>>> "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF NET TELEVISION AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER" WE'’LL SEE SOME GORGEOUS BULBS IN BLOOM AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT PRODUCT LABELS.

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

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

I'’M KIM TODD AND WE'’RE VERY GLAD THAT YOU COULD JOIN US FOR ANOTHER SHOW.

WE'’VE GOT SOME GREAT FEATURES FOR YOU, AND OF COURSE WE'’RE GOING TO BE ANSWERING ALL OF THOSE GARDEN QUESTIONS.

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GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR ISSUE AS YOU CAN.

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WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, WE'’RE GOING TO WELCOME KYLE FOR HIS FIRST SHOW OF THE SEASON WITH A PIECE OF A PINE OR SOMETHING.

>> YEAH, A PIECE OF PINE AND SOME PINE NEEDLE SCALE.

SO THESE LITTLE WHITE FLECKS, IF YOU CAN GET THOSE, THESE ARE THE PINE NEEDLE SCALE SO THOSE ARE THE ADULTS.

THIS IS AN ARMORED SCALE, SO THEY PRODUCE THIS WAXY COVERING THAT REALLY PROTECTS THEM PRETTY WELL ON THESE SCALES.

SO IT CREATES A LOT OF ISSUES WITH TREATING THEM.

SO THESE PARTICULAR SCALES, THEY FEED ON MOST SPECIES OF PINES, SPRUCE, FUR, SCOTCH PINE IS IN PARTICULAR IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THESE.

AND SO A LOT OF CASES IF YOU HAVE RELATIVELY LOW DENSITY, THEY'RE NOT TOO PROBLEMATIC, BUT WHEN YOU REALLY START GETTING NEEDLES COVERED, THEY CAN START CAUSING ISSUES.

YOU CAN GET PREMATURE NEEDLE DROP AND EVEN SOME DIEBACK IF YOU HAVE SORT OF THAT OUTBREAK STATUS FOR MULTIPLE YEARS ON SOME OF THOSE SPECIES OF PINE.

SO THERE ARE SOMETHING THAT IF YOU'RE STARTING TO SEE THEM BUILD UP, YOU MIGHT WANT TO REALLY CONSIDER TREATING.

SO, TO TREAT THESE GUYS, LIKE WITH PRETTY MUCH ALL SCALES, WE'RE REALLY TARGETING THE CRAWLER STAGE.

AND FOR THIS PARTICULAR SCALE, THEY HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT GENERATIONS HERE IN NEBRASKA, SO THERE IS STAGE THAT WILL -- EXCUSE ME, WILL HAVE THOSE OVERWINTERING EGGS EMERGE IN THE SPRING AND THEN THERE WILL BE A SECOND GENERATION THAT COMES IN THE SUMMER, SOMETIME IN JULY.

HOWEVER, THAT LATER GENERATION IN JULY THE EGG HATCH IS EXTENDED FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, AND SO THAT'S REALLY NOT THE BEST ONE TO TARGET.

YOU REALLY WANT TO TARGET THOSE -- THE SPRING FOR TREATING THESE.

SO THE CRAWLERS, THEY'RE VERY TINY.

THEY'RE KIND OF RED.

AND ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO TO MONITOR FOR THOSE IS WHEN YOU HAVE AN INFESTED BRANCH LIKE THIS IS SHAKING IT OVER A PIECE OF PAPER, WHITE SHEET OF PAPER, AND THEN YOU CAN SORT OF -- IT MAKES IT A LOT EASIER TO IDENTIFY THOSE TINY LITTLE REDDISH CRAWLERS ON THAT PIECE OF PAPER, AND A HAND LENS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT CAN BE FURTHER HELPFUL.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST WATCHING FOR THOSE IN THE SPRING, GENERALLY SPEAKING WE'RE LOOKING AT MAY.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS ONE THAT HAS BEEN IN THE LAB FOR A LITTLE BIT, AND CRAWLERS HAVE ALREADY EMERGED, BUT I THINK FOR ANYTHING ELSE WE'LL PROBABLY BE SEEING THOSE IN NEXT FEW WEEKS.

SO MONITOR FOR THOSE.

