>>> "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A COPRODUCTION OF NET TELEVISION AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER" WE'’LL GET OUR VEGGIES AND ORNAMENTALS READY FOR PLANTING, AND CHECK OUT SOME BARE-ROOT TREES AND SHRUBS.

THAT'’S ALL COMING UP NEXT, RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER"!

♪ >> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO "BACKYARD FARMER"!

I'’M KIM TODD, AND I'’LL BE YOUR HOST FOR THE NEXT HOUR OF ANSWERING THOSE GARDENING QUESTIONS.

IF YOU DO HAVE SOME ISSUES IN YOUR GARDEN, SEND US THOSE PICTURES OR AN EMAIL TO BYF@UNL.EDU FOR A FUTURE SHOW.

PLEASE GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN, INCLUDING TELLING US WHERE YOU LIVE.

IF YOU'’D LIKE TO FOLLOW US DURING THE WEEK, YOU CAN ALWAYS CHECK OUT OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK.

SO LET'’S START WITH SOME SAMPLES.

ROCH, JUST KEEP THAT OVER THERE SO I DON'T HAVE TO PULL IT OFF MY SHIRT.

>> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

IT'S CATCH WEED BEDSTRAW.

IT'S AN INTRIGUING WEED IN THAT IT'S A NATIVE.

A LOT OF OUR WEEDS ARE INTRODUCED.

THEY CAME IN ON SHIPMENTS OF WHEAT AND GRAIN AND OTHER THINGS OVER THE YEARS BACK IN THE 1800S.

BUT CATCH WEED BEDSTRAW IS INTERESTING FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, IT'S NATIVE.

NUMBER TWO, IT HAS A SQUARE STEM, BUT IT'S NOT A MINT.

SO OUR MINTS NOTORIOUSLY ALL HAVE SQUARE STEMS.

I USED TO SAY IF IT'S GOT A SQUARE STEM IT HAS TO BE A MINT.

THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY FEW WEEDS AND OTHER PLANTS OUT THERE THAT HAS A SQUARE STEM AND IT'S NOT A MINT.

BUT IT IS REALLY A PROLIFIC SPREADER.

IT'S AN ANNUAL.

AND IT CAN BE BOTH A WINTER ANNUAL AND EARLY SUMMER ANNUAL.

WE'RE SEEING IT FLOWERING RIGHT NOW, ESPECIALLY WITH THE EARLY WARM WEATHER WE HAD.

IT'S GOT A REALLY UNIQUE DISPERSAL MECHANISM SEED AS THE NAME IMPLIES, CATCH WEED, YOU DO THAT AND IT STICKS TO YOU.

IF YOU'RE AN ANIMAL, NOT A VEGETABLE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT MOBILE, OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT IS GOING TO MOVE, IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT WITH YOU.

AND IT'S GOING TO DROP THE SEED IN A REALLY CONVENIENT PLACE.

IT GOES BY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT COMMON NAMES, BUT IT INTRIGUES ME BECAUSE IT'S EITHER CALLED STICKY BOB OR STICKY WILLIE.

WHAT DID BOB AND WILLIE DO TO DESERVE THIS?

BUT SINCE IT'S AN ANNUAL PRE-EMERGENCE, MOSTLY LATE FALL APPLICATIONS OF PRE-EMERGENCE, LIKE PREEN IN THE GARDEN.

AND IT ONLY GROWS IN REALLY WET LOCATIONS, MOSTLY IN THE SHADE.

IT'S NOT A FULL SUN PLANT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE WIDESPREAD, BUT YOU MAY FIND IT.

AND YOU'LL KNOW YOU FOUND IT WHEN YOU GO BACK IN THE HOUSE AND SOMEBODY ASKS WHY YOU'RE DRAGGING THE WEED INTO THE HOUSE BECAUSE OF THAT INTERESTING ABILITY TO STICK TO ANYTHING THAT GOES BY IT.

IT'S AN INTRIGUING WEED.

NOT A REAL SERIOUS ISSUE.

IT DOES PULL UP.

IF A SEGMENT GETS LEFT BEHIND, IT MAY REGROW, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY VERY ROBUST, BUT IT CAN BE VERY TENACIOUS.

>> THANKS, ROCH.

OKAY, LOREN.

FIRST EXAMPLE -- >> I THINK BOB AND WILLIE COVERED THEMSELVES WITH CATCH WEED BEDSTRAW AND JUMPED ONTO A CURTAIN OR SOMETHING AND STUCK.

>> LIKE A VELCRO WALL?

>> A VELCRO WALL, THAT WOULD BE POSSIBLE.

>> THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO HAVE US ON TOGETHER AGAIN.

YOU KNOW THAT.

>> THAT'S GOOD.

WELL, THIS TIME OF YEAR, I BROUGHT ALONG A SCAB ON A FLOWERING CRABAPPLE, AND FOR A COUPLE REASONS.

A LOT OF YOU OUT THERE ARE LOOKING AT -- LOOKING FOR TREES TO PLANT.

AND SCAB IS A DISEASE THAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR IN OUR FLOWERING CRAB.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU SELECT CULTIVARS THAT ARE RESISTANT TO SCAB.

AND MANY OF YOU MAY HAVE LANDSCAPES THAT HAVE OLDER ONES, AND I HAVE AN OLDER FLOWERING CRAB IN MY LANDSCAPE.

I BROUGHT THAT ALONG TO SHARE.

EVERY YEAR IT GETS A LOT OF SCAB.

FOR SCAB, WHAT WE USUALLY SEE IS WE'LL SEE LEAVES THAT HAVE THOSE KIND OF DARK BLOTCHES THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THERE, AND THE VEINS ARE DARK WHERE THE INFECTION IS STARTING.

IF WE GO OVER HERE, YOU'LL SEE SOME LEAVES THAT KIND OF START CURLING UP, AND THEY'RE JUST STARTED IN SHAPE.

YOU SEE THOSE DARK STREAKS ON THE LEAVES AND DARK MARGINS, ALL SYMPTOMS OF SCAB.

AND THIS IS THE REASON WHY WHEN WE GET INTO MID TO LATE AUGUST, AND SEPTEMBER, ALL YOUR FLOWERING CRABAPPLES ARE DEFOLIATING AND YOU HAVE THAT LEAF DROP.

BY THAT TIME, IT'S USUALLY SEVERE.

IT WILL NOT KILL THE TREE.

I DON'T NECESSARILY RECOMMEND A FUNGICIDE TO CONTROL IT.

BUT IT IS ONE, IF YOU WANT TO CONTROL IT, YOU CAN USE PROPICONAZOLE, OR THERE ARE SOME OTHER FUNGICIDES YOU CAN USE.

BUT IN GENERAL, I WOULDN'T REALLY RECOMMEND THAT.

IF YOU'RE ESTABLISHING A TREE, SOMETIMES IT MAY BE NEEDED JUST TO GET THAT TREE ESTABLISHED.

IT DOES ALSO IMPACT APPLE -- FRUITING APPLE TREES.

SO SCAB, ANOTHER ONE TO LOOK FOR FOR RESISTANCE IN YOUR APPLE CULTIVARS, IF YOU'RE PLANTING A FRUITING APPLE.

YOU CANNOT USE PROPICONAZOLE ON FRUITING APPLES, BUT YOU CAN USE THAT PRODUCT WHEN THAT TREE IS JUST ESTABLISHING.

>> ENJOY THE OLD ONES, BUT BUY NEW ONES WITH SOME RESISTANCE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, LOREN.

ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH.

SOME PEPPER PLANTS.

>> SOME PEPPER PLANTS.

SO PORTIONS OF THE STATE DROPPED BELOW FREEZING.

WE HAD FROST ADVISORY.

IF YOU WERE A GAMBLER AND IF YOU PUT SOME OF YOUR PLANTS OUT TOO EARLY AND THEY GOT HIT WITH FROST, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GO BACK AND REBUY SOME OF THAT PLANT MATERIAL.

NOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE SAME SELECTION YOU HAD EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

SO WHEN WE GO TO NURSERY, THE GARDEN CENTER, WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE PLANTS THAT THEY HAVE.

AND SO IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLANTS THAT WE HAVE, YOU'RE LIKE OH, THAT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT FOUR PACK.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET THAT.

BUT AS WE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, WE START TO NOTICE THE LEAVES ARE A LITTLE BIT SHINY, LITTLE BIT STICKY.

AND THEN IF WE TAKE A REALLY CLOSE LOOK ON THE UNDERSIDES OF THE LEAVES AND AT THE GROWING POINT, WE START TO SEE LITTLE TINY APHIDS ALL OVER.

AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND, IS WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THE SELECTION THAT WE HAD, OR MAYBE THE PLANTS HAVE SAT THERE FOR A WHILE.

YOU KNOW, ONE APHID CAN EXPLODE INTO A LOT OF APHIDS IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME.

WE REALLY NEED TO TAKE OUR TIME AT THE GARDEN CENTER, TAKE A LOOK, MAKE SURE WE'RE PURCHASING QUALITY PLANT MATERIALS.

IF, HOWEVER, WE GET HOME AND WE TAKE A LOOK AND THEN WE REALIZE THAT WE GOT IT INFESTED, THEN WE NEED TO TAKE THOSE PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES BEFORE WE INTRODUCE IT INTO THE GARDEN.

SO WHETHER YOU DECIDE TO, YOU KNOW, STRONG STREAM OF WATER, USE INSECTICIDAL SOAP, MAYBE SOME NEEM OIL, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES TO GET THOSE APHIDS UNDER CONTROL.

