WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.280 Products or services advertised on this program. Welcome to Katie r. H. 2 00:00:05.400 --> 00:00:07.360 Guarden Line with Skip Rictor. 3 00:00:07.440 --> 00:00:09.960 It's crazy. 4 00:00:16.160 --> 00:00:25.800 Just watch him as sets. 5 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:33.320 Not a side. 6 00:00:39.560 --> 00:00:43.159 Hello, good morning, Welcome. We're glad you're with us here 7 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:45.920 on garden Line today. I'm your host, Skip Richteror. Thanks 8 00:00:45.960 --> 00:00:49.679 for listening in. We are here to answer your gardening questions. 9 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:53.240 That's what we're all about here. And uh, I just 10 00:00:53.520 --> 00:00:56.560 was visiting with some folks and we were our appearance 11 00:00:56.640 --> 00:00:58.719 up there at the Montgomery County Home Show. 12 00:00:59.280 --> 00:00:59.399 Uh. 13 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:02.560 And it's amazing how many gardening questions people have, and 14 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:05.159 when you answer one, it just leads to another one 15 00:01:05.200 --> 00:01:07.560 and then to another one. And that's okay. That's why 16 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:11.239 we're here, and that's what I enjoy doing. If you 17 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:13.879 have a question, we invite you to call in. We'll be 18 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.400 glad to visit with you and you know, work out 19 00:01:17.439 --> 00:01:21.760 the details of either identifying or diagnosing or whatever the 20 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:24.799 thing is. Listen, we are on the doorstep of fall. 21 00:01:24.959 --> 00:01:26.959 I know we've got some warm weather this week, but 22 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:28.480 you know how it goes. Every year we have what 23 00:01:28.519 --> 00:01:31.480 we call false fall. We get a little cool breeze 24 00:01:31.560 --> 00:01:34.359 come through, and that happened the other day and we 25 00:01:34.400 --> 00:01:36.959 all get the false spirit in us and then here 26 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:40.480 comes heat right back. And that's okay, because it's still 27 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:43.920 time to do things. It's time to get things done, 28 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:48.159 and it's very important to do things on time. Don't 29 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:51.319 look at the thermometer, look at the calendar. That's the 30 00:01:51.359 --> 00:01:53.680 way I'd like to put it. Don't look at the thermometer, 31 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:56.040 look at the calendar. And when you look at the calendar, 32 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.239 you can see right now there's a number of things 33 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:01.680 we can be doing. For example, we're going to be 34 00:02:01.760 --> 00:02:05.159 doing our fall fertilization very soon, and you need to 35 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:08.159 go pick up your products for that. Nitrofoss has something 36 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:10.919 called their Fall Special Winter Riser. It's very rich, got 37 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:13.039 a lot of phosphorsin to help with the root system, 38 00:02:13.479 --> 00:02:17.800 but most importantly, it's really high in potassium. Potassium helps 39 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:21.120 a grass plant prepare for winter hardiness. Think of it 40 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.599 this way. Potassium helps the grass plant make ana freeze 41 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:28.719 that makes the grass even more hearty, and also it 42 00:02:28.840 --> 00:02:33.039 helps the grass come out in the spring vigorously and healthy. 43 00:02:33.400 --> 00:02:36.919 Coming out of spring, the fall fertilization is the most 44 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:40.840 important fertilization for having a healthy lawn in spring and 45 00:02:40.879 --> 00:02:43.879 for it coming out. Secondly, the second step of their 46 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:46.360 three step is to head off the weeds. A nitro 47 00:02:46.360 --> 00:02:49.520 fross barricade is a pre emergent look at my schedules 48 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:51.759 online at gardening with Skip dot com. It tells you 49 00:02:51.800 --> 00:02:55.400 exactly when to do it. Put the barricade down and 50 00:02:55.479 --> 00:02:58.719 prevent all the cool season weeds that'll be a problem 51 00:02:58.840 --> 00:03:01.479 next spring when they take off growing. They sprout this 52 00:03:01.599 --> 00:03:04.199 fall and you got to stop them. Number three, you 53 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:08.360 put on a nitrofoss Eagle turf fungicide. It's a systemic protecting. 54 00:03:08.560 --> 00:03:12.039 It's a securative funge a side that actually promotes healthy turf. 55 00:03:12.199 --> 00:03:15.199 So are you worried about large patch or brown patch 56 00:03:15.240 --> 00:03:18.840 the big circles Nitropass Eagle turf fungicide. You're going to 57 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:21.599 find this at a number of different places. You know, 58 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:24.280 you're going to find it at places like Plants for 59 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:27.919 All Seasons on two forty nine, or Katie Hardware or 60 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:32.919 the gym's hardware up there in Montgomery. Nitrofoss three step 61 00:03:33.000 --> 00:03:36.479 makes it real easy. One, two, three. We're going to 62 00:03:36.560 --> 00:03:38.599 be talking about a number of things today. I'm just 63 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:42.759 gonna mention something right off the bat. I'm going to 64 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:47.240 be at the Willbird's Unlimited in clear Lake later today, 65 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:49.680 So after the show, I'm going to head over that way. 66 00:03:49.680 --> 00:03:52.360 I'll get there about eleven thirty and let's see, we'll 67 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:55.199 be there till one thirty. We're gonna be drawing for 68 00:03:55.240 --> 00:03:59.080 a lot of products, things like hummingbird nectar with nectar defender, 69 00:03:59.479 --> 00:04:02.879 new variety of seed blends actually, and I'll be giving 70 00:04:02.879 --> 00:04:05.680 away some other products as well for everybody who shows up, 71 00:04:06.000 --> 00:04:11.360 as long as supplies last. Remember, migration is underway. Hummingbirds 72 00:04:11.360 --> 00:04:14.439 are here Baltimore, orioles are coming through. They'll be doing 73 00:04:14.479 --> 00:04:17.360 it all this month and into October. That doing it 74 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:20.800 meaning the arriving in our spot, get a bite to 75 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:24.360 eat and continue on with their migration and we it's 76 00:04:24.519 --> 00:04:26.959 enjoyable when you have a feeder and you can bring 77 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:32.439 them in to that feeder. Out in the lawn. This week, 78 00:04:32.560 --> 00:04:37.199 I was going through looking for some signs of fall aster. 79 00:04:37.360 --> 00:04:40.560 Fall Aster is a weed that you don't renoice during 80 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.120 the year unless your lawn is really struggling. Then the 81 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:46.680 fall aster stands out. But it's almost a blue green 82 00:04:47.040 --> 00:04:51.639 weed that grows down really low in the almost the 83 00:04:51.720 --> 00:04:54.360 thatch area of the lawn sticks this little leaves up 84 00:04:54.360 --> 00:04:56.920 where they can get some light. And if it were 85 00:04:57.000 --> 00:04:58.920 if you weren't mowing the lawn, the weed would be, 86 00:04:58.959 --> 00:05:01.600 you know, over knee high. It gets very tall, but 87 00:05:01.680 --> 00:05:04.240 in a lawn it knows how to adjust to mowing. 88 00:05:04.759 --> 00:05:08.439 And in probably maybe October we'll start to see the 89 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:10.879 little blooms from that, depending on where you live north 90 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:13.639 and south in the listening area. And when you see 91 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.439 the blooms, that's when everybody gets alarmed about it, and 92 00:05:16.519 --> 00:05:19.519 so just be checking for it and when you see them. 93 00:05:19.680 --> 00:05:21.879 The easiest thing to do for fall aster at this 94 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.000 point in the season is to pull it up, ham 95 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:27.680 pull it up what the soil, make sure the lawn 96 00:05:27.759 --> 00:05:30.800 soil is moist, and just get down on hens and knees. 97 00:05:30.839 --> 00:05:33.560 It has one spot where it comes out of the ground, taproot, 98 00:05:33.680 --> 00:05:35.800 so it's easy to wiggle it up right out of there. 99 00:05:37.160 --> 00:05:39.680 During most of the season, if you knew you were 100 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:41.600 looking for it and treating for it, you could use 101 00:05:41.600 --> 00:05:45.439 a broadly post emergent product on it. But once these 102 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:49.439 weeds go what we call reproductive, meaning they're blooming and 103 00:05:49.480 --> 00:05:53.000 they're setting seeds, it's a little late. The products that 104 00:05:53.079 --> 00:05:55.720 would have worked at that stage of the weed, we're 105 00:05:55.759 --> 00:05:58.439 not going to accomplish much. So just a little tip 106 00:05:59.040 --> 00:06:03.040 there on with the fall aster and we certainly do 107 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.560 have to deal with fall uster. When was the last 108 00:06:05.560 --> 00:06:07.920 time you're at at Arburgate. I swung by the other 109 00:06:08.000 --> 00:06:10.480 day and I'm telling you they are set up for 110 00:06:10.560 --> 00:06:13.319 fall of whatever kind of decorations. If you need the 111 00:06:13.399 --> 00:06:15.839 landscape blane, you know, things put out in your yard 112 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:19.199 and stuff just for decorating for fall, whether it's the 113 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:24.040 Halloween or whether it's decorating for just the harvest season. 114 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:26.759 You know that feel of the harvest season with all 115 00:06:26.800 --> 00:06:30.560 the orange and golden and yellow and maroonish colors that 116 00:06:30.600 --> 00:06:33.879 you put out. Well, Arburgate's got you covered on all 117 00:06:33.879 --> 00:06:35.519 of that. While you're there, you need to pick up 118 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:39.680 their one two three system because on guard line, I 119 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:44.240 always say brown stuff before green stuff, meaning before you 120 00:06:44.319 --> 00:06:47.079 put the plants in the ground, get the soil right. 121 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:49.959 And that's what the one two three system is. It's 122 00:06:50.079 --> 00:06:54.120 a soil and it's a fertilizer for anything with roots, 123 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:58.399 and then it is a compost that can be mixed 124 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:01.160 as well into the soil of blend and you pick 125 00:07:01.199 --> 00:07:04.879 all the three of those up. You put those together 126 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:07.399 into the soil and your plan is ready to go. 127 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:09.720 And that's important. And they've got that there at Arburgate. 128 00:07:09.800 --> 00:07:13.720 Remember they got the new parking lot new. I'll say 129 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:16.959 it's new for another year or two probably, but it's 130 00:07:17.000 --> 00:07:19.399 been a long time coming. But boy is that ever 131 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:23.519 nice and convenient. It's off Trischel Road behind Arburgate. So 132 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:26.279 whether you're coming out twenty nine to twenty from Tomball 133 00:07:26.439 --> 00:07:29.240 or coming in the other way, you just turned on 134 00:07:29.319 --> 00:07:32.800 Trishel Road, it's before or after Arburgate. It's a loop 135 00:07:32.839 --> 00:07:35.639 that goes out behind. It makes it real easy to 136 00:07:35.720 --> 00:07:42.959 do there. The Ace Hardware stores here in our area 137 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:48.560 are amazing in their everything ness. In other words, if 138 00:07:48.600 --> 00:07:50.480 I talk about a fertilizer for your lawn, if I 139 00:07:50.480 --> 00:07:53.680 talk about you know, you need to use this insect, 140 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:56.480 a sider fundicide or herbicide or whatever it is, Ace 141 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:59.600 Hardware's got them. And there's forty Ace Hardware's here in 142 00:07:59.680 --> 00:08:02.000 the Great Houston area. So that makes it really really 143 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:06.040 easy to find everything you need. You want to do 144 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:10.480 some outdoor decorating and some outdoor enjoyment on the evenings 145 00:08:10.519 --> 00:08:13.439 as are getting cooler, Ace Hardware's got everything you need 146 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:17.360 for the patio as well. Acehardware dot Com find the 147 00:08:17.399 --> 00:08:20.639 forty stores near you by going to the store locator. Well, 148 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:22.360 I got to take a little break. We'll do the 149 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:26.199 last segment seven one three two one two k t 150 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:31.120 r H seven one three two one two kt RH. 151 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:33.240 You can give us a call. We'll be happy to 152 00:08:33.320 --> 00:08:36.399 visit with you about whatever kinds of questions that you 153 00:08:36.480 --> 00:08:40.080 might have. 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Hello, John, Welcome 179 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:02.039 to guard Line. 180 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:03.679 Hi. 181 00:10:04.679 --> 00:10:08.799 I we have a pool and I also have a 182 00:10:08.840 --> 00:10:12.399 nosy neighbor who likes to watch my wife. If that's 183 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:15.039 I can say that on the radio. 184 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:19.200 Uh, but yeah, go ahead, right right. 185 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:24.120 So we're thinking that we want to put some crape 186 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:27.759 myrtles up and line the fence with them so that they'll, 187 00:10:28.279 --> 00:10:33.080 you know, raise above the fence line. The question is 188 00:10:33.759 --> 00:10:35.159 we're trying to decide. 189 00:10:34.840 --> 00:10:35.279 On the color. 190 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:38.480 We really like the dark red ones and the white ones. 191 00:10:39.080 --> 00:10:43.159 If I like red white, red white, red white all 192 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:46.639 the way down the fence line. Yes, does that like 193 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:51.039 when they propagate or whatever? Will I have you know, 194 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:56.039 pink ones next year? Will I have no? 195 00:10:56.879 --> 00:10:57.600 No, that's okay. 196 00:10:57.799 --> 00:11:01.559 Plant will always produce that color loom and so yes, 197 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:04.159 you can do that. Just watch the height of them 198 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:07.279 crate myrtles. There are crp myrtles that get two feet tall, 199 00:11:07.320 --> 00:11:09.600 and there's crape myrtles that get thirty five feet tall, 200 00:11:10.000 --> 00:11:12.159 and so you want to make sure they're all going 201 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:15.120 to have foliage in the area where you want them 202 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:17.320 to have foliage. So that's part of picking the right 203 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:21.279 varieties and also training them well. John, if you will 204 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:24.600 go on, if you use Google or whatever search engine, 205 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.799 type in skip Richter and crape myrtle, and you should 206 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:31.759 get a chart that shows you. Not everyone on the market. 207 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:33.480 There's a lot of new ones since I put that 208 00:11:33.600 --> 00:11:36.120 chart out, but you can see what I'm talking about 209 00:11:36.120 --> 00:11:38.919 on heights, and there's pictures of the CRP myrtles too, 210 00:11:38.960 --> 00:11:40.720 So you go, I like that penguin, I like this 211 00:11:40.799 --> 00:11:43.519 white one, and they're about the right size. That's what 212 00:11:43.639 --> 00:11:47.159 I recommend. Just remember when you use crapes to a 213 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:50.039 screen of view. You just need to not go swimming 214 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.600 in early spring or later in the fall, because some 215 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:54.240 crape already's starting to drop. 216 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:58.679 Leaves, right right, Okay, Yeah, it'll definitely be an experiment. 217 00:11:58.759 --> 00:12:02.120 But we like the really really really like those dark 218 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:04.840 red ones, so that's what we were going to try. 219 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:08.120 Yeah. Well, and you're in Tombol. You know, you've got 220 00:12:09.360 --> 00:12:11.879 the Arbigate Nursery right out there outside of town. They're 221 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:13.799 gonna have a lot of varieties and if they don't 222 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.320 have one, they probably could order it for you or 223 00:12:16.360 --> 00:12:20.320 one that will be a good replacement. Okay, okay, fair enough, 224 00:12:20.639 --> 00:12:24.720 all right, sir, take care, thanks for thanks, Yes, sir, 225 00:12:24.799 --> 00:12:28.919 that is very very important, very important. You know Nelson 226 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:32.480 plant Food, I've talked about it before. You know, they're fertilizers. 227 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:35.320 They have fertilizers for every month of the I mean, 228 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:38.519 no matter what month it is, they've got the appropriate 229 00:12:38.519 --> 00:12:41.159 fertilizer to be putting out at that month at that time. 230 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.559 But they also have a product called genesis. Now, genesis 231 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:48.679 is something that you put in when you're transplanting. It's 232 00:12:48.679 --> 00:12:51.799 a nutrient, but it also has microbes in it, and 233 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:56.279 so if you're going to bump a container you bought 234 00:12:56.320 --> 00:12:59.639 into a larger container that's soil, and the larger container 235 00:12:59.679 --> 00:13:02.840 needs to Genesis already mixed into it. If you're going 236 00:13:02.919 --> 00:13:05.080 to take let's say you're gonna plant a rosebush this fall, 237 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:09.000 or any tree, you take the soil around where you're 238 00:13:09.039 --> 00:13:12.360 gonna plant in that hole and you mix in Genesis 239 00:13:12.360 --> 00:13:14.480 with it. It's not gonna burn, but just mix it 240 00:13:14.519 --> 00:13:17.440 into the soil where you're planting, whether it's a garden 241 00:13:17.480 --> 00:13:21.960 bed or you know, or a landscape bed. Genesis is 242 00:13:21.960 --> 00:13:24.759 an outstanding product. I was so surprised when I first 243 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:25.279 used it. 244 00:13:25.320 --> 00:13:25.600 For me. 245 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:28.440 It was bumping some tomatoes up. They were in little, tiny, 246 00:13:28.480 --> 00:13:31.080 six pack sized tomatoes. I was putting them in four 247 00:13:31.120 --> 00:13:34.159 inch pots and I mixed Genesis into the soil and wow, 248 00:13:34.639 --> 00:13:38.320 they they moved on. And that's from Nelson Plant Food. 249 00:13:38.320 --> 00:13:42.200 It's widely available and it's an outstanding product. We're going 250 00:13:42.240 --> 00:13:46.080 to go now to Glenn in Cyprus. Hello Glenn, welcome 251 00:13:46.120 --> 00:13:46.799 to Guardline. 252 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:50.480 Hey Skip, Harry, I'm. 253 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:52.519 Good, I'm good. Thanks. 254 00:13:52.720 --> 00:13:55.720 Hey, I just had a question on using a weed 255 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:56.840 killer on something. 256 00:13:56.919 --> 00:13:57.320 I had a. 257 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:03.080 Patch of yopop that pibably like the size of a 258 00:14:03.120 --> 00:14:06.279 bed of a pickup truck, where there was like over 259 00:14:06.320 --> 00:14:10.080 a hundred of them, and I thind them out to 260 00:14:10.120 --> 00:14:12.840 where there's only like twelve left and strip them up 261 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:17.799 and just have them coming out on the top. All 262 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:22.679 the suckers that come up from the bottom, Well, I 263 00:14:22.799 --> 00:14:26.559 damage the other plants if I just spray the yes, 264 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:28.559 the new growth coming. 265 00:14:28.360 --> 00:14:32.080 Up, Yeah you will. The reason round up works well 266 00:14:32.200 --> 00:14:35.399 is because it trendslocates down into the roots. It kills 267 00:14:35.440 --> 00:14:38.120 the whole plant, and so yes that that would be 268 00:14:38.159 --> 00:14:41.360 a disaster. You're just gonna have to cut them down 269 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:46.679 back down you open the larger types, especially they're they're notorious. 270 00:14:46.919 --> 00:14:49.039 If you can dig down and try to take it 271 00:14:49.080 --> 00:14:52.120 off right where it joins whatever it's attached to, a 272 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:55.320 root or the trunk or whatever, take it out there, 273 00:14:56.360 --> 00:14:59.320 you will have a little less of that suckering. But 274 00:14:59.679 --> 00:15:02.600 it's the nature of that species to want to do that. 275 00:15:04.120 --> 00:15:05.039 Yeah, I had a filling. 276 00:15:05.159 --> 00:15:08.919 I would just have a chore, a chore on my hands. 277 00:15:09.159 --> 00:15:10.360 Yeah, for a long time. 278 00:15:10.799 --> 00:15:12.840 Yeah, So I just wanted to make sure there was 279 00:15:12.879 --> 00:15:16.080 in some way I could damper that from coming up 280 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:20.639 so fast. If I hit them quick when they're real small, 281 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:24.159 they're they're tender, and they're easy just to I usually 282 00:15:24.200 --> 00:15:24.960 just weed et them. 283 00:15:25.440 --> 00:15:27.840 Yeah, yeah, that that would be a good idea to 284 00:15:27.879 --> 00:15:32.559 try that. I'm not a fan of those surface fabrics 285 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.919 you know that block are supposed to block weeds, because 286 00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:37.879 they end up weeds end up on top of them 287 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:41.679 and still a problem. But that with something to weigh 288 00:15:41.759 --> 00:15:44.799 it down, you know, like a little rock malts kind 289 00:15:44.799 --> 00:15:47.840 of area around them that would suppress them because they 290 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:50.159 wouldn't be able to push up through that. But but 291 00:15:50.240 --> 00:15:52.519 you definitely would need something weighing it down because they're 292 00:15:52.559 --> 00:15:53.720 just going to lift that right up. 293 00:15:54.799 --> 00:15:55.799 Sure, I understand. 294 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:57.519 Okay, well, thank you. 295 00:15:57.240 --> 00:16:00.720 You bet. Thanks then I appreciate appreciate your very much. 296 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:07.799 Southwest Fertilizer has been around since the nineteen fifties. And 297 00:16:09.799 --> 00:16:11.879 what I say about Southwest is if they don't have it, 298 00:16:11.919 --> 00:16:14.320 you don't need it. And that is really true. When 299 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:16.080 you go in there, you need to go by check 300 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:19.639 it out. It's corner of Bisinette and Renwick in Southwest Houston. 301 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:23.039 If you want the website, it's Southwest Fertilizer dot com. 302 00:16:23.519 --> 00:16:26.000 But just you need to go in the store because 303 00:16:26.840 --> 00:16:30.639 It's amazing the selection of things that they have. It's 304 00:16:30.679 --> 00:16:34.039 just pretty much everything you could possibly need. An eighty 305 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:35.840 foot long wall of tools. You know, some of you 306 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:39.559 are building that skips weed wiper that I put on 307 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:41.720 my website by the way, if you want to see that, 308 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:45.120 it's gardening with Skip dot Com. Some of you are 309 00:16:45.120 --> 00:16:47.759 building that. Well, Bob's got the standard grabber tool that 310 00:16:47.799 --> 00:16:50.879 you use to build that, and he, you know, he 311 00:16:50.879 --> 00:16:53.679 can give you the products that go with that, depending 312 00:16:53.679 --> 00:16:56.720 on whether you're going after woody ornamentals or grass or 313 00:16:56.720 --> 00:17:00.240 sedges or whatever it is. Bob is always is going 314 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:01.919 to be on top of things while you're in there. 315 00:17:01.919 --> 00:17:04.720 Take a look at the kneeling bench. I think it's 316 00:17:04.759 --> 00:17:09.640 the coolest thing. It'll change your gardening life, especially if 317 00:17:09.680 --> 00:17:13.000 you're somewhere north of forty years old, because it's easy. 318 00:17:13.039 --> 00:17:15.799 It's a seat, it's also a kneeling bench, and the 319 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:18.799 legs then become handles to help you get back up. 320 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:21.319 And you know, if you go to your knees and 321 00:17:21.359 --> 00:17:23.680 get up about how many times do we do that 322 00:17:23.799 --> 00:17:27.119 on a good Saturday in the garden, eight hundred times? Well, 323 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:30.119 it'll keep you from waking up in the pre natal 324 00:17:30.200 --> 00:17:33.319 position the next morning when your body says, you will 325 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:37.839 never do that to me again. Southwest Fertilizer. Southwest Fertilizer 326 00:17:37.880 --> 00:17:41.279 dot Com. Corner of Bussinette and Runwick. We're going to 327 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.200 go out now to Cypers and talk to Ed. Hello, Ed, 328 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:49.640 Welcome to guard Line. Good morning morning. I've got two questions. 329 00:17:50.920 --> 00:17:52.559 One is what is your opinion or. 330 00:17:53.119 --> 00:17:55.279 Pruning paint or pruning dressing. 331 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:00.839 You go ahead, going to give me both of you 332 00:18:00.920 --> 00:18:02.039 want to get me to go one at. 333 00:18:01.960 --> 00:18:03.880 A do okay, I'll give you the other one. The 334 00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.400 other one has to do with fertilize, and I never 335 00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:11.839 can get an even spread of the fertilizer. I end 336 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.480 up with these green lanes. Yeah, oh my lawn, and 337 00:18:16.400 --> 00:18:19.559 I use a broadcast of better that's good. And it 338 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:22.279 doesn't seem to matter what steady and it's on. I 339 00:18:22.319 --> 00:18:25.839 still have those okay stripes. 