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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, everybody. Welcome. I'm Ron Wilson, and you are
in the garden here on news radio six' TEN wtvn
eight two to ONE wtvn eight hundred and sixty TEN
wtv and talking about yarning on This Mother's day weekend
and what a gorgeous weekend it, is it, is and
it's going to. Be And i'm telling you right now
before we talk To Buggy. Joe if you're headed out
(00:22):
you're locally owned independent garden, center it's great for. You be,
patient have a working list with you so you know
exactly what you're looking. For be, patient have, fun be
patient and enjoy your trip to the local independent garden,
centers maybe a two or three of. Them and be.
Patient it's a busy weekend this, weekend next, week next.
(00:42):
Weekend this is. It this is the primo time for
all your locally owned independent garden. Centers and they are
stocked to the, gills they are ready to. Go they've
got great. Impulse itders From Mother's day weekend as. Well
we'll talk more about that later in the. Show but
just be. Patient that's that's my, big my big key
today as you visit these garden. Centers you, know first
big good weekend in old nine yards and it happens
(01:04):
to fall On Mother's day. Weekend, wow perfect. Combo all,
right it's time for The Buggy Joe boggs. Report that
would Be Joe. Boggs this says a, professor commercial, holder
coach educated for THE oho stated very. Succession he is
a co creator Of Matha coffee And, porium the website
b YG l dot OS u dot, Edu ladies and,
gentlemen mister common, sensical himself and my brother from another,
(01:25):
Mother Buggy Joe.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Buggs that's, fitting isn't.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
IT i think. SO i, mean over all these, years
when you AND i have compared our lives and the
things that our parents and grandparents and all did and
things we did growing, up we kind of looked at
each other and, said, yeah we did that. Too YEAH
i did that, Too yeah my, dad that's what my dad. Did,
well that's what my dad.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Did it's all, genetics that's all it. Is we just
have a limited gene, pull don't we.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
To choose?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
FROM i got. It so WHAT i was hearing during
the introduction is buying. Patience is that what you?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Were, yeah that's that's What i'm, saying and get some.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Impatience what a GORGEOUS i don't know THAT i, recall you,
know such a Gorgeous Mother's day weekend in for. Years.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yep, yeah it's a it's a good and you, know
you AND, i of, Course i've always talked about this
frost free date and you know it varies and it's
a percent. Age and today in the Central ohio and
south and south Around april the thirtieth is now our
frost free. Date that's where it's thirty percent or. Less
your chances of having a frost after. That remember you
(02:40):
used to be Like may the, fifteenth.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
And of course, yeah, yeah but yet.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
This morning there are parts Of ohio that experienced thirty
eight thirty nine degrees and when you get into that upper,
thirties there's always that slight chance of a. Frost so
you got to keep your eyes open over the next
several weeks because you AND i both as old as we,
are as you've been in this, business we know it
can frost during the month Of.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
April we've seen it, before and you're absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Right May April, may, Yeah, may, Hey, May.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
May.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
May we know frost In.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
April, well And i'll tell you it's, sneaky you, know
because you can have frost pockets And i'm always, yea,
oh you know where you just have a very short
distance and and, bango you, know just a just a
very but but of course it's just important to keep
your eyes peeled and pay attention to the temperatures and
(03:34):
if and of, course if you've lived in a spot
for a, while you probably know that you're in a frost.
Pocket but we're, STILL i, mean we're we're coming out of,
it aren't we. Wrong we're finally calling out of a
very very long wet spring that's been on the cool.
Side but things are happening.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Now. Wet what's the. Key it has been, cool but
it's been it's been. Wet and by the, way you
mentioned frost. Pockets one Of ella's favorite foods is hot,
pockets and she's now working she's now working on an
ice cream combo in the same type of a sleeve
that hot pockets come, in called frost. Pockets that, actually
(04:12):
you gave me an. Idea they should make frosted hot
pockets like frosted pop tarts frosted hot. Pockets BUT i
like the frost pockets, too because that would be the.
Dessert that's a really good, idea like ice. There, yeah
you need to have a combo of ice. Cream yeah. Whatever,
yeah but we do frost frost. Pocket you should get
(04:34):
on that because somebody's soon As joe said, that the
light bulb went, offs a frost.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Pocket, YEAH i think we just invent an apple. Turnover,
yeah there you, go.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
A frozen on a. Toaster oh, man.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
All, right you're just gonna hear a click now because,
MAN i can't. Talk my, goodness.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
You, KNOW i like the. Uncrustables do you eat those
peanut butter and?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Jelly i'm becoming? IMPATIENT i, AM i am really BECAUSE
i was just, like, okay let's get this. Over i've
got to go find.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Something, Well i'll tell you WHAT i was going to
ask at the beginning of the. Segment i'm headed To
i'm going to add To lexing In kentucky after the show's.
Over do you want me to stop In cincinnati and
pick you up while on my way?
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Down oh my, gosh, WELL i after this, Discussion i'm
going to go start hitting the donut.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Trail, well ask me WHY i want to take you To?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Lexington why, why why pray?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Tell Because west, Sixth west sixth is releasing. Today They're
Baker's Dozen.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Boh my, goodness.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
A a, Donut, yeah donut based beer with a slight
hint of chocolate raspberry and the, vanilla my.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Goodness AND i saw that and.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Said that's Got Buddy Joe bogs written all over.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
It, oh my. GOODNESS i can't even speak. NOW i,
MEAN i HAVEN'T i HAVE i haven't any.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Pockets hot, pockets toasters And Baker's Dozen west, sixth, AL.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I have.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Nothing the only THING i have that kind of is
pseudo food? Sounding are oak? Apples? Wow where are we
going with?
Speaker 1 (06:37):
That yere the?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Crickets you, know you could you can really, tell you
know when spring is, sprung you, know, yes summer is
moving in our. Direction when you start getting pictures of
what are these odd looking and and actually one persons
in a picture and they did not. Know and it
was interesting BECAUSE i responded AND i, said, well you
(06:59):
got it, right you gave it the right, name and
they didn't know. It they said it looked like little
apples hanging on their oak.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Tree and you, said by?
Speaker 2 (07:09):
IT i, said by, golly that's, it you, know that's
HOW i that's HOW i answered that was? It, yeah by,
golly that's, it of, course you. Know then they emailed,
back what's?
Speaker 1 (07:18):
It you, know, yeah what are you saying?
Speaker 2 (07:20):
About but it was it was, amazing that's that's what they.
Said that they had these little apple white little things
that look like. Apples and so what we're talking about
is one of my favorite you, know things that occur
abnormal growth that are directed by a living. Organism so
let's start. There galls have to have a living organism. Involved,
(07:43):
otherwise you, know we're talking about wound response tissue we
can have on, trees which can appear very, odd or even.
Burls you, know we're not sure what causes, burrels but pretty,
well you, know the a living entity being involved has
pretty well been ruled. Out but we're talking in this
case about little tiny wasp and the family, snipoity so
(08:05):
we call them signipid, wasps and that's cyn, snipity little
tiny wasp that the female, injected you, know into the
bud area an, egg and when she did, that she
also injected some chemicals and then the egg itself exuded.
