(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> BACKYARD FARMER IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) TONIGHT ON BACKYARD FARMER WILL SHOW YOU A NEBRASKA FAMILY SEED BUSINESS WHO GROW HARDY GRASSES AND ORNAMENTALS AND WILL HELP YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO WITH PRODUCE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY FLOODING.

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

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO BACKYARD FARMER.

I'M KIM TODD, AND WE'RE SO GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US FOR ANOTHER HOUR OF ANSWERING YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

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WE CAN GIVE YOU THE BEST ANSWER IF YOU TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE, AND PROVIDE AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN ABOUT YOUR GARDEN ISSUE.

WE'VE ALSO GOT LOTS OF GREAT TIPS, VIDEOS, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND YOUTUBE.

LET'S GET TO SAMPLES.

AND KYLE, WE HAVE NEVER HAD THIS ONE BEFORE.

AT LEAST PART OF IT.

>> YEAH.

SO I HAVE SOME BAT BUGS AND THEN A BED BUG FOR COMPARISON HERE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE ARE PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH WITH BED BUGS, I'VE AT LEAST HEARD OF IT, BUT MORE THAN 50% OF THE SAMPLES THAT I GET THAT I RECEIVE, THAT PEOPLE THINK ARE BED BUGS ACTUALLY TURN OUT TO BE BAT BUGS.

SO THEY'RE EXTREMELY COMMON.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF BATS HERE IN LINCOLN.

AND WHAT YOU CAN SEE IS THEY, THEY LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL.

SO WE HAVE THE BED BUG OVER HERE AND THEN THREE BAT BUGS RIGHT THERE IN A ROW.

THE ONLY REALLY WAY YOU CAN DIFFERENTIATE THEM IS BY LOOKING UNDER A MICROSCOPE.

AND THEY HAVE LONGER HAIRS.

BUT THESE FEED ONLY ON BATS WHEN BATS THOUGH, WHEN THEY.

THEY DIE OR THEY, THEY LEAVE A ROOSTING AREA.

THEY'VE BEEN ROOSTING IN AN ATTIC OR SOMETHING.

THEY WILL WANDER OFF AND FIND THEIR WAY IN HOMES AND CAN SOMETIMES BITE PEOPLE, OR JUST KIND OF SHOW UP IN UNEXPECTED PLACES.

SO ONE WAY THAT YOU CAN KIND OF HAVE AN IDEA THAT MAYBE IT'S A BAT BUG RATHER THAN A BEDBUG IS IF IT'S SHOWING UP IN REALLY WEIRD SPOTS LIKE YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR BATHROOM SINK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IF YOU EVER ENCOUNTER SOMETHING LIKE THIS, SEND IT IN AND WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT PRETTY QUICKLY.

>> GREAT.

THANKS, KYLE.

OKAY.

JEFF.

>> WELL, I BROUGHT IN BLUE GRANDMA.

SO THIS IS A NATIVE GRASS THAT DOES VERY WELL HERE IN NEBRASKA, ESPECIALLY THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

WE HAVE IT IN SEVERAL PLACES ON CAMPUS.

A NICE SUNNY SPOT.

ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED, YOU REALLY DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IRRIGATING IT.

IT TAKES CARE OF ITSELF.

IT'S A BIT OF A CLUMP GRASS, SO WE'LL MIX IT WITH BUFFALO GRASS TO KIND OF FILL IN THE GAPS, BUT REALLY DOES WELL FOR US.

AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, AS PEOPLE ARE THINKING ABOUT DOING SOME TURF RENOVATION, IF YOU HAVE A HOT SPOT, YOU KNOW THAT VERGE AREA OUT THERE IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME AND YOU'RE THINKING, I'M TIRED OF FIGHTING THAT DOGGONE FESCUE OR BLUEGRASS, MAYBE GO AHEAD AND START GETTING READY FOR THIS FOR NEXT SPRING.

>> AND IF PEOPLE WANT TO SEE IT, THEY CAN COME TO LOTS OF PLACES ON CAMPUS AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN MASS.

>> YEAH.

SO ANIMAL SCIENCE LOVE LIBRARY, TWO PLACES THAT WE HAVE SOME.

>> BACKYARD FARMER.

>> BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

WHICH IS CLOSE TO ANIMAL SCIENCE.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, MIKE, WE HAD TO MAKE YOU TAKE YOURS DOWN BECAUSE YOU BROUGHT.

>> YEAH, MY BOUQUET OF POWDERY MILDEW PEONIES HERE.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS IS AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT.

I'LL MOVE IT OVER HERE TO THIS VARIETY.

OR YOU CAN SEE THE WHITE POWDER ON THE THE LEAVES.

THAT'S NOT NORMAL.

OR MAYBE IT IS NORMAL IN THE BOEHM YARD AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

SO USUALLY IN THE FALL, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A HAND LENS OR A MAGNIFYING LENS.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE POWDER AND YOU'LL SEE THESE SMALL LITTLE BLACK CANNON BALL SHAPED SPHERES.

THOSE ARE THE STRUCTURES THAT HOLD THE SPORES.

IT'S PRETTY COOL.

KIM I THINK WE WERE CHATTING A LITTLE BIT AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

ANYWAY, WHEN I SEE THIS, IT'S TIME TO SNIP THESE DOWN FOR THE FOR THE FALL.

SO IT DOESN'T REALLY HURT THE PLANT AT THIS, THIS STAGE BECAUSE IT'S A LATE SEASON KIND OF A DEAL.

>> ALL RIGHT AND YOU'RE GOING TO BREED IT AND CALL IT FROSTY PEONY OR.

>> FROSTY PEONY.

I'M GOING TO MAKE MILLIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT DANA, ONE OF OUR GREAT FALL BLOOMING SEMI SHRUBS.

>> YES SEMI SHRUBS.

BUT THIS IS CARYOPTERIS CANADENSIS, DARK KNIGHT.

IT'S OFTEN CALLED BLUE BEARD OR BLUE MIST SPIREA EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A SPIREA.

BUT IT IS A SMALL MOUNDED SHRUB.

YOU CALL IT A SEMI-SHRUB BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE SHORT LIVED, BUT IT REALLY DOES EARN ITS KEEP THIS TIME OF YEAR.

IT'S A IT'S A LATE SEASON BUFFET FOR BUTTERFLIES AND BEES.

IT LIKES FULL SUN, YOU KNOW, IT CAN TOLERATE HEAT AND DROUGHT, BUT IT REALLY NEEDS A WELL-DRAINED SOIL.

IT CAN.

THAT CAN.

A WET WINTER SOILS CAN BE THE DEATH OF IT.

BUT YEAH, IT'S SOMETHING THAT FLOWERS ON NEW GROWTH.

IT CAN KIND OF DIE BACK IN OUR WINTER.

BUT THEN, YOU KNOW, COME SPRING OR LATE WINTER, YOU CAN JUST PRUNE IT BACK, CUT OUT THE DEAD BRANCHES OR CUT IT TO 6 TO 12IN AND IT'LL COME BACK.

BUT HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR THE POLLINATOR GARDEN.

I HAD TO KICK SOME BEES OFF TO GET IT HERE.

>> LOVE IT.

USED TO HAVE IT ALL OVER ON CAMPUS AND IT IS A LITTLE SHORT LIVED, BUT IT'S WORTH IT.

IT'S WORTH IT.

>> YEAH.

THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHTY.

LET'S GO TO QUESTIONS.

THIS IS A FUN ONE.

FIRST PICTURE FOR YOU, KYLE.

THIS IS ARE THESE EGGS.

IF SO, FOR WHAT?

ARE THEY HARMLESS OR SHOULD THEY BE AFRAID?

IT'S ON A PEPPER PLANT.

>> SO THEY'RE DEFINITELY EGGS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT EGGS ARE DIFFICULT TO BEGIN WITH.

WE CAN'T SEE A LOT OF DETAILS ON THESE.

THEY DO LOOK A LITTLE SIMILAR TO STINK BUG EGGS, BUT THAT WOULD BE VERY LARGE MASS FOR STINK BUGS.

SO IT KIND OF LEANS ME AWAY FROM THAT.

SO I'M GOING TO GUESS IT'S SOME MOTH.

IF IT WERE ME, I'D PROBABLY REMOVE IT IF THEY'RE STILL THERE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF CATERPILLARS MUNCHING ON YOUR PEPPERS, BUT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY DON'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING BEYOND THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE FROM ASHLAND.

WHAT IS THIS WHITE MARSHMALLOW STUFF ON THE BACK OF THE LEAVES OF THEIR OAK?

IT'S FALLING OFF ALL OVER EVERYTHING.

>> YEAH, THIS LOOKS LIKE A WOOLLY OAK APHID.

AND, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY NOT ANYTHING THAT'S TOO PROBLEMATIC FOR THE OAK.

IT IS KIND OF TYPICAL.

WE USUALLY SEE THEM MORE IN THE EARLIER IN THE YEAR, BUT THAT KIND OF CURLING ON THE OAK LEAF, THAT WOULD BE TYPICAL FOR THEIR FEEDING, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CAUSE A LOT OF HARM.

SO I WOULD JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, YOU CAN LEAVE THEM OR JUST SPRAY IT WITH, WITH THE HOSE.

IF YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN GET A STREAM UP THAT HIGH TO KNOCK THEM OFF AND THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO DO.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS FROM OMAHA.

