WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.120 --> 00:00:05.719 Welcome to Katie r. H Garden Line with skimp Richard's. 2 00:00:07.080 --> 00:00:20.359 Crazy here a trim just watch him as well. So 3 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:22.879 many good things to seepbot crazy. 4 00:00:28.600 --> 00:00:30.239 Bad not a. 5 00:00:30.480 --> 00:00:38.159 Sign gas sunmon of tweet. 6 00:00:39.520 --> 00:00:44.719 Well, good morning, good Sunday morning. We are glad to 7 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:47.920 have you with us here on Garden Line. I'm your host, 8 00:00:47.920 --> 00:00:49.719 Skip Richter. And what are we going to do today? 9 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:52.079 We are going to talk about all kinds of things 10 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:56.200 gardening that is, that's what we do. You got a question, 11 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:58.159 you want to give us a call seven one three 12 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:02.399 two one two five eight seven four. Sometimes I hear 13 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:04.359 people say, well I try to call in, but you 14 00:01:04.400 --> 00:01:07.480 know there's other people calling, and well, look a tip 15 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:10.519 for those who want to get through fast and easy. 16 00:01:10.920 --> 00:01:14.480 It's call early in the day. It's awfully quiet this 17 00:01:14.560 --> 00:01:17.680 early in the morning. And you know, I've got plenty 18 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:19.879 of things I'd like to talk about today, but if 19 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:21.359 you'd like to get through, it's the best time to 20 00:01:21.400 --> 00:01:24.159 try to do that. So I'll just leave it at that. 21 00:01:25.719 --> 00:01:30.159 I have been gosh, there's so many projects I have 22 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:32.519 going on at the house right now. I have a 23 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:36.799 couple of plant light stands that well, they're they're shelving 24 00:01:38.280 --> 00:01:41.040 that I'm putting plant lights on and starting seeds from, 25 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:45.640 because you know, seed starting season is almost upon us. Well, actually, 26 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.680 you could be starting seeds right now for the midwinter 27 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:52.480 planting of things like broccoli and cabbage and cauliflower and 28 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:55.079 all that kind of thing. But when once we get 29 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:57.920 I would say about well, for me, I start just 30 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:02.000 after Christmas around New Year's I go ahead and plant 31 00:02:02.680 --> 00:02:05.799 for tomato transplants, things like that. I start a bunch 32 00:02:05.799 --> 00:02:09.319 of seeds. Then if for those of you that are 33 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:11.960 not going to be able to plant them out until 34 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:15.520 a little bit later, getting past that last average frost ate, 35 00:02:16.599 --> 00:02:19.879 then what you'll end up doing is bumping them up 36 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:22.479 into four inch pots and then into gallon pots. Now 37 00:02:22.560 --> 00:02:24.719 why would you want to do that, Well, here's why. 38 00:02:25.439 --> 00:02:29.680 We have a short season for tomatoes setting fruit. So 39 00:02:29.800 --> 00:02:32.680 the time between the last average frost date and it's 40 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:36.280 getting too hot to set fruit, it's fairly short. If 41 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:40.319 you go further north, you go far enough north of Minnesota, 42 00:02:40.520 --> 00:02:45.680 they have a long growing season that's reasonably mild. You know, 43 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:48.080 some hot days, but they don't know what hot is. 44 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:51.960 But here, hot is like first thing in the morning, 45 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:54.000 you walk to the car and you're sweating before you 46 00:02:54.039 --> 00:02:56.719 get to the car. That's hot in the summer here. 47 00:02:57.599 --> 00:02:59.599 So what we have to do is we need to 48 00:02:59.599 --> 00:03:02.680 get tomato. Is that produce fast, but we need to 49 00:03:02.680 --> 00:03:05.280 put in a bigger, better plant when we put them 50 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.680 in so that we have that head start. And typically 51 00:03:08.759 --> 00:03:11.240 when I bump those up all the way to a 52 00:03:11.280 --> 00:03:14.680 gallum pot and I have them indoors under lights. As 53 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:17.080 we get into the spring season, I'll move them outside 54 00:03:17.159 --> 00:03:19.800 quite a bit and back and forth, but they already 55 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:23.919 have blooms and sometimes fruit forming on them at that stage, 56 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:26.360 and so that gives me a head start. And it's 57 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:27.719 just what I like to do, and it's not the 58 00:03:27.960 --> 00:03:30.319 way everybody has to do it, but I just like 59 00:03:30.479 --> 00:03:32.280 to get that head start. So I've been setting up 60 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:36.080 these lights. Got me some really good LED lights that 61 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:40.199 work well for years. I just used the shop light 62 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:42.319 four foot shop light with a cool white and a 63 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:45.479 warm white bulb. Two shop lights like that hanging over 64 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:50.280 your plants. Those fluorescent tubes are kind of going by 65 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.120 the wayside these days, and it's all LED now, so 66 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:55.919 you kind of do the equivalent, but it it just 67 00:03:55.960 --> 00:03:58.879 depends on how well do you want them to grow. 68 00:03:58.960 --> 00:04:01.000 How fast do you want them to grow? Row? Uh? 69 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:04.319 And you can get some really cool lights, which would 70 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:07.639 be I think a good gift for someone on your list, 71 00:04:07.680 --> 00:04:10.199 including yourself, if you want to, If you want to 72 00:04:10.240 --> 00:04:13.719 do some seed starting, just remember it starts Arlie. You know, 73 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:16.639 those of you listening down in Galveston, for example. I 74 00:04:16.639 --> 00:04:20.360 mean you you're you're planning a lot earlier than people 75 00:04:20.360 --> 00:04:24.199 that are listening up in Huntsville, that's for sure. Anyway. 76 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:26.319 So I've been getting that set up. I've got my 77 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:28.759 heat mats and things out, you know, going through the 78 00:04:28.800 --> 00:04:31.279 boxes and finding all the stuff that's been stored away 79 00:04:32.000 --> 00:04:35.600 over time. I mentioned I think I talked about this 80 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:39.879 a little bit yesterday. But the importance of having a 81 00:04:39.920 --> 00:04:42.560 good lighting being number one. That's a number one mistake 82 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:45.920 people make is they they settle for something less than 83 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:49.759 good lighting. Uh. And that means a very bright light. 84 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:55.120 The second mistake is is watering. Certainly too dry is 85 00:04:55.160 --> 00:04:57.319 bad for a ceiling. It'll kill it once the seed 86 00:04:57.360 --> 00:04:59.680 starts to germinate. If it gets dry, it has no 87 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:03.600 re zis. It dies. Once it gets roots in the ground, 88 00:05:03.759 --> 00:05:05.879 there's a little bit of resilience. It can it can 89 00:05:05.920 --> 00:05:09.319 wilt and then you water and it bounces back. But 90 00:05:09.480 --> 00:05:11.839 watering is important, but not too much water. A lot 91 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:15.560 of people over water and they end up creating disease 92 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:20.079 issues for their plants. And then finally, temperature. Each of 93 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:23.000 the different kinds of plants you might try growing from 94 00:05:23.040 --> 00:05:26.560 seed has its own temperature preferences. Many of them are 95 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:30.000 very very similar in general. If you can keep the 96 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:34.439 root zone at about oh, maybe say seventy eight degrees 97 00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:38.360 somewhere in there, somewhere in that range, eighty degrees even 98 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:40.680 a little bit better for some of the warm season 99 00:05:40.759 --> 00:05:43.720 things for getting them up and growing. Now, that doesn't 100 00:05:43.720 --> 00:05:45.399 mean the air temperature in the room has to be 101 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:47.879 eighty degrees. It just means just keeping the roots a 102 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.360 little warmer, getting the growing faster. That works pretty good, 103 00:05:50.560 --> 00:05:54.519 but plants are pretty pretty forgiving of some of those 104 00:05:54.639 --> 00:05:57.879 kinds of things. You always want to have fresh seed. Well, anyway, 105 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:00.040 I'm getting all that set up and I'm ready to 106 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.519 go on it. In fact, I have plans to do 107 00:06:02.639 --> 00:06:06.480 some rooting as well. The same setup that you're starting 108 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:09.800 seeds in is a great setup for rooting plants, and 109 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:15.120 there you do want a really good quality and quantity 110 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:18.720 of light that is important on that And let me 111 00:06:18.800 --> 00:06:23.000 just say that light. I talked yesterday about the fact 112 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:27.079 that the blue and the red wavelengths are the key 113 00:06:27.160 --> 00:06:31.720 wavelengths for getting success with your seedlings or anything you're growing. 114 00:06:32.279 --> 00:06:35.120 That does not mean that plants don't use or need 115 00:06:35.439 --> 00:06:40.000 some green light or some toward the infrared end or 116 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:42.680 you know, or told the auto violet end on each 117 00:06:42.800 --> 00:06:46.000 end of the spectrum. They don't need that. Well, those 118 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:49.319 are helpful, but it blue and red are the keys 119 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:51.959 to doing it. But I want to talk right now 120 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.800 a little bit about light. I tell you what. Let 121 00:06:55.839 --> 00:06:58.040 me let me save this till we come back after 122 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:00.000 a breakwork, because I'm going to take just a moment 123 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:06.279 to explain some of these things. Welcome back, Welcome back 124 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:08.120 to Garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, and we're 125 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:10.519 here today to help you have a bountiful garden and 126 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:12.839 a beautiful landscape. All you gotta do is give us 127 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:17.439 call seven to one three two one two kt r 128 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:20.160 H seven one three two one two k t r 129 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:23.680 h H. If you are going to need some pruning work, 130 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:25.800 or if you think you might need some pruning work, 131 00:07:26.079 --> 00:07:29.759 now's the time. I mean, now asap is the time 132 00:07:29.800 --> 00:07:33.240 to call Martin spoon Moore at Affordable Tree Service. Now 133 00:07:33.319 --> 00:07:36.680 here's a phone number seven one three six nine nine 134 00:07:36.839 --> 00:07:39.800 two six six three. Why do I recommend Martin from 135 00:07:39.800 --> 00:07:42.480 Affordable Tree Services. Well, Martin has been doing this for 136 00:07:42.519 --> 00:07:46.000 a very long time. He has experience in the field, 137 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.519 and he knows how to prune properly. He knows what 138 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:51.800 needs to be taken out and what doesn't need to 139 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:52.519 be taken out. 140 00:07:53.000 --> 00:07:53.199 Uh. 141 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:54.560 You know, just because you want to pick up in 142 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.079 a chainsaw and drive around putting cards in people's doors 143 00:07:57.079 --> 00:08:00.839 doesn't mean you're a pruning service or an arborist or 144 00:08:00.920 --> 00:08:05.279 knowledgeable or anything like or responsible for that matter. But 145 00:08:05.600 --> 00:08:08.240 Martin is the kind of guy who can come out 146 00:08:08.519 --> 00:08:11.319 do an evaluation of your trees, look at what needs 147 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:13.240 to be done, what doesn't need to be done. If 148 00:08:13.279 --> 00:08:16.160 you got any questions you know that you're wondering about 149 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:18.519 if you're going to do any kind of construction around 150 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:21.040 a tree, especially, you need to have him come out 151 00:08:21.079 --> 00:08:25.240 and look at that. And the printing season that is 152 00:08:25.360 --> 00:08:28.240 prime is this winter season when plants are dormant. We 153 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:30.279 can prone twelve months out of the year and we do. 154 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.759 But of all of all the times, now's the time 155 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:35.600 to get on the schedule, and he stays busy. We 156 00:08:35.679 --> 00:08:38.320 got a short window here. Give him a call, have 157 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:40.879 him come out. And the sooner you do it, the better. 158 00:08:40.919 --> 00:08:42.720 Tell him you're a guarden line listener. Get you up 159 00:08:42.840 --> 00:08:45.960 there at the front of the line. Here's the number again, 160 00:08:46.159 --> 00:08:50.679 seven to one three six nine nine two six six three, 161 00:08:50.919 --> 00:08:53.759 Or you can go to the website a f ftree 162 00:08:53.799 --> 00:09:00.279 service dot com a ff tree service dot com. Now, 163 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:02.320 I was talking about something when I went to break. 164 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:06.960 I can't remember what the trial starting to see. Oh, 165 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:10.440 lighting lighting. I want to talk about plant lighting. In 166 00:09:10.480 --> 00:09:13.960 addition to the colors that are in light and how 167 00:09:14.000 --> 00:09:17.279 they affect the plant and how important they are, Uh 168 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:22.559 there are there is uh two other factors. Actually there 169 00:09:22.559 --> 00:09:24.440 are several other factors, but let me give you let 170 00:09:24.519 --> 00:09:27.639 me I think I'll do two or three here. One 171 00:09:27.639 --> 00:09:31.600 of the important things in plant lighting is the quality 172 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:36.399 of lighting, and that that is the color pattern that's there. 173 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:40.279 How what what quality of light you have? But another 174 00:09:40.960 --> 00:09:46.039 is the quantity, and the quantity of lighting means how 175 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:50.559 much light does the plant get, and quantity can be 176 00:09:50.679 --> 00:09:55.919 done by a rain fall analogy. So think about this. 177 00:09:57.000 --> 00:09:59.240 If you were to get a gully washer rain for 178 00:09:59.279 --> 00:10:03.320 an hour in get an inch of rain, or let's 179 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:06.559 say two inches of rain in an hour, that would 180 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:08.720 be a lot, but that would be a certain amount 181 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:12.360 of water on your let's say lawn. Okay, on the 182 00:10:12.440 --> 00:10:15.399 other hand, if it rained all day, but at a 183 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:18.879 very slow pace, you could still end up with two 184 00:10:18.879 --> 00:10:21.559 inches of water on your lawn, same amount of water, 185 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:25.919 but at a different time. Now within reason, that applies 186 00:10:25.960 --> 00:10:28.559 to plants when it comes to light, because light or 187 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:33.279 photons falling onto the plant leaves. That's that basically is 188 00:10:33.279 --> 00:10:36.679 what happens when sunlight shines of the photons of light 189 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.840 hit the plant leaves. So if you have a bright light, 190 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:42.919 a good quality light, or a light that's closer to 191 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.200 the plants, if it's not as bright as a light, 192 00:10:47.440 --> 00:10:51.559 you would be able to not run the light quite 193 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.759 as long. But if it wasn't as good a quality, 194 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:56.639 you may have to run it a little bit longer. Normally, 195 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.519 I set my seedling lights to run about fourteen hours 196 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:01.840 a day. You could run them sixteen hours a day, 197 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:03.440 you could run them twelve hours a day. I mean, 198 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:08.159 there's a range there on that. But just think of lighting. 199 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:11.399 Just remember that if you have not such a great light, 200 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:13.120 you need to run it longer. I have a house 201 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:17.240 plant that is it's a Norfolk Island pine. They like 202 00:11:17.279 --> 00:11:19.639 a lot of light and it's kind of in a corner. 203 00:11:19.679 --> 00:11:23.279 But I've got a plant light over it. But you know, 204 00:11:23.360 --> 00:11:25.559 Norfolk is a big plant, or it can be, and 205 00:11:25.600 --> 00:11:29.320 so getting light down in there instead of just a 206 00:11:29.440 --> 00:11:31.360 very dim light up on top is a bit of 207 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:34.279 a challenge. So I run my lights a very long time. 208 00:11:34.320 --> 00:11:36.679 They're on an automatic timer. They come on early in 209 00:11:36.679 --> 00:11:39.440 the morning and they stay on until I don't know 210 00:11:39.480 --> 00:11:42.399 about eight o'clock at night. Sometimes it just depends on 211 00:11:42.879 --> 00:11:46.440 what I'm going after. But it's achieving the quantity of light, 212 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:50.080 that's what That's what it is achieving, and that is 213 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:52.799 very important. How long do you run it and how 214 00:11:52.799 --> 00:11:54.480 do you run it? And then of course I mentioned 215 00:11:54.519 --> 00:11:58.320 the light quality, and getting those two things together is 216 00:11:58.799 --> 00:12:02.519 important if you're going to have success. So when I 217 00:12:02.600 --> 00:12:06.960 used to use fluorescent tubes, those put out to our 218 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:09.720 eye a lot of light, but to a plant, I 219 00:12:09.720 --> 00:12:14.120 would have to have the fluorescent shop light tubes about 220 00:12:14.759 --> 00:12:17.360 an inch or two from the plants. Yeah, that's right, 221 00:12:17.440 --> 00:12:20.200 literally an inch or two from the plants, and that 222 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:24.919 would be the quantity of light. Our eyes adjust to 223 00:12:25.039 --> 00:12:30.399 light very well, but the brightest, most intense indoor light 224 00:12:30.480 --> 00:12:33.039 you're ever going to have is just a fraction of sunlight. 225 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:37.799 It's just a fraction of the amount, a quantity of light, 226 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:41.720 quantity of photons hitting the leaves and stuff. So but 227 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:44.519 we have plants that can take that, and many of 228 00:12:44.519 --> 00:12:47.759 our houseplants do. I'm going to run to the phones 229 00:12:47.799 --> 00:12:50.080 now and we're going to head to Magnolia and talk 230 00:12:50.120 --> 00:12:52.919 to Tim. Hello, Tim, Welcome to garden Line. 231 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:56.879 Hey Skip, Hey, I called last Sunday because I'd sent 232 00:12:56.919 --> 00:13:00.039 my pictures of my lawn, but then I didn't do 233 00:13:00.120 --> 00:13:02.240 it as an attachment to put it in the email, 234 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.480 and you had asked me, I said, to uh, attachment, 235 00:13:06.559 --> 00:13:08.440 So I did, but I wasn't able to call back 236 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:09.399 in last Sunday. 237 00:13:09.480 --> 00:13:11.559 So I was gonna see if you had a chance to. 238 00:13:11.519 --> 00:13:17.519 Look at those pictures. I'm looking for your email here. 239 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:28.960 It would have been last Sunday. Boy, I don't have 240 00:13:29.000 --> 00:13:32.000 a Tim in my listener list. I'm not sure why 241 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.279 that is, but let's do this. Uh, would you just 242 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:38.600 hit resend on it. Uh and uh and and if 243 00:13:38.600 --> 00:13:39.759 you want to hang on and put you on a 244 00:13:39.759 --> 00:13:41.200 whole a little bit and I can pick you back 245 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:44.039 up when I get it. How about that, well, i'm driving. 246 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:51.279 Oh okay, we'll just describe. Describe to me the the 247 00:13:51.279 --> 00:13:55.360 photo that you sent me. It's you know, my yard. 248 00:13:55.440 --> 00:13:59.759 It's just turning like that tan brown, you know, all over. 249 00:14:00.600 --> 00:14:02.320 I don't know if it's oh. 250 00:14:02.360 --> 00:14:07.039 Oh yes, yes, yes, I do remember. And I did 251 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:12.360 see the photos that it looked like drought types of 252 00:14:12.399 --> 00:14:15.600 injury to me, like that it didn't get some water. 253 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:22.080 The lower area between the woody the foresty woody shrubs 254 00:14:22.120 --> 00:14:25.320 on the sides, The lower area down there seemed to 255 00:14:25.360 --> 00:14:27.480 look a little bit better than as you get up 256 00:14:27.559 --> 00:14:30.960 closer to the competition with shrub roots and things, and 257 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.559 a little bit higher. So I thought drought could have 258 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:37.240 been a part of it. Oftentimes, when our grasses are stressed, though, 259 00:14:37.279 --> 00:14:40.279 take all root rot comes in and it also causes 260 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:44.240 drought symptoms, and so it may have been a combination 261 00:14:44.399 --> 00:14:48.480 of those two. But getting a good soaking of water in, 262 00:14:48.840 --> 00:14:52.360 especially during the intense heat, is very important. But the 263 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:55.320 take all root rot would be a disease that you 264 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:58.440 would have to treat for, and there are if you 265 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:02.519 go to my schedule online at gardening with Skip dot com, 266 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:06.360 there's a schedule that says it's the lawn Pest Disease 267 00:15:06.480 --> 00:15:10.480 and Weed Management schedule, and that one includes information on 268 00:15:10.600 --> 00:15:15.320 take all root Right now, if you if you're going 269 00:15:15.399 --> 00:15:18.320 to apply something for it, we're getting a little bit 270 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:23.360 late for the take all applications. However, it is our 271 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:26.200 grass is still you know, out there and happy. So 272 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:29.080 I think I would do one application still this year, 273 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:31.919 and then when we get into the next spring, look 274 00:15:31.960 --> 00:15:34.679 at my schedule and there's a second application that you're 275 00:15:34.720 --> 00:15:38.399 going to want to do then. And the ingredients are 276 00:15:38.480 --> 00:15:43.000 listed on the schedule. There's one called a zoxystrobin a 277 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:47.360 zo x. That's that's how you find and they are 278 00:15:47.440 --> 00:15:50.960 products that contain that that I would recommend that you 279 00:15:50.960 --> 00:15:51.480 would do that. 280 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:55.840 Okay, all right, well I appreciate it. 281 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:59.799 Yeah, I'm glad. I I'm glad we got that. Got 282 00:15:59.799 --> 00:16:03.600 that I did look at those. Maybe I inadvertently closed 283 00:16:03.639 --> 00:16:06.080 them down. I don't know anyway that I do remember. 284 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:06.639 And that's what. 285 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:10.320 House you can see the yellow house in the background. Well, no, 286 00:16:10.399 --> 00:16:12.000 I didn't have the house in the background. 287 00:16:12.039 --> 00:16:13.919 Yeah, I just had the grass. 