Chemicals and what those chemicals did is they started directing the,
(08:30):
tree in this case oak tree to grow out of
tissue that we call meristematic tissue right. Round that's tissue
that hasn't grown up. Yet they're like. Teenagers they don't
know what they're going to be till they grow. Up
and so she injects these. Chemicals the eggs release these.
Chemicals it turns plant genes on and off at just
(08:52):
the right time to grow a. Gall and this is
what's so. Fascinating each species grows a very very specific.
Gall it never. Varies you can actually identify the wasp
to species just based on looking at the. Gall and
if you open one of these, up which there In,
ohio there's about twenty six different types of oak apple.
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Galls some are very, small some are pretty, big you,
know like over an inch in. Diameter if you open them,
up you, know it cut open the. Gall it may
be fleshy, inside or it may have all these little.
Filaments but in the very center you'll find this. Chamber
and in that chamber is a little tiny wasp larva
(09:36):
living in this this this. Space and this is what's most. Fascinating,
OOPS i think we're at a, break aren't.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
We, yes, oops we, Are oh we.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Are oh hang, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
We'll leave that hanging right there as we take a
break With Buggy Joe boggs here on news radio six
to TEN wtvn talking our favorite toaster of a foods
like hot pockets and frost pockets and all that With
Buggy Joe. Boggs and by the, Way, Joe i'm headed
down To lexington after the. Show would you like me
(10:09):
to stop In cincinnati and pick you?
Speaker 2 (10:10):
UP i heard this and you know what's interesting IS
i missed your email. YESTERDAY i don't know HOW i did. That,
yeah it's, coverage the whole. Thing and, so uh. You
ALL i can say is hot.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
POCKETS i MEAN i feared you'd be calling we'd be
calling you In lexington this. Morning, yeah hot. Pockets so,
anyway where we left, you we left us.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Hanging oh, yes what WAS i talking? ABOUT i have no? Idea,
Okay so, seriously, so what what is happening you know
with these with these galls is that they start forming
and they continue to, form and the inside you have
a single wasp. Larva so we're talking about oak apple.
(10:52):
Galls in the center you have a chamber with a
single larvae in. There Now here's WHAT i think is
very interesting is that that little immature. Wasp but you,
KNOW i keep calling it the. Larva it looks like
a little. Grub it didn't have any. Legs well it's
it has chewing mouth. Parts AND i, mean you step
(11:14):
back and think about. It And i've had this question.
Before you, know you, know what do what do they?
Eat do they just eat the? Gall they. Don't they
don't just start eating on the gall. Itself in that.
Chamber from the walls of that gall chamber where the
larva is, living we have what we call nutrient. Tissue
it keeps getting replaced and the larva just keeps eating.
(11:37):
It you, Know i've described it this. Way it's kind
of like if you're, sitting you, know in a barca
lounge in a room and pizzas are coming out of the.
Wall it's just, now what is so Fascinating you think
about WHAT i said earlier before the break, Pizzas, yes
the hot pockets coming out of the. Wall and and
(11:58):
what's so fascinating to me is the wasp directed the
plant directed in this, case the oak, tree to form this.
Structure and it does it every. Year it's the. Same
so stepping, back the one THING i always say about plant,
galls but the wasp galls in, particular is that they
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are you, know they're turning the genes of that tree
on and off at just the right time to get
that tree to always grow this, structure the entire, structure
and never anything. Different and so, far there's never been
a scientist anywhere in the world that has recreated this,
(12:40):
process you, know from beginning to. End And i'm sure
they're probably, thinking, oh, yeah, Boys i'll get A nobel.
Prize well they learned how to grow. Galls, well it,
could it could because when you think about understanding the
both the genetics and the physiological processes that are, Occurring,
(13:00):
uh it could open up whole new, territories which then
brings the, other you know point THAT i always make about,
galls and that, is you, know think, again what we
could learn if we were able to accomplish. This and
it's it's why over my, career you, Know i've always
had a little bit OF i don't understand why there's
(13:21):
just not a lot more research going on in that,
area because you, know, again it could really illuminate so
many things that that could pay off in other. WAYS i,
mean not just growing, galls but what if you could grow,
something you, know on an oak tree that would be totally,
unexpected maybe something you, know like a hot hot. Pocket
(13:43):
i'm SORRY i had to bring it back to.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
That i've Already i've already got Another Far side, cartoon
The Far side Of Buddy, joe with you creating these new, galls.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
All.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Items so it's a fascinating. World it's, happening it's starting
to happen right. NOW i always say when these, spring
and that's important because they have to use tissue that
hasn't become something. Yet and LIKE i said, earlier we
call that meristematic, tissue and that's only found in. Buds it's,
(14:21):
found you, know in a layer just beneath the, bark
called the, cambium and it's found at the tips of.
Roots so they're only found in certain. Places AND i
know there are some listeners out there that understand tree
morphology better THAN i do that will say, that, No,
joe it's found in a few other. Places and that's,
true but those are the places where gall making insects
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OR i should say arthropods in, general those are the
places where they can initiate it can initiate. Galls so
there are some galls that can only form in the
spring because that's the only time this tissue is, available
and to, me it marks the true beginning.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
Of spring For Joe.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Boggs, anyway For joe bogs are.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Things but you know, what, YEAH i. Know but for
folks that will followed you real quick with folks that
are listening and they, saying, Well i'm looking out there
AND i see these galls on my oak. LIMBS i
see these galls on my oak leaves and all my maple,
leaves Which i'm getting a ton of maple leaf gall you,
know different types of maple leaf. Galls pictures right? Now you,
know are people ready to run because they don't know
(15:26):
what that is on their? Leaves for the most, Part
for the most, part AM i right here by saying
they are rarely to never ever sprayed or treated.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
For there really isn't a. Need you're exactly. Right if
we take the wasp, galls the signipid GALLS i referred
to a while ago In North, america there are about
eight hundred different species of wasp gall makers probably a
lot more because that dated a, bit but nonetheless around
(16:02):
eight hundred that can occur on primarily, oaks, right so
we start with in, fact actually AND i think about all,
oaks so oak was skalls eight hundred different, species you, Know,
RON i can only think of maybe a number THAT
i could count on one hand that present any type
(16:24):
of serious risks to the overall health of the. Tree
and even those are not. KILLERS i, mean they might
call some stembuck. Dieback so basically seven hundred and ninety
five just do nothing at. All aside FROM i would
have to, say they're very. Interesting they kind of add
interest in some. WAYS i know that may seem kind of,
(16:46):
odd but it's. True you look at what's going on,
there what nature is, revealing and it's almost. Miraculous so
the vast majority you don't need to do anything at,
all and even the ones that do cause some, concern
unfortunately really don't, have you, know any kind of good
treatment options because of the lack of. Research but, again
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if you have an oak tree sprouting gulls on the,
leaves they may be having some galls coming right now
from some of the flower. Parts later on we might
see some galls forming from the. Stems, well just step,
back you, know and, observe maybe cut some, open you,
know share with your. Neighbors, yes, yes just to show
(17:31):
them because it is it, is LIKE i, said a
pretty miraculous. Thing but but you're absolutely right there not
only really is there no need to treat because, remember you,
know we use this yardstick on treating for, pests uh
and to some degree, diseases but pess that we really
should be looking not what it does to the plant,
(17:52):
esthetically because you, know let's face, it you know there
are things that are going to happen anyway no matter
what we. Do it's how how much does it affect
the health of the. Plant if you have something that's
going to seriously affect the health of an oak, tree
well then maybe you need to be. Concerned but, truthfully
there's very little that. Does and galls are way our
(18:13):
way down the. List they really don't present any kind
of harm at, all but they are pretty darn. FASCINATING
i think.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
You got a lot of goall to use your entire
segments to talk about.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
GALLS i it won't be, that it won't be the
and it won't.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Be the last. TIME i, guarantee by the, WAY i
got a we had to, go so we run out
of time, here BUT i had a report of a
potter wasp and uh building a y oh. Yeah and
then she's the lady was described to. Perfectly she, said
there's this little one inch round round thing sticking on
the side of the of the wall and she's mud
(18:48):
kind of, like AND i see this wasp in. It
and the next THING i, know there was the hole
on the end was all covered over. That, yeah that is.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
And that's a very IMPORT i, mean that's.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
WHY i told, HER i, said leave it alone, there
beneficial and she was like really said, yeah and look
at it is pretty. Cool and after, that hatches out
picked that off of there and it's a cool little.