THIS IS LOTS OF THESE GUYS THIS YEAR.

WHAT GOOD THINGS DO WASPS DO AND SHOULD THEY BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT?

>> NO, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE CONCERNED.

THIS IS I LOVE THESE WASPS.

THIS IS A DOUBLE-BANDED SCARLET WASP.

AND THESE ARE VERY BENEFICIAL.

THESE ACTUALLY ARE PARASITOIDS OF SCARAB GRUBS.

SO THE ONES YOU KNOW, THE WHITE GRUBS THAT ARE FEEDING IN YOUR TURF, THESE FEMALES, THEY BURROW DOWN IN THE TURF AND THEY PARALYZE A GRUB THAT'S IN THE SOIL AND THE LAY AN EGG THERE AND THE LARVA THEN FEEDS ON THAT PARALYZED WHITE GRUB.

SO THEY'RE BIOCONTROL FOR YOUR TURF.

>> I LOVE IT.

ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

THIS IS CLASSIC.

THIS IS A SILVER MAPLE.

HE TRIMMED A BRANCH AND FOUND THESE BLACK THINGS.

>> YEAH.

VERY COMMON.

THESE ARE MAPLE BLADDER GALLS.

AND THESE ARE CAUSED BY A TINY, TINY ERIOPHYID MITE.

SO EACH ONE OF THESE GALLS HAS JUST ONE LITTLE MITE IN IT, OR AT LEAST DID.

AND THEY'RE TOTALLY HARMLESS TO THE TREE.

NOT ANYTHING YOU NEED TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KYLE.

TWO PICTURES FOR YOU ON THIS ONE.

JEFF, THIS IS FROM LA VISTA.

SHE PLANTED A SMALL BLUE-EYED SPEEDWELL, WHICH SHE JUST LOVES YEARS AGO.

IT'S DONE WELL.

IT SPREADS AND NOW SHE HAS SPURGE POPPING UP IN IT.

IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE BECAUSE OF COURSE IT'S LYING UNDER THERE.

AND THAT'S WHAT'S KIND OF DRIVING HER NUTS, RIGHT?

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER SHE CAN APPLY A PRE-EMERGE IN THE SPRING THAT WOULD GET THE SPURGE, BUT NOT KEEP THE SPEEDWELL FROM SPREADING.

>> YEAH, I THINK SHE CAN.

SHE COULD USE PREEN, WHICH IS WOULD BE PERFECTLY SAFE FOR THIS.

SHE MIGHT HAVE TO DO A COUPLE APPLICATIONS, ONE EARLY IN THE SPRING AND THEN ONE A LITTLE MID-SUMMER.

BUT I THINK THE PLANTING LOOKS GREAT.

SHE'S DOING A GREAT JOB.

>> THAT'S BEAUTIFUL AS A GROUND COVER.

>> YEAH, IT REALLY IS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE FROM OTOE COUNTY.

THEY FOUND A NUMBER OF THISTLES AMONG THEIR PLUM THICKETS.

TOO MANY TO HAND CUT.

IS THERE ANY SPRAY THEY CAN USE ON THE THISTLES THAT WON'T HURT THE PLUMS?

>> WELL, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WILL KILL THE THISTLE.

THAT WON'T ALSO KILL THE PLUM.

SO.

AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT TO CUT.

I WOULD CUT THE SEED HEADS ANYWAY.

SO THEY HAVE A CORN KNIFE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I THINK I'D GO THROUGH AND AND DO THAT.

AND THEN YOU COULD CAREFULLY USE A THREE WAY HERBICIDE IN THAT AREA.

AND AGAIN, YOU'D BE HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, BE VERY CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT HITTING THE PLUMS.

BUT THEY SPELL, SPREAD THROUGH RHIZOMES.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPRAY THESE.

>> OKAY.

AND ONE PICTURE FROM ELM CREEK, JEFF.

SO THE LAWN WAS TREATED WITH A HERBICIDE.

THEY USUALLY USE THE CLIPPINGS TO MULCH.

HOW LONG DO THEY WAIT AFTER THIS APPLICATION BEFORE THEY CAN USE THE CLIPPINGS?

AND THIS IS WHERE SHE SENT US IS THE PRODUCT THAT WAS USED, RIGHT.

>> WELL, YOU WOULD WANT TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR, SO WE'D WANT TO GET THROUGH THE WINTER.

YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO USE ANY OF THAT.

AND YOU KNOW, ONE THING ABOUT IT TOO IS FOR EVERYONE, YOUR CLIPPINGS ARE WORTH 6 TO 7% NITROGEN.

SO, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A QUARTER OF YOUR NITROGEN FOR THE YEAR.

SO I REALLY SUGGEST LEAVING YOUR CLIPPINGS ON.

THERE'S REALLY NO REASON TO PICK THEM UP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JEFF.

OKAY, MIKE, TWO PICTURES HERE.

THIS IS RURAL LANCASTER COUNTY.

SHE'S HEARD OF DOLLAR SPOT, BUT WHAT ABOUT STAR FUNGUS?

>> YEAH.

>> I LOVE THE HUMOR HERE.

AND I LOVE THE BLUE SHOE.

I ACTUALLY THIS LOOKS LIKE MAYBE SOUNDS A LITTLE CRAZY, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE PYTHIUM FOLIAR BLIGHT TO ME.

PYTHIUM, UNLIKE, SAY, BROWN PATCH, REALLY TENDS TO MAT DOWN.

THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE.

IT MATS AND THE LEAVES STICK TO EACH OTHER ON THE MARGINS OF THE STAR.

SHE TAKES A LOOK.

IF THE GRASS FEELS GREASY OR LOOKS WATER SOAKED, THAT'S PROBABLY A GOOD INDICATOR.

AND YOU KNOW, IT DEPENDS.

IT LIKES WATER AND IT LIKES HEAT.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND NOTHING REALLY TO DO NOW.

>> NO, I DON'T THINK I DO.

MAYBE THAT CAN GET RAKED OUT AND AND RESEEDED.

>> OKAY.

THREE PICTURES HERE.

THIS IS NORWAY SPRUCE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD.

THEY'VE HAD DROUGHT.

THEY'VE TRIED TO DEEP WATER.

TWO WEEKS, THEY'VE NOTICED ALL THESE BROWN SPOTS, MOSTLY EAST AND NORTH ON THESE TREES.

NOT ALL OF THEM SHOWING IT.

SO THIS IS SANDY SOIL.

DOES SHE JUST CUT THIS OFF?

THIS IS HARD TO TELL, I KNOW.

>> YEAH, WELL, I'LL LEAN ON MY HORTICULTURAL FRIENDS HERE.

I THINK THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT PICTURE.

ACTUALLY.

I THINK THIS IS A COMBINATION OF THE DROUGHT AND MULTIPLE YEARS EVEN WITH THE WATERING.

SO BEING VERY CAREFUL ABOUT DEEP WATER, IT'S A SANDY SOIL.

SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT WE'VE HAD MULTIPLE YEARS OF DROUGHT.

I THINK IT'S A NEEDLE CAST THAT IS BEING EXACERBATED BY THE DROUGHT THERE.

I WOULD PRUNE THIS, PRUNE THAT OUT, AND THEN NEXT YEAR, REALLY IF IT IS A NEEDLE CAST, I'D SEND IT KYLE IN THE CLINIC AS AN EXPERT.

SO HE CAN TELL YOU THAT.

BUT TWO WELL-TIMED SPRAYS AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION HAS SOME EXCELLENT ONLINE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO HOW TO TEE THAT UP FOR THE SPRING.

IT WILL TAKE MULTIPLE YEARS.

SO LIKE JEFF SAID, PERSISTENCE WILL BE IMPORTANT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICTURES FROM BELLEVUE.

SHE HAS BLADES OF GRASS TURNING BLACK.

>> YEAH.

AND SHE'S WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING SHE NEEDS TO DO WITH THIS.

THIS IS A SLIME MOLD.

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THAT IS NEEDED HERE.

IT WILL TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, MIKE.

>> YOU BET.

>> TWO PICTURES FROM OMAHA.

OKAY.

CAN THIS VIEWER TRIM HIS BUCKTHORN BACK?

THEY'RE SHOWING THEIR AGE.

THEY'RE THINNING OUT.

WILL NEW GROWTH HAPPEN HERE?

>> SO THEY'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO THE GARAGE TO KIND OF START WITH.

BUT THEY WILL REGROW.

NOW'S NOT THE TIME.

NO SUMMER BUZZ CUT.

YOU KIND OF WANT TO WAIT TILL LATE WINTER AND THEN YOU CAN PRUNE THOSE BACK TO GREEN, THE GREEN GROWTH OR ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BOTTOM.

TAKE A THIRD OUT AND THEN JUST REPEAT EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE DWARF SPRUCE IN SOUTH LINCOLN YARD.

>> YES.

>> SO THIS IS DWARF ELBERTA DEAD BRANCHES ON ONE SIDE.

QUITE EVIDENT.

>> YEAH.

>> SHOULD THEY REMOVE THE DEAD BRANCHES OR JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.

>> I MEAN THERE'S A LITTLE BIT GOING ON.

IT'S GOT A CODOMINANT LEADER AND THEN SOME DIEBACK.

IT SEEMS FAIRLY LOCALIZED.

