WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:07.280 Welcome to kt r H Garden Line with Skip Richter's. 2 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:13.919 Trim. 3 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:24.199 Just watch him as many good things to spot. 4 00:00:29.039 --> 00:00:33.320 Almost again not a sign credit. 5 00:00:38.439 --> 00:00:43.079 Good Sunday morning, Good Sunday morning. Everybody. You are listening 6 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:46.359 to Garden Line and we are here to answer gardening questions. 7 00:00:46.560 --> 00:00:49.560 Whatever you would like to talk about, well write this 8 00:00:49.719 --> 00:00:52.719 down seven one three two one two k t r 9 00:00:52.960 --> 00:00:56.600 H seven one three two one two k t r H. 10 00:00:56.679 --> 00:00:59.079 Give me a call. Weeen talk about the things that 11 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:05.200 most are of interest to you. I am preparing some 12 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.480 of my landscape for me to be away a little while. 13 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:10.640 I just gave a good soaking to most areas of 14 00:01:10.680 --> 00:01:15.439 the lawn yesterday, and that will carry me through a 15 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:17.959 long way. And one of the reasons is I have 16 00:01:18.480 --> 00:01:22.680 developed a good, deep rooted turf grass. And what I 17 00:01:22.760 --> 00:01:25.200 mean by that is number one. I put the lawn 18 00:01:25.200 --> 00:01:27.239 in it did some soil prop but I have continued 19 00:01:27.280 --> 00:01:29.719 to do things to make the soil better and better. 20 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:34.000 And as I watered my lawn, I do so is 21 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:38.560 deeply and infrequently as I can. So instead of watering 22 00:01:38.560 --> 00:01:41.120 three times a week, like a lot of watering systems 23 00:01:41.200 --> 00:01:44.840 are scheduled to do, I give it one good soaking 24 00:01:45.680 --> 00:01:49.040 really hardly once a week. Even there's some areas I've 25 00:01:49.079 --> 00:01:51.239 just watered a couple times this summer so far, but 26 00:01:51.319 --> 00:01:55.719 we've had some rain, but still that's not very often. 27 00:01:56.000 --> 00:01:57.840 And when you give it a good soaking and really 28 00:01:57.840 --> 00:02:01.439 what that soil volume, and then let it sit and 29 00:02:01.480 --> 00:02:04.760 not water again for a lot while the water moves 30 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:08.479 out of the spaces between the soil particles and air. 31 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:10.599 Of course, it's not going to be a vacuum in there. 32 00:02:10.639 --> 00:02:13.759 Air moves in behind it, and oxygen is important to 33 00:02:13.800 --> 00:02:17.080 the roots and that helps that grass develop a deep, 34 00:02:17.199 --> 00:02:20.319 resilient root system. So think of it this way. The 35 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:23.879 roots are fingers going out into the soil around the plant, 36 00:02:24.400 --> 00:02:29.240 and the farther and more extensive that finger development, that 37 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:32.639 root development is, the more volume of soil that plant 38 00:02:32.639 --> 00:02:35.319 can draw from. In this case, the plant is your 39 00:02:35.400 --> 00:02:40.479 turf grass, So by training it with deep and frequent waterings, 40 00:02:41.479 --> 00:02:45.319 you can have a grass that's really quite resilient, and 41 00:02:45.560 --> 00:02:48.960 it's amazing how well that does now. In sun lots, 42 00:02:49.039 --> 00:02:53.280 more water is needed than in shade, so supplementally sometimes 43 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:55.280 I'll have to hit a couple of spots in the 44 00:02:55.319 --> 00:03:00.319 sun just to water those areas because they're star to 45 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:02.840 need it, and I don't even want the shade area. 46 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.520 But that you know, that's just a technique. It's some 47 00:03:06.560 --> 00:03:09.439 thoughts for you to think about. The more often you water, 48 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:11.560 the more disease issues you have because you keep the 49 00:03:11.599 --> 00:03:14.800 leaves and runners wet. That is an issue. The more 50 00:03:15.800 --> 00:03:20.759 the lighter you water, the more your irrigation ends up 51 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:24.080 basically being on the grass blades and on the in 52 00:03:24.280 --> 00:03:26.560 the thatch with very little getting down in the soil, 53 00:03:26.639 --> 00:03:30.000 very deep at all. So one way to save water 54 00:03:30.360 --> 00:03:33.919 and to have healthier lawn is deep and frequent, mowing 55 00:03:34.360 --> 00:03:38.400 deep and infrequently. That's the way you need to be 56 00:03:38.439 --> 00:03:42.639 thinking about it. I think about the fact that I'm 57 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.039 paying for drinking water to put it on my lawn, 58 00:03:45.159 --> 00:03:48.240 and then my sewer bill goes up. Because when you 59 00:03:48.360 --> 00:03:51.719 use water, they connect it in most communities connect it 60 00:03:51.759 --> 00:03:53.919 to your sewer rates as well. 61 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:55.199 So h. 62 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:59.719 Word for the wise you are listening to. Guarden line 63 00:03:59.759 --> 00:04:02.599 are number is seven one three, two, one two fifty 64 00:04:02.639 --> 00:04:05.400 eight seventy four seven one three two one two five 65 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:08.479 eight seven four. Just wanted to remind you I mentioned 66 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:11.240 this yesterday, but Langham Creek Ace Hardware which is on 67 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:15.400 five twenty nine, FM five twenty nine and Cypress. That 68 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:19.319 is the corner the intersection of Barker, Cypress and FM 69 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:21.800 five twenty nine. So those of you in Copperfield, this 70 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:25.319 is your backyard. They're having their grand opening and it 71 00:04:25.399 --> 00:04:30.240 will be Friday, August thirtieth, Saturday the thirty first, and 72 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:35.160 Sunday September first. Three days they are given away incredible things. 73 00:04:35.199 --> 00:04:38.600 There's gonna be vendors they're demonstrating, like on on Friday, 74 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:41.800 Weber Grill, On Saturday, Big Green Egg and something. The 75 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:44.639 Goysney pizza oven. You got to see this, one of 76 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:46.959 the top pizza ovens on the market and it's a 77 00:04:47.000 --> 00:04:51.040 little thing stands, you can put it outside whatever and 78 00:04:51.079 --> 00:04:52.800 it cook a pizza in it. It's just like one 79 00:04:52.800 --> 00:04:55.399 of those little wood fired pizza ovens, you know where 80 00:04:55.399 --> 00:04:58.560 they slide things into the brick oven that has not 81 00:04:58.600 --> 00:05:02.319 made a brick anyway. There they'll be demonstrating those. They'll 82 00:05:02.360 --> 00:05:06.759 be demonstrating Trager grills on Sunday the first of September. 83 00:05:06.839 --> 00:05:10.959 Now giveaways. Check this out. Ego Power Plus Battery string 84 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:14.959 trimmer two hundred and fifty dollars machine given away in 85 00:05:15.000 --> 00:05:18.920 a drawing on Friday. On Saturday, Weber Spirit to Gas 86 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:22.639 Grille four hundred and fifty dollars machine giveaway. Also on Saturday, 87 00:05:22.639 --> 00:05:25.600 by the way, they're having a still open house fifteen 88 00:05:25.639 --> 00:05:30.199 percent off all still equipment fifteen percent off all still 89 00:05:30.240 --> 00:05:33.560 equipment Monday only just Saturday, and then Sunday they'll be 90 00:05:33.600 --> 00:05:36.399 given away a paint room makeover two hundred dollars value. 91 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:40.040 They're at Langham Creek Ace Hardware. They were open before 92 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:43.439 they kind of closed doors a bit to redo the 93 00:05:43.439 --> 00:05:47.519 whole store, and boy, here comes the new grand opening 94 00:05:47.680 --> 00:05:50.519 Langham Creek Ace Hardware at the intersection of arker Cypress 95 00:05:50.519 --> 00:05:52.519 and FM five twenty seven. So we get the end 96 00:05:52.560 --> 00:05:54.560 of this month, the weekend that is the end of 97 00:05:54.600 --> 00:05:57.079 this month. That's when you need to head over there, 98 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.720 because that, like the forty other Ace Hardware stores, is 99 00:06:00.759 --> 00:06:03.439 a great place to find anything that you need. 100 00:06:06.319 --> 00:06:06.480 Well. 101 00:06:06.519 --> 00:06:10.240 For example, when you're Ace Hardware, they're gonna have the 102 00:06:10.240 --> 00:06:12.279 fertilizers I talk about inside, but they're also gonna have 103 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:16.279 mosquito dunks. Now, if you have been under a rock 104 00:06:16.560 --> 00:06:19.160 for a while and not heard of mosquito dunks, let 105 00:06:19.240 --> 00:06:21.839 me tell you about them. Mosquito dunk is the coolest 106 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:26.040 thing in the world. It is a disease of mosquito larvae. 107 00:06:26.120 --> 00:06:29.120 You've heard of BT that you spray caterpillars on your plants. 108 00:06:29.120 --> 00:06:31.439 You spray BET and it kills the caterpillar, which is 109 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:36.480 a butterflower moth larvae. Well, there is another type of BT. 110 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:40.040 Doesn't kill caterpillars. It kills mosquito larvae and fungus gnats. 111 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:43.480 And that's what's in a mosquito dunk. So you can 112 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:45.920 take these doughnuts. One of them covers ten by ten 113 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:51.000 one hundred cubic one hundred cubic feet of water surface area. 114 00:06:51.279 --> 00:06:53.120 So if you have a little pond or something like 115 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.399 that lasts about a month, slowly dissolves and it releases 116 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.439 this disease into the water. And when a mosquito eggs 117 00:07:00.480 --> 00:07:03.240 in the water, their larva never are gonna make it. 118 00:07:03.680 --> 00:07:07.639 That is a good thing. It does not hurt birds, 119 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:11.279 It does not hurt ladybugs and other beneficial insects. It 120 00:07:11.319 --> 00:07:14.680 does not hurt pets like your family dog or cat. 121 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:17.879 It is just a disease of mosquitoes. It won't kill 122 00:07:17.920 --> 00:07:20.040 other peests that you have don't try putting it on 123 00:07:20.079 --> 00:07:25.399 something else other than fungus knots, but it really really works. 124 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:29.560 Mosquito dunks are widely available. They also have a granular form, 125 00:07:29.720 --> 00:07:32.279 which is real handy when you don't need a whole dunk. 126 00:07:32.560 --> 00:07:34.120 You can also just take a hammer and kind of 127 00:07:34.120 --> 00:07:36.519 break up a dunk and use it make a granule 128 00:07:36.560 --> 00:07:39.120 out of it. Either way, you want to go, those 129 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:42.600 bird baths, those rain barrels that hole up in a 130 00:07:42.680 --> 00:07:46.120 tree where water gathers and the mosquitos are breeding up 131 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:49.000 in there. All of those areas are places where you 132 00:07:49.000 --> 00:07:52.240 can use your mosquito dunks. I think everybody ought to 133 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:55.560 have some on hand all the time because we always 134 00:07:55.600 --> 00:07:58.759 have mosquitos around here. And if you got some on hand, 135 00:07:58.800 --> 00:08:01.319 you're ready to go. Well, it's time for me take 136 00:08:01.319 --> 00:08:03.319 a little break. I will be back again the phone 137 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.120 number seven one three two one two kat R H 138 00:08:06.160 --> 00:08:07.560 will talk to you in just a minute. 139 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:08.439 Back. 140 00:08:08.480 --> 00:08:11.240 Good to have you with us. We are really looking 141 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:13.399 forward to visiting with you about the things that you 142 00:08:13.560 --> 00:08:16.279 are wondering about. We're going to go right now to 143 00:08:16.639 --> 00:08:20.759 north West Houston and talk to Ralph. Good morning, Ralph, 144 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:28.040 Welcome to guard Line. Lou Ralph. Have you there? 145 00:08:28.360 --> 00:08:30.160 Yees here? 146 00:08:30.519 --> 00:08:31.000 Can you hear? 147 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:32.960 I can down? Yeah? 148 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:34.559 Yeah? 149 00:08:34.559 --> 00:08:37.519 Well okay, no I missed out on you. I must 150 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:40.559 saint o see grass in front is the gretty bad 151 00:08:40.799 --> 00:08:43.320 bad spots in it, but it's on the back. 152 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:44.279 But I missed up. 153 00:08:44.759 --> 00:08:46.840 My whole water in the back. 154 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:48.559 Of the yard is really good. 155 00:08:48.639 --> 00:08:52.679 But what I miss what if you were talking about? 156 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.159 I'm sorry, I'm sorry I didn't quite catch your question. 157 00:08:56.279 --> 00:08:57.480 What are you asking? 158 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:02.639 Bob sat agine grass and you had a good feel 159 00:09:02.759 --> 00:09:04.159 on it this morning? 160 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:04.960 Oh? 161 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:08.559 On watering, I was talking about water. Yeah, it's just 162 00:09:08.600 --> 00:09:10.879 wrapped the best way to water along as to what 163 00:09:10.960 --> 00:09:13.399 the soil about six inches deep and then don't water 164 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:14.000 for a while. 165 00:09:14.559 --> 00:09:14.840 Uh. 166 00:09:14.879 --> 00:09:19.600 And it helps to make deep resilient root system on 167 00:09:19.679 --> 00:09:24.399 the grass and that that's what we need. Okay, But 168 00:09:24.759 --> 00:09:26.639 water too little, too often. 169 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.960 That's my trouble, I do believe. 170 00:09:30.720 --> 00:09:33.919 Okay, all right, Well we won't tell anybody. It's just 171 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.639 you and me right now anyway, so uh, I won't 172 00:09:36.679 --> 00:09:41.039 tell anybody that. But no, seriously, it's uh, it's it's 173 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.200 not that difficult, and it actually saves you a little 174 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:48.039 bit of money. Okay, This new ordon center. 175 00:09:48.120 --> 00:09:50.039 It's talking about close to me. 176 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:51.519 Where is that at? 177 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:55.600 I didn't hit that, oh. 178 00:09:55.480 --> 00:09:59.240 I was talking about the Ace Hardware store Langham Creek 179 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:02.720 Ace Hardware at the corner of FM five twenty nine 180 00:10:03.000 --> 00:10:07.919 and Barker Cypress Road. That's right. Well, yes, on the southwest. 181 00:10:08.799 --> 00:10:12.159 Go ahead, Okay, I got you, Okay, okay. I appreciate 182 00:10:13.000 --> 00:10:13.679 great program. 183 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:17.159 Tie, thanks sir, thank hey, thanks for listening. Appreciate that. Ralph, 184 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:23.960 you take care alrighty uh. You know, the the lawn 185 00:10:24.519 --> 00:10:27.840 soil environment is one where we want to do everything 186 00:10:27.879 --> 00:10:31.519 we can to improve the soil and to make sure 187 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.279 we have a nutrient content there that supports grass grow. 188 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:40.080 And also we want to stimulate the biological activity that's 189 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:43.639 in the soil. That is why the folks at nitrofoss 190 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.679 put together something called sweet Green. It is a molasses 191 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:51.279 based product. And when you put molasses, which is basically sugar, 192 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:55.799 which is basically carbon in the soil, beneficial microbes are 193 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:58.559 benefited because that what they eat. If you look at 194 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:01.120 the good guy bacteria that are helping your plant roots, 195 00:11:01.480 --> 00:11:05.480 they eat carbon. That's what they eat, and molasses carbon 196 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:08.279 put down in the form of this sweet Green. It's 197 00:11:08.360 --> 00:11:11.679 not like a molasses, you know, like syrupy. Now, this 198 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:14.960 is granules, and you spread them with a fertilizer spreader. 199 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:20.559 They're very good. Nice spreading. It works really well. It 200 00:11:20.600 --> 00:11:23.919 dissolves away and releases it's eleven percent nitrogen to the 201 00:11:24.000 --> 00:11:26.600 root system. It smells good too. You can put a 202 00:11:26.600 --> 00:11:28.559 bag of sweet green in the back of your car 203 00:11:28.600 --> 00:11:30.320 and you start smelling it, and you may decide to 204 00:11:30.320 --> 00:11:32.559 make another loop around six to ten on the way 205 00:11:32.559 --> 00:11:35.559 home just to enjoy the fragrance of the of the 206 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:40.799 sweet green. Seriously joking aside, I would recommend putting it down. 207 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:43.279 You would normally put about ten pounds per thousands of 208 00:11:43.279 --> 00:11:45.919 core feet. I would split that in half. I'd put 209 00:11:45.960 --> 00:11:48.919 it down now, watered in real good, and about six 210 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:51.200 eight weeks from now, do it again and watered in 211 00:11:51.279 --> 00:11:53.960 real good. And that spreads it out a little bit better, 212 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:55.600 and it gets you right up to the time where 213 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:59.559 you're gonna then your next fertilization will be the fall fertilization, 214 00:11:59.639 --> 00:12:03.360 which will find on my schedule on my website Gardening 215 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:05.919 with Skip dot com. I encourage you to print those 216 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:08.360 schedules out. I think that'll be helpful for you. Now 217 00:12:08.360 --> 00:12:10.279 you're going to find sweet green at places like Plants 218 00:12:10.320 --> 00:12:12.720 for all Seasons on two forty nine. You're going to 219 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:15.879 find it at d and Defeed out there in Tomball. 220 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:19.200 You're going to find it also at Fisher's Hardware over 221 00:12:19.240 --> 00:12:25.600 in Baytown. Night Foss products widely available all over the place. Well, 222 00:12:25.639 --> 00:12:28.120 I was talking earlier this morning about water in the 223 00:12:28.159 --> 00:12:30.799 lawns properly. I think the next thing I want to 224 00:12:30.840 --> 00:12:34.600 remind you is mowing is one of the most important 225 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:39.000 things you do to create a beautiful lawn. A sharp 226 00:12:39.039 --> 00:12:43.600 mower blade, that's number one. Mowing as frequently as your 227 00:12:43.639 --> 00:12:46.240 life schedule allows you to do. For most people, that's 228 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:49.519 once every seven days. Because we're in a weekly life schedule. 229 00:12:50.320 --> 00:12:53.919 That if you want a shorter lawn that's denser, you're 230 00:12:53.960 --> 00:12:56.200 going to have to mow it more often. Golf Course 231 00:12:56.200 --> 00:12:58.519 greens get mowed every day. Is that crazy? Can you 232 00:12:58.519 --> 00:13:02.000 imagine mowing your lawn every day? But seriously, that's how 233 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:04.600 they get that density down low. They're barely cutting in 234 00:13:04.639 --> 00:13:07.519 the off. When you let your long grow really big 235 00:13:07.559 --> 00:13:10.320 and then cut it way back, that is very stressful 236 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:13.919 to the grass and it does not create density. In fact, 237 00:13:13.960 --> 00:13:19.159 it opens the turf cannot be up so that sunlight 238 00:13:19.240 --> 00:13:22.000 hits the soil all over the place. And wherever sunlight 239 00:13:22.080 --> 00:13:24.759 hits a soil, nature plants a weed. That's how that works. 240 00:13:25.000 --> 00:13:26.840 So what do you want to do, Well, what you 241 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:29.519 want to do is you want to be able to 242 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:34.600 provide a regular mowing schedule that creates the most dense 243 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:38.440 turf you can now, Watering, fertilizing, sunlight, all that's important. 244 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:41.679 It's not like the only thing is mowing, but people 245 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:47.039 discount the importance of mowing for turf density. It's like 246 00:13:47.120 --> 00:13:50.159 shearing a hedge. The more often you shear it, the 247 00:13:50.240 --> 00:13:52.840 more little where you cut off one little shoot on 248 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:55.759 the hedge with your shearers and it becomes two shoots, 249 00:13:55.799 --> 00:13:57.679 and then you cut off those two and they become 250 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:00.639 four shoots and so on. That's what's happening in your lawn. 251 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:05.360 You're you're building a good density down down low in 252 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:10.320 the turf grass, and it just makes for benefits in many, 253 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:14.080 many different ways. If you're looking at your landscape and 254 00:14:14.120 --> 00:14:16.600 you're kind of thinking, man, I need I need a makeover, 255 00:14:16.799 --> 00:14:18.080 you know, maybe you just don't like the way it 256 00:14:18.120 --> 00:14:20.519 looks when you drive up to the house maybe you 257 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:22.720 go out in the backyard and it's like, yeah, this 258 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:26.120 is this is okay, but I'd really like to turn 259 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.960 this into a place where i can really entertain friends 260 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:32.240 and family in the back Pierce Caapes is a company 261 00:14:32.360 --> 00:14:35.440 that you ought to call and let me just let 262 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:39.039 them show you what I'm talking about. Go to Piercescapes 263 00:14:39.080 --> 00:14:43.279 dot com, piercescapes dot com, book around the website, look 264 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:45.000 at some of the work that they have been able 265 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:48.039 to do. That they do. It's their normal way. I mean, 266 00:14:48.080 --> 00:14:52.480 it's it's out hardscape patios with rock, it's rock retaining walls, 267 00:14:52.480 --> 00:14:57.039 it's setting up landscape lighting, it's improving drainage, it's fixing 268 00:14:57.080 --> 00:15:00.240 your irrigation system. They do all this and much much more. 269 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.200 They'll design a whole landscape for you, or they'll help 270 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:05.879 you with a small section where you're trying to revent. 271 00:15:05.919 --> 00:15:07.240 Maybe you just want to put the front of the 272 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:11.200 house on display and create a nicer beds and plantings there. 273 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:15.519 They can do that. They also offer quarterly maintenance, trimming, weeding, fertilizing, 274 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:20.519 irrigation inspection, seasonal color changes. You know, those old summer 275 00:15:20.759 --> 00:15:23.480 color plants are starting to go downhill because fall is 276 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:25.919 coming and it's time for the next section or next 277 00:15:25.960 --> 00:15:29.799 season of plants, a cool season. They'll do that, the mulching, 278 00:15:29.919 --> 00:15:32.840 making sure your malt stays nice and thick on the 279 00:15:32.840 --> 00:15:35.080 bed so you don't deal with weeds. All of that. 280 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:40.720 Pierce Scapes again. The website is Piercescapes dot com if 281 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:42.440 you would like to give them a call two eight 282 00:15:42.559 --> 00:15:48.720 one three seven h five zero six zero. You are 283 00:15:48.759 --> 00:15:51.320 listening to garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, and 284 00:15:51.320 --> 00:15:53.480 we're here to talk to you about the things that 285 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:56.360 interest you, about the questions that you might have, and 286 00:15:56.720 --> 00:15:59.559 you can call us at seven one three two one 287 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:03.919 two five eight seven four seven one three two one 288 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:07.159 two fifty eight seventy four and we can visit with 289 00:16:07.200 --> 00:16:10.200 you about any kind of thing that you might want 290 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:12.679 to ask about. There's plenty of things to talk about 291 00:16:12.679 --> 00:16:16.440 when it comes to gardening. I was talking to Sherry 292 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:19.919 and Kelly from Plant Roll Seasons this past week at 293 00:16:19.960 --> 00:16:23.480 the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association Show and just just 294 00:16:23.639 --> 00:16:27.919 visiting with them. Their enthusiasm, their knowledge, it's really, it's really, 295 00:16:28.240 --> 00:16:30.799 it's amazing and impressive. The family has been in business 296 00:16:31.240 --> 00:16:34.480 right there just north of Luetta on two forty nine. 297 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:37.480 They've been in business since I think nineteen seventy three 298 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:40.879 something like that. It's a long time and they know 299 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:43.519 the area, they know the plants to bring in, so 300 00:16:43.600 --> 00:16:45.639 you don't buy something that has no chance of growth 301 00:16:45.639 --> 00:16:49.000 here right. They have the advice. So if you need 302 00:16:49.120 --> 00:16:52.720 suggestions for plants, if you need diagnosis, if you need 303 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:56.320 something identified, either a photo on your phone or bring 304 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:58.279 it in in a bag, they can help you with that. 305 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:01.240 And if it requires a control can point you to 306 00:17:01.320 --> 00:17:04.119 the many outstanding products. They have a very good section 307 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:09.079 of disease, weed and pest management control products, both organic 308 00:17:09.119 --> 00:17:11.759 and synthetic. You can go to Plants for All Seasons 309 00:17:11.799 --> 00:17:14.359 dot com, or you can call them two eight one, 310 00:17:14.720 --> 00:17:19.000 three seven six, sixteen forty six. I'm going to go 311 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:22.160 out to Spring now and talk to Rich. Hello, Rich, 312 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:24.119 Welcome to guardliney. 