288 00:16:13.720 --> 00:16:16.360 Yeah, the one there were two pictures I think that 289 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:21.320 you said, so yeah, all right, all right, thank you, 290 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:25.440 all right, yeah, thanks for Colin. Appreciate that you take care. 291 00:16:27.080 --> 00:16:30.879 Uh that that is uh, that's good, you know. Uh. 292 00:16:30.919 --> 00:16:33.919 In Chenny Forest they had their big Grench fest yesterday 293 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:36.480 out there and in Tended Forest. I was looking at 294 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:38.320 the pictures. Looked like they had a really good time 295 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:41.399 out there. Uh. In Chenny Forest is as just an 296 00:16:41.519 --> 00:16:44.519 enjoyable place to go. It's as I think it's fun. 297 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:49.559 Really when when I have been in the past and 298 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:53.039 and you know, just walked around, it's I feel like 299 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:57.360 I'm in another world. It's beautiful shaded area, the buildings, 300 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:00.639 the plant layout, everything. It just makes you want to wander. 301 00:17:00.840 --> 00:17:04.079 And there is so much right now to wander through. 302 00:17:04.839 --> 00:17:08.319 Lots of fall color, lots of fall color. And when 303 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:10.680 we say fall color here, it can carry us into winter. 304 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:13.279 Many of the plants will carry us into winter. Their 305 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:16.799 point setus are unbelievable. I mean, you know what color 306 00:17:16.839 --> 00:17:20.079 is a point SETA It's red. Well, yes, and no 307 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:23.839 they've got double point settas. They just have a whole 308 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:26.160 lot of extra red leaves in them. They've got kinds 309 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:29.200 that have white sprinkled through them, almost look like peppermint candy. 310 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:31.640 They of course they have the red and the white. 311 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:36.240 They have types that are blotchy variegated on the sides 312 00:17:36.599 --> 00:17:40.240 and a pink pink colors and they're gorgeous. And if 313 00:17:40.279 --> 00:17:43.160 you need a good holiday decoration ory gift for when 314 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:45.839 you're going to visit, one of these point set is 315 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:49.759 would be really really good, really good to do when 316 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:52.480 you're out there and enchanted for us. Just keep in 317 00:17:52.519 --> 00:17:57.119 mind they have a wonderful shop with lots of good gifts. Again, 318 00:17:57.240 --> 00:17:59.319 you need to wander through that and check it out. 319 00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:03.039 It's still time to be planning herbs and vegetables, and 320 00:18:03.079 --> 00:18:05.200 they always keep a supply of that on hand. And 321 00:18:05.200 --> 00:18:08.079 then of course when it comes to shrubs, well there's 322 00:18:08.119 --> 00:18:10.640 always plenty of shrubs and trees. By the way, they 323 00:18:10.640 --> 00:18:15.359 still have some Christmas trees, and Christmas trees include free delivery, 324 00:18:15.720 --> 00:18:17.319 so you pick out a tree, you don't have to 325 00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:19.480 worry about getting it home. They'll they'll bring it for 326 00:18:19.559 --> 00:18:21.799 you if you'd like to do that. And they have 327 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:25.160 a nice supply still available, so check them out. That's 328 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:29.480 at twenty seven fifty nine. Excuse me, FM twenty seven 329 00:18:29.599 --> 00:18:32.720 fifty nine in Richmond, Texas. If you're in Richmond heading 330 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:35.440 towards sugar Land, it's off to the right down farm 331 00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:40.119 to Market FM twenty seven fifty nine and Chenny Forest. 332 00:18:40.440 --> 00:18:43.039 Here's the website. You need it because it'll show you 333 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:45.319 how to get there. It'll show you what's going on there. 334 00:18:45.359 --> 00:18:48.640 You can be signing up for their social media and 335 00:18:49.400 --> 00:18:56.200 lots of good information. Enchanted Forest Richmond TX dot com. 336 00:18:56.279 --> 00:19:01.920 Enchanted Forest Richmond, TX dot com makes it real easy 337 00:19:02.119 --> 00:19:04.119 to check it out. And they got a great website too. 338 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:07.440 While are out there, say hi to Danny and all 339 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:10.440 the crew and make plans this spring to get out there. 340 00:19:10.480 --> 00:19:13.119 They're gonna have a whole bunch more of those plants 341 00:19:13.160 --> 00:19:17.400 that attract butterflies, both the ones for the adult butterflies 342 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:20.759 and also the ones for the caterpillars that bring them 343 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:23.599 to your house. If you build it, they will come. 344 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:25.799 All right, We're gonna take a little break here. If 345 00:19:25.839 --> 00:19:27.839 you'd like to give us call seven one three two 346 00:19:27.920 --> 00:19:30.680 one two fifty eight seventy four. Welcome back to the 347 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:33.839 guard Line. We are happy you are listening and looking 348 00:19:33.880 --> 00:19:36.119 forward to talking to you about the kind of questions 349 00:19:36.200 --> 00:19:40.279 that you may have. If you have not put down 350 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:44.480 a mineral supplement for micronutrients to your lawn this year, 351 00:19:44.519 --> 00:19:46.960 you need to get that done. It is it is 352 00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:49.599 important to make sure that your lawn has all the 353 00:19:49.680 --> 00:19:51.680 nutrients that it needs, not just the big three on 354 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:55.799 the fertilizer bag. They're you know, sixteen to twenty depending 355 00:19:55.799 --> 00:19:59.519 on the plants and the part stages of a plant 356 00:19:59.519 --> 00:20:03.960 growth and different nutrients that those plants really really need. 357 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:08.200 And azamite is one of those trace mineral supplements that 358 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:11.279 is outstanding in terms of the response we see on 359 00:20:11.319 --> 00:20:14.000 our plants. It's used in turf at a rate of 360 00:20:14.039 --> 00:20:17.559 about forty four pound bag covering about six twelve thousand 361 00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:20.759 square feet six to twelve thousand square feet. Put it 362 00:20:20.799 --> 00:20:23.319 in vegetable gardens. I have it put in my vegetable 363 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:26.160 garden at about ten pounds per thousand square feet. And 364 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:30.440 when you have that complete bank account of all the nutrients, 365 00:20:31.160 --> 00:20:34.519 not just the famous ones, but the ones that Rodney 366 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:37.119 Dangerfield would say, get no respect, We don't talk about 367 00:20:37.160 --> 00:20:39.960 them well asmit does. It covers that and you can 368 00:20:39.960 --> 00:20:43.880 get it pretty much everywhere. Our feed stores, our garden centers, 369 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:47.799 our ace hardware stores, you know, Southwest Fertilizer, all those 370 00:20:47.880 --> 00:20:50.759 kinds of places are going to carry azamite. And if 371 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:52.279 you want to learn more about it, just go to 372 00:20:52.279 --> 00:20:56.079 azmite Texas dot com and you can find out more 373 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:58.559 about the product. You hear me talk about. It's on 374 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:03.160 the schedule. Mineral sub elements, very very important. We need 375 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:07.599 to make sure and put that bank account that we 376 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:10.400 have in the soil. We need the bank account to 377 00:21:10.480 --> 00:21:15.039 be totally loaded up and ready to go. I want 378 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:19.680 to talk a little bit about the time of year 379 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:24.279 we're in right now and doing a landscape evaluation. You know, 380 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:26.799 when you go through a long, hot summer, we get 381 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:28.680 toward the end of the year and you kind of 382 00:21:28.720 --> 00:21:31.759 look at how things are in the landscape. It is 383 00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:35.839 a it's a great opportunity to make some decisions and 384 00:21:35.880 --> 00:21:39.839 some changes if needed. So for example, this morning, you 385 00:21:39.880 --> 00:21:43.400 get up when the sunshine comes out, and well, I 386 00:21:43.440 --> 00:21:45.680 don't know if the sunshine's coming out when it's light. 387 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:48.880 How about that this morning and you walk around and 388 00:21:49.200 --> 00:21:51.599 you look at things like you don't overhear the lawn, 389 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:55.079 I just it just doesn't do well. It's too shady. 390 00:21:55.200 --> 00:21:57.279 I keep trying to fill it in, but it's then 391 00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:59.799 it doesn't look good. Make a note. I need to 392 00:21:59.799 --> 00:22:02.279 put a shade loving groundcover in here, and that would 393 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:04.480 really be beautiful and there's a lot of good options 394 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:08.440 for that. You got a rose bush somewhere that is 395 00:22:08.920 --> 00:22:11.799 doing the same thing. It's not blooming really well. Will 396 00:22:11.880 --> 00:22:14.960 fall in winter are the best time to dig and 397 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:18.640 move plants. So make a note. This rosebush needs to 398 00:22:18.680 --> 00:22:21.279 be moved to this other location. Do you see what 399 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.640 I'm saying? Or maybe something's in too much sun, or 400 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:27.160 maybe something where you're depending on how your property is, 401 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:31.440 the irrigation system just isn't really reaching over there very well, 402 00:22:32.079 --> 00:22:35.160 and maybe we need something more drought resistant in that area. 403 00:22:35.920 --> 00:22:38.319 Or you're looking around and kind of noticing as the 404 00:22:38.359 --> 00:22:40.720 leaves come off, you know what, everything over here is evergreen. 405 00:22:40.839 --> 00:22:43.000 Everything over there is deciduous, and it kind of looks 406 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:47.839 lopsided when we hit the winter season. That's the kind 407 00:22:47.880 --> 00:22:50.480 of things I'm talking about. Even just looking at the 408 00:22:50.559 --> 00:22:52.839 landscape and you know what is missing? What would I 409 00:22:53.039 --> 00:22:55.160 like here? How about that front door? How do I 410 00:22:55.200 --> 00:22:57.640 call attention to the front door? Put, you know, bring 411 00:22:57.680 --> 00:23:01.200 the eye to that spot, changing the shape of beds. 412 00:23:01.480 --> 00:23:03.880 There's a lot we can do with the late season 413 00:23:04.240 --> 00:23:07.200 landscape evaluation right now. And I don't encourage you to 414 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:10.039 get out and make some notes because some of the 415 00:23:10.039 --> 00:23:12.480 things you're going to want to do, like moving plants, 416 00:23:13.079 --> 00:23:17.079 planting new shrubs, trees and perennials, changing the shape of 417 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:19.799 landscape beds. Winter times a good time to get that 418 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:23.400 kind of work done in order to have success with 419 00:23:23.440 --> 00:23:25.000 what you're trying to do, because we want you to 420 00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:29.200 have a beautiful, beautiful landscape and take a look at it, 421 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:31.599 get you a note. Another thing it's good to do 422 00:23:31.640 --> 00:23:35.640 is drive around and pay attention to other landscapes. What 423 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:39.359 do you like? What catches your eye? Maybe the way 424 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:43.400 that they designed a bed that came around the side 425 00:23:43.440 --> 00:23:45.759 of the house and tied in to something else. You know, 426 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:47.759 you just a little simple things like that, or hey, 427 00:23:47.799 --> 00:23:49.759 that plan is great, I need one of those. What 428 00:23:49.920 --> 00:23:51.920 is that? We'll take a picture of it and ask Google. 429 00:23:52.000 --> 00:24:00.880 It'll tell you the image image searches scarily scarily accurate. Anyway, 430 00:24:01.839 --> 00:24:05.079 take advantage of a trip around town and make those 431 00:24:05.119 --> 00:24:07.559 plans in order to have a beautiful landscape like you want. 432 00:24:08.640 --> 00:24:11.400 That is important. Our phone number if you'd like to 433 00:24:11.440 --> 00:24:14.920 give a skull seven three two one two five eight 434 00:24:15.200 --> 00:24:18.559 seven four seven one three two one two fifty eight 435 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:24.200 seventy four. I wanted to mention that this season is 436 00:24:24.279 --> 00:24:27.960 an important time to keep your soil mult Now, we 437 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:31.319 all know in the summer it's hot and weeds are 438 00:24:31.359 --> 00:24:37.720 coming up, and the rain or erosion or crusting things 439 00:24:37.799 --> 00:24:41.440 like that, the overheating of the soil with the sun 440 00:24:41.559 --> 00:24:44.119 baking down on it. You got to get multa on 441 00:24:44.160 --> 00:24:47.440 your ground. Yes, that's true. But there are winter weeds also, 442 00:24:47.599 --> 00:24:51.839 there's winter rains also, and then there's even times when 443 00:24:51.880 --> 00:24:53.799 it gets a little cold. And if you have a 444 00:24:54.359 --> 00:24:59.680 borderline tender cold tender plant, that's a perennial for example, 445 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:03.160 something like what depends on what part of the area 446 00:25:03.240 --> 00:25:05.039 you're listening in. But those of you living up a 447 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:09.559 little further north, the Pride of Barbados, that sometimes called 448 00:25:09.640 --> 00:25:13.559 red bird of Paradise. That plant is cold hearty in 449 00:25:13.559 --> 00:25:16.119 our area. But you get fur enough nor far enough 450 00:25:16.119 --> 00:25:18.440 north and we get a gold winter and you can 451 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:21.920 get significant damage to it. Multch helps protect the base 452 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:25.720 of that plant, keep it moderated and get it through 453 00:25:25.880 --> 00:25:29.480 those kinds of things. Multch moltch. Maultch now black velvet 454 00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:33.640 mulch is an excellent opportunity. It's the one Landscaper's Pride 455 00:25:33.680 --> 00:25:37.319 has that is not dyed. It's naturally dark and its 456 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:40.960 color and you need to keep a covering a mulch 457 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:43.960 on the soil. If you don't cover the soil, nature will, 458 00:25:44.079 --> 00:25:47.000 but nature's going to cover it with green things called weeds, 459 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:50.559 so we can cover it with beautiful things like black 460 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:54.039 velvet mult or. Speaking of landscapers Pride, they also have 461 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:57.440 a cedar multch. Cedar multch is very attractive, you know, 462 00:25:57.480 --> 00:25:59.240 as you put it out in that fresh color, in 463 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:02.640 the fresh sand and everything. That's a nice one, nice 464 00:26:02.640 --> 00:26:05.519 aroma to Greek guests as they come for the holiday visits. 465 00:26:06.240 --> 00:26:08.519 And then if you're looking at your I was talking 466 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:11.720 someone yesterday who is going to redo their lawn and 467 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:15.160 the backyard. They've got some dips and low spots in 468 00:26:15.200 --> 00:26:17.839 it and it's half weeds and half grass and it's 469 00:26:17.880 --> 00:26:19.519 just a mess and they're going to be redoing it 470 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:24.279 in the spring. Well Landscaper's Pride has something called topsoiled. 471 00:26:24.279 --> 00:26:29.200 It's a sandy loam and composted top dressing, and it'll 472 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:31.319 help you repair areas in your lawn. Of course, you 473 00:26:31.319 --> 00:26:33.160 can use it just if you're going to rejuvenate a 474 00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.960 landscape bed and you want to you want to get 475 00:26:35.000 --> 00:26:38.039 something that's a little more solid than just compost out there, 476 00:26:38.559 --> 00:26:40.720 and it's excellent for that. All that stuff is from 477 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:44.160 Landscapers Pride. They got like two dozen plus different things 478 00:26:44.200 --> 00:26:47.200 and they're all over town. Easy to find. Just I 479 00:26:47.440 --> 00:26:50.359 guess I'll just just tell you go to Landscaperspride dot com. 480 00:26:50.480 --> 00:26:53.680 Landscaperspride dot com. You're going to find more information there. 481 00:26:53.920 --> 00:26:55.519 You're also going to find where to get it, and 482 00:26:55.559 --> 00:26:59.039 it's really easy to find their products all around the area. 483 00:27:00.480 --> 00:27:04.720 That mulching is a good tip for this time of year. 484 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:08.000 It's always a good time to maintain. Think about nature. 485 00:27:08.519 --> 00:27:12.319 Does nature uh not have mulch on the soil at 486 00:27:12.359 --> 00:27:14.240 times and then have multch on the soil to No, 487 00:27:14.519 --> 00:27:18.359 it's all year round. Nature is keeping a coating of 488 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:21.359 organic materials on top of the surface. We can learn 489 00:27:21.359 --> 00:27:23.759 from that. All right, I'm gonna take a little break here. 490 00:27:24.000 --> 00:27:26.920 I will be right back with your calls at seven, one, three, 491 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:31.960 two one two kt RH. All right, folks, welcome back 492 00:27:32.000 --> 00:27:34.599 to Garden Line. Glad to have you with us this morning. 493 00:27:34.799 --> 00:27:38.440 We are talking about all kinds of things gardening. I've 494 00:27:38.440 --> 00:27:41.279 got a few topics i'm gonna be going through today. 495 00:27:41.359 --> 00:27:43.759 And during our eight o'clock hour, we have got some 496 00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:48.200 special guests calling in with ideas for Christmas gifts, and 497 00:27:48.279 --> 00:27:51.960 I think you'll find that very interesting, So stick with us. 498 00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:55.359 We'll be back. The RCW Nursery, by the way, has 499 00:27:55.359 --> 00:27:57.559 gotten in. I want to mention this. They've gotten in 500 00:27:57.720 --> 00:28:01.240 a shipment of camellias. They got the the Camellia susanqua 501 00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:05.240 and the Camellia japonicas, and some of the sussanquas they 502 00:28:05.319 --> 00:28:08.279 just got in are gorgeous, just beautiful. And I don't 503 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:11.759 know how many of you are not familiar with camilla's, 504 00:28:11.799 --> 00:28:15.039 but it used to be. I just saw a lot more. 505 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:17.839 It seemed like planted in the past, and they've always 506 00:28:17.839 --> 00:28:21.079 been popular, but I think they're making a comeback. And 507 00:28:21.200 --> 00:28:23.680 camellias have these gorgeous blooms at a time of year 508 00:28:23.720 --> 00:28:28.000 when other things aren't blooming. For example, December, the sussanka 509 00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:31.599 was blooming and the Japonicas one type in December, one 510 00:28:31.640 --> 00:28:35.240 type and more in January. Here in our area, they 511 00:28:35.279 --> 00:28:40.960 look good. And RCW, by the way, also has ligularia ligularia. 512 00:28:41.279 --> 00:28:44.319 The only way I can describe it is a terrestrial 513 00:28:44.400 --> 00:28:48.200 lily pad. You know how lily pads grow in water, Well, 514 00:28:48.279 --> 00:28:51.200 imagine something looks like a lily pad growing in your shady, 515 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:53.799 shady areas of the garden. They're very tolerant of that. 516 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:56.839 By the way, they have still got twenty percent off 517 00:28:56.920 --> 00:29:00.720 now off their shrubs, Azelias and camellias, all kinds of 518 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:03.920 shrubs on sale right now. If you're looking to purchase 519 00:29:04.279 --> 00:29:06.079 a shrub to fill in, you're not going to find 520 00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:10.079 a better time to do that. R c W Nursery 521 00:29:10.079 --> 00:29:12.400 this is our December, so they're thirty percent off metal 522 00:29:12.519 --> 00:29:15.880 artwork and arbors and fifteen percent off all their trees. 523 00:29:16.200 --> 00:29:18.440 This is the best time to plant a tree or shrub. 524 00:29:18.519 --> 00:29:20.160 Get out there and do it. They're at the corner 525 00:29:20.640 --> 00:29:23.519 of Highway two forty nine, which we call Tombo Parkway 526 00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:26.880 and belt Wait eight. R CW Nurser you gotta check 527 00:29:26.880 --> 00:29:33.039 those out. Excuse me, I was talking about some different 528 00:29:33.519 --> 00:29:36.200 ideas and things that you know, we can do to 529 00:29:36.599 --> 00:29:40.039 have success in our gardens and in our landscapes. And 530 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:43.960 I just wanted to, I guess make a what an 531 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:47.279 appeal for a plant is that it can I do 532 00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:52.680 like a personal appeal, like, please consider this plant. This 533 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:55.039 is an awesome one. You need to plant it. Okay, 534 00:29:55.079 --> 00:29:57.319 are you wondering what on earth is he going to 535 00:29:57.400 --> 00:30:02.519 talk about right now? It's per lemons. Uh. Per Simmons 536 00:30:02.559 --> 00:30:06.720 are a plant that offers ornamental beauty and culinary flavor. 537 00:30:07.279 --> 00:30:10.079 And I think they may be the Rodney danger Fields 538 00:30:10.119 --> 00:30:15.119 of the fruit world. You know, when you talk about fruit, 539 00:30:15.279 --> 00:30:17.079 you know, you think of apples and pears and plums 540 00:30:17.079 --> 00:30:19.359 and peaches and all that kind of stuff in nurseries. 541 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:23.000 And but percimons are great. Let me tell you some 542 00:30:23.039 --> 00:30:25.319 reasons I like per simmons. They are number one, they're 543 00:30:25.440 --> 00:30:29.200 native fruit. The native per simon is an astringent, little 544 00:30:29.200 --> 00:30:35.240 small golf ball sized thing called Diasporus virginiana in Virginia. 545 00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:36.119 Uh. 546 00:30:36.160 --> 00:30:39.839 And the kind of per simons we typically purchase to 547 00:30:39.960 --> 00:30:43.160 plant and eat or more of an Asian type of permon. 548 00:30:43.160 --> 00:30:43.279 Now. 549 00:30:43.279 --> 00:30:47.920 Persimmons can be divided into two two groups, one or 550 00:30:48.000 --> 00:30:51.279 the astringent types, and they've got to be so ripe 551 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:54.240 that it's like a bag of jelly before you eat them. 552 00:30:54.480 --> 00:30:57.799 If you eat them too soon, uh, then they're gonna 553 00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:00.279 pucker your mouth. And some people will put in the 554 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:02.240 freezer and then thalm put them in the freezer and 555 00:31:02.279 --> 00:31:05.640 thalmb that's all fine. I love them, and they're a 556 00:31:05.680 --> 00:31:09.440 messy thing to eat. I like the slogan per semons 557 00:31:09.480 --> 00:31:11.559 the fruit you eat in the bathtub, because what you 558 00:31:11.599 --> 00:31:13.240 do is you sit down about that. You get a 559 00:31:13.279 --> 00:31:16.079 good a stringe of per semon that is just essentially 560 00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:17.759 a sack of jelly, and you go after it, and 561 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.400 you're gonna have percimon drip dripping off your elbows when 562 00:31:20.400 --> 00:31:23.039 you're done. Then you can just take a bath. There 563 00:31:23.079 --> 00:31:26.200 you go. The other kite is non astringent, and these 564 00:31:26.240 --> 00:31:28.920 can be eaten after turning fully orange. You don't wait 565 00:31:28.960 --> 00:31:30.480 on them to get you don't have to wait on 566 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:32.680 them to try to get soft. And there are a 567 00:31:32.759 --> 00:31:35.359 lot of great varieties out there. You just need to 568 00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:38.319 check them out. By the way, we have a Texas 569 00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:42.519 per semon Diasporus Texana, I believe is the number on 570 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:45.880 that one or the proper name on that one, but 571 00:31:46.119 --> 00:31:50.440 it's a little black fruit. It's edible, but it's I 572 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:55.559 don't know. It mostly seed, the big seeds inside and 573 00:31:55.640 --> 00:32:00.279 maybe dime size to nickel size fruit. But I just 574 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:02.920 have to mention that one too. Per Simmons ripen in 575 00:32:02.960 --> 00:32:06.279 mid to late fall, and their bright orange fruit just 576 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:09.559 hang on the tree like a Halloween And we have 577 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:13.119 Christmas trees. This is a Halloween tree. It looks really 578 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:15.400 beautiful and goes all the way through Thanksgiving too. By 579 00:32:15.440 --> 00:32:19.000 the way, I think they're attractive. The foliage has nice 580 00:32:19.039 --> 00:32:21.240 fall color. Am I convincing you of this? If you 581 00:32:21.359 --> 00:32:24.319 never had per smon bread, you need to try per 582 00:32:24.319 --> 00:32:27.799 semon bread. It is awesome. So there I've made my appeal. 