YOU KNOW THAT COULD BE HEAT STRESS COMPETITION WITH THE TURF REFLECTION.

YOU CAN CUT THAT OUT BUT THAT WON'T GROW BACK.

SO YOU MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE PERMANENT WINDOW DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS WATERLOO, NEBRASKA.

SHE HAS SEVEN SONS.

OOPS.

THERE'S THE BUCKTHORN AGAIN.

SO LET'S GO.

>> OKAY, THERE WE GO.

>> LET'S GO TO THE SEVEN SONS.

IT'S BEEN HEALTHY.

MANY EMPTY BRANCHES NOT FLOWERING YET.

THEY'VE HAD PROBLEMS WITH MOLES.

BUT THIS IS NOT MOLES.

>> YEAH.

THE MOLES ARE INNOCENT.

LET'S NOT BLAME THEM.

WE'VE BEEN SEEING THIS A LITTLE BIT.

SOME OF THE DIEBACK.

IT'S LIKELY SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, BELOW GROUND OR PROBABLY SOME LATE WINTER INJURY WHICH KIND OF TOOK CARE OF THE FLOWERS.

I COULDN'T SEE DOWN BELOW IF THERE'S ANY TRUNK DAMAGE.

BUT IF YOU CAN REACH IT, PRUNE IT BACK.

IF NOT, HOPE FOR NEXT YEAR THAT IT'LL FILL IN.

IF IT KEEPS HAPPENING.

I WOULD CALL AN ARBORIST, THOUGH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, DANA.

WELL, WE'RE FORTUNATE IN NEBRASKA TO HAVE SEVERAL FAMILY OWNED HORTICULTURAL BUSINESSES COMMITTING TO DO THE THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.

FOR OUR FIRST FEATURE TONIGHT, WE HIGHLIGHT STOCK SEED FARM AND SEE HOW THEY HARVEST, CLEAN AND PACKAGE SEVERAL VARIETIES OF HIGH QUALITY NATIVE GRASS SEED, WILDFLOWERS, COVER CROPS, AND MANY OTHER GREAT PRODUCTS.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN FARMING HERE FOR ABOUT 150 YEARS, AND ABOUT 70 YEARS AGO, LYLE STOCK, MY GRANDFATHER, STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH PRAIRIE GRASS.

THEN 50 YEARS AGO, MY GRANDPARENTS AND PARENTS STARTED STOCK SEED FARMS.

SHORTLY AFTER THAT, DAVE STOCK, MY FATHER STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH WILDFLOWERS, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE TODAY.

WE FARM NOW ABOUT 1500 ACRES WITH A MIXTURE OF PRAIRIE GRASSES AND WILDFLOWERS.

>> WE SPECIALIZE IN NATIVE GRASS PRODUCTION.

OUR MAIN GRASSES THAT WE GROW ARE GOING TO BE BIG BLUESTEM, LITTLE BLUESTEM, SIDE OATS, BUFFALO GRASS, SAND BLUESTEM, AND INDIAN GRASS.

AND THOSE ARE KIND OF LIKE YOUR BIG PRAIRIE GRASSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE DROUGHT TOLERANT.

AND SINCE WE'RE GROWING THEM HERE IN THIS AREA, THEY WORK GREAT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA.

SO WHEN WE START HARVEST, WE TAKE THE MACHINES OUT TO GET THE GRASS ESSENTIALLY PICKED UP OUT OF THE FIELD.

AND THEN THAT GOES THROUGH A MILLING PROCESS WHERE WE CLEAN ALL THE CHAFF, WEED SEEDS, AND OTHER MATERIALS OUT TO MAKE A NICE CLEAN PRODUCT THAT WE CAN PACKAGE AND MARKET TO OUR CUSTOMERS.

>> AFTER HARVEST WE TAKE THE SEED FROM THE FIELDS TO THE BIN.

AFTER THE SEED IS IN THE BIN AND DRIED DOWN ENOUGH TO PROCESS THROUGH THE MILL.

WE TAKE THE SEED THROUGH THE MILL AND IT'S CLEANED OF ALL CHAFF, DEAD SEED AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE DON'T WANT IN THERE TO SELL.

AFTER THAT SEED HAS BEEN PROCESSED THROUGH THE MILL, WE TAKE THE CLEAN SEED AND HAVE THAT TESTED FOR ITS PURITY AND GERMINATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE SELLING A QUALITY PRODUCT.

AFTER THAT TESTING IS DONE, WE BREAK IT DOWN INTO PACKAGING ALL THE WAY FROM 1 POUND, FOR OUR NATIVE GRASSES, ALL THE WAY UP TO 50 POUND BAGS.

THOSE CAN BE SOLD AT RETAIL ALL THE WAY UP TO THE COMMERCIAL LEVEL FOR ANYBODY'S NEED IN, IN THIS AREA.

SO SOME OF OUR GRASSES ARE CERTIFIED, SOME OF THEM ARE NOT.

IT DEPENDS ON THE VARIETY OF THE GRASS, AND IT DEPENDS ON THE FIELD THAT IT COMES OUT OF.

>> SINCE WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GROWING, HOW IT'S GROWN AND HOW IT'S GOING TO DO HERE UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, WE'RE BETTER ABLE TO SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS AND THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA WITH A PRODUCT THAT WE KNOW IS GOING TO LAST AND WORK WELL FOR THEM.

>> SO GROWING THINGS HERE GIVES THE SEED THE ABILITY TO ADAPT TO THE AREA THAT IT'S IN.

SO BECAUSE WE GROW THEM HERE, WE CAN MARKET THEM TO PEOPLE IN THIS AREA AND THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF NEBRASKA.

AND IT GIVES IT A BETTER THE SEED, A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO GROW AND THRIVE IN THIS, IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

>> THANKS TO AMY AND THE WHOLE CREW AT STOCK SEED FOR LETTING US COME IN FOR A TOUR.

IT'S REALLY COOL.

JUST FABULOUS.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S SEE, KYLE, THREE PICTURES.

SOMETHING.

THIS IS LINCOLN.

SOMETHING HAS BEEN EATING HIS ROSE BUSH LEAVES.

AND THEN HE'S WONDERING, ARE ANY OF THESE THE CULPRITS.

SO HE HAS SEEN WEBBING WHITE RESIDUE AND HOLES IN THE LEAVES.

>> OKAY, SO THIS ONE IS GEOMETRID CATERPILLAR.

AND THEN WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME PUPA THERE.

IT COULD BE FROM A, YOU KNOW, FROM A SIMILAR GEOMETRID.

IT COULD BE UNRELATED.

SOME OF THEM DO HAVE NAKED PUPAE, BUT THEY USUALLY GO IN THE SOIL.

SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT IS.

BUT SOME LEFT AND THEN THIS UNKNOWN MOTH, IT WOULDN'T BE FEEDING ON IT.

IT MIGHT BE SOME GEOMETRID DO FEED ON ROSE FAMILY, YOU KNOW, USUALLY MORE LIKE APPLES, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, BUT POSSIBLY IN THE ROSE.

SO IT'S POSSIBLE IT COULD BE CONTRIBUTING.

BUT I THINK IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, I WONDER ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THE ROSE SLUG SAWFLIES THAT KIND OF LOOKS MORE CHARACTERISTIC TO THAT TO ME.

AND THE BRISTLY ROSE SLUG SAWFLY DOES HAVE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, SO THEY COULD STILL BE ACTIVE AND FEEDING ON THAT.

SO I WOULD LOOK FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, AND CHECK THE UNDERSIDES.

THEY MIGHT ALSO BE DONE THIS TIME OF YEAR TOO.

IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT LATE, SO YOU MIGHT NOT FIND ANYTHING NOW, BUT I'D CHECK FOR THOSE EARLIER IN THE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER, NEXT YEAR TO SEE IF THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KYLE.

TWO PICTURES FROM KEARNEY.

THIS CATERPILLAR APPEARED ON A TREE IN THE BACKYARD IN EARLY AUGUST.

GOOD GUY OR BAD?

>> NEUTRAL.

I'D SAY IT'S AN AMERICAN DAGGER MOTH.

AND THEY HAVE REALLY BEAUTIFUL, INCREDIBLE CATERPILLARS HERE.

THEY THEY FEED ON A VARIETY OF HARDWOODS.

THEY'RE NOT REALLY A PEST OF ANYTHING.

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO, YOU KNOW, ANY SORT OF TREATMENT MANAGEMENT FOR IT.

BUT I WOULD RECOMMEND NOT TOUCHING IT OR ANYTHING.

THIS ONE DOESN'T HAVE ANY TOXINS OR ANYTHING IN THOSE HAIRS AND THE SPINES, BUT SOME PEOPLE DO GET KIND OF AN IRRITATION IF THEY HANDLE IT.

SO I, I WOULD JUST AVOID IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE, A MOTH GOT INTO THE HOUSE, CAPTURED IT.

SHE GOT IT BACK OUTSIDE.

>> IT'S ONE OF THE UNDERWING MOTHS.

UNFORTUNATELY, I'M NOT SURE WHICH ONE.

BUT YEAH, THESE THESE ARE REALLY VERY BEAUTIFUL MOTHS.

THEY GENERALLY THEY LAND ON TREE BARK AND THEY'RE LIKE PERFECTLY CAMOUFLAGED.

AND THEN THEY EXPOSE THOSE HIND WINGS AND IT GIVES A BEAUTIFUL FLASH OF COLOR.

