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

TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'LL GET YOUR LAWN AND LANDSCAPE READY FOR THE FALL WITH SOME TIPS FOR TURF, TREES, AND PLANTING.

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

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

I'M KIM TODD AND THIS IS OUR LAST SHOW IN THE STUDIO FOR THE SEASON.

NEXT WEEK, WE'LL BE AT THE FAIR.

OUR SEASON FINALE WILL BE IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

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SO WAYNE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING EDIBLE AND YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN EATING IT.

>> I WOULDN'T GUARANTEE THIS IS EDIBLE.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT, MAYBE.

>> MAYBE.

THIS IS MY SON'S CROSSBRED PUMPKIN.

SO IT WAS A VOLUNTEER THAT HE DECIDED HE WANTED TO GROW, AND, WELL, HE RAN INTO SOME UNFORTUNATE SETBACKS WITH IT.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE END HERE, THE STEM OF THIS, THERE IS SOME FRASS FROM SQUASH VINE BORER, THEY'VE BEEN TUNNELING THROUGH THE VINE, THEY MOVED INTO THE STEM, AND THEN ALSO YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES HERE IN THE SIDE OF IT, WHERE THEY'VE TUNNELED INTO THE FRUIT.

BEST TIME TO CONTROL THESE IS ACTUALLY WHEN THE ADULTS ARE FLYING, WHICH IS NOW ABOUT A MONTH PAST, AND YOU'RE LEFT WITH ABOUT ONE OTHER SOLUTION.

IF YOU DO SEE DAMAGE WHICH IS THE FRASS COMING OUT OF THE VINE...

SO HERE IS A LEAF STEM.

THIS IS KIND OF MY LITTLE TRAP CROP, I CAUGHT A BUNCH OUT OF THE VINE, I CAUGHT SIX MORE OUT OF THERE TODAY.

IT'S 20 OUT OF ONE VINE THAT YOU SPLIT IT OPEN, AND THEN YOU FIND LARVAE INSIDE.

NOW, THEY TYPICALLY DON'T GO UP INTO THE LEAF STALKS LIKE THIS.

THEY HAD NO OTHER CHOICE BECAUSE OF WHAT I GAVE THEM.

TURN IT FOR THE CAMERA HERE.

THERE WE GO.

>> OH, MY GOODNESS.

>> YOU CAN SEE THEM IN THERE.

YEAH.

AND WHAT YOU DO IS YOU CAN SPLIT THEM OUT OF THE VINE AND YOU CAN BURY THAT VINE AND HOPE THAT VINE DOES RE-ROOT.

>> UH-HUH.

>> AND FIRST SESSION WE'VE -- MY SON BURIED THAT VINE AND HE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN KEEPING THAT PART OF THE VINE ALIVE.

I BURIED THE OTHER SIDE FOR HIM THIS AFTERNOON AFTER I DUG THESE OUT.

SO, THAT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO AT THIS POINT, CUT DOWN THE POPULATION FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, WAYNE.

THAT'S GROSS.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

THAT WAS GREAT.

>> YEAH, AND YOU THINK THAT'S BEAUTIFUL, TOO.

>> THIS IS BEAUTIFUL, TOO.

>> MOST OF OUR VIEWERS WOULD NOT AGREE WITH YOU, LOREN.

>> THESE ARE PRETTY.

I HAVE SOME PRETTY FLOWERS, TOO.

>> YEAH.

>> SO ACTUALLY AS I WAS PICKING THESE TODAY, I THOUGHT I THINK THE LAST TIME I WAS ON, I BROUGHT ON POWDERY MILDEW OF LILAC.

>> UH-HUH.

>> AND POWDERY MILDEW IS SO PROLIFIC IN MY YARD THIS YEAR IT'S ON EVERYTHING.

SO I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE THIS, SO THIS IS ON A ZUCCHINI PLANT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT DUSTY APPEARANCE.

I'M SURE ANY OF YOU THAT HAVE A BACKYARD GARDEN IF YOU'RE NOT MANAGING THIS BY THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU'LL START TO SEE IT.

YOU'LL SEE JUST THAT POWDERY APPEARANCE, AND THOSE LEAVES WILL TYPICALLY KIND OF BURN AND GO.

THERE IS NOTHING ON THE UNDERSIDE, USUALLY JUST ON THE UPPER SIDE.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE THAT I HAVE IS ON THE ZINNIA, AND SAME THING, JUST LIGHT -- OOPS, HAD THE LEAF PICKED OUT HERE.

JUST A REAL LIGHT POWDERY APPEARANCE ON THE ZINNIA LEAF, TOO.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SEE THAT.

BUT REALLY LOOKS THE SAME, JUST LIKE WE WOULD SHOW ON THE LILACS.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT LITTLE DUSTY OFF COLOR.

AND THE REASON I'M BRINGING THIS ON TODAY IS THAT IT'S -- AT THIS POINT YOU'RE NOT REALLY GOING TO TRY TO MANAGE THIS DISEASE, BUT IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TRY TO MANAGE A RESIDUE, SO AFTER GARDEN SEASON, MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE CLEANING UP BECAUSE THIS FUNGUS WILL MANY TIMES SURVIVE ON RESIDUE.

SO REMOVE THAT RESIDUE, DO THAT GARDEN CLEAN UP, AND HOPEFULLY YOU'LL BE IN BETTER SHAPE NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, LOREN.

JEFF.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND BIG.

>> WELL I THOUGHT I WOULD BRING IN -- THESE ARE THREE DIFFERENT HYDRANGEAS, AND I THOUGHT KIND OF THE SUMMER OF HYDRANGEA.

AND IT SEEMED LIKE RIGHT NOW THERE ARE SO MANY HYDRANGEA CHOICES, MANY THAT I OBVIOUSLY DON'T HAVE HERE, JUST THE THREE.

THERE IS A LOT OF CHOICES HERE.

BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THEM KIND OF THROUGH THE SEASON.

SO THE FIRST ONE, THE ONE WITH THE FLOWER HEAD THAT IS PAST ITS PRIME IS A OAK LEAF HYDRANGEA.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO FLOWER LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, AND IT'S ALSO ONE THAT WE WANT TO AVOID PRUNING AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING TO THAT POINT WHERE IT'S A LITTLE TOO LATE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT FLOWERS ON THE OLD WOOD.

SO IF YOU PRUNE IT HARD IN THE SPRING, YOU'RE GOING TO WONDER WHY EVERY YEAR IT NEVER FLOWERS FOR YOU.

AND YOU'LL BE DISAPPOINTED.

SO THAT'S ONE.

SOMETIMES CAN BE A LITTLE TRICKY.

AND OF THE THREE OF THEM, I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING ONE THING THAT I HAVE BEEN MONITORING A LOT ON CAMPUS IS JAPANESE BEETLE CHOICES.

OF THE HYDRANGEAS, IT SEEMS TO PICK OAK LEAF HYDRANGEA BUT NOT THE OTHERS THAT I'VE SEEN SO FAR.

>> WOW.

>> WHICH IS JUST KIND OF INTERESTING.

>> UH-HUH.

>> THIS ONE HERE IS A ARBORESCENS OR ANNABELLE HYDRANGEA.

IT FLOWERS A LITTLE LATER IN THE SUMMER, KIND OF MID SUMMER.

THE OAK LEAF CAN TOLERATE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUN.

THE ANNABELLE IS ONE THAT I WOULD SAY YOU WANT TO KEEP OUT OF THE LATE DAY SUN, CERTAINLY.

BUT AGAIN, IT KIND OF PROVIDES SOME BRIGHT WHITE COLOR WHEN IT'S IN FLOWER AND THERE IS THAT -- CAN BE A LITTLE SHADY, SO IT KIND OF LIGHTENS THAT UP.

AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS A PANICLE OR THIS ONE IS LIMELIGHT HYDRANGEA.

AND THIS ONE GETS SOME LATE DAY SUN AND IT SEEMS TO DO PRETTY WELL.

IT TOLERATES THAT.

IT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE OF A BUILDING, BUT IT'S -- IT DOES GET KIND OF THE WEST SUN, SO IT'S NOT A MAYBE REAL INTENSE SUN BUT IT DOES GET SOME BRIGHT LIGHT IN THE DAY, SO IT DOES WELL.

>> AND THAT ONE IS SPECTACULAR.

>> THAT'S ONE, THE ARBORESCENS AND THE PANICLE WE CUT BACK HARDER IN THE SPRING.

>> THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

ALL RIGHT, WAYNE.

YOU GET THE FIRST ROUND OF PICTURES.

FIRST ONE COMES TO FROM US GLENWOOD, IOWA.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES OF IT.

THESE GRAPES ARE ONLY IN THEIR SECOND YEAR.

THEY'RE A GREEN VARIETY.

THE VINES ARE TURNING YELLOW.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE SOME INSECT DAMAGE ON THERE.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT, WHETHER IT'S A BORER OR ENVIRONMENTAL, WHAT DO WE THINK ON THIS ONE?

>> WELL, AS YOU STATED, THE LEAF IS DEFINITELY JAPANESE BEETLE DAMAGE, VERY CHARACTERISTIC WITH THE LACING.

AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, THERE IS NO INSECT THAT WOULD CAUSE YELLOWING OF THE VINE WITHOUT HAVING OTHER ISSUES ON THE LEAVES.

IF YOU HAD A BORER YOU WOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME WILTING, OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE LEAVES.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE IT'S MANAGEMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING FOR JEFF OR LOREN TO CHIME IN ON.

>> UH-HUH.

>> IF THEY HAVE ANYTHING.

>> I'M HEARING RADIO SILENCE HERE.

>> INCONSISTENT WATERINGS KIND OF -- WHETHER IT'S TOO DRY OR TOO WET CAN CAUSE THIS IN A LOT OF PLANTS AND THEN GRAPEVINE, AS WELL.

SO THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE THINGS.

AND KIND OF THE WEATHER WE'VE HAD THIS YEAR HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, HEAVY DRENCHING RAINS FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF LONG -- A DRY PERIOD.