340 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.039 You just need to you know, depending on how fast 341 00:18:30.079 --> 00:18:34.559 you walk, that wheel spinds faster and it will sling farther. 342 00:18:35.160 --> 00:18:38.200 So have number one, have a certain pace that you're 343 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:41.440 walking to put it out and just notice how far 344 00:18:41.480 --> 00:18:44.880 out it's going on the sides. And then when you 345 00:18:44.960 --> 00:18:48.359 come the other way, make sure you're as close to 346 00:18:48.440 --> 00:18:50.519 the right distance as you can. And I'm sure you're 347 00:18:50.559 --> 00:18:53.480 already doing that, but make sure and do that. And 348 00:18:53.519 --> 00:18:56.640 then what I would do the other thing is to 349 00:18:58.279 --> 00:19:02.319 I'll just use umpus directions if you if you'll take 350 00:19:02.359 --> 00:19:04.559 half about what you're going to apply and go north 351 00:19:04.559 --> 00:19:06.839 south and then turn around take the other half and 352 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:09.880 go east west. That helps blend it out a little 353 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:13.160 bit as well, okay, uh, And that that would be 354 00:19:13.200 --> 00:19:16.160 the main thing. And the stronger the fertilizer is, the 355 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:20.039 higher the nitrogen content, the less you're gonna use. Uh. 356 00:19:20.079 --> 00:19:24.359 And so sometimes people get a good stout fertilizer, which 357 00:19:24.400 --> 00:19:26.480 is fine, you just would need to use less and 358 00:19:26.519 --> 00:19:29.680 they still apply a higher rate and that also makes 359 00:19:29.680 --> 00:19:31.519 it a little difficult to not stripe. 360 00:19:32.640 --> 00:19:35.480 Some of these fertilizers don't give you a setting for 361 00:19:35.680 --> 00:19:38.960 the particular broadcast spreader. 362 00:19:39.319 --> 00:19:41.799 Yeah, yeah, I have, So. 363 00:19:41.759 --> 00:19:43.559 How do you figure that instead of doing a bunch 364 00:19:43.559 --> 00:19:44.000 of math? 365 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:49.680 Well, in general, just if you're this is a general 366 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:52.759 guide because there's not a specific answer because there's really 367 00:19:52.960 --> 00:19:56.440 so many different spreaders and different fertilizer products and whatnot. 368 00:19:57.000 --> 00:19:59.359 But if you'll put the setting a notch or two 369 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:02.480 above half way. So let's say there were twenty notches 370 00:20:02.559 --> 00:20:05.519 for that spreader. Eleven or twelve would be about where 371 00:20:05.559 --> 00:20:08.039 you put it, okay, And if there are, you know, 372 00:20:08.200 --> 00:20:11.240 five notches, then you're going to put it at about three. 373 00:20:12.039 --> 00:20:15.920 You see what I'm saying, just a little bit above halfway. 374 00:20:17.880 --> 00:20:18.240 Okay. 375 00:20:18.279 --> 00:20:19.880 So then the two things that I need to be 376 00:20:19.960 --> 00:20:22.480 doing is the two things I need to be doing 377 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:27.839 is take it, be careful not to overlap. Yeah, well, 378 00:20:28.359 --> 00:20:31.480 washing the spreader right and walk at the same pace. 379 00:20:31.880 --> 00:20:34.799 And then yes, the third thing would be to. 380 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:38.160 Do half of yeah pattern, Hey, Ed, I've got I've 381 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:40.000 got to go to a break for the news. But 382 00:20:40.200 --> 00:20:42.799 good luck at that. And uh, I think it's going 383 00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:44.920 to work for you. All right, We're going to go 384 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:47.440 to new turn them around in a circle and dial them. 385 00:20:47.720 --> 00:20:51.079 I still say dial. We don't dial anymore anyway, call 386 00:20:51.200 --> 00:20:53.759 us at seven one three two one two k t 387 00:20:54.000 --> 00:20:56.880 R H. I know some of you are remember that too, 388 00:20:57.720 --> 00:20:59.480 seven one three two one two. 389 00:21:01.519 --> 00:21:01.559 H. 390 00:21:02.599 --> 00:21:06.319 The folks at Medina have a wide variety of products, 391 00:21:06.359 --> 00:21:09.839 and I could spend a whole show talking about all 392 00:21:09.880 --> 00:21:12.920 the different Medina products that are out there. One of 393 00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:14.720 them been around for a long time. It's kind of 394 00:21:14.720 --> 00:21:18.359 a standard with Medina is a soil activator. Soil activator 395 00:21:19.200 --> 00:21:22.680 has some micronutrients in it, which is good, and it 396 00:21:22.799 --> 00:21:28.400 also has all kinds of biological activity that helps the soil. 397 00:21:28.640 --> 00:21:34.039 The original biological activator for the soil derived from a complex. 398 00:21:34.160 --> 00:21:37.039 It's got a complex of different kinds of biocatalysts in it, 399 00:21:37.640 --> 00:21:40.519 and people have used Medina soil Activator and sworn by 400 00:21:40.519 --> 00:21:45.160 it for years. Another product that is an outstanding one 401 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:48.640 for medina's Medina Plus, and so it's going to contain 402 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:52.000 similar things to the first one I mentioned, but also 403 00:21:53.279 --> 00:21:57.480 some additional nutrient content. Medina Plus is a combination of 404 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:01.279 that soil activator and then it's fortified with seaweed extracts, 405 00:22:01.519 --> 00:22:04.559 so it's high end micro nutrients. It's got natural plant 406 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:07.799 growth regulators, and if you're going to do any transplanting, 407 00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:10.279 it would be an excellent product to water. There's new 408 00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:12.079 plants in You can get it on the foldage and 409 00:22:12.279 --> 00:22:13.960 you will drench it on the roots. All of that, 410 00:22:14.079 --> 00:22:16.759 all of the above, it's not going to burn your plants. 411 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:20.880 Just follow the label and you will have really think 412 00:22:20.920 --> 00:22:24.880 a surprising result with the Medina Plus and the Medina 413 00:22:24.920 --> 00:22:28.880 so Ale Activator. You are listening to garden Line. Our 414 00:22:28.920 --> 00:22:31.759 phone number is seven one three two one two k 415 00:22:32.039 --> 00:22:35.279 t r H seven one three two one two k 416 00:22:35.519 --> 00:22:40.000 t r H. I was mentioning earlier that if you 417 00:22:40.000 --> 00:22:43.720 go to my website Gardening with Skip dot com, you 418 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:46.839 can find a number of things. One of them is 419 00:22:47.039 --> 00:22:50.000 the there is a how to build a weed wiper 420 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:51.880 and you just have to go there. I'm not going 421 00:22:51.960 --> 00:22:53.839 to try to describe it to you, but it's really 422 00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:55.519 easy to make. When you look at it, you just 423 00:22:55.559 --> 00:22:57.920 go I can do that myself, and you can probably 424 00:22:57.920 --> 00:23:00.480 improve on it yourself, because it's just one way to 425 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:03.440 do It's the way I've done it. There is an 426 00:23:03.519 --> 00:23:08.240 outstanding publication on tip tips for winning the War against Nutsedge, 427 00:23:08.240 --> 00:23:10.599 and I say outstanding because I spent a long time 428 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:14.960 researching this and trying things myself through the years. What 429 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:18.720 are our options for that? It's a one pager. Then 430 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:21.000 the one that I hope you will read. I know 431 00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:23.799 people don't like to read a lot, but it's called 432 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:28.119 going Nuts over Nuts Edge, Going Nuts over Nutsedge, and 433 00:23:28.160 --> 00:23:30.000 these are all free. Above everything on the website is 434 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.720 free and it goes into detail on the two kinds 435 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:36.480 of nutsedge and some other stuff that you probably didn't 436 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:39.319 know about it, and these are very important if you 437 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:44.000 want to have success. I'm fighting two battles with nutsedge myself. 438 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:48.240 I got some really nice, fine textured turf. It's called 439 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:54.039 it's a zoysia called Xeon, and it's an outstanding thing. 440 00:23:54.119 --> 00:23:57.440 But boy, when the nutsedge sticks, it's it's leaves up 441 00:23:57.480 --> 00:23:59.759 above the turf, it re shows up. And so I'm 442 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:01.640 dealing with it. They are and in a flower bed. 443 00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:05.599 And if you will follow what's on that information sheet 444 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:09.039 that I created, it will work. You just have to 445 00:24:09.079 --> 00:24:12.279 stay with it. Also there you're going to find my schedules, 446 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:16.359 my lawn care schedule, and we are at the doorstep 447 00:24:16.559 --> 00:24:19.920 of applying our fall fertilizers. For those of you that 448 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:23.759 are listening, I'll say way up north, like Huntsville or 449 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:27.240 someplace like that. The time you apply comes a little 450 00:24:27.240 --> 00:24:31.119 earlier than someone down in Galveston, for example, where it 451 00:24:31.200 --> 00:24:35.279 doesn't get as cold as fast. And so anyway, lawn 452 00:24:35.319 --> 00:24:38.559 care schedule, and then the lawn pest disease and we'd 453 00:24:38.880 --> 00:24:42.759 management schedule, and we are entering the season now where 454 00:24:42.759 --> 00:24:48.200 we treat for brown patch or large patch, and it's 455 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:51.079 also the season where we treat for take all root rot. 456 00:24:51.119 --> 00:24:53.119 And then it's also the season where we put a 457 00:24:53.119 --> 00:24:58.839 pre emergent down our winter weeds, things like the hen 458 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:02.160 bet and chick weed, carpetweed and clovers and all of those. 459 00:25:02.680 --> 00:25:05.559 They're sprouting in the fall when it cools off a 460 00:25:05.599 --> 00:25:08.000 little bit, and then they sit there all winter, and 461 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:10.359 then in spring we have a mess on our hands. 462 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:13.680 And so if you look at the schedule, you'll see 463 00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:15.680 all of that. It gives you a list of products, 464 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:19.839 both organic and synthetic for dealing with all of those. Well, 465 00:25:19.920 --> 00:25:22.920 let's go now to Katie, Texas. We're going to talk 466 00:25:22.960 --> 00:25:27.119 to Sam. Hello, Sam, good morning. 467 00:25:27.279 --> 00:25:32.680 I have a bunch of citrus trees and they're getting 468 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:37.319 some whitish substance powdery looking thing on the leaves and 469 00:25:37.359 --> 00:25:42.839 they're shrivalling. They're shriveling up. I wondered if there any 470 00:25:44.559 --> 00:25:47.839 spray or anything for that, and what would you recommend. 471 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:51.000 You may have more than one thing going on. Your 472 00:25:51.039 --> 00:25:55.200 description kind of sounds like maybe more than one thing 473 00:25:55.240 --> 00:25:58.039 to me, but the primary thing, the shriveling up. I'm 474 00:25:58.039 --> 00:26:01.279 pretty sure that's going to be the citrus leaf minor. 475 00:26:02.119 --> 00:26:04.880 And if you'll get a leaf that's doing that, and 476 00:26:04.960 --> 00:26:08.279 you'll look at it really close, you should see some 477 00:26:09.279 --> 00:26:14.400 sir some trails through the leaf. It's a serpentine type trail, 478 00:26:14.640 --> 00:26:17.519 you know, just wiggles and goes all around all through 479 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:19.640 the leaf. And if you see that, that's a citrus 480 00:26:19.720 --> 00:26:22.559 leaf miner. Citrus leaf miner. You got a couple of options. 481 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:25.240 Number One, you can do nothing. They're not going to 482 00:26:25.359 --> 00:26:28.200 kill your tree. They take a little foliage out, but 483 00:26:28.279 --> 00:26:33.160 the trio grow more foliage. They primarily attack tender new growth, 484 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:35.599 which we're kind of done having now. I mean it's 485 00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.960 going to cool off in a little bit here in 486 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:39.960 the citrus quit putting out in new growth, and so 487 00:26:40.119 --> 00:26:44.000 it would be waiting until next spring to act against 488 00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:46.480 them when they start showing up again. So whenever you 489 00:26:46.519 --> 00:26:48.599 have a flesh and new growth, that's when you would 490 00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:52.160 spray the leaves. Only the leaves that are the flush 491 00:26:52.200 --> 00:26:56.319 of new growth, the old, dark, leathery leaves. Leaf miner 492 00:26:56.359 --> 00:27:01.519 doesn't attack those, so that that'd be some Now some 493 00:27:01.559 --> 00:27:04.359 people just ignore it. But if I had a young 494 00:27:04.400 --> 00:27:05.960 tree and I was trying to get it to really 495 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:08.559 grow up fast and get big. So it has a 496 00:27:08.599 --> 00:27:11.039 lot of oranges or whatever kind of citrus on it. 497 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:14.839 I would probably do some spring during the first three years. 498 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:17.759 Maybe what spray would you recommend? 499 00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:22.079 There's the safest is a product called spin No sad. 500 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:32.279 It's spi No sa d spin No said, yeah, and 501 00:27:32.759 --> 00:27:35.759 it's an organic product and you spray it on the foliage. 502 00:27:35.759 --> 00:27:39.119 It soaks in, so the miner that's already in the leaf, 503 00:27:39.119 --> 00:27:40.119 it will kill them too. 504 00:27:41.319 --> 00:27:43.920 Okay, all right, thank you very much. 505 00:27:43.759 --> 00:27:46.799 Yes, sir, good luck with those citrus plants. I know 506 00:27:46.880 --> 00:27:53.480 you'll you'll do well. Puercescapes is the landscape company, design 507 00:27:53.960 --> 00:27:58.119 landscape company, the enhanced landscape company. So what I mean 508 00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.799 by that? Will you look out in your backyard and 509 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:02.119 you go, I would love a rock patio. I'd like 510 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:04.920 a barbecue pit out there under a cover. I would 511 00:28:04.960 --> 00:28:06.319 like some landscape lighting. 512 00:28:06.839 --> 00:28:06.960 Uh. 513 00:28:07.319 --> 00:28:10.799 It's also a company that can fix your irrigation issues 514 00:28:10.799 --> 00:28:14.599 that pop up. It's a company that can do pretty 515 00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:18.279 much anything you need, including improving the drainage on an area. 516 00:28:18.759 --> 00:28:21.799 So just called pier scape, I say, go to the 517 00:28:21.799 --> 00:28:25.960 website peerscapes dot com. Piercescapes dot com. And the reason 518 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:29.359 is you will get an idea on the amazing work 519 00:28:29.720 --> 00:28:32.880 that they do at Pierscapes. Every time I look at it, 520 00:28:32.880 --> 00:28:34.759 it's like I think of ten more things I need 521 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:37.400 in my backyard. We're going to take a break. Our 522 00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:40.599 phone number is seven to one three two one two, Katie. 523 00:28:41.880 --> 00:28:44.200 You know when it when it comes to organic types 524 00:28:44.240 --> 00:28:46.920 of products. So one of the first things I think 525 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:51.240 of is Microlife. Microlife has been creating organic products for 526 00:28:51.279 --> 00:28:55.880 a very long time, and they they have such excellent products, 527 00:28:55.880 --> 00:29:01.640 such outstanding products actually that just flat work they do. Microlife. 528 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:06.960 For example, they have got the biomatrix. The biomatrix is 529 00:29:07.279 --> 00:29:11.039 a really good product for anything that you're going to plant, 530 00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:15.039 any whether you're fertilizing an existing plant or whether you're 531 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:18.960 transplanting or whatever. Biomatrix is in an orange bottle. It 532 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:21.440 is a liquid. Now they also have they had a 533 00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:24.079 bunch of liquid type products, but they've got the fish 534 00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:27.799 emulsions in the seaweed, which organic gardeners know that combination 535 00:29:28.000 --> 00:29:31.559 is an excellent way to fertilize plants as well. But 536 00:29:31.799 --> 00:29:34.160 I want to just talk about that biomatrix for just 537 00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:38.160 a moment. It is loaded with microbes. It has the 538 00:29:38.279 --> 00:29:42.759 nutrients in seven percent nitrogen seven one three or four. 539 00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:45.519 I just went blank on the actual last number seven 540 00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:49.079 one four, I believe. And I've used it on houseplants. 541 00:29:49.119 --> 00:29:52.000 I've used it outdoors. It's not going to burn a plant, 542 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:55.480 but it will not only feed the plant but also 543 00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:58.839 enhance microbial activity in the soil, and that is very important. 544 00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:01.759 And it's just one of many quality products that you 545 00:30:01.799 --> 00:30:05.200 can get for Microlife. It's Microlifefertilizer dot com. That's a 546 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:07.119 website you can find out where to get it. But 547 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:09.440 I can just tell you this, it's widely available. You're 548 00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:12.240 going to feed stores, you going to garden centers, you 549 00:30:12.319 --> 00:30:14.960 go into ACE hardware stores or Southwest Fertilized. You're going 550 00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:19.440 to find products like Microlife Biomatrix. We're going to head 551 00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:22.400 now out to San Leon and talk to Ted. Hello, Ted, 552 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.519 Welcome to garden Line. 553 00:30:24.240 --> 00:30:26.839 Hey. This is Ted normally from Sant Leon, but I'm 554 00:30:26.960 --> 00:30:28.799 visiting in Myerland this week. 555 00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:30.079 Yeah, all right. 556 00:30:31.359 --> 00:30:34.559 You advised about a month ago that uh yeah, it's 557 00:30:34.599 --> 00:30:38.079 okay to still go ahead and put out some superturf, 558 00:30:38.200 --> 00:30:40.720 not cross super turf. I did, and I did. It 559 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:45.400 was second's despair before the rain started. Worked out beautifully, 560 00:30:45.519 --> 00:30:49.079 work out beautifully. Got a couple of weeks the nice rain. 561 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:52.759 But uh, how am I going to store that half 562 00:30:52.759 --> 00:30:56.440 a bag that's left? 563 00:30:56.599 --> 00:30:56.799 Oh? 564 00:30:57.079 --> 00:31:00.160 Just just you know, fold it up, you know, as 565 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:02.880 tight as you can. I use those big old giant 566 00:31:02.920 --> 00:31:05.240 clips alligator clips on it. But you can have a 567 00:31:05.359 --> 00:31:08.079 duct tape to hold it down or whatever, just to 568 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:12.000 keep you know, moisture from the air from in there. 569 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:14.559 And that's that's what I would do. Yeah. 570 00:31:14.640 --> 00:31:14.839 Yeah. 571 00:31:15.200 --> 00:31:17.720 Randy used to advise, well, if there's any clumps, it's 572 00:31:17.759 --> 00:31:20.960 no good. But you know, uh, if I see a 573 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:23.240 few clumps, I don't easily worry about it too much. 574 00:31:23.480 --> 00:31:27.079 Well, sometimes they're not. Sometimes they can easily be broken apart, 575 00:31:27.240 --> 00:31:29.119 sometimes a piece of concrete. 576 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:31.200 So I just kind of, yeah, a little advice. The 577 00:31:31.240 --> 00:31:34.559 guy that called earlier about the crape myrtles to shield 578 00:31:34.559 --> 00:31:38.119 his pool. Uh, boy, of those crape myrtle blossoms will 579 00:31:38.119 --> 00:31:39.839 plug up a section filter on a. 580 00:31:39.799 --> 00:31:41.279 Pool quick, okay. 581 00:31:41.279 --> 00:31:45.519 And so anyway, that's something to consider. There's a marina 582 00:31:45.640 --> 00:31:48.799 down here in Seabrook that has them all along there. 583 00:31:49.240 --> 00:31:52.039 And they take a fire hose and knock the blossoms 584 00:31:52.039 --> 00:31:54.799 off so they don't get into the boats. And uh, 585 00:31:55.319 --> 00:31:57.960 they can cover the boats. Yeah, and they leave stains. 586 00:31:57.960 --> 00:32:00.839 So anyway, but anyway, your show. 587 00:32:00.880 --> 00:32:04.480 Yeah a great, Yeah, appreciate, appreciate the call. Okay, you 588 00:32:04.519 --> 00:32:10.079 take care by bye. All right. You're listening to garden Line. 589 00:32:10.359 --> 00:32:12.359 Our phone number if you'd like to give us a 590 00:32:12.359 --> 00:32:16.119 call seven to one three two one two k t 591 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:18.960 r H. Seven one three two one two k t 592 00:32:19.519 --> 00:32:25.839 r H. I was kind of perusing I guess you'd 593 00:32:25.880 --> 00:32:28.880 say the uh in Chenna Gardens social media. I follow 594 00:32:28.920 --> 00:32:30.960 a lot of our sponsors on social media and you 595 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:34.519 should too, by the way. Uh, it's you find out 596 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:36.440 what's coming up. I mean, if they're going to have 597 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:38.880 an event or a speaker, you find out about what 598 00:32:39.279 --> 00:32:41.559 products they just got in and you kind of get 599 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:44.440 a head start on that before somebody else makes a run. 600 00:32:44.799 --> 00:32:48.000 But they were Uh, I was just noticing that they 601 00:32:48.400 --> 00:32:52.160 they do a lot of things with making containers that 602 00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:55.720 are mixed containers, meaning there's several different kinds of plant 603 00:32:56.319 --> 00:33:00.039 and that is really a beautiful, a beautiful result. And 604 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:02.680 for example, you could do that with just herbs, or 605 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:05.039 you could do it with herbs combined with other things. 606 00:33:05.359 --> 00:33:08.480 You can do it with flowers. We're entering the fall season, 607 00:33:08.920 --> 00:33:11.000 so how about a croaton in the middle of it, 608 00:33:11.039 --> 00:33:14.359 and then you've got some other fall colored flowers that 609 00:33:14.440 --> 00:33:17.559 are also part of it. They've got everything you need 610 00:33:17.599 --> 00:33:21.160 for that out there now. They also have the plants 611 00:33:21.200 --> 00:33:25.720 for whatever season we're in. They've also got things like 612 00:33:26.000 --> 00:33:28.799 the fertilizers and the products, the soils and multius and 613 00:33:28.880 --> 00:33:32.119 things that you need to have success. And they have 614 00:33:32.200 --> 00:33:36.079 expert advice. When you go to Anchinna Gardens, you're going 615 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.440 to have folks that know what they're talking about that 616 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:41.640 can guide you and help you. And us entering now 617 00:33:41.759 --> 00:33:46.640 the Halloween and Thanksgiving a season, every kind of plant 618 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:49.240 you can imagine that fits that season is going to 619 00:33:49.240 --> 00:33:53.200 be on front display. But just go there take a friend, 620 00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:56.519 because this is a destination garden center out in the 621 00:33:56.599 --> 00:34:02.599 Richmond Rosenberg area. It's on north of Richmond Rose. Excuse me, 622 00:34:03.039 --> 00:34:07.319 Richmond Rosenberg. It's up toward the KD direction and that 623 00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:12.440 is Enchanted Gardens. By the way, the road is FM 624 00:34:12.519 --> 00:34:17.679 three point fifty nine, Richmond, Texas address. Well, I think 625 00:34:17.719 --> 00:34:20.199 we're running. Uh, let's see, we still got time maybe 626 00:34:20.239 --> 00:34:22.559 for a real quick call seven one three two one 627 00:34:22.599 --> 00:34:26.440 two k t r H seven one three two one 628 00:34:26.599 --> 00:34:31.000 two k t r H gist call. We'll be able 629 00:34:31.000 --> 00:34:33.440 to help you with whatever kinds of questions that you 630 00:34:33.519 --> 00:34:33.920 might have. 631 00:34:34.440 --> 00:34:34.679 Uh. 632 00:34:34.719 --> 00:34:37.719 You know, I'm the broken record on the soil. 633 00:34:38.119 --> 00:34:38.320 Uh. 634 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:43.199 Everything begins in the soil. Plants success begins in the soil, 635 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:47.800 and so if you want to have success with whatever 636 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:50.920 you're planting, the soil has got to be suitable for 637 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:54.960 that plant. And one of the things that soiled typically 638 00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:59.039 down here we don't have adequate amount of, especially clays, uh, 639 00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:02.440 is oxygen down in the soil. Did you know plant 640 00:35:02.519 --> 00:35:05.079 roots need oxygen. You know, we think about plants they 641 00:35:06.239 --> 00:35:11.320 breathing carbon dioxide and they breathe out oxygen. That makes 642 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:14.079 us in plants go well together because we're the opposite. 643 00:35:14.639 --> 00:35:19.280 But plants also use oxygen, not as much as they produce. 644 00:35:19.920 --> 00:35:22.719 But there's part of the cycle with plants is having 645 00:35:22.800 --> 00:35:25.239 oxygen to do the things some of the things that 646 00:35:25.280 --> 00:35:27.760 they need to do. And if your soil is loose, 647 00:35:27.840 --> 00:35:32.599 if your soil has good compost content, good organic matter 648 00:35:32.719 --> 00:35:36.639 content in a clay, a lot of expanded shale helps 649 00:35:36.639 --> 00:35:39.000 as well. Is even a longer term thing you're going 650 00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:42.679 to have success. And if you're looking for the one 651 00:35:42.760 --> 00:35:47.480 stop shop for brown stuff, that is Cienomalts Cienamalts down 652 00:35:47.559 --> 00:35:52.760 just north of Roast Sharing. They have all the different 653 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:57.000 things I'm talking about, a wide variety of things that 654 00:35:57.079 --> 00:36:00.679 make your soil better. Compost and bed mixes. For example, 655 00:36:01.239 --> 00:36:04.920 if you wanted the heirloom soils, veggie and herb mix 656 00:36:06.519 --> 00:36:09.960 that go to Siana Maltch. They've got it. They have 657 00:36:10.079 --> 00:36:14.320 it there. If you're needing a good top dressing maltz 658 00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:17.519 to go on top of the soil, go to Siena Maltz. 