>> LITERALLY CRAWLING WITH.

>> A PINK ONION, WHY NOT T?

>> THEY LIKE OUR TEMPERATU.

>> WE HAVE THINGS BLOOMINGM EARLY SPRING TO LATE FALL.

>> IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE WHT THIS PLACE WILL BE LIKE INW YEARS.

WE JUST GOTTEN STARTED.

♪ SHARON: HELLO AND THANKS FR JOINING US ON "GREAT GARDE" I'M YOUR HOST, SHARON YUNG.

TONIGHT, WE'RE TALKING COLL GARDENS.

WE'LL TAKE YOU ON A TOUR OA VIBRANT DULUTH GARDEN.

PLUS, OUR GARDEN EXPERTS WL TELL US THE IMPORTANCE OF R IN FLOWERS, AND CAN HOW THY HELP SUPPORT THE GROWTH OFR GARDEN, BEYOND JUST LOOKING GREAT.

LET'S INTRODUCE OUR EXPERT.

THEY ARE HORTICULTURIST AND EDUCATOR BOB OLEN, AND GARN PROFESSIONAL DEB BYRNS ERIN OF BYRNS GREENHOUSE IN ZIM.

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM GARDES ACROSS OUR REGION, WHO HAVE QUESTIONS FOR US.

WE HAVE PHONE VOLUNTEERS FM THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS TO RECIEVE YOUR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING.

CALL LOCALLY 218-788-2847 R E-MAIL US AT ASK@PBSNORTH.. WE HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS WE MISSED LAST WEEK SO LET'S O SOME OF THEM NOW.

RUTH IN DULUTH HAS PEONIES.

DO THEY NEED FERTILIZER?

DEB: YOU PUT IT ON THE ROOK IN THE FALL.

IN THE SPRING, YOU CAN GIVE THEM A BOOST, SOME COMPOSTY DON'T NEED MUCH MORE.

BOB: THEY ARE VERY ADAPTAB, EVERYTHING IN THE SPRING CD USE A LITTLE NITROGEN.

IT IS EPHEMERAL SO EVERYTHG NEEDS A LITTLE ADDITIONAL NITROGEN IN THE SPRING.

OTHER THAN THAT THEY DON'T REQUIRE A LOT OF FERTILITY.

SHARON: IF YOU WERE IN SUPR IS ASKING IF THEY HAVE TO T MORE THAN ONE APPLE TREE FR PROPER TERMINATI.

BOB: WHERE IS SHE FROM AGA?

SHARON: SUPERIOR.

BOB: A LOT OF THAT POLLEN S MOVING AROUND TOWN.

IN TOWN, IF YOU HAVE ROOM R ONE TREE, I WOULD PLANT THE TREE AND IT COULD BE THE PN WILL TRANSFER FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS TREE.

IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TOT TWO VARIETIES AT THE SAME E SO WE HAVE PLENTY OF POLLE.

BUT IN TOWN FOR THE MOST PE STILL GET GOOD YIELDS WITHE TREE.

SHARON: THE QUESTION WAS PR TERMINATION.

-- PROPER GERMINATION.

BOB: GERMINATION IS A SEED BEGINNING TO BREAK.

WHEN THE POLLEN FERTILIZESE APPLE, IT IS FERTILIZATION.

SHARON: ROBERT, CAN YOU USD ASH?

DEB: START WITH A SOIL SAME AND TELL YOU WHAT THE EXPE- AND SEE WHAT THE EXPERTS S. BOB: IF YOUR SOIL REQUIRES, YOU CAN USE WOOD ASH.

IT HAS MORE OF A LIMING EFT THAN LIME ITSELF.

BUT MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A SL TEST THAT CALLS FOR LIME.

SHARON: WHY DON'T I SEE BAD MANURE FOR SALE ANYMORE?

BOB: WE DO HAVE IT.

CERTAIN TYPES OF PRODUCTS,E WOULD BE GENERALLY -- I COD USE SOME NAME BRANDS.

ONE IS TURKEY MANURE THAT S BEEN COMPOSTED.

BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OFS WITH ANIMALS WHERE WE WOULE BACKING UP HORSE MANURE.

THERE ARE SOME PRODUCTS AVAILABLE.

DEB: SOMETIMES THERE WAS A LITTLE CROSS-CONTAMINATION.

I THINK THEY GOT AWAY FROMA LITTLE OF THE BAGGING, THES DISEASE COMING IN IF IT W'T COMPLETELY BROKEN DOWN.

BOB: THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

ANYTIME YOU ARE USING MANU, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT IS FULLY COMPOSTED AND THAT WL TAKE AT LEAST A YEAR.

DEB: IF THEY ARE RUSHING I, THAT CAN BE BAD, ESPECIALLA VEGETABLE GARDEN.

SHARON: THANK YOU FOR ANSWG THOSE.

WE'LL RETURN FOR YOUR QUES, BUT RIGHT NOW, LET'S GO ONA GARDEN TOUR.

IN 2023, WE VISITED THE GAS OF BRENDA MYDA.

HER FRONT AND BACKYARD SPAS FILLED WITH A VARIETY OF COLORFUL PLANTS.

LET'S LEARN THE WORK IT TAO CREATE SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL.

BRENDA: MY NAME IS BRENDA D THIS IS MY HUSBAND TOM ANDE LIVE IN PROCTOR, MINNESOTA.

WELCOME TO OUR GARDEN.

WE BUILT THIS HOUSE ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO AND EVERYTHING TS HERE ON THIS PROPERTY IS DY US.

IT WAS ALL A BUNCH OF DIRTD THE ADDED SOD AND GARDENS D THIS IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

TOM: THE ROCKS ARE A CHALL.

YOU WILL SEE A LOT OF ROCK EDGING, ALMOST ALL OF THEME FROM DIGGING THE GARDEN UP.

BRENDA: THAT HERE IT IS MOE WOODLAND, I USE DIFFERENT S IN THE BACK OF AND THE FROE TIED IN THE FERNS BUT ADDES OF COLOR.

FOXGLOVE IS ONE OF MY FAVOE FLOWERS, WE HAVE A LOT OF .

WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT S IN THE GARDEN TO ADD STRUCE AND AN ELEMENT OF SURPRISES YOU WALK THROUGH THE GARDE.

IT IS AN OLDER FOUNTAIN FRN ESTATE SALE.

IT DIDN'T HAVE A PUMP SO TM ADDED A PUMP AND THE WATER FEATURE, SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO FEEL THE ASPEF NATURE WHEN YOU ARE HEARINE WATER RUN.

I LIKE IT BACK HERE A LITTE MORE JUST BECAUSE IT IS A T GARDEN, NOBODY KNOWS IT IS, WE CAN SIT BACK HERE WITH E FOUNTAINS ON AND IT IS VERY PEACEFUL.

WHEN I CREATED AND THOUGHTT THE PATHWAYS, THERE WAS ONE REASON IT STARTED.

THERE IS A BIG ROCK BY A T. WHEN WE BUILT OUR HOUSE, TY SAID WHERE DO YOU WANT IT?

I DID NOT WANTED IN THE FR, SO THEY MOVED IT TO THE VEY BACK AND HONESTLY IT IS PET BECAUSE IT IS NEAR OUR FIR.

IF IT I WARM WE CAN MOVE BE ROCK AND YOU CAN SEE PEOPLE SITTING ON IT.

WHEN I CREATED THAT GARDENE LINES OF THE GARDEN TO ADD ADDITIONAL FLOW AND MOVEMEN THE WALKWAYS OF WHERE YOU D GO THROUGH.

EVERYBODY KNOWS I HAVE GARS UP FRONT BUT NOBODY KNOWS T THE BACKYARD LOOKS LIKE THS SO IT'S NICE TO BRING SOMEY -- LOOKS LIKE, SO IT'S NICO BRING SOME OF THE BACK HERD SEE THE DIFFERENCE IN STYLD BE ABLE TO MEANDER THROUGH.