Thing so there you.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Go there you go another this time of the year.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
That mother nature has to offer right, there all, Right
SO i appreciate. It, joe have a great weekend and
we will talk to you Next.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Saturday you have a good weekend, Too. Ron take, care.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Take, care bug you. Buggy Joe bogs again bygl dot
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number jump on board On This mother's. Day weekend for,
(19:47):
some reason all of, A sudden i got a little raspy.
Voice there so we'll get through to that. Real quickly
uh let's, see here jump up and we've got. Online
One Here's. Johnny john, Good, Morning.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
YEAH ron i wanted, To, QUESTION uh i want to
get a house some, house PLANTS and i want to
know what would be the easiest THING that i would.
Not kill, You know i'm, a starter.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
All right i've got a couple of them.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
For you are, You ready i'm ready.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
At the top of. MY list i think for overall ease,
of growing they're almost, a TIE but i Go with
it's called it's very easy A z, z plant as
in zz top z. Z Plant it the only way
you can kill that plant is to grow it in
total darkness or. Overwater, it otherwise this plant is. Basically
(20:44):
indestructible and once you, see it you'll you'll realize that
you've seen it in, other places like in the dentist's
office or. Doctor's office places like that where they don't
take care of. A lot they need easy to care.
For plants that thing is, always there little, more expensive
but it is a. Basically indestructible and right next, to
(21:05):
that there's one called the common name is Mother in
law's tongue or, san savaria and i'll tell you what. Those,
are two probably. The sansavaria again. You'll recognize it's, an
oldie but. A goodie easy to take, care of, low
light bright light, either way let it, dry out water before,
you know let it, dry out give it a, good
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soaking and that's about all you have to do with
either one of. These plants and they are, absolutely easy.
Easy peasy Another one i'll put on the top of
that list is called cast. Iron plant. Same way it's just.
Basically indestructible and these are all common house plants that
you will find at the local garden centers that sells.
(21:47):
Foliage plants cast iron, plant again, not much, you know
it's just leaves. Coming up looks like a PEACEFULY which
i would also throw on. That, list spathophylum but easy to.
Care for water, dry out water, dry out that's all
you got. To do so there's four nice, you know
the plants that are going to give you two to
three foot heighth nice filled up plants that'll work for
(22:10):
you if you're looking at vining plants for like in
a hanging basket or growing up patrellis. Or whatever you can't,
beat POTHOS P o T h. O s you can't
beat philodendrons and in. Hanging baskets the other one is
you can't beat are. Spider plants those are so oh
and One more i'll put on theirs, hoo ya you
(22:31):
can't again. Basically, indestructible right watering procedure all taken care of.
For you so there's four hanging baskets and four table
or stand plants that you can USE that i think
are at the top of the list as far as
easy pasy.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
To, grow, okay well thank, YOU sir i. Appreciate, It john.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
You're welcome if you have any problem with any, of
those just email me or call and we'll help you.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Out ally thank you, all.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
Right good talking with a good. Question too and and
you know it's they're they're all, so easy and there's
a whole bunch of them. Out there and what's interesting
is there, we go IS that nasa. Put out they
did the research many many many years ago about they
were experimenting, with houseplants indoor plants and how they clarify
(23:22):
the air and all the different ones that they use.
IN there i think they had their top fifty list
and a toss starts at, the top works its way
down to the best air purefire down to the fiftieth ranked,
air purifire and they. Did this the thing is they
did this and totally sealed. Off rooms then they would
put chemicals in there and see how much they would
(23:42):
take out and. Test. It anyway they were doing that
for like the space station and things. Like that but
it was interesting research and that's where all that came
from as far as using indoor plants for helping to
clear the air in the home. As well and you
need you have to kind of read, you know the
asterisk there because it was an enclosed rooms that were,
sealed off the chemicals pumped in and then of course
(24:05):
they test them. That way it wasn't like a, normal house,
you know where there's ventage and things are. Flowing through
and also how many plants do, YOU need, i mean
what you have to fill?
Speaker 2 (24:15):
It?
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Up right what does it take and it's one medium
sized plant per ten square so ten feet by, ten
feet that hundred square feet there that ten fight ten
area one medium. Sized plant so you know that that's not.
Too bad but if you look at that top, FIFTY
list i think besides, ezy plant which probably may not
(24:36):
have been around at, the time all those plants are on,
that top probably in the top fifteen. Or twenty so
the top twenty or. Twenty five are you really also
easy to grow? Indoor plants so google that Sometimes NASA's
top fifty Air, purifying plants and you'll also find a
list there at the very top the best purifiers is
also being easy peasy to. Grow indoors, quick break we.
(24:58):
Come back we'll jump back to the guarding phone lines
at a two TO. One wtvn here on news radio
six TO. Ten Wtvn It's mother's day weekend here on
news radio six' ten wtv in, talking the yardening and
you know moms love gifts for and. From the garden
so get out to your locally owned. Independent garden. Center
be patient they're going to be busy and will to
tell you what, you're looking, for, something, Special unique whatever they're.
(25:21):
Gonna have, It this weekend so get out there and
be sure and. Check that out coming up at the top,
Of the hour we're gonna GOT a. Book i found
it was very intriguing to. READ through this, i GROW
herbs and i knowing a little, bit about herbs not
just using them. Fresh OR cooking but i found a
book that takes you a little bit. Deeper than that
And it's Called Herbs in every season and they talk
(25:43):
about forty eight edible and medicinal herbs, for, the Kitchen,
garden and Apothecary Written. By bevin. Cohen it is it's
fantastic because, matter of fact these other books. Are great
too we'll dive Into those after i've finished reading this
when we'll talk. To HIM today but i got a
couple more. OF his books i can't wait to get.
Ahold of uh but he's gonna be with us at
the top of the hour talking about this new book
(26:03):
and the meantime taking your calls at eight TWO to
One wtv in, Doug, good morning hey.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
GOOD good morning i asked a Couple questions established irish
bed that is not flowering very much besides, splitting the
bulbs is there any other reason why we would not
be generating as much flower as we have.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
In the past in, the second, yeah go.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Ahead, that's around, Tomatoes all right let's do, the iris,
First you KNOW and if i look at, an iris
bed how long has it been growing like it? Is
right now?
