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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 W tv and there's a number
jump on board talking about yardening on This memorial. Weekend
and let's kick it off with a very special. Guest
he represents The Ohio State University. Extension they have a wonderful.
Website it's bygl DOT osu dot. Eedu ladies and, Gentlemen
(00:25):
our special guest this morning is Mister Joe. Bobbs good, Morning, Joe.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well good, Morning i'm, Glad i'm. Spacial it's time for.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
About Your joe boxer Boy. Joe But i'm, sorry there.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
You, go, Man i'll tell you this is the time of.
Year things are really, cranking even though it's been. Cool what's?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Cranking and oh just what?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
ISN'T i, mean that's where that's really Where i'm, heading is?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
It? Okay what's not? Cranking what is?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Not? Well, okay that's a big list right, there you. Know,
seriously it's we've been talking about a slowly progressing. Spring,
yes and it kind of has. BEEN i, mean but looking,
BACK i suppose we're not too far off of of.
Normal Now i'm talking about the, spring not you AND. I,
(01:16):
right normal is the, Dryer that's exactly. Right but you
know we're seeing. Things WHEN i go back and look
at my past big old, reports big old alert, reports
you know we're not too far. Off for, EXAMPLE i
was out looking for periodical cicadas earlier this. Week now
(01:38):
you're not going to likely find them in The Greater columbus, area,
Right you've got to go, South and we do hope
if people do go south to experience, this you, know
this pretty tremendous insect. Event let's face. It you, know
a periodical cicada emergence is something, well some might say
(01:59):
it's not for the faint of, heart, RIGHT i, Mean.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I've seen a lot of people run.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Screaming, yes, yeah if there's any, intomophobia you, know in your,
blood then, yeah you may not want to do. That
but it's such an incredible, thing and it is something
that it only occurs every seventeen or thirteen, years because
we do have a very tiny spot in Southern ohio
(02:27):
where the caada say only thirteen years to. Develop but
the reason that That i'm bringing this up is if
you do, travel if you're thinking. About, Well i'm going
to go down to see what it's all. About do
us all Favor go to where you download, apps and
if you just type in Uh cicada, safari that's just
(02:49):
it's two, words cickeda. Safari that's in the app that
was developed by Doctor Jeane kritsky At Mount Saint Joseph
university here In. Cincinnati he's, retired but not, really, Right,
RON i, mean you, know and them all just don't.
Retire we just pupe can come.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
BACK i think you just said that to cut off
phone calls on a few extra. EMAILS i think you're.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Right, yeah but they've done a wonderful. JOB i tried
using it about oh my, goodness that's been some years,
ago and and really had some. Difficulty it may have
been me and not the. APP i have to ADMIT
i have a smartphone and only one of us, is.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
But that's WHY i didn't get.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
One but it. Is it is working very, easily working very.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Well no.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Comment, YEAH i THINK i Heard ella laugh in the.
Back but you do have to turn you have to
turn your location, on and of course you, know some
folks don't like to do, that AND i understand. It
but you can turn your location on for specific. Apps
(03:54):
it's not on all the. Time and in this, case
all you do is turn your locational for this, app
and when you walk up to the tree to take the,
picture you take the picture and then there's like a
little arrow that you just click and off it. Goes
and what goes with that picture is your exact. Location
(04:15):
and Then gene and others take a look at, it
and then you, know presumably it is a periodical cicada
and not like you, know a giant. Caterpillar then that
goes into a map that helps us to better understand
where these are and where they. Aren't and AS i,
(04:36):
said you probably won't see them In. Columbus But, ron
if you said are you, Sure i'd have to, say,
WELL i don't. KNOW i, mean maybe it wasn't reported
in two thousand and eight when this brood last. Emerged that's,
right that's. True, yeah you're not supposed to.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
According to the current. Maps, no we're not supposed.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
To, No AND i like the way said according to
the current, maps because those, MAPS i mean some of
them are dated way, back and you know horse and
buggy days and so you, know once, again you, know
we're just not. Sure, Now i'm. Sorry you're not going.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
To ask people to take the next step and turn
it over and take a picture of its stomach, too are.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
You, well one can only. HOPE i mean if, if
if you feel okay doing, that and they're very easy
to pick, UP i mean if you just kind of
grab them by their tent like. Wings they kind of
hold their to their wings like a tent over their,
body and so if you just you, know grab, them
(05:44):
you actually won't hurt them if you do hold the
wings that. Way and then if, you you, know then
flip it over like you say to, you look at his,
belly look at the body the. Underside they have. Them
and the reason that's kind of important is because that
will Allow gene and others to know which. Species it's
(06:04):
real easy to. Separate there are three different species of magic,
cicada AND i REALLY i love that name of the
genus because it is spelled just like, magic you, know
because you, know they appear like. Magic so it does
Allow gene to separate the three species that are. Emerging
(06:26):
there's always three species for seventeen year, cicadas and there
are three different species for the thirteen year. CICADAS i,
mean that's icing on the. Cake. Though on it's, like,
okay just take the picture and report it so that you,
know Using Cicada safari and that way gets it gets
(06:47):
on the. Map and that's actually Another REALLY i have to,
Say i've been using. It now you do have to.
REGISTER i should have said. That it's not a big.
Deal just you, know put it just like you'd register
for email or anything like, that, uh with a username and.
Password but what's nice once you get access to, it
then you can look at the map that's continually. Updated
(07:09):
and for me that's been helpful because that allows me
to not just kind of drive, aimlessly WHICH i do
most of the. Time.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Right but you AND i mean just you, know don't
throw me in the, mix.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
But we can we can go to the locations where
you know there are high. POPULATIONS i, mean if you're
planning a cicada, vacation that's very. Helpful Right.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah and you, know as a matter of, fact this,
weekend If i'm not a, mistaken it's the taste Of
cincinnati on the.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
River it.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Is so see we get drive down check out some
some pockets of cicadas on the way down to the
taste Of cincinnati and and enjoy the taste Of, cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
And not to taste of. CICADAS i thought that we're not.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
To Taste, no, no, no, no not the taste of.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Cicades, No i'm Not i'm not a big, No i'm
not insect. Eater you. Know that's that's Where masra coffee came, from,
right you, know exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Exactly you, Know i've always said my theory has always
been and folks have stolen. Us but if you, know
when you get in this, industry the horticulture, industry when
the mud is in the, blood it just ever goes.
Away so what you're saying in your case is when
the bugs in the, blood Yeah i'll go. Away, now
(08:25):
then your love for bugs are always. There when the
bugs in the.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Blood well that's, true that is. True. Yeah, well they're
just fascinating. Creatures and this is a you, know this
is an. Event LIKE i, said it's very. UNUSUAL i,
mean they're one of the oldest Living oh, see they
live about the longest of any. Insect seventeen. Years that's
how long they're alive at.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Just under the, soil, underground in the, darkness sucking on
a tree.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Root that's. It they they might have little. TVs we don't.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
KNOW i don't count THE sap, flow so they know
when it's seventeen years and then they come out and
hopefully sing a little bit and hopefully mate and then they.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Die you know it. Is it is fascinating, though when
you think about that and go going back to how
difficult it is to get data on. Something it takes that.
