>>> "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'LL SHOW YOU AN EDIBLE CORN FUNGUS AND THE RESULTS OF A LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND RENOVATION.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

♪♪ >>> HELLO AGAIN AND WELCOME TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

I'M KIM TODD AND WE SURE HOPE YOU'RE KEEPING COOL INDOORS AS WE ANSWER YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

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SO JODY, YOU BROUGHT SEVERAL SAMPLES TONIGHT OF SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY CAGED AND SOMETHING THAT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT.

>> IT'S HERE, SO I BROUGHT ONLY ONE LIVE THING.

I BROUGHT A CICADA.

I'LL PUT IT DOWN HERE, IF ANYONE WANTS TO -- SHOULD I PUT IT UP?

>> THERE.

>> SO THIS IS AN ANNUAL CICADA.

THEY DEVELOP UNDERGROUND FOR MANY YEARS.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN GET THE -- EVERYONE HEAR THAT?

SO THEY DEVELOP UNDERGROUND FOR MANY YEARS, AND THEY DIG THEIR WAY OUT OF THE SOIL AS A NYMPH, AND THEN THEY WILL PUPATE.

NO, THEY WON'T PUPATE.

SORRY, I'M DISTRACTED BY MY CICADA.

THEY WILL EMERGE AND SHED THEIR EXOSKELETON AND I BROUGHT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SHED SKINS, EXOSKELETON SHELLS OF THE CICADAS THAT WE FIND ON TREES.

WE CAN FIND THEM ON TRASH CANS EVERYWHERE BECAUSE THEY'RE COMING OUT OF THE GROUND AND EMERGING AS ADULTS.

IN THE PHOTO BEHIND IS WHAT THEY LIKE WHEN THEY'RE NEWLY EMERGED ADULTS, AND THEY WILL DRY AND TURN INTO THIS COLOR OR BROWN.

THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT WE HAVE HERE IN NEBRASKA.

BUT THEY'RE KNOWN FOR THEIR SOUNDS AND WHAT THAT SOUND IS, IT'S THE MALES -- THEY USE THIS ORGAN IN THEIR ABDOMEN, CALLED THE TIMBAL, TO ATTRACT A FEMALE.

THE IMPORTANT THING I WANT TO JUST NOTE TODAY IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN NEBRASKA AND THROUGHOUT THE U.S.

CALL THIS A LOCUST.

THIS IS A CICADA.

THIS WOULD BE A LOCUST.

A LOCUST IS A GRASSHOPPER.

I DON'T WANT TO TAKE UP TOO MUCH TIME, BUT THAT'S MY TAKEAWAY MESSAGE.

>> AND THANK HEAVENS THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY THAT BIG.

>> RIGHT, BUT THEY DO GET PRETTY HUNGRY AND DESTROY THINGS.

THESE CICADAS ARE JUST IN THE TREES NOW, AND IT'S BASICALLY THE SOUNDS OF SUMMER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, JODY.

ALL RIGHT, MATT, APPARENTLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS THE BANE OF YOUR EXISTENCE AS A TURF GUY.

>> THIS IS THE WORST WEED IN THE WORLD.

IT'S FOXTAIL.

SO I GOT TWO DIFFERENT KINDS OF FOXTAIL HERE.

AND I WISH I HAD MORE LOCUSTS THAT COULD EAT THIS FOXTAIL.

IF WE HAD A BUNCH OF THEM THEY WOULD PROBABLY BE EATING THIS, AS WELL.

SO THE FIRST ONE HERE THAT I HAVE IS YELLOW FOXTAIL.

THE WAY TO TELL IF YOU HAVE YELLOW FOXTAIL IS THAT IT HAS THESE LITTLE HAIRS ON THE LEAVES, I'M NOT SURE WE'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THEM ON THE CAMERA.

RIGHT AT THE BASE HERE OF THE LEAF THERE IS THESE LONG HAIRS, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEM ON THERE IF I MOVE THIS INTO THE DARK.

IT HAS A LITTLE BEARD DOWN THERE.

AND THEN THIS OTHER ONE IS GREEN FOXTAIL, WHICH IS SIMILAR IN SIZE, LOOKS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE ERECT GROWTH.

BUT IT HAS NO HAIRS ON TOP OF THE LEAVES.

AND THEN THERE IS ALSO ONE MORE THAT I DIDN'T GET, WHICH IS GIANT FOXTAIL AND IT GROWS TWICE AS TALL AS THIS ONE OR THREE TIMES AS TALL, AND IT HAS SMALL HAIRS, BUT NOT AS BIG AS THE YELLOW FOXTAIL.

SO THIS TIME OF YEAR, I HATE THIS WEED, BECAUSE IT COMES UP.

YOU HAVE ALL THE ROAD DITCHES SHREDDED OR YOUR LAWN AND THEN THIS STUFF, JUST MIRACULOUSLY GROWS TO TWO FEET TALL, AND THERE IS REALLY NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, BECAUSE IT IS UN-KILLABLE.

UNLESS YOU'RE USING A NONSELECTIVE HERBICIDE LIKE ROUNDUP.

THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY, IF YOU CAN SPOT TREAT SMALL AREAS OR PULL THEM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO IT.

A LOT OF THE OTHER PRODUCTS THAT WORK ON CRABGRASS AND FOXTAIL USUALLY IT'S UP TO THAT LIKE 5 TILLER.

THESE ARE WAY BEYOND THAT.

SPRAYING THAT MIGHT SET THEM BACK, BUT THEY WILL GROW OUT OF IT IF THEY HAVE THE OPTIMAL CONDITIONS.

>> HOW ABOUT PRE-EMERGE?

>> YES, PRE-EMERGENT DOES WORK FOR THESE, JUST TYPICAL CRABGRASS TIMING, BUT YOU ALMOST WANT TO COME BACK WITH A SEQUENTIAL IN JUNE, LET'S SAY JUNE 1, JUNE 15TH, AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY CARRY THAT HERBICIDE INTO THAT OPTIMAL GERMINATION OF FOXTAIL WHICH IS MID JUNE TO LATE JUNE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> THAT'S ONE WAY TO GET AROUND IT.

TOO LATE NOW.

>> GOOD LUCK.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE.

LOVELY.

>> YEAH, SOME LILAC LEAVES, WHICH TYPICALLY IT'S HARD TO -- LILACS DON'T DIE REALLY IT SEEMS, BUT I'VE GOT A LOT OF CALLS THIS YEAR AND LAST YEAR, AS WELL ABOUT PEOPLE'S LILACS THAT ARE TURNING BLACK AND SHRIVELED LEAVES THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AND WE DO HAVE -- THERE IS A BACTERIAL BLIGHT OF LILACS.

THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASSUMED THAT THIS IS.

THAT BACTERIAL BLIGHT LIKES COOLER TEMPERATURES.

AND SO KIND OF TEMPERATURES IN THE 60S, LOW 70S, WHICH WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THIS TIME OF YEAR A WHOLE LOT ANYMORE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A FUNGAL DISEASE.

THIS IS CERCOSPORA LEAFSPOT OF LILACS, NOT A TRUE CERCOSPORA, BUT WE'LL LEAVE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PHYLOGENY AND FUNGI OUT FOR A DIFFERENT DAY.

BUT NOT A WHOLE LOT TO DO ABOUT THIS RIGHT NOW.

AND REALLY YOU SHOULDN'T NEED TO, ON ESTABLISHED PLANTS IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT SHOWS UP KIND OF TOWARDS THE END OF THE YEAR.

AND WE WILL GET SOME VERY BLIGHTED LEAVES THAT WE CAN SEE THERE, BUT WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF THESE REALLY TINY YELLOW LEAVES OR SPOTS ON HERE, AS WELL.

EVENTUALLY THOSE WILL TURN BROWN AND ENLARGE AND PROBABLY WITHIN TWO WEEKS OR SO MOST OF MY LILAC LEAVES ARE GOING TO BE BROWN AND CRISPY.

NICE THING IS THAT THE PLANT HAS ALREADY YOU KNOW GOTTEN THE ENERGY FOR THE SUMMER OR FOR THE YEAR ALREADY.

EVEN IF IT DOES DROP THE LEAVES EARLY, IT'S NOT GOING TO CAUSE LONG-LASTING HARM TO THE PLANT.

SO ONE OF THOSE THINGS YOU KIND OF NEED TO LEARN TO LIVE WITH UNFORTUNATELY.

THERE IS NO PRODUCTS THAT ARE -- NO PRODUCTS ARE LABELED FOR IT SO WE CAN'T GO AND APPLY ANY FUNGICIDES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

THE ONLY THE CONTROL MEASURES WOULD REALLY BE TO CLEAN UP THOSE FALLEN LEAVES, TO TRY TO REDUCE THE INOCULUM FOR NEXT YEAR.

OR DO SOME SELECTIVE PRUNING TO TRY TO INCREASE AIRFLOW THROUGH THE CANOPY.

THE QUICKER THOSE LEAVES DRY OFF, THE LESS INFECTION WE'LL HAVE NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, KYLE.

I DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER ALL THOSE QUESTIONS BY E-MAIL NOW.

>> SO YOU STILL WILL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, JODY.

YOUR FIRST QUESTION COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

SHE FOUND THIS WHILE SHE WAS DIGGING AND DIVIDING A CLUMP OF IRIS.

IT'S THE ONLY ONE SHE FOUND.

THERE WEREN'T ANY OTHERS.

