Spring Time, Green Time!

Spring Time, Green Time!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to Katie r h Garden Line with Skip Rictor.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
It's the bases, here's the basis. Gas can use trim
just watch him as world boss Grasses and gas.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
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Speaker 2 (00:21):
Takes the soup ups in the bad.

Speaker 4 (00:23):
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Speaker 2 (00:32):
Gas and.

Speaker 4 (00:35):
The sound bemons of greasing the gasses and gas?

Speaker 5 (00:41):
Can you.

Speaker 2 (00:44):
Starting treating the gas gas became you d everything is
so clean and see and every.

Speaker 6 (00:54):
Thing here Sunday, Hey, good morning, two morning folks man.
We had a good time yesterday at Spring branch Ace Hardware.
Thank you for those folks who came out and we
talked about a lot of stuff. A horticulture class going on.

(01:14):
We had a nice arrangement there where everybody could hear everything.
So you have a sample or a question ebout just
hear the question and the answer, which is kind of
a fun learning experience. And boy do we ever give
away a lot of stuff. Thanks to airlom Soils for
providing a lot of bags of their wonderful products and
you guys that got to take them home. That was

(01:36):
that was pretty cool. In fact, I'm pretty sure that
everybody went home with something yesterday, so that that's nice.
And also to micro Life or sponsoring the event there
with their products and the giveaways they provided, appreciate them
coming out as well.

Speaker 7 (01:53):
Well.

Speaker 6 (01:53):
I was I was just thinking about I've got a
tree in my yard that is it's hall and the
branch structure is good, but I got a couple of
limbs up in it that I need to take out,
and that just reminded me of the fact that here
in Houston we have our summer storms that blasts through
and you guys have heard me talk about Martin Spoon
Moore Affordable Tree Service many times before. But having somebody

(02:17):
that knows what they're talking about come out and look
at the trees and assess them, do they need anything
or not. Every year that goes by, a branch gets bigger,
and the wound for removing it gets bigger, and the
time it takes for that wound to heal so that
the interior doesn't start decaying gets longer. So the sooner

(02:37):
you make a decision in training a tree or correcting
a problem, the better off you are. And if you
haven't anybody look at your trees in a while, you
ought to call Martin spoon Moore at seven one three
six ninety nine two six sixty three, seven one three,
six nine nine two sixty six three. Have them come out,
take a look at them. He can do all kinds
of services. Of course, there's pruning. There's also things like

(02:58):
deeper feeding, past disease control, stump grinding, and very here's
a very important one pre construction care. If you're gonna
have anything done around a tree, it is so important
that you get an expert that tells you the things
you need to know, like where do you put the
fence around the tree to keep you for from damaging it,

(03:20):
How do you do that, how far out do you
do it, where does it go? All of these kinds
of things, because when you start putting a trench in
the ground or dropping a slab over the root system,
it significantly affects that tree. And so have Martin come
out and advise you on that. Seven one three, six
nine nine two six six'. Three ALSO i want to

(03:42):
Thank Spring, Branch Ace, Hardware brian and the whole team
there for hosting us. Yesterday that was that was. Great
you Know Ace hardware stores they still continue to amaze.
Me and that they, carry of course everything that a
hardware store should. Have they've got, that but they have
so much. More uh you know They Spring branch. STORE

(04:06):
i got a nice section for some really stylish clothing
and decorations for the. Home them little fridge up front
with a wonderful local made coffee cakes that are just
kept cool and ready to go for you right there
in the Free so many things like that you wouldn't. Expect,
Well i'm going to go to the hardware store and
get this or. That they do. Etching you, know if

(04:29):
you've got a drink, cooler or you've got one of
those turtlebox speakers and you would like to have your
name or something else etched in. It maybe you're a
company that you know you want to give those, out
is you, know kind of a customer thank you or. Something,
anyway bottom line is that, yeah they do that there,
too and their laser etcher is pretty. Cool. Anyway That's Ace, hardware.

(04:50):
Though you, know Every Ace hardware is independently, owned and
you start going to the Various Ace hardware as we
have and you can find them AT Ace Hardware texas dot.
Com Ace Hardware texas dot. Com that is where you
find your LOCAL Ace hardware. Store and that may be
The Spring BRANCH ace that is, there you, know right

(05:11):
there On Work, road right Off Fork road On Spring.
Branch it may be The Lake CONROE ace on one
to five west Of. Conroe down In, rockport there's AN
Ace Hardware ROCKPORT ace on thirty Five. NORTH j And
R's ace And porter on thirteen, Fourteen League CITY ace
On League City. Parkway i've been, There cool store And

(05:33):
Hardware city On Memorial. Drive ANOTHER Ace hardware Stores jay
And ours. Too getting. Around visit THOSE Ace hardware stores,
anyway go check them. Out it's pretty cool. Stuff so,
yeah let's see here we need to Get i'll tell you.
What let. ME i want to talk about something else
this morning as we get go in. Here, uh there's

(05:55):
a there's a common question THAT i get in the
spring is SHOULD i scalp my? Grass in other, words
SHOULD i cut it off really really? Low and my
initial answers, YES i mean, no excuse me to, that
because if by scalping you're talking about just taking almost
everything off the, top like a scalping would, be THEN

(06:18):
i wouldn't do. That but to mow down a little
lower for the first, mowing and get some of the
extra debris out of. There my yard was completely tan
from that hard freeze we, had and so you, KNOW
i could have green come through, it but then it
would be just kind of a mix of green and.
Tan SO i set my mower. Lower i've already done.

(06:40):
IT i got that mowing down, low got the, material
the debris. Out another time where that early mowing is
important is when you have weeds that have gone to.
Seed there's a lot of seeds in any individual weed,
plant so what you want to do is set the mower,
down put a bagger on, it and catch as much
as you. Can you're not going to get all the

(07:00):
seeds when it goes through, there you, know slicing through
weeds and grass blades and everything, else and some are
going to fall, down but get as much as you
can out of. There that is another important thing to
do along those. Lines for other ornamental grasses like pempest.
Grass if you have that, one that one's a, booger
by the, way be, careful that's. Sharp but maiden, grass,

(07:24):
pencetums lots of cool ornamental. Grasses you want to cut
those clumps back as far back as is practical for.
You most people go about six, inches some go a little.
Taller it just depends on the size of the clump and.
Everything but get all that extra debris out of there.
Now if you want to tip for making that job,

(07:45):
easier because it could be a. Messtright you got, grass
tall grass blades and, shoots you, know laying all over the.
Place just have somebody help you kind of pull those
all up and wrap a cord around them to hold
them in. Place do a couple of, cords and then
when you cut it, off they're all bundled together and

(08:05):
you can take them wherever you're gonna take. Them if
you're gonna use them as a as a mult, somewhere
if you're gonna put them in a compost, pile you
probably need to chop them up a little bit more for.
That but, anyway whether you're discarding them or, whatever that's
a simple way to get it. Done and then all
the fresh stuff can come, in because just like your,
lawn when you got a bunch of old tawny colored
grass blades and your plumping ornamental, grasses it's not very.

(08:29):
Attractive when the new green comes in among, Those so
get the old ones. Out let's take a little break
here and we'll be right back to.

Speaker 8 (08:41):
The.

Speaker 6 (08:41):
Rocksmill all, right, folks we're. Back let's do. This welcome
to garden. Line i'm your, Host, skiprector and we are
here to help you have. Success that's the simplest way
to put. It the WAY i like to say it
is we want you to have a bountiful garden and
a beautiful landscape and more fun in the. Process that's
what gardening should. Be you've been struggling along and feel, like,
WELL i got a brown. THUMB i CAN'T i kill

(09:03):
EVERYTHING i? Get, well let's. Talk there's ways to fix,
it and the way to fix it is to learn
to see things from a plant's point of. View that's
as simple as it. Is if you think about that
makes a lot of. Sense you, know if someone were
taking care of you and they had no idea how
to take care of a, human, well if they were
able to understand when you're hungry and what you like to,

(09:26):
eat and you know What i'm, Saying i'm. Cold we
need to turn temperature down, here turn temperature up Because i'm.
Cold those kind of things would help you to. Thrive,
Right and so we have plants that can't speak words to.
Us but as we understand what plants, want we're able
to give them what they. Want and suddenly they look.
Good and our rose garden is full of, roses it is.

(09:48):
Floriferous our vegetable gardens are. Productive those fruit trees that weren't,
bearing suddenly now we're getting good. Fruit we're able to
provide what they. Need all? Right does that make? SENSE
i hope, so because it's an important. Principle it's not,
complex but it's system matter of given, things given plants
what they. Want one thing plants want is. Soil excuse,

(10:13):
me good. Soil if you provide a plant a, nice
well drained soil that is raised up so that it
doesn't sit soggy when it rains and rains and, rains
the soil that has organic, matter which means lots more
microbial content as, well those roots are going to thrive
and cienamultch down. Southeaston that's a place you can go

(10:33):
and get, quality quality, mulches quality soil, blends bed mixes
as we call. Them so for, example the heirloom soils
veggie nerb, mixed they have that At. Cenumults it's high
quality mix right. There you can go buy a, bulk
have them deliver it within twenty. Miles you can have

(10:54):
them deliver it in the, supersack which is A qb card,
sack but you got to do three sack minimum for.
Delivery just call them and talk to about all the,
details or you can just go by there and pick it.
Up and when you go, by check out the, shop the,
pottery The, shrewmies all kinds of candles and soaps and
lotions and things for. Gifts and they also have quality
tools FOR a AND. M A. M, leonard which is

(11:16):
a good, company real nice quality. Tools cnmultch dot COM
fm five twenty one just south Of, houston cnmlts dot.
Com go check them. OUT i am about to put
in a new raised bed contained. Bed have one of

(11:37):
those vego, beds the corrugated metal that is very rust
and corrosion resistant and painted by the. Way cienamltch has.
Those they sell, those and you can go there and
see one that's set. Up if you're wondering What i'm talking. About,
Anyway i'm gonna fill one of. Those i've got ready
to go and be planting some things in. It i've
got an area where it's a little too low for most.

(12:01):
Spruit most spruit tests wet, feet So i'm using that
bed as a way to get the plant up above
the wet and also to provide it some soil that
it can root in a small sized fruit. Tree so
we're going to get that. Planet And i've got a
peach tree that needs to get in the ground, Too
so maybe that's a good project for early this next.

(12:23):
Week if you can get all your planting of woody
edibles and ornamentals done, now they will have a head
start on. Spring And i'm telling, you when hot weather gets,
here it puts great demands on that. Plant and in
the nursery or in the garden, center it was getting
watered every day to keep it adequately. Hydrated but when

(12:46):
you put it in the ground and you don't water pretty,
frequently it dries. Out and it's not just that the
soil dries, out it's that that root zone is all
wrapped up in the cylinder of the pot that it came,
in and that's a very small volume for roots to
draw water, From so you need to give them small
amounts of. Moisture, Generally i'll start off with even a

(13:10):
daily very careful not to make it a, swamp but
just a little bit daily to keep that soil. Moist
and as you go through the summertime you're backing off
away from. Daily it's every every other, day and then
maybe it's twice a, week and then maybe you, know
you get to once a week and so. On just
watch your trees and dig down and feel the. Soil you,

(13:31):
know the question how you know how often to, water
that's one that's, like, well the best way is just
to get out on your, knees take a little hand,
trout dig down a few inches and feel the. Soil
if it's moist. Good if it's not water and you,
know the surface is always kind of, dry it dries.
Fast but as you get down a little, bit most

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of the roots are in the top foot of. Soil
so as you get down in that zone and feel the,
soil you'll get an idea and you don't have to
dig a hole every time you're trying to decide to.
Water you'll learn how to do. It and with each
month that goes, by that root system gets wider and
bigger and stronger and has more volume of soil from
which to draw water and, nutrients and it just goes,
well that's kind of how that. WORKS i hope that makes.

(14:17):
Sense Grows outlet up In willis a great garden center
for all of, you up in The conroe and The
Lake conroe, area all up In willis and up To
New waverley and all. Over that's the bottom, line all.
Over Grows outlet In willis is also the Website Growers
outlet In willis dot. Com they're just south Of willison

(14:39):
seventy five Toward, conro just a little bit outside Of,
willis and boy do they ever have a ton of
peppers and tomatoes and veggies and herbs and flowers and
fruit trees and shrubs and trees and. Everything go to
the website and look at their. Availability they, UPDATE i
know they update the vegetable availability Ever, friday but go.

(15:01):
THERE i just want you to do. This go there
and look at how many tomatoes they, have and you'll
see What i'm talking. About it's, like, whoa that's a
lot of tomato varieties and it. Is That's Growers outlet
In willis a great place to go to get whatever
kind of plants you're looking. For you can you can
purchase them for pickup online if you would like to do. That,
uh but just just go go check it. Out you'll be,

(15:23):
impressed Because i'm telling YOU i was the first TIME
i went there To Growers Outlet. WILLIS i think it
would be good for me to give you a phone
number to, call since this is a call in show
seven one three two one two five eight seven four
seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy, four
give me a. Call let's talk. Gardening Southwest fertilizer has

(15:46):
been A houston tradition since, gosh nineteen fifty. FIVE i,
BELIEVE i, Know i'm the fifth Garden line host to
speak For Southwest. Fertilizer they're in their seventieth year. Now
they actually about to have their seventy first and. Aniversary
and you don't stick around that long if you're not
taking care of your customers and they're not finding value
in coming to your. Place and when you go To Southwest,

(16:08):
fertilizer they're going to treat you. Right they're very friendly
going in. There, uh the product selection is unbelievable and
the kinds of products they have are high, quality and
you can take problems in the form of photos or
simple plant samples in and they'll look at them and
they'll direct you to what you really. Need you, know

(16:29):
sometimes you go in a store and you're looking at
all the products to control insects or diseases or, weeds
and it's, LIKE i don't know which one to. Get,
well they do and they'll point you at the right.
One And i'm telling you they have everything you, need
everything you. Need if they don't have, it you don't need.
It that's how it. Is It's Southwest fertilizer because they
have it corner Abyssin nutt And. Runwick Southwest fertilizer dot.

(16:50):
Com here's a phone number seven one three six sixty
six one seven four to. Four go, by say hi
To bob And, aaron the whole team there At Southwest.
FERTILIZER i when new things come, OUT i, always you,
know tell, people well you look for. It it's kind
of hard to, find BUT i guarantee You southwest got.

(17:11):
It if it's out there and it's worth, having they've got.
It someone was asking me about getting air rating done
when we're over there In Spring, branch AND i told
them this is yesterday At Spring Branch Ace, hardware AND i,
said we'll Call greenpro Because Greenpro service is kind of
the northwest quadrant of The houston. Area so imagine THE

(17:32):
ien east, WEST i forty five north. South so now
you've crisscrossed the city and you've got four quadrants northwest
that whole. Area so That's spring And cyprus and The
woodlands And conra And willis And, Magnolia montgomery And, katie you,
know the west side and so. On But Spring branch
also they do, corrooration they do compost top, dressing and

(17:55):
they do fertilizing. Too if you want somebody to come
out and professionally fertilize your, lawn do the whole nine,
yards all three if you want at one, time it's
okay to do. That they'll bring their, valuable very, valuable
high quality equipment to do the job, right to spread things,
right to give the proper kind of aeration in your.
Lawn here's the, Website greenprotexts dot, Com greenprotexas dot. Com

(18:21):
here's a phone. Number write this down because you may
want to give them a. Call eight three two three
five to one zero zero three. TWO i saw two
photos of yards yesterday and in pretty rough. Shape you,
know there's probably as much dead as there was grass
and it you, know it probably could have been initially drought.

(18:42):
Related it could have been a damage from a chemical
application or. Whatever it just that led into take all
root rot and it looked bad and we got to
bring that. Back we got to get some oxygen done
in the, soil get some some compost materials to fall
down in there and the, granules and get that roots
system to be very robust to. Thrive and that is what, compostop, dressing,

(19:05):
correoration and fertilizing all or part of that process In
green Pro texas they know how to do it. Right all,
right you need to hear.

Speaker 2 (19:13):
This this is very.

