The Dead Tree Debacle

Skip Richter takes your questions all morning long!

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to garden Line on this nice Sunday. Looking forward

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to visiting with you about the things that are of
interest to you, the questions you might have. You can
give me a call at seven one three two one
two fifty eight seventy four and we will be glad
to talk about that. If you got a plant problem
that a picture would be helpful in diagnosing. Sometimes when
people describe things and I try to picture them in

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my mind's eye, that I don't always line up. So
we're gonna we are gonna try to get a picture
where we can. You can call my producer and he
will give you an email and you can send the
picture and then follow it up with a phone call
and we can talk about it after when I have
a picture to look at it. It sure does help me,
especially with some kind of obscure things that we run into. Anyway,

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are you are listening to Guardline, I'm your host, Skip Richter,
and we are glad to be here. I was just
looking at some of the work of Peercecapes actually this morning.
I you know their website. I keep telling you to
go there. It's scapes dot com, and it was just
it's just amazing the stuff that they do. It is
really amazing. I was kind of flipping through it and

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I saw a flower beds, like, ooh, I love that
idea that they did. That is so creative. But that's
how they are at Pierscapes, whether you're getting them to
design a landscape or just you know, fixing things like
bad drainage in an area, some issues with the irrigation line.
If you're trying to take it to the next level
with landscape, lighting and hard scapes and all the above,

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they can do that. And then they certainly do that
quarterly maintenance program where they come in every quarter they
spruce up the bed, you know, if there are any weeds
they take care of that, put fresh mults down a
couple times a year, typically change out the color in
your bed so it always looks good. You've all got something,
always got something looking really good there. And Pierscapes is
the company that knows how to do it. They're professionals.

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They do it right. They've got all the certifications and
the trainings and licensings, requirements, all that kind of stuff covered.
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that works. I yesterday was out at Sienna Ace Hardware.
I really had a good time out there. Thanks for
everybody that came out. That was. That was kind of fun.
We did have a good time. I like meeting people
that listened to Garden Line. It's just kind of cool,
you know. It's like put a put a name with

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a face, or put a face with a name rather
it's kind of nice stuff. So we had had a
great time. Saw a lot of samples. Boy, I tell you,
there's weeds out there in the Greater Houston area. Standing
back way back in the store, I had a table
about halfway down and I looked in the front door.
Somebody walked in. They had a little baggy in their
hand and I said, Okay, here comes my people bringing

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me bags of weeds. So we we did have a
good time looking at that. I hope you I hope
you enjoyed that, those of you who came out, And again,
thanks for thanks for coming out. That was. That was
a lot of fun. Sienna Ace Hardware was our host.
We're very glad to have them out there or to
be out there with them rather. So anyway you got

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they're going to have a grand opening coming up. I'll
tell you a bit more about that a little bit
later today, but that that is an event you don't
want to miss. Also, if you're still dealing with mosquitoes,
and we have to deal with mosquitoes here, you need
to always have mosquito dunks on hand. Mosquito dunks are
those little they're bout the size of a little Debbie donut.
You know, there's a little white powdered donuts in the

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in the convenience stores. That's about the size of a
mosquito dunk. But but they're not white powdered. They float
in water, so you can toss them on a little
you got a little drainage ditch or something that mosquitoes
are building up in. Just toss one out there and
covers about one hundred square feet and it lasts for
about a month. I will take them occasionally and break

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them up and put some of the crumbles in underneath
the pots where the water stands. You know, when you
water and you got those catch basins, you put them
in a bird bath. They don't hurt anything except mosquitos
and fungus not so zoom, two things they affect. So
birds can drink the water, pets can drink the water.
There's no problem, completely safe. Mosquita dunks are available at
feed stores and garden centers and ace hardware stores. You know.

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They just wherever you are looking for gardening types of things,
you're gonna find mosquito dunks there. That's kind of cool. Well,
I think it's time for me to go to a
little break here and we will be right back with
your calls at seven one three two one two fifty
eight seventy four. Oh, I got to keep going there
telling me you can't go to break, So I guess

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we'll hit it at the bottom of the hour. Probably.
All right, let's see, let's go out to sugar Land
and we'll go ahead and talk to Kelly. Hello, good morning,
Hello morning.

Speaker 2 (05:00):
Oh yes, I'm here.

Speaker 3 (05:02):
I have a I have a vent grass problem in
my Saint Augustine. I was wondering can you treat that
with tenacity? And it's surfacted.

Speaker 1 (05:16):
What was the what was the plant? The weed plant?
It's dent grass, dent grass like like is you like
as you used on golf courses and things.

Speaker 4 (05:29):
Yes, sir, Wow you you uh, your knowledge of grasses
and weeds and herbicides, everything's pretty pretty impressive.

Speaker 1 (05:43):
Uh. I did not did not expect that one. Most
people don't have all that information. Uh, Tenacity, Have you
looked on the label that?

Speaker 5 (05:54):
Uh?

Speaker 1 (05:56):
Do you have a label for it there with you?
Because little it'll do is it'll list okay, well, it'll
list all the weeds that it does control. The reason
I'm going to have to look at a label on
tenacity because that's one of those products that's used in
the commercial industry but typically not home because it costs,

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you know, ninety bucks a bottle just about to bring
that stuff in, and so most people don't go after that.
Let me take a look at a label on it.
You've caught me off guard on this one. And if
I can see a label, I can tell you for sure.
Now you're wanting to kill weeds that are in bent grass?

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Is that correct?

Speaker 5 (06:38):
Or?

Speaker 3 (06:40):
Now I have Saint Augustine, but within the Saint Augustine
is big grass that's growing throughout my front yard. And
then I was reading about tenacity when you spray it
on there, Yes, it's for commercial but when you spray
it on there, it does turn it white, the bed
grass white.

Speaker 1 (07:00):
Okay, well I'm.

Speaker 3 (07:03):
To my question is I guess my question would how
do you get rid of bed grass and the Saint
Augustine that's growing in there?

Speaker 1 (07:13):
Yeah, let me get a let me get a moment
here to take a look at it when we have
a break, and I can come back and talk about that.
Off the top of my head. I just don't know
because almost no one has has bent grass lawns, but
there are may be done at the coast or something.
Uh and uh as far as killing that grass, not
killing Saint Augustine, I need a minute to figure that

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one out.

Speaker 3 (07:36):
Okay, Yeah, it's it's trying to just well it's.

Speaker 6 (07:42):
A little patch.

Speaker 3 (07:43):
I did spray it with the round up, but it's
trying to take over my Saint Augustine.

Speaker 7 (07:50):
Mm hmm.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
Okay, Well, uh, you must be keeping it pretty moist
because the the the ben grass does like to have
plenty of more. Sure so, but let me let me
take a look at it. And and I don't want
to give you my best guest answer. I want to
make sure I'm right, so I'll what I'll do is
I guess let's see. Yeah, I just need I need

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a minute to be able to look at that. Okay,
all right now, if you if you want to just
hang on, keep listening, and once we go to a
break and have a chance to check that label, I
will because this is the first time I've ever heard
this call. So you stumped the jump this morning. Thanks,
thank you, Kelly. But I will come back to it.

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If I don't come back to it in the next
few minutes here, just don't hesitate to call back later,
but I will get back to Thank you very much,
appreciate your call. All right, this is an interesting, uh
interesting question. Uh. In the in the uh appearance we

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did yesterday, I was saying people will bringing weeds in
and things like that, and we do have a lot
of questions that come in on various kinds of ways
of dealing with weeds, and I you know what, I'm
just not I'm not a fan of just making herbicide

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the only approach that we have to weats. And by
the way, this isn't related to the bent gress call
it all. A lot of people they just are looking
to constantly be spraying and killing weeds. And I think
you need to first consider the fact that maybe there's
some cultural things that we can do. For example, if

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our watering practices are promoting weeds, and that could be
stay too dry or stand too wet. If we're not
building a dense, healthy lawn, then wherever sunlight hits the soil,
nature plants of weed. And I was trying to explain
that to some folks yesterday at the appearance that you know,
why don't we do everything we can to avoid the

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weed problem instead of just being on a treadmill where
we're constantly, constantly, constantly applying everything to the weeds. Uh,
it's better to do everything you can to avoid them.
And then there are weeds that are gonna no matter
what you do, you're gonna. You know, there are weeds
that are very tenacious. You know, Virginia button weed. You
can have a very dense Saint Augustine lawn and Virginia

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button weed will thrive in it. A lot of weeds
get choked out, but not Virginia button weed. And uh,
if you have dollar weed, you know, and both of
those weeds, by the way, that's a sign that the
lawn is staying very, very wet. Dollar weed loves wet areas,
and it doesn't mean that if you back off to
a deep, infrequent soaking, like we should water our lawns

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in that way, that dollar weed's gonna die. It just
means it slows down a whole lot. And that's that's
really important to be able to do that. We've gotten
off our cadence today and I need to I need
to see a week. Am I going to go to
six point thirty for our next break or how do

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we want to do that? I just need tell you
to tell me, am I Air if you would. In
the meantime, one of the things we gave away yesterday
was a night to fass Texas three Step Now that
is three different products that help your lawn go into
fall stronger and then that help you come out and

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spring stronger. When your lawn is fertilized with the right
ratio of nutrients in the fall, it builds carbohydrates, which
makes it more winter hardy. But because we're in a
southern climate, probably the greatest benefit of the fall fertilization
is the strength in the winter, which equals early spring growth.

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So if we were to fast forward into spring, it's
starting to warm up. Still kind of cold, it's starting
to warm up and your lawn is beginning to green up.
That growth is coming from stored energy, not from the
root system, because a grass plant replaces its root system
every year. A root on a grass plant, to generalize,

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lives about a year, okay, and then it dies. It
shrivels up. It leaves an opening in the soil where
air and water can move down. And the organic matter
in that grassroot is contributed to the soil, which helps
build the soil. And when we get into spring, the
new root system is starting to develop as the old

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one is dying. And what we see is that continual
cycle going on. But it's the fall fertilization that fuels
that spring growth that we have. And that's important to remember.
I call for all the most important fertilization of the
year because it is very important for building the density
in your lawn and for having a healthy long So

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this three step program by nitroprossis set up this way.
You got the fall special winter riser, which is that
kind of fertilizer I'm talking about. You've got something called
night frost barricade, and that is a pre emergent Now
the last spring, if you remember your lawn and you
had weeds and it maybe you had annual bluegrass or clover,
maybe there was chickweed or handbit. Those are all cool

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season weeds. They all sprouted in the fall in October,
maybe November, mostly October, and that's where they got started.
They sat there all winter and then in the spring.
Now you have to use a post emergent weed spray
to kill them once they're there, because they're growing like
crazy at the time of your lawn is trying to
go to wake up and get growing, and so they

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they're shading sunlight, they're competing with water and nutrients and
on and on down the line. So bottom line on
all that is it's better to prevent them in the
fall than to try to spray them in the spring.
Those are two options, but it's better prevent them in
the fall. And then, as I was saying earlier, next year,
just make get a plan. I'm going to mow, water,

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and fertilize properly. And if you do those three things
and get your lawn dense, it's harder for weed seeds
to have a chance, and you don't have to constantly
be fighting them. With all different kinds of herbicides over
and over and over and over again. You build a
good dense lawn and then when you have a weed problem,
you deal with that weed and it's you reduce the

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number of times you're having to make those applications to
the lawn. But part of the three step is the barricade,
and that's what we're doing in the fall. The third
part is of course eagle to our fungicide. Now, all
the barricade gets into the soil surface and it forms
a barricade so that the weeds it's sprout. It doesn't
keep weeds from germinating. It keeps a germinating weed from

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living and establishing a weed plant. It tries to put
out roots and it can't. That's how the barricade works,
and so you have to do it before the lawn
weeds drawll up. That's called pre emergent, before they emerge.
And then the eagle turf fungicide is actually taken up
by the plant roots and it goes into the plant. Now,
you know, you the big brown circles from brown patch.
That's what we're trying to prevent this time of year

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with the eagle And when we do that. When the
disease tries to attack the grass, it already has the
eagle turf fungicide in it. And I always try to
find an analogy that kind of helps explain things, and
in this one, it would be like, if you have
an antibiotic, you're taking an antibiotic and then some bug
tries to get you sick. It's defending against that and

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protecting you from that. And that's kind of how this
eagle turf is working in the plant itself. So do
you wait until after the brown circles appear to apply it? No,
you apply it before, because brown circles mean the leaves
ride it off the runners, and it's going to be
a brown circle all winter and then in spring when
growth appears, it greens back up again. Typically brown patch

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doesn't kill grass, It creates brown circles that then green
up again later. But boy does a look look ugly.
And when you got those brown circles, now sunlight hits
the soil and here we go again on weeds. So
the night Fuss three step is all for October to
put it down. Get it down in October. So I'm
just going to say we are officially at October. Now, okay,

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if you want to get that stuff down, you can
start doing it now. I know it's September twenty eighth,
but you know we're not going to get crazy on
that exact date. The point is you want to get
them ahead of time, especially the barricade and the eagle
to our fund to side. So that's how that worked
from night Fuss. We gave away two sets of it
down there at our appearance, so that worked out pretty good.

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Just think about that though, when you're dealing with weeds,
when you're dealing with problems. A lot of things we do,
and this is true. It's true in life in general.
It's much better to prevent something than it is to
try to fix it or cure it. That's true of
human health, it's true of our lawn health and other plants,
and so everything we do that creates a stronger plant,

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that is something that is going to help us avoid problems.
And organic gardening has been built on those kinds of
principles for a long time, and that is that you
create a good, strong plant and then you reduce the
number of issues that you have to deal with. And
that is true whether you're an organic gardener or not,
those principles are true, and that is something we need

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You know, I was telling you about some of the
events that they have going on there. The next event
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a couple of days from now, at ten am. And
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the beautiful fall collar that they have. We're going to
take a break and I'll be right back.

Speaker 2 (19:32):
You know how.

Speaker 1 (19:35):
Beetles song about gardening. I bet you didn't know that
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enjoying yourself. We are having a good time today and
looking forward to your call. Seven one three two one
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long as it's gardening, we're happy to do that. Uh,
just me a call and get to the bottom of it.
I was talking about some of the weed questions that
came in and all of that. Oh, by the way,
I need to tell you next Saturday, I'm going to
be at Moss Nursery down in Seabrooks. So all you

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people way down south and east there, Actually you could
be northwest if you want to drive down to Moss.
I'd love to see you. We're going to be there
at Moss nurs Room from twelve thirty to two thirty, okay,
and we'll be doing the same thing we do. We're
going to be giving away some products. In this case,
we got some great products from Microlife like their fall

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fertilizer called brown Patch, and we will be giving those
away and we'll be doing diagnostics and whatnot. And plus,
y'all have been listening to me talk about moss for
a long time, and we tell you how wonderful it is. Like,
you know, a combination of a museum and a garden
center and a botanical garden. Put all those three together.
You got moss. Come down and see it. See what

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I've been talking about. I think you'll really enjoy yourself
if you can have fun wandering on eight acres of
plants and stuff. Yeah, that I think you can do that.
It is. It is enjoyable. That is muss. It is
the season when we start thinking about our winter pruning
on our trees too. Dorma pruning is the best time

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you have not had somebody look at your trees in
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And if it's needed, you know what exactly needs to
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can maintain good strong structures. So when not if, but
when we have the storms that we have from time
to time, it's just a stronger tree. And you know

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it doesn't just take a storm. I mean there there's
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magnolia and talk To mark this. Morning, Hello, mark welcome
to Garden.

