WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.199 --> 00:00:05.799 Welcome to kt r H Garden Line with Skip Richter's. 2 00:00:05.280 --> 00:00:12.960 Shoes, gas and watch Trim. 3 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:15.359 Just watch him as. 4 00:00:20.679 --> 00:00:29.280 Many good things to Seepbot Brasy great gable back again, 5 00:00:30.039 --> 00:00:38.799 not a sorry grass Gas, Sunmon. 6 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:44.920 Well, good Sunday morning. Welcome to Garden Line. I'm your host, 7 00:00:44.960 --> 00:00:48.359 Skip Richtor, and I'm really glad you are listening in today. 8 00:00:48.399 --> 00:00:50.560 We got a lot of things to talk about. You know, 9 00:00:50.679 --> 00:00:55.799 the the gardening season never ends here in our area. 10 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:58.840 We can grow twelve months out of the year, and 11 00:00:58.840 --> 00:01:01.439 there's always something be doing, and there's always something to 12 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:05.239 be learning. Uh. There's I guess an old adage that 13 00:01:05.439 --> 00:01:09.519 says something about when you know, if you're a if 14 00:01:09.519 --> 00:01:12.879 you're a lumberjack and you're cutting down trees, you gotta start. 15 00:01:13.239 --> 00:01:16.040 You got to stop every now and then to sharpen 16 00:01:16.120 --> 00:01:18.239 the saw. And I don't know if any of you 17 00:01:18.280 --> 00:01:22.799 ever used a axe or hatchet or saw, and if 18 00:01:22.840 --> 00:01:25.480 it gets a little bit dull, it takes a lot 19 00:01:25.519 --> 00:01:27.840 of a lot more work and effort to try to 20 00:01:27.879 --> 00:01:30.680 accomplish something in terms of cutting down a tree. It's 21 00:01:30.719 --> 00:01:33.439 just it's just harder. So you's at some point you 22 00:01:33.480 --> 00:01:35.680 just stop and you sharpen the saw. Well with gardening. 23 00:01:36.439 --> 00:01:39.000 Saw sharpening is a constant process. And I'm not talking 24 00:01:39.000 --> 00:01:43.359 about literal sauce. I'm talking about the gardener. I learned 25 00:01:43.400 --> 00:01:48.079 something every day of the week about gardening. I do 26 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:50.879 because I read about it. I watch stuff, I listen 27 00:01:50.959 --> 00:01:53.920 to stuff, I get out in the garden and do stuff. 28 00:01:54.599 --> 00:01:57.000 And that is one of the coolest things. It's not 29 00:01:57.159 --> 00:02:00.000 like there's this limited amount of info out there. You 30 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.000 learn it and you're done, and now you're a good gardener. 31 00:02:02.079 --> 00:02:05.519 Now it's a constant learning because things changed too, so 32 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:10.199 we constantly are sharpening the saw. We go to educational events, 33 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:15.919 botanical gardens, you know, master gardener programming offered, agrolife extension 34 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:20.120 programs that are offered. Garden centers are constantly offering great 35 00:02:20.159 --> 00:02:23.240 programs for you to come out and learn. And the 36 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:25.520 more you learn, the better you get. The better you get, 37 00:02:25.560 --> 00:02:27.479 the greener your thumb, the green of your thumb, the 38 00:02:27.520 --> 00:02:32.000 more you can enjoy gardening because it's not frustrating. You 39 00:02:32.039 --> 00:02:34.960 start to get to see the fruit of your success. 40 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.319 And that is just kind of a philosophical thought. I 41 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:40.879 guess to start the day, but with a question of 42 00:02:40.960 --> 00:02:44.680 are you sharpening the saw. What have you learned lately 43 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:49.800 about gardening? What new kind of plant have you grown 44 00:02:50.159 --> 00:02:53.800 that you hadn't grown before? If you're a vegetable gardener, 45 00:02:53.800 --> 00:02:55.599 there is a lot to be growing in the cool 46 00:02:55.639 --> 00:02:58.560 season garden. It's one of the best gardening seasons that 47 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:02.840 there is. All the blue leaf vegetables, I call them 48 00:03:02.840 --> 00:03:10.240 blue leaf broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, col robbie, collareds, kale, Brussels sprouts, 49 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:13.360 all of those that are part of the cruciferous vegetables, 50 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:17.120 super super healthy, lots of different things including cancer fighting 51 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.800 compounds in those plants. They're easy to grow, and you 52 00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:22.520 can grow them in the cool season, and you know, 53 00:03:22.560 --> 00:03:25.360 occasionally we're gonna have a real hard freeze, throw something 54 00:03:25.400 --> 00:03:28.360 over the top just to kind of the keep the 55 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.719 cold down just a bit, and they do just fine 56 00:03:30.879 --> 00:03:33.199 through the season. We've got great greens that we can 57 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:36.439 grow to season up our salads with outs lathering on. 58 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:41.479 You know, a bucket full of thousand island dressing things 59 00:03:41.560 --> 00:03:46.439 like sorel that are lemony. There are a number of 60 00:03:46.800 --> 00:03:49.800 different kinds of greens that provide a different flavor profile. 61 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:53.840 Ridicio something you never hear people talk about it looks 62 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:57.919 like a small cabbage sort of, and it adds a 63 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:02.280 bitter taste, which actually mixed in at the proper amounts, 64 00:04:02.360 --> 00:04:05.879 is a really nice twist to ask to add to 65 00:04:05.960 --> 00:04:12.439 some salads. We've got other greens like plantain. That is 66 00:04:12.560 --> 00:04:15.360 one that can be added into salads, the vegetable types 67 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:19.240 of plantain in the cool season. Let's see corn salad 68 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:23.319 also called mosh m ag. That is another green that 69 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:25.319 we can grow in the cool seed. Of course, there's lettuce, 70 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:28.399 and then there's spinach, and on and on down the line. 71 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:30.759 It's just lots of things we can grow. The root 72 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:34.120 crops carrots, for example, we'd be planting those things now 73 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:36.560 and just taking care of them when they're little. They'll 74 00:04:36.600 --> 00:04:39.680 do just fine. They're pretty cold hardy. But what are 75 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:42.199 you gonna grow new? What flowers have you never grown before? 76 00:04:42.439 --> 00:04:47.040 Have you ever grown stock? Have you ever grown colendula? 77 00:04:47.240 --> 00:04:50.279 These are cool seasoned flowers that you don't see around 78 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:54.199 a lot. Those would be good examples. How about a 79 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:57.879 rose bush? How about a fruit tree? You know, maybe 80 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:01.079 a citrus in a large container on the patio. That 81 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.800 would be a new thing for some people to try. 82 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:07.120 I'm telling you when citrus ballooms. The fragrance of those 83 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:12.839 ballooms are unbelievable. They're great. I just love the scent 84 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:17.839 of citrus blooms. They do really well. Well. I'll be 85 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:20.519 talking about a number of different things today, but hopefully 86 00:05:20.519 --> 00:05:23.160 we'll be talking to you about the questions you might 87 00:05:23.240 --> 00:05:27.279 have or anything related to gardening that we can help with. 88 00:05:27.680 --> 00:05:30.240 Our phone number is seven one three two one two 89 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:33.720 k t r H seven to one three two one 90 00:05:33.839 --> 00:05:36.720 two k t r H. A number of you have 91 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:42.319 emailed me through the past weeks and uh photos and 92 00:05:42.360 --> 00:05:44.279 things to then follow up with a call in on. 93 00:05:44.399 --> 00:05:47.480 So go for it. Let's talk about those things as 94 00:05:47.480 --> 00:05:51.120 well help you get off to a really good start 95 00:05:51.240 --> 00:05:54.720 with your garden. I have a number of topic. Today's 96 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:57.839 going to be a lot of kind of fyi things 97 00:05:57.839 --> 00:06:01.199 of interest perhaps that you might you may be interested 98 00:06:01.279 --> 00:06:06.399 in knowing and finding I have. I'll just start off 99 00:06:06.439 --> 00:06:09.800 with talking about when you want to have a beautiful, 100 00:06:09.800 --> 00:06:13.639 cool season container, how do you select plants? How do 101 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.680 you build one of those? You know you walk by them, 102 00:06:15.720 --> 00:06:17.920 or you see them, maybe even you know in a 103 00:06:17.959 --> 00:06:21.560 shopping district there'll be these beautiful containers along the sidewalk 104 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:24.240 out front that are just gorgeous. How do you make 105 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:26.759 one of those for home? Well, there's a few things 106 00:06:26.759 --> 00:06:28.759 to think about as you do that. First of all 107 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:34.199 is the sunlight exposure. Most plants that you want to 108 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.480 grow on a container for beauty are going to want 109 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:40.240 good sunlight. There are plants that can grow in less sunlight, 110 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:44.319 but choosing the plants accordingly is very important. In the 111 00:06:44.360 --> 00:06:47.160 cool season, things that used to be areas that used 112 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:49.519 to be shady or often now sunny because the leaves 113 00:06:49.519 --> 00:06:52.759 fill off the tree, or at least partially sunny. But 114 00:06:52.839 --> 00:06:55.160 you want to select plants that like to be in 115 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.920 the same amount of sunlight. So if you take something 116 00:06:58.519 --> 00:07:01.519 that wants to be in a break from the sun 117 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:04.000 and then you put it in full sun with something 118 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:07.720 that wants to be in full sun, that combination doesn't 119 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:13.319 work really well. Never forget that foliage is a color too, Okay, 120 00:07:13.639 --> 00:07:21.160 So we want blooms and so pansies and violas, colegulas, snapdragons. 121 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:25.600 What am I leaving out a bunch gosh stock I 122 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:30.519 mentioned before a lessen. These are all plants are dianthus 123 00:07:30.519 --> 00:07:33.079 a very important cool season plant. These are all plants 124 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:35.519 that do well in the cool season that bloom. But 125 00:07:35.560 --> 00:07:39.240 we have plants also for our cool season that are 126 00:07:39.360 --> 00:07:45.480 just foliage. We have the beautiful grayish color of Dusty Miller, 127 00:07:45.920 --> 00:07:49.439 and it really is an interesting dramatic especially when you 128 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:52.720 use it with flowers that have a bluish color to them. 129 00:07:52.720 --> 00:07:55.800 Gray and blue really work well together. So violas that 130 00:07:55.839 --> 00:08:00.600 are darker blue, lighter blue with gray Dusty Miller, it 131 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:02.759 just really looks good. All Right, I'm gonna leave you 132 00:08:02.759 --> 00:08:04.360 hanging there. We're coming back. Got a lot more to 133 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:06.920 talk about on container plants, and then a few other 134 00:08:07.000 --> 00:08:09.879 topics as well. Just remember the number seven one three 135 00:08:09.959 --> 00:08:15.120 two one two KTRH. Hey, welcome back to guard Line. 136 00:08:15.800 --> 00:08:21.319 Glad to have you with us this morning. If you'd 137 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:23.279 like to give me a call seven one three two 138 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.399 one two fifty eight seventy four, or you'd like to 139 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:30.439 die by letters seven one three two one two ktr H. 140 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:33.879 Simple as that, we'll talk about the things that you 141 00:08:34.039 --> 00:08:36.480 are interested in. I was talking about putting together a 142 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:42.240 beautiful container, and you know, there's so many options for plants, 143 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:44.480 and what I'm doing right now is giving you a 144 00:08:44.519 --> 00:08:47.840 few tips, a few concepts to think about when you're 145 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:50.480 wanting to have success with the container. By the way, 146 00:08:50.639 --> 00:08:53.080 a lot of our garden centers if you, in fact, 147 00:08:53.120 --> 00:08:55.480 I would say pretty much everyone I talk about. If 148 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:56.879 you walk in there and you go, hey, I want 149 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:59.759 to do a container, and I like this color and that, 150 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:02.799 but I don't know what plants to grab, they'll walk 151 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:05.559 you around and show you exactly your options and how 152 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:06.960 to do it. There are a few of the garden 153 00:09:06.960 --> 00:09:09.039 centers they'll even go make it for you, you know, if 154 00:09:09.080 --> 00:09:11.159 you want them to, they'll they'll put it together. I'm 155 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:14.519 for a charge, and then you just take the container homets, 156 00:09:14.519 --> 00:09:16.840 you set it up and it's instant. You got everything 157 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:18.639 you want right there. So however you want to go 158 00:09:18.639 --> 00:09:21.879 about it, it works. It works either way. But when 159 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:24.279 you're the second concept that I'm talking I believe we're 160 00:09:24.320 --> 00:09:27.639 on number two. That is the plant form. There's a 161 00:09:27.799 --> 00:09:31.279 concept that it has catchy name, so I'll use it 162 00:09:31.279 --> 00:09:34.600 because it helps people remember. But it's called thriller, filler, spiller. 163 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:40.600 So thriller is something that's upright, A filler is something 164 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:44.879 that fills in around the base, and a spiller is 165 00:09:44.919 --> 00:09:48.120 something that spills over the side. So basically, you're talking 166 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:52.120 about a upright plant, a more bushy plant, and a 167 00:09:52.200 --> 00:09:56.080 more trailing slash binding type of plant. So something that 168 00:09:56.120 --> 00:09:59.039 would be upright could be like a cast iron plant 169 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:01.759 that is a really hardy plant. There's one called milky way. 170 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:04.440 There's a little yellow spots in the in the foliage. 171 00:10:04.519 --> 00:10:07.759 That's nice there. And during the summer we often use 172 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:11.720 ornamental grasses in that way. Then for filling in around them. Gosh, 173 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:14.919 most of our flowers, everything from zinnias in their bush 174 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:19.879 form to you know, anything that's more of a compact 175 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:22.159 filling type plant would work for that. And in the 176 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.480 cool season we have those as well. And then the 177 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:28.360 trailing plants would be things like a lissome sweet lessome 178 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:32.000 trailing over the sides. And so it just creates a 179 00:10:32.120 --> 00:10:35.559 nice connection. And that could be done in shady areas 180 00:10:35.639 --> 00:10:39.039 with ferns, and it could be done in sunny areas 181 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:41.919 with a lot of plants. But having a group of 182 00:10:42.000 --> 00:10:45.159 different forms of plants also helps a lot. Well, I'm 183 00:10:45.200 --> 00:10:47.080 gonna pause just for a moment on that, and we're 184 00:10:47.080 --> 00:10:50.879 going to go to Magnolia and talk to Tim. Good morning, Tim, 185 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:57.679 Welcome to garden Line. Hello, Hello, do we have a 186 00:10:57.720 --> 00:10:58.720 Tim out there. 187 00:10:59.159 --> 00:11:01.039 Yes, don't all right. 188 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:04.720 I'm gonna hey, good welcome regarding line Tim. What's up? 189 00:11:06.000 --> 00:11:09.600 I had to my lawns turning brown? And I sent 190 00:11:09.679 --> 00:11:12.600 some pictures yesterday. I was gonna get you to comment 191 00:11:12.639 --> 00:11:13.120 on those. 192 00:11:14.679 --> 00:11:16.720 See what you thought? That what I need to do? 193 00:11:18.799 --> 00:11:22.200 Yes, I do, recall. Hang on one second and let me. 194 00:11:23.720 --> 00:11:26.720 I'm trying to find the picture connection. I know you 195 00:11:26.799 --> 00:11:32.080 had some attached here. Huh. Now I'm not seeing them. 196 00:11:32.120 --> 00:11:34.799 Were they embedded in the text or were they attached 197 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:35.200 you know. 198 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:39.360 In the text or in the email? Yeah, just attached 199 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.080 to it, not where you didn't have to open it. 200 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:48.440 Ah, boy, darn it, I'm not They're not showing up here, 201 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:53.039 and I don't know why. Sometimes I have trouble with 202 00:11:53.159 --> 00:11:59.799 embedded embedded pictures. Let me, can we do this? Can 203 00:11:59.840 --> 00:12:02.679 you do a rescend and instead of embed them in 204 00:12:02.720 --> 00:12:06.279 the text, attach them to the email and let's try 205 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:08.320 this again. You can call back if you like, or 206 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:09.960 I can just talk about them in the air. Either way, 207 00:12:10.000 --> 00:12:12.039 I'm happy to do it, admit, but I am not 208 00:12:12.120 --> 00:12:18.039 able to open for some for longer reason. Okay, thank you, 209 00:12:18.039 --> 00:12:21.080 you bet. I appreciate that. Since we're talking about that. 210 00:12:22.879 --> 00:12:25.240 There are several things that make it easier for me 211 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:28.240 to help you. One of them is when you take pictures, 212 00:12:28.360 --> 00:12:32.360 take sharp focused pictures, and sometimes people you know, Like 213 00:12:32.360 --> 00:12:34.720 if you hold up a plant at arm's length and 214 00:12:34.759 --> 00:12:36.919 then with your camera phone you take a picture of it, 215 00:12:37.360 --> 00:12:40.080 Sometimes the phone focuses on the background and not on 216 00:12:40.120 --> 00:12:43.960 the plant in the foreground, and so it's too fuzzy 217 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:47.240 and fuzzy pictures. I'll give you fuzzy answers, and you 218 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:49.639 don't want fuzzy answers. You want sharp back your answers. 219 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.320 But make sure it's in sharp focus. Secondly, get in 220 00:12:53.399 --> 00:12:55.200 as close as you can. You know, you got a 221 00:12:55.240 --> 00:12:57.000 bush with a tiny white flower on it, and you 222 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.519 stand back four feet, I'm not going to be able 223 00:12:59.559 --> 00:13:01.960 to really look at that flower or that bug or 224 00:13:01.960 --> 00:13:04.440 whatever is on it. So the closer you can get, 225 00:13:04.679 --> 00:13:07.200 the better. So sometimes it also helps to have a 226 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:12.840 picture in its context. So a shrub is the branches 227 00:13:12.879 --> 00:13:15.879 you turning brown or yellow or dyeing or whatever. If 228 00:13:15.919 --> 00:13:18.279 I see the whole flower bed with that shrub in it, 229 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:20.559 I may see things on other plants that help me 230 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:23.639 connect a diagnosis to it. So a picture like that, 231 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:27.519 and then a picture up really close if the question 232 00:13:28.240 --> 00:13:31.279 is appropriate for a close up picture, and it usually is, 233 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:34.080 that helps more than one picture is usually a good 234 00:13:34.080 --> 00:13:36.840 idea too, different angles and stuff. So anyway, just a 235 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:40.080 few things to think about. Sometimes you're taking a picture 236 00:13:40.080 --> 00:13:42.879 in a bush and it's like the camera doesn't know 237 00:13:42.919 --> 00:13:45.639 which branch to focus on, and just putting your hand 238 00:13:45.679 --> 00:13:50.080 in there or something like holding a leaf, now you 239 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:52.759 get a better focus on that sharp focus on that leaf. 240 00:13:52.799 --> 00:13:55.519 So just a few tips like that for doing it. Finally, 241 00:13:55.559 --> 00:13:57.639 the third one is We're a visit with Tim about 242 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:03.399 is the attaching versus embedding. When you paste a picture 243 00:14:03.440 --> 00:14:06.559 into the text. If it's a really large file, like 244 00:14:06.960 --> 00:14:10.799 a nice multi megapixel photo, when I get it and 245 00:14:10.879 --> 00:14:15.159 open the email, it it's like three screens wide, and 246 00:14:15.200 --> 00:14:19.720 so I have trouble, you know, seeing into it as well. 247 00:14:19.759 --> 00:14:22.080 When it's an attachment, I can open it separate, and 248 00:14:22.159 --> 00:14:24.399 I can open several of them and look at all 249 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.320 of them at the same time. So you send me 250 00:14:26.360 --> 00:14:29.279 four pictures of your yard, the kinds of pictures I 251 00:14:29.320 --> 00:14:31.200 was just talking about, and I can look at them 252 00:14:31.200 --> 00:14:34.480 all and then it helps. Embedded in the text, it's 253 00:14:34.519 --> 00:14:37.240 just a little more trouble to get to and so 254 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:40.360 just a few tips on that sort of thing. We'll 255 00:14:40.360 --> 00:14:43.639 get back with Tim here in a bet. So I 256 00:14:43.679 --> 00:14:45.919 was talking what was I talking about? I was talking 257 00:14:46.000 --> 00:14:51.159 about the different ways and tips on creating a beautiful 258 00:14:51.200 --> 00:14:57.039 outdoor container. Another concept in containers, and I'm gonna mention 259 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:00.960 this one. Just remember this about all all the rules 260 00:15:00.960 --> 00:15:07.600 of gardening and things. Sometimes often they're important if you 261 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:12.879 want to have success, and then often they're an esthetic opinion. Okay, 262 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:17.279 color combinations are an esthetic opinion. We have colors that 263 00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:21.200 do complement each other. Interior designers use it all the 264 00:15:21.240 --> 00:15:26.399 time when they're creating that beautiful indoor scape that you want. 265 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:29.440 When it comes to outdoor colors, there are colors that 266 00:15:29.480 --> 00:15:32.679 combine better together. But you plant what you want. You 267 00:15:32.759 --> 00:15:35.639 plant the colors you like that appeal to you. But 268 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.320 consider this. There's not a right or wrong way to 269 00:15:38.399 --> 00:15:41.200 use colors in a container. But these guidelines I think 270 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.519 are really helpful because it helps you create things that 271 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:47.399 are pleasing to the eye. So a riot of bright 272 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:50.399 bowl colors can really be eye catching, and in the 273 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:55.039 summertime especially gives that hot tropical look, you know. The 274 00:15:55.080 --> 00:15:58.200 gaudy colors, the things that are like a pink flamingo 275 00:15:58.279 --> 00:16:01.919 in the yard that scream look at me. Those are important. 