Speaker 6 (19:15):
Important the Arbor gate today today. Only they're having their
thirtieth year anniversary celebration Today, Sunday march, first from nine
am to five. Pm you want to be. There they're
going to be giving away get this thirty dollars gift

(19:35):
certificates every thirty. Minutes there's a lot of gift certificates
through the. Day a lot of winning is going to
be going. On swing by, there grab a. Bellini you
know they're famous peach. Bellinis they'll have that thing. Rolling
stroll through the gardens and just stick around because who,
knows maybe that next thirty minute giveaway is. Coming is
not a problem spending thirty minutes At. Arborgaate in, fact

(19:57):
it's a problem trying not to spend three hours At
arborgate because there's so much going on there. Now if
you are interested in their vegetable, class it's coming up On,
Tuesday march, third This tuesday at ten. Am you need
to call them because space has gotten very limited and
that people are starting to respond to, that or they
have responded to, That and just make sure that you

(20:18):
don't wait too long or there won't be a space
for you at The. Arborgate by the, way those of
you who don't know where it, is it's west Of
tombull On highway twenty nine to twenty west Of tumbull
on twenty nine twenty just go out of town a
little bit and look on the left and you'll see.
It remember to park in the back off Of Triischel.
Road there's a little road that goes around Behind Arbor.
Kate all, right let's take a break for the. News

(20:48):
excuse me just a. Minute i'm having An abba, moment
Oh man brings back. Memories hey do you have a gardening.
Question let's talk about. It seven one, three, two one,
two five eight seven four seven one three two and
two five eight seven Four give me. Call we'll visit

(21:09):
about the things that are of interest to. You let's
see HERE i. WANTED i had a number of THINGS
i wanted to get here. Today if we if we
can do, THIS i want to talk a little bit
about pruning one more. Time just a reminder that when you,
prune you don't need pruning. Paint you do not need pruning.
Paint there is one exception of that rule here In,

(21:30):
texas and that is if you live in an area
where oak wilt is present and. Active in other, words
there are oak what we call oak wilt. Centers there's
places where trees are infected that can get other trees.
Sick you want to paint immediately after you make a,
cut not prune one day and then come in the

(21:50):
next day and paint the. Wounds there are beetles that
smell that fresh wound and they come to it and
maybe they just fed on an oak tree with oak,
wilt and now they're bringing their little infected mouth parts
over to your tree and they, therefore that's one of

(22:10):
the major ways that. Spreads it also can spread through
roots that have grafted together. Underground do you know roots do?
That two trees have a little roots that go right
beside each. Other imagine two little pieces of, spaghetti one
laying over the top of the other, one and then
they get, bigger and they get, bigger and they, bigger
and actually they end up grafting, together so the trees are.
Connected so guess what oak wilt can. Do it goes

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from an infected tree to a connected tree, nearby and
that is a type of spread that's very. Difficult BUT
i don't want to spend too much time talking about
oak wilt because it's not common. Here it's not like
every year we're watching all these trees die like they
do In Central. Texas so generally, speaking you don't need

(22:55):
to put a pruning paint on. Anything BUT i just
have to leave that. Exception if a neighbor had oakquilt or,
something and occasionally we do have these little centers that,
appear then that would be a reason to do the printing. Paint,
otherwise don't do. It when you prune a. Branch if
it's a bigger, branch when it falls as you're cutting

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from the top, downward it is going to strip all
that bark and strip it off the trunk where it
was attached or another limb where it was. Attached that
is a very slow to heel. Wound very slow to
heel because if you were to, go let's do, this,
imagine you, know vertical trunk and then here comes out
this branch to the. Side as you follow that branch,

(23:38):
down it's a certain, diameter but right before it gets
to the trunk where it, attaches it flares. Out it
flares out at the, bottom and so when you make
your pruning, cuts you want to cut just about the
place where it starts to flare. Out and that's kind
of a general, description but the reason is right around

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that attachment there's a little, ring a raised bark ridge
area and a ring around, it and there's very the
tissues in there healed very fast compared to other tissues
on the sides of the trunk and. Stuff so if
you leave those, intact it'll close back over that circular
or oval wound that you made as quickly as it.
Can and the fastest time of wound healing is in the.

(24:25):
Springs that's why we like to do pruning in the.
Wintertime there is wound healing through the. Season spring is,
fast fall is pretty, fast and the rest of the
time it's very very. Slow but, anyway so you want
to make that cut and you don't want it to strip.
Off so how do you avoid? That, well the way

(24:47):
you avoid it is look at a branch and, say
CAN i in one hand hold that branch? Out like
IF i grab the branch and hold it if it,
came if it was, loose COULD i hold it? There
and if the entries, yes well then you can do
it in one. Cut but if the answer Is i'm
not sure or, no you first cut you go out

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let's just say eight inches or so from where it,
attaches and it could be a little further for a big,
branch and you cut upward about a third of the way.
Through don't go too, far it'll bind your. Saw sag
down and bind your. Saw and then you come in
from that and on the top you cut downward and excuse,

(25:29):
ME i did that. Backwards you go out from that
and on the top you cut downward and when that
limb breaks and. Falls that first cut you made has
severed the bark and the wood, there and it doesn't strip,
off it just. Falls it breaks and. Falls now with
your third, cut you cut it off where it should be,
cut but you don't have this heavy thing to handle

(25:50):
at that. Point so, anyway that's a three point. Cut
if that made no sense at, all then just go
online and look up three point per and it'll show
you a picture that makes it crystal. Cleare it's not
complex at. All and if you're gonna do any printing
on your own, trees that and make that printing cut
just outside that branch collar, two it's very important to do.

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That trees are the single most valuable plant in your.
Landscape and so when you've got a tree that has structural,
problems or that has not been prune, dried or that
is dealing with decay issues or anything that is a serious.
Thing you can pull a rosebush out of the ground
putting a new one in and hardly miss a. Beat

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but when you got something that's forty years old and
beautiful shading the, property or maybe has beautiful flowers on,
it you don't lose that. One yesterday At spring Branch,
ase we had A microlife giveaway of some products that they,

(26:56):
had and one of them we were given away is
a six'. Two four it is a it is a
product to. Promote blooms it's in kind of a pinkish,
red bottle and that one is very. Very effective AND
as i was visiting folks, ABOUT it i was talking
about the importance of a phosphorus in building root systems
and that you can mix it up and drench it

(27:17):
down in the soil around any plant you, put in
and extra phosphorus in there's. Very helpful another Thing in
greg From mitro life pointed this out to me is
that the forms that there's like phosphorus and calcium, in
there and they're in a form that is more immediately
and readily available to. The plant so even with something

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like a, tomato plant if you're dealing with, blossom endrot
which is a lack of calcium to the, tomato fruit
it could be helpful. With that but also getting that
phosphorus up in the plant in a. Better form some
forms of phosphorus just hardly it's very hard for them
to move or be taken up out of, The soil
so that is another reason for that wonderful bloom product

(28:02):
from the Folks at microlife and if you if you
haven't used. It before first, of all there's a lot
of microlife products and you need to start working your
way through them because EVERY time i try a, new one.
IT'S fun i learn a lot of things and find
out more about how to use, a product how it
works and everything. Like that by, the way That's Called

(28:23):
maximum blooms and the three eight three pinkish red bottle.
The liquid so there. You go from the Folks, AT
microlife D And d feed Up, in tomball we were
there a. WHILE back D and d feed has a
great selection of everything you need to make sure your garden.
Looks good so, for example fertilizers they, carry nitrofoss They,

(28:45):
carry microlife They carry nelson The, turf star and the
jars They. Carry medinah and then they have soils like
from the Folks At heirloom soils and buy. The bag
makes it. Really easy you just go in there and you're.
Set up and then any kind of deal you're trying
to manage in the in the lawn or, the garden, you,

(29:06):
know insects diseases. And weeds they've got some really good selections,
of products things that you're just not going to find in.
MOST places D and defeat is three miles West of
tombo by the Way on highway. Twenty nine and so
just head. Out there two eight one three five one
seventy one forty four two eight one three five one
seventy one. Forty four let's take a little break and

(29:28):
we'll be back in. A moment if you'd like to
be first up seven one three two one two five
eight seven four just give them a, call, Now Okay
so george straight means it must be time For The Houston,

(29:49):
livestock show and.

Speaker 8 (29:50):
It is.

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It is i'm gonna be heading over there today after my. Show,
here uh we're going to be doing the horticulture contest
for you, three weekends three sundays of, contests today next
week and the. Next week but lots going on with,
the show. Musical venues it's just. IT'S crazy i was

(30:12):
At The barbecue cookoff yesterday and it was that place
is just until, you go it's hard to it's hard
to adequately. Describe IT but i just wasn't ready for
the number of tents and booths that are there with serve.
And barbecue the teams that are competing in all of

(30:35):
the shindig they put on it is. Something else so
if you didn't get to it, this year you gotta
make a note, next year got to go to the
barbecue cookoff because it, is amazing. Absolutely Amazing Jorgees hidden
gardens is down South, of houston and some of you.
HAVE been i talk to people all the time that, tell,
me yeah they, were there they, loved it and, you

(30:56):
know it's just a just a good place. To go
jegey has. Started off he started off basically growing, fruit
trees not, fruit trees. Ornamental trees and it's expanded and
it expanded and expanded and it just keeps keeps expanding.
Like that it is a really really. AMAZING place i

(31:17):
always like to see the roses that. He's got he's
got some wonderful gosh my book in my head going
blank here in just, A, Second Oh peggy martin's that
are on little trellises that look really. Really good so
you need to get out There To Jorges. Hidden, Gardens
Now Hoores hidden gardens is down There, in alvin In

(31:42):
between Alvin and Santa Fe uh and if you are
if you want to. Call him it's seven one three
three one two fifty two ninety seven one three three
one two nine fifty Two ninety he Is open Tuesday
through friday nine to three and On weekends Saturday and
sunday eight. To four and so you go out on
a weekend and you may meet some of. His kids

(32:04):
this is a. Family operation jorge and his wife. And
kids they're all. OUT there i mean there's sometimes they'll
come out and greet you as you get out of.
The car he's got some wonderful geraniums that, are blooming
lots of. Nice colias it's just a. Good thing and
if you need a, fruit tree really good selection. Down
there so all those Communities, Al Diloma, arcadia hillcrest AL,
gooas nfa And Certainly Alvin RaSE, hidden gardens your Backyard,

(32:28):
garden center go check. THEM out i kind of keep
giving you the last call on this warm season. Weed
germination we've had weeds germinating in lawns now. For weeks
if you're down In the, galveston area in the warmest
part of my, listening area let's Say down, corpus direction

(32:51):
it's been warm enough there where you've had weed germination
going on for, a while and then as you move
north you get up. To ten then you go Further
up conroe and even further up, You Know Huntsville. College
station in those, areas well your weed germination is kicking off,
big time and to get barricade down now is important
if you're going to use a pre emergent to prevent

(33:12):
weed seeds. From germinating and if you think, about it
it's better to use a pre emergent than it is a.
Post emergent and. Here's, why now while some weeds come
back as perennials from underground parts and a pre emergent doesn't.
Stop that pre emergents are about, weed seeds the weeds

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that come up at this time of the year or
in the fall my. Other time if you look at
my schedule for putting a pre, emergent down the weeds
that come up at, those times you got to get
down ahead of them to. Prevent them because here's. What
happens you put a pre emergent down and you prevent
most of the weed seeds that are, out there broad leaf.
And grass but if you wait and let them become.
Weed plants and now the weather's getting kind. Of hot

(33:56):
we're up in the nineties And You're saint augustine lawn
or whatever kind alone.

Speaker 8 (33:59):
You have.

Speaker 6 (34:01):
Now you've got to spray them with something that will
kill the weed but not hurt. Your grass and the warmer,
it gets the harder it is to find something that
is going to work on the weed and not stress,
your grass because stressed grass ends up would take all
root right and. Other issues so a pre emergent is
a safer for your lawn. For sure way to avoid

(34:21):
weed problems just put it down at the. Proper rate
always follow the label rate and telling you any kind
of product, you use and this applies TO organ. X
two you can burn up. You know and sexidal soap
is a, great thing but you make it too strong
spread on a hot sunny day and you can burn
a plant, With soap so you don't want to. Do
that everything needs to be done according to. The label that. Is,

(34:44):
IMPORTANT okay I know i'm preaching at you, right now,
but Hey, it's sunday. So listen just follow the label
and trust the label because if the label was not
adequate enough to really, kill something but they just. Wouldn't
happen they would tell you to put more on because

(35:05):
the more, you use the more. They, Sell right so
when you see, a label there's a reason, for that
and the reason is that's the rate that works most
effectively without damaging, something else whatever the something. Else is
so don't be the guy that thinks a tablespoon is
better than. A teaspoon if, a teaspoons what's on? The label,

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a memorial drive here In the. Houst scenario there you,
have it. All right so we were talking about printing
a little. BIT ago i want to talk a little bit. About,
shrubs yesterday, you know brought, Me samples they brought me
pictures and stuff to. Look at and the ONE picture
i saw was. A Shrub and i'm sure you've seen

(36:09):
this maybe in your. Own yard but the shrub came
up and kind of went outward think of it in
the shape of A. Capital, V okay but all the
foliage is up on the top and down below you're seeing,
the branches but not very, many leaves so you see
through what was supposed to be. A screen because, of

(36:29):
that shrubs left to themselves will grow. Top heavy and
if you want to maintain a screen of leaves all the,
way through you've got to keep the top a little
bit narrower than. The base that's. THE goal, i mean
you're not making it like THE letter A, capital a
which is the opposite of THE, capital b but you're

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keeping it a little bit either parallel or slightly narrower at,
the top and that way the sunlight is not being
shaded out and the, low areas and you maintain a
good foliage. Down, there now when you've got a shrub
that's gone, this direction you've got, a home a little bit,
older home and you've had shrubs around for twenty or.
Thirty years, in there you probably have some shrubs that.

(37:14):
Have overgrown you can cut, them, back severely cut them,
way back and then as they, re sprout they're going
to sit there for a while kind of going what
did you just do? To me they're going to, re
sprout and as they do and begin, to grow then
you want to lightly share. That again and then they'll
send out more branches and you lightly share. Those again

(37:35):
and you just keep taking what was maybe one shoot
and turning it into two, or three and turning two
or three into six and turning six into nine to twelve,
or whatever and it just gets denser. And denser but
now you got foliage, down low and you just take
care of that shrub and make sure as, it grows
it's going to come up and want to, go out
but you keep it in a slightly narrower at the

(37:59):
top stage, a right that. Makes sense now that's for
shrubs that. Are, Shorn okay so if you are not
going to have, a hedge a flat wall or the
creative we call them, landscape meatballs but itself like a
little yophunt or something that's been sheared into, a circle.

(38:19):
That's fine you can. Do that if you want a
lot of Us Read doctor Seuss Books growing up And
the Creatures And doctor. SEUSS books, I see i see
pruning jobs that look a lot, Like that but that's.
Your yard that's. Your yard but if you want a more,
natural look which IS what. I prefer you just take

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the gangly shoots and follow them back into the shrub
and cut them off where they join. Another branch and
so when you get, through pruning the shrub doesn't look
like it. Was pruned it doesn't have that gangly wild
hair's going out and look, and stuff but it has,
a nice softer look to than that. Hard shear one

(39:03):
way is not right and the other. Way wrong there's
two ways to, do it and everybody has. Their opinion,
some people, YOU know i always wonder if an engineer
lives at the HOUSE when i see everything in perfect right,
boxy angles, you know everything. Like that some of the
beautiful Landscapes of europe luid though WHATEVER'S fourteenth i. Don't

(39:24):
know some of his gardens, and things, you know had
that kind. Of sharing and. That's fine you can. Do
that you can turn them into. LITTLE creatures i was
at a place one time down south somewhere run. FULL
shir i don't remember. Where exactly this is a couple of,
decades ago but as someone had sheared their shrubs into
little animal forms out in. The landscape it's probably yopond

(39:45):
they were using. For it, but anyway it was very unusual.
Driving by so. Get creative if you want to. Get
creative there is a there is a website and It's
a facebook, page actually AND it's i think It's called Crimes.
AGAINST horticulture i believe, That right crimes against. Horta coach

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i'm gonna check that during break and you will see
some hilarious. CREATIVE pruning i mean, THIS light i know
you could. Do that crimes against. Horta coach check. It,
out hey let's get us some coffee and meet. Back
here seven, one three two one two five eight. Seven
four give us. A call it's a good time. To

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call quiet always gets a little busier as we're going to.
The show you. Take care NEXT weekend i will be
At The Montgomery County home Show in conroe At The
Lone Star. Convention Center that's saturday, The seventh so after The,
show Saturday next saturday from twelve. To Two Montgomery County
home Show and conroe At The Lone Star. Convention center

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all you folks Up There, lake conroe willis you know
that whole region, up there even coming Up from south come.
On up that is a great. Home show really is
a great. HOME show i hope you can.

