WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.040 Kat r H Garden Line does not necessarily endorse any 2 00:00:03.080 --> 00:00:06.839 of the products or services advertised on this program. Welcome 3 00:00:07.000 --> 00:00:10.119 to kt r H Garden Line with Skip Richter. 4 00:00:19.000 --> 00:00:26.440 Just watch him as so many. 5 00:00:26.239 --> 00:00:38.159 Go things to seeprazy not sald. 6 00:00:39.759 --> 00:00:45.679 Well. Welcome, Welcome to Garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, 7 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:49.159 and we're here to answer gardening questions. Actually, why I'm 8 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:53.000 here is so that you can have more bountiful garden 9 00:00:53.039 --> 00:00:56.759 and more beautiful landscape and more fun in the process. Boy, 10 00:00:56.759 --> 00:00:59.960 if we could achieve those three things, I would feel 11 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:03.159 like that's a home run. You know, gardening is supposed 12 00:01:03.200 --> 00:01:06.239 to be a blast, and we have the ability to 13 00:01:06.319 --> 00:01:09.400 create a little spot of eden whatever that looks like 14 00:01:09.480 --> 00:01:12.040 to you in your property. 15 00:01:12.519 --> 00:01:12.760 We do. 16 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:17.040 Maybe you're a lawn ranger, one of the guys that 17 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:22.599 likes large expenses expenses excuse me, oh, maybe expensive to 18 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:27.000 large expenses of turf grass. That's that's what you like, 19 00:01:27.079 --> 00:01:31.400 the perfect cut, the weedless lawn. Uh, just seeing everything 20 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:34.840 nice and edged and pretty. Maybe you're on the other 21 00:01:34.959 --> 00:01:38.400 end of the spectrum and you like it wild, native plants, 22 00:01:38.480 --> 00:01:42.879 cottage gardens. You know, no straight lines, no orders, no, 23 00:01:43.680 --> 00:01:47.519 definitely not an engineer. If you feel that well, maybe not. 24 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:51.680 If you feel that way, maybe you're somewhere in between. 25 00:01:51.760 --> 00:01:54.079 Do you like vegetable gardening? Grownk things you can eat, 26 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:57.079 vegetables and fruit and herbs. Oh my gosh, we can 27 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.920 grow all kinds here in the Greater Houston area. We 28 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.359 are fortunate. You know, we're about to get into some 29 00:02:02.439 --> 00:02:04.359 cold and we'll be talking about that a lot today. 30 00:02:04.359 --> 00:02:08.520 I bet, and yes that that's a rough one. But 31 00:02:08.879 --> 00:02:12.800 by and large, this is a very temperate climate and 32 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:16.639 the amount of really hard freezes that we have are 33 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:20.159 very few and far between. That's why you see cetresol 34 00:02:20.240 --> 00:02:22.800 over the place. That's why you see avocado trees down here. 35 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:25.680 For crying out loud, I mean, this is a great 36 00:02:25.800 --> 00:02:30.439 place to grow a lot of things. It's not. There 37 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:32.639 are not a lot of places where you can grow 38 00:02:32.719 --> 00:02:36.560 apples and avocados in the same spot. But this is 39 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:39.840 actually one where it could be done as long as 40 00:02:39.879 --> 00:02:42.120 you're willing to go to some links in order to 41 00:02:42.159 --> 00:02:45.400 do it well. The way we get from here to 42 00:02:45.439 --> 00:02:47.080 there is for you to give me a call. Seven 43 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:51.319 one three two one two KTRH seven one three two 44 00:02:51.400 --> 00:02:55.520 one two KTRH. Let's help you get the kind of 45 00:02:55.560 --> 00:02:58.000 success that you're looking for. All Right, we'll start off 46 00:02:58.039 --> 00:03:00.000 with the elephant in the room, and we'll come back 47 00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:02.199 to the elephant. I bet a bunch of times today 48 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:04.360 the elephant in the room is it's going to get 49 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:08.199 really cold. And I realized that I've talked to someone 50 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:11.319 the other day that listens over almost to San Antonio 51 00:03:11.360 --> 00:03:14.639 in that area, listens on the radio to the show, 52 00:03:14.719 --> 00:03:18.680 and some folks down Corpus direction over Louisiana and Huntsville. 53 00:03:18.680 --> 00:03:20.400 It's kind of hard to say how cold's going to 54 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:23.120 get at your house when we're covering that kind of area. 55 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:27.560 But we're looking at everything from the teens maybe down 56 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:31.039 to just a little bit into the twenties below thirty, 57 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:36.120 depending on where you live as you're listening to this broadcast. Well, 58 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:39.319 that means that what you need to do has a 59 00:03:39.319 --> 00:03:41.039 big range as well, you know, and we're going to 60 00:03:41.080 --> 00:03:44.639 get down in the mid twenties. We got a lot 61 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:48.039 of plants that are commonly grown here that are really 62 00:03:48.080 --> 00:03:50.759 going to need some protection to not have a significant 63 00:03:51.159 --> 00:03:54.719 loss to them. Fortunately, we have a lot of plants 64 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:56.919 that are able or resprout from the base. I was 65 00:03:57.039 --> 00:03:58.840 just out doing a video, which by the way, I 66 00:03:58.879 --> 00:04:04.240 posted to Facebook yesterday on protecting plants from the cold, 67 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:06.719 just kind of real quick went over basically how to 68 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.039 cover a plant and put heat underneath it and so on. 69 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:14.400 And I was using a plant that's kind of a 70 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:17.439 semi tender one. And we have a number of plants 71 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:21.920 like that, you know, the Pride of Barbados, sometimes called 72 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:25.560 Redbird of Paradise. That's one that is not hard to 73 00:04:25.639 --> 00:04:28.160 kill that to the ground. It cannot take much cold 74 00:04:28.199 --> 00:04:30.720 at all and it'll go to the ground. But if 75 00:04:30.759 --> 00:04:34.079 you mound soil or compost or mulch over the base, 76 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:36.720 I like to use finer textured things because they don't 77 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:38.839 allow the air to move through as easily. Like a 78 00:04:38.839 --> 00:04:41.680 big old chunky mulch isn't as much unless you put 79 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:44.480 it read deep. Isn't as much protection let's say per 80 00:04:44.519 --> 00:04:47.639 inch of depth as would be compost or soil. But 81 00:04:48.120 --> 00:04:49.959 either way you go, you want to mount something over 82 00:04:49.959 --> 00:04:51.839 the base of it, and it killed it to the ground, 83 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:53.680 that's fine, and it'll come right back out of the ground. 84 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:55.879 In fact, plants like that do well if they get 85 00:04:55.959 --> 00:04:57.839 killed of the ground. They just come out fresh and 86 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:02.199 same as true with esperanza yellow bells. Plant it all 87 00:05:02.240 --> 00:05:07.160 over the place. Those plants are marginally hardy. Depending on 88 00:05:07.160 --> 00:05:10.079 where you live in the listening area, they're gonna get 89 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.600 killed part way to the or killed back a little bit, 90 00:05:12.879 --> 00:05:14.839 or often killed all the way to the ground. When 91 00:05:14.879 --> 00:05:17.240 we have a good coal snap. If you have a 92 00:05:17.240 --> 00:05:20.680 plant like that and it gets half killed back and 93 00:05:20.759 --> 00:05:23.560 it looks horrible, cut it to the ground. I cut 94 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:26.519 mine to the ground every year because they come right 95 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:28.439 back out of the ground. And if you do that, 96 00:05:29.040 --> 00:05:31.439 the plant won't be so scraggedly. You know, you had 97 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:33.959 one long stem that kind of half survived and then 98 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:36.199 sums coming back out of the ground. Cut it all 99 00:05:36.279 --> 00:05:38.319 the ground, have it all fresh, come back out again, 100 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:42.160 and you'll be good to go. Don't forget. Don't forget that. 101 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:48.519 You can do that. Thry Alice. Thrialice is a well 102 00:05:48.759 --> 00:05:52.000 it would be evergreen if it didn't freeze. Hard bush 103 00:05:52.319 --> 00:05:56.399 that has yellow blooms, and it blooms probably more months 104 00:05:56.399 --> 00:05:58.639 of the year than almost any plant you're going to 105 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.160 put in your landscape really continues blooming. Mine has a 106 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:04.680 little bloom on it still. I don't know what that's about. 107 00:06:05.439 --> 00:06:08.560 We went through upper twenties. The other day, it's underneath 108 00:06:08.600 --> 00:06:10.879 the eaves of the house on the south side, and 109 00:06:10.920 --> 00:06:14.199 it didn't kill it back. I was a little surprised. 110 00:06:14.240 --> 00:06:17.040 I figured that might take it down. Well, we're going 111 00:06:17.120 --> 00:06:20.199 to take it down this week because I'm going to 112 00:06:20.279 --> 00:06:22.680 be down in the upper teens probably where I live, 113 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:26.399 and so that is going to take it back. But 114 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:28.800 I was talking about those. That's another one thry alis. 115 00:06:28.800 --> 00:06:30.720 It could be killed to the ground and it'll come 116 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:34.439 right back out again. Duranta Golden showers is another name 117 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:37.439 people use for that. Duranta will be killed the ground. 118 00:06:37.800 --> 00:06:41.639 Just mulch the base. I would say, don't worry about 119 00:06:41.639 --> 00:06:45.079 trying to protect those plants unless you're way south and 120 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.399 you're in an area where you almost never killed those 121 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:50.720 back to the ground. Then if you want to give 122 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:53.920 some protection protect the above ground parts, you can. I 123 00:06:54.079 --> 00:06:57.240 just like coming out fresh with them. That's my approach. 124 00:06:57.639 --> 00:06:59.480 So you choose how you want to go about that. 125 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:03.759 But that's that's like cold protection. One oh one is 126 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:06.879 mult the base, Well, you don't have to cut it 127 00:07:06.920 --> 00:07:10.319 back now. In fact, I would suggest you don't cut 128 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:13.759 them back prior to mulching uh. And the reason is 129 00:07:13.879 --> 00:07:19.399 pruning is an invigorating process. Pruning is an invigorating process, 130 00:07:19.439 --> 00:07:22.000 and I want to I want to make a couple 131 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:25.399 of comments about that. We're gonna take a little break 132 00:07:25.399 --> 00:07:27.040 here in a minute, and when I come back, I 133 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:29.519 want to discuss what happens to a plant when you 134 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:33.519 prune it, and why we do or don't prune prior 135 00:07:33.639 --> 00:07:36.920 to going into a cold season or a cold weather 136 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:40.959 and coming up soon. So we'll do that in just 137 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:43.639 a moment. I do want to remind you if you'd 138 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:45.279 like to give us a call and get on the boards. 139 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:47.600 It's always quiet as early in the morning, so you 140 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:50.360 kind of have first shot without waiting in line seven 141 00:07:50.439 --> 00:07:54.000 one three two one two k t r H seven 142 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:56.879 to one three two one two k t r H. 143 00:07:57.040 --> 00:08:00.560 Stay tuned. We'll be right back to talk about pruning 144 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:05.360 and its effect on plants. All right, folks, we're back. 145 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:08.680 Welcome back to Guardline. Good to have you with us. 146 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:12.040 We've got a lot of things to cover today. I'll 147 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:17.040 be talking about freeze and frost protection, certainly that some 148 00:08:17.079 --> 00:08:19.920 other concepts talk about printing here in just a little bit. 149 00:08:20.879 --> 00:08:24.160 As we get going, you know, when it comes to 150 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:27.399 the cold weather, though, you need to be ready for it. 151 00:08:27.759 --> 00:08:31.000 And ACE Hardware stores have got you covered. Boy are they. 152 00:08:31.120 --> 00:08:33.399 I was talking to somebody from ASA other day and 153 00:08:33.600 --> 00:08:37.639 they are stocked up. They have everything you're gonna need. 154 00:08:37.679 --> 00:08:40.159 Do you need things like faucet covers? They've got that. 155 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:43.840 Do you need that gadget called the freeze miser. You 156 00:08:43.840 --> 00:08:45.519 screw it into the end of your faucet and you 157 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:48.279 turn your faucet on, just crank it up full force, 158 00:08:48.799 --> 00:08:51.879 and nothing happens. It just sits there and it as 159 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:55.159 a temperature coals, something inside shrinks up and it starts 160 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:58.320 to trickle water. And so the colder it gets, the 161 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:00.960 more it's protecting that faucet. Doesn't that make sense? And 162 00:09:00.960 --> 00:09:03.480 then when the weather warms up, it stops dripping again, 163 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:06.279 so you're not running water all night at a trickle 164 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:10.039 trying to protect your lines. Fustymiser's really good. They got 165 00:09:10.039 --> 00:09:12.519 those at ACE. You can get insulation for your pipes. 166 00:09:12.600 --> 00:09:15.240 You can get that tape that you wrap around them, 167 00:09:15.279 --> 00:09:17.720 you know things. They have all kinds of things. Do 168 00:09:17.759 --> 00:09:20.159 you need to maintain your generator, make sure fires up 169 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:22.240 in case there's some sort of issue with the power. 170 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:27.000 They also can refill your propane tanks. They have propeane heaters, 171 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:31.200 all kinds of heaters, electric heaters, overtype. You can imagine. 172 00:09:31.559 --> 00:09:34.519 You need some lugs for the fireplace. We always get 173 00:09:34.519 --> 00:09:36.279 excited when it gets cold because we get to run 174 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:39.080 our fireplace. And so they've got that for you. Heat 175 00:09:39.159 --> 00:09:41.600 lamps for your for your plants, and I talk about 176 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:43.240 that on that video by the way that I did 177 00:09:43.279 --> 00:09:46.639 on Facebook. Heat lamps for your plants and how to 178 00:09:46.840 --> 00:09:49.639 use them properly, and on and on and on. At 179 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:54.080 your Houston Ace Hardware stores and I'm telling you Ace Hardware, 180 00:09:54.480 --> 00:09:56.679 they're a bunch of them all over the place. You 181 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.519 can go to Ace Hardware dot Com find the one 182 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:01.720 near you, or I'm just this. You've got Sinco Ranch 183 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:04.279 on South Mason Road. There's an Ace Hardware right there. 184 00:10:04.320 --> 00:10:07.120 Ace Hardware, Sinco Ranch, Evaldie. Ace is on the east 185 00:10:07.120 --> 00:10:10.519 side of town, Crosby up in Crosby, Ace Hardware, Bay 186 00:10:10.559 --> 00:10:13.000 Cliff Ace Hardware just just south of the Chema and 187 00:10:13.039 --> 00:10:16.279 then Spring Ace Hardware. Those are just a few examples 188 00:10:16.320 --> 00:10:19.639 of the many Ace Hardware that we have. I'm gonna 189 00:10:19.639 --> 00:10:21.919 head out to the phone, said boy. I said Colin, 190 00:10:21.960 --> 00:10:25.919 it's quiet. Nick sorted, be not so quiet. We're gonna 191 00:10:25.919 --> 00:10:28.799 go to Mary in Houston. Hey Mary, good morning and 192 00:10:28.840 --> 00:10:37.080 welcome to garden Line. All right, Mary, are you there? 193 00:10:37.960 --> 00:10:38.840 Yes, I'm here. 194 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:41.519 Good morning, Well, welcome to garden Line. How can I 195 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:42.159 help this morning? 196 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:42.559 Thank you? 197 00:10:43.240 --> 00:10:46.480 So I want to get someone a like a fruit 198 00:10:46.519 --> 00:10:48.960 tree or something like that that they can put on 199 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:52.360 their patio and plant later. But they live in Brian 200 00:10:52.480 --> 00:10:56.799 Hollis Station. Is there a good okay nursery and nerbar? 201 00:10:57.000 --> 00:10:59.600 Is there a good fruit tree that you could recommend 202 00:10:59.600 --> 00:11:00.200 for that air. 203 00:11:02.159 --> 00:11:02.360 Well? 204 00:11:02.360 --> 00:11:04.080 There are a couple of places up there that do 205 00:11:04.320 --> 00:11:08.480 carry some fruit trees, not going to quite have the 206 00:11:08.519 --> 00:11:12.000 same selection as you would find if you know you're 207 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:16.519 it's about an hour from from Arborgate up up to there, 208 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:19.559 and so I would you're not gonna find a better 209 00:11:19.600 --> 00:11:23.200 selection of fruit they then Beverly has there at Arborgate. 210 00:11:24.159 --> 00:11:25.799 I think that's worth the drive just to have the 211 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:29.639 selection that you're looking for. As far as the types, 212 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:33.440 pretty much everybody likes peaches, that's a safe one to 213 00:11:33.440 --> 00:11:36.960 go with. They do require pruning and care, and so 214 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.840 if this is somebody that wants the least care fruit 215 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:42.200 they can have, then it might be something like a fig, 216 00:11:42.279 --> 00:11:46.919 a fig tree. You can grow satsuma oranges up in 217 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:50.480 Brian College Station. You just occasionally need to throw a 218 00:11:50.519 --> 00:11:53.000 cover over the top. Once they get established, they're going 219 00:11:53.080 --> 00:11:55.679 to take it down in the low twenties and so 220 00:11:56.639 --> 00:12:00.320 without cover, and so that that would be a sis 221 00:12:00.600 --> 00:12:03.120 type of option. Plus they get the fragrances from it. 222 00:12:03.480 --> 00:12:05.360 I mean, there are a lot of other kinds of fruit, 223 00:12:05.759 --> 00:12:07.759 but those are just a few that come to my 224 00:12:07.879 --> 00:12:10.679 mind when I just think about either easy or very 225 00:12:10.759 --> 00:12:15.559 very popular, or or offering some extra bonuses in addition 226 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:17.080 to the fruit that you get off of. 227 00:12:18.440 --> 00:12:20.799 Okay, that's a good option, thank you. I was thinking 228 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.080 about some kind of citrus tree. 229 00:12:24.879 --> 00:12:27.320 Yeah. Yeah. If you're going to give a citrus to 230 00:12:27.360 --> 00:12:31.320 someone in Brian Collis Station, it needs to be a setsuma. Now, 231 00:12:31.360 --> 00:12:35.240 there is a bush of a citrus called kumquat, and 232 00:12:35.279 --> 00:12:37.720 those are the little green, the little orange things the 233 00:12:37.759 --> 00:12:40.639 size of the end of your thumb that you basically 234 00:12:40.679 --> 00:12:43.960 make marmalade with because the skin tastes probably even better 235 00:12:44.039 --> 00:12:49.000 than the inside. They're heartier than satsumas. But it's a 236 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:52.120 little bush and so a lot of people aren't wanting 237 00:12:52.159 --> 00:12:54.240 citrus for just marmalade. 238 00:12:54.960 --> 00:12:58.080 Okay, all right, that works, thank you so much. I'll 239 00:12:58.440 --> 00:13:00.440 have to head head out to heart Gate. 240 00:13:00.360 --> 00:13:03.679 Then there you go, yeah, go down, and when you 241 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:05.120 go there, they're going to tell you about some other 242 00:13:05.159 --> 00:13:05.559 things too. 243 00:13:05.759 --> 00:13:05.919 You know. 244 00:13:06.000 --> 00:13:08.120 Another option. I don't know how much of a gift 245 00:13:08.159 --> 00:13:09.720 you want to make this, but if it was in 246 00:13:09.799 --> 00:13:12.919 a large container one of those looks like a half 247 00:13:12.919 --> 00:13:15.600 whiskey barrel, but it's it's plastic, you know, something with 248 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.519 size on it, then you could be growing a mere 249 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:21.559 lemon or even some types of limes. They just would 250 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:23.759 have to roll them into the garage when it's going 251 00:13:23.840 --> 00:13:26.960 to get you know, below the upper twenties for sure. 252 00:13:27.960 --> 00:13:31.039 Okay, all right, that could be Thanks, thank you so much. 253 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:35.120 Bye, yeah you bet bye bye. See here we're going 254 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:38.120 to go now to Spring Branch and talk to Sally. Hey, Sally, 255 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:39.159 welcome to garden Line. 256 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:40.759 Good morning. 257 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:47.480 I'm concerned about by and ever littlest bulbs and irish bulbs, 258 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:52.960 spider plants and wandering jew How can that particular? 259 00:13:53.000 --> 00:13:58.399 Okay, well, Emeralist is going to be fine. It's just 260 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:01.080 that's what winner does. They die to the ground. It's 261 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:04.320 not a problem. They'll be okay. You may find that 262 00:14:04.360 --> 00:14:07.679 they make it through. You know, in the in the 263 00:14:07.679 --> 00:14:10.240 city we have a little bit warmer temperatures than you 264 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:12.879 do in the outskirts. There's that heat island effect of 265 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.480 the city. If you want to throw a cover over them, 266 00:14:15.600 --> 00:14:19.840 just to protect that foliage that's there, you could throw 267 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:22.240 any kind of a blanket or something over just to 268 00:14:22.279 --> 00:14:25.960 hole some of that warm soil heat in. But the 269 00:14:26.000 --> 00:14:28.600 bulbs won't be killed by this, nor will the iris 270 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:30.960 bulbs be killed by this. They're pretty tough. 271 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:31.159 Now. 272 00:14:31.159 --> 00:14:35.320 The wandering jew is probably gonna gonna get top frozen, 273 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:39.200 but it'll it won't die out completely again. A cover, 274 00:14:39.600 --> 00:14:43.279 just a sheet or blanket or anything over it, just 275 00:14:42.679 --> 00:14:45.360 to just to hold that soil heat in a little 276 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:47.600 bit is going to be enough to get it through. 277 00:14:47.639 --> 00:14:49.559 If you don't want to have a lot of die 278 00:14:49.600 --> 00:14:50.399 back on the top. 279 00:14:51.759 --> 00:14:53.159 What about crotons. 280 00:14:55.399 --> 00:14:57.679 Crotons are very cold, tender, and you're gonna have to 281 00:14:57.679 --> 00:15:00.840 put a cover over them and then put light under them. 282 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.240 And if you will, do you happen to be on 283 00:15:03.279 --> 00:15:10.399 Facebook by any chance? Yes, okay, fine, garden line Facebook page, 284 00:15:10.399 --> 00:15:13.799 my Facebook page, garden Line Facebook and I just posted 285 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:17.600 yesterday a video on how to cover and this would 286 00:15:17.639 --> 00:15:20.559 apply very much to your crotons. It's a cover over it, 287 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:23.519 a light under it, and it explains how did I 288 00:15:23.600 --> 00:15:25.639 explain how to do it? And I can do a 289 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:27.720 better job if you watch that video than trying to 290 00:15:27.759 --> 00:15:28.879 describe it to you. 291 00:15:31.279 --> 00:15:36.159 Okay, any protection for the wandering jail or just leave 292 00:15:36.159 --> 00:15:37.080 it just a cover? 293 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:39.559 Well you could leave it alone, or you could throw 294 00:15:39.559 --> 00:15:42.480 a cover over it to just maybe you know, not 295 00:15:42.679 --> 00:15:46.000 have freeze damage on the top part above ground parts 296 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:46.480 and stuff. 297 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:48.200 Oh I see. 298 00:15:48.360 --> 00:15:50.120 Alright, Well, thank you so much. 299 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:53.720 All right you bet Sally, thanks for the call. Appreciate that. 300 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:56.840 Are we on time? All right, We're good here. Let's 301 00:15:56.840 --> 00:16:01.159 go to Scott in Houston. Hey, Scott, welcome to garden Line. 302 00:16:01.480 --> 00:16:06.440 Thanks. Yeah, I recently removed the shed from my backyard 303 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:09.639 and I've got a big dirt patch back there. Is 304 00:16:09.639 --> 00:16:11.840 there anything I can put on their rye grass or 305 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:14.240 something or which one do you suggest until I can 306 00:16:14.399 --> 00:16:15.480 resaw it in the spring. 307 00:16:17.200 --> 00:16:17.440 Yeah? 308 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:17.720 There. 