♪ >> THIS IS LITERALLY CRAWLING WITH BEES.

>> I JUST THOUGHT, A PINK ONION?

WHY NOT TRY IT?

>> WE HAVE THINGS BLOOMING FROM EARLY SPRING UNTIL LATE FALL.

>> IT IS FUN TO IMAGINE WHAT THIS PLACE WILL BE LIKE IN A FEW YEARS.

WE HAVE JUST GOTTEN STARTED.

SHARON: HELLO, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON GREAT GARDENING.

I'M YOUR HOST SHARON YUNG.

AND JUST A NOTE TO OUR VIEWERS, TONIGHT IS OUR LAST EPISODE UNTIL WE RETURN FOR AN HOUR-LONG SPECIAL IN LATE JULY.

WE'D LOVE TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS WE CAN, SO SEND THEM IN.

LET'S WELCOME BACK OUR GARDEN EXPERTS!

THEY ARE HORTICULTURIST AND EDUCATOR BOB OLEN, AND GARDEN PROFESSIONAL DEB BYRNS ERICKSON OF BYRNS GREENHOUSE IN ZIM.

WE HAVE PHONE VOLUNTEERS FROM THE ST. LOUIS COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS TO RECEIVE YOUR QUESTIONS THIS EVENING.

CALL LOCALLY AT 218-788-2847 OR E-MAIL US AT ASK@PBSNORTH.ORG.

LET'S START THINGS OFF WITH A GARDEN TOUR.

IN 2023, WE VISITED THE GARDENS OF SHARI KRIZEK.

SHE LIVES IN PROCTOR, AND HAS A SMALL BUT VIBRANT SPACE.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> MY NAME IS SHARI KRIZEK, AND I HAVE LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW.

A WHOLE LOT IS 50 FEET BY 30 FEET.

YOU CAN DO THE MATH.

THE CHALLENGES WE ARE FINDING PLANS THAT PLAY NICE TOGETHER.

THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH LIGHT.

LIGHT FROM NEIGHBORING HOMES, RIGHT FROM THE FENCES AND HOW IT IT'S THE AREA THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THE CHAIN-LINK WAS HERE.

IT WAS HORRIBLE, AND I HAD TO PULL ALL OF THAT OUT, CLEAN IT UP.

THERE IS EVENT GARBAGE THAT IT ALONE OVER THE FENCE THAT I HAD TO DIG OUT THE DIRT.

I HAD THE FENCE POST INSTALLED BY A GENTLEMAN AND I BUILT THE FENCE MYSELF.

IT IS A GRADUAL SLOPE.

THE ROCK IS A MONSTER UNDERNEATH, SO I HAD TO MAKE MY LAYERS WIDER THAN I ANTICIPATED.

I HAVE LOADS OF BEES.

THERE LIKE A WEDDING CANDLE, THEY HAVE GOT THE TALL SPIKES.

THEY ARE ALL THROUGHOUT HERE, AND THEY ARE NOT THE KIND OF BEES THAT YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.

THEY ARE BIG BUMBLEBEES DOING THEIR THING.

THIS IS HYDRANGEA STANDARD, MEANING IT IS BEEN GRAFTED.

THEY TURNED IT INTO A TREE.

SOMETHING STARTED TO GNAW ON IT, SO I HAVE GOT THE BASE PROTECTED.

THIS IS JUST STARTING TO FLESH OUT, AND IT WILL COME OUT WHITE AND TURN BEAUTIFUL PINK.

THE ONLY WAY YOU REALLY LEARNED IS TO TRY, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF EXPERIMENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED OVER THE YEARS TO GET THINGS TO WHERE YOU SEE THEM TODAY, AND THEY ARE STILL DEVELOPING.

NEXT YEAR IT WILL LOOK EVEN DIFFERENT.

SHARON: THANKS, SHARI!

LATER TONIGHT, WE'LL SHARE TIPS FOR PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS.

BUT FOR NOW, LET'S GET TO VIEWER QUESTIONS.