Speaker 4 (26:38):
Probably fifteen.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
YEARS pretty solid i would imagine you could walk on
top of the iris tubers as you. Walked, across, there
yes uh at a point they do. Get very competitive
and if it does get to a point where it's
so full that you just wind up not getting. Hardly,
any flowers obviously increasing the feeding a little bit. Can
help you but the bottom line is they do get
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to a point and it's separ out every five or
six four or. Five six years they really like, to
be dug divided and replanted. And separated out and in
ninety nine percent of the time when we get cases
where these iris, beds just, stop go, in dig them, separate.
Them out replant, the next year they're right back into
Their regular cycle and for several years they. Stay like
(27:24):
that so and it can go. Longer than, That you
know i've seen iris bed has been around for like
that one and but then finally finally Just starts to,
they look okay but they just start, flowering very well
and that's typically because of the competition. And the overcrowding
that's that's the number one reason. Why that happens if the,
foliage looks good everything. Else looks, good the bulbs you
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know that there's those those tubers or rhizomes. Are not
rotting everything. Else, looks fine generally that. Is The answer.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
New irish bed bulbs, Were not PLANTED so, that's i
know that's. Not the issue not flowering.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
A little.
Speaker 4 (28:06):
Bit of shade it's the edge of. A wooded area
so is it sunlight or do we need to feed,
or YOU.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Know and i don't know. Again sun, Wise you know i've.
Got some iris they don't, bloom as well but they
get probably about three hours of direct sun ten eleven
twelve somewhere around that, period of time and then it's
just bright the rest. Of the time they probably flower
the least of all the other iris. In the area
but our neighbors have some that's on the edge of
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the woods and she does get color, out of it
not like she does in other parts of the. Of
the landscape so the lack of sunlight the shadier areas
can can be a little bit limiting. On the iris,
other than, That a, planet you're right planet too deep can,
be an issue but if they're not and you know what,
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to look for should be good. To go there as,
far as, feeding you know you could give. IT a,
shot i mean it's not going. To hurt anything using
a regular ballfood or general all purpose food, would be
great and now would be a good time. To do that,
OTHER than that i don't know how long has? IT
been planted a, couple, of? Years yes?
Speaker 4 (29:16):
Sir?
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Two years yeah and were these some that you separated
from another bed? Or just yeah sounds like you've. Done
everything right, OTHER than that i don't have another. Answer
for you it could be the sunlight could be a
competition from are there? Trees there too or, just a shade.
Speaker 4 (29:34):
Just a, shade you know there's, no strong no no strong, plant,
Competition there right, SO.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
You know i don't know that that's going to. Be,
the issue boy that's a, THAT'S a yeah, I Don't
know and i'm an. ANSWER FOR you, I i. NO
i don't, I mean again i would have said plant,
It too deep. I'd say crowding i'd say the shading
can be an issue if. It's that much usually get
at least a flower or two out of them if,
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they don't, flower you know like. They normally would so,
OTHER than that i really don't have a good answer.
For that, one.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
THANK you. Sir i apologize WHAT plants should i not
plant next?
Speaker 3 (30:14):
To a tomato.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
Anything else that's in the in, the tomato, family egg,
plant egg potatoes. Things like that i'll tell you. What
they do like they love to be. PLANTED with basil
i that's ONE plant that i. Will companion plant i'm
Not a big i'm not a big pusher of, the
COMPANION plantings but i will when it, comes to. TOMATOES
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use basil i think they. GROW great together i think they.
Work good together and of course harvesting basil along with
tomatoes is a great thing to, do as, well, egg
plant potatoes anything. IN that family i try to. Keep
those separated and it's, a good, thing excuse me a
good thing. To rotate those and you would never put
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the egg plant or potatoes or tomatoes back in the
same spot where the. Other one was but it is
good if you can rotate to get those. Around like
that but those would be THE only ones i could
Think of. OTHERWISE i've grown i don't know peppers and
anything else, next to it next. To THE tomato but
i love growing basil. Along, with tomatoes, great, thank, you
sir welcome good. Talking with you and. A companion, planning
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you know there's a lot of. Benefits to IT i'm
Not i guess i've not done It enough that i'm really.
Experienced WITH it but i do know the basil. EVEN
in containers i, love doing that and i'll put, You
know me i'm a one tomato plant per twenty, twenty
gallon pot twenty to twenty, five gallon pot unless, it's
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a dwarf and then of course you don't need a.
Pot that BIG but then, i will put, like the
bouquet the petit those smaller basils at the base and
let those fill. In around it and, it's a good
good bit, of a, repellent smells good but it goes well.
With the tomatoes that's a. GREAT companion plant i think
they do help. Each other out but that's probably the.
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Only companion planting, and you know we talk about marigolds
and other plants that can. Help, Repel insects again i've
not done it on, a REGULAR basis so i don't
have a lot of, experience with that but there are
some folks that truly believe in the companion planting and
claim to. HAVE good success i personally have not been
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one to do it enough to have a real good
success other than the basel. At, the bottom now as,
you're planting gardens vegetable, gardens RIGHT now what i do
suggest is planting along with your vegetables a row or
perimeter or within the vegetable garden, other flowering plants perennials
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or annuals that you can, use for cutting flowers to bring,
inside the house possibly edible flowers that you can, use
as well and also pollinator flowers that will bring the pollinators.
To the garden folks are discovering more and more by
planting nice flowering pollinator plants, within the garden whether it's
(33:06):
a straight, row of them a parent or a pot,
in the middle whatever. It may be to do that
extra pollinator attraction to, your vegetable garden you wind up
seeing a better production in your vegetable garden as well
because you've drawn. The pollinators in so keep that in
mind when it. COMES to planning i think that, is
a strong strong thing that you should. Be considering doing
(33:27):
are gonna take. A quick break. We Come back bevin
cohen is going. To join us his book. Which is
outstanding It is Called Herbs, in every season a very interesting.
BOOK to read i guarantee you. You'll enjoy it if you,
don't grow herbs you might after, you read this and
then the benefits that they have and things you can
do with. Them is phenomenal so we'll take. A quick break,
we come Back we'll Have bevan and cohen talk to
(33:48):
us about this book and what you can do with
those Herbs Here on news RADIO SIX' Ten wtvn s
too up
Good morning, everybody. Welcome. I'm Ron Wilson, and you are
in the garden here on news radio six' TEN wtvn
eight two to ONE wtvn eight hundred and sixty TEN
wtv and talking about yarning on This Mother's day weekend
and what a gorgeous weekend it, is it, is and
it's going to. Be And i'm telling you right now
before we talk To Buggy. Joe if you're headed out
(00:22):
you're locally owned independent garden, center it's great for. You be,
patient have a working list with you so you know
exactly what you're looking. For be, patient have, fun be
patient and enjoy your trip to the local independent garden,
centers maybe a two or three of. Them and be.
Patient it's a busy weekend this, weekend next, week next.
