OF BUY BEES ARE TWO EX-PEEXPERTS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS >> TOM BUTZLER HIS AREAS OF EXPERTISE INCLUDE VEGETABLE PRODUCTION AND BEE KEEPING.

>> TOM FORD IS A EDUCATOR HE WORKS WITH HORTICULTURE OPERATIONS AND GROWERS IN CAM B CAMBRIA COUNTY.

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>> I THOUGHT WE COULD START OFF WITH A TOPIC THAT IS STRAIGHT-FORWARD AND EASY THAT IS NO PROBLEM.

TOM BUTTS TOM BUTZLER CAN YOU TALK US THROUGH WATERING THE GARDEN.

>> THE THINGS COMING OFF OF THE GARDEN ARE HIGH WATER CONTENT IT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET WATER.

IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PHOTO SYNTHESIS AND BULKING UP EVERYTHING.

YOU HAVE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE WEATHER IF YOU LOOK AT THE WEATHER FROM LAST YEAR WAS HOT AND DRY AND WE HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF THE WATERING.

WE ARE GETTING NATURAL RAINFALL AND WEIG WE CAN RELY ON MOTHER NATURE TO DO THAT FOR US WHEN .

WHEN YOU ARE WATERING TRY TO AVOID WETTING THE LEAVES THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DISEASES AND THEY NEED WATER DROPLETS TO START THE INFECTION G PROCESS.

YOU SEE THE GARDENERS T THAT GO OUT THERE AND WATER THEIR VEGETABLES AND FLOWERS AND GETTING THE WATER TO THE ROOTS THAT WAY REALLY CREATES MORE PROBLEMS.

SO, IF YOU CAN AVOID, YOU KNOW, THAT SPRINKLER SYSTEM AND THAT HOSE AND AVOID WETTING THOSE LEAVES TRY TO GET THE WATER TO THE BASE OF THE PLANT.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO DO THAT.

YOU CAN TAKE YOUR SPRINKLER OR HOSE AND WATERER AT THE STEM GOING INTO THE GROUND OR YOU CAN USE THESE HO HO HOSES THAT YOU CAN WRAP AROUND THE GAGARDEN AND THE WATER CAN SEEP INTO THE GROUND.

THAT KEEPS THE LEAVES DRY.

THAT BEING SAID, ONE OTHER COMMENT, IF YOU LIKE TO OVERHEAD WATER FOR WHATEVER REASON OR MAYBE THAT IS THE OWN WAY YOU CAN WATER, WATER IN THE MORNING.

GIVE TIME FOR THOSE LEAVES TO DRY THROUGHOUT THE DAY SO GOING INTO THE NIGHT THEY ARE NICE AND DRY AROUND IT HALTS THE INFECTION PROCESS FOR SOME OF THE THOSE FUNGAL ORGANISMS.

>> YOU WANT TO AVOID SPRAYING YOUR GARDEN BUT IF YOU ARE DOING IT THAT WAY, TO DO IT IN THE MORNING SO IT HAS TIME TO DRY.

GREAT ADVICE.

>> ED A.

GREAT ADVICE.

ZPLARN.

TOM FORWARD FORD HOW MUCH WATER DO WE NEED AN INCH PER WEEK.

27,154 GALLONS OF WATER.

AND WHEN WE HAVE FRUIT HANGING LIKE 54,000 GALLONS A WEEK.

IT'S A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT IF YOU ARE USING A SAY TRICKLE IRRIGATION OR A OOZE HOSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MOISTURE SENSOR IN THE SOIL WHICH IS BEYOND MOST OF THE HOME GARDENERS.

IT'S EASIER WITH LAWN CARE.

WHEN YOU USE AN OSCILLATING SPRINKLER YOU CAN TAKE A COFFEE CAN AND SET IT IN THE PATH OF THE SPRINKLER AND THEN LET THE SPRINKLER RUN AND MEASURE THE WATER THAT IS COLLECTED IN THAT CAN OR THAT PLASTIC CONTAINER AND WHEN YOU HIT AN INCH OF WATER IN THAT CONTAINER, YOU CAN SHUT YOUR HOSE OFF.

YOU HAVE PROVIDED THAT INCH OF WATER FOR THAT WEEK.

THAT IS TYPICALLY WHAT WE LIKE TO SEE TRY TO MEASURE THE WATER TRY TO BE MORE PRECISELY MANAGE THAT IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

>> HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO WATER VARIES ON WHERE IT IS TOO YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT MEASURING IN THE YARD.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A POTTED PLANNED PLANT OR HANGING PLANT TO YOU HAVE TO CHECK IT FOR FREQUENTLY.

>> WE SAY WATER WHEN IT'S GREY DRY TO THE TOUCH WHEN IT'S IN A CONTAINER.

WATER TO THE POINT WHERE YOU SEE WATER RUN OUT OF THE BOTTOM OF THE CONTAINER AND IF IT COLLECTS IN THE SAUCER IT'S RECOMMENDED TO TAKE THE SAUCER OFF AND DUMP THE WATER OUT OF THAT SAU SAUCER IF YOU HAVE A CONTAINER PLANT SITTING IN A RESERVOIR OF WATER YOU CAN SEE ROOT ROT AND CAN KILL THAT PLANT MATERIAL.

>> AND THE OTHER THING FOR THE FOR YOUR VIEWERS TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE IN A GARDEN THAT IS SOIL WHEN YOU ARE FEELI DEAL BEING WIT WITH -- DEALING WITH A CONTAINER IT'S COMPOSTED BARK OR WHATEVER.

YOU NEED TO PAY A LITTLE MORE ATTENTION TO THAT.

THEY DRAIN AND THEY HAVE BEEN FORMULATED TO DRAIN WELL AND NOT HOLD WATER AS MUCH KEEP IN MIND YOU ARE DEALING WITH TWO DIFFERENT MEDIAS THERE.

SOIL AND SOILLESS MIXES.

>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US I'M AN AND THIS IS WPSU CONVERSATION LIFE GET YOUR GARDEN ON THIS IS TOM BUTZLER AND TOMFORD AND OUR NUMBER IS 1-800-543-8242 AND WE ARE READY TO TAKE YOUR CALLS.

YOU CAN ALSO SEND US QUESTIONS BY E-MAIL AT CONNECT@WP SU.ORG.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE WEA WE HAVE A QUESTION.

CHRIS WRITES I MOVED INTO A NEW HOUSE THAT WOULD HAVE A WONDERFUL VIEW FROM THE BACK DECK IF NOT FOR A LINE OF HEMLOCK TREES I LIKE THE TREES AND HOW LONG WILL IT BE UNTIL THE BUGS TREAT THE TREES.

WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND TOM BUTZLER.

>> I WOULD GET SOMEONE COME OUT AND PROFESSIONAL ARBOURIST TO SEE HOW BAD THE INFESTATION IS THESE TREES MAY HAVE A LONG LIFE AHEAD OF THEM.

>> IF IT'S HEAVILY INFESTED, THAT LIFE SPAN MAY BE SHORTENED.

AND THERE ARE WAYS TO MANAGE THIS.

THIS ARE PRODUCTS YOU CAN APPLY WITH A FOIL YER SPRAY OR PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE INJECTED INTO THE TRUNK OF THE TREE AND THEY BECOME SYSTEMIC AND IT'S TAKING THE PLANT NUTRIENT AND THE INSECTICIDE THAT IS DISTRIBUTDISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE TREE THAT IS A NICE WAY TO TARGET THE PEST WITHOUT IRN AT T INTERFERING WITH THE BENEFICIALS OR OTHER INSECTS.

IT DAY P D DEPENDS ON HOW BAD THE INFEST INFESTATION IS.

>> THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW.

GREAT ADVICE.

HAVE YOU OTHER OPTION IT IS YOU WANT TO KEEP THOSE TREES SO ONE OF THE OTHER QUESTIONS THAT IS COMING UP THIS TIME OF YEAR WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT IS WATERING.

AND WE HAVE BEEN GETTING A FAIR AMOUNT OF RAIN IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA IS IT GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE THE RAIN IS CAUSING PROBLEMS?

WHAT SHOULD YOU LOOK FOR TO TOM FORD IF YOU HAVE ST STREAM FLOODING AND THE WATER COMES UP OVER THE VEGETABLE CROP AND YOU CAN'T EAT THAT VEGETABLE AND YOU CAN'T SELL THE VEGETABLE.

SEE SO WE HAVE FLOODS AND THAT IS PROBLEMATIC AND WE HAVE HAD SOME FLOODS IN SOME AREAS THE RAINFALL IN MOST CASES IS MANAGEABLE.

WE HAVE NOT SEEN A WEALTH OF DISEASES AS FAR AS ON PLANT MATERIAL.

WE HAVE SOME STUFF THAT IS EMERGING.

WE HAVE DOWNEY MILDEW THAT IS IN NEW JERSEY RIGHT NOW AND IN MARYLAND.

THAT IS A PROBLEM.

THIS IT POWDERY MILDEW ON A R ROSE BUSH.

BOWPOWDERY MILDEW IS HUMIDITY DRIVEN.

BUT AS FAR AS RAINFALL GOES IT'S MORE PROBLEMATIC WHEN WE HAVE SOME OF THE EARLY APRIL AND MAY RAINS AND W. AND WE HAVE NOT SEEN THE LEVEL OF NEEDLE CAST ON CONFERS.

AND NEEDLE CAST HAS BEEN A LITTLE LIGHTER THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE RAINS HAVE BEEN YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT INTERMITTENT THAN WE HAVE IN SOME PAST SPRINGS.

>> AND WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT NEEDLE CAST, YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE TREES SHEDDING THEIR NEEDLES ON THE GROUND.

RIGHT.

BOTH OF THE DISEASES CAN KNOCK THE NEE NEE NEEDLES OFF THE TREE AND DOUGLAS FIR IS MORE FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE HAVE RAPID DECLINE AND SWISS NEEDLE CAST AND THEY DO THE DOUBLE WHAMMY ON THE DOUGLAS FIR.

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FIR.

I HAVE HAD MORE CALLS OF PEOPLE WANTING TO CUT DOUGLAS FIR THAN ANY TIME IN MY CAREER.

>> CAN THEY MANAGE IF YOU KEEP THEM FOR ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO, WILL THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THAT.

THE PROBLEM IS THE SIZE OF THE TREE AND A LOT OF THEM ARE 60 TO 70 FEET TALL AND WE ARE TALK BECOME 150 THERE PER A APPLICATION AND IF IT RAINS IT WASH ES IT OFF AND THE NE NEXT YEAR THE SAME THING AND WE HAVE TO SPRAY FOE FILL LATTICLY BEFORE WE SEA SEE THE ON SET OF SYMPTOMS SO RARE THAN FI COMMITTING THEMSELVES TO A LIFE OF SPRAYING THEY GET RID OF THE TREES.

>> WE HAVE A CALL, THIS IS AND FROM HOLIDAYSBURG.

ANAN ANN DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

>> I HAVE A SCALE INSECT AND I WANT TO F WANT TO KNOW IF THERE IS A WAY TO TREAT IT THAT IS A NATURAL WAY RATHER THAN THE INSECTICIDE.

I SEE TOM BUTZLER NODDING HIS HEAD.

ANY ADVICE FOR HER.

I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH SCALE ISSUES ON BIRCH.

IS THIS A RIVER BIRCH OR A EUROPEAN BIRCH?

WHAT COLOR IS THE BARK?

>> ANN ARE YOU STILL THERE?

SHE MAY HAVE HUNG UP TO LISTEN.

>> WHAT I HAVE NOTICED WITH THE BIRCHES IS NOT SO MUCH SCALE BUT APHIDS.

AND THEY FEED SIMILAR IN THAT THEY ARE TAPPING INTO THE V CUVASS VASCULAR SYSTEM OF THE TREE.

AND YOU HAVE THIS SAP DRIPPING.

AND YOU LIVE WITH IT OR YOU HAVE TO TREAT IT THERE ARE PRODUCTS THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT CAN TREAT APHIDS.

I'M NOT SURE ABOUT SCALES ON BIRCH TREES.

>> THE FIRST THING I WOULD LIKE ANN TO SUBMIT A SPECIMEN TO THE BLAIR COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICE SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT FIRST OFF IN MY CAREER I HAVE NOT SEEN SCALE ON BIRCH.

I'M WORRIED IT COULD BE A MISS A MISDIAGNOSIS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF LEAF MINERS BUT I DON'T RECALL SEEING SCALE IN MY KAWR YEAR.

CAREER.

IF YOU WANT TO CONTROL IT NATURALLY WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH INSECT IT REALLY IS.

YOU CAN USE A HORTICULTURAL OIL AND THERE ARE OIL THAT'S ARE PLANT DERIVED AND THEY ARE ORGANIC CERTIFI CERTIFIED FOR USE ON VEGETABLE CROWNS.

CROPS.