PATTY IS WONDERING IF YOU CAN GROW YOUR OWN MOREL MUSHROOMS.

>> THE EASY SHEET IS TO BUY THE KID AND TRY IT AND SEE HOW IT GOES.

THEY WILL TELL YOU THE TEMPERATURE, AT THE CONDUCT OF SUNLIGHT, AND HOW TO DO IT, OUT TO DO THE MOISTURE, AND YOU CAN SEE IF IT IS WORTH IT.

YOU HAVE TO PAY ATTENTION AND FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THOROUGHLY, SO I DO NOT KNOW HOW EASY IT WOULD BE TO DO IN YOUR BACKYARD TO BUT YOU COULD TRY IF YOU WANTED TO PLAY AROUND WITH IT.

BOB: MORELS ARE SO SPECIAL AND SPECIALIZE IN A SPECIFIC LOCATION, SO LET HER GIVE IT A TRY.

SHARON: I ASSUME THEY ARE HARD TO GROW.

JERRY HAS TWO QUESTIONS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFLICTING INFORMATION ABOUT TOPPING OFF GREEN BELL PEPPERS.

AS WELL AS THE SPRITZING OF PLANT WITH EPSOM SALTS DILUTED IN WATER MIX.

DEB: I THINK HE IS TALKING ABOUT PINCHING THE PEPPER TOPS, AND YOU CAN PINCH OF PEPPER, AND THEY WILL BREAK AND COMPETE TO BE THE LEADER, SO YOU WILL GET A BUSH EAR PLANT, AND YOU CAN TAKE THAT CUTTING AND RAPE THAT CUTTING.

THAT CUTTING WILL PROBABLY FRUIT BEFORE THE REST OF THE PLANT WOULD, BUT I DID IS NOT THE BUSHING IS -- BUT IT IS NOT THE BUSHINESS OF THE PLANT THAT WE FIGHT WITH.

BOB: IF YOU ARE GOING TO TOP IT, THERE MAY NOT BE ONE RIGHT ANSWER.

YOU WILL GET MORE POTENTIAL BLOSSOMS AND FRUIT.

FRUIT WILL BE SMALLER.

MY FEELING IS TRYING TO RIPEN PEPPERS IS LET'S NOT TOP THEM.

WE WILL GET FEWER FRUIT WHERE WE NATURALLY GET LOOMS AND WE STAND A BETTER CHANCE OF RIPENING THEN.

IF YOU TOP THEM LIKE THAT YOU HAVE TO RESET THE BLOSSOMS, AND IT WILL TAKE LONGER.

MY TAKE IT THIS FAR NORTH IS LET SHARON: HOW ABOUT THE EPSOM SALTS?

DEB: I HAVE ALWAYS APPLIED SOME EPSOM SALTS OF THE TOP OF SOIL.

I HAVE NEVER TOPICALLY APPLIED EPSOM SALTS.

I DON'T.

BOB: BUT YOU WERE RIGHT, DO WE HAVE A DEFICIENCY?

THE ONLY TIME I ADVOCATE FOR YOUR FEEDING IS IF YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC DEFICIENCY THAT YOU ARE AWARE OF AND YOU NEED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM RIGHT NOW.

95% OF ALL NUTRITION.

APPLYING AT THE SOIL SURFACE COULD BE SIGNIFICANT IF YOU WERE SHORT ON MAGNESIUM.

DEB: IF SOMETHING IS LOOKING NECROTIC YOU COULD GIVE IT A LITTLE.

SHARON: WHAT DID YOU BRING IN TODAY?

DEB: I BROUGHT A FEW SHADE LOVERS, BUT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT FUCHSIAS, BECAUSE I HAD A CONVERSATION IN THE GREENHOUSE JUST THIS WEEK.

A LADY HAD AN ISSUE WITH IT, BECAUSE SHE WATERED IT AND ENDED UP WITH ROOT ROT.