313 00:17:24.200 --> 00:17:24.680 Good morning. 314 00:17:24.680 --> 00:17:25.000 Skip. 315 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:30.960 A lot of different I guess confusion regarding application temperatures 316 00:17:31.000 --> 00:17:35.680 for different herbicides. I know Celsius is supposedly rated the 317 00:17:35.799 --> 00:17:40.039 highest and Blindsides a little behind it. When you say 318 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:43.519 those temperature numbers, is that at the time that you're 319 00:17:43.640 --> 00:17:47.039 applying it to the lawn or what the ambient temperature 320 00:17:47.119 --> 00:17:49.640 will reach during the day pretty. 321 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:52.799 Much the time you're applying it to the lawn. That's 322 00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:55.960 not just a black and white, but it's like if 323 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:58.640 you're going to get up the ninety five today, but 324 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:00.559 you go out in the morning when it's eighty two 325 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.200 degrees and you spray it, then that will be much 326 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:07.119 better than trying to apply it when it's hot. We 327 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:12.039 minimize overall applications of herbicides in the summer, but there's 328 00:18:12.079 --> 00:18:14.960 some weeds like Virginia button weed that it doesn't allow 329 00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:17.839 us to do that. We've got to do some control 330 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:21.720 during warmer temperatures to get a hold of that weed. Yeah, 331 00:18:21.839 --> 00:18:22.319 so that's it. 332 00:18:22.480 --> 00:18:22.640 Good. 333 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:25.960 Yep, yep, great because I have two neighbors I'm trying 334 00:18:25.960 --> 00:18:28.680 to help and they Virginia button weed and doveweed. 335 00:18:29.000 --> 00:18:32.519 So yeah, Well another thing, Rich and I don't talk 336 00:18:32.519 --> 00:18:35.039 about this on the air. I try to not get 337 00:18:35.119 --> 00:18:37.440 too nerdy and in all the details so people's eyes 338 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:40.480 don't roll back in their head. But one thing about 339 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:45.119 even celsius, if you apply it when it's over ninety degrees, 340 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:49.200 it has a growth suppressing effect, which is okay, the 341 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:51.920 grass goes through it. But we'd rather not have that 342 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:54.960 if we didn't have to. So every herbicide we use it. 343 00:18:55.000 --> 00:18:59.319 I'll say we use it reluctantly for sure, but just 344 00:18:59.440 --> 00:19:02.599 know that every one has its drawbacks. Celsius during the 345 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:05.319 warm season, the hot season here is the best shot 346 00:19:05.319 --> 00:19:08.960 we got. I'm about to have to run its break 347 00:19:09.039 --> 00:19:11.680 time here, but thank you for the call. I appreciate that. 348 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:15.440 Thanks Jving, Yes, sir, thank you. Talk to you later. 349 00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:18.599 Our phone number seven one three two one two k 350 00:19:18.759 --> 00:19:21.920 t RH will be right back. Good Sunday morning to you. 351 00:19:22.000 --> 00:19:24.799 I hope you are enjoying the day. It's a good day. 352 00:19:24.799 --> 00:19:27.920 Every day is a good day. We are gonna talk 353 00:19:28.000 --> 00:19:30.039 all kinds of things gardening this morning. If you want 354 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:32.519 to join in the fun, you can dial seven one 355 00:19:32.559 --> 00:19:36.279 three two one two five eight seven four seven one 356 00:19:36.319 --> 00:19:41.160 three two one two fifty eight seventy four on my 357 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:46.000 website gardening with a skip dot com. There is there 358 00:19:46.039 --> 00:19:49.599 are some new publications two on nuts Edge. One that's 359 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:52.240 a quick one pager. The other one is three pages, 360 00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:55.119 but it has a lot of information you need to know. 361 00:19:55.240 --> 00:19:57.640 Did you know there are two different kinds of nuts edge. 362 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:01.359 People call it nutgrass. H there's a purple and a yellow, 363 00:20:01.599 --> 00:20:04.720 and do you know that they are not equally susceptible 364 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:08.039 to all control products that are out there. Do you 365 00:20:08.119 --> 00:20:11.759 know the way they set their tubers underground is different 366 00:20:12.000 --> 00:20:14.640 and it affects the way we go about controlling them 367 00:20:14.680 --> 00:20:17.240 as well. So there's a lot of information in there 368 00:20:17.240 --> 00:20:19.599 to really help you get off your good start. There's 369 00:20:19.680 --> 00:20:24.279 also on the website I put a noop publication that's 370 00:20:24.440 --> 00:20:28.920 it Skips Weed Wiper, and I continually get calls from 371 00:20:28.960 --> 00:20:32.480 people that they have a weed problem where you just 372 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:37.359 can't spray it. Maybe it's a grass that's growing in 373 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:40.279 your lawn and it's sticking up above your lawn grass 374 00:20:40.319 --> 00:20:43.680 and you can't kill that weed with a spray and 375 00:20:43.720 --> 00:20:46.359 not kill your grass because they know it's the same 376 00:20:46.799 --> 00:20:49.960 same type of plant. But you can use a wiper 377 00:20:50.160 --> 00:20:53.519 to wipe the herbicide on the weed. Only it's two 378 00:20:53.759 --> 00:20:56.599 it's sponges that wipe it on the weed, and I'm 379 00:20:56.599 --> 00:20:59.759 sure I show you online how to make that. It's 380 00:20:59.799 --> 00:21:02.680 not very expensive and it works good. There's also a 381 00:21:02.680 --> 00:21:05.720 publication that goes with it that is the different herbicides 382 00:21:05.759 --> 00:21:08.079 for different kinds of weeds. So it's categorized like do 383 00:21:08.079 --> 00:21:10.359 you have brushy weeds what would that be? Or woody 384 00:21:10.400 --> 00:21:13.440 wheats that would be like the hackberry's coming up in 385 00:21:13.440 --> 00:21:16.920 your fence line, a poison ivy coming up the pepper 386 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:19.559 vine that a lot of people have to struggle with. 387 00:21:20.039 --> 00:21:22.079 Or do you have a grassy weed that's a whole 388 00:21:22.119 --> 00:21:24.799 nother category. Or do you have a sedge like purple 389 00:21:24.839 --> 00:21:27.920 and yellow nut sets that's another category? Or is it 390 00:21:27.960 --> 00:21:31.240 a bulb like plant underground, which would be wild garlic 391 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:34.839 and wild onions. There's a different herbicide that we would 392 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:37.880 recommend for that. Those are both online for you either 393 00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:40.599 look at online or print or do whatever you want with. 394 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:42.880 But I would encourage you to take a look at them. 395 00:21:43.079 --> 00:21:46.000 That weed wipers made from a little grabber tool. It's 396 00:21:46.039 --> 00:21:48.839 a type with suction cups on the end. And I 397 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.680 was just just the other day talking to somebody who 398 00:21:51.759 --> 00:21:56.000 is at a Southwest Fertilizer in Southwest Houston and they 399 00:21:56.079 --> 00:21:58.359 had those hanging on the wall there. Bob, of course, 400 00:21:58.559 --> 00:22:01.559 does that surprise you that Bob, there'd be something he 401 00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:05.920 doesn't have right that he has everything. That's what they 402 00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:09.079 specialize in. I don't care if you're synthetic gardener and 403 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:11.720 organic gardener. If you want to deal with weeds, if 404 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:15.279 you want to deal with pass like insects, or do 405 00:22:15.279 --> 00:22:17.440 you want to do with diseases? Do you want to 406 00:22:17.480 --> 00:22:20.799 just fertilize your lawn. Every product that you will ever 407 00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:23.359 hear coming out of my mouth is a Southwest Fertilizer 408 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:27.000 because they carry it all. They have really nice fertilizer 409 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:30.480 spreader options, from the little things that you push behind 410 00:22:30.920 --> 00:22:33.279 to the little whirligigs you hold in your hand to 411 00:22:33.319 --> 00:22:35.440 put out fire ant bait. They've got all of that. 412 00:22:35.759 --> 00:22:38.720 The kneeling bench, I keep talking about the folding kneeling bench. 413 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:42.559 It's so cool. Southwest Fertilizer in Southwest Houston, corner Bissonett 414 00:22:42.559 --> 00:22:45.920 and Renwick. That's it. That's what you need to know, 415 00:22:46.480 --> 00:22:48.880 uh it. If you want to give them a call, 416 00:22:48.960 --> 00:22:53.599 it's seven one three six six six one seven four 417 00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:57.279 four seven one three six six six one seven four 418 00:22:57.440 --> 00:23:00.400 four just go to the website Southwest Fertilizer dot com. 419 00:23:00.799 --> 00:23:03.920 One thing that you will know that you need to 420 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:07.400 know also is you can take in pictures on your phone, 421 00:23:07.680 --> 00:23:09.599 like get up close, take a picture of a weed 422 00:23:09.680 --> 00:23:12.079 and go in there and say hey, guys, here's a weed, 423 00:23:12.079 --> 00:23:14.079 I got what kills it? And when do I apply it? 424 00:23:14.119 --> 00:23:15.599 And how do I do it? And then tell you 425 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:18.200 all of that. You can bring them a sample as well, 426 00:23:18.799 --> 00:23:23.480 but it's just a great place to shop. You are 427 00:23:23.519 --> 00:23:25.640 listening to Garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richtor, and 428 00:23:25.640 --> 00:23:29.160 we're here to help you hopefully have a more bountiful 429 00:23:29.200 --> 00:23:32.720 garden and a more beautiful landscape by giving you some 430 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:37.200 good advice on things you need to do. A lot 431 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:45.920 of times people approach gardening problems with starting with a spray. 432 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:49.640 In other words, I got this, how do I kill it? 433 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:53.680 And I always my approach is to start with the 434 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:58.599 cultural things we do. If you got plants that are 435 00:23:58.640 --> 00:24:01.200 in soggy soil and they're getting root rot, I don't 436 00:24:01.240 --> 00:24:04.880 think the solution is a fungicide drench to control the 437 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:07.680 root rot. I think the solution is to fix the 438 00:24:07.720 --> 00:24:10.359 soggy soil and then you don't even need to treat. 439 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:13.680 Otherwise you're treating and treating and treating. If you have 440 00:24:14.720 --> 00:24:18.400 there are things that predispose plants to problems. For example, 441 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:21.200 we got the weeds in the lawn right they're coming 442 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:24.200 up in the lawn weed seeds. Well, our number one 443 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:26.599 goal is to mow, water and fertilize and get the 444 00:24:26.640 --> 00:24:28.920 densest lawn we can. Now, there's going to be weeds 445 00:24:28.920 --> 00:24:31.279 that get in a dense lawn. I understand that, and 446 00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:33.759 we can recommend a product to kill those if you 447 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:36.599 want to do that, But always start, always think about 448 00:24:36.640 --> 00:24:39.720 the cultural like why is this problem here? Why is 449 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:44.960 this disease occurring? Why am my roses just getting black 450 00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:48.200 spot and all the leaves are falling off? Well, I'll 451 00:24:48.200 --> 00:24:52.599 bet it's one of three reasons. Primarily number one, it's 452 00:24:52.640 --> 00:24:56.599 a variety that's susceptible, So we could choose resistant varieties, 453 00:24:56.680 --> 00:25:00.519 or we can choose to plant susceptible varieties, maybe because 454 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:03.119 they're planning too close and there's not good air movement 455 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:05.759 through them. So when the foliage gets wet, it stays 456 00:25:05.759 --> 00:25:08.839 wet for longer, and the longer you have wet leaves 457 00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:11.000 and more diseases you're going to have on your roses 458 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:14.000 and many other plants. You know, it could be a 459 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:17.119 number of different things that are causing. Maybe you've got 460 00:25:17.119 --> 00:25:20.160 a sprinkler system that is wetting the foliage instead of 461 00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:23.279 drip irrigation. Underneath those roses. Do you see what I'm saying. 462 00:25:23.799 --> 00:25:26.960 So we can recommend a fungicide for black spot or 463 00:25:26.960 --> 00:25:31.279 powder and mildew, but first let's figure out what can 464 00:25:31.319 --> 00:25:34.680 we do to avoid the problem as much as possible. 465 00:25:35.680 --> 00:25:37.960 I love to be out in the garden, but I 466 00:25:38.000 --> 00:25:40.240 don't want to spend my Saturday afternoons out in the 467 00:25:40.240 --> 00:25:44.319 garden at the end of a spray nozzle. For everything 468 00:25:44.359 --> 00:25:47.000 that happens, I want to sprend it walk, spend it 469 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:52.000 walking around planting plants, harvesting things, enjoying the beauty of 470 00:25:52.039 --> 00:25:55.880 it all. And that's kind of the approach that I 471 00:25:55.920 --> 00:26:01.400 would highly recommend that you consider that exact approach, because 472 00:26:01.440 --> 00:26:04.400 that that just makes more sense, you know, it just 473 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:08.480 makes more sense. We're going to head out now to Troy, 474 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:13.319 Alabama and talk to Paul. Hey, Paul, let's we've got 475 00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:15.920 a few few just about a half a minute here, 476 00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:18.480 and let's get us started and we'll finish after break. 477 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:19.039 How about that? 478 00:26:19.880 --> 00:26:22.720 No problem? I was going to ask you would round 479 00:26:22.799 --> 00:26:24.920 up work on the sage christ. 480 00:26:25.920 --> 00:26:30.200 No, not not Well, it'll burn the top back, but 481 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:33.799 you don't get good tuber control with roundup. If you 482 00:26:33.839 --> 00:26:38.480 go online gardening with skip dot com there are products 483 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:42.599 that are listed for there's a nutsedge publication that lists 484 00:26:42.599 --> 00:26:45.480 a lot of products in a in a very quick answer, 485 00:26:46.039 --> 00:26:50.400 sedge hammer is a good product that will do a 486 00:26:50.440 --> 00:26:54.279 good job of controlling nuts edge. But you need to 487 00:26:54.279 --> 00:26:58.640 read the publication because there's situations where it doesn't work 488 00:26:58.640 --> 00:27:00.759 as well and you avoid that. 489 00:27:01.519 --> 00:27:06.279 Okay, MSM will work on all you Southern grice, as 490 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:08.759 I've tried it on all you sloth and grace. 491 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:11.279 It works real good on your hel grice. 492 00:27:12.119 --> 00:27:13.119 Yeah, I have a great today. 493 00:27:13.119 --> 00:27:13.759 Appreciate you. 494 00:27:14.480 --> 00:27:18.079 Thanks Paul. All Right, folks, heading to a break, We'll 495 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:23.400 be right backline. Give us a call when you are 496 00:27:23.440 --> 00:27:26.160 ready to ask a gardening question, any kind of question. 497 00:27:26.839 --> 00:27:30.960 Seven one three two one two K t R H. 498 00:27:31.039 --> 00:27:35.920 I am so impressed with the products that Dean Nelson 499 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:38.480 has created out there at Nelson Plant Food. They have 500 00:27:38.519 --> 00:27:41.119 a whole line of turf products. A turf Star is 501 00:27:41.119 --> 00:27:42.079 the name of the line. 502 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.640 Uh. 503 00:27:43.000 --> 00:27:45.200 There's the Slow and Easy, which just lasts three or 504 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:46.920 four months. I mean it just goes on and on 505 00:27:47.079 --> 00:27:51.519 releasing it's nutrients. There's the Bruce's Brew, which also releases 506 00:27:51.640 --> 00:27:54.279 over time, but it puts more of the nutrient release 507 00:27:54.400 --> 00:27:59.079 up front, so it's not it's not not a slow release. 508 00:27:59.119 --> 00:28:02.759 It has some slowerly feature, but it is primarily we 509 00:28:02.799 --> 00:28:05.079 would put it for you know, let's get a good 510 00:28:05.160 --> 00:28:08.200 boost right here and now, and then it'll continue to 511 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:12.480 feed over time. Then there are the jars, the canisters, 512 00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:17.759 the plastic clear plastic canisters with the screw top lids 513 00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:20.480 of all kinds of things. Color Star one of the 514 00:28:20.519 --> 00:28:24.039 most popular things on the market for making your flower 515 00:28:24.119 --> 00:28:28.559 beds bloom. Let me get fancy and say more floriferous. 516 00:28:29.519 --> 00:28:32.759 That is what color Star will do. Also, there's things 517 00:28:32.920 --> 00:28:36.839 like the nutri Star line. There's tree and shrub fertilizer, 518 00:28:36.839 --> 00:28:39.079 for example, that helps if you've got a tree that 519 00:28:39.119 --> 00:28:41.000 you planted in the last i don't know, three or 520 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:44.920 four months, boy, that you definitely need to be starting 521 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:46.839 to fertilize that thing, and I would get some on 522 00:28:46.960 --> 00:28:50.559 now before we head into the cool winter season. You 523 00:28:50.640 --> 00:28:53.119 just sprinkle it around and keep that tree growing with 524 00:28:53.240 --> 00:28:57.319 little boosts here and there with that product Nutristar Tree 525 00:28:57.359 --> 00:28:59.799 and Shrub. There's also a product for tropicals that they have. 526 00:29:00.000 --> 00:29:02.160 There's a product for blooming trees and things like the 527 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:07.759 Crepe myrtle, for example. It's easy to find the quality 528 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:12.680 products like the Nutra Star and the Color Star and 529 00:29:12.799 --> 00:29:16.559 the turf Star in garden centers all around all over 530 00:29:16.599 --> 00:29:20.720 the area. For example, up in Montgomery area, A and 531 00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:25.319 A Plants carries In fact, A and A carries ever fertilizer. 532 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:28.200 You can imagine. A and A carries every product that 533 00:29:28.240 --> 00:29:31.319 you need. They have beautiful plants, they've got there's always 534 00:29:31.400 --> 00:29:34.039 some good deal going on around there, especially through this 535 00:29:34.160 --> 00:29:36.680 summer season. A and A is just a good place 536 00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:38.720 to Visit's on the Highway one oh five on the 537 00:29:38.759 --> 00:29:41.799 east side of Montgomery. So all of you that live 538 00:29:41.839 --> 00:29:45.200 out in Lake Conroe area, all the neighborhoods around Lake Conroe, 539 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:47.480 which it just seems like there's always more and more 540 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:51.680 growing going on out there. This is your backyard garden center. 541 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:53.480 And you're going to go in there and you're going 542 00:29:53.519 --> 00:29:55.359 to find what you want. And if you're looking for 543 00:29:55.440 --> 00:29:58.359 things to kind of add some bling to your landscape, 544 00:29:58.519 --> 00:30:01.839 you know, like a metal archway or or chiminea for 545 00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:04.880 the patio, all those kinds of the other kinds of decorations. 546 00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:08.640 Any plants and produce has got you covered. Again, they're 547 00:30:08.680 --> 00:30:11.480 on the east side of Montgomery. They're east side of 548 00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:14.359 Montgomery on Highway one oh five, so just as you're 549 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:17.359 coming in or out of Montgomery, you just pass right 550 00:30:17.440 --> 00:30:21.039 by them. I think that one of the best things 551 00:30:21.119 --> 00:30:23.880 is seven days a week from nine to five, that 552 00:30:24.400 --> 00:30:26.720 you know it's always a good time to swing by there. 553 00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:28.680 They're going to be open and they're going to have 554 00:30:28.839 --> 00:30:33.400 what you need. Well, you are listening to Garden Line. 555 00:30:33.400 --> 00:30:35.559 I'm your host, Skip Richter, and we're trying to talk 556 00:30:35.599 --> 00:30:38.559 about the kinds of things that I think would help 557 00:30:38.640 --> 00:30:41.880 you have a more more success in your in your 558 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:46.200 garden and in your landscaping. There are things that people 559 00:30:46.799 --> 00:30:51.519 do that are just, let's just say, bad habits. Then 560 00:30:51.839 --> 00:30:54.079 we do them because we saw someone else do them, 561 00:30:54.200 --> 00:30:56.759 or we heard about somebody else doing them. And the 562 00:30:56.799 --> 00:31:00.279 worst place to hear about anything is in social media, 563 00:31:00.279 --> 00:31:04.519 where everybody's an expert, and you just need to take 564 00:31:04.559 --> 00:31:07.079 all of that with a grain of salt. You really do, 565 00:31:07.480 --> 00:31:10.920 because a that person may live in Timbuctoo and it's 566 00:31:10.960 --> 00:31:14.640 a different soil, it's a different climate than here, so 567 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:18.799 advice that may be true there isn't true here. They 568 00:31:18.839 --> 00:31:21.839 also may just think they know when they don't know. 569 00:31:23.559 --> 00:31:26.759 I think it was Mark Twain or Will Rogers, one 570 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:29.039 of those guys said, have it. Being smart is knowing 571 00:31:29.079 --> 00:31:32.000 what you're dumb at. I like that because, you know, 572 00:31:32.039 --> 00:31:34.400 the older I get, the more I find that I'm 573 00:31:34.480 --> 00:31:36.279 dumb at. I used to think I knew it, I 574 00:31:36.359 --> 00:31:40.079 knew everything. Now no better. And that how it works 575 00:31:40.079 --> 00:31:43.960 as we get a little bit older. But seriously, when 576 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:46.799 you're looking, you know, for quality advice and good direction, 577 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:49.400 that's what we're trying to do to steer you in 578 00:31:49.480 --> 00:31:53.559 the direction that you need to go. And so we 579 00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:56.279 try to provide a little bit of the why behind 580 00:31:56.400 --> 00:31:59.759 the what. In other words, I could tell you just 581 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:02.720 go do such and such. That's the what, and I 582 00:32:02.720 --> 00:32:05.000 can also tell you the why. And when you understand 583 00:32:05.000 --> 00:32:07.920 the why a little bit, it helps you to do 584 00:32:07.960 --> 00:32:14.279 a better job of the what is that confusing or what? 585 00:32:14.279 --> 00:32:18.039 What I'm trying to say is this, maybe you are 586 00:32:18.079 --> 00:32:20.680 going to control nutsedge or that's what your goal is, 587 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:23.359 And I say, well, go do this, but here's what 588 00:32:23.400 --> 00:32:25.519 you need to know, here's why, and this is why 589 00:32:25.559 --> 00:32:27.880 we do it. Now that keeps you from using that 590 00:32:27.920 --> 00:32:31.400 same advice in a way or in a time where 591 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:34.920 it won't work and everything has some yeah butt to it, 592 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:37.359 and so that's what I try to kind of weed 593 00:32:37.400 --> 00:32:40.279 through as we're doing this. All right, Well, enough of that. 594 00:32:40.799 --> 00:32:43.359 If that made sense to anybody, raise your hand. We're 595 00:32:43.400 --> 00:32:45.559 going to go out to League City now and talk 596 00:32:45.599 --> 00:32:48.720 to Suzanne. Hello, Suzanne, Hi. 597 00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:51.519 I sent you a picture of those weeds, that weed, 598 00:32:54.200 --> 00:32:55.799 and you told me to call this morning. 599 00:32:56.720 --> 00:33:01.200 Yes, yes, that is that is doveweed is in weed. 600 00:33:01.839 --> 00:33:05.400 Dove weed is like it looks to some people, looks 601 00:33:05.400 --> 00:33:10.279 a lot like Saint Augustine, but it's it's a shiny, waxy, 602 00:33:10.319 --> 00:33:14.200 almost kind of rubbery rubbery leaves and things. It will 603 00:33:14.200 --> 00:33:17.519 start producing seed here before long if it hadn't already, 604 00:33:18.000 --> 00:33:21.119 and getting it out of there is very helpful. Now 605 00:33:21.359 --> 00:33:25.400 with doveweed, probably the best thing to do would be 606 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:29.480 to use a pre emergent herbicide in the spring, but 607 00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:33.640 in late spring. With our others. If you look at 608 00:33:33.640 --> 00:33:37.119 me laun schedule, it's got mostly we're doing the pre 609 00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:41.599 emergence in February. You could probably come in in March 610 00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:44.720 or even April maybe and do the pre emergence for 611 00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:48.920 the dove weed. That is, it's going to sprout when 612 00:33:48.920 --> 00:33:51.160 the weather warms up really good. I would say probably 613 00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.359 March would be a good time. 614 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:56.000 What happens if I don't do anything because it looks 615 00:33:56.079 --> 00:34:01.599 good and it's I don't know, it's the same color 616 00:34:01.640 --> 00:34:04.680 as St. Augustine and it's growing in some places where 617 00:34:04.720 --> 00:34:07.559 I have had trouble. 