Watering, and Slight Touch Ups

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Sunday in the sand the tree. Well, good morning, good

(01:35):
morning folks. Good have you with us this Sunday morning.
Appreciate you getting up to listen in the garden line.
Maybe you got you a cup of coffee and working
on getting that first eye open or maybe the second.
Maybe you got a little early start on us here
this morning. Either way you go about it. We're here
to talk about gardening. Any kinds of topics you want
to talk about, fair game, long as it's related to gardening.

(01:58):
If you got your spouse unwilling to help pull weeds
in the garden, I cannot help you with that. Like
I like to say, gardening advice is free here on
Garden Line. Marriage counseling is three hundred dollars an hour.
You probably want to get somebody else to do it
rather than me. Anyway, good to have you with us.
We're going to talk about a number of things today.
Yesterday as we started off the show, I was talking

(02:21):
about proper lawn watering. I kind of went into detail
on how we water along and why and you know
how much how often those kinds of things, And I
kept wanting to get around to talking about watering other
kinds of plants, and we just kind of got busy
and never did. So we're going to do that first
thing this morning. When you're looking at watering your vegetable gardens,

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your flower beds, your herb gardens, things like that, fruit
trees and whatnot, the same kind of principle supply is
due in the lawn, and that is the bottom line
is a good deep infrequent soaking, a deep infrequent soaking.
And for the same reasons you wet the soil thoroughly,

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you get that water down in the soil bank account
a little squirt on the top of the surface. And
going to do that, you may water thinking, oh I
did a good job. And by the way, have you
ever used your thumb on the end of a garden hose.
I can get good thinking done with my thumb on
the end of a garden hose, just sitting there mindlessly
watering plants. But you really don't water very deeply unless

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you come back to the same spot about four times.
You know, because as you water, it's going to start
to run off, and you think, okay, I really wet
that good, And we'll just do that one time and
then come back and dig down with a little hand
trowel and see how deep that soil is wet. Probably
gonna be wet about an inch deep. Maybe it beends
on kind of soil, but anyway, it's better to give

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it a good deep soaking slowly over time, wet that profile,
and then let it dry out and bring oxygen back
in the soil, just like it was true for your lawn,
and it's true for these other plants as well. Now,
smaller statued plants tend to have shallower root systems, taller
larger plants tend to have deeper root systems. But don't
be mistaken to think that trees, like fruit trees or

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shade trees have a root system that's a mirror of
the top of the plant. It's not when you see
and I even see this on tree company's icons or
what is it graphics, if you know, for their company,
there's like a tree and then it looks like there's
a reflection in the water at the base of the tree.
That so that the roots are like a mirror image

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of the top. And that's not how trees grow. The
way trees grow is like this. You put a pancake
on a table. That's the tree root system. You put
a stalk of broccoli in the middle of the pancake.
That's the tree top. And yes, the pancake's bigger than
the stalk of broccoli because the roots go way out

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beyond the tree. They've washed pecan roots up two and
a half times the height of the tree from the trunk.
Think about that. That is a why root system. Now,
there's not many roots out that far. Most of them
are concentrated within about the branch spread of the tree
and a little beyond that. But so when you water,
you're not watering to soak the soil eight feet deep.

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In fact, you're watering to soak the soil about a
foot deep for trees. Most ninety percent of the root
system for a tree is in the top foot of
soil in general. That's you know, different species of trees,
different types of soil and so on, but most of
it's in the top. But you're so you're still wanting
to give a good soaking a little deeper than you

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were with your lawn a little bit, but that's that's
where the roots are. So that's what you're trying to do.
You're building the bank account of water in the soil
so the tree can make daily with the drawls as
it goes through hot weather. And that's what we're about
to go through right now now. If you had any
kind of good rain recently, which most people have had
some good rains this spring already and even early summer,

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you probably have a good bank account your trees not
needing it. It's not like a little petunia you just
stuck in the ground that hasn't hardly any root system
at all. These trees have extensive root systems if they're established.
If they're not and they were planted let's say within
the last few months, they still have a very limited
root system. You got to put the water where the
roots are. The roots are when you plant, they're still

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in the cylinder that you pulled out of the pot
to put in the ground. That's where the whole root
system is. So remember with new plants, you got to
water them where the roots still are because they have
not expanded yet. It takes months, even to some degree
years for that root system to expand out where you

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water it like an established tree, but especially that first
critical summer. You got to get the soil around the
base of the three Let's say you put a container
in the ground, and let's say the top of that cylinder,
the top of the container that the plant you purchased
came in. I'm going to just make up a number.
Let's say it's a foot across the top. Then you're

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gonna want to water an area probably about a foot
and a half or two feet wide to focus on
to keep that root ball moist, and it's going to
take small amounts of water each day to do it.
You don't want to make it submerged. You don't want
to create an underground bathtub, which clay soils will be
when you dig a hole create an underground bathtub. You

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don't want to fill it with water, and now the
roots can't get oxygen. You'll kill it fast, especially in
the heat that way, So don't do that, but focus
on keeping that area moist. So this is one reason
why we say that the best time to plant is
in the fall. The second best time is in winter
and spring, and the third best time would then be,
of course, in what's left, and that's a summer. You

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can plant a tree today with one hundred degrees temperatures
almost coming here in the next week. But if you
do that, you just have to remember that tree sitting
in the garden center. Let's say you hadn't bought it.
What's happening to that tree? Every day in the garden center.
They're watering it. They're watering that little canister of roots,

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that cylinder of roots in the pot every day, sometimes
more than that, depending on the tree and the conditions
and stuff. But they're keeping that thing adequately hydrated, and
it's doing just fine. It looks a month from now,
two months from not three months. Sure, it looked just
great because they're doing that every day. You put it
in the ground and it doesn't mean oh and now

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it's in the soil. I don't have the water that
same No, you do have to water that same way
initially small amounts right there in the pot. Now, in
a pot you have holes in the bottom. So at
the garden center they water it and if it's too
much water, it just runs out the holes in the bottom.
And it's fine when you put it in the soil.
Now it's got soil around the bottom and it doesn't
drain away as easily. So you got to watch the volume.

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You see what I'm saying. That's the key right there
to success with planting, especially in the heat. And for
these plants that you put in in the last two
or three months, they have very little roots that are
expanding out yet, but they will. It's day by day,
little by little, faster and faster as it goes. Just
keep the soul moist. That's the secret. Now for things

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like tomato plants and transplants you put in the garden.
You plant some oakre seeds, you put in some angelonia
flowers for summer color, all of those kinds of things.
Remember when they come out of the pot, that's where
all the roots are still. Help them along in order
to do their best. That is important. Now, one thing
that I would recommend for summer planting in general is

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might to Grow. Might to Grow is a fairly new
product on the market, and it is basically a combination
of things that plants make, or that soil nutrient or
microbes rather provide to help plants establish and to survive.

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And for a summer planting and stress planting, this is
important because the ingredients that might grow are going to
enhance the root system. They are going to cause that
root system to develop better. They're going to cause the
plant to have the resilience that it needs, which is
very very important. Important to have that resilience, It's got
things like cytokinins. It's got bacteria that help that associate

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with the root system, that protect the roots from diseases
and that affect the way the plant grows. It's got
types of fungi that grow into the root called endo
microiza and grow outside the root and reach out into
the soil to grab water nutrients. Those are ectomcroiza, and
it's all there, and basically, you are equipping that plant
for stress and even if stress doesn't occur, you're equipping

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that plant for faster establishment and growth. And that's why
I would use that product for a new transplant, especially
during a time like this. We don't want to stress
our plants, but we want them to be ready when
we do. So the sooner you do, they might have
grow the better. If you wait until your plants are
stressed and not looking good, still use it. It will help.
But it helps the best when when you water your plants,

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you water them in with this. You get all the
good stuff down there around the root system to start
the work that it's doing. It is that root system expands.
All of those good things are there to help it.
And that's my grow a subtitle. It's not dead yet.
I like that it's not dead yet. All right, let's
take a little break. We'll be back. I'm gonna talk
some more about watering your plants properly. You're listening to

(11:25):
Garden Line. I'm your host, Skip Richter, and we're here
to help you have success. As the way I like
to put it is, I want you to have a
bountiful garden, a beautiful landscape, and more fun in the process.
And if you'd like to give me a call seven
one three, two one two five eight seven four. I've
been talking about proper watering of new plants that you're
putting in, and I'm going to continue that in just
a little bit. Right now, we are going to head

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on out to League City, Texas and talk to Suzanne
this morning. Hello Suzann, welcome to garden Line.

Speaker 5 (11:54):
Good morning.

Speaker 6 (11:56):
Sure.

Speaker 5 (11:56):
I have a pretty pretty large garden and I have
six raised beds and the all area the walking area
around the gardens. Do you have anything that you can
recommend for me to put down to prevent weeds?

Speaker 4 (12:16):
Are they Are you wanting to not have anything between
the beds either like or are you just.

Speaker 5 (12:23):
Telling me going between the beds and all in the
walking area and I want something to put down to
prevent those weeds?

Speaker 4 (12:34):
Do you There's a lot of different kinds of weeds.
There's annual weeds and perennial weeds, there's grassy weeds and
broad leaf weeds, and the best ways to prevent can
vary a little bit depending on what you got. Do
you know if you have any bermuda grass that's crawling
up in the beds and in or is it other
kinds of weeds?

Speaker 5 (12:51):
Okay, it's other kind of weeds.

Speaker 4 (12:54):
Okay, most weed problems are going to be annuals, other
than something like bermuda grass and nut seeds nut grass.
In other words, those are perennials. It's an annual weed.
Mulching and not letting the sunlight hits the soil is
the best thing you can do. There are things like that.

Speaker 5 (13:12):
I can't. I can't prevent the sun because I want
it to get in my garden. I want I want
the sun to get in my raised beds.

Speaker 4 (13:23):
All right. So what I'm talking about is preventing the
sunlight from hitting the soil surface, not your plants.

Speaker 7 (13:29):
Uh.

Speaker 4 (13:30):
And so when you have any bear soil, when the
sun gets through, weed seeds can sprout and germinate, and
now you've got a weed problem.

Speaker 7 (13:38):
If you right.

Speaker 5 (13:38):
And that's what I'm asking you. There's anything to prevent
those weeds.

Speaker 4 (13:42):
And that's what I'm telling you. And that's what I'm
telling you. If you put about two or three inches
of mulch down there and so, and it blocks the
surface of the soil from getting sunlight on the soil,
not the plant, then the weed seeds are not able
to get established. And that's the first step is always
keep your soul covered with molts. You can pull it

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back to plant, But then pull the mulch back in there.
That's what I would do in between the beds. Any
kind of a multing that you put down there. I've used,
you know, wood chips and other things, and shredded mults
and things to walk on. Those are all really helpful
and they make your weed problems much fewer. The landscape
fabrics work for a little bit, but then they get

(14:24):
soil and stuff on them and they don't work. And
now you got weed roots that are tangled in the
fabrics and it just doesn't work very well. So your
options for weeds are number one, mulching, number two, spray
in and I try to avoid the spray and.

Speaker 5 (14:38):
If we don't have to, oh okay, well okay. The
only thing that I've been to is weed eating them
and I and it's it's not very successful.

Speaker 4 (14:51):
Yeah, So there's no that's like mowing your lawn. It
just grows back.

Speaker 5 (14:57):
Well, okay, if there's no if there's no poison that
I can put down, that is there are not going
to lead into my beds that.

Speaker 4 (15:09):
There are poisons that you can spray on the weeds.
You can do that, but here's the problem. You got
to be careful because if they get on any good
plant you got, whether it's flowers, vegetables, or herbs or whatever,
it'll kill them.

Speaker 7 (15:21):
And you want to believe.

Speaker 5 (15:24):
That what what can I spray?

Speaker 7 (15:30):
Well?

Speaker 4 (15:30):
You have you ever been to my website by any chance,
gardening with skip dot com?

Speaker 6 (15:37):
Yeah?

Speaker 4 (15:39):
Okay, so on. There is a publication under plat problems
called Herbicides for Weed Control, and it what it does
is it takes each kind of group of weeds and
it tells you the products that will work. And there's
two different ingredients that will work on grassy and broad
leaf weeds both and they're on that website. And if
you look at it, it'll give you this ingredient and

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then it'll say all the products that have that ingredient.
And then it'll give the second ingredient and it'll have
all the products that have that and you can choose
between them. You don't have to use everything, just need
one thing. But they work very well. And I think
if you would print that out that way when you
go to the store shopping, you could just say, hey,
do you have one of these rod here? And they

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you know, and they could send you home. But remember,
herbicides don't know whether you like a plant or not.
They just kill plants and so be very great, rightful.

Speaker 7 (16:31):
That's what I want.

Speaker 4 (16:32):
That there's no wind, no wind at all, no wind
at all. Okay, all right, okay, well good luck very
much as thank you you take care. All right, folks,
you're listening to Guardline if you'd like to give me
a call. Seven one three two one two five eight
seven four seven win three two two fifty eight seventy four.