659 00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:20.760 They have it there. If you're needing a fertilizer, every 660 00:36:20.800 --> 00:36:23.079 fertilizer I talk about on garden line and then some 661 00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:27.719 are there at Ciena malt If you need things like stone, 662 00:36:28.199 --> 00:36:32.480 if you need gravel or rocks for decorations and whatever, 663 00:36:33.039 --> 00:36:35.920 they've got that there at Ciena malt When you drive 664 00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:38.599 into Ciana Malts and drive out, you have everything you 665 00:36:38.679 --> 00:36:41.840 need to have success with your plants. They deliver within 666 00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:46.800 about twenty miles of their location, but you just need 667 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:50.360 to go. It's an outstanding place again. They are on 668 00:36:50.639 --> 00:36:55.800 FM five point twenty one, just north of Rosharon cianamltch 669 00:36:55.800 --> 00:36:57.639 dot com. And by the way, they treat you well 670 00:36:57.679 --> 00:37:01.639 there too, very friendly, and it just it feels like 671 00:37:01.679 --> 00:37:04.239 you're going to visit with family when you walk inside 672 00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:11.440 of Sienamultch. We're running pretty close to the break here, 673 00:37:11.480 --> 00:37:13.920 so I think it won't start start up something new. 674 00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:16.880 I do want to remind you that today I'm going 675 00:37:16.960 --> 00:37:21.920 to be at the clear Lake wild Bird's Unlimited Store. Okay, 676 00:37:22.079 --> 00:37:28.280 clear Lake wild Bird's Unlimited Store. And in my garden 677 00:37:28.840 --> 00:37:31.559 some hummingbirds showed up. I haven't been in the past 678 00:37:31.599 --> 00:37:34.159 a big hummingbird feeder. Of course, I'm getting more and 679 00:37:34.199 --> 00:37:38.679 more into birds these days. But the clear Lake wild 680 00:37:38.719 --> 00:37:41.559 Bird's Unlimited Store as where I'll be from eleven thirty 681 00:37:41.559 --> 00:37:45.000 to one thirty. Now, that is where El Dorado and 682 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:49.199 clear Lake City Boulevard come together. El Dorado Boulevard, clear 683 00:37:49.280 --> 00:37:53.360 Lake City Boulevard down in clear Lake. All of you 684 00:37:53.440 --> 00:37:55.760 in the region down there, if you have some samples 685 00:37:55.760 --> 00:37:57.960 of plants, put them as up like bag, bring them in, 686 00:37:58.079 --> 00:38:00.880 we'll identify them, we'll diagnose them, we'll last rites. If 687 00:38:00.920 --> 00:38:03.480 that needs to be done. Do you have things you 688 00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:07.079 want identify same thing? Bring phone pictures in. Just make 689 00:38:07.079 --> 00:38:09.599 sure where you come in they're close up and they 690 00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:13.239 are crisp, sharp focus. So you know, a fuzzy photo 691 00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:15.159 gets you a fuzzy answer. I don't want to give 692 00:38:15.159 --> 00:38:17.679 you a fuzzy answer. So they're like wallbirds on them. 693 00:38:17.880 --> 00:38:21.199 We're going to be given away a number of different products. 694 00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:24.239 I'm bringing some stuff to give away. They'll be like 695 00:38:24.360 --> 00:38:28.079 hummingbird nectar defender. That's an outstanding product. I use it 696 00:38:28.119 --> 00:38:31.639 in in my hummingbird nectar in this warm weather sugar 697 00:38:31.679 --> 00:38:34.760 water goes bad pretty quick. With nectar defender in it, 698 00:38:34.760 --> 00:38:37.880 it lasts a lot longer, and it's it's an excellent 699 00:38:37.960 --> 00:38:40.159 product for the burden. They're going to give away some 700 00:38:40.199 --> 00:38:43.480 other stuff, some of their seed blends, for example. So 701 00:38:43.480 --> 00:38:46.800 they're like wallbirds. If you live south, if you live east, 702 00:38:46.920 --> 00:38:53.719 south or southeast, come and see me today. I have 703 00:38:54.800 --> 00:38:57.119 you know that I was talking earlier, you know about 704 00:38:57.159 --> 00:39:01.440 the importance of preparing soil, of the importance of making 705 00:39:01.480 --> 00:39:05.280 sure that when you are doing something to your lawn 706 00:39:05.519 --> 00:39:08.239 or your flower beds or your garden or whatever, that 707 00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:11.159 you provide the nutrients it needs, and you provide oxygen 708 00:39:11.199 --> 00:39:14.400 in the soil that you create the ideal soil environment. 709 00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:18.599 And that it's I'm a broken record on it, but 710 00:39:18.760 --> 00:39:22.159 it's because I know that is the first step the 711 00:39:22.239 --> 00:39:25.280 key to success. When you plant a plant and walk 712 00:39:25.320 --> 00:39:28.000 away the minute you've planted it, or a seed for 713 00:39:28.119 --> 00:39:30.840 that matter, you are I'm going to say, eighty percent 714 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:33.440 of the way to success or failure at least seventy 715 00:39:33.480 --> 00:39:36.719 five percent. And it's because you've chosen the plant, You've 716 00:39:36.719 --> 00:39:38.880 prepared the soil, you put it in cent or shade, 717 00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:41.039 and the plants can have an opinion about that. Does 718 00:39:41.079 --> 00:39:43.760 it have nutrients, does it have good oxygen in the soil. 719 00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:46.199 All the stuff you do before you plant is the 720 00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:51.880 vast majority of your success. And just remember that I 721 00:39:52.000 --> 00:39:55.519 wor in Southern Gardens is out there in Kingwood Garden Center. 722 00:39:55.559 --> 00:39:58.320 Both are out there in the Kingwood area, and boy, 723 00:39:58.360 --> 00:40:00.519 they have a lot going on right now. They've got 724 00:40:00.519 --> 00:40:03.719 citrus in the rangoon creeper is in stock and if 725 00:40:03.719 --> 00:40:07.440 you've never seen a rangoon creeper, that is one showboat. 726 00:40:07.559 --> 00:40:09.960 In the summer, it's a vine and dies back to 727 00:40:10.000 --> 00:40:12.880 the ground and then it comes back again and boy, 728 00:40:12.960 --> 00:40:16.239 it is beautiful, beautiful. It's time to make sure that 729 00:40:16.280 --> 00:40:20.039 your planters are in good shape for the fallseason. You 730 00:40:20.119 --> 00:40:22.119 got your new plants in, you got good soil in. 731 00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:24.840 Warrens can help you with that. And Kingwood Garden Center 732 00:40:24.960 --> 00:40:27.119 do you know what Warrens. You can drop off existing 733 00:40:27.159 --> 00:40:29.559 pots or you can buy a new one and have 734 00:40:29.679 --> 00:40:32.320 a schedule and appointment visit the garden center or schedule 735 00:40:32.360 --> 00:40:36.280 and appointment. They have a great selection to new pottery 736 00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:39.039 if you need some. But they will help you create 737 00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:42.039 a stunning arrangement that is really impressive. So if you 738 00:40:42.039 --> 00:40:43.719 feel like I just don't know what to do, I 739 00:40:43.719 --> 00:40:45.760 don't know what plants to put in, they'll give you 740 00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:49.880 ideas for combos and that is really cool. You can 741 00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:54.280 say five dollars on Microlife sixty four on the Microlife 742 00:40:54.360 --> 00:40:58.519 brown Patch control on sweet Grain from nitroposs anarnaesumite through 743 00:40:58.559 --> 00:41:00.920 the end of this month, five bucks off each bag. 744 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:03.840 They also have sales on Bugginator and Slow and Easy 745 00:41:03.920 --> 00:41:08.079 and nitrofis super Turf. It's just a good time to go. 746 00:41:08.159 --> 00:41:12.960 Tree sales going on right now. Thirty percent off any trees. 747 00:41:14.199 --> 00:41:17.800 That's that is cool. That one called a traveler red bud, 748 00:41:17.840 --> 00:41:20.480 that kind of it's a weeping type of redbud. And 749 00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:22.000 of course they got a lot of different kinds of 750 00:41:22.039 --> 00:41:24.599 trees as well. And why are you there? Just go 751 00:41:24.639 --> 00:41:28.480 online and subscribe it to the Warrens newsletter. You'll find 752 00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:31.760 out about all these kind of discounts and savings Warren 753 00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:35.880 Southern Gardens and also out there Kingwood Garden Center in Kingwood. 754 00:41:36.559 --> 00:41:38.559 We're going to head now, let's see, we're going to 755 00:41:38.599 --> 00:41:41.119 go out to Richmond and talk to Bob. Hey, Bob, 756 00:41:41.159 --> 00:41:42.320 welcome to a guard line. 757 00:41:43.039 --> 00:41:44.280 Hey, thank you, skip Y. 758 00:41:44.519 --> 00:41:47.760 I got a boxwood that the leaves are yellowing, and 759 00:41:47.880 --> 00:41:49.840 I know a couple of weekends back, y'all. 760 00:41:49.920 --> 00:41:50.920 Talk to someone about that. 761 00:41:51.079 --> 00:41:53.800 I was walking the doll as I couldn't really here 762 00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:56.840 at pay attention to what they were doing. Yeah, there's 763 00:41:56.840 --> 00:41:59.280 something about the bark on it, the discolouration at the 764 00:41:59.280 --> 00:42:00.000 base or something. 765 00:42:01.159 --> 00:42:06.360 Well, okay, box woods, there's different things that can affect them. 766 00:42:06.400 --> 00:42:10.639 Nematodes when they occur in large enough numbers on the 767 00:42:10.719 --> 00:42:13.159 roots and they build up over time, they make the 768 00:42:13.199 --> 00:42:16.480 plant very inefficient at taking up water and nutrients, so 769 00:42:16.519 --> 00:42:21.480 you end up with symptoms of nutrient deficiency or drought. 770 00:42:21.679 --> 00:42:25.000 Typically drought types of damage. There is a root rot 771 00:42:25.239 --> 00:42:28.119 that will kill roots, and as roots begin to die, 772 00:42:28.199 --> 00:42:30.159 let's say over on the left side of the plant, 773 00:42:30.800 --> 00:42:33.519 then you typically will notice a whole section of the 774 00:42:33.519 --> 00:42:37.360 plant above that that's going to start to lose that cane. 775 00:42:37.639 --> 00:42:40.519 Occasionally we have a sudden coal snap that can cost 776 00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:43.360 splitting of the trunk. There's just different things that can happen. 777 00:42:44.039 --> 00:42:48.400 I would follow the branch that when it turns completely 778 00:42:48.440 --> 00:42:51.760 brown or tan and it's not alive, I'd follow that 779 00:42:51.800 --> 00:42:54.880 branch down and cut it offward attaches to something else 780 00:42:55.559 --> 00:42:56.000 that way. 781 00:42:56.000 --> 00:42:59.480 It's done it before over the years. It's but spody 782 00:43:00.159 --> 00:43:03.079 nipped it there. But this one's like from the base 783 00:43:03.119 --> 00:43:05.360 of it, running up the middle, over the top and 784 00:43:05.679 --> 00:43:07.519 trying to spread outwards on one side. 785 00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:09.760 So yeah, it'd be a big chop to do. 786 00:43:10.199 --> 00:43:13.320 Yeah, that would be But if it's dead, it's not 787 00:43:13.360 --> 00:43:15.719 going to come back alive, so you might as get 788 00:43:15.719 --> 00:43:21.559 it out of there, you know. If you well, if 789 00:43:21.559 --> 00:43:23.599 you pull the plant up, it's easy to see them. 790 00:43:23.679 --> 00:43:26.480 But if you don't, just get you a blast of 791 00:43:26.559 --> 00:43:29.400 water and try to blast out some of the root 792 00:43:29.480 --> 00:43:32.400 systems and you'll see little bumps, little knots, like a 793 00:43:32.519 --> 00:43:36.159 string of pearls or something. Sometimes it's so bad it 794 00:43:36.159 --> 00:43:38.440 looks like the Michelin man with all those a lot 795 00:43:38.440 --> 00:43:41.639 of lumps and stuff. But that would be the nema 796 00:43:41.679 --> 00:43:43.679 toads if you want to check for that. If you 797 00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:46.800 were to scrape the base of the trunk kind of deeply, 798 00:43:47.559 --> 00:43:50.599 scrape back the bark and you see brown in there, 799 00:43:50.679 --> 00:43:54.039 then that's a sign of a root raight fungus that's 800 00:43:54.440 --> 00:43:57.400 working on it. So there's a lot of possibilities. We 801 00:43:57.440 --> 00:43:59.639 can't you know, go into detail on each one, but 802 00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:01.920 see what you see. If you have any further questions, 803 00:44:02.000 --> 00:44:02.719 just call me back. 804 00:44:03.519 --> 00:44:05.960 Yeah, I just send you a photo tomorrow and hollo 805 00:44:06.000 --> 00:44:06.440 back at you. 806 00:44:06.719 --> 00:44:12.960 Okay, take care, appreciate the call very much. Yeah, that 807 00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:15.599 nematodes and a lot of other things can really be 808 00:44:15.639 --> 00:44:21.559 a problem. Landscaper's Pride has got an outstanding selection of 809 00:44:21.719 --> 00:44:27.800 both soil blend products and mulch type products, so you 810 00:44:27.800 --> 00:44:30.599 know there's local company out here as part of the state. 811 00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:35.639 They make a rose mix that is outstanding for success 812 00:44:35.679 --> 00:44:38.880 with roses. They make a premium potting mix that is 813 00:44:39.000 --> 00:44:41.960 like a Cadillac type mix. Got all kinds of great 814 00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:45.960 stuff in it, including a nutrient release that'll last about 815 00:44:46.000 --> 00:44:50.280 three months on that. It's just a great idea when 816 00:44:50.280 --> 00:44:52.360 you're going to put in some perennials, when you're going 817 00:44:52.440 --> 00:44:54.719 to plant some fall ornamentals, or maybe you already have 818 00:44:54.840 --> 00:44:58.559 some that you can use. Some of their mulches, like 819 00:44:58.599 --> 00:45:01.079 the black velvet mulch out there on the surface of 820 00:45:01.119 --> 00:45:03.400 the soil. You can pile that up over the top 821 00:45:03.480 --> 00:45:06.920 of a plant that is semi coal tender. You know, 822 00:45:07.039 --> 00:45:09.920 you think some winter I'm gonna lose that thing. Well, 823 00:45:10.119 --> 00:45:12.239 just pullow mulch over the crowded plant at the base 824 00:45:12.280 --> 00:45:15.760 of the plant and create a hold that soil warmth 825 00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:18.519 in and that in and of itself is helpful. And 826 00:45:18.599 --> 00:45:21.480 I love the color of the black velvet. It's not dyed. 827 00:45:21.599 --> 00:45:25.119 It's beautifully dark and velvety. And then they also have 828 00:45:25.159 --> 00:45:27.480 top soil. Does your lawn have some areas that need, 829 00:45:27.760 --> 00:45:29.599 you know, kind of a hole you're gonna twist your ankle, 830 00:45:29.639 --> 00:45:32.320 lint or something. You can use their topsoil product. It's 831 00:45:32.360 --> 00:45:35.519 a high quality products. Got some some blend of a 832 00:45:35.719 --> 00:45:38.239 compost in it. It's just going to give you a 833 00:45:38.280 --> 00:45:42.159 really good result. All it, all of it is from 834 00:45:42.239 --> 00:45:45.960 landscapers pride. We're going to head now. See nope, we're 835 00:45:45.960 --> 00:45:49.840 going to head now do a break. And so Susan 836 00:45:49.880 --> 00:45:52.599 and Patterson and George in Jersey Village, you will be 837 00:45:52.840 --> 00:45:54.480 my first two up when we come right. 838 00:45:54.360 --> 00:46:00.960 Back leaving a trail hurt feelings. 839 00:46:01.119 --> 00:46:04.559 I have to say this right now. The Metropolis got you. 840 00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:06.320 Yeah, okay. 841 00:46:06.400 --> 00:46:08.280 I had a quick question about blueberries. 842 00:46:08.360 --> 00:46:09.360 I've read online. 843 00:46:09.559 --> 00:46:11.800 Some places say put them in those you know, those 844 00:46:11.800 --> 00:46:14.079 big pots like the trees come in when you buy 845 00:46:14.119 --> 00:46:18.400 big trees. Yes, to control the pH Other's places say no, no, no, 846 00:46:18.440 --> 00:46:19.760 they have to be in the ground. I was wondering 847 00:46:19.800 --> 00:46:22.320 what your opinion was on planting blueberries. 848 00:46:22.400 --> 00:46:24.800 Blueberry doesn't care where it is as long as its 849 00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:30.320 soil is well drained and slightly acidic. And so if 850 00:46:30.360 --> 00:46:34.159 you have naturally acidic soil, you can just plant the soil. Uh, 851 00:46:34.800 --> 00:46:38.280 you probably don't in your location, and so you can 852 00:46:38.320 --> 00:46:41.719 bring in a bed mix that's acidic and create a 853 00:46:41.760 --> 00:46:45.360 bed that's let's say, oh, I'd probably make it a 854 00:46:45.360 --> 00:46:47.559 little over maybe a foot high, because it's going to 855 00:46:47.639 --> 00:46:50.599 settle down in time. Sure, and the roots can go 856 00:46:50.679 --> 00:46:53.000 out in that bed and essentially be growing in that. 857 00:46:53.119 --> 00:46:54.679 Or the third thing is put them in a big 858 00:46:54.679 --> 00:46:57.039 pot like that and put in acidic type bed mix 859 00:46:57.119 --> 00:46:57.599 in the pot. 860 00:47:00.239 --> 00:47:03.239 Okay, so you think either way would works. There's not 861 00:47:03.320 --> 00:47:05.199 one better the pot of the ground. Okay, Well I 862 00:47:05.239 --> 00:47:05.800 would one on. 863 00:47:05.800 --> 00:47:08.239 The ground because there's less trouble in the pot. The 864 00:47:08.239 --> 00:47:10.400 pot needs to be as big as a whiskey barrel. 865 00:47:10.400 --> 00:47:13.960 Half whiskey barrel are bigger, don't put them in a whiskey barrel. 866 00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:14.760 A little wrought out. 867 00:47:14.880 --> 00:47:17.079 But uh yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 868 00:47:17.280 --> 00:47:19.039 The thing I read was, you know those pots like 869 00:47:19.079 --> 00:47:21.000 when you buy a big tree. You know, I don't 870 00:47:21.039 --> 00:47:22.960 know how big bows are, but those great big ones. 871 00:47:23.000 --> 00:47:27.000 So I've I've grown blueberries and half whiskey barrel type 872 00:47:27.400 --> 00:47:29.599 pots before. It just got the water them a lot 873 00:47:29.639 --> 00:47:31.719 in the summer because it's a limited. 874 00:47:31.400 --> 00:47:33.440 Okay, So it sounds like in the ground might be 875 00:47:34.760 --> 00:47:35.559 Let me just say. 876 00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:39.960 Let me say this. Water quality is very important. If 877 00:47:40.000 --> 00:47:42.880 it's high pH water, if it's high sodium water, if 878 00:47:42.880 --> 00:47:47.039 it's highed bikes in the water. So if you have 879 00:47:47.159 --> 00:47:50.320 any way to set up a half whiskey bar I 880 00:47:50.320 --> 00:47:54.519 mean a rain barrel or something to capture some water 881 00:47:54.760 --> 00:47:59.239 that would be best and minimize bad water. Bad for blueberries, 882 00:47:59.280 --> 00:48:01.360 maybe good for other plants, but not for blueberries. 883 00:48:01.800 --> 00:48:03.639 Okay, yeah, I'm kind of working on trying to get 884 00:48:03.639 --> 00:48:08.000 a rain water harvesting thing going. So if you have 885 00:48:08.039 --> 00:48:11.559 time for a quick question about killing vines. We have 886 00:48:11.639 --> 00:48:13.920 this stickery vine. It looks kind of like a blueberry, 887 00:48:13.960 --> 00:48:16.920 I mean a dewberry vine that it never makes anything 888 00:48:16.960 --> 00:48:21.360 but really nasty stickers on our little thorns. I've heard 889 00:48:21.400 --> 00:48:25.079 you talk to people about tricle pier for killing vines. 890 00:48:25.119 --> 00:48:27.079 I'm trying to be organic, but I just cannot get 891 00:48:27.079 --> 00:48:29.760 this stuff under control. Is it better if I cut 892 00:48:29.800 --> 00:48:31.920 them off and then treat the new growth or can 893 00:48:32.000 --> 00:48:34.960 I just put this stuff on the current growth or 894 00:48:35.159 --> 00:48:36.079 is it one way. 895 00:48:35.880 --> 00:48:39.639 That's tracle pair definitely is not organic. But the way 896 00:48:39.679 --> 00:48:41.800 I'm going to tell you to apply it is a 897 00:48:41.880 --> 00:48:46.519 minimum amount of product to put in the environment, and 898 00:48:46.559 --> 00:48:50.159 that is you cut the vine off or the tree, 899 00:48:50.599 --> 00:48:53.960 you know, the little sprouting hackberry in your facetline or 900 00:48:54.519 --> 00:48:56.519 the stuff, and you take tracle pair with one of 901 00:48:56.559 --> 00:48:59.480 those little brushes that you get to paint with. It's 902 00:48:59.519 --> 00:49:02.320 like a little and stick with a brush on the Yeah, 903 00:49:02.360 --> 00:49:05.760 they get the tiny, smallest one and then just dip 904 00:49:05.800 --> 00:49:08.519 it directly in some trickle, paer, and then dab it 905 00:49:08.599 --> 00:49:11.480 on the fresh cut surface. When you cut them off, 906 00:49:12.079 --> 00:49:15.239 it goes down in there and you can't get less 907 00:49:15.280 --> 00:49:16.880 pesticide application than that. 908 00:49:18.039 --> 00:49:19.639 Okay, all right, that sounds great. 909 00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:21.000 I appreciate it. 910 00:49:21.039 --> 00:49:23.639 All right, good luck, thank you, yes, or thank you 911 00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:25.079 so much about it? 912 00:49:25.840 --> 00:49:28.119 All right? You're listening to garden Line, and we are 913 00:49:28.159 --> 00:49:30.559 glad you are. We're here to answer your gardening questions. 914 00:49:30.559 --> 00:49:32.079 And if you'd like to give me a call, you 915 00:49:32.119 --> 00:49:35.079 can just dial seven one three two one two fifty 916 00:49:35.199 --> 00:49:37.960 eight seventy four. We're going to go down to Jersey 917 00:49:38.000 --> 00:49:41.679 Village and talk to George. Hello, George, Yeah, Skip, how's 918 00:49:41.679 --> 00:49:42.559 it going? Good? 919 00:49:43.599 --> 00:49:43.840 Good? 920 00:49:43.880 --> 00:49:47.000 I got a meer lemon tree that's got the fruit 921 00:49:47.119 --> 00:49:49.320 is about half right, So do I need to let 922 00:49:49.320 --> 00:49:51.599 those riping on the tree or can I take them off? 923 00:49:51.599 --> 00:49:53.599 Well, they continue to ripen, they're not there. 924 00:49:54.159 --> 00:49:57.639 Yeah, they're not going to continue to ripen off the tree, 925 00:49:57.960 --> 00:50:01.840 but they'll be edible before. Don't wait on them to 926 00:50:01.880 --> 00:50:04.760 turn completely yellow. That's too long on the tree. 927 00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:08.880 Okay, all right, is that you said to say no 928 00:50:09.000 --> 00:50:10.519 to maybe as you said, I could take them off 929 00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:12.760 and they were ripen But is that How do you 930 00:50:12.840 --> 00:50:14.840 determine which ones I can do it too, which ones 931 00:50:14.880 --> 00:50:15.320 I can't? 932 00:50:15.559 --> 00:50:17.400 You just kind of have to go online look it up, 933 00:50:18.079 --> 00:50:21.079 you know. It's the term. The term for that for 934 00:50:21.920 --> 00:50:25.800 any nerds that are listening is climac terek. Is it 935 00:50:25.840 --> 00:50:28.719 a climac terek fruit or not? So you could do 936 00:50:28.760 --> 00:50:33.559 a Google search for climac terek fruits that you know, okay, 937 00:50:33.679 --> 00:50:35.920 and and that would give you pop up a list 938 00:50:36.079 --> 00:50:37.400 and then answer that question. 939 00:50:39.119 --> 00:50:40.800 Good, thank you you told me every day I need 940 00:50:40.840 --> 00:50:41.039 to know. 941 00:50:41.360 --> 00:50:44.320 Wow, that's good. Well, have a good rest to your day. 942 00:50:44.360 --> 00:50:51.079 Then thank you, bye bye bye bye. That's funny. Oh gosh, well, 943 00:50:51.239 --> 00:50:55.280 uh in Chenny Forrest out there in Richmond Rosenberg Is 944 00:50:56.119 --> 00:50:58.000 it's a garden center. You need to go see. 945 00:50:58.480 --> 00:50:58.639 You know. 946 00:50:58.679 --> 00:51:01.360 I talk all the time about how how rich we 947 00:51:01.400 --> 00:51:03.599 are with the garden centers around the Greater Houston area. 948 00:51:04.400 --> 00:51:08.840 This is just a prime example of exactly that ended. 949 00:51:10.039 --> 00:51:13.920 Chended Forest is It's an enchanting place. I love to 950 00:51:13.960 --> 00:51:16.039 go there. Right now, they are loaded up on fall 951 00:51:16.119 --> 00:51:21.199 color they of course have like Croton's I mentioned them earlier, 952 00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:25.639 Those big old gaudy fall colored leaves just beautiful. You 953 00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:28.199 can get that there. You can get anything you're looking 954 00:51:28.239 --> 00:51:31.960 for still time. If you're doing some butterfly planting, you know, 955 00:51:32.039 --> 00:51:35.960 they still have plenty of supplies for that. Trees and shrubs. 956 00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:40.400 They do an outstanding job on that. Enchanted Forest is 957 00:51:40.480 --> 00:51:43.360 just a place that you really need to go. I mean, 958 00:51:43.360 --> 00:51:47.559 it's as simple as that. Whenever whenever I'm out there, 959 00:51:47.679 --> 00:51:50.719 I always number one. I love visiting with the folks 960 00:51:50.760 --> 00:51:52.719 because they're friendly and they treat you right, and they 961 00:51:52.760 --> 00:51:54.719 know what they're talking about. But I always have to 962 00:51:54.760 --> 00:51:56.760 wander around and I'm going to see new plants that 963 00:51:56.800 --> 00:51:59.559 I haven't had before. You know, your fall herbs right 964 00:51:59.599 --> 00:52:04.480 now a prime, prime example of some some really timely 965 00:52:04.599 --> 00:52:06.960 things from Enchanted Forest. If you if you want to 966 00:52:07.000 --> 00:52:10.239 go there, it's FM twenty seven fifty nine in Richmond, 967 00:52:10.400 --> 00:52:14.239 Texas FM twenty seven fifty nine. So if you're in Richmond, 968 00:52:14.320 --> 00:52:16.400 you're heading up towards Sugar Lance can be way off 969 00:52:16.440 --> 00:52:18.920 to the right. That's where you're going to go. Uh 970 00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:21.639 and when you when you get there, tell them that 971 00:52:21.639 --> 00:52:24.159 you heard about on guardline and that I don't know. 972 00:52:24.800 --> 00:52:26.800 You just want to hear about all the wonderful things 973 00:52:26.800 --> 00:52:28.480 that they have, and they'll get you plugged right in. 974 00:52:28.639 --> 00:52:31.199 If you want the website, and I recommend that you do, 975 00:52:31.840 --> 00:52:38.880 uh go there. It's enchanted Forest Richmond, TX dot com. 976 00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:44.400 Enchanted Forest Richmond, t X dot com. Our phone number 977 00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:48.280 is seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy four. 978 00:52:48.440 --> 00:52:50.000 If you'd like to give me a call, we can 979 00:52:50.039 --> 00:52:55.199 talk about other things that are of interest to you. 980 00:52:55.199 --> 00:52:58.679 You you have, I'm sure many times heard me talk 981 00:52:58.719 --> 00:53:02.159 about B and B two Pros, B and B turf Pros. 982 00:53:03.599 --> 00:53:07.400 When it comes to putting a compost, stop dressing down, 983 00:53:07.519 --> 00:53:11.519 when it comes to doing a deep core aeration, you're 984 00:53:11.599 --> 00:53:14.199 not going to find a better place than B and 985 00:53:14.239 --> 00:53:18.639 B turf Pros. They absolutely know what they're talking about, 986 00:53:18.719 --> 00:53:20.559 and when they do a job, they do it right. 987 00:53:20.599 --> 00:53:23.320 It's very important to them to take care of their 988 00:53:23.320 --> 00:53:25.519 customers and I see this. I see it in their 989 00:53:25.639 --> 00:53:29.079 ratings and just the you know, when I talk to 990 00:53:29.079 --> 00:53:31.480 them what is important to you, I can just hear 991 00:53:32.119 --> 00:53:34.280 that their goal is for you to be happy, not 992 00:53:34.320 --> 00:53:36.280 for them to come to your property, get their money 993 00:53:36.559 --> 00:53:39.239 and leave. It's for you to be happy because they 994 00:53:39.280 --> 00:53:43.280 know that that gets talked about. People talk about the 995 00:53:43.840 --> 00:53:46.840 job they did, and it just makes people happy. And 996 00:53:46.840 --> 00:53:49.639 it's kind of folks that they are just to be 997 00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:53.800 real honest with you about it. BnB turf pros dot 998 00:53:53.840 --> 00:53:57.440 com is the website, and I said that a little incorrectly. 