WEBVTT 1 00:00:21.199 --> 00:00:27.320 Welcome to Katy r h Garden Line with Skip Ricarda. 2 00:00:31.000 --> 00:00:35.439 Can you watch the trim? You just watch him as. 3 00:00:35.439 --> 00:00:36.479 Word got. 4 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:45.640 Many by things to see, bats in the way gas 5 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:48.880 you did as close back? 6 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:58.640 Sid alrighty, all right, let's let's do a garden show today. 7 00:00:58.679 --> 00:01:02.640 How about that Welcome to garden Line. We are here 8 00:01:02.719 --> 00:01:05.400 to answer your gardening questions and basically the way I 9 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:07.840 like to put it here, to help you have a 10 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.400 bountiful garden, a beautiful landscape and more fun in the process. 11 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:16.920 Gardening should be fun. And I know sometimes you know, 12 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.120 you try something doesn't work out like you intended it to, 13 00:01:20.359 --> 00:01:23.640 and it's like I wasn't much fun. Well, let's fix that. 14 00:01:24.239 --> 00:01:26.680 Give me a call. We can talk about it. Seven 15 00:01:26.760 --> 00:01:30.400 one three two one two fifty eight seventy four, or 16 00:01:30.439 --> 00:01:32.599 if you like to die, buy letters seven one three 17 00:01:32.719 --> 00:01:37.120 two one two kt R. H Uh. There is a 18 00:01:37.280 --> 00:01:39.879 lot that you can do to have more success, and 19 00:01:39.959 --> 00:01:42.680 it's just a matter of starting to think like a plant. 20 00:01:43.000 --> 00:01:44.840 Maybe that'd be a good name for the show, thinking 21 00:01:45.040 --> 00:01:49.480 like a plant. Anyway, We're glad you're here. Hey, the 22 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:52.560 folks at Nitrovis have got you covered for your early 23 00:01:52.640 --> 00:01:54.519 spring green up. You go to my schedule, you'll see 24 00:01:54.519 --> 00:01:57.439 the early spring green up. That's an optional application, you know. 25 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:00.719 It's if you want to see a greener early a earlier, 26 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:04.519 do this and you will absolutely Well, they've got the 27 00:02:04.599 --> 00:02:06.640 nitro foss Imperial that's a fifteen to five to ten. 28 00:02:07.480 --> 00:02:10.400 This is a standard fertilizer ratio. It's a three one 29 00:02:10.439 --> 00:02:13.680 to two ratio. Lots of nitrogen, not much phosphorus, medium 30 00:02:13.719 --> 00:02:16.759 amount of potassium. If you take grass clippings and send 31 00:02:16.800 --> 00:02:18.879 them to the lab and say what's in this, that's 32 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:20.719 what you're going to see. A three one two or 33 00:02:20.800 --> 00:02:24.000 four one two or something like that ratio of nutrients. Now, 34 00:02:24.159 --> 00:02:27.479 nitrofax in perial also comes. It is not the only 35 00:02:27.639 --> 00:02:31.879 form that it takes. They also have a nitrofoss fifteen 36 00:02:31.879 --> 00:02:34.560 to five to ten that has the ingredient TRIMEC in it. 37 00:02:34.759 --> 00:02:37.599 That is a post emergent broad leaf wheed control. So 38 00:02:37.639 --> 00:02:40.199 if you're looking at your yard right now and you're 39 00:02:40.240 --> 00:02:41.960 wanting to do a green app and it's just like 40 00:02:42.120 --> 00:02:44.400 there's all these brown weeds, there are green weeds that 41 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:47.680 are in my lawn, well, that would be an option. 42 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:50.560 You wet the lawn, you put it on it goes 43 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:52.680 into the tissues, it kills the weeds, and then a 44 00:02:52.759 --> 00:02:54.479 couple of days after you apply it, go ahead and 45 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:56.719 water it in. Get that fertilizer done in the soil. 46 00:02:57.039 --> 00:02:59.000 But that's kind of a two fur on that. And 47 00:02:59.319 --> 00:03:00.719 this is one of the times of the year and 48 00:03:00.759 --> 00:03:02.680 there's not a lot of them, or I'll say, put 49 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:07.280 that combo on. Usually the time we put a herbicide 50 00:03:07.319 --> 00:03:10.400 and then we put a fertilizer on may not line 51 00:03:10.479 --> 00:03:12.599 up real good, especially with pre emergence in the spring. 52 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:16.879 But I'm telling you that this stuff will work to 53 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:19.599 do what it's supposed to do. The imperil, by the way, 54 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:23.240 is a red bag. It's the red bag and the 55 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:27.319 one with a trimec is kind of a bluish blue 56 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:30.159 at lighter bluish colored bag, So be careful with that 57 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:33.319 because there's a purple bag also that's a different ingredient. 58 00:03:34.039 --> 00:03:38.240 So whatever you're going after, just make sure that you've 59 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:40.439 chosen the right product for your lawn. And when it 60 00:03:40.520 --> 00:03:43.719 comes to pretty much any kind of lawn, the either 61 00:03:43.759 --> 00:03:45.840 of these the Imperial, the red bag or the light 62 00:03:45.919 --> 00:03:49.039 blue bag would would be fine. We're going to head 63 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.560 out and out a tumble and talk to Mel. Hello Mel, 64 00:03:52.639 --> 00:03:53.599 welcome to garden line. 65 00:03:54.759 --> 00:03:58.719 You know this, Hi, this is really weird. You answered 66 00:03:58.719 --> 00:04:01.120 the question I think to give you. 67 00:04:01.719 --> 00:04:03.800 All right, Well, all right, let's talk about it some 68 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:06.319 more real. All right, let's talk about it. 69 00:04:06.479 --> 00:04:09.719 Yeah, I put down my pre emergent about a week 70 00:04:09.759 --> 00:04:11.439 and a half something I got two weeks ago, and 71 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:13.000 I did put fifteen five ten. 72 00:04:13.759 --> 00:04:14.719 But now what was this? 73 00:04:15.159 --> 00:04:17.800 My problem is I got so many leftover weeds that 74 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:19.519 I'd like to get rid of it. I didn't want 75 00:04:19.560 --> 00:04:20.240 it to interfere with. 76 00:04:21.879 --> 00:04:27.720 And well, well yeah, but you've already put on your 77 00:04:27.800 --> 00:04:31.480 green up the fifteen five tens, so don't do it 78 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:34.800 again with the weed control and that that's too much fertilizer. 79 00:04:34.879 --> 00:04:38.079 So in your situation, you're going to want to get 80 00:04:38.120 --> 00:04:41.040 something that you mix up in a sprayer and spot 81 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:43.759 treat your weeds. And when you go, you know, you're 82 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:46.759 up there in tom Ball area. You got You've got 83 00:04:47.120 --> 00:04:49.680 places like the arbigate is real close to you. D 84 00:04:49.759 --> 00:04:52.439 and D's out there in that area. They're going to 85 00:04:52.519 --> 00:04:55.160 have a product. You mix it, both of them, mixing water. 86 00:04:55.480 --> 00:04:58.360 You spray it on the broad leaf weeds. But take 87 00:04:58.399 --> 00:05:00.519 a good look make sure your weeds are broad leaf 88 00:05:00.639 --> 00:05:01.680 is supposed to grassy. 89 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:02.439 Uh. 90 00:05:02.600 --> 00:05:05.399 And if they're primarily broad leaf weeds, which I suspect 91 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:08.040 they are, then you just spot treat with that and 92 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:11.040 the next your next time with fertilizers coming up here 93 00:05:11.120 --> 00:05:13.360 in April, when we mowed the lawn a couple of times, 94 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:15.720 we're going to start putting on our summer application. 95 00:05:16.759 --> 00:05:19.560 Well do I put I put something down, I'll get today. 96 00:05:19.560 --> 00:05:22.680 Okay, then I don't forget the next question. But uh, 97 00:05:23.279 --> 00:05:24.959 what is it I got out here? 98 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:25.439 What? 99 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:28.319 What? What's the product that they have that it mixed 100 00:05:28.360 --> 00:05:28.680 with water? 101 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:32.279 I'm sorry you said you have what out there? 102 00:05:33.240 --> 00:05:35.480 Oh we've got I've got D N D and arborgate 103 00:05:35.519 --> 00:05:35.959 close by. 104 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:40.279 Like you say, yeah, what is the product? Yeah, there's 105 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:42.680 a bunch of them. Yeah, there's a bunch of them. Uh, 106 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:46.560 let's see Bonye mix one that's a weed beater. Fertilleugh 107 00:05:46.639 --> 00:05:48.920 makes one that's I think a weed free zone what 108 00:05:49.000 --> 00:05:52.319 they call there. Just go into the wherever you're going 109 00:05:52.439 --> 00:05:57.199 in those folks independent businesses, they're going to have the 110 00:05:57.279 --> 00:06:00.279 skill staff to point you at the right product that 111 00:06:00.319 --> 00:06:01.959 they carry, and they're gonna have probably more two or 112 00:06:01.959 --> 00:06:05.680 three options that you can use. So it's not like 113 00:06:05.800 --> 00:06:08.279 you have to go get this one spray for those weeds. 114 00:06:08.279 --> 00:06:10.680 There's a number of them out there. But the keys 115 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:15.319 to the what you're asking them is broad leaf post emergent. 116 00:06:15.439 --> 00:06:18.040 I want to kill an existing broad leaf weed that 117 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:20.480 and then they can point you at the right product 118 00:06:20.519 --> 00:06:20.959 that they care. 119 00:06:21.000 --> 00:06:23.959 Okay, post emergent. 120 00:06:25.319 --> 00:06:30.079 Yeah, Hey, it's not that hard. You're lucky man. When 121 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:33.120 you got place like arbigate and D and D they'll 122 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:35.079 take care of Grab a few of your weeds and 123 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:37.120 walk in there and show them and they know exactly 124 00:06:37.199 --> 00:06:39.120 what to do. That's another way if you don't want 125 00:06:39.160 --> 00:06:41.519 to remember all the fancy words, just just grab a 126 00:06:41.560 --> 00:06:43.160 few weeds, throw them in a bag, and walk in 127 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:45.160 and they'll point you at the right product. All right, 128 00:06:46.199 --> 00:06:52.959 oh cool, all you take care. I appreciate that a lot. 129 00:06:54.040 --> 00:06:56.959 You know, the I talk about the three sixty tree stabilizer, 130 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.639 it is an amazing I'm gonna say no, because it's 131 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:02.439 you know, in the last five ten years something like 132 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:06.560 well probably five years. The three sixty tree stabilizer. You 133 00:07:06.639 --> 00:07:08.800 attach it to a post, you attach it to your tree, 134 00:07:09.439 --> 00:07:11.639 and it holds it in place and in fact, I'm 135 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:13.879 gonna try later today. I want to post a video 136 00:07:13.920 --> 00:07:17.480 and show you of a tree in a strong wind 137 00:07:17.639 --> 00:07:20.319 with a stabilizer on it. It's amazing, you know. Now 138 00:07:20.439 --> 00:07:22.519 you can do one stabilizer or if you've got a 139 00:07:22.560 --> 00:07:24.839 bigger tree, you know, big jack canopy like a sail 140 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:27.600 in the wind, you can do two. Do one east west, 141 00:07:27.680 --> 00:07:30.439 one north south. But they attached with a soft strap, 142 00:07:30.759 --> 00:07:33.959 so they allow the tree to move. That's important. If 143 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:36.240 you honker a tree down where it cannot budget all 144 00:07:36.439 --> 00:07:40.439 the trunk will not develop strength, nor the top brace 145 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:42.319 roots at the top near the base of the trunk, 146 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:44.879 they're not going to develop that strength that they will 147 00:07:45.040 --> 00:07:47.160 if they're allowed to bend and push and twist a 148 00:07:47.199 --> 00:07:49.040 little bit. So you want a little bit of movement, 149 00:07:49.199 --> 00:07:52.160 and it's designed to do exactly that. You're gonna find 150 00:07:52.199 --> 00:07:55.240 three sixty tree stabilizers at you know, just talking about 151 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.279 going out to Arburgate, Well they've got them there. You 152 00:07:59.279 --> 00:08:02.360 can go and if your shop at Buchanans or Jorgeshiden 153 00:08:02.399 --> 00:08:05.920 Gardens down South RCW Nursery, Ciena Molt, these are all 154 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:08.519 places where you're going to find the three sixty tree 155 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:12.920 stabilizer so whatever you're doing, if you planted a tree, 156 00:08:13.160 --> 00:08:15.160 even in the last year, I would go ahead and 157 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:17.879 get something like that on it and make sure that 158 00:08:18.040 --> 00:08:20.560 it is held in the place and it can have 159 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.759 the best chance possible of establishing. Very well, I'm gonna 160 00:08:24.759 --> 00:08:26.480 have to take quick break here and when we come back, 161 00:08:26.560 --> 00:08:28.600 Paul in the Woodlands, you're going to be our first up. 162 00:08:29.800 --> 00:08:33.240 All right, we're back, folks. Hey, welcome back to garden Line. 163 00:08:33.559 --> 00:08:37.240 Good to have you with us. Enjoy getting to visit 164 00:08:37.360 --> 00:08:39.919 with you about the things that are most of interest 165 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:45.240 to you in Jenny Gardens out there in Richmond Rosenberg area. 166 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:48.240 In fact, it's specifically it's on FM three point fifty 167 00:08:48.360 --> 00:08:53.279 nine north of Richmond between Katie you know, Katie Fullshire 168 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:55.639 side of Richmond. Let's just do it that way, between 169 00:08:55.840 --> 00:09:00.440 Richmond and Katie Richmond and Katie in fullsher in there. 170 00:09:00.519 --> 00:09:03.080 All right, Well, anyway, bottom line is they've been arounted 171 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.960 in nineteen ninety five. That is an unbelievable place. Unforgettable. 172 00:09:07.960 --> 00:09:10.080 I mean they I was there the other day for 173 00:09:10.320 --> 00:09:13.240 giving a talk and it just it's just always amazing. 174 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.120 I never go out there that it is just not 175 00:09:16.480 --> 00:09:19.639 chock full of everything that is seasonal that you need 176 00:09:20.200 --> 00:09:22.320 and the help you get there. They know what they're 177 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:24.440 talking about. This is an independent gardens and it's a 178 00:09:24.559 --> 00:09:28.200 family owned garden center. And listen, these folks know and 179 00:09:28.320 --> 00:09:30.080 do you go in and you may not even know 180 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:33.039 the right question, and they can help you. They'll walk 181 00:09:33.039 --> 00:09:35.519 you around, talk to you, help you. You're gonna find 182 00:09:35.679 --> 00:09:39.759 herbs and vegetables, you know, roses, a great selection of seed. 183 00:09:39.960 --> 00:09:43.200 When I start talking about fertilizers and soils like Microlife, 184 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:47.759 nitrofoss Nelson, Medina, Nature's Way, heirloom soil, they've got all 185 00:09:47.840 --> 00:09:50.480 of that there at Enchanted Gardens. You need to go 186 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:56.080 to the website. It's Enchanted Gardens, Richmond. Enchanted Gardens, Richmond. 187 00:09:56.159 --> 00:09:59.639 And listen, we have got some great weather for most 188 00:09:59.720 --> 00:10:03.320 of this week. Oh man, today, it would be a 189 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:06.519 good day to run out there check them out. It's 190 00:10:06.639 --> 00:10:08.320 just it's the kind of place where you're going to 191 00:10:08.360 --> 00:10:10.879 take a friend with you because it's just fun. It's 192 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:14.879 just flat fun to go and check out the incredible 193 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:19.320 combo planters that they have. Maria there is always creating 194 00:10:19.399 --> 00:10:21.480 something new. In fact, you follow them on social media, 195 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:23.919 you can actually watch her build things and get some 196 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:29.919 real good inspiration again Enchanted Gardens, Richmond dot com. Let's 197 00:10:29.919 --> 00:10:31.639 go out to the woodlands. Now we're going to talk 198 00:10:31.679 --> 00:10:34.080 to Paul. Hey, Paul, Welcome to garden Line. 199 00:10:35.159 --> 00:10:38.919 Good morning, Skiff. I got a question about most volcanos. 200 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:41.639 I know that they are for trees, but is it 201 00:10:41.759 --> 00:10:43.240 also a problem for shrubs? 202 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:45.200 It is? 203 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:49.000 It is the above ground portions of plant trunks and 204 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:52.600 stems aren't made to be underground. And when you pile 205 00:10:52.679 --> 00:10:55.679 it up and it tends to stay wet, it doesn't 206 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:59.320 work well. And especially with newly planted plants, that volcano 207 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.000 ends up on the like shedding water away from where 208 00:11:02.039 --> 00:11:03.919 that little root ball is you put in the ground, 209 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.360 and so you right where you most need water to 210 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:09.840 soak in. You got this big thick mulch that it's 211 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:11.919 gonna absorb it and shut it off to the side. 212 00:11:12.039 --> 00:11:14.440 So not a good idea. Not a good idea. 213 00:11:14.600 --> 00:11:17.320 Okay, So when my gardener comes in mulch, is I 214 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:19.480 gotta go out there and take it away not only 215 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:21.320 from the trees, but from the shrubs. 216 00:11:23.440 --> 00:11:26.720 Yeah, And you know, if we're talking about an inch 217 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:30.000 or or two or two inches of mulch or something 218 00:11:30.080 --> 00:11:31.960 that's fine. But just even if it's like three or 219 00:11:32.000 --> 00:11:34.679 four inches, pull it away from the base and the 220 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:37.360 gardener if he's gonna if you're gonna pay him to 221 00:11:37.440 --> 00:11:39.000 do this, he needs to do it right. He needs 222 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:41.120 to do what you tell him to do. And that 223 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:44.039 is a it's one of those old things that happens 224 00:11:44.080 --> 00:11:46.399 around town, and so you see it, and so everybody 225 00:11:46.480 --> 00:11:49.159 does it, and that makes people do it more, and 226 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:53.840 it's it's the wrong horticultural practice. Good enough, Thank you, 227 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:57.759 all right, thanks for the call man. Take care all right. Hey, 228 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:00.720 guess what I'm gonna be today up there at the 229 00:12:00.879 --> 00:12:04.600 Montgomery County Home and Outdoor Living Show at the Lone 230 00:12:04.639 --> 00:12:07.559 Star Convention Center up on Airport Road and Conrad. I'll 231 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:09.879 be there from twelve to two, given a little talk 232 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:12.879 and giving away a lot of products from the folks 233 00:12:12.919 --> 00:12:16.039 at Nelson, the folks at Medina. So you know, come 234 00:12:16.120 --> 00:12:18.919 check me out if you got some time. Take care, 235 00:12:20.039 --> 00:12:24.639 Thank you, all right, bye bye. Yeah, I'm really looking 236 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:28.480 looking forward to that. We've got some great products, you know, 237 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.480 folks at Nelson, they they've kind of got you covered 238 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:34.279 on everything that you might need for any plant. You 239 00:12:34.360 --> 00:12:36.399 got a plant, you want it green or more productive, well, 240 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:38.759 check out some of their products. You know, they've got 241 00:12:38.840 --> 00:12:42.120 the Nelson wheedon eater that is a product. There's not 242 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:45.600 your typical whedon feed. This has a growth regulator in 243 00:12:45.720 --> 00:12:47.840 it that slows the grass down a little bit, which 244 00:12:47.919 --> 00:12:52.679 means you mow less. That's important because when spring fully hits, 245 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.200 that grass is taken off. If you have to sleep 246 00:12:55.279 --> 00:12:57.159 on your lawn more because they wake up every few 247 00:12:57.200 --> 00:13:00.759 minutes to mote again. Anyway, it all also has the 248 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:04.200 post emergered products gonna knock out a wide range of 249 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:08.120 weeds like chickweed and clover and dandulion, dollar weed, person 250 00:13:08.200 --> 00:13:11.000 lane spurges those little vining weeds that get out in 251 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.679 your grass. It takes care of it. That's a weedininator. 252 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:17.320 And it will also feed a long time. So we're 253 00:13:17.360 --> 00:13:20.200 talking about you get some immediate release, but there's a 254 00:13:20.320 --> 00:13:22.279 number of kinds of nitrogen in it, so you're gonna 255 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:24.759 end up getting feeding for you know, three or four months. 256 00:13:24.759 --> 00:13:26.720 You'll care. Let's just put this. It's gonna carry all 257 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:29.000 the way up to the summer if you put out 258 00:13:29.039 --> 00:13:32.360 a full application of it. Also, you need to wet 259 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:35.639 the weeds first. Anytime you're using a granular weed control, 260 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:37.879 you gotta wet the weeds. You want the granules to 261 00:13:38.000 --> 00:13:40.399 stick to the weeds. And then immediately while the weeds 262 00:13:40.440 --> 00:13:42.879 were wet, put that product out. Let us sit a 263 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:44.879 couple of days and a couple days later, watered down 264 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:49.879 and there you go, You're covered. Got it done. Another 265 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:52.039 product from the folks that Nelson boy. You can find 266 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:56.480 those things all over town. So uh yeah, that that 267 00:13:56.679 --> 00:13:58.519 is the case. I was trying out some of their 268 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:00.919 other product. I'll talk about those little later. Strang out 269 00:14:00.919 --> 00:14:04.600 some of the other products recently, and we're very impressed 270 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:08.879 with the stuff they have now on guardline, I'm always 271 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:12.720 saying brown stuff before green stuff, right, brown stuff before 272 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:16.519 green stuff. That is basically a way of saying, get 273 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:20.559 the soil right before you put the plants in. That's important. 274 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:24.799 You got to do it that way. And it's so 275 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:27.679 many people get inspired on a wim you know, warm 276 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:30.559 sunny day. Let's go buy some plants. Great idea, by 277 00:14:30.600 --> 00:14:33.840 the way, go do that, but buy some soil too. 278 00:14:34.080 --> 00:14:38.159 Come home, get the foundation right, and it's like deciding, 279 00:14:38.240 --> 00:14:41.480 you know, I want a house and starting to hammer 280 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:44.720 tubat for us together before you pour concrete on the foundation. 281 00:14:45.440 --> 00:14:47.519 You don't do it that way, and if you do, 282 00:14:47.840 --> 00:14:50.399 you're setting yourself up for success. Unless you just already 283 00:14:50.480 --> 00:14:53.159 happen to have wonderful soil, which almost no one does. 284 00:14:54.080 --> 00:14:57.399 So get the soil right, and heirloom soils. They are 285 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:01.960 set up to sell you exactly what you need for 286 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:04.360 exactly the planter you're ground. Are you going to plant 287 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:07.559 fruit trees? Or how about vegetables and herbs by the way, 288 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:11.360 there's a mix for that. How about roses, there's a 289 00:15:11.440 --> 00:15:14.600 mix for that. Really, any kind of shrubs and blooming plants. 290 00:15:14.639 --> 00:15:17.759 That rose product works excellent for now. You're going to 291 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:19.759 find it in the bags all over the place. They 292 00:15:19.799 --> 00:15:23.200 are widely available. You can also drive out to porter 293 00:15:23.399 --> 00:15:25.559 and pick up bulk, take your trailer or you pick 294 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:28.759 up go out there and get you some, or call 295 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:31.159 them up and have them deliver it. There's so many 296 00:15:31.200 --> 00:15:34.120 options with airloom. You can have them bring a load 297 00:15:34.159 --> 00:15:36.559 of it, put it on the driveway and I've done 298 00:15:36.639 --> 00:15:40.080 that many times myself, and they know you will bear 299 00:15:40.120 --> 00:15:41.519 it around where you need it. Or you can have 300 00:15:41.559 --> 00:15:44.320 them bring a supersack that's a giant sack that holds 301 00:15:44.360 --> 00:15:48.000 a cubic yard, a cubic yard and a sack. It 302 00:15:48.120 --> 00:15:50.360 is neat and clean. I still have part of a 303 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:53.919 sack on my driveway that I've been emptying, and I 304 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:58.039 just keep getting sidetracked on other projects. But it's a neat, 305 00:15:58.080 --> 00:16:00.639 clean way to do it. It's all at Heirloom Soils Now. 306 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:02.399 If you want to go out to the Porter area, 307 00:16:02.480 --> 00:16:05.120 it's on a US fifty nine access road out there 308 00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.240 in Porter. Here's a phone number if you'd like to 309 00:16:07.360 --> 00:16:10.879 call to talk about maybe a delivery or you know 310 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:13.399 more detail you want about coming by to pick it up. 311 00:16:13.759 --> 00:16:17.440 Two eight one three five four nineteen fifty two eight 312 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:21.840 one three five four one nine five zero. Let's go 313 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:25.279 out to Galveston now, and we're going to talk to Bill. Hello, Bill, 314 00:16:25.440 --> 00:16:27.720 Welcome to guard Line. Thank you. 315 00:16:28.840 --> 00:16:30.919 I've always written this down. You've told me that I've 316 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:32.960 lost a piece of paper that tells me where it 317 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:35.159 is and what you're going to put that in a 318 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:38.720 barricade this morning. But I forgot what the Speader settings 319 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:42.480 were because I have one of these off brand Speader settings. 320 00:16:43.320 --> 00:16:44.799 And also, by the way, why I had it the 321 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.960 same thing for Frue Leader. 322 00:16:47.320 --> 00:16:50.320 All right, so here here it is. I need to 323 00:16:50.360 --> 00:16:52.759 put this on my website. Make it just an easy 324 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:55.879 reference for folks. If you've got to walk behind spruder, 325 00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:57.120 is that what you're talking about or are you talking 326 00:16:57.120 --> 00:17:01.279 about a handheld right? No, walk behy it, walk behind it. Okay, 327 00:17:01.679 --> 00:17:03.559 So you want to put it a notch or two 328 00:17:03.840 --> 00:17:09.799 above half way for fertilizer, So if you had a 329 00:17:09.920 --> 00:17:12.960 twenty notch spreader, that would be eleven or set it 330 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:16.480 on eleven or twelve, a notch or two above the middle. Okay, 331 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:20.839 that's for fertilizer. Now the barricade, we're talking about a 332 00:17:21.039 --> 00:17:25.279 notch above one quarter. So using that twenty notch example, 333 00:17:25.799 --> 00:17:28.079 that would be setting it on five or six, about 334 00:17:28.079 --> 00:17:29.960 a fourth of the way up. But I want to 335 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:32.440 tell you something, that barricade is a very very fine 336 00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:37.759 textured product compared to fertilizer. And I would recommend under 337 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:42.400 applying going let's say east west and then see where 338 00:17:42.440 --> 00:17:45.279 you are and then go north south to fill back 339 00:17:45.359 --> 00:17:47.680 in with the other half, because you know you can 340 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:50.559 always go back over it again, and every time you 341 00:17:50.880 --> 00:17:52.680 split it up and go over it, you're getting a 342 00:17:52.759 --> 00:17:56.000 more even spread, right that you don't have the stripes 343 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:59.119 or whatever in other words, so with the barricade, go 344 00:17:59.279 --> 00:18:01.839 light and and then come back and fill in, because 345 00:18:01.839 --> 00:18:03.839 a lot of folks I talk to, you know, they 346 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.119 set it and they think they're good, and all of 347 00:18:06.160 --> 00:18:07.799 a sudden it's like I'm two thirds of the way 348 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:09.960 through the yard and I just ran out of barricade. Well, 349 00:18:10.079 --> 00:18:12.920 that means you over applied it, and so that go 350 00:18:13.160 --> 00:18:20.279 light on that one notch above one quarter. Okay, I 351 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:23.599 appreciate it, all right, Sure you bet good luck with that, 352 00:18:23.880 --> 00:18:26.599 and don't forget to water it in the barricade especially, 353 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:29.319 gotta water that in with just about a half inch 354 00:18:29.400 --> 00:18:31.880 of water to get it down in the soil because 355 00:18:31.960 --> 00:18:36.559 weeds can germinate, but not after you've watered the barricade in. 356 00:18:37.319 --> 00:18:39.960 Thanks Bill, I I do appreciate your call and take 357 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:45.599 care of it. Jorges Hiding Gardens is down in the 358 00:18:45.759 --> 00:18:50.079 Alven area, and Horay always has some really cool stuff 359 00:18:50.119 --> 00:18:52.079 coming in. He's got a lot of good free trees. 