AND THERE MAY BE SOME ALTERNATIVES THERE FROM A NATURAL STAND POINT TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ACTUALLY ACCURATELY D DIAGNOSE AND IDENTIFY THE PEST.

THAT CAN BE PROBLEMATIC IF WE ARE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR SOMETHING THAT IS SOMETHING ELSE.

>> AND THIS GOES BACK TO THE BACK TO THE CONVERSATION THAT TOM HAD WITH THE NEEDLE CAST RIVER BIRCH CAN GET 50 FEET IN HEIGHT ONCE THEY BECOME MATURE.

I AGREE WITH TOM, WE NEED TO DIAGNOSE WHAT IS THE EXACT INSECT PROBLEM.

AND IT MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT TREE FOR THAT SITUATION.

>> THERE ARE SOME SOFT SCALES OUT THERE THE BIRCH DOESN'T ATTRACT POLLINATORS.

AND YOU MAY BE ABLE TO USE A NICKOID TO GET CONTROL WITHOUT HAVING A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT BIOLOGICBUY LOG IMAMAGNIFICATION ON THE SITE.

>> WE HOPE THAT HELPS.

SINCE WE ARE ON THE TOPIC OF INSECTS WHAT ADVICE DO YOU WANT FOR PEOPLE THAT WAND H TO HAVE A BIRDBATH.

IT'S A REAL DRAW FOR PEOPLE BUT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE A BREEDING GROUND FOR MOSQUITOES OR OTHER INSECTS.

ANY ADVICE FOR THAT QUESTION.

>> I HAVE A BIR BIRDBATH IN MY YARD.

IT'S NOT SO MUCH FOR THE BIRD THEY ARE MORE THAN WELCOME AND I KEEP HONEY BEES AND I HAVE A SKIPPING TOOL.

SWIMMING POOL.

I HAVE IS THE COMPETITION FOR WATER.

BEES LIKE ANY OTHER ORGANISM NEEDS WATER IF I DON'T PROVIDE BEES WATER IN THIS BIRDBATH THEY GO TO MY SWIMMING POOL.

THIS IS A G COMMON C COMPLAINT.

PEOPLE WHO HAVE BACKYARD POOLS VISIT TO GET A DRINK.

I HAVE MY BIRDBATH SET UP TO ACT AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR MY SKIPPING POOL.

HERE IS A TRICK.

ANYONE WHO HAS A BACKYARD POOL OR HONEY BEES VISITING TO GET WATER.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT BIRDBATH SET UP EARLY IN THE SEASON.

THEY ARE GOING TO THE POOL AND THEN YOU SET UP THE BIRDBATH, THEY ARE TRAINED TO GO TO THE POOL.

GET THEM IN THE HABIT OF GOING TO THE BIRDBATH OF WATER AND THEN YOU OPEN UP THE SWIMMING POOL IN THE SPRING BUT THEY IGNORE IT BECAUSE THEY ARE TRAINED TO GO TO THE BIRDBATH.

YOU DID ALLUDE TO THE TIMING OF THE BIRDBATH WITH OTHER INSECTS.

AND THE BIG ONE IS MOSQUITOES AND MOSQUITOES LOVE STANDING WATER AND THAT IS WHAT A BI BIRDBATH IS.

YOU GET INTO THE HEAT OF SUMMER YOU NEED TO EMPTY THE BIRDBATH, DUMP IT OUT AND PUT IN NEW WATER.

>> SO IT DOESN'T BECOME A BREEDING GROUND FOR MOSQUITOES.

THAT A CLEVER DECOY FOR THE BEES TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE POOL.

>> WE'VE A CALLER INGRID, ARE YOU THERE?

WE HAVE YOU ON THE LINE?

>> I'M HERE.

>> THANKS FOR CALL DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

>> OUR GARDEN HAS BEEN LEFT VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS YEARS AND IT'S BEEN TAKEN OVER BY A HORRIBLE WEEDER I THINK MU.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE CH CHRYSANTHEMUM.

IS THAT WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IN THE VACANT LOT.

>> YES, WHEN YOU CUT IT DOWN IT'S WOODY AND IT'S COMPLETELY TAKEN OVER THE AREA.

MUGWORT IS A PERENNIAL WEED.

YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS.

IF YOU TAKE A MO MOWER AND MOW IT REPEATEDLY TO ATTACK THE ENERGY RESERVE UNDERGROUND.

IF IT'S A SMALL ENOUGH INFESTATION YOU YOU CAN TARP IT WITH BLACK PLASTIC AND PREVENT LIGHT FROM GETTING THERE AND ALLOW THE HEAT TO COOK THE AREA.

THAT MIGHT GIVE YOU CONTROL.

ULTIMATELY YOU ARE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME TYPE OF HERBICIDE TO GET THAT UNDER CONTROL IF IT'S WELL ESTABLISHED.

THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PRODUCTS.

THERE ARE SOME BURNDON PRODUCTS AND THEY ARE ORGANICALLY LABELED.

AND WHEN I SAY BURNDON YOU ARE BURNING THE F FOLIAGE DOWN.

AND THEN IT WILL SET UP GROWTH AND YOU PUT IT ON AGAIN.

YOU GO TO HARSHER CHEMICAL THREE CHEMISTRY AND IT GOES UNDERGROUND AND KI KILLS IT.

IT'S A TOUGH NUT TO CRACK.

>> IT'S HERBICIDES ARE PROBABLY NOT SOMETHING I WANT TO USE IN A GARDEN THAT I'M GOING TO GROW VEGETABLES IN THE FUTURE.

>> SOME BURNDON IS CONSIDERED ORGANIC.

THERE IS ONE PRODUCT IS DERIVED FROM PALM OIL OR PALM BASED PRODUCT.

ON THE FARM SIDE IT'S CALLED SUE SUPPRESS AND I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED BURN OUT.

BUT, IT WILL BURN THE PLANT DOWN IN THREE HOURS.

AND IT DOESN'T LEAVE ANY SOIL RESIDUE OR ANYTHING.

IT'S NOT SYSTEMIC.

I LIKE USING IT ON MY OWN PROPERTY BECAUSE IT'S A SITUATION EXACTLY IF I WANT TO SPRAY SOMETHING IN THE MULCH.

IF I HIT SOMETHING I SHUF SHOULDN'T HAVE HIT THE WORST THING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IT'S GOING TO SPOT THE LEAVES.

IT'S NOT GOING TO KILL THE FOX GLOVE OR AND I CAN TARGET EFFECTIVELY.

BUT WITH MUGWORT HAS SOME TOLERANCE TO THE HARSHER CHEMICALS.