999 00:53:57.480 --> 00:54:03.199 It's BB no end bbturfpros dot com. If you want 1000 00:54:03.239 --> 00:54:06.119 to give them a call seven to one, three two 1001 00:54:06.159 --> 00:54:09.599 three four fifty five ninety eight. It's a good time 1002 00:54:09.679 --> 00:54:12.639 now to go ahead and get that top compost top 1003 00:54:12.719 --> 00:54:15.360 dressing done before we get too late into the fall 1004 00:54:16.119 --> 00:54:20.320 and in the corrooration. The corrooration gets oxygen back down 1005 00:54:20.320 --> 00:54:23.360 in your soil where you can have success. You want 1006 00:54:23.360 --> 00:54:26.800 to do that before you apply your pre emergent ideally, 1007 00:54:27.440 --> 00:54:30.119 because then when you apply a pre emergent, you are 1008 00:54:30.159 --> 00:54:33.559 treating what is the surface of the soil. The idea 1009 00:54:33.719 --> 00:54:37.079 of taking core plugs out and dropping them on the surface, 1010 00:54:37.079 --> 00:54:40.199 which is so good for the lawn that could bring 1011 00:54:40.239 --> 00:54:43.199 new weed seeds up or something like that. So get 1012 00:54:43.320 --> 00:54:47.719 your compost top dressing corrooration done first, and then apply 1013 00:54:48.239 --> 00:54:53.960 your pre emergent weed killers let's see, let's go out 1014 00:54:54.079 --> 00:54:58.519 to southwest Houston and we're going to talk to Pat. Hello, Pat, good. 1015 00:54:58.360 --> 00:54:59.440 Morning, how are you. 1016 00:54:59.559 --> 00:55:00.400 I'm well things. 1017 00:55:01.519 --> 00:55:03.840 I have a question about soide web worms. And I 1018 00:55:03.880 --> 00:55:05.719 don't know if this is the time of year, but 1019 00:55:06.039 --> 00:55:11.039 I've got a lot of moths of flying around my 1020 00:55:11.679 --> 00:55:13.960 lawn in the shrubbery. 1021 00:55:14.079 --> 00:55:16.559 So is this the time for those? 1022 00:55:17.079 --> 00:55:20.440 Well, it is a time that you can have those. 1023 00:55:20.480 --> 00:55:24.000 And if you go to my lawn pest disease, disease 1024 00:55:24.159 --> 00:55:29.840 and okay, management schedule, we carry the chinchbugs and side 1025 00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:34.320 webworm season out through September. The later you get, the 1026 00:55:34.400 --> 00:55:37.039 less likely it is to have some issues, especially with 1027 00:55:37.119 --> 00:55:40.519 the chinchbugs. But we're still within that window. And so 1028 00:55:41.519 --> 00:55:43.440 now there are a lot of moths that aren't side 1029 00:55:43.440 --> 00:55:46.159 web worms. And so just as you see moths as 1030 00:55:46.239 --> 00:55:49.599 not the problem. If you walk through your lawn and 1031 00:55:49.719 --> 00:55:52.159 moths come flying up out of the lawn and they 1032 00:55:52.199 --> 00:55:54.400 go a little distance and then they settle back into 1033 00:55:54.440 --> 00:55:57.679 the lawn, that is probably side web worms. That's kind 1034 00:55:57.679 --> 00:56:00.000 of the work. They're going to lay eggs that are 1035 00:56:00.079 --> 00:56:02.800 going to hatch out. Now isn't the time to treat 1036 00:56:02.840 --> 00:56:05.360 them because the larva aren't there yet that do the feeding. 1037 00:56:05.840 --> 00:56:08.000 But when you start to see a little bit of 1038 00:56:08.000 --> 00:56:11.039 feeding from the larva, that's the time to get a 1039 00:56:11.039 --> 00:56:14.199 pesticide down on them to take care of them. You 1040 00:56:14.199 --> 00:56:18.920 could also use you could use a nitropossbug out max now, 1041 00:56:19.400 --> 00:56:21.559 water it in and get it in the thatch so 1042 00:56:21.719 --> 00:56:25.719 as those little creatures try to they hide in the 1043 00:56:25.760 --> 00:56:27.760 thatch during the day and then they come back out 1044 00:56:27.760 --> 00:56:30.280 at night to feed on your lawn. So you could 1045 00:56:30.280 --> 00:56:32.679 that would be another approach to them, because that product's 1046 00:56:32.679 --> 00:56:33.800 going to last a long time. 1047 00:56:34.599 --> 00:56:36.599 Okay? Is that organic? 1048 00:56:36.880 --> 00:56:39.400 No? It is not. If you want an organic control 1049 00:56:39.480 --> 00:56:44.199 for sideweb worms, spend no, said or bet, But you 1050 00:56:44.360 --> 00:56:48.480 have to have actively feeding young caterpillars that they're going 1051 00:56:48.519 --> 00:56:50.559 to spray the leaves and then they're going to eat 1052 00:56:50.559 --> 00:56:52.519 the leaves and they're going to get sick. 1053 00:56:53.639 --> 00:56:56.400 Got you, okay, okay, thank you. 1054 00:56:56.400 --> 00:57:00.159 Very much, you bet, Thank you for the call. All right, folks, 1055 00:57:00.159 --> 00:57:02.159 time for is to take another break for the news. 1056 00:57:02.239 --> 00:57:03.719 The phone number if you'd like to give me a 1057 00:57:03.719 --> 00:57:06.320 call and be first up when we come back seven 1058 00:57:06.360 --> 00:57:09.280 to one three two one two k t R eight. 1059 00:57:09.480 --> 00:57:14.840 It's seven one three two one two ktr eight. For example, 1060 00:57:15.199 --> 00:57:19.079 their fall fertilization product is called carbo Load. Carbo Load 1061 00:57:20.159 --> 00:57:22.800 is on my schedule. I talk about October being a 1062 00:57:22.840 --> 00:57:28.159 prime time for the applications of products that are going 1063 00:57:28.239 --> 00:57:30.679 to give you the fall blend, in other words, the 1064 00:57:30.800 --> 00:57:34.400 higher potassium a little lower nitrogen blend. And that's what's 1065 00:57:34.440 --> 00:57:37.519 in carbo Load. By the way, fourticon bag covers five 1066 00:57:37.639 --> 00:57:40.079 thousand square feet. And then you need to water it 1067 00:57:40.119 --> 00:57:45.039 in because it's going to have a pre emergent in 1068 00:57:45.079 --> 00:57:47.599 it as well as the nutrients to fight the winter 1069 00:57:47.679 --> 00:57:51.440 weeds that will be sprouting in October. So late September 1070 00:57:51.480 --> 00:57:55.239 early October is the kind of the you know, the 1071 00:57:55.280 --> 00:57:57.960 gun goes off and the race begins. Let's get that done. 1072 00:57:58.639 --> 00:58:02.440 But I do want to say if you're do overseeding, 1073 00:58:02.480 --> 00:58:05.039 which I do not recommend people overseed their lawn with 1074 00:58:05.159 --> 00:58:08.800 rye grass or whatever. If you're going to do that, 1075 00:58:09.440 --> 00:58:11.519 you don't want to put a pre emergent down and 1076 00:58:11.559 --> 00:58:15.199 then overseed because the premergant will work that overseed is 1077 00:58:15.239 --> 00:58:17.039 a weed in the lawn, which is one reason I 1078 00:58:17.039 --> 00:58:19.320 don't recommend doing it. But just be aware of that. 1079 00:58:19.400 --> 00:58:21.480 And that's with any pre emergent that you might use 1080 00:58:21.920 --> 00:58:25.320 if you are looking for an outstanding product for transplanting 1081 00:58:25.519 --> 00:58:29.360 and fall is for planting Nutristar Genesis. It's one of 1082 00:58:29.400 --> 00:58:31.519 the products that comes in the clear jug the jar, 1083 00:58:32.400 --> 00:58:36.880 and Nutristar Genesis works very well at helping those plants 1084 00:58:36.960 --> 00:58:41.440 move in. It's got microise of fungi in there to 1085 00:58:41.679 --> 00:58:44.000 form a relationship with the roots and make the plant 1086 00:58:44.039 --> 00:58:47.239 more successful in taking up water and nutrients. And then 1087 00:58:47.280 --> 00:58:50.480 finally nutri Star Vegetable Garden. Hey, it's fall gardening time. 1088 00:58:50.800 --> 00:58:52.880 We're you know, we're not far away at all. In fact, 1089 00:58:52.880 --> 00:58:55.599 now is the time we could be planning the blue 1090 00:58:55.639 --> 00:59:00.000 leaf vegetables, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, courabie coming up a little bit. 1091 00:59:00.039 --> 00:59:02.840 That is going to be some of the winter greens 1092 00:59:02.880 --> 00:59:06.360 that we put in, like spinnerton. Let us carrots coming 1093 00:59:06.440 --> 00:59:08.880 up right now. You can be putting out charred and 1094 00:59:08.960 --> 00:59:11.280 you can be putting out a lot of other things. 1095 00:59:11.320 --> 00:59:14.800 But you know, the vegetable garden product called nutri Star 1096 00:59:14.920 --> 00:59:18.360 Vegetable Garden, that is an outstanding product to give you 1097 00:59:18.400 --> 00:59:21.440 a slow release of nutrients over time and just to 1098 00:59:21.480 --> 00:59:24.199 help you have a more beautiful garden from the folks 1099 00:59:24.360 --> 00:59:27.360 at Nelson Plat Food. We're going to go now to 1100 00:59:27.440 --> 00:59:30.559 Fort Ping County and talk to Lee. Hello, Lee, welcome 1101 00:59:30.599 --> 00:59:31.360 to garden Line. 1102 00:59:32.199 --> 00:59:34.000 Hey, good morning, sir. How are you. 1103 00:59:34.239 --> 00:59:37.039 I'm well, Thank you, glad to hear that. 1104 00:59:37.079 --> 00:59:37.320 Look. 1105 00:59:37.679 --> 00:59:41.880 I talked to you a couple of weeks after Barrel. 1106 00:59:42.199 --> 00:59:46.639 I had a Texas Mountain Laurel that got laid down 1107 00:59:46.719 --> 00:59:50.519 by the wind and it was still alive. You told 1108 00:59:50.519 --> 00:59:53.079 me how to take care of it, which was I 1109 00:59:53.280 --> 00:59:56.239 basically stood it back up and I staked at three 1110 00:59:56.400 --> 01:00:02.400 sixty root stimulator this type of thing. Anyway, you know, 1111 01:00:02.599 --> 01:00:05.039 I'm shocked in a maze, but the darn thing is 1112 01:00:05.199 --> 01:00:08.039 just still alive. It's thriving. 1113 01:00:08.159 --> 01:00:08.440 Okay. 1114 01:00:09.320 --> 01:00:12.000 My question is this long term? 1115 01:00:12.039 --> 01:00:12.239 Now? 1116 01:00:12.280 --> 01:00:14.440 I think you told me it needs to be staked 1117 01:00:14.480 --> 01:00:17.960 for several years long term. Is there anything I should 1118 01:00:18.039 --> 01:00:23.239 be doing to it? Or do I just leave it 1119 01:00:23.280 --> 01:00:25.360 alone and let it go? And what I'd like to 1120 01:00:25.360 --> 01:00:27.559 do is hang up and listen because it's hard to 1121 01:00:27.559 --> 01:00:28.440 hear on this phone. 1122 01:00:28.679 --> 01:00:29.960 All right, Lee, you take care. 1123 01:00:30.880 --> 01:00:32.679 Hey, thank you. I appreciate it you met. 1124 01:00:34.400 --> 01:00:37.199 So we've had some storms that have knocked some trees 1125 01:00:37.239 --> 01:00:40.800 over and kind of the standard advice for those of 1126 01:00:40.800 --> 01:00:42.679 you hearing that call and going, oh, I've got a 1127 01:00:42.719 --> 01:00:45.599 tree that got knocked over in this hurricane or something, 1128 01:00:46.360 --> 01:00:48.760 do remember this. If the tree is under about three 1129 01:00:48.840 --> 01:00:51.159 years old, you're probably going to be able to stand 1130 01:00:51.199 --> 01:00:54.800 it up and it go forward. If it gets older 1131 01:00:54.840 --> 01:00:57.320 than that, and there's not a magic thing that changes, 1132 01:00:57.599 --> 01:01:00.840 you know at three years and one day, but that's 1133 01:01:00.920 --> 01:01:02.679 kind of a rough guy. The older it gets, the 1134 01:01:02.719 --> 01:01:04.760 harder it is to do. And that past three years, 1135 01:01:04.800 --> 01:01:06.679 I'd say you probably need to pull it up and 1136 01:01:06.920 --> 01:01:09.519 just get you a new tree. Some people are very 1137 01:01:09.559 --> 01:01:13.280 determined and they'll make something work. But once a tree 1138 01:01:13.400 --> 01:01:16.159 is stood up, now you need it to grow a 1139 01:01:16.239 --> 01:01:18.719 strong root system because remember it didn't have a strong 1140 01:01:18.800 --> 01:01:22.000 enough root system to withstand that storm that knocked it over. 1141 01:01:22.320 --> 01:01:24.519 So what happens when another storm comes. You need a 1142 01:01:24.599 --> 01:01:27.320 root system that's even better than the one you had before. 1143 01:01:27.400 --> 01:01:30.639 Do you see what I'm saying, And so it's going 1144 01:01:30.719 --> 01:01:33.559 to take several years to get that. You want the 1145 01:01:33.599 --> 01:01:34.960 tree to be able to move a little bit in 1146 01:01:35.000 --> 01:01:38.519 the wind if it can, because that is important, but 1147 01:01:38.719 --> 01:01:42.280 continue to just give it time to get roots way 1148 01:01:42.320 --> 01:01:45.920 out in all directions and to become strong roots where 1149 01:01:45.960 --> 01:01:49.400 they have some structural support. So again three years is 1150 01:01:49.440 --> 01:01:52.000 not a magical number, but I would probably leave at 1151 01:01:52.079 --> 01:01:55.079 stake for about that long and then just kind of 1152 01:01:55.119 --> 01:02:00.159 watch it, maybe maybe have a steak, but some and 1153 01:02:00.280 --> 01:02:02.960 that you know, it's very loose. I can move a 1154 01:02:02.960 --> 01:02:05.480 little bit, but at the same time, if it goes 1155 01:02:05.559 --> 01:02:07.800 too far that stake, we'll catch it for it moves 1156 01:02:07.880 --> 01:02:10.679 very far at all. That's just my advice on doing that. 1157 01:02:10.719 --> 01:02:12.679 And by the way, if you have tree issues of 1158 01:02:12.719 --> 01:02:16.880 any kind, Affordable Tree Service Martin and his wife Joe, 1159 01:02:17.199 --> 01:02:19.360 by the way, they're the owners. They still answer their 1160 01:02:19.400 --> 01:02:22.480 own phone. And so if you call Affordable Tree here's 1161 01:02:22.519 --> 01:02:26.360 a number seven one three six nine nine twenty six 1162 01:02:26.480 --> 01:02:30.039 sixty three, you are going to get Martin r. Joe. 1163 01:02:30.079 --> 01:02:32.320 If you don't hang up, you call the wrong place. 1164 01:02:32.400 --> 01:02:34.840 Seven to one three. I'm saying this again, seven one 1165 01:02:34.920 --> 01:02:39.559 three six nine nine twenty six sixty three. If you 1166 01:02:39.840 --> 01:02:42.079 like to do things via the web, or you didn't 1167 01:02:42.079 --> 01:02:46.800 write the phone number down aff Tree Service dot com 1168 01:02:47.159 --> 01:02:51.039 A f F the first letters in Affordable aff Tree 1169 01:02:51.079 --> 01:02:55.000 Service dot com. Guardline customers are the top priority. Let 1170 01:02:55.079 --> 01:02:57.599 him know you're a gardenline customer. Martin stays busy because 1171 01:02:57.599 --> 01:03:00.320 he does a good job. That's it. He can come 1172 01:03:00.360 --> 01:03:03.039 out and he can You know, there will be a 1173 01:03:03.159 --> 01:03:05.480 charge to come out and look at the property and 1174 01:03:05.480 --> 01:03:07.800 look at the trees and give you advice. If you 1175 01:03:07.880 --> 01:03:11.119 hire him to do something, the come out fee, it 1176 01:03:11.199 --> 01:03:14.599 just goes into the cost. Okay, he can do consultations, 1177 01:03:14.639 --> 01:03:18.039 he can do pruning, deep root feeding, pest control, stop grinding. 1178 01:03:18.079 --> 01:03:21.519 If you lost trees during that last storm, just know 1179 01:03:22.239 --> 01:03:24.880 that you need to call Martin an Affordable Tree. And 1180 01:03:24.960 --> 01:03:27.199 if you had just bought a low piece of property 1181 01:03:27.800 --> 01:03:30.079 and you've got beautiful trees on it and you want 1182 01:03:30.079 --> 01:03:34.239 to build a house, you have to talk to someone 1183 01:03:34.280 --> 01:03:37.239 that knows what they're doing before the folks come in 1184 01:03:37.519 --> 01:03:41.239 and start making trenches and doing all the things that 1185 01:03:41.280 --> 01:03:43.280 are so hard on trees that have been grown in 1186 01:03:43.280 --> 01:03:46.880 a forest. Do not let a builder get on the 1187 01:03:46.920 --> 01:03:50.519 property to start work until you've had Martin come out 1188 01:03:50.559 --> 01:03:54.679 from Affordable Tree to take a look. I just can't 1189 01:03:54.840 --> 01:03:57.480 stress the importance of that enough. I have seen over 1190 01:03:57.519 --> 01:03:59.960 my thirty five years and an agro life Extension horse 1191 01:04:00.119 --> 01:04:05.559 culture agent on many occasions, Big beautiful natural tree out 1192 01:04:05.559 --> 01:04:08.239 there in the forest. They build a house, sometimes even 1193 01:04:08.280 --> 01:04:11.679 going around the tree kind of and then that tree dies. 1194 01:04:11.880 --> 01:04:14.480 And if you think it's expensive to bring a tree down, 1195 01:04:14.920 --> 01:04:17.360 how about bringing a tree down that is hanging all 1196 01:04:17.400 --> 01:04:21.159 over your house. Yeah. Yeah, the risks go up. And 1197 01:04:21.320 --> 01:04:24.679 they built the house there for that because of that tree, 1198 01:04:24.760 --> 01:04:27.480 and now they don't have it. So I just beg 1199 01:04:27.559 --> 01:04:32.280 people before you build, have somebody come out. And Martin 1200 01:04:32.400 --> 01:04:35.559 isn't outstanding somebody to come out and do that kind 1201 01:04:35.599 --> 01:04:39.480 of consultation for you. I hope I have, you know, 1202 01:04:39.559 --> 01:04:45.119 hammered that home well enough. I was out putting some 1203 01:04:45.400 --> 01:04:49.639 of the nectar defender that's a wild bird's product, nectar 1204 01:04:49.679 --> 01:04:53.719 defender in my bird hummingbird feeders and have a little 1205 01:04:53.760 --> 01:04:57.360 bit of sugar water in there for them, and I 1206 01:04:57.400 --> 01:04:59.599 just put a little bit by the way. And here's why, 1207 01:04:59.719 --> 01:05:03.559 because that stuff doesn't last forever. But nectar defender instead 1208 01:05:03.599 --> 01:05:05.920 of it going bad the sugar water in the hot 1209 01:05:05.960 --> 01:05:09.000 weather we're having, that goes bad pretty quick. In a 1210 01:05:09.039 --> 01:05:12.360 hummingbird feeder, nectar defender extends it out. It's just one 1211 01:05:12.400 --> 01:05:15.039 of the products that you can get from wallbirds. This 1212 01:05:15.079 --> 01:05:19.119 is the time when the Baltimore orioles are coming through. 1213 01:05:19.280 --> 01:05:22.400 They are making their migration as well as are the hummingbirds. 1214 01:05:22.760 --> 01:05:25.159 Get those feeders out. Go to a Wallbirds. Get you 1215 01:05:25.199 --> 01:05:28.360 the high perch hummingbird feeder. That's my favorite one high 1216 01:05:28.360 --> 01:05:32.880 perch hummingbird feeder. Buy some of their quality blends and 1217 01:05:33.280 --> 01:05:37.559 you will see that this stuff really does work. Cheap 1218 01:05:37.559 --> 01:05:40.159 bird seed full of the low red bebies. You don't 1219 01:05:40.280 --> 01:05:42.519 get your money's worth out of it because the birds 1220 01:05:42.559 --> 01:05:45.400 are kicking half the stuff or more out of the 1221 01:05:45.400 --> 01:05:47.960 feeder looking for something they want to eat. When you 1222 01:05:48.000 --> 01:05:50.159 go to Wallbirds and you buy a pound of feed, 1223 01:05:50.199 --> 01:05:52.480 you get a pound of stuff going into the birds tummy, 1224 01:05:52.880 --> 01:05:55.159 and it just is an economical way to do that. 1225 01:05:55.199 --> 01:05:57.119 I'm going to be at Wallbirds at clear Lake by 1226 01:05:57.119 --> 01:06:01.159 the way, two day Wildbirds clear Lake and now if 1227 01:06:01.199 --> 01:06:03.000 you don't know where that one is, it's at the 1228 01:06:03.039 --> 01:06:07.079 corner of clear Lake City Boulevard and El Dorado Boulevard. 1229 01:06:07.360 --> 01:06:09.800 I'll be there at eleven thirty to one thirty. I'll 1230 01:06:09.840 --> 01:06:12.639 answer your gardening questions. Uh, you can come into a 1231 01:06:12.679 --> 01:06:14.800 wad bird store and see what I keep bragging about. 1232 01:06:15.440 --> 01:06:18.440 I will also if you bring some samples in in 1233 01:06:18.519 --> 01:06:21.039 a bag. If you bring pictures in on your phone, 1234 01:06:21.480 --> 01:06:23.679 come on out and see a landscape, you're free to 1235 01:06:23.679 --> 01:06:27.199 go to call it seven one three two one two 1236 01:06:27.639 --> 01:06:32.559 kt r H seven one three two one two kt 1237 01:06:33.039 --> 01:06:38.840 r H. I excuse me. I was talking about soil 1238 01:06:38.880 --> 01:06:41.199 and the importance of the brown stuff and whatnot. And 1239 01:06:41.320 --> 01:06:45.360 azemite is a product designed to put the micros in 1240 01:06:45.440 --> 01:06:48.920 the soil that you will need for successful plant growth. 1241 01:06:49.360 --> 01:06:49.480 Uh. 1242 01:06:49.679 --> 01:06:52.320 You know some elements we need in large numbers. Those 1243 01:06:52.360 --> 01:06:56.239 are the three on the fertilizer bag. Nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, 1244 01:06:56.360 --> 01:06:59.719 Those are the ones we need the most of. But 1245 01:06:59.800 --> 01:07:03.840 there are other elements that are secondary, like calcium, you know, 1246 01:07:04.039 --> 01:07:08.519 like sulfur for example. Then there's micro nutrients that you 1247 01:07:08.639 --> 01:07:11.400 just need a tiny trace of. You know how many 1248 01:07:11.400 --> 01:07:13.280 times has someone said, oh, I need to go get 1249 01:07:13.320 --> 01:07:17.039 some manganese fertilizer for the long A plant can't grow 1250 01:07:17.079 --> 01:07:19.880 without manganese. Most lungs have it in them. But what's 1251 01:07:19.880 --> 01:07:24.400 the level as amite we recommend putting down because it 1252 01:07:24.480 --> 01:07:26.679 is something that builds the bank account in the soil. 1253 01:07:26.800 --> 01:07:29.639 So as those other nutrients are pushing the plant to grow, 1254 01:07:30.599 --> 01:07:32.800 that plant has a bank account of all the micros 1255 01:07:32.840 --> 01:07:35.480 that it needs. And Azamite Texas dot com is the 1256 01:07:35.519 --> 01:07:38.320 website for it. If you want to make it easy 1257 01:07:38.320 --> 01:07:41.800 for yourself and fall fertilizing season, just do your fertilizing, 1258 01:07:41.960 --> 01:07:45.199 come back, add the microlife to your hopper. Don't mix 1259 01:07:45.239 --> 01:07:48.920 fertilizer with the microlife. Particle size is different. Uh, and 1260 01:07:48.960 --> 01:07:53.000 then do the microlife. You can do microlife microlife. What 1261 01:07:53.119 --> 01:07:56.199 I've been saying, azamite, you can dazimite any time of 1262 01:07:56.239 --> 01:07:58.159 the year. You know, I have these these companies in 1263 01:07:58.159 --> 01:08:01.679 my heads and it just kind of some times. Asmit 1264 01:08:02.119 --> 01:08:05.280 Texas dot com is a website, and just add that 1265 01:08:05.920 --> 01:08:11.599 Azmit the micro nutrient, the trace mineral supplement to your lawn. Again, 1266 01:08:11.719 --> 01:08:15.880 what are we doing. We're building a micro's bank account, 1267 01:08:16.279 --> 01:08:20.319 micronutrient bank account in the soil. And that's what azimite does. 1268 01:08:21.560 --> 01:08:23.840 By the way, it's available everywhere. You hear me talk 1269 01:08:23.880 --> 01:08:26.960 about feed stores, you hear me about garden centers, talking 1270 01:08:27.000 --> 01:08:30.479 about ACE hardware stores, talking about I WAS Fertilizer and 1271 01:08:30.560 --> 01:08:35.000 all those places. It's easy to find, easy to find. Okay, 1272 01:08:35.039 --> 01:08:38.239 We're going to go now to Northwest Houston and talk 1273 01:08:38.279 --> 01:08:38.800 to Daryl. 1274 01:08:38.920 --> 01:08:43.039 Hello Daryl, good morning, Skip. Hey, I had a question 1275 01:08:43.159 --> 01:08:45.720 about a weed called surge. How to get rid of 1276 01:08:45.760 --> 01:08:47.840 it and not damage Augustine lawn. 1277 01:08:48.319 --> 01:08:53.399 Okay, Actually there's a p in there. It's spurge. Uh 1278 01:08:53.439 --> 01:08:56.680 and it anybody's wondering if you have spurge, If you 1279 01:08:56.720 --> 01:08:58.720 have a little weed, do you think maybe spurge. Just 1280 01:08:58.760 --> 01:09:02.239 break off a little you know, branch on it, and 1281 01:09:02.279 --> 01:09:07.199 if white milky sap comes out, that's spurge. Spurge receeds 1282 01:09:07.239 --> 01:09:09.600 profusely and if you're lunch. 1283 01:09:09.560 --> 01:09:10.800 Well, that's what my wife said. 1284 01:09:10.800 --> 01:09:13.119 But I haven't seen I've been digging this stuff. I've 1285 01:09:13.159 --> 01:09:15.560 been trying to uh huh do it by hand. I 1286 01:09:15.560 --> 01:09:19.840 don't like putting out chemicals. But I haven't seen any 1287 01:09:19.840 --> 01:09:20.840 white milky SAPs. 1288 01:09:20.840 --> 01:09:23.199 So this may not be the Taylor period. 1289 01:09:23.279 --> 01:09:25.239 Looks when you mow it, it looks pretty good with 1290 01:09:25.279 --> 01:09:27.359 the grass. Like you said, you keep them moded. 1291 01:09:27.479 --> 01:09:31.000 Okay, Yeah, that's definitely that's definitely not spurge. 1292 01:09:31.239 --> 01:09:31.479 Darryl. 1293 01:09:31.560 --> 01:09:34.000 Let's do this. I'm gonna put you on hold and 1294 01:09:34.119 --> 01:09:37.079 Chris will give you my email and if you can 1295 01:09:37.079 --> 01:09:39.199 take some pictures of it, if you. 1296 01:09:41.159 --> 01:09:43.840 Okay, I have your email, I can send some pictures. 1297 01:09:43.600 --> 01:09:45.439 Get them to me pretty quick, get up clos right 1298 01:09:45.479 --> 01:09:47.880 and see what it is. And then and then you're 1299 01:09:48.039 --> 01:09:49.239 certainly welcome to call back. 1300 01:09:49.760 --> 01:09:51.479 All right, all right, thank you, Yes. 1301 01:09:51.359 --> 01:09:54.039 Sir, We're gonna go to Donald now in Houston. 1302 01:09:54.039 --> 01:09:57.199 Hello, Donald, How are you doing this morning? Sir? 1303 01:09:57.640 --> 01:09:58.600 I'm well, thank you? 1304 01:10:00.199 --> 01:10:00.640 All right. 1305 01:10:01.760 --> 01:10:06.680 I've got some problem with I can't keep the squash 1306 01:10:06.720 --> 01:10:08.840 bugs off my squash plants out of What are going 1307 01:10:08.920 --> 01:10:09.199 to do? 1308 01:10:10.000 --> 01:10:12.920 Now? Are these the bugs that you see gathered all 1309 01:10:12.960 --> 01:10:15.800 around crawling all over the plant? Or are you talking 1310 01:10:15.800 --> 01:10:19.359 about the thing that the worm tunnels inside the vine 1311 01:10:19.359 --> 01:10:24.279 and makes the worms? Okay, all right, that particular insect 1312 01:10:24.439 --> 01:10:28.399 is a squash vine borer, and it's a challenge to control. 1313 01:10:31.039 --> 01:10:33.119 You're gonna need to spray it, but you don't want 1314 01:10:33.119 --> 01:10:35.720 to kill the bees that are pollinating your squash. So 1315 01:10:36.039 --> 01:10:39.399 what people usually will do is late in the day 1316 01:10:39.640 --> 01:10:43.399 they will spray, but just spray the vines because that's 1317 01:10:43.439 --> 01:10:47.640 where the worm enters, near the base. They can enter 1318 01:10:47.720 --> 01:10:51.920 further down the vine, but the moth lays egg there. 1319 01:10:52.359 --> 01:10:55.039 The worm hatches out and crawls inside and feeds, and 1320 01:10:55.119 --> 01:10:58.079 before you know it, you got big problems. If you start, 1321 01:10:58.520 --> 01:11:01.840 if you see that little wet sawdust looking goo that's 1322 01:11:01.920 --> 01:11:04.520 coming out of the vine, if you will split the 1323 01:11:04.600 --> 01:11:08.079 vine lengthwise with your knife the same direction as the vine, 1324 01:11:08.319 --> 01:11:10.199 kind of pull it open, you can take the tip 1325 01:11:10.199 --> 01:11:12.319 of your knife and just stab the thing and kill it. 1326 01:11:13.000 --> 01:11:15.960 And that's kind of an after the fact surgery fix. 1327 01:11:16.439 --> 01:11:18.800 But a lot of people do that because no matter 1328 01:11:18.840 --> 01:11:20.680 what you spray and try to do, you're gonna miss 1329 01:11:20.720 --> 01:11:26.680 a few. But sprays that contains spinosid or BT will 1330 01:11:26.760 --> 01:11:30.359 control that product. BT though only lasts about a day, 1331 01:11:30.880 --> 01:11:33.600 and so you just have the spray. Spray spray, So 1332 01:11:33.680 --> 01:11:36.520 I would I would probably go with the spinosid. But 1333 01:11:36.720 --> 01:11:40.079 any insecticide you know from seven dust do you name 1334 01:11:40.119 --> 01:11:42.960 it will kill those things. But boys things like seven 1335 01:11:43.039 --> 01:11:46.760 dusts or they'll kill bees too, and so be really careful. 1336 01:11:46.960 --> 01:11:49.000 The reason I say late day is because they're no 1337 01:11:49.119 --> 01:11:52.039 blot they're no blooms open. It's the next morning that 1338 01:11:52.119 --> 01:11:55.039 the new day's blooms are open, okay. 1339 01:11:55.560 --> 01:11:57.960 And then I have this other this other stuff is 1340 01:11:58.079 --> 01:12:00.960 I think it's called dove weed or something, Okay, in 1341 01:12:01.039 --> 01:12:02.359 my court yard. 1342 01:12:02.520 --> 01:12:05.680 Look looks kind of like Saint Augustine, but a little 1343 01:12:05.720 --> 01:12:07.960 more fleshy kind of leaf. 1344 01:12:08.479 --> 01:12:12.119 Yes, yes, sir, okay, it's just taken over. 1345 01:12:12.199 --> 01:12:14.800 I don't know how to control it, an't there. 1346 01:12:14.439 --> 01:12:17.800 There there's a cinnamon based product called Agrillon that can 1347 01:12:17.840 --> 01:12:21.119 be sprinkled on wet dove weed leaves. So you have 1348 01:12:21.199 --> 01:12:22.920 to turn on, sprinkle a little bit, get them wet, 1349 01:12:22.920 --> 01:12:24.880 and then you sprinkle it on sticks to the leaf 1350 01:12:24.920 --> 01:12:27.399 and it turns the black really quick. Now, if you 1351 01:12:27.479 --> 01:12:29.920 got a big area of it, it's probably gonna be 1352 01:12:29.960 --> 01:12:32.960 a little cost prohibitive and also time prohibitive to go 1353 01:12:33.079 --> 01:12:37.680 sprinkling cinnamon dust on these on these particular weeds. So 1354 01:12:37.840 --> 01:12:41.159 then you would need to switch to a herbicide that's 1355 01:12:41.199 --> 01:12:44.520 post emergent. And the product I would recommend for that 1356 01:12:44.560 --> 01:12:50.159 weed is called celsius, like the temperature celsius. 1357 01:12:50.600 --> 01:12:54.800 Okay, all right, because I kind of did some research 1358 01:12:54.880 --> 01:12:59.039 on it and seen that celsius stuff come up. 1359 01:12:59.079 --> 01:13:00.000 So yeah, it's right. 1360 01:13:00.319 --> 01:13:05.199 It's not cheap, but it works, okay, all right? 