AND SO REALLY, REALLY INTERESTING MOTHS, BUT GREAT.

>> THANKS, KYLE.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

JEFF.

TWO, TWO PICTURES HERE.

SO EVERY YEAR SHE HAS TO SEED UNDER THIS TREE THINNING TURF.

SHE DID AGAIN THIS YEAR.

THE GRASS CAME UP AND THEN ALL AT ONCE DISAPPEARED.

THIS IS THE WORST YEAR.

SHOULD SHE TRY TO RESEED.

AND WHEN SHE REALLY WANTS TURF UNDER HERE.

>> WELL WE'RE IN THAT RESEEDING WINDOW.

BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS MAYBE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WE NEED TO EXTEND THE MULCH BED OUT.

SHE COULD DO A GROUND COVER, SOME PERENNIALS.

SO I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO DO SOME OF THE THINGS AND, AND EVEN MAYBE DO SOME PRUNING ON THE TREE A LITTLE BIT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND RESEED A LITTLE BIT OF THE LAWN.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF A PROJECT, BUT I THINK IT'D BE A GOOD, GOOD TIME TO DO SOME OF THAT STUFF.

>> OKAY, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

WHAT KIND OF WEED IS THIS AND HOW DOES HE GET RID OF IT?

>> IT'S SMOOTH CRABGRASS SO HE CAN PULL IT.

HE CAN USE THE TERRI'S KNIFE, SHE CAN LOAN HIM HER KNIFE AND HE CAN DIG IT UP.

IF HE HAS A LOT OF THEM.

THERE'S QUINCLORAC IS THE HERBICIDE FOR THAT.

SO HE CAN, HE CAN SPRAY IT WITH THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF A PLANT THAT LOOKS LIKE A TREE.

THIS IS SPRINGFIELD HAS A LOT OF THEM ALL OVER AROUND THE YARD.

WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO WE GET RID OF IT?

>> WELL, THAT'S EASTERN RED CEDAR.

SO IT IS A TREE AND SOME MAY CONSIDER IT A WEED.

SO YOU KNOW IT'S UP TO THEM IF THEY WANT TO DIG THEM UP.

THERE'S YOU CAN CUT AND TREAT AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND YOU'LL BE DOING THAT A LOT.

BUT SO ANOTHER PROJECT, THEY CAN DO THAT ALL WINTER.

>> OKAY, MIKE, YOU HAVE FOUR PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM HASTINGS.

IT'S A SIX YEAR OLD OAK TREE.

SHE'S GUESSING OAK WILT AND WONDERING HOW TO TREAT IT.

AND WE SEE ON THIS ONE THE ONE BRANCH.

>> YEAH.

SO A COUPLE OF THOUGHTS HERE.

IT'S I THINK IT'S A BURR OAK BASED ON THE LEAF MORPHOLOGY.

AND SO THAT'S THINKING ABOUT BURR OAK BLIGHT.

BUT HONESTLY, I WOULD BE A LITTLE CONSERVATIVE ON THIS.

THERE'S A GOOD PICTURE THERE.

IF IT WERE MY TREE, I WOULD GO IN AND PRUNE OUT THAT FLAG.

IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL BRANCH.

THE REST OF THE TREE LOOKS AMAZINGLY HEALTHY.

AND THEN I WOULD ALSO ON THAT FIRST PICTURE, JUST BE GENTLE TO THE TREE, EXTEND THE MULCH APPROPRIATELY AROUND THE TREE, AND YOU CAN'T SEE IT HERE.

BUT THERE'S A LINE, MAYBE A DOG ROPE OR SOMETHING THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE TREE.

MOVE THAT TO A STAKE.

BUT IT'S A PRETTY GOOD LOOKING TREE.

AND IF SHE HAS CONCERNS, MAYBE CALL ARBORIST OUT.

AND THERE ARE SOME FUNGICIDE TREATMENTS THAT YOU CAN MAKE, BUT IT.

>> YOU DON'T THINK IT IS.

>> THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING.

I DON'T THINK IT IS A BLIGHT.

>> OKAY, GOOD.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS THIS THEY'RE KIND OF BOTH DISTANT.

AND THIS IS LINCOLN.

WHAT CAUSED THE BROWNING OF THE LAWN AND WHAT DOES SHE NEED TO DO TO TREAT.

>> YEAH.

I THINK THIS IS DOLLAR SPOT.

I THINK IT'S A FLARE UP OF A FUNGAL DISEASE CALLED DOLLAR SPOT.

IT'S CALLED DOLLAR SPOT.

BECAUSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR, THERE'S A GOOD LOOK.

SOMETIMES THOSE SPOTS CAN COALESCE.

AND.

BUT I THINK WITH THE COOL NIGHTS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE LOWER TEMPERATURE, THE LOWER HUMIDITY, I THINK THIS IS A DISEASE THAT HITS IN THE SPRING AND THE FALL.

AND I THINK IT'S JUST A FLARE UP.

YOUR YARD LOOKS FANTASTIC.

I WOULD JUST RIDE IT OUT.

DOLLAR SPOT LIKES TO GO AFTER GRASS THAT IS LOW ON THE NITROGEN SIDE.

SO YOU KNOW, WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT SEASON WHERE MAYBE A NITROGEN FERTILITY APP, BUT NOT TOO MUCH BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO IN LUSH INTO THE WINTER.

BUT THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT IS.

>> GREAT AND ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS GRETNA.

HE HAS A VERMICOMPOST FARM FOR A YEAR AND HE'S GOT RED WIGGLERS.

HE LOVES THE WIGGLERS, BUT NOW HE'S GOT THIS REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

LOOKS LIKE KELP.

>> YEAH.

YEAH.

>> BUT AND IT'S UP THE SIDE OF ONE CONTAINER.

HE'S WONDERING THAT IT'S HE SAYS IT'S SIMPLY NATURE'S WONDROUS PAGEANTRY.

IS IT?

>> WELL, YES.

IT IS.

ENJOY THE SPLENDOR.

DON'T GET RID OF IT.

IT IS A SLIME MOLD.

IT'S CALLED THE MANY HEADED SLIME MOLD.

AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT IS A SINGLE CELLED ORGANISM.

AND SOMETIMES THEY ACTUALLY YOU CAN SEE THEM PULSATE AS THEY'RE MOVING NUTRIENTS ALONG THAT NETWORK.

IT'S IN THE PLASMODIUM STAGE.

SO YEAH, THE SLIME MOLD IS UP AND MOVING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE SLIME MOLD THAT WE SAW EARLIER IN THE SHOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND WON'T HURT THE WORMS.

>> DON'T.

IT WILL NOT HURT THE WORMS.

ENJOY THE SHOW.

>> OKAY.

FROM MURRAY ON THIS ONE, DANA.

THEY LIVE ON AN ACREAGE, BORDER OF FARM FIELD, RED OAKS, YEAR AFTER YEAR, AFFECTED BY HERBICIDE AND ITS CLETHODIM.

SO WHAT ARE THE LONG TERM EFFECTS OF THAT HERBICIDE ON THE TREES?

>> SO I DON'T THINK IT'S CLETHODIM THAT'S A SELECTIVE FOR GRASSES.

I'D PROBABLY THROW THAT TO JEFF, BUT NO, IT DOES LOOK MORE LIKE A GROWTH REGULATOR, LIKE A 2,4-D OR DICAMBA.

THERE IS SOME SHININESS ON THE LEAVES THAT AGAIN, THAT IS MORE OF A KYLE QUESTION THAT I THINK.

BUT I THINK THE REAL ISSUE IS THAT YOU JUST NEED TO PRACTICE GOOD PLANT CARE TO REDUCE SOME OF THE STRESS ON THE TREE, FALL, WATERING, MULCHING, ETC.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE FROM GREENWOOD.

NORWAY SPRUCE SUDDENLY TURNED BROWN.

SHE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE HERBICIDE, BUT THE MULBERRY GROWING NEAR IT IS FINE.

IT IS CLOSE TO A LIGHT POLE >> YEAH.

AND WIRES.

>> SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT HAPPENED UNDERGROUND OR NEAR THE TRUNK.

BUT IT DOES HAVE SORT OF THAT SPIRALING PATTERN THAT SOMEWHAT MATCHES, YOU KNOW, HERBICIDE INJURY ON OUR CONIFERS BECAUSE OF THEIR VASCULATURE.

SO I CAN'T SAY THAT WITH 100% CERTAINTY, BUT THAT WOULD BE MY GUESS OR SOME UTILITY WORK WAS BEING DONE AND CUT SOME ROOTS.

BUT THIS IS A CASE OF LET'S PRUNE IT OFF AT THE GROUND.

>> OKAY.

UNFORTUNATELY.

>> I MEAN, I MEAN, YES, UNFORTUNATELY.

THANK YOU FOR THAT WORD.

>> THIS IS FUN.

SO THIS IS SOUTHEAST HOLT COUNTY.

HE PICKED THAT PUMPKIN ON AUGUST 20TH THAT WE JUST SAW.

HE HAS TWO MORE THAT ARE STARTING TO TURN COLOR PLANTED MAY 29TH.

HE DOESN'T KNOW THE VARIETY ON IT.

HE'S PEOPLE ARE SAYING IS IT EARLY FOR THE PUMPKINS TO START TURNING.

