WEBVTT 1 00:00:08.640 --> 00:00:12.640 Welcome to Katie r. H. Garden Line with Skip Rickards. 2 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:18.399 Yes, Mill Basy, he's bad in the bassis, gas baby, 3 00:00:18.440 --> 00:00:23.320 can't you shrimp? You just watch him as well? Go 4 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:29.000 the store basis gas can you did something? It protas 5 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:33.240 to seep backs in the bad the bases like gas 6 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:39.640 and again you did SMOs back not a side the 7 00:00:39.679 --> 00:00:47.079 bassis gas sun beam and down the dreaming bras in 8 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:48.640 the basis like gas baby. 9 00:00:48.719 --> 00:00:49.679 Can't you jam. 10 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:55.280 First starting and dreaming in the gasses? 11 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:59.439 I guess became you did everything is something? 12 00:01:05.400 --> 00:01:05.879 All right? 13 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:12.719 Good morning, folks, Good morning, and welcome to garden Line. 14 00:01:13.079 --> 00:01:16.680 Looking forward to visiting today about the things that are 15 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:19.280 of interest to you. That's what this is a calling 16 00:01:19.439 --> 00:01:21.959 radio show. So if you have some questions you'd like 17 00:01:22.079 --> 00:01:23.840 to ask, well, all you gotta do is give me 18 00:01:23.879 --> 00:01:27.159 a call seven one three two one two five eight 19 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:30.480 seven four seven one three two one two fifty eight 20 00:01:30.640 --> 00:01:34.439 seventy four Here on garden Line, we uh. I guess 21 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:37.439 my motto or whatever for the show is I want 22 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:40.439 you to have a bountiful garden, a beautiful landscape and 23 00:01:40.920 --> 00:01:44.000 fun in the process. That's that's the part we don't 24 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:47.040 want to forget. You know, gardening is supposed to be fun, 25 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:52.879 and it is fun. Gardening is. It's good for the soul, 26 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:55.159 it's good for the mind, it's good for the body. 27 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:57.959 It just there's a reason that there was a thing 28 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:00.239 called a garden of Eden. You know, we we are, 29 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:03.159 we are made to be in a garden, we really are. 30 00:02:03.519 --> 00:02:05.799 I just think that in every way, shape and form, 31 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:11.560 being outdoors and nature is such a rejuvenating experience. And 32 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:13.560 I know, you know, we go through the ups and 33 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:17.840 downs of gardening. We have weather extremes, finally now getting 34 00:02:17.919 --> 00:02:21.560 through some of this rainfall that we had, or mostly 35 00:02:21.719 --> 00:02:26.479 just kind of a misty, overcast, nasty day yesterday this morning. 36 00:02:26.560 --> 00:02:29.919 But guess what happens today? We get some sunshine back 37 00:02:30.039 --> 00:02:32.120 and we have a good week, a really good week 38 00:02:32.159 --> 00:02:35.280 to be outside getting some things done. And so I 39 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:39.599 hope you will take advantage of that. Gardening is good 40 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:43.280 exercise too, by the way, getting up, getting down, walking around, 41 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:48.159 moving sometimes you can. Let wellis let me put it 42 00:02:48.240 --> 00:02:52.439 this way. If you are a good gardener, gardening is 43 00:02:52.520 --> 00:02:55.639 good exercise. If you are a bad gardener, gardening is great. 44 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:59.719 Exercise because you get to dig up stuff you killed, 45 00:03:00.120 --> 00:03:02.560 You get to pool weeds you didn't take care of 46 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:05.560 ahead of time, I said, a little tongue in cheek there, 47 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:06.840 but you get what I'm talking about. 48 00:03:07.120 --> 00:03:10.759 Gardening is just it's really a fun process and we 49 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:17.360 want you to have success. Absolutely. One example of the 50 00:03:18.400 --> 00:03:21.719 types of plants that people just love and you don't 51 00:03:21.759 --> 00:03:23.199 think about it this way. If I say what's your 52 00:03:23.240 --> 00:03:25.759 favorite plant, nobody says my lawn. But it seems like 53 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:28.280 everybody has a lawn, you know, just about I mean, 54 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:29.840 if you have space to have a lawn and you 55 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:33.199 usually people have a lawn, and it's this big green expanse. 56 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:36.800 It's the outdoor carpet of our landscapes. It sets the 57 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:39.960 scene for the home, for other gardens. It's a way 58 00:03:40.479 --> 00:03:43.400 to get from the house to some back garden bed 59 00:03:43.560 --> 00:03:46.479 or garden or orchard or whatever you have. And the 60 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:50.840 lawn is just a standard part of our American landscapes now. 61 00:03:51.319 --> 00:03:54.120 And while you may not go, well, that's my favorite plant, well, 62 00:03:54.599 --> 00:03:57.120 it still is the area that makes a phone ring 63 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:01.439 on garden line more than anything. Trees are right behind 64 00:04:01.639 --> 00:04:04.319 the lawns in terms of frequency of questions and things 65 00:04:04.360 --> 00:04:07.199 that we get because lawns are important. They're important to 66 00:04:07.240 --> 00:04:10.800 people and taking care of them is important. There are 67 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:13.000 a lot of good products out there that will help 68 00:04:13.120 --> 00:04:15.280 you have success with your lawn, whether you're dealing with 69 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:19.120 insects pests, whether you're dealing with diseases, or we're dealing 70 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:22.519 with weeds, or just wanting that garden or that lawn 71 00:04:22.600 --> 00:04:25.480 area to grow better. And Sweet Green is an example 72 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:29.399 of that. Sweet Greens from Nitropos. It is an eleven 73 00:04:29.480 --> 00:04:32.920 percent nitrogen fertilizer, which is very high for an organic fertilizer, 74 00:04:33.759 --> 00:04:38.480 but Sweet Green, through biological activity on molasses, ends up 75 00:04:38.800 --> 00:04:43.600 being something that releases quickly to the soil where microbes 76 00:04:44.079 --> 00:04:46.720 number one. They love it because they like any kind 77 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:50.519 of a sugar molasses based product that really fires up, 78 00:04:50.639 --> 00:04:53.800 especially a lot of the beneficial bacteria, and it releases 79 00:04:53.879 --> 00:04:56.040 it to your plants and your plants do well. Sweet 80 00:04:56.079 --> 00:04:59.480 Green from Nitrofos is available widely in our area. You 81 00:04:59.560 --> 00:05:02.680 can find it all across the region. Really plants and 82 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.480 things over in Brenham carry nitro Foss products. The M 83 00:05:05.560 --> 00:05:08.399 and DS on Beamer and are the one of Beemer, 84 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.600 the one Clear Lake as well on Bay Area Boulevard 85 00:05:12.120 --> 00:05:14.360 carry it D and D feed and Tomball's. Another place 86 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:17.000 where nitrofost products are sold as is M and D 87 00:05:17.160 --> 00:05:20.759 s in Cypress on Lubetta Road. M and D ACE 88 00:05:21.279 --> 00:05:25.800 in Cypress area. Carry is that. So however you go 89 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:28.120 about it, where you find it, you need to give 90 00:05:28.199 --> 00:05:31.399 it a shot. You're going to find that the fragrance 91 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:34.040 of it is pleasant. You don't usually say, you know, oh, 92 00:05:34.120 --> 00:05:38.240 this fertilizer smells great, but this one really smells great. 93 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:41.079 It's easy to go on and at bottom line as 94 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.639 it works. We're going to go now to the phones 95 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.879 and head down to Wharton to talk to Ann. Hello, Ann, 96 00:05:47.959 --> 00:05:48.920 Welcome to garden Line. 97 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:53.720 Yes for good morning. My question is about my me 98 00:05:53.920 --> 00:05:58.639 host satsuma that's fairly large, six foot by seven or 99 00:05:58.720 --> 00:06:02.839 eight foot, and it's I've sprayed for the white fly 100 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.000 that it's been plagued with this past year and years, 101 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:09.759 but I cannot get the black sut off the leaves. 102 00:06:11.079 --> 00:06:12.279 What do I do for that? 103 00:06:12.439 --> 00:06:17.079 I know it's not good for it's yeah, well, the 104 00:06:17.199 --> 00:06:20.959 set is growing on a sugary substance that insects release, 105 00:06:21.519 --> 00:06:27.319 and so you is it dries, it tends to flake off, 106 00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:29.839 you can spray it with a very mild soapy type 107 00:06:29.879 --> 00:06:34.720 of spray and then blast off the soapy substance to 108 00:06:34.839 --> 00:06:36.920 kind of help loosen get some of that off there. 109 00:06:37.560 --> 00:06:40.279 It does kind of wear away, if you will, over 110 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:43.920 time anyway, and as new growth appears, then that's new 111 00:06:44.000 --> 00:06:46.399 area that doesn't yet have the sit on it. What 112 00:06:46.560 --> 00:06:48.600 you need to figure out is why it's there. Maybe 113 00:06:48.720 --> 00:06:52.639 you've got some scale underneath the leaves of that satsuma, 114 00:06:52.680 --> 00:06:54.399 and you flip a leaf over and you see these 115 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:57.920 little tiny things like fish scales, but maybe a small 116 00:06:58.199 --> 00:07:02.199 or smaller than a tight lower case letter O. That's 117 00:07:02.279 --> 00:07:05.639 a scale. And you can control those different ways. The 118 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:09.160 least toxic way to control them is to use a 119 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:13.639 horticultural oil spray spray upward from underneath the plant to 120 00:07:13.800 --> 00:07:16.240 coat as many of the lower sides of the leaves 121 00:07:16.279 --> 00:07:19.279 as you can, and the better you coat those scale 122 00:07:20.279 --> 00:07:24.079 not nime well, nim oil is okay. There are other 123 00:07:24.199 --> 00:07:28.399 horticultural oils too. There's many types of oil that's labeled 124 00:07:28.439 --> 00:07:30.560 for spraying on plants. You just want to get one 125 00:07:30.639 --> 00:07:34.399 that's labeled for spraying on growing tissue, not a dormant oil, 126 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:38.120 but we call them a summer oil or horticultural oil 127 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.560 NIM is an example of an oil but there are 128 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:45.040 many others. And again with oil, and you just need 129 00:07:45.120 --> 00:07:48.120 to remember coverage is everything. You got to have really 130 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:50.519 good coverage in order for it to work. And I 131 00:07:50.560 --> 00:07:52.879 think that'll shut it down. Over time, You're going to 132 00:07:53.199 --> 00:07:57.360 have less and less of that sooty mold. Okay, well, 133 00:07:57.600 --> 00:08:01.839 it's just a problem. I'm gonna have to I'm gonna 134 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:04.519 have to run here. If you need to continue the questions, 135 00:08:04.759 --> 00:08:06.399 I'm gonna have to put you on hold. But if not, 136 00:08:06.560 --> 00:08:11.000 I hope that hope that took care of it. Hey, 137 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:13.079 welcome to Garden Line, folks. Good to have you back. 138 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.079 If you haven't been out to Nelson Water Garden and Nursery, 139 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.680 I'm katie, you need to. You need to go check 140 00:08:20.720 --> 00:08:25.480 that out. This place is it is your West Houston 141 00:08:26.360 --> 00:08:28.600 garden center choice. I'll just put it that way. It's 142 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:32.039 a destination too. By the way, Nelson Nursery and Water 143 00:08:32.159 --> 00:08:35.200 Gardens is a place where not only do you find 144 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.360 plants and the products to go with them. You know, 145 00:08:37.440 --> 00:08:41.440 you're ter fertilizers, We control things like that, but the 146 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:45.279 water garden displays there are outstanding you can you will 147 00:08:45.320 --> 00:08:48.360 get inspiration I promise you that because they have everything 148 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:51.039 they do, they will come and install water gardens for you, 149 00:08:51.360 --> 00:08:54.679 or they will sell you the parts and you can 150 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:56.679 do it do it yourself for depending on you know 151 00:08:56.840 --> 00:08:59.120 how deeople you want to get into it. I mean 152 00:08:59.200 --> 00:09:02.320 there's things like a disappearing fountain. It's a big beautiful vase. 153 00:09:02.799 --> 00:09:06.200 Water goes out the top, down the sides, comes back through, 154 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:10.080 circulates again and it's just gorgeous. The birds will love it. 155 00:09:10.240 --> 00:09:13.399 Beneficial insects actually love love water too. They need a 156 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:18.320 source of moisture as well. But for your esthetic, for 157 00:09:18.600 --> 00:09:22.759 your audio enjoyment, I love the sound of water, and 158 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.120 Nelson Water Gardens is just absolutely like that. And then 159 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:28.879 Nelson's Nursery, the nursery part of it is going to 160 00:09:28.919 --> 00:09:30.759 carry all the plants you need, and right now they're 161 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.039 stocked up. And the houseplant section where you have to 162 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:35.759 walk through that going through the store, it is just gorgeous, 163 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:40.320 some of those beautiful, well tended, just perfect little houseplants. 164 00:09:40.639 --> 00:09:43.320 I love that place really nice. And then you get 165 00:09:43.360 --> 00:09:45.320 outside and you see the herbs and you see the 166 00:09:45.440 --> 00:09:48.200 vegetables and flowers and shrubs and trees and fruit and 167 00:09:48.279 --> 00:09:51.559 everything else. It's cool. It is absolutely cool. Allow you 168 00:09:51.639 --> 00:09:54.159 still some time to walk around. Take your friends with 169 00:09:54.279 --> 00:09:57.440 you when you go, because it's really a destination place 170 00:09:57.639 --> 00:10:02.879 worth going to. The website is Nelsonwatergardens dot com. It's 171 00:10:02.919 --> 00:10:07.480 on the Kadie Fort Ben Road, just just north of Ien. 172 00:10:07.679 --> 00:10:10.840 As you're going out that direction, and when you get there, 173 00:10:10.960 --> 00:10:12.960 you'll see why I'm excited about it. Well, I love 174 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:16.919 to go there. Talk to the folks there. They're very knowledgeable. 175 00:10:16.960 --> 00:10:18.919 They've been in the nursery business for a long time 176 00:10:19.000 --> 00:10:21.399 and they know what they're talking about. Nelson Water Gardens 177 00:10:21.440 --> 00:10:24.840 and nursery. We're going to go back to Anne out 178 00:10:24.960 --> 00:10:27.840 in Wharton. Now, Hey, Anne, how can we continue this 179 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:29.000 conversation and help? 180 00:10:29.799 --> 00:10:32.360 Yes, sir, My final question is how do I get 181 00:10:32.480 --> 00:10:35.320 rid of the wild violets in the Saint Augustine. What 182 00:10:35.399 --> 00:10:37.360 do I need to spray with or put down? 183 00:10:38.840 --> 00:10:42.840 Yeah, that takes. That takes a broad leaf post emergent 184 00:10:43.320 --> 00:10:46.679 weed control product, and so you will find a number 185 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:50.559 of ones out there. If you have not fertilized your lawn, 186 00:10:51.399 --> 00:10:55.720 you could use something like Nelson's weedon Nator Nelson Weed 187 00:10:55.799 --> 00:10:59.519 and Nator. It is a fertilizer that has a broad 188 00:10:59.559 --> 00:11:02.559 leaf wel in it. You just wet turn on the 189 00:11:02.559 --> 00:11:06.000 sprinkler and barely wet the foliage. All you need is 190 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:08.759 damp leaves. You don't need wet soil uh and put 191 00:11:08.840 --> 00:11:11.840 it on and it sticks to those leaves. That dry 192 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:14.639 fertilizer sticks to the wet leaves. And then give it 193 00:11:14.639 --> 00:11:17.039 a couple of days maybe and then watered in uh 194 00:11:17.159 --> 00:11:19.440 and it will do a good job on broadleaf weeds 195 00:11:19.480 --> 00:11:21.759 in your lawn. And then it continues on as a 196 00:11:21.799 --> 00:11:24.879 fertilizer for several months actually feeding your your turf. 197 00:11:25.559 --> 00:11:26.919 What is the chemical in there? 198 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:32.840 What is the that that there are Well, there's a 199 00:11:32.960 --> 00:11:35.519 number of different things. There's go ahead. 200 00:11:36.559 --> 00:11:39.080 I don't know if I can have availability to that 201 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:40.559 product in my area. 202 00:11:43.360 --> 00:11:47.480 Nelson, Yeah, Nelson products are widely available through the area. 203 00:11:47.519 --> 00:11:49.759 I would, you know, I would talk to them down there. 204 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:54.279 A Wharton Ace hardware store probably has that if they don't. 205 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:58.960 If they don't have that, another product that works just 206 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:02.039 as well is nitroposs and it is a fifteen to 207 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:05.480 five y ten with trimech in it tri I nec. 208 00:12:06.159 --> 00:12:08.759 Now the trimeac, the trimac is going to do the 209 00:12:08.799 --> 00:12:12.080 same thing you got to have wet weeds. You put 210 00:12:12.159 --> 00:12:14.879 this fertilizer down, it sticks to the leaves. It does 211 00:12:14.960 --> 00:12:19.120 the same same type of procedure as far as getting 212 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:21.039 getting rid of those. Both of those will take care 213 00:12:21.080 --> 00:12:21.879 of broadly fweds. 214 00:12:22.720 --> 00:12:24.720 Okay, very good, Thanks a bunch. 215 00:12:25.279 --> 00:12:27.799 All right, all right, say hey to the folks down 216 00:12:27.840 --> 00:12:29.639 at Ace down there. There's been a while since I've 217 00:12:29.679 --> 00:12:31.519 been down, but boy, I love that store. It's a 218 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.039 good one. You're lucky to have them. Wonderful store. Thank you, 219 00:12:35.360 --> 00:12:39.440 bye bye, all right, Thanks, Ann, appreciate your call. Thanks 220 00:12:39.480 --> 00:12:44.440 a lot. Appreciate that. Yeah. A touch Star weedinator is 221 00:12:44.559 --> 00:12:47.600 one of those that is a unique product because what 222 00:12:47.759 --> 00:12:51.360 it does is it does have the weed control in it, 223 00:12:51.440 --> 00:12:54.759 but it also has something that is acting as a 224 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:58.799 growth regulator for the grass. So the grass you don't 225 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:02.399 get that rapid vertical growth or the rapid development like that, 226 00:13:02.559 --> 00:13:05.200 so you're not mowing so much, you know, you sometimes 227 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.960 you fertilize. It's like, my gosh, I'm in mowed twice 228 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:10.799 a week. Keep up with this thing. Well, with the 229 00:13:10.840 --> 00:13:13.759 weed eater, it does have that growth regulator slows it 230 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:15.519 down a little bit. And so in addition to that, 231 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:18.279 getting a month's of the fertilizer d kind of a 232 00:13:18.320 --> 00:13:20.440 good thing. It's one of the many products they have. 233 00:13:20.559 --> 00:13:24.480 Nelson also has Bruce's Brew that's their immediate release. Bruce's 234 00:13:24.559 --> 00:13:27.559 Brew lasts for a good while. I say it's immediate 235 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:31.080 release has an initial fast release of nutrients, but then 236 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:33.960 it kind of evens out and releases over a little 237 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:36.399 period of time too, so it's not just like a 238 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:39.320 one and done, real quick thing. Bruce's Brew is going 239 00:13:39.399 --> 00:13:41.759 to give you a little bit of an extended feed 240 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:46.039 as well as that initial release. Very popular products from 241 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:48.639 Nelson and you should be able to find them in 242 00:13:48.720 --> 00:13:51.120 a lot of different places around the Greater Houston area. 243 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.679 You're listening to Gardenline and let's see seven one three 244 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:59.120 two one two kt r H is our phone number. 245 00:13:59.639 --> 00:14:02.399 I want to remind you or let you know. First 246 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:05.759 of all, thanks to the folks up at all seasons, 247 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:09.440 Ason Willis. I enjoyed going out there yesterday. I enjoyed 248 00:14:09.480 --> 00:14:12.080 getting to meet folks that listen to garden Line is 249 00:14:12.159 --> 00:14:14.440 a that is always a lot of fun to get 250 00:14:14.440 --> 00:14:16.399 to go and do that and help folks find the 251 00:14:16.480 --> 00:14:19.240 products they need to have success with their lawn and 252 00:14:19.320 --> 00:14:21.519 their garden. The next time I'm going to be out 253 00:14:21.559 --> 00:14:24.960 and about is going to be next Saturday. I'll be 254 00:14:25.200 --> 00:14:29.720 at the annual Spring Montgomery County Home and Outdoor Living Show. 255 00:14:29.919 --> 00:14:31.679 This is a great show. It's at the Lone Star 256 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:35.960 Convention Center right there on Airport Road in Conroe, right 257 00:14:36.039 --> 00:14:40.279 across from the Extension office, Yager Life Extension Office. And 258 00:14:40.399 --> 00:14:43.840 I'll be there again on Saturday. And the show is 259 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:46.440 open on Saturday from ten am to six and on 260 00:14:46.600 --> 00:14:49.679 Sunday from eleven am to five. There's no charge for 261 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:53.120 admission to get in. There is no charge for parking, 262 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:55.799 so that that is a really good deal. Now I'll 263 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:59.039 be there from twelve noon to two pm, So grab 264 00:14:59.120 --> 00:15:02.399 you some lunch, come on out. That's a visit. Montgomery 265 00:15:02.399 --> 00:15:04.399 County Master Gardeners are going to be there. They're going 266 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:07.039 to just have the typical kind of home show they 267 00:15:07.120 --> 00:15:10.600 put on, which is an awesome one. Lots of different 268 00:15:10.720 --> 00:15:15.440 kinds of exhibitors and then a lot of good information too, 269 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:18.720 coming from folks that are educating you. Now I'm going 270 00:15:18.759 --> 00:15:20.840 to be talking a little bit about how to have 271 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:24.840 a successful spring garden. Talk a little vegetables, a little flowers, 272 00:15:25.000 --> 00:15:28.799 definitely some lawns and trees, and then I'll just answer 273 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:31.679 your gardening questions. So, if you got weeds that you're 274 00:15:31.720 --> 00:15:33.799 looking at in the yard, put them in a bag, 275 00:15:34.200 --> 00:15:37.799 bring them, let's take a look. We'll make them, put 276 00:15:37.840 --> 00:15:39.919 them under a hot lamp and interrogate them and make 277 00:15:40.000 --> 00:15:42.000 them confess their names, and then I'll tell you what 278 00:15:42.080 --> 00:15:44.639 to use to manage them. But we'll just give you 279 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:47.960 general tips. If you've got some photos of your property 280 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:50.679 and you would like to ask questions, a photo is 281 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:52.679 very helpful, you know, as we wave our hands in 282 00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:54.519 the air and go, well, there's this thing and it 283 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:56.240 looks sort of it's kind of hard to help that, 284 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:59.080 But bring me a photo. We'll take a look at it, 285 00:15:59.279 --> 00:16:01.200 and we'll have some time to visit again. I'm going 286 00:16:01.279 --> 00:16:04.480 to do a little talk there first before we go 287 00:16:04.720 --> 00:16:08.320 to the We go to the just pure Q and 288 00:16:08.399 --> 00:16:14.080 a time two hours, twelve noon to two pm next Saturday, 289 00:16:14.240 --> 00:16:18.480 Lone Star Convention Center, Montgomery County Home and Outdoor Living Show. 290 00:16:18.480 --> 00:16:20.840 I hope you'll come out and see me there. I 291 00:16:20.879 --> 00:16:23.879 would love that. Hope we'll have a good time. I 292 00:16:23.919 --> 00:16:26.840 always try to have fun. Ive you've been to the appearances, No, 293 00:16:27.000 --> 00:16:29.120 we try to joke around and have some thun as. 294 00:16:29.200 --> 00:16:33.799 We do that as well. Down in the Richmond Rosenburg 295 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:37.519 area is enchanted forests. Now in Channa Forest is south 296 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:42.519 of Interstate or Highway fifty nine. And if you if 297 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:45.000 you are going from Richmond towards sugar Land, it's off 298 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:49.480 to the right. It's down on FM twenty seven fifty nine. 299 00:16:49.960 --> 00:16:52.919 FM twenty seven fifty nine now in Channed Forest is 300 00:16:53.120 --> 00:16:56.279 just a haven for all kinds of plants. They you know, 301 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:59.559 they took everything in and filled up the greenhouses and 302 00:16:59.639 --> 00:17:02.960 the bill buildings and even their offices with plants when 303 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:05.400 we had this freeze come through. So everything looks good. 304 00:17:05.480 --> 00:17:09.319 It's back out on the tables and it looks awesome. 305 00:17:09.799 --> 00:17:12.640 You're you are going to find a selection of vegetables. 306 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:14.599 You can find a selection of herbs. You're going to 307 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:18.000 find a selection of flowers that is just beautiful, with 308 00:17:18.319 --> 00:17:22.119 very healthy, very beautiful plants. They still have their fruit trees. 309 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.359 You know, there's a there is all kinds of fruit 310 00:17:25.440 --> 00:17:29.279 there at enchanted forests. They've got low choll varieties. You know, 311 00:17:29.359 --> 00:17:31.359 there's apples and peaches and plums. What are kind of 312 00:17:31.359 --> 00:17:34.160 fruits you're looking for? They've got them there, and they 313 00:17:34.160 --> 00:17:36.799 even have some if you haven't cleaned them out yet. 314 00:17:36.839 --> 00:17:39.079 There are three in one trees which are really unique. 315 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:41.240 So you don't have room for three fruit trees. How 316 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:44.640 about a true tree that has three different varieties of 317 00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:47.759 that type of fruit on the tree, so you kind 318 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:50.559 of get three in one. That's exactly what it is. 319 00:17:50.960 --> 00:17:55.359 Good selection of satsumas, including brown select and arctic frost, 320 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:57.960 which is about as hearty as you're going to get 321 00:17:58.000 --> 00:18:00.119 with a satsuma. It's going to go down into the 322 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:03.920 mid teens, if not lower, once it's well established, so 323 00:18:04.039 --> 00:18:07.200 that is hardy for et CEUs. Anyway, you got to 324 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:10.319 get by there. Let them help you turn your place 325 00:18:10.440 --> 00:18:13.839 into a garden of eaton. Yeah, that's my corny dad joke. 326 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:17.960 Garden of eating with fruit, with vegetables, with herbs, and 327 00:18:18.119 --> 00:18:21.240 then a beautiful place with all the blooms that they have. 328 00:18:21.359 --> 00:18:24.839 Grab you one of the Chinese fringe trees when you're 329 00:18:24.880 --> 00:18:28.039 down there. That is my favorite spring blooming tree because 330 00:18:28.759 --> 00:18:31.680 it's beautiful. It has a light fragrance to the shaggy 331 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:35.640 white blooms, and it doesn't get too big. It's not 332 00:18:35.880 --> 00:18:39.000 a giant tree. That's going to take over our typically 333 00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:42.200 smaller urban lots we have these days. It's a medium, 334 00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:45.240 small to medium sized tree and it works really really 335 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.400 well in the landscape. And they have those chended for us. 336 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.799 They carry them. I've been there many times and I 337 00:18:50.799 --> 00:18:53.039 always walk over and say, yep, they're still around there. 338 00:18:53.839 --> 00:18:56.319 Great tree. Great tree to have. All right, let's go 339 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:58.759 out to the Laporte. We're going to talk to Nolan. Hey, Nolan, 340 00:18:58.920 --> 00:19:01.440 welcome to garden Line. Good morning, skips. 