618 00:34:09.239 --> 00:34:09.480 Growing. 619 00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:13.800 Nothing. Yeah, nothing happens except that it can crowd out 620 00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:17.159 the Saint Augustine little bit. It's a competitor with it. 621 00:34:17.199 --> 00:34:19.920 But you can leave it. You can leave it, and 622 00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:22.840 just that's your business. That that is certainly fine. They're 623 00:34:23.280 --> 00:34:25.639 controlling it with the pre emergent, is preventing the seeds 624 00:34:25.679 --> 00:34:28.639 in the spring from coming up, controlling the emergen. 625 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:33.079 I just leave it alone. Does it does it die 626 00:34:33.119 --> 00:34:35.679 and turn brown or anything like that? 627 00:34:36.599 --> 00:34:41.400 It doesn't look good during the winter because it dies 628 00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:46.039 uh and and comes back from seed. Uh. So I 629 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:49.239 would yeah, you know, it's up to you if you 630 00:34:49.320 --> 00:34:51.559 are going to kill it. I can tell you post 631 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:54.159 emergency spray and you can kill it. But then you're 632 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:55.719 gonna need to go in there and put sod in 633 00:34:56.239 --> 00:34:59.880 to get a good canopy of grass where you don't 634 00:34:59.880 --> 00:35:02.840 have uh. Wherever sunlight hits the soil, weeds like dove 635 00:35:02.840 --> 00:35:04.960 weed are going to be able to pop up. The 636 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:08.239 seeds can germinate and establish a plant when they get good. 637 00:35:09.760 --> 00:35:12.400 So I guess if you're not willing to jump on 638 00:35:12.880 --> 00:35:16.760 the sodding and going into the dense lawn thing, uh, 639 00:35:17.199 --> 00:35:20.239 then maybe living with it like you're talking about certainly 640 00:35:20.239 --> 00:35:25.199 an option. These people will not want to hear that 641 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:28.960 that kind of statement, but that's that's the case, you bet, Suzanne. 642 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:34.199 Thank you for calling me as a fella I know 643 00:35:34.599 --> 00:35:39.039 in uh uh, we're in Mississippi's name is Elder Russian. 644 00:35:39.079 --> 00:35:41.320 He comes over to speak every now and the scenario, 645 00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:43.400 and he says, the best way to get rid of 646 00:35:43.400 --> 00:35:48.239 every weed and your lawn is take off your glasses. Hey, 647 00:35:48.239 --> 00:35:50.199 you know, I've got to admit. I've got a neighbor 648 00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:54.679 down the street who is lawn has more weeds than 649 00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:57.599 Saint Augustine's and he has if you want to, if 650 00:35:57.639 --> 00:35:59.360 you want to have a weed, I d class you 651 00:35:59.360 --> 00:36:01.920 could go to his because every weed in the world 652 00:36:02.000 --> 00:36:04.320 is in his law. Now he just mos mos most 653 00:36:04.679 --> 00:36:07.000 And you know, when you drive by, unless you really 654 00:36:07.039 --> 00:36:11.239 turn your head and look, it looks pretty good because 655 00:36:11.320 --> 00:36:14.119 weeds are green too. I don't think I'm going to 656 00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:17.119 sell many people on that as an approach, but there 657 00:36:17.239 --> 00:36:20.400 is an option. I'll be right back. Take care of 658 00:36:23.840 --> 00:36:26.159 King Ranch has inspired the values to continue to guide 659 00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:29.000 King Ranch Troupe. Really looking forward to visiting with you 660 00:36:29.079 --> 00:36:32.280 to help with whatever the questions are you have so 661 00:36:32.320 --> 00:36:35.440 that you can have a more bountiful, beautiful garden and landscape. 662 00:36:35.519 --> 00:36:37.800 That's what we're looking for here. If you'd like to 663 00:36:37.800 --> 00:36:39.639 give us a call, the number is seven one three 664 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:43.360 two one two five eight seven four seven one three 665 00:36:43.519 --> 00:36:45.920 two one two fifty eight seventy four. 666 00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:46.760 Uh. 667 00:36:47.360 --> 00:36:51.599 Microlife has a number of different products, and I talk 668 00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:54.920 about certain ones, but if I were to talk about 669 00:36:54.920 --> 00:36:57.159 all of them, just about take the whole show to 670 00:36:57.280 --> 00:37:01.320 do that. Uh, the standard Microlife long fertilizer, the green bag, 671 00:37:01.400 --> 00:37:04.639 the six two four, that's the one that is probably 672 00:37:04.719 --> 00:37:06.840 the you know, the lead one when it comes to 673 00:37:06.920 --> 00:37:09.400 your lawns and things. But there's also the hum Mats Plus, 674 00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:12.960 which is a purple bag that's concentrated compost in a bag. 675 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:15.880 Someone asked me the other day, can I do both 676 00:37:15.920 --> 00:37:19.119 that and the the sixty four And the answers yes, 677 00:37:19.199 --> 00:37:23.239 because they're for different purposes. The sixty four is providing 678 00:37:23.559 --> 00:37:28.239 microbes but also the nutrients six percent nitrogen, two percent phosphorus, 679 00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:32.159 four percent potassium into the soil to stimulate growth on 680 00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:35.519 your grass plant. The microlife humates plus the purple bag. 681 00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:38.679 That one is concentrated composted in the bag. It's a 682 00:37:38.760 --> 00:37:42.840 humus type material that does have some potassium in it, 683 00:37:43.199 --> 00:37:46.480 but you're putting it down because humus is the final 684 00:37:46.559 --> 00:37:51.719 decomposition product of organic matter, and it helps build soil structure, 685 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:55.320 it helps with microbial activity, and like all microlife products, 686 00:37:55.320 --> 00:37:57.880 it's got the microbes in it as well. Then they 687 00:37:57.880 --> 00:38:02.599 have their liquid products, the Biomatrix, the orange labeled Liquid 688 00:38:02.639 --> 00:38:06.719 sixty four. They've got the product that is basically a 689 00:38:06.800 --> 00:38:09.639 seaweed top product. They got the product that's basically a 690 00:38:09.719 --> 00:38:12.000 fish and Molson product. That one's called Ocean Harvest, by 691 00:38:12.000 --> 00:38:14.480 the way, And there's lots and lots of others, and 692 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:17.760 I'm gonna be talking about some new microlife products here 693 00:38:17.800 --> 00:38:20.960 as we go a little further along. But I'm just 694 00:38:21.000 --> 00:38:24.920 telling you it's easy to find great products for everything 695 00:38:24.960 --> 00:38:28.599 from houseplants to your outdoor plants, lawns to trees to 696 00:38:28.679 --> 00:38:32.800 shrubs to vegetable gardens. From Microlife. Microlif Fertilizer dot Com 697 00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:36.360 is their website. Easy, easy to get to. Microlife products 698 00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:40.000 are widely, widely available. You're going to find them all 699 00:38:40.000 --> 00:38:43.239 over the place, not difficult at all. That makes it 700 00:38:43.320 --> 00:38:48.760 kind of handy, kind of easy. I was talking earlier 701 00:38:48.800 --> 00:38:52.400 about managing the nuts edge and other other kinds of 702 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:55.679 weeds and whatnot. I just want to mention we've had 703 00:38:55.719 --> 00:38:58.440 some calls and a number of emails about people that 704 00:38:58.480 --> 00:39:01.559 are trying to fix areas of their lawn that had 705 00:39:01.559 --> 00:39:05.239 weed problems. The typical question is I have nut I 706 00:39:05.320 --> 00:39:09.320 have maybe nuts edge or bermuda grass and my Saint Augustine, 707 00:39:09.519 --> 00:39:12.559 and I'm I want to the Saint Augustine is dying back. 708 00:39:12.599 --> 00:39:14.360 I want to redo that area, but I don't want 709 00:39:14.360 --> 00:39:17.159 the bermuda grass in there, for example. And so the 710 00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:21.360 way we do that is to apply something. If it's 711 00:39:21.599 --> 00:39:24.840 just a grassy weed, you can apply just a herbicide 712 00:39:24.880 --> 00:39:27.679 for grassy weeds. That's on. If you need to know 713 00:39:27.840 --> 00:39:30.119 what is a herbicide for grassy weeds, I'm not gonna 714 00:39:30.800 --> 00:39:33.119 you know, name out the chemical names right now to 715 00:39:33.199 --> 00:39:36.039 you to make your eyes roll back. But if you 716 00:39:36.079 --> 00:39:38.280 go online to gardening with skip dot com. There is 717 00:39:38.400 --> 00:39:41.159 a sheet on herbicides that goes with the weed wiper, 718 00:39:41.280 --> 00:39:44.480 but it's true for not weed, it's true for spraying too. 719 00:39:45.079 --> 00:39:47.760 What are the weeds that you have and what herbicides 720 00:39:47.760 --> 00:39:51.360 control them? And the grassyat products are listed on there 721 00:39:51.440 --> 00:39:53.960 a number of different brand names too that you'll find 722 00:39:54.000 --> 00:39:56.559 on the market, so you could go at it that way. 723 00:39:56.599 --> 00:39:59.400 If your lawn has broad leaf weeds that are perennials 724 00:39:59.559 --> 00:40:01.559 also in addition to the grassy, then you would have 725 00:40:01.639 --> 00:40:04.880 to use a general weed killer one that kills everything. 726 00:40:05.559 --> 00:40:08.440 But when you do that, you want to get the 727 00:40:08.440 --> 00:40:09.039 spray down. 728 00:40:09.159 --> 00:40:09.480 Do that. 729 00:40:10.119 --> 00:40:13.480 But then if you do need to do any adjusting 730 00:40:13.519 --> 00:40:15.639 of the soil an he maybe filling in some low 731 00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:20.679 areas or rototilling over it, and then water the dirt, 732 00:40:21.000 --> 00:40:24.119 water the dirt and make whatever is there come up. 733 00:40:24.719 --> 00:40:27.360 And if what you're going to see is maybe you 734 00:40:27.400 --> 00:40:29.280 try to get rid of bermuda grass but you left 735 00:40:29.280 --> 00:40:31.599 a little bit, didn't get it all, well, you'll see 736 00:40:31.599 --> 00:40:34.719 it then and that second application will help you get 737 00:40:34.800 --> 00:40:38.360 that done. And that's very important because to just put 738 00:40:38.400 --> 00:40:40.840 your new Saint Augustine down and now you got that 739 00:40:40.880 --> 00:40:44.400 old bermuda popping up through it because bermuda can come 740 00:40:44.440 --> 00:40:47.280 from down deep under the ground and come to the surface. 741 00:40:48.159 --> 00:40:50.320 You want to get rid of it before you do that. 742 00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:54.480 If that is the goal that you have. Our phone 743 00:40:54.559 --> 00:40:57.159 number is seven one three two one two five eight 744 00:40:57.280 --> 00:41:01.360 seven four seven to one three two one to fifty 745 00:41:01.400 --> 00:41:04.960 eight seventy four. Uh, have you been out? Have you 746 00:41:05.039 --> 00:41:08.400 been out to the Enchanted Gardens out in Richmond? That 747 00:41:08.559 --> 00:41:11.719 is the garden center that is on FM three point 748 00:41:11.719 --> 00:41:15.280 fifty nine. It's on the Katie Fulscher side of Rechmond. 749 00:41:15.639 --> 00:41:17.320 Let me give you their website because you want to 750 00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:19.840 write this down. They have an outstanding website with a 751 00:41:19.880 --> 00:41:24.639 lot of good, good information on it. That's Enchanted Gardens 752 00:41:24.840 --> 00:41:28.480 Richmond dot com. Enchanted Gardens Richmond dot com. Again Katie 753 00:41:28.480 --> 00:41:31.639 Follscher side of Rechimond. If you'd like to give them 754 00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:34.519 a call to eight one three four one twelve o 755 00:41:34.760 --> 00:41:40.599 six twelve oh six. The Peach Truck it's called the 756 00:41:40.639 --> 00:41:44.360 Peach Creek Country Market. It'll be back out at Enchanted 757 00:41:44.920 --> 00:41:48.960 today from ten am to two pm. Today's August eighteenth. Yeah, 758 00:41:49.000 --> 00:41:51.880 that's it today. And boy that peaches and they got 759 00:41:51.920 --> 00:41:55.679 sweet corn and watermelons and whatever is in season, they're 760 00:41:55.679 --> 00:41:59.280 gonna have it there. At enchanted gardens, you're gonna find 761 00:41:59.480 --> 00:42:03.360 a lot of plants that are outstanding, but they're just 762 00:42:03.519 --> 00:42:08.039 not that widespread. You just don't see them enough. For example, 763 00:42:08.119 --> 00:42:12.639 creeping wire vine. Creeping wire vine is a cool little plant. 764 00:42:13.440 --> 00:42:17.320 It is a vining plant with a little small leaves, 765 00:42:17.360 --> 00:42:20.719 but the vines are well. It has a name wire vine. 766 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:23.800 There's a reason they're very They're very tough, and it 767 00:42:23.880 --> 00:42:27.360 makes an excellent, excellent groundcover even even take a little 768 00:42:27.360 --> 00:42:30.280 bit of food, foot traffic, although I would be a 769 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:32.920 little careful, you know, to let it grow so tall 770 00:42:33.000 --> 00:42:35.400 that it wouldn't be a tripping hazard, but it can 771 00:42:35.440 --> 00:42:37.920 take a little bit of that. It's that tough, deer resistant, 772 00:42:38.000 --> 00:42:41.800 drought tolerant, all the things that you want. Creeping wire 773 00:42:41.920 --> 00:42:45.000 vine milim Bechia is the proper name for it, but 774 00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:47.960 they got that there. That's just an example. Though. They 775 00:42:48.000 --> 00:42:51.639 have so many types of plants that you just don't 776 00:42:51.679 --> 00:42:55.119 see elsewhere, and there's things that we need to use 777 00:42:55.199 --> 00:42:57.519 more that we don't. And if you go to in 778 00:42:57.599 --> 00:43:01.599 Channa Gardens in Richmond, you're going to find it beautiful jacobinias. 779 00:43:01.719 --> 00:43:05.000 It's a it's a type of Justicia that has this 780 00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:10.840 beautiful multi flower bloom on top that is absolutely gorgeous. Uh. 781 00:43:10.880 --> 00:43:14.360 It just it performs really well here in our climate. 782 00:43:14.440 --> 00:43:16.519 And there's others. I sit here, I want to tell 783 00:43:16.519 --> 00:43:18.920 you about every plant they have, because there's so many, 784 00:43:19.320 --> 00:43:22.239 but they sure do have those. Uh and again in 785 00:43:22.360 --> 00:43:25.719 Channa Gardens Richmond dot com. That's the website. Go check 786 00:43:25.719 --> 00:43:27.079 it out. If you haven't been there, you need to 787 00:43:27.119 --> 00:43:31.039 see it. Our phone number is seven one three two 788 00:43:31.119 --> 00:43:34.840 one two fifty eight seventy four seven one three two 789 00:43:34.920 --> 00:43:37.639 one two five eight seven four. I'm gonna take a 790 00:43:37.679 --> 00:43:40.480 little break, uh dow that number. Give cross the call 791 00:43:40.559 --> 00:43:42.719 and you can be the van listening to guarden line 792 00:43:42.760 --> 00:43:45.079 if you like to call in seven one three two 793 00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:48.039 one two k t R. How can we help you 794 00:43:48.159 --> 00:43:52.360 have better success in your beautiful lawn, your beautiful garden, 795 00:43:52.920 --> 00:43:55.960 maybe some more color around the house. I tell you 796 00:43:56.039 --> 00:44:01.159 that my uh son lives in the Houston area and 797 00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:05.760 these past two big storms we had there was the 798 00:44:05.800 --> 00:44:08.840 first one and then Barrel the hurricane came through and 799 00:44:08.880 --> 00:44:11.840 they're without power for a long time. And a lot 800 00:44:11.840 --> 00:44:14.800 of you have experienced that, and I don't care if 801 00:44:14.840 --> 00:44:17.360 it's a hurricane. And by the way, this is predicted 802 00:44:17.400 --> 00:44:20.239 to be a very busy season or just other storms. 803 00:44:20.239 --> 00:44:23.360 When the power goes out, it creates major issues. Whether 804 00:44:23.440 --> 00:44:26.360 it's our losing food in the fridge, or not being 805 00:44:26.360 --> 00:44:28.920 able to have air conditioning in the house when it's 806 00:44:29.199 --> 00:44:32.960 blazing hot outside. 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That's 829 00:45:45.079 --> 00:45:49.159 just where Quality Home begins. Customer service a times winner 830 00:45:49.199 --> 00:45:51.960 of the Pinnacle Award by the Better Business Bureau for 831 00:45:52.119 --> 00:45:56.480 Customer Service fourteen thousand plus. It's way over that now, 832 00:45:56.800 --> 00:45:59.960 five star reviews online. It's because they take care of 833 00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:03.960 their customers. They do have financing. Financing options available. Just 834 00:46:03.960 --> 00:46:06.880 give them a call at seven one three Quality seven 835 00:46:06.960 --> 00:46:13.880 one three Quality, or go to the website qualitytx dot com. 836 00:46:13.960 --> 00:46:17.760 Let's head now out to Magnolia and talk to Ron. 837 00:46:17.880 --> 00:46:24.440 Hello Ron, Yes, sir, good morning, good morning. I heard 838 00:46:24.480 --> 00:46:28.719 you mentioned creeping wirevine and I have a question. We 839 00:46:28.840 --> 00:46:31.320 put some in this morning as a ground I'm sorry, 840 00:46:31.480 --> 00:46:36.440 this spring as a groundcover, and we went to Arburgate 841 00:46:36.519 --> 00:46:37.199 and bought some. 842 00:46:37.159 --> 00:46:39.079 Of their fertilizer. 843 00:46:39.119 --> 00:46:42.599 It's mostly blood meal and slate, and I think. 844 00:46:42.480 --> 00:46:45.119 Some of the products. 845 00:46:46.000 --> 00:46:52.679 Okay, it's been doing real well, and I fertilized it 846 00:46:52.960 --> 00:46:57.679 with that fertilizer. It's been in the ground about five months, 847 00:46:58.559 --> 00:47:04.000 and it's partly shaded and partly full sun, and the 848 00:47:04.039 --> 00:47:08.880 soil is pure, pure sugar sand, so the water runs. 849 00:47:08.639 --> 00:47:09.559 Through very quick. 850 00:47:10.519 --> 00:47:11.480 Uh. 851 00:47:11.639 --> 00:47:17.559 The part that's in full sun has almost has the 852 00:47:17.599 --> 00:47:22.000 appearance of being overfertilized. I don't know if it's the 853 00:47:22.039 --> 00:47:24.719 full sun that's doing it or I put too much 854 00:47:24.800 --> 00:47:25.880 fertilizer on it. 855 00:47:26.920 --> 00:47:29.880 What does overfertilized look like? What? What are you seeing? 856 00:47:31.480 --> 00:47:31.719 Well? 857 00:47:32.119 --> 00:47:32.239 Uh? 858 00:47:32.719 --> 00:47:38.360 I used a broadcast you know, hand broadcast spreader, and 859 00:47:38.400 --> 00:47:40.800 I put it on to where you could actually see 860 00:47:40.800 --> 00:47:46.599 it on the ground. Uh, freddy readily. It's a fine, fine, 861 00:47:46.599 --> 00:47:50.360 fine material. And if you don't, I don't know if 862 00:47:50.360 --> 00:47:51.719 I put too much on it. 863 00:47:54.519 --> 00:47:56.920 Yeah, are you seeing something like? What does the r 864 00:47:57.039 --> 00:47:59.679 vine look like? That thing makes you think maybe I'll 865 00:47:59.679 --> 00:48:02.440 put too much on well? 866 00:48:02.639 --> 00:48:02.840 Uh? 867 00:48:03.079 --> 00:48:04.199 Is it back to the park. 868 00:48:06.159 --> 00:48:10.119 No, it's gotten real leggy in front and not a 869 00:48:10.159 --> 00:48:13.000 whole not a whole lot of leaves in the back 870 00:48:13.079 --> 00:48:16.159 where it's partially shaded. It looks great. It's still green 871 00:48:16.239 --> 00:48:20.480 and spreading and uh, it's just I just don't know 872 00:48:20.519 --> 00:48:23.880 if I overfurt lasted, or if it's just the partisan 873 00:48:24.000 --> 00:48:26.599 full sun is getting too much sun. 874 00:48:28.920 --> 00:48:33.320 Well, wyvine will put up with a pretty shady area. 875 00:48:34.320 --> 00:48:36.679 You know, like any plant, if you get in too 876 00:48:36.719 --> 00:48:43.199 much shade, you start to lose the well, the density 877 00:48:43.320 --> 00:48:45.559 or the density of the foliage and everything because there's 878 00:48:45.599 --> 00:48:49.280 not enough sunlight. But warvine's pretty tough and it gets 879 00:48:49.360 --> 00:48:51.719 a lot of sun. It ought to do pretty good 880 00:48:51.760 --> 00:48:52.039 for you. 881 00:48:52.320 --> 00:48:52.400 Uh. 882 00:48:52.960 --> 00:48:55.840 I think full sun is fine, partial shade is fine. 883 00:48:55.880 --> 00:48:59.800 I wouldn't go less than partial shade. Uh. You probably 884 00:48:59.800 --> 00:49:01.840 look looking at a new plant that is just really 885 00:49:01.960 --> 00:49:05.920 establishing roots and sending out a lot of fine growth. 886 00:49:06.079 --> 00:49:08.480 You can trim it back. You can do that. And 887 00:49:08.719 --> 00:49:10.280 you know when you take a long vine and you 888 00:49:10.360 --> 00:49:13.280 cut it back, you're going to get sprouts from the side, 889 00:49:13.400 --> 00:49:15.880 shoots that come out, and you get a little bit 890 00:49:15.920 --> 00:49:19.159 more density. It takes it a while to build really 891 00:49:19.239 --> 00:49:22.480 thick density. Early on, it can look a little bit leggy. 892 00:49:24.079 --> 00:49:27.320 Well that that's kind of what I thought, And I 893 00:49:27.320 --> 00:49:31.400 guess my question, my real question is I had thought 894 00:49:31.440 --> 00:49:34.840 about trimming it back some, but since they're so new 895 00:49:36.159 --> 00:49:41.280 five months see, maybe not even four months. I'm thinking 896 00:49:41.320 --> 00:49:43.679 maybe I'll just leave it alone till next spring and 897 00:49:43.719 --> 00:49:45.000 then maybe trim it back. 898 00:49:45.760 --> 00:49:49.119 That's fine. There's not a black and white answer on 899 00:49:49.119 --> 00:49:50.559 that one. You could do it anyway. But if you 900 00:49:50.559 --> 00:49:53.079 want to wait until spring, let it get a better 901 00:49:53.199 --> 00:49:55.559 established plant and then share it back a little bit, 902 00:49:55.760 --> 00:49:58.280 you can do that. It doesn't need sharing all the time. 903 00:49:58.360 --> 00:50:03.360 In fact, it's best if without too many frequent sharings, 904 00:50:03.480 --> 00:50:05.760 so that it can grow those shoots and sprawl around 905 00:50:05.800 --> 00:50:07.119 like it does. It's a good plant. 906 00:50:07.159 --> 00:50:07.360 Though. 907 00:50:07.400 --> 00:50:08.480 You made a good choice. 908 00:50:09.440 --> 00:50:11.360 Oh yeah, we're really in love it well for sure. 909 00:50:11.440 --> 00:50:14.320 Thank you for the hail, all right, sir, you take care, 910 00:50:14.400 --> 00:50:17.800 Thanks to the God. I appreciate that, all right, our 911 00:50:17.800 --> 00:50:20.519 phone number seven one three two one two five eight 912 00:50:20.679 --> 00:50:24.719 seven four. I've talked about as might for a long 913 00:50:24.760 --> 00:50:28.840 time here on guarden Line, and as might provides trace minerals. 914 00:50:28.920 --> 00:50:31.599 What is a trace mineral? That means something that is 915 00:50:31.920 --> 00:50:36.239 essential but you don't need much of it. Nitrogen is 916 00:50:36.280 --> 00:50:38.760 on the other end of the spectrum. It's also essential, 917 00:50:39.079 --> 00:50:41.039 but you need a lot of it for plants to do. 918 00:50:41.119 --> 00:50:43.639 In fact, the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium you need a 919 00:50:43.639 --> 00:50:46.039 lot of That's why that's the three numbers on every 920 00:50:46.039 --> 00:50:49.760 fertilizer bag, those three ingredients. But when you get on 921 00:50:49.840 --> 00:50:52.960 in the trace minerals, they're equally essential for plants. And 922 00:50:53.039 --> 00:50:56.880 as mite is a mind product, a mind product that 923 00:50:57.000 --> 00:50:59.920 is put on your lawn to provide that addition to it, 924 00:51:00.079 --> 00:51:02.199 to add to that bank account in the soil. You 925 00:51:02.199 --> 00:51:05.039 can go to azimite Texas dot com find out more. 926 00:51:05.679 --> 00:51:07.960 You can do it on the same day you fertilize 927 00:51:08.039 --> 00:51:10.199 if you want to. You can do it out of 928 00:51:10.239 --> 00:51:12.239 the blue, any day of the year. You can put 929 00:51:12.280 --> 00:51:14.480 down the asimite. It's not going to make your lawn 930 00:51:14.559 --> 00:51:17.920 take off growing. It's providing the bank account of what 931 00:51:17.960 --> 00:51:21.199 the lawn needs and plants in general need. You can 932 00:51:21.280 --> 00:51:24.760 use vegetable gardens and other places in order to thrive. 933 00:51:25.320 --> 00:51:28.239 Aszmite Texas dot com. That's the website. You're going to 934 00:51:28.280 --> 00:51:31.400 find azamite in a lot of different places, very widely, 935 00:51:31.679 --> 00:51:35.920 widely available product. Let's go now to Southwest Houston and 936 00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:39.719 we're going to talk to Laurel. Hello Laurel, good morning, sir. 937 00:51:41.920 --> 00:51:43.880 Not can we help today? 938 00:51:44.440 --> 00:51:47.079 I'd like to know where can I buy a decent 939 00:51:47.320 --> 00:51:52.000 weed eater and a chainsaw. Due to this barrel mess, 940 00:51:52.119 --> 00:51:54.880 my backyard is a total disaster and. 941 00:51:54.840 --> 00:51:58.679 I need a little help. I would go to Southwest Fertilizer. 942 00:51:58.760 --> 00:52:02.079 It's in your backyard and they have in the back 943 00:52:02.159 --> 00:52:05.000 of the store. I always talk about the fertilizers and 944 00:52:05.079 --> 00:52:07.000 things they sell, but in the back of the store 945 00:52:07.039 --> 00:52:10.559 they got a little selections of power equipment and they 946 00:52:10.559 --> 00:52:12.320 have a little shop where they can work on things. 947 00:52:12.880 --> 00:52:14.599 Go back there, take a look and see what they have. 948 00:52:14.679 --> 00:52:17.079 But they will have everything you mentioned and a lot 949 00:52:17.159 --> 00:52:19.440 lot more back there, and they're really close to you. 950 00:52:20.760 --> 00:52:21.159 Wow. 951 00:52:21.280 --> 00:52:24.079 I never even thought about them for that, because I 952 00:52:24.159 --> 00:52:28.280 know about the wonderful products that they sell, but I 953 00:52:28.400 --> 00:52:31.599 never thought about power equipment. Thank you so much for 954 00:52:31.639 --> 00:52:33.840 your kindness. You have a wonderful day. 955 00:52:33.679 --> 00:52:36.559 Sir, you too as well. Thank you for the call. 956 00:52:36.679 --> 00:52:41.239 I appreciate that. If you go up to where two 957 00:52:41.280 --> 00:52:45.320 forty nine Tamil Parkway comes into belt Way eight, that's 958 00:52:45.360 --> 00:52:49.159 where you'll find RCW Nurseries. Now. RCW has been in 959 00:52:49.239 --> 00:52:52.960 business for a very long time, family owned operation that 960 00:52:53.039 --> 00:52:58.199 by the way, the website is Rcwnurseries dot com. Right 961 00:52:58.239 --> 00:53:00.320 now is the time to get over there. They have 962 00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:05.320 fifty percent off of select roses, and RCW carries a 963 00:53:05.360 --> 00:53:08.840 wider variety of roses or a larger number of roses 964 00:53:08.880 --> 00:53:12.039 than anybody I've ever seen. But fifty percent off of 965 00:53:12.039 --> 00:53:15.400 select roses. If they have fifteen percent off all of 966 00:53:15.400 --> 00:53:18.199 the trees, and that includes citrus. So if you're looking 967 00:53:18.320 --> 00:53:22.039 at getting satsuma orange or a Myer lemon or something 968 00:53:22.360 --> 00:53:25.199 one of the citrus, this is a time. Fifteen percent off, 969 00:53:25.400 --> 00:53:27.400 good time to do that. Get it in the ground now, 970 00:53:27.960 --> 00:53:31.599 let it get established before the winter arrives. Now it's 971 00:53:31.639 --> 00:53:36.079 an excellent time. Fifty percent off Cajun hibiscus. Did I 972 00:53:36.079 --> 00:53:39.079 say fifteen or fifty on the trees, and it's fifteen 973 00:53:39.320 --> 00:53:43.360 fifteen on trees and citrus, fifty percent off Cajun hibiscus. 