Good Weather Means Nothing If You Are Not Applying Correctly!

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Speaker 1 (05:00):
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Speaker 2 (05:34):
Welcome to Katie r. H. Garden Line with Skip rictor.

Speaker 3 (05:40):
Bass.

Speaker 2 (05:44):
Time you watch the trim, you just watch it as
worse God.

Speaker 4 (05:54):
Bretings the sup O Britain in the basis and gas
and the.

Speaker 5 (05:59):
Time you day.

Speaker 6 (06:08):
Well, good morning, good Sunday morning. I hope you're enjoying
yourself this morning. At least have one I open with
a cup of coffee in your hand. Look at your window.
It's dark outside. If the neighbor's lights aren't on, go
bang on the door, tell them they're missing Garden Line.
They need to get up right now, and they will
rise up and call you blessed. Actually they may rise
up and call you something else this morning. Eventually they'll

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appreciate the fact that you turned to Monty Garden Line,
especially that neighbor that won't take care of their place
and you know it just looks like a mess. Maybe
we can give them a few tips as we go.
All right, I'll joke in aside. We're glad to have
you with us this morning, looking forward to visiting with
you about the kinds of questions that you might have.
I want to remind you that we are in the
primetime here to go ahead, and finish up any kind

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of pre emergent herbicide applications that you are going to
do this year. And the reason is pre emergence stop weeds,
seeds from establishing, and all of a sudden, you got
these weeds popping up everywhere. A pre emergent like barricade
goes down. You water it into the ground about half
inch of water, and it ties up at the surface
and stops the seeds. It'll work for forty five sixty days,

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depends on the weather, the conditions and everything, but it'll
give you a nice little bit of coverage there. Now
if you wait until after the weeds are all up
and established, well, pre emergents don't kill existing weeds, they
prevent weeds, and that's what barricade does. You're going to
find products like barricade by nitrofoss from places like Hiding
and Feed on Stubner Airline. You're going to find it

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at a Fisher's Hardware on Southmore down in Pasadena, and
the Fishers Hardware and Laport as well on South Broadway.
It's not difficult to find. It works, but you gotta
do it soon. If you go online to my schedule
gardening with skip dot com. Gardening with skip dot com.
The schedules are free, they're on there. You can look
at them, and they tell you when to apply things.
I say schedules because one of them is basically how

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to grow a pretty lin mo water fertilize. The other
one is what goes wrong with the lawn weeds, past
diseases and what to do about them. So anyway, take
a look. Let's head on out to the phones. We
are going to talk to Albert now in Montgomery. Oh,
let's see here if we're going to get Albert on
the on the line. Not sure I have the ability,

(08:24):
All right, do we have Albert?

Speaker 7 (08:26):
Yes, sir, this is Albert.

Speaker 6 (08:28):
How you doing, Skip? I'm good, sir. What's up Montgomery?

Speaker 7 (08:32):
I got the weirdest thing going on with one of
my trees is about a thirty foot red oak tree.
At top of the trees, like all the leaves are
gone and new leaves, new buds are coming out, but
the bottom of the tree still has brown crimpled leaves
still hanging on.

Speaker 6 (08:51):
You know, red oaks do that periodically. The center, especially
kind of down inside the center the lower part of
the tree. In general, those leaves just they when winter comes,
they die, but they don't they don't turn loose. They
will they will turn loose eventually. And I don't think
from what you're describing, I don't think you have a problem.

Speaker 7 (09:10):
Okay, I just yeah, I thought my tree was dying.

Speaker 6 (09:14):
So yeah, I understand that it's it's weird looking, isn't it. Yeah, yes, sir, Okay, Well,
thank you skip. Well I'm I'm the bearer of good
news this morning. That's good Albert. Yeah, not all calls
go that way. Thanks a lot. I appreciate your call, sir.

(09:35):
You take care. Yeah, I uh. Nature does some weird
things from time to time. You know, you go out
and you look and you say, well, why would that be?
You know, why would why would would they? Uh? Why
would leves hang onto the inside of a tree like that?
But they do another call we get and you know what,
I have not gotten one this spring yet or late winter.
Spring is our evergreen trees, like, for example, live oaks

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and magnolia's. Both magnolias are about to start this. Live
oaks are already doing it when they're evergreen, and that
they always had leaves on them, but they go through
a leaf transition in the spring where old leaves are
cast off as the little catkins, the pollen catkins on
oak live oak, and the new leaves are starting to

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push on and so that you get this huge drop.
I actually, I said, I hadn't gotten a call, but
I've gotten some emails on it. People send me pictures
and you can see right through the live oak, and
they're thinking the tree is dying because all the leaves
are falling off. That is something that happens in the spring,
and it varies based on the year. First of all,
the year, some years seem to be more so than others,
and based on the genetics of the tree. I had

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two live oaks when I lived up in Cyprus. I
had two live oaks in the front yard, and every
year they would go through the transition. One of them
always looked evergreen, there was always lots of leaves on it.
When the old leaves fell off, the other one went
almost bare, and the new leaves immediately came back on
in that transition. But so they can vary vary a lot,

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but that is normal. Magnolias will do that too. They'll
the old leaves they're old, and they'll have sometimes what
we call algyle leaf spots is in algae algyl leaf spots.
They are a little kind of gray spots on top
of the leaf and the old leaves just get cast
off as a new growth. I mean, a leaf doesn't
live forever on an evergreen tree of any kind. Even

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pine needles, you know, they have a certain life cycle
as how long those pine needles live. But any given
pine needle is not going to be there for five
years on the tree. I mean they're they're going to
go go through that cycle too. So I guess we'll
get a call or two on that before before the
spring's over. Anyway, That's just something you might be watching for.

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If you have me not to antiqu rosen Porium, you
really ought to go check it out. You know, the
name is anti g Rosenporium and they are roses, but
they are so much more of than roses. I mean,
they got all kinds of fresh arrivals coming in in
spring now, have natives and herbs and flowers, the fruit
trees and houseplants. I like going out to their nursery
and nursery and the display gardens that they have. That's

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just a pleasant thing to walk through to see the
roses and the other things that are there. It's beautiful.
And they also are releasing two new roses that they
bred at the Antique Rose Imporium. Then they're only available
at the Antique Rosmporium. You can get them right now.
One's called Glass Slipper and another one's called Cupids Sweetheart

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Glass Slipper Cupid Sweetheart the two natest latest releases that
they've had out there.

Speaker 8 (12:37):
Now.

Speaker 6 (12:37):
I want to remind you of the events. You know
you always want to do this. You want to either
email events at Wereroses dot com and find out what's
going on, or go to the website Antique Roseemporium dot com.
Antique Roseemporium dot com. You'll find out things like the
Children in the Gardens workshops. Guess what they are up

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on us there is the first one is March nineteenth,
and then March twenty sixth, April second, and April ninth.
They start at ten am. Kids that are three to
ten gin at ten there's tickets. Chet get tickets on
the website. On March twenty sixth, there will be a
Ladybug release at eleven am and on March twenty ninth

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there'll be one at ten am and two pm. Now
you're not gonna remember all these dates and times and things.
Go to the website. Also the end, excuse me, the
annual Easter egg Hunt April nineteenth, starting at ten am.
There's gonna be a lot of fun things for kids
or so if you're an egg hunt, They're gonna have
crafts and you can purchase space painting and there'll be
a Brenham's Children Museum mobile exhibit there. It'll be a

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really cool day for the kids. And then finally, the
Rose and Herb Conference is coming up on April twenty six.
They'll be from ten to three. They have a whole
day full of educational seminars, workshop, and a lot more planned.
You need to follow Antiguros and Porium on your social
media and also make sure and go to the website

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find out more information about what's going on. Anticrosingperm just
north of Brunham up there in Independence, Texas. It's a
must seed and with blue bonnets soon coming on, oh
my gosh, the drive there is gorgeous. And then when
you get there it's you know, blue bonnet season is
the prime spring rose season. Two you know, it's just
a great time to go out there and visit. Well.

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I yesterday I was out and about visiting some garden
centers and talking with people. Had a good time up
at Jay and r Ace Hardware jr Ace Hardware. That
was was really, really fun. I want to thank them
for having us up there in Porter, Texas, and thank
you folks that came out for that. I'm going to
take a little break here and we'll be back. Hey,

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welcome back to the garden Line. I'm your host, skip Rictor.
We're here to help you have a more bountiful garden,
a more beautiful landscape, and more fun in the process.
That's what it's all about. Out Gardening should be fun.
It is fun. Sometimes we get all, you know, tied
up in a nod about we're going to succeed or

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fail or what if we kill a plant or we
did kill a plant or whatever. It's okay, that's okay.
Do you realize that compost is made out of dead plants.
I'm just saying a good thing can come from you
killing a plant. Don't worry about it. It's okay. We'll
we'll figure out why it died, and we'll help you
figure out how to grow it more successfully. That's why

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we're here. Look forward to visiting with you. If you'd
like to give me a call. Seven one three two
one two k t r H. Seven one three two
one two k t r H. If you're going to
do some patio flowers this year or vegetables, and I
hope you do. That is a great, simple, easy way
to grow things. You know, you get your big container,

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you fill it full of a quality mix like jungle
land for example, that night frost has and it drains well,
it holds water. So that's that's what that's what it
means when I say a quality it's going to hold
water enough, but it's also going to drain access away.
And then you put your favorite flowers in it, put
your vegetables in it. Just remember we live in the
South and it is hot here. And if you watch garden,

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first of all, it ought to be illegal. They have
to block gardening shows coming anywhere from anywhere north of
Texas for sure, because you see these shows where they
have these little pots and these big old flowers coming
out of them, and yeah, it never gets ninety degrees there.
I mean, you know they can do that down here.
We need bigger containers and we need success and a
quality mix. That's jungle land. There's the outdoor jungle land

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flour and vegetable potting soil. That's the one I'm talking
about right now. You're going to find it at places
like plants Were, All Seasons, a Hardware, City, Bearings Hardware,
Businet and the one on West Timer all places that
you're going to find nitrofoss products and a quality product
like that. Jungle Land vegetable or flower and vegetable planting

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soil is the way to go in your container so
you can have success, and we want you to have success.
It is. I love containers because you put them in,
they look good. You put them in, they look good.
If they start looking a little bad, or if you
just you know, want to change something out, you move
them out. You put another one in, or you pull
the plant out and put new ones in. I've got
a little plant hospital where I move containers when they're

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not looking good, where I can get them fixed up
and get them growing and looking good, and then they
get to come back to center stage again for people
to see. That's just another way to work with your containers.
Let's head up to Willis now and we're going to
talk to Sherry. Well, Hello, Sherry, welcome to garden line.

Speaker 9 (17:34):
Hi.

Speaker 10 (17:35):
Can you hear me?

Speaker 6 (17:36):
I can't?

Speaker 11 (17:37):
Yeah, okay, great.

Speaker 12 (17:40):
Yes.

Speaker 10 (17:41):
I have a corner of our yard that gets full
sun and it's very visible to the universe in our neighborhood,
and right behind it is our raised bed gardens, and
I was wondering what can I plant there. We used
to have a beautiful spread of loop on it, and

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this year they have now moved.

Speaker 1 (18:03):
To all the beds.

Speaker 10 (18:05):
Okay, school, they look great, but this corner is now
left with speed and I feel like I want to
dig all of that up, put some nice oil there,
and plant something that will be attractive right there year round.
So like evergreen. Yeah, most of our stuff, if not
all of it, is native, but it doesn't have to

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be native. It just has to look good.

Speaker 6 (18:29):
Well, I when you say look good, you know, are
you thinking more like a little groundcover or are you
looking for I don't know, how tall do you want
it to be?

Speaker 10 (18:39):
Well? I was actually at a garden at Growers Outlet
with my friend and she bought some popcorns and it
was a low growing kind like three feet or whatever
something like that. Might work, like maybe three of them,
and it's said that they're evergreen. I know nothing about them,
so I need something that doesn't need to be covered
in the winter. I don't like to do that.

Speaker 6 (19:01):
Yeah, I didn't catch the name of the plant. You
said she bought hawthorn. I think hawthorn. Okay, Well, I
like salvia's a lot now. You know, any plant has
it's on and off season, unless it's just a plain
old evergreen shrub or Asian jasmine. You know, those things
kind of look the same all year. But through the
warm season. There's a lot of really good salvias. Some

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of them stay lower, they love full sun, They tolerate
sun very well. Some of them get up three feet high,
some of them. A lot of them will stay down.
You can keep them in the two foot range, like
a salvia gregory eye, so that that's an option. Uh,
there's just so many plants out there as to where
to start. I would.

Speaker 10 (19:45):
Salvias, and we're not having great luck with them. I
don't know why. And my husband loves them, but something
ever like. We do have a few as alias. I
know those aren't native exactly, but I know in our
pretty shark we were able to make them look really good.
They don't look great right now. I don't do a
thing to them, So maybe that's why.

Speaker 6 (20:07):
Yeah, but you're wanting something to stay a little smaller,
I think, right, not not be three feet.

Speaker 10 (20:13):
High, a little smaller. Yeah, I mean it's they have
a very you know, you have a lot of property,
you know, so, I mean, you know, and a lot of.

Speaker 6 (20:23):
There's a there is a oh gosh, I just went blank.
It's a very low growing green. I'm gonna have to
think of the name of it in a second. I
just saw it in my mind's eye, and I can't
see the name of the plant. It is a kind
of a South like there's a Salvia neimerosa that that
is low growing. It doesn't look like your other salvia is.

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It's it has a mat of leaves down low, but
it sends up these little spikes that are blue, typically blue.
I think there's some pink versions and things like that. Uh,
they would be kind of pretty. That may be one
that you want to consider. Uh, I would look. Uh,
they kind of die back like a lot of perennials.
Do you know, they're they're not gonna They're there, but

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not that much to write home about if you're gonna
get something that's just really pretty green in the wintertime,
I think you're looking more in the area of groundcovers
than you know. I mentioned Asian jasmin, that things like
that that are that's what they are as they're green.
You know, there's not there's not seasonal interest.

Speaker 10 (21:26):
What about like three shrubs? Like what about the hawthorn?
Is that just not your favorite or what?

Speaker 6 (21:32):
Uh? They're Okay, I'm hawthorn. Indian hawthorn gets a leaf
spot and it's not so bad in the sun as
it is in shady spots, but it gets a leaf
spot that defoliates it. And so I've kind of lost
interest in that particular plant due to the leaf spot.
But that you know that that's my prejudice against it.
It doesn't mean, you know, no one should plant one.

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Just not not a big fan of that. Okay. So
how big is how big is this area?

Speaker 13 (22:02):
Well?

Speaker 14 (22:02):
Ex huge?

Speaker 10 (22:03):
I mean it's a corner of two streets. We've got
one in a third acre. But I mean, but it's
pretty big. I want to say, an area about maybe
ten each and then maybe sixty ten by six something
like that. So we've got some space, you know.

Speaker 6 (22:21):
Okay, yeah, but I'm trying to think of one you like.
I like frog fruit is a groundcover, but that's not
when you're going to stand back and go, oh, that's
pretty from a distance, but it's a very some of that.

Speaker 10 (22:33):
Yeah, that works in shade.

Speaker 6 (22:36):
There's another plant called ice plant, and as long as
the drainage is good, it looks pretty good. But again
in the winter.

Speaker 12 (22:41):
Time it's yeah, uh, it's near a dish.

Speaker 15 (22:45):
Yeah, okay.

Speaker 6 (22:46):
Then purple heart is another good, tough one. It's more
of an individual plants. Of course, when you plant it,
you better want it there because it's hard to get
rid of when it's not that it invades, it's just
that once it sets up, it doesn't want to go away.
It's kind of hard to get rid of purple heart. No, no,
it's a it's a set Cresia pallada is a fancy

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name for it. You've seen it. It's all around. It
has very purple foliage. Leaves, got a little indiscriminate pink
flowers that you don't really notice that much, but it's
the foliage that's pretty for that. So you've seen it,
you know, Just go somewhere and look at. Tell them
that's what you want to see, and when you say it,
you'll know what.

Speaker 16 (23:26):
I'm talking about.

Speaker 6 (23:28):
At least it's color. Now again, in the wintertime, it's
not gonna look great. So that takes us right back
to you know, all the all the groundcovers, all well
in the groundcovers, all ornamental grasses, groundcovers, things like that.
All right, Well, hope that helps a little bit. All right,

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thank you for the color. Appreciate that. Yeah, that's that's
that's an interesting question. I need to kind of ponder
that a little bit more because I know there's some
great plant offs that are out there. Hey, if you
have any furniture that's metal, outdoor furniture and it's not
looking good, you know, maybe it's rusty, maybe it's just
the pain is chipping off or whatever. Houston Powder Coats

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can turn it new again. They they're amazing. I was
at their shop a while back just looking at the
things they do, and you know, I was thinking, well,
just you know, some outdoor chairs and whatnot. Is what
they know. They do If it's metal and if it's outside,
they they can do it. They do cast iron, they
do wrought iron, aluminum, Paddagio furniture over one hundred different colors,

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so whatever color you like. I think I said this before,
but I saw something that had a real cool rust
look to it, like it was rusted. Okay, and I
like that look, but it wasn't. It was the color
of powder coating they put on it, so instead of
it being rusting and dripping, you know, everywhere, the rust
under your sidewalk or whatever, and no, it was it

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was just the color. And but one hundred different colors.
They can do anything you need. Do you need, you know,
to have the straps, replace the vinyl straps or the
sling fabric on some of the chairs have that, or
rusty hardware, they can replace it. They use stingless steel
when they do that. What you need to do is
one or two things. Go to the website Houston Powdercoders
dot com Houston powder Coders dot com, or take a picture,

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send it by email to sales at Houstoncoders dot com
and they'll give you a quick response. They will come
up and pick it up for you if you're in
the greater Houston area. Here free pickup and delivery. So
that makes it so easy. It's see we're gonna. Oh,
we don't have quite enough time for a call here
before I go to a break. When we come back,

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Marty and Fairfe, you'll be our first up when we
get back from the break. Nelson Plant Food has so
many good products out there. I love the nutri Star line.
It's jars of stuff for vegetables, stuff for roses, stuff
for plumerius, stuff for azaleas, that azalea and acid loving plants.
I don't care if it's bluebery or camellias or dogwoods,

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or gardenias or magnolias. Whatever you got, it's an excellent
product for it from Nelson Plant Food. One of the
many lines of products by the folks at Nelson Plant Food.
And by the way, there are places around town where
you can refill those plastic jars. Save a little money,
and don't throw that plastic back in the environment. Time
for me to go. I'll be back all right, little

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Kobe Keith this Sunday morning, Welcome back to garden Line.
You good to have you with us singing about gun smoke.
How many of you remember gun smoke? I was visiting
with the producer a little bit earlier about that gun
smoking bonanza. Do y'all remember when that was it. I
mean it was like that's what was on and probably

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your dad watched it. Are you every day every day? Yep?
That's right, gun smoking bonanza, Toby gets it. Hey, you
are listening to garden Line. If you like to ask
us a question or ask me a question, all you
got to do is I'll seven one three ktrh. I'm
going to run straight out here and we're going to
talk to Marty in Fairfield. Hello, Marty, welcome to garden Line.

