Top Priorities to Maintain Your Turf

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning, everybody.

Speaker 2 (00:02):
Welcome.

Speaker 1 (00:02):
I'm Ron Wilson and you are in the garden here
on news Radio six' TEN wtv and eight two to
one W tv in eight hundred and six to TEN
wtvn talking about, yardening AND i hope you had a
great week some showers here and, there but the great
weekend last. Weekend looks like another good weekend this weekend as.
Well garden, centers, yes very, busy kind of checking it

(00:23):
around the, horn seeing how folks are, doing and been very.
Busy and that's a good thing because the weather kind
of held us off a, bit and then of course
we finally got three good back to back. Days and
when did that happen to? Fall Mother's day? Weekend and
of Course Mother's day weekend being later In, may and
of course you give it more a weekend a little
earlier In, may and everything starts getting come back to

(00:45):
down into the two week period and it's. Crazy but
we'll talk more about that a little bit later on
in the. Show but check out with the garden. Centers
looks like they're still really well, stocked lots of backup
and still plenty of plants for you to. Buy so
we'll address that a little bit later, on because it
is time for the Bucking Joe Oggy. Port that would
be Mister Joe. Boggs he's an assistant, professor commercial, Holder

(01:08):
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Speaker 2 (01:33):
Ladies And.

Speaker 1 (01:33):
Gentlemen mister common sizeco himself and just had a heart
attack and dropped his cup of. Coffee buggy, JOBS i
did and call after one.

Speaker 3 (01:44):
AM i, thought that's what you're gonna, add you know?

Speaker 2 (01:46):
That, ah well that's WHAT i. Call. THEN i don't
want people calling in.

Speaker 4 (01:50):
MAN i tell you this weather has been a roller.
Coaster hadn't it have a little storm your?

Speaker 3 (01:55):
Way a little bit.

Speaker 4 (01:57):
Of a, storm but not as bad as then In.
Kentucky my, goodness say that's, this you? KNOW i was
saying to my wife it seems, late BUT i guess
it isn't for tornadoes it's something we just have to
keep an eye. On but, uh, Boy i'll tell you it.
Was it was a rough. Ride but the good news
is we could grow rice compared to last. Season oh my.

(02:23):
Gosh of Course i'm speaking too soon because you, know
record drought last. Season we cannot forget, that, folks BECAUSE
i don't know WHY i said, that, folks just there's
just two of you, there but we.

Speaker 2 (02:36):
Can't we can't forget, that.

Speaker 4 (02:38):
Folks you, know, seriously there's a problem that's. Emerging AND
i this is a serious. Conversation it's, uh you, KNOW
i tend not to ever like to say in a
big alert something like you know what's going on with you,

(02:59):
know fill in the? Blank you, know you AND i
hear this all the. Time oh what's killing all the?
Maples you, know what's going on with the? Oaks you,
know and it's it's so broad and then it makes you, think,
well wait a, second is there? Something and you, know
ron typically there isn't one, thing but we BUT i
call it the em lashboor effect because it is human.

(03:22):
Nature you, know with the emmu lash bar there was one,
thing you, know what's going on over the ash tree as?
Well you, know they were being taken out by m.
Lashbor in this case it is yellow. Popplers And i'm
going to have to say what's going on with yellow
popplers because we're getting reports of, trees you, know and
these are, mature you, know big trees in mostly in wooded,

(03:46):
areas forested areas along the edge of. Woods the first
email MESSAGE i got was On thursday From Tom, macy
Forest health program manager WITH od AND, r who reported
that he's getting these messages about tulip, popplers yellow, poppers tulip,

(04:08):
trees you, know same, tree, Right but he's getting reports
of these of these large trees that were that were
alive last season and we'll get to you, know the
sliding scale and alive a live last season that appeared
not to be leafing out this. Season and he sent

(04:28):
pictures and you, know really when you look at his,
trees you, think oh, man they are in trouble because you,
know yellow poppers should be leaf they should really be
leafed out by, now particularly in the eastern part Of,
ohio southeast, part they should be. Leaving you, know we
should see a canopy now. Yesterday Jim, downs he's our

(04:49):
Osh extension Force field. Specialists, well he sent pictures that
were taken Near New, Mata, Morris ohio BY. Tj. Wells
he's our new extension educator For Washington county and those
trees though looked the, same but there were some close
ups and one of the close ups showed a little

(05:11):
weevil that appears on yellow. Poplar it's it's a native.
Weavil oh run on yellow. Poplar what's that? Name it
always escapes.