BUT WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE OUR TIME AND CHECK THOSE PLANTS OUT AT THE NURSERY, THE GARDEN CENTER, BEFORE WE GO AHEAD AND BRING THEM HOME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THOSE, OTHER THAN UNLEASH APHIDS ALL OVER OUR BUILDING?

>> HAVEN'T DECIDED YET.

THEY'RE PRETTY INFESTED.

SO I HATE TO THROW THEM AWAY, BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, ELIZABETH.

ROCH, YOU GET THE FIRST ROUND OF PICTURE QUESTIONS.

THIS IS A PAPILLION VIEWER THAT SAYS THIS IS THE WEED THAT WON'T GO AWAY.

THEY TRIED EVERYTHING.

IT WILL NOT GO AWAY.

IT'S IN A HEAVILY SHADED AREA NEXT TO THE HOUSE.

SPREADS EASILY.

DOES NOT HAVE A VERY DEEP ROOT SYSTEM.

THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY YOUNGSTERS.

>> YEAH, AND THAT'S A DAY FLOWER, COMMELINA I BELIEVE IS THE GENUS NAME ON THAT.

AND IT'S AN ANNUAL, AND IT CAN BE VERY PROLIFIC, PRODUCES A LOT OF SEED, AND THE SEED PRETTY MUCH GOES ANYWHERE.

IT'S ALSO A MONOCOT.

IT HAS PARALLEL LEAFINATION.

IT LOOKS LIKE A DICOT WEED.

WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS PEOPLE OFTEN WILL GET YOU KNOW SOMETHING THAT HAS 2,4-D OR TRICLOPYR OR SOMETHING WE WOULD CONSIDER TRADITIONALLY HERBICIDES FOR BROAD LEAF WEEDS, AND THEY START SPRAYING AWAY, AND IT REALLY DOESN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT'S A MONOCOT.

SOME OF THE NUTSEDGE PRODUCTS WILL WORK ON IT, BUT NOT VERY WELL.

AND SO REALLY IT NEEDS TO BE VERY TARGETED APPLICATIONS OF SOMETHING LIKE GLYPHOSATE, OR ANY OTHER ROUNDUP PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN GLYPHOSATE WOULD PROBABLY BE YOUR BEST BET.

IF IT'S IN AND AROUND ANOTHER PLANT MATERIAL, IT'S GOING TO BE A STRUGGLE.

>> AND IT -- I MEAN IT'S ANNUAL, RIGHT?

>> RIGHT.

>> HERE IT COMES EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

>> AND THE -- THANK YOU, KIM.

YOU JOGGED MY MEMORY ON PURPOSE THERE.

THE PRE-EMERGENTS DON'T WORK VERY EFFECTIVELY ON IT, EITHER.

>> YEAH, ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS SEWARD.

SHE HAS A COUPLE PICTURES.

ONE IS WHAT SHE IS CALLING THIS MESS, AND THE SECOND IS A LITTLE BIT CLOSER UP.

SHE SAID SHE DOES PULL IT, BUT IT'S HARD TO GET ALL OF IT.

>> THAT'S COMMON CHICKWEED.

THE LITTLE WHITE FLOWERS, DEAD GIVEAWAY.

SHE HAS ABOUT THE HEALTHIEST STAND OF COMMON CHICKWEED I'VE SEEN A VIEWER EVER PRESENT TO US.

WE HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE NODDING THEIR HEADS.

THAT'S NOT ANYTHING TO BE REAL PROUD OF, BUT IT'S A PROLIFIC SEED PRODUCER.

IT'S A WINTER ANNUAL.

SO ONCE AGAIN, STRATEGICALLY YOU CAN'T CONTROL IT BY LOOKING AT IT NOW.

YOU CAN CERTAINLY SPRAY IT AND IT WOULD BE REVENGE SPRAY, BUT IT'S ALREADY GETTING READY TO SEED AND SPREAD THAT SEED.

IT'S REALLY A FALL APPLICATION, AT LEAST IN THE GARDEN WITH SOMETHING LIKE PREEN, OR PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN THE SAME ACTIVE INGREDIENT IN PREEN.

THAT WILL DO A GOOD JOB.

THIS ONE GERMINATES RELATIVELY EARLY IN THE FALL, SO YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO PUT THAT PREEN DOWN AROUND SEPTEMBER WITH SECOND APPLICATION LATER IN THE YEAR.

THEY CERTAINLY CAN TRY TO PULL IT UP, AND AT AS SHE SAID, IT WILL LEAVE LITTLE SEGMENTS BEHIND AND THOSE SEGMENTS CAN CONTINUE TO PROPAGATE.

SO PRE-EMERGENCE IN THE FALL, NOT THE SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS A LINCOLN VIEWER, SAYS THIS WEED IS ALL OVER IN PART SHADE TURF, AND NOW IN THE SIDEWALK CRACKS AND ALL OVER IN THE GARDEN.

WHAT IS THIS AND HOW TO GET RID OF IT?

>> IT'S CORN SPEEDWELL.

AND MUCH LIKE THE COMMON CHICKWEED, IT'S A WINTER ANNUAL, AND IT GERMINATES A TAD LATER THAN NORMALLY YOUR COMMON CHICKWEED WOULD.

BUT ONCE AGAIN, IN THE GARDEN, THE PREEN-TYPE PRODUCTS.

AND IF YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR LAWN, USUALLY MOWING PRETTY MUCH STIFLES IT.

BUT IF YOU STILL HAVE IT, CONSIDER A FALL APPLICATION OF A SCOTTS PENDIMETHALIN-BASED PRODUCT.

>> PENDIMETHALIN OR PRODIAMINE-BASED PRODUCT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU READY?

>> I'M READY TONIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AN ADAMS VIEWER.

THEY HAVE TEN TREES, VARIOUS KINDS, BROWN SPOTS, BROWNING LEAVES.

EVEN THE NEW BABY LEAVES ARE SPOTTING.

THEY DO LIVE ON AN ACREAGE.

THEY'VE BEEN WATERING.

THEY HAVE FRESH MULCH, FRESH SOIL.

SHE SAYS ALL THE TREES ARE ONLY A COUPLE YEARS OLD, SO THEY'RE DINKY.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE?

>> AND IT'S DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES ARE ALL HAVING SPOTS, WHICH MADE ME REALLY QUESTION A LOT OF OUR PATHOGENS DON'T GO TO MANY DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TREES.

THEY'RE FAIRLY SPECIFIC.

SOME OF THE DARK SPOTS WE COULD BE LOOKING AT ANTHRACNOSE ON SOME OF THESE, PARTICULARLY HACKBERRY.

THIS OTHER ONE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE TREE IS.

BUT AGAIN, WITH ALL THOSE TREES, I THINK IT WOULD BE REALLY UNUSUAL THAT IT WOULD BE THE SAME DISEASE ACROSS ALL OF THEM, KIM.

I'M WONDERING ABOUT SOME SORT OF OTHER INJURY, OR IF EACH TREE ACTUALLY HAS A DIFFERENT DISEASE.

WE REALLY WANT TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT.

>> ELIZABETH, I THINK -- THAT'S ONE OF THE PAIRS, OF COURSE THERE ARE -- >> THEY'RE NOTORIOUS FOR GETTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEAF SPOTS.

THEY CAN GET SCAB ALSO, LIKE WE SHOWED EARLIER WITH OUR FLOWERING CRAB.

SO DEPENDING ON DIFFERENT SCENARIOS HERE, COULD BE SEVERAL DIFFERENT DISEASES.

BUT IT REALLY MAKES ME QUESTION WHEN THEY ALL HAVE IT.

>> KEEP THEM ALL HEALTHY.

>> I WOULD AVOID -- IF THEY'RE SMALL, JUST AVOID OVERHEAD IRRIGATION.

IF IT RAINS A LOT, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.

BUT JUST TAKING GENERAL PRECAUTIONS, KEEP THEM HEALTHY AND JUST KIND OF WATCH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS, IS WHAT I WOULD DO ON THIS.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND A FUNGICIDE IN THIS CASE.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO HAS 2-YEAR-OLD, SIX FOOT TALL MEDLAR TREES, WHICH IS VERY INTERESTING.

WE NEVER HAD ANYBODY SEND US PICTURES OF MEDLAR.

FEW BROWN SPOTS ON THE LEAVES, NO EVIDENCE OF INFESTATION, OTHERWISE PRETTY HEALTHY LOOKING.

WHAT DO WE THINK?

>> APPRECIATE THIS QUESTION BECAUSE MEDLARS ARE REALLY NEAT FRUIT.

READ QUITE A BIT ABOUT IT TO LOOK INTO IT.

I DON'T BELIEVE THIS IS A DISEASE, ACTUALLY.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY THERE IS SEVERAL DAMAGE POINTS ON THE LEAVES AND A COUPLE SPECS ON THERE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN MEDLAR DIRECTLY, DIDN'T KNOW, BUT A LOT OF TIMES PLANTS WILL GET RED DISCOLORATION JUST FROM PHYSICAL INJURY.

I WOULD SIMPLY WATCH THIS ONE CAREFULLY, AND JUST SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A DISEASE.

I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

>> ARE IF IT SHOWS ANY MORE, SEND US -- >> THEN SEND ANOTHER PICTURE AT THAT POINT.

BUT REALLY, IT'S A SMALLER PLANT THAT'S GOT GOOD AIR CIRCULATION, IT'S GOT VERY LIMITED DISEASE DEVELOPMENT, IF IT IS A FOLIAR.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE IS, THIS VIEWER SAYS THIS IS ALL OVER IN PLATTSMOUTH, NEBRASKA CITY, LINCOLN, INVASIVE EUROPEAN BUCKTHORN LOOKS LIKE THIS.