SO, IF WE'RE NOT FOLLOWING UP AND MAINTAINING EVEN MOISTURE AFTER THAT, YOU MAY END UP WITH SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YEAH.

>> THE CREW WAS POINTING OUT I'M SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THE LEAF MORE.

YOU CAN SEE THAT LACING WHERE IT LEAVES THE VEINS.

THAT'S VERY CHARACTERISTIC OF JAPANESE BEETLE FEEDING.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOUR NEXT PICTURE IS ALSO A GRAPE.

PICKING JAPANESE BEETLES OFF THEM AND THIS IS BROKEN BOW.

CAME ACROSS THESE TWO LARGER ONES.

ARE THEY GOOD GUYS OR BAD GUYS, IF IT'S GOOD, IT'S TOO LATE BECAUSE THEY HAD A SOAP BATH.

BUT HE WANT DOES KNOW WHAT THEY ARE.

>> THEY'RE GRAPEVINE BEETLE.

THEY'RE A NATIVE.

THEY'RE NOT EXOTIC, BUT THEY CAN CAUSE SOME DAMAGE ON YOUR GRAPEVINES IF LEFT ALONE.

>> SO, DON'T LEAVE THEM ALONE.

>> I THINK HOW THEY TOOK CARE OF THEM WAS VERY APPROPRIATE.

BUCKET OF SOAPY WATER WORKS ON THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND SINCE WE'RE ON THE JAPANESE BEETLE RUN, HERE.

THIS IS TWO PICTURES OF RASPBERRIES IN BELLEVUE.

THEY HAVE DEVELOPED A TASTE FOR HIS RED RASPBERRIES.

HE'S WONDERING WHETHER THERE'S A RISK TO THE FAMILY FROM EATING THE FRUIT THE BEETLES HAVE MUNCHED ON OR LEFT THEIR BEETLE FRASS ON.

>> ANY TIME YOU EAT FRESH FRUIT YOU TAKE THE RISK OF INGESTING VARIOUS INSECT PARTS AND PIECES AND THEIR EXCREMENT.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THAT'S WHY WE WASH FRUIT BEFORE WE EAT IT.

ALSO THAT IS DAMAGED FRUIT.

I'M NOT CONFIDENT THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO GET EVERYTHING OUT OF THAT DAMAGED PORTION OF THE FRUIT AFTER THAT BY WASHING, SO I WOULDN'T EAT IT.

IN MY BOOK I WOULD LET IT GO TO THE COMPOST OR TRASH PILE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, WAYNE.

>> GET A LOT OF FUNGAL INFECTIONS A LOT OF TIMES WITH DAMAGED FRUIT, TOO.

SO JUST WANT TO BE CAREFUL THERE, TOO.

>> PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT.

SINCE YOU LOVE TREES, ALWAYS LOREN.

>> GET OUT THE CHAIN SAW.

>> THIS IS A VIEWER FROM WATERLOO.

SHE HAS A BIG PINE CLOSE TO HER HOUSE, DOES HAVE DYING NEEDLES D BRANCHES.

SHE IS WONDERING WHAT TO DO.

I THINK WE HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

CAN YOU TELL?

>> THIS PICTURE IS ACTUALLY REALLY IMPORTANT.

YOU CAN SEE THE ROOF THERE.

>> UH-HUH.

>> AND I REALLY FEEL LOOKING AT THIS THAT THIS IS RELATED TO SOME OF THAT HIGH TEMPERATURE MAYBE THAT THOSE BRANCHES ARE EXPOSED TO OVER THAT -- YOU KNOW THAT ASPHALT SURFACE WITH THE SHINGLED ROOF.

THAT CAN GET REALLY HOT.

AND THERE IS REALLY NO REASON FOR THAT DISTRIBUTION OTHERWISE, KIM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT.

SO I THINK IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE I THINK YOU GOT SOME INJURY THERE FROM JUST HIGH TEMPERATURES, PARTICULARLY WHEN YOU GET 100-DEGREE DAY, THAT ROOF TEMPERATURE MIGHT BE I BET IT'S OVER 140 DEGREES.

I DON'T KNOW, IT MIGHT BE WAY UP THERE, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY.

BUT I CAN TELL SOME STORIES ABOUT HOW I KNOW HOW HOT IT CAN BE, BUT ANYWAY.

I FEEL LIKE THAT'S PROBABLY JUST INJURY FROM THE ROOF AND THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO SOME PRUNING TO REMOVE THAT SO THEY'VE GOT SOME DISTANCE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, LOREN.

YOUR NEXT TWO ARE A BACHERI BLUE SPRUCE.

THE TOP HALF IS TURNING LIGHT GREEN.

THIS IS EAGLE, NEBRASKA.

>> I'M REALLY SORRY TO OUR VIEWERS IN EAGLE.

I MEAN, THIS IS TO ME A BEAUTIFUL THING, BUT IT'S NOT BEAUTIFUL FOR YOU.

SO WHEN YOU SEE THAT WHOLE SECTION OF A TREE THAT IS TURNING LIKE THAT, THAT'S SOME SORT OF CANKER.

THAT'S IMPACTING THAT.

IT MAY NOT BE VISIBLE.

I THINK THEY SAID THEY COULDN'T SEE E YTHING BUT LOOK CLOSELY AND THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF SAP COMING OUT OF THE STEM NEAR ABOUT A SIX-INCH ZONE WHERE THAT IS CHANGED IN COLOR.

MAYBE A LITTLE SWOLLEN, SOMETHING IS GOING ON THERE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SOME INJURY, SOME SORT OF CANKER TO KILL THE TERMINAL PORTION OF THE TREE.

>> HOW DO THEY MANAGE THAT OR -- OTHER THAN -- >> WELL, THE BEST THING IN THIS CASE, IT'S GOING TO -- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TOP IT, IF YOU FEEL YOU COULD RETRAIN A LEADER AND POSSIBLY GET IT UP THERE, BUT YOU'RE KILLING HALF OF THE TREE AT THIS POINT.

SO THEY MAY WANT TO REPLACE.

THIS -- YOU KNOW I WOULD RECOMMEND CUTTING IT OFF AND YOU COULD LET IT GO AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I MEAN, WHAT'S THE ONE THAT'S THE BIG ROUND BALL ONE?

>> A BIG ROUND BALL ONE.

>> THAT MAYBE LOOKS LIKE THAT.

YOU GOT A GLOBE.

YOU GOT A GLOBE SPRUCE INSTEAD OF ONE THAT'S UPRIGHT.

PLANT AN UPRIGHT ONEY IT AND THAT MIGHT LOOK NICE, I DON'T KNOW.

BE YOU CAN DO.

>> YOU'RE A PATHOLOGIST.

STAY AWAY FROM DESIGN.

>> YEAH, SORRY.

>> JEFF, IS ALSO TREE WORLD FOR YOU TONIGHT.

>> OKAY.

>> THE FIRST ONE HERE, THIS IS IN BRAINERD.

AND THREE PICTURES ON THIS, WONDERING WHAT -- IT'S A MAPLE.

WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE TRUNK?

SO, WE'VE GOT THIS GOING ON.

I THINK WE HAVE A THIRD PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

AND THEY'RE WONDERING, OF COURSE, WILL THIS TREE SURVIVE.

>> YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A FEW THINGS GOING ON.

IF ANYTHING, IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE MAYBE IT WAS STRUCK OR MAYBE ANIMAL DAMAGE AT SOME POINT.

THE WAY THERE IS SOME FLAT PORTIONS ON THE TRUNK TELLS ME THERE MAY BE ROOT DAMAGE, AS WELL.

SO THERE IS A FEW THINGS GOING ON WITH THIS.

YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT HAS A BIG CROWN THAT'S FULL OF LEAVES, SO IT'S STILL DOING ITS THING.

YOU KNOW, THE WAY TO AVOID SOME OF THIS IS TO HAVE THAT AREA MULCHED AND PROTECTING THE TREE.

AND ALSO PROTECTING THOSE ROOTS OVER TIME.

SO I WOULD SAY COME SPRING IF YOU SEE SOME DIEBACK IN THE TREE, I THINK I WOULD LOOK AT REPLACING IT.

AND THEN AGAIN, PROTECTING THE NEW TREE WITH A MULCH RING THAT'S SEVERAL FEET OUT, SO THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY ACCIDENTALLY BUMPING INTO IT OR ANYTHING DAMAGING THE ROOTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES COME TO US FROM BELLEVUE.

THIS IS THE WALNUT.

IT IS 80-PLUS-YEARS-OLD.

AND THE SECOND PICTURE IS WHAT IT IS DOING, WHICH IS SLOUGHING ITS BARK WITH THIS GIANT TRUNK WOUND.

>> YEAH.

>> SHE WANTS TO SAVE IT.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SAY?

>> I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY SAVING THAT.

AS CLOSE AS THAT IS TO A HOME, I DON'T THINK I WOULD.

IF IT WAS A DISTANCE AWAY THAT IF IT FAILED YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT DAMAGING PROPERTY OR PEOPLE, THEN I WOULD SAY JUST KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

BUT THAT'S A MAJOR WOUND.

I WOULD HAVE A PROFESSIONAL ARBORIST COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT TREE AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT LIVING UNDER SOMETHING THAT IS SERIOUS HAZARD.

THAT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE GETTING IT OUT OF THE WAY QUICKLY IS A REALLY GOOD IDEA.

>> YEAH, I THINK SO.

THEY NEED TO GET SOMEONE IN TO REVIEW THAT TREE.

>> RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A REALLY LONG, HOT SUMMER.

YOU MIGHT HAVE A FEW THIN SPOTS IN YOUR LAWN BECAUSE OF THOSE HARSH CONDITIONS.

MATT SOUSEK WILL GIVE US SOME GOOD OVER-SEEDING ADVICE AND FALL LAWN PREPARATION TIPS FOR OUR FIRST FEATURE TONIGHT.