WHEN THEY DO START EMERGING, THOSE CRAWLERS, YOU ACTUALLY DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A WINDOW TO TREAT THEM.

THEY'LL FEED FOR ABOUT A WEEK.

THEY'LL SETTLE DOWN, FEED FOR ABOUT A WEEK, AND THEN GO TO A SECOND HYALINE STAGE.

THAT STAGE IS STILL SUSCEPTIBLE.

THEY HAVEN'T SECRETED THAT WAXY COVERING, YET.

WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS AS SOON AS YOU SEE THE CRAWLERS, YOU CAN EITHER WAIT A LITTLE BIT TO TREAT SO THAT YOU'RE KIND OF ALLOWING ALL THOSE EGGS TO HATCH OR YOU COULD GIVE IT TWO TREATMENTS WITH AN INSECTICIDAL SOAP OR HORTICULTURAL OIL.

WITH THOSE, THOROUGH COVERAGE IS REALLY THE KEY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

WATCH FOR THOSE LITTLE TINY PIECES OF DANDRUFF.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AMY, THE BEAUTIFUL BOXWOOD.

>> THE BEAUTIFUL BOXWOOD.

SO THIS IS ACTUAL FROM MY HOME.

THIS IS BOXWOOD.

WE'VE BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT BOXWOOD BLIGHT.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DO NOT HAVE BOXWOOD BLIGHT IN NEBRASKA, CONFIRMED ACCORDING TO KYLE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE AND THIS IS WHAT WE SEE COMMONLY WITH BOXWOODS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

THESE ARE LOWER BRANCHES ON MY BOXWOOD, BUT THE BIG THING IS WHEN WE LOOK AT IT IS THE COLORATION THAT WE'RE SEEING.

YOU KNOW, THOSE LEAVES ARE LIGHT BROWN TO YELLOW IN COLORATION, ALMOST WHITE IN COLOR.

THAT'S A GREAT INDICATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IF WE'RE TRYING TO COMPARE THIS TO BOXWOOD BLIGHT.

THE OTHER BIG TRICK IS IF YOU ARE CONCERNED ABOUT BOXWOOD BLIGHT, "“A"” YOU NEED TO SUBMIT A SAMPLE TO KYLE SO HE CAN CONFIRM IT, BUT YOU WOULD ALSO SEE FUNGAL FRUITING STRUCTURES ON IT AND WITH THIS LITTLE GUY IF YOU LOOK AT THE STEM, THE STEM IS ABSOLUTELY CLEAN.

I MEAN, IT'S SPOTLESS.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER INDICATION THAT THIS IS ENVIRONMENTAL.

SO THE TRICK WITH BOXWOODS, ESPECIALLY WHERE I LIVE UP IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA, BOXWOODS AREN'T REAL HAPPY THERE.

IT GETS A LITTLE TOO COLD.

YOU WOULD WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE IN A PROTECTED AREA.

BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS I HAVE WITH THIS SAMPLE FOR MYSELF IS IT'S UNDERNEATH THE AWNING OF THE HOUSE.

AND WITH THE WINTER THAT WE HAD, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF DESICCATION.

IT JUST DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH SUPPLEMENTAL WATER, SO THAT'S ONE THING WE WANT TO BE LOOKING AT.

ESPECIALLY IN THE FALL, AND COMING INTO THE SPRING.

WHAT IS YOUR SOLUTION?

YOU'’RE GOING TO GET THOSE NIPPERS OUT AND PRUNE OUT THOSE DEAD SPOTS.

AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT TAKING OUT MORE THAN A THIRD TO HALF OF THE PLANT YOU'RE JUST FINE.

IF YOU'RE TAKING MORE THAN HALF THE PLANT, IT'S PROBABLY TIME TO REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF THOSE LET'S REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSES I'M AFRAID.

>> YEAH.

>> THANK YOU, AMY, ALL RIGHT, JEFF, BEAUTY.

>> YEAH.

I BROUGHT IN PEARL BUSH.

SO RIGHT NOW IT'S DOING ITS THING.

PEARL BUSH IS VERY HARDY, DOES WELL IN EASTERN NEBRASKA.