WHAT IS IT?

AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?

>> THIS IS AWESOME, BECAUSE BUCKTHORN HISTORICALLY THERE WERE ERADICATION PROGRAMS FOR BUCKTHORN BECAUSE IT GOES TO CROWN RUST IN SOME OF OUR CEREAL CROPS.

AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS WITH THE ALTERNATE HOST ON THIS, BECAUSE ALL OF OUR RUST CYCLE, JUST LIKE WE SEE CEDAR APPLE RUST THAT WILL CYCLE FROM THE CEDAR TREE TO THE APPLE TREE, WITH BUCKTHORN SOME OF THE HOSTS CAN BE BLUEGRASS AND RYE GRASS.

SO YOU CAN'T REALLY GET RID OF THE HOST, UNLESS WE WANT TO GET AWAY FROM GROWING A FESCUE GUY, SO MAYBE WE WILL BE OKAY.

BUT THAT'S THE HOST.

I HAD NEVER REALLY FOLLOWED BUCKTHORN RUST UP CAREFULLY, AND DID SOME READING ABOUT THAT.

BUT YES, SOME OF OUR COMMON TURF SPECIES CAN BE ALTERNATE HOSTS.

IT'S NOT SURPRISING TO SEE THAT THAT IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

>> YET ONE MORE REASON TO GET RID OF EUROPEAN BUCKTHORN, IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

>> OR BLUEGRASS.

>> THEY DON'T -- I MEAN, ONCE AGAIN, RUST IS SUCH A SEVERE PROBLEM IN OUR CEREAL GRAINS.

AND I'M NOT SUGGESTING WE GET RID OF ALL -- ALL RYE GRASS WOULD BE FINE.

RYE GRASS PRETTY MUCH GETS RID OF ITSELF.

BLUEGRASS IS A GOOD TURF FOR NEBRASKA, BUT IT DOES, SOME OF THE OLDER VARIETIES ARE DEFINITELY RUST CARRIERS.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR WHEAT CROP, SO THAT IS -- IT'S CROWN RUST ON BARLEY AND OATS.

>> THERE WE GO.

ALL RIGHT.

ELIZABETH, THIS IS BAD TREE NIGHT, SO THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

TWO PICTURES, THE FIRST ONE IS SHE HAD COLUMNAR WHITE PINE AND COLUMNAR BLUE SPRUCE PLANTED LAST YEAR IN THE AUGUST HEAT.

SOIL IS CLAY.

SHE KEPT THEM WATERED.

THEY CROAKED.

THEY'RE BEING REPLANTED THIS SPRING.

SHE WONDERS HOW SHE CAN ENSURE THE SUCCESS.

SHE IS ASKING ABOUT SOIL AMENDMENTS, ROOT STARTS, WHAT CAN SHE DO.

>> SO WE REALLY DON'T NEED THOSE SOIL AMENDMENTS OR ROOT STARTERS OR THINGS LIKE THAT FOR TREES.

TREES NORMALLY WILL TAKE OFF ON THEIR OWN.

THE FIRST QUESTION I WOULD HAVE IS IT BALLED IN BURLAPPED, WAS IT CONTAINERIZED, WHAT DID THE ROOT SYSTEM LOOK LIKE.

AND THEN WELL WATERED, WHAT DID WELL WATERED MEAN?

DOES WELL WATERED MEAN WE WATERED IT GOOD FOR A WEEK?

DOES IT MEAN WE WATERED IT GOOD FOR A MONTH?

IF WE THINK ABOUT LAST FALL, WE WERE VERY DRY ACROSS THE STATE.

SO MAKING SURE THEY'RE WELL WATERED, AND ESPECIALLY THE EVERGREEN, MAKING SURE IT WAS WELL WATERED THROUGHOUT THE WINTER, AS WELL.

SO USUALLY A GOOD RULE OF THUMB, A GALLON OF WATER PER INCH OF CALIPER, EVERY DAY FOR TWO WEEKS, EVERY OTHER DAY FOR TWO WEEKS, AND THEN WE SHOOT FOR ABOUT AN INCH OF SUPPLEMENTAL MOISTURE A WEEK.

SO THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR BEST BET WITH THAT.

I WOULD ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT THE HOLE THAT THEY'RE PLANTED IN.

IF THE HOLE THAT THEY'RE PLANTED IN WAS IN CLAY, AND IT GLAZED OVER ON THEM, YOU KNOW, WE COULD HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH ROOT.

BUT JUST MAKE SURE YOU GOT HEALTHY NURSERY STOCK, AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WELL WATERED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS TWO PICTURES HERE.

THIS IS IN CONCORD, AND IT WAS PLANTED IN 2019.

THE SOIL WAS BROUGHT IN SOMEWHERE DURING CONSTRUCTION.

SHE WONDERS IS THIS A FUNGUS, IS THIS ENVIRONMENTAL, WILL NITROGEN HELP OR IS THIS A GONER.

>> YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S ANYTHING PATHOLOGICAL.

JUST BASED ON THE WINTER WE HAD AND THE AMOUNT OF WINTER DAMAGE WE HAD ON OUR EVERGREENS, WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ENVIRONMENTAL.

JUST THE WAY IT'S OUT THERE, YOU KNOW, PUTTING WATER ON IT, PUTTING NITROGEN ON IT IS NOT GOING TO HELP.

I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE LOOKING AT REPLACEMENT WITH THIS GUY.

WE COULD HAVE DONE SOME WINTER WATERING.

MAYBE THAT WOULD HAVE HELPED.

BUT YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT SPECIES OF PINE WE HAVE AND LOCATION, ENVIRONMENTAL CAN PLAY A BIG ROLE IN THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR NEXT ONE IS A MIDTOWN OMAHA VIEWER.

THE ARBORVITAE HAS NOT BOUNCED BACK.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF SHE SHOULD TRIM IT OR LEAVE IT ALONE AT THIS POINT.

>> YOU KNOW, WITH ARBORVITAE, I JUST GO AHEAD AND LEAVE IT.

IT'S NOT BROWN.

IT LOOKS HEALTHY.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND LEAVE IT.

UNLIKE SOME OF THE OTHER EVERGREENS WE HAVE ACROSS THE STATE, THIS GUY STILL LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.

>> THANKS, ELIZABETH.

WE SAID WE WOULD BE FOCUSING ON RAISED BEDS LAST WEEK.

WE'’RE GOING TO TAKE A DIFFERENT DIRECTION TONIGHT, BECAUSE WE CAN DO THAT WHEN WE HAVE SOMETHING WE NEED TO TELL YOU.

EACH WEEK WE SHOW YOU OUR PROGRESS OUT AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

EVEN THOUGH THE WEATHER IS WARMING UP, WE HAVEN'’T PLANTED MUCH YET.

FOR OUR FIRST FEATURE, TERRI JAMES EXPLAINS THAT PART OF THE PROCESS OF PLANTING IS GETTING OUR PLANTS OUT OF THE GREENHOUSE AND HARDENING THEM OFF.

HERE'’S TERRI TO TELL US MORE.

♪ >> FOR SEVERAL WEEKS WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, THE PLANTS THAT WERE IN THE GREENHOUSE, WAITING TO BE TAKEN OUT TO HARDEN OFF.

WELL, THE TIME HAS FINALLY COME.

THE WEATHER IS COOPERATING.

AND IT'S TIME TO GET THESE PLANTS OUT, HARDENED OFF AND PLANTED IN THE GARDEN.

BUT WE HAD TO HAVE A FEW EXTRA STEPS THIS YEAR BECAUSE THESE PLANTS HAVE BEEN DOING SO FANTASTICALLY IN THE GREENHOUSE.

THE FIRST THING WE HAD TO DO WAS THESE PLANTS HAVE GROWN UP SO QUICK AND SO WONDERFULLY, AND WE WERE REALLY EXCITED TO GET THE 2021 GARDENING SEASON STARTED.

A LOT OF THEM HAVE OUTGROWN SOME OF THEIR CONTAINERS.

SO IN ORDER FOR THEM TO KEEP GROWING AND DOING WELL, WE ACTUALLY TRANSPLANTED THEM UP INTO BIGGER CONTAINERS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ROOTS ARE A LITTLE ROOT BOUND, SO THAT WAS WHY WE MOVED THEM UP INTO BIGGER CONTAINERS.

WE WERE ACTUALLY HAVING TO WATER THEM ALMOST TWICE A DAY IN THIS GREENHOUSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE GREENHOUSE WAS WARMER.

THE NEXT THING WE'VE HAD TO DO WAS PINCH BACK A LOT OF THE PLANTS.

UNDERNEATH THE LIGHTS WITH THE EXTRA FERTILIZER THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVING THEM, THEY REALLY DONE WELL.

SO A LOT OF THE FLOWERS WERE STARTING TO PUT THEIR FLOWERS ON, FLOWER BUDS ON, SO WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD TO GO BACK AND PINCH THEM BACK.

PINCHING THEM BACK IS REALLY A GOOD THING.

IT SLOWS THE GROWTH OF THEM.

PUSHES BACK THE FLOWER TIME ON THEM, MAKES THEM A LOT MORE BUSHY.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY MORE ROBUST AND BEAUTIFUL PLANT WHEN YOU MOVE THEM OUT INTO YOUR GARDEN.

AFTER WE'VE TRANSPLANTED THEM AND PINCHED THEM BACK, THEY'RE NOW READY TO HARDEN OFF.