SHE DIDN'T SEE DAMAGE IN THE RHIZOMES.

IS THIS AN IRIS BORE?

>> THIS IS AN IRIS BORE AND THAT'S GOOD THAT'S THERE'S NO DAMAGE TO THE RHIZOMES.

YOU WANT TO DO FALL CLEANUP JUST IN CASE THERE ARE MOTHS AROUND THAT DO LAY EGGS ON THE PLANTS.

IF YOU DO WANT TO TREAT YOU CAN TREAT WITH SPINOSAD IN THE SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THE NEXT ONE HERE THESE VIEWERS LIVE BETWEEN KEARNEY AND GIBBON.

THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY THIS INSECT, BUT THEY HOPE IT'S BENEFICIAL BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH, AND THEY ARE APPARENTLY LITTLE BLACK BUGS DEVOURING THE STRAWBERRIES.

>> THIS ONE IS A BENEFICIAL.

IT'S A TYPE OF GROUND BEETLE.

AND THEY'RE PREDACIOUS ON OTHER VERTEBRATES SO IT'S A GOOD GUY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND MAY OR MAY NOT BE EATING THOSE LITTLE BLACK BUGS.

>> YEAH, NOT SURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM RAYMOND.

THIS INSECT HAS COMPLETELY EATEN ONE CLEMAT AND HAS MOVED ON.

WHAT IS IT?

>> THIS IS AN ASH GREY BLISTER BEETLE, AND THEY TEND TO DO THAT.

WE CAN'T REALLY PREDICT WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP BUT WHEN THEY SHOW UP, THEY BRING ALL THEIR FRIENDS AND PRETTY MUCH DESTROY THINGS OVERNIGHT.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO BESIDES BRUSH THEM INTO SOAPY WATER IF YOU CATCH THEM FEEDING AT THAT TIME.

OTHERWISE, LIKE IF IT'S ON VEGETABLES I WOULD RECOMMEND ROW COVERS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS LITTLE BIT WEST OF KEARNEY, FOUND THIS GUY UNDER A MAPLE TREE.

GOOD GUY OR BAD GUY?

>> I WOULD SAY NEUTRAL.

THIS IS AN AMERICAN DAGGER MOTH, SO IT -- IT CAN HAVE TOXINS IN ITS HAIR, SO IT DOES HAVE TOXINS IN ITS HAIR SO IT CAN IRRITATE YOUR SKIN AND GIVE YOU A RASH.

IF YOU DON'T TRY TO HUG IT, I'M SURE IT WILL BE FINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR FINAL ONE COMES TO US FROM NORTH PLATTE.

SAME QUESTION.

GOOD GUY OR BAD GUY?

>> OKAY I WOULD SAY NEUTRAL BUT AT THIS STAGE IT'S A GOOD GUY, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY DONE FEEDING AND THAT'S WHEN IT'S A BAD GUY.

THIS IS AN AMERICAN LAPPET MOTH.

IT -- WHEN IT'S AN ADULT IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A BROWN ARMADILLO -TYPE LEAF MOTH.

I DON'T KNOW.

(LAUGHTER).

>> NOT PARTICULARLY BEAUTIFUL.

>> NOT SUPER BEAUTIFUL, BUT I WOULD SAY NEUTRAL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JODY.

ALL RIGHT, MATT, YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM PAPILLION TONIGHT.

IS THIS A WEED OR A TYPE OF GRASS?

IT'S A VOLUNTEER.

SHE HAS BEEN PULLING IT UP ANNUALLY.

FLOWERING THIS YEAR AND IT'S KIND OF ATTRACTIVE.

>> LOOKS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING WEED.

IT'S YELLOW NUTSEDGE.

THAT IS SOME VERY HEALTHY YELLOW NUTSEDGE.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHY IT'S FLOWERING OUT NOW.

USUALLY WHEN YOU SEE IT IN THE LAWN WE'RE MOWING IT OFF SO WE NEVER SEE THE FLOWERS BUT WHEN IT'S IN A LANDSCAPE BED IT DOES LOOK KIND OF NEAT.

AND THE SURPRISING PART IS YOUR LAWN IS NICE AND THICK SO IT'S NOT SPREADING IN YOUR LAWN.

THAT'S ONE WAY TO KEEP IT FROM SPREADING INTO YOUR LAWN.

I WOULD DEFINITELY PROBABLY KILL IT OFF BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO KEEP GROWING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO SAYS WHAT IS THIS WILD GRASS IN HIS LAWN, AND HE'S TRIED ALL SORTS OF THINGS OVER THE YEARS WITH NO LUCK.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> IT LOOKS LIKE THE SAME EXACT WEED.

IT'S JUST IN A MOWED LAWN.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.

IT HAS THAT SAME LEAF CHARACTERISTIC.

IF YOU CUT IT, IT HAS BASICALLY A TRIANGLE SHAPE, THREE-SIDED.

AND WHAT YOU NEED TO USE FOR THIS ONE IS APPLYING PROBABLY EARLIER IN THE YEAR, SAY JUNE 1, YOU KNOW IT'S THERE THIS YEAR SO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR.

AND USE A PRODUCT THAT HAS -- WELL SEDGE HAMMER IS ONE THAT WORKS VERY WELL.

WE'VE USED IT IN TRIALS.

ALSO DISMISS WHICH IS SULFENTRAZONE -- BOTH OF THOSE PRODUCTS WORK REALLY WELL.

IT IS GOING TO TAKE TWO APPLICATIONS, SO GENERALLY YOU GO FIRST STEP, JUNE 1.

NEXT STEP, LET'S SAY JULY 15TH.

SO IT'S USUALLY THAT SIX WEEKS APART.

AND YOU WANT TO USE A SURFACTANT WITH THE SEDGE HAMMER, NO SURFACTANT WITH THE DISMISS.

>> OKAY, SO DESCRIBE SURFACTANT REAL QUICKLY.

>> A SURFACTANT BASICALLY HELPS SEDGE HAMMER, WHICH IS A WATER DISPERSIBLE GRANULAR SO IF YOU SPRAY IT PLAIN, IT REALLY DOESN'T GET INTO THAT WAXY COATING ON THE YELLOW NUTSEDGE.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS USE NIS, WHICH IS WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE LABEL, OR ASKED TO USE BY THE LABEL, AND THAT ACTUALLY HELPS THAT PRODUCT GET INTO THE PLANT, PENETRATE THROUGH THAT CUTICLE OF THE PLANT AND GET THROUGH THAT WAXY COAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM COLUMBUS.

THIS IS GROWING IN PATCHES AND THE PATCHES ARE EXPANDING.

TRIED TO PULL IT TO CONTROL IT, BUT OBVIOUSLY DIDN'T WORK.

>> YEAH, THAT IS A TOUGH ONE, AS WELL.

RIGHT NOW THIS TIME OF YEAR IT'S A WARM SEASON SO IT'S GROWING VERY FAST.

NIMBLEWILL IS THE WEED.

AND IT DOES SHOW UP EARLY IN THE SPRING AND A SMALLER PATCH AND THEN IT WILL TEND TO GROW REALLY FAST AS WE GET INTO THESE HOTTER DAYS BECAUSE IT LOVES THE HEAT.

SO CONTROLLING THAT ONE CAN BE DIFFICULT.

ONE OF THE ONLY PRODUCTS THAT REALLY WORKS IS TENACITY.

THERE IS ONE MORE CALLED PYLEX WHICH IS NEWER TO THE MARKET.

THAT ONE CAN ALSO BE USED, BUT GENERALLY, WITH PYLEX, YOU WANT TO APPLY IT EARLIER IN THE YEAR, STARTING IN APRIL.

SAME WITH TENACITY, BUT ALSO YOU COULD START RIGHT NOW WITH TENACITY BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE THREE SEQUENTIAL APPLICATIONS.

SO FOLLOW THE LABEL, IT IS ON THERE.

I THINK THE TOTAL RATE USAGE IS 16 OUNCES, SO YOU USE 5.3 OUNCES, THREE CONSECUTIVE TIMES, AND THAT ALSO HAS A SURFACTANT WITH IT YOU WANT TO USE.

>> MY GOODNESS.

>> THAT'S THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL THAT WEED.

OTHERWISE, ROUNDUP ONE TIME, WAIT TWO, THREE, WEEKS, LET IT REGROW, ANOTHER TIME.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE AT LEAST TWO ROUNDUP APPLICATIONS, MAYBE THREE.

>> OH DEAR.

>> THEN RESEED.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE IS FROM DORCHESTER.

GRASS-LIKE WEED IN THE LAWN.

WHAT IS THIS ONE?

>> I THINK THIS IS ALSO THE SAME EXACT PICTURE -- NOT SAME EXACT PICTURE BUT SAME EXACT WEED AND IT'S VERY AGGRESSIVE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

IT'S KIND OF A WISPY, YOU KNOW -- IT GROWS BY STOLONS SO IT SPREADS REALLY FAST ON TOP OF THE GROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AND SAME THING I JUST EXPLAINED.

THAT'S PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN CONTROL IT.

ROUNDUP MIGHT BE EASIER THAN USING TENACITY, SO THAT'S YOUR CHOICE.

BUT THAT'S ONE WAY YOU CAN USE TO CONTROL IT.

>> THANK YOU, MATT.

ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, THIS FIRST ONE SHE FOUND UNDER AN ASH TREE, 17 MILES WEST OF SEWARD.