276 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:06.200 Another concept, well, in the cool season, often we're dealing 277 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:09.440 with a more subdued color palette, not always, but some 278 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:13.240 a more subdued color palette, and either one is okay. 279 00:16:13.279 --> 00:16:15.440 It's like, do you like bright primary colors? Do you 280 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:19.799 like pastels? Everything has its place. The other thing is 281 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:22.080 when you look at a color wheel, and you can 282 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:25.960 just type color wheel into a search engine and you'll 283 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:29.279 get a lot of examples of color wheels, especially if 284 00:16:29.279 --> 00:16:32.000 you put the word plant in there with it, it'll 285 00:16:32.000 --> 00:16:34.639 help you even find some plants that are in that color, 286 00:16:35.240 --> 00:16:38.399 but opposite sides of the color wheel seem to be 287 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:44.440 complementary to the eye. So blue and orange, green and red, 288 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:49.759 blue and orange, green and red, yellow and violet would 289 00:16:49.840 --> 00:16:54.559 be another example. Those are examples that cross the color wheel, 290 00:16:54.600 --> 00:16:57.399 so that is nice. But then you can also do 291 00:16:57.480 --> 00:17:02.720 colors that are considered adjacent on the color wheel. So 292 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:06.920 purple and violet and magenta are all adjacent and they 293 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:10.799 look well together. They match together really well. Yellow orange 294 00:17:10.839 --> 00:17:13.359 and red, that's another one. Think about that yellow orange 295 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:17.519 and red. So the summer shrub, we have the Pride 296 00:17:17.519 --> 00:17:21.880 of Barbados se Salpinia. What's the other name, redbird of 297 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.960 pair lace is the name for it too. Boys, that 298 00:17:24.160 --> 00:17:28.839 every that group yellow, orange and red, just bald bright 299 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:31.079 colors and it goes well together. I mean, it's the 300 00:17:31.119 --> 00:17:33.519 planet itself is doing the color combo for you in 301 00:17:33.559 --> 00:17:36.920 that case. But considering that, and so in the cool season, 302 00:17:37.000 --> 00:17:41.079 I like using a light blue viola with a maybe 303 00:17:41.119 --> 00:17:45.480 a darker viola, blue viola with some white and with 304 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:51.079 some dusty miller gray grayish silver foliage that looks really 305 00:17:51.119 --> 00:17:54.559 good put together. But again your garden centers can help 306 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:57.640 you with those kinds of things. Very important for that, 307 00:17:58.119 --> 00:18:00.680 and I mentioned already you know the important of foliage 308 00:18:00.680 --> 00:18:05.519 and foliage color. A lot of these things apply. We 309 00:18:05.640 --> 00:18:08.519 have more opportunity to use them in the summertime than 310 00:18:08.519 --> 00:18:10.799 we do in the cool season. The cool season are 311 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:13.720 palate's quite different. And a lot of the plants I 312 00:18:13.720 --> 00:18:16.839 would mention as examples to these are basically color plants. 313 00:18:17.400 --> 00:18:19.640 Maybe how to put this on the web? Two that 314 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.799 may be helpful anyway. And then finally water requirements. You know, 315 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:26.359 to put a cactus in an azilia in the same container. 316 00:18:27.279 --> 00:18:30.079 Aside from other issues with that, they don't need the 317 00:18:30.119 --> 00:18:35.319 same water retirement requirement. And you water enough to keep 318 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:38.519 the plant that uses the most water happy, and when 319 00:18:38.519 --> 00:18:41.480 you do that, what you end up with is a 320 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:44.519 very soggy, unhappy other plant. So just think about water 321 00:18:44.920 --> 00:18:50.200 can amount. Finally, a less thing I'll add is volume 322 00:18:50.200 --> 00:18:55.960 of soil. You may see online TV shows on gardening 323 00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:58.240 where they have like a little boot and it's got 324 00:18:58.359 --> 00:19:00.799 all these flowers spilling out. They filled the boot with 325 00:19:00.880 --> 00:19:04.319 potting soil. Well, that's cute and cool, but here in 326 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:07.960 our area, the more soul volume you can give plants, 327 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:11.000 the less often you water, and the better they do. 328 00:19:11.440 --> 00:19:14.920 So just be careful to not create too small of 329 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:17.519 a containers with too many or too large of plants. 330 00:19:17.559 --> 00:19:19.319 All right, it's time for me to take a quick break. 331 00:19:19.480 --> 00:19:21.519 I'll be back with more tips and if you'd like 332 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:23.720 to give me a call seven one three two one two, 333 00:19:25.440 --> 00:19:30.119 All right, welcome back to garden Line. Good morning. I 334 00:19:30.200 --> 00:19:32.839 hope you got the sand out of your eyes. Mister 335 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:36.799 send me to sleep. We are here to answer your 336 00:19:36.799 --> 00:19:41.279 gardening questions. Uh, and I just wanted to continue a 337 00:19:41.279 --> 00:19:45.680 little bit on some tips while we wait. Did receive 338 00:19:45.720 --> 00:19:49.359 the photos, Tim, and so if you'd like to discuss those, 339 00:19:49.359 --> 00:19:50.680 we can do it. If not, if I don't hear 340 00:19:50.680 --> 00:19:55.240 from me, I'll just talk about them inside myself. It 341 00:19:55.279 --> 00:19:58.640 is important when you want to have success with plants 342 00:19:59.200 --> 00:20:02.839 that you consider a few basic concepts. And now, I 343 00:20:02.880 --> 00:20:06.559 always stress the soil because that's the thing I see 344 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:11.839 people often not do they prop They, as I like 345 00:20:11.880 --> 00:20:14.839 to say it, they PLoP a poor plant into an 346 00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:18.680 unprepared plot, and that just doesn't give it a chance 347 00:20:18.680 --> 00:20:21.319 to get going. Soil. Soil is so important. You get 348 00:20:21.319 --> 00:20:24.319 the soil right. The plant thrives, the root system expands, 349 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:26.960 it has access to lots of water, lots of nutrients 350 00:20:27.000 --> 00:20:30.680 because it's expanded in a good soil, and the plant's 351 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.759 going to do better. Another thing, though, that's very important 352 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:37.680 is sunlight. If you are wanting to have success with 353 00:20:37.759 --> 00:20:39.319 a plant, you need to give it the amount of 354 00:20:39.359 --> 00:20:41.000 light it needs. Now, there are a few plants that 355 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:42.960 do not want to be in the blazing sun. They 356 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:47.279 just don't like that intense, especially in summer, the intense, 357 00:20:47.680 --> 00:20:52.519 blazing hot summer sun, and they we typically relegate them 358 00:20:52.559 --> 00:20:55.799 to shadier spots. Most ferns kind of fall into that category. 359 00:20:55.839 --> 00:20:58.240 Not all, but most ferns kind of fall in that category. 360 00:20:58.799 --> 00:21:01.480 Impatients tend to go in the Kaladiums used to go 361 00:21:01.559 --> 00:21:04.839 in that category, but breeders now have kolladiums that thrive 362 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:08.079 in the full sun. Colius used to be in that category, 363 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:12.640 but breeders have colius cultivars now that just thrive and 364 00:21:12.880 --> 00:21:17.759 absolute full sun. But some plants don't want much sun, Okay. 365 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:20.920 Hydrange is a good example of one that you can 366 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:25.799 overdo it. Now, other plants are going to need as 367 00:21:25.920 --> 00:21:28.440 much light as they can get. Some will put up 368 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:32.359 with part day shade, part day sun, and some just 369 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:34.640 want to be in full day. And full day means 370 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:37.119 about eight hours if you can get eight hours. In fact, 371 00:21:37.279 --> 00:21:41.200 we usually say a minimum of six Okay, when we're 372 00:21:41.440 --> 00:21:43.519 looking at a plant that wants full sun, if you 373 00:21:43.519 --> 00:21:45.599 can get a a minimum and that's a minimum of 374 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:49.160 six hours, they usually do pretty good. But here's a 375 00:21:49.279 --> 00:21:52.480 quick way, especially like let's just take a vegetable garden 376 00:21:52.599 --> 00:21:58.119 for example, a quick way to know where do I 377 00:21:58.119 --> 00:22:00.880 need to put this plant? Like, okay, here's this scenario. 378 00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:04.519 You've got a spot and it's some of its full sun, 379 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:07.799 some of its partnation sun and some of it not 380 00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:09.720 a whole lot. I mean it gets it gets a 381 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:13.640 lot of light, but not much direct full sun. Well, 382 00:22:13.880 --> 00:22:21.400 if it's gonna grow roots or fruit, so roots that 383 00:22:21.440 --> 00:22:24.200 would be turnips, that would be carrots. We're talking about 384 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:28.039 radishes were from a sweet potatoes. So those are storage 385 00:22:28.519 --> 00:22:32.559 structures for carbohydrates. And the only way you get carbohydrates 386 00:22:32.599 --> 00:22:36.400 is by having the sun shine on a leaf. So 387 00:22:36.480 --> 00:22:39.920 can you grow that in less than full cent yes? 388 00:22:40.039 --> 00:22:43.240 Will your production be the same, No, it'll be less 389 00:22:43.559 --> 00:22:51.519 because there's less energy shining on that plant. Fruit, tomatoes, peppers, squash, 390 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:56.079 green beans, peas, southern peas, cool seasoned peas. Those are 391 00:22:56.160 --> 00:23:01.200 all fruit. And I know, how can eyed peebe fruit? 392 00:23:01.240 --> 00:23:04.200 But it's the fruit of the plant. So if you're 393 00:23:04.200 --> 00:23:06.839 going to grow those, you need to give them full sun. 394 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:10.799 For the same reason. There's a lot of carbohydrates in 395 00:23:10.880 --> 00:23:14.519 a black eyed pea or a tomato or even a squash, 396 00:23:14.640 --> 00:23:17.480 and so the best results are found when you give 397 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:21.079 them the most sun you can. Leafy greens things that 398 00:23:21.119 --> 00:23:26.400 their only use is for harvesting the foliage. Lettuce and 399 00:23:26.559 --> 00:23:28.400 spinach are two good examples. 400 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:28.720 Of that. 401 00:23:29.119 --> 00:23:33.599 Kale would be another example of that, and a lot 402 00:23:33.599 --> 00:23:36.240 of the blue vegetables kind of fall into that category. 403 00:23:37.000 --> 00:23:41.240 They can take a partial sun. Now they don't have 404 00:23:41.359 --> 00:23:43.559 to have partial sun. They can grow in full sun, 405 00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:45.880 but they can take less because all they're doing is 406 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:50.519 making a leaf. They are not creating tons of carbohydrates 407 00:23:50.599 --> 00:23:52.559 to go in to create a bloom and then a 408 00:23:52.599 --> 00:23:56.400 fruit or a root. So those are some choices now. 409 00:23:56.480 --> 00:24:00.200 In flowers, again, it's the same kind of thing. Even 410 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:05.400 though it's not a fruit or a root. The blooms 411 00:24:05.440 --> 00:24:09.599 themselves do need some sunlight. There are flowers that can 412 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:14.319 flower in shade, like a wishbone flower and impatience being 413 00:24:14.359 --> 00:24:17.240 two examples. They can bloom in quite a bit of shade. 414 00:24:17.839 --> 00:24:20.119 But a lot of flowers if you don't give them sun, 415 00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:22.400 you're not going to get the production. And roses are 416 00:24:22.440 --> 00:24:26.119 a good example. You know. Typically I've more than a 417 00:24:26.200 --> 00:24:29.920 thousand times been asked something like the essential. The essence 418 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:32.240 of the question is can I grow a tomato in 419 00:24:32.920 --> 00:24:35.400 four hours of sun? Or can I grow a rose 420 00:24:35.480 --> 00:24:37.400 in three hour or four hours of sun? And the 421 00:24:37.440 --> 00:24:39.720 answer is absolutely, you can grow a rose bush or 422 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:42.640 a tomato bush in that amount of light, can you 423 00:24:42.720 --> 00:24:47.640 have blooms and fruit, Well, not as much. It's going 424 00:24:47.720 --> 00:24:51.079 to go down progressively as the light intensity goes down. 425 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:53.839 So that's just it kind of how that works. But 426 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:58.519 imagine think of it this way. Leaves are solar panels. 427 00:24:58.759 --> 00:25:00.599 So if you bought solar pan panels to put it 428 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:02.400 in your house and you wanted to make lots of 429 00:25:02.519 --> 00:25:03.960 energy for the house, that's where you put them on 430 00:25:03.960 --> 00:25:07.839 the roof. One reason you didn't imagine if that you 431 00:25:07.880 --> 00:25:09.519 put them on a part of your roof that was 432 00:25:09.559 --> 00:25:12.839 shaded by a big giant tree, how much electricity would 433 00:25:12.839 --> 00:25:15.240 you get out of solar panels. Same thing is true 434 00:25:15.240 --> 00:25:18.119 with carbohydrates. That's how that works. So just picture your 435 00:25:18.200 --> 00:25:21.200 leaves of solar panels. And if a plant needs to 436 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:24.440 make a lot of energy a lot of carbohydrates, then 437 00:25:24.480 --> 00:25:27.160 you've got to provide it that thing that it needs. 438 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:31.839 So we talked about the importance of soil and the 439 00:25:31.880 --> 00:25:36.160 importance of sunlight as well. And then the final step 440 00:25:36.240 --> 00:25:39.240 and we will come to this and after this break 441 00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:43.640 is the amount of drainage that a plant needs, the 442 00:25:43.759 --> 00:25:46.480 kind of sol moisture that a plant needs. So I'm 443 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:49.319 going to take a break right here, and we'll come 444 00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:52.519 back to your questions. We'll also come back to my 445 00:25:52.680 --> 00:25:57.000 continuing comments about success tips for success with your plants. 446 00:25:57.440 --> 00:26:00.680 Our phone number seven one three two one two kt 447 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:04.039 r H seven one three two one two k t 448 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:08.920 RH if you'd like to give me a call. Get 449 00:26:08.920 --> 00:26:10.759 a little bit of sunshine in here and get this 450 00:26:10.839 --> 00:26:13.960 day going. We're gonna have a great Sunday, by the way, UH, 451 00:26:14.519 --> 00:26:18.039 gardening weather tip's Looking at the weather yesterday, I believe 452 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:21.000 and saw that we've got a lot of nice sunny weather, 453 00:26:21.400 --> 00:26:23.480 really good temperatures to be out and about working in 454 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:26.359 the garden. So maybe this afternoon you can plan on 455 00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:31.359 getting yourself a little bit of sunshine and enjoying the 456 00:26:31.359 --> 00:26:32.240 garden outside. 457 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:32.839 Uh. 458 00:26:32.880 --> 00:26:37.759 And then about midweek or so, we turn into a 459 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:39.759 little bit of rainy weather for a good while, and 460 00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:42.519 so that's gonna hamper things as far as outdoor work. 461 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:45.079 So just tip to the wires get try to get 462 00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:49.240 that stuff done by midweek if you can. All right, well, 463 00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:52.400 let's see phone number seven one three two one two 464 00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:54.640 k t r H. If you'd like to give me 465 00:26:54.680 --> 00:26:57.599 a call. We can visit about the things that are 466 00:26:57.759 --> 00:27:02.960 of most interest to you. I've been talking about containers 467 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:05.119 and container color and things like that. I'd like to 468 00:27:05.119 --> 00:27:07.079 talk a little bit about And this is gonna get 469 00:27:07.079 --> 00:27:08.960 a little nerdy just for a minute, so bear with me, 470 00:27:09.039 --> 00:27:12.039 though I think this is important. There are a lot 471 00:27:12.079 --> 00:27:18.480 of myths in gardening, and gardening myths in general are 472 00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:22.160 usually based on truth, a bit of truth. Sometimes it's 473 00:27:22.240 --> 00:27:25.680 just like, Okay, that just came out of space. I 474 00:27:25.720 --> 00:27:27.720 don't know where you got that. But a lot of 475 00:27:27.759 --> 00:27:30.519 times I can see why they're saying it, but it's 476 00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:33.519 just not true. And often when you take the truth 477 00:27:33.680 --> 00:27:37.359 and apply it too far outside of the box, it's 478 00:27:37.680 --> 00:27:41.240 becomes not true, right. That's kind of how that goes. 479 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:47.599 So I would I would suggest this to consider something 480 00:27:47.680 --> 00:27:52.519 about the way water behaves in the soil as a 481 00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:56.759 example of a myth, and that has that we can 482 00:27:57.240 --> 00:28:01.599 bring some truth to. Water is pulled by gravity, so 483 00:28:01.680 --> 00:28:04.119 when you water, something goes down in the soil, and 484 00:28:04.160 --> 00:28:07.319 in a real loose soil like a sandy soil, the 485 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:09.880 water just flows through the sand and moves on down 486 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:12.480 and very little water sticks to the sand. Some does, 487 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:15.200 but for a very short time. So that's why sandy 488 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:17.079 soils tend to have to be fertilized a little more 489 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:19.880 often water a little more often in order to keep 490 00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:24.160 the plants happy. And water is also influenced by something 491 00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:30.039 called capillary action, and that is the way particles pull 492 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:33.200 the water to themselves. So if you were to take 493 00:28:33.279 --> 00:28:36.680 a paper towel, and let's say you had a little 494 00:28:36.720 --> 00:28:39.920 few drops of water on your catching counter, and you 495 00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:42.319 take the corner of the towel and set it down 496 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:45.039 right and touch that water drop, what happens. The water 497 00:28:45.119 --> 00:28:48.559 goes up in the towel. That's capillar reaction. Okay, soil 498 00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:52.119 does that too. The smaller the soil particles, the more 499 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:55.640 pull of capillar reaction like that that it can have, 500 00:28:55.839 --> 00:28:58.279 the more it can take up in the end, but slowly, 501 00:28:58.359 --> 00:29:03.200 but the more so. Whenever we have a clay soil, 502 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:06.000 it has a lot strong pull on the water, but 503 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:10.839 we see a little less movement by gravity, or at 504 00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:13.880 least not as fast, because the soil is holding it 505 00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:17.160 better than a sandy soil would. When we add organic 506 00:29:17.200 --> 00:29:21.079 matter to soil, it improves either kind of soil because 507 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:23.359 in a sand think of organic matter. This is a 508 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:27.799 don't it's just an it's just a concept idea. It's 509 00:29:27.799 --> 00:29:30.920 not don't take this literally, but think of organic matter 510 00:29:31.319 --> 00:29:34.799 as little tiny sponges, okay, and you mix them into sand, 511 00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:37.599 which you will think of as little pieces of broken glass. 512 00:29:38.079 --> 00:29:41.680 And now when water and nutrients go in, those sponges 513 00:29:41.720 --> 00:29:43.720 are holding on to more of the water that the 514 00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:46.880 sand would just let run through. So it helps organic 515 00:29:47.000 --> 00:29:49.039 matter are compost helps the sand in that way. In 516 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:52.839 a clay soil, what it does is that massive clay. 517 00:29:52.880 --> 00:29:55.119 Remember when your kid and you played with modeling clay. 518 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:58.240 You can make a little bowl with your fingers and 519 00:29:58.759 --> 00:30:01.400 then you pour water in the bowl and it just 520 00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:03.880 sits there and it holds water. It's like a farm pond. 521 00:30:04.720 --> 00:30:07.920 They line farm ponds with bent night clay to help 522 00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:11.279 them hold water. But now water soaks in, but it's 523 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:15.640 really slow. Our typical Houston black clay. Then listen to this, 524 00:30:16.079 --> 00:30:19.920 Our typical Houston black clay with no organic matter, just 525 00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:24.319 the clay, no roots going through opening channels, just the 526 00:30:24.359 --> 00:30:27.039 clay takes in water at about one eighth of an 527 00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:31.599 inch an hour. Now, a lot of times when we water, 528 00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:33.680 we'd like to put an inch of water down, But 529 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:35.519 if you're taking it in at an eighth of an 530 00:30:35.519 --> 00:30:39.119 inch an hour. Can you imagine watering an eighth of 531 00:30:39.119 --> 00:30:40.920 an inch an hour for eight hours to get an 532 00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:43.839 inch in the rain? Doesn't happen that way. Our irrigation 533 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:46.799 systems can't even put it on that slow. But the 534 00:30:47.240 --> 00:30:51.359 concept to remember is that you have to soak clay 535 00:30:51.359 --> 00:30:54.519 soil slowly over time. But the organic matter in that 536 00:30:54.599 --> 00:30:58.839 clay now, suddenly those particles start to clump together and 537 00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:02.599 you get airspace. It's called structure in the soil. It's 538 00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:05.440 what the term friable means. You grab a dirt clod 539 00:31:06.039 --> 00:31:08.559 and it's just hard dried clay, and you might as 540 00:31:08.559 --> 00:31:12.319 well be squeezing concrete. You grab a dirt clod and 541 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:16.279 you have it has a lot of organic matter in it, 542 00:31:16.359 --> 00:31:18.519 and it crumbles apart in your hand. So that's the 543 00:31:18.559 --> 00:31:21.960 benefit of the organic matter in the soil. And I'm 544 00:31:22.000 --> 00:31:25.480 gonna continue, but I've just remembered something I was talking 545 00:31:25.519 --> 00:31:30.880 a while ago about the importance, you know, of having 546 00:31:31.000 --> 00:31:34.079 sunlight for plants and the energy and things that plants need. 547 00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:37.759 Microlife has a product that I haven't really talked about 548 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:41.160 much before. It's called Microlife Ultimate. It is an eight 549 00:31:41.319 --> 00:31:44.960 four six now normally you think in the cool season, well, 550 00:31:45.000 --> 00:31:48.079 we're moving away from a lot of nitrogen. But when 551 00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:52.359 you have a blooming bed like pansies or petuna or 552 00:31:53.880 --> 00:31:57.960 pansies or alyssum or violas or things like that, and 553 00:31:58.039 --> 00:32:02.079 you need flowers and energy, you need nitrogen because nitrogen 554 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:05.119 makes the plant grow leaves and leaves or solar panels, 555 00:32:05.200 --> 00:32:09.640 and solar panels make carbohydrates for more blooms. So if 556 00:32:09.680 --> 00:32:11.799 you put your panzi's in the shade, they can't get sunlight, 557 00:32:11.839 --> 00:32:14.039 they don't bloom as much. You put your pansies in 558 00:32:14.119 --> 00:32:17.359 the soil and you don't give them good nitrogen content, 559 00:32:18.359 --> 00:32:21.000 they bloom them. We say bloom themselves to death. That's 560 00:32:21.039 --> 00:32:25.359 an exaggeration, but they put all their energy into blooms, 561 00:32:25.440 --> 00:32:28.160 and then the weakened plant just can't produce more blooms. 562 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:32.920 Microlife Ultimate eight four six provides that boost of nitrogen 563 00:32:33.039 --> 00:32:38.000 in a gradual release form. Now, in addition to the nitrogen, 564 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:40.559 it's got all kinds of things in it. It has 565 00:32:41.160 --> 00:32:45.200 a lot of essential like rock mineral types of nutrients. 566 00:32:45.200 --> 00:32:49.960 It's got endo microurza and ectomycrourza that associate with the 567 00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:54.319 plant roots and cause that plant to be more productive more. 568 00:32:54.720 --> 00:32:57.799 It increases the health and every aspect of the benefit 569 00:32:57.839 --> 00:33:02.039 to the plant. So Microlife Ultimate eight six four. You 570 00:33:02.079 --> 00:33:03.359 can buy it in a bag, you can bite in 571 00:33:03.400 --> 00:33:07.440 a canister. It's a blue label and it is one 572 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:10.519 that if you're going to do cool season color, it 573 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:13.839 is important to provide those kind of nutrients to your 574 00:33:13.880 --> 00:33:20.559 plants to keep them floriferous. Doesn't that sound magnificent? Floriferous? 