583 00:32:28.480 --> 00:32:31.599 You need to try per Simmons. Consider planning one in 584 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:35.759 your landscape. Again, so many good attributes of this fruit 585 00:32:35.839 --> 00:32:38.759 that is way way underplanted. Just make sure and give 586 00:32:38.799 --> 00:32:40.599 them a well drained area. They don't want to be 587 00:32:40.599 --> 00:32:43.599 in a swamp and a place with plenty of sun. 588 00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:47.720 They do okay in a little shade, but mostly they 589 00:32:47.759 --> 00:32:51.359 need good sunlight in order to do well. There you go. 590 00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:59.119 My appeal for per Semmons. Ace hardware stores are They're 591 00:32:59.240 --> 00:33:03.200 just a great place to find any kind of items 592 00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:06.720 that you're needing for the holiday season. For example, if 593 00:33:06.720 --> 00:33:09.960 you're looking for gifts, maybe it's some power tools for 594 00:33:10.000 --> 00:33:12.440 the do it yourself for in your list. Maybe it's 595 00:33:12.480 --> 00:33:17.079 some houseware type items for decorating and cooking and other 596 00:33:17.160 --> 00:33:20.559 things like that. Maybe it is a toy for a 597 00:33:20.640 --> 00:33:22.440 child they have. Do you know Ace has some really 598 00:33:22.440 --> 00:33:25.880 cool toys, real retro toys too. I like those and 599 00:33:26.119 --> 00:33:29.640 right now, oh my gosh, holiday lights and decorations inside 600 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:32.839 the house, outside the house. They've got you covered on 601 00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:36.759 both of it. For example, the one thing that I 602 00:33:36.759 --> 00:33:39.000 think is just really cool until I ran across Ace, 603 00:33:39.039 --> 00:33:42.720 I didn't even know this existed. But it's called lights 604 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.960 by the foot. So you know how you buy Christmas 605 00:33:46.000 --> 00:33:48.319 lights and their X feet long, Well, what if you 606 00:33:48.359 --> 00:33:54.200 needed lights to go twenty seven and a half feet long? 607 00:33:54.359 --> 00:33:56.160 I mean, you know what I'm saying That you can 608 00:33:56.200 --> 00:33:59.200 pick the exact length of light you're looking for there 609 00:34:00.039 --> 00:34:01.680 and provide that. You just have to go by and 610 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:03.440 see how they do that. But it's really cool. It's 611 00:34:03.480 --> 00:34:05.720 a great way to do because then you have lights 612 00:34:05.759 --> 00:34:08.920 that fit your home or fit your Christmas tree or whatever. 613 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:13.079 You're putting lights on holiday decorations to just beautiful, you 614 00:34:13.119 --> 00:34:15.199 need to go into ACE and check it out. It 615 00:34:15.320 --> 00:34:17.639 is the place, as they say. And of course while 616 00:34:17.639 --> 00:34:20.400 you're in there, you're going to find all the landscape supplies. Now, 617 00:34:20.519 --> 00:34:23.800 there is an ACE Hardware store in Orange called Child's 618 00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:26.199 Building Supply. For those of you out there in Orange, 619 00:34:26.679 --> 00:34:28.920 if you're Highway six, you know, near the Bear Creek area, 620 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:33.239 Hamilton Hardware would be an ACE Hardware there. Aspas ACE 621 00:34:33.599 --> 00:34:36.840 up in the Woodlands is a wonderful location. And then 622 00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:39.079 the K and M ACE there's two locations, one in 623 00:34:39.159 --> 00:34:42.079 Kingwood and one a Tascas Sita. That's the K and 624 00:34:42.280 --> 00:34:46.840 M hardware that bunches of them. Just go to ACE 625 00:34:46.840 --> 00:34:50.280 Hardware dot com, find the store locator, find the store 626 00:34:50.280 --> 00:34:52.800 near you. I think that is the best way to 627 00:34:52.800 --> 00:34:58.559 go about. It works for me. Let's see here, where 628 00:34:58.599 --> 00:35:01.000 are we on time? Yeah, I'm about to run out 629 00:35:01.039 --> 00:35:03.239 of time here. I believe I did want to. I 630 00:35:03.239 --> 00:35:06.000 do want to continue on with a couple of things 631 00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:10.440 that are kind of related to gardening tips and ideas 632 00:35:10.559 --> 00:35:13.880 and things like that. We will when I come back. 633 00:35:14.320 --> 00:35:17.239 I'm going to talk about some pruning mistakes some real 634 00:35:17.400 --> 00:35:22.559 common pruning mistakes that you definitely want to avoid. That 635 00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:27.079 is I see a lot of malpractice. I'll say, when 636 00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:29.400 it comes to pruning, we need to make sure that 637 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:31.800 we're taking care of our plants and pruning them in 638 00:35:31.840 --> 00:35:36.000 a way that helps them sets them up, if you will, 639 00:35:36.400 --> 00:35:42.519 for success. Plants for All Seasons is located on Highway 640 00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:45.199 to forty nine, just north of Luetta, So if you're 641 00:35:45.199 --> 00:35:48.199 going to Tombol out to forty nine you exit Luetta 642 00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:50.840 crossover Luetta. It's on the right hand side. Plans for 643 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:53.360 All Seasons has long been a great place. I mean, 644 00:35:53.400 --> 00:35:56.360 they've got every plant that you want that grows here. 645 00:35:56.400 --> 00:35:59.760 But most of all is importance of quality products and 646 00:36:00.199 --> 00:36:02.840 the advice just go to Plants for All Seasons. Check 647 00:36:02.880 --> 00:36:06.199 them out again. They've been here since the nineteen seventies, 648 00:36:06.239 --> 00:36:09.280 this family operated place. Those of you who go there, 649 00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:12.880 you know you know what I'm talking about, very very 650 00:36:12.880 --> 00:36:15.880 good place. And they also have some gorgeous gifts inside 651 00:36:15.920 --> 00:36:19.920 their gift shop. Well, I hear some music here in 652 00:36:19.960 --> 00:36:22.239 the background. That means I need to be quiet, and 653 00:36:22.280 --> 00:36:24.000 we're going to take a break for the top of 654 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:26.840 the hour news. We'll be back with your calls if 655 00:36:26.840 --> 00:36:28.880 you'd like to get on the board now seven to 656 00:36:28.920 --> 00:36:31.880 one three two one two k t r. 657 00:36:36.360 --> 00:36:40.960 Welcome to kt r H Garden Line with Skimmed Ricard's. 658 00:36:42.320 --> 00:37:06.039 Crazy. Just watch him as many season not a sign 659 00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:26.280 s starting. 660 00:37:26.800 --> 00:37:33.320 So Cleo, all right, welcome to garden Line. Welcome back. 661 00:37:35.159 --> 00:37:38.000 We're going to start this next hour up with a bang. 662 00:37:38.039 --> 00:37:38.199 Here. 663 00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:41.280 I've got a lot of tips and ideas and comments 664 00:37:41.320 --> 00:37:43.119 I like to make. And then of course we got 665 00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:45.440 your calls if you'd like a seven one three two 666 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:48.119 one two k t r H seven one three two 667 00:37:48.119 --> 00:37:50.679 one two k t r H. I tell you Buchanan's 668 00:37:50.760 --> 00:37:56.000 Native plants. They had a quietish India yesterday in their greenhouse. Yeah. 669 00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:59.519 It's a huge covered greenhouse full of all kinds of 670 00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:04.559 house plays, loaded with pointsettas. It's just really beautiful out there. 671 00:38:04.599 --> 00:38:07.840 You know. If it comes to Christmas ideas, they have 672 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:11.679 got it. They've got you covered. Their gift shop is stunning, 673 00:38:11.800 --> 00:38:16.000 stunningly outstanding. They you can get plants for example. Of 674 00:38:16.039 --> 00:38:20.519 course you can get things to decorate your house, you know, 675 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:24.559 for the home. There's things for children in there. If 676 00:38:24.599 --> 00:38:27.639 you're a nature lover, they have things for you as well, 677 00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:32.800 perhaps a hummingbird feeder, little place for the tiny bees together, 678 00:38:33.000 --> 00:38:38.679 and those what do you call them, wood boring bees. 679 00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:42.920 They have low homes for them, some real cool spiceets 680 00:38:42.960 --> 00:38:46.000 for gifts, gifts cards. Of course, it just goes on 681 00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:48.280 and on. I mean there's things for her, things for him. 682 00:38:48.400 --> 00:38:51.480 We're talking about jewelry and ideas. You can't just just 683 00:38:51.880 --> 00:38:54.480 loaded for the holidays. And it is a wonderful place 684 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:57.440 to visit. And of course there's the beautiful landscape color 685 00:38:57.599 --> 00:39:00.719 like cyclomen Oh those are so beautiful. We ought to 686 00:39:00.760 --> 00:39:03.440 plant more cyclements in our landscapes in the cool season. 687 00:39:03.440 --> 00:39:06.320 They're really good. One even orchids that would be another 688 00:39:06.360 --> 00:39:10.360 great gift idea. Mabbie Cannon's is located on eleven Street 689 00:39:10.519 --> 00:39:13.239 in the Heights. You know it, but you need to 690 00:39:13.280 --> 00:39:18.119 go to their website because it is the most outstanding 691 00:39:18.480 --> 00:39:22.920 educational thing I have seen. You go to their website 692 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:25.719 and the resources that they have, the articles and calendar 693 00:39:25.760 --> 00:39:29.239 and garden guides and all kinds of videos and other things, 694 00:39:29.559 --> 00:39:32.079 very very helpful. Get on the newsletter too. While you there, 695 00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:35.280 I'm going to head out to the phones and we're 696 00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:39.440 going to talk to in US Hello, welcome to Guardline. 697 00:39:40.480 --> 00:39:42.559 Hey, good morning, mister Richter. How are you doing. 698 00:39:43.840 --> 00:39:46.199 I'm doing good. I'm doing good. What's up today? 699 00:39:47.199 --> 00:39:50.280 Well, I've got several plants that I don't know how 700 00:39:50.320 --> 00:39:52.360 to win arize, and I don't want to lose them. 701 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:58.320 It's a purple honeysuckle bleeding hall and it's beedanza. 702 00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:04.760 Okay, you're not going to lose esperanza. But it may 703 00:40:04.840 --> 00:40:07.960 die back in a bad winter. It can die back 704 00:40:08.000 --> 00:40:10.639 all the way to the ground. Were you located. 705 00:40:11.599 --> 00:40:18.920 I'm located about sixty miles west of Houston, sixty miles 706 00:40:18.920 --> 00:40:20.960 west Marshall Markham, Texas. 707 00:40:21.079 --> 00:40:29.039 Yes, okay, all right, all right, Well so the esperanza 708 00:40:29.320 --> 00:40:32.639 may die back, but you know what I do, and 709 00:40:33.000 --> 00:40:34.800 I live in an area where it dies back some. 710 00:40:35.480 --> 00:40:38.559 The cutting it back to the ground at the end 711 00:40:38.599 --> 00:40:41.639 of winter is a good thing. And you can just 712 00:40:41.719 --> 00:40:43.119 do that. When I stay to the ground, I mean, 713 00:40:43.159 --> 00:40:46.000 you know what, four or six inches tall something like that, 714 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:48.719 and it sprouts back out from the base and looks 715 00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:51.920 really good. Sometimes if it gets halfway damaged, it looks 716 00:40:52.000 --> 00:40:54.400 kind of ugly. Some of the others the vine you're 717 00:40:54.400 --> 00:40:56.360 talking about, believing heart and other things I would just 718 00:40:56.400 --> 00:40:59.599 make sure and multch the base very very well, and 719 00:40:59.679 --> 00:41:03.079 that if there is any die back on any of 720 00:41:03.119 --> 00:41:06.400 your plants, the base is protected and you get fresh 721 00:41:06.440 --> 00:41:09.119 new growth and they they will come back out of 722 00:41:09.119 --> 00:41:11.559 that base with that kind of protection. It's hard to 723 00:41:11.559 --> 00:41:14.559 protect a vine because it's you know, typically on a trellis, 724 00:41:14.639 --> 00:41:18.719 and trying to build some structure to protect it as difficult. 725 00:41:20.119 --> 00:41:20.320 Ok. 726 00:41:20.800 --> 00:41:24.639 Okay, Yes, I've tried covering them up and it helps somebody. 727 00:41:24.679 --> 00:41:27.880 It's I wouldn't quite sure exactly how to do it. 728 00:41:28.320 --> 00:41:30.840 And also I want well, you know, like you said 729 00:41:30.880 --> 00:41:33.719 to the cutback, I I've never done it. 730 00:41:33.800 --> 00:41:36.119 Yeah, forty six inches, so it's okay. 731 00:41:36.480 --> 00:41:41.119 Well on the on the esperanza, I'm trying to remember 732 00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:44.480 all the different plants that you named several plants. So 733 00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:50.079 here's the thing on cover bleeding heart honeysuckles. Yeah, it 734 00:41:50.119 --> 00:41:53.519 should be fine. Just i'd multivate. If you can cover 735 00:41:53.559 --> 00:41:56.519 a plant and exclude air you know you mentioned like 736 00:41:56.599 --> 00:41:57.280 how do you cover? 737 00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:58.159 Uh? 738 00:41:58.239 --> 00:42:01.239 The idea is to create dead air space so the 739 00:42:01.280 --> 00:42:04.599 wind blows and it doesn't blow around that plant because 740 00:42:04.639 --> 00:42:08.159 you've created this this think of it as an igloo 741 00:42:08.239 --> 00:42:10.760 or something over the plant, a tint over the plant 742 00:42:11.239 --> 00:42:15.199 that's plastic so the wind doesn't go through it and 743 00:42:15.440 --> 00:42:19.760 it holds that air inside there. If whatever plant you're 744 00:42:19.800 --> 00:42:23.719 gonna be covering is super tender, you can put a 745 00:42:23.800 --> 00:42:27.159 light bulb, one of those clamp aluminum lights with the 746 00:42:27.199 --> 00:42:29.679 bright one hundred and fifty watt light bulb in it 747 00:42:29.920 --> 00:42:32.960 at the bottom, shine it down and that provides just 748 00:42:33.039 --> 00:42:35.320 a little bit of heat, because all we need to 749 00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:40.519 do is keep them reasonably above the damage point, you know, 750 00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:42.599 below above freezing for example. 751 00:42:43.760 --> 00:42:47.719 Okay, okay, so just I mean, okay, if I don't 752 00:42:47.760 --> 00:42:49.800 cover or just mulching the base. 753 00:42:49.840 --> 00:42:53.760 With that should do it. That should do it. 754 00:42:55.000 --> 00:42:59.840 Another question that I had master garden programs, is there 755 00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:03.679 what's the nearest one, let's say, sugar Land that you 756 00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:08.480 know of or is it on your podcast website somewhere folk? 757 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:11.800 No, I don't. That would be a good thing for 758 00:43:11.840 --> 00:43:14.280 me to put on the website. You know, I pride 759 00:43:14.280 --> 00:43:20.400 myself in knowing all these obscure towns around the uh 760 00:43:20.760 --> 00:43:23.760 state of Texas, and I'm having to look up mark 761 00:43:24.199 --> 00:43:27.480 where Marketing. Sorry, you're down by Bay. 762 00:43:27.320 --> 00:43:30.519 City, right, Yes, sir, it's more cows and chick. 763 00:43:33.239 --> 00:43:39.840 Okay, oh boy. You know what, if I were you, 764 00:43:39.880 --> 00:43:43.199 I would call your county Extension office and and ask 765 00:43:43.320 --> 00:43:47.199 them that I think that's that's probably the best way 766 00:43:47.199 --> 00:43:49.599 to go about it. Your county extension agent should know. 767 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:51.400 I don't know if they have a program, you know, 768 00:43:51.519 --> 00:43:55.599 Whart Nuro, Tempo or any of the areas around you. Uh, 769 00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:59.280 you're pretty close to Brazoria County, and Brazoria County has 770 00:43:59.400 --> 00:44:02.400 a gardener program that would be the east of you. 771 00:44:02.760 --> 00:44:04.760 I don't know what their policies are in terms of 772 00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:06.920 where you how close you have to live, or do 773 00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:08.719 you have to be in the same county or anything 774 00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:09.880 like that. 775 00:44:11.760 --> 00:44:13.840 Okay, thank you for the infull sir. 776 00:44:15.000 --> 00:44:19.719 All right, good luck, take care, thank you bye, all right, 777 00:44:19.760 --> 00:44:24.280 bye bye. Master Gardening is a great program. It is 778 00:44:24.320 --> 00:44:29.039 a volunteer training program done here in Texas by the 779 00:44:29.239 --> 00:44:33.800 Agrolife Extension Office in your county. Now, not every county 780 00:44:33.800 --> 00:44:36.760 has a Master Gardener program because it is a volunteer training. 781 00:44:36.800 --> 00:44:40.639 Not everybody needs a whole bunch of volunteers, but especially 782 00:44:40.800 --> 00:44:44.440 in urban areas and higher populated areas, but also in 783 00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:48.519 some rural areas. Sometimes three counties go together to have 784 00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:51.679 one of those programs. But did they train you with 785 00:44:51.760 --> 00:44:56.599 an extensive course in gardening and an exchange you get 786 00:44:56.599 --> 00:45:00.840 back a time of volunteer time to help Extension reach 787 00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:03.400 more people. It's one of the reasons why Extension is 788 00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:09.199 one of the best deals when it comes to your 789 00:45:09.239 --> 00:45:12.719 tax dollars and things like that, is because they provide 790 00:45:13.000 --> 00:45:15.719 so much more return and through the volunteers. You know, 791 00:45:15.760 --> 00:45:18.280 some counties of volunteers put in ten thousand hours a 792 00:45:18.360 --> 00:45:23.320 year of volunteer time. So one agent ten thousand hours 793 00:45:23.320 --> 00:45:25.920 of volunteer time. That's a good deal. It's a good 794 00:45:25.920 --> 00:45:30.360 program full of good people too. All right, well, it's 795 00:45:30.360 --> 00:45:32.239 time for me to go ahead and take a break here. 796 00:45:32.400 --> 00:45:34.679 We will be right back, and when we come back, 797 00:45:34.840 --> 00:45:37.280 I'm going to talk to you about making house plants 798 00:45:37.599 --> 00:45:41.719 feel at home. All right, Welcome back to Garden Line. 799 00:45:42.079 --> 00:45:44.440 I'm your host, Skip Richtor, and we're here to help 800 00:45:44.480 --> 00:45:47.679 you have a more bountiful garden, a more beautiful landscape, 801 00:45:47.719 --> 00:45:50.880 and more fun in the process. That is an important thing. 802 00:45:50.920 --> 00:45:53.400 If gardening is not fun, we got to fix that 803 00:45:53.639 --> 00:45:57.960 because gardening should be fun, that's for sure. The folks 804 00:45:58.000 --> 00:46:01.440 at Medina have created a it's been around for a while. 805 00:46:01.440 --> 00:46:05.800 Now a product called humate humic acid. Humate humic acid 806 00:46:06.039 --> 00:46:12.039 so humate liquid humus is like it's like concentrated compost 807 00:46:12.079 --> 00:46:14.760 in a bottle. Everybody knows what compost is like. You know, 808 00:46:14.800 --> 00:46:17.639 it's this crumbly coffee grounds, maybe bigger size in that, 809 00:46:17.719 --> 00:46:21.039 but it's all decomposed organic matter. If you let composts 810 00:46:21.119 --> 00:46:25.039 keep breaking down, its final stage is humus, and humus 811 00:46:25.079 --> 00:46:28.239 contains humic acid and fulbic acid. It's got a lot 812 00:46:28.239 --> 00:46:31.119 of different things in it, but it helps build the soil. 813 00:46:31.880 --> 00:46:35.320 It helps improve with moisture retention in some types of soils. 814 00:46:35.360 --> 00:46:39.559 It helps enhance the release of some of the nutrients 815 00:46:39.639 --> 00:46:43.239 that are there. Certainly it has micro and macro nutrients 816 00:46:43.280 --> 00:46:47.000 in it. It improves the soil's physical properties. So in 817 00:46:47.039 --> 00:46:49.679 a clay soil, humus is one of the keys to 818 00:46:50.079 --> 00:46:53.960 helping loosen up that clay. Now, humate humic acid for 819 00:46:54.079 --> 00:46:56.519 medina is available in a quart jar, a gallon jar, 820 00:46:56.599 --> 00:46:59.960 even buy bigger if you want, But whenever your playing, 821 00:47:00.559 --> 00:47:03.079 you can put a couple of tablespoons of this liquid 822 00:47:03.119 --> 00:47:06.599 product in a gallon of water and just soak the 823 00:47:06.679 --> 00:47:08.840 root ball in it. Soak the root ball in it 824 00:47:09.159 --> 00:47:11.679 and then plant the plant. That's one way to do it. 825 00:47:11.719 --> 00:47:14.519 Another way people do it is that they plant the 826 00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:17.480 plant and then soak the area by using watering can 827 00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:19.880 or something to water it in. Well, you can soak 828 00:47:19.960 --> 00:47:24.039 seeds in. You make acid in a mixture of one 829 00:47:24.039 --> 00:47:28.039 tablespoon per gallon of water and let that seed swell 830 00:47:28.159 --> 00:47:29.800 up and plant them and you'll get a very good 831 00:47:29.840 --> 00:47:31.719 head our pre Soaking seeds is a good way to 832 00:47:31.760 --> 00:47:34.400 get a good head start and all. This is just 833 00:47:34.679 --> 00:47:39.840 another one of the many quality products from Medina that 834 00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:44.119 we fortunately have a lot of opportunities to purchase here 835 00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:48.119 because it's available everywhere. Nice quality product from the folks 836 00:47:48.400 --> 00:47:50.920 at Medina. I was going to talk a little bit 837 00:47:50.920 --> 00:47:54.639 about making house plants feel at home, making them feel 838 00:47:54.679 --> 00:47:58.559 at home, you know, the home environment. Well, let me 839 00:47:58.559 --> 00:48:02.400 put it this way. No plant is native to the indoors. Right, 840 00:48:02.840 --> 00:48:06.079 where are they native to? Well, they're native to places 841 00:48:06.320 --> 00:48:09.440 like a jungle where it is they're understories and a 842 00:48:09.480 --> 00:48:13.079 tropical rainforest. It's moist, it's humid, the light is a 843 00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:15.960 little is quite a bit lower there. It's light, but 844 00:48:16.039 --> 00:48:19.400 it's lower light. And we bring those in our house 845 00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:23.320 because they do better in our low light indoor environment 846 00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:26.000 now because they like it indoors, but just because they 847 00:48:26.159 --> 00:48:29.719 feel it more at home there. There's a few keys 848 00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:32.519 to remember. Number one, the indoor environment has very low 849 00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:35.760 light intensities, and houseplants differ in their needs for light. 850 00:48:36.239 --> 00:48:40.519 So some plants can do better and significantly lower light. 851 00:48:40.840 --> 00:48:43.480 Some plants are going to need more light, so you 852 00:48:43.559 --> 00:48:46.199 have to put them in areas in your home where 853 00:48:46.199 --> 00:48:47.880 they're going to get the amount of light that at 854 00:48:48.000 --> 00:48:51.840 least allow them to hold on and enough energy, enough 855 00:48:52.639 --> 00:48:56.119 food they make with light to keep them well fed 856 00:48:56.400 --> 00:48:59.440 enough to keep going. And as you go down and 857 00:48:59.480 --> 00:49:03.039 lower lights, you go less and less growth, less and 858 00:49:03.079 --> 00:49:07.159 less health less and less vigor So that's important now indoors. Also, 859 00:49:07.239 --> 00:49:11.360 our air has low humidity. Somehouse plants like to be 860 00:49:11.519 --> 00:49:14.800 in areas with increased humidity, and it's very difficult. People 861 00:49:14.840 --> 00:49:17.199 talk about putting trays of gravel and water among plants. 862 00:49:17.639 --> 00:49:19.960 From what I understand, that just really doesn't do a 863 00:49:20.000 --> 00:49:22.480 whole lot, and certainly missing them doesn't do a lot. Now, 864 00:49:22.519 --> 00:49:26.440 you can put a humidifier or yeah humidifier in a 865 00:49:26.519 --> 00:49:28.840 room where you're going to have a lot of plants, 866 00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:31.760 and that will increase the humidity levels if you want 867 00:49:31.760 --> 00:49:34.159 to go to that trouble to do that. They don't 868 00:49:34.239 --> 00:49:38.480 like temperature fluctuations that are wide. So let's say you 869 00:49:38.519 --> 00:49:41.920 know you've got them and there's event blowing on them 870 00:49:41.920 --> 00:49:44.840 and it's either air conditioning or heat blowing on them, 871 00:49:44.840 --> 00:49:48.280 and the temperature fluctuations. They generally don't like that very much. 872 00:49:48.280 --> 00:49:51.960 That's kind of problematic. Second thing is sudden changes in light. 873 00:49:52.719 --> 00:49:55.440 I've got a Vicus that was living outdoors that we 874 00:49:55.480 --> 00:49:57.920 are bringing indoors. It's time to get it done. I 875 00:49:57.920 --> 00:49:59.920 should have already done it. Well, when you do it 876 00:50:00.119 --> 00:50:02.920 sudden fluctuation, it can cause problems. If you go from 877 00:50:03.000 --> 00:50:06.639 low light the plant light. The plant leaves grow in 878 00:50:06.719 --> 00:50:10.480 a way where they adapt to the low light as 879 00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:12.480 best they can, and then suddenly you put them in 880 00:50:12.480 --> 00:50:15.599 full sun, you're gonna get scorching. On the other hand, 881 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:19.119 taking a plant from high light to low light can well. 882 00:50:19.239 --> 00:50:22.039 Number one, it will tend to decline if it needs 883 00:50:22.039 --> 00:50:24.920 more light. But on some things like Ficus, the standard 884 00:50:24.960 --> 00:50:27.960 little ficus trees that everybody used to grow everywhere. We 885 00:50:28.000 --> 00:50:30.719 still see them a lot. They'll just drop their leaves 886 00:50:31.239 --> 00:50:34.519 that light change, they drop another grow new leaves, but 887 00:50:34.719 --> 00:50:39.960 you've got to gradually acclimate them. Third thing overwatering. Overwatering 888 00:50:40.039 --> 00:50:46.159 kills more houseplants than underwatering. Plants want moist soil, and 889 00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:48.920 you want to water them and then don't water again 890 00:50:49.320 --> 00:50:51.880 until the growing mix has begun to dry out. And 891 00:50:52.039 --> 00:50:54.400 one of the best ways I find to do it 892 00:50:54.440 --> 00:50:56.039 is if you know your plants. You know, you pick 893 00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:59.920 up a container, most of the weight is the if 894 00:51:00.320 --> 00:51:02.760 if the container is like plastic, most of the weight 895 00:51:03.000 --> 00:51:05.760 is water that you're picking up in the soil. So 896 00:51:05.800 --> 00:51:08.400 when you water them they're heavier. You can tell the 897 00:51:08.400 --> 00:51:12.320 difference when they're lighter, when they're dryer, they're much lighter. 