JUST ENJOY THE DIFFERENT FS AND SURPRISE PEOPLE WITH WS HERE AND WHAT WE'VE DONE S. SHARON: YOU JUST WATCHED PT ONE OF A TOUR OF BRENDA'S E BUT THAT WAS JUST HER BACK.

HER FRONT YARD FEATURES MOE COLORFUL DELIGHTS, WHICH WL SHOW OFF LATER TONIGHT.

BUT FOR NOW, LET'S HEAD OVO BOB TO DISCUSS THE IMPORTAF COLOR IN GARDENS.

BOB: THANK YOU.

IT'S FASCINATING BECAUSE WE ASSUME THOSE BEAUTIFUL COLN THE FLOWERS ARE THERE TO ME OUR LIVES HAPPIER WHEN IN T THEY HAVE OTHER FUNCTIONS.

A LOT OF THEM, IN THE CASEF FLOWERING MATERIAL, IT IS O ATTRACT POLLINATING INSECT.

INSECTS, BUTTERFLIES ARE OF THE MOST VISIBLE.

THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO SPECC COLORS, THEY HAVE EYESIGHTT CAN SEE FREQUENCIES WE CA'S HUMANS.

BUT THE COLOR IS BEAUTIFULE REDS AND THE CONTRAST.

HERE IS AN ALLEY HIM THAT A SOFT COLOR.

DEB IS GOING TO DISCUSS HOU CAN CREATE EMOTION IN COLOR SELECTION.

THESE ARE REALLY NICE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THE HONEYBEET ALL THE CREDIT BUT A LOT OE WORK IS DONE BY MINUSCULE E BEES.

FORSYTHIA WE WILL SEE SOONN OUR LANDSCAPE, VERY BEAUTI.

YOU WANT TO SHAPE UP THE S. BEAUTIFUL SIGN OF SPRING CG SOON.

WHEN WE LOOK AT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, THE SIGNIFICANT THING IS ALL OF THESE PIGMS ARE ANTIOXIDANTS, THEREFORA REASON.

SO MANY OF OUR ORIGINAL VEGETABLES, THE DEEP COLOR, DEEP PURPLE PIGMENTS, ANTIOXIDANTS, PROTECT THE L STRUCTURE OF THE PLANTS AND ALLOW THEM TO SURVIVE.

THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL TO OUR EYESIGHT BUT THEY ARE VERY FUNCTIONAL AS WELL.

WE ARE SEEING A PROLIFERATF COLOR AND VEGETABLES THAT E NEVER SAW BEFORE.

HERE IS CHEDDAR, A BEAUTIFL YEOW CALIPH HOUR, AND GRAFFITI, A BEAUTIFUL PURPE CAULIFLOWER.

SUMMER SQUASH ALONG WITH SE PEPPERS, THE COLORS ARE VIT AND ADD SO MUCH TO THE APPEARANCE OF VEGETABLE DIS BUT ALSO HAVE A FUNCTION.

THE DEEP RED PIGMENTS ARE E ANTIOXIDANTS THAT PROTECT E SEEDS, WHICH ALLOWS THE PER TO TRANSMIT LIFE FROM ONE GENERATION TO THE NEXT.

HERE IS AN INTRODUCTION TO PURPLE MAGIC, THE FIRST PUE BROCCOLI.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO G THAT, NICE COLOR.

YOU GET THE ANTIOXIDANT ALG WITH THE OTHER HEALTHY BENS OF BROCCOLI IN GENERAL.

AND THE BIG EASY, NICE NAMA URANIUM -- GERANIUM.

ANOTHER ALL-AMERIC WINNER.

WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR R IN FLOWERS AND FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.

PEPPERS, WE ARE TRYING TO T THEM RIPE.

THEY WILL TURN A NICE COLOR YOU.

HERE IS ANOTHER ONE CALLEDD IMPACT, A NEW PEPPER FOR U.

THIS IS A SHORT SEASON GOY.

WE WILL SEE IF WE CAN MATUE THEM IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA.

WE'VE GOT NEW INTRODUCTIONL COLORFUL AND WE WILL LOOK T THAT AND REPORT BACK LATER.

DESIGNING IS MORE YOUR ARE.