Speaker 8 (22:53):
Line good.

Speaker 1 (22:55):
Morning are You i'm doing good this? Morning how are
you doing?

Speaker 8 (23:00):
GOOD i sent some pictures IN i hope you found.

Speaker 1 (23:02):
Them, Okay, uh let's see. Here oh there's a low
weed in the. Yard huh, yeah is that? RIGHT a
lot of? It, Okay, yeah that that is a warm season.
Weed it's in the mallow, family and it sprawls around

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on those little vines and they can root where nodes,
are and that's one of the reasons why it becomes
a little bit of a. Problem you, know you can
you can try to pull it, up but it gets
entangled and it breaks, off and it's just it's too
tedious to try to get it up from. There. UH
i would say at this point in, time the the
options are to ignore it going into the fall. Season,

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uh it's gonna we're gonna have cold weather coming and
that those things will be shutting. Down and then next
spring with a pre emergent preventative weed, control you can
you can prevent it from coming. Back or you could
go ahead and do a post emergent treatment on it,
now which basically means spraying the weeds with a broad

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leaf post emergent weed. KILLER i would let it get
a little bit just cool, off just a little bit.
MORE i would like to see our days not quite
hitting the. Nineties you, know in a day like that
would be a good day to spray where you're not
going to put any stress on your. Lawn some of
these broad leaf products when it's going to get ninety five,
degrees they can really damage the. Lawn so, yeah it

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may be go.

Speaker 9 (24:34):
AHEAD i was just going to, say what kind of
broad leaf are you will?

Speaker 1 (24:41):
Be you, know there's a lot of them out. THERE
a lot of Times i'm Recommending celsius because the product
itself is you can use it when it's a little
warmer without problems if you just the product. Itself but
there are things Like nate with names Like, trimac tr
i Mac all that means is it's got three different

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broad leaf herbicides in it and they're post. Emergent Bone
eye has a product called Weed. Beater there's a Weed
Beater ultra also and a weed beater for southern. Lawns
as those will work on a weed like, this but they,
yeah that's that's usually what we just be careful on
the warm days with those. Things spray early in the

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morning with the coolest time of day so it dries
off before it warms. Up and LIKE i, said you
can just keep it out of the. Nineties, well you,
know eighty nine ninety is, okay but we try to
keep it a little bit lower because you, know you
don't want to stress your.

Speaker 8 (25:39):
Lawn, okay very, good all, Right, mark.

Speaker 1 (25:44):
Good luck with. It take, care appreciate your call very.
Much that we have so many different. Weeds and you,
know there's a misconception THAT i hear from, folks and
that is, that, well IF i have a weed, killer
it's gonna kill the WEED i, Have and that's not necessarily.

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True there there are well think about this here we
go back to human. Health have you ever had a
doctor give you a medicine or and then, say you,
know if that doesn't, work, well let me switch you
over to a different. One see if that. Works, well
that's kind of the case with herbicides sometimes. Too there
are there there are pre emergent herbicides that only prevent

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broadleaf weeds and then they're pre emergent. Herbicides barricade from
night foss is one that prevents grass and broadleaf. Weeds
and then there's herbicides that if you've Got virginia button,
weed they may kill other broadly, weeds but they're not
gonna Kill virginia button. Weed they're just. Not and things
like dove weed are very difficult to, control basket grass

(26:47):
some of, those but we have to find the right
herbicide for the. Weed and in this case of the
call we just, had, well there are a number of
broadly products that are gonna kill, that but it always
helps to have a good diagnosis before you start prescribing
medicine or in this, case herbicide to stop. That folks

(27:09):
At microlife have created such a great product line right,
now the number one elephant in the Room microlife product
you need to be thinking about is their brown. Patch,
now that would sound like it's a, fungicide but it's.
Not it just means in this brown patch season of,
fall putting out the right ratio of, nutrients and the

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brown patch has more of the third, number the potassium
and a little less of the first, number the, nitrogen
than their other nitrofivees Or microlife products. Do and so
that's why we use the brown patch for. Fall, now
whenever you put microlife, out you're putting out microbes. Too
those products are loaded with various kinds of. Microbes and

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by creating an environment where you have beneficial microbes that
are also, present when a bad microbe or in this,
case something like brown patch would show, up it helps
to protect against that as.

Speaker 10 (28:06):
Well.

Speaker 1 (28:07):
Uh but for fall. FERTILIZATION. Uh if you love organic products,
especially this one is designed exactly for. That and whether
you're an organic gardener or, Not microlife the brown bag
from the folks At. Microlife microlife's Brown patch fertilizer is a.
Time it's time to put it on right, now starting right,
now get it done in the next few. Weeks let's

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take a little break. Here when we come, back we'll
come back with your calls at seven one three two
one two fifty eight seventy. Four, hey welcome back to
Garden line. Folks, hey good to have you with us
on this Nice sunday. Morning if you would like to
give me a call seven one three two one two

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five eight seven four seven one three two one two
fifty eight seventy. Four we'd be happy to visit with
you about anything related to the. Gardening that's what we're.
Here and it could be, yards it could be, vegetables
it could be, herbs, flowers, trees, shrubs and the things
that attack them weeds and insects and mites and diseases

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and lions and tigers and. Bears oh, MIND i didn't
say birds in.

Speaker 11 (29:19):
THERE i.

Speaker 1 (29:19):
Should sometimes we have birds that attack, things like the.
Mockingbirds have you ever had a mockingbird each your? Tomato?
NOW i love. Mockingbirds that's our state. BIRD i like
their song. Too i'm very proud of mocking. Birds glad
that's their state. Bird but as a tomato, GROWER i
have a bone to pick with mocking. Birds and here's the.
Deal if we could just sit down before the tomato

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season and, TALK i would, say, LOOK i will give
you one or two, tomatoes and you can eat the whole.
Tomato you can come, in take it with you and eat.
It come to the guard and eat. It but it's
one or two. Tomatoes, nope they got to take a
peck out of this, tomato and then they got to
take a peck out of that. Tomato i've even seen
them take a peck out of a green tomato for
crying out. Loud at least let it ripen. Anyway, yeah

(30:03):
BUT i do like. BIRDS i was out enjoying some
of the music of the birds a couple of days.
Ago i've had a little time to sit outside in
the yard early in the. Morning the music is just.
AMAZING i love, visually there's so many beautiful. Birds, oh
by the, way do you know that Orioles baltimore orioles
are coming through and there we do get a few of.

(30:25):
Those and by the, Way i'm told by the experts
At Waldbirds unlimited that orioles like a lady put orange,
slices for. Example they like, fruit for. Example they enjoy
that beautiful orange bird with black wings and a black
head and black on top of the. BODY i Believe
i've never had one at my, house BUT i would love,

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too and we do have some coming around. Here anytime
you go into a wild bird store and you have
any kind of, question maybe see a, bird take a
picture of. It whatever you have a question. About, HEY
i want to know what would be a good feed
to bring cardinals in to my. YARD i love cardinals
with all the lure and things about. Cardinals, well they
can set you up with the group of seeds that

(31:08):
is most attractive to the group of birds you're trying to.
Attract they have many different, blends but they also have
blends at times the year when birds are nesting in like.
Eggs they have blends for the winter time when birds
are needing that extra support in protein and fats and
things to make it through the cool. Season Wild Birds
unlimited is just anything you want to know about. Birds

(31:31):
anything you need for attracting birds and keeping them at
your house is going to be. There so for, example
six Wild Birds. STORES i don't care where you, live, north, south, east, West,
central there's A wildbird store somewhere near. You there's one
In kingwood On Kingwood, drive In pearland On East, broadway
up In cypress On Barker, Cypress Clear, lake there's A

(31:52):
Wildbird store On El Dorado. Boulevard and then In, houston
we have one on Bel air and one On Memorial
drive here in the area as, Well so just stop into.
One go TO wbu dot com forward Slash HOUSTON wbu
Will Birds unlimited dot com forward Slash houston and find the.

(32:14):
Store near you and go by there and check it.
Out just go in and test him on this. Stuff
started asking him some, questions find out just how hopeful they,
are how much they, know and then check out the.
PRODUCTS i have a a squirrel excluding feeder THAT i really,
love and the squirrels just are having trouble find a

(32:34):
way to get into. It BECAUSE i want to feed the.
Birds that's what my interest. IS i have their hummingbird,
feeder the hyperch one more than. ONE i love that and.
Hummingbirds just the other, day was coming by the feeder
AS i was walking, by AND i looked up and
he turned around went the other. WAY i THINK i scared,
him BUT i love watching them coming into. Those they
have the nectar, defender which keeps your nectar from going.

(32:58):
Bad how fast is sugar water go bout on a
hot day right hot week several? Days, uh it's not,
good but nectar defender protects. That it's just an example
of the, many many things you'll find at your local
Wild Bird's unlimited. Store let's see. Here we're going to
go out To, Cove texas now and talk To rufus this, Morning,

(33:19):
Hello rufous Horn.

Speaker 12 (33:22):
SKIP i was listened to you talking about your tomato
plants birds and told me many years, ago it's Some christmas.

Speaker 9 (33:33):
Balls hang them out.

Speaker 12 (33:35):
There i've heard that it worked three or four last
year to a.

Speaker 1 (33:43):
Bird oh, Really, okay did you paint them or just
let them be? Shiny? Yeah you paint. Them find a
tomato colored. Huh.

Speaker 12 (33:52):
RIGHT i go down hobby lobby and by the red
ones right now and hang them out. There my guard
look really cool in the.

Speaker 7 (33:58):
Guard you know they're hanging.

Speaker 1 (33:59):
Right, well it gets your neighbors something to talk.

Speaker 12 (34:03):
About oh, yeah they really talk about, it and they
want to. Know, well that's that's. Breathing i'll do.

Speaker 1 (34:09):
It And i'm glad to hear.

Speaker 12 (34:11):
That and that part said over and he looks at that,
Ball he looked at. Boney he patched like three or four,
times and he got right over to another, one AND i,
went you know this this might Be.

Speaker 1 (34:25):
Yeah, well that's that's good to. Hear i've always, wondered you,
KNOW i heard about, that But i've never actually seen
research on it or. Anything BUT i would think you
would need to get those red balls out there. Early
so they kind of, realized, oh those red things don't
work because once they get their mouth in a juicy,
one they may be a little they may fly around
and try over and over. AGAIN i don't, know but

(34:45):
that's just me.

Speaker 12 (34:46):
Thinking mine stay out year, round. Okay and also you
know the seals on your your cannon. Jars Oh man
would take them and bunch of hole with them and
hang them in his in his garden on his made,
cages and the wind would flip them around in the.

(35:06):
Sunlight he, said the sunlight kind of mess with their.
Brain they wouldn't come.

Speaker 7 (35:10):
Around i've got.

Speaker 1 (35:12):
It i'd have to ask at a wild bird store
about that and see what they think about. That that's. Good, hey, Thanks.
RUFUS i appreciate those appreciate that comment very. Much appreciate
you being On Warren Southern gardens In Kingwood Garden center
out In. Kingwood outstanding places to, go and you need to.
Go you need to go check them. OUT i love
going by there because they always are getting new things.

(35:34):
IN i just saw the other day A Kingwood Garden
center gotten in a bunch of trees and. Shrubs and you,
know this is the best time of the year to
plant trees and, Shrubs so get over there and get
one because there's not a better time that you're going
to run into where the tree and shrub has the
most time to get roots, established so it's ready when

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it comes to the summer next. Year that's the time
when our tree are in the most danger of being
lost or suffering or struggling, along and you can avoid
that with a fall. Planting so get out. There Warren Southern.
Gardens check out The talavera, pumpkins the beautiful color painted
pumpkins that they have out. There check out all of
the pottery that they've gotten In Kingwood Garden, Center Warren Southern,

(36:18):
Gardens warren's On North, Park kingwood's On Stone, hollow both
open seven days a. Week, well i'm looking at See
i'm about to hear music here in about fifteen, Seconds
So valerie And memorial And stephen And, dayton we're gonna
hold you and be. Back you'll be first up when
we come back from the top of this. BREAK i

(36:40):
just want to remind you THAT i will be At
Moss nursery Next, Saturday october, fourth from twelve thirty to two.
Thirty so everybody out there east south Of Town central,
wherever just come on out to. Moss if you wandered
about this PLACE i keep talking, about come out and
check it. Out eight acres to wander. Around you will
fall in love with the green their house plant. Greenhouse

(37:02):
you may never you may never come out of. There
it's so so nice as chalk full of. Plans Most, Nursery, Seabrook,
texas twelve thirty to two Thirty Next, Saturday i'll trivered
the Four all, right, FOLKS i need a reload on
coffee AND i had made a mess with my papers.
Here if you could see, this oh my. Gosh, ANYWAY

(37:25):
i gotta get this cleaned up and we'll be back
with you in just a.

Speaker 13 (37:28):
Bit, hey welcome, back, Guys welcome Back.

Speaker 1 (37:58):
Guardline good have you with. Us i'm your, host skip.
Director we're here to help you have success the WAY
i like to put it as a more bountiful, garden
a more beautiful, landscape and more fun in the. Process
that's what we're trying to do. Here so give me
a call IF i can assist you in some way
like that seven one three two one two fifty eight
seventy four earlier on in the, show IF i first,

(38:19):
CALL i believe Today kelly was asking about USING herbsd
Called tenacity on bent, grass AND i told HER i
would say it on the air WHEN i was able
to get a hold of a label and check it.
Out and The tenacity does get rid of bent grass
according to their, label and it can be used On Saint,
augustine although you've got to be careful with the rate

(38:39):
that you use On Saint. Augustine the best time to
get rid of the bent grass would be late, summer early.
Fall we're going to say we're there now and it's
it's most susceptible at this. Time but if you look
at the, label at, least What i've been able to
find is that it's for sod, farms not For Saint augustine,
Lawns so that would be an outside the label. Application

(39:00):
if you want more information on, THAT i would suggest
that you Call, senta the company that produces ita and
they they will be the final authority on The tenacity.
Label there is information on how to how to get
a hold of. Them so that's my best shot At

(39:21):
and congratulations on the stump the Jump stump the jump
win for, today because that was one THAT i had
to go check labels to be to be sure. About,
uh let's do. This let's head out To memorial and
talk To. Valerie, Hey, valerie welcome to Garden.

Speaker 14 (39:36):
Line, hi thank.

Speaker 8 (39:38):
You, YES i.

Speaker 14 (39:43):
Had a question On chinese parasol. Trees my neighbor planted
some that seems very close to my, house AND i
thought they were an invasive, species and, UH i thought they.
Would you, KNOW i was concerned WHEN i heard that
he planted these trees next to my. Foundation but THEN

(40:07):
i found out they Were chinese parasol, trees and So
i'm a little. Concerned DO i need to Be, Okay.