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So we're talking about watering properly, and we talked about
new plants going in. What about established plants. It's the
same principle again as a lot good soaking, infrequent basis.
Once a plant has a good extensive root system. If
it's a little small plant, like a little bit I
use petunias just an example, but some little flour like

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that or maybe lettuce, you know, some little vegetable, the
root system is not that extensive and so it's going
to need watering a little more often. But when you
get something like a fruit tree, you know, a peach tree,
or a shade tree, or a flowering tree, you know,
like a red bud or something. Those have extensive root
systems and you do have to water those things three

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times a week. You don't even have to water them
once a week or probably ever two weeks is going
to be enough. You just want to give them a
good soaking, keep the saw moist periodically. Now we're entering
the time of the year when our fruit trees are set,
starting their buds set for next year. When I say
our fruit trees, I mean are deciduous fruit trees like
peaches and plums, like apples and pears, for example, or summons,

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they're setting the buds inside. Blueberries are doing this too,
setting the buds inside the branches that next year will
be the blooms and then the fruit to follow. Now
is a bad time for a tree to go into
drought stress. You know, the rest of July, in August,
and even September. This process is going on, and so

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you want to keep them adequately moist or it will
affect your crop next year. It doesn't mean you're water
in them all the time. It just means you're keeping
the soil moderately moist with periodic waterings in the absence
of rain. When we don't have rain, you know we're
going to go through probably a week of I haven't

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checked the full weather schedule. But we're going to go
about a week where there is no where the temperatures
are up right at one hundred degrees really in the
upper nineties, and it was no rain. Well that the
trees use a lot of water, and so you want
to keep it adequately moist with periodic soaking. So you
can do it once a week, You've didever two weeks
depending on the temperatures and the time and the soil

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and all that. Just don't let your trees get stressed.
You may be thinking, well, the fruit's gone, there's nothing
going on. It's okay. Well not for those fruit trees.
They need to not be stressed. Peaches will produce more
of those little simeise twin double tight peaches, you know,
the kind where you got two little fused peaches together
and then they don't make a good peach. That way,

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you won't to avoid that, and so then you can
avoid that. That's not that difficult to do. Just make
sure and give them a good soaking and keep them
out of that kind of stress. So that would be
things like fruit trees, and then of courchet trees, the
same kind of thing. Good soaking on an infrequent basis
it shouldn't take much at all. A good well adapted
tree to this area. You choose a variety of species

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rather or also that's going to do well here, and
when it's established, you just don't have to water much.
Something like a live oak, for example, you know, a
rescue treatment when it's been really hot for a long time.
Let's take a little break for the news and we'll
be back. We are here to talk plants. What kind
of plant questions do you have? Seven one three, two,

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one two five eight seven four seven one three seventy four.
Let me go into a little more on plant watering
and then we'll move on to another topic. But I
think I hope of these these little monologues are helpful
for you. I think there's a lot of misconceptions when
it comes to watering plants properly, and as you understand
things like where are trees roots actually located, and how

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do you properly water and why do you water this
way or that way? I think it helps, It really
does help. Remember your indoor plants are using a little
more water in the summertime. The light levels are a
little higher even indoors, and the you know, especially if
they're over near a window, which they want to be
because of the sunlight. It's a little bit warmer over

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there as well, so you want to just make sure
they get in adequate soaking. But remember, don't overwater. We
kill more plants with overwatering, I think than we do
with underwatering because saggy, wet conditions no good for plants.
Plant roots have to breathe, think of it. Plant roots
have to breathe. That will help a lot to just
keep that in mind when it comes to proper watering.

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The next thing I want to talk about is the
type of water that we use. Most of you listening
to my voice have water that's just fine for plants.
It's not going to be a problem at all. There
are some of you that are from areas where water
is kind of funky. You get up. I know in
the College Station area they've got super high sodium levels

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in the water. And that's fine. You get away with
it for a while. But after a while, as you
build up sodium in the soil, a couple of things happen.
Number One, clay soils start to lose their structure, they
don't internally drain as well. They become a really good
candidate to build a farm pond on are gonna hold
water and not leak, but that that's what sodium does

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to clay soils, and so we like to minimize the
amount of sodium types of water that we put on
our plants. If you're growing things like blueberries, both sodium
and bicarbonates in the water can be a problem. And
you don't know if you have by carbonates unless you
just have a soil test and that'll tell you that's
in the water. But if you're going to grow blueberries,

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and again I'll speak to the folks up at College
Station because that is a an area where they do
have a significant It's not the only area of sodium
in the water, but that's one If you have sodium
by carbonus you're going to do blueberries, you need to
capture rain water. That's the best thing you can do,
unless you just want to put an ro unit out
there for your blueberries, which probably can gonna happen. But

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minimize the amount of supplemental watering you do with those
kinds of water sources. Other folks have other issues with
the water, high pH and whatnot, and so I just
kind of check on your water you can talk to
your water provider and they should have a report that
tells you about the water he goes. They have to
do testing on their water. And talk to your water

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provider and ask them, ask them for more information on
the quality if you have anything that you're wondering about.
But for most of you, it's not going to be
a big issue. You just water when you need water,
So thought that is the issue with a water quality. Now,
the other thing to keep in mind about watering is
when you do fertilization with a salt based fertilizer that

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is a fertilizer, it doesn't have sodium chloride and it
salts or just you know, it's a metal ion with
anyway that's getting nerdy. Bottom line is if you do
have a salt based typically a synthetic fertilizer that is
a salt based that's immediate release, you can burn roots

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by overdoing it. When you fertilize properly, you're not going
to burn your plants with this anthetic salt based fertilize.
You're not. But when you overdo it, you can. When
you make it too strong, when you put it in
the planting hole, and now the roots are getting that
immediate release of those salt based ions for fertilizer. That
can be a problem, So go easy on those amounts

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of fertilizer. Don't overdo it. There is a thing called
electro conductivity. That's for all the norm Norm what's the
mailman on Cheers. I can't think of his last name,
Norm anyway, No, not Norm, excuse me, Cliff, Cliff Claven.
That's the guy. Cliff Claven is the guy who knows everything.

(24:36):
You know, if you ever watch Cheers, well you can
drone on now because you know how to talk about
electrical conductivity. But the bottom line, it just means you
got a lot of ions in the water, more than
it needs, and it builds up and it's not good
for plants. And when you have a houseplant with a
confined root system, then it really can build up there.
And occasionally it may help to flush out the soil

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really good. That's true, by the way, for you with
sodic water high sodium water, put some gypsum down if
you have high sodium water, that's what gypsum's for, and
get it in the soil, wash it in and then
flesh it out. With excessive amounts of water initially to
just wash out what you can from the soil and

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then dry on out and go back to normal soil
moisture conditions. So those are a few tips on some
things about watering when you're taking care of your plants.
We'll go shift away now from water. It's enough on that. Oh,
by the way, I wanted to mention, if you've not
done your summer fertilization, you can still do that and superturf.
The silver bag from night Foss is an excellent product

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for doing just that. With superturf. You put it down
according to the label, follow the label on the rate
and everything. It's going to take that nineteen percent nitrogen
and superturf and gradually feed your lawn day by day
over the coming months and carry you right up until
you're going to do your fall fertilization. Will be doing
it in an October, and between now and then, the

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silver bag super Turf one application now is enough to
carry you all the way into those summer months. And
you can get superterf at places like Bearings Hardware, both
the one on Bisonette and the one on Westtheimer, as
well as d and DE Feed up there in tumble
on twenty nine to twenty. A lot of places carry
those night foss types of products. I was looking at

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some pictures of tree care that had been done in
the neighborhood. I said, pictures tree care that had been
done in another neighborhood. Someone had showed me some photos
and I just when I see the way people butcher trees,
it makes me WinCE. You do not need to turn
your trees over someone that doesn't know what they're doing.

(26:50):
One bad pruning job ruins the tree. You can try
to bring it back and do your best you can
to help it, but proper pruning is critical and your
jobs are forever okay, and too many people don't know
what they're doing. You need to call someone like Martin
Spoon Moore with Affordable Tree, someone that knows what they're doing.

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Martin's been doing this a very long time. He's been
doing it for decades here in the Houston area. He
understands trees. It's time to call him and get him
to come for the fall, any touch up and pruning
and things that might be needed for your trees. Martin
is insured. That's very important with whoever comes to your
your property. He's experienced. Of course, he's local and he

(27:31):
knows our Houston trees. He's been doing this, like I said,
for decades. When you call, you're going to talk to
Martin or his wife or his mom. That's who enters
the phone at Affordable Tree Service. If it's not one
of those three, you call the wrong place, hang up
dial again. Seven to one three six nine nine two
six six'. Three call him today and get your pruning.
Booked any other tree care you, need he can do.

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It seven to one three six nine nine two six six.
Three let's take a little break here and we will
be back with your calls if if you have a,
question here's a phone number seven one three two one
two five eight seven. Four we're going to run out
here on the phones right now and head over To
fairfield and talk To marty this. Morning Hello, marty welcome

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to the Garden line.

Speaker 1 (28:16):
Morning skip.

Speaker 3 (28:19):
Question last year inundated With virginia button, weed and this
year not so, much even though we've had a lot of.
RAIN i don't want to use AND i didn't use
that real expensive one starts with a. SEA i can't
remember what it, was but, anyway is there IS ms

(28:40):
IN ms IN i think that was what you did
for dollar weed that didn't have anything ton't doesn't do
the same thing, right doesn't help get rid of The
virginia button.

Speaker 4 (28:51):
Weed it is listed For virginia button WEED msm. Turf
it has met sulfur.

Speaker 1 (29:02):
On, yeah, yeah AND i did try.

Speaker 6 (29:05):
IT i.

Speaker 3 (29:05):
DID i was doing some little spot treating of my
dollar weed AND i tried THE, msm but it didn't
really it didn't really hit it. HARD i was, wondering
maybe DO i use a stronger solution of it for
The virginia button?

Speaker 8 (29:22):
Weed DO i do it one hundred percent?

Speaker 1 (29:25):
Strong?

Speaker 4 (29:27):
YEAH i don't. Know you had to follow the label on.
IT i wouldn't go over the. LABEL msm is like
the c One celsius AND msm both are generally okay
to use in warmer. Tempts with the, celsius you don't
want to use the surfactant with it when it's. Hot BUT,
msm you, know it could be in the nineties and it's.

(29:49):
OKAY i haven't checked ON, msm, like we're going to
be ninety eight degrees or ninety seven degrees this, week
and That's i'm uncomfortable. There i'd want to check in
to that BEFORE i took it that. High but if
you get up early in the morning and do it
when it's cool, STILL i think you'd be okay with THE.
Msm but it's label for all our southern turf grasses

(30:11):
and it does a pretty good. Job just be very
careful when you APPLY msm because it will damage trees
and shrubs if you overapply, it or you apply it
and then you get a gully, washer rain and wash
it done in the soil where the roots of the
trees and shrubs. Are just apply according to. Label just
wet the weeds, barely don't drench, things don't do it

(30:35):
right for. Rain don't turn on the sprinkler system right
after you put it. On you wouldn't want to do that,
Anyway but just be. CAREFUL i have seen some damage
to trees and shrubs when it was. Misused so like any,
product it can be used properly or it can be.
Misused and you don't do the, latter of.

Speaker 3 (30:52):
Course, Okay, well most of it right now is just
like in the sidewalk cracks and stuff and along the
edges of some of my, gardens So i'm not worried about.
That with the, trees but eventually it inundates a couple
of areas that seem to get a lot of water

(31:13):
from the sprinkler, system and this year they're.

Speaker 4 (31:16):
Not popping up like they.

Speaker 3 (31:17):
Did so THE msn last year really did. Help DO
i need to add as refractant.

Speaker 9 (31:25):
With?

Speaker 4 (31:25):
It BECAUSE i did not follow the label on. That
off the top of my, HEAD i can't. Remember but
some of the surfactants can be, problems like with the.
Celsius celsius itself can be used in warmer, temperatures but
the celsius and the surfactant gets us into. Trouble SO
i would, say just read the label on. THAT i

(31:47):
don't have a label right in front of, me but
it's hard to you can use.

Speaker 3 (31:52):
It the label is hard to understand because they talk
in acreage AND i don't have.

Speaker 1 (31:58):
ANCHORS i had the.

Speaker 3 (32:00):
Pockets BUT i think What i'll do Is i'll just
start out without it again and, maybe, okay just do
a little more consistent spot treating and just make sure
That i'm not getting it close to the trees and.
Shrubs i'll keep it in the. GRASS i think that's
really the only place that's coming up right.

Speaker 4 (32:20):
Now, OKAY i just. FOUND i just pulled a label. Here,
well it's too small for me to read well.

Speaker 1 (32:32):
For me to.

Speaker 4 (32:33):
Talk i'm Gonna i'm not going to try that. ONE
i was thinking there'd be something easy to see on.
Here but THE msm is the same ingredient as MANOR
M A N O. R, manner M, Sm turf and
manner are the, same but they're. Good but LIKE i,
Said i've already said the precautions on. It just check.

(32:54):
It IF i have a chance dur to, BREAK i
may check and see if it HAS us OR facto
on the. Label but that would be the only THING
i WOULD i would be.

Speaker 1 (33:01):
Cautious, OKAY i did.

Speaker 3 (33:02):
NOT I, YEAH i didn't see a surfactant. Recommendation So
i'm just gonna leave it off for now until i
hear back from you over the radio or. Whatever i'm
going to, walk and Then i'll. Listen, okay thank.

Speaker 4 (33:14):
You well if you, did if you did it last
year and didn't use the surfactant and got good, control
then that's something in and of itself right, there so
that you may have your answer right there.

Speaker 1 (33:25):
Too, YEAH i did not use her.

Speaker 10 (33:28):
FACTED i did.

Speaker 3 (33:29):
Not the only, Thing, yeah the only THING i did
with surfactant was the scent to uh that one and
and it killed a lot of. Stuff So i'm not
doing the surfactant with that one. Again All, right thank you, Kids,
selsea thank, you bye you.

Speaker 4 (33:49):
Take care, okay, yeah on all these, things the labels of.
Law but the label is also how you avoid hurting
your plants some, things so you'll avoid that if you possibly.
Can't all righty, well music means the first. Hours in the,
books we talk a lot about water in this. Hour
what are we gonna talk about next? Hour you tell

(34:11):
me seven one three two one two five eight seven.
Four i'm want to talk about. That i'm going to
check that label kind of curious stuff like. MYSELF i
want to remind you that my website is. THERE i
keep telling. People if you listen To garline very, much
you've heard me say over and over, again check out the.
Website is. There gardening With skip dot, Com gardening With

(34:35):
skip that's me dot. Com and you can find lots
of good information, there lots of information that people ask
on the air that Where i've written something up to
give you a much better answer THAN i can in
a real quick phone. Call in the, gardener make sure
in bookmark that visit it. Often we have a lot more.
STUFF i was just talking about my web designer today

(34:56):
and yesterday we're going to be putting some new stuff up.
There how the questions do you have? Today let's talk.
Plants let's talk to the kinds of things you're interested,
in maybe, vegetables maybe, houseplants maybe, trees maybe, shrubs maybe,
lawns maybe those. Tomatoes what is going on out in the.
Garden we'll talk about. That seven one three two one
two five eight seven four seven one three two one

(35:19):
two fifty eight seventy. Four if you haven't done a
lawn fertilization in the last month or, so and if
you have or certainly, not a slow release Product Sweet
green from Night foss would be a good application to
make right. NOW i was just talking to someone yesterday
suggesting they go ahead and do a Sweet green. Application,
actually WHAT i told them, was you can do a
full fledge one now if you, want or you could

(35:40):
kind of split it. Up do a little bit, now
let's do the other half about a month from, now
kind of gradually spread it out a little bit, more
and next thing you, know you be time for the
Fall october application of your fall Fertilizerble Sweet green is
a product from Night foss works very very. Well it
will stimulate the biological activity because it's based on a

(36:01):
carbon chain sugar my molasses type of sugar carbon, chain
and that just stimulates the good microbs in many ways
in the. Soil, now you're going to find it at
places Like Fisher's hardware On sophomore down In, pasadena or
The fishers On Broadway Street South broadway that is down
In laporte as well as there's lots Of Fishers. Hardware

(36:24):
there's one In Mott bellevue on thirty one eighty and
one In baytown On Alexander. Street many many places carry
Night fast. Products those are a few examples of where
you can find products like This Sweet. Green bottom line
is just get it and use. It let's go to
surfside now and we are going to visit With mike this.