898 00:51:12.400 --> 00:51:14.920 Now if it's in a big old, heavy clay pot, 899 00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:17.760 well that's a little different. But just picking them aug 900 00:51:17.800 --> 00:51:19.400 and by and picking them up, you can tell, okay, 901 00:51:19.480 --> 00:51:21.840 this plant's getting dry. Another way, and this is a 902 00:51:21.880 --> 00:51:24.880 little cool trick, sharpen a pencil, because you want the 903 00:51:25.559 --> 00:51:28.320 wood edge of it, the wood tip of it to 904 00:51:28.400 --> 00:51:32.320 be a sharpened raw wood, not wood that your fingers 905 00:51:32.360 --> 00:51:35.159 have gotten oil all over. Sharpen a pencil, stick it 906 00:51:35.199 --> 00:51:37.159 down in the soil to a depth of about two 907 00:51:37.239 --> 00:51:39.639 inches maybe three, dependent on the size of the pot, 908 00:51:39.800 --> 00:51:42.320 and then pull it out and look. Either you'll see 909 00:51:42.360 --> 00:51:46.280 the water stain on soaking into that fresh wood, or 910 00:51:46.320 --> 00:51:48.840 you'll see bits of soil sticking to it, kind of 911 00:51:48.840 --> 00:51:50.719 like when you put a toothpick into a pound cake 912 00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:52.599 to pull it out and see if the pake cake's 913 00:51:52.679 --> 00:51:55.920 ready or not. That's a real quick way to check. 914 00:51:56.000 --> 00:51:58.039 If you don't know, Some people just stick their finger 915 00:51:58.039 --> 00:52:00.920 in there and feel it. Now, I just want to 916 00:52:00.920 --> 00:52:04.320 make a comment about the winter season. House plants just 917 00:52:04.440 --> 00:52:07.599 don't grow as vigorously in winter. Our day links are shorter. 918 00:52:08.000 --> 00:52:11.760 Typically rooms tend to be a little bit cooler, but 919 00:52:11.880 --> 00:52:14.880 that lower light intensity is slower growth. So they're going 920 00:52:14.960 --> 00:52:17.519 to need less water than they would during the summer 921 00:52:17.559 --> 00:52:21.679 months and less fertilizer because they're not growing as much. 922 00:52:22.159 --> 00:52:26.039 So keep them supplied with nutrients, but don't overdo it 923 00:52:26.159 --> 00:52:29.400 in the winter time, especially salt based fertilizer. Don't overdo 924 00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:33.119 that on your houseplants. Just a few tips on helping 925 00:52:33.159 --> 00:52:38.639 them to feel at home. I was checking out Neilson 926 00:52:38.719 --> 00:52:43.239 Water Gardens this past week, looking, Okay, what's going on 927 00:52:43.320 --> 00:52:43.639 out there? 928 00:52:43.679 --> 00:52:43.760 Now? 929 00:52:43.760 --> 00:52:46.599 Because there's always something going on in Nelson Water Garden. 930 00:52:46.840 --> 00:52:49.239 They're the garden center by the way, that's out there 931 00:52:49.280 --> 00:52:52.239 in Katie, Texas. You go out to Katie turned north 932 00:52:52.280 --> 00:52:55.239 on Katie Fort Ben Road and you get to Nelson 933 00:52:55.320 --> 00:52:57.920 Water Gardens. I mean, it's so easy, easy to do. 934 00:52:59.000 --> 00:53:02.800 Nelson Water Gardens made famous by their watergardens many years ago, 935 00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:07.480 Nationally famous by their watergardens many years ago. I would 936 00:53:07.559 --> 00:53:11.400 recommend that you go check out their plants. Though watergardens 937 00:53:11.440 --> 00:53:14.800 are wonderful, but go check out their plants. They have 938 00:53:14.960 --> 00:53:17.599 got an awesome selection. They First of all, they got 939 00:53:17.960 --> 00:53:22.159 Christmas trees in that look really really good, points set 940 00:53:22.320 --> 00:53:25.599 us that just look awesome. But all the fall color plants, 941 00:53:25.639 --> 00:53:29.000 the winter color plants that you're talking about, Nelson Watergarden 942 00:53:29.159 --> 00:53:34.119 has you covered. They have an excellent selection. I purchased 943 00:53:34.119 --> 00:53:37.960 some herbs there just a while back. Just really enjoy 944 00:53:38.239 --> 00:53:41.039 shopping the place and also getting to visit with some 945 00:53:41.119 --> 00:53:47.000 really fine folks, the Nelson family again, Katie Fort Ben Road, Katie, Texas. 946 00:53:47.360 --> 00:53:50.639 Nelson Watergardens and Nursery. You can go to their website 947 00:53:50.719 --> 00:53:52.800 if you would like to do that. Just go to 948 00:53:52.960 --> 00:53:59.960 Nelson Watergardens dot com. Nelsonwatergardens dot com. By the way, 949 00:53:59.800 --> 00:54:02.880 they do landscape design and build and they can put 950 00:54:02.920 --> 00:54:07.960 in fountains and the nice disappearing fountains or maybe a 951 00:54:08.079 --> 00:54:10.719 waterfall and a pond or whatever you like. They can 952 00:54:10.760 --> 00:54:13.000 do that for you and they can advise you on 953 00:54:13.079 --> 00:54:15.079 it if you want to do it as a do 954 00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:19.639 it yourself project as well. Well, you're listening to guard Line. 955 00:54:19.920 --> 00:54:21.679 I'm your host, skip Ricktor and we're here to talk 956 00:54:21.719 --> 00:54:24.639 about all kinds of things gardening. So what I would 957 00:54:24.639 --> 00:54:27.320 recommend is you give us a call seven one three 958 00:54:27.480 --> 00:54:30.480 two one two kt RH. What do you want to 959 00:54:30.519 --> 00:54:34.079 talk about. We'll be glad to visit about any kinds 960 00:54:34.119 --> 00:54:39.760 of those topics that you might find interesting. Let's see 961 00:54:39.840 --> 00:54:42.639 what are some Oh, I wanted to talk a little 962 00:54:42.639 --> 00:54:48.039 bit about screening with plants. You know, sometimes you don't 963 00:54:48.079 --> 00:54:50.559 want to see what's on the other side of a fence, 964 00:54:50.760 --> 00:54:52.559 or you don't want to see a view of some 965 00:54:52.639 --> 00:54:55.679 construction site that now you're having to look at from 966 00:54:55.719 --> 00:54:59.719 your landscape. Typically it's blocking views next door and things. 967 00:55:00.440 --> 00:55:04.039 Neighbor that finds the need to sunbathe in his speedos 968 00:55:04.400 --> 00:55:09.119 or whatever whatever insightly scenes you might see well, they 969 00:55:09.119 --> 00:55:11.679 say good fences make good neighbors. But certainly time when 970 00:55:11.679 --> 00:55:14.119 a little screening, even above a fence, it's helpful. Now, 971 00:55:14.119 --> 00:55:17.079 how high should a screen be? I get that question 972 00:55:17.119 --> 00:55:19.719 a lot. I need something real tall. Well, think about this. 973 00:55:20.519 --> 00:55:24.480 Where are you going to be when you're looking in 974 00:55:24.519 --> 00:55:26.639 the direction you want screened? Are you going to be 975 00:55:26.719 --> 00:55:28.760 sitting in a patio outside? Are you gonna be looking 976 00:55:28.760 --> 00:55:33.119 at your kitchen window? Well, from wherever you are, there's 977 00:55:33.159 --> 00:55:35.239 a sight line. So if you have a six foot 978 00:55:35.320 --> 00:55:38.159 fence and you are almost six foot tall looking at it, 979 00:55:38.599 --> 00:55:40.679 there's not much of a screen there. But if you're 980 00:55:40.719 --> 00:55:43.519 sitting down looking at a six foot spence, there's a 981 00:55:43.559 --> 00:55:47.840 significant screen there. Right. The closer you get to the screen, 982 00:55:48.199 --> 00:55:51.719 the higher the screen appears to be in terms of 983 00:55:51.719 --> 00:55:54.800 blocking of view. So even a six foot fence, if 984 00:55:54.840 --> 00:55:57.719 you're sitting right beside it blocks a two foot house 985 00:55:57.800 --> 00:56:00.599 next door because you see what I'm saying, the site line. 986 00:56:00.880 --> 00:56:05.239 So remember that. Also, remember winter, you need evergreens when 987 00:56:05.280 --> 00:56:07.599 you're going to do screening. Otherwise in the winter you 988 00:56:07.639 --> 00:56:10.800 lose your screen and you don't need to just use 989 00:56:10.800 --> 00:56:13.639 one species. You could put a row of shrubs down 990 00:56:13.719 --> 00:56:16.119 low and behind them a row of shrubs that are higher. 991 00:56:16.880 --> 00:56:19.199 If you need something fast, you can put a cattle 992 00:56:19.239 --> 00:56:23.599 panel on posts that's above the ground. And let's say 993 00:56:23.639 --> 00:56:25.440 now the top of the cattle panel instead of being 994 00:56:25.440 --> 00:56:27.440 four feet high, is ten feet high, if you want 995 00:56:27.480 --> 00:56:29.760 to go that route and put a vine that's fast 996 00:56:29.800 --> 00:56:32.159 growing on that. So there's a lot of ways to 997 00:56:32.159 --> 00:56:34.079 go about screening. Give me a call on guardline. We 998 00:56:34.119 --> 00:56:37.039 can talk about more how to take care of these things. 999 00:56:37.079 --> 00:56:41.159 But it is a good idea to think about screening 1000 00:56:41.519 --> 00:56:43.960 and where the screen needs to be, how high it 1001 00:56:44.039 --> 00:56:46.639 needs to be in order to achieve what you are 1002 00:56:46.679 --> 00:56:51.840 wanting to achieve on it. That is important when it 1003 00:56:51.920 --> 00:56:56.440 comes to supplies for anything you need for your landscape, 1004 00:56:56.519 --> 00:57:00.599 your gardens. Southwest Fertilizer has got you covered, you know, 1005 00:57:00.639 --> 00:57:05.079 Bob uh He just makes sure that he keeps a 1006 00:57:05.119 --> 00:57:08.960 stock of everything, including things that are new, keeps that 1007 00:57:09.079 --> 00:57:11.480 stock on hand, so when you go in there, you 1008 00:57:11.519 --> 00:57:13.840 know you're gonna find what you're looking for. I don't 1009 00:57:13.840 --> 00:57:16.280 think I've ever said the name of a product or 1010 00:57:16.320 --> 00:57:20.920 anything on garden Line that Bob wasn't already stocking there 1011 00:57:21.199 --> 00:57:23.679 at Southwest Fertilizer. They're on the corner of bus and 1012 00:57:23.760 --> 00:57:27.400 Net and Runwick. While you're in there, grab some tools 1013 00:57:27.519 --> 00:57:29.800 is Christmas gifts or for yourself, by the way, it's 1014 00:57:29.840 --> 00:57:32.400 okay to buy yourself Christmas gifts, by the way. All right, 1015 00:57:32.480 --> 00:57:35.079 well you get the idea Southwest Fertilizer corner of Businet 1016 00:57:35.159 --> 00:57:38.320 and Runwick. Uh, if you want to call them seven 1017 00:57:38.400 --> 00:57:42.480 one three two one two one seven four four seven 1018 00:57:42.519 --> 00:57:45.840 one three two one two one seven four four. We're 1019 00:57:45.840 --> 00:57:47.639 going to go to break and when we come back, 1020 00:57:47.960 --> 00:57:51.719 Darren and Kay will be our first two up. All right, folks, 1021 00:57:52.599 --> 00:57:57.880 we're back here we go another segment garden Line. If 1022 00:57:57.920 --> 00:57:59.320 you'd like to give us a call seven to one 1023 00:57:59.360 --> 00:58:02.920 three two one to fifty eight seventy four. We're gonna 1024 00:58:02.920 --> 00:58:06.280 go to let's see who has been online. We're gonna 1025 00:58:06.280 --> 00:58:09.039 go to Willis and talk to Darren. Now, Darren, welcome 1026 00:58:09.119 --> 00:58:13.800 to garden Line. Hey, good morning, Skip got two for 1027 00:58:13.960 --> 00:58:14.719 you here. 1028 00:58:15.960 --> 00:58:20.119 I've recently purchase this place out here, and it's about 1029 00:58:20.159 --> 00:58:24.280 two acres probably eight and a half of grass Saint Augustine. 1030 00:58:25.039 --> 00:58:27.960 But I noticed after we got some cool weather that 1031 00:58:28.360 --> 00:58:29.440 the there's. 1032 00:58:29.239 --> 00:58:30.760 A lot of crab grass out here. 1033 00:58:30.840 --> 00:58:33.719 So my question is when I put a pre emerging 1034 00:58:33.800 --> 00:58:36.840 out for the springtime to try to keep the crab 1035 00:58:36.880 --> 00:58:40.800 grass a little bit under control. I would really like 1036 00:58:40.880 --> 00:58:43.679 to have some of those spots filled in with with 1037 00:58:43.719 --> 00:58:44.639 some bermuda grass. 1038 00:58:44.639 --> 00:58:46.760 So I was wondering about putting that set out. Is 1039 00:58:46.800 --> 00:58:49.480 that seed gonna be a protected seed where I could 1040 00:58:49.480 --> 00:58:51.159 set it? Or will it not come up if I 1041 00:58:51.239 --> 00:58:54.920 put the pre emergent out. It will not come up 1042 00:58:55.000 --> 00:58:58.760 if you put the pre emerging out. So the is 1043 00:58:58.800 --> 00:59:01.199 the grass you're seeing now you're calling crab grass? Is 1044 00:59:01.199 --> 00:59:02.880 that green? Is it bright green? Right now? 1045 00:59:04.039 --> 00:59:04.119 No? 1046 00:59:04.599 --> 00:59:06.960 After we got this little cool front out here, the 1047 00:59:07.000 --> 00:59:09.920 crab grass that's gone. Okay, pretty yeah, it's gone. So 1048 00:59:10.239 --> 00:59:14.679 now you know, okay, patches more? Yeah, Okay. I just 1049 00:59:14.719 --> 00:59:16.360 want to make sure we were talking about crag grass 1050 00:59:16.360 --> 00:59:17.800 because we've got we've got a lot of cool seasoned 1051 00:59:17.840 --> 00:59:19.519 grasses that are up and starting to grow. 1052 00:59:19.559 --> 00:59:22.719 Now. Uh yeah, the crab grass with a pre emergent 1053 00:59:22.880 --> 00:59:26.440 in the spring on my schedule. Uh, let's see you 1054 00:59:26.480 --> 00:59:29.760 are located up in Willis. If you get my lawn pest, 1055 00:59:29.760 --> 00:59:32.840 disease and weed management schedule, it's got the timing on everything. 1056 00:59:32.920 --> 00:59:36.360 It's got synthetic and organic options and stuff for pre emergence, 1057 00:59:37.039 --> 00:59:38.960 So you're gonna be putting it out up in your area. 1058 00:59:39.079 --> 00:59:42.599 Probably early to mid February would be about the best 1059 00:59:42.599 --> 00:59:45.320 time to get that down, if you can get it 1060 00:59:45.360 --> 00:59:47.920 down at that time. Now, So as far as the 1061 00:59:47.920 --> 00:59:51.519 bermuda grass is concerned, if you're going to seed bermuda, 1062 00:59:51.599 --> 00:59:56.199 first of all, that's a challenge. I realize you're covering 1063 00:59:56.239 --> 00:59:59.039 a large area, so you're not going to sod bermuda 1064 00:59:59.159 --> 01:00:02.400 because it costs and just the amount of work and stuff. 1065 01:00:02.840 --> 01:00:06.800 But seeding bermuda is it. You gotta have moisture on it. 1066 01:00:06.800 --> 01:00:08.760 It's got to sprout, and it's got to continue to 1067 01:00:08.800 --> 01:00:11.280 have a little bit of moisture until it gets established. 1068 01:00:11.320 --> 01:00:15.159 So trying to get that done is a challenge. And 1069 01:00:15.199 --> 01:00:17.239 what's happened to me before is you get a gully 1070 01:00:17.360 --> 01:00:19.400 washer rain after your seed and it washes all the 1071 01:00:19.400 --> 01:00:21.559 seed down into the little puddles and now you have 1072 01:00:21.679 --> 01:00:25.159 clumps of bermuda coming up everywhere. So that's going to 1073 01:00:25.199 --> 01:00:28.440 be your challenge on it. But another way is by 1074 01:00:28.480 --> 01:00:33.280 sprigging it. You know, you can put bermuda little runners 1075 01:00:33.320 --> 01:00:35.559 of it just they touch dirt and they root. So 1076 01:00:36.360 --> 01:00:40.559 there's you can put out sprigs that you basically lightly 1077 01:00:40.719 --> 01:00:43.920 plow in, you know, just scratch into the surface and 1078 01:00:44.079 --> 01:00:47.159 they root. And a lot of professional fields are done 1079 01:00:47.199 --> 01:00:53.440 with sprigging. Okay, I lost you there for a minute. Okay, 1080 01:00:54.039 --> 01:00:57.559 uh yeah, So those are some options for you. Finding 1081 01:00:57.599 --> 01:01:00.159 sprigs is a little bit of a challenge depending on 1082 01:01:00.159 --> 01:01:01.719 the kind of bermuda. If you're going with more of 1083 01:01:01.760 --> 01:01:07.360 a pasture type, maybe your county extension agent there in 1084 01:01:07.400 --> 01:01:11.360 Montgomery County, could I assume you're in Montgomery, if you're 1085 01:01:11.400 --> 01:01:15.079 in Willis, Yes, in the Conroe office, he should be 1086 01:01:15.119 --> 01:01:18.320 able to get you off on the right start in 1087 01:01:18.400 --> 01:01:20.159 terms of finding what you're looking for. 1088 01:01:21.039 --> 01:01:23.039 Okay, so we you answered my question about the pre 1089 01:01:23.079 --> 01:01:26.360 emergent then, so one more question is I've got five 1090 01:01:26.440 --> 01:01:30.320 door set apple trees, and one of the trees mature enough, 1091 01:01:30.360 --> 01:01:32.880 it's got small apples on it, and I was told 1092 01:01:32.920 --> 01:01:35.719 by a neighbor that they did really well last year, 1093 01:01:35.760 --> 01:01:40.079 but I haven't sprayed anything on them or and now 1094 01:01:40.360 --> 01:01:43.199 a couple of them have some spots look like a 1095 01:01:43.199 --> 01:01:46.440 fungus or something. So is there any kind of something 1096 01:01:46.440 --> 01:01:48.639 that I should be spraying on those right now, just 1097 01:01:48.679 --> 01:01:54.000 as a preventative, whether it be insecticide or fungus side. 1098 01:01:56.719 --> 01:02:00.960 No, not right now. There's nothing for apple that you 1099 01:02:01.000 --> 01:02:04.480 would apply right now. Again, pointing you at your county 1100 01:02:04.480 --> 01:02:11.239 Extension office. There is a home fruit Disease insect disease 1101 01:02:11.280 --> 01:02:15.679 management schedule guide that they can give you, and that 1102 01:02:15.800 --> 01:02:18.960 will essentially tell you what to spray and when for what. 1103 01:02:19.320 --> 01:02:21.280 So you're going to on apples, you're going to deal 1104 01:02:21.280 --> 01:02:23.880 with some leaf spots that are very significant, and you're 1105 01:02:23.880 --> 01:02:27.199 going to deal with some fruit rots that are very significant, 1106 01:02:27.960 --> 01:02:30.079 and those are the ones that you're going to need 1107 01:02:30.119 --> 01:02:35.000 to be probably spraying for. Okay, okay, well, thank you 1108 01:02:35.079 --> 01:02:38.719 so much that. Yeah, that'll be next year, next season 1109 01:02:38.760 --> 01:02:43.920 when they start. Okay, yeah, all right, yep, thank you, 1110 01:02:45.400 --> 01:02:47.320 all right, you take care, good luck with that. It 1111 01:02:47.320 --> 01:02:50.039 sounds like a good project. We're gonna go to Paralan 1112 01:02:50.159 --> 01:02:52.760 now and talk to Kay. Hey, welcome to Gardanne. 1113 01:02:52.800 --> 01:02:55.760 Hey morning, good morning, Skip, Thank you for taking my call. 1114 01:02:56.760 --> 01:02:57.599 I have a question. 1115 01:02:58.079 --> 01:03:02.400 I dug up all of my amarillis yesterday and I 1116 01:03:02.480 --> 01:03:10.679 have four or five kitchen bags full of bulbs I'm 1117 01:03:10.719 --> 01:03:14.360 having my yard man is going to put in fresh 1118 01:03:14.440 --> 01:03:20.079 malts everywhere in my yard tomorrow morning, and I wonder, 1119 01:03:20.360 --> 01:03:24.519 can I just keep them in the garage for the 1120 01:03:24.559 --> 01:03:27.280 winter and plant them in the spring or is that 1121 01:03:27.360 --> 01:03:30.639 not a good plan? I have a friend used to 1122 01:03:30.679 --> 01:03:32.920 dig hers up every year and put him in the 1123 01:03:32.920 --> 01:03:37.199 garage for the winter and then planted them in the spring. 1124 01:03:37.360 --> 01:03:39.880 So I don't know what is your idea on this. 1125 01:03:41.119 --> 01:03:42.880 Let me ask you a little bit about this amarillis. 1126 01:03:43.800 --> 01:03:47.519 Can you describe to me the color of the blooms. 1127 01:03:47.840 --> 01:03:52.360 Yeah, they're variegated, pink and white. I have a few 1128 01:03:52.920 --> 01:03:54.719 red ones, a couple of red ones. 1129 01:03:55.960 --> 01:03:59.920 Okay, gotcha, gotcha. There are some amarillas that are extreme 1130 01:04:00.039 --> 01:04:04.679 eemly good and naturalizing. There's one called Johnson's amarillus, and 1131 01:04:04.719 --> 01:04:08.159 you see it in old homesteads for you know, for longer, 1132 01:04:08.679 --> 01:04:11.280 from a long time ago here in Texas, that when 1133 01:04:11.360 --> 01:04:13.159 you just leave and you don't dig it other than 1134 01:04:13.199 --> 01:04:17.079 dividing it occasionally. The other kinds also do a decent 1135 01:04:17.199 --> 01:04:19.920 job of coming back year after year. So if you 1136 01:04:19.960 --> 01:04:22.880 want to dig them, that's fine. Put them in the garage, 1137 01:04:23.880 --> 01:04:26.440 let them dry out, make sure they get good air circulation. 1138 01:04:26.559 --> 01:04:28.599 Don't put them in a plastic bag or something. 1139 01:04:28.760 --> 01:04:29.039 Okay. 1140 01:04:29.239 --> 01:04:31.760 They need good air circulation, and then you can bring 1141 01:04:31.760 --> 01:04:34.679 them out and you can plant them in the springtime 1142 01:04:34.800 --> 01:04:36.960 if you'd like to do that. But I do. I 1143 01:04:37.039 --> 01:04:38.360 need to be them in the ground. 1144 01:04:40.159 --> 01:04:43.039 I have, and I used to dig them up every 1145 01:04:43.119 --> 01:04:46.639 year and separate them because they do need to be separated. 1146 01:04:47.039 --> 01:04:49.559 And I've lost some of them, have been, you know, 1147 01:04:49.719 --> 01:04:53.280 victims of the freeze, and I've lost a number of 1148 01:04:53.320 --> 01:04:55.320 them in the last year. 1149 01:04:55.920 --> 01:04:58.880 But I wanted to you know, they're. 1150 01:05:00.199 --> 01:05:04.719 Some of them have like eight or ten pups on 1151 01:05:04.800 --> 01:05:08.119 them and they need to be separated. 1152 01:05:08.239 --> 01:05:08.440 You know. 1153 01:05:08.840 --> 01:05:10.239 It's just all right, fast time. 1154 01:05:10.880 --> 01:05:13.519 So okay, like you're well on your way to getting 1155 01:05:13.519 --> 01:05:13.960 that done. 1156 01:05:14.119 --> 01:05:18.400 But it's okay to just keep them, you know, dry 1157 01:05:18.519 --> 01:05:20.960 during the winter and plan it in the keep. 1158 01:05:20.719 --> 01:05:24.800 Them cool, cool and dry, cool and dry. Okay. 1159 01:05:24.920 --> 01:05:25.400 Very good. 1160 01:05:26.480 --> 01:05:30.800 Merry Christmas and happy holiday season to you well. 1161 01:05:30.840 --> 01:05:33.119 And Merry Christmas to you as well. Which reminds me 1162 01:05:33.199 --> 01:05:36.239 we need to play some Christmas music here on guard Line. 1163 01:05:36.480 --> 01:05:36.599 Uh. 1164 01:05:36.719 --> 01:05:39.320 I'm gonna take a break here for for the news. 1165 01:05:39.320 --> 01:05:41.840 I'll be right back. Welcome back to Guardenline. We're glad 1166 01:05:41.880 --> 01:05:43.239 you're with us. If you would like to give me 1167 01:05:43.239 --> 01:05:46.039 a call, ask a question seven one three two one 1168 01:05:46.079 --> 01:05:49.440 two fifty eight seventy four seven one three, two one 1169 01:05:49.559 --> 01:05:55.639 two five eight seven four. I was talking earlier about 1170 01:05:56.159 --> 01:06:00.800 house plants and making them feel at home. Make houseplants, 1171 01:06:01.000 --> 01:06:02.840 you know, feel at home. How do we do that? 1172 01:06:02.920 --> 01:06:03.119 Well? 1173 01:06:03.199 --> 01:06:07.639 I'd like to talk a little bit now about homescaping 1174 01:06:07.920 --> 01:06:11.440 with house plants. How about that homescaping. Now we know 1175 01:06:11.480 --> 01:06:14.880 what landscaping is, but we also homescape the interior of 1176 01:06:14.880 --> 01:06:17.639 our home with plants. You know that. Well, there are 1177 01:06:17.679 --> 01:06:20.760 many species we can choose from, especially in the brighter 1178 01:06:20.800 --> 01:06:23.559 areas of our home. They do really really well. So 1179 01:06:23.599 --> 01:06:26.519 some plants do good alan you know, like a large 1180 01:06:26.840 --> 01:06:29.800 fiddly fig or Norfolk columpine or corn plant in the 1181 01:06:29.800 --> 01:06:31.679 corner of a room. You know, it just sort of 1182 01:06:31.679 --> 01:06:35.239 commands its own space. Maybe you've got a coffee table 1183 01:06:35.280 --> 01:06:38.840 and you put a little attractive papermia on there. And 1184 01:06:39.239 --> 01:06:42.679 by the way, I often will put plants by the 1185 01:06:42.719 --> 01:06:45.119 windows during the week, and then if we have company 1186 01:06:45.199 --> 01:06:46.800 or something over it, you can bring them out and 1187 01:06:46.840 --> 01:06:50.280 put them in other locations, use them to decorate. And 1188 01:06:50.360 --> 01:06:52.840 I think that allows you to have plants in places 1189 01:06:52.840 --> 01:06:56.920 where they wouldn't normally grow row row well by themselves. Secondly, 1190 01:06:57.000 --> 01:07:01.199 plants work well in groupings. You can group plants. You 1191 01:07:01.199 --> 01:07:04.920 should consider different things. Number one, the light requirements. You 1192 01:07:04.960 --> 01:07:08.719 want to group plants that had the same general light 1193 01:07:08.760 --> 01:07:13.239 requirements and so that they all do well. Consider color 1194 01:07:13.480 --> 01:07:16.440 of plants, the textures of plants, the plant forms, the 1195 01:07:16.480 --> 01:07:21.079 plant sizes. Many of our houseplants now have really attractive 1196 01:07:21.079 --> 01:07:23.519 foliage and that's one of my favorite part of a 1197 01:07:23.679 --> 01:07:28.320 house plant collection that I have. And I like Chinese 1198 01:07:28.320 --> 01:07:33.679 evergreen because Chinese evergreen comes in many different versions and 1199 01:07:33.760 --> 01:07:37.400 shades of color, from variegated green to some beautiful corals 1200 01:07:37.480 --> 01:07:41.800 and reds and other things in it. Kalathia the rose 1201 01:07:41.880 --> 01:07:47.079 painted Kalathia. There are Darsina marginata, the tricolor one has 1202 01:07:47.119 --> 01:07:49.519 some beautiful color in it as well. And by the way, 1203 01:07:49.559 --> 01:07:53.599 there's Dressina is a nice straped a linear leaf, almost 1204 01:07:53.639 --> 01:07:56.840 a grass like leaf to the plant, compared to a 1205 01:07:56.960 --> 01:08:00.840 big fat leaf like a prayer plant. Or Moran for example, 1206 01:08:00.840 --> 01:08:04.920 has big, large leaves, and I like combining them. Also 1207 01:08:05.079 --> 01:08:09.840 in table arrangements, now you can plant plants together in 1208 01:08:09.880 --> 01:08:13.440 a container. I find that to be a little more challenging, 1209 01:08:13.480 --> 01:08:14.840 and I have a better way that I do it. 1210 01:08:14.920 --> 01:08:17.840 I get a large container. It does not have to 1211 01:08:18.039 --> 01:08:20.399 In fact, it shouldn't drain well. It does better if 1212 01:08:20.399 --> 01:08:23.359 it doesn't drain at all. And then you want to 1213 01:08:23.439 --> 01:08:26.600 take the plants in the plastic containers you bought them 1214 01:08:26.600 --> 01:08:30.920 in and set them in that other container. Maybe it's 1215 01:08:30.960 --> 01:08:33.439 a large I don't know. You can go rustic and 1216 01:08:33.479 --> 01:08:37.640 get one of those little galvanized metal oval buckets and 1217 01:08:37.760 --> 01:08:39.800 put them in there. You may need to put some 1218 01:08:39.840 --> 01:08:42.640 little rocks or some scrunched up paper or something down 1219 01:08:42.640 --> 01:08:45.119 in the bottom, just to kind of I want this 1220 01:08:45.159 --> 01:08:47.640 one leaning out that way or leaning out this way. 1221 01:08:48.039 --> 01:08:50.439 And then when you're done, you fill in with moss, 1222 01:08:50.960 --> 01:08:54.880 and when you get through that thing looks like a 1223 01:08:54.960 --> 01:08:59.520 beautiful planting. And you can create all kinds of combinations 1224 01:08:59.520 --> 01:09:01.960 that way, something tall like or just seen in the middle, 1225 01:09:02.039 --> 01:09:04.520 and then things spilling over the side, like a little 1226 01:09:04.520 --> 01:09:07.159 ivy that's starting to grow. Now, so how do you 1227 01:09:07.159 --> 01:09:09.199 take care of them? You just take the whole thing 1228 01:09:09.239 --> 01:09:12.039 over to the sink, pull the moss back, pull a 1229 01:09:12.119 --> 01:09:14.000 plant out, water it, let it drain, and put it 1230 01:09:14.039 --> 01:09:17.840 back in. And if one plant isn't looking good, Pull 1231 01:09:17.880 --> 01:09:21.119 it out, get another plant, same species you just bought it, 1232 01:09:21.279 --> 01:09:23.560 or a new different kind of species, put it in 1233 01:09:23.600 --> 01:09:26.880 that same place, and that kind of combination gives you 1234 01:09:27.079 --> 01:09:30.800 really really fast things. So, for example, for the holiday season, 1235 01:09:30.920 --> 01:09:34.920 a cycloman is a great choice. Beautiful, red, pink and 1236 01:09:34.960 --> 01:09:38.560 white cyclomans. Put some dusty miller in there with them. 1237 01:09:38.640 --> 01:09:42.000 Do you get the idea? We often see some little 1238 01:09:42.439 --> 01:09:45.279 ornamental plants like a pepper with peppers on it, or 1239 01:09:45.319 --> 01:09:48.039 other kinds of fruiting like plants like that that you 1240 01:09:48.039 --> 01:09:53.399 can use combine plants, combining plants to housescape or homescape 1241 01:09:53.439 --> 01:09:58.640 with plants using houseplants inside. We're going to go now 1242 01:09:58.720 --> 01:10:01.680 to Brunham and talk to Mark. Hey, Mark, welcome to 1243 01:10:01.720 --> 01:10:06.359 garden Line, Thank you, good morning. Two quick questions. 