>> THAT'S ACTUALLY IT'S IT'S FEASIBLE.

RIGHT?

SO THAT WAS 80 DAYS OR SO.

AND SO YOU'VE GOT JUST AN EARLY MATURING VARIETY.

ANY OTHER FRUITS, JUST LET THEM RIPEN ON THE VINE.

AS LONG AS IT'S HEALTHY, TURN THEIR COLOR, THEY'LL GET THAT CORKY STEM AND ENJOY.

>> ENJOY.

ALL RIGHT.

GREAT.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF OUR ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS IN OUR GARDEN, BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD A GREAT YEAR FOR OUR VEGETABLES.

HERE'S TERRI WITH AN UPDATE ON OUR VEGETABLE HARVEST AT THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

OUR GARDEN IS SEMI WINDING DOWN WHEN IT COMES TO OUR PRODUCE.

A LOT OF THE SUMMER PRODUCE IS KIND OF SEEING THE END OF IT.

WE'RE SEEING SOME DISEASES ON SOME OF OUR CUCUMBERS, SO THOSE ARE COMING OUT, BUT WE ARE PUTTING SOME OF OUR FALL CROPS IN.

SO SOME OF THOSE COOLER SEASON CROPS THAT ARE REPLACING THOSE SUMMER CROPS LIKE OUR SPINACH, OUR RADISHES AND OUR LETTUCES ARE GOING IN.

SO WE WILL CONTINUE HAVING A LOT OF PRODUCE OUT OF THE GARDEN.

WE HAVE NOW FINALLY HARVESTED A BIG AMOUNT.

LAST WEEK, WE WERE ABLE TO HARVEST 100 POUNDS OF PRODUCE THAT WENT TO OUR LOCAL FOOD BANK ON SATURDAY.

SO WE'RE SUPER EXCITED THAT SOME OF THIS IS FINALLY READY TO BE HARVESTED AND ABLE TO DONATE.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING ALL THE FALL COLORS AND WHAT ELSE OUR GARDEN WILL HOLD FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.

SO JUST STOP BY THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN THIS WEEK TO CHECK IT OUT.

>> THANKS, TERRI.

KARMA LARSEN OF LINCOLN POSTED THIS WEEK'S SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION ON FACEBOOK.

SHE GIVES MINIMAL ATTENTION TO HER LAWN, PREFERRING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY OPTIONS LIKE HAND DIGGING, SPRING AND FALL FERTILIZATION WITH MILORGANITE.

SHE WANTS HER TURFGRASS TO COMPETE BETTER WITH CRABGRASS, DANDELIONS, CREEPING CHARLIE AND CLOVER.

JEFF, YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT WHAT SHE CAN DO THIS FALL?

>> WELL, THIS FALL, THE FIRST THING WE'D WANT TO DO IS RAISE THOSE LOWER DECKS UP.

SO LIKE FOUR INCHES, WHICH SEEMS A LITTLE HIGH, BUT WE WANT TO MOW IT HIGH.

THAT'LL HELP KIND OF SHADE OUT THAT, THAT CREEPING CHARLIE IN PARTICULAR.

AND THEN FOR THE CLOVER AND THE CREEPING CHARLIE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO ENHANCE THE TURF.

SO WE'RE GOING TO FERTILIZE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN MAYBE THE MILORGANITE.

SO MAYBE DO TWO TWO PASSES WITH THE MILORGANITE TO UP THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

AND IF WE'RE REALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE CREEPING CHARLIE, SHE COULD USE A WEED KILLER.

THAT'S RATHER NATURAL.

FIESTA, WHICH IS AN IRON HEDTA PRODUCT.

AND THAT WILL KIND OF HAVE TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE BOTTLE.

BUT IF YOU DO THAT, THEY'LL TAKE CARE OF THE CREEPING CHARLIE.

>> I THINK SHE'LL BE REALLY PLEASED TO HEAR ALL OF THAT, ESPECIALLY RAISING THE MOWER DECK.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JEFF.

WANT TO BE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK.

JUST ADD YOUR QUESTION AND PHOTOS IN THE COMMENTS OF ONE OF OUR FACEBOOK POSTS.

LET'S TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

COMING UP, WE'VE GOT THE LIGHTNING ROUND PLANT OF THE WEEK, AND WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) (UPBEAT MUSIC) >> WELCOME BACK TO BACKYARD FARMER.

LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL GIVE YOU TIPS ON WHAT TO DO IF YOUR PRODUCE WAS RECENTLY AFFECTED BY STORM WATER FLOODING.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN YOUR QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446, OR SEND PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU FOR A FUTURE SHOW.

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

DANA.

>> ALL RIGHT, I'M READY.

>> SWISS CHARD FOR A FALL CROP.

IS THAT OKAY OR IS THERE NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR IT?

>> GIVE IT A SHOT.

>> OKAY.

TWO OAK SAPLINGS WERE SITTING IN CONTAINERS SINCE LAST SPRING.

SHOULD THEY BE PLANTED FOR OVERWINTERING?

>> YEAH.

HEEL THEM IN.

>> OKAY.

GRETNA.

THERE IS A MAPLE WITH YELLOW LEAVES.

>> CHLOROTIC, IRON CHLOROSIS.

SO PROBABLY IF YOU'VE GOT A REALLY HEALTHY TURFGRASS, EASE UP ON THE FERTILIZATION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

CAN A BIG PRUNING FLOWERING HYDRANGEA.

CAN IT BE PRUNED.

IT'S A PANICLE HYDRANGEA ONE OF THE BIG ONES.

AND THEY WANT TO PRUNE IT RIGHT NOW.

>> LET'S LEAVE IT ALONE.

>> OKAY.

SO THEY WOULD PRUNE WHEN AS A SECOND QUESTION.

>> SORRY.

YOU COULD DO LATE WINTER PRUNING.

BUT IT'S SOME OF THOSE DON'T REALLY NEED TO BE PRUNED IN MY OPINION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A GARDENIA IS SETTING ITS BUDS, BUT THEN THE BUDS DISAPPEAR.

THIS IS OUT OF COLUMBUS.

>> YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A GARDENIA EXPERT.

>> I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ARE, BECAUSE THAT ONE FLEW AROUND.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

>> YES.

>> MIKE.

>> OKAY, KIM.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS BELLEVUE PLANTING AN OAK FROM AN ACORN.

IS THERE ANYTHING THEY SHOULD DO TO PREVENT BUR OAK BLIGHT AND OTHER ISSUES?

>> YEAH, WELL, PLANT IT IN MIND.

DIG A DEEP ENOUGH HOLE.

YOU MIGHT EVEN CONSIDER GOING TO THE NURSERY AND GETTING A MORE MATURE TREE.

BUT IF IT'S EMOTIONALLY CONNECTED TO THAT, I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT BUR OAK BLIGHT AS MUCH AS I WOULD ABOUT CAGING AROUND IT FOR THE DEER AND THE RABBITS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS PERSON CLEANS AND STERILIZED THEIR TOOLS, BUT WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER PATHOGENS WILL SPREAD ON THEIR CLOTHES.

>> PROBABLY A VERY LOW PROBABILITY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A FALL FUNGICIDE FOR BLACKSPOT ON ROSES OR JUST SANITATION?

>> I WOULD DO SANITATION.

>> WHAT TO DO WITH THE LONG GRASS CLUMP CLIPPINGS WHEN GRASS HAS BEEN TOO LONG THAT MOLDED ON TOP OF THEIR TURF?

THAT'S HEALTHY.

>> YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY A SAPROPHYTE NOT A PATHOGEN AT THAT POINT.

GET THE BLOWER, USE YOUR FOOT.

SPREAD THEM OUT THERE.

AS JEFF ALREADY MENTIONED, GREAT SOURCE OF FERTILIZER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

VERY GOOD.

JEFF, PRE-GERMINATING GRASS SEED.

HOW AND IS IT A GOOD IDEA.

>> IF YOUR SPOT TREATING SOME AREAS IN YOUR LAWN.

YEAH IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.

IT WOULD SPEED UP THE WHOLE PROCESS.

>> AND HOW DO YOU DO THAT, VERY QUICKLY?

>> VERY QUICKLY.

YOU SOAK IT FOR 24 HOURS OR SO, TAKE IT OUT, AND THEN KIND OF KEEP WETTING THE SEED OVER A PERIOD OF A FEW DAYS AND WATCH TILL YOU SEE A LITTLE RADICALS START TO COME OUT.

YOU DON'T WANT A BIG ROOT SYSTEM, AND THEN YOU CAN, YOU CAN MIX IT WITH SOMETHING LIKE SAND OR SOME SORT OF FERTILIZER, AND THEN HAND SPREAD IT IN THOSE AREAS.

>> YOU GET THREE POINTS.

SO, HE'S GOING TO USE MILORGANITE AND THEN IS WONDERING, IS THERE A PRE-EMERGE THAT HE CAN DO THIS FALL?

>> THERE'S NOT.

SO ON SOMETHING THAT'S GERMINATED.

YOU CAN'T USE A PRE-EMERGENT.

SO THAT'S THE ONE CAVEAT WITH THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ARE GRASS CLIPPINGS THE ONLY MULCH THAT LEACHES NITROGEN?

>> WELL IT'S A LIVING TISSUE SO IT PROBABLY IS.

YES.

RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YES.