360 00:18:52.160 --> 00:18:52.480 Right now. 361 00:18:52.920 --> 00:18:55.519 We're talking about, you know, your decidrous fruit, you know, 362 00:18:55.640 --> 00:18:58.279 like the peaches and plums and so on. We're talking 363 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:02.319 about the citrus, got goods, Citrius got blackberries. He's got 364 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:06.519 some blueberries down there. I was seeing that Jorge has 365 00:19:06.680 --> 00:19:10.319 also got an excellent supply of herbs and vegetables when 366 00:19:10.359 --> 00:19:12.480 you're out there. And when it comes to trees, I 367 00:19:12.559 --> 00:19:15.559 mean that he always has a good supply. You want 368 00:19:15.680 --> 00:19:18.279 instant tree, you know, a bigger tree, he can provide 369 00:19:18.319 --> 00:19:20.960 that for you. You just go down to Jorges Hidden Gardens. 370 00:19:21.079 --> 00:19:26.440 They are on Elizabeth Street, so kind of to the 371 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:30.160 south and east. I had to get the map in 372 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:34.400 my brain here south and east of Alvin on south 373 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:36.400 the Highway six, just south of the Highway six. So 374 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:39.680 those of you listening in Arcadia, Arcadia, you know places 375 00:19:39.720 --> 00:19:43.000 like Dickinson and Hillcrest, Algoa, Santa Fe, all that area. 376 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:46.359 This is your backyard garden center. And they do have 377 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:50.240 that three sixty tree stabilizer too, so you need to 378 00:19:50.359 --> 00:19:53.920 check that out. If you're looking for flowers, Jorges got 379 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:57.000 those as well. And roses. He has a really nice 380 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:01.240 little artie trellist Peggy Martin. Roses I think are just 381 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:03.799 a great way to get a good fast head start 382 00:20:04.319 --> 00:20:07.119 on those. And that's Hoores Hidden Gardens. I'm going to 383 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:09.839 be there coming up in the future. I'm going to 384 00:20:09.920 --> 00:20:12.400 go down there In fact, let's see you next weekend. 385 00:20:12.559 --> 00:20:16.559 I'll be heading down to Horaes Hidden Gardens. All right, 386 00:20:16.599 --> 00:20:19.160 let's go up the tumbball and talk to David. Hey, David, 387 00:20:19.200 --> 00:20:20.160 welcome to garden Line. 388 00:20:21.160 --> 00:20:23.279 Hey, good morning, Skip. Hey, I got a couple of 389 00:20:23.400 --> 00:20:24.039 questions for you. 390 00:20:25.400 --> 00:20:29.799 I plan at some tomatoes from seed oh several weeks ago, 391 00:20:29.960 --> 00:20:33.519 and these these little sprouts are about two inches inch 392 00:20:33.559 --> 00:20:36.200 and a half two inches tall, and it just seems 393 00:20:36.240 --> 00:20:38.920 like they've kind of stopped. They still look green and everything. 394 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:44.240 What can I spray on them to kind of kickstart them? 395 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:46.559 Because I want to I want to get him in 396 00:20:46.599 --> 00:20:50.160 the ground. And then the next thing once I get 397 00:20:50.240 --> 00:20:52.400 him in the ground. Last year with my tomatoes, I 398 00:20:52.519 --> 00:20:57.680 had to spray them about oh once every week to 399 00:20:57.799 --> 00:21:01.519 keep the bugs off my tomatoes. What can I buy 400 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:05.759 in bulk form to just be the least expensive that 401 00:21:05.839 --> 00:21:07.759 will work as far as a spray that I can 402 00:21:08.160 --> 00:21:11.039 mix up in a spray bottle like a gallon and 403 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:13.920 just keep it and spray it on a weekly basis. 404 00:21:14.279 --> 00:21:16.400 And then the last question you just raise when you 405 00:21:16.480 --> 00:21:20.039 toe that guy the water a half an inch if 406 00:21:20.119 --> 00:21:22.680 you have a sprinkler system, how do you measure a 407 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:24.839 half an inch from on your sprinkler system. 408 00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:30.440 All right, I've got about thirty or almost a minute here, 409 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:33.039 but let me answer one question and I'm gonna hold 410 00:21:33.079 --> 00:21:35.000 you over. We're going to finish this after the break. 411 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:38.200 The way you find out how to apply half an 412 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:41.519 inch is to get something that is straight sided and 413 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:43.839 put them all over the yard. Turn on your water 414 00:21:44.079 --> 00:21:47.119 for now, do it for twenty minutes or fifteen minutes, 415 00:21:47.640 --> 00:21:50.119 see how much you catch, and then multiply it out 416 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:52.640 to figure out how long it's going to take time 417 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:54.519 wise to get half an inch. So that could be 418 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:57.440 straight sided tuna, fish cans, cat food cans, a bean 419 00:21:57.599 --> 00:22:00.480 can or rain gauge if you got those, and just 420 00:22:00.519 --> 00:22:02.279 put them out there, and then you'll know once you 421 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:05.079 do that, once you'll know, okay, my system puts water 422 00:22:05.200 --> 00:22:09.000 out at x inches per x minutes, you know kind 423 00:22:09.039 --> 00:22:12.400 of thing, and then you know exactly how long you 424 00:22:12.519 --> 00:22:14.559 water to do at half inch or an inch or 425 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:17.440 whatever you're trying to do. Hey, David, hang on, I'm 426 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:20.160 going to go and we'll be right back to continue 427 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:25.079 your questions. Thanks for the call. All right, welcome back 428 00:22:25.240 --> 00:22:27.920 the guard Line. We are glad to have you with us. 429 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:30.440 You know, one of the most important things you can 430 00:22:30.559 --> 00:22:33.519 do for your lawn when it is struggling, and I'm 431 00:22:33.559 --> 00:22:37.680 talking about soil compaction with these heavy clay soils, is 432 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:40.880 to get it errated and put a compost top dressing down. 433 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:44.839 That is important and here's why. What it does is 434 00:22:44.920 --> 00:22:47.720 it takes a heavy clay soil that doesn't allow oxygen in, 435 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:50.920 that doesn't absorb water very fast. And by creating these 436 00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:54.960 holes and putting that compost on top, also, you end 437 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:57.240 up getting oxygen down in the soil. You get that 438 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:00.319 organic matter down in the soil, and it helps root 439 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:03.319 system to thrive. And remember just rounds up over green stuff. 440 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:06.680 You're taking care of your grass is soil, your your 441 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:10.559 lawns soil. And by doing that, your lawn's gonna thrive 442 00:23:10.960 --> 00:23:14.160 now year round. Houston. These guys are specialist when it 443 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:17.319 comes to core air rating. That's easy for me to 444 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:20.759 say core aer rating and compost top dressing. You can 445 00:23:20.799 --> 00:23:22.920 do it yourself, but oh my gosh, it's cumbersome. You 446 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:26.079 got pilesive compost on the driveway. You gotta clean up. 447 00:23:26.200 --> 00:23:27.960 Rent a machine, go get it, clean it up, take 448 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:30.039 it back and those machines aren't as good as the 449 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:32.640 ones the year round does. 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And David, you were 460 00:24:07.759 --> 00:24:10.119 asking about the tomatoes, and let me let me hit 461 00:24:10.200 --> 00:24:15.079 that one. If your tomatoes have stopped growing, one something 462 00:24:15.880 --> 00:24:18.519 in this list has happened. They don't. They're not getting 463 00:24:18.720 --> 00:24:22.200 enough light to provide the energy to fuel growth. The 464 00:24:22.599 --> 00:24:27.000 soil is getting too dry or staying too wet, soggy, wet, 465 00:24:27.279 --> 00:24:30.880 the temperatures where they're growing or cooler than a tomato wants. 466 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:34.279 Those are all things that slow growth on a little 467 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:38.839 tender seedling. Usually it's the way we're watering that I 468 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:42.039 find does that or maybe the cell that they're in 469 00:24:42.400 --> 00:24:46.119 is just doesn't have enough soil and the root system 470 00:24:46.200 --> 00:24:49.640 has filled it, and therefore the tomatoes kind of limited 471 00:24:50.119 --> 00:24:52.359 by that. If you can figure out which of those 472 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:55.319 it might be with yours, that would be important. If 473 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:59.240 you're not getting response from that anyway, I would probably 474 00:24:59.640 --> 00:25:04.599 get you use some Microlife orange label. It's called Biomatrix 475 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:09.519 Microlife bio Matrix. It's a six two four liquid and 476 00:25:09.680 --> 00:25:13.079 when you when you use that, uh, it's got the 477 00:25:13.319 --> 00:25:17.079 seven percent nitrogen, one percent phosphorus, three percent potassium. So 478 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:19.799 it's a good nitrogen boost for the plants. And I 479 00:25:19.880 --> 00:25:21.839 can burn them, which is why I like it in 480 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:24.799 your situation for those seedlings. You don't want to use 481 00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:27.240 a salt based fertilizer where you could burn the little 482 00:25:27.240 --> 00:25:30.720 seedlings with that. But the biomatrix that'll give it the 483 00:25:30.839 --> 00:25:33.400 nutrient boost and they should take off from that. 484 00:25:36.119 --> 00:25:36.400 Okay. 485 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.920 Now, when I. 486 00:25:39.640 --> 00:25:41.440 Once I get them in the ground and I got 487 00:25:41.480 --> 00:25:45.240 tomatoes actually growing, how do I. I used to spray 488 00:25:45.279 --> 00:25:47.400 them last year with a spray that I bought off 489 00:25:47.400 --> 00:25:50.839 the internet. But it was a little spray. 490 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:53.079 Bottle and I went through quite a bit of it. 491 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:57.519 Is there something that you can buy in bulk that uh, 492 00:25:57.799 --> 00:26:00.240 you can put in a gallon pump up sprayer and 493 00:26:00.640 --> 00:26:02.359 kind of make it. 494 00:26:02.519 --> 00:26:06.799 Not So, what are expansive right? What are we trying 495 00:26:06.839 --> 00:26:08.960 to control? Insects or diseases? 496 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:11.880 Oh, insects eating the tomatoes. 497 00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:17.119 Insects, you know, I hate to spray the stuff. I'm 498 00:26:17.160 --> 00:26:22.599 gonna eat a lot, but primarily on tomatoes. Your pests 499 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:25.079 are going to be the leaf footed bugs and stink 500 00:26:25.160 --> 00:26:28.400 bugs which which pierce the skin. They don't eat anything, 501 00:26:28.519 --> 00:26:30.319 they just poke a hole in it and leave a 502 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:33.559 little little speck and a hard spot on the tomato. 503 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:36.599 Those are hard to control, and it's going to take 504 00:26:37.119 --> 00:26:40.839 something that is more like a synthetic perrethoid. You might 505 00:26:40.960 --> 00:26:46.240 get it done with pyrethrin. But to kill those also 506 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:49.240 just watching for them as they hatch out there. They 507 00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:50.920 don't have wings, and you can just knock them into 508 00:26:50.960 --> 00:26:52.960 a pail of water. They're real easy to control. Then 509 00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:55.839 the other thing is the caterpillars they get, you know, 510 00:26:55.920 --> 00:26:58.119 they can eat the leaves, they can get in the fruit. 511 00:26:58.440 --> 00:27:01.200 And for those I would use I would buy bt 512 00:27:01.480 --> 00:27:05.960 Bacillus thurin gensis. It's a it's an insecticide you can 513 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:08.640 put it. I don't know it. You know, it comes 514 00:27:08.680 --> 00:27:12.039 in different volumes, but you shouldn't be having to spray 515 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:14.799 your tomatoes that much. Do you have like a whole 516 00:27:14.839 --> 00:27:15.960 lot of plants. 517 00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:19.680 Not like four plants. 518 00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:22.720 They were kind of close together, and it would I 519 00:27:22.759 --> 00:27:26.440 could google search of Amazon tomato spray and it was 520 00:27:26.599 --> 00:27:29.559 just yeah, something specifically for tomatoes, and I don't even 521 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:31.240 know what was in it, but yeah, I know I 522 00:27:31.359 --> 00:27:34.000 went through well several models of it last year. 523 00:27:35.440 --> 00:27:38.839 Okay, it kind of depends on the pest and so 524 00:27:39.039 --> 00:27:42.240 you know, aphids have one control, caterpillars have a control, 525 00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:45.480 stink bugs have a control that you're going after. I mean, 526 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:48.279 if it was a synthetic peritharist's gonna kill most of 527 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:52.960 those on there. The BT is organic that I mentioned. 528 00:27:53.240 --> 00:27:56.880 Uh So it's kind of up to you as to 529 00:27:56.960 --> 00:27:59.000 which way you go. You're up there in Tombol, I 530 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:01.519 would run out to D and D Feed, which is 531 00:28:01.559 --> 00:28:03.960 on twenty nine to twenty just west of Taylor. 532 00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:05.119 D and D. 533 00:28:05.920 --> 00:28:09.039 Yeah, D and D has a wide variety when it 534 00:28:09.119 --> 00:28:14.240 comes to the different kinds of products for controlling pests 535 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:16.640 and diseases, and go in there and talk to Jeff 536 00:28:16.759 --> 00:28:18.920 or one of the folks and just explain to him 537 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:21.359 you're looking for something that you can use in your 538 00:28:21.400 --> 00:28:25.920 tomatoes that's going to knock out, you know, aphids and caterpillars, 539 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:28.759 instinct bugs. And they're going to have products like that 540 00:28:28.960 --> 00:28:32.599 from the various folks, whether it's Boneye or Monterey or 541 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:37.000 Fertile Loam or High Yield, all those companies have products 542 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:40.000 for that, and that that's the route I would go. 543 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:43.680 But depending on what you use, you're probably not gonna 544 00:28:43.720 --> 00:28:46.720 need to spray it more than once a week. That 545 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.440 should be more more than enough. 546 00:28:49.279 --> 00:28:51.920 Well, they have that bio bio too. 547 00:28:54.359 --> 00:28:58.200 Yes, I think he does. They do carry micro life products. 548 00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:02.640 I'm pretty sure he has biomatrix. Uh. But anyway, if 549 00:29:02.680 --> 00:29:05.960 he doesn't, he's gonna If he doesn't, he'll he'll have 550 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:09.599 something that's a liquid, you know, for like one of 551 00:29:09.640 --> 00:29:12.880 the Medina products for example, or something that might be 552 00:29:13.640 --> 00:29:15.519 a replacement for it. But just talk to them. They 553 00:29:15.599 --> 00:29:17.279 know what they're doing. That's the advantage of going to 554 00:29:17.319 --> 00:29:19.519 a mom and pop place is you know you're going 555 00:29:19.599 --> 00:29:21.400 to get people that know what they're doing. Hey, David, 556 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:23.640 thanks for the call. I gotta run, but good luck 557 00:29:24.000 --> 00:29:27.319 with getting that all under control. Yeah, we're talking about 558 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:31.119 microlife Biomatrix. They also have something called Ocean Harvest, which 559 00:29:31.200 --> 00:29:34.000 is a blue label that's a four to two three 560 00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:36.440 and the four to two three is a fish based 561 00:29:36.519 --> 00:29:39.000 product and it is another one that will provide you 562 00:29:39.079 --> 00:29:42.480 an extra little extra boost of nitrogen there as well 563 00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:45.960 as not burning your plants, and that that is important 564 00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:49.240 when you're dealing with especially with the tender new plants. 565 00:29:50.799 --> 00:29:50.920 Uh. 566 00:29:51.119 --> 00:29:53.119 You hear me talk about ACE on on this show 567 00:29:53.160 --> 00:29:56.400 all the time because ACE Hardware is the place. That's 568 00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:59.559 that's what they say, that's the motto. ACE is the place. 569 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:01.720 And when you you go into ACE, you're gonna find 570 00:30:02.000 --> 00:30:06.279 everything I talk about regarding guarding gardening, but you're also 571 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:08.359 going to find things like, Hey, it's spring, do you 572 00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:11.039 need to reseal your deck? Do you need to paint something? 573 00:30:11.200 --> 00:30:13.839 They've got all of They got you covered on all 574 00:30:13.920 --> 00:30:17.599 of that stuff. How about storage and organization in the garage. 575 00:30:17.680 --> 00:30:19.759 Oh my gosh, if you could see my garage right now, 576 00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:21.400 I'm about to call a realtor out and I have 577 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:24.440 to clean it up. But ACE has got that. Do 578 00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:26.960 you need shelving? Do you need boxes? Shoving units. I'm 579 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:30.400 talking about. Do you need cleaning supplies? Those storage tots, 580 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:33.079 I say boxes, storage totes are a great way. That's 581 00:30:33.079 --> 00:30:36.519 how I'm organizing all my stuff. And then with lawn 582 00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:39.559 and garden season. Here you're gonna find expert advice and 583 00:30:39.599 --> 00:30:42.960 you're gonna find a lot a lot of products from 584 00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:48.400 fertilizers to we control, to pest control, disease control and tools. 585 00:30:48.599 --> 00:30:50.839 They've got you covered there at your ACE Hardware stores. 586 00:30:50.920 --> 00:30:54.480 Go to ACE Hardware dot Com and find go to 587 00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:57.759 the store locator, find the one nearest you, Find the 588 00:30:57.839 --> 00:31:01.160 one nearest you, and they'll get you all fixed up. 589 00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:03.960 Let's head out now to Walker County and we're going 590 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:06.400 to talk to Bob. Hey, Bob, welcome to Guardline. 591 00:31:08.400 --> 00:31:12.599 Hey, thanks for taking my call again. Today's longtime listener. Hey, 592 00:31:13.759 --> 00:31:18.839 primary questions about hibiscus. I have two or three hibiscus 593 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:22.960 in big pots, like four gallon pots, and I bring 594 00:31:23.039 --> 00:31:26.400 them into the garage every year. But the issue is 595 00:31:27.400 --> 00:31:32.119 trimming them and fertilizing them. They grow, they're healthy, they plant, 596 00:31:32.240 --> 00:31:35.680 produce flowers, but by the end of the year they're 597 00:31:35.720 --> 00:31:40.359 always six feet or more taller. Yes, I need to 598 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:43.759 trim them so the question first question is when's the 599 00:31:43.839 --> 00:31:46.079 best time and how much can I trim them? 600 00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:50.440 Okay, I wouldn't trim until we get warm weather and 601 00:31:50.480 --> 00:31:52.799 we're not going to get any more frosts, and you 602 00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:55.720 feel pretty confident in that, and then you trim them 603 00:31:55.799 --> 00:31:58.160 back as you want. Every time you cut a branch back, 604 00:31:58.279 --> 00:32:01.160 it's going to sprout one or two or three branches 605 00:32:01.599 --> 00:32:04.200 back where you cut it. And so it's just a 606 00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:09.000 periodic bringing that stature of the plant down with some pruning. 607 00:32:09.079 --> 00:32:10.799 And as you're doing that, you get to shape it. 608 00:32:10.880 --> 00:32:12.880 Do you want a bush? Do you want it more upright, 609 00:32:13.160 --> 00:32:15.799 you know, with growth or and you just do it 610 00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:18.599 repeatedly through the season, and hibiscus can handle that. I 611 00:32:18.680 --> 00:32:21.680 will typically prune mine. Some people like to print it 612 00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:24.000 all at once, and that's fine. Sometimes I'm going in 613 00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:26.079 and I just take a tall shoot and I take 614 00:32:26.119 --> 00:32:28.319 it back, and that way, I've got other shoots that 615 00:32:28.359 --> 00:32:30.799 are still blooming. I haven't. You know, when you prune back, 616 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:33.559 they have to regrow and then set buds to bloom. 617 00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:35.079 So I kind of like to do it a little 618 00:32:35.079 --> 00:32:37.039 at a time, so I always have blooms on the plant. 619 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:40.240 But that'd be the approach i'd take, all right, Bob, 620 00:32:41.359 --> 00:32:44.920 during the year. Hey, Bob, I'm sorry, Bob, I'm sorry 621 00:32:44.960 --> 00:32:47.519 to interrupt you. They're telling me I'm way past break. 622 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:52.880 Hang on, we'll finish when we come right back. All righty, 623 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:58.759 welcome back, glad you're with us. Hey, RCW Nurseries. RCW Nurseries. 624 00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:01.640 That's the garden center there Tumball Parkway, which is two 625 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:04.480 forty nine and belt Way eight. It's really easy to 626 00:33:04.519 --> 00:33:06.119 get to there if you don't go to the website. 627 00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:09.759 It's RCW Nurseries dot com. But I'm telling you they 628 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:13.240 have stocked up on all kinds of things for the 629 00:33:13.279 --> 00:33:16.920 spring you're gonna find. I was checking out their herbs selection. 630 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:21.319 It is extensive, vegetables, nice selection of vegetables, really good. 631 00:33:21.640 --> 00:33:23.920 And then when it comes to cool color, they've got 632 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:26.799 all of that. Of course, they really are always going 633 00:33:26.839 --> 00:33:28.960 to have a great stock of shrubs and trees. And 634 00:33:29.160 --> 00:33:31.480 you know, whether you're looking for a plant in azalea 635 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:33.680 or to plant a rose, yes, you can still plant 636 00:33:33.680 --> 00:33:35.920 a rose even though it's March first, a plane of 637 00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:38.319 rose any month of the year. They have a great 638 00:33:38.440 --> 00:33:42.319 selection of those. And you know, with RCW you know. Oh, 639 00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:45.200 here's another idea. How about camellias. You know, in the 640 00:33:45.279 --> 00:33:47.880 winter time it's hard to find things that bloom. But 641 00:33:48.000 --> 00:33:51.119 there's two kinds of comedias, says Sankwa in Japonica. One 642 00:33:51.160 --> 00:33:53.039 on blooms more in December. One I'm more in the 643 00:33:53.119 --> 00:33:57.359 February January time. They're really great. They're awesome, and they've 644 00:33:57.400 --> 00:34:00.160 got a really nice selection with fifteen percent on up 645 00:34:00.160 --> 00:34:04.240 there Azalea's and they're camellias right now at RCW. You 646 00:34:04.279 --> 00:34:07.440 need to get out there and check it out. They are. 647 00:34:07.640 --> 00:34:09.920 It's a fun place. I love walking through there, and 648 00:34:10.039 --> 00:34:13.000 they treat you right when you go into RCW Nurseries. 649 00:34:13.039 --> 00:34:13.920 They're experts at. 650 00:34:13.880 --> 00:34:14.280 What they do. 651 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:17.079 They know what they do. They know how to have 652 00:34:17.239 --> 00:34:19.360 the right kinds of plants, how to grow the plants. 653 00:34:19.400 --> 00:34:21.760 They grow a lot of things themselves, especially those trees 654 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:25.519 RCW Nurseries. See, we're going to go back out here 655 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:28.199 to Bob and Walker County. All right, Bob, we had 656 00:34:28.239 --> 00:34:30.519 to kind of stop short there. Let's pick up the 657 00:34:30.599 --> 00:34:31.280 call from there. 658 00:34:32.320 --> 00:34:36.920 So, so you said warm weather in the spring, is 659 00:34:36.960 --> 00:34:40.719 that like mid March or late March or what are 660 00:34:40.719 --> 00:34:41.079 you thinking? 661 00:34:41.280 --> 00:34:43.320 Yeah, you know, when we as we say, we get 662 00:34:43.360 --> 00:34:46.280 into mid march, you know that we're kind of done, 663 00:34:46.679 --> 00:34:49.360 you know, unless it's just a weird year, we're pretty 664 00:34:49.400 --> 00:34:53.239 done with the freezes in your Actually you're up in Walker, Yeah, 665 00:34:53.719 --> 00:34:58.280 mid to late mid to late March for you. So 666 00:34:59.079 --> 00:35:01.800 you just don't want to run a hibiscus and have 667 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:04.800 it start to grow and then have a coal snap 668 00:35:04.920 --> 00:35:08.199 come in and the chances goes down every day of 669 00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:10.559 a freeze. Yeah, go ahead. 670 00:35:10.639 --> 00:35:13.239 From a prune stock, how long does it take to 671 00:35:13.320 --> 00:35:15.920 actually produce flowers? 672 00:35:15.920 --> 00:35:19.000 About a month and a half or so. It is 673 00:35:19.159 --> 00:35:23.519 totally dependent on the temperature, Bob. In warm conditions, that 674 00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:25.960 thing's going to grow fast. And based on what you 675 00:35:26.079 --> 00:35:28.960 described as the height of it. You must be taking 676 00:35:29.000 --> 00:35:31.679 good care of it in terms of water, fertilizer, or things, 677 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:35.599 because it obviously is happy, so good vigorous growth. And 678 00:35:35.880 --> 00:35:40.320 the most important thing is good sunlight, sunlight, sunlight, sunlight 679 00:35:40.320 --> 00:35:42.599 when they're in containers, keeping them watered so they don't 680 00:35:42.639 --> 00:35:46.679 dry out. All of those things affect how fast it's 681 00:35:46.760 --> 00:35:48.719 going to come back into bloom. So there's going to 682 00:35:48.719 --> 00:35:50.039 be a pretty big range there. 683 00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:50.760 You know. 684 00:35:50.840 --> 00:35:52.599 If it's in a little bit of shade, it's slower. 685 00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:55.280 If it's getting dry at times, it's lower. If you 686 00:35:55.360 --> 00:36:00.280 see what I'm saying, Hey, quick, quick, similar question. I 687 00:36:00.360 --> 00:36:02.199 have a number of plumerias. 688 00:36:02.239 --> 00:36:05.679 Some are in pots, but I have several larger ones 689 00:36:05.760 --> 00:36:08.760 that aren't in pots, and I have historically. 690 00:36:08.760 --> 00:36:09.880 Because of the coldness. 691 00:36:09.960 --> 00:36:12.440 I take them out of the ground actually and dry 692 00:36:12.519 --> 00:36:15.000 them and to store them in a non freeze area, 693 00:36:15.760 --> 00:36:20.000 and I put them back in the spring. Same kind 694 00:36:20.039 --> 00:36:24.559 of question, what's the best you know, how early should 695 00:36:24.599 --> 00:36:27.719 I put them in? Obviously not before any it freezes, 696 00:36:27.880 --> 00:36:31.760 but and then is there any particular fertilizer I should 697 00:36:31.840 --> 00:36:33.239 use to help restart them? 698 00:36:34.760 --> 00:36:37.239 Just let it warm up even more For the plume areas, 699 00:36:37.280 --> 00:36:40.079 they don't like cold. They're going to just sit there. 700 00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:41.679 And I mean you can plan them, you know, the 701 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:44.880 mid March late March, but it's cool and they're not 702 00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:46.960 going to want to get out and do much until 703 00:36:47.000 --> 00:36:49.719 it really warms up. They like hot weather. And as 704 00:36:49.760 --> 00:36:53.239 far as fertilizer, I like Nelson's Plumeria food. It's one 705 00:36:53.280 --> 00:36:55.840 of their nutri star products. Comes in little jars, so 706 00:36:56.000 --> 00:36:58.480 it's you know, it just takes little tablespoon sprinkle Summer 707 00:36:58.480 --> 00:37:01.400 around each plant watered in and it'll get you about 708 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:04.920 three months of feed on those of Plumerius. So I 709 00:37:04.960 --> 00:37:10.880 would I would go with the Nelson Nutri Star Plumeria food. Yeah, 710 00:37:11.039 --> 00:37:14.159 that would be the one. And sounds like you got 711 00:37:14.199 --> 00:37:18.519 some good things there, Thank you very much. Yeah, hey, Bob, 712 00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:20.800 I'm going to be up at the Montgomery County Home 713 00:37:20.840 --> 00:37:24.079 and Outdoor Living Show in Conroe up on Airport Road today, 714 00:37:24.920 --> 00:37:27.519 be giving away some products, like I'll have some plumeria 715 00:37:27.599 --> 00:37:30.440 on hand. You show up and and uh, you might 716 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:32.760 get a simple of some of that stuff to try yourself. 