AS I SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THE RIGHT TIME, AND THE RIGHT TIME HAS FINALLY COME.

THOSE EVENING TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE ABOVE 40 DEGREES NOW, SO NOW IS TIME TO HARDEN OFF.

TO HARDEN OFF YOUR PLANTS, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A PROCESS.

TAKES ABOUT SEVEN TO TEN DAYS.

AND WHAT YOU'RE REALLY DOING IS YOU'RE STRENGTHENING THESE PLANTS TO GET USED TO BEING OUTDOORS.

THEY'VE BEEN BABIED IN THIS GREENHOUSE.

IT'S BEEN 75 PLUS DEGREES IN HERE.

WE'VE GIVEN THEM WATER EVERY DAY.

WE'VE CARED FOR THEM EVERY DAY.

AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD WIND BLOWING ON THEM LIKE THEY WILL BE OUTSIDE.

SO WE NEED TO TOUGHEN THEM UP AND GET THEM READY TO MOVE OUTDOORS.

WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM IN A SHADY AREA SO THEY GET USED TO THE SUN AND THE WIND.

THEIR CUTICLES, THE LEAVES AND STUFF ARE GOING TO GET HARDER, MORE WAXY, SO THEY'RE GOING TO LOSE LESS WATER ONCE THEY DO THIS.

THEIR STEMS BEING BLOWN IN THE WIND ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO GET TOUGHER AND BE MUCH MORE SUPPORTIVE WHEN WE PLANT THEM IN THE GROUND.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE HARDEN THEM OFF.

FOR YOU, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT SMALLER QUANTITY, SO MOVING THEM IN AND OUT WOULD BE YOUR BEST BET.

FOR US, WE'RE GOING TO KEEP THEM IN A VERY SHADY AREA AND JUST MOVE THEM OUT ONCE AND LET THEM HARDEN OFF OVER THE NEXT SEVEN TO TEN DAYS.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GREENHOUSE.

AND WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE YOU SEE THE PLANTS AND CHECK OUT THE GARDEN.

>> IF YOU'’VE BEEN ITCHING TO GET OUT THERE AND TAKE AHOLD OF THESE TIPS, GET THEM ACCUSTOMED TO THE OUTDOOR CONDITIONS BEFORE YOU PLANT THEM, OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO BE SORRY.

ALL RIGHT.

ROCH, THIS IS A SHUBERT, NEBRASKA VIEWER.

WANTS TO KNOW IF WE CAN IDENTIFY THIS WEED, VINES IN AND AROUND THE SPIREA OVERTAKES THEM AND THEY WANT TO GET RID OF IT.

>> YEAH, THIS IS VIRGINIA CREEPER.

AND VIRGINIA CREEPER IS VERY DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF.

IT'S WOODY.

IT DOES EXACTLY -- VERY TENACIOUS.

ACTUALLY, YOU CAN DO A COUPLE THINGS, BUT IT'S ALWAYS -- SEEMS TO BE STRANGLING A PLANT VERY MUCH LIKE IT, THAT YOU CAN'T SPRAY ANY OF THE POISON IVY TYPE KILLERS.

BUT YOU CAN CUT IT AT THE BASE.

THIS IS FAIRLY LABOR-INTENSIVE.

CUT IT AT THE BASE AND PAINT ANY LIKE TRICLOPYR OR 2,4-D CONTAINING PRODUCTS PHYSICALLY ON THE CUT STEM IMMEDIATELY AFTER CUTTING, AND IT WILL DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB CONTROLLING IT.

AND YOU HAVE TO PHYSICALLY REMOVE THE REST OF IT AS IT DIES OUT.

BUT WE'RE TALKING VIRGINIA CREEPER CAN BE VERY ROBUST AND SPREAD EVERYWHERE, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO A LOT OF THIS.

I KNOW IT'S LABOR-INTENSIVE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A SELECTIVE MEANS OF GETTING RID OF VIRGINIA CREEPER.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE IS A MILLARD VIEWER, HAS -- THE MOCK STRAWBERRY HAS INVADED THE IVY, AND HE AND WANTS TO KILL THE MOCK STRAWBERRY AND NOT KILL THE IVY.

>> IF HE OR SHE CAN FIGURE THAT OUT, THEN HE DEFINITELY HAS SOMETHING THEY CAN SELL, BECAUSE THAT IS NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE.

THEY'RE BOTH VERY SIMILAR PLANT MATERIAL.

I'VE STRUGGLED IN THAT PICTURE TO SUGGEST THAT THEY USE THE GLOVE OF DEATH, WHERE YOU PUT ON A COTTON GLOVE -- PUT ON A RUBBER GLOVE, THEN YOU PUT ON A COTTON GLOVE AND SPRAY WITH A NON-SELECTIVE LIKE ROUNDUP AND JUST WIPE IT ON THE LEAVES, BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH INTIMATE CONTACT I WORRY ABOUT TRANSFERRING SOME OF THAT GLYPHOSATE ONTO DESIRABLE IVY.

THE NICE THING IS IVY IS PRETTY TENACIOUS AND CAN PROBABLY TAKE A SMALL DOSE OF GLYPHOSATE.

MAYBE THAT IS THE WAY TO DO IT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPRAY OVER THE TOP OF THAT AND NOT EXPECT TO CONTROL THE DESIRABLE AND UNDESIRABLE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THIS IS LOREN A NORTHWEST KANSAS VIEWER.

THIS CRABAPPLE HAS ALWAYS HAD LEAVES LIKE THIS.

IS IT A VARIETY OR IS SOMETHING WRONG?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WHEN I LOOK AT THAT AT FIRST, I SAW SOME THINGS THAT I THOUGHT MAYBE LOOKED LIKE SCAB THAT WE SHOWED EARLIER.

BUT WHEN I SEE THE YELLOWING LEAVES AT THE BASE, IT MADE ME WONDER IN NORTHWEST KANSAS IF WE WEREN'T LOOKING AT MAYBE IRON DEFICIENCY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO THAT SOUND REASONABLE ON THAT?

>> YUP.

>> I WAS THINKING IT WAS THE TREE UP THE BLOCK FROM WHERE I LIVE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS THIS IS A SERGEANT CRABAPPLE, THE SHRUB FORM, HAS SOME BRANCHES STARTING TO LOOK LIKE THIS.

IT'S OLD, IN GOOD SOIL.

>> WHERE THEY SAID OLDER PLANT, SO WHEN YOU SEE BRANCHES LIKE THIS WITH THE TIPS STARTING TO TURN AND THE LEAVES ARE BROWN AND YOU SEE HOW THEY'RE YELLOW ON THE EDGE, LOT OF TIMES THIS INDICATES SOME SORT OF DAMAGE TO THAT BRANCH.

SO IF YOU FOLLOW THAT DOWN, YOU PROBABLY WILL FIND SOME DISTORTED GROWTH, CANKER, CRACK, SOMETHING, THAT IS EVENTUALLY GOING TO MEAN THAT LIMB OR BRANCH IS GOING TO BE DEAD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR NEXT ONE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH EITHER ONE OF THOSE.

>> NICE.

>> LOTS OF PICTURES OF THIS.

THIS IS OMAHA.

WHITE SUBSTANCE ON THE TURF, NORTH AREA, DOESN'T RINSE OFF.

>> ANOTHER REASON TO GET RID OF BLUEGRASS.

>> THEY -- BUT THIS -- HE ALSO WATERS QUITE A BIT, AND IT'S FERTILIZED AND HE CUTS IT AT 3 TO 3 1/2 INCHES.

>> HE'S CUTTING HIGHER, SO THAT'S GOOD.

THAT'S ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TALLER HEIGHT SO YOU GET GOOD ROOTING.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS USUALLY MORE OF A PROBLEM IN SHADE.

IT'S POWDERY MILDEW.

ONE OF THE THINGS -- A COUPLE THINS THAT OTHERWISE CULTURAL MANAGEMENT.

IN SHADE AREAS, YOU CAN HIGHER NITROGEN RATES CAN INCREASE THIS.

ONE OF THE THINGS THEY TALK ABOUT IS REDUCING NITROGEN IN YOUR SHADY AREAS SO YOU'RE NOT FAVORING THAT DISEASE, AS WELL.

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO INCREASE LIGHT PENETRATION.

IF YOU GOT DENSE AREA WITH TREES, IF YOU CAN THIN A CANOPY UP IN THAT SPACE, ANYTHING IN THERE.

AND ALSO CULTIVAR SELECTIONS.

SO WHEN YOU'RE RESEEDING, TRYING TO SELECT SOMETHING THAT HAS MORE POWDERY MILDEW RESISTANCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES HERE OF JAPANESE MAPLES.

THEY ARE APPARENTLY THE CRIMSON QUEEN TYPE IN FREMONT.

ONE HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF NEW GROWTH.

THE OTHER ONE NOT IN THE CENTER.

ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE OR IS THIS A PURCHASE OPPORTUNITY?

>> THAT IS A FORMER JAPANESE MAPLE, AND IT WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GO AHEAD AND TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT OR TO TRY A NEWER ONE.

>> EXACTLY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR NEXT COUPLE OF PICTURES, THIS IS A BIG HONEYLOCUST.

THEY LOST THE MAIN LEADER, AND IT WAS A CANKER.

THEY TRIED TO CUT BELOW THE CANKER, BUT THEY STILL HAVE ONE DEAD BRANCH GOING THROUGH IT.

THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO ESTABLISH A NEW LEADER AND WHICH BRANCH SHOULD THEY ACTUALLY TRY TO GET TO BE THE LEADER.