Speaker 2 (05:22):
Me, BOY i just can't what it would.

Speaker 4 (05:26):
Be you, know yellow, poplar AND i bet it's yellow poplar. Weavil. Yeah,
yes we're not very creative in the entomological, world but
that's a nice that's nice when the common name truly
matches what's. Happening so yellow poplar, weavil, now that is

(05:47):
a native that periodically shows up in high numbers in the.
Landscapes we mostly see the damage on magnolia's in the
wooded areas since we really don't have that, many you,
know magnolias growing out in the. Woods, right we see
it on on yellow poplar and it's called the yellow poplar.

(06:08):
Weavil the adults that overwinter, emerge, well they've been out
for some time, now but they come out hungry because
they've spent the, winter you, know just slowly moving through
their fat, reserves so they have to come out and feed.
Vociously but they then call produced this half, moon you,
know half. Circle it's kind of hard to describe holes

(06:32):
in leaves of yellow, poplar magnolia and. Sassafras so what
was appearing in the images that that THAT. Tj well
sent or you, know sent to To Jim. Downs it
showed that the very small leaves that WHAT i call

(06:53):
the nascent leaves you know for yellow popular showed very
heavy feeding damage by the yellow popplar we and it
even appeared that maybe some of the buds had been set.
Upon so the point being is that the trees then
looked like they were, well, frankly they looked dead because you,
know you really couldn't see much of a. Canopy but

(07:15):
then when you got, closer you could see that there's
heavy feeding. Damage but then there was something else there
and this was this was was a little harder to,
see but if you looked even closer in some of the,
pictures you would see these little tiny kind of grayish
flecks on the stem and those are the overwintering stage

(07:38):
of a soft scale that appears on yellow poplar and
h well sometimes we call it tulip tree.

Speaker 3 (07:49):
Scale so that's where that's where.

Speaker 4 (07:52):
Things get a little bit you, know a little bit
difficult to remember because of the three different or actually
more common names For leriodendron, tulipifera you, know the yellow.
Poplar but, anyway tull tree scale is a soft scale
sucking insect pulls out. Sap so that meant that that
tree that was photographed last, season you, know had yellow

(08:17):
poplar weavils and also sat being taken out by tulip tree,
scale which can, also by the, way get on. Magnolia
and the third triad last season that we have to
be aware of was what happened in the summer that
was record? Breaking WAS i dry or what how dry we?

(08:42):
WERE i mean it's we really can't forget the record
drought because we're still seeing residue of. IT i mean we're,
seeing for, example still seeing arbor bide that just, boom you,
know they disappear to be you, know going. Out we
see other trees being, Affected so we can't forget that
and tulip. Trees, Yeah i'm hesitant to say they're they're

(09:04):
not tolerant of.

Speaker 2 (09:05):
Drought.

Speaker 4 (09:06):
Uh you know they have survived their native, trees they
have survived, droughts but they respond very. Quickly you And
i've talked about this for. Years if you're wondering how
dry the soil, is just look at tulip trees because
they at the at the first drop of a drought
or last drop of a. Drought, wait how SHOULD i say?
That at any, rate the last drop those, trees the

(09:30):
leaves will go yellow and they'll start dropping. Leaves they
they're just very sensitive to. That so last, year no
doubt those trees we were under. Stress now the tulip
poplar weavil or tulip yellow poplar, weavil that's not really
associated with drought because you know there their numbers are
going to rise and fall, regardless and we'll get to

(09:50):
that in just a. Bit their impact on the foliation
isn't good during a drought if there are leaves, left
but it's the it's the scale that we you would
be concerned about because they're pulling out sap from trees
that rarity drought. Stressed so we need to keep an
eye on yellow poppers AND i have a feeling there
is a break that's just about upon us to talk.