>> SO TODAY I'M GOING TO LOOK AT MAYBE A FEW OF THESE TURF STANDS THAT WE HAVE HERE, AND TRY AND EXPLAIN, YOU KNOW, WHETHER WE SHOULD OR SHOULDN'T SEED.

IF YOU DO HAVE A THICK STAND, AND IT'S THINNED DOWN, AND IT'S NOT QUITE DEAD, YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THAT GREEN TISSUE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO SAVE THAT WITHOUT OVER-SEEDING.

ALL YOU'RE GOING TO NEED IS A LITTLE BIT MORE WATER AND FERTILIZATION TO BRING THAT TURF AND THICKEN IT UP, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A BLUE GRASS STAND.

IT WILL SPREAD BY RHIZOMESESND SPREAD OUT AND FILL IN.

TALL FESCUE ON THE OTHER HAND IS MORE OF AN ERECT GROWTH WITH SHORT RHIZOMES, SOME OF THE NEWER VARIETIES HAVE AND IT WON'T SPREAD AS BIG.

IF YOU HAVE PATCHES, THEN IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE TIME TO OVERSEED.

SO WHEN IT COMES TO OVER-SEEDING, THE MAIN THING IS TO GET GOOD SEED-TO-SOIL CONTACT.

AND WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A FEW DIFFERENT MACHINES, AN AIRIFIER, A POWER RAKE, AND JUST A PLAIN OLD RAKE, SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE FANCY EQUIPMENT OR DON'T WANT TO RENT IT, YOU CAN DO IT WITH A SIMPLE RAKE, JUST SCRATCHING THE GROUND AND MAKING SURE YOU GET SOME OF THAFLUFF MIXED UP AND THAT SOIL SCRATCHED UP SO THAT THE SEED IS ABLE TO GET INTO THAT TOP QUARTER INCH OF SOIL.

THAT'S GOING TO BE YOUR BEST BET TO GET A FALL ESTABLISHMENT GOING.

ON THE OTHER HAND, LOOKING AT WHAT TYPE OF SEED TO USE, IF YOU DO HAVE A KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS LAWN OR A TALL FESCUE LAWN, YOU KIND OF WANT TO MATCH IT.

IF YOU HAVE A MIX, THEN GO WITH THE MIX OF BOTH AGAIN AND YOU'LL BE GOOD TO GO, AND TRY AND HAVE YOUR LAWN SIMILAR TO WHAT IT'S BEEN IN THE PAST.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WHEN IS THE BEST TIME THAT YOU CAN START SEEDING?

RIGHT NOW IS ACTUALLY THE IDEAL TIME TO START SEEDING COOL SEASON TURF.

FROM HERE ON ALL THE WAY TO ALMOST THE END OF OCTOBER WOULD BE PUSHING IT.

SO TRY AND GET IT DONE BEFORE THAT, LET'S SAY FIRST, SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER, DEPENDING ON THE WINTER WE HAVE OR THE FALL WE HAVE, YOU COULD GET THAT GRASS UP AND SEEDED BEFORE WE GET INTO TOO COLD TEMPERATURES WHERE IT'S GOING TO STOP GROWTH.

SO ANOTHER THING YOU WANT TO LOOK AT WHEN YOU'RE DOING A SEEDING IS FERTILIZATION.

11520, OR 18460 IS A STANDARD PHOSPHOROUS FERTILIZER.

THOSE ARE THE TWO WE GENERALLY USE WHEN WE'RE SEEDING ANY TYPE OF TURF.

SO THE SECOND NUMBER IS THE PHOSPHOROUS, SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET SOME OF THAT ON, MAYBE ONE POUND PER THOUSAND FEET.

AND THAT HELPS THAT NEW TURF STAND GET THE ROOT GROWTH IN THE GROUND AND WE'RE ABLE TO ACCELERATE ITS GROWTH.

SO ANOTHER THING WE'RE DOING IN THE FALL IS AERIFICATION.

SO JUST BECAUSE WE AIRIFY OUR LAWN DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN WE NEED TO OVERSEED.

IF WE HAVE A THICK HEALTHY LAWN IF WE'RE GOING TO OVERSEED, WE'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GET ANY OF THAT SEED TO GERMINATE, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE TOO MUCH COMPETITION FROM THE TURF THAT'S THERE.

SO IF YOU HAVE A THIN AREA, SEED THOSE AREAS.

NO NEED TO DO THE WHOLE LAWN, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING THAT SEED TO SOIL CONTACT.

WITH A LOT OF THE AIRIFIERS THAT YOU CAN RENT, THE SPACING IS PROBABLY FOUR TO FIVE INCHES.

YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO GO OVER IT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES TO PUNCH AS MANY HOLES AS YOU CAN, LIGHTLY RAKE THAT OR POWER RAKE IT TO BEAT UP THAT SOIL THAT YOU AIRIFIED OUT AND THAT WILL HELP ESTABLISH THAT TURF.

>> IT IS TIME TO GET OUT AND INSPECT THAT TURF, DECIDE IF YOU NEED TO DO SOME OVER-SEEDING IN THOSE THIN AREAS.

ALSO DO THAT AERATION NOW, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PUT THAT SEED DOWN.

WE ALSO WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT OUR LONG-TIME PARTNERSHIP WITH NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA HAS BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY CONTRIBUTIONS FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.

WE WANT TO KEEP "BACKYARD FARMER" ON THE AIR, SO LET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO HEAR FROM NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA GENERAL MANAGER MARK LEONARD ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP.

>> THANKS, KIM.

"BACKYARD FARMER" IS STILL GOING STRONG AFTER 69 YEARS.

THAT IS INCREDIBLE.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF OUR VIEWERS.

YOUR INTEREST IN ALL THINGS PLANT AND GARDEN AND YOUR DONATIONS HAVE KEPT THE PROGRAM ON THE AIR LONGER THAN ANY OTHER LOCALLY PRODUCED TELEVISION SERIES IN THE COUNTRY.

AND WE'VE EXPANDED THE PROGRAM TO INCLUDE "“DIGGING DEEPER,"” WHICH TAKES TOPICS FROM THE SHOW AND LOOKS IN-DEPTH.

AS YOU KNOW, THAT SERIES CAN BE FOUND ONLINE.

HI, I'M MARK LEONARD.

WE RARELY CUT INTO "BACKYARD FARMER" BUT WE ARE IN A MEMBERSHIP DRIVE RIGHT NOW THAT ENDS IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.

WE MUST COME TO YOU OCCASIONALLY AND REMIND YOU THAT THIS PROGRAM AND ALL OF THE LOCALLY PRODUCED PROGRAMS ON NET ARE POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF YOUR MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO KEEPING THIS GOING ANOTHER 70 YEARS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW IS TO CONTRIBUTE TO SUPPORTING THIS PROGRAM AND SUPPORTING ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT YOU ENJOY ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT THANK YOU GIFTS AT THE $12.50 PER MONTH LEVEL.

WE HAVE THE COMBO PACKAGE.

THAT INCLUDES THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN HAT, AND GARDEN FLAG AND BUCKET HAT, WHICH ARE BOTH WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL WAYS OF SHOWING YOUR ALLEGIANCE TO NET, "BACKYARD FARMER," AND I'LL PUT THE HAT ON THE RIGHT WAY.

HOW'S THAT?

$10 A MONTH OR $120 A YEAR YOU'LL GET THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN FLAG, AND THAT INCLUDES THE WORDS THAT KIM TODD USES TO END EVERY SINGLE SHOW, WHICH IS "“GOOD GARDENING.

"” "BACKYARD FARMER" AND NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA LOGOS AND COLORFUL FLOWERS ARE ON BOTH OF THOSE THANK YOU GIFTS.

THE FLAG IS DOUBLE SIDED, AND THE POLE IS INCLUDED.

AT THE $7 PER MONTH LEVEL, WE WILL BE SENDING OUT TO YOU AS YOUR THANK YOU GIFT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" BUCKET HAT.

KEEP COOL WHILE GARDENING WITH OUR KHAKI BUCKET HAT WITH CHIN CORD AND METAL SCREEN VENTS.

CALL OR TEXT, DONATE TO 800-989-8236 OR GO ONLINE TO NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

WHAT LENGTHS I'LL GO TO TO GENERATE MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT FOR "BACKYARD FARMER."

I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS OFF, BUT I DO HAVE TO COMMENT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST PRACTICAL THANK YOU GIFTS THAT WE HAVE EVER COME UP WITH FOR THIS PROGRAM.

AND IT HAS THE N NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA LOGO, AND "BACKYARD FARMER" BOTH EMBROIDERED.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU KEEP YOUR HEAD SAFE, KEEP SUN PROTECTION WHEN YOU'RE OUT GARDENING AND SHOW THAT YOU'RE A FAN OF "BACKYARD FARMER."

WELCOME, KIM.

>> NICE TO SEE YOU, MARK.

AND THAT'S REALLY FUN WITH THE SUIT.

IT LOOKS GREAT WITH THE SUIT.

>> IT MATCHES, DOESN'T IT?

THE BLUE AND THE BLUE, YEAH.

PERFECT.

WE WERE ABLE TO GET ON LOCATION TO COZAD THIS YEAR AFTER TAKING A YEAR OFF FROM THE ON THE ROAD BROADCAST BECAUSE OF COVID.

YOU ALL WERE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT GOING BACK ON THE ROAD.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> TELL US ABOUT HOW THE SHOW WAS IN COZAD.

>> SO, IT WAS FABULOUS.

THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT, THANK HEAVENS.

WONDERFUL VENUE.

OF COURSE, WE COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND THE CREW COMING.

WE LOVE TO PLAY TO A LIVE AUDIENCE AND IT WAS A GREAT AUDIENCE.

>> HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP?

>> OH, HEAVENS, I THINK 50, 75 AT LEAST.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> YEAH.

>> EXCELLENT.