>> SO IDEALLY YOU WANT THE NEXT TALLEST BRANCH NEAR THE TOP TO BE THE LEADER.

AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, THE ONE THAT WANTS TO BE THE LEADER IS NEAR THE BASE.

SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO HEAD BACK OR CUT BACK THAT LOWEST MOST BRANCH THAT IS KIND OF SHOOTING OFF TO THE SIDE THERE, AT LEAST BY A THIRD, SO THE NEXT BRANCH UNION.

AND THEN WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE ALSO IS HEAD BACK A LITTLE BIT, SO THAT WAY THE NEXT CLOSEST BUD TO THE TOP GETS THE DOMINANCE THAT WAY.

BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ONE WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK REALLY CLOSELY AT THE BRANCHING STRUCTURE TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE IS GOING TO BE THE NEXT TOP ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> JUST TO ADD ON THAT, IF THEY'RE STRUGGLING WITH CANKER ON HONEYLOCUST THAT EARLY IN A SMALL TREE, THEY'RE REALLY GOING TO WATCH THAT BECAUSE ANY NEW CANKERS THEY NEED TO PRUNE OUT RIGHT AWAY.

HONEYLOCUST IS REALLY SUSCEPTIBLE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> OUR FIRST FEATURE TONIGHT SHOWED US THAT WE HAVEN'’T PLANTED MUCH YET.

BUT THINGS ARE DEVELOPING QUICKLY AS THE WEATHER IS FINALLY COOPERATING HERE IN LINCOLN.

HERE'’S TERRI TO GIVE US AN UPDATE OUT AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

♪ >> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, WE GOT A LOT OF STUFF DONE OVER THE WEEKEND, GETTING PREPPED TO START PLANTING HERE SOON.

ALL OF OUR BEDS ARE READY.

THEY HAVE ALL BEEN WEEDED AND THEY LOOK FANTASTIC WITH THAT NEW ORGANIC MATTER WE'VE BEEN ADDING TO IT.

OUR PRODUCTION BED IS READY TO GO.

WE GOT ANOTHER SET OF POTATOES PLANTED.

WE HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ONIONS THAT GOT PLANTED LAST WEEK, TOO.

SO OUR SPRING CROPS ARE LOOKING REALLY GOOD AND STARTING TO GET SOME FLOWERS AND BEING READY TO START HARVESTING.

THE PLANTS ARE GOING TO COME OUT OF THE GREENHOUSE THIS WEEK.

WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THOSE WARM SEASON FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN THE GROUND.

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

♪ >> WE'’RE ALL VERY EXCITED TO GET GOING AND CAN'’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT OUR GARDEN HAS IN STORE FOR US THIS YEAR.

WE NEED TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

DON'’T GO AWAY BECAUSE WE'’VE GOT THE LIGHTNING ROUND AND THE PLANT OF THE WEEK AFTER THE BREAK.

THERE'’S MUCH MORE OF "BACKYARD FARMER" RIGHT AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO "BACKYARD FARMER"!

COMING UP LATER WE'’LL BE FOCUSING ON PLANTING BARE-ROOT TREES AND SHRUBS.

REMEMBER, WE AREN'’T TAKING YOUR PHONE CALLS TONIGHT, BUT YOU CAN STILL SEND US PICTURES AND E-MAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

RIGHT NOW IT'’S TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

ELIZABETH, I'M NOT GOING TO BE KIND.

I'M GOING TO BE QUICK.

>> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FIRST ONE IS WE DON'T KNOW WHERE SHE'S FROM, BUT SHE SAYS SHE HAS SILVER MAPLE/OAK SEEDLINGS IN HER LANDSCAPE BEDS.

SHE WONDERS IF 30% VINEGAR SOLUTION WILL ACTUALLY KILL THE SEEDS.

>> NOPE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS VIEWER SPREAD PREEMERGE WHERE HE LATER THEN PLANTED TWO TOMATOES.

HE WONDERS IF THE PREEMERGE WILL KEEP THE TOMATOES FROM GROWING.

>> NO, THE TOMATOES HAVE ALREADY SPROUTED AND THEY'RE GOING AND THE PREEMERGE ISN'T GOING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A GRAND ISLAND VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF ALL OF THE ROOTS ONCE THEY REMOVE A 23-YEAR-OLD RED MAPLE.

>> WAIT.

YOU CAN GRIND THE STUMP OUT.

THOSE ROOTS ARE GOING TAKE TIME TO BREAK DOWN BEFORE THEY FINALLY GIVE UP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A COZAD VIEWER WHO WANTS TO PLANT POTATOES UNDER STRAW, WANTS TO KNOW HOW DEEP UNDER THE STRAW AND DO YOU ADD MORE STRAW AFTER THEY SPROUT.

>> SO IF YOU'RE DOING THAT LAYERING TECHNIQUE THAT YOU PLANT AND THEN YOU WAIT FOR IT TO GROW UNTIL THERE IS A LITTLE SPROUT, AND THEN YOU ADD MORE ON TOP OF THAT, SO WE ALWAYS WANT A LITTLE BIT ON THE TOP GROWTH PEEKING OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ROUNDUP, WILL IT TRANSLOCATE TO ASPENS?

>> I HAVE LEARNED FROM OUR TURF GURU, HE SAYS IT IS NOT SUPPOSED TO TRANSLOCATE MORE THAN ONE NODE DOWN INTO THE SOIL.

SO TECHNICALLY ACCORDING TO ROCH, NO.

>> LET'S NOT GAMBLE ON THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU READY?

>> WOW.

>> ON THOSE ASPENS, JUST IN CASE.

>> AM I READY.

SO I -- I'M READY.

AND TONIGHT, I GOT TO DO A SHOUT OUT TO OUR FAN LARRY THAT SENT ME A LIST OF "READY AS" STATEMENTS SO I WOULD ALWAYS BE READY, AND TONIGHT I AM READY AS A WORM ON A HOOK.

>> OH, BOY.

ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

WORM, OR HOOK.

>> CATCH A WIND.

>> THIS IS A BROKEN BOW VIEWER WHO HAS TO MOVE A BED OF OLD IRIS, AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHETHER THEY SHOULD BE DUSTED FOR ROT.

>> AND I WOULD TRIM THEM UP AND REMOVE ANY DISCOLORED AND START IT, AND TREAT THEM AND REPLANT.

>> AND TREAT THEM WITH WHAT?

>> I WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT THE EXACT PRODUCT, BUT THERE ARE SOME DUST FUNGICIDES YOU CAN PUT ON IT.

>> THERE IS A NORTH PLATTE VIEWER WHO HAS A CRABAPPLE WITH FIRE BLIGHT.

WONDERS WHETHER IT WILL SPREAD TO OTHER TREES.

>> IT WILL SPREAD TO OTHER TREES IN THE SAME GROUP.

SO ANY OF YOUR FRUITING APPLES, PEARS, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS, CUT THOSE OUT SEVEN TO TEN INCHES BELOW THE AFFECTED AREA.

>> THIS VIEWER HAD CHERRY LEAF SPOT LAST YEAR.

WILL THEY GET IT AGAIN?

>> YEAH, THEY'LL GET IT AGAIN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A FREMONT VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER CEDAR APPLE RUST WILL REAPPEAR IF IT RAINS ALL WEEK, LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

>> YEAH, IT'S TOWARD THE END, BUT I THINK THEY'LL SEE IT AGAIN.

THE HORNS WILL EXPAND OUT OF THOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WHY ARE THERE STILL NO MORELS.

>> IF I KNEW THE EXACT ANSWER TO THAT, I WOULD BE A WEALTHY MAN.

THEY'RE REALLY LATE.

THEY'VE BEEN SPREAD OUT FOR PROBABLY SIX WEEKS THIS YEAR, PEOPLE FINDING THEM IN LITTLE MICRO CLIMATE POCKETS, SO KEEP LOOKING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, ROCH.

ARE YOU READY?

>> NO.

>> BILL PASSED ON THIS ONE LAST WEEK, SO YOU GET IT.

WHICH IS, HOW DO YOU KILL WILD ONION IN TURF WHEN ROUNDUP DOESN'T TOUCH IT?

>> ANYTHING CONTAINING TRICLOPYR IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAS BEEN PROVEN TO KILL WILD ONION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER HE SHOULD ADD QUINCLORAC TO THE GLYPHOSATE ON THE GLOVE OF DEATH OR WILL IT TRANSLOCATE INTO OTHER PERENNIALS.

>> IT ONLY TRANSLATES INTO WHAT YOU COME IN CONTACT WITH.

SO IT'S AN INTERESTING COMBINATION.

I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THAT COMBINATION, BUT IT WOULD SEEM REASONABLE TO EXPECT IT TO WORK HOW THEY WANT IT TO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A HASTINGS VIEWER WHO IS MOWING AT 3 1/2 TO 4 INCHES.

IS THAT ABOUT THE RIGHT HEIGHT?

>> FOR FESCUE OR BLUEGRASS?

>> FESCUE.

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE SAME VIEWER IS ALSO WATERING HALF AN INCH, THREE TIMES A WEEK.

IS THAT TOO MUCH?

>> THAT'S TOO MUCH WATER FOR FESCUE.

IT'S GOT A DEEP EXTENSIVE ROOT SYSTEM.

I KNOW WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT DRY, BUT I'VE GOT A FESCUE YARD, MUCH LIKE LOREN, AND I WATER IT FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A SUMMER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS CAMBRIDGE VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO GET THE RYE GRASS OUT OF THE BUFFALO/KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS.