1361 01:13:05.239 --> 01:13:07.640 And then one other one other, how do I keep 1362 01:13:07.640 --> 01:13:08.439 my wife happy? 1363 01:13:08.479 --> 01:13:08.920 All year? 1364 01:13:09.760 --> 01:13:09.880 Uh? 1365 01:13:10.079 --> 01:13:12.920 You know, on guard line I give free gardening advice. 1366 01:13:13.119 --> 01:13:15.800 I will do marriage counseling. But that is of one 1367 01:13:15.800 --> 01:13:19.720 thousand dollars an hour, So do we want to continue 1368 01:13:19.840 --> 01:13:20.399 this school? 1369 01:13:21.119 --> 01:13:22.479 I'm gonna pass on that one. 1370 01:13:22.800 --> 01:13:25.359 Yeah, and I'm gonna stay way the heck away from 1371 01:13:25.359 --> 01:13:27.359 that one too, because I don't want to get in 1372 01:13:27.359 --> 01:13:31.439 the middle of this. That's funny. Hey, thanks Donald, I 1373 01:13:31.439 --> 01:13:32.119 appreciate it. 1374 01:13:32.960 --> 01:13:34.520 You've been very help I have a good day. 1375 01:13:34.640 --> 01:13:39.840 You bet, you bet? Bye bye, oh wow. RCW Nurseries 1376 01:13:40.079 --> 01:13:43.000 is the garden center that's there where Tambo Parkway comes 1377 01:13:43.039 --> 01:13:48.000 into Beltwegh eight and it is an outstanding place. They've 1378 01:13:48.000 --> 01:13:51.079 got sales on trees and shrubs and even centrists and 1379 01:13:51.119 --> 01:13:54.479 things like that. Right now, it's planting season coming. It's 1380 01:13:54.600 --> 01:13:57.359 time to buy some of those products, and r CW 1381 01:13:57.520 --> 01:14:00.359 grows their own trees. I've been Plantersville, and I tell 1382 01:14:00.399 --> 01:14:03.159 you it is the kind of garden center where you 1383 01:14:03.199 --> 01:14:05.239 go in you're gonna get expert advice. You're going to 1384 01:14:05.279 --> 01:14:09.319 find products too there, like the fertilizers I recommend. But 1385 01:14:09.439 --> 01:14:12.119 you're going to find some really nice plants and some 1386 01:14:12.199 --> 01:14:16.359 really friendly people too. RCW nurseres it's the garden center 1387 01:14:16.439 --> 01:14:20.279 that's where FM two forty nine Tomball Parkway comes into Beltway. 1388 01:14:20.560 --> 01:14:22.560 H really really easy to get to you right down there, 1389 01:14:23.239 --> 01:14:25.760 go by and check them out because they have some 1390 01:14:25.840 --> 01:14:31.680 really cool stuff. Let's see here, boy, Laura, I'm going 1391 01:14:31.760 --> 01:14:33.600 to have to go to top of the hour break. 1392 01:14:33.760 --> 01:14:37.720 You will be first when I come back. Okay, thanks 1393 01:14:37.760 --> 01:14:40.359 for your patients. We look forward to talking to you 1394 01:14:40.439 --> 01:14:44.039 right after the break. Well, a while ago, I was 1395 01:14:44.720 --> 01:14:48.199 talking with Lee down in Fort ben County, and I 1396 01:14:48.319 --> 01:14:50.439 was going to mention to him and all of you. 1397 01:14:50.880 --> 01:14:54.520 The second annual Strawberry Jamboree by the Extension Service the 1398 01:14:54.560 --> 01:14:58.159 Horticulture Department in Brazoria County is going to be at 1399 01:14:58.159 --> 01:15:04.279 the Lake Jackson Rec Center on Lake Drive, Lake Jackson, Texas. 1400 01:15:04.760 --> 01:15:09.279 October is Strawberry Planning Season go down September twenty first, 1401 01:15:09.279 --> 01:15:12.039 eight a M to TWOPIM learn about this. It's a 1402 01:15:12.039 --> 01:15:14.920 pre program. By the way, there'll be a strawberry shortcake 1403 01:15:15.000 --> 01:15:17.800 contest as well. They're gonna have exhibitors. You can even 1404 01:15:17.800 --> 01:15:20.399 pre order strawberry plugs if you would like. They'll come 1405 01:15:20.399 --> 01:15:22.560 in in time to get the planning done. Here's a 1406 01:15:22.600 --> 01:15:27.560 phone number nine seven nine eight six four fifteen fifty eight. 1407 01:15:28.000 --> 01:15:30.000 Give them a call. I was there last year and 1408 01:15:30.079 --> 01:15:31.359 it was a blast. 1409 01:15:38.239 --> 01:15:41.479 You kzy rh guarden Line with Skimmed Richard. 1410 01:15:41.520 --> 01:15:51.800 It's just watching as. 1411 01:16:12.680 --> 01:16:16.039 Welcome back, welcome back. Here we are on garden Line. 1412 01:16:16.039 --> 01:16:19.760 We're entering our third hour this morning. I will be 1413 01:16:19.840 --> 01:16:23.479 here until ten o'clock and at that time I'm gonna 1414 01:16:23.560 --> 01:16:27.840 jump in the car and head out to the clear 1415 01:16:27.920 --> 01:16:32.119 Lake wild Birds Unlimited. Clear Lake wild Birds Unlimited. I 1416 01:16:32.119 --> 01:16:34.000 hope you'll come out there and see me. It is 1417 01:16:34.119 --> 01:16:37.319 at the corner if you got your little maps ready, 1418 01:16:37.680 --> 01:16:39.960 It's at the corner at clear Lake City Boulevard and 1419 01:16:40.159 --> 01:16:43.560 Eldorado Boulevard. We're giving away a lot of stuff and 1420 01:16:43.720 --> 01:16:48.159 also answering your gardening questions when you come out. Nelson 1421 01:16:48.199 --> 01:16:52.640 Water Garden and Nursery out there in Katie, Texas is 1422 01:16:52.680 --> 01:16:56.199 a place that you just need to visit. It is magical. 1423 01:16:57.039 --> 01:16:59.119 I could go out there. In fact, I think they 1424 01:16:59.119 --> 01:17:01.800 ought to charge as to just go sit and listen 1425 01:17:01.840 --> 01:17:04.239 to the sound of water. It would be like a 1426 01:17:04.319 --> 01:17:08.000 therapy session. Uh. And that's what water does for us. 1427 01:17:08.439 --> 01:17:08.560 Uh. 1428 01:17:09.119 --> 01:17:11.880 They have the fish, they've got the plants that you 1429 01:17:11.960 --> 01:17:14.279 put in water, and then they've got this big the 1430 01:17:14.359 --> 01:17:17.760 thing they invented that big urn that has water coming 1431 01:17:17.760 --> 01:17:21.880 out the top, rolling down the sides and recirculating, recirculating fountain. 1432 01:17:22.479 --> 01:17:22.720 Uh. 1433 01:17:22.800 --> 01:17:25.800 They've got those out there, a lot of options. They 1434 01:17:25.840 --> 01:17:28.239 can come and do that kind of work for you 1435 01:17:28.279 --> 01:17:29.920 at your landscape, or they can tell you how to 1436 01:17:29.920 --> 01:17:31.159 do it. You can do it either way. If you're 1437 01:17:31.159 --> 01:17:33.079 a big do it yourself, or you can do it yourself. 1438 01:17:33.800 --> 01:17:35.600 They are on Katie Fort Ben Road, So if you're 1439 01:17:35.600 --> 01:17:38.520 heading out ten from Houston, you just turn to the 1440 01:17:38.560 --> 01:17:41.359 left or right, turn to the right north on Katie 1441 01:17:41.359 --> 01:17:43.239 Fort Ben Road and they're just a hop, skipping or 1442 01:17:43.279 --> 01:17:47.159 jump right down the street. Two eight one three nine 1443 01:17:47.279 --> 01:17:50.560 one forty seven sixty nine two eight one three nine 1444 01:17:50.720 --> 01:17:56.359 one forty seven sixty nine or Nelson Watergardens dot com 1445 01:17:56.439 --> 01:17:59.960 Nelsonwatergardens dot com. All right, we're gonna head now out 1446 01:18:00.079 --> 01:18:05.199 too if I can find my what's going on here? Okay, 1447 01:18:05.239 --> 01:18:09.119 well I have a computer mouse that is running wild. 1448 01:18:09.399 --> 01:18:11.159 We're gonna here we go. We're gonna go out and 1449 01:18:11.239 --> 01:18:14.039 talk to Laura. Hello, Laura, thanks for waiting. Welcome to 1450 01:18:14.079 --> 01:18:20.600 garden Line. Good sir, thank you. 1451 01:18:23.159 --> 01:18:23.920 Ten years ago. 1452 01:18:25.039 --> 01:18:31.920 Beautiful fine, Hey Laura, I'm sorry I'm sorry to interrupt you. 1453 01:18:31.920 --> 01:18:34.439 Your voice is faint and it's cutting in and out. 1454 01:18:34.800 --> 01:18:42.079 Uh okay, okay. 1455 01:18:42.199 --> 01:18:43.520 About ten years ago. 1456 01:18:45.399 --> 01:18:45.840 Gave me. 1457 01:18:47.399 --> 01:18:49.039 Bulbs to a. 1458 01:18:50.760 --> 01:18:55.760 Fine that she had brawn, and the bulbs were they 1459 01:18:55.800 --> 01:18:58.880 were hard, and they were a little bit bigger than 1460 01:18:59.600 --> 01:19:05.279 the ball ball and brown, and I can't moved and 1461 01:19:05.920 --> 01:19:09.560 didn't take any with me, And so I've been looking 1462 01:19:09.680 --> 01:19:12.000 everywhere for him and I can't seem to find them. 1463 01:19:12.039 --> 01:19:15.359 Whuend you happen to know what that might be? 1464 01:19:15.920 --> 01:19:17.600 And where am I? Fine? 1465 01:19:17.680 --> 01:19:17.880 One? 1466 01:19:18.159 --> 01:19:21.079 So it's a bulb, only big as a golf ball 1467 01:19:21.399 --> 01:19:24.199 or a little bigger, and it grows the vine. 1468 01:19:24.920 --> 01:19:25.880 It grows the vine. 1469 01:19:26.039 --> 01:19:29.640 Can you describe the leaves on the vine. 1470 01:19:29.399 --> 01:19:32.960 They almost look like a regular green ivy leaf, but 1471 01:19:33.039 --> 01:19:37.239 they're a little bit darker. They're kind of heart shaped. 1472 01:19:37.479 --> 01:19:41.000 And I looked up sweethearts, okay, vines too, but they 1473 01:19:41.000 --> 01:19:42.640 don't they don't look the same. 1474 01:19:42.760 --> 01:19:46.720 Do they make little bulbs up on the vine in 1475 01:19:46.760 --> 01:19:47.199 the tree? 1476 01:19:47.680 --> 01:19:48.119 Yes, sir? 1477 01:19:48.560 --> 01:19:55.319 Okay, that's an air potato, an air potato, yes, And 1478 01:19:56.800 --> 01:19:58.239 that's that's what you're looking for. 1479 01:20:00.079 --> 01:20:02.039 And I guess we could find those. 1480 01:20:03.359 --> 01:20:06.960 Oh boy, you know, I don't I don't see air 1481 01:20:07.000 --> 01:20:10.840 potatoes and gardener centers very often. Uh, in some parts 1482 01:20:10.880 --> 01:20:13.640 of the country, they're they're invasive and people don't like 1483 01:20:13.680 --> 01:20:17.239 to plan them for that reason. Uh that those potatoes 1484 01:20:17.600 --> 01:20:20.119 or the which you're calling the bulb is actually an 1485 01:20:20.239 --> 01:20:23.840 air store storage device up on the vine. 1486 01:20:25.680 --> 01:20:25.840 Yeah. 1487 01:20:25.920 --> 01:20:29.079 I don't know who who carries those off hand. You 1488 01:20:29.119 --> 01:20:30.840 may just have to call around a little bit. 1489 01:20:32.239 --> 01:20:33.720 Ah, thank you very much. 1490 01:20:33.760 --> 01:20:33.960 Sure. 1491 01:20:34.159 --> 01:20:38.520 Yeah. Sometimes sometimes just you know, community plant sales might 1492 01:20:38.640 --> 01:20:43.199 have something like that. Okay, Yeah, and hey, if any 1493 01:20:43.319 --> 01:20:45.560 if any garden centers that carry them in are listening, 1494 01:20:46.039 --> 01:20:48.840 let me know and I'll say that on the air, Laura, 1495 01:20:48.960 --> 01:20:51.079 just keep listening and maybe maybe someone will call in. 1496 01:20:51.279 --> 01:20:54.560 All right, thank you for the for the question. All Right, 1497 01:20:55.159 --> 01:20:59.279 let's see here. I what was I I'm gonna go. 1498 01:20:59.399 --> 01:21:01.960 Let me go out to Paul in Missouri City. Next. 1499 01:21:02.319 --> 01:21:04.880 Here we go, Paul, Welcome to garden Line. 1500 01:21:06.359 --> 01:21:10.600 Hello Skip. I have two questions. First, one is my 1501 01:21:10.960 --> 01:21:13.079 lagustrum plant. 1502 01:21:13.800 --> 01:21:14.600 I got some. 1503 01:21:14.720 --> 01:21:18.000 Leaves that are yellowing and some of the leaves have 1504 01:21:18.199 --> 01:21:21.479 dark brown spots on them. Now, these these bushes are 1505 01:21:21.479 --> 01:21:25.680 like twenty five years old, and I may have fertilized 1506 01:21:25.720 --> 01:21:30.760 them once with those fertilizing spikes, maybe ten years ago. 1507 01:21:30.920 --> 01:21:33.279 So what can I do to help that plant back? 1508 01:21:33.640 --> 01:21:38.199 Well, I think you are talking about a wax leaf lagostrum, 1509 01:21:38.359 --> 01:21:42.840 and that is a fungal disease called sarcospera leaf spot. 1510 01:21:42.960 --> 01:21:46.359 It's a fungal leaf spot. They are very prone to it. 1511 01:21:46.479 --> 01:21:50.199 Anytime the foliage gets wet, those spots can land, the 1512 01:21:50.399 --> 01:21:52.800 spores can land on the leaf, and when they're kept 1513 01:21:52.840 --> 01:21:56.880 a little wet, then they sprout and grow. The controls 1514 01:21:56.960 --> 01:21:59.319 for it you're not going to like, but I'll tell 1515 01:21:59.319 --> 01:22:02.640 you raking up all the fallen leaves because they have 1516 01:22:02.680 --> 01:22:06.000 spores on them, try to reduce that a little bit, uh, 1517 01:22:06.039 --> 01:22:08.760 and then spraying them every time it rains right after 1518 01:22:08.800 --> 01:22:11.520 it quit training. Uh, then go ahead and get a 1519 01:22:11.560 --> 01:22:14.840 funge side on the leaves. And there are a couple 1520 01:22:14.840 --> 01:22:19.359 of products. There's one called dak oil and there's one 1521 01:22:19.840 --> 01:22:24.760 called belaton and those two alternating between those two can 1522 01:22:24.880 --> 01:22:27.279 keep that leaf spot in check. But like I said, 1523 01:22:27.319 --> 01:22:28.840 nobody wants to have to go out and spray their 1524 01:22:28.880 --> 01:22:30.479 shrubs every time it rains. 1525 01:22:31.439 --> 01:22:34.319 Okay, now I have the what was the name of 1526 01:22:34.359 --> 01:22:34.760 the other. 1527 01:22:34.640 --> 01:22:39.079 One, Belaton B A Y L E T O N. 1528 01:22:39.680 --> 01:22:40.600 Well part of Houston. 1529 01:22:42.840 --> 01:22:50.960 I'm gonna here in Missouri City and be the. 1530 01:22:48.039 --> 01:22:51.600 West of Yeah, go go southwest Feed and Paralyzer on 1531 01:22:51.640 --> 01:22:53.600 the corner of Businestt and Renwick. And I guarantee you 1532 01:22:53.600 --> 01:22:54.640 about Scott Ballaton. 1533 01:22:55.720 --> 01:22:57.720 Good. Yes, that's my go to place anyway. 1534 01:22:57.800 --> 01:23:00.840 Yeah, good, all right, good look yeah. 1535 01:23:01.039 --> 01:23:05.119 The second question is a plant. Suggest I would like 1536 01:23:05.199 --> 01:23:07.720 to put a plant in the front of the house. 1537 01:23:08.359 --> 01:23:12.159 That would I can control the size of it. I 1538 01:23:12.199 --> 01:23:14.119 want to get it to be about four feet tall, 1539 01:23:14.600 --> 01:23:19.159 and one that would flower white flowers or cream color flowers. 1540 01:23:20.159 --> 01:23:25.399 A five foot tall plant with wide or cream colored flowers, right. 1541 01:23:25.279 --> 01:23:27.039 What would you suggest there? 1542 01:23:28.920 --> 01:23:34.079 Let's see here, Well, boy, that's a I'm have to 1543 01:23:34.079 --> 01:23:36.640 think about that one a little bit. Nothing is actually 1544 01:23:36.640 --> 01:23:38.479 coming to mind, and it should you know, as all 1545 01:23:38.680 --> 01:23:40.520 just have white flowers. They don't get that tall. 1546 01:23:41.800 --> 01:23:46.079 The well, you know, I mean like maybe four feet 1547 01:23:46.079 --> 01:23:47.800 three four feet. 1548 01:23:47.840 --> 01:23:53.359 There is a plant? Is this fairly shady or real sunny? 1549 01:23:52.520 --> 01:23:57.199 It only catches the sun from about three o'clock by 1550 01:23:57.279 --> 01:23:59.319 the time the fun rolls over to the front of 1551 01:23:59.319 --> 01:23:59.680 the house. 1552 01:24:00.079 --> 01:24:03.439 There's a there's a plant called English dogwood, and don't 1553 01:24:03.439 --> 01:24:05.760 think of it like our dog woods that we have here. 1554 01:24:05.800 --> 01:24:08.000 It's a very different kind of plant. I don't even 1555 01:24:08.039 --> 01:24:11.199 know if they're related, but that would be one that 1556 01:24:11.279 --> 01:24:14.399 could do and a part shade, part sun location. And 1557 01:24:14.479 --> 01:24:18.920 it's got white flowers bigger than the golf ball, maybe 1558 01:24:19.720 --> 01:24:21.960 not tennis ball size, but somewhere in the middle of there. 1559 01:24:22.479 --> 01:24:24.760 And that would be one that you could find around town. 1560 01:24:25.079 --> 01:24:29.079 You're up there or yeah you no, you're down in 1561 01:24:29.079 --> 01:24:31.479 Missouri City. Yeah, so I'd try one of the enchanteds 1562 01:24:31.520 --> 01:24:34.479 out there in Richmond, Rosenberger, Chenning Forest and China Gardens. 1563 01:24:34.479 --> 01:24:36.640 Call them first before you drive all out. 1564 01:24:37.680 --> 01:24:40.159 Yeah, very good, very good. All right, thank you, thank 1565 01:24:40.199 --> 01:24:41.159 you for this suggestion. 1566 01:24:41.359 --> 01:24:43.319 Yeah. And they're probably going to have ten more things 1567 01:24:43.319 --> 01:24:45.560 that aren't just that just aren't coming to my mind 1568 01:24:45.760 --> 01:24:48.119 that would fit that bill. Yeah, all right, I got 1569 01:24:48.159 --> 01:24:49.880 to run to a break. I'll be right. 1570 01:24:49.680 --> 01:24:53.079 Back starting you a morning with the hottest happening. 1571 01:24:52.840 --> 01:24:57.079 In the Tamboil area, especially out west twenty All these 1572 01:24:57.119 --> 01:24:59.880 neighborhoods have gone in out there. You probably already know 1573 01:25:00.239 --> 01:25:04.039 D and D feed and supply, but they have everything 1574 01:25:04.079 --> 01:25:06.399 that you're gonna need when you go in there, like 1575 01:25:06.680 --> 01:25:10.039 Skip talked about nitropos, Skip talked about airloom soils, Skip 1576 01:25:10.079 --> 01:25:13.800 talked about Microlive for turf Star or Medina. They got 1577 01:25:13.840 --> 01:25:19.199 all that landscaper's pride products out there. It's just a 1578 01:25:19.319 --> 01:25:21.000 place where you go and you get everything you need 1579 01:25:21.039 --> 01:25:23.680 to help you have a very beautiful garden and a 1580 01:25:23.680 --> 01:25:27.960 bountiful garden as well, and for things like your lawn. 1581 01:25:28.279 --> 01:25:30.920 They're set up and they've got the timely products for 1582 01:25:31.039 --> 01:25:33.159 the season. At D and D Turf and Feed. They're 1583 01:25:33.159 --> 01:25:36.319 about three miles west of two forty nine out twenty 1584 01:25:36.399 --> 01:25:39.920 nine to twenty family owned. It's been opened since nineteen 1585 01:25:40.439 --> 01:25:43.479 eighty nine. When the dovers open that up, they've expanded. 1586 01:25:43.960 --> 01:25:46.960 Of course, you need any kind of livestock feed or 1587 01:25:47.000 --> 01:25:49.760 pet food, very high end lines of dog food for example, 1588 01:25:49.880 --> 01:25:56.359 like Origin and Diamond and Victor and Star. Pro D 1589 01:25:56.399 --> 01:25:58.960 and D Feed and Supply is the place also where 1590 01:25:58.960 --> 01:26:01.279 you can get the products you to control pests and 1591 01:26:01.319 --> 01:26:03.880 diseases and weeds. They have a very good selection. I 1592 01:26:03.920 --> 01:26:06.159 stopped by the other day. I always do that on 1593 01:26:06.199 --> 01:26:08.640 our sponsors and just see how they're doing and see 1594 01:26:08.640 --> 01:26:11.640 what they're carrying. And I was very surprised at the 1595 01:26:11.720 --> 01:26:15.520 amount of stuff for managing problems in the landscaping, garden 1596 01:26:15.560 --> 01:26:19.119 and lawn the D and D feed has. I'm gonna 1597 01:26:19.359 --> 01:26:22.159 head out now, let's go to Jersey Village and we're 1598 01:26:22.159 --> 01:26:24.880 gonna talk to Carrie. Hello, Kerry, welcome to Guarden Line. 1599 01:26:26.079 --> 01:26:27.359 Hi, thanks for taking my call. 1600 01:26:27.680 --> 01:26:28.039 You Bat. 1601 01:26:29.840 --> 01:26:30.560 I have a tree. 1602 01:26:30.760 --> 01:26:34.199 I rent my house first of all, so my homeowners 1603 01:26:34.279 --> 01:26:37.239 don't really do anything with my yard. And I have 1604 01:26:37.279 --> 01:26:41.239 a beautiful oak tree right at my house in my driveway. 1605 01:26:41.279 --> 01:26:43.159 And I noticed, and I've loved our seven years. I've 1606 01:26:43.199 --> 01:26:45.359 noticed the last I guess a year and a half, 1607 01:26:45.840 --> 01:26:48.720 the bark down on the trunk of the tree I 1608 01:26:48.760 --> 01:26:52.319 guess about five four or five feet up is starting 1609 01:26:52.359 --> 01:26:56.159 to fall off, and underneath it and it's just about 1610 01:26:56.159 --> 01:26:59.520 the size of a hand, a large man's. 1611 01:26:59.239 --> 01:26:59.960 Hand, okay. 1612 01:27:00.239 --> 01:27:03.039 And you can see in it it's like an orange, 1613 01:27:03.239 --> 01:27:07.560 like a almost like a rest color. And I don't 1614 01:27:07.600 --> 01:27:09.920 see any bugs or anything in there, and I just 1615 01:27:10.439 --> 01:27:11.279 I don't know what to do. 1616 01:27:11.279 --> 01:27:11.960 I don't know if. 1617 01:27:11.800 --> 01:27:15.000 It's healthy or if it's dining. How it can help 1618 01:27:15.039 --> 01:27:17.079 it because it's so close to the house. I really 1619 01:27:17.760 --> 01:27:19.720 I don't want it to fall someday and it's survived 1620 01:27:19.760 --> 01:27:22.119 all these winds, I mean, no problems, barely drops. 1621 01:27:23.439 --> 01:27:28.199 Yeah. Uh are you seeing that the tree is trying 1622 01:27:28.239 --> 01:27:31.199 to callous? That over the like a lava flow coming 1623 01:27:31.199 --> 01:27:33.720 in from the sides to close over that that wound? 1624 01:27:34.399 --> 01:27:35.560 Has that started outing? 1625 01:27:35.880 --> 01:27:38.920 Okay, No, it's just and it's not getting any bigger. 1626 01:27:39.199 --> 01:27:42.359 Yeah, yeah, Carrie, I need to I need to see 1627 01:27:42.359 --> 01:27:46.039 it too, because I don't think I'm picturing what you're seeing. 1628 01:27:46.640 --> 01:27:49.039 Uh So, can I put you on hold and have 1629 01:27:49.119 --> 01:27:53.199 you give get up my email address and send me 1630 01:27:53.279 --> 01:27:55.920 some good clear photos up close, maybe one of the 1631 01:27:55.920 --> 01:28:00.640 whole tree, but then real close, well focused photos. A 1632 01:28:00.640 --> 01:28:03.199 lot of things can kill the bark on a section 1633 01:28:03.319 --> 01:28:07.279 of the tree, and that just naturally happens. And there 1634 01:28:07.279 --> 01:28:10.199 are different kinds of fungi that can cause a decomposition 1635 01:28:10.359 --> 01:28:14.600 and have different coloring to them. But I'm not going 1636 01:28:14.680 --> 01:28:16.960 to guess on this one. Let you take a look 1637 01:28:17.000 --> 01:28:20.000 at some pictures and we can take it from there, 1638 01:28:20.079 --> 01:28:22.279 and if you email me then I can just email 1639 01:28:22.319 --> 01:28:25.279 you back the information what it is and if anything's 1640 01:28:25.359 --> 01:28:26.479 needed what to do. 1641 01:28:26.760 --> 01:28:29.479 Okay, Okay, all right, all. 1642 01:28:29.439 --> 01:28:31.359 Right, Chris, they'll be right with you to give you 1643 01:28:31.399 --> 01:28:36.039 the email. Fall means that it's time to be thinking 1644 01:28:36.079 --> 01:28:39.239 about fall fertilization on our lawns. And if you look 1645 01:28:39.239 --> 01:28:43.520 at my schedule at the website Gardening with Skip dot com, 1646 01:28:43.880 --> 01:28:46.439 you will see that there's a fall fertilization. And for 1647 01:28:46.600 --> 01:28:49.159 the organic products, I bumped them a little bit earlier 1648 01:28:49.159 --> 01:28:51.600 to give them a little bit of a headstart because 1649 01:28:51.640 --> 01:28:56.680 they do naturally microbially decompose, releasing some of the nutrients 1650 01:28:56.720 --> 01:28:59.600 that are in them. Microlife has a product called Microlife 1651 01:28:59.600 --> 01:29:03.239 brown Match five to three fertilizer five to one three. 1652 01:29:03.279 --> 01:29:06.239 Remember and fall, we are lowering the nitrogen and we're 1653 01:29:06.319 --> 01:29:10.600 raising the potassium the last number on the bag. And 1654 01:29:10.800 --> 01:29:13.800 Microlife brown Patch is easy to apply. You like to 1655 01:29:13.800 --> 01:29:17.119 get it down because has a lot of microbes in 1656 01:29:17.159 --> 01:29:19.039 it and that's going to be helping you in many 1657 01:29:19.079 --> 01:29:21.119 ways in your lawn. You want to get that down 1658 01:29:21.279 --> 01:29:24.960 before we hit the brown patch season, and so late 1659 01:29:24.960 --> 01:29:28.680 September early early October be a great time to apply 1660 01:29:28.920 --> 01:29:31.520 Microlife brown Patch. It's in kind of a brown bag, 1661 01:29:31.800 --> 01:29:34.479 makes it really easy. Both the bag and there's also 1662 01:29:34.600 --> 01:29:37.319 canisters of it if you want the little jars of 1663 01:29:37.319 --> 01:29:40.159 plastic jars. You probably need a whole bag though to 1664 01:29:40.239 --> 01:29:43.239 treat your lawn, and I think you will find really 1665 01:29:43.319 --> 01:29:46.199 good results with it. It's just another one of those 1666 01:29:47.079 --> 01:29:52.560 successful and microbe laden products from Microlife that takes a 1667 01:29:52.640 --> 01:29:56.760 natural approach to growing your lawn and to controlling issues 1668 01:29:56.760 --> 01:30:01.239 that you might have in your lawn. Listening to Gardenline, 1669 01:30:01.279 --> 01:30:04.079 our phone number is seven to one three two one 1670 01:30:04.199 --> 01:30:08.720 two five eight seven four seven one three two one 1671 01:30:08.760 --> 01:30:15.279 two fifty eight seventy four. I. You know, we talk 1672 01:30:15.319 --> 01:30:17.239 about a lot of different kinds of products and things 1673 01:30:17.239 --> 01:30:21.600 here on garden Line and Heirloom Soils. I just am 1674 01:30:21.640 --> 01:30:25.520 always impressed with the breadth of products that they have, 1675 01:30:26.439 --> 01:30:28.399 the quality of products that they have. You know, if 1676 01:30:28.439 --> 01:30:30.680 you need a rose a blend, if you need a 1677 01:30:30.800 --> 01:30:33.119 veggie and herb mix, they got that. You need something 1678 01:30:33.159 --> 01:30:37.079 for cacti or for indoor plants, a potting soil, the 1679 01:30:37.119 --> 01:30:40.199 works potting soil is what they call it, or outdoor 1680 01:30:40.239 --> 01:30:43.239 plants and a container the works potting soil is excellent 1681 01:30:43.279 --> 01:30:47.680 for that. Compost blends, a shale compost in shale blends 1682 01:30:48.000 --> 01:30:52.640 as well. All available from available from Airloom Soils. The 1683 01:30:52.640 --> 01:30:57.920 website Airloomsoils Off Texas dot Com Airlomsoilsoftexas dot Com. When 1684 01:30:57.960 --> 01:31:00.239 you go there, you can see all the products and 1685 01:31:00.279 --> 01:31:03.359 you got a really handy calculator. So if you're going 1686 01:31:03.399 --> 01:31:05.840 to create a bed this fall, hey falls the time 1687 01:31:05.880 --> 01:31:09.000 to plant. I hope you are get a quality Mex. 1688 01:31:09.119 --> 01:31:11.800 Remember brown stuff before green stuff. Get a quality Mex 1689 01:31:11.880 --> 01:31:15.640 from Heirlooms Soils Off Texas dot Com. They can fix 1690 01:31:15.680 --> 01:31:20.239 you up. Their bags are available widespread through the Houston area. 1691 01:31:20.760 --> 01:31:23.279 They also deliver bulk or you can go and pick 1692 01:31:23.279 --> 01:31:27.359 it up yourself at Heirloom Source off Texas dot Com. 1693 01:31:27.399 --> 01:31:30.439 That makes it easy. It's a lot easier. In fact, 1694 01:31:32.159 --> 01:31:36.159 I was out in the Montgomery area the other day 1695 01:31:36.199 --> 01:31:39.079 and I stopped in at A and A Plants and Produce. 1696 01:31:39.479 --> 01:31:42.720 I always like to visit with the folks, and as 1697 01:31:42.720 --> 01:31:45.159 I said earlier today, you know, find out what do 1698 01:31:45.199 --> 01:31:47.680 you got? What's in stock and stuff? And I'm telling 1699 01:31:47.720 --> 01:31:51.399 you their selection of fertilizers. I nothing that I mentioned 1700 01:31:51.399 --> 01:31:55.279 on garden Line is kind of everything I mentioned on Garland. 1701 01:31:55.319 --> 01:31:57.359 You're going to find it in A A and A 1702 01:31:57.479 --> 01:32:00.319 Plants and Produce. They just had gotten some beauty full 1703 01:32:00.359 --> 01:32:03.479 astors in and you know mom season is coming on 1704 01:32:03.600 --> 01:32:07.319 us asters as well. They have the kinds of plants 1705 01:32:07.359 --> 01:32:10.439 you would plant in the fall for carrying you into 1706 01:32:10.880 --> 01:32:13.760 the cool season. And they got the advice there from 1707 01:32:13.760 --> 01:32:16.800 folks that know what they're talking about. Again. Ana plants 1708 01:32:16.840 --> 01:32:19.720 and produces on the east side of Montgomery on Highway 1709 01:32:19.760 --> 01:32:22.239 one oh five, just on the edge of town there. 1710 01:32:22.439 --> 01:32:24.520 It's really easy to get to. If you've driven down 1711 01:32:24.560 --> 01:32:27.119 one oh five, you passed one hundred times. But for 1712 01:32:27.199 --> 01:32:29.119 all of you out there, especially those of you up 1713 01:32:29.119 --> 01:32:33.840 in the Lake Conroe neighborhoods, they this is your place, 1714 01:32:33.920 --> 01:32:35.960 this is your hometown garden center. And they also come 1715 01:32:36.000 --> 01:32:38.960 out and do some landscaping work around the Lake Conroe 1716 01:32:39.000 --> 01:32:41.920 area too. So just call them, stop in talk to 1717 01:32:41.920 --> 01:32:44.840 them about that. We're gonna now go to the woodlands 1718 01:32:44.840 --> 01:32:49.680 and talk to Tommy. Hello, Tommy, Hello there, how are you. 1719 01:32:50.159 --> 01:32:54.319 I'm good good. I was grabbing a pin. Always good 1720 01:32:54.319 --> 01:32:56.479 to have a pin when you're talking on guardline. 1721 01:32:57.159 --> 01:32:57.640 That's it. 1722 01:32:57.720 --> 01:33:01.640 Well, thank you for taking my call. Yeah, so, I 1723 01:33:01.680 --> 01:33:04.039 don't know if you saw my notes, But the main 1724 01:33:04.119 --> 01:33:07.960 question I have, two part question, was Virginia button weed 1725 01:33:08.119 --> 01:33:11.159 seems to be all over the lawn and I looked 1726 01:33:11.159 --> 01:33:14.359 it up and there's you know, all these different remedies. Yeah, 1727 01:33:14.359 --> 01:33:15.920 some of them are pretty pricey, but I know what 1728 01:33:15.960 --> 01:33:16.920 your thoughts were on that. 1729 01:33:17.079 --> 01:33:20.159 Okay, Virginia button weed is hard to control, and even 1730 01:33:20.199 --> 01:33:22.079 the stuff that works, you're probably gonna have to do 1731 01:33:22.119 --> 01:33:25.800 it twice. On that stuff. We see it during the 1732 01:33:25.800 --> 01:33:29.920 summertime when it's really actively growing. It's around you know 1733 01:33:30.079 --> 01:33:34.319 other times, but and during the summertime. The products that 1734 01:33:34.399 --> 01:33:37.319 are often recommended for it are just too hard on 1735 01:33:37.359 --> 01:33:40.119 your Saint Augustine lawn and we just use them in 1736 01:33:40.159 --> 01:33:44.520 that heat. That's why I'm generally recommending Celsius for Virginia 1737 01:33:44.560 --> 01:33:48.119 button weed. Plus in the university trials I've seen Celsius 1738 01:33:48.159 --> 01:33:50.479 has led the pack over things like two four D 1739 01:33:50.680 --> 01:33:54.359 and other Broadly, if we control products, Okay, it's not cheap. 