(00:42):
Weekend this is. It this is the primo time for
all your locally owned independent garden. Centers and they are
stocked to the, gills they are ready to. Go they've
got great. Impulse itders From Mother's day weekend as. Well
we'll talk more about that later in the. Show but
just be. Patient that's that's my, big my big key
today as you visit these garden. Centers you, know first
big good weekend in old nine yards and it happens
(01:04):
to fall On Mother's day. Weekend, wow perfect. Combo all,
right it's time for The Buggy Joe boggs. Report that
would Be Joe. Boggs this says a, professor commercial, holder
coach educated for THE oho stated very. Succession he is
a co creator Of Matha coffee And, porium the website
b YG l dot OS u dot, Edu ladies and,
gentlemen mister common, sensical himself and my brother from another,
(01:25):
Mother Buggy Joe.
Speaker 2 (01:27):
Buggs that's, fitting isn't.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
IT i think. SO i, mean over all these, years
when you AND i have compared our lives and the
things that our parents and grandparents and all did and
things we did growing, up we kind of looked at
each other and, said, yeah we did that. Too YEAH
i did that, Too yeah my, dad that's what my dad. Did,
well that's what my dad.
Speaker 2 (01:50):
Did it's all, genetics that's all it. Is we just
have a limited gene, pull don't we.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
To choose?
Speaker 2 (01:58):
FROM i got. It so WHAT i was hearing during
the introduction is buying. Patience is that what you?
Speaker 1 (02:05):
Were, yeah that's that's What i'm, saying and get some.
Speaker 2 (02:06):
Impatience what a GORGEOUS i don't know THAT i, recall you,
know such a Gorgeous Mother's day weekend in for. Years.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yep, yeah it's a it's a good and you, know
you AND, i of, Course i've always talked about this
frost free date and you know it varies and it's
a percent. Age and today in the Central ohio and
south and south Around april the thirtieth is now our
frost free. Date that's where it's thirty percent or. Less
your chances of having a frost after. That remember you
(02:40):
used to be Like may the, fifteenth.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
And of course, yeah, yeah but yet.
Speaker 1 (02:44):
This morning there are parts Of ohio that experienced thirty
eight thirty nine degrees and when you get into that upper,
thirties there's always that slight chance of a. Frost so
you got to keep your eyes open over the next
several weeks because you AND i both as old as we,
are as you've been in this, business we know it
can frost during the month Of.
Speaker 2 (03:04):
April we've seen it, before and you're absolutely.
Speaker 1 (03:07):
Right May April, may, Yeah, may, Hey, May.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
May.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
May we know frost In.
Speaker 2 (03:13):
April, well And i'll tell you it's, sneaky you, know
because you can have frost pockets And i'm always, yea,
oh you know where you just have a very short
distance and and, bango you, know just a just a
very but but of course it's just important to keep
your eyes peeled and pay attention to the temperatures and
(03:34):
if and of, course if you've lived in a spot
for a, while you probably know that you're in a frost.
Pocket but we're, STILL i, mean we're we're coming out of,
it aren't we. Wrong we're finally calling out of a
very very long wet spring that's been on the cool.
Side but things are happening.
Speaker 1 (03:52):
Now. Wet what's the. Key it has been, cool but
it's been it's been. Wet and by the, way you
mentioned frost. Pockets one Of ella's favorite foods is hot,
pockets and she's now working she's now working on an
ice cream combo in the same type of a sleeve
that hot pockets come, in called frost. Pockets that, actually
(04:12):
you gave me an. Idea they should make frosted hot
pockets like frosted pop tarts frosted hot. Pockets BUT i
like the frost pockets, too because that would be the.
Dessert that's a really good, idea like ice. There, yeah
you need to have a combo of ice. Cream yeah. Whatever,
yeah but we do frost frost. Pocket you should get
(04:34):
on that because somebody's soon As joe said, that the
light bulb went, offs a frost.
Speaker 2 (04:39):
Pocket, YEAH i think we just invent an apple. Turnover,
yeah there you, go.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
A frozen on a. Toaster oh, man.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
All, right you're just gonna hear a click now because,
MAN i can't. Talk my, goodness.
Speaker 1 (05:02):
You, KNOW i like the. Uncrustables do you eat those
peanut butter and?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
Jelly i'm becoming? IMPATIENT i, AM i am really BECAUSE
i was just, like, okay let's get this. Over i've
got to go find.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
Something, Well i'll tell you WHAT i was going to
ask at the beginning of the. Segment i'm headed To
i'm going to add To lexing In kentucky after the show's.
Over do you want me to stop In cincinnati and
pick you up while on my way?
Speaker 2 (05:26):
Down oh my, gosh, WELL i after this, Discussion i'm
going to go start hitting the donut.
Speaker 1 (05:33):
Trail, well ask me WHY i want to take you To?
Speaker 2 (05:36):
Lexington why, why why pray?
Speaker 1 (05:41):
Tell Because west, Sixth west sixth is releasing. Today They're
Baker's Dozen.
Speaker 2 (05:50):
Boh my, goodness.
Speaker 1 (05:51):
A a, Donut, yeah donut based beer with a slight
hint of chocolate raspberry and the, vanilla my.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
Goodness AND i saw that and.
Speaker 1 (06:05):
Said that's Got Buddy Joe bogs written all over.
Speaker 2 (06:08):
It, oh my. GOODNESS i can't even speak. NOW i,
MEAN i HAVEN'T i HAVE i haven't any.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
Pockets hot, pockets toasters And Baker's Dozen west, sixth, AL.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
I have.
Speaker 2 (06:25):
Nothing the only THING i have that kind of is
pseudo food? Sounding are oak? Apples? Wow where are we
going with?
Speaker 1 (06:37):
That yere the?
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Crickets you, know you could you can really, tell you
know when spring is, sprung you, know, yes summer is
moving in our. Direction when you start getting pictures of
what are these odd looking and and actually one persons
in a picture and they did not. Know and it
was interesting BECAUSE i responded AND i, said, well you
(06:59):
got it, right you gave it the right, name and
they didn't know. It they said it looked like little
apples hanging on their oak.
Speaker 1 (07:05):
Tree and you, said by?
Speaker 2 (07:09):
IT i, said by, golly that's, it you, know that's
HOW i that's HOW i answered that was? It, yeah by,
golly that's, it of, course you. Know then they emailed,
back what's?
Speaker 1 (07:18):
It you, know, yeah what are you saying?
Speaker 2 (07:20):
About but it was it was, amazing that's that's what they.
Said that they had these little apple white little things
that look like. Apples and so what we're talking about
is one of my favorite you, know things that occur
abnormal growth that are directed by a living. Organism so
let's start. There galls have to have a living organism. Involved,
(07:43):
otherwise you, know we're talking about wound response tissue we
can have on, trees which can appear very, odd or even.
Burls you, know we're not sure what causes, burrels but pretty,
well you, know the a living entity being involved has
pretty well been ruled. Out but we're talking in this
case about little tiny wasp and the family, snipoity so
(08:05):
we call them signipid, wasps and that's cyn, snipity little
tiny wasp that the female, injected you, know into the
bud area an, egg and when she did, that she
also injected some chemicals and then the egg itself exuded.