DEB: THINKING OF HOW PEOPLT A GARDEN OR CONTAINER TOGE, THINK ABOUT THE COLOR WHEE.

IF YOU COLORS ARE OPPOSITE, THERE IS MORE DRAMA, MUCH E DRAMATIC, LIKE A BLACK-ANDE OR WE HAVE SOME PLANTS HERD THE MINUTE YOU ADD WHITE, T MAKES ALL OF THE COLORS MOE VIBRANT.

THE OPPOSITES ARE RELY DRAMATIC.

YOU CAN ALSO GO -- COLORS ADJACENT TO EACH OTHER HAVA MORE COMBING -- CALMING, RELAXING EFFECT, ESPECIALLE COOLER COLORS.

MORE WARM COLORS HAVE A LIE MORE EXCITEMENT, A LITTLE E FUN.

THEY WILL POP OUT OF YOUR LANDSCAPE MORE.

THE THING WITH LANDSCAPINGN YOU ARE PLANTING A LANDSCAF YOU HAVE A LARGE YARD, IT'S NICE TO HAVE A CONSISTENT R OR CONSISTENT SPECIMEN THAS THROUGH YOUR YARD.

YOUR EYE WILL NATURALLY TRL THROUGH AN ENVIRONMENT THAS CALMING.

IF YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF MIXP POTS, IT'S NOT AS RELAXING.

IF YOU HAVE A NICE SPECIMEU LIKE AS YOU TRAVEL THROUGHR GARDEN OR A COLOR TRAVEL TH YOUR POTS AND GARDEN, IT IS NICER ON THE EYE AND YOU WL HAVE A MORE CAN HE SUE -- R COHESIVE GARDEN OR CONTAIN.

BOB: ONE OF THE KEY ASPECTF PLANTING A POLLINATING GARS A BLOCK OF COLOR, A GOOD LF ORANGE OR YELLOW.

DEB: AT LEAST THREE TO FOUT ACROSS SO THEY KNOW TO SEND SCOUTS AND COME BACK AND F. THEY KNOW THERE WILL BE NECTAR AND A POLLEN SUPPLY.

BOB: I THINK IT IS MORE APPEALINTO YOUR EYE AS WEL.

SHARON: I DID NOT KNOW THAT ABOUT GREEN PEPPERS.

BOB: THEY ARE JUST IMMATURE HAVE TO LET THEM GROW UP.

SHARON: LET'S GET BACK TO E OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

JERRY IN HAYWARD HAS THREE HYDRANGEAS THAT ARE THREE O FOUR YEARS OLD BUT NO LONGR BLOOM.

THEY LOOK HEALTHY AND LOTSF LEAVES BUT NO MORE BLOOMS.

ONE IS IN FULL SUN AND THER IMPARTIAL SON.

THE FRIDAYS ARE SUMMER CRU, AND TWIST AND SHOUT.

DEB: ENDLESS SUMMER WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT COULD GO TOD BLUE, BUT THE BUDS ARE NOTD HARDY.

BOB: VERY TYPICALLY, WE HAA LOT OF TROUBLE BRINGING THM INTO BLOOM.

IN THE SUMMER STARTED THE HYDRANGEA CRAZE, A LOT OF COLORFUL VARIETIES, AND YOE RIGHT, A LOT OF THESE ARE DERIVATIVES.

THIS IS ANECDOTAL OBSERVAT, YOU HAVE TO TREAT THEM A LE TOUGHER, YOU HAVE TO EXPOSM TO MORE STRESS.

IF YOU ARE FERTILIZING AND GETTING ALL THE VEGETATIVE GROWTH AT THE EXPENSE OF B. I TRANSLATE THEM INTO POORR LOCATIONS AND THEY BROKE IO BLOOM.

YOU MIGHT BACK OFF ON WATED FERTILITY AND POSSIBLY EVEN MOVING IT TO A LESS DESIRAE LOCATION TO SEE IF YOU CAN TRIGGER THE BLOOMING EFFECT AGAIN.

DEB: SOME PLANTS NEED TO FL LIKE THEY ARE DYING IN ORDO BLOOM, IT IS STRESS.