575 00:33:21.000 --> 00:33:23.160 Microlife will do that. You can find micro Life products 576 00:33:23.160 --> 00:33:31.119 everywhere the website Microlife Fertilizer dot com. Microlife Fertilizer dot com. 577 00:33:31.480 --> 00:33:34.279 You can find out more about Microlife Ultimate and you 578 00:33:34.319 --> 00:33:37.519 can find out where to get Microlife products there as well. 579 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:42.519 This morning is flying by. Maybe it's just because I'm 580 00:33:42.559 --> 00:33:45.319 doing all the talking. I don't know. We're going to 581 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:47.640 take a little break here pretty quick for the top 582 00:33:47.680 --> 00:33:50.640 of the hour in the news, and when I come back, 583 00:33:50.680 --> 00:33:53.359 I'm going to continue on with some of this. I 584 00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:55.720 did want to say on water movement and soil, I 585 00:33:55.759 --> 00:33:59.079 want to go a little further into that, and I'll 586 00:33:59.119 --> 00:34:04.960 talk out into the music a little bit here. There's 587 00:34:05.000 --> 00:34:09.840 a concept because it's true that water flows through real 588 00:34:09.960 --> 00:34:15.880 chunky stuff you know, gravel, sand, those things much more 589 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:18.559 readily than it does a tight clay type soil, a 590 00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:22.559 fine textured soil. We think, well, if we put gravel 591 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:25.400 and sand and stuff in the bottom of a planting hole, 592 00:34:25.440 --> 00:34:28.400 that makes it drain well. And that is absolutely not true. 593 00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:31.159 Here's what happens. You dig a hole in clay and 594 00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:36.800 you have created an underground bathtub that holds water. Throwing 595 00:34:37.400 --> 00:34:40.599 gravel in the bottom of that does nothing for drainage. 596 00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:43.480 Have you ever had an aquarium there's gravel in the 597 00:34:43.519 --> 00:34:46.400 bottom of an aquarium. Does that gravel make the water 598 00:34:46.440 --> 00:34:49.119 get out of there? Does it know? When you fill 599 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:53.400 the aquarium with water, it is it's water logged, right, 600 00:34:54.119 --> 00:34:55.880 same thing as a hole. Don't do that. I'll talk 601 00:34:55.880 --> 00:34:57.320 a little bit more about why that is. 602 00:34:57.400 --> 00:34:58.199 I don't We've done that. 603 00:35:02.719 --> 00:35:06.559 Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Skip Richard. 604 00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:16.159 All right, guess what we chase the grumlins out of 605 00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:21.280 the system? Back. I know you enjoyed listening to more 606 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:24.920 and more of our bumper song. But anyway, we're back here. 607 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:28.559 You're listening to Gardenline. I'm your host, Skip Richter, and hey, 608 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:30.599 we're here to answer your question. So if you'd like 609 00:35:30.639 --> 00:35:33.079 to give us a call seven one three, two one 610 00:35:33.119 --> 00:35:37.719 two five eight seven four. I was in the middle 611 00:35:37.840 --> 00:35:44.079 of a nerd Alert comment on soil and water, and 612 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:47.119 I'm going to continue that right now because these are 613 00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:52.000 things that are one of the most common misconceptions about 614 00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:56.119 planting and gardening and things like that, especially watering plants 615 00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:58.480 and whatnot. And we talked about the fact that water 616 00:35:58.559 --> 00:36:03.159 moves is drawn more toward finer textured soil than toward 617 00:36:03.320 --> 00:36:07.719 coarse textured soil. And why is that important. Well, here 618 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:11.440 here is an example. As the as the poor space 619 00:36:11.480 --> 00:36:16.119 gets larger, the only the primary movement of that water 620 00:36:16.239 --> 00:36:20.199 is by gravity down into the soil. As a poorer 621 00:36:20.320 --> 00:36:23.559 space gets smaller, it's the soil itself that pulls on 622 00:36:23.599 --> 00:36:25.920 the water, just like I use the example of putting 623 00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:28.000 a corner of a paper towel down on a wet 624 00:36:28.039 --> 00:36:30.599 spot on the counter and watching the water go upward 625 00:36:30.760 --> 00:36:33.960 away from gravity into the towel. That works in the 626 00:36:34.000 --> 00:36:37.199 soil too, And so why does that matter? Well, here's 627 00:36:37.199 --> 00:36:40.079 why that matters. Well, one thing I pointed out was 628 00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:42.159 if you throw a bunch of gravel in the bottom 629 00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:44.239 of a planting hole, because you know, the area is 630 00:36:44.280 --> 00:36:46.960 too soggy, and then you plant on top of it. 631 00:36:47.519 --> 00:36:50.679 That did nothing. It's like gravel in an aquarium does 632 00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:52.679 not pull the water out of the aquarium. It just 633 00:36:52.719 --> 00:36:55.519 fills up with the water. And so that doesn't don't 634 00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:58.239 do that. Don't put that kind of stuff in there 635 00:36:59.159 --> 00:37:03.360 when it comes to an above ground container. So you say, okay, 636 00:37:03.400 --> 00:37:06.079 well that's an underground bathtub in the garden. What about 637 00:37:06.159 --> 00:37:10.159 a container? Should I put pot shards, broken pottery and 638 00:37:10.239 --> 00:37:13.920 gravel and styrofoam, peanuts and gosh, we've heard all kinds 639 00:37:13.960 --> 00:37:16.039 of things over the years in the bottom of the 640 00:37:16.079 --> 00:37:18.559 pot so they drain better, Because doesn't it make sense 641 00:37:18.599 --> 00:37:20.559 that water will run out of that better than it 642 00:37:20.599 --> 00:37:22.920 would if it was solid soil the inches, of course, 643 00:37:23.039 --> 00:37:26.360 yes it does. But the only way water water moves 644 00:37:26.400 --> 00:37:30.599 from fine texture into a courser texture, and the courser texture, 645 00:37:30.679 --> 00:37:32.639 let's we're going to use the word gravel just as 646 00:37:32.679 --> 00:37:35.400 a general example. The only way it moves from your 647 00:37:35.440 --> 00:37:39.800 potting soil down into gravel is primarily by getting so 648 00:37:39.960 --> 00:37:43.599 saturated in the potting soil that it literally drips out 649 00:37:43.599 --> 00:37:47.239 of the potting soil and down into the gravel. So 650 00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:50.280 what happens is you've got this container. Let's say you've 651 00:37:50.280 --> 00:37:52.360 got a little two gallon container on the patio and 652 00:37:52.360 --> 00:37:54.079 you're going to grow things, and you put it two 653 00:37:54.119 --> 00:37:56.360 inches of gravel in the bottom, and then you fill 654 00:37:56.400 --> 00:37:59.519 it up with potting soil. Okay, what you've done is 655 00:37:59.559 --> 00:38:03.159 you've reduced the volume of soil that roots can get 656 00:38:03.199 --> 00:38:05.320 water in their nutrients from, because they're not going to 657 00:38:05.400 --> 00:38:07.760 go down the gravel and there's not hardly anything there 658 00:38:07.840 --> 00:38:11.559 for them, So you've reduced your soil volume. And I 659 00:38:11.639 --> 00:38:14.639 said earlier, soal volume is important. Bigger pots are important, 660 00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:17.519 especially here in Texas, and especially in the summer when 661 00:38:17.519 --> 00:38:23.039 the demands are so high. What doesn't happen is the 662 00:38:23.599 --> 00:38:25.920 gravel doesn't pull water out of the potting salt to 663 00:38:25.920 --> 00:38:28.639 make it drain, but it just gets so saturated that 664 00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:31.280 it drips out. So if instead you just fill the 665 00:38:31.320 --> 00:38:34.440 pot full of soil, no gravel, pot full of soil, 666 00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:36.880 it would be the same thing. You just lowered that 667 00:38:36.920 --> 00:38:42.000 saturated zone. And so the water moves down and as 668 00:38:42.559 --> 00:38:45.159 the soil begins to get drier, you bring air in 669 00:38:45.280 --> 00:38:50.119 behind it, and that water saturated line is at the 670 00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:52.719 bottom and when it's so saturated at the bottom of 671 00:38:52.760 --> 00:38:55.199 your pot, it just drips out of a hole. The 672 00:38:55.880 --> 00:38:59.599 gravity pushes the water below it. The water above is 673 00:38:59.599 --> 00:39:02.480 pushing the water below it down as gravity pulls on 674 00:39:02.519 --> 00:39:05.880 both of them, and so it goes out. So don't 675 00:39:06.159 --> 00:39:10.400 put gravel into a pot. It just doesn't work. I 676 00:39:10.400 --> 00:39:12.920 could go on and give more examples and why that is, 677 00:39:13.559 --> 00:39:18.559 but that is a myth that just won't die, and 678 00:39:18.639 --> 00:39:20.760 I see it all the time. I hear it from 679 00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:24.400 people that ought to know better about that kind of thing. 680 00:39:25.119 --> 00:39:28.719 Take advantage of the full pot size with quality potting soil. 681 00:39:28.880 --> 00:39:32.519 It is very important that your container has drainage holes 682 00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:35.400 and that they're not plugged up, and that they're not 683 00:39:35.960 --> 00:39:38.440 Sometimes pots have one hole in the middle at the bottom, 684 00:39:38.519 --> 00:39:41.599 and then people set them on a clay soil in 685 00:39:41.679 --> 00:39:45.119 the yard or whatever. Well, now for the water to 686 00:39:45.159 --> 00:39:47.199 get out, it has to go into a clay, which 687 00:39:47.239 --> 00:39:49.760 is going to happen really slow. So you want to 688 00:39:49.760 --> 00:39:51.519 have something that lifts the pot a little bit up 689 00:39:51.519 --> 00:39:54.199 off the ground. A lot of pots are made little 690 00:39:54.320 --> 00:39:57.920 indentations underneath, so water goes out to the side. If 691 00:39:57.960 --> 00:40:01.119 you are going to plant in something and set it 692 00:40:01.199 --> 00:40:04.039 on the ground, like those water troughs, you know, the 693 00:40:04.440 --> 00:40:07.920 oval cattle water troughs, galvanized metal. Those have kind of 694 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:11.440 become popular as a little planting bed. That's fine, you 695 00:40:11.440 --> 00:40:13.440 can do that, But if you just drill holes in 696 00:40:13.480 --> 00:40:16.239 the bottom of it and set it on a clay 697 00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:19.360 soil is going to be really slow without water to 698 00:40:19.360 --> 00:40:22.000 get out of there. Drill the holes on the sides 699 00:40:22.239 --> 00:40:25.280 down near the bottom, like maybe oh an inch up 700 00:40:25.320 --> 00:40:28.400 from the base around the sides, and let the water 701 00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:30.320 also be able to get out from the sides to 702 00:40:30.360 --> 00:40:32.159 do that. All right, I know I nerd it out 703 00:40:32.159 --> 00:40:34.280 on that, but I see a lot of people make 704 00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:37.239 that mistake, and I keep hearing about it, and gosh, 705 00:40:37.400 --> 00:40:42.719 when you go on social media, which is it is 706 00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:47.599 the vault of misinformation about planting. There's so much stuff 707 00:40:47.639 --> 00:40:51.280 on social media just not true. And I just picked 708 00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:55.320 apart the water one. I mean, we could do a 709 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:58.800 season of shows just taking myth by myth by myth 710 00:40:58.880 --> 00:41:01.599 and talking about why it's not true, why it doesn't work. 711 00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:07.079 And myths are perpetuated because they make sense. Right. We 712 00:41:07.199 --> 00:41:09.920 know water runs through gravel, so why not put gravel 713 00:41:09.960 --> 00:41:11.639 in the bottom of the pot so water will run 714 00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:15.199 out better. See see how that that is based on 715 00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:18.280 common sense and what we know to be true. It's 716 00:41:18.320 --> 00:41:23.239 not all right, I'll stop right there. You can spare 717 00:41:23.280 --> 00:41:27.119 your fellow listeners the diatribe by calling seven one three 718 00:41:27.400 --> 00:41:30.000 two one two k t r H seven one three 719 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:31.679 two and two k tr a T. If you like 720 00:41:32.079 --> 00:41:35.480 to ask a question, talk about some things that are 721 00:41:35.519 --> 00:41:37.599 related to your gardening goals and things. 722 00:41:38.239 --> 00:41:38.400 You know. 723 00:41:38.480 --> 00:41:42.320 ACE Hardware Stores are the place. That's their motto. Ace 724 00:41:42.400 --> 00:41:44.920 is the place right and it's the place for so 725 00:41:45.039 --> 00:41:48.599 many things right now. ACE is in addition to, of 726 00:41:48.599 --> 00:41:50.800 course they still have all our gardening supplies we've been 727 00:41:50.800 --> 00:41:53.719 talking about all year. But ACE is a place for 728 00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:56.519 lights by the foot. You know, if you ever bought 729 00:41:56.559 --> 00:41:58.960 a Christmas light and it's so long and you needed 730 00:41:58.960 --> 00:42:01.079 it to be a little longer, you know you got 731 00:42:01.079 --> 00:42:02.519 some extra at the end and need it to be 732 00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:05.239 a little shorter, why not go to Ason get lights 733 00:42:05.400 --> 00:42:08.000 by the foot. Incredible assortment of lights at ACE Harder 734 00:42:08.039 --> 00:42:10.679 all kinds. But you can also just get lights by 735 00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:14.960 the foot where you say I want a I want 736 00:42:14.960 --> 00:42:18.880 a string of lights that is seventeen and a half 737 00:42:18.920 --> 00:42:22.440 feet long, and you can have that you can get that, 738 00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:24.679 they'll show you how to do it. Now. ACE has 739 00:42:24.760 --> 00:42:28.159 lots of indoor decord that's really cool. That's an awesome 740 00:42:28.159 --> 00:42:30.159 place for gifts. I was walking through an AC other 741 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:33.320 day looking at some of the power tools and stuff 742 00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:36.079 like that, and it's like yeah, yeah, And when I 743 00:42:36.119 --> 00:42:38.239 go to the barbecue section, I have to wear a 744 00:42:38.280 --> 00:42:42.199 bit because I really start drilling the Tregger grills, the 745 00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:46.079 Weber grills, the big green eggs and all the stuff 746 00:42:46.119 --> 00:42:49.039 they care. It's just really cool, good stocking stuffer. A 747 00:42:49.079 --> 00:42:52.440 lot of cool kid toys too. I don't know if 748 00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:55.440 you have ever gone in an ACE and noticed this, 749 00:42:55.480 --> 00:42:56.880 but I was in one the other day looking at 750 00:42:56.920 --> 00:43:00.800 a lot of the old retro cool toys that I 751 00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:05.880 remember from decades past. That ACE still has versions of those. 752 00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:08.800 They're kind of cool, I think. And they have something 753 00:43:08.840 --> 00:43:13.440 called Brewder Toys that's a one to sixteenth scale, very realistic, 754 00:43:13.639 --> 00:43:16.679 a detailed little toy vehicle, so you know you're playing 755 00:43:16.679 --> 00:43:18.719 with little cars. You got somebody that's kind of into that, 756 00:43:19.280 --> 00:43:21.320 the Brewder toy. They got to check out the Brewer Toys. 757 00:43:21.360 --> 00:43:22.400 Just go in there and ask them. I want to 758 00:43:22.400 --> 00:43:25.320 see Brewder Toys and that's kind of cool. Now, remember 759 00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:28.039 every Ace Hardware store is independently owned, so they can 760 00:43:28.079 --> 00:43:30.360 carry what they want or don't want to carry. But 761 00:43:30.559 --> 00:43:33.480 you see a lot of these things in common between 762 00:43:33.599 --> 00:43:37.760 our Ace Hardware stores. Don't forget that the U Valley 763 00:43:37.800 --> 00:43:41.079 location has been newly remodeled, so that's kind of cool. 764 00:43:41.159 --> 00:43:43.880 You want to go visit that. The one in Baycliff 765 00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:47.800 down south of Seabrook is a newly opened store in 766 00:43:47.880 --> 00:43:51.760 the Ace Hardware group here in our area. So anyway, 767 00:43:51.840 --> 00:43:54.199 there's a lot of good Ace Hardware stores to visit. 768 00:43:55.239 --> 00:43:58.199 Just go to Ace Hardware dot com and click on 769 00:43:58.239 --> 00:44:00.880 the store locator and you can find the ones that 770 00:44:00.960 --> 00:44:03.639 are closest to you. But I encourage you just trust 771 00:44:03.719 --> 00:44:05.199 me on this one. Go buy and check one out. 772 00:44:05.239 --> 00:44:07.320 Maybe this afternoon be a good time. Go buy and 773 00:44:07.360 --> 00:44:09.519 check one out and see the kinds of things that have. 774 00:44:09.639 --> 00:44:12.920 I think you'll see why I am so excited about 775 00:44:12.960 --> 00:44:15.800 the fact that we have those wonderful stores all over 776 00:44:15.840 --> 00:44:19.280 the Houston area. They carry I promise you things you 777 00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:24.840 didn't know they carry. All right, Well, you are listening 778 00:44:24.880 --> 00:44:27.440 to Garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, and our 779 00:44:27.480 --> 00:44:29.840 phone number is seven to one three two to one 780 00:44:29.960 --> 00:44:34.400 two KTRH seven one three two one two k t 781 00:44:34.960 --> 00:44:36.480 r Age. You give us a call if you got 782 00:44:36.480 --> 00:44:40.480 a question, we'll be happy to visit about that. Plants 783 00:44:40.519 --> 00:44:45.199 for All Seasons is a garden center in on Tomball Parkway. 784 00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:47.480 It's Highway two forty nine for those of you new 785 00:44:47.519 --> 00:44:50.119 to the area, that's Tomball Parkway. It goes from Houston 786 00:44:50.199 --> 00:44:53.239 out to Tomball and as you're going out that direction, 787 00:44:53.800 --> 00:44:57.079 you want to exit Luetta, cross over Luetta and you're 788 00:44:57.119 --> 00:44:59.880 at Plants for All Seasons. It's been around since nineteen 789 00:45:00.639 --> 00:45:04.280 seventy three when the Flowery family founded it. Flowery Family 790 00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:08.519 still operates, owns and operates the ACE Hardware. Ace Hardware. 791 00:45:08.519 --> 00:45:11.760 Here I go the Plants for All Seasons store. And 792 00:45:11.800 --> 00:45:14.280 when you walk into Plants for All Seasons, what you're 793 00:45:14.320 --> 00:45:17.039 walking into is a place where you know you're going 794 00:45:17.079 --> 00:45:21.599 to get plants that will be successful here, and you're 795 00:45:21.639 --> 00:45:24.960 going to get advice to make sure they are successful here. 796 00:45:25.559 --> 00:45:30.000 So listen, plants have problems. Things happen. You know, there's bugs, 797 00:45:30.000 --> 00:45:33.599 there's diseases, there's issues with amount of sunlight or drainage 798 00:45:33.639 --> 00:45:35.880 or all those kinds of things that can happen. And 799 00:45:35.920 --> 00:45:37.599 when you go into Plants for All Seasons, you take 800 00:45:37.639 --> 00:45:39.360 them a photo, you take them a sample of a 801 00:45:39.400 --> 00:45:41.519 plant and go, what's this bug? Or what's you know, 802 00:45:41.559 --> 00:45:44.599 what's wrong here? Or even a maybe an area of 803 00:45:44.639 --> 00:45:47.519 your yard where nothing wants to grow and you just say, 804 00:45:47.559 --> 00:45:49.679 what what do you think might grow there? And they 805 00:45:49.679 --> 00:45:52.280 can help you with that. They are true lawn and 806 00:45:52.320 --> 00:45:55.960 garden experts, So take advantage of that wonderful opportunity. You 807 00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:59.199 know that it's a full service retail garden center and 808 00:45:59.320 --> 00:46:02.960 whether it's education or selection or delivery, yes, they do 809 00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:06.679 delivery and even custom potting. I mentioned that earlier. You 810 00:46:06.719 --> 00:46:08.960 know the cool season container. Some of our garden centers 811 00:46:09.000 --> 00:46:11.079 will do custom potting for you. Well. Plants for All 812 00:46:11.079 --> 00:46:14.000 Seasons will do that their websites Plants for All Seasons 813 00:46:14.039 --> 00:46:17.719 dot Com, the phone number two eight one, three seven six, 814 00:46:18.000 --> 00:46:22.239 sixteen forty six. When you check out, by the way, 815 00:46:22.239 --> 00:46:24.960 you have to walk through the fertilizers and the soil products, 816 00:46:25.000 --> 00:46:28.320 because we all know brown stuff before green stuff. Don't 817 00:46:28.360 --> 00:46:30.559 go home with a plant without going home with compost 818 00:46:30.679 --> 00:46:34.159 or maltz or fertilizer or all of the above. That's 819 00:46:34.280 --> 00:46:37.880 just a general good shopping tip for shopping in our 820 00:46:37.920 --> 00:46:44.280 area for plants and things. I was, We've been having 821 00:46:44.360 --> 00:46:49.079 family in for the Thanksgiving holiday, and I've got my 822 00:46:49.199 --> 00:46:52.559 garden is outside being ignored and abandoned right now. I 823 00:46:52.559 --> 00:46:55.360 had some people out there who were willing to stand 824 00:46:55.440 --> 00:46:57.880 still long enough for me to explain oak or breeding 825 00:46:57.920 --> 00:47:02.800 to them. Poor things. But anyway, I thought it was interesting. 826 00:47:02.840 --> 00:47:05.360 I think they did too. We were just talking about 827 00:47:05.400 --> 00:47:08.679 the different concepts and what we do. You know, with gardening, 828 00:47:08.880 --> 00:47:13.719 there is a lot of levels of gardening. Now, the 829 00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:16.280 standard garden is you hire somebody and you say I 830 00:47:16.280 --> 00:47:18.840 want a beautiful flowerbed, go make one out there, and 831 00:47:18.880 --> 00:47:22.599 they do it. That's like bottom line. The next level 832 00:47:22.679 --> 00:47:25.320 up is I need a flower bed created, but I 833 00:47:25.360 --> 00:47:27.079 would like to plant some things in it, and you 834 00:47:27.119 --> 00:47:28.920 go planch up and you come home you plant them 835 00:47:28.920 --> 00:47:31.320 in your beds. But you know, it's kind of a 836 00:47:31.360 --> 00:47:35.280 blend right there in that. Another level, as you go 837 00:47:35.519 --> 00:47:39.880 up is where you start to get into some of them. 838 00:47:40.320 --> 00:47:43.239 I don't have a word far, but the higher level 839 00:47:43.679 --> 00:47:46.199 aspects of gardening, and so that would be stuff like 840 00:47:46.239 --> 00:47:49.320 seed starting. See the standard level, people go to the 841 00:47:49.599 --> 00:47:52.480 garden center, they buy containers and good for that, or 842 00:47:52.519 --> 00:47:54.599 go to the garden center buy your seeds. That's good, 843 00:47:55.360 --> 00:47:57.960 but a lot of people it's like I'm a tomato 844 00:47:58.000 --> 00:48:01.199 afiicionado or I'm a pepper fish nato and I've got 845 00:48:01.199 --> 00:48:04.079 to have this variety. And you can buy those online, 846 00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:06.480 you can get the seeds in or if it's if 847 00:48:06.519 --> 00:48:08.360 it's fairly common, you're going to find them in garden 848 00:48:08.440 --> 00:48:11.639 centers as well. And then you go home and you 849 00:48:11.719 --> 00:48:14.960 grow your own transplant. So if you want a tomato 850 00:48:15.440 --> 00:48:17.480 that is so big that it already has fruit on 851 00:48:17.519 --> 00:48:19.360 it by the time you plant it out, when it's 852 00:48:19.360 --> 00:48:21.599 safe to plant it out of side, you can start 853 00:48:21.599 --> 00:48:24.639 it yourself. Start right after the Christmas season, right around 854 00:48:24.679 --> 00:48:27.840 New Year's and you get a little before New Year's 855 00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:30.400 and grow it and move it to a bigger pot, 856 00:48:30.440 --> 00:48:32.599 and then move it to eventually a gallum pot as 857 00:48:32.599 --> 00:48:34.639 long as you got the lighting for it and you 858 00:48:34.679 --> 00:48:37.079 get a big plant to grow. That's another level of gardening. 859 00:48:37.159 --> 00:48:41.519 Another version of that is plant propagation. Well, of course 860 00:48:41.719 --> 00:48:44.719 seed planting is plant propagation, but I'm talking about cuttings 861 00:48:44.800 --> 00:48:49.280 or divisions or things like that, grafting of plants. Those 862 00:48:49.280 --> 00:48:53.119 are all things that most gardeners don't do. But as 863 00:48:53.159 --> 00:48:55.880 you get more into gardening, you start to do those things. 864 00:48:55.920 --> 00:48:58.480 And I'm telling you, when you learn how to propagate 865 00:48:58.480 --> 00:49:02.960 a cutting, the world is your oyster. I have on 866 00:49:03.159 --> 00:49:06.400 many occasions been. In fact, just the other day, I 867 00:49:06.440 --> 00:49:09.400 was driving through the countryside and there is a relative 868 00:49:09.400 --> 00:49:14.360 of blueberry that grows wild up north of the Houstern area, 869 00:49:14.360 --> 00:49:18.960 into the woods and stuff, and I was taking some cuttings, 870 00:49:19.519 --> 00:49:21.679 I mean, some seeds off of it on a roadside. 871 00:49:21.679 --> 00:49:23.880 They're just beautiful seeds. But I was looking at the 872 00:49:23.880 --> 00:49:26.719 plants because some of them have a beautiful fall burgundy 873 00:49:26.800 --> 00:49:29.760 color more so than others. You know, plants are. That's 874 00:49:29.760 --> 00:49:31.760 how we select plants, as we find ones that have 875 00:49:31.880 --> 00:49:35.360 what we want and we continue to propagate those. And 876 00:49:35.519 --> 00:49:38.119 so I was finding some that were a deep deep burgundy, 877 00:49:38.159 --> 00:49:41.559 really pretty maroon color, and on those I was just 878 00:49:41.599 --> 00:49:44.800 collecting seeds, and they're they're in my garage right now 879 00:49:44.800 --> 00:49:46.320 waiting for me a little bit here. I'm gonna go 880 00:49:46.320 --> 00:49:48.679 ahead and plant them, get them started under lights, and 881 00:49:48.719 --> 00:49:52.000 put them out, and as they grow, I'll probably find 882 00:49:52.039 --> 00:49:54.440 the ones that are the most burgundy of those and 883 00:49:54.559 --> 00:49:57.639 just keep saving them. This is a little edible berry. 884 00:49:57.639 --> 00:50:00.400 It's not allowed to write home about the seeds hard 885 00:50:00.480 --> 00:50:02.400 and a lot of the inside of the berry is 886 00:50:02.440 --> 00:50:05.400 filled with seeds. But still it's something you can do. 887 00:50:05.480 --> 00:50:07.559 I think that's a cool native plant that has not 888 00:50:07.679 --> 00:50:11.519 been developed, and we need to we need to keep 889 00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:15.079 doing that. It's called a farkle berry, by the way, 890 00:50:15.400 --> 00:50:20.519 and then a weird name farkle berry. Farkleberry native plant. Oh, 891 00:50:20.559 --> 00:50:22.840 by the way too. It's growing on soils that are 892 00:50:22.840 --> 00:50:26.400 not very acidic, and it is graft compatible with blueberry. 893 00:50:26.760 --> 00:50:29.400 So thing about that you live in an area, you 894 00:50:29.440 --> 00:50:33.119 can't turn it into this beautiful, acid loving soil that 895 00:50:33.519 --> 00:50:37.920 makes blueberries and Azelia's happy. You take the soil you 896 00:50:38.000 --> 00:50:41.119 got and work with it. And farkleberry expands the ability 897 00:50:41.400 --> 00:50:43.679 or the range of that if you do the grafting 898 00:50:43.679 --> 00:50:45.639 on them. But again most of you are going, I 899 00:50:45.639 --> 00:50:47.400 ain't going to do that. Well, that's what I'm talking about. 