WELL, IT'S KIND OF SAD THIS TIME OF YEAR AS YOU APPROACH THE END OF THE SEASON BUT BECAUSE IT SIGNALS THAT FALL IS ON THE WAY AND SNOW RIGHT AFTER THAT, BUT WE DO HAVE ANOTHER REMOTE BROADCAST THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO JOIN US.

ONE MORE THIS SEASON, AND THAT'S COMING UP WHICH DAY?

>> WELL, WE ARE GOING TO THE FAIR ON MONDAY.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> SO WE HAVE THE FAIR, AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN AT THE FAIR FOR A YEAR, AS WELL.

WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.

WE GO EARLY TO EAT FRIED THINGS ON A STICK, OF COURSE.

AND THEN OUR FINAL SHOW WILL BE TAPED IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

>> WE'VE GOT TWO MORE EPISODES.

>> IT WILL BE FABULOUS.

>> TWO ON REMOTE, YOU'RE WELCOME TO JOIN US AT EITHER ONE OF THOSE.

THAT IS AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

>> IT IS, RIGHT HERE ON EAST CAMPUS.

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YOU CAN'T -- >> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> YOU CAN'T SEE THEM FACE-TO-FACE AND THAT IS GRATIFYING.

SPEAKING OF COVID, WE ARE HAPPY THAT WE WERE STILL ABLE TO CONDITION PRODUCING THE PROGRAM THROUGHOUT THIS ONGOING PANDEMIC.

WITH JUST A BIT OF A DIFFERENT LOOK.

AND I THINK MAYBE WE HAVE EVEN GROWN OUR AUDIENCE AS PEOPLE HAVE FOUND NEW HOBBIES JUST LIKE GARDENING.

ANECDOTALLY, WE'VE HEARD OF MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOW DISCOVERED "BACKYARD FARMER" AND LIKE TO GET SOME TIPS EVERY WEEK ON HOW THEY SHOULD BE OVER-SEEDING OR NOT OVER-SEEDING WHICH IS THE GREAT ADVANTAGE OF "BACKYARD FARMER."

IT IS IN SYNC WITH OUR GROWING SEASON, SO IF YOU'RE HAVING PROBLEMS THERE IS NO DOUBT OTHERS ARE ALSO AND "BACKYARD FARMER" IS HERE TO HELP YOU.

WE'LL BE REJOINING THIS WEEK'S "BACKYARD FARMER" IN JUST A MINUTE.

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>> SO, OF COURSE, SUPPORT US AND LISTEN TO WHAT WE HAVE TO SAY BECAUSE YOU GET ANOTHER ROUND OF QUESTIONS, WAYNE, AND YO FIRST ONE HERE IS FROM ASHLAND.

PLUM TREES ARE BECOMING DEVOURED.

WHAT IS EATING THE LEAVES ON THESE?

IS IT HARMFUL?

IS THERE ANYTHING THEY SHOULD BE DOING ABOUT IT NOW?

>> WELL, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE A SPECIMEN TO KNOW EXACTLY.

THERE IS SOME SPECULATION THAT COMES WITH THIS.

IT COULD BE ONE OF THREE THINGS.

THERE'S THREE THINGS THAT WILL CAUSE THIS TYPE OF DAMAGE ON A PLUM TREE LIKE THIS.

ASH GREY LEAF BEETLE, PEAR SLUG AND OUR FAVORITE OF TONIGHT, JAPANESE BEETLE.

>> YUP.

>> ALL OF THEM CAN CAUSE SOME DAMAGE ON THERE, THE ASH GREY LEAF BEETLE AND THE PEAR SLUG ARE NATIVE.

JUST AS AN IDEA, THAT'S WHAT IT COULD BE.

>> NOT MUCH TO DO RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

SO YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS TWO PICTURES OF AN OAK IN OMAHA.

IT'S 10 YEARS OLD.

IT'S HAD THESE CURLED LEAVES, WHICH WE'VE HAD ALL SEASON.

NEW ONES DO NOT CURL.

THEYEYHOUGHT THEY HAD LOOKED FOR APHIDS OR INSECT DAMAGE.

THEY DON'T SEE ANY.

ANY ADVICE ON THIS?

>> WELL, THEY MAY NOT BE THERE NOW.

THERE IS COUPLE INSECTS IT COULD HAVE BEEN THAT CAUSED THAT.

APHIDS OR LACE BUGS CAN CAUSE THAT.

THERE IS SOME OTHER THINGS THAT JEFF PROBABLY WOULD RATHER TOUCH ON THAN THE ENTOMOLOGIST IN TERMS OF WHAT -- >> IT MAY BE -- I THINK IT'S PROBABLY APHIDS OR -- MY GUESS IS PROBABLY APHIDS.

LACE BUG IS PROBABLY TOO EARLY IN THE SEASON FOR THOSE.

I DOUBT IF IT'S CHEMICAL.

I SAW IT IN A LOT OF LOCATIONS, TOO, AND IT DIDN'T ASSOCIATE ITSELF WITH ANY SORT OF HERBICIDE SPRAYING THAT WAS GOING ON, SO I'M GUESSING YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S PROBABLY THE APHIDS.

>> YOUR FINAL ONE IS FROM WAHOO.

AND IT IS PLEASE TELL ME WHAT CAUSES THIS, THE TOMATOES ARE JUST ROTTING ON THE VINE.

SHE USES DRIP WATER.

>> WELL, THE BIG CLUE HERE IS THE BIG HOLE, NOT FROM CUTTING IT OPEN BUT THE BIG HOLE IN THE SIDE GOING STRAIGHT IN.

AND THEN ALL THAT FEEDING GUNK AND SECONDARY INFECTION THAT LOREN WOULD JUST LOVE, GOING ON IN THERE.

THAT'S TOMATO FRUITWORM.

THAT'S ALSO KNOWN AS CORN EARWORM OR THE COTTON BOLLWORM.

THEY'RE ALL ONE IN THE SAME INSECT AND THEY LOVE TOMATOES LIKE THIS.

YOU CAN TRY TO PROTECT YOUR GREEN ONES YET WITH EITHER PERMETHRIN OR CARBARYL.

JUST MAKE SURE YOU PAY REALLY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THOSE PRE-HARVEST INTERVALS ON THOSE PRODUCTS IF YOU DO USE THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, WAYNE.

ALL RIGHT.

MORE TREES.

THIS IS AN AMERICAN ELM IN SEWARD, LOREN.

IT'S BEEN DROPPING LEAVES THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS.

SEE NO SIGN OF INSECTS.

WE HAVE, I THINK, A PICTURE OF THE TREE AND THEN A PICTURE OF THE FOLIAGE ITSELF.

ANY IDEA OR ANYTHING THEY CAN SPRAY IT WITH?

>> WELL, I REALLY WOULDN'T RECOMMEND SPRAYING THIS.

YOU HAVE A LAR ESTABLISHED TREE THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MAY BE SOME FUNGAL LIFE SPOT GOING ON THERE, SEPTORIA CAN INFECT, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND ANY APPLICATION.

IT'S NOT GOING TO KILL THE TREE BY ANY MEANS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR FINAL TWO PICTURES ON THIS ROUND ARE FROM SUTTON.

THIS IS A SWEET GUM.

IT'S ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD.

SHOWING THIS SORT OF ISSUE.

I THINK AGAIN WE HAVE TWO PICTURES OF THIS ONE.

>> YEAH, AND THESE ARE ALWAYS DIFFICULT WHEN YOU HAVE A TREE WHERE YOU GOT SOME LEAVES FALLING OFF.

THIS COULD ACTUALLY BE SOME OF THE STRESS THAT EVEN JEFF MENTIONED EARLIER WITH UNEVEN WATERING, HIGH TEMPERATURES.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ON THIS THAT WOULD SUGGEST DISEASE.

IF THE WHOLE TREE DOES IT OR IF YOU SEE SOME SIGNIFICANT COLOR CHANGES IN PART OF THE TREE, THAT COULD SUGGEST A CANKER AS WE GET LATER IN THE SEASON.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, LOREN.

YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE, JEFF FROM BURWELL.

IT'S A GOLDEN RAIN TREE THAT WAS DAMAGED BY A MESOCYCLONE.

SCARRED UP BRANCHES, DIDN'T LEAF VERY WELL BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME SHOOTS FROM THE BASE.

ARE WE GOING TO RECOMMEND CUTTING IT DOWN, KEEPING IT?

>> I WOULD RECOMMEND REPLACING IT AT THIS STAGE.

I THINK IT'S SUFFERED ENOUGH.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NO ONE'S FAULT, BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY -- LET'S PUT IT OUT OF ITS MISERY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE ALSO HAS THREE PICTURES.

THIS IS ACTUALLY GOT HIT BY LIGHTNING ON JULY 9.

AND THEY THOUGHT IT WAS THE ONLY DAMAGE, BUT THEN THEY NOTICED THE MARKS ON THE SIDE OF THE TREE AND THEN THESE BURN MARKS, DRY TO TOUCH.

DO THEY NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS TREE?

>> THAT'S SOMETHING I WOULD BE WATCHING.

SO I'VE SEEN LIGHTNING STRIKES ON CAMPUS.

IT SOMETIMES TAKES A WHILE FOR THEM TO REALLY EXHIBIT, YOU'LL START I WOULD GUESS SEEING SOME BARK SLOUGHING COMING THIS WINTER INTO NEXT SPRING.

SO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

SOMETIMES THEY'LL RECOVER, BUT I WOULD KEEP AN EYE AND WATCH FOR BARK STARTING TO COME OFF THE TREE AND THEN I WOULD HAVE IT REMOVED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FINAL ONE IS A SIMPLE COOL I.D.

THIS POPPED UP AMONG OTHER PLANTS IN SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

>> SO THAT'S A LOBELIA, A BLUE CARDINAL FLOWER.

IT'S A NATIVE TO MISSOURI, SO IT'S A NATIVE PLANT.

SO IT'S NOT HIGHLY UNUSUAL.

BUT THEY DO LIMITEDLY KIND OF SEED THEMSELVES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

GREAT BLUE LOBELIA.