I WOULD RATHER SEE YOU USE A BURN DOWN MATERIAL AND BE AGGRESSIVE WITH IT.

OR GO WITH AGGRESSIVE TILL LADIAGE.

>> AND WE HOPE THAT HELPS INGRID.

>> WE HAVE ANOTHER CALL TRACY IN HOLIDAYSBURG.

HI TRACY THANK YOU F FOR CALLING AND DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

>> I DO I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT GYPSY MOTHS AND I LIVE IN HOLIDAYSBURG AND THERE IS A LOT OF OAK TREES ON OUR PROPERTY AND THEY ARE BEING DESTROYED BY THE GYPSY MOTH THE.

I HAVE RAISED BET BEDS AND I HAVE TO PUT GARDEN CLO CLOTH ON THE BEDS BECAUSE OF THE DROPPINGS.

IIS THE STATE GOING TO SPRAY AND HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THEM.

>> YES, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS.

THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF A SILVER LINING.

>> THERE IS A SILVER LINING.

AND WE HAVE SEEN QU QUITE A BIT OF FLUCTUATION AS FAR AS THE POPULATION IN BLAIR COUNTY.

SPECIFICALLY IN HOLIDAYSBURG AND OTHER AREAS AS WELL.

WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT GYPSY MOTH THEY SHOULD BE JUST ABOUT FINISHED THEY ARE IN THE HOME STRETCH AS FAR AS FEEDING GOES.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE CATERPILLARS THEY HAVE THE DARK BLUE DOTS AND RED DOTS WHICH TELLS YOU THEY ARE IN THE LAST STAGE OF THE LIFE CYCLE THEY ARE HARDER TO CONTROL NOW.

SO IN THAT RESPECT I'M NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND USUALLY TOO MUCH OF AN INSECTICIDE STANDPOINT RIGHT NOW.

FOR NEXT YEAR, THE STATE WILL TYPICALLY SPRAY SOME OF THE RIDGES AND SOME OF THE GAME LANDS AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS USUALLY IT'S UP TO THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS TO WORK TOGETHER TO COORDINATE A SPRAY PROGRAM FOR YOUR AREA.

TO KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SPA SPRAY NEXT YEAR YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EGG MASS.

USUALLY IF YOU HAVE 25 250 EGG MASSES OR MORE PER ACRE IF YOU DON'T TREAT THERE IS POTENTIAL TO SEE DEFOILAGATION.

AND THE REAL CRITICAL THING IS TO DO THAT EGG MASS SURVEY IN YOUR AREA THIS FALL.

AND AT THAT POINT IN TIME THAT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF THE AREA COULD BE SPRAYED PRIVATELY.

DCNR HAS A LISTING OF AERIAL AN APPLICATORS.

THEY HAVE TO BE SPRAYED FROM THE SECOND WEEK OF MAY TO THE END OF MAY.

YOU HAVE A TWO-WEEK THREE WEEK WINDOW TO DO AN AERIAL APPLICATION.

THEY HAVE TWO CHOICES.

THEY USE AN INSECT GROWTH REGULATOR.

THEY ARE THE TWO MATERIALS OF CHOICE US ABOUT THE BT MATERIAL IS ONLY EFFECTIVE WHEN YOU HAVE THE EARLY END STARS OF THE CATERPILLAR THE FIRST OR SECOND STAGE.

THE GOOD FLU NEWS AS FAR AS WHAT ANN WAS TALKING ABOUT.

YOU LOOK AT THE BARK OF THE OAK TREES AND YOU LOOK AT THE CATERPILLARS IN AN UPSIDE D THAT IS DEAD AND YOU SI SEE A C CATERPILLAR HANGING DOWN.

THE ONCES IN AN UPSIDE-DOWN D IS AN MP M PV VIRUS.

I LIVE IN THE DUNCANSVILLE AREA AND I HAVE BIO CURTAILING THE POPULATION BOTH ORGANISMS ARE WORKING ON THE CATERPILLAR'S SEASON AND WE MAY NOT HAVE AS MANY LE EGGS LAID IN THE NEXT WEEK.

THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW FOR SURE.

IF YOU ARE OVER 250 EGG MASSES WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS TO SEE IF YOUR PROPERTY CAN BE SPRAYED.

>> THAT IS GREAT ADVICE AND WE HAVE OUR FINGERS CROSSED THAT THE NATURAL COURSE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE GYPSY MOTHS.

IF YOU JUST JOINING US I'M ANN AND THIS IS WPSU GET YOUR GARDENS ON.

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AND OUR NUMBER IS 1-800-543-8242 AND WE ARE READY TO TAKE YOUR CALLS.

YOU CAN SEND QUESTIONS VIA E-MAIL AT CONNECT@WPSU.ORG.

WE HAVE A CALL.

PHIL DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT?

>> I MY SISTER WAS VISITING FROM HARRISBURG AND SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT POISON HEMLOCK.

DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT THAT?

IS IT INVASIVE OR HAS IT ALWAYS BEEN AROUND.

>> THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

>> DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE INVASIVE HEMLOCKS.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO WORRY ABOUT?

>> IT'S NOT WIDESPREAD LIKE SOME OF THE THESE OTHER INVASIVES BUT IT IS IN THE AREA.

THERE ARE SOME HOT SPOTS.

I THINK PENNSYLVANIA TRIES TO TARGET THE HOT SPOTS.

>> THEY TRY TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL IS FOR DEATHS-FOR-KIDS AND THE STEMS ARE H HOLLOW AND WE HAVE HAD KIDS DYING BECAUSE OF THE TOXIN.

WE HAVE ADULTS MISIDENTIFY AND THINK IT'S A CARROT.

AT THAT PIT'S NOT A NEW WEED BY ANY STRETCH OF THE IMAGINATION.

AND THERE IS THE OLD HISTORICAL REFERENCE WHERE S SO SOCK TEASE DIED.

YOU HAVE AREAS THAT ARE MOIST YOU WILL SEE THE IT IN THAT AREA YOU CAN USE HERBICIDES BUT YOU SHOULD USE A REST A REST PIRESPIRATOR OR A MASK.

AND TRY TO GET IT OFF YOUR PROPERTY.

DO IT BEFORE IT BLOOMS.

IF IT BLOOMS IT HAS A LOT OF SEAT AND YOU WILL START THE WHOLE PROCESS OVER AGAIN.