Speaker 11 (27:08):
Morning Skip, good morning.

Speaker 17 (27:09):
I had a note on your last caller. I was thinking,
how about Sunshine lagustrum ad sun short.

Speaker 6 (27:19):
It would be you. You'd have to work on it
to keep it three feet because it wants to be bigger.
But that's not a bad idea I was. I was
kind of a loss to come up with a lot
of great ideas. It's too early in the mon.

Speaker 17 (27:32):
I really liked that one, anyway, Okay, moving on. I
have a peace lily that I got eight nine years
ago and it was starting to wilt a little bit,
so I was transplanding it, put it in and like
within a day it was look it was drooping and
all that. So I pulled it out, cleaned off all

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the new soil, kind of lightened it up with some
pear light, put it back in, and it still looks droopy.
I don't know what to do at this point. Can
you help me? Should I leave it out, let it
dry and separate it? Yeah, and dinery pot it.

Speaker 6 (28:13):
I don't know what you're saying. Peace lilies are they're
funny in that way. I had one once that it
was fine, and all of a sudden it wasn't fine,
and it was hard to get it to perk up
because you don't want to overwater it. On the other hand,
if you underwater them, they're not drought resistant. I mean,
they're a tropical houseplant, so they need moisture. But a

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lot of people do over water. And if you do
for a while and you start getting root rots in there,
if the drainage isn't right and you start getting root rots,
then it's hard to turn them around. When you pulled
it out, did you notice the roots all looked white
and healthy or did they look brown water soaked?

Speaker 17 (28:50):
I didn't look I really I didn't clean all of
the dirt off, So what does root rot look like?

Speaker 6 (28:58):
The roots instead of being that nice white, plump, healthy look.
They start to look brown to tan to sometimes the
kind of that tan gray like a nicotine stain and
a cigarette filter kind of look. That just brought me
the tan. They just look nasty. And we say water
soaked because it's like they're you know, if you free

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if you put something like lettuce in the freezer and
then take it out and it thaws, you know, it
just has this mush collapse cells look, and then the
roots will start looking like that. If you see that,
you can cut them away and get you know, cut
back to some healthy stuff and get them some fresh
moist soil and just kind of watch them. It'll be
a little touch and go, but you might give your

(29:43):
peace slowly a little more light than it normally gets,
just to give it a little energy. Definitely not in
the sun, but you know, they they're notorious right for
being so good at a shade or low light.

Speaker 17 (29:57):
Okay, I am I just naturally kill all my indoor plants.
I cannot grow them. They're just it's just sad. But anyway, okay,
I was thinking about cutting off the roots just to
kind of spur it on a little bit and then
maybe maybe put some more pearlie in there.

Speaker 6 (30:17):
I don't know for good drainage. Yeah, that's not a
bad ideas, especially larger chunks. A lot of our potting
mixes tend to get a little mucky, you know, the
peat moss or the sphagnum pete that's in there. It
can get water logged real easy. And I think a
little bit of a chunkier mix, especially for things that
may be prone to overwatering.

Speaker 17 (30:40):
This is organic landscaper's pride, I think. And maybe it's
too rich.

Speaker 6 (30:50):
Probably not unless it's unless it's just really enriched with
lots of slow release fertilizers or something like that. But
I don't think that wouldn't worry me as much. One
thing to remember is when you take a plant from
a lot of light. We're not even gonna talk about
full sun, but a real bright light indoors, like right

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by a window, and then you move it into lower
and lower light, the amount of water it needs just plummets,
you know, and it becomes basically it becomes the soil
is just evaporating and wicking away moisture and drying out.
The plant isn't it's not using much.

Speaker 17 (31:29):
I didn't move it it just over the years, even
though I was watering it, it wasn't perking back up,
and so that's why I was transplanting it. I thought
maybe that would help, But it's in the same exact
spot it's been in for years.

Speaker 6 (31:43):
Okay, well, I would do the little check, take out
the roots, use your fingers, kind of tease the soil
away from there, take a look at the roots if
they're healthy, cut back if they are or not, and
then just see what you can do. And there's there's
no shame in ditching a plant and getting another one either.
I just want to say that there are times when

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I've had plants, you know, you get like you get
scale on indoor house plants. Sometimes it's better just throw
thing away, you know, trying to trying to get rid
of all the scale is hard to do. So I'm
just trying to give people listening permission, don't That's why
that's why they're dumpsters in this world. You can always
get you a new plant, all right.

Speaker 17 (32:25):
Marty, Okay, Okay, thanks, have a good.

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Day, bye bye. Appreciate that one of the most important
things we do to our lawns is to make sure
the soil has oxygen. Remember how we I always say
bronze stuff before green stuff, talking about your vegetables and
your herbs and your flowers and things which true your
lawn too. Taking care of the lawn. Soil helps you
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(32:49):
you do core aeration popping the soil plugs out of
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helps with a compacted soil. It helps with the heavy
clay soil, and you'll see a benefit to your lawn.
This is going beyond just nutrients. This is physically bringing oxygen,
breathing life down into the root system of your turf plants,
and therefore you're going to see a good result from that.
Let's see here, I'm short on time. Let's see, Jim,

(33:57):
I'm not gonna be able to give your call. Serve
us here. What we're going to do is hold you
over if you would, Jim and clairea like, we will
be our first up when we do come back. I
want to remind you that you know, each week I'm
going somewhere, it seems like these weekends. Next Saturday, I'm
going to be at the scy Fair Home and Garden Show.
That's at the Berry Center, Parker, Cyprus, over in the Copperfield,

(34:20):
that whole region of town over there, the Berry Center,
the scy Fair, it's actually home an outdoor living show,
and I'll be there giving a talk. I'll be talking
about spring gardening tips and things like that, will be
giving away some products. We'll be answering your gardening questions
and of course doing the diagnosis and things that we
always do at these events. And I hope I'll talk

(34:41):
about a little bit more this morning as we go through.
I hope that you will stop by and see me.
Let me take a little quick break right now so
I can get back. We'll handle Jim's call and if
you would like to call seven one three two one
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A little boon job this Sunday morning. Have you ever
noticed that as you get older, you see things that
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my world. How can bun Jovi be on the cover
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Speaker 6 (38:36):
My gosh. All right, you're listening to Garden Line. I'm
your host, Skip Richter. We are hopefully having some fun
here this morning. I hope you are. Good morning, Good
Sunday morning to you. We're glad you're listening. If you
want to give me a call, all you gotta do
is punch in seven one three two one two k
t R eight seven one three two on two KR.
We're gonna go right out now to gym in clear

(38:56):
Lake and let me. There we go. We're gonna get
and clear like, Hey, Jim, thanks for being patient waiting
on me. No problem.

Speaker 9 (39:05):
I induced some brown spot in my yard back there
the fall before that heavy drought, and I've had a
hard time bringing it back. It's about a fifteen by
ten area, and I've felt the clatter or the mechanism

(39:27):
of the eagle, and I didn't quite grow in last year,
and this year I'm planning on giving it some special attention.
So I had the Imperial that I put down on
schedule and I'm about to refertilize. But I picked up
a couple of bags of aged leap mold and I'm

(39:51):
going to use that. I'm just wondering should I.

Speaker 6 (39:54):
Should I use the Eagle.

Speaker 9 (39:56):
One more time before I lay that down, or should
I lay that down and then.

Speaker 6 (40:00):
Use the Eagle. We're kind of past the time when
we expect active brown patch infection. If you're doing if
you happen to have a different disease, that's different. But
if it is brown patch, that is as it's going
to get too warm here real fast for that, and
so I wouldn't worry about treating it now. Uh, if
you tried the eagle and weren't happy with the results

(40:22):
you had. What I would suggest, Nitrofoss has a product
that is actually better for brown patch, and that is
total brown patch control. Total brown patch control by nitroposs.
It's a I think.

Speaker 9 (40:34):
I think I conquered the brown patch good and healthy. Okay,
just that there's no grass on the runners.

Speaker 6 (40:46):
Okay, Well, what I would suggest, you know, just focus
on the mow water fertilized part. Get you've put you
said you put the imperial down right.

Speaker 9 (40:55):
Right, and I'm about to put the second uh slow.

Speaker 6 (40:59):
Yes, the silver bag. Yeah. So what I would say is,
first of all, give it about six weeks between Imperial
and the superturf silver bag. You don't want to overdo
the nitrogen. So yeah, six weeks between them at least,
and you're good to go. And then just you know,
good soakings on an infrequent basis, it should cover in

(41:20):
unless the shade is just too deep to where the
plant can't get this. Yeah, when you don't have the energy,
it's hard for it to fill back in. That's the problem. Okay,
all right, well, thank you very much a lot.

Speaker 9 (41:33):
I'll wait another week or so before I put down
the silver bag.

Speaker 6 (41:36):
All right, Jim, Well, I hope I wish you well.
I hope that thing fills in real nice and you
might even consider trimming a few limbs if possible, to
get a little more light in there to give it
a boost. So appreciate your call, sir. All right, Arburgate
Garden Center. I was out there yesterdays a matter of fact,
wung buy Oarburgate, and was talking to Beverly out there

(41:56):
looking at everything they have, and oh my goodness, it
is so beautiful out there. They had some Garvinia daisies.
I'm gonna post something in our social media, our Facebook
page and Instagram for garden line. Garvinia is it's like
a daisy on stereoid. You know, you probably are familiar
with Gerber daisies and how beautiful they are and the

(42:17):
colors that they come in. Garvinia is just a really
strong plant and it will perennialize for you you give
it if you give it a little bit of late
day shade. You know, when we get into the one
hundred degree summer stuff, Gardapenia doesn't want to be in
the full brunt of the sun. But the cool thing
about it, it's powdery, mildery resistant. That's a problem with
a lot of daisies, not Garvinias. They look good and

(42:38):
they've got them in all kinds of colors. You just
need to go out there and see it. At their
Arborgate noway and you're there, pick up the food complete,
the soil complete, and the compost complete. That's three bags.
They'd get your soil ready brown stuff comes first. That
means the compost. That means the nutrients, and that food
complete is an organic plant food that will provide calcium
additionally for you plants. Get that bed set up and

(43:02):
then PLoP something in it like a Garbinia daisy, and
they're just stunning as I had them in containers for
I kept mine for several years and a container then
growing the ground too. If they got good drainage. Just
try them out, you'll love them. And of course Arburgate.
That's the garden center on two forty nine west of
Tomball Highway or FM twenty nine to twenty. It's easy

(43:23):
to get to remember to parking back that's where that's
where I stopped last yesterday afternoon. It just wonderful parking lot,
easy to get in and out, makes it really easy
to do. And I'm telling you when you go there,
it's just like the racks of plants keep coming in.
They have so many good things on hand right now,
you should check it out. Let's go to Pat in Paarland. Now. Hello, Pat,

(43:48):
welcome to garden Line.

Speaker 10 (43:50):
Thank you.

Speaker 5 (43:52):
I want to grow. I want to start a garden
this summer, and I'm in a golf course community, so
I have to be careful where I do it. On
my house. Okay, it's a lot sun and I tried
to grow cucumbers last.

Speaker 10 (44:06):
Year and it was a big failure.

Speaker 5 (44:07):
Okay, So I'm a painter that told me he could
build me boxes. But I'd like to find out where
I could go to get really good information. I've been
on the internet looking on how to start a garden,
not huge but like tomatoes and okay.

Speaker 6 (44:28):
What I would do, Yeah, I would suggest you do
raised beds on the ground. That's a great way to go.
It's neat, clean and pretty. Uh, if you're worried about people,
you know on the golf course, if they don't want
to see the garden kind of thing. If I don't
know what the rules are there in the neighborhood, but
You can also put up a little kind of a
screening fence that you put a flowering vineon and it

(44:48):
may block a view of someone who thinks of vegetable
garden and a thing to look at. But that's just
a tip. Go to the Aggie Horticulture website Aggie Horticulture.
It's an am m oka. When you get there, there's
a vegetable link and you will get a page that
has dozens of publications on every kind of vegetable. There's

(45:09):
publications on preparing the soil, on planting seeds. There's all
kinds of help there, and it's a wealth of great
information that applies to where you live here.

Speaker 5 (45:19):
Oh great, sounds good.

Speaker 6 (45:21):
All righty, thank you so much, you bet, thank you, Pat.
I appreciate your call. Appreciate that a lot. You know,
we were just visiting a second ago with Jim out
there in clear Lake and he was talking about the
silver bag Superturf Nitrovos superturf that is a twenty or
a nineteen four to ten fertilizer. It's in the silver bag,

(45:41):
makes it easy to find when you walk in a store.
Sixteen weeks it releases nitrogen over a period of time.
We love to have it carry us basically through the
summer season, and by releasing slowly it slows down the
growth rate. Makes it really easy to do. You're going
to find nitroposs products it places Life Court Hardware and Stafford.

(46:01):
You're going to find it Katie Ace Hardware out there
in Katie. You're going to find it Plants, Fell Seasons, Louetta,
and then down at Stanton Shopping Center in Alvin. I
tell another place that I see nit frost products is
Southwest Fertilizer on Bessinett and Renwick. Pretty much, if it
exists in the gardening world and you might want to
use it and it's a good thing, Bob's going to

(46:23):
carry it. The way I like to put it is
if he doesn't have it, you don't need it, because
that is really, really true. He has lots of different
kinds of fertilizer and lots of different kinds of products
to control weeds, both a preventative and a killing and
existing weed product. He's got products to deal with diseases
and with insects. And when you walk in there, take
a picture, take a sample, they'll identify what it is,

(46:45):
so you're not wasting your money buying something that's not
going to work, or that maybe you know, maybe it's
an insect problem and you're using a fungicide to control
it because you didn't know what was causonant. They can
help you with that. They're in their seventieth year now,
happy happy end of a Southwest Fertilizer. That is amazing
and when you walk in you'll see why they have
lasted seventy years. Out there on the corner of Bissinet

(47:07):
and Runwick at in Southwest Houston seven one three six
sixty six one seven four four. If you would like
to give them a call, I promise you this. When
you go in there, you can find everything you need.
And if you're saying, oh, those are all chemicals, I'm
an organic gardener. The biggest selection of organics in the
region is a Southwest Fertilizer. So there you go. That's

(47:29):
the store for all of you who are pure organic
too as well. It's a great, great place the folks
out at Nelson Nursery and Water Garden, which is out
in Katie. You drive out ten to Katie and when
you get to Katie Fort Ben Road, you turn north
and it's just a little bit upstreet there, you'll be

(47:49):
right there at Nelson Water Gardens. They are loaded up
for spring. The beauty, the color, the vegetables, the herbs.
A good while back I picked up some herbs there
and pretty much everything you need, they're going to have it.
You know. Right there, that's Nelson Water Gardens. Now they
are a water guarden. That's what they became famous for.

(48:10):
You know, the disappearing fountains that they invented. Now everybody
knows what disappearing fountains are. The waterfalls, the ponds, the fish,
the plants, everything water. Whether they come in and do
it for you on your property, and I recommend you
do that because it is so therapeutic to be able
to get that done, so therapeutic to hear the sound

(48:33):
of water moving around, or if you want to, if
you're doing it yourself, they'll they'll take time to tell
you what. Here's what you do, here the products you need,
here's how you put together. Go ahead and do it yourself.
You can do that. But the main thing is when
you walk in, check out those houseplants. Some of the prettiest, cleanest,
neatest attractive houseplants I've ever seen. Right there in the
store and then walk out and here goes the rest

(48:55):
the flowers, the vegetables, of herbs and so on. It's
a place you need to go to and you need
to take a friend because it is a very pleasant
destination to visit. Alrighty, the music means I'm putting an
hour in the books. Here we go, I went fast.
What do they say, time flies when you're having fun?

(49:17):
You know, a kermit the frogsss. Times fun when you're
having flies. Yep, that's another dad joke. I'll be here
all week. All right, We'll be back with your questions
and just a moment seven one three two one two
at r H. I want to remind you that I'm
going to be at the Berry Center next Saturday. That

(49:39):
is the Sci fi Home and Outdoor Living show there
at the Berry Center. I'll be there from twelve noon
to two pm. Come by and see me. That is
a great home show, by the way, Really, I always
love going there. I'm going to have some books on hand,
I'm going to have the giveaways that we always do.
We're gonna have a good time. Bring your questions, come

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listen to me. I'm gonna talk about spring gardening.