309 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:21.480 You know, there's a couple of approaches to it. One 310 00:16:21.840 --> 00:16:25.159 would be to try to side, but then we're kind 311 00:16:25.200 --> 00:16:27.480 of late and if we have some cold weather that 312 00:16:27.480 --> 00:16:30.039 that rye grass is not going to grow much until 313 00:16:30.080 --> 00:16:34.600 it's we have milder temperatures. I think you might consider 314 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:36.559 like a bail of hay that you just spread over 315 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:39.159 across that as something to kind of walk on and 316 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:42.320 maltz the ground, or even some bags of compost and 317 00:16:42.440 --> 00:16:46.759 mulch or mulch itself would make it something you you 318 00:16:46.799 --> 00:16:49.080 could walk on, wouldn't be so muddy, and things like that, 319 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:51.159 and then you just rake that up when it's time 320 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.519 to serve. But you could you could do the rye grass. 321 00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:58.320 I just think at this point, I don't know that 322 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:01.279 you would get the size of rye grass plants that 323 00:17:01.279 --> 00:17:04.240 would accomplish what you want before it's about times but 324 00:17:04.400 --> 00:17:05.359 sawed down anyway. 325 00:17:06.839 --> 00:17:09.440 Yeah, okay, well, thank you, all. 326 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:14.119 Right, you've got thank you appreciate that. I'll zip right 327 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:15.839 through these here. We're going to go out now to 328 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:20.839 Seabrook and talk to Carol. Hello, Carol, Hi, I. 329 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:25.599 Have a potted manned vilia and it has decided to 330 00:17:25.720 --> 00:17:28.759 start blooming. So I'm wondering if I should just let 331 00:17:28.799 --> 00:17:33.519 it treze and you know, let it come up from 332 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:37.039 the roots, or should I move it into the garage. 333 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:41.359 Yeah, you know down at Seabrook, your your amount of 334 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:44.799 cold is less. If it were me, I would move 335 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:50.319 it into the garage because Vanderville as an almost tropical 336 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:53.759 kind of plant and it's not going to take a 337 00:17:53.799 --> 00:17:58.799 lot of hard cold and in a pot. Now instead 338 00:17:58.799 --> 00:18:04.559 of the roots being insult the soil, those roots are 339 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:11.240 exposed to essentially below thirty air temperatures and that you 340 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:14.119 can get significant killing damage to the crown and roots 341 00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:16.799 of the plant too there. So I would roll that 342 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:19.400 thing into the garage and that way you're on the 343 00:18:19.440 --> 00:18:22.759 safe side. Plus you don't lose all the top growth 344 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:23.240 that you have. 345 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:28.079 Okay, okay, I do have one more question, if I may, 346 00:18:28.920 --> 00:18:31.880 is there a day lily society. 347 00:18:31.559 --> 00:18:37.119 In the area, say that one more time, please a. 348 00:18:37.119 --> 00:18:40.440 Day lily society or club. 349 00:18:43.839 --> 00:18:47.039 There is. I don't have a contact for them. If 350 00:18:47.039 --> 00:18:50.200 I find that, I'll mention it on the air. But 351 00:18:50.680 --> 00:18:53.200 I'll tell you what. Let's do this. If anybody's listening 352 00:18:53.319 --> 00:18:57.039 from a daily society or group, give me a call 353 00:18:57.200 --> 00:18:59.759 on guarden Line and let us know about how people 354 00:18:59.799 --> 00:19:02.279 can get in touch with you. Well, we'll do it 355 00:19:02.319 --> 00:19:03.079 that way as well. 356 00:19:03.119 --> 00:19:06.960 Okay, okay, thank you very much. Have a good day. 357 00:19:07.200 --> 00:19:10.160 You you bet you as well. Thank you very much 358 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:13.759 for the call. Appreciate that you All right, folks, there 359 00:19:13.799 --> 00:19:16.839 we go, we got that caught back up again. That's good. 360 00:19:17.519 --> 00:19:20.200 Let's see, we're looking at coming pretty close up to 361 00:19:20.519 --> 00:19:26.599 a a break here. I'm not going to get into 362 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:29.599 let me think about Yeah, I'll tell you what I will. 363 00:19:29.880 --> 00:19:32.000 I will. I told you there was talk a little 364 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:36.839 bit about some of the issues with pruning and plants. 365 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:42.400 Pruning is a invigorating process. So when you prune, it 366 00:19:42.680 --> 00:19:46.079 causes new growth to take off and push out. And 367 00:19:46.160 --> 00:19:49.200 so although if you know, if it's freezing, there's not 368 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:52.079 going to be much of that happening, but if you 369 00:19:52.079 --> 00:19:54.599 do it prior to a freeze, it actually is. There's 370 00:19:54.640 --> 00:19:57.480 a decrease in heartiness of the parts of the plant 371 00:19:57.519 --> 00:20:00.119 there that you're pruning, especially because it is going to 372 00:20:00.119 --> 00:20:03.680 push new growth. So I would not prune which is stimulating, 373 00:20:04.240 --> 00:20:07.079 prior to going into cold weather. And I don't mean 374 00:20:07.160 --> 00:20:08.799 just the day before, but I mean, you know, if 375 00:20:08.839 --> 00:20:11.200 you do it, we don't prune things in the fall 376 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:13.319 for that reason. That's one reason you get a good 377 00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:15.640 hard freeze. So what you're going to want to do 378 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:19.640 is hold off on that pruning until after the winner, 379 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:22.119 and then cut all the dead stuff out and do 380 00:20:22.200 --> 00:20:25.680 the pruning at that point. Just go ahead, and sometimes 381 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:28.920 the covering even helps protect underneath. I also did a 382 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:32.880 video just a little while ago on leave your dead 383 00:20:32.920 --> 00:20:36.640 antanas and dead Mexican heather tops and things because they 384 00:20:36.680 --> 00:20:42.000 are protecting the plant's base. We'll be right back, all right, 385 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:46.200 Welcome back to Guardline. If you're planning any fishing in 386 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:49.279 the dark, you better be getting it done while it's 387 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:53.279 dark now, because it's fixing to get cold and we're 388 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:56.000 going to get some wind in here and the chills 389 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:58.839 are going to be a little high to be up there. 390 00:20:58.880 --> 00:21:01.240 And I have been up on a lake with the 391 00:21:01.279 --> 00:21:03.960 wind blowing, and I can tell you this, it's better 392 00:21:04.000 --> 00:21:07.480 bring an extra coat for that. Well, you're listening to 393 00:21:07.559 --> 00:21:09.640 garden Line. We're here to help you have a more 394 00:21:09.680 --> 00:21:13.720 beautiful landscape, a bountiful garden, and like I like to say, 395 00:21:13.720 --> 00:21:16.720 it more fun in the process. That's important, you know, 396 00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:22.039 it's not. Some people get real I don't know, anxious 397 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:25.000 about trying to garden. And I've had gosh, I have 398 00:21:25.119 --> 00:21:27.599 so many people tell me like, yeah, I tried that 399 00:21:27.640 --> 00:21:29.839 and it didn't work. And I can just tell they 400 00:21:29.880 --> 00:21:33.799 just feel like frustrated and that's too hard. I can't 401 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:36.200 do it. I don't have a green thumb. Nope, no, no, 402 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:39.119 none of that is true. None of you you. It's 403 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:42.720 your thumb doesn't have a color. If you want to 404 00:21:42.839 --> 00:21:45.319 say brown and green thumbs, then I'll say it this way. 405 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:48.799 All you need is to educate your thumb, and it 406 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:51.480 makes it turn from brown to green. That's how that works. 407 00:21:51.599 --> 00:21:54.799 Grandma the reason she could do anything in the garden. 408 00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:57.759 It seemed to grow everything she touched. It's because you 409 00:21:57.839 --> 00:21:59.680 know how to take our plants. She just had some 410 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:02.960 base sick understanding of what plants need and she provided 411 00:22:03.000 --> 00:22:05.880 them that along with picking plants that are going to 412 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:09.119 do well in the area. And that just makes it 413 00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:12.200 look like you have a green thumb. So let's let's 414 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:14.599 get that thumb educated. Give me a call. Seven one 415 00:22:14.599 --> 00:22:17.599 three two one two k t r H. Seven one 416 00:22:17.720 --> 00:22:21.000 three two one two k t r H. We will 417 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.880 talk about the kinds of things that are of interest 418 00:22:23.880 --> 00:22:31.400 to you. Answer those gardening questions. Uh RCW RCW nursery. 419 00:22:31.720 --> 00:22:34.920 You've probably been there many times before, but it's the 420 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:40.000 one right there where Beltway eight and Highway two forty 421 00:22:40.079 --> 00:22:45.319 nine Tomball Parkway come together. They have gotten in their roses. 422 00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:49.920 And when RCW gets in roses, it is it is 423 00:22:50.240 --> 00:22:54.839 like an invasion. I mean, they have over two hundred 424 00:22:55.359 --> 00:22:58.559 varieties of the finest roses you're going to find in Houston, 425 00:22:58.640 --> 00:23:01.759 and they're available bars now two forty nine and belt 426 00:23:01.799 --> 00:23:04.039 wag eight. That's where you go by the way. They're 427 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:07.400 open Monday through Friday seven am to four pm, today, 428 00:23:07.960 --> 00:23:10.640 eight am to five pm, and tomorrow ten am to 429 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:13.079 five pm. So go by there and get that. I 430 00:23:13.119 --> 00:23:14.920 got a copy of that. In fact, I printed out 431 00:23:14.960 --> 00:23:18.720 you can do this off their website RCW nurseries dot com. 432 00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:22.119 I printed out their roselist, and I mean it is 433 00:23:22.240 --> 00:23:27.000 a chart that tells you about each rose, what growth 434 00:23:27.000 --> 00:23:29.640 hapen of row is a climber or a shrub ros 435 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:33.279 for example? What class is a grand of flora, a 436 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:37.519 Flora bunda. You know that kind of thing, whether it's 437 00:23:37.559 --> 00:23:41.119 fragrant or not, how big it gets a disease resistance. 438 00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:45.720 And let's see turn it over here, almost six pages 439 00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:49.640 like five and three quarter pages of roses. Yeah, two hundred. 440 00:23:49.839 --> 00:23:52.400 So if you're looking for a rose and you want 441 00:23:52.480 --> 00:23:55.039 some selection, and you want some people that know roses. 442 00:23:55.720 --> 00:23:59.839 RCWZ RCW nurseries dot Com. Again easy to get to 443 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:03.359 Timball parkway bo wait eight, just put it in your 444 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:08.000 maps and head that way. Grab you some really quality plants. 445 00:24:08.079 --> 00:24:09.920 Of course, they have a lot of other kinds of plants. 446 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:12.720 They have some frost clout there as well. Of course 447 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:16.480 they're ready to go on that. You need fertilizers to 448 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:19.039 go along with the plants you purchased. They've got that 449 00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:21.319 other kind of supplies and good advice. They know what 450 00:24:21.359 --> 00:24:28.640 they're doing, very very important. RCW. Let's see, we're going 451 00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:32.359 to head out and now to Manville, Texas or Manville 452 00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:35.279 and talk to Patty. Hey, Patty, welcome to garden Line. 453 00:24:36.400 --> 00:24:36.640 Hi. 454 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:38.279 How are you this morning? 455 00:24:39.720 --> 00:24:40.920 I'm well thanks. 456 00:24:42.319 --> 00:24:46.440 I have a question about where I can send soil 457 00:24:46.599 --> 00:24:53.400 samples locally. Are there companies in the Houston area that 458 00:24:53.480 --> 00:24:57.839 will test my lawn soil to see why my Santa 459 00:24:57.880 --> 00:24:59.640 Augustine grass keeps dying? 460 00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.119 All right? 461 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:04.279 Well that's that keeps dying. 462 00:25:05.359 --> 00:25:08.000 Well, that's several questions in one. What what I would 463 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:11.400 recommend you do is is send it. Just send it 464 00:25:11.440 --> 00:25:14.839 to the soil lab. It's I mean, it just up 465 00:25:14.880 --> 00:25:17.920 at college station. You can mail it if you don't 466 00:25:17.920 --> 00:25:20.400 want to drive it up there, you certainly can mail 467 00:25:20.440 --> 00:25:23.480 it in if you go to my website gardening with 468 00:25:23.720 --> 00:25:28.319 Skip dot com. There is a publication on soil testing 469 00:25:28.680 --> 00:25:31.480 tells you how to take a sample. It's very important 470 00:25:31.519 --> 00:25:34.440 that you take the sample right when you send it in. 471 00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:38.720 They have just hundreds of thousand dollars worth of equipment 472 00:25:39.200 --> 00:25:43.240 that will do a much better job of analyzing soil. 473 00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:46.599 Then you know, these little kits you buy, or maybe 474 00:25:46.599 --> 00:25:49.079 someone sticks their own pH meter or in it or something. 475 00:25:49.359 --> 00:25:51.079 You'll get a much better answer to it. And you 476 00:25:51.079 --> 00:25:53.640 can just do the standard soil test. When you get 477 00:25:53.640 --> 00:25:56.119 the results, if you want, you can email them to 478 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:58.799 me and I could take a look at them and 479 00:25:58.839 --> 00:26:01.279 then call in and we'll disc us what you might need. 480 00:26:01.559 --> 00:26:05.759 If you're Saint Augustine is struggling, though, Patty, I would 481 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:11.000 think soil would be probably about five down the list 482 00:26:11.160 --> 00:26:17.359 of what's likely a mount of sunlight, the watering diseases, insects, 483 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:21.319 those are all more important than soil, I mean, than 484 00:26:22.079 --> 00:26:22.680 the nutrient. 485 00:26:22.920 --> 00:26:26.400 We treated it for everything. Since we had a chinch 486 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:32.160 bug infestation, and then we got you know, associated farm 487 00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:35.759 dyeing whatnot. Because it was weakened from that. We have 488 00:26:35.880 --> 00:26:38.720 treated it with everything we can think of, and it 489 00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:40.279 just it keeps dying. 490 00:26:42.160 --> 00:26:45.680 Well, I'll tell you what we need. Yeah, those are 491 00:26:45.720 --> 00:26:49.079 great products. You need to We probably need to take 492 00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:51.599 this kind of a month at a time, going into 493 00:26:51.640 --> 00:26:54.839 it and look at what's happening at that time. Do 494 00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:58.559 you have you ever seen my schedule online or printed 495 00:26:58.559 --> 00:26:59.640 it out? 496 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:01.880 Oh no, I haven't. 497 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:10.839 Okay, if you go to gardening, yes, okay, Well you 498 00:27:10.880 --> 00:27:13.680 may have one that Randy had done. I've done one 499 00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:17.640 that has multiple colors and goes into all of the 500 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:20.000 different things. You might just check and make sure you 501 00:27:20.480 --> 00:27:22.680 have the most current one that that is gardening with 502 00:27:22.839 --> 00:27:25.440 skip dot com. If you look on there as you 503 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:29.440 go across, it tells you when chinch bugs might be attacking, 504 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:33.400 It tells you when sod webworms might be attacking, when 505 00:27:33.440 --> 00:27:36.359 to treat for take all root rot, when to treat 506 00:27:36.440 --> 00:27:39.839 for brown patch or gray leaf spot or whatever. And 507 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.799 I think looking at that timing is going to be 508 00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:46.799 very important. And then be careful when you use products 509 00:27:47.400 --> 00:27:52.519 that prevent weeds or that kill existing weeds. If you 510 00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:58.000 misuse them in application or in timing of it, you 511 00:27:58.039 --> 00:28:02.319 can cause problems that also weaken your lawn and make 512 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:05.920 it more likely to have to be killed by something 513 00:28:06.000 --> 00:28:06.319 like that. 514 00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:10.039 Okay, all right, well I'll print that out and we'll 515 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:16.119 change it over to that schedule. And I've often thought 516 00:28:17.000 --> 00:28:20.319 that I'd rather not use any products that prevent we 517 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:21.680 just pull them up. 518 00:28:22.839 --> 00:28:26.559 Okay, thank you for getting Yeah, and as you go 519 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:30.680 into twenty twenty five launch season, anytime you see a problem, 520 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:32.680 take a picture, send it to me, and then give 521 00:28:32.680 --> 00:28:34.839 me a call. Let's let's get to the bottom of it, 522 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:38.400 because I think we can solve this. Thank you very 523 00:28:38.519 --> 00:28:41.480 much for the call. I have to run to break you. 524 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:46.640 Take care. We'll be right back. Folks. Hey, welcome back 525 00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:49.319 to garden Line. Glad to have you with us. We 526 00:28:49.559 --> 00:28:53.400 have got a lot of stuff to talk about. We 527 00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:55.920 have got all kinds of things talk about regarding the 528 00:28:55.960 --> 00:29:00.640 freeze and whatnot. Before I do that, though, I just 529 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:02.279 want to bring up a topic that you're probably not 530 00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:05.000 thinking about today, and that is the foundation of your house. 531 00:29:05.960 --> 00:29:10.200 The Houston soils, the heavy clay, the black Houston clay soil, 532 00:29:10.359 --> 00:29:12.640 and the other kinds of soils that have a lot 533 00:29:12.640 --> 00:29:17.000 of shrink and swell potential can wreck havoc on your 534 00:29:17.000 --> 00:29:21.079 sidewalks and your foundations and certainly your driveways as well 535 00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:24.559 and fixed. MYSH Lab Foundation Repair is the company you 536 00:29:24.559 --> 00:29:27.359 need to call if you have any kinds of questions 537 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:32.480 about that. Ty Strickland is native Houstonian, fifth generation Texan. 538 00:29:32.519 --> 00:29:34.640 As a matter of fact, he has been doing this 539 00:29:34.680 --> 00:29:37.519 for twenty three to actually twenty four years now and 540 00:29:37.799 --> 00:29:41.000 he knows what he's doing. So you know signs of this. 541 00:29:41.039 --> 00:29:43.480 Of course, you see the visible, like when your sidewalk 542 00:29:43.519 --> 00:29:47.599 heaves or your driveway heaves up. But inside the house, 543 00:29:47.640 --> 00:29:50.480 you'll notice sticking doors. You know, they stick sometimes and 544 00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:54.119 they don't stick sometimes that's movement. You'll see cracks. Typically 545 00:29:54.119 --> 00:29:55.559 they start at the corner of a window, but they 546 00:29:55.559 --> 00:29:57.319 could be anywhere, could be in the ceiling, can be 547 00:29:57.519 --> 00:30:00.559 you know, all over on the outside. He cracks in 548 00:30:00.599 --> 00:30:04.200 the brick. Those are all signs you need to call Ty, 549 00:30:04.599 --> 00:30:07.359 and he will not oversay you on this. I have 550 00:30:07.480 --> 00:30:09.599 called him before and asked him questions about things, said, 551 00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:12.359 you know what, that's not worth even having to worry about. 552 00:30:12.480 --> 00:30:14.400 That's that's a normal amount of movement. We're not going 553 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:17.279 to worry about that. That's okay. So that's that's kind 554 00:30:17.279 --> 00:30:19.480 of how he is. He's honest, he's on time. If 555 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:21.160 he says he's going to show up, he shows up, 556 00:30:21.200 --> 00:30:23.000 and he shows up when he's going to show up. 557 00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:25.440 If he fixes it, the price is going to be 558 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:28.319 fair and he's going to fix it, right, And what 559 00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:32.079 more can you ask for? Fixmislab dot com as his website. 560 00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:35.039 Here's the phone number two eight one two five five 561 00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:38.359 forty nine forty nine. Two eight one two fi five 562 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:42.200 forty nine forty nine. Now write that down. And you 563 00:30:42.240 --> 00:30:44.480 may have friends or family or whatever and you're at 564 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:46.000 their house and you see this and you go, hey, 565 00:30:46.039 --> 00:30:48.519 I Skip talks about this guy all the time. He 566 00:30:48.559 --> 00:30:52.200 says he's honest, he does good work and reasonably priced. 567 00:30:52.559 --> 00:30:56.759 Give them the phone number. Because foundation problems are not 568 00:30:56.839 --> 00:30:58.920 something you want to put off. Don't stick your head 569 00:30:58.960 --> 00:31:00.920 in the sound like an ostrich. Just go ahead and 570 00:31:01.000 --> 00:31:03.359 call them, find out, and you will know exactly what 571 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:05.720 you need to do to protect one of the largest 572 00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:10.559 investments you've ever made that's in your home. Let's head 573 00:31:10.559 --> 00:31:13.000 out to sugar Land and we're going to talk to Lynn. 574 00:31:13.440 --> 00:31:15.319 Hey Lynn, welcome to garden Line. 575 00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.559 Hi, good morning. 576 00:31:18.000 --> 00:31:19.920 Yes, I want to know do I need to cover 577 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.920 my back boxwoods and my. 578 00:31:23.440 --> 00:31:31.079 Hedges box woods? Probably not. I don't know what what 579 00:31:31.119 --> 00:31:33.519 other kinds of plants do you do you have that 580 00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:34.559 you're wondering about? 581 00:31:35.920 --> 00:31:38.720 The wax leaf, lagostrum. 582 00:31:39.359 --> 00:31:44.839 M generally not you your way. You know, sugar Land 583 00:31:44.920 --> 00:31:47.960 is pretty far away from where it's going to get 584 00:31:48.000 --> 00:31:50.759 the kinds of cold where we would expect a lot 585 00:31:50.759 --> 00:31:53.440 of burn. If you wanted to throw, you know, something 586 00:31:53.480 --> 00:31:55.519 over the top just to kind of hold hold some 587 00:31:55.640 --> 00:31:57.920 of the heat of the soil in there, you could 588 00:31:57.920 --> 00:32:00.519 do it. It's it's not going to be the kind 589 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:03.480 of cold probably that you get the damage in your 590 00:32:03.559 --> 00:32:06.599 area that would really say no, you've got to get 591 00:32:06.599 --> 00:32:08.759 out there and cover these things. So if you've got 592 00:32:08.839 --> 00:32:10.559 if it's easy enough to do, you can get to it, 593 00:32:10.640 --> 00:32:12.359 go ahead and do it. Prevent a little bit of 594 00:32:12.440 --> 00:32:14.440 leaf burn and some of that kind of thing. 595 00:32:15.400 --> 00:32:18.279 Well, I had some wonderful friends who came yesterday and 596 00:32:18.319 --> 00:32:21.119 we covered all my high biscus and my burn of paradise, 597 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:26.039 hoping that all that and I didn't even look at 598 00:32:26.039 --> 00:32:31.440 the hedges, and I thought, oh my gosh. 599 00:32:29.640 --> 00:32:33.599 Well the ones you covered, No, the ones you covered 600 00:32:33.640 --> 00:32:38.839 are much more coal sensitive than the hedges you mentioned. 601 00:32:38.920 --> 00:32:40.279 So I think you're gonna be all. 602 00:32:40.279 --> 00:32:44.200 Right, Okay, great, have a good day, all. 603 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:48.720 Right you two. Our phone number is seven one three 604 00:32:48.839 --> 00:32:52.240 two one two k t r H. Seven one three 605 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:56.039 two one two k t r H. I'ld like to 606 00:32:56.079 --> 00:33:00.599 give us a call. Uh the if you if you've 607 00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:02.880 not been by plants for all seasons there on two 608 00:33:02.960 --> 00:33:07.279 forty nine Timball Parkway. That is, it is the kind 609 00:33:07.279 --> 00:33:10.480 of place you go where you not only have the 610 00:33:10.519 --> 00:33:14.880 selection of plants that really do well here, they will 611 00:33:14.880 --> 00:33:17.559 not sell you something that doesn't do well here. But 612 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:21.039 you've got the expertise to help you have success with 613 00:33:21.079 --> 00:33:26.039 those plants. And that is very very important when when 614 00:33:26.079 --> 00:33:29.839 you're looking at you know, what's wrong with this plant? 