341 00:19:01.920 --> 00:19:05.000 I like you to know whether too late the trim 342 00:19:06.000 --> 00:19:10.119 u pantrey pant trees the bottom leves of rhythlow and 343 00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:11.440 they just hang real bad. 344 00:19:11.839 --> 00:19:15.640 And it's it too late to plant seat potatoes. It 345 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:18.119 is not too late to turn pear trees that it 346 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:20.400 is just fine. Any kind of fruit pruning you need 347 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:22.960 to do, or even ornamental pruning, go ahead and get 348 00:19:23.000 --> 00:19:24.759 it done. Sooner you do it the better, because the 349 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:27.240 SAP's starting to flow. You're going to get be getting 350 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.039 leaves and blooms pretty quick here and and so we'd 351 00:19:30.160 --> 00:19:34.279 rather get it sooner than later. As far as potatoes, 352 00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:37.039 you can still plant potatoes, Yes you can. It's it's 353 00:19:37.039 --> 00:19:39.119 all right to do that. Just hurry up and get 354 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.440 it done because you want to give them the longest 355 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:43.519 time you can before it gets really hot, so they 356 00:19:43.599 --> 00:19:46.599 have time to grow and then create those tubers, which 357 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:51.160 is why you're growing the potatoes in the first place. Okay, 358 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:54.119 thank you, all right, all right, sir, right, thank you. 359 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:57.720 I appreciate appreciate that very very much. You take care. 360 00:19:57.839 --> 00:19:58.319 I appreciate it. 361 00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.319 I uh. 362 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.039 I've told you about year Round Houston before Year Round 363 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:06.160 Houston is a company that will come out and they 364 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:10.240 will do core aeration and cop host top dressing. That 365 00:20:10.480 --> 00:20:12.680 core aeration and compost top dressing one of the best 366 00:20:12.759 --> 00:20:15.960 things that you can do for your yard. Now. It's 367 00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:18.759 much easier than messing with all to do it yourself. 368 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:21.720 Just to call them. They work inside the Beltway around Houston, 369 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:24.759 and if you're out in the Richmond Rosenberg area, they 370 00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:28.359 work out in that area too. Year round Houston dot Com. 371 00:20:28.920 --> 00:20:32.400 Year Round Houston dot Com. Here's a phone number if 372 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:34.240 you want to give them a call. Eight three to 373 00:20:34.319 --> 00:20:38.160 two eight eight five five three three five. One of 374 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:40.240 the best things you can do for your lawn for 375 00:20:40.400 --> 00:20:44.720 success is to have it aerrated and compost top dressed 376 00:20:44.720 --> 00:20:47.000 and year round Houston can do that. I'm going to 377 00:20:47.039 --> 00:20:50.559 take a break. I'll be right back, folks. Thank you. 378 00:20:50.759 --> 00:20:53.880 All right, folks, welcome back. I'm your host, Skip Richter. 379 00:20:54.200 --> 00:20:58.000 We are here on garden Line answering your gardening questions, 380 00:20:58.160 --> 00:21:00.920 helping you have a more bountiful garden, more beautiful landscape, 381 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:05.200 and more fun in the process. That is definitely the case. 382 00:21:06.119 --> 00:21:07.640 If you want to give me a call the number 383 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:11.160 seven one three two one two kt r H seven 384 00:21:11.240 --> 00:21:14.799 one three two one two kt RH. I was visiting 385 00:21:15.519 --> 00:21:18.680 with one of the folks from Microlife yesterday. We're kind 386 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:21.079 of drilling down and talking about some of the products 387 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:23.920 that they had and things. And you know, Microlife has 388 00:21:24.000 --> 00:21:26.720 been around for over thirty five years now and it 389 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:32.200 is the leading organic fertilizer in the Houston area. They 390 00:21:32.319 --> 00:21:36.480 have built their company around products that are loaded with 391 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:41.039 microbes and loaded with the nutrients in the ratios that 392 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:44.519 your plants want, and it works. That's as simple as that. 393 00:21:44.680 --> 00:21:47.119 That's one reason why it's still around and growing and 394 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:49.920 coming even more popular. You're not going to burn your 395 00:21:50.000 --> 00:21:54.119 lawn with Microlife products. They are natural based products. Put 396 00:21:54.160 --> 00:21:56.839 them on the soil, they start to get moist or wet, 397 00:21:57.079 --> 00:22:00.640 and the microbes jump on and they take them apart 398 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:03.880 and release exactly the kinds of nutrients and the forms 399 00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:06.960 that the plants need to take up. One of my 400 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:11.480 favorite Microlife products is their standard green bag lawn fertilizer. 401 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:15.000 It's a six two four and you'll find it on 402 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:17.279 my schedule when you go look on there. But I 403 00:22:17.359 --> 00:22:18.920 want to tell you something. This is a little secret here. 404 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:21.920 It's actually not a secret, but I use it for 405 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.799 all kinds of things. 406 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.440 I know. 407 00:22:23.920 --> 00:22:25.880 You know, we think, well, it's the lawn fertilizer, but 408 00:22:25.920 --> 00:22:28.119 I'm telling you I know people that put it on 409 00:22:28.319 --> 00:22:29.400 all kinds of other things. 410 00:22:29.440 --> 00:22:29.559 You know. 411 00:22:29.640 --> 00:22:32.640 Microlife has a product for fruit trees, etcetera. Some other 412 00:22:32.720 --> 00:22:38.480 fruit that's fine. They have a product for acid loving 413 00:22:38.559 --> 00:22:41.119 plants like azaleas and camellias and what. It's kind of 414 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:43.599 a pink bag that they have. What I'm telling you 415 00:22:43.599 --> 00:22:46.079 that sixty four is a universal kind of fertilizer. If 416 00:22:46.119 --> 00:22:47.960 you have someone hand and you you know you've done 417 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:50.039 what you need on your lawn, you got some leftover, 418 00:22:50.200 --> 00:22:51.880 feel free to use it however you want, because it's 419 00:22:51.920 --> 00:22:55.160 gonna work. It is a very good overall fertilizer period 420 00:22:55.599 --> 00:22:59.000 for your plants, and again loaded with microbes. Microbes make 421 00:22:59.079 --> 00:23:02.839 the world go around. Microbes make roots happy. Microbes make 422 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:06.759 organic matter become soil. And microbes are the reason why 423 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:08.640 when you go into a forest or you go into 424 00:23:08.680 --> 00:23:12.599 a meadow, plants are growing and they're happy because there 425 00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:16.079 is a constant cycling of organic matter going on that 426 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:19.079 is helping everything to do well. I mean, think about this. 427 00:23:19.880 --> 00:23:24.359 Think about a place like the redwood trees on the 428 00:23:24.440 --> 00:23:29.519 coasts in California, giant, giant trees. Who took care of 429 00:23:29.559 --> 00:23:34.599 those trees over the eons. Microbes, Microbs did microbes rainfall 430 00:23:34.640 --> 00:23:37.200 in good soil. That's kind of the three things that 431 00:23:37.279 --> 00:23:40.960 made it work. Think about the Great Plains when settlers 432 00:23:41.039 --> 00:23:43.799 came across in Conestoga wagons and the grass was as 433 00:23:43.880 --> 00:23:47.680 deep as a horse's belly. There was nobody doing a 434 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:50.279 crop dust or a fertilizer in that grass. It was 435 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:52.799 microbes run in the world. Now, you come home and 436 00:23:52.880 --> 00:23:55.359 you build a garden, and you want more tomatoes, and 437 00:23:55.480 --> 00:23:58.680 you want better fruit, and you want a nice dense, 438 00:23:58.839 --> 00:24:01.240 thick lawn that you can pounds your feet across and 439 00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:04.480 it still holds up and does well. Well, yeah, we fertilize, 440 00:24:04.519 --> 00:24:06.240 we boost it, we air a, we do all kinds 441 00:24:06.240 --> 00:24:09.680 of things to help that happen. But never forget microbes 442 00:24:09.720 --> 00:24:12.000 are ruling the world. And that's why microlife is based 443 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:17.000 around microbial activity. And they have many products, dry products, granulars. 444 00:24:17.119 --> 00:24:21.160 They have liquid products like the Biomatrix that's an orange 445 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:24.279 label seven one three. The Ocean Harvest is a blue label. 446 00:24:24.319 --> 00:24:27.720 It's a fish based fertilizer four two three. You're going 447 00:24:27.759 --> 00:24:30.079 to find microlife all over town. If you want to 448 00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:33.920 go to the website microlife Fertilizer dot com, you can 449 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:36.839 find all the specific places where you can find it. 450 00:24:36.960 --> 00:24:38.599 And for those of you who aren't around Houston you're 451 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:41.279 living listening to me over in I don't know, New 452 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:45.000 Bramfels or someplace, microlife is available in your areas too, 453 00:24:46.880 --> 00:24:49.119 all right, you are listening to Guardline again the phone 454 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:53.200 number seven one three two one two kt RH seven 455 00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:56.720 one three two one two KTRH. 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They know how 475 00:25:58.160 --> 00:26:00.880 to do so in the safest manner, so you get 476 00:26:01.039 --> 00:26:05.680 long term results, long term results without the worries. You know, 477 00:26:05.799 --> 00:26:08.279 you got pets, you got kids running around out there. 478 00:26:09.160 --> 00:26:11.480 Call Pest Brothers and talk to them. Ask for a quote. 479 00:26:11.839 --> 00:26:14.960 Two eight one two oh six forty six seventy two 480 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:17.599 eight one two o six forty six seventy or go 481 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:22.680 to their website which is the pest brosbros dot com, 482 00:26:22.839 --> 00:26:26.880 Thepestpros dot com. When you're calling them, you gotta to 483 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:31.519 ask them about their mosquito control system that is basically 484 00:26:31.680 --> 00:26:36.279 based on bait station buckets that they put outside. And 485 00:26:37.480 --> 00:26:41.319 let me just say it is fascinating. Maybe later today 486 00:26:41.319 --> 00:26:43.480 I'll tell a little bit more about that specific thing, 487 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:46.680 but it is state of the art. It is super safe, 488 00:26:47.160 --> 00:26:50.079 and it is incredibly effective. And those of you who've 489 00:26:50.079 --> 00:26:54.519 lived in Houston and know about summer with mosquitos, you 490 00:26:54.640 --> 00:26:57.000 got to know about the system called Pest Brothers two 491 00:26:57.039 --> 00:27:01.200 eight one two o six forty six seventy. We're going 492 00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:04.400 to head out now to Vider and talk to Ethel. Hey, Ethel, 493 00:27:04.599 --> 00:27:05.599 welcome to garden Line. 494 00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:12.079 Good morning, good morning. I have two questions. One is 495 00:27:12.279 --> 00:27:17.480 regarding a it's called a lilac bush. Are you familiar 496 00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.039 with those? 497 00:27:20.119 --> 00:27:22.200 Yeah, the cane they grow up further north. 498 00:27:24.799 --> 00:27:29.640 Well, I had seen one here. It was planted, of 499 00:27:29.759 --> 00:27:35.000 course small, and now it's large and beautiful. The person 500 00:27:35.200 --> 00:27:38.279 on the property did not know. Evidently it had been 501 00:27:38.359 --> 00:27:42.720 there while when they purchased the home, and it's smell. Oh, 502 00:27:42.880 --> 00:27:48.880 the fragrance was wonderful. But I didn't know it. Yes 503 00:27:49.079 --> 00:27:51.440 I didn't, but it said it's a bush and there's 504 00:27:51.480 --> 00:27:55.559 this pretty large I didn't know overall to start those. 505 00:27:55.799 --> 00:28:00.559 If they do well here, in general, we don't recommend 506 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:02.759 them now. At the minute I say you can't grow 507 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:04.559 a plant here, the plant's going to try to prove 508 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:07.920 me wrong as well as the gardener. And you may 509 00:28:08.000 --> 00:28:10.960 see some lilacs around here, but they really like a 510 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:15.000 cooler climate like you would have up in the Midwest 511 00:28:15.160 --> 00:28:19.599 or someplace. So if you were looking to plant something, 512 00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:22.000 I would go with something different that has fragrance, if 513 00:28:22.039 --> 00:28:24.279 that's what you're looking for. I kid around with some 514 00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:26.400 gardeners and I always say, well, if you want a lilac, 515 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:29.160 just gets you a lavender colored grape myrtle and spray 516 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:32.480 it with perfume and you've got the same thing. But 517 00:28:32.640 --> 00:28:35.240 that's not quite the same thing for people who grew 518 00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:37.559 up in lilac country and love that fragrance. 519 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:43.799 I understand you have some recommendations that not grow into 520 00:28:43.880 --> 00:28:47.480 a large tree, but maybe just a larger shred that 521 00:28:47.920 --> 00:28:50.119 would be suitable for here. 522 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:54.720 Well, one of my absolute favorite fragrant plants is probably 523 00:28:54.759 --> 00:28:56.640 going to get too large for what you want. But 524 00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:01.240 it is called almond verbina and it makes a good 525 00:29:01.359 --> 00:29:05.200 sized shrub which if you share it back considerably, you 526 00:29:05.319 --> 00:29:08.640 can keep it to a moderate to large size. But 527 00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:11.079 in time it gets pretty long. Oh my gosh, the 528 00:29:11.119 --> 00:29:18.079 fragrance is intoxicating. Very Texas Mountain Laurel, Texas Mountain Laurel. 529 00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:20.480 If the drainage and the soil is okay, get it 530 00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:24.759 on a raised mound. It produces in the spring purple 531 00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:28.000 clusters that look like grapes of flowers that smell like 532 00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:31.400 grape kool aid or the remember grape super bubble bubblegum. 533 00:29:32.119 --> 00:29:36.680 If you remember that, they smell very strongly fragrant, very 534 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:40.759 strongly fragrant. Then there's guardinas that have a nice fragrance. 535 00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:43.279 You know, there are a lot of plants that can 536 00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:46.960 have some fragrance, depending on sunshade, how big you want 537 00:29:47.039 --> 00:29:49.359 it to get, and what's fragrance you like. 538 00:29:50.519 --> 00:29:56.359 Okay, next question is on compost. I had seen an 539 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:59.279 article the other day. It was on goarden line, but 540 00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:04.079 I'm not sure if Nature's Way provided the article or not, 541 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:07.880 but it has said that there was really no need 542 00:30:08.160 --> 00:30:11.839 to change out your current soul if you just get 543 00:30:12.000 --> 00:30:17.359 a good premium organic compost and either mix that in 544 00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:23.000 or put some yes on the top. Okay, if you 545 00:30:23.119 --> 00:30:25.799 have any recommendations. 546 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:28.079 On those, I do ethel I do I have to. 547 00:30:28.160 --> 00:30:30.200 I'm up. I'm up against a heart break. If you 548 00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:32.480 want to hole, we can keep talking. If not, I'll 549 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:35.000 talk about that when I come back from break. Hang 550 00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:37.319 on just a minute, all right, folks, I'll be right back. 551 00:30:39.160 --> 00:30:42.799 All right, folks, we're back. Welcome to garden line. Hey, 552 00:30:42.920 --> 00:30:47.000 if you deal with summer weeds in your lawn, don't 553 00:30:47.039 --> 00:30:49.920 wait until you see the weeds and then try to 554 00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:52.359 spray something that will kill the weeds but not hurt 555 00:30:52.359 --> 00:30:54.720 your Saint Augustine. When the temperatures in the upper eighties 556 00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:59.000 or nineties, barricade. Now, we'll do the trick. You put 557 00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:01.079 it down, you water it in. Half inch of water 558 00:31:01.559 --> 00:31:04.160 goes into the soil. And when all of the summer 559 00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:07.480 eats crabgrass and grassperrs and you know all those things 560 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:09.160 we deal with in the summer, when they try to 561 00:31:09.240 --> 00:31:12.440 sprout the barricades there say no, I'm a barricade. You 562 00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:14.200 can't come through. I Am not going to let you 563 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:16.480 become a weed. We're going to shut you down right 564 00:31:16.519 --> 00:31:19.599 here at the seedling stage. Barricade does that. It comes 565 00:31:19.680 --> 00:31:22.200 in ten pound bag. Ten pound bag covers five thousand 566 00:31:22.200 --> 00:31:24.680 square feet. It's one of the great products from Nitrofoss 567 00:31:24.880 --> 00:31:28.079 that they have all over the place. So if you 568 00:31:28.119 --> 00:31:31.440 go to Barings Hardware on Bissinet, Bearing's on West Timer, 569 00:31:31.720 --> 00:31:34.720 if you go to M and D in Rosenberg, that 570 00:31:35.160 --> 00:31:38.000 is a place you can get Nitrofoss products, Ace Hardware, 571 00:31:38.079 --> 00:31:41.359 City and Memorial Plants for all seasons on two forty nine. 572 00:31:41.400 --> 00:31:45.200 These are all places that carry Nitrofoss products like barricade. 573 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:48.799 But know this, follow my schedule. Don't wait. Do it 574 00:31:49.000 --> 00:31:52.480 now because it prevents weed seeds from establishing. If you 575 00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:55.559 wait until you got three inch grasspur plants or something, 576 00:31:55.960 --> 00:31:59.240 it's too late to use the barricade. It's a preventative, 577 00:31:59.359 --> 00:32:01.119 but it works. But do it now and water it 578 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:03.839 in and you will have a good success with that. 579 00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:06.039 We're going to go back to Vider and talk to 580 00:32:06.160 --> 00:32:09.240 Ethyl and Ethyl. The bottom line on if you're wanting 581 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:11.839 to improve your soil for lawns and things. You can 582 00:32:12.000 --> 00:32:14.400 just put a compost down, you can mix it in. 583 00:32:14.599 --> 00:32:16.519 It only takes a couple of inches. You know, you're 584 00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:19.279 not trying to turn it into a nice fluffy garden bed. 585 00:32:19.720 --> 00:32:21.880 You're just trying to put some organic matter in there 586 00:32:21.960 --> 00:32:24.319 and smooth over the soil and make sure everything is 587 00:32:24.640 --> 00:32:26.680 is kind of level so you're not stepping in holes 588 00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:29.440 when you're walking around on it, and then put your 589 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:31.720 soil down on or your side down on top of 590 00:32:31.799 --> 00:32:33.799 that as it warms up a little bit, so it 591 00:32:33.920 --> 00:32:36.480 is going to be very willing to immediately start to 592 00:32:36.599 --> 00:32:36.920 root in. 593 00:32:39.039 --> 00:32:42.920 Okay, this is primarily going to be for like a 594 00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:48.240 vegetable garden, you know, tomatoes, squash, and then say, you know, 595 00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:50.839 just a few flowering plants. 596 00:32:51.359 --> 00:32:55.200 Okay, well, so for that you have a couple of options. 597 00:32:55.319 --> 00:32:57.519 If you want to try to work with the soil 598 00:32:57.599 --> 00:32:59.640 you have, I'll go back to the same advice, but 599 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:04.119 little more compost mixed in. One of the easiest things 600 00:33:04.359 --> 00:33:07.279 is to buy a bed mix and just have them 601 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:09.160 dump it on the driveway or you go get it 602 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:12.400 in the trailer truck or whatever and put that down 603 00:33:12.559 --> 00:33:15.319 and grow right in that. So you're creating a bed 604 00:33:15.599 --> 00:33:17.200 on top of the ground. It could be just a 605 00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:20.119 mound of soil, or it could have sides on it. 606 00:33:20.279 --> 00:33:21.759 You know, you have a lot of different kinds of 607 00:33:22.400 --> 00:33:27.839 metal and wood and rock sided beds, whatever aesthetics you're wanting. 608 00:33:28.720 --> 00:33:31.519 Just get a good quality bed mix and put that 609 00:33:31.680 --> 00:33:32.400 down to grow. 610 00:33:33.559 --> 00:33:36.160 Okay, all right, Well, we just hadn't been able to 611 00:33:36.359 --> 00:33:40.920 find a well, I guess you'd say a good organic 612 00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:47.920 top soil or compost here, and so I was just one. 613 00:33:48.039 --> 00:33:51.279 We wanted one obviously that was light and didn't have 614 00:33:51.400 --> 00:33:55.759 a horrible smell to it or anything. So okay, all right, 615 00:33:55.920 --> 00:33:58.279 Well that help you. Thank you so much for those 616 00:33:58.400 --> 00:34:01.119 for the information you bet and I. 617 00:34:01.200 --> 00:34:03.440 Understand that you know the problem. You're kind of you're 618 00:34:03.519 --> 00:34:06.119 kind of out there outside of town, and so it's 619 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:09.559 hard to some of the things that are available in 620 00:34:09.639 --> 00:34:11.480 town are a little harder to get out there. You 621 00:34:11.920 --> 00:34:15.480 might want to talk to the people at Heirloom Soils. 622 00:34:15.719 --> 00:34:18.719 I don't know if you've ever called them before, but uh, 623 00:34:18.880 --> 00:34:22.000 there's a there's a place in Porter called Warren's Rock 624 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:26.079 and mult and they will do bulk deliveries. So if 625 00:34:26.159 --> 00:34:29.159 I were you, I would I would consider that and 626 00:34:29.400 --> 00:34:32.519 just you know, unless you just need a tiny bit, 627 00:34:33.320 --> 00:34:35.199 then you probably need to go get it because the 628 00:34:35.280 --> 00:34:37.719 cost of shipping. If you're just going to get like 629 00:34:37.760 --> 00:34:40.480 a yard of soil, it's not worth that. But if 630 00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:42.719 you're going to get a larger quantity, it may be. 631 00:34:44.280 --> 00:34:47.199 Okay, Okay, we would love to see you do an 632 00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:51.119 appearance over in the Golden Triangle area if you ever 633 00:34:51.199 --> 00:34:52.199 have the opportunity. 634 00:34:54.719 --> 00:34:57.679 All right, well, I would love that. We just have 635 00:34:57.840 --> 00:35:00.400 to see maybe someone out of that direction. We'll have 636 00:35:00.519 --> 00:35:02.639 me come on out there. Haven't been out haven't done 637 00:35:02.639 --> 00:35:04.679 an appearance out there yet, so that would be fun. 638 00:35:04.800 --> 00:35:09.960 Yeah, okay, Randy, thank you several So, yes, we know 639 00:35:10.119 --> 00:35:12.559 that you have not been here yet, and I think 640 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:15.760 you would get a hairy, warm welcome if you come 641 00:35:15.840 --> 00:35:16.840 to the Golden Triangle. 642 00:35:18.159 --> 00:35:22.119 Well let's do that. Then that sound that sounds good? Hey, 643 00:35:22.159 --> 00:35:23.840 By the way, let me real quick if you're interested 644 00:35:23.880 --> 00:35:26.679 in it, in contacting Heirloom, I'm going to give you 645 00:35:26.719 --> 00:35:29.199 a phone number and if you choose to get him 646 00:35:29.199 --> 00:35:33.280 a call, it's two eight one three five four nineteen 647 00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:37.840 fifty two eight one three five four nineteen fifty and 648 00:35:38.039 --> 00:35:39.960 see what they say you know what would it cost 649 00:35:40.000 --> 00:35:41.840 to get it out there? Do they have any other 650 00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:44.679 suggestions for you? But they sure make some good mixes. 651 00:35:45.519 --> 00:35:48.239 Okay, thank you so much. I appreciate the information. 652 00:35:48.360 --> 00:35:49.119 You have a good day. 653 00:35:50.599 --> 00:35:54.519 Thanks for the call. I appreciate that. Yeahoom Heirloom Soils 654 00:35:55.199 --> 00:35:58.440 has several ways you can get stuff. You can buy 655 00:35:58.480 --> 00:36:00.199 it by the bag. It's sold all over town. They 656 00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:02.000 have a lot of different products. I mean they have 657 00:36:02.079 --> 00:36:04.639 products for vegetables and herbs. They've got products for acid 658 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:07.519 living plants. They've got products for cactus and succulents. They've 659 00:36:07.519 --> 00:36:11.400 got products for the houseplant soils. I mean, anything you're 660 00:36:11.400 --> 00:36:13.760 gonna grow, they're gonna have a soil for it. By 661 00:36:13.800 --> 00:36:16.920 the bag. And then they also have bulk. You can 662 00:36:17.000 --> 00:36:19.440 go out to Porter and get it on US fifty 663 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:21.960 nine out there in Porter, or you can have them 664 00:36:22.000 --> 00:36:23.920 deliver it and they can deliver it by dumbing it 665 00:36:24.000 --> 00:36:26.400 on the driveway, or they can bring it in one 666 00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:29.519 qbicyard supersacks. You got to buy at least three supersacks 667 00:36:29.559 --> 00:36:34.320 for delivery because of the amount, and there are always 668 00:36:34.400 --> 00:36:38.199 delivery fees on bulk materials here on gardening types of products. 669 00:36:38.199 --> 00:36:40.719 Here in the Eastern area, but they have a number. 670 00:36:40.800 --> 00:36:43.880 They have a premium lawn mix, which is it's made 671 00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:47.199 with Mason sand in compost and some bed mix and 672 00:36:47.280 --> 00:36:50.320 it's really good for prepping the soil for putting down. Said. 673 00:36:50.320 --> 00:36:52.920 It's a very economical product too, by the way, But 674 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:56.519 however you go about it, you can go to Rockmoltch 675 00:36:56.800 --> 00:37:00.840 dot com r O c K the letter n Mulch 676 00:37:01.199 --> 00:37:04.039 dot com slash delivery, or you can get them call 677 00:37:04.119 --> 00:37:06.639 to eight one three five four nineteen fifty for all 678 00:37:06.679 --> 00:37:09.800 those bulk types of items and then just go to 679 00:37:09.840 --> 00:37:12.800 your local garden centers, your ace hardware stores, your feed stores, 680 00:37:13.360 --> 00:37:16.760 south those fertilizer places like that, or where you're going 681 00:37:16.800 --> 00:37:20.800 to find their products by the bag. I've used them 682 00:37:20.880 --> 00:37:24.239 a number of times in my landscapes and gardens and 683 00:37:24.320 --> 00:37:28.000 find that they work very very well. If you haven't 684 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:30.599 met up the plants for all seasons, you need to go, 685 00:37:30.800 --> 00:37:32.800 especially if you have a vegetable garden. Right now, they 686 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:38.400 got a shipment of onions in, just lots of bunches 687 00:37:38.440 --> 00:37:40.280 of all kinds of onions. You know, we're talking about 688 00:37:40.360 --> 00:37:44.920 red onions, yellow onions, white onions. And they also still 689 00:37:44.960 --> 00:37:47.320 have some potatoes. I believe last time I checked these 690 00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:50.159 potatoes there, it's time to get all those in the ground, 691 00:37:51.119 --> 00:37:53.000 and now's the time to do that. And by the way, 692 00:37:53.039 --> 00:37:56.159 when you're in there, you'll be inside in their area. 693 00:37:56.280 --> 00:37:59.760 Go check out their seeds. They have an excellent selection 694 00:37:59.840 --> 00:38:02.480 of all kinds of seats, flowers, and vegetables, you name it. 695 00:38:03.119 --> 00:38:05.760 It's beautiful and I just like walking around in there. 696 00:38:05.760 --> 00:38:09.719 I mean they have the little glass toadstools that you 697 00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:11.239 put all through the guard you know, that kind of 698 00:38:11.320 --> 00:38:14.199 yard art and things. It's just real whimsicle and fun. 699 00:38:14.960 --> 00:38:17.639 Lots of quality tools. I mean, it's just a good place. 