FUCHSIA IS A SHADE LEVER AND THREE THINGS CAN CAUSE WILL AND MAKE YOU THINK YOU NEED TO WATER A FUCHSIA.

IT COULD GET TOO HOT, TOO DRY, OR TOO WET.

YOU WILL BE ABLE TO TELL IF IT IS TOO HOT AND YOU CAN DO A FULL YEAR COOL DOWN, AND THAT WILL PERK IT UP, BUT THAT IS NOT NECESSARY.

YOU JUST NEED TO PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE SOIL TO FIND OUT IF IT IS WET, BECAUSE IT WILL WILL IF IT IS WET OR DRY.

PICK IT UP TO SEE HOW HEAVY IT IS, BUT IF IT IS WET AND YOU WATER IT AGAIN YOU WILL END UP WITH ROOT ROT.

TAKE OUT SOME OF THE SOIL, REPLACE THAT SOIL WITH NICE DRIVING LOSS -- DRYING MOSS, AND IT WILL DRY UP THE MOISTURE.

YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT.

TAKE OUT SOME OF THE SOIL, LET IT DRAW OUT THE MOISTURE AND DO NOT WANT TO READ AGAIN UNTIL IT IS DRY.

SHARON: SO SWITCHING GEARS, ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PARTS OF GREAT GARDENING IS SHARING PHOTOS SENT IN BY YOU, OUR VIEWERS, AS PART OF OUR ONGOING SERIES “THE LOCAL DIRT.

” WE LOVE SHARING THE BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS OF GARDENERS ACROSS OUR REGION.

TO SEND IN YOUR PHOTOS TO BE FEATURED, EMAIL GREATGARDENING@PBSNORTH.ORG.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU SHARE WITH US.

NOW, BOB, YOU RECEIVED A QUESTION ABOUT DAFFODILS.

BOB: I CAME ACROSS A VERY INTERESTING PLANTING THAT ILLUSTRATED SOME OF THE THINGS WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.

THIS WAS JUST TAKEN YESTERDAY, AND BEAUTIFUL BLOOMS.

THESE WERE PLANTED 25 YEARS AGO AS A MEMORIAL WILL WOMAN'S MOTHER WHO LOVED DAFFODILS.

YOU HAVE TO BE ON A GOOD SITE TO GET THE BULBS RECHARGED.

THE SAME DAFFODILS PLANTED TO DO THE SAME TIME BUT NOT BLOOMING.

WHAT HAPPENED?

OF THE PLANTS ARE THERE, BUT THERE IS COMPETITION NOW.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THIS MOSS BEGINNING TO WORK ITS WAY IN, AND ANYTIME YOU SEE MOSS, IT JUST MEANS IT IS GOTTEN TOO WET AND SHADY POTENTIALLY.

SAME SITE, THE SOIL IS THE SAME, BUT IN ONE SITE WHERE THERE IS COMPETITION COMING IN, THE LOSS INDICATING TOO MUCH MOISTURE, LOOK AT HOW MUCH MORE VIGOR THERE IS.

THIS IS A PLACE WHERE THE SUN WAS THE SAME, BUT THERE IS NOT THE SAME COMPETITION.

ANYTIME YOU SEE THIS MOSS, IT IS A LOVELY MOUSE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF IT IN MINNESOTA.

IT IS THE PRECURSOR PLANT THAT LEADS TO OUR PEAT.

IT IS NONVASCULAR.

IF YOU FIND THE ROOTS, IT CAME FROM THE GRASS SNEAKING UP AND COMPETING.

ALL OF THE MOISTURE IS BEING ABSORBED THROUGH THE TISSUE OF THE PLANT.

DO NOT TRY TO ELIMINATE MOSS, TRY TO CHANGE THE GET ENVIRONMENT.

CUT DOWN SOME OF THE SHADE.

THAT IS THE RECENT DOES DAFFODILS ARE NO LONGER BLOOMING AT THAT PARTICULAR SITE.

THIS MOSS BECOMES PEAT MOSS.