615 00:33:29.880 --> 00:33:31.880 How do I plant this plant? What would be a 616 00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:34.960 good plant to go with this other plant to look good? 617 00:33:35.599 --> 00:33:38.200 How can I get something for this shady spot over 618 00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:41.079 here that you know? Blah blah blah. Whatever your question is, 619 00:33:41.160 --> 00:33:43.200 you go in there and you're gonna get help. You 620 00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:46.039 throw you got a problem, clip it off, throw it 621 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:48.799 in a baggie and take it in and say what's 622 00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:51.000 going on here? Throw a bug in a bag if 623 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.920 you want take a picture on your phone. Go in there. 624 00:33:54.279 --> 00:33:56.400 They've got the expertise, they know what they're doing. I mean, 625 00:33:56.400 --> 00:33:58.759 they've been doing this since nineteen seventy three. They are 626 00:33:58.799 --> 00:34:02.519 true lawn and go garden Experts, as they like to say, 627 00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:05.279 get your green on at Plants for All Seasons. I 628 00:34:05.319 --> 00:34:07.839 think that's a good way to put it. Doesn't matter 629 00:34:07.839 --> 00:34:11.159 if you're a master gardener or a first timer. They're 630 00:34:11.199 --> 00:34:14.000 going to be able to help you from education to 631 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:17.719 selection to delivery planting. They even do custom potting their 632 00:34:17.760 --> 00:34:20.559 True Lawn and Garden Experts Plants for All Seasons dot 633 00:34:20.599 --> 00:34:24.800 com two eight one, three, seven six sixteen forty six. 634 00:34:25.280 --> 00:34:27.119 Say hey to Sherry and the rest of the Flowery 635 00:34:27.159 --> 00:34:32.079 family when you head over to Plants for All Seasons. 636 00:34:32.199 --> 00:34:35.840 We uh one of the one of my favorite things 637 00:34:36.199 --> 00:34:38.880 to be able to do is visit with gardeners, and 638 00:34:38.920 --> 00:34:42.000 that's exactly what we're doing here this morning with you. 639 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:42.719 UH. 640 00:34:42.960 --> 00:34:44.960 If you want to give me a call seven one 641 00:34:45.000 --> 00:34:47.280 three two one two KTRH, we can do that. We're 642 00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:49.199 coming up on a break here. I'm going to take 643 00:34:49.199 --> 00:34:51.679 a call real quick and then we can take your calls. 644 00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:54.599 You may be the first up if if you want 645 00:34:54.599 --> 00:34:56.719 a call now and hang on until we come back 646 00:34:56.719 --> 00:34:59.800 from break. Let's head out now to Cypress and talk 647 00:34:59.840 --> 00:35:01.920 to Melanie. Hello, Melanie. 648 00:35:02.760 --> 00:35:02.920 Hi. 649 00:35:03.960 --> 00:35:06.559 Oh no, Randy Yip got a question. 650 00:35:06.719 --> 00:35:07.679 That's what my familia is. 651 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:11.000 They've got all these they're starting to bloom now, so 652 00:35:11.320 --> 00:35:14.880 I was going to go ahead and cover them. 653 00:35:14.920 --> 00:35:17.119 Should I put some heat under there. 654 00:35:17.000 --> 00:35:20.199 To try to keep those just a lost call for 655 00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:20.880 the blooms? 656 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:25.159 Well, now you protect them a little heat, would I 657 00:35:25.400 --> 00:35:27.960 did a video It's on my Facebook page. It's the 658 00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:31.559 garden Line facebook page. A video just posted yesterday that 659 00:35:31.679 --> 00:35:34.639 shows you how to properly cover a plant and how 660 00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:36.639 to put heat under it and what to watch out for. 661 00:35:37.280 --> 00:35:39.559 So I'm going to refer you to that because it'll 662 00:35:39.559 --> 00:35:41.239 give you a better answer than I have in the 663 00:35:41.280 --> 00:35:44.440 short time we have before break here. But I would 664 00:35:44.480 --> 00:35:46.559 do that. Make sure the break goes all the cover 665 00:35:46.679 --> 00:35:48.760 goes all the way to the ground. Don't wrap the 666 00:35:48.840 --> 00:35:51.760 camellia like a lollipop, don't wrap it around the trun 667 00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:55.280 let the cover goes straight down. You need to get 668 00:35:55.360 --> 00:36:01.239 some weights to hold that cover down, whether you scubas soiled, Okay, 669 00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:04.519 whatever it takes, you gotta hold it down because we're 670 00:36:04.519 --> 00:36:06.760 gonna have breezes it'll blow it right off of there. 671 00:36:06.960 --> 00:36:11.360 And then the lighting is the extra. You probably don't 672 00:36:11.360 --> 00:36:15.000 need the lighting, but just to be safe to protect 673 00:36:15.000 --> 00:36:18.199 the blooms and things, I would put at least one 674 00:36:18.280 --> 00:36:20.920 hundred and fifty watt flood lamp bulb on a clamp light. 675 00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:24.119 I don't think you need a heat lamp under there 676 00:36:24.199 --> 00:36:27.000 for this. And now, if it's a huge plant, it 677 00:36:27.480 --> 00:36:30.519 comes down to this, Melanie, what's the volume of air 678 00:36:30.639 --> 00:36:32.559 you're trying to warm up? You know, if it were 679 00:36:32.599 --> 00:36:34.760 a little plant, one hundred and fifty what we find. 680 00:36:34.800 --> 00:36:37.559 If it was a big, old giant thing, you're gonna 681 00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:40.000 need blood, heat lamps inder there to do it. 682 00:36:40.400 --> 00:36:42.440 So just watch it. 683 00:36:42.440 --> 00:36:45.119 It'll really tell you what you need. Yeah. Also on 684 00:36:45.119 --> 00:36:48.199 my website Gardening with Skip dot com, there's that publication 685 00:36:48.280 --> 00:36:52.280 in a freeze protection. Thank you man, good luck protecting 686 00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:56.079 those all right, folks. One hour in the books, we'll 687 00:36:56.119 --> 00:36:57.360 be back with your calls. 688 00:36:58.840 --> 00:37:03.440 Welcome to Kate r. H. Garden Line with Skip, Richard's. 689 00:37:02.920 --> 00:37:18.880 Shoes, Gas Trip just watch him as many. 690 00:37:19.000 --> 00:37:31.119 Things to seep blot basingsta not a sid gas. 691 00:37:33.199 --> 00:37:35.679 The sun beamon done. 692 00:37:36.760 --> 00:37:40.440 All right, welcome back, Glad to have you with us 693 00:37:40.480 --> 00:37:45.960 here on garden Line. We are looking at a cold 694 00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:48.320 spell coming through here. It's gonna be a long one too. 695 00:37:48.920 --> 00:37:53.960 Some areas are going to have below freezing temper days 696 00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:57.880 or nights that drip down below dip down below freezing 697 00:37:58.599 --> 00:38:02.039 for about five nights, and so it depends on where 698 00:38:02.079 --> 00:38:05.639 you live. In the listening area. We've got varying degrees 699 00:38:05.639 --> 00:38:07.239 of cold. The bottom line is going to be cold 700 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:11.159 for a long time, and so you need to be 701 00:38:11.760 --> 00:38:14.039 ready for that. Get those things done ahead of time, 702 00:38:14.079 --> 00:38:16.760 get ready to go so you're when you do go 703 00:38:16.880 --> 00:38:20.199 out there and try to protect your plants. You've got 704 00:38:20.280 --> 00:38:23.039 the supplies and things that you need on hand. That 705 00:38:23.199 --> 00:38:29.199 is important. I was the other day looking around at 706 00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:33.599 some supplies I had in my storage shed, and I 707 00:38:33.679 --> 00:38:35.880 couldn't find some things that I thought I had. I 708 00:38:35.880 --> 00:38:39.119 think they may have gotten thrown away or something like that. Anyway, 709 00:38:39.639 --> 00:38:41.920 I thought I was ready to go for yesterday to 710 00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:44.719 load up some stuff, get it prepared and ready for 711 00:38:44.760 --> 00:38:48.480 the freeze. And sure enough I'm not so anyway, got 712 00:38:48.519 --> 00:38:50.840 to do it, get some of those supplies. Picked up 713 00:38:50.840 --> 00:38:56.840 a couple of things yesterday, so I'm good to go now. Anyway, 714 00:38:56.880 --> 00:39:01.239 this week, someone who was it I think Ronnie. Yeah, 715 00:39:01.360 --> 00:39:07.199 ron had emailed me talking about his memories of feed 716 00:39:07.280 --> 00:39:11.480 store growing up, and you know, the the fragrance of 717 00:39:11.519 --> 00:39:14.440 the feed store, you know, it's that pleasant, enjoyable feed 718 00:39:14.480 --> 00:39:17.039 store experience. And he was bragging on D and D 719 00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:19.760 feed He loves going in there, visiting with Jeff and 720 00:39:20.280 --> 00:39:23.000 and of course that's understandable. It's a great place. They 721 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:25.119 take good care of you in there. But I love 722 00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:28.000 going into feed stores, you know that. I just there 723 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:31.239 is a there's a certain ambiance and fragrance to a 724 00:39:31.239 --> 00:39:34.480 feed store that I just really enjoy. I grew up 725 00:39:35.239 --> 00:39:38.079 raising animals for this dock show, and so that was 726 00:39:38.239 --> 00:39:41.599 part of the experience. We had a little small cattle operation, 727 00:39:41.840 --> 00:39:45.199 and so we were often taking care of the cows 728 00:39:45.280 --> 00:39:47.679 going in, taking care of getting the things that we needed. 729 00:39:48.639 --> 00:39:50.039 But D and D is that kind of feed store, 730 00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:52.039 you know, any kind of feed you can imagine they're 731 00:39:52.079 --> 00:39:56.800 going to have, by the way, they have their onion 732 00:39:57.039 --> 00:39:59.840 transplants and their seed potatoes in at D and D. 733 00:40:00.280 --> 00:40:02.039 And it is time to get those in the ground. 734 00:40:02.400 --> 00:40:03.960 You know, not to plant them today right for the 735 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:06.800 hard freeze, but go ahead and get them, get the bundles, 736 00:40:06.840 --> 00:40:08.880 because what happens is they get picked over and they 737 00:40:08.920 --> 00:40:12.519 sell out in time. So go ahead and get those there. 738 00:40:12.639 --> 00:40:14.840 And they carry the kinds of onions, the kinds of 739 00:40:14.880 --> 00:40:17.719 potatoes you need for your garden when you're there. While 740 00:40:17.719 --> 00:40:19.480 you're there, you're going to find a good supply of 741 00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:22.679 heat lamps and the little shields that can hold the 742 00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:26.039 heat lamps and the flood lamps too, not just the 743 00:40:26.039 --> 00:40:29.199 heat By the way, when you're purchasing a shield, a 744 00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:34.280 clamp on shield for a lamp, if it's a heat lamp, 745 00:40:34.320 --> 00:40:38.400 you know they kind of have the red glass cover. 746 00:40:39.440 --> 00:40:41.239 You need to get a quality when don't put it 747 00:40:41.239 --> 00:40:43.519 in a little dinky shield. They're not made to hold that. 748 00:40:43.559 --> 00:40:46.960 You need the kind with a little ceramic a place 749 00:40:47.000 --> 00:40:49.199 where you screw the bulbin. But when you go by 750 00:40:49.320 --> 00:40:51.039 D and D, they can explain to you what you 751 00:40:51.079 --> 00:40:52.360 need and what will work. You know, if you need 752 00:40:52.440 --> 00:40:54.320 to wrap your pipes, they got the stuff of that too, 753 00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:56.519 and certainly all the supplies for your lawn and garden, 754 00:40:56.559 --> 00:40:59.960 from fertilizers to pesticide to weak controlled disease control. Everything 755 00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:03.239 they've got all that there, uh and a really nice 756 00:41:03.320 --> 00:41:06.960 selection of high quality pet food and other kinds of 757 00:41:07.000 --> 00:41:11.800 supplies that the pets like as well. D and Defeed. Oh, 758 00:41:11.840 --> 00:41:13.679 by the way, whereas it D and Defeed is on 759 00:41:13.960 --> 00:41:16.280 twenty nine to twenty west to Tomball. So if you're 760 00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:19.519 in the big middle of Tomball from two forty nine, 761 00:41:19.599 --> 00:41:21.480 you just head out twenty nine to twenty to the 762 00:41:21.480 --> 00:41:23.199 west and you do not have to go out very far, 763 00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:25.079 and D and D be right there on your left 764 00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:27.840 hand side, and you will enjoy it when you go. 765 00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:31.159 I can tell you that they treat you right. You 766 00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:33.480 were listening to Garden Line. A phone number is seven 767 00:41:33.559 --> 00:41:36.760 one three two one two KTRH. If you'd like to 768 00:41:36.760 --> 00:41:38.960 give me a call, we'd be happy to visit with 769 00:41:39.000 --> 00:41:41.840 you about the kinds of questions that you might have 770 00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:46.000 out in the garden. I've got some soil work that 771 00:41:46.079 --> 00:41:48.440 I need to do, and that's kind of been postponed 772 00:41:48.480 --> 00:41:52.079 a combination of some real wet conditions where I couldn't 773 00:41:52.119 --> 00:41:55.960 get in there without slashing through some muddy areas. I'm 774 00:41:55.960 --> 00:41:59.079 going to be getting that done because I'm putting in 775 00:41:59.199 --> 00:42:02.239 some fruit tree and I'm also revamping a section of 776 00:42:02.280 --> 00:42:04.960 my vegetable garden where I need to add some soil in, 777 00:42:05.079 --> 00:42:06.960 mix it up and get those beds ready to go, 778 00:42:07.639 --> 00:42:11.119 and don't plant until you get the soil ready. It's 779 00:42:11.440 --> 00:42:15.119 very important to have the soil right first. If you've 780 00:42:15.159 --> 00:42:18.000 listened to Garden Line once, you've heard me say brown 781 00:42:18.039 --> 00:42:21.199 stuff before green stuff. And that's the simplest way I 782 00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:23.239 can put the fact that you need to get the 783 00:42:23.320 --> 00:42:28.679 soil right before you put the plants in very important, 784 00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:32.039 especially for plants that are going to be there a while. 785 00:42:32.119 --> 00:42:35.039 You know, an annual maybe in for a season, part 786 00:42:35.079 --> 00:42:37.760 of a season, and then you pull it out. So 787 00:42:37.840 --> 00:42:41.239 that's not you can always fix it after you that 788 00:42:41.400 --> 00:42:44.079 season if you need to. But when you're putting in 789 00:42:44.119 --> 00:42:49.440 something like a perennial or a shrub, a rose bush, 790 00:42:49.960 --> 00:42:53.519 or fruit trees and things, those are long term and 791 00:42:53.559 --> 00:42:55.559 so you've got to get that soil right for those 792 00:42:55.679 --> 00:42:58.440 kinds of plants, and that is very important to be 793 00:42:58.480 --> 00:43:02.679 able to do that. If you're doing planting, By the way, 794 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:06.000 I would recommend that when you put the plant in, 795 00:43:06.360 --> 00:43:10.960 you put a quality drench over that root ball. And 796 00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:15.000 we are in the big middle of planting season for 797 00:43:15.159 --> 00:43:20.000 perennials and for woody ornamentals especially. There certainly are annuals 798 00:43:20.039 --> 00:43:22.280 and herbs and things we can plant now. But I'm 799 00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:27.159 talking about a product like has to Grow six twelve six. 800 00:43:27.400 --> 00:43:30.559 Has to Grow six twelve six is a combination product 801 00:43:30.639 --> 00:43:33.599 by the folks at Medina. By the way they carry 802 00:43:33.639 --> 00:43:36.039 Medina products there at d and de Feed, as well 803 00:43:36.079 --> 00:43:39.159 as a lot of other quality brands. The has to 804 00:43:39.239 --> 00:43:43.000 Grow six to twelve six has Medina Soil Activator in it. 805 00:43:43.239 --> 00:43:47.159 That's a product in and of itself that stimulates biological activity. 806 00:43:47.440 --> 00:43:51.960 It's got humate, which is humic acid, improves your soil structure, 807 00:43:52.000 --> 00:43:55.559 helps with nutrient more effective nutrient update as that happens. 808 00:43:55.679 --> 00:43:58.800 It's got seaweed extracts in it. You can use it 809 00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:02.320 as a folier spray. But I'm talking about right now 810 00:44:02.400 --> 00:44:05.360 being planting season. When you put a plant in the ground, 811 00:44:05.920 --> 00:44:08.800 drench that plant after you plant with it. Or what 812 00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:11.440 I will do sometimes is just have a little container 813 00:44:11.480 --> 00:44:12.960 and I take the plant out of the pot and 814 00:44:13.000 --> 00:44:15.440 set it in the container, and I can feel that 815 00:44:15.480 --> 00:44:18.519 container full of a root soak like has to grow 816 00:44:18.519 --> 00:44:21.199 six twelve six, and you just let that soak into 817 00:44:21.239 --> 00:44:23.559 the root ball, put it in the ground, and you've 818 00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:26.079 done your work. You're ready to go. You can do 819 00:44:26.199 --> 00:44:29.000 another drench a week later. You can do another drench 820 00:44:29.079 --> 00:44:30.960 a week later. After that, you can do all three 821 00:44:31.000 --> 00:44:34.639 of those, helping that plant get well established. NaSTA grows 822 00:44:34.639 --> 00:44:37.760 six twelve six has many uses. One is the planting use. 823 00:44:37.800 --> 00:44:41.679 I'm talking about transplanting use. One is just going into 824 00:44:41.760 --> 00:44:44.559 the flower bed or the vegetable garden and drenching it 825 00:44:44.639 --> 00:44:47.400 down the row. That's legit, and then there's full of 826 00:44:47.440 --> 00:44:49.840 your applications, not gonna burn your plants. You use about 827 00:44:49.840 --> 00:44:55.400 a tablespoon per gallon and just spray the foliage with 828 00:44:55.480 --> 00:44:59.000 your plant. Now, that's primarily I use that during the 829 00:44:59.079 --> 00:45:02.000 growing season as things are warming up and plants are 830 00:45:02.000 --> 00:45:05.280 starting to grow. Not so important to do the folier 831 00:45:05.360 --> 00:45:08.400 right now, although you can. Some people believe that it 832 00:45:08.480 --> 00:45:11.400 does help with some of the cold heartiness and things 833 00:45:11.440 --> 00:45:15.440 like that, so I totally would support that approach to 834 00:45:15.519 --> 00:45:17.840 it as well. Well, let's do this. I'm going to 835 00:45:17.920 --> 00:45:20.239 head out to Cypress now and we're going to visit 836 00:45:20.280 --> 00:45:22.679 with Joe, Hey, Joe, Welcome to garden Line. 837 00:45:24.079 --> 00:45:29.199 Hello Skip. I have a few questions. First is on asparagus. 838 00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:33.519 I planted asparagus for the first time in my organic garden, 839 00:45:34.119 --> 00:45:36.960 and so now it's like six em feet tall, but 840 00:45:37.039 --> 00:45:41.800 it's starting to get brownish and some of the tall 841 00:45:42.400 --> 00:45:46.840 you might be familiar with asparagus, like, some people cut 842 00:45:46.880 --> 00:45:49.320 it down for the winner and some people just let 843 00:45:49.320 --> 00:45:53.079 it go. I have straw around the base of it now, 844 00:45:53.599 --> 00:45:56.199 so just let it go through this cold period. 845 00:45:57.920 --> 00:46:01.679 Yeah, I would definitely for sure now if this cold 846 00:46:01.719 --> 00:46:04.679 period were to kill back the tops even more, which 847 00:46:04.760 --> 00:46:08.199 up in Cyprus, I bet it does. Go ahead and 848 00:46:08.239 --> 00:46:11.119 then cut it down and get ready to begin a 849 00:46:11.199 --> 00:46:15.840 harvest asparagus. We are so far south that asparagus doesn't 850 00:46:15.840 --> 00:46:19.920 know what to do with our weather. If you were 851 00:46:19.960 --> 00:46:22.400 to go if you were to go up, you know, 852 00:46:22.480 --> 00:46:24.440 if you were to go up into warmer, I mean 853 00:46:25.480 --> 00:46:28.960 further north, asparagus does really well, you know, Joe. They're 854 00:46:29.000 --> 00:46:31.320 telling me I'm hitting a hard break. Will you hang 855 00:46:31.320 --> 00:46:33.000 on just a second. I want to spend some more 856 00:46:33.039 --> 00:46:35.440 time on this with you, and I'll pick you right 857 00:46:35.440 --> 00:46:36.960 back up when we come back from break. 858 00:46:37.199 --> 00:46:37.440 Yep. 859 00:46:38.719 --> 00:46:41.119 All right, folks, welcome back to Guardline. I'm going to 860 00:46:41.159 --> 00:46:44.119 head back out and continue the conversation that we have 861 00:46:44.280 --> 00:46:48.280 going with Joe. Hey, Joe, welcome back. So we're talking 862 00:46:48.280 --> 00:46:51.039 about asparagus, and I was just making the point that 863 00:46:51.199 --> 00:46:54.519 further north, we have long cold winter, asparagus dies to 864 00:46:54.559 --> 00:46:57.639 the ground and stays dormant and all the stored carbohydrates 865 00:46:57.719 --> 00:47:02.519 then when it does come out in the spring produce nice, strong, thick, 866 00:47:02.920 --> 00:47:07.159 healthy spears for a good while. Down here, it just 867 00:47:07.239 --> 00:47:10.079 kind of keeps going in the winter and never really 868 00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:14.159 dies back well, and so we don't get the volume 869 00:47:14.360 --> 00:47:17.360 of harvests that you would further north. So what we 870 00:47:17.480 --> 00:47:20.320 kind of have to do is cut it back and 871 00:47:20.400 --> 00:47:25.159 create that top freeze back event. And if after this 872 00:47:26.079 --> 00:47:29.119 freeze at some point, I would just cut all the 873 00:47:29.159 --> 00:47:32.400 dead or whether dead or not, the top growth back 874 00:47:32.800 --> 00:47:35.559 and begin your harvests. It's a little early for that 875 00:47:35.639 --> 00:47:38.719 because we're probably gonna get some more freezes, but I 876 00:47:38.800 --> 00:47:40.960 still if you want to, if you want to get 877 00:47:41.000 --> 00:47:43.320 going on it, you could cut that top back and 878 00:47:43.360 --> 00:47:47.280 start your harvest season well after the freeze. 879 00:47:48.239 --> 00:47:51.960 Okay, that's good. I was thinking of putting some straw around. 880 00:47:52.039 --> 00:47:54.519 I have some straw ready around it right now for 881 00:47:54.639 --> 00:47:58.000 the cold, I thought, and to get it through, help 882 00:47:58.239 --> 00:48:02.199 get it through. And then it's only the first year, 883 00:48:02.320 --> 00:48:04.559 so they say, wait, maybe to the second or third, 884 00:48:05.039 --> 00:48:09.760 Well the third d yes, that's right through the same process. 885 00:48:09.880 --> 00:48:15.119 So okay, all right, yeah, that's absolutely that's absolutely true. 886 00:48:16.159 --> 00:48:20.159 Okay, good, good, good. And two peach trees. Do you 887 00:48:20.159 --> 00:48:23.039 think I'm gonna cover them up with some I have 888 00:48:23.280 --> 00:48:26.519 like they call plankets or blankets, like do you think 889 00:48:26.559 --> 00:48:28.119 that a peach trees? 890 00:48:28.239 --> 00:48:31.079 Are your peaches? Are the buds swelling or are they 891 00:48:31.119 --> 00:48:32.519 still dorm fully dormant? 892 00:48:33.559 --> 00:48:37.760 They're dormant. Now the trees they're only about okay, some tall. 893 00:48:37.880 --> 00:48:39.480 Now they they're one year old. 894 00:48:39.679 --> 00:48:43.599 Basically all right, no need to cover them. Don't worry 895 00:48:43.639 --> 00:48:47.679 about them. They're good. Okay. They have buds where you 896 00:48:47.679 --> 00:48:50.280 could see pink. If they had blues under one, I 897 00:48:50.280 --> 00:48:50.960 would cover them. 898 00:48:51.880 --> 00:48:56.480 Oh okay, okay, in variegated Pitt's form. It's like a 899 00:48:56.840 --> 00:48:57.920 shrub kind of thing. 900 00:48:58.760 --> 00:49:01.360 Cover that that is actually little coal tender. And what 901 00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:04.079 will happen is not just the killing of the leaves, 902 00:49:04.079 --> 00:49:06.840 but you'll get splits in the trunk at the base 903 00:49:06.960 --> 00:49:10.199 underneath of those plants when they get ural cold. I 904 00:49:10.199 --> 00:49:14.000 would definitely cover those, put a cover over them to 905 00:49:14.079 --> 00:49:16.239 the ground, weigh it down on the ground so it 906 00:49:16.280 --> 00:49:19.679 doesn't blow off, and a cover should be sufficient in 907 00:49:19.760 --> 00:49:21.719 your area to get them through the cold we're going 908 00:49:21.800 --> 00:49:24.039 to have. But yes, I would cover the barrigated pit 909 00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:28.840 of s form. Thank you so much. All right, man, 910 00:49:29.039 --> 00:49:31.440 good luck getting all that taken care of. Appreciate you call. 911 00:49:31.719 --> 00:49:33.440 We're gonna go out to the port now and talk 912 00:49:33.480 --> 00:49:35.599 to JC. Hey, JC, what's up? 913 00:49:36.079 --> 00:49:39.159 Good good morning. I have a question on some soil testing. 914 00:49:40.199 --> 00:49:45.800 I've got eighteen raised beds, four twelve and they just 915 00:49:45.880 --> 00:49:49.480 don't seem to be producing like they used to. One 916 00:49:49.519 --> 00:49:53.519 bed will have giant green foliage and the other one 917 00:49:53.519 --> 00:49:57.119 will be squatty looking. And over the years I've added 918 00:49:57.480 --> 00:50:01.559 composts and organics as I could get my hands on 919 00:50:01.639 --> 00:50:03.880 them and whatnot, and I just feel like, right now 920 00:50:03.960 --> 00:50:06.440 it's not producing like it should be, and I want 921 00:50:06.480 --> 00:50:09.400 to know where I can get some tests done and 922 00:50:09.679 --> 00:50:12.559 how to do it. Is it going to be one 923 00:50:12.719 --> 00:50:16.639 the charge for each bed or should I just take 924 00:50:16.639 --> 00:50:18.000 a sample from each bed? 925 00:50:18.400 --> 00:50:22.880 Well, you know, no, it's it's per sample that you 926 00:50:22.920 --> 00:50:26.159 pay for it, but it is well worth it, especially 927 00:50:26.199 --> 00:50:28.719 a troubleshoot, the fact that one bed does good and 928 00:50:28.760 --> 00:50:32.760 another bed does not. So I would, because you tend 929 00:50:32.800 --> 00:50:36.360 to fertilize crops in a vegetable garden by the bed 930 00:50:36.440 --> 00:50:38.559 you even have tomatoes in this bed, and I don't 931 00:50:38.599 --> 00:50:40.519 know green beans in the other. Well, you're not gonna 932 00:50:40.519 --> 00:50:42.559 put some nitrogen on your green beans as you do 933 00:50:42.599 --> 00:50:46.440 on your tomatoes, and so over time those bed levels 934 00:50:46.480 --> 00:50:48.679 are going to get different, and you know, and so 935 00:50:49.239 --> 00:50:53.119 I would, I would fertilize. Make a note though, to yourself. 