1740 01:33:54.720 --> 01:33:58.159 You can buy it in a little little packet. You know, 1741 01:33:58.239 --> 01:34:02.000 it's in a I don't know, sugar packet and a 1742 01:34:02.039 --> 01:34:06.399 good description, but something like a long sugar packet, and 1743 01:34:06.680 --> 01:34:08.920 you got you can treat a lot of weeds with that. 1744 01:34:09.199 --> 01:34:11.039 So if you got any other weeds, you can do that. 1745 01:34:11.600 --> 01:34:14.520 Sometimes I'll split the packet in half a packet does 1746 01:34:14.560 --> 01:34:17.399 a gallon, and a gallon goes a long way, a 1747 01:34:17.520 --> 01:34:20.279 long way when you're spot treating weeds in your garden. 1748 01:34:21.039 --> 01:34:22.960 But that helps break the price down a little bit. 1749 01:34:23.199 --> 01:34:26.880 But it works. And just be ready about six weeks 1750 01:34:26.960 --> 01:34:29.560 later to hit it again this time of the year. 1751 01:34:29.880 --> 01:34:32.159 By six weeks later, it's probably going to be cooling 1752 01:34:32.199 --> 01:34:35.039 off quite a bit, so I might be ready in 1753 01:34:35.239 --> 01:34:38.159 spring to do a treatment when you first see the 1754 01:34:38.159 --> 01:34:40.800 button weed present, and then about six weeks after that. 1755 01:34:42.359 --> 01:34:44.720 Okay, great, And is it one of those you put 1756 01:34:44.720 --> 01:34:45.720 in a pumper. 1757 01:34:45.760 --> 01:34:49.399 Yes, yeah, I would, yeah, in a hose end. That's 1758 01:34:49.479 --> 01:34:53.319 just too much volume of water. Okay for targeting on 1759 01:34:53.399 --> 01:34:54.359 some weeds like this. 1760 01:34:55.239 --> 01:34:55.840 Okay, great. 1761 01:34:55.840 --> 01:34:59.359 And the other other part of my question is it 1762 01:34:59.520 --> 01:35:04.119 certainly it's not a giant backyard, but it's are real dry, 1763 01:35:04.319 --> 01:35:09.600 real dead looking, you know, brown and yellow and mainly 1764 01:35:10.039 --> 01:35:14.319 almost brown. Now, okay, you know that those are certain areas, 1765 01:35:14.319 --> 01:35:16.960 not the whole lawn, even not over where the button 1766 01:35:16.920 --> 01:35:18.800 weed is, but just kind of in the other areas. 1767 01:35:19.159 --> 01:35:21.640 It's odd enough if it was a disease or or 1768 01:35:21.680 --> 01:35:22.760 what you know, Yeah. 1769 01:35:22.600 --> 01:35:24.359 It could be. It could be a lot of things. 1770 01:35:24.800 --> 01:35:25.000 You know. 1771 01:35:25.079 --> 01:35:28.960 Chinchbugs will kill grass. Take all root rot will kill grass. 1772 01:35:29.399 --> 01:35:30.279 That's a disease. 1773 01:35:30.840 --> 01:35:31.039 Uh. 1774 01:35:31.159 --> 01:35:34.880 Most of the other diseases don't kill the grass. The 1775 01:35:34.880 --> 01:35:37.880 summer diseases. We we've got gray leaf spot that we 1776 01:35:37.960 --> 01:35:40.880 deal with at certain times, okay, and the brown patch 1777 01:35:40.920 --> 01:35:44.560 circles in the fall, large patch and fall in spring. 1778 01:35:44.960 --> 01:35:48.279 Mostly those don't kill grass either. So if it's dying, 1779 01:35:48.520 --> 01:35:52.800 it's either a drought or disease, or possibly an insect 1780 01:35:53.720 --> 01:36:00.439 called the chinchbug. Chinchbugs their populations are going down, but 1781 01:36:00.479 --> 01:36:03.399 they're still around. So okay. 1782 01:36:03.399 --> 01:36:05.319 Well, I wouldn't think it would be drought, right because 1783 01:36:05.319 --> 01:36:06.960 it's it's been raining fairly often. 1784 01:36:07.159 --> 01:36:10.960 Yeah, okay, well, good luck with that. Hey there, I'm 1785 01:36:11.039 --> 01:36:14.199 up against a heartbreak here, Tommy. Okay, so I wish well, 1786 01:36:14.279 --> 01:36:16.880 thank you, Thank you a lot for the call. We're 1787 01:36:16.920 --> 01:36:20.840 about to go to the news, folks. Gene, I'll be 1788 01:36:20.920 --> 01:36:23.319 coming to you first up when we come back, and 1789 01:36:23.359 --> 01:36:26.840 then we'll get to John and Tomball. All right, folks, 1790 01:36:27.079 --> 01:36:30.239 here comes the news. Thanks for oh by the way, 1791 01:36:30.279 --> 01:36:32.920 phone number seven one three two one two fifty eight 1792 01:36:33.039 --> 01:36:37.880 seventy four Well seven one three two one two KT 1793 01:36:38.279 --> 01:36:40.880 r H. And we are going to head out to 1794 01:36:42.119 --> 01:36:44.880 close to the heights and talk to Gene. Hey, Gene, 1795 01:36:44.960 --> 01:36:46.279 welcome to Guardland. 1796 01:36:46.920 --> 01:36:47.720 SKIP, good morning. 1797 01:36:47.800 --> 01:36:50.760 I had two orange trees, ones of blood orange, ones 1798 01:36:50.760 --> 01:36:55.920 of satsuma, and they're throwing off limbs with thorns, and 1799 01:36:56.199 --> 01:36:57.199 they're coming from. 1800 01:36:56.960 --> 01:36:58.439 Above the graft. 1801 01:36:58.720 --> 01:37:01.279 Do I do I cut those tharny limbs off from 1802 01:37:01.279 --> 01:37:04.039 the from the from the good wood. 1803 01:37:04.600 --> 01:37:07.119 You said satsuma. What was the one before Satsuma? 1804 01:37:07.920 --> 01:37:09.079 It was a blood orange. 1805 01:37:10.279 --> 01:37:16.880 Yeah, that it shouldn't be happening. Maybe the graph is 1806 01:37:16.960 --> 01:37:21.039 higher than it looks on the stem. But prn those 1807 01:37:21.079 --> 01:37:24.079 off at the base, right up against where they come 1808 01:37:24.119 --> 01:37:27.199 out of the trunk. Prn the thorny down there. Let 1809 01:37:27.359 --> 01:37:28.520 let it come up above that. 1810 01:37:29.800 --> 01:37:33.560 Okay, I do have limbs with with no thorns, but 1811 01:37:33.680 --> 01:37:34.479 again I do. 1812 01:37:34.520 --> 01:37:40.239 Have some with Yeah. Yeah, well, there are different ways 1813 01:37:40.239 --> 01:37:42.000 that could happen. Number one, the graph could be highed, 1814 01:37:42.000 --> 01:37:44.920 and you think number two, when a when a plant 1815 01:37:45.079 --> 01:37:49.159 is planted from a seed or something, when it's rooted 1816 01:37:49.439 --> 01:37:52.159 or planted from a seed, it's juvenile at the base 1817 01:37:52.439 --> 01:37:55.039 for a long long time, even though the top matures. 1818 01:37:55.439 --> 01:37:58.359 I don't think that's what happened on those, but just 1819 01:37:58.399 --> 01:38:02.000 print them off. That's that's the fast answer. All right, good, 1820 01:38:02.039 --> 01:38:06.319 thanks sir, Yeah, you bet very good. Yeah that is 1821 01:38:06.479 --> 01:38:11.520 very Citrus varies. Some citrus is thorny, some citrus is not. 1822 01:38:12.600 --> 01:38:14.800 They just want to make sure you get a good 1823 01:38:14.840 --> 01:38:18.880 one that and understand how that should be pruned and 1824 01:38:18.960 --> 01:38:22.560 groaned and fertilized and everything, because this is a great 1825 01:38:22.560 --> 01:38:26.600 place to grow centus. Buchanans Native Plants is on Eleventh 1826 01:38:26.760 --> 01:38:29.680 Street and the Heights. Now, they've been around since nineteen 1827 01:38:29.760 --> 01:38:32.960 eighty six. They're on eleven Street in the Heights. Here's 1828 01:38:32.960 --> 01:38:36.960 a website, so I don't forget Buchanansplants dot com. And 1829 01:38:37.000 --> 01:38:40.159 now why is the website so important? Well, it's because 1830 01:38:40.319 --> 01:38:43.039 there is so much information on there. You can sign 1831 01:38:43.119 --> 01:38:45.560 up for the newsletter, which I recommend you do. But 1832 01:38:45.640 --> 01:38:48.600 you know, when you talk about Buchanans Native plants, we 1833 01:38:48.720 --> 01:38:52.039 think about natives because they've got the best selection in 1834 01:38:52.079 --> 01:38:54.920 this whole region of native plants. They do a very 1835 01:38:54.960 --> 01:38:58.159 good job of that. But Buchanans is way more than 1836 01:38:58.279 --> 01:39:02.159 just native plants. For example, if you're wanting to plant 1837 01:39:02.199 --> 01:39:05.359 fall color, you know things like mums for example, Uh. 1838 01:39:05.479 --> 01:39:07.880 In fact, they have a they have a list of 1839 01:39:07.920 --> 01:39:11.119 the things that would be great for fall color on 1840 01:39:11.159 --> 01:39:13.560 the on the some of their social media and you 1841 01:39:13.560 --> 01:39:15.279 can get to it from the website too. 1842 01:39:15.840 --> 01:39:16.000 Uh. 1843 01:39:16.039 --> 01:39:19.640 Their Fall Fest is coming up Saturday, October fifth. It's 1844 01:39:19.640 --> 01:39:21.000 a little ways ahead, but I just want to tell 1845 01:39:21.000 --> 01:39:22.359 you about because this is gonna be one heck of 1846 01:39:22.359 --> 01:39:25.000 a shindig going on out there. I'll even be there 1847 01:39:25.399 --> 01:39:28.359 after the show on that Saturday. But that's October the fifth, Saturday. 1848 01:39:28.760 --> 01:39:32.039 There's going to be costume contests for the kids, and 1849 01:39:33.199 --> 01:39:37.000 it's at local vendors, hay rides, pumpkins, food trucks, face painting, 1850 01:39:37.159 --> 01:39:39.800 live music. You get the idea what I'm talking about. 1851 01:39:40.159 --> 01:39:43.640 It's going to be fun. Stop h Buchanans Native Plants 1852 01:39:43.760 --> 01:39:47.199 in the Heights Buchanans Plants dot com. You will be 1853 01:39:47.279 --> 01:39:53.439 surprised at the breadth of information and the smorgasbord of 1854 01:39:53.600 --> 01:39:57.359 really cool plants that do well here in the Greater 1855 01:39:57.439 --> 01:40:01.600 Houston area. I'm gonna up now to Tom Ball and 1856 01:40:01.640 --> 01:40:02.319 talk to John. 1857 01:40:02.600 --> 01:40:06.039 Hello, John, give everyone to skip. How you doing. 1858 01:40:06.359 --> 01:40:08.119 I'm doing well, sir, Thanks for us. 1859 01:40:09.600 --> 01:40:12.760 I've got to like everyone else. Weeds weeds, weeds, and 1860 01:40:13.520 --> 01:40:16.800 I've got saying Augustine I'm trying to choke out because 1861 01:40:16.800 --> 01:40:22.199 I'd rather have my bermuda. And somebody suggested quen chlorac. 1862 01:40:23.199 --> 01:40:25.920 Would that be a good option for that and for 1863 01:40:26.039 --> 01:40:28.439 crab grass. 1864 01:40:30.920 --> 01:40:38.479 I'm a little hesitant if quen Chlorac products have set 1865 01:40:38.800 --> 01:40:45.600 augustine on the label, it might. I just I don't 1866 01:40:45.640 --> 01:40:48.399 want to say, you know, if I'm not sure, and 1867 01:40:49.359 --> 01:40:53.680 I don't. I don't think it does, but I'm not 1868 01:40:53.920 --> 01:40:56.279 I'm trying to do it real quick check here. There's 1869 01:40:56.279 --> 01:41:01.279 a number of different products out there, but my brain 1870 01:41:01.439 --> 01:41:06.520 is wanting to say maybe not. Let me fucking find something. 1871 01:41:07.239 --> 01:41:10.039 I've been pulling the runners. That'll take me ten years 1872 01:41:10.079 --> 01:41:12.039 to get all this Saint Augustine out. 1873 01:41:12.560 --> 01:41:17.119 Yeah, yeah, yep, Saint Augustine. It's the Queen Clark And 1874 01:41:17.479 --> 01:41:20.359 that doesn't mean ever product is, but it is. There 1875 01:41:20.359 --> 01:41:24.359 are products with Queen Clark. They're pretty good. I wouldn't 1876 01:41:24.439 --> 01:41:26.119 use it in the in the heat of summer, but 1877 01:41:26.479 --> 01:41:28.600 it's a post emergence, so you could use it now 1878 01:41:29.439 --> 01:41:31.479 on the weeks that are growing in your lawn, or 1879 01:41:31.640 --> 01:41:33.880 use it in the spring. Kind of Generally we stay 1880 01:41:33.880 --> 01:41:36.880 away from hot weather with those kind of things. But yep, 1881 01:41:37.319 --> 01:41:39.640 there's a number of number of products from a number 1882 01:41:39.680 --> 01:41:42.039 of manufacturers that are that carry that. 1883 01:41:43.199 --> 01:41:45.479 All right, schip, thank you very much, have a good day. 1884 01:41:45.439 --> 01:41:49.119 You bet, thank you. Yeah, I don't kind of threw 1885 01:41:49.159 --> 01:41:55.439 me a curve there. It's active ingredient question kind of different. Uh. 1886 01:41:55.640 --> 01:41:57.279 There are a lot of products that are labeled for 1887 01:41:57.319 --> 01:41:59.199 a lot of things. In fact, let me let me 1888 01:41:59.359 --> 01:42:07.960 just do a little soapbox. Read the label. That's the fast, 1889 01:42:08.319 --> 01:42:12.560 fast answer there. Read the label. The label is the law. 1890 01:42:13.159 --> 01:42:17.079 And if you can't see it a plant on the label, 1891 01:42:17.359 --> 01:42:21.119 then don't use it on that plant. The label has rates. 1892 01:42:21.279 --> 01:42:24.239 If a teaspoon is good, a tablespoon is not better. 1893 01:42:24.720 --> 01:42:27.319 A tablespoon will kill your plants or do damage to 1894 01:42:27.359 --> 01:42:30.479 your plants, meaning you you know you double or triple 1895 01:42:30.600 --> 01:42:34.199 up on the amount. Follow the label carefully. It'll tell 1896 01:42:34.239 --> 01:42:38.239 you things like what temperature can you use this herbicide in. 1897 01:42:39.399 --> 01:42:44.279 It'll tell you things that are very important to help 1898 01:42:44.319 --> 01:42:47.560 you have success, like a pre emergent needing to be 1899 01:42:47.640 --> 01:42:50.439 watered into the surface of the soil. Read the label. 1900 01:42:50.520 --> 01:42:53.880 A lot of problems occur because people won't read the label. 1901 01:42:54.079 --> 01:42:56.359 And I know that's boring, and I know us guys, 1902 01:42:56.399 --> 01:42:59.800 we never stop and ask for directions. Right, Well, read 1903 01:43:00.279 --> 01:43:03.359 the label. It is very important that Number one, you 1904 01:43:03.399 --> 01:43:05.600 want it to work right, and the label tells you 1905 01:43:05.680 --> 01:43:08.600 that you don't want to do damage, and the label 1906 01:43:08.640 --> 01:43:12.359 guides you away from that. Always read the I don't 1907 01:43:12.359 --> 01:43:16.359 care if it's an organic product or synthetic product. Read 1908 01:43:16.560 --> 01:43:20.119 the label. That is very important. And I see so 1909 01:43:20.239 --> 01:43:24.079 many examples of people that do things that if they'd 1910 01:43:24.119 --> 01:43:26.520 read the label, they wouldn't have done it. And typically 1911 01:43:26.560 --> 01:43:30.159 it's a lawn that gets nuked with something instead of 1912 01:43:30.199 --> 01:43:34.680 having the proper dose done, or they spray twice too 1913 01:43:34.760 --> 01:43:37.600 close together. The label would say, no, wait this long 1914 01:43:37.680 --> 01:43:40.880 before you do it again. Read the label. That's the 1915 01:43:40.880 --> 01:43:45.760 bottom line. That's the advice for the day. That is important. 1916 01:43:46.279 --> 01:43:49.079 Ace Hardware stores are the kind of place where you 1917 01:43:49.159 --> 01:43:53.039 go and you find everything I recommend you need for gardens, 1918 01:43:53.039 --> 01:43:56.279 for lawns, for landscapes, for you know, you name it. 1919 01:43:56.920 --> 01:43:59.439 Ace Hardware has all of those products. If I talk 1920 01:43:59.479 --> 01:44:01.760 about a fird, it's going to be at Ace Hardware. 1921 01:44:02.439 --> 01:44:06.239 And there's forty Ace Hardware stores in the Greater Houston area. 1922 01:44:06.720 --> 01:44:09.760 Forty so it's easy to find one. Wherever you live, 1923 01:44:09.760 --> 01:44:12.680 there's gonna be one pretty close. And if you go 1924 01:44:12.720 --> 01:44:16.119 to ACE Hardware dot Com and find the store locator, 1925 01:44:16.159 --> 01:44:18.600 you can find the stores near you. But when you're 1926 01:44:18.720 --> 01:44:21.479 in Ace, you're going to find the fertilizers and the 1927 01:44:21.960 --> 01:44:26.039 insect control, disease control, weed control products. You're gonna find tools, 1928 01:44:26.199 --> 01:44:29.199 You're gonna find cool stuff for your patio outdoors. I 1929 01:44:29.279 --> 01:44:31.560 know it's it's a hardware store. We already know what 1930 01:44:31.640 --> 01:44:34.479 hardware stores carry. I'm talking about the lawn and garden 1931 01:44:34.520 --> 01:44:38.199 part of it. They have the products at Ace Hardware 1932 01:44:38.239 --> 01:44:41.119 and they're so convenient. All right, I'm gonna take a 1933 01:44:41.159 --> 01:44:43.920 little quick break here seven one three two one two 1934 01:44:44.239 --> 01:44:46.079 k t r H. I'll be right back. 1935 01:44:47.039 --> 01:44:51.079 Triggered snowflakes, the turds of our society, prepare for a 1936 01:44:51.159 --> 01:44:55.119 complete meltdown with the Michael Berry Show Monday at eight 1937 01:44:55.119 --> 01:44:59.720 am and five pm. Stop giving into these dumpy. 1938 01:45:00.279 --> 01:45:03.960 The garden center on two forty nine and Luetta. So 1939 01:45:04.000 --> 01:45:06.960 if you're on two forty nine going north toward Tombaugh, 1940 01:45:07.279 --> 01:45:11.239 exit Luetta and crossover Luetta, and it's right there on 1941 01:45:11.279 --> 01:45:14.039 the right hand side, it's been around for a long time. 1942 01:45:14.079 --> 01:45:14.239 You know. 1943 01:45:14.319 --> 01:45:18.880 The Flowery family has been I believe since nineteen seventy three. 1944 01:45:19.000 --> 01:45:23.159 That is a long time. They have been part of 1945 01:45:23.199 --> 01:45:27.399 the community and they know plants. They know what works here, 1946 01:45:27.439 --> 01:45:30.000 they know what doesn't work here. They've answered ten billion 1947 01:45:30.119 --> 01:45:33.800 questions from customers and helping customers have success, and that's 1948 01:45:33.800 --> 01:45:37.359 why they are so highly recommended by their customers. When 1949 01:45:37.399 --> 01:45:39.199 you go now, you're going to find some really cool 1950 01:45:39.239 --> 01:45:43.279 fall color, really nice like Croton's for example, the ones 1951 01:45:43.319 --> 01:45:46.840 that they and of themselves look like harvest season decorated, 1952 01:45:47.239 --> 01:45:51.159 some beautiful ornamental grasses that you know, the fall is 1953 01:45:51.199 --> 01:45:53.840 the time for ornamental grasses to put on their big show. 1954 01:45:54.239 --> 01:45:56.640 They've got that there and just a lot lot more. 1955 01:45:57.159 --> 01:45:58.680 If you have questions, if you want to bring a 1956 01:45:58.720 --> 01:46:01.039 sample of something in, put in the bag, bring it in. 1957 01:46:01.199 --> 01:46:04.000 They'll help you for it with it. They will also 1958 01:46:04.199 --> 01:46:06.159 if you just have questions or pictures on your phone, 1959 01:46:06.159 --> 01:46:08.600 they'll help you with that too. Plants for all seasons, 1960 01:46:08.640 --> 01:46:13.800 great plants, and outstanding service for the community. We're going 1961 01:46:13.880 --> 01:46:17.359 to head out now to bel Air and talk to Jane. Hey, Jane, 1962 01:46:17.399 --> 01:46:18.520 Welcome to garden Line. 1963 01:46:19.680 --> 01:46:26.680 Hello, I have some Asian jasmine that is infested with 1964 01:46:26.920 --> 01:46:31.119 bermuda grass. Is there anything I can spray on that 1965 01:46:31.760 --> 01:46:34.439 to kill the bermuda and save the jasmine? 1966 01:46:34.680 --> 01:46:39.600 Yes, there are two products. The easiest way for you 1967 01:46:39.680 --> 01:46:42.520 to have those products at hand is to go to 1968 01:46:42.560 --> 01:46:47.439 my website Gardening with Skip dot com. And there's a 1969 01:46:47.479 --> 01:46:49.680 publication I think it's the first one at the top 1970 01:46:50.079 --> 01:46:53.159 of the list of my publications. It's called Herbicides for 1971 01:46:53.239 --> 01:46:56.800 Skip's weed Wiper. Now you're not gonna treat these with 1972 01:46:56.840 --> 01:46:59.039 a weed wiper, but if you go down the list, 1973 01:46:59.079 --> 01:47:02.920 it says for grass see weeds what to use, and 1974 01:47:03.000 --> 01:47:06.039 I'll tell you the names of the ingredients, but just 1975 01:47:06.159 --> 01:47:08.359 know that at the website, if you forget, you can 1976 01:47:08.399 --> 01:47:11.640 just print that out and take it to wherever your shopping. 1977 01:47:12.560 --> 01:47:17.319 One of them is Setosiedim and it's if you look 1978 01:47:17.359 --> 01:47:20.560 at the first letters or S E T H the 1979 01:47:20.600 --> 01:47:24.720 boy's name. Okay. The other one is flu as a 1980 01:47:24.760 --> 01:47:30.640 flop and just remember flu a Z flu as. But 1981 01:47:30.760 --> 01:47:32.800 go to the website and you'll see those there. I 1982 01:47:32.840 --> 01:47:35.560 have a list of things that control woody plants, things 1983 01:47:35.560 --> 01:47:39.600 that control sedges, things that control grasses, things that control 1984 01:47:39.760 --> 01:47:42.359 underground bulbs like wild onions or wild garlic that comes 1985 01:47:42.439 --> 01:47:45.239 up in your lawn and it makes it real easy. 1986 01:47:45.960 --> 01:47:50.399 Wow, that's great. Okay, thank you so much. I appreciate it, 1987 01:47:50.439 --> 01:47:51.479 all right, Jane. 1988 01:47:51.159 --> 01:47:54.119 Thank you. I appreciate that. You know, I run into 1989 01:47:54.159 --> 01:47:56.439 people all the time that haven't been to the website, 1990 01:47:56.680 --> 01:47:59.960 and I just would really urge you to go bookmark 1991 01:48:00.119 --> 01:48:02.840 it because I'm always putting new stuff up there, and 1992 01:48:02.880 --> 01:48:07.119 some of these questions where it's like involved to try 1993 01:48:07.159 --> 01:48:10.439 to answer or spell things out on the air and stuff, 1994 01:48:11.239 --> 01:48:12.479 you can just go to the I'm going to be 1995 01:48:12.520 --> 01:48:14.279 sending you. Go to the website. Go to the website 1996 01:48:14.319 --> 01:48:16.279 because I take time to put it there and where 1997 01:48:16.319 --> 01:48:18.279 I can give a better answer than I do in 1998 01:48:18.279 --> 01:48:22.520 a very short phone call answer. So that is my 1999 01:48:22.680 --> 01:48:28.159 request if you will do that. I know you want 2000 01:48:28.159 --> 01:48:32.239 to have success with a fall garden and with beautiful 2001 01:48:32.239 --> 01:48:36.520 flower beds and with a lawn that just looks good. 2002 01:48:37.279 --> 01:48:40.159 And the thing you need to remember on success with 2003 01:48:40.319 --> 01:48:43.199 any of these plants is you want them to be 2004 01:48:43.239 --> 01:48:46.039 in the amount of sunlight they want, You want them 2005 01:48:46.079 --> 01:48:48.960 to be maintained and the way that they like, and 2006 01:48:49.000 --> 01:48:50.960 you want them to be in a quality soil. Fact, 2007 01:48:50.960 --> 01:48:54.920 that's first quality soil. If you've never grown a vegetable garden, 2008 01:48:55.079 --> 01:48:57.880 why not do one this year? Why not do it? 2009 01:48:57.960 --> 01:49:02.279 I mean, vegetable gardens are They are a blast And 2010 01:49:02.840 --> 01:49:04.840 think can you think of a better way to eat 2011 01:49:05.079 --> 01:49:08.560 than out of stuff you grew yourself? What is fifteen 2012 01:49:09.199 --> 01:49:14.359 fifteen hundred miles closer than where the grocery store stuff 2013 01:49:14.399 --> 01:49:18.479 came from? September late September is when we're planting things 2014 01:49:18.960 --> 01:49:22.079 like the blue leaf vegetables, the col crops super super 2015 01:49:22.159 --> 01:49:27.760 high on nutrition, cancer fighting characteristics as well, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, 2016 01:49:28.119 --> 01:49:33.800 co robbie collars, kale, all that. This is prime time. 2017 01:49:34.479 --> 01:49:38.520 Get that done now. It's important. Maybe a bulb type 2018 01:49:39.000 --> 01:49:42.239 or a swollen root type crop like beets, they can 2019 01:49:42.279 --> 01:49:46.199 go in now, Turnips can go in now, Radishes can 2020 01:49:46.239 --> 01:49:49.399 begin to go in as well. Those are all good 2021 01:49:49.520 --> 01:49:51.520 for the cool season. When we cool off a little bit, 2022 01:49:51.880 --> 01:49:53.840 we'll bump it a little bit later into the season 2023 01:49:53.880 --> 01:49:56.720 and start planning spinach. When thing's kind of cool off, 2024 01:49:56.760 --> 01:50:00.680 spinach picky about the heat. Lettuce can go in at 2025 01:50:00.680 --> 01:50:03.920 that time. Have you ever grown a regular rugula? Also 2026 01:50:04.079 --> 01:50:08.960 called rocket or roquat rocket. I believe arugula is a 2027 01:50:09.000 --> 01:50:13.119 wonderful little green that you use sparingly in a salad 2028 01:50:13.640 --> 01:50:17.720 for just adding a zip to the salad, and you know, 2029 01:50:17.800 --> 01:50:21.119 we slather our salad, the typical American salad. What is it? 2030 01:50:21.119 --> 01:50:28.000 It's iceberg, lettuce, some tomatoes that grew way far away 2031 01:50:28.079 --> 01:50:30.760 and had to be hard enough to be shipped, and 2032 01:50:30.800 --> 01:50:34.279 maybe some cut up cucumbers on it. Why not mix 2033 01:50:34.520 --> 01:50:37.159 a lot of different greens in a salad growing yourself. 2034 01:50:38.199 --> 01:50:40.960 You have flavors just from the green. Sorrel can be 2035 01:50:41.039 --> 01:50:45.800 planted now. It loves cool weather, and sorrel gives a 2036 01:50:45.880 --> 01:50:50.039 lemoni taste to your salads. The rugular by the way, 2037 01:50:50.039 --> 01:50:51.680 it's kind of a nutty and as it gets a 2038 01:50:51.720 --> 01:50:55.199 little older, it's kind of hot, little peppery flavor as well. 2039 01:50:55.239 --> 01:50:58.800 You can grow something called corn salad. I don't know 2040 01:50:58.880 --> 01:51:01.039 why they named it that. It's just a green that 2041 01:51:01.119 --> 01:51:03.520 grows in cool seat. And you can grow plantain greens 2042 01:51:04.119 --> 01:51:07.319 in the cool season. There's just a lot of wonderful 2043 01:51:07.359 --> 01:51:11.680 greens that you can grow and make your salads just 2044 01:51:11.880 --> 01:51:14.960 really sing with stuff you grew yourself. And if you 2045 01:51:15.000 --> 01:51:17.800 don't want to make a big garden in the backyard. 2046 01:51:18.039 --> 01:51:20.199 Maybe you don't have room, or maybe you just don't 2047 01:51:20.199 --> 01:51:22.079 want to plow up that much of the lawn to 2048 01:51:22.119 --> 01:51:25.119 make this big garden. You can garden and raise beds. 2049 01:51:25.279 --> 01:51:27.479 You can get you one of the metal raised beds 2050 01:51:27.520 --> 01:51:30.359 like a veggo bed. Set it on concrete if you want, 2051 01:51:31.000 --> 01:51:33.520 and you can grow stuff in it. It does really 2052 01:51:33.560 --> 01:51:38.319 well if you want to use containers. Pretty much every 2053 01:51:38.399 --> 01:51:41.520 vegetable can be grown in a container. Some it takes 2054 01:51:41.560 --> 01:51:46.079 a larger container, but in the cool season. Oh, I 2055 01:51:46.119 --> 01:51:48.560 grew carrots last year in a container. I'd never grown 2056 01:51:48.600 --> 01:51:51.199 carrots in a container before, and I did last year 2057 01:51:51.239 --> 01:51:53.399 and they did well. It was a very kind of 2058 01:51:53.399 --> 01:51:55.560 a taller container. It happened to be kind of thin, 2059 01:51:56.439 --> 01:51:58.880 but carrots grew well in it. In a good mix. 2060 01:52:00.159 --> 01:52:06.479 Grow onion as the green onions, the chives as well. 2061 01:52:06.520 --> 01:52:10.159 That great for flavoring. I like chop up chives and 2062 01:52:10.279 --> 01:52:13.039 scrambled eggs. I think that's a great way to use chives, 2063 01:52:13.079 --> 01:52:16.359 and also soups and things. Why not grow some stuff 2064 01:52:16.399 --> 01:52:19.279 if you've never been a vegetable gardener before, and if 2065 01:52:19.279 --> 01:52:20.920 you don't want to go all in in this big 2066 01:52:21.039 --> 01:52:24.800 vegetable garden. Try containers or just try raise bed. You 2067 01:52:24.800 --> 01:52:27.760 can put some herbs in it. We have some rosemary 2068 01:52:27.800 --> 01:52:30.840 and a raised bed that's kind of cascading over the 2069 01:52:30.880 --> 01:52:34.439 side of a raised bed, and the summer flowers that 2070 01:52:34.479 --> 01:52:36.039 have been in there for a long time are about 2071 01:52:36.079 --> 01:52:38.359 to be it all pulled out, and that thing is 2072 01:52:38.399 --> 01:52:41.520 going to be a major salad and soup garden if 2073 01:52:41.560 --> 01:52:46.119 you will for the cool season. It's fun and I 2074 01:52:46.159 --> 01:52:50.079 don't know, there's something rewarding about growing those things yourself. 2075 01:52:50.479 --> 01:52:53.840 You know you did it yourself. And if you got kids, 2076 01:52:54.000 --> 01:52:57.800 get them involved. Get kids involved in gardening. You know, 2077 01:52:58.279 --> 01:53:01.199 we are more likely to eat things grow and kids 2078 01:53:01.239 --> 01:53:03.680 that might turn their nose up at something, if they 2079 01:53:03.720 --> 01:53:06.159 grit theirself, there's a better chance they're probably going to 2080 01:53:06.199 --> 01:53:09.159 want to eat it and try it out, or they 2081 01:53:09.199 --> 01:53:12.520 will enjoy giving the certain if you produce a lot 2082 01:53:12.520 --> 01:53:14.600 of something, they'll enjoy give it away to friends and 2083 01:53:14.640 --> 01:53:18.680 family and neighbors and whatnot. But get kids involved in gardening. 