THEY APPEAR EVERY YEAR.

>> AND THEY'RE APPEARING EVERYWHERE RIGHT NOW.

>> AND SHE SENT GREAT PICTURES, BOTH SIDES OF THE SHROOM THERE.

>> YEAH, BOTH SIDES OF THE SHROOM AND ALSO THE SPORE PRINT IS VERY HELPFUL THERE, TOO SO WE CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT COLOR THE SPORES ARE, BUT THIS IS AN ASH BOLETE.

IT'S NOT A TRUE BOLETE, BUT VERY, VERY COMMON RIGHT NOW.

TYPICALLY, THEIR CENTRAL STEM OR THE STIPE WILL BE OVER ON ONE END, AND THEN THEY'LL BE KIND OF FLESHY, AS WELL.

AND IF YOU CUT INTO THEM, THEY OFTEN KIND OF BRUISE BLUE.

THESE THINGS ARE PRETTY COOL.

THEY HAVE A QUITE THE RELATIONSHIP WITH ASH TREES AND THE ASH LEAF CURL APHID.

AND SO THE LEAF -- THE APHID WILL LAY EGGS, AND THEN THE EGGS -- THE LARVA WILL BE ON THE -- WILL FEED ON THE ROOT SYSTEM OF THE ASH TREE, AND THEN THESE MUSHROOMS ACTUALLY PRODUCE A SCLEROTIA, OR KIND OF FRUITING BODY AROUND THOSE -- AROUND THOSE DEVELOPING LARVA TO PROTECT THEM.

AND AS APHIDS AND OTHER PIERCING, SUCKING INSECTS ARE KNOWN TO DO, THEY PRODUCE HONEYDEW.

AND SO THESE MUSHROOMS ARE ACTUALLY FEEDING ON THE HONEYDEW THAT IS PRODUCED BY THE APHID LARVA THAT THEY'RE PROTECTING.

>> GOOD HEAVENS.

>> PRETTY COOL, I THINK.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THEM, BUT THERE'S -- THEY'RE NOT HARMFUL AT ALL.

THEY'RE NOT TOXIC TO HUMANS OR PETS.

YOU CAN JUST HAND PLUCK THEM OR MOW THEM OUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO.

>> THAT SOUNDED LIKE A SCIENCE FICTION STORY.

>>IT KIND OF DOES.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM ADAMS COUNTY.

WHAT'S THIS?

>> I THINK THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING.

ALSO COULD BE A SUILLUS MUSHROOM.

WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THIS ONE WAS GROWING UNDERNEATH, AND SO THAT IS ONE THING THAT DOES -- IS FAIRLY HELPFUL WITH MUSHROOM I.D., TRYING TO DETERMINE WHICH TREE OR WHICH TYPE OF WOODY HOST IT'S GROWING OFF OF.

IF THIS IS UNDER A CONIFER, IT WOULD BE MOST LIKELY A SUILLUS, BUT IF IT'S UNDER AN ASH TREE, IT IS THE ASH BOLETE, KIND OF JUST LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS ALIEN CREATURE IS ON TOP OF AN ORNAMENTAL GRASS.

>> THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL SLIME MOLD, PROBABLY SHOWED UP OVERNIGHT AND IT WILL LAST FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.

AND THEN IT WILL BLOW AWAY IN THE WIND.

SO NOTHING TO DO, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT.

SO YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS ALSO ADAMS COUNTY.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS AND THEY'RE WORRIED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IS THIS TOXIC, DOG AND CHILDREN?

>> IT IS.

THIS ONE IS NOT TOXIC AT ALL.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A FAIRLY PRIZED MUSHROOM.

THIS IS A CHICKEN OF THE WOODS MUSHROOM.

WE SEE IT GROWING ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF HARDWOOD TREES.

TYPICALLY IT IS -- IT WILL BE FEEDING -- WILL BE GROWING ON DEAD OR DECAYING TREES.

SO IF THIS IS A -- IT'S GROWING ON A TREE THAT IS CLOSE TO THE HOUSE OR CLOSE TO ANOTHER STRUCTURE JUST BE SOMETHING TO WATCH FOR, SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER SIGNS OF STRESS FOR THE TREE.

AND THEN YOU WILL MAYBE WANT TO THINK ABOUT BRINGING A ARBORIST IN TO POTENTIALLY TAKE IT DOWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FINAL ONE HERE, HE KNEW WHAT IT WAS, BUT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SHOW THIS, NOT PARTICULARLY COLORFUL RIGHT NOW.

>> NO.

>> AND THE FLIES WOULDN'T STICK.

>> PROBABLY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO HAD A BRIGHT ORANGE CAP.

THIS IS A STINK HORN MUSHROOM.

AND SO WE SEE THESE POPPING UP ALL OVER IN MULCH BEDS.

THEY HAVE REALLY COOL EGGS DOWN IN THE SOIL, AND AS THE NAME IMPLIES THEY SMELL.

AND SO IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF THEM YOU MAY EVEN NOTICE THAT SMELL AS YOU WALK OUT IN YOUR YARD.

BUT THAT SMELL IS WHAT ATTRACTS ALL THE INSECTS TO THEM.

AS THE INSECTS COME, THEY LAND ON THAT STICKY SURFACE, FLY AWAY, AND HELP SPREAD THE SPORES.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, KYLE.

WELL, MOST OF THE TIME IF YOU SEE A FUNGUS ON YOUR PRODUCE YOU'RE EITHER NOT BUYING THAT PIECE OR YOU'RE GOING TO PULL OFF THAT FUNGUS AND THROW IT AWAY.

HOWEVER, IF YOU SEE YOUR CORN PUFFED UP, WITH A WEIRD GROWTH ON IT, YOU CAN ACTUALLY EAT IT.

HERE IS LOREN GIESLER TO SHOW US CORN TRUFFLES.

>> MANY OF YOU TRY TO GROW SWEET CORN IN YOUR BACKYARD GARDEN.

TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT MAYBE YOU DIDN'T WANT IN YOUR SWEET CORN BUT AS A PLANT PATHOLOGIST I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU A WAY TO GET IT SO THAT YOU CAN ENJOY A SPECIAL DELICACY THE CORN TRUFFLE, CORN SMUT, OR WHAT SOME PEOPLE REFER TO AS HUILACOCHE.

NOW WITH CORN, OUR SWEET CORN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, EVERY KERNEL ON THAT CORNCOB IS POLLINATED THROUGH THE SILKS OF THE CORN.

EVERY PIECE OF SILK RUNS TO A KERNEL.

NOW, WITH OUR SMUT SPORE, THE USTILAGO MAYDIS SPORE, WHEN IT'S COMING IN, IT'S GOING IN PLACE OF THAT POLLEN.

SO IN CORN, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO PRODUCE CORN SMUT, WHICH MANY OF YOU MAY THINK IS CRAZY, WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO BEAT THAT POLLEN.

SO TO DO THAT WE'RE GOING DO TAKE AWAY ALL OF OUR TASSELS, WE'RE GOING TO REMOVE OUR TASSELS, BECAUSE WHEN THAT POLLEN GETS TO THE EMBRYO THAT'S DEVELOPING IN THE EAR, IT FORMS A LITTLE ABSCISSION LAYER, AND THAT WILL BLOCK OUR SMUT SPORE FROM BEING ABLE TO INFECT THAT EMBRYO.

THE OTHER THING WE DID IS WE GREW A SUSCEPTIBLE SWEET CORN HYBRID.

I JUST SELECTED SOME.

THIS IS GOLDEN CROSS BANTAM.

WE KNOW IT'S SUSCEPTIBLE TO MODERATELY RESISTANT IN SOME RANKINGS, BUT WE FEEL THIS WOULD BE A GOOD HOST FOR OUR CORN SMUT.

FOR OUR INOCULUM PORTION OF THIS, OR THE SOURCE OF OUR DISEASE, I JUST WENT OUT AND COLLECTED SOME SMUTTED CORN EARS FROM A COMMERCIAL CORNFIELD LAST FALL.

AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT MASS OF DUSTY MATERIAL ON THERE.

THOSE ARE ALL SPORES.

IT'S BEEN ESTIMATED BY SOME THERE IS OVER 300 BILLION SPORES IN ONE OF THOSE SMUT GALLS.

SO, IT'S PRETTY EASY TO SEE THAT WE COULD HAVE A LOT OF INOCULUM.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL BE ABLE TO DO IT IN YOUR BACKYARD GARDEN.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO TAKE SOME OF OUR TELIOSPORES AND WE'RE GOING TO PUT THOSE ALL OVER OUR CORN PLANTS AND THEN ONCE WE HAVE SILKS PRESENT, WE'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY TAKE SOME OF THESE AND MIX THEM UP AND WE'RE GONNA SHOOT THEM INSIDE THE EAR.

AND ALSO TO GET INTO THAT EAR SILK DIRECTLY.

AND HOPEFULLY WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH OF THOSE PATHOGENIC TYPES, SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A DEVELOPED EAR OR MOSTLY AN EAR OF CORN SMUT.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT THREE WEEKS SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, AND SPREAD OUR INOCULUM, AND WE USED SOME DIFFERENT METHODS.

WE DID THE FIRST ONE WHERE WE SPREAD JUST THE SPORES, THE TELIOSPORES, WE TOOK SOME INJECTION AND INJECTED INTO THE ACTUAL SHOOT SILKS OF THE EARS.