936 00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:59.519 You can you can say sample one A is good 937 00:50:59.599 --> 00:51:01.679 and maybe use a letter A for good or B 938 00:51:01.800 --> 00:51:03.280 for bad if you want. 939 00:51:03.639 --> 00:51:03.840 Uh. 940 00:51:03.880 --> 00:51:05.719 And they don't need to know that. But when you 941 00:51:05.760 --> 00:51:07.920 get the results back, you'll go, oh, this is from 942 00:51:07.960 --> 00:51:09.760 the bed that didn't do good, and this is from 943 00:51:09.760 --> 00:51:10.800 the bed that did do good. 944 00:51:13.440 --> 00:51:14.559 A and M still do it. 945 00:51:15.719 --> 00:51:19.320 Oh yeah, yeah, that's that's the best place I would 946 00:51:19.360 --> 00:51:22.440 recommend for getting your soil tested. And the website is 947 00:51:22.480 --> 00:51:26.760 really easy. It's the it's one word soil testing, soil 948 00:51:26.880 --> 00:51:31.920 testing and then dot T A m U which stands 949 00:51:31.960 --> 00:51:35.559 for Texas and M University t A m U dot 950 00:51:36.360 --> 00:51:39.639 e ed U sell Testing dot TAMU dot ed U. 951 00:51:40.360 --> 00:51:42.360 You want here's the important part, and I do this 952 00:51:42.480 --> 00:51:44.920 in the on my website. I've got a soil testing 953 00:51:44.920 --> 00:51:47.480 publication at Gardening with skip dot com that tells you 954 00:51:47.519 --> 00:51:50.559 about this. But you want to make sure your sample 955 00:51:50.800 --> 00:51:53.400 is a good representative of that whole bed. So take 956 00:51:53.440 --> 00:51:56.159 some here, some there, you know, put and mix them together, 957 00:51:56.320 --> 00:51:59.320 and then take your pint of soil out of that 958 00:51:59.480 --> 00:52:04.079 to send in. You want to use the urban soil test. 959 00:52:04.960 --> 00:52:08.199 There's agriculture seal test, it just said, and then there's 960 00:52:08.199 --> 00:52:11.079 an urban salt test. You want the urban because on 961 00:52:11.159 --> 00:52:13.920 that form it'll allow you to say this is roses, 962 00:52:14.119 --> 00:52:17.400 or this is vegetables, or this is lawn, you know, 963 00:52:18.000 --> 00:52:20.840 and that's the urban and use that form. You can 964 00:52:20.880 --> 00:52:23.559 do the regular, which is fine if you want to 965 00:52:23.559 --> 00:52:26.079 go a little further, which if you haven't had to 966 00:52:26.159 --> 00:52:29.480 soil test in a long time, you might do the regular. 967 00:52:29.519 --> 00:52:33.000 Plus the micro nutrients costs a little bit more. But 968 00:52:33.119 --> 00:52:36.199 that way, if iron or zinc or some other thing 969 00:52:36.360 --> 00:52:38.599 like that is an issue, you'll know it. 970 00:52:40.440 --> 00:52:42.719 Okay, you don't have an all time better how much 971 00:52:42.800 --> 00:52:45.760 less yards you know, I haven't had it done. 972 00:52:45.840 --> 00:52:49.679 That's a good question. Yeah, let me, uh, let me 973 00:52:49.960 --> 00:52:51.719 see what we're talking. I'll just go I'll just go 974 00:52:51.840 --> 00:52:55.079 check and see that. I'm going to guess, but I 975 00:52:55.079 --> 00:52:58.119 don't want to guess. Things change on me, and then 976 00:52:58.119 --> 00:53:00.000 i'd be I'd be lying to you. 977 00:53:00.039 --> 00:53:01.679 We're on. 978 00:53:03.920 --> 00:53:08.199 Yeah, Well, I can tell you about two seconds here anyway. 979 00:53:08.400 --> 00:53:11.119 But when the results do come in, you're going to 980 00:53:11.199 --> 00:53:14.400 want to make sure and do all those amendments, mix 981 00:53:14.480 --> 00:53:17.679 them down as far far as you can down into 982 00:53:17.719 --> 00:53:20.360 the soil. And when you do that, then you're going 983 00:53:20.440 --> 00:53:26.400 to be able to have a good, even uniform soil test. 984 00:53:26.480 --> 00:53:28.880 Now that the routine analysis at A and M is 985 00:53:28.920 --> 00:53:34.159 twelve dollars, the routine plus micro nutrients is nineteen dollars. 986 00:53:34.599 --> 00:53:35.639 That's the current. 987 00:53:37.280 --> 00:53:40.400 Okoyd, all right, sir, I appreciate you. 988 00:53:41.880 --> 00:53:42.800 All right, you take care. 989 00:53:43.519 --> 00:53:44.320 I have a good one. 990 00:53:45.960 --> 00:53:48.679 As well. Thank you. Oh where are we here? Yeah, 991 00:53:48.679 --> 00:53:51.480 we're going to go to Orange and talk to Susan. Hey, Susan, 992 00:53:51.599 --> 00:53:53.079 welcome to garden Line. 993 00:53:53.599 --> 00:53:56.320 Thank you, thank you, Skipp And just a note, I'm 994 00:53:56.360 --> 00:54:00.239 no longer in Orange. We've moved to for Glynn. A 995 00:54:00.320 --> 00:54:03.440 question for you the first thing. I found this nasty 996 00:54:03.519 --> 00:54:07.480 weed in my yard yesterday. I emailed you pictures of it, 997 00:54:08.079 --> 00:54:10.920 wondering what it is and how what I need to 998 00:54:10.920 --> 00:54:11.920 do to get rid of it. 999 00:54:14.280 --> 00:54:16.639 Uh, you sent me pictures of it. Let me go 1000 00:54:16.679 --> 00:54:19.719 put good it up? Did you say, did you say, Brooklyn? 1001 00:54:20.920 --> 00:54:23.199 Yes, it's right near Sam right. 1002 00:54:25.079 --> 00:54:25.199 Oh. 1003 00:54:25.199 --> 00:54:28.880 Okay? Are you listening on the radio or about on 1004 00:54:28.880 --> 00:54:29.400 the internet? 1005 00:54:29.440 --> 00:54:32.280 I am well no, I can't get it on the 1006 00:54:32.719 --> 00:54:33.519 radio anymore. 1007 00:54:33.639 --> 00:54:35.679 Time listening to it through I hearts. 1008 00:54:37.239 --> 00:54:45.320 Okay. Would this have come from MG? Yes, Okay, that 1009 00:54:45.360 --> 00:54:52.760 weed is Uh, it's It's called pig weed or amaranth 1010 00:54:52.960 --> 00:54:58.519 is another name for it, and it is a prolific receder. 1011 00:54:58.599 --> 00:55:02.079 One amaranth plant can make two hundred thousand seed. That's 1012 00:55:02.119 --> 00:55:06.000 what you're up now. So you got to if you 1013 00:55:06.199 --> 00:55:09.159 if you get all those out of there, all try 1014 00:55:09.199 --> 00:55:11.360 to not shake them a lot, because all the ones 1015 00:55:11.360 --> 00:55:13.559 that are mature, you're just gonna shake the seeds loose 1016 00:55:13.559 --> 00:55:16.559 in the ground, off onto the ground. Get as much 1017 00:55:16.559 --> 00:55:19.360 of it out as you can, and then it's not 1018 00:55:19.400 --> 00:55:21.840 gonna shouldn't be a problem until we get back to 1019 00:55:21.880 --> 00:55:24.360 warm weather and it starts re sprouting a lot then, 1020 00:55:24.480 --> 00:55:26.239 and all you need is a good mult over the 1021 00:55:26.280 --> 00:55:29.000 soil and it will not come up if you if 1022 00:55:29.039 --> 00:55:31.280 you shade the soil surface really well. 1023 00:55:33.039 --> 00:55:35.360 Okay, perfect, all right, we'll do that. 1024 00:55:35.920 --> 00:55:38.519 Also, I tuned in like this morning, so you may 1025 00:55:38.519 --> 00:55:41.639 have already covered this. But as far as the freeze, 1026 00:55:42.159 --> 00:55:46.119 I've got guardenas and dwarf as alias that we find 1027 00:55:46.199 --> 00:55:49.559 to do about six months ago. Do I need to cover. 1028 00:55:49.480 --> 00:55:53.320 Vm, you know, just to be safe? I would, Uh, 1029 00:55:54.320 --> 00:55:57.000 They're probably going to be okay, especially the azalia, but 1030 00:55:57.639 --> 00:56:00.480 a new plant isn't as hardy asn't a state abolished 1031 00:56:00.519 --> 00:56:04.159 plant of the same species. It just doesn't work that way, 1032 00:56:04.320 --> 00:56:06.000 So I would, I would, I would give them a 1033 00:56:06.079 --> 00:56:11.000 cover just to be safe. You're you're you're north up 1034 00:56:11.000 --> 00:56:12.280 in sam Rayburns. 1035 00:56:11.960 --> 00:56:14.559 So yes, yes we are, we are. 1036 00:56:15.320 --> 00:56:19.480 What is your what's your forecast? Uh for the coldest Tuesday? 1037 00:56:19.920 --> 00:56:23.679 Well it's it's going to get cold. I'm not as 1038 00:56:23.719 --> 00:56:27.880 cold as county where we used to be, but we 1039 00:56:28.039 --> 00:56:30.559 definitely will have a hard freeze, possible snow. 1040 00:56:32.360 --> 00:56:36.840 Okay, all right, Well I'd be safe and cover them, all. 1041 00:56:36.840 --> 00:56:40.519 Right, And one one last thing quick quickly skipped last 1042 00:56:40.559 --> 00:56:42.880 weekend you said it was good, good time to plant 1043 00:56:42.920 --> 00:56:45.000 the Amarilla's bulbs, and. 1044 00:56:44.960 --> 00:56:45.760 So we did. 1045 00:56:46.000 --> 00:56:48.079 Yes, Is that going to be an issue? 1046 00:56:50.639 --> 00:56:53.119 Oh no, not at all. They're they're fine bulbs you 1047 00:56:53.239 --> 00:56:55.559 just put in the ground. They're going to be perfectly Okay, 1048 00:56:55.599 --> 00:56:58.039 you don't have to you have to worry about them. 1049 00:56:58.400 --> 00:57:01.599 Okay, okay, great, right, thanks, Skip, have a good day. 1050 00:57:01.599 --> 00:57:02.719 I enjoy your show. 1051 00:57:02.960 --> 00:57:06.519 You bet, Okay, take care, Bobby. All right, it's time 1052 00:57:06.559 --> 00:57:09.760 for me to run to a break, folks, so I'll 1053 00:57:09.760 --> 00:57:12.039 be right back with your calls at seven one three 1054 00:57:12.119 --> 00:57:16.360 two one two KTRH. All right, folks, welcome back. Good 1055 00:57:16.400 --> 00:57:19.719 to have you with us. A number of things to 1056 00:57:19.800 --> 00:57:22.360 talk about this morning. You know, the landscape's gonna look 1057 00:57:22.360 --> 00:57:24.719 a little rough when we get out of the freeze. 1058 00:57:25.119 --> 00:57:28.159 It's just the way it is. And uh, this may 1059 00:57:28.199 --> 00:57:31.360 be a good time for you to consider some renovations. 1060 00:57:32.000 --> 00:57:34.440 I For example, maybe you got some plants that are 1061 00:57:34.440 --> 00:57:37.079 a little bit too cold tender. They're just not going 1062 00:57:37.159 --> 00:57:39.639 to be good for the long term for you. Maybe 1063 00:57:39.679 --> 00:57:42.039 you're looking at your landscapes and it's kind of bleak. 1064 00:57:42.119 --> 00:57:45.320 I could use some more evergreen bushes here there. You know, 1065 00:57:45.599 --> 00:57:47.559 there's a lot of things we can do to make 1066 00:57:47.599 --> 00:57:51.119 our landscapes better, but I tell you peerscapes can take 1067 00:57:51.159 --> 00:57:54.119 care of all of it. Pierscapes they do everything from 1068 00:57:54.199 --> 00:57:57.920 landscape design. If you want to like create a landscapeer 1069 00:57:58.039 --> 00:58:00.199 on your pool, they're very good at that. If you 1070 00:58:00.199 --> 00:58:03.199 have poor drainage areas, maybe you need some French drains installed, 1071 00:58:03.559 --> 00:58:07.440 pier scapes can they got you covered. They absolutely are 1072 00:58:07.559 --> 00:58:12.239 professionals when it comes to landscape designing, landscape installation. They 1073 00:58:12.280 --> 00:58:14.679 even do seasonal maintenance. You know, come have them come 1074 00:58:14.760 --> 00:58:17.559 out every quarter and do maintenance in your garden beds. 1075 00:58:17.559 --> 00:58:21.639 You know, do some weeding or adding fresh mulch out, 1076 00:58:22.039 --> 00:58:25.480 checking the irrigation, make sure everything's working. Doing color changes, 1077 00:58:25.559 --> 00:58:28.119 you know, from one type of flower to another type 1078 00:58:28.159 --> 00:58:30.519 of flower as the season's change. 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Hey, Karen, welcome to garden Line. 1098 00:59:30.199 --> 00:59:31.079 Good morning, Skip. 1099 00:59:32.840 --> 00:59:35.039 I'm out in the garden this morning. 1100 00:59:37.000 --> 00:59:40.599 Pronouncing distances on those things I'm not going to attempt 1101 00:59:40.639 --> 00:59:44.519 to save and okay, a way of salvation for the 1102 00:59:44.559 --> 00:59:49.559 ones that I am. My question is on my broccoli 1103 00:59:50.199 --> 00:59:54.320 crop I have here. I've cut the heads that I 1104 00:59:54.440 --> 00:59:58.039 believe you know are completely ready. I have quite a 1105 00:59:58.039 --> 01:00:02.559 few that are nice that they're not as large as 1106 01:00:02.840 --> 01:00:05.599 I would normally like to get them. Do I need 1107 01:00:05.639 --> 01:00:06.480 to cover those? 1108 01:00:06.559 --> 01:00:06.719 Will? 1109 01:00:06.960 --> 01:00:09.079 Be? Okay? 1110 01:00:09.159 --> 01:00:12.480 Well, it would help to when broccoli is cold hardy, 1111 01:00:12.639 --> 01:00:16.880 like all those blue leaf vegetables are. But when you 1112 01:00:16.960 --> 01:00:20.960 have a really good hard freeze, especially the areas in 1113 01:00:21.000 --> 01:00:23.480 between the veins on the leaves, you'll get burned back there, 1114 01:00:23.599 --> 01:00:26.280 you get some burn and the broccoli heads, those little 1115 01:00:26.320 --> 01:00:30.440 buds will get cold damage to them, and so I 1116 01:00:30.480 --> 01:00:33.360 would especially be concerned about the heads. So just throwing 1117 01:00:33.440 --> 01:00:35.719 any kind of a cover over them, just to hold 1118 01:00:35.760 --> 01:00:40.239 a little soil warmth in it should be sufficient for 1119 01:00:40.320 --> 01:00:42.000 the kind of cold that you're going to be getting. 1120 01:00:42.920 --> 01:00:46.119 The ones that I have cut. Should I go ahead 1121 01:00:46.159 --> 01:00:47.320 and pull the plant. 1122 01:00:47.320 --> 01:00:54.639 Out, well, they will re sprout and you will get 1123 01:00:54.719 --> 01:00:58.000 side shoots from below where you cut. They won't be 1124 01:00:58.079 --> 01:01:01.239 big heads, but they'll be worth and keeping them to 1125 01:01:01.320 --> 01:01:02.039 harvest those. 1126 01:01:02.599 --> 01:01:03.480 Yeah, exactly. 1127 01:01:03.639 --> 01:01:07.320 I only have two rows of this and they've done 1128 01:01:07.360 --> 01:01:13.440 so well. Another question is in the same bed, I 1129 01:01:13.519 --> 01:01:16.800 planted two little rows of broccoli, and I skipped a row, 1130 01:01:17.760 --> 01:01:25.320 and then I planted cauliflowers. The cauliflower. I have beautiful plants. 1131 01:01:25.599 --> 01:01:29.400 You wouldn't couldn't ask for more beautiful plants, but they 1132 01:01:29.440 --> 01:01:31.679 have not made a single head of cauliflower. 1133 01:01:33.400 --> 01:01:37.199 What the broccoli? She's gone. 1134 01:01:38.719 --> 01:01:44.119 Well, the two possibilities. Number one, it's not cauliflower. Sometimes 1135 01:01:44.639 --> 01:01:46.920 I have bought I had a friend one time who 1136 01:01:47.039 --> 01:01:51.239 bought collars and he was eating the leaves off the colors, 1137 01:01:51.280 --> 01:01:53.559 and all of a sudden they started producing broccoli heads 1138 01:01:53.559 --> 01:01:59.519 because it was really broccoli. But the cauliflower, just give 1139 01:01:59.559 --> 01:02:01.920 it time. You should get some heads forming in the 1140 01:02:01.960 --> 01:02:04.079 interior of that. It just may take a little bit 1141 01:02:04.119 --> 01:02:05.239 more time for some reason. 1142 01:02:05.840 --> 01:02:08.719 Okay, should I cover them? I mean I did not 1143 01:02:08.840 --> 01:02:13.360 cover them well, and they seem to have done well. 1144 01:02:13.360 --> 01:02:16.760 But yeah, well this one's going to be a little 1145 01:02:16.760 --> 01:02:20.880 bit colder, so you know, like the broccoli, if you 1146 01:02:20.920 --> 01:02:23.440 want to be safe, throw a cover over them. It 1147 01:02:23.480 --> 01:02:25.920 may be that they'll get through just fine. But we're 1148 01:02:25.960 --> 01:02:28.800 gonna get kind of cold, so I would I would 1149 01:02:28.840 --> 01:02:29.800 be a little safe on it. 1150 01:02:30.199 --> 01:02:33.480 Okay, okay, well all right. 1151 01:02:34.800 --> 01:02:39.840 Hey, you got some happy birds there. I hear happy birds. 1152 01:02:41.400 --> 01:02:43.920 I wonder, I wonder what kind of birds those are? 1153 01:02:43.960 --> 01:02:46.239 They are happy to be in the garden. 1154 01:02:47.440 --> 01:02:54.880 This neighborhood that is a very old neighborhood. And I've 1155 01:02:54.920 --> 01:02:57.559 only been here about three years, and I've taken down 1156 01:02:57.800 --> 01:03:03.440 some old trash trees that you know, they weren't good 1157 01:03:03.480 --> 01:03:09.199 trees to create more light for my garden. But my 1158 01:03:09.320 --> 01:03:11.480 neighbors have consider. 1159 01:03:11.760 --> 01:03:12.679 Fifty years old. 1160 01:03:12.840 --> 01:03:17.880 I mean they're huge, and the birds just flock, you know, 1161 01:03:17.960 --> 01:03:22.840 they're in the neighbor's yard. I keep out some feed 1162 01:03:23.000 --> 01:03:28.920 and stuff around. But yes, of a morning, I'm surprised 1163 01:03:28.960 --> 01:03:32.519 you're not hearing the roosters. They're not quite out for 1164 01:03:32.719 --> 01:03:34.719 it because several of them. 1165 01:03:34.760 --> 01:03:39.320 Okay, all right, all right, Well if hey, if you 1166 01:03:39.360 --> 01:03:42.199 want something cool, there's an app called Merlin, as in 1167 01:03:42.280 --> 01:03:46.639 Merlin the Magician, and this Merlin app you It's free 1168 01:03:46.800 --> 01:03:50.000 from Cornell University. It's free and you can tell it 1169 01:03:50.079 --> 01:03:52.159 listen and tell me what bird that is, and it 1170 01:03:52.199 --> 01:03:54.159 will listen and tell you what bird is making that 1171 01:03:54.239 --> 01:03:57.239 sound I'm hearing in the book. It's pretty cool app. Anyway, 1172 01:03:57.360 --> 01:03:59.480 you want to have some fun, you may check that out. Hey, 1173 01:04:00.119 --> 01:04:02.320 and thank you for thank you for calling in this morning. 1174 01:04:02.480 --> 01:04:04.199 I'm all run, but I appreciate it. 1175 01:04:04.719 --> 01:04:07.880 Good luck with the get to cover in these things 1176 01:04:09.320 --> 01:04:12.360 takes me in most people. I'm a little older to 1177 01:04:12.400 --> 01:04:13.000 be gardening. 1178 01:04:13.079 --> 01:04:16.760 So you oh no, no, no, you're never too old. 1179 01:04:16.800 --> 01:04:18.519 A garden gardening keeps you young. 1180 01:04:20.280 --> 01:04:21.119 You do slow down. 1181 01:04:21.679 --> 01:04:27.559 So yeah, all right, bye bye, all right, folks, I'm 1182 01:04:27.599 --> 01:04:31.199 right up on a break right here, Wesley. We're going 1183 01:04:31.239 --> 01:04:33.920 to come to you and Lawrence when we come back 1184 01:04:33.920 --> 01:04:35.880 from this break. Just hang on, we'll be right back 1185 01:04:35.920 --> 01:04:40.079 with you. All right, we're back. Welcome to garden Line again. 1186 01:04:40.400 --> 01:04:43.400 We are going to head now out to Lawrence and 1187 01:04:43.559 --> 01:04:47.679 talk to Wesley. Hey, Wesley, welcome to garden Line. 1188 01:04:48.400 --> 01:04:48.719 Hello. 1189 01:04:50.559 --> 01:04:56.079 All right, So my question is I have planets some 1190 01:04:56.400 --> 01:05:02.079 craig myrtles me October and that last freeze we had, 1191 01:05:02.119 --> 01:05:04.960 I left them wrapped probably a little too long in 1192 01:05:05.239 --> 01:05:07.679 blue tarp and not knowing I should have used burlap 1193 01:05:07.880 --> 01:05:12.440 or something like that, and I unwrapped them and the 1194 01:05:12.519 --> 01:05:17.599 leaves are crunchy. Uh. I was wondering if possibly did 1195 01:05:17.639 --> 01:05:19.519 I kill them because the inside of the tarp may 1196 01:05:19.559 --> 01:05:23.760 have gotten too hot on those warmer days. 1197 01:05:25.599 --> 01:05:30.000 I am not sure I'm following. What could you elaborate 1198 01:05:30.360 --> 01:05:34.599 a little bit more on this? Did you say crape myrtle. 1199 01:05:35.159 --> 01:05:35.880 Crape myrtles? 1200 01:05:35.960 --> 01:05:37.639 Yes, yes, sir, uh. 1201 01:05:37.639 --> 01:05:41.960 Huh okay, And it was under a tarp and it's it's. 1202 01:05:43.119 --> 01:05:43.320 Yeah. 1203 01:05:43.360 --> 01:05:46.079 I wrapped them when it got cold, and I put 1204 01:05:46.119 --> 01:05:50.280 three steaks around it, those labs, and I wrapped it 1205 01:05:50.320 --> 01:05:55.159 really good and that blue tarp like that plastic material, 1206 01:05:56.960 --> 01:06:02.159 and uh, there was pretty much no airflow. And I 1207 01:06:02.199 --> 01:06:05.280 may have left them wrapped too long, and I know 1208 01:06:05.320 --> 01:06:10.079 I got the temperature got way above freezing, and whenever 1209 01:06:10.119 --> 01:06:15.079 I did uncover them, the leafs are really crunchy. 1210 01:06:15.280 --> 01:06:22.119 Okay, well, yeah, that's hard to say, but it could be 1211 01:06:22.159 --> 01:06:25.719 the heat also from building up in there. I don't 1212 01:06:25.760 --> 01:06:28.880 know on that, but basically, when you're are you wanting 1213 01:06:28.920 --> 01:06:31.559 to cover them again for the cold that's coming. 1214 01:06:31.559 --> 01:06:35.199 Or what yeah I need. Yeah, I was gonna go 1215 01:06:35.199 --> 01:06:38.079 ahead and cover them. But if I may have killed them, 1216 01:06:38.119 --> 01:06:42.199 I might may not wrap them. It might be hard 1217 01:06:42.239 --> 01:06:44.000 to say. I had to wait till I guess marks 1218 01:06:44.320 --> 01:06:46.840 when they start, if they start blooming, I know they're alive. 1219 01:06:48.480 --> 01:06:51.280 Yeah, I think they're probably gonna be. Okay, you can 1220 01:06:51.320 --> 01:06:54.840 take your thumbnail and scratch back. Find a little stem 1221 01:06:54.880 --> 01:06:57.599 that's about size of a pencil or something. Just scratch 1222 01:06:57.679 --> 01:06:59.480 the bark back on it. And if you see a 1223 01:06:59.519 --> 01:07:03.360 little bit of a green or creamy white color, it's fine. 1224 01:07:03.440 --> 01:07:08.159 If you see pecan brown or paper sack brown, it's dead. Uh. 1225 01:07:08.199 --> 01:07:12.639 So that it should be showing that by now. But 1226 01:07:12.679 --> 01:07:14.519 when you ever you cover a plant, you want to 1227 01:07:14.559 --> 01:07:16.639 just put a cover over the whole plant and straight 1228 01:07:16.719 --> 01:07:18.480 down to the side. Don't wrap them up. 1229 01:07:19.199 --> 01:07:19.320 Uh. 1230 01:07:19.440 --> 01:07:21.679 And and if it's something like a tarp, just leave 1231 01:07:21.719 --> 01:07:23.880 it on overnight and take it off the next day 1232 01:07:24.559 --> 01:07:28.400 to allow sun in and air and you know, to 1233 01:07:28.880 --> 01:07:31.239 ventilation that is, and then you can put it back 1234 01:07:31.280 --> 01:07:34.360 down on it again the next day. Are you it, 1235 01:07:34.400 --> 01:07:36.679 says Lawrence, Are you up in the Dallas. 1236 01:07:36.320 --> 01:07:40.400 Area, No, sir, I'm an orange orange Taxas. 1237 01:07:40.719 --> 01:07:43.800 Oh orange, okay, okay, okay, got you got youa. I 1238 01:07:44.000 --> 01:07:47.119 just had it wrong, all right, Yeah, no Orange, that's fine. Yeah. 1239 01:07:47.159 --> 01:07:49.079 And you should never have to cover a crape myrtle 1240 01:07:49.119 --> 01:07:51.679 an orange Texas. 1241 01:07:51.199 --> 01:08:00.159 Okay, even with it being so young. Yeah October okay. 1242 01:08:00.400 --> 01:08:04.320 Yeah, it should be fine. They're hardy now, there's nothing 1243 01:08:04.360 --> 01:08:07.360 wrong with covering them. It's just great. Myrtles are pretty hardy. 1244 01:08:07.599 --> 01:08:09.920 The only time we run into problems with creat myrtles 1245 01:08:10.039 --> 01:08:13.159 is when we have a real warmfall and then suddenly 1246 01:08:13.199 --> 01:08:16.720 we get like into the teens, that hits real suddenly 1247 01:08:16.800 --> 01:08:19.479 and they're not ready for it. We have seen those 1248 01:08:19.560 --> 01:08:20.600 kind of problems before. 1249 01:08:21.079 --> 01:08:26.479 Okay, right, one more question. I have a rosebush that's 1250 01:08:28.279 --> 01:08:31.439 four years old. Should I be rapping? Should I go 1251 01:08:31.439 --> 01:08:32.840 ahead and wrap that one as well? 1252 01:08:34.800 --> 01:08:38.199 You shouldn't have to if it's got tender new If 1253 01:08:38.199 --> 01:08:40.800 it has tender new growth coming out. Roses are willing 1254 01:08:40.840 --> 01:08:43.199 to grow in some pretty cold weather, and if it 1255 01:08:43.239 --> 01:08:46.159 sends out some tender growth, I would cover it to 1256 01:08:46.239 --> 01:08:49.520 protect that. If it's gonna get what is your predicted 1257 01:08:49.520 --> 01:08:52.760 temperature Tuesday, the coldest it's gonna get. 1258 01:08:54.199 --> 01:08:55.479 I believe low twenty. 1259 01:08:56.479 --> 01:09:01.399 I believe, yeah, yeah, if it's gonna just to be safe, 1260 01:09:01.520 --> 01:09:04.319 if you want to cover it, if it has new growth, 1261 01:09:04.319 --> 01:09:07.439 if it's not really pushing new growth already, then I 1262 01:09:07.479 --> 01:09:09.439 would I would just leave it. It should be fine. 1263 01:09:10.279 --> 01:09:12.279 Okay, all right, well, thank you. 1264 01:09:13.680 --> 01:09:18.079 All right, thanks appreciate that call. You take care. Let's 1265 01:09:18.079 --> 01:09:22.319 see here, we're gonna go to Candy and Spring. Hey Candy, 1266 01:09:22.359 --> 01:09:23.479 welcome to garden Line. 1267 01:09:24.279 --> 01:09:25.439 Good morning, Skip. 1268 01:09:25.520 --> 01:09:28.199 I have a ton of iris that because of the 1269 01:09:28.239 --> 01:09:31.079 warm weather, have all come up and they're big. 1270 01:09:31.680 --> 01:09:33.880 Do I need to cover those or will they survive? 1271 01:09:35.479 --> 01:09:38.600 They'll survive. You may get a little cold damage on them. 1272 01:09:38.640 --> 01:09:41.680 I've never tried to take an iris into you know, 1273 01:09:41.760 --> 01:09:44.279 the kinds of temperatures we have, and paid attention to 1274 01:09:44.359 --> 01:09:47.720 that with with new growth. But I think I think 1275 01:09:47.840 --> 01:09:51.279 that they'll be fine. You shouldn't need to cover them 1276 01:09:51.399 --> 01:09:54.319 with the temperatures we're having. If it's getting down, you know, 1277 01:09:54.439 --> 01:09:57.319 down weigh in the teens, maybe we would think about 1278 01:09:57.319 --> 01:09:58.800 it a little bit. But I think you're all. 1279 01:09:58.760 --> 01:10:01.479 Right, okay, very good, thank you. 1280 01:10:02.760 --> 01:10:04.600 Yeah. And even if they get burned back, they're gonna 1281 01:10:04.640 --> 01:10:07.640 come right back just fine. All right, Thank you, Kenny. 1282 01:10:07.640 --> 01:10:09.880 Appreciate appreciate that very much. 1283 01:10:10.560 --> 01:10:10.760 Boy. 1284 01:10:10.760 --> 01:10:14.560 I tell you, the folks that enchanted forest are ready 1285 01:10:14.600 --> 01:10:16.560 to go on the freeze. I mean they've got the 1286 01:10:16.560 --> 01:10:18.880 frost cloth by the foot. By the way. That's a 1287 01:10:18.960 --> 01:10:20.960 nice way to buy it, because you just roll out 1288 01:10:21.000 --> 01:10:23.279 this big roll and you know, you say, I want 1289 01:10:23.279 --> 01:10:25.000 twenty feet of it or I want five feet of it, 1290 01:10:25.039 --> 01:10:27.560 I mean, whatever you want, They'll roll it right out 1291 01:10:27.600 --> 01:10:29.840 there and you can get out there. It's like it's 1292 01:10:29.920 --> 01:10:32.680 they have the heavy kind, the kind that is better 1293 01:10:32.720 --> 01:10:34.760 at holding in heat and with frost colth. You don't 1294 01:10:34.760 --> 01:10:36.960 have to take it off every day. You can you 1295 01:10:37.000 --> 01:10:38.439 can leave it on for a few days if you 1296 01:10:38.479 --> 01:10:41.479 need to, We're not going to have that much cold, 1297 01:10:41.479 --> 01:10:43.359 but if you if, we are going to have several 1298 01:10:43.439 --> 01:10:45.159 nights below freezing, so you can just cover it and 1299 01:10:45.399 --> 01:10:48.840 leave it on till you take it off, really really good. 1300 01:10:48.880 --> 01:10:53.279 They also have got a nice selection of camellia still. 1301 01:10:53.720 --> 01:10:56.439 If you need color like pansies and flowering kale, they've 1302 01:10:56.479 --> 01:11:01.479 got that. They've got some dowar feupon Holly's Little Nana Nana, 1303 01:11:01.560 --> 01:11:04.720 a variety that does so well here, and a lot 1304 01:11:04.760 --> 01:11:07.920 of other things. And by the way, Enchanted just kind 1305 01:11:07.920 --> 01:11:11.039 of a little news out there from Enchended. Enchanted just 1306 01:11:11.319 --> 01:11:14.880 had Danny Millican join the team. He probably heard Danny before. 1307 01:11:15.560 --> 01:11:17.840 He has been around this area for a long time, 1308 01:11:17.920 --> 01:11:21.279 got a good horticulture background, done a lot of environmental education, 1309 01:11:21.479 --> 01:11:24.640 sustainable design. It just brings a lot of years of 1310 01:11:24.720 --> 01:11:28.159 experience to that team out there at Enchanted Forest. He's 1311 01:11:28.199 --> 01:11:31.199 going to be working on educational programs out there at 1312 01:11:31.279 --> 01:11:36.079 Enchanted enhancing the experience for visitors and supporting their conservation 1313 01:11:36.239 --> 01:11:38.600 initiatives that are going on. So stop, I say hello 1314 01:11:38.680 --> 01:11:42.479 to Danny out there at Enchanted Forest, and we look 1315 01:11:42.520 --> 01:11:46.000 forward to working with Danny as well in the months 1316 01:11:46.279 --> 01:11:50.479 to come. You are listening to Gardenline our phone number 1317 01:11:50.520 --> 01:11:53.680 seven one three two one two k t r H 1318 01:11:53.880 --> 01:11:57.439 seven to one three two one two k t r H. 1319 01:11:57.520 --> 01:12:00.680 By the way, Enchended Forest is on FM twenty seven 1320 01:12:00.800 --> 01:12:04.720 fifty nine out there in Richmond, Texas. It's a great 1321 01:12:04.840 --> 01:12:07.760 nursery to go visit. And again, I just want to 1322 01:12:08.000 --> 01:12:11.000 one more thing. Don't forget they got that rollout long 1323 01:12:11.079 --> 01:12:14.760 rolls of frost cloth that can really help you with 1324 01:12:14.840 --> 01:12:17.479 the frost that we're about to get. They're going to 1325 01:12:17.560 --> 01:12:21.600 be with me at the Home and Garden show that's 1326 01:12:21.640 --> 01:12:27.159 coming up down there in the the Richmond Rosenberg area, 1327 01:12:27.520 --> 01:12:30.399 and I'm really looking forward to getting out and doing 1328 01:12:30.439 --> 01:12:34.039 that very soon. It's next Saturday, next next Saturday, so 1329 01:12:34.159 --> 01:12:35.439 you want to come out and see us there. I'll 1330 01:12:35.439 --> 01:12:38.880 talk about that more in a little bit here. It's 1331 01:12:39.079 --> 01:12:43.000 never a bad time to prepare your soil. It's always 1332 01:12:43.119 --> 01:12:46.239 a good time to prepare your soil. Nature's Way resources 1333 01:12:46.840 --> 01:12:49.319 they know how to prepare your soil. You go out there, 1334 01:12:49.359 --> 01:12:51.560 talk to Ian, talk to any of the staff out there, 1335 01:12:51.960 --> 01:12:54.359 and they can get you fixed up with rose soil, 1336 01:12:54.439 --> 01:12:59.119 with leaf mole compost with various types of quality mulches. 