Speaker 1 (40:17):
Well it is an invasive, species you have to what's
going to happen is gonna come up from. Seeds that's
kind of what it. Does they, grow they grow, fast
and so people like. That but one good thing to,
remember and there may be some exceptions to, this but not,
many is that when a, TREE i like to, say grow,
fast die, young meaning that they don't they don't hold

(40:40):
up long. Term you, know you get you a nice,
oak and eighty years down the, line it's it's looking its. Best.
Right on trees like, this they're kind of like woody
weeds in my, opinion but they do grow, fast so
you would just have to watch for when little seedlings come.
UP a lot of kinds of trees create, seedlings you,
know the elm, trees our native elms come up in

(41:03):
our flower beds because their seeds come up very well.
TOO i wouldn't recommend planting A chinese parasol, tree but,
PEOPLE i know why they do. IT i just don't
think it's a.

Speaker 8 (41:16):
Good, Idea, okay all, right all, right well.

Speaker 1 (41:22):
Saying, yeah you, bet you, bet uh and, uh you,
know when we have, neighbors you, know you try to
maintain a relationship with the neighbors so because things can
be awkward at. Times but, UH, i it wouldn't be
one THAT i would suggest you, plant for, sure as

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you're already. Concerned you're already concerned about.

Speaker 8 (41:46):
That.

Speaker 14 (41:48):
Yeah, NO i know somebody that they're paying a lot
of money to have some of the same type of trees,
removed you, know to get them, removed and THEN i
find out THAT i have an upcoming problem That i'm
going to have to pay.

Speaker 1 (42:05):
For, yeah, well you, know we have a lot of
woody weeds that can come, up and so it's you
just have to be on your, property just like whether
it was a poison ivy or a hackberry that the
birds planted on the. PROPERTY i mean when they come,

(42:28):
up you just catch them early and deal with them
early and it's not as big of a. Deal let
them get twenty feet high and then, yeah you've got
some expense getting that. Removed just kind of just keep
an eye.

Speaker 8 (42:39):
Out for, it all, right all, right thank, you all.

Speaker 1 (42:43):
Right thank you. ALLARI i appreciate That Southwest fertilizer has
been A houston tradition since nineteen fifty, five, yes seventy years.
Ago it was founded and it's still around because it
just knows how to take care of it's. STOMERS i
speak of it as if it's a person or. Something,

(43:03):
Bob Bob patterson and his whole team there At Southwest.
Fertilizer when you walk, in they greet, you they take
care of. You they know what they're talking. About. Uh
if you can bring them a, sample a, picture, whatever
or just come in and, describe you, KNOW i need
such and, SUCH i got an issue with, this they'll
help you and they carry out the products for anything

(43:25):
that you would, need, organic, synthetic everything is there At Southwest.
Fertilizer if they don't have, it you don't need, it
from tools to quality, products to bulk seeds to seed.
Packages by the, way it is fall gardening. Season another
reason to stop in At Southwest fertilizer corner Of bissinett
And runwick seven one three six sixty six one seven four.

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Four let's go now To dayton and talk To stephen this. Morning,
Hello Steven.

Speaker 15 (43:53):
Mourner Skip. SKIP i talked to you a couple three
weeks ago about my cum caught tree and the fruit
on the bottom of it and up the stin and was.
Rotting that problem seems to have gone. AWAY i did, find, yes,
UH i did find black mold on quite few of the.

(44:16):
LEAVES i set out there one day with soapy pan
of water in a chair and cleaned.

Speaker 1 (44:22):
A lot of the mold.

Speaker 15 (44:24):
Off but right now some of the, leaves not all
the leaves are starting to have. Curls they're curling, up
and it's also putting out long shoots out the. Top
some of the shoots are. THORNY i don't know what
the problem, is if it needs fertilizer Or i've been
breaking off the long, shoots but maybe you can help.

Speaker 1 (44:45):
Me, Yeah, well if they're very. THORNY i would trace
them down and see if they may be coming out
from nearer the ground on the, trunk because that's where
the rootstock. Is that that's a great afted tree or
bush that you have on the, kumquat and the roofstock's very,

(45:07):
thorny and so a lot of times you want to
follow them all the way down and cut them off below.
There make sure that you shut that down because those very,
vigorous thorny things tend to kind of take over and
shade out your. Tree so that would be that as
far as the city, mold you, know it probably was
a scale. Insect it could have been white, flies could

(45:27):
have been a, fits could have been mealy. Bugs all
of those things can make. Scale it can make the
sugar water that the soot grows. On but you can
get rid of the soot like you mentioned. Doing BUT
i would find out why the soot's. There AND i
suspect if you turn some leaves, over you're going to
see scale under the. Leaves, now the foliage that you
have that's kind of curling or whatever cupping twisting that

(45:52):
probably has been attacked by the citrus leaf minor it's
a little flylike insect that lays an egg in the.
Leaf the larva tunnels inside the leaf and causes those
young leaves to. Malform. Uh and there are two, products
but there are two organic products that will help control.
That one is spinosied and one is well it's the

(46:16):
INGREDIENT asa directin AZ. A you start with A Z
a d AS a. Directing either of those not, Both
either will will help. You but you got to spray
the new new flushes of. Growth that's what they.

Speaker 15 (46:31):
Attack, OKAY i did use name oil a couple of
times earlier in the. Mornings would that?

Speaker 1 (46:37):
Help in the name tree produces seeds that they press
the oil out, of and as a name oil works
like any kind of horticultural summer. Oil there's other plant
sources of oil that we spray on our plants to
control things, insects typically on.

Speaker 15 (46:58):
Scale but ok so it's a good thing to.

Speaker 1 (47:02):
Use it's a good thing to use on the scale
by spraying upward underneath the. Leaf make sure you coat
the coat the bottoms of the leaves to smother those.
Scale but for the the citrus leaf, minor there's an
ingredient in the name tree called as, adiractin and so
that product is very different than nem. Oil it's not an.

(47:25):
Oil it's it's a natural chemical in the plant that controls.
Insects and so the asdirectin soaks into the leaves when
you spray it on. Them it's not just an.

Speaker 15 (47:37):
OUTER i wrote down to spinos the spin that the
first spin.

Speaker 1 (47:46):
Can you spell S A d s yes like spin
like you spin a top the LETTER o and then
sad like like not? Happy spin those?

Speaker 15 (47:55):
Sad and what is the and the other?

Speaker 7 (47:59):
Product?

Speaker 1 (48:01):
Uh it will just write DOWN A Z A. D
just write those letters, DOWN A Z A. D it's
a longer word than. That but that's the only chemical
that begins with that. Name and so when you go
to where you're buying your, chemicals you you tell THEM
i need, something and here's the first part of the.
Ingredient and then they can tell if they had, that

(48:22):
and if they try to say you need, oil that's
not the same that each of them has their. Purpose
each of them has their. Purposes but as a directin
is the one for this the leaf minor can use that.

Speaker 15 (48:39):
Can you use that?

Speaker 1 (48:40):
Anytime you? Can but you only it's it's mostly needed
when there's a new flesh of. Growth those insects attack
the tender new, growth not the, old, tough leathery. Leaves
so your spraying the new. Growth the old leaves don't need.
Protection all, Right, okay thank, you all, right you take.

(49:02):
Care thanks a. LOT i got to run to break.
Folks i'll be right back here we go, here take.
IT i love, Deal Diamond Love. Dauncheon welcome back to Garden.
Line good to have you with, Us glad to have
you with us. Today Plaster Fall. Seasons that is the
garden center right there on two forty Nine Tomball, parkway

(49:24):
just north of Where lueta comes. In it's been around
for a long, time since nineteen seventy. Three so this
family owned operation is a place where you go to
get the facts and to get the plants that want
to grow, here and to get the information on how
to have success with. Them that is the bottom. Line you,
KNOW i love independent garden centers because these are people
that live, Here these are people that garden. Here these

(49:46):
are people that know what they're talking, about not somebody
that just happens to be working in a department that
has green stuff for. Sale we're talking about a place
where you can go in and talk to True lawn And,
garden next birds from, education the selection of, plants they do,
Delivery they even do, planting custom potting. It you, know

(50:07):
if you want to go in and grab your own
plants and do it. Yourself. Good if you'd like to
do that but you don't know how to do, it ask.
Them they'll tell. You they'll hope you pick out plants
that go together and a container or something whatever you're looking.
For plants for all seasons it is not only the
source of good, plants but a source of great device as.
Well Now plants For All seasons dot com that's the

(50:28):
website which they've readone and it's a it's a very helpful.
SIGHT i encourage you go check that. Out you can
get them a call at two eight, one three seven
six sixteen forty. Six, also let's head out now To
kingwood and we're going to talk To. Pamela, Hey, pamela
welcome to Garden.

Speaker 11 (50:43):
Line oh thank.

Speaker 16 (50:45):
YOU i was AT ace On Senior day because you
get ten percent off On Senior.

Speaker 8 (50:53):
Day at our.

Speaker 16 (50:55):
Ace And i'm just getting buying the fall three.

Speaker 8 (50:59):
Steps and so.

Speaker 16 (51:01):
We walked around a stack of carbol, load and she, goes,
oh you, know if you buy this it has pre
emergentt in, it you don't have to buy the one
in two of the.

Speaker 1 (51:16):
Three, okay, okay.

Speaker 5 (51:19):
It said a good.

Speaker 1 (51:20):
Idea you put me on the. Spot they both. Work.
Uh the the product that's in carbo load is called
per diamine and it is the same ingredient as is in,
barricade and they're put together. There, NOW i have mixed
feelings about weed and feed. Combinations, uh if they're put

(51:43):
on at the right, time that that can. Work and
so in fall we have a window here in Early
october where you can get your fertilizer down and you
can get your weed control down at the same, time
and that that can be. Helpful but you've got to
be very careful when you apply any of, these whether
they're combined in a fertilizer or they're separate in a,

(52:05):
fertilizer that you put the rates down like they say
on the, label and that you get good even, coverage
because a pre emergent is only as good as the
evenness of your. Coverage you, know like if you have
a blotch of it over here and then there's a
gap and then a blotch of it over. There in that,
gap you're gonna have weeds come. Up there's nothing protecting

(52:26):
the weeds from germinating and establishing. Plants so be extra
extra careful whichever way you want to. Go you, KNOW
i believe In nelson fertilizer. PRODUCTS i believe in micro live.
PRODUCTS i believe in Night fuss. Products i've used all
of these and they. Work and so just make sure

(52:48):
you apply it at the right. Time and then with
either way you, go you need to water it in
afterwards with about a half inch of, water and that
moves that prodiamine down into the soil, surface whether it's
in a barricade form or in the carbload form That nelson.
Makes the ingredient per diomy moves to the soil surface
and it soaks in there and then when the weed

(53:08):
tries to germinate, it it shuts it. Down but coverage
is important and after, application watering is critical that you do.
That if you're doing all, that you're doing it right
and you're going to have. Success.

Speaker 16 (53:20):
Yeah, see EVEN i showed her a picture of WHAT
i thought was the large patch brown, patch and she, said, no,
no that's probably lack of. Water and it's true irrigation
doesn't kind of touch that area.

Speaker 7 (53:35):
Much and she, said.

Speaker 16 (53:37):
Hold, off don't do the old fungus, side because she,
said you lose all of the microbes and you got
to start all over once you put that. Down AND
i have the purple, BAG i do, THAT i do
medina all. THAT i really have, great, healthy wonderful, grass.

Speaker 1 (53:58):
So must be doing.

Speaker 16 (54:00):
Right, well it's all because of you guys right there.

Speaker 12 (54:07):
The.

Speaker 16 (54:07):
Weeds where did all of this this stuff come? From
all the douve weed and the button weed Because i've
been here twenty five years And i've never had it,
before or did it Come.

Speaker 1 (54:21):
Well there's a lot of. Ways there's a lot of way,
weeds weeds can get, in AND i, MEAN i don't
need to go through all the. Possibilities the bottom line
is when you leave them there and you let them
reproduce and produce. Seed instead of one, weed now you've
got a couple of hundred. Weeds and so that that's
that's why you need to prevent it early to stop.
That and it starts with growing a good, dense healthy.

(54:42):
Lawn that's step. One and then number two is if
you have issues making sure you get a good product that'll. Work,
Hey i'm gonna have to run, penala but good luck with.
That and congrats on apparently you're doing a good job
on your. Lawn appreciate, That.

Speaker 8 (54:57):
Thank, you thank. You you.

Speaker 1 (54:59):
Bet they were talking About peblas bringing Up nelson. FERTILIZERS
i talked to yesterday about The Nelson genesis transplant. Mix
it is fall and fall is for, planting And Genesis
Transplant mix is a mix designed it's got a good

(55:19):
nutrient ratio in, it first of, all but it's loaded
with like micarizon bacteria and other fungi that will release
out into the, soil and that soil we call it the,
microbiome you, know the the, zoo if you, will of
the soil of all the, animals animals or bacteria and
fungi and actinomie seats and protozoa and all kinds of

(55:42):
things that are down there in the soil that are
helping that soil to make helping make that soil a
place where plant roots can. Thrive And genesis Transplant mix does.
That anytime you're going to plant a plant into, something
whether that's something is the ground. Outside maybe you're planning
a rosebush's, fall whether that's something is a, container maybe

(56:03):
you're putting in some color flowers and a container for fall,
flowers or if you're just bumping plants up from one
size to another size of. Container mix The genesis t
plant mix in that soil and then plant into it
and it will have a nice slow, release And i've seen,
it the plants will. Thrive and that's available by the
jar from the folks At Nelson. Fertilizer it's Called Nutristar

(56:28):
Genesis Transplant. Mix by the, way a lot of Those
nelson Nutri, Star Color, star a lot of those products
by the. Jar you can refill them at about a
dozen places around, town and that's very. Economical but it
also avoids just throwing away another plastic thing into the.
Trash we've got plenty of that already as it, is
SO i think it's a great way to go with

(56:49):
those particular. Products but this, fall when you're doing, planting
make sure you Got genesis in one, hand so that
as you put those plants in the, ground you can
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YOURSELF i am gonna just run straight out to the
phones as we start this hour and we're going to
head To South houston and talk To. Patrick, Hello, patrick

(59:18):
welcome to Garden. Line good.

Speaker 17 (59:20):
Morning how are you doing?

Speaker 1 (59:20):
Today doing, well thank.

Speaker 5 (59:23):
You SO i had a question.

Speaker 17 (59:26):
About a pomegranate tree and it had been well established
for producing well and then it got dug up and
retransplanted to a new location out In Santa. Fe it's
been out there for probably about ten to eleven years
and it hasn't produced much. Fruit SO i was wondering
if there's like any kind of like solo evidence to
do or different like nutritional. Requirements it came From Deer

(59:48):
park and then went down, there so.

Speaker 1 (59:51):
Huh your, Part, well they don't like to be moved
when they're. Older but you said it's been in the
new spot for eleven, years, yes, sir, right.

Speaker 17 (01:00:01):
And it's it's pretty. Big it's about seven feet tall
and that's pushed out whenever it gets to good. Spot
it's probably about five five six feet in. Diameters so.

Speaker 1 (01:00:14):
Is it is it getting full?

Speaker 17 (01:00:16):
SUN i think it's probably about six hours during the,
day maybe seven depending on summer to win a.