>> WAIT UNTIL IT -- WELL, KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS, WAIT UNTIL IT GOES DORMANT, AND YOU CAN SPRAY GLYPHOSATE.

BUT IF THEY'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS AND THE BUFFALOGRASS, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A BIGGER PROBLEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ELIZABETH, BEAUTIFUL.

YOU WON AND YOU GOT PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

>> WE TIED.

IT WAS A THREE-WAY TIE.

>> IT WAS A THREE-WAY TIE.

BUT YES, I AM A WINNER.

>> YOU WENT WITH MY SUGGESTION, EVEN THOUGH KIM -- >> YEAH, I COULDN'T DO IT WHEN YOU'RE SITTING ACROSS FROM ME.

SO OUR PLANTS OF THE WEEK THAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE A COUPLE VERY NICE ONES, AND THESE CAME FROM THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH THE PURPLE ONE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM.

SOME OF YOU ARE GOING TO RECOGNIZE THAT THIS IS A CLEMATIS, AND IT IS A CLEMATIS BUT NOT THE CLIMBING TYPE OF CLEMATIS.

THIS IS THE DURAND CLEMATIS.

NOT CLIMBING, IT IS TECHNICALLY SPRAWLING.

SO IT'S NEAR THE GROUND AND IT'S JUST -- IT'S GOING.

I WENT AND SAW IT AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, AND IT'S REALLY AN EARLY BLOOMER.

IT'S A SHOW STOPPER, AND IT'S REALLY GOING RIGHT NOW.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR ONE FOR AN EARLY SEASON COLOR, THAT WOULD BE ONE TO TAKE A LOOK AT.

THE OTHER ONE THAT IS REALLY COOL AND IS BRIGHT PINK COLOR IS JUPITER'S BEARD.

THIS IS ONE THAT HAS LOTS OF USES.

IT CAN TAKE THE PART SHADE TO THE SUN, IT CAN TAKE MOIST TO AVERAGE SOILS.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT JUST DOES WELL IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONDITIONS.

IT DOES PRODUCE SEEDLINGS, SO THAT IS SOMETHING TO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR, BUT IT DOES HAVE AN EXTENDED FLOWERING PERIOD.

SO IT BLOOMS FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

AND I WALKED OUT IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN AND YOU SEE THIS BRIGHT PINK, AND IT IS IN BUD AND OTHER AREAS.

AND EACH ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES IS GOING TO OPEN UP INTO A FLOWER.

SO IT'S REALLY A SHOW STOPPER WHEN YOU PUT THEM BOTH TOGETHER IN THE LANDSCAPE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

EXCELLENT.

SO COME VISIT US.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FIRST ONE, ROCH, HERE IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO SAYS WHAT IS THIS IN THE FLOWER BED.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL PICTURES FROM A DIFFERENT VIEWER, ALSO IN OMAHA, WHO SAYS, "WHAT IS THIS?"

IT'S COME UP.

IT'S PRETTY.

>> YEAH, MAY BE PRETTY, BUT IT'S ALSO POISONOUS.

THIS IS POISON HEMLOCK, WHICH IS WHAT SACRATES WAS EXECUTED WITH, POISON FROM POISON HEMLOCK.

GREAT HISTORY THERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, SO THERE IS ALSO QUEEN ANN'S LACE, BUT THE FOLIAGE LOOKS DIFFERENT.

POISON HEMLOCK HAS AN INTERESTING ODOR WHEN YOU CRUSH THE LEAVES.

THEY CALL IT MOUSY.

I THINK IT'S LIKE DEAD RODENT, SO MAYBE THAT'S WHAT MOUSY IS, I'M NOT SURE.

IT HAS A STRANGE ODOR THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN QUEEN ANN'S LACE, AND IT HAS PURPLE SPOTS ON THE STEMS.

AND EVEN ON THIS SIDE STEM YOU CAN SEE PURPLE SPOTS ON THERE, AND THEN ON THE EARLIER ONES YOU SAW THAT, AS WELL.

THIS IS DEFINITELY POISON HEMLOCK.

IT CAN -- IT IS NOT EDIBLE, OBVIOUSLY.

AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S PRETTY AND DOES CREATE A REALLY SHOWY FLOWER LATER IN THE SEASON, AND THEY GET A LOT TALLER THAN QUEEN ANN'S LACE, AND THAT ONE PICTURE WAS 4 1/2, FIVE FEET TALL AND WE'RE EARLY SEASON.

THESE ARE ONES YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE HANGING OUT.

SO CUT THEM OFF AT THE BASE.

THEY'RE BIANNUAL.

LAST YEAR YOU DIDN'T SEE THEM AT ALL, AND THIS YEAR YOU SEE THIS HUMONGOUS PLANT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS ALSO AN OMAHA VIEWER.

THIS PARTICULAR WEED HAS SHOWED UP LAST YEAR AND HAS SPREAD THROUGH THE FLOWER BEDS IN THE LANDSCAPE.

WHAT'S THIS ONE?

>> THIS IS BURDOCK.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY GOT GREAT MEDICINAL PURPOSES, BUT I'M NOT SUGGESTING THE PERSON CONSUME IT.

BUT IT'S ALSO A BIANNUAL, AND NOT SURPRISING THEY SEE THIS GROWTH AFTER THEY HAD IT UP.

YOU KNOW, SPOT SPRAYING WITH A GLYPHOSATE PRODUCT OR 2,4-D, BUT IN AND AROUND THOSE ORNAMENTALS IS GOING TO BE PROBLEMATIC, BUT NOT AN EASY ONE TO GET CONTROL OF, BECAUSE IT DOES PRODUCE A LOT OF SEED, PLUS YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT.

AND BECAUSE IT'S AVAILABLE THE NEXT YEAR, YOU SEE IT WITH A VENGEANCE.

IT CAN BE HAND WEEDED, YOU HAVE TO BE REALLY JUDICIOUS ABOUT HAND WEEDING IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, LOREN.

THIS IS THREE DIFFERENT PICTURES.

A YORK VIEWER, AND ALSO ANOTHER VIEWER.

EVERY SPRING THE CLEMATIS COMES UP HEALTHY AND FLOWERS, BUT THE LEAVES TURN YELLOW.

AND THE OTHER ONE, THEY START OUT YELLOW AND THEN THEY GO A DIFFERENT COLOR.

AND I THINK YOU'RE SEEING ALL SORTS OF WEIRDNESS HERE.

>> YEAH, AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS IF YOU -- IF YOU GROW CLEMATIS VERY MUCH, YOU'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S USUALLY NOT A DISEASE.

THERE'S A FEW THINGS THAT CAN LEAD TO IT.

IF ROOT SYSTEM'S TOO WARM, MULCHING AROUND THE PLANT CAN HELP.

SOME NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES CAN BE A PROBLEM.

ELIZABETH, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD, I WOULDN'T CALL IT A DISEASE.

>> WE HAVE TWO PICTURES OF A HONEYSUCKLE, STARTED GETTING YELLOW SPOTS ON THE LEAVES A FEW DAYS AGO.

THEN THEY TURNED VERY YELLOW AND CURL.

WHAT IS THIS AND WILL IT SPREAD TO THE CLIMBING ORNAMENTAL?

>> AND THERE ARE SOME VIRUSES OF HONEYSUCKLE, BUT I REALLY QUESTION IF THIS WASN'T WHAT ELIZABETH WAS SHOWING ON THE PEPPERS WITH HONEYSUCKLE APHIDS POSSIBLY ON THE TIP.

I COULDN'T UNDERNEATH THERE IF THERE IS ANY SMALL INSECTS, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE VIEWER TO LOOK CLOSELY AT THE TIPS, MAYBE SHAKE THEM OVER A LIGHT PIECE OF PAPER, SEE IF YOU SEE INSECTS COME OUT, WOULD BE AN INDICATION OF THAT.

OTHERWISE, LIKE I SAID, THERE ARE SOME VIRUSES, BUT THAT WOULDN'T KILL THE TIP, IT WOULD USUALLY JUST HAVE THE START OF YELLOW GROWTH.

>> EXCELLENT.

OKAY, ELIZABETH.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAS THIS PARTICULAR TREE.

IT IS A CONCOLOR FIR, ON THEIR FARM, GROWING AT THE SAME RATE AND HEIGHT, BUT IT REALLY LOOKS BLAH.

PLANTED IT EIGHT YEARS AGO.

SHE DOES HAVE IT TREATED APPARENTLY WITH THEIR LAWN SERVICE EVERY YEAR, AND THEY HAVE BEEN USING AN APPLE SCAB CONTROL SPRAY.

IS THIS SCAB OR IS THIS ENVIRONMENTAL ON THIS ONE?

>> THAT IS NOT SCAB, BECAUSE CEDAR APPLE RUST LIKES CEDAR TREES.

AND AS WE TALKED ABOUT, THIS IS NOT THAT.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD BE THINKING IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL.

SO THEY'RE ON A FARMSTEAD.

ARE WE HAVING SOME WINTER INJURY?

IS THE ROOT ISSUE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE WAS IT PLANTED TOO DEEP?

THEY LEFT THE BASKET ON, THERE IS PROBABLY A FEW OTHER THINGS GOING ON, BUT WE CAN ALL AGREE THIS GUY IS STRUGGLING.

IT DOES A LITTLE BIT OF NEW GROWTH ON IT, BUT I THINK AT SOME POINT IN TIME YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THE DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT WE DECIDE TO KEEP IT.

I WOULD NOT CONTINUE TO TREAT IT, THOUGH.