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Boss back again. Side All right, folks, welcome back, Welcome
back to garden Line. I'm your host, Skipricker. We're here
to help you have a bountiful garden, a beautiful landscape,
and more fun in the process. Gardening is supposed to

(53:17):
be fun, and it is. It is fun. And if
you're not having fun, give me a call. We'll figure
it out. We need to get you from not fun
to wow. I like this because it is it's easy.
You know, nature has a way of taking care of plants,
and that's why you got forests and no one's out
there taking care of them. They just know how to grow, right,
I mean, the soil is there, the whole design creation

(53:40):
of soil and decomposing organic matter and feeding plants and
the interactions between plants and soil, microbes and plants in
each other. Now we even figured out plants are essentially
communicating through their root systems and fungal strands under the soil.
It's really amazing. It is an amazing thing. So we
try to grow a plant, we kill it. Well wait
a minute, this thing grows in nature somewhere. Well, all

(54:03):
we got to do is figure out what it wants.
That's the bottom line. When you know what a plant wants,
it's going to thrive. It just is. And you provided that.
I mean, sometimes we go to great links. You can
go into outer space, create artificial sunlight, was soaked with
light panels and hang a plant in the middle of

(54:23):
the air and squirt nutrients on its roots and grow
a tomato in space. Right, Well, how could that happen?
Tomatoes aren't native to space. It's because they gave that
tomato plant everything it wanted. And I know that's, you know,
kind of a crazy example. But my point is, just
as we get better and better at giving plants what
they want, then we're gonna suddenly decide, you know what,

(54:47):
our thumb's greener than we thought it was, and our
thumb color didn't change. We just became more aware of
what a plant wants. I did a talk one time
called Think like a Plant. I've also be a part
of an organ anectok I do call it. It's called
think like a root and we talk about what a
what a roots want? How do they thrive and survive anyway,
That's what's amounting to. That's kind of what Microlife fertilizer too,

(55:09):
is based on. By the way micro life microbes, the
life of the soil, the connection to plants, the way
things grow and thrive. Microlife's been around for over thirty
five years. They got a lot of different products. They
have the granules like the six' two four their standards
turf fertilizing product is a green bag six'. Two four
they have one Called an ultimate that has an extra

(55:31):
charge of fast release nitrogen, in it and so if
you wanted to do a quicker, GREEN up i would
go with The blue. Ultimate bag but the six two
forces standard one number one selling organic Fertilizer in houston
for many. Years now that works. Real well hum mats
plus is SOMETHING that i would add. To that hu
mats plus we're not putting it. In there it has

(55:53):
some nutrient, in it but we're not putting it in
there for just for. The nutrient we're putting it in
because humus is a final decomposed stage of. Organ matter
and when you add humans to, the soil you do
what nature does naturally over a very long period. Of
time humist is hum. Mats plus the purple bag is
concentrated compost in. A bag that's what it amounts to and.

(56:13):
It works so when you're out there getting your, fertilization
done also put out the hum. Mats plus do that
as much as. You want you can do it twice.
A year you do it more if, you want but
at least once. A year get out there and put
out the hum mats plus twice, even better and continue
slowly to get that soil better and better. And BETTER
and i, say slowly it's a lot faster than nature

(56:34):
would have done it waiting for years. Of decomposition but
it is. A process it. Takes time and that's what
organic gardening. Is too by, the way it's all about.
The soil, people, THINK well i want to be an,
organic Gardener so i'm going to quit using. Synthetic chemicals
i'm gonna use. Organic chemical well, that's fine but it
starts with. The soil it always starts with. The soil that's.

(56:55):
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that you go visit if you've, never BEEN and, I
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Houston Area In chenned forest is Down Toward. Richmond rosenberg
it is south of fifty NINE on fm twenty seven to,
fifty nine so it's sort of in Between sugar Land,
and richmond if you don't think of it, that way
close much Closer, to richmond but. It is you go
there and it's like you've entered. Another world, the buildings
everything just sets this tone of, a peaceful. Enjoyable setting,

(57:40):
PLANTS everywhere i mean, right now the herbs and the
vegetables and the spring flowers and things we need to.
Be planting they're. All there still a good time to.
Plant trees they have an excellent selection of trees there
At The. Enchanted forest by, the way, their website if
you'll write it Down Enchanted forest richmond Dot Com, Enchented,

(58:02):
FOREST richmond tx. Dot com when you, get there you
are going to find a lot of really cool STUFF
and i always. Enjoy it one of THE things i
think OF when i see the intended FOREST is i
think of the butterflies and the, butterfly plants for both

(58:22):
the adults and for the larva that. They have they
really have a. Good, selection now don't let me. THROW you,
i mean the gift shops. Are great there's, fruit trees
there's everything you want is a gardener. Is there but
when it comes to putting in a, butterfly garden the
collection of plants, they have and a lot of times
when you buy, a plant it'll have a caterpillar on
it and they let you take. It home it's like.

(58:43):
Sourdough starter you get your own butterfly garden started. Right
there plant and caterpillar. Come together no. Extra charge, but
anyway they do a really good job. Of that they're
very knowledgeable about. It too go, by there visit with
one of the dandies or any of the folks that are,
working there and they'll be able to point you into a.
Good direction that's a head out to the phones now

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and we're gonna Head to houston and Talk. To, Lisa,
hello lisa welcome To. Garden Line, hi skip how?

Speaker 16 (59:10):
Are you?

Speaker 6 (59:10):
Thank you for taking. My calling you, Bet so mike go,
AHEAD said i was just, gonna say HOW can?

Speaker 29 (59:17):
I help, OH well i live in a condominium and
right outside my patio a tree was cut down which
has completely destroyed all my SHADE and i would like
to have some recommendations for a. Shade, TREE okay i
can propose to. My hoa and obviously THE building i

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need to be concerned about the proximity of the tree to.

Speaker 6 (59:45):
The building is your space kind, of limited, you know
sideways for the tree to. Fit, in well it's, you know,
not huge.

Speaker 9 (59:57):
And it is it has a.

Speaker 6 (59:58):
Southern.

Speaker 29 (59:59):
Exposure okay there's lots of trees on, the property but
this one area for, some reason they've cut down several
trees due to disease. Or, something OKAY and i just
would love to have a recommendation.

Speaker 30 (01:00:13):
For.

Speaker 6 (01:00:13):
It yeah so there's a lot of them now that,
you know our property lines get smaller in some projects
like condos and stuff or garden homes and others they
have naturally small. Lot lines there's a Tree called chinese
fringe that blooms in the spring with, pretty white shaggy
blooms that have a nice sweet fragrance that is one of.

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My favorite it doesn't get, really large so it fits
into a lot. Of areas plus it gives you the
benefit of that spring BLOOM that i think is a.
Nice extra THAT'S one i. Would consider, for example there
Is an there are crape myrtles that get large as
one called natches that will get up to thirty five.
Feet high but it's more upright, than spreading and so

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it takes it a while to get. That size but
it has beautiful white blooms resistant to. Powdery mildew and
it has beautiful cinnamon. Colored bark so as the bark
exfoliates like it does on, crape myrtles you have these
beautiful cinnamon color to, the bark not just that putty
tan that a lot of crape. Myrtles have AND so
i think those would be two of the FIRST ones i. Would,
consider well what would.

Speaker 29 (01:01:18):
You recommend like an evergreen type?

Speaker 6 (01:01:22):
Of tree.

Speaker 29 (01:01:22):
Forever green it's, not like, you know the space is not.
Really compact It's just i'm worried about the closeness to.
The building but it's, you know, a lot there's lots,
of space. OPEN space i don't really know how to.
Describe it on.

Speaker 6 (01:01:42):
An evergreen you might there are plants that are not
trees that you could train up to be a small
tree that's so like a giant shrub kind. Of thing
that is always. A possibility i tell You what i'm hitting.
Up against a? Break HERE can i hold you on
hold and we come back and continue this in just? A, bit,
sure okay let's let's. DO that i did want to

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mention Folks That nitrophoss imperial is the orange and. Red
bag it's not, orange general it's orange. Red bag it's
fifteen five to ten, perfect ratio developed, long ago fifty,
years ago created for, our soils for our sod that we, Grow,
here okay for. Our lawns it's From. Night foss so

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you're going to find it at PLACES like M. And D,
beamer SAGEMONT.

Speaker 13 (01:02:26):
OR.

Speaker 6 (01:02:27):
M d Beamer, in Sagemont The, CLEAR lake M and
D And Stanton shopping center Down, in alvin just some
places you're going to find night it's the. Quick release
it'll give you a quick. Green up so go. For
that i'll be. Right, back hey, Welcome back welcome Back, to.
Guardline folks good have you. With us we are going
to head back out to, the phones and, let's see

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did we lose?

Speaker 13 (01:02:50):
Our?

Speaker 6 (01:02:50):
Collar there, I'm here oh there. You, are, okay well.
Welcome back we're talking about small trees for, your area
and you were asking for something that was kind of,
an evergreen right that would well.

Speaker 16 (01:03:04):
In.

Speaker 29 (01:03:04):
The neighborhood there's lots Of, like so my building is two, stories,
high Okay and i'd say those trees that are probably
at least four stories. Are more it sounded, oh.

Speaker 6 (01:03:15):
Okay, okay well so, some ideas, you know without seeing.
The site it's some of THESE suggestions i make may not,
be suited, you know to. The site but just some
small to medium sized trees there is there are types
of southern magnolia that are are, more compact that are more,
slow growing, very compact Like. Little Gem little gem magnolia

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looks Like a southern magnolia but kind OF a i
don't want to. Say dwarf that makes it sound smaller than,
it is but it stays a gross slow but it
has a not that big of. A, SIZE ultimately i
think it's a nice one that would be an option.
For you there there's a native tree in the region
called cherry laurel that you Might consider cherry laurel is
Also called carolina, cherry laurel and it does very. Well

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here it needs, decent drainage so you don't want to
put it in. A swamp but it, is evergreen and,
you know if you like a lot, of plants you
can turn it into a tree form or a. Shrub
form so like if you trim off all the limbs
on the trunk and have to create a trunk and

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then have the, tree top the head of, the tree
the top. Bushy part just, by pruning it makes a
nice little tree for that that works, really well so
that would be. Another option and Then There's texas, mountain
laurel which definitely needs good drainage to do. WELL here
i think it's going to grow a little too slow for.
You though it's going to take a long time before
it has any any size. At ALL and i think

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you're looking for something a little a, little bigger a
little faster.

Speaker 29 (01:04:50):
Than, that, yeah okay thank you.

Speaker 6 (01:04:53):
Very much, All, right well there's a few ideas and
wherever you like to go. Shop too, YOU know i
don't know exactly where In the houston area, you are
but you hear me talking about. Garden centers all. The
time THE kinds i, talk about they're going to be
able to help you based on all the different things
that they, carry too because there's a lot of other
good ideas. Out there, all righty, thank you thank you.

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Very much you take care appreciate. The call alrighty our
phone number seven one three two ONE two K t R.
H h i Was At ace hardware Up In porter
jay And our ace Up. And porter we had a
good time.

Speaker 8 (01:05:28):
Up.

Speaker 6 (01:05:28):
There boy that store has expanded and is about to.
Expand more they got they have a lot of plans
and there's a lot of a lot. Of cooling it's
it's well worth. Going to, You Know ace hardware stores
are all over. Our area if you Go To Ace
hardware texas, Dot Com ace hardwaretexas dot com and look
at the, store locator find the ones. Near you there's

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a lot. Of them and when you GO, to ace
you're Gonna find, right now, IT'S spring i mean it's
time to be doing. Lawn fertilizing it's, weed control, it's
planting it's it's the tools, you need everything from water
hoses to pruners to you. Name it ace's got all.
Of that do you need, a fertilizer, Sprud er ace can.
Got you they got you covered for that and anything with.
OUTDOOR living i was hanging out in the barbecue pit

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section yesterday and oh, my gosh they have so, many
things so many kinds of. Quality pits and they have,
you Know the traggers And The Big green egg And
the weber and on and on down. The line. They
have they. Have quality they also have things for, outdoor living,
you know the string of lights around, the patio the
outdoor furniture kinds. Of things and you just you go

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To An ace, hardware store you never know what all you're,
gonna find but you know you're going to get everything
you would expect from the top quality, hardware store but
also a top quality home living indoor. And outdoor that's
really what it. Amounts to, for example you're gonna FIND
an ace Down A Deer Park, Deer Park ace Lumber On,
Center Street Child's building supply Out in orange On. Sixteenth

(01:06:58):
street there's Another one cross BAS on fm twenty one,
one hundred And Then Cyprus Ace Hardware, Jones, Road Spring
ace Hardware On. Spring cypress they're all. Over town Go
To Ace hardware texas. Dot com find one. Near you makes.
It easy my phone number is seven one three two
one TWO. Ktr h seven one three two one two K.
Tr h what would you like to? Talk about you

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give me a call and we'll talk. About That nature's
way resources the place where so many of our quality
soil products. Were born, you know you've heard of, roast
soil you've heard of leaf. Mold compost those Began At.
Nature's way that That's Where john ferguson and the many
things he created through. The, years uh those are just

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good examples of what they set about to create when
they were trying to create things that do it the way,
nature does and that is take, organic matter, decompose it
use it as composts for, the soil use it as
mulch for the top of. The soil however you go.
About it they have a product for any plant you're going,
to grow. They do they have a two acre nursery out,

(01:08:04):
there too by, the way fruit trees and natives. And
vegetables one of the largest selection of naty plants in
the area Out There nature's. Way is you're Going up
interstate forty five were right where fourteen eighty eight. Comes
in you would turn left to Go. To magnolia, that
direction well you just turn right and cross the railroad
tracks And That's. Sherbrooke circle you'll come. To It That's Nature's.

(01:08:25):
Way street now they're going to have a big events.
COMING up i was talking about. Those Yesterday nature's way
always has their spring shin digs and things like that that,
they do and of course that's going on too coming
up here too. Out there i'll mention that here in.
Just second but the MAIN thing i want to just
say is start with the Soil And. Nature's way that's

(01:08:47):
how they. Do it they're set up to. Do that
if you get a chance and you want to go
out to the garden some of their festivals, and things just.
Follow them just go to The Website nature'sway resources dot
com find out when. Are those they have them in.
The spring they have other other events out there as
Well On sherbrook circle if you want to give them.
A call nine three six two seven three twelve hundred

(01:09:10):
nine three six two seven three twelve one hundred makes.
It easy the spring festival this Year is march, twenty
second by, the way so you got they got live
music and a lot of. COOL stuff i need to.
GET home i be kind of on the road a
lot with the appearances this weekend and the shows, and
THINGS but i need to. Get back i've got some

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plants that are waiting, on me and, YOU know i
have that. Bad habit you may have this, habit too of,
YOU know i see, A plan, I want i, GET
it i bring, it home and then it sits in
a POT while i run around doing everything else and
try to get back around to. Planting it and in,
The meantime i've found. The water so it's, you know.
On me but that's that's just kind of how. It

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GOES that's i think that's one of the fun parts
of gardening is coming up a. New plant you know
that we always need a, new plant and it has
nothing to do with whether we have room for it.
Or not that is that is secondary problems. Right now
some people. Are designers They create i've said. This before
there's there's two kind. Of gardeners there's. The designers they

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have this, beautiful design they create it and, they, GO
oh i need a plant, for there what would be
a good plant? For there and then they put a
plant in that. Fits out and then there's the. Plant
collectors i'm a. Plant collector that means that we, go
places we come home. With plants we have no idea
where we're going to. Put them we have no idea.
At all there may not. Be room so another plant's

(01:10:39):
either going to have to get dug up or it's
gonna get shoved in somewhere in. Our yards i'm just,
telling you plant collector's yards look like a bomb went
off in a garden center and everything rooted where, it
planted where. It, Landed okay and that's kind it's kind
of what we're. Talking about, but hey. That's fun it's your.
Yard doing you and the hoa do what. You want.
Have fun that's a most important thing.

Speaker 13 (01:11:01):
It is but.

Speaker 6 (01:11:04):
Azmite is a micro nutrient supplement that you hear me
talk about a. Lot here it's mined Up in, utah
actually and it has those, trace minerals those micro nutrients
that are critical for plant growth. And health and so
the numbers on the fertilizer bag. Are macronutrients sometimes secondary
nutrients are on, there too but those are the ones

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we need a, lot of and that's the ones we're
constantly supplementing to keep, up with like especially nitrogen put nitrogen.
Down today in a few weeks, from now it's often doing, something,
else volatilized washed away in the body of a microbe
or something. Like, that, micronutrients though like zinc and boron
and iron and things like that, are essential and so what.

(01:11:48):
We're doing when you put, on asimite you are putting
a contribution into your sol's. Bank account when you put
it in the, bank account the plant roots can get
it whenever. They want and plant roots don't just eat
and spring. And fall they don't just. Take up they
take up nutrients every day of. The year and you
got to have that bank account built up so that
they can successfully. Do that that is, very important. Very

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IMPORTANT when i get back, Home today i've got some
house plant fertilization and redoing pots. To do And what
i'm gonna, be doing get some, jungle land get the,
indoor one the water saving. Potting Soil and i've got
some plants that need. Bumping up i'm having to water
them EVERY time i turn around because the plant's gotten
big and the pot'ste. Small Now so i'm gonna bump.

(01:12:33):
Them up use the jungle land water. Saving crystals why
because if you forget. The water it holds that moisture
and it's available on later on when your soil is,
drying out the crystals still have a little bit. Of
moisture you're gonna get products from nitrofoss At THE arbigated
D And d Feed And Tombal fissures Hardware Both pasadena
Laporte And. Mott bellevue, All right i'm gonna. Go away

(01:12:55):
i'll be. Right back there.