I BETTER REPRODUCE, I BETTR SEND OUT SEED.

IF YOU'RE GIVING THEM EVERG THEY DON'T NEED TO DO IT.

BOB: IF EVERYTHING IS PERFT LIKE THE ENDLESS SUMMER, YU WILL NOT BLOOM.

SHARON: GOOD QUESTION.

BRANDON IS ASKING ABOUT HYDRANGEAS AS WELL.

DOES HE NEED TO TRIM THEM Y YEAR AND HOW SHOULD THEY BE TRIMMED?

BOB: IT DEPENDS ON THE VAR.

YOU HAVE GOT THOSE THAT WIL OVERWINTER.

FLOWER BEDS ARE SET UP IN E FALL.

THEN YOU HAVE THOSE THAT WL START THIS YEAR IN KICKOFF VEGETATIVE GROWTH.

GET TO KNOW YOUR PLANT BUTT GETS CONFUSING.

TAKE A LOOK AS YOU COME THH THE WINTER AND ANYTHING THS BROWN AND DRY, CUT IT BACK.

IF YOU HAVE A BUDS THROUGHE WINTER, LET THEM GO.

IF THEY ARE DRY TO THE BAS, PRUNE IT GROUND-LEVEL AND Y WILL REGROW FROM THE ROOTSD GIVE YOU PLENTY OF BLOOM LR IN THE SEAN.

TAKE A LOOK OR WHEN YOU ARE BUYING IT, ASK THE VENDOR T THE GROUP CAP -- GROWTH HAT IS.

SHARON: SOME QUESTIONS ABOT APPLE TREES AGAIN.

TERESA INNATELY IS ASKING E CAN USE CRABAPPLE FOR A POLLINATOR FOR REGULAR APPE TREES.

BOB: YOU DEFINITELY CAN, TY KICK OUT ALL KINDS OF POLL.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE CRAB APS FOR THIS PURPOSE IS A BEAUL TREE.

YOU WILL SEE IT LISTED AS N ORNAMENTAL BUT YOU CAN MAKE JELLIES AND JUICE AND IT AS COLOR TO APPLESAUCE AS WEL.

KICKS OUT ALL KINDS OF POL.

EVEN A COUPLE OF ORNAMENTA, THEY COME EARLY.

DEB: YOU NEED TO KNOW THE VARIETY OF APPLE TO KNOW WN THEY BLOOM.

THEY NEED TO OVERLAP AT LEA WEEK.

IF THEY ARE BOTH IN THE SAE EARLY OR MID OR LATE AND TY HAVE TWO WEEKS TO POLLINAT.

YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION.

SHARON: ALONG THE SAME LINF YOU WERE IN SAGINAW WANTS O KNOW WHEN TO START PRUNINGE TREES.

BOB: IT'S A LITTLE LATE RIT NOW.

WE LIKE TO DORMANT PRUNE BE ONCE YOU TAKE THE PRUNING R WINTER, IT REARRANGES THE HORMONES AND YOU KICK NEW H OUT.

IF YOU PRUNE NOW WHEN THEYE BEGINNING TO GROW, IT TENDO RESTRICT THE GROWTH AND SLS DOWN THE HEALING AND SIMULD PROCESS.

UNLESS THERE IS A REALLY GD REASON LIKE THERE WAS DAMAR LIMBS CROSSING, STILL PRUNE THOSE OFF, IT MIGHT WANT TT UNTIL NOVEMBER WHEN THEY AE DORMANT AGAIN.

SHARON: TIME TO ENJOY THE E TREES.

LET'S HEAD BACK TO BRENDA'S GARDENS.

BRENDA: THIS IS THE GARDENT STARTED IT ALL AND I HAVE O IDEA WHAT I WAS DOING.

IT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT I LIKN ANY RULES AND THAT'S HOW IT STARTED.

MY GUARDING STYLE IS OVERSD AND A LOT OF COLOR.

I HAVE REVAMPED IT SEVERAL TIMES.

I MOVE THINGS, I SHARE THI.

WE HAVE A DARK GRAY HOUSE I WANTED POPS OF COLOR.