Long but on the other, hand in, FACT i was
just talking To Gene kritsky this past. Week, NOW i
don't want people to become. CONFUSED i heard this the other.
(09:35):
Day someone said it's the sound of. Summer, well actually that,
no they're not really the sound of. Summer and we'll
leave people hanging during the break on that, one won't we.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Within the sounds of oh that's. Silence, yeah we'll take
a quick break and we'll come back with part two
Of Joe boggs from The Ohio State University extension here
on News radio six to TEN Wtvn top ten of
my all time. FAVORITES i agree you are The sun
(10:12):
UNTIL i start singing it and then everybody backs. Away welcome,
Back Talking yarady here on news radio six' ten wtvn
time for part two Of Our Special, guest Today Mister,
joe boggs Representing The Ohio State universe extension their website
bygl dot O s u. Dot edu are you still,
with Us? Mister boggs you.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Know you sound So Formal. Special guests i'll tell you this,
is yes, you Know and i'll Tell you i'm going
to do a little of TESTS and i do hope
did you write down what we were going to talk
about after, the BREAK because i have.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Something about CICADAS and i don't know summer cicadas and. Spring.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Cicadas, yeah well and that's Fantastic because columbus will have
cicadas later this season and then they're called the. Annual
cicadas that their life cycle is not, well understood and
that's kind of amazing because as, THEY said i was
Sticking With gene kritsky earlier this week and made the
(11:16):
point that if you look at the scientific literature on
periodical cicadas that only emerge every thirteen or, seventeen years
you'd think there wouldn't be that much research that could.
BE done, i mean if you Got your i'm thinking
of a, grad student, for example, you know working on
seventeen year cicada, as well they might get their second
(11:36):
set of data about the time they're going to retire from,
grad school right, really WELL as, i published, you know
in thirty. Four years the point being is that we
do have these cicadas that emerge in, the summer and
we call Them Annual dog, day CICADAS which i actually
(11:58):
refers to a, specific species but that kind of does
capture you know that when, they emerge they Emerge in
July to august and all the way actually all the
way up into, the fall because we have six Species
in ohio and they're the ONES that i actually consider
to be the sounds of summer. Periodical, cicadas yeah they're
(12:19):
they're happening, right now so, you know one can say
the sound. Of spring so that that's kind of an.
Important point BUT what i was getting AT was i
believe or not there's far less research that's been done
on these, annual cicadas even though they're out. Every YEAR
and i said they have a two to three year,
(12:40):
life cycle well they. They overlap the life cycles overlap
so that you get the same species out, every year
though we do see that some years a particular species
of more of them. Than others and, once again don't
really understand why, that happens but that's that is the sound. Of,
(13:00):
summer yeah you're.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Exactly right. You know THE question i, always get, not
always but a lot of times IS so i hate?
These things what are they even? Good for AND so i,
just say, you Know call joe at home.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
His, numbers yeah after, eleven am after. Eleven pm is
that what, you're saying.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
After, eleven am so. He's, up.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Well that's a. Good question and actually it's part of
the reason that they come out in such. Large numbers,
you know when we have a lot of insects out all,
at once you kind of have to look at it
as a twofold event for. The species one is that
large numbers coming out at once means that the males
(13:46):
and females are more likely to find. EACH other i
mean the classic case would, be mayflies which only, last about,
you know twenty, four hours so they really have to
find each. Other quick with, periodical cicadas, you have, you
know a greater ability for these males to pull in
the females so that they can mate and continue doing
what's needed for. The species but the other reason that
(14:09):
we look at them, and, say well here's. The good
it's something called. Predator satiation the large numbers for this
and many and a few other insects that emerge in
large numbers is so that they just overwhelm. The predators
but then if we take a look at what that,
actually means, you say what good? Are, they well they're
(14:30):
a meat item for a large number of other of,
other animals Including talk but then here's another interesting. Thing
too all those bodies when they fall to the ground and,
start decaying they release nutrients to. The soil it's almost like.
(14:50):
A recycling they drew the nutrients from the tree, you know,
as nymphs, as immatures and now they're adults and they
die and they fall to. The ground they're returning those
nutrients to. The soil and scientific studies have shown this
nutrient influx resulting in greater growth, of trees, you know
(15:12):
after a. Cicada emergence so so that, you know, you,
say well you know, WHAT there i guess the bottom
line is they are considered to be an important part of.
Forest ecology and when we remove something from, you, know
uh the forest, ecology puzzle if, You, will uh there's
(15:35):
always a risk that something really bad. Will happen but,
with cicadas they are considered to be, very beneficial, you
know in a forest. Ecological system and that brings kind
of to the other point, later on if people travel
into this part of, the country they will see tips.
Of trees, you know, they're brown and it can look,
(15:56):
pretty dramatic. CAN'T it i, mean yeah but you kind
of if you turned it just a little bit and
looked at, and, say, well all wait, a second. They're
not they don't lay eggs in. Thick stems they lay
eggs in relatively. Small stems mostly it's the new growth
and once, that dies it's a little bit like if
(16:17):
you went up in a bucket truck and proved off.
The tips what, Happens, there well you'll, start getting, you
know a little branching of those buds. Beneath break you'll
get instead, of one, you, know stem you'll get two.
Or three so we also see that that nutrient influx
supports greater canopy development that's stimulated by the loss of. The,
(16:41):
tips yep, AND no i agree with you.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
On it it's a natural way of pruning. THE trees,
i mean that's.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
What you look. At it it really is and it
looks for.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
A, little while but then it all, those breakout they,
fall out and. It's done and next year the tree
looks twice.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
As good, YOU know I got I'm gonna i'm looking at.
The clock, i'm thinking we're just about. Done here just,
very couple very. Quick things we Have An Ohio state
university has a fantastic, turf team, you know, multi departmental
and they have a periodical posting Called Turf, grass TIMES
(17:18):
and i was just listening to it. This morning if
you go to The Big old buckheye yard and, garden
line you'll see a hot link to the Latest Turf.
Grass times and one thing that was being pointed out
is a little bit of development of. Red Thread and
i'm seeing it in my neighborhood just. DRIVING around, i
mean we've had a wonderful year for, turf grass, haven't we, you,
Know green but then you might see these little spots
(17:42):
in one of my. NEIGHBORS lawns i, actually, thought wow
do they have? A dog and. They don't what they're
seeing is and what we can be Seeing in Columbus
and cincinnati and elsewhere is because of the heavy rains,
we've had which has been beneficial for keeping the. Turf
growing we've also perhaps lost, some nitrogen and as we
(18:05):
start seeing the nitrogen, drop down we can start having
some of these turf. Grass pathogens the one that's behind,
the disease, for example called. Red thread it creates the.
Little patches if you look closely at, certain times you
might see these little. Reddish threads that's where the name
red thread, comes from and that's actually the spore. Producing
(18:27):
structures but that disease is very closely related to, lower
Nitrogen and i'm not suggesting it's a little dangerous if we.
Apply nitrogen it's late because you can stimulate other diseases
like brown patch with too. Much nitrogen but if red
thread is really becoming, an issue if fungicize won't do
(18:51):
much once the disease symptoms, Are expressed but maybe a
light fertilizer application of a somewhat quick rely product will
help to mask that.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Disease development you know what's FUNNY is I think todd
last week said something about her two, weeks ago you
haven't seen much, of it but watch over the next couple.