(36:46):
Morning Hello, Mike welcome to Garden.

Speaker 1 (36:48):
Line hei SKIF i appreciate.

Speaker 8 (36:50):
It.

Speaker 1 (36:50):
Man, Hey i've got a pretty good stand of basil.
Growing but as you, know eventually it starts going to
see you start getting. SEEDHEADS i remove that seed head
IF i just like snip it off at the terminal. End,
well that prolonged life of the plant. Harder is that
make any? Difference?

Speaker 4 (37:09):
Uh it helps a little, bit but especially if you
do it early, on when it's first starting to come
up with a. Seedhead you cut it back a little.
Bit once the plant initiates that, blooming you, know it
gets blooming in its. Brain if you, will it's gonna
go ahead and keep trying to. Bloom not all basils
are the, same, though there are some varieties that are

(37:30):
a little slower to bolt like that than. OTHERS i
guess there's some two ways of looking at. It one,
is when it, blooms then you're not getting the big,
foliage so you can make your pesto as. Much but
you are also bringing in a lot of bees and.
Pollinators they love basil, blooms so there's kind of a
yeah that's.

Speaker 1 (37:48):
True, ALSO i didn't think about, That and it's a
fast growing. PLANT i can always replant and get more to,
grow so, YEAH i may just leave the seedheads if
it's good for the bees be all you can think about.

Speaker 4 (37:58):
That so, yeah, yeah they love. It in, FACT i
Have AFRICAN i have Some african blue basil in my,
garden AND i just never get around to harvesting it
for culinary. USES i just. Don't and it's a big
old shrub that is loaded with bees all, year SO
i just pretty much have it out there for that.
REASON i tell you one other, thing, though there are some,

(38:18):
basils depending on how you want to use a, mic
there are some basils that are slow to. Boult there's
one called ever. Leaf it's called, everleaf which basically they're
telling you it keeps having leaves instead of. Blooms everleaf
emerald towers and it's a columnar, basil very. Upright, now
it's got a different. Flavor you, know there's a lot

(38:39):
of different basil flavors out there than this Standard genevie's.
Type BUT i am so. Impressed it's. Beautiful it's. Upright
you can put it in a container and it goes
way longer than any of the basil before it starts to.

Speaker 1 (38:53):
Bloom purple and lemon and the different types Of. Flavorsia, yeah,
YEAH i sure appreciate.

Speaker 7 (39:03):
It by all, right, man thanks.

Speaker 4 (39:05):
You bet you take, care m bye. Bye basil is
something that is just everybody on a planet because, well
first of. All of course we use it in culinary.
Ways that's, nice and there's nothing like fresh pesto at.
All but the benefit of pollinators is. INCREDIBLE i, mean

(39:27):
they really do love basil, blooms so you see honeybees
and other pollinators on them all the. Time My african
blue basil right, now the bush is probably four feet.
Across it's, huge and it just loaded with blooms. CONSTANTLY
i finally got out there and watered. It it had
gone weeks without getting, water and it was looking screwing you're,

(39:47):
looking but it was still going and it perked right
back up. Again so, anyway you gotta do. THAT i
want to know if anyone out there who is a,
barbecuer so listen to this. Question if you are a,
barbecuer you know you grill, out and do you try
different kinds of wood for the smoke or do you

(40:08):
maybe have a pellet grill and you use some wood
with things to do the to add to the. Smoke
have you ever tried basil wood from a basil, plant
in other, words as a as a flavor. ENHANCER i
have no idea whether it would be good because it's very.
Aromatic it smells, good or whether when it becomes smoke

(40:32):
it ruins your. Barbecue you, know it may be one
way or the. Other but if anyone's ever tried that
with basil or, ROSEBERY i would like to. Know i've
not read about anybody doing, that and surely somebody's tried
it has an opinion about. It but, ANYWAY i just
thought i'd ask my listeners what do you, think BECAUSE
i last YEAR i had a big old basil bush
that diet AND i had basil stumps that were the

(40:54):
base of. It was about the size of a golf.
Ball it was a chunk of wood and saved them
and just have held on to. Them so, anyway done
that with the rosemary. Too we had a rosemary bush
that actually died in a freeze we, had AND i
just saved the base of it and been thinking about
throwing it on the. Grill BUT i don't know how
to use something like one piece of small piece of

(41:17):
check under, something SO i don't ruin a large amount doing.
That but, anyway you get the. Idea, hey if you're
looking for landscape, beauty you want to create a. Showplace
peerscapes is who you. Call pierscapes is our go to landscaper.
Here they do it. All they do everything from design

(41:38):
to quarterly. Maintenance you. Know so if YOU i, mean
if you want the whole nine, yards, like come, IN
i want you to redo the whole. LANDSCAPE i want hard,
ESCAPES i want you, know you just tell them everything you.
Want they can do it. All landscape lighting and so.
On they'll fix the bad drainage areas and they can
do all of, that or they can come in and
simply create a landscape, better revamp and plant and put

(42:01):
in some new plants that are more drought tolerant perhaps
or heat tolerant or. Something and then the quarterly maintenance
is just coming out and making sure those beds look their.
Best you. Know occasionally you got to get out, there
clean up the, weeds though some fresh mult, in check the,
irrigation make sure things are doing. Well, hey those blooms
are looking kind of. Spent they don't like. It the's.
Hot we're going to switch them out for Some angeloni or.

(42:23):
Something they do all that kind of. Thing piercescapes dot,
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work that they that's pretty amazing stuff right. There let's
take a little break and we'll be back with your. Calls,
hey welcome back to the. Gardline good hit you with.
Us during, BREAK i was studying THE msm turf label

(42:45):
as per our conversation With marty a little bit, ago
and it does say on the label that you can
use a non ionic. Surfactant and if you don't know
what that, is the people you buy your product from
better they should because that's that's a standard type of.
Surfactant not every product that we mix in as a

(43:08):
surfactant is non ionic, surfactor but that's the kind you
need to use for this. Anyway bottom line is it
can it can increase the, yellowing temporary. Yellowing it's called
chlorosis of the, turf and that that happens on some
of these very effective herbicides they in in order to
get rid of some of these weeds are very difficult to.

(43:29):
Control you got to find something that's going to knock
out the weed without killing the. Grass it's a bottom.
Line and so sometimes in the case of that you
can get some. Discoloring celsius can cause some discoloring AND
msm OR nsm turf can cause some of that, yellowing

(43:51):
but the non ionicxir factant can increase that a little.
Bit typically the turf for covers from. That SO i
guess it's it's kind of a. SITUATION i don't know
if chemotherapy is a fair, example but it's like you're going,
In you're, going, LOOK i got a, weed probably got
to get rid of. IT i don't want to come on,
turf But i'm going to do. This it's going to
weaken the turf a little, bit you're gonna see some,

(44:11):
yellowing it'll. Recover so we're going to go through that
in order to get rid of the weed. Problem well
that's kind of the thinking on that sort of. Thing
so you just have to decide if that's something you
want to do or. Not just be careful all of these,
products all products and sex, sides fungicides and herbicides can have,
secondary unintended consequences and you don't want to mess with.

(44:34):
Them some fungicides can act as growth regulators in a
way that's not great for the plant itself. Overall is
there the? Benefit, yes there, is there absolutely, Is but
you got to realize that these things are not just you,
know green light or red. Light sometimes the light is

(44:54):
yellow if you, will and you just need to be,
careful very. CAREFUL i know we don't like to read the.
Label it's kind of a cliche that guys don't like
to ask for. Instructions, right stop and ask. Instructions you
better when you're doing products on your. Lawn some turf,
species some turf varieties are more sensitive to products than other.

(45:19):
Varieties so maybe there's A Saint augustine, like oh, gosh
Flor town is a good example that tends to be
more sensitive to certain kinds of products than Other Saint
augustine varieties. Are it's on the, Label read the label or.
Pay WHAT i used to tell my kids growing up
is a stupid. Tax you know what the stupid tax.

(45:40):
Is it's when you do something stupid and you end
up paying for. It you, Know, OH i kind of
half killed my. Lawn that's a stupid tax for not
reading the. Label i'm just being candid with you here in. Life,
Unfortunately i've paid a lot of stupid tax over my
life here and, there AND i bet you have. Too

(46:00):
maybe you're. DIFFERENT i don't, know BUT i suspect everyone
listening to me is had to pay the stupid tax,
once or let's not pay it. Anymore, okay read the.
Label all, right let's go out here To Lake conroe
and talk to Guitar dave this. Morning Hey, dave what's?

Speaker 6 (46:15):
Up?

Speaker 11 (46:16):
Hey you don't feel like a loan stranger? Man you
put something in the microwave and you got to go
get the box out of the garbage. Can look to
see make sure you're doing it, right you. Know so
yeah you read read the La, hey, yeah.

Speaker 1 (46:30):
Okay.

Speaker 11 (46:32):
Uh and on That creamy Clear Water, REVIVAL i wish
me and my brothers had a nickel for every time
we played one of their songs on. Stage but, hey on,
yeah on, that on, that on that sweet. Basil you,
Know i'm a barbecue connossert kind of sewer and a chili. Man,
yeah but on, that you know WHAT i would. Do

(46:53):
And i'm looking at my two PLANTS i got back
here in the. BACKYARD i would take it and dry it,
out you know pretty, much and then, uh but THEN
i would kind of like you, do like with cherry
wood or any kind of fruit. Wood you know you're gonna,
work gonna be working with leaves or do you think
you're gonna have some, stalks.

Speaker 4 (47:13):
You, know Like i'm thinking about. Wood, Yeah i'm thinking
of a wood you, know like a wood chip thing
where you put it down and you're just you're not
using it for, Flames you're using it for. Smoke that's, it.

Speaker 11 (47:24):
Correct, yeah just make sure, that you, know like WHENEVER
i do cherry wood and chips and, Stuff i'll soak,
them you, know overnight and then just put them kind
of off the side of the fire where they're just
it's going through there and that flavor is getting in.

Speaker 7 (47:38):
There NOW i.

Speaker 11 (47:39):
HAVEN'T i never used a, basil but, yeah, no, No
and one other QUESTION i, got you, KNOW i got
my fish, tank my fish, tanks and like When i'm
changing my water, out it's all right to go ahead
and pour that water in my flowers and.

Speaker 8 (47:52):
Stuff ain't.

Speaker 11 (47:55):
That's a natural Fertile, yeah, okay.

Speaker 4 (47:58):
It's got some of. It if you've if it got
a fish to thank? You bet all, Right, dave thank.

Speaker 7 (48:03):
YOU i appreciate.

Speaker 8 (48:04):
It thank.

Speaker 11 (48:04):
You'all i'm joining the. SHOW i learned something every.

Speaker 7 (48:06):
Day, okay, thanks, well glad to have you.

Speaker 4 (48:10):
Listening appreciate. That, yeah that's. Interesting but for those of
you here going what On, eartha were they talking. About,
OH i was just. ASKING i was thinking out, loud
wondering if you could use things like rosemary and basil
as a kind of a wood to put In like
he was, saying you're not using it to build a,
fire but you're using it in your smoker to create
an aroma in, there which we do with cherrywood and other.

(48:31):
Things AND i don't. KNOW i, mean it may be
that it creates a, nasty bitter flavor that's. Horrible maybe it's.
Good i'm gonna find. Out but, anyway and you're, going
wait a, minute DID i call the Barbecue network or
a gardening? Show basil is a. Plant we're talking about.
Gardening we're just going to use it to make a
hamburger or, something some, chicken all. Right if anybody else

(48:54):
has thoughts on, that we'll entertain those as. Well it's
one THING i like about summer, things a little bit
slower in, summertime you, KNOW i, know the gardening enthusiasm can.
Wane and so that's all, right it's all. Good it
gives me a chance to do some. Monologues hopefully you enjoy.
Those we shall. See but, anyway if you'd like to
give me a, Question give me a call for a
QUESTION a seven one three two one two five eight

(49:16):
seven four seven one three two one two fifty eight
seventy four Super turf from Night foss The Silver bag
nineteen four to, ten still okay to. Use people will
often ask me this, Question, okay WELL i miss that
application on your. Schedule what DO i have to wait
until the next? One? Now, no if you missed, one
just do it when you think of, it and do it.

(49:38):
NOW i mean we can get so close to the
next application THAT i would just, say, well wait and
do the next. One but in, general if you're a
little late doing, one you can always do another, one
and super turf can be applied now just fine to your.
Lawn always, remember, too when you're doing your one care through,
summer set your mower to shred those clippings as finally

(50:00):
as you. Can some people have multi. Moors some my
particular more has a setting WHERE i can make it
chop the clippings a little bit better and return. Those
because those clippings are full of, nutrients they are organic,
matter they do stimulate microbial activity because microbes love the
clippings to chomp on. Them and break them down and

(50:22):
turn them back into. Soil release those nutrients all as
you return your clippings. Too by the, way that's free.
Fertilizer when you return your Clippings superturf silver, bag put it.
On next application is going to be the fall applications
where we switch over to our fall fertilizers from the
folks At. Nitrofoss now you can Find superturf At texas
feed stop out On North highway one forty six And Mont,

(50:44):
Bellevue Stanton Shopping center On North taylor And, alvin as
well as plants and things On highway thirty. Six they're In, Brennum.
Texas so get out there and let's get. Going let's
keep that lawn going and looking. Good, remember the single
most important thing we do to our plants in the
summertime is water. Properly And i've spent time the last,

(51:07):
yesterday all day off and on and today as well
talking about watering because that's so. Important it's fertilizer. Important,
yeah it's. Important good nutrition is, important it's sunlight, important
it's absolutely. Essential but when it comes to things we
have control, over ultimate control. Over we can choose whether
or not we. Water can't control. Rain we can control our.

(51:29):
Water and if you want your plants to thrive in,
summer then number one thing is. HYDRATION i, mean think
about yourself out. There you're working on a hot summer
day and you're just for whatever, reason you're having to
work outside all. Day is it important to eat a good? Breakfast, well,
yeah that's. Important is that the most? Important, no it's
keeping yourself, hydrated it's staying. Alive it's avoiding stress and

(51:52):
stroke and heat, exhaustion all those. Things same thing is
true of our. Plants water is the single most important.
Thing we can underwater and we can, overwater and both
of them are not. Good if you had to choose
between the, TWO i would say underwater because plants can.
Recover most of our plants are pretty. Resilient not that

(52:13):
you would do it on, purpose but you could do.
That but when you create a swamp and you set
a plant out there and one hundred degree temperatures where
it really has to pump water and the roots can't get,
oxygen and things shut. Down have you ever seen a
plant in standing water? WILTED i?