1244 01:10:06.560 --> 01:10:10.039 I've got quite a bit of acreage and hundreds of 1245 01:10:10.119 --> 01:10:14.840 native pecans, everything from sixty feet tall to four or 1246 01:10:14.880 --> 01:10:19.600 five inches in caliber trunks. Looking for an economic way 1247 01:10:19.840 --> 01:10:25.960 and maybe a selective process for fertilizing a nut. Production 1248 01:10:26.319 --> 01:10:28.800 is not good on these trees. Been here for about 1249 01:10:28.840 --> 01:10:33.520 three years and a little small fruit and just not again. 1250 01:10:33.760 --> 01:10:38.640 What could I do to enhance that nut? Production. Okay, Well, 1251 01:10:39.239 --> 01:10:42.680 keeping the grassmow down low is important. You want to 1252 01:10:42.680 --> 01:10:48.159 minimize the competition. If they are struggling with a lack 1253 01:10:48.199 --> 01:10:52.159 of water, then finding a way to water them is 1254 01:10:53.920 --> 01:10:56.560 going to help, but is usually not practical. In a 1255 01:10:56.640 --> 01:10:59.159 native planting like that, you kind of have to depend 1256 01:10:59.199 --> 01:11:04.119 on nature. If you were choosing a plant a pecand 1257 01:11:04.119 --> 01:11:08.039 to plant, you would choose varieties with smaller pecan nuts 1258 01:11:08.840 --> 01:11:11.479 because it's easier to fill a smaller pecan. There's one 1259 01:11:11.520 --> 01:11:15.279 variety called Mayheon that's long and big as your thumb 1260 01:11:15.840 --> 01:11:18.279 and it almost never gets filled all the way because 1261 01:11:19.119 --> 01:11:21.039 you lack water a little bit and it doesn't fill 1262 01:11:21.079 --> 01:11:23.800 the kernel. But again, dealing with natives, those are typically 1263 01:11:23.880 --> 01:11:26.760 smaller and they do feel a little bit better as 1264 01:11:26.760 --> 01:11:29.239 a result, you're going to want to fertilize. I'll tell 1265 01:11:29.279 --> 01:11:31.800 you what. In order to help you the best mark, 1266 01:11:31.880 --> 01:11:34.520 I want you to go to the Aggie Horticulture website 1267 01:11:35.199 --> 01:11:38.439 click on fruit and nut resources and there is a 1268 01:11:38.479 --> 01:11:45.039 publication called Pecans Native Okay Native Pecans And I don't 1269 01:11:45.079 --> 01:11:48.039 know that things got like seven pages and it goes 1270 01:11:48.159 --> 01:11:50.600 all the way through. You know, what do you do? 1271 01:11:50.760 --> 01:11:53.399 How do you take care of them. You know, when 1272 01:11:53.439 --> 01:11:56.119 you're culling out trees, which ones to keep, which ones 1273 01:11:56.159 --> 01:12:01.000 to get rid of, and cultivating them. The different you know, 1274 01:12:01.079 --> 01:12:05.000 things from dealing with diseases to you know, fertilizing and harvesting. 1275 01:12:05.520 --> 01:12:08.600 But you're going to want to put a higher nitrogen 1276 01:12:08.680 --> 01:12:11.720 fertilizer out there. In fact, something that would be a 1277 01:12:11.800 --> 01:12:15.199 ratio you would see for lawn care during the summertime 1278 01:12:15.680 --> 01:12:18.079 would be a good A good type of fertilizer to 1279 01:12:18.079 --> 01:12:21.359 put the pecans lots of nitrogen, not a lot of phosphorus, 1280 01:12:21.399 --> 01:12:24.520 a medium amount of potassium. That that's kind of what 1281 01:12:24.840 --> 01:12:27.239 would be a general guess, not knowing what your soil 1282 01:12:27.279 --> 01:12:31.039 already has got it well, no pun intended. 1283 01:12:31.199 --> 01:12:33.720 I'm a nut for trees, so I don't clear anything 1284 01:12:33.760 --> 01:12:34.760 when it comes to a tree. 1285 01:12:34.800 --> 01:12:37.600 I don't like to cut them out, and so okay, 1286 01:12:37.800 --> 01:12:38.680 my other question. 1287 01:12:38.720 --> 01:12:41.199 My other question is I bought a little tree called 1288 01:12:41.199 --> 01:12:44.800 the it's I guess the nursery name. They were referring 1289 01:12:44.840 --> 01:12:49.039 to it as a Chinese lantern, and I'm concerned about 1290 01:12:49.680 --> 01:12:52.399 cold hardiness. And I mean, it's a little thing, grows fantastic, 1291 01:12:52.520 --> 01:12:54.600 but I'm just curious about cold heartiness. 1292 01:12:54.640 --> 01:12:59.520 You know anything about those things. Yeah, Chinese lanterns have 1293 01:12:59.640 --> 01:13:05.800 little like a papery husk that hangs down around them, 1294 01:13:06.199 --> 01:13:08.840 and my I'd have to check on this to be 1295 01:13:08.920 --> 01:13:11.079 real sure, but I'm going to think it's not a 1296 01:13:11.199 --> 01:13:15.960 very cold hardy plant. Now. Sometimes the oh god, it 1297 01:13:16.000 --> 01:13:23.640 is the it's a it's a hibiscus hibiscus relative. Gun it. 1298 01:13:23.760 --> 01:13:27.239 The name is escaping me right now. I'll think of 1299 01:13:27.279 --> 01:13:30.399 it in just a second here. But normally Chinese lanner 1300 01:13:30.520 --> 01:13:34.520 is going to be something called either if i salus, 1301 01:13:34.520 --> 01:13:38.279 which is like a tomato relative. Oh uh, all but 1302 01:13:38.720 --> 01:13:41.359 a buttlan is what I was looking for. A butlan. 1303 01:13:41.920 --> 01:13:44.640 Those hang down and they're also called Chinese lanner. The 1304 01:13:44.720 --> 01:13:48.159 leaves on al buttlan look kind of like a hibiscus leaf, 1305 01:13:49.000 --> 01:13:53.000 So uh, not real cold hardy, but you're gonna need 1306 01:13:53.039 --> 01:13:54.960 to protect it to be sure, especially if you're going 1307 01:13:55.039 --> 01:13:58.199 to get a good cold hard freeze. Got it? Okay, 1308 01:13:58.199 --> 01:13:59.720 thank you? They are beautiful. 1309 01:14:00.479 --> 01:14:02.720 Yeah, all right, appreciate. 1310 01:14:02.520 --> 01:14:05.800 Good luck with that. That's a fun, fun plan. I 1311 01:14:05.840 --> 01:14:07.880 hadn't thought about our beauty lines in a long time. 1312 01:14:08.840 --> 01:14:13.159 That is a that is a great all right, folks. 1313 01:14:13.319 --> 01:14:15.680 Obviously I'm going to the news right now, we'll be 1314 01:14:15.800 --> 01:14:18.760 back seven one three two one two k t r H. 1315 01:14:18.800 --> 01:14:20.359 If you'd like to give us a call and be 1316 01:14:20.479 --> 01:14:22.039 ready on the board when we come back. 1317 01:14:22.880 --> 01:14:26.600 Welcome to kt r H Garden Line with Skip rich. 1318 01:14:33.800 --> 01:14:53.439 Trim. Just watch him as. 1319 01:14:45.439 --> 01:14:49.199 Hey, welcome back, Welcome back to garden Line. I'm your host, 1320 01:14:49.199 --> 01:14:52.680 Skip Richter, and we're back. We're here to help you 1321 01:14:52.760 --> 01:14:56.199 have a more bountiful garden, a more beautiful landscape, and 1322 01:14:56.279 --> 01:14:58.960 more fun in the process. Don't forget that third part 1323 01:14:59.039 --> 01:15:02.840 that is very importan. If gardening and fun for you, 1324 01:15:02.880 --> 01:15:05.399 give me a call. Let's fix that because it should 1325 01:15:05.479 --> 01:15:08.239 be fun and it is fun. I'm going to be 1326 01:15:09.039 --> 01:15:13.640 having some guest callers in this hour talking about some 1327 01:15:13.720 --> 01:15:17.119 really cool ideas for Christmas gifts, and so we're going 1328 01:15:17.199 --> 01:15:18.720 to put the phones on hold. If you just hang 1329 01:15:18.760 --> 01:15:21.479 with us, if you've got a question, come back after 1330 01:15:21.600 --> 01:15:23.720 nine o'clock or nine o'clock hour and we will be 1331 01:15:23.800 --> 01:15:27.199 back on the phones talking to you. Then, if you've 1332 01:15:27.239 --> 01:15:30.079 got a beautiful color bed out front and you want 1333 01:15:30.119 --> 01:15:33.479 to keep it beautiful, Nelson plant Food color Start is 1334 01:15:33.479 --> 01:15:35.720 the way to go. Now. This plant food has been 1335 01:15:35.760 --> 01:15:38.960 around for almost forty years. Now it's their most popular 1336 01:15:39.399 --> 01:15:41.640 blend that they have. And when I say that, I 1337 01:15:41.680 --> 01:15:45.479 really mean that. I mean they professional landscapers use this. 1338 01:15:46.039 --> 01:15:48.760 People in other states have tried it and use it. 1339 01:15:48.760 --> 01:15:50.680 I mean they literally are shipping it out to a 1340 01:15:50.720 --> 01:15:54.359 lot of different states as well. Because it works. It 1341 01:15:54.439 --> 01:15:57.520 has fast acting effects, it's got some organic nutrients, and 1342 01:15:57.600 --> 01:16:01.000 it also to slowly release things into the well. I'd 1343 01:16:01.000 --> 01:16:03.000 say put it on about every three to four months. 1344 01:16:03.119 --> 01:16:06.479 And remember that in order for your plants to keep blooming, 1345 01:16:07.079 --> 01:16:09.800 they need to have nutrition and have leaf growth. So 1346 01:16:10.159 --> 01:16:13.079 like a pansy, for example, in this cool season, you 1347 01:16:13.119 --> 01:16:16.600 want to invigorate it so that it grows and produces 1348 01:16:16.640 --> 01:16:19.960 new leafs, solar panels to make carbohydrates to make more flowers. 1349 01:16:20.000 --> 01:16:22.680 That's why you planted the thing. Color Star does that 1350 01:16:23.039 --> 01:16:27.119 by Nelson. Color Star is available widely throughout the Greater 1351 01:16:27.159 --> 01:16:32.920 Houston area. Some places even carry the little refill stations. 1352 01:16:33.000 --> 01:16:34.399 You know how you go to the grocery store and 1353 01:16:34.479 --> 01:16:36.079 you want to buy peanuts and you pull the handle 1354 01:16:36.079 --> 01:16:38.279 and fill the bag. Well you have that for color 1355 01:16:38.359 --> 01:16:41.319 Star too. Nelson's color Star is available that way too 1356 01:16:41.319 --> 01:16:44.079 in many places here around the Houston area. All right, 1357 01:16:44.439 --> 01:16:46.439 we are going to head to the phones now, and 1358 01:16:46.680 --> 01:16:49.840 first thing I want to do is talk to Danny 1359 01:16:49.880 --> 01:16:53.159 Lenderman from Enchanted Forest Garden Center. 1360 01:16:53.239 --> 01:16:55.920 Danny, are you there, Yes, sir, Good morning. 1361 01:16:57.000 --> 01:16:59.960 Good morning. You had a Grench deal going on yesterday, 1362 01:17:00.039 --> 01:17:00.720 didn't you. 1363 01:17:00.800 --> 01:17:03.760 We did. It was good turn good turnout, and everybody 1364 01:17:03.800 --> 01:17:06.800 had fun. Santa Santa visited as well, so that was 1365 01:17:06.880 --> 01:17:07.399 it was good. 1366 01:17:08.640 --> 01:17:10.920 Well, you guys do a great job of events like that. 1367 01:17:11.000 --> 01:17:13.239 I saw the pictures of people that made little things 1368 01:17:13.239 --> 01:17:15.279 to take home, and it sound like it. 1369 01:17:15.239 --> 01:17:18.000 Was a lot of fun that they enjoyed that. 1370 01:17:19.399 --> 01:17:22.920 Well, Denny, I'd like to ask you, what would you 1371 01:17:23.000 --> 01:17:27.279 say would be a few gift ideas from Enchanted for 1372 01:17:27.399 --> 01:17:29.119 us that you think would be cool. Maybe some things 1373 01:17:29.159 --> 01:17:30.840 people haven't thought of, maybe some things they have. 1374 01:17:31.640 --> 01:17:33.560 Well, the girls in the gift shop go through it 1375 01:17:33.600 --> 01:17:36.000 and then made me a list of about five hundred things, 1376 01:17:36.279 --> 01:17:38.399 so I ed it down a little bit. 1377 01:17:39.880 --> 01:17:42.960 Let's let's cover the first one hundredth of that list. 1378 01:17:45.199 --> 01:17:48.840 When times, When times always make a good gift. We 1379 01:17:48.960 --> 01:17:51.840 have a brand of wind times called Music of the Spears, 1380 01:17:51.880 --> 01:17:58.399 and it's they are just oh, those are great, phenomenal. 1381 01:17:55.880 --> 01:18:00.159 I love them. And they're tuned. They're tuned to be 1382 01:18:00.239 --> 01:18:02.279 harmonic and that is so cool. 1383 01:18:02.640 --> 01:18:07.000 Yeah, they are awesome, are awesome. Of course we have statues, 1384 01:18:07.039 --> 01:18:10.600 little religious statues, all kind of little fun statues. Those 1385 01:18:10.600 --> 01:18:13.039 are always good and of course they last forever. So 1386 01:18:13.119 --> 01:18:16.000 which is you know, a gift that you won't have 1387 01:18:16.039 --> 01:18:18.520 to throw away next year because they've made some concrete 1388 01:18:18.560 --> 01:18:20.800 so they don't last for a very very long time. 1389 01:18:22.119 --> 01:18:22.880 That's a good point. 1390 01:18:23.359 --> 01:18:28.840 We have b Lover decor and local honey, so that's 1391 01:18:29.119 --> 01:18:32.359 always a fun, a fun thing. My wife's gonna start 1392 01:18:32.439 --> 01:18:36.079 keeping bees next year, so she's excited to do that. 1393 01:18:36.159 --> 01:18:37.760 And there's a lot of other people that do that, 1394 01:18:38.000 --> 01:18:39.920 so it is a fun thing. 1395 01:18:41.239 --> 01:18:43.239 Is that in your gift shop back there, Like if 1396 01:18:43.279 --> 01:18:46.119 you're staring at the cash registers, it's the built of 1397 01:18:46.159 --> 01:18:47.439 the room behind them. 1398 01:18:47.960 --> 01:18:52.319 Right, correct, correct? And that that area now smells like Christmas, 1399 01:18:52.319 --> 01:18:55.159 Like you wouldn't believe. I walked in there yesterday and 1400 01:18:55.199 --> 01:18:58.239 I'm like, wow, if I was a think of Christmas, 1401 01:18:58.239 --> 01:18:59.520 this is what Christmas smells like. 1402 01:19:00.720 --> 01:19:01.600 Uh. 1403 01:19:01.880 --> 01:19:06.279 Candles, we have candles. Candles always make a good gift 1404 01:19:06.720 --> 01:19:10.680 is scented for for the holidays. And every day since, 1405 01:19:10.760 --> 01:19:13.800 so you don't have to have just a Christmas candle. 1406 01:19:16.880 --> 01:19:19.800 The decorative glass hearts, the blown glass hearts. I don't 1407 01:19:19.800 --> 01:19:21.720 know if you've ever seen those before, but those are 1408 01:19:21.840 --> 01:19:23.039 those are very popular. 1409 01:19:24.359 --> 01:19:26.720 I think I have those are things you hang right, 1410 01:19:26.760 --> 01:19:28.760 they right on the. 1411 01:19:28.760 --> 01:19:32.159 Table exactly exactly. Yeah, those are those are really neat 1412 01:19:32.159 --> 01:19:34.920 and thoughtful and all that. So that's a that's a 1413 01:19:34.960 --> 01:19:40.479 good idea. We have Calivera all kinds of different Calavera 1414 01:19:40.600 --> 01:19:44.239 pots and decor so those are those are always popular. 1415 01:19:46.279 --> 01:19:51.239 We have some tea towels with different funny scenes on them, right, 1416 01:19:51.359 --> 01:19:55.479 so okay, and funny things for the kitchen. Uh, those 1417 01:19:55.479 --> 01:19:56.239 are always popular. 1418 01:19:56.479 --> 01:19:59.319 You're good at that. I like the t shirts you 1419 01:19:59.359 --> 01:20:04.319 guys sell, tell you yeah a bid by. 1420 01:20:04.439 --> 01:20:06.880 I'm not gonna that we sell those two. 1421 01:20:08.520 --> 01:20:10.840 Yeah, and they're great. I don't I'm not going to 1422 01:20:10.880 --> 01:20:14.319 even try to quote any of them, but they'll they'll 1423 01:20:14.560 --> 01:20:15.520 they'll crack you up. 1424 01:20:15.600 --> 01:20:18.359 Okay, Yeah, for sure, for sure, those are really popular. 1425 01:20:20.800 --> 01:20:24.239 Apparently I'm not I don't have any teenagers, but apparently 1426 01:20:24.359 --> 01:20:28.840 Natural Life brand uh blankets and pillows and purses and 1427 01:20:29.000 --> 01:20:32.800 socks we have and apparently Natural life is is a 1428 01:20:32.840 --> 01:20:36.439 popular brand for the for the youngsters. Now we do that. 1429 01:20:36.720 --> 01:20:42.399 Those books, we have books out there. Books are good. 1430 01:20:42.479 --> 01:20:45.439 One of the books that happened to stumble across was 1431 01:20:45.479 --> 01:20:48.680 called how You Raise a Wild Child? And I thought 1432 01:20:48.720 --> 01:20:51.119 maybe my parents wrote that, But come to find out, 1433 01:20:52.439 --> 01:20:55.800 it's about raising kids with with a little nature involved, 1434 01:20:55.800 --> 01:20:58.960 instead of being behind a TV screen or a computer 1435 01:20:59.000 --> 01:21:01.600 screen all day. So I think that's a good idea. 1436 01:21:01.640 --> 01:21:05.279 I think we've lost touch of that as as the 1437 01:21:05.359 --> 01:21:10.079 kids go. Yes, wind spinners, that's cool. 1438 01:21:10.760 --> 01:21:11.000 I know. 1439 01:21:11.039 --> 01:21:14.199 The wind spinners are always really neat, really neat. 1440 01:21:14.239 --> 01:21:16.720 Yeah, like you hang out, hang out on the edge 1441 01:21:16.720 --> 01:21:17.800 of the porch and stuff. 1442 01:21:20.399 --> 01:21:20.600 Yeah. 1443 01:21:20.640 --> 01:21:23.279 They are sitting on a pole basically, and they spin 1444 01:21:23.399 --> 01:21:26.720 with the wind and they're just really intriguing to watch. 1445 01:21:27.079 --> 01:21:29.079 It's it's almost horizing. 1446 01:21:31.439 --> 01:21:34.560 Danny, give me, give me, give me Emerald. Let's yes, 1447 01:21:34.640 --> 01:21:37.720 the four sports. Let's do one more. Let's do one more. 1448 01:21:37.840 --> 01:21:40.000 And then I've got a commercial about to hit me here. 1449 01:21:40.520 --> 01:21:44.880 How about how about gardening tools? Corona makes garden tools 1450 01:21:45.239 --> 01:21:48.239 all the different always yeah, always, for sure. 1451 01:21:48.560 --> 01:21:51.560 Yeah, I like that, And I'm gonna just go up 1452 01:21:51.640 --> 01:21:53.239 for I'm going to add one last one before we 1453 01:21:53.359 --> 01:21:56.199 close here. Uh, go outside and look at the plants. 1454 01:21:56.279 --> 01:21:58.520 You know, a beautiful rose bush will be something I 1455 01:21:58.840 --> 01:22:02.960 remembered for ever. And if it's someone that's it's older 1456 01:22:03.000 --> 01:22:07.079 on your on your list to the little note with them. Hey, 1457 01:22:07.119 --> 01:22:08.560 I'll come over, have a cup of coffee and we'll 1458 01:22:08.560 --> 01:22:12.039 get this planet together. And and the boy that the 1459 01:22:12.159 --> 01:22:15.199 memories that I still walk around my landscape and see 1460 01:22:15.199 --> 01:22:18.680 plants that people gave me and I think about that person. Hey, 1461 01:22:18.800 --> 01:22:21.720 thank you, thank you so much for going on that. 1462 01:22:21.760 --> 01:22:25.119 I really appreciate that. Good luck down there. And if 1463 01:22:25.119 --> 01:22:27.520 you haven't visited in Jenny Forest, folks, you need to 1464 01:22:27.560 --> 01:22:31.359 go see it. It is a beautiful, wonderful place. Thanks Danny, 1465 01:22:31.680 --> 01:22:32.439 thanks for having me. 1466 01:22:32.800 --> 01:22:34.000 Thank you you. 1467 01:22:33.960 --> 01:22:36.319 Bet all righty, all right, got to run to a 1468 01:22:36.399 --> 01:22:41.520 quick break here. All right, folks, welcome back to garden Line. 1469 01:22:40.720 --> 01:22:43.600 We are glad to have you with us today. I'm 1470 01:22:43.640 --> 01:22:47.359 gonna go right to the phones again. This is our 1471 01:22:47.479 --> 01:22:51.279 hour of gift ideas for gardeners on your list and 1472 01:22:51.399 --> 01:22:54.159 even for non gardeners on your list, and we're going 1473 01:22:54.239 --> 01:22:56.319 to head out to the phones and talk to Heather 1474 01:22:56.880 --> 01:22:59.960 from Buchanans Garden Center. Hey, Heather, welcome to Garden Line. 1475 01:23:00.760 --> 01:23:01.880 Hi Skiff, how are you. 1476 01:23:03.520 --> 01:23:06.720 I'm good, I'm good. I'm sorry I missed your event yesterday. 1477 01:23:06.760 --> 01:23:07.960 That looked like a lot of fun. 1478 01:23:09.239 --> 01:23:11.279 Yeah, we had a lot of fun. I'm sure all 1479 01:23:11.279 --> 01:23:12.279 the kids had fun too. 1480 01:23:13.680 --> 01:23:18.399 Yeah, well kids of all ages. I'm still a kid too. Well, 1481 01:23:18.439 --> 01:23:21.880 I'm glad you're here. How about giving us a few 1482 01:23:21.920 --> 01:23:27.319 ideas on some Christmas gift ideas from Beginning's Nursery on 1483 01:23:27.439 --> 01:23:29.760 eleven Street in the Heights. 1484 01:23:30.039 --> 01:23:32.560 I have got so many ideas for you, kid, I 1485 01:23:32.600 --> 01:23:40.119 don't know if I can fit them alleys, and. 1486 01:23:40.239 --> 01:23:41.399 I asked you to pick a few. 1487 01:23:42.319 --> 01:23:45.520 Yeah, that's right. So I was going to start with 1488 01:23:45.600 --> 01:23:48.199 just like my plant parents. You know, we've got lots 1489 01:23:48.199 --> 01:23:51.680 of house plants and fun decorative pottery. I think that that, 1490 01:23:52.279 --> 01:23:54.560 you know, any plant parent would really love. I don't 1491 01:23:54.600 --> 01:23:58.239 know if you all visited the Greenhouse that we've got 1492 01:23:58.359 --> 01:24:01.800 lots in there to choose from. Of course, for your 1493 01:24:01.800 --> 01:24:06.600 hostess paper White and Amarilla's bulbs. And for those ornament 1494 01:24:06.720 --> 01:24:11.720 exchange parties, You've got lots and lots of fun unique 1495 01:24:12.000 --> 01:24:16.039 ornaments for those parties that you go to, for the 1496 01:24:16.119 --> 01:24:20.720 kids who've got jellycat plushies, baby toys, and books, and 1497 01:24:20.800 --> 01:24:24.319 you know, for those nature lovers, we've got insect houses, 1498 01:24:24.399 --> 01:24:29.039 hummingbird feeders and bird houses that are really cool. So 1499 01:24:29.199 --> 01:24:33.119 lots of shoes from Yeah, and for guys, you know, 1500 01:24:33.359 --> 01:24:36.720 we've got barbecues, spice gift sets. That's a really cool 1501 01:24:36.800 --> 01:24:37.920 addition to the buffalo. 1502 01:24:41.239 --> 01:24:42.880 Yeah. 1503 01:24:43.279 --> 01:24:47.600 Yeah, I like all of those, and I've I always 1504 01:24:47.600 --> 01:24:50.840 tell people plants are also just a great gift because 1505 01:24:51.359 --> 01:24:56.000 absolutely give a plant, you're you're giving a memory too 1506 01:24:56.239 --> 01:25:00.479 as well. So and you guys specialize in natives, although 1507 01:25:00.520 --> 01:25:02.920 you have pretty much ever kind of plant you can imagine, 1508 01:25:03.000 --> 01:25:08.279 and so unusual plant that maybe not everybody has, but 1509 01:25:08.399 --> 01:25:10.840 everybody should because it's just not been religious. 1510 01:25:10.920 --> 01:25:15.880 Yeah. Yeah, we've got tons of really unique natives. Obviously, 1511 01:25:15.920 --> 01:25:18.279 we have lots of gifts that grow, as I like 1512 01:25:18.359 --> 01:25:22.600 to call them, you know, citrus. I know that's a 1513 01:25:22.640 --> 01:25:26.439 really popular gift during the holidays. And also you know, 1514 01:25:26.600 --> 01:25:28.560 gift cards. You can never go wrong with a good 1515 01:25:28.720 --> 01:25:29.279 gift card. 1516 01:25:31.039 --> 01:25:33.279 No, that's true, that's true. That way they get to 1517 01:25:33.279 --> 01:25:37.039 pick up what they want. Yeah, I love ceterrius. I 1518 01:25:37.079 --> 01:25:40.960 have fixing to put in some trees and an orchard 1519 01:25:41.119 --> 01:25:43.800 and centrius is including that as well as a couple 1520 01:25:43.800 --> 01:25:47.600 of patioceterris which I could sit beside a blooming citrus 1521 01:25:47.720 --> 01:25:50.319 and smell the air for days on end. 1522 01:25:50.399 --> 01:25:54.720 It is so wonderful, right, And you know, we just 1523 01:25:54.760 --> 01:25:58.359 got our a lot of blue bonnets in that's also 1524 01:25:58.920 --> 01:26:02.880 really popular. A lot of people like have those for spring. 1525 01:26:03.039 --> 01:26:06.319 So another great gift idea. And you know, speeds great 1526 01:26:06.359 --> 01:26:11.159 stocking suffers for all of your gardening friends. 1527 01:26:11.279 --> 01:26:13.600 That's that is good. And you do you guys have 1528 01:26:13.680 --> 01:26:16.760 a really good selection of seeds as well. You know, 1529 01:26:16.800 --> 01:26:19.039 the blue bonnets, that's it. I hadn't thought about that, 1530 01:26:19.119 --> 01:26:22.880 but now that we have them by transplant so available. Uh, 1531 01:26:23.119 --> 01:26:24.520 that's a good one to put in. You know, like 1532 01:26:24.560 --> 01:26:27.439 when you cut back, maybe your lantana's or something filling 1533 01:26:27.520 --> 01:26:30.359 with blue bonnets to enjoy that while the lantana decides 1534 01:26:30.399 --> 01:26:31.439 to wake up in the spring. 1535 01:26:32.359 --> 01:26:36.039 Exactly definitely, I would. You know, we've got a lot 1536 01:26:36.079 --> 01:26:38.319 of those that just came in, those chansplants and they 1537 01:26:38.319 --> 01:26:41.880 look really really great, good. 1538 01:26:41.760 --> 01:26:48.039 Good those are those are really cool ideas. Anything from 1539 01:26:48.079 --> 01:26:55.079 the standpoint of going going back into the greenhouse, the 1540 01:26:55.119 --> 01:26:59.159 houseplants and things, any specific things that you think are 1541 01:26:59.239 --> 01:27:02.079 catching people's I was talking earlier about how much I 1542 01:27:02.119 --> 01:27:05.960 love Agema, the Chinese evergreen, because of the colorful foliage 1543 01:27:06.000 --> 01:27:10.439 and to the wonder wonderful versions of green we have 1544 01:27:10.520 --> 01:27:12.399 in most of our house plants. 1545 01:27:13.039 --> 01:27:16.439 Well, right now we've got a large selection in Zygo cactus. 1546 01:27:16.520 --> 01:27:19.680 I would say that's probably been the most popular item 1547 01:27:19.720 --> 01:27:23.079 in the gift shop. Are the greenhouse right now, you know, 1548 01:27:23.119 --> 01:27:26.479 because it's about ready to bloom and it's a great 1549 01:27:26.479 --> 01:27:27.760 house plant just to always have. 1550 01:27:27.920 --> 01:27:31.079 As well, we've gotten a lot. 1551 01:27:31.039 --> 01:27:39.239 Of fiddly thigs. We've gotten a lot of philodendrons that 1552 01:27:39.279 --> 01:27:43.079 are really great. So, lots of fun house plants that 1553 01:27:43.159 --> 01:27:47.119 people you know love, a lot of plants that are 1554 01:27:47.239 --> 01:27:51.760 the easy care plants like snake plants things like that, 1555 01:27:52.760 --> 01:27:55.159 as easy plants that are easy to take care of 1556 01:27:55.279 --> 01:28:00.479 for those you know, new new house plants lovers. 1557 01:28:00.960 --> 01:28:01.520 Yeah. 1558 01:28:01.560 --> 01:28:03.560 Well, I've said it more than once on Garden Line 1559 01:28:03.600 --> 01:28:05.520 that if you can't grow a mother in lost tongue, 1560 01:28:05.560 --> 01:28:08.119 I can't help you, because I'm pretty sure it's easier 1561 01:28:08.159 --> 01:28:10.119 than silk plants to keep looking good. 1562 01:28:11.279 --> 01:28:13.159 Yeah, they're pretty simple. They're pretty simple. 1563 01:28:14.439 --> 01:28:17.359 You mentioned the Zygo cactus, you know, the Thanksgiving and 1564 01:28:17.479 --> 01:28:21.479 Christmas cacti. A lot of people are kind of afraid 1565 01:28:21.520 --> 01:28:24.640 to try them, but they are so easy at my house. 1566 01:28:24.680 --> 01:28:27.439 Plans have to thrive on neglect. I hope if anyone 1567 01:28:27.479 --> 01:28:29.520 could see some of the plants at my house, say, 1568 01:28:29.640 --> 01:28:34.239 quit listening to garden. I seriously, I get around and 1569 01:28:34.359 --> 01:28:37.039 neglecting them. And those You water them once in a while, 1570 01:28:37.079 --> 01:28:40.199 get them in a moderate light outside, and they just mind. 1571 01:28:40.239 --> 01:28:41.960 I need to go outside and bring them in. It's 1572 01:28:41.960 --> 01:28:45.479 getting cooler now. Mine are cos and I can't take 1573 01:28:45.520 --> 01:28:47.720 credit for doing that. That's an easy plant. 