Speaker 13 (01:12:57):
We go.

Speaker 6 (01:12:58):
We're back welcome back To. Garden line good to have you.
With us we're looking forward to visiting with you about
the things that you need to know in order to,
have success because that's what it's. All about if you
got any questions you want, to, ask well give me
a call, seven, one three two and two KT. R
h you're hapy to visit. With you i'll tell. You
this if you have, a question, you're, THINKING well i
don't KNOW if i should. Call, him no it's probably a. Stupid, question, no, no,

(01:13:21):
no no don't worry about that other people have the.
SAME question i promise you that there's not. People listening
that a lot of people have the same question that,
you have and so don't. Be shy go ahead and
give us, a call let's help you. Have success one
of the keys to success when you're putting in plants
is to establish. Them successfully because think, about this the

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plant in the garden center sitting in that, cylindrical pot
if it's a gallondar larger, size plant and all the
roots are right there in. That, cylinder okay you put
it in the ground and the roots are still. Right
there and in the nursery in the, garden center they're
watering it once or twice, a day depending on, the
weather to keep it alive and. Doing, Well okay so

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you put it in the ground and it still is
using the same water the amount that it was using in.
The pot but that little cylinder, pumps dry and even
though the soil around it may, be moist it can
go into a. Drought stress so what we're having to
do is kind of touch, and go help it get
those root, systems going help it get established well so
that it can. Have success and That's why i'm, always

(01:14:25):
Saying get medina has to grow six. Twelve six medina
has to grow six twelve six. Plant food it's Got
the medina soil activator, in it it's got the six,
percent nitrogen twelve, percent phosphorus six. Percent potassium it's got humid.
Humic acid we know about that improving the. Soil structure
it's got, seaweed extracts and on. And on bottom line is.

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It works you drench, the soil you drench the root
ball when you put it in. The ground you do
it again a week or, two later you do it
again a week or two, after that and those three
applications help that plant have the best possible chance of
getting those roots in and established and out into the
surrounding soil successfully so that it's resilient and ready. To

(01:15:06):
go that's that's the. Bottom line you can do That
With Medina aster grove six. Twelve six we're going to
go now out to the heights and Talk.

Speaker 16 (01:15:14):
To.

Speaker 6 (01:15:14):
Ron, Well, Hello ron welcome To.

Speaker 12 (01:15:16):
Guard Line, hey skip how's?

Speaker 6 (01:15:19):
Things?

Speaker 12 (01:15:19):
GOING listen i got a Girlfriend's hoalas i'm a rock star,
this year second year.

Speaker 5 (01:15:25):
A row.

Speaker 12 (01:15:26):
OH good I put i put rye grass in her
in her yard in the fall and it's. Going crazy
and she so she has the best looking yard in,
you know in. The Neighborhood and i'm just curious about
does the right grass cause damage to The, underlying uh.

Speaker 16 (01:15:44):
The.

Speaker 12 (01:15:45):
Underlying grass can think of the name of it.

Speaker 31 (01:15:46):
Right now.

Speaker 6 (01:15:46):
I'm, NERVOUS yeah i, Got you no. No, problem uh.
It's good so here's. The thing when we oversee, the
lawn and we do it because it looks beautiful all.
Winter along the negatives of overseeding are that number when
you got a mow in, the wintertime you know because
rye grass. Is growing but another significant point is that

(01:16:09):
it is essentially like you you planted weed seeds all through.
Your lawn so if You're A saint Augustine or Zoisia
or bermuda grass lawn and you have rye, grass everywhere
those are weeds to the lawn, right there competition for
light and nutrients. To water so in that transition in,
the spring our grass is trying to wake up and.
Get growing we're right there in that, right now and

(01:16:30):
the rye grass is its happiest it's been. All year
it's growing. Like crazy so you're having to mow to
kind of keep the rye grass. From overshadowing and and
there's that transition where the rye grass will go away
and your long grass will. Come on but that's the negative.
Of it to oversea it every, every winter, YOU know
i know commercial properties, bermutatypically properties they're they're going to

(01:16:53):
be doing. That regularly but it is, a competition so
there's the negative.

Speaker 15 (01:16:57):
Of.

Speaker 6 (01:16:57):
It oh also another negative is you get to moo in,
the WINTER and I forgot i.

Speaker 12 (01:17:01):
Mentioned, that, yeah yeah well we got yard guys. For
THAT should i have them scalp it right now to
help the light get down To, the.

Speaker 6 (01:17:09):
Yeah that, would help especially when when when we, SAY
scalp i don't mean. TOO low i mean you know
we're going to go down probably to about two inches
of be enough On The. Saint augustine go ahead and
back get that ryegress out. Of there that if it's
warming up enough to Where The saint augustine will start,
to grow the rye grass probably will rebound faster Than The.

(01:17:29):
Saint augustine still with the temperature shop and it.

Speaker 12 (01:17:33):
Just dies it seems like it. Dies overnight it's. Pretty,
amazing yeah.

Speaker 9 (01:17:36):
It does so.

Speaker 6 (01:17:38):
You have time for.

Speaker 12 (01:17:39):
Another, question.

Speaker 6 (01:17:39):
Yeah huh.

Speaker 12 (01:17:41):
On the north side of, our house She's had i've
been cleaning out a lot of dead azaleas, and Stuff
and i'm, just wondering, you KNOW should i go back
in with A or i put some pit of swarms.
In there they said they're good for. Low light but
what are their shrubs would you'd recommend for the north
side of the house and gets slow light.

Speaker 6 (01:18:01):
Low light, you know there's a lot of good shrubs,
out there some of them. ARE underused I like virginia.
SWEET spire i think it's a beautiful Little Native east
texas type plant that makes a shrub with a LITTLE
white i don't know how, to describe like a little
bottle brush or a test tube brush kind.

Speaker 31 (01:18:20):
Of bloom.

Speaker 6 (01:18:23):
That's a. Nice one, of course as elias are, you
know everybody knows as elias and loves. Those ranges a,
little pickier a little harder to grow to, keep happy
but that will be. AN option, i mean you have
a number of different shrubs that you. Could TRY what
i would DO is i would go to a, good quality,
you know. Garden center you're here kind of In central,
you're right, You know buchanans is your backyard. Garden center

(01:18:45):
so they're gonna have they have a great selection of.
Shade PLANTS so i would talk to them and see
what they have and let them suggest some things. For
you there because they're gonna have a. Good selection, all,
right great thanks for. Your help, all, right sir thank
you FOR the i. APPRECIATE that I Figure Plants fall
seasons is the garden center up There on LUETTA and

(01:19:08):
fm two Forty Nine. Tomball parkway so if you're Going
Up tombole parkway two forty Nine towards Tombo Exit Luetta,
crossover louetta it's right There On. Tombo. Parkway, okay now
if you are someone who considers yourself a, green thumb
well you probably been there because, you know this place,
well known been around since. The seventies experts in what.
They do if you don't have a, green thumb you

(01:19:30):
think you don't have a, green, thumb well this is
a place you need. To go you can take samples and.
Pictures in they'll. Help you you can walk in and,
you know just ask them things, LIKE okay i want
to put together. A, container kelly one Of the flowery
family members There At Plants, fall seasons did a little
thing on social media the other day on putting together a,

(01:19:52):
container planting, you know and it was very very informative
and they can help you like that when you, walk in,
you know they'll help you pick the, plants out they'll put.
Things together they have. Beautiful containers they also inside now
the boy the inside has been revamped and it's so.
Pretty inside they've got a ton of, seed options, you
know botanical interest and other seeds that are just outstanding

(01:20:12):
and it's fun to, buy seed take, them home, plan
them grow your own flowers. And things they can do,
that there, Of course Plans Four all seasons dot com
is the website, two, eight, one, three, seven six sixteen.
Forty six they're true lawn and. Garden experts they really
are true lawn and. Garden experts and when you go,
by there that family operated nursery is the kind of

(01:20:33):
place you're gonna. Love it you are gonna. Love it
you are going to go back and. People do let's
head Out To. Bear creek we're going to talk. To, Mayor,
hey marre welcome To. Garden, line well, Good.

Speaker 11 (01:20:45):
Morning chip how.

Speaker 6 (01:20:46):
Are you i'm? Doing good how?

Speaker 30 (01:20:48):
Are you?

Speaker 16 (01:20:49):
I'm well.

Speaker 11 (01:20:50):
Thank, YOU okay i have.

Speaker 16 (01:20:52):
Two questions i'm going to try.

Speaker 32 (01:20:53):
To make them quick.

Speaker 16 (01:20:54):
And.

Speaker 31 (01:20:54):
PAINLESS okay i have a land DUNE and i would
like to.

Speaker 16 (01:21:00):
Relocate it it's. Well established we've had it for.

Speaker 12 (01:21:04):
Several, years okay?

Speaker 16 (01:21:07):
What fray you do it.

Speaker 6 (01:21:09):
Now asap dig, it up move, the soil try to
disturb the soil as little as. You can you don't
need to dig. Super deep wider is more important. Than
deeper but go ahead and dig. It UP what i
would Do when i'm moving plants Like, That mars i'll
slide like a tarp or a piece of thick plastic.
Or something i'll dig up, one side slide the plastic,

(01:21:31):
under it dig up, the other and just slide the
plan on, the plastic and then you can drag it
to its. New location so you don't have to lift
that heavy solaball and slide it right into a hole
the same depth watered in immediately, very well multch. The
surface and if it's going to be in a, sunny
spot which rangoon wants to be in, some sun you
might as it's starting. To, grow sometimes depending on when

(01:21:54):
you do, the move you may give it a little
bit of protection just because it needs some time to
get the new root system DTABLISHED before i can take
the full brun of. The sun but by doing it
now we still have some nice. Cool nights it's not,
too BAD but i will go ahead and get that. Move, done.

Speaker 7 (01:22:11):
Okay.

Speaker 6 (01:22:12):
All right.

Speaker 16 (01:22:14):
The next question is we did the pre, emerge aside
AND then i picked up. Some fertilizer i'm gonna say it's,
five ten fifteen or it's the.

Speaker 12 (01:22:25):
You KNOW can i just go ahead and put that.

Speaker 16 (01:22:28):
One, down yes we've got a really bad problem with weeds.

Speaker 6 (01:22:31):
This, year yeah go ahead and go ahead and put
it down and watered in. Really Good and i'm up against.
A heartbreak i'm gonna have, to run, but yes put,
it down, watered in and you'll be good. To, go
hey thanks for. THE call i, appreciate that, AND folks
i will be. Right back, all right. We're back welcome Back.
To guardenline good to have you. With us if your

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lawn has, been struggling maybe, it's compaction maybe, last summer something, like,
chinchbugs grubs could. Be drought other kinds of issues will
really take their toll on, your lawn and if, it's
struggling one of the best things you can do. For,
it yes it's important, To water yes you want to,
mow regularly and yes you want. To fertilize but cororation

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with compost top dressing is a very good way to
bring life to literally breathe life back down into, your
soil because what you do you pop those plugs of
dirt out of the ground and onto. The surface if
you got an issue with let's say that it helps thatch,
decompose faster it's one of one of the best ways
to deal with too. Much that another thing that it

(01:23:36):
does it gets oxygen down in the. Root system the
compost top dressing that you usually follow with when you
do a correoration falls down into those holes and it
keeps the holes, open longer and it decomposes and the
microbial activity just takes off and it's, just, good good
good in every way for. The soil if you're down
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hardware storage an race, and porter and we're Talking About.
Sweet green we're just, talking about, you know kind of
high works and some of the specifics of. The product and,
You Know sweet green is eleven, percent nitrogen which is
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to find in an organic. Type material it stimulates microbial
activity because it's a it's a molasses, based product which
is part of the reason why it smells star. And
good that it's got that fresh molasses. Type smell microbes
in the soil go crazy. On that gardeners have used
molasses in gardening for a long time because of that very.
Same Reason Now sweet green is available in a lot

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ANSWER but i can't see.

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Area well when you bring me a picture on, YOUR
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we can. MAKE suggestions, I know i look at what's
wrong with the, plants there but also make suggestions on
how to. Have success what do you need to do,
to plant how do you care for it to have
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Sun, beamon, Hey welcome welcome back To. Guard line we
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about a lot of different kinds of things regarding plants
as we go through the show, each week, AND uh
i try to kind of. Rotate around talk a little
bit about, house plants a little bit about, you know.
Things outside we're entering the spring season when everything is
pretty and everything wants. To bloom this is the easy
time of. The year this is the time when even,

(01:34:03):
wimpy plants, you know like a fusha, For example, oh
gosh you're. So gorgeous just don't tell them They're, in
texas although die. On you, but anyway they're. Beautiful plants
they even look good in the, WINTER time i mean,
the springtime and then summer comes and things. Get tough
now is the time when we prepare the so right
and we pick the right plants so that when it,

(01:34:24):
gets hot our plants are still, looking good our gardens are.
Still thriving that's what we. Aim for we prepare, the
soil talk about that all. The time pig good, quality
plants and then you plant them like. You WANT and
i was just thinking the other day someone was talking
about gardening rules. AND things i know people on all
ends of, the spectrum. YOU know i know people that

(01:34:44):
it's like they got to get a protractor out there
to make sure that every, every bed the curves are
just right and the angles are, just right and, you
know and they're just like engineers in the garden and
everything has to. Be perfect AND then i know people
that they're just as happy wandering through the woods and
the meadows and the wildflowers and. Everything else they don't

(01:35:06):
don't care about any of. That stuff and when it comes,
to rules there's a lot of gardening rules that you'll
hear and people will tell you you have to, do
that and it's a pet peeve. OF mine i don't mind.
Explaining that here is how here are some tips that
you know you want to consider to. Do better like let's,

(01:35:26):
take color, for example the color wheel going all the
way around, the, wheel right they say that you should
pick colors from different sides of the wheel that they go,
well together like purple and the yellow golden colors go.
Well together those are on opposite side of. The wheel
and then there's tertiary colors where you'd make take the
color wheel and you make a triangle out, of it
and you're picking three colors that are basically the points

(01:35:48):
of that triangle equal lout or triangle around. The wheel
and then there's, analogous colors and, you know there's all these, things,
that yes esthetically they are pleasing to the but it's,
your yard it's your patio. Of containers it's what do
you want to, look at and that's what you. Should

(01:36:08):
plant and so you can listen to, the rules and
there's wisdom behind, the rules but they're, not rules they're.
Really suggestions and when people start becoming the, plant police
thinking you have to do things the way that they
have to, do things that's. Not true i've known people
that had all kinds of different approaches. To plants and

(01:36:30):
if it makes, you happy. Do that if you get
all hung up about, the RULES and i got to,
do THIS and i got to, do THAT and i
got to do exactly, like this guarding ceases to. Be
fun it.

Speaker 13 (01:36:40):
Just.

Speaker 6 (01:36:41):
DOES now i know there's such a thing as hoa's
and hoa's have their opinions about what is pretty and.
What's NOT and i understand why they, do it property values.
AND whatnot i. GET that i, Get that but the
bottom line is it's. Your place and so, you know
if you've got to make the front yard acceptable to
the neighborhood and that's kind a part of, living there
we'll go for it and. Do that go in, the

(01:37:03):
backyard do what. YOU want, i mean you need to
have fun and you need to enjoy and look at
things you like to. Look at there are people who
are in plant societies of every kind of plant on
earth except bal mass, SO far i. HAVE not i
tried to start a ball, mass society but that's for another.
Day anyway and that's all they want to. LOOK at, i,
mean like if you're if you are, into roses your

(01:37:25):
whole yard can, be roses, climbing roses, miniature roses, groundcover roses,
shrub roses hybrid, tea roses for, cut flowers that's. Your
yard you go. Do that if you are, into herbs
the whole garden can, be HERBS and i. Mean it
do what you want. To do that was my LITTLE
soallbox i guess. This morning but, have fun, have fun

(01:37:47):
learn what you like, to learn do what you want,
to do and it's okay. TO change i go, THROUGH phases.
I do i go. Through phases there was a TIME
when i, was really REALLY just i was learning about salvia's.
AND everything i will, loves salvias by, the way my
favorite genera. Of PLANTS but i. Moved on i'm learning about.
Other things i'm trying other, things now and that's part

(01:38:09):
of the fun, of gardening keeps. It interesting, All right
well enough. About that if you're looking for a good
way or a good place to get all these kind.
Of Plants moss nursery Down, In seabrook texas is that kind. Of,
place listen this is not your average. Garden center this
is NOT what i would say is the regular type
of garden center that. You see seventy. Years old that

(01:38:31):
place has been seventy years round eight acres to. Wander
through this is a family operation that has long been
known in that area as a place to go and
whatever kind of plant you're looking for, right now they're
hanging baskets or out of. This world if you're looking,
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Absolutely stunning and when you go, in there there's friendly folks.
HELPING you I mean i've been in there, several times volunteer,
master gardner volunteers from one of the counties down, That,
direction galveston in, different Places, bra zoria they're they're, working
THERE and i mean they know their stuff AND they're
i mean that's like. Enjoy it good friendly people to

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help you that know what they're. Talking about that is
how it Is At. Moss nursery and there's always. Something
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fruit that are not so common throughout. The area they're
going to have Those Two moss nursery. Dot Com moss
nursery dot com two eight one four seven four twenty four,
Eighty Eight, Toddville, Road. Seabrook texas let's go Out. To

(01:39:34):
tomball now we're going to Talk. To, John, hello john.

Speaker 15 (01:39:39):
How you doing?

Speaker 6 (01:39:39):
This one, i'm, Well sir thank.

Speaker 15 (01:39:41):
YOU good i Was at jorges yesterday and picked up
a couple. OF things i got one of these. Myra
limits i've never grown more than a. Pot, before okay
so is there any anything special as.