Chemicals and what those chemicals did is they started directing the,
(08:30):
tree in this case oak tree to grow out of
tissue that we call meristematic tissue right. Round that's tissue
that hasn't grown up. Yet they're like. Teenagers they don't
know what they're going to be till they grow. Up
and so she injects these. Chemicals the eggs release these.
Chemicals it turns plant genes on and off at just
(08:52):
the right time to grow a. Gall and this is
what's so. Fascinating each species grows a very very specific.
Gall it never. Varies you can actually identify the wasp
to species just based on looking at the. Gall and
if you open one of these, up which there In,
ohio there's about twenty six different types of oak apple.
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Galls some are very, small some are pretty, big you,
know like over an inch in. Diameter if you open them,
up you, know it cut open the. Gall it may
be fleshy, inside or it may have all these little.
Filaments but in the very center you'll find this. Chamber
and in that chamber is a little tiny wasp larva
(09:36):
living in this this this. Space and this is what's most. Fascinating,
OOPS i think we're at a, break aren't.
Speaker 1 (09:43):
We, yes, oops we, Are oh we.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
Are oh hang, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
We'll leave that hanging right there as we take a
break With Buggy Joe boggs here on news radio six
to TEN wtvn talking our favorite toaster of a foods
like hot pockets and frost pockets and all that With
Buggy Joe. Boggs and by the, Way, Joe i'm headed
down To lexington after the. Show would you like me
(10:09):
to stop In cincinnati and pick you?
Speaker 2 (10:10):
UP i heard this and you know what's interesting IS
i missed your email. YESTERDAY i don't know HOW i did. That,
yeah it's, coverage the whole. Thing and, so uh. You
ALL i can say is hot.
Speaker 1 (10:23):
POCKETS i MEAN i feared you'd be calling we'd be
calling you In lexington this. Morning, yeah hot. Pockets so,
anyway where we left, you we left us.
Speaker 2 (10:31):
Hanging oh, yes what WAS i talking? ABOUT i have no? Idea,
Okay so, seriously, so what what is happening you know
with these with these galls is that they start forming
and they continue to, form and the inside you have
a single wasp. Larva so we're talking about oak apple.
(10:52):
Galls in the center you have a chamber with a
single larvae in. There Now here's WHAT i think is
very interesting is that that little immature. Wasp but you,
KNOW i keep calling it the. Larva it looks like
a little. Grub it didn't have any. Legs well it's
it has chewing mouth. Parts AND i, mean you step
(11:14):
back and think about. It And i've had this question.
Before you, know you, know what do what do they?
Eat do they just eat the? Gall they. Don't they
don't just start eating on the gall. Itself in that.
Chamber from the walls of that gall chamber where the
larva is, living we have what we call nutrient. Tissue
it keeps getting replaced and the larva just keeps eating.
(11:37):
It you, Know i've described it this. Way it's kind
of like if you're, sitting you, know in a barca
lounge in a room and pizzas are coming out of the.
Wall it's just, now what is so Fascinating you think
about WHAT i said earlier before the break, Pizzas, yes
the hot pockets coming out of the. Wall and and
(11:58):
what's so fascinating to me is the wasp directed the
plant directed in this, case the oak, tree to form this.
Structure and it does it every. Year it's the. Same
so stepping, back the one THING i always say about plant,
galls but the wasp galls in, particular is that they
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are you, know they're turning the genes of that tree
on and off at just the right time to get
that tree to always grow this, structure the entire, structure
and never anything. Different and so, far there's never been
a scientist anywhere in the world that has recreated this,
(12:40):
process you, know from beginning to. End And i'm sure
they're probably, thinking, oh, yeah, Boys i'll get A nobel.
Prize well they learned how to grow. Galls, well it,
could it could because when you think about understanding the
both the genetics and the physiological processes that are, Occurring,
(13:00):
uh it could open up whole new, territories which then
brings the, other you know point THAT i always make about,
galls and that, is you, know think, again what we
could learn if we were able to accomplish. This and
it's it's why over my, career you, Know i've always
had a little bit OF i don't understand why there's
(13:21):
just not a lot more research going on in that,
area because you, know, again it could really illuminate so
many things that that could pay off in other. WAYS i,
mean not just growing, galls but what if you could grow,
something you, know on an oak tree that would be totally,
unexpected maybe something you, know like a hot hot. Pocket
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i'm SORRY i had to bring it back to.
Speaker 1 (13:47):
That i've Already i've already got Another Far side, cartoon
The Far side Of Buddy, joe with you creating these new, galls.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
All.
Speaker 2 (14:00):
Items so it's a fascinating. World it's, happening it's starting
to happen right. NOW i always say when these, spring
and that's important because they have to use tissue that
hasn't become something. Yet and LIKE i said, earlier we
call that meristematic, tissue and that's only found in. Buds it's,
(14:21):
found you, know in a layer just beneath the, bark
called the, cambium and it's found at the tips of.
Roots so they're only found in certain. Places AND i
know there are some listeners out there that understand tree
morphology better THAN i do that will say, that, No,
joe it's found in a few other. Places and that's,
true but those are the places where gall making insects
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OR i should say arthropods in, general those are the
places where they can initiate it can initiate. Galls so
there are some galls that can only form in the
spring because that's the only time this tissue is, available
and to, me it marks the true beginning.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
Of spring For Joe.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
Boggs, anyway For joe bogs are.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
Things but you know, what, YEAH i. Know but for
folks that will followed you real quick with folks that
are listening and they, saying, Well i'm looking out there
AND i see these galls on my oak. LIMBS i
see these galls on my oak leaves and all my maple,
leaves Which i'm getting a ton of maple leaf gall you,
know different types of maple leaf. Galls pictures right? Now you,
know are people ready to run because they don't know
(15:26):
what that is on their? Leaves for the most, Part
for the most, part AM i right here by saying
they are rarely to never ever sprayed or treated.
Speaker 2 (15:38):
For there really isn't a. Need you're exactly. Right if
we take the wasp, galls the signipid GALLS i referred
to a while ago In North, america there are about
eight hundred different species of wasp gall makers probably a
lot more because that dated a, bit but nonetheless around
(16:02):
eight hundred that can occur on primarily, oaks, right so
we start with in, fact actually AND i think about all,
oaks so oak was skalls eight hundred different, species you, Know,
RON i can only think of maybe a number THAT
i could count on one hand that present any type
(16:24):
of serious risks to the overall health of the. Tree
and even those are not. KILLERS i, mean they might
call some stembuck. Dieback so basically seven hundred and ninety
five just do nothing at. All aside FROM i would
have to, say they're very. Interesting they kind of add
interest in some. WAYS i know that may seem kind of,
(16:46):
odd but it's. True you look at what's going on,
there what nature is, revealing and it's almost. Miraculous so
the vast majority you don't need to do anything at,
all and even the ones that do cause some, concern
unfortunately really don't, have you, know any kind of good
treatment options because of the lack of. Research but, again
(17:06):
if you have an oak tree sprouting gulls on the,
leaves they may be having some galls coming right now
from some of the flower. Parts later on we might
see some galls forming from the. Stems, well just step,
back you, know and, observe maybe cut some, open you,
know share with your. Neighbors, yes, yes just to show
(17:31):
them because it is it, is LIKE i, said a
pretty miraculous. Thing but but you're absolutely right there not
only really is there no need to treat because, remember you,
know we use this yardstick on treating for, pests uh
and to some degree, diseases but pess that we really
should be looking not what it does to the plant,
(17:52):
esthetically because you, know let's face, it you know there
are things that are going to happen anyway no matter
what we. Do it's how how much does it affect
the health of the. Plant if you have something that's
going to seriously affect the health of an oak, tree
well then maybe you need to be. Concerned but, truthfully
there's very little that. Does and galls are way our
(18:13):
way down the. List they really don't present any kind
of harm at, all but they are pretty darn. FASCINATING
i think.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
You got a lot of goall to use your entire
segments to talk about.