700 00:38:17.719 --> 00:38:19.960 And then of course you got to go outside. They 701 00:38:20.079 --> 00:38:22.360 have the fertilizers I talk about on guard Line, They've 702 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:24.679 got the soil products I talk about on guard Line. 703 00:38:25.039 --> 00:38:27.719 And then their plant selection is just awesome, and the 704 00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:31.440 knowledge of the folks that work there outstanding. You go in, 705 00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:34.119 you ask a question, you get an accurate answer. They 706 00:38:34.280 --> 00:38:37.280 know it, they've seen it before. They're gardeners. They've been 707 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:39.760 doing this since nineteen seventy three. They pretty much have 708 00:38:39.800 --> 00:38:43.000 seen everything you could haul in in a sample or 709 00:38:43.119 --> 00:38:44.800 with a picture, and they're gonna be able to tell 710 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:46.800 you what to do about it. That's it. Plants for 711 00:38:46.880 --> 00:38:51.679 all seasons. They're on Tomball Parkway two forty nine if 712 00:38:51.760 --> 00:38:54.840 you are going north and you exit Luetta crossover Luetta 713 00:38:54.960 --> 00:38:57.679 and they're right there on the right hand side. Plants 714 00:38:57.719 --> 00:39:03.239 for all seasons. I love visiting garden centers. You know, 715 00:39:03.360 --> 00:39:05.920 my happy place is just going from one garden center 716 00:39:06.039 --> 00:39:09.480 to another all over town. That would be a good 717 00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:12.679 day as far as I'm concerned. And it works, works 718 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:16.400 really really well. I was checking out the Peerscap's website 719 00:39:16.960 --> 00:39:21.119 yesterday and looking at just the landscape lighting and what 720 00:39:21.519 --> 00:39:23.400 they can do to the outside of your house, both 721 00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:29.960 for security but also for just a beauty standpoint. Is amazing. 722 00:39:30.480 --> 00:39:32.320 If you've got an area that doesn't drain, they can 723 00:39:32.360 --> 00:39:34.880 fix that. If you've got irrigation issues, they can fix that. 724 00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:37.719 If you need landscape, hardescapes, they can fix that. They 725 00:39:37.800 --> 00:39:41.880 can create those. Yeh see it. I'll just say here, 726 00:39:41.920 --> 00:39:45.719 here's a website. Go to Pierscapes dot com, Peerscapes dot com, 727 00:39:46.400 --> 00:39:48.199 and I'm just ask you just do this. It's a 728 00:39:48.239 --> 00:39:50.480 fun thing to do. Even if you're not in the 729 00:39:50.559 --> 00:39:53.360 market for a landscape right now, go look go look 730 00:39:53.719 --> 00:39:58.039 at what they can do and it's amazing. Pierscapes dot com. 731 00:40:00.599 --> 00:40:05.360 Well just another reminder, uh, talking about what's up next. 732 00:40:05.800 --> 00:40:08.679 I'm gonna be at the Home and Garden Show up 733 00:40:08.719 --> 00:40:11.519 in Conrod, Texas. The Montgomery County Home An Outdoor Living 734 00:40:11.639 --> 00:40:15.000 Show March first and second is coming weekend. I'll be 735 00:40:15.079 --> 00:40:18.360 there Saturday from twelve to noon, So come out and 736 00:40:18.400 --> 00:40:20.760 see me. I'm gonna give a talk, my answer questions 737 00:40:20.800 --> 00:40:25.239 I'm diagnose. I'm going to identify, shake hands, and kiss babies. 738 00:40:26.800 --> 00:40:30.559 Welcome to Katy r. H. Garden Line with Skip Rictor. 739 00:40:30.679 --> 00:40:47.280 It's just watch him as may they give things to 740 00:40:47.360 --> 00:40:56.400 spain a sun. 741 00:40:57.960 --> 00:41:02.760 Hey, welcome back, Welcome back to garden Line. I'm your host, 742 00:41:03.079 --> 00:41:06.360 Skip Richner. We're here to have fun. How about that. 743 00:41:06.599 --> 00:41:08.559 We're certainly here to help you have a bountiful garden 744 00:41:08.639 --> 00:41:11.079 and a beautiful landscape, but we're here to have some fun. 745 00:41:11.400 --> 00:41:13.440 So what do you want to talk about today? How 746 00:41:13.480 --> 00:41:17.239 can we help you make gardening more fun and more successful? 747 00:41:18.639 --> 00:41:20.920 I love talking to gardeners. I've been doing this for 748 00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:25.360 thirty six years now, I believe, and it just every 749 00:41:25.400 --> 00:41:27.159 time a phone call comes in, you never know what 750 00:41:27.239 --> 00:41:30.960 people are going to ask, but it's always it's always good. 751 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:33.000 You know, gardeners some of the finest people you'll meet. 752 00:41:33.599 --> 00:41:37.280 I tell you, I've been to so many garden clubs 753 00:41:37.320 --> 00:41:41.360 and master gardener groups and garden centers visiting with gardeners, 754 00:41:41.400 --> 00:41:44.800 and just I just enjoy gardeners. They are fun people, 755 00:41:44.880 --> 00:41:48.800 they're hopeful people. They're people that want to make that 756 00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:51.599 little patch of earth they call eden around the house 757 00:41:51.719 --> 00:41:55.840 a better place, and they really have that inspiration and 758 00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:58.559 a positive outlook too. You know, when you stick a 759 00:41:58.639 --> 00:42:00.239 seed in the ground, it looks like a little little 760 00:42:00.320 --> 00:42:02.880 chip of wood or a little piece of tritius, and 761 00:42:03.320 --> 00:42:05.159 you put it in the ground and you're thinking you're 762 00:42:05.159 --> 00:42:06.639 going to get a flower on of that, You're going 763 00:42:06.719 --> 00:42:09.519 to get a tomato out of that, and you do, 764 00:42:10.000 --> 00:42:13.159 and you do. It's just it's just trusts that when 765 00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:15.920 you do things right, you're going to have success. Well, 766 00:42:15.960 --> 00:42:17.880 I'll tell you what. Let's go straight out to the 767 00:42:17.960 --> 00:42:20.440 phones and we're going to head to Conroe and talk 768 00:42:20.519 --> 00:42:22.719 to Diane. Hey, Diane, welcome to garden Line. 769 00:42:23.639 --> 00:42:27.079 Hey, I was so glad to meet you yesterday. I'm 770 00:42:27.119 --> 00:42:29.159 the lady that came in I showed you the pictures 771 00:42:29.280 --> 00:42:31.320 of my gardening area and I was concerned about all 772 00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:35.159 the weeds. The other market was there yesterday. That was 773 00:42:35.760 --> 00:42:39.280 talk with the nitrophiles guy. He I was telling you 774 00:42:39.360 --> 00:42:41.039 I was trying wanted to get rid of the weeds, 775 00:42:41.119 --> 00:42:43.239 and you made some kind of suggestion to me, and 776 00:42:43.280 --> 00:42:45.760 you was telling me to start putting side in there 777 00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:48.440 if I didn't want to garden the area again. He 778 00:42:48.599 --> 00:42:52.800 made this to me that I could use thirty percent 779 00:42:53.079 --> 00:42:56.239 vinegar for the weeds, because I told him I don't 780 00:42:56.239 --> 00:42:59.159 want to garden that area this year. But he was 781 00:42:59.199 --> 00:43:01.400 telling me, you know, to avoid chemicals, to use thirty 782 00:43:01.400 --> 00:43:04.639 percent vinegar, it would kill weeds. Can what is your 783 00:43:04.679 --> 00:43:05.440 opinion on that. 784 00:43:07.760 --> 00:43:09.519 It works? You don't have to go up to thirty 785 00:43:09.559 --> 00:43:12.760 percent though even an eight to twelve percent we'll do 786 00:43:12.880 --> 00:43:14.800 a decent job. But a lot of times you'll see 787 00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:18.719 twenty percent vinegar. Just remember vinegar at that strength is 788 00:43:19.000 --> 00:43:22.440 way stronger than a twenty percent vinegars four times is 789 00:43:22.480 --> 00:43:25.840 acidic as household vinegar. And so you don't want to 790 00:43:25.840 --> 00:43:28.079 splash that in your eyes. You don't want the mist 791 00:43:28.159 --> 00:43:30.920 to drift, you know, be be careful with even though 792 00:43:30.920 --> 00:43:32.280 it's natural it's not safe. 793 00:43:33.320 --> 00:43:36.800 Okay, question about that. What proportion do I use to 794 00:43:36.960 --> 00:43:38.880 makes it with water? Do you use it straight? 795 00:43:39.519 --> 00:43:39.559 No? 796 00:43:40.079 --> 00:43:42.760 Use you straight, and you spray it. Wait till there's 797 00:43:42.800 --> 00:43:45.000 no wind because you don't want it drifting onto things. 798 00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:48.519 You don't want to kill. What it does, though, Diane, 799 00:43:48.639 --> 00:43:52.480 is it burns the top of the plant off. And 800 00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:55.800 so if your plant's an annual, you've killed the plant. 801 00:43:56.320 --> 00:43:58.039 If your plant is a print. Let's say you did 802 00:43:58.079 --> 00:44:01.800 it to dandelions. They're perennials. They've got an underground storage structure, 803 00:44:02.280 --> 00:44:04.320 and if you did it to dandelions, they would turn 804 00:44:04.440 --> 00:44:08.599 brown very Vinegar kills very fast, like putting gasoline on something. 805 00:44:08.760 --> 00:44:09.199 Just fries. 806 00:44:09.400 --> 00:44:09.519 Oh. 807 00:44:11.000 --> 00:44:13.679 But then after a week or two you look and 808 00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:16.000 here comes growth back up out of the ground. Because 809 00:44:16.039 --> 00:44:20.000 it doesn't translocate down into the soil like some weed 810 00:44:20.119 --> 00:44:24.039 killers do. It just fries the top. So that doesn't 811 00:44:24.079 --> 00:44:26.480 mean don't use it. It just means recognize that with 812 00:44:26.679 --> 00:44:28.599 some perennial weeds, you may have to do it again 813 00:44:28.679 --> 00:44:32.239 and again, but at least it gets you a head start. 814 00:44:32.800 --> 00:44:36.039 But when you do that, you got to follow up 815 00:44:36.199 --> 00:44:38.920 with some next step of what you're going to do 816 00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:43.039 gardening wise, because when you create a beare space, Nature's 817 00:44:43.079 --> 00:44:45.400 going to plant more weeds in it. Nature doesn't like 818 00:44:45.599 --> 00:44:50.719 bear soil showing, so use that to kill weeds. You 819 00:44:50.840 --> 00:44:53.000 put mulch over it. Yeah, you put about three inches 820 00:44:53.039 --> 00:44:55.679 of mulch and you're in good shape with the exception 821 00:44:56.320 --> 00:44:57.280 of certain weeds. 822 00:44:57.480 --> 00:44:58.760 What kind of mull. 823 00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:01.280 I know. 824 00:45:02.840 --> 00:45:05.880 He was real against all the dyed mult What kind 825 00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:06.519 of multch. 826 00:45:06.320 --> 00:45:09.559 Do you recommend. I don't care for dyed multch either. 827 00:45:09.840 --> 00:45:12.639 It's artificial looking and I don't know. I just you 828 00:45:12.719 --> 00:45:16.039 don't need to add a chemical tumults. I use everything. 829 00:45:16.199 --> 00:45:19.400 I use dried grass clippings, I use leaves that have 830 00:45:19.480 --> 00:45:22.199 been run over by lawn moore. I buy multches like 831 00:45:22.360 --> 00:45:25.639 the shredded mults. The multcha you're in conro so up 832 00:45:25.679 --> 00:45:29.039 there at Nature's Way. I've used their double ground hardwood 833 00:45:29.119 --> 00:45:31.039 multch and it works very very well. 834 00:45:31.679 --> 00:45:31.800 Uh. 835 00:45:31.960 --> 00:45:34.360 They have several types of multz there at Nature's Way, 836 00:45:34.440 --> 00:45:37.000 they're just down the road from you, that they could 837 00:45:37.119 --> 00:45:40.920 provide you. A mulch is dead organic matter on the surface. 838 00:45:41.400 --> 00:45:44.639 That's basically what it is. And so that beyond that, 839 00:45:44.960 --> 00:45:46.760 it's what do you want to look at Do you 840 00:45:46.920 --> 00:45:50.159 like the aesthetics of it? Am I getting it thick enough? 841 00:45:50.320 --> 00:45:53.000 Does it block all the light out? Those are the 842 00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:56.440 things that matter with mult. So, oh, okay, you're freeing 843 00:45:56.599 --> 00:45:56.920 that one. 844 00:45:57.000 --> 00:45:59.119 I showed you that one picture of my flower bed 845 00:45:59.199 --> 00:46:01.840 in front of my house. I wanted I definitely want 846 00:46:01.880 --> 00:46:04.559 to put mulch in there because I just like I said, 847 00:46:04.599 --> 00:46:06.760 I just want to put mulch around the plants that 848 00:46:06.760 --> 00:46:07.760 are there. Don't want need more. 849 00:46:08.119 --> 00:46:10.519 You just to be putting some flowers in, I don't. 850 00:46:10.800 --> 00:46:12.360 I just don't want to have the maintenance of it. 851 00:46:13.320 --> 00:46:14.239 It's my face, all right. 852 00:46:14.360 --> 00:46:17.840 There you go, there you go. Well. Uh, then again, 853 00:46:18.280 --> 00:46:20.400 if you wanted to send me some close up pictures 854 00:46:20.519 --> 00:46:23.559 of the weeds that you're seeing there, uh, maybe I'll 855 00:46:23.639 --> 00:46:27.000 recognize some as perennials, but you can. If you mulch 856 00:46:27.039 --> 00:46:29.519 over it, you will kill the weed the weeds by 857 00:46:29.599 --> 00:46:32.199 blocking the light. First start off by mowing it really 858 00:46:32.280 --> 00:46:34.920 low or having somebody weed eat it really down low, 859 00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:37.519 and then throw the mulch on top so you don't 860 00:46:37.519 --> 00:46:39.679 have some little weed leaves sticking up through the mult 861 00:46:40.000 --> 00:46:41.000 gathering sunlight. 862 00:46:41.719 --> 00:46:41.840 Uh. 863 00:46:42.039 --> 00:46:44.639 And you're going to need about three inches of multz 864 00:46:44.840 --> 00:46:47.440 to give it a good smothering on there. And if 865 00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:49.719 the chunkier the mulch, the thicker it has to be 866 00:46:49.880 --> 00:46:50.800 to block all that light. 867 00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:55.960 Oh okay, okay, Well, and the other thing i'd ask 868 00:46:56.000 --> 00:46:58.360 you about, I'd ask you about me putting down black 869 00:46:58.440 --> 00:47:03.519 cloth and play anything through the black cloth? Yes, should 870 00:47:03.559 --> 00:47:06.039 I put Should I put some other kind of fertilizer 871 00:47:06.159 --> 00:47:08.840 or anything on that gardening area before I put that 872 00:47:08.920 --> 00:47:09.679 black cloth down? 873 00:47:11.079 --> 00:47:13.480 Yeah? You could mix in. You could mix in. You know, 874 00:47:13.920 --> 00:47:15.559 you're going to be growing a lot of different things. 875 00:47:15.599 --> 00:47:17.559 I think you even had some vegetables in mind. 876 00:47:17.639 --> 00:47:20.719 Right if I want to, I have right now, I 877 00:47:20.840 --> 00:47:23.840 have colored greens and mustard green plants out there, four 878 00:47:23.880 --> 00:47:26.960 or five, but that I'm leaving those. But I'm going 879 00:47:27.039 --> 00:47:28.800 to add tomatoes to the area. 880 00:47:29.360 --> 00:47:31.840 All right, So I would get you a lawn fertilizer. 881 00:47:32.239 --> 00:47:35.599 Get a lawn fertilizer, put it out according to the rate, 882 00:47:35.960 --> 00:47:38.280 and if you can mix it in a little bit, good. 883 00:47:38.360 --> 00:47:41.239 If you can't find, then put your mulches and things on, 884 00:47:41.360 --> 00:47:42.920 and when you're ready to plant, you just you just 885 00:47:42.960 --> 00:47:45.800 pull the multch back. I'm out of time here, Dane, 886 00:47:46.159 --> 00:47:47.880 But good luck with that it was great to meet you, 887 00:47:48.079 --> 00:47:50.039 and I wish you well get in that place in 888 00:47:50.159 --> 00:47:55.679 the shape you're looking for. Thank you by uh D 889 00:47:55.800 --> 00:47:59.840 and D Feed and Supply is up there in Tomball, Texas. 890 00:48:00.079 --> 00:48:02.480 It is one of our favorite feed stores here on 891 00:48:02.599 --> 00:48:04.800 garden Line. And for those of you out west twenty 892 00:48:04.880 --> 00:48:07.639 nine to twenty you will be very impressed going by 893 00:48:07.719 --> 00:48:09.840 DND Feed and Supply right now. They are in the 894 00:48:09.920 --> 00:48:14.000 big middle of chick arrival season and they get all 895 00:48:14.280 --> 00:48:19.159 kinds of species of chickens, our species, varieties of chickens 896 00:48:19.199 --> 00:48:25.400 in there. 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What do you wanna talk about let's help 908 00:48:57.840 --> 00:49:01.400 you have a more successful and enjoyable time outside in 909 00:49:01.480 --> 00:49:04.119 the garden. By the way, this afternoon, we're getting rid 910 00:49:04.119 --> 00:49:07.079 of all this stuff, this stuff that's been keeping us indoors, 911 00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:09.039 and we're going to start a week that's going to 912 00:49:09.079 --> 00:49:11.119 be a good one, a good one for getting out 913 00:49:11.199 --> 00:49:13.599 and getting things done. You'd like to give me a call. 914 00:49:13.719 --> 00:49:16.440 Seven one three two one two k t r H. 915 00:49:16.559 --> 00:49:19.119 Seven one three two one two k t r H. 916 00:49:19.800 --> 00:49:22.599 If you look at my schedule, you will notice that 917 00:49:22.719 --> 00:49:26.760 there is an optional spring green up fertilization that is 918 00:49:26.880 --> 00:49:29.519 going on right now, right now out in the garden. 919 00:49:29.559 --> 00:49:31.880 And what does that do? That is a first of all, 920 00:49:31.920 --> 00:49:36.159 you're using a product that releases quickly and goes into 921 00:49:36.239 --> 00:49:39.360 the soil and the plant grass, the grass, plant roots 922 00:49:39.440 --> 00:49:42.000 take it up, and you get a greening us an 923 00:49:42.119 --> 00:49:45.639 earlier greening on your turf. Now it's still kind of cool, 924 00:49:45.719 --> 00:49:47.159 the soil is still kind of cool, so the grass 925 00:49:47.159 --> 00:49:49.079 isn't gonna take off and just grow all over the place. 926 00:49:49.159 --> 00:49:51.440 Right now. It's an early one. It's a green up. Okay, 927 00:49:51.559 --> 00:49:56.199 we'll be doing regular fertilization here on a couple of months, probably, uh, 928 00:49:56.440 --> 00:50:00.480 really getting into that uh in Earnest ninety five, Imperial 929 00:50:00.599 --> 00:50:03.599 fifteen five to ten is an excellent product for spring 930 00:50:04.039 --> 00:50:06.639 green up. Now you're going to find it at places 931 00:50:06.880 --> 00:50:09.119 like in Chenny Forest. You're going to find it. There's 932 00:50:09.119 --> 00:50:12.360 ace hard of a single ranch, Aspa's ace in the woodlands. 933 00:50:12.599 --> 00:50:17.480 The Arbigade Nursery carries some nitroposs products. When you find 934 00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:19.920 a quality product that works, you stick with it. And 935 00:50:20.079 --> 00:50:23.320 it was over fifty years ago that Texas A and 936 00:50:23.519 --> 00:50:28.199 M and other Southern universities we're discovering what grass needs 937 00:50:28.400 --> 00:50:30.880 is a three one to two ratio fertilizer, something in 938 00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:33.559 that range three one two four one two, and that 939 00:50:33.880 --> 00:50:37.480 is when Imperial was born. It's still the same formula sold, 940 00:50:37.599 --> 00:50:40.079 same red orange bag. So you walk in the store, 941 00:50:40.480 --> 00:50:42.400 you look at all the fertilizers. You see the red 942 00:50:42.440 --> 00:50:46.280 orange bag that's nitrofoss Imperial fifteen five ten. Put it 943 00:50:46.360 --> 00:50:50.960 down right now, watered in, and then you just walk away. 944 00:50:51.159 --> 00:50:53.719 It's taken care of. Follow the label carefully. It takes 945 00:50:53.719 --> 00:50:56.440 about seven pounds of that per thousand square feet, about 946 00:50:56.480 --> 00:51:00.480 seven pounds per thousand squiffee for it to do its trick. 947 00:51:00.800 --> 00:51:02.679 Now it comes in other formulations. You know, they have 948 00:51:02.719 --> 00:51:04.400 a fifteen to five to ten that has a post 949 00:51:04.440 --> 00:51:07.480 emergent weak control product in it as well. We talked 950 00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:10.440 about that a little bit earlier today. But night Fist Imperial, 951 00:51:10.519 --> 00:51:13.119 the red bag that is the one that you would 952 00:51:13.199 --> 00:51:14.679 use for your spring early green. 953 00:51:14.800 --> 00:51:14.920 Up. 954 00:51:15.239 --> 00:51:18.519 Right now, we're going to head back to the phones 955 00:51:18.719 --> 00:51:22.880 and head out to Mont Bellevue and talk to Brandon. Hey, Brendan, 956 00:51:22.960 --> 00:51:23.880 Welcome to Gardenline. 957 00:51:25.000 --> 00:51:31.719 Hey, Skipel's are going well, sir, So I have a 958 00:51:31.840 --> 00:51:32.519 question real quick. 959 00:51:33.239 --> 00:51:35.239 I have a nut all oak in my backyard that 960 00:51:35.280 --> 00:51:38.079 I planted probably, I don't know, it was probably about 961 00:51:38.079 --> 00:51:41.400 five six years ago. The tre's grown well, I mean 962 00:51:41.440 --> 00:51:43.119 it has grown probably about a foot a year. But 963 00:51:43.239 --> 00:51:47.280 I've noticed the last couple of years when the new 964 00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:48.840 growth would come out of the leave, it'd be like 965 00:51:48.920 --> 00:51:51.760 a more of a lime green. And it looks like 966 00:51:52.239 --> 00:51:55.360 with the heat in or summer, the leaves by I 967 00:51:55.400 --> 00:51:57.440 don't know July, look like they're starting to get burned 968 00:51:57.480 --> 00:51:58.960 on the edges. And I look some stuff up and 969 00:51:59.039 --> 00:52:03.800 a look like there's something called chlorosis. So looking up, 970 00:52:04.199 --> 00:52:06.679 looking up and trying to do my own research, it 971 00:52:06.760 --> 00:52:09.599 looks like if there is chlorosis. I guess it's pretty 972 00:52:09.639 --> 00:52:14.719 common in oak trees, but there's not I'm hoping there's 973 00:52:14.760 --> 00:52:16.480 a cure, but there's not really a cure. I don't 974 00:52:16.480 --> 00:52:18.639 know there's anything that you might be able to help 975 00:52:18.679 --> 00:52:21.679 me with. The tree is probably about i'd say fourteen 976 00:52:21.760 --> 00:52:23.920 feet tall, maybe has about a ten to eleven inch 977 00:52:24.000 --> 00:52:25.320 diameter at the base of the trunk. 978 00:52:26.880 --> 00:52:33.239 Okay, okay, Well, chlorosis usually is referring to iron deficiency 979 00:52:33.519 --> 00:52:37.000 and that causes a yellowing. But one distinction about iron 980 00:52:37.079 --> 00:52:40.719 chlorosis on that oak is as the leaves start to 981 00:52:40.800 --> 00:52:43.679 lose their dark emerald green color, as the new growth 982 00:52:43.719 --> 00:52:46.800 starts to come out a little bit chartruse to yellowish, 983 00:52:47.719 --> 00:52:50.480 the veins will be greener than the rest of the leaf, 984 00:52:50.559 --> 00:52:52.480 and that's a sign that you're probably dealing with an 985 00:52:52.480 --> 00:52:57.559 iron deficiency. You can put iron supplements out around the tree. 986 00:52:57.800 --> 00:53:01.239 Generally we don't supplement oak tree for iron. That's just 987 00:53:01.400 --> 00:53:03.440 it's too big of an area of soil to have 988 00:53:03.559 --> 00:53:08.039 to deal with, and often supplementation is temporary. So the 989 00:53:08.199 --> 00:53:10.239 thing that you can do that helps is, you know, 990 00:53:10.320 --> 00:53:12.239 as you get oxygen in the soil, as you get 991 00:53:12.360 --> 00:53:15.800 organic matter into the soil the broader of an area. 992 00:53:15.920 --> 00:53:19.239 You can you know, mulch around it, doing cororation in 993 00:53:19.320 --> 00:53:22.360 your lawn and things, and compost top dressing. All of 994 00:53:22.400 --> 00:53:25.239 that over time is going to help move away from 995 00:53:25.320 --> 00:53:28.840 that particular direction. You can add iron supplements to it, 996 00:53:28.960 --> 00:53:31.800 but not all. Is a very good oak for our area, 997 00:53:31.920 --> 00:53:33.360 and it puts up with a lot. It puts up 998 00:53:33.400 --> 00:53:35.679 with soggy, wet soil better than a lot of oaks do. 999 00:53:36.480 --> 00:53:39.079 And it's just a good one. So I wouldn't be 1000 00:53:39.159 --> 00:53:41.199 too concerned about it right now. 1001 00:53:41.719 --> 00:53:43.840 Okay, that makes me feel a lot better. I know 1002 00:53:43.960 --> 00:53:46.000 i'd seen I was going to ask you to. I 1003 00:53:46.039 --> 00:53:48.400 don't know if this is kind of like a I 1004 00:53:48.440 --> 00:53:50.039 don't know if it really works or we'll do more 1005 00:53:50.079 --> 00:53:52.119 harm doing it. I'm sure you probably know what I'm 1006 00:53:52.119 --> 00:53:54.239 talking about. I don't remember the name, but there you 1007 00:53:54.320 --> 00:53:56.159 almost drill holes into the base of the trunk and 1008 00:53:56.199 --> 00:53:59.159 you insert like, yes, the slower lease. 1009 00:54:00.239 --> 00:54:02.199 Okay, can you recommend those? 1010 00:54:02.480 --> 00:54:06.480 Or no? No, I don't if you had a tree, 1011 00:54:06.639 --> 00:54:09.360 you know that was on the state capital lawns out 1012 00:54:09.440 --> 00:54:12.519 front that was had to be completely pampered along to 1013 00:54:12.599 --> 00:54:16.119 look its best. Okay, there are injections that can be 1014 00:54:16.239 --> 00:54:19.280 done for very specific things. But as far as trying 1015 00:54:19.320 --> 00:54:23.239 to create nutrient deficient or alleviate nutrient deficiencies and stuff, no, 1016 00:54:23.360 --> 00:54:25.719 because each one of those is a wound which has 1017 00:54:25.760 --> 00:54:29.840 a potential for causing other problems. And so don't get 1018 00:54:29.880 --> 00:54:32.039 to your home trees. You just don't need to do that, Okay. 1019 00:54:32.079 --> 00:54:34.679 So it sounds like trying to airrate the soul, like 1020 00:54:34.719 --> 00:54:37.199 you said, maybe put some organic matter down around, and 1021 00:54:37.239 --> 00:54:38.400 that probably the best bait to go. 1022 00:54:39.920 --> 00:54:42.199 Those kinds of things. Over time, you know, what you're 1023 00:54:42.239 --> 00:54:46.119 basically doing is what the forest does naturally to itself. 1024 00:54:46.239 --> 00:54:49.039 Over one hundred years. You're going to be trying to 1025 00:54:49.119 --> 00:54:52.039 speed up a little bit, you know. But those rotting 1026 00:54:52.159 --> 00:54:54.920 leaves on the forest floor, you're basically creating holes. You're 1027 00:54:54.920 --> 00:54:57.079 putting some composts down that falls in the holes, and 1028 00:54:57.840 --> 00:55:01.400 over time things get better on it. But if you want, 1029 00:55:01.840 --> 00:55:04.199 let's end it this way, Brandan, if you want to 1030 00:55:04.280 --> 00:55:06.599 send me some close up photos in the spring as 1031 00:55:06.639 --> 00:55:08.800 the new growth begins and you see what you're seeing, 1032 00:55:09.239 --> 00:55:10.559 I'll be happy to take a look at them and 1033 00:55:10.679 --> 00:55:14.079 just make a comment on that. And I don't think 1034 00:55:14.119 --> 00:55:16.440 I'm going to change my mind. I don't change I 1035 00:55:16.480 --> 00:55:18.079 don't think I'm gonna change my mind, but I'm one 1036 00:55:18.119 --> 00:55:20.119 to take another look. I'm going to put you on 1037 00:55:20.239 --> 00:55:24.920 hold and my producer Jonathan will give you a email 1038 00:55:24.960 --> 00:55:27.119 address if you choose to do that. Thanks a lot 1039 00:55:27.159 --> 00:55:32.679 for your calling. I appreciate it, all right, folks, Yeah, 1040 00:55:32.760 --> 00:55:36.679 that oak trees, you know, this is just another reminder 1041 00:55:36.840 --> 00:55:39.559 of why we plant plants that want to be here 1042 00:55:40.079 --> 00:55:42.519 and not till oak wants to be here. It's a 1043 00:55:42.639 --> 00:55:45.280 great oak for this area, and there's other great oaks 1044 00:55:45.280 --> 00:55:47.559 for this area. But when you start planning things that 1045 00:55:47.679 --> 00:55:49.880 don't want to be here, we often have problems that 1046 00:55:49.960 --> 00:55:54.519 it's just really hard to alleviate. And so adapted plants 1047 00:55:54.760 --> 00:55:58.000 so so important. Whether it's a shrub, a tree, or 1048 00:55:58.079 --> 00:56:01.480 a flower in your flower bed, adaptive plants are very 1049 00:56:01.599 --> 00:56:04.360 very important if you're looking for a place to get 1050 00:56:04.559 --> 00:56:06.360 the things you need. Like I was just talking about 1051 00:56:06.400 --> 00:56:08.920 iron and y, Well, you can do an iron keylate. 1052 00:56:09.119 --> 00:56:11.440 That's a form of iron that doesn't tie up so fast. 1053 00:56:11.760 --> 00:56:15.039 Where do you get stuff like that? Well, look around 1054 00:56:15.079 --> 00:56:17.559 your neighborhood and there's an ace hardware store somewhere close 1055 00:56:17.599 --> 00:56:19.519 to you. You can go to ACE hardware dot com 1056 00:56:20.280 --> 00:56:23.320 and you can look at the store locator and find 1057 00:56:23.360 --> 00:56:26.239 your closest aced hardware store, and they're probably going to 1058 00:56:26.280 --> 00:56:28.360 have it because they carry all those kinds of things. 1059 00:56:28.360 --> 00:56:31.760 They carry things like fertilizers and things to control weeds, 1060 00:56:31.800 --> 00:56:35.800 both preventing weeds like the barricade was talking about things 1061 00:56:35.920 --> 00:56:40.360 to kill existing weeds, things to control diseases and insects. 1062 00:56:40.800 --> 00:56:43.360 The tools you need, you know, water hoses and gardening 1063 00:56:43.440 --> 00:56:45.639 tools and just the whole thing to make the outside 1064 00:56:45.679 --> 00:56:48.679 look really really good. And then of course they they 1065 00:56:48.719 --> 00:56:50.760 are a hardware store, they have good stuff for the 1066 00:56:50.840 --> 00:56:54.280 inside too. You're doing spring cleaning, you need some bins 1067 00:56:55.000 --> 00:56:57.400 you're doing you need some of the materials you use 1068 00:56:57.519 --> 00:57:01.639 to stain or seal your deck, you know, before the 1069 00:57:01.719 --> 00:57:04.840 weather takes advantage of it. Ace Hardware's got all of that. 1070 00:57:04.920 --> 00:57:07.199 They got their President's Day sale and all kinds of 1071 00:57:07.280 --> 00:57:11.599 painting supplies. Mowen faucets twenty percent off this month. So 1072 00:57:11.760 --> 00:57:14.320 if you're thinking about replacing a faucet, now it's time 1073 00:57:14.360 --> 00:57:16.480 to get done because you get a fifth off, twenty 1074 00:57:16.559 --> 00:57:20.559 percent off of Moen faucets right now, Grab some air filters. 1075 00:57:20.599 --> 00:57:23.119 They have buy three get get one free every month. 1076 00:57:23.199 --> 00:57:25.280 You're throwing a new air filter up there. You should 1077 00:57:25.320 --> 00:57:27.800 be to take care of your air conditioning unit, keep 1078 00:57:27.880 --> 00:57:31.480 the dust out, make it run more efficiently. ACE Hardware's 1079 00:57:31.519 --> 00:57:33.679 got you covered. Sign up for the ACE Rewards program. 1080 00:57:33.920 --> 00:57:36.400 When you're in ACE. You you can sign up online 1081 00:57:36.760 --> 00:57:39.639 a sword dot comes sign up online, but you're going 1082 00:57:39.719 --> 00:57:41.960 to get discounts. You're going to be special offers only 1083 00:57:42.000 --> 00:57:45.480 available for ACE Rewards customers. They email them directly to you. 1084 00:57:45.960 --> 00:57:47.639 So I mean it's a win win, you know, just 1085 00:57:47.719 --> 00:57:50.280 sign up. Didn't cost anything to join up with it. 1086 00:57:50.960 --> 00:57:53.840 And we got ACE Hardware stores all over the place 1087 00:57:54.000 --> 00:57:57.239 that just they just do really really well for the 1088 00:57:57.320 --> 00:58:01.320 neighborhood when it comes to supplying your whole supplies that 1089 00:58:01.440 --> 00:58:04.119 you need to have success. So ospose ACE up in 1090 00:58:04.159 --> 00:58:07.400 the Woodlands, Lake Conroe, ACE and Montgomery Single Ranch, ACE 1091 00:58:08.320 --> 00:58:11.119 at the K and M ACE in Kingwood. There's also 1092 00:58:11.159 --> 00:58:13.320 a K and M and a tuscas Sita up in 1093 00:58:13.400 --> 00:58:15.760 Base or DNA based city. There's an ACE Hardware store 1094 00:58:16.000 --> 00:58:18.280 out in Wharton. We had a call from Wharton this morning. 