Of weeks you're going to see that start to. Show,
Up Yeah tod hicks and sure enough there, it is.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Yep, for listeners a great turf grass. Plant pathologist And
and i'm just echoing what. HE said i mean in
that in that zoom that they that. They recorded so
just something to keep an. Eye on it really. Surprised
me even my wife saw it and wondered the. Same
thing do they have? A dog because it looks like
(19:38):
the so called dog. PATCH disease i CAN'T believe i
ended dog.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Patch, disease yeah really that is kind. Of Unusual joe
bogs always a pleasure of. Great information again their website
b Y g L dot lsu. Dot edu we will
talk with You. Next saturday have a.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Great weekend you have a great, Weekend, too ron take care, all.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Right, quick break we, Come, Back nancy you're coming. Up
next phone lines are open for you at eight two
TO one wtvn here on news radio six Y ten
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ten wtvn eight TWO to one wtvn eight hundred AND,
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(20:19):
Of the Hour We got barbie bletcher will be joining,
us as, well so uh stay. Tuned for that got
an update, on those bees and we're going to talk.
About swarms today and of course if you might chance
ce bees coming in and out, of your walls what
do you? Do, About that well barbie's gonna have the
answers for us at the top, of the hour but,
in the meantime you and me talking your yarding at
eight TWO. To, One wtvn, nancy good.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
Morning good Morning good morning ron on this. Absolutely, gorgeous,
morning yes ma'am.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
How are you.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
I'm wonderful that we have. Waited for this this Is
What the parker roses people work. For all year we
are heading. Into. Full Bloom Uh the heritage garden is.
In full, bloom in fact those are the old garden
roses are, the most fragrant and the, formal rose garden
which is the largest in the center. Of the garden
(21:12):
they are now, starting into bloom will continue through probably
the next. Couple of weeks and we no longer call.
It peak bloom we call it gliding into bloom because
there's so many different kinds of roses that they don't
all bloom at. The same time so we're in the.
Glide right now so we're, in the.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
Glide and if you would like to be, in the
glide you need to Be at The. Park of roses
and if you aren't haven't been there you need to.
Check it out and of course you can learn more
about it, At their website. Parkrooses dot org how is
the What is it Hardy Party?
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Or party HARDY that is i haven't written. On My
notes party hardy is having a wonderful time. In the
garden that is. Always the largest and if anybody wants
to SAY where should i meet you, in the garden
say meet me by that giant Pink bouquet of this
thing has got to be eight nine feet tall. And
(22:06):
it's massive everybody comes with their cameras and we have
people sitting around, with painting easels painting. This Particular Rosebush
so party hardy always enjoys itself.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
In THE garden do i understand reading the story about
that you're the one that? Actually? NAMED that no. I
did not it was an old. SIGN of yours i
used to just yell, all, The.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
TIME no but i will Tell you pink martini is right.
NEXT to IT i wish i would have had to do.
WITH naming those i would.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Love you know I'VE always said i would love to
be in a group when they sit, down, and say
okay let's pick some names for these new plants that
we're going to develop and put out. Onto the market,
so you know do they set around, with you know,
bottles of wine a little, bit, of alcohol whatever and
go around the table trying to pick all these names.
FOR these plants i would love to be a.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Part of that wouldn't? THAT be fun i think favorite
the absolute my. Most favorite rose and you shouldn't pick
favorite rose like picking. A favorite child but? Is purple
rain and we. Have purple rain it's all around, the
observation tower so it. Just it glows it, is a
(23:18):
gorgeous gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Rose as well Were you?
Speaker 1 (23:20):
A prince, fan.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Oh YES that's why i. Like purple, rain.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Oh yeah absolutely and you know they have they have
a Wine made in Ohio. Called, PURPLE rain.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Wow i did.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Not know that you should try. It out sometime it's.
Not too bad and listen a little prince in the
background standing next to your. Purple rain rose you can't
get much. Better than that and party hardy With a pink.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
Martin when you Have A wonderful. MEMORIAL day weekend i
hope everyone out there. Does enjoy, Gardening.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Thank, you nancy walts always. A pleasure again The website is.
Parkoroses Dot org quick break. WE come back i got
lost tips to share with you Today on, this memorial
weekend and of course we're taking your calls at eight
TWO to one wtvn eight eight hundred AND. Sixty ten
wtvn here on news radio SIX. To ten wtvn we're
talking yarding here on news radio six TO ten wtv
(24:14):
in and enjoying great bumper music at. The same Time
thank you ella for. FOR doing those i always love.
THE bumper music a two TO one wtv in is
our number. Talking ABOUT yarding, as i Said on, this
memorial weekend and if you didn't get out last week
or the last, weekend to plant you've still got. Plenty
of time selections are going to start. To run down
(24:35):
you're going to, be, more limited obviously but looking around
to the local independent garden center is still looking pretty
pretty good as far, as being stocked especially with if you're, looking, at,
vegetables tomatoes peppers. All the vegetables don't forget there's so
many of, those out there and. Folks buy these i'm,
not sure why but there's individual cucumber, plants OR whatever
and i maybe you only need one, or two plants
(24:57):
but you. Know you can you can also grow, there
some seeds sof they're out, of those plants don't forget
this still not too late to plant most of the
melons and the kukes and all of those. Pumpkins as
well gords from seed direct seed right into the garden
and they come up in just a few days and
ready to. Go for you so those are still. AVAILABLE
(25:20):
out there i had a couple of people asking, this,
week saying, hey you know we would like to get
started growing some vegetables here you're talking. About container gardening
like to try some tomatoes first and to see what
we do because we. Love eating tomatoes can you got
to kind of give us a brief rundown on what
you do growing. Tomatoes AND containers and i think it's.
(25:42):
Really PRETTY simple and i think when, you're, container gardening
obviously one of the key factors here obviously is the
container and having the right size pot for what you're.
Trying to grow there are some plants like herbs that
don't have a, very deep rusystem don't take up a,
lot of space and you don't need something that's very
deep for growing herbs. Small root system as a, matter
(26:04):
of fact if you had a container that was eighteen
twenty four inches in diameter and only about, eight inches
deep it's a great squat pot for growing a collection
of herbs and a. Planter like that on, the other
hand that would not be a good planter for tomatoes
because they have a much more. Extensive root system some
of the dwarf peppers you might be able to pull
off in, That smaller pot but, for Me personally and
(26:28):
i'll see a lot of folks using the, five gallon,
buckets you know the buckets you get from the pickle
buckets are from one of the. Home improvement stores you.
Can use those make sure you drill, plenty of holes
not just in the bottom, of the pot but. On
the side as a, matter of fact if you have
buckets like that that, YOU grow in i would much
rather drill the holes at the very bottom on the side.
(26:50):
Of the pot put three or four or five holes
around the side rather than, on the bottom because when
you set it down on wherever you're going to, sit
it down sometimes that can block off off, those drain
holes so drill them. On a size a, matter of
fact you look at any of those nursery pots that
are where plants are grown in, from the nursery, those
black pots and you'll see that most of those have
(27:10):
drain holes both in the bottom and on the bottom
of the side. Of the pot so the size of
the pot, obviously very important and drainage extremely important to
make sure that the. Water flows through we don't want water.