2084 01:53:18.960 --> 01:53:21.560 They need to get their hands dirty. It will lead 2085 01:53:21.600 --> 01:53:23.760 to a healthier life. Our number one here I'm on 2086 01:53:23.800 --> 01:53:27.920 a soapbox again. Our number one health problem in this 2087 01:53:28.079 --> 01:53:31.159 country is because of stuff that goes in our mouth, 2088 01:53:31.960 --> 01:53:34.520 the way we eat fast food and a lot of 2089 01:53:34.560 --> 01:53:38.640 other processed types of things. When you grow your own garden, 2090 01:53:39.079 --> 01:53:42.640 you can turn that around. High fiber and up right 2091 01:53:42.680 --> 01:53:45.840 now I'm picking my okra. Still hope it holds on 2092 01:53:45.920 --> 01:53:48.560 for a long time because okra has soluble fiber and 2093 01:53:48.640 --> 01:53:52.279 it's got the insoluble fiber. Two different ways that okra 2094 01:53:52.399 --> 01:53:56.479 helps us. But that's just one example. Have a cool 2095 01:53:56.520 --> 01:53:58.720 season garden. Let's do that. You go to a garden center. 2096 01:53:58.760 --> 01:54:00.720 They'll get your pot if you need one, They'll get 2097 01:54:00.720 --> 01:54:02.520 you the soil. They're going to carry the soils that 2098 01:54:02.560 --> 01:54:04.359 you need to put in a pot, and they're going 2099 01:54:04.439 --> 01:54:06.279 to have the seeds if you want to plant those, 2100 01:54:06.399 --> 01:54:09.039 or the transplants if you want to do that. Just 2101 01:54:09.119 --> 01:54:11.640 get out and have fun. You know, gardening is not 2102 01:54:11.800 --> 01:54:15.239 rocket science. And if you think you have a brown thumb, 2103 01:54:15.439 --> 01:54:18.720 you don't. You have an uninformed thumb. Keep listening to 2104 01:54:18.800 --> 01:54:22.079 garden Line and we will help inform your thumb and 2105 01:54:22.239 --> 01:54:25.840 suddenly you'll find just how easy gardening can be a 2106 01:54:25.880 --> 01:54:30.239 lot of fun in the process. I want to remind 2107 01:54:30.279 --> 01:54:34.279 you that today after this show, is over. I'm going 2108 01:54:34.359 --> 01:54:38.520 to head to the clear Lake Wallbirds Unlimited, Clearelake Wallbirds 2109 01:54:38.560 --> 01:54:42.119 Unlimited the corner of El Dorado and clear Lake City. 2110 01:54:42.479 --> 01:54:45.479 So for all of you down in that direction south 2111 01:54:45.680 --> 01:54:49.000 and to the east, little bit friends would in Pairland 2112 01:54:49.039 --> 01:54:53.399 now saw By sebor Keenan Bakecliffe League City, all of that, 2113 01:54:53.479 --> 01:54:57.159 Deer Park, Laporte. Come on out to the Wallbirds Unlimited 2114 01:54:57.439 --> 01:55:00.039 in Claire Light. I'll be given away a lot of 2115 01:55:00.079 --> 01:55:03.159 good stuff. They're They're throwing in some Nectro defender, a 2116 01:55:03.239 --> 01:55:06.159 variety of seed blends and some other things. I'm going 2117 01:55:06.199 --> 01:55:09.279 to be bringing away some products, bringing some products myself 2118 01:55:09.279 --> 01:55:11.600 to give away. And I'm mainly there to answer your 2119 01:55:11.600 --> 01:55:15.079 gardening questions and to meet you. Put a face behind 2120 01:55:15.079 --> 01:55:17.720 the voice on the radio. Well, come on out to 2121 01:55:17.760 --> 01:55:22.560 clare Lake the wa Bird's Unlimited. Bring a bring some 2122 01:55:22.640 --> 01:55:24.880 plants in a bag for I D bring some photos 2123 01:55:25.000 --> 01:55:28.520 on your phone for questions. Come on out eleven thirty 2124 01:55:29.000 --> 01:55:32.399 to one thirty elder Ola Boulevard in Houston. 2125 01:55:34.119 --> 01:55:37.039 Not necessarily endorse any of the products or services advertised 2126 01:55:37.079 --> 01:55:41.800 on this program. Welcome to kat r H Guarded Line 2127 01:55:41.920 --> 01:55:43.039 with Scared Richard. 2128 01:55:43.079 --> 01:56:00.560 It's trim just watch him as so many backs. 2129 01:56:07.840 --> 01:56:15.600 They're not a sad Welcome back to Guarden Line, folks, 2130 01:56:15.840 --> 01:56:18.239 welcome back. We're glad to have you with us today. 2131 01:56:18.680 --> 01:56:18.880 Uh. 2132 01:56:18.920 --> 01:56:21.279 Before I went to break there, I was talking about 2133 01:56:21.319 --> 01:56:25.479 being at the Wall Birds Unlimited out in clear Lake. Uh, Clearlake. 2134 01:56:26.159 --> 01:56:28.680 It's I mentioned that's on the corner of El Dorado 2135 01:56:28.760 --> 01:56:31.079 and clear Lake City Boulevard. That I think the address 2136 01:56:31.079 --> 01:56:32.880 they go by is a Clearlake City address, But I'll 2137 01:56:32.880 --> 01:56:34.319 tell you another way. You can find it. When you're 2138 01:56:34.359 --> 01:56:37.319 at that intersection. There's a big ol'a g B and 2139 01:56:37.359 --> 01:56:39.479 it's right across the street from that, right across El 2140 01:56:39.520 --> 01:56:42.079 Dorado from the big old at. It's easy to find. 2141 01:56:42.239 --> 01:56:45.319 So come on out and let's talk about the things 2142 01:56:45.319 --> 01:56:46.479 that are of interest to you. 2143 01:56:46.880 --> 01:56:47.039 Uh. 2144 01:56:47.239 --> 01:56:50.359 Nitrofoss has a really cool thing for fall, and it's 2145 01:56:50.359 --> 01:56:54.720 called the Texas three Step. Three steps, Three things you 2146 01:56:54.920 --> 01:56:57.279 need to be doing in the fall. One of them 2147 01:56:57.520 --> 01:57:00.479 is their Nitrofoss Fall Special Winter Riser. That is a 2148 01:57:00.479 --> 01:57:03.560 product that has a different ratio of nutrients than we've 2149 01:57:03.560 --> 01:57:06.800 been fertilizing through the ear. Fall fertilization is different. We 2150 01:57:06.800 --> 01:57:10.840 want more potassium because potassium gives winter heartiness and it 2151 01:57:11.039 --> 01:57:15.359 also helps the lawn to go into winter strong and 2152 01:57:15.399 --> 01:57:20.880 to come out strong. Just hear this. Your spring lawn 2153 01:57:21.279 --> 01:57:25.159 new growth is based on the fertilization that it got 2154 01:57:25.239 --> 01:57:27.359 last fall. How strong did it go into winter? How 2155 01:57:27.359 --> 01:57:29.159 strong is it going to come out of winter. We 2156 01:57:29.239 --> 01:57:32.720 do spring fertilizing and summer fertilizing and whatnot, but fall 2157 01:57:32.760 --> 01:57:36.199 fertilization is very important for that. And Nitropus fall special 2158 01:57:36.239 --> 01:57:40.880 winterizer is that step two nitropous barricade to stop weeds 2159 01:57:40.880 --> 01:57:43.560 from ever getting a start all the cool season. Weeds 2160 01:57:43.600 --> 01:57:46.479 that in the spring are growing big and blooming and 2161 01:57:46.520 --> 01:57:51.840 everything they're controlled are prevented best prevented in the fall 2162 01:57:51.880 --> 01:57:54.399 with barricade. If you wait until they're big and growing 2163 01:57:54.439 --> 01:57:56.560 in blooming, you're going to have trouble controlling them. So 2164 01:57:56.600 --> 01:57:59.239 why not just prevent them with a fall application of barricade. 2165 01:57:59.279 --> 01:58:02.640 And then the finally nitrofoss eagle turffund deicide. It's a 2166 01:58:02.640 --> 01:58:06.840 systemic fund, decide. It moves into the plant's tissues and 2167 01:58:07.079 --> 01:58:10.880 it protects against large patch of brown patch, the big 2168 01:58:10.920 --> 01:58:13.640 circles everybody talks about. And it also has a pretty 2169 01:58:13.640 --> 01:58:16.920 good effect on take all root rot and if you 2170 01:58:16.920 --> 01:58:19.560 look at my schedule all that stuff I talk about 2171 01:58:19.560 --> 01:58:21.760 when to do it and when to do it for 2172 01:58:21.840 --> 01:58:24.560 the take all root rot and the and the patch disease, 2173 01:58:24.960 --> 01:58:27.920 we're talking about October. That's the prime time to get 2174 01:58:27.920 --> 01:58:29.720 that done. And you can get it all done with 2175 01:58:29.880 --> 01:58:33.560 Nitrofoss's three step. You go to Cyprosaces Hardware, You're going 2176 01:58:33.640 --> 01:58:35.920 to find it. You go to Plantation Hardware down there 2177 01:58:36.720 --> 01:58:39.960 in Rosenberg, Richmond Rosenberger, You're going to find it down 2178 01:58:40.000 --> 01:58:43.960 there as well. Nitropos three step all three makes it easy. 2179 01:58:44.079 --> 01:58:47.319 One two three, go home with three bags. You are 2180 01:58:47.359 --> 01:58:50.319 listening to Gardenline our phone number seven one three two 2181 01:58:50.319 --> 01:58:54.640 one two fifty eight seventy four seven one three two 2182 01:58:54.720 --> 01:58:58.880 one two five eight seven four as easy as that. 2183 01:59:00.239 --> 01:59:05.439 If you have some questions about how to successfully garden, 2184 01:59:05.560 --> 01:59:09.840 how does successfully grow vegetables, I'd start by asking your 2185 01:59:09.880 --> 01:59:12.279 garden centers, the places where you buy stuff, They're going 2186 01:59:12.319 --> 01:59:13.479 to be able to tell you how to do it. 2187 01:59:13.520 --> 01:59:16.239 You can certainly call garden Line ask a question here 2188 01:59:16.359 --> 01:59:19.800 if you want, But your Egglife Extension office is also 2189 01:59:19.840 --> 01:59:22.199 a good source of information on things like that. You 2190 01:59:22.239 --> 01:59:24.960 got county agents in every county and this whole listening area, 2191 01:59:25.439 --> 01:59:27.399 and in a number of the counties you got a 2192 01:59:27.399 --> 01:59:32.560 horticulturist Montgomery County, Harris County out there in Orange, down 2193 01:59:32.720 --> 01:59:36.880 in Brazoria and Fort Bend and Galveston Counties. What did 2194 01:59:36.880 --> 01:59:39.680 I say, Montgomery. I don't think I left anybody out. 2195 01:59:39.720 --> 01:59:42.359 They have horticulture agents that can help you. There's also 2196 01:59:42.399 --> 01:59:47.359 a website called Aggie Horticulture. Aggi Horticulture is a wonderful website. 2197 01:59:47.760 --> 01:59:52.560 When you go to it, it's aggihyphen Horticulture dot TAMU 2198 01:59:52.680 --> 01:59:56.520 dot edu. Forget all that, Just type in AGGI horticulture 2199 01:59:56.520 --> 01:59:59.720 into a search and you'll find it. On the front page. 2200 01:59:59.760 --> 02:00:04.800 There is gardening information, I mean a button for vegetable gardening, 2201 02:00:05.239 --> 02:00:08.760 and there is a publication on everything you could possibly 2202 02:00:08.800 --> 02:00:12.319 want to grow, from a regular to zucchini. It is 2203 02:00:12.359 --> 02:00:14.760 all there on the Aggihorticulture website. There's a section on 2204 02:00:14.840 --> 02:00:18.600 fruit too, that is the same thing. Free publications, easy 2205 02:00:18.640 --> 02:00:21.039 to find talks about how to grow all those things. 2206 02:00:21.159 --> 02:00:24.560 Why not take advantage of that free information. We're going 2207 02:00:24.600 --> 02:00:29.000 to go to Lake Conroe now and talk to Joanne. Hello, Joanne, 2208 02:00:29.039 --> 02:00:30.000 Welcome to Guarden line. 2209 02:00:30.920 --> 02:00:34.840 Thank you say, I have a I believe it's a 2210 02:00:34.920 --> 02:00:38.760 colist that I rescued from one of the box stores, 2211 02:00:39.359 --> 02:00:42.159 and it's in a pot and it's been doing okay, 2212 02:00:42.199 --> 02:00:48.079 but I'm noticing that the stocks are getting woody, and 2213 02:00:48.720 --> 02:00:53.479 at the tips of some it's really really dark, and 2214 02:00:53.800 --> 02:00:57.600 I could just break it right off with my fingers 2215 02:00:57.720 --> 02:00:59.800 at the tip some of the leads are a little 2216 02:00:59.800 --> 02:01:04.760 bit on the browning side. 2217 02:01:06.640 --> 02:01:09.640 Well, I think a picture would be more helpful here. 2218 02:01:10.600 --> 02:01:15.079 There are there are some blights that could affects. They're 2219 02:01:15.119 --> 02:01:17.880 not real common in Colius in general. We don't just 2220 02:01:18.439 --> 02:01:19.199 see them everywhere. 2221 02:01:19.680 --> 02:01:22.079 But I put some seven on it, and then I 2222 02:01:22.119 --> 02:01:25.159 did bring a piece over to aa uh there in 2223 02:01:25.760 --> 02:01:30.159 Montgomery and they said possibly a fertilizer. So other than that, 2224 02:01:30.359 --> 02:01:31.560 I don't know what else to do. 2225 02:01:31.800 --> 02:01:33.760 Yeah, well, I would do that if you. If you 2226 02:01:33.840 --> 02:01:35.479 want to send me a picture to look out to 2227 02:01:35.520 --> 02:01:37.640 see if I'm seeing anything, send me one of the 2228 02:01:37.640 --> 02:01:39.920 whole planet and then a couple up as close as 2229 02:01:39.960 --> 02:01:41.520 you can get. But before you send them, make sure 2230 02:01:41.520 --> 02:01:44.640 they're well focused. I'll be glad to look at it. 2231 02:01:45.439 --> 02:01:47.279 You know, Colius is going to be heading out when 2232 02:01:47.279 --> 02:01:49.720 it gets cold, but it sure puts on a beautiful 2233 02:01:49.760 --> 02:01:51.920 fall show. So now's a good time to put Yeah. 2234 02:01:51.760 --> 02:01:54.800 They're nice, and I have little frigs coming out little 2235 02:01:55.039 --> 02:01:59.479 that I kip off because of the little lavender peaks. 2236 02:01:59.680 --> 02:02:04.840 Yeah, okay, well and if you have if you yeah, 2237 02:02:04.960 --> 02:02:06.880 just hang on. I'm gonna put you on holding, Chris. 2238 02:02:06.960 --> 02:02:08.640 We'll give you the email. Let me take a look 2239 02:02:08.640 --> 02:02:13.239 at those pictures before I go recommending something that I 2240 02:02:13.279 --> 02:02:15.800 haven't even seen the plant. All right, thank you, appreciate 2241 02:02:15.840 --> 02:02:18.560 that joint. You are listening to garden Line. Our phone 2242 02:02:18.600 --> 02:02:21.479 number is seven to one three two one two five 2243 02:02:21.560 --> 02:02:24.279 eight seven four. We're in the last hour this morning. 2244 02:02:24.800 --> 02:02:26.760 You can listen to guarden Line from six to ten 2245 02:02:26.880 --> 02:02:30.600 on Saturdays and Sundays. You can listen on the radio. 2246 02:02:30.960 --> 02:02:33.760 You can listen on your computer. You can listen on 2247 02:02:33.800 --> 02:02:37.159 an app on your phone. I use the iHeartMedia app 2248 02:02:37.199 --> 02:02:40.720 and you type in garden Line, and not only can 2249 02:02:40.760 --> 02:02:43.399 you listen live, but all the past shows are going 2250 02:02:43.479 --> 02:02:46.239 to be loaded up and you can go back and 2251 02:02:46.279 --> 02:02:48.159 listen to pass shows if you go to the website 2252 02:02:48.239 --> 02:02:51.439 route for example, uh and that way, if you missed 2253 02:02:51.560 --> 02:02:54.439 last week, you can hear last week now if you'd 2254 02:02:54.520 --> 02:02:57.079 like to do that, tell your friends about garden Line. 2255 02:02:57.119 --> 02:03:01.239 Our advice doesn't just apply to right now here, and 2256 02:03:01.439 --> 02:03:03.640 there's a lot of things I think they would be 2257 02:03:03.760 --> 02:03:06.920 interested in. We do have listeners in a pretty wide 2258 02:03:06.960 --> 02:03:12.399 area outside the greater Houston area. Also, Fix my Slab 2259 02:03:12.640 --> 02:03:16.880 Foundation Repair Fix my Slab. That is the go to 2260 02:03:17.000 --> 02:03:20.359 place if you want to get good advice. If you 2261 02:03:20.359 --> 02:03:24.760 want to get advice that is going to be let's say, accurate, 2262 02:03:24.880 --> 02:03:27.840 where they're not just trying to sell you something. Fix 2263 02:03:27.920 --> 02:03:32.199 my Slab is a place to go. Tie specializes in 2264 02:03:32.760 --> 02:03:36.520 being on time, giving you a fair price, and fixing 2265 02:03:36.560 --> 02:03:38.600 it right. And if it doesn't need fixing, he'll tell 2266 02:03:38.640 --> 02:03:41.399 you that. I've had conversations with him where yeah, that 2267 02:03:41.439 --> 02:03:44.479 doesn't that's not bad enough to need fixing yet, So 2268 02:03:44.800 --> 02:03:47.840 call him two eight one, two five five forty nine, 2269 02:03:47.960 --> 02:03:52.199 forty nine, or just go to the website fixmyslab dot com. 2270 02:03:52.359 --> 02:03:55.079 Ty's been doing this for twenty three years. So you know, 2271 02:03:55.199 --> 02:03:57.319 the minute I see cracks in a brick outside, or 2272 02:03:57.359 --> 02:04:02.560 cracks in the sheet rock inside, or maybe a wall crack, 2273 02:04:02.720 --> 02:04:05.239 you know, a what am I trying to say? Sticky door? 2274 02:04:05.399 --> 02:04:08.600 That's the other that means something is shifted significantly and 2275 02:04:08.640 --> 02:04:12.880 it's time to get tie a call fixmslab dot com 2276 02:04:13.000 --> 02:04:17.960 ty Strictly, I like being able to recommend compuestion. 2277 02:04:18.159 --> 02:04:22.239 I've been working on here for a transplant. A tree 2278 02:04:22.680 --> 02:04:27.319 that's kind of growed from from nothing into about oh 2279 02:04:27.319 --> 02:04:31.000 it's probably about five foot tall now, maybe six, and 2280 02:04:31.119 --> 02:04:32.239 it's got about. 2281 02:04:31.920 --> 02:04:36.279 An inch inch and a half uh stem coming up, 2282 02:04:37.600 --> 02:04:41.159 and it's right next to the house, and I just say, man, 2283 02:04:41.239 --> 02:04:43.319 I just don't want this thing to grow too much 2284 02:04:43.359 --> 02:04:47.560 further before I take it out. But I want to 2285 02:04:47.640 --> 02:04:48.399 keep the tree. 2286 02:04:48.760 --> 02:04:50.640 I want to either put it in the pot and 2287 02:04:51.800 --> 02:04:56.359 transplant it later, or just transplant it someplace else in. 2288 02:04:56.319 --> 02:04:58.720 The yard to where I don't have to worry about. 2289 02:04:58.479 --> 02:05:02.279 It ruining it when I to make sure it doesn't 2290 02:05:02.560 --> 02:05:03.720 know it'll destroy it. 2291 02:05:04.119 --> 02:05:07.840 Yeah, well, first of all, let it cool off, let 2292 02:05:07.880 --> 02:05:12.000 it drop some leaves. Get into November sometime would be 2293 02:05:12.000 --> 02:05:15.640 a good time to move it. The least stress time 2294 02:05:15.680 --> 02:05:18.239 of the year is winter on a tree, late late fall, 2295 02:05:18.319 --> 02:05:21.840 winter early early spring, and so you'll get moved early 2296 02:05:21.880 --> 02:05:24.319 in that time. You want to cut out as wide 2297 02:05:24.359 --> 02:05:27.399 out as you can get. Probably if you could get 2298 02:05:27.600 --> 02:05:32.000 you know, eighteen inches out on both sides all around 2299 02:05:32.079 --> 02:05:34.600 a tree. What I do is, I like cut out 2300 02:05:34.640 --> 02:05:37.840 a little trench around the tree, and if you can 2301 02:05:37.880 --> 02:05:39.960 get it down on a tree like that, if you 2302 02:05:39.960 --> 02:05:44.640 could get it down to about boy maybe eight inches 2303 02:05:44.920 --> 02:05:47.600 down below the surface, and then I have a flat 2304 02:05:47.600 --> 02:05:50.880 shovel that I cut underneath with and then lean it 2305 02:05:50.920 --> 02:05:53.600 one way with that soil and then slide a tarp 2306 02:05:53.720 --> 02:05:56.119 under it. Then you cut the other side and you 2307 02:05:56.119 --> 02:05:58.279 can slide it onto the tarp. See we're trying to 2308 02:05:58.319 --> 02:06:01.800 avoid picking up that soil. That soil is heavy, and 2309 02:06:02.279 --> 02:06:05.760 if you pick it up, your chiropractor's kids will have 2310 02:06:05.800 --> 02:06:08.520 the plenty of money to go to college. Uh yeah, 2311 02:06:08.600 --> 02:06:12.239 we don't want to. And so so you get it 2312 02:06:12.279 --> 02:06:14.520 like that, and then on the tarp you can slide it. 2313 02:06:14.960 --> 02:06:17.239 One guy could could slide a lot a lot of 2314 02:06:17.239 --> 02:06:20.039 weight across, but get a couple. If you want to 2315 02:06:20.079 --> 02:06:22.039 have people pick up the four corners of a tarp 2316 02:06:22.199 --> 02:06:24.520 and carry it, you can do that. But get it 2317 02:06:24.560 --> 02:06:26.079 to it's a new place. Do you already have a 2318 02:06:26.079 --> 02:06:27.680 spot where you know you want to plant it? 2319 02:06:28.640 --> 02:06:32.680 Well, I'm fixed to probably sell this place and I 2320 02:06:32.720 --> 02:06:35.119 want to take that tree with me. So it would 2321 02:06:35.119 --> 02:06:36.439 it be better if I put it in. 2322 02:06:36.319 --> 02:06:39.760 At yes, like a bigger pot. Yes, that changes what 2323 02:06:39.840 --> 02:06:43.079 I just said I would. I would pull it up. 2324 02:06:43.479 --> 02:06:45.840 You're not going to make as big of a circle 2325 02:06:46.079 --> 02:06:48.039 cutting out because it's got to fit in a pot. 2326 02:06:48.920 --> 02:06:52.039 Get it in and get some quality mix down in 2327 02:06:52.079 --> 02:06:54.760 the pot. Some the soil can fall off the roots, 2328 02:06:54.800 --> 02:06:57.520 that's fine. Put the quality mix around them too. Get 2329 02:06:57.520 --> 02:07:00.359 it in the pot, Water it and keep it in 2330 02:07:00.560 --> 02:07:06.239 a shady location for a while, just to minimize the 2331 02:07:06.319 --> 02:07:08.560 transplant shock. If it doesn't have any leaves on it, 2332 02:07:08.560 --> 02:07:10.840 it's not going to use much water. Butt you still 2333 02:07:10.960 --> 02:07:13.079 need to water because those roots will grow all winter 2334 02:07:14.239 --> 02:07:17.720 to some degree. And so don't let it dry out. Uh. 2335 02:07:17.800 --> 02:07:20.560 And and then you can take it with you wherever 2336 02:07:20.560 --> 02:07:21.039 you want to go. 2337 02:07:22.159 --> 02:07:23.640 All right, Well that sounds good. 2338 02:07:23.680 --> 02:07:24.439 That sounds good. 2339 02:07:24.439 --> 02:07:28.199 One of the questions, uh of Saint august or sorry 2340 02:07:28.640 --> 02:07:33.800 I got Saint Augustine? I got these, uh Virginia button weeds. 2341 02:07:33.880 --> 02:07:35.840 Just I try to. 2342 02:07:35.800 --> 02:07:37.960 Pick them by hand, and I stay ahead of it. 2343 02:07:38.000 --> 02:07:40.000 But this year I wasn't able to do to some 2344 02:07:40.039 --> 02:07:41.199 fiscal health problems. 2345 02:07:41.279 --> 02:07:42.399 Yes, and now they're. 2346 02:07:42.239 --> 02:07:46.800 Starting to really they're they're really spreading. Yeah, when's the 2347 02:07:46.840 --> 02:07:48.520 best time to treat it and what should have. 2348 02:07:48.439 --> 02:07:48.880 Treat it with? 2349 02:07:49.000 --> 02:07:53.119 Okay, Virginia button weed during the growing season, you can 2350 02:07:53.279 --> 02:07:54.960 it has the foliage out there. You can get a 2351 02:07:55.000 --> 02:07:57.640 spray on it. Uh and and it works. I would 2352 02:07:57.720 --> 02:08:01.439 use a product called Celsius, like the temperature Celsius, but 2353 02:08:02.319 --> 02:08:05.079 do it and you could do it now, hit it now. 2354 02:08:05.439 --> 02:08:08.680 It's not that weed is hard to kill. And even 2355 02:08:08.680 --> 02:08:11.039 with Celsius, you can spray it in the spring and 2356 02:08:11.079 --> 02:08:15.319 then about probably six weeks later read the label. I 2357 02:08:15.359 --> 02:08:17.479 think it's about six weeks later you spray it again 2358 02:08:18.239 --> 02:08:22.920 to make sure you got it. But Celsius allows you 2359 02:08:22.960 --> 02:08:24.920 to spray it in a little bit warmer temperature than 2360 02:08:24.920 --> 02:08:28.119 most of the other products, and it also works well. 2361 02:08:28.239 --> 02:08:32.640 Remember Virginia button weed likes wet conditions, so anything you 2362 02:08:32.680 --> 02:08:36.279 can do to let that soil dry out considerably between 2363 02:08:36.319 --> 02:08:41.880 waterings will help by not causing it to proliferate so 2364 02:08:42.039 --> 02:08:46.560 much like it will in wet soil. All right, there 2365 02:08:46.560 --> 02:08:48.960 we go, Thank you very much for that question. We're 2366 02:08:48.960 --> 02:08:51.000 going to go to Cheryl in Montgomery. 2367 02:08:51.000 --> 02:08:53.600 Hello, Cheryl, good morning. 2368 02:08:54.640 --> 02:08:57.960 I have four flower beds that are planted exactly the same. 2369 02:08:58.520 --> 02:09:01.680 But the issue is to them have what I guess 2370 02:09:01.720 --> 02:09:05.560 some of my neighbors say is nutshage grass. Yes, and 2371 02:09:05.960 --> 02:09:09.439 it's so thick with it. I've been told pull it, 2372 02:09:09.560 --> 02:09:12.560 don't pull it, treat it. And then I've also been 2373 02:09:12.640 --> 02:09:14.760 told to dig it all out and put in new 2374 02:09:14.800 --> 02:09:17.279 soil because the soil could have brought it in. 2375 02:09:17.479 --> 02:09:18.600 I don't know what to believe. 2376 02:09:18.680 --> 02:09:19.920 Well, if you dig it out, you're gonna have to 2377 02:09:19.960 --> 02:09:21.840 dig it out a foot deeper, and you may still 2378 02:09:21.840 --> 02:09:25.640 have a nut or two down below that. But I 2379 02:09:25.760 --> 02:09:29.560 would I have put together some publications just for this. 2380 02:09:30.279 --> 02:09:35.039 If you go to my website, Gardening with Skip dot com, 2381 02:09:35.239 --> 02:09:38.560 you'll see there's tips for winning the War on nuts Edge. 2382 02:09:38.720 --> 02:09:41.239 That's kind of the real fast, quick, easy one pager, 2383 02:09:41.720 --> 02:09:44.880 and then there's going nuts over Nutsedge, and that is 2384 02:09:44.880 --> 02:09:48.199 the three pager, and it explains the different kinds of 2385 02:09:48.279 --> 02:09:50.800 nuts edge and how we go about controlling it. And 2386 02:09:50.840 --> 02:09:54.119 here's the deal. If I were to summarize it, this 2387 02:09:54.159 --> 02:09:57.600 isn't enough information. Go to the publication for that. But 2388 02:09:57.640 --> 02:10:00.239 if I were to summarize it, I would say jump 2389 02:10:00.319 --> 02:10:03.039 on it early in the spring and never let it up. 2390 02:10:03.079 --> 02:10:06.119 For air when you spray and it goes down and 2391 02:10:06.159 --> 02:10:08.640 here comes some more. When it has three to five leaves, 2392 02:10:08.680 --> 02:10:11.640 you gotta spray it again. And the products for that 2393 02:10:11.840 --> 02:10:18.119 are on this publication. Sedgehammer is one example. But what 2394 02:10:18.279 --> 02:10:23.199 people do is they wait to start controlling it and 2395 02:10:23.399 --> 02:10:27.199 it proliferates during that weight, or they control it for 2396 02:10:27.239 --> 02:10:31.159 a while and then they stop and it proliferates during 2397 02:10:31.239 --> 02:10:34.560 that stopped time. So you got to stay on it, 2398 02:10:34.720 --> 02:10:36.560 never let it up for air. When it has three 2399 02:10:36.600 --> 02:10:39.720 to five leaves, it needs to be getting sprayed. And 2400 02:10:39.960 --> 02:10:42.399 if you stay with that starting in spring, I would 2401 02:10:42.439 --> 02:10:44.479 spray it now. I sprayed some in my yard just 2402 02:10:44.520 --> 02:10:48.479 the other day. I would spray it now, but especially 2403 02:10:48.520 --> 02:10:50.800 in the spring when you first see the nutsedge coming 2404 02:10:50.880 --> 02:10:53.560 up and it's got three to five leaves, start in 2405 02:10:53.600 --> 02:10:54.720 on it at that time. 2406 02:10:55.239 --> 02:10:55.960 Yeah. 2407 02:10:56.199 --> 02:10:59.239 So one more question regarding that, what can I do 2408 02:10:59.319 --> 02:11:07.399 immediately because I'm getting letters from the HOA. 2409 02:11:09.239 --> 02:11:12.640 Well, I mean, you could spray something that just basically 2410 02:11:12.680 --> 02:11:16.159 burns the top off, but that's not going to accomplish much. 2411 02:11:17.039 --> 02:11:18.960 I would appeal to the HOA that you got a 2412 02:11:19.000 --> 02:11:22.159 product on a sedge hammer. These products that I'm recommending 2413 02:11:22.159 --> 02:11:25.680 in this sheet. They take a while. It may be 2414 02:11:25.720 --> 02:11:28.319 two weeks and you're going, oh, that didn't do anything. Oh, 2415 02:11:28.399 --> 02:11:31.399 yes it did. It's working its way, and that plant 2416 02:11:31.439 --> 02:11:34.399 will go downhill. I had some I sprayed ten days ago, 2417 02:11:34.439 --> 02:11:38.119 and I'm barely seeing the first signs of the product. 2418 02:11:38.640 --> 02:11:41.319 But i know it's the one that's going down there working. 2419 02:11:41.399 --> 02:11:44.439 Other stuff doesn't get down there and kill the nut. 2420 02:11:44.439 --> 02:11:46.439 And that's why people spray and say it doesn't work. 2421 02:11:48.119 --> 02:11:52.319 Gotcha, very good, Thank you so much. 2422 02:11:52.560 --> 02:11:57.119 Yes, you bet appreciate your call. Thank you. Yeah, that 2423 02:11:58.079 --> 02:12:00.439 is the way it is. Let's go out to Conroe 2424 02:12:00.600 --> 02:12:02.840 now and we're going to talk to Marie. Hello Marie, 2425 02:12:02.880 --> 02:12:03.800 welcome to guard Line. 2426 02:12:07.039 --> 02:12:07.880 Hello Skip. 2427 02:12:08.560 --> 02:12:12.119 I have a question regarding a Wex myrtle tree. I 2428 02:12:12.159 --> 02:12:14.920 have an area that or a raised bed that's about 2429 02:12:14.960 --> 02:12:17.439 four and a half feet wide by nine feet long. 2430 02:12:17.640 --> 02:12:20.439 I've got a dead rose of Sharon there and I'm 2431 02:12:20.479 --> 02:12:24.159 trying to decide if by shooting instead planta Wex myrtle 2432 02:12:24.199 --> 02:12:26.520 tree that will give me semi privacy. 2433 02:12:27.359 --> 02:12:28.720 Uh, it is okay. 2434 02:12:28.760 --> 02:12:32.039 And that bed is layered with turks caps and laurel 2435 02:12:32.119 --> 02:12:35.520 plums and elo cassius. But again, the width is four 2436 02:12:35.560 --> 02:12:39.159 and a half feet white. Will that be okay for 2437 02:12:39.199 --> 02:12:41.159 a wax myrtle tree or not? 2438 02:12:42.840 --> 02:12:45.640 So when you say tree, you're you're talking about a 2439 02:12:45.680 --> 02:12:49.359 single trunk coming up with a top on it plan. 2440 02:12:49.319 --> 02:12:54.359 Will I I have no experience with a wex myrtle tree, 2441 02:12:54.399 --> 02:12:57.399 because I've read that I could go that route or 2442 02:12:57.560 --> 02:12:59.960 simply limit up with multi. 