(10:13):
About then afterwards the rest of the. Story how do
you like?

Speaker 2 (10:16):
THAT i liked.

Speaker 1 (10:17):
It coming up next on news radio six ten W,
tvn here's hungry like a Wolf Buggy Joe, Boggs, oh
wish you. Extension we got popper, weavils we got yellow,
poplar we we got yellow popper. Scale we got and

(10:38):
by the, WAY I i wasn't impressed with the lariodendin.
TULIPIPHER i, Started oh, yeah well populous Del Toid's oh, no.

Speaker 4 (10:52):
There you go about to just release it's, uh it's
naval land.

Speaker 2 (10:57):
Right that's.

Speaker 4 (10:59):
Good, yeah it's a that's a that that'll be that'll
be a. Subject that'll be a subject next. WEEK i
think we can promise that because, well you know that
is very. Interesting now you really you've done it to.
Me and now how long can we can we talk
today as a go Toa is that?

Speaker 2 (11:18):
Right at?

Speaker 4 (11:19):
Least at least now that is interesting because these common
names can throw us off. Badly so just a very
quick side, note where do some of these common names come?

Speaker 1 (11:30):
From there are remnants of of of our forestry or forest.

Speaker 4 (11:37):
Industry yellow poplar is so named because when you look
at the, wood it does look like the wood of.
Populace it looks like that's the genus for, poplars true.
Poplars so yellow poplars are not, poplars they are. Magnolias,
NOW i let that kind of sink in a little. Bit,
now the yellow comes from the wood having a slight yellowish.

(12:01):
Collar i've actually not seen that a. Lot back WHEN
i had wood wood identification, class it seemed like there,
was you, know more often the wood had a slight greenish.
Cast and when you go in and buy you, know
yellow poplar, lumber that's what you see quite a. Lot but,
again these common names like like red, oak you know
that comes from the, wood not that you, know not

(12:22):
necessarily the. TREE i hear people say that's because they
turn red in the. Fall, no that's, yeah, yeah well
yeah that's. Red maple does turn red in the. Fall
but when we look at at well some do, yeah oh,
man we are really. Movies all, Right, no that's. Okay

(12:44):
but back to, this to the, weavil it kind of
tells us that it is a. Magnoia because yellow poplar
weavil also attacks magnoias and oddly. Sassafrass Now i'm not quite,
sure you, know why is, that because you, know it's
common for insects to to pick on a particular taxonomic,

(13:05):
group you, know like fireblight is not an insect or you,
know but it is a disease that affects members of
the rose family rose. Ace so of course emmer lash
BOARS i mentioned earlier only attacks trees in the Genus.
Fracsinus but back to this particular, situation we typically see
yellow popular, weavils AS i said, earlier in landscapes On

(13:28):
magnoia's not so much you, know on tulip trees in
landscapes because there are so. Few but the weevils feed
heavily in the. Spring and what we're, SEEING i, believe
is we're seeing such heavy damage that the trees appear
not to be leafing. Out, now once these overwintered weavels are,

(13:51):
finished those trees could produce, leaves you, know that's very
common in the. Spring but what also, happens and this
will be very interest because they they develop as leaf.
Miners so the immature weavils develop in leaf mines on
yellow poplar magnolia and very importantly. Sassafras and why that's

(14:15):
important is because all, right these yellow poplars that that
are being seriously damaged by overwintering, weavils there may not
be enough leaves to support leaf, mines and so you might, say, well,
okay then it'll lit'll. Disappear, well sassafras can play a role,
there because then the weavils can overposit on sassafras and

(14:38):
keep the populations. Going, NOW i, speculative we don't know
what's going to happen. There but why that's important is
then we get from those leaf mines a second crop
of weavils later in the. Season and, frankly they're the
most damaging generation BECAUSE i call the summer generation because

(14:59):
there are so many of them. Now they do a
lot of leaf, damage they don't produce leaf, mines and
those are the weavils that then as fall approaches they
find places to. Overwinter so what we're seeing, is you,
know impacts by a pest and then follow up by

(15:19):
impacts by perhaps another pest being these tulip tree scale
which you know SUCKS, sap coupled with the triad of
impacts from the. Drought so what's going to? Happen, WELL
i don't. Know and that's the end of the, show right.