ULTIMATELY DEB IS HOLDING UP A SAMPLE OF -- THERE IT IS, THERE IS PEAT.

IF YOU WORK YOUR WAY DOWN OVER EIGHT PERIOD OF 100 YEARS YOU WERE SEEING DEGRADATION.

WE HAVE A LOT OF IT IN NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA, AND IT IS A MAJOR INDUSTRY.

SHARON: I LOVE THAT MOSS.

AS WE MENTIONED AT THE START OF THE SHOW, GREAT GARDENING IS TAKING A BREAK FROM NEW EPISODES.

WE WILL RETURN LATER IN THE YEAR FOR TWO HOUR LONG SPECIALS.

LOOK OUT FOR GREAT GARDENING ON JULY 25 AND LATE AUGUST, WHERE OUR EXPERTS WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS AS OUR GROWING SEASON DEVELOPS.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO RETURN, TO SHARE TIPS AND TRICKS FOR GARDENERS IN OUR REGION.

UNTIL THEN, YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS ON INSTAGRAM AT GREAT GARDENING PBS NORTH, OR ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL, YOUTUBE.COM/GREATGARDENING FOR UPDATES, CLIPS, AND MORE.

SO MOVING ON, BOB, YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT PLANTING TREES AND SHRUBS?

BOB: IT IS A BIG WEEKEND.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL BE PUTTING TREES AND SHRUBS INTO THE GROUND.

YOU WANT TO KEEP THE STOCK COOL AND MOIST.

YOU WANTED SHALLOW BUT NOT DEEP.

IF YOU WILL ADD ORGANICS, COMPOST, DEEP MOSS -- PEAT MOSS, MANURE, MIX IT WITH THE SOIL.

NEVER PUT THE DIRECT ORGANIC INTO THE WHOLE.

AVOID THE ROOTS ARE KILLING.

IF THESE ROOTS ARE GIRDLING, IT WILL KILL THE TREE.

WATER THOROUGHLY.

I LIKE TO TAKE THE WHOLE, GET SOME WATER IN THE BOTTOM, AND AS YOU WERE BACKFILLING THE SOIL ADD ADDITIONAL WATER.

FORTUNATELY WE HAVE HAD QUITE A BIT OF MOISTURE THIS SPRING, SO THE SOIL PROFILE SHOULD BE NICE, AND NOT FORGET ABOUT PROTECTING CALLERS AROUND THE MAINSTEM.

IF I COULD SHOW YOU, I HAVE MY LITTLE STUDIO SAMPLE HERE.

THIS IS A BARRETT APPLETREE.

ONE OF MY PERSONAL FAVORITES BECAUSE IT IS GOOD AND HEARTY.

YOU CAN SEE THIS YEAR.

IT HAS KEPT MOIST.

YOU WANT TO KEEP THESE ROOTS NICE AND MOIST.

SPREAD THESE ROOTS OUT AND NEVER JAMMED THEM IN.

THE OTHER THING THAT IS CRITICAL, SO MANY TIMES THIS IS THE ACTUAL GRAFTING NOTCH.

THIS GOES ABOUT 2 TO 3 INCHES ABOVE THE SOIL.

MAKE SURE YOU COME DOWN AND FIND YOUR MAJOR ROOT FLARE.

YOU SHOULD BE TWO INCHES BELOW THE SOIL SURFACE.

THAT PROGRAM SHOULD BE ABOUT THREE INCHES ABOVE THE SOIL.

IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE IF IT COMES IN A CONTAINER.

TAKE IT OUT OF THE CONTAINER, GET THE DEPTH RIGHT, OPEN DOES ROOTS UP AND YOU WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.

PROTECT IT WITH THE CALLER, GET SOME GOOD FENCING AROUND THE OUTSIDE TO BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT INEXPENSIVE.

A TREE LIKE THIS IS VALUABLE SO DO NOT LET THE DEER PRINT IT FOR YOU.