>> WE HAVE A COLLEAGUE THAT HAS TALKED ABOUT IT EXTENSIVELY BUT IN MOST CASES THE BEST THING FOR A PROPERTY OWNER TO DO IS TYPICALLY REMOVING IT BY HAND BUT TAKE THE PRECAUTIONS PROTECT YOURSELF AND DON'T INHALE THE MATERIAL IF YOU CUT IT WITH A WE WE WE WEED EATER PROTECT YOUR MOUTH AND EYES AND GLOVES AND LONG SLEEVES AND PANTS.

AND YOU CAN USE A HERBICIDE AS WELL.

>> WE HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.

WHILE WE ARE ON THE TOPIC OF INVASIVE SPECIES AND INSECTS.

CAN YOU GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THE SPOTTED LANTERN FLY IT'S BEEN PREF PREVALENT AND IT'S EXPANDING.

WHERE IS IT NOW AND HOW MUCH DO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT?

IT'S KIND OF A MESS STILL IF YOU GO BACK AND REVIEW THE LITERATURE.

WAS IN NO WHERE IN THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT FOR PENNSYLVANIA.

THERE WAS AN EFFORT TO CONTAIN IT INTO SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA IT WAS SOME WHAT SUCCESSFUL FOR A WHILE BUT IT HAS EXPANDED WELL BEYOND THAT REGION.

YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP HERE OF PENNSYLVANIA THE COUNTIES THAT ARE COLORED IN PURPLE IT'S BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

AND THE COUNTIES THAT ARE IN THE LIGHT BLUE AND THE TOWNSHIPS ARE THE DARKER BLUE ARE THE NEWER FINDS WITH ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S NOW GONE WELL BEYOND SOUTHEAST PENNSYLVANIA TO OTHER COUNTIES IN THE STATE.

AND IT'S EVEN BEYOND THE STATE NOW.

IT'S ESTABLISHED IN SOME OF THE STATES YOUR ROUNDING TOUCHING PENNSYLVANIA AND EVEN THOSE ONES THAT ARE NOT CONT CONT CONTRYING JUST.

IT'S NOT A GREAT FLYER BUT A GREAT HITCHHIKER.

YOU SEE THIS PICTURE THE DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES.

UP IN THE UPPER CORNER IS THE EGG MASS AND THE FEMALE LACE LAYS THAT IN LATE FALL AND THAT IS WHAT WE GOT INTO THE WINTER.

WE HAVE THE NIPPLE STAGE AND IT'S PLAQU BLACK WITH WHITE DOTS ON IT.

AND IT GOES THROUGH THESE STAGES BEFORE IT BECOMES AN ADULT.

WE ARE IN BETWEEN THE STAGES.

THE ADULT IS IN THE LOWER TWO P PANELS THERE.

THEY ARE LIKE A MOTH OR BUTTERFLY THEY ARE NOT THEY ARE CONSIDERED PLANT HOPPERS WE ARE GOING TO SEE THIS TRANSITION BETWEEN THE RET RED AND THE WHITE DOTS AND THE AD ADULT THAT WILL BE OCCURRING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.

THE PROBLEM WITH THIS INSECT IT'S A SAP FEEDER AND IT STICKS IT'S MOUTH ON THE PLANT LIKE A STRAW AND IS SUCKING OUT THE CONTENTS.

IT UTILIZES THE MINERALS AND THE REST OF IT IT EXPELS AND EVERYTHING GETS STICKY.

AND AESTHETICALLY THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM.

AND THERE IS SOME CONCERN IN AGRICULTURE THAT ONE IT'S GOING TO AFFECT CERTAIN CROPS AND THE BIG ONE IS GRAPES.

THE VINEYARDS ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INSECTS IT CAN W WITH AGGRESSIVE FEEDING KILL THEM.

THERE IS A LOT OF LITERATURE.

AND PENN STATE HAS A ROBUST WEB PAGE AND , WEBINARS AND VIDEOS AND WAYS TO CONTROL THIS AND COMMERCIALLY.

THERE WOULD BE A WHOLE SESSION OF SPOTTED LANTERN FLY ON THIS SHOW IF WE HAD TIME.

I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO TO THAT.

>> KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR IT.

AND WE HAVE A CALLER FROM MARY IN STATE COLLEGE HI MARY THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

AND DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT?

>> I DO.

I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT GROWING TOMATOES.

WHEN YOU ARE GROWING TOMATOES I HAVE BEEN TOLD TO GET RID OF THE STEMS OR BRANCHES THAT ARE CALLED SUCKERS.

THAT IS A SOME WHAT UNFORTUNATE NAME.

AS THE PLANT GETS LARGER I CAN'T TELL WHERE THEY ARE AND WHICH ONE IS A SUCKER AND I KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

HOW TO DISTINGUISH SO YOU ARE TAKING OFF THE RIGHT PART AND NOT TAKING OFF SOMETHING THAT WILL HAVE FLOWERS.

THANK YOU.

>> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.

SO WHEN YOU ARE GROWING TOMATOES AND YOU WANT TO CHANNEL THE ENERGY HOW DO YOU KNOW WHICH PARTS TO PRUNE?

>> WELL WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT SUCKERING YOU ONLY HAVE TO DO IT EARLIER IN THE PRODUCTION CYCLE.

UNLESS YOU ARE GROWING THEM IN A GREENHOUSE AND YOU ARE GROWING TOMATOES WHERE YOU ARE TRYING TO GROW IT INTO A LONG VINE, WITH NO REAL SIDE SHOOTS, IN THAT CASE THE TOMATO IN THE GREENHOUSE MAYBE 30 FEET IN LENGTH BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE END.

IN THE HOME GARDEN IT'S IMPORTANT TO DO THE SUCKERING EARLY ON FOR THE FIRST SIX TO EIGHT INCHES YOU TAKE THE FIRST VEGETATIVE SHOOTS AND SNAP THEM OUT.

THERE IS NO BENEFIT OF DOING ANY SUCKER REMOVAL BEYOND THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS IN THE GARDEN SOME CASES IT MAY GIVE YOU SOME EARLIER TOMATOES.

THE YIELD IS HIGHER ON TOMATO PLANTS THAT YOU DON'TS SUCKER.

AT THIS STAGE OF THE GAME YOU PLANTED THEM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO YOU ARE BETTER OF OFF LEAVING THEM ALONE.

>> MOST PEOPLE I WORK WITH DON'T SUCKER A PLANT UNLESS IT'S IN A GREENHOUSE SETTING.

>> WE HAVE A CALL FROM KYLE IN COLLEGE TOWNSHIP HI, KYLE, THANK YOU FOR CALLING, AND DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION?