974 00:53:43.599 --> 00:53:47.360 I have a Cajun hibiscus. I love it. Those The 975 00:53:47.440 --> 00:53:51.079 breeder that created those had an imagination, and boy did 976 00:53:51.159 --> 00:53:53.719 they ever show it. They're beautiful. Ten percent off all 977 00:53:53.719 --> 00:53:56.000 of their shrubs. So maybe you need to replace some shrubs, 978 00:53:56.079 --> 00:53:57.599 or you want to get rid of something that's not 979 00:53:57.679 --> 00:54:01.400 doing well. Here's a good chance at rc W Nurseries 980 00:54:01.679 --> 00:54:05.519 RCW nurseries dot com. That's your nork. This is your 981 00:54:05.599 --> 00:54:10.480 nursery where Tambo Parkway hits belt Way eight. See, we're 982 00:54:10.519 --> 00:54:18.119 gonna now go to Houston area and talk to Dell. Hello, Dell, Hi, Kiff. 983 00:54:18.199 --> 00:54:20.079 I just wanted to ask you. I had a large 984 00:54:20.239 --> 00:54:24.800 stump gland just the other day, and I have a 985 00:54:24.840 --> 00:54:29.079 big surface of land with no glass. I don't have 986 00:54:29.239 --> 00:54:32.920 much saw dust at all. I'm just wondering how long 987 00:54:33.159 --> 00:54:36.239 should I wait before I put down news sad? 988 00:54:37.400 --> 00:54:40.400 Right now? You can, you can do it. The only 989 00:54:40.440 --> 00:54:42.840 thing to remember is even though you don't have sawdust, 990 00:54:42.920 --> 00:54:46.000 that soil was fluffed up. It was loosened up in 991 00:54:46.039 --> 00:54:48.559 the digging. That happens every time we use a shovel 992 00:54:48.639 --> 00:54:51.400 or a spade or rotortiller or anything in the in 993 00:54:51.480 --> 00:54:56.000 the yard, and what looks level will actually become sunken 994 00:54:56.519 --> 00:54:59.639 over time. So having a little extra soil to a 995 00:54:59.679 --> 00:55:02.440 mound up a little bit watered in really good and 996 00:55:02.480 --> 00:55:05.039 then put the sad on it, and that area is 997 00:55:05.119 --> 00:55:07.719 going to settle where the stump was ground out. But 998 00:55:07.800 --> 00:55:09.119 you can just get a little bit ahead of it. 999 00:55:09.159 --> 00:55:11.559 But I'm not talking about a giant, huge mound. I'm 1000 00:55:11.599 --> 00:55:14.840 just a little higher over that area and water the 1001 00:55:14.920 --> 00:55:17.239 soil really well and then lay the sid Get it 1002 00:55:17.280 --> 00:55:19.039 done now so it has the most so it has 1003 00:55:19.079 --> 00:55:23.840 the most time possible. Before we hit h the cross, 1004 00:55:24.480 --> 00:55:29.280 I'm gonna have to run Dell to a cancer You 1005 00:55:29.360 --> 00:55:32.159 bet all right, folks, we'll be right back if you 1006 00:55:32.280 --> 00:55:34.440 with us. We're going to run straight to the phones 1007 00:55:34.480 --> 00:55:38.119 this morning, head up to Huntsville. Talk to Charles. Hey, Charles, 1008 00:55:38.119 --> 00:55:39.960 welcome to Guardline. 1009 00:55:40.239 --> 00:55:43.039 Well, I've got an apple, a pear, and a peach 1010 00:55:43.079 --> 00:55:45.679 tree that are just not producing the quality of food. 1011 00:55:46.079 --> 00:55:48.480 I wondered if I should fertilize those now with the 1012 00:55:48.639 --> 00:55:51.199 microlife or should I wait till later on the fall 1013 00:55:51.280 --> 00:55:53.239 or winter to do that. 1014 00:55:56.360 --> 00:55:58.920 When you sound like you're talking about the fruit they 1015 00:55:58.920 --> 00:56:01.880 produce doesn't taste good? Or are they not producing enough? 1016 00:56:02.039 --> 00:56:07.119 What is quality? It's quality. They're not They're small and 1017 00:56:07.400 --> 00:56:11.519 they're not producing what they should. Okay, and I did 1018 00:56:11.559 --> 00:56:14.000 couple was a little. Now. I hate to make you 1019 00:56:14.039 --> 00:56:16.079 feel bad, but it's going to be fifty five here 1020 00:56:16.239 --> 00:56:17.119 Wednesday morning. 1021 00:56:18.519 --> 00:56:20.760 Shame on you. Why would you do that? 1022 00:56:21.360 --> 00:56:22.039 Would get you? 1023 00:56:22.119 --> 00:56:25.480 What have I ever done to you? Charles? I hope 1024 00:56:25.519 --> 00:56:29.400 you enjoy that fifty five All right. I hope you 1025 00:56:29.480 --> 00:56:32.079 enjoy the fifty five. Just turn your oven onto three 1026 00:56:32.199 --> 00:56:34.599 hundred and fifty degrees and every now and they're going 1027 00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:36.800 to stick your head in it so you can commiserate 1028 00:56:36.840 --> 00:56:41.239 with us over here. Okay, so fruit, here's the deal. 1029 00:56:41.320 --> 00:56:44.320 You need fruit for it to be a good size fruit. 1030 00:56:44.480 --> 00:56:47.480 You need to have a good strong plant, a tree 1031 00:56:47.519 --> 00:56:50.519 in this case, you need to have adequate water. If 1032 00:56:50.519 --> 00:56:53.360 it's a little drowdy, it's not going to develop fruit size. 1033 00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:57.199 It just won't. And you also need to have to 1034 00:56:57.280 --> 00:57:00.599 have fenned the fruit so that it's spaced out enough 1035 00:57:00.760 --> 00:57:03.840 for the tree to be able to make each fruit larger. 1036 00:57:04.639 --> 00:57:07.159 If they're crowded too close, you're not going to get 1037 00:57:07.159 --> 00:57:09.559 fruit size. Those three things that can cause a lack 1038 00:57:09.599 --> 00:57:12.639 of fruit size. You could put the microlife on now 1039 00:57:13.159 --> 00:57:15.320 and that would be fine to do. I would get 1040 00:57:15.320 --> 00:57:17.760 it done right away, though, because we don't want to 1041 00:57:17.800 --> 00:57:21.880 push things with fertilizer as we get on into the fall, 1042 00:57:22.440 --> 00:57:25.320 because winter is coming and you don't want succulent growth 1043 00:57:25.480 --> 00:57:28.320 coming into the first freeze. 1044 00:57:28.599 --> 00:57:31.239 Well, we'll have warm weather again. It's just a little 1045 00:57:31.800 --> 00:57:34.559 a freak of nature that it's getting down to fifty 1046 00:57:34.599 --> 00:57:37.440 five or one morning at five o'clock. But that's it. 1047 00:57:37.760 --> 00:57:43.760 Yeah, yeah, all right, well good, okay, yeah, that's what 1048 00:57:43.800 --> 00:57:46.039 I would do. And then if you go there's a 1049 00:57:46.079 --> 00:57:49.840 website called Aggie Horticulture and it is excellent. When you 1050 00:57:49.880 --> 00:57:52.639 go to the Aggi Horticulture website, there's a section you'll 1051 00:57:52.679 --> 00:57:54.960 see fruits and nuts or whatever, and you click on 1052 00:57:55.000 --> 00:57:58.400 that and there's a publication on every type of fruit, 1053 00:57:58.440 --> 00:58:01.000 from avocados to I don't know what fruit begins with 1054 00:58:01.039 --> 00:58:04.519 the Z, but there there are. There's all the publications 1055 00:58:04.559 --> 00:58:08.199 and each one it tells you about caring for it 1056 00:58:08.280 --> 00:58:10.599 and pruning it and everything. And I think that would 1057 00:58:10.639 --> 00:58:13.039 be helpful for you as you try to build that. 1058 00:58:13.079 --> 00:58:15.199 Into Would you repeat the name of it? 1059 00:58:16.199 --> 00:58:19.360 Repeat the name of that A G, G, I, E 1060 00:58:20.400 --> 00:58:23.400 and then a hyphen and then horticulture. 1061 00:58:24.360 --> 00:58:26.800 I got it, agg eat D horticulture. Got it. 1062 00:58:26.840 --> 00:58:28.400 Okay, that's it. 1063 00:58:28.559 --> 00:58:31.079 I'll thank you. When I'm not getting up at five 1064 00:58:31.079 --> 00:58:32.760 point thirty in the morning let the dogs out and 1065 00:58:32.760 --> 00:58:35.400 it's fifty five, I'll think of you guys down there. 1066 00:58:35.519 --> 00:58:37.800 Oh man, Charles, you're a peach. Thanks a lot for 1067 00:58:37.840 --> 00:58:42.719 the call. I appreciate that, all right, let's see here. 1068 00:58:42.840 --> 00:58:47.000 Diana in Cyprus, Texas. Hello, donand welcome to Guarden Line. 1069 00:58:47.880 --> 00:58:49.920 Yeah, it's good morning. I'm the one that called in 1070 00:58:50.000 --> 00:58:52.480 yesterday just before you were going off the air about 1071 00:58:52.599 --> 00:58:57.519 our knockout rose bushes. And I have six to an email, 1072 00:58:58.280 --> 00:59:01.239 you know, just with some pictures, but I didn't confirm 1073 00:59:01.320 --> 00:59:04.079 that they worked through. But anyway, I'll try to describe 1074 00:59:04.119 --> 00:59:07.840 it this I can. But they the le what happens 1075 00:59:07.920 --> 00:59:11.440 is the leaves start turning yellow and then uh, the 1076 00:59:11.480 --> 00:59:14.159 branches even start kind of turning dark, and then the 1077 00:59:14.280 --> 00:59:17.000 leaves start turning dark and they start to scribble up, 1078 00:59:17.039 --> 00:59:19.840 and like I describe it, they look like they've been roasted, 1079 00:59:20.360 --> 00:59:22.639 like roasted boccolini or Brussels shouts. 1080 00:59:23.280 --> 00:59:27.079 And I know, I did I do get your Yeah, 1081 00:59:27.119 --> 00:59:29.199 I do, I do get your I did get your pictures. 1082 00:59:29.440 --> 00:59:32.239 I did get your pictures. Fact, I replied pride to 1083 00:59:32.280 --> 00:59:35.599 your email a little bit earlier this morning. The pictures 1084 00:59:35.599 --> 00:59:38.239 are kind of small, so I can't zoom in really 1085 00:59:38.280 --> 00:59:42.960 well on them. They become pixelated. But from what I 1086 00:59:43.000 --> 00:59:45.800 can see on the roads, it's one of two things. 1087 00:59:46.000 --> 00:59:49.079 You might have a root rot in the soil. You 1088 00:59:49.199 --> 00:59:53.159 might uh and when the roots you see symptoms like 1089 00:59:53.239 --> 00:59:57.400 what you're showing above ground, you also okay, they just 1090 00:59:57.559 --> 01:00:02.039 have some stem cankers, some disease is that are killing 1091 01:00:02.280 --> 01:00:05.880 entire stems of the roses. When I see the few 1092 01:00:05.960 --> 01:00:09.280 leaves I can see, I see like brown tips and 1093 01:00:09.360 --> 01:00:12.280 sometimes edges or entire brown leaves, and that's a sign 1094 01:00:12.360 --> 01:00:15.360 that water is not getting to the leaf. And again 1095 01:00:15.519 --> 01:00:18.960 both rot and stem cankers could be causing that. So 1096 01:00:19.599 --> 01:00:22.280 that's as far as I can diagnose that one based 1097 01:00:22.280 --> 01:00:23.480 on based on the photos. 1098 01:00:23.480 --> 01:00:25.840 Okay, well what do you do, Like if it's root rot, 1099 01:00:25.880 --> 01:00:28.320 what is something to do to help prevent that? And 1100 01:00:28.719 --> 01:00:31.920 if it's the tankers, like you're talking about some type 1101 01:00:31.960 --> 01:00:34.559 of organic. I know that meanwhile, as it can be used, 1102 01:00:34.559 --> 01:00:39.000 but not in hot temperatures, like something organic to protect 1103 01:00:39.000 --> 01:00:41.800 your little you know, losers and frogs and things. 1104 01:00:41.920 --> 01:00:44.559 Right, Well, there's not gonna be an organic for the 1105 01:00:44.599 --> 01:00:49.639 stem stem cankers that's going to be consistently effective for you. 1106 01:00:49.639 --> 01:00:51.800 You're out there in Kingwood, I would go to Kingwood 1107 01:00:51.800 --> 01:00:53.079 Garden Center or King. 1108 01:00:53.679 --> 01:00:56.880 Warrens, Cypress. We're in Cypress. 1109 01:00:57.280 --> 01:01:00.400 Oh okay, I have the wrong. Okay, Well you can 1110 01:01:00.559 --> 01:01:02.400 head over to plants for all seasons or go up 1111 01:01:02.440 --> 01:01:05.960 to arborgate and they're both going to be excellent. Take 1112 01:01:06.159 --> 01:01:09.119 take a picture, maybe take a picture with more pixels, 1113 01:01:09.119 --> 01:01:12.360 a bigger photo, and put it on your phone and 1114 01:01:12.400 --> 01:01:13.840 take it to them and let them they can with 1115 01:01:13.920 --> 01:01:16.760 their fingers zoom in and look at it. And I 1116 01:01:16.800 --> 01:01:19.199 think they could probably help you with that. I hate 1117 01:01:19.360 --> 01:01:22.159 for you to go purchase a product for either of 1118 01:01:22.199 --> 01:01:26.199 those problems without knowing for sure which one you have. Okay, 1119 01:01:26.480 --> 01:01:30.400 let's shift over to your lawn questions. What I see 1120 01:01:30.400 --> 01:01:33.360 in your yawn looks to me like there may be 1121 01:01:33.400 --> 01:01:38.400 some past droughty conditions that it went through, But it 1122 01:01:38.480 --> 01:01:42.239 looks a lot like take all root rot, and that 1123 01:01:42.320 --> 01:01:46.599 one has to be diagnosed with almost a hand lens 1124 01:01:46.639 --> 01:01:49.239 getting up early close to it. But if you go 1125 01:01:49.360 --> 01:01:52.639 to an area where the grass is dying, not dead, 1126 01:01:52.679 --> 01:01:54.840 but dying, and you look at a runner, kind of 1127 01:01:54.840 --> 01:01:58.400 pull it up, and new grassroots are nice and white 1128 01:01:58.480 --> 01:02:03.519 and plump and fleshy. Dead grassroots are just a pecan 1129 01:02:03.760 --> 01:02:07.519 brown shriveled look. And if you see a lot of 1130 01:02:07.559 --> 01:02:10.280 dead roots and there's almost no living roots out toward 1131 01:02:10.320 --> 01:02:13.079 the end of the runner, that's probably take all root rot, 1132 01:02:13.239 --> 01:02:16.039 and on my schedule, which is on my website Gardening 1133 01:02:16.039 --> 01:02:19.719 with Skip dot com, you can find the products and 1134 01:02:19.760 --> 01:02:22.119 the timing of what you need to apply for the 1135 01:02:22.199 --> 01:02:24.800 take all root rot. The main thing you can do 1136 01:02:24.960 --> 01:02:28.159 for now is don't let the long get stressed, don't 1137 01:02:28.199 --> 01:02:31.280 let it get dropped stressed, don't water it too often, 1138 01:02:31.599 --> 01:02:35.760 but keep the lawn adequately moist. And if you haven't fertilized, 1139 01:02:35.840 --> 01:02:38.280 a moderate amount of fertilizer would be helpful for that 1140 01:02:38.400 --> 01:02:38.880 as well. 1141 01:02:39.760 --> 01:02:45.320 Okay, you know, we follow the fertilizing schedule pretty close 1142 01:02:45.360 --> 01:02:48.079 to a t, and so they were just, you know, 1143 01:02:48.159 --> 01:02:50.559 concerned about why this is happening, and maybe it's just 1144 01:02:50.559 --> 01:02:54.320 a lack of water. I don't know, but we try 1145 01:02:54.360 --> 01:02:56.320 not to get it too bad because we had ended 1146 01:02:56.360 --> 01:02:58.960 up a few years back, you know, it had we 1147 01:02:59.079 --> 01:03:02.559 had just the opposite We had a fungus, and so 1148 01:03:02.840 --> 01:03:05.400 it seems it seems to be a little bit different 1149 01:03:05.440 --> 01:03:07.440 this time. But we just don't want it to spread 1150 01:03:07.519 --> 01:03:10.159 and you know, ruin our own yard. I mean, it 1151 01:03:10.280 --> 01:03:13.039 was beautiful back in the spring in the early summer, 1152 01:03:13.519 --> 01:03:16.000 but my husband and I both got really really sick. 1153 01:03:16.039 --> 01:03:17.880 So we weren't able to really tend to our yard 1154 01:03:17.920 --> 01:03:20.800 and take care of things like we normally would. And 1155 01:03:21.800 --> 01:03:25.000 I appreciate your information and I'll certainly check on that. 1156 01:03:25.599 --> 01:03:29.039 All right, One last thing, Dan, I want you to 1157 01:03:30.239 --> 01:03:35.719 purchase a product called Fertile Loam kelated liquid iron and 1158 01:03:35.880 --> 01:03:39.400 other micronutrients. That's a long title. The brand is Fertile 1159 01:03:39.480 --> 01:03:42.400 and it's a gray bottle and kelated liquid iron and 1160 01:03:42.440 --> 01:03:45.079 other micro nutrients. Follow the label. Put it in a 1161 01:03:45.119 --> 01:03:48.079 hose in sprayer and spray the foliage of your grass 1162 01:03:48.079 --> 01:03:51.039 with it. According to it'll take some of those green areas, 1163 01:03:51.079 --> 01:03:53.480 those yellow areas and green them up again and give 1164 01:03:53.519 --> 01:03:56.280 the grass a better chance of getting back on its feet. 1165 01:03:56.440 --> 01:04:02.760 Okay, okay, all that checked that word after fertile on What. 1166 01:04:02.760 --> 01:04:03.280 Was that again? 1167 01:04:04.000 --> 01:04:08.199 C h E l A t E D. C h 1168 01:04:08.320 --> 01:04:12.480 E l A t E D. Thanks again for the call, Dina. 1169 01:04:12.920 --> 01:04:15.719 We will we'll be right back, folks. I'm gonna take 1170 01:04:15.719 --> 01:04:17.639 a little break here seven one three two one two 1171 01:04:17.719 --> 01:04:19.360 K t r H. If you'd like to call in 1172 01:04:19.559 --> 01:04:21.079 on garden line for this segment. 1173 01:04:21.559 --> 01:04:21.719 UH. 1174 01:04:21.880 --> 01:04:25.079 Nitrofos superturf is a fertilizer. You hear me talk about 1175 01:04:25.239 --> 01:04:28.360 all the time. It is the Silver Bag by Nitropos. 1176 01:04:28.519 --> 01:04:31.199 Widely available. You will find it in all kinds of places. 1177 01:04:31.519 --> 01:04:37.000 It's designed for our summer lawns, in other words, our climate, 1178 01:04:37.119 --> 01:04:37.840 our soils. 1179 01:04:38.320 --> 01:04:38.519 UH. 1180 01:04:38.599 --> 01:04:41.920 The way that it releases its nutrients is gradually over time, 1181 01:04:41.960 --> 01:04:46.159 primarily the nitrogens. Gradual release of nutrients over time, which 1182 01:04:46.199 --> 01:04:49.480 gives you a nice smooth growth rate that reduces mowing 1183 01:04:49.800 --> 01:04:52.360 significantly because you know, if you put on an all 1184 01:04:52.440 --> 01:04:55.000 at once fertilizer, you get this flush of growth and 1185 01:04:55.079 --> 01:04:59.400 you've got a momar. Well. Superturf is designed for this 1186 01:04:59.599 --> 01:05:02.719 area and as a result, you just see super density 1187 01:05:02.840 --> 01:05:05.400 to your turf when you use it. It works well, 1188 01:05:05.440 --> 01:05:08.480 and it's widely available. You're going to find super turf 1189 01:05:08.519 --> 01:05:11.519 in places like Plantation, Ace Hardware out in the Richmond 1190 01:05:11.599 --> 01:05:14.840 Rosenberg area. Growers Outlet up in Willis has it. For 1191 01:05:14.920 --> 01:05:18.199 those of you that are listening inside the City of 1192 01:05:18.320 --> 01:05:21.039 Memorial Drive, Ace Hardware City is going to be another 1193 01:05:21.079 --> 01:05:23.679 place you can find that super turf. We're going to 1194 01:05:23.760 --> 01:05:26.280 go now out to let's see here. We're going to 1195 01:05:26.320 --> 01:05:27.920 head to Kingwood and talk to Joe. 1196 01:05:28.159 --> 01:05:32.119 Hello Joe, good morning, Skip. I had a question this 1197 01:05:32.239 --> 01:05:36.760 morning about a box wood. I planted them last fall 1198 01:05:37.199 --> 01:05:38.880 and I sent you a photo. I don't know you've 1199 01:05:38.920 --> 01:05:41.679 had a chance to pull it up yet. Yes, but 1200 01:05:42.519 --> 01:05:45.960 a few of the branches have started, some of them 1201 01:05:45.960 --> 01:05:48.760 have started turning yellow. Some of them are turning white, 1202 01:05:48.880 --> 01:05:52.480 so that you know they're dying. Besides pruning the dead 1203 01:05:52.519 --> 01:05:55.639 branches off, is there anything I can treat the plant 1204 01:05:55.679 --> 01:05:57.880 with to prevent further damage? 1205 01:05:59.159 --> 01:06:01.360 Now, pruning the dead off, But when you do that, 1206 01:06:01.599 --> 01:06:03.760 look at the stem and see if there is a 1207 01:06:03.920 --> 01:06:07.320 split in the stem, like the bark is peeling back. 1208 01:06:08.039 --> 01:06:11.239 And I don't mean just like that thin outer gray 1209 01:06:11.400 --> 01:06:14.039 or tan bark. I mean like split back to whatever 1210 01:06:14.079 --> 01:06:17.559 the interior wood is. And that could be a canker. 1211 01:06:17.599 --> 01:06:19.719 And if that's the case, you want to prune below that. 1212 01:06:20.079 --> 01:06:23.400 And then I would spray my pruners with lysol in 1213 01:06:23.480 --> 01:06:26.360 between cuts, just to avoid spraying it. It's just an 1214 01:06:26.480 --> 01:06:30.000 extra measure to be careful with that. It could be 1215 01:06:30.079 --> 01:06:31.920 that something's going on in the roots. But when I 1216 01:06:31.960 --> 01:06:34.400 look at the plant as a whole, it seems like 1217 01:06:34.480 --> 01:06:38.559 it's doing pretty good. It's just one area. So it 1218 01:06:38.639 --> 01:06:41.119 may be that all those dead areas in the photo 1219 01:06:41.280 --> 01:06:43.599 connect to one stem coming out of the ground. So 1220 01:06:43.880 --> 01:06:46.239 kind of get on your hands and knees and figure 1221 01:06:46.280 --> 01:06:49.079 that one out, get it pruned out, and then just 1222 01:06:49.159 --> 01:06:51.480 keep a watch on it. There are things underground that 1223 01:06:51.519 --> 01:06:54.800 can cause the die back of the top like that, 1224 01:06:55.000 --> 01:06:57.679 and we maybe be just seeing it at an early stage, 1225 01:06:57.719 --> 01:07:01.360 but keep watching it and if if that pruning it 1226 01:07:01.400 --> 01:07:05.119 out doesn't work, then maybe we take other steps to 1227 01:07:05.199 --> 01:07:06.480 try to figure out what's going on. 1228 01:07:08.199 --> 01:07:15.119 And would that involve the treating the roots, well. 1229 01:07:14.920 --> 01:07:17.400 It could like if it were nematoad that this isn't 1230 01:07:17.480 --> 01:07:20.119 Nema toad's in my opinion, but if it were, you 1231 01:07:20.199 --> 01:07:23.719 can't treat for them. If it is a disease Verticillium 1232 01:07:23.760 --> 01:07:26.679 fusarium or fungal wilts of the soil that can attack 1233 01:07:26.719 --> 01:07:33.480 plants and boxwood susceptible to one of those, then I 1234 01:07:33.480 --> 01:07:35.559 don't know that we would have a good funge aside 1235 01:07:35.599 --> 01:07:37.519 to shut that down, but we could. We could look 1236 01:07:37.559 --> 01:07:40.280 into it and see down specifically. 1237 01:07:40.800 --> 01:07:42.719 Okay, Skip, thanks for your help. 1238 01:07:43.559 --> 01:07:44.000 Thank you. 1239 01:07:44.079 --> 01:07:48.599 I appreciate your call very very much. For those of 1240 01:07:48.599 --> 01:07:53.360 you that are dealing with a canopy of trees in 1241 01:07:53.440 --> 01:07:56.480 your property and you're concerned about limbs coming down, or 1242 01:07:56.519 --> 01:07:58.440 maybe you just haven't looked up and really taken a 1243 01:07:58.440 --> 01:08:01.400 good look at them. Plese that are not trained and 1244 01:08:01.480 --> 01:08:06.719 pruned periodically and properly can develop really bad problems, like 1245 01:08:06.920 --> 01:08:10.679 narrow branch angles that will split easily in a storm. 1246 01:08:12.239 --> 01:08:14.360 When it comes to taking care of your trees, I 1247 01:08:14.400 --> 01:08:18.960 can't express enough the importance of proper tree care during 1248 01:08:19.000 --> 01:08:21.800 these storm seasons. Now, it's always good to do proper 1249 01:08:21.880 --> 01:08:24.760 tree career. There's our midwinter pruning and then selected pruning 1250 01:08:24.800 --> 01:08:27.159 through the year that needs to get done depending on 1251 01:08:27.199 --> 01:08:30.479 the species and the condition that it's in. But Martin 1252 01:08:30.640 --> 01:08:34.159 spoon More from Affordable Tree is an expert at this. 1253 01:08:34.319 --> 01:08:36.880 He's been doing it for a very long time. Call 1254 01:08:37.000 --> 01:08:40.039 him seven to one three six nine nine two six 1255 01:08:40.159 --> 01:08:43.000 sixty three. Let me give you that again seven one 1256 01:08:43.159 --> 01:08:48.119 three six nine nine twenty six sixty three. You can 1257 01:08:48.159 --> 01:08:53.880 also go to his website Afftree Service dot com. He 1258 01:08:53.960 --> 01:08:56.560 stays busy because he does a good job and people 1259 01:08:56.600 --> 01:08:58.439 hire him to come back and do it again. Have 1260 01:08:58.600 --> 01:09:01.199 him come look at your tree, and if you're planning 1261 01:09:01.199 --> 01:09:03.720 on doing anything around those trees, like putting in a 1262 01:09:03.760 --> 01:09:07.079 trench or some other issue that driveway over the part 1263 01:09:07.079 --> 01:09:09.279 of the root system. You need to get Martin out 1264 01:09:09.279 --> 01:09:12.119 there first to advise you on how to go about 1265 01:09:12.199 --> 01:09:14.399 that and what to do to help that tree through 1266 01:09:14.439 --> 01:09:19.119 the process. These trees are valuable, very important, not just 1267 01:09:19.199 --> 01:09:21.880 to the value of your property, but to you being 1268 01:09:22.199 --> 01:09:25.119 able to get out in the shade and enjoy the garden. 1269 01:09:25.239 --> 01:09:28.479 For you, being able to have that shade maybe on 1270 01:09:28.560 --> 01:09:31.720 a roof, that helps cut down on your utility bills. 1271 01:09:31.880 --> 01:09:34.840 A lot of reasons that we love our trees. Don't 1272 01:09:34.880 --> 01:09:37.119 mess around and don't turn them loose to some guy 1273 01:09:37.479 --> 01:09:39.640 that owns a pick up a chainsaw and sticks out 1274 01:09:39.960 --> 01:09:42.479 business cards on your door. That does not mean they 1275 01:09:42.479 --> 01:09:46.680 are an expert. We're going to now go to Texas 1276 01:09:46.680 --> 01:09:49.399 City and talk to Brandon. Hello, Brandon. 1277 01:09:50.880 --> 01:09:52.960 Martin Skip, good morning. 1278 01:09:53.520 --> 01:09:56.520 Are that yes, sir? How can we have it? 1279 01:09:57.439 --> 01:10:00.079 I've got a tree that's growing between moth house in 1280 01:10:00.159 --> 01:10:02.640 my neighbor's house. It's right on the fence line, about 1281 01:10:02.680 --> 01:10:04.199 two foot on their side of the fence. 1282 01:10:04.199 --> 01:10:04.640 Sign off. 1283 01:10:04.720 --> 01:10:09.920 Soon it appears to be like I called a chinaberry tree. Okay, 1284 01:10:10.000 --> 01:10:12.000 she's got a couple of she's got a couple of 1285 01:10:12.079 --> 01:10:14.960 mom there and one of the far back has grown 1286 01:10:15.079 --> 01:10:19.079 the biggest grown in underneath my sidewalk slab has broken 1287 01:10:19.079 --> 01:10:24.199 my sidewalk oato concrete patio in and that she's got 1288 01:10:24.239 --> 01:10:26.319 another one growing. She does not want to cut it. 1289 01:10:26.840 --> 01:10:28.800 I'm trying to figure out some kind of root barrier 1290 01:10:28.840 --> 01:10:30.640 system I can put it in between. There must have 1291 01:10:30.680 --> 01:10:32.680 been my patio to protect me. 1292 01:10:34.680 --> 01:10:41.840 What would be recommendation, Well, okay, my first answer would 1293 01:10:41.880 --> 01:10:46.279 have been, those trees grow fast, tend to be very 1294 01:10:46.319 --> 01:10:50.880 brittle branched, and and uh break a lot. They're probably 1295 01:10:50.920 --> 01:10:56.880 more more broken. Collar bones on middle school boys can 1296 01:10:56.920 --> 01:11:00.640 be attested attributed to chinaberry trees than any the tree 1297 01:11:00.760 --> 01:11:04.800 because the branch is break and you fall out. If 1298 01:11:05.000 --> 01:11:07.560 you can't do anything like that to it, you might 1299 01:11:07.640 --> 01:11:10.640 want to call Martin spoon more because he can also 1300 01:11:10.720 --> 01:11:14.840 advise you on a root barrier that you might want 1301 01:11:14.880 --> 01:11:16.920 to be putting in. He can direct you to that. 1302 01:11:17.720 --> 01:11:20.399 I haven't talked to him about all the services that 1303 01:11:20.399 --> 01:11:22.720 they do on that, but I would. I would definitely 1304 01:11:22.760 --> 01:11:26.640 start with him and see he probably can want to 1305 01:11:26.640 --> 01:11:29.399 come out, do a consultation, look at the situation and 1306 01:11:29.439 --> 01:11:31.319 tell you what they would need to do. And what 1307 01:11:31.359 --> 01:11:36.840 it would cost to do a barrier like that. Perfect right, 1308 01:11:36.960 --> 01:11:38.760 let me give you I'm going to give you his 1309 01:11:38.800 --> 01:11:42.039 number at seven to one, three, six, nine, nine, twenty 1310 01:11:42.079 --> 01:11:44.880 six sixty three. When you're doing that kind of barrier 1311 01:11:45.000 --> 01:11:47.800 you need, it needs to be a decent distance from 1312 01:11:47.840 --> 01:11:51.479 the tree because trees have to have anchorage. It needs 1313 01:11:51.520 --> 01:11:54.239 to go adequately far enough down in the soil and 1314 01:11:54.319 --> 01:11:58.399 be a strong enough material to last and not Some 1315 01:11:58.439 --> 01:11:59.760 people say, well, they're going to put a piece of 1316 01:11:59.800 --> 01:12:02.600 ten in the soil, will ten rusts and so over 1317 01:12:02.680 --> 01:12:08.479 time that that's not going to hold up. Okay, thank you, sir, 1318 01:12:09.520 --> 01:12:12.520 you bet, thank you, thank you very much for the call. 1319 01:12:13.560 --> 01:12:19.239 Oh let's see here. Ace Hardware Stores are the place 1320 01:12:19.279 --> 01:12:21.560 where you go for everything you need. And Langham Creek 1321 01:12:21.600 --> 01:12:24.239 Ace Hardware that is at the intersection of Barker Cypress 1322 01:12:24.279 --> 01:12:27.079 and FM five twenty nine over in the Copperfield area 1323 01:12:27.239 --> 01:12:32.720 of Houston. They're having a shindig Friday, August thirtieth, Saturday, 1324 01:12:32.800 --> 01:12:36.079 the thirty first Sunday, the first They're giving away drawings 1325 01:12:36.239 --> 01:12:39.960 like an Eco Ego powered string tremor, ten or fifty 1326 01:12:39.960 --> 01:12:43.720 bucks trimmer, a Weber gas grill, four hundred and fifty 1327 01:12:43.800 --> 01:12:47.199 dollars gas grill, a pain of room makeover two hundred 1328 01:12:47.239 --> 01:12:50.319 dollars value. You need to get over there and see 1329 01:12:50.319 --> 01:12:53.600 that just right. Write that weekend down, last weekend this month. 