WITH THAT WE DID FLOWERS.

TOM NOT LIKE THE ELECTRICAX AND NEITHER DID I, SO WE AE TRYING TO REMOVE IT FROM TE WHILE MAKING SURE WE COMPLH THE LEGAL RULES OF THE BOXG THERE.

IT'S KIND OF AN EYESORE SOE PLANTED A HUGE GARDEN AROUT AND I HAVE A WHEELBARROW IN REMOVE THAT'S FULLY PLANTEH FLOWERS EVERY YEAR TO HIDEE VIEW OF THE GREEN BOX.

I REALLY LIKE THE ROSES BED ME.

THERE ARE WILD ROSES DOWN .

THE REASON I PLANTED THE 'S THERE IS THERE WERE WILD RS ALREADY BLOOMING AND I WANO COMPLEMENT THAT.

WE LAYERED IN MORE ROSEBUSS AND SOME URANIUM -- GERANI.

I CONTINUE TO LAYER IN GARS EVERY YEAR.

YOU MIGHT START SMALL, BUTI THINK FIND YOUR JOY IN GARG COME IT IS A WONDERFUL THI.

YOU GET TO TALKING TO YOUR NEIGHBORS MORE WHEN YOU HAE FLOWERS, THAT'S FOR SURE.

SHARON: LET'S WRAP UP WITHE QUESTIONS.

I LOVE THE EMAILS COMING I. DAN IS ASKING WHAT KIND OFS SEED WOULD YOU RECOMMEND FA NEW MOUND SEPTIC SYSTEM AND SHOULD I COVER THE NEW SEEH MULCH?

DEB: KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS IFS IN FULL SUN.

BUT REALLY READ THE BACK OE SEAT BACK, YOU SHOULD HAVE% OF KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS.

A LOT PUT FILLER IN.

AS LONG AS IT IS FULL SUN, KENTUCKY BLUE.

STRAW OR MULCH.

IT WOULD BE BETTER TO PUT N THE FALL BUT YOU CAN PUT IN NOW AS LONG AS YOU PUT A GD MULCON IT.

SHARON: WHAT IS THE DOWNSIF THE ANNUAL GRASS?

DEB: IT IS A FILLER, IT WIL TAKE THE LIGHT AND ENERGY D WATER AND EVERYTHING AWAY M THE PERENNIAL GRASS.

THAT WILL BE MUCH MORE SPAE THE NEXT SEASON.

IT'S JUST FOR INSTANT GRATIFICATION.

BOB: IT WILL DIE.

[LAUGHTER] DEB: THERE WILL DIE.

BOB: THE OTHER THING YOU WO TALK ABOUT IS YOUR COMMON KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS, THAT'ST YOU WANT.

21 DAYS TO GERMINATE.

YOU THINK YOU'VE GOT A LAWT YOU WANT TO KEEP IT MOIST.

DO IT WITH CHOPPED STRAW.

OR YOU CAN USE PEAT, CELLUE COVERINGS, AND KEEP THOSE T 21 DAYS TO GET THE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS TO GERMINATE.

SHARON: SANDY IS ASKING, CU RECOMMEND A HEARTY PERENNIL ORNAMENT OF GRASS FOR THE NORTHERN GARDEN OTHER THANL FORSTER?

DEB: I CAN'T, I HAVEN'T FOD ONE.

THERE IS A BLUE FESCUE THAS CUTE AND SMALL BUT I DON'TW OF ONE THAT COMES BACK ANDN HANDLE ALL OF OUR EXTREMES.

BOB: IT WILL BE INTERESTINF WE HAVE A MILD WINTER, BU'S DIFFICULT FOR A LOT OF THEE PLANS, THEY BREAK DORMANCYD HAVE TO DEAL WITH ADVERSE CONDITIONS.

THERE AREN'T A LOT OF ORNAMENTALS THAT ARE DEPEN.

DEB: DON'T GET LURED INTO POMPOUS GRASS, IT WILL TAKE OVER.

SHARON: WITH A WARMER WINT, CAN WE PLANTED OUTSIDE SOO?