Staying in there and as you're obviously filling, up that
container use a top. Grade potting mix it's going to
(27:31):
cost you a little bit more, in the, Beginning all
right and go to your local independent garden center and
see which ones they have and which, ones they suggest
and you can. Find them organic you, can find, them
you know really top grade but not organic uh mixes
in those composts and pete and corenet typically, about the
same the paralite And vermiculating all some come preset with some.
(27:55):
Slow release fertilizer some come preset with a with a
moisture the polymers to. Help absorb moisture to cut down,
ON your watering i personally like to, buy potting soil
just the potting soil itself top grade and add to
it Depending on, what I'M growing because i don't use
those THE soil moist i don't use. THAT on everything
(28:19):
i don't use it on Root crops, if I'M growing
but i do use it, on OTHER plants so i
would not use. It IN there and i want to
put my own fertilizer in the container as, we GO
along so. I use it buy just the, regular potting
soil and again you can get, it all, natural all
organic or, regular potting soil but spend a little extra
money and you know you don't throw. It out away
you keep that and you use it year after. Year
(28:40):
after year you freshen them, up every year but you
keep her using the same potting soil. All the time
as a, MATTER of fact i was looking getting my
mom's tomatoes planting for her. AND her containers i do
cherry tomatoes. For every year it's one of her favorites up,
on the patio so it's easy for it to. Water
AND harvest and i think That potting soil i've had,
(29:00):
in those containers besides freshening up a little, bit every
year is probably the same for twenty or. Twenty five
years but. AGAIN every spring i, GO in there i.
CHOP it up i add a. Little Bit more if
i've lost, a little bit that's, SETTLED a bit i
Add my and i'll talk about this soy, moist if needed.
And SOME fertilizer but i chop it All up and
i'm ready. To go again and that stuff's stuffs. Still
(29:22):
very good. But it was it's been a top grade
POTTING mix. That i buy, and you know it's not
a fifty pound bag for. Two ninety nine it's not what,
you're looking, for all right and continue. To use it
and it's very important to use a top. Grade potting
mix so, right size, pot good drainage. Excellent potting soil
if by chance the pot is too big for what
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you're going to, grow in there and you already have,
it on hand don't use gravel or clay chips or
something in the bottom to help the drainage or to.
Fill it up. It Doesn't Work The ohio state university
has done research on using gravel or clay chap or
whatever the bottom of a container, to improve drainings and it.
(30:03):
Does not, work if anything it slows it down and
or it. Makes it heavier that's. The bottom line it
makes it heavier and it slows, Down to draining so.
Don't do that and if you're worried about the potting
soil coming, out the holes which it may a little,
bit at first but then it, stops doing that take
a coffee filter and put over top of the holes
and then put your potting. Soil in there that'll work
(30:24):
just fine for you still allow the water to drain
out if you do need to, fill it up because
you don't need the pot all that depth and you,
already have it YOU know there i use a coarse
pine bark it so you buy a bag of coarse
pine bark and fill up the bottom and then the
potting soil. On the, top you know you can use,
crush illuminum cans, crushed plastic, cans you bottles. Things like
(30:46):
that that. All works too i'd like to just keep
it natural because somewhere, Down the road i'm gonna dump
that out and all that other junk that's going to
be in the bottom is going to come, out as, well,
like styrofoam peanuts that's going to come. Out as, well
but anyway good. Draining potting soil remember. Those potting mixes
if you buy it, without any nutrients have no, nutrients
in there there's, nothing in there so you have. TO
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add it I like, adding ozma coat slow release fertilizer
that will last pretty, much all season, very slow release
so just every, time you water a little bits. Released
out there, no big deal but a little release on
a steady basis. Through the SEASON and then i. Go
from there and for most of the tomatoes and peppers and,
(31:30):
THINGS like That I Use. Espoma's tomato tone espoma is,
an all natural. All organic fertilizer whether it's, ORGANIC or
natural i like the, way IT works and. I use
that i mix it in. With the soil if you're doing,
tomatoes and peppers that has. Calcium in it and if
you do container grown tomatoes and peppers and you don't
(31:52):
put the, calcium in there you'll wipe up with blossom
in rod on the bottom. Of your tomatoes it, Happens
every year so make sure you add. That to us
so now you've got the calcium the natural fertilizers and
those breakdowns. Slower as WELL in. The OspA coat and
i always keep a water soluble, fertilizer on hand whether
it be miracle, grow fish, emulsion you know, any peters jacks,
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any of those to supplement toward the end of the,
season if necessary and sometimes. It is necessary and soil
moist depending or core depending on what you're growing in
there to help cut down. On your watering, definitely for
tomatoes absolutely it. Really does, Help all right so now we've.
Got to mix it's all, ready to GO and then i.
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Plant from there and never put a. Saucer underneath these
if you want to put feet on them and get
them up off the, patty or. Deck that's great never use.
A saucer underneath, don't collect water let it drain out.
Out the bottom but for, the most part that puts
you together, for your container and then. Go from there if,
you're growing tomatoes indeterminate tomatoes which continue to grow all
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season long and it's, a long vine remember that you're
going to need a tall tomato cage and use you
those foldable square or round tomato cages are your best
that you can stack up. Six FEET high but i
don't use anything less than a twenty or twenty. Five
gallon container now you can. Use the buckets you're gonna
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be watering a little. Bit more often they DO work
but i like them even. Bigger than that per one determinate.
Or intermined tomato i'll put basil around the, base of,
it all right. But that's it AND that's what i
do in one plant, at a time at a pot so.
There's no COMPETITION and then i stake. IT right away
i bury, that TOMATO deep and, i stand back get
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it in at least six to eight, hours of sunlight
stand back and, let it go, water as needed and take.
It from there. Very very, important but again use a top.
Grade potting mix you'll be. Using it forever you're not gonna.
Throw it away so it may be expensive, at the
beginning but it'll work out better for you in the
immediate and in the long. Term As, well all right
(34:04):
we're gonna. Take a break. We Come back barbie bletcher is.
Gonna Join Us. The queen bee we're gonna talk about,
swarms of bees, what to do what to do if
you see bees going in and out of your side
of your house. Or the foundation, we'll talk also have
they found out what happened to those millions of bees
that we lost out of the winter coming. Into the
springtime she's got the answers here on news RADIO six'
ten wtvn
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 W tv and there's a number
jump on board talking about yardening on This memorial. Weekend
and let's kick it off with a very special. Guest
he represents The Ohio State University. Extension they have a wonderful.
Website it's bygl DOT osu dot. Eedu ladies and, Gentlemen
(00:25):
our special guest this morning is Mister Joe. Bobbs good, Morning, Joe.
Speaker 2 (00:29):
Well good, Morning i'm, Glad i'm. Spacial it's time for.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
About Your joe boxer Boy. Joe But i'm, sorry there.
Speaker 2 (00:37):
You, go, Man i'll tell you this is the time of.
Year things are really, cranking even though it's been. Cool what's?