Speaker 1 (01:00:24):
Ratio but well that's decent, sun, uh and it should
it should produce in. That but they do like lots
and lots of. Sun the more the better actually for.
Them but that would be one. Thing the other thing
would be. Uh you, know excessive amounts of nitrogen fertilizer
can push them towards vegetative growth at the expense of fruit.

(01:00:46):
Production so that may be a. Possibility but as those
plants get, older they they tend to become more and more.
Productive and so you, know you do a good happy,
pond granted the age you've got, there and you know
it'll be producing one hundred for a. Year Uh and
and SO i don't know other than, sunlight don't don't

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excessively fertilize. Them they need decent. Drainage they don't like
to grow in a, swamp but that they need moist soil,
periodically at least with a good. Soaking but they're pretty tough.
PLANTS i don't know what else to tell you on
that that it's not producing for.

Speaker 17 (01:01:27):
You did they happen to prefer? Anything LIKE i, SAID.

Speaker 1 (01:01:33):
I have not seen them in very acidic. Soils most
of the Ones i've run, across they've been in a
meat even to a high pH higher ped soil as
opposed to on the lower. End that doesn't that doesn't
mean that that's what they. Need they can grow in
almost any soil as long as it has that good internal.
Drainage so the best is a moderately alkaline. Soil BUT

(01:01:57):
i you know WHAT i say that THEY i have
seen some on slightly acidic, soils not real acid like
blueberry azalea, soil BUT i mean more of a slightly so.
Somewhere let's just say, this how about a six point
six point five seven point five in that range would
would definitely be a safe, spot and they probably go

(01:02:18):
outside that little.

Speaker 17 (01:02:18):
Bit, okay that's fair. Enough do you think do you
think like any kind of like variation around, it like
correoration or, anything a few plugs might help.

Speaker 1 (01:02:28):
OUT i. DON'T i don't think, SO i really. Don't you,
know it's it's pretty pretty. Simple, generally What i'll do
is maybe a cup or two of a lawn fertilizer
sprinkled around. Them that's generally enough of nitrogen for. Them.
Uh you, can you can split it up into several,

(01:02:50):
applications so you're, gradually you, know feeding it over. Time
you're not dumping the whole year's fertilizer down at one.
Time but you just look at the new. Growth if
the new, growth we call it the terminal. Growth you
know the ends of. Shoots if you've got shoots that
grew the, year you're looking at the planet they, Grew
let's say this. Year they they should be about a

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foot foot and a half. Long if it's longer than,
that they're getting too much. Nitrogen if it's shorter than,
that they probably need a little bit. More.

Speaker 17 (01:03:20):
So if is there any way to get the soul,
tested and Then i've been for there to like decrease
nitrogen if it does come up.

Speaker 1 (01:03:27):
By, yes you can send a soil sample to the
State Soil lab At TEXAS a AND. M have you
ever been to my website gardening with skip dot Com
maybe a few? Times, yeah, Okay, well if you go,
there there's a publication on soil testing THAT i wrote
that tells you how to take a sample and then

(01:03:48):
it tells you where to send. It, also if you
download my lawn care schedule on the lawn care, part
not the disease and insect, part but the lawn care,
part there is a link at the bottom to the
soil TESTING uh form that you need to fill. Out
so it's in blue at the bottom of the lawn care.

(01:04:09):
Schedule if you look at it, online you can just
click on. It and it'll take you right.

Speaker 17 (01:04:13):
There, okay is? There do you know if there's any
other trace elements that they might?

Speaker 1 (01:04:19):
Need, WELL i mean they need all seventeen nutrients that
trace elements included in. That but most soils have an adequate.
Amount but but do a sol. Test just check it
out if. You if, you if you send your soil,
in you can either do the standard test or you

(01:04:39):
can do the standard plus. Micros do the standard plus
micros the first time you send a soil test in
on These.

Speaker 17 (01:04:46):
Okay, okay sounds a good law for shure your.

Speaker 1 (01:04:48):
Time, yes, sir good luck with. THAT i WISH i.
Do wish you. Well on that uh Intended Forest Garden
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It if you have been, there you know What i'm talking.
About this, place it's a it's just a pleasant place to.
Shop you go in the big spreading trees out, there

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and just all of the color that they, have and
boy do they ever do they ever have color right
now for? Fall the gift shop is. Wonderful if you
haven't been in, there you need to check that. Out
that is really cool if you are interested in decorating
for the. Holidays they got the. Pumpkins they're, there from
the little tiny miniatures to the big giant carving. Pumpkins

(01:05:33):
they even have the like tallavera the beautiful colored pumpkins
that you can put. Out if you're putting out planting
some shallots for, example out in the, ground some garlic
and shallots and things like. That the bulbs are, in
they're ready to. Go they're waiting for, you and it's
time to get them. In hurry up and get out
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(01:05:56):
that's A, saturday they're going to have a class on
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Class but you're gonna get all the things you need
to build this living wreath that you can put on
the door and decorate or put on a table probably
is a good way to do it and decorate for the.
Holidays and they give you all the plants and the

(01:06:17):
wreath and the materials and all. That but that's On
october twenty, Fifth but you need to call ahead and
make sure you got a space saved for you in.
That but while you're out, there just check it out this.
Place it's a good time to plant, shrubs and they've
got an excellent. Selection they carry that my favorite spring blooming,
tree The chinese fringe, tree all there At Enchanted. Forest

(01:06:38):
now here's the. Website you need to go to the
website and check them. Out Enchanted, Forest, RICHMOND tx dot. Com, okay,
here let's see we. Are i'm gonna go To sarah and,
clearly Hey, sarah welcome to Garden. Line we're coming up

(01:06:58):
on a break. Here BUT i THINK i can help
you pretty. Quick.

Speaker 10 (01:07:02):
OKAY i have a four foot tall by four foot
wide pot with A japanese red, maple and it's been
in there for a long.

Speaker 2 (01:07:10):
Time and it's.

Speaker 10 (01:07:11):
Clearly not thriving anymore because it's just so pot. BOUND i,
mean there's just you, KNOW i, MEAN i have to
almost water it every. Day how you get it out
of the. Pot If i'm gonna have to hire, somebody.

Speaker 1 (01:07:27):
You probably are in the four four foot wide. Pot.
Uh you lay the pot on its side and hopefully
the pot is not narrower at the top then it
is further. Down if it you, know if it sort
of comes up and curls in the, pot then you're
never going to get it out of. There but if
it's more of A v, shaped if you lay it,
down bang on the sides a little, bit roll it

(01:07:47):
a little, over and bang on the side, again it
ought to slide. Out AND i would lay a tarp down.
First that, way all the dirt and mess and, everything
you've captured. It and if you needed to move it
to another, locate you could drag it on the tarp
and put it in a in a new. Location but, uh,
anyway that that's HOW i would go about. It trim

(01:08:08):
any roots going around in a. Circle wait to do
this Until november when that there's no demands on that
plant whatsoever to speak. Of, Uh and and then you
can do the trimming up the root bound repotting it
up at probably the soil level in that. Pot if
it's been in there that, long the soil level is
probably pretty, low and you, can you, know add some additional,

(01:08:29):
soil gets you some.

Speaker 2 (01:08:31):
Of them else it.

Speaker 1 (01:08:32):
Up as we've, gone, okay.

Speaker 10 (01:08:35):
Okay well all, right AM i going to have to
hire someone Like AM i going to have to hire
someone to come dig a.

Speaker 18 (01:08:42):
Hole this is a big root.

Speaker 8 (01:08:45):
BALL i mean it's, big.

Speaker 1 (01:08:49):
Probably probably, SO i, mean unless you know somebody that
can dig dig a hole for you like, that you
want to make sure it's only as deep as the root,
ball in fact a little. Shallower let's that top root
on the plant be a little higher than the level
of the soil around, it just a little, bit just
a couple of inches, higher and set it. In the
nice thing about a tarp is you can drag something

(01:09:12):
way too heavy to lift by dragging it on the
tarp across the lawn to the spot where you want,
it and you can slide it into the hole that you.
Got it has to be ready to, go and you
need some help because that is enough to mess up
a whole lot of people's backs with that much, Soil
i'm gonna have to run to the. Lake BUT i
think you're on the right. Foot just make SURE i

(01:09:32):
would get me some of The nelson genesis to mix
into the soil where you plant it to help it
get off to a good. Start AND i was, LIKE
i Like medina's, product the six twelve. Six medina's six
twelve six that you drench over the root system and
then water it in for about the first three times a.

(01:09:54):
Week apart with, that help that new roots that you
made all the cuts, in help them to start sending
out new roots into that soil around. It all, Right
i'm Gonna i've talked myself a little past my, time
but good luck with, That, sarah AND i do appreciate your.
Call we'll be right, back. Folks, alrighty we're. Back welcome

(01:10:17):
back to Garden, line. Folks good to have you with
us this. Morning. Azomite someone was talking about micronutrients earlier today.
Azamite asamite is a micronutrients supplement that is dug out
of the. Ground it's a mind natural products in the.
Ground they dig it, out they grind it, up and
they make it into a form that you can spread
out with your fertilizer. Spreader you can put azmite at

(01:10:39):
any time you. WANT i would suggest you do a
soil test periodically to check your lawns see where you
are with the macronutrients like, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium the secondaries
like magnesium and sulfur and, calcium and then these micronutrients
that are essential as well asamite contains a wide variety

(01:11:02):
of pretty much everyone you. Need and as you put
it out there in the lawn, periodically or you put
it in your, garden then your plants are going to.
Thrive and you, know when plants take out nutrients that they,
need it helps spur more growth and more production whatever you're.
Growing so it's a limiting factor when they don't have

(01:11:24):
enough of what they. Need asmite provides. It you can
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IT a forty four pound bag will cover about six
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Garden you can make it the same day you do
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(01:11:47):
mix them, together and the hopperd make two trips and
you're covered with the. Asmite let's head out To League
city now and we're going to visit With linda this. Morning, Hey,
linda welcome to Garden.

Speaker 8 (01:11:57):
Line, hey good, Morning.

Speaker 11 (01:12:00):
SKIFF i sent you some pictures last week after you've
got off the. AIR i got permissioned earlier that, day
BUT i didn't send. Them But i'm sent the pictures
of my bottle brush That i've had planned for maybe five.
Years and all of a, SUDDEN i, say, well you
can tell by the pictures one of the branches has
kind of, died and then some of the other. Plants

(01:12:24):
tops of the plants are kind of.

Speaker 7 (01:12:26):
Bad so what do you.

Speaker 1 (01:12:28):
Think i'm not seeing your, Pictures. Linda i'm looking for them.

Speaker 7 (01:12:32):
Here oh, Man, okay do.

Speaker 1 (01:12:36):
You know what day that would have?

Speaker 5 (01:12:38):
Been, YEAH i said them on my.

Speaker 2 (01:12:41):
Day i'm.

Speaker 1 (01:12:42):
Sorry, Okay so, okay so let's say your bottle. Brush
you're saying that it describe again the die back for.

Speaker 11 (01:12:53):
Me, okay there's five of them, plented and some like
three of. Them of, five the very tops have turned
white and. Shriveled and then so that's that's three. Plants
the fourth bush has one limb coming out from the

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base from the dirt and it has completely. Dyed the
leaves are still on the. PLANT i have some of
them fell. Off we get spray it with an insecticide
BECAUSE i thought maybe it was my mice or, Something
BUT i really couldn't. TELL i really could not.

Speaker 5 (01:13:34):
TELL i did a close up to find.

Speaker 1 (01:13:36):
It, no But, linda that sounds to me like a water.
Issue whether it was too much little either one condemned.
Roots i'm thinking more than not, enough but you, know
not not being there digging down and feeling the. Soil
is it looking okay now or is it continuing to go?

Speaker 11 (01:13:57):
Backwards it's looking it's looking pretty much the, Same so
it's kind of.

Speaker 7 (01:14:01):
Stopped.

Speaker 11 (01:14:02):
Okay, YEAH i was kind of worried about that BECAUSE
i think the sprinkler system is not reaching that one particular.

Speaker 1 (01:14:08):
Area, YEAH i think that's probably the. Problem and so
WHAT i would recommend is just find a way to
supplementally get a hose out there or, whatever give it
a good soaking in the absence of. Rainfall i've hadn't
rained a couple of. Weeks, especially give it a good.
Soaking those are pretty tough. Plants don't fertilize it now,
though you don't want it to start growing because those
things are are very cold sensitive and if we have

(01:14:29):
a good heart for, yes we can get damage on
them in The houston. Area so don't fertilize. Late but
when we get to, spring start fertilizing it and start
watering it as, needed AND i think IT'S i think
it's going to grow out. It that does not sound
like any insect or DISEASE i know.

Speaker 11 (01:14:44):
Of so, yeah, yeah, okay that makes perfect, Spent that
makes perfect.

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we're gonna go now To mike in. Surfside, mike we're
about to hear, music AND i think we'll get part
way into your question and then we'll finish it. AFTERWARDS

(01:15:55):
i just didn't want you to have to work too,
Them so, yeah that's WHAT i think. Too how you, Doing?

Speaker 19 (01:15:59):
Mike, hey good, Skip, hey quick. Question i've got some basil.
Growing IF i chop the seed heads off the top
of the, plant will that helps prolong the growing period
of the? Basil arm or AM i just wasting my
heart in?

Speaker 1 (01:16:15):
General through the. Year it will, Help but the earlier
you do, it the, Better and once it's decided to start,
blooming it's going to keep trying to. Bloom there is
a type of basil called ever leaf ever leave that
delays blooming a long. Time i've got an everleaf plant

(01:16:36):
my garden that started blooming like a week ago and
it's been around the whole. Year so that's. Unusual face
if you want to avoid, That, yeah look look for an.
Everleaf it's a very, columnar upright type of. Basil, now
each basil has its own unique, flavors so you may
not care for the, everleaf you, know like another. Kind
there's lemon basils and lime basils and one of these

(01:16:59):
types of basil in a holy, basil you name. It so, Anyway,
yeah you can tremble, back but you're still going to
have the issue with the leaves being a little smaller
than you.

Speaker 5 (01:17:08):
Want all, Right.

Speaker 1 (01:17:12):
Thank you was, Fast thank you for the. Call, yeah
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From may sign. S, hey good morning.

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working on some things in my yard and the next
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before you try it out this. Year you can grow
these greens and. Containers you, know you get you a
good sized container and just plant your seeds directly in
the container water and keep them moist as they're. Germinating
and that could be a container that is essentially a
cut and come again. Salad that what do we mean
by it cut and come? Again, well you mow. Off you,

(01:20:33):
know let's say you got lettuce or spinach or various
things all growing together and they're coming. Up you just
take your scissors and mow, it put it, in take it,
inside use it as a. Salad and then more we'll
come back. Again it'll regrow because you're not pulling the
whole plan. Out it'll regrow and you can mow it again.
Later you can have several of, those so you always
have one that's ready to. Go maybe you on a

(01:20:55):
plant of broccoli or. Whatever once you do, that it's,
easy it's not expensive to, do and it's. Fun and
kids will get involved in it. Too and you know
What i'll tell, you if they grow it, themselves they're
more likely to eat. It AND i say this often On,
guardenline but our number one health problem in this country
is the stuff we put in our. Mouth And i'm
as guilty as anyone about. That So i'm not preaching at,

(01:21:17):
you But i'm telling you we know that that our
main health concerns are lack of, exercise bad eating habits
and so. On and why not start our kids off
on a different pathway than. That all, right let's go
out To houston and talk To charles this. Morning, Hey,
charles welcome to Garden.