1095 00:58:18.360 --> 00:58:22.000 For man there's ACE Feed or Wharton Feed and Ace 1096 00:58:22.119 --> 00:58:24.440 out there, and then Hamilton Hardware, which is just off 1097 00:58:24.480 --> 00:58:27.320 Highway six near Bear Creek Arey and West Houston. There's 1098 00:58:27.320 --> 00:58:29.559 an ACE Hardware there that's just up for you. Of 1099 00:58:29.639 --> 00:58:31.719 the many, many Ace Hardware stores that we have in 1100 00:58:31.800 --> 00:58:35.599 our area, they do a good job of what they do. 1101 00:58:36.159 --> 00:58:38.039 And again I just want to thank one more time 1102 00:58:38.440 --> 00:58:41.639 the folks at All Seasons, Ace and Willis. We were 1103 00:58:41.719 --> 00:58:44.440 up there yesterday. And folks, if you live in that 1104 00:58:44.599 --> 00:58:49.000 whole area Willis Lake, Conroe, Conroe, you have got an 1105 00:58:49.280 --> 00:58:52.639 awesome ACE Hardware store right there off seventy five, I 1106 00:58:52.719 --> 00:58:58.039 mean off of forty five. It's it's easy to get to. 1107 00:58:58.119 --> 00:59:01.000 It's on the feeder right there and Ellis, and they're 1108 00:59:01.079 --> 00:59:03.159 well stocked. I was wandering around the store looking at 1109 00:59:03.199 --> 00:59:06.320 all the things ahead, and yes, what you expect of Ace, 1110 00:59:06.360 --> 00:59:08.079 they're going to have a little of everything and some 1111 00:59:08.199 --> 00:59:11.760 good stuff indeed, so you need to go check them out. 1112 00:59:13.320 --> 00:59:15.719 You were listening to garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, 1113 00:59:15.840 --> 00:59:17.960 and we're here to help you have success. You can 1114 00:59:18.039 --> 00:59:21.320 dial me in oral to me at seven one three 1115 00:59:21.400 --> 00:59:24.639 two one two KTRH. I always using word dial. It's 1116 00:59:24.679 --> 00:59:26.639 a leftover from back in the days where you had 1117 00:59:26.679 --> 00:59:28.559 that little round thing on the phone and you had 1118 00:59:28.599 --> 00:59:30.039 to stick your finger in it and turn it in 1119 00:59:30.119 --> 00:59:32.280 a circle. Some of you are going, what are you 1120 00:59:32.440 --> 00:59:35.960 talking about? Well, look it up. Yep, you can give 1121 00:59:36.000 --> 00:59:39.480 me a call. Punch the numbers in on your cell phone. 1122 00:59:40.000 --> 00:59:44.079 You call me at seven one three two one two KTRH. 1123 00:59:44.159 --> 00:59:45.679 By the way, did you know your cell phone's a 1124 00:59:45.679 --> 00:59:48.559 great way to listen to garden Line? It is it is, 1125 00:59:48.679 --> 00:59:50.639 I mean listen on the radio. We are you know 1126 00:59:50.800 --> 00:59:53.760 kt ARCH is a radio station. But if you download 1127 00:59:53.800 --> 00:59:56.519 the iHeartMedia app and you find guard Line, just do 1128 00:59:56.599 --> 00:59:58.920 a search for garden Line. There's only two in the country. 1129 00:59:59.000 --> 01:00:00.440 One of them is a lady somewhere up in tim 1130 01:00:00.480 --> 01:00:03.599 Buck I on the other coast. But anyway, garden Line 1131 01:00:03.880 --> 01:00:07.280 and just make sure you connected, and you know, save 1132 01:00:07.360 --> 01:00:10.199 that station. You can listen to pass shows and you 1133 01:00:10.280 --> 01:00:12.920 could be also listening right now. In fact, you know, 1134 01:00:13.039 --> 01:00:14.639 as the sun comes out and get a little bit light, 1135 01:00:14.679 --> 01:00:17.320 if you wanted to go outside and do some things 1136 01:00:17.360 --> 01:00:19.679 in the garden, maybe you're purning a rose bush. You 1137 01:00:19.800 --> 01:00:22.400 get a question, take a picture of it with your phone. 1138 01:00:22.880 --> 01:00:25.719 Email it the garden Line and I mean live from 1139 01:00:25.760 --> 01:00:28.199 your garden. We can answer that question right there. I 1140 01:00:28.280 --> 01:00:30.760 think that's pretty cool. I like listening to stuff with 1141 01:00:30.920 --> 01:00:32.840 my phone. I just I just think that's a great 1142 01:00:32.840 --> 01:00:36.360 way to do it. So anyway, take it as you wish. 1143 01:00:38.000 --> 01:00:40.519 Someone was talking earlier about Nature's Way. You know, Nature's 1144 01:00:40.559 --> 01:00:42.400 Way is up there in Conra. In fact, I was 1145 01:00:42.519 --> 01:00:46.280 mentioning it for a lady that called from Conroe, Diane. 1146 01:00:47.239 --> 01:00:50.239 Nature's Way Resources is just south of Conroe. If you're 1147 01:00:50.280 --> 01:00:52.639 going up forty five toward Conro, it's on the right 1148 01:00:53.000 --> 01:00:55.239 when fourteen eighty eight comes in. That's the road to 1149 01:00:55.320 --> 01:00:58.440 Magnolia that goes off to the left. You just turn right, 1150 01:00:58.599 --> 01:01:02.360 cross over the tracks. You're there on Sherbrock Circle. Nature's Way. 1151 01:01:02.599 --> 01:01:04.360 Nature's Way has been around a long time. They're kind 1152 01:01:04.360 --> 01:01:07.880 of the grandfather when it comes to the good soil 1153 01:01:07.960 --> 01:01:11.119 products for our area. You know, John Ferguson years ago 1154 01:01:11.960 --> 01:01:16.760 began increasing his line of quality products with the determination 1155 01:01:17.480 --> 01:01:20.599 to help people make their soil better because that's the 1156 01:01:20.719 --> 01:01:25.320 way nature does it. Hence Nature's Way, you're going to 1157 01:01:25.360 --> 01:01:29.079 find leaf mole compost, fungal based compost, both of those. 1158 01:01:29.159 --> 01:01:31.280 By the way, leaf mold and fungle based are both 1159 01:01:31.400 --> 01:01:34.840 good for top dressing your lawn. They have a fifty 1160 01:01:34.880 --> 01:01:37.960 to fifty compost mix. It has leaf mold and fungle 1161 01:01:38.000 --> 01:01:40.880 based compost. They've got I talked earlier about using their 1162 01:01:41.000 --> 01:01:44.239 aged double ground molts. It works well. They have a 1163 01:01:44.320 --> 01:01:47.880 composted native mult and a Zealiu malts. They've got soil blends, 1164 01:01:47.960 --> 01:01:51.679 a landscaper's mix, a blueberry mix, a rose soil. Ross 1165 01:01:51.719 --> 01:01:54.440 oil was born by the way at Nature's Way, as 1166 01:01:54.679 --> 01:01:57.360 was leaf mole, compost and many other things. All you 1167 01:01:57.400 --> 01:01:59.400 got to do is go buy there or call them 1168 01:01:59.480 --> 01:02:02.079 have them to it. You'll find their products for sale 1169 01:02:02.159 --> 01:02:06.239 in some local garden centers and other places. Here's the 1170 01:02:06.400 --> 01:02:12.800 website Nature's Way Resources dot com. Nature'sway Resources dot Com. 1171 01:02:13.320 --> 01:02:15.880 Call talk to Ian who now runs the place, Ian 1172 01:02:15.960 --> 01:02:19.079 Ferguson and his whole team there and they can get 1173 01:02:19.159 --> 01:02:21.639 you set up with the right kind of products. Here's 1174 01:02:21.639 --> 01:02:25.199 a phone number nine three six two seven three twelve 1175 01:02:25.320 --> 01:02:28.840 hundred nine three six two seven three twelve hundred or 1176 01:02:29.000 --> 01:02:33.519 Naturesway Resources dot Com. You'll get a quality product and 1177 01:02:33.599 --> 01:02:36.360 we'll make a difference because we say brown stuff comes 1178 01:02:36.480 --> 01:02:42.840 before you put the green stuff in all right, folks, 1179 01:02:43.280 --> 01:02:46.800 we're back. Welcome to Gardenline phone number seven one three 1180 01:02:46.920 --> 01:02:50.000 two one two k t R seven one three two 1181 01:02:50.480 --> 01:02:55.599 one two kt R H up in Willis. In fact, 1182 01:02:55.599 --> 01:02:58.119 I was just step there yesterday visiting with folks at 1183 01:02:58.159 --> 01:03:00.440 Growers Outlet. And if you haven't been there, you need 1184 01:03:00.559 --> 01:03:03.760 to go. Grows out in Willis Is on Highway seventy 1185 01:03:03.840 --> 01:03:06.000 five in Willis just a few minutes away from Interstate 1186 01:03:06.079 --> 01:03:08.039 forty five. So if you're up there in one of 1187 01:03:08.079 --> 01:03:10.679 the lake neighborhoods like bent Water, April Sound, if you're 1188 01:03:10.760 --> 01:03:13.960 in Willis, if you're in New Waverley or down Conro area, 1189 01:03:14.519 --> 01:03:16.480 this is a place you need to know about and go. 1190 01:03:16.800 --> 01:03:19.480 They carry First of all, they carry the fertilizers and 1191 01:03:19.519 --> 01:03:22.480 I keep talking about like microlife and nitrofoss products from 1192 01:03:22.519 --> 01:03:26.400 Medina for example or there. And they have a lot 1193 01:03:26.480 --> 01:03:28.480 of different products. A really cool gift shop too, by 1194 01:03:28.519 --> 01:03:32.519 the way, and a lot of different kinds of local 1195 01:03:32.840 --> 01:03:37.639 like Honeys, special pickle foods, jellies, jams. It's really cool. 1196 01:03:38.360 --> 01:03:40.199 Bath and beauty products are in there. I saw some 1197 01:03:40.320 --> 01:03:43.599 of those, but right now they just get in a 1198 01:03:43.800 --> 01:03:45.880 bunch of fruit trees. They have got a really good 1199 01:03:45.920 --> 01:03:49.440 selection of fruit trees. They have a good selection of veggies, 1200 01:03:49.679 --> 01:03:52.000 very healthy plants too. I was walking around looking at them, 1201 01:03:52.039 --> 01:03:55.840 taking some pictures of them. They specialize in perennials and 1202 01:03:55.960 --> 01:04:00.519 ferns in gallon containers that are excellent, excellent for this area. 1203 01:04:00.599 --> 01:04:02.960 We were visiting about some of the different kinds of 1204 01:04:03.440 --> 01:04:06.360 salvia's and some other plants that really do well here, 1205 01:04:06.440 --> 01:04:09.920 and they know all about that stuff. If you need shrubs, trees, 1206 01:04:10.079 --> 01:04:12.400 they've got you covered. Now here's a cool thing. You 1207 01:04:12.440 --> 01:04:14.760 can go to their website grow and write this down. 1208 01:04:15.159 --> 01:04:19.400 Growers Outlet in Willis dot com. Just all one word 1209 01:04:19.920 --> 01:04:24.360 Growers Outlet in Willis dot com. Go there, check it out. 1210 01:04:24.880 --> 01:04:27.639 You can go online and you can look at their availability. 1211 01:04:27.840 --> 01:04:31.840 That's unusual. Not many nurseries do this. But for example, 1212 01:04:31.920 --> 01:04:35.800 every I think it's Wednesday, they update the veggies and 1213 01:04:35.880 --> 01:04:38.159 bedding plants. You know what they have. So if you're thinking, well, 1214 01:04:38.239 --> 01:04:40.119 let's see do they have this in stock, we just 1215 01:04:40.159 --> 01:04:42.400 go look. You can see on there. You can see 1216 01:04:42.760 --> 01:04:46.320 and other plants as well, and so you can purchase 1217 01:04:46.559 --> 01:04:49.360 for picking up later on. You can purchase them online 1218 01:04:49.400 --> 01:04:52.320 to pick up go by and pick up later. It's 1219 01:04:52.400 --> 01:04:55.400 just a good place. And they have a few firm 1220 01:04:55.440 --> 01:04:57.000 baskets right now, but they're about to get a whole 1221 01:04:57.000 --> 01:04:59.000 bunch of them in. But they have these macho ferns 1222 01:04:59.280 --> 01:05:02.760 that are huge. I'm serious. If I stand with my 1223 01:05:03.119 --> 01:05:05.440 arms stretch out to the side, that's how big these 1224 01:05:05.480 --> 01:05:08.800 ferns are. Literally, no, no exaggeration. Of course, they have 1225 01:05:08.840 --> 01:05:11.199 smaller ones as well, but a twenty inch fern basket 1226 01:05:11.239 --> 01:05:15.039 with a macho fern, it's like it's like a VW bug. 1227 01:05:15.400 --> 01:05:19.039 It's a monster of a plant. And they're really really good. 1228 01:05:19.119 --> 01:05:21.159 So you're going to create that beautiful you know. Let's 1229 01:05:21.159 --> 01:05:23.599 get past the freeze where he starts taking ferns outside. 1230 01:05:24.079 --> 01:05:26.239 Wait a little bit longer on that, but they got 1231 01:05:26.320 --> 01:05:28.360 them there ready, and they're getting a whole bunch more 1232 01:05:28.440 --> 01:05:33.440 in so Growers Outlet in Willis dot com Growers Outlet 1233 01:05:33.519 --> 01:05:37.119 Willis on interstate or an interstate on Highway forty five north. 1234 01:05:37.880 --> 01:05:42.599 Just a few are Highway forty five north. Highway forty five. 1235 01:05:42.639 --> 01:05:45.880 It's actually south of Willis, but easy to get to 1236 01:05:46.320 --> 01:05:50.719 and you'll be impressed when you go by there. Let's 1237 01:05:50.719 --> 01:05:52.840 head out to Kingwood and we're going to talk to Joe, 1238 01:05:53.239 --> 01:05:55.440 and so Joe, welcome to garden Line. 1239 01:05:56.119 --> 01:05:59.760 Good morning, Skip. Wanted your advice on when to do this, 1240 01:06:00.039 --> 01:06:03.559 bring clean up and mulching. I'm going to be going 1241 01:06:03.599 --> 01:06:07.119 on a trip for most of March, so it is 1242 01:06:07.320 --> 01:06:09.599 your advice to go ahead and do it within the 1243 01:06:09.679 --> 01:06:12.440 next week or two, or should I wait until late 1244 01:06:12.599 --> 01:06:14.280 March early April? 1245 01:06:16.039 --> 01:06:17.760 You know, in your situation, I think I'd go ahead 1246 01:06:17.760 --> 01:06:19.960 and do it because what's going to happen is when 1247 01:06:20.000 --> 01:06:21.719 you come back, there's already going to be new growth 1248 01:06:21.840 --> 01:06:24.480 coming up through the old dead growth, and you can 1249 01:06:24.599 --> 01:06:26.519 clean out the old dead, but you know, you're kind 1250 01:06:26.519 --> 01:06:27.960 of having to be a little more careful so you 1251 01:06:28.000 --> 01:06:30.119 don't hurt the new tender shoots coming up through it. 1252 01:06:30.639 --> 01:06:32.639 So I would just go ahead and clean things down now, 1253 01:06:33.039 --> 01:06:35.440 just clean out all the debris. You know, we could 1254 01:06:35.519 --> 01:06:40.280 have another hard freeze, but I don't. The chances of 1255 01:06:40.679 --> 01:06:43.719 a good significant one are unlikely. And if you waited, 1256 01:06:43.760 --> 01:06:45.880 let's say a week or two and then you did 1257 01:06:45.960 --> 01:06:50.159 this trimming up, when the plant begins to grow is 1258 01:06:50.239 --> 01:06:54.639 when the weather temperature says grow, so that's the big factor. 1259 01:06:54.719 --> 01:06:57.079 And as things warm up, and we already got some perennials. 1260 01:06:57.079 --> 01:06:59.079 By the way, they're pushing new growth out of the base. 1261 01:06:59.840 --> 01:07:01.079 I would go ahead and get that done. 1262 01:07:01.760 --> 01:07:02.000 Great. 1263 01:07:02.079 --> 01:07:03.599 I appreciate the advice. Thank you. 1264 01:07:03.679 --> 01:07:06.440 Skip all right, sir, take care and have a good trip. 1265 01:07:07.239 --> 01:07:09.920 All right, We're going to go now to Neadville and 1266 01:07:10.159 --> 01:07:14.039 talk to Analisa. Hello Analisa, Welcome to Gardenline. 1267 01:07:15.239 --> 01:07:18.599 Hi, good morning. I had great success with my tulips 1268 01:07:18.639 --> 01:07:21.079 this winter, and I'm new to flowers, so I was 1269 01:07:21.119 --> 01:07:23.880 wondering if you could recommend another easy bulb that grows 1270 01:07:23.960 --> 01:07:26.599 well in the spring with all this weird freeze and 1271 01:07:27.639 --> 01:07:29.320 not freeze. What should I plant? 1272 01:07:30.840 --> 01:07:34.320 Yeah, okay, So I like to plant bulbs that we 1273 01:07:34.519 --> 01:07:39.159 call repeat performers, meaning they you plan them once and 1274 01:07:39.360 --> 01:07:42.039 year after year after year you get to enjoy those 1275 01:07:42.119 --> 01:07:44.840 bulbs coming back. So it's a good investment or your 1276 01:07:44.880 --> 01:07:48.159 gardening dollars. Tulips tend to be one shot wonders. You know, 1277 01:07:48.320 --> 01:07:51.639 you plan them and you get a beautiful show, but 1278 01:07:51.960 --> 01:07:54.559 typically you're not going to have that same tulip bulb 1279 01:07:54.599 --> 01:07:57.880 blooming for you next year. They just aren't geared toward 1280 01:07:57.960 --> 01:08:01.360 our climate. So for the cool season for the spring. 1281 01:08:01.840 --> 01:08:06.559 Daffodils and Narcissus narcissus have the little white flowers, well, 1282 01:08:07.159 --> 01:08:10.360 paper whites, excuse me, have the little white clusters of flowers. 1283 01:08:10.639 --> 01:08:14.760 Daffodil narcissus is. There are many types of narcissus. Those 1284 01:08:14.840 --> 01:08:17.359 do good, but you want to find ones that are 1285 01:08:17.479 --> 01:08:21.079 more likely to naturalize here in our area. Not all 1286 01:08:21.199 --> 01:08:24.840 daffodils are equal when it comes to how well they naturalize. 1287 01:08:26.079 --> 01:08:29.000 There are your local garden centers typically should do a 1288 01:08:29.079 --> 01:08:31.600 good job of carrying the ones that do better here. 1289 01:08:32.560 --> 01:08:34.640 And you can also go online and you can you 1290 01:08:34.720 --> 01:08:38.399 can hunt that down. You know, there's actually an online 1291 01:08:38.439 --> 01:08:41.359 company that sells to some of our local garden centers 1292 01:08:41.560 --> 01:08:43.239 where you can go online and you can just read 1293 01:08:43.239 --> 01:08:46.159 about varieties, and if you can find those locally, that's 1294 01:08:46.239 --> 01:08:50.119 great too. Our mail order. But daffodil is a good one. 1295 01:08:50.479 --> 01:08:54.479 Another good one is in the summertime are rain lilies 1296 01:08:55.039 --> 01:09:00.439 and copper lilies. Now those are little tiny plants. They fry, dry, 1297 01:09:00.600 --> 01:09:04.800 disappear when it's blazing hot, and then we get a 1298 01:09:04.840 --> 01:09:07.319 little rainfall and out of the ground comes new growth 1299 01:09:07.359 --> 01:09:09.479 and blooms, little white blooms. Some of them have little 1300 01:09:09.479 --> 01:09:12.199 pinkish blooms. The copper lilies have kind of an orange 1301 01:09:13.039 --> 01:09:16.159 yellow colored bloom, and so they're just there every year 1302 01:09:16.239 --> 01:09:19.680 for you. And there's a good list of different options 1303 01:09:20.000 --> 01:09:22.880 that can carry you through the season. It's not a bulb, 1304 01:09:23.159 --> 01:09:27.680 but the cemetery irises do really well. It's surviving year 1305 01:09:27.760 --> 01:09:31.079 after year, and there is primarily a spring bloomer. 1306 01:09:32.760 --> 01:09:33.439 Great, thank you. 1307 01:09:33.600 --> 01:09:35.720 And with the daffodils and the narcissist, do I need 1308 01:09:35.800 --> 01:09:38.159 to wait until we're sure we're past all the freezing 1309 01:09:38.239 --> 01:09:39.560 weather or can I plant. 1310 01:09:39.359 --> 01:09:40.159 Them this weekend? 1311 01:09:40.239 --> 01:09:44.199 No, it's actually you can plant them this weekend. It's 1312 01:09:44.199 --> 01:09:48.119 actually a little late because typically people plant spring blooming 1313 01:09:48.199 --> 01:09:51.359 bulbs in the fall and they kind of get rooted 1314 01:09:51.399 --> 01:09:53.600 in over winter and then they come out in spring 1315 01:09:53.680 --> 01:09:56.159 and bloom. So you'll be planting bulbs now that have 1316 01:09:56.239 --> 01:09:57.840 to get rooted in. You may get a little bit 1317 01:09:57.880 --> 01:10:00.439 of a bloom out of them, but then next year 1318 01:10:00.520 --> 01:10:02.399 they ought to be back on cycle. If you want 1319 01:10:02.439 --> 01:10:05.600 to go ahead and plant those various types of narcissist 1320 01:10:05.800 --> 01:10:07.760 like daffodil and paper whites and. 1321 01:10:09.359 --> 01:10:11.199 Great, thank you so much. I appreciate it. 1322 01:10:12.600 --> 01:10:14.800 All right, I'll give you one more that's kind of fun. 1323 01:10:15.319 --> 01:10:15.399 Uh. 1324 01:10:15.560 --> 01:10:20.039 And it's called a school house lily, also called an 1325 01:10:20.159 --> 01:10:23.319 ox blood lily, and it's little red trumpets and they 1326 01:10:23.439 --> 01:10:26.600 pop out in this in the late summer when kids 1327 01:10:26.640 --> 01:10:28.279 go back to school. That's where they have that name. 1328 01:10:29.119 --> 01:10:32.399 Out of the ground, out a brown, dead, drought and 1329 01:10:32.560 --> 01:10:36.680 heat killed growth of everything else in the area, here 1330 01:10:36.760 --> 01:10:38.920 comes this fresh, new green growth. It blooms for a 1331 01:10:39.000 --> 01:10:41.640 short time, but it's a nice surprise at that time 1332 01:10:41.640 --> 01:10:43.239 of the year we get our first little fall rain. 1333 01:10:43.279 --> 01:10:44.800 They pop up and bloom and then there are a 1334 01:10:44.880 --> 01:10:46.920 couple of weeks and they go away. So mix your 1335 01:10:47.079 --> 01:10:48.920 mix them all up in your yard so there's always 1336 01:10:48.960 --> 01:10:49.840 a surprise coming on. 1337 01:10:51.760 --> 01:10:53.800 And I can plant all of those lilies right now. 1338 01:10:53.880 --> 01:10:55.600 You'd recommend for August. Is that right? 1339 01:10:56.640 --> 01:10:58.960 Yeah? Yeah, you could. You could plant those all now 1340 01:10:59.119 --> 01:11:02.520 the right especially when we're looking at the rain lilies, 1341 01:11:02.600 --> 01:11:06.439 the copper lilies, and the schoolhouse lilies. Uh. There's even 1342 01:11:06.520 --> 01:11:09.039 another one. It's got a weird name. It's called naked 1343 01:11:09.119 --> 01:11:12.119 ladies because they shoot a shoot up out of the 1344 01:11:12.159 --> 01:11:14.760 ground with no leaves, so it's this naked shoot coming up. 1345 01:11:15.159 --> 01:11:17.399 And then there's this cluster of blooms that looks like 1346 01:11:17.520 --> 01:11:21.119 a starburst up on top, and they're beautiful. And they're 1347 01:11:21.159 --> 01:11:23.600 another one that appears in the fall after we get 1348 01:11:23.680 --> 01:11:26.880 our first little cooling rain spell coming on. So that's 1349 01:11:26.880 --> 01:11:28.720 another one. Go to a good garden center and they're 1350 01:11:28.720 --> 01:11:30.239 gonna be able to show you all the different things 1351 01:11:30.279 --> 01:11:31.159 that they carry like that. 1352 01:11:33.199 --> 01:11:33.439 Great. 1353 01:11:33.520 --> 01:11:37.439 I appreciate it, Thank you, thank you ver very much. 1354 01:11:37.520 --> 01:11:39.960 Appreciate that. All right, folks, we're gonna take a little 1355 01:11:39.960 --> 01:11:46.600 break here. I'll be right back. So welcome back to 1356 01:11:46.600 --> 01:11:49.079 the garden. Line seven one three two one two K 1357 01:11:49.479 --> 01:11:52.000 t R H. How can we help you have a 1358 01:11:52.039 --> 01:11:56.520 beautiful garden, a bountiful garden, beautiful landscape, and how can 1359 01:11:56.520 --> 01:11:58.760 we help you have more fun? Listen, gardening is fun, 1360 01:11:58.880 --> 01:12:02.880 trust me repeat, gardening is fun. I promise you this. 1361 01:12:03.199 --> 01:12:05.600 If you've not been having fun gardening, let's fix that. 1362 01:12:06.239 --> 01:12:09.039 Let's find some ways to help you have success. Nobody 1363 01:12:09.119 --> 01:12:13.119 has fun when things you're trying to do don't work. Right, No, 1364 01:12:13.399 --> 01:12:16.479 that's not fun. We can make it fun. Let's do 1365 01:12:16.720 --> 01:12:19.520 it is fun. It absolutely is fun. We will talk 1366 01:12:19.560 --> 01:12:22.119 about all kinds of ways to have fun out there 1367 01:12:22.159 --> 01:12:24.399 in the garden. The more we get out. The more 1368 01:12:24.640 --> 01:12:28.920 we try our hand at working with nature and creating beauty, 1369 01:12:29.479 --> 01:12:33.439 The more we create bounty, the more we put food 1370 01:12:33.520 --> 01:12:37.039 on our tables. That is fifteen hundred miles closer than 1371 01:12:37.079 --> 01:12:40.159 the food we're getting from the grocery store. That is fun. 1372 01:12:40.560 --> 01:12:42.840 That is cool stuff. When you grow your own herbs 1373 01:12:42.880 --> 01:12:45.560 and you bring them in to season things. We were 1374 01:12:45.640 --> 01:12:50.000 barbecueing last summer, and there's a rosemary called barbecue. It's 1375 01:12:50.439 --> 01:12:53.039 basically it just has long, straight stems and you need 1376 01:12:53.039 --> 01:12:55.279 to pull all the little rosemary leaves off and you 1377 01:12:55.479 --> 01:12:59.159 use it as a skewer to put your little kebabs 1378 01:12:59.359 --> 01:13:02.720 on the That's just fun. I mean, that's cool. I 1379 01:13:02.760 --> 01:13:04.439 mean it doesn't change the world in terms of flavor. 1380 01:13:04.520 --> 01:13:08.000 It helps, but it's just fun because you grew at yourself. 1381 01:13:08.079 --> 01:13:11.039 How about a base of flowers that you grew yourself. 1382 01:13:11.359 --> 01:13:13.680 There are a lot of flowers almost every season of 1383 01:13:13.720 --> 01:13:15.800 the year that you can grow here that you could 1384 01:13:15.800 --> 01:13:19.119 bring in and use as a decoration the landscape plants 1385 01:13:19.159 --> 01:13:22.399 to make a good good floral decoration in general. How 1386 01:13:22.399 --> 01:13:23.880 do you want to have fun? Do you want it 1387 01:13:23.880 --> 01:13:25.680 to be food? Do you want it to be beauty? 1388 01:13:25.840 --> 01:13:27.840 Do you want it to be fragrance. Oh my gosh, 1389 01:13:27.880 --> 01:13:31.800 we're talking earlier about some fragrant plants. You go outside, 1390 01:13:31.960 --> 01:13:34.720 I tell you what, here is a garden of eden. 1391 01:13:35.680 --> 01:13:38.079 You outside, you have a patio, You put up some 1392 01:13:38.239 --> 01:13:43.640 bird feeders and whatever bird you know, bird baths and 1393 01:13:43.800 --> 01:13:46.560 everything else to bring the birds in. And you get 1394 01:13:46.640 --> 01:13:48.399 you your early morning cup of coffee, and you have 1395 01:13:48.600 --> 01:13:52.039 some plant that is sitting there, maybe on the southwest side. 1396 01:13:52.119 --> 01:13:55.039 We tend to get more southwest winds than other directions here. 1397 01:13:55.079 --> 01:13:57.560 But wherever you just got some plants around. Maybe it's 1398 01:13:57.600 --> 01:14:00.359 a citrus tree and a container on the patio, and 1399 01:14:00.560 --> 01:14:03.439 you are smelling the fragrance, you are hearing the songs 1400 01:14:03.479 --> 01:14:06.760 of birds. You're seeing the beauty of the garden. Oh 1401 01:14:06.840 --> 01:14:10.000 my gosh. It just doesn't get much better than that. 1402 01:14:10.199 --> 01:14:12.399 That is a special moment. And you can create that 1403 01:14:12.640 --> 01:14:15.399 at your house. You can create it now. The best 1404 01:14:15.439 --> 01:14:18.039 time to plant a tree is in the dormous season 1405 01:14:18.640 --> 01:14:21.800 because that tree needs time to establish its roots. So 1406 01:14:22.039 --> 01:14:25.600 get your trees and your shrubs we call those woody ornamentals. 1407 01:14:25.840 --> 01:14:29.600 Get those things planted now. And when you plant them, 1408 01:14:30.039 --> 01:14:32.239 it helps if you will get you one of the 1409 01:14:32.359 --> 01:14:37.239 three sixty tree stabilizers. That's a bar that attaches to 1410 01:14:37.359 --> 01:14:40.159 a post. They have an attachment that fits t posts 1411 01:14:40.279 --> 01:14:42.800 real simply just driving straight down on the ground, or 1412 01:14:42.840 --> 01:14:44.319 if you want to put in a post, you know, 1413 01:14:44.520 --> 01:14:47.239 like a regular round fence post, they'll attach to those two. 1414 01:14:47.520 --> 01:14:49.840 The other end attaches to your tree, and it's a 1415 01:14:50.000 --> 01:14:53.079 soft rubber strap that has holes in it. So just 1416 01:14:53.159 --> 01:14:55.119 like on your belt, you know, you can tighten or 1417 01:14:55.159 --> 01:14:57.159 loosen your belt by going too a different hole. That's 1418 01:14:57.159 --> 01:14:59.840 how that strap is. But the good thing about this 1419 01:15:00.119 --> 01:15:02.560 is trees need to move a little bit if you 1420 01:15:03.079 --> 01:15:05.600 honker them down where they don't bend at all. There's 1421 01:15:05.640 --> 01:15:09.359 a principle of nature that when we stretch things, they 1422 01:15:09.439 --> 01:15:13.079 get stronger. And here's an example. If you took one 1423 01:15:13.199 --> 01:15:15.399 arm and you just tied it beside your body where 1424 01:15:15.439 --> 01:15:17.640 you never used it, and the other arm, you went 1425 01:15:17.720 --> 01:15:20.119 to the gym and you lifted weights until it was 1426 01:15:20.199 --> 01:15:22.640 worn out, and then a couple days later, you lift 1427 01:15:22.680 --> 01:15:25.279 weights until it worn out. Do that for a few weeks, 1428 01:15:25.399 --> 01:15:28.640 and what's gonna be the difference in your arms? Right? Okay? 1429 01:15:29.079 --> 01:15:31.880 Same thing as true with tree trunks. You bend that wood, 1430 01:15:31.960 --> 01:15:34.119 you bend the upper roots that are helping anchor the 1431 01:15:34.159 --> 01:15:36.319 tree just a little bit, not a lot. I'm not 1432 01:15:36.319 --> 01:15:39.000 talking about going horizontal here. I just mean moving it, 1433 01:15:39.359 --> 01:15:42.319 moving that and it strengthens it. You got tomato plant. 1434 01:15:42.319 --> 01:15:44.680 If you're growing tomato plant transplants right now in your 1435 01:15:44.720 --> 01:15:47.359 house and you run your hands over the top every 1436 01:15:47.439 --> 01:15:49.199 day just to make it thinks the wind blow and 1437 01:15:49.399 --> 01:15:52.680 just bend those little stems, they will be stronger than 1438 01:15:52.720 --> 01:15:55.439 a plant growing in perfectly still air. All right. So 1439 01:15:55.520 --> 01:15:58.920 I said all that to say, a tree support needs 1440 01:15:59.039 --> 01:16:01.319 to give a little bit, needs to let the plant 1441 01:16:01.439 --> 01:16:03.239 move a little bit, not a lot, but a little bit. 1442 01:16:03.640 --> 01:16:07.000 That's what three sixty Tree stabilizer does. You're gonna find 1443 01:16:07.039 --> 01:16:09.119 them all over the place. They've got them at Plants 1444 01:16:09.119 --> 01:16:11.760 for All Seasons. You can find them at Buchanans downtown, 1445 01:16:11.800 --> 01:16:14.880 at Arborgate up and Tombole Sanamal's down south of town. 1446 01:16:14.960 --> 01:16:18.119 Also south of town in Alvin Jorges Hidden Gardens carries 1447 01:16:18.199 --> 01:16:21.760 the three sixty tree stabilizer. You're gonna find them at 1448 01:16:21.840 --> 01:16:24.880 RCW Nurseries too. Those are just some of the places 1449 01:16:24.960 --> 01:16:28.199 where you can find this product. Get you one if 1450 01:16:28.279 --> 01:16:31.359 you have a larger tree that you're planting. You may 1451 01:16:31.479 --> 01:16:34.560 want to one kind of north south, one kind of 1452 01:16:34.600 --> 01:16:38.439 east west, holding on so whichever way the wind blows, 1453 01:16:38.920 --> 01:16:41.840 it stabilizes the tree. Now you can go out, you 1454 01:16:41.920 --> 01:16:44.479 can buy wire, you can stick posts in the ground. 1455 01:16:44.560 --> 01:16:47.359 You can stretch that wire over and put a piece 1456 01:16:47.399 --> 01:16:49.239 of garden hose in it so it doesn't cut into 1457 01:16:49.279 --> 01:16:52.880 your tree trunk, and do that three different direction staking 1458 01:16:54.000 --> 01:16:55.720 It's just something to trip over and in the way, 1459 01:16:55.760 --> 01:16:59.479 and it's unnecessary. Tree stabilizer works better. You should try one. 1460 01:17:01.199 --> 01:17:03.159 You are listening to guard line the phone number seven 1461 01:17:03.199 --> 01:17:07.199 one three two one two. What kt r H can 1462 01:17:07.239 --> 01:17:09.399 you answer that? Can you finish the sentence for me? 1463 01:17:09.840 --> 01:17:13.319 Say it all the time, k t r H seven 1464 01:17:13.399 --> 01:17:15.560 one three two one two KTRH. Give me a call. 1465 01:17:15.800 --> 01:17:18.039 We can talk about whatever the things are that you 1466 01:17:18.319 --> 01:17:21.520 are most interested in. Well, I want to talk about 1467 01:17:21.600 --> 01:17:25.720 Arburgate Garden Center for a little bit. Arburgate is one 1468 01:17:25.800 --> 01:17:29.079 of those destination places where you kind of get to 1469 01:17:29.159 --> 01:17:32.439 have it all. And I really mean that a good 1470 01:17:32.520 --> 01:17:36.439 garden center has selection. I can find a better selection 1471 01:17:36.560 --> 01:17:39.680 than Arburgate. A good garden center has staff that know 1472 01:17:39.800 --> 01:17:43.560 what they're talking about. We're talking about people that know garden. 1473 01:17:43.600 --> 01:17:46.159 We're talking peype the garden. When you go to Arburgate, 1474 01:17:46.399 --> 01:17:49.479 you get help. And I've talked to them before. You know, 1475 01:17:49.560 --> 01:17:51.399 they have a customer come in and ask a certain 1476 01:17:51.439 --> 01:17:53.119 kind of question. We'll visit about it a little bit. 1477 01:17:53.640 --> 01:17:53.720 Uh. 1478 01:17:53.960 --> 01:17:58.159 They they make sure they get you the best answer 1479 01:17:58.319 --> 01:18:01.800 you possibly can have have so you can have success. 1480 01:18:02.600 --> 01:18:04.960 And I'm telling you they know ninety nine point nine 1481 01:18:04.960 --> 01:18:08.439 percent of the answers themselves right there, because there's pretty 1482 01:18:08.520 --> 01:18:11.960 much everything that has been asked before. They've been asked. 1483 01:18:12.399 --> 01:18:15.159 They've grown things themselves. They're experts, they know what they're doing. 1484 01:18:15.880 --> 01:18:18.279 You want to get plants at a good garden center 1485 01:18:18.399 --> 01:18:21.560 that grow things that and sell things that belong here, 1486 01:18:22.359 --> 01:18:24.880 not something that never should have been brought across the 1487 01:18:24.960 --> 01:18:29.119 Texas state line and sold. Arburgate is that kind of 1488 01:18:29.199 --> 01:18:32.199 garden center. You want a place that can help you 1489 01:18:32.560 --> 01:18:35.520 create the foundation for success. I always say brown stuff 1490 01:18:35.520 --> 01:18:38.159 before green stuff, brown stuff before green What does that mean? 1491 01:18:38.319 --> 01:18:41.640 All it means is fix the soil first and then 1492 01:18:41.720 --> 01:18:45.399 put your wonderful plants in and they will succeed. Don't 1493 01:18:45.640 --> 01:18:49.680 PLoP a poor plant into an unprepared plot. First comes 1494 01:18:49.720 --> 01:18:52.880 to brown, then comes to green when it comes to Arburgate. 