1337 01:12:59.199 --> 01:13:00.960 You can go out and buy it and pick it 1338 01:13:01.039 --> 01:13:03.119 up on your trailer or pickup. You can have them 1339 01:13:03.159 --> 01:13:05.479 deliver it, and a lot of areas around town will 1340 01:13:05.479 --> 01:13:08.359 sell many of their products by the bag as well. 1341 01:13:08.840 --> 01:13:12.079 Nine three six, three two one sixty nine ninety. They're 1342 01:13:12.159 --> 01:13:15.159 up I forty five right where fourteen eighty eight comes 1343 01:13:15.159 --> 01:13:18.640 in from Magnolia. You turn right, cross the railroad tracks 1344 01:13:18.720 --> 01:13:23.159 and that is there street. Right there Sherwood Circle right 1345 01:13:23.159 --> 01:13:28.840 there in that area, Nature's way resources well worth your visit. 1346 01:13:30.640 --> 01:13:33.319 Uh sit here, looking at my watch, it looks like 1347 01:13:33.359 --> 01:13:35.319 we're about to go to a break here. I should 1348 01:13:35.319 --> 01:13:38.279 hear music starting out pretty quick here, So I've quit talking. 1349 01:13:39.279 --> 01:13:42.359 Just remember that if everybody's going to be hole up 1350 01:13:42.359 --> 01:13:47.079 inside because it is getting really cold. But you need 1351 01:13:47.119 --> 01:13:51.000 to get ready because spring preps. We are in the 1352 01:13:51.039 --> 01:13:54.479 middle of spring prep. There's there's planting to be done, 1353 01:13:54.640 --> 01:13:57.199 there's soil building to be done. You need to get 1354 01:13:57.199 --> 01:14:00.840 those pruning chores done. Its best to prune before the 1355 01:14:00.880 --> 01:14:03.800 plants begin their growth in the spring. If you miss it, 1356 01:14:03.800 --> 01:14:05.479 you can prune a little bit later, it's fine, But 1357 01:14:05.920 --> 01:14:07.840 go ahead and get the pruning chores done. We're gonna 1358 01:14:07.840 --> 01:14:10.960 be talking about pruning, uh and not this weekend. But 1359 01:14:11.319 --> 01:14:13.239 once we get past those freeze, I'll start talking a 1360 01:14:13.239 --> 01:14:16.359 little bit more about some of the printing tasks that 1361 01:14:16.439 --> 01:14:19.399 we have how to do them for so that you 1362 01:14:19.439 --> 01:14:21.960 can have success. All right, would you like to give 1363 01:14:22.039 --> 01:14:23.800 us a call beyond the board when I come back 1364 01:14:24.039 --> 01:14:26.960 seven one three two one two kt r H. 1365 01:14:29.119 --> 01:14:41.600 Welcome to kt r H Garden Line with Skip Rickards. 1366 01:14:41.680 --> 01:14:43.600 Just watch him as well. 1367 01:14:50.520 --> 01:14:52.960 All right, welcome back to guard Line. I'm gonna jump 1368 01:14:52.960 --> 01:14:55.199 in right here. Somebody left the gate open while we 1369 01:14:55.199 --> 01:14:58.359 were in. All the cows have gotten out and called 1370 01:14:58.399 --> 01:15:00.680 garden Line. I don't know that that was a weird 1371 01:15:00.680 --> 01:15:02.880 way to put it. Anyway, we got a lot of calls. 1372 01:15:02.920 --> 01:15:05.000 I gotta get to that is the bottom line. We're 1373 01:15:05.000 --> 01:15:07.920 going to start by going out to Scott in Tumbull. Hey, Scott, 1374 01:15:08.000 --> 01:15:09.079 welcome to garden Line. 1375 01:15:09.920 --> 01:15:12.520 Hey, thank you very much. A quick question for you. 1376 01:15:12.640 --> 01:15:14.960 I got my soil test results back and it's showing 1377 01:15:15.000 --> 01:15:18.159 my PHS DOULB five like right around a four point 1378 01:15:18.239 --> 01:15:20.119 nine I think, And I was doing a little bit 1379 01:15:20.159 --> 01:15:22.079 of research, said lime is the best way to correct that. 1380 01:15:24.159 --> 01:15:30.279 Yes, this is a is this a bed that had 1381 01:15:30.319 --> 01:15:33.199 been acidified or they put a lot of peat moss 1382 01:15:33.239 --> 01:15:35.680 in or what's the story there. 1383 01:15:36.600 --> 01:15:38.039 So we're coming up on this is gonna be my 1384 01:15:38.039 --> 01:15:40.800 first full season with the house. We moved in back 1385 01:15:40.800 --> 01:15:42.640 in June, so I kind of just started doing a 1386 01:15:42.640 --> 01:15:45.159 little bit more soil tests when I moved in. So 1387 01:15:45.239 --> 01:15:47.039 this year I kind of started with my soil test 1388 01:15:47.760 --> 01:15:50.680 and was going to kind of implement my program coming 1389 01:15:50.680 --> 01:15:53.479 this year. So I'm not sure what happened there beforehand. 1390 01:15:55.119 --> 01:15:58.560 Okay, all right, well, what you're going to need to do. 1391 01:15:58.800 --> 01:16:02.199 Lime is the best way to raise the soil pH. 1392 01:16:02.520 --> 01:16:05.640 There are other things that are higher pH that you 1393 01:16:05.640 --> 01:16:08.640 know can work in that direction. But if you go 1394 01:16:08.720 --> 01:16:13.600 online and look at do a search for lime, you 1395 01:16:13.640 --> 01:16:16.760 know to raise soil pH and you're going to find 1396 01:16:18.680 --> 01:16:20.800 In fact, let me let me give you one other tip. 1397 01:16:20.880 --> 01:16:22.880 If you have a pen or pencil handy, if after 1398 01:16:23.000 --> 01:16:26.239 you put any search into Google or whatever search you're using, 1399 01:16:26.720 --> 01:16:31.119 you put in the word site colon dot e d u, 1400 01:16:31.359 --> 01:16:35.960 So it's s I T E a colon a period 1401 01:16:36.680 --> 01:16:40.119 an e ed u. That tells the search engine that 1402 01:16:40.199 --> 01:16:45.279 I want you to look for raising soil pH with 1403 01:16:45.399 --> 01:16:48.399 lime and then but I only want you to look 1404 01:16:48.439 --> 01:16:51.920 in in sights that are university related sites. What you're 1405 01:16:51.920 --> 01:16:54.079 going to get is some real good, accurate information and 1406 01:16:54.119 --> 01:16:56.359 it'll tell you if you have a clay soil, it 1407 01:16:56.399 --> 01:16:58.800 takes more lime than if you have a sandy soil 1408 01:16:59.520 --> 01:17:02.000 that's going up or down with the pH it takes 1409 01:17:02.039 --> 01:17:05.119 more of something. So it'll tell you exactly how many pounds. 1410 01:17:05.159 --> 01:17:07.079 You know, be very careful to follow that because you 1411 01:17:07.079 --> 01:17:10.039 don't want to move it too far. But you can 1412 01:17:10.159 --> 01:17:13.640 raise the soil pH significantly by using lime, but you 1413 01:17:13.720 --> 01:17:16.560 have to mix it down into the soil for it 1414 01:17:16.600 --> 01:17:18.680 to actually have that effect on down deep. 1415 01:17:20.119 --> 01:17:23.039 Okay, real quick question for you then, So this is 1416 01:17:23.079 --> 01:17:25.720 on my lawn. I have seen augustine grass, clay soil. 1417 01:17:26.720 --> 01:17:28.520 Is there anything different than I need to go about 1418 01:17:29.319 --> 01:17:30.840 knowing that that information. 1419 01:17:32.680 --> 01:17:34.640 On the lawn. You're not going to be able to 1420 01:17:34.680 --> 01:17:37.439 mix it in, of course, and so I would just 1421 01:17:37.960 --> 01:17:40.279 maybe gradually put a little bit of line in it 1422 01:17:40.680 --> 01:17:43.159 with some air rating. You're going to get things down 1423 01:17:43.199 --> 01:17:46.079 in the soil. But I'll tell you this, our soils 1424 01:17:46.520 --> 01:17:50.079 number one, I'm kind of questioning if that four point 1425 01:17:50.159 --> 01:17:53.960 something pH was accurate, because that is incredibly low. But 1426 01:17:54.239 --> 01:17:57.279 assuming it is, you can gradually bring it down in 1427 01:17:57.359 --> 01:17:59.840 a lawn. But lawns are pretty tolerant of a range 1428 01:17:59.880 --> 01:18:03.960 of soil phs. So is it Saint Augustine grass or 1429 01:18:03.960 --> 01:18:05.119 bermuda or what do you have? 1430 01:18:06.439 --> 01:18:08.520 I have Saint Augustine and right I took my soil sample. 1431 01:18:08.520 --> 01:18:10.159 It was just from the front yard, and I took 1432 01:18:10.199 --> 01:18:12.600 it from multiple spots in the front yard. I mean, 1433 01:18:12.600 --> 01:18:15.279 I don't have a very big front yard, so I 1434 01:18:15.319 --> 01:18:16.840 just get it there because the backyard kind of needs 1435 01:18:16.880 --> 01:18:18.920 a whole renovation on its own at some point when 1436 01:18:18.920 --> 01:18:19.439 I got time. 1437 01:18:19.520 --> 01:18:23.279 But okay, yeah, well it sounded like you took a 1438 01:18:23.319 --> 01:18:27.520 good soil sample. So that's that's what I would say. 1439 01:18:27.520 --> 01:18:30.000 If the lawn looks okay, I wouldn't worry about it 1440 01:18:30.039 --> 01:18:32.600 a lot. But if you wanted to add a little 1441 01:18:32.640 --> 01:18:34.720 bit of lime, you could, but do it very gradually 1442 01:18:34.920 --> 01:18:38.760 in the lawn watered in really good and then provide 1443 01:18:39.199 --> 01:18:41.760 maybe some aerration. You just want to watch it because 1444 01:18:41.760 --> 01:18:44.920 when you get the surface of the lawn really higher 1445 01:18:44.920 --> 01:18:47.319 in pH you're gonna have more problems. Will take all 1446 01:18:47.319 --> 01:18:50.600 a root rot on that lawn, and so I my 1447 01:18:50.800 --> 01:18:53.960 first thought is, don't do anything if the lawn looks 1448 01:18:54.000 --> 01:18:55.840 halfway okay with proper care. 1449 01:18:57.279 --> 01:18:58.960 Okay, so the lawn, you know, like I said, the 1450 01:18:59.000 --> 01:19:00.600 lawn from the road looks be so once you get 1451 01:19:00.640 --> 01:19:05.039 up and you can see some issues with it. So 1452 01:19:05.079 --> 01:19:08.079 if I was gonna plan this year, don't try to 1453 01:19:09.039 --> 01:19:11.960 from what I read getting into like the right around 1454 01:19:12.239 --> 01:19:15.960 pace level six is kind of ideal. My goal was 1455 01:19:16.039 --> 01:19:17.439 need to try to get to six of this year, 1456 01:19:17.880 --> 01:19:19.239 it'd be kind of trying to just bite at it 1457 01:19:19.279 --> 01:19:20.399 a little bit at a time. 1458 01:19:21.840 --> 01:19:24.520 Yeah. So so yeah, because here here's the problem when 1459 01:19:24.560 --> 01:19:27.720 you when you go to raise the pH in a garden, 1460 01:19:27.880 --> 01:19:30.319 you can mix a lot of linemen and raise the 1461 01:19:30.359 --> 01:19:33.760 pH throughout that root zone. But when you're when you're 1462 01:19:33.800 --> 01:19:37.239 looking at a lawn, uh, you're putting it right on 1463 01:19:37.319 --> 01:19:40.760 the surface and it doesn't just go way down in 1464 01:19:40.800 --> 01:19:46.680 the soil. So you end up with a real high 1465 01:19:46.680 --> 01:19:49.920 pH at the top and not as much of a 1466 01:19:50.279 --> 01:19:52.720 raising pH as you go down. And so that's what 1467 01:19:52.760 --> 01:19:55.479 I'm trying to say is, uh, you want to be 1468 01:19:55.560 --> 01:19:58.119 extra extra careful with that because it's not good to 1469 01:19:58.159 --> 01:20:01.119 have a high pH, right up there where your runners 1470 01:20:01.119 --> 01:20:03.960 are when it comes to certain things like the disease. 1471 01:20:04.039 --> 01:20:04.960 Take all root rot. 1472 01:20:06.840 --> 01:20:08.239 Okay, I appreciate the information. 1473 01:20:08.319 --> 01:20:11.840 Thank you, you bet you take care. Thanks for the call. 1474 01:20:12.600 --> 01:20:15.560 All right here, we're gonna we're gonna now head out 1475 01:20:15.640 --> 01:20:20.000 to Jill and full Sure. Hey Jill, welcome to garden Line. 1476 01:20:20.880 --> 01:20:25.359 Hey, good morning, Skip. My question is concerning you pawn. 1477 01:20:25.720 --> 01:20:28.760 And we have property up in Centerville, and we have 1478 01:20:29.479 --> 01:20:31.720 a lot of ypon on our property, and so we're 1479 01:20:31.760 --> 01:20:36.439 slowly clearing it. But I just I wonder about my 1480 01:20:36.439 --> 01:20:39.560 my other trees on my property. We're spraying. We cut 1481 01:20:39.600 --> 01:20:43.239 it and we spray it with remedy and diesel, but 1482 01:20:43.680 --> 01:20:46.159 is that going to impast my freeze? 1483 01:20:48.479 --> 01:20:53.560 So you're spraying the cut stumps of theypon? Yeah, no, 1484 01:20:54.079 --> 01:20:57.680 uh it doesn't, you know. I mean, if you you 1485 01:20:57.880 --> 01:21:01.199 can overdo it, but you're All you need to do 1486 01:21:01.319 --> 01:21:03.439 is barely get that stump wet. And you need to 1487 01:21:03.439 --> 01:21:05.920 do it right after you cut it. Don't don't wait 1488 01:21:06.000 --> 01:21:09.079 hours later to come in and and and spray it. 1489 01:21:09.359 --> 01:21:10.960 Get it done as soon as possible. 1490 01:21:11.399 --> 01:21:11.560 Uh. 1491 01:21:11.680 --> 01:21:14.039 So it doesn't take much product just to wet those 1492 01:21:14.039 --> 01:21:17.079 little stumps. Uh. And you know you'll miss a few 1493 01:21:17.159 --> 01:21:18.560 and you come back later and do it. But no, 1494 01:21:18.640 --> 01:21:20.680 it won't hurt the other plants as long as you 1495 01:21:20.720 --> 01:21:22.000 don't misapply it. 1496 01:21:23.800 --> 01:21:26.079 So it really does matter that you cut it, that 1497 01:21:26.119 --> 01:21:27.439 you spray it immediately. 1498 01:21:28.880 --> 01:21:33.359 I mean we I say immediately. Okay, yeah, Well, here's 1499 01:21:33.399 --> 01:21:36.800 here's the thing. The the the tricle peer, which is 1500 01:21:36.800 --> 01:21:41.039 what's in remedy. Uh. It has taken up best when 1501 01:21:41.520 --> 01:21:44.359 the cut is fresh. As that cut begins to dry 1502 01:21:44.399 --> 01:21:47.239 out and the tissues die up there at the surface 1503 01:21:47.239 --> 01:21:49.520 of the cut, it you're not able to get the 1504 01:21:49.560 --> 01:21:53.640 tricle peer in as well. You'll get you'll get some result, 1505 01:21:53.720 --> 01:21:57.279 but not as well. And so if you're using the 1506 01:21:57.279 --> 01:22:00.479 diesel oil that helps it stick. And you can even 1507 01:22:00.520 --> 01:22:02.840 spray diesel a trickle pair on the sides of the 1508 01:22:02.880 --> 01:22:06.920 base of those yopons without doing the cut, and it'll 1509 01:22:07.000 --> 01:22:10.279 kill them because it soaks through the tender thin bark 1510 01:22:10.520 --> 01:22:14.720 thats have down there. But just just you know, it's 1511 01:22:14.760 --> 01:22:17.079 it's a relative thing. It's just that the sooner you 1512 01:22:17.159 --> 01:22:20.239 do it, the more results you're going to get. The 1513 01:22:20.279 --> 01:22:21.479 better the results will be. 1514 01:22:22.600 --> 01:22:27.319 All right, thank you, thank you, you. 1515 01:22:27.359 --> 01:22:30.800 Bet good luck with that. Yep, bye bye. All right, 1516 01:22:30.960 --> 01:22:32.439 I'm gonna have to go to break here. Jill and 1517 01:22:32.520 --> 01:22:34.840 a task Asita will be with you first when we 1518 01:22:34.960 --> 01:22:41.279 come back. Well, welcome back, welcome back to the garden line. 1519 01:22:42.319 --> 01:22:45.840 We are now, I said, go to talk to Jill. 1520 01:22:45.880 --> 01:22:49.439 We're gonna talk to Cheryl in a task Asita. Hey, Cheryl, 1521 01:22:49.880 --> 01:22:51.399 welcome to garden line. 1522 01:22:53.399 --> 01:22:57.680 I have a two quick questions about plants to cover. 1523 01:22:59.279 --> 01:23:00.319 M you hear me? 1524 01:23:00.399 --> 01:23:05.560 Open? Okay, Yes, I can a dwarf upon on the 1525 01:23:05.600 --> 01:23:10.000 west side up against the windows. Uh, and they're two 1526 01:23:10.079 --> 01:23:13.880 years old. And then I have ginger plants under an 1527 01:23:13.920 --> 01:23:16.479 oak tree and I covered them last year, but they 1528 01:23:16.600 --> 01:23:18.680 they're friendly off they came back. Do I have to 1529 01:23:18.720 --> 01:23:19.960 cover them? Even though they're going. 1530 01:23:19.920 --> 01:23:20.560 To die back? 1531 01:23:22.840 --> 01:23:24.680 You shouldn't have to cover them. It'd be nice to 1532 01:23:24.680 --> 01:23:26.920 have a nice little mult around them. A lot of 1533 01:23:26.960 --> 01:23:29.760 ginger has its rhizomes right up near the surface, and 1534 01:23:29.840 --> 01:23:32.600 you could get a little coal damage to an exposed rhizome. 1535 01:23:33.159 --> 01:23:34.640 But if you got a little mulch over them, they 1536 01:23:34.640 --> 01:23:37.359 should be fine. What kind of ginger do you have? 1537 01:23:37.479 --> 01:23:38.239 Do you happen to know? 1538 01:23:40.520 --> 01:23:45.720 No, they're they're they they're the yellow and green leaves 1539 01:23:45.760 --> 01:23:47.479 on the end. They're mainly yellow. 1540 01:23:47.600 --> 01:23:52.399 Oh yes, huh, that's a variegated alpinia type of ginger. 1541 01:23:52.439 --> 01:23:56.359 And yeah, you know those. I got some of my 1542 01:23:56.439 --> 01:23:59.159 ginger through the last frost just by having it. I 1543 01:23:59.199 --> 01:24:00.840 had them in the pot, but I just moved it 1544 01:24:00.920 --> 01:24:02.920 under the eaves of a house. If you wanted to 1545 01:24:02.920 --> 01:24:04.680 throw a cover on, you can protect some of the 1546 01:24:04.720 --> 01:24:07.880 top growth. If you still like that ornamental color. Uh, 1547 01:24:07.960 --> 01:24:10.239 it might be enough to protect the top growth. But 1548 01:24:10.640 --> 01:24:12.840 I would just let it do its normal thing, die 1549 01:24:12.880 --> 01:24:16.039 to the ground, then leave it dead and ugly until 1550 01:24:16.279 --> 01:24:19.079 you know, we get a little past the dangers of freezes, 1551 01:24:19.119 --> 01:24:21.279 and then you can clean out all the dead and 1552 01:24:21.359 --> 01:24:22.680 let the fresh new come through. 1553 01:24:24.039 --> 01:24:27.520 Okay, And how about the dwarf you find up against 1554 01:24:27.560 --> 01:24:28.800 the house on the west. 1555 01:24:28.520 --> 01:24:29.960 Side years old? 1556 01:24:30.079 --> 01:24:33.760 They will be Yeah, they'll be fine. No problem for them, 1557 01:24:34.079 --> 01:24:38.800 no problem, all right, all right, hopefully we've saved you 1558 01:24:38.800 --> 01:24:43.199 a little bit of work there. Thanks, appreciate your appreciate 1559 01:24:43.279 --> 01:24:46.720 your call. All right seven one three two one two 1560 01:24:46.960 --> 01:24:48.479 k t R H. If you'd like to give us 1561 01:24:48.479 --> 01:24:52.800 a call talk about gardening kinds of things, well, we're 1562 01:24:52.880 --> 01:24:54.960 happy to do that. That's why we're here help you 1563 01:24:55.039 --> 01:24:58.800 have a bountiful garden, beautiful landscape and more fun in 1564 01:24:58.840 --> 01:25:02.439 the process, is how I would put it. You know, 1565 01:25:02.680 --> 01:25:05.720 there are a lot of natural microbes that are ruling 1566 01:25:05.760 --> 01:25:09.439 the world out there, taking care of our plants and microlife. 1567 01:25:09.439 --> 01:25:11.920 The folks at Microlife they're all about that. Their products 1568 01:25:11.960 --> 01:25:17.920 contain microbes. Their products enhance microbial activity and growth. Now, 1569 01:25:18.039 --> 01:25:20.039 so all you got to do is apply one of 1570 01:25:20.039 --> 01:25:22.039 the products and you're going to be adding some of 1571 01:25:22.079 --> 01:25:24.479 those to the soil. There's one in particular I just 1572 01:25:24.520 --> 01:25:26.479 want to talk about. It's a liquid. It's called micro 1573 01:25:26.720 --> 01:25:33.159 Grow liquid AF. Micro Grow liquid AF. It's a beautiful 1574 01:25:33.199 --> 01:25:35.560 maroon label for those of you non Aggie's out there. 1575 01:25:35.600 --> 01:25:40.520 It's a beautiful burgundy label, all right. And what it is, 1576 01:25:40.600 --> 01:25:45.960 it's loaded with eight extremely dominating beneficial microbes that get 1577 01:25:46.000 --> 01:25:49.159 down in your soil and do good to plants. These 1578 01:25:49.199 --> 01:25:52.079 are good guy microbes. I talked about it last weekend 1579 01:25:52.119 --> 01:25:54.720 quite a bit. But it's got things like strupt, a 1580 01:25:54.760 --> 01:25:57.600 certain type of two types of structo mices that are 1581 01:25:57.600 --> 01:26:01.359 actually disease fighting. It's got two types of trichoderma that 1582 01:26:01.439 --> 01:26:06.439 help fight disease. Several types of Bacillus one, specifically basilla 1583 01:26:06.479 --> 01:26:10.560 subtless is even can be applied to foliage to help 1584 01:26:10.600 --> 01:26:14.800 prevent disease sportes that fungal spores that land and attack 1585 01:26:14.920 --> 01:26:19.720 the plants. Micro grow liquid AF the maroon jug. You 1586 01:26:19.720 --> 01:26:21.600 can get it by the gallon or I believe they 1587 01:26:21.600 --> 01:26:24.159 have about a quart as well. But all you do 1588 01:26:24.640 --> 01:26:27.520 is you apply it with You can put some in 1589 01:26:27.600 --> 01:26:30.399 some molasses in a gallon of water to drench around 1590 01:26:30.399 --> 01:26:32.439 the soil. You can do it to spray the foliage 1591 01:26:32.439 --> 01:26:35.600 on the leaves. Either way, it's going to work very 1592 01:26:35.680 --> 01:26:38.600 very well. Micro Grow liquid AF. We're gonna head out 1593 01:26:38.680 --> 01:26:42.000 now to Spring and talk to Jonathan. Hey, Jonathan, welcome 1594 01:26:42.039 --> 01:26:43.640 to garden Line. 1595 01:26:43.880 --> 01:26:44.439 Thank you, sir. 1596 01:26:45.399 --> 01:26:48.880 I've got two Mexican fan palms and one Canary Island 1597 01:26:48.960 --> 01:26:51.800 Day and they've all got about a foot in a 1598 01:26:51.840 --> 01:26:54.359 half of trump foot heights. They're all super healthy, and 1599 01:26:54.399 --> 01:26:57.439 they're all in a bed of lavarack. And I just 1600 01:26:57.479 --> 01:26:59.199 wanted to make sure that I was doing the right 1601 01:26:59.239 --> 01:27:03.000 thing to the freeze. I've got the fronds tied up 1602 01:27:03.039 --> 01:27:05.039 to where it kind of covers the kind of covers 1603 01:27:05.079 --> 01:27:07.880 the heart and the new growth, and I wanted to know. 1604 01:27:07.920 --> 01:27:10.239 I've got the burlap sack to cover the plant with. 1605 01:27:10.680 --> 01:27:12.800 Do I need to wrap the base in the trunks 1606 01:27:12.840 --> 01:27:15.199 in a in a in a blanket at all or 1607 01:27:15.239 --> 01:27:17.760 should the burlap sack and the front thought that'd be enough. 1608 01:27:19.039 --> 01:27:22.319 Yeah, you know, wrapping the trunk slows the cooling of 1609 01:27:22.359 --> 01:27:26.720 the trunk, and uh so that is helpful in that 1610 01:27:26.800 --> 01:27:30.840 it slows the cooling. Uh the most important part of 1611 01:27:30.880 --> 01:27:33.079 your palm trees or the buds at the top of 1612 01:27:33.119 --> 01:27:37.560 the trunk. That's the growth point, and so that's where 1613 01:27:37.600 --> 01:27:40.399 we most need to protect it. So I mean, you 1614 01:27:40.439 --> 01:27:43.039 could you can throw a cover over it up there 1615 01:27:43.119 --> 01:27:45.319 if you can, if it's not too big to do 1616 01:27:45.439 --> 01:27:48.800 that or reach it. I've known people that take like 1617 01:27:48.880 --> 01:27:53.199 the little it's the gosh. I don't know how the 1618 01:27:53.239 --> 01:27:55.399 proper term for it, but it's a little heating cable. 1619 01:27:55.720 --> 01:27:58.640 It's a it's a wire coated wire that you plug 1620 01:27:58.680 --> 01:28:01.319 in to an extension core and you wrap it around 1621 01:28:01.359 --> 01:28:04.880 a pipe to barely keep that pipe warm, warm enough 1622 01:28:04.920 --> 01:28:07.960 to protect protect against freeze. You could wrap some of 1623 01:28:08.000 --> 01:28:09.880 that around up at the top and put a little 1624 01:28:09.920 --> 01:28:12.239 cover over it, and that would provide a little bit 1625 01:28:12.279 --> 01:28:15.000 of heat for the top of that palm tree as well. 1626 01:28:15.039 --> 01:28:16.880 You just have to run extension cord up to the 1627 01:28:16.880 --> 01:28:19.279 top on those. But anyway, however you want to go 1628 01:28:19.319 --> 01:28:22.239 about it, it's that that key bud that's the growing point. 1629 01:28:22.319 --> 01:28:25.000 And if it dies. On most types of palms, if 1630 01:28:25.039 --> 01:28:27.720 it dies, the whole tree is dead. Some palms will 1631 01:28:27.720 --> 01:28:31.279 re sprout at the bottom, and Mexican fan is a 1632 01:28:31.319 --> 01:28:33.119 it's a pretty tough palm anyway. 1633 01:28:34.319 --> 01:28:37.680 The end the Canary Island day, the same thing, a 1634 01:28:37.720 --> 01:28:40.800 little less, a little less cold, hardy on the Canary 1635 01:28:40.800 --> 01:28:44.399 Island date. Okay, all right, perfect, well, thank you very 1636 01:28:44.439 --> 01:28:45.279 much for the information. 1637 01:28:46.520 --> 01:28:49.680 All right, you take care, appreciate that. We are going 1638 01:28:49.760 --> 01:28:52.720 to now go out to Full sher and talk to David. 1639 01:28:52.840 --> 01:28:56.359 Hello, David marin Skip, how are you doing. 1640 01:28:57.920 --> 01:29:00.439 I'm doing well, Thank you good. 1641 01:29:00.760 --> 01:29:01.239 Uh. 1642 01:29:01.560 --> 01:29:04.760 I was just going to call in and suggest to 1643 01:29:05.079 --> 01:29:07.680 some of the listeners out there about uh I've talked 1644 01:29:07.680 --> 01:29:09.399 to you before. I have a bunch of fruit trees 1645 01:29:09.399 --> 01:29:12.800 out in Full Shrik and I wrap them. I wrap 1646 01:29:12.880 --> 01:29:16.399 them with drop claws on the construction company and I 1647 01:29:16.399 --> 01:29:19.399 wrap them with drop clalls and protect them. And uh, 1648 01:29:19.680 --> 01:29:22.520 so far the little c seven lights have worked perfect 1649 01:29:22.920 --> 01:29:25.479 keep anything from freezing, and I wrapped the trunk as well. 1650 01:29:26.159 --> 01:29:29.439 And uh, now with this the with the real cold 1651 01:29:29.439 --> 01:29:31.920 weather coming, I'm going to put little tiny heaters in 1652 01:29:31.960 --> 01:29:34.199 there to keep them a little warm. And I was 1653 01:29:34.239 --> 01:29:37.960 going to suggest that today with our technology that we have, 1654 01:29:38.520 --> 01:29:41.359 there's these little things you can buy and you can 1655 01:29:41.960 --> 01:29:45.600 hang them in the in the wrap. Whatever kind of 1656 01:29:45.640 --> 01:29:47.359 bush or tree you have, you can hang it in 1657 01:29:47.399 --> 01:29:49.920 there away from your heater, and it can tell you 1658 01:29:49.960 --> 01:29:52.560 what the temperature is inside there, and you can stay 1659 01:29:52.560 --> 01:29:54.800 in the house to monitor it to see what you're 1660 01:29:54.800 --> 01:29:56.399 doing and how effective it is. 1661 01:29:57.640 --> 01:30:02.760 That's pretty cool stuff. Hey, I appreciate that those are 1662 01:30:02.800 --> 01:30:05.560 Those are good tips there, David. Thank you. I'm gonna 1663 01:30:05.560 --> 01:30:07.079 have to run. I got some more callers I need 1664 01:30:07.119 --> 01:30:09.960 to get to, but I appreciate those tips. And good 1665 01:30:10.039 --> 01:30:14.399 luck with your trees, keeping them, showing them nice and protected. 1666 01:30:15.039 --> 01:30:17.800 We're going to run now to Spring, Texas and doctor Connie. 1667 01:30:17.840 --> 01:30:19.359 Hey Connie, welcome to Guardline. 1668 01:30:20.039 --> 01:30:24.720 Hi, Skip, thank you for taking my call. I've got 1669 01:30:24.720 --> 01:30:28.079 this bush and I want to say I'm going to 1670 01:30:28.119 --> 01:30:30.239 call it a Rose of Sharon, although I don't think 1671 01:30:30.279 --> 01:30:31.159 that's the right name. 1672 01:30:32.720 --> 01:30:33.000 Okay. 1673 01:30:33.039 --> 01:30:37.439 It has kind of little arrow shaped leaves that are 1674 01:30:37.520 --> 01:30:39.039 kind of fluted on the ends. You know, it has 1675 01:30:39.079 --> 01:30:40.159 three different. 1676 01:30:41.960 --> 01:30:42.560 Forks to it. 1677 01:30:42.600 --> 01:30:47.439 I guess you'd say, okay, And I'm wondering if I 1678 01:30:47.479 --> 01:30:51.239 need to cover it. I didn't cover it this last time, 1679 01:30:51.640 --> 01:30:54.000 and it's fine. It is trying to put new leaves 1680 01:30:54.039 --> 01:30:57.279 on already. I don't know, what do you think? 1681 01:30:59.079 --> 01:31:01.840 Well, if it really is Rosa Sharon, you you should 1682 01:31:02.199 --> 01:31:03.520 you shouldn't have to cover. 1683 01:31:03.399 --> 01:31:07.880 It, okay, Yeah, well I don't know that will be my. 1684 01:31:09.359 --> 01:31:09.720 Okay? 1685 01:31:09.760 --> 01:31:10.880 And what about jasmine? 1686 01:31:12.840 --> 01:31:21.039 Uh, like Asian jasmine, the groundcover no, no, the oh mine, Yes, 1687 01:31:21.600 --> 01:31:26.159 Carolina Jessamine should not need to be covered either, okay. 1688 01:31:26.199 --> 01:31:28.000 And the so that's the yellow one. And then I 1689 01:31:28.039 --> 01:31:30.279 have one and I don't know the proper name for 1690 01:31:30.319 --> 01:31:33.079 that one either, but it's it has the white flowers 1691 01:31:33.119 --> 01:31:36.520 that blooms pretty much all the time in the summer. 