DEB: THE GROUND WILL BE WAR SO SOME THINGS YOU CAN BUTE TEMPTATION WILL BE THERE, D PEOPLE WILL PLANT, AND I BE IN THE FIRST OF JUNE WE WIL STILL GET SOME FROST.

BOB: YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT TEMPERATURES, ALL SEEDS OF GERMINATE DIFFERENT.

STAY AWAY FROM WARM SEASON CROPS, SWEET CORN GREEN BE, SQUASH.

BUT YOU CAN LOOK AT WHAT IL THE SALAD CROPS, THEY TERME IN COOLER SOIL TEMPERATURE, ABOUT 35 OR 40 DEGREES.

LETTUCE, SPINACH.

SPINACH YOU HAVE TO BE REAO COVER WITH SOME KIND OF MATERIAL.

RADISHES WILL TERMINATE --N ATE.

THERE WILL BE PLENTY OF TIE YET.

DEB: IT SCRATCHES THAT ITCO GET INTO THE SOIL.

BOB: COOLER SOIL CONDITIONL TAKE MUCH LONGER TO GERMINE WHEREAS IF YOU WAIT A LITTE LONGER YOU WILL GET THE CRP AROUND THE SAME TIME AWAY.

SHARON: WHEN IS THE SAFESTE TO START?

IS THERE ANYTHING FOR SURE?

DEB: IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FIRST FULL MOON IN JUNE, TE GET A RAIN, AND THEN IT CLS OFF AND WE GET FROST.

THIS HAS WORKED -- I CAN TK OF ONLY ONE TIME THIS HAS T BEEN TRUE.

A LOT OF TIMES THE FULL MOS AT THE SAME TIME AS ABOUT E 10, AROUND THAT TIME.

THAT'S WHEN FARMERS BELIEVU CAN PLANT IS JUNE 10.

ONLY ONCE HAVE I KNOWN OF A FROST ON JUNE 11.

BOB: I WAS A WITNESS TO THT FROST BECAUSE I ABIDE BY TT JUNE 10, THESE ARE FOR FROT SENSITIVE TOMATOES AND SO .

IT WAS ABOUT TWO OR THREE S AGO, PLANTED ON THE EVENINF JUNE 10, PROBABLY HAD AN AL CLEAR, FROZEN ON JUNE 11.

THERE IS A SMALL PROBABILIU WILL GET FROST BUT IT CAN HAPPEN.

SHARON: THAT'S A FAMILY SE, THANK YOU.

DOLORES WANTS TO KNOW WHY R POTATOES ARE SCABBY WHEN SE PULLS THEM.

SHE GROWS THEM DIRECTLY INE GROUND.

BOB: WE TALKED ABOUT WOOD .

SCABBY IS CAUSED BY A FUNGN THE SOIL, IT'S VERY SENSITO HIGHER PH.

YOU WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BE ALK, WOOD ASH OR LIME.

SHE CAN ALSO LOOK FOR VARIS -- SUPERIOR IS RESISTANT TO SCAB.

SHARON: JOHN IS ASKING WHAT VARIETY OF RASPBERRY PLANTU RECOMMEND.

BOB: WE HAVE THE OLD UNIVEY OF MINNESOTA INTRODUCTION,D TWO CANADIAN INTRODUCTIONS.

KILLARNEY AND BOING ARE THO YOU REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT.

SHARON: THANK YOU FOR SENDG YOUR QUESTIONS.

THAT'S ALL FOR US TONIGHT.

YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON OUR SL MEDIA CHANNELS, ON INSTAGRM @GREATGARDENINGPBSNORTH, AN YOUTUBE AT YOUTUBE.COM/GREATGARDENING, WHERE YOU CAN FIND TONIGHTS EPISODE POSTED TOMORROW.

THANK YOU BOB AND DEB, FORR INSIGHTS TONIGHT.

WE'LL RETURN FOR A NEW EPIE NEXT WEEK, WHERE WE'LL TALE AMENDMENTS TO USE FOR YOUR GARDEN.

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT "GRT GARDENING," THANKS FOR WATG AND ENJOY THE GARDEN.

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