Speaker 1 (00:45):
Cranking and oh just what?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
ISN'T i, mean that's where that's really Where i'm, heading is?
Speaker 1 (00:52):
It? Okay what's not? Cranking what is?
Speaker 2 (00:55):
Not? Well, okay that's a big list right, there you. Know,
seriously it's we've been talking about a slowly progressing. Spring,
yes and it kind of has. BEEN i, mean but looking,
BACK i suppose we're not too far off of of.
Normal Now i'm talking about the, spring not you AND. I,
(01:16):
right normal is the, Dryer that's exactly. Right but you
know we're seeing. Things WHEN i go back and look
at my past big old, reports big old alert, reports
you know we're not too far. Off for, EXAMPLE i
was out looking for periodical cicadas earlier this. Week now
(01:38):
you're not going to likely find them in The Greater columbus, area,
Right you've got to go, South and we do hope
if people do go south to experience, this you, know
this pretty tremendous insect. Event let's face. It you, know
a periodical cicada emergence is something, well some might say
(01:59):
it's not for the faint of, heart, RIGHT i, Mean.
Speaker 1 (02:03):
I've seen a lot of people run.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Screaming, yes, yeah if there's any, intomophobia you, know in your,
blood then, yeah you may not want to do. That
but it's such an incredible, thing and it is something
that it only occurs every seventeen or thirteen, years because
we do have a very tiny spot in Southern ohio
(02:27):
where the caada say only thirteen years to. Develop but
the reason that That i'm bringing this up is if
you do, travel if you're thinking. About, Well i'm going
to go down to see what it's all. About do
us all Favor go to where you download, apps and
if you just type in Uh cicada, safari that's just
(02:49):
it's two, words cickeda. Safari that's in the app that
was developed by Doctor Jeane kritsky At Mount Saint Joseph
university here In. Cincinnati he's, retired but not, really, Right,
RON i, mean you, know and them all just don't.
Retire we just pupe can come.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
BACK i think you just said that to cut off
phone calls on a few extra. EMAILS i think you're.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
Right, yeah but they've done a wonderful. JOB i tried
using it about oh my, goodness that's been some years,
ago and and really had some. Difficulty it may have
been me and not the. APP i have to ADMIT
i have a smartphone and only one of us, is.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
But that's WHY i didn't get.
Speaker 2 (03:27):
One but it. Is it is working very, easily working very.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Well no.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Comment, YEAH i THINK i Heard ella laugh in the.
Back but you do have to turn you have to
turn your location, on and of course you, know some
folks don't like to do, that AND i understand. It
but you can turn your location on for specific. Apps
(03:54):
it's not on all the. Time and in this, case
all you do is turn your locational for this, app
and when you walk up to the tree to take the,
picture you take the picture and then there's like a
little arrow that you just click and off it. Goes
and what goes with that picture is your exact. Location
(04:15):
and Then gene and others take a look at, it
and then you, know presumably it is a periodical cicada
and not like you, know a giant. Caterpillar then that
goes into a map that helps us to better understand
where these are and where they. Aren't and AS i,
(04:36):
said you probably won't see them In. Columbus But, ron
if you said are you, Sure i'd have to, say,
WELL i don't. KNOW i, mean maybe it wasn't reported
in two thousand and eight when this brood last. Emerged that's,
right that's. True, yeah you're not supposed to.
Speaker 1 (04:53):
According to the current. Maps, no we're not supposed.
Speaker 2 (04:57):
To, No AND i like the way said according to
the current, maps because those, MAPS i mean some of
them are dated way, back and you know horse and
buggy days and so you, know once, again you, know
we're just not. Sure, Now i'm. Sorry you're not going.
Speaker 1 (05:18):
To ask people to take the next step and turn
it over and take a picture of its stomach, too are.
Speaker 2 (05:23):
You, well one can only. HOPE i mean if, if
if you feel okay doing, that and they're very easy
to pick, UP i mean if you just kind of
grab them by their tent like. Wings they kind of
hold their to their wings like a tent over their,
body and so if you just you, know grab, them
(05:44):
you actually won't hurt them if you do hold the
wings that. Way and then if, you you, know then
flip it over like you say to, you look at his,
belly look at the body the. Underside they have. Them
and the reason that's kind of important is because that
will Allow gene and others to know which. Species it's
(06:04):
real easy to. Separate there are three different species of magic,
cicada AND i REALLY i love that name of the
genus because it is spelled just like, magic you, know
because you, know they appear like. Magic so it does
Allow gene to separate the three species that are. Emerging
(06:26):
there's always three species for seventeen year, cicadas and there
are three different species for the thirteen year. CICADAS i,
mean that's icing on the. Cake. Though on it's, like,
okay just take the picture and report it so that you,
know Using Cicada safari and that way gets it gets
(06:47):
on the. Map and that's actually Another REALLY i have to,
Say i've been using. It now you do have to.
REGISTER i should have said. That it's not a big.
Deal just you, know put it just like you'd register
for email or anything like, that, uh with a username and.
Password but what's nice once you get access to, it
then you can look at the map that's continually. Updated
(07:09):
and for me that's been helpful because that allows me
to not just kind of drive, aimlessly WHICH i do
most of the. Time.
Speaker 1 (07:17):
Right but you AND i mean just you, know don't
throw me in the, mix.
Speaker 2 (07:22):
But we can we can go to the locations where
you know there are high. POPULATIONS i, mean if you're
planning a cicada, vacation that's very. Helpful Right.
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah and you, know as a matter of, fact this,
weekend If i'm not a, mistaken it's the taste Of
cincinnati on the.
Speaker 2 (07:38):
River it.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Is so see we get drive down check out some
some pockets of cicadas on the way down to the
taste Of cincinnati and and enjoy the taste Of, cincinnati.
Speaker 2 (07:51):
And not to taste of. CICADAS i thought that we're not.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
To Taste, no, no, no, no not the taste of.
Speaker 2 (07:56):
Cicades, No i'm Not i'm not a big, No i'm
not insect. Eater you. Know that's that's Where masra coffee came, from,
right you, know exactly.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
Exactly you, Know i've always said my theory has always
been and folks have stolen. Us but if you, know
when you get in this, industry the horticulture, industry when
the mud is in the, blood it just ever goes.
Away so what you're saying in your case is when
the bugs in the, blood Yeah i'll go. Away, now
(08:25):
then your love for bugs are always. There when the
bugs in the.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
Blood well that's, true that is. True. Yeah, well they're
just fascinating. Creatures and this is a you, know this
is an. Event LIKE i, said it's very. UNUSUAL i,
mean they're one of the oldest Living oh, see they
live about the longest of any. Insect seventeen. Years that's
how long they're alive at.
Speaker 1 (08:52):
Just under the, soil, underground in the, darkness sucking on
a tree.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Root that's. It they they might have little. TVs we don't.
Speaker 1 (09:03):
KNOW i don't count THE sap, flow so they know
when it's seventeen years and then they come out and
hopefully sing a little bit and hopefully mate and then they.
Speaker 2 (09:13):
Die you know it. Is it is fascinating, though when
you think about that and go going back to how
difficult it is to get data on. Something it takes that.
Long but on the other, hand in, FACT i was
just talking To Gene kritsky this past. Week, NOW i
don't want people to become. CONFUSED i heard this the other.