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you were there over here in. The studio it could
just couldn't couldn't see who. Was there BUT now i
can seven one three two one two five eight. Seven
four just, Another reminder i'm going to be At The
Montgomery County home Show. In conroe that's At The Lone
Star convention Setterer, Next saturday march, the seventh from twelfth.
To two it's a great, home Show and i'm going
to be giving away a number of products from the

(42:44):
Folks At Nelson Fertilizer Nelson, plant food so you need
to come by and. See those we'll have some samples
that are nice sizeable samples as well as some jars
that we're going to be given away on probably. A
drawing i. Don't know i'll figure something out when we,
get there but come. On Out The Montgomery County master
gardeners will be active with. THE show i believe they.

(43:05):
Usually are but whatever, you do. Come out i'm going
to give a talk to, start off so if you
want to get there right at, About twelve i'll be
doing the talk from twelve to probably twelve, to one
answering questions and doing the talk inside, the room and
then we'll switch Over and i'll go out to a
little table outside in the hallway where people can. Come,

(43:28):
by remember you can bring. Me samples whatever problems your plants,
are having or, you know even know what is this
plant kind, Of sample we'll be happy to take a
look at it and help you get to the bottom.
Of it we want you to. Have success that's a.
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in kingwood and you know they. They are i'm always
AMAZED when i. Go in let me, Put this i'm
always AMAZED when i go in because the selection and
the quality of the plants that, they have and also.
The service, you know folks know what they're talking About
at warrens And At Kingwood, garden center and so you're

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gonna get taken care. Of them they're gonna point you
in the. Right direction, so here here's what you need.
To do you need to just get over there and check.
Them out, right now spring is exploding Over at Warrens
And Kingwood garden, Center both so just get over and check.
Them out look at the fruit trees that, They have

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look at the pottery that. They have, it's out it's really.
Outstanding POTTERY so i fiel. DO that i think you'll
agree with me that it's just a fun place. To
visit it really is a fun place to visit, all
right while you're out. And about just to keep in
mind that are all our garden centers are bursting at

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the seams. Right now they've got these deliveries in of
some really. Cool stuff and if you get, by early
you get the best selection. Of everybody that. Is important
and so the earlier you shop and, get things you
can bring. Them home if you're not quite ready to,
plant them. That's okay just set them out there where you'll,
see them water them each day while you're getting, that

(45:15):
finishing getting that bed ready. AND whatnot i. Don't know
i've got the gardening itch right NOW and i just
can't wait to get out and plant some. More stuff
i've got a number of Things that i'm taking care
of in a POT until i can get out there
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Line man i'm excited. About spring, guess what it's getting
bright outside? The sun here comes. This sun, all right
what are you going to? Do, today today? This afternoon what?
This afternoon what kind of activity out and about do
you want? To do do you pick up some supplies
and plants that would be a great way to spend.

(50:52):
The afternoon do you, want, to uh maybe tend your.
Indoor plants do you want to get outside and start preparing?
Some things whatever you want, to do what's up? For
you i'd be curious to know what kind of gardening
activities you. HAVE planned i do, this OFTEN but i
just want to again challenge you to try something new.

(51:13):
This year try. Something new maybe that is a new variety,
of tomatoes or two new varieties of tomatoes that you
want to. Try out maybe That is i've never grown,
roses Before and i'd love a. Rose bush what a.
Great idea now's the time to go get, Them too really.

(51:33):
Cool stuff love. Roses absolutely maybe something new means you're
going to take an area of the lawn that has
been struggling and, replace it maybe with the different species
Of Grass, Saint, Augustine. Zeisia bermuda they all have the pros,
and cons and if you have a question, about it

(51:54):
you can call Me and i'll tell you what the
pros and cons of each. One Are But saint augustine's
the number one grass that we See. In houston it's
the elephant in, the room if. You Will but zozi
deserves a place and. More lawns it is also a
very good grass and it has its pros. And constitute
so here's. Another idea maybe you're going to try A

(52:15):
different trellis system for. Your tomatoes most people do them
in cages, tomato cages and. That's fine you can, do
THAT but i like to grow mine on. A panel,
you know the, livestock panels the galvanized bars of metal
the size of a pencil. Going around and you can
take those panels with. Bolt cutters take a sixteen foot

(52:38):
panel and cut it into, two panels or you can
do cut more if, you want but cutting it into
two panels it makes them easier to. Carry around i'll
just drive a t post in the ground And then
i'll lean the panel. Against it so. Imagine this those
panels are about about four feet high somewhere, in there
sometimes a, little higher and so you at, the bottom

(53:00):
you set the panel about a foot away from, the
post so it leans up against the post and then
just tied to, THE post, i mean it's not going to.
Go anywhere and plant your tomatoes, underneath it and as,
they grow just sort of push the vines through the
panel from the front of, the back from the back to.
The front you don't have to weave them tight, in
there but just kind of get them up covering, the

(53:20):
panel and they make a wall. OF foliage a lot
of the tomato clusters will be hanging down in the,
shade underneath which. Is good you can get sunburned, on
tomatoes and it's very easy. To harvest the air moves
through there and it drives the foliage quickly after it,
gets wet and that. Reduces diseases and then when, you're
done those panels stack together off on a side corner.

(53:44):
Very neatly if you've ever tried to take maybe you
got six or seven, tomato cages and WHAT am i
going to do? For winter on, most types especially the,
homemade ones it's kind of hard to store them because
they take up so. Much, space anyway, kettle panel that's just,
one way just one way to. Grow tomatoes not the,
right way it's just. A way but what are you

(54:04):
going to? Do new what are you going to try
that you haven't? Tried Before? ALL right i want to.
HEAR that i want to hear, about IT and i
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(54:24):
katie fullshire Side, of richmond you, will find first, of
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(54:44):
plants that, you know One all american designation honors just
because all over the country they. Perform superior to, do
that you, gotta though go buy and look at the
iron baskets and the other, hanging baskets standing baskets and
things standing planters that are that you line with coconut

(55:05):
core and. Plant in they. ARE gorgeous i mean they really.
Are pretty and go check that, out too because that.
Is amazing from time, to time they even have classes
on how to make. Your own they had a succulent
class a while back that was. Really Good, uh, so
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(55:27):
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is the, Website Too Ingented gardens richmond. Dot Com Ententned
gardens richmond. Dot com you're listening to. Garden line the
phone number if you'd like to give me a call
seven one three two one two five eight seven four
seven one three two one two fifty eight. Seventy four
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(56:13):
quiet first HOUR because i coudn't. SEE. Callers u sorry
again to hate to. See that i'd love to, have
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To you.

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Containers are a great way to add a really nice
touch to any. Gardening area, you know you may have
an area where maybe it's, a patio maybe it's a longer,
front driveway maybe it's a longer front porch or back
deck or wherever. You want containers, are versatile they can,
be moved they CAN be i have a. Container hospital

(56:49):
it's around the side of. The house and so when
a container is having problems, and struggling or when it
kind of runs its Course and i'm ready to replant
it with. Something else it goes around to. The hospital
you don't have to look at that, ugly thing and
the one is ready. To go it comes back out
again and you just get your a little dolly and
you can move where you want without, any stress without

(57:11):
any pain. Or struggling and containers, are good but you
need a good soil that. Drains well and jungle land
is the soil that. Drains well it. Holds moisture it's
got That blended canadian blonde peat and four different sources
of age, organic matter got microhize of fungi in it,
as well, of course and you just pot. It up
do your veggies and herbs outdoors in jungle land flour

(57:34):
and vegetable. Potting soil now you're going To find nitrovos
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(57:55):
a container that had a dwarf tomato. In it there's
a number of types of tomatoes that stays small. And,
Bushy UH and i was this is a number of.
YEARS ago i was looking at, the CONTAINER and i never.
It was it's like the tomatoes, weren't ripening you know.
They were they they're getting kind of there, and, think
oh that one's gonna be it's starting to develop that

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type of white green color that means they're about to
turn in a nice tomato. Blush color and they. Never
did and One day i'm sitting out There and i'm
looking out the, window actually and the tomato bush. Was
moving it was just kind, of shaking like somebody had his.
Fingers on it was shaking. The BUSH and i watched
and Our little malti poo came around the bush and

(58:42):
with a tomato in. Its mouth and it's like the
dog is eating my tomatoes off. The bush that's what.
Was happening and the dog happened to look up and.
See me and there was, no shame there was, no
shock there was. No guilt it was, just, like uh.
You're there i'm gonna finish eating, THIS toma. I know,
so yeah if someone said what are the main pests,

(59:04):
OF tomatoes i, would, say, oh well mocking birds and birds.
Like them you get other. THINGS stealing i wouldn't have
thought to put dogs on. The LIST but i had
a tomato. Eating dog maddie's not with. US anymore i
did not make the not with us happened on. The
way she was just an older dog. And passed but
you got any, Pet stories i've got a few that pets,

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and gardening that's an. Interesting Thing Nelson plant food has
a number of, great products but one of the ones
that's newer on the List of nelson products Is. Called
genesis it's a six one. Three fertilizer and this stuff.
IS great i just potted up a bunch of plants
a couple of, days ago and WHAT do. I do

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i get the potting SOIL and i look at the
label and it tells you how much per cubic foot
of potting soil or so that you're gonna PUT and
i just mix. It in get the potting soil all
Mixed With, nelson genesis and and THEN when i take
my transplants out and put them in a, bigger pot
or when you know anything i'm, BUMPING up i just
put them in that Song with genesis and they hit the.
Ground run and it really. Does work if you're going

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to plant, something outside just mix it in the soil
that you're going to put back in the planting hole
and you're good. To go they did a STUDY tax
A and m did a study the hort department a
landscape trial At The Houston Community college katie campus and
they Had some mexican sycamore trees there and they treated
the Trees with. Genesis mix now in order to, you

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know if you fertilize, one plant don't, Fertilize, another, well
yeah you're going to see a difference because it. Got
fertilized so in this trial They had genesis treating some
trees and then they got another fertilizer that gave the
same basic nutrient content to the. Other trees And the

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genesis trees. Were bigger they had a twenty five percent
increase in the trunk diameter over this period of. The
trial they had a they were three feet taller and
eighteen percent increase. In height and it wasn't the Nutrients
in genesis because both sets had the. Same nutrients it

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just showed that the added biological components that are, in
genesis they boost beneficial bacteria like. Rhizo fungi there's humates
in there too that helps with. Soil quality it just
helps support stronger root development and improve. Nutrient uptake and
this is very eye opening and Interesting because i've always
used it as something you put into the soil and,

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you know for your, new plants but lots of uses for.
Genesis anyway genesis six one three comes in, the jars
and a lot of places you can refill. THOSE jars,
i KNOW as i was Out At Nelson water gardens
Out and katie the other DAY and i was looking
at their refill station and you just pull the handle
and refill, your jar and it does significant savings and

(01:01:58):
the cost of The fertile but also you don't throw away,
the PLASTIC so i guess that. Makes sense it does.
TO me i think it's. PRETTY cool i wish there
are more things, like that even at the. Grocery store,
you know we throw so much. Stuff away maybe you
just take your old one in and just. REFILL it
i guess probably that just doesn't catch on with, most

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people but it's your would.

Speaker 10 (01:02:21):
WITH me i like.

Speaker 6 (01:02:22):
The idea, All right so it is, gardening spring it,
Is here we're ready. To go it is important when
you are planning plants to plant species and varieties that
want to. Grow here so there are some wonderful peaches
and apples that will not fruit here very well because

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of the. Chilling hours so chilling hours doesn't mean it gets.
Zero degrees chilling hours means, between oh around forty to
forty five. Is ideal if you get a little, above that.
It's okay if you get a little, below that. It's
okay at around forty it. Is, Ideal really and those
temperatures cause the chemicals that keep buds, From growing they

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cause them to. Break down and so when they, break
down now with the first warm whether the buds can take.
Off growing so you want good chilling hours that match
your area so it doesn't bloom too early or not bloom.
At all very important when you pick your fruit trees
and your good mom and pop independent, garden centers they
know and they can answer the questions and tell you what.

(01:03:27):
They got let's take a break and turn it Over
to erica for. The news, all right here, We go
welcome back to the.

Speaker 7 (01:03:36):
Garden line.

Speaker 6 (01:03:40):
You got, a question we'll give me. A call seven
one three two one two five eight seven four seven
one three two one two fifty eight. Seventy four let's.
Talk gardening let's talk about the things that are most
of interest. To you that, makes sense sounds good, to
me like THE IDEA i i was visiting with some

(01:04:00):
folks YESTERDAY when i was At The ace, hardware store
the One In, spring branch and we're talking about a
number of. Different things the weeds are a popular question,
right now and we had some samples of a lawn
called long. Bur weed that was one and there were

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some others that the weeds you see right now are
cool season weeds because they sprout in, the fall they go,
through winter and then in spring they start growing really
fast and. They bloom that's what blue. Bunnets do blue
bunnets aren't a weed, to me but blue bunnets sprout in,

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the fall go through the winter not, so noticeable and
then they take off growing and blooming and we. Enjoy
them they cast their seed and. They're done and the
green weeds in, your lawn that's what they're going to.
Be doing they're going to cast their seeds and they're
going to be done so early on before they are
all full of seeds that. Have, matured especially you can

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use a post emergent weed control product to control them
if you've got a lot of them in. The yard that,
makes sense and in, doing that you can kill them
before the seeds. Are viable once they have viable seeds,
On them, number one those products don't work as well on.
The weed, and secondly you've already. Got seeds so you
got a plant that's about to die and you're killing

(01:05:27):
it or trying to kill it a. Little faster but
all the seeds. Are there and now where you had,
one weed you're gonna have one hundred next year because
they cast a bunch. Of seeds so what do? You
DO what i do IS do hnd PULLING when i hit.
That Stage and i've got some weeds that are. Like
that i've been walking past them in. The lawn, they're here,
They're there. They're not, YOU know i don't have a.

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WEED problem i just. There are they're gonna be some
weeds any anywhere sunlight can hit, The soil nature's going
to plant. A weed AND so i like to go
out in, the morning give me a cup of coffee
in a spill, with tumbler a five, gallon bucket and
a weeding tool and a kneeling bench and get out
there and just get. IT done i can get a
lot DONE and i. Don't know there's something therapeutic to

(01:06:08):
me about just going along pulling weed by weed here
and there and being able to look back and see
a beautiful weed free AREA that. I created i think
that's a. Good, THING now. I know i know some
people have. Physical limitations i'll tell you that kneeling bench
will change. Your life you can sit on it and
flip it upside down and you can the legs become

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handles to help you get. Back up that's. Very important
one of the greatest pain causers of older gardeners is
then younger gardeners is, getting down, getting up, getting down.
Getting up it's like doing, the squats but about a.
Thousand times so THAT'S what. I do i just just
hand pull them like that and it makes. It easy

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but do it for the seeds. Are out otherwise you wasted.
Your time so there. You go now the warm, season
weed that's what we were. Talking about. Barricade nitrofoss barricade
prevents weed seeds from. Establishing plants so you get a, weed,
seed well let me do it. This way you put,
down barricade you watered in with a third of an
inch of water and it forms a barricade over the.

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Soal surface it ties to. The sweat it it's designed
to not. Wash away, in fact it's better than a
lot of other pre emergents and tying up and not.
Washing away and so now when a weed, seed sprouts
it sends its root out and, barricade, says no, you
don't and it stops that. Root growth and so the,
weed seed unable to get, roots down dries up. And

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dies it just. Can't live and so you never see a.
Weed plant and if you wait until after it's a,
weed plant barricade won't help because it's not a. Post
emerge it's a. Pre emergent but it works in. That
way and so when you put it down and prevent,
the weeds then now you're summer weeds you've taken. Care
of are a few weeds that. Are perennials they, you

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know they just come back here after a year and
those kind. Of weeds by, the way barricade is a night,
foss product and you can get it in places like heating, AND, feed.
Rcw nursery, you know the arbigate Up in tomball carry
nights type products. Up there but for the broad leaf

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or for the perennial types. Of weeds then you have
to do individual spray treatments to knock. Those out some
of them also come. From seed some of them are
primarily coming from the perennial parts that survived over. The
winter that's what our flowering. Perennials do they die to,
the ground they. Come back that's what weeds do. AS Well.