1330 01:12:54.119 --> 01:12:56.560 Get over there. They're going to have activities that They're 1331 01:12:56.560 --> 01:12:59.760 going to have demonstrations of various kinds of barbecue grills 1332 01:12:59.760 --> 01:13:03.319 and then a pizza oven. That's cool stuff and they've 1333 01:13:03.359 --> 01:13:06.319 redone the whole store. That's why it's a gree grand 1334 01:13:06.439 --> 01:13:11.399 reopening Langham Creek. Ace hardwe You know you can find 1335 01:13:11.439 --> 01:13:14.560 Ace Hardware stores by going to Ace Hardware dot com 1336 01:13:14.680 --> 01:13:18.039 and the store locator will show you all the stores 1337 01:13:18.119 --> 01:13:20.640 and little red dots all over the word to use today. 1338 01:13:21.720 --> 01:13:23.560 Thanks for listening to Garden and I. We're gonna take 1339 01:13:23.560 --> 01:13:25.279 a little break here for the top of hour for 1340 01:13:25.359 --> 01:13:28.720 the news. I will be back and when I come back, 1341 01:13:29.039 --> 01:13:31.079 we'll be back with your calls and Joyce. If you 1342 01:13:31.079 --> 01:13:32.800 want to hang around till then you will be our 1343 01:13:32.920 --> 01:13:35.960 very first caller up for the rest of your seven 1344 01:13:36.000 --> 01:13:38.680 one three two one two K two. 1345 01:13:39.079 --> 01:13:48.880 Age r H Guarden Line with skin Rickards. 1346 01:13:57.399 --> 01:13:59.079 Just watch him as. 1347 01:13:58.920 --> 01:14:11.560 The world gone. 1348 01:14:14.199 --> 01:14:14.479 Sad. 1349 01:14:16.680 --> 01:14:20.880 Welcome, Welcome back to garden Line. Glad you're listening in 1350 01:14:20.920 --> 01:14:24.479 on this Sunday morning. We're having a good time talking 1351 01:14:24.520 --> 01:14:29.279 about all kinds of things related to having a successful lawn, 1352 01:14:29.359 --> 01:14:30.479 a successful garden. 1353 01:14:31.199 --> 01:14:31.359 Uh. 1354 01:14:31.720 --> 01:14:35.800 No matter what the plants are, if you follow simple principles, 1355 01:14:36.039 --> 01:14:38.840 make those plants happy, you're going to have success. And 1356 01:14:38.880 --> 01:14:40.760 that's kind of what we try to help you with here. 1357 01:14:40.840 --> 01:14:42.960 You know a lot of people said, my grandma had 1358 01:14:43.000 --> 01:14:45.239 a green thumb, she could grow anything, and I can't 1359 01:14:45.239 --> 01:14:47.880 grow anything. I got a brown thumb. Well, you don't 1360 01:14:47.880 --> 01:14:51.600 have a brown thumb, you have an uninformed thumb. Grandma 1361 01:14:51.720 --> 01:14:54.960 grew stuff not by magic, but because what she did 1362 01:14:55.079 --> 01:14:57.920 were things that the plants liked. She used plants that 1363 01:14:57.960 --> 01:15:00.359 wanted to be there, She took care of of them 1364 01:15:00.359 --> 01:15:02.079 in the way they needed to be taken care of. 1365 01:15:02.199 --> 01:15:04.920 And you can have the same success. So let's talk 1366 01:15:04.960 --> 01:15:07.640 about things like that. I tell you what. Right now, 1367 01:15:08.119 --> 01:15:10.000 I have a special guest that I've asked to come 1368 01:15:10.039 --> 01:15:13.520 on today, Danny. Let's see here. I'm just gonna bring 1369 01:15:13.600 --> 01:15:16.640 Danny right on here. Hello, Danny, how are you? Danny 1370 01:15:16.720 --> 01:15:20.439 Lenderman from an Enchanted Forest Garden Center. 1371 01:15:20.199 --> 01:15:22.840 Donna Richmond, Good morning, skip how are you. 1372 01:15:23.920 --> 01:15:26.079 I'm doing good. I'm doing good. It's good to talk 1373 01:15:26.079 --> 01:15:27.479 to you. Thanks for greening to come. 1374 01:15:27.319 --> 01:15:30.199 On you bet, you bet not a problem. Enjoy it. 1375 01:15:31.079 --> 01:15:33.640 Well. I want to pick your brain because you know, 1376 01:15:33.640 --> 01:15:35.680 I've been to in Channa Forest a lot of times 1377 01:15:35.880 --> 01:15:40.720 and I'm always enthralled by your section of butterfly larval 1378 01:15:40.840 --> 01:15:44.560 plants and all the different flowers you guys carry that 1379 01:15:44.680 --> 01:15:49.079 support the adult butterflies for nectar. You have a great 1380 01:15:49.159 --> 01:15:52.600 you have a great selection of things out there, and 1381 01:15:52.640 --> 01:15:54.119 so I wanted to pick your brain a little bit 1382 01:15:54.119 --> 01:15:56.680 about what are some of the plants that you think 1383 01:15:56.880 --> 01:16:00.640 are that you like best for attracting the adult and 1384 01:16:00.680 --> 01:16:03.119 then some of the plants that might go along with 1385 01:16:03.159 --> 01:16:06.840 that that would be good for feeding the caterpillars, because 1386 01:16:06.840 --> 01:16:08.199 you got to take care of the babies if you 1387 01:16:08.199 --> 01:16:10.239 want them to grow up and be butterflies. 1388 01:16:09.760 --> 01:16:15.079 Right exactly exactly. You know, every day to walk by 1389 01:16:15.079 --> 01:16:18.840 the lantana tables is always covered up with butterflies. So 1390 01:16:18.920 --> 01:16:22.920 that's probably my goat to if you come in here 1391 01:16:22.960 --> 01:16:26.479 and say you want to attract some butterflies. Lantana is 1392 01:16:26.479 --> 01:16:30.920 a very tough plant, resilient and it blooms all summer 1393 01:16:30.960 --> 01:16:35.159 long and attracts all the butterflies. It is very very 1394 01:16:35.159 --> 01:16:35.720 hard to beat. 1395 01:16:36.600 --> 01:16:38.760 That's a great one. In Lantana. It used to be 1396 01:16:38.880 --> 01:16:41.399 we just had the big, old, giant waist high lantanas 1397 01:16:41.520 --> 01:16:45.840 and then only the yellow new gold that's everywhere. But boy, 1398 01:16:45.920 --> 01:16:48.119 now you got a lot of them that are compact 1399 01:16:48.239 --> 01:16:51.840 and they fit into a lot of additional landscape situations 1400 01:16:51.880 --> 01:16:52.439 really well. 1401 01:16:53.199 --> 01:16:56.680 You bet. Yeah, there's tons of colors now. It's almost 1402 01:16:57.119 --> 01:16:58.319 almost hard to keep track. 1403 01:17:00.119 --> 01:17:03.800 Yeah, I understand that, trust me. I do any other 1404 01:17:03.840 --> 01:17:08.279 particular plants for feeding adult butterflies that you think would help. 1405 01:17:08.680 --> 01:17:12.359 You know, pents will really do really well. Pent is 1406 01:17:12.359 --> 01:17:15.880 one of a great annual They doing some. 1407 01:17:17.920 --> 01:17:23.239 I see a lot of swallowtails on pentuswa for sure, 1408 01:17:23.359 --> 01:17:26.840 for sure, And I was just cutting in there, keep going. 1409 01:17:26.840 --> 01:17:30.000 No, you're fine, You're fine. Yeah. Pentas are very resilient 1410 01:17:30.079 --> 01:17:34.000 annual right, so it it can handle some light shade 1411 01:17:34.399 --> 01:17:38.039 and tolerate full sun. So and it does well. It's 1412 01:17:38.039 --> 01:17:38.760 a very versatile. 1413 01:17:38.840 --> 01:17:41.680 Another another one too that you can get in a 1414 01:17:41.720 --> 01:17:43.880 big plant form or a pretty compact. 1415 01:17:43.560 --> 01:17:48.359 Plant, right exactly exactly, all all multiple different colors. So 1416 01:17:48.399 --> 01:17:52.439 that's a really good option. Gregg's missed is another really 1417 01:17:52.479 --> 01:17:54.000 good one. I like Greg's missed a lot. 1418 01:17:55.039 --> 01:17:58.640 Oh yeah, that is a kind of almost a ground covery, 1419 01:17:58.720 --> 01:18:02.680 sprawling really light blue, pretty shaggy white blue flowers and 1420 01:18:03.119 --> 01:18:05.840 brings in the I guess the Queens. I don't know 1421 01:18:06.319 --> 01:18:08.119 mon our tresso on that with the Queens. 1422 01:18:08.159 --> 01:18:11.079 I know for sure, for sure the Queens. But you know, 1423 01:18:11.600 --> 01:18:14.199 sal salvia is really good. There's so many different types 1424 01:18:14.199 --> 01:18:17.760 of salvias, different colors, different heights. So I mean, there's 1425 01:18:18.680 --> 01:18:21.960 so many good plants that that attract butterflies, you know. 1426 01:18:22.199 --> 01:18:24.239 But like I said, the lantana table, when I walk 1427 01:18:24.319 --> 01:18:27.760 by that constantly, there's butterflies on that table. 1428 01:18:28.319 --> 01:18:30.279 You have to have a tennis racket to clear the 1429 01:18:30.319 --> 01:18:33.560 way butterflies in there. 1430 01:18:34.680 --> 01:18:37.199 Well, always tell people if you walk, if you walk 1431 01:18:37.239 --> 01:18:39.520 around the nursery, you can see what, you know, what 1432 01:18:39.520 --> 01:18:43.760 what each butterfly likes. You'll see him sitting out on 1433 01:18:43.800 --> 01:18:47.560 the table, you know, just munching away. So it's pretty 1434 01:18:47.600 --> 01:18:51.359 neat to watch. And you know, just be quiet and watch that. 1435 01:18:51.359 --> 01:18:54.720 That's a that is good advice for for a gardeners. 1436 01:18:54.840 --> 01:18:59.199 Be quiet and watch on a lot of different things. Uh, 1437 01:18:59.279 --> 01:19:01.720 some of my favorite. Of course, people love the monarch, 1438 01:19:01.800 --> 01:19:06.479 you know, that's kind of like the poster butterfly for butterflies. Uh, 1439 01:19:06.520 --> 01:19:09.159 And there's so many things we can do take care 1440 01:19:09.199 --> 01:19:13.439 of them here. There's also the Gulf fritill area. It's 1441 01:19:13.520 --> 01:19:15.680 kind of an orange a little smaller than monarch, but 1442 01:19:15.680 --> 01:19:19.960 an orange butterfly. It's really easy around here. And then 1443 01:19:20.000 --> 01:19:23.840 the swallowtails. You know, there's a there is a it's 1444 01:19:23.840 --> 01:19:29.560 called Mexican sunflower tithonia that the swallowtails really love that 1445 01:19:29.680 --> 01:19:33.279 one too, but they like a lot, right, Yeah, so 1446 01:19:33.319 --> 01:19:34.199 those are cool. 1447 01:19:34.840 --> 01:19:34.960 Uh. 1448 01:19:35.159 --> 01:19:35.359 You know. 1449 01:19:35.720 --> 01:19:40.399 Then we also have the larval food sources. So i'd 1450 01:19:40.439 --> 01:19:42.479 like to talk about what are some of the things 1451 01:19:43.159 --> 01:19:46.119 that you would suggest people, you know, put in their 1452 01:19:46.199 --> 01:19:50.319 landscape to feed the larvae that they'll then turn into butterflies. 1453 01:19:51.159 --> 01:19:54.039 Well, you know, so it really depends on which butterfly 1454 01:19:54.119 --> 01:19:57.279 you're wanting to attract, right. That's it's funny how it works. 1455 01:19:57.319 --> 01:20:01.159 It's not a it's not one plant's gonna attract every 1456 01:20:01.800 --> 01:20:05.279 every butterfly. So most people are familiar with the milkweed. 1457 01:20:05.319 --> 01:20:09.239 And when you go to milkweed butterfly weed, there's so 1458 01:20:09.319 --> 01:20:12.840 many varieties of that by itself, right, there's tropical and 1459 01:20:12.960 --> 01:20:17.600 native swamp and two barosa and giant and there's just 1460 01:20:17.760 --> 01:20:22.960 so many different ones. So me, milkwheed is the main 1461 01:20:23.039 --> 01:20:25.840 thing you got to have for the for the monarchs. 1462 01:20:26.399 --> 01:20:29.359 Yeah, that's a that is a pretty interesting thing how 1463 01:20:29.399 --> 01:20:31.920 that works too. It's you know, it's a plant that's 1464 01:20:32.000 --> 01:20:36.079 poisonous to most things, and yet the butterflies are able 1465 01:20:36.079 --> 01:20:39.640 to take that poison and break it down and it 1466 01:20:39.680 --> 01:20:43.600 doesn't hurt the caterpillars of the butterflies fur. Yeah, there's 1467 01:20:43.680 --> 01:20:45.079 pretty monarch butterfly. 1468 01:20:46.000 --> 01:20:49.399 Pretty pretty amazing, pretty amazing to think about how all 1469 01:20:49.439 --> 01:20:50.520 that stuff works. 1470 01:20:51.079 --> 01:20:55.039 Yeah, it is. It is, Uh, one of my favorite 1471 01:20:55.079 --> 01:20:57.920 I mentioned I like the go fridlary. The passion vine 1472 01:20:58.560 --> 01:21:00.279 is one that brings the friddlllary is. 1473 01:21:00.239 --> 01:21:05.159 In right, Yeah, and and they're reliably on that, reliably 1474 01:21:05.199 --> 01:21:07.359 on the passion vines. It's amazing. 1475 01:21:08.479 --> 01:21:12.640 Yeah. What are some other larval food sources that you 1476 01:21:12.720 --> 01:21:14.000 guys have on hand? 1477 01:21:14.800 --> 01:21:19.560 Well, for like the the pipe vine swallowtail, that's going 1478 01:21:19.640 --> 01:21:23.920 to be the Dutchman's pipe vine. Embriota is what we carry. 1479 01:21:24.880 --> 01:21:27.279 That's the groundcover. 1480 01:21:27.680 --> 01:21:32.960 That's the groundcover one. You know, the flowers are pretty hidden. 1481 01:21:33.199 --> 01:21:35.479 You don't really ever get to see the flowers unless 1482 01:21:35.520 --> 01:21:38.399 you search for them. But that's a that's a really 1483 01:21:38.439 --> 01:21:41.720 easy and small compact plant, right You don't you don't 1484 01:21:41.720 --> 01:21:44.079 need a lot of room to grow that one. It 1485 01:21:44.399 --> 01:21:47.039 grows in the small area, so it's not a real 1486 01:21:47.119 --> 01:21:51.680 invasive plant to keep and and have room for because 1487 01:21:51.880 --> 01:21:56.039 it just doesn't take much up. But it really really 1488 01:21:56.039 --> 01:21:59.359 pretty butterflies. Those are the dark almost black kind of 1489 01:21:59.399 --> 01:22:02.279 purple butterflies, really pretty. 1490 01:22:02.279 --> 01:22:06.319 They are gorgeous. Well, Danny, Unfortunately I have these commercial 1491 01:22:06.319 --> 01:22:08.520 breaks I have to take every day, and then we're 1492 01:22:08.520 --> 01:22:10.119 going to take one and we're going to come back. 1493 01:22:10.439 --> 01:22:12.520 We're kind of holding back on calls for right now 1494 01:22:12.520 --> 01:22:14.840 because we want to spend some time getting this information 1495 01:22:14.920 --> 01:22:17.640 out there. But we will be right back with Danny 1496 01:22:17.680 --> 01:22:21.640 Linderman from Enchanted Forest Garden Center talking all things butterflies, 1497 01:22:21.680 --> 01:22:23.439 and if we can squeeze it in, I'd like to 1498 01:22:23.439 --> 01:22:26.119 talk about some hummingbirds too. We'll be right back. Are 1499 01:22:26.239 --> 01:22:30.840 talking with Danny Linderman from Enchanted Forest Garden Center down 1500 01:22:30.840 --> 01:22:34.800 in the Richmond, Texas area about butterfly gardens. And we've 1501 01:22:34.800 --> 01:22:37.279 been talking about the plants that attract the adults in 1502 01:22:37.439 --> 01:22:40.399 and plants now we're talking about that attract the larval, 1503 01:22:41.399 --> 01:22:45.319 the butterfly larvae in. Danny, welcome back, and again thanks 1504 01:22:45.319 --> 01:22:48.640 for agreeing to come on. I have one thing I've 1505 01:22:48.680 --> 01:22:51.760 always kind of gotten a kick of over at your 1506 01:22:51.760 --> 01:22:55.520 place is that when people go there to see these plants, 1507 01:22:55.520 --> 01:22:57.960 there's butterflies all over the place. So, as you said, 1508 01:22:57.960 --> 01:22:59.880 they can just walk around and see what butterflies like. 1509 01:23:00.039 --> 01:23:02.840 I'll tell you. Uh, but also you got a little 1510 01:23:02.920 --> 01:23:05.680 larvae that are on these plants, and it's almost like 1511 01:23:05.800 --> 01:23:09.279 a sour dough starter situation where if you want a 1512 01:23:09.279 --> 01:23:12.560 butterfly garden starter, they buy one of your larval food 1513 01:23:12.600 --> 01:23:15.119 sources and they you stick a larva on it to 1514 01:23:15.159 --> 01:23:17.279 take home if they want, if you got one at 1515 01:23:17.319 --> 01:23:28.399 that point in time, they're right, Hey, Danny, I'm sorry 1516 01:23:28.479 --> 01:23:31.880 I had your mic off. You are back on now. 1517 01:23:32.159 --> 01:23:33.600 Uh did you hear what I said? 1518 01:23:34.039 --> 01:23:38.000 Yes, sir, Yes, sir. Yeah, it's all right, plug and play. Deal. 1519 01:23:38.119 --> 01:23:41.279 You just planted, plant the plant and wait, wait a 1520 01:23:41.319 --> 01:23:44.439 little while, and the butterfly will hatch and you'll have 1521 01:23:44.439 --> 01:23:46.439 a butterfly. Yeah. 1522 01:23:46.600 --> 01:23:49.239 And I tell you for kids. That is so so 1523 01:23:49.520 --> 01:23:53.000 cool to get to see what the crystalis looks like. Uh, 1524 01:23:53.000 --> 01:23:57.079 and you know, watch the stages, watch the butterfly, you know, 1525 01:23:57.079 --> 01:23:59.159 as they come out and they got all these wrinkly 1526 01:23:59.199 --> 01:24:02.680 wings that suddenly they pump all their juices through them 1527 01:24:02.680 --> 01:24:05.000 and straighten them out and everything. That's pretty cool stuff. 1528 01:24:05.560 --> 01:24:05.760 Yeah. 1529 01:24:05.800 --> 01:24:08.119 No, it's it's amazing to watch. It's amazing to watch, 1530 01:24:08.159 --> 01:24:09.279 and the kids really enjoyed. 1531 01:24:09.520 --> 01:24:13.000 I have I enjoyed showing that the kids, you know, 1532 01:24:13.039 --> 01:24:20.600 what's going on and explaining even even adults. Well I really, yeah, 1533 01:24:20.760 --> 01:24:22.159 exactly exactly. 1534 01:24:23.199 --> 01:24:25.199 If you're gardening, right, you're got to be a kid 1535 01:24:25.239 --> 01:24:26.079 at heart, so that. 1536 01:24:26.239 --> 01:24:28.560 You're learning every day, learning every day. 1537 01:24:29.159 --> 01:24:33.560 Isn't that the truth? Well, those are some butterfly types 1538 01:24:33.600 --> 01:24:36.760 of plants, and I know, you guys, we're not even 1539 01:24:36.840 --> 01:24:39.960 hardly touching the surface of all the different species you carry. 1540 01:24:39.680 --> 01:24:41.079 Out there for sure. 1541 01:24:42.079 --> 01:24:46.199 But what about hummingbirds? You know, we hummingbirds are back now. 1542 01:24:46.479 --> 01:24:48.439 I had one show up in my yard the other day, 1543 01:24:49.079 --> 01:24:51.319 and so we can get feeders and stuff out, But 1544 01:24:51.359 --> 01:24:54.560 what about plants for hummingbirds? What are some things you 1545 01:24:54.640 --> 01:24:59.439 might recommend to someone interested in creating a habitat where 1546 01:24:59.439 --> 01:25:00.279 they want to come. 1547 01:25:01.239 --> 01:25:02.960 Yeah, there's a lot of good ones. I was, you know, 1548 01:25:03.039 --> 01:25:05.600 I had the luxury of being out here early in 1549 01:25:05.640 --> 01:25:08.000 the morning and late in the evening. So last night 1550 01:25:08.039 --> 01:25:10.600 I was out here and it was amazing to see 1551 01:25:10.600 --> 01:25:15.560 how many humming birds were flying around. Unbelievable. So so 1552 01:25:15.640 --> 01:25:18.239 a lot of a lot of the flowers that that 1553 01:25:18.319 --> 01:25:21.079 the butterflies like, the humming birds enjoy too. So you 1554 01:25:21.119 --> 01:25:23.720 almost get a two for when you when you plant 1555 01:25:23.880 --> 01:25:28.119 plant these things. Salva is one of my favorites. You'll 1556 01:25:28.159 --> 01:25:30.359 you'll see you'll see the humming birds on the salvia 1557 01:25:31.039 --> 01:25:35.640 religiously really really good and a really good plant on 1558 01:25:35.680 --> 01:25:41.640 top of that, right, so you're you're you can't go wrong. Yeah, 1559 01:25:41.680 --> 01:25:44.680 for sure. Turk's cap is one of my favorites as well. 1560 01:25:45.159 --> 01:25:47.119 It's a it's a Texas native, you know, it's a 1561 01:25:47.359 --> 01:25:50.000 it's a really really tough plant, and it can grow 1562 01:25:50.000 --> 01:25:52.920 in the sun or the shade. So if you you know, 1563 01:25:52.960 --> 01:25:55.479 have a shady yard, that that's probably one of your 1564 01:25:55.479 --> 01:26:00.000 better bets to track the humming birds in really really hard. 1565 01:26:02.159 --> 01:26:05.560 We always say that plants with red tubular flowers attract 1566 01:26:05.560 --> 01:26:10.880 them in and they do, and things like the coral honeysuckle. 1567 01:26:11.039 --> 01:26:15.199 It's not invasive like the wild Japanese honeysuckle, but it's 1568 01:26:15.199 --> 01:26:18.520 a very tame little vine. But it produces beautiful little 1569 01:26:18.520 --> 01:26:21.520 flowers that are attractive to them. But like you said that, 1570 01:26:21.760 --> 01:26:24.840 there's plants that aren't red tubular flowers. They like I 1571 01:26:24.920 --> 01:26:31.960 was when I saw salvia garnetic how popular that was 1572 01:26:32.000 --> 01:26:34.159 with hummingbirds. You know, the thing gets it can get 1573 01:26:34.159 --> 01:26:36.720 about four feet or some more tall, right, and it 1574 01:26:37.039 --> 01:26:40.119 has those deep, deep blue to purple kinds of flowers. 1575 01:26:40.159 --> 01:26:42.520 There's a type that's kind of sky blue, but the 1576 01:26:42.600 --> 01:26:43.880 hummingbirds really go for that. 1577 01:26:45.640 --> 01:26:48.960 I think the main thing is from what I witness 1578 01:26:49.000 --> 01:26:52.680 out here, is a tubular shaped and preferably a brighter 1579 01:26:52.680 --> 01:26:57.039 colored flower, right, So you don't want a real pale, 1580 01:26:57.600 --> 01:27:01.920 washed out color, and most flowers are fairly bright, but 1581 01:27:01.920 --> 01:27:04.319 a tubular shaped flower is the key. But but I've 1582 01:27:04.359 --> 01:27:07.479 seen them on lantana and you know pintos that they're on. 1583 01:27:07.680 --> 01:27:09.760 They get on everything, but there's a couple of things 1584 01:27:09.800 --> 01:27:12.119 that they really prefer for sure. 1585 01:27:13.119 --> 01:27:16.720 That is good, and they are real popular. It's kind 1586 01:27:16.760 --> 01:27:20.000 of like monarch butterflies being so popular. Because people are 1587 01:27:20.039 --> 01:27:25.600 concerned about, you know, the the loss of some of 1588 01:27:25.640 --> 01:27:28.640 their habitat in Mexico and and other issues that they're 1589 01:27:28.640 --> 01:27:33.199 having to fight. But well, I tell you that hummingbirds 1590 01:27:33.319 --> 01:27:36.880 are another popular when people really get into that they care. 1591 01:27:37.119 --> 01:27:41.600 Yeah, you bet, you bet, Yeah, the watch. 1592 01:27:42.880 --> 01:27:45.720 Yeah, no kidding. I'm trying to think of some others 1593 01:27:45.760 --> 01:27:49.760 that around my house. I see the hummingbirds on a lot. 1594 01:27:50.079 --> 01:27:55.199 A trumpet creeper. Now that's a little over enthusiastic line, 1595 01:27:55.520 --> 01:27:57.920 but it'll it'll bring them in a lot too. They 1596 01:27:58.279 --> 01:28:02.640 love that. And butterfly bush uh uh, butterfly bush. In fact, 1597 01:28:02.680 --> 01:28:07.000 speaking of there's a two for plant, the butterfly bus looms. 1598 01:28:07.560 --> 01:28:07.760 Uh. 1599 01:28:07.960 --> 01:28:10.199 They attract the butterflies, that's why it has its name. 1600 01:28:10.600 --> 01:28:10.720 Uh. 1601 01:28:10.760 --> 01:28:13.920 But they attract hummingbirds too, and uh, I don't know. 1602 01:28:13.920 --> 01:28:15.560 If you cut them early in the morning, they make 1603 01:28:15.600 --> 01:28:21.319 a half decent cupflower. Some of them have fragrance B bombarda. 1604 01:28:21.760 --> 01:28:25.039 That's another one that I've noticed that they really really 1605 01:28:25.079 --> 01:28:25.680 seem to like. 1606 01:28:26.199 --> 01:28:30.840 I mean, humming bird, humming bird bush. The Hamelia patton 1607 01:28:30.960 --> 01:28:32.680 is a you know, obviously a good one too. 1608 01:28:33.279 --> 01:28:37.399 The back to those red tubular flowers. 1609 01:28:37.720 --> 01:28:41.520 Yeah, firecracker plant. Fire spike is another one I see 1610 01:28:41.560 --> 01:28:44.159 them on and that's a shade a shade plant. So 1611 01:28:44.199 --> 01:28:46.920 if you have a shady area, fire spike will be good. 1612 01:28:48.000 --> 01:28:52.119 Okay, firecracker plant, fire spike. Those are some other good ones. Well, 1613 01:28:52.239 --> 01:28:55.680 I think that you know, it's it's great to feed hummingbirds, 1614 01:28:55.680 --> 01:28:58.479 and I do. I've got some feeders that I love 1615 01:28:58.800 --> 01:29:01.079 for the hummingbirds. I think it's great just to have 1616 01:29:01.159 --> 01:29:05.199 them around the landscape, attract them with the landscape as well. 1617 01:29:05.560 --> 01:29:08.279 There remember the old movie Field of Dreams. They said, 1618 01:29:08.279 --> 01:29:10.079 if you build it, they will come. And that is 1619 01:29:10.159 --> 01:29:14.399 sure you go. Butterflies and hummingbirds. Uh, and you you 1620 01:29:14.479 --> 01:29:17.279 guys are really set up to do that kind of thing. 1621 01:29:17.319 --> 01:29:20.680 There any other plants we haven't talked about with the 1622 01:29:20.760 --> 01:29:24.880 hummingbirds or the butterflies that you think people ought to 1623 01:29:24.880 --> 01:29:27.359 be aware of or ought to ought to consider. 1624 01:29:27.640 --> 01:29:27.880 You know. 1625 01:29:28.000 --> 01:29:30.119 So I was thinking about a while ago. One of 1626 01:29:30.119 --> 01:29:34.760 the neatest uh caterpillars for the for the butterfly is 1627 01:29:34.800 --> 01:29:39.399 the giant swallowtail. I don't know if you witnessed that. 1628 01:29:39.720 --> 01:29:43.319 And they they get on the citrus trees and. 1629 01:29:43.359 --> 01:29:48.439 They uh, they look like bark they look like maybe 1630 01:29:48.479 --> 01:29:53.880 bird poo. It's it's a really really unique, unique, uh caterpillar. 1631 01:29:54.159 --> 01:29:57.520 It's it's one that really stands out in my mind. 1632 01:29:58.560 --> 01:30:03.800 Yeah, and uh that camouflage that nature has provided of 1633 01:30:03.920 --> 01:30:07.600 looking like literally like bird poop and folks. If you 1634 01:30:07.600 --> 01:30:09.640 haven't seen them, you just go online and google it. 1635 01:30:10.399 --> 01:30:15.039 Swallowtail caterpillars. But we're talking about larval plants, so there 1636 01:30:15.239 --> 01:30:18.520 is the citrus plants themselves are a good larval food 1637 01:30:18.560 --> 01:30:20.239 source for swallowtails. 1638 01:30:20.600 --> 01:30:25.640 Yep, and roue also for those oh rue okay, yeah, 1639 01:30:26.119 --> 01:30:30.800 ruined fennyl for the black swallowtail. We mentioned passion bindes 1640 01:30:31.000 --> 01:30:35.039 earlier for the golfer delivery. Okay, but there's you know, 1641 01:30:35.119 --> 01:30:38.159 so many, so many neat things to do out there, 1642 01:30:38.159 --> 01:30:40.800 and you know you don't have to do a giant 1643 01:30:41.439 --> 01:30:45.239 patch of this stuff to make things happen. So the 1644 01:30:45.279 --> 01:30:48.399 more the merrier. But it doesn't require a giant patch 1645 01:30:48.439 --> 01:30:51.239 of anything to make to make butterflies come to your yard. 1646 01:30:52.239 --> 01:30:54.840 There you go. So if you have one container on 1647 01:30:54.880 --> 01:30:57.880 your porch, you can bring in butterflies and then hopefully 1648 01:30:57.920 --> 01:31:00.479 from there it'll become addictive and you'll fill the whole 1649 01:31:00.560 --> 01:31:03.000 yard with it. But uh, that's a that's a very 1650 01:31:03.039 --> 01:31:05.960 good point. I think another thing, Danny that people need 1651 01:31:05.960 --> 01:31:08.600 to think about is, and this is true of landscaping 1652 01:31:08.600 --> 01:31:12.720 in general, but also butterfly attracting is the different seasons. 1653 01:31:13.279 --> 01:31:13.399 Uh. 1654 01:31:13.720 --> 01:31:16.680 You know that when we go from spring where everything 1655 01:31:16.760 --> 01:31:20.920 wants to bloom, to summer when we have much fewer blooms, 1656 01:31:20.920 --> 01:31:23.600 still have many good plants. You need to have plants 1657 01:31:23.640 --> 01:31:24.880 that are going to look good in summer, and you 1658 01:31:24.920 --> 01:31:28.159 mentioned lantana as an example of that, but that carries 1659 01:31:28.159 --> 01:31:30.439 you through and then fall bloomers. We have some really 1660 01:31:30.560 --> 01:31:33.520 nice fall blooming plants that can kind of extend the 1661 01:31:33.560 --> 01:31:36.359 season for certain certain things. You know, our hummingbirds are 1662 01:31:36.359 --> 01:31:40.520 here feeding and they're about to do their migration in 1663 01:31:40.600 --> 01:31:43.720 many most of the time, and so that'd be good 1664 01:31:43.720 --> 01:31:46.039 to think about all the seasons and make sure you 1665 01:31:46.119 --> 01:31:48.880 got something blooming or at least the foliage for the 1666 01:31:48.880 --> 01:31:50.680 caterpillars at all those times. 1667 01:31:51.159 --> 01:31:53.680 You bet I was. I was thinking about it. Well 1668 01:31:53.680 --> 01:31:58.720 ago diant this I remember last winter wasn't many things blooming, 1669 01:31:59.079 --> 01:32:02.479 but we had Diantas were a really really tough plant, 1670 01:32:02.760 --> 01:32:06.199 and there were butterflies all over the dianthus. So I 1671 01:32:07.119 --> 01:32:09.560 don't I don't remember that in the year's past, but 1672 01:32:09.880 --> 01:32:15.000 last year it was really intense interesting, so that that 1673 01:32:15.119 --> 01:32:17.960 was really neat And that's a good winter time plant. 