Speaker 5 (01:21:36):
Line good, Morning good morning to, You.

Speaker 1 (01:21:40):
Good, morning good morning do.

Speaker 5 (01:21:42):
You i've got, rosies and three of. Them when the
buds come, on they just very small buds and they never.
Open they just kind of shrivel and die before they ever.

Speaker 21 (01:22:02):
Bloom, okay, yah.

Speaker 1 (01:22:06):
Huh uh you say three of? Them are they all
the same kind of rose or are these different kind of?

Speaker 5 (01:22:13):
Roses they're different? Varieties H i have three of them
are the same, variety and those are the ones that
the buds do not come out? All these are the
full never developed all?

Speaker 1 (01:22:33):
Right are they miniature, Roses charles or are they full size?
Roses the plants are supposed to be miniature or full?

Speaker 5 (01:22:39):
Size, Yeah i'm, SORRY i didn't catch all.

Speaker 1 (01:22:45):
That, okay are the rows varieties that are doing? That
are they supposed to be miniature roses or are they
the full size rose? Blooms WHAT.

Speaker 5 (01:22:57):
I got to make carnatis and they were supposed to
be on rovia ever? Blooming?

Speaker 1 (01:23:04):
Okay?

Speaker 5 (01:23:05):
Red two of? Them? Red one?

Speaker 1 (01:23:07):
Pink, yeah something's affecting. Them do the? Leaves how do
the leaves look anything? Else? Abnormal on the? Plants the
leaves look.

Speaker 5 (01:23:16):
Good one of them had to fight lease, mold but
it looks good.

Speaker 1 (01:23:23):
Now, yeah, WELL i WAS i was thinking about powdery
mildew and the powdery mildew will get on buds and
affect them and cause them to kind of shrivel and
not really, develop just like it'll affect the leaves as.
Well could be that if IF i saw pictures of,
it MAYBE i would see something. Else but my first

(01:23:44):
guess is maybe some powdery mildew got on. Those as
long as they're getting water in good sunlight and they've
got adequate, nutrition they ought to be not doing, That
and SO i h you might watch.

Speaker 5 (01:23:58):
THAT i have used the regular nice rose food and
you've worked it in around. Him And i've also used
a systemic and if see any yellow, leaves black spot yellow,
LEAVES i pick them. Off AND i used me a

(01:24:19):
lot of memo, oil knee.

Speaker 1 (01:24:22):
Oils, okay, well knee, oil if it's used, regularly, well
we'll suppress the powdery. Mildew it's not a soak in
the tissues and give you long term, control but as
a surface spray it. Will it will knock back powdery.
Mildew won't get rid of. IT i. WOULD i would
keep doing what you're. Doing if you want to send
me some pictures WHERE i could get a better look at,

(01:24:44):
it you're certainly welcome. TO i can put you on
hold and have my, producer get you an. Email would
you like to do that or?

Speaker 11 (01:24:51):
Not?

Speaker 5 (01:24:52):
SURE i would like?

Speaker 1 (01:24:53):
That all, Right well hang on and he'll be right
with you in just a. Moment he's taking another call right,
now but who hang, on he'll be with you all. Right,
there you got? It, Hey Buchanan's Native plants in The.
Heights have you been? There we need to go, There
i'm telling. You and because they've got one one heck
of a. Shindig they put on a big fall deal

(01:25:16):
every year and it's a big. DEAL i mean it's
like a, carnival you. KNOW i mean they got they
got face painting for kids AND i DON'T i don't,
know just all kinds of fun. Stuff it's let's, see
what is the Day i'm trying to get the day Of?
October you want to make SURE i get this? Right
fifth from ten in the morning till three. Pm all,
right so there'll be kids, Craft they're gonna have a

(01:25:37):
Moon Bounce house. Forum there lots of fun, stuff live
music by a band Called. Yopan has that a band For? Houston?
Yopan of course it is Absolutely. Yopan and Again Saturday october,
fifth that's Next, saturday ten am to three pm At
Buchanan's Naty. Plants of, course why you're, there you're going
to see all the fall. Color they've got the flowers for.

(01:25:58):
Fall they're loaded up in all of. That they've got
the pumpkins that you're looking. For, yes they're ready to
go for. That you're looking for some fruit. Trees falls
a great time to plant fruit. Trees how about a?
Fig how about a yes you plan olives here, too
an arbiquina. Olive they have those that we were talking,
about palm grantite. Earlier they're carrying palm. Granite they got,
blueberries all kinds of. Things and then check out that

(01:26:20):
house plan. House you, know as it gets, cold maybe
outside there's some things that we're not. Growing but you
can always come, indoors even on a, cold rainy day
and enjoy your house plants and tending to. Those And
buchanans has one of the best house plan Houses i've
seen anywhere. Around it's On Eleventh street in The heights
if you haven't been. There buchanansplants Dot com is the.
Website sign up for the. Newsletter let's take a little break.

(01:26:44):
HERE i will be back with your calls in just a,
Moment hugh And, Glenrose you're gonna be our first up.

Speaker 9 (01:26:51):
You you there we.

Speaker 1 (01:26:52):
Go welcome back To, guardenline. Folks i'm your, Host Skip
richter on a Lovely sunday. Morning looking forward to visiting with.
You if you'd like to talk seven one three two
one two fifty eight seventy, four give me a. Call
we'll be glad to do. THAT i was telling someone earlier.
Today you know about when you're going about, planting you

(01:27:12):
want to make sure and get your your plants well
taken care, of. Right. Uh the Uh medina folks have
got so many products that are exactly for those kinds of,
things And medina products can be used in more than one.
Way for, example the humand humic acid is a good
one to put in the ground because humus is the
final decomposed stage of organic. Matter so compost turns into humus,

(01:27:36):
eventually and that is really good for the. Soil that's
it's good for the soul because that's how nature. Works
the nature takes, leaves turns them into, compost turns them into,
humus and the soil gets richer and richer over. Time
and you can you can sort of short change or
short change short. Track you can cut in line by

(01:27:57):
using microlife humade humic acid and just watering it in
with your plants as you, go especially when you're doing.
Transplanting that's a really good time to do it because
you can put the root ball down in the, hole
pour that solution all over, it put the soil back,
in drench it again with the, solution and you're good to.
Go it takes about two tablespoons of humate humic acid
per one inch of tree, Diameter mix it with, water

(01:28:19):
and then soak that soil in really really. Well NOW
i wouldn't just stop with the humic. ACID i would
also get Their medina. Plus The medina plus Is medina soil,
Activator but what they've done is they've added other ingredients to.
It it's got, micronutrients it's got seaweed extract and the
hormones that come with. That seabeed extract does have the

(01:28:40):
hormone effect as, well and it really helps plants that
are going through that kind of. Stress but it's good
just plain good for watering in as, well SO i
would use it. Also i'd mix it in make a
concoction of. It if you Will Medina plus an excellent. Product,
Now Medina plus you can use that as a folio.
Spray it's another way you can use. It you can

(01:29:00):
is at any, time at any stage of the plant's,
growth but just have some on. Hand medina products has
been around a long long time and they work and
gardeners love them and there's a reason for. That and
you can find them lots of places garden, centers feed,
stores ace hardware, Stores Southwest fertilized or places like, that
all kinds of places where you find the nice line

(01:29:20):
Of medina products that they've come up with over the.
Years let's go to Glen. Rose, Now i'm going to
talk To. Hugh, Hello, hugh welcome to Garden.

Speaker 9 (01:29:28):
Line, Oh i'm you're.

Speaker 1 (01:29:33):
Good are you In are you On Glenrose street In
houston or are you in Glen, Rose?

Speaker 9 (01:29:38):
TEXAS i am sitting right now in Glen, Rose, texas
WHERE i have a.

Speaker 1 (01:29:42):
House, okay, alright thank.

Speaker 9 (01:29:45):
You we have a house In. Cyprus two questions And
i'll get to. It one is a is it a
cat catash three catal? Patrie, yes there's one here in this.
Property small, house but you know a couple acres by

(01:30:09):
a creek and it's. Big it's probably got twenty twenty
plus inch diameter up off the. Ground it's been here
a long, time AS i, Know i'm, guessing and it
appears this is not the question unless you can answer.
It it looks to me like years ago it was

(01:30:32):
struck by. Lightning, okay because the bark is coming, off
but it greens. Up i've been here three years with
this street and it's green, NOW i mean way up
top it's. GREEN i had it, trimmed and now the
leaves are starting to turn yellow a little, bit and
summer falling. OFF i think that's just the, fall the fall. Fall, yes,

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Okay and are those leaves good to scoop up and
mulch and and put them?

Speaker 1 (01:31:03):
Out? Yeah, yeah, excellent excellent for. It and you, know
with larger Leaves i'll run over them with the lawn
mower Sometimes i'll just like mowing a, circle mowing them
towards the. Center it chops them up as you're doing,
that and it makes them not blow around as. Much
but smaller, leaves that's not. Necessary but, yeah they're. Good,
yes that's my.

Speaker 8 (01:31:23):
Wife, yeah she.

Speaker 9 (01:31:26):
Rides she likes to ride the, mower so that's kind
of her. Thrill so she does that and chops him. Up,
okay all, Right and is there any what? FERTILIZED i,
mean there's still broken, there there's on the lower end
there there are places where the bark you can you,

(01:31:46):
know you can see and there's holes into the bark
into the trunk. Bit but it's got life because little
sprouts come out down way down you know where all
that damage. Is is there any special or what's the
best thing for me to put down to fertilize it for.

Speaker 1 (01:32:05):
A tree like? That, Yeah i'm, sorry what plant were
you talking? About, yeah so for THAT i would just
use a, YEAH i would just use a lawn type.
Fertilizer those are just. Fine you don't need to fertilize
now going into. Winter, yeah just in the spring when growth,
begins put on lawn type. Fertilizer, now this is a

(01:32:25):
pretty big, tree right so uh, yeah, yeah, yeah so
you know there's not some rate to put. Out but
generally for your, lawn you're putting up a pound of
nitrogen per thousand square. Feet. Uh and if you do
that for a lawn around the, tree the tree is
going to get the benefit from it because it's got
the roots and the same soul the lawn. Does and

(01:32:46):
so just fertilizing your lawn at the lawn rates and
stuff would be just fine for.

Speaker 9 (01:32:51):
That, okay all, right second. Question AND i took a
picture AND i CALLED i looked. UP i don't know
that the those. RESTIRAT i think you'll know it WHEN
i describe it in the lawn and this is a house,
here but it also happened In. CYPRUS a in the.
Lawn a weed that comes out that grows real tall in,

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bunches you, know little tiny stem and it'll go a
foot two feet, tall and on the end of it
it'll spread into like three little branch and it'll have
little nubs on, it which are probably. SEEDS i don't
know what they.

Speaker 1 (01:33:33):
Are and are they kind of are they kind of
a little spiky nubs that are up?

Speaker 9 (01:33:42):
There, no THEY'RE i mean they're, tiny.

Speaker 1 (01:33:46):
Yeah like the size of An english pea.

Speaker 9 (01:33:49):
Or Smaller english people know we're talking. LITTLE i, mean
we're bitty.

Speaker 1 (01:33:55):
Bitty i'm gonna let, me let, me let me when
we're done, here let me put you on hold and
and you send me a picture of. It Because i'm
not the. Description, uh too many DIRECTIONS i could go.

Speaker 9 (01:34:07):
ON i KNOW i know that this is the main
one because they come up and the. Garden the guy
that does the fertilizer at one house, said there's nothing
you can do about. That they're going to come back
every year unless you just change out the whole top.

Speaker 1 (01:34:24):
Soil and well before we're doing all. That that's that's
that's Why i'm send me a. Picture, yeah, okay and,
hey have you you still got dinosaur prints in The
Plaxi river up?

Speaker 9 (01:34:37):
There, oh and it's almost we we spend our. Time
we don't look for what's some call it a. Bigfoot
we look for. Dinosaurs and the only One i've found,
out the only ONE i found out.

Speaker 7 (01:34:50):
Here is my.

Speaker 13 (01:34:50):
Wife oh, yeah that's that is funny to.

Speaker 1 (01:34:59):
ME i don't know how funny of that is gonna
be around the, house But i'm Gonna i'm gonna let you.
Go i'm put you on hold now because you've got
a lot of.

Speaker 9 (01:35:06):
Skim bluxy is, Dry they is? Dry where the?

Speaker 1 (01:35:11):
Drink, okay, Hey, Hugh i'm putting you on hold and
send me those. Pictures i'll be glad to take care
of that for. You. Wow brave. Man all. Right Heirloom
Soils heirloomsoils dot. Com that's the. Website just go. THERE
i can sit here and describe every bag of every
kind of soil they. Have just go. There you can
see them. All i've worked my way through probably two

(01:35:33):
thirds of those now uh and used, them and they they're.
Great they they work. Well it's excellent soil made the right.
Way whether you're getting their leaf mow, compost whether you're
getting their veggie herb, mix or whether you're getting a
landscape d. Mix uh and on and on down the.
Line heirloomsoils Dot. Com you can go out To Porter
texas and pick it up on your truck and. Trailer

(01:35:56):
you can call them and have them deliver it to your,
house or you can go around town to many places
and buy it by the. Bag Airloom Soils quality products that.
Work heirloomsoils Dot. Com go check them. Out there's a
good calculator on there, too so you know exactly how
much you need to. Purchase those of you who listen

(01:36:16):
To Garden line know That i'm always saying brown stuff
before green. Stuff it's the way THAT i describe creating
that perfect foundation of soil where roots can. Thrive when roots,
thrive plants. Thrive when plants, thrive makes you. Happy things do.
Well too many people do it the wrong. Way they
start off with the plant walking around trying to stick

(01:36:37):
it in the ground. Somewhere no, no, no, no, no don't do.
That The society The prevention Of cruelty To plants is
out and about, there driving down your, street probably right,
now looking for people torture and. Plants that, way fix
the soil, first airloom. Soils that's the place you can do.
It Nelson nursing And Water, garden not And. KATIE i
always love to go out, there AND i tell right

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When i'm out, there you, know, hey you guys need
a charge. Admission i'm telling. You you go, there you sit,
still you listen to the sound of, water AND i
don't care what you're worrying. About it just melts. Away
it is so. THERAPEUTIC i love. IT i love it
At Nelson nursery And Water. Garden their nursery is. Outstanding
all kinds of plants for the, season every, season no

(01:37:21):
matter what it, Is you're going to find them. There
they're north of Itan On Katie Fort Ben, Road nelsonwatergardens Dot.
COM i promise you you're going to want to bring
water home to your place when you go, there and
also some really cool. Plants we'll be right. Back, hey good,
morning good. Morning good to have you with us this.