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Rcw nursery EVERY time i THINK of rcw in, THE
spring i think. Of roses they have such a good selection.
Of Roses but i'll tell you when you, get there
you're going to see so many nice shrubs. And trees, it's, amazing, hibiscus, vegetables,
herbs flowers even. House plants they just have a. GOOD
selection rcw is easy to. Get to it's the garden

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center that's right There Where tombo parkway And belt way eight.
Come Together tombo parkway In belt way eight open up
in nineteen seventy nine By the williamson family who still,
run it and boy did they ever know. Their stuff
you go in and ask them a question and they're experts.
At this they and their. Staff too their staff is.
Very knowledgeable so you GO buy rcw and if you're

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interested in. A rose get over, there QUICK because i
mean they have a bazillion. DIFFERENT kinds i really mean
that like. Six. Paid well LAST time i looked at
their rose list they got in, this spring it was
six pages. Single, space wow that's a lot. Of, roses
well the longer, you wait the more people have picked
it over and gotten this one and that one and.

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The other so do yourself a favor and get. Good
selection get on over THERE. To rcw there got it,
Nursery too and that just means that if they don't,
have it you, let them they'll. Try to they'll do
their best to try to find it and bring it in.

Speaker 8 (01:10:03):
FOR you.

Speaker 6 (01:10:05):
Rcw love going. Out there let's take a. Little break
we're going to take a slightly early break here and
we will be right back if you got. A question seven,
one three two one two five eight Seven four and,
all right folks looking back to the, Guard, line hey
have you got some furniture outdoor furniture that is looking

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worse for. THE wear i remember when WE when i was,
growing up we had those metal chairs that were bright
primary colors and they had the tubular typically a white
tubular thing that went around the back and it was
your arm rest and it went underneath and had a
little bit of spring. To it you Know what i'm
talking about? This, Kind Well Houston powder coats can make.
THEM new, i mean maybe the bolts. Are rusty they'll

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they'll bring, them in they'll get all the rest, off,
everything uh and then they will do a powder coating
on them and put some fresh stainless ill bolts. On
there so it just looks good and it doesn't matter what.
IT is, i mean it could be one. Of those
maybe you have a like a black metal table and.
Chairs outside they can make them. Look new maybe your

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barbecue bits need a little bit of, an upgrade rusty
or getting a little dull looking, and stuff and you
want to do a nice new thick coating. On it
they can, take hot hot temperatures. Just Fine Houston Powder
Coders houston Powdercoats dot com two eight one six seven
six thirty eight. Eighty eight they'll come. Get it they'll

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deliver it back when. They're through if you want to
get a quote two eight one six seven six thirty eight,
eighty eight they're going to have you send them a
picture by email and you get a really fast return
on a good quote for that. Particular project you're listening
To garden line the phone number seven one three two
one two five eight. Seven four look forward to visiting

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with you. This. Morning uh nightross came up with the
Product Called, sweet green and it basically was based on
a molasses. Type base there's some microbial activity that goes
on that turns that into an eleven percent nitrogen. Organic,
product Now The Nitrofoss sweet green. Smells good you put,

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it out you, water it, it dissolves it goes in,
the ground and it kicks that grass. Into gear it
really does a. Good job i've seen the results from
it and it's good and you can do it now if.
You want you can do it all summer off and
on through the summer to continue to give that nitrogen boost.
As Needed Night Foss. Sweet Green night fuss products are

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Available At lake Hardware, And Angleton lake Hardware. And clute
they are Available At Ace hardware City On memorial drive
just a few of the places where you're going to
Find nit fross products Like This sweet green. Very available.
That's important you're Listening to guardenline and we're talking about
various things as we go through the day. TO day i,

(01:13:04):
mentioned pruning discuss some, pruning principles talk a little bit
about lawn weeds and the difference with the types of
weeds and what. To do if you're seeing the weed
and you're having trouble killing it it's. Not working, it's,
LIKE well i tried that and this product. Didn't work
that product. Didn't, work well send me a picture of.
That weed you can call the show seven one three

(01:13:27):
two one two five eight, seven four and my producer
will give you my. Email address with that, email address
you just attach. Your photos make sure they're in. Sharp
focus if they're, fuzzy photos you'll get a, fuzzy answer
and you want a good, sharp answer and get up
close as. You can it often helps the weeds to

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just go ahead and pull them up and lay them
on a dark surface and take. The PICTURE then i
don't have all the grass blades and everything else in,
the Way and i'm trying to pick the weed out of,
The photo so that. Is helpful i'll be happy to
tell you what it is and then what you might
want to do. About, it NOW what i like is
for you to call in the garden line after you've,
done THAT because. I can't i just am not able

(01:14:09):
to have the time available to do pimpal email back
and forth all through. THE week I wish, i COULD
as i, enjoy That but i'm just not. Able to
so send me the picture and then followed up with
a call in the garden line and. Let's talk let's
get to the bottom. Of it it is not unusual

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for some great products to not control a particular type.
Of weat it's kind of like when you go the doctor.
For medicine there's not one medicine that fixes everything that
can go wrong in, our, bodies right there's targeted medicines
that actually work best against whatever it is that the.

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Doctor's diagnosed so the same thing is true when it
comes to. We control we got some that, in general.
Like barricade it controls a lot and a lot of
broad leaf weeds by preventing the seeds from. Coming up
but everything there's always exceptions to, the rule and so when,
that happens that's where a good diagnosis. Can Help and

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i'm happy to. Do that, of course there's no charge,
for it and just let me know there, you go,
all right if you're thinking about planning something and you're
not sure if it, belongs here or if it will do,
well here there's another reason either to call in maybe
send me a picture of what it is that you
saw somewhere and you're wanting to know you know what,

(01:15:33):
about it and we'll be happy to. Help you there
are a number of plants that people remember from where
they grew up that when you Come, to houston they
just don't do. Well here and. That's unfortunate, you know
if you came from the north at least halfway up
the country. Or more forcythia was the harbinger of spring, yellow,

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blooms gorgon, gorgeous plant early, early bloomer it just doesn't perform.

Speaker 10 (01:16:05):
Well.

Speaker 6 (01:16:05):
Here hostas can you grow? Hostas, here yes there are
people that grow some, hostas here but it's not like
where you probably came from and where they thrived and did.
So well that is another example of a challenge. Like
that here's. ANOTHER one i just went blank RIGHT when
i was ABOUT to i was about to say the name.

Speaker 8 (01:16:30):
OF it.

Speaker 6 (01:16:32):
I can't think lilacs there it, is. Lilac lilacs oh.
MY gosh i spent three Years. In missouri that was
my YEARS when i was out of the country Country.
Being texas three Years. In missouri had a good. Time
there but we had a lilac bush and oh, my
goodness we had a lilac bush that the fragrance is.

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Unbelievably wonderful we just don't grow lilacs, down here not. That,
well okay so what do? You, do well you get
you a purple blooming dwarf, crpe myrtle and you spray it.
With Perfume, merry christmas there's. Your lie look that's as
close as we can get. To them but, it does it.
Does well we have other plants. Like that, but yeah.

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Blue spruce you Went. To colorado oh they're, so pretty
and you bring, them home along With those colorado columbines.
Not here there are one shot. Wonders here you'll, you
know you'll get something out, of them but not. Very well.
They don't they don't like it. Done here did? You
know we have two native columbines Here. In texas one
of them has very long they call, them spurs the

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points that come out of the back of. The flower
and it's a. Golden color it. Is beautiful It's called.
Hinkley's columbine it grows native here and you can. Grow
here the other one is a native columbine that grows
In central texas along where you see creeks and things,
like that semi, shaded areas and it. Is red and

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those two will, cross too by, the way that's the
story for. Another day but if you get either of
those and you plant them in, the fall remember the cool.
Seasoned plants how do? They grow, They grow they germinate in,
the fall and then they grow up into, a plant
and then in spring you have this beautiful silvery. Blue
foliage silvery green foliage with bluish color actually is probably

(01:18:23):
a better way to. Describe it and these tall spikes
that come up with. Beautiful columbines and then when, it's
done that plant might live a. Second year they don't
live like five years, one plant but they may make
it a, second year but they recede and then the
seeds will come up and you just start. That cycle
if you've got an area of dry shade where you,
can't irrigate throw some columbine seeds, out There our texas

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columbine seeds and they do really. Really well you. Like
it and if you plant both, of them you'll get
to see what they look like when, they cross which is. Pretty. Cool,
too yeah those columbines. Do well so that's the kind
Of plants i'm. Talking about, you know we have a
lot of different options for various kinds, of plants and
we have so many that don't do, well here but

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we usually have a substitute that we can replace. Them
with we usually have that.

Speaker 7 (01:19:16):
One.

Speaker 6 (01:19:16):
Other thing if you are going to start, seeds indoors
or if you, HAVE started i mean you're not. Having
success The key the number ONE thing i see go
wrong when people try to start their, own transplants which
is a fun thing, to do by, the way. Is
lighting when a, Seed germinates i'm gonna talk beyond, lighting

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here but when a, seed germinates the minute it makes
a commitment and the biochemical, changes start the seed is
swollen up from, water absorption and here comes the. Root
out if it dries out at any stage, in there
it will die because it doesn't hasn't. Established yet so
you got to keep the. Soul moist it's. Very important temperature,
is important. Typically indoormperatures what temperature your house is good for.

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Growing seeds they can even grow a, little warmer maybe
eighty seventy eight. Eighty degrees most people don't keep the house.
Out warm but you can grow them in. Those temperatures
but if it's, too cool you're not going to get
the performance that. You wanted but lighting is it bright
lighting and? Quality lighting so quality. And quantity what does?

(01:20:26):
That mean quantity? Of, light well it's. Two things, number
one it's how bright the. Light is, you know, you
know with our bulbs for our, own lighting so you
know you're sitting at a table and you got a little,
lamp there those. Incandescent bulbs they measure it in. Foot

(01:20:47):
candles that's how much light. It is but it's measured
a little differently. With plants, but anyway the brightness of
the light and the duration of. The light how long is?
It on so when you start seeds, fourteen hours go
leave it on for. Fourteen hours as the sieeds grow up,
into plants you can move back to twelve if. You like,

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that's good but you want a good quality light and
finding the right light. Is difficult if you go on,
my website gardeningwithskip, dot com there is a publication on
plant lighting and it's. Really cool it's got a little
animation on it that shows the further you get from,
a light the light intensity drops dramatically And it, you

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know if, YOU thought i got a light that's six
inches above, my Plants and i'm going to move it to,
twelve inches well that's essentially. The same no, It's, not no.
It's not it's like half half. The intensity so read,
that publication learn how to, do it and then have
fun grow in your. Own transplants when you learn to
grow your, own plants you can get seeds of obscure

(01:21:54):
things that will never be sold in a, garden center
and you can try them out and see How they,
you know some, maybe uh maybe you're gonna grow one
hundred and fifty different varieties. Of tomatoes good luck. With
that you might want to Notify del Monte and hines
that they're about to be put out. Of, business.

Speaker 4 (01:22:18):
Well glasses and Gassau maybe proba takes the soup bat
crazy in the great bringing in the grasses, and gas
and again you jus.

Speaker 2 (01:22:32):
Back taking they're not a sound and the glasses and
gas and.

Speaker 4 (01:22:39):
The salt beamon of greeting.

Speaker 2 (01:22:43):
In the grasses, and gas starting in and out of
treating bringing in the gas like yah became you everything
is something can see and never thing Here.

Speaker 6 (01:22:58):
Is sunday, oh man, oh man what. A day and
they're looking at my studio window at the sunshine and
got a few little whispy clouds. Out, there oh it's
gonna be a good day. FOR garden i hope you
guys have some plans this afternoon at least stop buying

(01:23:20):
and visit some of our wonderful garden centers that we
have here throughout The Great greater. Houston, area, yes sire
if you want to give me a call seven one
three two one two five eight seven four seven one
three two one two fifty eight, seventy four we'll talk
about the things that are of interest. To, You, uh
warren's Let's see warren's at. THE garden i was telling

(01:23:41):
you about. Them before they've got a good selection of
fruit in right now and you need to check. Them
out it really really is an. Amazing. Selection uh they
always do a good job there of making sure whatever's
in season they're stocked. UP on i was over there
looking at the color of all back and, it's, like
wow that is so many. Cool. Things uh and you

(01:24:05):
know how it is, with plants you got to. Have
them and if you if you're, like me It's, LIKE
oh i like. That plant i'm bringing. It, home well
where you're going to, PUT it i. Don't know i'm bringing.
It home that's that's how. It goes and then you
walk around the yard looking for a place to put.
The plant, All, right well there are true confessions on. GUARDEN.
Line uh if you have a gardening question seven, one

(01:24:27):
three two, one two five eight, seven four let's talk
about it and get to the bottom. OF it i
mentioned EARLIER that i was Out At nelson Nursery And
water gardens Visiting with ralph And the they have a
new idea out THERE that i really like it, a
lot and it's, coming soon. Very soon large DARK black

(01:24:50):
uh LIGHT resistant uv resistant containers that make a little
pond on. THE patio i mean you could you could
dig a hole and sink them in the whole if you't,
do that or just have a pond on the patio kind.
Of thing it's they come in three sizes and they're
going to have them as. A kit so you go
out and for, a price you get, the container you

(01:25:13):
get a. Few plants depending on how big the, container
is it may be room for one, or two it
may have room for three, or so and then you
get the fish that go in it, as well and
you just have to let them tell you. About it
but it is a, great idea a really. Cool idea
so those of you who, are, LIKE yeah i like,
a pond, but yeah that's a. Big operation, YOU know

(01:25:35):
i don't have room for a swimming pool, Right, now
well then just go out and talk to them. About
it but this, isn't today so don't. Misunderstand me it's
not like they're out there today ready. To go but
the water lilies are moving slowly along in the greenhouses
and they're going to have them out Sometime. Mid march
you just have to stay tuned, for that both the
tropical water lilies and the hardy. Water lilies and they are.

(01:25:58):
So gorgeous and nobody knows more about water gardens Than the.
Nelsons do Ralph and Peter. And anita these folks have
been eating and sleeping water gardens for a, long time
and we don't know what we have here out There, In.
Katie texas this is nationally known in the water. Garden

(01:26:20):
world we're Talking about hall of. Fame, folks okay they are.
Well respected long before you know the COUNTRY song i
was country when country. Wasn't cool they were water garden
way before everybody knew about. WATER gardening i mean there's
always been, water gardening but before people really knew. That's
THEM and i. Go out EVERY time i Talk, TO

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ralph i ask him eight hundred water, gardening questions and
when he gives, the answers it's just. Like amazing it's
cool now while you're. Out there of course it's a,
nursery too lots of. Cool plants you've, got herbs and you.
GOT vegetables i was out the other day and picked
up some. Kalal lilies my. Wife loves brought. Those Home
Nelson Water gardens Katie fort benrod just NORTH of i

(01:27:05):
ten out There and katie should check. Them out, All
right we're going to go to the woodlands now and
Visit with ken. This, Morning, hey ken welcome To. Garden Line,
hikip hey quick question.

Speaker 5 (01:27:18):
FOR you.

Speaker 10 (01:27:20):
I need the.

Speaker 11 (01:27:22):
Tweet green versus the fifteen To five. Ken nitrofoss What's
the you know which ONE should?

Speaker 12 (01:27:30):
I use i'm just a.

Speaker 7 (01:27:31):
Little confused they're.

Speaker 6 (01:27:33):
Both okay the sweet green's more the organic version, of
it straight. Nitrogen boost you can use, it now but
most people are starting with the fifteen to five to
ten the imperial in the red, orange bag just because
it's it's a very immediate release and it gives you
the other balance of nutrients in addition to just primarily,

(01:27:56):
the nitrogen which is what sweet green primarily. Is NITROGEN.

Speaker 11 (01:28:00):
But i can use the sweet green kind of as
a supplement later in.

Speaker 6 (01:28:06):
The year, then yeah you could do it supplement in.
The year, you know if if you did a, saw
test you probably would find that most of your nutrient levels,
are decent and so in a lawn that if that
were the case in, a lawn it would primarily be
nitrogen that you need in small doses because it doesn't stick,

(01:28:29):
around long whereas right so you use.

Speaker 11 (01:28:33):
The late last summer and it really seemed to help
prior to the fall application of the winter so or.

Speaker 6 (01:28:46):
Weird fertilizers so anytime you want to green up or
boost growth on your lawn in, other words during the,
growing season sweet greens a great a great way to.