900 00:50:47.519 --> 00:50:50.119 It is there's levels of gardening, there's things you get 901 00:50:50.119 --> 00:50:52.639 interested in. But if you learn how to at least 902 00:50:52.719 --> 00:50:55.960 how about this this year, learned how to propagate a 903 00:50:56.000 --> 00:50:59.000 plant from cuttings, and if you want the easiest plants 904 00:50:59.000 --> 00:51:01.840 in the world to propagate. I would say Colius is one. 905 00:51:02.039 --> 00:51:06.920 You walk up to Colius and you just take a 906 00:51:06.960 --> 00:51:09.360 cutting stick it and water stick it and soil at 907 00:51:09.400 --> 00:51:13.559 roots it grows. It's easy, easy, easy. Actually, rosemary is 908 00:51:13.679 --> 00:51:17.519 easier than most plants to propagate too, but each one 909 00:51:17.559 --> 00:51:20.360 has its own how you do it. But try that 910 00:51:20.480 --> 00:51:22.800 this year? Why not try that this year? I bet 911 00:51:22.920 --> 00:51:26.039 most people have at least taken a section apothos ivy 912 00:51:26.599 --> 00:51:29.119 growing in the house, the most common house plant on earth, 913 00:51:29.960 --> 00:51:32.440 and stuck it in a glass of water and just 914 00:51:32.719 --> 00:51:35.159 let it root and let it grow out of the water. Right. 915 00:51:35.320 --> 00:51:39.119 That's that One's another one that's pretty easy. All right, 916 00:51:39.159 --> 00:51:40.639 I think you get the idea of what we're talking 917 00:51:40.679 --> 00:51:47.280 about here. The folks at Nelson Plant Food have created 918 00:51:47.360 --> 00:51:51.400 a number of different fertilizers and I talk about them 919 00:51:51.400 --> 00:51:53.079 through the year. You know, we got the Turf Star line. 920 00:51:53.119 --> 00:51:54.800 Those are all the things we put on our turf 921 00:51:54.840 --> 00:51:59.039 through the year. Things that are for springing, summer fertilizing, 922 00:51:59.079 --> 00:52:03.280 things for the fallertilizing. There's a wide variety of options 923 00:52:03.280 --> 00:52:07.880 in the Turf Star line from Nelson. Now there's the 924 00:52:07.960 --> 00:52:11.719 nutri Star line, nutri Star is typically there are a 925 00:52:11.719 --> 00:52:15.119 lot of very specific kinds of fertilizers. You know, there's 926 00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:18.480 a nutral Star tree and shrub. It's a twenty one 927 00:52:18.599 --> 00:52:21.159 sixty eight. That's just an example of a nutri star. 928 00:52:21.239 --> 00:52:23.719 There's nutril stars for a lot of different kinds of plants. 929 00:52:24.400 --> 00:52:28.679 But color Star is the one that provides the boost 930 00:52:28.679 --> 00:52:31.880 of color that has just been so successful for people. 931 00:52:32.280 --> 00:52:36.760 Landscapers use it. They I actually was talking to Dean 932 00:52:37.159 --> 00:52:40.840 a while back and just asking about that particular product, 933 00:52:40.840 --> 00:52:43.039 and he was saying, oh, yeah, we ship it. I 934 00:52:43.039 --> 00:52:46.119 don't know how many states. He said that people out 935 00:52:46.159 --> 00:52:48.079 of state find it. They find it works. And I 936 00:52:48.159 --> 00:52:51.239 say people, I mean landscapers and I mean gardeners, and 937 00:52:51.320 --> 00:52:53.320 they use it. And if you want to keep your 938 00:52:53.320 --> 00:52:56.639 color beds going strong, you got to give them a 939 00:52:56.679 --> 00:52:59.840 boost through the cool season, and color Star does just that. 940 00:53:00.079 --> 00:53:03.039 It's good for cool seasoned gardens beds, it's good for 941 00:53:03.119 --> 00:53:05.920 warm season garden beds. Use it year round, about every 942 00:53:05.920 --> 00:53:08.800 three or four months, make another application to it. It's 943 00:53:08.880 --> 00:53:12.599 got five sources of nitrogen, bone meal, organic bone meal, 944 00:53:12.679 --> 00:53:15.440 and blood meal to feed the soil in your plants. 945 00:53:15.679 --> 00:53:17.159 And you can find in a lot of places in 946 00:53:17.199 --> 00:53:21.159 the little canisters, little jars screw top lids. And by 947 00:53:21.199 --> 00:53:23.880 the way, we have about a dozen places around the 948 00:53:23.880 --> 00:53:26.679 Greater Houston area where you can take your empty jars 949 00:53:26.719 --> 00:53:30.400 in and refill them. Number one, you don't put that 950 00:53:30.480 --> 00:53:33.000 plastic back in the environment. Number two, it's a little 951 00:53:33.000 --> 00:53:37.360 bit more economical to do that because you know, refilling 952 00:53:38.039 --> 00:53:41.599 is less expensive than buying a brand new jar, as 953 00:53:41.639 --> 00:53:47.480 it should be. Well, so we got a lot of 954 00:53:47.519 --> 00:53:51.280 different options there. But I think another mistake people make 955 00:53:51.480 --> 00:53:54.599 is they don't they don't fertilize their plants enough. You 956 00:53:54.639 --> 00:53:58.679 can overfertilize a plant, but think about the plants around 957 00:53:58.760 --> 00:54:01.360 your yard, or think about your yard. When was the 958 00:54:01.440 --> 00:54:04.519 last time you've flized this past year? How many times 959 00:54:04.599 --> 00:54:07.519 were those plants fertilized. It doesn't mean the more of 960 00:54:07.559 --> 00:54:10.239 the merrier, It just means for a lot of plants 961 00:54:10.280 --> 00:54:12.400 that we have. It's like I've got house plants that 962 00:54:12.440 --> 00:54:15.000 I just didn't get around to fertilizing this year. I 963 00:54:15.039 --> 00:54:18.360 know I know better, but I hate to admit that. 964 00:54:18.400 --> 00:54:20.360 But it's just you and me listening right now anyway, 965 00:54:20.400 --> 00:54:24.559 So you know, don't tell anybody, But if I want 966 00:54:24.599 --> 00:54:26.400 them to grow better. I should do that. I've got 967 00:54:26.440 --> 00:54:29.159 some beautiful orchids I've kept from past years. You know. 968 00:54:29.199 --> 00:54:32.199 You buy those orchids, that's the moth orchid. Uh, and 969 00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:38.400 it just they're sold everywhere by the bazilions. But they 970 00:54:38.880 --> 00:54:41.880 are the easiest orkid I think to grow. And I 971 00:54:41.920 --> 00:54:44.000 buy one, and then I buy another one, or someone 972 00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:47.639 gives me one or whatever. And I probably have probably 973 00:54:47.679 --> 00:54:49.880 eight of those now that are sitting around the house, 974 00:54:50.079 --> 00:54:52.639 and most of them need repotting and fertilizing and a 975 00:54:52.639 --> 00:54:55.639 boost and they'd keep blooming. And some of them bloomed 976 00:54:55.679 --> 00:54:58.920 despite me. But how often do you fertilize? You need 977 00:54:58.960 --> 00:55:03.599 to keep plants adequately fed, because if a plant is 978 00:55:03.639 --> 00:55:06.079 going to grow, it's going to need sunlight on the leaves, 979 00:55:06.079 --> 00:55:08.800 it's going to need water on the roots, and it's 980 00:55:08.840 --> 00:55:11.119 going to need the nutrients that they are the building 981 00:55:11.199 --> 00:55:16.360 blocks of growth and production on the plant. So that's it. 982 00:55:16.679 --> 00:55:19.639 That's not a big secret, right, it's not a big deal. 983 00:55:19.679 --> 00:55:23.679 It's very very simple. But sunlight to grow, water for 984 00:55:23.719 --> 00:55:26.480 the roots, and nutrients in the soil that it can 985 00:55:26.519 --> 00:55:29.480 take up to make the building blocks. All right, it 986 00:55:29.559 --> 00:55:33.519 is time for us to take a little break here. O. Hey, 987 00:55:33.719 --> 00:55:36.480 welcome back, Welcome back to the Garden Line. We are 988 00:55:36.480 --> 00:55:40.559 glad you are listening in today. I'm your host, Skip Richter, 989 00:55:40.840 --> 00:55:43.760 and you can give us a call. We're gonna right now. 990 00:55:43.760 --> 00:55:46.039 We've got a full load on the boards for this 991 00:55:46.119 --> 00:55:50.000 last segment, but we will be the next segment talking 992 00:55:50.159 --> 00:55:52.199 to a special friend and guest. I'll let that be 993 00:55:52.239 --> 00:55:56.159 a mystery coming to really really soon here. You know, 994 00:55:56.199 --> 00:55:58.760 if you are seeing sticking doors in your house that 995 00:55:58.880 --> 00:56:01.079 used to not stick, if you see cracks in the 996 00:56:01.079 --> 00:56:03.760 sheet rock, cracks in the brick on the outside, that 997 00:56:04.000 --> 00:56:07.800 means something is moving, and that may mean a foundation problem. 998 00:56:07.880 --> 00:56:11.559 And Ty Strickland with fixed mesh lab foundation repair. I 999 00:56:11.639 --> 00:56:14.679 has been doing this for twenty three years. You know, 1000 00:56:14.800 --> 00:56:18.519 Tie is even in these times that we're always dealing 1001 00:56:18.519 --> 00:56:22.239 with rising prices, Tie is committed still to a fair price. 1002 00:56:22.280 --> 00:56:28.079 In fact, his slogan is on time, fair price and fixed. 1003 00:56:28.559 --> 00:56:31.159 I like that. Didn't that everything you would ask of 1004 00:56:31.239 --> 00:56:33.679 anybody coming in to do some kind of a service 1005 00:56:33.719 --> 00:56:37.239 in your home and your property. He shows up on time, 1006 00:56:37.639 --> 00:56:40.719 he prices it fair, and he fixes it right. Ty's 1007 00:56:40.760 --> 00:56:42.800 been here in Houston, his whole life. He's a fifth 1008 00:56:42.880 --> 00:56:46.360 generation Texan and he knows our soils. So we're talking 1009 00:56:46.360 --> 00:56:48.559 about the soils while ago, the black clay, and how 1010 00:56:48.599 --> 00:56:50.880 they take in water and you know, they get dry, 1011 00:56:50.920 --> 00:56:53.280 they shrink. When they get wet, they swell and that 1012 00:56:53.360 --> 00:56:56.880 moves things. It's why we see heaving of sidewalks and 1013 00:56:57.679 --> 00:57:01.000 breaking up in our driveways and things. It's why our 1014 00:57:01.039 --> 00:57:04.079 foundations on our homes crack as well. Call tie two 1015 00:57:04.119 --> 00:57:07.960 eight one two five forty ninety nine or go to 1016 00:57:08.159 --> 00:57:13.960 fix myslab dot com. Look, don't fear what might be happening. 1017 00:57:14.360 --> 00:57:15.920 Call him to come out and take a look. Tell 1018 00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:17.519 him you're a garden line listener. You get a free 1019 00:57:17.599 --> 00:57:21.599 estimate for guardenline listeners. Tell him that you hear it 1020 00:57:21.639 --> 00:57:23.559 on the garden line and just let them have him 1021 00:57:23.559 --> 00:57:25.920 look at it. He'll tell you if something is needed 1022 00:57:26.039 --> 00:57:27.639 and what the best approach would be and what your 1023 00:57:27.679 --> 00:57:30.880 options are. Or he'll tell you too if not, this 1024 00:57:31.039 --> 00:57:34.199 is not a concern, this is still okay. Let's check 1025 00:57:34.280 --> 00:57:36.639 back in a few years. All right, I'm going to 1026 00:57:36.719 --> 00:57:38.960 head out to the phones. We're going to talk to 1027 00:57:39.039 --> 00:57:42.880 Susan in Pattison. Hey, Susan, welcome to garden line. 1028 00:57:44.039 --> 00:57:46.199 Hey, skip things for taking my call. I'm sorry you're 1029 00:57:46.239 --> 00:57:48.559 having groomlins this morning, but I do like that your 1030 00:57:48.559 --> 00:57:50.239 theme song, so it was kind of nice to get 1031 00:57:50.239 --> 00:57:51.840 to hear it all the way through to the end. 1032 00:57:52.679 --> 00:57:56.199 My question is the church I work for the church 1033 00:57:56.239 --> 00:57:58.760 I worked for planet if you got talked into planning 1034 00:57:58.760 --> 00:58:03.320 oak trees and about four foot by ten foot wide islands, 1035 00:58:03.320 --> 00:58:06.079 and three of them have died. They've been hanging onto 1036 00:58:06.119 --> 00:58:09.760 the brown leaves for like months now. But similarly to 1037 00:58:09.880 --> 00:58:12.599 when you lose you know, when the citrus freezes, you 1038 00:58:12.639 --> 00:58:15.440 know how the rootstock starts putting little branches out from 1039 00:58:15.559 --> 00:58:18.119 right at the ground level, right, these oak trees are 1040 00:58:18.119 --> 00:58:20.960 doing that. And and one of the guys there asked 1041 00:58:21.000 --> 00:58:23.079 me what I thought they should do. And I'm assuming 1042 00:58:23.119 --> 00:58:24.840 they're never going to grow into a big oak tree. 1043 00:58:24.840 --> 00:58:26.079 But I don't know the answer to that. 1044 00:58:27.079 --> 00:58:29.760 Uh were these live oaks, do you know? 1045 00:58:29.880 --> 00:58:32.199 I'm pretty sure they were. I'm pretty sure there were lipics, 1046 00:58:32.239 --> 00:58:33.199 but I'm not positive. 1047 00:58:33.360 --> 00:58:36.039 And I don't know what riding Yeah, so I. 1048 00:58:35.960 --> 00:58:39.159 Don't know where the where the thumbs are the thumbs 1049 00:58:39.239 --> 00:58:41.719 the leaves about the size of your thumb are more 1050 00:58:41.800 --> 00:58:46.480 like the size of your hand. Now some Yeah, okay, 1051 00:58:46.519 --> 00:58:48.280 it's probably a live oak. They kind of that's the 1052 00:58:48.320 --> 00:58:52.119 most planted. Uh. So you can cut the trunk off 1053 00:58:52.320 --> 00:58:54.960 and you can select one shoot to become the new 1054 00:58:55.000 --> 00:58:57.480 trunk and just work with training it. You're gonna have 1055 00:58:57.480 --> 00:58:59.400 to cut off suckers at the bottom, cut them off 1056 00:58:59.519 --> 00:59:02.199 right where attached. Don't leave a little stub, or you'll 1057 00:59:02.239 --> 00:59:04.480 just get lots of bushy suckers coming out of the 1058 00:59:04.480 --> 00:59:07.920 base of that. So you can pick one and regrow it, 1059 00:59:09.280 --> 00:59:11.760 or you could replace it. Of course, the advantage of 1060 00:59:11.840 --> 00:59:14.800 regrowing it is it doesn't question any money. The advantager 1061 00:59:14.920 --> 00:59:17.719 replacing it is you got a tree faster. But if 1062 00:59:17.760 --> 00:59:21.039 it's got a decent root system with some bigger in it, 1063 00:59:21.280 --> 00:59:24.159 that may get back up to a good size pretty fast. 1064 00:59:24.320 --> 00:59:25.559 So those are your options. 1065 00:59:26.559 --> 00:59:29.440 Okay, So even though they're kind of growing out, almost 1066 00:59:29.480 --> 00:59:32.079 laterally they will one of those will eventually if you 1067 00:59:32.119 --> 00:59:34.719 train it, it'll it'll become a straight upright trunk. 1068 00:59:36.039 --> 00:59:40.079 Well yeah, and I would you know, I can't quite 1069 00:59:40.159 --> 00:59:42.519 picture what you're saying. Usually those things do come they 1070 00:59:42.559 --> 00:59:45.679 come out, but they turn straight up. But if you 1071 00:59:46.119 --> 00:59:49.840 if you want, you can bend them up to a 1072 00:59:49.920 --> 00:59:53.199 vertical position. You could either tie them, cut the trunk off, 1073 00:59:53.400 --> 00:59:55.480 you know, a couple a couple of feet high, and 1074 00:59:55.559 --> 00:59:57.159 then tie them to it, and then later cut it 1075 00:59:57.199 --> 01:00:00.599 all off at the bay where it attached down there. 1076 01:00:00.679 --> 01:00:03.280 Just don't leave a stub. But you want those things 1077 01:00:03.320 --> 01:00:05.920 to get going and fast and close that over so 1078 01:00:05.960 --> 01:00:10.400 there's not this like dead opening into the interior wood 1079 01:00:10.480 --> 01:00:14.719 for very long. That's the trade. There's not a right 1080 01:00:14.800 --> 01:00:17.960 or wrong, but each has its advantages, all right. 1081 01:00:17.880 --> 01:00:20.159 Susan, Okay, all right, thanks a lot. 1082 01:00:20.199 --> 01:00:20.719 I appreciate it. 1083 01:00:20.800 --> 01:00:23.880 Hi, you bet, good luck. Thanks for the call. I 1084 01:00:23.920 --> 01:00:27.119 appreciate that. We're going to go now to Jerry. Hey Jerry, 1085 01:00:27.599 --> 01:00:28.840 welcome to garden Line. 1086 01:00:29.679 --> 01:00:32.800 Hi Skip, thanks for taking my call. 1087 01:00:33.559 --> 01:00:33.679 So. 1088 01:00:34.480 --> 01:00:38.360 I have some fruit trees that I planted and they 1089 01:00:38.599 --> 01:00:41.679 survived the summer. It's fine, and some have rooted real 1090 01:00:41.920 --> 01:00:45.480 tightly in their their planting. But I have a couple 1091 01:00:45.480 --> 01:00:47.679 of apple trees that are just loose as can be. 1092 01:00:49.079 --> 01:00:53.320 I wondering if I should dig the tree up, prune 1093 01:00:53.320 --> 01:00:56.079 it back, spread the roots out, and try again. It's 1094 01:00:56.159 --> 01:00:58.400 like the root ball might be dying back or something. 1095 01:00:59.159 --> 01:01:02.280 Right, how long could you plan them. 1096 01:01:02.559 --> 01:01:08.440 I planned them all about I guess about about middle 1097 01:01:08.480 --> 01:01:14.679 of winter last year. Okay, well, you know there's not 1098 01:01:14.760 --> 01:01:15.440 a good option. 1099 01:01:15.679 --> 01:01:18.239 Leaving it is probably not a good thing. Digging them 1100 01:01:18.280 --> 01:01:20.199 up if you're going to do it, now would be 1101 01:01:20.239 --> 01:01:23.960 the time. Probably what happened is they had circling roots 1102 01:01:24.360 --> 01:01:26.639 that just didn't go out and establish in the soil, 1103 01:01:26.679 --> 01:01:28.840 and therefore they kind of move around a little bit. 1104 01:01:29.400 --> 01:01:32.239 Cutting all those roots at this time. I know it's 1105 01:01:32.880 --> 01:01:34.280 a tough time to do it, but go ahead and 1106 01:01:34.280 --> 01:01:36.639 do it. Cut them back and put it back in 1107 01:01:36.679 --> 01:01:39.079 the ground watered in really well. Do not put potting 1108 01:01:39.119 --> 01:01:41.559 soil around it. Just use the soil from the site, 1109 01:01:41.920 --> 01:01:44.239 and let's give them one more shot before we give 1110 01:01:44.320 --> 01:01:47.840 up on them. Jerry, I'm running short on time on it, 1111 01:01:48.280 --> 01:01:51.440 so I'm not able to elaborate further. But that's the 1112 01:01:51.519 --> 01:01:53.000 quick answer, and that's what I would do if they 1113 01:01:53.039 --> 01:01:53.800 were in my yard. 1114 01:01:54.400 --> 01:01:55.760 All right, Okay, thank you. 1115 01:01:57.559 --> 01:01:59.320 Yes, sir, thank you very much. All Right, we're going 1116 01:01:59.400 --> 01:02:01.039 to go to a break and I'll be right back 1117 01:02:01.079 --> 01:02:05.159 with a special guest. Welcome back to Guardenline, folks. Glad 1118 01:02:05.159 --> 01:02:08.119 to have you with us. Looking forward to that. By 1119 01:02:08.159 --> 01:02:11.760 the way Tim called earlier. Tim, I took a look 1120 01:02:11.840 --> 01:02:15.400 at the photos that you sent me, and my assessment 1121 01:02:15.440 --> 01:02:18.320 of the lawn is it's probably take all root rot, 1122 01:02:18.920 --> 01:02:21.079 take all patch, or take all root rot. It's a 1123 01:02:21.079 --> 01:02:25.360 fungal disease. It kills roots, kills runners, kills grass. It's 1124 01:02:25.400 --> 01:02:27.480 not like brown patch in the winner that makes big 1125 01:02:27.519 --> 01:02:31.599 brown circles and then it regrains. Take all kills whenever 1126 01:02:31.599 --> 01:02:35.119 a plant is stressed, whenever your turf is stressed, take 1127 01:02:35.159 --> 01:02:38.159 all has the advantage to move in and cause a 1128 01:02:38.199 --> 01:02:40.760 lot of more problems. It adds insult to injury. It's 1129 01:02:40.800 --> 01:02:44.320 what we call an opportunist disease. So the bottom line 1130 01:02:44.320 --> 01:02:47.920 on it is go online to gardening with skip dot com, 1131 01:02:48.119 --> 01:02:53.119 find Plant my Lawn, pest disease and weed schedule. There 1132 01:02:53.119 --> 01:02:55.960 are three times to treat for take all. There is 1133 01:02:56.440 --> 01:02:59.920 October and November. I know it's past November, go ahead 1134 01:02:59.920 --> 01:03:02.440 and do the November, and then there's one in spring, 1135 01:03:02.519 --> 01:03:05.159 and it lists the products that you want to use 1136 01:03:05.320 --> 01:03:07.480 to do that. And so that would be my suggestion. 1137 01:03:08.079 --> 01:03:11.039 If you can keep some water on those areas. I 1138 01:03:11.039 --> 01:03:13.480 think they got a little droughty this summer based on 1139 01:03:13.519 --> 01:03:16.239 some overall look of it, and when it gets drought, 1140 01:03:16.360 --> 01:03:18.280 that is a stress and that is one of the 1141 01:03:18.320 --> 01:03:22.760 ways that take all enters a weekend plan. I hope 1142 01:03:22.760 --> 01:03:25.119 that is helpful. All right, Well, I've got a special 1143 01:03:25.159 --> 01:03:29.119 guest right now, a friend of mine, actually a good 1144 01:03:29.119 --> 01:03:34.079 friend of mine from Texas Gardener magazine. Jay White is 1145 01:03:34.199 --> 01:03:38.000 the publisher of Texas Gardener. Jay and his wife are 1146 01:03:38.119 --> 01:03:41.559 the publishers of the Texas Gardener magazine. Texas Gardner's been 1147 01:03:41.559 --> 01:03:44.480 around a long long time, and I tell you it 1148 01:03:44.559 --> 01:03:46.960 is a gardening magazine if you've never seen it. It 1149 01:03:47.119 --> 01:03:51.639 is written by Texas gardeners for Texas gardeners. And I'm 1150 01:03:51.679 --> 01:03:53.239 telling you they have a lot of author I've written 1151 01:03:53.280 --> 01:03:55.639 for a long time myself in there, but they have 1152 01:03:55.719 --> 01:03:59.679 a lot of excellent, excellent authors with really good advice, 1153 01:04:00.079 --> 01:04:01.840 a lot of people that save all their old Texas 1154 01:04:01.840 --> 01:04:03.920 Gardeners because they go back and they refer to the 1155 01:04:04.079 --> 01:04:07.559 articles that they've read in the past in there. So 1156 01:04:07.639 --> 01:04:09.440 what I want to do is go over here and 1157 01:04:09.440 --> 01:04:12.199 see if I can get Jay live on the air. Jay, 1158 01:04:12.880 --> 01:04:14.519 Welcome to garden Line. 1159 01:04:15.679 --> 01:04:18.039 Hey, Skip, thanks for having us this morning. 1160 01:04:19.320 --> 01:04:21.880 All right, good, you're a little scratchy on the sound, 1161 01:04:22.199 --> 01:04:25.360 so just letting you know it is so good. I've 1162 01:04:25.400 --> 01:04:28.159 been looking forward to talking to you, and I asked 1163 01:04:28.239 --> 01:04:30.679 Jay to come on and I wanted to talk. We 1164 01:04:30.760 --> 01:04:32.719 have a very brief time here, but I would like 1165 01:04:32.800 --> 01:04:37.360 to talk about some gift ideas that for Texas Gardener, 1166 01:04:37.400 --> 01:04:40.360 and I'm sure the magazine itself will be the main one, 1167 01:04:40.360 --> 01:04:41.960 but I'm gonna turn it over to you Jay and 1168 01:04:42.039 --> 01:04:44.760 let us let you give us some ideas for people 1169 01:04:44.760 --> 01:04:47.079 that are looking for the Gardener or the want to 1170 01:04:47.119 --> 01:04:48.239 be Gardener on their list. 1171 01:04:49.679 --> 01:04:51.920 Well, thank you, Skip. I mean I agree with you. 1172 01:04:51.960 --> 01:04:53.360 If you're a gardener, I think you're. 1173 01:04:53.199 --> 01:04:57.599 Going to find something that you will like, especially if 1174 01:04:57.639 --> 01:04:59.920 you're into education. I mean, like you say, the magazine 1175 01:05:00.119 --> 01:05:03.599 a great, great gift. We're starting our forty fourth year. 1176 01:05:03.679 --> 01:05:05.719 We have been around a long time, and so like 1177 01:05:05.800 --> 01:05:08.960 I say, like you said, I think people keep mind 1178 01:05:09.039 --> 01:05:11.239 us because the people are right for us. We really 1179 01:05:11.280 --> 01:05:16.239 have great work horticulturalists that writer articles, so the subscription 1180 01:05:16.360 --> 01:05:17.480 is always a great gift. 1181 01:05:17.920 --> 01:05:20.599 The other thing that we have that's really done well 1182 01:05:20.719 --> 01:05:21.360 is what we call. 1183 01:05:21.320 --> 01:05:25.960 Our Planning Guide, and the Planning Guy is a large calendar, 1184 01:05:26.519 --> 01:05:29.440 but that Calendars has one hundred and eighty tips that 1185 01:05:29.599 --> 01:05:32.679 tell you what you need to do in your. 1186 01:05:32.480 --> 01:05:33.920 Garden right now. 1187 01:05:34.599 --> 01:05:36.800 And in addition to those tips, it gives you a 1188 01:05:36.920 --> 01:05:41.719 place to record what you did weather events, pest events, 1189 01:05:42.119 --> 01:05:44.840 make the do list. It also has you know, our 1190 01:05:44.920 --> 01:05:49.559 recommended plant varieties for your yard and your garden, and 1191 01:05:50.280 --> 01:05:53.079 in case you're worried about this, it even has a 1192 01:05:53.119 --> 01:05:56.320 poison ivy identification chart on the back cover. 1193 01:05:56.559 --> 01:06:01.519 So that's a possibler gift. And when people combine. 1194 01:06:01.039 --> 01:06:04.800 Those, you know, we've got extra savings for them this holiday, 1195 01:06:04.920 --> 01:06:07.920 So uh a subscription and a Planet. 1196 01:06:07.639 --> 01:06:09.480 Guide kind of our our top gift. 1197 01:06:10.360 --> 01:06:12.920 Another thing that we're doing this year is that if 1198 01:06:12.920 --> 01:06:16.360 you buy any book off of our website, we're going 1199 01:06:16.400 --> 01:06:20.760 to include a package of tomato seeds from Davids Garden 1200 01:06:20.800 --> 01:06:23.679 Steeds in tote Texas. You're going to get the option 1201 01:06:23.800 --> 01:06:27.480 on it either You're you're going to get a choice. 1202 01:06:27.199 --> 01:06:29.840 Of Celebrity or Sun Gold, which as. 1203 01:06:29.679 --> 01:06:32.800 You know, are two really really great varieties for Texas. 1204 01:06:33.559 --> 01:06:34.039 Very good. 1205 01:06:34.960 --> 01:06:36.519 Absolutely they are very good. 1206 01:06:37.000 --> 01:06:39.559 And in fact, Bill Adams, you know, Texas Tomatic being 1207 01:06:39.599 --> 01:06:42.800 everybody loves you know, he says he believes the sun Gold. 1208 01:06:42.559 --> 01:06:45.760 Is the best tasting tomato you can grow, which. 1209 01:06:45.599 --> 01:06:48.320 Kind of cracks me out because it's so easy and 1210 01:06:48.559 --> 01:06:52.199 so prolific. But but and then finally, Skiff, we finally 1211 01:06:52.239 --> 01:06:56.280 got some merchandise. And so if you like our plant 1212 01:06:56.440 --> 01:07:02.119 Happiness y'all tagline, well you can now probably wear that tagline. 1213 01:07:01.519 --> 01:07:03.559 On your body. We've got some. 1214 01:07:03.639 --> 01:07:05.719 There you go, there we go. 1215 01:07:05.840 --> 01:07:07.880 They kind of kind of a maroonish color. 1216 01:07:09.400 --> 01:07:11.559 I would call it a pinkish color and a kind 1217 01:07:11.559 --> 01:07:14.920 of greenish color. So you want to head out check 1218 01:07:14.960 --> 01:07:18.719 out our new merchandise as well. And so, like I say, 1219 01:07:18.880 --> 01:07:22.239 if you are a gardener looking for stocking stuffers for 1220 01:07:22.559 --> 01:07:25.239 your gardening friends, I think you're going to find something 1221 01:07:25.239 --> 01:07:26.559 you like on the website. 1222 01:07:27.719 --> 01:07:29.920 All right, Jay, well you you are cutting a little 1223 01:07:29.920 --> 01:07:32.119 bit in and out. That last thing you said, it 1224 01:07:32.159 --> 01:07:35.679 came in back real clear again, So I uh, maybe 1225 01:07:35.719 --> 01:07:37.840 you need to move or something a little bit to 1226 01:07:37.880 --> 01:07:40.559 get a good connection. You know. One thing you didn't 1227 01:07:40.599 --> 01:07:44.000 mention is you can get the magazine as a magazine. 1228 01:07:44.039 --> 01:07:46.239 People like the whole paper in their hands and read. 1229 01:07:46.679 --> 01:07:49.639 Plus it's easy to reference like that. Or you can 1230 01:07:49.679 --> 01:07:53.440 do an online subscription or both right, I mean that's right. 1231 01:07:53.639 --> 01:07:56.719 Get our digital subscription. What everybody likes about. 1232 01:07:56.440 --> 01:08:00.920 That everything a magazine has. But it also comes with 1233 01:08:00.960 --> 01:08:04.599 a ten year archive. So if you really want to 1234 01:08:04.679 --> 01:08:08.320 learn about tomatoes, you can get a digital subscription, go 1235 01:08:08.440 --> 01:08:11.239 back ten years and read everything of people like you 1236 01:08:11.360 --> 01:08:14.320 and Patty Leander have written about them. 1237 01:08:14.679 --> 01:08:17.720 Well, that's I like the digital I mean it's real 1238 01:08:17.800 --> 01:08:20.119 easy to do. But I still like that magazine in 1239 01:08:20.159 --> 01:08:23.039 my hands, so I do that as well. Plus, if 1240 01:08:23.039 --> 01:08:26.000 you when you're done with the magazine, if you want, 1241 01:08:26.039 --> 01:08:28.159 you can take the pages apart and use it as 1242 01:08:28.279 --> 01:08:32.359 maultz over the weeds in your garden, and that just contributes. 