>> EXACTLY.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A DORCHESTER VIEWER, COUPLE PICTURES OF THIS ONE.

THIS PINE IS A FEW YEARS OLD.

IT'S BEEN DROOPING.

THEY HAVE IT PROPPED UP TO HELP IT STAY UP.

THEY'RE WONDERING IF IT'S JUST A TYPE OR SHOULD THEY REMOVE IT.

>> SO THIS IS ONE OF THE COOL TREES OUT THERE.

THIS IS THE WEEPING WHITE PINE.

WE CALL THE ONE ON CAMPUS -- FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW WHO THAT IS, SO GO AHEAD AND LET THAT THING JUST GO AHEAD AND WEEP AND DO WHAT IT WANTS TO DO.

I WOULD TAKE AWAY THE BRACES AND THE WIRE AND THE CABLE AND EVERYTHING, AND JUST LET IT WEEP AND DO ITS FORM, BUT THIS IS THE WEEPING VARIETY OF THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GET WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY GOT, IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW -- >> SOMETIMES TAGS CAN BE WRONG.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR LOCAL NURSERY OR GARDEN CENTER PROBABLY HAS A GOOD SELECTION OF BALLED AND BURLAP OR CONTAINERIZED TREES AND SHRUBS.

YOU MIGHT CONSIDER AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT, WHICH IS BARE-ROOT PLANTS.

THEY DO HAVE CERTAIN ADVANTAGES THAT YOU MIGHT GET IN YOUR HOME LANDSCAPE.

WE TALKED ABOUT HOW TO PURCHASE PLANT TREES AND SHRUBS, AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN DO THAT IS BY SOMETHING BARE ROOT.

I LOVE TO BUY TREES LOCALLY.

SOMETIMES, HOWEVER, BUYING SOMETHING ONLINE BARE ROOT IS REALLY THE ONLY WAY TO GET SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

ANOTHER ADVANTAGE YOU HAVE OVER BARE ROOT IS THAT IT'S VERY LIGHT AND THE BALL MIGHT BE SMALLER, SO YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DIG A SMALLER HOLE.

AND YOU DO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WITH BARE-ROOT PLANT MATERIAL IT'S A REALLY SHORT SEASON.

SO YOU BUY IT FROM A REPUTABLE NURSERY.

THEY ACTUALLY PACK IT PROPERLY.

THESE BARE-ROOT PLANTS CAME REALLY PACKED WELL.

THEY WERE IN MOSS.

THEY WERE MOIST.

THEY WERE WRAPPED.

THEY DIDN'T SIT IN SHIPPING OR SIT ON A TRUCK FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

THEY CAME PROTECTED IN A BOX WITH ABSOLUTELY NO DAMAGE.

SO THE PROCESS THEN BEGINS WITH TAKING THEM OUT OF ALL OF THAT PACKING, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO SOAK THE ROOTS.

THIS IS A REALLY CRITICAL STEP WITH BARE-ROOT MATERIAL, BECAUSE IT'S DORMANT.

SO YOU SOAK IT IN WATER, NO MORE THAN 24 HOURS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THAT, THE ROOTS OF MOST PLANTS, UNLESS THEY ARE ONES THAT REALLY LOVE TO LIVE IN THE WETLAND OR THEY CAN STAND STANDING WATER, THEY ARE REALLY GOING TO BE DETERIORATING IF YOU LEAVE THEM IN THAT BUCKET TOO LONG.

THESE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN SITTING A LITTLE BIT OVER 18 HOURS, SO THAT WINDOW IS 12 TO 24 HOURS.

YOU PULL THEM OUT.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT YOU GOT TO DEAL WITH.

YOU INSPECT ANY BARE-ROOT PLANT, AS YOU ALWAYS WOULD EVEN WITH ONE THAT YOU BUY THAT'S IN A CONTAINER OR BALLED AND BURLAPPED, TO SEE IF ANYTHING IS BROKEN, ANYTHING IS DAMAGED.

THIS IS A GOOD ROOT SYSTEM.

THERE IS ONE LITTLE CRACKED ROOT IN HERE THAT I'M PROBABLY GOING TO PRUNE OFF.

YOU GOT A LOT OF ROOTS HERE BELOW THE GRAFT UNION.

SINCE THIS IS A GRAFTED TREE, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT IS WHERE IS THAT UNION SO YOU PLACE IT RIGHT.

IDEALLY YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT BARE-ROOT MATERIAL ON A NICE COOL CLOUDY DAY.

YOU'RE GOING TO DIG THAT HOLE FIRST, ESPECIALLY IF IT ISN'T CLOUDY AND COOL, SO THESE ROOTS ARE NOT EXPOSED TO THE AIR, THE WIND FOR TOO LONG.

YOU DIG THE HOLE AS WIDE AS THE ROOT SYSTEM.

YOU DIG IT IN THIS CASE AS DEEP AS THE ROOT SYSTEM, OR SLIGHTLY LESS DEEP.

AND THEN YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE IS SORT OF A LITTLE CONE OF SOIL UNDERNEATH IT.

BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS FILL THOSE VOIDS WITH SOIL ONCE YOU PLANT.

YOU PUT THAT PLANT IN THE GROUND.

YOU MAKE SURE IT'S AS LEVEL AS YOU WANT IT, UNLESS YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING THAT IS CROOKED.

YOU THEN CREATE THAT SMALL LITTLE SHALLOW SAUCER AROUND IT.

THE SAUCER, OF COURSE, IS TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THE WATER.

WE NEVER TAMP WITH OUR BOOTS OR SHOES.

WE WATER TAMP GENTLY AS WE ARE PLANNING TO BE ABLE TO FILL THAT HOLE WITH SOIL.

IN THIS CASE, THIS PROBABLY IS NOT GOING TO HAVE TO BE STAKED TO KEEP THE WIND FROM MOVING IT, BECAUSE THIS IS A PROTECTED LOCATION.

YOU MAY HAVE TO STAKE IF IT'S A LITTLE BIT LARGER.

YOU WILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU WATCH THE WATERING.

IT'S EASY TO EITHER FORGET IT AND IT GETS TOO DRY, OR GIVE THESE TREES AND SHRUBS TOO MUCH WATER EARLY IN THE SEASON.

THEN YOU JUST STAND BACK, ENJOY, WATCH IT BREAK DORMANCY, THINK ABOUT PERHAPS NEXT YEAR YOU WANT TO DO THE SAME THING AGAIN, ORDER SOME BARE-ROOT MATERIAL TO GO RIGHT ALONG WITH ALL OF THOSE LOCAL THINGS THAT YOU BUY IN THE GARDEN CENTER.

THIS IS ANOTHER WAY FOR YOU TO EXPAND YOUR CREATIVITY IN YOUR LANDSCAPE.

OF COURSE, YOU CAN GET JUST ABOUT ANYTHING FROM YOUR LOCAL GARDEN CENTER, BUT DO CHECK OUT THOSE BARE-ROOT SELECTIONS IF YOU WANT TO FIND SOMETHING REALLY UNUSUAL.

JUST DO IT RIGHT, AND THEN PLANT IT DIFFERENTLY.

ROCH, YOUR FIRST ONE IS A JOHNSON LAKE VIEWER.

WHAT IS THIS, AND HOW CAN THEY REMOVE IT?

IT'S MIXED IN WITH THEIR BLUEGRASS.

>> THIS IS ORCHARD GRASS, I'M CONFIDENT THAT IS ORCHARD GRASS BASED ON THAT PICTURE.

THANKS TO THE VIEWER FOR SENDING ONE WHERE I CAN LOOK AT THE STRUCTURES.

BUT THERE IS NO SELECTIVE CONTROL IN BLUEGRASS OR FESCUE LAWNS.

IT DOESN'T TOLERATE MOWING VERY WELL, AND DON'T LET IT GO TO SEED.

AND EVENTUALLY THE MOWING IT RECOMMENDED HEIGHTS OF 3 TO 3 1/2 INCHES SHOULD TAKE CARE OF IT.

>> THAT WAS MY MISTAKE.

THAT IS ACTUALLY LAKE OF THE OZARKS, WHICH IS STILL ORCHARD GRASS.

>> IT'S STILL ORCHARD GRASS.

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, LESS SURPRISED.

>> THERE WE GO.

>> THE NEXT ONE IS JOHNSON LAKE, AND IT IS, WHAT IS THIS, WHICH IS ALSO MIXED IN WITH THE BLUEGRASS.

>> THIS LOOKS TO ME LIKE BROME BUT IT'S NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO SEE THE LITTLE CHARACTERISTIC "W" ON THE LEAF.

I'M FAIRLY CONFIDENT THIS IS BROME GRASS, AND ONCE AGAIN DISAPPOINTINGLY WE HAVE NO SELECTIVE CONTROL IN BLUEGRASS.

>> YEAH, BROME IS AWFUL.

AND THEN YOUR FINAL ONE HERE IS EAST LINCOLN.

THIS IS -- SHE WONDERS WHETHER THIS IS A WEED OR GRASS.

IT'S GROWING IN THE FRONT LAWN, WEST FACING, AND SHE PULLED THIS OUT OF A FLOWER BED NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK.

>> THIS IS BERMUDA GRASS.

THIS IS A WEEDY GRASS.

IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE TEN WORST WEEDS IN THE WORLD.

SO NORMALLY DOESN'T GROW HERE, BUT IF THERE IS HEAT WEST SIDE, PROBABLY CLOSE TO THE CURB, THE GARDEN BED HEATS UP FASTER.

THAT'S BERMUDA GRASS.