(09:35):
Day someone said it's the sound of. Summer, well actually that,
no they're not really the sound of. Summer and we'll
leave people hanging during the break on that, one won't we.
Speaker 1 (09:47):
Within the sounds of oh that's. Silence, yeah we'll take
a quick break and we'll come back with part two
Of Joe boggs from The Ohio State University extension here
on News radio six to TEN Wtvn top ten of
my all time. FAVORITES i agree you are The sun
(10:12):
UNTIL i start singing it and then everybody backs. Away welcome,
Back Talking yarady here on news radio six' ten wtvn
time for part two Of Our Special, guest Today Mister,
joe boggs Representing The Ohio State universe extension their website
bygl dot O s u. Dot edu are you still,
with Us? Mister boggs you.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Know you sound So Formal. Special guests i'll tell you this,
is yes, you Know and i'll Tell you i'm going
to do a little of TESTS and i do hope
did you write down what we were going to talk
about after, the BREAK because i have.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
Something about CICADAS and i don't know summer cicadas and. Spring.
Speaker 2 (10:53):
Cicadas, yeah well and that's Fantastic because columbus will have
cicadas later this season and then they're called the. Annual
cicadas that their life cycle is not, well understood and
that's kind of amazing because as, THEY said i was
Sticking With gene kritsky earlier this week and made the
(11:16):
point that if you look at the scientific literature on
periodical cicadas that only emerge every thirteen or, seventeen years
you'd think there wouldn't be that much research that could.
BE done, i mean if you Got your i'm thinking
of a, grad student, for example, you know working on
seventeen year cicada, as well they might get their second
(11:36):
set of data about the time they're going to retire from,
grad school right, really WELL as, i published, you know
in thirty. Four years the point being is that we
do have these cicadas that emerge in, the summer and
we call Them Annual dog, day CICADAS which i actually
(11:58):
refers to a, specific species but that kind of does
capture you know that when, they emerge they Emerge in
July to august and all the way actually all the
way up into, the fall because we have six Species
in ohio and they're the ONES that i actually consider
to be the sounds of summer. Periodical, cicadas yeah they're
(12:19):
they're happening, right now so, you know one can say
the sound. Of spring so that that's kind of an.
Important point BUT what i was getting AT was i
believe or not there's far less research that's been done
on these, annual cicadas even though they're out. Every YEAR
and i said they have a two to three year,
(12:40):
life cycle well they. They overlap the life cycles overlap
so that you get the same species out, every year
though we do see that some years a particular species
of more of them. Than others and, once again don't
really understand why, that happens but that's that is the sound. Of,
(13:00):
summer yeah you're.
Speaker 1 (13:02):
Exactly right. You know THE question i, always get, not
always but a lot of times IS so i hate?
These things what are they even? Good for AND so i,
just say, you Know call joe at home.
Speaker 2 (13:13):
His, numbers yeah after, eleven am after. Eleven pm is
that what, you're saying.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
After, eleven am so. He's, up.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Well that's a. Good question and actually it's part of
the reason that they come out in such. Large numbers,
you know when we have a lot of insects out all,
at once you kind of have to look at it
as a twofold event for. The species one is that
large numbers coming out at once means that the males
(13:46):
and females are more likely to find. EACH other i
mean the classic case would, be mayflies which only, last about,
you know twenty, four hours so they really have to
find each. Other quick with, periodical cicadas, you have, you
know a greater ability for these males to pull in
the females so that they can mate and continue doing
what's needed for. The species but the other reason that
(14:09):
we look at them, and, say well here's. The good
it's something called. Predator satiation the large numbers for this
and many and a few other insects that emerge in
large numbers is so that they just overwhelm. The predators
but then if we take a look at what that,
actually means, you say what good? Are, they well they're
(14:30):
a meat item for a large number of other of,
other animals Including talk but then here's another interesting. Thing
too all those bodies when they fall to the ground and,
start decaying they release nutrients to. The soil it's almost like.
(14:50):
A recycling they drew the nutrients from the tree, you know,
as nymphs, as immatures and now they're adults and they
die and they fall to. The ground they're returning those
nutrients to. The soil and scientific studies have shown this
nutrient influx resulting in greater growth, of trees, you know
(15:12):
after a. Cicada emergence so so that, you know, you,
say well you know, WHAT there i guess the bottom
line is they are considered to be an important part of.
Forest ecology and when we remove something from, you, know
uh the forest, ecology puzzle if, You, will uh there's
(15:35):
always a risk that something really bad. Will happen but,
with cicadas they are considered to be, very beneficial, you
know in a forest. Ecological system and that brings kind
of to the other point, later on if people travel
into this part of, the country they will see tips.
Of trees, you know, they're brown and it can look,
(15:56):
pretty dramatic. CAN'T it i, mean yeah but you kind
of if you turned it just a little bit and
looked at, and, say, well all wait, a second. They're
not they don't lay eggs in. Thick stems they lay
eggs in relatively. Small stems mostly it's the new growth
and once, that dies it's a little bit like if
(16:17):
you went up in a bucket truck and proved off.
The tips what, Happens, there well you'll, start getting, you
know a little branching of those buds. Beneath break you'll
get instead, of one, you, know stem you'll get two.
Or three so we also see that that nutrient influx
supports greater canopy development that's stimulated by the loss of. The,
(16:41):
tips yep, AND no i agree with you.
Speaker 1 (16:45):
On it it's a natural way of pruning. THE trees,
i mean that's.
Speaker 2 (16:48):
What you look. At it it really is and it
looks for.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
A, little while but then it all, those breakout they,
fall out and. It's done and next year the tree
looks twice.
Speaker 2 (16:56):
As good, YOU know I got I'm gonna i'm looking at.
The clock, i'm thinking we're just about. Done here just,
very couple very. Quick things we Have An Ohio state
university has a fantastic, turf team, you know, multi departmental
and they have a periodical posting Called Turf, grass TIMES
(17:18):
and i was just listening to it. This morning if
you go to The Big old buckheye yard and, garden
line you'll see a hot link to the Latest Turf.
Grass times and one thing that was being pointed out
is a little bit of development of. Red Thread and
i'm seeing it in my neighborhood just. DRIVING around, i
mean we've had a wonderful year for, turf grass, haven't we, you,
Know green but then you might see these little spots
(17:42):
in one of my. NEIGHBORS lawns i, actually, thought wow
do they have? A dog and. They don't what they're
seeing is and what we can be Seeing in Columbus
and cincinnati and elsewhere is because of the heavy rains,
we've had which has been beneficial for keeping the. Turf
growing we've also perhaps lost, some nitrogen and as we
(18:05):
start seeing the nitrogen, drop down we can start having
some of these turf. Grass pathogens the one that's behind,
the disease, for example called. Red thread it creates the.
Little patches if you look closely at, certain times you
might see these little. Reddish threads that's where the name
red thread, comes from and that's actually the spore. Producing
(18:27):
structures but that disease is very closely related to, lower
Nitrogen and i'm not suggesting it's a little dangerous if we.