1674 01:32:18.119 --> 01:32:20.359 That will you know, if you do have the butterflies 1675 01:32:20.439 --> 01:32:22.560 or even moss. You know, we we we we think 1676 01:32:22.600 --> 01:32:26.920 about butterflies, but the poor little moss, which are basically 1677 01:32:26.960 --> 01:32:30.000 the same same family, they get left out, but they're 1678 01:32:30.119 --> 01:32:33.279 probably one of the better, better pollinators. Not as pretty, 1679 01:32:33.840 --> 01:32:35.640 but they're a very very good pollinator. 1680 01:32:36.720 --> 01:32:39.319 Well, while we're talking about that, we've got those evening 1681 01:32:39.680 --> 01:32:43.600 blooming plants that the things that scent send out their 1682 01:32:43.720 --> 01:32:47.279 scent in the evening, like moonflower vine, which is basically 1683 01:32:47.359 --> 01:32:56.079 like a morning glory, and Duranta the yeah, Duranta, what's it? 1684 01:32:56.119 --> 01:32:58.560 What I'm trying to Brugmancia That angel trumpet. 1685 01:32:58.359 --> 01:33:01.000 Romancia romant is a really really unique flower. 1686 01:33:01.760 --> 01:33:05.880 And those are those are bloomed, Those bloom late in 1687 01:33:05.920 --> 01:33:08.640 the day and sometimes in the evening, some of them, 1688 01:33:08.760 --> 01:33:12.119 and that attracts those nocturnal moths that come out and 1689 01:33:12.479 --> 01:33:13.199 feed on those. 1690 01:33:14.079 --> 01:33:16.199 And yeah, I'll mention it too because it's one of 1691 01:33:16.239 --> 01:33:19.760 my favorite is the hummingbird moth. I'm sure you're familiar 1692 01:33:19.760 --> 01:33:26.680 with that, and those are very very unique. Always basically 1693 01:33:26.720 --> 01:33:29.319 tell tell people that they look like a humming bird, 1694 01:33:30.159 --> 01:33:33.319 but they're wooly like a wooly mammoth. It just they're hairy. 1695 01:33:34.000 --> 01:33:37.319 It is a it is amazing to watch those things 1696 01:33:37.359 --> 01:33:41.239 because they're the same shape, same size. You know, if 1697 01:33:41.279 --> 01:33:42.960 you if you just glant at it, you think it's 1698 01:33:42.960 --> 01:33:45.039 a humming bird, but you get close to it because 1699 01:33:45.079 --> 01:33:46.840 it'll let you. They're not even afraid of you, like 1700 01:33:46.880 --> 01:33:49.720 a hummingbird would. You'll fly away. But these hummingbird moths 1701 01:33:49.960 --> 01:33:52.279 you can almost put them in your hand while they're flying. 1702 01:33:52.760 --> 01:33:55.119 It's a it's amazing the watch. 1703 01:33:55.720 --> 01:33:58.600 That is awesome. Well, Danny, as always, I run out 1704 01:33:58.600 --> 01:34:00.800 of time before I run out of thing to talk about, 1705 01:34:00.840 --> 01:34:04.840 but thank you so much for coming on today give us, 1706 01:34:04.880 --> 01:34:07.520 giving us some inspiration on some of the plants that 1707 01:34:07.560 --> 01:34:10.279 we can be planting, because I know people want to 1708 01:34:10.319 --> 01:34:13.359 have more butterflies, more hummingbirds, and it's great that you 1709 01:34:13.399 --> 01:34:15.760 guys have it set up for both the blooms and 1710 01:34:16.039 --> 01:34:18.960 the things for the larval to eat. So thanks again. 1711 01:34:19.039 --> 01:34:22.279 Coming on, Thanks for having me on skip Take. 1712 01:34:22.159 --> 01:34:24.880 Care, yes, sir, yes, sir all right, folks, I'm going 1713 01:34:24.920 --> 01:34:27.600 to have you back with us looking forward to Well, 1714 01:34:27.680 --> 01:34:31.079 that was fun talking about hummingbirds and talking about butterflies, 1715 01:34:31.640 --> 01:34:34.199 by the way, fun fact. I like to nerd out 1716 01:34:34.279 --> 01:34:35.560 every now and then. But I want to give you 1717 01:34:35.640 --> 01:34:38.520 some facts about hummingbirds. You probably didn't know by the way. 1718 01:34:38.600 --> 01:34:42.039 They are arriving here now. They are here now, some 1719 01:34:42.119 --> 01:34:45.239 of the already showed up in my yard. Hummingbirds. Three 1720 01:34:45.319 --> 01:34:49.199 hundred and twenty five different species of hummingbirds exist. That 1721 01:34:49.359 --> 01:34:51.880 is the second largest bird family in the world. Is 1722 01:34:51.920 --> 01:34:54.760 that amazing? A hummingbird weighs about a tenth of announce, 1723 01:34:54.800 --> 01:34:59.399 about the weight of a penny. A hummingbird braid is 1724 01:34:59.399 --> 01:35:02.239 about the side of a bebee. They're the only bird 1725 01:35:02.279 --> 01:35:05.760 that can fly backwards and even hover upside down due 1726 01:35:05.800 --> 01:35:09.720 to the ability of their wing their shoulder shoulders to move, 1727 01:35:10.760 --> 01:35:14.119 the freedom of motion in their shoulder. Is that amazing 1728 01:35:14.560 --> 01:35:17.760 stuff right there? I just think it's a sack. Here's 1729 01:35:17.800 --> 01:35:20.479 one more a hummingbird. You've seen the little bills on them. 1730 01:35:20.520 --> 01:35:22.640 They have long, skinny bills. Their tongue will go that 1731 01:35:22.800 --> 01:35:25.600 much further out from the bill, about that far, and 1732 01:35:25.720 --> 01:35:28.159 they can move their tongue in and out lapping up 1733 01:35:28.239 --> 01:35:32.159 nectar from a big, deep flower twelve times a second. 1734 01:35:32.239 --> 01:35:35.560 So just imagine a sewing machine running at full throttle. 1735 01:35:35.920 --> 01:35:38.319 That's what a hummingbird tongue can do going out and 1736 01:35:38.319 --> 01:35:40.600 they're just pulling all that nectar up out of the flower. 1737 01:35:40.720 --> 01:35:43.640 Cool stuff. I won't bore you anymore. Oh one more. 1738 01:35:43.760 --> 01:35:47.079 They can fly up to sixty miles an hour. Typically 1739 01:35:47.159 --> 01:35:49.199 they're around half of that little or half of that. 1740 01:35:49.319 --> 01:35:52.359 But the amazing little birds. And by the way, if 1741 01:35:52.399 --> 01:35:55.199 you're into hummingbirds, you need to be into Wallbirds Unlimited. 1742 01:35:55.560 --> 01:35:59.000 Wallbirds Unlimited has six stores in the Houston area. You 1743 01:35:59.000 --> 01:36:03.000 can go to wu bu dot com forward slash Houston. 1744 01:36:03.560 --> 01:36:07.079 There you're going to find hummingbird feeders. Look for the 1745 01:36:07.159 --> 01:36:09.680 high perch feeder. It's my favorite one, the high perch. 1746 01:36:09.920 --> 01:36:12.640 But they have others that are also great, also awesome. 1747 01:36:13.039 --> 01:36:15.960 They have the hummingbird food that has something that helps 1748 01:36:16.000 --> 01:36:18.760 it not go bad so fast in it it lasts. 1749 01:36:18.800 --> 01:36:21.439 It doesn't you know, turn bad. When you put sugar 1750 01:36:21.439 --> 01:36:23.199 water out in hot weather, I mean it's going to 1751 01:36:23.319 --> 01:36:26.119 ferment and do all kinds of things not good for 1752 01:36:26.159 --> 01:36:27.920 the health of the hummingbird, so you need to change 1753 01:36:27.920 --> 01:36:30.560 yours out every few days just to keep good fresh 1754 01:36:30.640 --> 01:36:33.239 material there. While you're at Wilbirds, you'll find every other 1755 01:36:33.319 --> 01:36:36.359 thing you might want for birds. They stock it all 1756 01:36:36.439 --> 01:36:39.880 and they have the top quality, top quality of food, 1757 01:36:40.119 --> 01:36:44.840 top quality of houses, feeders, whatever it is at Wildbird's Unlimited. 1758 01:36:45.159 --> 01:36:48.399 We're going to now go out to Bissooria and talk 1759 01:36:48.399 --> 01:36:51.399 to Steve. Steve, thank you for waiting, and welcome to 1760 01:36:51.439 --> 01:36:57.760 garden Line. I think Steve is either making lunch or 1761 01:36:57.840 --> 01:36:59.960 chopping wood. I don't know what's going on out there. 1762 01:37:00.239 --> 01:37:05.000 We're going to come back. Let's see Stevere there. Hello, Hello, 1763 01:37:05.560 --> 01:37:09.800 all right, go ahead, I put that on hold, Chris, 1764 01:37:09.840 --> 01:37:12.039 if you can see if we can get Steebeck on there, 1765 01:37:12.119 --> 01:37:16.199 we'll move go on into that. Uh Landscaper's Pride. You've 1766 01:37:16.199 --> 01:37:20.319 heard me talk about them before. They have quality, locally 1767 01:37:20.359 --> 01:37:26.399 made organic materials, from compost to bed mixes. They've got 1768 01:37:26.439 --> 01:37:30.159 something called gardener's magic. It is a garden a gardening 1769 01:37:30.279 --> 01:37:34.279 saw mix. It's got organic pine based, it's got humids, 1770 01:37:34.279 --> 01:37:37.840 it's got screen pine and composted rice holes too, and 1771 01:37:37.880 --> 01:37:40.399 even a little bit of a chicken pellet fertilizer. That'll 1772 01:37:40.439 --> 01:37:42.199 give you about three months of feeding. So if you've 1773 01:37:42.199 --> 01:37:44.600 got a raise bed or a container garden, great for 1774 01:37:44.680 --> 01:37:48.239 that mushroom compost. All the gardeners over in this part 1775 01:37:48.239 --> 01:37:52.600 of Texas have probably tried mushroom compost and boy is 1776 01:37:52.600 --> 01:37:55.399 out of a rocket fuel for plants. They have a 1777 01:37:55.439 --> 01:38:00.000 healthy soil compost made with composted plant materials, a new 1778 01:38:00.000 --> 01:38:04.439 neutral pH and as compost releases it's nutrients, as that 1779 01:38:04.520 --> 01:38:08.600 further decomposes, it adds them to the soil over time. 1780 01:38:08.680 --> 01:38:11.119 That's why we're always wanting to mix in composts like 1781 01:38:11.520 --> 01:38:14.359 Landscapers Pride healthy soil composts. They have a black humus 1782 01:38:14.720 --> 01:38:17.439 that is a very dark and rich organic mix of 1783 01:38:17.520 --> 01:38:21.239 compost at, bine, bark, and loamy topsoil. So it would 1784 01:38:21.279 --> 01:38:24.159 be good for established beds, It would be good for 1785 01:38:24.239 --> 01:38:27.279 most growing conditions that you would have because it's got 1786 01:38:27.319 --> 01:38:29.640 some soil in it. You could even use it out 1787 01:38:29.680 --> 01:38:32.119 in the lawn in little lower areas to provide a 1788 01:38:32.159 --> 01:38:35.319 little bit of an additional depth. That all of these 1789 01:38:35.319 --> 01:38:38.239 are at Landscaperspride dot com you can find out more 1790 01:38:38.279 --> 01:38:41.079 about them. They're widely available in the area, and while 1791 01:38:41.079 --> 01:38:44.920 you're there, pick up landscapers pride mulchs because if there 1792 01:38:45.000 --> 01:38:47.439 is ever a season where we need to have molt soil, 1793 01:38:47.720 --> 01:38:51.840 thickly molt SOI to moderate soil temperature and prevent weeds. 1794 01:38:52.119 --> 01:38:55.600 Now is it. I'm going to head out now to 1795 01:38:55.680 --> 01:38:59.239 the Galleria area and we're going to talk to Suzanne. Hello, Suzanne, 1796 01:38:59.439 --> 01:39:01.840 welcome to gode morning. 1797 01:39:02.279 --> 01:39:06.159 I have some Peggy Martin roses that were planted this spring. 1798 01:39:07.000 --> 01:39:08.079 They were doing great. 1799 01:39:08.680 --> 01:39:11.560 Now it looks like they've got some kind of a 1800 01:39:11.680 --> 01:39:14.439 something that's eating the leaves. 1801 01:39:14.479 --> 01:39:14.760 Help. 1802 01:39:16.760 --> 01:39:19.600 Uh when you say eating the leaves, can you describe 1803 01:39:19.640 --> 01:39:20.039 it to me? 1804 01:39:21.319 --> 01:39:21.520 Well? 1805 01:39:21.560 --> 01:39:22.880 There, they're not there. 1806 01:39:23.520 --> 01:39:28.479 The it looks like it's just. 1807 01:39:30.199 --> 01:39:30.720 There's nothing. 1808 01:39:31.039 --> 01:39:34.000 Who is The whole leaf is gone. It's not like 1809 01:39:34.119 --> 01:39:36.600 the circular cut is taken out of the room. 1810 01:39:36.680 --> 01:39:40.760 No no, no, no no, it's like the veins. Not the veins, 1811 01:39:40.800 --> 01:39:43.520 but the main part of the stem is still there, 1812 01:39:43.560 --> 01:39:43.920 but the. 1813 01:39:43.960 --> 01:39:44.840 Leaf is gone. 1814 01:39:45.920 --> 01:39:51.840 Okay, And it could be a certain areas. 1815 01:39:51.079 --> 01:39:53.000 All right, Well, it could be a caterpillar. It could 1816 01:39:53.000 --> 01:39:55.000 be a beatle. If it's a caterpillar, it's probably around 1817 01:39:55.000 --> 01:39:58.319 there somewhere, and you may find it hiding under a 1818 01:39:58.399 --> 01:40:01.880 leaf for along the stee. Roses are a big enough 1819 01:40:01.920 --> 01:40:04.680 plant that some caterpillars will go down on the celt 1820 01:40:04.720 --> 01:40:06.399 surface during the day and then come out and feed 1821 01:40:06.439 --> 01:40:10.039 at night. I don't think that's what you're dealing with 1822 01:40:10.079 --> 01:40:11.880 on a rose, but you might try checking them in 1823 01:40:11.920 --> 01:40:14.680 the evening just to be sure. It could be a beetle. 1824 01:40:14.680 --> 01:40:18.079 There are beetles that will attack if you wanted to 1825 01:40:18.279 --> 01:40:20.760 just go with something a little on the safer side, 1826 01:40:20.840 --> 01:40:29.600 more natural side. Spinosid it's spi n sad. It kills 1827 01:40:29.600 --> 01:40:33.079 things that eat leaves. It kills things that eats leaves, 1828 01:40:33.079 --> 01:40:37.680 so caterpillars and beetles are both target pests for spinosid. 1829 01:40:37.920 --> 01:40:40.319 And it soaks into the tissues of the leaf, so 1830 01:40:40.359 --> 01:40:42.720 it sticks around a little bit longer than some of 1831 01:40:42.760 --> 01:40:45.800 the other products that might be out there. But I 1832 01:40:45.840 --> 01:40:48.720 would watch and maybe even look at an area and 1833 01:40:48.840 --> 01:40:51.159 kind of okay, what leaves are there and not there? 1834 01:40:51.479 --> 01:40:53.279 Come back the next day and see if this is 1835 01:40:53.399 --> 01:40:56.439 an active problem, or if it happened but now it's 1836 01:40:56.520 --> 01:41:00.119 not continuing to happen, because you'd hate to spray the 1837 01:41:00.159 --> 01:41:01.359 pest has already gone. 1838 01:41:02.479 --> 01:41:05.079 Okay, okay, and where can I find that? 1839 01:41:07.279 --> 01:41:11.000 Oh? Gosh, you can. You can find it anywhere. I mean, 1840 01:41:11.279 --> 01:41:15.159 it is very, very widely available. You're in the gallery, 1841 01:41:15.159 --> 01:41:18.560 are there? You're not far from Buchanans Native Plants, which 1842 01:41:18.560 --> 01:41:21.239 is up in the Hearts. You're not far from Southwest 1843 01:41:21.640 --> 01:41:26.680 Feed and Fertilizer Cornerick this Yeah, down in Southwest Houston. 1844 01:41:27.159 --> 01:41:30.399 Those places are both going to have some form of spinosid. 1845 01:41:30.680 --> 01:41:33.399 And any ace hardware store that you find should have 1846 01:41:33.439 --> 01:41:37.199 a spinosid type in secticide. All right, okay, okay, thank 1847 01:41:37.239 --> 01:41:40.159 you so much, Thanks a lot, you bad. I appreciate 1848 01:41:41.079 --> 01:41:45.439 appreciate your call. See here, where are we? Yeah, time 1849 01:41:45.479 --> 01:41:48.279 for a little break here Ron in Cleveland. You're gonna 1850 01:41:48.279 --> 01:41:50.880 be first when we come back. The phone number if 1851 01:41:50.880 --> 01:41:52.960 you'd like to give us a call seven one three 1852 01:41:53.119 --> 01:41:59.760 two one two fifty eight seventy four. Welcome back to Gardenline. 1853 01:41:59.760 --> 01:42:02.239 We're I do with us today. I'm your host, Skip Richtor, 1854 01:42:02.239 --> 01:42:04.960 and we're here to talk about the things that you 1855 01:42:05.039 --> 01:42:07.960 are interested in and having garden success. So let's head 1856 01:42:07.960 --> 01:42:10.800 out to Cleveland, Texas, and we're going to talk to Ron. 1857 01:42:11.079 --> 01:42:11.359 Hello. 1858 01:42:11.479 --> 01:42:13.159 Ron, good Morrow. 1859 01:42:13.199 --> 01:42:13.520 Skip. 1860 01:42:15.239 --> 01:42:18.479 Last Sunday, after your show was off the air, I 1861 01:42:18.560 --> 01:42:21.960 noticed one of headlims. It's about three years in the ground, 1862 01:42:22.039 --> 01:42:25.680 it really starts shape up about three foot tall. That 1863 01:42:26.079 --> 01:42:28.359 part of it, about half of it was starting to 1864 01:42:28.439 --> 01:42:31.960 die off and lose his leaves. So I started hitting 1865 01:42:31.960 --> 01:42:36.760 it with medina, hastergroll, plant food, you know, mixture, mix 1866 01:42:36.840 --> 01:42:39.760 it up and been keeping it wet. And then I 1867 01:42:39.800 --> 01:42:42.560 heard yesterday on your show about you were talking to 1868 01:42:42.600 --> 01:42:46.159 got it to about a guy about how the truck 1869 01:42:46.279 --> 01:42:51.199 is split vertically, and I noticed the sections on my 1870 01:42:51.359 --> 01:42:54.600 plant that are dying have those splits in the truck. 1871 01:42:55.479 --> 01:42:58.399 Do I just to rip the whole plant out, cut 1872 01:42:58.399 --> 01:43:01.800 those sections off, or just keep hitting it with medina 1873 01:43:02.279 --> 01:43:03.520 or what are your thoughts? 1874 01:43:04.079 --> 01:43:06.560 Well, if the if the section is going to if 1875 01:43:06.600 --> 01:43:08.600 it's going to be able to heal the split and 1876 01:43:08.640 --> 01:43:11.159 stay alive, then just leave it as it is. If 1877 01:43:11.199 --> 01:43:14.359 it's dead, then just print it out below that split 1878 01:43:14.880 --> 01:43:17.520 and the plant will branch out, it'll it'll put on 1879 01:43:17.680 --> 01:43:22.319 new growth. But that's probably due to cold. And we 1880 01:43:22.399 --> 01:43:25.880 have had a couple of winters where the temperature either 1881 01:43:25.920 --> 01:43:30.159 got cold or drop too fast a couple of Decembers ago, 1882 01:43:30.239 --> 01:43:34.039 I believe, and we suffered some damage that often. Then 1883 01:43:34.159 --> 01:43:37.520 later shows up when the real demands are on the plant, 1884 01:43:38.800 --> 01:43:41.479 and it shows up by the plant branch is just 1885 01:43:41.600 --> 01:43:44.279 dying out because it can't move the water fast enough 1886 01:43:44.359 --> 01:43:47.359 due to that loss of some of the tissues that 1887 01:43:47.439 --> 01:43:50.520 move the water up and down the stem. 1888 01:43:50.560 --> 01:43:52.600 Well, it's right at the base of the plant where 1889 01:43:52.600 --> 01:43:54.960 it's coming out of the ground. It branches out three 1890 01:43:55.079 --> 01:43:58.600 or four little okay, not about inch, so it's you know, 1891 01:43:58.640 --> 01:44:00.680 it's like get big sections of it that i'd have 1892 01:44:00.760 --> 01:44:02.840 to trim right off at the ground. So maybe I'll 1893 01:44:02.880 --> 01:44:04.920 just go ahead and set it ride and keep it 1894 01:44:04.920 --> 01:44:06.960 wet go from there. 1895 01:44:07.279 --> 01:44:09.079 Yeah, you could do that. You could do that that. 1896 01:44:09.560 --> 01:44:11.800 You know, I'm not seeing it exactly, so I can't 1897 01:44:11.800 --> 01:44:13.479 tell you which way to go, but that would be 1898 01:44:13.479 --> 01:44:16.760 an option. Cutting it back would be an option. When 1899 01:44:16.800 --> 01:44:19.239 you look at the stem, how if you were to 1900 01:44:19.319 --> 01:44:21.600 look let's say you were to cut across the stem 1901 01:44:22.039 --> 01:44:24.720 and look at it as a pie. How big of 1902 01:44:25.079 --> 01:44:28.119 a slice of pie is the split? In other words, 1903 01:44:28.199 --> 01:44:31.359 is it one fourth of the way around? Is it 1904 01:44:32.199 --> 01:44:33.199 tenth of the way around? 1905 01:44:34.079 --> 01:44:36.920 The truck is probably about where there's two of them 1906 01:44:36.920 --> 01:44:39.159 that are splitting, but two of the seconds are three 1907 01:44:39.239 --> 01:44:43.439 quarter to one inch diameter and they're opened up. There's 1908 01:44:43.439 --> 01:44:47.600 two splits and they're opened up like three sixteenths of 1909 01:44:47.680 --> 01:44:51.199 an inch. You know, they're not really massive. Yeah, okay, 1910 01:44:51.239 --> 01:44:54.920 but it seems definitely stopping the water flow going up. 1911 01:44:55.000 --> 01:44:58.600 You know, well, it's just causing it to be diverted 1912 01:44:58.600 --> 01:44:59.960 a little bit. You know. It's kind of like a 1913 01:45:00.079 --> 01:45:04.560 highway when you got six lanes and they they block 1914 01:45:04.640 --> 01:45:06.680 two of the lanes off, and now all the traffic's 1915 01:45:06.720 --> 01:45:09.399 got to get through those two lanes. It causes a backup. 1916 01:45:09.479 --> 01:45:13.800 And so I think in time it's just gonna get better. 1917 01:45:14.039 --> 01:45:16.920 So I, based on what we're saying and here and here, 1918 01:45:17.000 --> 01:45:19.680 I think I think I would just let it go 1919 01:45:20.319 --> 01:45:23.159 and let's see what it does. Anything dead, go ahead 1920 01:45:23.159 --> 01:45:25.399 and print it out once there's no green underneath the 1921 01:45:25.399 --> 01:45:26.920 outer bark layer. 1922 01:45:27.199 --> 01:45:30.600 Yeah, so is it. We're just hitting it every day 1923 01:45:30.640 --> 01:45:33.159 every other day with the medina, or just keep it 1924 01:45:33.199 --> 01:45:34.000 water like normal. 1925 01:45:34.119 --> 01:45:36.840 You think, well you could do that. I'd water it 1926 01:45:37.039 --> 01:45:40.079 like normal because you don't want it to go without water. 1927 01:45:40.640 --> 01:45:44.319 But you know, once a week a good soaking is 1928 01:45:44.439 --> 01:45:46.520 enough for that plant. You don't need to water now 1929 01:45:46.600 --> 01:45:48.800 once a week. But when you water wet the soil 1930 01:45:48.840 --> 01:45:54.359 deeply and that'll be fine. And as far as yeah, 1931 01:45:54.920 --> 01:45:59.479 and as far as the medina, okay, yeah, you can 1932 01:45:59.520 --> 01:46:02.119 do that. There's a bunch of medinas. There's one that 1933 01:46:02.359 --> 01:46:07.119 is the soil activators. It's basically different microbial compounds and 1934 01:46:07.279 --> 01:46:12.560 other substances that are stimulant for plant growth and microbial activity. 1935 01:46:13.159 --> 01:46:15.840 Then there's a medina that has to grow for lawns, 1936 01:46:16.279 --> 01:46:18.039 which you can use on this plant, by the way, 1937 01:46:18.920 --> 01:46:22.520 that has a three one two four one two ratio 1938 01:46:22.600 --> 01:46:24.840 of nutrients in it that you could use. 1939 01:46:25.439 --> 01:46:25.520 Uh. 1940 01:46:25.720 --> 01:46:28.279 And so there's a lot of different ways you can go. 1941 01:46:28.720 --> 01:46:31.920 Bottom line is just keep it adequately fed and give 1942 01:46:31.960 --> 01:46:32.640 it some time. 1943 01:46:33.520 --> 01:46:36.479 Yeah, all right, I apologize for interrupting when you're trying 1944 01:46:36.479 --> 01:46:39.840 to talk. Yeah, I've been doing it once a week, 1945 01:46:39.960 --> 01:46:42.680 water and real deep and doing the screwdriver trick and 1946 01:46:42.720 --> 01:46:44.640 that really has really made it. 1947 01:46:44.640 --> 01:46:46.840 A big difference in my side yard. 1948 01:46:46.840 --> 01:46:49.720 I'm working on my front yard still, so all right, well, 1949 01:46:49.720 --> 01:46:55.079 I appreciate it, all. 1950 01:46:52.840 --> 01:46:54.319 Right, thanks, Ron, appreciate the call. 1951 01:46:54.920 --> 01:46:55.039 Uh. 1952 01:46:55.159 --> 01:46:57.720 Yeah. For those of you who are wondering what is 1953 01:46:57.840 --> 01:47:02.520 the screwdriver trick, what it is is a way that 1954 01:47:02.640 --> 01:47:07.039 you can find out how wet your soil is or 1955 01:47:07.039 --> 01:47:10.199 how deeply your soil is wet. So what you do 1956 01:47:10.319 --> 01:47:16.560 is you take a long handled screwdriver flatthead, long handled screwdriver, 1957 01:47:17.119 --> 01:47:21.319 and you push it down into the soil. And if 1958 01:47:21.359 --> 01:47:23.479 you had wet your soil, let's say the water soaked 1959 01:47:23.520 --> 01:47:27.039 four inches deep, that screwdriver would go down through salt, 1960 01:47:27.119 --> 01:47:29.680 like through soft butter, right through that and all of 1961 01:47:29.720 --> 01:47:32.920 a sudden it feels like you hit concrete underground. That's 1962 01:47:32.960 --> 01:47:35.840 the dry soil, And so you can go around and 1963 01:47:35.920 --> 01:47:38.199 when we say give it a good soaking wet it's 1964 01:47:38.239 --> 01:47:40.760 six inches deep. That's a good goal for your lawn. 1965 01:47:40.760 --> 01:47:43.680 By the way, and people want to know how long 1966 01:47:43.720 --> 01:47:45.760 do I water and everything well with all the different 1967 01:47:45.800 --> 01:47:50.359 sprinkler heads and not all fish efficient symptom systems. Not 1968 01:47:50.399 --> 01:47:53.159 all systems are efficient. It's kind of hard for me 1969 01:47:53.199 --> 01:47:55.479 to answer that. But a screwdriver trick. Don't lie. When 1970 01:47:55.520 --> 01:47:57.840 you push a screwdriver in the ground, you know how 1971 01:47:57.880 --> 01:47:59.960 deep that is wet. Now, just be aware that you 1972 01:48:00.119 --> 01:48:01.800 may hit a root, so you may try it in 1973 01:48:01.800 --> 01:48:04.319 two or three places. Make sure you're not hitting a 1974 01:48:04.399 --> 01:48:08.680 root underground. But that works pretty well for it's another way. 1975 01:48:08.960 --> 01:48:11.720 It's a little quick, easy way to find out if 1976 01:48:11.760 --> 01:48:14.760 you're wetting your soil adequately deep when you water. Now, 1977 01:48:14.800 --> 01:48:16.760 if you're trying to water for trees, you would even 1978 01:48:16.760 --> 01:48:18.880 want to go a little deeper than that. You'd like 1979 01:48:18.920 --> 01:48:23.680 a little deeper soaking than just six inches. All right, well, 1980 01:48:23.720 --> 01:48:27.399 here we go. We are nearing the end of this segment. 1981 01:48:27.520 --> 01:48:29.560 If you'd like to give us a call seven one 1982 01:48:29.640 --> 01:48:33.319 three two one two kt r H seven one three 1983 01:48:33.479 --> 01:48:36.720 two one two k t r H. Well, go ahead. 1984 01:48:36.800 --> 01:48:40.920 Danny Linnerman on talking. He's from in Jenni Forest, Donna, Richmond. 1985 01:48:41.199 --> 01:48:44.199 He was talking about butterfly plants, both the ones that 1986 01:48:44.239 --> 01:48:47.920 attract adults, the ones that attract larva, and hummingbird plants, 1987 01:48:47.960 --> 01:48:50.960 the ones that attract hummingbirds in and I fail to 1988 01:48:51.079 --> 01:48:53.680 tell you where the where in Jenny Forest is And 1989 01:48:53.760 --> 01:48:57.319 Jenni Forest again is down in Richmond. It's on FM 1990 01:48:57.800 --> 01:49:01.039 twenty seven fifty nine. So if you're heading from Richmond 1991 01:49:01.079 --> 01:49:04.159 towards sugar Land, it's off to the right FM twenty 1992 01:49:04.239 --> 01:49:07.520 seven fifty nine. The website, write this down. They have 1993 01:49:07.560 --> 01:49:11.239 an awesome website and they always have things going on there. 1994 01:49:11.279 --> 01:49:14.960 I think starting on the twenty eighth of September, Danny's 1995 01:49:15.000 --> 01:49:17.039 going to be giving a talk about fall gardening, and 1996 01:49:17.159 --> 01:49:20.840 like for six weeks, every Saturday there's another talk out 1997 01:49:20.880 --> 01:49:22.960 there and they usually have a food truck and stuff. 1998 01:49:23.359 --> 01:49:30.760 But anyway, the website enchanted Forest Richmond, TX dot com. 1999 01:49:30.840 --> 01:49:35.359 Enchanted Forest Richmond, TX dot com. That's how you find 2000 01:49:35.359 --> 01:49:37.319 out more. For those of you who are interested, I 2001 01:49:37.359 --> 01:49:40.159 recommend you go check it out. It's a real cool nursery. 2002 01:49:40.199 --> 01:49:42.439 I love walking around out there. And you got to 2003 01:49:42.439 --> 01:49:45.399 see the butterflies. I mean, every butterfly in town already 2004 01:49:45.439 --> 01:49:47.800 knows about the place, right, so if you don't know 2005 01:49:47.840 --> 01:49:50.479 about it, well, you're behind the curve. Ask a butterfly. 2006 01:49:53.399 --> 01:49:57.920 Sometimes I humor myself ridiculous things to say. All right, 2007 01:49:57.960 --> 01:50:00.760 well you are listening to Gardenlane. I want to remind 2008 01:50:00.960 --> 01:50:05.479 that you can go online to gardening with skip dot com. 2009 01:50:05.600 --> 01:50:07.119 You know, I say this all the time, and I'm 2010 01:50:07.319 --> 01:50:09.640 still surprised how many times I talk to people and say, no, 2011 01:50:09.720 --> 01:50:12.600 I didn't know you had a website gardening with skip 2012 01:50:12.640 --> 01:50:15.560 dot com. There you'll find the lawn care schedule. There 2013 01:50:15.600 --> 01:50:20.560 you'll find the pest disease and weed management schedule. There 2014 01:50:20.600 --> 01:50:24.760 you will find the information on nutcrasts controlling nut grass. 2015 01:50:24.800 --> 01:50:28.359 You will find how to build your own weed wiper, 2016 01:50:28.439 --> 01:50:31.119 a little thing I invented that works really well. It's 2017 01:50:31.239 --> 01:50:34.680 not expensive to build, really cool, and the products that 2018 01:50:34.720 --> 01:50:37.359 you would put on the weed wiper to control various 2019 01:50:37.439 --> 01:50:40.039 kinds of weed. Hey, I want to remind you the 2020 01:50:40.119 --> 01:50:42.880 second annual Strawberry Jamboree is going to be down in 2021 01:50:42.960 --> 01:50:46.479 Lake Jackson, Texas at the Lake Jackson Civic Center the 2022 01:50:46.520 --> 01:50:50.640 Brazoria County Extension Office Horticultures and Folks. They're putting this 2023 01:50:50.760 --> 01:50:55.039 on and this is on September on the twenty first, 2024 01:50:55.399 --> 01:50:57.760 all morning from eight to noon. They're going to have 2025 01:50:57.800 --> 01:51:03.920 a strawberry shortcake contest. Awesome exhibitors, awesome speakers. October is 2026 01:51:03.960 --> 01:51:07.000 when you plant, and you'll be able to order strawberry plugs. 