1495 01:18:53.039 --> 01:18:56.399 The brown is a soil for anything you want to grow. 1496 01:18:56.720 --> 01:18:59.479 It has some expanded shale in it which helps our 1497 01:19:00.880 --> 01:19:04.760 They have a compost that also has expanded shale. Awesome product. 1498 01:19:05.119 --> 01:19:06.960 And by the way, the soil and compost are available 1499 01:19:07.000 --> 01:19:09.760 by bulk. Just ask them at Arburgate. They can they 1500 01:19:09.840 --> 01:19:12.600 can deliver that and bulk to you. And then finally 1501 01:19:12.880 --> 01:19:16.279 the fertilizer for anything with the roots. It's an organic 1502 01:19:16.399 --> 01:19:19.880 fertilizer and it works. So there you go. You get 1503 01:19:19.920 --> 01:19:21.600 the brown stuff, but in the back of the car 1504 01:19:22.039 --> 01:19:24.239 you buy the green stuff that will grow here, that 1505 01:19:24.359 --> 01:19:27.039 will thrive here, and you're good to go. Whether it's 1506 01:19:27.159 --> 01:19:30.119 cool season, color, vegetables, herbs, fruit tree that fruit trees 1507 01:19:30.199 --> 01:19:34.399 year around, fruit trees, berries, grapes, seeds inside all kinds 1508 01:19:34.399 --> 01:19:37.720 of their gift shops are unbelievable. They the more than 1509 01:19:37.760 --> 01:19:39.880 one yes, and you got to go in and see them. 1510 01:19:41.039 --> 01:19:43.159 Whatever kind of planet is, they're going to have it 1511 01:19:43.199 --> 01:19:46.600 at Arbigate. And then finally a garden center that is 1512 01:19:46.800 --> 01:19:50.039 fun to walk around. And Arburgate is just it's just 1513 01:19:50.159 --> 01:19:52.960 a little botanical garden of all kinds of things. From 1514 01:19:53.079 --> 01:19:57.159 yard art to plants to interesting iron art structures. To 1515 01:19:58.159 --> 01:19:59.920 just go by there and see it. Park in the 1516 01:20:00.079 --> 01:20:02.359 back parking lot by the way, that's off Treschel Road. 1517 01:20:02.439 --> 01:20:04.920 Just a little loop goes round behind Arburgate and you 1518 01:20:05.239 --> 01:20:08.600 will be very impressed. I guarantee you. And don't ever 1519 01:20:08.680 --> 01:20:11.399 go by yourself. Take some friends with you because it 1520 01:20:11.520 --> 01:20:13.720 is just too much fun. This is like, this isn't 1521 01:20:13.760 --> 01:20:15.640 just like going to the Stormline grocery and coming home. 1522 01:20:15.760 --> 01:20:19.720 This is an outing. It's an experience. All right. Well 1523 01:20:20.119 --> 01:20:22.640 I kind of droned on there, but I love that place. 1524 01:20:22.880 --> 01:20:26.600 I absolutely love it. You're listening to Guardline and the 1525 01:20:26.720 --> 01:20:32.359 phone number is seven one three two one two KTRH. 1526 01:20:32.560 --> 01:20:34.720 Give me a call. We'll be visiting about the things 1527 01:20:34.920 --> 01:20:39.479 that are of interest to you coming up here. Oh 1528 01:20:39.560 --> 01:20:41.520 my gosh're about to start playing music. How can we 1529 01:20:41.640 --> 01:20:45.279 be done with another hour? That's impossible. Hey, I want 1530 01:20:45.279 --> 01:20:47.600 to tell you about something before I forget coming up 1531 01:20:47.640 --> 01:20:49.479 in March. I'll try to announce this a little bit later, 1532 01:20:49.600 --> 01:20:53.039 but the Pioneer Unit of the Herb Society of America 1533 01:20:53.560 --> 01:20:56.479 is having their annual Herb Forum. It's going to be 1534 01:20:56.560 --> 01:21:00.680 up and round Top at the Festival Hill Institute. Now 1535 01:21:00.840 --> 01:21:02.479 let me just give you the website. I'm gonna tell 1536 01:21:02.479 --> 01:21:04.079 you some other things, but you want to go find 1537 01:21:04.119 --> 01:21:10.800 out all this information. Festival Hill dotorg. Festival Hill dot oorg. 1538 01:21:11.000 --> 01:21:13.239 Go there, find out all about it. It's an eighty 1539 01:21:13.319 --> 01:21:17.920 dollars registration, but you're getting some incredible speakers. The theme 1540 01:21:18.039 --> 01:21:22.000 is Unlocking the Mysteries of Herbs Superpowers, how to restore 1541 01:21:22.039 --> 01:21:27.800 the biodiversity to your soil, the science of aromatherapy, healing 1542 01:21:27.920 --> 01:21:33.319 chemicals of herbs, growing herbs here in Texas. There'll be demonstrations, 1543 01:21:33.359 --> 01:21:36.520 you get to interact with the speakers. It's Saturday, March fifteenth, 1544 01:21:36.720 --> 01:21:39.359 from nine am to four pm. I'm an old ideal 1545 01:21:39.439 --> 01:21:41.119 and if you've never been out there, it's a beautiful place. 1546 01:21:41.159 --> 01:21:45.279 Festival Who's a beautiful place? Festival Hill dot org. The 1547 01:21:45.399 --> 01:21:50.560 Annual Herb Forum Unlocking the Mysteries of Herb Superpowers. There 1548 01:21:50.600 --> 01:21:55.000 you go. That sounds like a fun outic. All right, Well, 1549 01:21:55.079 --> 01:21:56.720 I'm gonna take a little break here. I'm a little 1550 01:21:56.720 --> 01:21:59.600 low on coffee and in order for me to stay coherent, 1551 01:21:59.640 --> 01:22:02.079 I'm aout go get I'll be right back. 1552 01:22:10.119 --> 01:22:14.720 Welcome to Katie R. H Garden Line with scared Rickard's. 1553 01:22:16.079 --> 01:22:16.479 Crazy. 1554 01:22:22.680 --> 01:22:33.199 Just watch him as so many pies to sup Brasy away. 1555 01:22:38.960 --> 01:22:47.199 Not sorry, all right, welcome back, here we go. We 1556 01:22:47.359 --> 01:22:50.520 have got plenty of things to talk about today. Spring 1557 01:22:51.039 --> 01:22:54.520 is about to spring itself. He would, you know the 1558 01:22:55.720 --> 01:22:58.760 I'm done with winter. Okay, let's call it h Somebody 1559 01:22:58.800 --> 01:23:00.800 get hold of the weather man, tell him this thing down. 1560 01:23:00.960 --> 01:23:04.279 We're done. We're done. We got some better weather coming 1561 01:23:04.319 --> 01:23:07.399 this week. And I'm excited about getting outside. If I 1562 01:23:07.479 --> 01:23:09.479 showed you a picture of my yard and garden right now, 1563 01:23:09.520 --> 01:23:12.479 you'd quit listening to Garden Line. It's not quite that bad. 1564 01:23:12.920 --> 01:23:16.199 But I've been traveling and I have been working on 1565 01:23:16.279 --> 01:23:19.119 some other projects and doing some consulting and different kinds 1566 01:23:19.159 --> 01:23:21.239 of things, and it is time for me to get 1567 01:23:21.319 --> 01:23:24.359 home and take care of things at the house. And 1568 01:23:24.520 --> 01:23:26.439 I can't wait. I love getting outside. 1569 01:23:26.880 --> 01:23:27.039 You know. 1570 01:23:27.239 --> 01:23:30.039 I think it was Calvin and Hobbes commercial, you know 1571 01:23:30.159 --> 01:23:34.000 that cartoon with the tiger and says at the end 1572 01:23:34.039 --> 01:23:36.239 of the day in the spring, if you don't have 1573 01:23:36.359 --> 01:23:38.479 grass stains all over your knees, you're not doing things 1574 01:23:38.560 --> 01:23:41.520 right or no, you need to seriously reconsider your life. 1575 01:23:42.840 --> 01:23:44.119 And I need to go out there and get some 1576 01:23:44.239 --> 01:23:48.479 grass stains on my knees along with some dirt stains too, 1577 01:23:48.880 --> 01:23:52.760 some soil seven to one three two one two KTRH 1578 01:23:52.840 --> 01:23:55.159 seven one three two one two KTRH. Give us a call, 1579 01:23:55.239 --> 01:23:56.720 let's let's help you have success. 1580 01:23:57.319 --> 01:23:57.439 Uh. 1581 01:23:57.840 --> 01:24:01.159 South of Houston, you have got a one stop shop 1582 01:24:01.479 --> 01:24:05.760 for all things related to setting the perfect foundation for 1583 01:24:05.920 --> 01:24:09.560 gardening success. And I'm talking about Cienamlts and I'm talking 1584 01:24:09.640 --> 01:24:14.640 about soil improvement. Brown stuff before green stuff. How do 1585 01:24:14.720 --> 01:24:17.560 you do? What is brown stuff? What does that even mean? 1586 01:24:17.680 --> 01:24:19.960 You maybe think of that? What like what is involved 1587 01:24:20.000 --> 01:24:21.680 in that? What do you mean when you say that, Well, 1588 01:24:22.399 --> 01:24:24.399 there are two things that are in gardening. There's the 1589 01:24:24.439 --> 01:24:26.520 bronze stuff, which is a soil, and there's a green stuff, 1590 01:24:26.560 --> 01:24:28.680 which is the plants. Now, you want plants that want 1591 01:24:28.720 --> 01:24:30.399 to grow here. You want plants that are healthy and 1592 01:24:30.479 --> 01:24:34.359 plants that are strong and all that. But first, first, first, first, 1593 01:24:34.720 --> 01:24:36.880 you got to get the soil right before you put 1594 01:24:36.920 --> 01:24:39.800 the plants in. At cienamlts, you get the soil right. 1595 01:24:40.479 --> 01:24:44.279 Do you need a soil blend maybe something like a 1596 01:24:45.079 --> 01:24:48.239 airloom soils veggie nerd mix. They've got that do you 1597 01:24:48.319 --> 01:24:51.520 need a quality multch for example, do you need a 1598 01:24:52.399 --> 01:24:57.319 just compost, a quality compost. They have everything you need 1599 01:24:57.520 --> 01:25:00.920 to turn that soil into something special. They have bulk 1600 01:25:01.039 --> 01:25:03.520 or they have some things in bags. But I'm telling you, 1601 01:25:04.720 --> 01:25:06.399 whether you go by there and pick it up or 1602 01:25:06.439 --> 01:25:08.079 whether you have them deliver it, they do about a 1603 01:25:08.119 --> 01:25:10.720 twenty mile radius delivery. And by the way, they're they're 1604 01:25:10.840 --> 01:25:14.720 in on FM five point twenty one near Highway six 1605 01:25:14.800 --> 01:25:16.720 and two eighty eight. So those of you listening that 1606 01:25:16.800 --> 01:25:19.640 are in Siana Plantation, Quel Valley, Manvil, Roach Share, and 1607 01:25:19.680 --> 01:25:23.119 Sandy Point Arcola. I have a colony Pomona Meridian. First 1608 01:25:23.439 --> 01:25:26.880 you see what I'm saying, Paarland, sun Creek Estate, Sweetwater Reshnent. 1609 01:25:26.960 --> 01:25:32.439 This is your hometown one stop shop for everything that 1610 01:25:32.600 --> 01:25:35.880 creates the perfect foundation for your plants. They also part 1611 01:25:35.920 --> 01:25:38.800 of the brown stuff is nutrients. So where do you 1612 01:25:38.880 --> 01:25:46.199 get microlife Nelson's turf Star, Medina products, Nitrefoss products, ASA mite, 1613 01:25:46.359 --> 01:25:50.760 which is that micro nutrient trace mineral supplement. Where do 1614 01:25:50.800 --> 01:25:54.760 you get products from heirloom sauce. You get them at 1615 01:25:54.880 --> 01:25:57.239 Santa malk They have all that. When you drive off 1616 01:25:57.279 --> 01:25:59.159 from Sanamulta. When you hang up the phone, they're going 1617 01:25:59.199 --> 01:26:03.439 to bring it twenty miles for small delivery fee. When 1618 01:26:03.479 --> 01:26:06.439 you're done there, the foundation is ready to be built. 1619 01:26:06.920 --> 01:26:09.880 And then when the plants go in, everyone says you 1620 01:26:09.960 --> 01:26:13.960 got a green thumb. Well, you have a green thumb 1621 01:26:14.000 --> 01:26:16.760 because Ciena must help make your thumb for green by 1622 01:26:16.840 --> 01:26:20.039 providing you the good stuff. They're open money through Friday 1623 01:26:20.119 --> 01:26:22.800 seven thirty to five and Saturday seven thirty to two, 1624 01:26:23.039 --> 01:26:26.840 closed on Sunday. Go to the website Cienamultz dot com. 1625 01:26:27.000 --> 01:26:29.840 Check them out and see why I'm so big on 1626 01:26:30.079 --> 01:26:34.760 that particular company. Also another reason is they're friendly, and 1627 01:26:34.840 --> 01:26:38.039 they're fun, and they're they're enjoyable, a pleasure to work with. 1628 01:26:38.680 --> 01:26:40.920 And I haven't even gotten into talking about their beautiful 1629 01:26:41.000 --> 01:26:46.680 flagstones and other kinds of river rocks and gravel saying, oh, what. 1630 01:26:46.760 --> 01:26:47.199 Do you need? 1631 01:26:47.439 --> 01:26:49.600 Just go buy there. They're gonna have it. Guarantee you 1632 01:26:49.680 --> 01:26:52.640 that they're gonna have it. I was talking about micro 1633 01:26:52.720 --> 01:26:55.079 life products earlier and the fact that they're based on 1634 01:26:55.199 --> 01:26:59.159 the truth that microbes rule the world and microbes make 1635 01:26:59.239 --> 01:27:02.479 your plants happy by making the soil better. One of 1636 01:27:02.520 --> 01:27:06.199 the products they have is Microlife's hum mats plus. That's 1637 01:27:06.279 --> 01:27:09.600 a purple bag. It's a zero zero four fertilizer. It's 1638 01:27:09.600 --> 01:27:11.119 got a little bit of fertilizer in it. But that's 1639 01:27:11.159 --> 01:27:13.800 not why we're putting it down. Primarily, we're putting it 1640 01:27:13.920 --> 01:27:17.439 down because it's concentrated compost in a bag. It is humus. 1641 01:27:17.960 --> 01:27:20.600 And every time you add a little humus to the soil, 1642 01:27:20.760 --> 01:27:23.199 little humus to the soil, over time, it is just 1643 01:27:23.279 --> 01:27:26.520 getting richer and richer and richer. That's how nature builds 1644 01:27:26.520 --> 01:27:29.520 soil by taking organic matter and taking it past compost 1645 01:27:29.600 --> 01:27:33.479 all the way to humus over time, and microlife hum 1646 01:27:33.479 --> 01:27:35.920 mates plus. The purple bag just gives you a way 1647 01:27:35.960 --> 01:27:38.319 to do that in a short cut. You've already got 1648 01:27:38.640 --> 01:27:41.479 the humus product in your hands. Spread it out there, 1649 01:27:41.600 --> 01:27:43.920 follow the label. You can do it anytime of a year. 1650 01:27:44.119 --> 01:27:45.640 You can do it when you fertilize. I mean you 1651 01:27:45.720 --> 01:27:48.439 could go out, you know, first put your fertilizer out, 1652 01:27:48.560 --> 01:27:50.399 or first put the hum mats plus out then put 1653 01:27:50.399 --> 01:27:52.279 the other one out. Either way you go about it, 1654 01:27:52.479 --> 01:27:55.640 you're going to have the same results. But in addition 1655 01:27:55.760 --> 01:27:59.840 to your spring fertilizations, consider adding the Microlife humantes plus 1656 01:28:00.079 --> 01:28:03.359 to your lawn does real well, also does good. You 1657 01:28:03.439 --> 01:28:05.079 know you got a clay soil and you wanted to 1658 01:28:05.159 --> 01:28:07.199 improve it and put in a garden and things. Oh 1659 01:28:07.279 --> 01:28:09.520 my gosh, you got to put the image plus into that. 1660 01:28:11.840 --> 01:28:14.199 You are listening to Garden Line. Our number here if 1661 01:28:14.199 --> 01:28:16.560 you'd like to give me call seven one three two 1662 01:28:16.680 --> 01:28:21.479 one two kt r H. Seven one three two one 1663 01:28:21.600 --> 01:28:25.479 two kt r H. How can we help you have success? 1664 01:28:26.000 --> 01:28:28.359 All right? I want I've been wanting to talk a 1665 01:28:28.479 --> 01:28:34.399 little bit about success with tropical types of plants. And 1666 01:28:34.520 --> 01:28:38.680 I know it's still kind of cool outside, but we're 1667 01:28:38.720 --> 01:28:41.479 getting really close to a time when we can start 1668 01:28:41.520 --> 01:28:44.279 putting tropicals outside. I had a number of calls from people, 1669 01:28:44.760 --> 01:28:47.720 you know, saying things like, well, i've got some hibiscus, 1670 01:28:47.960 --> 01:28:50.680 or I've got some gingers, I've got something like that 1671 01:28:50.960 --> 01:28:53.680 that is in the garage. I've had emails on this too. 1672 01:28:54.640 --> 01:28:56.479 When can I bring them out? How do you know 1673 01:28:56.640 --> 01:28:58.319 when it's safe to bring them out? Well, you don't. 1674 01:28:59.199 --> 01:29:01.960 You You can listen to the weather man. You can 1675 01:29:02.159 --> 01:29:04.880 consider how far out that forecast is, because the further 1676 01:29:05.000 --> 01:29:07.640 out it is, yeah, don't morey ify it is. But 1677 01:29:07.800 --> 01:29:10.359 when things warm up those plants are ready to grow. 1678 01:29:11.079 --> 01:29:13.840 I tend to be on the conservative side what I'll do. 1679 01:29:14.520 --> 01:29:17.079 I may even buy a plant before it's time to 1680 01:29:17.119 --> 01:29:19.640 put it out and just take care of it. Bring 1681 01:29:19.720 --> 01:29:21.840 it in as needed, bring it in, make sure you 1682 01:29:22.079 --> 01:29:24.680 are taking good care of it, protecting it from the cold. 1683 01:29:25.079 --> 01:29:27.720 And when it gets warm, then those plants are really 1684 01:29:27.960 --> 01:29:29.920 ready to grow and you can pin them a little earlier. 1685 01:29:30.039 --> 01:29:32.439 I've got some ginger, for example, that's in pots right now, 1686 01:29:32.880 --> 01:29:34.880 and I could stick it in the ground and mulch 1687 01:29:34.920 --> 01:29:37.079 over it and it'd be fine. But I generally wait 1688 01:29:37.199 --> 01:29:39.000 until it's ready to grow and put it out at 1689 01:29:39.039 --> 01:29:41.520 that time. That gives you a little time, a little 1690 01:29:41.560 --> 01:29:43.760 extra time to prepare the soil. And it is so 1691 01:29:44.079 --> 01:29:46.520 important to prepare the soil ahead of time. So get 1692 01:29:46.560 --> 01:29:49.199 those soil right and then move those things out. In 1693 01:29:49.279 --> 01:29:51.239 the meantime, put them outside every time we have a 1694 01:29:51.239 --> 01:29:52.920 little bit of sunshine. This week's going to be a 1695 01:29:52.960 --> 01:29:55.920 good time even for tropicals to be out there capturing 1696 01:29:55.960 --> 01:29:58.840 a little bit of sunlight in preparation for when we 1697 01:29:58.880 --> 01:30:00.920 put them in the ground. Let me take a quick 1698 01:30:00.960 --> 01:30:02.640 break and I'm going to come back with your calls 1699 01:30:02.720 --> 01:30:12.840 and more gardening information. All right, we're back back with 1700 01:30:13.000 --> 01:30:16.880 garden Line. Hey, thanks for being a listener. I appreciate that. 1701 01:30:18.279 --> 01:30:20.840 I hope you're having fun. I hope you're having tips 1702 01:30:20.920 --> 01:30:24.720 that help you have success for sure. You know, folks 1703 01:30:24.760 --> 01:30:29.039 at Nitrovis have an organic fertilizer. It is a product 1704 01:30:29.079 --> 01:30:34.439 called Sweet Green. It's based on molasses that microbes have 1705 01:30:34.600 --> 01:30:37.600 done a little work with and created an eleven zero 1706 01:30:37.840 --> 01:30:41.840 zero fertilizer. So when you put you know, organic gardeners 1707 01:30:41.840 --> 01:30:43.880 will put molasses in the soil because they know that 1708 01:30:44.039 --> 01:30:48.039 carbon really stimulates a lot of microbial activity, especially with 1709 01:30:48.119 --> 01:30:52.079 beneficial bacteria. Well, Sweet Green has the same effect in 1710 01:30:52.159 --> 01:30:54.479 your soil and be an eleven percent one of the 1711 01:30:54.560 --> 01:30:57.800 highest analyzes for an organic plant food that you would have, 1712 01:30:58.560 --> 01:31:01.640 and it being a lassis based product just smells good, 1713 01:31:01.720 --> 01:31:03.960 smells great. I joke around and say when you when 1714 01:31:04.039 --> 01:31:06.159 you buy it and go home, you want to take 1715 01:31:06.159 --> 01:31:08.880 an extra loop around six ten just to enjoy the 1716 01:31:10.680 --> 01:31:13.840 fragrance of it. Maybe not, but you know what I'm saying. Anyway, 1717 01:31:14.079 --> 01:31:16.359 you're going to find it at a lot of different retailers, 1718 01:31:16.640 --> 01:31:21.680 like other MICU, like other products that are from Nitrofoss 1719 01:31:21.760 --> 01:31:25.399 and this microbially active product is going to be available 1720 01:31:25.439 --> 01:31:30.359 at places like Plantation Ace Hardware, A Langham Creek Ace Hardware, 1721 01:31:30.800 --> 01:31:33.680 r CW Nurseries. Uh and there's a Lake Hardware now 1722 01:31:33.720 --> 01:31:38.600 in Angleton. There's hardware done include too. They carry nitrofoss 1723 01:31:38.680 --> 01:31:42.880 products like the Sweet Green. It's a pretty quickly available 1724 01:31:43.000 --> 01:31:44.760 microbes get a hold of it and they release the 1725 01:31:45.319 --> 01:31:47.680 the nitrogen that's in it, and you're in business in 1726 01:31:47.760 --> 01:31:50.319 your lawn will show the show the difference as a result, too, 1727 01:31:52.199 --> 01:31:54.960 Sweet and green. That's a good combination. That's a good name. 1728 01:31:55.119 --> 01:31:57.279 What you thought of that? I like that name. 1729 01:31:58.199 --> 01:31:58.279 Uh. 1730 01:31:58.479 --> 01:32:01.439 Out in Kingwood, we've a couple of garden centers that 1731 01:32:01.600 --> 01:32:03.960 are just outstanding. You know, the Kingwood Garden Center. They 1732 01:32:03.960 --> 01:32:07.920 did a revamp on their gift shop over the cool season, 1733 01:32:07.960 --> 01:32:11.560 the early holiday season and it is really looking gut 1734 01:32:11.640 --> 01:32:14.760 in there. It just it looks awesome really inside. And 1735 01:32:15.359 --> 01:32:19.439 Warren's Garden Center is as Warren's Southern Gardens is on 1736 01:32:19.600 --> 01:32:22.399 North Park Drive, Kingwood is on Stone Hollow Drive. Both 1737 01:32:22.680 --> 01:32:25.640 both locations open seven days a week. They served that 1738 01:32:25.760 --> 01:32:28.039 whole region up there, you know, not just Kingwood, but 1739 01:32:28.119 --> 01:32:31.600 Humbolo Task assieda new Caney Valley ranch and porter all 1740 01:32:31.720 --> 01:32:33.920 that area. You're gonna find the products you hear me 1741 01:32:34.000 --> 01:32:38.239 talk about, like Microlife products, nitrofost products, Nelson turf Star products, 1742 01:32:38.359 --> 01:32:42.239 airloom soils, the Nelson plant food and the jars or there. 1743 01:32:43.279 --> 01:32:45.159 They carry a lot of things. And they even have 1744 01:32:45.479 --> 01:32:51.439 the refilling jars there for Microlife and Nelson plant food products. 1745 01:32:51.760 --> 01:32:53.720 So when you buy a jug of either Microlife or 1746 01:32:53.760 --> 01:32:56.000 Nelson plant Food and you don't have to throw the 1747 01:32:56.039 --> 01:32:58.359 plastic away and go buy another jug, you can save 1748 01:32:58.439 --> 01:33:01.920 some money and avoid throwing plants in the environment by 1749 01:33:02.000 --> 01:33:03.840 going to the filling station. You pull down a little 1750 01:33:03.840 --> 01:33:06.920 handle and refill your jar. And it's economical, it works. 1751 01:33:07.000 --> 01:33:09.640 It just makes sense all around. And they've got that. 1752 01:33:09.960 --> 01:33:12.920 We're in Southern Gardens and Kingwood Garden Center. You're gonna 1753 01:33:12.960 --> 01:33:16.439 find great selections right now. The herbs and the veggies 1754 01:33:16.479 --> 01:33:18.680 are there, they're ready to go. They got citrus and 1755 01:33:18.720 --> 01:33:22.039 other fruit trees. They got roses, certainly, flowers like annuals 1756 01:33:22.079 --> 01:33:24.680 and perennials, and many kinds of native plants as well. 1757 01:33:26.079 --> 01:33:29.560 I just think one of the features that I always 1758 01:33:29.720 --> 01:33:33.359 am impressed with with them, I was out at Warren 1759 01:33:33.479 --> 01:33:35.920 Southern Gardens a while back and they were working on 1760 01:33:36.199 --> 01:33:41.560 designing and making custom potted containers of plants. You have 1761 01:33:41.680 --> 01:33:44.279 multiple plants in a container, so and you can go 1762 01:33:44.439 --> 01:33:46.760 out there and they can even help you with the shopping. 1763 01:33:46.840 --> 01:33:50.000 But like, here's the container, I like, I want that one. Okay, Well, 1764 01:33:50.000 --> 01:33:53.159 here's some soy you put in it. What kind of flowers? 1765 01:33:53.239 --> 01:33:53.560 I like? 1766 01:33:53.880 --> 01:33:55.680 This kind of flower? What will go well with that? Well, 1767 01:33:55.680 --> 01:33:57.560 here's some others. And then they tell you how to 1768 01:33:57.600 --> 01:33:59.159 put it together and you can do it or they 1769 01:33:59.199 --> 01:34:00.479 can do it for you. I mean they can do 1770 01:34:00.560 --> 01:34:03.600 that for you as well. But whatever you need tools, 1771 01:34:03.680 --> 01:34:06.319 other gardening needs, you're going to find them there at 1772 01:34:06.399 --> 01:34:09.720 Warren Southern Gardens Kingwood Garden Center, both open seven days 1773 01:34:09.720 --> 01:34:12.279 a week. So guess what would be a good idea 1774 01:34:12.359 --> 01:34:15.359 for this afternoon is to get out, enjoy some a 1775 01:34:15.399 --> 01:34:20.479 little bit better weather here, and do some shopping. I 1776 01:34:20.680 --> 01:34:24.119 was talking about some different things this morning. One of 1777 01:34:24.199 --> 01:34:27.520 the things that I wanted to mention is outdoor seed starting. 1778 01:34:28.079 --> 01:34:30.439 We're getting really close to the time when we're going 1779 01:34:30.520 --> 01:34:32.760 to start putting those warm season seeds in the ground, 1780 01:34:32.800 --> 01:34:36.439 things like cucumbers and squash and corn and whatnot. And 1781 01:34:36.560 --> 01:34:39.880 sometimes people get confused about how deep do you plant 1782 01:34:39.920 --> 01:34:41.399 a seed. So I'm going to give you a quick 1783 01:34:41.840 --> 01:34:46.119 quick tip here. For most seeds, if you will plant them, 1784 01:34:46.159 --> 01:34:49.479 about three times as deep as the seed is wide, 1785 01:34:50.560 --> 01:34:53.880 that's about the right depth. Therefore times as deep as 1786 01:34:53.920 --> 01:34:56.680 the seed is wide, that's about the right depth. The 1787 01:34:56.800 --> 01:35:01.520 finer textured your soil where the seed is the better 1788 01:35:01.720 --> 01:35:05.319 seed to soil contact that you get. So if you 1789 01:35:05.399 --> 01:35:07.640 get this little seed and some real chunky soil, there's 1790 01:35:07.640 --> 01:35:09.600 a lot of air around the seed, you know, it's 1791 01:35:09.600 --> 01:35:11.880 not just soil kind of packed up against the seed. 1792 01:35:13.239 --> 01:35:15.159 If you can get a finer textured soil, you need 1793 01:35:15.159 --> 01:35:18.079 to put a little compost of very fine texture composts 1794 01:35:18.119 --> 01:35:21.319 down in there too. But that helps the moisture go 1795 01:35:21.479 --> 01:35:25.439 into the seed and stay in the seed. And planting 1796 01:35:25.520 --> 01:35:27.600 with the right depth is important. Now, there's a few 1797 01:35:27.720 --> 01:35:31.479 seeds that need sunlight to germinate. Do you know that 1798 01:35:32.359 --> 01:35:35.319 the red rays of the sun specifically, that's the wavelength 1799 01:35:35.399 --> 01:35:40.000 that primarily is active there. They help germination and so 1800 01:35:40.279 --> 01:35:42.680 let us for example, we plant on top of the ground. 1801 01:35:42.760 --> 01:35:46.399 And now still time to plant lettuce seeds and have 1802 01:35:46.479 --> 01:35:49.000 a nice little harvest of lettuce. But we put them 1803 01:35:49.039 --> 01:35:51.479 on the ground and we keep it moist, wet the soil. First, 1804 01:35:51.920 --> 01:35:55.800 sprinkle the lettuce out, wet it again with a fine mist, 1805 01:35:56.159 --> 01:35:59.680 and keep it moist with periodic misting, and that let 1806 01:35:59.760 --> 01:36:02.279 us he will germinate. Carrot's is helpful if you're not 1807 01:36:02.359 --> 01:36:04.159 too deep on those too. When you plant a seed 1808 01:36:04.199 --> 01:36:07.079 too deep, it never sees the light a day, literally, 1809 01:36:07.520 --> 01:36:10.000 it just can't. It is not able then an energy. 1810 01:36:10.039 --> 01:36:12.439 You know, put a you put a broccoli seed, you know, 1811 01:36:12.720 --> 01:36:14.680 four inches in the soil. I mean, there's no way 1812 01:36:14.720 --> 01:36:16.279 that thing's ever going to make it to the top. 1813 01:36:17.439 --> 01:36:20.159 But think about that three or four times a width 1814 01:36:20.199 --> 01:36:22.760 of the seed. That's how deep. Cover it with soil, 1815 01:36:22.880 --> 01:36:26.000 fine textured mix and you will have success with your seat. 1816 01:36:26.119 --> 01:36:31.680 Keep a moist when a seed. Here's a here's a 1817 01:36:31.760 --> 01:36:36.560 biochemical tip for your seed starting, or biochemical information for 1818 01:36:36.680 --> 01:36:40.479 your seed starting. When a dry seed sets there dry, 1819 01:36:40.680 --> 01:36:43.319 it never sprouts, whether it's a weed seed or seed. 1820 01:36:43.399 --> 01:36:47.159 You plant it. When it gets moist, it takes in water, 1821 01:36:47.399 --> 01:36:51.119 and when water goes inside it starts a series of 1822 01:36:51.239 --> 01:36:56.000 biochemical reactions that are absolutely miraculous. I mean this is 1823 01:36:56.640 --> 01:36:59.960 it is an amazing design the way that seeds are 1824 01:37:00.079 --> 01:37:02.600 are designed to work, and that is the water comes in, 1825 01:37:03.159 --> 01:37:06.479 it starts these biochemical reactions and all kinds of things 1826 01:37:06.520 --> 01:37:08.560 are happening. I won't bore you with all the details 1827 01:37:08.600 --> 01:37:10.920 on it, but the bottom line is, here comes a 1828 01:37:11.039 --> 01:37:14.239 root out and then here comes a shoot up. And 1829 01:37:14.720 --> 01:37:17.079 in the stage of that germination, if it dries out, 1830 01:37:17.159 --> 01:37:19.840 it dies. There's no recovery. Once it gets a root 1831 01:37:20.000 --> 01:37:24.399 down with some measurable depth, then it is able to 1832 01:37:24.479 --> 01:37:26.520 withstand a little bit of drought because it has a 1833 01:37:26.640 --> 01:37:28.800 root that's reaching out into other parts of the soil. 1834 01:37:29.239 --> 01:37:31.119 But right around that seed, you got to keep it 1835 01:37:31.239 --> 01:37:35.359 moist up through the germination process. Not soggy, but not dry. 1836 01:37:35.479 --> 01:37:38.640 Keep it moist and you'll have success when the biochemical 1837 01:37:38.720 --> 01:37:42.319 reactions start because the seed is taken in water. Here 1838 01:37:42.399 --> 01:37:45.600 we go. Some of my seed I will actually pre 1839 01:37:45.760 --> 01:37:48.800 soak before I put them out, And that's a good option. 1840 01:37:49.039 --> 01:37:52.640 You can do that. You like okra, for example, and spinach, 1841 01:37:52.800 --> 01:37:56.279 I will put in very hot water. Just get good 1842 01:37:56.319 --> 01:37:59.520 hot water and put the seeds right in it and 1843 01:37:59.680 --> 01:38:02.920 let it sit on the counter overnight. The water cool off. 1844 01:38:03.000 --> 01:38:05.760 That's okay. The hot water makes the moisture go in 1845 01:38:05.800 --> 01:38:09.119 the seed faster, and then it goes off real quick anyway, 1846 01:38:09.479 --> 01:38:12.359 and then in the morning when you plant it, you 1847 01:38:12.560 --> 01:38:17.479 already have a well soaked seed. It's it's imbibed the 1848 01:38:17.600 --> 01:38:20.439 water it needs and it's ready to start that process. 