Speaker 6 (01:39:55):
Big a pot as you, Can. GET john i wouldn't
put it in a half, whiskey barrel because those things
wrought out they're. Not treated would but something about. That
volume if you can give them ere that volume or close,
to it it'll do. Its best the smaller, the pot
the more often you're having to water it and keep
it from. Getting, stressed.

Speaker 15 (01:40:13):
Well as far as soil, and stuff anything, you know.

Speaker 6 (01:40:18):
In a big giant pot, LIKE that i might even
go with kind of a, rose soil or a mix
of rose AND. Veggie NERBMICX sometimes i just look at.
THE soil i want to be a little bit chunky
and a big pot, like that but not. Real chunky
so That was THAT'S how i would. Do it just
you want the sold or, drain well but also, whole moisture,
You know so that's. The blend there's a lot of

(01:40:40):
good blends. OUT there i know the Folks At. Heirloom
soils they sell a particular product for fruit and for
they have a product. For vegetables and either one of
those will.

Speaker 27 (01:40:49):
Do fine is?

Speaker 15 (01:40:51):
It though some fertilizer in There when i'm mixing them, all.

Speaker 6 (01:40:54):
Up yeah you can. DO that i would start when you're.
PLANTING it i would Get Some. Nelson genesis that's THE
one i use. For transplanting mixing it into the soil
you're about to transplant that Plant Into nelson genesis. Works
well and then, going forward get the if you're going
to Do the nelson just get their product that is.
For fruit they have a product for fruit trees and

(01:41:15):
it comes in little jars and in. A container all
you need is a. Little jar you don't need a.

Speaker 15 (01:41:18):
Big bag perfect, All, right, okay well, thank you skip.

Speaker 6 (01:41:22):
You bet. THANK you i appreciate, your. Calling folks i'm
gonna have to run now for a, Little break i'll be,
right back. All right welcome back to the garden line
on A lovely. Sunday morning, Look, outside oh it is
so pretty. Out there looking forward to a nice, afternoon
today out and about getting some gardening, stuff done some.

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Hey john Welcome. To gardenline, good Morning.

Speaker 1 (01:43:01):
SKIB so i got a bunch of the multi budded.
FRUIT trees i got four to, one apple four to,
one plum five on, one peach five to, one peach,
good night and four and one Peach the. Zeiger series
the four to one peach is The one i'm having an.
Issue with it's Got The, Eva's Pride, may Pride mid
Pride And jude pride, on there But The eva's pride

(01:43:24):
is the. Only one it's done absolutely nothing. So Far
m it's still just. A stick so just curious about thoughts.

Speaker 6 (01:43:30):
ON that i, don't know don't know why that. Would
be it is a variety that has. Grown here it's
been long recommended for many many. Years here so it's
nothing wrong with. The variety, you know when when you're
looking at a multi bud, LIKE that i always have
to kind, of, wonder well, you know when they try to,
butt it what if the bud didn't take and some

(01:43:51):
other bud grew and so it's not what you think it.
Would be that doesn't happen very often, at all but
it has to be left as. A possibility is the is?
The branch are you talking about more not not growing,
in general or it's it's it's just not not producing
or not growing, as fast or, you know how long

(01:44:13):
do you have? This? THREE oh i got a Brown?

Speaker 1 (01:44:16):
During, December okay and finally the other three that came
out they have between six to six inches to twelve
inches of.

Speaker 6 (01:44:23):
Growth, already okay and the.

Speaker 1 (01:44:25):
Others pride it still has green on, the buds but
they haven't broke through.

Speaker 6 (01:44:29):
Or, Anything, OKAY well i would give it a little.
More time, YOU know i don't know any there's no
magic bullet here where you need to spray this on
it or anything. LIKE that, i mean there's not going
to be an answer. Like that, BUT yeah i just
think time? Right now? Is it and if it turns
out that it doesn't want, to, perform well you know

(01:44:50):
you still have the. Other ones or if you want
to try your hand at butting, and grafting you can certainly.
Do that but there's no there's no. Magic, bullet okay.
Fair enough one other.

Speaker 1 (01:45:02):
QUICK comment i called you a couple of weeks ago
about the avocado tree that just went south, really quick
and shout out to. Enchanted gardens they stood buying their
products and they took care.

Speaker 6 (01:45:14):
Of, Me well i'm glad to hear. That that that
doesn't surprise me. At, all yeah that's. For, sure well.
Appreciate it good luck watch that. As pride, you know it's.
It's chilling hours are so low that and let's see
where you're Up. In tomball, so yeah it's gonna be
or You're, in katie. Excuse, Me okay so it's gonna

(01:45:34):
bloom pretty early for you in, most years but just just.
Watch it it should be already. Pushing growth but. Let's
see let me know how it works. Out too i'd
be curious to hear. On, this well do, appreciate it,
all right, thanks sir appreciate. The, call uh when you're
looking at. Your lawn we are in.

Speaker 32 (01:45:51):
That time.

Speaker 6 (01:45:51):
You know we start off, talking, about well this is
our optional quick green up time where you could put
out a product Like the imperial, for example just to
get a quick release of nutrients to get things. Moving,
fast well we're hitting the time now where we're going
into the. Summer fertilizations and we know you don't need

(01:46:11):
to fertilize a quick green up and the summer within
less than six weeks of, each other but give them
about six weeks apart and then. It's time and if
you didn't put on the, quick greenup you can begin
sooner With the nitrophoss. Super turf that's the. Silver bag
the silver bag nineteen four to ten superturf. Sixteen weeks
that's four months basically. Of fertilizing that that, will do

(01:46:34):
so you're not fertilized again for. Four months it releases a,
nitrogen gradually and it's not a. Quick release it's a
gradual release, over time and as, a result you get good.
Even growth you're not having a momo momo mode to
keep up with the fertilizer you just. Put down now
you're going to find products like superturf at PLACES Like,
Rcw Nursery Stanton shopping center Down. In alvin you go

(01:46:55):
Up To court Hardware IN stafford M and D, And Cyprus,
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the one we use for our worm season long fertilization of.

Speaker 27 (01:47:12):
The lawn.

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I'm sitting here trying To, look okay let's Head to
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Speaker 33 (01:47:21):
Mareene morning I'M glad i was ABLE to i think
send you my pictures of.

Speaker 11 (01:47:28):
The weed, oh okay they're happily they're.

Speaker 33 (01:47:31):
HAPPILY growing i haven't. Cut them i've called you before
and you, said wait wait BEFORE because i had a
problem with one of.

Speaker 22 (01:47:42):
The freezers took.

Speaker 24 (01:47:42):
Out, patches okay.

Speaker 2 (01:47:44):
And SO now i need to kill.

Speaker 33 (01:47:46):
What's THERE usually i just been down and start pulling.
Out everything but there might be a. Smarter way so
That's why i'm.

Speaker 6 (01:47:53):
Calling you did you send that? This, MORNING yes i.

Speaker 12 (01:47:58):
Would say.

Speaker 15 (01:48:00):
About five.

Speaker 33 (01:48:01):
Minutes ago and you're producer or whatever the. Fellow does
he gave me, your, Address okay so it might have
just come.

Speaker 19 (01:48:09):
In like a.

Speaker 6 (01:48:10):
Year ago they just popped up as you. Were talking,
the okay pictures haven't, downloaded yet but go ahead and
start telling me about the Situation and i'll.

Speaker 15 (01:48:18):
Be.

Speaker 17 (01:48:19):
Posed okay so the SITUATION is i have a.

Speaker 33 (01:48:23):
Lovely variety some of them have bright pink flowers when
the sun, comes OUT so i don't know what. THEY'RE
called i just want. Them gone there's a few areas
where they have, the STICKERS so i know to drag
a burlap bag. Over that but the, whole problem basically
IS that i have a, long Service so i'm going

(01:48:45):
to get drop things from everybody's, property EVENTUALLY so I
thought i should first take care Of what, i've, got
okay and.

Speaker 6 (01:48:55):
Manage it so Here's what. I'm not all of the photos,
are opening but the pink one.

Speaker 8 (01:49:02):
Just.

Speaker 6 (01:49:03):
Oh okay the pink one, is oxalis a type. Of
oxalice it has, bulbs underground and the yellow one is
also a type. Of oxalice you need to spot treat
those because they will come back and. Come back they
also reproduce, from seed so you don't want to give
them time to. Do that if you will get a
product that, contains trimac but as a spray trimac tri

(01:49:25):
imec and just spray the foliage. Of those you don't
need to mix much of, it up just enough to spray.
The foliage it will not kill, Them all and so
you're gonna a little, bit later, you know when it's
done its thing and, the weeds some of them are
bouncing back, or whatever do. It again but you have
to stay. With it but just do spot sprays because
as it starts to, warm up that product is hard on.

(01:49:47):
Your grass so the more you can just spray that
weed and not get it all over the whole lawn
and get it On Your, saint augustine the better off.
You'll be but that's a difficult weed to get.

Speaker 11 (01:49:57):
Rid of i've heard you go.

Speaker 33 (01:50:00):
THROUGH that i didn't stop YOU because i thought someone
else might.

Speaker 12 (01:50:03):
Need to hear.

Speaker 33 (01:50:04):
It, Too, Okay yes i'm well Prepared and i'm. Very
diligent i'll take a calendar to Make sure i'm keeping.

Speaker 16 (01:50:11):
On.

Speaker 6 (01:50:11):
It, yeah yeah there's a product in the trimac called
TWO four d and it is especially effective, on those
but it's also hard On The saint augustine when we
get especially as we get a, ninety degrees you can.
Damage it that's why we definitely want to. Spot treat
and you got to get rid of the weed And
The saint augustin you'll crawl back in if it gets a.
Little damage but. Spot, treat, okay.

Speaker 33 (01:50:33):
Okay can you see any other of.

Speaker 11 (01:50:35):
The weeds there seems to be.

Speaker 33 (01:50:37):
A variety and, YOU know i know. A dandelion will
it be effective to kill? The, dandelions USUALLY as, I
said i just, walk around, recognize it.

Speaker 6 (01:50:46):
Pull, it yeah that's effective. On dandelions i'm looking at
your Pictures and i'm just seeing oxalis and the pictures that.
You set, so.

Speaker 11 (01:50:56):
Okay that's a.

Speaker 33 (01:50:57):
GOOD start i thought that.

Speaker 11 (01:50:59):
You suddenly got to the website to do your spot
with a.

Speaker 33 (01:51:04):
SPECIAL apparatus i didn't go, there, yet okay and only
paint on.

Speaker 8 (01:51:08):
The area is that A.

Speaker 6 (01:51:10):
Different, yes now if you've got a lot, of this
that's gonna be pretty tedious because you've got a little
sponge about half the size of a deck of cards
that are about the size of the deck cars and
you're squeezing my my weed wiper tool that's at My
website gardening. With skip it shows you how to. Build
one anybody can build one if you got. A hammer
if you got a hammer and an, ice pick and

(01:51:32):
you buy the, little gadget where Are you what part
of town are?

Speaker 9 (01:51:35):
You In.

Speaker 11 (01:51:37):
In lakeside? Of, state okay not too far From, the beltway.

Speaker 6 (01:51:41):
And, yeah, too well you got to find. THAT tool
I know bob has Them At. Southwest fertilizer but the
little grabber tools are a. Certain, place yeah a certain
kind of. Grabber tool just telling me herd it. On
guardline h you buy, that tool you get you some
little mason, jar lids a little pint. Jar lids knock
a hole in them with a nail with, a nail
get you to, a, kitchen sponges and everything's on. The

(01:52:04):
website it's called. Skipswed wiper and then there's also a
Publication called herbicides, for skipsweedwiper and that way you can
choose the one for the particular weed you're going. To wipe,
you know there's some people are wiping it on, nut
set some people are wiping it on, wild onions some
people are wiping.

Speaker 16 (01:52:20):
It on your.

Speaker 6 (01:52:22):
Oxalis that, you have and so each of those there's
different products that work on. Different weeds, all.

Speaker 12 (01:52:27):
Right, okay okay thank you so much just to listen to.

Speaker 6 (01:52:31):
Your show thank you em appreciate that you. Take. CARE
yeah i WAS Added jnr Ace in Porter Yesterday, ace
hardware and some folks came up who had been DOWN
The rcw nursery to see the rosarians who were. THERE,
yesterday rcw they are stocked up on all kinds of
things and of course they. Have roses yesterday they had
a bunch of rosarians that came out for the DAY

(01:52:52):
and i had a good time FROM what, i HEARD
and i can just imagine that. THEY Did rcw Nurseries
dot com is. THE website i want you to go,
by THERE and i want you to look at the
boogain villeas that. They have they have boog and videos
that we call. It standards standards is when you take
a plant and you put a little on a trunk
and then you got the thing at. THE top i
mean you can have roses. Or standards, You know it's

(01:53:13):
like it comes out of, the ground goes up three
feet or, whatever height and then you've got this little rose.
On top that's not normally how, roses grow but that's a.
Standard time same thing is true with. Boogain villas they
raise the trunk up and that they. Are stunning. They're
gorgeous you gotta go. SEE them rcw always has good
selections of hibiscus and other kinds of things that just

(01:53:35):
produce gaudy color all through. THE summertime rcw Nursery. Dot
com you gotta check. It, out well let's. SEE here
i do want to remind You that i'm going to
be At The cipher Home And Garden show Home And
Outdoor living Show next saturday from twelve, to two twelve noon,
to two, all right and twelve noon. To two i'll
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there answering your. GARDENING questions i have some of my.
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So good, all right, Welcome back welcome Back. To guardlinem
good to have you. With us you'd like to give me,
a call maybe. Talk gardening we can. Do that all
you got to do is spun in seven one three
two one two k T r h into your phone

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and next thing, you know we'll. Be Talking tree hugger
sprinklers is a device that's fairly new in the market
and it's one of the better Inventions that i've seen
the last ten years of a garden world. Type things
and THE reason i like, them is think of a,
round sprinkler but instead of being, perfectly round it's more
like the. Pac man you know where, it's hinged and

(02:00:09):
so you can open, it up put it up against the,
tree trunk and then close it back in and you've
got a circle around. The trunk there's a, seven inch
eleven inch and a fifteen inch size of tree, hagar
sprinklers and so when you're planning it doesn't have to
be a tree like a rose bush a nash great
time plant rose bush is still too by, the way
you could put it around that, little rosebush barely turn
it on and you wet the. Root ball you wet

(02:00:32):
that cylinder that went in the ground and the soil right,
around it and so it makes it easy for new
plants to help them have success. Taking off that's. Very
important that first summer for, woody ornamentals, tree shrubs woody vines.
Very critical One Tree hugger sprinkler's designed. For, that now
if you've got established trees that you want to grow
Faster Tree, hugger sprinkler when summer comes and it's hot

(02:00:55):
and they're not getting, enough water it's one thing to
keep a plan alive and. Save it. That's important Tree
tree hugger will. Do that but it's also important to
keep it growing even despite, the hot dry weather by
water in the tree And tree hugger does that. Of
Course Tree hugger sprinklers. Dot com that's, The Website Tree
hugger Sprinklers. Dot com now where do you? Get them

(02:01:15):
you can get them at The, arbor gate you can
get Them at League cityfeed done In The, league city
you can go OVER To rcw Nurseries or Warrens Or Kingwood's.
Garden Center. In kingwood you can Go To chanti Gardens
and forest down In The richmond. Rosenborg area d and
d feed Up In Tomball. Nelson watergarden Out In Katie,
Southwest Fertilizer. Single ranch there's several Aces Like, Single ranch

(02:01:36):
katie k and M at tascasta full. Shore aces they
all carry the tree. Hugger sprinkler once you, buy one
you will always have it for when you're, planting plants
or when you're, rescuing plants or when we have one
of those. Doozy summers it will more than pay. For
itself that is an important thing out in. The lawn
it's a good time to put On. Sweet green we

(02:01:57):
know the weather's, warmed up the grass is starting to
kick off and get. Going Here sweet Green by nitrofos
provides eleven percent nitrogen in a very carbon based form
that makes microbes very. Very happy microbes love sugars and
molasses and those kinds of, carbon strains and that is
exactly what they Get From. Sweet green and if you

(02:02:19):
go out to a Place, Like Plantation, ace hardware you're
going to find. Nitrofoss products you go TO the M
and d At in Rosenberg Or court Hardware On south Maine.
In stafford you Go To Ace hardware City and memorial
or ospase ace in the Woodlands. On carcanal you've got
basically a lot of places to get a quality product
like sweet green because nitrofoss is sold throughout. The region

(02:02:41):
let's go Out to baytown now and Talk. To, Marie Well,
hello marie and welcome To.

Speaker 37 (02:02:46):
Garden line, Good morning. THANK you i have an area
that's about twenty feet by two feet that doesn't. HAVE
grass i killed a lot of the weeds that were growing,
in there and it does get a, little sunlight but not.
A lot i was wondering what type of GRASS could

(02:03:06):
i get to put.

Speaker 6 (02:03:07):
In there we have a couple. Of options, you know
we do have some groundcover types of plants that make
a grass looking kind of. Lawn area i've seen Areas
in houston where, the lives the live oaks are just
just basically reaching across the street and there's very, little
light and they'll make the whole lawn out of loriope that.

(02:03:28):
Green loriope aztec grass is. Another one it's it's a
think of it as a type. Of loriope it's it's
not technically but. ASTech. Grass uh it is a white
and green. Striped leaf so when you use greenliope and
then the. Astec grass it really creates a beautiful distinguishing
line through. That area so those would be some options

(02:03:50):
that you could use that is a grass like kind.
Of plant another, Great, option marie are many of the
sedges that. We have sedges are a grass. Like plant they're,
not grass but they. Make clumps and there's some native
sedges to, this region native sedges to other Areas of

(02:04:11):
texas that will all do well here and they put
up with a very bright light and down to a
pretty decent amount. Of, shade.