WE MAINTAINED NO POLLEN IN THIS CROP, SO WE'VE CUT ALL THE TASSELS OFF.

THAT'S BEEN CRITICAL TO GET THE SMUT TO DEVELOP, BECAUSE ONCE THE POLLEN ENTERS THAT SILK, THEN THE SMUT SPORE WON'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT THERE, AND IT WILL NOT INFECT THE KERNEL.

SO WITH THAT, AND NOW LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE HAD HAPPEN, AND IT'S CONTINUING TO DEVELOP, WE'VE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD DEVELOPMENT OF SMUT.

SO WITH THIS, WE'VE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL IN ACTUALLY HOME GARDENING OUR CORN TRUFFLES, SO NOW WE CAN TAKE THESE AND HARVEST THEM.

WE CAN TAKE THE INDIVIDUAL PIECES OFF OF THE EAR, AND WE CAN USE THOSE FOR HUILACOCHE.

SO SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN REALLY FUN THIS SUMMER FOR ME JUST AS A LITTLE SIDPROJECT IN THE BACKYARD, AND SHARING WITH YOU AND HOPING THAT YOU MAY LOOK AT CORN SMUT OR CALL THEM CORN TRUFFLES FROM NOW ON, A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM NOW ON.

>> AND IT MIGHT NOT LOOK WHAT WE THINK OF AS DELICIOUS, BUT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE MUSHROOMS, SO DON'T TOSS YOUR SWEET CORN IF IT'S PUFFED OUT LIKE THIS OR DO.

ALL RIGHT, JODY.

THIS IS AN ESSEX, IOWA VIEWER.

PIN OAK, ABOUT A DOZEN HOLES IN THE TRUNK.

SHE FOUND SOME SORT OF A LARVA IN IT AND SHE DID HAVE A PICTURE OF THE ONE THAT WAS THERE.

SHE WONDERS WHAT THIS IS AND SHOULD SHE BE CONCERNED.

>> SO THIS IS A PUPA CASE, SO I DON'T REALLY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SIZE IT WOULD BE, IF IT WERE A LARVA, AND I THINK THAT THIS IS CARPENTER WORM.

SO I THINK THEY SHOULD BE PRETTY BIG, AND YES, I WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED.

THEY CAN CAUSE A LOT OF DAMAGE.

SO WHAT I WOULD DO IS PROBABLY GET A CERTIFIED ARBORIST TO COME OUT, EVALUATE THE TREE SINCE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, WHAT KIND OF CONDITION IT'S IN, SEE IF IT CAN BE TREATED OR IF IT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO YOUR NEXT ONE IS A MARTELL VIEWER, PIN OAK, AND THE PIN OAK LEAVES ARE TURNING BROWN AND FALLING OFF AND THIS IS SORT OF ALL OVER THE CITY OF LINCOLN AND PROBABLY OMAHA AND EVERYWHERE ELSE.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE OAKS?

>> SO THIS IS CALLED FLAGGING, WHEN THE ENDS OF THE BRANCHES, THE LEAVES START WILTING AND DYING AND THIS CAN BE ONE OR BOTH OF TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BEETLE THAT BORE.

THE OAK TWIG PRUNER AND THE OAK TWIG GIRDLER AND OFTEN AFTER THE FLAGGING IT WILL FALL TO THE GROUND AND WHAT HAPPENS IS THE LARVAE OF WHATEVER BEETLE IS IN THERE WILL DEVELOP.

SO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AT THE END OF -- WHEN THEY DROP AT THE END OF FALL, FALL CLEANUP, YOU WANT TO TAKE ALL THOSE AND DESTROY THEM SO THAT THEY DON'T COME BACK BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP.

BUT IN TERMS OF TREATMENT, SPRAYING OR SYSTEMICS, THERE IS NO NEED FOR THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR FINAL ONE, TWO PICTURES HERE, IS A MILLARD VIEWER.

LONG HEDGE OF LILACS, AND FOUND THIS WASP, AND THEN LOTS OF THESE HOLES AT THE BASE OF THE LILAC.

WHAT AND WHAT TO DO.

>> OKAY.

SO THE WASP THAT IS IN THE PICTURE IS NOT THE BORER THAT IS ACTUALLY DOING THE DAMAGE.

THIS ACTUALLY LOOK IS LIKE A CICADA KILLER.

I DON'T KNOW WHY IT'S IN THERE.

I DON'T KNOW WHY "“MY PEOPLE'S"” IN THERE, BUT THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

THE ASH LILAC BORER, WHICH IS WHAT HAS DONE THIS DAMAGE, IT LOOKS -- IT'S A CLEARWING MOTH THAT LOOKS LIKE A WASP, BUT THAT'S NOT THE PARTICULAR WASP.

I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THIS LOOKS PRETTY BAD.

SO WHAT YOU CAN DO IS PRUNE THAT OFF AT THE SOIL.

IF THERE IS ANYTHING SURVIVING NEXT YEAR, THEN YOU WANT TO TREAT THE TIME THAT THE EGGS HATCH ON THE OUTSIDE OF THE PLANT BEFORE IT BORES INTO THIS TRUNK IS WHEN YOU WANT TO ESSENTIALLY KILL THEM.

THAT'S THE TIME TO TREATMENT ONCE THEY GET INTO THE TWIGS IT'S PRETTY MUCH IMPOSSIBLE TO KILL THEM AT THAT TIME.

AND THE SYSTEMICS HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE SO I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, JODY.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES HERE, MATT.

THE FIRST IS WHAT THE TURF SHOULD LOOK LIKE AND THE SECOND IS WHAT THE TURF DOES LOOK LIKE.

AND THIS IS BETWEEN SIDEWALK AND STREET.

IT'S THE SAME SECTION, DYING HORRIBLY.

ANY IDEAS AT ALL ON THIS?

>> THAT'S A -- IT'S A TOUGH SPOT.

YOU HAVE TWO HOT PARTS OF CONCRETE IN THE MIDDLE, AND THEN YOU HAVE TURF.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT -- IT COULD ALSO BE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING BURIED UNDER THERE.

IT MIGHT BE CHECK WITH A PROBE AND POKE IT DOWN IN THERE AND SEE IF IT'S GRAVEL OR SAND, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DRYING OUT WAY TOO FAST, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WATERING IT, TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE, THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO OTHER THAN CHECK FOR THAT.

AND THEN MAYBE TRY AND PLANT SOME BETTER SPECIES IN THERE.

IF YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH A WARM SEASON GRASS IT'S GOING TO DO A HECK OF A LOT BETTER THAN ANY COOL SEASON GRASSES.

AND ALSO MAYBE LOOKING AT SOME TALL FESCUE IN THERE, MIGHT TOLERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT HEAT VERSUS SOME BLUEGRASS OR RYE GRASS.

THERE IS A COUPLE THINGS YOU CAN DO, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS A MANHATTAN, KANSAS VIEWER, HAS A FESCUE LAWN.

AND HASN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS BUT THIS YEAR IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

CONSTANTLY WET, WATER DRAINAGE.

IS THIS BROWN PATCH OR WHAT?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

WITHOUT GETTING A SAMPLE OF IT, IT'S TOUGH TO TELL IF IT WAS A DISEASE.

IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE ASCOCHYTA, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING WHERE YOU HAVE THAT WET SOILS FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME, OR EVEN IF IT WAS WET ENOUGH AND WE HAD HOT ENOUGH WEATHER WHERE IT BASICALLY BURNED THE LEAF TISSUE THAT WAS GROWING, SO I WOULD HOPE FOR THE BEST ON THIS ONE.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU STILL HAVE A LOT OF GREEN WITHIN THAT BROWN AREA.

IF THE TEMPERATURES TURN AROUND, DON'T BE OVERWATERING IT BUT KEEP IT MOIST.

AND YOU MIGHT HAVE TO LOOK AT RESEEDING THIS THIS FALL, IF IT ISN'T COMING BACK FOR YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS A TALL FESCUE BLEND SHOWING STRESS FROM LACK OF MOISTURE WHERE A FOUNDATION WAS.

CAN'T SEEM TO WATER IT ENOUGH.

WONDERS HOW MUCH WATER SHOULD BE APPLIED PER WEEK TO AN AREA LIKE THIS.

>> WELL, IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH SOIL PROFILE YOU HAVE.

I DID THE SAME THING AT MY HOUSE WHEN WE REMODELED IT.

I LEFT AN OLD SEPTIC TANK BOTTOM IN THERE ABOUT TWO FEET DOWN AND EVERY YEAR I GET A ROUND SPOT THAT ALMOST DIES OUT.

SO YOU HAVE TO WATER IT A LOT MORE OFTEN, ESPECIALLY WITH TALL FESCUE.

THOSE ROOTS CAN GET DOWN THERE SIX FEET.

SO IF YOU'RE RESTRICTING THEM TO A FOOT OR TWO FEET YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATER THAT WITH THESE TEMPERATURES PROBABLY DAILY OR YOU KNOW EVERY OTHER DAY, WITH A GOOD SOAKING AMOUNT TO KEEP IT ALIVE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR FINAL ONE HIS QUESTION IS, IS THIS TREE DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH OF HIS TURF?

>> NO.

IF YOU CHOP IT DOWN, IT WON'T BE.

>> I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO SAY THAT!

(LAUGHTER).

>> SO THIS IS JUST AN IMPOSSIBLE SPOT TO GROW GLASS.

YOU HAVE A REALLY MATURE TREE, YOU'VE GOT BUSHES.