>> YES.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANKS, JEFF.

WELL, ONCE MORE, IT'S TIME TO HEAR FROM TERRI FROM THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

OUR SHOW MIGHT BE WINDING DOWN FOR THE SEASON BUT THE GARDEN IS STILL GOING STRONG.

HERE IS TERRI TO TELL US MORE.

>> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, WE'RE CONTINUALLY HARVESTING FROM OUR PRODUCE AND COLLECTING PRODUCE FROM THE COMMUNITY.

WE'RE UP WELL OVER 650 POUNDS TOTAL BETWEEN THE TWO.

TUESDAY NIGHT WE HAD 102 POUNDS OF PRODUCE DONATED TO THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

THAT'S GOING TO MAKE ITS WAY TO EAST CAMPUS FOOD PANTRIES.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO EVERYBODY.

AS WE'RE WINDING DOWN OUR SEASON, WE'RE NOT WINDING DOWN OUR GARDEN.

OUR GARDEN STILL LOOKS FANTASTIC.

OUR GARDEN IS OPEN 24/7, SO YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO COME VISIT AND SEE WHAT IS BLOOMING ON THE FALL END OF THE SEASON.

WE HAVE SOME GREAT COLOR AND A LOT OF OUR COLEUS, WE HAVE SOME FANTASTIC ZINNIAS THAT ARE REALLY JUST REALLY POPPING, AND REALLY BLENDING IN A LOT OF THOSE COLORS.

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

>> WE'LL STILL BE TAKING YOUR PRODUCE FROM THE TIME BEING SO BRING THAT ALONG IF YOU'RE GOING TO VISIT THIS TUESDAY.

IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

STAY TUNED.

COMING UP WE'LL HAVE THE LIGHTNING ROUND AND THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

STAY WITH US FOR MORE "BACKYARD FARMER" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

COMING UP LATER, WE WILL HEAR FROM OUR VERY OWN JEFF ABOUT SOME FALL DOS AND DON'TS FOR YOUR LANDSCAPE.

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

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

RIGHT NOW SPEAKING OF LIGHTNING, LET'S GO WITH IT.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER, COULD BE A MILLION OF THEM THAT IS FLAGGING IN THE OAKS, ESPECIALLY THE PIN OAKS.

IS IT THE WEATHER AND IS IT THE DEATH KNELL?

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S THE DEATH KNELL.

THERE'S A TWIG GIRDLER A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL SEE THIS TIME OF YEAR AND WE'LL SEE THAT KIND OF SPOTTING SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A MARTINSBURG VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHEN TO TRANSPLANT RHUBARB CONEFLOWERS, FERNS, AND HACKBERRIES.

>> ALL OF THEM?

>> MM-HMM.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I GUESS YOU COULD DO -- YOU COULD REALLY DO ANYTHING NOW.

YOU COULD START THIS TIME OF YEAR, AS LONG AS YOU'RE KEEPING UP WITH YOUR WATERING, PUT IT IN GOOD SOIL, TAKE CARE OF IT, YOU'LL BE FINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS VIEWER CUT DOWN A CRABAPPLE LAST YEAR AND THE SPROUTS ARE COMING UP ALL OVER WHERE THE ORIGINAL TREE WAS REMOVED.

HOW DO YOU CONTROL IT SHORT OF MOWING?

>> SHORT OF MOWING THAT'S ABOUT ALL YOU CAN DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IT WILL EVENTUALLY WEAR ITSELF OUT IN TEN YEARS OR SO.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A HILDRETH VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW MUCH WATERING OF NEW PLANTS IS TOO MUCH WATERING.

>> WELL, IF IT'S SITTING IN SATURATED SOIL, THAT'S TOO MUCH.

IF IT CAN'T DRY OUT IN A DAY'S TIME, THEN THAT'S TOO MUCH.

SO YOU WANT IT TO BE WET, BUT THEN HAVE GOOD DRAINAGE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

NICE JOB.

YOU ARE NOT WINNING THIS.

OKAY.

THIS IS A -- >> WAIT A MINUTE.

YOU ASKED ME IF I'M READY.

>> I'M NOT GOING TO ASK YOU IF YOU'RE READY.

>> I HAVE ONE PREPARED TONIGHT.

I'M STEALING A SONG.

>> ARE YOU READY?

>> YEAH, I AM.

I'M GOING TO STEAL A LINE OUT OF A COUNTRY SONG AND I'M READY LIKE TRUCK STOP ICE TONIGHT.

>> ON THAT NOTE, THIS IS A SCOTTS BLUFF VIEWER WHO WONDERS ABOUT A CANKER ON COTTONWOOD, SOMETHING THEY HAVEN'T SEEN BEFORE, AND WHAT IS THAT AND CAN IT BE CONTROLLED.

>> I WOULDN'T WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THAT.

IF IT IS A CANKER I WOULD CUT IT OUT THREE TO FOUR INCHES BELOW THE AFFECTED AREA.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS THEIR LAWN TURNED ORANGE AND THERE IS ORANGE DUST UNDER THE MOWER.

IS THAT A FUNGUS OF SOME SORT?

>> WELL, UNLESS THEIR MOWER HAS BEEN SITTING IN WATER I'M GOING TO GUESS THAT'S A RUST IN THE YARD.

AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR GETTING CLOSE TO WHERE YOU CAN START RTILIZING AND PROBABLY GET YOURSELF OUT OF IT WITHOUT A FUNGICIDE APPLICATION.

I'D WAIT A COUPLE WEEKS.

>> THIS IS A VIEWER FROM GREENWOOD WHO APPARENTLY SAW YOUR GROWING OF CORN SMUT VIDEO, AND THEY'RE WONDERING IF THEY GROW IT ON PURPOSE ONE YEAR, WILL IT ALWAYS BE IN THEIR CORN PATCH AFTER THAT?

>> IT WILL ALWAYS BE THERE, BUT AGAIN THERE ARE HYBRIDS YOU CAN SELECT THAT ARE NOT AS SUSCEPTIBLE AND IF YOU HAVE REALLY GOOD POLLINATION THAT WILL ALSO HELP WHERE YOU WON'T HAVE AS MUCH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS VIEWER FROM OGALLALA WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE IS A ROTTEN POTATO IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BAG, CAN IT GO IN THE COMPOST OR WILL IT SPREAD INTO SOIL?

>> SO COMPOSTING IS A LITTLE TRICKY.

I WOULD LIKE TO SAY YES, BUT YOU HAVE TO COMPOST IT CORRECTLY.

SO IF YOU JUST THROW ALL YOUR COMPOST ON A PILE AND IT DOESN'T GET TO A HIGH TEMPERATURE YOU COULD CARRY DISEASES THROUGH YOUR COMPOST PILE.

>> EXCELLENT.

NICE JOB, LOREN.

>> AND AS FAR AS CORN SMUT, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULDN'T WANT IT ALWAYS TO BE THERE.

(LAUGHTER) IT'S GREAT.

YOU SHOULD TRY EATING IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OKAY.

WAYNE, THIS IS A VIEWER ALSO FROM LINCOLN WHO SAID IS THE FLAGGING IN OAKS THE CICADAS LAYING THEIR EGGS ON THE TWIGS?

>> HIGHLY UNLIKELY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A GREELEY, COLORADO VIEWER WHO HEARD US TALK ABOUT TRAP CROPS FOR JAPANESE BEETLES.

SHE IS SAYING MORNING GLORIES WORK.

HAVE YOU SEEN THAT HAPPENING?

>> I HAVEN'T SEEN MUCH FOR MORNING GLORIES.

THOSE BAGS WITH THE PHEROMONES, PLACED AWAY FROM EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO SAVE.

>> WAY AWAY, RIGHT?

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A VIEWER OUT AT JEFFREY LAKE IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA, FOUND TINY BLACK INSECTS ALL OVER THE TOP LEAVES OF MAXIMILLIAN SUNFLOWER.

>> TINY BLACK INSECTS?

>> UH-HUH.

>> THERE IS A FEW SMALL BEETLES THAT WILL GET IN THERE, FEED ON THE POLLEN.

MIGHT BE WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.

ALSO THERE IS A LOT OF VERY SMALL SOLITARY BEES THAT COULD BE BLACK THAT THEY MIGHT BE SEEING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A FREMONT VIEWER WHO SAYS THERE ARE LIGHTNING BUGS ALL OVER ALL THE FLOWERING PLANTS.

ISN'T IT TOO LATE FOR LIGHTNING BUGS?

>> IT'S PROBABLY NOT LIGHTNING BUGS.

IT'S SOMETHING VERY CLOSELY RELATED, CALLED SOLDIER BEETLES.

THIS TIME OF YEAR WE GET THE PENNSYLVANIA LEATHERWING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO SENT IN A PICTURE ACTUALLY AND A QUESTION ABOUT LITTLE YELLOW TO WHITE INSECTS ON THE FLOWER OF BLUESTEM.

ARE THEY INSECTS?

>> I'M GUESSING THEY MIGHT BE THE POLLEN ON THERE INSTEAD OF AN INSECT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU WOULD BE RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LOOK IT THERE.

BUGS WON.

AS ALWAYS.

>> NICE JOB, WAYNE.

>> ALL RIGHT, JEFF.

WHAT DO WE HAVE FOR PLANTS OF THE WEEK?

>> WE BROUGHT IN SOME LOVELY ANNUALS AND WHICH IS GREAT ABOUT ANNUALS THIS TIME E YEAR THEY REALLY ARE DOING THEIR THING.

THEY ARE PEAKING HERE UNTIL YOU KNOW LATE SEPTEMBER, IF THE WEATHER HOLDS.

SO THE SMALL LITTLE BUTTONS WITH THE PINK AND THE MAGENTA, AND I GUESS THERE'S WHITE ON THIS SIDE, ARE GOMPHRENA.

THEY LIKE A LOT OF SUN, THEY LIKE A LITTLE DRY.

THERE IS A BIG COLOR RANGE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.