Speaker 37 (02:04:21):
Okay WHERE would? I? Sign okay were these sedges that
you can Buy Like saint augustine and patches or those
seeds or what?

Speaker 6 (02:04:29):
Are, they no you'll buy them in little containers and.
You plant you plant them out like little. Little clumps
they don't, spread fast but, you know sedges are there
are many. DIFFERENT types i can't totally generalize about all.
Of them, there's variations but you plant them together and
they Spread like. Berkeley saige you know it's going to

(02:04:50):
get to be what probably fourteen sixteen inches across and
it's this soft mounding kind. Of look Then there's texas
said to one of our native sedges here. And others
you might try a Place Like buchanans done In the
heights because they do specialize in. Natives there but you're
going to find sedges in other places. As WELL but

(02:05:11):
I would i would just call them and talk, to them,
or maybe, you know you probably go to. THEIR website
i Haven't checked buchanan's website, for Sedges but i'll bet
you that they have some information in their plants, on
that and you could learn a little bit more, about
them find out if that is what you're. You're wanting
if that's, the looky What about?

Speaker 37 (02:05:31):
Ma's nursery do you think they would?

Speaker 6 (02:05:32):
HAVE it i bet. They would they have. SO much
i would run Over to seabrook and talk to them. As, well,
yeah okay learn. About them see if you. Like them
and when you go to a good Nursery, like moss,
for example you're if they don't, have that they're gonna
have something else that fits.

Speaker 37 (02:05:47):
The, bill okay, all right that would. Be GOOD so
i could just go there and talk with them and
see what they Suggest to that would.

Speaker 6 (02:05:53):
Be good that certainly. Is good, all right, all right,
thank you have a.

Speaker 7 (02:05:57):
Good day, you, Bet goodbye.

Speaker 6 (02:06:00):
Thank you for the. Call out In the, kingwood area
we've got those kind of. Nurseries too You've Got Warren
southern Gardens And Kingwood. Garden center warrens Is On north
park by the Way. In Kingwood Kingwood garden center Is On,
Stone hollow and just looking at the plants that they've
been getting in, up there they've got all kinds. Of
vegetables christ they still have. Fruit trees if you, like

(02:06:21):
Succulents and i'm telling you they have insucculent or really
a hot item. Right now people. Love those they've. Got that,
you know you're looking for, Citrus trees they've. Got that
you're looking for beautiful, blooming vines, you Know like confederate jasmine.
For example they've got lots, of that perennials like, like
anasia beautiful tropicals, like HIBISCUS and, I mean i could

(02:06:43):
just go on.

Speaker 8 (02:06:43):
And on.

Speaker 6 (02:06:44):
These places they stock the kinds of plants that, grow
here and they have the expertise you. Walk into lets,
just say you Go into warrens Out On North, park
drive you're gonna. Find people. Michael's there there's other people
there that know what they're, talking about and they can
point you in the. Right direction and while, you're there
you're going to be able to pick up the Fertilizers
like Microlife. And nelson that's what both, those places they

(02:07:06):
have the filling stations where you take Your empty Microlife
or nelson jars in and you refilled them with.

Speaker 3 (02:07:12):
That.

Speaker 6 (02:07:12):
Product there. It's economical intersafe's thrown away the plastic and
then the, Heirloom, soils Nelson, Plant, Food, microlife Nitrofoss, turf
star all. That stuff both places seven days. A week.
They're open let's go now out To the memorial area
and we're going to Talk. To, Lynn, Hello lynn Welcome.
To guardenline, Good.

Speaker 19 (02:07:32):
MORNING skip i love, your SHOW and i just RIGHT
now i have a fifty year old for forty holly
hedge that has, been wonderful beautiful berries, on it, you
know just a. Wonderful hedge but it's, Dying. NOW okay

(02:07:53):
i want to KNOW what i could do to, feed it, all.

Speaker 6 (02:07:56):
Right and maybe some. Of it let's. TACKLE that i
have to hit. A break you, hang on and when we,
Come back I'm gonna i'm gonna take off with. That
question thank you. Very much it's a Shame that dolly
can't bring a little bit of energy to. Her music
Isn't it welcome back? To, guardenline hey we're gonna go

(02:08:17):
Back to lynn In. Memorial lynn you have a holly
THAT hit a holly hedge has been around for a,
long time and it's suddenly not. Looking good can you
kind of describe to me what you're seeing when you look.
At it.

Speaker 19 (02:08:30):
Parts of it are are slowly, Dying BACK so i
have dead BRANCHES that i, prene off and other parts
of it are looking.

Speaker 6 (02:08:41):
All, Right, okay well hollies can have problems in, the
roots and it's been there a, long time, you know
why would sudden problems? Suddenly develop but that can happen
if the drainage. Is poor if an area that you
know was reasonably rained is now no longer, well drained

(02:09:03):
it gives hollies a very big difficult time of. Making
it holly's can get certain kinds of insects, and things
but you usually see that in the case of like
city mold or something growing on the. Sugar water the.
Insects produce so if you're just seeing some, die back
it's either too much water or not, enough water or
some other thing going on in the. Root system, most
likely so pruning that out and then making sure you

(02:09:26):
keep it as evenly moist as you can try to
maintain a. GOOD moisture a hedge that's that well established
is not nearly as picky about sole moisture as a
new plant, would be but still it can be. An
issue if you wanted to take some pictures of it
and send them, To me i'll be happy to take
a look at them and SEE if i see. Anything

(02:09:46):
else maybe a picture of the plant from a distance
showing the, overall look and then up close what the symptoms.
Look like, up close check, the stems like if you've
got a branch it is, dying back and look at
the area where it goes from healthy to not healthy on,

(02:10:08):
the branch and see if you see any sunken areas
or any splits in the bark or anything. Like that
and if you do take pictures. Of those that would
be kind of the. Next step other than my.

Speaker 19 (02:10:18):
General comments it's definitely. Not, overwatered okay might not be
have quite, enough WATER but i have. A sprinkler, YOU
know i think, You know i'm a. LONGTIME gardener I
think i'm pretty much aware that it's not you know
about that WHAT should i.

Speaker 6 (02:10:38):
FEED it i would use an acid loving. Plant food
do you have a particular organic, not organic or do
you have anything preferences as to how you.

Speaker 19 (02:10:47):
Do that i'm, not ORGANIC be. I, don't.

Speaker 6 (02:10:51):
Yeah anything that's labeled, for, azilias, camellias blueberries magnolia's all
of that are as sid. Loving PLANTS and i would
use a plant food for acid. Loving plants that would.
Be it and you know the Folks, that nelson they
have one an acid loving plant food part of their.
Nutristar collection and so you can get the little jars

(02:11:15):
of it and sprinkler it around the hollies and watered in,
that way or you can buy bigger bags of acid
loving plant food. As well, All righty then ON the.

Speaker 19 (02:11:24):
I have a lagustrum HEDGE that i, have replanted it's three.
Years old WHAT would i?

Speaker 6 (02:11:30):
Feed, it well that would be any kind of a
lawn food would do good. On That and i'm sorry
to have. TO run i got some OTHER calls i
get to get To and i'm running short on. Show
TODAY but i just get you a good turf food
and feed the lagustrum, With THAT and i do thank
you for. That call thank you You Know Spring creek
feed is up There in MAGNOLIA on fm twenty nine
seventy Eight Near grand Parkway and highway to. Forty Nine

(02:11:53):
spring creek carries the fertilizers that we talk about here On.
Garden line that would Be, Turf, star Microlife nitrouss let's.
Of things they carry everything you need to, control pests weeds.
And diseases and the bottom line is what do you
need to make, your grass, your lawn your, flower beds
your gardens. Look Good Spring creek feed's going to carry. Those,

(02:12:15):
things now they do have a. Delivery service they will
special order And if, Senior, CITIZEN military ffa OR four
h applies, to you they have discounts for groups. Like
That At Spring creek feed again minutes Away From grand
Parkway and highway two. Forty NINE on fm twenty nine,
seventy eight we were talking about fertilizers and acid loving

(02:12:36):
Things that microlife hasn't an acid. Loving fertilizer should have
mentioned that one. As well that's kind of a, pink
bag but it works super well for any plant that
likes a little bit more of an. Acidic ENVIRONMENT now
i want to, TALK well i Mentioned IN microlife i
want to talk about a couple of, their Liquids The
Ocean harvest. Blue label that's a four to two three
fertilizer that is. Fish, based okay use. It outdoors it's

(02:13:00):
had a little bit of a fission odor, to it
but it is a. Super product, excellent liquid will. Not
burn you can folly or apply it if you want
to feed, that way or you can just drench it over.
The soil it's an. Excellent product now their other Product Is.
Microlife biomatrix it's a little extra. Nitrogen boost it's got
a seven one three ratio and it's an. Orange label

(02:13:23):
both products. WORK well i Use the biomatrix outdoors. And
indoors it just. Works well anything that's where you're wanting
to promote, some vigors, some growth some foliage. And things,
of course house plants totally apply. To that biomatrix orange
Label for microlife is an. Excellent choice i've got a
little bit of. Time here let's Run To texas city

(02:13:45):
and Talk. To, Danny, hey danny Welcome. To guardenline more to.

Speaker 12 (02:13:50):
Skip pay thanks for what.

Speaker 31 (02:13:51):
You, Do hey i'm got to myers lemon trees and
mineral tubs in my backyard and there's tall as my
six foot. Privacy fence i'd like to go ahead and
put them in, The, ground OKAY and I got i'm
picking Up From microsoft orange. Labels today okay to lead
them any special tips.

Speaker 6 (02:14:11):
OR tricks i know we've had.

Speaker 31 (02:14:12):
The, freezes YEAH normally i drag them u uneath my
owning to protect them. From, frost right but these are
getting a little bit big, to move.

Speaker 6 (02:14:20):
So gotcha? Got you so what you want to do
is go to the place where they're going. To be
dig a hole about as deep as the root ball
is going. To be lay those mineral tubs on, the
side kind of bump them so you can slide that tree.
Out horizontally don't try to pull it up out, of
there but slide. It out look at how deep the root,
ball is and that is how deep you want the hole.

(02:14:41):
To be so when you set it and, plant it
you haven't dug a hole that's. Too deep where now
it's the soil is going. To settle, you know you
refilled and. It, Settles uh and you want them to
be about the same level they were growing in. That
container get that done as soon. As possible don't put
compost in the soil in the hole. Or anything if
you want to mend the, whole bed, you can and,
we compost but uh put the soil you dug out of,

(02:15:03):
the hole use that to plant. Back, in plant plant,
the plant settle it. Back in so just do that
watered in. Really good don't worry about fertilizing them. Right
now as the weather warms up and they begin, to
grow then a little fertilizer gradually, over time small amounts
would be the best way to go for. This year,

(02:15:24):
all right good luck. With them enjoy. THAT definitely. I
love i love taking care of those kinds. Of things let's,
see here how much TIME do i?

Speaker 15 (02:15:36):
Have?

Speaker 6 (02:15:37):
Left Uh Wild, birds unlimited it's one of my favorite
stores to. GO to i. Say stores there are a bunch,
of them you know. They're six There's Clear. Lake wildbirds
there's one in West, side houston. A Memorial there's kingwood's.
Got One pair land's. Got, One uh Southeastern Bel air
area it's, Got one cyprus. Has one and right Now At.

(02:15:57):
Wildbird's unlimited the Feed of troy is the nesting. Super
blend our birds are. Nesting there they need the calcium
and nesting super blend not only for, skeletal development but
also for the playing the eggs that. They need they
that product has tons of protein and it. Just is
it's fuel for birds at this stage of the season.

(02:16:18):
For sure now they also still have that, cardinal product
the wonderful Product at Wilbird's Called. Cardinal confetti just GO
to wbu dot com Forward, SLASH houston wbu dot com Forward.
Slash houston, that's it find the one.

Speaker 13 (02:16:34):
NEAR you.

Speaker 6 (02:16:36):
I should warn you. It's addictive i've warned you THAT
before i wasn't a, bird person and oh, my GOSH now.
I am And it's. Wilbird's fault wilbirds And The carnel
merlin App. From cornell it's a free app. By them you've,
been warned but. It's fun promise you that. Don't Forget,

(02:17:02):
Next Saturday Sci fi home an outdoor living show At The.
Berry center i'll be there from twelve. To two come
on and. See me it's a. Great, show anyway come.
On out i'm gonna give. A talk i'm gonna give
away a lot of. Good products love to visit.

Speaker 29 (02:17:16):
With you.

Speaker 2 (02:17:23):
Welcome to KT R H garden Line With Skip Ricord's.

Speaker 6 (02:17:27):
Shoes watch trim just watch him as.

Speaker 29 (02:17:42):
So many good thanks to see black rasing not.

Speaker 9 (02:17:52):
Su, su.

Speaker 6 (02:18:00):
Alrighty let's do our final hour Of garden line today for.
The weekend as a matter, of fact if you would
like to give us a call if you got a
question that you don't want to wait till, NEXT weekend
i ask them that would be a. Good time seven
one three two one two k T r h seven
one three two one two K T rh i uh

(02:18:22):
was out and, about shopping doing some nursery visits and
just seeing what's. GOING on i always like to keep
up with with what you see out at the local
garden Centers because i'm telling you it is always. Something
new and You know i've said, This before i'll say.
It again we here In the houston area have the
best garden centers as a group of any place in

(02:18:45):
The country i've, ever Been and i've been in a lot.
OF places i. Always do i'm a, horticultural tourist meaning,
YOU know i Go to ATLANTA and i want to
see what's the best garden Centers. In atlanta up IN the,
DC area i want to know what's the best garden
centers up in North northern virginia and the place is,
like THAT and i, see them and there's great garden
centers all of, the country but we have so many

(02:19:06):
here and they're so great and they're so unique that
it is really. Really cool it's. Really special and one
of those kind of garden centers Is In channa gardens
Out In. Richmond rosenberg it's southwest. Of town they have.
A selection it's just stunning and it's a fun place to.
Go to, you know there's a lot going. On there
they've got a lot of the whimsy, you know the

(02:19:28):
things you put outside as decorations in. Your garden they
have the, beautiful containers. You know maria there always makes
their hanging baskets, for spring the metal containers lined with
cocoa fibers and filled with beautiful collections and then all
the plants you need to go. In that if you're,
into succulents you're gonna find a really good. Selection, there

(02:19:49):
beautiful beautiful selection. Of succulents how about a spring. Blooming
tree THAT'S something i don't talk. About enough they got
Them In. Channa gardens, you know, red buds several different
kinds of. Red buds are you looking for some really
hot summer color like hibiscus or booga. And villias they
are getting those into now. AND milkweeds a lot of
milkweed plants have. Come in it's just the place you

(02:20:11):
go when you, need whatever because they're going to. HAVE
it i like to the fact that they carry the
products you need to get the foundation right for. Your
plants the BRONZE stuff i call, It Microlife nitrofoss nelson, Plant,
food medina Soils From nature's way and heirloom soils. For
example you hear me talk about those two products all
the time now that they've got them There At. Inchendi

(02:20:33):
gardens here's The Website Entented gardens richmond. Dot Com Entented
gardens richmond. Dot com it's On The katie fullshire Side
of RICHMOND on fm three point. Fifty nine let's go
ahead and head Out to alvin now and we're going
to Visit With. Robert Well, hello robert and Welcome.

Speaker 16 (02:20:50):
To.

Speaker 6 (02:20:50):
Gardenline, HELLO.

Speaker 32 (02:20:54):
Yes i was wondering what is the best way to
protect the contrees From score.

Speaker 6 (02:21:01):
You mean to keep them from damaging the branches or
from eating the pecan nuts eating the.

Speaker 32 (02:21:07):
PECAN nuts i had a. Bumper crop, LAST year i
was ready to make my first. Pecan, pile yeah, And
uh i'll.

Speaker 23 (02:21:18):
Work And where.

Speaker 6 (02:21:19):
I'm off, i'm LAZY so i don't go out.

Speaker 8 (02:21:21):
Every.

Speaker 32 (02:21:22):
Day OKAY uh i went out and the dad gun squirrels,
AND completely i mean all my.

Speaker 6 (02:21:32):
Grain, pecans yeah. We're, gone well, you KNOW if, i
CAN if i can play around with you here just a, Little,
BIT robert, i, say really all you need to do
is change recipes from pecan pie to. Squirrel dumplings, all right,
All Right i'm i'm Not gonna i'm not gonna. Leave
it that is. The ANSWER but i. COULDN'T resent i

(02:21:54):
bought a. Pellet, gun okay, all RIGHT well i don't want,
to try, all, right, yeah yeah here's here's. The here
people are horrified listening to gardener right, now here Here's
the here's the bottom line with squirrels and pecans that
you have. Two options, uh no you have, one option

(02:22:16):
keep them out of. The tree and the way to
do that is if you have low, hanging limbs pren
those up where the squirrels can't jump from the ground to.
The tree on, the trunk you can put metal flashing
and you want to put it up above the ground
so the squirrels can't jump from the ground above the
flashing and grab the. Trunk bark but it needs to

(02:22:37):
be long enough where they can't go up the trunk
part way and then just jump over, the flashing so
that that would be. A way and, then finally and
this is where most people's situation doesn't allow it is
they can't get to your tree from any other tree
or a power. Line. Either uh and if, you can't
if you have a power line going through, your tree
or if there's another tree so close where they can

(02:22:58):
just jump from one to, the other you're up. A
creek but if you can isolate that tree in THE ways,
i described that's. THAT'S possible i. Don't know there's no
other keep the squirrels out of the tree Way that i'm.