Apply nitrogen it's late because you can stimulate other diseases
like brown patch with too. Much nitrogen but if red
thread is really becoming, an issue if fungicize won't do
(18:51):
much once the disease symptoms, Are expressed but maybe a
light fertilizer application of a somewhat quick rely product will
help to mask that.
Speaker 1 (19:02):
Disease development you know what's FUNNY is I think todd
last week said something about her two, weeks ago you
haven't seen much, of it but watch over the next couple.
Of weeks you're going to see that start to. Show,
Up Yeah tod hicks and sure enough there, it is.
Speaker 2 (19:18):
Yep, for listeners a great turf grass. Plant pathologist And
and i'm just echoing what. HE said i mean in
that in that zoom that they that. They recorded so
just something to keep an. Eye on it really. Surprised
me even my wife saw it and wondered the. Same
thing do they have? A dog because it looks like
(19:38):
the so called dog. PATCH disease i CAN'T believe i
ended dog.
Speaker 1 (19:42):
Patch, disease yeah really that is kind. Of Unusual joe
bogs always a pleasure of. Great information again their website
b Y g L dot lsu. Dot edu we will
talk with You. Next saturday have a.
Speaker 2 (19:55):
Great weekend you have a great, Weekend, too ron take care, all.
Speaker 1 (19:58):
Right, quick break we, Come, Back nancy you're coming. Up
next phone lines are open for you at eight two
TO one wtvn here on news radio six Y ten
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(20:19):
Of the Hour We got barbie bletcher will be joining,
us as, well so uh stay. Tuned for that got
an update, on those bees and we're going to talk.
About swarms today and of course if you might chance
ce bees coming in and out, of your walls what
do you? Do, About that well barbie's gonna have the
answers for us at the top, of the hour but,
in the meantime you and me talking your yarding at
eight TWO. To, One wtvn, nancy good.
Speaker 3 (20:41):
Morning good Morning good morning ron on this. Absolutely, gorgeous,
morning yes ma'am.
Speaker 1 (20:47):
How are you.
Speaker 3 (20:49):
I'm wonderful that we have. Waited for this this Is
What the parker roses people work. For all year we
are heading. Into. Full Bloom Uh the heritage garden is.
In full, bloom in fact those are the old garden
roses are, the most fragrant and the, formal rose garden
which is the largest in the center. Of the garden
(21:12):
they are now, starting into bloom will continue through probably
the next. Couple of weeks and we no longer call.
It peak bloom we call it gliding into bloom because
there's so many different kinds of roses that they don't
all bloom at. The same time so we're in the.
Glide right now so we're, in the.
Speaker 1 (21:32):
Glide and if you would like to be, in the
glide you need to Be at The. Park of roses
and if you aren't haven't been there you need to.
Check it out and of course you can learn more
about it, At their website. Parkrooses dot org how is
the What is it Hardy Party?
Speaker 3 (21:45):
Or party HARDY that is i haven't written. On My
notes party hardy is having a wonderful time. In the
garden that is. Always the largest and if anybody wants
to SAY where should i meet you, in the garden
say meet me by that giant Pink bouquet of this
thing has got to be eight nine feet tall. And
(22:06):
it's massive everybody comes with their cameras and we have
people sitting around, with painting easels painting. This Particular Rosebush
so party hardy always enjoys itself.
Speaker 1 (22:20):
In THE garden do i understand reading the story about
that you're the one that? Actually? NAMED that no. I
did not it was an old. SIGN of yours i
used to just yell, all, The.
Speaker 3 (22:31):
TIME no but i will Tell you pink martini is right.
NEXT to IT i wish i would have had to do.
WITH naming those i would.
Speaker 1 (22:41):
Love you know I'VE always said i would love to
be in a group when they sit, down, and say
okay let's pick some names for these new plants that
we're going to develop and put out. Onto the market,
so you know do they set around, with you know,
bottles of wine a little, bit, of alcohol whatever and
go around the table trying to pick all these names.
FOR these plants i would love to be a.
Speaker 3 (22:57):
Part of that wouldn't? THAT be fun i think favorite
the absolute my. Most favorite rose and you shouldn't pick
favorite rose like picking. A favorite child but? Is purple
rain and we. Have purple rain it's all around, the
observation tower so it. Just it glows it, is a
(23:18):
gorgeous gorgeous.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
Rose as well Were you?
Speaker 1 (23:20):
A prince, fan.
Speaker 3 (23:22):
Oh YES that's why i. Like purple, rain.
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Oh yeah absolutely and you know they have they have
a Wine made in Ohio. Called, PURPLE rain.
Speaker 3 (23:33):
Wow i did.
Speaker 1 (23:34):
Not know that you should try. It out sometime it's.
Not too bad and listen a little prince in the
background standing next to your. Purple rain rose you can't
get much. Better than that and party hardy With a pink.
Speaker 3 (23:45):
Martin when you Have A wonderful. MEMORIAL day weekend i
hope everyone out there. Does enjoy, Gardening.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
Thank, you nancy walts always. A pleasure again The website is.
Parkoroses Dot org quick break. WE come back i got
lost tips to share with you Today on, this memorial
weekend and of course we're taking your calls at eight
TWO to one wtvn eight eight hundred AND. Sixty ten
wtvn here on news radio SIX. To ten wtvn we're
talking yarding here on news radio six TO ten wtv
(24:14):
in and enjoying great bumper music at. The same Time
thank you ella for. FOR doing those i always love.
THE bumper music a two TO one wtv in is
our number. Talking ABOUT yarding, as i Said on, this
memorial weekend and if you didn't get out last week
or the last, weekend to plant you've still got. Plenty
of time selections are going to start. To run down
(24:35):
you're going to, be, more limited obviously but looking around
to the local independent garden center is still looking pretty
pretty good as far, as being stocked especially with if you're, looking, at,
vegetables tomatoes peppers. All the vegetables don't forget there's so
many of, those out there and. Folks buy these i'm,
not sure why but there's individual cucumber, plants OR whatever
and i maybe you only need one, or two plants
(24:57):
but you. Know you can you can also grow, there
some seeds sof they're out, of those plants don't forget
this still not too late to plant most of the
melons and the kukes and all of those. Pumpkins as
well gords from seed direct seed right into the garden
and they come up in just a few days and
ready to. Go for you so those are still. AVAILABLE
(25:20):
out there i had a couple of people asking, this,
week saying, hey you know we would like to get
started growing some vegetables here you're talking. About container gardening
like to try some tomatoes first and to see what
we do because we. Love eating tomatoes can you got
to kind of give us a brief rundown on what
you do growing. Tomatoes AND containers and i think it's.
(25:42):
Really PRETTY simple and i think when, you're, container gardening
obviously one of the key factors here obviously is the
container and having the right size pot for what you're.
Trying to grow there are some plants like herbs that
don't have a, very deep rusystem don't take up a,
lot of space and you don't need something that's very
deep for growing herbs. Small root system as a, matter
(26:04):
of fact if you had a container that was eighteen
twenty four inches in diameter and only about, eight inches
deep it's a great squat pot for growing a collection
of herbs and a. Planter like that on, the other
hand that would not be a good planter for tomatoes
because they have a much more. Extensive root system some
of the dwarf peppers you might be able to pull
off in, That smaller pot but, for Me personally and
(26:28):
i'll see a lot of folks using the, five gallon,
buckets you know the buckets you get from the pickle
buckets are from one of the. Home improvement stores you.