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH A. I HAVE SOME INTEREST IN THE JUMPING WORMS AND IF THEY HAVE ENCOUNTERED THEM.

>> I HAVE HEARD ABOUT THESE JUMPING WORMS THEY ARE NOT NATIVE WORMS.

I DON'T HAVE THEM IN MY AREA.

I WILL LET TOM TAKE A CRACK AT THE THIS ONE.

I KNOW THEY CAN DO DAMAGE TO THE SOIL AND GETTING DRYING OUT AROUND THE ROOT STRUCTURES AND AS FOR CONTROLS I'M NOT SURE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS YOU ARE GOING TO RUN INTO TROUBLE IS WHAT IS LABELED LEGALLY.

THAT IS WHAT WE RUN INTO.

THEY ARE SIGNIFICANT FEEDERS OF ORGANIC PA MATTER AND THEY TEND TO OVER MINE THE SOIL A LITTLE BIT AS THEY T TUNNEL THROUGH AND DIGEST ORGANIC MATTER.

I CAN'T THINK OF ANY PRODUCT THAT YOU CAN USE FOR CONTROL LEGALLY.

>> SO THIS IS A NEW PROBLEM THAT WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURE THE OUT FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET A HANDLE ON IT.

>> IS IT TOO LATE TO PLANT YOUR TOMATOES OR FLOWERS.

DO YOU THINK THERE IS A ENOUGH TIME TO GET SOMETHING IN?

TOM BUTZLER IS IT TOO LATE TO START THE SUMMER GARDEN OR IS THERE STILL TIME.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE.

YOU WON'T GET THE Y YIELD.

IF YOU PLANTED THE TOMATOES IN THE MIDDLE OF MAY.

YOU CAN STILL PLANT A SUMMER GARDEN IT WILL PRODUCE LATER.

WE HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF MONTHS OF HEAT AND SUN LIGHT AND WARM WEATHER.

IT IS ALSO TIME THAT BEING SAID, IT IS ALSO TIME BELIEVE IT OR NOT TO START THINKING ABOUT THE FALL GUARD GARDEN.

AND WHEN I SAY PLANTING FOR THE FALL GARDEN.

NOT IN THE GARDEN BUT STARTING THE TRANSPLANTS.

IF YOU LIKE TO START THINGS FROM SEED BROCCOLI CAULIFLOWER AND WHATEVER YOU NEED TO START PLANTING THAT SOON.

IN A WAY YOU CAN CALL THAT SUMMER GARDENING.

>> AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FALL GARDENING DO WE THINK ABOUT GETTING IT OUT IN SEPTEMBER WHEN IT STARTS TO GET COOLER IN THE EVENINGS FOR ME I THINK OF PLANTING IN THE MIDDLE OF AUGUST.

IF YOU ARE PLANTING IN ASSE SEPTEMBER, IT WILL BE FINE FOR A WHILE BUT YOU WILL PUSH UP AGAINST LATE SEASON WEATHER.

AND WE GET COLD SPELLS AND THE WEATHER STARTS DROPPING OFF MATERIAL-WISE AND DAYS G GET SHORTER.

I LOOK AT AUGUST AS A PLANTING DATE FOR YOUR FALL GARDEN.

LI >> LIKE YOU SAID NOT THAT FAR OFF.

FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE THEIR SUMMER GARDEN IN AND THEY HAVE THEIR VEGETABLES IN AND HOW DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH TO FERTILIZE THEM TOM FORD.

DO YOU WANT TO DO THAT EVERY WEEK.

>> IDEALLY WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO TAKE A SOIL TEST FIRST.

>> THAT WAY WE CAN GIVE YOU A PRESCRIPTION ON THE AMOUNT OF FERTILIZER TO APPLY.

GRANULGRAGRANULAR ARE THE MOST ECONOMIC TO USE.

WE RECOMMEND 50 PERCENT PRIOR TO PLANTING AND BROADCAST AND PLOW IT DOWN AND MIX IT INTO THE SOIL AND RETAIN THE REST TO SIDE DRESS LATER ON IN THE GROWING SEASON AND MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS AFTER THE CROP IS PLANTED AND DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU ARE GROWING.

IF YOU ARE USING WATER SOLUBLE FERTILIZER YOU HAVE NOT APPLIED A DRY GRANULAR AND Y APPLIED EARLY.

A WATER SOLUBLE CAN BE USED ON A WEEK TO WEEK BASIS.

WE HAVE SEEN GROWERS INJECT HALF POUND UP TO A POUND A WEEK.

YOU CAN METER OUT A LITTLE FERTILIZER EACH WEEK TO MEET THE DEMANDS OF THAT CROP.

YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE THAT EACH CROP IS DIFFERENT.

AND EACH CROP REQUIRES A DIFFERENT AMOUNT OF NI NITROGEN THAN ICER.

OTHERS SWEET CORN YOU MAY NEED 150 POUNDS PER ACRE THAT IS THE HIGHEST FERTILITY CROP YOU NEED.

FOR TOMATOES YOU NEED 80 TO 100 POUNDS OF NITROGEN.

WE ARE LOOKING AT PRESCRIPTIVE APPLICATION.

THE OTHER THING YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IS ANALYSIS.

A LOT OF HOME GARDENERS LIKE TO USE A 20-20-20.

IT'S 20 PERCENT NITROGEN AND THAT NITROGEN TENDS TO IMPACT POTASSIUM UP TAKE IN THE TOMATO.

AND SO IF YOU OVER APPLY THE TRIPLE 20 FERTILIZER SOMETIMES YOU GET GREEN SHOULDERS OR YELLOW SHOULDERS IN THAT TOMATO FRUIT AND INTERNAL GRAY WALL OR YOU GET A GREENING ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRUIT.

YOU HAVE TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE.

ONCE WE HAVE A TOMATO PLANT THAT GOES THROUGH THE REPRODUCTIVE PHASE AND IT STARTS TO BLOOM WE LIKE TO SWITCH TO A FERTILIZER WITH HIGHER POTASH 9-15-30 OR THE LAST NUMBER OF THE FERTILIZER ANALYSIS IS POTASH.

TO PREVENT YELLOW SHOULDERS OR GREEN SHOULDERS IN A TOMATO FRUIT AS SOON AS WE GET TO THE FIRST BLOOM WE GO TO A LOWER NITROGEN AND HIGHER POTASH.

WITH THE SOLUBLES WE ABLY APPLY SOME EACH WEEK.

>> IF YOU ARE NOT SURE IT COULD GET COMPLICATED ESPECIALLY FOR A NEW GARDENER.