THEY SHOULD TRY TO GET THAT OUT OF THERE AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE BY HAND PULLING OR SELECTIVE SPRAYING WITH GLYPHOSATE.

DON'T LET IT GET AWAY FROM YOU, BECAUSE IT WILL ULTIMATELY -- CAN TAKE OVER A YARD.

I'M SHOCKED THAT IT -- THAT FINE LEAF BLADE WAS ACTUALLY PRESENT IN NEBRASKA.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S BERMUDA GRASS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, LOREN.

YOUR NEXT ONE HERE THIS IS SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN VIEWER.

THESE TOMATOES HAVE BEEN IN THE GREENHOUSE.

THEY WATER WHENEVER THEY NEED IT.

CAN THEY BE SAVED AND PLANTED, OR IS THIS SOME SORT OF A TERRIBLE DISEASE?

>> WELL, IT'S A COUPLE THINGS.

IF ALL THE PLANTS IN THE GREENHOUSE LOOK LIKE THIS, I BELIEVE THEY PROBABLY EXPERIENCED THE DRIFT EVENT FROM A GROWTH REGULATOR HERBICIDE.

IF IT'S A COUPLE PLANTS THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS, IT COULD BE A SEED TRANSMITTED VIRUS.

IF YOU HAVE A COUPLE, I WOULD ROGUE THOSE OUT.

BUT I'M GUESSING BASED ON THE WAY THE LEAVES ARE CUPPED THAT IT WAS A DRIFT EVENT FROM A GROWTH REGULATOR.

THEY MAY GROW OUT OF IT, BUT THIS IS PRETTY SEVERE.

AND SO I WOULD GUESS -- AND I'M GETTING A LOT OF SHAKES "NO" FROM ROCH HERE, SO I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE YOU DO WANT TO START OVER.

BUT I WOULD STILL WAIT, BECAUSE SOMETIMES ROCH IS WRONG.

>> THAT'S TWICE TONIGHT I'VE BEEN TOLD I'VE BEEN WRONG FROM TWO PEOPLE I CONSIDER FRIENDS.

BUT ELIZABETH WAS ALSO SHAKING HER HEAD.

>> I WAS.

START OVER.

>> KEEP THEM JUST IN CASE THEY'RE BOTH WRONG.

>> IF IT SURVIVES, IT'S NOT GOING TO PRODUCE WELL.

>> AND YOU DON'T THINK IT'S EPINASTIA FROM TOO MUCH WATER.

>> NOT IF THEY'RE ALL LOOKING LIKE THAT.

>> THAT IS -- I THINK THAT'S -- >> AND THE BOTTOM LEAVES LOOK NICE, TOO.

SO THAT BOTTOM LEAF, THEY COULD COME OUT.

>> NO.

>> THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE, LOREN, IS THE UNION -- >> WRITE BACK AND TELL US HOW THEY DID.

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

AND THEY WONDER WHAT IS COMING OUT OF THEIR MAPLE TREE.

>> THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

SO WE SEE TREES DO THIS, OFTENTIMES REFER TO WET WOOD.

SOMETIMES TREES WILL HISS BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF OPENING OR CRACK.

AND YOU'LL HAVE A BACTERIA, YEAST CAN GET IN THERE, THESE TYPES OF THINGS, THAT DEVELOP ON THE SAP AND THAT OOZES OUT LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE.

IT'S USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH SOME SORT OF DAMAGE OR OPENING.

A LOT OF TIMES IN THE CROTCH OF A TREE YOU'LL SEE IT.

DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

I WOULD JUST WASH IT AWAY IF IT'S BOTHERING YOU, BUT IT'S NOT A BIG DEAL.

>> WE HAVE A LINDEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT BUBBLES ABOUT TEN FEET DOWN.

>> MANY TIMES THEY WILL BE JUST FINE.

THE ONLY ONE CAVEAT HERE WOULD BE TO WATCH THAT IF IT IS CLOSE TO THE HOUSE, IF THERE'S ANY INJURY THAT COULD BE HAZARD TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS A CENTRAL CITY VIEWER.

SAYS THE -- BLACK WORM-LIKE GROWTHS ON MANY WILD PLUM BUSHES, AND THIS IS ON THE DARK ISLAND TRAIL BETWEEN CENTRAL CITY AND MARQUETTE.

WHAT ARE THEY, IS TREATMENT NECESSARY, WOULD IT BE COST-EFFECTIVE.

THEY'RE ON SEVERAL MILES OF THE TRAIL.

>> VERY, VERY EASY TO MANAGE THIS.

BUT IT IS SOME LABOR INVOLVED.

I BROUGHT SOME ALONG.

THIS IS BLACK KNOT.

ALL OF OUR STONE FRUITS CAN GET IT.

ALL WE NEED TO DO IS PRUNE IT OUT THREE TO FIVE INCHES BELOW THE AFFECTED AREA.

ACTUALLY, ON THIS BRANCH YOU CAN EVEN SEE HOW IT'S SWOLLEN ABOUT THREE INCHES BELOW.

THAT'S WHY WE SAY THREE TO FIVE INCHES BELOW THE AFFECTED AREA, SO YOU CAN SEE THIS STARTED GROWTH WHERE THE FUNGUS IS STILL GROWING.

THIS WOULD EMERGE OUT AND PRODUCE MORE SPORES AND PRODUCE MASSES IN THE FUTURE.

BUT AGAIN, VERY EASY TO MANAGE.

IF YOU CUT THESE OUT THREE TO FIVE INCHES, YOU'LL GET RID OF IT.

>> SO YOU THINK THEY CAN DO THAT ALONG SEVERAL MILES OF THE TRAIL?

>> IF THEY'RE AMBITIOUS AND WORRIED ABOUT A TRAIL, GO FOR IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> GET THE PRUNERS OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

I THINK YOUR FIRST ONE HERE, ELIZABETH, IS GRAPEVINES.

TWO PICTURES FROM HIM.

THIS IS IN LINCOLN.

IT'S A WELL-ESTABLISHED GRAPEVINE.

HE WONDERS IF IT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC FOR THE VINE TO PUT HIS GARDEN UNDER IT, AND HE ALSO -- THIS IS THE SECOND QUESTION.

HE WANTS TO INCREASE THE HEIGHT BY PUTTING A BIGGER SECTION OF PIPE ON THE T BAR OF THE OLD CLOTHESLINE THERE, SO HE HAS MORE SPACE TO GARDEN.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO HURT THE VINE HERE?

>> SO THEY CAN GARDEN UNDERNEATH.

IF WE'RE TALKING VEGETABLE GARDENS, WE CAN GO SOME OF THE SHADE TOLERANT ONES.

THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS WHEN THE GRAPES ARE READY, USUALLY WE'RE GOING TO BE TRAIPSING THROUGH THERE.

IF YOU WANTED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LENGTH OF PIPE, YOU COULD.

MOST OF THE TIME WE CUT GRAPES BACK TO THAT MAIN CORD, AND WE DO ABOUT HANDFUL OF BUDS ON THERE.

SO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT BEFORE IT EVEN BREAKS BUD AFTER WE PRUNE, SO THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO MOVE THAT GRAPEVINE ANY MORE THAN WHAT YOU HAVE TO.

IT'S FAIRLY ESTABLISHED.

YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT DON'T BE SURPRISED IF YOU DON'T GET 100% SUCCESS OUT OF IT.

>> ALSO KIND OF WONDERING ABOUT ALL THE GROWTH AT THE BASE, AS OPPOSED TO, YOU KNOW, THE TRUE FORM OF A GRAPEVINE.

>> YEAH.

AND IDEALLY WE LIKE THOSE TO COME STRAIGHT UP.

IF YOU WANTED TO, YOU COULD LET THE OLD WOOD GO ON THAT CLOTHESLINE AND LET A NEW SHOOT COME UP AND GO AHEAD AND TRAIN THAT NEW SHOOT TO GO UP ON THAT TALLER SUPPORT, WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE, AS LONG AS IT'S THE SAME ROOT STALK.

IF IT'S NOT THE SAME ROOT STALK, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE CONTROL THE SUCKERS.

>> AND YOUR NEXT COUPLE PICTURES ARE 35-YEAR-OLD SUGAR MAPLE IN MURDOCH.

A COUPLE YEARS AGO, WAY HIGH IN THE TREE, THEY NOTICED THIS.

AND THEY'RE WONDERING IF IT'S A BURROW, OR SHOULD THEY BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

THEY COULD REMOVE THE BRANCH, OR SHOULD THEY JUST ENJOY ONE OF NATURE'S WONDERS.

>> LOREN AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND WE WERE VOTING WITH ENJOYING IT.

WHAT IT WILL DO IS IT WILL CREATE A WEAK POINT ON THAT BRANCH.

SO BE PREPARED THAT MAYBE THAT ON THAT BRANCH, IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE BURROW YOU MIGHT NEED TO CUT BACK SOME OF THAT BRANCH TO TAKE SOME WEIGHT OFF, BECAUSE IT LOOKED LIKE IT COULD HAVE POTENTIALLY BE NEAR THE HOUSE, NEAR THE DECK, THINGS LIKE THAT.

YOU HAVE THAT LIMB FAILURE, IT'S GOING TO FALL AND IT COULD BE A HAZARD.

IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS THING GROW, YOU KNOW, BY ALL MEANS JUST CUT BACK THE BRANCH A LITTLE BIT AND JUST LET IT DO ITS THING.

FIND A WOODWORKER LIKE LOREN SUGGESTED, AND LET THEM -- A VOL OR SOMETHING OUT OF IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

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