Speaker 7 (52:29):
HAVE i.

Speaker 4 (52:31):
Have and if you can't get enough, water if you
shut down the root. System you got, big big. Problems
so there you. Go all right, here let's, see we're
going to go now and talk To. Jenet, Hey, Jenett
i'm picking up this. Call we just got a few,
minutes BUT i want to be able to hear your
question and then we'll come back and answer.

Speaker 7 (52:50):
It oh, sure.

Speaker 12 (52:53):
By the, way.

Speaker 6 (52:58):
Not a big bill, Anyway, yeah what's call? On BECAUSE
i called The Ground up about their special AND i
wanted to let everybody know what a.

Speaker 1 (53:07):
Good deal that.

Speaker 3 (53:07):
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dollars a, bag and this is two twenty.

Speaker 7 (53:12):
Five and then of course you, know and.

Speaker 4 (53:15):
They do ten bags and it's two. Dollars.

Speaker 1 (53:19):
Yeah and the other thing is that they they will deliver, too.

Speaker 4 (53:24):
Right, Okay, jennis if you want to keep, talking hang,
On i'm gonna have to put you on hold and
go to. News but that's, great And i'll comment on
that too when we come. Back we Lost jennis, There but,
yes let's just talk about. That the Ground. Up, absolutely
they've got a deal where you can get a bag
of a quality, mulch a quality screen, mulch for two

(53:44):
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look if you're going to use, mulch who buys two
bags of MULT i mean you always need, it and
this is your stockpile. Opportunity so head on over there
to the Ground. Up it is a really really good
deal this. Uh if you need more, information go to

(54:04):
the website the ground up dot. Com the ground up
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zero three will be right. Back if you got a gardening,
question give us call seven one three two one two
five eight seven four would be happy to help with.
That your ace hardware. Store they are ready and rare

(54:25):
to go for. SUMMER i mean all those things we
enjoy as our, activities you, know get out at the
end of the, day enjoy sitting outside now that the
sun is going down right and it's cooling off a little,
bit doing your, barbecuing doing your repairs and. Things they've
got the tools and everything you need to have the
most beautiful lawn on the. Block that includes quality mowers

(54:46):
with brands Like ego for, example and many. Others, also
by the, way it includes the, edgers the weed, eaters
the hose and shovels and, wheelbarrows and watering hoses and,
sprinklers and LIKE i, said everything you need to have
the most beautiful loan on the, block including these FERTILIZERS
i keep talking about. Here to have success in your,

(55:07):
garden you can go to YOUR Ace hardware. Store you
can go find YOUR Ace hardware store by going TO
Ace hardwaretexas dot. Com please do put The texas in.
There that's my group OF Ace hardware. STORES Ace Hardware
texas dot. Com find your store and go visit. Them
today'd be a good a good day to get out
there and do. That you will be surprised and what
all is available at your LOCAL. Ace let's head out

(55:31):
to the phones now we're going to go talk To
greg In houston Or. Craig excuse, Me Hey, craig welcome
to Garden.

Speaker 7 (55:37):
Line, hey, hey good, morning thank.

Speaker 8 (55:40):
You i've got a.

Speaker 7 (55:41):
Question i've got a.

Speaker 9 (55:42):
Problem and WHEN i took a picture of this weed
in my, arm it came up this bright weed t
R i P e, weed and it's really. TERRIFIC i
paid a stupid tax last summer and killed that by.
Law i'm trying to get rid of, it AND i resought.
It part of is great BECAUSE i got great new said.
Down But i've got an area of kalladiums that whileer

(56:05):
beed pull of, kaladiums and that, right we just keeps taking.
Over i've been spot treating and. Pulling i'm trying to
find WHAT i can put down to prevent them from
coming back without either killing the kaladiums now or killing
them in the spring with it when they're.

Speaker 8 (56:19):
Dormant CAN i.

Speaker 9 (56:20):
Put a pre emergence down on top of the?

Speaker 4 (56:22):
Kalladiums, yes, yes you need to read the label on
the pre. Emergence. Uh but barricade will prevent many broad
leaf and grassy. Weeds that's the one you hear me
talk about a. Lot there's another product that is strictly
for broad leaf, weeds and that Is. Gallery, NOW i

(56:44):
don't think you're going to see barricade with a label
for putting around your. Kalladiums i'd have to pull the
labels and recheck. That we normally use it for. Lawns,
so But gallery may have an expand. Label you just
need to check. Gallery gallery, though is just going to
do the broad. Leaves so if you got grassy, Weeds

(57:05):
galleries not going to prevent, those but it'll prevent the broad. Leaves,
now as far.

Speaker 7 (57:09):
As you, Go i'm sorry to go.

Speaker 4 (57:11):
Ahead, Yeah, well gripe. Weed And i'm saying this because
we got a lot of people listening that know it
by other names or they may have seen this. Weed
the weed looks like little mimosa, plants. Folks it's got
the little multiple leaflets down a, stem and underneath that
little stem stalk that the leaflets are, on there's little

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balls underneath there that are flowers and then become the
little fruit pods that the seeds are. In very unusual
to see leaves little seed pods along a leaf axis like.
That but that is also called chamber better is another
name for. It and it's a problem and the best
way to deal with it is with a good dense.
Lawn first of, all wherever sunlight hits the, soil you're

(57:54):
gonna get. Weeds, secondly is a product like the gallery for,
EXAMPLE i would go after it with that and pre
emergent wise do it so you can do that at any,
time just watered. In you've got to get it into the,
soil and then as far as the rest of it
in a. Lawn The celsius is labeled for control post,

(58:20):
emergent but it's best when the weeds are. Young once
these weeds get older and, bigger and seeds and stuff like,
that any kind of, weed any kind of product is
not going to work as well as it does when
the weeds are, young so catching it early would be.
Important do not put a surfactant in the celsius when

(58:43):
you're when you are using it in the heat of
summer like, This so just just go with the celsius
without the surfacta if you're going to try to control
existing gripe weed are also called.

Speaker 7 (58:57):
Chamber Better, okay, awesome thank you very.

Speaker 4 (59:01):
Much all, right, sir thank, you good luck get that under.
Control that is a, problem that is for. Sure it,
definitely definitely is a. Problem Nelson Water gardens one of
my favorite garden. Centers it's out west of. Town it's
a destination place really out there In. Katie and why

(59:21):
WOULD i call it a, Destination, well number, one it's
a great it's a great. Nursery they have all kinds of,
plants everything you would expect from a good full service,
nursery the products to go with, them and then of
course their feature is the water gardens that they have
everything from beautiful ponds to disappearing, fountains gorgeous pottery that

(59:42):
the water dribbles over the side and recycles back. Again
it just adds a lot to a landscape to have
the sound of, water the beauty of, water to bring
in the birds that water brings. In, uh it's just
a great way to go and they know how to
do it there And Nelson Nurse Water gardens out There, Katie.
Texas if you haven't been out, there police do. Go

(01:00:04):
you head out To. Katie you go north On Katie
Fort Ben road and there you will. Be they've got
a few of the what they Call henry And campania
fountains on sale right. Now actually there's a lot of,
them but they're thirty percent off out there and it's
going to go through the end Of. August but if

(01:00:25):
you haven't seen those, before you need to check them.
Out they they're just. Gorgeous they look like kind of
a stone concrete type stone like pottery that can. Go
some of them can go against a wall and be
a little fountain coming out of a. Wall some of
them can be free, standing kind of look like a
bird bath and. Things they're really, cool really, nice just

(01:00:46):
one of, many, many many kinds of. Fountains they still
have their ding dang sail going on out. There things that,
are you, know not quite perfect items where you can
pick them up for a really good price as. Well
but it's all out. There katie For Ben Road Go
north And Katie Texas Nelson watergardens Dot. Com let's take

(01:01:06):
a little break when we come. Back galen In, paarland
you're going to be our first. Stop you got a gardening,
Question well let's give you a gardening. Answer seven one
three two one. TWO i have eight seven four seven
one three two unto fifty eight seventy. Four we're going
to head now back out To, Paarland texas and talk
To galen this. Morning Hey, galen welcome to Garden.

Speaker 8 (01:01:27):
Line good. Morning how you, Doing.

Speaker 7 (01:01:28):
Kip i've got a lot of.

Speaker 8 (01:01:31):
Question that's. TOMATOS i bought one of the elevated bids
from some store not too long ago and PLANTED i
think six big boy tomato, plants AND i was satisfied
with my first. Crop when we went a little, VACATION
i suspect my neighbor didn't want them quite, properly and
so NOW i don't have any. Tomatoes AND i noticed

(01:01:51):
a little they're starting to bloom again a little, bit
but the stems are real. Big you're kind of ugly.
Looking and my, question SHOULD i tremblose? Back what SHOULD
i do about?

Speaker 4 (01:02:01):
That you, know when it gets, hot those slicer type,
tomatoes like Big, boy they just don't set fruit, well
and so we're kind of stuck with that for the.
Summer those plants will continue to set fruit again when
the temperature finally breaks late in the, season so in
the meantime you can either just wait and watch and

(01:02:22):
see how they. Do another option would be to take
the ends of some branches and put them With let's
Say i'm just going to random numbers, here but let's
say you went back about a foot from the end
of a, shoot and you buried that spot about a
foot back from the end of the, shoot pinned it

(01:02:42):
down inside of brick on it or something to hold it,
underground and then kept it. Moist it would root right,
there and then you could cut it off and you
could pull out all the old mother. Plant that's What i'll.
Do when the spider mites and other, things maybe some
leaf diseases and they just look, Horrible i'll just reroot
the tips you can do it in a gallon. Pot

(01:03:03):
you can do it back in the same, bed and
then you cut out the mother. Plant now you got
a new, start because it's time to plant for fall,
tomatoes and you'd have a good strong headstart by rooting
a shoot like. That one last, thing, though if you're
going to do, That, GALEN i would take the end
of that, shoot go, back LIKE i, said about a,

(01:03:23):
foot pull about six inches of leaves off of it,
there and then take the end of it and put
it in a bucket of water and just slash it
vigorously around in that water and try to dislodge any
spider mites that may be on that shoot out. There
do it a couple, times and then do that, rooting
and once it has about two weeks in the, ground

(01:03:44):
it's going to have enough of a root system where
you can cut it loose from the mother plant and
you just keep your tomato crop. Going you just kind
of restarted it back down in the. Soil very.

Speaker 8 (01:03:55):
Good do you have all this written down in your
website about the taking care of.

Speaker 4 (01:03:59):
THE i, don't AND i need. To in, fact when
you started asking that, QUESTION i THOUGHT i need to do.
That that's a good. Idea i'm going to make a note.

Speaker 7 (01:04:12):
Right.

Speaker 4 (01:04:12):
Here, yeah very. Good i'll try to do.

Speaker 7 (01:04:17):
That that'd be.

Speaker 8 (01:04:18):
Good uh got one question about bell. Peppers i'll try
to grow some bell. Peppers i've got one that's stardiat
green has starting to turn red or. Orange how don't
know when.

Speaker 5 (01:04:28):
The rock.

Speaker 4 (01:04:31):
There they. Are you can eat a green bell, pepper
people do it all the, time but all bell peppers
eventually are going to turn a. Color some of them
kind of get about as far as, yellow and that's
pretty much as far as they're going to. Go they
get a little red blush on them if you let
them go. Longer the longer you leave, men the higher
the vitamin and content. Goes like a red bell, pepper
orange bell, peppers you're going to have more beta, caroteene

(01:04:53):
you're going to, have you, know the precursor to VITAMIN.
A you're going to have some other helpful pounds in.
Them Uh so it's kind of up to. You it's
how far you want them to. GO i think they're
a much sweeter as they get to the. END i

(01:05:14):
think they're a little. Sweeter you, know, halopenias everybody knows
halopenias are. Green but if you leave them long, enough
they turn, red AND i found them to be a little.
Sweeter they say that if you the longer you leave,
them you may be affecting overall production a little, bit you,
know because you're leaving them longer to mature than pulling them.
OFF i often leave mine to go a little. LONGER

(01:05:37):
i just like that. Sweetness and a lot of people
are rolling their eyes and having a fit hearing me
say that because klopeno is green and and that that's
how they preferred eat. Them so it doesn't matter to.
You it's your, plant you.

Speaker 7 (01:05:51):
Decide, okay, OKAY i appreciate.

Speaker 6 (01:05:53):
It thank you so.

Speaker 4 (01:05:54):
Much all, right thank. YOU i appreciate. That good take.
Care there you. Go you, know we have a lot
of things that we do gardening wise that are just
basically traditions and. Stuff maybe i'll talk about some of
those here in just a little bit as we get. Going.
Uh microlife has so many good fertilizers that you, KNOW

(01:06:16):
i don't even every TIME i talk about, MICROLIFE i
just THINK i won't tell you about all of them at.
ONCE i can't do. That there are so many good. Ones,
EARLIER i think it was YESTERDAY i was talking About
microlife's bioinoculant that is just so loaded with so many
good microbes that do so many good things for plants

(01:06:36):
that it's, awesome awesome to. Do i'm going to talk
a little bit about a, similar somewhat similar product called
Micro Grow LIQUID. AF a is An Albert Fison frank
Micro Grow LIQUID. Af it also has the gorgeous maroom
bag or maroon. Bottle excuse, me these are. Liquids these

(01:06:58):
this particular product have several very beneficial microbes in. IT
i think there's about six or seven in this. One
yes see there's seven or. Eight oh, gosh they're appearing
AS i stare at the. Label bestreptomices. Trichodermas those fight
diseases of the soil basillas subtlest that is an excellent disease,

(01:07:19):
fighter several other beneficial. Basillises you can mix it. Up
it comes in a gallon or a, quart by the,
Way you can drench it into the root system of
plants to provide all those. Benefits you can also foldly
or apply it if you, like because some of these
are active on the leaf surface as. Well Microlife LIQUID

(01:07:40):
af bioinoculate in the maroon or, burgundy if you prefer
in the maroon bottle one gallon size one. Quartzize both
of them work very very.

Speaker 7 (01:07:52):
Well in.