1243 01:08:32.760 --> 01:08:34.680 But if it's an article I wrote, I always warned 1244 01:08:34.680 --> 01:08:36.840 people if I wrote the article, it's probably got too 1245 01:08:36.920 --> 01:08:39.119 much nitrogen in it, if you know what I mean, 1246 01:08:39.199 --> 01:08:41.199 and you might burn your plants. But that would be 1247 01:08:41.239 --> 01:08:43.920 the only caveat that I would have, you know what, Jay, 1248 01:08:43.960 --> 01:08:47.079 I looked back recently, and I think it was ninety 1249 01:08:47.119 --> 01:08:50.159 eight or ninety nine, over twenty or twenty five or 1250 01:08:50.159 --> 01:08:52.039 more years ago that I wrote the first article for 1251 01:08:52.119 --> 01:08:54.920 Texas Gardner. So I have loved that magazine for a 1252 01:08:54.920 --> 01:08:57.319 long time. And as I know a lot of other 1253 01:08:57.359 --> 01:08:57.880 people have. 1254 01:08:59.359 --> 01:09:00.439 Well thank yeah. 1255 01:09:00.560 --> 01:09:02.439 I'm like I say, the magazine just wouldn't be what 1256 01:09:02.520 --> 01:09:05.279 it is without you. I tell people, if they don't 1257 01:09:05.319 --> 01:09:07.760 get enough on you on garden Line, be sure to 1258 01:09:07.800 --> 01:09:10.920 subscribe and they can have you in their homes every day. 1259 01:09:12.760 --> 01:09:16.680 Oh my gosh, you don't need to threaten my listeners 1260 01:09:16.800 --> 01:09:21.439 like that. Thank you very much. Well, it's a great deal. 1261 01:09:21.479 --> 01:09:23.119 And I know in the magazine you guys have some 1262 01:09:23.199 --> 01:09:25.399 merch and stuff like you said, and they just need 1263 01:09:25.399 --> 01:09:28.319 to check that out. And uh, Texas Gardener dot. 1264 01:09:28.119 --> 01:09:32.399 Com, Texas Gardener dot com and follow us on social 1265 01:09:32.439 --> 01:09:36.640 media Texas Gardner Magazine, okay on both Instagram and Facebook. 1266 01:09:37.760 --> 01:09:39.760 Well that is good. We're going to keep talking until 1267 01:09:39.880 --> 01:09:42.199 music fills my ears telling me I have to shut up. 1268 01:09:42.920 --> 01:09:46.600 But it's coming pretty close here. But I I think 1269 01:09:46.960 --> 01:09:51.720 that it's almost a you can't go wrong gift to 1270 01:09:51.800 --> 01:09:54.800 give somebody Texas Gardener Magazine because there's a lot of 1271 01:09:54.840 --> 01:09:59.159 gardening magazines that are out there that are no longer 1272 01:09:59.560 --> 01:10:02.640 in print. Over the years, one by one they've dropped, 1273 01:10:02.760 --> 01:10:05.439 and so finding a good gardening magazine other than just 1274 01:10:05.479 --> 01:10:07.399 some foo food thing to put on the coffee table 1275 01:10:07.439 --> 01:10:10.800 from the northeast or wherever Texas gardener is down in 1276 01:10:10.840 --> 01:10:13.680 the dirt here, how to do it? Get your hands dirty, 1277 01:10:13.960 --> 01:10:15.079 practical advice. 1278 01:10:15.840 --> 01:10:16.000 Uh. 1279 01:10:16.279 --> 01:10:19.119 And I think we're the only state that's still that 1280 01:10:19.520 --> 01:10:22.640 now still has a private gardening magazine for that state, 1281 01:10:23.279 --> 01:10:24.640 and that is a rare. 1282 01:10:24.520 --> 01:10:28.399 Thing, that is so, and you are correct, we are 1283 01:10:28.439 --> 01:10:30.079 the last one. 1284 01:10:30.720 --> 01:10:34.880 All right, Well, support support your local gardener. And by 1285 01:10:35.239 --> 01:10:38.399 and Jay, thanks so much for being on the air 1286 01:10:38.439 --> 01:10:40.039 with me today. I appreciate you coming on. 1287 01:10:41.159 --> 01:10:41.680 Thank ye. 1288 01:10:45.960 --> 01:10:48.079 I've got a lot of things we want to accomplish 1289 01:10:48.079 --> 01:10:50.319 this hour. Uh. First of all, I just wanted to 1290 01:10:50.359 --> 01:10:52.720 let I just wanted to talk to you, let you know. 1291 01:10:53.439 --> 01:10:56.039 You know, summer's behind us and we're all looking forward 1292 01:10:56.079 --> 01:10:58.079 to the upcoming holidays. But you know, for a lot 1293 01:10:58.119 --> 01:11:01.000 of the homeless folks around the Greater scenario, they're just 1294 01:11:01.039 --> 01:11:03.800 looking forward to their next meal. And you can provide 1295 01:11:03.800 --> 01:11:06.319 a meal to a homeless man, woman, or family for 1296 01:11:06.439 --> 01:11:09.279 just two dollars and eighty five cents. Two dollars and 1297 01:11:09.319 --> 01:11:13.039 eighty five cents. Star of Hope feeds more than six 1298 01:11:13.920 --> 01:11:16.840 feeds people with more than six thousand meals a week. 1299 01:11:17.279 --> 01:11:19.960 Six thousand week and they could use your help. How 1300 01:11:20.000 --> 01:11:22.520 many meals are you able to provide? How many meals 1301 01:11:22.520 --> 01:11:25.880 are you willing to provide? Together we can make a difference, really, 1302 01:11:26.079 --> 01:11:29.439 so please give hope and do so now? Will you 1303 01:11:29.520 --> 01:11:32.920 join me and my family in giving the Star of Hope. 1304 01:11:33.560 --> 01:11:35.800 If you want more information or to find out how 1305 01:11:35.840 --> 01:11:42.560 to give, go to Sohmission dot org. Sohmission dot Org. 1306 01:11:44.520 --> 01:11:47.079 I'm going to head out now. I have another special guests. 1307 01:11:47.079 --> 01:11:48.960 In fact, I have a bunch of them that I'm 1308 01:11:49.000 --> 01:11:51.760 telling you about that we've been wanting to talk to 1309 01:11:51.960 --> 01:11:54.760 about all kinds of things. And right now I'm going 1310 01:11:54.840 --> 01:11:58.239 to head out to the phones to Cyprus and talk 1311 01:11:58.319 --> 01:12:03.640 to Bill Murph. Bill is with the Ace Hardware store 1312 01:12:03.840 --> 01:12:06.800 there in the Cypress area. It's on Jones Road. And 1313 01:12:06.840 --> 01:12:11.079 I'll tell you this. When I lived just Arthur Jersey Village, 1314 01:12:11.840 --> 01:12:14.439 the Jon Jroit Ace Hardware Store was where we went. 1315 01:12:14.640 --> 01:12:16.680 That's where we did our shopping and things. That was 1316 01:12:16.720 --> 01:12:19.359 our local closest Ace hardware store that we had. And 1317 01:12:19.399 --> 01:12:21.520 I've been in there and I'm telling you that you 1318 01:12:21.600 --> 01:12:24.399 got to check it out. It is quite a place. Hey, Bill, 1319 01:12:24.520 --> 01:12:26.720 Welcome to Garden Line. Good to have you with us. 1320 01:12:27.960 --> 01:12:30.720 Good morning shift. Thanks you for having me on this morning. 1321 01:12:32.039 --> 01:12:35.000 You bet you bet well. I'd like you to tell us, 1322 01:12:35.399 --> 01:12:37.239 you know, Ace Hardersts in generals, we got a bunch 1323 01:12:37.239 --> 01:12:40.319 of them here in the Houston area. What would be 1324 01:12:40.399 --> 01:12:42.800 some the kinds of gifts maybe people haven't thought of 1325 01:12:43.399 --> 01:12:46.359 that they would find that you would say, hey, Ace, 1326 01:12:46.399 --> 01:12:49.239 Haarder be a great place for something really cool. And 1327 01:12:49.279 --> 01:12:50.159 here's an example. 1328 01:12:52.439 --> 01:12:54.479 Oh, there's a ton of them. I'm not sure we 1329 01:12:54.560 --> 01:12:56.199 have time to go through all of them, but. 1330 01:12:57.760 --> 01:13:00.359 There's maybe a handful a. 1331 01:13:00.439 --> 01:13:04.079 Handful of theah. I mean, if you're hunting for something 1332 01:13:04.119 --> 01:13:07.279 grilling this season and you want to give somebody a 1333 01:13:07.319 --> 01:13:09.560 gift for a grill, I mean, we've got the Weber, 1334 01:13:09.640 --> 01:13:14.720 Big Green Egg, Grectex, Trager Blackstone. Our store has a 1335 01:13:14.760 --> 01:13:17.920 super killer deal on some local grittles that we've got 1336 01:13:17.960 --> 01:13:21.000 in and they're at a few other air stores as well. 1337 01:13:23.159 --> 01:13:28.199 I mean, we've got a full line of yetty products Milwaukee, 1338 01:13:29.479 --> 01:13:34.439 just to name a few. I mean, we've got holiday 1339 01:13:34.520 --> 01:13:37.199 lights by the foot. We saw a lot of Christmas lights. 1340 01:13:37.239 --> 01:13:39.560 It's not too late to get your Christmas lights up 1341 01:13:39.600 --> 01:13:41.720 and decorated for the holiday. 1342 01:13:41.760 --> 01:13:45.239 Season as well. Well, and you've got more than just 1343 01:13:45.600 --> 01:13:48.800 Christmas light decorations. I know, I've gotten some strings of 1344 01:13:49.600 --> 01:13:51.319 lights to go out on the patio. You know, I 1345 01:13:51.359 --> 01:13:53.399 call them beer garden lights, but you know the little 1346 01:13:53.399 --> 01:13:56.079 strings of lights like that that are really cool. And 1347 01:13:56.119 --> 01:13:59.239 you've got everything, certainly in terms of decorations for the 1348 01:13:59.239 --> 01:13:59.920 holidays too. 1349 01:14:01.319 --> 01:14:04.840 Yes, yes, I mean we've got a full line of it. Uh. 1350 01:14:04.960 --> 01:14:08.520 We've got the Christmas lights, We've got the trees, we've 1351 01:14:08.560 --> 01:14:12.560 got really anything to do with the holiday seasons. We've 1352 01:14:12.560 --> 01:14:15.000 got we've got a we've got a full gift apartment 1353 01:14:15.000 --> 01:14:18.119 on our shore. We just finished a remodel. Uh, we've 1354 01:14:18.159 --> 01:14:21.119 been going through the remodel for about three months now. Uh, 1355 01:14:21.479 --> 01:14:23.640 just in time for our Ladies' Night coming up on 1356 01:14:23.760 --> 01:14:26.920 Monday night. We just finished our our new far we 1357 01:14:27.079 --> 01:14:30.800 just added truffle. So Monday night from six to nine 1358 01:14:30.840 --> 01:14:32.840 we have we have Ladies Night. We're gonna be giving 1359 01:14:32.840 --> 01:14:37.279 away beer wine, Margarita's, uh most items in the store. 1360 01:14:37.800 --> 01:14:40.439 So it's kind of an unheard of discount for us. 1361 01:14:40.720 --> 01:14:41.039 Uh. 1362 01:14:41.159 --> 01:14:44.479 We've we're gonna have uh well, we'll probably have between 1363 01:14:44.680 --> 01:14:47.960 five to seven hundred women uh and men men are 1364 01:14:47.960 --> 01:14:52.359 welcome as well. Show up at the store from six 1365 01:14:52.399 --> 01:14:54.880 to nine on Monday night. We're gonna be We've got 1366 01:14:55.000 --> 01:14:59.960 uh uh Consoila, We've got Beara Bradley, We've got Kendri Scott, 1367 01:15:00.039 --> 01:15:03.239 another dose fifty Judy Blue Jean's all going to be 1368 01:15:03.319 --> 01:15:06.399 twenty percent off. So it's an unheard of discount just 1369 01:15:06.439 --> 01:15:09.439 in time for the Christmas season. If you haven't bought 1370 01:15:09.439 --> 01:15:11.479 that last minute gift, we got it. 1371 01:15:13.039 --> 01:15:13.600 That's cool. 1372 01:15:13.880 --> 01:15:14.079 You know. 1373 01:15:14.880 --> 01:15:18.119 I tell people all the time that it's a hardware store, 1374 01:15:18.159 --> 01:15:21.359 of course, but it's things you can't even imagine. You 1375 01:15:21.399 --> 01:15:23.479 wouldn't and you just talked about you know, I know, 1376 01:15:23.600 --> 01:15:25.239 to get back to the garden section, I got to 1377 01:15:25.279 --> 01:15:27.760 walk past your fudge bar, which now you're making it 1378 01:15:27.840 --> 01:15:30.840 unfair by adding truffles to it. But you said the 1379 01:15:30.840 --> 01:15:33.039 word kender Scott. Who would have thought you go to 1380 01:15:33.079 --> 01:15:36.000 a hardware store to get Kinderstott jewelry. But that's Ace, 1381 01:15:36.000 --> 01:15:39.079 isn't it. I mean, with each Ace hardware being independently owned, 1382 01:15:39.119 --> 01:15:41.039 you just you just don't know what all kinds of 1383 01:15:41.039 --> 01:15:42.479 cool things are going to be in there. 1384 01:15:43.720 --> 01:15:46.800 You know, we just passed our one hundred year anniversary 1385 01:15:47.720 --> 01:15:51.359 and that's unheard of in today's time and businesses that 1386 01:15:51.720 --> 01:15:54.000 a store turns one hundred years old. And ACE has 1387 01:15:54.039 --> 01:15:57.880 turned one hundred years old in twenty twenty four. And 1388 01:15:57.920 --> 01:16:01.359 there's sober forty local owned A stores in the Houston market. 1389 01:16:01.600 --> 01:16:04.319 So you're not far from one any direction you go. 1390 01:16:05.199 --> 01:16:09.520 And we're all unique, we're all different, but we all 1391 01:16:09.560 --> 01:16:13.000 have a core uh commonality, and that's where key and 1392 01:16:13.119 --> 01:16:16.640 hardware first and foremost we're hardware store, and then we 1393 01:16:16.680 --> 01:16:18.479 add everything else to the to the mix. 1394 01:16:20.000 --> 01:16:22.000 Yeah, that's that's a good way to put it. 1395 01:16:22.560 --> 01:16:22.760 Uh. 1396 01:16:22.800 --> 01:16:24.520 It's one of the things I like about ACE. You know, 1397 01:16:24.640 --> 01:16:27.279 I do stop in at aces all over the place 1398 01:16:27.439 --> 01:16:29.800 just from time to time to see what's new, what's 1399 01:16:29.840 --> 01:16:34.159 going on, uh, And there's always there's always some other 1400 01:16:34.319 --> 01:16:36.760 kind of cool and creative thing in addition to all 1401 01:16:36.800 --> 01:16:39.720 the stuff you already carry. As mentioned earlier, though, I 1402 01:16:39.720 --> 01:16:41.880 think some of the power tools that you carry are 1403 01:16:41.960 --> 01:16:44.680 great gifts. You know, there's there's a lot of lines 1404 01:16:44.760 --> 01:16:47.520 that you might not know are available right there in 1405 01:16:47.560 --> 01:16:49.800 your ACE store and top quality stuff. 1406 01:16:51.159 --> 01:16:53.439 Oh yeah, we've got the full line of craftsmen, We've 1407 01:16:53.439 --> 01:16:58.119 got Milwaukee the wall, uh, doub ball. You know, it's 1408 01:16:58.359 --> 01:17:00.640 if you're going to fix it, we probably have the 1409 01:17:00.680 --> 01:17:02.800 tools that you're going to need to take care of. 1410 01:17:02.800 --> 01:17:06.640 The job with it. That's good, That is good. I 1411 01:17:06.680 --> 01:17:09.319 know a lot of stores you know, okry the Ego 1412 01:17:09.720 --> 01:17:13.439 power electric power equipment things. I've seen a number of 1413 01:17:13.439 --> 01:17:16.079 different brands and that you know, I have a lot 1414 01:17:16.079 --> 01:17:18.039 of de Wault kind of stuff and I've seen those 1415 01:17:18.039 --> 01:17:20.960 in some ACE hardware stores and uh so it would 1416 01:17:21.000 --> 01:17:23.640 be a good place to make someone on your left happy, 1417 01:17:23.640 --> 01:17:25.720 including you know, as we look into the kitchen and 1418 01:17:25.800 --> 01:17:29.319 kitchen gadgets and some of the decorations and stuff for that, 1419 01:17:29.920 --> 01:17:31.560 there's some really cool stuff there too. 1420 01:17:33.239 --> 01:17:37.399 Yeah, with with Ego, you know the battery power tools 1421 01:17:37.479 --> 01:17:40.479 also weaves carried. Most of our stores carry steel as well. 1422 01:17:41.079 --> 01:17:44.119 So if you're ready to gear up for the spring 1423 01:17:44.159 --> 01:17:47.039 season and you want to give give your special someone 1424 01:17:47.319 --> 01:17:50.399 a gift of power tools so they can work in 1425 01:17:50.439 --> 01:17:54.760 the yard in the spring, we're definitely that destination. We 1426 01:17:54.840 --> 01:17:58.760 also have a ton of bird seed and uh some 1427 01:17:58.880 --> 01:18:02.399 bird feeders definitely for the fall season. You know, the 1428 01:18:02.439 --> 01:18:07.960 birds are our key and they. 1429 01:18:06.359 --> 01:18:10.640 Help with the Sorry, go ahead, it sounds like you 1430 01:18:10.680 --> 01:18:13.760 have everything. So just get buy an ACE. That's that 1431 01:18:13.800 --> 01:18:16.680 people need to do. Yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna have 1432 01:18:16.720 --> 01:18:19.880 to run the I'm about they're about to cut me 1433 01:18:19.920 --> 01:18:21.000 here for a break. 1434 01:18:21.039 --> 01:18:25.399 But one last word, one last word, if we do 1435 01:18:25.520 --> 01:18:28.359 give back a lot back to our community. Over the 1436 01:18:28.479 --> 01:18:31.439 last year, we've given over a half a million dollars 1437 01:18:31.479 --> 01:18:35.760 to Texas Children's Hospital, and since nineteen ninety one, ACE 1438 01:18:35.840 --> 01:18:38.359 as a whole has given over two hundred million back 1439 01:18:38.399 --> 01:18:41.960 to children's hospitals across the US, with a lot of 1440 01:18:42.039 --> 01:18:44.960 our money going right back to Texas Children. So everybody's 1441 01:18:45.000 --> 01:18:47.560 been affected by Texas Children's I can promise you that. 1442 01:18:47.760 --> 01:18:49.800 If you don't, if you haven't been there, thank god, 1443 01:18:50.359 --> 01:18:53.319 but you probably know someone that has. So stop into 1444 01:18:53.359 --> 01:18:55.439 an ACE and help help Texas children. 1445 01:18:56.560 --> 01:18:59.600 Well, Bill, thanks for being on. I appreciate that very much. Good. 1446 01:18:59.600 --> 01:19:01.880 I'm sorry our time is so short, but it's good 1447 01:19:01.880 --> 01:19:02.680 to have you. 1448 01:19:02.760 --> 01:19:05.880 Were rich girl, and you're gone too far cause you 1449 01:19:05.960 --> 01:19:06.279 know it. 1450 01:19:06.319 --> 01:19:09.359 Don't about it anyway. 1451 01:19:08.880 --> 01:19:12.720 All right, folks, welcome back. Good to have you with 1452 01:19:12.800 --> 01:19:15.800 us today. You'd like to give us a call. We 1453 01:19:15.880 --> 01:19:18.000 got a little bit of time here during this segment 1454 01:19:18.039 --> 01:19:20.880 where we can take a call or two just doll 1455 01:19:21.000 --> 01:19:23.720 seven one three two one two k t R eight 1456 01:19:23.800 --> 01:19:26.199 seven one three two one two k t R H 1457 01:19:26.960 --> 01:19:29.079 look forward to helping you with whatever kinds of gardening 1458 01:19:29.159 --> 01:19:31.039 questions that you might have. We got a bunch of 1459 01:19:31.079 --> 01:19:34.119 different guests. We're gonna talk to you today about different things. 1460 01:19:34.159 --> 01:19:36.920 I know we're approaching the holiday season and people are 1461 01:19:36.920 --> 01:19:43.640 interested in purchasing gifts for those on their list something different. 1462 01:19:43.680 --> 01:19:46.039 You know how many times have you gone, Okay, what 1463 01:19:46.119 --> 01:19:48.520 do you get the person who has everything? I would 1464 01:19:48.560 --> 01:19:50.920 like to get them something nice, but I don't know 1465 01:19:50.960 --> 01:19:52.359 what would be a good idea. I don't want to 1466 01:19:52.760 --> 01:19:56.039 do the same old kinds of things, you know, package 1467 01:19:56.039 --> 01:19:57.960 of pajamas. I mean, come on, let's do something with 1468 01:19:58.000 --> 01:20:01.640 a plant that would be cool. Well, you know, Buchanans 1469 01:20:01.760 --> 01:20:04.880 Native Plants is a great place to visit. They have 1470 01:20:05.079 --> 01:20:08.760 a wide selection of all kinds of different products and 1471 01:20:08.880 --> 01:20:11.399 gifts and things like that. They're on Eleventh Street in 1472 01:20:11.399 --> 01:20:14.720 the Heights. Their gift shops right now are stunning. They 1473 01:20:14.720 --> 01:20:18.840 are holiday decorated out. I mean they are gorgeous, and 1474 01:20:18.920 --> 01:20:20.920 whether it's something for your own home or something you're 1475 01:20:20.920 --> 01:20:25.800 purchasing someone else, you really should stop by there. Buchanan's 1476 01:20:25.840 --> 01:20:27.920 is a place where you're going to find things that 1477 01:20:28.119 --> 01:20:31.439 are not just the plain old, same old that you 1478 01:20:31.520 --> 01:20:35.800 find in many other locations. When you go into Buchanans, 1479 01:20:35.840 --> 01:20:38.079 first of all, native plants or their thing. That's what 1480 01:20:38.119 --> 01:20:40.880 they do, that's what they specialize in. And we are 1481 01:20:40.880 --> 01:20:43.920 in the big important season to get native plants planted 1482 01:20:44.319 --> 01:20:46.760 that there's no other way to say it. It's very 1483 01:20:46.800 --> 01:20:50.800 important to get all woody ornamental shrubs and trees done. Now, 1484 01:20:51.199 --> 01:20:53.000 Now when you go in there, do you need a 1485 01:20:53.079 --> 01:20:57.680 Christmas tree? Do you need some cyclomen for gorgeous pink, white, 1486 01:20:58.279 --> 01:21:01.840 and red color in your landscape? Or on a table 1487 01:21:01.880 --> 01:21:04.640 adorning a table? Do you need points at us? They've 1488 01:21:04.640 --> 01:21:08.279 got all of that there. Don't forget that their holiday 1489 01:21:08.439 --> 01:21:11.439 centerpiece workshop is coming up December twenty second. I know 1490 01:21:11.479 --> 01:21:13.399 that's a long time away, but I think this is 1491 01:21:13.439 --> 01:21:16.960 going to fill up. It is from noon to one pm, 1492 01:21:17.399 --> 01:21:20.640 and this it's an eighty five dollars ticketed event. But 1493 01:21:20.840 --> 01:21:24.680 here is why you will build. You will learn how 1494 01:21:24.760 --> 01:21:28.079 to do decorations for holidays. The principles a lot of 1495 01:21:28.119 --> 01:21:32.680 the basics incorporating greenery and natural elements and floral styles 1496 01:21:32.720 --> 01:21:35.279 and techniques for creating centerpieces. And at the end of 1497 01:21:35.319 --> 01:21:38.079 the workshop you go home with your own hand crafted piece, 1498 01:21:38.920 --> 01:21:42.479 ready to brighten your home during a cool Chiley holiday season. 1499 01:21:42.520 --> 01:21:45.960 Coming up. Buchan's Native Plants at on eleven Street in 1500 01:21:46.000 --> 01:21:48.800 the Heights. If I were you, I would just go 1501 01:21:48.840 --> 01:21:52.359 to their website because that is a very cool spot 1502 01:21:52.359 --> 01:21:54.840 where you find a lot of good information, including events 1503 01:21:54.880 --> 01:21:59.520 like I just mentioned if Buchanansplants dot com Bukenansplants dot com. 1504 01:21:59.640 --> 01:22:05.520 To some point is that you know Southwest Fertilizer, Gosh, 1505 01:22:05.520 --> 01:22:09.039 it's just a Houston institution. It's one of those places 1506 01:22:09.079 --> 01:22:12.640 that has survived that tests the time, and it's just 1507 01:22:13.319 --> 01:22:15.199 you can depend on it. You know. People know when 1508 01:22:15.239 --> 01:22:18.520 you go into Southwest Fertilizer, if there's a fertilizer you're 1509 01:22:18.560 --> 01:22:21.439 looking for, Bob's got it. He does if something comes 1510 01:22:21.479 --> 01:22:24.319 out of my mouth on garden line regarding this fertilizer 1511 01:22:24.399 --> 01:22:28.359 or that fungicide or this insecticide or that organic product. 1512 01:22:28.399 --> 01:22:31.520 He has the biggest selection of organic products in town 1513 01:22:31.720 --> 01:22:34.399 at Southwest Fertilizer. You can go there and it's going 1514 01:22:34.479 --> 01:22:37.319 to be there, and some cool gifts are there as well. 1515 01:22:37.640 --> 01:22:40.199 Anybody that's looking for a quality guarding tool, you're going 1516 01:22:40.239 --> 01:22:43.119 to find it at Southwest Fertilizer. A lot of things. 1517 01:22:43.119 --> 01:22:46.359 You know, I keep telling you about my weed wiper tool. 1518 01:22:46.399 --> 01:22:48.319 Well I don't know that that's a gift item, but 1519 01:22:48.600 --> 01:22:50.880 if you want to build one, he's got the thing 1520 01:22:50.920 --> 01:22:53.239 you start with. It's very inexpensive and you can build 1521 01:22:53.239 --> 01:22:55.760 your own weed wiper out of it. The kneeling bench 1522 01:22:55.880 --> 01:22:58.479 that I like a lot, he's got him there and 1523 01:22:58.520 --> 01:23:01.159 they work super super well. If you need to go 1524 01:23:01.159 --> 01:23:03.199 to your knees and get back up again out working 1525 01:23:03.239 --> 01:23:05.199 in the garden, or you need a place to set 1526 01:23:05.439 --> 01:23:07.920 this bench does them both. It falls up its stores away. 1527 01:23:07.960 --> 01:23:11.800 It's really really easy to do. Southwest Fertilizers on the 1528 01:23:11.840 --> 01:23:16.800 corner Abyssinet and Renwick in Southwest Houston, so makes it 1529 01:23:16.840 --> 01:23:19.560 really easy to get to. And I don't care where 1530 01:23:19.600 --> 01:23:22.399 you are, it's worth the drive to get there. Southwest 1531 01:23:22.720 --> 01:23:28.560 Fertilizer dot com. Southwest Fertilizer dot com. You are listening 1532 01:23:28.640 --> 01:23:31.319 to garden Line and my goal here is to help 1533 01:23:31.359 --> 01:23:34.840 you have a more bountiful garden, to help you have 1534 01:23:34.880 --> 01:23:37.880 a more beautiful landscape. And to help you have more 1535 01:23:37.960 --> 01:23:41.439 fun in the process. You know, it's not just about information. 1536 01:23:41.640 --> 01:23:43.680 It's about having some fun as we go along here, 1537 01:23:43.680 --> 01:23:46.640 and we try to do some of that here on 1538 01:23:46.760 --> 01:23:50.279 garden Line. I enjoy getting to visit with gardeners. I 1539 01:23:50.359 --> 01:23:52.439 always look forward to talking to you when you call, 1540 01:23:53.000 --> 01:23:56.399 because every call is different. You never know what's going 1541 01:23:56.439 --> 01:23:58.920 to happen. Someone asked me one time, he goes, how 1542 01:23:59.000 --> 01:24:01.279 do you sit there not knowing what that call is 1543 01:24:01.319 --> 01:24:03.239 going to be about, or what that person's going to say, 1544 01:24:03.319 --> 01:24:07.800 or do? I say, Well, you just do. It's fun. 1545 01:24:08.000 --> 01:24:11.680 It's part of the excitement of it all. And sometimes 1546 01:24:11.680 --> 01:24:13.960 train wrecks make for good radio too, so I am 1547 01:24:13.960 --> 01:24:21.279 not worried about about that either. I enjoy that. I 1548 01:24:21.319 --> 01:24:26.520 was visiting with some folks the other day about gardening tools, 1549 01:24:26.560 --> 01:24:28.520 and you know, what are your favorite gardening tools and 1550 01:24:28.560 --> 01:24:31.079 what do you like? And there are a lot of 1551 01:24:31.119 --> 01:24:36.039 really cool tools around town that I think are must have, 1552 01:24:36.520 --> 01:24:39.439 you know, when it comes to gardening. It just they 1553 01:24:39.560 --> 01:24:44.600 provide that extra let's say benefit. For example, you get 1554 01:24:44.600 --> 01:24:47.920 a quality tool like quality printers or something, and they 1555 01:24:48.000 --> 01:24:50.000 fit in your hand and they work well. There's even 1556 01:24:50.159 --> 01:24:53.479 versions of printers that have handles that roll a little bit, 1557 01:24:53.960 --> 01:24:57.840 so as you're squeezing down to cut a branch, it's 1558 01:24:58.159 --> 01:25:00.920 ergonomically easier in your hand. You know, some people deal 1559 01:25:00.960 --> 01:25:04.920 with issues from arthritis to similar types of things, or 1560 01:25:04.920 --> 01:25:07.079 if you're printing a lot, your hand just gets tired 1561 01:25:07.159 --> 01:25:09.640 of doing it, and a quality printing tool that's kept 1562 01:25:09.640 --> 01:25:13.439 sharp really works well for that. One of my favorite 1563 01:25:13.479 --> 01:25:17.880 tools in gardening is the soil knife. A soil knife 1564 01:25:17.960 --> 01:25:20.680 is just you know, picture of booie knife, but thicker 1565 01:25:21.239 --> 01:25:26.159 and made for dirt. They have little marks on them 1566 01:25:26.199 --> 01:25:27.960 so you can see one inch two inch three inch 1567 01:25:28.000 --> 01:25:30.199 when you're planning things deep. One side has kind of 1568 01:25:30.279 --> 01:25:34.239 scalloped the it's like the whole blade is curved a 1569 01:25:34.239 --> 01:25:37.920 little bit, and so it's easy for digging out soil. 1570 01:25:38.600 --> 01:25:40.319 I use it for digging holes. I use it for 1571 01:25:40.399 --> 01:25:42.199 removing plants. You know. I do a lot of no 1572 01:25:42.359 --> 01:25:45.239 tail gardening in my vegetables, and so at the end 1573 01:25:45.239 --> 01:25:47.520 of the season, I can pull the plan out and 1574 01:25:47.600 --> 01:25:49.279 rip a lot of roots out of the ground. Or 1575 01:25:49.319 --> 01:25:51.359 I can just take my soil knife and just make 1576 01:25:51.439 --> 01:25:53.479 some cuts around it and pull the top out and 1577 01:25:53.600 --> 01:25:56.399 leave those roots in the ground to decompose. That's how 1578 01:25:56.520 --> 01:25:58.239 nature does it. By the way, do you know that 1579 01:25:58.399 --> 01:26:01.880 nature doesn't own rot hotellers? But the soul knifes are 1580 01:26:01.960 --> 01:26:03.800 really cool too. You can get them in a nice 1581 01:26:04.039 --> 01:26:08.439 sheet and it works really well. Lopper prunters, now, we 1582 01:26:08.520 --> 01:26:12.720 have these things that are battery operated power prunters and 1583 01:26:12.760 --> 01:26:14.920 it's just like you hold in your hand like you 1584 01:26:14.920 --> 01:26:18.640 would a drill or some other tool, and it's got 1585 01:26:19.039 --> 01:26:22.920 regular printing blades out front like a regular punter would, 1586 01:26:23.359 --> 01:26:25.640 but you go up to squeeze the trigger and a 1587 01:26:26.000 --> 01:26:31.039 very well designed system allows it to cut through a 1588 01:26:31.239 --> 01:26:34.680 large and very hard branch really easily. It's amazing what 1589 01:26:34.760 --> 01:26:36.720 those things will do. Keep your fingers away from them. 1590 01:26:37.000 --> 01:26:38.520 But as somebody who's going to do a lot of 1591 01:26:38.520 --> 01:26:41.119 printing and just can't do that physical squeezing and stuff, 1592 01:26:41.159 --> 01:26:45.439 those power prunters are really a cool tool also for that. 1593 01:26:47.079 --> 01:26:51.640 Gardeners are always looking for information and events. Are some 1594 01:26:51.680 --> 01:26:55.720 great guard events information. There's some great gardening books on 1595 01:26:55.760 --> 01:26:58.640 the market that do very very well for you, and 1596 01:26:58.880 --> 01:27:01.720 if you want to give those a try, you will 1597 01:27:01.720 --> 01:27:06.600 find that they work super well. Also, I would recommend 1598 01:27:06.840 --> 01:27:08.560 I actually have a book I don't never talk about 1599 01:27:08.560 --> 01:27:11.279 our online a lot. But it's month by month gardening 1600 01:27:11.359 --> 01:27:15.199 in Texas. It's about cool springs press and there is 1601 01:27:15.239 --> 01:27:19.920 a Texas gardener. Is a Texas gardner. Doctor Bill Welsh 1602 01:27:20.039 --> 01:27:25.479 wrote it. Now excuse me, doctor Doug Welsh. Dougwell, we 1603 01:27:25.520 --> 01:27:28.159 had two Welshes in the wart department. Doug Welsh wrote 1604 01:27:28.199 --> 01:27:30.560 that one, and it is a similar month by month 1605 01:27:30.600 --> 01:27:34.159 through the garden that's designed for Texas. That's very important 1606 01:27:34.199 --> 01:27:36.279 to do that. There are a lot of the other 1607 01:27:36.600 --> 01:27:40.119 really good books that are helpful resources if you're an 1608 01:27:40.199 --> 01:27:43.600 organic gardener. There's books if you are someone who's into 1609 01:27:43.640 --> 01:27:46.680 a particular type of plants, like you want to do perennials. 