SO IT'S A FUN PLANT TO HAVE.

AND AGAIN, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WATERING DURING THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

THIS IS ONE YOU'D WANT TO WATER BUT MAKE SURE IT ISN'T SATURATED.

THAT YOU'RE NOT LEAVING IT STANDING IN WATER AND REALLY THE SAME THING FOR THE COLEUS.

AND THE REASON KIM BROUGHT THIS IN TONIGHT WAS TO TALK ABOUT HOW MANY TIMES FOLKS WILL PINCH THE FLOWERS TO CONTINUE TO GET THE FOLIAGE TO GROW.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW REALLY THE FLOWERS ARE LOVELY, AND THEY ARE A MAJOR POLLINATOR.

SHE HAD TO FIGHT OFF THE BUMBLEBEES TONIGHT.

WE'RE LUCKY SHE'S HERE WITH US.

THE BEES LOVE IT.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER POLLINATOR IN YOUR GARDEN, THE COLEUS MIGHT BE A GOOD CHOICE.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JEFF.

ALL RIGHT.

ROUND THREE, WAYNE, THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES OF THIS ONE.

THESE INSECTS WERE ALL OVER THE STUCCO FOUNDATION WALL DURING THE EVENING.

NOT SURE WHAT THEY ARE.

ARE THEY GOOD OR ARE THEY BAD?

I THINK WE HAVE A SECOND PICTURE.

>> YUP, YUP.

THIS IS TYPICAL, EVENING, YOU SEE YOUR DOG-DAY CICADAS.

WHAT WE TYPICALLY CALL NOT YOUR PERIODICAL ONES.

SO NOT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE'RE TOO LATE FOR THAT.

AND WRONG YEAR.

SO THIS WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE DOG-DAY CICADAS THAT ARE COMING UP OUT OF THE GROUND AFTER FEEDING ON ROOTS FOR ANYWHERE FROM ONE TO FOUR YEARS, DEPENDING ON SPECIES.

AND NOW THEY'RE OUT OF THAT.

IT'S GOING TO POP THE CICADA.

IT SHEDS THE LAST NYMPH EXOSKELETON.

>> OKAY.

A GOOD GUY, SORT OF.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS JUST THE QUESTION IS AREN'T THESE AMAZING, THEY WERE ON THE BACK PORCH WALL.

WHAT IS IT?

THIS IS HERSHEY.

>> THIS IS A CHICKWEED GEOMETER.

>> OKAY.

THERE IS A NAME FOR YOU.

>> YUP.

SO THEY LIKE TO FEED ON CHICKWEED.

THEY'LL ALSO GROW -- FEED ON THE CATERPILLARS, WILL ANYWAY, FEED ON KNOTWEEDS AND SOME OF THE OTHER LOW PROSTRATE GROWING PLANTS OUT THERE, INCLUDING CLOVERS.

>> EXCELLENT.

IT'S GOOD ONE.

EXACTLY.

>> DON'T SQUISH IT.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE HERE THIS IS A PAPILLION VIEWER, WANTED TO SHARE THIS PICTURE OF A HUMMINGBIRD MOTH THAT SHE SAW ON CAMPUS.

>> THIS PARTICULAR ONE IS A SNOWBERRY CLEARWING.

IT'S ONE OF OUR FEW DAY ACTIVE MOTHS.

THERE IS ANOTHER ONE CALLED THE HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING AND YOU LOOK AT THE LEGS.

THIS ONE HAS BLACK LEGS SO IT'S A SNOWBERRY CLEARWING.

THE OTHER ONE HAS KIND OF YELLOW TO BROWN LEGS.

>> PERFECT.

BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.

>> AWESOME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SPEAKING OF BEAUTIFUL, THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER, LOREN, WHO FOUND ONE TOMATO -- NO, THIS YOUR -- >> ONE TOMATO?

>> THIS IS NOT A TOMATO, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT IS THE -- WHAT IS THIS THAT THEY DISCOVERED?

>> SO THIS IS MORE MATURE STAGE OF LAETIPORUS SULPHUREUS WHICH IS A SULFUR SHELF MUSHROOM OR ALSO CALLED CHICKEN OF THE WOODS.

SO YOU CAN LOOK AT MORE PICTURES OF THAT ONLINE.

IT'S NOT ONE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING POISONOUS BUT IT DOES SUGGEST THAT THE TREE MAY BE DECLINING.

SO USUALLY THESE GROW AROUND TREES THAT ARE DYING OR IN THE PROCESS OF.

>> AND THAT'S A HERMAN VIEWER.

HERMAN, NEBRASKA.

>> MM-HMM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE HAVE THE TOMATO.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER FOUND ONE IN THE GARDEN, SEEDS WERE SAVED FROM LAST YEAR.

THEY THINK IT'S BROWN RUGOSE FRUIT VIRUS.

>> IT IS ONE OF OUR FRUIT VIRUSES AND IT'S HARD TO TELL.

IT DOES HAVE RINGS ON IT, SO THERE ARE SOME RINGSPOT VIRUSES THAT I WOULD THINK IT MIGHT BE.

SAVING SEED IS A GREAT WAY TO DO THIS.

SO IN FACT, YOU KNOW, I SAVE SOME SEEDS SO I GET TO SEE SOME OF THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THAT I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND GETTING NEW SEED, UNFORTUNATELY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS ALSO A TOMATO.

THIS IS A ROMA, AND, OF COURSE, WHAT'S THIS?

>> I MESSED THIS UP ONE TIME.

THIS IS BLOSSOM END ROT, YEAH.

ONE OF MY FIRST SHOWS I CALLED THIS IT BOTRYTIS FRUIT ROT, OR SOMETHING AND IT WAS TOTALLY WRONG.

THIS IS BLOSSOM END ROT, USUALLY RELATED TO IRREGULAR WATERING.

SO ANOTHER THING, JUST LIKE JEFF TALKED ABOUT WITH STRESS, YOU ALSO GET NUTRIENT STRESS DEFICIENCY SYMPTOMS LIKE THIS, SO THIS IS CALCIUM DEFICIENCY MOST LIKELY DUE TO UNEVEN WATERING.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE IS A SARGENT, NEBRASKA VIEWER.

WHAT ARE THESE LITTLE WHITE SPOTS ON THE POTATOES?

>> I'M GOING TO BE 100% HONEST.

I LOOKED QUITE A BIT.

I HAVE NO IDEA.

I THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE OF OUR FUNGI THAT FORMS LITTLE SCLEROTIA, BUT IT -- IT JUST DOESN'T MATCH UP TO ME, SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO PUNT ON THIS AND -- WE MAY HAVE TO ASK AROUND AND GET BACK OR IF THEY HAVE A SAMPLE IF THEY'RE MORE CURIOUS THEY WANT TO SEND IN BECAUSE THIS ONE I DO NOT KNOW.

>> IT'S A POTATO YOU WOULD PEEL BEFORE EATING.

>> EXACTLY.

>> YOU COULD PEEL IT AND YOU WOULD BE OKAY.

THERE ARE SOME FUNGI THAT FORM THESE LITTLE FUNGAL BODIES THAT ARE MORE UNIFORM BUT THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WHAT THEY NORMALLY DO.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND YOUR FINAL ONE IS THIS COULD BE ANYBODY WHO HAS PEONIES IN LINCOLN.

THEY'RE TURNING BROWN EVERY YEAR LIKE THIS BUT THEY -- WHAT IS THIS AND WHAT CAN THEY DO ABOUT IT?

>> SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, A LOT OF CASES THERE ARE FUNGAL LEAFSPOTS THAT ALMOST BLIGHT THE WHOLE PLANT, AND BOTRYTIS LEAF BLIGHT, BOTRYTIS GETS INTO THE PETAL AND THE FLOWER, ALSO.

I WOULD JUST USE SOME GOOD SANITATION AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

IT'S REALLY TOO LATE TO TRY TO MANAGE ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

AND THEN USE SANITATION, AVOID OVERHEAD IRRIGATION, AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL LOOK BETTER NEXT YEAR.

>> THANKS, LOREN.

SPEAKING OF HYDRANGEAS, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES HERE, JEFF.

THIS IS ANNABELLE, NOT DOING VERY WELL.

IS IT SUN SCORCH?

THIS IS IN PRINCETON.

THEY'RE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE, UNDER A COUPLE LARGE MAPLES.

>> YEAH, SO I WOULD SAY IT'S ON THE WRONG SIDE.

IT'S A GREAT PLANT.

I WOULDN'T HAVE IT ON THE SOUTH SIDE.

LOREN MADE A VERY GOOD POINT ABOUT HEAT AND REFLECTIVE HEAT.

THAT WAS OFF A ROOF.

THIS IS OFF A BRICK.

THAT SIDE OF THE HOUSE JUST IS NOT COOLING DOWN AT NIGHT, EITHER SO IT MAY DO WELL IN A LAWN AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE WHERE IT'S ABLE TO COOL DOWN AT NIGHT BUT THAT IS JUST COOKING IT ALL NIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO MORE PICTURES.

THIS IS FROM OMAHA.

THIS IS LITTLE LIME, SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE, PART SHADE.

DID REALLY WELL FOR A MONTH AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS HAPPENED.

THEY DON'T SEE INSECTS.

THEY SPRAYED WITH THINGS, EVEN THOUGH THEY DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING.

SO WHAT'S THE DEAL?

>> I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE SAME SORT OF ISSUE.

I THINK WITH SOME OF THESE WHAT YOU WANT TO LOOK, ESPECIALLY WITH NEW PLANTS IS MANY TIMES THE PLANTING MIX THE SHRUB IS IN IS VERY LIGHT AND YOU MAY BE USING THE OVERHEAD SPRINKLER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO WATER, BUT THE ROOTS ARE IN THAT VERY WELL DRAINED LIGHT SOIL, AND SO IT DRIES OUT JUST VERY QUICKLY AND YOU'RE NEVER ABLE TO CATCH UP.