Speaker 2 (15:40):
Now there you.

Speaker 4 (15:40):
Go everything from here on out is speculats of, Well
i'm very concerned and and and we do want to
hear about. This i'm going to be posting a big
old alert because we do want to hear you, know
what people are. Seeing because last Year Tom macy you,

(16:02):
know and his crew they do flyovers in different parts
Of ohio to assess damage produced by different pests and.
Diseases and last year the damage caused by yellow poplar
weavil was over fifteen thousand acres in our, woods actually
approaching sixteen. Thousand so yellow poplar weavil was very prevalent last.

(16:25):
Year But tom AND i were talking about, this it's
gonna it would be hard from the air to, know you,
know are we are They are we just seeing the
weavil damage or are we seeing you, know damage from
the scale or? Both you see Where i'm heading with.
That all we know is that yellow poplars really came

(16:49):
under severe stress last, season and if the triple whammy
with the, drought you, know affected the health enough until
those trees couldnot produce enough carbon right to fully leaf
out again this, season then we could see some. Mortality
but let's not jump too far in that. Direction this
is no doubt happened, before except maybe not the drought,

(17:13):
intensity but maybe so don't know. That you, know droughts
have a way of coming and going. Right you, know
it's not the first. Time the scale the scales a native,
insect the weevils and native, insects so you know one
would expect. That, well, okay we see outbreaks occasionally of these,
natives but they co evolve with their, host so you,

(17:37):
know maybe the poplars do have a way of handling
this type of this. Onslaught but we'll just have to pay.
Attention it's worth, though noting because LIKE i, said this,
season we're going to really need to make our. Observations
the downside is we do need to also see high

(17:57):
into the, trees which is hard to do with a
mature tulip, tree, right you, know it's hard to get
up there and see. That but, again you know they're
gonna they might be looking very bad right, now that's
the take, home but we're not, sure you, know what
is the long term impact is going to, be but
don't assume because they look bad right now that they're.

(18:20):
Dead that's the main, message right, there could be that
they just got heavily, damaged you, know by the weavils
feeding the. Spring so just pay, attention you know WHEN
i say in my big, alert what's going on with
the yellow, Poppler, well it's not just one thing and
it and we're not sure what those many things will

(18:41):
do to the trees long.

Speaker 1 (18:42):
Term now we know that they that the weavil gets
on the. Magnoias did you say the scale does too or?

Speaker 4 (18:48):
No, no that's very that's very that's a great. Point,
yes a tulip tree scale does affect. Magnolias but now you,
know savvy listeners might be, think, go, well wait a,
SECOND i have a magnolia and it gets magnolia. Scale oddly,
enough magnolia scale does not go even though it's a native,

(19:09):
scale it doesn't go to uh to yellow. Poplar at
Least i've never seen. It it's never been, Reported so
it's kind of a one way. Street you know that
the tull tree, scale you're, right does go to uh to,
magnolia's but neither of those scales ever go To sasa.
Press that's you know, again sassafras seems to be the,

(19:31):
odd odd person out on this whole. Thing uh you,
know why does the wee will affect those three? Hosts
and uh you, know maybe it's all the way up
at the at the at the taxonomic order level you follow,
me not just family magnoli, acy but maybe it's at the.
Order but it is an odd, thing and it's it's

(19:53):
worth being aware of because yellow poplar we can make
sasa press look pretty. BAD i mean it can when
you have these occasional. Outbreaks you can get enough both
leaf mining and adult feeding damage to cause the sassafras
to turn kind of brandish in. Collars so it's again
kind of putting all this. Together but in terms of

(20:15):
the crystal ball part of, it, well we're just not too.
Sure we would like to go here back from people about,
this all.