GET IT FENCE, CAGE, SPENT A LOT OF TIME INSTEAD OF BUYING THREE TREES BUY TWO AND SPEND TIME BEING CAREFUL.

SHARON: SOMETIMES THESE FRUIT TREES ARE IN BAGS.

SHOULD THOSE BAGS BE REMOVED?

BOB: IF IT IS SOLD IN A BAG YES.

DO NOT CONFUSE THAT WITH THE WATER BAGS WE HAVE GOT.

PUT THAT AROUND THE TREE AND MAKE SURE YOU ARE GETTING A NICE, STEADY FEET OF WATER.

YOU DO NOT NEED A STAKE IN THE SPRING OF THE YEAR, BUT IN THE FALL YOU WANT TO STATE.

ANYTIME IN THE MONTH OF MAY IS IDEAL.

SHARON: ALL RIGHT, THANKS FOR ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS OF MY OWN.

LET'S GET BACK TO SOME MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

MICHELLE SAYS SHE HAS A LOT OF PLANS BUT BARELY ANY FLOWERS.

HOW CAN I GET IT TO BLOOM?

DEB: IT COULD BE HER LOCATION AND SHE IS NOT GETTING ENOUGH SUNLIGHT.

YOU NEED AT LEAST 6 TO 8 HOURS OF SUNLIGHT.

SHE GOOD TO BE OVER FERTILIZING.

I AM GOING TO GUESS IT IS SUNLIGHT THAT SHE IS LIKING.

BOB: CLEMATIS IS FUSSY.

COOLER ROOTS, SO IF YOU PLANTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE SOMETIMES THAT DOES NOT WORK.

DEB: THEY WANT MORE MOISTURE.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I SEE FROM PEOPLE IS THEY PLANT THEM INSIDE THE DRIP LINE AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH MOISTURE THERE.

PEOPLE SAY I NEED TO UNDER PLANT WITH SOMETHING TO COOL THE ROOTS, BUT YOU NEED TO WANT TO READ TO MAKE SURE IT CAN GET ENOUGH MOISTURE.

THAT IS THE WORST SOIL BECAUSE IT IS NEXT YEAR DRIP LINE.

BOB: MULCH, WE TALKED ABOUT THAT IN ANOTHER PROGRAM.

KEEP UP THE ROOTS MOIST.

SHE WILL HAVE MORE SUCCESS.

SHARON: LINDA IN IN DULUTH HAS DAILY AS -- DALEAS GROWING IN A POT.

DEB: BE PATIENT.

SHE COULD HAVE TAKEN THE CUTTINGS AND MADE MORE.

IF SHE CUTS THEM BACK THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BREAK.

I AM SURE SHE DID NOT CUT THEM BACK TOO MUCH.

LEAVE SOME VEGETATIVE SO THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO GROW, AND EVERY NODE WILL BREAK WITH MORE BUDS.

SHE NEEDS TO BE PATIENT, GET IT INTO THE SUN AND DENIES RIGHT LOCATION.

SHARON: IT IS DISHEARTENING.

ERIC IN DULUTH IS WONDERING IF YOU CAN DETHATCH LATE.

HE IS WONDERING IF YOU CAN WAIT TO TRY IT OUT?

BOB: I WENT OUT IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LOOKED FOR THATCH.

WE DO NOT HAVE ANY.

THATCH COMES FROM AGGRESSIVE GROWTH, LOTS OF NITROGEN.

THAT WE DO NOT SEE THAT THIS FAR NORTH.

PLUG IRRIGATION IS DIFFERENT.

COMMERCIAL SERVICES CAN DO THAT.

YOU CAN ALSO RENT MACHINES THAT WILL PULL THE CORD AS A -- CORES UP.

SHARON: KENNETH HAS A RAISED GARDEN BED TO GET SET FOR 12 YEARS IN THE FIRST THREE YEARS ARE PRODUCED WELL, AND NOW THE LAST THREE YEARS IT CAN HARDLY GROW A CARROT.