1849 01:38:20.880 --> 01:38:22.680 And it gives you a little bit of a head start, 1850 01:38:22.840 --> 01:38:24.399 and it gives you a little bit of a higher 1851 01:38:24.479 --> 01:38:27.800 percentage of germination. To pre soak. Now, I don't pre 1852 01:38:27.880 --> 01:38:31.239 soak every seed. I don't pre soak lettuce seeds, and 1853 01:38:31.359 --> 01:38:34.680 I don't pre soak you know, a little broccoli seeds 1854 01:38:34.720 --> 01:38:38.840 and things like that, or pinto beans necessarily, but it 1855 01:38:39.000 --> 01:38:41.119 is a tip for some seeds it may be a 1856 01:38:41.159 --> 01:38:44.239 little slower to sprout for getting a good start on them. 1857 01:38:45.880 --> 01:38:48.119 If you have any kind of outdoor furniture that is 1858 01:38:48.560 --> 01:38:51.479 metal that ain't looking so good, you need to call 1859 01:38:51.760 --> 01:38:54.760 Houston powder Coders or even you can call them at 1860 01:38:54.760 --> 01:38:58.000 two eighty one six seven six thirty eight eighty eight, 1861 01:38:58.199 --> 01:39:00.319 or you can just go to the website Houston powder 1862 01:39:00.359 --> 01:39:03.680 Cooders dot com. All the information is there Houston powder 1863 01:39:03.760 --> 01:39:06.800 Cooders dot com. Another option would be to send them 1864 01:39:06.800 --> 01:39:10.239 an email. Take a picture of your outdoor furniture. It 1865 01:39:10.319 --> 01:39:13.760 maybe it's painted metal furniture. It could be wrought iron, 1866 01:39:13.880 --> 01:39:15.760 it could be a cast iron, it could be a 1867 01:39:15.880 --> 01:39:18.279 luminum patio for whatever it is. Take a picture of 1868 01:39:18.359 --> 01:39:23.640 it and email that picture to sales at Houstoncoders dot com. 1869 01:39:23.880 --> 01:39:26.640 Sales at Houston Cooders dot com, say hey, I just 1870 01:39:26.720 --> 01:39:28.600 need a price aned estimate on this. What's it going 1871 01:39:28.680 --> 01:39:32.279 to take? They will, They do free pickup and delivery 1872 01:39:32.319 --> 01:39:34.920 in the Greater Houston area, and they can do any 1873 01:39:35.000 --> 01:39:36.600 kind of metal. I mean it could be you know, 1874 01:39:36.760 --> 01:39:40.800 some kind of wall art hanging outside that's cast iron 1875 01:39:40.920 --> 01:39:42.520 or something, and they can they can powder coat that. 1876 01:39:43.000 --> 01:39:44.399 And they don't have to paint it. I mean they 1877 01:39:44.479 --> 01:39:46.640 can paint it. They got a hundred say paint it. 1878 01:39:47.119 --> 01:39:49.000 It doesn't have to be colors, is what I meant 1879 01:39:49.039 --> 01:39:51.520 to say. They have over one hundred colors in stock, 1880 01:39:51.680 --> 01:39:54.920 and more colors even that are available, but that in 1881 01:39:55.039 --> 01:39:59.159 those colors or colors that look like even rusty iron, 1882 01:39:59.319 --> 01:40:01.600 you know, they have that colors. If you like that 1883 01:40:01.800 --> 01:40:05.079 natural rustic look, they can powder coat it to that 1884 01:40:05.239 --> 01:40:08.479 color too. Or maybe you want, you know, bright canary 1885 01:40:08.560 --> 01:40:12.760 orange or canary yellow, or a beautiful blue or red 1886 01:40:12.960 --> 01:40:15.039 or something. They can do it all. They can do 1887 01:40:15.239 --> 01:40:16.800 it all. You just got to get a hold of them. 1888 01:40:17.000 --> 01:40:20.479 Send a picture to sales at Houstoncoders dot com or 1889 01:40:20.560 --> 01:40:24.720 go to their website Houston Powdercoders dot com. Find out 1890 01:40:24.720 --> 01:40:27.000 all you need there. They're right up in north central 1891 01:40:27.039 --> 01:40:30.359 Houston near the intersection of Beltway eight and Hardy Toll Road, 1892 01:40:30.439 --> 01:40:32.239 so it's easy to get to. But remember they'll come up, 1893 01:40:32.399 --> 01:40:34.039 they'll come out and they'll pick it up and they'll 1894 01:40:34.079 --> 01:40:37.199 deliver it for you. And all the things that your 1895 01:40:37.239 --> 01:40:39.640 furniture needs, whether maybe you've got to replace the rusty 1896 01:40:39.720 --> 01:40:42.960 bolts in hardware, they'll replace them with stainless steel. Those 1897 01:40:43.039 --> 01:40:46.039 little plastic caps that you know sit on the feet 1898 01:40:46.680 --> 01:40:50.760 so the metal doesn't scratch along your patio, they can 1899 01:40:50.840 --> 01:40:53.279 replace that too. They take good care of it needs 1900 01:40:53.279 --> 01:40:55.479 a little bit of welding. That's also a service they 1901 01:40:55.520 --> 01:40:58.279 can offer is putting a little well to strengthen that. 1902 01:40:58.760 --> 01:41:01.399 And take that old furniture that maybe about to hit 1903 01:41:01.479 --> 01:41:04.520 the road and be thrown away, turn it around, make 1904 01:41:04.560 --> 01:41:07.880 it something special. Houston Powder Coders. They do good work. 1905 01:41:07.960 --> 01:41:10.760 I've seen it. It's amazed at the work that they do. 1906 01:41:13.159 --> 01:41:16.359 Anti Grosenporium is one of the favorite places that I 1907 01:41:16.600 --> 01:41:18.000 like to go visit, and if you haven't been out there, 1908 01:41:18.039 --> 01:41:20.800 you got to go. It's north of Brownham, it's in Independence, Texas, 1909 01:41:21.279 --> 01:41:25.560 and it's like you've gone into a different time. They've 1910 01:41:25.640 --> 01:41:31.399 got some gorgeous buildings on site that are historic that 1911 01:41:32.479 --> 01:41:34.479 it's so cool to walk through them. I love walking. 1912 01:41:34.640 --> 01:41:37.119 I took a picture of In fact, the banner on 1913 01:41:37.359 --> 01:41:40.760 my website currently is me on the porch and one 1914 01:41:40.760 --> 01:41:42.960 of those buildings at antiq Rozenborium. So you go to 1915 01:41:43.000 --> 01:41:45.119 gardening with skip dot com, there's a picture of one 1916 01:41:45.119 --> 01:41:48.439 of the buildings along with me standing there getting in 1917 01:41:48.479 --> 01:41:51.479 the way of that good looking building. Anyway, if you 1918 01:41:51.600 --> 01:41:54.039 go to Anti Rosenborim, you're going to have a wonderful 1919 01:41:54.079 --> 01:41:55.920 time and you need to take your friends, a lot 1920 01:41:56.000 --> 01:41:58.600 of people. I mean, it's almost like, you know, going 1921 01:41:58.720 --> 01:42:01.359 on a special trip to go visit a botanical garden 1922 01:42:01.479 --> 01:42:04.600 or something. They have a deal right now, well, I say, 1923 01:42:04.720 --> 01:42:07.920 right now, do you know they offer free self guided 1924 01:42:07.960 --> 01:42:09.760 tours where they give you a little brochure and you 1925 01:42:09.840 --> 01:42:13.399 can walk through on your own pace. Learn all about 1926 01:42:14.079 --> 01:42:16.960 the plants and the place and everything. It's really cool. 1927 01:42:17.159 --> 01:42:20.199 Or they have a paid guided tour that the owner, 1928 01:42:20.279 --> 01:42:23.880 Jim Keater himself will take you out. He'll walk you through, 1929 01:42:24.039 --> 01:42:27.039 diving deeper into the history and the horticulture behind their 1930 01:42:27.119 --> 01:42:30.039 beautiful landscapes that they have out there. Either way you 1931 01:42:30.119 --> 01:42:32.960 want to go self guided, se a free self guided 1932 01:42:33.039 --> 01:42:36.279 tour with the pamphlet, or go out pay for the 1933 01:42:36.359 --> 01:42:40.319 tour with Jim Keeter get really good insights and not 1934 01:42:40.479 --> 01:42:42.359 only the plants they have, but the history of the 1935 01:42:42.359 --> 01:42:44.880 place and the care of those plants. Now you got 1936 01:42:45.000 --> 01:42:48.800 to write down the website Antique Roseimporium dot com Antique 1937 01:42:48.880 --> 01:42:54.439 Roseemporium dot com and go to that website check out 1938 01:42:54.720 --> 01:42:58.399 upcoming events. They've got some really cool events that are 1939 01:42:58.439 --> 01:42:59.880 coming out. In fact, one of them, I believes in 1940 01:43:01.119 --> 01:43:04.199 it's coming out right around the corner, So don't delay, 1941 01:43:04.319 --> 01:43:06.600 get out there find out about them. They have a 1942 01:43:06.720 --> 01:43:11.000 variety of events from free events and some very special celebrations, 1943 01:43:11.039 --> 01:43:17.640 which is what their Spring Garden Party is. Drinks, dinner, desserts, music, 1944 01:43:17.720 --> 01:43:20.159 and more. It's a paid event, but boy is it 1945 01:43:20.239 --> 01:43:23.319 ever special. So check them out. You want to know 1946 01:43:23.359 --> 01:43:28.439 about that all right. Well, I was talking about ACE 1947 01:43:28.479 --> 01:43:30.880 Hardware before and mentioning that, you know, you got your 1948 01:43:30.960 --> 01:43:33.399 Mowen faucet sale going on, You got your air filters 1949 01:43:33.479 --> 01:43:36.039 and things like that, spring cleaning aces ready for that. 1950 01:43:36.560 --> 01:43:39.600 If you need to exchange your propane canisters or proprane refills, 1951 01:43:39.640 --> 01:43:41.840 so your local ACE store can probably take care of 1952 01:43:41.920 --> 01:43:44.119 that for you as well. You know, Ace Hardware, the 1953 01:43:44.199 --> 01:43:46.880 stores are all over the place. There's a Rockport Ace, 1954 01:43:47.039 --> 01:43:52.039 there is a Plantation ACE down in the Richmond Rosenberg area. 1955 01:43:52.079 --> 01:43:54.920 We got Jay and ours ACE Hardware up in Porter 1956 01:43:55.560 --> 01:43:57.800 Bay City, Ace Hardware and bas City, there's a lot 1957 01:43:57.880 --> 01:44:00.840 of them. Go to ACE Hardware dot com and find 1958 01:44:00.880 --> 01:44:03.359 the store locator and find your local ACE and go 1959 01:44:03.560 --> 01:44:05.600 in and you will be surprised at what they have 1960 01:44:05.760 --> 01:44:14.399 for outdoors and for indoors. Already we're back, Hey, welcome 1961 01:44:14.399 --> 01:44:16.760 back to Guardline. Good to have you, Good to have 1962 01:44:16.880 --> 01:44:20.159 you listening in with us. Listen. If you want to 1963 01:44:20.319 --> 01:44:24.720 do one thing to turn your outdoor porch or patio, 1964 01:44:25.159 --> 01:44:28.640 any kind of outdoor sitting area into something special, even 1965 01:44:28.680 --> 01:44:31.840 to decorate the front of the house, a container full 1966 01:44:31.880 --> 01:44:33.920 of color is the way to do it. I mean 1967 01:44:34.000 --> 01:44:37.880 it's fast, like today this afternoon. You grab a container, 1968 01:44:37.920 --> 01:44:40.039 you grab some soil, you plant the plants. You're in business. 1969 01:44:40.560 --> 01:44:43.439 That's fast. That is fast and easy. But you need 1970 01:44:43.520 --> 01:44:46.319 a good quality mix to go in the container. What 1971 01:44:46.520 --> 01:44:48.119 is a good quality mix. Well, it has a lot 1972 01:44:48.159 --> 01:44:53.800 of organic matter, is very microbial active, microbially active, and 1973 01:44:54.239 --> 01:44:57.079 it has an adequate volume, meaning a good size of 1974 01:44:57.159 --> 01:44:59.960 the container. It holds moisture so it doesn't all run out, 1975 01:45:00.359 --> 01:45:03.560 but it also drains well so it doesn't stay soggy wet. 1976 01:45:03.880 --> 01:45:05.760 You don't want to create a swamp. You don't want 1977 01:45:05.760 --> 01:45:10.079 to create a mucky goo. And that container well, jungle 1978 01:45:10.159 --> 01:45:12.720 Land from Nitrofis does all of that. It is a 1979 01:45:13.079 --> 01:45:17.640 very special mix. It's got specifically blended Canadian blonde peat, 1980 01:45:18.399 --> 01:45:22.600 different four different actually sources of aged bark, and a 1981 01:45:22.720 --> 01:45:26.880 microiz of fungi in the mix itself. It really revitalizes 1982 01:45:27.000 --> 01:45:31.079 potting plants. If you want good lasting color and good performance. 1983 01:45:31.159 --> 01:45:33.640 Remember it all starts in the soil, brown stuff before 1984 01:45:33.720 --> 01:45:36.600 green stuff. When it comes to containers, jungle Land is 1985 01:45:36.640 --> 01:45:39.479 a good brown stuff. They also have an indoor jungle 1986 01:45:39.560 --> 01:45:42.439 Land which has water saving crystals in it. These are 1987 01:45:42.479 --> 01:45:45.000 little crystals that swell up with water. So and I 1988 01:45:45.119 --> 01:45:47.239 know you don't forget, but when your neighbor forgets to 1989 01:45:47.279 --> 01:45:51.119 water their houseplants, these crystals still have some water to 1990 01:45:51.199 --> 01:45:53.319 help it go on until it finally dawns on your 1991 01:45:53.399 --> 01:45:56.920 neighbor to water their houseplants. Where do you get it? Well, 1992 01:45:57.520 --> 01:45:59.920 Nitrofris products are widely available. You're going to find things 1993 01:46:00.119 --> 01:46:01.800 like that at plants for all seasons. In l Wadda. 1994 01:46:01.880 --> 01:46:04.920 You're going to go to Katie's Hardware, which is in 1995 01:46:05.079 --> 01:46:09.399 Katie of course Court Hardware, which is in the Stafford area. 1996 01:46:09.600 --> 01:46:12.239 If you go down to Alvin the Stanton shopping Center, 1997 01:46:12.279 --> 01:46:15.000 you're going to find night Fresh products there as well. 1998 01:46:16.159 --> 01:46:17.960 We're going to head straight out to the phones now 1999 01:46:18.239 --> 01:46:21.560 and talk to Diane in Cyprus. Hey Diane, welcome to 2000 01:46:21.640 --> 01:46:22.119 garden Line. 2001 01:46:23.359 --> 01:46:26.399 Hey, good morning Skip. I had called you a lot, 2002 01:46:26.600 --> 01:46:29.640 uh several times this last spring because we were trying 2003 01:46:29.680 --> 01:46:32.399 to help restore our yard. And then I have concerns 2004 01:46:32.439 --> 01:46:35.560 in our beds and our back of our house, back 2005 01:46:35.640 --> 01:46:38.920 up against this wall where we had some little door 2006 01:46:39.000 --> 01:46:41.880 for your times, and then there's a bird bath, my 2007 01:46:42.039 --> 01:46:44.760 rose bushes that were knocked out roses had been very 2008 01:46:44.800 --> 01:46:48.119 pretty when we first moved into our home six years ago, 2009 01:46:48.159 --> 01:46:51.359 and they did really well. But something happened to them. Okay, 2010 01:46:51.560 --> 01:46:54.640 excuse me, I have to excuse my voice. But it 2011 01:46:54.760 --> 01:46:59.560 started changing and they started turning black on the on 2012 01:46:59.720 --> 01:47:03.800 all stems and the trucks. And I tried everything that 2013 01:47:03.840 --> 01:47:05.520 I could. I was listening to a lot of your 2014 01:47:05.560 --> 01:47:08.760 advice and but I ended up losing all four of them. 2015 01:47:09.279 --> 01:47:12.039 But what I wanted to do is get advice from 2016 01:47:12.079 --> 01:47:15.399 you how to prepare the bed properly with the right 2017 01:47:15.520 --> 01:47:18.399 kind of soil and the nutrients that are needed before 2018 01:47:18.560 --> 01:47:20.359 I plant some more. I'm not going to plan as 2019 01:47:20.439 --> 01:47:22.840 many this time. I'm just going to do too to 2020 01:47:23.079 --> 01:47:24.399 make sure that they'll surprise. 2021 01:47:24.880 --> 01:47:25.720 And so I was. 2022 01:47:25.880 --> 01:47:28.079 I've been taking notes all this morning, but I would 2023 01:47:28.119 --> 01:47:30.000 really like to get your advice on what the best 2024 01:47:30.039 --> 01:47:33.199 needs do to prepare that bed and get it, you know, 2025 01:47:33.399 --> 01:47:36.640 healthy and ready for some knock out really quick. 2026 01:47:36.680 --> 01:47:39.439 I got it all right, So here here's here's what 2027 01:47:39.600 --> 01:47:43.319 you need to do. First of all, the black death 2028 01:47:43.800 --> 01:47:46.600 that occurred that you described, it could have been a canker. 2029 01:47:47.000 --> 01:47:48.800 It also could have been something going wrong in the 2030 01:47:48.920 --> 01:47:52.319 root system. And causing the plant to die. Soggy wet 2031 01:47:52.399 --> 01:47:56.000 soil which is poor drainage can cause that, but it 2032 01:47:56.079 --> 01:47:58.800 didn't matter at this point what it was that caused it. 2033 01:47:59.199 --> 01:48:01.439 You want to get a good rose soil, and you 2034 01:48:01.560 --> 01:48:04.359 can buy rose soil. There's a couple of places that 2035 01:48:04.560 --> 01:48:08.920 service your area. The Nature's Way Resources is on I 2036 01:48:09.079 --> 01:48:13.239 forty five up toward Conro and they service that area. 2037 01:48:14.119 --> 01:48:18.439 You can also get from heirloom soils. They sell both 2038 01:48:18.520 --> 01:48:22.079 bulk and in bag. Around your cypress area. You may 2039 01:48:22.159 --> 01:48:24.439 check with some of your ace hardware stores. You know 2040 01:48:25.199 --> 01:48:27.840 other centers I know over at plant Roll Seasons they 2041 01:48:27.960 --> 01:48:31.399 carry some of the soil types of products that are 2042 01:48:31.479 --> 01:48:34.039 going to be successful for that. When you want a 2043 01:48:34.079 --> 01:48:37.159 good rose mix, build up a raised bed high enough 2044 01:48:37.239 --> 01:48:40.119 to ensure good drainage. And know that the bed is 2045 01:48:40.199 --> 01:48:42.560 going to settle after you build it, So if you 2046 01:48:42.680 --> 01:48:45.760 built it a foot high, by the end of the season, 2047 01:48:45.840 --> 01:48:47.680 it's going to be about eight inches high because it 2048 01:48:47.840 --> 01:48:50.319 literally just settles in a lot. So make it a 2049 01:48:50.359 --> 01:48:53.840 little extra high to begin with. But a good roast 2050 01:48:53.880 --> 01:48:57.079 soil mix and then follow that up with good fertilization 2051 01:48:57.279 --> 01:49:00.960 and small amounts through the season and your roses perform. Well, 2052 01:49:01.119 --> 01:49:03.319 don't forget to maltz the surface too to keep the 2053 01:49:03.359 --> 01:49:03.920 weeds down. 2054 01:49:05.199 --> 01:49:08.199 Okay, I'll certainly do that, and thank you so much. 2055 01:49:08.239 --> 01:49:12.399 I appreciate it. So hopefully this time it'll work, all right. 2056 01:49:12.359 --> 01:49:14.359 Send me a picture of your beautiful rose is when 2057 01:49:14.399 --> 01:49:19.079 it does work. Thanks a lot, Diane, appreciate that, all right. 2058 01:49:20.960 --> 01:49:24.640 You're talking about different products. Nelson Plant Food. They sell 2059 01:49:25.199 --> 01:49:27.840 a rose fertilizer. It's part of the nutri Star line. 2060 01:49:28.439 --> 01:49:30.840 It's a canister jar and you know, you just get 2061 01:49:30.880 --> 01:49:33.000 your little tablespoon in there, scoop it up and sprinkle 2062 01:49:33.039 --> 01:49:35.039 it around according to the right rate. It's part of 2063 01:49:35.119 --> 01:49:36.680 Nutristar products. There's a lot of them. 2064 01:49:36.720 --> 01:49:36.840 You know. 2065 01:49:36.920 --> 01:49:39.760 There's a tree and shrub product. It's for trees and shrubs. 2066 01:49:40.039 --> 01:49:43.560 Gives a nice gradual release over time, including micro nutrients. 2067 01:49:43.880 --> 01:49:47.680 There's a nutristar citrus fruit and avocado. Basically, if you're 2068 01:49:47.680 --> 01:49:50.880 going to grow something to eat off the tree or 2069 01:49:51.000 --> 01:49:55.359 the shrub the bush, nutrastar citrus fruit and avocado that's 2070 01:49:55.399 --> 01:49:56.800 a good one for that. But they also have that 2071 01:49:56.920 --> 01:50:00.680 rose soil, so you know, Cindy was a rather it 2072 01:50:00.840 --> 01:50:04.239 was just discussing roses, so I'd have some jars of 2073 01:50:04.319 --> 01:50:08.960 that Nelson plant food nutri star rose. It's a rose, 2074 01:50:09.079 --> 01:50:12.720 four roses. We're gonna go to Spring Branch now and 2075 01:50:12.760 --> 01:50:15.960 talk to Josh. Hey, Josh, welcome to garden line. Hey, 2076 01:50:16.319 --> 01:50:19.359 good morning to get some morning. 2077 01:50:19.840 --> 01:50:20.640 In the backyard. 2078 01:50:21.279 --> 01:50:24.560 And I'm curious to get any good sponsors. 2079 01:50:24.359 --> 01:50:25.760 They carry that that we did. 2080 01:50:27.560 --> 01:50:30.000 You know, I don't. I don't have a turf sponsor 2081 01:50:30.840 --> 01:50:32.960 at all, but I know there are a number of 2082 01:50:33.039 --> 01:50:35.439 places around town that will sell it. You might try 2083 01:50:35.520 --> 01:50:40.960 one of your oh gosh, King Ranch turf places. Those 2084 01:50:41.000 --> 01:50:43.279 are pretty widespread here in the area. But there's some others. 2085 01:50:43.319 --> 01:50:45.600 There's other good places that will sell you you turf. 2086 01:50:46.119 --> 01:50:50.479 I don't know who carries exactly what variety. Emerald is 2087 01:50:50.760 --> 01:50:53.680 an older variety of Saint Augustine. It's still a good 2088 01:50:53.800 --> 01:50:54.920 variety to plant. 2089 01:50:55.520 --> 01:50:55.640 Uh. 2090 01:50:55.720 --> 01:50:58.840 There are several good zoysias in fact, that you can plant. 2091 01:50:59.119 --> 01:51:01.520 And uh, you just want to let the weather warm 2092 01:51:01.640 --> 01:51:03.760 up enough for the grass to be willing to do 2093 01:51:03.840 --> 01:51:07.119 a little growing. That way, when you put the side down, 2094 01:51:07.239 --> 01:51:09.640 I mean the roots are hitting the ground and stretching 2095 01:51:09.680 --> 01:51:15.479 out of those side pieces right into the soil. Very quickly. Yep, okay, 2096 01:51:17.399 --> 01:51:22.520 all righty good luck with it, yes sir, take care, 2097 01:51:23.399 --> 01:51:26.920 oh man, that is the case. RCW Nursery is the 2098 01:51:27.000 --> 01:51:29.239 garden center that's right there at two forty nine and 2099 01:51:29.279 --> 01:51:31.159 belt Way eight. They're really easy to get to us 2100 01:51:31.199 --> 01:51:33.279 right down below. So you just just set it, put it, 2101 01:51:33.520 --> 01:51:35.239 you know, put it in your in your maps, and 2102 01:51:35.319 --> 01:51:38.319 you'll you'll take it right there to it. RCW Nurseries 2103 01:51:38.319 --> 01:51:41.399 dot Com that's their website. Now. RCW is a nursery 2104 01:51:41.439 --> 01:51:43.439 that is going to have what you're looking for. But 2105 01:51:43.520 --> 01:51:48.560 if they don't, they probably can get it right now. Roses, roses, roses. 2106 01:51:48.640 --> 01:51:51.199 This is a rose season and they get in. If 2107 01:51:51.239 --> 01:51:53.039 you look at their print at the rose list, and 2108 01:51:53.039 --> 01:51:57.319 it's like pages long, single space, and rosarians across town 2109 01:51:57.359 --> 01:51:59.920 they know about RCW Nursery and the roses that they care. 2110 01:52:00.640 --> 01:52:03.840 It's a very favorite of rosarians and every other homeowner 2111 01:52:04.279 --> 01:52:08.640 people like me and you that enjoy beautiful roses. Roses 2112 01:52:08.640 --> 01:52:10.840 are the queen of the garden, you know, and there's 2113 01:52:10.920 --> 01:52:13.399 nothing like it. Whether it's a climbing rose, whether it's 2114 01:52:13.439 --> 01:52:17.119 a miniature rose, a groundcover type rose, a shrub rose, 2115 01:52:17.680 --> 01:52:21.239 a hybrid te for those long, beautiful cut blooms. You 2116 01:52:21.359 --> 01:52:24.000 take your pick and RCW is gonna have some options 2117 01:52:24.079 --> 01:52:26.920 for you. They also grow their own trees up there 2118 01:52:27.039 --> 01:52:30.720 in Plantersville, and so when you buy a tree from RCW, 2119 01:52:31.159 --> 01:52:33.199 it's a tree that's been grown right, it's a tree 2120 01:52:33.319 --> 01:52:35.720 species that does well here, and you can take it 2121 01:52:35.800 --> 01:52:37.560 home and plant it. If it has any size to 2122 01:52:37.640 --> 01:52:39.079 it at all, just have them do it. You know, 2123 01:52:39.159 --> 01:52:40.479 you can hire them to come out and do the 2124 01:52:40.520 --> 01:52:43.000 planning for you for something that's going to be way 2125 01:52:43.119 --> 01:52:45.199 more weight than you want to be handling around. But 2126 01:52:45.319 --> 01:52:48.760 the main thing is just go there. RCW nurseries dot 2127 01:52:48.840 --> 01:52:51.880 Com Again, Tombo Parkway which is ibly two forty nine 2128 01:52:52.279 --> 01:52:55.840 and belt Way eight. Time for me to take a break. 2129 01:52:55.840 --> 01:52:57.560 When I come back, Randy in Liberty, you're going to 2130 01:52:57.560 --> 01:53:03.880 be our first s up steal folks. Welcome back to 2131 01:53:03.920 --> 01:53:08.600 the guard line, Welcome back to Guarden. I listen. I 2132 01:53:08.680 --> 01:53:10.279 get a lot of calls, get a lot of pictures 2133 01:53:10.319 --> 01:53:13.800 from the emails too, about lawns that are struggling, loans 2134 01:53:13.840 --> 01:53:17.920 that have maybe it was chinchbugs last summer, or drought 2135 01:53:18.079 --> 01:53:21.199 conditions or extra compaction. Boy, that's a biggie. You know 2136 01:53:21.239 --> 01:53:24.520 our clay soil as you stomp on them and they compact, 2137 01:53:24.680 --> 01:53:28.880 and without good aeration, roots don't do well. Your grass 2138 01:53:28.960 --> 01:53:33.359 doesn't thrive. And BnB Turfros that's our company. Down south 2139 01:53:33.560 --> 01:53:36.720 and south and a little to the west of Houston, 2140 01:53:36.880 --> 01:53:39.720 so places like Missouri City and Sugarland, all the way 2141 01:53:39.760 --> 01:53:43.319 down interstate Interstate six. Boy, I just upgraded that street 2142 01:53:44.600 --> 01:53:48.560 Highway six, Fresno, Siena, Arcola, Iowa Colony, Manul all those 2143 01:53:48.600 --> 01:53:52.000 communities along there. BnB Turfrose covers that all the way 2144 01:53:52.039 --> 01:53:55.159 over even to Pearland. They serve that area. Now, this 2145 01:53:55.239 --> 01:53:58.880 is the family on service and these folks are going 2146 01:53:58.960 --> 01:54:03.279 to give you honest quality work. Go look at their ratings, 2147 01:54:03.359 --> 01:54:06.199 Go look at the customer satisfaction that they have. Go 2148 01:54:06.359 --> 01:54:09.119 look at pictures they on other website, social media. Look 2149 01:54:09.119 --> 01:54:11.800 at the pictures of what they do. High quality work, 2150 01:54:12.279 --> 01:54:14.920 quality products. They only use products that I recommend here 2151 01:54:14.960 --> 01:54:17.920 on garden Line cnmls for example, that's where they get 2152 01:54:17.960 --> 01:54:21.359 their top quality leap mole compost from the folks at Cnamalts. 2153 01:54:21.399 --> 01:54:23.960 That's what I'm talking about. VMB Turfros. They don't cut corners, 2154 01:54:24.000 --> 01:54:26.560 they do it right. They make a personal connection with you. 2155 01:54:26.720 --> 01:54:30.359 They ensure that you are satisfied. That's very important to them, 2156 01:54:30.760 --> 01:54:32.800 and it shows up in the ratings that they have. 2157 01:54:33.319 --> 01:54:35.920 They will come out. They will do a core aeration 2158 01:54:36.279 --> 01:54:38.960 with quality equipment that makes that pulls a plug out 2159 01:54:38.960 --> 01:54:41.000 of the soil and drops it on the surface. They 2160 01:54:41.039 --> 01:54:44.600 will follow that with the compost top dressing and spread 2161 01:54:44.680 --> 01:54:48.159 that compost out. And I'm telling you cor aeration compost 2162 01:54:48.239 --> 01:54:51.840 top dressing, especially for heavy clay soils, but really any 2163 01:54:51.920 --> 01:54:53.960 kind of a lawn that's struggling, it is going to 2164 01:54:54.000 --> 01:54:56.479 get oxygen in the roots. It's going to invigorate the lawn. 2165 01:54:56.920 --> 01:54:59.920 You're going to have success. Golf courses or people are 2166 01:55:00.079 --> 01:55:02.399 trapesing up and down them and running the carts across them. 2167 01:55:02.479 --> 01:55:05.000 They are ate those things because they want the grass 2168 01:55:05.079 --> 01:55:07.319 to be perfect. They want it to be at its best. 2169 01:55:08.119 --> 01:55:10.960 Let BnB turf Pros do that. The phone number seven 2170 01:55:11.039 --> 01:55:14.239 one three two three four fifty five ninety eight. But 2171 01:55:14.479 --> 01:55:17.399 I would just go to the website BB no end. 2172 01:55:17.520 --> 01:55:24.439 In the website Bbturfpros dot com. Bbturfpros dot com, you 2173 01:55:24.520 --> 01:55:26.600 could see the work that they do and it's good, 2174 01:55:26.680 --> 01:55:31.439 I'm telling you. Without hesitation. Awesome, Awesome. We're gonna go 2175 01:55:31.479 --> 01:55:34.319 out to Liberty now and talk to Randy. Hey, Randy, 2176 01:55:34.359 --> 01:55:35.279 welcome to garden Line. 2177 01:55:36.520 --> 01:55:41.680 Good morning. What all makes some information on is a bamboo? 2178 01:55:42.279 --> 01:55:45.520 I wanna put up a privacy wall using bamboo or 2179 01:55:45.560 --> 01:55:49.800 something like that. Uh. The suggest. 2180 01:55:51.760 --> 01:55:55.239 Bamboo comes in two types. One is clumping and one 2181 01:55:55.399 --> 01:55:57.399 is running. It's kind of like, you know, you have 2182 01:55:57.520 --> 01:55:59.880 ornamental grasses that just make a clump, and then you 2183 01:56:00.079 --> 01:56:05.439 got bermuda grass that runs everywhere. Well, bamboo that runs 2184 01:56:05.920 --> 01:56:08.359 if you don't have an underground wall, if you have 2185 01:56:08.479 --> 01:56:11.800 not created a barrier or underground you will regret you 2186 01:56:11.920 --> 01:56:14.640 planted it if you have any bit of a confined 2187 01:56:14.680 --> 01:56:17.159 space for it to grow in. So you want a 2188 01:56:17.279 --> 01:56:22.920 clumping type of bamboo. Now, wherever you go and do 2189 01:56:23.159 --> 01:56:26.680 your shopping, your quality garden centers and things, you're going 2190 01:56:26.760 --> 01:56:28.319 to be able to find bamboos. And if it's a 2191 01:56:28.359 --> 01:56:29.920 good mom and pop, they're going to be able to 2192 01:56:29.960 --> 01:56:33.520 tell you which kinds would be best what they carry 2193 01:56:33.640 --> 01:56:37.159 for your situation. There are some clumpers that get twenty 2194 01:56:37.199 --> 01:56:39.840 feet tall or more. I mean they really grow tall. 2195 01:56:40.199 --> 01:56:43.159 There are some clumpers that stay a little shorter, and 2196 01:56:43.399 --> 01:56:45.239 some of you need top them off if you want that, 2197 01:56:45.520 --> 01:56:48.439 don't get so big. They vary in heartiness. In general, 2198 01:56:48.560 --> 01:56:51.359 the clumpers tend to be a little less hardy than 2199 01:56:51.399 --> 01:56:55.239 the running bamboos. But there are some clumping bamboos that 2200 01:56:55.319 --> 01:56:59.319 are very dependably hardy for Houston area. So go to 2201 01:56:59.399 --> 01:57:02.520 where you would find a good quality service from an 2202 01:57:02.560 --> 01:57:05.880 independent garden center. Say what kind of clumping bamboos do 2203 01:57:06.000 --> 01:57:09.880 you have? And find out more about the ones they carry, 2204 01:57:10.399 --> 01:57:12.600 and you're gonna do good. You're gonna want to plant them. 2205 01:57:13.399 --> 01:57:15.560 Look at what the width of the plant should be, 2206 01:57:15.760 --> 01:57:19.479 and I would plant them probably about fifty to eighty 2207 01:57:19.600 --> 01:57:23.600 percent of that width if you want a solid cover. Okay, 2208 01:57:24.000 --> 01:57:25.960 So if you put them too far apart, they'll never 2209 01:57:26.319 --> 01:57:28.760 touch one to the next. So if you want that 2210 01:57:28.920 --> 01:57:32.239 solid cover, you gotta squeeze them a little bit. Remember too, 2211 01:57:32.319 --> 01:57:34.640 with bamboo, probably the most important thing I'm tey Randy, 2212 01:57:34.760 --> 01:57:38.960 is you got to be patient because the bamboo specialists 2213 01:57:39.039 --> 01:57:42.000 tell us that here's what they say about bamboo. The 2214 01:57:42.079 --> 01:57:46.319 first year it sleeps, the second year it creeps, and 2215 01:57:46.439 --> 01:57:50.199 the third year it leaps. And that's true. You plant 2216 01:57:50.239 --> 01:57:52.159 it and it's just sitting there. You're going skip. You 2217 01:57:52.239 --> 01:57:54.279 told me to play this bamboo is not doing anything. 2218 01:57:54.479 --> 01:57:56.880 Be patient. Second year a little bit of growth and 2219 01:57:56.960 --> 01:57:59.760 the third year year in business. So be patient with bamboo. 2220 01:58:00.279 --> 01:58:04.239 But good bamboo makes a wonderful screen. Wonderful screen. 2221 01:58:06.079 --> 01:58:10.640 Yeah, all right, Umble, Humble toward Liberty area. You know 2222 01:58:10.880 --> 01:58:13.039 any uh, garden centers at Hell. 2223 01:58:15.640 --> 01:58:17.399 You know, I would let me see you were in 2224 01:58:17.520 --> 01:58:24.720 the Humble area. Liberty would Yeah. Well, you know, you 2225 01:58:24.840 --> 01:58:28.359 go up to king Warn't Southern Gardens up in Kingwood. 2226 01:58:28.760 --> 01:58:29.600 I'll give them a call. 2227 01:58:30.199 --> 01:58:30.279 Uh. 2228 01:58:30.520 --> 01:58:33.039 And this is pretty far south for you. But you 2229 01:58:33.159 --> 01:58:37.159 go down to Seabrook to Moss Nursery, and they're going 2230 01:58:37.199 --> 01:58:39.079 to have it too down there. And I know it's 2231 01:58:39.079 --> 01:58:40.920 a little bit dry, but you know, you're kind of 2232 01:58:40.920 --> 01:58:42.279 out in that part of town where we don't have 2233 01:58:42.279 --> 01:58:44.479 a lot of big nurseries as you know. Uh, And 2234 01:58:44.680 --> 01:58:46.800 I would try. I would try one of those places 2235 01:58:47.279 --> 01:58:50.960 and give them a call first and see, uh that 2236 01:58:51.199 --> 01:58:52.800 that's that's probably where I would start. 2237 01:58:54.319 --> 01:58:57.520 And they should be pert pretty uh, they should be 2238 01:58:57.600 --> 01:59:03.720 pretty good about plantinum and all everything I made no correct, Yes. 2239 01:59:03.680 --> 01:59:06.039 They can advise you, but bamboo is easy to plant. 2240 01:59:06.119 --> 01:59:07.800 I mean, it's grass. You just put it in the 2241 01:59:07.880 --> 01:59:10.000 ground at the same level it was in the container. 2242 01:59:10.600 --> 01:59:13.279 Remember that when you plant it, the root system is 2243 01:59:13.319 --> 01:59:15.239 all in that little cylinder that you pulled out of 2244 01:59:15.279 --> 01:59:18.800 the pot. So you need to water right there, and 2245 01:59:18.920 --> 01:59:22.119 you need to water regularly. It doesn't need a swamp, 2246 01:59:22.359 --> 01:59:24.960 but it shouldn't dry out. Just like your lawn. If 2247 01:59:24.960 --> 01:59:27.279 your lawn dries out, you start to lose grass. Well, 2248 01:59:27.720 --> 01:59:30.000 don't let the bamboo dry because your goal these first 2249 01:59:30.199 --> 01:59:33.119 especially three years, is to get that thing growing as 2250 01:59:33.199 --> 01:59:36.199 best you can, get the most robust root system you can, 2251 01:59:36.319 --> 01:59:38.560 and so don't don't ever let its summer heat and 2252 01:59:38.680 --> 01:59:40.800 drought stress. Just keep it, keep it watered. 