.920 It's it's fall planning season. They're loaded up on shrubs 2703 02:29:14.959 --> 02:29:18.719 and herbs and perennial him in and Chanted Forest before 2704 02:29:18.760 --> 02:29:20.680 you need to go and all you need to do 2705 02:29:21.040 --> 02:29:23.879 if you want to you want to go out there 2706 02:29:24.079 --> 02:29:28.159 is remember en Chentedforest, Richmond, TX dot com