717 00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:35.079 I'd love to see you. If you got any other questions, 718 00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:37.559 put them in a zip lock bag, bring me a 719 00:37:37.599 --> 00:37:40.400 weed and we'll figure that out too. Thanks for your call, man, 720 00:37:40.440 --> 00:37:45.880 I really appreciate it. Thanks, take care all righty Hey, 721 00:37:46.079 --> 00:37:50.000 uh talking about medina a while ago. Medina has to 722 00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:53.719 grow six twelve six plant food. Is it is a 723 00:37:54.360 --> 00:37:57.000 great I'm going to use the word concoction because it 724 00:37:57.119 --> 00:38:00.320 has got it's got the six twelve six that's that's 725 00:38:00.440 --> 00:38:03.800 the levels of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in a plant food. 726 00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:08.039 It's got Medina soil activator to stimulate the biological activity. 727 00:38:08.079 --> 00:38:11.679 It's got humate humic acid. We know that humis umic 728 00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:14.840 acids and things help improve soil structure. And as the 729 00:38:14.920 --> 00:38:17.320 soil gets better, your nutrient update gets better. And then 730 00:38:17.360 --> 00:38:19.800 it's got seaweed extracts in it, and you can use 731 00:38:19.840 --> 00:38:21.880 it for a folio application. In fact, this is a 732 00:38:22.599 --> 00:38:26.039 this mix could be used drenching in a new plant 733 00:38:26.159 --> 00:38:28.280 to help it get that root system going. That high 734 00:38:28.280 --> 00:38:31.320 phosphorus in it, the six twelve six, it would work 735 00:38:31.400 --> 00:38:33.440 great for that. You could use it as a folier 736 00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:36.599 feed it. Just use it however you want. You're not 737 00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:38.559 going to burn your plants with it. It's one of 738 00:38:38.880 --> 00:38:41.280 many Medina products that you're going to find out at 739 00:38:41.320 --> 00:38:44.559 your local garden centers, your feed stores, You're going to 740 00:38:44.599 --> 00:38:47.920 find it at ACE hardware stores. Those kinds of products 741 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:51.639 are they work, they do, and products by Medina. And 742 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:54.480 if you come up those of you listening anywhere up 743 00:38:54.480 --> 00:38:56.880 toward Montgomery County, I'm going to be giving away some 744 00:38:57.039 --> 00:39:00.320 Medina product is some really cool hosen spray product and 745 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:03.000 some other things for your lawn and your other plants. 746 00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:05.719 Just show up today. That's on Airport Road at the 747 00:39:05.800 --> 00:39:09.599 Lone Star Convention Center and I'll be there from twelve 748 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:14.119 to two. I'm gonna give a talk on spring gardening 749 00:39:14.199 --> 00:39:18.000 tips first and then just answer gardening questions. You get 750 00:39:18.039 --> 00:39:20.119 some baggies, bring me some weeds. Whatever you have a 751 00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:24.039 question about, we'll identify them and we will help you 752 00:39:24.239 --> 00:39:27.719 with either a diagnosis, identification, and certainly with what do 753 00:39:27.800 --> 00:39:29.599 you do about it? How do you control it? 754 00:39:29.760 --> 00:39:29.920 Now? 755 00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:36.880 That is important to know, all right. Wildbird's Unlimited is 756 00:39:37.519 --> 00:39:40.679 an incredible place. That's what got me hooked on birds. 757 00:39:40.920 --> 00:39:43.519 It really is. I walked into a Wildbird store and 758 00:39:43.639 --> 00:39:49.119 it was like, holy cownot, I cannot believe the kinds 759 00:39:49.159 --> 00:39:53.159 of products. And it's just when you walk into Wildbirds. 760 00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:55.920 First of all, it's a business that's run with the 761 00:39:56.000 --> 00:39:58.920 right kind of principles. They bring people and nature together 762 00:39:59.159 --> 00:40:02.079 and they do it with act Their goal is to 763 00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:05.280 bring joy into your life with that passion by sharing 764 00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:09.440 their passionate. Boy, they are passionate about birds. How do 765 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:12.800 you walk into wabirds? Ask any question you want, any 766 00:40:12.880 --> 00:40:14.119 question you want, and they're going to be able to 767 00:40:14.159 --> 00:40:16.239 answer it, like what is the best food for this, 768 00:40:16.519 --> 00:40:18.800 or what's the difference between this and this? And how 769 00:40:18.880 --> 00:40:20.679 do you attract that or how do you use this 770 00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:23.239 kind of product? They know what they're talking about. There's 771 00:40:23.280 --> 00:40:25.880 six stores. There's one in clear like when in Cyprus. 772 00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:29.880 When in Houston down on bel Air Boulevard, one on 773 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:32.239 Memorial Drive on the west side of Houston, and go 774 00:40:32.280 --> 00:40:34.840 out to Kingwood on Kingwood Drive. There's one down in 775 00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:39.559 Paarland on Broadway. All while birds stores. Right now, you 776 00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:42.960 need to be putting out the Nesting super Blend. Nesting 777 00:40:43.079 --> 00:40:46.039 super Blend. It gives the birds the protein and calcium 778 00:40:46.079 --> 00:40:49.159 they need because they are going to be raising young 779 00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:52.800 and it's very important. Put away the winter blend. You 780 00:40:52.840 --> 00:40:55.000 can still use it that I've been talking about, but 781 00:40:55.079 --> 00:40:58.840 it's time to switch over now. Nesting super Blend works 782 00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:01.719 in all types of feed and it is the kind 783 00:41:01.760 --> 00:41:05.000 of thing that let's just put it this way. It 784 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:09.079 will help your birds succeed. And we need to do 785 00:41:09.239 --> 00:41:13.039 that because you've heard before about songbirds being endangered in 786 00:41:13.079 --> 00:41:16.039 some areas for many reasons, especially as we sprawl around 787 00:41:16.119 --> 00:41:19.880 taking over the neighborhoods. Nesting super Blend to bring the 788 00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:22.679 birds to your house. I heard one yesterday morning singing, 789 00:41:22.840 --> 00:41:25.039 oh my gosh, that was a pop variety of all 790 00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:30.000 birds that's for sure. So if you're looking for an 791 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:34.480 organic fertilizer for your lawn, Sweet Green by Nitrofoss that 792 00:41:34.719 --> 00:41:36.360 is one that'll do it. I'm going to take a 793 00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:37.639 little break here, but i want to come back. I 794 00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:39.800 want to tell you more about Sweet Green. When I do, 795 00:41:40.800 --> 00:41:45.000 it really does work and it is an eleven percent organic. 796 00:41:45.239 --> 00:41:47.679 So I hang around. Time for me to take a 797 00:41:47.760 --> 00:41:49.519 quick break for the top of the hour. Boy, this 798 00:41:49.880 --> 00:41:52.440 it's spring. Spring is sprung on guard line. That is 799 00:41:52.519 --> 00:41:54.960 for sure. It has happened. I will be at the 800 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:58.079 Montgomery County Home and Outdoor Living Show. Come on out 801 00:41:58.119 --> 00:42:01.119 today twelve to one. That is a great show. I 802 00:42:01.199 --> 00:42:03.880 always like going to it because there's so much going 803 00:42:03.920 --> 00:42:06.159 on there. But I'm going to be giving a talk 804 00:42:06.280 --> 00:42:09.679 on spring tips for success and then just basically answering 805 00:42:09.719 --> 00:42:12.159 your questions. So on the air, I just have a 806 00:42:12.239 --> 00:42:14.639 short time. I can, you know, answer people who get 807 00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:17.840 to the next person and think what planning at two hours, 808 00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:21.400 I'll be there plenty of times, sit around, talk answer 809 00:42:21.440 --> 00:42:24.079 your questions, and I promise you we'll have fun and 810 00:42:24.119 --> 00:42:27.320 I'm gonna be giving away Nelson products and Medina products. 811 00:42:28.960 --> 00:42:32.719 Welcome to kt R H garden Line with Skip Rictor. 812 00:42:32.840 --> 00:42:49.039 It's just watch him as well, so many give a 813 00:42:49.119 --> 00:42:50.000 piece to Supt. 814 00:42:50.039 --> 00:42:50.400 Basic. 815 00:42:52.239 --> 00:42:55.239 All right, welcome back to garden Line. We got a 816 00:42:55.280 --> 00:42:56.960 lot to talk about, so I'm just gonna jump right 817 00:42:57.039 --> 00:43:00.519 in here in the middle of the music, I'm I'm 818 00:43:00.920 --> 00:43:03.760 cracking up. I had a I was talking about going 819 00:43:03.880 --> 00:43:06.199 up to the Montgomery County Home and Garden Show, and 820 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:08.039 I think I said, I heard myself say. I think 821 00:43:08.079 --> 00:43:11.119 I said, put some weed in a in a plastic 822 00:43:11.199 --> 00:43:13.280 bag and bringing it weeds in a plastic bag and 823 00:43:13.320 --> 00:43:18.079 bringing in somebody. Want to know what kind of weed 824 00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:21.440 that I'm asking people? Let me be clear. I'm talking 825 00:43:21.480 --> 00:43:24.719 about the things that you have in your lawn that 826 00:43:24.880 --> 00:43:26.800 you want to get rid of. We're not going to 827 00:43:26.840 --> 00:43:29.800 go to that other place right now, so I can 828 00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:33.280 I can't identify the other That's not what I'm asking 829 00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:36.440 you to do. So let's keep it clean here, folks 830 00:43:36.519 --> 00:43:39.559 on guarden Line. All right, thanks for listening. I'm your host, 831 00:43:39.599 --> 00:43:41.639 Skip Richtor. We're having a good time. If you want 832 00:43:41.639 --> 00:43:43.360 to give me a call. Seven one three two one 833 00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:45.719 two k t r H. Seven one three two one 834 00:43:45.760 --> 00:43:47.320 two k t r H. I was telling you about 835 00:43:47.320 --> 00:43:51.920 sweet green from nitrofoss before a break. Sweet green from nitrophise. 836 00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:54.159 It's a really cool product. It is. You take a 837 00:43:54.280 --> 00:43:57.199 molasses base, you dot, the microbes do some work on 838 00:43:57.320 --> 00:44:00.719 it and basically turns it into an ale seven percent 839 00:44:00.840 --> 00:44:05.920 nitrogen levens zero type fertilizer. That it works. I put 840 00:44:05.960 --> 00:44:07.920 it on your lawn, you water it in really good. 841 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:10.719 By the way, it smells great. You know, you know 842 00:44:10.760 --> 00:44:14.039 what molasses smells. That has that fresh sweet smell to it. 843 00:44:14.119 --> 00:44:16.039 That's why they call it sweet green. And the reason 844 00:44:16.079 --> 00:44:19.440 they call it green is eleven percent nitrogen will green 845 00:44:19.639 --> 00:44:22.360 up your lawn. You want to early green up, you 846 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:23.840 want to use it. You can use it any time 847 00:44:23.840 --> 00:44:25.679 of the year. And by the way, I know it's 848 00:44:25.719 --> 00:44:27.840 for lawns, but if you want to give a boost 849 00:44:27.880 --> 00:44:30.920 of nitrogen to anything, it'll work for that. Sweet green 850 00:44:31.079 --> 00:44:35.559 is one of those products that it's just versatile. It 851 00:44:35.800 --> 00:44:39.920 really is versatile. It reacts with water, It has organic 852 00:44:40.000 --> 00:44:43.800 compounds and things in it. It just really stimulates the 853 00:44:43.840 --> 00:44:48.119 microbial activity of the swell. Also, organic gardeners have known 854 00:44:48.199 --> 00:44:51.800 for a long time that you know, molasses stimulates microbial activity. 855 00:44:52.079 --> 00:44:54.599 That is important. Now, sweet green, where do you get 856 00:44:54.639 --> 00:44:57.280 sweet green? Will you get it at places like Ace 857 00:44:57.320 --> 00:45:00.920 Hardware City down on Memorial Drive, Plants for all seasons 858 00:45:00.960 --> 00:45:05.639 two forty nine. How about Bearing's Hardware, Bisinet, Bearings Hardware, Westheimer. 859 00:45:05.719 --> 00:45:09.559 Those are all places that carry nitrofoss products, so go 860 00:45:09.960 --> 00:45:14.559 check them out. I had been out in my yard 861 00:45:14.679 --> 00:45:18.400 doing some early cleanup, getting things ready to go. I 862 00:45:18.519 --> 00:45:21.400 say early clean up, early cleanup for my summer plantings 863 00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:25.119 and things, and boy, the weeds are already starting. I 864 00:45:25.639 --> 00:45:28.079 looking out the other day and seeing them there, and 865 00:45:28.760 --> 00:45:33.079 you know, you gotta shut things down if you're gonna 866 00:45:33.199 --> 00:45:35.400 if you're gonna take a product like barricade, for example, 867 00:45:35.559 --> 00:45:38.119 and do it as a pre emergent, get it done 868 00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:41.639 soon because the warm season weeds this week is going 869 00:45:41.719 --> 00:45:43.559 to be I think we're going to see a lot 870 00:45:43.599 --> 00:45:46.480 of sprouting going on this week. And the sooner you 871 00:45:46.599 --> 00:45:48.599 get that down and watered in, the more you shut 872 00:45:48.719 --> 00:45:53.519 things down, and that that is important to remember. Well, 873 00:45:54.159 --> 00:45:57.480 I wanted to I want to talk a little bit 874 00:45:57.679 --> 00:46:02.400 about planting trees and shrubs. The sooner you get that done, 875 00:46:02.480 --> 00:46:06.000 the better. And I just want to emphasize that, you know, 876 00:46:06.119 --> 00:46:07.880 you spend some money when you buy a tree or 877 00:46:07.920 --> 00:46:12.440 a shrub. They're not cheap, but it's a light you know, 878 00:46:12.519 --> 00:46:16.119 it's a long term I say, lifetime plant that's in 879 00:46:16.199 --> 00:46:19.079 your landscape. Very valuable, so do it right. You want 880 00:46:19.119 --> 00:46:21.280 to cut the circling roots that come out of the pot. 881 00:46:21.719 --> 00:46:24.000 There's always going to be some roots circling around the pot. 882 00:46:24.440 --> 00:46:27.960 Just cut those, it's okay. Get them planted as soon 883 00:46:28.000 --> 00:46:31.400 as possible, to give them time to establish and to 884 00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:35.519 do well. That is important, okay. And then put a 885 00:46:35.639 --> 00:46:39.400 quality product into the soil to help them get established. 886 00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:42.880 You know, I was talking earlier about the Medina product 887 00:46:43.079 --> 00:46:45.559 the has to grow six twelve six. That is an 888 00:46:45.639 --> 00:46:48.159 example of that. Get them off to a good start, 889 00:46:48.360 --> 00:46:51.199 keep them well watered. Remember that root system. It came 890 00:46:51.280 --> 00:46:53.840 out of the pot as a cylinder of soil and roots. 891 00:46:54.000 --> 00:46:56.239 It went into the ground as a cylinder of soil 892 00:46:56.280 --> 00:46:58.960 and roots, and it takes time for those roots to 893 00:46:59.159 --> 00:47:02.880 start each way out where it becomes a resilient plant. 894 00:47:03.440 --> 00:47:05.920 In the meantime, you got a water where the roots are. 895 00:47:06.199 --> 00:47:09.400 That's really important to do and one of the best 896 00:47:09.519 --> 00:47:13.800 ways to do that is to use the watering device 897 00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:17.400 that goes around your tree or shrub hooks up to 898 00:47:17.440 --> 00:47:19.480 a hose and you just water it, wet it in 899 00:47:19.639 --> 00:47:25.159 really good. And I think that's an amazing device. The 900 00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:30.480 last time, let's see when was I, oh, for a 901 00:47:30.639 --> 00:47:33.800 rose bush. A rose bush is just a good example 902 00:47:34.239 --> 00:47:36.480 of something that you would want to do like that. 903 00:47:36.960 --> 00:47:39.280 It helps establish that plant. You can turn it on 904 00:47:39.920 --> 00:47:41.400 just a little bit if you want to turn it 905 00:47:41.480 --> 00:47:45.000 on just a little bit. And once you have the 906 00:47:45.280 --> 00:47:49.320 little trickling going on, it's wetting the base of that plant. 907 00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:52.119 It's wetting the roots right where the root zone is. 908 00:47:52.599 --> 00:47:54.599 That is important. You want to be able to get 909 00:47:54.679 --> 00:47:58.559 that root zone wet and when you do, it's going 910 00:47:58.639 --> 00:48:02.199 to keep it live and stretching the roots out. And 911 00:48:02.280 --> 00:48:04.320 you just turn the water up a little bit, turn 912 00:48:04.400 --> 00:48:06.079 it a little bit more, a little bit more, and 913 00:48:06.199 --> 00:48:08.920 you wet a larger and larger area and it just 914 00:48:09.440 --> 00:48:13.280 makes it easy. It's called a tree hugger because it 915 00:48:13.440 --> 00:48:16.199 hugs the base of the plant, and it's a tree 916 00:48:16.280 --> 00:48:19.039 hugger sprinkler. They're green. They come in seven inch and 917 00:48:19.440 --> 00:48:21.519 all the way up to eleven in its three different sizes, 918 00:48:22.400 --> 00:48:24.480 and so if you have a tree, maybe you have 919 00:48:24.559 --> 00:48:26.800 a tree that's I don't know, been in the ground 920 00:48:26.960 --> 00:48:29.599 ten years, but it's you know, a certain size, and 921 00:48:29.760 --> 00:48:31.519 we go into this summer and you need to give 922 00:48:31.519 --> 00:48:33.880 it good. Soakings tree hugger is the best way to 923 00:48:33.960 --> 00:48:37.599 do it because you can water that rescue water around 924 00:48:37.639 --> 00:48:40.000 the base of the tree and have success. That is 925 00:48:40.079 --> 00:48:43.039 why I think a lot about that tree hugger sprinkler. 926 00:48:44.480 --> 00:48:47.840 I was talking to somebody the other day about Antique 927 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:50.719 rosen Porium and there's any never been out there before. Well, 928 00:48:51.119 --> 00:48:53.199 I told them, you got to go. It's a must 929 00:48:53.360 --> 00:48:54.320 visit destination. 930 00:48:54.840 --> 00:48:54.960 Now. 931 00:48:55.159 --> 00:48:57.880 The name is Antique rosen Porium because they sell old 932 00:48:57.920 --> 00:49:02.280 time roses antique roses. But there's display gardens that you 933 00:49:02.400 --> 00:49:04.760 have to visit that are gorgeous out there, and they 934 00:49:04.840 --> 00:49:08.920 have events. March seventh, like we're almost there at six 935 00:49:09.039 --> 00:49:12.360 pm is the Spring Garden Party. You buy tickets for 936 00:49:12.480 --> 00:49:14.239 it because this is a big deal. I mean, we're 937 00:49:14.280 --> 00:49:18.159 talking about shrimp boil dinner, Cajun chicken pasta, We're talking 938 00:49:18.199 --> 00:49:21.360 about the Wildfire METERI is gonna be there. They're gonna 939 00:49:21.360 --> 00:49:23.880 have someone there with craft beers and all kinds of 940 00:49:23.920 --> 00:49:27.280 cool stuff. But you got to go to Antique Roseemporium 941 00:49:27.639 --> 00:49:31.960 dot com Antique Rosenporium dot com to find out more 942 00:49:32.000 --> 00:49:33.920 about it, get your tickets. You got to do it 943 00:49:33.960 --> 00:49:39.599 because on tomorrow, that's March second, Tomorrow Sunday, tickets closed, 944 00:49:39.639 --> 00:49:41.719 so go ahead and grab them, but go check it out. 945 00:49:41.840 --> 00:49:44.480 The annual Spring Celebration follows out in the next two 946 00:49:44.559 --> 00:49:47.920 day two days after it, March eighth and ninth. Lots 947 00:49:47.960 --> 00:49:52.039 of speakers, workshops, vendors, food traits. It's fun. I've been 948 00:49:52.119 --> 00:49:54.920 to it for it is fun. And also you've got 949 00:49:55.000 --> 00:49:58.440 to get those tickets now. The Spring Break Kids Workshops 950 00:49:58.519 --> 00:50:01.320 are March tenth through thirteen. It's part of their Children 951 00:50:01.360 --> 00:50:04.360 in the Garden program. Hands on workshops start at ten 952 00:50:04.679 --> 00:50:08.559 am every day. Again, tickets on the website. Visit the 953 00:50:08.719 --> 00:50:12.079 Rose Imporium in person out there north of Brenham. Give 954 00:50:12.119 --> 00:50:14.880 them a call ninety seven nine eight three six fifty 955 00:50:14.920 --> 00:50:18.559 five forty eight or go to Antique Roseemporium dot com 956 00:50:18.679 --> 00:50:21.480 and remember their roses. But they are so much more 957 00:50:21.679 --> 00:50:26.199 native plants, flowers, trees. It's it's cool, all righty Well, 958 00:50:26.239 --> 00:50:28.039 I gotta take a little break here. When I come back, 959 00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:30.639 I'm going to be talking to Ron in Cleveland. Looking 960 00:50:30.679 --> 00:50:35.559 forward to talking to you Ron glad you're with us today. 961 00:50:36.360 --> 00:50:38.039 You'd like to give me a call seven one three 962 00:50:38.199 --> 00:50:41.039 two one two KTR eight seven one three two one 963 00:50:41.079 --> 00:50:45.440 two k t r H. Ciena Molts south of Houston 964 00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:48.760 is your one stop shop for all the things that 965 00:50:48.880 --> 00:50:52.320 are the foundation for success in your garden. Round stuff 966 00:50:52.360 --> 00:50:55.480 before green stuff, Ciena Molts. It's got you covered. And 967 00:50:55.599 --> 00:50:58.280 why do I say that, Well, it's because you can 968 00:50:58.400 --> 00:51:01.599 get your compost to put in the soil to improve 969 00:51:01.639 --> 00:51:03.639 the soil. You can get your bed mixes to just 970 00:51:03.880 --> 00:51:05.920 put on the ground or in a raised bed and 971 00:51:06.039 --> 00:51:08.800 fill it up and grow in it like the veggie 972 00:51:08.840 --> 00:51:11.280 and Herbix for example. They've got that like a rose soil. 973 00:51:11.320 --> 00:51:13.400 They got that you can buy bulk. You can buy 974 00:51:13.480 --> 00:51:15.920 some things by the bag too, and they have really 975 00:51:16.079 --> 00:51:19.960 nice mulches, a wide variety of quality mulches. Now part 976 00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:22.440 of the brown stuff is the nutrients in the soil 977 00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:27.199 products from microlife products from Turf's Nelson's turf Star line. 978 00:51:27.679 --> 00:51:30.480 They also have the little Nelson food jars plant food jars, 979 00:51:30.480 --> 00:51:33.199 you know the ones where you just screw top lids. 980 00:51:33.639 --> 00:51:37.199 They got products from medina and nitrophiles and azamite and 981 00:51:37.360 --> 00:51:42.000 heirloom soils, Sienna multch They are on FM five point 982 00:51:42.000 --> 00:51:44.320 twenty one near Highway six and two eighty eight south 983 00:51:44.360 --> 00:51:48.079 of Houston. Sienna Maltz dot com. Write that down, Sienna 984 00:51:48.320 --> 00:51:51.320 Maltz dot com toy, how to get there, get phone numbers, 985 00:51:51.440 --> 00:51:54.360 get lots more good information, And I promise you when 986 00:51:54.400 --> 00:51:56.960 you go in there, you're going to be greeted by happy, 987 00:51:57.159 --> 00:51:59.920 enthusiastic people that are there to help you. It is fun. 988 00:52:00.280 --> 00:52:02.559 I mean, it is the pleasure to go in and 989 00:52:02.800 --> 00:52:05.599 just visit with the folks at c NMOS. We're gonna 990 00:52:05.599 --> 00:52:08.960 go now out to Cleveland and talk to Ron. Hello, Ron, 991 00:52:09.039 --> 00:52:10.000 Welcome to guard Line. 992 00:52:11.079 --> 00:52:11.840 Good more on skip. 993 00:52:12.280 --> 00:52:16.039 Hey, I've got like nine different kinds of plants. I'm 994 00:52:16.079 --> 00:52:19.280 looking for the fertilizers that can be be used on 995 00:52:19.679 --> 00:52:21.679 all of them instead of having to buy three or 996 00:52:21.719 --> 00:52:23.400 four different kinds of fertilizer. 997 00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:26.119 You know I've got all right, give me the quick list, 998 00:52:28.559 --> 00:52:29.199 Go ahead. 999 00:52:30.119 --> 00:52:36.400 Sweet, I'm in Burbina by Texts Texas Mountain Laurel, double Knockout, Rose, Silverado, 1000 00:52:36.559 --> 00:52:42.280 Sage Laurel, Pedlums, sun Leaf Sunshine, the Gustum Crpe, Myrtles 1001 00:52:42.320 --> 00:52:43.400 and Bulgan via. 1002 00:52:46.920 --> 00:52:49.320 You know what I would do. It's a lot of plants. 1003 00:52:49.679 --> 00:52:56.440 Are they growing in your lawn or where? Okay, your lawn? Yeah, 1004 00:52:57.199 --> 00:53:01.360 I use a turf type fertilizer for a lot of things. 1005 00:53:02.960 --> 00:53:05.719 I mean, it sounds, you know, kind of funny to 1006 00:53:05.760 --> 00:53:06.719 say that, but I do. 1007 00:53:07.360 --> 00:53:07.480 Uh. 1008 00:53:07.679 --> 00:53:11.599 There's a product that the folks at Nelson's Fertilizer have 1009 00:53:11.679 --> 00:53:15.760 they called Bruce's Brew and it is a three one 1010 00:53:15.840 --> 00:53:20.039 two ratio type fertilizer. It gives you some immediate feeding, 1011 00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:23.159 but it feeds gradually over time too. Now it's used 1012 00:53:23.239 --> 00:53:25.960 for lawns. That's that Primarily they're selling it as a 1013 00:53:26.039 --> 00:53:29.559 lawn fertilizer. But I'm telling you that what it does. 1014 00:53:29.840 --> 00:53:32.159 I use that kind of fertilizer in a lot of 1015 00:53:32.199 --> 00:53:34.679 different places, and all of those with the roses, you 1016 00:53:34.800 --> 00:53:37.880 want to have nitrogen to really encourage growth because growth 1017 00:53:38.480 --> 00:53:41.239 is where the blooms form, the terminal ends of new growth. 1018 00:53:41.920 --> 00:53:44.480 You named a lot of different plants, and I think 1019 00:53:44.840 --> 00:53:47.400 if I were to just say one fertilizer, I would 1020 00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:51.039 I would probably do that. Okay, that's like a. 1021 00:53:53.000 --> 00:53:56.599 More cut garden, says, I haven't seen Bruce's Beloo before. 1022 00:53:58.239 --> 00:54:04.719 Yeah, yeah, you can get uh so, well, I think 1023 00:54:04.800 --> 00:54:06.559 they have. I think they probably have it up in 1024 00:54:06.679 --> 00:54:08.880 there in your area. We'd have to call the folks 1025 00:54:08.920 --> 00:54:11.679 at Nelson's to see you're You're a little far out 1026 00:54:11.719 --> 00:54:13.880 there on the periphery for me to just off the 1027 00:54:13.920 --> 00:54:18.519 top of my head, no it is, I might ask, Yeah, 1028 00:54:18.519 --> 00:54:21.199 it's a Nelson's product. Uh Huh. You might ask out 1029 00:54:21.239 --> 00:54:23.960 there one of your ace hardware stores, you know a 1030 00:54:24.039 --> 00:54:24.599 place like that. 1031 00:54:25.239 --> 00:54:25.360 Uh. 1032 00:54:25.679 --> 00:54:27.920 And but I'm telling you if you if you go 1033 00:54:28.199 --> 00:54:31.880 with a lawn type fertilizer, just don't get one that 1034 00:54:32.000 --> 00:54:34.400 has any weed control in it for what you're wanting 1035 00:54:34.480 --> 00:54:36.920 to do. Uh that that's not needed. 1036 00:54:37.400 --> 00:54:37.519 Uh. 1037 00:54:37.639 --> 00:54:40.079 But but just get a turf type fertilizer. When you 1038 00:54:40.119 --> 00:54:41.920 hear me talking about this is a good fertilizer for 1039 00:54:42.000 --> 00:54:44.559 your lawn. Or go to my schedule online at gardening 1040 00:54:44.679 --> 00:54:48.440 with Skip dot com Gardening with Skip dot com and 1041 00:54:48.679 --> 00:54:50.920 you'll see my lawn schedule. And if it's on the 1042 00:54:51.000 --> 00:54:54.480 lawn schedule, I would use it for all those plants. Yes, 1043 00:54:54.599 --> 00:54:57.480 there are fertilizer for roses and fluoper Yeah. 1044 00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:00.679 Yeah, I've gotta I got your I just print it 1045 00:55:00.760 --> 00:55:01.639 out of my garage. 1046 00:55:02.079 --> 00:55:05.079 One more question, if you don't find a barricade, is 1047 00:55:05.159 --> 00:55:07.480 it okay to get that up in these. 1048 00:55:07.960 --> 00:55:12.159 Shrub beds and stuff like that. It's not labeled for 1049 00:55:12.280 --> 00:55:16.639 application in shrub beds, but it is not going to 1050 00:55:16.760 --> 00:55:20.360 hurt if you don't overdo it. Okay, So some lands 1051 00:55:20.400 --> 00:55:23.840 in there, it's not it's not the end of the world. No, 1052 00:55:24.000 --> 00:55:29.079 it's it's gonna stop. Yeah. It kills by It kills 1053 00:55:29.159 --> 00:55:32.519 weeds by not letting the seeds get roots down and 1054 00:55:32.639 --> 00:55:37.679 sprout and successfully establish. So if in those shrubbeds you 1055 00:55:37.760 --> 00:55:40.760 were gonna plant some flowers like zinnias or something, the 1056 00:55:40.840 --> 00:55:43.960 barricade would stop them. But it's not there. It's not 1057 00:55:44.039 --> 00:55:47.199 going to kill your shrubs. But again, that's outside the label, 1058 00:55:47.239 --> 00:55:49.519 and I never recommend things that are outside the label. 1059 00:55:49.599 --> 00:55:51.519 So officially, that is not a place that. 1060 00:55:52.880 --> 00:55:55.400 Yeah, I'm all right, so worried about it, if you know, 1061 00:55:55.400 --> 00:55:58.119 because I've used a bra on that. I just want 1062 00:55:58.159 --> 00:56:00.599 to make sure about that. Yeah, thanks CHIV. Well there 1063 00:56:01.280 --> 00:56:03.400 you bet, Thanks for the call. I appreciate that a lot. 1064 00:56:03.920 --> 00:56:05.239 I started talking about Pest. 1065 00:56:05.119 --> 00:56:07.280 Brothers the other day and just going on and on 1066 00:56:07.480 --> 00:56:11.480 about this really cool system they have. It's mosquito control 1067 00:56:12.199 --> 00:56:15.840 bait buckets, and this is so cool. In the bait 1068 00:56:15.920 --> 00:56:18.239 bucket is this product. They have to land on this 1069 00:56:18.360 --> 00:56:22.280 little mesh and little tiny dusty microparticles stick to the 1070 00:56:22.360 --> 00:56:25.599 mosquito and then they drop off in the water. So 1071 00:56:25.679 --> 00:56:29.000 when the mosquito lays eggs, the eggs never become mosquitoes. 1072 00:56:29.519 --> 00:56:31.079 It kills the larva. They don't even make it to 1073 00:56:31.119 --> 00:56:35.519 the pupa stage. That's cool. Then it has this mosquito 1074 00:56:35.639 --> 00:56:40.280 fungal disease and the mosquito carries it around and it 1075 00:56:40.400 --> 00:56:42.599 slowly kills. And by the way, that mosquito goes to 1076 00:56:42.719 --> 00:56:46.079 other watering spots, like that leaky gutter you got that 1077 00:56:46.320 --> 00:56:48.719 holds water and stuff. When they lay an egg up 1078 00:56:48.760 --> 00:56:52.000 in there, they're going to infect that water with this product. 1079 00:56:52.039 --> 00:56:53.960 And it doesn't hurt anything. It's not gonna hurt ladybugs, 1080 00:56:54.039 --> 00:56:56.320 not gonna hurt a family pattern. That is what makes 1081 00:56:56.360 --> 00:56:59.880 it so cool. Pest Brothers covers our whole Houston area 1082 00:57:00.519 --> 00:57:02.719 all the way from the Woodlands down to Texas City, 1083 00:57:02.880 --> 00:57:06.800 from Katie across the Baytown. You have issues with termites, 1084 00:57:06.880 --> 00:57:10.440 other household pass fire ants in the yard. I mentioned mosquitoes, 1085 00:57:10.679 --> 00:57:13.679 wild varmits, they know how to treat them effectively in 1086 00:57:13.800 --> 00:57:16.599 the safest manner. You can give them a call for 1087 00:57:16.679 --> 00:57:20.440 a quote. Two eight one two o six forty six seventy. 1088 00:57:20.639 --> 00:57:25.800 Go to the website the pest brosbros dot Com two 1089 00:57:25.880 --> 00:57:30.039 eight one two o six forty six seventy. We're going 1090 00:57:30.079 --> 00:57:33.400 to go now to sugar Land and talk to Elizabeth. Hello, Elizabeth, 1091 00:57:33.480 --> 00:57:34.440 Welcome to garden Line. 1092 00:57:35.880 --> 00:57:37.639 Oh and it's nice to talk to you. I've never 1093 00:57:37.679 --> 00:57:42.519 spoken to you before. My question is, I don't seem 1094 00:57:42.639 --> 00:57:48.000 to be very successful growing irises, and I'm not sure 1095 00:57:48.079 --> 00:57:53.079 what I think that irises don't like too much water, 1096 00:57:53.199 --> 00:57:53.679 am I right? 