2253 01:59:41.960 --> 01:59:45.000 Okay, all right, so much. I appreciate your health, thanks sir, 2254 01:59:45.319 --> 01:59:45.840 great day. 2255 01:59:45.960 --> 01:59:50.760 Yes, sir, very happy to do that. You bet. I 2256 01:59:50.920 --> 01:59:52.520 was telling you about Pest Brothers early, and I was 2257 01:59:52.560 --> 01:59:54.880 talking about their mosquito system. By the way, Pest Brothers 2258 01:59:55.039 --> 01:59:57.680 is a regional pest control company. So I mean, if 2259 01:59:57.720 --> 02:00:00.880 you are you know, over in I don't know, maybe 2260 02:00:01.039 --> 02:00:03.760 Katie and all the way over to Baytown or from 2261 02:00:03.840 --> 02:00:06.520 Texas City up to the woodlands, that whole Houston area. 2262 02:00:07.079 --> 02:00:09.560 They cover that area. They do the indoor pest like 2263 02:00:09.720 --> 02:00:13.079 termites and roaches and all the other credits, a crawl 2264 02:00:13.079 --> 02:00:16.239 around the inside and then on the outside, fireance, mosquitoes, 2265 02:00:16.319 --> 02:00:20.720 wild varmits, like rats running around the property. Yes, they 2266 02:00:20.760 --> 02:00:23.159 are out there doing that. They know how to treat, 2267 02:00:23.359 --> 02:00:24.960 they know how to do it in a safe way, 2268 02:00:25.399 --> 02:00:28.720 and they make sure that you get successful long term 2269 02:00:28.800 --> 02:00:31.479 results without the worry about, oh my pets or my 2270 02:00:31.600 --> 02:00:34.199 kids are out there running around. Call them for a quote. 2271 02:00:34.279 --> 02:00:37.600 Two eight one two oh six forty six seventy two 2272 02:00:37.640 --> 02:00:42.039 eight one two o six four six seven zero. Here's 2273 02:00:42.079 --> 02:00:49.000 the website, the pest Bros Bros dpestbros dot com. Ask 2274 02:00:49.119 --> 02:00:54.560 them about their mosquito bait stations. It's the new industry 2275 02:00:54.760 --> 02:00:59.279 green standard for effective safe mosquito control. And when they 2276 02:00:59.359 --> 02:01:01.760 tell you about it, it's gonna blow your mind. It is. 2277 02:01:01.920 --> 02:01:04.840 It is the coolest, most effective, most safe system you 2278 02:01:04.880 --> 02:01:06.920 can come up with, and you can get it from 2279 02:01:07.039 --> 02:01:11.880 the pestbros dot com. I'm gonna head out to Missouri 2280 02:01:12.000 --> 02:01:14.840 City now we're gonna talk to Josh. Josh, you are 2281 02:01:14.920 --> 02:01:17.840 the caboos of the show today. Last collar of the day. 2282 02:01:18.560 --> 02:01:19.640 Welcome to garden line. 2283 02:01:21.199 --> 02:01:24.079 Hey, I've got I'm up here in Houston, Missouri, not 2284 02:01:24.199 --> 02:01:27.119 Missouri City. I'm your buddy that lives just outside. 2285 02:01:26.800 --> 02:01:31.119 Oh, Houston, Missouri. I've been to Houston, Missouri. 2286 02:01:32.399 --> 02:01:35.560 Yep, yep, you said you went. We're near Mountain Grove, 2287 02:01:35.600 --> 02:01:35.880 aren't you. 2288 02:01:37.039 --> 02:01:40.720 I spent three years in Mountain Grove. That's right. I 2289 02:01:40.800 --> 02:01:43.119 know where Kabool is and Rala and all your other 2290 02:01:43.239 --> 02:01:46.720 neighbors up. Oh yeah, hey, I hear music. We better 2291 02:01:46.800 --> 02:01:47.319 talk fast. 2292 02:01:48.560 --> 02:01:50.960 I've got a question. Not leave bold compost. I've got 2293 02:01:51.039 --> 02:01:52.800 a bunch of race heads with it. What do I 2294 02:01:52.880 --> 02:01:53.600 need to amend it with? 2295 02:01:53.720 --> 02:01:54.239 They planned? 2296 02:01:56.119 --> 02:01:56.239 Uh? 2297 02:01:56.920 --> 02:01:59.399 Lebo compost is fine for mixing in the soil. It's 2298 02:01:59.439 --> 02:02:01.800 fine for top dressing your lawn. But any kind of 2299 02:02:01.840 --> 02:02:05.199 a good quality compost mixed in the beds, if you'd 2300 02:02:05.239 --> 02:02:07.520 never put compost in those beds before, and you just 2301 02:02:07.600 --> 02:02:10.039 have your native soil, I'd put about three inches and 2302 02:02:10.119 --> 02:02:12.520 mix it in as deeply as you can. If you 2303 02:02:12.680 --> 02:02:15.079 have some compost in the soil, an inch or two 2304 02:02:15.199 --> 02:02:18.279 probably is going to be enough. But it opens up 2305 02:02:18.319 --> 02:02:20.800 the soil, It loosens up that clay, and it just 2306 02:02:20.920 --> 02:02:23.600 helps you have success. So you want top drainage, meaning 2307 02:02:23.960 --> 02:02:26.560 the beds raised up so excess water flows off. You 2308 02:02:26.600 --> 02:02:28.479 get a little bit of rain up there in Houston, Missouri. 2309 02:02:29.000 --> 02:02:29.119 Uh. 2310 02:02:29.319 --> 02:02:32.479 And you also want internal drainage so the water drains 2311 02:02:32.520 --> 02:02:33.039 down through it. 2312 02:02:34.880 --> 02:02:38.399 We're building with purely full compost about four feet deep. 2313 02:02:38.520 --> 02:02:40.600 I'm just curious what I need to add to get 2314 02:02:40.640 --> 02:02:41.600 them ready for plants. 2315 02:02:42.000 --> 02:02:44.920 Oh all right, hang on, I'm gonna put you on hold. 2316 02:02:45.000 --> 02:02:47.199 My produci will pick up and we'll get you an 2317 02:02:47.199 --> 02:02:49.000 email for continuing this discussion. 2318 02:02:51.039 --> 02:02:54.880 Welcome to KTRH Garden Line with Scip Richard. 2319 02:02:54.920 --> 02:03:05.560 It's so pleas just watch him as world. 2320 02:03:10.520 --> 02:03:13.199 Many seats. 2321 02:03:19.880 --> 02:03:21.199 Not a sign. 2322 02:03:25.720 --> 02:03:26.960 Sun beam. 2323 02:03:32.560 --> 02:03:36.279 All right, welcome back to guard Line. Good to have 2324 02:03:36.399 --> 02:03:38.000 you with us today. Hey, I want to remind you 2325 02:03:38.920 --> 02:03:43.119 that next Saturday, that is March the first, I'm going 2326 02:03:43.199 --> 02:03:46.560 to be at the Montgomery County Home and Outdoor Living Show. 2327 02:03:47.000 --> 02:03:49.359 Now that will be I'll be there from twelve noon 2328 02:03:50.439 --> 02:03:52.680 until two pm. I'm going to give a talk on 2329 02:03:53.000 --> 02:03:55.680 spring gardening tips and for the lawn and the garden, 2330 02:03:55.760 --> 02:03:58.039 the vegetables, flowers, all the trees, all kinds of things 2331 02:03:58.119 --> 02:04:00.760 like that, and then I'll just be taking your hardening questions. 2332 02:04:00.840 --> 02:04:02.960 If you want to bring me some samples of things 2333 02:04:03.000 --> 02:04:07.159 to identify, like what's this weed, what's this flower? If 2334 02:04:07.239 --> 02:04:10.600 you want to have things diagnosed, what's wrong with this plant? 2335 02:04:10.640 --> 02:04:13.520 Bring me some samples in I'll do that. And if 2336 02:04:13.560 --> 02:04:16.319 you would like to bring photos on your phone, we 2337 02:04:16.399 --> 02:04:18.079 can take a look. We can see what's going on 2338 02:04:18.680 --> 02:04:20.960 and help you have success. That's the goal there. So 2339 02:04:20.960 --> 02:04:23.279 I'll be there for two hours, given a talk. For 2340 02:04:23.319 --> 02:04:25.800 a while, I'll be giving away some products from the 2341 02:04:25.840 --> 02:04:30.039 folks at Nilsen Plant Food and as folks from Medina 2342 02:04:30.279 --> 02:04:34.199 Medina plant products as well, so really good quality products. 2343 02:04:34.239 --> 02:04:35.880 I have plenty of those on hand. I'll bring some 2344 02:04:36.000 --> 02:04:39.000 Texas Gardener magazines with me to provide for those of 2345 02:04:39.079 --> 02:04:41.760 you who don't receive Texas Gardener you need to, I'll 2346 02:04:41.800 --> 02:04:44.079 give you a sample to take a look at. It's 2347 02:04:44.159 --> 02:04:49.199 a great magazine, awesome magazine written by Texas gardeners, including myself, 2348 02:04:49.600 --> 02:04:54.720 for Texas gardeners. So come on out to the Montgomery County, 2349 02:04:55.119 --> 02:04:58.079 Montgomery County. This is seventh Daniel by the Way, seventh 2350 02:04:58.119 --> 02:05:01.479 annual Spring Montgomery County Home Outdoor Living Show at the 2351 02:05:01.600 --> 02:05:05.359 Lone Star Convention Center on Airport Road, right across from 2352 02:05:05.399 --> 02:05:08.760 the Extension Office and Montgomery County Agrolife Extension Office right 2353 02:05:08.840 --> 02:05:13.159 there in Conroe, Texas, twelve noon to one pm. Hey, 2354 02:05:13.199 --> 02:05:17.520 guess what Parking's free admission is free. Okay, you're out 2355 02:05:17.560 --> 02:05:21.720 of excuses. See you next Saturday. That's one way to 2356 02:05:21.760 --> 02:05:23.720 put it. I'd like to joke around a little bit 2357 02:05:24.680 --> 02:05:28.479 here on guarden line. I was talking about my yard. 2358 02:05:29.239 --> 02:05:29.399 You know. 2359 02:05:29.640 --> 02:05:32.319 You know what when people come over, if I haven't 2360 02:05:32.319 --> 02:05:33.920 had a chance to get the place like I like 2361 02:05:34.000 --> 02:05:35.399 it to look, I just tell them, you know, the 2362 02:05:35.479 --> 02:05:39.079 cobblers kids go barefoot, right, that's what they say. Well, 2363 02:05:39.640 --> 02:05:42.520 the horticulturist's driving around all all the place, talking to 2364 02:05:42.560 --> 02:05:45.840 people and doing other things, comes home and yeah, maybe 2365 02:05:45.880 --> 02:05:47.479 I ought to make my yard look a little better. 2366 02:05:47.560 --> 02:05:50.399 It's time for that, and I've got the fertilizers ready 2367 02:05:50.439 --> 02:05:52.840 to go. I'm going to be doing a kind of 2368 02:05:52.920 --> 02:05:55.520 a mode down of the of the of the grass, 2369 02:05:56.600 --> 02:05:59.039 you know, get all the dead top growth out cut 2370 02:05:59.119 --> 02:06:01.359 down just a little bit. Now. That mowing is going 2371 02:06:01.399 --> 02:06:03.600 to come a little bit later, because I want to 2372 02:06:03.640 --> 02:06:08.920 make sure and leave that sunlight blocking cover. Even though 2373 02:06:08.920 --> 02:06:12.359 the dead grass is blocking sunlight. The red dead grass 2374 02:06:12.439 --> 02:06:16.319 blades are blocking sunlight from reaching the soil. So it 2375 02:06:16.359 --> 02:06:18.399 cuts down on your weed problems. So I'll leave that 2376 02:06:18.680 --> 02:06:21.079 just a little bit longer, but it's not long before 2377 02:06:21.119 --> 02:06:23.720 that mowing is going to get done. Also to it remember, 2378 02:06:23.840 --> 02:06:25.439 now's the time if you're going to do a pre 2379 02:06:25.600 --> 02:06:28.600 emergent herbicide, you need to do it now now. Now 2380 02:06:29.520 --> 02:06:34.119 go to my website gardening with Skip dot com. Gardening 2381 02:06:34.199 --> 02:06:39.479 with Skip dot Com. There is a free lawn care 2382 02:06:39.840 --> 02:06:44.479 schedule and a lawn pest disease and weed management schedule. 2383 02:06:44.640 --> 02:06:49.279 They're both multicolor beautiful, easy to follow, and they're available 2384 02:06:49.479 --> 02:06:51.479 for you to download or just look on your computer 2385 02:06:51.600 --> 02:06:54.119 and it tells you when to do what. So if 2386 02:06:54.119 --> 02:06:58.159 you're wondering what did chinchbugs typically occur here? When do 2387 02:06:58.279 --> 02:07:01.880 I treat for brownpaths? One? Need you need to get 2388 02:07:01.880 --> 02:07:05.079 a pre emergent herbicide down by? And what products are 2389 02:07:05.239 --> 02:07:09.239 available out there to use? Those schedules answer all those questions. 2390 02:07:09.840 --> 02:07:11.960 When's the best time of fertilize at this time of year? 2391 02:07:12.039 --> 02:07:14.439 Which fertilizer should I be using? You know, we don't 2392 02:07:14.479 --> 02:07:17.520 use the same fertilizer all year, different times of the year. 2393 02:07:17.600 --> 02:07:20.439 We have different products that we're putting out. It's all 2394 02:07:20.479 --> 02:07:23.159 there on the schedules. It's all free. Can't can't beat 2395 02:07:23.199 --> 02:07:25.439 that price, that's for sure. If you'd like to give 2396 02:07:25.479 --> 02:07:27.239 me a call seven to one three, two to one 2397 02:07:27.359 --> 02:07:30.520 two k t RH. Seven to one three two to 2398 02:07:30.520 --> 02:07:34.520 one two kt RH. It is time now to do 2399 02:07:35.119 --> 02:07:39.479 your pruning to spruce up things. You want to do 2400 02:07:39.640 --> 02:07:43.920 it right. It is very important that when you take 2401 02:07:44.000 --> 02:07:45.760 care of your plants, when you're going to do pruning, 2402 02:07:46.279 --> 02:07:50.680 you want to do that pruning properly, because just to 2403 02:07:50.840 --> 02:07:55.840 cut a plant because you own a sharp saw or pruners, however, 2404 02:07:55.960 --> 02:07:57.600 seems right to you, that is not the way to 2405 02:07:57.640 --> 02:07:59.720 go about it. You need to learn what that plant 2406 02:07:59.800 --> 02:08:02.760 needs needs to succeed. And that's why we see crape 2407 02:08:02.800 --> 02:08:06.600 murder everywhere around town. People look around, they see these 2408 02:08:06.680 --> 02:08:09.640 landscape companies that are just whacking them off above a 2409 02:08:09.680 --> 02:08:12.159 little above head high. That is not how you pun 2410 02:08:12.239 --> 02:08:14.520 a create myrtle. That is not how you pune a 2411 02:08:14.560 --> 02:08:17.039 creat mardle. They call that crepe murder, just to make 2412 02:08:17.119 --> 02:08:19.560 the point that that's not how you prune a creat myrtle. 2413 02:08:20.399 --> 02:08:23.439 But people do it so people do it right. Remember 2414 02:08:23.479 --> 02:08:25.239 when you were a kid and you said, can I 2415 02:08:25.479 --> 02:08:28.840 go to I don't know, the mall or something? And 2416 02:08:30.079 --> 02:08:33.239 your parents said no. And they said, well, Mary or 2417 02:08:33.319 --> 02:08:35.319 Johnny's getting to go to the mall. His parents will 2418 02:08:35.359 --> 02:08:38.279 let him go. He said, well, if Mary or Johnny 2419 02:08:38.359 --> 02:08:40.720 jumped off a cliff, would you two? Remember that annoying 2420 02:08:40.840 --> 02:08:45.279 conversation you had with your parents. Well, just because landscapers 2421 02:08:46.359 --> 02:08:48.800 are printing crapes like that does not mean that's how 2422 02:08:48.840 --> 02:08:53.640 you purne them. It does not. Landscapers create multi volcanoes 2423 02:08:53.800 --> 02:08:55.399 at the base of plants. It looks like you have 2424 02:08:55.560 --> 02:08:57.880 giant fire ant mounts that are piled up against the 2425 02:08:57.920 --> 02:08:59.800 trunk of the base of the plant. That is not 2426 02:09:00.199 --> 02:09:04.000 good for trees. Don't do that. Do it the right way. 2427 02:09:04.119 --> 02:09:05.840 Learn how to do it, Learn how to prune the 2428 02:09:05.920 --> 02:09:08.600 plant you have, Take good care of it that way, 2429 02:09:08.880 --> 02:09:12.920 and you're going to have success. The folks at Medina 2430 02:09:13.119 --> 02:09:17.039 have created a lot of different products that work and 2431 02:09:17.199 --> 02:09:19.520 that will give you success with your plants. And there's 2432 02:09:19.560 --> 02:09:21.479 so many of them. You know which one do I 2433 02:09:21.560 --> 02:09:24.159 talk about next, because there's always another good one. One 2434 02:09:24.199 --> 02:09:27.079 of them I like is Medina plus. Medina Plus is 2435 02:09:27.199 --> 02:09:32.119 fortified with extra micro nutrients, and it's got seaweed extract 2436 02:09:32.159 --> 02:09:34.560 in it, which is very important, very helpful for plants 2437 02:09:35.079 --> 02:09:37.680 or getting gardeners who have known that for years. You 2438 02:09:37.760 --> 02:09:40.520 can use it as a folier feed for whether it's 2439 02:09:40.600 --> 02:09:43.800 a tree, a shrub, a perennial, a flour, a vegetable, 2440 02:09:43.840 --> 02:09:46.039 a lawn. I mean, it's not going to burn anything. 2441 02:09:46.159 --> 02:09:49.399 Medina plus it's got over forty trace elements and it's 2442 02:09:49.439 --> 02:09:52.520 got sided kinin, which is a natural growth hormone that 2443 02:09:52.600 --> 02:09:56.039 comes out of the seaweed extract, some magnesium, iron, zinc, 2444 02:09:57.000 --> 02:09:59.520 and vitamins. A lot of different things are in the 2445 02:09:59.640 --> 02:10:03.079 Medine Plus. It has all the benefits of Medina soil 2446 02:10:03.119 --> 02:10:07.039 activator plus all these other things. Now, if you were 2447 02:10:07.079 --> 02:10:09.159 going to soak seed, remember earlier I was talking about 2448 02:10:09.399 --> 02:10:11.399 I soak my seed the night before I plant them. 2449 02:10:11.479 --> 02:10:13.960 Most types of seed you can soak them in Medina plus. 2450 02:10:14.720 --> 02:10:17.560 It'll work and it helps them as well get off 2451 02:10:17.600 --> 02:10:20.279 to a good start. You can also use it a 2452 02:10:20.439 --> 02:10:23.319 drench in new transplants. You can put on a hose 2453 02:10:23.359 --> 02:10:25.680 in sprayer and newfolier with it, folder feed with it. 2454 02:10:25.840 --> 02:10:28.680 It's all from the folks at Medina Medina plus a 2455 02:10:28.760 --> 02:10:32.960 liquid product that is widely available here in our Greater 2456 02:10:33.119 --> 02:10:38.039 Houston area. I am coming up on the first break. 2457 02:10:38.199 --> 02:10:40.800 When we come back, Carolyn Spring will be our first 2458 02:10:40.880 --> 02:10:43.680 caller coming up and you can be sucond seven one 2459 02:10:43.760 --> 02:10:50.520 three two one two KTRH. Well, hey, welcome back, Welcome 2460 02:10:50.520 --> 02:10:55.960 back to the garden line. If you can get yourself 2461 02:10:56.279 --> 02:10:59.840 to the the Seabrook area and go by Moss Nursery, 2462 02:11:00.520 --> 02:11:01.239 you need to do that. 2463 02:11:01.520 --> 02:11:01.800 It is. 2464 02:11:03.920 --> 02:11:06.119 I always laugh at the place. It's like, I don't 2465 02:11:06.159 --> 02:11:07.720 know how you get a car in the parking lot 2466 02:11:07.800 --> 02:11:09.600 with all the shipments they've got coming on. But they 2467 02:11:09.840 --> 02:11:13.079 constantly are getting shipments. They just loaded up on some 2468 02:11:13.399 --> 02:11:15.520 beautiful house plants. And if you've ever been to mass 2469 02:11:15.640 --> 02:11:19.520 you know what their houseplant greenhouse looks like. It is incredible. 2470 02:11:20.039 --> 02:11:25.319 The foliage is gorgeous. Do you like succulents and cacti? Unbelievable, 2471 02:11:25.479 --> 02:11:29.560 Absolutely unbelievable. They have so many kinds and you just 2472 02:11:29.680 --> 02:11:31.319 wander through there. And by the way, it's an old 2473 02:11:31.359 --> 02:11:33.600 weather greenhouse, right, it's a greenhouse. Got to cover over. 2474 02:11:33.640 --> 02:11:36.880 It's nice and warm and toasty inside. It's time to 2475 02:11:36.920 --> 02:11:38.560 get by there, because I'm telling you this, when the 2476 02:11:38.640 --> 02:11:40.600 sun comes out, people are gonna be covering it up, 2477 02:11:40.760 --> 02:11:42.760 and you got to get out there and get yours first. 2478 02:11:43.520 --> 02:11:46.000 But they have a great, great selection. They also got 2479 02:11:46.079 --> 02:11:50.119 in some bonsye nice little buns eye already in containers already. 2480 02:11:50.159 --> 02:11:52.800 The training has already be gone on them. And that 2481 02:11:53.000 --> 02:11:55.079 is a cool thing. If you ever tried it, you 2482 02:11:55.159 --> 02:11:57.359 ought to try one of those. Those are fun if 2483 02:11:57.399 --> 02:11:59.880 you like yard art, and if you like decorations like 2484 02:12:00.159 --> 02:12:03.439 pots that have the colorful pots. I don't know anybody's 2485 02:12:03.439 --> 02:12:05.520 guy as many as they do down there at Moss Nursery. 2486 02:12:05.760 --> 02:12:08.880 And then the little things like you know, the multicolored 2487 02:12:08.960 --> 02:12:11.319 salamanders and frogs that you put out there in the 2488 02:12:11.399 --> 02:12:14.039 ground and decorate, just so you know. That's what Moss 2489 02:12:14.159 --> 02:12:16.680 is like. It's so whimsicle. You walk around the eight 2490 02:12:16.760 --> 02:12:20.640 acres of this family owned nursery, seventy year old nursery. 2491 02:12:21.079 --> 02:12:23.319 You walk around the eight acres, and every corner you 2492 02:12:23.439 --> 02:12:27.239 turn there's something else interesting. It's of course the plants. 2493 02:12:27.319 --> 02:12:30.279 Plants are everywhere, every kind you can imagine, but all 2494 02:12:30.399 --> 02:12:35.960 the whimsy, you know, the decorations, the statues, the water fountains, 2495 02:12:36.079 --> 02:12:40.920 the just go see it. When it comes to hanging baskets, 2496 02:12:41.079 --> 02:12:44.960 oh my angel wing Bagonia baskets have come in recently 2497 02:12:45.000 --> 02:12:47.520 and you should see those things. They are gorgeous. Anyway, 2498 02:12:47.640 --> 02:12:50.920 I could just go on and on Moss Nursery in 2499 02:12:51.119 --> 02:12:53.840 Seabrook on Toddville Road. I don't care where you live. 2500 02:12:54.039 --> 02:12:56.439 Drive over there, take a look at it. It is 2501 02:12:56.520 --> 02:13:02.279 a great place to visit. Out to spring now and 2502 02:13:02.520 --> 02:13:04.880 we're going to talk to Carol. Hello Carol, welcome to 2503 02:13:04.920 --> 02:13:05.399 garden Line. 2504 02:13:06.359 --> 02:13:07.319 Hi Skiff, how are you. 2505 02:13:09.079 --> 02:13:09.800 I'm well, thank you. 2506 02:13:11.960 --> 02:13:17.079 I have a question what's the best compost for containers 2507 02:13:17.199 --> 02:13:18.279 and raised beds. 2508 02:13:21.720 --> 02:13:23.920 Well, if you're going to do a container, you want 2509 02:13:24.000 --> 02:13:27.680 a nice mix that has enough poor space to drain well, 2510 02:13:27.800 --> 02:13:31.319 so it's not just real dense, thicky money, but it 2511 02:13:31.399 --> 02:13:34.319 has some good drainage in it. And so some quality 2512 02:13:34.439 --> 02:13:37.159 potting mixes. I know there is a product Nitropruss mix 2513 02:13:37.199 --> 02:13:40.520 called jungle Land that works good. There's an indoor and 2514 02:13:40.600 --> 02:13:44.840 an outdoor version of jungle Land. So for your indoor plants, 2515 02:13:45.039 --> 02:13:47.720 use the one with water saving crystals. For the outdoor version, 2516 02:13:48.439 --> 02:13:51.760 the standard jungle Land for vegetables and flowers works well. 2517 02:13:52.159 --> 02:13:54.600 As your container gets bigger, you can start to use 2518 02:13:54.680 --> 02:13:56.600 something a little more chunky. I know people that even 2519 02:13:56.600 --> 02:13:58.920 put like a rose soil in a very very large 2520 02:13:58.960 --> 02:14:02.680 container because you know, you just have the volume in 2521 02:14:02.720 --> 02:14:05.720 the space to be able to do that. What are 2522 02:14:05.760 --> 02:14:07.479 you wanting to grow in the container? 2523 02:14:09.720 --> 02:14:12.840 Mainly vegetables and herbs? 2524 02:14:15.039 --> 02:14:19.560 Okay, then I would get there is a veggie an 2525 02:14:19.680 --> 02:14:24.399 herb mix, a veggian herb mix airloin soil sells it 2526 02:14:25.000 --> 02:14:26.960 sold by the bag all around town, so you know, 2527 02:14:27.039 --> 02:14:30.479 with a container by the bag, and that is a 2528 02:14:30.600 --> 02:14:33.680 very good mix. Now, if your container is small, let's 2529 02:14:33.680 --> 02:14:37.039 say five gallons or less, I probably wouldn't use the 2530 02:14:37.119 --> 02:14:39.760 veggie and herb mix. Got a little bit more volume 2531 02:14:39.880 --> 02:14:42.439 to it, that would be a good one. Actually five gallons, 2532 02:14:42.479 --> 02:14:45.079 it would be five for that fine for that, But 2533 02:14:45.520 --> 02:14:47.359 veggie nerd mix would be the one I would go with, 2534 02:14:48.000 --> 02:14:49.239 even in a large container. 2535 02:14:50.920 --> 02:14:56.520 Okay, So if I want to revitalize my soil from 2536 02:14:56.640 --> 02:14:59.680 last year, I just how would I do that? 2537 02:15:00.039 --> 02:15:02.760 Get you some more? I would just get a fine quality, 2538 02:15:03.279 --> 02:15:06.640 well screened compost and I would mix that in or 2539 02:15:07.119 --> 02:15:11.000 get more of the same product, and just you know, 2540 02:15:12.000 --> 02:15:14.960 mix it into your pot to kind of raise that 2541 02:15:15.119 --> 02:15:18.079 level back up because it always settles down, and then 2542 02:15:18.159 --> 02:15:22.199 replant in it. You can go either way, okay, And 2543 02:15:22.479 --> 02:15:27.520 what would be the best fertilizer for blueberries? For blueberries? 2544 02:15:27.960 --> 02:15:31.640 There are some acidic fertilizers, you know. Nelson has one 2545 02:15:31.720 --> 02:15:35.279 in the jar that is for it's for acid loving 2546 02:15:35.439 --> 02:15:38.880 plants like Camellia azalea. The if you see if you 2547 02:15:38.920 --> 02:15:41.960 see blueberry, Commillia azalia or anything on a label that's 2548 02:15:41.960 --> 02:15:45.279 an acid loving plant fertilizer, you could you could use that, 2549 02:15:45.640 --> 02:15:48.000 you know. Another one I would do, especially if you're 2550 02:15:48.039 --> 02:15:50.920 going to be transplanting into these containers soon, is get 2551 02:15:51.000 --> 02:15:55.800 you some of Nelson has one called Genesis. It's an 2552 02:15:55.880 --> 02:15:59.840 organic type product that you mix into the potting soil 2553 02:16:00.119 --> 02:16:02.520 before you plant, and then you plant in it and 2554 02:16:02.640 --> 02:16:04.600 it helps it get off to a better fast start 2555 02:16:05.439 --> 02:16:08.520 after it begins growing. Then you can continue to fertilize 2556 02:16:08.760 --> 02:16:12.640 with regular fertilizers in small amounts, but start off with 2557 02:16:12.720 --> 02:16:14.600 that Genesis in the soil and you're going to see 2558 02:16:14.600 --> 02:16:17.399 a better result in your plants. I've tried it myself. 2559 02:16:17.439 --> 02:16:20.920 I rel like it. Hi, all right, Well, thank you 2560 02:16:21.079 --> 02:16:24.319 very much, all right, Carol, good luck. Send me the 2561 02:16:24.399 --> 02:16:26.880 pictures when all these things start blooming and fruiting and 2562 02:16:26.960 --> 02:16:28.920 everything else. And you know, if it's vegetables, you gotta 2563 02:16:28.920 --> 02:16:30.680 share half the produce with me because I've tried to 2564 02:16:30.720 --> 02:16:34.440 help you out today. Okay, well, I'll do my best. 2565 02:16:36.239 --> 02:16:40.319 I'm joking you don't want to share? Bye? Oh boy? 2566 02:16:40.920 --> 02:16:43.200 Why do I say that? I don't know? All right. 2567 02:16:43.600 --> 02:16:47.239 Whild Bird's Unlimited is the place that you go for 2568 02:16:47.520 --> 02:16:51.680 anything anything related to birds. Do you need feeders? Do 2569 02:16:51.760 --> 02:16:55.959 you need houses? Do you need a bird bath? Do 2570 02:16:56.120 --> 02:17:00.559 you want advice? Oh? My gosh. The folks at wild 2571 02:17:00.559 --> 02:17:04.440 Birds Unlimited, no birds. I picked their brain all the time. 2572 02:17:04.600 --> 02:17:07.639 I get questions from callers or I have questions myself 2573 02:17:07.760 --> 02:17:10.079 or my own backyard, and I just ask and they 2574 02:17:10.159 --> 02:17:13.239 always have a good, thoughtful answer because they know what 2575 02:17:13.360 --> 02:17:16.959 they're talking about. Cardinal confetti, the new blend. That's one 2576 02:17:17.000 --> 02:17:19.760 you need to get. Now. Everybody loves cardinals at a 2577 02:17:19.799 --> 02:17:22.799 bird feeder. They're so beautiful. They even have the folklore 2578 02:17:22.879 --> 02:17:28.079 that goes with them. But cardinals love that Cardinal confetti. 2579 02:17:28.120 --> 02:17:30.120 It's got a mix of all kinds of cool stuff, 2580 02:17:30.159 --> 02:17:34.680 including dried meal worms and sunflowered chips and something called 2581 02:17:34.719 --> 02:17:37.399 bark butter bits and peanut halves in it. They love it. 2582 02:17:37.879 --> 02:17:39.719 You can get the cardinal tube feeder to feed it. 2583 02:17:40.000 --> 02:17:42.799 You can get the good evening cardinal feeder to put 2584 02:17:42.840 --> 02:17:44.559 it in, or you can just put it in your feeder. 2585 02:17:44.959 --> 02:17:48.479 It's okay to do that. Bark butter is a spreadable suet. 2586 02:17:48.680 --> 02:17:51.000 You smear it like on a tree trunk. You can 2587 02:17:51.040 --> 02:17:53.000 smear it on anything. If your husband's taking a nap 2588 02:17:53.040 --> 02:17:55.440 out there on a lazy boy, smear some on him. 2589 02:17:55.440 --> 02:17:58.639 The birds will show up. They've documented over one hundred 2590 02:17:58.680 --> 02:18:03.239 and fifty species of birds. That I mean Jim's berdaceous 2591 02:18:03.280 --> 02:18:06.040 Bark butter is like bird crack. They love that stuff. 2592 02:18:07.479 --> 02:18:12.000 It works really really well. But bottom line is go 2593 02:18:12.079 --> 02:18:14.360 to wild Birds Unlimited. No matter what kind of bird 2594 02:18:14.399 --> 02:18:16.479 seeds you're going to get, you're going to get quality 2595 02:18:16.520 --> 02:18:19.120 seed that birds like. There are no mess blends, have 2596 02:18:19.559 --> 02:18:22.799 no mess. You buy a pound of no mess blend 2597 02:18:22.879 --> 02:18:26.719 from Wildbirds Unlimited. A pound goes into a bird's tummy. 2598 02:18:27.239 --> 02:18:29.639 That's how that works, not kicked off on the ground, 2599 02:18:29.840 --> 02:18:33.079 not shells land all over. It works. How do you 2600 02:18:33.159 --> 02:18:35.040 want to go about it. Just go there. That's the 2601 02:18:35.159 --> 02:18:38.079 main thing. Let's go out to Sugarland. Now we're going 2602 02:18:38.120 --> 02:18:40.760 to talk to Denise. Hey Denise, welcome to garden Line. 2603 02:18:41.760 --> 02:18:45.639 Hey Skip, good morning. A question about a VI text three. 2604 02:18:46.040 --> 02:18:48.520 We have had this B text tree. I think it's 2605 02:18:48.559 --> 02:18:52.079 either two or three years old. It was probably five 2606 02:18:52.159 --> 02:18:54.719 feet tall when we put it in, and it's totally 2607 02:18:54.840 --> 02:18:58.319 out of control. It's crazy. So we're getting ready to 2608 02:18:59.000 --> 02:19:01.479 poun it down. How much and how do we do it? 2609 02:19:03.319 --> 02:19:05.600 Can you how much can you take off the top? 2610 02:19:06.040 --> 02:19:07.079 I guess is my question? 2611 02:19:09.079 --> 02:19:11.360 Well, let me put it this way, Denise. If you 2612 02:19:11.440 --> 02:19:13.440 took a chainsaw and cut it off at the ground, 2613 02:19:13.559 --> 02:19:16.719 it would come back. I mean, there's not a limit 2614 02:19:16.920 --> 02:19:19.399 to how much you prove of IEX. Those things are 2615 02:19:19.479 --> 02:19:23.920 tough as nails. They also are kind of difficult to shape. 2616 02:19:24.040 --> 02:19:27.000 I've got one, and you know it wants to kind 2617 02:19:27.040 --> 02:19:29.840 of zigzag and go this way and that way. So 2618 02:19:30.000 --> 02:19:32.120 this idea of you've got a tree trunk and then 2619 02:19:32.120 --> 02:19:34.559 there are these branches going out and V text is 2620 02:19:34.639 --> 02:19:37.600 kind of hard. So you sort of esthetically create what 2621 02:19:37.840 --> 02:19:40.239 you want and be willing to cut it back and 2622 02:19:40.360 --> 02:19:42.520 be willing after you cut it back and it starts growing. 2623 02:19:42.600 --> 02:19:45.920 To cut it back some more to keep it into 2624 02:19:46.000 --> 02:19:48.760 the shape and size you want. And there's not a rule. 2625 02:19:48.840 --> 02:19:51.360 There's not a picture book on how to prune of vitex. 2626 02:19:53.360 --> 02:19:56.479 Okay, what about around the bottom? Will it ever branch 2627 02:19:56.600 --> 02:19:59.360 out or leaf out lower down for the soil? 2628 02:20:01.520 --> 02:20:04.639 If you cut one back, then the new growth that 2629 02:20:04.760 --> 02:20:07.159 comes out, you can begin to trim it. You know, 2630 02:20:07.520 --> 02:20:10.520 when it shoots a foot long and you cut the 2631 02:20:10.559 --> 02:20:12.639 tip out where you're going to get side shoots that 2632 02:20:12.760 --> 02:20:14.440 come out from there, and so you can kind of 2633 02:20:14.520 --> 02:20:17.520 guide it along once you've got this big, tall branch. 2634 02:20:17.799 --> 02:20:20.600 My text is pretty good at sending buds out even 2635 02:20:20.639 --> 02:20:23.959 along the older parts of the wood. But the older 2636 02:20:24.040 --> 02:20:28.239 the branch gets the trunk gets, the less likely you're 2637 02:20:28.280 --> 02:20:30.520 going to get a sprout from it. So if you're 2638 02:20:30.559 --> 02:20:33.440 not getting enough growth down low, you may need to 2639 02:20:33.479 --> 02:20:36.120 do a little heavier pruning to kind of force it 2640 02:20:36.319 --> 02:20:37.600 to push some other growth out. 2641 02:20:38.719 --> 02:20:42.920 Okay, and then what about there's branches every which way 2642 02:20:43.399 --> 02:20:47.239 and real tiny branches like twigs in there? Do you 2643 02:20:47.360 --> 02:20:48.079 trim those out? 2644 02:20:48.920 --> 02:20:51.959 Yeah? You know you can. I mean there are people 2645 02:20:52.040 --> 02:20:55.319 that never touch their vtext it just grows and does 2646 02:20:55.399 --> 02:20:56.920 what it wants to do, and you get some little 2647 02:20:56.920 --> 02:21:00.280 twigs that finally die and fall out and stuff one 2648 02:21:00.399 --> 02:21:02.639 end of the spectrum the other end as people go in, 2649 02:21:03.040 --> 02:21:04.799 you know, in the wintertime, and you've got all those 2650 02:21:04.920 --> 02:21:07.639 dead seaedheads that came out from last year still sitting 2651 02:21:07.760 --> 02:21:10.479 up there, and they prune out all the little twiggy stuff. 2652 02:21:10.639 --> 02:21:13.639 It's somewhat tedious, but you can certainly do that too. 2653 02:21:13.719 --> 02:21:16.680 It'll overall it'll look better. But the main thing is 2654 02:21:17.159 --> 02:21:19.440 to do this. Go ahead. 2655 02:21:20.719 --> 02:21:25.319 It sounds like my husband needs this chainsaw becauny. 