1610 01:27:47.760 --> 01:27:51.439 Doctor Bill Welch wrote Perennial Garden Color many years ago, 1611 01:27:51.640 --> 01:27:54.359 and that is just a Texas You got to have 1612 01:27:54.399 --> 01:27:57.600 that on your shelf if you're going to have beautiful 1613 01:27:57.720 --> 01:28:02.079 perennials throughout your gardens out the year. Here in our landscape, 1614 01:28:02.479 --> 01:28:05.880 from bulbs to Salvius to you name it. He's got 1615 01:28:05.960 --> 01:28:08.479 a lot of great ideas in there and it works 1616 01:28:08.600 --> 01:28:15.880 very very well. Let's see here we are, oh a 1617 01:28:15.880 --> 01:28:19.640 Wabird's unlimited. That's another good idea. You know, wabirds has 1618 01:28:19.720 --> 01:28:25.000 some beautiful feeders, it's got beautiful bird houses of all types, 1619 01:28:25.439 --> 01:28:29.720 and other merchandise that anyone interested in birds would like. 1620 01:28:29.800 --> 01:28:32.399 So maybe you've got someone on your list that's not 1621 01:28:33.279 --> 01:28:36.439 a big time gardener, but I bet they would like 1622 01:28:36.479 --> 01:28:38.520 to at least bring some birds up to the patio 1623 01:28:38.560 --> 01:28:40.279 where they can watch them and enjoy them, or get 1624 01:28:40.279 --> 01:28:41.720 out in the morning with a cup of coffee and 1625 01:28:41.760 --> 01:28:44.199 listen to their songs. It's one of my favorite times 1626 01:28:44.239 --> 01:28:45.880 a day and one of my favorite things to do 1627 01:28:46.039 --> 01:28:48.800 is to enjoy the music of the birds first thing 1628 01:28:48.800 --> 01:28:51.239 in the boy they wake up. I am not a 1629 01:28:51.279 --> 01:28:54.479 morning person. Birds are mourning people. I know. I said, 1630 01:28:54.479 --> 01:28:56.159 I'm not a morning person, and here I am on 1631 01:28:56.279 --> 01:29:00.439 garden line just generally in my natural habitat. You know, 1632 01:29:00.600 --> 01:29:03.560 more and more I'm becoming a morning person. But I 1633 01:29:03.680 --> 01:29:06.000 just have not been a wake up and start singing 1634 01:29:06.920 --> 01:29:09.960 kind of person. But your birds here are and they 1635 01:29:10.000 --> 01:29:12.600 have some wonderful books also at Warbirds Unlimited. That makes 1636 01:29:12.600 --> 01:29:16.399 a really nice nice gift as well. Remember that it 1637 01:29:16.520 --> 01:29:20.720 is time to get your winter super Blend Winter super 1638 01:29:21.159 --> 01:29:24.479 Blend from Wabirds Unlimited. And you know with their bird seeds. 1639 01:29:24.479 --> 01:29:27.039 Many of the types, there is a no mess version, 1640 01:29:27.479 --> 01:29:29.760 which means that if it has sunflower seeds and it 1641 01:29:29.800 --> 01:29:33.119 doesn't have the hulls, they're already hulled sunflower seeds. So 1642 01:29:33.199 --> 01:29:35.960 when you put a pound of that into the bird feeder, 1643 01:29:36.359 --> 01:29:38.479 there is a pound that goes into the bird's stomach, 1644 01:29:38.640 --> 01:29:41.720 not on the ground. They it's not the red bebes. 1645 01:29:41.760 --> 01:29:43.840 They kick out because they don't want to eat, but 1646 01:29:43.880 --> 01:29:46.439 it's the kind of things that they are very, very 1647 01:29:46.479 --> 01:29:49.760 interested in. Well, we're getting close here to a break. 1648 01:29:49.760 --> 01:29:51.760 I think I'm gonna stop talking right here and we 1649 01:29:51.840 --> 01:29:56.720 will be right back. Welcome back to Guardline, folks. Good 1650 01:29:56.800 --> 01:29:59.479 to have you with us. Got another special guess that 1651 01:29:59.520 --> 01:30:01.800 I would like to bring on to visit with you, 1652 01:30:02.319 --> 01:30:08.000 and that is Richard from Walbird's Unlimited rich Eddie, Eat Eddie, 1653 01:30:08.239 --> 01:30:10.560 thank you for being on garden Line. 1654 01:30:12.079 --> 01:30:12.640 It's Edie. 1655 01:30:15.119 --> 01:30:21.000 I know that I'm sorry. Anyway, we are so glad 1656 01:30:21.000 --> 01:30:23.720 to have you. I appreciate you coming on because I 1657 01:30:23.720 --> 01:30:27.840 wanted you from a store owner standpoint. You you run 1658 01:30:27.880 --> 01:30:31.600 the Wildbirds store over west side of Houston. You know 1659 01:30:31.680 --> 01:30:34.960 there's six warbird wild good night. I can't even talk 1660 01:30:34.960 --> 01:30:39.680 to day six Wildbirds stores here in the Greater Houston area, right, 1661 01:30:40.000 --> 01:30:41.479 you're over on the Moorial Drive. 1662 01:30:42.520 --> 01:30:48.960 Yeah, I've got one, Okay, all right, good, Well, if 1663 01:30:48.960 --> 01:30:51.039 people want to know more about those, I'm going to 1664 01:30:51.079 --> 01:30:52.920 say this before I forget, but they go to w 1665 01:30:53.159 --> 01:30:56.279 b U dot com forward slash Houston and find your 1666 01:30:56.279 --> 01:30:58.199 Wallbird store nearby. 1667 01:30:58.960 --> 01:31:01.000 Why don't you tell us about out from a storm 1668 01:31:01.079 --> 01:31:04.199 understandpoint what you think would be some really cool items 1669 01:31:04.239 --> 01:31:08.079 that someone might be interested in gifting as Christmas gifts 1670 01:31:08.119 --> 01:31:09.239 for friends on their gifts. 1671 01:31:10.039 --> 01:31:10.760 Yeah, for sure. 1672 01:31:10.920 --> 01:31:13.680 So we we always say, you know, we're a great 1673 01:31:13.720 --> 01:31:18.119 destination for people on your lists that are nature lovers, 1674 01:31:18.159 --> 01:31:21.560 so not even just bird feeders, but also you know, 1675 01:31:21.640 --> 01:31:22.720 people who just like to. 1676 01:31:22.760 --> 01:31:25.359 Enjoy nature, work in their yard work, in their gardens. 1677 01:31:25.399 --> 01:31:28.359 So we have we have lots of different gift ideas. 1678 01:31:28.479 --> 01:31:32.000 I think you know some of the most popular things 1679 01:31:32.000 --> 01:31:35.479 this time of year we have. We we offer seed 1680 01:31:35.560 --> 01:31:39.960 cylinders all year long, but during the holiday season we 1681 01:31:40.079 --> 01:31:44.359 have some special seed characters. We have buttons of snowman 1682 01:31:44.439 --> 01:31:48.039 impressed in the peguin. These are these are tightly packed 1683 01:31:48.359 --> 01:31:52.319 seed cylinders that are shaped in the in the uh 1684 01:31:52.520 --> 01:31:55.359 in a fun shape like snowman in a penguin, and 1685 01:31:55.399 --> 01:31:59.000 those go on a cylinder feeder, and those those make 1686 01:31:59.079 --> 01:32:01.439 great gifts instead of just giving you. 1687 01:32:01.359 --> 01:32:02.159 Know, a back of seed. 1688 01:32:02.399 --> 01:32:05.000 You know, you've got a character that looks like the holidays, 1689 01:32:05.000 --> 01:32:10.520 so it's great. Yeah, you can never go ahead. 1690 01:32:11.439 --> 01:32:13.600 Oh, I was just saying, those tightly packed seeds they 1691 01:32:13.680 --> 01:32:15.319 last a while because birds have to kind of work 1692 01:32:15.359 --> 01:32:17.159 at it to get those out of there, which makes 1693 01:32:17.159 --> 01:32:18.960 them wholes still, so you can watch them longer. 1694 01:32:20.319 --> 01:32:22.880 That's exactly right. That's exactly right. And yeah, you don't 1695 01:32:22.920 --> 01:32:24.399 have to go out and fill the feeder every day. 1696 01:32:24.560 --> 01:32:27.399 So seed cylinders are great, and the characters are a 1697 01:32:27.439 --> 01:32:30.880 really fun Christmas gift for sure. You can never go 1698 01:32:31.039 --> 01:32:35.439 wrong with our squirrel proofeeders, our eliminator, and our fundamentals. 1699 01:32:36.319 --> 01:32:38.560 I think that's you know, those are always a go 1700 01:32:38.680 --> 01:32:43.000 to for the holiday season because people do some people 1701 01:32:43.039 --> 01:32:43.680 do not like to. 1702 01:32:43.680 --> 01:32:44.560 Feed the squirrels. 1703 01:32:44.600 --> 01:32:47.800 So if you've got a somebody on your list who 1704 01:32:47.960 --> 01:32:50.800 is constantly fighting the squirrels, you can never go wrong 1705 01:32:50.840 --> 01:32:52.600 with the squirrel proofeeder as well. 1706 01:32:53.279 --> 01:32:54.600 And then also that's true. 1707 01:32:56.960 --> 01:32:59.399 I was gonna say, I've got the squirrel eliminator, and 1708 01:32:59.479 --> 01:33:02.680 it's my favor that I have. It is amazing. I 1709 01:33:02.800 --> 01:33:05.079 video to scroll the other day, coming down and trying 1710 01:33:05.079 --> 01:33:07.560 to figure it out and they just give up. They 1711 01:33:07.600 --> 01:33:08.359 can't do it. 1712 01:33:09.159 --> 01:33:12.960 Yeah, they're very They're very effective, for sure. So and 1713 01:33:12.960 --> 01:33:16.199 then and then the also the other thing that is 1714 01:33:16.199 --> 01:33:19.000 is not only timely, but makes a really good gift 1715 01:33:19.039 --> 01:33:22.680 as well. Or nesting boxes. So if you really start 1716 01:33:22.720 --> 01:33:25.000 thinking about it. We're entering into the month of December 1717 01:33:25.039 --> 01:33:29.159 and people don't think about nesting, but bluebirds will begin 1718 01:33:29.279 --> 01:33:32.720 looking for nest boxes in January. So getting someone who's 1719 01:33:32.760 --> 01:33:35.680 trying to attract bluebirds to their yard giving them a 1720 01:33:35.720 --> 01:33:39.560 really nice bluebird nest box makes a great gift. And 1721 01:33:39.640 --> 01:33:43.840 then also purple Martins, they'll return in February, So if 1722 01:33:43.840 --> 01:33:47.359 somebody's wanting to put a Purple Martin system in their yard, 1723 01:33:47.359 --> 01:33:50.279 and now's the time to be thinking about looking at 1724 01:33:50.960 --> 01:33:54.399 installing a Purple Martin system right after the holiday sometime 1725 01:33:54.640 --> 01:33:56.880 and be ready for them to return in February. 1726 01:33:57.880 --> 01:34:00.199 And you guys have really cool feeders too. From the 1727 01:34:00.279 --> 01:34:03.319 plastics that look like white gords, you know, the big 1728 01:34:03.479 --> 01:34:07.159 they're designed in a special way that really makes it 1729 01:34:07.520 --> 01:34:10.479 easier and more attractive for the birds. But then you've 1730 01:34:10.520 --> 01:34:13.439 got those houses that telescope or that come down off 1731 01:34:13.439 --> 01:34:15.840 the pole where you can get in, move things around 1732 01:34:15.920 --> 01:34:18.359 and do a good job of cleaning them out very easily. 1733 01:34:19.720 --> 01:34:20.640 That's exactly right. 1734 01:34:20.720 --> 01:34:23.800 So yeah, everything from simple gorge systems to you know, 1735 01:34:23.920 --> 01:34:27.119 some very very nice houses that you can raise and 1736 01:34:27.199 --> 01:34:30.399 lower with a wench or a rope, lots of different 1737 01:34:30.399 --> 01:34:33.279 styles to hit different price points. So yeah, So, like 1738 01:34:33.319 --> 01:34:35.279 I say, Martin systems. 1739 01:34:34.920 --> 01:34:37.319 Make a great gift this time of year as well. 1740 01:34:37.640 --> 01:34:43.000 So and then Purple Martins keep down bugs. I'm sorry, 1741 01:34:43.039 --> 01:34:46.039 Oh yeah, I'm having a talk over your problem. Purple 1742 01:34:46.039 --> 01:34:48.239 Martins have keep down some of the insect issues that 1743 01:34:48.279 --> 01:34:49.319 we deal with too. 1744 01:34:50.039 --> 01:34:50.640 That's correct. 1745 01:34:50.640 --> 01:34:54.359 They eat exclusively from the sky and they drink from 1746 01:34:54.359 --> 01:34:58.199 the sky, so you know, they they definitely will keep 1747 01:34:58.239 --> 01:35:00.319 the flying insects and check if you've got a good 1748 01:35:00.359 --> 01:35:02.079 strong colony of Martins for sure. 1749 01:35:03.520 --> 01:35:06.000 Okay, now you just you just didn't drigue meat. What 1750 01:35:06.039 --> 01:35:08.720 do you mean drink from the sky? They literally drink rain. 1751 01:35:09.840 --> 01:35:13.479 No, they they they have to have a water source nearby, 1752 01:35:13.720 --> 01:35:17.359 you know, roughly, you know, not right, you like retention 1753 01:35:17.479 --> 01:35:20.399 ponds and things like that. Yeah, they swooped down and 1754 01:35:20.159 --> 01:35:23.439 they never land the drink. They get right down to 1755 01:35:23.479 --> 01:35:25.680 the surface of the water, scoop water, and take back 1756 01:35:25.720 --> 01:35:26.239 off again. 1757 01:35:26.800 --> 01:35:29.239 So yep, that's cool. 1758 01:35:30.720 --> 01:35:31.439 It's very cool. 1759 01:35:31.520 --> 01:35:33.880 You can actually see and I see folks who have 1760 01:35:34.000 --> 01:35:36.279 purple Martin houses in their backyard who happen to have 1761 01:35:36.319 --> 01:35:39.119 a pool. You'll see the Martins actually swoop down and 1762 01:35:39.199 --> 01:35:41.159 drink out of their swimming pool. So it can be 1763 01:35:41.359 --> 01:35:44.159 it could be pretty entertaining for sure. 1764 01:35:44.239 --> 01:35:49.960 Yeah, that is very very cool. Well, anything else that 1765 01:35:50.119 --> 01:35:53.439 might be an item for gifting that people might be 1766 01:35:53.479 --> 01:35:54.119 interested in. 1767 01:35:54.760 --> 01:35:56.800 Well, if you've got somebody on your list that you 1768 01:35:56.960 --> 01:36:00.920 know shops at a wild Bird store, giving them the 1769 01:36:00.960 --> 01:36:04.800 gift of a daily Savings Club membership. Folks may or 1770 01:36:04.840 --> 01:36:09.239 may not be familiar with our loyalty program, but it 1771 01:36:09.279 --> 01:36:13.439 is a certain amount of money every year and you 1772 01:36:13.479 --> 01:36:16.520 get fifteen percent off of your bird food every day, 1773 01:36:16.760 --> 01:36:18.760 and for every two hundred you spend in the store, 1774 01:36:18.840 --> 01:36:21.399 you get a ten dollars bird buck, which is basically 1775 01:36:21.439 --> 01:36:25.199 a ten dollars discount once you earn that. So somebody 1776 01:36:25.359 --> 01:36:28.520 constantly is you know, uses wild Birds unlimited and they're 1777 01:36:28.560 --> 01:36:31.840 on your list. Giving them the gift of a daily 1778 01:36:31.840 --> 01:36:35.640 membership Daily Savings club membership is also a really great 1779 01:36:35.640 --> 01:36:39.119 way to help them feed the birds because they can 1780 01:36:39.119 --> 01:36:42.399 save money and earn discounts all year long, so that 1781 01:36:42.479 --> 01:36:43.520 works really well. 1782 01:36:43.600 --> 01:36:45.680 And then never and never forget. 1783 01:36:45.800 --> 01:36:49.960 Also, we will ship pretty much everywhere, so if somebody 1784 01:36:49.960 --> 01:36:52.720 wants to come in shop around and they need to 1785 01:36:52.760 --> 01:36:56.000 ship it pretty much anywhere in the lower forty eight, 1786 01:36:56.119 --> 01:36:58.560 we can take care of that as well. You can 1787 01:36:58.600 --> 01:37:01.720 shop online at our at our e commerce store and 1788 01:37:01.920 --> 01:37:04.920 order it and have it shipped directly to your to 1789 01:37:05.039 --> 01:37:08.000 your gift recipient, or you can come in and we 1790 01:37:08.079 --> 01:37:10.359 can arrange to have it shipped for you as well. 1791 01:37:10.640 --> 01:37:13.680 So we try to make it just as easy as possible. 1792 01:37:14.680 --> 01:37:16.640 Now, when you say the e commerce store, you're talking 1793 01:37:16.720 --> 01:37:19.119 about overall Wild Bird store, are you talking about like 1794 01:37:19.199 --> 01:37:21.039 each store has its own connection. 1795 01:37:21.239 --> 01:37:24.199 Yeah, yeah, each store has its own e commerce store. 1796 01:37:24.279 --> 01:37:27.439 So when people shop with us online, it comes directly 1797 01:37:27.479 --> 01:37:30.640 to our stores. We pick, pack and ship good right 1798 01:37:30.680 --> 01:37:32.800 from our store. That's exactly right. So if they go 1799 01:37:32.880 --> 01:37:36.279 to they go to WBU dot com slash Houston, pick 1800 01:37:36.359 --> 01:37:39.399 the store that's nearest them. Go to their website. Then 1801 01:37:39.439 --> 01:37:41.560 there is a shop now button that you can click 1802 01:37:41.600 --> 01:37:44.119 on and that'll take you to the e commerce store 1803 01:37:44.279 --> 01:37:46.760 you're actually buying from the backstore directly. 1804 01:37:47.199 --> 01:37:50.720 Yep, very good. And I'm just we're I'm gonna go 1805 01:37:50.920 --> 01:37:54.199 just a second longer than our break here. But the 1806 01:37:54.720 --> 01:37:57.960 also books. I know, the creator of all birds has 1807 01:37:58.000 --> 01:38:00.279 written a really good bird book. And there's a there's 1808 01:38:00.279 --> 01:38:03.319 you guys carry that would be a really nice gift too. 1809 01:38:04.319 --> 01:38:04.960 Yeah, for sure. 1810 01:38:05.039 --> 01:38:07.319 So The Joy of Bird Feeding is a book that 1811 01:38:07.439 --> 01:38:10.359 was written by Jim Carpenter, the founder and CEO of 1812 01:38:10.399 --> 01:38:14.000 Wildbirds Unlimited. It's a great birding guide for somebody who 1813 01:38:14.039 --> 01:38:17.520 wants to learn how to start feeding the birds, but 1814 01:38:17.560 --> 01:38:19.800 it also has a great guide in there to help 1815 01:38:19.840 --> 01:38:24.439 you identify birds across the across the country, so it's 1816 01:38:24.479 --> 01:38:27.039 not just it's not just tied to one particular region 1817 01:38:27.039 --> 01:38:29.720 of the country. It's a good overall book on how 1818 01:38:29.760 --> 01:38:32.479 to get started bird feeding and then also help you 1819 01:38:32.560 --> 01:38:33.640 identify birds. 1820 01:38:34.159 --> 01:38:37.079 And then another new very good we are good. Yeah exactly. 1821 01:38:37.239 --> 01:38:41.239 So yep, I'm gonna have to cut us. I ran 1822 01:38:41.279 --> 01:38:44.079 a littlelong, but now they're they're threatening to cut my 1823 01:38:44.159 --> 01:38:48.760 mic if I don't start so rich. Thanks so much 1824 01:38:49.079 --> 01:38:51.640 for being on and those are a lot of great ideas. 1825 01:38:52.359 --> 01:38:56.920 Uh and again w b U dot com forward slash 1826 01:38:56.960 --> 01:38:59.520 Houston to see the wild Birds stores near you. They 1827 01:38:59.560 --> 01:39:01.319 got them at these they got them on the west, 1828 01:39:01.359 --> 01:39:03.199 they got them toward the southeast. I mean, they're all 1829 01:39:03.239 --> 01:39:06.119 over the place and in between. So go check one 1830 01:39:06.159 --> 01:39:09.039 out for this holiday season. Thanks again, rich folks. Will 1831 01:39:09.079 --> 01:39:12.039 be right back after this break. Hey, welcome back to 1832 01:39:12.039 --> 01:39:14.479 the garden line. Good to have you with us. You're 1833 01:39:14.520 --> 01:39:16.800 the lads. You are here. We are looking forward to 1834 01:39:16.880 --> 01:39:19.840 visiting with you about the things that might be of 1835 01:39:20.079 --> 01:39:23.399 interest to you. Our garden. Our garden, our garden, our 1836 01:39:23.439 --> 01:39:26.279 goals are. My goal is for you to have a 1837 01:39:26.279 --> 01:39:28.479 better time gardening. I like to put it this way, 1838 01:39:28.520 --> 01:39:31.159 a more bountiful garden, a more beautiful landscape, and more 1839 01:39:31.199 --> 01:39:34.439 fun in the process. That's what we're here about. And 1840 01:39:34.479 --> 01:39:37.279 because gardening should be fun, it should be rewarding, it 1841 01:39:37.319 --> 01:39:41.279 should be fulfilling. The mental benefits of gardening, the physical 1842 01:39:41.279 --> 01:39:44.680 benefits of gardening, the esthetic benefits of gardening, I mean, 1843 01:39:45.439 --> 01:39:50.039 even the community benefits of gardening are huge. And we 1844 01:39:50.119 --> 01:39:51.479 had to get out there and have fun doing it, 1845 01:39:51.479 --> 01:39:53.680 and we can help you do that. You do not 1846 01:39:53.880 --> 01:39:57.479 hear public service announcement. You do not have repeat after me. 1847 01:39:57.920 --> 01:40:02.399 I do not have a brown thumb. If anything's not growing, 1848 01:40:02.479 --> 01:40:05.760 it's because my thumb needs to be informed a little better. 1849 01:40:06.199 --> 01:40:08.279 And that's what we're here to do. That's also what 1850 01:40:08.319 --> 01:40:11.760 our home garden centers are here to do. You walk 1851 01:40:11.800 --> 01:40:15.920 into a quality independent garden center, as they say, the 1852 01:40:16.119 --> 01:40:19.560 mom and pop garden centers, and you will find people 1853 01:40:19.720 --> 01:40:23.600 that are eager to help you and know what they're 1854 01:40:23.640 --> 01:40:29.760 talking about. And without dissing national chains and local chains 1855 01:40:29.800 --> 01:40:31.800 and all the other stuff, I'm just tell you this, 1856 01:40:33.600 --> 01:40:36.600 a mom and pop garden center has folks that know 1857 01:40:36.640 --> 01:40:39.119 how to garden. They know how to take care of plants. 1858 01:40:39.720 --> 01:40:42.239 They know what grows here and what doesn't, and they 1859 01:40:42.239 --> 01:40:44.680 can help you with that. You can walk into a 1860 01:40:44.720 --> 01:40:47.600 place and maybe you bought some plants somewhere and it's 1861 01:40:47.640 --> 01:40:49.920 not doing good, and you walk into one of our 1862 01:40:49.920 --> 01:40:52.520 independent garden centers and you say, look, I got this plant, 1863 01:40:52.520 --> 01:40:54.159 here's a picture of it, here's a problem with it. 1864 01:40:54.600 --> 01:40:56.800 They'll help you. They will take time to help you 1865 01:40:56.840 --> 01:41:00.640 have success. That's what they're about because they know that 1866 01:41:00.720 --> 01:41:02.880 when you have success with plants, you're going to come back, 1867 01:41:03.000 --> 01:41:04.920 because when you come back, you're going to get a 1868 01:41:04.920 --> 01:41:08.119 plant that actually should be planted here instead of being 1869 01:41:08.159 --> 01:41:11.199 shipped all over the country to all the chain locations 1870 01:41:11.239 --> 01:41:14.720 and not for here. They know that your plant's going 1871 01:41:14.800 --> 01:41:17.680 to do well because they have picked one just for that, 1872 01:41:17.800 --> 01:41:20.079 and they advise you on how to have success with it. 1873 01:41:20.479 --> 01:41:23.479 And that's what it's all about. Man, it is fun, fun, fun. 1874 01:41:23.520 --> 01:41:27.439 We gotta make gardening more fun, make gardening fun again. 1875 01:41:28.079 --> 01:41:30.359 I guess there's a way to put it. It already 1876 01:41:30.439 --> 01:41:33.560 is fun, but seriously, we want you to have fun 1877 01:41:33.600 --> 01:41:35.920 with that. So that's that's kind of a goal for 1878 01:41:36.039 --> 01:41:40.359 doing that. Well, you are listening to garden Line, and 1879 01:41:40.920 --> 01:41:43.279 we're going to come up here a little bit on 1880 01:41:43.319 --> 01:41:45.039 the top of the hour break. I want to come back. 1881 01:41:45.079 --> 01:41:47.520 I'm going to have open lines and if you would 1882 01:41:47.560 --> 01:41:51.079 like to call in anytime from now through even during 1883 01:41:51.119 --> 01:41:53.880 the break time, my producer will get you on the 1884 01:41:53.920 --> 01:41:57.039 board and we can visit briefly about your gardening questions. 1885 01:41:57.039 --> 01:41:59.760 I got some more special guests coming up later as 1886 01:41:59.760 --> 01:42:03.640 we into the next hour, but this is your chance 1887 01:42:03.680 --> 01:42:05.199 if you'd like to give a call seven to one 1888 01:42:05.279 --> 01:42:10.439 three two one two KTRH seven one three two one 1889 01:42:10.520 --> 01:42:15.079 two kt r H. So I've been going over a 1890 01:42:15.159 --> 01:42:19.079 number of different things that I think are of interest 1891 01:42:19.159 --> 01:42:21.960 in gardening. We've talked about all kinds of things, propagating 1892 01:42:22.000 --> 01:42:25.600 plants and some of the principles of success with plants. 1893 01:42:25.640 --> 01:42:28.760 Why we don't put gravel in the bottom of pots 1894 01:42:28.800 --> 01:42:31.399 to make the drainage better, because it does not make 1895 01:42:31.439 --> 01:42:34.039 the drainage better, it just gives you less soul volume 1896 01:42:34.079 --> 01:42:35.640 to work with. I want to talk a little bit 1897 01:42:35.680 --> 01:42:41.119 about seed saving. There are many many plants that we 1898 01:42:41.239 --> 01:42:44.520 can save seed from and it's a fun thing to do. 1899 01:42:45.960 --> 01:42:47.920 The thing you need to know a few things you 1900 01:42:47.920 --> 01:42:50.159 need to know. First of all, when you save seed 1901 01:42:50.159 --> 01:42:52.600 from a plant, it needs to be what's called an 1902 01:42:52.720 --> 01:42:58.000 open pollinated plant, not a hybrid plant. So a hybrid 1903 01:42:58.359 --> 01:43:01.680 is a mixture of two different parents that creates this 1904 01:43:01.800 --> 01:43:06.239 special offspring that has special features. Okay, when you take 1905 01:43:06.279 --> 01:43:08.720 the seed out of that, you're going to end up 1906 01:43:08.760 --> 01:43:13.439 going back to the random genetics in the background, and 1907 01:43:13.560 --> 01:43:16.199 what you grow will not look like what you pull 1908 01:43:16.239 --> 01:43:18.680 the seeds out of in some way, shape or form. 1909 01:43:19.239 --> 01:43:21.239 If it's a fruit. It may not be as swede 1910 01:43:21.279 --> 01:43:24.119 or as large, or it's timing maybe different, or maybe 1911 01:43:24.159 --> 01:43:26.119 it's a peach. It doesn't color, boil, or you see 1912 01:43:26.119 --> 01:43:29.479 what I'm saying. Well, so make sure it's not an 1913 01:43:29.479 --> 01:43:31.960 open pollen. If it's a native plant, save seed from 1914 01:43:32.000 --> 01:43:35.199 it if you want. If it is just a flower 1915 01:43:35.279 --> 01:43:37.880 garden or a vegetable garden, you can save seed from them. 1916 01:43:37.920 --> 01:43:40.159 But number one, make sure it's not a hybrid. Number two, 1917 01:43:40.479 --> 01:43:42.119 I mean, you can save a hybrid if you want, 1918 01:43:42.880 --> 01:43:47.279 but you know you're gonna get something different. Number two, 1919 01:43:47.640 --> 01:43:50.199 you need to get those seeds dry so that they 1920 01:43:50.199 --> 01:43:54.000 can be stored. You don't store seed wet. And the 1921 01:43:54.039 --> 01:43:56.800 seed is produced, it's got a lot of the oils 1922 01:43:56.800 --> 01:43:59.359 and proteins and things like that that are necessary to 1923 01:43:59.439 --> 01:44:02.439 fuel the growth, but it also has moisture in it. 1924 01:44:03.119 --> 01:44:06.039 And do you know, even pecans when they fall, they 1925 01:44:06.079 --> 01:44:08.319 have appeared where they kind of dry out and you 1926 01:44:08.359 --> 01:44:11.640 get down to the you know, the real solid oil 1927 01:44:11.680 --> 01:44:14.760 protein parts of the kernel. But it's important to let 1928 01:44:14.880 --> 01:44:19.239 seeds dry out before you store them. Number three, you 1929 01:44:19.319 --> 01:44:24.439 need to provide a dry cool storage location. Dry cool 1930 01:44:24.800 --> 01:44:26.880 if you got some of those packets of desscont that 1931 01:44:27.000 --> 01:44:31.479 come in I don't know supplements or when you buy electronics, 1932 01:44:31.479 --> 01:44:33.720 you get those little packets in there. Save those things. 