Speaker 11 (01:28:55):
Go okay and then what is a good oil mix
for a container for a. Mior lemon i'm getting ready
to move one up in.

Speaker 7 (01:29:05):
A pot.

Speaker 6 (01:29:07):
I would use a mix that is designed for vegetables,
and herbs and all of my preferred sol vendors carry
one that would be it may it may be for
like citrus, and fruit, you know but basically any blend
like that heirloom souls Has Those nature's. Way resources it, has,
those uh and so does the. Ground up now you're

(01:29:30):
you're calling from up in, the woodlands so you are
just in the Backyard Of nature's, way resources which is
do you know where? That is by?

Speaker 2 (01:29:38):
The way, oh, yeah, Okay YEAH so i use them for.

Speaker 6 (01:29:41):
My, Malt yeah so ask tell them what you want.
To do you want to do a citrus and you
need a blend, for that and they'll have that and
put that in. The container kind of settle it in
as you put, it down because all soil that's been
loosened up settles back down and you don't want your
container height to. Drop DRAMATICALLY so i kind of push

(01:30:02):
mine down a, little bit settle, it in and then
make a little bit of a dome a crown over
the top again to account for some settling that's going.
To occur so slightly, mounded over.

Speaker 8 (01:30:14):
Just.

Speaker 11 (01:30:14):
SLIGHTLY okay i appreciate, The help thank you.

Speaker 6 (01:30:19):
Very much, All right ken you know the rule on
guarden line. Free advice but you got to bring me.
The produce, so well if you bring half over, The
lemons i'll call.

Speaker 2 (01:30:26):
It even, all right you got, A deal?

Speaker 6 (01:30:29):
Thank you? All right seven one three two one two
five eight. Seven four if you got, a question the
give me. A call we'll talk about, you know whatever,
it is it's of interest. To you he was talking
About Night. Foss imperial that fifteen to five to ten
is the standard spring greenup that's been around a. Long
time randy had it on. His, schedule uh and it's

(01:30:51):
just a. Good one it's a fifteen five to ten
is the three to one to two ratio that research
has shown over. The years that is the ratio that
grass takes. Up nutrients you may remember long ago it
was recommended to use like triple thirteen. For example that
is a one to one to. One ratio and as
turf scientists did more and, more research they realized that

(01:31:13):
that's more phosphorus the middle number than. You need it
just isn't going to show a dramatic improvement in your
lawn to. Add more, in fact you get too much
and then you start see iron deficiency in higher, PHLs
especially but fifteen five to ten that's a. Good ratio
and where do you get night fuss fifteen five. To
ten we get it bearing Shardware. On bisonette you can

(01:31:34):
get it bearing Hardware On. West timer those are a
few of the meeting places that Carry night. Foss products
we were talking the other day when we had the appearance.
Out there we were talking about trying to manage different
kinds of weeds that are very difficult, to kill and

(01:31:55):
Things like virginia, button weed dollar weed is a pain
in the, neck too and nuts edge in the lawns
and in garden beds and those. Three weeds one characteristic
they have in common is they like it when you
make it, extra wet especially when YELLOW nuts i just
supposed to. Purple nuts you keep your lawn, too wet

(01:32:16):
or maybe it's a low lying area that just doesn't
drain well, at all and you're going to see more
problems with. Those weeds also, with doveweed that's a big
problem in. Wet areas so just changing the way we
care for. Our lawn, you know the heart of all
good lawn care is to provide a good deep soaking
and then let. It dry out and to focus on the.

(01:32:37):
Cultural practices we don't first reach. For herbicide we first
grow along in the right way to minimize the need,
for herbicide to quit encouraging the weeds, so much and
then when we need to, use one we can certainly.
Use one let's take a little break here and we'll be. Right,
back well welcome back to guarden line on a. Lovely

(01:33:01):
sunday ough it looks so. Good outside i'm being tortured
staring out. The Window but i'm going to get to
it later after, lunch today will be. Out there actually Today,
After no i'm wrong. ABOUT that i have to go
To The houston livestock. Sure today that's what happens when you're.
A gardener you. Start daydreaming who knows what's. What next

(01:33:24):
whenever people are wanting to provide their, plants nourishment we
usually talk about it in the way, of fertilizers and
fertilizing is. Certainly legit we do a lot of it
to get the most out. Of plants. You know it's,
not like how do you fertilize to keep the? Plant,
life no it's how do you fertilize to get? More
flowers how do you fertilize to have a dens? Or
lawn how do you fertilize to get more fruit or more.

(01:33:46):
Vegetable production that is the reason we're giving these. Supplemental
fertilizations but it's also important to have microbial activity in the,
soil boosted and anything you do to boost it is.
Very helpful has a product called humate. Humic acid it's
like liquid humus or concentrated compost in. A bottle this

(01:34:06):
is a, liquid product and if you want to improve your,
soil quality humus is how you. Do it that's how nature.
Does it nature puts organic matter back in. The soil
nobody bags the forest or. The meadow, In nature nature
recycles naturally and those materials decompose into what we might,

(01:34:27):
call compost and then they decompose further into what's, called
humus and at that stage they are really good for,
the soil. Really good and humatee humic Acid from medina
is a good example. Of that you're going to get
some some micronutrients and macronutrients as well. In it you're
going to get NITROGEN and uh or you're not going to.
Get nitrogen it's going to enhance the release of nitrogen

(01:34:50):
and other nutrients from your soil so, they're there and
the improvement whenever you kick microbes. In gear it just
improves the soils, physical properties proves the exchangeable nutrients that
are there available to. The Plant And medina humic humate
is the. Actual. Name humate humic acid is an example

(01:35:11):
of that kind. Of Product another medina product that you
ought to have on Hand Is medina Has To. Grow
on that's a twelve four. Eight fertilizer it hooks up
to a. Garden hose so you want to go out
there and give your lin a. Quick boost this Is
a medina way to. Do it you get, out there
you hook up the, garden hose you go with the lawn,
and boom it gets its nutrients right then it's ready.

(01:35:32):
To go after you've used up, that bottle get you
a gallon on the next plan and refill your applicator
bottle that, you bought the quirt that you're a bought to,
begin with and you can just keep. Using it it's
economical way, to go and you just keep using a
good product through, that applicator. ALL right i think that,
makes sense at least it does.

Speaker 10 (01:35:51):
TO me.

Speaker 6 (01:35:53):
I have not been Out To enchanted forest in a
quite a. FEW weeks i need to get out. There
Again And chenni forest is one of my favorite garden
centers to. Go to and we're so lucky Here, In, Houston, North,
South east West, and central great great garden centers that.
We have if you have not been To In chenna,

(01:36:13):
forest ever you need to go in. This afternoon it'll
be a good time to. Do it by, the way
if you, have been you Know what i'm, talking about
and you need to. Go again they are loaded up
on roses. AND bougainvillias, i mean the color is so
gaudy out There that i'm, telling you if they stuck
a pink flamingo out, among them no one would notice
the gaudy pink flamingo because of the gaudy flowers that,

(01:36:36):
are everywhere, beautiful roses pink. And yellow and there's One
called Ketchup and mustard and it is red on the
outside and just a golden yellow on. The inside, really
unusual kind. OF cool i think. That's cool at least
there are, other plants THE kalalilies i was talking, about
before they're ready to go. On those and if you,
need vegetables you won't believe, the, selection, tomatoes, peppers, everything

(01:37:00):
everything and herbs everything you, can imagine so many good
products and a fun place. To shop That's, In. Chenniforest
richmond Clay and danny and the whole team. Out there.
They're knowledgeable they can point you in the right direction
so you can. Have Success but i'm, telling you when,
you go would you take somebody? With you take somebody.

(01:37:21):
With you it is just a fun. Experience together it's like,
you know people go to botanical garden or they go
to a park. Or, something well this, is THAT and
i think, even more it's really. Really cool now where. Is,
it well It's, In richmond rosenberg Up toward katie direction
on a ROAD called fm twenty seven fifty nine South
of highway fifty nine or, sixty nine depending on how old.

(01:37:44):
You are just what you remember IT as fm twenty seven.
Fifty nine and here's the Website, Enchanted FOREST richmond tx
dot Com, In, CHENNIFOREST richmond tx. Dot com, all right
someone was asking about. SOILS earlier i mentioned the. Ground
up the ground up is our sole purveyor that's primarily

(01:38:07):
on the on the west side. Of town there's a
location up At wind fern come Near the, race racetrack
not too far from, the racetrack and there's one At.
Brett moore actually they have three locations around the depending
on where. You live you can have it shipped from
or delivered from any of the locations. To you but

(01:38:27):
if you want to go out and get, it Yourself
the bretmore location is ONE and i would recommend at
least once you. Go there it's only about open to
the Public on saturdays from seven am To noon saturday
morning seven am. To noon you can give them a
call to eight one nine seventy zero zero zero three
or good just go to, the website the ground up

(01:38:48):
dot com and order it to have it delivered. For
you but if you go to The brent, moore location
you're going to see, the plants and that is another
reason to check out The. Ground up aaron and his
team have very knowledgeable and they have put, together curated if,
you will a selection of plants that in many cases

(01:39:09):
aren't that common here and they should be more, common
here and a lot. Of varieties, you know like you like, Red,
buds well what variety of? Red buds he's probably got a.
HALF dozen i. DON'T know i didn't even count them
LAST time i, was there but there's a bunch of
them that are. Out there you can buy buy their
products by the bag all, Over Town, Ace hardware City,
on memorial R cw C And amalchmass nursery Down, In

(01:39:30):
Seabrook ace Hardware and champions for the full list again
the ground Up dot com Buy ground up by. The
bag go Get ground up by the bulk or by
the bag At The brent moore Location on, saturday mornings
or go to one of these retailers around town that
carries them by. The back it's. Quality products, organic compost,

(01:39:52):
double screened, organic, compost leave mole composed products for, potting
Mixes The Bohemian potting mix, For containers veggie, and herb soil,
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five eight seven four seven one three two one two
fifty eight seventy four love to visit. With you if
your lawn has, BEEN, struggling uh cultural practices are the
way to bring. It back proper watering that means a
good deep soaking on an, Infrequent basis proper fertilizing to

(01:40:36):
boost with nitrogen and, other nutrients and then proper mowing.
Mowing often the more often, you mow the denture your.
Lawn looks it's like sharing. A shrub if you shared
your shrubs once, a year they'd be pretty ugly between when,
you shared but when you share, them regularly you have
a nice dense wall. Of, foldage well you're when you mow,
your lawn you're sharing. The grass that's basically what. You're

(01:40:58):
doing and the more often, you mow. The, better now
when your lawn has died out, IN sections i looked
at some pictures of someone that had a very weedy
lawn yesterday and just it was basically ninety. Percent weeds
and my recommendation is just. Kill everything kill, the weeds
kill a little bit of grass, that's there get it all,
out right called the debris out, of there and then lay.

(01:41:20):
New turf and THE place i send people for new
Turf Is All Seasons, turf grass and you can go to,
Their Website All seasons turf. Dot, com now this is
a local. Family company it's. Out there they got farms.
All over, in fact there's thousands of acres. In grass
did you know there was that much. Turf grass there's
a lot more than that turf grass being grown On the.

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Gulf coast but you can go To The brookshire farm
which is ten miles west of ninety nine North, of
Berkshire The brookshire farm and pick it up yourself at,
the farm or they'll deliver it to your house with the.
Delivery charge, you know you have to call them and.
Find out generally it's you need three pallets and so many.
Miles away they'll deliver. And whatnot but they'll take care

(01:42:03):
of you in. This area just give them a call, two, eight, one,
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Of saint augustine in. My yard and by, the way
They Sell Saint augustine bermuda. And zoysia AND then i
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(01:42:24):
have they carry a xeon which is very, fine textured,
and palisades which a. Medium textured both of those do
better in shade than you. Would Expect saint augustine's overall
the best, in shade but, those two those two zoysious
do do pretty well in. The, Shade actually. I'm impressed
THE thing i Like About All, seasons turf among, other
things is that they harvest and get it to. You

(01:42:48):
fresh when a palette sits around for two Days and
i've planted grass that was sitting on a pallette for,
two days it starts to go downhill and by third
day it definitely. Is go you want to get it
and plan it the same day it, was cut and
they'll help you do That At all Seasons Turf grass
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(01:43:08):
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but they're interested to a garden nerd like myself that
all the details about the quality. Of turf people. Love,

(01:43:32):
TURF oh i want to remind you Again the Arborgate
today today is their thirtieth Anniversary celebration this is a.
Big deal and starting at, nine o'clock which is thirty minutes,
from now all the way to, five o'clock it will be.
This celebration they're going to give away a thirty dollars
gift certificate every. Thirty minutes is. That amazing that's a

(01:43:55):
lot of winning going on there at The. Arbor gate so.
Stop in they got Their famous ballini, Machine going Grab,
a ballini stroll through the gardens and. Stick around who
knows the next thirty minutes we'll roll by and maybe
you'll maybe. You'll win they are. Very excited this very
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(01:44:15):
years uh IT'S just i love, shopping there love visiting with.
The folks there good. Information Too the arborgate out West.
Of tumbull on twenty nine. To twenty let's go to.
THE news i am making a muss in. This studio

(01:44:44):
every piece OF paper i touch falls off on. The ground,
oh well welcome back To. Guarden line good to have you. With,
us hey do you got a? Gardening question seven, one,
three two one two five eight Seven four be glad
to visit with you. About that it's Talking to randall The.
Pest bros the other day we're talking about termites and

(01:45:07):
termite controls and what the options are and the types.
Of termite do you know there are several types of
Termites around texas for most and termite. Subterranean drywood those
are three and they don't all occur in. All Places
but i'm telling you you need to know what you're
doing when you deal. With them you typically the termites
we deal, with here they're getting. Our homes they come

(01:45:29):
in from the outside and they have their mating flight
and then they come in and get into. Your wood
and so what you want to do here's something that's.
Very important you never want to pile soil up around
the wheepholes at the bottom of a brick wall on.
The outside you never want to pile them again. Sighting
period you want a gap there in the foundation where

(01:45:51):
people can. Walk Around like Randall. From pestbros they can
walk and they can look and they see that little
mud trail that's. Been built now you know you've got
turmites going inside the house and come in back into.
The soil they. Have access that's a big. No no
what he'll do is he'll come out and there's different
ways you can do termites on. MY house i went
with a long term and that is a ten. Year
product they dig a trench around a very shallow trench around,

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one two oh six forty six seventy two eight one
two zero six four to six. SEVEN zero i was
talking earlier about lawn care and weeds and, preventing them.

(01:47:02):
Controlling THEM and i also ask, a question that's what
are you going to do different or new. This year
it's not Like what i'm doing. DOESN'T work, I mean
i'm talking about something new to try. And gardening i'm
going to give you a few more ideas if you've
never done. Plant propagation we talked earlier about. Seed starting
that's a form of plant propagation growing your. Own transplants

(01:47:25):
but the seed starting can also be collecting seeds that aren't.
Available anywhere there's a little shrub that grows up in
the woods up north Of the houston, area primarily and it's.
Called farkleberry farkleberry happens to be graft compatible, With blueberries isn't.

(01:47:45):
That weird farkleberry grows in soil conditions that blueberries are
not going to be happy in, at all and that's
one reason they use the graft. For it but farkleberry
develops a beautiful burgundy color in the fall as the cool.
Weather arrives and we don't have much fall color plants
around our, area HERE so i go on the roadsides during.

(01:48:07):
The fall i've gathered a bunch of farkle, berry berries
which have seeds. In them by, the way they, are edible,
but yeah none of the rite. Home about and there's
a tiny berry smaller Than an, english pee and it's full.
Of seeds so there. You go, BUT anyway i, gathered
Them so i'm gonna, take them plant, them out get,
them growing and Next fall i'll look at all, the

(01:48:28):
seedlings and the ones that have good fall color will
keep the ones that don't are out, of here and
we'll finally get it down to, you, know one maybe
two different, farcle Berries and i'll have a farkle berry
that's much more maroon in the, fall color much more
burgundy in the. Fall color so that's an Example what i'm,
talking about, you know roadside seed collection things.

Speaker 5 (01:48:48):
Like that.