1097 00:57:56.159 --> 00:57:58.480 Yes? They they don't want to be in a swamp. 1098 00:57:58.519 --> 00:58:00.559 They don't want the soggy so that they you know, 1099 00:58:00.760 --> 00:58:02.320 like any plant, they need some watering. 1100 00:58:03.480 --> 00:58:06.840 Okay, So what is the best place to put them? 1101 00:58:07.239 --> 00:58:07.760 Do they like? 1102 00:58:08.280 --> 00:58:10.440 I don't think they like full sun, and the sun 1103 00:58:10.519 --> 00:58:13.960 here is so fierce anyway, So would you think it 1104 00:58:14.039 --> 00:58:19.519 would be like morning sun and afternoon shade or. 1105 00:58:19.559 --> 00:58:22.039 What if you can give them that. If you can 1106 00:58:22.079 --> 00:58:23.719 give them that, that's great. If you could put them 1107 00:58:23.800 --> 00:58:26.519 under a deciduous tree, you know, this time of the year, 1108 00:58:26.599 --> 00:58:30.119 the sun isn't brutal. And so when our trees don't 1109 00:58:30.159 --> 00:58:32.880 have leaves on them, the iris can still get some 1110 00:58:33.119 --> 00:58:36.159 light during you know, during the season when it has 1111 00:58:36.239 --> 00:58:39.719 its leaves up. I like a deciduous shade for a 1112 00:58:39.800 --> 00:58:41.840 lot of different kinds of bulbs that are going to 1113 00:58:41.880 --> 00:58:43.119 get their follows a little early. 1114 00:58:44.039 --> 00:58:49.519 Okay, And what about fertilizer? What should I use? Even 1115 00:58:49.679 --> 00:58:54.719 there's something that's got go ahead, I was saying, because 1116 00:58:54.760 --> 00:58:57.400 it's not really a bulb. It's more like a rhizome, 1117 00:58:57.559 --> 00:59:01.599 isn't it? And so I was one. I mean, an 1118 00:59:01.760 --> 00:59:04.000 organic fertilizer would work with them. 1119 00:59:05.239 --> 00:59:08.159 You could do that. You could use a product like Microlife. 1120 00:59:08.840 --> 00:59:11.760 I would use their six two four. That would be 1121 00:59:11.920 --> 00:59:13.920 just fine. If you are you're already using that, that's 1122 00:59:14.000 --> 00:59:18.679 especially a good idea use occasionally. Okay, Well, then there 1123 00:59:18.760 --> 00:59:21.880 you go. You're set up. Occasionally you may want to 1124 00:59:21.920 --> 00:59:24.079 add a little bit of bone meal a mixed into 1125 00:59:24.159 --> 00:59:27.079 the soil, especially when you're gonna plant iris. It's the 1126 00:59:27.239 --> 00:59:30.159 bone meal doesn't move down, the phosphorus doesn't move down 1127 00:59:30.239 --> 00:59:32.400 in the soil. But getting a little bit in a 1128 00:59:32.480 --> 00:59:34.199 new bed where you're going to plant them, mix some 1129 00:59:34.280 --> 00:59:36.719 bone meal in and then just continue with your micro 1130 00:59:36.800 --> 00:59:37.320 life six. 1131 00:59:37.480 --> 00:59:42.760 Four okay, and so moderation and yes, thanks, moderation in 1132 00:59:42.880 --> 00:59:45.960 water then just just normal water. 1133 00:59:46.199 --> 00:59:50.679 Yes, moderate, just normal watering. Keep a moist malt around them. 1134 00:59:50.760 --> 00:59:54.239 Keep the weeds away because weeds steal water and make 1135 00:59:54.280 --> 00:59:56.880 it get dryer faster, and they compete for nutrients. So 1136 00:59:57.559 --> 01:00:00.559 the malts. With some moderate watering, you should be good. 1137 01:00:00.760 --> 01:00:03.920 All right, all right, thank you, thanks for the call, Elizabeth. 1138 01:00:04.320 --> 01:00:11.320 You bet bye bye. Arburgate Garden Center is it's all. 1139 01:00:11.800 --> 01:00:15.599 It's always fun to go there because they have so 1140 01:00:16.039 --> 01:00:19.320 many different kinds of plants and stuff. They've got the 1141 01:00:19.639 --> 01:00:22.000 standard meat and potatoes, you know that people don't want 1142 01:00:22.000 --> 01:00:24.039 to go get and buy. But they've got stuff you 1143 01:00:24.079 --> 01:00:26.599 haven't seen before. They've got stuff you haven't tried before, 1144 01:00:26.880 --> 01:00:29.679 and they're always getting new things in. And go and 1145 01:00:29.880 --> 01:00:32.199 talk to Beverly or Kennonan or any of the folks 1146 01:00:32.280 --> 01:00:35.440 that are there on site. The nice thing about Arbigate 1147 01:00:35.519 --> 01:00:38.000 they walk you around, they'll talk to you, they'll help 1148 01:00:38.039 --> 01:00:39.800 you with things like you're going, well, I want some 1149 01:00:40.119 --> 01:00:43.079 flowers to do a container, I want something for this area. Well, 1150 01:00:43.079 --> 01:00:45.119 come over here and they'll talk to you and they'll 1151 01:00:45.119 --> 01:00:48.079 help you. They are very knowledgeable, and I'm telling you 1152 01:00:48.239 --> 01:00:51.239 that is so important to have that when you're shopping 1153 01:00:51.360 --> 01:00:53.800 for plants. Remember they got the parking lot in the 1154 01:00:53.880 --> 01:00:57.559 back that is off Trichel Road. It's a little loop 1155 01:00:57.559 --> 01:00:59.880 that goes around behind Arburgate. Go back there and park. 1156 01:00:59.920 --> 01:01:03.199 It's safe. It's easy access, all weather access too, by 1157 01:01:03.280 --> 01:01:06.199 the way, and while you're there, pick up the organic 1158 01:01:06.320 --> 01:01:09.360 food complete that is an organic food, a fertilizer if 1159 01:01:09.400 --> 01:01:14.000 you will, the organic soil complete, and the organic compost complete. 1160 01:01:14.159 --> 01:01:17.519 Those three bags are the whole deal. Both the soil 1161 01:01:17.599 --> 01:01:20.519 and the compost have expanded shale in them, so that 1162 01:01:20.840 --> 01:01:25.079 holds our heavy clays open even longer than the organic 1163 01:01:25.159 --> 01:01:30.760 matter sticks around. They really did an ingenious job coming 1164 01:01:30.840 --> 01:01:34.480 up with these three bags to put together because again membership, 1165 01:01:34.559 --> 01:01:37.360 says Browns who I'm talking about myself and the third person, 1166 01:01:37.440 --> 01:01:41.320 that's weird brown stuff before green stuff. Right, three bags 1167 01:01:41.719 --> 01:01:45.920 organic food, organic soil, organic compost complete, that is the 1168 01:01:45.960 --> 01:01:49.119 brown stuff. And then go get those plants and they 1169 01:01:49.800 --> 01:01:51.800 you know, good healthy plants, and go home and have 1170 01:01:51.960 --> 01:01:54.360 some fun. By the way, can you imagine a better 1171 01:01:54.440 --> 01:01:56.840 week than this week to get out there. Oh, I 1172 01:01:56.960 --> 01:02:00.159 love this weather that we're having. Let's head out to 1173 01:02:00.239 --> 01:02:03.599 spring and we're going to talk to Trey. Oh, Trey. 1174 01:02:05.039 --> 01:02:06.000 Heayscape, good morning. 1175 01:02:07.159 --> 01:02:09.039 You might have mentioned this already, but it's just looking 1176 01:02:09.119 --> 01:02:12.039 for what triggers we're looking for to put out the 1177 01:02:12.199 --> 01:02:14.280 quick release fertilizer. 1178 01:02:16.400 --> 01:02:19.519 Basically, you know, we want a little bit of warm 1179 01:02:19.559 --> 01:02:22.880 in temperature, but the early green up. You're talking about 1180 01:02:22.880 --> 01:02:29.360 a nitrofoss product. I believe correct, Yes, sir, Yeah, that's 1181 01:02:29.480 --> 01:02:33.559 the Imperial, the Imperial lawn fertilizer. It's the red orange, 1182 01:02:33.679 --> 01:02:37.519 kind of reddish orange bag fifteen five ten. Now, now's 1183 01:02:37.519 --> 01:02:39.400 the time to do that. You can go ahead and 1184 01:02:39.480 --> 01:02:41.320 do that. We do that in March to green things 1185 01:02:41.400 --> 01:02:44.079 up a little bit. That's an optional application, but a 1186 01:02:44.159 --> 01:02:46.480 lot of people like to get that early green. And 1187 01:02:46.599 --> 01:02:49.639 then once we get into April, we're switching over to 1188 01:02:50.679 --> 01:02:53.639 more gradual release fertilizers to carry us on through summer. 1189 01:02:54.440 --> 01:02:57.280 And it is on the schedule at Gardening with Skip 1190 01:02:57.360 --> 01:02:57.719 dot com. 1191 01:02:59.199 --> 01:03:02.119 All right, perfect, thank you, share, all. 1192 01:03:02.119 --> 01:03:07.800 Right, good luck, enjoy that lawn. Appreciate your call. Quality 1193 01:03:07.840 --> 01:03:11.719 Home Products of Texas. That is your source for Generaic 1194 01:03:12.119 --> 01:03:19.119 Automatic Standby generators. Generac generators are they're basically a leader 1195 01:03:19.199 --> 01:03:23.000 in the market, and Quality Home Products of Texas has 1196 01:03:23.119 --> 01:03:25.239 those in hand on hand. 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You can 1207 01:04:02.920 --> 01:04:07.199 go to QUALITYTX dot com, qualitytx dot com or dial 1208 01:04:07.239 --> 01:04:12.000 them up seven one three, Quality, seven to one three, Quality, 1209 01:04:12.159 --> 01:04:18.000 quality products, quality service for equality life. Welcome back to 1210 01:04:18.119 --> 01:04:21.760 garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter. We're here to 1211 01:04:21.840 --> 01:04:25.599 help you. Help you have a downafa garden and a 1212 01:04:25.639 --> 01:04:28.440 beautiful landscape and more fun in the process. And how 1213 01:04:28.519 --> 01:04:30.599 do you have fun? You have fun by having success. 1214 01:04:30.679 --> 01:04:32.800 How do you have success? Well, you start with the soil. 1215 01:04:33.159 --> 01:04:37.079 You get the soil right and years ago, years ago, 1216 01:04:37.199 --> 01:04:41.719 John Ferguson and Nature's Way Resources set out to create 1217 01:04:42.320 --> 01:04:45.559 a product that would work the way nature works. That's 1218 01:04:45.639 --> 01:04:49.599 that's called Nature's Way. And now that place has grown 1219 01:04:49.719 --> 01:04:54.000 into a two acre a nursery for example. It's they've 1220 01:04:54.039 --> 01:04:56.800 got every soil product you can imagine. I mean, I 1221 01:04:56.920 --> 01:04:58.880 really mean that, and a lot of soil products were 1222 01:04:58.920 --> 01:05:01.480 born there, like ros and leaf mo compost. That's where 1223 01:05:01.519 --> 01:05:05.119 that's where it began at Nature's Way. But it doesn't 1224 01:05:05.159 --> 01:05:06.960 matter what do you need leaf mo composts? Do you 1225 01:05:07.079 --> 01:05:09.199 need fungal compost? Do you know they have a fungal 1226 01:05:09.360 --> 01:05:13.960 compost sale every Friday, ten dollars off bags, twenty dollars 1227 01:05:14.039 --> 01:05:17.199 off bulk fungo based compost, which, by the way, you 1228 01:05:17.320 --> 01:05:20.639 can also use as a compost top dressing. High quality 1229 01:05:20.760 --> 01:05:23.119 organic product at Nature's Way. You can go to the 1230 01:05:23.159 --> 01:05:28.639 website Nature's Way Resources dot com Nature's Way Resources dot 1231 01:05:28.679 --> 01:05:31.719 com find out more about them and whether you go 1232 01:05:31.920 --> 01:05:35.280 find their products by the bag. You know some garden 1233 01:05:35.360 --> 01:05:40.039 center they widely available like that, or maybe for example, 1234 01:05:40.559 --> 01:05:43.679 you want to order bulk or go pick up bulk 1235 01:05:43.920 --> 01:05:46.599 they can handle all of those different things. They got 1236 01:05:46.639 --> 01:05:48.239 you covered. Now I want to tell you about something 1237 01:05:48.719 --> 01:05:54.280 coming up on March ninth. It's a week away. March ninth, 1238 01:05:54.360 --> 01:05:57.039 from nine to two is the Spring Garden Festival at 1239 01:05:57.159 --> 01:05:59.480 Nature's Way. I've been to this more than once. It's 1240 01:05:59.519 --> 01:06:03.920 an awe some thing. There's children's activities, there's gardening education 1241 01:06:04.159 --> 01:06:08.599 talks there that they always have some sort of cool 1242 01:06:09.039 --> 01:06:12.000 drink to try as you walk around. There's vendors to see. 1243 01:06:12.679 --> 01:06:15.760 It is just a fun, great day at Nature's Way Resource. 1244 01:06:15.800 --> 01:06:20.199 Go to Nature's Way Resources dot com. Nature's Way Resources. 1245 01:06:20.280 --> 01:06:22.960 You haven't been there before. It's on Sherbrooke Circle up 1246 01:06:22.960 --> 01:06:26.679 toward conro So, just off forty five on the east side, 1247 01:06:26.719 --> 01:06:29.280 across the railroad tracks, right there where fourteen eighty eight 1248 01:06:29.360 --> 01:06:32.840 comes in. Check out the Spring Garden Festival coming up 1249 01:06:33.360 --> 01:06:38.920 March ninth, ninety two at Nature'sway Resources dot Com. We're 1250 01:06:38.920 --> 01:06:42.000 gonna head out to Copperfield now and talk to Pamela. Hey, Pamela, 1251 01:06:42.079 --> 01:06:52.000 welcome to Garden Line. Already. I'm gonna put Pamela on hold. 1252 01:06:52.360 --> 01:06:54.280 Maybe we can get her back and we'll come back 1253 01:06:54.360 --> 01:06:58.559 to her in just a little bit. If you want inspiration. 1254 01:06:59.599 --> 01:07:03.159 If you want to dream what your place could look like, 1255 01:07:03.679 --> 01:07:08.519 you need to go to this website pierce Scapes dot 1256 01:07:08.599 --> 01:07:11.559 com p E A r C E S C A 1257 01:07:11.760 --> 01:07:15.800 p E S piercescapes dot com. There are a preferred 1258 01:07:16.039 --> 01:07:18.760 garden line landscaper and when you go there you'll see 1259 01:07:18.800 --> 01:07:21.800 why I don't care what you need. It's your one 1260 01:07:22.280 --> 01:07:25.320 stop shop for all things landscaping. Do you need spring 1261 01:07:25.400 --> 01:07:28.320 freshening up? Do you want to completely revamp? Do you 1262 01:07:28.400 --> 01:07:31.800 want to see hardscape put in your beautiful patio area? 1263 01:07:31.880 --> 01:07:33.960 Do you want to do landscape lighting? Do you have 1264 01:07:34.079 --> 01:07:38.000 areas that need drainage improvement? Is your irrigation system not 1265 01:07:38.400 --> 01:07:41.760 performing well? And most irrigation systems are not very efficient, 1266 01:07:42.000 --> 01:07:45.280 broken heads, misaligned heads, all kinds of issues. Piercecapes can 1267 01:07:45.320 --> 01:07:47.159 fix all of that. And they also, by the way, 1268 01:07:47.639 --> 01:07:51.360 do a quarterly maintenance program. You can have them come 1269 01:07:51.400 --> 01:07:54.239 out once a quarter. They'll, you know, clean up the beds, 1270 01:07:54.800 --> 01:07:57.079 get the weeds out if they're weeds in there, put molts, 1271 01:07:57.119 --> 01:08:00.199 fresh mults down, check the irrigation system, do any trading 1272 01:08:00.280 --> 01:08:03.320 and shrubbing you know, and if plant we need to 1273 01:08:03.400 --> 01:08:06.280 replace our annual color plants through the course of the year. 1274 01:08:06.519 --> 01:08:09.239 They do that too as part of that quarterly maintenance 1275 01:08:09.280 --> 01:08:13.079 system piercescapes dot com. Here's a phone number if you'd 1276 01:08:13.119 --> 01:08:15.480 like to give them a call. Two eight one three 1277 01:08:15.639 --> 01:08:19.760 seven oh five zero six zero two eight one three 1278 01:08:19.880 --> 01:08:22.359 seven oh fifty sixty. 1279 01:08:24.079 --> 01:08:24.199 Uh. 1280 01:08:24.319 --> 01:08:26.520 You were listening to garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richtor. 1281 01:08:26.840 --> 01:08:30.119 We're here to help you have success in what you're growing, 1282 01:08:30.319 --> 01:08:33.159 everything you want to try. You know, earlier on, as 1283 01:08:33.199 --> 01:08:35.439 we were starting the new year, I kept saying, Hey, 1284 01:08:36.239 --> 01:08:37.600 what are you going to do new this year? What 1285 01:08:37.640 --> 01:08:39.079 are you gonna try new this year? What are you 1286 01:08:39.119 --> 01:08:41.359 going to grow that you've never grown before? What are 1287 01:08:41.399 --> 01:08:47.279 you gonna do plant care, landscape care, garden care wise 1288 01:08:47.359 --> 01:08:51.880 that you've never done before. Maybe, Uh, here's an idea. U. 1289 01:08:52.039 --> 01:08:57.479 There is a thing called garden mesh fabric. Garden mesh fabric, 1290 01:08:57.880 --> 01:09:00.159 so think of something as soft as a bedsheet, but 1291 01:09:00.359 --> 01:09:03.720 like a window screen for your house. That's a general 1292 01:09:04.199 --> 01:09:06.560 idea of what we're talking about. You put it over 1293 01:09:06.600 --> 01:09:09.159 your plants and bugs can't get in. So, whether you're 1294 01:09:09.159 --> 01:09:11.600 an organic gardener or not, I mean, why spray if 1295 01:09:11.640 --> 01:09:13.640 you don't have to You can put it over plants 1296 01:09:13.760 --> 01:09:16.600 and keep the pass out. So if you're growing let's 1297 01:09:16.640 --> 01:09:18.680 say tomatoes, and you want to keep out the stink bugs, 1298 01:09:18.880 --> 01:09:21.640 you can do that. Tomatoes don't need bees to pollinate 1299 01:09:21.720 --> 01:09:23.840 them just when moving it. Or should you shake the 1300 01:09:23.920 --> 01:09:26.640 cage every morning or something, Well, however it goes about it, 1301 01:09:27.600 --> 01:09:29.680 you can just put this over them and avoid that 1302 01:09:29.800 --> 01:09:31.680 need to spray and boy, it's hard to control stink 1303 01:09:31.720 --> 01:09:34.520 bugs anyway, and leave footed bugs. You can use it 1304 01:09:34.560 --> 01:09:36.319 over your squash, just have to pick it up and 1305 01:09:36.439 --> 01:09:39.279 do the pollination yourself, or leave it on long enough 1306 01:09:39.880 --> 01:09:42.560 for the squash to get ready for that first female 1307 01:09:42.600 --> 01:09:45.319 bloom to open, and then take it off. And yeah, 1308 01:09:45.399 --> 01:09:47.399 the vine bores will find it, but you'll get a 1309 01:09:47.439 --> 01:09:51.399 good little yield before they find it. Lay eggs, eggs, 1310 01:09:51.479 --> 01:09:53.720 hatch out and hit a point where they're taking out 1311 01:09:53.760 --> 01:09:56.880 the squash mines. Mesh fabric is a good tip that 1312 01:09:57.000 --> 01:09:59.079 I think will work for you. Let's go back to 1313 01:09:59.119 --> 01:10:02.399 Copperfield talk to Pamela. Hey, Pamela, welcome Reguard line. 1314 01:10:03.520 --> 01:10:04.119 Oh, thank you. 1315 01:10:06.000 --> 01:10:09.920 My question this morning is I need a weed killer 1316 01:10:10.640 --> 01:10:15.279 for small red leaved clover that is creeping all over 1317 01:10:15.399 --> 01:10:16.039 my backyard. 1318 01:10:17.920 --> 01:10:22.399 Okay, there is a product that the folks at Nitrofoss have. 1319 01:10:22.520 --> 01:10:24.880 It's a fifteen five to ten with trimeac and that 1320 01:10:25.319 --> 01:10:29.000 will work. It's it's pretty widely available. So up there, 1321 01:10:29.520 --> 01:10:32.319 you know, in the Copperfield area, you've got some Ace 1322 01:10:32.359 --> 01:10:35.439 hardware stores that are very very close to you, and 1323 01:10:36.760 --> 01:10:39.439 they will have that product. It is a blue bag 1324 01:10:39.680 --> 01:10:42.199 and it's a fifteen five to ten. It's a trimec 1325 01:10:42.279 --> 01:10:44.880 in it. You have to wet the lawn, just wet 1326 01:10:44.920 --> 01:10:48.039 it a little bit, and when you when you wet 1327 01:10:48.079 --> 01:10:53.199 the lawn, immediately spread that fertilizer so that it sticks 1328 01:10:53.279 --> 01:10:57.439 to the wet leaves of the weeds. That's how it works, 1329 01:10:58.079 --> 01:11:01.279 and you're going to find that it does work. It's 1330 01:11:01.359 --> 01:11:03.840 real easy to do. There's a Cypress a hardware there 1331 01:11:03.920 --> 01:11:06.680 on Jones Road. I don't know just exactly the area 1332 01:11:06.720 --> 01:11:08.840 you're in, but M and D on Luetta is another 1333 01:11:08.880 --> 01:11:11.600 one close by to you, right up in that area. 1334 01:11:11.720 --> 01:11:14.560 Oh oh, you said Copperfield, didn't you. I'm sorry? What 1335 01:11:14.680 --> 01:11:17.520 am I thinking? Langham Creek is on five twenty nine, 1336 01:11:17.840 --> 01:11:21.960 just right there, Barker Cypress five twenty nine, Langham Creek's 1337 01:11:21.960 --> 01:11:24.039 a great one. They just redid that store too, by 1338 01:11:24.079 --> 01:11:24.319 the way. 1339 01:11:25.760 --> 01:11:28.239 Yes, it's a very nice store and a great location. 1340 01:11:29.199 --> 01:11:31.479 Excuse me to you now, When you said Copperfield, my 1341 01:11:31.560 --> 01:11:32.199 brain hurts. 1342 01:11:33.399 --> 01:11:39.319 Pardon, yes, can you repeat the product again they use. 1343 01:11:39.920 --> 01:11:44.079 It's by nitro Foss. It is a light lightish blue bag, 1344 01:11:44.239 --> 01:11:47.399 not dark, not purple, not dark blue blue, not purple. 1345 01:11:47.960 --> 01:11:51.880 And you want it's called fifteen five to ten with Trimac. 1346 01:11:52.800 --> 01:11:55.199 It's a product. It's one of the ones I call 1347 01:11:56.119 --> 01:11:58.319 yeah with trimec. It's a weed and feed fifteen five 1348 01:11:58.399 --> 01:12:00.439 ten with Trimac by Ninetro five and they they'll have 1349 01:12:00.560 --> 01:12:03.439 it there. Talk to record Lacy or someone from the 1350 01:12:03.520 --> 01:12:05.520 store and they'll be able to take you right to it. 1351 01:12:06.760 --> 01:12:07.039 Great. 1352 01:12:07.159 --> 01:12:08.000 Thank you so much. 1353 01:12:08.439 --> 01:12:11.439 Enjoy your program, you bet. 1354 01:12:11.520 --> 01:12:15.279 Thank you appreciate your call. Get under control. You know 1355 01:12:15.399 --> 01:12:17.479 the reason we're dealing with weeds right now. But the 1356 01:12:17.560 --> 01:12:22.800 reason we're controlling them is they're going to seed. No, 1357 01:12:23.000 --> 01:12:26.359 I've been talking. People get confused. But there's two things. 1358 01:12:26.479 --> 01:12:30.399 There is the idea that I've got a weed that 1359 01:12:30.479 --> 01:12:32.880 I want to kill that's existing, that's a post emergent, 1360 01:12:33.079 --> 01:12:35.000 or the weed I want to prevent that's a pre emergent. 1361 01:12:35.079 --> 01:12:38.359 That would be like the barricade type product, So make 1362 01:12:38.439 --> 01:12:40.560 sure you get the right one for what you're dealing with. 1363 01:12:41.520 --> 01:12:46.039 Moss Nursery down in on Toddville Road in Seabrook is 1364 01:12:46.840 --> 01:12:50.720 not just another garden center. It is a seventy year 1365 01:12:50.880 --> 01:12:55.720 old family operated eight acre wonderland to wander through as 1366 01:12:55.760 --> 01:12:58.319 lounging as someone the other day. I matter our experiences 1367 01:12:58.359 --> 01:13:01.119 walking through there, and they, first of all, what do 1368 01:13:01.199 --> 01:13:04.199 you need? I mean, do you want little boneseye starter plants? 1369 01:13:04.239 --> 01:13:07.000 I got hundreds of those. Do you need some junipers? 1370 01:13:07.000 --> 01:13:11.760 They have three or four varieties, Azelia's redbuds, Magnolia's hawthorns, hollies, 1371 01:13:12.239 --> 01:13:15.640 Brazilian rain trees. You don't see those available everywhere. Use 1372 01:13:15.880 --> 01:13:19.199 Laura pedlam, which is called Chinese witch hazel ball cypress 1373 01:13:19.920 --> 01:13:24.720 loves to be here. And Portula Carria portulka, not porta laca. 1374 01:13:25.439 --> 01:13:29.279 Portula caria. It's like it looks sort of like perce lane, 1375 01:13:29.720 --> 01:13:33.760 but as a little woody, shrubby small plant. That was 1376 01:13:33.840 --> 01:13:38.960 a nice eloquent description. Portula Caria, go into massy. I 1377 01:13:39.000 --> 01:13:42.199 want to see this Porcula caria. Lots of hanging basket. 1378 01:13:42.479 --> 01:13:47.279 Hundreds and hundreds of hanging baskets. Tadville Road, Seabrook, Texas 1379 01:13:47.720 --> 01:13:51.399 mos Nursery dot Com two eight one four seven four 1380 01:13:51.920 --> 01:13:58.159 twenty four eighty eight. I'll be right back, good already born. 1381 01:13:58.439 --> 01:14:02.279 We're back brand, Welcome back to garden line. 1382 01:14:04.079 --> 01:14:04.279 Boy. 1383 01:14:04.479 --> 01:14:08.159 Is this ever a busy time of the year? It is, 1384 01:14:08.399 --> 01:14:12.359 isn't it? I mean, gosh, they say spring has sprung? Boy, 1385 01:14:12.439 --> 01:14:15.960 it has it ever? I you know, sitting here doing 1386 01:14:16.000 --> 01:14:17.600 the radio, I want to say, could Joe hold on 1387 01:14:17.720 --> 01:14:19.319 for just a minute and I go outside and work 1388 01:14:19.359 --> 01:14:21.479 for about an hour in my yard, then come back 1389 01:14:21.560 --> 01:14:24.920 and keep going. Because everything as I'm talking to you 1390 01:14:25.039 --> 01:14:27.359 guys about your lawns and your flowers and trees and 1391 01:14:27.399 --> 01:14:30.479 shrubs and everything else, I'm thinking about mine. I've got 1392 01:14:30.560 --> 01:14:34.560 some containers that are waiting on me to plant my 1393 01:14:34.680 --> 01:14:37.600 spring flowers in my warm season flowers, and I can't 1394 01:14:37.600 --> 01:14:39.560 wait to get out and do that. In fact, I've 1395 01:14:39.600 --> 01:14:41.720 got several things I want to pot up out there. 1396 01:14:42.520 --> 01:14:45.439 And by the way, if you're looking for a quality 1397 01:14:45.680 --> 01:14:48.479 potting MiGs, a jungle Land by Nitroposs is a good one. 1398 01:14:48.720 --> 01:14:51.359 They have two different products. One is for indoor plants. 1399 01:14:51.399 --> 01:14:55.159 It's called jungle Land water saving potting soil. I'm talking 1400 01:14:55.239 --> 01:14:57.399 right now in my yard. I want to put some 1401 01:14:57.520 --> 01:15:02.560 outdoor containers and the jungle land flour and vegetable potting soil. 1402 01:15:02.800 --> 01:15:08.399 Jungle Land flour and vegetable potting soil from nitrophis it works. 1403 01:15:08.720 --> 01:15:11.479 You're going to find that. The reason I say it 1404 01:15:11.520 --> 01:15:13.880 works is because a potting soil you want to hoole 1405 01:15:13.960 --> 01:15:16.199 moisture so you don't have the water it every day, 1406 01:15:16.800 --> 01:15:18.960 but you want it to drain well so it doesn't 1407 01:15:19.000 --> 01:15:22.199 get soggy and you lead to root rot. And jungle 1408 01:15:22.279 --> 01:15:24.920 Land is designed to do just at all size mic 1409 01:15:25.000 --> 01:15:27.680 arizel fungi in it that really help. They work with 1410 01:15:27.760 --> 01:15:31.760 the plant roots. That's what micarizel do, mic hizal fungi do. 1411 01:15:32.560 --> 01:15:35.880 And it's got four different sources of aged organic matter 1412 01:15:36.039 --> 01:15:39.000 age bark. Basically, where do you find it, Well, you're 1413 01:15:39.000 --> 01:15:42.279 gonna find it night frost products in Chenni Forest down 1414 01:15:42.359 --> 01:15:45.680 to Richmond Rosenberg is going to have it. And if 1415 01:15:45.760 --> 01:15:50.960 you go to let's say Katie Ace Hardware, Katie Hardware Ace, 1416 01:15:51.319 --> 01:15:53.479 They're going to have it, as does the Ace and 1417 01:15:53.600 --> 01:15:57.840 Sinkle Ranch all spas ace in the woodlands another place 1418 01:15:58.000 --> 01:16:01.720 you're going to find these night frost prods ducks. The 1419 01:16:01.760 --> 01:16:03.680 phone number if you'd like to give me call seven 1420 01:16:03.720 --> 01:16:06.960 one three two one two KTRH seven one three two 1421 01:16:07.039 --> 01:16:10.079 one two KTRH. I was looking at some pictures the 1422 01:16:10.159 --> 01:16:14.600 other day in communication with Houston Powder Coats and some 1423 01:16:14.760 --> 01:16:18.039 outdoor furniture they did was just unbelievable. It's one of 1424 01:16:18.079 --> 01:16:21.479 these metal outdoor round tables, you know, with the little 1425 01:16:22.079 --> 01:16:24.279 little slots or kind of a diamond pattern on the 1426 01:16:24.359 --> 01:16:26.600 top and all the metal chairs that go around it, 1427 01:16:26.720 --> 01:16:29.239 and they had recoated it. It was a beautiful green color. 1428 01:16:30.000 --> 01:16:32.680 They can coat anything metal out there in your yard, 1429 01:16:32.760 --> 01:16:35.960 you know, cast iron, wrought iron, aluminum, patio furniture, and 1430 01:16:36.079 --> 01:16:37.760 they do the whole thing. They don't just coat it. 1431 01:16:37.800 --> 01:16:39.960 I mean, if it needs new bolts, they put stainless 1432 01:16:39.960 --> 01:16:42.840 steel to replace those old rusty bolts. If the little 1433 01:16:42.920 --> 01:16:45.039 plastic caps on the legs, you know, they keep it 1434 01:16:45.079 --> 01:16:49.239 from scratching on the on the patio, they'll replace those. 1435 01:16:49.560 --> 01:16:51.720 If it needs little wells here and there, that's also 1436 01:16:51.800 --> 01:16:54.640 part of the services that they can do. All you 1437 01:16:54.720 --> 01:16:57.159 have to do is this take a picture of your 1438 01:16:57.239 --> 01:17:00.800 furniture and send an email with your picture and say 1439 01:17:00.840 --> 01:17:03.159 I need a quote, a quick quote, and they'll give 1440 01:17:03.159 --> 01:17:08.760 you one. Sales at Houstoncoders dot com. Sales at Houston 1441 01:17:09.399 --> 01:17:12.479 coders dot com. And if you don't go to the 1442 01:17:12.520 --> 01:17:19.199 website see examples Houston Powdercoders dot com. Hundreds of colors 1443 01:17:19.279 --> 01:17:22.439 in stock. If it is metal and you want it 1444 01:17:22.479 --> 01:17:24.439 to look better, you need to go check out what 1445 01:17:24.560 --> 01:17:26.800 they do, and you'll go. You'll start walking run the 1446 01:17:26.880 --> 01:17:30.039 yard like I have going ooh, I need to get 1447 01:17:30.079 --> 01:17:31.760 that done. I hadn't even thought about it, but I 1448 01:17:31.840 --> 01:17:33.640 need to get that done. Much better than trying to 1449 01:17:33.680 --> 01:17:36.600 paint that stuff. Let's go out to Spring and we're 1450 01:17:36.640 --> 01:17:39.479 going to talk to Jerry. Hey, Jerry, welcome to garden Line. 1451 01:17:39.960 --> 01:17:42.800 Hi Skip, thank you for taking my call. I really 1452 01:17:42.920 --> 01:17:47.079 enjoy your show. You may have addressed this before, but 1453 01:17:47.319 --> 01:17:50.079 I have not heard you talk about it. My neighbor 1454 01:17:51.520 --> 01:17:56.359 started using I used Microlife products. My neighbors started using 1455 01:17:57.159 --> 01:18:02.680 a product call Bruce's Brew or something like that. He 1456 01:18:02.800 --> 01:18:07.800 gets it from. Yes, yeah, it's just plan for all seasons. 1457 01:18:08.000 --> 01:18:11.760 And I don't find it at my Ace hardware store 1458 01:18:11.840 --> 01:18:14.039 where I get my micro Life I wondered if you 1459 01:18:14.159 --> 01:18:18.319 could address this. What he said his understanding was it 1460 01:18:18.439 --> 01:18:21.119 was kind of a blend of chemical and organic, But 1461 01:18:21.319 --> 01:18:23.760 I don't know, I wonder if you could address this. 1462 01:18:25.199 --> 01:18:28.119 Yeah, the Bruce Well Ace Hardware stores are independently owned, 1463 01:18:28.359 --> 01:18:31.039 so each store is not a cookie cutter of the 1464 01:18:31.119 --> 01:18:32.760 next one. That they do have all you know, the 1465 01:18:32.880 --> 01:18:36.119 Ace brand products, and they do tend to carry you know, 1466 01:18:36.720 --> 01:18:40.000 the lines and things that we may talk about in 1467 01:18:40.199 --> 01:18:43.640 those stores and the same kinds of things like that. 1468 01:18:44.560 --> 01:18:46.840 But yeah, there could be a product in one that 1469 01:18:47.079 --> 01:18:50.079 may not be in another one. Bruce's Brew is a 1470 01:18:50.159 --> 01:18:54.479 product from Nelson Plant Food and it is a product 1471 01:18:54.600 --> 01:18:59.840 that is it leans more toward an immediate release, but 1472 01:19:00.680 --> 01:19:03.279 it also has slow release, so it'll it'll give you 1473 01:19:03.359 --> 01:19:07.680 something right now, but then it gradually releases as the 1474 01:19:07.920 --> 01:19:11.159 forms of nitrogen in it start to kick in. There 1475 01:19:11.159 --> 01:19:14.520 are different ways you can make nitrogen product. Some of 1476 01:19:14.640 --> 01:19:17.000 them are ready right now, some of them it may 1477 01:19:17.079 --> 01:19:20.279 take months and they're still releasing, still becoming available to 1478 01:19:20.359 --> 01:19:22.319 the plants. And Brusus Brew is a blend like that, 1479 01:19:23.000 --> 01:19:26.479 so it's an immediate release but also a gradual feed 1480 01:19:26.760 --> 01:19:29.199 at the same time, and it's it's a lawn fertilizer 1481 01:19:29.439 --> 01:19:30.359 for for your lawn. 1482 01:19:31.279 --> 01:19:34.399 Okay, yeah, well there's lawn and really looks good. It's 1483 01:19:34.600 --> 01:19:39.479 it's use okay, And so I thought maybe i'd give 1484 01:19:39.520 --> 01:19:43.000 it a try. I just wondered if that would be 1485 01:19:43.119 --> 01:19:44.199 something you'd recommend. 1486 01:19:46.000 --> 01:19:49.159 Yeah, yeah, absolutely, it's a it's a good product. I've 1487 01:19:49.199 --> 01:19:54.520 got it myself, so okay, all right, I'll look for you. Okay, yeah, 1488 01:19:54.600 --> 01:19:57.039 and you know you can't if you if you see 1489 01:19:57.079 --> 01:20:00.760 a yard and it looks good. H that's a good side. 1490 01:20:01.680 --> 01:20:04.920 There's your answer right there. Thank you, Jerry, appreciate it. 1491 01:20:05.079 --> 01:20:09.760 You all right? You bet you take care? Oh gosh. 1492 01:20:10.239 --> 01:20:10.359 Uh. 1493 01:20:11.439 --> 01:20:15.399 If you are wanting to prevent weeds, you need to 1494 01:20:15.479 --> 01:20:18.640 listen to this. Nitropus barricade comes in ten pound bags 1495 01:20:18.680 --> 01:20:21.159 that cover five thousand square feet because you just put 1496 01:20:21.199 --> 01:20:24.479 out a little bit of barricade. Listen when you're using barricade, 1497 01:20:24.479 --> 01:20:29.399 when you're using any product to control anything, follow the label. 