1933 01:44:33.760 --> 01:44:35.560 You can throw them in with your seed and a jar, 1934 01:44:35.720 --> 01:44:38.840 seal it tightly, put it in the refrigerator. You can 1935 01:44:38.840 --> 01:44:42.640 store seed in the freezer two for super long term storage, 1936 01:44:43.199 --> 01:44:46.199 but it's not necessary. A refrigerator will give you at 1937 01:44:46.279 --> 01:44:51.079 least several year extension on your seeds storing time. So 1938 01:44:51.399 --> 01:44:53.760 get out there, look at your garden, look at your points. 1939 01:44:54.039 --> 01:44:55.920 What do you want to save seeds up? That's a 1940 01:44:55.960 --> 01:44:58.600 new thing to try, this puss. You'll do a. 1941 01:45:01.920 --> 01:45:05.720 Welcome to kat r h Garden line with Scared Ricard. 1942 01:45:05.800 --> 01:45:22.960 It's just watch him as many give thanks to sup. 1943 01:45:22.760 --> 01:45:33.880 Botas welcome back, Welcome back on a wonderful Sunday morning. 1944 01:45:34.119 --> 01:45:36.399 I hope you are doing well today. I hope you 1945 01:45:36.479 --> 01:45:42.000 survived Thanksgiving. Irobby has some people still around hanging out 1946 01:45:42.000 --> 01:45:44.319 in the house. If if they drove over the river 1947 01:45:44.399 --> 01:45:47.760 and through the woods to Grandma's house. We're glad you're here. 1948 01:45:47.960 --> 01:45:49.640 We got a lot of things we can talk about 1949 01:45:49.640 --> 01:45:52.600 on gardening on a boat, gardening on any day, actually 1950 01:45:52.880 --> 01:45:57.000 today certainly is no exception for that. Uh, you've heard 1951 01:45:57.039 --> 01:45:59.600 me talk about Medina products before, and Medina products have 1952 01:45:59.640 --> 01:46:02.760 been around for a very long time because they have 1953 01:46:02.960 --> 01:46:06.880 proven themselves effective and gardeners swear by them. They love 1954 01:46:07.159 --> 01:46:09.239 Medina products. There's a lot of different products on the 1955 01:46:09.279 --> 01:46:11.800 market that Medina has. I just want to feature one 1956 01:46:11.880 --> 01:46:16.079 right now, and that's Medina Plus. Medina Plus is Medina 1957 01:46:16.119 --> 01:46:21.039 Soul Activator Plus over twenty trace elements. It's got sight 1958 01:46:21.079 --> 01:46:23.800 of Canon, which is a natural growth hormone that comes 1959 01:46:23.800 --> 01:46:27.279 from seaweed extract in it. It's got things like magnesium 1960 01:46:27.279 --> 01:46:30.279 and iron and zinc for example. In there, various kinds 1961 01:46:30.319 --> 01:46:35.439 of vitamins, a lot of ingredients that basically help plants 1962 01:46:35.479 --> 01:46:38.439 to grow. Just to put it really simply now, it 1963 01:46:38.479 --> 01:46:41.960 comes in a gallon container and it also comes in 1964 01:46:42.000 --> 01:46:45.720 a quart sized sprayable jar. The sprayable jar you just 1965 01:46:45.760 --> 01:46:47.720 took up to a garden hose and you just turn 1966 01:46:47.760 --> 01:46:49.399 it loose. You can do it in the yard, you 1967 01:46:49.399 --> 01:46:50.800 can do it in the flowerbed, you can do it 1968 01:46:50.840 --> 01:46:53.039 in the vegetable gardens. Wherever you want to do it, 1969 01:46:53.159 --> 01:46:56.279 just do it. It is a very effective product that 1970 01:46:56.319 --> 01:46:59.600 can be used. Here's a tip if you will buy 1971 01:46:59.840 --> 01:47:02.279 the court jar. The next time you need some, just 1972 01:47:02.399 --> 01:47:06.479 buy the gallon jug and refill your court jar. You 1973 01:47:06.520 --> 01:47:08.399 know you can do that and then hook it back 1974 01:47:08.479 --> 01:47:10.520 up again and go to town with it. And that gallon 1975 01:47:10.560 --> 01:47:13.199 is a very economical way to approach it. So I 1976 01:47:13.239 --> 01:47:17.079 would suggest you try giving that Medina plus a try. 1977 01:47:17.159 --> 01:47:19.760 You're gonna find it good in your flower gardens. You're 1978 01:47:19.760 --> 01:47:22.680 gonna find it good in your vegetable gardens herbs. If 1979 01:47:22.680 --> 01:47:26.079 it's a plant, Medina plus will be very helpful. I 1980 01:47:26.119 --> 01:47:30.039 recommend it for transplanting. Drench those plants in with Medina plus. 1981 01:47:30.199 --> 01:47:32.640 Get it on the leaves, not gonna burn them. You'll 1982 01:47:32.640 --> 01:47:34.680 get some folier benefit. But get it down in the 1983 01:47:34.680 --> 01:47:37.520 soil and drench that root system every time you plant 1984 01:47:37.560 --> 01:47:39.800 a plant. And I generally will say do it when 1985 01:47:39.880 --> 01:47:42.479 you plant, drench it well, do it again a week later, 1986 01:47:42.560 --> 01:47:45.880 and again a week later, and those three applications will 1987 01:47:45.920 --> 01:47:50.920 help your plant become very well established and therefore more successful. 1988 01:47:51.239 --> 01:47:54.359 We're going to head out to Tomball now and visit 1989 01:47:54.439 --> 01:47:55.039 with David. 1990 01:47:55.199 --> 01:48:00.760 Hello, David, good morning, sir, Hey where god ant problem? 1991 01:48:01.199 --> 01:48:05.600 And about a month ago I put down nitrofalles bug max, 1992 01:48:06.319 --> 01:48:08.680 and two weeks later, they're still. 1993 01:48:08.800 --> 01:48:12.640 Little mounds popping up. I put down more two weeks ago, 1994 01:48:13.479 --> 01:48:14.520 and lo and behold. 1995 01:48:14.600 --> 01:48:16.560 This morning, I go out, I got another couple of 1996 01:48:16.760 --> 01:48:18.960 more ant beds, and I'm going, what is the deal? 1997 01:48:19.279 --> 01:48:21.640 Yeah, well, let me ask you this. 1998 01:48:22.079 --> 01:48:24.520 Are we talking about fire ants or some of the 1999 01:48:25.880 --> 01:48:28.319 little sugar type little sugar ants or whatever I don't know, 2000 01:48:28.960 --> 01:48:30.439 and mainly hang around the driveway. 2001 01:48:31.880 --> 01:48:34.680 Okay, well, you can kill them if you want. They're 2002 01:48:34.760 --> 01:48:37.159 not doing any harm to any plants or anything, and 2003 01:48:37.319 --> 01:48:40.720 so my approach should be just ignore them, don't worry 2004 01:48:40.720 --> 01:48:44.680 about them. They're not hurting anything. The fire ants hurt things. 2005 01:48:44.880 --> 01:48:48.680 Those things are us, that's for sure. And carpenter ants 2006 01:48:48.720 --> 01:48:50.279 will get up in trees and chew on wood, and 2007 01:48:50.359 --> 01:48:54.319 that's not good. Some ants will take aphis up on 2008 01:48:54.399 --> 01:48:57.079 your plants and treat them like dairy cattle and milk 2009 01:48:57.119 --> 01:48:58.840 them and hurt them up there. They actually do that, 2010 01:48:59.319 --> 01:49:01.399 but in general turn a problem. Now if you're if 2011 01:49:01.439 --> 01:49:03.680 you're wanting to control them, though, you're gonna have to 2012 01:49:03.760 --> 01:49:08.199 do repeated applications periodically of different sprays. Remind me the 2013 01:49:08.279 --> 01:49:11.319 one you said that you used on them, David it was. 2014 01:49:11.680 --> 01:49:15.199 The Niker files like bug Max or the bad Grain. 2015 01:49:15.199 --> 01:49:20.720 Bug Max, bug Out bug Out Max. Okay, if if 2016 01:49:20.800 --> 01:49:24.319 that didn't work, that's great for using in the lawns. 2017 01:49:24.399 --> 01:49:26.720 For some of our lawn issues, you may want to 2018 01:49:26.800 --> 01:49:30.279 just switch over to a general purpose insecticide. There are 2019 01:49:30.319 --> 01:49:32.840 some organic options. There's somethingthetic options. 2020 01:49:33.359 --> 01:49:33.479 Uh. 2021 01:49:33.720 --> 01:49:36.479 It depends on where you're going to spray them as 2022 01:49:36.560 --> 01:49:39.079 to what product you can use. For example, there's something 2023 01:49:39.239 --> 01:49:42.800 like by Fenthren that is a very it's a persistent 2024 01:49:42.880 --> 01:49:45.399 and it kills pretty much every insect that would be 2025 01:49:45.520 --> 01:49:46.439 there on it. 2026 01:49:47.039 --> 01:49:47.159 Uh. 2027 01:49:47.319 --> 01:49:49.800 And but it has labels like maybe you can't use 2028 01:49:49.840 --> 01:49:51.880 it in your vegetables, but you can in your flowers 2029 01:49:51.960 --> 01:49:53.880 or vice versa. So you just have to read the 2030 01:49:53.960 --> 01:49:54.680 label on those. 2031 01:49:55.319 --> 01:49:57.359 Well, I thought that's what the bug Max. 2032 01:49:57.239 --> 01:49:58.279 Is is, my bear friend. 2033 01:49:59.399 --> 01:50:02.000 It is a great annual. I don't I need to 2034 01:50:02.119 --> 01:50:04.800 check the label. I didn't think it was labeled for 2035 01:50:05.159 --> 01:50:07.720 use in some of the garden spots. I mean, if 2036 01:50:07.760 --> 01:50:10.439 I'm wrong about that, then I am wrong about that. 2037 01:50:10.520 --> 01:50:14.840 I think of it as a terf insect problem pests 2038 01:50:14.920 --> 01:50:17.600 that we have, and so I would just I would 2039 01:50:17.680 --> 01:50:20.680 stay with I think the ingredient is good, but it's 2040 01:50:20.720 --> 01:50:24.920 the way you apply it, and so you can you 2041 01:50:25.000 --> 01:50:29.479 can do dusts, you can do sprays any way you 2042 01:50:29.560 --> 01:50:31.159 want to go about it. You ought to be able 2043 01:50:31.199 --> 01:50:33.920 to kill the ants though. Anything that has by fentre 2044 01:50:34.239 --> 01:50:37.239 should kill the ants. So something is happening where the 2045 01:50:37.319 --> 01:50:40.560 ants are not getting exposed to the product. If you tried, 2046 01:50:40.640 --> 01:50:40.880 if you. 2047 01:50:40.960 --> 01:50:46.319 Tried that one, okay, yeah, all right. 2048 01:50:49.199 --> 01:50:51.800 Yeah, you could do that. I mean there, I consider 2049 01:50:51.880 --> 01:50:54.840 a name one hundred insecticides that people use for things 2050 01:50:54.880 --> 01:50:59.000 out there. But ants are not that difficult to kill 2051 01:50:59.079 --> 01:51:01.039 if you can get the pest side right there on them. 2052 01:51:01.079 --> 01:51:03.239 Whether it's a dust you know, like seven dust or 2053 01:51:03.359 --> 01:51:06.000 ortheene dust that kills ants, or whether it's a drench 2054 01:51:06.920 --> 01:51:09.520 a liquid that you drenched down, you may have more 2055 01:51:09.600 --> 01:51:12.319 success with that. Now that I'm thinking about this, David 2056 01:51:12.439 --> 01:51:14.840 is just to get an insecticide that is that he 2057 01:51:14.960 --> 01:51:18.039 mixes a liquid and water and drench it down so 2058 01:51:18.159 --> 01:51:20.880 it goes not only on the surface, but down deeper 2059 01:51:21.000 --> 01:51:26.800 into the soil. All right, thank you, all right, sir, 2060 01:51:26.960 --> 01:51:31.640 thanks very much, appreciate your call. Okay, here, well we've 2061 01:51:31.640 --> 01:51:34.039 got a couple of minutes here. Hello, Bob and Porter. 2062 01:51:34.159 --> 01:51:36.039 I'm gonna get you here on Guardenline see how we 2063 01:51:36.119 --> 01:51:36.720 can help. 2064 01:51:38.039 --> 01:51:38.760 Hote doing sir. 2065 01:51:40.279 --> 01:51:42.319 I'm well, thank you. What's up today? 2066 01:51:42.439 --> 01:51:47.199 Hey, I've got a neighbor's got some lemon tree clippings. 2067 01:51:47.680 --> 01:51:49.640 I wondered if I can propagate them, and if I 2068 01:51:49.760 --> 01:51:53.079 do propagate them, how do I get lemons eventually? 2069 01:51:55.199 --> 01:51:58.640 If you can propagate them, you'll get lemons eventually. On 2070 01:51:58.880 --> 01:52:03.119 many kinds of plant, Rooting the stems, you know, the 2071 01:52:03.239 --> 01:52:07.279 branches and things is difficult, so it's a challenge. But 2072 01:52:08.000 --> 01:52:11.600 if you have a rootstock of a lemon, or maybe 2073 01:52:11.640 --> 01:52:13.680 you have a different kind of lemon or a lime tree, 2074 01:52:13.760 --> 01:52:17.560 and you want to graft that lemon onto another plant, 2075 01:52:18.119 --> 01:52:20.359 you can use those cuttings for that. But they got 2076 01:52:20.479 --> 01:52:23.640 to be kept cool and fresh, and you need to 2077 01:52:23.640 --> 01:52:26.880 get it done within a few days of cutting them 2078 01:52:26.920 --> 01:52:30.640 off the mother plant. Wrap them in a moist paper towel, 2079 01:52:30.680 --> 01:52:33.079 put in a zip like bag, set it in the refrigerator, 2080 01:52:33.920 --> 01:52:36.039 and just kind of keep them cool, and then when 2081 01:52:36.079 --> 01:52:38.520 you take them out, you can do the grafting with 2082 01:52:38.640 --> 01:52:39.760 them if you choose to do that. 2083 01:52:41.960 --> 01:52:42.960 There's not a. 2084 01:52:44.600 --> 01:52:45.319 Easy method. 2085 01:52:45.439 --> 01:52:47.439 Just put them in some like roots timber later and 2086 01:52:47.520 --> 01:52:49.720 let them try to get a march stigma in dirt 2087 01:52:49.840 --> 01:52:50.479 or something like that. 2088 01:52:51.119 --> 01:52:54.359 Yeah, if you can get some growth that's fairly new, 2089 01:52:54.800 --> 01:52:58.079 not super woody already but not succulent, but kind of 2090 01:52:58.399 --> 01:53:01.560 just starting to turn a little woody, cut them off 2091 01:53:02.199 --> 01:53:07.039 and then get you a good quality root stimulator. I 2092 01:53:07.079 --> 01:53:10.680 would take a knife and make little slits along the bark, 2093 01:53:10.880 --> 01:53:12.960 just three or four on the sides, and then your 2094 01:53:13.039 --> 01:53:17.399 fresh cutoff d dip that into the root rooting hormone. 2095 01:53:17.479 --> 01:53:19.079 It could be a liquid, it could be a powder. 2096 01:53:19.560 --> 01:53:22.119 Put them into something that's got a little peep but 2097 01:53:22.199 --> 01:53:24.279 a lot of pearl light in it, very well drained, 2098 01:53:24.640 --> 01:53:26.560 and then put a clear cover over and put it 2099 01:53:26.560 --> 01:53:28.840 in a bright spot. And that's everything you can do 2100 01:53:28.960 --> 01:53:31.159 in your power to try to encourage them to root 2101 01:53:31.800 --> 01:53:33.239 good light, not direct sun. 2102 01:53:35.039 --> 01:53:35.680 Much give up. 2103 01:53:35.720 --> 01:53:36.439 Thank you so much. 2104 01:53:36.600 --> 01:53:39.560 Appreciate you all right, all right. 2105 01:53:39.760 --> 01:53:42.720 You care, Thanks, appreciate your call. All right, folks, it 2106 01:53:42.840 --> 01:53:45.079 is time for me take another break. I'll be back 2107 01:53:45.319 --> 01:53:45.920 back shortly. 2108 01:53:46.680 --> 01:53:46.880 Ahi. 2109 01:53:47.000 --> 01:53:51.800 Folks, welcome back to Guardline. Glad to have you with us. Hey, 2110 01:53:51.840 --> 01:53:54.479 we're in our last hour of the weekend, so I 2111 01:53:54.720 --> 01:53:59.319 appreciate you listening, and we'll be back next Saturday, next Sunday. 2112 01:53:59.439 --> 01:54:04.000 Every Saturday Sunday six am to ten am. Put it 2113 01:54:04.119 --> 01:54:08.159 on your schedule. We love to have you with us. 2114 01:54:08.239 --> 01:54:10.920 Tell your friends and neighbors about it too. Garden Line. 2115 01:54:10.960 --> 01:54:12.319 We just need to get the word out there more. 2116 01:54:12.359 --> 01:54:17.199 There's a lot of great people that would love to 2117 01:54:17.319 --> 01:54:19.359 hear the Gardening Show, but they don't even know about it. 2118 01:54:19.600 --> 01:54:20.479 So go for it. 2119 01:54:21.000 --> 01:54:24.279 Let's get the word out and help them. I jokingly say, 2120 01:54:24.319 --> 01:54:25.800 if you got a neighbor that's not taking care of 2121 01:54:25.840 --> 01:54:27.880 their property and it looks terrible and it is hurting 2122 01:54:27.960 --> 01:54:30.640 your property values, they need to hear about Garden Line. 2123 01:54:30.920 --> 01:54:32.600 We need to help you out a little bit there 2124 01:54:32.920 --> 01:54:37.920 by letting them hear some good advice on gardening. All right, 2125 01:54:38.000 --> 01:54:40.920 thank you very much for tuning in today. I was 2126 01:54:41.000 --> 01:54:44.800 talking earlier about seed saving tips, and I mentioned that 2127 01:54:45.039 --> 01:54:48.640 number one, you need to save seed that's not hybrid, 2128 01:54:48.760 --> 01:54:52.119 that's open pollinated. Number two, you need to dry the 2129 01:54:52.199 --> 01:54:55.399 seed out before you store it. If you take wet seed, 2130 01:54:56.560 --> 01:54:58.640 it's not going to store very well at all. In fact, 2131 01:54:58.680 --> 01:55:01.800 it'll mold and you'll have problem. And I store seeds 2132 01:55:01.840 --> 01:55:06.439 in the freezer sometimes for longer term storage. And if 2133 01:55:06.520 --> 01:55:09.560 you freeze seed that has a high moisture content, it'll 2134 01:55:09.680 --> 01:55:12.560 it'll the ice crystals will form and you'll damage that 2135 01:55:12.680 --> 01:55:15.720 seed too. So dry it out, dry it out, dry up, 2136 01:55:15.800 --> 01:55:19.279 dry out, and then store it in a air tight container. 2137 01:55:20.319 --> 01:55:21.000 I have two kinds. 2138 01:55:21.039 --> 01:55:21.319 I use. 2139 01:55:21.399 --> 01:55:23.600 Number one, I just use like a mason, a Manna's jar. 2140 01:55:23.800 --> 01:55:25.960 You know, put the seed in there, screw the lead 2141 01:55:26.039 --> 01:55:28.399 down tight and no air is gonna no moisture and 2142 01:55:28.399 --> 01:55:29.640 air is going to move in and out of that. 2143 01:55:30.760 --> 01:55:33.239 The other thing is there are some little containers that 2144 01:55:33.359 --> 01:55:36.279 have a nice rubber seal with a clamp down lid. 2145 01:55:36.399 --> 01:55:38.520 You've seen them for storing. You know, you have green 2146 01:55:38.600 --> 01:55:40.680 beans for dinner and you don't eat them all, so 2147 01:55:40.760 --> 01:55:42.680 you put a few in one of these little containers 2148 01:55:42.760 --> 01:55:45.760 in the fridge. Those are pretty good too, and so 2149 01:55:45.920 --> 01:55:48.199 that's another option. A lot of my seeds are stored 2150 01:55:48.239 --> 01:55:53.920 in those as well. Refrigerator storage, though generally, is adequate. 2151 01:55:54.000 --> 01:55:57.840 You don't need to go cooler than that. Now, if 2152 01:55:57.920 --> 01:56:00.880 you are a person who wants to play around and 2153 01:56:01.079 --> 01:56:06.920 do some black some like different kinds of like a 2154 01:56:07.079 --> 01:56:10.760 black poppy, I couldn't even say the word poppy or 2155 01:56:10.920 --> 01:56:14.239 other kinds of unusual plants and things. Those can be 2156 01:56:14.319 --> 01:56:18.239 really valuable seeds to save. And all we have to 2157 01:56:18.279 --> 01:56:21.119 do is help you to find the right way for 2158 01:56:21.279 --> 01:56:23.239 each of the seeds that you want to save to 2159 01:56:23.319 --> 01:56:25.640 get the best results. For most of them, it's simple. 2160 01:56:26.119 --> 01:56:27.920 It's just a matter of drying a mountain store them 2161 01:56:28.039 --> 01:56:30.520 and they do just fine. Now I do want to 2162 01:56:30.760 --> 01:56:34.239 I did mention putting a dessicant packet in there. That 2163 01:56:34.439 --> 01:56:37.720 is important. One thing to remember on stored seeds. Here's 2164 01:56:37.720 --> 01:56:40.159 a mistake people make. They know they need to be dried. 2165 01:56:40.239 --> 01:56:42.840 They need to be stored dry, So you put them 2166 01:56:42.880 --> 01:56:45.600 in the freezer or i'll say worsh yet the freezer 2167 01:56:46.319 --> 01:56:49.600 of refrigerator or worshipt the freezer. You pull it out 2168 01:56:49.720 --> 01:56:51.920 and you open it up. Well, what happens when you 2169 01:56:52.039 --> 01:56:56.159 take something freezing cold and expose it to a countertop 2170 01:56:56.239 --> 01:56:59.479 in your house. All the moisture in the air condenses 2171 01:56:59.560 --> 01:57:02.159 on it. So now you've taken dry seeds and you've 2172 01:57:02.279 --> 01:57:04.319 just wet the seed packets. Just like you know, you 2173 01:57:04.439 --> 01:57:07.079 get a drink that's got ice in it and on 2174 01:57:07.239 --> 01:57:11.560 the glass sides, you get that condensation happening. Don't do that. 2175 01:57:12.000 --> 01:57:15.439 Put them on the counter, let them reach him room temperature, 2176 01:57:16.039 --> 01:57:19.199 and then open them up. So just keep that in 2177 01:57:19.319 --> 01:57:23.119 mind when you're saving seed. Avoid disease plants. Avoid plants, 2178 01:57:23.279 --> 01:57:26.840 especially with virus infections. Do not save a seed from 2179 01:57:26.880 --> 01:57:29.039 a plant that's been virus infected. That it's not going 2180 01:57:29.119 --> 01:57:31.880 to be good. And if you want to play around 2181 01:57:31.880 --> 01:57:36.039 a little bit and have some fun, you can take 2182 01:57:36.119 --> 01:57:39.600 seeds and cross them yourself. And people do this with 2183 01:57:39.680 --> 01:57:42.159 squash all the time. Squash a big old fat flower. 2184 01:57:42.279 --> 01:57:44.720 That's easy. You know, you got male flowers and you 2185 01:57:44.800 --> 01:57:50.159 got female flowers, and that's true of watermelons, squash, cantelope, cucumbers, 2186 01:57:50.359 --> 01:57:52.880 all of those. You got those two kinds of flowers. 2187 01:57:53.199 --> 01:57:56.680 And so you can easily pick a male flower, pull 2188 01:57:56.720 --> 01:57:59.600 the pedals off, and use the little dab a pollen 2189 01:57:59.680 --> 01:58:02.640 on the to go around pollinating female flowers with it. 2190 01:58:02.920 --> 01:58:05.000 So if you want to cross two types of squash, 2191 01:58:05.439 --> 01:58:08.640 you can save seed and start to create the new squash. 2192 01:58:08.760 --> 01:58:11.119 You can name it after yourself. It'll be this new 2193 01:58:11.239 --> 01:58:14.439 unusual squash that you created. And a lot of different 2194 01:58:14.520 --> 01:58:17.880 kinds of squash can be crossed. I can't go into 2195 01:58:18.199 --> 01:58:20.319 the details, and you probably don't care about the details 2196 01:58:20.399 --> 01:58:22.800 of that, but if you want more information, you can 2197 01:58:22.840 --> 01:58:26.239 email me about which kinds of squashes cross with what. 2198 01:58:26.479 --> 01:58:29.920 In general, things like pumpkins cross with hard winter squashes 2199 01:58:30.079 --> 01:58:32.680 like that, and in general summer squashes will cross, but 2200 01:58:32.760 --> 01:58:36.479 there's exceptions, so don't take that too far. And then 2201 01:58:36.600 --> 01:58:43.800 finally there is the fun mystery seed selection, and that 2202 01:58:43.880 --> 01:58:48.640 would be things like, Okay, this Thanksgiving, my wife got 2203 01:58:48.760 --> 01:58:51.960 some little tiny pumpkins, you know, the little tiny size 2204 01:58:52.199 --> 01:58:54.439 as big as your fists are a little bit bigger 2205 01:58:54.479 --> 01:58:56.760 than that. And one of them was white, and one 2206 01:58:56.840 --> 01:58:59.239 of them was modeled, and one of them was orange, 2207 01:58:59.319 --> 01:59:02.000 but it was minute. And so I've seed the seeds 2208 01:59:02.039 --> 01:59:04.319 out of all three, and I marked them as this 2209 01:59:04.439 --> 01:59:06.159 one came out of a minute. I took a picture 2210 01:59:06.159 --> 01:59:08.359 of them, marked them this came out of the small 2211 01:59:08.359 --> 01:59:10.439 white when this came in. And I'll plant those in 2212 01:59:10.520 --> 01:59:12.680 the garden next year and they're going to grow some 2213 01:59:13.119 --> 01:59:16.760 sort of a squash, slash pumpkin, a winter squash or pumpkin, 2214 01:59:17.039 --> 01:59:19.119 but I don't know which. Who knows what field they 2215 01:59:19.159 --> 01:59:21.239 were grown in, if they'd been grown side by side, 2216 01:59:21.760 --> 01:59:24.199 who knows what those seeds hold. They're going to be dukes, 2217 01:59:24.319 --> 01:59:27.119 mixtures of all kinds of stuff. So you can just 2218 01:59:27.159 --> 01:59:29.479 play around and have some fun like that. If you 2219 01:59:29.560 --> 01:59:32.159 see plants you like along the roadside that have some 2220 01:59:32.640 --> 01:59:35.560 seed pack or seed you know, pods on them, you 2221 01:59:35.640 --> 01:59:38.640 can select those and save them. One last thought about 2222 01:59:38.680 --> 01:59:42.119 seed saving is some kinds of plant throw their seed, 2223 01:59:42.640 --> 01:59:47.079 they cast them. These are typically plants with little pods 2224 01:59:47.359 --> 01:59:50.239 like a blue bonnet, and a blue bonnet pod looks 2225 01:59:50.319 --> 01:59:53.399 like just like a miniature green bean pod. But when 2226 01:59:53.479 --> 01:59:57.039 it breaks open, when the seed's dry, that suiture splits 2227 01:59:57.680 --> 01:59:59.960 and it literally is like putting put your hands together. 2228 02:00:00.039 --> 02:00:03.479 They're like, you know, praying hands form like that, and 2229 02:00:03.600 --> 02:00:06.640 then just push your thumbs out and through the middle. 2230 02:00:06.680 --> 02:00:09.279 As the sides fly out, you do that push away 2231 02:00:09.319 --> 02:00:12.520 from you, prying, push away. That's what bluebonets do, and 2232 02:00:12.600 --> 02:00:14.600 they throw their seed a long way. So if you 2233 02:00:14.680 --> 02:00:17.239 want to save blue bonnet seeds, maybe you grew someome 2234 02:00:17.399 --> 02:00:20.119 and and I don't know, maybe you have some maroon 2235 02:00:20.199 --> 02:00:22.680 ones or something or white ones in the in the 2236 02:00:22.800 --> 02:00:24.880 group and you want to save them. You need to 2237 02:00:24.960 --> 02:00:29.520 throw a organza bag with draw strings over the top. 2238 02:00:29.920 --> 02:00:32.079 When the seed pods a form, just put that over 2239 02:00:32.119 --> 02:00:34.319 the top and let them fully dry and when they do, 2240 02:00:34.439 --> 02:00:36.439 they'll pop and they'll throw those seeds and they'll all 2241 02:00:36.479 --> 02:00:38.760 be in your little draw string bag. And that way 2242 02:00:39.359 --> 02:00:41.159 you can do that. Another way is to pick the 2243 02:00:41.279 --> 02:00:43.960 pods as they're turning brown, but before they hit the 2244 02:00:44.000 --> 02:00:47.159 point of splitting. Put all those in a bunch of 2245 02:00:47.880 --> 02:00:49.760 in an a draw string bag. Put a bunch of 2246 02:00:49.800 --> 02:00:52.760 them in a draw string bag, pull the draw string 2247 02:00:52.840 --> 02:00:54.560 and just sort of hang it up in a warm, dry, 2248 02:00:54.680 --> 02:00:57.319 well aerated place. And next thing you know, you're gonna 2249 02:00:57.319 --> 02:00:58.560 come by and there's gonna be a whole bunch of 2250 02:00:58.560 --> 02:01:00.960 bluebonet seed that explodes it in there. But you got 2251 02:01:01.000 --> 02:01:06.199 them all, all right. That's probably enough information on seed starting, 2252 02:01:06.279 --> 02:01:09.079 but it is, I mean seed collecting, but it is 2253 02:01:09.359 --> 02:01:13.600 a lot of fun. Just remember time varies on seed viability. 