Speaker 6 (01:48:50):
Cuttings are also a very fun way to go. About gardening,
with cuttings you root them and you get a clone of.
That plant and it's very important that if you want
to keep the qualities of that particular plant that you,
propagated asexually meaning not by, cross pollinating but by. Taking

(01:49:12):
cuttings so let's use a famous story Here, In america. Johnny,
appleseed right you've Heard of johnny. Apple seed so this
guy goes along and he finds apples as he's walking
around wherever. He went you collect some apples from a tree,
you like and you just take the seeds and drop
them out in, different places so you're taking a offspring

(01:49:36):
of that plant that's not identical, to it and you're
dropping them around and people see apples and there's maybe
four or five. Trees around they look and, they go,
you know this is the. Best one and that is
the way a lot of our varieties in the old
days originally, came about is just finding superior things out.

Speaker 8 (01:49:56):
In.

Speaker 6 (01:49:56):
Nature now the same thing can be true of. A pecan,
years ago before there were all the varieties we, have
now and before pecan breeding BY the usda and others,
came about you would just look at the Rivers of
texas and the pecans growing on the alluvial soil around,

(01:50:17):
the rivers and someone would find one that. Was superior
and a guy had the sense of having a contest
where you send ME a x number of pecans and
it'll be a contest to who has the. Best pecan
so they, take them they, crack them they make sure
they filled the shell. Very well it's a good, sized
pecan not the little tiny, wild ones and it has a,

(01:50:41):
thinner shell and so somebody would. Win that but the
guy that did that has. Those pecans pecans, are seeds
so you plant those out and you see how, they
do and if you find one, that's superior let's. Name
it and one of the early pecans Was. Named stuart

(01:51:02):
that's just one of the. Early pecans and so now
you take cuttings off. Of it and so when you,
graph those every pecan tree you grafted Is a. Stuart
pecan it's not an offspring of. Two parents so if
that's not quite, making sense let me do it. This
way your kids may resemble you or your spouse in

(01:51:26):
one way, or another but they're, not identical neither to
each other or to you or. Your spouse although when.
They misbehave i've noticed that one spouse tends to blame
that on. The genetics it's coming from the other spouse fair.
Enough anyway so why not collect some seeds of some
things you want to try out and see how. THEY

(01:51:46):
do i do. Okra crossing that's another type. Of horticulture
that could be something you try new. This year so
anyway you get, the idea try, something new. Something fun
there's a bazillion in horticulture to try, things new and,
who knows and may become your next. Addictive hobby let's
take a little break and we'll be back with the

(01:52:07):
last segment of. The hour i'll give you a Minute
to danser on the. Coffee table one, Two three, all
right welcome back To. GUARDEN line i am excited. ABOUT
spring i bet you. Are too. Oh boy, every year

(01:52:28):
EVERY year i just get the itch to get, out
there dig in. The dirt that's first, soul first, remember
that and get out and plant stuff and then try some.
New stuff I've always, This year i'm gonna do some
things on a different type of trellis than i've done
before out in the, vegetable garden And so i'm looking
forward to that. For sure i'm gonna revamp a flower

(01:52:49):
bed that the PLANTS that i have and, they're Okay
but i've got some Others that i've run ACROSS and
i need a place to, put them and that's where they're.
Gonna go gonna have some roses in that flower. Bed
too so if you're gonna do, some CONTAINERS which i recommend,
you do you can pretty much grow just about anything
at a container that you can grow out in, the
ground with the exception of big, old trees. For example
but containers are a great way. To garden you want to,

(01:53:11):
grow vegetables have a series of containers on the patio
and have a little. Drip line you can buy these
drip systems where like they screw into the water faucet
and they got a timer on them and then the line.
Goes out you can kind of have it even buried
in the soil around the edge of the patio and
a little line goes up in there dripping. Some water
that way you don't have to worry about forgetting to water.

(01:53:34):
Your plants and it works. Really well but when you
fill up with soil, jungle land jungle land Distributed by
nitroposs is a. Good mix it drains well and it also,
holds moisture and that is. Very important you want it
to hold, some moisture but you also want it to.
Drain well you're going to Find nito foss products at
places like plants for, all, seasons allspas ace in. The
woodlands you're going to. Find it a court hardware Done.

(01:53:56):
In Stafford enchanted gardens In The richmond rose area also
carries some Of the nitroposs products, down there so go check.
Them out you got a, gardening question here is a
number seven one three two one two five, eight seven,
four seven one three two one two fifty eight. Seventy
FOUR so i was At The ace hardware Store in

(01:54:18):
spring and for, appearance yesterday and just at, THE end
i have to. WALK through i have to look at
all the stuff that's there. And whatnot go check out
all the. Power tools. You know I'M a i happen
to be myself a fan Of, de walt but there's
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(01:56:44):
line and we're here to help you. Have success one
way that we have success is by putting down. Quality
fertilizer someone, asked earlier can you use sweet green as a?
Green up you know. You can't. You can it, dissolves
away it goes in, the ground and you're long are
going to green up. For it we generally are pointing
people Toward, the imperial which is great for that for.

(01:57:06):
Early greenup but sweet green that is a that is a.
Good ONE and i. LIKE it i like the smell.
OF it i just like the Idea that i'm putting something,
out there watering it in and the microbes are getting
really happy with those, carbon chains sugar molecules that are
in sweet green that just really kick them. In gear

(01:57:26):
they get excited. About that if you if you listen,
real carefully put your ear to, the ground you can
hear them laughing and jumping and yelling, and okay maybe
maybe not maybe like the voices in. My, head well
you're listening To. Garden line let's. Talk gardening seven, one,
three two one two five eight seven four seven one
three two one two fifty eight. Seventy. Four birds oh,

(01:57:51):
my gosh the birds are all over the landscape at.
MY house i look out the WINDOW and i just
see all these little all kinds of, little, birds wrens
and lots of different kinds. Of birds i've got a
number of. Different feeders i've got the, eliminator feeder which
is one that keeps. SQUIRRELS out i posted something to
the Garden. Line facebook by, the way if you don't

(01:58:12):
Follow garden Line, on facebook you need to. Do that
if you don't Follow garden Line with Skip, on instagram
you should do that and see the things. We post,
but anyway squirrel's trying to get in. MY feeder i
was about to go out, and FEED and, i looked oh,
my gosh this. Is COOL so i took a video.
Of it he got. Thowar tied he got. Thwort ted

(01:58:33):
it's a silent, video though because the language was oh,
MY gosh I could i could not post it with
the language that squirrel was using unable to get in.
The feeder, but anyway if you're looking for an eliminator of,
your own or maybe one of the nice hopper type feeders.
THAT is I Like wildbird's unlimited hopper type feeder because

(01:58:54):
it has a little extra large, sized roof, you know
so when, it rains it doesn't tend to drip and
get the seed. Is wet is one with a smaller
roof on it very easy. To feel they got all
kinds of like thistle feeders for certain kinds. Of birds
they've got the platforms that just or a flat tray
out there that's, screen bottom so it drains out. Real

(01:59:16):
Well Wild birds unlimited has got. You covered and their
poles system is. Really cool it's a black pole used
to get in. The, ground actually it has almost like
a screw on the bottom where you can kind of
twist it down in the ground and then you it
has a leg that holds it up right and you
have all these hooks up above and you can add.
To them. They are they're like playing with. Tinker toys

(01:59:38):
for those of you who remember, tinker toys you just
if you want another level, to it if you want
another arm coming out, over here if, you know or,
over there if you want to put a baffle, on
it if you whatever you want.

Speaker 5 (01:59:50):
To do that is.

Speaker 6 (01:59:51):
So cool at wild birds unlimited and they have the.
QUALITY seed i say this all, the time but seed
that doesn't. Go bad seed does not. Excuse me seed
that the birds don't, kick out Is what i'm meant.
To say the low, red bebies birds have to be
starving to uneat. Those things but at, wild birds in,
a minute you get the blends that are full of

(02:00:14):
birds seeds that the. Birds eat so if you want
to truly have a one hundred percent of what's in
the bag goes into a, bird's stomach get the no.
Mess blends so then like the little black hole, sunflower
seeds they've been shelled already and you're not buying them with.
The shells so everything in there is an edible seed
that the bird's going to get really. Excited about does that? Make,

(02:00:35):
sense OKAY well i get excited. ABOUT it i think
it's pretty. Cool stuff let's. See here Wanted, To oh
i'm going to be. Don't forget i'm going to be
At The Conroe. Home show this Is The Montgomery County
home show At The Lone Star convention Center On airport
Road Or. Northeast conro that is a, great show lots

(02:00:58):
of good stuff going. On there i'll Be there Saturday
next saturday, the seventh from twelve, to TWO and i
have got a Bunch of nelson plant food samples to,
give AWAY and I think i have enough for everybody that.
Shows up and also, some jars a little two pound
Jars of nelson plant food products that we'll be doing

(02:01:20):
a drawing or we'll figure some way to give those.
Out too i'll be answering questions after my brief talk at.
Twelve o'clock if you want to hear, my talk get their.
Twelve o'clock i'll be talking about spring gardening tips and answering,
your questions and After that i'll be out at. A
table i'm going to bring some copies of my book,
with me so if you don't have my book and

(02:01:40):
we'd like, a copy you can get a signed one
by showing up at Where The Montgomery County home show
At The Lone Star convention Center, next saturday twelve. TO
two i hope you can. Make it look forward to
seeing you when you. Come out it's always nice to,
meet gardeners people listening to gardener and. IT'S fun i

(02:02:01):
had so much fun yesterday doing. Just that by, the
way always bring samples that you, want diagnosed either picture
on a phone or sample in a. Plastic bag and
let's find out what is going on at the house
there that we need to do some remedy on so
that you can have. Better success nothing is more fun,
than gardening and nothing is more frustrating is when things,

(02:02:25):
go wrong and things can. Be fixed everything can. Be
fixed we can end up with a really, quality garden, a,
bountiful beautiful, productive garden and we just have to apply a.
Few principles that is what. Plants Want like i've, said
before learning to see things from a plant's point of

(02:02:46):
view is the key to success. For gardening what does a?
Plant want give. It that and everybody says you got a,
green thumb all you got was an. INFORMED thumb i
hope you bring your thumb to with you and you're
listening To, garden line we will inform it and it
gets greener hour. By Hour, All right i'm gonna take a.

(02:03:10):
LITTLE break i need one more cup of coffee. This
morning be back with you in just. A bit go.
Go away.

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Just watch him as. We'll go.

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Man goes to seep bats in. The breaks boss. Back
again not, a sign gas sound beaming down between.

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Starting.

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And treat, All, right polk we back to. Guard, line,
well well what do we want to?

Speaker 6 (02:04:04):
Talk about you? TELL me, I mean i got plenty
of THINGS that i can visit about. Regarding gardening probably
know a few of the questions you might be asking
because just been doing this for a. Long time, but
boy hadn't? It fun And if i'm getting to the
bottom of things and figuring out how to, have success
you should be enjoying yourself out there in. The garden you.
Really should so what do we need to do to

(02:04:26):
make sure you have the, best success the, best time
the most, bountiful garden the most. Beautiful landscape you know
all THE things i say? About that what can we
do to help you? Have that that's what we want
to do. Right now if you want to get something
to fertilize anything really around the property that you want
to give a boost to sweet green From nitrofoss it

(02:04:49):
is a quickly available. Nitrogen source you put, it out
you water, it in it, dissolves away and it does
its work eleven, percent nitrogen which really high for an
organic product. To do but we talk about it. For
lawns but you can use sweet green around your. Fruit
trees you can use it around flowers and things because,
you know sometimes we get, to, go WELL if i

(02:05:11):
want to, HAVE blooms i have to put. Phosphors, down well,
NOT necessarily i mean maybe you've got, enough phosphors but it,
can help that's. For sure but when you put, on
nitrogen you encourage, vegetative growth leaves, to grow shoots, to
grow and that is required to have blooms. And fruit
so here's. The thing if you if a plant is

(02:05:33):
going to make a bloom or especially make, a fruit
it takes a lot of carbs to. Do that and to,
have carbs you have to have sunlight shining on. Green
leaves so when you fertilize, with nitrogen not, just nitrogen
but the nitrogen, and fertilizer that, promotes growth which builds
food factories to give, you more to give you, more

(02:05:56):
blooms to give you more fruit works. Really good so that's.
My recommendation good boost to sweet green and sweet greens
available in a lot. Of Places Stanton shopping Center In
north Taylor and alvin you can. Get it plants and
things Up. In brenham another good place to get nitro
FoST products and heating and feed on student. Or airline
another good one up toward, the northwest by the way.

(02:06:19):
That works what are your favorite garden centers to? Shop
at which ones do you like? Around you Here in
houston we have the most complete set of Garden centers i've,
seen anywhere in fact a lot of. Big cities when you,
go around it's kind of like the mom and pop,
the independence they're not that many.

Speaker 3 (02:06:39):
Of them.

Speaker 6 (02:06:40):
People are going to the places that sell a lot
of stuff other, than plants, for example and they typically
are not going to get the expertise, they need, you
know from the. Big box and so what do? You
like which ones do you? Like here if it doesn't
matter which direction, You like, For example moss is down

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south Down, towards seabrook so the whole east Side of
houston and South, of houston and, you know over toward
toward the ship channel. And whatnot this is a garden
center that is very unique and amazing. Eight acres first,
of all it's a family, owned operation been run for a.
Long time seventy. Year old seventy, years old family operated.

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Eight acres by, the way everything you need for, your garden,
your landscape your, interior scape, you know. Houseplants inside oh
they got a, great, houseplant greenhouse whatever you're. Looking for
but make this. An experience this is like going to
a botanical garden in, a way because when you, wander
through there's a lot of. Beautiful plants there are tons of,

(02:07:45):
beautiful plants but there's also some, artistic things. You know
maybe it is like a, you know a totem pole
carved kind. Of face there's a carved wooden canoe hanging
in the air down. There too lots of, beautiful pottery
little water features all, the around and it's just a
fun place to. Wander Through moss nursery Down in Seabrook

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On toddville roadmaas that's how You. Spell Moss maas nursery
dot com two eight one four seven four twenty four
eighty eight two eight one four seven four twenty four
eighty eight and if you haven't, been there get yourself.
Out there they've got a lot of. New shipments he's
got some really beautiful colias in some. Beautiful petunias looks.

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Really good there's a food truck too by.

Speaker 8 (02:08:32):
The.

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Way there periodically you just have to call them find
out when. And where but oh, my gosh and say hi.

Speaker 8 (02:08:39):
To.

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Cat Cat cat cat is pretty much just. A bum
i'm sorry if. He's listening but Every time i've been
that cats has just been SLEEPING and i, don't know
you know what he. Gets paid but if when the
job opening, Comes again i'm gonna apply because basically you

(02:09:00):
lay around, your sleep. All right that's that's the Cat At.
Moss nursery. That's funny. You know cats are professionals. That
relaxing you, know, That right they are professionals. For Sure
niche fiss has a, PRODUCTAL barricade i talk about all.
The time the main thing you need to know right

(02:09:22):
now is. Two Things, number one barricade is put down
before the weeds. Are there do not put it down
expecting to. Kill weeds, you see it prevents you from
seeing weeds by not letting the seeds make. Weed plants
that's number one supre emergent. Number two every day that,
goes by more weed seeds, are germinating and it is,
time time time to get the. Barricade down for those

(02:09:46):
of you further south as, you go even more important
as you get up toward, You, know Conroe the, woodlands
area maybe Over To college station and some of those
areas Up. In, huntsville yeah it's a, good time but
then we're kind of hitting the point here where weed seeds.
Are sprouting barricade is put down and it's watered in

(02:10:06):
with a third of an inch, of water and that
way it can do what it's supposed. To do and
you're gonna find barricade at many places that Carry night,
fosh products, YOU know D and d Feed And tom
ball carries it plans for all seasons on two. FORTY
Nine rcw nursery also Carries night. Fosh products and those
are just a few places that you can find products
like this barricade To prevent it's better to prevent weeds

(02:10:31):
than to try to kill, existing ones that is. For
sure so you got a gardening question seven, one, three
two one two five eight seven four seven one three
two one two fifty eight. Seventy four be glad to
visit with you. About THAT now i want to kind
of shift HERE and i want to talk about another

(02:10:52):
topic different than what, we had and that. Is herbs
herbs are so easy and fun, to grow and there's
so many any kinds of herbs. Out there if you
go To The eggy Horticulture Website aggi, horticulture website just
just google that or whatever browser you use To Search

(02:11:12):
aggi horticulture and go to, the edibles, the vegetables and.
Herbs section there's a publication. On herbs it's, many pages
and it lists all. The herbs it's got good pictures,
of them it tells all. About them it is a wealth,
of information way MORE than i can go into on.
The air check that out because you can use them.
For groundcovers many types, have flowers many types support. Beneficial

(02:11:34):
insects and then there's the. Cooking thing how fun is
it when family is over something and y'all are doing
all the cooking to run outside and grab a sprig
of rosemary or snip off a group of shallotte tops.
To use you SEE what. I mean herbs, are fun,
they're easy and they ought to be in your landscape
in all kinds, of places from containers to landscape beds

(02:11:55):
TO whatever i used to in my. Vegetable garden at
the ends of the rows put a regano has a
low groundcover at the end of the of, the rose
and so it was. Right there, you know you harvest,
your tomatoes you gotta harvest, your baseil you gotta harvest,
your oregano whatever's going to go together to make a
sauce or a pesto. Or whatever there. You go you
can do that in. Your garden let's take. A break

(02:12:17):
we'll be.