Speaker 4 (01:07:53):
General What i'll do Is i'll mix a couple of
ounces of that with a couple of ounces of molasses
and a gallon of water and then drench the soil
or the, foliage and just you can do that about
once a week for a while and get those get
those things in the, soil get the good. Guys the nature,
provides by the, way which is true of these micro
life products in your soil benefiting your. Plants where do

(01:08:17):
you get microlife? Everywhere pretty much. Everywhere go to microlifefertilizer
dot com and there's a little thing on where to buy,
It but the answer is pretty much. Everywhere if it's
a garden, center if it is a feed, store if
it is AN ace hardware, store if it Is Southwest,
fertilizer wherever you, go you're going to find microlife. Products
they're excellent. Too SO i had a thought SOMETHING i

(01:08:41):
was going to just talk. ABOUT i just started to
talk about, it AND i started thinking about, microlife and
it went right out of my. Head what that, Was,
oh things we do in terms of growing food and
doing it in certain. Ways you. Know you think about
things that are, blanched like asparagus that's blanched because it's
grown under the. Soil it's covered with mulches or shaded

(01:09:03):
with a little upside down potter at the top of
it because it's, blanched or. Leaks we blanch leaks by
piling stuff up against the base of the, stems so
we have this long white section at the bottom of the.
Leak there's no culinary reason to do. THAT i, mean
it's just what you want to. Do it's what you
like the looks of, it and you can do it that.
Way do you eat your peppers green or do you

(01:09:24):
let them turn? Bad that's up to. You you didn't
do it. Anyway there's pros and garments of. Each but
we have a lot of things that we think need
to be a certain, way but it's just because of
the way we've done. It why do we do it that?
Way because the way we've always done. It one of
my professors one time told me that the lady was

(01:09:46):
in charge of the, office the office. Manager she said
that her mom had this little. Pan there was a
certain size that they would always cut the end of
the hamoff to put it in the, Pan and he asked,
me why do you always cut off the end of the.
Pan i'm going to tell you the answer to that
when we come back for. Break i'll leave you hanging
on that. One, hey y'all doing this. Morning it's going

(01:10:09):
to be a good day. Today it absolutely. Is it's
already a Nice sunday, morning and we are looking forward
to having a great. Day i've got some gardening tasks
THAT i plan on, doing and one of them is
out in the. Garage i've got some cleanup and some
ORGANIZING i need to, do getting ready for some fall
seeds starting That i'm gonna be doing out there in the. Garden,
oh by the, WAY i left you hanging on a
story right before we went to. Break the story was

(01:10:32):
about the cutting off a ham to put it in
a pan to go in the oven to, bake and
a lady asked her, mom, mom why or, no h excuse.
ME a husband asked his, wife, said why do you
aways cut the end of the ham off shank into
the ham off when you put it in? There she,
GOES i don't, know my mom did? It and so you,

(01:10:52):
know he asked the, mom, well why do you always
cut the end of the? Ham OFFICAS i don't Know
grandma did. It so they finally finally chased down and, said, hey,
look everybody's cutting the ends of these hams. Off and
they keep telling me because you did, it why do
you cut the end of the ham? Off and he, goes,
well back WHEN i was, young we had one of
the early gas stoves and they're very, small AND i

(01:11:14):
couldn't use a big pan to put in the, oven
and the ham shank was just too, long so we
cut it off so it'd fitting the pen and fit
in the. Oven sometimes we do things and it's not
really that good of a. Reason it's just because that's
what it's. Done right when you were a, kid did
you like it when you ask your parents? Why and

(01:11:34):
they said BECAUSE i said, so and that had to
be your. ANSWER i didn't think. So, hey guess what
we're doing this. Hour we have a special, Guest Zach
buchanan From Buchanan's Native plants in The heights On Eleventh,
street And i'm really looking forward to visiting With. Zach
we're going to pick his brain about some various things
including native plants and things like. That so let's go

(01:11:55):
here and Bring zach. In zach are you, There.

Speaker 7 (01:12:00):
I'm, Here, yeah thank you for having.

Speaker 4 (01:12:02):
Me, hey thanks for being. ON i really appreciate. That it's.
Good good to hear your voice. Again, uh, WELL i.
WANTED i wanted first of, all just kind of ask
you about how are things going there A. Buchanons what's?
NEW i know you guys did a real nice renovation
there of your checkout, area but was that about a

(01:12:23):
year ago where you now people can even in warm
days like, today have some shade fans to stand under
when they are going through the. Checkout that was that
was nice to have that all weather, Edition but just
kind of wanted to hear on what's up With buchanans these.

Speaker 7 (01:12:38):
Days, yeah we did do that renovation about a year.
Ago now we're really happy with the end, results where
it's a more secure and climate friendly area for our
cash team to to stay for the, day stay for the,

(01:13:02):
day and for customers getting out of the. Heat there's,
ventilation breeze comes. Through it's really. Nice and of, course
going into hurricane season that's always a fear for, us
and this is a really secure new building that we
don't have to worry about flying away the next time

(01:13:23):
of storm.

Speaker 4 (01:13:23):
Coat you guys had some doozy storms come through, there
and so, ABSOLUTELY i think IT'S i think it's a
lovely edition that's really really nice.

Speaker 7 (01:13:36):
There thank. You, yeah and we're in summer mode at the,
nursery so we're available for all. Customers there's far fewer
customers this time of the, year which is ustandable with
the weather being what it. Is but we like to
tell people you can plant year round In, houston and

(01:13:58):
we're there to answer any questions and help make really
appropriate selections for any. Application.

Speaker 4 (01:14:07):
Well and your team is so well trained and they
do such a good job of directing, people you, know
to the where they want to go and stuff you do.
Have even though it is summertime, though there's a lot
of cool things for kiddos going on out. There on
the twenty Four this Coming, wednesday you've got at ten
o'clock the free class on nature binocular craft for the little.

(01:14:31):
Kiddo's y'all are always having things like that going.

Speaker 7 (01:14:33):
On, yeah we've really tried to focus this summer on
having a lot of activities for kids that are off
school and parents looking for things to do early in
the morning before it gets ridiculously. Hot so you, know

(01:14:55):
check our, website check our events, page follow us On
instagram Or, facebook and we're always highlighting what's going on that.
Week AND i think there are a lot of fun they,
walk kids walk away with, something having created, something and

(01:15:16):
it's just kind of nice to be in the in
that area of the garden and with the plants again
early in the morning before it gets too, hot, Right.

Speaker 4 (01:15:30):
Yeah that's that is, nice and you, know even though
it is. HOT i was talking earlier today about you
can plant whenever you want a plant if you just
take care of. Plants you, KNOW i don't know if
you're happy to be tuned in at the, time BUT
i was just saying, that you, know you got a.
Plant let's just since we're talking to you sitting there
At buchanans on your property and it's in a container

(01:15:50):
and it's going to be alive and fine all summer
and into the.

Speaker 7 (01:15:53):
Fall, yeah so.

Speaker 4 (01:15:55):
Why can't that plant be in your? Garden, well if
you treat it with a little bit of water each,
day like it's being taken care of Their buchanans you
can do the same thing in your. Yard you can
plant in summer if you want. To you, know it
just just got to just care for. It, now you
may want to comment on that just a little.

Speaker 7 (01:16:12):
Bit, YEAH i, MEAN I i, mean it's going to
do a lot or have a lot better chances in
the ground in the summer than it doesn't a. Container
in our garden. Center in the summer we're watering at
least every, day if not twice a day some. Stuff
and if you plant in the, summer we're an advocate

(01:16:35):
of planting year. Round but, yeah it's just about attention
and maintaining that. Care but it requires a lot less
care in the ground than it does on our tables
in the garden.

Speaker 4 (01:16:49):
Center, yes well that's. True just folks just need to
remember where the roots. Are they're still in that cylinder
after you put them in the. Ground they're still in the,
cylinder and that's where the's got to be to keep,
them keep them, adequately.

Speaker 7 (01:17:03):
Absolutely AND i MEAN i CAN i can go on
a lot about watering and proper watering, techniques BUT i
always tell people.

Speaker 1 (01:17:11):
Like longer.

Speaker 7 (01:17:15):
And more space out, Waterings so water for longer than
you think you need the water where those where that
water is hopefully getting even below where the roots are
to encourage root growth deeper into the, ground but then
take a break between. Waterings it's like watering every day

(01:17:37):
isn't necessary for new. Plantings putting a little space between
those so that they those roots can search out, WATER
i think is a really good tactic for getting things.

Speaker 3 (01:17:49):
Established AND i.

Speaker 4 (01:17:52):
Think you see that as you drive around the neighborhoods.
Too you, know you kind of witness people watering in
a lot of different, ways a lot of different. Schedules,
absolutely it's just, yeah it's an area WHERE i get
asked questions sometimes like, okay so how long DO i

(01:18:12):
let my lawn water sprinklers? Go and it's, like, well
it depends on how much water they're putting. Out and
that's why we like to use little susided containers to
get an. Idea, well how long does it take in
your lawn with your sprinkler heads to put an inch
of water? Out and it's gonna be different than your
neighbor in many. Cases so being able to kind of
have a clue on what your system is doing is

(01:18:35):
a good start. Too you, Know zach up against a.
Break here'll go ahead and, answer and then we're going
to take a little break and be, back go ahead and.

Speaker 7 (01:18:44):
FINISH i just wanted to say we had a very
beloved employee who would recommend putting like a tunic can
out in the yard when you're sprinkler's running to see you,
know you're talking about street sided to see like how

(01:19:04):
how long how long does it take to get to
an inch of? Watering and that's a good kind of
like easy. Metric but but, YEAH i could go on
a long time about WHAT i see in my neighborhood people,
watering like in the middle of the, afternoon trying to
water their lines and just kind of thinking that's not

(01:19:26):
the best. Method But i'm not going to go knock
on doors and tell people they're doing.

Speaker 6 (01:19:30):
It.

Speaker 4 (01:19:30):
No but you, know we we do need a little
more humidity In, houston so they're helping with. That so there's, that. Right,
Absolutely let's take a little. Break we'll be right. Back,
yeah we'll be right back With Zach bgannon in just a, moment,
folks stick. Around welcome back To, guardline. Folks we're here
With Zach buchanan From Buchanan's Native plants On Eleventh street

(01:19:53):
in The, heights and if you haven't been out, there
today'd be a good day to run out and check
the place. Out it's a lovely spot to go shopping
and so many good plant options they do. Have you
know that native is in the plant, name and we're
going to talk about natives here WITHZ i can just,
second but just realize this that it is not just
a place that only sells native. PLANTS i got the

(01:20:13):
best selection of natives anywhere in the, region but they
also have a lot of other. Things one of the
THINGS i like to do WHEN i go To buchanans
is going to the House Plant greenhouse because there is
so many, houseplants foliage, plants succulent, plants a string of
you name its in. There lots and lots and lots of,
wonderful wonderful house. Plants that's true with vegetables and herbs

(01:20:37):
and other things as. Well just a great place to. Go, Hey,
ZACH i want to bring you back on here with.
Us i'd like to hear from. You you guys have
been doing native plants for a very long time and
you know them. Well and by the, WAY i think
you'll do an excellent job on your website with native plant.
EDUCATION i would encourage anybody listening to go to buchanan

(01:21:00):
A native plants. Website it Is buchanansplants dot com and
sign up for their text, club sign up to receive the,
newsletter and when you're there check out the, resources the
how to, videos the plant, library the gardening, articles the
gardening guides and other things that they. Have it's really really.

(01:21:20):
Helpful But, Zach i'd like you to tell me what
are some natives that you think or maybe underutilized that you,
know maybe they just haven't hit the big time. Yet
people need to take more advantage of these they plants
that stand out to.

Speaker 7 (01:21:35):
You, well, first thank you for all the kind. Words
we work hard to make our website a resource for.
PEOPLE i you, KNOW i was at THE i was
at the Garden center yesterday kind of like looking around
at some of our natives that we have in stock
and looking, for you, know something that may BE i

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feel like a slept on like you, said and one
THAT I i feel LIKE i we've only started carrying
maybe the last like ten, years AND i remember seeing
it on On availabilities and bringing it in having not
had it inor prior to. THAT i feel like is

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a fragrant. Mimmosa it's a, native a small native. Shrub
it's about three to four feet but it has kind
of those that pink powder puff flower that the mosta trees.
Have but this is a native shrub that can can

(01:22:47):
actually do really well in dry conditions or in a
zero escape. Bed it gets covered with these pink flowers
kind of through spring through some AND i think it's
it's just a really nice accent. Plant you, know it's
not like nice to touch because it can be kind

(01:23:11):
of sticky and. Thorny BUT i think used in the right,
conditions are in the right, SPACES i think it can
be a really cool addition to a to a. Garden
and and you, know just because it does your escape
and as drought tolerant doesn't mean it can't work in
in like Regular houston. Yards this is where proper watering

(01:23:36):
comes into play and also proper. Planting planting things kind
of higher rather than sitting in a in a bowl
where water is going to. Gather it's really important to
consider when planting.

Speaker 4 (01:23:50):
Things, yeah that's, true like The texas Melt. Laurel there's
another one like that. Exactly, YEAH i LOVE i love
so the little they look to, me they almost look
like little little pink Fire, gosh the firecracker explosions in the.

(01:24:11):
Air you know where it, Goes, well it pops and
it goes on all. Directions imagine like it's flying out
pink and all, colors and on the ends has got
little white or yellowish tips on. Them and, oh it's
a wonderful. Planet you know what it's good for though we.
Don't we don't fuss about the. Thorns we plant them
under our daughter's bedroom, Windows. Zach that's what that part us.

(01:24:32):
For and so that way you're making sure nobody's crawling
in or out at any time of. Day and so
there we. Go you heard it here first on Garden, line. Folks,
anyway it is a Wonderful it is a wonderful. Plant
it's got some little capital lot of, thorns so you
don't want to tangle with. It but it's a, great great. Plant,
yeah good. Idea.

Speaker 7 (01:24:52):
Yeah also extra plant that it brings in pollinators with its.
Nectar u OR i feel like this this plant IS
i see it around, enough BUT i DON'T i don't
know that IT'S i don't know that people are as

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aware of its kind of resiliency and AND i think
it's just a really great accent but giant cone. Flower
so this is this isn't like the regular kind of
small shrubby. Rebecca this is A rebecca that sends up
like tall ah stalks with flowers at the. END i

(01:25:40):
feel Like i've seen them get, to you, know five
or six feet. Tall but it's it's A it gives
you that kind of ray sun looking bloom at the
top of these tall, socks and the foliage is kind
of bluish. Green but WHAT i love about it is

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that it can actually do really well in boggy. Conditions
so if you have like a full sun spot in your,
yard but it's maybe a little lower in grade or
elevation and water gathers, there this plant can handle it

(01:26:26):
and it will really thrive in those. Conditions, again not
to say it can't work in every area of your
full sun parts on, garden BUT i think it's a
good solution for those low spots that a lot of
people struggle.

Speaker 4 (01:26:45):
With, yeah And i've, noticed you, know driving down the,
roads you'll see it in a ditch like that off
the side of the road and areas that stay a little.
TOO i like the fact that the foliage is a
little silvery in the the green it's it's it's not
just flat. Green and uh, boy those those bloomstalks are

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there's something to write home. About that's. Amazing good, IDEA i.