SO THE GRASS UNDERNEATH GETS SUNLIGHT MAYBE A COUPLE HOURS A DAY THIS TIME OF YEAR WITH ALL THE LEAVES, SO IT REALLY THINS OUT AND THEN THERE'S NOT ENOUGH WATER FROM THE TREE SUCKING ALL THE WATER AWAY, TOO, SO BE CREATIVE MAYBE.

PUT SOMETHING LANDSCAPING AROUND THAT TREE AND THAT'S GOING TO HELP OUT, BECAUSE GRASS YOU CAN RESEED IT EVERY YEAR, IT WILL GROW IN THE SPRING REALLY NICE, BUT EVERY TIME THIS YEAR, IT'S GOING TO DIE OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MATT.

OKAY.

YOUR FIRST TWO ARE RELATED BUT THEY'RE FROM DIFFERENT VIEWERS.

THE FIRST IS FROM AURORA.

HERE IS A CIRCLE IN THE YARD, 13 FEET IN DIAMETER, A FOOT WIDE AND WATERS IT EVERY THREE DAYS OR SO, FERTILIZES AND YOUR SECOND ONE IS IN BELLEVUE, AND SHROOMS IN A CIRCLE AROUND BRIAN WEST HIGH.

>> YES, THESE ARE FAIRY RINGS.

IT'S FAIRLY COMMON.

WE CAN HAVE THEM ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT ONE INCH IN DIAMETER TO ABOUT 60 FEET IN DIAMETER.

MOST OF THEM ARE ANYWHERE FROM FIVE TO 15 FEET IN DIAMETER.

SOME MAY HAVE MUSHROOMS THAT POP UP.

OTHERS YOU MAY NOT REALLY SEE THOSE MUSHROOMS.

THERE IS ABOUT 50 DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUNGI THAT CAUSE FAIRY RINGS.

IN NEBRASKA, THE MOST COMMON ONES WE SEE ARE CAUSED BY COMMON LEPIOTA, SO, OUR COMMON PARASOL MUSHROOMS, WHICH I THINK WE HAVE HERE.

ALSO WE SEE IT WITH THE MARASMIUS MUSHROOMS AND SO ONE OF THE LITTLE BROWN MUSHROOMS THAT WE GET.

YOU KNOW, YOU CAN WATER THAT SPOT ALL DAY LONG, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO DO A WHOLE LOT, UNFORTUNATELY.

WHAT THESE MUSHROOMS --AS THEY GROW IN A CIRCLE LIKE THIS, BECAUSE THE FUNGAL HYPHAE UNDERGROUND ARE SPREADING IN A CIRCLE.

AND AT THE EDGE OF THAT CIRCLE THEY KIND OF TEND TO PRODUCE A HYDROPHOBIC AREA.

SO YOU CAN WATER IT, BUT THE WATER IS JUST NOT GOING TO PENETRATE DOWN INTO THAT AREA.

SO REALLY THE BEST THING TO CONTROL THESE WOULD BE A NITROGEN APPLICATION.

IT WON'T KILL THEM, WON'T KILL THE FUNGUS.

IT WILL COME BACK NEXT YEAR, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST IT WILL KIND OF MASK SOME OF THOSE SYMPTOMS AND THE GRASS AT THE EDGE OF THAT RING SHOULD COME BACK WITH A LITTLE BIT EXTRA NITROGEN.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KYLE.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS OMAHA.

CUCUMBER VINES ARE DOING THIS.

>> LOOKS LIKE ANGULAR LEAFSPOT.

PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST COMMON CUCUMBER ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR.

OFTEN THOSE LESIONS WILL BE KIND OF WHITE OR TAN COLORED, BUT THEN THEY'LL BE RESTRICTED BY THE VEINS.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE ANGULAR NAME FROM IT.

AS THEY MATURE, THESE LESIONS DO TEND TO DROP OUT, AS WELL.

NO GOOD CONTROLS FOR IT, ASIDE FROM TRYING TO WATER FROM THE BASE OF YOUR PLANT AS BEST AS YOU CAN.

BUT ALSO WHEN YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT CUCUMBERS FOR NEXT YEAR, LOOK FOR A VARIETY THAT IS RESISTANT TO ANGULAR LEAFSPOT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR FINAL ONE IS A SUGAR BABY WATERMELON.

AND THE EDGES ARE DISCOLORED.

>> YEAH, SO THIS IS WATERMELON RIND NECROSIS.

AGAIN, PATHOLOGISTS AREN'T VERY GOOD AT NAMING THINGS, BUT THE RIND OF THE WATERMELON IS JUST DYING.

IT'S NOT A DISEASE THAT WE SEE A WHOLE LOT UP HERE.

IT'S MUCH MORE COMMON IN THE SOUTH.

I WOULD BE CURIOUS IF IT WAS GROWN OR IF IT WAS A PURCHASED WATERMELON.

BUT THIS JUST HAPPENS TO SOME WATERMELON.

AND IT'S CAUSED BY A BACTERIA, AN ERWINIA BACTERIA THAT IS NATURALLY OCCURRING ON THE WATERMELON.

TYPICALLY DOESN'T CAUSE ANY ISSUES, BUT ON OCCASION WE GET THAT, THAT RIND NECROSIS THAT OCCURS.

AS LONG AS THAT NECROSIS OR THAT BROWN OR KIND OF DEAD AREA ISN'T EXPANDING INTO THE FLESH OF THE FRUIT, IT'S STILL GOING TO BE PERFECTLY FINE TO EAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, KYLE.

WELL, OUR SUMMER IS WINDING DOWN, BUT OUR GARDEN IS REALLY PUTTING ON A SHOW.

TERRI JAMES WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO A COUPLE OF UPCOMING EVENTS AND GIVE YOU A CHANCE TO EXPERIENCE OUR BEAUTIFUL GARDEN.

HERE IS TERRI WITH THIS WEEK'S UPDATE FROM THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

>> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN WE'RE LOOKING OVER SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS.

EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL, FULL, LOOKING FANTASTIC, AT HEIGHT OF ITS SEASON.

WE'RE ALSO HARVESTING A LOT OF PRODUCE OF OUR GARDEN, WELL OVER 200 POUNDS AND MORE TO COME.

WE ARE ALSO INVITING YOU TO OUR GARDEN THIS SATURDAY, AUGUST 14TH, FOR THE LAST EAST CAMPUS DISCOVERY DAY.

COME VISIT US IN THE GARDEN AND VISIT ALL OF EAST CAMPUS AND SEE WHAT WE DO HERE.

IT WILL BE A GREAT TIME, FOOD TRUCKS, LOTS OF KID HANDS-ON PROJECTS AND I, ALONG WITH THE MASTER GARDENERS WILL BE IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN ANSWERING ALL OF YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

AS WE HARVEST OUR PRODUCE, REMEMBER YOU CAN ALSO COME AND BRING YOUR EXTRA PRODUCE TO THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN ON TUESDAY NIGHTS, FROM 4:30 TO 7:30.

SO IF YOU GOT THOSE EXTRA ZUCCHINIS OR CUCUMBERS OR TOMATOES, AND YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THEM, STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, DROP OFF YOUR EXTRA PRODUCE, AND TAKE A TOUR OF THE GARDEN AND SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS.

SO STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK IT OUT.

>>> SO COME TO DISCOVERY DAYS THIS SATURDAY, AND AN ALSO STOP BY ON TUESDAY TO DONATE THAT EXTRA PRODUCE.

WE DO NEED TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK, BUT STAY WITH US.

COMING UP WE HAVE THE LIGHTNING ROUND AND THE PLANT OF THE WEEK.

THERE IS MUCH MORE GOOD GARDENING TO COME ON "BACKYARD FARMER" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

♪♪ ♪♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

COMING UP LATER, WE'LL SEE THE RESULTS OF A DESIGNED LANDSCAPE RENOVATION PROJECT.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN THOSE QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446.

SEND US PICTURES AND E-MAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

RIGHT NOW, IT IS TIME FOR LIGHTNING.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE, YOU ARE UP.

THIS IS A KENNARD VIEWER WHO HAS RUST SHE THINKS, OR SOME SORT OF LEAFSPOT ON HER SPIREA.

IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE SEEN AND WHAT TO DO?

>> NOTHING, IT'S BEEN A RUSTY YEAR.

IT'S EVERYWHERE.

SO JUST DEAL WITH IT.

AND THEN IT WON'T CAUSE ANY HARM THIS YEAR.

IT WILL BE FINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A SOUTH SIOUX CITY VIEWER WHO HAS SEEDLING WALNUT TREES THAT SUDDENLY HAVE DISTINCT YELLOW PATCHES IN THE LEAFLETS.

IS THIS A DISEASE OF WALNUT?

>> IT COULD BE.

I WOULD MAYBE WONDER ABOUT IRON CHLOROSIS, AS WELL, ESPECIALLY IF THE VEINS ARE STAYING GREEN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A SCHUYLER VIEWER WHO SAYS THEY HAVE POWDERY MILDEW ON THEIR LILACS.

AGAIN, WILL IT KILL THEM?

>> NOPE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A FREMONT VIEWER THAT HAS A FUNGUS, A LITTLE TINY ONE, AT THE BASE OF A BIG LOCUST TREE.

IS THAT GOING TO BE A PROBLEM?

>> POTENTIALLY.

SO JUST KEEP AN EYE ON THE TREE.