Speaker 2 (20:21):
RIGHT i got.

Speaker 1 (20:22):
It one last tough one before we. Go lariodendron genus
for tulip tree. Populous, yeah genus for cottonwood or sometimes
popler tree or. Aspen by the, way what is the
genus for?

Speaker 4 (20:36):
SASSAFRAS i think it's LIKE i think you said. It
you got. It.

Speaker 3 (20:44):
SAFRAS i think you said.

Speaker 4 (20:46):
It, no that's such a fun trick question that that
has caught me up in the. Past, WELL i don't,
know but not today and not.

Speaker 3 (20:56):
Today all, Right, joe great.

Speaker 1 (20:58):
Information we'll watch for your post. Again you can find
all that at BYG l DOT o S u DOT
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Speaker 2 (21:04):
U have a great.

Speaker 4 (21:05):
Weekend, hey you have a great. Weekend i'm going tomato.
Shopping what do you think of?

Speaker 2 (21:09):
That for plants or tomatoes for? Plants? Oh what are
you going to? Get what are you looking?

Speaker 4 (21:14):
For, well you, Know i'm looking for sugary great. Tomatoes
it would be one. Thing, yeah sugary. Great oh, Yeah
i've never had, them BUT i think you've talked about.
THEM i think they're JUST i think they're just, yeah all,
right that's WHY i don't want to hunt for.

Speaker 2 (21:33):
That all.

Speaker 4 (21:34):
Right maybe and maybe a whopper, tomato not this.

Speaker 1 (21:37):
Sandwich if you're a garden center close to your Buggy joe,
box keep your eyes.

Speaker 2 (21:42):
Open he may be shopping your. Tomatoes thank, you.

Speaker 4 (21:44):
Sir, hey you take care bout all?

Speaker 1 (21:47):
Right, bye, bye take a quick. Break we come. Back
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(22:07):
get out to your local garden centers independent garden. CENTERS
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WEEKEND i can't believe next week Is memorial. Weekend crazy. Stuff. Hi,
anyway to the yarding phone, lines we shall Go, Vic,
vic good, Morning good.

Speaker 3 (22:29):
MORNING i live out in the, country and the power
company had a buckeye tree cut down underneath the power,
line and two of the logs have growth growing out
of like. Knots is there any way to take those
and use them to grow a new? Tree?

Speaker 2 (22:53):
So how big is the?

Speaker 3 (22:54):
Log, oh it's like ten twelve feet long and twenty
inches in. Diameter did it.

Speaker 1 (23:05):
Shoot that out after they cut it down or was
it on there when they cut it?

Speaker 3 (23:08):
Down, no it shot it out About, OH i noticed
it about six weeks after they cut.

Speaker 1 (23:15):
It, wow that's. Interesting, uh that's a good. QUESTION i you,
know what if they if they cut the stump, off
obviously those could sprout, up but you still got the roots.
THERE i have never done anything like that to get
that to. ROOT i would it be worth giving it a.

Speaker 2 (23:31):
Try.

Speaker 1 (23:32):
ABSOLUTELY i think the best thing to, do WHAT i
would be trying to just kind of get that thing,
buried is it is it big enough or small enough
that you can move it and put?

Speaker 3 (23:41):
It, WELL i cut a big chunk out of, it
way around, it and, okay put it in some moist growing,
medium and it's Then i've had it like probably ten
days in that and the leaves aren't really turning brown or.
Anything they, wilted but they perk back.