Speaker 7 (01:27:12):
THINK i think that foliage color is really something important
for people to consider when when you, know designing their
their garden. Beds is like that this color is going
to stand, Out it's going to provide some. Contrast it's

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something to break up kind of maybe the monotony of
all similar. Greens you want this different, texture different color
to kind of mix in. There AND i think it's
a really good.

Speaker 4 (01:27:46):
Solution that's that is that is a good point at our,
landscapes AS i will often, say become a sea of
green in, summer green, grass, green green ground colored green
trees and greens are pretty and their variations on. Green
but there's there's some other there's some other options that
we have and so that's a good. One and this
is a good dependable perennial for us. Too here, yes,

(01:28:09):
yes so, yeah all, RIGHT i like that one good
and any Other uh what are some other plants that
let's continue. On we're coming. Up, Oh, Zach i'm SORRY
i asked you that question and THEN i looked at
my clock And i've got twenty seconds to a hard.
Break so let me let you think about that just
for a second and we'll come back to. That i'm

(01:28:32):
sorry to do that to, you. Folks will be right.
Back we're talking About Zach buchanan From Buchanans Native. Plants stay,
tuned we'll be right. Back you don't want to miss.
This we've got some cool new plants THAT i bet
you don't have in your landscape but you need coming.
Up so we're visiting With Zach buchanan For Buchanan's Native
plants right now this, morning kind of picking his brain
about a lot of topics related to native. Plants if

(01:28:54):
you've never been To, buchanans it's On Eleventh street in
The heights and you need to. Go, fact today'd be
a good day to get out there there and check it.
Out see what it is that we're talking. About we're
going to Bring zach back in, here And, zach thanks
for hanging out with us a little bit this. Morning
we are in the process of talking about some plants
you feel like might be underutilized that people ought to

(01:29:16):
give a closer look. To And i'd like to just
turn you loose to kind of continue with some of
those kinds of plants that you think people ought to know.
About all, RIGHT i think we've GOT i don't, Know,
zach if you're hearing, Me i'm gonna put you back
on hold. Justin will you check that, out make sure

(01:29:38):
we can get him back on, here and then we'll
bring him right. Back So zach's been telling us about
a number of the plants that in as he's talking,
About i'm thinking like fragrant. MIMOSA i grew up In
South texas and fragrant, mimosa excuse, me was a native
plant out in the south than just kind of west

(01:30:00):
To San. Antonio you see a lot of it, too
and it's a great. PLAN i completely forgotten about that, plant.

Speaker 7 (01:30:05):
But it is hello option as an exact to hear.

Speaker 4 (01:30:08):
Me hey there you, Are, yes we got you. Back.
Now we were just going to, say let's continue on
with some of the plants you feel like people need
to know. About.

Speaker 7 (01:30:19):
Yeah, absolutely, SO i don't know if this is a
subt gone. PLANT i don't see it use a. LOT
i think it maybe gets overlooked a little bit because
there's a lot of different. Varieties but But I've i've
had good experience with land sleeve. CHOREOPSIS i spread some

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seeds in a in a bed a few years, ago
and it kind of comes back every spring and it
just kind of flowers non stop through. Spring and it's got,
yellow kind of daisy like. Flowers BUT i get a

(01:31:06):
lot of comments of neighbors of people walking by that
just love kind of like the look of it and
and how it looks in a bed like a sea
of all THESE i wouldn't say they're, small but you,
know mid size yellow flowers that are are shining through the.

(01:31:26):
Landscape AND i just don't see it a whole lot
used out, there AND i think maybe it's a little
more slept on it than it should.

Speaker 4 (01:31:37):
Be that's a good. POINT i like the fact that
the stems are like thin and, wiry and so as
the breeze blows they kind of move around floating above
the foliage like. That and also exactly something we like
to do when when guests come over is in the,
bathroom put a little vase with some flowers in. It you,

(01:31:57):
Know i'm not talking about a giant arrangement or, anything
but just a small vase with. Flowers and it's really
good for, that you, know the little long wiry stems
and put put in the vase with some other. Flowers
it really brightens up.

Speaker 7 (01:32:11):
The room and you can kind of.

Speaker 1 (01:32:15):
You're.

Speaker 7 (01:32:16):
Deadheaded it'll keep blooming when summer. Comes mine kind of
start to look bad And i'll yank them. Out but
but they've they've already set seed for next, spring and
it's just like it comes back very, reliably and it's
a it's a nice surprise when it starts popping up
in the.

Speaker 10 (01:32:35):
Bed.

Speaker 4 (01:32:37):
Good all? Right any other plants.

Speaker 7 (01:32:43):
One THAT i you, KNOW i try TO i think
turn people, onto BUT i think they're maybe confused by
its name or or what what they assume it's going to.
Be but like a nice native ornamental tree THAT i really,
like ike and would love to see used. More i'd
love to have a place for the mic yard is

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rough leaf. Dogwood it's a you, know it's about fifteen
foot tall tree when it gets to its max, height
so not unmanageably, large and it's A texas native native

(01:33:27):
To Harris, county which is ideal for. Us but it blooms,
white so it has a. Flower it's a cluster of
white flowers in the, spring and then after that it
sets fruit and the fruit is white as. Well but

(01:33:51):
it's great for pollinators and birds because of. That so
the flowers attract, pollinators the fruit attracts. Birds it's a
fat growing. Tree AND i just THINK i think a
lot of people you, know want that dog would look,
uh but dog woods aren't necessarily you, know don't do

(01:34:17):
great in our climate this far. South but this can
be a kind of a place. Filler.

Speaker 4 (01:34:28):
Yeah and and just for for clarification for folks listening and,
that don't think of a like a bloom like a
dog who was you, know four big pedal sticking. Out
think of more of us of a cluster like like
you would see you know with oh, gosh like for.
Example but, yeah pentus. Pentas, yeah that's a good. Example,

(01:34:52):
yeah white. Blooms it's a great. One and it's native
really from here all the way across the Coastal gulf
coast or region going east as well as as he
goes further up. North so it's a pretty, tough hardy. Plant.

Speaker 7 (01:35:08):
Absolutely. YEAH i THINK i think it was very. Hardy
it's the rough leaf part of. It it's like a
it's like a piece of sandpaper kind of so and,
that and that tells me it's like this can handle some,
abuse whether from the drought of the.

Speaker 4 (01:35:27):
Cold do you have another quick one that we can
do right before we go to a break? Here any
other plants that rise up on the, List i'm.

Speaker 7 (01:35:36):
GONNA i was gonna highlight one that's maybe not a true,
native BUT i do think is maybe not used as
much THAT i saw at the garden center AND i really.
Like but It's mexican. Oregano you, know we think of
a regno as an, herb which is. Awesome you can

(01:36:00):
plant that in the landscape as, well but This mexican
oregano is a is like a small shrub that blooms purple,
flowers kind of lavender pink, flowers and it can be
used for. Cooking i've used it in place, of you,

(01:36:21):
know When i'm out of oregano or. SOMETHING i think
some people even prefer it as as a oregano. Source
BUT i just THINK i think it's so attractive and,
cool AND i, think you, know if you were if
you had a swath of, them it would it would

(01:36:43):
look beautiful with those, flowers these you, know kind of
trumpet shaped lavender. Flowers and and then the fragrance of
just like being near, it running your hands over, it
any type of like agitation of. It it's just going
to send up those those oils and that fragrance THAT

(01:37:05):
i think is it's a really nice, surprise especially in
a in a ornamental, bed having things that can be,
used whether it's true orbs like, rosemary regano. Lavender it's

(01:37:25):
just a nice thing to like kind of break up
that monotony of of just like landscape, plants traditional Land.

Speaker 4 (01:37:35):
It's a great one and you can share it back
if you want to keep it a little more kind
of bushy compacts and. Stuff it rees well to that,
too AND i think that's a great. Choice, hey we
got to go take our final break, here but we'll
be back With Zach. Buchanan, folks stick. Around i've got
a little follow up QUESTION i want to visit with
him about AND i think you'll want to hear this all,

(01:37:57):
Right so back for our last segment of the hour
With Zach buchanan From buchanan's native. Plants we can talk
about native plants and things like, that And, Zach i'd
like to bring you back in. Here let's see here
That i'm trying to decide which direction to. Take should
we talk about some plants that attract hummingbirds or should
we talk about some plants for those challenging areas of.

(01:38:19):
Shade you, know a lot of things want to look
good in the, sun but what do you do when
you have a shady? Era you want to tackle one
of those categories as we talk about some more plant.

Speaker 7 (01:38:27):
Ideas, ABSOLUTELY i agree that shade gardening can be really.
Challenging there's maybe not quite as many options as there
are for full sun hot, areas especially natives in the

(01:38:49):
Hot Texas houston. Area BUT i think there's some really
excellent options that people shoul to consider and incorporate in
their in their shade.

Speaker 4 (01:39:03):
Garden, okay what are what are some that you think
would be top down kind of level.

Speaker 7 (01:39:10):
PLANS i mean one That i've kind OF i feel
Like i've been scared of them in the past because
they seem so. Delicate BUT i think some of the
native varieties really aren't that delicate as, ferns like southern
wood fern is a really kind of, hardy durable, plant

(01:39:35):
and if there's a shady area that gets regular, watering
this thing can thrive and spread and make a really
kind of beautiful swath of of what looks like a
delicate fern, front but it's really, uh is really kind

(01:39:57):
of strong and uh and. RESILIENT i feel, like.

Speaker 4 (01:40:03):
Mm, Hmm, yeah that is a good. One that is
a good. Option. Yeah And i'm also.

Speaker 7 (01:40:12):
One THAT i another fern THAT i don't think is,
native but it's a holly. Fern i've been seeing that
used really, well and that that's even even more resilient
and can take kind of honestly a lot of abuse

(01:40:33):
in my in my, experience and it's just kind of,
yes is a is that evergreen or semi? Evergreen pretty
much evergreen from from What i've seen in the last few,
winters fern that has kind of, LIKE i don't want
to say leathery, leaves but you, know thicker than what

(01:40:56):
we think of for burns. Usually BUT i really like
that and kind of doing like a row of them
in the shade or or kind of like a little
patch of.

Speaker 4 (01:41:06):
Them BUT i like that one as, well, Right and you,
know the nice thing about some of these ferns is
if you need, to you can just cut them back
almost to the ground and let them come back fresh out.
Again you, know if things start to walk a little
rody on, you you it doesn't hurt to do. That
just provide them a little. Water and, YEAH i love holly.
Fern that's a good. Choice.

Speaker 7 (01:41:27):
YEAH i think also there's a lot of really good
grasses and sedges to consider for shade. Areas one That
i've seen a, lot But i've started, seeing LIKE i
guess maybe talked about more Is weberville s, edge which

(01:41:50):
is just kind of a low growing. GRASS i saw
online someone talking about like almost using it and planting
it to take the place of mulch in a garden
bed because it just kind of grows up and then

(01:42:12):
falls over and it can just kind of make like
a almost a carpet if planted. Rice and AND i
think it's just like a really cool native grass that
AND i don't think gets used as much just because,
again like a lot of these, natives like in the garden,

(01:42:36):
center when it's on a table in a little, pot
it's it's not giving you the full experience of what
it's going to do when it's in the, landscape AND
i think that can be a challenge for people when
they're shopping for. Plants but it's WHAT i love about
it is that it's it's it's like a. Surprise you

(01:42:58):
don't really know what it's going to. Do you have
an idea of how it should look in the, container
it looks really, underwhelming but then you get it home
and plant it starts growing and starts showing. Off and
then even as years go by and it gets more,
established it'll come back in spring and really put on

(01:43:19):
a show for. You AND i really love that about native.

Speaker 4 (01:43:22):
Plants, yes that is. True a lot of plants should
be more prominent in the, trade but they just they're
not attractive in a. Pot they're just Not, yeah but
that doesn't mean they're not a great plan to. Have you,
know we used to have a salvia called indigo spires
that now we have missedic, spires which is more, Compact

(01:43:45):
But indigo spires just never looked good in the. Pot
it was flopping around and, everything but it was a good.
Plant AND i think that your point is well. TAKEN
i had forgotten About Weberville. Saige but sedges in general are,
great and you were described been that folks think of
little clumps and the spreading. Plant when you mass, them

(01:44:05):
it's like a mini meadow. Look and you don't have
to mow. IT i, mean if you want occasionally go
back and go, back you. Can't but it's this, nice
soft mini meadow look and it's an excellent. Groundcover and
a lot of the sedges will received a little bit
for you there and kind of fill, On. Zach those
are all great. Ideas the music means we're. DONE i
hate that Because i've had a very good time visiting with.

(01:44:26):
You thank you so, much. Folks if you want to
continue this, discussion head over head over To. Buchanans they
got plenty of folks on, Staff, perseephane the whole team.
There visit with, them pick their, brains find solutions to
the plant areas that you. Have you're going to find
a whole realm of plants that you have not experienced
before that you need to as well as all those

(01:44:48):
familiar ones that you go to our gardens that are
looking For, jack thanks so much for get all.

Speaker 7 (01:44:53):
That for.

Speaker 4 (01:44:53):
Sure we are. Back welcome back the guard. Line we
got the lines open, up you'd like to give us a.
Call thanks To Zach buchanan for coming on and really
discussing some really cool underutilized native plants that we need
to be using more out there in our. Landscapes that was,

(01:45:14):
very very interesting and very. HELPFUL i hope you enjoyed.
That let's. SEE i you, know one THING i didn't
get a chance to talk To zach about was plants
that attract commingbirds and wild birds and of all types
songbirds to our. Landscapes and it's so, nice you, know
having the presence of songbirds in our. LANDSCAPES i enjoy

(01:45:38):
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i've got robins and a number of different species that
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(01:45:58):
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Times if you want birds to come to your, yard provide.
Water there's not a lot of water out. There for
them in many, neighborhoods and so when you have a dependable,
source you always keep it. There if there's a splashing,

(01:46:18):
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(01:46:39):
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(01:47:02):
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(01:47:22):
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(01:47:44):
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(01:48:05):
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we'll get ahead now out to Mot bellevue this morning
and talk To. Claudia, Hello, Claudia welcome To Guarden.

Speaker 7 (01:48:17):
Line, HELLO i THINK i hello right there you?

Speaker 4 (01:48:25):
Are, yeah got Youa, Hi, hi good.

Speaker 12 (01:48:29):
Morning how can we?

Speaker 13 (01:48:30):
Help so we live In, Cove, texas which is just
outside Of.

Speaker 1 (01:48:34):
Mont bellevue and it's a, new new, build new, area.