IF IT'S DROPPING LEAVES EARLY OR LATE TO LEAF OUT, THEN CALL SOMEONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS IS THERE A RUST OF SOME SORT THAT ATTACKS HOSTAS BECAUSE THE EDGE OF HER LEAVES ARE CRISPY.

>> I AM NOT AWARE OF ANY RUST THAT ATTACKS HOSTAS.

THERE LIKELY IS, BUT IT WOULD NOT CAUSING THOSE CRISPY EDGES.

>> THANK YOU, KYLE.

ALL RIGHT, MATT, YOU READY?

>> YES.

>> THIS IS A VIEWER FROM OGALLALA WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHEN DO THE BURRS OF BUFFALO BURR RIPEN BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO TRY A HERBICIDE BETWEEN GERMINATION AND THE BURRS.

>> THEY RIPEN USUALLY AFTER THEY -- THEIR ANTHER COMES OUT OF THE SEED, DRIES UP, SO USUALLY IN MID TO LATE JULY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A VIEWER IN YORK WHO WANTS TO KNOW IS THERE A WAY TO AERATE WITHOUT PAYING FOR THE EQUIPMENT OR A LAWN COMPANY.

>> POKE HOLES WITH A PITCHFORK.

>> OKAY.

A LINCOLN VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW IS THERE A CLOVER AND GRASS MIX THAT WE RECOMMEND THAT WOULD WITHSTAND CHILDREN AND DOGS?

>> LOTS OF THE WHITE CLOVERS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF GRASS IN THEM DO WELL, KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS AND WHITE CLOVER, NO FERTILIZER.

>> THIS IS A LA VISTA VIEWER WHO HAS BEEN MOWING THE MAPLE SEEDLINGS, BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.

IS THERE A HERBICIDE THAT WILL WORK?

>> YES.

MOST HERBICIDES WILL WORK ON TREES, MOST BROADLEAF HERBICIDES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO LAID DOWN SOD IN LATE JUNE AND WONDERS HOW MUCH TO WATER IT IN THE HEAT.

>> KEEP IT WET, BUT DON'T OVERWATER IT SO IT'S SATURATED.

YOU WANT TO KEEP THAT WET JUST UNDERNEATH, BUT NOT SO THAT THERE'S STANDING WATER ON IT, BECAUSE THAT WILL CAUSE MORE DISEASE PROBLEMS AND DEATH WITH THIS HEAT.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

JODY, YOU READY?

>> SURE.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO SAYS THEIR TOWN SPRAYS FOR MOSQUITOES EVERY YEAR, AND SHE IS WONDERING WHETHER SHE CAN STILL EAT THE PLUMS OFF HER PLUM TREE.

>> YES, IT SHOULD BE FINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A NEBRASKA CITY VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW CAN THEY PLANT A TRAP CROP FOR JAPANESE BEETLES NEXT YEAR?

>> THEY LIKE SO MANY THINGS, IT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT.

AND I BET IF YOU PLANT THE TRAP CROP, THEY'LL STILL EAT YOUR -- IT'S WHATEVER THEY GET TO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A STANTON VIEWER WHO IS USING TERRO ANT BAITS TO STOP ANTS FROM EATING THEIR WILLOW LEAVES, GOOD IDEA?

>> DEPENDS WHAT KIND OF ANTS.

IF THEY'RE SUGAR FEEDERS, TERRO WOULD WORK.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE WILLOWS AND THE ANTS.

THAT'S DIFFERENT.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO SAYS LITTLE TINY SMALL BROWN ANTS ARE MAKING HUGE PILES ALONG THE DRIVEWAY.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> THEY'RE JUST EXCAVATING THEIR NEST.

THEY'RE BRBRINNG UP WHATEVER IS UNDERNEATH THE SLAB UP TO THE TOP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A LINCOLN VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW IS IT TIME NOW TO USE A TRUNK SPRAY FOR ZIMMERMAN PINE MOTH?

>> YES, IT WOULD BE A GOOD TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> AND AGAIN IN APRIL, TOO.

>> WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO SAYS A UV FLASHLIGHT IS GREAT FOR SPOTTING HORN WORMS ON TOMATOES.

WHICH IT IS.

>> I DON'T HAVE ANY HORN WORMS.

THEY DON'T LIVE ON MY PLANTS.

>> THAT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE AN ANSWER.

>> I THOUGHT THAT WAS A STATEMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OUR PLANTS OF THE WEEK THIS WEEK ARE SURPRISE LILIES OR NAKED LADIES FOR ANYBODY WHO WOULD RATHER USE THAT TERMINOLOGY WHO COME OUT OF THE GROUND ON A STALK AND THEN FLOWER LIKE THIS.

THE LEAVES EMERGE IN THE SPRING.

GREAT BIG ONES AND THEN THEY GO DORMANT, WHICH IS WHY IT'S ALWAYS A SURPRISE WHEN THEY EMERGE IN GUST AND THEY'RE VERY SWEETLY SCENTED, QUITE BEAUTIFUL, AND THEN THE GRASS IS OUR NATIVE BIG BLUE STEM.

A NUMBER OF THEM ARE ACTUALLY PRODUCING THEIR POLLEN AND JUST A FABULOUS GREAT BIG GRASS.

THERE ARE ACTUALLY SOME VARIETIES ON THE MARKET THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT SMALLER, A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER AND A LITTLE BIT MORE RED FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT THAT.

SO NICE COMBINATION AS WE GO INTO FALL.

ALL RIGHT.

PICTURES, JODY.

THIS IS SPIREA.

YOU HAVE TWO VIEWERS FROM DIFFERENT SPOTS.

SO THREE PICTURES HERE.

WORM WITH WEIRD WHITE WEBBING.

THEY'VE TRIED EVERYTHING.

THIS ONE IS IN LINCOLN.

YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES ARE ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING AND THEY ARE CRETE.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> IT'S SOME KIND OF LEAF ROLLING -- THEY'RE CALLED LEAF ROLLER CATERPILLARS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF DAMAGE OR COMPLAINTS ON SPIREA BEFORE.

WHAT THEY CAN USE IS USE BT NEXT YEAR, SO A BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS FOR CATERPILLARS WHEN THEY FIRST START SEEING THEM, AND FULL COVERAGE SO THEY CAN -- WHEN THEY EAT IT THEY WILL DIE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO IS TRYING TO MITIGATE WHAT APPEAR TO BE WHITE FLIES FROM AN INDOOR/OUTDOOR HIBISCUS.

AND IS JUST HAVING A TERRIBLE TIME WITH IT.

ANY SUGGESTIONS?

>> THAT WOULD BE A TERRIBLE TIME.

THE WHITE FLIES HAVE BEEN REALLY BAD THE LAST TWO YEARS AND THEY KIND OF JUST FLY ALL OVER, AND THE INDOOR/OUTDOOR THING MAKES IT MORE COMPLICATED.

IT'S REALLY KEEPING ON TOP OF IT AND DOING ALL THE THINGS.

A REAL INTEGRATED APPROACH.

I KNOW THEY'RE DOING A LOT, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE THE NEEM OIL, THOROUGHLY, AND LIKE VACUUMING THEM, WIPING THEM DOWN AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO BRING THEM IN, JUST MAKE SURE YOU DON'T HAVE THEM WITH OTHER PLANTS, AS WELL.

YOU WANT TO ISOLATE AND DO WHATEVER YOU CAN TO GET THAT OFF.

IF IT'S IN A CONTAINER YOU ALSO CAN TREAT WITH SYSTEMIC FOR HOUSEPLANTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> SO IT'S IMIDACLOPRID FOR HOUSEPLANTS.

>> EXCELLENT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A NEMAHA COUNTY VIEWER WHO FOUND SEVERAL OF THESE ON THEIR PURPLE WINTER CREEPER.

SHE SAYS THEY HAVE LITTLE TINY SPIDERS IN THEM.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> THAT LOOKS LIKE A SPIDER EGG SACK, WITH SPIDERLINGS.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE A FISHING SPIDER.

SO WHAT HAPPENS, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF SPIDERS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE PREDATORS.

SO THEY MIGHT BE GOOD PEST CONTROL, IF YOU DON'T MIND SPIDERS AND IF IT'S FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JODY.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO IS FROM GLENVIL AND SAYS WINDMILL GRASS IS A PAIN.

HOW DO YOU KILL IT?

CALLISTO?

TENACITY?

HOW MANY DOSES?

HOW DO YOU GET RID OF WINDMILL GRASS, THESE TWO PICTURES?

>> THAT'S ANOTHER GOOD WEED.

AND IT'S A WARM SEASON, SO IT'S A PERENNIAL, SO IT WILL KEEP SPREADING YEAR AFTER YEAR.

SO YOU MENTIONED CALLISTO WHICH IS MESOTRIONE, IT'S THE AG VERSION.

TENACITY IS THE TURF INVESTIGATION.

SO THAT HAS THE LABEL FOR TURF.

THAT PRODUCT, THREE APPLICATIONS LIKE I MENTIONED EARLIER 5.3 OUNCES.

WITH A SURFACTANT.

THERE IS TWO OTHER ONES.

PYLEX IS A NEWER ONE.

THAT'S USUALLY TWO TO THREE APPLICATIONS, AT ONE OUNCE.

AND THEN THERE IS ONE MORE ACCLAIM, WHICH IS FENOXAPROP, AND THAT ONE ALSO IS A COUPLE APPLICATIONS SO IT'S NOT A ONE SHOT DEAL WITH THIS WEED.