1692 01:31:36.960 --> 01:31:39.800 Uh. There are some true jasmines that are a little 1693 01:31:39.840 --> 01:31:42.000 bit cold tender. I would cover those. Since we don't 1694 01:31:42.039 --> 01:31:43.800 know for sure which one it is, I'd suggest you 1695 01:31:43.840 --> 01:31:45.640 cover it, okay. 1696 01:31:45.439 --> 01:31:48.039 And my zail user trying to put buds on, they'll 1697 01:31:48.039 --> 01:31:48.479 be fine. 1698 01:31:50.399 --> 01:31:51.960 That should be okay. I mean, if you don't throw 1699 01:31:52.000 --> 01:31:55.600 a little blanket or something over the top, just to 1700 01:31:55.640 --> 01:31:59.680 minimize any kind of damage, that azelias should be okay. Anyway, 1701 01:31:59.840 --> 01:32:04.239 they can take freeze, but if you want to, you know, 1702 01:32:04.359 --> 01:32:06.199 just avoid a little bit of that, you could throw 1703 01:32:06.239 --> 01:32:08.800 some cover over them. That would be fine. 1704 01:32:08.920 --> 01:32:11.960 Okay, Well, thank you, yes, thanks. 1705 01:32:11.760 --> 01:32:15.399 All right, thank you appreciate that very much. Thanks for 1706 01:32:15.439 --> 01:32:19.560 being a caller. For those of you who have not 1707 01:32:19.720 --> 01:32:22.239 been out to the Arborgate recently, you've got to go 1708 01:32:22.319 --> 01:32:25.479 check it out. They have loaded up on fruit trees, 1709 01:32:25.600 --> 01:32:30.159 a extensive selection of fruit trees and berries and grapes, 1710 01:32:30.199 --> 01:32:33.159 and you know talking the other day about some grape 1711 01:32:33.239 --> 01:32:36.920 varieties that do really well here, of course Arbrogate's got those. 1712 01:32:37.039 --> 01:32:41.399 If you're looking for apples or blackberries or dragon fruit 1713 01:32:41.600 --> 01:32:45.840 I mean figs, and then unusual things like elderberries. You 1714 01:32:45.880 --> 01:32:47.680 know what they grow wild, But did you know their 1715 01:32:47.760 --> 01:32:50.960 cultivars of elderberries that you can buy that do really well. 1716 01:32:51.399 --> 01:32:54.880 They have their selection of avocados, their selection of blueberries, 1717 01:32:55.000 --> 01:32:59.159 or selection of palmgranites, and I could just talk and 1718 01:32:59.199 --> 01:33:02.439 talk about all the things they have at Arborgate. Now 1719 01:33:02.600 --> 01:33:05.520 they also have seed starting kits. It's time to get 1720 01:33:05.560 --> 01:33:07.560 the seed starting done, so you need to go ahead 1721 01:33:07.560 --> 01:33:10.840 and get those done as well. They've got wonderful selection 1722 01:33:11.079 --> 01:33:15.119 of cool season color and it's still okay to plant 1723 01:33:15.159 --> 01:33:17.640 cool season color, so you can carry you on in 1724 01:33:17.760 --> 01:33:19.880 to when we get all past all the freezes and 1725 01:33:19.960 --> 01:33:22.520 things and we might start to think about the warm 1726 01:33:22.560 --> 01:33:24.880 season color then, but go ahead and get some things 1727 01:33:24.880 --> 01:33:28.600 in now and make things look good out there. They 1728 01:33:28.720 --> 01:33:32.399 also I want to mention this. The parking lot is 1729 01:33:32.640 --> 01:33:35.359 the way to go. That's in back. You just turned 1730 01:33:35.359 --> 01:33:39.119 down Trasher Road before or after Arburgate. He goes right 1731 01:33:39.119 --> 01:33:41.119 around to the back of Arburgate. You can pull in there. 1732 01:33:41.119 --> 01:33:45.800 It's an all weather parking lot, super easy access, super safe, easy, easy, 1733 01:33:45.840 --> 01:33:48.119 easy to do, and I highly recommend you use that. 1734 01:33:48.119 --> 01:33:50.680 That's the parking lot I prefer to use. And don't 1735 01:33:50.720 --> 01:33:53.439 forget that their soil and their compost materials that we 1736 01:33:53.479 --> 01:33:57.439 talk about, they're also available in bulk and they will deliver. 1737 01:33:57.720 --> 01:34:00.560 So talk to Beverly kennon the whole group there at 1738 01:34:00.600 --> 01:34:03.439 Arburgate if you're interested in having a bulk delivery of 1739 01:34:03.479 --> 01:34:07.279 their soil and compost types of products. Well, It's time 1740 01:34:07.319 --> 01:34:09.079 for me to take a break. Got a lot of 1741 01:34:09.119 --> 01:34:11.479 folks holding on here, y'all. Hang on, I'm gonna get 1742 01:34:11.479 --> 01:34:13.760 to you as quick as I can when we come 1743 01:34:13.840 --> 01:34:17.239 right back. Welcome back to the garden Line. Just go 1744 01:34:18.359 --> 01:34:20.359 jump right back in here. So we get out and 1745 01:34:20.439 --> 01:34:24.640 get us some bundy of these taking care of here. 1746 01:34:24.720 --> 01:34:27.840 We're going to go to let's see, we're gonna head 1747 01:34:27.840 --> 01:34:31.880 out to Nadville and talk to Vernon. Hey, Vernon, Welcome 1748 01:34:31.920 --> 01:34:33.359 to garden Line. 1749 01:34:33.640 --> 01:34:34.279 Hey, Hey, you doing. 1750 01:34:34.359 --> 01:34:36.399 I got a couple of questions for you real quick. 1751 01:34:37.640 --> 01:34:39.399 The only time I've got left in my garden is 1752 01:34:39.479 --> 01:34:43.000 onions and cabbage, and I wonder if I need to 1753 01:34:43.039 --> 01:34:45.279 cover those. I'm not too worried about the cabbage, but 1754 01:34:45.399 --> 01:34:46.680 the onions need to be covered. 1755 01:34:48.560 --> 01:34:52.560 Well, it kind of depends how cold it's going to 1756 01:34:52.600 --> 01:34:57.000 get for you there. I leave mine uncovered in minor cold. 1757 01:34:57.039 --> 01:34:59.159 You know, when we're gonna get down and the I 1758 01:34:59.199 --> 01:35:02.560 don't know, the mid twenties or lower, I start to think, 1759 01:35:02.640 --> 01:35:04.920 you know, we better, we better do something about that. 1760 01:35:05.199 --> 01:35:07.680 And so it wouldn't hurt to cover them. It just 1761 01:35:07.880 --> 01:35:10.640 try to have something to hold the cover up a 1762 01:35:10.640 --> 01:35:12.600 little bit. So you don't just crush the plants with 1763 01:35:12.680 --> 01:35:16.199 the cover. Put some steaks down the row or whatever 1764 01:35:16.319 --> 01:35:18.479 works for you to hold it up, off the off 1765 01:35:18.479 --> 01:35:19.399 the plants. 1766 01:35:20.239 --> 01:35:25.199 Okay, and one more thing, and when it gets closer 1767 01:35:25.199 --> 01:35:26.560 to spring, I'm gonna do a lot of cutting on 1768 01:35:26.600 --> 01:35:30.560 my plamreas and my pencil cactus with a Rosealvka with 1769 01:35:30.600 --> 01:35:33.720 pearlit spin ord. I need a cactus soil. 1770 01:35:34.920 --> 01:35:37.079 I would get a cactus soil. There's a good mix 1771 01:35:37.239 --> 01:35:41.199 that airlom soils makes them cells. It's a cactus mix 1772 01:35:41.279 --> 01:35:43.199 comes in little bags and it's got a lot of 1773 01:35:43.239 --> 01:35:44.000 grit in it. 1774 01:35:44.680 --> 01:35:44.880 Uh. 1775 01:35:44.960 --> 01:35:48.279 The others like you mentioned, they don't have that the 1776 01:35:48.399 --> 01:35:51.279 amount of grit. And with cactus, you do want it 1777 01:35:51.319 --> 01:35:54.640 to be very very well super well drained. That that's 1778 01:35:54.760 --> 01:35:57.399 very important. And and so that's what I would do. 1779 01:35:57.439 --> 01:36:00.680 And you're gonna find airroom soils mixes in a lot 1780 01:36:00.720 --> 01:36:03.319 of different places, so that would be pretty easy to find. 1781 01:36:04.479 --> 01:36:07.000 Okay, when I cut that pencil cactus, I've got one 1782 01:36:07.039 --> 01:36:10.560 branch that's probably a half inch. Do you just had 1783 01:36:10.600 --> 01:36:11.520 the milk run out of it? 1784 01:36:11.600 --> 01:36:12.600 Or is there a way to stop that? 1785 01:36:15.319 --> 01:36:18.359 Oh? I mean you can just leave it it's gonna 1786 01:36:18.439 --> 01:36:21.439 drip and stuff on some things, Like when I'm cutting 1787 01:36:21.479 --> 01:36:25.600 a ficus tree, I usually have like like a handkerchif 1788 01:36:25.760 --> 01:36:29.520 not a handkerchief, Kleenex stop there, and I'll cut it, 1789 01:36:29.560 --> 01:36:32.039 and I'll just stick that cleanex up against and it 1790 01:36:32.119 --> 01:36:34.520 just absorbs that sap and then it drives on there 1791 01:36:34.520 --> 01:36:36.159 and you got to pull it off, but it's just 1792 01:36:36.199 --> 01:36:38.960 a little absorbent thing there to keep it from dripping 1793 01:36:39.039 --> 01:36:42.640 all over, because those kinds of SAPs often will really 1794 01:36:42.680 --> 01:36:45.680 stain your clothing or carpet or wherever it's whatever it's 1795 01:36:45.720 --> 01:36:46.039 fallen on. 1796 01:36:46.159 --> 01:36:50.680 Yeah, I know they're toxic, all right, But that's all 1797 01:36:50.680 --> 01:36:53.239 I needed, all right. 1798 01:36:53.159 --> 01:36:56.159 So thank you, appreciate, appreciate very much your call. We're 1799 01:36:56.159 --> 01:36:58.399 gonna go to Nick and Cypress. Now, Hey, Nick, welcome 1800 01:36:58.439 --> 01:36:59.000 to garden Line. 1801 01:37:00.359 --> 01:37:03.199 Hey you ship, how you doing? Hey, I'm here. 1802 01:37:03.359 --> 01:37:05.119 A beautiful lives the list, and. 1803 01:37:05.159 --> 01:37:08.840 She's got me kind of in the She got me 1804 01:37:08.960 --> 01:37:11.119 kind of basically into the planting thing. 1805 01:37:10.960 --> 01:37:14.039 And she had a question for you regarding our high buscus. 1806 01:37:14.840 --> 01:37:15.199 All right. 1807 01:37:17.039 --> 01:37:19.239 So we had her in a really big pot for 1808 01:37:19.279 --> 01:37:22.920 a while and she got her root system just got 1809 01:37:22.960 --> 01:37:24.800 too big. So we finally planted her in the ground 1810 01:37:24.800 --> 01:37:26.800 this summer, so she's been in the ground for about 1811 01:37:27.279 --> 01:37:30.199 three months or so. The last cold snap we did 1812 01:37:30.279 --> 01:37:33.439 cover her, but she is still kind of trying to 1813 01:37:33.479 --> 01:37:36.319 bounce back. Her leaves are very wilted, and with this 1814 01:37:36.520 --> 01:37:40.199 next breeze coming, we're just a little concerned if just 1815 01:37:40.279 --> 01:37:42.760 the the plant wrap is good enough or if we 1816 01:37:42.760 --> 01:37:45.039 should be doing something different for her so she can 1817 01:37:45.079 --> 01:37:46.159 bounce back the spring. 1818 01:37:47.560 --> 01:37:51.760 Yeah, Okay, about how tall is it? 1819 01:37:51.760 --> 01:37:53.600 It's probably about three foot tall. 1820 01:37:53.640 --> 01:37:57.439 And probably about the same three Okay, I've got one 1821 01:37:57.479 --> 01:38:00.439 like that, and it's Mine's in a container, but I 1822 01:38:00.439 --> 01:38:03.199 don't know. I'm experimenting with mine. I'm going to leave 1823 01:38:03.239 --> 01:38:05.159 it out in the container and do what I'm about 1824 01:38:05.239 --> 01:38:09.039 to tell you. If you will, get you some pieces 1825 01:38:09.079 --> 01:38:13.199 of PVC pipe, half inch pvc, it's very inexpensive. Get 1826 01:38:13.239 --> 01:38:15.760 the gray type if you have, if you're able to. 1827 01:38:15.880 --> 01:38:18.000 If not, the white is fine. The white is just 1828 01:38:18.600 --> 01:38:22.920 it breaks down in sunlight faster. But anyway, I'll get 1829 01:38:22.920 --> 01:38:26.239 a little eighteen inch piece of rebar at a good 1830 01:38:26.359 --> 01:38:33.000 lumber type store, hammered into the ground in four places 1831 01:38:33.159 --> 01:38:36.680 around that plant, and then get that PVC stick it 1832 01:38:36.720 --> 01:38:38.920 over the rebar, bend it, stick it over the rebar 1833 01:38:39.000 --> 01:38:40.800 on the opposite side. So let's say you have a 1834 01:38:40.840 --> 01:38:44.079 north south and an east west piece, and then take 1835 01:38:44.640 --> 01:38:48.439 a zip tie or some twine and tie the PVC together. 1836 01:38:48.520 --> 01:38:51.239 So now you've created a little igloo over that plant. 1837 01:38:51.880 --> 01:38:55.880 Then cover it. Then secure the edges, yes, like a frame. 1838 01:38:56.399 --> 01:39:00.000 Secure the edges, and you've created dead airspace. You got it. 1839 01:39:00.159 --> 01:39:03.000 Not let air blow up underneath there or it defeats 1840 01:39:03.479 --> 01:39:06.319 what you're trying to accomplish. Then get you a clamp 1841 01:39:06.399 --> 01:39:10.039 light and one hundred and fifty watt flood light bulb 1842 01:39:10.359 --> 01:39:12.279 should be enough. You can use a heat lamp, but 1843 01:39:12.319 --> 01:39:15.079 it shouldn't be needed on the coal we're having. And 1844 01:39:15.399 --> 01:39:18.439 put it not shining onto the plant or the stems 1845 01:39:18.439 --> 01:39:21.159 of the leaves. Shine it down on the ground and 1846 01:39:21.199 --> 01:39:24.279 that heat will rise up underneath there, and that will 1847 01:39:24.600 --> 01:39:27.359 that will do the trick. If you've created dead air space. 1848 01:39:27.720 --> 01:39:31.760 I use plastic because I'm going over the PVC and 1849 01:39:31.800 --> 01:39:34.920 plastic absolutely doesn't allow any air to move through it, 1850 01:39:35.039 --> 01:39:37.119 And so that's how I do it. 1851 01:39:38.399 --> 01:39:40.239 Yeah, we had bought one of those plant bags, but 1852 01:39:40.279 --> 01:39:42.359 I don't think that was enough. During this last one, 1853 01:39:42.399 --> 01:39:45.399 so I'm really concerned about her this time. So we'll 1854 01:39:45.439 --> 01:39:48.199 follow your advice and I'll get some plastic and some 1855 01:39:48.279 --> 01:39:49.960 PVC and rework. Thank you so much. 1856 01:39:51.119 --> 01:39:54.119 Yeah, and the plat bags are fine for slowing the 1857 01:39:54.239 --> 01:39:57.279 cooling of the plant itself. But what we're trying to 1858 01:39:57.319 --> 01:40:00.159 do is create a bare soil area underneath it. By 1859 01:40:00.159 --> 01:40:03.359 the way, pull the multz back where the warmth of 1860 01:40:03.399 --> 01:40:06.640 the soil rises up and is helping with that. You know, 1861 01:40:06.680 --> 01:40:11.720 when you just create a landscape lollipop it oftentimes at 1862 01:40:11.760 --> 01:40:13.720 the very base of the trunk you'll get damage where 1863 01:40:13.760 --> 01:40:16.399 it's not covered or it just you can't get the 1864 01:40:16.399 --> 01:40:18.640 heat in there like you can the way I described it. 1865 01:40:19.720 --> 01:40:21.479 Okay, perfect, all right, thank you so much. 1866 01:40:21.920 --> 01:40:24.239 All right, you bet, thank you. Thanks for the call. 1867 01:40:25.319 --> 01:40:27.920 We were talking a while ago talking about birds. I 1868 01:40:27.920 --> 01:40:29.760 can't remember who was it called, had all the birds 1869 01:40:29.800 --> 01:40:33.319 going in the background. Whybird's Unlimited has got us covered 1870 01:40:33.359 --> 01:40:36.000 on every kind of thing you need for your birds. 1871 01:40:36.000 --> 01:40:39.119 I mean feeders. You need a quality bird feeder. You 1872 01:40:39.119 --> 01:40:42.000 need quality birds seed. Right now, wind are super Blends 1873 01:40:42.000 --> 01:40:43.880 the one you need to be feeding. They also have 1874 01:40:43.920 --> 01:40:47.399 something called bark butter. Bark butter is a spreadable suet, 1875 01:40:47.439 --> 01:40:50.760 So think of it like peanut butter, but a little firmer. 1876 01:40:51.159 --> 01:40:53.359 You smear it on the tree trunk and birds come up, 1877 01:40:53.399 --> 01:40:55.039 grab the tree trunk and sit there and pack at it. 1878 01:40:55.079 --> 01:40:58.119 I mean they really like it. And the one they 1879 01:40:58.159 --> 01:41:01.840 have is created by their found under Jim Carpenter. It's 1880 01:41:01.880 --> 01:41:06.960 called Gem's Birdaceous bark Butter. Good name and they have 1881 01:41:07.760 --> 01:41:11.079 documented over one hundred and fifty species of birds being 1882 01:41:11.119 --> 01:41:14.039 attracted at bark butter. That's pretty cool. They have bark 1883 01:41:14.119 --> 01:41:16.479 butter bits, little bite sized nuggets you can put in 1884 01:41:16.520 --> 01:41:19.199 a feeder. There's a bugs and bits that has dried 1885 01:41:19.199 --> 01:41:23.760 millworms and our birds is like you've created this fine 1886 01:41:24.079 --> 01:41:27.640 dining restaurant, you know, a Michelin restaurant there for the 1887 01:41:27.640 --> 01:41:31.600 birds in your backyard. They also have Cardinal Confetti blend 1888 01:41:32.000 --> 01:41:34.720 for cardinals. It attracts o the birds too, but it's 1889 01:41:34.760 --> 01:41:37.479 got a great mix of all kinds of things that 1890 01:41:37.560 --> 01:41:39.600 cardinals likes. A brand new blend. They're gonna have it 1891 01:41:39.600 --> 01:41:43.439 all year. Cardinal Confetti all at Wallbirds. Go to WBU 1892 01:41:43.479 --> 01:41:49.279 dot com forward slash Houston WBU dot com forward slash 1893 01:41:49.359 --> 01:41:53.279 Houston and find the Wallbirds near you. There's six of them, 1894 01:41:53.399 --> 01:41:55.920 so it's easy, easy to find one close to you. 1895 01:41:56.199 --> 01:41:58.000 We're going to take a break. When we come back, 1896 01:41:59.039 --> 01:42:01.399 Sue and Houston and Addie Huffman, you'll be our first 1897 01:42:01.399 --> 01:42:04.960 two up. All right, welcome back to Garden nine. We 1898 01:42:04.960 --> 01:42:09.560 are glad you're listening. Continuing on with our phones this morning, 1899 01:42:09.720 --> 01:42:12.600 we are going to go to Sue in Houston. Hello, Sue, 1900 01:42:12.640 --> 01:42:14.560 welcome to Garden Line. 1901 01:42:14.920 --> 01:42:22.720 Good morning. Several months ago, I noticed I lived in 1902 01:42:22.760 --> 01:42:26.920 an apartment building. I'm on the fourth floor. I had 1903 01:42:26.920 --> 01:42:31.319 looked over the balcony and I noticed that the flower 1904 01:42:31.399 --> 01:42:37.479 bed was completely clear of any kind of weeds. The 1905 01:42:37.560 --> 01:42:42.920 knockout roses were there, but the weeds weren't there. And 1906 01:42:43.319 --> 01:42:48.520 I know flower beds have weeds. Some of my plants 1907 01:42:49.079 --> 01:42:55.279 were dying. And one of the things that I was 1908 01:42:55.319 --> 01:43:01.560 concerned with is any residual chemical that the cat may 1909 01:43:01.600 --> 01:43:05.560 walk through on the floor of the balcony. So I 1910 01:43:05.680 --> 01:43:09.199 called two different vest offices and they said, call your 1911 01:43:09.239 --> 01:43:13.479 apartment office. They have to tell you what they've been using. 1912 01:43:14.640 --> 01:43:19.279 Of course, they said nothing. So I called Texas Apartment 1913 01:43:19.279 --> 01:43:21.199 of Agriculture. 1914 01:43:21.159 --> 01:43:22.920 And I asked for. 1915 01:43:24.279 --> 01:43:27.479 Some help to see if there was an herba said 1916 01:43:28.960 --> 01:43:35.319 news that had drifted up and the guy came out. 1917 01:43:37.319 --> 01:43:39.159 And the report said. 1918 01:43:41.119 --> 01:43:46.479 No pesticide found. And I talked to the guy after 1919 01:43:46.520 --> 01:43:49.960 the report and I said, did you take a soil 1920 01:43:50.159 --> 01:43:51.760 sample in that flower bed? 1921 01:43:52.000 --> 01:43:52.680 He said no. 1922 01:43:53.640 --> 01:43:54.439 I said, did you. 1923 01:43:54.439 --> 01:43:57.720 Take any samples from my plants or the dirt in 1924 01:43:57.800 --> 01:44:03.119 the plants? He said no. So I'm back to starting 1925 01:44:03.199 --> 01:44:07.960 all over again. Now I'm seeing weeds in the flower bed. 1926 01:44:08.720 --> 01:44:15.239 So now I'm thinking the apartment has been alerted that. Uh, oh, 1927 01:44:15.359 --> 01:44:18.880 she's aware of something. We need to knock this soft well. 1928 01:44:18.920 --> 01:44:24.239 Can't use anything. So since there's weeds growing, I know 1929 01:44:24.319 --> 01:44:30.239 there's no erbit said, and it's been too long, so 1930 01:44:29.319 --> 01:44:34.079 uh the herb said is dissolved or you know it 1931 01:44:34.199 --> 01:44:35.720 can't be tested right now. 1932 01:44:36.960 --> 01:44:40.880 Well, the herbicides they don't, Yeah, they don't. They don't 1933 01:44:40.960 --> 01:44:43.640 last forever. I mean they go away different length of 1934 01:44:43.720 --> 01:44:46.600 time for different ones, but in general they break down 1935 01:44:47.039 --> 01:44:49.439 and they have to be reapplied, so that what was 1936 01:44:49.479 --> 01:44:52.600 done before, I wouldn't be worried about it now. Uh. 1937 01:44:52.840 --> 01:44:57.159 In general, there's not a threat from most herbicides to 1938 01:44:57.239 --> 01:45:00.000 a cat walking across, scratching through the soil or something 1939 01:45:00.039 --> 01:45:04.239 and like that, just unless you know, like they walked 1940 01:45:04.640 --> 01:45:08.279 on it with their wet wet with their paws or something. 1941 01:45:08.319 --> 01:45:11.319 But I wouldn't worry about that, I think, and I 1942 01:45:11.359 --> 01:45:14.760 don't think the you know, the apartment company is trying 1943 01:45:14.760 --> 01:45:16.720 to hide anything. They just they hire somebody to go 1944 01:45:16.760 --> 01:45:18.439 take care of the weeds and the beds and things. 1945 01:45:19.199 --> 01:45:21.359 As to what they use, I don't even know. But 1946 01:45:21.439 --> 01:45:23.720 the company ought to be able to tell you they 1947 01:45:24.119 --> 01:45:26.680 they There ought to be a way for them to 1948 01:45:26.720 --> 01:45:29.720 provide that information if you're curious, I would say in 1949 01:45:29.800 --> 01:45:33.880 the meantime, just you know, try to keep an eye 1950 01:45:33.880 --> 01:45:38.319 out on it out there, and you should be. Did 1951 01:45:38.359 --> 01:45:40.279 you say, when you looked at it, did you see 1952 01:45:40.279 --> 01:45:42.960 weeds that had been growing, that had been killed, that 1953 01:45:43.000 --> 01:45:44.000 were dead and dried up? 1954 01:45:44.239 --> 01:45:48.000 Yeah? Yes, And I pointed that out to him. And 1955 01:45:48.279 --> 01:45:53.479 also in a different location at on the property, but 1956 01:45:53.479 --> 01:45:59.239 a different location, you can see where something was clearly sprayed. 1957 01:45:59.840 --> 01:46:03.439 I mean there's a spray line that is not weed 1958 01:46:03.439 --> 01:46:04.520 eat or damage. 1959 01:46:04.720 --> 01:46:06.560 It was clearly spray. 1960 01:46:08.079 --> 01:46:12.199 Okay, all right, well, I think you know that's kind 1961 01:46:12.199 --> 01:46:14.760 of what I can tell you at this point. There 1962 01:46:14.800 --> 01:46:17.359 should be there should be a way for them to 1963 01:46:17.359 --> 01:46:20.800 tell you what we've used. That information is supposed to 1964 01:46:20.840 --> 01:46:24.199 be made available. So that's all I know to tell you. 1965 01:46:24.600 --> 01:46:28.159 In general, it's I don't think the actual risk is 1966 01:46:28.239 --> 01:46:31.439 going to be that significant for the animal. You know, 1967 01:46:31.479 --> 01:46:34.239 if you had something sprayed on foliage and the animal 1968 01:46:34.359 --> 01:46:38.079 was eating you know, the weed, which sometimes animals will, 1969 01:46:38.279 --> 01:46:39.960 you know, go out. My dog goes out and eat 1970 01:46:40.359 --> 01:46:43.680 eats grass out of the yard and stuff, So that 1971 01:46:43.720 --> 01:46:46.760 would be different. But as far as just walking on it, 1972 01:46:47.000 --> 01:46:50.560 there shouldn't be a great Once it's dried, fully dried 1973 01:46:50.600 --> 01:46:53.119 and stuff, there shouldn't be a great concern. 1974 01:46:54.399 --> 01:46:58.199 Well, now that you say that I have put lemon 1975 01:46:58.399 --> 01:47:02.640 seed in a pot and I probably have six little 1976 01:47:02.840 --> 01:47:06.760 twelve inch lemon trees coming up, and I have a 1977 01:47:06.840 --> 01:47:13.680 cat that is attracted for whatever reason to those leaves 1978 01:47:13.760 --> 01:47:18.199 and who will chew on them so much. I just 1979 01:47:18.239 --> 01:47:21.880 don't like the idea of that, you know, and something 1980 01:47:22.359 --> 01:47:26.640 especially that I don't know what they're using and why 1981 01:47:26.680 --> 01:47:31.000 they would keep that a secret of it is concerning 1982 01:47:31.119 --> 01:47:31.359 to me. 1983 01:47:33.039 --> 01:47:36.159 Well, it's I doubt that it's a conspiracy thing, you know, 1984 01:47:36.159 --> 01:47:38.239 where they're keeping it a secret. They probably just don't 1985 01:47:38.279 --> 01:47:41.199 know most of those places, you know, it's the harsh 1986 01:47:41.239 --> 01:47:42.640 somebody to go out there and take care of it, 1987 01:47:42.680 --> 01:47:47.520 and that's all they're worried about. 1988 01:47:47.560 --> 01:47:50.840 If it happens again. Who do I How do I 1989 01:47:50.920 --> 01:47:54.399 get a soil sample for something like that. 1990 01:47:55.920 --> 01:47:57.479 I can just tell you there's not going to be 1991 01:47:57.560 --> 01:48:01.079 a good way for you to do that. And you 1992 01:48:01.159 --> 01:48:05.560 can search for chemicals in an analysis. It costs a 1993 01:48:05.800 --> 01:48:07.680 ton of money, and you got to tell them what 1994 01:48:07.720 --> 01:48:10.640 to look for. They can't just look for quote chemicals. 1995 01:48:10.960 --> 01:48:13.720 You got to say is there this chemical in that? 1996 01:48:13.960 --> 01:48:15.640 And they can search and say yes or no, or 1997 01:48:15.640 --> 01:48:18.920 how much or whatever. But I think I've helped you 1998 01:48:18.960 --> 01:48:23.039 about as much as I can on this one. But yeah, 1999 01:48:23.239 --> 01:48:25.319 I don't know where else to go on this one. 2000 01:48:25.359 --> 01:48:28.319 But I do appreciate your call. Thank you very much, 2001 01:48:28.479 --> 01:48:31.199 and give us a call back if we can help 2002 01:48:31.199 --> 01:48:34.520 with them. Let's see who was next here. We were 2003 01:48:34.560 --> 01:48:40.079 gonna trying to think of who. There we go. We're 2004 01:48:40.119 --> 01:48:42.720 gonna go out to Huffman and talk to Betty. Hey, Betty, 2005 01:48:44.159 --> 01:48:44.760 good morning. 2006 01:48:46.000 --> 01:48:50.039 I'm wondering what to do with my guardenia bush. My 2007 01:48:50.279 --> 01:48:56.039 daughter bought me this for Mother's Day last year and 2008 01:48:56.119 --> 01:48:59.560 there was no flowers on it, and so I gave 2009 01:48:59.640 --> 01:49:03.720 it so coffee grounds, and all of a sudden it's 2010 01:49:03.760 --> 01:49:06.800 sprouted a lot of like maybe four or five six 2011 01:49:07.000 --> 01:49:12.520 branches and they were good okay, two feet tall, but 2012 01:49:12.640 --> 01:49:13.479 no flowers. 2013 01:49:13.600 --> 01:49:18.279 I still don't have any flowers. So should I okay? 2014 01:49:18.319 --> 01:49:19.199 What should I do? 2015 01:49:19.600 --> 01:49:20.000 I need? 2016 01:49:20.119 --> 01:49:20.640 I want to. 2017 01:49:22.880 --> 01:49:24.560 All right real quick because I'm about to run out 2018 01:49:24.600 --> 01:49:31.920 of time on us or the leaves a healthy green color. Yes, okay, 2019 01:49:32.359 --> 01:49:37.880 I would get an acid loving plant food. They number 2020 01:49:37.880 --> 01:49:41.439 of different manufacturers make plants foods for acid loving plants. 2021 01:49:41.479 --> 01:49:44.600 Microlife has one that is in kind of a pinkish 2022 01:49:44.640 --> 01:49:51.239 bag that is for acid loving plants like Gardenia's adrangea, azalea, blueberry, camellia, 2023 01:49:51.319 --> 01:49:54.199 those kinds of things. And I would use that as 2024 01:49:54.239 --> 01:49:58.479 you fertilize, continue to water as needed to support good 2025 01:49:58.520 --> 01:50:01.760 growth when it's dry, and get good growth on it. 2026 01:50:01.840 --> 01:50:04.600 If it has good growth and good light, it will 2027 01:50:04.640 --> 01:50:07.079 settle down and start blooming for you. But it does 2028 01:50:07.159 --> 01:50:09.840 need good light, doesn't necessarily need full sun. It just 2029 01:50:09.880 --> 01:50:12.520 needs good light, good nutrition, good growth, and it ought 2030 01:50:12.960 --> 01:50:14.840 to bloom for you well. So that would be my 2031 01:50:14.960 --> 01:50:18.399 suggestion going through this twenty twenty five year to try 2032 01:50:18.439 --> 01:50:19.239 to turn that around. 2033 01:50:19.319 --> 01:50:24.119 Betty, So an eastern side of the building is okay, 2034 01:50:25.439 --> 01:50:26.159 you say it? 2035 01:50:26.199 --> 01:50:29.560 East is fine? Yeah, that east is a great place 2036 01:50:29.800 --> 01:50:32.199 for a GUARDENA sure. 2037 01:50:32.159 --> 01:50:34.159 Okay, I'll just I'll wait and see. 2038 01:50:34.520 --> 01:50:38.159 Thank you all right, Thank you very much. I appreciate 2039 01:50:38.479 --> 01:50:42.119 appreciate your call very much. Let's see here, we're about 2040 01:50:42.159 --> 01:50:44.319 to hit our out time. I believe for this hour. 2041 01:50:44.399 --> 01:50:46.720 You know, this morning is going fast again. I know 2042 01:50:46.800 --> 01:50:49.800 this happens all the time, kay, apparently, and I wanted 2043 01:50:49.800 --> 01:50:51.479 to get to you, but I want to be able 2044 01:50:51.479 --> 01:50:53.359 to give time for your call. So we're going to 2045 01:50:53.439 --> 01:50:56.640 take you right when we come back from break. For 2046 01:50:56.760 --> 01:50:59.800 right now, I believe we're about to head into a break. 