Can use those make sure you drill, plenty of holes
not just in the bottom, of the pot but. On
the side as a, matter of fact if you have
buckets like that that, YOU grow in i would much
rather drill the holes at the very bottom on the side.
(26:50):
Of the pot put three or four or five holes
around the side rather than, on the bottom because when
you set it down on wherever you're going to, sit
it down sometimes that can block off off, those drain
holes so drill them. On a size a, matter of
fact you look at any of those nursery pots that
are where plants are grown in, from the nursery, those
black pots and you'll see that most of those have
(27:10):
drain holes both in the bottom and on the bottom
of the side. Of the pot so the size of
the pot, obviously very important and drainage extremely important to
make sure that the. Water flows through we don't want water.
Staying in there and as you're obviously filling, up that
container use a top. Grade potting mix it's going to
(27:31):
cost you a little bit more, in the, Beginning all
right and go to your local independent garden center and
see which ones they have and which, ones they suggest
and you can. Find them organic you, can find, them
you know really top grade but not organic uh mixes
in those composts and pete and corenet typically, about the
same the paralite And vermiculating all some come preset with some.
(27:55):
Slow release fertilizer some come preset with a with a
moisture the polymers to. Help absorb moisture to cut down,
ON your watering i personally like to, buy potting soil
just the potting soil itself top grade and add to
it Depending on, what I'M growing because i don't use
those THE soil moist i don't use. THAT on everything
(28:19):
i don't use it on Root crops, if I'M growing
but i do use it, on OTHER plants so i
would not use. It IN there and i want to
put my own fertilizer in the container as, we GO
along so. I use it buy just the, regular potting
soil and again you can get, it all, natural all
organic or, regular potting soil but spend a little extra
money and you know you don't throw. It out away
you keep that and you use it year after. Year
(28:40):
after year you freshen them, up every year but you
keep her using the same potting soil. All the time
as a, MATTER of fact i was looking getting my
mom's tomatoes planting for her. AND her containers i do
cherry tomatoes. For every year it's one of her favorites up,
on the patio so it's easy for it to. Water
AND harvest and i think That potting soil i've had,
(29:00):
in those containers besides freshening up a little, bit every
year is probably the same for twenty or. Twenty five
years but. AGAIN every spring i, GO in there i.
CHOP it up i add a. Little Bit more if
i've lost, a little bit that's, SETTLED a bit i
Add my and i'll talk about this soy, moist if needed.
And SOME fertilizer but i chop it All up and
i'm ready. To go again and that stuff's stuffs. Still
(29:22):
very good. But it was it's been a top grade
POTTING mix. That i buy, and you know it's not
a fifty pound bag for. Two ninety nine it's not what,
you're looking, for all right and continue. To use it
and it's very important to use a top. Grade potting
mix so, right size, pot good drainage. Excellent potting soil
if by chance the pot is too big for what
(29:43):
you're going to, grow in there and you already have,
it on hand don't use gravel or clay chips or
something in the bottom to help the drainage or to.
Fill it up. It Doesn't Work The ohio state university
has done research on using gravel or clay chap or
whatever the bottom of a container, to improve drainings and it.
(30:03):
Does not, work if anything it slows it down and
or it. Makes it heavier that's. The bottom line it
makes it heavier and it slows, Down to draining so.
Don't do that and if you're worried about the potting
soil coming, out the holes which it may a little,
bit at first but then it, stops doing that take
a coffee filter and put over top of the holes
and then put your potting. Soil in there that'll work
(30:24):
just fine for you still allow the water to drain
out if you do need to, fill it up because
you don't need the pot all that depth and you,
already have it YOU know there i use a coarse
pine bark it so you buy a bag of coarse
pine bark and fill up the bottom and then the
potting soil. On the, top you know you can use,
crush illuminum cans, crushed plastic, cans you bottles. Things like
(30:46):
that that. All works too i'd like to just keep
it natural because somewhere, Down the road i'm gonna dump
that out and all that other junk that's going to
be in the bottom is going to come, out as, well,
like styrofoam peanuts that's going to come. Out as, well
but anyway good. Draining potting soil remember. Those potting mixes
if you buy it, without any nutrients have no, nutrients
in there there's, nothing in there so you have. TO
(31:08):
add it I like, adding ozma coat slow release fertilizer
that will last pretty, much all season, very slow release
so just every, time you water a little bits. Released
out there, no big deal but a little release on
a steady basis. Through the SEASON and then i. Go
from there and for most of the tomatoes and peppers and,
(31:30):
THINGS like That I Use. Espoma's tomato tone espoma is,
an all natural. All organic fertilizer whether it's, ORGANIC or
natural i like the, way IT works and. I use
that i mix it in. With the soil if you're doing,
tomatoes and peppers that has. Calcium in it and if
you do container grown tomatoes and peppers and you don't
(31:52):
put the, calcium in there you'll wipe up with blossom
in rod on the bottom. Of your tomatoes it, Happens
every year so make sure you add. That to us
so now you've got the calcium the natural fertilizers and
those breakdowns. Slower as WELL in. The OspA coat and
i always keep a water soluble, fertilizer on hand whether
it be miracle, grow fish, emulsion you know, any peters jacks,
(32:14):
any of those to supplement toward the end of the,
season if necessary and sometimes. It is necessary and soil
moist depending or core depending on what you're growing in
there to help cut down. On your watering, definitely for
tomatoes absolutely it. Really does, Help all right so now we've.
Got to mix it's all, ready to GO and then i.
(32:36):
Plant from there and never put a. Saucer underneath these
if you want to put feet on them and get
them up off the, patty or. Deck that's great never use.
A saucer underneath, don't collect water let it drain out.
Out the bottom but for, the most part that puts
you together, for your container and then. Go from there if,
you're growing tomatoes indeterminate tomatoes which continue to grow all
(32:58):
season long and it's, a long vine remember that you're
going to need a tall tomato cage and use you
those foldable square or round tomato cages are your best
that you can stack up. Six FEET high but i
don't use anything less than a twenty or twenty. Five
gallon container now you can. Use the buckets you're gonna
(33:21):
be watering a little. Bit more often they DO work
but i like them even. Bigger than that per one determinate.
Or intermined tomato i'll put basil around the, base of,
it all right. But that's it AND that's what i
do in one plant, at a time at a pot so.
There's no COMPETITION and then i stake. IT right away
i bury, that TOMATO deep and, i stand back get
(33:42):
it in at least six to eight, hours of sunlight
stand back and, let it go, water as needed and take.
It from there. Very very, important but again use a top.
Grade potting mix you'll be. Using it forever you're not gonna.
Throw it away so it may be expensive, at the
beginning but it'll work out better for you in the
immediate and in the long. Term As, well all right
(34:04):
we're gonna. Take a break. We Come back barbie bletcher is.
Gonna Join Us. The queen bee we're gonna talk about,
swarms of bees, what to do what to do if
you see bees going in and out of your side
of your house. Or the foundation, we'll talk also have
they found out what happened to those millions of bees
that we lost out of the winter coming. Into the
springtime she's got the answers here on news RADIO six'
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