Speaker 1 (24:02):
Up, yeah because there's no obviously known root. System so
anything that's taken up taken up through the wood and
through the the cambium and all, that that's you, know the.
Bark SO i THINK i THINK i, would you, KNOW i,
WOULD i. WOULD i would think THAT i would put
that whole thing down so that the bark has you,
know it's in touch with the soil as, well because

(24:23):
that's the only that's the only place that's going to
be drawing moisture up. From, uh and see what. Happens you,
KNOW i was going to say take, it cut it
off and try to get a, cutting you know as a,
Cutting but, man that's that's very. UNUSUAL i have never done.
IT i have no experience with doing. That it's pretty,
crazy but it's well worth to. Try but you got

(24:44):
to do me a. FAVOR i mean, AGAIN i would
kind of bury, it multit so you got that whole
thing protected and see whether it does. Root but then
you do me two. Things one is you ever get
a chance take a shot of your cell phone and
email to.

Speaker 2 (24:57):
Me i'd love to see.

Speaker 1 (24:58):
It and then let's just kind of keep posted how
this thing goes down the. ROAD i, mean that's pretty pretty,
bizarre but you you may have something. There BUT i
have never done that, myself SO i have no experience with.
That SO i would have said, no that it won't.
Work but, man it sounds like it's working so.

Speaker 3 (25:15):
Far oh, WELL i will do that because this tree
was here when we bought the, farm and it's been
here since nineteen fifty, two and the tree was a
good sized tree, then so.

Speaker 2 (25:30):
Yeah that's a shame they had to take it.

Speaker 3 (25:32):
Down, well you got to keep the power going exactly.

Speaker 1 (25:37):
Exactly all, Right well keep you posting on that WITH.
VIC i really want to know what.

Speaker 3 (25:40):
Happens, okay thank you very.

Speaker 2 (25:42):
Much all, right good. Talk, hey good talking with, You.
Boots is this boost for? Real?

Speaker 5 (25:48):
Yes it?

Speaker 2 (25:49):
Is, hey what's? HAPPENING i have a, CAR i have.

Speaker 4 (25:52):
A non car.

Speaker 5 (25:53):
Question how's that that's? Unusual, Well i've got a backyard
issue THAT i, paid, well we paid a lot of
money to have it leveled, out and the grass is taken.
Off but there's spots here and there where the grass
just isn't, growing AND i would say they're probably twelve
inch by twelve. INCH i am not a plant, guy

(26:14):
as you. Know i'm one hundred percent card. Guy But
i'm heading to house hardware And i've seen this little
straw or, hey they get sprinkled and it's got seeds
already in. It, yes what do you RECOMMEND i do
for the bear spots to make my life? Easier?

Speaker 2 (26:28):
That you?

Speaker 1 (26:29):
Know any of those patch masters patch, makers they come
with either the straw or sometimes they come with it's
like a newspaper. Insulation you get it wet as swells
up and it covers it.

Speaker 2 (26:41):
Over what that?

Speaker 1 (26:41):
Does what that does is holds the, seeds usually as
fertilizer in it. Too seed fertilizer keeps the moisture to,
it so it helps the seed to get germinated as
quickly as possible temperature, wise soal temperatures are. Perfect their
temperatures are. Perfect shouldn't take it too. Long if it's
a do you have any idea what kind of grass
they put?

Speaker 2 (26:59):
Down?

Speaker 5 (27:00):
Uh, no we paid a lot of. Money have some
company come out and do, it BECAUSE i do. Not
that's not my. Thing and it's great took. Off it's
about six inches very green, grass kind of a thicker.
Grass it doesn't work in my front yard, really and
this is where MY i got a ton of, dogs
so it's kind of like their. Playground but everything's taken.
Off we haven't let the dogs back. There we walking

(27:21):
them every day with. Stinks but that's. Off, yeah there's a,
yeah there's, like, YEAH i need to. Walk there's ten
spots that no matter, what it's just not. Growing but
ALL i, mean here's.

Speaker 2 (27:33):
WHAT i here's WHAT i would.

Speaker 3 (27:34):
Do.