(01:37:42):
Morning looking forward to visiting with you about the things
that are of interest to. You what kind of gardening
questions you want to talk about this? Morning, lawns we
can talk about. Lawns you, know WHEN i work For
Agrlife extension as a, horticulturist we used to say that
the three things that make phone, ring or the three t's, trees,

(01:38:03):
turf and. Tomatoes and that's true with Garden line. Too
turf and trees rule the Garden line question. Board it
just that's what people call and ask, about why is
my tree? Dying why is not the one? Dying you know?
What and various questions about all. Those and then when
it comes to, vegetables tomatoes the queen of the. Garden

(01:38:24):
so we throw the third tea in there as tomatoes
because it does make the phone. Ring nobody ever calls
me about. There Cole. Robbie one, Day i'm going to
get A Cole robbie question or something along those. LINES
i haven't had one, yet so there you. Go the
challenge has been. Issued but fall gardening is such a
good time of the. Year it's just it's pleasant to

(01:38:45):
be outside working as the days get cooler and cooler
going towards the. Fall there are so many healthy vegetables
that we can grow in the. Fall we're still growing
our summer vegetables right. Now it's warm. Enough you, know
green beans and squash and tomatoes and peppers and things
like that are all out there taking off and doing their.
Thing but when we get to, fall we start thinking
about cooler seasoned. Vegetables lots of leafy greens you can.

(01:39:07):
Plant you can still Plant swiss. Chard it's not going
to take a, freeze but we're a long way from a,
freeze so you can Plant swiss. Chard you can put out,
kale you can put out you, know is a leafy green.
Collar it's a good leafy green to be. Planting now some.
Others you, know you can eat, leaves beat, leaves because
that Basically swiss charred and beats are almost essentially the same.

(01:39:31):
Thing it's slight, difference but because the charred is just
grown for the. Leaves it doesn't make a bulb at the,
base and the the beats do for. HIM i shouldn't say.
Bulb it's actually a swollen root at the. Base but
you can eat the tops of beats as. Well and
what are some others? Spinach let us spinach likes it

(01:39:54):
to be a little. Cooler let us a little bit
cooler as. Well and then the root crops like beats and,
carrots all of can be grown in the fall. Season
and the blue leaf VEGETABLE i call them bluelee. Vegetables
they are also called cruciferous. Vegetables they're also called coal
crops col, e not col d, cola coal, crops and

(01:40:15):
those are all the names the same. Thing it's the blue. Vegetables, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, corrobbie, russell, sprouts.
Collars what AM i leaving? OUT i THINK i got
most of them. There, cauliflower, Kale, YEAH i got most
of them. There, anyway those all do well, now they're all,
healthy they're all, good they're all great to. Grow you

(01:40:38):
should grow. Them if you don't have a, garden put
them in. Containers if you got a raise, bed put
them in the raised. Bed load it. Up do you
know WHAT i like to? Do all, right here's a. Tip,
plus it gives a neighbor something to talk, about as
if they already don't have. Plenty the wheelbarrow gets you a.
Wheelbarrow drill some holes in the bottom the low end

(01:40:59):
so that extra water can drain. Out fill it full
of a high quality soil. Mix you could use A
veggy nerb mix from May loom soils for. Example that
just an example of a good. One fill it up the,
top let it crust over a little bit because it's
going to settle, down so that a little higher in the,
middle not, much just a little, bit and then plant
all your stuff in it and roll it out to

(01:41:22):
a sunny. Spot water it. Regularly and when we get
into the first hard, freeze you just roll that bogger
right into your garage and when the coast is, clear
you roll it back outside. Again see WHAT i mean
about the neighbors having something to talk. About he's carrying
his garden around the, Yard. Mildred so you can move
it everywhere you. Want when you got to, mow you

(01:41:42):
just move it over a little bit and mow where it,
is move it back or wherever the sunniest spot is
wherever you want to put, it wherever you think it's.
Pretty each wa writes me letters pretty often about THINGS i,
do and BECAUSE i like to get, creative that's my
term for. It they have different, opinion but they never
write me about my, wheelbarrow my vegetable garden on, wheels

(01:42:04):
gardens to, go there you. Go you heard it. Here,
First Nitrophross texas three Step Fall Special Winter riser eight
twelve six, fertilizer perfect design for fall Night fross barricade
to prevent the cool season weed seeds from ever coming
up and establishing plants much easier than killing. Them Lighter

(01:42:27):
eagle turf. Fungicide those are the three Steps Fall Special
winter A, Riser natavas barricade and Nitrovous eagle turf fungicide
for those brown. Patches you gotta get them down before
the weeds come, up before the brown patches. Appear get
it done. Now now it'd be a good time to.
Start and if you look at my, schedule it says
through the month Of. October, well if we have a

(01:42:49):
good early cold front come through with some, rain you're
gonna see brown patch popping. Up and so you'd you
want to be ahead of that if it. Happened let's, say,
okay let's just, say for, example it happened tomorrow we
got a cold front and, rain then get out there
and get that eagle turfund just side down and water
it in and it'll get into the plant and it
will help protect that plant from what's about to. Happen

(01:43:12):
all three are on my. Schedule they're easy to, find
available many. Places just Remember texas three step from. Nitrofoss
we're going to go now To, Beaumont texas and talk To. Donna, Hello,
Donna welcome to Garden.

Speaker 20 (01:43:25):
Line Thank.

Speaker 22 (01:43:26):
SKIFF i had one of those some kind of hybrid
in patients that takes the heat and it gets really
big and, pretty and it's been beautiful all summer, long,
yes and Now i've been losing for a week or
so that it doesn't look. Good AND i thought maybe
that it was just too, hot AND i kept giving

(01:43:48):
it more. Water but YESTERDAY i was out looking at
it AND i actually picked one spot off and it had
a white like snow white mold or something on, it
and it just doesn't look. Good and my husband tried
to make some pictures AND i think that you should have.

(01:44:08):
Them it's some fabian or he might put my name on.

Speaker 1 (01:44:13):
It oh, yeah, YEAH i see. It, okay, Good i'm
glad you got. Pictures uh my, gosh that looks like mealy.
Bugs let me keep. Looking those are called New GUINEA i.
Patients by the, way that's the kind of, okay, yeah
that's that looks Like meeleia. Bugs but you also have
some fungal leaf spots on. It, now when we get

(01:44:33):
kind of, cool that plant's gonna go. Downhill SO i
don't know if it's worth trying to spray them at
this point because they've already they've grown a lot and
produced for. YOU i can see that in the. Pictures
it has been.

Speaker 8 (01:44:46):
Beautiful so this, summer, yeah.

Speaker 1 (01:44:50):
Yeah you you might get a little more out of.
It you, know IF i were, mind WHAT i would.
DO i THINK i see you already got some moms
going out there in the. GARDEN i might go back
and cut them all off about four inches high and
get all that stuff the disease, leaves any that had
fallen to the, ground pick them up and just throw
it in the trash and get those mealy bugs out of,

(01:45:11):
there and then sprinkle a little bit of fertilizer and
water it in really good and get some fresh new
growth on. THEM i think you can get another set
of blooms of them before the freeze arrives to shut everything.
Down BUT i. WOULDN'T i wouldn't try to fight what
you got. There that's just too infested and. Infected, okay
yes it's.

Speaker 22 (01:45:30):
Terrible so just cut them all back to about four
inches and then throw that.

Speaker 23 (01:45:36):
Away, yeah fertilize them, water but also pick up all
the fallen leaves with all those leaf, spots because that
when when it rains or you, irrigate that just splashes
up onto your healthy new.

Speaker 1 (01:45:50):
Growth so clean it. Up so, good do some some of.
That good luck with. That thank you so, Much thank
you for thank you for the. CALL i do appreciate.
That you, Know Southwest fertilizer has been around a long,
time AND i talk about how if they don't have,
it you don't need it because they carry everything you
need corner of bus and that and runwick simple as.
THAT i was telling someone yesterday at my appearance that

(01:46:13):
about the weed wiper THAT i homemade, one AND i
got plans on my website gardening with Skip dot com
how to build. It bob carreys the low grabber tool
you start, with and it's not any kind of grabber.
Tool he's got the right one there At Southwest. Fertilizer
he also carries the kneeling bench that you can sit
on it or you can flip it over and kneel on,
it and then the legs become the handles that help

(01:46:35):
you get back up. Again and if you've garden very,
long you, know the day out in the, garden up
and down and up and. Down, well let's just say
your body has something to say about that the next
day or. Two help avoid it with that cool leading.
Pitch bob carries corner businet and Runwick Southwest fertilizer Dot.
Com i've got to run to a break here and
we'll be right back deb from The. Woodlands you'll be

(01:46:56):
first up there we. Go all, right, folks walk back
the guarden. Line glad to have you with.

Speaker 6 (01:47:04):
Us.

Speaker 1 (01:47:05):
Listen if you're planning a tree this, fall AND i
hope you, are it's the best time to do, it
or a tall shrub that needs some, support the three
Sixty Tree stabilizer is the perfect product for. That instead
of you, know dragging out those wires and steaks to
trip over and finding a little piece of garden host
to put around the wire so it doesn't cut into the.
Tree just get you a three sixty tree. Stabilizer you

(01:47:28):
can put a steak in the, ground simple as even
a little hammer and a little tea steak tea post
if you want to do, that and attach it and
attach it to the. Stabilizer it holds the. Tree you
can set the tension on the little. Strap you can
hold it tight or. Loose it's just setting it loose
up moves a little. Bit that creates a stronger trunk
if if you hold it perfectly still like people guy
wire those trees, down it doesn't develop the trunk drink

(01:47:51):
as if it would if it was able to move
a little. Bit and the three sixty tree stabilizer does
all that for. It now you can get at places
like Plantful, season you go to sea on a mult
you can find. Them you can find them AT Rcw.
Nursery you can find them done At Jeshidden gardens And
Alvin Buchanans Native plants in The, Heights arborgate out and
tom Mal. Direction it's easy to find these and they are,

(01:48:12):
strong they're built to, last and they. Work once you get,
one you're going to have it for a. While you
anytime you're going to plan a, plan or maybe you
got a family member is going to put a tree
out in the, Ground, well loan of your tree stableizure
they can do, that OR i can get one of their.
Own the product. WORKS i love. That new products and.
Good one of the best new products come on the
market in recent. Years let's go out to the. Woodlands

(01:48:34):
now we're going to talk to dev this. Morning, Hey,
deb welcome to Garden.

Speaker 24 (01:48:38):
Line Hey, skip thanks for taking my. Call you may
have covered this in the. Past i'm not, sure but
can you hear? Me, OKAY i sure Can, okay, Great
so we have we had dove weed in the front.
Yard we went on vacation In august for two and

(01:48:58):
a half. Weeks we must have had a lot of rain,
here and we left our sprinklers, on of, course and
we had a doub weeed before we took, off and
then we had more dove weed after we came. Back
so we decided to pull it. Out so now we
have these big open exposed ground sceptions or spots where

(01:49:20):
we pulled out the dovewed And i'm concerned what we
should do about. That, okay to make sure that we
don't get a whole lot of weeds in, There we're
going to put the three bags down this. Week but,
Yeah i'm just really concerned because there's so much openness.

Speaker 1 (01:49:38):
There and when you say three, bags you're talking about
Night foster's three.

Speaker 8 (01:49:42):
Bags, YEAH i believe that's the.

Speaker 1 (01:49:46):
One so, yeah that's, fine you should do. That and
because those open spots now when it cools off a little,
bit we're going to get all those winter weeds germinating
because they're getting good sum.

Speaker 5 (01:49:57):
Yep.

Speaker 1 (01:49:57):
Yeah the barricade step is is. Important make sure watered
in when you put them. On in, fact all three
of those need to be watered in a half inch of,
water not three times a half. Inch just put them
all down water once a half inch and you're you're
good to. Go Uh, yeah that's. IT a doveweed is.
Tough if you catch dove weed earlier in the season
when they're, young the, weeds now that you know what

(01:50:19):
it looks, like start getting out. There if you have
to part the, grass and when you see, dovewed that's
the time to put the celsius on. It uh and
uh and get rid of it as as it's. Growing
the pre emergence and the MORE i Research i'm doing on,
it it's just it's hard to find a pre emergent
that's available over the. Counter uh that'll hit that dove. Weed,

(01:50:42):
now the professionals have access to some stuff that'll that'll prevent.
It but, uh the dovewed from a pre emerging is
itself number. One It germany's. Late so we put the
put our spring pre emergence. Down dove weeds germinating much
later than that. Too so that's WHY i say catch it,
early hit it with so se and that's probably your best. Bet.

Speaker 24 (01:51:03):
YEAH i JUST i just wondered, too if we put
down that compost top soil, stuff if that would inhibit
it or help STOP i don't, KNOW i mean and
encourage it.

Speaker 1 (01:51:18):
Now is well make a, difference not, really not a big. Difference,
NO i, mean compost is good for any. Plant but,
yeah all, right.

Speaker 15 (01:51:28):
Yeah but good.

Speaker 24 (01:51:29):
Luck AND i have one. QUESTION i have a questions
About lantana. Too WHEN i walked out this, MORNING i
have some white watches on.

Speaker 2 (01:51:36):
There, yeah, yeah it's not all, over.

Speaker 24 (01:51:39):
BUT i looked underneath the. Leave there's nothing.

Speaker 1 (01:51:41):
There, yeah that that happens on. Lantana it could be
it could be a foliage disease, Too but we have
a lot of things that are sucking juices out of the.
Lantana there's little bugs that do that and they cause
a bleaching out of some sections of. It it's gonna
be one or the, other the. Bug the bugs are
hard to get rid of unless you is a systemic.
Insecticide but you've got butterflies and things coming to the.

(01:52:03):
Lantana flowers generally don't encourage. That but those, bugs if
you can catch them early before the lananna really kicks
into blooming and do some spraying on, them that that
may be helpful a little. Bit but that's probably what
you're seeing. There but it'll go into.

Speaker 24 (01:52:22):
Winter this one is it's been cutting half by a
cable company that came through and it just grows profusely
and blocks the, water the spray from getting to the,
grass and blocks the sun from getting to the. Grass
i'm thinking about taking it.

Speaker 1 (01:52:37):
Out sounds like it needs to. Go, yeah sounds like
sounds like that's WHAT i would do in that. Situation
as you're describing. It, Hey i've got to, run but
good luck with that getting ahead of that. Dovewed you
got your work cut off for. It don't water water
as little as you. CAN a good soaking is less
often as you. Can otherwise you're just making dove weed really.

(01:52:58):
Happy all, Right thank, You thank, you DON i appreciate
That Nature's Way resources up in The conroe, area awesome.
Place by the, way they're going to have a fall
festival up, there and it will be On, Saturday october,
eleventh two saturdays from, Yesterday Nature's Way. Resources i'll be
there from twelve to. TWO i hope you will come

(01:53:19):
out and see me there because it is always an
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time of the. Year they got a bunch of new plants.
In they got a whole bunch Of Peggy martins that
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(01:53:40):
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(01:54:04):
well here we are the end of Another we've got
one more hour left to guard line this this. Weekend stick.
Around you got a question seven one three two one
two five eight seven. Four we'll be back.

Speaker 20 (01:54:36):
Many things season.