YOU REALLY DO GET A LOT OF POINTS ON THAT, BECAUSE WE NEED PICTURES OR WE NEED A SEGMENT DON'T WE.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

READY KYLE.

>> I'M READY.

>> 30 MILKWEED PLANTS AND HAD MONARCHS LAYING EGGS ON ALL OF THEM BUT ONLY GOT TWO CATERPILLARS.

WHAT WOULD, WHAT HAPPENED?

>> HARD TO SAY.

THERE'S PATHOGENS AND ALSO PARASITOIDS TO CANIDS THAT WILL PARASITIZE THE CATERPILLARS, SO.

>> SOMETHING GOT THEM.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A LITTLE AND BIG WORMS.

THIS VIEWER WAS DIGGING IN THEIR GARDEN.

CAN THEY BE SUCCESSFULLY RELOCATED TO ANOTHER SPOT OF THE GARDEN?

>> YEAH, SURE.

IF YOU WANT TO.

>> IS THERE ANY WAY TO SPRAY TO AVOID INSECT DAMAGE NEXT YEAR, TO EVERY SINGLE LEAF ON THEIR HYBRID ELMS?

>> NO.

>> ASPARAGUS BEETLES.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE PUT ON THE FRONDS TO LET THE FRONDS STAND OVER WINTER BECAUSE THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL, AND THEN YOU WON'T HAVE ASPARAGUS BEETLES NEXT YEAR?

>> NO, NO, THEY'RE GOING TO DROP DOWN, I THINK, INTO THE SOIL ANYWAYS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MONSTER ANT COLONIES KEEP SHOWING UP IN SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LIKE MOUNDS.

ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT THAT.

>> THAT'S A TOUGH ONE.

TREATING THOSE IS VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

AND YOU HAVE TO REALLY KIND OF, THEY CAN HAVE EXTENSIVE COLONIES BELOW GROUND.

SO YOU'D HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY PERSISTENT AGAIN, LIKE KIND OF SOME OF THE OTHER ANSWERS EARLIER, BUT IT'S GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF WORK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU ALL.

WHO WON.

>> THREE WAY TIE, I THINK.

>> OKAY.

>> TO EVERYBODY BUT ME.

>> AGAIN.

>> SHOULD PUT IT IN FRONT OF YOU THEN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL WE ARE EXCITED TO SHOW YOU A COUPLE OF VERSATILE AND POLLINATOR FRIENDLY SELECTIONS FOR THIS WEEK'S PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

HERE'S COREY BRABEC FROM KINGHORN GARDENS TO TELL US MORE.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> TODAY I HAVE TWO EXCITING PLANTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO FEATURE FOR PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

THE FIRST ONE I'M GOING TO SHOW HERE IS CALAMINTHA NEPETA, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS LESSER CATMINT.

THIS SPECIFIC VARIETY IS KNOWN AS MONTROSE WHITE.

WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS PLANT IS IT STARTS OUT IN THE SPRING WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL MOUND OF LIGHT GREEN FOLIAGE.

IT'S VERY FRAGRANT, VERY MINTY, A LITTLE BIT LESS OBTRUSIVE OR OFFENSIVE THAN SOME OF THE OTHER TYPES OF NEPETAS.

IT THEN PUTS OUT THESE BEAUTIFUL FLOWER SPIKES AS WE MOVE INTO THE SUMMER.

IT'S HIGHLY ATTRACTIVE TO POLLINATORS LOTS OF BEES, BUTTERFLIES, OTHER WINGED INSECTS.

AND I LOVE BECAUSE IT MIXES SO WELL.

AS YOU CAN SEE WITH OTHER PLANTS, IT'S AN AIRY PLANT, ALMOST LIKE BABY'S BREATH.

AND HERE I'M FEATURING ALLIUM WINDY CITY.

THIS IS WINDY CITY WHEN IT FIRST STARTS TO BLOOM, WHEN THIS DARKER LAVENDER FLOWER.

AND THEN IT EVENTUALLY IT FADES INTO THIS LIGHTER COLOR.

AND THEN LATE SUMMER WE GET THIS BEAUTIFUL TAN SEED HEAD.

THE GREAT THING ABOUT WINDY CITY IS IT IS STERILE.

SO THERE ARE OTHER VARIETIES OF ALLIUMS, MILLENNIUM AND SUMMER BEAUTY THAT TEND TO DANCE AROUND THE GARDEN.

THIS ONE STAYS IN SPACE.

THE PARTICULAR SIZE IS ABOUT 15 TO 17IN, AND SO THEREFORE THESE ARE TWO GREAT PLANTS THAT COMBINE WELL TOGETHER FOR SEASONS OF SUMMER INTEREST AND JUST A BEAUTIFUL COMBINATION IN YOUR GARDEN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LIKE POLLINATORS.

NOW IT'S TIME FOR WEATHER WITH GANNON.

>> HEY, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I HOPE EVERYONE RECEIVED A GOOD AMOUNT OF MOISTURE RECENTLY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY QUIET THIS WEEK.

DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE RESPONDED NICELY TO THIS RECENT INFLUX OF RAIN, WITH SEVERAL AREAS RECEIVING UP TO TWO CATEGORIES OF IMPROVEMENT, INCLUDING THE PANHANDLE.

THE STUBBORN AREA OF EXCEPTIONAL DROUGHT OUT WEST STILL REMAINS, WITH SOME SIGNS OF LONGER TERM DROUGHT ISSUES IN THE AREA.

THIS INCLUDES LAKE MCCONAUGHY BEING AT ONE OF ITS LOWEST LEVELS ON RECORD.

SWITCHING GEARS TO SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE POSITIVE, TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE NEAR NORMAL THIS WEEK.

THE WARMEST STRETCH SEEMS TO BE OVER THE WEEKEND, WHERE A FEW PLACES OUT WEST COULD GET INTO THE HUNDREDS.

FOR THE MOST PART, THOUGH, THE WORST OF THE HEAT SHOULD STAY DOWN SOUTH IN KANSAS.

AND THAT'S YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> ANNOUNCEMENTS OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN THE GARDENING WORLD, BEGINNING WITH US AT BACKYARD FARMER AT NEBRASKA STATE FAIR.

MONDAY THE 31ST, 5:15 Q&A 6 P.M.

THE SHOW.

COME SEE US.

WE WANT YOU.

AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAVE APPLEJACK FESTIVAL GOING ON SEPTEMBER 19TH AND 20TH.

KIMMEL ORCHARD AND VINEYARD IN NEBRASKA CITY.

ALWAYS A GREAT TIME.

ALL RIGHT.

SO LET US GO INTO ROUND THREE.

KYLE.

TWO PICTURES.

THIS IS OMAHA.

WHAT IS THIS HANGING ON THE SIDE OF OUR HOUSE?

COULD IT BE AN OLD MUD WASP NEST?

HAVE NOT SEEN ANY WASPS NEST NEXT TO IT.

>> IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S PROBABLY A MUD DAUBER.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL.

USUALLY YOU CAN YOU HAVE MORE SORT OF DELINEATION OF WHERE THE CELLS ARE, BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS.

YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE WASP THERE AFTER THEY'VE SORT OF SEALED IT UP AND CAPPED IT OFF, BUT I WOULD LEAVE IT ALONE.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANYTHING'S EMERGED FROM IT YET.

SO THERE WILL BE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE BENEFICIAL.

THEY PREY ON SPIDERS.

AND SO LET IT EMERGE NEXT SPRING.

AND THEN YOU CAN REMOVE IT AFTER THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FROM COZAD.

IT'S BEEN GARDENING FOR OVER 40 YEARS AND HAS NEVER SEEN THIS INSECT 1/16 OF AN INCH MORE INVOLVED WITH EACH OTHER THAN THEY WERE IN HOLDING STILL FOR HIM.

SO.

BUT HE SAYS IT LOOKS LIKE A CRICKET OR A GRASSHOPPER AND THEY CAN FLY.

WHAT IS IT?

>> OH, THESE ARE RED HEADED ASH BORERS.

AND SO THEY'RE A LONGHORN BEETLE.

THEY CAN THEY CAN BE A PEST OR, YOU KNOW, DAMAGING FOR NEWLY PLANTED ASH TREES.

BUT USUALLY THEY'RE NOT REALLY A PROBLEM.

THEY REALLY PREFER WOOD THAT'S ALREADY LIKE WELL, WELL IN DECLINE OR A LOT OF TIMES EVEN CUT WOOD ONCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN BEEN CUT.

THAT'S WHAT THEY REALLY PREFER.

SO I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES HERE.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

SHE SAYS MULTIPLE CICADA SHELLS.

SHE'S CALLING THEM IN ONE SPOT UNDER A BLUE SPRUCE.

ALSO MULTIPLE HOLES.

ARE THEY CICADA KILLER WASPS GOING AFTER THE CICADAS?

>> YEAH.

A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S JUST A REALLY HEALTHY POPULATION OF CICADAS HERE UNDER THE TREE.

AND THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY TEND TO THEY LIKE TO HAVE SORT OF A LADDER TO CLIMB UP WHEN THE NYMPHS EMERGE SO THEY CAN SHED THAT LAST NYMPHAL EXOSKELETON AS THEY BECOME ADULTS.

AND SO I THINK THEY JUST KIND OF CONGREGATED THERE AROUND THAT TREE AS THEY DID THAT.