Speaker 1 (27:34):
BOOTS i like those patch, Kids so, YEAH i would
recommend that at this. Stage Uh and and the thing
with REASON i was asking about the seed is you're
trying to match what they put, down And i'm going
to guess that they did a turf type tall, Fescue
so drop that down turf type tall, fescue so that
when you go you go and look at those patch,
masters you'll find them with like bluegrass and perennial rye

(27:57):
are like a mix like, that and you'll also find
in with tall.

Speaker 2 (28:01):
Fescue. Uh and it's the.

Speaker 5 (28:03):
Turf type that's do what is THERE anq LIKE F
A E S F S F.

Speaker 1 (28:12):
E s C U e fscue and that's what you're looking.
For so you can match it up so it looks
pretty much the. Same get it, down get it watered,
in and you may have to water every now and
then if we don't get some. Rainfall, Uh but that's
a that's a great way to. Go and WHAT i
would do if you've got to, shovel just real, quick
kind of chop those areas up a little, bit kind
of loosen that soil, up then put it, down watered

(28:35):
in really, well stand back and let it. Go AND
i wasn't kidding about the, dogs because so many folks
will redo their backyards because of the. Dogs and then
the grass just starts to come in and they let
the dogs loose on, it and you just ruined everything
that you were trying to. Do and you really do
need to keep them off of it for two or
three months if you.

Speaker 2 (28:53):
Can it's a big.

Speaker 1 (28:55):
Dogs, Yeah and then think think about the core air
rating And i'm, serious, man at least in the, fall
if not in the springtime as, well and that keeps
you more air rated and it helps your turf a
lot with them compacting it down all the. Time but
the big thing right, Now, boots is when you go
to buy that, kit look for turf type tall fescue

(29:16):
on the on the.

Speaker 2 (29:16):
Label that's what you're looking.

Speaker 5 (29:17):
For i'm on, it, Man, hey you know WHAT i.
Got thank you for a lot of. Things you, KNOW
i started auto smart seventeen years ago AND i steal
a lot of your ideas over the. Years i'm because
you've got such a good, following And i'm very FORTUNATE
i got a great, following AND i attribute that a
lot to. You you've been there AND i watch how
you handle your show and you got alis and we
all Love. Ella but thank you for, everything and you're
a Great you're a great asset to our. COMMUNITY i

(29:39):
fixed the, cars and you fix my. Grass there you, Go.

Speaker 1 (29:41):
BOOTS i, pray, well you KNOW i said there and
listen to your show until we come. On SO i
listen to you guys, too AND i enjoy. It so you,
Know i'm glad you got a day off.

Speaker 2 (29:48):
TODAY i.

Speaker 5 (29:49):
Did i'm just out running errands and loving.

Speaker 2 (29:51):
Life good for.

Speaker 5 (29:52):
You take, care, buddy good luck with.

Speaker 1 (29:55):
Everything all, right take another, break come. Back we phone
lines open for. You coming up to the top of the,
hour we're gonna talk With Neil. Bevy neil was on
our show last. Year he developed a tool called The,
earthlifter really cool. Tool we're gonna talk about. That he's
also a big garley. Grower a lot of questions about growing.
Garlic we're gonna talk about that as. Well top of the.

(30:15):
Hour in the, meantime your calls a two to ONE.
Wtvn here on news radio six to TEN. WTVN i
love that. Song let's groove, tonight talking about yarning right now,
though work out in the garden, today get everything, planet
get it all taken care, of and then groove tonight

(30:36):
and and sid back and enjoy the fruits of your,
labor talking the yarning here at a two to ONE,
wtvn and all kinds of things going, on and you
talk about a great. Weekend look at the temperatures this.
Weekend oh my, gosh perfectly for getting out and getting
things taken care. Of as a matter of, fact AS
i look around right, Now boots brought up a good point.
There so he said his grass was about six inches

(30:57):
tall right. Now remember if you put new, grass, seed new,
sod or even your own. Lawn the way it's been
growing right now has been. CRAZY i was talking With
Mike elliott yesterday And mike was talking about he's been
mowing his lawn as often as two almost three times
a week to keep it under control within that two
and a half to three and a half inch range in,