1574 01:28:48.600 --> 01:28:52.000 Yeah, you treated them like a cactus, you know, so 1575 01:28:52.760 --> 01:28:55.720 you know, a little a little of youse, you know, like, 1576 01:28:55.800 --> 01:28:58.760 don't water them often, and they're they're pretty easy take 1577 01:28:58.800 --> 01:28:59.039 care of. 1578 01:29:00.439 --> 01:29:02.800 Yeah, that's good. Well, I know it's always fun to 1579 01:29:02.840 --> 01:29:06.439 go there to be cannons and shop and visit. And 1580 01:29:06.479 --> 01:29:09.279 I really appreciate you taking some time to come on 1581 01:29:10.159 --> 01:29:13.000 and yeah with this about some of these ideas. So 1582 01:29:13.079 --> 01:29:15.119 you all do care. I tell people every time I 1583 01:29:15.119 --> 01:29:17.920 talk about Buchanans, you got to sign up for your 1584 01:29:17.920 --> 01:29:19.880 newsletters and you got to go look at all the 1585 01:29:19.960 --> 01:29:23.640 videos and educational stuff. The website is just y'all have 1586 01:29:23.720 --> 01:29:27.000 done an outstanding job on it, and I just congratulate 1587 01:29:27.119 --> 01:29:28.520 on that trying to get people a look at it 1588 01:29:28.560 --> 01:29:29.760 because it's. 1589 01:29:29.560 --> 01:29:32.359 Yeah, we have a lot of I wanted to make 1590 01:29:32.399 --> 01:29:35.760 that website more of like a resource for education and 1591 01:29:36.039 --> 01:29:39.760 really to learn about gardening, and so that's what we 1592 01:29:39.880 --> 01:29:42.640 have on there. It's you know, we've got a really 1593 01:29:42.680 --> 01:29:45.439 fun plant library. It's not what we have an inventory, 1594 01:29:45.479 --> 01:29:48.680 but it is a library of plants. We've got a 1595 01:29:48.680 --> 01:29:51.319 lot of educational videos, like you said, and a lot 1596 01:29:51.319 --> 01:29:54.119 of great blog posts that I think are really informative. 1597 01:29:54.720 --> 01:29:56.760 Plus our gardening calendar is always a hit. 1598 01:29:58.239 --> 01:30:01.239 That that is a good, a very helpful thing as well. Well, Heather, 1599 01:30:01.399 --> 01:30:03.880 thank you so much for taking time out to come 1600 01:30:03.920 --> 01:30:05.560 on today. We really appreciate that. 1601 01:30:06.159 --> 01:30:07.239 Hey, thanks for having me. 1602 01:30:08.840 --> 01:30:13.000 All right, well, you take care. All right, folks, We 1603 01:30:13.239 --> 01:30:16.920 are going to continue on here with our gift ideas 1604 01:30:16.960 --> 01:30:18.880 thing as we go to a break here in a 1605 01:30:18.880 --> 01:30:21.840 little bit and come back. 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Microlife 1646 01:32:41.119 --> 01:32:45.640 is designed with a lot of microbial content in whatever 1647 01:32:45.720 --> 01:32:49.079 product you buy. You know, from their summertime green bag 1648 01:32:49.239 --> 01:32:52.800 six to four fertilizers to the fall fertilizers we just 1649 01:32:52.840 --> 01:32:56.399 got through putting on to the liquid products that they have, 1650 01:32:56.560 --> 01:33:02.840 and their liquid products are really outstanding. The Biomatrix, particularly 1651 01:33:03.239 --> 01:33:08.199 because it's a higher nitrogen fertilizer product that isn't The 1652 01:33:08.279 --> 01:33:10.960 label is an orange label, by the way, and I 1653 01:33:11.039 --> 01:33:12.840 use it on houseplants. You can use it on outdoor 1654 01:33:12.840 --> 01:33:15.600 plants for sure. It's not going to burn plants. I 1655 01:33:15.760 --> 01:33:17.960 just mix it in some water. And the way I 1656 01:33:18.039 --> 01:33:19.600 like to do it is just every time I water, 1657 01:33:19.720 --> 01:33:22.359 I have a very low dose of biomatrix and the 1658 01:33:22.399 --> 01:33:25.319 water or you can occasionally, maybe once a month, give 1659 01:33:25.359 --> 01:33:29.800 them a good dose a biomatrix. It works really, really well, 1660 01:33:30.159 --> 01:33:32.079 and you're going to see the results from it. I 1661 01:33:32.119 --> 01:33:34.199 can tell you this because I've used it myself. I 1662 01:33:34.279 --> 01:33:37.079 know the product and I know it works, but it's 1663 01:33:37.159 --> 01:33:40.000 just one of many. I'd suggest you go to microlifefertilizer 1664 01:33:40.039 --> 01:33:43.239 dot com and look at all the dry granular products 1665 01:33:43.239 --> 01:33:46.079 by the bag and buy the jar, look at the 1666 01:33:46.119 --> 01:33:48.920 liquid products that they carry, and I think you'll agree 1667 01:33:48.920 --> 01:33:53.279 with me that when it comes to stimulating the biological activity, 1668 01:33:53.319 --> 01:33:56.399 when it comes to fertilizing your plants naturally, they have 1669 01:33:56.520 --> 01:34:00.199 really put together an awesome package for doing just that. 1670 01:34:01.640 --> 01:34:03.439 It is time for me to take a little break 1671 01:34:03.479 --> 01:34:05.640 and then we're going to come back to some gift 1672 01:34:05.760 --> 01:34:09.560 ideas to help you have a memorable Christmas. You know, 1673 01:34:09.600 --> 01:34:12.039 there's the people that what am I going to buy them? 1674 01:34:12.119 --> 01:34:15.520 They have everything? What's different? You know, what's different than 1675 01:34:15.560 --> 01:34:18.760 the standard kinds of gift. That's what we're talking about today. 1676 01:34:19.359 --> 01:34:22.159 So stay tuned. We've got more of that good stuff 1677 01:34:22.199 --> 01:34:25.279 coming up. Welcome back to Garden Line, folks. We are 1678 01:34:25.279 --> 01:34:28.119 glad you're with us. We're continuing with our theme this 1679 01:34:28.279 --> 01:34:32.199 hour of great Christmas gifts. You know those people that 1680 01:34:32.239 --> 01:34:34.199 you're shopping for and it's like, what can I get 1681 01:34:34.199 --> 01:34:37.319 them that's unique, that's different. Well, that's what we're all 1682 01:34:37.319 --> 01:34:39.520 about here. We're going to go straight to the phones 1683 01:34:39.600 --> 01:34:43.600 and talk to Beverly from Arburgate. Hey beb Welcome to 1684 01:34:43.680 --> 01:34:45.079 Garden Lines. Good to have you with us. 1685 01:34:45.119 --> 01:34:48.239 Well, thank you, Skip, It's great to be here. How 1686 01:34:48.279 --> 01:34:48.560 are you. 1687 01:34:50.000 --> 01:34:53.600 I'm doing well, having a good time today. I'm excited 1688 01:34:53.600 --> 01:34:56.800 about hearing you tell us about some of the cool 1689 01:34:56.840 --> 01:34:58.920 stuff that you guys have there at Arburgate. Now I 1690 01:34:58.960 --> 01:35:01.960 realize that this could take what five shows over a 1691 01:35:02.000 --> 01:35:05.720 course of two or three months right to do exactly. 1692 01:35:06.359 --> 01:35:09.319 We're going to hit it and go for fast here. 1693 01:35:09.439 --> 01:35:11.880 So I'll just turn it over to you. Give us 1694 01:35:11.880 --> 01:35:13.920 some great ideas people might enjoy. 1695 01:35:14.760 --> 01:35:15.520 All right, thank you. 1696 01:35:15.560 --> 01:35:15.880 Skip. 1697 01:35:16.439 --> 01:35:20.600 You know, gardeners, whether they're new gardeners or experienced gardeners, love. 1698 01:35:20.479 --> 01:35:21.359 To be inspired. 1699 01:35:22.119 --> 01:35:25.640 So one simple way to do it is a really 1700 01:35:25.720 --> 01:35:30.000 good book that we Carrie called Month by Month Gardening Texas. 1701 01:35:30.399 --> 01:35:31.239 Are you familiar with that? 1702 01:35:31.439 --> 01:35:34.399 Another guy? I've heard the guy. I know he's kind 1703 01:35:34.399 --> 01:35:38.760 of shady, but anyway, so books. 1704 01:35:38.479 --> 01:35:41.920 Are a great way, especially on cold, winter, rainy days 1705 01:35:41.960 --> 01:35:46.439 like this, you know, to get your gardener inspired. Another 1706 01:35:46.520 --> 01:35:50.119 way is a is a gift certificate for a one 1707 01:35:50.159 --> 01:35:54.399 on one in house consultation, whether you're trying to reimagine 1708 01:35:54.399 --> 01:36:00.680 a garden, add edibles, roses, create a habitat guard you know, 1709 01:36:00.760 --> 01:36:03.479 sometimes we get a little steymied when we, you know, 1710 01:36:03.520 --> 01:36:06.600 look at our same landscape day after day. So an 1711 01:36:06.640 --> 01:36:10.520 in house personal consultation is a great way to get 1712 01:36:10.560 --> 01:36:11.840 started on inspiration. 1713 01:36:12.760 --> 01:36:13.640 Another thing is. 1714 01:36:13.800 --> 01:36:17.279 Maybe, yeah, another way is to maybe bring some of 1715 01:36:17.279 --> 01:36:21.920 that inspiration indoors. There's a well known artist, Houston Lou 1716 01:36:22.039 --> 01:36:25.520 from Georgia who creates a product called a spirit tile. 1717 01:36:26.119 --> 01:36:30.239 Each tile is a handmade work of art of copper 1718 01:36:30.359 --> 01:36:34.560 and glass and each piece is perfect to celebrate your 1719 01:36:34.600 --> 01:36:38.640 gardener or inspire them to follow their dreams and ambitions. 1720 01:36:38.920 --> 01:36:42.920 So inspiration is a good way to start. Another may 1721 01:36:42.960 --> 01:36:46.840 be sound in the garden. You know, there's wonderful chimes 1722 01:36:47.239 --> 01:36:50.880 called Music of the Spheres that are handmade in Austin, 1723 01:36:51.600 --> 01:36:56.920 and they're lifelong chimes. They're just not decorative pieces. They're 1724 01:36:56.960 --> 01:37:01.560 hand tuned to specific melon. Now one of the more 1725 01:37:01.600 --> 01:37:05.039 popular ones is called pentatonic, and the notes of that 1726 01:37:05.199 --> 01:37:07.880 wind chime are the notes of amazing grace. 1727 01:37:09.439 --> 01:37:11.640 So you know, yeah, sound in. 1728 01:37:13.319 --> 01:37:17.000 Yeah, and sound in the garden is so very very important. 1729 01:37:17.520 --> 01:37:21.720 Another way to achieve that is through fountains, through water features. 1730 01:37:21.920 --> 01:37:25.479 You know, we have things as small as tabletops, but 1731 01:37:25.640 --> 01:37:29.880 you can create a custom, one of a kind fountain 1732 01:37:29.960 --> 01:37:33.960 with the beautiful Vietnamese pottery. You know, you can, depending 1733 01:37:34.000 --> 01:37:37.560 on your space allowed, you know, do the beautiful disappearing 1734 01:37:37.640 --> 01:37:42.079 fountains into a reservoir or a self contained fountain. And 1735 01:37:42.159 --> 01:37:46.039 they can even be made with light fixtures that are 1736 01:37:46.079 --> 01:37:49.359 remote control, so when you're outside in the evening, you 1737 01:37:49.439 --> 01:37:51.399 can light up that fixture. 1738 01:37:52.960 --> 01:37:56.800 That's I was going to say, the fountain is in 1739 01:37:56.960 --> 01:38:00.760 light is such a good idea because enjoying ours and 1740 01:38:00.800 --> 01:38:03.720 having the sound of water, it is like a therapy 1741 01:38:03.800 --> 01:38:08.560 session just to listen to water splashing around in the landscape. 1742 01:38:08.479 --> 01:38:12.279 Right, it's so soothing. And you know, as gardeners, what 1743 01:38:12.279 --> 01:38:14.000 do we do first thing in the morning, grab our 1744 01:38:14.000 --> 01:38:17.399 coffee and go outside. So what a great day way 1745 01:38:17.439 --> 01:38:20.159 to start the day. And then we also want to 1746 01:38:20.199 --> 01:38:23.600 add whimsy to the garden. You know, there's so many 1747 01:38:23.760 --> 01:38:28.560 beautiful pieces now of glass artwork, which if you walk 1748 01:38:28.600 --> 01:38:32.199 through Arbrigate you know, we're big fans of art in 1749 01:38:32.239 --> 01:38:37.399 the garden. And the glass garden is so beautiful. The 1750 01:38:37.479 --> 01:38:41.560 light catches it, it changes colors throughout the day. It 1751 01:38:42.399 --> 01:38:46.279 is not susceptible to freeze damage, so we don't have 1752 01:38:46.359 --> 01:38:49.720 to worry about gathering it up in bad weather. 1753 01:38:51.399 --> 01:38:53.880 You know, I love bottle trees. 1754 01:38:54.039 --> 01:38:57.560 And we've got them custom made bottle trees and all sizes, 1755 01:38:58.279 --> 01:39:02.479 tabletop all the way to like hanging chandeliers. They're just 1756 01:39:02.720 --> 01:39:05.880 absolutely gorgeous and mesmerizing. 1757 01:39:07.640 --> 01:39:10.960 I love I love the little uh covered your little 1758 01:39:11.000 --> 01:39:13.279 covered area over to the left of your gift shop. 1759 01:39:13.319 --> 01:39:14.920 For those folks that haven't been out there, you got 1760 01:39:14.920 --> 01:39:17.960 to go and allow yourself time because your your eyes, 1761 01:39:18.000 --> 01:39:21.840 you're gonna be blown away. But that covered area where 1762 01:39:21.840 --> 01:39:25.600 you have the glass bowls on the wall, the beautiful gloss, yeah, 1763 01:39:25.680 --> 01:39:28.159 times and things. I could just spend an hour just 1764 01:39:28.199 --> 01:39:31.199 in that one spot right there, looking at all the 1765 01:39:31.239 --> 01:39:33.760 cool stuff. I'm sorry to you, but go ahead. 1766 01:39:34.479 --> 01:39:36.479 No, I was going to say, bring a launch. 1767 01:39:37.640 --> 01:39:38.119 Hang out. 1768 01:39:38.159 --> 01:39:38.760 We love that. 1769 01:39:39.000 --> 01:39:42.439 Yeah, You've got to walk through several times, that's for sure, 1770 01:39:42.600 --> 01:39:43.760 because there's always something. 1771 01:39:44.039 --> 01:39:44.239 You know. 1772 01:39:44.279 --> 01:39:48.840 There's a little ceramic mushrooms too, those are great. And 1773 01:39:48.880 --> 01:39:54.560 we had some custom designed toadhouses made, and there's you know, 1774 01:39:55.079 --> 01:40:01.039 it's been years since I've found some really creative, colorful toadhouses. 1775 01:40:01.479 --> 01:40:03.720 They really do go to them. 1776 01:40:04.399 --> 01:40:07.479 But again they are another piece of art and color, 1777 01:40:07.880 --> 01:40:11.359 permanent color, even on these dreary days, to look at 1778 01:40:11.600 --> 01:40:14.880 and see all that bright, cheerful color in the garden. 1779 01:40:16.600 --> 01:40:16.840 That is. 1780 01:40:17.880 --> 01:40:20.199 Those are great ideas well. 1781 01:40:20.279 --> 01:40:23.800 And one last, but not least, is to pamper your gardener. 1782 01:40:24.279 --> 01:40:29.199 We have some locally made candles that are actually made 1783 01:40:29.199 --> 01:40:33.720 from all essential oils and herbs. It's a long burning candle. 1784 01:40:34.119 --> 01:40:37.880 But what is so surprising about it is as it melts, 1785 01:40:38.279 --> 01:40:42.880 it is warm body lotion so you just dick your 1786 01:40:42.920 --> 01:40:46.159 finger in and you know, after a long, hard day 1787 01:40:46.159 --> 01:40:49.600 in the garden, it's so nice to put that warm 1788 01:40:49.760 --> 01:40:50.720 body lotion on. 1789 01:40:52.359 --> 01:40:55.000 That is amazing. I can tell you this. If you 1790 01:40:55.079 --> 01:40:57.399 buy someone that gift, it'll be a gift they never 1791 01:40:57.520 --> 01:41:00.520 have gotten before, that's for sure. This is so cool 1792 01:41:00.560 --> 01:41:01.319 and unique. 1793 01:41:02.079 --> 01:41:06.800 And we have a really wonderful signature, Arborgate Fragrance. 1794 01:41:08.359 --> 01:41:12.880 Oh do you okay? Yes? Yeah, in the candles. 1795 01:41:12.479 --> 01:41:17.199 You mean, yes, yes, in the candles Arburgate Fragrance. That's 1796 01:41:17.199 --> 01:41:18.840 our own signature fragrance. 1797 01:41:19.840 --> 01:41:23.000 Wow. Well that doesn't surprise me, Beverly, because I can 1798 01:41:23.000 --> 01:41:27.039 tell you Arburgate is a very unique place and people 1799 01:41:27.039 --> 01:41:29.800 come from far and wide for a reason, and you're fortunate. 1800 01:41:29.840 --> 01:41:33.600 We're fortunate to have Ourburgate here in town. And I 1801 01:41:33.680 --> 01:41:37.079 just love visiting it. And congratulations on that great new 1802 01:41:37.079 --> 01:41:39.920 parking lot and back on off Threshal Road. It just 1803 01:41:39.960 --> 01:41:41.960 makes it so easy to get it out in and 1804 01:41:42.000 --> 01:41:45.680 out of the place. I love it. That is really cool. 1805 01:41:46.560 --> 01:41:47.199 Well, thank you. 1806 01:41:47.279 --> 01:41:49.680 It is a popular spot even if the front is 1807 01:41:49.680 --> 01:41:52.560 wide open. Everybody loves parking back there. It gives you 1808 01:41:52.560 --> 01:41:55.880 an opportunity to walk through those garden center, you know, 1809 01:41:55.920 --> 01:41:59.199 when you come in so you can really see the 1810 01:41:59.279 --> 01:42:02.439 depth of it. It's kind of deceiving from the front 1811 01:42:02.840 --> 01:42:06.119 how far back it goes. But we're so excited for 1812 01:42:06.159 --> 01:42:11.119 this season and we love helping people find that perfect gift. 1813 01:42:12.600 --> 01:42:15.840 Well, and that is absolutely true. And your staff is 1814 01:42:15.880 --> 01:42:19.439 so knowledgeable. You know you're not going to be misled. 1815 01:42:19.479 --> 01:42:21.520 People can come in with any kind of question and 1816 01:42:21.920 --> 01:42:24.000 even something like here's a picture, what can I do 1817 01:42:24.039 --> 01:42:25.840 to the front of my house? You know, and you 1818 01:42:25.880 --> 01:42:28.199 guys can help me with it, and that's good. I 1819 01:42:28.279 --> 01:42:31.439 encourage people to visit and to visit frequently because the 1820 01:42:31.560 --> 01:42:35.760 Arbigate landscape changes season by season by season, and it's 1821 01:42:35.840 --> 01:42:38.840 always something new and cool out there. Beverly, thank you 1822 01:42:38.920 --> 01:42:41.399 so much for being on. It's wonderful to have you. 1823 01:42:41.479 --> 01:42:43.800 Unfortunately I got to take a break here, but I 1824 01:42:43.840 --> 01:42:45.359 appreciate you calling in today. 1825 01:42:46.079 --> 01:42:48.239 Well, thank you skipping Merry Christmas. 1826 01:42:49.079 --> 01:42:52.119 I'm Merry Christmas to you all as well. All right, folks, 1827 01:42:52.199 --> 01:42:54.479 time for me to take a little break and we 1828 01:42:54.520 --> 01:42:57.359 will be back. All right, Welcome back to guard Line, folks. 1829 01:42:58.199 --> 01:43:01.399 We're ready to go over the last segment of the hour. 1830 01:43:01.439 --> 01:43:03.319 We got one more hour in the books coming up 1831 01:43:03.399 --> 01:43:06.319 and more gift ideas. When we get back to that hour, 1832 01:43:07.279 --> 01:43:13.680 I wanted to do my what is it broken record thing? 1833 01:43:13.880 --> 01:43:17.399 You know, brown stuff before green stuff. I just know 1834 01:43:17.560 --> 01:43:19.520 that the most important thing you can do to have 1835 01:43:19.560 --> 01:43:21.479 success with plants is to take care of the soil 1836 01:43:21.560 --> 01:43:25.000 first and then put in your plants. That's how that works, 1837 01:43:25.079 --> 01:43:28.560 and the plants then are happy where they are right. 1838 01:43:29.079 --> 01:43:34.319 Ciena Multch specializes in the brown stuff, and by brown 1839 01:43:34.359 --> 01:43:40.439 stuff I mean organic materials like native hardwood maltz, double 1840 01:43:40.479 --> 01:43:45.319 ground malts, two inch screen malts. It like the soil 1841 01:43:45.600 --> 01:43:48.720 products like a rose soil and a veggiean herb mix 1842 01:43:48.800 --> 01:43:53.479 from airlom soils. They carry that like Louis Louisiana excuse 1843 01:43:53.960 --> 01:43:56.840 Landscaper's Pride black velvet malts, they carry that as well. 1844 01:43:56.880 --> 01:44:02.000 In fact, they've got products from Landscaper's Pride from heirloom soils. 1845 01:44:02.800 --> 01:44:06.520 And they also have fertilizers which is part of the 1846 01:44:06.520 --> 01:44:11.079 brown stuff, to increase the nutrition in the soil. Things 1847 01:44:11.079 --> 01:44:14.359 for microlife, the azamite that I talk about all the time, 1848 01:44:14.680 --> 01:44:19.720 Nelson's turf Star line and other Nelson plant foods. Nitrofoss 1849 01:44:19.720 --> 01:44:23.199 products are all their medina products are there. So when 1850 01:44:23.239 --> 01:44:25.760 you go into Cenamaltu, when you call them up and 1851 01:44:25.840 --> 01:44:29.760 you get your r together, you're coming home to create 1852 01:44:30.079 --> 01:44:34.840 the perfect environment. A soil with a bank account of nutrients, 1853 01:44:34.840 --> 01:44:38.560 a soil that drains well, A soil that supports extensive 1854 01:44:38.640 --> 01:44:42.760 root growth, which makes your plant more drought resilient and 1855 01:44:42.960 --> 01:44:46.079 helps it to thrive. Don't PLoP a plant into an 1856 01:44:46.119 --> 01:44:50.279 unprepared plot, A poor plant. I needed another p in there. 1857 01:44:50.520 --> 01:44:53.479 Don't PLoP a poor plant in an unprepared plot. Go 1858 01:44:53.560 --> 01:44:56.199 to Cianimals, give them a call cnimals dot com. They 1859 01:44:56.399 --> 01:44:59.640 are on FM five twenty one South Houston near Highway 1860 01:44:59.680 --> 01:45:03.520 six and two eighty eight. They are open Monday Friday 1861 01:45:03.560 --> 01:45:06.640 seven thirty to five Saturday seven thirty to two. They're 1862 01:45:06.680 --> 01:45:09.720 closed today, but tomorrow would be a good day to 1863 01:45:09.760 --> 01:45:12.000 get going, because you know what, as we enter this week, 1864 01:45:12.039 --> 01:45:15.920 we've got some wonderful sunny weather. Take advantage of it. 1865 01:45:16.119 --> 01:45:19.279 Get those gardens ready to go, because next thing you know, 1866 01:45:19.319 --> 01:45:21.319 you can be ready to plant. And if the soil 1867 01:45:21.439 --> 01:45:26.000 is already ready, you're good to go. I have made 1868 01:45:26.039 --> 01:45:28.560 that mistake before where I waited too long and all 1869 01:45:28.600 --> 01:45:33.399 of a sudden, whoo, here we go, it's raining. And 1870 01:45:33.479 --> 01:45:36.720 I got a plant. And like my friend, I used 1871 01:45:36.760 --> 01:45:40.960 to have a fellow knew doctor or mister Alden Colston 1872 01:45:41.079 --> 01:45:44.000 and Conroe, Texas at the community garden out there called 1873 01:45:44.000 --> 01:45:47.479 the Friendship Garden at that time. Uh. And he used 1874 01:45:47.479 --> 01:45:49.399 to say, you can always add water, but you can't 1875 01:45:49.439 --> 01:45:54.159 take it away. That's true. That's true. Make hay while 1876 01:45:54.159 --> 01:45:57.520 the sunshines, make soil beds while the sun shines too. 1877 01:45:57.880 --> 01:46:00.560 The sun is going to shine this week. So anyway, 1878 01:46:00.720 --> 01:46:03.680 that was your public service announcement. I guess to get 1879 01:46:03.720 --> 01:46:08.199 you off to a good start. Ace hardware stores are 1880 01:46:08.640 --> 01:46:12.920 wonderful places to find everything you need for this season 1881 01:46:12.960 --> 01:46:16.640 of the year, for example, holiday lighting indoor and outdoor, 1882 01:46:17.039 --> 01:46:21.279 holiday decorations indoor and outdoor as well. You want to 1883 01:46:21.279 --> 01:46:23.760 make that living room beautiful, You want to make the 1884 01:46:23.760 --> 01:46:26.840 front of the house beautiful with lighting and other kinds 1885 01:46:26.840 --> 01:46:30.159 of decor. Do you want to create that same ambiance 1886 01:46:30.279 --> 01:46:32.880 in the back at a patio, a sitting area, port, 1887 01:46:33.000 --> 01:46:35.319 something along those lines. They can get you set up 1888 01:46:35.319 --> 01:46:38.920 for that. They've got gifts for all including toys and 1889 01:46:39.039 --> 01:46:43.680 tools and home furnishings and things that just make your 1890 01:46:43.720 --> 01:46:48.199 place more fun and I think make life a little 1891 01:46:48.199 --> 01:46:50.479 easier too in the process. By the way, some of 1892 01:46:50.520 --> 01:46:54.399 the really cool items for indoors that they carry now. 1893 01:46:54.720 --> 01:46:58.319 Participating ACE Hardware stores offer you an option to round 1894 01:46:58.399 --> 01:47:00.960 up for kids. It's called Round for Kids. It's a 1895 01:47:01.000 --> 01:47:04.439 fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network. It's a local affiliate 1896 01:47:04.479 --> 01:47:07.479 here is our Texas Children's Hospital. So every time you 1897 01:47:07.600 --> 01:47:10.159 check out, you can say round up and they take 1898 01:47:10.199 --> 01:47:12.079 it to the next dollar. I mean, just pocket change 1899 01:47:12.079 --> 01:47:14.560 for you. But when you take all of the shoppers 1900 01:47:14.560 --> 01:47:17.159 at all of these participating Ace Hardware stores, it makes 1901 01:47:17.239 --> 01:47:20.079 us significant difference, and I appreciate the fact that they 1902 01:47:20.439 --> 01:47:22.800 are willing to do that. You're going to find Ace 1903 01:47:22.840 --> 01:47:25.680 Hardware stores all over go to Acehardware dot com. You 1904 01:47:25.720 --> 01:47:29.399 can find many many locations near you, such as All 1905 01:47:29.439 --> 01:47:32.319 Star Ace Hardware. They have two locations, one in Spring 1906 01:47:32.359 --> 01:47:35.000 and one in Magnolia. If you're at in Kingwood or 1907 01:47:35.000 --> 01:47:37.800 a Tascasida, you've got K and M Hardware at those 1908 01:47:37.840 --> 01:47:40.520 two locations as well. And then up in Lake Conroe. 1909 01:47:40.880 --> 01:47:44.560 Lake Conroe Ace Hardware another place where you can find 1910 01:47:44.600 --> 01:47:48.680 these things that I'm talking about here at ace. We 1911 01:47:49.359 --> 01:47:51.479 are going to be going to a break here in 1912 01:47:51.600 --> 01:47:54.279 just a little bit, and when we come back, I'm 1913 01:47:54.319 --> 01:47:56.359 gonna I've got a couple of ideas that i want 1914 01:47:56.359 --> 01:47:58.159 to talk about. First thing I'm going to talk about 1915 01:47:58.399 --> 01:48:03.560 is nine pruning mistakes to avoid. Nine pruning mistakes to avoid, 1916 01:48:03.640 --> 01:48:06.319 So stay tuned for that. These are things. Listen. I've 1917 01:48:06.319 --> 01:48:09.000 been doing this for forty plus years and I can 1918 01:48:09.039 --> 01:48:11.720 tell you I've seen it all. And if you don't, 1919 01:48:12.239 --> 01:48:14.840 promise not to tell anybody, I've done a lot of 1920 01:48:14.880 --> 01:48:17.720 them too and learned the hard way. But weren't talk 1921 01:48:17.720 --> 01:48:20.680 about nine pruning mistakes to avoid. That ought to make 1922 01:48:20.720 --> 01:48:24.000 it a little bit, I don't know, more productive for 1923 01:48:24.079 --> 01:48:25.680 you when to get out there, because we are entering 1924 01:48:25.720 --> 01:48:31.000 the big time season for pruning. Intended Gardens Garden Center 1925 01:48:31.079 --> 01:48:35.000 is done in Richmond, Texas. It's on FM three fifty nine. 1926 01:48:35.720 --> 01:48:38.880 I would recommend you just write down the website Intended 1927 01:48:39.039 --> 01:48:42.439 Gardens Richmond dot com and that'll tell you everything you 1928 01:48:42.439 --> 01:48:44.800 need to know, hours of operation, how to get there, 1929 01:48:44.840 --> 01:48:48.319 where it's located, and other things. You're going to find 1930 01:48:48.640 --> 01:48:52.560 what you would expect to find from a sprawling, full 1931 01:48:52.880 --> 01:48:57.760 service independently owned garden center. It's really like no other. 1932 01:48:57.840 --> 01:48:59.640 And they also, by the way, are going to carry 1933 01:48:59.640 --> 01:49:03.079 things like Microlife and nitrofoss and Nelson plant Food and 1934 01:49:03.199 --> 01:49:07.640 Medina soil products from heirloom soils and Nature's Way and 1935 01:49:07.760 --> 01:49:11.239 Landscapers Pride for crying out loud. Whatever you're looking for 1936 01:49:11.600 --> 01:49:13.960 to make the brown stuff, it's sitting right there waiting 1937 01:49:14.000 --> 01:49:16.520 for you now. The Lenderman family has been part of 1938 01:49:16.560 --> 01:49:19.880 that community since nineteen ninety five when Chenna Garden first opened, 1939 01:49:19.960 --> 01:49:23.119 and it truly is an unforgettable experience to go visit 1940 01:49:23.159 --> 01:49:29.279 with them. I am a especially appreciative of beyond the 1941 01:49:29.439 --> 01:49:33.319 wide variety of plants, the very helpful team. They're about 1942 01:49:33.319 --> 01:49:36.880 as enthusiastic as they come. You can bring in photos, 1943 01:49:36.960 --> 01:49:39.840 and you can bring in pictures, applying samples or things, 1944 01:49:39.840 --> 01:49:41.359 and they'll help you with them. They'll point you in 1945 01:49:41.399 --> 01:49:44.960 the right direction. Right now is Christmas time. They are 1946 01:49:45.039 --> 01:49:47.840 loaded up with all the things you need from Christmas 1947 01:49:48.039 --> 01:49:50.840 for Christmas, from plants to things from the gift shop. 1948 01:49:51.279 --> 01:49:54.039 So take advantage of that and go out and visit 1949 01:49:54.079 --> 01:49:57.600 them an intended gardens nursery again. They're on FM three 1950 01:49:57.600 --> 01:50:01.119 point fifty nine it's on the Katie fulsher side of 1951 01:50:01.239 --> 01:50:06.960 Richmond Enchanted Gardens regimend dot com. All right, it's about 1952 01:50:07.000 --> 01:50:10.319 time for me to give up the microphone here as 1953 01:50:10.359 --> 01:50:12.399 we get to the top of the hour, I want 1954 01:50:12.439 --> 01:50:16.960 to remind you that my website, Gardening with Skip is 1955 01:50:17.000 --> 01:50:19.960 where I put everything that I want to refer you to, 1956 01:50:20.560 --> 01:50:26.319 such as the lawn care schedule such as the our 1957 01:50:26.399 --> 01:50:31.159 lawn pest disease and weed management schedule. Also up there 1958 01:50:31.640 --> 01:50:34.800 is a publication I wrote a few years ago with 1959 01:50:35.079 --> 01:50:39.520 a specialist from the Horn Department on protecting landscape plants 1960 01:50:39.560 --> 01:50:43.359 from frosts and freezes from your vegetable gardens to your landscape. 