2047 01:51:00.039 --> 01:51:02.000 I just want to remind you our phone number seven 2048 01:51:02.079 --> 01:51:07.079 one three two one two KTRH. Also, please hear this. 2049 01:51:08.199 --> 01:51:12.119 My website is where I put all kinds of information 2050 01:51:12.399 --> 01:51:15.640 and please write it down. Please bookmarkt so that you're 2051 01:51:15.680 --> 01:51:20.119 ready to go. The publication, nine page full color publication 2052 01:51:20.279 --> 01:51:24.560 for free. Everything's for free on there is available on 2053 01:51:24.600 --> 01:51:29.640 my website. Gardening with Skip dot com. Someone called earlier 2054 01:51:29.640 --> 01:51:32.479 about killing yo pond with a product I have a 2055 01:51:32.520 --> 01:51:35.159 new publication I just put up last night on how 2056 01:51:35.199 --> 01:51:38.000 to do a stump cut treatment. So when you're trying 2057 01:51:38.000 --> 01:51:40.479 to get rid of woody weeds like poison ivy and things, 2058 01:51:40.520 --> 01:51:42.159 you don't want to spray the whole weed and kill 2059 01:51:42.159 --> 01:51:44.840 stuff all around it and cut off the base and 2060 01:51:44.880 --> 01:51:46.800 you treat the stump and I tell you exactly how 2061 01:51:46.840 --> 01:51:50.159 to do that. Dow publication on just another example of 2062 01:51:50.199 --> 01:51:51.159 the kinds of stuff. 2063 01:51:50.880 --> 01:51:56.600 You've done find. 2064 01:51:56.640 --> 01:52:00.840 Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with skin Rickyard. 2065 01:52:07.600 --> 01:52:07.880 Trip. 2066 01:52:09.239 --> 01:52:23.600 Just watch him asks. 2067 01:52:25.680 --> 01:52:26.520 A sun. 2068 01:52:30.920 --> 01:52:34.239 All right, folks, glad to have you back. Let's do this. 2069 01:52:34.439 --> 01:52:37.039 We are entering our last hour of the morning here 2070 01:52:37.199 --> 01:52:39.760 Saturday on guarden Line. I'm your host, Skip Rictor, and 2071 01:52:39.760 --> 01:52:42.119 we're here to help you have a more bountiful garden, 2072 01:52:42.199 --> 01:52:46.560 more beautiful landscape, and more fun in the process. We're 2073 01:52:46.560 --> 01:52:49.399 going to start by going out to kay in Pairland. 2074 01:52:49.640 --> 01:52:49.840 Hello. 2075 01:52:49.920 --> 01:52:52.399 Okay, welcome to garden Line, and thanks for hanging on. 2076 01:52:53.399 --> 01:52:55.520 Yes, thank you, that's no problem. 2077 01:52:55.720 --> 01:52:55.840 Uh. 2078 01:52:56.039 --> 01:53:00.600 I have a question about covering the plant. How long 2079 01:53:00.960 --> 01:53:03.680 i'd like to cover my plants that I'm going to 2080 01:53:03.760 --> 01:53:08.239 cover today while it's not so cold, and I just 2081 01:53:08.279 --> 01:53:11.319 wonder if it goes if the freeze goes on, you know, 2082 01:53:11.439 --> 01:53:14.399 that's kind of a little uncertain about how long it's. 2083 01:53:14.239 --> 01:53:14.600 Going to be. 2084 01:53:15.039 --> 01:53:18.399 If it's two or three or four days of you know, 2085 01:53:18.560 --> 01:53:21.560 freezing temperatures, that's kind of a long time to keep 2086 01:53:21.600 --> 01:53:23.079 a plant covered, isn't it. 2087 01:53:24.359 --> 01:53:27.199 Yeah. Now, if you're going to use something that blocks 2088 01:53:27.199 --> 01:53:30.760 all the light out, like a tarp, for example, I 2089 01:53:30.800 --> 01:53:33.800 would suggest not leaving it under there for more than 2090 01:53:33.840 --> 01:53:37.119 a day or two. Open it up and let it 2091 01:53:37.199 --> 01:53:40.000 have some light. It's it's not like it's going to 2092 01:53:40.079 --> 01:53:43.079 die on day three. It's just you know, the longer 2093 01:53:43.119 --> 01:53:45.199 you leave it shaded, the more likely it is it's 2094 01:53:45.199 --> 01:53:48.199 going to drop leaves and things. If you use something 2095 01:53:48.319 --> 01:53:49.479 like freeze blankets. 2096 01:53:49.720 --> 01:53:50.800 I have freeze blankets. 2097 01:53:50.800 --> 01:53:54.840 Okay, I think they let some light through, don't they right? 2098 01:53:54.880 --> 01:53:57.319 Are they white or are they like dark green or 2099 01:53:57.640 --> 01:54:01.880 green green? Okay, I'm not sure how much light is 2100 01:54:01.880 --> 01:54:03.720 going to go through those. You may hold some up 2101 01:54:03.800 --> 01:54:05.600 to the light and you know it's God's ide, and 2102 01:54:05.600 --> 01:54:08.399 hold it up, look through it and see what you think. 2103 01:54:09.039 --> 01:54:09.199 Uh. 2104 01:54:09.279 --> 01:54:09.920 Well, I can. 2105 01:54:09.800 --> 01:54:14.199 See my work glowing through it when I had it coverage. 2106 01:54:14.279 --> 01:54:18.560 Okay, last week. So okay, well they're gonna allow a 2107 01:54:18.560 --> 01:54:22.119 little light through then uh, you're probably good to go. 2108 01:54:22.199 --> 01:54:26.159 I mean, you know, we down in Pairland is not 2109 01:54:26.199 --> 01:54:28.920 going to be as cold uh as it is going 2110 01:54:29.000 --> 01:54:31.319 to be you know, further north in the listening area, 2111 01:54:31.640 --> 01:54:35.039 So you're you're probably okay, we're talking about, uh, just 2112 01:54:35.079 --> 01:54:36.600 trying to get them through. It's going to come down 2113 01:54:36.600 --> 01:54:40.239 to a cave depending on the plant. So you know, 2114 01:54:40.279 --> 01:54:44.000 if you're trying to keep a tropical hibiscus from freezing, 2115 01:54:44.239 --> 01:54:46.840 versus if you're just trying to keep you know, something 2116 01:54:46.880 --> 01:54:50.960 that's fairly cold hardy from freezing, Uh, the tropic hibiscus, 2117 01:54:51.039 --> 01:54:54.760 you're gonna have to leave it on. Okay, Well that's you're. 2118 01:54:54.600 --> 01:54:56.840 Gonna is the other one? 2119 01:54:57.039 --> 01:54:59.960 Okay, yeah, well they're gonna be on for a while, 2120 01:55:00.039 --> 01:55:03.119 so I think they'll be okay. I would if you 2121 01:55:03.119 --> 01:55:04.920 don't mind going out and letting them have a sunny 2122 01:55:05.000 --> 01:55:08.319 day or something that would be good. That also warms 2123 01:55:08.359 --> 01:55:10.960 the soil and allows a little bit of warmth to 2124 01:55:11.079 --> 01:55:15.039 rise up around the plants as well taking the cover off. 2125 01:55:15.119 --> 01:55:17.720 But uh, it's there's not a black and white line 2126 01:55:17.720 --> 01:55:18.439 on this one. 2127 01:55:19.319 --> 01:55:19.760 Okay. 2128 01:55:19.920 --> 01:55:22.239 Well, I just thought it's not too good to leave 2129 01:55:22.279 --> 01:55:24.399 them too long. And I don't know that it's going 2130 01:55:24.479 --> 01:55:27.319 to be that cold that long, but we'll see. 2131 01:55:27.520 --> 01:55:32.159 Okay, we're going to hope not. But yes, all right, 2132 01:55:32.199 --> 01:55:36.000 good luck with that. Thanks for the car you as well. 2133 01:55:36.039 --> 01:55:38.159 Thank you very much our phone number seven one three 2134 01:55:38.239 --> 01:55:41.199 two one two k t r H seven one three 2135 01:55:41.239 --> 01:55:44.920 two one two k t r H. Listen. It's always 2136 01:55:44.960 --> 01:55:47.439 a good time to malt It is always a good 2137 01:55:47.439 --> 01:55:50.239 time to build your soil. It just is twelve months 2138 01:55:50.279 --> 01:55:52.680 out of the year. Unless the soil soggy, sop and wet, 2139 01:55:53.119 --> 01:55:54.880 it's a good time to build the soil. And it's 2140 01:55:54.920 --> 01:55:58.159 a good time to always replenish your malts. Maults in 2141 01:55:58.199 --> 01:56:02.880 the wintertime deters weeds and it also helps moderate soil temperature, 2142 01:56:02.920 --> 01:56:06.880 protects the crown of that plant against extreme drops in 2143 01:56:06.960 --> 01:56:11.920 temperature as well. Cnimalts noticed malts in the name Cnimaltch 2144 01:56:12.039 --> 01:56:14.600 is the go to place for all the brown stuff 2145 01:56:15.000 --> 01:56:19.000 that helps your green stuff to thrive. That's how that works. 2146 01:56:19.159 --> 01:56:21.840 They're open Monday through Friday, seven thirty to five. You 2147 01:56:21.920 --> 01:56:24.439 got there on a Saturday seven thirty to two, closed 2148 01:56:24.479 --> 01:56:27.239 on Sunday. They're on FM five Point twenty one near 2149 01:56:27.279 --> 01:56:30.680 Highway six and two eighty eight. Best thing I can 2150 01:56:30.720 --> 01:56:33.760 tell you is just go to the website Sienna multch 2151 01:56:34.279 --> 01:56:38.359 dot com. Simple as that, cnmultch dot com. They're down 2152 01:56:38.399 --> 01:56:40.520 south of town again. So all of you out in 2153 01:56:40.560 --> 01:56:44.880 communities like see in a plantation, Riverstone, Sandy Point, Meridian, 2154 01:56:44.960 --> 01:56:49.800 First Colony, Iowa Colony, pear Land out by the Brasis 2155 01:56:49.800 --> 01:56:52.359 Bend State Park, all through that region. This is your 2156 01:56:52.399 --> 01:56:56.359 backyard spot to go get the maltches you need and 2157 01:56:56.760 --> 01:57:00.159 the soil blends that you need, and the fertilizers that 2158 01:57:00.239 --> 01:57:04.640 you need. They carry products by Microlife by Nelson, by 2159 01:57:04.760 --> 01:57:11.680 nitrofoss by Landscaper's Pride by Medina, by Heirloom Soils. They 2160 01:57:11.720 --> 01:57:16.000 have Airloom soils of Veggie nerdmex. They've got Landscaper's Pride 2161 01:57:16.039 --> 01:57:19.960 in bolt black velvet malts, and so it's just the 2162 01:57:20.000 --> 01:57:23.239 place to go when you drive out of there with 2163 01:57:23.279 --> 01:57:25.720 your stuff, or you can have them within about twenty miles. 2164 01:57:25.720 --> 01:57:29.119 They'll do a delivery for a small fee. When you 2165 01:57:29.159 --> 01:57:31.600 get that set up, you're ready to go. Then your 2166 01:57:31.640 --> 01:57:35.039 plants will thrive, and money spent on the soil is 2167 01:57:35.640 --> 01:57:38.600 very important. Before you spend money on. Let me put 2168 01:57:38.600 --> 01:57:40.520 it this way, spend a dollar in your soil before 2169 01:57:40.520 --> 01:57:42.840 you spend a dollar in your plants. Are do them 2170 01:57:42.840 --> 01:57:44.640 both at the same time. Take care of the soil 2171 01:57:44.880 --> 01:57:47.039 and then put the plant in. That's how you do it. 2172 01:57:47.079 --> 01:57:49.520 And see anumult is where you can get the kind 2173 01:57:49.560 --> 01:57:53.800 of quality products that you need. I mentioned that, you 2174 01:57:53.840 --> 01:57:57.800 know they have products by Nelson, and Nelson Fertilizer has 2175 01:57:57.840 --> 01:58:00.399 a number of lines. They've got the Turf Star line. 2176 01:58:00.600 --> 01:58:02.359 We'll talk about that when we get back to lawn 2177 01:58:02.359 --> 01:58:06.039 fertilizing discussions again. They've got the color Star line, which 2178 01:58:06.079 --> 01:58:07.720 if you're going to have a flower bed and you 2179 01:58:07.800 --> 01:58:11.359 want flowers in it, you want color. Colorstar is an 2180 01:58:11.520 --> 01:58:14.119 awesome product for it's been around for forty years now 2181 01:58:14.600 --> 01:58:16.960 and it's used not just here in our area, not 2182 01:58:17.079 --> 01:58:18.920 just in Texas. I mean they shift that stuff all 2183 01:58:18.960 --> 01:58:22.520 over the country. People figure out it works and they 2184 01:58:22.560 --> 01:58:25.840 go send me some because it's worked for me. If 2185 01:58:25.840 --> 01:58:27.960 it ain't broke, I ain't gonna fix it. In other words, 2186 01:58:28.439 --> 01:58:32.000 and it's popular. They also have Nelson has a product 2187 01:58:32.000 --> 01:58:36.119 called Nutristar Genesis, and this is a plant food designed 2188 01:58:36.319 --> 01:58:39.319 to blend into the soil at planting. It's got indo 2189 01:58:39.439 --> 01:58:43.760 and ectomycroiza that helped that root to reach more nutrients. 2190 01:58:43.920 --> 01:58:47.279 It has bacteria and other fungi that benefit that soul microbiome. 2191 01:58:47.359 --> 01:58:49.680 It's got hum maates in it. It's designed to be 2192 01:58:49.760 --> 01:58:52.760 mixed in so you just when you dig your planting hole, 2193 01:58:53.239 --> 01:58:55.720 just mix some into the soil. As you plant that 2194 01:58:55.760 --> 01:58:58.760 plant and put that soil back in. Have some of 2195 01:58:58.800 --> 01:59:01.520 the Nelson nutristarch genesis in the planning hale. If you're 2196 01:59:01.560 --> 01:59:04.720 growing transplants, you're gonna bump them up from a six 2197 01:59:04.760 --> 01:59:06.520 pack to a four inch pot, or a four inch 2198 01:59:06.560 --> 01:59:09.439 pot to a six inch or gallum pot. That new 2199 01:59:09.680 --> 01:59:13.479 potting mix mix the Nelson genesis. That's how I use 2200 01:59:13.520 --> 01:59:16.640 it during this time of the year because I'm growing transplants, 2201 01:59:16.640 --> 01:59:21.520 I'm potting them up Nelson's neutral star genesis. It really 2202 01:59:21.560 --> 01:59:24.079 helps after the plant gets going, then you can use 2203 01:59:24.119 --> 01:59:26.920 things like Colorstar and other fertilizers on top of the soil. 2204 01:59:27.319 --> 01:59:28.960 But this will help them get them off to a 2205 01:59:29.000 --> 01:59:33.119 good start. Well, I am looking at a break coming 2206 01:59:33.159 --> 01:59:35.479 here too fast to go out to Huffman and talk 2207 01:59:35.520 --> 01:59:37.960 to Jerry. Jerry, if you can hang on when I 2208 01:59:38.000 --> 01:59:40.079 come back from break, you will be our first call 2209 01:59:40.159 --> 01:59:42.680 up and we will visit you at that point. I 2210 01:59:42.720 --> 01:59:45.680 want to remind you again my website, Gardening with Skip 2211 01:59:45.880 --> 01:59:49.119 dot com, is where you're going to find information about 2212 01:59:49.560 --> 01:59:53.720 all kinds of things, including protecting plants from cold, if 2213 01:59:53.760 --> 01:59:59.039 you will follow garden Line on Facebook. Just yesterday I 2214 01:59:59.079 --> 02:00:01.880 posted a little video on how to cover a plant, 2215 02:00:02.159 --> 02:00:04.399 put light underneath it and protect it and some of 2216 02:00:04.399 --> 02:00:06.680 the things you need to know, things to avoid, things 2217 02:00:06.720 --> 02:00:09.000 to do. It's all there on the Facebook page and 2218 02:00:09.000 --> 02:00:11.439 we post periodically to that. I've got some others that 2219 02:00:11.479 --> 02:00:15.239 are coming up pretty quick here to post a Facebook 2220 02:00:15.279 --> 02:00:19.079 so you always need to follow us on Facebook. In 2221 02:00:19.119 --> 02:00:21.000 the meantime, I'm going to take a break. I'll be 2222 02:00:21.119 --> 02:00:27.159 right back. All right, folks, welcome back to Guardline. Good 2223 02:00:27.239 --> 02:00:31.239 have you with us. We are going to head straight 2224 02:00:31.239 --> 02:00:34.600 out to Huffman and talk to Jerry. Hello Jerry, and 2225 02:00:34.720 --> 02:00:35.680 welcome to guard Line. 2226 02:00:36.840 --> 02:00:39.920 Well, I'm calling about that person that called about this 2227 02:00:40.319 --> 02:00:43.000 to pray something on our plants, and they do you 2228 02:00:43.119 --> 02:00:47.680 know what it was? Anytime you do that, you're supposed 2229 02:00:47.720 --> 02:00:50.720 to have a material Safety data sheet. It's called a 2230 02:00:50.960 --> 02:00:55.399 MSDS tells you what's in the stuffs to put in 2231 02:00:55.399 --> 02:00:56.000 your property. 2232 02:00:57.399 --> 02:01:01.960 That's right, that's the rules. Yeah, yeah, you're right. 2233 02:01:03.760 --> 02:01:05.520 So that's all I had brought. 2234 02:01:05.560 --> 02:01:10.840 Thank you for your program, but. 2235 02:01:10.920 --> 02:01:17.319 I appreciate you providing that that information. You take care, Yeah, 2236 02:01:18.760 --> 02:01:22.800 that's true. You know, I try to try to stay 2237 02:01:22.840 --> 02:01:26.399 out of some of the weeds on this stuff. You know, people, 2238 02:01:27.960 --> 02:01:30.279 I'm hearing what somebody is telling me on the air, 2239 02:01:30.359 --> 02:01:33.159 and I don't know, I don't know how to put 2240 02:01:33.159 --> 02:01:35.560 it other than I'm not going to get entangled in that. 2241 02:01:35.880 --> 02:01:39.359 There there is a way to find out if somebody 2242 02:01:39.359 --> 02:01:44.199 apply something. It's it's true what he said. They're supposed 2243 02:01:44.199 --> 02:01:47.239 to provide information, so whoever they apply it for. In 2244 02:01:47.239 --> 02:01:49.680 this case of be an apartment company should have received 2245 02:01:49.720 --> 02:01:52.399 that information. And if the apartment receives the information, they 2246 02:01:52.399 --> 02:01:54.079 should be able to provide it for you. That's not 2247 02:01:54.159 --> 02:02:00.359 a secret. But anyway, well, you are listening to guard Line. 2248 02:02:00.399 --> 02:02:02.880 I'm your host, Skip Richter, and we are here to 2249 02:02:02.920 --> 02:02:05.960 help you have a bountiful garden. Help you have a 2250 02:02:06.000 --> 02:02:09.880 bountiful garden and a beautiful landscape. So my suggestion would 2251 02:02:09.920 --> 02:02:12.159 be give us a call seven one three two one 2252 02:02:12.279 --> 02:02:16.119 two k T right, seven to one three two one 2253 02:02:16.199 --> 02:02:20.880 two k T right, and we are gonna be happy 2254 02:02:20.920 --> 02:02:22.840 to visit with you and help you have success. You know, 2255 02:02:22.920 --> 02:02:26.359 one way that you can have success is to stop 2256 02:02:26.399 --> 02:02:29.600 myself as a fertilizer. I don't care what it is 2257 02:02:29.880 --> 02:02:33.960 you need for your plants. They're going to have it. 2258 02:02:34.359 --> 02:02:37.159 Do you need to fertilize them? They have more fertilizers 2259 02:02:37.239 --> 02:02:40.039 than you can imagine. Everything I talk about on guarden 2260 02:02:40.039 --> 02:02:43.079 Line and way way past that, they've got the best 2261 02:02:43.119 --> 02:02:47.319 selection of organic fertilizers of anybody in the whole region. 2262 02:02:48.000 --> 02:02:50.399 The same thing is true with insect control, The same 2263 02:02:50.399 --> 02:02:53.359 thing is true with disease control. The same thing is 2264 02:02:53.399 --> 02:02:57.520 true with weed control. If you need tools, quality tools, 2265 02:02:57.560 --> 02:02:59.680 like maybe you went on my website and saw that 2266 02:03:00.359 --> 02:03:03.199 grab or weed wiper tool that I have. Well, the 2267 02:03:03.279 --> 02:03:05.319 little thing you start with, the tool you start with. 2268 02:03:05.479 --> 02:03:07.520 Bob's got him at Southwest Fertilized. You can make your 2269 02:03:07.520 --> 02:03:10.239 own if you don't do that, but he's got him there. 2270 02:03:10.680 --> 02:03:13.479 When you go to Southwest Fertilizer, you're gonna find selection, 2271 02:03:13.600 --> 02:03:15.760 but you're also going to find expertise. You walk in 2272 02:03:16.159 --> 02:03:18.960 with a picture with a plant samples could always bring 2273 02:03:19.000 --> 02:03:21.359 in a plant sample, and they're gonna be able to 2274 02:03:21.359 --> 02:03:22.920 tell you what's wrong with it and what to do 2275 02:03:23.039 --> 02:03:27.680 about it. And I frequently stop by there to check 2276 02:03:27.800 --> 02:03:30.399 on what's the latest, because you know, a company comes 2277 02:03:30.439 --> 02:03:33.279 up with some new product, organic or synthetic, they're not 2278 02:03:33.319 --> 02:03:34.840 going to call me up and say, hey, we got 2279 02:03:34.880 --> 02:03:37.479 this new product. I have to find out myself and 2280 02:03:38.039 --> 02:03:40.399 I go into Southwest. If it's a new product on 2281 02:03:40.439 --> 02:03:43.039 the market, it's probably gonna be there, and we bought 2282 02:03:43.039 --> 02:03:46.159 and I discuss things like that all the time. What works, 2283 02:03:46.199 --> 02:03:49.279 what doesn't work, how's it working? You know what's available, 2284 02:03:49.680 --> 02:03:51.880 and it's just that kind of place. It's been around 2285 02:03:51.920 --> 02:03:55.479 since nineteen fifty five. Corner Abyssinet and Renwick. And here's 2286 02:03:55.520 --> 02:04:02.079 the website, Southwest Fertilizer dot com. Southwest Fertilize dot com. 2287 02:04:02.199 --> 02:04:04.439 I don't care where you live. When you drive over there, 2288 02:04:04.439 --> 02:04:07.039 you'll see why I am so big on that place, 2289 02:04:07.600 --> 02:04:10.760 and why pretty much if you don't if they don't 2290 02:04:10.760 --> 02:04:12.640 have it, you don't need it. I think that's the 2291 02:04:12.680 --> 02:04:15.159 simplest way to put it. We're going to head out 2292 02:04:15.199 --> 02:04:18.079 now to friends would and talk to Ed this morning. 2293 02:04:18.279 --> 02:04:21.720 Hello Ed, Welcome to Garden line, Hi, skip power. 2294 02:04:21.760 --> 02:04:22.079 You all. 2295 02:04:23.760 --> 02:04:25.039 Doing well, sir, thank you. 2296 02:04:27.920 --> 02:04:30.439 We have three date palms and they're probably about twenty 2297 02:04:30.439 --> 02:04:35.359 five years old, and okay, we lose to frons every 2298 02:04:35.359 --> 02:04:38.319 time it can get a hard freeze. But how much 2299 02:04:38.359 --> 02:04:41.920 freeze can they can they take before the fronds turn 2300 02:04:41.960 --> 02:04:43.079 brown and die? 2301 02:04:43.640 --> 02:04:47.800 You know, you can go online and see numbers that 2302 02:04:47.920 --> 02:04:51.079 people have posted. Palm companies even have posted as to 2303 02:04:51.079 --> 02:04:53.199 how cold it gets. It's a it's a function of 2304 02:04:53.239 --> 02:04:56.800 several things. There is a roughly it can take this 2305 02:04:56.880 --> 02:05:00.159 cold kind of number, but the condition of the plant 2306 02:05:00.399 --> 02:05:05.239 a lot of course how cold it gets, but the 2307 02:05:05.279 --> 02:05:08.239 conditions going into that cold. You know, any of our plants, 2308 02:05:08.479 --> 02:05:12.000 when we are just having nice, mild conditions and suddenly 2309 02:05:12.039 --> 02:05:14.920 that temperature drops way down, it's going to cause more 2310 02:05:15.000 --> 02:05:18.119 damage than had there been a natural slowing and cooling 2311 02:05:18.319 --> 02:05:20.720 of a plant in terms of what it could take. 2312 02:05:21.199 --> 02:05:24.680 Date palms are not among the heartier palms. They're among 2313 02:05:24.760 --> 02:05:28.359 the less hardy palms. They can be grown, but when 2314 02:05:28.359 --> 02:05:31.880 it comes to freezes that separate one palm from another, 2315 02:05:32.000 --> 02:05:34.079 date palm's going to be one that is going to 2316 02:05:34.079 --> 02:05:37.520 sustain more damage than some of our hardier palms. That 2317 02:05:37.560 --> 02:05:41.199 we have. The most important thing to remember on any 2318 02:05:41.239 --> 02:05:44.960 palms is the terminal bud at the top of the trunk. 2319 02:05:45.279 --> 02:05:48.039 That is where new growth comes out of. A few 2320 02:05:48.119 --> 02:05:50.560 palms can reach sprout from the bottom. Date palm can't. 2321 02:05:50.920 --> 02:05:54.239 Most palms can't. So if you can get something up 2322 02:05:54.239 --> 02:05:57.680 there in the top, like a little cable on an 2323 02:05:57.720 --> 02:06:00.239 extension cord the kind you wrap around a pie that 2324 02:06:00.359 --> 02:06:02.800 keeps a pipe from freezing, provides a little bit of warmth, 2325 02:06:03.319 --> 02:06:05.399 and then have any kind of cover over there on 2326 02:06:05.520 --> 02:06:07.880 the top, you can get them through a lot. You 2327 02:06:07.920 --> 02:06:13.199 can have damage to the trunk during a freeze. 2328 02:06:14.319 --> 02:06:17.920 Go ahead, they throve They survived. Glass too freezes the 2329 02:06:18.039 --> 02:06:19.079 blast you heart freezes. 2330 02:06:20.760 --> 02:06:23.000 So hopefully this one will be as bad as those. 2331 02:06:24.520 --> 02:06:28.960 But uh yeah, I guess it takes probably about a 2332 02:06:29.000 --> 02:06:31.239 good solid year to throw those wrong back into a 2333 02:06:31.279 --> 02:06:34.720 bull a bullet umbrella brown. 2334 02:06:36.399 --> 02:06:40.520 How tall are they The trunks are probably about. 2335 02:06:41.920 --> 02:06:43.399 Anywhere from ten to twelve feet. 2336 02:06:45.279 --> 02:06:47.600 Well, it is feasibly pop. 2337 02:06:49.840 --> 02:06:51.119 They're they're probably about it. 2338 02:06:54.640 --> 02:06:58.920 We're talking over each other. Okay, Well, uh, it is 2339 02:06:59.000 --> 02:07:01.760 possible to get up there and throw a cover over 2340 02:07:01.760 --> 02:07:05.199 the whole thing. Use the tarp or whatever. You got. 2341 02:07:05.239 --> 02:07:08.000 That's handy. Put a little bit of warm th underneath it, 2342 02:07:08.159 --> 02:07:10.720 just a little bit, just like those little pipeworm and things. 2343 02:07:11.880 --> 02:07:13.720 Wrap it up around. This is one time when a 2344 02:07:13.800 --> 02:07:17.960 landscape lollipop would be the thing to do, because draping 2345 02:07:18.000 --> 02:07:19.359 it all the way to the ground is going to 2346 02:07:19.399 --> 02:07:21.279 be very difficult to do. Although if you can do that, 2347 02:07:21.279 --> 02:07:24.960 that's even better. But at least warm warm the fronds 2348 02:07:25.079 --> 02:07:27.319 and the top bud in it, and you should be 2349 02:07:27.359 --> 02:07:29.439 good to go. And you can leave that on there 2350 02:07:29.439 --> 02:07:30.840 for a few days if you need to, if it's 2351 02:07:30.840 --> 02:07:32.319 gonna keep stay cold on you. 2352 02:07:33.760 --> 02:07:36.560 Okay, all right, well thanks three time. 2353 02:07:37.920 --> 02:07:40.199 Yes, sir, Yeah, I wish there was a way to 2354 02:07:40.239 --> 02:07:43.760 protect them other than that, but it's just not a tree. 2355 02:07:43.760 --> 02:07:46.319 That's why you don't see those palm trees up further north. 2356 02:07:46.920 --> 02:07:49.479 They're just really hard to protect, all right, ed, Thank 2357 02:07:49.479 --> 02:07:52.279 you appreciate that. Our phone number seven one three two 2358 02:07:52.359 --> 02:07:56.000 one two kt r H seven to one three two 2359 02:07:56.039 --> 02:08:00.520 one two kt r H. In Chanted Gardens down in 2360 02:08:00.680 --> 02:08:04.680 the Richmond Rosenberg area. It's an outstanding place to go 2361 02:08:04.800 --> 02:08:06.600 visit and if you haven't been there, you need to. 2362 02:08:07.079 --> 02:08:10.439 They are loaded up. They got a really good list 2363 02:08:10.520 --> 02:08:13.239 of fruit trees now that they've got in. By the way, 2364 02:08:13.279 --> 02:08:17.039 they got a program coming up next Saturday as January. 2365 02:08:18.199 --> 02:08:20.199 No excuse me to day. I'm sorry. I'm looking at 2366 02:08:20.239 --> 02:08:24.720 my calendar wrongs today January the eighteenth, and it's this morning, 2367 02:08:24.920 --> 02:08:27.960 and it was John Penzarella, and I'm looking now. It 2368 02:08:28.000 --> 02:08:31.439 starts at ten am, so basically when garden Line ends 2369 02:08:31.920 --> 02:08:34.159 is when it kicks off. So I don't know. We'll 2370 02:08:34.199 --> 02:08:37.439 give you permission to quit listening to the Garden Line, 2371 02:08:37.479 --> 02:08:40.000 to put it on the radio on the car and 2372 02:08:40.079 --> 02:08:43.359 head over there. John has been growing citrus on the 2373 02:08:43.359 --> 02:08:47.680 Gulf Coast for a very long time. He knows how 2374 02:08:47.800 --> 02:08:51.319 to grow all kinds of centrus. And this is a 2375 02:08:51.359 --> 02:08:54.479 free program. They've got a tent out there that's heated, 2376 02:08:54.600 --> 02:08:58.319 so you're gonna be comfortable. Just head out to Enchanted Gardens. 2377 02:08:58.319 --> 02:09:02.159 That's FM three fifty on the Katie fullsher the north 2378 02:09:02.199 --> 02:09:05.520 side of Richmond and Chanty Gardens and go check that out. 2379 02:09:05.560 --> 02:09:07.039 By the way, I'm going to be out there on 2380 02:09:07.119 --> 02:09:10.199 February fifteenth, about a month from now, from twelve noon 2381 02:09:10.239 --> 02:09:12.119 to one thirty, and I'm going to be talking about 2382 02:09:12.159 --> 02:09:17.880 tips for making gardening less work. Does that not sound appealing? It's, 2383 02:09:17.920 --> 02:09:20.560 in other words, the way I like to put the subtitle, 2384 02:09:20.720 --> 02:09:22.880 how to get more from your gardens with less sweat 2385 02:09:22.880 --> 02:09:27.119 and less abuprofen. Okay, tips for making gardening less work. 2386 02:09:27.199 --> 02:09:31.600 We'll make it more easier, more fun, more productive. Out there. 2387 02:09:31.640 --> 02:09:33.399 That's February fifth. I'll tell you more about that as 2388 02:09:33.399 --> 02:09:35.560 we get close to it. By the way, in Chanty 2389 02:09:35.640 --> 02:09:39.800 Gardens is open Saturdays, Monday through Saturdays eight to five 2390 02:09:40.000 --> 02:09:43.159 and Sundays eight to four. So get out there. When 2391 02:09:43.199 --> 02:09:45.279 you're out there, you're going to find all the many, 2392 02:09:45.319 --> 02:09:47.800 many kinds of plants. I mentioned fruit trees, but my gosh, 2393 02:09:47.800 --> 02:09:50.439 they got your seed potatoes. They're ready to go out there, 2394 02:09:50.840 --> 02:09:55.479 got products for frost protection, and their seed selection is outstanding. 