2027 01:51:07.079 --> 01:51:10.960 They're at the event for more information. Nine seventy nine, 2028 01:51:11.399 --> 01:51:14.319 eight six, four, fifteen fifteen. 2029 01:51:14.560 --> 01:51:18.960 Welcome to kt r H Garden Line with Skimp Rickards 2030 01:51:19.079 --> 01:51:29.279 please crazy Lisp just watch him, as well. 2031 01:51:33.520 --> 01:51:35.319 As many things to see. 2032 01:51:35.399 --> 01:51:42.640 Black bass back again. 2033 01:51:42.800 --> 01:51:44.720 You're not a sorry. 2034 01:51:47.000 --> 01:51:47.439 Thank you? 2035 01:51:48.279 --> 01:51:51.600 All right, all right, welcome back to garden line. We 2036 01:51:51.840 --> 01:51:55.119 are glad that you are listening, and we're here to 2037 01:51:55.159 --> 01:51:57.399 help you in any way we can to have success. 2038 01:51:57.439 --> 01:51:59.439 We want you to have a beautiful garden. I want 2039 01:51:59.439 --> 01:52:01.840 you out of a boutonful garden. We want your landscape 2040 01:52:01.880 --> 01:52:04.119 to be something of beauty to behold as well. And 2041 01:52:04.159 --> 01:52:05.800 there is a way to do that. No matter what 2042 01:52:05.920 --> 01:52:09.359 the plant, no matter what the situation, there's a way 2043 01:52:09.760 --> 01:52:13.279 to turn it into something nice, to make gardening more fun, 2044 01:52:13.359 --> 01:52:19.399 to make it more rewarding, to make it more what successful. 2045 01:52:19.720 --> 01:52:23.119 I think that's probably the best way to do it well. 2046 01:52:24.159 --> 01:52:25.800 If you'd like to give us a call. By the way, 2047 01:52:25.840 --> 01:52:28.079 our phone number is seven one three two one two 2048 01:52:28.800 --> 01:52:31.880 fifty eight seventy four seven one three two one two 2049 01:52:32.039 --> 01:52:36.600 five eight seven four. I got a call or someone 2050 01:52:36.640 --> 01:52:39.359 had asked me about the what was the number for 2051 01:52:39.439 --> 01:52:42.840 that Strawberry Jamboree? So here we go. The second annual 2052 01:52:42.840 --> 01:52:47.199 Strawberry Jamboree is in Lake Jackson, Texas on September twenty first, 2053 01:52:47.760 --> 01:52:52.159 from eight am until noon. You can call get all 2054 01:52:52.199 --> 01:52:55.560 registered up for it. If you want to give them 2055 01:52:55.600 --> 01:52:59.960 a call, it's ninety seven nine eight six four fifteen 2056 01:53:00.439 --> 01:53:03.079 fifty eight. When you go there. There's going to be 2057 01:53:03.079 --> 01:53:06.560 some outstanding speakers. I've been to this. I went to 2058 01:53:06.640 --> 01:53:10.199 this the first one and it was excellent. They are 2059 01:53:10.239 --> 01:53:13.039 going to be having a number of different things that 2060 01:53:13.079 --> 01:53:16.000 I think will be interested in, such as exhibitors. There's 2061 01:53:16.000 --> 01:53:19.279 a strawberry shortcake contest. For those of you who feel 2062 01:53:19.279 --> 01:53:22.960 like you are the king or queen of strawberry shortcake making. Well, 2063 01:53:22.960 --> 01:53:27.399 here's your chance to defend your throne. You can just 2064 01:53:27.439 --> 01:53:30.720 call them nine seven, nine, eight, six, four fifteen fifty eight. 2065 01:53:30.800 --> 01:53:33.560 At the event, there will be an opportunity to pre 2066 01:53:33.760 --> 01:53:37.880 order some plugs for strawberries for October planting. That is 2067 01:53:37.920 --> 01:53:40.760 the best time to plant strawberries in our area is October. 2068 01:53:41.039 --> 01:53:43.760 Learn how to do it, make your order, have fun 2069 01:53:44.079 --> 01:53:47.880 all in one second annual Strawberry Jeenboree Lake Jackson, Texas 2070 01:53:47.880 --> 01:53:54.399 put on by the Brazoria County Extension Office the Horticulture Section. 2071 01:53:55.760 --> 01:53:58.439 So good job Kimberly that the first one was awesome, 2072 01:53:58.600 --> 01:54:01.800 and iss use your horticulturist there in Risoria. Kenny. By 2073 01:54:01.840 --> 01:54:04.399 the way, if you all need anything, Kimberly in the 2074 01:54:04.439 --> 01:54:07.560 Master gardener programmer or excellent down there. I'm going to 2075 01:54:07.720 --> 01:54:11.199 now go to let's see Hockley, Texas, and we're going 2076 01:54:11.239 --> 01:54:16.560 to talk to Ron. Hello. Ron, Okay, this is Rob. 2077 01:54:17.880 --> 01:54:20.079 Oh Rob Okay, Rob. We'll go with Rob. 2078 01:54:20.119 --> 01:54:24.800 Then brother's name is well, actually my brother's name is Ron. 2079 01:54:24.840 --> 01:54:28.680 But I get that a lot. I've seen some pictures 2080 01:54:28.720 --> 01:54:32.600 over of a oak tree I've had. 2081 01:54:32.920 --> 01:54:36.760 It's been here for about eight ten years, fifteen twenty 2082 01:54:36.840 --> 01:54:40.039 feet tall and a few years and it's been kind 2083 01:54:40.079 --> 01:54:42.680 of puny, just had you know, treze and the heat 2084 01:54:42.720 --> 01:54:45.159 and everything else. I look up and it just seems 2085 01:54:45.239 --> 01:54:48.960 like it's not doing very well. It looks fine, but 2086 01:54:49.000 --> 01:54:52.600 it's kind of sparse. Yeah, And something hit in my 2087 01:54:52.640 --> 01:54:53.520 head yesterday. 2088 01:54:53.720 --> 01:54:54.000 Something. 2089 01:54:54.119 --> 01:54:57.800 Yeah, something hit my head yesterday about my primming practices 2090 01:54:58.000 --> 01:55:01.159 which I did about a year ago, and I believe 2091 01:55:01.199 --> 01:55:04.199 I might have been cutting the limb the branches off 2092 01:55:04.279 --> 01:55:06.640 are the ones that I was cutting off a little 2093 01:55:06.680 --> 01:55:11.520 too short and it and so the black on there is. 2094 01:55:11.920 --> 01:55:14.239 I stopped by Arborgate this was like last year, and 2095 01:55:14.279 --> 01:55:17.960 I showed them some of the pictures and they recommended 2096 01:55:18.000 --> 01:55:21.920 some of the that spray when you cut a limb off, 2097 01:55:21.920 --> 01:55:23.720 your spray around there. I guess, So that's that's what 2098 01:55:23.760 --> 01:55:24.640 the black was on it. 2099 01:55:25.399 --> 01:55:32.960 So okay, I was just going to say the photos 2100 01:55:33.039 --> 01:55:36.279 I see first of all, the overall tree, you know, 2101 01:55:36.359 --> 01:55:40.119 it's it's in decent shape. One observation before I forget 2102 01:55:40.319 --> 01:55:42.800 is when it goes in the ground, it doesn't flare 2103 01:55:42.840 --> 01:55:44.960 out at the base, and that means that it was 2104 01:55:45.279 --> 01:55:48.960 either planted too deep or mulched too deep. So if 2105 01:55:49.000 --> 01:55:51.039 you could kind of clear that out a little bit, 2106 01:55:51.520 --> 01:55:54.039 it's better. When a tree goes in the ground, it 2107 01:55:54.079 --> 01:55:56.800 should flare as opposed to like a telephone pole goes 2108 01:55:56.840 --> 01:55:59.119 in the ground and just it's the same diameter all 2109 01:55:59.159 --> 01:56:01.760 the way down to the ground on right, the tree 2110 01:56:01.760 --> 01:56:03.960 should flare out a little bit, So check that, check 2111 01:56:04.000 --> 01:56:06.880 that depth. But that's not the issues that we're talking about, 2112 01:56:06.920 --> 01:56:10.199 although it could be contributing to them. Some of your 2113 01:56:10.239 --> 01:56:13.000 branch is that were prone appear to have gotten some 2114 01:56:13.039 --> 01:56:16.119 sort of a canker in them, And a canker will 2115 01:56:16.159 --> 01:56:19.560 take that fresh wounded tissue and it's a disease of 2116 01:56:19.600 --> 01:56:22.119 it and it causes it to die back even more, 2117 01:56:22.800 --> 01:56:25.159 to get a little gnarly and everything. If you clean 2118 01:56:25.239 --> 01:56:28.039 the dead bark out of the areas that are like that. 2119 01:56:28.520 --> 01:56:30.159 By the way, there's a lot of good photos you 2120 01:56:30.239 --> 01:56:33.159 sent to clear the dead bark out of it and 2121 01:56:33.279 --> 01:56:36.319 it'll close back over. There's one photo where you actually 2122 01:56:36.359 --> 01:56:40.439 show a single wound that see the callus coming in 2123 01:56:40.479 --> 01:56:43.319 from both sides. That shows me that your tree has 2124 01:56:43.359 --> 01:56:46.239 some vigor and it's trying to heal. But the healthier 2125 01:56:46.279 --> 01:56:49.000 you get the tree, the more it's able to overcome 2126 01:56:49.079 --> 01:56:52.119 that canker to close back in with healthier tissues. There's 2127 01:56:52.119 --> 01:56:54.800 not a spray to put on it for the canker, 2128 01:56:54.880 --> 01:56:58.920 but that's what I would do. Just when you do 2129 01:56:59.039 --> 01:57:02.279 any kind of pruning, make sure you're making the cut 2130 01:57:02.319 --> 01:57:05.039 in the right place and the right way. Generally we 2131 01:57:05.079 --> 01:57:07.760 don't recommend that you prune and then paint the wounds. 2132 01:57:07.760 --> 01:57:12.079 That's usually not necessary. So I would just say in 2133 01:57:12.119 --> 01:57:15.720 this case, there is something going on in the tree, 2134 01:57:15.920 --> 01:57:18.000 and the best thing you can do is get the 2135 01:57:18.039 --> 01:57:21.920 tree healthy so it's able to fight the problem off. Otherwise, 2136 01:57:22.000 --> 01:57:24.840 those cankers can just be a nagging, ongoing thing. 2137 01:57:27.079 --> 01:57:29.920 Yeah, and it's it certainly is. It's just kind of 2138 01:57:30.479 --> 01:57:32.920 sad because you look at a poor little trees like 2139 01:57:32.960 --> 01:57:34.560 your kids out there is not doing very well. 2140 01:57:34.640 --> 01:57:36.720 So you're just trying to do. Yeah, which you can. Well, 2141 01:57:36.720 --> 01:57:39.960 I wouldn't be Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if planting 2142 01:57:40.000 --> 01:57:43.439 depth is contributing to the stress of the tree. It's 2143 01:57:43.520 --> 01:57:44.560 not the cause of all this. 2144 01:57:46.159 --> 01:57:48.159 You're talking about the malts that I clear some of 2145 01:57:48.159 --> 01:57:49.000 the molts out of there? 2146 01:57:49.079 --> 01:57:49.239 Is that? 2147 01:57:50.720 --> 01:57:53.800 Yeah? Uh, you know, looking at the way it's set 2148 01:57:53.880 --> 01:57:57.640 in the yard and everything, I would do that. You 2149 01:57:57.840 --> 01:57:59.359 may not want to do this, but if you can 2150 01:57:59.439 --> 01:58:02.239 make that multi bit bigger, that would make the tree 2151 01:58:02.279 --> 01:58:06.479 head wider out. Yeah, wider out. Yeah. Trees don't grow 2152 01:58:06.560 --> 01:58:08.760 in meadows. They grow in forests, and they like to 2153 01:58:08.840 --> 01:58:11.520 have all around them all the grass dead because they 2154 01:58:11.600 --> 01:58:14.159 covered it up with their own leaves and mulched over it. 2155 01:58:15.319 --> 01:58:17.479 And in our landscapes we try to make them get 2156 01:58:17.520 --> 01:58:21.880 along the grass and the trees and so, but clear 2157 01:58:22.000 --> 01:58:25.840 that out and then provide some nutrients. There is a 2158 01:58:26.600 --> 01:58:30.439 product Nelson makes a product tree and shrub fertilizer. It's 2159 01:58:30.479 --> 01:58:33.680 a little canister. Nit Fross makes a similar type product 2160 01:58:33.720 --> 01:58:36.279 for trees and shrubs, and you could just sprinkle that 2161 01:58:36.399 --> 01:58:38.760 around the tree and water it in really good, just 2162 01:58:38.840 --> 01:58:40.800 to give it a little boost, continue to give it 2163 01:58:40.840 --> 01:58:43.119 a little boost. I do it now. I wouldn't do 2164 01:58:43.159 --> 01:58:47.560 it again late in the fall, but you could do 2165 01:58:47.640 --> 01:58:50.439 it now to carry you into fall and then again 2166 01:58:50.520 --> 01:58:52.760 in the spring. Give it a little fertilizer and try 2167 01:58:52.800 --> 01:58:56.279 to invigorate this tree and get it going okay. And 2168 01:58:56.960 --> 01:58:59.479 you were talking about the dark spots. Should I go 2169 01:58:59.560 --> 01:59:01.199 in there with a knife and kind of clean out 2170 01:59:01.279 --> 01:59:06.079 some of the bad stuff. What you would be doing 2171 01:59:06.319 --> 01:59:09.239 is where there's loose bark that's in the way of 2172 01:59:09.359 --> 01:59:13.199 the callous, closing in from both sides and closing over 2173 01:59:13.319 --> 01:59:16.199 that wound. Take all the dead out because it's of 2174 01:59:16.279 --> 01:59:17.920 course not going to come back to life, and it's 2175 01:59:18.039 --> 01:59:20.600 just in the way. And it also helps that inner 2176 01:59:20.680 --> 01:59:23.680 wood to dry out faster after it gets wet, and 2177 01:59:23.840 --> 01:59:26.239 that that is helpful in general. Hey, I'm gonna have 2178 01:59:26.319 --> 01:59:28.800 to run round. I hope that helps. Good luck with it. 2179 01:59:29.319 --> 01:59:32.720 I hope you have good results from that tree. It's 2180 01:59:32.800 --> 01:59:34.840 time for me to take a break. I'll be right back. 2181 01:59:38.720 --> 01:59:43.119 All ride, all right, welcome back, Welcome back to gardenline. 2182 01:59:43.159 --> 01:59:46.000 Good heavy with us today. Hey, if you are dealing 2183 01:59:46.199 --> 01:59:50.399 with chinchbugs or if you're dealing with sidewebworms in your lawn, 2184 01:59:51.079 --> 01:59:55.079 Nitropous bug Out Max is a granular product by Nitropiss. 2185 01:59:55.119 --> 01:59:56.720 You put it out in the lawn, You water it 2186 01:59:56.840 --> 02:00:00.680 then and it washes the product that kill see insects 2187 02:00:00.760 --> 02:00:03.760 off the granule and into the thatch area. And that's 2188 02:00:03.840 --> 02:00:07.920 where chinchbugs hide all day and night, and then the 2189 02:00:08.079 --> 02:00:10.000 sadweb worms come out at night to eat, but they're 2190 02:00:10.039 --> 02:00:12.520 hiding in the thatch during the day. It's very effective 2191 02:00:12.600 --> 02:00:16.319 and within forty eight hours it has knocked them out. 2192 02:00:17.560 --> 02:00:19.399 It's really easy to find. It's all over the place. 2193 02:00:19.479 --> 02:00:21.960 Like nitrofoss products, You're going to find it at places 2194 02:00:22.640 --> 02:00:26.720 like Bearings Hardware on Abusinet and the one on Westtheimer, 2195 02:00:26.840 --> 02:00:30.800 both of those carry it. RCW Nursery on I forty 2196 02:00:30.840 --> 02:00:34.039 five North, Shades of Texas up there in the Woodlands 2197 02:00:34.079 --> 02:00:36.319 on fourteen eighty eight are all examples of where do 2198 02:00:36.399 --> 02:00:38.159 you get bug out Max. Once you put it on, 2199 02:00:38.720 --> 02:00:42.119 it's going to give you many weeks of coverage, so 2200 02:00:42.159 --> 02:00:43.640 you're not gonna have to do it again and again. 2201 02:00:44.000 --> 02:00:46.479 You do it now and shut those things down when 2202 02:00:46.560 --> 02:00:49.000 you see that they're there. That's all on my schedule too, 2203 02:00:49.039 --> 02:00:52.560 by the way, online my insect pest disease or pest 2204 02:00:52.640 --> 02:00:55.760 disease and weed management schedule for the lawn. You'll be 2205 02:00:55.760 --> 02:00:58.720 able to find that kind of information there, as well 2206 02:00:58.880 --> 02:01:01.520 as the timing of all of this. We're gonna head 2207 02:01:01.560 --> 02:01:05.439 out now to Missouri City and talk to Lauren. 2208 02:01:05.560 --> 02:01:11.199 Hello, Lauren, Good morning, Skip. Yes, I wanted to ask you. 2209 02:01:11.560 --> 02:01:14.079 I heard earlier and I get confused about the two 2210 02:01:14.239 --> 02:01:15.600 enchanted garden and forrest. 2211 02:01:15.680 --> 02:01:19.840 But which one is having the peaches and sweetcorn today 2212 02:01:19.920 --> 02:01:20.880 the farmers market? 2213 02:01:22.479 --> 02:01:24.479 Oh? Let me see, hang on, just want to say 2214 02:01:27.479 --> 02:01:30.880 I should Yeah, I should have that right here in 2215 02:01:30.880 --> 02:01:32.880 front of me. I believe that is the one. 2216 02:01:33.720 --> 02:01:34.319 Let me check. 2217 02:01:34.399 --> 02:01:36.680 I believe that's you know what. I'm gonna have to 2218 02:01:36.760 --> 02:01:38.920 hunt that down. I've talked about both of them today 2219 02:01:38.960 --> 02:01:45.439 and my brain just went blank. Yeah, it happens to us, 2220 02:01:45.560 --> 02:01:51.199 doesn't it. Janet Gardens are enchanted forest. I'm gonna tell 2221 02:01:51.199 --> 02:01:53.439 you this second here, I've got it. It just may 2222 02:01:53.520 --> 02:01:56.720 take me a minute to find it. No, it is 2223 02:01:57.520 --> 02:02:00.640 that was in Chanet Gardens that I was talking about. Yeah, 2224 02:02:00.720 --> 02:02:05.640 it's Peach Creek. Yeah, Peach Creek Country Market, and it's 2225 02:02:05.680 --> 02:02:09.760 peaches and tomatoes and you know, sweet corn and whatever 2226 02:02:09.880 --> 02:02:12.920 is seasonal watermelons, whatever is seasonal at the time. That's 2227 02:02:12.960 --> 02:02:16.640 in chender Guards. That's today though. Uh it's August eighteenth, 2228 02:02:16.680 --> 02:02:19.399 today from ten am to two pm. So they're going 2229 02:02:19.479 --> 02:02:22.359 to kick off here in about thirty minutes plus. Right 2230 02:02:22.399 --> 02:02:24.319 when garden Line is over, you can head that way 2231 02:02:24.439 --> 02:02:26.159 and you'll be right in the big middle of it. 2232 02:02:27.279 --> 02:02:28.479 Okay, thank you so much. 2233 02:02:28.479 --> 02:02:29.399 I have a great day. 2234 02:02:31.359 --> 02:02:37.199 You too. Thanks for the call. Appreciate that. All right, Well, 2235 02:02:37.359 --> 02:02:39.319 you are listening to garden Line. If you would like 2236 02:02:39.359 --> 02:02:41.399 to give us a call, our number is seven to 2237 02:02:41.399 --> 02:02:45.000 one three two one two k t r H. Now, 2238 02:02:45.039 --> 02:02:49.479 what usually happens, I don't usually chied my listeners, but 2239 02:02:49.560 --> 02:02:53.319 what usually happens is right at the end, everybody calls 2240 02:02:53.399 --> 02:02:55.840 and I can't get to all the calls. And uh so, 2241 02:02:56.359 --> 02:02:59.600 if you're planning on calling today, don't wait until the 2242 02:02:59.640 --> 02:03:02.039 end of the show, because that's when things sometimes get 2243 02:03:02.079 --> 02:03:03.640 a little too busy, and I'd like to be able 2244 02:03:03.640 --> 02:03:07.000 to get to everybody's questions. I think that's very important, 2245 02:03:07.359 --> 02:03:10.680 don't you. We're going to go back. I want to talk. 2246 02:03:10.840 --> 02:03:16.239 I haven't talked about Buchanan's native plants yet today, and 2247 02:03:16.439 --> 02:03:19.079 I want to because to be Canons. It's one of 2248 02:03:19.119 --> 02:03:24.680 those garden centers that is just so unique. Number One, 2249 02:03:24.760 --> 02:03:27.560 they specialize in natives, and they have the best selection 2250 02:03:27.680 --> 02:03:30.000 of natives anywhere that I've seen when it comes to 2251 02:03:30.199 --> 02:03:32.960 just the breadth and the way they're divided up. For example, 2252 02:03:33.039 --> 02:03:34.479 you can say I want a native just from the 2253 02:03:34.520 --> 02:03:37.479 Harris County area, and they can tell you about those. 2254 02:03:37.600 --> 02:03:40.560 They have those. But don't let the word native plants 2255 02:03:40.600 --> 02:03:43.239 fool you. Yes, they have more than enough native plants, 2256 02:03:43.560 --> 02:03:47.239 but they've got vegetable plants. Like right now, tomato plants 2257 02:03:47.479 --> 02:03:51.039 are in that garden center waiting for you to come home, 2258 02:03:51.119 --> 02:03:53.640 take them home and give them get home house plants. 2259 02:03:53.720 --> 02:03:56.239 They've one of the best selection of house plants anywhere 2260 02:03:56.239 --> 02:03:58.680 in the Houston area. Is it Buchanan's Native Plants, By 2261 02:03:58.680 --> 02:04:01.560 the way, It is on a Eleventh Street and the Heights. 2262 02:04:01.640 --> 02:04:03.680 If you want to go to their website, I encourage 2263 02:04:03.680 --> 02:04:07.399 you to do that, by the way, Buchanansplants dot com. 2264 02:04:07.920 --> 02:04:10.319 And the reason is because there's a lot of good 2265 02:04:10.479 --> 02:04:15.439 educational material on their website. Plus you'll find out about 2266 02:04:16.000 --> 02:04:20.359 different kinds of events going on at the garden center. 2267 02:04:21.119 --> 02:04:24.039 On August twenty fourth, For example, they are going to 2268 02:04:24.119 --> 02:04:29.640 have a program called Midsummer Flower Grown Workshop. It's with 2269 02:04:29.840 --> 02:04:34.079 ponderosa blooms coming in and it's from twelve to one, 2270 02:04:34.279 --> 02:04:38.000 so it's over the noon hour on Saturday, August twenty fourth, 2271 02:04:38.039 --> 02:04:40.960 And this one costs and you just need to call 2272 02:04:41.119 --> 02:04:45.399 Buchanan's Native Plants find out the details and how you 2273 02:04:45.600 --> 02:04:48.439 participate in it. Their phone number is seven to one, 2274 02:04:48.560 --> 02:04:53.479 three eight six, one fifty seven to twelve seven one 2275 02:04:53.560 --> 02:04:55.840 three eight six, one fifty seven to twelve are Go 2276 02:04:56.119 --> 02:04:59.039 to Bucanansplants dot com. You need to sign up for 2277 02:04:59.079 --> 02:05:02.079 the newsletter because you get a lot of great information there, 2278 02:05:02.399 --> 02:05:04.199 and boy do they ever know what they're talking about. 2279 02:05:04.439 --> 02:05:10.560 Very knowledgeable people, outstanding selection at Buchanan's Native Plans. I'm 2280 02:05:10.560 --> 02:05:13.039 going to head now out to Spring, Texas and talk 2281 02:05:13.119 --> 02:05:16.439 to Steve. Hello, Steve, Hello. 2282 02:05:16.600 --> 02:05:22.760 Skip Hey, I got a question. I got a question 2283 02:05:22.840 --> 02:05:27.199 about bug out Max. All right, is it safe to 2284 02:05:27.319 --> 02:05:29.039 use around pets TETs? 2285 02:05:30.399 --> 02:05:35.159 Well, any product used in the wrong way can be 2286 02:05:35.319 --> 02:05:39.560 issues for pets. People. Whatever you're talking about with this one, 2287 02:05:40.039 --> 02:05:42.159 you want to sprinkle it out when the pets aren't 2288 02:05:42.199 --> 02:05:44.399 out on the lawn, and then you want to water 2289 02:05:44.439 --> 02:05:46.880 it in really well and let that dry off, and 2290 02:05:47.039 --> 02:05:49.199 then I think you can put them out there without 2291 02:05:49.319 --> 02:05:50.840 the big concerns. Okay. 2292 02:05:53.760 --> 02:05:55.720 I looked on the website and they don't have any 2293 02:05:55.760 --> 02:05:58.359 information about it on their website. 2294 02:06:00.039 --> 02:06:00.239 Yeah. 2295 02:06:00.520 --> 02:06:05.520 Well, the ingredients and stuff that are in there are 2296 02:06:05.600 --> 02:06:08.239 going to be persistent, but they'll be dissolved down into 2297 02:06:08.319 --> 02:06:11.479 the thatch. We want them in this case. We want 2298 02:06:11.520 --> 02:06:13.840 them persistent because you don't want it to day after 2299 02:06:13.880 --> 02:06:16.239 you apply it to not be working anymore and it 2300 02:06:16.319 --> 02:06:20.279 sticks around a little bit. So put it out with 2301 02:06:20.319 --> 02:06:23.119 the granule watered in really well, let it fully dry out, 2302 02:06:23.520 --> 02:06:25.880 and then I would not be as concerned about any 2303 02:06:26.039 --> 02:06:27.079 kinds of side effects. 2304 02:06:28.760 --> 02:06:30.079 I'm going to take your word on it. I have 2305 02:06:30.199 --> 02:06:36.479 a second question that is totally disrelated. My wife says 2306 02:06:36.560 --> 02:06:40.399 you can use banana peels and eggshells in the garden, 2307 02:06:41.640 --> 02:06:43.960 and I told her I thought she was full of it, 2308 02:06:44.079 --> 02:06:46.600 and I said, you know what I'm going to ask skip, 2309 02:06:46.680 --> 02:06:47.079 he'll melt. 2310 02:06:50.640 --> 02:06:52.960 Okay, thanks for putting me right in the big middle 2311 02:06:53.000 --> 02:06:57.000 of this. Okay, so you can put those in your garden. 2312 02:06:57.119 --> 02:07:03.319 But eggshells have calcium in them, and that calcium is 2313 02:07:03.560 --> 02:07:08.159 extremely slowly released into the soil. You can bury an 2314 02:07:08.159 --> 02:07:11.680 eggshell and come back three years from now and dig 2315 02:07:11.720 --> 02:07:14.319 it up. It'll be all brown stained and it won't 2316 02:07:14.359 --> 02:07:16.800 look like an eggshell, but it will still be pretty 2317 02:07:16.840 --> 02:07:20.159 much intact in the soil because it just doesn't dissolve 2318 02:07:20.359 --> 02:07:23.199 away like that. So is there a problem with putting 2319 02:07:23.199 --> 02:07:23.399 them in? 2320 02:07:23.880 --> 02:07:23.920 No? 2321 02:07:24.319 --> 02:07:26.239 Or is it going to give you a quick boost? Now? 2322 02:07:26.279 --> 02:07:28.439 If you want that, get some lime or some product 2323 02:07:28.479 --> 02:07:32.159 that has calcium in it, bananas or organic matter. Any 2324 02:07:32.319 --> 02:07:35.960 organic matter decomposes away and releases its nutrients in the soil. 2325 02:07:36.159 --> 02:07:41.600 So bananas, apple peels, vegetable trimmings, any of those things 2326 02:07:41.840 --> 02:07:44.279 can be put into the soil and they'll decompose and 2327 02:07:44.399 --> 02:07:45.479 they benefit the soil. 2328 02:07:46.119 --> 02:07:48.880 And I'm going to give my wife. I'm going to 2329 02:07:48.920 --> 02:07:50.840 give my wife a half a point on this one. 2330 02:07:52.640 --> 02:07:56.039 You're you're you. You like to live dangerously, don't you. 2331 02:07:58.560 --> 02:07:59.039 I'm a bear? 2332 02:07:59.399 --> 02:07:59.760 All right? 2333 02:08:00.039 --> 02:08:01.960 Hey, thanks for the call. And if you need a 2334 02:08:02.039 --> 02:08:04.439 couch to sleep on tonight, give me a call back. 2335 02:08:05.199 --> 02:08:12.199 Take care of the Oh my gosh. Uh, let's see, 2336 02:08:12.359 --> 02:08:14.000 we are going to head out to Baytown and talk 2337 02:08:14.039 --> 02:08:16.079 to BJ. Hey, BJ, what's up in bytown. 2338 02:08:17.000 --> 02:08:20.079 I have a boogom be that is not blooming, skipped 2339 02:08:20.159 --> 02:08:20.520 help me. 2340 02:08:22.239 --> 02:08:26.920 Okay, all right, Boomville is bloom well when they're a 2341 02:08:26.960 --> 02:08:29.319 little bit pop bound. If they're in an issures and 2342 02:08:29.399 --> 02:08:31.279 a container, yes it is. 2343 02:08:31.399 --> 02:08:33.279 It is big and beautiful, but it's not bloomy. 2344 02:08:34.399 --> 02:08:34.600 Yeah. 2345 02:08:35.119 --> 02:08:37.960 Uh So back off a little bit on the for sure, 2346 02:08:38.000 --> 02:08:40.479 on the fertilizing, a little bit on the watering. Uh 2347 02:08:40.680 --> 02:08:42.640 and just let's let it settle down a little bit. 2348 02:08:42.640 --> 02:08:44.520 When they get in a real succulent we call it 2349 02:08:44.640 --> 02:08:49.000 a vegetative growth. They need to settle in and use 2350 02:08:49.039 --> 02:08:52.680 those carbohydrates the leaves are making instead of fueling new growth, 2351 02:08:53.079 --> 02:08:55.960 setting some bloom buds for you. And so that that's 2352 02:08:56.279 --> 02:08:59.399 one of the main reasons we see boom beee is 2353 02:08:59.439 --> 02:09:01.720 not bloom and get a little pot bound. If the 2354 02:09:01.800 --> 02:09:04.000 pot is really large and it just has a lot 2355 02:09:04.039 --> 02:09:07.239 of extra space, it tends to want to grow vines 2356 02:09:07.359 --> 02:09:08.720 rather than produce flowers. 2357 02:09:10.640 --> 02:09:14.359 Okay, thank you so much, skimp, all right, you bet. 2358 02:09:14.439 --> 02:09:17.720 Thanks for the call. I appreciate that you are listening 2359 02:09:17.760 --> 02:09:20.520 to Guarden Line our phone number seven one three two 2360 02:09:20.560 --> 02:09:24.640 one two five eight seven four seven one three two 2361 02:09:24.760 --> 02:09:31.119 one two fifty eight seventy four. Now I am a 2362 02:09:31.439 --> 02:09:34.920 broken record on garden line in saying, the way I 2363 02:09:35.039 --> 02:09:37.880 like to summarize it is brown stuff before green stuff. 2364 02:09:38.800 --> 02:09:40.840 That's as simple as I can put it. What I'm 2365 02:09:40.920 --> 02:09:45.079 really saying is, before you put in plants, get the 2366 02:09:45.239 --> 02:09:49.399 soil and as optimum of shape as you can. That way, 2367 02:09:49.479 --> 02:09:52.119 when you put the plants in, you're going to have success, 2368 02:09:52.239 --> 02:09:54.640 assuming those are plants that want to grow here, right, 2369 02:09:55.239 --> 02:09:57.439 and assuming they have the am on of sunlight they 2370 02:09:57.520 --> 02:10:00.840 want for that particular plant species, and so on. But 2371 02:10:01.520 --> 02:10:04.760 before you put the plants in the ground, you have 2372 02:10:04.880 --> 02:10:07.279 determined whether you're going to have success or not. By 2373 02:10:07.399 --> 02:10:10.520 and large, I would say seventy five percent of your 2374 02:10:10.600 --> 02:10:15.079 success is determined, maybe eighty percent is determined by the 2375 02:10:15.199 --> 02:10:18.560 time you walk away from planting the plant, because the 2376 02:10:18.680 --> 02:10:21.560 soil is what it is. You've either improved the drainage 2377 02:10:21.640 --> 02:10:23.840 or you haven't. You've either built up a raised bed 2378 02:10:25.079 --> 02:10:27.760 for drainage or you haven't. You've either added all the 2379 02:10:27.880 --> 02:10:30.640 nutrients down in the mix well or you haven't. It 2380 02:10:30.760 --> 02:10:34.319 either has good organic matter content or it doesn't. You 2381 02:10:34.399 --> 02:10:37.880 see what I'm saying. You've chosen a variety whether it's 2382 02:10:37.920 --> 02:10:40.680 a seed or a transplant that you're putting in. You've 2383 02:10:40.760 --> 02:10:43.079 chosen a species in variety that is going to do 2384 02:10:43.159 --> 02:10:46.159 well here. You've chosen a spot with full sun, parts 2385 02:10:46.239 --> 02:10:49.560 on or no sun, and all of those affect it. 2386 02:10:49.840 --> 02:10:52.960 So the soil comes first. Take time to get the 2387 02:10:53.079 --> 02:10:56.520 soil right and you will have success with your gardens. 