2443 02:13:00.680 --> 02:13:02.840 Yeah, yes, you could do it either way. I wouldn't 2444 02:13:02.880 --> 02:13:06.159 do a single I would do multi. Cut off things 2445 02:13:06.199 --> 02:13:08.840 that are not what you want. They're not part of 2446 02:13:08.840 --> 02:13:13.319 those three trunks or usually people do about three uh, 2447 02:13:13.359 --> 02:13:15.359 and then trim it up and it gets higher. If 2448 02:13:15.359 --> 02:13:17.199 it gets higher, could it be a little wider than 2449 02:13:17.239 --> 02:13:18.399 four feet? 2450 02:13:19.600 --> 02:13:19.760 Uh? 2451 02:13:20.319 --> 02:13:21.000 Yes, it's uh. 2452 02:13:21.279 --> 02:13:22.760 The area is four and a half feet. 2453 02:13:22.760 --> 02:13:26.600 But then I've got some roses, some double knockout roses 2454 02:13:26.680 --> 02:13:30.760 on one side and the crushed limestone gravel pamp on 2455 02:13:30.800 --> 02:13:33.000 the other side, so it's really four and a half 2456 02:13:33.000 --> 02:13:33.720 feet wide. 2457 02:13:34.880 --> 02:13:37.279 Well, I tell you that's you can keep a wax 2458 02:13:37.319 --> 02:13:40.760 myrtle that narrow, but you're gonna be printing it a lot. 2459 02:13:40.960 --> 02:13:43.279 And so I'm kind of wondering if you really even 2460 02:13:43.319 --> 02:13:46.439 want a tree there with that small of a four 2461 02:13:46.479 --> 02:13:49.479 and a half feet. There's not gonna be anything that 2462 02:13:50.199 --> 02:13:50.840 you know is. 2463 02:13:51.960 --> 02:13:54.119 So I might seem like I should stick with the 2464 02:13:54.239 --> 02:13:55.680 rows of sharing in that area. 2465 02:13:55.800 --> 02:13:59.199 Then well, rows of sharon get bigger than four and 2466 02:13:59.239 --> 02:14:02.920 a half feet too. Uh, either way, you can do either. 2467 02:14:03.159 --> 02:14:06.399 You've said something about blocking a view, right, Well. 2468 02:14:06.359 --> 02:14:08.520 Seem like privacy. And of course the roads up sure, 2469 02:14:08.560 --> 02:14:11.479 and you know they get us down during the winter time. 2470 02:14:11.359 --> 02:14:15.439 So yes, it's deciduous. Yeah, well, you can give the 2471 02:14:15.880 --> 02:14:18.000 give this a try. Just know that you're going to 2472 02:14:18.039 --> 02:14:21.960 be stay busy keeping it into the shape and size 2473 02:14:21.960 --> 02:14:24.399 you want. But you can do that. It's possible. 2474 02:14:24.439 --> 02:14:26.920 Any idea, any idea how many times a year I 2475 02:14:27.000 --> 02:14:27.800 have to be pruning? 2476 02:14:27.880 --> 02:14:28.000 It? 2477 02:14:28.039 --> 02:14:33.319 Would this be like monthly or pro probably quarterly? Oh okay, 2478 02:14:33.359 --> 02:14:35.800 you know you could do it probably quarterly, and that 2479 02:14:35.800 --> 02:14:40.119 that would be fine, wonderful. All right, Marie, you bet, 2480 02:14:40.199 --> 02:14:43.960 thank you for the for the call. Uh, we're gonna 2481 02:14:44.000 --> 02:14:47.039 go now, let's see Dan and Eagle Lake. I'm about 2482 02:14:47.039 --> 02:14:49.399 a minute before the news, but let's get started on 2483 02:14:49.439 --> 02:14:51.399 your call and we can continue after the break. 2484 02:14:54.319 --> 02:14:59.920 Okay, good morning, good morning, morning to good morning to all. 2485 02:15:01.039 --> 02:15:03.319 Just a fast question, I think you can just we 2486 02:15:03.359 --> 02:15:08.960 can do this spacing between the rows and spacing between 2487 02:15:09.640 --> 02:15:10.560 red la soda. 2488 02:15:10.880 --> 02:15:14.640 Specifically, I'll put mine about eight inches apart. They could 2489 02:15:14.680 --> 02:15:17.680 be a foot apart if you wanted, but most of 2490 02:15:17.720 --> 02:15:20.680 the potatoes are going to set within about six to 2491 02:15:20.760 --> 02:15:23.800 eight inches of the base of that plant, so about 2492 02:15:23.840 --> 02:15:27.159 that far. As far as the road distance, give them 2493 02:15:27.199 --> 02:15:29.720 a little more space, but not you don't need a 2494 02:15:29.760 --> 02:15:31.880 lot more, maybe a foot foot and a half. I 2495 02:15:32.000 --> 02:15:35.079 usually have about twelve to eighteen inches between roads. There. 2496 02:15:35.880 --> 02:15:38.600 We're going to start off by going straight out to 2497 02:15:38.720 --> 02:15:41.560 Jersey Village and talking to Chris. Hello, Chris, welcome to 2498 02:15:41.600 --> 02:15:42.039 guard Mine. 2499 02:15:43.279 --> 02:15:44.920 All right, thank you for taking my call. 2500 02:15:45.920 --> 02:15:46.479 You bet. 2501 02:15:48.800 --> 02:15:54.159 I've got in my front flower bed. Actually it's just 2502 02:15:54.279 --> 02:15:58.319 one this little thorny thing, and I mean those thorns 2503 02:15:58.359 --> 02:15:59.079 are fears. 2504 02:16:00.159 --> 02:16:01.000 I've worn. 2505 02:16:02.960 --> 02:16:07.359 Leather construction job construction gloves to pull the things up, 2506 02:16:07.880 --> 02:16:10.920 and they go right through the gloves. And it's got 2507 02:16:10.960 --> 02:16:17.359 a wooden root and I don't know what it is. 2508 02:16:18.159 --> 02:16:21.560 But what I would like is that you had something 2509 02:16:21.600 --> 02:16:23.840 that I could spray on it or put on it 2510 02:16:24.319 --> 02:16:27.119 that would kill it and not affect the other. 2511 02:16:29.119 --> 02:16:29.760 Surrounding. 2512 02:16:30.720 --> 02:16:36.959 Okay, vegetation yeah, well there, you'll have to go about 2513 02:16:36.959 --> 02:16:39.000 it a certain way. I really would like to know 2514 02:16:39.040 --> 02:16:42.319 what it is based on that description, I'm not real sure. 2515 02:16:42.840 --> 02:16:44.840 Can you describe the leaves real quick for me? 2516 02:16:46.399 --> 02:16:50.440 Yeah, they're kind of like they look like when it 2517 02:16:50.520 --> 02:16:55.479 leaves out, it looks like a fan, you know, waving 2518 02:16:55.639 --> 02:17:02.079 like a waving fan. And uh, it doesn't get very big, 2519 02:17:02.120 --> 02:17:06.399 but I mean it's going all over that one flower bed. Okay, 2520 02:17:06.760 --> 02:17:09.639 and you know I really want to, you know, kill it. 2521 02:17:09.719 --> 02:17:13.959 All right, well, let me let's do this. Boh, if 2522 02:17:14.000 --> 02:17:18.680 you will, I'm sorry, Chris, If you will, hold on, 2523 02:17:18.799 --> 02:17:20.840 I'm going to put you on hold and have my 2524 02:17:20.879 --> 02:17:24.280 producer give you an email. Send me some close up 2525 02:17:24.280 --> 02:17:27.319 pictures and sharp focus of this plant's leaves if it 2526 02:17:27.399 --> 02:17:30.079 had flowers, show those. But let me see some pictures 2527 02:17:30.159 --> 02:17:32.079 and let me make sure I know what we're talking about, 2528 02:17:32.120 --> 02:17:34.159 and I'll reply with what to do for it. 2529 02:17:34.200 --> 02:17:36.840 Okay, Okay, appreciate that. 2530 02:17:37.159 --> 02:17:40.319 You bet you bet glad glad to help them do that. 2531 02:17:40.799 --> 02:17:43.319 You know I could always guess, but I'm telling you 2532 02:17:43.479 --> 02:17:46.440 it's better if I don't, because sometimes things aren't what 2533 02:17:46.440 --> 02:17:50.840 they seem. You've heard me talking about Jorges Hidden Gardens 2534 02:17:50.840 --> 02:17:54.600 done in Alvin before Ray just keeps it, just keeps growing, 2535 02:17:54.680 --> 02:17:56.719 getting better down there. I tell you he's got a 2536 02:17:56.920 --> 02:17:59.920 lot of wonderful trees, and fall is for planting. He 2537 02:18:00.120 --> 02:18:02.920 has a great selection out, a bunch of new roses 2538 02:18:02.959 --> 02:18:05.479 that have come in if you like, if you like 2539 02:18:05.520 --> 02:18:08.719 fruiting plants. He has three different kinds of thornless blackberries. 2540 02:18:08.719 --> 02:18:11.559 Maybe more, but I know I know of three that 2541 02:18:11.719 --> 02:18:14.200 all do well here, and fall is a good time 2542 02:18:14.239 --> 02:18:16.559 to plan them. They're ready to go, waiting for you 2543 02:18:16.600 --> 02:18:17.479 to come get them. 2544 02:18:17.680 --> 02:18:17.799 Uh. 2545 02:18:18.280 --> 02:18:22.959 Orges Hidden Gardens is on Elizabeth Road in Alvin, Texas. 2546 02:18:23.079 --> 02:18:25.920 So all of you way downs out there, this is 2547 02:18:25.959 --> 02:18:29.600 your hometown garden center, Elizabeth Road in Alvin, Texas, Jorges 2548 02:18:29.680 --> 02:18:32.959 Hidden Gardens. You need to go by and check them out. 2549 02:18:33.280 --> 02:18:36.959 He one thing that he also has I wanted to 2550 02:18:36.959 --> 02:18:40.479 mention is citrus. There's a good selection of cetrus as 2551 02:18:40.520 --> 02:18:44.000 well down in his gardens, or it is his nursery 2552 02:18:44.000 --> 02:18:47.319 there in town. All right, folks, we're going to go 2553 02:18:47.479 --> 02:18:50.159 back out now. Let's see, we're going to go to 2554 02:18:50.239 --> 02:18:51.360 Bow in Houston. 2555 02:18:51.399 --> 02:18:57.440 Hello bo, Hey, good morning morning, Hey, quick question, hopefully 2556 02:18:58.760 --> 02:19:00.840 me and a couple of family's been trying to grow 2557 02:19:00.840 --> 02:19:03.040 this night blooming serious plant for a couple. 2558 02:19:02.879 --> 02:19:04.680 Of years and we haven't had been able to get 2559 02:19:04.719 --> 02:19:08.159 the flower. My grandmother had one that would flower before 2560 02:19:08.200 --> 02:19:11.159 the freeze, and this new one just doesn't. We don't 2561 02:19:11.159 --> 02:19:12.920 know what to do. You have any suggestions for. 2562 02:19:12.799 --> 02:19:16.040 Me, Well, getting it in the right amount of light, 2563 02:19:16.920 --> 02:19:20.639 not over fertilizing it. That that would be important to 2564 02:19:20.760 --> 02:19:25.680 not over fertilize night blooming jasmine. Making sure the soul 2565 02:19:25.760 --> 02:19:31.280 drains really well is important for that. Let's see what else, Yeah, 2566 02:19:31.399 --> 02:19:36.680 not overfertilizing. That's pretty much it. It needs a lot 2567 02:19:36.719 --> 02:19:39.719 of sunlight though, in order to do its best. So 2568 02:19:40.959 --> 02:19:42.079 maybe maybe in. 2569 02:19:42.159 --> 02:19:44.440 Partial sunlight at the moment it would blanch. 2570 02:19:44.840 --> 02:19:48.559 In full sunlight, yeah, well it may maybe it's getting enough. 2571 02:19:49.319 --> 02:19:51.760 Is this the shrub night blooming a jasmine or are 2572 02:19:51.760 --> 02:19:56.360 you talking about a vine? Okay, all right, yeah, well 2573 02:19:57.120 --> 02:20:00.840 those would be the things providing a fertilizer for blooming 2574 02:20:00.879 --> 02:20:03.200 plants going to have more of the middle number the 2575 02:20:03.239 --> 02:20:05.959 phosphorus in it, that would be another thing that would 2576 02:20:05.959 --> 02:20:10.600 be helpful for it. That's what comes to mind initially. 2577 02:20:12.639 --> 02:20:15.200 All right, So fertilizer with posterous got it. 2578 02:20:15.200 --> 02:20:19.639 Higher phosphorus levels. Yeah, so something for plumerias would probably 2579 02:20:19.680 --> 02:20:21.559 be a good I would try that and see how 2580 02:20:21.559 --> 02:20:25.159 that works for them. Moderate amount of fertilizer, a decent 2581 02:20:25.159 --> 02:20:31.280 amount of light, but not overwatering, not keeping the roots 2582 02:20:31.280 --> 02:20:35.200 too wet. Those are all things that come to mind initially. 2583 02:20:36.680 --> 02:20:38.319 All right, well, appreciate it, Thank you very much. 2584 02:20:38.319 --> 02:20:40.840 All right, you bet, thank you for the call. Appreciate that. 2585 02:20:40.879 --> 02:20:41.079 Bough. 2586 02:20:41.799 --> 02:20:44.879 Now we're going to go to Marty in Fairfield. Hey, Marty, 2587 02:20:44.920 --> 02:20:45.840 welcome to Guardline. 2588 02:20:46.920 --> 02:20:47.760 Good morning, Skip. 2589 02:20:48.079 --> 02:20:48.319 Hey. 2590 02:20:48.399 --> 02:20:51.079 I just wanted to let you know that I got 2591 02:20:51.079 --> 02:20:55.959 frustrated with the net grass and the Virginia button weeds, 2592 02:20:55.959 --> 02:20:57.040 so I got out the Ultra. 2593 02:20:57.360 --> 02:20:58.520 We'd beat her ultra. 2594 02:20:59.879 --> 02:21:04.680 A watering can with about a tablespoon of the weed beater, 2595 02:21:05.600 --> 02:21:08.559 and a week and a half later, there. 2596 02:21:09.000 --> 02:21:10.280 I've got spots all dying. 2597 02:21:10.840 --> 02:21:15.680 Okay, So I'm going to reapply it. And I didn't 2598 02:21:15.719 --> 02:21:18.719 know though it said that it was okay to put 2599 02:21:18.760 --> 02:21:21.760 it on the grassy area with my Saint August team. 2600 02:21:23.120 --> 02:21:24.319 Without killing it. 2601 02:21:24.159 --> 02:21:28.280 Is that it is labeled for use on that at 2602 02:21:28.280 --> 02:21:32.559 the right if you don't have it too concentrated, then 2603 02:21:32.879 --> 02:21:37.559 that would be yeah, that would be it. The weed beater. 2604 02:21:37.879 --> 02:21:41.200 Weed Beater Ultra has got a mix of different ingredients. 2605 02:21:41.239 --> 02:21:46.239 It's got like four I think four different got dicamba 2606 02:21:46.239 --> 02:21:49.879 and macroprop and it's got carpenter zone and MCPA all 2607 02:21:49.920 --> 02:21:50.200 in it. 2608 02:21:50.680 --> 02:21:50.799 Uh. 2609 02:21:50.879 --> 02:21:53.000 And that covers a lot of different kinds of weeds. 2610 02:21:53.040 --> 02:21:56.319 But I'll tell you this, I don't think you're going 2611 02:21:56.399 --> 02:22:00.000 to find nutsedge on the label. You might, I don't 2612 02:22:00.120 --> 02:22:04.040 think it's on there. Uh. And I think you may 2613 02:22:04.079 --> 02:22:06.200 see the nutsedge pop back up, but just have to 2614 02:22:06.280 --> 02:22:09.639 watch and wait. Hopefully you have had success. But I'm 2615 02:22:09.680 --> 02:22:13.479 I'm a little leary about calling it on this one. 2616 02:22:15.000 --> 02:22:15.559 That's fine. 2617 02:22:15.719 --> 02:22:18.120 I just I'm just hard. 2618 02:22:18.040 --> 02:22:21.399 Looking at it. Oh, I know, I know, well, God and. 2619 02:22:22.840 --> 02:22:25.840 Buttons, I'm having success with it, So I'm okay. 2620 02:22:25.879 --> 02:22:26.639 Yeah, I'm happy. 2621 02:22:27.440 --> 02:22:32.559 Okay, Well good, well yeah, yeah, sure, I appreciate knowing that. 2622 02:22:32.920 --> 02:22:33.159 Uh. 2623 02:22:33.719 --> 02:22:35.559 Go online if you have them already and read my 2624 02:22:35.799 --> 02:22:38.719 what I wrote up on nuts edge, and I think, Okay, 2625 02:22:39.000 --> 02:22:42.639 just understanding how it works and why some of the 2626 02:22:42.680 --> 02:22:47.159 things we typically do wrong can happen, that's that's important. Well, 2627 02:22:47.159 --> 02:22:49.559 thanks for the call, Marty. Appreciate your wearing in on 2628 02:22:49.639 --> 02:22:52.879 this one. All right, you take care. We're going to 2629 02:22:52.959 --> 02:22:56.399 go now to Sam. Uh No, We're not Sam. When 2630 02:22:56.399 --> 02:22:58.639 we come back from break, you will be the first up. 2631 02:22:59.280 --> 02:23:02.200 Uh And and Marine and Evelyn, we see you out 2632 02:23:02.200 --> 02:23:05.239 there and we'll be getting to you as well. His 2633 02:23:05.239 --> 02:23:09.120 welcome back, Welcome back to garden Line. Well we lost Sam, 2634 02:23:09.520 --> 02:23:14.520 all right, let's uh who's next? Marene in Lakeside of States. Hello, Marine, 2635 02:23:14.559 --> 02:23:16.360 Welcome to garden Line. 2636 02:23:16.680 --> 02:23:19.479 Thank you. I didn't know it was so close to 2637 02:23:19.879 --> 02:23:23.559 saying goodbye to you. I've been listening happily to all 2638 02:23:23.639 --> 02:23:29.200 your suggestions. Okay, I do have two Chris anthemums that 2639 02:23:29.280 --> 02:23:31.920 are actually in the ground and have been there a 2640 02:23:31.959 --> 02:23:35.879 whole year, so whatever I am doing is going okay, 2641 02:23:35.959 --> 02:23:39.440 the partial shape and son. So that's what I just 2642 02:23:39.479 --> 02:23:41.559 want to check up because i'd like to buy another 2643 02:23:41.680 --> 02:23:44.879 four for this year. So I'd like to know. 2644 02:23:46.280 --> 02:23:46.920 What is it? 2645 02:23:46.959 --> 02:23:50.520 Okay, used Microlife six two four? Or do I need 2646 02:23:50.559 --> 02:23:52.719 to do something else for Chris Anthemum. 2647 02:23:52.840 --> 02:23:55.239 No, that's fine, you can use that. That works very 2648 02:23:55.360 --> 02:23:58.920 very well. I would probably when you plant them, I 2649 02:23:58.959 --> 02:24:01.520 would get a hold of some of their other products. 2650 02:24:01.600 --> 02:24:06.200 The liquid products that you can use and they work. 2651 02:24:06.440 --> 02:24:11.719 They work super well, you know with drenching the plants 2652 02:24:11.760 --> 02:24:15.000 when you put them in the ground, that will provide 2653 02:24:15.319 --> 02:24:19.200 provide help with them trying to get roots in the ground. Basically. Yeah, 2654 02:24:19.239 --> 02:24:22.159 and just chrysanthemums, know this. There's some we call those 2655 02:24:22.239 --> 02:24:24.760 florist chryscentthemums. A lot of what you see like in 2656 02:24:24.799 --> 02:24:29.799 the grocery store and all kinds of places. Those usually 2657 02:24:29.879 --> 02:24:33.600 will return, but they may not be as dependable as 2658 02:24:33.680 --> 02:24:37.120 something There are some other chrysanthemums you probably wouldn't care 2659 02:24:37.159 --> 02:24:39.920 for a country girl, but it sprawls all over the place. 2660 02:24:39.959 --> 02:24:44.479 But it is a very dependable perennial chryscanthemum. But again 2661 02:24:44.559 --> 02:24:50.680 it's a floppy, sprawling thing. But planning them right, getting 2662 02:24:50.680 --> 02:24:53.200 them in a good quality so with lots of organic matter, 2663 02:24:53.280 --> 02:24:56.319 and then keeping them moderately moist. If you can water 2664 02:24:56.399 --> 02:24:59.280 the soil instead of watering the root the foliage, that's 2665 02:24:59.360 --> 02:25:03.239 better when you get water, especially these that have been 2666 02:25:03.600 --> 02:25:06.159 pruned and snipped to be like a little mound, you 2667 02:25:06.200 --> 02:25:09.280 know when you buy them at the garden. Yeah, they're 2668 02:25:09.280 --> 02:25:11.920 real tight. Yeah, they're all tighten there. And if you're 2669 02:25:12.000 --> 02:25:14.479 spraying water in the top. You can get some rot 2670 02:25:14.600 --> 02:25:17.719 going on down in there. You're promoting a rot, so 2671 02:25:17.879 --> 02:25:20.159 water the soil rather than the plant. 2672 02:25:21.440 --> 02:25:23.600 Gotcha? All right? 2673 02:25:23.719 --> 02:25:26.120 So what about in the middle of the year, after 2674 02:25:26.200 --> 02:25:30.920 they've done, they're spent, so maybe January, I'm not really sure. 2675 02:25:31.120 --> 02:25:33.079 You want to kind of shoot, yeah, you want to 2676 02:25:33.120 --> 02:25:35.159 show them back. We call it pinching because you know, 2677 02:25:35.159 --> 02:25:37.159 people just have one and they can just pinch off 2678 02:25:37.200 --> 02:25:41.280 the soft ends of the shoots. But as you do that, 2679 02:25:41.399 --> 02:25:43.799 it increases density, and the more you do it, the 2680 02:25:43.840 --> 02:25:47.280 dentsure they get. They would probably perform a little better 2681 02:25:47.319 --> 02:25:49.799 if they weren't quite as tight as they are when 2682 02:25:49.840 --> 02:25:52.719 you buy them usually, but if they get lanky, then 2683 02:25:52.799 --> 02:25:56.120 branches are going to start breaking off because they're very brittle. 2684 02:25:56.520 --> 02:26:00.000 So you decide, but you print them two or three times, 2685 02:26:00.399 --> 02:26:06.559 stop pinching. Let's see, stop pinching by probably July. I 2686 02:26:06.600 --> 02:26:10.399 think I would say they need time to grow after 2687 02:26:10.479 --> 02:26:13.479 the pinch because it'll cause new sprouts to grow, and 2688 02:26:13.520 --> 02:26:16.479 then those sprouts need to set a bloom bud so 2689 02:26:16.520 --> 02:26:18.360 that it can do its fall bloom. 2690 02:26:19.159 --> 02:26:20.840 That's what I must like. 2691 02:26:20.959 --> 02:26:22.719 It just been dumb luck, you know. 2692 02:26:23.079 --> 02:26:25.280 Well, because that's exactly what happened. 2693 02:26:25.399 --> 02:26:25.799 I did. 2694 02:26:25.920 --> 02:26:28.200 I pruned a little bit here and a little bit there, 2695 02:26:28.239 --> 02:26:30.840 and I don't want to take somebody else's time, but 2696 02:26:31.040 --> 02:26:33.159 I'm so thrilled that they responded. 2697 02:26:33.440 --> 02:26:35.079 But the most important. 2698 02:26:34.600 --> 02:26:37.239 Thing was now for me to get the liquid. 2699 02:26:37.680 --> 02:26:38.760 Is there a number on the. 2700 02:26:38.719 --> 02:26:42.040 Liquid in terms of the six two for war? Yeah, 2701 02:26:42.200 --> 02:26:44.079 I know you said liquid drenching. 2702 02:26:43.959 --> 02:26:47.440 Right, Well, well, micro Life they have a number of 2703 02:26:47.520 --> 02:26:50.920 different liquids. There's a seven one four that's that is 2704 02:26:50.920 --> 02:26:54.440 called biomatrix. It would be fine for plants that are growing. 2705 02:26:54.920 --> 02:26:58.760 You could use it in transplanting, but I would, you know, 2706 02:26:58.799 --> 02:27:02.440 I would. You could do fish emulsion and seaweed. That's 2707 02:27:02.479 --> 02:27:07.440 another thing I have that it works very very well. 2708 02:27:08.120 --> 02:27:11.440 Let's see here. What is the other? Oh gosh, the 2709 02:27:11.559 --> 02:27:14.239 name is escaping me. The one I'm trying to think of. 2710 02:27:15.399 --> 02:27:19.040 Just one second and I'll tell you. Oh, it's a 2711 02:27:19.040 --> 02:27:23.520 Microlife maximum blooms. That is a three three eight three, 2712 02:27:23.920 --> 02:27:27.120 And that would be one to be using as the 2713 02:27:27.159 --> 02:27:31.479 plant is growing, but not necessarily putting a brand new 2714 02:27:31.520 --> 02:27:33.040 one in the ground, but you could use it to 2715 02:27:33.040 --> 02:27:35.559 put a new one in the ground also. It would 2716 02:27:35.600 --> 02:27:40.600 work very well for that Microlife maximum Blooms. Microlife has 2717 02:27:40.639 --> 02:27:43.120 one other it's called soil and Plant Energy that I 2718 02:27:43.159 --> 02:27:46.280 think would be a good one to use at transplanting. 2719 02:27:46.799 --> 02:27:48.559 It's going to give you a rocket boost. 2720 02:27:48.639 --> 02:27:51.879 Okay, soy and plant What was the last. 2721 02:27:51.600 --> 02:27:53.760 Word, soil and plant energy. 2722 02:27:54.360 --> 02:27:57.319 Yeah, energy, Okay, I think you've covered it. 2723 02:27:57.479 --> 02:28:00.159 Yeah, but you also just make sure you have some 2724 02:28:00.159 --> 02:28:02.319 of those others on hand during the growing season because 2725 02:28:02.319 --> 02:28:03.799 you're gonna want to use them. 2726 02:28:04.239 --> 02:28:05.200 Thank you so much. 2727 02:28:05.319 --> 02:28:08.719 I appreciate it all met Thanks a lot. We're gonna 2728 02:28:08.719 --> 02:28:11.040 go out to Katie and talk to Evelyn. Hello, Evelyn, 2729 02:28:11.159 --> 02:28:12.000 Welcome to Gardlande. 2730 02:28:12.040 --> 02:28:13.639 Good morning, Good morning Skip. 2731 02:28:14.760 --> 02:28:15.479 I have a question. 2732 02:28:15.840 --> 02:28:18.760 Is it too late to plant I mean to saw 2733 02:28:18.959 --> 02:28:20.479 Saint Augustine grass. 2734 02:28:20.680 --> 02:28:23.159 It is not too late. You can do that, but 2735 02:28:23.760 --> 02:28:26.280 it's better to get it done sooner rather than later, 2736 02:28:26.959 --> 02:28:31.600 because as we go, once we get into October and November, 2737 02:28:31.879 --> 02:28:35.360 the grassroots just aren't growing that much, and when you're siding, 2738 02:28:35.520 --> 02:28:37.920 you want the grassroots to grow, to get down and 2739 02:28:37.959 --> 02:28:41.239 to establish. Well. Now, I know people that get away 2740 02:28:41.319 --> 02:28:43.680 with planting it twelve months out of the year, but 2741 02:28:44.000 --> 02:28:47.000 if you could do it sooner rather than later. Remember 2742 02:28:47.000 --> 02:28:49.719 you're going to water it twice a day the first week, 2743 02:28:50.079 --> 02:28:52.760 and once a day the second week, and then every 2744 02:28:52.799 --> 02:28:54.000 other day the third week. 2745 02:28:54.399 --> 02:28:57.200 Okay, okay, great, And I just need to put like 2746 02:28:57.280 --> 02:29:00.239 a top soil down or a layer of something to 2747 02:29:00.319 --> 02:29:03.159 make it No. I mean, the ground is good, but 2748 02:29:03.200 --> 02:29:05.000 I just want to make sure I have the right 2749 02:29:05.079 --> 02:29:06.680 foundation the top of the grass. 2750 02:29:07.120 --> 02:29:09.520 If the ground is good, then you're good to go. 2751 02:29:10.200 --> 02:29:13.319 You don't have to add soil on top. People typically 2752 02:29:13.319 --> 02:29:15.440 will add soil when they need to fill in holes 2753 02:29:15.559 --> 02:29:18.959 or make it flatter. You know that way when you're mowing, 2754 02:29:19.040 --> 02:29:24.000 your mower isn't bouncing around and gouging out sections. You 2755 02:29:24.000 --> 02:29:24.719 know what I'm saying. 2756 02:29:25.559 --> 02:29:28.000 Okay, great, Okay, I will definitely do that. 2757 02:29:28.280 --> 02:29:32.079 And one more question, the gentleman that called the caller 2758 02:29:32.159 --> 02:29:36.760 that called in prior about the thorny lead to his grass. Yes, 2759 02:29:37.319 --> 02:29:39.120 is there any way possible you can put that on 2760 02:29:39.159 --> 02:29:41.520 your website or mention it on the air, because I 2761 02:29:41.559 --> 02:29:44.159 would really like to know what weed he's talking about 2762 02:29:44.200 --> 02:29:45.079 that has stickers on it. 2763 02:29:45.559 --> 02:29:46.959 Yeah, there's a number of them. 2764 02:29:47.040 --> 02:29:47.239 You know. 2765 02:29:48.520 --> 02:29:50.959 There is a vine that has an underground tuber that's 2766 02:29:51.000 --> 02:29:55.200 real difficult to get rid of. It's called catclowine. There 2767 02:29:55.239 --> 02:29:59.040 are b there's a burr weed that has kind of 2768 02:29:59.040 --> 02:30:05.040 a pointy key. But but going through a work glove, that's. 2769 02:30:05.319 --> 02:30:08.079 Yes, that was the curious part because I was just like, 2770 02:30:08.120 --> 02:30:09.680 what is what kind of weed does he have? 2771 02:30:09.840 --> 02:30:10.040 Yeah? 2772 02:30:10.120 --> 02:30:12.959 I'm just curious and if you could posted, it's just 2773 02:30:13.399 --> 02:30:17.120 just to know because I know the sticker things I do. 2774 02:30:17.479 --> 02:30:18.000 What do you call him? 2775 02:30:18.040 --> 02:30:18.559 Sandburds? 2776 02:30:18.920 --> 02:30:20.719 I've dealt with them and they will go through your glove. 2777 02:30:20.799 --> 02:30:22.799 But he was speaking of something and just sound like 2778 02:30:22.799 --> 02:30:23.280 what is that? 2779 02:30:23.680 --> 02:30:27.920 Yeah, that's what I wondered too. So I've learned to 2780 02:30:27.920 --> 02:30:29.040 ask to see pictures. 2781 02:30:29.799 --> 02:30:31.040 That's that would be great. 2782 02:30:31.239 --> 02:30:34.319 Thank you, all right, you take care. Thank you very 2783 02:30:34.399 --> 02:30:37.959 much for that. Yeah, I tell you, I cannot tell 2784 02:30:37.959 --> 02:30:41.200 you how many times someone who's asked a question and 2785 02:30:41.239 --> 02:30:43.319 said something it's like, oh, I know what you're talking about. 2786 02:30:43.559 --> 02:30:45.200 And then or maybe they gave me a name of 2787 02:30:45.239 --> 02:30:47.399 a plant. There's the one they'll throw you for a 2788 02:30:47.479 --> 02:30:50.639 curve there, I have a fill in the blank. Uh, 2789 02:30:50.680 --> 02:30:53.319 And as we talk it's like, no, that's not the plant. 2790 02:30:53.360 --> 02:30:56.879 You're asking me about something else. And so I try 2791 02:30:56.920 --> 02:30:58.680 to be as accurate as I can here. Have been 2792 02:30:58.680 --> 02:31:02.399 doing this for thirty five years. I answering gardening questions 2793 02:31:02.399 --> 02:31:05.239 from gardeners. But you got to help me out here 2794 02:31:05.280 --> 02:31:09.120 with accurate questions. Like I always say about pictures, fuzzy 2795 02:31:09.120 --> 02:31:12.399 pictures will get you fuzzy answers, so make sure they're 2796 02:31:12.440 --> 02:31:16.319 in good sharp focus. That would be a good idea. Well, 2797 02:31:16.639 --> 02:31:19.600 one more time, for those of you who haven't gone yet, 2798 02:31:19.760 --> 02:31:22.680 go to my website Gardening with Skip dot com. And 2799 02:31:22.719 --> 02:31:25.360 the reason I say that I'm not selling anything on 2800 02:31:25.399 --> 02:31:30.280 the website, it's free information. You know, my lawn care schedule, 2801 02:31:30.280 --> 02:31:32.920 how to mow, water, fertilize, and air rate your lawn, 2802 02:31:33.639 --> 02:31:37.040 my lawn pest disease and weed management schedule, what to 2803 02:31:37.079 --> 02:31:40.799 do about insects January to December. When did chinchbugs occur? 2804 02:31:40.959 --> 02:31:44.200 It'll tell you on that chart when diseases occur and 2805 02:31:44.239 --> 02:31:45.959 then what do you do about them? And weeds the 2806 02:31:45.959 --> 02:31:48.799 same thing at the bottom. It's all color coded so 2807 02:31:48.840 --> 02:31:52.000 it makes it really easy. Weeds are green, diseases are brown, 2808 02:31:52.719 --> 02:31:55.799 insects are yellow. You go to the bottom. Organic and 2809 02:31:55.920 --> 02:31:59.639 synthetic options are right there. My nut sets publications are there, 2810 02:32:00.319 --> 02:32:03.799 Weed wipers there and anytime things come up seasonally, like 2811 02:32:03.879 --> 02:32:06.280 later this year, I'll be talking about coal protection again 2812 02:32:06.760 --> 02:32:10.000 for the plans, and it's on the website. That's what 2813 02:32:10.040 --> 02:32:12.479 we're trying to do there. Hey, I'm fixing to jump 2814 02:32:12.520 --> 02:32:15.559 in a car and I'm going to head to Clear 2815 02:32:15.760 --> 02:32:20.959 Lake City. I don't forget Nature's Way Resources is there 2816 02:32:21.000 --> 02:32:26.040 are an outstanding company that has been producing quality products 2817 02:32:26.040 --> 02:32:29.520 for a long time. Their fungal Friday stale is still on. 2818 02:32:29.559 --> 02:32:32.479 The summer sale is off, but twenty percent off fungal 2819 02:32:32.600 --> 02:32:34.920 compost and that's good for top dressing and you can 2820 02:32:34.959 --> 02:32:37.079 still do that. It's also good for putting in your soil. 2821 02:32:37.760 --> 02:32:41.799 On October twelfth, Saturday, I'll be out there for their 2822 02:32:41.879 --> 02:32:44.200 Fall Festival and that is going to be one heck 2823 02:32:44.239 --> 02:32:45.879 of a party. You need to write that down on 2824 02:32:45.959 --> 02:32:53.799 your calendar. October twelfth Fall Festival. Nature's Way