(31:19):
height and the way it's growing right, now that's about
what that's going to, take at least once every five
days or. So AND i said it one and a
half times a week, yesterday but averages out about once
every five days or, so probably because, remember cultural practices
are really important when it comes to a good. Turf
many years, ago somebody had was doing an article or

(31:41):
something and quoting me on IF i only had one
THING i could do to my lawn that would help
it keeping the. Best what would that one thing? Be, feeding, weeding,
watering whatever it may, Be and all those come into,
play but my comment was the one THING i would
be doing on a regular basis is mowing on a
regular basis IF i am able to high two and

(32:01):
a half to three and a half inches, high and
do it on a regular, basis never taking off more
than about a third of the grass blade each time you,
mow and pitching those back into the. Turf IF i
did all that on a regular, basis just doing that,
alone it's amazing the benefits you get on your turf from.

Speaker 2 (32:20):
That think about.

Speaker 1 (32:20):
It you never want to remove more than a third
of the grass plate each each. Time so then boots,
saying you know it's the six inches. High you, know
if he's going to keep that at four inches or,
so you need to start. Mowing if it's going to
keep it around two and a half to three, inches
should have mode it a little bit. Earlier and in
that case it could be required two. Mo once you
go out and mow off a third of the, blade all,

(32:42):
right and do it that way and then bring it
down a second mole after three or four. Days but
you need to stay on that and keep that. Going
this time of the year very very. Important but you
keep it moan on a regular basis as, needed not
when you're, available but when it needs to be. Mode
so you're doing, that that's you're not sure your. Grass
you're mowing it up. Higher the higher you mow that

(33:03):
grass two and a half to three and a, half
maybe even four inches in some. Cases the deeper it's.
ROOTED i didn't do anything besides mowing and, higher and
it's a deeper rooted. Grass it's thicker so it shades,
itself doesn't dry out quite as. Quickly it's deeper, rooted
so it doesn't dry out quite as quickly, either so
it can tolerate droughts a little bit. Better and then

(33:25):
every TIME i mow on a regular, Basis i'm throwing
those grass clippings back into the, turf returning the nutrients
that's already in the grass blades back to the, turf
and adding organic matter at the same. Time so when
you think about, it if you could, do you, know
keep your mower and keep those more blades. Sharpened when

(33:47):
you're mowing as. Well but if you do that on
a regular, basis that is absolutely one of the covers
a lot of different areas there in what you're trying
to do to maintain your. Turf so, again this it's
a tough time of the, year right. NOW i get.
That sometimes the, rainfall you, KNOW i CAN'T i want.
TO i can only mow tomorrow when it range. Tomorrow you,
know you may have to in the evening or during

(34:08):
a light. SHOT i don't, know but you've got to
keep up with the regular, mowing never removing more than
the third of that grass plate each time and pitch
those back into the. Turf you do that on a regular.
Basis that is one of the top priorities and cultural
practices of maintaining a good. Turf and another point that
you had there they're talking with him about that now

(34:29):
is a good time for using those patch systems because
they'll hold that moisture in there for, you and that's
one of the good things about. Those but, again try
to remember what kind of seed you have in your,
lawn what type of turf you have in your, lawn
because those are different, also you know'll have different mixes
or different blends and you want to try to match
it so you don't have these ten spots that don't
match the rest of your. Lawn so keep that in

(34:51):
mind as. Well and, again if you do seeding on
your lawn on a regular, basis maybe keep the label
of the grass seed. Bag put it up in the
raj are somewhere so you can always refer back to.
It so you know exactly what type of turf that
you're dealing. With that can help you out in a
lot of different issues that come up if we know
exactly what you got in the. Lawn all, right we're

(35:11):
gonna take a quick. Break when we come, back we're
gonna talk With Neil. Bevy we're gonna talk With neil
about his tool called The. Earthlifter you can go to
a websitelifter dot com learn more about. It we're else
gonna talk about the art of growing garlic and why
it's so good for you here on News radio six'
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