Speaker 1 (01:54:46):
Sid s, well good, morning Good sunday. Morning we got
an our garden line to go. Here what do you
want to talk? About seven one three two one two
five eight seven. Four that's the phone. NUMBER i keep saying.

(01:55:09):
This the fall is the planting. Season fall is the
best planting season of the. Year, now in, spring everybody
has spring. Fever everybody wants to. Plant we're out there
In february doing things that probably ought not be done
In february because we're so eager to get outside and
get stuff. Planted but fall is the best season of the.
Year think about it this. Way, now you can plant

(01:55:33):
pretty much anything and fall at your plant in, spring,
except of, course warm season vegetables and flowers and things like.
That but when it comes to trees and, shrubs the.
Fog planting gives them the most time to establish before
the heat of summer, arrives and we've been dealing with
this all. Summer he had a lot of calls on
garden line people putting plants in the, ground and you,

(01:55:54):
know you pull that cylinder of soil out of the
pot and you put the plant in the. Ground let's
say it's a shrub or a. Tree, well you can
keep it alive by watering that cylinder and helping it
slowly get those roots out into the soil around. It
but that's a touch and goat. Thing it's more care.
Involved it's easier to make a mistake to neglect it

(01:56:17):
for a day or, two and then now you've got
a real stress plant in, fall you put it in
and you water it. In if it's an, evergreen you
are going to water periodically because, again all the roots
are in that cylinder as we go into the cool.
Season but in, general it's very little, watering very little
water use because it's cooler and if it's, deciduous once

(01:56:39):
the leaves are, gone it's not pumping water. Anymore so
you just keep the roots moderately, moist which generally nature
takes care of for. You so it's a better season
to plan all of those for. Perennials it's the best
season for. Perennials here's. Why you can plant a perennial
in any month of the, Year yes you. Can spring
is fine for perennials, too so is. Winter but when
you put a perennial in in the, fall you're giving

(01:57:00):
it the most time before, spring just like you were
those woody, ornamentals and it actually will have a head
start on the spring planted. Perennial and for those of
you who are you, know trying to cut corners on
costs and, things when you put a let's say you
buy a little four inch pot, plant that's a. Perennial,

(01:57:21):
uh and you compare that cost to the cost of
a of a six inch pot or a one gallon. Pot,
well if you were to take a smaller size pot
and put it in the ground now in the fall
versus going into spring and putting in the next size pot.
Up and you, know when you buy, plants the more

(01:57:42):
darts in the in the, pot the more the plant's
going to, cost, RIGHT i mean it's it costs significantly
more as you move up from size to size and
that makes. Sense there's a reason for. That that's that
it takes. Time somebody's got to you, know they're in
they're in the growing business to make a. Profit and
so if they got to keep a plant longer and
grow it, longer so you have a bigger, plant that's

(01:58:04):
going to be a higher. Price and that makes. Sense
but if you put that fall plant in on a
one sized smaller, pot and then you put the one
sized bigger pot in the, spring you're going to have
spent more money on the. Plant and by the time
you get to, midsummer if these are both being taken
care of, properly you're going to be able to tell
the difference. HARDLY i, mean it catches up because a
fall planting head start. Matters, okay, now SO i guess

(01:58:26):
What i'm just saying Is i'm trying to talk you
into fall. Planting now's a good time to go to
the garden centers and buy the. Plants and you have
to buy a smaller. Plant you buy a bigger, plant
and it'll save you. Money i'm buying it even a
bigger plant. Later but it. Works it just. Works you
want a. Plant plants at the level they were growing
in the garden, CENTER i mean in the pot in

(01:58:47):
the garden. Center don't plant trees and shrubs. Deeper the
topmost root should be right at the soil. Line do
you hear? That the topmost root not the top of
the soil in the, Pot the topmost root of plant
right at the soil line when you're done with. Planting
that's how deep it should have been. Planted all, right
you get the idea what we're talking. About, Hey Nelson

(01:59:08):
fertilizer has a product called Color. Star it's their most famous,
product been around for decades and it. Works landscaper's professional landscape.
Professionals they know about Color star and they use. It
and this stuff is sold not just In. TEXAS i
mean they get requests from out of state for, hey
can you send us a shipment of Color star because

(01:59:29):
they love that stuff and it. Works it works. Here
it gives you about three to four months of feeding
out of the application of. It so you're putting in
your fall, colors your annuals like pansies and violas and
snap dragons and dianthus and alyssum and you, know all those.
Things throw some Color star on, top get it watered

(01:59:50):
in really good and just watch them. Bloom you need
vigor to make. Leaves you need leaves to make. Flowers
so color star the boost of, that it gives you
a more floriferous flower. Bed you didn't buy the plants
to look at the. Plant you buy the plants to
look at the. Flowers so let's make some flowers on
them with the color. Start we're going to go To

(02:00:11):
baytown now and talk To. Leslie, Hey, leslie welcome. Again, WELL.

Speaker 14 (02:00:21):
I would like to grow some daffodils in.

Speaker 18 (02:00:23):
Pots And i've noticed some of the stores are having
bags of daffobil.

Speaker 14 (02:00:29):
Bulbs BUT i want to know HOW i can.

Speaker 2 (02:00:32):
Grow them in pots and get them be like blooming
like by.

Speaker 7 (02:00:36):
Springtime DO i need to buy them.

Speaker 1 (02:00:39):
Infrigerator, no they'll be ready to just go ahead and
plant them now in the pots, whenever whenever you buy.
Them if all is the time to plant bulbs, period
it's a great. Time especially, bulbs especially bulbs that are
that are going to. Bloom you know in the springtime
that you need to get them in the ground so

(02:01:01):
that the ground being the soil in the, pot you
need to water them in really good and then keep it,
moist not soggy but. Moist and what they're gonna do
is they're gonna start forming roots and then they're gonna
start pushing out atop those bulbs you bought had time
to store their energy before they dug them up and sold,
them so they're ready to. Go they're ready to put

(02:01:22):
the root, down put some some blooms up to give
you your spring show for those, daffodils and then just
leave the foliage and keep watering it until the foliage
starts to, yellow and then you can you can take
them out of the. Pot you can you, know dry
them and store them or plant them somewhere else if
you want to do. That some daffodils no repeat at

(02:01:44):
the garden.

Speaker 17 (02:01:44):
Center, Okay now SHOULD i SHOULD i add bone meal
or anything to the soil or is it just good just?

Speaker 1 (02:01:52):
Regular not really a need. To, now just get you
a good get you a good potting, mix and just
a good balance, fertilizer one that has you, know roughly
the same amount of, nitrogen phosphorus and potassium for. Those
if it has a little more, phosphorus that's fine, too
you can go that, way but just don't put a

(02:02:14):
strictly nitrogen on.

Speaker 8 (02:02:15):
There, okay, okay thank.

Speaker 22 (02:02:18):
YOU i appreciate.

Speaker 1 (02:02:19):
You thanks you bet you, too thanks for the. Call
hey have you been to In Chana gardens out on
The Katie fullsher side Of. Richmond here's the. Website you
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you go to In Chanit gardens you're gonna find expert.

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Advice their team is so friendly and so helpful and
they'll direct you in the way you need to. Go
these people have been around for a long, time right
since nineteen ninety five is when In Chanted gardens opened
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they're talking. About they help you have. Success so go
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Guardline good have you with us this? Morning how can we?
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Speaker 20 (02:05:49):
Eight.

Speaker 1 (02:05:50):
Uh we're going to go now To david And. Tomball
welcome To. Gardenline, david how can we?

Speaker 5 (02:05:55):
Help, oh good, Morning.

Speaker 1 (02:05:57):
Skip.

Speaker 7 (02:05:57):
HEY i got two questions for.

Speaker 5 (02:05:59):
You one what is the optumn time to put down
your barricade.

Speaker 1 (02:06:04):
To control the weeds the past in the?

Speaker 17 (02:06:06):
Future and the second what is the name of that
landscaping company that you brag.

Speaker 12 (02:06:11):
And boone all the?

Speaker 1 (02:06:12):
Time all, right barricade, Timing the optimum time is right
for the weeds. Germinate now you put it out a month,
earlier and that's, fine and it'll still be around when
the weeds. Germinate but any kind of pre emergent is
going to have a certain lifespan before it breaks, down
and when it breaks, down then it's no longer doing
what you wanted to. Do so that's why on my

(02:06:32):
SCHEDULE i have starting In, october get the barricade, down
because once we get some cooler weather and some, rain
we're going to start to see weed seed germination of
cool season. Weeds so don't. Delay it'd be fine to
put it. Down you put down, TODAY i, mean the
weeds in the weather don't know the difference From september
twenty eighth And october. First so just get down when

(02:06:54):
you want, to but especially early In. October ideally it
could be later In. October there's still benefits even in
Early november of some weeds that haven't. Germinated but the
longer you, wait the less benefit you're going to get
because you're gonna have weeds that have already come. Up
so don't wait too. Long as far as the company
that we were talking, about let me let me get

(02:07:14):
you a hang on one. Second, Well i'm, sorry grab
my sheet. Out say it.

Speaker 2 (02:07:24):
Again i'll put down the.

Speaker 17 (02:07:25):
Barrica i'll put down the barricade.

Speaker 7 (02:07:27):
Today is that too?

Speaker 1 (02:07:28):
Early, no it's not too. Early you can do. That
but when you put it, down you want to water it. In, Okay,
okay the, Company i'm trying to grab the phone number
here pier scapes uh two eight one three seven o
three seven fifty sixty or go to the website and

(02:07:49):
the phone numbers and everything that It's Pierce Scapes PIERCE
P E R C E S S C A P
E s dot. Com that's, it all, right all, right all,
right thank, you all, right. Sir thanks appreciate that call very.
Much thank you very. Much you take. CARE i was
talking earlier about, microlife and you know there's so many

(02:08:11):
good products from. Microlife right, NOW i just want to
talk to you about the brown. Bag the brown, bag
it's called Brown patch and what it. Is it's a
fall fertilizer for your. Lawn, now like any, microlife products
can be loaded with, microbes and microbes do a lot
of good things out. There you, know it's a doggy dog,
world microbial lely out in the plant. World there's things

(02:08:32):
that want to kill the plant and attack. It there's
things that will protect the plant and fight against. It
and both of those things are. Microbes there's good ones
and bad. Ones now they don't wear little black and
white hats like in the Old western, movies so you
know who to shoot out behind that rock in box,
canyon by, golly, no they. Don't but there are good,
microbes And microlife's loaded with the good. Microbes and that's

(02:08:55):
why they call it microlife brown. Patch anytime you're getting
out there and you're helping with the balance of microbes,
helping putting microbes out there that help fight diseases and,
things the better off you. Are brown patch. Though you're
putting it down to get that good fertilization down for
the most important fertilization of the, year and today is
a good time to do. That get going on, it

(02:09:15):
don't wait too. Long get the benefit from it by
getting it out soon you'll see it starts in Late
september on my, schedule goes Into. October get the microlife
brown patched. Down now we are going to go now
To fred In. Sugarland Hey, fred welcome to Garden.

Speaker 9 (02:09:31):
Line.

Speaker 7 (02:09:33):
Thanks we've gone To panta. Plants you, know plant died
and turned around cocade. Flowers but they had wondered if
you had any idea on.

Speaker 1 (02:09:50):
That now it could be it could be a fungal.
Disease it could be something on the stems or the,
leaves or it could be a blight of the. Flowers
there are a number of from fungi that can blight.
Flowers at this, POINT i don't know what to tell
you we're kind of cutting out there on, me SO
i didn't get all the details. Right but, pentas, uh you,
know down in your, area if we have a real

(02:10:11):
mile winter and it's a protected, spot they might come
through the. Winter they are an annual, plant though we
don't expect two years out of, them but they you,
know if they're in decent health going into, winter you
may be able to hold them.

Speaker 7 (02:10:23):
Over we planted In february and they've just been, beautiful
which a week or so.

Speaker 1 (02:10:28):
Ago, yes, yeah well they've given you a lot, lots
a lot of months and weeks of. Beauty so, YEAH
i don't think it's worth getting out there and, spraying you,
know and typically we on something like. That if you
could trim out some of the, dead uh and then

(02:10:48):
give a, spray you, know maybe you extended a little.
Bit BUT i THINK i think at this, point, uh
that's PROBABLY i wouldn't do.

Speaker 7 (02:10:54):
IT i would probably, though and not not not answer
on the top.

Speaker 1 (02:11:01):
Of probably, yeah probably that's my guests could be in the,
roots could be in the on the. Top, okay you,
bet thanks a, lot appreciate your call very. Much, there
let's see, Here, Oh ciena Malt i was talking About sienna.
Earlier you know that that's Where BnB Turf pros gets
their their. Stuff Cianna malts has got super sacks and

(02:11:21):
you can go out, there take your pickup or or
your trailer and let them put a supersack on your. Trailer,
uh it's a cubic. Yard you take it. Home if
you want them to deliver. It you got order three
because you know it's a shipment. Costs there three. Supersacks
they'll deliver. It while you're out. There At, sienna you're
going to find everything you need to make the brown
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(02:11:45):
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(02:12:06):
Time everything you need to create the perfect foundation for
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just go to sienamultch dot. Com everything you need to
know is right. There we're going to go now To
cyprus and talk To. Debrah, Hello, Debrah welcome to Garden.

Speaker 18 (02:12:28):
Line good, Morning, skip thank. You i've got some houseplants
THAT i have outside on a covered, patio some, pothos
and WHEN i, WATER i notice little bugs fly out
of them and they're beginning to eat on my. Plants
so how DO i get rid of?

Speaker 1 (02:12:47):
Those, well something doesn't fit there when you say eat
on your? Plants Are are they chomping sections of the leaves, away.

Speaker 18 (02:13:01):
Little holes here and?

Speaker 22 (02:13:02):
There?

Speaker 1 (02:13:05):
Okay can you describe what the bugs that are flying look?
Like are they like a? Gnat or are they like
a little tiny? Beetle or can you tell?

Speaker 7 (02:13:13):
Me?

Speaker 18 (02:13:13):
No WHEN i go to, water it's LIKE i want to,
say white, fly.

Speaker 1 (02:13:20):
But like moths.

Speaker 18 (02:13:21):
Size they fly out of the plants WHEN i water.
THEM i have them, outside so something's got inside of.

Speaker 1 (02:13:30):
Them so are they bigger than a? Mosquito, yes, SIR
i would, say, well, okay so maybe they are moths,
indeed and they are their babies or, caterpillars and those
caterpillars will eat the leaves on, plants so you might have.
THAT i tell, YOU i generally. Don't i'm not quick

(02:13:54):
to the trigger on spray and. Stuff so if we
knew for sure it WAS mos and you could find
caterpillars on the leaves of your, PLANTS i would get
some BT b as in boy teas and TOM bt
AND i would spray with that and when those caterpillars
try to, eat it'll kill. Them it won't hurt anything,
else just the. Caterpillars. Uh if it was something else

(02:14:16):
and my best guess isn't right based on the, description
then THE bt would not work and you would have
to use something. Different, YEAH I I.

Speaker 15 (02:14:27):
I'm.

Speaker 1 (02:14:27):
SORRY i JUST i don't have enough information to be
able to give you a. Yeah but GENERALLY i ignored
things like. THAT i just don't worry about them Because
i'm not out there wanting to nuke things with in
sex sides just because something has six legs and swing,
around you, Know so maybe that you don't you don't
have a problem that even needs to be. Addressed all, Right, WELL.