Speaker 32 (02:23:11):
Aware, Of, okay uh That. SOUNDS scott i think they
may be jumping from from my, side, fence okay with
the neighbors and into one of. The Trees but i'm.

Speaker 6 (02:23:25):
Not, sure well if that's, the, case yes some pruning may.
Fix that maybe maybe you can fix it, That, Way, robert,
Okay well i'll give it, a try, all right. Good luck,
if not let, me Know and i'll send you a
recipe if you. Need, to okay well you tube's full.
Of recipes but, uh yeah well the CONVENT squirrel i

(02:23:50):
hear is really. Good eating, So okay i'm gonna. Quit
that we got people having apileptic shock out there listening
To the, all right thanks, A lot thanks, a. LOT
man i appreciate you Call Take Care. Nitrofas imperial that
is their immediately available Fertilizer from nitrofas that is in
the ratio that is perfect. For turf that's what it.

(02:24:13):
Amounts to it's the orangish red bag, fifteen five ten
or the three numbers you put. It down when you,
water it it dissolves and those nutrients go into the
ground in a form that plants can just immediately. Take
up and so it's a good. Quick growth now we
use it in the springtime for quick. Green up you
could use it all through. The year you would just

(02:24:34):
make small applications of it all through, THE summer i say,
the year all through the summer. Of it generally it's
one where we're looking at as a primarily. Spring application
but don't, you know there's no reason it has to
only be used in. The spring typically in the summer
we switched To The nitroposs silver bag for longer. Term
feeding But Night foss imperial is an excellent product that

(02:24:54):
will create a beautiful on. For you and you're going
to Find night foss products it places LIKE the M
And d Hardware on cypress up There On Blue. Outer
road you're gonna find IT At Ace, hardware City A,
MEMORIAL Drive, Rcw Nursery. Tomball parkway if you GO to
D And d Feed, and tomble you're gonna Find night
frost products here. As well let's head on out Now To.

(02:25:14):
West houston we're going to Talk. To, Ron, Hello ron
i'll tell You what I'm. Gonna ron i'm gonna have
to hold sorry about that. FALSE alarm i just looked
at the clock and my producer's REMINDING me i have
to go. To commercials so we'll be. Right back, oh
yeah just THE man i got Down. Trund studio i'll be.

(02:25:37):
Right back oh, my gosh that's like Listening. To footloose
if you don't got a tap and foot, going on
you better check. Your pulse, All, right well growers outlet Up,
in willis somebody talked about that. EARLIER today i can't
remember who. Was it they called in and it had
been Out to Growers out it is a. Great place

(02:25:58):
it really is. Really cool it was a sherry earlier
in the show was, OUT there. I, Believe anyway growers
Out in willis is the, Website Too growers Outlet in willis.
Dot com that's. The website They're on highway seventy five South,
of welless just a few minutes Away from interstate. Forty
five so those of You in conroe Down the woodlands
all the way Up To, lake Conroe, certainly willis and

(02:26:21):
up North To, new waverley all, that area this is
your hometown. Garden center just run right out there and
you will find a awesome selection, of plants vegetables and
bedding plants. A color we're talking about shrubs. And trees
we're going about a giant beautifying baskets Like the macho
fern that's the one that has the weather worms out
there will be getting a lot of those, in. There
gorgeous if you go online to The Website growers Outlet,

(02:26:44):
in willis you will find something that is very uncommon,
among nurseries and that is that you will have their
availability and the pricing right there on. The website so
if you're kind, of, WONDERING well i wonder if they
have any more of those tomatoes. Or, not Well, EVERY
wednesday i Believe it's wednesday evening they update the tomato the.
Vegetable list go check. Them out they have beautiful containers

(02:27:08):
with the perennials, in them like gallon sized containers. And others,
beautiful plants. Excellent quality and then of course when, you're
there you're gonna be able to get microlife and nitrofoss
and medina products, for example products to control pests. And
diseases have a wonderful little gift, shop too lots of
home and garden. Related items you Need to you need to,
see it and anyone in that area probably haven't been.

(02:27:31):
By there you need to go. By there it's. Worth doing.
Excellent place, all right let's let's see here we're going.
To go now where?

Speaker 9 (02:27:38):
Were?

Speaker 6 (02:27:38):
We uh WE was i going?

Speaker 30 (02:27:41):
TO run? I?

Speaker 6 (02:27:42):
Believe, Ron, Yes, hey ron welcome To. Garden line good.
Morning morning how can?

Speaker 38 (02:27:49):
We, Help yeah i've been seeing an ad on the
internet for some sort Of a chilean cherry that they want.

Speaker 6 (02:27:56):
To ship, the uh.

Speaker 38 (02:27:59):
The roots, and branches and they claim that they'll, you
know Bear, by july which, you know yeah that's a.

Speaker 6 (02:28:07):
Little SHORT but i was wondering if it would grow Here.

Speaker 34 (02:28:11):
In.

Speaker 6 (02:28:11):
Houston, no there there's stuff that gets on the internet
and it always comes and goes. Like that i've been
getting those same ads and it just drives.

Speaker 36 (02:28:24):
Me.

Speaker 6 (02:28:24):
Nuts there we have no experience with.

Speaker 16 (02:28:29):
Those.

Speaker 6 (02:28:30):
Whatsoever HERE when i look at, THE ads i see
things That aren't they're, not natural they're. Not normal like
you've got a little stick coming out of the ground
with cherries the size of pingpong bongs and there's hardly
any leaves on, the plant and fruit plants can't. Do
that it's way over. OVER related, I mean i mean over,
over sold overclaimed. And everything, you know if we got

(02:28:55):
some of those in try, them out find out what
they would do, or whatever that that's a. Different thing
BUT when i see ads that are clearly, not true,
the ADS and i don't trust them. At all so,
you know someday someone gets one here and tries them
and grows them. And, whatnot well maybe there's something, to
IT but i don't. Believe, IT no i agree, with

(02:29:17):
you BECAUSE when i see. THOSE ads, i go there's
nothing but cherries. On there there's. No Leaves, what yeah
how can?

Speaker 16 (02:29:23):
It?

Speaker 6 (02:29:24):
Develop yeah and if you try to research, it online
you're not going to find any legitimate, you know other
than somebody selling the thing or maybe some sort of
social media claim. Or whatever. It's ridiculous there's certain companies that.
Do that there's another company that sells you seeds, for
roses which, right there that's not what. You do but

(02:29:47):
they pour them out of a little hand trowel into
the cracks in the. Concrete sidewalks and the next picture
shows them going up the side of a wall and
they're covered with roses and all these different unknown colors
and there's just no absolutely not so chili AND cherry
i think is probably the. Same.

Speaker 38 (02:30:05):
THING yeah i learned a long time ago that anything
on the internet could be. A.

Speaker 6 (02:30:10):
Lie yeah and probably is if it's. Social, MEDIA yeah.

Speaker 15 (02:30:15):
I just wanted.

Speaker 6 (02:30:15):
To, Verify well i'm glad you. CALLED it i truly love.
Dark cherries, oh.

Speaker 38 (02:30:21):
YEAH and i can't buy them in the stores anymore
because they pick them.

Speaker 6 (02:30:25):
Too, green okay, All right well that's strange because cherries
are not a fruit that can ripen off the off
the they're. LIKE peaches a peach doesn't get better after you,
pick it, you know. That's it, in fact they're both
prunas pitch stone. Fruit plants, but yeah, it's uh it's kind.
Of weird it's a different that The true chilian cherry

(02:30:49):
is a is, a prunas which peaches and plums and
cherries are all. Prunas genera but this is a but
it's prunas avim specifically that they they're using. For that,
BUT yeah i, don't know, you know what is its?
Chilling requirements you KNOW there i just have a lot.
Of questions but bottom line is let the. Buyer beware

(02:31:09):
what is it caveat emptor is That the latin for
let the. Buyer, Beware yeah i'm. SO disappointed, I know
i know a, broker HEART but i saved you a lot. Of,
money yes thanks for, the, call man, that's true. That's true,
all right, all right thanks for. The call that's a
good lesson, in MARKETING and i appreciate you bringing. That

(02:31:31):
up you. Take care uh so airloom soils out in
the porter area actually is where a lot of those
are made that. Come from if you order them by
bulk they can dump it on. The driveway they can
bring you a. SUPER sack i was telling somebody about supersacks.
JUST yesterday i was Up. In porter they they actually

(02:31:54):
think of those, grocery bags so you don't have to
get the whole. Plastic bags, you know you can get
a little cloth grow through grocery bag that you use
over and. Over AGAIN think i had something so big
and so strong that it could hold a cubic yard
of something. Like soil that's a supersack and they can
bring that to. YOUR driveway i think they have a
three sacked minimum for delivery to. Do it but, it's neat,

(02:32:15):
it's clean, it's easy and whatever products. They have they
have leap mol compos they have veggie and. Herb mix
they've got something called their, lawn mix which is good
for kind of leveling out and preparing an area for.
A lawn it's. All There Heirloom, soils now Go to
airloomsoils dot com and look at. The website look at
all the products, they offer because they have a lot
of things by the, bag too and they're sold all

(02:32:37):
over town and. They work i've. USED them i use
a number of different Products From. Airloom sols i've yet
to have one that wasn't super, high quality and it
really really. DID work i wouldn't be talking about it if.
It didn't so Heirloomsoils. Dot com check, them out find
out about all. The products whether you're growing acid loving plants,
or vegetables or, fruit trees or you, Name It airloom

(02:32:58):
sols has got the product. For you we're going to
go Now To colorado county and Talk. To, Teresa, hey
teresa welcome to. Garden morning oh how.

Speaker 9 (02:33:08):
Are you?

Speaker 6 (02:33:08):
I'm well thank.

Speaker 11 (02:33:09):
YOU good i have a big tree in. A pot
it's probably less than three, feet tall but the biggest
limb off of it is about less than an. Inch
around it's not a very. Big, tree okay it's growing
straight out of. The, base okay when is the best
time to?

Speaker 6 (02:33:26):
Trim that now it would be a. Good time you can.
Do it and you can do that kind of, pruning anytime.
Just removing but go ahead and get that limb out
so that the energy can be put back into the
parts of the tree you want to.

Speaker 11 (02:33:37):
Keep perfect, All, RIGHT well i need is?

Speaker 28 (02:33:41):
That?

Speaker 26 (02:33:41):
It well that.

Speaker 16 (02:33:42):
Was.

Speaker 11 (02:33:42):
EASY yeah i can find all the PLANTING information i
just wasn't sure what to do.

Speaker 6 (02:33:47):
About, that, yeah yeah just go ahead and print it out.
Right now it cut it up against where it attaches
and it'll it'll heal over. In time just give that tree,
good care, get it get, it growing and it'll. Be good,
thank you, all right you. Take care. All right you're
listening To guard line phone number here if you'd like

(02:34:07):
to give me. A call seven one three two one
two k T r h seven one three two one
two k T. R. H Uh Nelson plant food has
so many. Different products. You know they've got their Their nutri.
Star line i've been talking about that a. Lot, today
Uh the vegetable Garden, nutri star the azalea acidly loving Plant,
nutra star the one, for plumerias the one, for roses

(02:34:29):
the one for on and on. And on they have,
they have they have a plant food for pretty much
everything in. The lawn we've got The turf, Star Line Nelson's,
Turf Star Nelson's. Turf STAR the uh PRODUCT that i
would like to focus on right now Is The. Bruces
brew that is their kind of faster. Release Product Now

(02:34:51):
bruce's brew isn't it all at? Once release it does
give you some continuing fertilization. Going, out uh but we
think of that is one for your get it, in early,
get that get the long greened up and get. It
Going That's. Bruce's, brew now it's got different types of nitrogen.
In it it is designed with the ratio that our turf,

(02:35:13):
plants want so that's going to. Do well it also
is the kind of product because it's a carbon, based
source is going to help feed. Soil microbes and when you,
create good healthy soil lots of microbes, of grass it's
going to. Be healthy it's going to be more resilient
to issues that it, might Have and Bruce's s brew
is a simple way to. Do that we'll be talking
About other nelson products as we. Go along, you know

(02:35:35):
they got their longer term feeds that we do during.
The summertime but, Right Now bruces brew is an excellent
choice and you can find it in a lot of
great places all around The Greater houston area's let's go
now Out to nicole. In spring if we Can get
nicole pulled, up here give us just, A, second nicole

(02:35:55):
we will get to you The. Colon spring there, We, Go,
hey nicole welcome to. Guarden line, ALL right i think
we're working On getting nicole. Pulled up we got a
couple of gremlins in. The system hey, You? There nicole, All, Right,

(02:36:21):
hello hi how are you?

Speaker 10 (02:36:23):
This morning?

Speaker 6 (02:36:24):
I'm good WHO am i? Speaking? To now This.

Speaker 33 (02:36:26):
Is jill i've got the question.

Speaker 29 (02:36:27):
About, Strawberries, okay jill how can?

Speaker 11 (02:36:30):
We Help so i'm In the houston AREA and i
would like to. Have strawberries i'd like to try to
grow strawberries.

Speaker 28 (02:36:36):
Year round wanted your advice about maybe growing in a
greenhouse and if that's something feasible In the.

Speaker 6 (02:36:42):
Houston, area uh it's not practical in the summertime due to.
The heat you can grow strawberries. Year round the traditional
strawberry system that's done throughout the country is what to
called the matted. Row system you plant, a plant that,
plant fruits and then as it gets to the end,
of fruiting it's sending out these daughter plants that sort

(02:37:04):
of fill in what we call a matted row because
of the daughter plants filling in between the, mother plants
and you carry them through the summertime they go into.
The fall you narrow those rows down to a narrow
maybe six inch wide row and then goes through winter
and you fruit. It again and so it's. That cycle
we've gotten away from that because down here it is

(02:37:26):
so hot and so, blazing hot and then we have
things like spider mites and foliage diseases that the patch just.
Looks bad and so what most people do now In
the south is we use them as an. Annual plant
we plant them in. The fall ideally that's the. Best
time september would, Be great october, is good carry them through,

(02:37:48):
the winter let, them fruit and then just pull them
out and grow other, things there vegetables or whatever you want.
To grow so you have those. Two systems it's just
more of a challenge to do it as a year
round system here in.

Speaker 32 (02:38:00):
Our, area okay, All, right well like the, other call
you saved me a lot of time and a lot.

Speaker 6 (02:38:05):
Of money there, you go and don't do the ever.
BEARING ones. I know the, idea is oh they're just
going to. Keep bearing well. Not really they do produce more,
than once but when it gets hot and, blazing here
they're not going to be bearing for you very well.

Speaker 17 (02:38:19):
At, All okay so get you good, appreciate, it yeah.

Speaker 6 (02:38:21):
Good quality now are You In harris county or are
you In? Another okay? Good here, all, right yeah, all right,
Take care thanks for, the call appreciate that you bet. All,
RIGHT well i just want to tell You About Jorges.
Hidden gardens you've heard me talk about. Him before horaes
down South. And alvin someone called today that had been.
Down there horay carries that three sixty tree, stabilizer too by,

(02:38:43):
the way. Right now he is loaded up with roses and,
beautiful plants lots. OF fruit i was down there the,
other DAY and i mean, citrus fruit all kinds. Of
Things Jorges Hidden Gardens elizabeth Street, in alvin just south
Of the. Highway six i'm gonna tell you a little
bit more about HIM when i. Come back there, we go, all,
right folks.

Speaker 9 (02:39:04):
We're.

Speaker 6 (02:39:04):
BACK yeah i was telling you About Jejees eden gardens
when we went to a. BREAK there i was down the.
Other day we had an event there and it was
just it was just well attended a lot of. Good
people people love horiz edd. And gardens It's On elizabeth
street and It's an. Alven address, but basically if You're,
in alvin you just Head down highway six like you're
Going to Santa fe uh and it's you turn off

(02:39:25):
to the right and it's back, in there so you
can just, follow him follow him on social. Media too
it's a it's a great place always when you Go,
to horaes you're gonna find lots of good, Fruit trees
you're gonna find lots, of transplants, you know vegetables. And
things we were looking at some of the different plants.
He has he's got some of those beautiful spring blooming
Fringe Trees. CHINESE french i love. That tree he's got

(02:39:47):
plenty of those. On hand lots. Of, fruit gosh there
were fruit lined up down the block At Horaz, edden gardens.

Speaker 13 (02:39:54):
So go check.

Speaker 6 (02:39:54):
Them out, say hi see what's going on out there
for all of you. Down south let's. Say here we're
going to now Head to nicole. In Spring, hello nicole
welcome To. Garden line thanks for. Having me how can WE?
HELP i i am having trouble with.

Speaker 16 (02:40:12):
My yard.

Speaker 6 (02:40:14):
The LAST thing i put down was the weednator that.

Speaker 11 (02:40:17):
You recommended it killed a good portion of.

Speaker 6 (02:40:19):
The yard BUT what I think i also have is like.

Speaker 17 (02:40:25):
TORPEDO grass i looked.

Speaker 6 (02:40:26):
IT up i think that's what. It, is okay lots.
Of runners it's. A, killer yeah it's. A mess. All
right here's what you do for torpedo because to kill
grass and grass is hard to do because if you
kill the, weed grass you kill the. Grass grass so
what you want to do is go online to. My
website it's Gardening with skip. Dot com Gardening with skip dot.