1498 01:20:30.039 --> 01:20:32.520 Do not double it up. Don't use half as much. 1499 01:20:32.560 --> 01:20:34.800 It won't work. Don't use two or three times as much. 1500 01:20:34.840 --> 01:20:38.079 You get stuff in trouble. Use the right amount the product. 1501 01:20:38.600 --> 01:20:42.279 On any kind of product, the label is designed to 1502 01:20:42.399 --> 01:20:48.119 give you success without problems. Okay, put it down according 1503 01:20:48.159 --> 01:20:50.720 to the label, watered in with a half inch of water. 1504 01:20:50.960 --> 01:20:53.439 It goes into the soil surface, where it sticks, it holds, 1505 01:20:53.479 --> 01:20:55.880 it doesn't wash through it. It's designed a hold of 1506 01:20:55.920 --> 01:20:58.520 the soil. Holds better than a lot of other pre mergers. 1507 01:20:58.520 --> 01:21:02.079 There are other premergents on the market. The barricade that ingredient, 1508 01:21:02.159 --> 01:21:04.439 and it does a better job of sticking up there 1509 01:21:04.479 --> 01:21:07.000 in the top soil and not washing away. And when 1510 01:21:07.000 --> 01:21:09.159 a weed tries to sprout, it shuts it down. But listen, 1511 01:21:09.880 --> 01:21:13.199 this week, there are weeds going to be sprouting in 1512 01:21:13.359 --> 01:21:17.199 your lawn. There are where the temperatures are perfect for that. 1513 01:21:18.119 --> 01:21:20.840 Get out there, get it down. You could wait, put 1514 01:21:20.880 --> 01:21:23.279 it on next week or the week after, but every 1515 01:21:23.359 --> 01:21:26.119 day you wait, there may be some weeds that are 1516 01:21:26.119 --> 01:21:28.439 already up and growing, and this is to prevent them 1517 01:21:28.479 --> 01:21:32.119 from sprouting. So get your barricade down soon. It's gonna 1518 01:21:32.199 --> 01:21:35.399 last sixty days. Depending on the conditions, it could be 1519 01:21:35.479 --> 01:21:38.159 longer or shorter, but it's going to last a while. 1520 01:21:38.199 --> 01:21:39.840 But get it down now as soon as you can. 1521 01:21:40.000 --> 01:21:41.680 Barricade And where do you get it, Well, you get 1522 01:21:41.760 --> 01:21:45.359 barricaded in chanted gardens down there in the Richmond Rosenberg area, 1523 01:21:45.439 --> 01:21:50.319 hiding and feed on Stubner Airline, Fisher's Hardware, the thrim Pasadena, 1524 01:21:50.399 --> 01:21:53.600 laport My, Bellevue, so the one on Southmore in Pasadena 1525 01:21:53.760 --> 01:21:57.359 Broadway Street, Laporte, the one what is oh, it's FM 1526 01:21:57.439 --> 01:22:00.479 thirty one eighty in Bellevue. And then finally Town there's 1527 01:22:00.479 --> 01:22:04.920 a Fisher's Hardware down there on Alexander. Go get your products, 1528 01:22:04.960 --> 01:22:07.359 get them down. It's time to do that. You are 1529 01:22:07.399 --> 01:22:11.199 listening to Guardenline. The phone number here is seven one 1530 01:22:11.319 --> 01:22:16.640 three two one two fifty four fifty eight seventy four. 1531 01:22:16.680 --> 01:22:19.079 I can't even remember my number. Seven one three two 1532 01:22:19.119 --> 01:22:22.239 one two ktr eight. Let's see, we're going to go 1533 01:22:22.359 --> 01:22:25.159 out to sugar Land and Jill, I'm up against the 1534 01:22:25.239 --> 01:22:26.800 top of the arbor. Let's see if we can help 1535 01:22:26.840 --> 01:22:27.119 you here. 1536 01:22:28.000 --> 01:22:31.119 Okay, I have five different citrus trees. They're getting brand 1537 01:22:31.159 --> 01:22:35.479 new leaves, and I've heard that's when the leaf miners come. 1538 01:22:36.239 --> 01:22:38.279 Can I spray that with a nim oil and the 1539 01:22:38.359 --> 01:22:40.520 spinosa or will that harm the bees? Would it be 1540 01:22:40.600 --> 01:22:42.680 better to just wick and touch? 1541 01:22:43.920 --> 01:22:47.239 Yeah, you don't need to use both. I prefer the 1542 01:22:47.279 --> 01:22:51.359 spinosa on that, but either way it's okay. Get it sprayed, 1543 01:22:51.439 --> 01:22:54.640 try to avoid spray in the blooms. But in general 1544 01:22:55.319 --> 01:22:57.359 that new growth is what you need to protect. You 1545 01:22:57.439 --> 01:23:00.239 are correct about that. They don't attack those old art 1546 01:23:00.279 --> 01:23:04.720 green leathery leaves. They attack the tender succulent stuff. Okay, 1547 01:23:04.840 --> 01:23:08.239 that's what I needed. Thank you, all right, you bet 1548 01:23:08.439 --> 01:23:10.560 good luck with that ohen. You know, on garden Line, 1549 01:23:10.800 --> 01:23:12.960 our advice is free, but I do ask for half 1550 01:23:13.279 --> 01:23:16.119 of the produce you get from my advice, so all 1551 01:23:16.159 --> 01:23:18.079 they need is half your set are dropped off at 1552 01:23:18.119 --> 01:23:18.520 the station. 1553 01:23:20.279 --> 01:23:20.560 Thank you. 1554 01:23:23.279 --> 01:23:28.479 There you go, man, that's a good deal. Thanks all right, folks, 1555 01:23:28.720 --> 01:23:31.359 there you have it. There you have it. You know 1556 01:23:31.520 --> 01:23:34.359 NIGHTE Fiss has that product call Sweet Green. It is awesome. 1557 01:23:34.600 --> 01:23:37.119 It works. You put it down, you water it in, 1558 01:23:37.399 --> 01:23:40.439 it dissolves. The microbes get happy because it's a it's 1559 01:23:40.479 --> 01:23:45.439 a molasses based product, smells great. Eleven percent nitrogen. Eleven 1560 01:23:45.479 --> 01:23:48.399 percent nitrogen. You're gonna find it at in Brunham at 1561 01:23:48.439 --> 01:23:50.880 plants and things. You go to M and D on 1562 01:23:51.079 --> 01:23:54.520 clear Lake, the M and D at Beamer in Sagemont, 1563 01:23:55.359 --> 01:23:57.359 Dandy feed and Tamal. I know they have it up there. 1564 01:23:57.520 --> 01:24:00.279 M and D Cypress up in the cypress area on Louisa. 1565 01:24:01.119 --> 01:24:04.199 They carry nitrofoss products there too. And sweet Green is 1566 01:24:04.239 --> 01:24:07.520 the kind of product that gives you that nice release 1567 01:24:07.640 --> 01:24:11.359 for a nice green up and stimulation of the microbes 1568 01:24:11.479 --> 01:24:15.520 in the soil. What marking you ask for it works well. 1569 01:24:15.960 --> 01:24:18.960 I believe I'm about out of time here, have you 1570 01:24:19.039 --> 01:24:23.000 hearing music about now? Probably? Anyway, if you want to 1571 01:24:23.039 --> 01:24:25.279 go to my website, you're going to find my schedules 1572 01:24:25.319 --> 01:24:28.119 on there and a lot of other great information. It's 1573 01:24:28.279 --> 01:24:33.039 gardening with skip dot com. Gardening with skip dot com. 1574 01:24:34.439 --> 01:24:37.840 You'll find the lawnface schedule. You'll find the pest disease 1575 01:24:38.079 --> 01:24:42.680 and weed management schedule. They are all there. You will 1576 01:24:42.760 --> 01:24:48.039 also find information on how to pasteurize growing media. Okay, 1577 01:24:48.159 --> 01:24:50.399 question sometimes I got old media's okay to use it 1578 01:24:50.479 --> 01:24:52.880 and leave plant. No, if you want to be sure, 1579 01:24:53.479 --> 01:24:57.479 do it yourself. Information on controlling woody needs in the landscape. 1580 01:24:57.680 --> 01:25:00.319 You know those vines poison ivy hack, where are you 1581 01:25:00.399 --> 01:25:04.199 coming up in the fencil? Information on dealing with nematodes 1582 01:25:04.279 --> 01:25:06.479 It's all on the website, all right. So I have 1583 01:25:06.560 --> 01:25:09.159 to show. Today, I'm jumping in the car and heading 1584 01:25:09.239 --> 01:25:12.600 to the Montgomery County Home and Outdoor Living Show. I'll 1585 01:25:12.600 --> 01:25:15.520 beat it from twelve to two. It is at the 1586 01:25:15.640 --> 01:25:20.000 Lone Stark Convention Center on Airport Road and hundred. I'm 1587 01:25:20.039 --> 01:25:23.119 going to be giving away Nelson and the Dina products. 1588 01:25:23.159 --> 01:25:23.880 Come on and see me. 1589 01:25:25.159 --> 01:25:28.880 Welcome to kat r H Garden Line with Skip Ricter. 1590 01:25:37.760 --> 01:25:38.520 Just watch you. 1591 01:25:38.920 --> 01:25:54.840 As many bays not a sign. 1592 01:25:59.159 --> 01:26:03.479 All right, folks, we're back. Welcome back to garden Line. 1593 01:26:03.479 --> 01:26:06.239 I'm your host, Skip Richter, and we're here to have you, 1594 01:26:06.680 --> 01:26:09.239 help you have success. That's what I was trying to say. 1595 01:26:10.039 --> 01:26:13.000 Gardening should be fun and it can be fun. All 1596 01:26:13.039 --> 01:26:14.479 you got to do is learn to think like a 1597 01:26:14.560 --> 01:26:17.199 plant or know what a plant wants. How about that 1598 01:26:18.199 --> 01:26:21.800 Plants like sunlight, plants like good drainage, plants like moist soil. 1599 01:26:22.840 --> 01:26:27.359 Plants have certain nutrients and a certain salt pH that 1600 01:26:27.479 --> 01:26:30.880 they prefer. And we can provide plants everything that they 1601 01:26:30.960 --> 01:26:35.880 need by just taking care of them. Start off, there's one, 1602 01:26:35.920 --> 01:26:38.000 two three. I need to come up with a I'm 1603 01:26:38.039 --> 01:26:40.159 going to come up with something like this, But anyway, 1604 01:26:40.840 --> 01:26:42.319 you need to pick the right plant you need to 1605 01:26:42.359 --> 01:26:44.319 put it in the right place. You need to make 1606 01:26:44.399 --> 01:26:47.279 sure that it is taking care of properly, and you 1607 01:26:47.399 --> 01:26:50.960 can have success. And it's simple. It really isn't that difficult. 1608 01:26:51.760 --> 01:26:53.760 It isn't and you don't learn it all in one day. 1609 01:26:54.239 --> 01:26:56.920 But maybe you're trying a new Maybe you've never grown 1610 01:26:56.960 --> 01:26:59.640 a pulumara before. You want to grow a plumaria, all right, 1611 01:27:00.399 --> 01:27:02.800 you learn about it. There's a Easton has a great 1612 01:27:02.840 --> 01:27:05.560 Plumeria Society where you can learn more about that since 1613 01:27:05.600 --> 01:27:08.640 I picked that plant, for example. But once you know 1614 01:27:08.680 --> 01:27:12.000 what a plumeria wants, you might as well, just you know, 1615 01:27:12.119 --> 01:27:15.239 start making Hawaiian lays. Those strings of flowers. You know 1616 01:27:15.319 --> 01:27:17.680 that they go around the neck. Those are plumeria flowers. 1617 01:27:18.039 --> 01:27:20.600 Make your own at home because you know how to 1618 01:27:20.680 --> 01:27:23.000 grow them. You give a plumeria what it wants, You 1619 01:27:23.079 --> 01:27:24.800 give a rose what it wants, You give a peach 1620 01:27:24.840 --> 01:27:26.760 tree what it wants, you give a tomato what it wants, 1621 01:27:26.800 --> 01:27:29.039 You give your lawn what it wants, and you're going 1622 01:27:29.119 --> 01:27:32.520 to have success. It really it's not rocket science. In fact, 1623 01:27:32.560 --> 01:27:35.399 if you know if you are a rocket scientist, then 1624 01:27:35.640 --> 01:27:38.680 you know exactly that it isn't rocket sciente either, in 1625 01:27:38.800 --> 01:27:41.239 other words, if you know, if you know what you're doing, 1626 01:27:42.399 --> 01:27:45.079 it's not hard. It is not hard to do. That 1627 01:27:45.399 --> 01:27:48.239 certainly is true gardening, because gardening is not rocket science. 1628 01:27:49.479 --> 01:27:55.680 All right, Hey, people are hearing me sell all these 1629 01:27:56.239 --> 01:27:59.159 product names, you know, like there's this fertilizer, or there's 1630 01:27:59.199 --> 01:28:04.119 that disease control or insect control or weed control or whatever. 1631 01:28:04.239 --> 01:28:06.279 I start talking about a tool or something like that, 1632 01:28:06.439 --> 01:28:08.199 and it's like, where can I get that? Where can 1633 01:28:08.239 --> 01:28:09.640 I get that in my area? Well, I'll tell you 1634 01:28:09.760 --> 01:28:14.319 this Southwist Fertilizer is a place that is going to 1635 01:28:14.399 --> 01:28:17.840 have everything that I talk about. And I know people 1636 01:28:17.920 --> 01:28:19.840 that drive it. Just I drive over there. It's a 1637 01:28:19.960 --> 01:28:23.000 distance from me, but I drive over there because I 1638 01:28:23.119 --> 01:28:25.960 know when I go in, Bob and his team are 1639 01:28:26.079 --> 01:28:27.800 going to have what we need and I'm gonna be 1640 01:28:27.800 --> 01:28:29.359 able to point me in the right direction. I like 1641 01:28:29.479 --> 01:28:31.359 to go over and visit because there's always new things 1642 01:28:31.439 --> 01:28:34.880 coming out, and we go over there and visit about it, 1643 01:28:34.960 --> 01:28:37.239 and here's this new product from this company. And you know, 1644 01:28:37.319 --> 01:28:39.680 those companies don't notify me when they have a new 1645 01:28:39.760 --> 01:28:41.760 product coming out. I have to go out and I 1646 01:28:41.840 --> 01:28:43.119 have to look at it. I have to try it out. 1647 01:28:43.119 --> 01:28:44.279 I have to see how it works. I have to 1648 01:28:44.319 --> 01:28:46.880 look at the research on it and things. Bob's got him, 1649 01:28:46.960 --> 01:28:49.600 He's got all that there. Now, this is a seventieth 1650 01:28:50.000 --> 01:28:53.159 anniversary year of Southist Fertlish. Can you believe that been 1651 01:28:53.199 --> 01:28:58.840 a run since nineteen fifty five? And they carry everything 1652 01:28:59.319 --> 01:29:03.600 that I endure here on Guardline. So go by, stop 1653 01:29:03.680 --> 01:29:07.720 ins out those fertilizers. Say hey, happy seventy birthday. Say 1654 01:29:07.760 --> 01:29:10.760 that to Bob, but tell him you understand that's not 1655 01:29:10.920 --> 01:29:15.840 his birthday, that's the store's birthday. And so congratulations, man. 1656 01:29:15.960 --> 01:29:20.840 We appreciate the work that they do there, because I'll 1657 01:29:20.880 --> 01:29:23.560 tell you this, when you drive, if you go across 1658 01:29:23.680 --> 01:29:25.880 town to get there, you're going to go in and 1659 01:29:25.920 --> 01:29:28.319 you're going to find what you need. Every fertilizer I 1660 01:29:28.399 --> 01:29:31.479 talk about, every product I talk about, and the advice 1661 01:29:31.720 --> 01:29:33.079 you know you walk in. Let's say you walk in 1662 01:29:33.159 --> 01:29:35.359 today and you got this little weed and you're showing 1663 01:29:35.399 --> 01:29:37.000 it to them and they say, well, that is a 1664 01:29:37.399 --> 01:29:39.279 here's what you need to do to prevent it, or 1665 01:29:39.319 --> 01:29:41.760 here's what you need to do to kill the existing weed. 1666 01:29:41.800 --> 01:29:43.560 And if you if you bring it in, it's an 1667 01:29:43.640 --> 01:29:47.560 existing weed of course, and they got you covered. And listen, 1668 01:29:47.600 --> 01:29:49.840 if you're organic going, I don't use all those chemicals. 1669 01:29:50.720 --> 01:29:54.359 They have the biggest organic selection in the city. And 1670 01:29:54.880 --> 01:29:57.439 let me expand that in the Houston area, the whole 1671 01:29:57.479 --> 01:30:02.039 Houston area, Greater Houston area. They have tools, They have 1672 01:30:02.359 --> 01:30:05.319 everything that you need. They even have a little lawn equipment, 1673 01:30:05.479 --> 01:30:08.399 sales and service shop in the back. They can sharpen 1674 01:30:08.439 --> 01:30:10.920 your blades and to all kinds of things back there. Listen, 1675 01:30:11.000 --> 01:30:14.479 it's quality products and expert advice and old fashioned service. 1676 01:30:14.800 --> 01:30:20.199 All three of those are Southwest Fertilizer, Southwest Fertilizer, dot Com, 1677 01:30:20.359 --> 01:30:24.199 corner of Bissinet and Runwick seven one three six sixty 1678 01:30:24.239 --> 01:30:29.720 six one seven four four. Simple as that they have 1679 01:30:29.840 --> 01:30:34.000 things like, oh, Nitrofoss nitropos products. Yeah, nit fass Imperial, 1680 01:30:34.359 --> 01:30:37.319 the fifteen to five to ten, the reddish orange bag. 1681 01:30:37.439 --> 01:30:40.520 Do you know that Nitrofoss Imperial UH is the verse 1682 01:30:40.560 --> 01:30:43.720 century ago? Oh, not a century, half century, fifty years ago. 1683 01:30:44.640 --> 01:30:48.159 That UH research Texas A and M research throughut the 1684 01:30:48.279 --> 01:30:50.800 Langa Universities of the of the Gulf Coast. You know 1685 01:30:51.279 --> 01:30:55.359 a lot of places are doing turf research. LSU, Mississippi 1686 01:30:55.399 --> 01:30:59.520 State Florida. Uh, you know, all the way up all 1687 01:30:59.560 --> 01:31:03.239 through the They long ago realized that a three one 1688 01:31:03.319 --> 01:31:06.800 two four one two kind of ratio is an excellent 1689 01:31:06.920 --> 01:31:10.720 ratio for turf. It just is, and that is why 1690 01:31:10.920 --> 01:31:16.000 Nitropuss Imperial was created fifty years ago fifteen five ten, 1691 01:31:16.399 --> 01:31:19.800 the Red Orange bag, Red Orange Bag fifteen five to ten, 1692 01:31:20.319 --> 01:31:22.920 still the same formula because it works. Why change it. 1693 01:31:23.039 --> 01:31:26.319 If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And it does work. 1694 01:31:26.399 --> 01:31:29.079 It's it's the spring green up product that we talk 1695 01:31:29.119 --> 01:31:30.800 about here on garden Line. If you go to my 1696 01:31:30.880 --> 01:31:34.159 schedule gardening with Skip dot com, look at my schedule 1697 01:31:34.199 --> 01:31:37.319 for the lawns and the spring green Up night Foss 1698 01:31:37.520 --> 01:31:40.279 Imperial Lawn Furtizure fifteen five to ten, it's right there. 1699 01:31:40.680 --> 01:31:44.720 It does really work. It's nutrient rich. It'll help get 1700 01:31:44.760 --> 01:31:48.920 that lawn greening up earlier. And then as we get 1701 01:31:48.960 --> 01:31:51.560 into summer, we'll start putting on slower release things, where 1702 01:31:51.680 --> 01:31:54.279 right now we own something that goes fast. And where 1703 01:31:54.279 --> 01:31:56.399 are you going to get things like that? Well, for example, 1704 01:31:56.520 --> 01:31:59.960 Court Hardware and Stafford they carry night Foss products. Katie 1705 01:32:00.000 --> 01:32:03.319 Ace Hardware on Pinoak they carry Nitroposs products. Plants for 1706 01:32:03.359 --> 01:32:06.800 all seasons. On Luetta carries nitroposs products. If you're done 1707 01:32:06.840 --> 01:32:09.920 in Alvin, how about Stanton Shopping Center over on North Taylor. 1708 01:32:10.359 --> 01:32:13.880 They've got the products there as well. Makes it easy, 1709 01:32:14.720 --> 01:32:19.479 makes it easy. Let's see. Well we're already coming up 1710 01:32:19.720 --> 01:32:24.600 almost on our first break. That's amazing. I was checking 1711 01:32:24.640 --> 01:32:29.039 out Buchannan's Plants recently and I just love going in there. 1712 01:32:29.439 --> 01:32:35.359 Buchanan's Native Plants has They always have the coolest stuff 1713 01:32:36.119 --> 01:32:38.560 when it comes to natives. Nobody can touch them in 1714 01:32:38.680 --> 01:32:41.119 the whole region. Like right now, they're talking about the 1715 01:32:41.199 --> 01:32:46.840 Maximilian sunflower. That it is a tall stem that it 1716 01:32:46.960 --> 01:32:50.600 blooms in August through November, just up and down the 1717 01:32:50.680 --> 01:32:54.079 stem covered with yellow flowers. It's a perennial. But once 1718 01:32:54.159 --> 01:32:58.079 you got it, they have a good selection of beautiful 1719 01:32:58.119 --> 01:33:01.960 flowering house plants. You're not going to find a better selection. 1720 01:33:02.159 --> 01:33:05.640 Their greenhouse for houseplants is amazing. Anything you want to know, 1721 01:33:05.920 --> 01:33:09.600 you're gonna find out there because they are experts. Their 1722 01:33:09.640 --> 01:33:12.439 people are trained, they know what they're doing. And you 1723 01:33:12.600 --> 01:33:16.319 walk in and you say, I want a native tree, 1724 01:33:16.479 --> 01:33:18.720 not too big, what can I plant? And they're just 1725 01:33:18.760 --> 01:33:21.960 gonna start rattling it off Eastern Red Butt, Texas Mountain Laurel, 1726 01:33:22.119 --> 01:33:25.119 Mexican plumb Mexican Buckeye, and on and on down the line, 1727 01:33:25.359 --> 01:33:26.880 and they'll take you right over to the table and 1728 01:33:26.960 --> 01:33:29.760 show you. They even have a table for just Houston 1729 01:33:29.880 --> 01:33:34.239 area native plants. That's pretty cool. Well, Buchanan's Plants on 1730 01:33:34.399 --> 01:33:39.000 Eleventh Street in the Heights. Here's the website, Buchanan's Plants 1731 01:33:39.039 --> 01:33:42.439 dot Com. Start there, Buchanan's Plants dot Com. I have 1732 01:33:42.560 --> 01:33:44.279 to take a little break. When I come back, we're 1733 01:33:44.319 --> 01:33:46.960 going to talk to Greg and somebody else who's calling 1734 01:33:47.000 --> 01:33:50.279 you in right now. See it a bit. Hey, welcome 1735 01:33:50.319 --> 01:33:54.359 back to the garden line. Good to have you with us. Listen, 1736 01:33:54.600 --> 01:34:00.920 if you had signed up for Warren Southern Garden Information 1737 01:34:01.119 --> 01:34:04.720 newsletter email blasts and things, you would know this. You 1738 01:34:04.800 --> 01:34:07.359 would know there was one sent out just yesterday. I 1739 01:34:07.399 --> 01:34:12.720 believe ten percent off barcode applications on purchase of one 1740 01:34:12.800 --> 01:34:16.680 hundred dollars or more. And they have their March Matteness 1741 01:34:16.680 --> 01:34:20.199 Special five bags, get the six bag free, all kinds 1742 01:34:20.199 --> 01:34:21.880 of tips like That's what I'm talking about. That's why 1743 01:34:21.920 --> 01:34:24.279 I was telling you sign up for these newsletters. Man, 1744 01:34:24.560 --> 01:34:28.319 sign up. It's cool stuff. When you go there, you're 1745 01:34:28.359 --> 01:34:33.960 going to see just trailerfuls of all kinds of beautiful flowers. 1746 01:34:34.000 --> 01:34:39.600 The spring flowers in that place are stunning. Really. When 1747 01:34:39.640 --> 01:34:42.000 it comes to fruit trees, do you need blueberries, Do 1748 01:34:42.079 --> 01:34:45.720 you need citrus? Do you need deciduous fruit, They've got 1749 01:34:45.880 --> 01:34:48.800 a great selection of those as well. I just love 1750 01:34:48.920 --> 01:34:51.439 going out there because every time you go, you're going 1751 01:34:51.520 --> 01:34:53.520 to see everything you went for. You know, you go 1752 01:34:53.640 --> 01:34:55.520 in thinking, oh, I need some fertilizer, I need some 1753 01:34:55.640 --> 01:34:57.439 of this, I need some of that, I need a 1754 01:34:57.520 --> 01:34:59.520 citrus tree. Whatever you're in there for. I need a 1755 01:34:59.560 --> 01:35:01.920 house plan well, and then you get there and you 1756 01:35:02.079 --> 01:35:07.479 see something like indigo blueberries tomatoes. Yeah, it's a tomato. 1757 01:35:07.520 --> 01:35:10.600 It's red inside. On the outside it's a dark, dark, 1758 01:35:10.720 --> 01:35:15.079 dark color. Indigo blueberries tomato. That's just one of the 1759 01:35:15.239 --> 01:35:17.760 things that you didn't expect till you walk in, and 1760 01:35:17.840 --> 01:35:20.159 when you do, there you go. They got plenty of 1761 01:35:20.279 --> 01:35:23.600 onion sets and leakus eat potatoes. They've got lots and 1762 01:35:23.680 --> 01:35:27.520 lots of seed. Warren's Southern Garden that's the one on 1763 01:35:28.640 --> 01:35:32.920 North Park Drive, and not too far away nearby is 1764 01:35:32.960 --> 01:35:35.319 the Kingwood Garden Center that's on Stone Hollow. Now, I 1765 01:35:35.359 --> 01:35:38.199 can't talk about all of them, got calls waiting up here, 1766 01:35:38.279 --> 01:35:42.000 but anyway, both of them seven days a week. They 1767 01:35:42.319 --> 01:35:46.920 are outstanding garden centers that have beautiful plants in excellent 1768 01:35:46.960 --> 01:35:49.079 health and the staff that can help you when you 1769 01:35:49.159 --> 01:35:51.439 go there. We're going to head out now and talk 1770 01:35:51.520 --> 01:35:54.239 to Greg. Hello, Greg, Welcome to garden Line. 1771 01:35:55.840 --> 01:35:56.399 Morning. Skip. 1772 01:35:57.439 --> 01:36:00.399 I was calling I see some pictures a couple of 1773 01:36:00.439 --> 01:36:05.399 weeks ago, had a question about pruting a fig tree 1774 01:36:05.680 --> 01:36:07.439 and a magnolia tree. 1775 01:36:10.199 --> 01:36:14.800 Okay, Uh, go ahead with your with your question, I'm 1776 01:36:14.800 --> 01:36:15.359 pulling it up. 1777 01:36:15.439 --> 01:36:19.560 Well, I mean the fig tree the picture, it appears 1778 01:36:19.640 --> 01:36:23.960 that it's got three trunks or two main trunks, and 1779 01:36:24.119 --> 01:36:26.840 one of the time looked like it was a disease, 1780 01:36:27.079 --> 01:36:28.880 like it had a crack in it and the bark 1781 01:36:29.039 --> 01:36:32.800 was peeling. And my question was should I just remove 1782 01:36:32.880 --> 01:36:35.279 that whole trunk or just see if it comes back 1783 01:36:35.920 --> 01:36:36.399 the spree? 1784 01:36:40.479 --> 01:36:44.159 You know what I saw in your pictures there was 1785 01:36:44.600 --> 01:36:47.279 I saw the dark and cracking and the tissues underneath 1786 01:36:47.359 --> 01:36:50.399 that are dead, and so there's no problem. We're just 1787 01:36:50.520 --> 01:36:52.680 cutting it all out at the at the base that 1788 01:36:52.840 --> 01:36:55.720 fig is going to send up suckers from the base. Now, 1789 01:36:55.760 --> 01:36:57.439 if you you kind of have it in a tree 1790 01:36:57.560 --> 01:36:59.439 form right now, where it has like a little mini 1791 01:36:59.520 --> 01:37:03.079 trunk and then the branches, that's fine. Usually I grow 1792 01:37:03.199 --> 01:37:07.079 my trees, my figs in a multi trunk system. You know, 1793 01:37:07.199 --> 01:37:10.119 we have several, maybe five different trunks coming up, and 1794 01:37:10.279 --> 01:37:13.439 that way, when one gets older, cracked or whatever, you 1795 01:37:13.560 --> 01:37:15.199 can just cut it off at the ground and new 1796 01:37:15.239 --> 01:37:18.479 ones come in and replace it. There's not a one 1797 01:37:18.560 --> 01:37:20.199 way you have to do it, but the trunk you 1798 01:37:20.319 --> 01:37:22.680 describe needs to come out as low as you can 1799 01:37:22.720 --> 01:37:24.479 cut it off. And you already got some new shoots 1800 01:37:24.520 --> 01:37:26.840 coming up there that are willing to step in and 1801 01:37:26.960 --> 01:37:27.439 replace it. 1802 01:37:28.520 --> 01:37:31.760 Yeah, okay, And I was wanting the top to it 1803 01:37:31.800 --> 01:37:33.880 a little bit because I mean it gets so tall 1804 01:37:34.000 --> 01:37:36.520 that I he breaks the figs and so. 1805 01:37:37.319 --> 01:37:42.800 Yeah, yeah, that that's also a reason with a multi 1806 01:37:42.880 --> 01:37:47.479 trunk like right now, the first little producing branches are 1807 01:37:47.560 --> 01:37:50.720 about chest or head high. It looks like uh and 1808 01:37:51.159 --> 01:37:53.800 the old old trunk. Would you know, Figs produce on 1809 01:37:54.119 --> 01:37:57.479 on growth that grew last year and growth that grows 1810 01:37:57.560 --> 01:38:00.520 this year, and depending on the kind of fig. So yeah, 1811 01:38:00.960 --> 01:38:03.800 bringing all that production down. It ought to start producing 1812 01:38:03.880 --> 01:38:06.479 the knee high, you know, and and go on up. 1813 01:38:06.600 --> 01:38:08.880 And when you cut a whole shoot out at the base, 1814 01:38:09.840 --> 01:38:12.840 you you come back to that pickable level. 1815 01:38:13.840 --> 01:38:17.319 Yeah, and that and and the other picture I said 1816 01:38:17.439 --> 01:38:19.199 you was a picture of it. I don't know what 1817 01:38:19.359 --> 01:38:22.119 kind of magnoliatory, but it blooms this time of year 1818 01:38:22.159 --> 01:38:27.159 and it's a beautiful multi gloom, purple yes bloom, and 1819 01:38:27.239 --> 01:38:29.319 then it puts on leaves and it's just you know, 1820 01:38:29.439 --> 01:38:30.039 it's just there. 1821 01:38:31.520 --> 01:38:32.560 It's awesome. 1822 01:38:32.880 --> 01:38:35.880 That's kind of gotten a little out of control and hot, 1823 01:38:36.039 --> 01:38:39.319 and it wouldn't hurt once it once it blooms, just 1824 01:38:39.439 --> 01:38:42.199 to cut it kind of like a great myrtle. But 1825 01:38:42.279 --> 01:38:44.159 that's what it kind of looked like right now, you know, 1826 01:38:44.239 --> 01:38:46.119 without great myrtle. 1827 01:38:46.359 --> 01:38:49.079 Yeah you could, you could, you know. I'm not a 1828 01:38:49.159 --> 01:38:52.319 big fan of that kind of marring of the beauty 1829 01:38:52.399 --> 01:38:54.920 of the plants branches, but right now it's a conglomeration 1830 01:38:55.039 --> 01:38:58.800 of branches that is a deciduous magnolia. I can't since 1831 01:38:58.840 --> 01:39:00.399 it doesn't have a bloom, I can't tell you which 1832 01:39:00.439 --> 01:39:04.359 it's either the tulip magnolia or possibly a saucer magnolia, 1833 01:39:04.800 --> 01:39:08.600 but they both are deciduous and gorgeous. And then yeah, 1834 01:39:08.640 --> 01:39:12.720 a tulip. Okay, good, yeah, all right, well yeah, if 1835 01:39:12.760 --> 01:39:18.159 you do, but do that before midsummer. For sure. I 1836 01:39:18.199 --> 01:39:21.560 would do it in the spring, after the blooms if possible. 1837 01:39:22.039 --> 01:39:25.680 That gives it plenty of time to regrow. Okay, yeah, 1838 01:39:25.720 --> 01:39:26.359 I'm gonna tell you. 1839 01:39:26.720 --> 01:39:29.520 A few weeks ago also, I called you about transplanting 1840 01:39:29.560 --> 01:39:32.920 a mountain laurel, and I plant transplanted five of them, 1841 01:39:33.319 --> 01:39:37.319 and three of them look like survived. The other two 1842 01:39:37.439 --> 01:39:40.720 all right, off, but I think that the three of 1843 01:39:40.760 --> 01:39:42.800 them are gonna make it. So as soon as it 1844 01:39:42.880 --> 01:39:45.760 puts on the leaves, all right, I'll stick. 1845 01:39:45.560 --> 01:39:48.760 Down on the ground. Okay, Well, there you go. Well, 1846 01:39:49.239 --> 01:39:51.520 try to keep keep it a little moist, but be 1847 01:39:51.600 --> 01:39:53.760 real careful you don't overwater it, but don't let it 1848 01:39:53.840 --> 01:39:56.960 dry out either. It's it's lost almost all its root systems, 1849 01:39:57.039 --> 01:39:59.720 so it's touch and go. But good luck with that, Greg. 1850 01:40:00.039 --> 01:40:04.720 I appreciate, appreciate your call, Yes, sir very much. If 1851 01:40:04.760 --> 01:40:09.119 you are wanting to do a compost top dressing and 1852 01:40:09.479 --> 01:40:12.319 or a core aeration and you live down in the 1853 01:40:12.399 --> 01:40:17.000 area that let's say we start on at the northwest 1854 01:40:17.119 --> 01:40:20.319 end at Sugarland, Missouri City, and then we swing down 1855 01:40:20.399 --> 01:40:24.520 Highway six, you know, through Fresno's Ciena Arcola, Manville, Iowa 1856 01:40:24.600 --> 01:40:28.000 colony and then over as far as Paarland. That region, 1857 01:40:28.279 --> 01:40:32.560 the south southwest region there is where B and B 1858 01:40:33.199 --> 01:40:36.840 turf Pros does their magic. And they really do this. 1859 01:40:36.960 --> 01:40:41.319 A family owned business. They are all about customer satisfaction 1860 01:40:41.760 --> 01:40:43.680 and as a result, they know they got to use 1861 01:40:43.760 --> 01:40:47.000 quality products. They only use products I recommend here on Guardline. 1862 01:40:47.039 --> 01:40:50.039 For example, their Leith Moore compost comes from Ciena Maltz, 1863 01:40:50.199 --> 01:40:53.079 So that tells you something right there. They do high 1864 01:40:53.199 --> 01:40:56.880 quality work. They absolutely make sure they want to make 1865 01:40:56.880 --> 01:40:59.760 a personal connection with you. They want you to be satisfied. 1866 01:41:00.359 --> 01:41:03.840 This isn't just a blow and go a make sure 1867 01:41:03.960 --> 01:41:07.560 we get this right and go to Bbturfpros dot com 1868 01:41:07.760 --> 01:41:12.079 No end in their BB Turfpros dot com and look 1869 01:41:12.119 --> 01:41:13.920 at the work they do. Look at the equipment that 1870 01:41:14.000 --> 01:41:16.479 they have. You can't rent equipment like that. They do 1871 01:41:16.600 --> 01:41:19.600 it right and when you do that, you will see 1872 01:41:20.399 --> 01:41:23.640 a benefit to your lawn because you're bringing oxygen in 1873 01:41:23.720 --> 01:41:26.399 the soil. You're basically taking care of the soil, the 1874 01:41:26.479 --> 01:41:29.319 brown stuff that makes the green stuff in this case 1875 01:41:29.319 --> 01:41:33.600 your lawn thrive by core air raiding and then getting 1876 01:41:33.680 --> 01:41:38.319 that compost top dressing down and it's it works magic. 1877 01:41:38.560 --> 01:41:41.079 It really does work. We're going to go now out 1878 01:41:41.159 --> 01:41:44.359 to Jersey Village and talk to George. Hello, George, Welcome 1879 01:41:44.399 --> 01:41:44.960 to garden Line. 1880 01:41:45.960 --> 01:41:48.079 Good morning, Skip. It's good to see hearing you again. 1881 01:41:49.319 --> 01:41:49.840 Excuse me. 1882 01:41:50.279 --> 01:41:53.399 I've planned some Korean squash in my garden and I'm 1883 01:41:53.399 --> 01:41:56.159 trying to prevent what happened last year, and that's the 1884 01:41:56.199 --> 01:41:59.359 buying borders come along and they eat the whole thing up. 1885 01:41:59.479 --> 01:42:03.119 So I've heard the way to do that is as 1886 01:42:03.239 --> 01:42:04.880 the plants start to come out of the ground, to 1887 01:42:04.920 --> 01:42:08.000 wrap the stalk in luminum foil or something like that. 1888 01:42:08.159 --> 01:42:09.640 Do you have any better ideas. 