1961 01:50:43.399 --> 01:50:46.680 There's a lot of good information on there. Check it 1962 01:50:46.680 --> 01:50:48.520 out now and read it now so you can get 1963 01:50:48.520 --> 01:50:51.840 the supply so when that freezes forecast from its stringing 1964 01:50:51.920 --> 01:50:54.840 around trying to get what you do leading. I've been. 1965 01:50:59.520 --> 01:51:03.279 Welcome to Katie r. H. Garden Line with scamp Rictor. 1966 01:51:03.399 --> 01:51:10.880 It's crazy trip. 1967 01:51:12.119 --> 01:51:19.640 Just watch him as so many. 1968 01:51:19.399 --> 01:51:20.960 Birthdays to sept Day. 1969 01:51:28.399 --> 01:51:29.720 Not a sid. 1970 01:51:34.199 --> 01:51:38.439 Sun Welcome, welcome back. Good to have you with us 1971 01:51:38.479 --> 01:51:43.720 on garden Line. Appreciate you listening in man if you 1972 01:51:43.840 --> 01:51:46.479 like to call in do that as well. We're gonna 1973 01:51:46.479 --> 01:51:48.840 be uh. I'm going to have a little bit of 1974 01:51:48.880 --> 01:51:50.279 time here, I can take a call or two, and 1975 01:51:50.319 --> 01:51:55.119 then we're going back into our uh visit about great 1976 01:51:55.279 --> 01:51:57.680 ideas for gardening gifts for you. We're going to be 1977 01:51:57.760 --> 01:51:59.840 doing that for most of this hour. I have a 1978 01:51:59.840 --> 01:52:01.760 few time for a little bit of calls at the 1979 01:52:01.880 --> 01:52:04.600 end as well, but I hope you're enjoying that. Right now. 1980 01:52:04.640 --> 01:52:08.119 I want to talk to you about some pruning mistakes 1981 01:52:08.359 --> 01:52:11.119 that people may try to go through. Nine of them, 1982 01:52:11.199 --> 01:52:14.680 if I'm able to hear that. I see commonly now 1983 01:52:14.720 --> 01:52:17.800 people head out with printers and go after a tree 1984 01:52:17.840 --> 01:52:21.520 or shrub, oftentimes really not knowing how to proNT it. 1985 01:52:21.600 --> 01:52:27.000 And I understand that pruning is not just automatically intuitive 1986 01:52:27.039 --> 01:52:29.000 as as you have you go about it. I spent 1987 01:52:29.039 --> 01:52:31.960 a whole show talking about proper pruning, but I still 1988 01:52:31.960 --> 01:52:33.600 want to talk about a few things that you want 1989 01:52:33.640 --> 01:52:37.479 to avoid in order to have success and for the 1990 01:52:37.520 --> 01:52:40.920 results to be which you want. Number One, dull, poorly 1991 01:52:40.960 --> 01:52:44.680 adjusted tools. A clean cut made with sharp printers, heels 1992 01:52:44.680 --> 01:52:47.840 the fastest when your printers are dull, when they're not 1993 01:52:47.960 --> 01:52:51.600 well oiled. Used to get some rust on the blades. 1994 01:52:52.039 --> 01:52:54.319 It takes more wear and tear on your hands and 1995 01:52:54.399 --> 01:52:57.359 joints to do our shoulders. If you're using loppers to 1996 01:52:57.439 --> 01:53:00.640 do that kind of pruning, I suggest you use the 1997 01:53:00.760 --> 01:53:03.560 bypass type pruner. So think of a pair of scissors 1998 01:53:03.880 --> 01:53:06.920 as opposed to the anvil type where the blade comes 1999 01:53:06.960 --> 01:53:09.359 to a stop on a flat surface. I find that 2000 01:53:09.399 --> 01:53:12.000 the bypass type seem to work a lot better for me. 2001 01:53:12.399 --> 01:53:18.640 A good quality, well adjusted and sharp pruning tools. Number two, 2002 01:53:19.039 --> 01:53:23.880 pruning plants that only bloom in the spring in the winter. 2003 01:53:24.000 --> 01:53:26.720 Pruning plants that only bloom and spring in the winter. 2004 01:53:27.159 --> 01:53:29.640 Spring bloomers set buds in mid to late summer for 2005 01:53:29.680 --> 01:53:33.880 the following year, like Azela's. For example, spyriea flowering quints, 2006 01:53:33.920 --> 01:53:36.079 and so you burn them in the winter, you don't 2007 01:53:36.239 --> 01:53:38.039 get the prunes. Now, I got a couple of calls here. 2008 01:53:38.039 --> 01:53:39.680 I don't want to have to wait, so we got 2009 01:53:39.680 --> 01:53:41.399 through two of them. We're going to continue back with 2010 01:53:41.439 --> 01:53:43.560 that in a bit. Here we're going to go first 2011 01:53:43.600 --> 01:53:47.079 of all to JJ and Paarland. Hey, JJ, how can 2012 01:53:47.079 --> 01:53:47.680 we help today? 2013 01:53:48.319 --> 01:53:50.840 You're Lauryn Skip. I first want to say you're so 2014 01:53:50.960 --> 01:54:01.680 patient with your callers love that. Okay, I'm still learning. Okay, Yes, 2015 01:54:02.359 --> 01:54:05.520 my plumbbi goes. I usually turn them back to the 2016 01:54:05.560 --> 01:54:08.359 ground about this time of year, but would it be 2017 01:54:08.439 --> 01:54:10.960 okay to not prone them and just let them the 2018 01:54:11.079 --> 01:54:15.319 natural branches fall and cut them back in the spring. 2019 01:54:15.399 --> 01:54:16.880 I've read both ways. 2020 01:54:17.079 --> 01:54:19.800 Yes, you can do that, Yes, and I whoever really 2021 01:54:19.840 --> 01:54:22.760 mild winter, you may they may not die back as far. 2022 01:54:22.840 --> 01:54:25.319 But yeah, the printing them back, you can wait until 2023 01:54:25.319 --> 01:54:27.680 the end of winter to do that. In fact, that 2024 01:54:27.680 --> 01:54:30.560 that top cover helps provide a little bit of protection 2025 01:54:30.840 --> 01:54:32.199 for the base of the plant too. 2026 01:54:32.960 --> 01:54:36.239 But that was my thank you too, Thank you so much. 2027 01:54:36.279 --> 01:54:37.840 That's what I mentioned. No, you have a great guy, 2028 01:54:37.920 --> 01:54:40.000 skip you too. 2029 01:54:40.119 --> 01:54:42.720 That's wonderful. Thanks a lot, appreciate it. We're going to 2030 01:54:42.760 --> 01:54:46.000 go now to Lakeside of States and talk to Maureene. Hello, Maureene. 2031 01:54:47.199 --> 01:54:50.319 Hey, I'm happy to hear your voice and taking calls. 2032 01:54:50.560 --> 01:54:50.960 All right. 2033 01:54:51.199 --> 01:54:55.119 So, over the years I put in some cameleons, and 2034 01:54:55.319 --> 01:55:00.039 I do understand that there are different names for each one, 2035 01:55:00.119 --> 01:55:03.520 and so that's what my problem is. I have one 2036 01:55:03.560 --> 01:55:08.800 that's doing very well, so apparently that's that plant's time. 2037 01:55:09.479 --> 01:55:11.920 The other ones haven't even started budding. 2038 01:55:12.359 --> 01:55:14.359 So what am I needing to do? 2039 01:55:14.479 --> 01:55:17.520 Since they haven't started budding, they're going to bloom later. 2040 01:55:19.159 --> 01:55:20.199 What can I do? 2041 01:55:20.760 --> 01:55:25.239 I need to fertilize them because I'm too early for 2042 01:55:25.319 --> 01:55:26.880 their buds. 2043 01:55:28.119 --> 01:55:33.199 Well, you should be having buds forming the sussanquies or 2044 01:55:33.239 --> 01:55:39.479 blooming typically December. The jabonicos mostly in January. But I 2045 01:55:39.520 --> 01:55:42.279 would say make sure they get on to light. Camellias 2046 01:55:42.319 --> 01:55:45.039 grow in some shade, but not too much shade. That's 2047 01:55:45.079 --> 01:55:49.119 important making if the did the plants look healthy, nice, green, 2048 01:55:49.239 --> 01:55:50.720 and some bigger. 2049 01:55:50.800 --> 01:55:53.640 Yes, yes, some of them do, but they are the 2050 01:55:53.640 --> 01:55:55.239 ones that are getting more sunlight. 2051 01:55:55.359 --> 01:55:56.840 I had somehow picked up. 2052 01:55:56.800 --> 01:56:00.119 A message that they didn't mind if they got shade, 2053 01:56:00.560 --> 01:56:03.199 So apparently maybe I need to move them. 2054 01:56:03.439 --> 01:56:05.520 I mean, if they're not doing it well. 2055 01:56:05.560 --> 01:56:09.199 They know that your message is right. They don't want 2056 01:56:09.199 --> 01:56:11.159 to be in full brunt of sun. But as the 2057 01:56:11.159 --> 01:56:14.319 shade levels get too high you don't get too much shade, 2058 01:56:14.520 --> 01:56:16.800 you don't get the blooming that you do. If they 2059 01:56:16.840 --> 01:56:19.840 look pretty good, I would just fertilize them using an 2060 01:56:19.960 --> 01:56:22.880 acid loving plant food starting in spring. Don't fertilize them 2061 01:56:22.960 --> 01:56:26.880 right now, but starting in the spring, use an acid 2062 01:56:26.920 --> 01:56:30.439 loving plant food to form some vigor and growth on them, 2063 01:56:30.680 --> 01:56:33.439 and they should do. Okay, if you want to take 2064 01:56:33.560 --> 01:56:36.720 a pictures or sample of it, you know, into a 2065 01:56:36.760 --> 01:56:40.359 garden center and independent garden center and have them take 2066 01:56:40.359 --> 01:56:43.319 a look and see if they notice anything on that, 2067 01:56:43.319 --> 01:56:46.039 that would be another option. Or you could send me 2068 01:56:46.079 --> 01:56:48.000 a picture and I'll be glad to give you my 2069 01:56:48.119 --> 01:56:51.000 opinion on it. If you want to go that way. 2070 01:56:51.079 --> 01:56:52.720 It just looks exhausted. 2071 01:56:52.920 --> 01:56:57.479 That's the easiest way. 2072 01:56:55.920 --> 01:57:03.880 It sounds like to me. It sounds yeah. Camellias want acid, yes, soil. 2073 01:57:04.079 --> 01:57:07.640 They want an acid loving soil that's well, that's well drained, 2074 01:57:07.800 --> 01:57:10.960 and that has good nutrient content. Think of a forest 2075 01:57:11.079 --> 01:57:15.039 soil with decaying organic matter that's very rich, very moist, 2076 01:57:15.720 --> 01:57:18.479 and very well drained. That that's what they want. 2077 01:57:19.560 --> 01:57:23.800 Okay, So can I do a dalia food or what 2078 01:57:23.920 --> 01:57:25.680 is the number? What are the three numbers that I 2079 01:57:25.720 --> 01:57:27.359 need to for the acid loving. 2080 01:57:27.399 --> 01:57:30.319 Don't don't worry about well, there's a lot of different brands, 2081 01:57:30.359 --> 01:57:33.600 so the numbers vary, but go with the something for azaleas, 2082 01:57:33.640 --> 01:57:37.720 camellias for blueberries for you know, if it says rhododendron 2083 01:57:37.720 --> 01:57:39.479 on the label. We don't grow those here, but that's 2084 01:57:39.479 --> 01:57:42.199 the same kind of food. Uh and and you'll do 2085 01:57:42.399 --> 01:57:46.319 just fine. Microlife has a product for acid loving plants, 2086 01:57:46.399 --> 01:57:50.199 if you if you like them organic types of products, Yeah, 2087 01:57:50.359 --> 01:57:52.479 just get a bag of their their pink it's kind 2088 01:57:52.520 --> 01:57:55.720 of a pinkish bag that's for acid loving plants, and 2089 01:57:55.840 --> 01:57:57.880 use that. Follow the label. You'll be good. 2090 01:57:58.159 --> 01:58:01.079 Hey, all right, I got happy bye bye, Thank you 2091 01:58:01.199 --> 01:58:01.479 so much. 2092 01:58:01.479 --> 01:58:06.439 Thank you for the call you bet bye bye. All right, Well, Bill, 2093 01:58:06.520 --> 01:58:09.279 I didn't quite make it to you here. We're about 2094 01:58:09.319 --> 01:58:14.119 to have to take a break. Let's see where was I. 2095 01:58:14.119 --> 01:58:17.960 I'm going to give a couple of real quick more 2096 01:58:18.039 --> 01:58:21.239 tips on putting, shearing, or hedging plants. When you're trying 2097 01:58:21.279 --> 01:58:25.600 to create a hedge, keep the top narrower than the bottom. 2098 01:58:25.880 --> 01:58:28.840 Keep the top narrower than the bottom. Otherwise, if it 2099 01:58:28.880 --> 01:58:31.399 gets top heavy, it becomes instead of it like a 2100 01:58:31.439 --> 01:58:34.560 capital A, it becomes a capital V. If it gets 2101 01:58:34.600 --> 01:58:36.680 top heavy like that, it shades out the bottom and 2102 01:58:36.720 --> 01:58:39.800 you lose your foliage down low. So it could either 2103 01:58:39.800 --> 01:58:43.600 be perfectly parallel sides or a little narrower on the 2104 01:58:43.640 --> 01:58:47.600 top and you maintain good cover all the way. Through 2105 01:58:47.760 --> 01:58:51.079 so there is one more tip and I'm about to 2106 01:58:51.159 --> 01:58:54.000 run for a break here. We will be back with 2107 01:58:54.039 --> 01:58:58.159 some more Christmas ideas as well as at the end 2108 01:58:58.159 --> 01:58:59.840 of the show today we'll take a couple more of 2109 01:58:59.880 --> 01:59:03.159 you calls. This is your Sunday morning moment of Zen. 2110 01:59:05.239 --> 01:59:10.239 We can thank me later. We like to have some 2111 01:59:10.279 --> 01:59:12.239 fun with the music here, so you never know what's 2112 01:59:12.279 --> 01:59:15.159 gonna happen. Keep listening. We're gonna go straight out to 2113 01:59:15.199 --> 01:59:18.680 the phones now and continue with our theme of great 2114 01:59:18.800 --> 01:59:21.920 Christmas gift ideas. And I think we have Louis on 2115 01:59:21.960 --> 01:59:24.319 the phone. Is that correct, Louis, are you there? 2116 01:59:24.840 --> 01:59:26.079 That is correct? 2117 01:59:27.600 --> 01:59:31.159 Okay, good, good, Well, welcome to Garden Line. Good to 2118 01:59:31.159 --> 01:59:33.399 have you on. I think you're gonna tell us a 2119 01:59:33.399 --> 01:59:36.720 little bit about some ideas from Warren's Garden Center that 2120 01:59:36.880 --> 01:59:39.760 would be good for folks as gifts, maybe for gardeners 2121 01:59:39.880 --> 01:59:41.359 or even non gardeners on the list. 2122 01:59:42.359 --> 01:59:46.960 Yes, that's correct, But let's start with Kingwood Garden Center 2123 01:59:47.239 --> 01:59:50.520 in Kingwood. Okay, the garden Center has a gift shop 2124 01:59:50.960 --> 01:59:56.239 and we have everything in the gift shop for fifty 2125 01:59:56.279 --> 01:59:57.399 percent off. 2126 01:59:57.600 --> 01:59:59.039 Right now through. 2127 02:00:00.920 --> 02:00:04.439 Through before inventory or Christmas, which is going to be 2128 02:00:04.520 --> 02:00:07.439 right around the tay. But in that gift shop we have 2129 02:00:08.119 --> 02:00:14.840 picture frames, sunglasses, hats, we have party supplies, candles, jewelry, 2130 02:00:15.880 --> 02:00:21.640 there's a lot of Christmas reheated merchandise right now, ornaments, trees. Also, 2131 02:00:21.760 --> 02:00:25.479 both garden centers were installing gardens and Kingwood Garden Center 2132 02:00:25.600 --> 02:00:30.520 have all pottery thirty percent off right now. Points set 2133 02:00:30.600 --> 02:00:32.680 us at twenty five percent off if somebody wants to 2134 02:00:32.680 --> 02:00:33.640 go pipe points set us. 2135 02:00:33.640 --> 02:00:35.760 And we still have Christmas trees. 2136 02:00:36.479 --> 02:00:41.000 We have about eighty beautiful, natural, fresh caught Christmas trees available. 2137 02:00:42.479 --> 02:00:46.880 Cool, well good. Those are some good ideas. And I 2138 02:00:46.920 --> 02:00:51.000 know Kingwood Garden Center has been going through the sale 2139 02:00:51.000 --> 02:00:54.399 because they're planning on getting in a bunch of new material. 2140 02:00:54.520 --> 02:00:58.720 Then I believe after they they complete this process at 2141 02:00:58.840 --> 02:00:59.680 least that's what I ask. 2142 02:01:00.920 --> 02:01:05.000 Yes, what we are doing is we are we're restocking. 2143 02:01:05.640 --> 02:01:08.199 What is the gift shop today. We're going to put 2144 02:01:08.279 --> 02:01:12.800 more garden in and outdoor living related inventory and so 2145 02:01:12.880 --> 02:01:15.600 and there's going to be a section of door plants 2146 02:01:15.680 --> 02:01:19.840 and indoor plant supplies, including in door lighting, which. 2147 02:01:19.680 --> 02:01:22.319 Is going to be very very cool to have in 2148 02:01:22.319 --> 02:01:23.840 that area area. 2149 02:01:24.520 --> 02:01:27.680 Yeah, no kitten, no kitten, that's that's a great idea. 2150 02:01:27.760 --> 02:01:28.399 That's a great idea. 2151 02:01:29.520 --> 02:01:29.840 Yeah. 2152 02:01:29.880 --> 02:01:33.399 For those of you that are that have kids or grandchildren. 2153 02:01:34.920 --> 02:01:39.720 Next Saturday at the fourteenth, starting at nine thirty am 2154 02:01:40.039 --> 02:01:44.880 through four pm, we have Santa Claus at Warrants Southern 2155 02:01:44.880 --> 02:01:45.960 Gardens on North. 2156 02:01:45.760 --> 02:01:48.520 Park, all right. 2157 02:01:49.000 --> 02:01:52.880 Yeah, and you can make a reservation online, so visit 2158 02:01:52.920 --> 02:01:54.960 on social media for the events page. 2159 02:01:56.840 --> 02:01:59.239 Well, that's great. That that is really cool. I always 2160 02:01:59.279 --> 02:02:02.640 love going out to guards Warns and Kingoo Garden Center too, 2161 02:02:02.760 --> 02:02:07.600 beautiful places. Just the selection and supply of all kinds 2162 02:02:07.640 --> 02:02:09.840 of things. What are some other things that you think 2163 02:02:09.920 --> 02:02:13.159 might be good as a Christmas gift for someone from 2164 02:02:13.359 --> 02:02:15.119 one of the garden centers. 2165 02:02:15.680 --> 02:02:20.359 Well, so, you can never go wrong with a houseplant, 2166 02:02:20.720 --> 02:02:24.079 a small house plant to somebody that likes anything that 2167 02:02:24.359 --> 02:02:27.000 is plant related. And we have a pretty nice selection, 2168 02:02:27.199 --> 02:02:30.680 and not only at our garden centers, but any of 2169 02:02:30.680 --> 02:02:33.560 the garden centers. You talk about, a house plant is 2170 02:02:33.600 --> 02:02:38.640 a very nice thing to give, something that you can 2171 02:02:38.920 --> 02:02:41.760 give as well that it can get it somebody ready 2172 02:02:41.880 --> 02:02:44.840 for the season. I don't know how often you see 2173 02:02:44.840 --> 02:02:46.880 a pack of fertilector or a pack of soil under 2174 02:02:47.000 --> 02:02:50.119 the tree, but there you go. 2175 02:02:50.680 --> 02:02:55.800 If you're a gardener, yeah yeah, if you're a gardener, 2176 02:02:55.840 --> 02:02:57.439 or a bag of compost wouldn't be. 2177 02:02:58.600 --> 02:03:01.520 Yeah, I'll accomplished micros. 2178 02:03:02.479 --> 02:03:07.199 There you go, there you get. Those are all great ideas. 2179 02:03:07.840 --> 02:03:13.000 I think taking advantage of this this these uh discounts 2180 02:03:14.119 --> 02:03:17.199 would be good because you know, you're saving, you know, 2181 02:03:17.399 --> 02:03:21.760 so you have access to all this beautiful inventory, and 2182 02:03:22.640 --> 02:03:26.319 you know, the Christmas is such a such a wonderful time, 2183 02:03:26.319 --> 02:03:28.359 but it's also such a confusing time because you have 2184 02:03:28.399 --> 02:03:31.039 to decide. You have to make all these decisions as 2185 02:03:31.079 --> 02:03:33.760 to what to give, So go up please like that, 2186 02:03:33.960 --> 02:03:37.319 and you have all these different options, right, Well, well. 2187 02:03:37.279 --> 02:03:39.800 How about how about this is an idea. Why don't 2188 02:03:40.319 --> 02:03:43.359 we make it available for them to purchase having you 2189 02:03:43.520 --> 02:03:46.399 come out and plant any of the plants they buy 2190 02:03:46.439 --> 02:03:48.840 at Warrens. You show up at the house, you'll make 2191 02:03:48.880 --> 02:03:50.920 the bed, you'll put in the soil, you'll plant the plants. 2192 02:03:50.960 --> 02:03:54.479 Does that sound reasonable to you? You know what? 2193 02:03:54.520 --> 02:03:57.520 I would love to do it, that is, and I'm serious, 2194 02:03:57.560 --> 02:04:00.239 I would love to do that instead of you know, 2195 02:04:01.239 --> 02:04:05.600 doing the sales and managing the marketing and all that things. 2196 02:04:05.920 --> 02:04:09.119 Yeah, well I'm just messing with you. But I think 2197 02:04:09.159 --> 02:04:11.239 for ten thousand dollars they might be able to work 2198 02:04:11.279 --> 02:04:14.520 something out. That's a price of Christonal skift. But hey, hey, 2199 02:04:14.760 --> 02:04:18.880 you know money is no object, right, yeah. 2200 02:04:18.680 --> 02:04:20.479 I can get the best crew for you and the 2201 02:04:20.640 --> 02:04:22.840 com and rears and the whole, you know, a nice 2202 02:04:22.880 --> 02:04:26.039 section of the garden there. 2203 02:04:26.119 --> 02:04:28.760 You go, Well, that's that's really good. And I know 2204 02:04:28.840 --> 02:04:34.279 another thing that Warrens does is the combination container planting. 2205 02:04:34.319 --> 02:04:38.960 You guys have beautiful containers out there. Combination planning, you know, 2206 02:04:39.000 --> 02:04:41.920 where you put together maybe a planting that could be 2207 02:04:41.920 --> 02:04:45.159 put together with the different kinds of things that would 2208 02:04:45.199 --> 02:04:48.039 do well in the cool season. That would be another idea. 2209 02:04:48.079 --> 02:04:51.520 I know you do that, yes, and that's we have 2210 02:04:51.640 --> 02:04:57.159 two very talented people in our staff, Crispin at Kingwood 2211 02:04:57.159 --> 02:05:00.399 Garden Center in the at Warren sn Arts. 2212 02:05:00.960 --> 02:05:03.920 And what you can do is you can say I 2213 02:05:03.960 --> 02:05:05.800 need I need a pod. You know. 2214 02:05:05.840 --> 02:05:09.680 You can go choose your pottery and you tell them 2215 02:05:09.960 --> 02:05:12.319 the vision you have, or you choose the plans and 2216 02:05:12.359 --> 02:05:14.640 you tell them, hey, make these plans look beautiful and 2217 02:05:14.720 --> 02:05:20.119 this pot that you choose, and they have an amazing 2218 02:05:20.239 --> 02:05:23.640 creative mind to put these plans together and We have 2219 02:05:23.720 --> 02:05:25.359 some videos on TikTok. 2220 02:05:25.199 --> 02:05:27.399 Specifically the Warren stt and Gardens. 2221 02:05:27.439 --> 02:05:31.000 TikTok has a video of me putting these together for 2222 02:05:31.199 --> 02:05:33.319 it was a it was an arrangement. 2223 02:05:32.840 --> 02:05:34.560 For Fall full color. 2224 02:05:35.079 --> 02:05:37.640 So yeah, that's a great point, Skip, thank you for 2225 02:05:37.680 --> 02:05:42.000 bringing it up. And the price, uh is you pay 2226 02:05:42.079 --> 02:05:45.119 for the plant and you pay a small fee for 2227 02:05:45.319 --> 02:05:48.600 putting it together, so it's it's pretty affordable and it's 2228 02:05:48.600 --> 02:05:50.479 actually probably one of the best gifts that you can 2229 02:05:50.479 --> 02:05:53.000 do as a centerpiece for a table or an event 2230 02:05:53.239 --> 02:05:54.520 like a party coming up. 2231 02:05:54.560 --> 02:05:54.800 You know. 2232 02:05:54.960 --> 02:05:57.640 So you just got to color and make sure that 2233 02:05:57.680 --> 02:06:00.279 you call us and ask if if there were in 2234 02:06:00.319 --> 02:06:00.760 that day. 2235 02:06:02.199 --> 02:06:05.039 That sounds good, That sounds very good. Well and you 2236 02:06:05.079 --> 02:06:07.479 got I think you said you guys or did you 2237 02:06:07.479 --> 02:06:10.399 you guys have gift certificates available. 2238 02:06:10.880 --> 02:06:14.239 No, we don't have gift certificates. What you can do 2239 02:06:14.399 --> 02:06:17.079 is you can you can call or when you're visiting 2240 02:06:17.880 --> 02:06:21.399 wanting to buy a gift certificate, you do a prepayment 2241 02:06:21.960 --> 02:06:24.840 and what we do will create an account for the 2242 02:06:24.880 --> 02:06:27.880 person that would be the recipient of that gift and 2243 02:06:27.920 --> 02:06:31.159 they would have a credit on account that they can use. 2244 02:06:31.239 --> 02:06:39.199 Yeah, same thing, So good good. Well, any other any 2245 02:06:39.319 --> 02:06:43.720 other thing you want to add before we go, Uh. 2246 02:06:43.319 --> 02:06:48.479 Well, other than you know, we were reconfiguring the interior 2247 02:06:48.600 --> 02:06:50.600 of the garden center at Kingwood Garden Center. 2248 02:06:50.800 --> 02:06:53.279 No, it's you know, I want to thank. 2249 02:06:53.119 --> 02:06:58.920 Everybody that's been shopping at the garden centers this year, uh, 2250 02:06:59.520 --> 02:07:02.159 the that go to Warrensall and Gardens. Thank you for 2251 02:07:02.199 --> 02:07:07.079 being patient with that construction on North Park. And you know, 2252 02:07:07.680 --> 02:07:10.680 I wish everybody at Merry Christmas and also on behalf 2253 02:07:10.760 --> 02:07:14.159 of the other company that I work with and represent, 2254 02:07:14.359 --> 02:07:17.399 Heirloom Soils. You know, thank you to everybody that's made 2255 02:07:17.399 --> 02:07:21.800 that brand grow in twenty twenty four. It's been a 2256 02:07:21.840 --> 02:07:24.399 great ride and we're looking forward to us to come 2257 02:07:24.439 --> 02:07:26.640 in twenty twenty five. There's a lot of new things happening. 2258 02:07:26.680 --> 02:07:31.319 Well good, it's great. And you mentioned you mentioned Warren's 2259 02:07:31.479 --> 02:07:34.239 on North Park. A Kingwood Garden Center for those who 2260 02:07:34.239 --> 02:07:36.720 haven't been there is on Stone Hollow driving Kingwood. So 2261 02:07:36.760 --> 02:07:41.039 you're really fortunate to have both of these outstanding garden 2262 02:07:41.079 --> 02:07:43.760 centers just so close to you. So Louise, thank you 2263 02:07:43.800 --> 02:07:45.319 so much for coming on. 2264 02:07:46.560 --> 02:07:49.199 Thank you STI time and Merry Christmas story Ready. 2265 02:07:50.279 --> 02:07:55.039 Merry Christmas to you as well. All right there you go. Well, 2266 02:07:55.239 --> 02:07:58.359 that's a bunch of ideas, folks, And you know, there's 2267 02:07:58.439 --> 02:08:02.000 always some nice cool things that you can add for 2268 02:08:02.159 --> 02:08:06.720 people that are on your Christmas list. One thing I'll 2269 02:08:06.720 --> 02:08:09.960 add to it. We talk about Wildbirds a lot here, 2270 02:08:10.000 --> 02:08:13.960 and wild Birds is set up for Christmas gifts as well. 2271 02:08:14.359 --> 02:08:16.640 You know, you go into a wildbird store and you've 2272 02:08:16.680 --> 02:08:19.640 got bird houses. You've got there really cool Martin houses, 2273 02:08:19.720 --> 02:08:22.520 both the kind that look like white gourds and the 2274 02:08:22.600 --> 02:08:27.840 kind that are like little condos that they telescope down 2275 02:08:27.920 --> 02:08:30.600 or the house itself comes down where you can clean it. 2276 02:08:30.760 --> 02:08:33.560 You can you know, get all the old nests or 2277 02:08:33.560 --> 02:08:36.039 whatever out of there. Each year, make sure everything's going good. 2278 02:08:36.239 --> 02:08:37.800 But you need to get those, and that'd be a 2279 02:08:37.840 --> 02:08:40.560 good time to give one because in February we need 2280 02:08:40.560 --> 02:08:44.359 to get those up because the Martins or purple Martins 2281 02:08:44.359 --> 02:08:46.960 start to show back up as the scouts come looking 2282 02:08:47.000 --> 02:08:49.960 for a place to live. At Wildbirds, there's some great 2283 02:08:50.000 --> 02:08:52.920 gifts on birding, one written by the owner of the 2284 02:08:52.960 --> 02:08:57.239 company that is outstanding. There is also high quality bird 2285 02:08:57.239 --> 02:08:59.840 feed If someone already has feeders and things. Some of 2286 02:08:59.840 --> 02:09:02.640 the high quality blends or a gift certificate for the 2287 02:09:02.640 --> 02:09:06.520 wild Birds Unlimited would be another good idea for you there. 2288 02:09:07.159 --> 02:09:10.279 I find that every time I go in, you know, 2289 02:09:10.319 --> 02:09:12.119 I may go I go in for bird seed. I 2290 02:09:12.239 --> 02:09:15.520 like their Wildbirds Unlimited Winter super Blend for this time 2291 02:09:15.560 --> 02:09:18.399 of year. But while I'm there, I find myself looking 2292 02:09:18.479 --> 02:09:21.239 at all the little bird baths and a lot of 2293 02:09:21.279 --> 02:09:26.439 the different accessories for bird feeding that they have at Wildbirds. 2294 02:09:28.039 --> 02:09:30.600 So keep that in mind as well. Well. I was 2295 02:09:30.640 --> 02:09:33.319 going over some tips for pruning, so I'm just going 2296 02:09:33.399 --> 02:09:37.119 to keep going on that. Another tip for pruning is 2297 02:09:37.640 --> 02:09:41.960 to notice what kind of pruning a plant needs. If 2298 02:09:42.000 --> 02:09:44.439 it's a shrub I'm talking about. So a lot of 2299 02:09:44.479 --> 02:09:48.800 times people hedge plants that shouldn't be hedged, you know, 2300 02:09:49.000 --> 02:09:53.399 Like there are plants that bloom on new growth, and 2301 02:09:53.479 --> 02:09:56.800 if you keep hedging them, you get very little bloom 2302 02:09:56.800 --> 02:10:01.359 production and you destroy the natural beauty of that particular plant. 