Speaker 8 (02:12:17):
RIGHT back.

Speaker 2 (02:12:20):
I could save, you alrighty.

Speaker 6 (02:12:27):
We're back, oh gosh we're still dealing with some things on,
the phone and all of a sudden we got a
bunch of calls come in because we fixed another thing
that was keeping you from getting.

Speaker 10 (02:12:38):
To.

Speaker 6 (02:12:38):
Me uh let's Go to angleton. This morning we're going
to Talk. To, Larry, hello larry welcome To. Guard line.

Speaker 7 (02:12:46):
Telling you about. My alibi they go from yellow, to
green yellow? To GREEN am i not? Watering right or
WHAT am i? DOING wrong i had thirty nine blooms.
Last year it's like a three to five foot Spot,
Of yeah.

Speaker 6 (02:13:01):
Elvera doesn't have, Many. PROBLEMS larry i think it's probably a.
Water problem if they get sop, and wet they don't.
Like that they're not made. For swamps they can get.
Too dry but they tend to kind of lose a
little of the turger of, the leaves, you know not
as plump as they used. To be uh. AND uh
i think it may it's something wrong in the, ROOTS

(02:13:23):
specifically i can't, tell you but my guess is it's
a sole. Moisture problem they get in lots, of, sun.

Speaker 7 (02:13:29):
Right, yes sir the east, SIDE house i get plenty.

Speaker 6 (02:13:33):
Of, home yeah, all right, huh, WELL uh i guess just.
So moisture if you want to take pictures of them
and send them, to me let, me look get us
some close ups And maybe i'll see Something that i'm
not picturing in my mind's eye. Right now but that's
a pretty easy plant.

Speaker 8 (02:13:51):
To.

Speaker 6 (02:13:51):
Grow now it did get a, Little.

Speaker 7 (02:13:53):
Colder, yeah, right yeah THEY can i ask you one, more, question, Yes,
sir okay the box shows two or three months or.
Maybe longer you've talked about there's a disease.

Speaker 6 (02:14:06):
Going around, uh, yeah yes, Of ROSES and i just
went blank on. THE name i can tell you. About
rosette rossette is. A disease, uh yeah and once you,
have it there's no. Curing it you can go online
to search for rose rose at and see symptoms to
know if you have it. Or not but there's no.

(02:14:27):
Hacking back now that we've got our, phone fix they're lighting,
up Here, So larry i'm gonna have.

Speaker 7 (02:14:30):
To run, But, OKAY yes i enjoy Your showing my
son listening to you, every weekend.

Speaker 6 (02:14:35):
So thank you for.

Speaker 7 (02:14:36):
YOUR time i.

Speaker 6 (02:14:37):
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Speaker 8 (02:15:07):
With.

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don't wait you wait another month. Or so it's gonna

(02:15:29):
be time to start doing the slow release products through.
The summer so if you want to do a, green
up get it, done now watered, in TODAY and i
promise you you will see within just a few days
you'll see the greens start to hit on. That lawn
it just looks good and it happens, really fast. Really fast,
All right let's go To clear lake now and Talk. To, Mark,

(02:15:51):
hey mark welcome To. Garden line top of.

Speaker 12 (02:15:53):
The morning, to, you sir hope you're.

Speaker 6 (02:15:54):
Doing well thank you.

Speaker 12 (02:15:56):
YOU two i just sent you an email has. THREE
pictures i don't know if you've seen.

Speaker 6 (02:15:59):
IT yet i, have Not and I'm, Gonna mark uh
describe them to Me because i'm having trouble actually getting
to my email. THIS morning i bet uh if you could,
DESCRIBE it i think that would probably be.

Speaker 12 (02:16:14):
The, best okay we'll give it. A try i've got
a magnolia tree growing on one side of the front of.
The house there's a sidewalk, in between and then there's
a brick planter that's part of. The house it's kind
of attached to The found it's not on, the foundation
but it puts up against. The, foundation OKAY apparently i

(02:16:35):
haven't been watering very well and a lot of the
roots have come to the top and they're going everywhere.
From magnolia i've called you about that. THING before i.
Hate it it produces leaves you just can't deal with at.
Any rate and it looks like it's coming up between
the sidewalk and the brick and pushing the sidewalk a
little bit away from where it. Should be so my

(02:16:56):
question to you IS should i call an arborist or
a foundation to, M, hm well.

Speaker 6 (02:17:04):
The, foundation dude he deals with the, foundation itself and he'll, tell,
you yeah that tree is. A problem but an arborist
is who's going to tell you how to care for?

Speaker 8 (02:17:13):
The?

Speaker 6 (02:17:13):
Tree uh it sounds LIKE, and i, YOU know i
can't see, it exactly but it sounds. Like it it
may be that something's going to have to do be
done to remove remove, that TREE, but, I yeah i
just can't see. It though, and unfortunately and, SO.

Speaker 12 (02:17:32):
Yeah i can't tell, for sure, but well tell, you
what if you get a chance to see it when
you were able to get back to, your email if
you wouldn't mind dropping me, a line i'd.

Speaker 6 (02:17:40):
APPRECIATE it i will be happy to, do that, And
uh i'll reply to you an email when we when we.
Get that, thank, you sir appreciate by, THE way i love.
Your show thank you appreciate. Your call let's go Now
to Bill. In, Houston, hey bill Welcome To. Guarden line,
HI there.

Speaker 7 (02:17:59):
I have a question about my. Bogu vas, ALL right.

Speaker 8 (02:18:04):
I.

Speaker 7 (02:18:05):
Covered them they were blooming really well before. THE freeze
i covered them up during, the freeze but they still
all my leaves now are brown and, dead LOOKING and
i just don't know.

Speaker 12 (02:18:17):
When or how far back to cut.

Speaker 6 (02:18:19):
Them, back well if you can stand to look at
the ugly, you got you got. Two options one you
can use your thumbnail to. Scrape back and if it's
ten colored underneath there not not green or plump cream. Creamy,
green uh cut it. Off there BUT what i would
recommend doing is just wait and when it warms up
more for a while than the book and video kicking

(02:18:42):
the gear and you'll be able to know exactly where.
To prune that's the best way to go. About it, so, okay,
scraping scraping prune if you don't like the, ugly top
but or weight for green and then you know where.
To prune that's a.

Speaker 5 (02:18:55):
Quick answer but it's okay to scrape in prune now
OR should i wait to? Bit, longer no if.

Speaker 6 (02:19:01):
It's if by now it will have either turned brown.
Or not and, so yes scrape and pruges, is fine, All, Right.

Speaker 7 (02:19:09):
Bill okay, thank you thank you. Very much you bet.

Speaker 6 (02:19:12):
Appreciate That Buchanan's naated plants In the Heights On eleventh
street is a place you do want. To go and,
you know nobody has the selection of Natives that buchanan
does or the knowledge. ABOUT natives i mean they are.
Walking encyclopedias you go in there and they know. Their
stuff you need to sign up for the Newsletter At
buchanan's buchanansplants. Dot com sign up for. The newsletter but

(02:19:37):
get by there. This afternoon it would be a. Good
time they. HAVE everything, I mean i could try to,
list plants but take the rest of. The Show Buchanan's
naated plants In The heights we're going to go now
To friends wood and Talk. To, Robert, hello robert welcome To.
Garden line.

Speaker 7 (02:19:53):
Good morning how are you?

Speaker 6 (02:19:55):
Doing well?

Speaker 10 (02:19:55):
Thank you, two questions two questions. For you i've got
a repurposed were dead that had trumpet buying, in IT
and i tried to cut as much out of IT
as i could or, dig up but it's it's come
back with. A vengeance i've used a fine brush product
to try to, kill IT but i think it's killing

(02:20:17):
the chemicals the killing the PLANTS that i want. To,
keep okay besides just cutting out the SHOOTS as i,
see them what's another way to go about getting rid?

Speaker 8 (02:20:29):
Of?

Speaker 3 (02:20:29):
This?

Speaker 6 (02:20:30):
Okay uh do you know what chemical? You used by
any chance?

Speaker 10 (02:20:33):
Or product it's a bear product out in. The backyard, It's,
okayastic okay let.

Speaker 7 (02:20:43):
Me let me just, Do.

Speaker 6 (02:20:44):
This Dave the the thing you got to do is
get the chemical that kills them on the woody vine
itself or the. Woody. Plant uh and without getting it
on the, good plant which is what basically you. Were.
Saying uh and there's a couple of ways to. DO
that i put on my website thing for how to
build a weed wiper and it's. Real simple yeah you, Mentioned,

(02:21:05):
that yeah Gardening with skip. Dot com THAT'S what. I
use it's got little foam pads and a little gripper
thing that squeezes the, pads together and so you can
reach in there and you can dab it on. The
leaves the triclop peer is the ingredient you're. Looking for
that's also on my website on a list of herbicides
on the publication on. The website you put the triclo

(02:21:25):
peer on, That sponge you reach in there and you
just squeeze it onto the foliage of the plant you
want to get. Rid of it. Translocates down now one,
other way if it had if the plant you're getting
rid of has any kind of a stem size, at
all like if it's the size of your little finger,
or something you can cut it off and dab the
triclop pere right immediately on that. Fresh cut you can

(02:21:48):
just dab it right onto the. FRESH cut i use
a little foam paintbrush all the little tiny ones and
dab it right, on there and it'll translocate down to
and if it's a good, sized plant it may try
to come back a little bit and you can just do.
It again but that's the way to get it out
without hurting the blench Of.

Speaker 10 (02:22:02):
Got, okay now the second Question is i've got a
grafted red bud tree that we got from a reputable
Nursery and i've had IT for i can't remember if
it Was before harvey Or, after harvey but that's at least.
Eight YEARS and i can't get the somba gun.

Speaker 6 (02:22:21):
To bloom did it used to bloom or it never?
Has bloomed It.

Speaker 7 (02:22:25):
Was no it's.

Speaker 10 (02:22:26):
Never bloomed it was blooming when we bothered in, the
SPRING and I can i can probably count.

Speaker 7 (02:22:35):
No more than.

Speaker 10 (02:22:35):
Fifty blooms and that's individual little.

Speaker 6 (02:22:38):
Pink, flowers okay what how much sun does?

Speaker 10 (02:22:41):
It get oll all day? Every day.

Speaker 7 (02:22:46):
And when, IT least i.

Speaker 10 (02:22:47):
Was beautiful it's a.

Speaker 7 (02:22:48):
Beautiful tree.

Speaker 6 (02:22:50):
Red buds didn't buy it for. The, leaves yeah, RED
buds i don't know that they. Get sunlight, they bloom.
That's it sometimes we give a morning sun an afternoon
shade to avoid stress. On them but the, only thing
and this wouldn't make them. Not bloom but if you
prune them in, the winter you're cutting off. Bloom buds

(02:23:10):
but you're not going to prune them so much that
you cut off all the. Bloom BUDS so i, Don't,
know robert that is. That's weird i'm gonna have to
look into. That one if the tree looks, pretty healthy
does it look pretty?

Speaker 10 (02:23:22):
Healthy, OVERALL yes i mean there's some some DEAD that
i need to, cut out, BUT overall i mean it's
starting to leap out.

Speaker 6 (02:23:30):
Right, NOW man i hate to, TELL you i just.
Don't know if it, were mine you've waited for, eight
years it should be blooming. For you the ONLY thing
i could think of is if it came from a.
Seedling originally plants that have to grow and mature can
take more than eight years to really begin to. Be bloom, but,

(02:23:51):
this well.

Speaker 8 (02:23:53):
Where it.

Speaker 6 (02:23:53):
Was, grafted okay Well then i'm. STUMPED again i don't
know what to. Tell, you i'm, you know pulling it
Out and i'm going in is, an option but that
ain't a. Good option so.

Speaker 10 (02:24:06):
Maybe, All, RIGHT well i appreciate, Your help thank you,
so much and you have a. Wonderful day, you bet?

Speaker 6 (02:24:13):
You bet, All, right uh we're gonna go to Ed And. Missouri.
City ed i've got less than, two minutes but if
we don't, finish you we'll carry. You over so let's
let's see what we can get.

Speaker 5 (02:24:23):
Done, Here okay i'm, real quick good morning.

Speaker 10 (02:24:26):
TO you i got.

Speaker 5 (02:24:28):
A question my lagustrooms are, like skinny like, no leaves
And so i'm either looking for a treatment or a
product to uh, you know for them. To Grow and
i'm going cloths and places like that and gotten fertilizer
type products and it's just nothing that seems to.

Speaker 6 (02:24:47):
Be, Working, okay, well uh the la gustrooms they need
a lot. Of light are they getting six hours or
so of sun?

Speaker 10 (02:24:57):
Or?

Speaker 5 (02:24:58):
Not yeah the they getting plenty of sun obviously all
in the morning up to ABOUT.

Speaker 6 (02:25:06):
Twelve, i, mean, Okay okay now do you do you
notice yellowing leaves with spots on them on?

Speaker 8 (02:25:13):
The?

Speaker 3 (02:25:13):
Gustrooms NO initially i did A chat gpt search and
had saw some of that, and okay got some of
the Treatment.

Speaker 6 (02:25:24):
Forward, edward, yeah, ED yes i. Want to i'm want
to cut to the CHASE so i can really. Help you,
hold on my producer will give you, my email send
me some pictures up close and at, a distance and
let's let's cut right to what it is that's better
than me trying to guess here on. The CALL But
i i'll put you, on hole so don't go away. All,
right uh we got to go to a. Break here

(02:25:46):
Elizabeth and Hockley and dave And, bel air you're the
first up when we come back in, the meantime don't.
FORGET that i am going to be At The Montgomery
County home Show in Conroe next saturday from twelve. To
two that's At The Lone Star. Convention center i'm gonna
be giving away a lot of products from the folks
that know some. PLANT food i think unless we just

(02:26:06):
have a, thousand people you're gonna get something if you.
Show up, all right welcome back your. Guard line let's

(02:26:28):
get this. Going, here hey if you got containers and
you want to spruce them up a, little bit maybe
this soil is sunk down a little bit and you
need to refill the pot because you're going. To replant
as long as it didn't die of, some disease you
can reuse. That soil but just get you some. Jungle
land mix it, with it fill it up all the
way it. Drains well the jungle land outdoor version is.
Called land it's called flour and vegetable, planting soil flower.

(02:26:52):
And vegetable you can just build the whole pot with
it and start, over fresh or you can mix it
with the soil you got and just kind of, improve
things get it planted. In again it's going to, drain
well it's going to provide you what. You need and
like night, frost products you're going to find these products
at a number. Of places, you know you Go To.
Fisher's hardware there's One, in pasadena One, in laporte one In,

(02:27:13):
mont bellevue also One. In baytown by, the way they're
going to Carry night foss products at. Those places let's
go Out to hockeley now and Visit. With Elizabeth, hello
elizabeth welcome To.

Speaker 8 (02:27:23):
Garden line, THANK, you scampi. Good morning i've recently moved
to a new Build in HONKLEY and i needs to sant.
Augustine grass but this is. Something different it maybe, it's
Bermuda but i'm not sure about the differences in care and,
you know.

Speaker 6 (02:27:43):
Fertilization, mowing, Okay well i'm going to assume that you're
right about it. Being bermuda if you want to send me,
A picture i can be sure. About that but whether whatever.
It is the lawns are taken care of the. Same,
Way Bermuda, saint Augustine and zoysia are all taken care
of the. Same way we fertilize them through the growing

(02:28:04):
season and we water them with a good deep soaking
on an, infrequent basis so they need to. Be watered
you could say an inch, a week or You can
there's part of my areas that are kind of SHADY
that i don't water, every week, for sure so give
it that kind. Of care bermuda grass you needs to
be mowed as often as you can with a. Sharp

(02:28:26):
mower the more the longer it is, between mowings the
more likely bermuda is gonna not look good after a
mowing because it's green up, on top not. Down deep
so if you let it grow up and then you
cut it, back halfway you're going to have a bunch
of brown twiggy and then, it'll regreen but it looks
ugly after. The mowing so the more often you can

(02:28:47):
mow your bermuda with a, sharp blade the pretty. It'll, be.