1889 01:42:10.880 --> 01:42:13.399 I actually did a trial where I tried wrapping the 1890 01:42:13.479 --> 01:42:17.640 stems in aluminum foil. We wrapped stems and pantyhose, you know, figuring, well, 1891 01:42:17.680 --> 01:42:21.399 they can't get through that and they'll just attack it 1892 01:42:21.600 --> 01:42:25.119 further out than where you wrapped. So it doesn't really 1893 01:42:25.199 --> 01:42:29.399 do a whole lot to do that. The bottom line, 1894 01:42:29.920 --> 01:42:31.800 there's not a great thing because you don't want to 1895 01:42:32.119 --> 01:42:35.159 kill your bees. And so if you're nuking it with insecticides, 1896 01:42:35.199 --> 01:42:36.840 you're going to kill the bees that are coming to 1897 01:42:36.880 --> 01:42:41.560 your blooms. So basically, a garden mesh fabric, it's like 1898 01:42:41.760 --> 01:42:44.399 a soft as a bed sheet, a little tiny squares 1899 01:42:44.479 --> 01:42:46.760 like a window screen, and you just lay it over 1900 01:42:46.840 --> 01:42:49.800 the plant and the vine bore Mama, she comes and 1901 01:42:50.359 --> 01:42:52.239 lands on that. She can't get to the squash to 1902 01:42:52.359 --> 01:42:55.680 lay the egg. Can you leave it on, George until 1903 01:42:55.760 --> 01:42:59.399 the first female blooms start to open, you know, because 1904 01:42:59.520 --> 01:43:02.359 the first be male blooms and bees don't have to 1905 01:43:02.439 --> 01:43:05.279 get to that. When the female bloom opens. You have 1906 01:43:05.520 --> 01:43:08.039 two options. One is you can lift it up each 1907 01:43:08.199 --> 01:43:10.239 day and go in there with a little artist brush 1908 01:43:10.279 --> 01:43:13.279 and just quick, quickly takes two seconds pollen nature open 1909 01:43:13.439 --> 01:43:16.640 female blooms. Or you can take the whole cover off 1910 01:43:17.239 --> 01:43:19.359 and then the vine borer will find it. But by 1911 01:43:19.439 --> 01:43:21.920 the time they actually cause the vine to collapse, at 1912 01:43:22.000 --> 01:43:24.600 least you'll get somewhat of a yield out of those plants. 1913 01:43:24.640 --> 01:43:27.000 So those are the two options I recommend. 1914 01:43:28.000 --> 01:43:32.319 All right, okay, all right, you bet. 1915 01:43:32.319 --> 01:43:34.399 Take care and you know on guard Line we just 1916 01:43:34.479 --> 01:43:37.600 asked for half the produce and payment for our bus. Thanks. 1917 01:43:38.680 --> 01:43:43.840 Thanks George, you take care Nelson Plant for Someone's asking 1918 01:43:43.880 --> 01:43:47.319 me about Bruce's Brew earlier, and Bruce's Brew is a 1919 01:43:48.039 --> 01:43:51.279 product that provides a nice quick green up, but it's 1920 01:43:51.399 --> 01:43:54.800 not just an immediate release. It also has a slow 1921 01:43:54.880 --> 01:43:58.960 release that spreads that release out over time to kind 1922 01:43:59.000 --> 01:44:01.479 of regulate the growth. Do you get good root development 1923 01:44:02.239 --> 01:44:04.920 when you you know, when you give a gradual feed 1924 01:44:05.000 --> 01:44:06.680 to a grass like that, you're going to get a 1925 01:44:06.760 --> 01:44:10.399 balanced growth, good root development, and as a result, your 1926 01:44:10.439 --> 01:44:12.600 grass is going to be able to handle a thing 1927 01:44:12.760 --> 01:44:14.680 like drought or maybe a little bit of a chomp 1928 01:44:14.760 --> 01:44:17.039 here and there from a grub or something else. You 1929 01:44:17.159 --> 01:44:19.479 get a good robust root system. It's a carbon based 1930 01:44:19.600 --> 01:44:23.039 nitrogen source. It feeds the soil of microbes and that 1931 01:44:23.439 --> 01:44:25.960 is very important. And you know, when you have healthy soil, 1932 01:44:25.960 --> 01:44:29.720 you got healthy grass that's less vulnerable to best and diseases. 1933 01:44:29.800 --> 01:44:33.800 That's Bruce's Brew from the folks at Nelson's Nelson Fertilizer 1934 01:44:33.920 --> 01:44:39.479 Quality Products. Let's go out to Katie and we're going 1935 01:44:39.520 --> 01:44:42.239 to talk to Ken. Hello, Ken, welcome to garden Line. 1936 01:44:44.199 --> 01:44:45.119 How are you doing there? 1937 01:44:46.199 --> 01:44:50.600 Good morning, Good sir, and you may have just answered 1938 01:44:50.680 --> 01:44:53.600 part of my question there with your last talking about 1939 01:44:53.640 --> 01:44:57.239 the bruce soil there I'm putting in. I have totally 1940 01:44:57.319 --> 01:45:01.319 new grass area, just soil with top toil has been 1941 01:45:01.359 --> 01:45:04.399 put in, and I'm going to be planning for maybe 1942 01:45:04.399 --> 01:45:07.800 a seed on that there slut on there, and I'd 1943 01:45:07.880 --> 01:45:11.119 like to know if what kind of fertilizer would be 1944 01:45:11.159 --> 01:45:12.399 good to help get it started. 1945 01:45:14.000 --> 01:45:17.319 All right, So you want to hold off on fertilizing, 1946 01:45:17.520 --> 01:45:21.000 you can do if you're preparing soil and mixing soil 1947 01:45:21.039 --> 01:45:23.239 and stuff. You can put a fertilizer in it, but 1948 01:45:23.399 --> 01:45:27.439 that's not as important as let's get the bermuda seed down. 1949 01:45:27.520 --> 01:45:30.319 Let's get it sprouted and well on its way, and 1950 01:45:30.560 --> 01:45:35.359 then begin to lightly fertilize, and you can use a product. 1951 01:45:35.439 --> 01:45:38.039 I would use a product that is a little faster 1952 01:45:38.239 --> 01:45:40.920 release initially, and the bruces Brew. You were just mentioning 1953 01:45:41.479 --> 01:45:43.600 that that would be a good one for that. Just 1954 01:45:44.000 --> 01:45:46.000 with the Bruces Brew, I'd probably put it out at 1955 01:45:46.039 --> 01:45:48.920 about I don't know, five to seven pounds per thousand 1956 01:45:48.920 --> 01:45:53.520 square feet, and those little seedlings, but let the seedlings sprout, 1957 01:45:53.640 --> 01:45:56.039 get up and not just be a seedling, but start 1958 01:45:56.119 --> 01:45:59.000 to make a little plant and then put the fertilizer 1959 01:45:59.119 --> 01:46:02.880 down and it'll into high gear. But remember, the most 1960 01:46:02.920 --> 01:46:06.319 important thing is light frequent waterings to help those seedlings 1961 01:46:06.399 --> 01:46:08.560 not dry out while they're trying to establish. 1962 01:46:09.920 --> 01:46:10.960 And that part's easy. 1963 01:46:12.159 --> 01:46:14.319 One thing I mentioned there is that it is on. 1964 01:46:14.640 --> 01:46:21.239 Okay, so of course before Hey Ken, Ken, I'm going 1965 01:46:21.279 --> 01:46:23.359 to a hardbreak. Hang on just a second. If you 1966 01:46:23.399 --> 01:46:25.000 want to continue, I'll stick with you. 1967 01:46:25.479 --> 01:46:25.840 Just hang on. 1968 01:46:26.000 --> 01:46:30.760 We'll be right back, folks. Let's run. Let's turn out here. 1969 01:46:30.840 --> 01:46:34.159 First thing. We're gonna wind up this uh last bit 1970 01:46:34.279 --> 01:46:37.239 here with Ken and Katie. Hey, Ken, so you got 1971 01:46:37.319 --> 01:46:39.000 your seeds going in on a slope? 1972 01:46:39.119 --> 01:46:39.439 Is that it? 1973 01:46:41.520 --> 01:46:41.680 Yes? 1974 01:46:41.840 --> 01:46:43.920 Yeah, And I'm wondering what kind of product I can 1975 01:46:44.079 --> 01:46:46.399 use to help. I mean, we might get some good 1976 01:46:46.520 --> 01:46:49.119 rains here in march, and I don't want it all 1977 01:46:49.239 --> 01:46:50.479 growing at the bottom of the hill. 1978 01:46:51.920 --> 01:46:54.239 Yeah, that's what happens with seed that's the drawback. 1979 01:46:54.760 --> 01:46:54.920 You know. 1980 01:46:55.039 --> 01:46:58.079 Professionally, they do what's called hydromulching. They spray kind of 1981 01:46:58.159 --> 01:47:00.760 a paper machetish kind of product, or they put some 1982 01:47:01.000 --> 01:47:05.560 hay straw out there, just enough to kind of hold 1983 01:47:05.600 --> 01:47:08.199 the soil, but not enough to shade out the plants. 1984 01:47:08.239 --> 01:47:10.640 And that's that's kind of tricky to do from a 1985 01:47:10.720 --> 01:47:14.720 home standpoint. I just don't know a good approach to that. 1986 01:47:16.640 --> 01:47:19.920 I've seen people try a lot of different things. Say what. 1987 01:47:22.119 --> 01:47:25.600 I have, I have a lot of. 1988 01:47:28.439 --> 01:47:30.960 Okay, if there was a way to chop it up 1989 01:47:31.000 --> 01:47:33.840 a little bit, uh and then you know, run over 1990 01:47:34.039 --> 01:47:36.319 the mower. I don't know. Whatever. You can figure out 1991 01:47:36.720 --> 01:47:39.039 and do it very lightly though, because it will shade 1992 01:47:39.079 --> 01:47:41.439 out You're it's a mulch, so you don't want to 1993 01:47:41.479 --> 01:47:43.520 put it at a mulch level. Just a little bit 1994 01:47:43.600 --> 01:47:45.479 out there. That helps a lot. And if you have 1995 01:47:45.520 --> 01:47:47.920 a gully washer, it's going to move that hay out anyway, 1996 01:47:48.279 --> 01:47:51.239 so you know you're I guess look at the weather 1997 01:47:51.319 --> 01:47:53.960 about ten days ahead before you plant. 1998 01:47:55.680 --> 01:47:58.199 Okay, very okay, thank you very much. 1999 01:47:59.119 --> 01:47:59.720 That helps a lot. 2000 01:48:01.159 --> 01:48:05.039 Yeah, thanks appreciate that call very much. Nelson Water Garden 2001 01:48:05.119 --> 01:48:07.159 and Nursery is out there, and Katie, now, I don't 2002 01:48:07.199 --> 01:48:09.880 know if you've ever been before, but you need to go. 2003 01:48:10.199 --> 01:48:13.800 It is an amazing place. Nelson Water Garden and Nursery 2004 01:48:14.479 --> 01:48:17.239 is a complete deal. I mean, you walk in the store, 2005 01:48:17.439 --> 01:48:19.279 there's some of the most beautiful house plants you've ever 2006 01:48:19.319 --> 01:48:22.239 seen there, gorgeous you walk out the back door of 2007 01:48:22.279 --> 01:48:27.000 the store. Color color, color everywhere then, and also vegetables 2008 01:48:27.079 --> 01:48:30.479 and also herbs, any kind of bedding, nursery plants that 2009 01:48:30.560 --> 01:48:33.199 you're looking for, they've got it. By the way, you 2010 01:48:33.279 --> 01:48:35.560 might want to write this on your calendar. But coming up, 2011 01:48:36.000 --> 01:48:39.439 there's an Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April nineteenth from 2012 01:48:39.560 --> 01:48:43.279 nine to ten, and on the twenty six, a week 2013 01:48:43.399 --> 01:48:46.039 later Saturday, there's a sip and stroll. This is the 2014 01:48:46.159 --> 01:48:49.399 adult deal, right, You get a little sip and you 2015 01:48:49.520 --> 01:48:52.479 get the stroll. There'll be some music. It's just a 2016 01:48:52.600 --> 01:48:55.920 fun time and listen, it's therapy. You gotta go do 2017 01:48:56.039 --> 01:48:58.760 this because here's why there is so much water splashing 2018 01:48:58.840 --> 01:49:02.479 all around you that it's like you can't pay for 2019 01:49:02.560 --> 01:49:04.079 that kind of therapy. And you can do that in 2020 01:49:04.119 --> 01:49:06.760 your own backyard. The folks that Nelson's can help you 2021 01:49:06.920 --> 01:49:10.439 create a water garden, a water feature, a waterfall, or 2022 01:49:10.479 --> 01:49:13.119 a disappearing fountain coming out of a big urn, or 2023 01:49:13.199 --> 01:49:14.479 they can just come out and do it for you. 2024 01:49:15.119 --> 01:49:20.760 Nelsonwatergardens dot Com. Head out to Katie on ten turn 2025 01:49:20.840 --> 01:49:22.880 north on Katie Fort ben Road. It's just a little 2026 01:49:22.880 --> 01:49:26.279 piece up there on the right. I'm gonna head out 2027 01:49:26.319 --> 01:49:28.720 now to sugar Land. We're gonna talk to Michael. Hey, Michael, 2028 01:49:28.760 --> 01:49:29.640 welcome to garden Line. 2029 01:49:30.359 --> 01:49:31.159 Good morning guy. 2030 01:49:31.399 --> 01:49:33.720 Always good to hear your voice. I have a question 2031 01:49:33.880 --> 01:49:36.119 for you. I've been on the schedule now for about 2032 01:49:36.880 --> 01:49:39.319 fifteen years, but I was looking at some stuff this 2033 01:49:39.920 --> 01:49:41.720 you know, this morning, and I want you to give 2034 01:49:41.760 --> 01:49:44.840 me your honest opinion. I've been using the fifteen five 2035 01:49:44.960 --> 01:49:47.840 ten and the orange bag along with barricade, but I 2036 01:49:48.000 --> 01:49:51.880 saw something I hadn't seen before. Appears nine Boss has 2037 01:49:51.920 --> 01:49:56.680 a blue bag which contains trimac. Now my question is 2038 01:49:57.119 --> 01:49:59.439 which would be better to use that one blue bag? 2039 01:50:00.000 --> 01:50:03.119 All right, so or the other combination with the barricade. 2040 01:50:04.800 --> 01:50:09.039 Okay, so you're doing two different things, and they can 2041 01:50:09.079 --> 01:50:12.520 both be done together if you need to. The barricade 2042 01:50:13.119 --> 01:50:16.439 is for the summer re weeds that you're not seeing yet. 2043 01:50:16.960 --> 01:50:21.039 They're not big plants. It's to prevent them. The blue 2044 01:50:21.119 --> 01:50:24.920 bag with the barrick with the fifteen to five to 2045 01:50:25.000 --> 01:50:28.319 ten weed and feed blue bag that has trimeac that 2046 01:50:28.840 --> 01:50:31.800 kills existing weeds. So right now, if you're looking in 2047 01:50:31.880 --> 01:50:34.640 your lawn. You're seeing dandelion and clover and hand bent 2048 01:50:34.720 --> 01:50:36.840 and chickweed and all the winter weeds that are broadly 2049 01:50:37.760 --> 01:50:42.239 the blue bag is for that. So you're you're going 2050 01:50:42.319 --> 01:50:45.760 after two sets of weeds with those two products, one 2051 01:50:45.840 --> 01:50:48.399 that's already there and one that's about to be there. 2052 01:50:49.680 --> 01:50:53.680 Okay, So if I use I use the orange bag. 2053 01:50:54.760 --> 01:50:56.960 You can't use an orange bag in combination with the 2054 01:50:57.239 --> 01:50:57.960 blue bag with the. 2055 01:50:58.000 --> 01:51:04.159 Trimec because then you're double fertilizing and you don't need 2056 01:51:04.239 --> 01:51:06.279 to do that. If you do the blue bag, you 2057 01:51:06.439 --> 01:51:08.800 have done the orange bag plus the trimac. 2058 01:51:09.720 --> 01:51:12.479 Great super answers my question. Thank you as always, to 2059 01:51:12.520 --> 01:51:13.279 have a good weekend. 2060 01:51:13.720 --> 01:51:17.880 All right, good luck, take care. Appreciate that. Yeah, that 2061 01:51:18.319 --> 01:51:21.840 is important to understand and to you know, get that, 2062 01:51:22.159 --> 01:51:23.000 get that all straight. 2063 01:51:23.399 --> 01:51:23.520 Uh. 2064 01:51:23.680 --> 01:51:27.920 Nature's Way Resources is having a really cool little shindig. 2065 01:51:28.039 --> 01:51:29.920 I was telling you about a little bit earlier. But 2066 01:51:30.199 --> 01:51:34.880 it is their spring fling, the spring Fling at Nature's 2067 01:51:35.039 --> 01:51:37.640 Way Resources, and you really need to go out and 2068 01:51:37.720 --> 01:51:40.159 check this out. I've been before. It is a fun time. 2069 01:51:40.640 --> 01:51:42.880 I mean they're going to have when you go there. 2070 01:51:42.960 --> 01:51:44.920 First of all, they're gonna be speakers, I've spoken at 2071 01:51:44.920 --> 01:51:47.680 it in the past myself. It's great gardening education. They 2072 01:51:47.760 --> 01:51:50.680 got some really cool, really nice talks scheduled. 2073 01:51:51.159 --> 01:51:51.279 Uh. 2074 01:51:51.600 --> 01:51:54.000 And then you're gonna be able to walk around, you know, 2075 01:51:54.119 --> 01:51:57.319 though you enjoy. They'll have some sangria there for you. 2076 01:51:57.439 --> 01:52:00.840 It's called sip and vendor and say, right, so you 2077 01:52:01.520 --> 01:52:04.079 get your drink, you walk around, you visit the vendors. 2078 01:52:04.119 --> 01:52:06.239 They got some really good vendors. They always do when 2079 01:52:06.279 --> 01:52:09.359 I go by there, and then enjoy yourself without there, 2080 01:52:09.399 --> 01:52:11.159 go listen to some of the talks and then pick 2081 01:52:11.239 --> 01:52:14.279 up some plants or pick up some soil products. You know, 2082 01:52:14.359 --> 01:52:16.840 they've got the best of the best out there. There'll 2083 01:52:16.840 --> 01:52:20.399 be children's activities that children are certainly welcome to come out. 2084 01:52:20.600 --> 01:52:22.680 They even have a player you kind of a sandbox, 2085 01:52:22.800 --> 01:52:27.760 giant a giant sandbox. They have coloring and scavenger hut 2086 01:52:27.800 --> 01:52:32.520 and stuff for the kids. This is all next week December, 2087 01:52:32.920 --> 01:52:37.279 excuse me, December Wow. March ninth. March ninth, from nine 2088 01:52:37.359 --> 01:52:40.840 to two in the morning. And where is Nature's Way? 2089 01:52:41.039 --> 01:52:44.239 Go up forty five north right where fourteen eighty eight 2090 01:52:44.840 --> 01:52:47.800 comes in from Magnolia. You instead of going left to 2091 01:52:47.920 --> 01:52:51.119 Magnolia you turn right across the tracks in that Sherbrooke 2092 01:52:51.199 --> 01:52:54.600 circle and you're there. It really is cool. And while 2093 01:52:54.640 --> 01:52:56.720 you're there, pick up rus soil, pick up their leaf 2094 01:52:56.800 --> 01:52:59.239 more composts, make an order to have them deliver it 2095 01:52:59.359 --> 01:53:02.159 if you would like to, uh, just visit with them 2096 01:53:02.560 --> 01:53:06.119 and you will find that they're very knowledgeable and you 2097 01:53:06.239 --> 01:53:08.119 tell them what you want to grow and they'll put 2098 01:53:08.199 --> 01:53:10.079 the right products in your hand. You're gonna have more 2099 01:53:10.119 --> 01:53:13.119 than one option. Probably they'll put the right products in 2100 01:53:13.199 --> 01:53:17.239 your hand. It all starts with the soil, broad stuff 2101 01:53:17.279 --> 01:53:20.279 before green stuff. Remember that in Nature's way, it's built 2102 01:53:20.359 --> 01:53:24.319 around making the soil right. Because John Ferguson when he 2103 01:53:24.399 --> 01:53:28.479 created the place long ago that when you get things right, 2104 01:53:28.520 --> 01:53:30.960 when you follow nature's way of doing things, you're gonna 2105 01:53:31.000 --> 01:53:33.199 have plant success. And now I and his son running 2106 01:53:33.239 --> 01:53:37.960 the place, same tradition, same quality products, same quality service. 2107 01:53:38.279 --> 01:53:42.520 It's just not skipping a beat at Nature's way. Let's see, 2108 01:53:42.520 --> 01:53:45.159 we're going to go now to talk to Tom somewhere 2109 01:53:45.359 --> 01:53:48.920 in East Texas. Hey, Hey, Tom, how are you welcome 2110 01:53:48.920 --> 01:53:49.520 to guard Line? 2111 01:53:50.560 --> 01:53:51.600 Good morning? How you do it? 2112 01:53:53.439 --> 01:53:55.119 I'm well, sir, How can we hope today? 2113 01:53:56.399 --> 01:53:56.600 Well? 2114 01:53:56.600 --> 01:54:00.720 I'd sent in some pictures of my lawn after I 2115 01:54:00.760 --> 01:54:03.319 had a couple of months from after I had fertilized it, 2116 01:54:04.319 --> 01:54:06.119 and okay, it didn't look so great. 2117 01:54:06.119 --> 01:54:11.720 So I'm not sure what's going on. Alrighty Uh, you 2118 01:54:11.800 --> 01:54:14.079 sent me several pictures here, so let me just take 2119 01:54:14.079 --> 01:54:15.760 a look at some of these. Uh, tell me a 2120 01:54:15.800 --> 01:54:17.960 little bit about the history of this lawn. What has 2121 01:54:18.000 --> 01:54:20.039 been done to it in the last six months or so. 2122 01:54:22.199 --> 01:54:24.720 So this is fairly brand new lawn and it's probably 2123 01:54:24.920 --> 01:54:25.920 just over a year old. 2124 01:54:26.039 --> 01:54:26.520 It was a. 2125 01:54:28.800 --> 01:54:29.319 New turf. 2126 01:54:29.560 --> 01:54:36.119 Okay there at Courst got you? Okay, Hey, Tom, I'm 2127 01:54:36.119 --> 01:54:39.720 gonna I'm gonna, I'm gonna cut in. I'm gonna cut 2128 01:54:39.760 --> 01:54:41.680 in on you here. I I asked that, and I 2129 01:54:42.039 --> 01:54:44.600 remember I looked at all your pictures. That is something 2130 01:54:44.720 --> 01:54:49.199 called rizoctonia. It is also called brown patch. It's also 2131 01:54:49.319 --> 01:54:52.119 called take all patch. I mean a large patch, not 2132 01:54:52.319 --> 01:54:56.880 take off. It is a cool season condition when when 2133 01:54:56.920 --> 01:55:00.399 the weather is cool and we get some moist it 2134 01:55:00.600 --> 01:55:05.119 really takes off. We're about to leave that season. So 2135 01:55:05.279 --> 01:55:07.920 I don't see a need at this point in treating 2136 01:55:08.159 --> 01:55:10.079 what I see in the pictures. Now, that could be 2137 01:55:10.239 --> 01:55:12.000 that you got something else going on. There could be 2138 01:55:12.039 --> 01:55:14.640 grubs there, There could be you know, maybe last year 2139 01:55:14.720 --> 01:55:17.880 you had some chinch bugs or something. But right now, uh, 2140 01:55:18.640 --> 01:55:22.840 right now, we're we're I wouldn't treat that at this point. 2141 01:55:22.960 --> 01:55:25.079 I would go ahead and give the lawn care according 2142 01:55:25.119 --> 01:55:28.600 to my schedule, and I would say, let's just move on. 2143 01:55:28.800 --> 01:55:31.039 If you want to use a fungicide for it, you 2144 01:55:31.159 --> 01:55:37.359 can do that. That's fine. Uh, But if it were mine, 2145 01:55:37.479 --> 01:55:39.239 I think I would just I would just move on. 2146 01:55:39.640 --> 01:55:42.399 That's old damage and spraining. It won't make those spots 2147 01:55:42.439 --> 01:55:45.199 of green. Warm weather, we'll make those spots green. 2148 01:55:46.479 --> 01:55:49.279 Okay. Should I go ahead and use the you know, 2149 01:55:49.399 --> 01:55:53.800 like the nightro Falls fifteen, Yeah. 2150 01:55:53.720 --> 01:55:56.439 You could do that. You could do that. You just 2151 01:55:56.520 --> 01:55:59.399 follow follow follow it on the schedule, and then then 2152 01:55:59.439 --> 01:56:00.800 when we get to summer, we're going to go to 2153 01:56:00.880 --> 01:56:05.159 the longer term fertilizers. But yes, it should be good, 2154 01:56:05.359 --> 01:56:10.359 right okay, well all right now, yes, now, since that's 2155 01:56:10.399 --> 01:56:12.479 been a problem, look at my schedule. Because we talk 2156 01:56:12.520 --> 01:56:14.600 about brown patch in the fall, you do want to 2157 01:56:14.760 --> 01:56:17.520 take action at that point, but for now we're moving 2158 01:56:17.560 --> 01:56:20.239 into the warm season. Hey, thanks, man, I appreciate your call. 2159 01:56:20.399 --> 01:56:22.920 I've got to run Folks Rooster and Brunham. Will you'll 2160 01:56:22.920 --> 01:56:24.800 be first up when we come back. We're just gonna 2161 01:56:24.840 --> 01:56:28.960 jump right back in andams. You're hopping on garden line today. Hey, listen. 2162 01:56:29.239 --> 01:56:31.920 Micro Life has a product. It's a purple bag. It's 2163 01:56:32.000 --> 01:56:36.520 called Humates Plus. It's a zero zero four fertilizer, but 2164 01:56:36.600 --> 01:56:40.079 it's not a fertilizer. I mean, it's got the potassium 2165 01:56:40.159 --> 01:56:41.520 in it, but I don't want you to think of 2166 01:56:41.600 --> 01:56:43.640 it as a fertilizer. There are other products you used 2167 01:56:43.640 --> 01:56:47.199 to fertilizer on, like they're six two four, But this 2168 01:56:47.399 --> 01:56:50.439 is concentrated compost in a bag. When you take leaves 2169 01:56:50.800 --> 01:56:53.079 and break them down, it makes composts. Did you know 2170 01:56:53.199 --> 01:56:57.880 compost keeps breaking down until it becomes humous. Humus bills, 2171 01:56:58.159 --> 01:57:02.840 soil quality, It really substances like humic and fulvic acids 2172 01:57:02.920 --> 01:57:06.920 and things. It just improves yourself and Microlife hu makes plus. 2173 01:57:07.239 --> 01:57:09.920 The purple bag can be used whenever you want to 2174 01:57:10.000 --> 01:57:11.920 use it. I would say, if you're going to fertilize, 2175 01:57:12.319 --> 01:57:15.920 go ahead and do your fertilizer six six two four, 2176 01:57:16.319 --> 01:57:18.680 and then do the purple bag. You makes plus. You're 2177 01:57:18.720 --> 01:57:21.479 not over fertilizing. By doing that, you put that down, 2178 01:57:21.760 --> 01:57:24.119 you water it in, and you're going to do that once. 2179 01:57:24.560 --> 01:57:26.439 You can do it many times as you want a year, 2180 01:57:26.560 --> 01:57:28.720 but at least a couple times a year if you're 2181 01:57:28.760 --> 01:57:31.279 trying to bring a lawn back from just a really 2182 01:57:31.399 --> 01:57:34.560 difficult clay soil that it's struggling with. He makes plus 2183 01:57:34.640 --> 01:57:37.119 works very well and it's one of the quality products 2184 01:57:37.399 --> 01:57:41.079 mini quality products you find from Microlife Microlife Fertilizer dot com. 2185 01:57:41.159 --> 01:57:43.680 That's the website if you want to learn more about it. 2186 01:57:44.279 --> 01:57:45.920 We're going to head out to Brunham now and talk 2187 01:57:45.960 --> 01:57:47.560 to Rooster. Hey, Rooster, what's up? 2188 01:57:48.520 --> 01:57:53.680 Good morning Listen. I've been bathing to mate the plants, 2189 01:57:53.880 --> 01:57:56.760 about fifteen of them in farage for a little more 2190 01:57:56.840 --> 01:57:59.399 in three weeks, some of them and then some of 2191 01:57:59.479 --> 01:58:01.000 them just just a week ago. 2192 01:58:01.359 --> 01:58:05.319 And I had two different questions for you, can I 2193 01:58:05.439 --> 01:58:07.600 go ahead and put them in my raised beds? 2194 01:58:07.680 --> 01:58:07.800 Now? 2195 01:58:08.000 --> 01:58:09.159 Not worry about threason? 2196 01:58:10.159 --> 01:58:10.319 Uh? 2197 01:58:11.399 --> 01:58:13.760 I wish I had the crystal Yeah, I wish I 2198 01:58:13.800 --> 01:58:16.000 had the crystal ball on that I don't if you 2199 01:58:16.079 --> 01:58:18.079 look at the if you look at the average frost 2200 01:58:18.159 --> 01:58:21.960 dates it were on the line. Uh, if you can 2201 01:58:22.119 --> 01:58:25.479 cover them, if we have another little frost freeze, then 2202 01:58:25.520 --> 01:58:28.399 I would put them out. If you can't, I might 2203 01:58:28.520 --> 01:58:30.399 hold off a little bit. But I wish I had 2204 01:58:30.439 --> 01:58:31.560 that crystal ball, and I don't. 2205 01:58:31.680 --> 01:58:36.279 Well was the other question, Well, it might be just 2206 01:58:36.399 --> 01:58:39.399 a helpful to somebody else, but I was curious myself. 2207 01:58:40.039 --> 01:58:46.359 I purchased some Medina. I bought them a little little 2208 01:58:46.439 --> 01:58:50.119 six tack deals just a little more than a week 2209 01:58:50.199 --> 01:58:54.479 ago here in Brenham. I mentioned the name, but I 2210 01:58:54.520 --> 01:58:57.840 don't know if that was the a good thing to do. 2211 01:58:58.000 --> 01:59:02.520 But anyway, the six packs are really wonderful. And I 2212 01:59:02.560 --> 01:59:05.760 don't know if it's because I put the Medina on it, 2213 01:59:07.159 --> 01:59:09.119 mix it with water and the sort of water man. 2214 01:59:09.520 --> 01:59:11.399 They almost caught up with the ones I've had in 2215 01:59:11.520 --> 01:59:13.560 there for three weeks. I don't know. 2216 01:59:13.760 --> 01:59:19.800 Well, products, well, it could be because Medina products they're designed, 2217 01:59:20.279 --> 01:59:21.960 they work in so many ways. Some of them have 2218 01:59:22.079 --> 01:59:24.680 the nutrient in them, you know, the the has to 2219 01:59:24.760 --> 01:59:31.479 grow six twelve six or for example, But the the 2220 01:59:31.680 --> 01:59:34.319 other ingredients that they have from seaweed and some to 2221 01:59:34.479 --> 01:59:38.439 the microbial activity, to the other kinds of hormones or 2222 01:59:38.520 --> 01:59:41.560 vitamins and other things there. It's a concoction of things, 2223 01:59:41.640 --> 01:59:44.439 and plants benefit from it, and especially your little seedlings. 2224 01:59:44.520 --> 01:59:45.800 This is a great way to do it. And with 2225 01:59:45.960 --> 01:59:47.880 medina you're not going to burn them like you would 2226 01:59:47.920 --> 01:59:52.079 with the salt based fertilizer that could be mixed too strong. Yeah, 2227 01:59:52.079 --> 01:59:55.000 I would. I would attest that Medina probably had a 2228 01:59:55.079 --> 01:59:57.840 huge part in that and the success on them. 2229 01:59:57.920 --> 01:59:58.359 What about it? 2230 01:59:59.199 --> 02:00:02.560 I have them all two gallons deals that I cut 2231 02:00:02.600 --> 02:00:06.359 the bottoms out of and I'll press them over my 2232 02:00:06.520 --> 02:00:09.279 new plants so that they get, yes, a little bit 2233 02:00:09.359 --> 02:00:10.600 more wind resistant. 2234 02:00:11.760 --> 02:00:17.000 That's a good idea, it would. You know what another 2235 02:00:17.119 --> 02:00:19.960 thing you could do. Don't cut the bottoms out, just 2236 02:00:21.279 --> 02:00:24.159 let the plants be there, and then if you have 2237 02:00:24.239 --> 02:00:26.520 a frosty knite, turn the pot upside down over the 2238 02:00:26.560 --> 02:00:29.279 plant if it's windy, put a little soil around it 2239 02:00:29.319 --> 02:00:31.720 to hold it in place, and then you have even 2240 02:00:31.880 --> 02:00:34.720 a better little protection against the frost that would hit. 2241 02:00:34.880 --> 02:00:37.479 So either way you want to go, but hey, risk track, 2242 02:00:37.479 --> 02:00:40.600 I got a run. But good luck, thank you. 2243 02:00:40.680 --> 02:00:40.880 Yeah. 2244 02:00:41.079 --> 02:00:41.800 I know why you do. 2245 02:00:42.399 --> 02:00:43.880 Yeah, I know why you cut them back, and that's 2246 02:00:44.119 --> 02:00:45.560 a good way to go. I'm just trying to think 2247 02:00:45.600 --> 02:00:48.159 of how to get past the frost too. Thank you, sir. 2248 02:00:48.600 --> 02:00:51.760 Take care out there and run them. Someone asked earlier 2249 02:00:51.840 --> 02:00:54.840 about where's this place you get those buckets that are 2250 02:00:54.920 --> 02:01:00.880 bait for mosquitoes. Pest Brothers, pest Brothers. The pest Bros 2251 02:01:01.119 --> 02:01:05.079 Is the website d pest b Ros. Dpest Bros, or 2252 02:01:05.159 --> 02:01:08.000 you can call them two eight one two oh six 2253 02:01:08.640 --> 02:01:11.520 forty six seventy. I wish I had time to fully 2254 02:01:11.560 --> 02:01:14.039 explain that system to you, but it is cool. If 2255 02:01:14.079 --> 02:01:16.720 you are looking for something that is safe. The safest 2256 02:01:16.800 --> 02:01:19.399 you can do. If you're looking for something that really works, 2257 02:01:20.119 --> 02:01:22.000 you don't have to go around the yard blasting his 2258 02:01:22.039 --> 02:01:25.000 sex side ever, trying to kill mosquitoes more. Just gonna 2259 02:01:25.039 --> 02:01:29.520 fly in. This stuff works dpestbros dot com. All right, 2260 02:01:29.560 --> 02:01:31.600 I'm gonna go to Spring now and talk to Trey. 2261 02:01:31.760 --> 02:01:36.600 Hey, Trey, thank you calling you back again. I had 2262 02:01:36.600 --> 02:01:40.079 another quick question. Figure. I jump in line and I'm 2263 02:01:40.119 --> 02:01:43.119 trying to put some I want to put some pine 2264 02:01:43.199 --> 02:01:47.399 straw mulch in my bids. It is that advisable, and 2265 02:01:47.520 --> 02:01:50.399 it's so, what are some cautions that where can I find. 2266 02:01:50.199 --> 02:01:54.000 Some locally up here some pine straw? 2267 02:01:54.399 --> 02:01:58.720 You said, yes, sir, you know I would ask. 2268 02:01:58.560 --> 02:02:01.199 At your local garden centers up there. I don't know 2269 02:02:01.359 --> 02:02:04.880 offhand who's carrying it. I know anybody that's got property 2270 02:02:04.920 --> 02:02:07.239 that pine trees, let's go and break it up because 2271 02:02:07.279 --> 02:02:09.640 there's so many pine needles, or a yard with pine needles. 2272 02:02:09.960 --> 02:02:13.520 In fact, I had neighbors that would bag all their 2273 02:02:13.600 --> 02:02:15.479 pine straw and put it at the curb for me. 2274 02:02:15.640 --> 02:02:17.199 They didn't know they were putting it there for me, 2275 02:02:17.399 --> 02:02:22.640 but just brought it home with me. But you do occasionally, 2276 02:02:22.960 --> 02:02:24.760 not so much around here as in other parts of 2277 02:02:24.840 --> 02:02:27.720 the country. They think pine straw is pretty, and it's 2278 02:02:27.840 --> 02:02:30.720 baled and sold in garden centers and other places. But 2279 02:02:30.800 --> 02:02:33.640 I would just ask around your area and see if 2280 02:02:33.920 --> 02:02:35.600 you know any of the garden centers are going to 2281 02:02:35.680 --> 02:02:37.960 have it. Off the top of my head, I can't 2282 02:02:38.000 --> 02:02:40.640 say if or where I've seen it around town. 2283 02:02:41.840 --> 02:02:43.840 Is there any negatives to putting it in our bids 2284 02:02:43.920 --> 02:02:45.239 for insects or anything? 2285 02:02:45.359 --> 02:02:50.039 There No, not really, no insect negatives or anything. I 2286 02:02:50.119 --> 02:02:53.119 think it holds in place better, and you just don't 2287 02:02:53.159 --> 02:02:55.399 want to over use it as with anything, but you 2288 02:02:55.520 --> 02:02:58.199 have to use enough because those little skinny pine needles 2289 02:02:58.239 --> 02:03:01.760 don't block much sunlights. So you need enough to really 2290 02:03:01.840 --> 02:03:04.880 block the sun. But it works pretty good. I've had 2291 02:03:04.960 --> 02:03:07.560 good success, but I think it's pretty that bronze color. 