AND MAYBE YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO COOPERATIVE EXTENSION OR AN EXPERT ON HOW MUCH TO PUT IN YOUR GARDEN AND WHAT FERTILIZE FERTILIZER AND WHAT TO DO.

IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US I'M ANN AND THIS IS WPSU CONVERSATIONS LIVE:GET YOUR GARDEN ON!

WE HAVE TOM BUTZLER AND TOM FORD.

OUR PHONE NUMBER IS WHRA 1-800-543-8242.

AND WE HAVE THIS QUESTION BY E-MAIL AND KEITH WRITES WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL MULTI-FLORA ROSE ARE THOSE THE ROSES YOU SEE ON THE HILLSIDES GROWING EVERYWHERE.

>> ABANDONED PASTURES.

THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL THEM TIE A ROPE TO IT AND PULL IT UP OUT OF THE GROUND.

>> JUST TRY TO PULL IT OUT WHOLESALE.

IT IS A PERENNIAL AND THE IDEA AGAIN VERY SIMILAR TO THE MU MUGWORT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU HAVE TO ELIMINATE THE TOP GROWTH AND YOU HAVE TO DEPLETE THE ENERGY RESERVE.

YOU CAN USE A HAND PULLING TOOL BUT YOU HAVE THE USE OF HERBICIDES.

AND THE OTHER THING I WAS UP IN NEW YORK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THEY WERE AROUND A SENSITIVE AREA WHERE THERE WAS POISON IVY AND THERE WAS OTHER VEGETATION THEY NEEDED TO GET RID OF AND THEY COULD NOT USE HERBICIDES AND THEY BROUGHT IN A HERD OF GOATS TO DO THAT REPEATEDLY TAKING DOWN THE TOP VEGETATIVE GROWTH.

IF YOU CAN GET RID OF THAT TOP GROWTH THAT PLANT WANTS TO SURVIVE IT WILL SEND UP NEW GROWTH AND SOMETHING COMES IN AND TAKES THAT NEW GROWTH OFF AND THAT PLANTS IS GOING TO SEND UP NEW GROWTH AGAIN.

EVENTUALLY IT'S GOING TO BE SO EXHAUSTED IT'S GOING TO DIE THEY ARE USING GOATS TO DO THAT INSTEAD OF A LAWNMOWER OR BUSH HOG AND THEY COULDN'T USE HERBICIDES IN THAT SITUATION.

>> YOU COULD KEEP PRUNING.

IF IT'S NOT EASY TO PULL IT OUT OR YOU HAVE A MASS OF THEM YOU CAN PULL THEM BACK OR MAYBE GET A DPO GOAT TO HELP YOU OUT.

>> THAT IS WITHIN THE RANGE OF THE POSSIBILITIES TOO.

WE HOPE THAT HELPS DEALING WITH THOSE.

THE SAME THING APPLIES WITH HON HONEY SUCKLE OR OTHER SHRUBS THEY CAN INVADE THE AREA AND YOU HAVE TO FIND THE WAY TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL.

>> SOMETIMES HERBICIDES ARE THE BEST OPTION.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS PLANTED AROUND IT WHEN MAKING AN HERBICIDE CHOICE IN THE CASE OF THE CANS FLORA ROSE YOU CAN NOTCH THE BARK AND YOU CAN APPLY THE HERBICIDE ON THAT FRESH WOUND AND NOT IMPACT THINGS NEARBY.

IF IT WAS IN A PASTURE WITH LOTS OF GRASS WE WE HAVE HERBICIDES THAT ARE SELECTIVE THAT WILL KILL THE FLORA ROSE AND KEEP THE GRASS INTACT.

IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THE ROSE IS LOCATED AND THAT WILL GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT THE CHEMICAL OPERATIONS WILL BE DPL.

>> IF YOU WANT TO PLANT A TREE OR S SHRUB IS IT STILL OKAY TO DO IT OR ARE YOU BETTER OFF TO WAIT UNTIL FALL.

ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT?

IT'S NOT THE OPTIMAL TIME TO PLANT TREES AND SHRUBS.

IT CAN BE DONE.

THE OPTIMAL TIME, THE BEST TIME TO PLANT WOULD BE IN THE FALL SO IT HAS TWO SEASONS TO GET R READY FOR THE FOLLOW SUMMER.

IT WILL HAVE THAT FALL AND THE WINTER AND THE SPRING.

THE SECOND BEST TIME IS A SPRING.

SO IT HAS A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO GET READY FOR THE SUMMER.

THE PROBLEM WITH A SUMMER PLANTING IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE AN ISSUE THIS YEAR BUT LAST YEAR IT WAS HOT AND DRY AND VERY UNFORGIVING.

AND UNLESS YOU STAY ON TOP OF THINGS AND PAY ATTENTION TO WATERING AND OTHER ISSUES YOU COULD LOSE THAT TREE OR SHRUB.

I'M NOT SAYING YOU CAN'T PLANT IN THE SUMMER, BUT IT TAKES EXTRA ATTENTION AND CARE.

WE TALKED ABOUT THE START OF THIS PROGRAM THE ISSUE OF WATERING IN THE GARDEN.

THAT WOULD BE VERY IMPORTANT WATERING AROUND THESE TREES AND SHRUBS.

>> ONE THING THAT HAS BEEN GETTING A LOT OF NEWS LATELY IS THE GIANT ASIAN HORNETS.

IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IN PENNSYLVANIA OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN YET AND NOT LIKELY TO COME ANY TIME SOON.

>> A YEAR AGO THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN THE "NEW YORK TIMES" A BIG SPLASHY STORY ABOUT THE GIANT ASIAN HORNET AND PEOPLE KIND OF WENT NUTS AND ONE OF THE REASONS THEY WENT NUTS THIS GIANT ASIAN HORNET LOOKS SIMILAR TO SOME OTHER INSECTS THAT WE HAVE FLYING AROUND IN THE MID ATLANTIC REGION.

PEOPLE WERE CLAIMING THAT THEY HAVE THIS GIANT ASIAN HOR HORNET.

DPLMPLTHIS HORNET IS ONLY FOUND IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST IN WASHINGTON STATE AND A LITTLE AREA IN CANADA AND IT HAS NOT BEEN FOUND OUTSIDE OF THAT AREA.

THEY ARE MONITORING THAT CLOSELY IT'S THE SAME THING AS THE SPOT THE LANTERN FLY.

IT'S AN INVASIVE PEST AND IT'S BRINGING A SLEW OF PROBLEMS WITH IT.

DPLRCHLT THE ONE PROBLEM IS FOR BEKEEPERS THIS HORNET WILL GO INTO ALIVE AND THEY DECIMATE THE HIVE.