SO I THINK WITH ANY OF THESE YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE -- YOU'RE PUTTING IT IN GOOD SOIL, YOU'RE CHECKING THE MOISTURE WHEN YOU'RE WATERING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING THAT ROOT ZONE WET.

AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET DOWN THERE AND STICK YOUR HAND IN THERE AND MAKE SURE IT'S ACTUALLY GETTING WET.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FINAL TWO PICTURES ARE SUGAR SHACK BUTTON BUSH, WHICH IS ALSO ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE HOUSE.

VERY CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.

WATERED WITH UNDERGROUND SPRINKLERS EVERY OTHER DAY FOR 20 MINUTES.

>> YEAH.

AND AGAIN, IF THE SPRINKLERS ARE DOING THEIR JOB, AND THAT'S KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL WHEN I SEE THAT FROM THE OUTSIDE IN, THAT'S TELLING ME THAT'S PROBABLY THE PLANT IS NOT ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE HEAT AND THE DRY.

SO YOUR OVERHEAD SPRINKLERS PROBABLY ARE NOT GETTING THAT WET ENOUGH.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO -- >> YUP.

>> WITH ALL THIS HOT WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING, IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO THINK FALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER BUT FOR OUR SECOND FEATURE TONIGHT, JEFF GIVES US SOME GOOD TIPS FOR YOUR LAWN, YOUR SHRUBS AND YOUR TREES.

>> WE'RE GOING IN INTO FALL, OUR MORNINGS ARE LITTLE COOLER.

I THINK WE'RE ALL STARTING TO GET THE SENSE NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO START LOOKING AT DOING PLANTING AROUND THE HOUSE.

A COUPLE OF THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND.

IF YOU'RE IN AN AREA THAT IS -- SEEMS A LITTLE TOO WARM, SEEMS A LITTLE DRY YET, MAYBE HOLD OFF A LITTLE BIT ON OUR PLANTING FOR THE FALL.

WE STILL HAVE SOME TIME.

IF YOU'RE IN AN AREA YOU'VE HAD SOME TIMELY RAINS AND YOUR TEMPERATURES ARE GOOD, THEN YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER A FEW THINGS.

WE'LL START FIRST OF ALL WITH OUR LAWNS.

SO, THIS IS A REALLY GOOD TIME TO GO IN IF YOU NEED TO IMPROVE YOUR LAWN A LITTLE BIT, YOU CAN DO SOME AERATING, RUN THAT DE-THATCHER OVER YOUR BLUEGRASS OUR FESCUE, YOUR COOL SEASON LAWNS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO DO BUFFALOGRASS SEEDING RIGHT NOW, NO WARM SEASON GRASSES.

WE CAN LOOK AT OUR COOL SEASON GRASSES, OUR BLUEGRASS AND FESCUE.

WITH BLUEGRASS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A POUND TO THREE POUNDS OF SEED PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET IF YOU'RE DOING SOME INNER SEEDING.

FOR FESCUE MORE LIKE FIVE POUNDS PER THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.

AGAIN, AERATE, SEED IT, FERTILIZER IT, IT WILL GET YOU OFF TO A GOOD START.

THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO BEFORE THE MIDDLE OF SEPTEMBER OR SO.

BULBS IS ANOTHER THING WE CAN LOOK AT PLANTING IN THE FALL.

OUR SPRING FLOWERING BULBS.

WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO STAY AWAY FROM DAHLIAS, GLADIOLAS, THAT SORT OF THING, CANNAS.

WE DON'T WANT TO PLANT THOSE THIS TIME OF YEAR, BUT OUR ALLIUMS, DAFFODILS, TULIPS, ALL THOSE.

THIS IS A GOOD TIME.

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS.

THEY ALL HAVE DIFFERENT DEPTHS.

WE MAKE SURE WE DO THE POINTY SIDE UP WHEN WE'RE PLANTING OUR BULBS.

OUR SHRUBS, THIS IS ALSO A GOOD TIME TO DO THAT.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHAT OUR WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE AND IF IT'S TOO WARM, TOO DRY RIGHT NOW YOU MIGHT WANT TO HOLD OFF AND JUST SEE WHAT THE FALL BRINGS YOU.

BUT TALK TO YOUR NURSERY PROFESSIONAL ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE IN STOCK THAT LOOKS REALLY GOOD.

NICE, HEALTHY PLANTS.

HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE ROOT SYSTEM FOR YOU.

WE WANT SOME SHINY WHITE ROOTS IN THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S DOING WELL AND THEN AGAIN FOCUSING ON OUR PLANTING HOLES.

SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DIG THE HOLE REALLY WELL.

WE'RE NOT PUTTING IT INTO SOMETHING THAT IS DIFFICULT FOR THE ROOTS TO GO INTO.

SO BECAUSE THE KEY RIGHT NOW IS WITH THE GOOD TEMPERATURES AND SOME GOOD MOISTURE HOPEFULLY, WE'RE ABLE TO GET SOME GOOD ROOT GROWTH TO HELP GET THEM THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS.

OUR TREES ARE ANOTHER THING THAT WE CAN LOOK AT PLANTING, SAME SORT OF PRINCIPLES.

GOOD HEALTHY PLANTS.

MAKE SURE WE'RE DIGGING A GOOD HOLE, MAKING SURE THE ROOTS HAVE SOME PLACE TO GO.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT.

SO SOME THINGS TO AVOID WITH TREES AND SHRUBS, SOME OF OUR EVERGREENS WE MAY WANT TO PUT OFF UNTIL MAYBE NEXT SPRING.

IF YOU CAN DO IT FAIRLY SOON HERE BEFORE THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, SO THINGS LIKE RHODODENDRONS, BOXWOODS, OUR EVERGREEN TREES NEED TIME TO DEVELOP ROOT SYSTEMS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM ENOUGH TIME.

AND THEN ANY OF THESE PLANTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO PERIODICALLY MAKE SURE WE GIVE THEM A DRINK OF WATER.

IF WE HAVE GOOD SNOW COVER, IF THE GROUND IS FROZEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT BUT CERTAINLY NEBRASKA LATELY A LOT OF TIMES THE GROUND ISN'T FREEZING OR IT'S KIND OF DRY, SO GET YOURSELF ON A MONTHLY WATERING SCHEDULE FOR ANY NEW LANDSCAPE PLANTS THAT WE PUT OUT THERE.

AND AGAIN, MAKE SURE YOU FOCUS ON GOOD HEALTHY PLANTS, AND THEN MONITORING THOSE PLANTS AS WE GO THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS SO WE START OFF WITH NICE SPRING NEXT YEAR.

>> OKAY.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE YOU COVERED FOR EVERYTHING FROM TURF TO TREES THIS FALL.

IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO GET OUT THERE AND INSPECT THOSE PLANTINGS, TAKE NOTES, MAKE PLANS FOR NEXT SEASON.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE WOULD LOVE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO MAKE A CONTRIBUTION TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA TO HELP KEEP "BACKYARD FARMER," ALL THOSE OTHER GREAT PROGRAMS, ON THE AIR.

HERE IS NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA GENERAL MANAGER MARK LEONARD TO TELL US MORE.

>> THANKS, KIM.

YOU AND THE PANEL DO SUCH A GREAT JOB EVERY SINGLE EPISODE FROM SPRING TO FALL BRINGING GREAT ADVICE TO CITIZENS ACROSS THE STATE.

IT IS SO GREAT TO HAVE THE PANEL OF EXPERTS FROM NEBRASKA EXTENSION AVAILABLE TO ANSWER YOUR GROWING QUESTIONS.

EVERY TIME I WATCH I LEARN SO MUCH, BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THIS SEASON.

THEY ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS ABOUT INSECTS, TURF, WEEDS, ROT AND SPOTS, LANDSCAPES, AND CRITTERS AND YOU HELP US BY PROVIDING THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT THAT HELPS TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE THROUGH YOUR MEMBERSHIP.

THAT FINANCIAL SUPPORT ENSURES THAT GREAT PROGRAMS LIKE "BACKYARD FARMER" CAN KEEP COMING TO YOU.

WE ARE IN THE 69TH SEASON.

THIS IS YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY TO CONTRIBUTE TO "BACKYARD FARMER" DURING THIS SEASON.

WE HAVE TWO MORE SHOWS, BUT THIS IS THE LAST PLEDGE BREAK.

CALL OR TEXT OR DONATE, TEXT "“DONATE"” TO 800-989-8236 TO MAKE YOUR MEMBERSHIP CONTRIBUTION OR GO ONLINE TO NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE GOT SOME GREAT, GREAT SPECIAL THANK YOU GIFTS.

I DEMONSTRATED THE NEW BUCKET HAT IN THE LAST PLEDGE BREAK.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS A REALLY NEAT AND PRACTICAL WAY OF SUPPORTING NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, "BACKYARD FARMER," BUT ALSO KEEPING YOURSELF SAFE FROM THE HOT SUN WHEN YOU'RE OUT THERE WORKING.

$12.50 MONTHLY, AND YOU WILL GET THE GARDEN FLAG AND THE BUCKET HAT.

AT THE $10 MONTHLY LEVEL, YOU'LL GET THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN FLAG, AND THAT HAS THE IMAGE ON BOTH SIDES AND IT COMES WITH THE POLE.

1-800-989-8236.

AT THE $7 MONTHLY LEVEL, THERE IT IS, THAT'S THE "BACKYARD FARMER" BUCKET HAT.

IT IS LIGHTWEIGHT.

IT IS COOL, IT IS VENTED, IT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM SUN, AND ALSO SHOW THAT YOU ARE FAN OF "BACKYARD FARMER."

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

>> SO, WE JUST LOVE TO BE "BACKYARD FARMER" AS THE LONGEST RUNNING TELEVISION SHOW AND WE ARE COMING BACK TO YOU WITH QUESTIONS, OF COURSE, TO BE ABLE TO STILL ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AS WE FINISH OUT OUR SEASON IN THE STUDIO.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WAYNE, WHAT ARE THESE BUGS ON MY ZINNIAS?