HE ADDS COMPOST EVERY YEAR.

DEB: IS HE JUST TOPPING THE COMPOST?

IS HE MIXING IT IN, CHANGING THE SUBSOIL?

YOU CAN USE A LOT OF DIFFERENT SOILS AND COMBINED THEM AND GET A GOOD MIX?

IF HE IS JUST APPLYING THE COMPOST ON TOP THERE IS NOT A LOT OF MIXING GROWING UP.

BOB: MAYBE THE TREES ARE GROWING THERE AND THERE IS NOT ENOUGH SUNSHINE.

MAYBE IT IS NUTRITION MORE THAN ANYTHING.

OFTEN TIMES THEY WILL FILL THESE SPACES WITH PEAT MIXES, SO WE WILL HAVE TO MANAGE HIS FERTILITY.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING SOLUBLE THAT WILL WORK ITS WAY AND BEFORE YOU PLANT ANYTHING GET IN THERE AND MIX UP THE COMPOST SO YOU HAVE MORE NUTRIENT AVAILABLE IN MIXING THROUGH THE ENTIRE RED ZONE -- ROOT ZONE.

DEB: ANY SOIL YOU CAN MIX IT WITH.

BOB: PEAT IS PRACTICALLY NEUTRAL.

YOU WILL HAVE TO FORTIFY IT WITH SOME KIND OF A NUTRIENT BASE TO GET THE NUTRIENT ON THEIR.

SHARON: HAMILTON IMPLANTED TWO DIFFERENT TIMES OF AFRICA TREES SIX YEARS AGO.

THEY DID NOT SURVIVE THE FIRST WINTER AND SUBSEQUENTLY REGROUPED.

DO THEY HAVE APRICOT TREES ARE ONE OF THE HYBRIDS OR SOMETHING ELSE?

>BOB: APRICOTS, HE MENTIONED THE FACT THAT THEY ARE BLOOMING.

WE HAVE FROST WARNINGS OUT TONIGHT.

YOU LOSE THOSE BLOSSOMS EARLY.

GRAFTED AGAIN ONTO HARDY STOCK.

HE IS GOING TO GET APRICOT BUT HE WILL NOT WANT TO EAT.

SHARON: SHARON EMAILED AND WONDERED IF OF THE SOIL IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA IS TYPICALLY HIGH IN PHOSPHORUS?

BOB: THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION.

IT IS ON HEAVIER SOIL.

IF YOU WERE ON SAND, IT CAN BE LOW IN EVERYTHING BUT IF YOU WERE ON A HEAVY SOIL BASIL HIGH IN PHOSPHORUS.

MOST CASES YOU WILL WANT TO ADD POTASSIUM.

YOU DO NOT NEED TO METAL NUMBER, THE PHOSPHORUS.

SOIL TESTING IS THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW.

SHARON: LINDA WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU NEED TWO CHERRY TREES TO POLLINATE TO GET FRUIT?

BOB: YOU DO NOT.

THEY ARE SO FERTILE AND YOU ONLY NEED ONE TO DO.

SHARON: ONLY CHERRY?

BOB: IT DEPENDS.

A LOT OF FRUIT TREES WILL DO BETTER WITH THE SECOND FRIDAY BECAUSE YOU GET MORE POLLEN OUT THERE, BUT CHERRIES OUT THERE OURSELVES FERTILE.

SHARON: JIM IS WONDERING IF THERE IS ANY HOPE OF GETTING RID OF AN INVASIVE SPECIES CALLED SHAGGY SOLDIER.

BOB: NOT SURE.

WE CAN GET RID OF A LOT OF INVASIVES, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET PRETTY AGGRESSIVE AND USE HERBICIDES.

SHARON: NORMA IS WONDERING HOW SHE SHOULD GET HER OVER WINTERED BEGONIAS AND GERANIUMS TO BLOOM OUTSIDE.

DEB: THIS WEEKEND WOULD BE PERFECT TO GET THEM ACCLIMATED.