THEY TEAR THE HEADS OFF OF THE HONEY BEES AND THEY DESTROY THE HIVE AND GO FOR THE BABIES AND IMMATURE LARVA.

THAT IS A DETRIMENT TO HAVE.

ZPLRCH IT'S NOT AROUND HERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS LOOKING FOR IT.

THERE ARE TRAPS SET UP IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TO MONITOR THESE AND TH THESE INSECTS ARE BIG ENOUGH THAT THEY CAN PUT TRACKING DEVICES ON IT AND FOLLOW IT BACK TO IT'S NEST SO THEY CAN EXTERMINATE THAT NEST.

>> WE HAVE A CALL, THIS IS FROM SIMON IN ISN'T CENTER COUNTY.

HI SIMON THANK YOU FOR THE CALL AND DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION.

>> I KNOW IT'S NOT THE IDEAL TIME TO TRANSPLANT FERNS, BUT IS IT TOO LATE OR SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL FAUX.

>> GREAT QUESTION.

ANY THOUGHTS ON THAT.

IT'S NOT IDEAL BUT IF HE WANTS TO BABY THE FERNS A LITTLE BIT CAN HE STILL TRANSPLANT THEM NOW.

>> AND I WILL HANG UP AND LISTEN TO THE ANSWER.

>> IN MY OPINION I WOULD TRANSPLANT IF YOU WANT TO TRANSPLANT AS LONG AS YOU CAN PROVIDE THE CARE AND KU TUR.

THERE ARE WAYS TO GET AROUND IT.

DPLRCHLT WE TALKED ABOUT WATERERIN WATERERING AND SOMETIMES SHADING THEM A LITTLE MORE.

AND AS LOOK AS THE ROOTS ARE MOIST AND THE CROWN IS FIRP ULY YOU WILL GET GOOD REGENERATION.

ZPLRNTS YOU HAVE A FIVE FRONDS AND REMOVE THREE OF THEM LEVER TWO FROND LEFT OF THE LET THEM PHOTO SYNTHESIZE AND BY CUTTING THEM OUT YOU WILL REDUCE THE MOISTURE LOSS TO THE FOIL AGE.

YOU CAN REDUCE WATER LOSS BY CUTTING THE LEAVES IN HALF.

YOU HAVE LESS PHOTO SYNTHETIC AREA BUT YOU ARE LOSING LESS WATER THROUGH THE LEAVES AS WELL.

IF YOU HAVE TO TRANSPLANT THEM GO AHEAD AND DO IT JUST BABY THEM.

>> WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES LEFT AND WHAT WE WANTED TO DO TO END THE SHOW THIS TIME IS GIVE PEOPLE A LOOK AT THE TO DO LIST.

>> WHAT WILL YOU LOOKING TO DO TO ENSURE YOU GET DONE THIS SUMMER.

TOM BUTZLER WHILE START WITH YOU.

WHAT IS ON YOUR TO DO LIST?

>> THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU CAN DO.

ZPLRCH I WILL MENTION THE FIRST ONE THE WHOLE SEASON CROPS IF YOU ARE S. IF YOU HAVE ASPARAGUS IT'S FOUR TO EIGHT WEEKS AND WE ARE ENDING THE TIME PERIOD TO HARVEST AND START TO THINK ABOUT LETTING IT GO TO SEAT.

AND SO IT CAN PHOTO SYNTHESIZE FOR NEXT GROWING SEASON.

>> TOM AND I MENTIONED SOME OF THE THESE GARDEN DISEASES AND THERE ARE GOOD WEBSITES TO TRACK DOWNEY MILDEW AND YOU CAN SEE THAT ON UPT SA BLIGHT.ORG.

TIT'S GOOD TO SEE IF THEY ARE IN THE AREA.

GROUND HOGS TOMATO PLANTS.

LOLOVE THEN AND SOME OF US MAY HAVE TO MANAGE THE GROUND HOGS AND YOU CAN D TRAP THEM OR PUT UP A FENCE.

ZPLRCHT AND HOW THE TIME THE LAST NO.

5 POINT HERE.

WE HAD A CALLER EARLIER ON THE IDEA EVER TREES AND SHRUBS.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT YOU NEED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE WATER ISSUE.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PLENTY OF WATER AND IF IT'S LIKE LAST YEAR MOTHER NATURE IS GOING TO SHUT IT OFF AND IT'S GOING TO GET HOT AND DRY.

>> WHAT IS ON YOUR LIST, TOM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES LEFT.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS I WANT TO LOOK AT IS B WORMS.

THEY WERE BAD BAD LAST YEAR.

GLRCHT AND THE OTHER THING IS JAPANESE BEA BEA BEETLES WILL BE EMERGING SOON.

IN ORDER TO MINUTE MIESES WHITE BRUB PROBLEMS IS DOING YOUR WHITE DWRUB TREATMENTS SHORTLY.

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE MOISTURE THAT WE HAVE HAD THAT WILL MAKE THOSE PRODUCTS WORK BETTER.

>> THE HEIF YOU HAVE POWDERY MILDEW AND TRY TO THINK PROPRO FILL P PROPHYLACTICALLY.

ARE YOU AVAILABLE.

>> TOM AND YOU ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

WITHIN THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA WE HAVE A MASTER GARDEN ENER PROGRAM THAT MAINTAINS A HOT LINE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT.

ZPLRCHGTHEY DO DIAGNOSIS AND YOU CAN SEND IN PICTURES I'M NOT SURE IF THEY ARE HANDLING FACE-TO-FACE OFFICE VISITS EITHER MASTER GARDENERS OR TOM AND I WILL HELP OUT TO DIAGNOSE THEIR PLANT PROBLEMS.

>> IT'S GREAT TO KNOW THAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE TOO.

WE HAVE A COU COUPLE OF SECOND LEFT, TOM FORD WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FORWARD TO MOST IN YOUR GUARD EN?

>> PLANTING BULBS THIS FALL.

DPLRCHL I DID A LOT OF BULB PLANTING AND I'M TRYING TO INCREASE THE DIVERSITY OF THE SPRING BULK AND I'M WAITING FOR MY L LITRAS TO BLOOM I'M WAITING PLANTED B BULBS.

>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US AND FOR ANSWERING ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS.

OUR GUESTS TONIGHT HAVE BEEN EXTENSION EDUCATORS TOM BUTTS BUTZLER AND TOM FORD.

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING CONVERSATIONS LIVE:GET YOUR GARDEN ON!

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