Speaker 5 (02:14:51):
I appreciate.

Speaker 9 (02:14:51):
It all, right.

Speaker 1 (02:14:54):
Thanks for the, CALL. DEBRAA i appreciate. That, hey Pest.
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Left you got a, question that would be a good

(02:15:37):
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fall In. October by the, way for those of you
who don't, know go to gardening With skip dot. Com
gardening With skip dot, com find my. Schedules they're both.
There there's one for long, care there's one for long
problems like pest weeds and. Diseases, okay so these. Products

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the first one nitroposphaal Special Winter RISER a twelve. Sixteen
that's sixteen is a high amount of, potassium which is
what you want with a little bit of nitrogen to
go into the, soil to go into the grass plant
to make it as strong going into winter as you,
can as winter hardy as you, can and as strong
coming out early in the spring as you. Can it

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does all three of those things. Now, secondly night fuss
barricade that is the pre. Emergent you put it down
and it prevents the weed seeds from sprouting in this
and establishing plants by not letting those little sprouting weeds
get roots down in the. Ground works really. Well farms
the barricade over the. Soil third, one nitrofoss eagle turf.
Fungicide you put it on the, ground it goes into

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the roots of the grass and it gets in the
grass plant. Itself so when brown patch tries to attack
at this fall also called a large, patch it shuts
it down and it can't create those big ugly brown
circles in your. Yard that's why you do. It all
three of, those the, fertilizer the, barricade pre emergent, herbicide

(02:17:27):
and the eagle turf. Fungicide all three of those need
to be watered. IN i would suggest get all, three
put them all, down put them all down the same.
Day just don't mix them in the. Spread or just
put out the, fertilizer put out the, barricade put out the,
eagle doesn't matter. What or you put them out and
then apply a half inch of water to your yard

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and it moves them into the soil where they go to.
Work if you don't move them into the, soil they're
not going to do what they're supposed to. Do so
a half inch of. Water don't depend on, rainfall because
if you got an inch of, rainfall that wouldn't be.
Good you wanted just about. Half just move none in the.
Soil you can do, That turn on the sprinklers and you're.
Done you're ready to go for. Fall october is the
time to do. It you can start to day if you.

(02:18:08):
WANT i would do it earlier rather than. LATER i
wouldn't wait because you never, know you know we get
a cold front and some, rainfall we're going at weed seed,
Spriding we're gonna at brown patch circles showing. Up so
we never know when that's going to. Happen that's WHY
i just Say october in, general BUT i would go
toward the earlier part of the month if you have
that option or that. Choice let's go now out to

(02:18:29):
The memorial area and we're going to talk To elaine this. Morning, Hey,
elane welcome to Garden.

Speaker 2 (02:18:34):
Line good morning.

Speaker 5 (02:18:36):
SKIT i just.

Speaker 21 (02:18:38):
Noticed out in the front yard a yellowing yellowing of
leaves on a probably a two and a half year
old white oak, tree and the leaves are beginning to.
Yellow looks LIKE i don't, know emanating from the main
vein of the white oak and going out on the.

(02:19:00):
Leaves and you, know my first guess is that it
is an iron.

Speaker 7 (02:19:04):
Problem is it.

Speaker 1 (02:19:08):
When you look at the? Tree is it on the newest?
Leaves can you turn the radio down for me in the?
Background is it on the newest leaves or is it
on the oldest leaves further down the.

Speaker 2 (02:19:20):
BRANCH i think it is on the newer, leaves, Okay and.

Speaker 1 (02:19:32):
Is the vein yellow and the other part of the leaf,
green or is it the vein green and the other
part of the leaf.

Speaker 2 (02:19:39):
Yellow the vein is green and the other part of
the leaf.

Speaker 1 (02:19:43):
Yellowing all, Right so what you got is an iron. Deficiency,
now iron deficiency can be caused by a lack of.
Iron that is probably not the, case but it could.
Be it could be that you don't have enough iron
in the. SOIL i think that's. Unlikely it could be
caused by high pH levels in the, soil which makes

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the iron that's in your soil. Unavailable and it also
can be caused by high phosphorus levels in the, soil
which also makes the iron unavailable when the phosphorus gets too. High,
Okay so it's going to be one of those. Things in,
general we don't worry about it a.

Speaker 9 (02:20:25):
Lot on.

Speaker 1 (02:20:26):
Trees if it's a type of, oak a specific species
of oak that wants more acidic, soils it could be
that the oak is growing in an area that's not
what it likes to grow. In but IF i would
suggest you get a soil test done and get the
regular analysis plus microbes my, sorry not, microbes, Micronutrients and

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if you go to the, web there's two ways you
can do. This you can go online and look at
my lawn care, schedule and at the bottom the lawn care,
schedule there's a link to the soil testing. Form you
just click on it and it'll take you right. There
or if you want to type it all, in you
can go to Soil testing dot T a M u
DOT e ED. U let's start. There let's get a

(02:21:14):
soil test with the, micronutrients not just the regular but
the one plus. Micronutrients and on the urban soil test,
form look for the. Herb that's where my link takes
you to the urban soil test, form and let's see
what the results. Are send me the results and then
and then call back after you've done that, sometime, uh
and we'll Look it may be THAT i look at
them AND i know then exactly what we need to

(02:21:36):
do for. Now we're about to go into, falls SO
i wouldn't worry about it a lot right at this.
Moment but we get that soil test done so we
know how To did you see this all the way
through the season or Didn't did it not show up
until Late, no.

Speaker 21 (02:21:49):
It's it's showing, up and you know it was quite
healthy over the bulk of the. Summer i'm just, OKAY
i noticed with the sun shining on it right, now
all of a, SUDDEN i just saw the variance in
color of the.

Speaker 2 (02:22:03):
Leafs but it's not it's not fall color by any, means.

Speaker 1 (02:22:08):
Right, Right well send me. That why don't you also do?
This go ahead and take some. Pictures show me the
whole tree in a, picture and then get up. Close
show me what a mature leaf looks. Like and show
me what a young leaf looks.

Speaker 20 (02:22:19):
Like but.

Speaker 1 (02:22:23):
WHEN i have the soil, Test i'll know what to,
do and with those, Pictures i'll know better what to. Do, okay,
okay be happy to do with you as we go.

Speaker 2 (02:22:30):
Through, sure and to what address DO i send it the?

Speaker 1 (02:22:34):
PICTURE i put you on, hold and My i'm gonna
put you on. Hold my producer will give you the
email address that you send it and that you send
the results of the soil test to all, Right thank, You,
lane appreciate your, call look forward to helping you with.
That you, know elements are either mobile or immobile in a,
Plant so what does that? MEAN a mobile element means

(02:22:56):
a plant can take it from older leaves and move
it to the new growth when it needs, it when
it's running. Short an immobile element means once it puts
it in a, leaf it can't take it and move
it to the new. Growth and you know me in,
ANALOGIES i thing imagine you're going to build a brick.
Wall there's two ways to do. That you can stack
up bricks, dry or you can use mortar to hold

(02:23:19):
them together sema. Right an immobile element is like a
brick wall with murder between mortar between the. Bricks you
can't take a brick from down the wall and move
it to where you're building the other end of the.
Wall it's stuck in. There that's an immobile. Element if
it were a mobile, element it'd be like a dry
stack of brick, wall and you could steal a brick

(02:23:42):
from where you started and bring it to where you're
building now and move it. There iron is an immobile,
element and that's why it shows up on the new,
growth the tender new. Growth And i'm telling, YOU i
get a lot of questions out of pictures last week
of a what was? It it was a, CAMELLE i.
Believe and when they sent me the, pictures there was
a certain kind of symptom that told me it was

(02:24:04):
magnesium in the. Leaf and so as you learn those
kinds of, things, uh it kind of helps you assess
what's going. On but always, remember, uh there's always more
to it than you. Think like just then we were
talking about different ways iron could be. Deficient, Uh and
a lot of times when you go on the social media,
things you get, this here's a, picture do? This, well
maybe maybe, not but that's just how it. Is people

(02:24:25):
that you, know if you have a, phone you're a
gardening expert if you claim to. Be and so anyway
you get the idea What i'm talking. About but, anyway all,
right that's probably more than you want to. Know let's
take a little break. Here we're going to come back
for our last segment Of Garden. Line if you'd like
to call seven one three two one two fifty eight seventy.
FOUR i had a, COLLAR i had a caller earlier, today,

(02:24:48):
rufous rufus And coke here telling me he has his
his ornaments hanging out all year, round and made me
think About Gretchen Wilson christmas lights on the front. Porch,
long that'll, work by the, way you don't you know
Those christmas lights that have the actual bulbs that heat,
up not the little twinkly things that produce no led

(02:25:09):
produce no, heat but they kind of had the little
bulbs that heat. Up you can string those through like
a centrius, tree especially down low and near the base
and stuff around the ground and stuff and that. Warmth
then that'll rise. Up and if you've got to cover
over it to protect air from, escaping because the wind
will blow the heat right away before it even gets
up in, there but you cover, it create a dead air.

(02:25:30):
Space put those Little christmas lights. In that kind Of
christmas light the kind of produces some. Heat you can
actually make a significant little difference on a cold night
for a small. Tree if it's a big tree and
you got a lot of strings of, LIGHTS i guess
you could do. That but we'll talk about all that
when we get into frosty. Weather we're a long way
from that right, now ALTHOUGH i wouldn't mind being about
halfway to frosty, weather and now that would feel a

(02:25:52):
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(02:26:13):
in that. Direction we can go north up into The
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(02:26:34):
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NINE i mean lots OF Ace hardware stores that you
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BUT i could go all day just naming all THESE

(02:26:54):
Ace hardware. Stores or you could go TO Ace Hardware
texas dot com find your own that they're. There you're,
there what are you gonna? Find you're gonna find pretty
much everything you need from a regular hardware, store RIGHT i,
mean you know you need lighting and wiring and switches
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but also really cool, gifts some really nice. GIFTS i don't.

(02:27:18):
Know you've got somebody that's a, barbecuer how about some
of the accessories that go with. Barbecuing that is a
great gift you can buy for yourself, too by the,
way trust, Me i've done. That you can also find
some beautiful indoor. Gifts you can find things to do
all kinds of repairs indoors and. Outdoors BUT i like
the things for, relaxing you. Know for, Me, hey it's football.

(02:27:40):
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we got AT ace with the accessories we got AT
ace underneath the glow of the string of lights on
the patio that we got At. Ace do you get the?
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(02:28:02):
texas Dot. Com that's it all? Right, well normally we
get to this part of the of the day and
it's like everybody's calling because everybody's woken up and they're
ready to go AND i got an open set of
lines right. Now we've got a little bit of time
left in the, Show so if you would like to
ask a, question that'd be a good. Time seven one
three two one two fifty eight seventy four seven win

(02:28:23):
three two one two five eight seven. Four let's talk
about what you're interested. In what are we doing out
in the garden and landscape right, Now, well we're always
preparing the, soil, always, always always improving on the, soil
always putting down. Mulches you KNOW i was talking about
in the, lawn you put that pre emergent down so
you don't get the fall winter weeds. Sprouting, well what

(02:28:45):
about your flower? Beds same thing can happen in flower.
Beds so WHAT i would do rather than trying to
use a pre emergent in a flower, bed my preference
personally is to put a good thick layer of mulch
because if the weeds are coming from seed and they
can't get, sunlight they're not going to sprout and. Grow
and that's the simplest. Way that's what nature. Does nature
drops organic matter on the ground and the organic matter decays,

(02:29:09):
away and that's how it, works and it works, really really,
well it definitely. Does so that is just something to think.
About get those mulches out on the, leaves get them
on the. Ground do what you're seeing, there AND i
think that is going to give you. Success alrighty And,

(02:29:29):
LANE i just got that picture of your oak, leaves
and that's a very interesting. Oak part of it looks
like a white. Oak part of it looks like a red.
Oak but it is a white. Oak. Anyway it may
be something of than. Iron it may be. Magnesium it
looks a little Like, no it's. Not it's not change my.
Mind it's, iron that's what it. IS i look forward

(02:29:50):
to seeing your soul, test by the. Way all, righty
your soil test will tell us for. Sure all, RIGHT
i got a call coming in. Here if it makes it,
entire we will catch that one before we wind up
on our show for the. DAY i do want to
remind you make sure to get those. Beds mult also
cold seasoned flowers when you put them in water them

(02:30:13):
in really. GOOD i would use a solution that helps
settle them in and provides them some, nutrient And microlife
has some excellent products for. THAT i personally like their
fish based. Product it's An ocean. Product it's a blue,
label blue label liquid from, microlife watered to the soil,

(02:30:35):
around soak that plant's root ball with. It wait About
i'd say a, week do it. Again you can do
it again a week. Later those kind of products help
stimulate that root system so that the plant goes from
the pot it was in into your, soil gets those
roots down and gets growing so that it can produce,
beautiful beautiful blooms for. You let's head out, now we're

(02:30:57):
going to go see how fast we can do. This
gonna Do susan and Sugar. Land, Hey, susan can we
give a quick answer to your?

Speaker 6 (02:31:04):
Question, Sure, SKIFF i have A i think it's a desert.
Willow it's grown in my YARD i have never, seen
and it's. Gotten the diameter of it is at least
the small dinner plate.

Speaker 22 (02:31:18):
Size it's only.

Speaker 6 (02:31:19):
About eight feet. Tall but right now.

Speaker 3 (02:31:21):
It's blooming and it's, stinky AND i.

Speaker 6 (02:31:24):
Just wonder what's the best way to get it? Out
because WHEN i cut it, immediately it sends a new shoots.
Out this is a, Tree, yes it's a a Doesn't
they call it rooseveltsweed Or roosevelt? Weed the same stuff.

Speaker 1 (02:31:42):
That THEY i, go oh oh oh, yeah, yeah yeah.
Yeah so what you need to do is you need
to cut it off just above the ground and you
need to take a pham brush and dab on a
product with trichlope here And i'm gonna spell it. Out
the brand names will say brush control plays an eye,
killer stuff like, that but IT'S trii clo. Pyr dab

(02:32:05):
it right when you make the, cut don't wait two.
Hours just dab it right then on the fresh cut
surface the charcole pier and Then i'll move down and
that should do. It you might have to redo it.
Once i'm gonna have to. Run i'm a good one
more quick call before we. Go marine In lakeside Of.
States see if we can help you real quick.

Speaker 2 (02:32:21):
Here, yes what is my window for putting in new sod.

Speaker 1 (02:32:28):
The sooner the, Beets, well there's not a black and
white pine as we get Into, november those the sod
roots are not going to be growing much that late
in the, season and you want that sod to root
down really good for. You now people sod all through
the winter time and. Everything it's just not as successful

(02:32:50):
to do it that. Way but if you do it
now and get it right, away and get it going
and do what you're supposed to do with. It you
can have it rooted in really good and then throw Midock.
October you could throw your fall fertilizer on, it and
you're good to go for. Spring all, Right, thanks that's
ALL i got time for, you, bet thank. You see

(02:33:10):
you next, week, folks