THE HOLES DON'T LOOK LIKE CICADA >> KILLERS TO ME.

SO I THINK THOSE ARE JUST THE BASICALLY THE EMERGENCE HOLES FROM THE CICADA NYMPHS AS THEY WERE COMING UP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FUN.

ONE PICTURE FROM LINCOLN.

SHE CONTINUES TO GET LITTLE PATCHES OF WHAT SHE THINKS IS POISON IVY IN HER PERENNIAL BEDS.

IS THAT WHAT THIS IS?

>> WELL, I CAN CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND WHY.

CONCERNED.

IT'S THREE LEAVES.

IT'S SIMILAR, BUT POISON IVY LEAVES HAVE A SMOOTHER MARGIN TO THEM AND A BIT OF A THUMB.

SO THIS LOOKS LIKE BOSTON IVY TO ME.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO WORRY ANYMORE, BUT KEEP HER HAND.

A LOT OF TIMES THOSE TWO PLANTS END UP TOGETHER.

>> YEAH, TWO PICTURES HERE.

WHAT IS THIS PLANT AND HOW DO YOU GET RID OF IT?

SO THIS ONE IS WELL ESTABLISHED.

IT VINES AND VINES AND ROLLS.

WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

WHAT IS IT AND HOW DO THEY GET RID OF IT?

OR SHOULD THEY.

>> WELL YOU KNOW, IT'S A NATIVE PLANT, SO IT'S I ACTUALLY LOOKED AT THIS.

I WORKED ON THIS FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

AND WITH THE VINING, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF LOOKED LIKE SWEET PEA, BUT THEN LEAVES WEREN'T RIGHT.

SO IT'S THIS STICK SEED FUZZY BEAN.

SO IT'S A NATIVE PLANT.

IT'S SPREAD BY BIRDS.

IT'S THROUGHOUT NEBRASKA.

YOU CAN FIND IT.

I NEED TO GET IT.

I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE A COOL PLANT.

SO IT'S YOU KNOW, I GUESS THEY CAN DECIDE IF THEY WANT TO GET RID OF IT OR NOT.

BUT IT'S SPREAD BY BIRDS.

IT'S AN ANNUAL, SO.

>> OKAY.

ONE PICTURE FROM VALENTINE ON THIS.

SHE'S STRUGGLING WITH THIS VINE.

WHAT IS IT AND HOW DOES SHE DEAL?

>> IT'S VINEY MILKWEED.

SO MONARCH CATERPILLARS WERE ON SOME ON CAMPUS TODAY, SO I DIDN'T PULL THE VINING MILKWEED BECAUSE I SAW THE CATERPILLARS.

SO IT COULD HELP THE MONARCHS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN YOU CAN TREAT IT.

I'D USE THE GLOVE OF DEATH ON THIS ONE.

SO.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FROM NEAR ELMWOOD PARK AND THEN A THIRD FROM BRUNING.

IS THIS AN EDIBLE OR A BUR CUCUMBER?

>> IT IS A BUR CUCUMBER.

SO THEY'RE NOT EDIBLE.

THEY ARE INEDIBLE ACTUALLY.

SO AND THIS IS ONE THAT YOU DON'T WANT IT TO GET ITSELF ESTABLISHED.

>> AND YOU PULL IT OFF AND YOU PULL IT OFF.

>> AND YOU DO.

>> PULL IT OFF.

>> YEAH.

THAT'S RIGHT.

STICK WITH IT.

>> ALL RIGHT MIKE, THREE PICTURES FROM ALLIANCE.

THIS IS A GREEN ASH THAT LOST TWO LIMBS IN 70 MILE PER HOUR WINDS.

THEY PRUNE.

NOW THEY'RE SEEING DARK AREAS IN THE BARK AND THE WOUNDING AND THEN SOME YELLOWING.

IS THIS A CANKER?

IS THIS A POOR TREE CONNECTION?

>> YEAH.

I THINK THE THE BRANCH THAT BROKE OFF HERE IS THAT LOOKED LIKE TWO BRANCHES, RIGHT.

HERE'S A GOOD PICTURE OF IT.

TWO BRANCHES.

SO THERE WAS A BIFURCATION.

AND I'M GUESSING THAT RIGHT IN THAT CROTCH OF THE TWO BRANCHES THERE WAS SOME, YOU KNOW, DECAY OVER TIME.

AND SO 70 MILE AN HOUR WINDS THAT SNAPPED OFF, I THINK THE CAREFUL THING TO DO ON THAT, AND I'LL DEFER TO MY HORTICULTURAL COLLEAGUES THERE, IS THAT WOUNDS ON TREES ARE YOU NEED A CLEAN CUT AND YOU NEED A PLACE FOR THE CALLUS TISSUE TO START FOLDING OVER.

AND AT THE BASE OF THIS, IT IS REALLY JAGGED.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS SOME GOOD PRUNING GOING ON THERE.

BUT I THINK THAT'S IT.

THE OTHER THING, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT BE WORRIED ABOUT EMERALD ASH BORER.

I LOOKED AT THE FOREST SERVICE.

IT HAS NOT REACHED BOX BUTTE OR AT LEAST HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED IN BOX BUTTE COUNTY.

IF IT DOES GET THERE, GREEN ASHES ARE VERY SENSITIVE.

SO YOU WANT TO REACH OUT TO AN ARBORIST.

>> OKAY.

FOUR PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA RESIDENT.

PATCHES OF DEAD GRASS, NO SHADE.

SHE'S TRIED ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

SHE'S USED A FUNGICIDE.

NOW SHE'S SEEING SILVERY POWDERY STUFF.

WHAT DO WE THINK THIS ONE IS?

>> YEAH, I THINK THERE'S THERE ARE MULTIPLE THINGS GOING ON HERE.

I WORK BACKWARDS, THE SILVER POWDERY THINGS, STUFF THAT YOU'RE SEEING IS ACTUALLY A SLIME MOLD, VERY SIMILAR TO THE SLIME MOLD THAT WE SAW PREVIOUSLY.

HARMLESS.

NO WORRIES.

DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THIS.

I THINK THE CONCRETE AND THE HEAT DEFINITELY IS HAVING AN IMPACT ON THE TURF THAT'S UP CLOSE.

THE THE GRASS LOOKS PRETTY GOOD DEEPER YOU GO IN THERE.

I THINK IF IT WERE MY LAWN, I'D RAKE THIS OUT.

AND AS JEFF ALREADY MENTIONED, WE'RE IN THAT GREAT SEEDING WINDOW.

SO I JUMP RIGHT ON IT.

>> OKAY.

AND ONE PICTURE FROM COLUMBUS, HE FOUND THIS WRITING AROUND LAKE BABCOCK.

WHAT ARE THESE BEAUTIES?

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS REALLY THIS IS COOL.

REMINDS ME OF SOMETHING YOU SEE IN OHIO.

IT'S CHICKEN OF THE WOODS.

BUT I HAD TO LOOK THIS UP.

IT'S WHITE POURED, SO IT'S MORE SALMON COLORED, A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFUSE.

REALLY COOL ACTUALLY IS PROBABLY CONNECTED TO THE ROOTS UNDERNEATH THE GROUND, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S COMING UP.

SO YEAH.

>> PRETTY COOL.

ALL RIGHT.

>> TWO FOR YOU ON THIS, DANA.

THIS IS, WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT THIS MAPLE?

THEY'VE DRILLED HOLES AND THEY'VE ADDED IRON AND THEY'VE USED SOME SORT OF AN IRON FERTILIZER AROUND THE TREE.

NOTHING'S WORKING.

>> YEAH.

SO THEY KNEW IT WAS CHLOROTIC.

BUT THAT'S NOT HOW WE MANAGE THAT.

SO IN OUR ALKALINE SOILS WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE IRON IS KIND OF BOUND UP AND THE PLANT CAN'T TAKE THAT UP.

IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH IRON IN THE SOIL.

SO YOU'VE GOT A REALLY BEAUTIFUL HEALTHY LAWN.

I'D PROBABLY EXPAND A MULCH RING AND TRY TO KEEP SOME OF THAT NITROGEN FERTILIZER OFF THOSE ROOTS AND SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FROM RURAL PLYMOUTH.

SHE'S HAD ISSUES FOR YEARS WITH PATTERSON ONIONS, ESPECIALLY ROTTING ONCE THEY HARVEST AND START TO CURE.

>> YEAH.

>> WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?

>> I THINK THAT'S A PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDER.

I THINK IT'S INTERNAL DRY SCALE BECAUSE OF THE THE YOU KNOW, YOU SEE IT FROM THE NECK.

AND THEN WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THAT IS THEN YOU DO GET A SECONDARY INFECTION FROM A FUNGI, BACTERIA, YEAST, ETC.

BUT THAT'S CAUSED BY, YOU KNOW, PROLONGED DRY SPELLS.

SO THAT'S THE PREVENTION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FROM COZAD.

THIS TREE SEEDLING IS ABOUT 3.5FT TALL.

OLDER LEAVES ARE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A HAND.

WHAT IS IT.

>> THAT WOULD BE LINDEN LINDEN OR BASSWOOD?

>> AMERICAN LINDEN.

VERY FUN.

>> BUT YOU KNOW, KEEP IT, MOVE IT.

DECIDE NOW.

>> RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FROM NORFOLK.

PICKED UP THREE LITTLE PLANTS AND PUT THEM IN A BIG 18 INCH BOWL.