Speaker 13 (01:48:41):
And, YEAH i think our, big biggest question for today
is regarding dealing with the neighboring raised garden along our
back fence and what's coming through. There we're just, wanting,
like having just moved, in what are the long term,
like what do we need to do to to try
and you, know protect our yard moving?

Speaker 7 (01:49:04):
Forward mm.

Speaker 4 (01:49:06):
Hmm, WELL i saw your photos and a lot of
a lot of vines and things crawling. In you mentioned
my weed wiper that you saw you saw on the,
website and using a systemic product in the weed wiper
is the best way because you're not going to kill
your grass or any other desirable plant coming up that.
Way and so that that's WHAT i would. Recommend you,

(01:49:27):
know if it's a weed growing up against the privacy,
fence you kind of squirt it up against there without
getting it on desirable. Plants BUT i like the weed
wiper because it's more of a precision SO i WOULD
i would just stay with that kind of watch it
and do. That your your brand new lawn going, in
it's going to take some time to settle. In but
fertilizing is. Important also on my website or my, schedules

(01:49:49):
AND i see some areas that are that are lacking
in the, green the green, color and so putting a
fertilizer for summertime down one THAT i would suggest if
you're looking for something of an organic type of the
sweet green from. Nitrophoss sweet green is eleven percent, nitrogen
so you're going to put about about ten pounds per

(01:50:11):
thousand square. Feet but you'll see a nice green and
it'll pop in there and'll kind of hide some of
the green weeds or places where your family pitt went
to the bathroom or whatever else is making the lawn.
Green BUT i would do the sweet green now and
then be ready with my schedule for fall. Fertilization With
october application of a fall fertilizer and get that lawn

(01:50:34):
kind of. GROWING i always do it at the recommended
rate so that you don't create excessive, growth which can
be a. Problem as far as your, weeds it's hard
for me to tell WHAT i see in the, lawn
but one of them looks kind of like jungle. Rice
it's a grass plant that comes out and sprawls out
and upward in all. Directions those are pretty easy to,

(01:50:55):
pull either by hand or there's little weeding devices you
can reach down pop them out of the ground with
that work really. Well, OKAY i would probably mostly let
my weed control right now be hand pulling and mowing
regularly because there are a few perennial weeds that you
do need to jump. On but with the weather, hot

(01:51:17):
a lot of our good weed control lawn products can
be stressful to your, lawn and you don't want to
add that problem for the lawn right, Now SO i
WOULD i would do the hand pulling of those that
are easy just to pop out of the ground when
the soil is, moist and then do the mowing regularly
in order to hold things down when fall. Comes my fall,

(01:51:38):
weed my fall lawn, SCHEDULE i, mean excuse, Me my lawn,
weed pest and disease schedule tells you what to do
for those to.

Speaker 13 (01:51:46):
Prevent, yeah my mom pointed me to that and that it's,
Great So i'm definitely going to be following that when
when hand pulling. Weeds CAN i Ask, gan what are
your thoughts ON i have? THIS i think it's called
like the Gram Paul wheder or something like.

Speaker 1 (01:52:01):
That do you know What i'm talking? About?

Speaker 4 (01:52:04):
YEAH i. Do Grandpa's Grandpa's reader is good because you
stomp on it or step on it and it reaches
down with three fingers and grabs a weed and pulls them.
Out you don't have to stoop. OVER i like that.
One that one would be fine if you, go if
you go to my. Website, ALSO i keep pointing you
to the, website but that's WHERE i put everything that

(01:52:25):
helps me answer the Questions i've. Got i've got a
Little amazon page on, there AND i am An amazon.
Affiliate BUT i have a section Called Gardening, tools and
there's also on the gardening tool section there is a
Work pro five and one hand weaeder that is really.
Helpful but you're on your hands and knees on. That
but anytime you're needing to get down in, there, dig,

(01:52:45):
cut pop them, out and stuff like. That The Grandpa's
weed is also on that website, there but my favorite
weeding tools are right there on that, website and the
Work pro in The grandpa's weader for the kinds of
Weeds i'm seeing in your, photo or the two probably
THAT i would.

Speaker 13 (01:53:00):
Recommend and regarding what's on the back, fence IF i
can ask one more question about, that you said use
a systemic. PRODUCT i, mean there's one that's like five.
Leaves it looks scary to, me BUT i don't know
what it, is AND i don't know if you were
able to see that WHEN i try to identify it On,
google you, know it's just like plants in The african

(01:53:22):
jungle that it was.

Speaker 4 (01:53:23):
Providing, yeah IT'S i can't tell the photos being embedded
in the, EMAIL i can't zoom in on. THEM i
can't tell you that that's nothing that anybody that anybody
smokes if you're wondering about, that because it looks a
little bit like, that but it's IT'S i don't, know

(01:53:44):
it's some other it's, no you're not supposed to admit
that it. Is it is some other kind of. Weed but,
again a product for broad leaf weeds or general weed
control will control it if it's bothering. You Sometimes i'll
let's some of that grow for a little bit just
to see what it. Does who knows it may have
a pretty caring on, it but that ONE i can't

(01:54:05):
zoom it enough to tell exactly what that.

Speaker 13 (01:54:07):
Was and that product THAT i, named that's like forty
one percent glyph of. Sate THAT'S i, know that's, yes not,
selective it'll kill my. Grass but, yeah talk to me about.

Speaker 7 (01:54:18):
That i'm.

Speaker 4 (01:54:19):
Sorry, Okay so that that, is, uh follow the, label
but that would be one THAT i would put on
the weed. Wiper and the REASON i like that lead,
WIPER i, mean glyphasate is a controversial, product no question
about a lot of strong opinions about. It but when
you put something on the weed wiper THAT I i'll say,
invented it's. Not you can invent it yourself by looking

(01:54:42):
at WHAT i.

Speaker 8 (01:54:43):
Did.

Speaker 4 (01:54:43):
Uh and then you're not spraying a lot of product out.
There you're putting a few drops on a sponge and
then you're just wiping it on the leaves and it
translocates down and it does the. Job some weeds are.
Annuals you pop them, out you're. Good other weeds are.
Perennials you try to pull them, out break them, off
chop them, up dig them, up and they keep real
sprouting and that's where something that translocates. Down it's like

(01:55:07):
you do it once and you're, done or maybe you
have to do it twice if you miss.

Speaker 7 (01:55:11):
Some but that's something that's.

Speaker 4 (01:55:14):
For everybody has their own.

Speaker 13 (01:55:15):
Opinions, YEAH i JUST i really didn't have a. Clue
so if there's something that you think would be possibly
better to, Use i'd love to hear.

Speaker 5 (01:55:27):
It.

Speaker 4 (01:55:29):
LOST i lost you. There, No I'm i'm gonna have
to go to a break pretty. Quick.

Speaker 13 (01:55:35):
Yes, yeah the question was just if you had something
better that you would recommend for that.

Speaker 4 (01:55:43):
If you want to if you want to control all
kinds of prop, plants that would be the. Ingredient if
but if you look at My herbicides publication on the,
website if you just have grassy, weeds it tells you
what to use for. Those and you know What i'm,
saying if you just have broadleaf, weeds so you have other,
options you don't go out and say it's not the only.

(01:56:04):
Option for, sure there are other, options but they're on that.
Publication And i've got to. Run i'm, Sorry i've gone
over call good, luck all, Right feel free to call
back as. Needed uh when we come, back we are
going to go talk To johnny in Cold spring And
robert In. Cyprus you, guys hang, on did.

Speaker 1 (01:56:21):
It have you with?

Speaker 4 (01:56:21):
Us let's talk. Gardening we are absolutely ready to go on.

Speaker 6 (01:56:26):
That.

Speaker 4 (01:56:27):
UH i want to talk a little bit About Ace
hardware store though before we Do Ace. Hardware your Local
Ace hardware. Store they're all over the Greater houston. Area
if you're listening to, me Over beaumont toward The louisiana,
direction you got a store there In. Beaumont that's awesome.
Store if you're all the way down in Port A,
rangas you got a store there and everywhere. Else you,
know go down To galveston on The, island you've Got

(01:56:49):
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Area you just go To Ace Hardware texas dot com
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(01:57:12):
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Fourteen for those of you done In League City, West
League City, parkway you Got League City ace right, There

(01:57:35):
Hardware city On Memorial drive on the west side Of.
Houston Rockport ace down On State highway thirty Five, north
down In, Rockport. Texas And Lake conrolace up on one
oh Five. West and let's stroll one more in. There
how About Deer Park ace On Center street on the
east Side. Houston we're going to go now to the

(01:57:55):
phones and talk To johnny out in Cold. Spring, Hey,
johnny welcome Guarden.

Speaker 10 (01:58:00):
Line hey, hey we got An Ace hardware In livingston
on one ninety west of.

Speaker 4 (01:58:07):
Town it's the big new, one all, right and.

Speaker 10 (01:58:09):
There the friendliest folks. Around i'm not gonna tell you my.

Speaker 8 (01:58:14):
AGE i will tell you THAT i growed.

Speaker 10 (01:58:16):
Up listening To Dewey compton on the Garden line many,
many many years. Ago that's, RIGHT i haven't you been
tuning in for a. While, YEAH i got a lot
of good advice over the years. Too, Uh i'm having
a problem with a big. TREE i bought it at
a one of the plea market, things and they said

(01:58:38):
it was a white.

Speaker 4 (01:58:39):
Pig i'd never heard of.

Speaker 10 (01:58:41):
That AND i planted it four years, ago and and
this year it's got one leaf on. It Now i'm
gonna tell you THAT i have abused. IT i ran
over it with a lawnmowre shortly AFTER i planted, it
and it came back and it got about a foot.
Tall and then we had a really hard freeze here

(01:59:03):
and it died and and it got, brittle AND i
broke it off level with the. Ground BUT i decided
that the roots might still be, alive SO i fenced
it all SO i didn't run over it.

Speaker 7 (01:59:14):
With the more. Anymore and this year there's.

Speaker 10 (01:59:18):
One little stick sticking. Up it's about eight inches, high and,
uh single leaf on it is about the size of
a one year old. Ham And i've got other fig
trees that the brown. Turkey, uh they have figs on.
Them they got four big pasts coming out of the

(01:59:39):
ground at the, bottom AND UH i trim them from
the inside so that they grow, out and uh the
birds get more of the figs THAN i. Do But
I'm i'm worried about this little white. Fig uh do
you know such a thing?

Speaker 4 (02:00:02):
That, well there are a, couple there's more than one
that they refer to as. White they're not truly. White
they're the white one called white more sails is kind
of white on the, interior a little bit of a
light green on the. Outside, uh there's another. ONE i
think there's An italian white. Also i've not grown either of.
Those but you're telling me that that, fig the it

(02:00:24):
only has a leaf the size of a baby's, hand
that that's all it. Is, well, okay something something wrong.
Underground and you know figs they can take some wet,
conditions but they prefer decent. Drainage so if it's staying too,

(02:00:45):
wet if it's staying too, dry if it had bigger
leaves and something killed those.

Speaker 10 (02:00:49):
Lads it's been too dry or too, long.

Speaker 4 (02:00:54):
OKAY i would give it a good. Soaking and you know,
what the biggest favor you can do to any little
tree you got trying to get going is to get
the grass and weeds as far away as you. Can
so if you were to go out, there whether you
throw cardboard on the surface and put leaves on it
and smother all the grass and weeds or whether you
pull them out or spray them out or, whatever give
it and then mulch it really really, well and just

(02:01:16):
continue to keep it. MULCHED i would fertilize it and
for in the. Pinch if you don't have like a
fruit tree, fertilizer just get a lawn fertilizer and sprinkle you,
know a cup or so in a big circular circular
area all around that tree and water it in really
good and see if you can get some nutrients and

(02:01:37):
some water on it and get that thing. Growing it's
time to do. THAT i wouldn't fertilize it past about
the beginning Of. August you don't want to push it
into a lot of succulent growth right for a winter
gets here and we get a. Fruze so just be
careful about fall. Fertilizing but in the, meantime just try

(02:01:57):
to get it going because here's the. Thing leaves make
the carbohydrates that make. Heartiness and if you got one
little leaf the size of a baby's, hand that tree
is not going to be able to get ready for.
Winter so you've got to get some growth and some
leaves on. It that's that's your number one goal for
that tree this.

Speaker 10 (02:02:15):
Year, Okay i'll go out right, now start working On thank.

Speaker 4 (02:02:23):
You here you. Go now it when it starts producing
and you get your. Harvest you, KNOW i don't charge you.

Speaker 9 (02:02:29):
For my, advice BUT i just expect.

Speaker 4 (02:02:31):
Thigs there you. Go that's. It we'll call it Even thank, You,
johnny take, care bye. Bye one of these Days i'm
quit saying, that but not. Today you're listening to Garden
line if you've got a gardening question seven one three
two one two fifty eight seventy. FOUR mighta? GROW i

(02:02:51):
was telling you About mida grow. Earlier we are entering
the summer season when stress on plants is at its
highest out stressed, disease, stresses heat, stresses and other. Things
Mini grow is designed by looking at what nature does
to help plants be. Resilient nature has compounds like cytokinins

(02:03:15):
in them that help at a solular level with the.
Plants nature has associations with fungi that work with the
roots to create a protection for the roots and to
cause the plant to be more, efficient to be able
to grab water from where the roots don't even. Reach
do you know there's fungi that reach out from the
roots to grab, water and that's In Mini. Grow there's

(02:03:35):
other things That mini. Grow there are oxens that affect
root growth and, develop promoting a good resilient root. System
there are be vitamins that are very important part of plant.
Health in other, Words Mini. Grow i'm familiar with all
these ingredients in. It i've never seen them all put
together in one product quite Like Mini. Grow that's why

(02:03:58):
it shows up in research, trials being something that will
take a plant that's been subjected to drought and protect
that plant and help it to be resilient and to bounce.
Back you don't want a plant to get too. Dry
you shouldn't let your plants get too. Dry but With Mighty,
grow like the, like the package says it's not dead.
Yet you can find it in a lot of different.