2254 02:01:13.680 --> 02:01:17.520 Some last a year only some of them will keep 2255 02:01:18.239 --> 02:01:21.680 over five years depending on the seed pod. But if 2256 02:01:21.720 --> 02:01:25.199 you put them in refrigerated storage, most seed you should 2257 02:01:25.199 --> 02:01:27.920 get two to three good viable years out of them. 2258 02:01:28.640 --> 02:01:30.880 If you've got seed that are stored and you don't 2259 02:01:30.920 --> 02:01:34.000 know if they're still good, what you do. Okay, here's 2260 02:01:34.000 --> 02:01:36.199 another tip for the day. Boy, we are full of 2261 02:01:36.319 --> 02:01:39.680 those tips for the day. Is you take the seed, 2262 02:01:39.960 --> 02:01:43.479 take ten of them, lay them on a paper towel 2263 02:01:43.600 --> 02:01:47.159 that has been moistened, fold the towel over and put 2264 02:01:47.239 --> 02:01:51.199 that folded paper towel section with seeds inside in a 2265 02:01:51.319 --> 02:01:54.920 zipplot bag. Don't squeeze it down tight. Leave some air 2266 02:01:55.000 --> 02:01:58.439 in there. They need some air exchange. And put those 2267 02:01:59.039 --> 02:02:00.720 in a dark spot. Or you can just put them 2268 02:02:00.720 --> 02:02:03.720 on the counter and check them back two days later, 2269 02:02:04.079 --> 02:02:06.600 three day, five days. You know, just keep checking and 2270 02:02:06.720 --> 02:02:09.520 as they start to sprout, you will see how many sprout. So, 2271 02:02:09.760 --> 02:02:11.920 just as an example, if you put ten seeds in 2272 02:02:13.000 --> 02:02:16.119 and three sprouted and seven didn't, you've got a thirty 2273 02:02:16.199 --> 02:02:20.119 percent germination rate. So when you take the seeds that 2274 02:02:20.279 --> 02:02:22.399 you have saved and you don't know how viable they are, 2275 02:02:22.560 --> 02:02:25.680 now you know to plant more of those accordingly in 2276 02:02:25.840 --> 02:02:29.520 order to get the number of plants you're trying to plant. Okay, 2277 02:02:30.039 --> 02:02:33.279 that's a lot, a lot of information, I know, but 2278 02:02:33.479 --> 02:02:35.600 we want you to have success, and that's why we're 2279 02:02:35.640 --> 02:02:41.159 providing that kind of information for you. Gardening is a fun, fun, 2280 02:02:42.159 --> 02:02:44.920 fun hobby. It is good for your mind, it's good 2281 02:02:44.960 --> 02:02:47.520 for your soul, it's good for your your physical body. 2282 02:02:48.399 --> 02:02:50.479 It's just good in all kinds of ways. And as 2283 02:02:50.560 --> 02:02:54.600 you go from being just a peripheral gardener, which is 2284 02:02:54.800 --> 02:02:58.279 perfectly okay, you go, you buy some plants, you put 2285 02:02:58.319 --> 02:03:01.079 them in, you're done, take care of them and things, 2286 02:03:01.640 --> 02:03:04.039 and you start getting into it. I got to warn you. 2287 02:03:04.439 --> 02:03:08.640 It's addictive. It's addictive. Next thing you know, you'll be 2288 02:03:09.439 --> 02:03:13.880 rooting cuttings, and you'll be saving seeds, and you'll be 2289 02:03:14.079 --> 02:03:17.520 starting your own transplants of unusual things you found along 2290 02:03:17.600 --> 02:03:20.000 the road side and other things. And it just goes 2291 02:03:20.119 --> 02:03:22.239 on and on and on. There's no end to it. 2292 02:03:22.439 --> 02:03:25.279 I'm sorry, there's no end. But of all the addictions 2293 02:03:25.319 --> 02:03:28.079 in the world, it is a great a great one 2294 02:03:28.159 --> 02:03:30.039 to have. And I hope you'll take care of that, 2295 02:03:31.479 --> 02:03:34.239 take it to heart. And again my challenge to you 2296 02:03:34.319 --> 02:03:36.279 this year I got several I've been given you. One 2297 02:03:36.319 --> 02:03:38.760 of them is to try something new. What are you 2298 02:03:38.800 --> 02:03:40.319 going to do that you haven't done before? Have you 2299 02:03:40.399 --> 02:03:43.840 never grown vegetables and containers? This is a season to 2300 02:03:43.920 --> 02:03:45.319 do it. One, there's a great time to do that. 2301 02:03:45.960 --> 02:03:51.000 Have you never grown vegetables period, grown your own edibles. 2302 02:03:51.079 --> 02:03:54.000 Have you never tried growing herbs? This is the time 2303 02:03:54.079 --> 02:03:56.800 to do it. What have you not tried doing? Have 2304 02:03:56.880 --> 02:04:00.800 you ever tried seeds starting, propagating, seed saving. There's lots 2305 02:04:00.840 --> 02:04:03.159 and lots in gardening. That's a lot of fun. And 2306 02:04:03.279 --> 02:04:05.079 the more you get into it, the more fun you have. 2307 02:04:05.319 --> 02:04:07.439 And then you meet people who have the same addiction 2308 02:04:07.640 --> 02:04:10.680 and it even gets more fun. And if you run 2309 02:04:10.760 --> 02:04:12.840 in and he bumps along the way. Go to your 2310 02:04:12.960 --> 02:04:16.640 local independent garden centers. We got them north, south, east, west, 2311 02:04:16.880 --> 02:04:21.000 central here in the greater Houston area. And go there. 2312 02:04:21.119 --> 02:04:23.520 You're gonna get expert advice. They'll help you with it. 2313 02:04:23.920 --> 02:04:25.560 They'll help you get you over the hump, make you 2314 02:04:25.640 --> 02:04:28.479 a better gardener as you do, or just give me 2315 02:04:28.520 --> 02:04:31.000 a call on garden line. Be happy to visit with 2316 02:04:31.079 --> 02:04:34.319 you and help you along the process. Because this is 2317 02:04:34.760 --> 02:04:38.199 the greatest hobby in the world. It absolutely is. You 2318 02:04:38.279 --> 02:04:40.319 can argue with me if you want, but I'm right. 2319 02:04:40.560 --> 02:04:42.800 I may be biased, but that doesn't mean I'm wrong. 2320 02:04:43.079 --> 02:04:44.960 All right, time for me to take a break. We're 2321 02:04:44.960 --> 02:04:47.279 gonna come back with a special guest. Right after the break, 2322 02:04:47.359 --> 02:04:49.359 we got another guest today that we're going to visit 2323 02:04:49.479 --> 02:04:53.880 with about some great Christmas gift ideas. Welcome back to 2324 02:04:53.920 --> 02:04:56.560 the Garden Line. Glad to have you with us today. 2325 02:04:56.760 --> 02:05:00.560 Thanks for listening in. I want to head straight the phones. 2326 02:05:00.560 --> 02:05:02.680 I got a special guest that we're going to visit with, 2327 02:05:03.079 --> 02:05:07.960 and that guest is Joey Linderman from Enchanted Gardens down 2328 02:05:08.119 --> 02:05:12.119 in Richmond Rosenberg area. Hey Joey, welcome to Garden Line. 2329 02:05:13.359 --> 02:05:13.840 Good morning. 2330 02:05:13.880 --> 02:05:14.880 How's everybody doing today. 2331 02:05:16.279 --> 02:05:18.600 We're doing good. We're having a lot of fun. I 2332 02:05:18.720 --> 02:05:22.840 tell you I survived Thanksgiving. I think I only ate 2333 02:05:23.000 --> 02:05:25.479 once in the last twenty four hours, and I still 2334 02:05:25.520 --> 02:05:27.560 don't feel like eating again because I ate so much. 2335 02:05:28.880 --> 02:05:33.199 I can understand that. All right. Well, hey Joey, I 2336 02:05:33.439 --> 02:05:35.640 appreciate you coming on the air with me. I would 2337 02:05:35.760 --> 02:05:38.239 like you to give us some ideas about what you 2338 02:05:38.319 --> 02:05:41.359 think would be some really good Christmas gift ideas for 2339 02:05:41.479 --> 02:05:44.920 folks that would want to come out and visit in 2340 02:05:45.039 --> 02:05:47.960 Chended Gardens. And you think, you know it might be 2341 02:05:48.159 --> 02:05:51.279 some gifts not only for themselves but for people on 2342 02:05:51.359 --> 02:05:51.840 their list. 2343 02:05:53.000 --> 02:05:53.680 Sure, no problem. 2344 02:05:53.680 --> 02:05:56.159 There's lots of pretty things out here that would be 2345 02:05:56.199 --> 02:05:58.800 a fit for anyone on your list. One of my 2346 02:05:58.920 --> 02:06:02.399 favorites is going to be the things like statuary and 2347 02:06:02.479 --> 02:06:06.439 bird baths. There's got to be something unique to anybody 2348 02:06:06.520 --> 02:06:08.239 that you're shopping for. Uh. 2349 02:06:08.520 --> 02:06:09.840 They last forever. 2350 02:06:10.800 --> 02:06:13.520 It's something you know, permanent in your garden that even 2351 02:06:13.840 --> 02:06:17.199 a non gardener can can keep alive. Right, no watering needed. 2352 02:06:17.880 --> 02:06:18.000 Uh. 2353 02:06:18.239 --> 02:06:19.720 They'll take the heat, they'll take the cold. 2354 02:06:20.239 --> 02:06:21.520 So you know there's there you go. 2355 02:06:22.039 --> 02:06:25.560 Angelic type statues, there's animal statues, there's different types of 2356 02:06:25.600 --> 02:06:29.920 bird baths, you know, all across the board, something for everyone. 2357 02:06:30.279 --> 02:06:34.079 Well, I've seen your selection and you've got you've got 2358 02:06:34.119 --> 02:06:36.960 a lot of different ones there to choose from. So 2359 02:06:37.119 --> 02:06:38.479 what's another good item? 2360 02:06:39.920 --> 02:06:40.039 Uh? 2361 02:06:40.319 --> 02:06:43.039 A popular one is wind times. You know, everyone likes 2362 02:06:43.079 --> 02:06:46.000 sitting outside on a beautiful day like this and adding 2363 02:06:46.000 --> 02:06:50.119 a little natural music to the to the atmosphere is 2364 02:06:50.119 --> 02:06:53.399 always great. We carry the music of the spheres wind chimes. 2365 02:06:53.960 --> 02:06:59.039 They are a superb windchime that almost lasts forever, just 2366 02:06:59.079 --> 02:07:02.359 about like piece of statue. But they come in different. 2367 02:07:05.479 --> 02:07:09.760 Yeah you know what. Yeah, one cool thing about those 2368 02:07:10.079 --> 02:07:13.079 is they're really tuned. You know, some wind chimes are 2369 02:07:13.199 --> 02:07:16.199 not quite in tune, but these are perfect notes that 2370 02:07:16.920 --> 02:07:21.680 go together. Right, Yeah, it's amazing how they do that. Yeah, 2371 02:07:22.199 --> 02:07:24.239 all right, well let's just keep going. 2372 02:07:24.279 --> 02:07:28.520 You got some other ideas, sure, you know they always 2373 02:07:28.520 --> 02:07:31.119 talk about a gift that keeps on giving. Fruit trees 2374 02:07:31.159 --> 02:07:36.039 are also a very popular gift. You know, they'll remember 2375 02:07:36.119 --> 02:07:37.880 that you gave it to them year after year when 2376 02:07:37.920 --> 02:07:41.319 they're harvesting the fruit. So that's a good one. This 2377 02:07:41.399 --> 02:07:43.720 time of year, it's best to plant stone fruit, you know, 2378 02:07:43.800 --> 02:07:47.880 things like apples, peaches, pears, plums, things that are not 2379 02:07:48.039 --> 02:07:50.439 sensitive to the cold. We also have citrus trees this 2380 02:07:50.520 --> 02:07:52.800 time of year, but depending on our winter, they may 2381 02:07:52.880 --> 02:07:55.680 need to be protected in the wintertime. But a good 2382 02:07:55.720 --> 02:07:58.960 selection of fruit trees and also blackberries, blueberries, things of 2383 02:07:59.000 --> 02:07:59.920 that sort this time of year. 2384 02:08:01.319 --> 02:08:03.680 I saw a while back you guys had strawberries with 2385 02:08:03.760 --> 02:08:05.239 the little strawberry jars as well. 2386 02:08:05.920 --> 02:08:08.880 Yep, yep, we've got those still also, So that would 2387 02:08:08.880 --> 02:08:09.359 be a good one. 2388 02:08:09.439 --> 02:08:12.800 Sooner you get your sooner you get your strawberries planted, 2389 02:08:13.000 --> 02:08:15.640 the more time that crown has to develop, even make 2390 02:08:15.760 --> 02:08:18.760 multiple crowns for a better harvest. So get that done soon, 2391 02:08:18.840 --> 02:08:21.119 if guys, if you want to do that, you know, 2392 02:08:21.199 --> 02:08:24.000 one of the things go ahead. 2393 02:08:24.680 --> 02:08:26.199 A lot of folks don't know that they'll take the 2394 02:08:26.920 --> 02:08:28.720 the cold, cold weather this time of year. 2395 02:08:28.800 --> 02:08:30.479 So yeah, you're right, planting them this time of year 2396 02:08:30.520 --> 02:08:31.159 is definitely key. 2397 02:08:33.039 --> 02:08:36.199 There you go. You mentioned fruit trees is something people 2398 02:08:36.239 --> 02:08:39.079 would remember. I like to say that same thing about 2399 02:08:39.239 --> 02:08:42.720 rose bushes. Everybody loves roses. It's a queen of the flowers, 2400 02:08:42.800 --> 02:08:45.159 you know, in the in the landscape. And when you 2401 02:08:45.239 --> 02:08:47.640 plant a rose bush, maybe one that has a nice 2402 02:08:47.680 --> 02:08:51.399 scent or just a beautiful, you know flower, every year, 2403 02:08:52.039 --> 02:08:55.600 people uh will remember you as that thing blooms. Who 2404 02:08:55.680 --> 02:08:58.079 gave them that bush? I got planter on my landscape 2405 02:08:58.119 --> 02:08:59.319 that I remember who gave it to me? 2406 02:09:00.840 --> 02:09:02.520 Yeah, that was one of the next ones on my list. 2407 02:09:02.680 --> 02:09:05.039 Roses are always a good one to give. 2408 02:09:05.479 --> 02:09:07.880 And with this warm weather, you know, they're still blooming, 2409 02:09:08.680 --> 02:09:10.439 so now it's a good time to choose one. 2410 02:09:12.039 --> 02:09:15.479 That's a good point and something I suggest people. 2411 02:09:15.600 --> 02:09:15.640 Do. 2412 02:09:17.159 --> 02:09:20.640 You know there's gifts that's like, here's your gift, Merry Christmas, whatever, 2413 02:09:21.359 --> 02:09:24.279 and you move on. And then there's gifts that give 2414 02:09:24.319 --> 02:09:27.239 a gift of time in them. And so think about this. 2415 02:09:27.439 --> 02:09:29.920 Maybe there's someone in your family or friend or someone 2416 02:09:30.000 --> 02:09:32.600 on the street that's a shut in, and you would 2417 02:09:32.600 --> 02:09:36.239 go over there. You would give them a gift of 2418 02:09:36.319 --> 02:09:40.880 a certificate for coming and planting a special rose at 2419 02:09:40.920 --> 02:09:43.039 their house and schedule of time. You could call it 2420 02:09:43.159 --> 02:09:46.520 the ros and Coffee date. You go over there, have 2421 02:09:46.680 --> 02:09:48.960 some time with them. Maybe they're not able to plant themselves, 2422 02:09:48.960 --> 02:09:50.840 but you could plant it with them and then sit, 2423 02:09:51.000 --> 02:09:53.039 drink a cup of coffee and just spend a little 2424 02:09:53.079 --> 02:09:56.039 bit of time. And I'm telling you that that is 2425 02:09:56.119 --> 02:09:58.920 one of the most amazing gifts that they may ever receive, 2426 02:09:59.439 --> 02:10:03.279 because time with a memorial gift like that is so cool. 2427 02:10:04.479 --> 02:10:06.840 Yeah, you're you're like reading my mind here, because that 2428 02:10:07.039 --> 02:10:09.199 was also you know, one of my most important things 2429 02:10:09.680 --> 02:10:12.119 on the list is you know, getting out and visiting 2430 02:10:12.199 --> 02:10:14.960 with someone or helping someone with some yard work or 2431 02:10:15.039 --> 02:10:17.920 like you say, bringing somebody a plant or a rose 2432 02:10:17.960 --> 02:10:20.880 and planting it with them and yeah, spending some time 2433 02:10:20.960 --> 02:10:24.000 with them. That that is a very important thing. And 2434 02:10:24.239 --> 02:10:27.760 you know, it's memorable long far beyond anything else you 2435 02:10:27.800 --> 02:10:28.159 could give. 2436 02:10:29.720 --> 02:10:32.079 Well, that's that's a good point. That's a good point. Now, 2437 02:10:32.119 --> 02:10:34.399 I know you guys have some really awesome gift shops. 2438 02:10:34.439 --> 02:10:36.479 I always have to wander through when I'm out there. 2439 02:10:37.760 --> 02:10:41.960 Oh yeah, there's lots of things, anything from you know, 2440 02:10:42.039 --> 02:10:44.520 bird seed and bird feeders to different types of gardening 2441 02:10:44.560 --> 02:10:50.000 books and cookbooks and hand towels and games, you know, 2442 02:10:50.319 --> 02:10:53.520 just you name it something again for everybody in the 2443 02:10:53.560 --> 02:10:54.000 gift shop. 2444 02:10:55.319 --> 02:10:57.079 I think those are great too, because you know, you 2445 02:10:57.159 --> 02:10:59.479 go to somebody's house, maybe there's a holiday party or 2446 02:10:59.760 --> 02:11:03.399 a like Thanksgiving meal, Christmas meal, you go over and 2447 02:11:03.560 --> 02:11:06.159 you just bring a gift a housewarming gulf or whatever 2448 02:11:06.600 --> 02:11:08.800 when you go. I think people really appreciate that. And 2449 02:11:08.880 --> 02:11:11.720 I know you guys carry like the forced bulbs, that's 2450 02:11:11.720 --> 02:11:13.920 another good gift to bring in as you're going to 2451 02:11:14.039 --> 02:11:14.680 visit someone. 2452 02:11:15.960 --> 02:11:16.159 Yep. 2453 02:11:16.279 --> 02:11:19.079 Yeah, we've got plenty of paper white bulbs and emeryless bulbs. 2454 02:11:19.760 --> 02:11:22.880 Those are definitely always popular. You can leave them inside 2455 02:11:23.000 --> 02:11:25.279 this time of year, let them bloom for the holiday season, 2456 02:11:25.319 --> 02:11:28.520 and then they can transplant it outside for them to 2457 02:11:28.800 --> 02:11:29.680 come back year to year. 2458 02:11:31.279 --> 02:11:34.119 That's cool. Well, Joey, I got just about twenty seconds 2459 02:11:34.239 --> 02:11:36.119 left here. Can you think of anything else to throw 2460 02:11:36.199 --> 02:11:36.640 on the list? 2461 02:11:37.720 --> 02:11:40.439 Oh, gift cards are always popular. If you can't figure 2462 02:11:40.479 --> 02:11:42.720 out what somebody wants, then I bet they can figure 2463 02:11:42.720 --> 02:11:44.560 it out themselves if you get them a gift card. 2464 02:11:45.880 --> 02:11:48.640 Oh my gosh, a good gardener will have no problem 2465 02:11:48.680 --> 02:11:52.000 figuring out what to do with that, right, Joey, thanks 2466 02:11:52.039 --> 02:11:54.439 a lot. Appreciate you coming in from Shanny Gardens just 2467 02:11:54.479 --> 02:11:56.000 to give us a few more ideas. We're trying to 2468 02:11:56.000 --> 02:11:58.319 get people ideas for not only gardeners on your list, 2469 02:11:58.399 --> 02:11:59.960 but I think when you heard Joey talk, you heard 2470 02:12:00.039 --> 02:12:03.199 about things for people that aren't even gardeners that would 2471 02:12:03.279 --> 02:12:05.680 love to have as a special gift. Who knows, maybe 2472 02:12:05.760 --> 02:12:09.520 we'll convert them into real gardeners with that. Joey, thanks 2473 02:12:09.560 --> 02:12:10.319 a lot for being on. 2474 02:12:12.000 --> 02:12:12.720 Oh ma'am. 2475 02:12:17.800 --> 02:12:22.000 Stath los Ina music there add to our show today. Hey, 2476 02:12:22.920 --> 02:12:24.920 I've talked about Star Hope a number of times and 2477 02:12:25.000 --> 02:12:29.000 I just wanted to mention again that during this season, 2478 02:12:29.159 --> 02:12:31.119 you know, we are all looking forward to the holidays, 2479 02:12:31.520 --> 02:12:33.880 but for a lot of people, it's looking forward to 2480 02:12:33.960 --> 02:12:37.680 the next meal. And people that are homeless for whatever reason, 2481 02:12:37.880 --> 02:12:43.000 maybe don't falter their own need our help. They do. 2482 02:12:43.319 --> 02:12:45.720 And that's when my wife and I are supporters of 2483 02:12:45.840 --> 02:12:47.800 Star of Hope. You know, two dollars and eighty five 2484 02:12:47.880 --> 02:12:50.279 cents buys a meal, and Star of Hope serves six 2485 02:12:50.359 --> 02:12:54.039 thousand meals a week. They can use your help. How 2486 02:12:54.119 --> 02:12:57.399 many meals will be willing to provide? You know, together 2487 02:12:57.680 --> 02:13:01.119 we can make a difference When you give now, you 2488 02:13:01.239 --> 02:13:04.319 give hope, and it is especially needed at this time 2489 02:13:04.359 --> 02:13:05.880 of year, but needed at all times of the year. 2490 02:13:05.880 --> 02:13:07.680 And I hope you'll join me and my wife in 2491 02:13:08.479 --> 02:13:11.760 providing help to other people through Star of Hope. I 2492 02:13:11.840 --> 02:13:15.439 can tell you this that I've seen the different things 2493 02:13:15.439 --> 02:13:19.640 they do, their ministries, their compassion work out in the community, 2494 02:13:20.119 --> 02:13:23.840 and it makes a big difference. This is not just 2495 02:13:23.880 --> 02:13:28.079 a handout. This is actually life changing opportunity to be 2496 02:13:28.319 --> 02:13:31.359 back under you and people need that. Go to Star 2497 02:13:31.439 --> 02:13:36.680 of Hope's website. It's soohmission dot org. Go there, check 2498 02:13:36.720 --> 02:13:41.640 it out, learn more about it and consider providing meals 2499 02:13:41.840 --> 02:13:44.399 for people that could really use them this time of year. 2500 02:13:46.640 --> 02:13:48.600 By the way, our phone lines are open if you'd 2501 02:13:48.640 --> 02:13:50.560 like to give us call again. We're in our last segment, 2502 02:13:50.640 --> 02:13:52.159 so not a lot of time, but we're going to 2503 02:13:52.199 --> 02:13:54.800 go to the phones and talk to Jim and Sugarland. 2504 02:13:55.000 --> 02:13:59.960 Hey Jim, welcome reguardline. Yes, good morning, Yes, skip up. 2505 02:14:00.000 --> 02:14:04.319 You've got a magnolia tree that's probably about fifty foot high, 2506 02:14:05.439 --> 02:14:09.960 and uh, it's got at the base it's about eighteen 2507 02:14:10.000 --> 02:14:12.920 inch diameter, and then it has goes up. 2508 02:14:12.920 --> 02:14:15.520 And it has two main Uh. 2509 02:14:15.920 --> 02:14:20.119 Well, it's got a main branch going vertically, but then 2510 02:14:20.199 --> 02:14:26.079 it's got a side branch that's maybe nine inch diameter, 2511 02:14:26.600 --> 02:14:31.319 and it crosses over the main branch, and it's rubbing 2512 02:14:31.399 --> 02:14:33.119 against the main branch. 2513 02:14:34.520 --> 02:14:36.720 Uh huh, and it's and. 2514 02:14:37.159 --> 02:14:40.079 It's got an indentation. 2515 02:14:40.479 --> 02:14:44.520 Against the main branch. Okay, I get it. 2516 02:14:44.960 --> 02:14:48.640 So yeah, So on those kind of things, you know, 2517 02:14:48.760 --> 02:14:50.960 you have to look at it. Each situation is different. 2518 02:14:51.079 --> 02:14:53.399 If you if you can remove one or the other, 2519 02:14:53.680 --> 02:14:55.720 that would be best, so they don't rub and do 2520 02:14:55.840 --> 02:14:58.319 that because it wears a spot that's a place where 2521 02:14:58.399 --> 02:15:01.239 the cake can get in, you know, as it damages 2522 02:15:01.359 --> 02:15:05.399 the the living bark or living tissues around the outside 2523 02:15:05.439 --> 02:15:08.479 of the branch. But if you can't, it can be left. 2524 02:15:09.000 --> 02:15:11.239 You know, as branches get bigger, it seems to be 2525 02:15:11.319 --> 02:15:13.359 a little bit less of a problem with the movement 2526 02:15:13.439 --> 02:15:16.520 and stuff. It's your call. There's not a black and 2527 02:15:16.560 --> 02:15:19.720 white issue on this one. So if you can remove it, 2528 02:15:19.880 --> 02:15:22.039 if not, you live with it. 2529 02:15:23.560 --> 02:15:26.640 If you do remove it, what should you do anything 2530 02:15:26.760 --> 02:15:29.840 where you cut that side branch off. 2531 02:15:32.199 --> 02:15:34.560 Well, you just know you just cut it off and 2532 02:15:34.720 --> 02:15:39.760 don't do any wound treatment on that That is not necessary. 2533 02:15:40.399 --> 02:15:42.560 In fact, it'll heal better if you just leave it alone. 2534 02:15:42.680 --> 02:15:45.000 Keep the tree healthy and growing, and it'll close over 2535 02:15:45.079 --> 02:15:47.279 that wound in time. Cut it back to where it 2536 02:15:47.399 --> 02:15:51.720 attaches to the mother tree, the trull of the trunk, 2537 02:15:52.319 --> 02:15:56.319 and don't leave a stub. But as you go close 2538 02:15:56.399 --> 02:15:58.159 to the trunk, right before you get to the trunk, 2539 02:15:58.199 --> 02:16:00.720 it flares out to attach a little bit, and you 2540 02:16:00.800 --> 02:16:03.439 want to cut it right on the outside of that flare. 2541 02:16:03.880 --> 02:16:06.000 So you may have an one inch a little bit 2542 02:16:06.319 --> 02:16:08.760 sticking out there or something along those lines, depending on 2543 02:16:08.800 --> 02:16:09.760 how big the branch is. 2544 02:16:11.079 --> 02:16:14.840 Yeah, okay, well I appreciate the information. 2545 02:16:15.039 --> 02:16:15.800 Thank you very much. 2546 02:16:17.079 --> 02:16:19.399 All right, Jim, good luck with your magnolia tree, and 2547 02:16:19.800 --> 02:16:24.119 thank you very much for calling into garden Line this morning. Well, 2548 02:16:24.439 --> 02:16:27.239 we've covered a lot of ground today. I'm trying to 2549 02:16:27.279 --> 02:16:29.720 think of all the different things we talk about seed 2550 02:16:29.880 --> 02:16:34.799 saving and all kinds of interesting things. If I'm going 2551 02:16:34.879 --> 02:16:37.399 to be posting some more stuff to garden Line, this week. 2552 02:16:37.440 --> 02:16:40.600 I promised yesterday that I would put some information up there. 2553 02:16:41.319 --> 02:16:43.000 We're going to go ahead and get on that, but 2554 02:16:43.120 --> 02:16:45.280 I want to remind you, I say post to guard 2555 02:16:45.319 --> 02:16:47.840 Line to my website that I use for garden Line, 2556 02:16:48.680 --> 02:16:52.760 that is skip gardening with skip dot com. So it's 2557 02:16:52.799 --> 02:16:58.639 really real easy to remember gardening with skip dot com. Uh, 2558 02:16:59.000 --> 02:17:01.760 just go there. My new publications are listed with the 2559 02:17:01.879 --> 02:17:04.280 newest at the top. I think right now the newest 2560 02:17:04.360 --> 02:17:07.200 one is on Nema todes. I believe I wrote something 2561 02:17:07.239 --> 02:17:09.799 on Nemo todes, but we'll be adding more to it. 2562 02:17:10.760 --> 02:17:14.799 So either way, look forward to, you know, helping you 2563 02:17:15.079 --> 02:17:18.280 have a more bountiful garden and a more beautiful landscape 2564 02:17:19.319 --> 02:17:21.319 by providing that evergreen information. 2565 02:17:21.719 --> 02:17:21.879 You know. 2566 02:17:21.920 --> 02:17:24.319 The funny thing about garden Line. I've noticed. One funny 2567 02:17:24.360 --> 02:17:27.440 thing about guard line is that I'll get a call 2568 02:17:28.200 --> 02:17:29.920 and then right after it, I get a call with 2569 02:17:30.000 --> 02:17:32.639 the same question, or two calls later or an hour later. 2570 02:17:33.040 --> 02:17:35.639 And I realized, you know, people don't sit there and 2571 02:17:35.760 --> 02:17:41.079 listen to guard Line from six am to ten am. Pardon, 2572 02:17:43.000 --> 02:17:46.639 people don't listen to the garden Line. 2573 02:17:46.680 --> 02:17:46.959 And so. 2574 02:17:48.760 --> 02:17:50.879 I don't mind repeating things. But that's why I put 2575 02:17:50.920 --> 02:17:53.000 stuff on the website too, so I can just point 2576 02:17:53.079 --> 02:17:54.879 you there and you can go read about it, and 2577 02:17:55.000 --> 02:17:56.799 people that are listening don't have to hear the same 2578 02:17:56.879 --> 02:18:00.040 thing over and over and over again. That way I 2579 02:18:00.040 --> 02:18:02.120 want to tell you again today we talked about ACE 2580 02:18:02.159 --> 02:18:06.360 Hardware earlier. Several times. ACE Hardware is stocked up for Christmas. 2581 02:18:06.399 --> 02:18:11.360 Their Black Friday sales are good through December second. That's Tuesday. 2582 02:18:12.319 --> 02:18:16.920 No excuse me, December second. Tuesday or in December second 2583 02:18:16.920 --> 02:18:19.360 are at the same day. Call your local, they'll tell 2584 02:18:19.360 --> 02:18:21.559 you what it is. The bottom line is go ahead 2585 02:18:21.559 --> 02:18:25.040 and get it done. It may be Monday, December second. Anyway, 2586 02:18:25.399 --> 02:18:28.799 folks are decorating. Check out their lights by the foot. 2587 02:18:29.000 --> 02:18:31.840 That is a really cool deal where you can buy 2588 02:18:32.000 --> 02:18:35.319 the light length you need. You tell them they'll create 2589 02:18:35.399 --> 02:18:39.159 that light to exactly the link that you need. Why 2590 02:18:39.239 --> 02:18:42.120 you're at ACE, check out the incredible list of gifts 2591 02:18:42.200 --> 02:18:46.479 from really cool kids toys to wonderful power tools and 2592 02:18:46.559 --> 02:18:48.639 things that any do it yourself or would be glad 2593 02:18:48.719 --> 02:18:53.159 to have. There is beautiful indoor decorations and all kinds 2594 02:18:53.200 --> 02:18:56.680 of gift ideas, including stocking stuffers, all the way up 2595 02:18:56.760 --> 02:19:01.120 to the Cadillac stuff like that Beautiful or Big Green 2596 02:19:01.200 --> 02:19:05.520 Egg or Weber or Grill. They they are stocked up 2597 02:19:05.600 --> 02:19:08.280 there for the barbecue or on your list. What you're 2598 02:19:08.319 --> 02:19:10.280 gonna find when you get into acis stuff you didn't 2599 02:19:10.319 --> 02:19:14.200 expect that. That's just true. Every Ace Hardware is independently owned, 2600 02:19:14.639 --> 02:19:16.600 and there are things when you walk in it's like 2601 02:19:17.079 --> 02:19:19.440 I didn't know that. I was talking to someone earlier 2602 02:19:19.479 --> 02:19:22.239 who carried a certain brand of jewelry in the Ace 2603 02:19:22.319 --> 02:19:25.879 Hardware store. That's a very popular brand. Depending on the 2604 02:19:25.920 --> 02:19:27.799 issue you go into, they're gonna have some cool stuff, 2605 02:19:27.920 --> 02:19:29.520 and so you just gotta check them out. Go to 2606 02:19:29.559 --> 02:19:32.959 Acehardware dot com, Forward sized Houston and that's where you 2607 02:19:33.040 --> 02:19:36.760 find the Ace Hardware stores near you. All Right, you've 2608 02:19:36.799 --> 02:19:38.840 been listening to garden Line and music means I need 2609 02:19:38.959 --> 02:19:42.719 to hush and put the microphone away for a week. 2610 02:19:42.879 --> 02:19:45.440 Have a wonderful week out in your garden. I remember 2611 02:19:45.520 --> 02:19:48.159 to have fun, enjoy those people in your life, and 2612 02:19:48.680 --> 02:19:53.200 hold those gifts to make a really meaningful relational benefit 2613 02:19:53.399 --> 02:19:53.840 difference