IT'S TOUGH TO CONTROL.

>> EXCELLENT.

THEN YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES HERE FROM A PLATTSMOUTH VIEWER WITH A PENNISETUM.

YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE FRONT THERE IN THE LAWN.

I THINK THE SECOND ONE IS ALONG THE SIDEWALK EDGE.

YOU CAN SEE IT.

HE SPRAYED ROUNDUP ON THE NEW PLANTS BUT HAS TO DEAL WITH ALL THE NEW ONES IN THE LAWN.

HE'S WONDERING IF HE MOWS IT WILL IT DIE?

>> THIS IS ONE WHERE IF YOU KEEP MOWING IT, IT REALLY DOESN'T DIE.

MIGHT SET IT BACK BUT WITHSTANDS THAT LOWING MOWING HEIGHT.

WITH THIS ONE, DRIVE ACCELERATE, WHICH IS QUINCLORAC.

THAT ONE CAN WORK PRETTY WELL AT CONTROLLING -- ONCE AGAIN, NOT ONE APPLICATION.

AT LEAST TWO.

FOLLOW THE LABEL ON THAT.

AND FENOXAPROP AS WELL, WHICH IS ACCLAIM, ACCLAIM EXTRA, THOSE TWO PRODUCTS ARE PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE LABELED BESIDES GLYPHOSATE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS FROM SYDNEY.

HE'S WONDERING ABOUT WHAT THIS DARKER COLORED GRASS IS.

HE'S -- HE DOESN'T NECESSARILY LIKE THIS ONE.

WHAT DO WE THINK HERE?

>> YEAH, IT LOOKS LIKE A KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS WITH THE MID-RIB ON IT.

AS FAR IN AS I COULD ZOOM.

THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN BOAT SHAPED TIPS ON THERE.

IT'S A DIFFERENT VARIETY THAT WAS MIXED IN WITH THE MIX.

IF YOU WANT TO TRY AND MATCH IT, THERE'S SOME TALL FESCUE VARIETIES THAT HAVE A PRETTY DARK GREEN COLOR IF YOU DON'T WANT BLUEGRASS.

SO NATIONAL TURFGRASS VALUATION PROGRAM NTEP IS AVAILABLE PUBLICLY, SO YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP AND GO BUY DARK GREEN COLOR AND THEN PICK THOSE VARIETIES.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, MATT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES HERE, KYLE, FROM TWO DIFFERENT VIEWERS.

ONE IS PAPILLION, ONE'S OMAHA.

TOMATOES.

>> TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS.

>> YEAH.

>> YUP, THIS IS A VIRUS, SO HARD TO CONTROL.

THIS IS TRANSMITTED BY THRIPS.

THRIPS ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AS WELL.

SO, NOT A WHOLE LOT TO DO.

NEXT, YOU MAYBE THINK ABOUT A RESISTANT VARIETY IN THE FUTURE.

NICE THING IS THAT IF YOU CAN TOLERATE EATING UN-RIPENED TOMATOES YOU CAN STILL EAT THESE, SO WHEN YOU CUT IT UP, THOSE YELLOW PORTIONS JUST HAVEN'T RIPENED UP.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER.

I MEAN, TOMATOES ARE GROSS ANYWAY.

I WOULD THROW THEM OUT.

IF YOU ARE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY LIKE TOMATOES YOU CAN STILL EAT THESE, MAY BE A LITTLE BIT TOUGHER WITH THOSE YELLOW SPOTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES OF PEPPERS THAT -- HERE IS THE PLANT, AND THEN THE NEXT ONES ARE THE FRUITS AND WHAT IN THE WORLD DO WE THINK THIS IS?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THERE IS SOME FASCIATION THAT OCCURRED EARLY ON TO DISRUPT LEAF DEVELOPMENT INTO THE FRUIT.

POSSIBLY MIXED WITH SOME BLOSSOM END ROT.

THERE IS A FUNGUS THAT WE SEE DOWN IN THE SOUTH, GENOPHORE, THAT CAUSES SOME ISSUES SIMILAR TO THIS.

THIS IS ONE WHERE I WOULD LOVE TO GET A CLOSER LOOK AT IT, IF POSSIBLE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR FINAL ONE IS OMAHA VIEWER WHO HAS TOMATOES THAT LOOK GOOD ON THE OUTSIDE AND LIKE THIS ON THE INSIDE.

>> SO BLOSSOM END ROT TYPICALLY SHOWS UP ON THE OUTSIDE.

SOMETIMES WE CAN GET THAT ROT OCCURRING ON THE INSIDE, THOUGH, TOO AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE IS JUST BLOSSOM END ROT.

CALCIUM, MAKE SURE YOU ARE HAVING GOOD WATERING DURING FLOWERING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU KYLE.

EARLIER THIS SEASON WE SHOWED YOU THE PLANS FOR RENOVATED LANDSCAPE IN OMAHA.

OUR FRIENDS FROM KINGHORN GARDENS RETURN TO SHOW US THE RESULTS OF THOSE PLANTS AND INSTALLATION.

HERE ARE ANNE HOUSER AND COREY BRABEC TO TELL US MORE.

>> THIS GARDEN HAS BEEN IN THE GROUND FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW.

WE -- THE INSTALL WENT REALLY WELL.

THE BEES HAVE ALREADY REPOPULATED THE LANDSCAPE, SO IT'S BEEN FUN.

ONE OF THE FUN THINGS THAT WE HAD IN THIS GARDEN THAT WE HAVEN'T EVER EXPERIENCED IN ANY OTHER GARDEN INSTALLATION IS THE -- AS OUR GUYS WERE TILLING IN THE BIO MASS THAT WE PRODUCED FROM THE EXISTING PLANT MATERIAL, THEY ENCOUNTERED A BUMBLEBEE HIVE UNDERGROUND AS THEY WERE TILLING.

WE KIND OF HALTED ACTION IN THAT SPACE OF THE GARDEN AND CALLED IN THE BEE LAB FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN.

AND THEY CAME AND HARVESTED THE BEES AND TOOK THEM TO A NEW HOME TO CREATE A BETTER LIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR THEM.

>> SO WHEN WE STARTED THE RENOVATION OF THIS GARDEN, A NUMBER OF THE THINGS WE HAD TO DO WERE SOME CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS, AND ALSO SOME WHAT WE CALL MECHANICAL WORK.

AND SO, WE DID FIND THAT SINCE IT WAS HEAVILY SEEDED NATIVE GARDEN FOR SOME TIME, THAT SOME OF THE GRASSES AND OR SOME OF THE TREE SEEDLINGS AND SOME OF THE ASPEN SUCKERS HAVE GOTTEN OUT OF HAND.

AND SO IT TOOK SOME WORK.

IT TOOK A MINIMUM AMOUNT OF CHEMICAL APPLICATION, AND A LOT OF MECHANICAL APPLICATIONS TO GET THOSE UNDER CONTROL.

BUT ONCE WE DID THAT, WE WERE ABLE TO MOW EVERYTHING, TURN IT INTO A GREAT BIOMASS BEFORE WE STARTED THE COMPOSTING AND PLANTING PROCESS.

>> THIS GARDEN HAS REALLY A FEW DIFFERENT ZONES FOR PLANT MATERIAL.

THERE ARE SOME EXPOSURES THAT ARE FULL SUN.

THERE ARE ALSO SOME EXPOSURES THAT ARE QUITE SHADY.

SO THE PLANT MATERIAL IS VERY DIVERSE FROM FRONT YARD TO BACKYARD AND EVEN IN THE BACKYARD FROM THE NORTH SIDE TO THE SOUTH SIDE IS VERY DIFFERENT.

SO IT'S -- YOU KIND OF HAVE TO GET TO KNOW YOUR PLANT MATERIAL A LITTLE BIT IN TERMS OF KNOWING HOW TO MAINTAIN IT.

SOME PLACES MIGHT NEED A LITTLE MORE WATER.

SOME PLACES ARE GOING TO NEED LESS, BUT ALL IN ALL, THIS GARDEN LONG-TERM IS GOING TO BE REALLY EASY TO MAINTAIN.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ALSO FOUND IS ANNE MENTIONED THE WORD ZONES, AND THE SAME PLANTS MAY BE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE GARDEN IN DIFFERENT ZONES AND THEY'RE GOING TO REACT DIFFERENTLY IN THOSE SPACES.

DEPENDING ON THE SUNLIGHT, DEPENDING IF IT'S A WEST EXPOSURE, EAST EXPOSURE, WHETHER AFTERNOON SHADE OR MORNING SHADE THAT CAN ALL BE VERY DIFFERENT.

WE FOUND THAT HERE AS WE HAVE BEEN WALKING AROUND THIS MORNING WE FOUND HOW PLANTS HAVE REACTED DIFFERENTLY TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE GARDEN.

AND ALSO DEPENDING ON THE MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS AND OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD A HOT SUMMER, WE'VE HAD HIGHS AND LOWS IN ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

IT'S BEEN FUN TO WATCH THE PLANTS ADJUST, ALSO BEEN FUN JUST TO SEE HOW MUCH OR HOW MANY INPUTS WE'VE HAD IN DIFFERENT ZONES OF THIS GARDEN.

>> THE HOMEOWNERS IN THIS SITUATION HAVE DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF TAKING OWNERSHIP OF THIS GARDEN.

THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY GARDENERS BEFORE WE GOT HERE, BUT WE JUST HAD TO HELP THEM GET BACK ON TRACK WITH THE PLANT MATERIAL IN THEIR SPACE.

SO THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB WATERING, WEEDING, REALLY TAKING CARE OF THINGS, WHICH HAS BEEN A STRUGGLE WITH THE HEAT THIS SUMMER, BUT THEY ARE DOING A PHENOMENAL JOB.

IT'S ALWAYS GREAT TO SEE HOMEOWNERS TAKE PRIDE IN OWNERSHIP IN WHAT WE'VE CREATED FOR THEM.

>> WE WANT TO SAY THANKS TO ANNE AND COREY FOR THAT.

IT IS THE THIRD VIDEO WE'VE DONE ON PLANNING, DESIGNING, INSTALLATION, AND FINAL PRODUCT OF THAT LANDSCAPE RENOVATION.

IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING YOUR OWN REDESIGN OF A HOME LANDSCAPE, A GOOD PLACE TO START WATCH OUR VIDEOS ON THE TOPIC.

ALL RIGHT.

JODY, THIS IS A YORK, NEBRASKA VIEWER WHO FOUND THIS AND SHOVED IT OUT OF THE WAY AND FOUND MORE.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> THESE ARE NESTING CELLS FROM A LEAFCUTTER BEE.

THERE IS A LITTLE BEE LARVAE IN THERE.

>> SO, GOOD GUYS.

>> GOOD GUYS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO HAS A BALTIMORE ORIOLE FEEDER AND THE BEES HAVE CLAIMED IT.

WHAT DO WE DO HERE?

>> THERE IS BUMBLEBEES AND THERE'S A COUPLE YELLOW JACKETS THERE, TOO.

YOU CAN NOT FEED THEM ANYMORE, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU PUT THEM OUT THERE YOU'RE FEEDING EVERYBODY.

UNLESS YOU WANT TO MOVE THEM AROUND, PUT THEM OUT FOR A COUPLE HOURS OR CHANGE TO A DIFFERENT FOOD ITEM, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS A VIEWER WHO SAW THIS MOTH AT A REST STOP.

THINKS IT'S A LUNA MOTH.

THINKS IT'S A --IS IT A MALE?

IS IT A FEMALE?

JUST SORT OF INTERESTED IN THIS.

>> I COULDN'T SEE THE ANTENNA THERE, BUT I DIDN'T SEE THE BIG G FEATHERY, SO IT COULD BE A FEMALE, BUT IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE BUT YOU HAVE TO SESEIT IN PERSON TO SEE HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY REALLY ARE.

>> YES, LUNA MOTH.

GREAT, JUST GREAT THING.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JODY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS A GROUND COVER QUESTION, MATT.

WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR OF THESE RIGHT NOW.

SO THIS IS ALSO TRYING TO TAKE OVER A CORNER OF THE YARD.

WHAT IS THIS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT AND WHEN?

>> GROUND IVY.

AND IT'S LOVING THIS WEATHER RIGHT NOW, AS WELL.

IT'S SPREADING VERY FAST WITH THE STOLONS.

SOMETIMES, THEY WILL BE UP TO A COUPLE FEET, SO CONTROL IT NOW AND THEN CONTROL IT AGAIN IN FOUR WEEKS, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE PRETTY GOOD CONTROL IF YOU DO THAT TWICE, WITH A BROADLEAF HERBICIDE, GENERALLY CONTAINING TRICLOPYR IS THE MAIN ONE THAT WORKS BEST IN THAT ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO, TOUGH TO RESEED THIS FALL IF YOU GOT ONE LIKE THAT.

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT VIEWER, THIS IS A BENNETT VIEWER WHO SAYS HE SEES THIS IN MOST ROAD DITCHES.

WHAT IS IT AND IS IT NATIVE?

>> IT'S CHICORY, COMMON CHICORY, I BELIEVE, AND IT IS A VERY PRETTY NATIVE LOOKING PERENNIAL.

BUT IT IS NOT NATIVE.

IT'S FROM EUROPE BUT IT'S VERY COMMON IN THE U.S.

IT'S BEEN PRETTY WIDELY SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE AREA.

SO IT'S NOT A BAD ONE.

IT LOOKS GOOD AND IT'S A GOOD POLLINATOR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE GOT ONE FROM BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THIS, AND IT'S TAKEN OVER THE WILDFLOWER PATCH, AND WONDERS HOW TO CONTROL THIS.

>> OKAY.

SO THIS ONE IS A BUNDLE FLOWER, OR -- IS IT ILLINOIS BUNDLE FLOWER MAYBE?

>> MM-HMM.

>> BUT IT IS A PERENNIAL, AS WELL.

IT'S A LEGUME, MORE OF A FORAGE MATERIAL THAT -- DEER EAT IT, ACTUALLY CATTLE WILL EAT IT, TOO.

IT USUALLY IN PASTURES.

THIS ONE, IF YOU'RE TRYING TO CONTROL, ONCE AGAIN BROADLEAF HERBICIDES WORK WELL, BUT YOU WANT TO BE CAREFUL WHERE YOU'RE SPRAYING THOSE BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU HAVE WILDFLOWERS IN THERE, YOU'RE BETTER OFF TRYING TO CUT THEM OUT.

IF YOU DO THAT, THEY'RE PROBABLY GOING TO REGROW BECAUSE THEY HAVE RHIZOMES.

SO TREAT INDIVIDUALLY, PROBABLY BE THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN DO IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MATT.

KYLE, THIS COMES TO US FROM SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY.

IT'S UNUSUAL IN SCOTTS BLUFF COUNTY.

>> NOT UNUSUAL AROUND HERE, THOUGH.

THIS IS CEDAR APPLE RUST.

YEAH, I GUESS MADE IT OUT TO SCOTTS BLUFF.

NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT RIGHT NOW.

THE TIME TO TREAT YOUR APPLE TREES ARE WHEN THEY'RE FLOWERING.

YOU CAN APPLY A BROAD SPECTRUM FUNGICIDE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

WE HAVE TWO PICTURES HERE, ONE OF THE FOLIAGE, ONE OF THE BEANS.

THEY STARTED NOTICING THIS PROBABLY ABOUT TEN DAYS AGO.

IT'S GETTING WORSE.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE MY BEANS AT HOME.

I THINK THIS IS BACTERIAL BROWN SPOT WITH POTENTIALLY A LITTLE BIT OF COMMON BEAN MOSAIC VIRUS MIXED IN.

THE BROWN SPOTS ON THE BEANS ARE CAUSED BY THE BACTERIA.

AND WE HAVE THOSE MOTTLED LEAVES ARE CAUSED BY THE VIRUS.

TWO SEPARATE THINGS.

THE NICE THING IS, AT LEAST AS THIS LEVEL OF INFECTION THESE ARE STILL EDIBLE SO THEY WILL NOT CAUSE ANY ILL EFFECTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

AND YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM ASHTON.

SHE FOUND THIS ON SOME PLANTS GROWING BY THE RIVER NEAR LOUP CITY.

WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

>> YEAH, I KIND OF WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, AS WELL.

AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT WAS A SLIME MOLD BUT THEN IT'S WRAPPED AROUND THE PLANT ALMOST LIKE A SNAKE.

I ZOOMED IN AND THOSE WHITE -- THE WHITE GROWTH, THOSE ARE ACTUALLY FLOWERS THAT ARE ON THERE AND SO WITH THE -- THERE IS KIND OF THAT ORANGE OR KIND OF TAN-COLORED VINE THAT IS COMING OUT OF IT.

LOOKS A LOT LIKE DODDER, WHICH IS ONE OF OUR PARASITIC C ANTS.

SO SOME OF OUR PARASITIC PLANTS, THEY DON'T ACTUALLY PRODUCE THEIR OWN CHLOROPHYLL.

INSTEAD, THEY STEAL IT FROM OTHER PLANTS THAT THEY CLIMB IN, THAT THEY GROW UP.

AND SO THAT'S MY SUSPICION AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.

AND THE REASON WE HAVE THOSE COOL FLOWERS, THOSE COOL WHITE FLOWERS COMING OFF IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE DODDER ACTUALLY ATTACHED TO THE PLANT AND THEY WILL JUST STEAL THAT CHLOROPHYLL.

>> EXCELLENT AND VERY WEIRD.

WE HAVE A COUPLE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COOL THINGS GOING ON IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

OUR FIRST ONE IS AGAIN OUR GROW ROW PRODUCE DONATIONS 4:30 TO 7:30 P.M. ON -- OUR NEXT ONE IS THIS TUESDAY, AND THEN WE HAVE OF COURSE "“DIGGING DEEPER WITH BACKYARD FARMER," WATCH US ON FACEBOOK THURSDAYS AT 8:00 P.M. AND YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON "BACKYARD FARMER" AND NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

AND THAT IS UNFORTUNATELY ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR "BACKYARD FARMER" TONIGHT.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND PICTURES.

THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONES THIS EVENING, WE HAD MASTER GARDENERS GEORGE MALY, JOHN CARIOTTO AND EXTENSION EDUCATOR, TERRI JAMES.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER" WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU A GARDENING PROGRAM THAT FOCUSES ON THE YAZIDI REFUGEE PEOPLE FROM IRAQ.

UNL HAS PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY CROPS TO SHARE GARDENING AND CULTURE WITH THE FARMERS.

SO GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING, WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

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