(02:40:48):
Com on there is Something called skip's. Weed wiper when
you look, at it it shows you how to. Build
it it is super simple, to build very very easy.
To BUILD and I Know bob Done At southwest fertilizer
has those little grabber TOOLS that i used to build the,
weed wiper but you may find them, somewhere else but
it's a certain kind of grabber tool. You need what you,

(02:41:08):
do then is you put a product to kill torpedo
gras to go go grass on the weed wiper sponges
and the torpedograss comes up above your. Turf grass it
gets taller and you don't even have to. Bend over
you just have wet sponges on this tool and you
just let your arm drop down and squeeze the trigger
and pull it up and wipe it onto the grass

(02:41:29):
leaves and it works. Really well and there's also a
publication herbicides, for skipsweedwiper and in this case you would
go to the section on grassyweeds and it names all
the products that you would use to put on the
sponges to kill torpedograss being. A, grassyweed, okay, okay okay, all,
right perfect, all right gardening Gardening with skip. Dot com,
you bet thanks for. THE call i appreciate that. Very

(02:41:50):
Much ace, hardware stores, you know they're all over the
place here In the. Houston area if you want to
find your, local one just. Do this Go To acehardware texas,
Dot Com Ace hardware texas, dot com and you're gonna
find At Your ace hardware store everything you need for
spring success in. Your lawn, Of Course ace hardware's always

(02:42:10):
got awesome things. FOR indoors i was AT the J
and rs yesterday importer and just looking at all the
cool indoor things that, THEY had, i mean a. Gorgeous section,
you know people they remember maybe their father's, hardware store,
you know like this is not your father's thosemobile kind.
Of Thing ace hardware still has all the great, hardware
stuff but this is not your father's. HARDWARE store i

(02:42:31):
mean this is a store that. Has everything we're, looking
indoors we're. Looking outdoors we're creating a beautiful living spaces indoors.
AND Outdoors ace hardware's got. You covered and especially when
it comes to the lawn being this season of, the
year that is, a great great way to get good
supplies of quality products that are going to last and

(02:42:51):
that are going. To work WHETHER it's K And m
hardware up In the, kingwood area Whether It's wharton Feeding.
And ace How, About Chalmers ace nunn and Oft, On Broadway,
Bay cliff Ace On grand avenue And bake cliff U
valdi as that's on the east Side of Houston And New.
Valdy road just good examples of. GREAT Stores Ace hardware Texas.
Dot com let's go now to uh let's see who's.

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UP next i believe we're Going to conroad to Talk. To, Bill,
hey bill welcome To garden. Line, there hey.

Speaker 27 (02:43:22):
Thank you yesterday you talked about when you're planning from
plenty plants, from pots you can if you have the
roots growing up, the side you make three or four
cuts just to get them to, GROW out, I guess
and then what about the roots at the bottom do
you do the, same.

Speaker 6 (02:43:36):
Thing or you cut.

Speaker 27 (02:43:36):
Them off sometimes you have a big massive roots at
the great bottom.

Speaker 6 (02:43:39):
Of it i'll usually slice those off because they're just
kind of wided up and twisted around. Underneath there uh
it's not night, and day, you know whether you do it.
Or not, but uh, you know you plan it a
good time of, the year and the plant's going to
be able to recover and do. Just fine and everywhere
you cut, a roots you're going to get branching coming
out from that. Cut spot so it helped that establish

(02:44:00):
a little.

Speaker 27 (02:44:01):
Bit, BETTER okay i wanted, to know, YOU know i
had a bunch of takeof Route and i'm getting ripped
in the process of, killing It and i'm gonna layce
and sod at. Some point but hearing different people, talk,
about oh you've got to put down some really good,
top soil and other, people, say oh you got to
put down at, least something and you know underneath it
looks pretty good to be honest, With, you.

Speaker 6 (02:44:21):
YEAH then i wouldn't worry. ABOUT anything i would. JUST
bill i would just level it out so you don't
have holes to trip over and things, like that and
then put on your turf and you're going to. Be,
good yeah you don't need to do a lot of
and if your soils decent underneath there, AND everything i
wouldn't worry about a lot, of adjustments mainly leveling, it out,
you know getting any perennial weeds that are, there out

(02:44:43):
because once you put your, lun in you don't want
the perennial weeds now invading and and being difficult to
control at.

Speaker 27 (02:44:49):
THAT bank, i mean some people are really passionate telling
to some guy WHO'S who i guess he doesn't for, a, living,
says oh you can't even use the.

Speaker 6 (02:44:55):
Two stuff you got to use the. Best, stuff yeah oh. My,
god well you know we have long rangers, out there
and so they're on.

Speaker 15 (02:45:02):
The.

Speaker 6 (02:45:02):
LOOSE yeah, i MEAN and i don't have anything against.
QUALITY products i don't have anything against preparing. The soil,
you know for a lawn, going in loosening. It up
you can mix a little stuff, in it a little
organic materials and stuff if you composted, that is and if.
You Want but i'm, telling you if you got a,
decent soil it's mainly getting it level and getting doing

(02:45:22):
the proper planting procedure to get that. Grass established, All
right i'm gonna have to. Run somehow the phone is.
Ringing Here so i've met he thanks, a lot. Appreciate that,
all right we've got to put a, Let's see we're
going to go Now to Bill In, Moss. Lake, Louisiana,

(02:45:42):
hey bill welcome To. Garden, line hey. Good morning how you?
Doing skip, i'm. Well sir how can?

Speaker 16 (02:45:48):
We?

Speaker 6 (02:45:48):
Help hey THANKS for.

Speaker 15 (02:45:50):
I got a technical question dealing with.

Speaker 6 (02:45:53):
Electric.

Speaker 8 (02:45:53):
Fencing, Okay oh i've got around, my garden not around.
NO cattle i got a porky for, you know so
a Bunch of elmer fudge running. Around, two Okay so
i've Got a i've had an electric fence set up,
for years and the controller looks like the controller has
kind of gone on.

Speaker 6 (02:46:14):
The Blank and i've got a solar panel there set
up with.

Speaker 8 (02:46:18):
A battery so my, question was, you know if the
controller that goes into the system is, gone OUT can
i bypass that to make this?

Speaker 6 (02:46:29):
Fence work do?

Speaker 30 (02:46:30):
YOU know i do?

Speaker 6 (02:46:31):
Not know you would need to go to a, you
know the kind of store where you got that thing
and ask them about, the specifics, you know as far
as how to set up with them some and things
you know where to put the wires for. Various critters
i'm pretty adept. At that but on this, OTHER one
i think you're gonna need to you need to Talk to. Uppire.

Speaker 8 (02:46:49):
THERE understand I thought i thought i'd throw you a
curveball and see IF you i.

Speaker 6 (02:46:53):
APPRECIATE it i. Appreciate that thank you. Very much. Thank you,
take care that's. For, Sure Listen ciena maltz is the
place to go to get all the stuff you need
to create a foundation that your plants will. Thrive In
ciena malch is South. Of houston here's. The website this
is really all you need, to know cienamultch. Dot com cenamultch.

(02:47:13):
Dot com there you can get, the locations the. Phone
numbers it's BASICALLY on fm twenty or five TWENTY one
fm five twenty One near highway six and two. Eighty
eight you're going to find every kind of compost that
you would need for every kind. Of plant you're going
to find the mulches that you would need for every kind.
Of plant you're going to find the Fertilizers, Like microlife Nelson,
Turf Star nelson jars two by, The, way medina nitrophoss

(02:47:36):
azimite heirloom. Soil products it's. All there they deliver within
about twenty miles of, their location or you can just
go by there and pick. It up either way you want.
To go seven thirty To five Monday, Through friday saturday
seven thirty, to two, closed today Close, On sundays sienna Multch.
Dot com quality products that will set your plants up.

(02:47:57):
For success. So important soil, comes first then comes. To plants,
ALL right i gotta take a little break here and
we will, come back and we've got some callers. Waiting
online we'll jump to you right when we. Get back, all,
right folks. We're back we got a little short segment
here and we're gonna hit the ground running if. You
Can As native plants In. The heights one of the

(02:48:18):
best garden centers you're going to visit in The whole.
Houston area. It is it's one of those ones that
makes me say there's no Place like houston for garden
centers because it is, so special. So unique they specialize in,
native plants but they. Carry everything they, carry everything and
if you have problem areas like let's say you got a,
wet area we'll Go into buchanans, and, say look what

(02:48:41):
do you have that grows well in a? Rain garden
and HOW do i? Build one, You know but basically
it's instead Of saying i'm going to fix the poor
Drainage is i'm going to turn lemons. Into lemonade i'm
gonna use this poor drainage area to grow plants that
love this kind. Of spot and they can point you
to that they can do that kind. Of thing you're
looking for something that blooms in, The, Spring well buchanans

(02:49:03):
has best selection in natives anybody in. The region so
go by, and, say hey show Me your. Mexican buckeyes
skip's Talking about. Mexican buckeyes bees. LOVE them, i mean
it's a. Great plant the ballooms come out in the
spring a little bit ahead of the foliage actually. That
arrives they're a good, understory plant a, multi, trunked deciduous

(02:49:24):
big shrub slash maltree kind. Of thing it. Does well
and they've got tons of things. Like that you can
look at all kinds of natives and natives that do. Different,
things now if you don't want, a, native well they
got things that aren't native to, beautiful hibiscus gorgeous, house
plants things like the tulip magnolias that bloom before the flowers.
COME out, i mean it doesn't matter what. It is

(02:49:45):
buchanans is going to be able to put you in
touch with the kind of plants that help you. Have
Success buchanans Plants. Dot com Buchanansplants, dot Com leven street And.
The heights, good service, good product, good selection and definitely
people to note what they're talking about to guide you
to the right kinds of plants, for success as well as,
the products the fertilizers and. The soils they carry all

(02:50:08):
that because they know start with the, brown stuff. The
foundation then put in the green stuff, the things the,
pretty plants, the vegetables, the herbs, the fruit. The flowers
they know how to. Do That Theybi. Canis plants let's
Go to Doug In, Katie Now, hey doug welcome To.
Guarden line.

Speaker 33 (02:50:26):
Thank you skip got a quick one.

Speaker 23 (02:50:28):
FOR you i want to apply some bone Eyed Weed
beater ultra with a hose. End sprayer this particular brand
of sprayer doesn't require putting mixing water into the jar with.
The Herbicide and i'm wondering how to get the surfactant
in there because the surfactancays for like for a pump,
up sprayer you're supposed to mix it with the water

(02:50:50):
before you put the. Herbicide, IN yeah i.

Speaker 6 (02:50:51):
Tell, YOU doug i would talk you out of doing
the hose end sprayer for herbicides. Like that it puts
out so much of a volume of water compared to
what a good spray mix. Would do you can put
a you can put the, mix in it'll put it
out at a it'll mix it with water at up
pretty close to the. Right rate it's a little hard
to get it perfectly right in a. Hose in, BUT
uh I just i think you would do better off

(02:51:13):
with the. Pump UP and i know why you're, wanting to,
you know be able to do the. HOSE in i
understand that it's just not a good way to do
the hert aside and if you put.

Speaker 23 (02:51:21):
Too, MUCH yeah i want a, good Result so.

Speaker 36 (02:51:24):
I'll.

Speaker 6 (02:51:24):
Use yeah what happens when you do the hose in
sometimes you get too much volume and then some of
that stuff will wash down in the soil and can
create problems for your tree roots and other things that are,
down there so you just barely need to wet, the
WEEDS and i would suggest you go. That route, all
right we'll, do.

Speaker 23 (02:51:40):
That sir thank you.

Speaker 6 (02:51:41):
So, much hey thanks for. The call i'm glad you
called to ask good. Good question let's go now to,
let's see we're going to Go to Alan. In, Cyprus,
hey alan welcome To. Garden line, thank you.

Speaker 12 (02:51:52):
Good morning my Question is i'm interested in your opinion
about vegetable gardening Following The Old farmer's almanac in the.

Speaker 27 (02:52:02):
Moon, cycles.

Speaker 6 (02:52:04):
Well people have strong opinions, about THAT and i. Hear's
mine the almanac. Is fine but if our weather man
can't tell us what the weather's going to be in,
ten days how is somebody printing a publication months ahead
of time going to give us an accurate you Know what.
I'm saying so it's kind of a it's a. Long

(02:52:26):
shot you may, get lucky it, may work it may.
Not Work but i've not been a. BIG fan i
understand why people. Like it it's been around a long
time and it'll continue around for a. Long time as
far as the, Moon signs i've not seen any science
that shows it works where people have tried to evaluate it,
and say, you know did this work? Or not and

(02:52:46):
if you think, about it when we look at, the
moon we're looking at a shadow on the moon. So
full the difference in a full moon and a crescent
moon is There's more earth's shadow. On it it's not
like the moon is there or. Not there stand the
moon exhibits gravitational pulls On the earth that affects our oceans,
and things but the moon. Is there even if you see,

(02:53:07):
a crescent it's still the full moon sitting. Right THERE
so i don't see a mechanism where the moon. WOULD
work i joke about it SOMETIMES and, I say i
used to plant by. The moon but IT'S because i
worked all DAY and i didn't get home, until DARK
so i had to go out and plant by. The moon.
You know but, YOU know i from a, SCIENTIFIC standpoint
i Can find. I'VE tried i can find no no,

(02:53:31):
evidence now and then there's people, listening, going ah do
it all, the TIME and i wouldn't do it any.
Other way. That's fine, cher yard. Your garden you do what.
You want you just, asked me and that's that's. My opinion,
All right, thank you, all, right sir thanks for. The,
CALL hope i didn't. Overdo that, the, answer yeah take care,
all right looks like, Let's SEE oh i wanted to

(02:53:52):
one more time talk about this superturf coming up, with
nitrophoss because. It's time if you haven't, fertilized yet you
can just jump right in with superturf. Right now it's the.
Silver bag it's the one that takes about four months
to fully release all those nutrients out of the of
the fertilizer into your lawns so you get a good.
Even growth it. Works great now if you Did the

(02:54:14):
imperial the red orange bag as a quick, green up
wait six weeks after that and then begin with the,
super TURF and i say begin you apply it once
it lasts. Four months next time you fertilize this in.
The fall superturf. Works great you can find it all kinds.
Of places, You Know Night, Foss PRODUCTS Widespread A bearings
Hardware and Bissinett and westheimer are going to. Have it

(02:54:36):
you go down in the channey forests and chanty gardens places.
Like that you go Over To, Katie hardware Pinoak And
Katie Katie, Hardware ice they've got. It There Langham creek Ace.
And cyprus another good place you can. GET That Narcw Nursery.
Tombo parkway they're going to carry these night. Foss, products
well let's head to the phones and let's. See here

(02:54:57):
we're going to go To don oop Excuse me don In.
Sugar Land, hey don welcome To. Guarden line, thank you enjoy.

Speaker 30 (02:55:04):
YOUR show i have two. Quick questions, THAT one i
have a small one. INCH shrub i don't know what,
it is but it's not a scary kind of small
moss growing all. Over, it okay shrub doesn't look.

Speaker 27 (02:55:18):
Too, good yeah WHAT can i use to?

Speaker 11 (02:55:20):
Kill it.

Speaker 6 (02:55:22):
That is called LICHEN L I C H. E n
and it's a sign that the shrub. Is struggling as a,
shrub struggles you don't have good. Foliage color it's just not.
Growing fast you tend to get like and. Growing up
but lichen is not. A parasite it grows on rocks and.
Fence posts so it's not hurting. The shrub it's just
there because the shrub. Is hurting and so as far,

(02:55:44):
as controls copper based products can be used when there's
no leaves on, the shrub they work. Pretty well there
is a there's. A product i think it's CALLED. MOSS
x i need to go check the label on it to,
be sure but there is a product that we'll kill,
the liking but just know it's going to. Grow back
it's kind of like mold. Or mildew, you know if

(02:56:04):
you got a, wet environment you're gonna get algae and
mold and. Stuff, Growing uh and you can get rid
of it and then it'll come back when the because
the conditions.

Speaker 30 (02:56:13):
Are right So use I'll remember randy talking. About it,
but YEAH so i need to do something that's going
to help the.

Speaker 6 (02:56:21):
Plan out that's that's what you want. To do if
the plant needs, more light move it to more light.
Or perimeterory if the plant needs, better drainage. Fix that
if it needs, you know more, consistent moisture whatever the.
Plant needs a little fertilizer wouldn't. Hurt either, but, OKAY
yeah i got one.

Speaker 30 (02:56:38):
OTHER question i want to have the end ground. Citrus
trees is it better just to sprinkle some out around
the drip line OR should i make some small holes
maybe three or four inches deep and just kind of
kill them around? The perimeter what what is it?

Speaker 6 (02:56:52):
You do what are? You sprinkling what out.

Speaker 30 (02:56:56):
Like micro life. Around, it okay for the, cru tree
is it better to condor just barely take a spade
or a shelf tb and just barely go around to
perimber every no couple, Of, feet no.

Speaker 6 (02:57:09):
Sprinkle it everywhere because there's. Roots everywhere scratch it into
the surface if you if you've got some bearshol you
can scratch it and scratch it in a little bit
and then water it in, real good cover it with
a multch and you'll be good. To, go, yeah okay
it's not but grass. Around, there well the more you
can get the grass away from, those trees it's like.
You fertilized just getting the, grass away freeze up so

(02:57:31):
much nutrient that it's like you gave. Them fertilizer but
then when you, also fertilize you're gonna get good growth
out of those. Centris trees, all, Right.

Speaker 30 (02:57:37):
Sir okay thank you.

Speaker 6 (02:57:39):
Very, much hey thanks. A lot, all right we. Made
it We covered we covered up the calls there on.
That end glad to get. To everybody thanks for listening To. Garden,
line hey Listen next saturday At The Sci fi Home
And Outdoor living show At The Oh, MY gosh i

(02:57:59):
just Went Blind, barker Cypress The. Berry center. Thank you
there We Go berry Center On. Barker cypress i'll be
there from twelve. To two i'll give a little talk.
On gardening i'll bring some, great giveaways have some of
my books, on hand and mainly be there to look
at your samples and photos and help you have a
better place