2656 02:21:26.520 --> 02:21:31.239 Okay, okay, Well, if you want to go, if you 2657 02:21:31.319 --> 02:21:33.280 want to go that right top the top. 2658 02:21:33.840 --> 02:21:37.399 But I'm I'm all for getting it down because it's 2659 02:21:37.479 --> 02:21:37.920 it's big. 2660 02:21:39.680 --> 02:21:42.280 Yeah. And but but if you're going to go drastic, 2661 02:21:42.440 --> 02:21:45.719 you know, chainsaw root, then just be ready as it 2662 02:21:45.799 --> 02:21:49.159 starts to grow to form the type of plant you want. 2663 02:21:49.479 --> 02:21:52.079 You know, do you want multi stems going in all directions? 2664 02:21:52.159 --> 02:21:54.440 Do you want uh, you know, more of a single 2665 02:21:54.520 --> 02:21:56.959 ton of trunk? When do you want the branches to start? 2666 02:21:57.040 --> 02:22:00.120 So you're pruning and guiding after the chainsaw ends, it 2667 02:22:00.719 --> 02:22:03.120 is going to be what forms the shape and the 2668 02:22:03.239 --> 02:22:05.319 kind of plant that you want. But you have to 2669 02:22:05.360 --> 02:22:08.399 stay with it because vitex it just kind of it 2670 02:22:08.559 --> 02:22:11.159 just kind of haphazard in the way that it grows, 2671 02:22:11.239 --> 02:22:13.360 shoots very very different kind of plant. 2672 02:22:14.479 --> 02:22:16.760 All right, well, thanks a lot, have a good day, 2673 02:22:18.239 --> 02:22:18.719 all right. 2674 02:22:18.719 --> 02:22:22.239 Good luck, you take care. I like that chain saw 2675 02:22:22.319 --> 02:22:25.120 that booker. We can you can, they can take it, 2676 02:22:25.959 --> 02:22:28.600 they can take it. It is time to put out barricade, folks, 2677 02:22:28.799 --> 02:22:32.440 if you're gonna stop the weeds that are called warm 2678 02:22:32.559 --> 02:22:35.559 season weeds. That's not the weeds that are in your 2679 02:22:35.639 --> 02:22:38.000 yard now. What you see now is a cool season weed. 2680 02:22:38.680 --> 02:22:41.719 Barricade now does not control cool season weeds that are 2681 02:22:41.760 --> 02:22:45.520 currently in your lawn. Barricade in the fall will prevent 2682 02:22:45.600 --> 02:22:49.559 what you're seeing now, But for now, it's the grass 2683 02:22:49.639 --> 02:22:53.520 burrs and the crab grass and other warm season weeds 2684 02:22:53.959 --> 02:22:56.680 that will be starting to germinate if they haven't already, 2685 02:22:56.719 --> 02:22:58.959 because we've had had that week of eighty degrees and 2686 02:22:59.000 --> 02:23:01.200 we're about to have a decent wa this week. Get 2687 02:23:01.239 --> 02:23:03.399 it down now, water it in half inch of water, 2688 02:23:03.559 --> 02:23:06.600 get it into the soil surface. Then you're done. Then 2689 02:23:06.639 --> 02:23:08.399 you're done. Then it goes to work and it's up 2690 02:23:08.520 --> 02:23:11.000 the barricade to take it from there. Now you're gonna 2691 02:23:11.000 --> 02:23:12.920 find barricade at D and de Feed up in Tomol, 2692 02:23:12.959 --> 02:23:16.159 you're gonna find all the really night fast products. The 2693 02:23:16.239 --> 02:23:19.879 place is like the M and d Ace Hardware, which 2694 02:23:20.239 --> 02:23:24.920 there's one down in on Beamer. There's one on Bayer Boulevard, Sagemont, 2695 02:23:25.000 --> 02:23:28.559 Clairlake Beamer, M and D and Claarlake B and D. 2696 02:23:29.120 --> 02:23:32.399 M and D is the place plants and things in Brunham. 2697 02:23:32.559 --> 02:23:35.360 Another place M and D up in Cypress on Louetta Road. 2698 02:23:35.479 --> 02:23:39.239 That's another place you can get night frost barricade. Let's 2699 02:23:39.280 --> 02:23:42.680 see here. Where are we on time? Yeah? I got 2700 02:23:42.719 --> 02:23:44.200 a lot of time here. I tell you what. I'm 2701 02:23:44.200 --> 02:23:46.719 gonna hold off a Nick and Cypress, Adolf and Menville. 2702 02:23:46.760 --> 02:23:48.479 You'll be our first two up when we come back. 2703 02:23:48.799 --> 02:23:50.239 I'd like to be able to give you plenty of 2704 02:23:50.319 --> 02:23:54.000 time to answer your questions before we run along. So 2705 02:23:54.520 --> 02:23:57.239 we're gonna hold off just a second here. Bu can 2706 02:23:57.399 --> 02:24:00.920 just native plants in the Heights is one of those 2707 02:24:01.000 --> 02:24:05.040 garden centers where you better leave yourself some time because 2708 02:24:05.319 --> 02:24:09.239 it is. It's outstanding. When you wander through there, you 2709 02:24:09.440 --> 02:24:12.319 see all kinds of things. They specialize in natives, but 2710 02:24:12.399 --> 02:24:17.000 they have everything. Greenhouses, full of houseplants. They got lots 2711 02:24:17.040 --> 02:24:19.399 of good fruit right now in stock They've got shade 2712 02:24:19.440 --> 02:24:24.479 loving plants. They've got annuals, perennials and herb flowers. Everything 2713 02:24:24.559 --> 02:24:27.000 you need, and they have train staff that know what 2714 02:24:27.040 --> 02:24:30.600 they're talking about. Plus brown stuff before green stuff. They've 2715 02:24:30.639 --> 02:24:33.680 got heirloom soils, they've got Nature's Way Resources soils. They've 2716 02:24:33.680 --> 02:24:38.399 got Nelson Plant for nitrofoss microlife. The whole nine yards 2717 02:24:38.639 --> 02:24:41.680 is there to help you have success. Go to Buchanansplants 2718 02:24:41.719 --> 02:24:45.040 dot com. That's the website, Buchanansplants dot com to have 2719 02:24:45.200 --> 02:24:49.639 your success. They're sitting there visiting my producer trying to 2720 02:24:49.680 --> 02:24:53.120 figure out, well, how does somebody decide to name a 2721 02:24:53.200 --> 02:24:57.040 band Papa Roads or a cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. 2722 02:24:57.159 --> 02:24:59.000 I think a couple of people were sitting on drinking 2723 02:24:59.040 --> 02:25:01.040 and they made a bad I got an idea for 2724 02:25:01.079 --> 02:25:06.600 a cartoon, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It's like that 2725 02:25:06.799 --> 02:25:10.520 had to have been induced by some substance. Anyway, you're 2726 02:25:10.559 --> 02:25:13.479 listening to garden Line. We're not here to critique music. 2727 02:25:13.600 --> 02:25:16.399 Or cartoons. We're here to help you have success with 2728 02:25:16.520 --> 02:25:19.159 your garden. So let's get on with that. We're gonna 2729 02:25:19.159 --> 02:25:22.520 head out to Cyprus, Texas and talk to Nick. Hey, Nick, 2730 02:25:22.600 --> 02:25:23.559 welcome to garden Line. 2731 02:25:24.719 --> 02:25:24.879 Hey. 2732 02:25:24.959 --> 02:25:26.239 Is this rud Bon Jovie tickets? 2733 02:25:26.360 --> 02:25:26.879 I'm just kidding. 2734 02:25:28.440 --> 02:25:31.159 Yes, they're absolutely free. Just show up and tell them. 2735 02:25:31.200 --> 02:25:32.200 Skip said to let you in. 2736 02:25:34.239 --> 02:25:35.040 I was gonna say that. 2737 02:25:36.399 --> 02:25:39.600 I was gonna say that a perfect segue into your 2738 02:25:40.319 --> 02:25:44.520 conversation about barricade. I literally just put it down. After 2739 02:25:44.719 --> 02:25:49.040 your show yesterday, I went into. Okay, I went in 2740 02:25:49.280 --> 02:25:51.079 and I put down the barricade, and then I put 2741 02:25:51.159 --> 02:25:52.079 down the wheaton feet. 2742 02:25:51.879 --> 02:25:54.719 On top of that. Is that gonna wipe out my 2743 02:25:55.239 --> 02:25:58.680 rye grass? I'm just kind of curious. I just put 2744 02:25:58.719 --> 02:26:01.399 that down. Can you tell me which weed and feed 2745 02:26:01.479 --> 02:26:06.879 you put down? The which we feed the blue bag? 2746 02:26:07.079 --> 02:26:09.559 Was it the blue bag or the purple? Okay? Yes? 2747 02:26:09.840 --> 02:26:15.559 That those the nitrophos, which with trimac kills broad leaf weeds, 2748 02:26:16.200 --> 02:26:19.680 and the barricade you put down prevents the warm season 2749 02:26:19.760 --> 02:26:21.920 weeds that I'm gonna come up. Yet, the nitropos with 2750 02:26:22.079 --> 02:26:25.920 trimec will not kill grasses, winter grasses. It's a broadly 2751 02:26:26.040 --> 02:26:30.479 weed control. So they'll stay there, but they're gonna they're 2752 02:26:30.479 --> 02:26:32.360 gonna kind of get hot and burn up here for 2753 02:26:32.559 --> 02:26:34.440 too long, So you can just keep mowing them and 2754 02:26:34.799 --> 02:26:36.120 ignoring them for right now. 2755 02:26:36.760 --> 02:26:36.840 Uh. 2756 02:26:37.000 --> 02:26:38.920 Depending on the kind of grass it is, you may 2757 02:26:39.000 --> 02:26:41.760 need to put a premurgeon in the fall to prevent 2758 02:26:41.840 --> 02:26:44.520 it from germinating, you know, the little uh we call 2759 02:26:44.559 --> 02:26:48.239 it poa annual it's annual bluegrass. H that's always a 2760 02:26:48.280 --> 02:26:51.479 problem in lawns, and that germinates in the fall, and 2761 02:26:51.600 --> 02:26:55.479 barricade would stop it from germinating. But once it's there, 2762 02:26:55.600 --> 02:27:00.799 now you're just kind of stuck with it, Okay, okay, yeah, 2763 02:27:00.840 --> 02:27:03.239 I just yeah. And the guy at I was at the. 2764 02:27:05.559 --> 02:27:08.159 A said at Langham Creek and George is very helpful, 2765 02:27:08.280 --> 02:27:10.680 talked about a lot about you. So just yeah, give 2766 02:27:10.719 --> 02:27:12.600 them a little bit of credit, and I'll probably end 2767 02:27:12.680 --> 02:27:15.239 up going back in space, oh, spending some more cast there. 2768 02:27:15.360 --> 02:27:17.520 So great store, good, good folks. Yeah, it's a great say. 2769 02:27:17.520 --> 02:27:20.639 They they revamped that store so over there by you 2770 02:27:20.719 --> 02:27:24.200 know five nine. Uh yeah, I can't say that is 2771 02:27:24.239 --> 02:27:30.760 the Barkersipers nor south on there. Yeah, yeah, store, isn't it. Yeah? Yeah, 2772 02:27:30.760 --> 02:27:33.559 it's a it's a great They've really done an amazing 2773 02:27:33.680 --> 02:27:37.399 job turning that store around. Really good work in there. 2774 02:27:39.000 --> 02:27:40.200 Okay, yeah, really appreciate it. 2775 02:27:40.280 --> 02:27:44.079 But thanks for the information. I appreciate it, all right, sir, 2776 02:27:44.120 --> 02:27:46.840 Thanks for the call. And uh, if you find free 2777 02:27:47.280 --> 02:27:50.479 Bunjovie tickets, call back and tell me where I need 2778 02:27:50.559 --> 02:27:53.239 to go pick them up. Thank you? Oh you'll leave 2779 02:27:53.319 --> 02:27:58.760 up ye? All right? All right, enough of that fooling 2780 02:27:58.840 --> 02:28:01.600 around League City feed. We love our feed stores here 2781 02:28:01.639 --> 02:28:03.799 on Garden Line. You go down to League City and 2782 02:28:03.920 --> 02:28:06.200 you're gonna find one of the best. League City feed 2783 02:28:06.360 --> 02:28:08.920 is a few blocks south of Highway ninety six on 2784 02:28:09.040 --> 02:28:12.040 Highway three and it serves the whole region. I keep 2785 02:28:12.120 --> 02:28:13.959 telling you all this. I mean, don't you don't have 2786 02:28:14.000 --> 02:28:16.120 to leave live in League City for this to be 2787 02:28:16.200 --> 02:28:18.639 your feed store. If you're in San Leone or Lamark 2788 02:28:18.719 --> 02:28:21.879 or Baycliffe or Webster or Santa Fe Clare, Lake City, 2789 02:28:21.879 --> 02:28:25.399 I'll come into Reale. Dickinson is not enough. This is 2790 02:28:25.440 --> 02:28:28.879 your hometown feed store. It is. They carry nitrofoss, they 2791 02:28:28.959 --> 02:28:31.920 carry azomite for your tradition mentals, they carry in microlife, 2792 02:28:32.440 --> 02:28:36.040 they carry Nelson plant food. You're going to find a 2793 02:28:36.319 --> 02:28:38.600 lot of different kinds of products from them. They also 2794 02:28:38.680 --> 02:28:40.559 have some airlom soils on hand to by the way, 2795 02:28:41.120 --> 02:28:44.399 if you need pesticides and secticides, if you need fungicides, 2796 02:28:44.440 --> 02:28:46.920 if you need these weed control products we're talking about, 2797 02:28:47.079 --> 02:28:49.559 they're at League City Feed. You're going to find them 2798 02:28:49.600 --> 02:28:53.239 there now. This place is open Monday through Saturday until 2799 02:28:53.319 --> 02:28:55.639 six pm, nine to six pm, so after work you 2800 02:28:55.719 --> 02:28:59.000 can swing by there. They're closed today, but all week long, 2801 02:28:59.120 --> 02:29:01.799 all the way through Saturday, nine to six pm. Here's 2802 02:29:01.840 --> 02:29:06.079 a phone number two eight one three three two sixteen twelve. 2803 02:29:06.680 --> 02:29:09.760 Whether it's things for your yard and garden or maybe 2804 02:29:09.840 --> 02:29:13.280 your backyard chicken supplies, they've got it. They got everything 2805 02:29:13.319 --> 02:29:15.280 but the chickens. I believe that's the way they put 2806 02:29:15.280 --> 02:29:18.280 it when they talk to me. And also some nice 2807 02:29:18.360 --> 02:29:21.360 local honey from that area down there too. Go buy, 2808 02:29:21.440 --> 02:29:24.559 say hi to the Thunderbergs and grab you some quality products. 2809 02:29:24.760 --> 02:29:27.040 Old Time Feed Store still carry the sacks out for 2810 02:29:27.120 --> 02:29:29.639 you if you want them to do that. League City 2811 02:29:29.719 --> 02:29:33.159 Feed on Highway three, a few blocks south of Highway 2812 02:29:33.239 --> 02:29:38.159 ninety six in League City. We're heading to Manville, Texas 2813 02:29:38.319 --> 02:29:42.559 next to talk to Adolf. Hello. Adoff, Welcome to guard Line. 2814 02:29:43.680 --> 02:29:46.159 Good morning, good question. 2815 02:29:47.680 --> 02:29:49.920 Plan chatty. 2816 02:29:50.200 --> 02:29:55.120 Thanks Feens, And I added what I think. 2817 02:29:55.399 --> 02:30:06.200 Is that's too Hey, Adolph, you are really eight if 2818 02:30:06.239 --> 02:30:09.440 you're really muffled. And I heard cabbage and ozma cot, 2819 02:30:09.559 --> 02:30:11.959 but I'm barely able to hear what you're saying. I 2820 02:30:12.000 --> 02:30:14.760 don't know if you can change something there, but we'd 2821 02:30:14.799 --> 02:30:21.600 love to hear what you're saying a little bit. Go ahead, okay, anyway, 2822 02:30:22.680 --> 02:30:23.840 there you go. There you go. 2823 02:30:25.440 --> 02:30:26.719 Is asthma coat Okay? 2824 02:30:26.840 --> 02:30:29.520 For the cabbage, Yeah. 2825 02:30:29.319 --> 02:30:33.000 It's fine. I mean it's a slow release fertilizer. It's 2826 02:30:33.079 --> 02:30:36.360 going to give you about three or four months of 2827 02:30:36.440 --> 02:30:39.520 release most of the time. You can do that. You 2828 02:30:39.600 --> 02:30:42.840 can also do that with some of our standard lawn 2829 02:30:42.959 --> 02:30:46.120 types of fertilizer that would work on cabbage or some 2830 02:30:46.280 --> 02:30:50.520 of our other vegetables specifically vegetable types of fertilizer that 2831 02:30:50.639 --> 02:30:54.360 you could buy. And so I generally would recommend a 2832 02:30:54.360 --> 02:30:57.840 different one than that, but that product will work, that 2833 02:30:57.920 --> 02:31:02.879 will release nutrients over time. It's the same for cammas. 2834 02:31:02.920 --> 02:31:06.079 What can I do to prevent. 2835 02:31:09.879 --> 02:31:11.799 What do you? 2836 02:31:13.719 --> 02:31:19.600 Yes? Yes, uh I tell you what I've lost you again? Uh, 2837 02:31:19.879 --> 02:31:21.959 I'm gonna have my producer pick up and see if 2838 02:31:21.959 --> 02:31:24.239 we can resolve that. If not, just tell him what 2839 02:31:24.440 --> 02:31:27.159 you're wanting to prevent and I'll answer that on the 2840 02:31:27.239 --> 02:31:30.120 air adolf. For some reason, we got a little garble there. 2841 02:31:30.879 --> 02:31:31.000 Uh. 2842 02:31:31.319 --> 02:31:33.520 If you're looking for a quality soil, someone's asking me 2843 02:31:33.600 --> 02:31:35.000 before about what do you put in a what do 2844 02:31:35.040 --> 02:31:37.840 you put in a container? Jungle in junglelen is what 2845 02:31:37.959 --> 02:31:40.319 you put in a container. It's they've got an outdoor 2846 02:31:40.440 --> 02:31:45.959 one called the jungle and flour and vegetable planting soils 2847 02:31:46.040 --> 02:31:48.840 for containers, made for containers. It drains well, but it 2848 02:31:48.959 --> 02:31:52.520 holds some moisture. It's got four different kinds of age 2849 02:31:52.680 --> 02:31:55.959 bark in. It's got microizel fungi, some Canadian blonde pete. 2850 02:31:56.520 --> 02:31:56.600 Uh. 2851 02:31:56.760 --> 02:31:59.719 It's just a good concoction for good drainage and act 2852 02:32:00.000 --> 02:32:03.520 good water holding capacity and good success. Indoors go with 2853 02:32:03.639 --> 02:32:07.159 the water saving potting soil jungle land water saving potting 2854 02:32:07.200 --> 02:32:09.600 soil because it's got those crystals in it that swell 2855 02:32:09.719 --> 02:32:12.639 up with water and help extend the time when your 2856 02:32:12.760 --> 02:32:15.399 roots can get water. If you forget the water, those 2857 02:32:15.479 --> 02:32:18.399 crystals are holding on to some water that that plant 2858 02:32:18.479 --> 02:32:20.520 can get access to. Now you're going to find jungle 2859 02:32:20.600 --> 02:32:23.600 land at all kinds of places. You know, night Foss 2860 02:32:23.639 --> 02:32:26.319 products are widely available. You go onto Fisher's Hardware, both 2861 02:32:26.360 --> 02:32:29.360 the one and both the one in Pasadena, the one 2862 02:32:29.440 --> 02:32:32.879 in La Port, the one in Bellevue, and Fishers Hardware 2863 02:32:33.239 --> 02:32:37.479 down in Baytown. They also carry it as well down there. 2864 02:32:37.760 --> 02:32:41.559 Hiding and Feed on steubenor Airline North they had it. 2865 02:32:42.239 --> 02:32:44.680 And in Chenna Gardens at Chenna Gardens out in Richmond 2866 02:32:44.760 --> 02:32:47.479 Rosenberg on FM three point fifty nine carries night to 2867 02:32:47.559 --> 02:32:51.079 Foss products and so stop by there and you can 2868 02:32:51.159 --> 02:32:53.879 find your night Foss products in those places as well. 2869 02:32:55.719 --> 02:32:57.760 You are listening to guarden Line, and it is time 2870 02:32:57.840 --> 02:32:59.520 for me to take a break, So I'm going to 2871 02:32:59.559 --> 02:33:02.399 stop talking right now and turn it over to a 2872 02:33:02.479 --> 02:33:04.799 quick break and I'll be right back with your calls 2873 02:33:04.840 --> 02:33:11.639 at seven one three two one two k t RH. So, 2874 02:33:11.760 --> 02:33:15.719 welcome back to Guardenline, Popes. Good to have you with us. 2875 02:33:17.799 --> 02:33:21.079 You know, when you're trying to have success, you know 2876 02:33:21.280 --> 02:33:24.000 you've heard me say that ten thousand times. It begins 2877 02:33:24.040 --> 02:33:26.399 with the soil round st up over green stuff, all 2878 02:33:26.440 --> 02:33:30.280 of that. The folks at Heirloom Soils have really perfected 2879 02:33:30.879 --> 02:33:36.959 the soil slash compost slash moltz slash bed mix. 2880 02:33:38.719 --> 02:33:39.040 World. 2881 02:33:39.719 --> 02:33:44.719 You know, in every way they do things right. For example, uh, 2882 02:33:44.959 --> 02:33:49.799 they all their blends are just rich in beneficial microbes 2883 02:33:49.920 --> 02:33:53.520 to enrich your soils because it's that living component of 2884 02:33:53.559 --> 02:33:55.840 this oil, the microbes that are the secrets of success. 2885 02:33:56.319 --> 02:33:59.239 They don't use cheap filler ingredients. You know. They don't 2886 02:33:59.280 --> 02:34:02.079 put a bunch of wood pulp or raw maltz in 2887 02:34:02.159 --> 02:34:04.559 there and then sell it to you. That is not 2888 02:34:04.680 --> 02:34:06.680 a good way to go. It takes time to make 2889 02:34:06.719 --> 02:34:08.840 a good product, and they take time to do it. 2890 02:34:09.440 --> 02:34:11.920 They do not use bank sand a lot of times. 2891 02:34:11.959 --> 02:34:14.559 The bank sand you're going to get nut's edge and 2892 02:34:14.719 --> 02:34:17.639 other kinds of weed problems. They use only a washed 2893 02:34:17.719 --> 02:34:20.600 sand product to try to avoid any kind of weed 2894 02:34:20.680 --> 02:34:22.719 problems or any kind of a clay Sometimes there's a 2895 02:34:22.799 --> 02:34:26.360 clay content in that too, and the wash sand helps 2896 02:34:26.479 --> 02:34:29.920 avoid that. Now, they don't use raw top soil because 2897 02:34:29.959 --> 02:34:31.760 you know you skiop tops, are you gonna get wheat seeds? 2898 02:34:31.760 --> 02:34:35.440 Weat seeds are everywhere. They only use composted soil fines. 2899 02:34:35.600 --> 02:34:38.319 It's a little kind of a small particles that fall 2900 02:34:38.399 --> 02:34:41.920 out of the in this process that are soil themselves, 2901 02:34:42.000 --> 02:34:45.559 but they're very very fine textures, and they they use that. 2902 02:34:45.799 --> 02:34:49.399 They only process their ingredients in house. You know, they 2903 02:34:49.719 --> 02:34:52.639 want to maintain the quality. They want to avoid issues 2904 02:34:52.719 --> 02:34:56.680 with contamination. They don't let their piles go sour where 2905 02:34:56.760 --> 02:34:59.399 they end up. You know, if you let an organic 2906 02:34:59.479 --> 02:35:03.280 matter pop sit and go anaerobic, no oxygen, you get 2907 02:35:03.360 --> 02:35:06.680 some nasty smells and you get some nasty chemical compounds 2908 02:35:06.760 --> 02:35:09.840 that nature forms in those conditions that you don't want. 2909 02:35:11.399 --> 02:35:14.000 The folks at Airloom Soils they avoid that. They know 2910 02:35:14.079 --> 02:35:17.079 how to avoid that. They compost, they cure, they blend 2911 02:35:17.239 --> 02:35:20.479 all the products in house. Now whether you're buying, and 2912 02:35:20.600 --> 02:35:23.520 I could spend spend a whole hour talking about all 2913 02:35:23.559 --> 02:35:26.079 the different products they have. The compost at hardwood moults, 2914 02:35:26.120 --> 02:35:29.840 the landscape bed mix, the rose blend rose it says 2915 02:35:30.000 --> 02:35:34.159 rose and bloomers really because anything with flowers like that's 2916 02:35:34.200 --> 02:35:37.280 going to do well. The works potting soil, the cactus 2917 02:35:37.360 --> 02:35:40.600 and succulent mix, the veggie and herb mix, the fruit 2918 02:35:40.719 --> 02:35:43.319 did I say fruit berry and citrus mix. And they 2919 02:35:43.360 --> 02:35:47.440 also sell just expanded shale and they excel. They sell 2920 02:35:47.520 --> 02:35:50.760 an expanded shell plus compost and our clay soils. Compost 2921 02:35:50.840 --> 02:35:53.479 is great compos a miracle worker for our soils. The 2922 02:35:53.559 --> 02:35:57.360 compost breaks down over time, and so the expanded shale. 2923 02:35:57.760 --> 02:36:00.479 Think of it as a little tiny miniature law a rock. 2924 02:36:00.799 --> 02:36:03.360 They'd beal tiny with all the pores in them. And 2925 02:36:03.440 --> 02:36:05.760 you put enough of that in soil about three inches 2926 02:36:05.799 --> 02:36:08.200 over a clay soil bed and mix it in thoroughly, 2927 02:36:08.559 --> 02:36:12.760 and you've got a very long term, loose arable soil 2928 02:36:12.840 --> 02:36:15.639 that clay doesn't just mash down and reform like that 2929 02:36:15.799 --> 02:36:18.280 around it. Expanded shill has its place, and then say 2930 02:36:18.319 --> 02:36:22.760 you expanded hill too, and different products. Heirloom Soils is 2931 02:36:22.840 --> 02:36:25.280 the name of the company, and they are out there 2932 02:36:25.319 --> 02:36:28.760 in Porter, Texas. They do delivery's book. You can go 2933 02:36:28.799 --> 02:36:31.040 out there and you can get it yourself with your vehicle, 2934 02:36:31.719 --> 02:36:33.319 or you can just drive around town. Go to some 2935 02:36:33.440 --> 02:36:37.319 good garden centers, go to good feed stores, ace hardware stores, 2936 02:36:38.280 --> 02:36:40.319 Southwest fertilize. There's a lot of places you can get 2937 02:36:40.639 --> 02:36:45.520 heirloom soils. You need to try them. They work all right. 2938 02:36:45.920 --> 02:36:48.760 That's that. Hey, I don't want you to forget, but 2939 02:36:48.959 --> 02:36:52.040 I am going to be at the spring Montgomery count 2940 02:36:52.159 --> 02:36:54.879 excuse me, the Montgomery County Spring Home and Outdoor Living 2941 02:36:54.959 --> 02:36:59.000 Show next Saturday, March first, from ten excuse me, from 2942 02:36:59.040 --> 02:37:03.799 twelve twelve noon until two pm. I'll give a talk. 2943 02:37:04.040 --> 02:37:08.079 I'll answer your gardening question. Fill your plastic bags full 2944 02:37:08.120 --> 02:37:10.479 of weeds and plants to identify. We'll do that. If 2945 02:37:10.520 --> 02:37:12.559 you want to do that, we won't do that. Or bugs. 2946 02:37:13.639 --> 02:37:15.399 Take a bug, put it under a hot lamp, make 2947 02:37:15.479 --> 02:37:18.719 it confess its name. We'll do that. And we'll also 2948 02:37:18.840 --> 02:37:20.840 just answer any gardening question. To bring me photos on 2949 02:37:20.920 --> 02:37:22.840 your phone. We can do all that as well. I 2950 02:37:22.920 --> 02:37:25.000 wanted to make a comment about pruning right quick, before 2951 02:37:25.040 --> 02:37:28.680 we get too far along here. When you are pruning, 2952 02:37:29.040 --> 02:37:31.360 if you think there may be a disease, maybe a 2953 02:37:31.520 --> 02:37:35.000 canker disease like or something like fireblight on a plant, 2954 02:37:35.440 --> 02:37:37.719 and you don't want to spread that from one plant 2955 02:37:37.799 --> 02:37:40.120 to another, or from a healthy portion of a plant, 2956 02:37:40.760 --> 02:37:43.040 or from a sick portion to a healthy portion, you 2957 02:37:43.120 --> 02:37:47.520 can sterilize your pruners between cuts. But here's what you 2958 02:37:47.639 --> 02:37:50.399 need to know. There are three ways to do it, 2959 02:37:50.959 --> 02:37:54.319 and the first one is ten percent alcohol in water. 2960 02:37:54.840 --> 02:37:58.639 Excuse me, ten percent bleach in water. Ten percent bleach 2961 02:37:58.719 --> 02:38:03.799 in water. That works to kill the disease, but it 2962 02:38:04.360 --> 02:38:07.200 if you don't really clean those and oil those prunters, 2963 02:38:07.280 --> 02:38:10.079 you're going to get rusting and pitting really bad from 2964 02:38:10.120 --> 02:38:12.600 that bleach water, So you got to be extra careful 2965 02:38:12.680 --> 02:38:16.680 with that one. The next one is rubbing alcohol. Just 2966 02:38:16.799 --> 02:38:20.200 a good strong alcohol solution. You can buy those little 2967 02:38:20.280 --> 02:38:22.200 paint jars of it, cut the top off and dip 2968 02:38:22.239 --> 02:38:24.639 your prunters in those. They're cheap, it's easy to do, 2969 02:38:25.159 --> 02:38:27.600 and that works well. The way I like best is 2970 02:38:27.719 --> 02:38:30.120 just something like lyf salt that you spray on them 2971 02:38:30.200 --> 02:38:32.879 that kills germs. We know that that's what they sell 2972 02:38:32.959 --> 02:38:35.639 it for. And you just spray both sides your printers, 2973 02:38:35.760 --> 02:38:37.399 kind of move them around a little bit to get 2974 02:38:37.440 --> 02:38:39.920 them all in there, and then go on when possible, 2975 02:38:40.280 --> 02:38:44.040 prune the healthy part are healthy plants first, and then 2976 02:38:44.280 --> 02:38:48.280 last do the printing and the disease rather than vice versa, 2977 02:38:48.360 --> 02:38:51.239 which means you're carrying that disease along. But that printer 2978 02:38:51.319 --> 02:38:54.319 sterilization trick is very important if you want to avoid 2979 02:38:54.440 --> 02:38:57.319 spreading things. Some of the rosecankers, some of the fire 2980 02:38:57.440 --> 02:39:02.879 blight that attacks pairs and Pyracantha and other plants out there. 2981 02:39:04.079 --> 02:39:06.959 It's a tip I hope that helps. I do want 2982 02:39:06.959 --> 02:39:09.079 to mention one more time. I talked about azimid earlier. 2983 02:39:09.120 --> 02:39:13.079 But azemite is a trace mineral product. It is mined 2984 02:39:13.239 --> 02:39:16.639 out of Utah, has seventy seven known trace animals or 2985 02:39:16.719 --> 02:39:20.159 micronutrients in it, and it provides those things that are 2986 02:39:20.399 --> 02:39:23.520 essential for plant growth but only needed in small amounts. 2987 02:39:23.920 --> 02:39:26.319 A forty four pound bag covers six to twelve thousand 2988 02:39:26.360 --> 02:39:28.760 square feet of your lawn. I use it in a 2989 02:39:28.840 --> 02:39:31.440 vegetable garden ten pounds per thousand square feet in your 2990 02:39:31.479 --> 02:39:33.760 vegetable garden. That works good too. You can go to 2991 02:39:33.840 --> 02:39:36.479 asmit textas and learn more about it, and you can 2992 02:39:36.520 --> 02:39:38.920 do it anytime of the year. Now, if it's easier 2993 02:39:38.959 --> 02:39:41.120 for you to remember to do it when you fertilize 2994 02:39:41.200 --> 02:39:43.959 with your regular lawn fertilizers, then do that. Just put 2995 02:39:44.000 --> 02:39:47.760 them in separate applications. Don't mix them because particle size 2996 02:39:47.879 --> 02:39:50.959 is different. But put out your fertilizer and then your azemite, 2997 02:39:51.000 --> 02:39:53.760 or your azemite and then your fertilizer. If that makes 2998 02:39:53.799 --> 02:39:55.680 it easier for you to do it, then but don't 2999 02:39:55.719 --> 02:39:58.799 think that you can only do asamite when I have 3000 02:39:58.959 --> 02:40:02.760 fertilizer schedule on my schedule, fertilizer times on my schedule, 3001 02:40:02.879 --> 02:40:05.120 has Mike can be done anytime that you want to 3002 02:40:05.159 --> 02:40:07.760 do it. All right, let's uh, let's take a little 3003 02:40:07.760 --> 02:40:10.239 break from me talking and go out here, and we 3004 02:40:10.280 --> 02:40:13.200 want to talk to Tony and Cyprus. Hey, Tony, got 3005 02:40:13.239 --> 02:40:14.959 a couple of minutes here, Let's see what we can 3006 02:40:15.040 --> 02:40:18.440 do a sally. 3007 02:40:18.440 --> 02:40:23.040 If it's actually Troy, but I'm looking for recommendations flower home. 3008 02:40:24.520 --> 02:40:26.799 I have a two story home with the front door 3009 02:40:26.879 --> 02:40:29.920 faces west, and I have two good sized oak trees 3010 02:40:29.959 --> 02:40:32.559 in the front yard, so the section north of the 3011 02:40:32.639 --> 02:40:35.360 front door does not get a lot of sun. The 3012 02:40:35.440 --> 02:40:38.159 section south of the front door a little bit more, 3013 02:40:38.280 --> 02:40:41.120 but not most of the area it's covered by trees. 3014 02:40:41.200 --> 02:40:45.879 And yeah goes by. Yeah, Troy, you sent me pictures 3015 02:40:45.879 --> 02:40:50.239 of that, didn't you correct? Okay, good, Yeah, I saw 3016 02:40:50.319 --> 02:40:53.000 that that. That's those are good, very helpful. What what 3017 02:40:53.239 --> 02:40:55.559 kind of what are you looking for? You're looking for 3018 02:40:55.559 --> 02:40:58.079 a little flowers? Do you do you just want shrubs 3019 02:40:58.319 --> 02:41:00.360 or do you want some perennials. 3020 02:40:59.920 --> 02:41:04.920 Or definitely some color and definitely something that I don't 3021 02:41:05.000 --> 02:41:06.360 have to do a lot of work for I don't 3022 02:41:06.360 --> 02:41:08.719 want to keep having to go out there every every 3023 02:41:08.760 --> 02:41:11.239 two weeks and cuts or tram. 3024 02:41:11.159 --> 02:41:14.879 Okay, So shrubs are shrubs are going to be kind 3025 02:41:14.920 --> 02:41:17.840 of important. I would I would consider a very dwarf 3026 02:41:17.920 --> 02:41:22.120 type of Chinese witch hazel. They have beautiful burgundy growth 3027 02:41:22.319 --> 02:41:25.760 in the spring, they have hot pink, little shaggy flowers. 3028 02:41:26.440 --> 02:41:26.520 Uh. 3029 02:41:26.799 --> 02:41:29.680 And you want a very dwarf type because undwarfed type 3030 02:41:29.799 --> 02:41:32.079 non dwarf types can get quite large and you don't 3031 02:41:32.159 --> 02:41:34.840 have to be constantly pruning them. But a very dwarf 3032 02:41:34.920 --> 02:41:39.159 type of Chinese witchl hazel, purple burgundy foliage, that would 3033 02:41:39.159 --> 02:41:41.600 be a good choice in there. Anything that gives you 3034 02:41:41.719 --> 02:41:45.000 foliage color too. You know, there's some various types of 3035 02:41:45.200 --> 02:41:47.479 clumping grass like plants. 3036 02:41:47.520 --> 02:41:47.680 You know. 3037 02:41:47.719 --> 02:41:50.399 We you know what loriopy is. There's other plant one 3038 02:41:50.479 --> 02:41:53.719 called dianella that is a lot of white in it 3039 02:41:53.920 --> 02:41:56.239 and that really brightens the shady area. So you might 3040 02:41:56.319 --> 02:41:58.559 want to put that along the edge by the lawn 3041 02:41:59.079 --> 02:42:04.120 and then have something green or colorful behind it. Depending 3042 02:42:04.200 --> 02:42:06.440 on the actual foot candles, which is hard for me 3043 02:42:06.520 --> 02:42:09.920 to judge there. You may have decent success with something 3044 02:42:10.040 --> 02:42:12.920 like plumbago, which has there's a blue and a white 3045 02:42:12.959 --> 02:42:16.440 flowered form of that, a light blue flower. Those are 3046 02:42:16.440 --> 02:42:21.399 a few good ideas that you might want to consider. Say, 3047 02:42:21.399 --> 02:42:24.680 appreciate it all right, sir, you bet, thanks for the 3048 02:42:24.760 --> 02:42:25.799 call man. Appreciate that