Speaker 8 (02:28:52):
Okay you mentioned some. Medina product is it the full
act bit or something to put on the lawn that.

Speaker 6 (02:29:00):
That was the medina has to grow, for lawns and
it with the numbers on the bottle or twelve. For
eight you look it up to your garden hose and
you just follow the instructions go over the lawn and
it'll provide a good blend of nutrients to get it
up and.

Speaker 3 (02:29:14):
Go, in.

Speaker 8 (02:29:16):
Okay so it being saw it, and everything that'd be a.
GOOD thing I mean i think it was put In. Around, october, actually, okay.

Speaker 6 (02:29:25):
Well too soon. To, fertilize no it's not, too soon
but the most important fertilizers Coming in april when we
do start doing the slow releases slow, release fertilizers and
those are on. My schedule you need to go to
The website Gardening with skip and look for my lawn.
CARE schedules i got two of them on there and
tells you exactly what to use and exactly when to,

(02:29:46):
do it whether, it's fertilizing, past control, disease control, weed
control it's all on there. All right Gardening with skip.
Dot com, Thank, You elizabeth thank you you Bet take
carecapes our premier landscaper here On. Guard line just EVERY
time i talk, about HIM what i tell you go

(02:30:07):
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At their facebook page at what they've. Been doing now
here's a phone number because you're gonna want to. Call
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Of things they can fix you irrigation. System up they

(02:30:29):
can get drainage to areas that are. Poorly drained they
can get landscape lighting that just make sure house look
like a show place. At night they can, do hardscapes
they can do a lot. Of stuff the bottom line
is you got to. Call them two eight one three
seven oh Fifty. Sixty's peerscapes let's Go To. Bella air

(02:30:49):
we're going to Talk to dave. This Morning, hey dave
welcome To. Guarden Line, hey skip thanks for.

Speaker 9 (02:30:54):
Having, me yes a couple. Of questions the first ONE
is i have Some Cobalt saint AUGUSTINE that i had
installed a little less than two. Years ago and of
course cobalt is supposed, to be, you know more, disease resistant,
drought tolerance so on and. So Forth but i've been
battling fungus since it would. BE installed i went to

(02:31:16):
the zoxystrobin and. The, cope however, you say the, other
Version and i'm just not SURE why I keep i
don't water it, very often, you know the the infrequent,
deep watering have it on the, system Timer and i'm
just curious your thoughts on like what my next steps
might be to try to figure out what's causing the

(02:31:36):
fungus or what MY what i my data?

Speaker 6 (02:31:39):
Picked, it, okay well described to me. The disease what are?
You seeing is it big? Brown circles is it spots?

Speaker 5 (02:31:46):
On?

Speaker 7 (02:31:46):
Leaves, no, no no it's a.

Speaker 9 (02:31:49):
Brown patch it's not the great. Leaf spot it's it's definitely.

Speaker 6 (02:31:52):
Brown, patch, okay well. Uh huh you should not have
brown patch during the warm growing season unless you're really overwatering.
And overfertilizing but with just, normal care brown patch is
typically something we do with in the fall and in.
The spring, you know in the middle, of winter degress didn't,

(02:32:13):
doing anything so they don't really. Notice it but in the,
fallen spring that's what we do with the. Brown patch and.
That's on do you have a copy of. My schedule
have you gone online to get one?

Speaker 10 (02:32:22):
OR not, I, DO no.

Speaker 9 (02:32:24):
I do i've got both. YOUR schedules i. Just, SWITCHED
well i just, switched over like last year. OR whatever
i was using. Your, predecessors yeah sedge On, then GEORGE
and i, was, like Okay so i'm gonna switch over.

Speaker 8 (02:32:38):
Their.

Speaker 6 (02:32:38):
Skits, okay well if you look on it on the,
fungicide side at the bottom of the, brown box there's
nitroposs total brown patch control and. Nitropous eagle those are
both good for the. Brown patch they do well. For
that azoxystrobin is a. Great fungicide but if you're not
getting results with that on, THIS disease i might. Switch
now and so try one of those two nitrophost products

(02:33:02):
if you. See it, but again you shouldn't be seeing
that in. The summertime so there is a summer patch That's,
a riseoctnia which is the same genus as as the,
brown patch but it's a it's a. Different species AND
but i don't. Know that that's my. Only suggestion cobalt
is a. GOOD grass i didn't think it had much

(02:33:23):
disease resistance that stood out Among Other, saint augustine's but
it does have a good deep rooting resilience where you
don't have the water. As much i've got cobalt in
part of. My yard it's one of my test Grasses
that i'm looking at, right Now and i've been pleased.
WITH it i just know that it gets, dense fast
and so you've got to be careful not to overfertilize
and overwater it or you end up with a.

Speaker 9 (02:33:44):
Thatch, Problem, okay well so my next voice kind of related,
to that is you think they worked it to skip
the quick green up fertilizing and then just wait till this. Low,
release yes And if i'm worried, about it maybe being
over nikrogen.

Speaker 6 (02:33:59):
And absolutely quick greenup is just for, quick greenup. That's
it the slow release is the the stuff we use all.
Growing season so if you want to wait and then
you know early let's see where, you located And early
april or even. Late, LARCH yeah i would Say, early
april you could put down your your. Slower release, all,
Right sir i'm up against a, BREAK here i have,

(02:34:22):
to run. All right thank you appreciate. Your, call hey
microlife products are outstanding a number of good products. Out there,
RIGHT now i want to. Talk about they're. Acidifying fertilizer.
Acidifying fertilizer it's in a. Red bag it is a
six' two four and you can use it on anything
where you want to bring the pH down. A little
bit certainly things, that like acid like azaleas and camellias

(02:34:45):
And puris and. VIRGINIA sweet spi i use it on,
roses myself too any kind of an. Acid loving plant
you need to use. It on there. Blueberries good example
but you. Can use it maybe you have higher pH
than needs to be and you just want to gradually.
Bring it down you could put it on your lawn if,
you wanted to if you had a real. High page
lawn i'm just saying the stuff is good, and it

(02:35:06):
works and it's a complete fertilizer from The. Folks at
microlife now we've got to go to a Break, doug
in houston. Your first stop when. We come back.

Speaker 10 (02:35:17):
We're on.

Speaker 6 (02:35:17):
The downhill stretch folks here. On guard line if you,
got a question you can't wait till next weekend that
it was time. To do it, by the, WAY next
weekend i will Be At The Montgomery county Home show
in Conro At The Lone. Star convention center, that's the
seventh Which is a saturday from twelfth to two answering
gardening questions and giving away a lot of products from

(02:35:37):
The Folks at nelson plant food quality products you need
to get in your hands and you need. To try,
them that way you're not taking my. Word for it
you've done it yourself and you. See the results let's
Head out to houston here now we're going To talk to.
Doug This, morning hey doug Welcome. To garden, Line.

Speaker 1 (02:35:53):
Thank you skip you helped me recover from take all root.
ROT last summer i had a real nice recovery. After
the Devastation so now i'm trying to figure OUT what
do i.

Speaker 6 (02:36:05):
Need to do outside of the.

Speaker 1 (02:36:08):
LONG care schedule I can see i've got a mix
of dollar weed and to be murdered still and a.
Few other weeds i've put down the pre emergent.

Speaker 6 (02:36:18):
A week ago what's?

Speaker 5 (02:36:20):
My, next step.

Speaker 6 (02:36:23):
Well take all root right, as an opportunist so anything
that stresses the grass. Opens the door so going backwards,
with that fact you want to make sure you do water, with,
a good deep but. Infrequent watering schedule you want. To
fertilize moderately you want to mow regularly keep the grass

(02:36:45):
in as. Good a condition it can be careful using.
Broadlyaf weed control once the temperatures, in the nineties they,
can stress grass which opens the door to take. All
root rot don't, overuse pre emergence which, can stress grass
leading to take all root right And then find the
last two, factors are shade which you can't read. Change
and irrigant excuse me shade and oh, compaction soil compaction

(02:37:11):
so if you've got, a, compacted clay soil aer rating
and compos stop dressing is another thing that would go.
A long waist but you shouldn't have to treat for take.
All every year it's it's more when your grass gets
stressed than you better treat. Because It's coming so.

Speaker 1 (02:37:26):
I'm on, a corner lot kind of southeast, facing lawn primarily.

Speaker 6 (02:37:33):
So cut the grass, high is, far you know as
Far As.

Speaker 1 (02:37:36):
It's saint augustine but there's a lot of. Bermuda, Mixed
in okay aside from pulling, it by hands there another
way to go. About removing that.

Speaker 6 (02:37:46):
There is not just. Shade it out there's not a.
Typical homeowner way there are some expensive products that a commercial.
Company can get it's just too expensive to justify. For
one person that can be used to Selectively take the
bermuda Grass Out. Of, saint augustine uh but you gotta you,

(02:38:07):
gotta use them, right and uh unless you got five
neighbors with the same problem and you want to. Share,
a bottle.

Speaker 2 (02:38:13):
Uh.

Speaker 6 (02:38:13):
It's pricey uh but if you only look, INTO that.
MORE i can i can put you On hold and
i'll send you information if. You email me but otherwise
we put up with. Both of them as it, Goes
Into shade saint augustine has. The upper hand as it goes, into,
Droughty conditions periodically bermuda has. The upper hand but typically
they're both going to live together and it's hard to.
GET one, out i, understand thank, you you're butt you're,

(02:38:38):
but all, right all right. There. We, go uh yeah that.
Is a problem THERE is a i almost safe to
talk about it because the Solution to The Bermuna and
saint augustine because for ninety nine point nine percent of the,
people out there you're you're not gonna you're not gonna

(02:38:58):
drop that, kind of coin and it's something that a professional.
Needs to do now you can have a landscape care
company do it for you. If you, want you know
you just find out for me what how to do
it and tell your landscape care company this is what
you want. Them to do and that would be an
option if they're willing. To do it if they got a,
bunch of lawns they might be willing to do it

(02:39:19):
because they can justify purchasing. That product well plants, for
all seasons full service, retail garden center family operated and
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to put it they've been there since. Two Forty nine
tombo parkway was a goat path or a deer path
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(02:39:40):
long time now these Are, experts In London. Garden flowerty family.
They're gardeners here they've been gardeners here for decades and
so they know what. They're talking about they know how
to take care of things so. That they thrive and they'll.
Tell you that they'll sell you plants that want, to
be here not plants that aren't going, to grow here
that don't have a prayer of. We're in here they'll

(02:40:01):
tell you what to do and. You have, problems for
example maybe maybe you have a plant that the, leaves
are yellowing or they're getting, spots on them or they're.
Just not thriving take a, picture of them, take some
example leaves in. In a bag ask. Them about it
they can tell you. What to do they got all the.
Products you need they understand the green stuff before or

(02:40:22):
the brown stuff before green STUFF concept that i talk about,
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Kind of thing soils are. Right out front you got
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and it's because that's the. Secret of success don't just go,
buy a plant buy a plant and get. Some good

(02:40:43):
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For all seasons let's see what. Do we got got

(02:41:05):
a few. MINUTES here left i HAD something that i wanted. To,
VISIT with oh i know. WHAT it was i get,
calls FAIRLY often and i get emails in questions about
LICHENS lichen l. I c hn lichen is kind of
like a symbiotic relationship between two different. Kinds of organisms

(02:41:26):
one of them is a fungus and it grows on
plants on the outer surface of. The woody bark there
are different. Kinds of lichens, some are flat kind, of
grayish colored and the edges of the flat are frilled
like ruffles, on a. Skirt for example others make little

(02:41:46):
miniature trees that, can be gray they, can be golden
they can be kind of a bluish, green gray color
and they grow and people get. Alarmed about them lichens are.
Not a parasite you'll see lichen on, a fence post
and if it was a parasite and had to suck
juices out, of a plant it couldn't grow on a,
Dead fence post so. They're not parasites but when you

(02:42:07):
see a, lot of them it means that the sunlight,
is getting through which is generally a sign that the
plant is struggling and just not, building the. Dense Nice
canopy and i'm going to finish that. IN a moment
i don't want to miss a call here, Talking about
that so we're going to Go talk to Carol. Now In,
baytown hey carol Welcome. To garden, line.

Speaker 9 (02:42:28):
Thank.

Speaker 14 (02:42:28):
YOU good morning i am spending a loved Time In
brian poli station with my parents now. That They're older
so i'm going to go ahead and start. My garden
here and where would you recommend on all the Places
in the houston area to go to for dirt For,
Dirt besides Lows that's where, i've been going but it's
got to be. A, better place.

Speaker 6 (02:42:49):
Yeah there's not there. Are soil yards there's one. South
of town? WHAT'S it called i just went. Blank on
it i'll. Think of it it's where a BUSINESS six
And u and bypass six come together. Right, right there
uh and so they have.

Speaker 8 (02:43:08):
Some.

Speaker 6 (02:43:09):
Soil there uh there is also a place it's, the
landfill place but it's a different location. Than the landfill
and they have compost that they used to sell by
THE flak and i looked at it's. A, decent compost,
yeah you know it's. A Fair Price So twin oaks
landfill is the name of it Up There. In college

(02:43:31):
station they, have some there, but the yeah the, other it's,
probably you know probably the best place you're going to get.
Around That area.

Speaker 9 (02:43:40):
It's, highway six yeah satur wait to go home again
and go.

Speaker 14 (02:43:44):
To, the place well that's probably one of the closest,
one right there right.

Speaker 9 (02:43:49):
Two, forty, nine yeah.

Speaker 6 (02:43:51):
Yeah It is and arburgate will sell. You a blend
they will sell you their their compost complete and their
soil complete both and they will deliver at bulk now
to have it shipped a distance from any vendor is that's.
Where THE monday but.

Speaker 8 (02:44:10):
I did go home a, couple of, times you, know
a MONTH and so i thought long if.

Speaker 10 (02:44:16):
It was here.

Speaker 6 (02:44:16):
IT'S not always i guess the place on the south
side By the WAY carol that i couldn't Think of.
His site one it's a site one location there when
you Drive Up, in bryan college when you Drive Up
into college, station on six it's on the, left hand
side and you'll see big piles of beautiful rock stone
for patios and all that.

Speaker 9 (02:44:37):
Kind of, stuff, All right wonderful thank, you so much appreciate.

Speaker 6 (02:44:41):
It you met thank. YOU a lot. I appreciate that
i know we have listeners out. OF the air i
don't always know the air what's. In AN area but
i try to keep UP the. Best i can what
do you do when you can't, get the good good
stuff that we talk about Here? On guard, Line ALL
right so i was. Talking about likings bottom LINE on
lichens u you, Just ignore them you, Leave them alone you,

(02:45:03):
fertilize the plant you prove not, any dead material and
you try to get that plant vigorous. Again and growing,
if you want you can use a copper based. Product
on them you can use something. CALLED moss max i
think that works pretty good and. It kills them but
dead lichen looks like living liking and they're just going.
To COME back so i don't recommend. SPRAYING for them i,
just would say let's get. That plank growing whether it needs,

(02:45:27):
A soil improvements i'm erraating around it, a little bit
or just a, boost of nitrogen and that's what you
do and don't worry. About it Now then there's spanish moss.
And ball moss spanish moss hangs down like In The
Movie south los inn and the swamps and the boats
going by with all that. Moss Hanging down that's spanish,
most ball moss that's a. Whole other creature maybe we'll

(02:45:47):
try to tackle that. One, next weekend again it's along.
FOR the ride i got a picture of ball moss
growing on. A high line if it, was a parasite
how would it live. On a highline it's.

Speaker 8 (02:45:58):
Not.

Speaker 6 (02:45:58):
A parasite okay now you get enough bal mass in
a tree and it shades the lower areas so the
plant doesn't get the. Sunlight it needs but that, takes
a lot but it can, happen physical removal. That's one,
way oh boy that's a chore. Or an expense or

(02:46:19):
spread a copper based, product in spring just as things
are starting to. Get going again you can use. That
as well dead bal moss looks like, living bal mass
so you got to wait for it to rot and
fall out. Of the tree have a good week, in,
the garden folks