(02:04:19):
Places let's take a. Break we'll be right. Back got
our last hour garden line here ahead of. Us if
you've got a gardening, question we got open boards and
now would be a good time to, Call happy to
visit with you get those questions answered before we head
into this. WEEK i hope you have a wonderful. Week
by the, way coming, up it's gonna be. Hot so
get out there early in the morning and get your
stuff done and take care of. Yourself you. KNOW i

(02:04:43):
WHEN i was young and, invincible any of y'all ever
young and, Invincible, yeah you got away with a lot
of stuff health wise that later in life you. DON'T
i didn't worry about the sun much BECAUSE i, MEAN
i could work in the, sun be just sweating like
a dog and doing just. Fine then we'll. DAY i
experienced a heat, exhaustion not heat. Stroke heat stroke will

(02:05:06):
flat kill. You heat exhaustion ain't good for, either but
it AND i MEAN i it's like if you left
the car battery the lights on all night and the
car battery in the morning barely gets those light bulbs,
glowing the headlight's. Glowing it was rough and it snuck
up on. ME i didn't know it was there until
it was, like, whoa that's. Serious and when you're out

(02:05:27):
you have serious health, things like you stop. Sweating that's, like,
folks you're you're it's about take you. Out you gotta
be careful with that. Stuff be careful with the sun.
Too NOW i KNOW i sound like a, parent But
i'm still gonna say. It sun skin damage is, cumulative
and it's not just, like, WELL i never stay out

(02:05:50):
Until i'm, sunburned you, know but every bit of sun
exposure has an effect on your. Skin some people are
much more sensitive than. Others but, nevertheless why take a.
Chance why take a, chance because you know it does
catch up to. You be careful we're SUNSCREEN i, LIKE
i used to never do, this BUT i wear cotton
long sleeve shirts When i'm working outside. Now they Sometimes

(02:06:11):
there's also some OTHER spf shirts that are more of
a polyester kind of thing that. Work BUT i found, That,
yeah it truly is cooler than having the sunbaked down
on your skin and absorbed the sweat and so. On so,
Anyway i've learned to take care of, myself AND i
hope you will. Too want to keep your on as.
Listeners so, There i'll quit meddling and we'll go on

(02:06:32):
back to the. Show BUT i just had to do
that for. Sure Knights fuss is Product Sweet. Green i've
mentioned it several times. Today it's an excellent. Product eleven percent,
nitrogen eleven percent. NIGHTGEN i was visiting with someone yesterday
About Sweet green and we were talking about it and applying,
it AND i Had this was not on Garden. Line

(02:06:54):
this was just me talking to somebody eye, toe AND
i just, suggested you, know you can put it out
now at its regular standard rate like it says on the.
Label you can do that and that'll carry all the
way up until your fall, fertilization really as long as
you're returning your, clippings or you could do it at
a lower, rate and you could do it. Twice this
is true with products that are more or less not

(02:07:17):
so much of a slow release as more of an
immediate release or not totally. Immediate but like Sweet, green
it's going to microbes is going to get hold of
it and release those. Nutrients but you give put half
of it down, now and then you can wait about a,
month put another half of it down and kind of
gradually feed that lawn out somewhat like a slow. Release

(02:07:37):
what and Sweet greens an excellent. Products smells really. Good
when you smell the, product you'll know why they call
it sweet, green or one of the two reasons they
call it Sweet green to night fast. Products are you
going to find it AT Rcw nursery On Tomball, parkway
and Belt way. Eight our plants fall seasons up At,
Lueta Tomball. Parkway maybe Our Ace Hardware city On Memorial.

(02:07:59):
Drive they carry night foster products, there as they do
up At All spass up in The woodlands On. Kirkandall
just another place that you can find night foss products
like this Week Green let's do. This let's go out To.
Cyprus now we're going to talk To william this. Morning Hey,
william welcome to Garden.

Speaker 7 (02:08:15):
Line good, Morning.

Speaker 12 (02:08:18):
Skip i'm having a problem with my rid but since
you a couple, pictures got some section branches that are.
Dying leaves are turning spotted to a degree and then dying.
Crispy not sure if it's a plumbing issue or that
from being attacked by.

Speaker 4 (02:08:37):
Something it's INTERESTING i don't see specific signs of. Disease
the new leaves look pretty. Good it's the older leaves
that are looking the. Worst If i'm reading the photos,
RIGHT i would think in terms of water being in a,

(02:08:57):
container you've got to, roots and a plant that size
in a container has got a lot of roots wound
up in that, pot and so it can go from
adequately wet to very dry really. Quick as the temperatures have.
Increased here one of the, containers the soil is sunken
down a little, bit which means there's even less, volume you,

(02:09:18):
know soil for that. PLANT i think it's a matter
of just keeping a moist and this may be a
good case for having a catch basin under the. Plants
keep trying to keep some water in, it so there's
always water waking up and it never goes into a drying.
Spell but looking at the way that the browning is
occurring on some of those, LEAVES i think we're looking
at a soil moisture.

Speaker 12 (02:09:39):
Problem, yeah that may well be. It it was doing exceptionally,
well And i've reduced the pot size to create a bale's.
Eye So i've reduced it and that's part of the
process THAT i may and so that's the plan for this.

Speaker 4 (02:09:56):
Tree so it's been.

Speaker 12 (02:09:59):
REDUCED i had in the ground for a few, years
got it nice and, fat and popped her out to
put her in a training. Container, okay so it might be,
that but it was it was. Optimal it was essentially,
perfect almost two.

Speaker 4 (02:10:14):
Degree, yeah if you're dealing with bones, eye then you
know that you have to water those, things you, know
how to take care of them and all of, that
because that's a very unique training. System that's kind of,
cool of. Course Uh, so other than, THAT i don't
know something that would cause the browning of the older

(02:10:35):
foliage in the intervenal way that it's. Occurring if you,
look you can see the part of the leaf that
first gets the. Water that's where you still have, green
and the main veins coming out of that joining of
the petiole to the leaf are still. Grain and then
at the further you get, out the less water it.
Has and so you, know it's always possible that excessive

(02:10:56):
water can cause problems for, PLANTS i, assume and these
have good drainage and so that's it's not like they're water.
Logging but that's kind of what it looks like to.
Me that's my best. Shot you might, consider you, know
because you're purposefully stressing a tree when you bonez eye,
it because you're trying to maintain the height and growth of, it,

(02:11:18):
yes and the size of the foliage and. Things so
maybe a little less than full sun all, day which
it looks like it may be in a location like that,
already but that might be. Advisable other than, that that's
All i'm seeing on. IT i don't see a. DISEASE
i don't see an insect. Problem SO i think we're
looking at so moisture in one way or.

Speaker 12 (02:11:37):
Another, okay, good good input on the dead dying, leaves
just to relieve it of its.

Speaker 4 (02:11:45):
TORTURE i guess as we move.

Speaker 10 (02:11:46):
On thank you for your.

Speaker 4 (02:11:48):
Inputs. Good, yeah all, right thank you appreciate the. Call,
there you take. Care let's go, now let's. SEE i
have to watch my. Clock there we. Go why don't
we take a little, Break dell In. Houston we're going
to grab you very first when we come right. Back
let's do. This we are nearing the end of Guard line,
today which means we're nearing into the Garden line for the.

(02:12:11):
Weekend if you've got a gardening, QUESTION i got time
for a couple more. CALLERS i got one here. Online
it will take a couple, more so here's your. Chance
speak now or hang on till Next. Saturday we'll be
glad to go either way you want to. Go let's
head out to the phones. Now we're going to talk
To dell In houston this. Morning Hello, dell welcome to Garden.

Speaker 7 (02:12:30):
Line Thanks.

Speaker 6 (02:12:31):
SKIP i probably had the same issue that the man previously.
STATED i have two rows of shine and the leaves
are yellowing and then they kind of get that resty
look on the ends and. Die and this is one of.

Speaker 1 (02:12:51):
Them, well both of them.

Speaker 6 (02:12:52):
Just, blue prolifically more blue than leaves. Before but now they,
bloom but it's, more you, know.

Speaker 4 (02:13:00):
Sporadically, yeah you, KNOW i still go back to the.
Soil we've got a lot of listeners and a lot
of areas places where it, rain places where it, didn't
places where the soil is, sandy and places where it's.
Clay and that's just a lot of. Variation but when
it stays too shoggy. Wet The hibiscus family of, plants

(02:13:22):
which rows of sharing is, in they don't like having drowned.
Roots on the other, hand they don't like having dry.
Roots and with the temperature coming out and climbing, rapidly
it's not unusual to see a plant go into a
drought stress. STRUGGLE i would, say check the soil, moisture
get a little hand, trowel get down there and just

(02:13:42):
dig down a few inches and feel the soil and
it should be moist and, no not, wetter not, dryer.

Speaker 6 (02:13:49):
And do you take a little fertilizer but getting a.

Speaker 4 (02:13:52):
Boost, well if you're careful with, it you don't want
to put too much. Down AND i don't think it's
a lack of fertilizer that's causing the. Symptoms ALTHOUGH i
cannot see your, plant but a little light fertilization to
get some vigor is. Fine just be, careful but mainly
watch the watering on. IT i think that's probably the biggest.
Factor if you almost send me a, photo you can do,

(02:14:13):
that we can take a look at it and. Reconsider
but that would be my suggestion to. You, okay now
CAN i ask you one more?

Speaker 6 (02:14:21):
Question how do you actually prove a plume? ARIA i,
mean people say to, me, Oh i'd like to piece
of a plume, aria BUT i don't know how to
cut it.

Speaker 4 (02:14:33):
Off what people do is they well they cut, off you,
know the big old thick. Branches they just they cut
a branch, off typically sometimes where it attaches to another.
One you could do it that way or but you
don't have, to and then you let the end sort
of dry, up that fresh, cut you, know let it
kind of dry, up put it in it not in the,
sun but you, know out in an area where it

(02:14:55):
can just kind of dry up a little. Bit And
plumary is really good about ceiling up the moisture that's
there in the plant. Itself they are almost like a giant. Succulent.
Uh and, uh then you would just put it in
the ground and it'll, root or put it in a
putting mix or something like, that so you dry.

Speaker 10 (02:15:13):
Up a little.

Speaker 6 (02:15:13):
Bit and so you let the new taste dry up
a little and then stick it in The.

Speaker 4 (02:15:23):
YEAH i don't like to put you, know a fresh
broken off section like, that just straight into the soil
to where it might you, know encourage. Decay that's my
preference is to let, them let them dry off a
little bit before before you before you do. That. Uh

(02:15:43):
there's a lot of a lot of good information online
and we have A plumary society here in town, too
that is very. Helpful but if you if, you if
you want to just start your cuttings like. That, uh
they they're pretty easy to, root pretty easy to.

Speaker 7 (02:15:59):
Root, oh, okay very.

Speaker 6 (02:16:02):
Good, well thank you appreciate, It.

Speaker 4 (02:16:05):
Thank you very. Much appreciate you. Call all, Right we
just had the phones light up and go dark. Suddenly
that was kind of. Unusual i'm not sure what happened,
there but let's. See we got a few. Minutes if
you've got a quick, call we can take. Someone i'm
gonna go back and make some comments the just in,
general as we're going into this week that's coming up.

(02:16:29):
Here if you if you are dealing with trying to
get some soil ready for, planting just remember that about four,
inches well let me make it three three. INCHES a
good compost mixed down into the soil will help a.
Lot if the soil is at all, low you want
to build it, up and so that involves bringing in

(02:16:51):
a bed. Mix and bed mixes are nice because already
blended and ready to. Go you can get a rose.
Mix you can get a vegetable, mix and herb, mix
a fruit tree, mix things like. That put them down in.
There get the soil ready to. Go fall planting season is.
Coming it's still a ways, out but it's. Coming so
think about in the coming, weeks coming month or, two

(02:17:12):
what might you be wanting to plant this, fall and
what do you need to do to get ready for.
That how do you build the? Soil how do you
get it? Ready you don't need to be working out
in the middle of the, day but a little bit
of work in the morning getting things spread out, there
starting to improve the. Soil remember it's all about the.
Soil the brown stuff does come before the green, stuff
and take advantage of. That if you haven't edged your soil,

(02:17:34):
tested now would be a great time to do that as,
well so you can make the necessary nutrient amendments and
end up with the perfect plot for that new plant
to thrive. In we're going to go now out To
baytown and visit With. Leslie good, Morning, Leslie welcome to Garden.

Speaker 6 (02:17:51):
Line good.

Speaker 1 (02:17:53):
Morning quick.

Speaker 7 (02:17:54):
Question i'm growing some pumpkins and some, okra.

Speaker 1 (02:17:58):
AND i would like to know which fertilizer to use
in how.

Speaker 4 (02:18:01):
Often pumpkins and okra both Are they're not difficult to
fertilize that they'll put up with a lot of different
kinds of fertilizers and do just. FINE i generally lean
toward things that are a little more, nitrogen and the
reason is nitrogen provides, Vigor it provides healthy green, leaves

(02:18:21):
and healthy green leaves in the, sunlight do everything the
plant needs in terms of producing carhydrates and all the
things that a plant. Needs just be moderate in your
application of. It if you're using a synthetic, product those
typically are going to be two or three times as
strong as an organic, product so you would use more

(02:18:41):
organic in order to have the same amount of. Nutrient
that would you give me what we?

Speaker 8 (02:18:48):
Do?

Speaker 4 (02:18:51):
WELL i Would if you do you like organic? Gardening
do you like approaching with?

Speaker 12 (02:18:54):
Organics, Sure i'll do, Organic, OKAY i.

Speaker 4 (02:19:00):
WOULD i would suggest you try microlifs six two four
fertilizer for both of. Those the green bag that we
use my M I croo Micro life sixty. Four it's
a green, bag or if you're growing, vegetables you can
buy it in seven pound jars that are not a full.
Bag it's still got the green label on. It but

(02:19:24):
the THING i like About microlife products is they release,
gradually and those being a six two four, fertilizer that's
going to give you more of that first number which is,
nitrogen which is, nitrogen and it does does very very
well on encouraging your plants to. Grow. Uh and for

(02:19:44):
both of, those the green bag would be just. Fine,
okay all, right that did?

Speaker 7 (02:19:49):
IT i appreciate.

Speaker 4 (02:19:50):
It, well, well we have, one we have one little.
Bit we gotta we gotta talk about the cost of. Advice,
now the cost of advice is free THAT i do
love oakra and. Pumpkins so if you'll just bring, half
we'll call.

Speaker 1 (02:20:03):
It, well if you make it half a.

Speaker 7 (02:20:05):
PUMPKIN i don't know how the first Time i've done a.

Speaker 4 (02:20:07):
Pumpkin oh my, gosh you should grow a bunch of.
Pumpkins uns's they have a good. Week, hey you to
take care all, right there we, Go all, right folks
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skip dot. Com stay. Tuned we're gonna have some more
good information for you out. THERE i hope you have
a good week in the. Garden take care of, yourself have,
fun and remember just because it's hot outside doesn't mean
we can't be growing. Things we can be starting things.
Indoors we can be bumping up pots into larger. Containers
they'll thank you for, that especially if they're outdoor. Containers
watch out of those mosquitoes, Too get your mosquito dunks

(02:20:53):
on hand to be. Ready oh, boy gardening is. FUN
i hope you have a good week doing it