DEB IN A PROTECTED SPOT LIKE THE EAST SIDE, SOMEWHERE WHERE THEY WILL NOT GET HIT WITH A LOT OF HOT SUN.

THE GERANIUMS WOULD LIKE THAT, BUT THEY DID NOT NEED IT.

YOU CAN GET SUN SCALD.

WATCH HOW MUCH WIND THEY GET AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE WELL WATERED IF YOU WILL PUT THEM OUTSIDE IN CASE IT GETS WINDY.

BEGONIAS ARE TIGHT ON TEMPERATURE BUT THOSE GERANIUMS SHOULD BE FINE.

BOB: I AM GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE WIND, BECAUSE PEOPLE DO NOT THINK ABOUT THAT.

SHARON: MARIANNE HAS A GERANIUMS THAT IS NOT DOING WELL.

THE LEAVES ARE TURNING YELLOW AND THE FLOWERS ARE FALLING OFF.

DEB: I AM NOT SURE HOW MUCH OF THE LEE OR WHAT THE YELLOWING IS , BUT IF IT IS ONE LEAF JUST TAKE IT OFF BECAUSE THE PLANT WILL STOP PUTTING ENERGY INTO TRYING TO SAY THAT LEAVE, AND IF IT IS JUST A PALE YELLOW THEY PROBABLY NEED MORE SUNLIGHT.

THE VEGETATIVE GROWTH WILL GET LIED WHEN THEY ARE REALLY WET.

IT COULD BE TOO MUCH WATER, TO BE NOT ENOUGH SUNLIGHT.

THOSE TWO THINGS IN TEMPERATURE WILL CURE A LOT OF THAT.

BOB: IF IT IS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE PLANT, THEN NUTRITION AS WELL AS TEMPERATURE.

SHARON: KELLY HAS PURCHASED A BLUEBERRY BUSHES AND LEFT THEM IN POTS OVER THE WINTER.

WONDERING WHEN SHE CAN PLANT THEM.

BOB: SHE WAS VERY LUCKY.

DEB: IT DEPENDS ON WHERE SHE PUT THEM AND PROTECTED THEM.

BOB: GO RIGHT NOW.

THE EARLIER YOU CAN GET THEM INTO MAY, THE GREATER LIKELIHOOD YOU WILL GET FLOWERING AND FRUIT PRODUCTION FASTER.

SHARON: GAYLE WANTS TO KNOW IF WE HAVE A NEGATIVE ICE WERE GUARDING -- IF WE HAVE ANY ADVICE REGARDING A SOLAR POWERED ELECTRIC FENCE?

BOB: MANY CAN BE EFFECTIVE, AND THEY'D ASK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS.

IT IS THE HEIGHT OF THE WIRES, AND THE OTHER THING ABOUT ELECTRIC FENCES WHETHER THEY ARE SOLAR POWERED WHEN YOU HAVE THEM ON THE GREAT IS YOU HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY DID NOT SHORT OUT.

CHECK THEM DAILY.

SOLAR WILL BE FINE, WONDERING IS FINE.

-- WATERING IS FINE.

WELL, THAT'S ALL FOR GREAT GARDENING TONIGHT.

YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, ON INSTAGRAM @GREATGARDENINGPBSNORTH, AND ON YOUTUBE AT YOUTUBE.COM/GREATGARDENING, WHERE YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S EPISODE POSTED TOMORROW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, FRIENDS, BOB AND DEB, FOR YOUR GREAT INSIGHTS TONIGHT.

WE'VE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME ANSWERING QUESTIONS AND SHARING TIPS WITH VIEWERS IN OUR REGION THESE PAST FEW EPISODES.

AND AS WE'VE SAID, OUR SHOW WILL RETURN ON JULY 25 FOR AN HOUR LONG SPECIAL, SO STAY TUNED!

FROM ALL OF US HERE AT GREAT GARDENING, THANKS FOR WATCHING, AND TO PLEASE ENJOY THE GARDEN.

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