Speaker 2 (18:23):
GALLS i it won't be, that it won't be the
and it won't.
Speaker 1 (18:26):
Be the last. TIME i, guarantee by the, WAY i
got a we had to, go so we run out
of time, here BUT i had a report of a
potter wasp and uh building a y oh. Yeah and
then she's the lady was described to. Perfectly she, said
there's this little one inch round round thing sticking on
the side of the of the wall and she's mud
(18:48):
kind of, like AND i see this wasp in. It
and the next THING i, know there was the hole
on the end was all covered over. That, yeah that is.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
And that's a very IMPORT i, mean that's.
Speaker 1 (19:01):
WHY i told, HER i, said leave it alone, there
beneficial and she was like really said, yeah and look
at it is pretty. Cool and after, that hatches out
picked that off of there and it's a cool little.
Thing so there you.
Speaker 2 (19:11):
Go there you go another this time of the year.
Speaker 1 (19:14):
That mother nature has to offer right, there all, Right
SO i appreciate. It, joe have a great weekend and
we will talk to you Next.
Speaker 2 (19:21):
Saturday you have a good weekend, Too. Ron take, care.
Speaker 1 (19:24):
Take, care bug you. Buggy Joe bogs again bygl dot
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some reason all of, A sudden i got a little raspy.
Voice there so we'll get through to that. Real quickly
uh let's, see here jump up and we've got. Online
One Here's. Johnny john, Good, Morning.
Speaker 3 (20:00):
YEAH ron i wanted, To, QUESTION uh i want to
get a house some, house PLANTS and i want to
know what would be the easiest THING that i would.
Not kill, You know i'm, a starter.
Speaker 1 (20:15):
All right i've got a couple of them.
Speaker 3 (20:17):
For you are, You ready i'm ready.
Speaker 1 (20:20):
At the top of. MY list i think for overall ease,
of growing they're almost, a TIE but i Go with
it's called it's very easy A z, z plant as
in zz top z. Z Plant it the only way
you can kill that plant is to grow it in
total darkness or. Overwater, it otherwise this plant is. Basically
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indestructible and once you, see it you'll you'll realize that
you've seen it in, other places like in the dentist's
office or. Doctor's office places like that where they don't
take care of. A lot they need easy to care.
For plants that thing is, always there little, more expensive
but it is a. Basically indestructible and right next, to
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that there's one called the common name is Mother in
law's tongue or, san savaria and i'll tell you what. Those,
are two probably. The sansavaria again. You'll recognize it's, an
oldie but. A goodie easy to take, care of, low
light bright light, either way let it, dry out water before,
you know let it, dry out give it a, good
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soaking and that's about all you have to do with
either one of. These plants and they are, absolutely easy.
Easy peasy Another one i'll put on the top of
that list is called cast. Iron plant. Same way it's just.
Basically indestructible and these are all common house plants that
you will find at the local garden centers that sells.
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Foliage plants cast iron, plant again, not much, you know
it's just leaves. Coming up looks like a PEACEFULY which
i would also throw on. That, list spathophylum but easy to.
Care for water, dry out water, dry out that's all
you got. To do so there's four nice, you know
the plants that are going to give you two to
three foot heighth nice filled up plants that'll work for
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you if you're looking at vining plants for like in
a hanging basket or growing up patrellis. Or whatever you can't,
beat POTHOS P o T h. O s you can't
beat philodendrons and in. Hanging baskets the other one is
you can't beat are. Spider plants those are so oh
and One more i'll put on theirs, hoo ya you
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can't again. Basically, indestructible right watering procedure all taken care of.
For you so there's four hanging baskets and four table
or stand plants that you can USE that i think
are at the top of the list as far as
easy pasy.
Speaker 3 (22:48):
To, grow, okay well thank, YOU sir i. Appreciate, It john.
Speaker 1 (22:52):
You're welcome if you have any problem with any, of
those just email me or call and we'll help you.
Speaker 3 (22:56):
Out ally thank you, all.
Speaker 1 (22:59):
Right good talking with a good. Question too and and
you know it's they're they're all, so easy and there's
a whole bunch of them. Out there and what's interesting
is there, we go IS that nasa. Put out they
did the research many many many years ago about they
were experimenting, with houseplants indoor plants and how they clarify
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the air and all the different ones that they use.
IN there i think they had their top fifty list
and a toss starts at, the top works its way
down to the best air purefire down to the fiftieth ranked,
air purifire and they. Did this the thing is they
did this and totally sealed. Off rooms then they would
put chemicals in there and see how much they would
(23:42):
take out and. Test. It anyway they were doing that
for like the space station and things. Like that but
it was interesting research and that's where all that came
from as far as using indoor plants for helping to
clear the air in the home. As well and you
need you have to kind of read, you know the
asterisk there because it was an enclosed rooms that were,
sealed off the chemicals pumped in and then of course
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they test them. That way it wasn't like a, normal house,
you know where there's ventage and things are. Flowing through
and also how many plants do, YOU need, i mean
what you have to fill?
Speaker 2 (24:15):
It?
Speaker 1 (24:16):
Up right what does it take and it's one medium
sized plant per ten square so ten feet by, ten
feet that hundred square feet there that ten fight ten
area one medium. Sized plant so you know that that's not.
Too bad but if you look at that top, FIFTY
list i think besides, ezy plant which probably may not
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have been around at, the time all those plants are on,
that top probably in the top fifteen. Or twenty so
the top twenty or. Twenty five are you really also
easy to grow? Indoor plants so google that Sometimes NASA's
top fifty Air, purifying plants and you'll also find a
list there at the very top the best purifiers is
also being easy peasy to. Grow indoors, quick break we.
(24:58):
Come back we'll jump back to the guarding phone lines
at a two TO. One wtvn here on news radio
six TO. Ten Wtvn It's mother's day weekend here on
news radio six' ten wtv in, talking the yardening and
you know moms love gifts for and. From the garden
so get out to your locally owned. Independent garden. Center
be patient they're going to be busy and will to
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(25:21):
Gonna have, It this weekend so get out there and
be sure and. Check that out coming up at the top,
Of the hour we're gonna GOT a. Book i found
it was very intriguing to. READ through this, i GROW
herbs and i knowing a little, bit about herbs not
just using them. Fresh OR cooking but i found a
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And it's Called Herbs in every season and they talk
(25:43):
about forty eight edible and medicinal herbs, for, the Kitchen,
garden and Apothecary Written. By bevin. Cohen it is it's
fantastic because, matter of fact these other books. Are great
too we'll dive Into those after i've finished reading this
when we'll talk. To HIM today but i got a
couple more. OF his books i can't wait to get.