2395 02:09:55.560 --> 02:09:59.319 Inside the building there really good selection of all kinds 2396 02:09:59.359 --> 02:10:01.399 of seeds. We could go on and on and on 2397 02:10:01.800 --> 02:10:05.399 with that. Just go out there and Shendy Gardens. Go 2398 02:10:05.479 --> 02:10:08.680 see John Penzrella today. I'm telling you it is. It'll 2399 02:10:08.680 --> 02:10:10.199 be one of the best talks you ever heard on 2400 02:10:10.399 --> 02:10:12.560 how to grow all kinds of centrus and answers your 2401 02:10:12.640 --> 02:10:15.840 questions too. All right. I don't know how I can 2402 02:10:15.880 --> 02:10:17.840 promote it any more than that. I wish I was 2403 02:10:18.319 --> 02:10:20.319 at that moment I could get out there and get 2404 02:10:20.359 --> 02:10:22.920 time to get there in time, I would go, I 2405 02:10:23.039 --> 02:10:27.119 love love hearing that guy talk. Well, you're listening to 2406 02:10:27.159 --> 02:10:29.920 Garden Line. Here's the phone number seven to one three 2407 02:10:30.199 --> 02:10:33.520 two one two fifty eight seventy four, seven to one 2408 02:10:33.520 --> 02:10:36.840 three two one two five eight seven four. We love 2409 02:10:36.840 --> 02:10:39.119 our feed stores here on Garden Line and down south 2410 02:10:39.119 --> 02:10:42.279 of Houston. League City feed in League City, Texas is 2411 02:10:42.399 --> 02:10:45.800 an outstanding when it's got that old time feed store feel. 2412 02:10:46.520 --> 02:10:49.199 I even like. I just like the fragrance going into 2413 02:10:49.279 --> 02:10:52.560 a feed so I love that smell of fresh feeds 2414 02:10:52.560 --> 02:10:54.279 and things. And League City is that it ain't s 2415 02:10:54.319 --> 02:10:57.520 been around for forty years. It's on Highway three, just 2416 02:10:57.560 --> 02:11:00.239 a few blocks south of ninety six in League Sity. 2417 02:11:00.560 --> 02:11:02.600 So all of you in that whole region, like Lamark 2418 02:11:02.640 --> 02:11:05.479 and Webster and elcame Ino Reale and Santa Fe, Dickinson, 2419 02:11:05.600 --> 02:11:08.560 Clear Lake City, this is your hometown feed store. Go 2420 02:11:08.640 --> 02:11:11.880 check them out. They've got nitrofoss products, they have azamite, 2421 02:11:11.960 --> 02:11:15.760 they have microlife products, they have Nelson plant food products. 2422 02:11:16.479 --> 02:11:19.760 They carry heirloom soils for example, anything you need to 2423 02:11:19.800 --> 02:11:22.960 crow pass weeds and diseases. They've got it there at 2424 02:11:23.039 --> 02:11:26.159 League City Feed, as well as some real premium types 2425 02:11:26.279 --> 02:11:28.439 of pet food as well. All right, I'm going to 2426 02:11:28.479 --> 02:11:30.640 head out now to Conroe and we're going to talk 2427 02:11:30.680 --> 02:11:32.199 to Sym Hello, Cyan. 2428 02:11:33.640 --> 02:11:34.479 Hice, Diane. 2429 02:11:34.560 --> 02:11:37.359 But I like to listen to your show and on 2430 02:11:37.359 --> 02:11:39.119 my way to work, so I've been going to do this. 2431 02:11:39.239 --> 02:11:40.800 I said, this is a time while I'm sitting in 2432 02:11:40.800 --> 02:11:44.960 a car. I'm fine, Rose, So I have that horrible 2433 02:11:45.079 --> 02:11:49.479 play for soil. My yard is nothing but weeds. I 2434 02:11:49.520 --> 02:11:51.880 bought the house new, so they just want to look 2435 02:11:52.000 --> 02:11:54.640 cute till you get some closing and you're done. So 2436 02:11:54.920 --> 02:11:58.600 I'm trying to get the yard aerrated. I'm seventy three, 2437 02:11:58.840 --> 02:12:01.640 so I not a strong person. 2438 02:12:01.680 --> 02:12:02.239 They used to be. 2439 02:12:02.960 --> 02:12:06.119 I did go to one place to a piece of equipment. 2440 02:12:06.600 --> 02:12:08.920 They want three hundred and sixty dollars for one day 2441 02:12:09.399 --> 02:12:12.000 and then three hundred and twenty dollars for delivery and 2442 02:12:12.039 --> 02:12:15.119 pick up, which is outrageous. And that's not even do anything. 2443 02:12:15.760 --> 02:12:19.880 I'm trying to hey saying, I'm I'm sorry. I have 2444 02:12:19.960 --> 02:12:22.319 to cut you off here. We're there. We got a 2445 02:12:22.319 --> 02:12:24.840 heartbreak coming. When we come back, I will tell you 2446 02:12:24.920 --> 02:12:27.359 about that and answer any other questions you have. Just 2447 02:12:27.399 --> 02:12:30.359 hang on for one second, folks will be right back. 2448 02:12:31.800 --> 02:12:35.680 All right, folks, we're back. We're going to head straight 2449 02:12:35.680 --> 02:12:40.880 out to the phones and continue our conversation with Saying 2450 02:12:40.920 --> 02:12:46.079 and Conro. You were discussing wanting to do some aeration 2451 02:12:47.840 --> 02:12:49.680 and what I'm having a. 2452 02:12:49.760 --> 02:12:53.960 Problem finding what I'm looking for. 2453 02:12:54.039 --> 02:12:54.479 To do it? 2454 02:12:56.000 --> 02:12:59.159 Got you? Well, if you're having to pay three almost 2455 02:12:59.199 --> 02:13:01.760 four hundred dollars just to rent equipment, I got a 2456 02:13:01.800 --> 02:13:05.000 way better way. You need to call green Pro Green 2457 02:13:05.039 --> 02:13:09.840 Pro Services your area, Conro, and they will come out 2458 02:13:10.119 --> 02:13:15.560 and they will do the compost top dressing and aeration both. Uh. 2459 02:13:15.800 --> 02:13:18.000 And you know it's the prices will start. I believe 2460 02:13:18.000 --> 02:13:22.079 they still start around five seventy five. But that's all 2461 02:13:22.119 --> 02:13:25.239 the equipment, better equipment than you can rent. And that's 2462 02:13:25.279 --> 02:13:28.000 the compost top dressing, couple of yards of composts going 2463 02:13:28.039 --> 02:13:31.600 out there on it. You will be way better off 2464 02:13:31.760 --> 02:13:34.159 than trying to rent a machine and find somebody to 2465 02:13:34.199 --> 02:13:36.720 run it and buy all the composts and stuff like that. 2466 02:13:37.319 --> 02:13:40.159 I would just call it Greenpro. There. If you have 2467 02:13:40.199 --> 02:13:42.640 a pen or pencil handy and give you a phone number. 2468 02:13:43.640 --> 02:13:48.760 I sure do, okay, it's two eight one three five 2469 02:13:49.119 --> 02:13:56.239 three five one forty seven thirty three forty seven thirty. Yeah, 2470 02:13:56.319 --> 02:13:58.560 I'll repeat it one more time. Two eight one three 2471 02:13:58.680 --> 02:14:01.560 five one forty seven thirty three. Or if you're don't 2472 02:14:01.600 --> 02:14:04.479 go online, it's Greenpro dot net. That's an easy way 2473 02:14:04.520 --> 02:14:06.479 to get hold of them. But they can do they'll 2474 02:14:06.479 --> 02:14:08.960 do the job right, and they got the equipment that 2475 02:14:09.039 --> 02:14:09.720 does it better. 2476 02:14:10.800 --> 02:14:13.239 That's gonna be like half priced and getting more done. 2477 02:14:13.319 --> 02:14:14.479 So it sounds like a. 2478 02:14:15.319 --> 02:14:19.239 Well it is and it yeah, you bet, good luck 2479 02:14:19.279 --> 02:14:23.359 with that. Thanks for the call. All right, we're gonna 2480 02:14:23.359 --> 02:14:26.399 go to Sugarland now and talk to Fred. Hey, Fred, 2481 02:14:26.520 --> 02:14:27.600 Welcome to Guardline. 2482 02:14:28.479 --> 02:14:31.800 Good morning, sir. I want to ask you about Carolina 2483 02:14:31.960 --> 02:14:33.199 jasmine in the freeze. 2484 02:14:33.239 --> 02:14:35.279 We replaced our Asian. 2485 02:14:34.920 --> 02:14:38.560 Jasmine after we've lost it before with Carolina jasmine. 2486 02:14:38.640 --> 02:14:39.560 Is that or not? 2487 02:14:41.279 --> 02:14:44.840 It is hardy Carolina jasmine. Oh, I know it'll go 2488 02:14:44.880 --> 02:14:47.720 to a zone seven, which is way north of us, 2489 02:14:48.560 --> 02:14:50.359 and so yeah, you shouldn't have a problem with that 2490 02:14:50.439 --> 02:14:52.479 at all. It's a it's a very tough, hearty plant 2491 02:14:52.680 --> 02:14:55.079 native in the southeastern United States. 2492 02:14:55.439 --> 02:14:56.720 Good well, thank you very much. 2493 02:14:58.319 --> 02:15:03.079 Is that it just okay? Well that was easy? You 2494 02:15:03.159 --> 02:15:07.000 take care? Hey, yeah, there you go. All right, we 2495 02:15:07.880 --> 02:15:12.560 beat that. Well. I got a weird, funky song that 2496 02:15:12.560 --> 02:15:14.680 I'm going to play for you every nine and then 2497 02:15:14.680 --> 02:15:17.159 I like to play some stuff. I promise you you 2498 02:15:17.279 --> 02:15:20.199 never heard before if you have called me and tell 2499 02:15:20.199 --> 02:15:22.239 me I'm wrong. But I'll do that when we come 2500 02:15:22.239 --> 02:15:26.079 back from break here in a little bit. You know, 2501 02:15:27.760 --> 02:15:30.119 I talk about ACE all the time, and it's like, 2502 02:15:30.239 --> 02:15:32.920 where do you begin? You know, ACE Hardware. Their motto 2503 02:15:33.000 --> 02:15:34.640 is ACE is the place, or at least it has 2504 02:15:34.680 --> 02:15:37.159 been for a long time, and it is it is 2505 02:15:37.199 --> 02:15:39.840 the place for all kinds of things that you might need. 2506 02:15:40.000 --> 02:15:43.199 I mean, right now, it's all about cold weather, right, 2507 02:15:43.319 --> 02:15:45.840 That's what we're worried about, is cold weather. How do 2508 02:15:45.920 --> 02:15:48.880 we you know, how do we protect our plants? Well, 2509 02:15:48.920 --> 02:15:51.720 when you go to ACE, you're going to find things 2510 02:15:52.119 --> 02:15:56.159 like the pipe insulation to wrap around your pipe, the 2511 02:15:56.199 --> 02:15:58.560 heat lamps that you need under your plants. By the way, 2512 02:15:58.600 --> 02:16:00.680 if you want to know how to use one, go 2513 02:16:00.720 --> 02:16:04.760 on Facebook garden Line facebook page. I did a video 2514 02:16:04.840 --> 02:16:06.960 yesterday explaining how to do that. And you want to 2515 02:16:06.960 --> 02:16:08.800 be careful when you use those. There's a right way 2516 02:16:08.960 --> 02:16:11.359 and wrong way to do it, but it's on there. 2517 02:16:11.439 --> 02:16:13.800 ACE has got that. ACE is going to be the 2518 02:16:13.800 --> 02:16:16.319 place where you find all kinds of interior heaters. Maybe 2519 02:16:16.319 --> 02:16:18.000 you want to put something out in the garage to 2520 02:16:18.079 --> 02:16:19.720 keep it a little bit warmer because you put all 2521 02:16:19.760 --> 02:16:22.199 some plants in there. Brought a bunch of plants into there. 2522 02:16:22.479 --> 02:16:25.479 They've got that the frost covers to go over your plants. 2523 02:16:25.520 --> 02:16:28.319 They've got everything you need when you think of cold weather. 2524 02:16:28.560 --> 02:16:31.000 You know the covers that go over your faucets outside 2525 02:16:31.159 --> 02:16:35.079 the miser, the freeze miser that is a gadget. You 2526 02:16:35.120 --> 02:16:38.799 just screw it into the garden fawcet bib. You turn 2527 02:16:38.840 --> 02:16:41.280 it on all the way. Nothing comes out because it's 2528 02:16:41.280 --> 02:16:44.440 not until it gets cold cold that that freeze miser 2529 02:16:44.479 --> 02:16:47.280 starts to water trickle out. So you don't waste water 2530 02:16:47.360 --> 02:16:49.120 all night like you do when you have to leave 2531 02:16:49.159 --> 02:16:52.680 your faucets trickling. But it works, and ACE has got it. 2532 02:16:53.200 --> 02:16:57.399 Ace has got every kind of thing you might possibly need. 2533 02:16:57.639 --> 02:17:00.680 For example, they've they've got those ac film that you need. 2534 02:17:00.680 --> 02:17:02.760 In fact, the hardware city of Memorial may have the 2535 02:17:02.840 --> 02:17:06.399 largest selection of AC filters in all of Houston. But 2536 02:17:06.479 --> 02:17:08.319 we got Ace stores all over the place. You can 2537 02:17:08.360 --> 02:17:11.520 go to fullshre Ace Hardware up in Spring. There's All 2538 02:17:11.559 --> 02:17:14.799 Star Ace Hardware. There's another All Star Ace Hardware in 2539 02:17:14.879 --> 02:17:19.520 Magnolia and Port Lavaca. Ace Hardware just another example of 2540 02:17:19.600 --> 02:17:22.000 the many Ace Hardware is in the greater Houston area. 2541 02:17:22.120 --> 02:17:25.120 If you went to Acehardware dot com and find the 2542 02:17:25.159 --> 02:17:27.840 store locator, you can find the one near you. And 2543 02:17:27.879 --> 02:17:29.799 it's as simple as that. And I could just sit here, 2544 02:17:30.319 --> 02:17:34.159 item after item reading off everything you need from Ace Hardware. 2545 02:17:35.000 --> 02:17:37.799 The cause we're getting into cold, cold weather, so get 2546 02:17:37.840 --> 02:17:39.760 by there, don't alike, get by there and get that 2547 02:17:39.840 --> 02:17:42.399 taken care of. And then when things warm up a 2548 02:17:42.399 --> 02:17:43.879 little bit, I want to tell you about some of 2549 02:17:43.920 --> 02:17:46.360 their gardening supplies that they carry, because they have a 2550 02:17:46.440 --> 02:17:51.159 nice full supply of gardening options at your local Ace 2551 02:17:51.360 --> 02:17:56.520 Hardware store. Ace is the place that is true. Well 2552 02:17:56.600 --> 02:17:59.879 let's see here, where are we. We're getting pretty close 2553 02:18:00.040 --> 02:18:03.879 to the break. Well, I've got time for a call. 2554 02:18:03.959 --> 02:18:05.719 If someone'd like to, you might call it seven one 2555 02:18:05.799 --> 02:18:08.840 three two one two k t r H. Seven one 2556 02:18:08.879 --> 02:18:13.239 three two one two k t r H. I'm gonna 2557 02:18:14.440 --> 02:18:18.639 talk a little bit about some non freeze type of thing. Uh, 2558 02:18:18.760 --> 02:18:22.520 and that would be This is the time to get 2559 02:18:22.600 --> 02:18:26.280 your fruit trees in the ground, any kind of woody ornamental. 2560 02:18:26.280 --> 02:18:28.719 The sooner you plant it, the better. Our garden centers 2561 02:18:28.799 --> 02:18:31.399 are loaded with ones. Now, when you go to a 2562 02:18:31.440 --> 02:18:33.600 good mom and pop garden center, I'm not talking about 2563 02:18:33.680 --> 02:18:37.239 national chains that sell hammers and everything else. I'm talking 2564 02:18:37.239 --> 02:18:41.760 about a garden center that's locally owned. You're gonna they're 2565 02:18:41.799 --> 02:18:43.799 gonna be able to tell you what are the best 2566 02:18:43.840 --> 02:18:47.360 cultivars for your area. Because you know, the cultivar of 2567 02:18:47.559 --> 02:18:51.639 peach you would grow on Galveston and Huntsville are very different. 2568 02:18:52.280 --> 02:18:54.159 They're gonna be able to tell you do you need 2569 02:18:54.760 --> 02:18:58.639 a pollinator for that kind of fruit? Peaches don't need 2570 02:18:58.680 --> 02:19:01.200 a second pollinator out do. And then I'm not going 2571 02:19:01.280 --> 02:19:03.360 to go through every fruit tree, but they'll be able 2572 02:19:03.399 --> 02:19:05.120 to tell you that, they'll be able to tell you 2573 02:19:05.120 --> 02:19:06.959 how to plant it, They'll be able to provide the 2574 02:19:06.959 --> 02:19:09.319 products you need to have success with it. That's true 2575 02:19:09.319 --> 02:19:12.680 with fruit trees. That's also true with camellias. It's true 2576 02:19:12.680 --> 02:19:15.559 with tho zalias. It's true with all kinds of shrubs 2577 02:19:15.600 --> 02:19:18.120 and trees that you might want to plant there at 2578 02:19:18.120 --> 02:19:20.559 your property. The best time to plant a tree is 2579 02:19:20.559 --> 02:19:23.319 forty years ago. Second best times today. So if you're 2580 02:19:23.319 --> 02:19:26.200 looking for a nice shade tree or a nice blooming tree, 2581 02:19:26.399 --> 02:19:32.799 my favorite spring bloomer is a tree called Chinese fringe tree. 2582 02:19:33.079 --> 02:19:36.360 There's a native fringe f East Texas Native fringe. The 2583 02:19:36.399 --> 02:19:38.879 showiest thing is the Chinese fringe and I love it. 2584 02:19:38.879 --> 02:19:41.959 It is absolutely wonderful, has nice fragrance to it as well. 2585 02:19:42.280 --> 02:19:48.120 So anyway, go to a good, trustable local garden center. 2586 02:19:48.319 --> 02:19:50.479 We got them north, south, East, and West. We're lucky 2587 02:19:50.520 --> 02:19:52.239 here in Houston. I'm going to take a break and 2588 02:19:52.280 --> 02:19:54.239 when I come back, Danny, you'll be our first up. 2589 02:19:57.920 --> 02:20:00.719 Oh my gosh, I don't even know where to start, 2590 02:20:00.799 --> 02:20:04.680 so I'm just not gonna say anything. I promised you 2591 02:20:04.760 --> 02:20:07.360 something you haven't heard before. If you've heard that before, 2592 02:20:08.559 --> 02:20:11.079 number one, I don't believe you, but call in tell 2593 02:20:11.120 --> 02:20:13.600 me you're wrong. Skip. I have heard that. It's probably 2594 02:20:13.680 --> 02:20:16.200 some barbershop enthusiast out there. Hey, we're going to go 2595 02:20:16.200 --> 02:20:20.840 out to the phones now and talk to Breen in Hitchcock. Hello, Bring, 2596 02:20:21.000 --> 02:20:21.879 Welcome to garden Line. 2597 02:20:22.879 --> 02:20:28.840 Oh yeah, Hi, Hi, Skip love your show. I had 2598 02:20:28.959 --> 02:20:35.120 a raised flower bed with three established hibiscus. One is 2599 02:20:35.159 --> 02:20:38.319 a cage in one, one's a double bloom, and the 2600 02:20:38.360 --> 02:20:40.319 other one is I think it was called Americana. 2601 02:20:40.719 --> 02:20:43.680 It's got yellow, yellow, red, and pink blooms on it. 2602 02:20:43.719 --> 02:20:44.639 I think it's a hybrid. 2603 02:20:45.680 --> 02:20:48.840 But they've gone on the ground, so probably at least 2604 02:20:48.840 --> 02:20:53.120 three years. I did hear you say something this morning 2605 02:20:53.200 --> 02:20:55.879 about putting. 2606 02:20:57.000 --> 02:20:59.360 My PBC pipe in and maybe. 2607 02:20:59.159 --> 02:21:01.200 A flood lamp, but I'm not sure. 2608 02:21:01.840 --> 02:21:05.040 It's like a eight to ten foot long bed. 2609 02:21:05.719 --> 02:21:10.000 The largest hyperscus is the Cajun and it probably stands 2610 02:21:10.239 --> 02:21:14.399 four four and a half feet tall. So do I 2611 02:21:14.520 --> 02:21:17.559 just need to wrap it in plastic and put a 2612 02:21:17.600 --> 02:21:20.479 couple of flood lamps in there between each plant? 2613 02:21:20.639 --> 02:21:24.840 Well you could? What would you could? Yeah, you could 2614 02:21:25.319 --> 02:21:27.399 do that. I think if it were mine, it or 2615 02:21:27.440 --> 02:21:31.360 eight feet long. I would take PVC and make arches 2616 02:21:31.520 --> 02:21:34.280 to go over the plant, so you're making like a tunnel, 2617 02:21:35.120 --> 02:21:37.280 and then you put the plastic over the whole tunnel, 2618 02:21:37.959 --> 02:21:40.120 and then you put a couple of lamps. You know 2619 02:21:40.200 --> 02:21:42.399 it's eight feet long, so put the lamps about four 2620 02:21:42.399 --> 02:21:46.479 feet apart underneath there, and that would definitely protect them. 2621 02:21:47.239 --> 02:21:51.719 The the PVC holds plastic up, plastic keeps air from moving. 2622 02:21:51.760 --> 02:21:54.479 You don't want plastic to touch plants. But with those hibiscus, 2623 02:21:55.079 --> 02:21:57.399 you know they're already the leaves are probably falling off 2624 02:21:57.399 --> 02:22:00.520 and not looking very great anyway, and fresh growth will 2625 02:22:00.520 --> 02:22:02.680 come out next spring. But if you go to the 2626 02:22:02.799 --> 02:22:05.719 if you go to garden line Facebook page, I just 2627 02:22:05.840 --> 02:22:07.719 kind of show you how to do it on one plant. 2628 02:22:08.520 --> 02:22:10.920 It may make it easier to kind of picture what 2629 02:22:11.040 --> 02:22:11.840 I'm talking about. 2630 02:22:13.120 --> 02:22:15.280 Okay, I think I can get kind of a mental 2631 02:22:15.319 --> 02:22:18.760 picture because you're talking about the PDC pipe that those 2632 02:22:19.079 --> 02:22:19.760 really long. 2633 02:22:21.159 --> 02:22:23.399 They're probably at least ten twelve feet. 2634 02:22:23.200 --> 02:22:23.920 Tall or whatever. 2635 02:22:25.239 --> 02:22:25.799 Yeah, probably. 2636 02:22:26.360 --> 02:22:30.760 Okay, what about what about blankets on the ground? Does 2637 02:22:30.799 --> 02:22:33.600 that help it all? 2638 02:22:33.719 --> 02:22:36.719 Well? You could you could put anything over the PVC. 2639 02:22:36.879 --> 02:22:39.159 I mean you could use tarps, you could use rope, 2640 02:22:39.280 --> 02:22:42.239 the thick row cover fabric, if you had a blanket 2641 02:22:42.280 --> 02:22:44.600 that size, you could use it. We're just trying to 2642 02:22:44.639 --> 02:22:47.760 create a dead air space underneath there so that the 2643 02:22:47.799 --> 02:22:52.559 soil warmth rises up underneath that tunnel or underneath that 2644 02:22:52.600 --> 02:22:57.159 PVC hoop, and it helps protect the plant and when 2645 02:22:57.200 --> 02:22:59.079 you warm the air a little bit, it kind of 2646 02:22:59.120 --> 02:23:01.719 stays warm because wind is not blowing the air right 2647 02:23:01.760 --> 02:23:06.639 out from under there. That that's the goal. So uh yeah, 2648 02:23:06.719 --> 02:23:08.639 you can. You can go about that either way. 2649 02:23:09.760 --> 02:23:13.200 Okay, Well, I understand that. I was thinking though of 2650 02:23:13.319 --> 02:23:16.079 putting like some old comforters or whatever to cover the 2651 02:23:16.079 --> 02:23:19.040 ground to keep it warm with the flood lambs under it. 2652 02:23:19.079 --> 02:23:21.520 Bit at that point it would probably block the heat 2653 02:23:21.520 --> 02:23:22.079 from rising. 2654 02:23:23.479 --> 02:23:26.040 I see, yes, that's correct. You do not want. In fact, 2655 02:23:26.159 --> 02:23:28.760 I have a plant that I've covered like that, and 2656 02:23:28.879 --> 02:23:31.040 first thing I did is scrape all the mult back 2657 02:23:31.120 --> 02:23:35.559 from underneath that PVC hoop because the soil will warm 2658 02:23:35.639 --> 02:23:38.479 and the soil will radiate that heat up, and molts 2659 02:23:38.959 --> 02:23:42.360 help pull the soil in the soil warm thing. So yeah, 2660 02:23:42.399 --> 02:23:44.239 you want you want bear soil. You don't want to 2661 02:23:44.280 --> 02:23:46.479 blanket over it. You don't want mulch over it for 2662 02:23:46.639 --> 02:23:49.200 best results. Now, these are all, you know, like ten 2663 02:23:49.280 --> 02:23:51.360 different things you can do that each one helps a 2664 02:23:51.399 --> 02:23:54.120 little bit. So if you don't do them all, that's okay. 2665 02:23:54.440 --> 02:23:58.440 But okay, okay, well they're they're like my babies. 2666 02:23:58.079 --> 02:23:58.239 So. 2667 02:24:00.120 --> 02:24:03.040 I know, well, I have a cajun hibescus that I 2668 02:24:03.120 --> 02:24:06.200 really love. Those are outstanding. 2669 02:24:06.319 --> 02:24:09.079 Yeah, they're just you know, and I just stumbled across 2670 02:24:09.159 --> 02:24:11.479 it in a flea market and it has just been 2671 02:24:11.520 --> 02:24:14.280 the most beautiful plan. I get so many compliments on it. 2672 02:24:14.760 --> 02:24:16.079 So okay, well, thank you. 2673 02:24:16.280 --> 02:24:17.879 I really appreciate your health. 2674 02:24:17.879 --> 02:24:18.959 It was very informative. 2675 02:24:20.280 --> 02:24:22.360 All right, Well, good, that's good. Thanks for the call. 2676 02:24:22.440 --> 02:24:23.600 Appreciate you being listener. 2677 02:24:23.719 --> 02:24:24.959 Have a great thank. 2678 02:24:26.399 --> 02:24:28.440 You as well. We're gonna go out now to Houston. 2679 02:24:28.520 --> 02:24:31.239 Talk to Danny. Hey, Danny, welcome to garden Line. 2680 02:24:31.319 --> 02:24:34.239 Hey, yeah, good morning, sir, Thank you for taking my call. 2681 02:24:35.520 --> 02:24:41.520 I have two mule palms that are still in their 2682 02:24:41.559 --> 02:24:44.600 pots pots, meaning they're big. They're like, you know, four 2683 02:24:44.639 --> 02:24:45.360 foot circles. 2684 02:24:45.440 --> 02:24:45.639 Right. 2685 02:24:46.840 --> 02:24:48.399 You just scared me when you were talking to that 2686 02:24:48.479 --> 02:24:50.600 other young lady about the mult because I went and 2687 02:24:50.639 --> 02:24:53.559 bought like eight bags of mulch and I put it 2688 02:24:53.719 --> 02:24:57.920 inside the pot around the base to keep it warm 2689 02:24:58.000 --> 02:25:02.360 during the last little Coltsville. Can you give me some 2690 02:25:02.360 --> 02:25:06.920 suggestions on how to take care of these during this 2691 02:25:06.959 --> 02:25:07.520 hard reason? 2692 02:25:08.680 --> 02:25:11.159 You bet so. For everybody listening, I want to clarify 2693 02:25:11.200 --> 02:25:14.280 that mult thing that I said. When I said the 2694 02:25:14.360 --> 02:25:16.520 molt thing, I'm talking about where you completely cover a 2695 02:25:16.559 --> 02:25:20.000 plant and you got the bare soil warmth rising up. 2696 02:25:20.360 --> 02:25:22.159 When you're talking about a palm tree, you're talking a 2697 02:25:22.159 --> 02:25:24.319 big old trunk up there with something at the top, 2698 02:25:24.879 --> 02:25:27.959 and that doesn't really apply. You're not putting the same 2699 02:25:28.040 --> 02:25:30.719 kind of cover over it. So for you to mound 2700 02:25:30.840 --> 02:25:33.719 up soil or cover soil or put a tarp over 2701 02:25:34.040 --> 02:25:37.120 that root ball and protect the roots and things, that's fine. 2702 02:25:37.520 --> 02:25:40.879 Meal palm is very cold hearty. They can take temperatures 2703 02:25:40.920 --> 02:25:45.399 down into the teens when they're you know, in decent shape. 2704 02:25:45.520 --> 02:25:48.159 I just wouldn't necessarily want to try that with the 2705 02:25:48.239 --> 02:25:53.319 roots getting that cold. But yeah, once they're established, they're 2706 02:25:53.399 --> 02:25:56.239 quite hearty. But for this one, let's just protect the 2707 02:25:56.239 --> 02:25:58.760 base of it, the roots a little bit there. And 2708 02:25:59.440 --> 02:26:01.840 I don't see what the kind of weather we're having 2709 02:26:01.879 --> 02:26:04.760 here in Houston area that you need to you need 2710 02:26:04.799 --> 02:26:08.040 to be that concerned about a mule pom. 2711 02:26:07.520 --> 02:26:10.000 Okay, so so so me stacking the mult all the 2712 02:26:10.000 --> 02:26:13.639 way around the base and they're still in their pots 2713 02:26:14.319 --> 02:26:16.920 and putting that most all around there, then it should 2714 02:26:16.920 --> 02:26:18.000 be okay. 2715 02:26:19.000 --> 02:26:22.959 Yes, because you're insulating the roots. Okay, that's what the 2716 02:26:23.040 --> 02:26:25.840 mulch is doing for that palm tree, then saying, I 2717 02:26:25.879 --> 02:26:29.200 don't know that that's necessary. It may it may not be, 2718 02:26:29.639 --> 02:26:31.840 but I'm just saying, don't what I said about mult 2719 02:26:31.959 --> 02:26:34.280 does not apply to what you're doing to that move. 2720 02:26:35.760 --> 02:26:38.719 No, I totally understand, sir. I totally understand, Thank you. 2721 02:26:39.120 --> 02:26:40.639 But I did hear the previous conversation. 2722 02:26:40.719 --> 02:26:44.000 I was like, oh, right, so, yeah, that happens a 2723 02:26:44.000 --> 02:26:46.959 lot on garden line, and I always like that to clarify, Yeah, 2724 02:26:46.959 --> 02:26:49.600 you picked a you picked a great palm. Mule palms 2725 02:26:49.639 --> 02:26:53.040 are awesome. They're hearty, they're fast growing, they're they're just 2726 02:26:53.120 --> 02:26:53.959 they're great. 2727 02:26:54.680 --> 02:26:57.559 Okay, one more question, sir. So I haven't put them 2728 02:26:57.600 --> 02:26:59.840 in the ground because when we got them, which was 2729 02:26:59.879 --> 02:27:02.559 like a month ago, I thought to myself that it's 2730 02:27:02.600 --> 02:27:05.760 not a good time to plant them. Right, So when 2731 02:27:06.600 --> 02:27:08.319 when is a good time to put them in the ground. 2732 02:27:08.319 --> 02:27:08.959 What would you think? 2733 02:27:10.479 --> 02:27:12.520 We usually plant palms when the weather worms up a 2734 02:27:12.559 --> 02:27:15.600 little bit. You know, they they don't really want to 2735 02:27:16.600 --> 02:27:19.440 mess with growing and stuff until things warm up. So 2736 02:27:20.000 --> 02:27:22.440 whereas with a lot of our trees and stuff, we're saying, hey, 2737 02:27:22.520 --> 02:27:24.680 get them planted and fall in winter, you know, before 2738 02:27:24.680 --> 02:27:26.920 the heat of the summer arrives. People plant palm trees 2739 02:27:26.920 --> 02:27:31.520 in the middle of hot summer, so you don't you're 2740 02:27:31.520 --> 02:27:33.280 not in a hurry. But when it warms up a 2741 02:27:33.319 --> 02:27:34.799 little bit, you can get that thing in the ground. 2742 02:27:35.840 --> 02:27:39.120 Okay, all right, thank you for taking my call. I 2743 02:27:39.239 --> 02:27:39.879 love to shows. 2744 02:27:39.920 --> 02:27:40.479 You're awesome. 2745 02:27:41.799 --> 02:27:45.680 Thank you appreciate that. Good luck with that. Well, there 2746 02:27:45.719 --> 02:27:48.559 we did it. We put another, put another show in 2747 02:27:48.600 --> 02:27:53.639 the books. Wish you well, stay warm this this week. 2748 02:27:54.600 --> 02:27:57.200 This is the kind of weather that gives our fruit 2749 02:27:57.239 --> 02:28:02.000 trees great chilling. Chilling hours occur primarily around forty degrees 2750 02:28:02.120 --> 02:28:04.920 forty five thirty five somewhere in there. We're going to 2751 02:28:05.000 --> 02:28:07.520 have a lot of that weather as we go through. 2752 02:28:08.000 --> 02:28:11.079 So who knows, maybe you have a good bloom and 2753 02:28:11.079 --> 02:28:15.200 a good fruit production coming there with fruit. Talk to 2754 02:28:15.239 --> 02:28:16.040 you tomorrow.