2292 02:03:09.000 --> 02:03:10.520 Yeah, thanks you. 2293 02:03:10.960 --> 02:03:13.960 All right, sir, Thank you appreciate your call very much. 2294 02:03:14.800 --> 02:03:17.920 If you're looking for a soil for your indoor plants, 2295 02:03:18.199 --> 02:03:21.680 jungle Land by Nitrofoss jungle Land is the one. Now 2296 02:03:21.720 --> 02:03:24.720 there's two jungle Lands. One is their flour and vegetable 2297 02:03:26.159 --> 02:03:30.039 for outdoors a pause therve because let this kind of 2298 02:03:30.399 --> 02:03:34.119 separate out in the head. The other one is jungle 2299 02:03:34.239 --> 02:03:39.359 Land water Saving, putting soil for indoors. Okay, Now, the 2300 02:03:39.439 --> 02:03:42.640 water saving has crystals in it that absorb water. So 2301 02:03:42.760 --> 02:03:44.960 when you forget, I know you don't forget, when your 2302 02:03:45.039 --> 02:03:48.880 neighbor forgets the water, that soil crystals will have a 2303 02:03:48.960 --> 02:03:51.640 little extra reserve to get those plants through until they 2304 02:03:51.720 --> 02:03:54.840 remember to water again. Both of them are quality products. 2305 02:03:55.039 --> 02:03:58.520 Both of them are available in a wide variety of places. 2306 02:03:58.560 --> 02:04:01.399 You're going to find them in place like Ace Hardware, 2307 02:04:01.479 --> 02:04:04.960 Cityo Memorial Drive plants for all seasons. You're gonna find 2308 02:04:05.000 --> 02:04:07.880 them at enchanted forests. You're gonna find them at a plantation. 2309 02:04:08.039 --> 02:04:12.239 Ace Hardware, m and d Out there in Rosenberg has 2310 02:04:12.319 --> 02:04:15.960 them as well. And you know, in fact, I could 2311 02:04:16.039 --> 02:04:19.039 just go on, could I keep saying these Ace Hardware names. 2312 02:04:19.119 --> 02:04:23.600 Ace Hardware is a company that has everything you need 2313 02:04:23.640 --> 02:04:28.439 to have success outdoors. They just do fertilizers products to 2314 02:04:28.439 --> 02:04:32.760 control pest, weeds and diseases. Right now, there's some good 2315 02:04:32.840 --> 02:04:35.720 things going on we at Ace Hardware stores. They're still 2316 02:04:35.760 --> 02:04:39.079 having the twenty percent off their Mowen faucets. Oh actually, 2317 02:04:39.640 --> 02:04:40.920 I think I went a little long on that and 2318 02:04:41.000 --> 02:04:43.600 that was actually last month. Excuse me, sorry about that. 2319 02:04:44.079 --> 02:04:46.800 They do have their stains and their seals. If you 2320 02:04:46.840 --> 02:04:49.520 want to redo your deck, they've got you covered there. 2321 02:04:49.560 --> 02:04:52.840 You know, they've got a really good paint selection at 2322 02:04:52.920 --> 02:04:56.239 Ace Hardware. Go to acehardware dot com, find the store locator, 2323 02:04:56.720 --> 02:05:00.359 find the stores near you. There are so many great 2324 02:05:00.640 --> 02:05:02.520 our Ace Hardware stores. Let me give you a few. 2325 02:05:02.600 --> 02:05:04.520 Let me give you a few as an example, deer 2326 02:05:04.600 --> 02:05:09.439 Park just east of Pasadena, Deer Park Lumber, Chalmers, Ace 2327 02:05:09.479 --> 02:05:12.119 Hardware down in Galveston. For those of you over in 2328 02:05:12.199 --> 02:05:15.479 Port Levaca, first of all, thanks for listening Port Levaca. 2329 02:05:15.560 --> 02:05:18.600 Ace Hardware, Victoria Ace Hardware. Since we're hanging out in 2330 02:05:18.640 --> 02:05:22.239 the Southwest right now, all of those are just examples 2331 02:05:22.399 --> 02:05:24.880 of quality. Is hardware stores where you're gonna find everything 2332 02:05:25.199 --> 02:05:29.319 indoors outdoors, that beautiful outdoor sitting area. Oh gosh, and 2333 02:05:29.520 --> 02:05:33.399 check out those barbecue pits. Oh my, I was drooling 2334 02:05:33.479 --> 02:05:34.600 over a tray groove of it. 2335 02:05:36.399 --> 02:05:36.920 That's true. 2336 02:05:38.359 --> 02:05:40.359 All right, Thanks for listening to Garlide. We're gonna take 2337 02:05:40.359 --> 02:05:41.560 a break for the top of the hour. 2338 02:05:41.680 --> 02:05:42.359 We'll be back. 2339 02:05:43.039 --> 02:05:43.840 We will be back. 2340 02:05:44.079 --> 02:05:44.720 Don't another hour. 2341 02:05:49.800 --> 02:05:53.840 Welcome to kt r H Guarden Line with skimp Rickards. 2342 02:05:59.560 --> 02:05:59.880 Thank you. 2343 02:06:02.359 --> 02:06:04.000 Just watch him as. 2344 02:06:08.960 --> 02:06:10.159 So many things. 2345 02:06:15.840 --> 02:06:20.000 Welcome back to Garden Line, folks. We are glad to 2346 02:06:20.079 --> 02:06:25.640 have you back with us. How can we help you today? 2347 02:06:26.439 --> 02:06:29.159 Got a question on gardening? Give me a call seven 2348 02:06:29.199 --> 02:06:32.039 one three two one two k t r H seven 2349 02:06:32.039 --> 02:06:34.159 one three two one two k t r H. In fact, 2350 02:06:34.199 --> 02:06:37.279 if you got a question, why not come out to 2351 02:06:37.399 --> 02:06:40.880 the Montgomery County Home and Outdoor Living Show today. It's 2352 02:06:40.880 --> 02:06:43.239 out on Airport Road on the north side of Conroe 2353 02:06:43.920 --> 02:06:46.239 and I'm going to be there from twelve to two. 2354 02:06:47.039 --> 02:06:50.680 You're given a little talk about tips for springs success. 2355 02:06:51.319 --> 02:06:54.039 We'll talk about lawns and gardens and everything. Just kind 2356 02:06:54.079 --> 02:06:56.600 of give you an overall, some ideas, some things you 2357 02:06:56.680 --> 02:06:58.479 might not be aware of that you can do. And 2358 02:06:58.640 --> 02:07:02.079 I'll be answering your question and so bring whatever questions 2359 02:07:02.119 --> 02:07:05.159 you have. We'll have time then to really sit down 2360 02:07:05.199 --> 02:07:07.239 and talk about it a little bit. Maybe you want 2361 02:07:07.279 --> 02:07:09.239 to bring a sample in a bag of something that 2362 02:07:09.960 --> 02:07:13.039 you would like me to identify, a bug or something 2363 02:07:13.079 --> 02:07:16.079 growing in the lawn, whatever you got. Maybe you want 2364 02:07:16.119 --> 02:07:18.479 to bring a picture on your phone, show me an 2365 02:07:18.479 --> 02:07:21.439 area of the lawn and or the landscape, and we 2366 02:07:21.479 --> 02:07:22.920 can look at it, we can talk about it, what 2367 02:07:23.079 --> 02:07:25.159 to do. It's all going to be there again. That's 2368 02:07:25.279 --> 02:07:28.399 the Lone Star Convention Center on Airport Road on the 2369 02:07:28.479 --> 02:07:33.039 north side of Conroe, Montgomery County Home and Outdoor Living Show. 2370 02:07:33.079 --> 02:07:35.880 I'm going to be giving away products from Nelson's and 2371 02:07:36.520 --> 02:07:40.239 products from the Just a moment in fact, right before 2372 02:07:40.279 --> 02:07:42.239 we went to break right there, we were talking about Medina. 2373 02:07:42.319 --> 02:07:44.680 I'm going to be giving away Medina products as well. 2374 02:07:45.000 --> 02:07:47.800 Up there, show up, maybe you win one. I've got 2375 02:07:47.880 --> 02:07:50.239 quite a few to give away. Happy to do that. 2376 02:07:51.920 --> 02:07:54.000 D and Defeed in Tomball is one of those feed 2377 02:07:54.079 --> 02:07:56.800 stores that you go in and you know you're going 2378 02:07:56.840 --> 02:07:59.279 to walk out with what you need. They have an 2379 02:07:59.439 --> 02:08:02.960 excellence selection. You know you hear me talk about nitrophos 2380 02:08:03.079 --> 02:08:06.720 or microlife, or Nelson turf star or Medina or heirloom 2381 02:08:06.840 --> 02:08:11.039 soils or Nelson plant food jars or you know, just 2382 02:08:11.279 --> 02:08:14.319 whatever it is. They even have plants out front seasonally 2383 02:08:14.479 --> 02:08:18.239 as we go through the air. High quality dog food 2384 02:08:18.399 --> 02:08:20.640 of course, all the livestock food and everything that you 2385 02:08:20.800 --> 02:08:23.479 need as well. But do you need something to kill 2386 02:08:23.520 --> 02:08:26.560 a weed, an insect, a disease. They not only have 2387 02:08:26.640 --> 02:08:28.600 the products, they have the knowledge to point you at 2388 02:08:28.640 --> 02:08:31.640 the right one. Dandy Feed is three miles west of 2389 02:08:31.680 --> 02:08:35.399 ivy two forty nine on twenty nine twenty in Tomball. 2390 02:08:35.520 --> 02:08:37.640 I'm gonna give you a phone number two eight one 2391 02:08:38.039 --> 02:08:41.319 three five one seventy one forty four. Two eight one 2392 02:08:41.399 --> 02:08:46.039 three five one seventy one forty four. Alrighty, we're gonna 2393 02:08:46.039 --> 02:08:50.399 head out to Missouri City now and talk to Janey. Hello, Janey, 2394 02:08:50.479 --> 02:08:51.560 welcome to garden Line. 2395 02:08:52.720 --> 02:08:54.159 Thank scampow are you this morning? 2396 02:08:55.560 --> 02:08:57.079 I'm good, I'm good. What's up? 2397 02:08:58.399 --> 02:08:58.560 Well? 2398 02:08:58.680 --> 02:09:01.880 I ad I's a champ Until email you a question 2399 02:09:02.640 --> 02:09:05.159 because I had pictures to send you, but I'm curious 2400 02:09:05.199 --> 02:09:10.359 what you think about red creeping time as a groundcover 2401 02:09:11.159 --> 02:09:14.039 in a small columbarium area at our. 2402 02:09:14.039 --> 02:09:19.680 Church about creeping time. Creeping time is okay. You need 2403 02:09:19.800 --> 02:09:22.880 to plant quite a bit of it because it doesn't 2404 02:09:23.039 --> 02:09:28.680 like vine fast. It's a slope. The name creeping is appropriate, 2405 02:09:30.000 --> 02:09:32.840 so you could do that. I find that with time, 2406 02:09:33.439 --> 02:09:35.239 you know, if you don't share it back quite a bit, 2407 02:09:35.439 --> 02:09:37.560 it gets to look in a little lot of dead 2408 02:09:37.680 --> 02:09:40.800 twiggy growth in there, and it's not as attractive. So 2409 02:09:41.319 --> 02:09:44.199 just count on sharing it back a little bit periodically 2410 02:09:44.239 --> 02:09:48.239 and fertilizing it. You may find better success, you know, 2411 02:09:48.359 --> 02:09:50.920 with like an oregano. But that's one that'll get awfully 2412 02:09:51.079 --> 02:09:53.560 tall if you don't keep it shared back. But it's 2413 02:09:53.560 --> 02:09:56.600 another one that will spread horizontally if you're looking for. 2414 02:09:58.359 --> 02:10:01.039 This is kind of a corner are. It's under a 2415 02:10:01.239 --> 02:10:07.119 magnolia tree, but it gets partial sun. The grass has 2416 02:10:07.279 --> 02:10:08.239 just become weeds. 2417 02:10:08.720 --> 02:10:09.239 It's not a. 2418 02:10:09.319 --> 02:10:12.079 Huge area, and it's in a columbarium at our church. 2419 02:10:12.640 --> 02:10:15.880 And I thought of time. It looks pretty in this picture, 2420 02:10:16.000 --> 02:10:20.199 but I also have quite a nice groundcover under my 2421 02:10:20.359 --> 02:10:23.319 live oak tree in my backyard that stays. I mean, 2422 02:10:23.399 --> 02:10:25.800 it went through the freeze it's never had any problem, 2423 02:10:26.039 --> 02:10:28.279 and I'm wondering if that isn't a better answer than 2424 02:10:28.319 --> 02:10:31.680 trying to grow grass in there, and maybe the time 2425 02:10:31.800 --> 02:10:32.760 is not my answer. 2426 02:10:34.359 --> 02:10:37.359 Yeah, So unless you're just growing it for the fact 2427 02:10:37.399 --> 02:10:40.359 that it's an herb, I would consider a couple of others. 2428 02:10:40.439 --> 02:10:44.840 There's one called polygonum, and it has little tiny pink 2429 02:10:45.600 --> 02:10:49.880 balls that are flower stalks coming up very low, very 2430 02:10:49.960 --> 02:10:54.560 low growing polygonum. And another one is, oh gosh, what 2431 02:10:54.720 --> 02:11:00.119 plumbago leadwart plumbago, not the regular plumbago that ever he 2432 02:11:00.199 --> 02:11:04.720 thinks of. This is a flat groundcover with deep blue flowers. 2433 02:11:05.359 --> 02:11:07.800 And now these are these are not things that are 2434 02:11:07.840 --> 02:11:09.840 going to be there in the winter time, you know 2435 02:11:09.960 --> 02:11:14.039 they they're not They're not an evergreen. But those are 2436 02:11:14.159 --> 02:11:17.359 two groundcovers that are pretty easy to grow too. But 2437 02:11:17.479 --> 02:11:21.479 if you're looking for something that's evergreen, uh, then you know, 2438 02:11:21.680 --> 02:11:24.119 then you would have to to switch. A monkey grass 2439 02:11:24.239 --> 02:11:26.680 is not a bad one either. The dwarf monkey grass, 2440 02:11:26.800 --> 02:11:30.800 it stays very small and low and it looks pretty good. 2441 02:11:30.920 --> 02:11:33.720 Is a groundcover also, and it can take a ton 2442 02:11:33.800 --> 02:11:34.279 of shade. 2443 02:11:34.600 --> 02:11:38.920 So so monkey grass might be the answer. I want 2444 02:11:39.079 --> 02:11:42.800 something we have company the dwarf. 2445 02:11:43.119 --> 02:11:48.319 Okay, yeah, not the regular one. Yeah, the dwarf. No, 2446 02:11:48.520 --> 02:11:52.960 you're gonna you said, yeah, you said that it was 2447 02:11:53.000 --> 02:11:54.720 a small area. You're gonna have to buy a lot 2448 02:11:54.720 --> 02:11:56.840 of monkey grass because you know, you can't put them 2449 02:11:56.880 --> 02:11:59.000 six inches apart. I mean you got to plant them 2450 02:11:59.039 --> 02:12:02.399 close together because they don't spread fast at all. So 2451 02:12:03.000 --> 02:12:05.079 you would be buying a number of flats. So you 2452 02:12:05.319 --> 02:12:08.920 just have to make that assessment yourself. Hey, uh, I 2453 02:12:09.000 --> 02:12:11.760 hope that helps out there. Good luck with it. Sounds 2454 02:12:11.800 --> 02:12:13.439 like you've got a good project on your hands. 2455 02:12:14.039 --> 02:12:17.840 Yes, we do one other question for you on the myrtles. 2456 02:12:18.239 --> 02:12:21.920 Do they they're kind of our myrtles around the property 2457 02:12:22.000 --> 02:12:24.600 have kind of a black stuff on them right now. 2458 02:12:26.199 --> 02:12:30.359 Mum, that's that's city mold and it's from crape crepe 2459 02:12:30.399 --> 02:12:33.720 myrtle bark scale and so you need to treat for 2460 02:12:33.800 --> 02:12:38.279 the scale. You can use a systemic insecticide. Follow the label, 2461 02:12:38.359 --> 02:12:40.479 look for something with Do you have a pen handy? 2462 02:12:41.760 --> 02:12:44.560 I am driving, so unfortunately I don't. 2463 02:12:44.680 --> 02:12:50.800 Okay, all right, well, uh no I don't have that 2464 02:12:50.920 --> 02:12:55.640 posted online. Uh think of remember the dinosaur. The beginning 2465 02:12:55.760 --> 02:12:58.600 of the chemical is d I N O dino dino 2466 02:12:59.520 --> 02:13:03.039 and that's ingredient. Just say it's a systemic insecticide dino. 2467 02:13:03.520 --> 02:13:05.680 And you go to your local Ace hardware store down 2468 02:13:05.720 --> 02:13:08.600 there Missouri City. You know you're not You're not too 2469 02:13:08.680 --> 02:13:12.800 far away from you know, Southwest Fertilizers. There's a lot 2470 02:13:12.840 --> 02:13:14.920 of places you can get it. But just you just 2471 02:13:15.000 --> 02:13:17.079 need to say, Okay, I'm gonna have to run. I'm 2472 02:13:17.159 --> 02:13:20.199 up against a hard break. But I appreciate your call 2473 02:13:20.359 --> 02:13:24.319 very much. You bet good luck with that dandy feed 2474 02:13:24.520 --> 02:13:27.000 and supply I was telling you about it before. It 2475 02:13:27.119 --> 02:13:29.319 is it just is a great place and you need 2476 02:13:29.399 --> 02:13:30.520 to go by and see it. 2477 02:13:30.920 --> 02:13:31.560 I just. 2478 02:13:33.159 --> 02:13:35.279 We've talked about it several times today because I keep 2479 02:13:35.359 --> 02:13:37.479 sending people there because it's a good place to find 2480 02:13:37.760 --> 02:13:40.600 whatever it is you're looking for. Well, I'm gonna take 2481 02:13:40.600 --> 02:13:42.199 a little break. I'll be right back, and when we 2482 02:13:42.279 --> 02:13:44.760 come back, Richard and sugar Land and James and Cyprus, 2483 02:13:44.880 --> 02:13:50.319 you'll be our first two up. All right, all right, 2484 02:13:50.359 --> 02:13:52.359 welcome back. Good to have you with us. Hey, have 2485 02:13:52.439 --> 02:13:55.119 you been doing Shannon for us lately? You need to go. 2486 02:13:55.319 --> 02:13:57.079 If you went three days ago, you need to go 2487 02:13:57.199 --> 02:13:59.640 back because you wouldn't believe what they've got in the 2488 02:13:59.760 --> 02:14:03.439 house splant selection is incredible. They have all the kalladiums 2489 02:14:03.479 --> 02:14:07.279 in now, I mean a ton of kaladiums now. You 2490 02:14:07.359 --> 02:14:10.560 don't want to delay whenever someplace has bulbs or corms 2491 02:14:10.640 --> 02:14:13.720 or rhizomes or you know whatever in because it's gonna 2492 02:14:13.720 --> 02:14:15.960 get picked over. And if you want the best selection, 2493 02:14:16.520 --> 02:14:19.720 get there today. Enchanted Forest. It's easy to get to. 2494 02:14:19.920 --> 02:14:23.039 It's out on FM twenty seven to fifty nine. If 2495 02:14:23.079 --> 02:14:26.199 you're in Richmond going towards sugar Land, it's off to 2496 02:14:26.359 --> 02:14:30.680 the right FM twenty seven to fifty nine Enchanted Forest. 2497 02:14:31.119 --> 02:14:34.520 And I love, I always love going there. Knowledgeable people, 2498 02:14:34.920 --> 02:14:37.680 very knowledgeable people. They can help you, they can direct you, 2499 02:14:37.760 --> 02:14:40.680 they can provide you with exactly what you need to 2500 02:14:40.720 --> 02:14:44.039 have success. That is very very important. You need that 2501 02:14:44.119 --> 02:14:46.239 when you go to a garden center. Now, if you're 2502 02:14:46.520 --> 02:14:49.439 looking for the website, I would recommend you go there 2503 02:14:49.640 --> 02:14:55.560 for sure. Enchanted Forest, Richmond TX dot com. On the website, 2504 02:14:55.640 --> 02:14:57.239 you can sign up for all kinds of things. You 2505 02:14:57.319 --> 02:15:00.960 can find about their upcoming events, find out things like 2506 02:15:01.079 --> 02:15:04.640 I just told you. You follow them on social media, 2507 02:15:04.720 --> 02:15:07.720 for example, like on Facebook. They've got plenty of cool 2508 02:15:07.760 --> 02:15:10.279 stuff there Oh, they also got in some Jack Daniels 2509 02:15:10.680 --> 02:15:13.680 half whiskey barrels. What do you do? You're planning on them? 2510 02:15:13.880 --> 02:15:17.279 Half whiskey bro They're really cool, real rustic planners. See 2511 02:15:17.279 --> 02:15:19.399 what would you plant one of those? I guess you 2512 02:15:19.439 --> 02:15:22.600 could plant some old fashioned flowers? Did you get that 2513 02:15:23.039 --> 02:15:26.479 bourbon old fat? Anyway? Whatever, plant whatever you want at 2514 02:15:26.560 --> 02:15:29.760 the plants will be happy. I've grown whiskey barrels myself. 2515 02:15:29.840 --> 02:15:33.680 They're really cool. At Encented Forest in Richmond. We're gonna 2516 02:15:33.720 --> 02:15:36.319 run out Sugarland now and talk to Richard. Hey, Richard, 2517 02:15:36.439 --> 02:15:37.359 welcome to garden line. 2518 02:15:38.399 --> 02:15:39.039 Oh, thank you. 2519 02:15:39.359 --> 02:15:39.520 Hey. 2520 02:15:39.720 --> 02:15:44.640 I've got a small satsuma tangerine tree that I've got 2521 02:15:44.720 --> 02:15:47.279 growing in a pot. And this is his third year 2522 02:15:47.319 --> 02:15:49.399 that I've had the first two years I've pulled the 2523 02:15:49.479 --> 02:15:50.359 blooms off of it. 2524 02:15:50.760 --> 02:15:51.960 Should I pull them off. 2525 02:15:51.880 --> 02:15:52.840 Again this year? 2526 02:15:54.920 --> 02:15:56.279 Third year? How big is it? 2527 02:15:57.720 --> 02:15:58.720 It's only about. 2528 02:15:58.479 --> 02:16:01.239 Six foot talks growing in a growing in a pot. 2529 02:16:02.159 --> 02:16:02.920 It's a miniature. 2530 02:16:03.640 --> 02:16:08.800 Well, ideally we say, uh, do it for three years, 2531 02:16:09.119 --> 02:16:10.920 because you want to get the biggest tree you can 2532 02:16:11.000 --> 02:16:16.079 get to hang future production seasons, you know, frud on. 2533 02:16:17.279 --> 02:16:18.960 But if you want to let up a two or 2534 02:16:19.000 --> 02:16:21.439 three grow just for fun, just have a taste, that's okay, 2535 02:16:22.199 --> 02:16:25.079 But just in general, let's get it as big and 2536 02:16:25.119 --> 02:16:27.880 strong as we can. Six foot is a good size. 2537 02:16:28.039 --> 02:16:30.760 In fact, I'm getting kind of a mix. I'm getting 2538 02:16:30.800 --> 02:16:33.840 I'm hearing tangerine, I'm hearing satsuma, and I'm hearing miniature, 2539 02:16:33.879 --> 02:16:36.719 and those three don't quite go together. Being in a 2540 02:16:36.799 --> 02:16:40.440 container is going to keep any cetr smaller, and satsuma 2541 02:16:40.840 --> 02:16:44.639 compared to other ceptrus is less size of a tree, 2542 02:16:44.760 --> 02:16:48.639 usually a little slower growing. But anyway, the same principle 2543 02:16:48.680 --> 02:16:49.239 holds true. 2544 02:16:50.280 --> 02:16:54.319 Yeah, let me ask us, it's got a whole lot 2545 02:16:54.399 --> 02:16:56.600 of bloes on it this year? Should I pull half 2546 02:16:56.639 --> 02:16:58.280 of them off? Would it hurt to pull half of 2547 02:16:58.360 --> 02:16:58.719 them off? 2548 02:16:58.840 --> 02:17:03.319 Or just you know, well, yeah you could do half 2549 02:17:03.440 --> 02:17:05.440 or so I would look at the tree and if 2550 02:17:05.440 --> 02:17:07.760 it's like, yeah, this still is kind of a scrawny thing, 2551 02:17:08.000 --> 02:17:11.479 I would I would take more off. But uh, the 2552 02:17:11.600 --> 02:17:14.040 tree is going to abort a lot of those blooms. 2553 02:17:14.120 --> 02:17:15.840 When it has that many, you're gonna see a lot 2554 02:17:15.920 --> 02:17:18.479 on the ground. You're gonna see a little tiny baby 2555 02:17:18.600 --> 02:17:21.159 fruit on the ground that have been aboarded off too. 2556 02:17:21.440 --> 02:17:24.319 So uh, but yeah, leave you some just a few 2557 02:17:24.440 --> 02:17:27.719 to play with and and uh and then keep keep 2558 02:17:27.799 --> 02:17:29.319 fertilizing and growing that tree. 2559 02:17:29.799 --> 02:17:29.920 Uh. 2560 02:17:30.159 --> 02:17:34.079 But that you're kind of on the line, I would 2561 02:17:34.120 --> 02:17:37.959 get a furtilizer, yeah, fruit and ceteras. Uh do you 2562 02:17:38.120 --> 02:17:40.079 do you do organic or synthetic? What do you prefer? 2563 02:17:41.280 --> 02:17:43.440 Okay, either one? Okay, that'll be fine. 2564 02:17:44.040 --> 02:17:44.719 Okay, I'll do that. 2565 02:17:45.040 --> 02:17:48.879 Yeah, all right, thank you, sir. I appreciate your call. 2566 02:17:49.079 --> 02:17:50.239 Appreciate that very much. 2567 02:17:50.879 --> 02:17:51.000 Uh. 2568 02:17:51.159 --> 02:17:54.120 You are you are listening to Guardline and we are 2569 02:17:54.200 --> 02:17:55.440 here to help you have success. 2570 02:17:56.079 --> 02:17:56.200 Uh. 2571 02:17:56.520 --> 02:17:59.120 Now, if you are walking around your house and see 2572 02:17:59.200 --> 02:18:01.239 cracks in the brick, if you're inside and you see 2573 02:18:01.280 --> 02:18:05.040 cracks in the sheet rock, other signs a foundation movement 2574 02:18:05.079 --> 02:18:07.719 would be something like a door that is sticking or 2575 02:18:07.879 --> 02:18:11.120 that was sticking in and now is not sticking. Something's 2576 02:18:11.200 --> 02:18:13.000 moving in there, and you need to get somebody to 2577 02:18:13.040 --> 02:18:15.479 look at it soon. Don't be an ostrich and put 2578 02:18:15.479 --> 02:18:18.799 your head in the sand. Fix my slab foundation repair. 2579 02:18:19.319 --> 02:18:22.760 Here's the website. Fixmslab dot com. You want to write 2580 02:18:22.799 --> 02:18:25.799 that down, Fix myslab dot com. Ty Strickland's been doing 2581 02:18:25.840 --> 02:18:28.440 this for twenty three years. He's a native Houstonian, fifth 2582 02:18:28.520 --> 02:18:32.440 generation Texan, and he's got the ethic that you're looking for. 2583 02:18:32.719 --> 02:18:35.040 And anybody that comes out to do any kind of 2584 02:18:35.120 --> 02:18:39.120 service to your property, that is, he shows up on time, 2585 02:18:39.840 --> 02:18:43.280 he fixes it right, and he charges a fair price, 2586 02:18:43.799 --> 02:18:46.319 and he's honest. And if you don't need work, he'll 2587 02:18:46.360 --> 02:18:48.319 tell you that. He'll tell you that. He said, well, 2588 02:18:48.360 --> 02:18:51.079 that's a little movement, but you know, not just yet. 2589 02:18:51.159 --> 02:18:53.079 You're okay for now, you know, tell him me your 2590 02:18:53.120 --> 02:18:57.200 guardline listener. Get a free estimate fixmislab dot com two 2591 02:18:57.319 --> 02:19:01.239 eight one two five five forty nine four. I'm going 2592 02:19:01.319 --> 02:19:03.040 to go now up to Cypress and we're going to 2593 02:19:03.079 --> 02:19:05.280 talk to James. Hey, James, welcome to garden Line. 2594 02:19:06.559 --> 02:19:11.399 Good morning. How are you, sir? I'm doing well, Thank you, okay, 2595 02:19:11.479 --> 02:19:11.719 thank you. 2596 02:19:11.840 --> 02:19:12.000 Hey. 2597 02:19:13.399 --> 02:19:17.280 I have a strip of weed grass next to my 2598 02:19:17.440 --> 02:19:22.079 driveway about fifteen feet by fifty feet, all weeds because 2599 02:19:22.120 --> 02:19:25.239 I had a driveway put in and I want to 2600 02:19:25.319 --> 02:19:28.840 replace that with side. My question is can I do 2601 02:19:28.959 --> 02:19:33.120 I have to remove this layer of weeds before I 2602 02:19:34.399 --> 02:19:37.040 level it and put in grass. I was thinking could 2603 02:19:37.040 --> 02:19:40.600 I just till it up with a garden tiller and 2604 02:19:40.879 --> 02:19:43.200 add the layer of pop soil and then put in 2605 02:19:43.719 --> 02:19:44.399 said Okay. 2606 02:19:45.520 --> 02:19:49.040 So, James, the answer to your question depends on one 2607 02:19:49.120 --> 02:19:52.079 big thing. Are they perennial or are they annual weeds? 2608 02:19:52.239 --> 02:19:54.760 So if they're annuals, you till it up, you don't 2609 02:19:54.799 --> 02:19:56.879 worry about it. You put in your side, cover it 2610 02:19:56.959 --> 02:19:59.600 all up, and you move on. If it was something 2611 02:19:59.840 --> 02:20:04.159 like nuts edge or bermuda grass or some other perennial weed, 2612 02:20:04.840 --> 02:20:07.479 then it's just gonna come up through your side, it's 2613 02:20:07.520 --> 02:20:09.520 going to pop back through from underground. 2614 02:20:10.120 --> 02:20:10.239 Uh. 2615 02:20:10.520 --> 02:20:13.639 In general, tilling does a good job of destroying them. 2616 02:20:13.680 --> 02:20:15.319 If you can rake or pick out a lot of 2617 02:20:15.360 --> 02:20:19.200 the weeds, that's good. But that is you know, I 2618 02:20:19.280 --> 02:20:21.360 can't tell you yes or no because I don't know 2619 02:20:21.520 --> 02:20:24.959 exactly what weeds you have. Chances are you would be 2620 02:20:25.040 --> 02:20:28.520 okay doing that, but you may be fighting weeds later 2621 02:20:28.639 --> 02:20:30.120 in the lawn, which is also okay. 2622 02:20:30.200 --> 02:20:33.959 You can do that sure. And then I was complaining 2623 02:20:34.000 --> 02:20:36.000 about putting in bermuda grass. Kind of I don't have 2624 02:20:36.040 --> 02:20:38.840 a sprinkler system. I like bermuda grass. Oh, okay, if 2625 02:20:38.879 --> 02:20:41.360 there are a certain behind that you would recommend. 2626 02:20:42.719 --> 02:20:45.120 There are a number of great kinds up there, and 2627 02:20:45.559 --> 02:20:48.799 you know, I would do sod not seed. It's much better. 2628 02:20:49.319 --> 02:20:52.600 Uh there, gosh, there's so many name Let me let 2629 02:20:52.639 --> 02:20:55.799 me do this. If you go to Aggie turf website, 2630 02:20:56.079 --> 02:21:01.360 it's Aggie turf dot TAMU dot ed you at the 2631 02:21:01.399 --> 02:21:04.200 bottom left there's Texas turf Grass. You click on it 2632 02:21:04.319 --> 02:21:06.559 and it goes through every turf grass and it gives 2633 02:21:06.600 --> 02:21:09.879 you varieties and everything like that to look for. If 2634 02:21:09.920 --> 02:21:14.280 you go locally here someplace you know, like, oh gosh, 2635 02:21:14.360 --> 02:21:17.959 what's the King Ranch turf grass? For example, they're going 2636 02:21:18.040 --> 02:21:20.920 to have certain cultivars of bermuda that they grow. You 2637 02:21:21.000 --> 02:21:23.840 want a semi dwarf bermuda one that's kind of a 2638 02:21:23.879 --> 02:21:28.479 golf course green height plant, not a golf course I'm sorry, 2639 02:21:29.000 --> 02:21:32.239 golf course fairway. I said it backwards. The thing you 2640 02:21:32.319 --> 02:21:34.879 see on golf course fairways and football fields. That's a 2641 02:21:34.920 --> 02:21:37.639 semi dwarf, not a golf course green, and not a 2642 02:21:37.680 --> 02:21:39.959 big old coastal bermuda that gets tall. But there are 2643 02:21:39.959 --> 02:21:41.639 a lot of good varieties of it, and a good 2644 02:21:42.799 --> 02:21:46.000 turf provider will be able to put you in touch 2645 02:21:46.040 --> 02:21:46.840 with a good variety. 2646 02:21:48.479 --> 02:21:50.239 Do you have to have one? More? Fast questions? 2647 02:21:51.600 --> 02:21:53.319 Real quick? Okay? 2648 02:21:54.000 --> 02:21:56.600 I need to fill in soil in the backyard where 2649 02:21:56.600 --> 02:21:59.520 I have a leech field? Is there all right? I 2650 02:21:59.600 --> 02:22:03.000 need a very light soil, very light so it does 2651 02:22:03.079 --> 02:22:06.520 a compact leech field. Do you have a recommendation or 2652 02:22:06.559 --> 02:22:07.639 can I have one mixed? 2653 02:22:09.159 --> 02:22:11.840 All right? Real quick? I would go to Heirloom Soils 2654 02:22:12.600 --> 02:22:19.600 and ask for their lawn mix. Lawn mix, okay, and 2655 02:22:20.120 --> 02:22:23.559 you can call out to the porter place where they're 2656 02:22:23.600 --> 02:22:26.319 probably shipping it out of. It's two eight one three 2657 02:22:26.479 --> 02:22:30.399 five four nineteen fifty two eight one three five four 2658 02:22:30.520 --> 02:22:33.319 nineteen fifty. Hey, thanks for the call. Appreciate that very much. 2659 02:22:33.399 --> 02:22:37.559 Good luck with that fix. My slab is as I 2660 02:22:37.680 --> 02:22:40.840 was telling you, A good place to go. Another example 2661 02:22:41.040 --> 02:22:43.879 of a good place to go is League City Feed. 2662 02:22:44.680 --> 02:22:47.239 The Thunderberg family has been doing this for forty years. 2663 02:22:47.760 --> 02:22:50.000 It's an old time feed store. You're going to find 2664 02:22:50.040 --> 02:22:55.079 the products that you need there. We're talking about nitrofoss azamite, microlife, 2665 02:22:55.680 --> 02:22:59.000 heirloom soils, you know, Nelson Plant Food. They've got it 2666 02:22:59.120 --> 02:23:01.559 all right there. Anything you need for your law and 2667 02:23:01.639 --> 02:23:06.239 your garden. They also have good quality feed feed for 2668 02:23:06.440 --> 02:23:08.239 maybe you got back your chickens. You need some feed 2669 02:23:08.280 --> 02:23:11.360 for those feed for your pets, feed for other things. 2670 02:23:12.440 --> 02:23:15.760 League City Feed is easy to get to because it's 2671 02:23:15.799 --> 02:23:18.360 on Highway three, just a few blocks south of Highway 2672 02:23:18.440 --> 02:23:21.600 ninety six in League City. Now. They're open every day 2673 02:23:21.600 --> 02:23:25.239 except Sunday, nine am to six pm nine am to 2674 02:23:25.280 --> 02:23:28.559 six pm. Here's the phone number two eight one three 2675 02:23:28.719 --> 02:23:32.520 three two sixteen twelve. League City Feed two eight one 2676 02:23:32.680 --> 02:23:36.040 three three two sixteen twelve. It's a place where they 2677 02:23:36.120 --> 02:23:38.360 still carry your bags out for you. That a kind 2678 02:23:38.440 --> 02:23:42.799 of old fashioned service. All right, you're listening to garden Line. 2679 02:23:43.000 --> 02:23:45.559 I'm your host, Skip Ricker seven one three two one 2680 02:23:45.680 --> 02:23:48.639 two KTRH. If you need to give us call, we'll 2681 02:23:48.639 --> 02:23:51.879 be happy to help you with that. If you are 2682 02:23:52.159 --> 02:23:56.319 doing any kind of potting up of plants jungle Land. 2683 02:23:56.799 --> 02:24:00.920 Jungle Land from Nitrofoss has two products that work well. 2684 02:24:01.200 --> 02:24:06.360 One is jungle Land Flour and Vegetable planting soil. It's 2685 02:24:06.399 --> 02:24:10.559 a potting soil for outdoors in your containers. There's also 2686 02:24:10.639 --> 02:24:14.440 a jungle Land water Saber potting soil for indoors that 2687 02:24:14.559 --> 02:24:17.159 gives you a little extra water retention in case you 2688 02:24:17.239 --> 02:24:19.879 can get to water. Now you're going to find Nitrofoss 2689 02:24:20.000 --> 02:24:23.559 products at a lot of places Bearings Hardware. Both the 2690 02:24:23.600 --> 02:24:26.239 one on Bissonet and Westeimer have it, M and D 2691 02:24:26.399 --> 02:24:29.600 out in Rosenberg they carry it a City Hardware memorial 2692 02:24:30.360 --> 02:24:34.760 or Northwest Plants for all seasons. They carry night frost 2693 02:24:34.799 --> 02:24:40.200 products there as well. Someone was asking me about was 2694 02:24:40.280 --> 02:24:42.600 that place that you say had all the roses and 2695 02:24:43.319 --> 02:24:46.559 RCW Nursries. I've been talking about them all spring. They 2696 02:24:46.840 --> 02:24:51.520 have a huge selection of roaches, pages and pages and pages. 2697 02:24:51.840 --> 02:24:54.639 Find them on Facebook RCW Nursery. On Facebook you can 2698 02:24:54.680 --> 02:24:57.520 go to the website it's RCW Nursries dot com. But 2699 02:24:57.680 --> 02:25:00.600 on Facebook right top front center they've got they're twenty 2700 02:25:00.719 --> 02:25:04.200 twenty five rows list there. And the Houston roadse Society. 