2303 02:10:01.600 --> 02:10:04.920 Like Abelia is one like that. Abelias are beautiful and 2304 02:10:05.000 --> 02:10:06.880 if you don't want one that gets big, by one 2305 02:10:06.880 --> 02:10:10.000 that stays smaller. But I don't hedge those plants. Other 2306 02:10:10.039 --> 02:10:13.039 plants can be hEDS they're designed for hedging. But when 2307 02:10:13.079 --> 02:10:15.800 you do that kind of hedging, you create a lot 2308 02:10:15.920 --> 02:10:19.039 of new branches that form that beautiful dense sides of 2309 02:10:19.079 --> 02:10:22.039 the plant. But just because it's a shrub doesn't mean 2310 02:10:22.159 --> 02:10:24.399 it needs to be hedged. Texas Mountain Urrel is an 2311 02:10:24.439 --> 02:10:27.199 example of that. It is a beautiful form of a shrub. 2312 02:10:27.520 --> 02:10:29.520 And when you prune it instead of hedging it, you 2313 02:10:29.560 --> 02:10:32.439 can just take those long, gangly wild hairs going out 2314 02:10:32.479 --> 02:10:34.199 of the plant and cut them back to where they 2315 02:10:34.319 --> 02:10:38.279 join another branch. And after pruning, it still looks natural. 2316 02:10:38.319 --> 02:10:40.840 It doesn't look all chopped up like it just went 2317 02:10:40.880 --> 02:10:43.760 to the barber shop. All right, Well, I'm getting to 2318 02:10:43.800 --> 02:10:45.760 the point where I'm going to have to quit talking, 2319 02:10:45.800 --> 02:10:48.359 but I am gonna say one more thing on pruning. 2320 02:10:48.399 --> 02:10:50.119 But we'll come back to the list later at the 2321 02:10:50.199 --> 02:10:53.800 end of the show. Today, leaving stubs cut back to 2322 02:10:53.800 --> 02:10:58.000 where a branch joins another branch. Don't leave a stub, 2323 02:10:58.159 --> 02:11:01.399 and also don't cut it flush against the branch that 2324 02:11:01.640 --> 02:11:04.000 it is attached to. There's a little thing called a 2325 02:11:04.079 --> 02:11:06.600 branch collar at the base and right where that branch 2326 02:11:06.600 --> 02:11:09.239 starts to spread out, that's where you need to make 2327 02:11:09.239 --> 02:11:11.720 the cut. I'll be back in just a moment with 2328 02:11:11.840 --> 02:11:15.479 more gift ideas. Hey, welcome back, Welcome back to the 2329 02:11:15.520 --> 02:11:18.720 garden Line. We are glad that you're with us today. 2330 02:11:19.439 --> 02:11:23.359 We've been talking about Christmas gifts ideas for people that 2331 02:11:23.520 --> 02:11:26.239 are gardeners or maybe people that aren't gardeners on your 2332 02:11:26.279 --> 02:11:31.000 list related to plants and the whole outdoor environment we enjoy. 2333 02:11:31.039 --> 02:11:33.119 And we're going to heading out of the phones and 2334 02:11:33.479 --> 02:11:37.439 talk to Sherry Hara from Plants for All Seasons. Hello, Sherry, 2335 02:11:37.439 --> 02:11:38.520 Welcome to garden Line. 2336 02:11:39.039 --> 02:11:41.279 Good morning. How's it going. 2337 02:11:41.640 --> 02:11:45.640 Good morning, it's going well. We're doing well. I appreciate 2338 02:11:45.680 --> 02:11:49.960 you calling in today. I would like to I'd like 2339 02:11:50.079 --> 02:11:53.760 to hear from you some really cool ideas for gifts. 2340 02:11:53.800 --> 02:11:57.039 You know, sometimes we go shopping and there's that someone 2341 02:11:57.159 --> 02:11:59.239 that kind of has everything. What do you get that 2342 02:11:59.319 --> 02:12:01.520 kind of person? Or if it's a gardener on your 2343 02:12:01.600 --> 02:12:04.119 list or someone who wants to be a gardener. I 2344 02:12:04.119 --> 02:12:05.359 I'd like to turn it over to you for a 2345 02:12:05.399 --> 02:12:07.880 minute and let you give us some ideas for that 2346 02:12:08.239 --> 02:12:10.079 from A plus for All Seasons. 2347 02:12:09.760 --> 02:12:11.000 Yeah, absolutely. 2348 02:12:11.199 --> 02:12:15.039 You know, one really easy gift idea for anybody who 2349 02:12:15.119 --> 02:12:18.399 likes to spend time out outside would be wind chimes. 2350 02:12:19.920 --> 02:12:23.520 Like all the nurseries that you talk about have gift 2351 02:12:23.520 --> 02:12:27.039 shops in them, and they all have a selection of 2352 02:12:27.079 --> 02:12:31.319 wind chimes, usually kind of a more fine tuned wind 2353 02:12:31.399 --> 02:12:34.199 chime selection like gardener spheres or. 2354 02:12:35.800 --> 02:12:37.119 Woodstock, but those. 2355 02:12:36.920 --> 02:12:39.479 Are easy to wrap up and stick under the tree. 2356 02:12:39.760 --> 02:12:43.119 And I don't everybody has a tone of wind chime 2357 02:12:43.159 --> 02:12:43.640 that they like. 2358 02:12:44.920 --> 02:12:48.279 Yeah, now does woodstock? Is that like heavy metal headbanging 2359 02:12:48.399 --> 02:12:52.119 stuff from the sixties? You know, maybe probably. 2360 02:12:51.920 --> 02:12:56.399 What New York WoT Okay, actually, yeah, that's where the 2361 02:12:56.399 --> 02:12:57.119 company's from. 2362 02:12:57.119 --> 02:12:58.399 And they're all fine. 2363 02:12:58.159 --> 02:13:02.199 Tuned, different themes, beautiful sounds. 2364 02:13:02.520 --> 02:13:07.239 Okay, all right, well good, that's a great idea. That 2365 02:13:07.359 --> 02:13:09.279 always is a great idea. What are some other thing? 2366 02:13:09.319 --> 02:13:12.279 And like I said, easy, easy to wrap windchime? So 2367 02:13:13.239 --> 02:13:17.199 great stock the bulbs and. 2368 02:13:17.239 --> 02:13:21.920 Seeds, and bulbs and seeds are really fun because it's 2369 02:13:21.920 --> 02:13:25.279 something that they don't have to plant right now. You can, 2370 02:13:25.760 --> 02:13:28.439 you know, stuff their stocking with them, and that's something 2371 02:13:28.479 --> 02:13:30.840 that they can do in the springtime too. It's easy, 2372 02:13:31.039 --> 02:13:32.800 easy to store till it's time to plant. 2373 02:13:32.920 --> 02:13:34.199 So bulbs and. 2374 02:13:34.199 --> 02:13:35.840 Seeds at supply. 2375 02:13:36.920 --> 02:13:39.840 Yeah, tons of seeds, especially for the veggie gardener. And 2376 02:13:40.159 --> 02:13:41.600 you know, you could pick up a veggie and our 2377 02:13:41.720 --> 02:13:45.279 planting guide and get them the seeds appropriate for the 2378 02:13:45.439 --> 02:13:49.319 you know, next planting season, and and load up there. 2379 02:13:49.520 --> 02:13:50.279 Stocking with them. 2380 02:13:51.680 --> 02:13:55.319 Okay, now, is it physically possible when you walk into 2381 02:13:55.359 --> 02:13:58.079 plant for all seasons to get to the seeds or 2382 02:13:59.199 --> 02:14:02.640 through all the point settas and stuff, you guys right there, we. 2383 02:14:02.560 --> 02:14:06.279 Have a right now, yes, but the wall of seeds 2384 02:14:06.319 --> 02:14:09.800 is accessible absolutely all. 2385 02:14:09.720 --> 02:14:11.279 Right, just thought I check. 2386 02:14:11.960 --> 02:14:14.359 And as far as the bolts go, you know, a 2387 02:14:14.399 --> 02:14:17.159 lot of your spring blooming bulbs are our most favorite 2388 02:14:17.199 --> 02:14:19.960 spring blooming bulbs, like our tulips, in our hyacinths. 2389 02:14:20.000 --> 02:14:24.920 We've pre chilled those already. So we have our. 2390 02:14:24.800 --> 02:14:29.279 Refrigerator that we normally have our insects in, like our 2391 02:14:29.359 --> 02:14:33.199 ladybugs in our nematodes, so we've bloated it up with 2392 02:14:33.520 --> 02:14:36.520 all the spring blooming bulbs, so they're pre chilled and 2393 02:14:36.680 --> 02:14:38.720 ready to go, so you don't have to worry about 2394 02:14:39.079 --> 02:14:41.399 keeping them in the refrigerator for you know, six to 2395 02:14:41.399 --> 02:14:41.920 eight weeks. 2396 02:14:41.920 --> 02:14:43.560 At this point, they're already chilled. 2397 02:14:44.119 --> 02:14:47.920 Good good, well, I saw the photo of that, and 2398 02:14:47.960 --> 02:14:51.439 it is gorgeous. The selection of tulips and hyacinth and 2399 02:14:51.479 --> 02:14:52.119 everything you got. 2400 02:14:52.199 --> 02:14:54.159 Yeah, and you know what happens is, you know down 2401 02:14:54.199 --> 02:14:57.119 on Post Oak in Houston, people be driving around seeing 2402 02:14:57.159 --> 02:15:00.840 the tulips at the end of January or in February, 2403 02:15:01.199 --> 02:15:04.159 and then they'll that's when you want tulips. The problem 2404 02:15:04.239 --> 02:15:05.960 is is you will have to have a plant to 2405 02:15:06.039 --> 02:15:07.640 them already to really enjoy them. 2406 02:15:07.720 --> 02:15:11.479 So if you if you're buying for a gardener, you know. 2407 02:15:11.640 --> 02:15:14.319 Buy them some tulips and hyacinbols and tell them to 2408 02:15:14.319 --> 02:15:16.800 plant them between the holidays so that they're you know, 2409 02:15:16.880 --> 02:15:19.399 loaded up with those beautiful flowers in the springtime. 2410 02:15:20.840 --> 02:15:23.279 That's a good idea. So between Christmas and New Year's 2411 02:15:23.399 --> 02:15:25.159 is a great time to get those in the ground. 2412 02:15:25.880 --> 02:15:28.319 Absolutely all right. 2413 02:15:29.079 --> 02:15:32.159 Any other ideas you have, oh yeah, yeah, oh. 2414 02:15:32.000 --> 02:15:36.439 I'm loaded with them, because I mean I'm speaking for the. 2415 02:15:36.000 --> 02:15:37.079 Real gardeners here. 2416 02:15:37.159 --> 02:15:41.000 So real gardeners love to get plants. It doesn't matter, 2417 02:15:41.399 --> 02:15:44.520 it doesn't matter what the plant is, but citrus trees 2418 02:15:45.920 --> 02:15:49.720 with all the fixings. So a citrus tree with the 2419 02:15:49.760 --> 02:15:54.760 citrus food, with the citrus soil, and a frost blanket. 2420 02:15:54.920 --> 02:15:58.199 I mean, what what better gift is that? 2421 02:15:58.199 --> 02:15:58.319 That? 2422 02:15:58.399 --> 02:15:58.479 Is? 2423 02:15:59.000 --> 02:16:00.800 All the things that go glad you mentioned that. 2424 02:16:01.920 --> 02:16:03.479 Yeah, right, yeah, don't that is. 2425 02:16:03.479 --> 02:16:05.479 Don't leave it just you could even get them the 2426 02:16:05.479 --> 02:16:07.479 little wheels to put under the pot to move it. 2427 02:16:07.439 --> 02:16:08.039 In for the winter. 2428 02:16:09.800 --> 02:16:13.159 Yes, yes, and and that. And since it's a gift, 2429 02:16:13.199 --> 02:16:16.560 I'm glad you mentioned it that way, because you know, 2430 02:16:17.520 --> 02:16:21.119 I drone on incessantly about bronze stuff before green stuff. 2431 02:16:21.239 --> 02:16:23.239 But when you give a gift, somebody's just going to 2432 02:16:23.279 --> 02:16:25.359 take that citrus out there and PLoP it in the ground, 2433 02:16:25.920 --> 02:16:28.479 and to give them a soul mix to mix in well, 2434 02:16:28.600 --> 02:16:31.000 and the food, like you mentioned, I like that. That's 2435 02:16:31.039 --> 02:16:31.680 really nice. 2436 02:16:31.760 --> 02:16:35.079 Yeah, just everything for success basically. 2437 02:16:35.399 --> 02:16:37.239 So there you go, there you go. 2438 02:16:38.159 --> 02:16:41.799 And then for our younger gardeners. 2439 02:16:42.239 --> 02:16:45.200 And when I say younger, i'm talking you know you're 2440 02:16:45.680 --> 02:16:48.399 it's it's all the rage to have house plants right now, 2441 02:16:49.040 --> 02:16:53.760 and sow new home owners that want to do interior 2442 02:16:53.840 --> 02:16:59.079 plants or even your college students. Indoor house plants are 2443 02:16:59.319 --> 02:17:02.959 greenhouse is loaded up with exotic and tropicals right now, 2444 02:17:03.920 --> 02:17:08.639 and so fun things for yeah, fun things for your 2445 02:17:08.719 --> 02:17:11.319 new gardener. Something maybe easy like an airplant or a 2446 02:17:11.360 --> 02:17:16.280 promeliad would be amazing, and they're kind of really cool. 2447 02:17:16.440 --> 02:17:21.399 You know, conversation pieces, but then all the fology plants. 2448 02:17:21.559 --> 02:17:26.479 Maybe a little pot with some interior plants, soil and 2449 02:17:26.520 --> 02:17:30.479 some fertilizer would be an amazing gift to open for 2450 02:17:30.639 --> 02:17:32.680 really any age. 2451 02:17:33.040 --> 02:17:35.520 That is cool. And I know earlier in the year, 2452 02:17:35.600 --> 02:17:38.680 back in the warmer growing season, you guys had unusual 2453 02:17:38.719 --> 02:17:41.920 plants like the venus fly trap and some others that 2454 02:17:42.479 --> 02:17:46.000 are really different and unusual. But you guys always keep 2455 02:17:46.040 --> 02:17:48.840 a good stock in that greenhouse, so that's cool. 2456 02:17:49.040 --> 02:17:52.440 Yeah, it's loaded up right now and it is absolutely beautiful. 2457 02:17:53.879 --> 02:17:58.920 All right, Well good, it looks like I've got about 2458 02:17:58.959 --> 02:18:01.319 thirty seconds left. If you can come up with another one, 2459 02:18:01.399 --> 02:18:01.920 we'll go through. 2460 02:18:02.040 --> 02:18:06.440 Oh well, I mean always, a gift card to your 2461 02:18:06.520 --> 02:18:10.040 favorite garden center would be an amazing gift. You we 2462 02:18:10.079 --> 02:18:12.959 sell the plants for all seasons gift cards. But of course, 2463 02:18:13.000 --> 02:18:14.760 you know all the other nurseries you talk about have 2464 02:18:14.840 --> 02:18:18.079 gift cards. In what gardener would love a gift card 2465 02:18:18.799 --> 02:18:20.840 to do their shopping. Some people come and buy five 2466 02:18:20.920 --> 02:18:23.719 six hundred dollars gift cards to give to their spouse 2467 02:18:24.319 --> 02:18:27.040 to get their garden going in the spring. So that's 2468 02:18:27.079 --> 02:18:28.799 that's an amazing gift there you go. 2469 02:18:29.799 --> 02:18:31.799 That's good and you can write on the gift card 2470 02:18:32.200 --> 02:18:36.360 I've also purchased. It includes a free consultation with someone 2471 02:18:36.719 --> 02:18:39.159 at Plants for all seasons to walk around and guide you. 2472 02:18:39.159 --> 02:18:40.959 You don't have to tell the people that that already 2473 02:18:40.959 --> 02:18:44.200 comes free. When people come to your garden, absolutely give 2474 02:18:44.239 --> 02:18:49.520 them that little given value. Adam Cherry, thank you, thank 2475 02:18:49.559 --> 02:18:52.040 you so much. I appreciate you taking time out to 2476 02:18:52.079 --> 02:18:54.680 visit with us today. If you guys are located off 2477 02:18:55.399 --> 02:18:57.719 off of two forty nine just north of Lua. 2478 02:18:58.760 --> 02:18:59.360 You got it. 2479 02:18:59.360 --> 02:19:00.920 We've been here for fe fifty two years. This is 2480 02:19:00.959 --> 02:19:03.040 our fifty second year doing Christmas trees. 2481 02:19:04.360 --> 02:19:07.239 Christmas Trees and Point Set is a full service garden center, 2482 02:19:07.319 --> 02:19:08.680 so we're always here to help. 2483 02:19:08.760 --> 02:19:11.680 All right, thank you so much again. 2484 02:19:11.520 --> 02:19:14.879 Appreciate that, very very much, Very Christmas. 2485 02:19:14.680 --> 02:19:18.120 H All right, folks, there you have it. We're gonna 2486 02:19:18.120 --> 02:19:19.879 take a little break here. We got one last segment. 2487 02:19:19.920 --> 02:19:23.600 I'm opening the phone lines back up and I want 2488 02:19:23.639 --> 02:19:25.639 to continue talking about pruning if I got a little 2489 02:19:25.680 --> 02:19:28.920 time in there. Hey, welcome back to garden Line. Glad 2490 02:19:28.959 --> 02:19:32.040 to have you with us. We got one last segment 2491 02:19:32.079 --> 02:19:34.520 today and we're about to do it. I talk about 2492 02:19:34.520 --> 02:19:37.719 soil all the time, and when it comes to soil, 2493 02:19:38.079 --> 02:19:42.120 if you think back to i'll say, the grandfather of 2494 02:19:42.239 --> 02:19:45.159 quality soils in this area. You're talking about John Ferguson 2495 02:19:45.360 --> 02:19:48.639 and Nature's Way Resources. John and now his son Ian 2496 02:19:49.079 --> 02:19:52.680 running the place produce quality soils. That's just what they do. 2497 02:19:53.040 --> 02:19:55.559 Whether it is a compost, whether it is a mult 2498 02:19:55.639 --> 02:19:58.000 to go on top of the soil, whether it is 2499 02:19:58.040 --> 02:20:02.079 a soil amendment remineralizer. All the different products they have 2500 02:20:02.120 --> 02:20:04.799 and they have a wide, wide variety of them. It's 2501 02:20:04.799 --> 02:20:07.319 there Nature's Way. You can buy many of their products 2502 02:20:07.319 --> 02:20:09.920 in bags at local garden centers, or you can just 2503 02:20:09.920 --> 02:20:12.079 go out to Nature's Way, take your pickup, take your 2504 02:20:12.079 --> 02:20:15.879 trailer out there. They're located off Interstate forty five on 2505 02:20:15.959 --> 02:20:18.799 the way to conro So where fourteen eighty eight comes 2506 02:20:18.799 --> 02:20:22.399 in from Magnolia. You just turn right or turn to 2507 02:20:22.440 --> 02:20:24.680 the east to depend on which way you're going, and 2508 02:20:24.840 --> 02:20:27.840 cross over the railroad tracks and you're at Sherbrook Circle, 2509 02:20:27.920 --> 02:20:31.360 which is where Nature's Way is. They have fungal Friday's 2510 02:20:31.440 --> 02:20:35.360 still on twenty percent off their fungal compost. Now they 2511 02:20:35.360 --> 02:20:38.360 can also deliver it for you if you would like 2512 02:20:38.479 --> 02:20:40.200 to give them a call, and of course there's a 2513 02:20:40.200 --> 02:20:42.600 fee for delivery, but have them bring it out and 2514 02:20:42.680 --> 02:20:45.200 put it right there on your property so you can 2515 02:20:45.239 --> 02:20:48.159 just go to town making the beautiful garden beds, amending 2516 02:20:48.159 --> 02:20:51.760 your garden beds, amending your soil top, dressing your lawn 2517 02:20:51.840 --> 02:20:55.120 with fungal compost or leaf little compost, whatever you need 2518 02:20:55.200 --> 02:20:57.280 to do. They've got the product to do it that's 2519 02:20:57.280 --> 02:20:59.799 been made in a quality way so that it has 2520 02:21:00.559 --> 02:21:04.760 very positive, strong positive results. That's it Nature's Way Resources, 2521 02:21:05.239 --> 02:21:09.799 Nature's Way Resources nine two seven three, twelve hundred. I'm 2522 02:21:09.799 --> 02:21:11.680 gonna go to the phones now and we're going to 2523 02:21:11.760 --> 02:21:16.559 talk to Barbara in northwest Houston. Hey, Barbara Hight, good morning. 2524 02:21:17.639 --> 02:21:22.319 I have a probably a funny question, but I'm start 2525 02:21:22.360 --> 02:21:25.440 this off with I'm eighty one. I've had a high 2526 02:21:25.440 --> 02:21:28.959 biscus tree my mother got me in two thousand and 2527 02:21:29.000 --> 02:21:32.520 one or two, and it's very sentimental to me. 2528 02:21:33.079 --> 02:21:37.239 I transplant it, you know, well, I repot it. 2529 02:21:37.319 --> 02:21:40.799 Let's put it that way every every year, and I 2530 02:21:40.959 --> 02:21:44.799 just did about two months ago and it's not doing well. 2531 02:21:45.280 --> 02:21:48.840 I've cut off all the dead branches and everything. It's 2532 02:21:48.879 --> 02:21:51.280 in my bathtub, so just can we get a laugh 2533 02:21:51.319 --> 02:21:54.200 of that? But I can't. I can't haul it in 2534 02:21:54.239 --> 02:21:56.639 and out. So I got it in there and I 2535 02:21:56.680 --> 02:21:58.399 got my girl lite and it gets a lot of 2536 02:21:58.520 --> 02:22:02.959 regular sunlight. So it's I don't know what's wrong with it, 2537 02:22:03.000 --> 02:22:04.239 but it's it's dying. 2538 02:22:05.840 --> 02:22:07.600 Have you put it in the bathtub with the grow 2539 02:22:07.719 --> 02:22:09.639 light in previous years? 2540 02:22:10.079 --> 02:22:12.319 Yeah, every year since I've had it. 2541 02:22:12.319 --> 02:22:15.040 All right, Okay, so we know that. 2542 02:22:14.879 --> 02:22:19.399 At the winter time, you know, yeah, yeah, pardon me, okay, yeah. 2543 02:22:20.040 --> 02:22:22.399 When you say dying, tell me about kind of the 2544 02:22:22.440 --> 02:22:25.559 symptoms that you're seeing when you look at it. How 2545 02:22:25.559 --> 02:22:27.159 does that? What does it look like? 2546 02:22:28.319 --> 02:22:29.799 The whole branch. 2547 02:22:29.840 --> 02:22:31.840 It starts at the top of the branch and then 2548 02:22:31.840 --> 02:22:35.399 it goes down basically to the trunk. I only have one, two, 2549 02:22:36.399 --> 02:22:40.440 three good. Well, the fourth branch is the one that's 2550 02:22:40.440 --> 02:22:43.239 really dying. But the leaves are turning yellow. And I 2551 02:22:43.280 --> 02:22:48.000 don't over water it, I don't fertilize it. You're gonna 2552 02:22:48.040 --> 02:22:50.280 laugh at this one, But for years I have done 2553 02:22:50.360 --> 02:22:55.799 nothing but boil banana skins for about play minutes and 2554 02:22:55.840 --> 02:22:58.000 then I let it sat for about a day and 2555 02:22:58.040 --> 02:22:59.840 then I. 2556 02:22:59.120 --> 02:23:02.120 You know, put the liquid in the jar. 2557 02:23:02.280 --> 02:23:05.319 And then that's what I use for fertilization, and it 2558 02:23:05.360 --> 02:23:09.280 works on all my inside and outside plants. I dilute 2559 02:23:09.280 --> 02:23:11.600 it with water. I don't put it down there straight. 2560 02:23:12.079 --> 02:23:14.799 But it has worked all these years. But it's not 2561 02:23:14.879 --> 02:23:17.000 working anymore. I don't know what's wrong. 2562 02:23:17.120 --> 02:23:20.639 Well, so if the leaves are turning yellow, that could 2563 02:23:20.639 --> 02:23:23.879 be different things. You know, when leaves get older, they 2564 02:23:23.959 --> 02:23:26.399 naturally turn yellow and then they fall off. If you 2565 02:23:26.440 --> 02:23:30.159 go through a droudy period, that can happen to plants. Also, 2566 02:23:31.479 --> 02:23:33.680 I'm the only thing I can think of. If you 2567 02:23:33.719 --> 02:23:36.600 say you don't overwater it, it kind of takes out 2568 02:23:36.760 --> 02:23:39.799 all the possibilities of what would be going wrong other 2569 02:23:39.879 --> 02:23:42.959 than you know, a sudden change of light intensity or 2570 02:23:43.000 --> 02:23:47.200 sudden change in watering. Soggy soil creates root rots. Dry 2571 02:23:47.239 --> 02:23:49.600 soil creates, you know, the drought symptoms. 2572 02:23:50.040 --> 02:23:52.760 But the leaves are just drooping everything. 2573 02:23:54.360 --> 02:23:57.920 Yeah, something's wrong in the roots, Barbara, And I don't 2574 02:23:57.920 --> 02:24:01.920 know for sure what it is. With a biscus. I 2575 02:24:01.959 --> 02:24:04.959 have one in a container, and if I don't water it, 2576 02:24:04.959 --> 02:24:07.200 it starts to get yellow and drop leaves, and then 2577 02:24:07.200 --> 02:24:10.239 I watered again it perks back up. The only thing 2578 02:24:10.239 --> 02:24:12.600 I can think of is somehow getting too wet. Maybe 2579 02:24:12.639 --> 02:24:15.440 the soil, maybe the drain holes aren't working well, maybe 2580 02:24:15.479 --> 02:24:19.600 I don't know, but something is wrong. I would take 2581 02:24:19.639 --> 02:24:21.799 a little trial, dig down in the soil a little 2582 02:24:21.799 --> 02:24:23.760 bit and feel it a few inches deep, see how 2583 02:24:23.799 --> 02:24:30.120 wet it is, how soggy it is. And maybe you 2584 02:24:30.159 --> 02:24:34.200 did that. Okay, yeah, I don't know. I'm not going to. 2585 02:24:34.799 --> 02:24:39.760 I'm thinking maybe just old age. 2586 02:24:39.799 --> 02:24:42.719 But I'm not going to send out to buy a 2587 02:24:42.719 --> 02:24:45.559 funge aside drench because I'm not convinced it is a 2588 02:24:45.639 --> 02:24:49.559 root rod or anything like that. You might want to 2589 02:24:49.639 --> 02:24:51.760 try as we get into the growing season and the 2590 02:24:51.840 --> 02:24:54.559 light is better. It doesn't spend summers in the bathtub, 2591 02:24:54.639 --> 02:24:56.239 does it. 2592 02:24:56.239 --> 02:24:57.959 It has for the last year and a half because 2593 02:24:58.000 --> 02:24:58.840 I can't get it out. 2594 02:24:59.040 --> 02:25:01.319 Oh it has, okay, okay. 2595 02:25:01.000 --> 02:25:04.360 And I've got that plantation shutters the whole wall so 2596 02:25:04.440 --> 02:25:05.120 they're open pace. 2597 02:25:05.200 --> 02:25:10.040 Okay, good, Okay, Well, I don't know. I just watch 2598 02:25:10.079 --> 02:25:12.879 the water moisture on it, make sure the light is 2599 02:25:12.920 --> 02:25:16.719 intense enough to support good growth on it, and I 2600 02:25:16.719 --> 02:25:18.280 think we're gonna have to leave it at that one. 2601 02:25:18.319 --> 02:25:20.559 On this one, I'm sorry it's been giving you trusble. 2602 02:25:20.600 --> 02:25:22.959 Is there any fertilizer or anything I should use. 2603 02:25:23.680 --> 02:25:27.559 I would buy find something that says it's set. Find 2604 02:25:27.559 --> 02:25:30.920 something for hibiscus. Nelson Plant Food makes one in a 2605 02:25:30.959 --> 02:25:33.959 little jar that's for hibiscus, and I would recommend you 2606 02:25:34.040 --> 02:25:35.959 do that. The banana is not going to provide all 2607 02:25:35.959 --> 02:25:38.440 the nutrients that it needs. So all right, thank you 2608 02:25:38.680 --> 02:25:41.159 very much for the call. Try to catch one more 2609 02:25:41.200 --> 02:25:43.920 call here, Bill and sugar Land. Welcome to garden line. Bill. 2610 02:25:43.959 --> 02:25:46.159 I think I got about a minute, but let's see. 2611 02:25:46.040 --> 02:25:50.040 What we'll go fast. I have a Saint Augustine. I 2612 02:25:50.040 --> 02:25:53.079 have a Saint Augustine line, I mean a lawn, and 2613 02:25:53.159 --> 02:25:56.920 in October I did the folfertilization, spread herbicide and funge side. 2614 02:25:56.959 --> 02:26:00.120 But I think I may have user area user errors 2615 02:26:00.159 --> 02:26:01.799 of My line is Saint Augustine. But I have a 2616 02:26:01.840 --> 02:26:06.159 section that dollar weed has just taken over. And that's 2617 02:26:06.159 --> 02:26:06.840 all you see. 2618 02:26:07.639 --> 02:26:09.399 I don't know how to give here. 2619 02:26:10.040 --> 02:26:12.760 So here's the deal. Dollar weed number one. Culturally, it 2620 02:26:12.799 --> 02:26:15.600 loves it when it's too wet. If it stays soggy wet, 2621 02:26:15.680 --> 02:26:18.680 dollar weed proliferates. So if there's a way you can 2622 02:26:18.719 --> 02:26:20.879 avoid that, it may mean turning off the irrigation. It 2623 02:26:20.920 --> 02:26:23.719 may mean improving the drainage in the area. Anything like 2624 02:26:23.760 --> 02:26:26.399 that will at least help. It won't get rid of 2625 02:26:26.440 --> 02:26:29.559 dollar weed, but it won't make it proliferate. There's a 2626 02:26:29.559 --> 02:26:32.920 product called Celsius that you can use and it is 2627 02:26:33.079 --> 02:26:36.760 very effective against dollar weed. You may want to add 2628 02:26:36.799 --> 02:26:39.719 a surffactant to it because dollar weed has a slick 2629 02:26:39.840 --> 02:26:42.559 surface and you want the drops to really stick to 2630 02:26:42.639 --> 02:26:47.440 those round leaves. So get you a quality surfactant. You're 2631 02:26:47.479 --> 02:26:53.360 in sugar Land, Go to Bob in Gosh, I can't. 2632 02:26:53.399 --> 02:26:57.079 I just want blanks. Yeah, he carries that, and he 2633 02:26:57.120 --> 02:26:59.399 carries a surfactant. He can get you going on that. 2634 02:27:00.079 --> 02:27:02.120 You got some of these hardware stores around you too 2635 02:27:02.319 --> 02:27:05.639 that probably will have what I'm talking about. But Celsius, 2636 02:27:05.760 --> 02:27:08.239 like the temperature, comes in a little packet. You make 2637 02:27:08.280 --> 02:27:10.680 a dollar a gallon of spray with it, and that 2638 02:27:10.719 --> 02:27:14.000 goes a long way, and you may have to repeat it. 2639 02:27:14.479 --> 02:27:17.479 That's not don't be surprised if you need to repeat 2640 02:27:17.479 --> 02:27:20.040 it next year. But get it on as soon as 2641 02:27:20.079 --> 02:27:21.959 possible because things are going to be getting kind of 2642 02:27:22.000 --> 02:27:23.559 dormant here on us pretty quick. 2643 02:27:23.879 --> 02:27:25.959 I will do that Thank you so much and have 2644 02:27:26.079 --> 02:27:28.840 a merry Christmas you too. 2645 02:27:28.959 --> 02:27:32.639 Thanks for the call. Well that was a full show, 2646 02:27:33.559 --> 02:27:36.120 busy right to the end. We'll be back next week folks. 2647 02:27:36.879 --> 02:27:40.360 In the meantime, I hope you have a wonderful holiday 2648 02:27:40.399 --> 02:27:43.840 season and enjoy the sun this week. Get out there 2649 02:27:43.840 --> 02:27:45.280 in the garden and have fun.