IT'S NOW 36IN ACROSS.

IT IS A SEDUM.

AND THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS REALLY AN ANNUAL ONE OR DO WE KNOW YET?

>> IT'S LEMON CORAL THAT IS AN ANNUAL HERE IN NEBRASKA.

BUT YOU KNOW, IT IS VIGOROUS.

YOU CAN TAKE A CUTTING AND KEEP IT OVER WINTER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

GREAT.

WE HAVE RECEIVED A SLEW OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH FLOODED PRODUCE AS A RESULT OF RECENT STORMS.

HERE'S DANA WITH SOME GOOD ADVICE ON HOW TO HANDLE THAT PROBLEM.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> IF FLOOD WATERS REACH YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN, WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT FOOD SAFETY BEFORE OUR HARVEST.

THIS MEANS THAT ANY FLOOD WATERS THAT TOUCH ANY OF THE PRODUCE NEEDS TO BE THROWN OUT, SO FLOOD WATERS CAN CONTAIN THINGS LIKE PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, SEWAGE, OTHER CHEMICALS, AND DISEASE CAUSING ORGANISMS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THINGS LIKE CANNING, COOKING, PEELING AND WASHING JUST CAN'T MAKE THOSE SAFE.

SO THAT MEANS YOU NEED TO THROW OUT ANYTHING THAT HAS COME IN CONTACT WITH FLOOD WATERS.

THAT WOULD MEAN LEAFY GREENS, ROOT CROPS, TOMATOES, PEPPERS, SQUASHES, MELONS, JUST ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN TOUCHED BY THESE FLOOD WATERS.

PLANTS MAY PRODUCE SAFE FOOD LATER, BUT IN TERMS OF HARVESTING AFTER FLOOD WATERS RECEDE, YOU NEED TO WAIT AT LEAST 90 DAYS FOR THOSE CROPS THAT ARE ABOVE GROUND, HELD ABOVE GROUND, LIKE STEAK, TOMATOES OR PEPPERS.

THEN ANYTHING THAT COMES IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND, LIKE, SAY, A CUCUMBER, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO WAIT 120 DAYS UNTIL YOU HARVEST.

IF YOU HAVE THAT MUCH TIME LEFT IN THE SEASON, ANYTHING THAT FLOWERS AND FRUITS.

AFTER FLOOD WATERS RECEDE, YOU CAN SAFELY HARVEST, BUT YOU STILL NEED TO WAIT THAT TIME PERIOD.

SO SOMETIMES FLOODS CAN RAIN ON OUR GARDEN PARTY.

BUT REMEMBER, WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT.

>> THANKS, DANA.

I'M SURE THAT WILL HELP PEOPLE WHO HAD STANDING WATER IN THEIR VEGETABLE GARDENS AFTER THE STORMS, NOT HELP THEM THE WAY THEY WANTED.

ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE ON THIS FROM BLAIR.

AND THIS IS JUST KICKS AND GIGGLES.

ALMOST ONE OF A GROUP OF FOUR SPRUCE TREES, ALL OF THEM COVERED WITH BAGWORMS.

NOT A THING TO DO NOW, RIGHT, EXCEPT PICK?

>> YEAH, THEY'RE PROBABLY DONE FEEDING OR VERY CLOSE TO IT NOW.

SO PICK.

>> PICK AND DROWN.

>> YEP.

>> ONE PICTURE FROM PAPILLION.

PLEASE IDENTIFY THIS SPIDER.

AND IS THIS GOOD OR EVIL?

>> WELL, NO.

SPIDERS ARE EVIL.

THIS IS A YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER.

AND THEY'RE.

YEAH, THEY'RE REALLY LARGE CHARISMATIC SPIDERS.

>> AND ONE PICTURE FROM HOLDREGE TAKING THE PESKY JAPANESE BEETLES OFF.

AND THEN HERE'S THIS LITTLE TINY FLYING CREATURE.

>> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT IT IS.

IT'S LOOKS LIKE A KARAMBIT OR SNOUT MOTH, MAYBE SMARTWEED BORER.

>> REALLY TEENY ONE, THOUGH.

>> YEAH, THEY ARE VERY SMALL.

YEAH.

>> OKAY, JEFF, THIS IS ON PURPOSE FOR YOU AFTER CATTAILS LAST TIME.

OKAY.

BECAUSE SOMEONE ON CAMPUS SENT THIS.

THIS IS A NICE LITTLE SWAMPY SPOT NORTH OF ABEL HALL.

>> IT IS A SWAMPY SPOT NORTH OF ABLE HALL.

>> HOW WOULD YOU GET RID OF THE CATTAILS?

>> WELL, WE DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF THEM BECAUSE IT'S A SWAMPY SPOT.

SO THIS WAY NO ONE DRIVES THROUGH THE SWAMPY SPOT.

SO IT'S SERVING A PURPOSE.

>> OKAY, SO ONE PICTURE FROM OMAHA.

I WONDER IF THIS IS A WEED OR DESIRABLE.

IT'S IN THE BACKYARD NEAR A FENCE, ALSO ONE NEAR A RETAINING WALL SO FAR, A FEW FEET HIGH AND GROWING FAST.

VERY OBVIOUS PURPLE STEMS WITH BUDS AND FLOWERS.

>> WELL, DESPITE SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF LAST WEEK, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT.

SO DIG IT OUT.

GET RID OF IT.

ESPECIALLY WITH THE FRUIT ON IT.

THE BIRDS.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT EVERYWHERE, SO THE SOONER THE BETTER.

>> AND IT IS WHAT?

>> POKEWEED.

RIGHT.

SO NO LOREN.

SO NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO EAT IT.

OKAY.

>> YEAH.

NO ONE'S GOING TO SING A SONG.

>> AND THEN WE HAVE FROM DONIPHAN, HOW DO WE GET RID OF SANDBURS IN A NATIVE PRAIRIE?

>> WELL, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I'D START OFF WITH PULLING AS MUCH AS I CAN.

AND THEN IN THE SPRING, YOU CAN USE PROWL.

SO PENDIMETHALIN WOULD WORK VERY WELL, BUT PROWL HERBICIDE WOULD BE MY CHOICE.

>> ALL RIGHT, MIKE, ONE FROM FREMONT.

WHAT ARE THESE ORANGE THINGS IN THE GROUND COVER?

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S AN ELEGANT STINKHORN.

OR MY FAVORITE IS THE DEVIL'S DIPSTICK.

>> OKAY, FUN.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THOSE.

>> IT'S FUN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN FROM OMAHA FOUND THIS LITTLE FUNGUS UNDER A VERY OLD PINE.

>> YEAH, I LOVE THIS.

THIS IS A BIRD'S NEST FUNGUS.

AND IT'S ACTUALLY CALLED THE FLUTED BIRD'S NEST FUNGUS.

BECAUSE OF THE ORNAMENTATION THAT YOU HAVE THERE, IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE BASKET OR A NEST WITH EGGS.

>> FUN.

AND THEN ONE MORE OMAHA.

ARE THESE TOXIC OR EDIBLE?

>> DON'T EAT THESE.

THEY'RE TOO YOUNG FOR ME TO ID.

AND THERE ARE SOME CHOICES.

AND TWO THIRDS OF THOSE CHOICES ARE TOXIC AND NOT GOOD.

SO DON'T EAT THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DANA, WHAT IS THIS PLANT'S NAME?

IT IS GROWING NEAR A MAN MADE LAKE.

>> SO THAT'S BAPTISIA OR WILD INDIGO, AS EVIDENCED BY ITS LOVELY, RATTLING, MATURE SEED PODS.

>> RIGHT.

WE'RE NOT SURE WHICH ONE EXACTLY.

>> NO.

IT'S HARD TO TELL.

>> IT'S HARD TO TELL.

>> IT'S HARD.

>> YEAH.

LET'S SEE ONE PICTURE HERE.

LARGE BUSH SHRUB FRUIT BEARING.

WHAT IS THIS AND IS IT EDIBLE?

>> GRAY DOGWOOD.

AND IT'S EDIBLE FOR WILDLIFE, NOT FOR YOU.

SO LEAVE IT TO THE BIRDS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.

HAS BERRIES.

CAN I EAT IT?

>> YEAH, YEAH YEAH, YEAH.

>> AND ONE MORE.

AND THIS IS TWO PHOTOS FROM LAST NIGHT.

WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY AND HAVE THEM GROWING EVERYWHERE.

SHE THOUGHT THESE WERE WILD ELDERBERRIES.

>> NO, THAT'S JUST WHAT JEFF SAID.

IT'S POKEWEED.

AND IF YOU'VE GOT SMALL CHILDREN, LET'S GET IT OUT.

ESPECIALLY JUST THE BERRIES, AT LEAST.

WEAR SOME GLOVES BECAUSE THEY WILL MAKE A NICE, PRETTY PURPLE COLOR ON YOUR HAND.

>> ALL RIGHT, DON'T EAT THEM.

>> DON'T EAT THOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS WEEK'S BACKYARD FARMER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED A QUESTION AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONES TONIGHT ARE CAROL RUSTAD, TIM DUNGAN AND LINDA HELTON.

NEXT TIME ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU FROM THE RAISING NEBRASKA BUILDING AT THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR.

WE HOPE TO SEE ALL OF YOU THERE FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

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

(UPBEAT MUSIC)