2701 02:25:04.239 --> 02:25:07.799 Those rosarians they know, they know RCW is a place 2702 02:25:07.799 --> 02:25:10.120 where you can get those kind of roses. They are 2703 02:25:10.280 --> 02:25:14.879 stocked on vegetables, they're stocked on color, they're stocked camellias. 2704 02:25:14.959 --> 02:25:16.879 Oh my gosh, I was telling you earlier. You need 2705 02:25:16.920 --> 02:25:19.559 to plant a camellia if you want flowers in December 2706 02:25:19.680 --> 02:25:22.719 and January. There's two kinds of commiteas. It'll do just 2707 02:25:22.959 --> 02:25:27.040 that for you. It's really easy to do. They have 2708 02:25:27.200 --> 02:25:30.520 advice that is accurate. They have people that know what 2709 02:25:30.600 --> 02:25:33.840 they're talking about. That's what I mean when I recommend 2710 02:25:34.000 --> 02:25:38.559 you check out RCW nurseres right now. Fifteen percent off azaleas. 2711 02:25:38.680 --> 02:25:44.079 Fifteen percent off azaleas at RCW Nurseries. There's also fifteen 2712 02:25:44.120 --> 02:25:47.319 percent off their camellias. Don't delay. Now's the time to 2713 02:25:47.360 --> 02:25:50.600 get it planted. RCW nurseries dot com. They're the garden 2714 02:25:50.719 --> 02:25:54.040 center where Tombo Parkway, which is IA two forty nine 2715 02:25:54.520 --> 02:25:57.920 comes into belt Way eight. Tombo Parkway a belt Way eight. 2716 02:26:00.280 --> 02:26:04.000 In my own yard, was looking and I have some weeds, Yes, 2717 02:26:04.159 --> 02:26:06.079 I know the garden line guy has weeds. 2718 02:26:06.719 --> 02:26:07.000 I do. 2719 02:26:08.120 --> 02:26:09.639 I just have a few, though, so I'm going to 2720 02:26:09.719 --> 02:26:12.680 be hand pulling those. They're not enough. I you know, 2721 02:26:12.760 --> 02:26:14.360 I could mix up a spray and square them with 2722 02:26:14.440 --> 02:26:17.360 it and stuff, but I'd rather just not do that. 2723 02:26:17.799 --> 02:26:19.440 And I was out doing some hand pulling on them, 2724 02:26:19.479 --> 02:26:22.239 and I noticed that the hand bet flowers were just 2725 02:26:22.440 --> 02:26:24.520 about to come out. And when the flowers come out, 2726 02:26:24.600 --> 02:26:26.719 the seeds follow. And when the seeds follow, you're in 2727 02:26:26.799 --> 02:26:31.000 trouble because next fall they'll sprout and you'll be up 2728 02:26:31.159 --> 02:26:33.120 a creek as a result of that, And You don't 2729 02:26:33.239 --> 02:26:35.840 want to mess around with that for sure, So time 2730 02:26:35.920 --> 02:26:38.000 to get out and if you're hand pulling, now's the 2731 02:26:38.079 --> 02:26:42.399 time definitely to get that done. Growers Outlet up in 2732 02:26:42.440 --> 02:26:45.840 Willis is a great place to go. It's on It's 2733 02:26:46.000 --> 02:26:48.639 on Highway seventy five, just minutes away from forty five. 2734 02:26:49.079 --> 02:26:51.520 Here's the website. You need to write it down. Growers 2735 02:26:51.680 --> 02:26:55.239 Outlet in Willis. Don't forget the word in Growers Outlet 2736 02:26:55.319 --> 02:26:59.200 in Willis dot com. They carry fertilizers like Microlife and 2737 02:27:00.200 --> 02:27:04.159 and Medina so on. They serve that whole region from 2738 02:27:04.399 --> 02:27:06.959 Lake Conroe down to Conro, up to Willis up to 2739 02:27:07.040 --> 02:27:09.799 New Waverley. You get everything you want there and they 2740 02:27:09.920 --> 02:27:12.760 put their stuff online. You can check availability at Growers 2741 02:27:12.799 --> 02:27:15.760 Outlets in Willis dot com. Go check them out. I 2742 02:27:15.879 --> 02:27:20.799 was there the other day. Amazing. If you've got one 2743 02:27:21.239 --> 02:27:25.079 drop of gardening blood in you, this is a week 2744 02:27:25.479 --> 02:27:28.639 or as the song was playing, Walking on Sunshine, I'm 2745 02:27:28.719 --> 02:27:33.200 telling you, if you could stay inside this week and 2746 02:27:33.280 --> 02:27:36.360 I go outside and play in the dirt, there's something 2747 02:27:36.399 --> 02:27:39.360 seriously wrong. We need to talk because this is a 2748 02:27:39.479 --> 02:27:43.239 perfect week for gardening, A perfect week for gardening. Don't forget. 2749 02:27:43.280 --> 02:27:46.000 You know, I've been talking about fertilizers all day. Asamite 2750 02:27:46.319 --> 02:27:49.920 is a micro nutrient supplement that you put down. We 2751 02:27:50.079 --> 02:27:54.040 also say trace mineral, trace mineral, micronutrients, basically the same thing, 2752 02:27:54.639 --> 02:27:59.360 and you put it down because those tiny amounts of 2753 02:28:00.319 --> 02:28:05.399 libdenum and manganese and iron and zinc and boron and all, 2754 02:28:05.680 --> 02:28:08.159 you know, all the micro nutrients, they all need to 2755 02:28:08.200 --> 02:28:11.479 be supplemented. And this is a product that's mined out 2756 02:28:11.520 --> 02:28:14.399 of the ground in Utah. It's a natural product, comes 2757 02:28:14.440 --> 02:28:17.719 out of the ground, made from volcanic ash and freshwater 2758 02:28:17.799 --> 02:28:21.399 minerals basically, and it makes sure that the bank account 2759 02:28:21.479 --> 02:28:23.799 in your soul has those things in it. And that's 2760 02:28:23.840 --> 02:28:28.319 important because the grass every day that it's growing is 2761 02:28:28.680 --> 02:28:31.479 taking up nutrients and it's taking up all of them. 2762 02:28:31.959 --> 02:28:34.959 You can't make a grass blade without some obscure nutrient 2763 02:28:35.079 --> 02:28:37.680 like boron, for example, and that's never on the fertilizer 2764 02:28:37.760 --> 02:28:39.799 bag you see. You know, it's the big three numbers. 2765 02:28:39.879 --> 02:28:42.760 You see. Well, asmite provides that you can go to 2766 02:28:42.799 --> 02:28:45.120 Azmite Texas dot com if you just want to find it. 2767 02:28:45.639 --> 02:28:48.840 Ace hardware stores, the feed stores that we talk about, 2768 02:28:48.959 --> 02:28:52.159 the garden centers. We talk about lots of places you're 2769 02:28:52.200 --> 02:28:54.399 going to find it. Southwest Fertilizer or course ees that 2770 02:28:54.440 --> 02:28:57.280 they have everything, but you just need to get it 2771 02:28:57.399 --> 02:28:59.159 and you get it out. And now it would be 2772 02:28:59.200 --> 02:29:00.920 a good time to go ahead and get that done. 2773 02:29:02.719 --> 02:29:06.040 Plants for all seasons is the Garden Center there on 2774 02:29:06.200 --> 02:29:09.959 two forty nine on the way to Tomball Tomball Parkway. 2775 02:29:10.559 --> 02:29:12.959 If you were going no, let me direct you this way. 2776 02:29:13.000 --> 02:29:16.719 If you're going north toward Tomball from Houston direction, you 2777 02:29:16.840 --> 02:29:20.520 exit Luetta Crossover Luetta and it's right there on to 2778 02:29:20.719 --> 02:29:24.040 forty nine, right there past Lovetta and you need to 2779 02:29:24.079 --> 02:29:26.120 go in. You need to check out their tool selection. 2780 02:29:26.520 --> 02:29:29.360 They have a wonderful selection. I was in there the 2781 02:29:29.399 --> 02:29:32.719 other day checking them over. Every single one. A quality brand. 2782 02:29:33.000 --> 02:29:35.079 We're talking about a tool that you buy and it 2783 02:29:35.280 --> 02:29:39.799 lasts forever. It lasts forever they have it. Do you 2784 02:29:39.959 --> 02:29:42.120 go in there and ask them any question and they 2785 02:29:42.159 --> 02:29:45.200 can help you. For example, I've got pets. I want 2786 02:29:45.239 --> 02:29:47.559 house plants that won't poison my pets. What do you 2787 02:29:47.719 --> 02:29:49.680 got and they can tell you that. See what I mean. 2788 02:29:50.159 --> 02:29:52.799 They know the answers to all kinds of things. They're 2789 02:29:52.879 --> 02:29:55.440 loaded up now with plants. It's spring, So what kind 2790 02:29:55.479 --> 02:29:57.399 of herbs do you want? We were talking earlier about 2791 02:29:57.399 --> 02:30:00.000 someone using our regano as a groundcover. Oh my god, 2792 02:30:00.280 --> 02:30:01.760 they got a reguo. Do they have time? 2793 02:30:01.879 --> 02:30:02.040 Yeah? 2794 02:30:02.120 --> 02:30:03.920 How many kinds of time do you want? Go by 2795 02:30:04.000 --> 02:30:07.719 there and check out plants for all seasons. Expert advice, 2796 02:30:07.959 --> 02:30:12.200 expert plants. It is time, folks. We gotta get busy 2797 02:30:12.280 --> 02:30:16.440 this week. It is the week I'm officially kicking off spring. Now, 2798 02:30:17.000 --> 02:30:18.959 please call the weather man and ask him to cancel 2799 02:30:19.000 --> 02:30:20.719 any late for us. I don't think we're gonna have 2800 02:30:20.799 --> 02:30:23.120 any so I'm kicking off spring at my house. At least. 2801 02:30:23.680 --> 02:30:27.159 Let's go out to friends with We're gonna talk to Charlie. Hey, Charlie, 2802 02:30:27.200 --> 02:30:28.159 welcome to garden Line. 2803 02:30:29.079 --> 02:30:31.319 Good morning to you, skip, good to talk to you. 2804 02:30:31.879 --> 02:30:33.000 I got a question. 2805 02:30:32.920 --> 02:30:39.360 Thinking about trying to put in blueberries for breakfast, and 2806 02:30:40.040 --> 02:30:40.440 give me some. 2807 02:30:43.120 --> 02:30:45.360 All right, Well, the first tip, I'm going to send 2808 02:30:45.360 --> 02:30:47.719 you to a website because there after you and I 2809 02:30:47.840 --> 02:30:50.159 quit talking and you're wondering what did he say about this? 2810 02:30:50.399 --> 02:30:52.479 Or that, you can just go right there and you 2811 02:30:52.559 --> 02:30:57.120 can see it. And that's the Aggie Horticulture website. Just search, 2812 02:30:57.680 --> 02:31:01.280 do a search for Aggie horticulture. There is a fruit section, 2813 02:31:01.520 --> 02:31:05.639 and there's a whole free publication multicolor on blueberries that 2814 02:31:05.719 --> 02:31:08.879 goes into every aspect, Charlie, from the soils you put 2815 02:31:08.920 --> 02:31:10.879 them in, to the way you fertilize them, to the 2816 02:31:10.920 --> 02:31:13.559 way you prune them, to the varieties that do best. 2817 02:31:13.719 --> 02:31:17.360 And here in our area, Charlie, you've got two options 2818 02:31:17.440 --> 02:31:20.440 for blueberry varieties. One type is called the rabbit eye. 2819 02:31:20.520 --> 02:31:24.079 It's called that because the immature berries are pink like 2820 02:31:24.200 --> 02:31:27.799 a like an albino rabbit eye. They turn blue. The 2821 02:31:27.920 --> 02:31:30.959 other type is called Southern high bush. That's a bigger berry, 2822 02:31:31.920 --> 02:31:34.680 and it's a little picky about water quality, so you're 2823 02:31:34.680 --> 02:31:38.079 gonna want probably depending on your water quality in your area, 2824 02:31:38.520 --> 02:31:40.879 you may need to consider some rain water for it. 2825 02:31:41.360 --> 02:31:44.239 But if you've got decent quality, that's okay too. Southern 2826 02:31:44.319 --> 02:31:46.559 high bush I like those a lot, but I like 2827 02:31:46.639 --> 02:31:48.559 the rabbit eyes too. So the Southern high bush is 2828 02:31:48.559 --> 02:31:51.520 a little more, a little dwarfer, a little compared to 2829 02:31:51.639 --> 02:31:54.479 rabbit eye. Doesn't get quite as large as rabbitie blueberries. 2830 02:31:54.920 --> 02:31:57.920 So whether it's growing in a container or in the 2831 02:31:58.000 --> 02:32:00.719 ground around your house, both of them will do well. 2832 02:32:01.159 --> 02:32:03.760 And there's a lot of good a lot of good 2833 02:32:04.719 --> 02:32:07.840 advice out there at Aggie horticulture dot com. That that's 2834 02:32:07.879 --> 02:32:09.520 why I kind of recommending that. 2835 02:32:11.399 --> 02:32:17.479 That also you tolerate that our blackberries are looking puny 2836 02:32:18.120 --> 02:32:20.680 so far this year. Anyone perk them up? You recommend 2837 02:32:21.360 --> 02:32:22.159 that's blackberries? 2838 02:32:22.479 --> 02:32:24.520 What are they looking What are they looking like? Can 2839 02:32:24.559 --> 02:32:25.639 you describe them to me? 2840 02:32:26.639 --> 02:32:31.680 Just basically smaller moller than experience in the past. 2841 02:32:33.200 --> 02:32:37.840 Okay, Uh, yeah, you know, who knows. It could be 2842 02:32:37.920 --> 02:32:40.239 the weather, It could be a lot of things. Blackberries 2843 02:32:40.959 --> 02:32:43.399 like a soil a little bit on the acidic side. 2844 02:32:43.440 --> 02:32:47.959 Sometimes they get chlorotic. When they don't get that. Uh, 2845 02:32:48.760 --> 02:32:51.479 they like good soil moisture. But then you're gonna need 2846 02:32:51.559 --> 02:32:53.600 to fertilize them a little to keep them happy. It 2847 02:32:53.799 --> 02:32:56.840 just gets you a good quality fruit type fertilizer. They'll 2848 02:32:56.920 --> 02:33:00.360 do just fine with that. Any either way you go 2849 02:33:00.559 --> 02:33:03.239 and you're down there, you know, with where you're located, 2850 02:33:03.280 --> 02:33:06.399 I mean, you have so many Ace Hardware stores. It's 2851 02:33:06.559 --> 02:33:09.000 not difficult at all to find one right there in 2852 02:33:09.040 --> 02:33:12.079 the big middle of Friends, which You've got Ace Hardware 2853 02:33:12.120 --> 02:33:14.600 on West Edgewood Drive right there. So that's probably the 2854 02:33:14.680 --> 02:33:16.879 closest one to you. And they're going to have a 2855 02:33:17.000 --> 02:33:20.280 quality fertilizer for fruit from the many different brands we 2856 02:33:20.360 --> 02:33:23.360 talk about here, whether it's Microlife or Nitrofoss or Nelson, 2857 02:33:23.600 --> 02:33:25.120 they're going to carry those kind of things. 2858 02:33:27.799 --> 02:33:28.040 Ship. 2859 02:33:30.879 --> 02:33:36.239 Thanks sir, Yeah, I appreciate that. Hey, speaking of Nitrofoss 2860 02:33:36.280 --> 02:33:38.719 has their Imperial fifteen five to ten, and I want 2861 02:33:38.719 --> 02:33:40.840 to tell you, I know it doesn't it's a lawn fertilizer, 2862 02:33:41.440 --> 02:33:43.840 but if you buy some for your lawn, just get 2863 02:33:43.920 --> 02:33:46.799 an extra bag, use it on your blackberries, using your 2864 02:33:46.840 --> 02:33:49.760 fruit trees. It works really well, it really does. On 2865 02:33:49.959 --> 02:33:53.079 that You can also buy the specific types made for 2866 02:33:53.319 --> 02:33:56.600 fruit and stuff. That's fine, but nitro Foss Imperial is 2867 02:33:56.639 --> 02:33:59.040 just great now for the lawn. It's my on the 2868 02:33:59.159 --> 02:34:02.280 schedule as my early green up fertilizer, and if you 2869 02:34:02.319 --> 02:34:04.639 get my schedule at gardening with Skip dot com you'll 2870 02:34:04.639 --> 02:34:06.440 see it right there. A lot of people print it out. 2871 02:34:06.799 --> 02:34:09.079 They print both of the schedules. I like to do 2872 02:34:09.159 --> 02:34:11.600 them front back, safe piece of paper and you just 2873 02:34:11.680 --> 02:34:13.239 put them out in the garage and you always got 2874 02:34:13.280 --> 02:34:15.200 them there ready to go when you're ready to fertilize. 2875 02:34:15.520 --> 02:34:18.479 Night foss Imperial is the orange red bag, the orange 2876 02:34:18.559 --> 02:34:21.319 red bag. And you're gonna find it at all kinds 2877 02:34:21.360 --> 02:34:27.600 of places because many places carry nitrofoss products. I mean, 2878 02:34:27.760 --> 02:34:31.440 have you ever I don't. It's hard to go into 2879 02:34:31.440 --> 02:34:34.200 a place that doesn't have nitrofoss. It just really is. 2880 02:34:34.600 --> 02:34:37.520 For example, you're gonna find it at Lake hardwren Clute, 2881 02:34:37.639 --> 02:34:42.520 Lake Hardwarn Angleton RCW Nursery carries these nitro frossprin Langham 2882 02:34:42.600 --> 02:34:45.239 Creek Ace Hardware. We're talking about them earlier today on 2883 02:34:45.639 --> 02:34:48.000 FM five point twenty nine right there in the big 2884 02:34:48.159 --> 02:34:51.399 middle of Copperfield. And then Plantation Ace out there in 2885 02:34:51.479 --> 02:34:54.280 the Richmond Rosenberg area, just another place you can get 2886 02:34:54.360 --> 02:34:58.479 night foss products. I'm gonna head now out to Andy 2887 02:34:59.040 --> 02:35:02.000 and you are sure. Hey, Andy, welcome to guarden Line. 2888 02:35:02.920 --> 02:35:04.959 Good good morning, and thank you for taking my call. 2889 02:35:05.520 --> 02:35:07.920 I'm a first time caller, but I do listen to 2890 02:35:08.000 --> 02:35:11.879 your show. And what I have today, I have a project. 2891 02:35:12.000 --> 02:35:15.280 I have a it's this is a rose bush that's 2892 02:35:15.360 --> 02:35:20.280 over thirty years old and today I'm going to do 2893 02:35:20.399 --> 02:35:23.239 the pruning of it. I need to cut some branches 2894 02:35:23.680 --> 02:35:28.239 because it's really really has extended pretty well. But the 2895 02:35:28.399 --> 02:35:30.159 question that I have is do I need to put 2896 02:35:30.280 --> 02:35:33.639 like a ceilant after I cut? Or is it okay 2897 02:35:33.719 --> 02:35:37.239 to leave it open as is after cutting? Would you 2898 02:35:37.280 --> 02:35:38.520 recommend it open? 2899 02:35:39.239 --> 02:35:43.319 No, it's fine, just leave it open. Yeah, that's okay, great, Great, 2900 02:35:43.559 --> 02:35:45.639 do the prune in that you need to do. It's 2901 02:35:45.680 --> 02:35:49.440 good that you're doing it now. Roses are amazingly resilient. 2902 02:35:49.559 --> 02:35:51.600 You can cut them back pretty hard and they bounce 2903 02:35:51.719 --> 02:35:56.719 right back. So bring it down to size like you want. Yeah? Yeah, 2904 02:35:57.600 --> 02:35:59.079 do you know what kind it is? By the way, 2905 02:36:00.000 --> 02:36:02.959 happen to know what variety it is? Is it one 2906 02:36:03.079 --> 02:36:05.879 that makes the long cutflower stems or is it more 2907 02:36:06.000 --> 02:36:07.040 just a shrubby rose? 2908 02:36:07.959 --> 02:36:08.319 They had? 2909 02:36:08.520 --> 02:36:11.760 They had the okay, the stems are short and sometimes 2910 02:36:11.799 --> 02:36:14.680 they're either yellow or they're pink. But they bloom like 2911 02:36:14.760 --> 02:36:19.600 twice a year. And uh, my wife's grandfather planted that 2912 02:36:19.760 --> 02:36:22.600 for us when we first moved in here. It's thirty 2913 02:36:22.639 --> 02:36:26.239 five years old or more. The uh okay, the rose bush? 2914 02:36:26.680 --> 02:36:28.920 Hey, and would you want to make would you take. 2915 02:36:28.799 --> 02:36:29.120 Care of it? 2916 02:36:30.879 --> 02:36:31.079 Yeah? 2917 02:36:31.280 --> 02:36:33.639 Yeah, well I gotta I gotta run, But would I'm 2918 02:36:33.680 --> 02:36:35.879 going to put you on hold if you're willing, would 2919 02:36:35.920 --> 02:36:38.639 you get my email from the producer and when it blooms, 2920 02:36:38.639 --> 02:36:40.000 so you send me a picture of it. I'd like 2921 02:36:40.079 --> 02:36:42.920 to see, uh, the variety and just remind me of 2922 02:36:43.239 --> 02:36:45.799 remind me you called and we talked about a thirty 2923 02:36:45.840 --> 02:36:48.920 five year old rose. Thanks Andy, I appreciate that. Folks. 2924 02:36:48.959 --> 02:36:50.920 It's time for me to take a little break here, uh, 2925 02:36:51.239 --> 02:36:54.399 and I'll be right back for our last segment of 2926 02:36:54.600 --> 02:37:01.680 the show today. All right, folks, stem you're back. Welcome 2927 02:37:01.719 --> 02:37:04.159 back to Gardenline. Good to have you with us, Good 2928 02:37:04.239 --> 02:37:06.280 to have you with us. So listen, if you are 2929 02:37:06.399 --> 02:37:10.079 looking for inspiration when it comes to birding, you're not 2930 02:37:10.200 --> 02:37:14.399 going to do better than wild Birds Unlimited. When you 2931 02:37:14.559 --> 02:37:18.239 go to a wild Bird's Unlimited, you get quality advice 2932 02:37:18.680 --> 02:37:20.440 that it may be the most important thing of all 2933 02:37:20.559 --> 02:37:25.440 because they will listen. These people are enthusiastic and they 2934 02:37:25.680 --> 02:37:29.799 know their stuff. You will get quality food for the birds. 2935 02:37:29.879 --> 02:37:32.639 Now you're thinking, well, birds eat seed. Come on, man, now, 2936 02:37:33.040 --> 02:37:35.719 a lot of seed is like over half fillers that 2937 02:37:35.799 --> 02:37:37.120 birds are going to kick out to get to the 2938 02:37:37.159 --> 02:37:39.559 stuff they want and it ends up on the ground. 2939 02:37:40.159 --> 02:37:42.840 So is that is that inexpensive? If you're throwing away 2940 02:37:42.879 --> 02:37:46.000 half of what you just bought. No, it's not wildbirds stuff. 2941 02:37:46.040 --> 02:37:49.680 They even have one called then no mess, it's not one, 2942 02:37:49.760 --> 02:37:53.440 it's several. No mess blends, no mess blends. There's not 2943 02:37:53.520 --> 02:37:56.719 even shells on the sunflower. There's nothing, no mess, just 2944 02:37:56.920 --> 02:37:59.879 what birds want. Right now, you need to focus on 2945 02:38:00.159 --> 02:38:05.239 nesting super blend from wild Birds unlimited nesting supervn It 2946 02:38:05.360 --> 02:38:08.680 provides the protein they need, the calcium because we got 2947 02:38:08.760 --> 02:38:11.040 birds that are nesting, they're laying eggs. They need they 2948 02:38:11.159 --> 02:38:14.520 need that calcium obviously during an egg laying season, but 2949 02:38:14.680 --> 02:38:17.760 they need it more than just now. When you buy 2950 02:38:17.840 --> 02:38:20.879 a nesting super blend, you are going to get stuff 2951 02:38:20.959 --> 02:38:25.000 that at Those birds are excited about every granule in 2952 02:38:25.200 --> 02:38:29.520 that packet, sunflower chips, peanuts, meal worms, bark, butter bits, 2953 02:38:29.600 --> 02:38:33.000 safflower tree nuts, and as I said, calcium. Now, we're 2954 02:38:33.040 --> 02:38:35.360 coming up on hummingbird season. If however, you I'd hurry 2955 02:38:35.399 --> 02:38:37.360 up and go ahead and get the high perched feeder. 2956 02:38:37.719 --> 02:38:39.680 It's not too far away. We're about a month out 2957 02:38:39.680 --> 02:38:42.440 before we see some humming birds coming through here. Well, 2958 02:38:42.520 --> 02:38:44.799 and I just was reading some of my text other day. 2959 02:38:45.479 --> 02:38:47.639 Some people had them stay all a few birds stay 2960 02:38:47.639 --> 02:38:51.559 all winter, so there's that. The squirrel proof feeder is 2961 02:38:51.639 --> 02:38:57.440 called the squirrel eliminator. Okay, the squirrel, the feeder, the eliminade. 2962 02:38:57.559 --> 02:39:02.159 Just remember the word eliminator. It works, It really really works. 2963 02:39:02.479 --> 02:39:05.760 I've got one. I love it, The birds love it, 2964 02:39:06.159 --> 02:39:10.920 the squirrels hate it, which warms my heart. And then 2965 02:39:11.000 --> 02:39:13.040 finally I just got one the other day. The hopper feeder. 2966 02:39:13.280 --> 02:39:16.399 This is the called the Eco Tough and it was 2967 02:39:16.479 --> 02:39:19.319 designed by the owner of Wildbirds. It's got excellent drainage, 2968 02:39:19.479 --> 02:39:21.680 keeps your seeds dry. Gosh, it's so frustrating when it 2969 02:39:21.760 --> 02:39:23.399 rains on your seeds and they got throw them away 2970 02:39:23.399 --> 02:39:27.120 because they're all soggy, wet and molded. The Eco Tough 2971 02:39:27.159 --> 02:39:30.920 hopper feeder is another one. It's it's just one of 2972 02:39:31.000 --> 02:39:33.479 the basic If someone's coming and going, hey, Skip, I 2973 02:39:33.600 --> 02:39:35.840 want to do birds, where should I start? I would 2974 02:39:36.680 --> 02:39:38.959 Eco Tough hopper feeders just a great way to start. 2975 02:39:39.360 --> 02:39:42.159 And don't forget that nesting super blend. All right, we 2976 02:39:42.399 --> 02:39:46.079 are going to go out to Jim in Meadows Place. 2977 02:39:46.120 --> 02:39:47.440 Hey Jim, Welcome to garden Line. 2978 02:39:48.520 --> 02:39:49.200 Hello Skip. 2979 02:39:50.079 --> 02:39:53.200 About a week ago I got two tomato plants to 2980 02:39:53.760 --> 02:39:57.319 jalapena peppers. I put them in five gallon containers with 2981 02:39:58.040 --> 02:40:01.600 Landscaper's Pride Magic, so we'll put a little bit of 2982 02:40:02.319 --> 02:40:05.600 root stimulator in when I'm planning them. Question is what's 2983 02:40:05.680 --> 02:40:09.120 the best fertilizer now to use on these for plants feed? 2984 02:40:10.680 --> 02:40:12.920 Yeah, there's there are a number of things. I mean, 2985 02:40:13.000 --> 02:40:15.120 you can use something that's a book bag, but I 2986 02:40:15.159 --> 02:40:19.840 would I would probably well they've already been planted, So 2987 02:40:20.520 --> 02:40:23.000 I was going to say, Neutristar Genesis is a great 2988 02:40:23.000 --> 02:40:25.520 one to use. I would just switch over to the 2989 02:40:25.840 --> 02:40:30.520 the Nelson product that is for vegetables. Okay, uh it 2990 02:40:30.879 --> 02:40:33.600 it works well, it's going to give you a release 2991 02:40:33.760 --> 02:40:36.479 over time, and I really I really like that because 2992 02:40:36.559 --> 02:40:38.719 instead of all the fertilizer just washing right out and 2993 02:40:38.799 --> 02:40:41.319 then you're done, you're going to get a feeding that 2994 02:40:41.520 --> 02:40:44.200 lasts over time. And so it's one of the many 2995 02:40:44.319 --> 02:40:49.600 products that's part of Nelson's Neutral Star line. So that 2996 02:40:49.799 --> 02:40:51.680 that's the one I would suggest you use. 2997 02:40:51.920 --> 02:40:54.760 Jack the granules that come in the plastic containers says 2998 02:40:54.840 --> 02:40:56.159 for vegetables. 2999 02:40:55.920 --> 02:41:01.799 Yeah, yes, Now they Nelson's makes one called organic Tomato 3000 02:41:02.479 --> 02:41:05.399 and that's an eight five five that you could also 3001 02:41:05.559 --> 02:41:08.959 use that's another option that you have there, uh, the 3002 02:41:09.079 --> 02:41:12.200 one that I have used mostly in the past. It's 3003 02:41:12.239 --> 02:41:16.040 called vegetable garden and vegetable garden. It is great. You 3004 02:41:16.159 --> 02:41:18.159 just take your little teaspoon and put it in there. 3005 02:41:18.239 --> 02:41:20.200 You don't have to put much and it's gonna last 3006 02:41:21.159 --> 02:41:23.200 so and I like the jars. And also a lot 3007 02:41:23.239 --> 02:41:25.760 of places will refill some of those products too. 3008 02:41:27.280 --> 02:41:31.600 Okay, well that's what I needed to know. Appreciate the help, all. 3009 02:41:31.559 --> 02:41:34.559 Right, sir, Thank you, appreciate your call very very much. 3010 02:41:35.600 --> 02:41:39.920 Plants for all seasons. We were talking about those earlier, 3011 02:41:40.000 --> 02:41:44.280 and I just love going to places like that. The 3012 02:41:44.399 --> 02:41:45.920 last time I was in there, I was visiting with 3013 02:41:46.040 --> 02:41:48.840 some of the Flowerdy family and we were just all 3014 02:41:48.879 --> 02:41:52.239 excited because spring is here. Boy, is spring over here. 3015 02:41:52.360 --> 02:41:56.000 I hope this You know what, Call into work and 3016 02:41:56.159 --> 02:41:58.360 just tell them you need your vacation now and just 3017 02:41:58.440 --> 02:42:00.799 take the Let's take the week off, get this done. 3018 02:42:01.399 --> 02:42:05.399 If you are a gardener, you got to be on 3019 02:42:05.479 --> 02:42:08.520 the edge of your chair ready to go. So many things, 3020 02:42:08.719 --> 02:42:11.280 vegetables and herb. What have you not grown before? Let's 3021 02:42:11.319 --> 02:42:14.200 grow some this year. Let's just do it that way. Hey, 3022 02:42:14.280 --> 02:42:16.239 I told you about Pest Brothers earlier. In fact, we 3023 02:42:16.360 --> 02:42:19.319 talked about them two or three times today. They're a 3024 02:42:19.399 --> 02:42:22.559 regional pest company. They serve the whole Houston area. When 3025 02:42:22.600 --> 02:42:25.399 I say the whole Houston area, I'm talking about from 3026 02:42:25.440 --> 02:42:27.520 Texas City all the way up to the Woodlands, from 3027 02:42:28.040 --> 02:42:30.760 Baytown all the way across the Kadie. And when I 3028 02:42:30.799 --> 02:42:34.000 say pest control, I'm talking about the indoor things, you know, 3029 02:42:34.159 --> 02:42:37.879 the termites and the other household pests. You know, if 3030 02:42:38.920 --> 02:42:41.879 people are standing on the furniture screaming because the cockroach 3031 02:42:41.959 --> 02:42:45.319 went across the floor, Well, called Pest Brothers. They'll put 3032 02:42:45.319 --> 02:42:48.760 an end of that. And they do things effectively. They 3033 02:42:48.920 --> 02:42:50.959 know how to do it effectively, and they know how 3034 02:42:51.040 --> 02:42:53.239 to do it in the safest possible manner, so you 3035 02:42:53.360 --> 02:42:56.799 get long term results without worries. Now, out in the yard, 3036 02:42:57.040 --> 02:42:59.479 we got fire ants, and we got wall environments roming 3037 02:42:59.520 --> 02:43:01.760 around like mice and rats. They take care of all 3038 02:43:01.799 --> 02:43:04.239 that stuff. And then they have that thing that people 3039 02:43:04.239 --> 02:43:07.159 have been asking me about. That is their mosquito system. 3040 02:43:07.639 --> 02:43:11.000 That is a bucket, that is a bait and it 3041 02:43:11.159 --> 02:43:13.520 is so cool and let me see if I want 3042 02:43:13.520 --> 02:43:15.000 to go into it, just a little bit right now. 3043 02:43:15.079 --> 02:43:17.840 This is state of the art and Pest Brothers has it. 3044 02:43:19.000 --> 02:43:21.920 So these bait stations are like the Green standard if 3045 02:43:21.959 --> 02:43:25.479 you want effective and safe mosquito control. So they attract 3046 02:43:25.520 --> 02:43:28.239 the adult mosquitos. They have a smell that attracts them in. 3047 02:43:28.639 --> 02:43:31.879 Once inside them, mosquitos pick up this fine powder because 3048 02:43:31.879 --> 02:43:33.799 they have to land on a little screen. Then they 3049 02:43:33.879 --> 02:43:36.559 pick up the powder. Okay, two different products cling to 3050 02:43:36.600 --> 02:43:41.159 their bodies. They lay eggs, and one product is in 3051 02:43:41.280 --> 02:43:43.000 the is going to drop into the water. It's going 3052 02:43:43.079 --> 02:43:45.159 to kill the larvae and the pupa before they even 3053 02:43:45.799 --> 02:43:48.120 develop into adult mosquitos. So as I come over here, 3054 02:43:48.479 --> 02:43:50.920 reproduce here, lay eggs right in here, and those eggs 3055 02:43:50.959 --> 02:43:54.040 will never show up. That's good. Secondly, the adults carry 3056 02:43:54.079 --> 02:43:56.719 those two products with them as they fly. When they 3057 02:43:56.840 --> 02:43:58.920 land a little body of water, maybe it is a 3058 02:43:59.040 --> 02:44:02.559 bird bath, maybe it is a saggy uh you know, 3059 02:44:02.680 --> 02:44:05.879 gutter on your house and it's holding water and they're 3060 02:44:05.920 --> 02:44:08.600 breeding in there. It gets in that product and it 3061 02:44:08.719 --> 02:44:11.719 works there in those areas too. This is safe. It 3062 02:44:11.799 --> 02:44:15.399 will not hurt birds or pets or lady beetles or 3063 02:44:15.559 --> 02:44:19.760 it's it's designed for mosquitoes. The other product is a 3064 02:44:19.879 --> 02:44:24.680 fungus that infects the mosquito adults, resulting in their death. Now, 3065 02:44:24.840 --> 02:44:26.920 I'm not a mosquito fan, and the thought of a 3066 02:44:27.040 --> 02:44:30.360 mosquito dying from a fungal infection of its body is 3067 02:44:30.399 --> 02:44:33.600 a I think that's a wonderful thing. I'm sorry, I 3068 02:44:33.680 --> 02:44:37.159 think that's a wonderful thing. And again, it's safe. It's 3069 02:44:37.239 --> 02:44:40.879 just amazing. It's fascinating and the genius way to control 3070 02:44:40.959 --> 02:44:44.760 mosquitoes because it's safe to people, pets, and the environment. 3071 02:44:44.879 --> 02:44:47.840 And you get it at pest Brothers pest is. Here's 3072 02:44:47.879 --> 02:44:51.319 the website, the pest Bros. Don't write out brothers in 3073 02:44:51.360 --> 02:44:55.719 the website dpestbros dot com. That's the name of the place, 3074 02:44:55.959 --> 02:44:59.040 Dpestpros dot com. You can call them two eight one, 3075 02:44:59.159 --> 02:45:03.120 two oh six forty six seventy. All right, I'm about 3076 02:45:03.159 --> 02:45:04.840 to jump in a car. Here, I'm going to head 3077 02:45:05.000 --> 02:45:07.680 to the Montgomery County Home and Living Show, an outdoor 3078 02:45:07.760 --> 02:45:11.440 living show. It is at the Lone Start Convention Center 3079 02:45:11.639 --> 02:45:16.079 on Airport Road on the north side of Conro I'll 3080 02:45:16.079 --> 02:45:18.239 be there from twelve to two. I'm gonna give a 3081 02:45:18.319 --> 02:45:21.319 talk on spring gardening tips. Come on out and see 3082 02:45:21.360 --> 02:45:26.319 me giving away products from Medina and products from Nelson Fertilized. 3083 02:45:26.399 --> 02:45:29.040 We were just talking about those a while ago, you know. 3084 02:45:29.360 --> 02:45:33.000 Come on out there, and who knows, maybe you'll win 3085 02:45:33.079 --> 02:45:36.840 one of those products. I'll answer your gardening questions. You 3086 02:45:36.879 --> 02:45:38.639 can bring me samples if you like. You can bring 3087 02:45:38.719 --> 02:45:42.159 me photos if you like. Today's been a busy day 3088 02:45:42.280 --> 02:45:44.319 and I've just had a short time with each caller 3089 02:45:44.399 --> 02:45:46.520 to be able to help out there at the Home 3090 02:45:46.559 --> 02:45:49.120 and Garden Show. I got time to sit down and 3091 02:45:50.239 --> 02:45:52.520 visit with you, So come on out. Hope to see 3092 02:45:52.559 --> 02:45:55.360 you then. Oh, by the way, it's free to get 3093 02:45:55.399 --> 02:45:56.879 in and free parking.