Ahold of uh but he's gonna be with us at
the top of the hour talking about this new book
(26:03):
and the meantime taking your calls at eight TWO to
One wtv in, Doug, good morning hey.
Speaker 4 (26:09):
GOOD good morning i asked a Couple questions established irish
bed that is not flowering very much besides, splitting the
bulbs is there any other reason why we would not
be generating as much flower as we have.
Speaker 3 (26:26):
In the past in, the second, yeah go.
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Ahead, that's around, Tomatoes all right let's do, the iris,
First you KNOW and if i look at, an iris
bed how long has it been growing like it? Is
right now?
Speaker 4 (26:38):
Probably fifteen.
Speaker 1 (26:39):
YEARS pretty solid i would imagine you could walk on
top of the iris tubers as you. Walked, across, there
yes uh at a point they do. Get very competitive
and if it does get to a point where it's
so full that you just wind up not getting. Hardly,
any flowers obviously increasing the feeding a little bit. Can
help you but the bottom line is they do get
(27:01):
to a point and it's separ out every five or
six four or. Five six years they really like, to
be dug divided and replanted. And separated out and in
ninety nine percent of the time when we get cases
where these iris, beds just, stop go, in dig them, separate.
Them out replant, the next year they're right back into
Their regular cycle and for several years they. Stay like
(27:24):
that so and it can go. Longer than, That you
know i've seen iris bed has been around for like
that one and but then finally finally Just starts to,
they look okay but they just start, flowering very well
and that's typically because of the competition. And the overcrowding
that's that's the number one reason. Why that happens if the,
foliage looks good everything. Else looks, good the bulbs you
(27:46):
know that there's those those tubers or rhizomes. Are not
rotting everything. Else, looks fine generally that. Is The answer.
Speaker 4 (27:56):
New irish bed bulbs, Were not PLANTED so, that's i
know that's. Not the issue not flowering.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
A little.
Speaker 4 (28:06):
Bit of shade it's the edge of. A wooded area
so is it sunlight or do we need to feed,
or YOU.
Speaker 1 (28:13):
Know and i don't know. Again sun, Wise you know i've.
Got some iris they don't, bloom as well but they
get probably about three hours of direct sun ten eleven
twelve somewhere around that, period of time and then it's
just bright the rest. Of the time they probably flower
the least of all the other iris. In the area
but our neighbors have some that's on the edge of
(28:35):
the woods and she does get color, out of it
not like she does in other parts of the. Of
the landscape so the lack of sunlight the shadier areas
can can be a little bit limiting. On the iris,
other than, That a, planet you're right planet too deep can,
be an issue but if they're not and you know what,
(28:55):
to look for should be good. To go there as,
far as, feeding you know you could give. IT a,
shot i mean it's not going. To hurt anything using
a regular ballfood or general all purpose food, would be
great and now would be a good time. To do that,
OTHER than that i don't know how long has? IT
been planted a, couple, of? Years yes?
Speaker 4 (29:16):
Sir?
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Two years yeah and were these some that you separated
from another bed? Or just yeah sounds like you've. Done
everything right, OTHER than that i don't have another. Answer
for you it could be the sunlight could be a
competition from are there? Trees there too or, just a shade.
Speaker 4 (29:34):
Just a, shade you know there's, no strong no no strong, plant,
Competition there right, SO.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
You know i don't know that that's going to. Be,
the issue boy that's a, THAT'S a yeah, I Don't
know and i'm an. ANSWER FOR you, I i. NO
i don't, I mean again i would have said plant,
It too deep. I'd say crowding i'd say the shading
can be an issue if. It's that much usually get
at least a flower or two out of them if,
(30:03):
they don't, flower you know like. They normally would so,
OTHER than that i really don't have a good answer.
For that, one.
Speaker 4 (30:09):
THANK you. Sir i apologize WHAT plants should i not
plant next?
Speaker 3 (30:14):
To a tomato.
Speaker 1 (30:17):
Anything else that's in the in, the tomato, family egg,
plant egg potatoes. Things like that i'll tell you. What
they do like they love to be. PLANTED with basil
i that's ONE plant that i. Will companion plant i'm
Not a big i'm not a big pusher of, the
COMPANION plantings but i will when it, comes to. TOMATOES
(30:37):
use basil i think they. GROW great together i think they.
Work good together and of course harvesting basil along with
tomatoes is a great thing to, do as, well, egg
plant potatoes anything. IN that family i try to. Keep
those separated and it's, a good, thing excuse me a
good thing. To rotate those and you would never put
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the egg plant or potatoes or tomatoes back in the
same spot where the. Other one was but it is
good if you can rotate to get those. Around like
that but those would be THE only ones i could
Think of. OTHERWISE i've grown i don't know peppers and
anything else, next to it next. To THE tomato but
i love growing basil. Along, with tomatoes, great, thank, you
sir welcome good. Talking with you and. A companion, planning
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you know there's a lot of. Benefits to IT i'm
Not i guess i've not done It enough that i'm really.
Experienced WITH it but i do know the basil. EVEN
in containers i, love doing that and i'll put, You
know me i'm a one tomato plant per twenty, twenty
gallon pot twenty to twenty, five gallon pot unless, it's
(31:43):
a dwarf and then of course you don't need a.
Pot that BIG but then, i will put, like the
bouquet the petit those smaller basils at the base and
let those fill. In around it and, it's a good
good bit, of a, repellent smells good but it goes well.
With the tomatoes that's a. GREAT companion plant i think
they do help. Each other out but that's probably the.
(32:04):
Only companion planting, and you know we talk about marigolds
and other plants that can. Help, Repel insects again i've
not done it on, a REGULAR basis so i don't
have a lot of, experience with that but there are
some folks that truly believe in the companion planting and
claim to. HAVE good success i personally have not been
(32:25):
one to do it enough to have a real good
success other than the basel. At, the bottom now as,
you're planting gardens vegetable, gardens RIGHT now what i do
suggest is planting along with your vegetables a row or
perimeter or within the vegetable garden, other flowering plants perennials
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or annuals that you can, use for cutting flowers to bring,
inside the house possibly edible flowers that you can, use
as well and also pollinator flowers that will bring the pollinators.
To the garden folks are discovering more and more by
planting nice flowering pollinator plants, within the garden whether it's
(33:06):
a straight, row of them a parent or a pot,
in the middle whatever. It may be to do that
extra pollinator attraction to, your vegetable garden you wind up
seeing a better production in your vegetable garden as well
because you've drawn. The pollinators in so keep that in
mind when it. COMES to planning i think that, is
a strong strong thing that you should. Be considering doing
(33:27):
are gonna take. A quick break. We Come back bevin
cohen is going. To join us his book. Which is
outstanding It is Called Herbs, in every season a very interesting.
BOOK to read i guarantee you. You'll enjoy it if you,
don't grow herbs you might after, you read this and
then the benefits that they have and things you can
do with. Them is phenomenal so we'll take. A quick break,
we come Back we'll Have bevan and cohen talk to
(33:48):
us about this book and what you can do with
those Herbs Here on news RADIO SIX' Ten wtvn s
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