2388 02:10:56.760 --> 02:10:58.319 That is as simple as that, and I'm going to 2389 02:10:58.319 --> 02:10:59.640 tell you a little bit more about how to do 2390 02:10:59.760 --> 02:11:02.239 that when we come back, as well as we'll head 2391 02:11:02.279 --> 02:11:05.199 off the League City and talk to Terry, as well 2392 02:11:05.239 --> 02:11:07.920 as whoever else calls during this break. Seven one three 2393 02:11:08.000 --> 02:11:14.720 two one two KTRH will be right back. Welcome back 2394 02:11:14.760 --> 02:11:16.800 to Garden Line. Glad you're listening with us on a 2395 02:11:17.079 --> 02:11:20.439 great Sunday. Good sunday to be out and about this afternoon, 2396 02:11:20.880 --> 02:11:22.880 maybe visiting a garden center pick up some of the 2397 02:11:22.920 --> 02:11:25.800 good deal. There are great deals going on around town 2398 02:11:25.840 --> 02:11:30.000 at our independent garden centers during this late summer season. 2399 02:11:30.239 --> 02:11:32.640 It's a good time to take advantage of those. We're 2400 02:11:32.680 --> 02:11:34.840 going to head out now to League City and talk 2401 02:11:34.880 --> 02:11:39.720 to Terry. Hello, Terry, Hi, how are you. I'm well? 2402 02:11:39.840 --> 02:11:40.119 Thank you. 2403 02:11:40.359 --> 02:11:45.560 I have some tomato plants in about eighteen inch pots 2404 02:11:46.479 --> 02:11:49.560 that I planted in the spring and they haven't been 2405 02:11:49.640 --> 02:11:52.319 doing anything, you know, for the last couple of months. 2406 02:11:53.399 --> 02:11:57.119 Should I go ahead and fertilize them at this point 2407 02:11:57.319 --> 02:11:57.479 or not? 2408 02:11:58.800 --> 02:12:01.119 Okay? Are they very calm packed plants or are they 2409 02:12:01.239 --> 02:12:02.680 vining and sprawling everywhere? 2410 02:12:03.760 --> 02:12:04.840 They're kind of sprawling. 2411 02:12:05.960 --> 02:12:11.039 Okay. If you look at the plants, does the foliage 2412 02:12:11.119 --> 02:12:13.520 look good or are the leaves kind of losing their 2413 02:12:13.560 --> 02:12:16.399 color and have disease spots on them? What's the condition 2414 02:12:16.560 --> 02:12:17.239 of those plants. 2415 02:12:20.039 --> 02:12:22.319 I don't see any disease on them, but they don't 2416 02:12:22.359 --> 02:12:24.079 look super vibrant. 2417 02:12:25.399 --> 02:12:28.760 Okay. I would start fertilizing them and make sure you 2418 02:12:28.920 --> 02:12:31.680 water often enough to keep that soil moist. 2419 02:12:33.000 --> 02:12:34.760 Would you have them on a time. 2420 02:12:34.680 --> 02:12:39.479 Or it goes off every day so they get watered regularly. 2421 02:12:40.399 --> 02:12:43.239 They're getting watered regularly, okay, good. Then just get you 2422 02:12:43.319 --> 02:12:46.399 a quality, you know, a fertilizer that'll do well with 2423 02:12:46.520 --> 02:12:49.000 your vegetables. There's a lot of great options out there. 2424 02:12:49.760 --> 02:12:53.079 There's some liquid forms, there's some granular forms that you 2425 02:12:53.159 --> 02:12:56.359 can mix in and water in, and I would suggest 2426 02:12:56.560 --> 02:12:59.079 that you do that. Give them follow the label, give 2427 02:12:59.079 --> 02:13:02.239 them a dose don't overdo it and mix it into 2428 02:13:02.239 --> 02:13:05.359 the soil and let's get those things growing because once 2429 02:13:05.520 --> 02:13:08.520 the weather breaks, once we get out of this you know, 2430 02:13:09.039 --> 02:13:12.760 mid ninety all day kind of stuff, they're going to 2431 02:13:12.840 --> 02:13:15.119 start setting fruit again and you can get a little 2432 02:13:15.159 --> 02:13:16.760 crop in before our first frost. 2433 02:13:19.079 --> 02:13:21.600 Should I cut back some of the sprawling or not. 2434 02:13:23.359 --> 02:13:27.239 You can sometimes if they're in a really weak state, 2435 02:13:27.680 --> 02:13:30.319 cutting back, they don't tend to resprout well. I've noticed 2436 02:13:30.720 --> 02:13:33.079 another thing that can be done is to cut the 2437 02:13:33.319 --> 02:13:38.159 ends off shoots and take them inside and just slash 2438 02:13:38.239 --> 02:13:40.720 them around in a little bowl of water, a sink 2439 02:13:40.800 --> 02:13:43.920 of water. And what you're doing is you're just washing 2440 02:13:44.039 --> 02:13:46.800 off like spider mites that are hanging on and things 2441 02:13:46.880 --> 02:13:49.760 like that. Just get all that off and then put 2442 02:13:49.840 --> 02:13:52.439 those ends in a glass of water and they will 2443 02:13:52.520 --> 02:13:56.720 form roots really quick. Give them some directs on, but 2444 02:13:56.920 --> 02:13:58.800 just give them a good bright area with a little 2445 02:13:58.840 --> 02:14:02.279 inderecs on. Once they get roots formed, you can take 2446 02:14:02.319 --> 02:14:04.760 them out and plant them in a container and they 2447 02:14:04.840 --> 02:14:08.119 will just keep growing and be your fall plants. That's 2448 02:14:08.159 --> 02:14:10.760 another option. So that's why I was asking all the 2449 02:14:10.840 --> 02:14:13.640 questions about how healthy are your plants, because if they're 2450 02:14:13.680 --> 02:14:16.920 in bad shape. Cut the ends of the branches, cut 2451 02:14:16.960 --> 02:14:19.880 them about eight inches long, take the bottom leaf or 2452 02:14:19.880 --> 02:14:23.119 two off and do what I said and start over. 2453 02:14:23.399 --> 02:14:26.560 If the plant looks okay, which is sound like yours did, uh, 2454 02:14:26.680 --> 02:14:28.000 then you probably don't need to do that. 2455 02:14:29.319 --> 02:14:31.520 Okay, all right, thank you for your help. 2456 02:14:32.560 --> 02:14:35.640 Thank you for your call. Good Luckily, remember here on 2457 02:14:35.720 --> 02:14:37.880 guard line the advice is free. But I do expect 2458 02:14:37.960 --> 02:14:41.840 half those tomatoes sometimes this fall when you start get production. Okay, Terry, 2459 02:14:45.960 --> 02:14:50.560 very good, alrighty well, garden line phone number seven one 2460 02:14:50.680 --> 02:14:53.760 three two one two k t rh Folks. We've got 2461 02:14:54.000 --> 02:14:58.039 about twenty minutes a garden line left minus the break 2462 02:14:58.119 --> 02:15:00.359 we're going to have coming up pretty quick. I was 2463 02:15:00.399 --> 02:15:03.119 talking earlier about the most important thing is the brown stuff. 2464 02:15:03.199 --> 02:15:06.560 The brown stuff, the green that is the soil, that 2465 02:15:06.720 --> 02:15:10.279 is the compost that is the nutrients, the fertilizer, good 2466 02:15:10.399 --> 02:15:14.039 drainage that is critical, and then the green stuff. The 2467 02:15:14.119 --> 02:15:17.159 great plants will hit the ground running. You have created 2468 02:15:17.319 --> 02:15:20.479 a nirvana for your plants to do well when you 2469 02:15:20.600 --> 02:15:24.800 build the soil first. Nature's Way Resources has been doing 2470 02:15:24.920 --> 02:15:28.680 this for a very long time. John Ferguson, you know 2471 02:15:28.800 --> 02:15:31.960 out at Nature's Way Resources. They have created quality mixes 2472 02:15:32.920 --> 02:15:35.800 for many many years now. They when it comes to 2473 02:15:35.920 --> 02:15:38.039 things that we talk about all the time like roast, 2474 02:15:38.039 --> 02:15:41.239 soil on leaf, more compos and vegetable mixes, they invented 2475 02:15:41.319 --> 02:15:44.560 those things out there at Nature's Way Resources, those blends. 2476 02:15:45.199 --> 02:15:47.920 This is a place with a two acre nursery and 2477 02:15:48.000 --> 02:15:51.399 garden center too, with fruits and native perennials and houseplants, 2478 02:15:51.439 --> 02:15:53.920 seasonal vegetables. But what do you need to know right 2479 02:15:53.960 --> 02:15:56.520 now is this is the time to build your soil 2480 02:15:56.600 --> 02:16:00.439 for fall. Fall planting is coming really soon. You need 2481 02:16:00.520 --> 02:16:03.199 to get these supplies, whether it's compost or whether it's 2482 02:16:03.239 --> 02:16:05.840 a bad mix like a veggian herb mix or whatever 2483 02:16:05.920 --> 02:16:08.159 the mix, and you need to get it done now. 2484 02:16:08.439 --> 02:16:12.239 And now is also a good time because if you 2485 02:16:12.359 --> 02:16:15.800 tell them you heard about them on garden Line, there 2486 02:16:15.880 --> 02:16:21.760 will be a significant, significant discount on all soil and 2487 02:16:21.960 --> 02:16:26.159 multch based products. So if you're looking at veggie and 2488 02:16:26.239 --> 02:16:29.520 herb mixes, if you're looking at just a quality compost, 2489 02:16:29.800 --> 02:16:32.239 you're going to find all of that on a really 2490 02:16:32.440 --> 02:16:35.840 good special deal right now just by telling them you 2491 02:16:36.000 --> 02:16:39.040 heard about it on garden Line. Here's their phone number, 2492 02:16:39.200 --> 02:16:44.520 nine three six three two one sixty nine ninety nine 2493 02:16:44.639 --> 02:16:48.840 three six three two one sixty nine ninety Nature's Way 2494 02:16:49.079 --> 02:16:51.760 is located off I forty five as you head up 2495 02:16:51.799 --> 02:16:56.159 toward conro Uh. It is a Sherbrook Circle. That's the 2496 02:16:56.200 --> 02:16:57.840 street if you want to put it into your maps 2497 02:16:57.840 --> 02:17:01.959 app Sherbrooks Circle. Conro Tepe says, here's the website, Nature's 2498 02:17:02.440 --> 02:17:08.600 Way Resources dot com. Nature's Way Resources dot com. You 2499 02:17:08.719 --> 02:17:10.280 need to give them a call, you need to stop 2500 02:17:10.319 --> 02:17:13.399 by there. They have bulk, they have bags, but make 2501 02:17:13.479 --> 02:17:15.840 sure you tell them that you heard about on Guardenline. 2502 02:17:15.879 --> 02:17:18.239 You can get that great discount on all the products, 2503 02:17:18.280 --> 02:17:20.799 and don't delay. Get that done. Get the soil building 2504 02:17:20.879 --> 02:17:23.879 done now because when fall comes, who knows, maybe you 2505 02:17:24.000 --> 02:17:26.159 go into a rainy period right at the time you're 2506 02:17:26.200 --> 02:17:28.239 wanting the plant and you can't because you haven't fixed 2507 02:17:28.319 --> 02:17:31.159 up the soil yet. Get it done now. What they say, 2508 02:17:31.239 --> 02:17:35.520 make hay while the sunshines. Okay, let's say make soil 2509 02:17:35.920 --> 02:17:40.120 quality mixes while the sunshines. Build your soil while the sunshines. 2510 02:17:40.360 --> 02:17:41.479 That's what you need to do. 2511 02:17:44.280 --> 02:17:44.959 I uh. 2512 02:17:45.360 --> 02:17:49.159 I always enjoy visiting with John and Ian out there 2513 02:17:49.239 --> 02:17:53.239 at nare Nature's Way resources and all that. They've got 2514 02:17:53.479 --> 02:17:56.639 some just quality staff on site out there as well. 2515 02:17:57.639 --> 02:17:59.840 It's just a fun place to go out to pick 2516 02:17:59.879 --> 02:18:03.159 their brains because they know their stuff. They really do, 2517 02:18:03.799 --> 02:18:07.239 they really really do. The website also can be helpful 2518 02:18:07.280 --> 02:18:11.520 for that. One other thing that product that I've talked 2519 02:18:11.520 --> 02:18:16.479 about before is Medina has to Grow Super Grow. Plus 2520 02:18:16.920 --> 02:18:20.479 there's a lot of words Medina Products. You've known about 2521 02:18:20.479 --> 02:18:22.840 them for years. They've been sponsors of garden Line. Probably 2522 02:18:22.879 --> 02:18:26.520 the oldest sponsored, longest sponsor of garden Line is Medina Products. 2523 02:18:26.559 --> 02:18:29.000 In my opinion, I'd have to check that to be sure, 2524 02:18:29.040 --> 02:18:30.920 but I'm about ninety five percent sure of that right. 2525 02:18:31.840 --> 02:18:34.319 They've long time supported this. You know, back in the 2526 02:18:34.799 --> 02:18:37.719 Dewey Compton days, Medina was sponsoring this show. And by 2527 02:18:37.760 --> 02:18:39.719 the way, do you know you get to listen to 2528 02:18:39.799 --> 02:18:43.319 garden Line because we have sponsors that are making it 2529 02:18:43.440 --> 02:18:45.879 possible for you to listen to garden Line. So you 2530 02:18:45.959 --> 02:18:48.479 always want to thank our sponsors for sponsoring the show 2531 02:18:48.879 --> 02:18:51.200 because that's what makes it possible. And thanks Medina for 2532 02:18:51.280 --> 02:18:54.280 such a long support. They have their has to Grow line. 2533 02:18:54.319 --> 02:18:56.399 There's regular has to Grow you can put on your 2534 02:18:56.479 --> 02:18:59.719 plants a foliar feet, put them in the soil, however 2535 02:18:59.760 --> 02:19:02.120 you want to go about it. There is the Medina 2536 02:19:02.239 --> 02:19:06.120 has to Grow for Lawns, which is a bottle court 2537 02:19:06.159 --> 02:19:08.360 bottle hooks up to your gardening hose and you spread 2538 02:19:08.440 --> 02:19:11.000 out over your lawn and it's got a good three 2539 02:19:11.000 --> 02:19:12.879 one two. I believe it's a four one two ratio 2540 02:19:12.920 --> 02:19:15.959 of nutrients that is just right for the lawns and 2541 02:19:16.079 --> 02:19:19.520 really helps. But the newest one is super Grow Plus 2542 02:19:20.079 --> 02:19:24.319 has to Grow super Grow Plus. It's a sixteen zero 2543 02:19:24.600 --> 02:19:28.559 two fertilizer. Now in it, you're gonna find some really 2544 02:19:28.719 --> 02:19:32.520 special extras like a keylated form of iron that means 2545 02:19:32.559 --> 02:19:34.959 the soul can't just tie it up. It's gonna last, 2546 02:19:35.440 --> 02:19:42.120 a seaweed extract, molasses, humic acid, all these things that 2547 02:19:42.200 --> 02:19:45.920 are just extra boosts in the concoction to make it successful. 2548 02:19:45.959 --> 02:19:48.680 One couark covers four thousand square feet. It's available all 2549 02:19:48.920 --> 02:19:53.159 over the place. Medina supergrol Plus. I'm gonna take a 2550 02:19:53.200 --> 02:19:55.280 little break. We'll be right back for our last segment. 2551 02:19:55.319 --> 02:19:57.680 The phone number is seven to one three two one 2552 02:19:57.760 --> 02:20:03.120 two KTRD line. Glad you're listening and believe it or not. 2553 02:20:03.559 --> 02:20:06.799 I have openings here on the screen if you would 2554 02:20:06.879 --> 02:20:12.079 like to call in. We've got about ten minutes listen, 2555 02:20:12.159 --> 02:20:14.159 ten minutes left on Guardenline, so I can take another 2556 02:20:14.200 --> 02:20:17.520 call somebody who's quick to call in. I wanted to 2557 02:20:17.840 --> 02:20:19.760 talk about a couple of things before we shut down 2558 02:20:20.120 --> 02:20:22.719 the show for today. First of all, if you know 2559 02:20:22.879 --> 02:20:25.040 people that might be interested in Garden Line, tell them 2560 02:20:25.040 --> 02:20:27.639 about it. Tell them about it, Tell them that it 2561 02:20:28.120 --> 02:20:30.680 is six am to ten am on Saturdays and Sundays 2562 02:20:30.719 --> 02:20:33.040 that they can listen in. Tell them that they get 2563 02:20:33.079 --> 02:20:36.000 the iHeartMedia app or whatever kind of app they used 2564 02:20:36.040 --> 02:20:39.440 to listen to the radio and listen and queue into 2565 02:20:39.520 --> 02:20:42.600 garden Line so that they can listen live, or they 2566 02:20:42.680 --> 02:20:45.120 can listen to past show podcasts. You know that you 2567 02:20:45.159 --> 02:20:48.399 can listen to past show podcasts, like if you heard 2568 02:20:48.440 --> 02:20:50.760 me say something today and it's like what did you say, 2569 02:20:50.920 --> 02:20:53.319 Well it'll be posted and you can go listen to 2570 02:20:53.479 --> 02:20:56.719 what I said. And that is a nice extra, I 2571 02:20:56.799 --> 02:20:59.799 think as well. But we have a lot of folks 2572 02:20:59.840 --> 02:21:02.280 that listen not just in the Houston area but far 2573 02:21:02.479 --> 02:21:04.879 out from here, so I think family and friends would 2574 02:21:04.879 --> 02:21:06.680 be interested in knowing about the show. And we of 2575 02:21:06.799 --> 02:21:10.719 course welcome them to have them as a listener. I 2576 02:21:11.319 --> 02:21:16.799 have online and will continue to put online educational materials 2577 02:21:16.879 --> 02:21:19.280 to help you have success in your garden. I've talked 2578 02:21:19.280 --> 02:21:22.719 to you today about the Nutsets publication. That's new publications. 2579 02:21:22.719 --> 02:21:26.680 There's two of them, the weed wiper publication, the products 2580 02:21:26.719 --> 02:21:29.680 to use on a weed wiper publication. There are my 2581 02:21:29.879 --> 02:21:33.440 garden schedules on there, and seasonally I bring stuff up 2582 02:21:33.559 --> 02:21:36.000 and put it online to help you with it. I'm 2583 02:21:36.040 --> 02:21:37.920 working on a couple of other things right now. I'm 2584 02:21:37.959 --> 02:21:41.760 working on some things to help people with particular garden questions. 2585 02:21:41.840 --> 02:21:43.520 You know, as I hear a question over and over 2586 02:21:43.559 --> 02:21:46.239 and over and over again, if I can put something online, 2587 02:21:46.319 --> 02:21:49.280 that sure saves a lot of time and trouble trying 2588 02:21:49.319 --> 02:21:51.520 to re explain the same thing every time. It'll be 2589 02:21:51.799 --> 02:21:55.680 right there where you can see what it is. If 2590 02:21:55.760 --> 02:21:58.159 you are a new listener to Garden Line, just know 2591 02:21:58.319 --> 02:22:00.200 that you're free to call in at any time. I'm 2592 02:22:00.239 --> 02:22:02.680 seven one three two one two K t R H. 2593 02:22:03.120 --> 02:22:05.799 And We'll be happy to answer whatever kind of gardening 2594 02:22:05.920 --> 02:22:09.280 questions that you have. I did want to close today 2595 02:22:09.440 --> 02:22:13.399 by talking just a little bit about some herb gardening. 2596 02:22:14.920 --> 02:22:18.040 Most people are not wanting to put in a formal 2597 02:22:18.280 --> 02:22:22.479 herb garden. Now, formal herb gardens are gorgeous, they're beautiful, 2598 02:22:23.040 --> 02:22:26.760 and you know, typically they're geometrically balanced, where it's like 2599 02:22:26.920 --> 02:22:29.079 one side is the same as the other side, a 2600 02:22:29.120 --> 02:22:32.000 mirror image of the other side. Those are all fine, 2601 02:22:32.200 --> 02:22:34.440 But I find that herbs can be used in a 2602 02:22:34.520 --> 02:22:39.079 lot of ways in the landscape. Chives make a good 2603 02:22:39.360 --> 02:22:41.239 thing to line a walk like let's say you're going 2604 02:22:41.319 --> 02:22:43.840 to plant a riope down a walkway, or to border 2605 02:22:43.920 --> 02:22:48.879 a bed in the sun. In the sun, the chives 2606 02:22:48.959 --> 02:22:51.200 make a good border for that. There's the garlic chives 2607 02:22:51.239 --> 02:22:54.000 and the onion chives. They have their pros and cons 2608 02:22:54.079 --> 02:22:57.520 each one, but I think that would be something to consider. Plus, 2609 02:22:57.559 --> 02:22:59.559 they bring in a lot of pollinators when they do bloom. 2610 02:23:00.239 --> 02:23:03.200 The blooms off when they occur when before they go 2611 02:23:03.280 --> 02:23:05.959 to seed and throw those seeds everywhere because they do 2612 02:23:06.079 --> 02:23:11.319 receed profusely. Groundcover herbs like a regano like time are 2613 02:23:11.399 --> 02:23:13.760 excellent to use in any beds where there is good 2614 02:23:13.840 --> 02:23:16.920 sunlight put I have typically will put those kinds of 2615 02:23:17.000 --> 02:23:18.959 things at the end of the rose in my vegetable 2616 02:23:19.000 --> 02:23:21.799 garden because they do so well. There's herbs that bloom 2617 02:23:22.239 --> 02:23:25.000 like pineapple sage is a late summer and fall blooming 2618 02:23:25.200 --> 02:23:29.760 sage with pineapple scented leaves. It's a salviet attracts hummingbirds, 2619 02:23:30.600 --> 02:23:34.399 and it's just another multi use herb. Rosemary shrubs are 2620 02:23:34.440 --> 02:23:38.319 about the most drought tolerant of plants that we have, 2621 02:23:39.120 --> 02:23:41.840 and just as long as you give them good drainage. 2622 02:23:41.840 --> 02:23:44.120 You can have a trailing type to spill over a wall, 2623 02:23:44.200 --> 02:23:45.920 you can have an upright type to just be an 2624 02:23:45.959 --> 02:23:48.799 evergreen shrub. And I could go on and on and on. 2625 02:23:48.959 --> 02:23:51.360 You ought to consider some herbs that you haven't grown before. 2626 02:23:51.799 --> 02:23:55.239 They're not hard to grow, and they just add a 2627 02:23:55.360 --> 02:23:58.399 real zest to your cooking. And it's so nice to 2628 02:23:58.440 --> 02:24:00.479 be able to walk out, take a snif and come 2629 02:24:00.520 --> 02:24:03.840 inside and go to town cooking up a dish because 2630 02:24:03.840 --> 02:24:05.840 it's so handy right there. You can grow them in 2631 02:24:05.920 --> 02:24:08.479 containers as well. If you don't have room for a garden, 2632 02:24:09.000 --> 02:24:11.440 try them out. All right, I'm going to run out here. 2633 02:24:11.479 --> 02:24:12.719 We got a couple of calls, and you see if 2634 02:24:12.719 --> 02:24:15.040 I can take care of here. Rode up Santa Fe 2635 02:24:15.159 --> 02:24:19.840 and talk to Mike first, Hey, Mike, Hi, Hi, how 2636 02:24:19.879 --> 02:24:20.399 can we help. 2637 02:24:21.719 --> 02:24:24.680 Well, I've got a couple of pineapple pear trees that 2638 02:24:24.760 --> 02:24:29.319 are probably twenty five feet tall, a plumb and two peach, 2639 02:24:29.600 --> 02:24:32.319 and they're just looking really terrible. I don't know if 2640 02:24:32.600 --> 02:24:35.440 they're getting too much water not enough, or I should 2641 02:24:35.479 --> 02:24:36.719 fertilize them, okay. 2642 02:24:37.719 --> 02:24:42.719 Them, well, too much or not enough would both cause 2643 02:24:42.760 --> 02:24:47.479 them to look terrible. The plums and peaches especially cannot 2644 02:24:47.600 --> 02:24:51.719 tolerate wet conditions, soggy wet conditions, and pairs don't like 2645 02:24:51.799 --> 02:24:55.399 it either. But drought also can. And you know, when 2646 02:24:55.479 --> 02:24:59.399 we've had a nice mild summer early on with quite 2647 02:24:59.440 --> 02:25:02.399 a bit of rain actually, and then we turn around 2648 02:25:02.639 --> 02:25:05.680 and now it's turned hot and blazing hot and the 2649 02:25:05.760 --> 02:25:08.399 demands are really high, that could be part of the 2650 02:25:08.520 --> 02:25:10.799 issue that's going on. You know, when you say not 2651 02:25:10.920 --> 02:25:14.120 look good, there's a lot of versions and not look good. 2652 02:25:14.239 --> 02:25:16.799 So I don't know the specifics of the look, but 2653 02:25:17.319 --> 02:25:19.440 in general, I would just make sure that if you 2654 02:25:19.520 --> 02:25:22.920 can reduce competition around them by creating a mulched bed, 2655 02:25:23.040 --> 02:25:25.879 a mulched area as wide as you can to keep 2656 02:25:25.920 --> 02:25:28.079 the grass away, to keep the lawnmower and weed eater 2657 02:25:28.159 --> 02:25:30.559 away from the base all of that. That would be 2658 02:25:30.680 --> 02:25:33.799 very helpful for them. You could do a light fertilization 2659 02:25:34.040 --> 02:25:37.399 now and watered in really well, but I wouldn't fertilize 2660 02:25:37.959 --> 02:25:42.239 past definitely, not early September. I think I'd stop the 2661 02:25:42.280 --> 02:25:44.520 fertilization of them at that time because you don't want 2662 02:25:44.559 --> 02:25:46.920 to push a lot of really late season succulent growth 2663 02:25:47.040 --> 02:25:48.440 right before the first presents. 2664 02:25:49.479 --> 02:25:55.159 Okay, you know, I've had those pineapple there for well 2665 02:25:55.280 --> 02:25:57.719 several years and they produce maybe. 2666 02:25:57.559 --> 02:26:00.360 One or two small pineapple. 2667 02:26:01.559 --> 02:26:06.079 Okay, and one of my doing there, well, it would 2668 02:26:06.079 --> 02:26:08.879 probably be helpful to have a different variety that you 2669 02:26:09.000 --> 02:26:11.760 could have for a cross pollination. They pair set better 2670 02:26:11.920 --> 02:26:14.200 when they have a second variety for cross pollination. Some 2671 02:26:14.399 --> 02:26:17.479 require it, some not so much, but in general that 2672 02:26:17.719 --> 02:26:20.680 generally helps a little bit. That if you know somebody 2673 02:26:20.760 --> 02:26:24.559 with a pear tree that's not pineapple, you can ask 2674 02:26:24.680 --> 02:26:27.280 them when they bloom to snip a limb off, put 2675 02:26:27.319 --> 02:26:29.639 it in a like a coke can and with water 2676 02:26:29.760 --> 02:26:31.760 in it, and hang it in your tree and the 2677 02:26:31.840 --> 02:26:34.040 bees will go back and forth. That'll only hold up 2678 02:26:34.079 --> 02:26:37.399 for a few days before the blooms are not good yeah, 2679 02:26:37.920 --> 02:26:40.639 that is one way you could test. If you do 2680 02:26:40.799 --> 02:26:43.840 that and you get really good set, then that means 2681 02:26:44.159 --> 02:26:46.639 that's what's most needed, and that'd be the little trial. 2682 02:26:47.040 --> 02:26:49.159 And it also helps hold you over until a new 2683 02:26:49.200 --> 02:26:51.200 tree you buy finally starts blooming. 2684 02:26:51.280 --> 02:26:55.120 Well, okay, okay, one other question, if. 2685 02:26:56.520 --> 02:26:58.200 All right real quick, because I got one more caller. 2686 02:26:58.239 --> 02:26:59.920 I'm trying to get to a plum tree. 2687 02:27:00.120 --> 02:27:02.879 I'll get I'll get the flowers everywhere and look like 2688 02:27:03.000 --> 02:27:05.399 little big plums, and then they'll the wind will come, 2689 02:27:05.440 --> 02:27:07.479 they'll fall off, and I won't get any plums at all. 2690 02:27:08.479 --> 02:27:09.479 What variety do you have? 2691 02:27:11.079 --> 02:27:11.239 Oh? 2692 02:27:11.360 --> 02:27:13.559 Boy, that's a good question. I have no idea. 2693 02:27:14.879 --> 02:27:17.399 Meth Lee is pretty self fruitful. Many of the other 2694 02:27:17.479 --> 02:27:20.120 varieties need a second variety to pollinate. So hunt that 2695 02:27:20.280 --> 02:27:22.959 down and then go to wherever you purchase your trees 2696 02:27:23.000 --> 02:27:24.639 and say, hey, I've got one of these. I need 2697 02:27:25.239 --> 02:27:27.680 something else to go with it. All right, Mike, thanks 2698 02:27:27.719 --> 02:27:29.639 a lot. Good luck with that. I'm gonna run real 2699 02:27:29.719 --> 02:27:32.239 quick to John and Tombauld. Hey, John, we just got 2700 02:27:32.280 --> 02:27:33.600 a short time here, but how can. 2701 02:27:33.520 --> 02:27:37.520 We help Yes, yes, yes, sir, good morning. A quick 2702 02:27:37.559 --> 02:27:41.040 question about the eaglestons as far as growing on between 2703 02:27:41.120 --> 02:27:42.639 now and the end of the year. Whe's the best 2704 02:27:42.680 --> 02:27:45.479 time now or is it too hot away till October? 2705 02:27:45.639 --> 02:27:46.479 What's your suggestion? 2706 02:27:47.559 --> 02:27:51.600 The best time to plant is in the fall because 2707 02:27:51.760 --> 02:27:53.840 they're going to go through a long season where there's 2708 02:27:53.920 --> 02:27:56.360 very little stress on them. You can go ahead and 2709 02:27:56.440 --> 02:27:58.799 plant them now, and there's some good deals out there, 2710 02:27:59.319 --> 02:28:04.040 like RCW Nursery has good deals on egiston. And if 2711 02:28:04.120 --> 02:28:06.479 you plan them now, you just need to water them 2712 02:28:06.559 --> 02:28:08.959 like they're still in the pot for the first few 2713 02:28:09.000 --> 02:28:12.280 weeks and then back off slowly and slowly because there's 2714 02:28:12.559 --> 02:28:15.159 still the same demand on them and that's a little 2715 02:28:15.239 --> 02:28:18.440 confined root system. By next spring it'll be spread out 2716 02:28:18.479 --> 02:28:20.959 into the soil better or right now. If you want 2717 02:28:21.000 --> 02:28:23.079 to go now to get a good deal on a plant, 2718 02:28:23.200 --> 02:28:25.639 that's how you take care of it. Thank you, Chip, 2719 02:28:26.920 --> 02:28:30.159 Thank you John. I appreciate glad we could work that 2720 02:28:30.239 --> 02:28:33.360 in before we ran out of time today. All right, folks, 2721 02:28:33.760 --> 02:28:35.879 you've been listening to garden Line. We'll be back again 2722 02:28:36.280 --> 02:28:39.680 next Saturday. In the meantime, check out the website gardening 2723 02:28:39.760 --> 02:28:42.559 with Skip dot com find the things that are available there. 2724 02:28:42.559 --> 02:28:44.840 I'm working on several new things that are now going 2725 02:28:44.920 --> 02:28:47.479 to go up, hopefully to help you have a more 2726 02:28:47.600 --> 02:28:50.879 bountiful garden and a more beautiful landscape. In the meantime, 2727 02:28:51.239 --> 02:28:52.879 have fun out there in the garden.