WHAT IS THIS TIME TO DEAL WITH THEM?

SHE IS USING SEVEN AND SPRAYING JUST BEFORE DARK NOT TO KILL THE POLLINATORS.

THIS IS FROM LAKE PARK, IOWA.

>> I REALLY WOULD NOT BE PUTTING SEVEN OR CARBARYL, THAT ACTIVE INGREDIENT ON A FLOWER.

THAT IS GOING TO STAY THERE AND CATCH YOUR POLLINATORS EVEN THE NEXT DAY.

PROBABLY THE BEST THING FOR TAKING CARE OF THESE ON THE FLOWERS IS JUST A BUCKET OF SOAPY WATER WHERE YOU'RE KNOCKING THEM OFF INTO THERE.

THOSE ARE NORTHERN CORN ROOT WORMS.

THEY'RE A NATIVE BEETLE, BUT THEY LOVE POLLEN, SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE THERE ON THE FLOWER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS -- THIS IS FROM OMAHA.

AND SHE IS SAYING WHAT KIND OF SPIDER IS THIS AND ARE THE TINY ROUND OBJECTS CLUSTERED TOGETHER ON THE EGG CASE BABY SPIDERS?

I THINK SHE SENT TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

>> IT'S ONE OF OUR EITHER COBWEB OR ORB WEAVER SPIDERS.

IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO TELL FROM THIS PICTURE.

THE SPIDER JUST ISN'T QUITE IN FOCUS ENOUGH TO TELL, AND THEN YEAH, THAT EGG SACK IS HATCHING.

THAT'S WHAT ALL THOSE LITTLE EXTRA LITTLE DOTS ARE, SO ALL THOSE LITTLE SPIDERLINGS ARE HANGING OUT.

>> COOL.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE HERE -- THIS IS LOUP CITY, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF SPIDER THIS IS.

>> THIS IS A WHITE BANDED CRAB SPIDER.

THE COLORATION ON THESE CAN BE HIGHLY VARIABLE, ALL THE WAY FROM YELLOW TO WHITE IN COLORATION, AND THOSE DARK BANDS CAN BE VARIABLE, AS WELL.

THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN REALLY TELL IF YOU LOOK DOWN AT THE FACE, RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE EYES, THERE IS THIS LITTLE SWOOPING WHITE TO YELLOW MUSTACHE MARKING RIGHT ON A RIDGE LINE.

THAT IS HOW YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE ON THIS ONE.

>> CRAB SPIDERS ARE GOOD GUYS, YES?

>> YES AND NO.

THEY'RE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HUNTERS AT FLOWERS.

>> OKAY.

>> THEY CAN EAT YOUR POLLINATORS, TOO.

>> THANK YOU, WAYNE.

ALL RIGHT, LOREN, THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER THAT SAYS ALL OF A SUDDEN THE LEAVES ON A BUNCH OF THE PEPPER PLANTS LOOK LIKE THIS AND ON SOME TOMATOES, AS WELL.

HAPPENED REALLY FAST.

I THINK HE HAS A PICTURE OF THE TOMATO AND THE PEPPER KIND OF TOGETHER IN THAT LOCATION, ALSO.

>> YEAH, SO THE CHALLENGE HERE IS WHEN I SEE LEAF DROP AT THE LOWER PORTION OF THE PLANT I TEND TO THINK FOLIAR DISEASE, BUT I DON'T SEE SYMPTOMS ON THERE, SO I'M WONDERING IF THIS ISN'T A RESPONSE TO THE HIGH TEMPERATURES THAT DID THIS AND MAYBE LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE A SOAKER HOSE SYSTEM SET UP WHICH IS PERFECT, BUT JUST MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ADEQUATE MOISTURE, BUT I DON'T SEE ANYTHING I'M WORRIED ABOUT MANAGING.

IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THERE WAS A LOT OF FRUIT ON IN THE PICTURE, SO IT MADE ME QUESTION WATER AVAILABILITY.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND HEAT OF COURSE, WITH FRUIT SET.

>> UH-HUH.

>> THAT'S KIND OF AN ISSUE, TOO.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE -- THIS IS SOUTH OF GIBBON.

SHE CALLS THIS LITTLE CREEPY STUFF IN THE MULCH.

SHE HAS TWO PICTURES HERE, AND THEY'RE REALLY GREAT PICTURES.

LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES.

>> OH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

SO IF YOU THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD DESCRIBE THIS, WE CAN ALMOST BE AN ENTOMOLOGIST IN THIS SLIDE, BECAUSE SO MANY TIMES IT'S THE YELLOW BANDED SPIDER IF IT HAS YELLOW BANDS, OR IF IT'S ON A SQUASH PLANT, IT'S SQUASH FRUIT BUG, OR WHATEVER.

THIS IS A BIRD NEST FUNGUS.

IT'S JUST A BEAUTIFUL THING THAT LOOKS LIKE A BIRD NEST AND THOSE ARE THE PERIDIOLES OF THE FUNGUS THAT ARE HOW IT SPREADS.

THE LITTLE BODIES INSIDE ARE LIKE SEEDS, SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE THIS IN MORE PLACES, YOU COULD DUMP THOSE OUT AND YOU COULD GO SPRINKLE THEM AROUND IN YOUR MULCH BED AND YOU COULD HAVE THEM ALL OVER AND IT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL.

>> SO, THOSE ARE THE LITTLE FUNGAL EGGS?

>> YEAH, THEY'RE LIKE LITTLE FUNGAL EGGS.

BEAUTIFUL.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, LOREN.

>> AWESOME, GREAT PICTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FIRST THREE PICTURES, JEFF, ON THIS ONE ARE FROM AN OMAHA VIEWER.

IT'S A ALTHEA SHRUB, BIG SHRUB, AND STRUGGLED FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS TO PRODUCE FLOWERS, PRODUCES LOTS OF BUDS, VERY FEW FLOWERS.

THEY FERTILIZE IT IN THE SPRING, BUT THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET THOSE BUDS TO ACTUALLY FLOWER.

>> IT'S REALLY TOUGH.

THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ROSE OF SHARON.

THEY PRODUCE A LOT OF BUDS, OVERPRODUCE THE AMOUNT OF BUDS, WHICH LIMITS THEIR FLOWERING.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU COULD LOOK AT, YOU COULD TRY -- ALL THE THINGS WE TALKED ABOUT, THE CULTURAL THINGS: WATER, MULCH, BLAH, BLAH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE THAT STUFF COVERED HERE.

MAYBE LOOKING AT SOME MID SEASON PRUNING TO THIN THAT A LITTLE BIT SO WE KIND OF ELIMINATE SOME OF THE PROLIFIC FLOWERING GOING ON.

THAT MIGHT HELP.

BUT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM.

IT'S NOT REALLY KNOWN WHY IT'S AN ISSUE FOR SOME ROSE OF SHARONS AND YOUR NEIGHBOR MAY HAVE THE SAME ONE THAT'S JUST COVERED IN FLOWERS, SO SOMETIMES IT'S JUST KIND OF HARD TO EXPLAIN.

THERE'S NO REAL BIOLOGICAL REASON WHY IT'S HAPPENING.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE IS SAME THING.

FREMONT, GETS LOTS OF FLOWERS BUT THEY DRY UP AND DIE.

SO THIS IS A NEWER SHRUB, THOUGH.

>> YEAH, THAT IS A NEWER SHRUB.

SO AGAIN, JUST DOUBLE CHECK, MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING, BECAUSE IT'S NEWER, MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE HAVING GOOD EVEN MOISTURE.

IT'S A NEW PLANT.

I WOULDN'T SWEAT IT YET.

BUT AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A -- ONE OF THE REASONS WHY MAYBE ROSE OF SHARON IS NOT ALWAYS ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PLANTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND QUICKLY ON THIS LAST ONE, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS WING EUONYMUS?

>> IT'S INTERESTING.

I MEAN, TO ME I'M ALMOST STARTING TO WONDER IF IT'S PATHOLOGY ISSUE, IF WE HAVE A SORT OF DISEASE GOING ON IN THERE.

HERBICIDE DAMAGE, WHEN YOU SEE KIND OF THIS YELLOWING MULTICOLORED LEAVES AND DISTORTED GROWTH.

>> A SAMPLE IS GOOD.

>> YES, A SAMPLE WOULD BE GOOD IN THIS CASE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ANNOUNCEMENTS TONIGHT OF FUN THINGS GOING ON IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

OUR FIRST ONE IS THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GROW-A-ROW PRODUCE DONATIONS.

WE HAD 187 POUNDS THERE.

AND WE HAD 543 IN THE GARDEN ITSELF.

THEIR SECOND ONE AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN WHEN, AND THEN WE HAVE OUR NEBRASKA'S LOCAL FOODS CHALLENGE FROM SEPTEMBER 1-30, SUSTAINABLE NEBRASKA.ORG.

WE HAVE ALSO US AT THE FAIR MONDAY, AUGUST 30TH, SHOW STARTS AT 5:00 P.M. WITH Q&A AT 4:00 P.M. WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.

OUR FINAL SHOW OF THE SEASON IS IN THE GARDEN.

WE START AT 6:00 P.M. ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST, Q&A AT 5:00 P.M.

IN OUR GARDEN.

AND THEN "“DIGGING DEEPER,"” OF COURSE, WE HAVE EVERY THURSDAY AT 8:00 P.M. WITH "BACKYARD FARMER."

WE WILL BE DOING POISONOUS PLANTS THIS WEEK.

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

WE DO WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED THOSE QUESTIONS AND PICTURES.

THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONES THIS EVENING WE HAD MASTER GARDENER TIM DUNGAN, CAROL RUSTAD AND GEORGE MALEY.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'LL RETURN TO THE STATE FAIR.

WE'VE ALWAYS HAD SO MUCH FUN MEETING ALL OF YOU.

WE CANNOT WAIT TO GET OUT THERE AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.

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

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