IT HAS A TENDENCY TO BE KIND OF A FOUNTAIN SHAPED PLANT, TENDS TO GROW UP OUT OF A CENTER CROWN THEN KIND OF CASCADE OVER, AND SO YOU'LL HAVE THESE FLOWERS KIND OF HANGING DOWN AROUND IT.

FROM MY EXPERIENCE, THEY TEND TO BE ABOUT AS TALL AS THEY ARE WIDE.

THEY KIND OF MAINTAIN THAT RATIO AS THEY GET LARGER, BUT THEY CAN GET PRETTY BIG SIZED.

I'VE SEEN THEM AS LARGE AS EIGHT TO TEN FOOT TALL.

THIS ONE IS ABOUT SIX-FOOT BY SIX-FOOT.

>> AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME ON CAMPUS THAT WE'VE HAD FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

>> YEAH, THIS IS A SEEDLING FROM ONE OF THOSE.

>> YEAH.

>> VERY BEAUTIFUL.

>> YEAH.

>> PURE WHITE.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, ALL.

GOOD START.

WE'RE GOING TO START RIGHT IN WITH OUR PICTURE QUESTIONS.

KYLE, YOU HAVE A COUPLE FROM FARAWAY PLACES.

SO THIS FIRST ONE IS ACTUALLY IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, WHERE HE IS STUDYING, AND HE WONDERS WHAT THIS IS.

HE HAD LOOKED FOR HOURS AND HOURS AND HOURS, AND REACHED OUT TO YOU WHICH SAYS NEBRASKA IS THE PLACE TO GO IF YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, RIGHT?

>> I GUESS SO, YEAH.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THIS PICTURE.

IT'S AN APHID.

AND I HAVE KIND OF A SOFT PLACE FOR APHIDS, BUT THIS IS A GIANT BARK APHID.

IT'S NOT JUST ANY APHID.

REALLY COOL, THIS IS ACTUALLY THE LARGEST APHID IN NORTH AMERICA.

AND RATHER THAN FEEDING ON LEAVES LIKE MOST SPECIES DO, THESE ACTUALLY FEED THROUGH THE BARK.

SO THEY HAVE REALLY GNARLY MOUTH PARTS THAT ARE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THERE.

THEY'RE PRETTY COOL.

GENERALLY THEY DON'T -- THEY'RE NOT CAUSING ANY SORT OF HARM OR ANYTHING.

BUT THEY'LL FEED ON VARIETY OF HARDWOOD DECIDUOUS TREES.

>> HOW BIG IS BIG?

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S AS BIG AS A WASP.

>> A SMALL WASP, YEAH, IT'’S LIKE MAYBE LIKE THE BODY ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN INCH, BUT WITH THE LEGS AND EVERYTHING, IT'S BIGGER.

>> WOW.

FOR HEAVEN'S SAKES.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU TO HIM FOR SENDING THAT.

ALL RIGHT, YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS A BROKEN BOW VIEWER, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS.

THEY THINK IT'S AN ANT WITH WINGS AND SAYS THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF THEM ON THE BACK PATIO.

>> THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

THIS IS A WINGED ANY, SO THIS IS A SWARMER, SO YOU KNOW WHEN ANTS THEY REPRODUCE, THEY PRODUCE THESE WINGED MALES AND FEMALES.

THEY COME OUT IN THE SWARM, HENCE SWARMERS, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SEEING.

THEY'RE SEEING THESE WINGED ANTS COME OUT, MATING, THE MALES WILL BASICALLY DIE, FEMALES WILL GO OFF AND BECOME QUEENS, STARTING NEW COLONIES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

AND YOUR THIRD ONE IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOW UP TO A QUESTION WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

THIS VIEWER HAD ALL OF THESE WASPS HE THINKS IN HIS HOUSEPLANTS, AND THEN HE COULDN'T REALLY SEND US ANY GOOD PICTURES.

HE CAUGHT MORE OF THEM, RELEASED THEM OUTSIDE, AND HE WONDERS WHAT THEY ARE AND WHY IN THE WORLD DID THEY COME IN IN THE HOUSEPLANTS, WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

>> YEAH, THIS IS AN INTERESTING ONE.

THERE IS ACTUALLY A LOT OF WASPS THAT HAVE ALMOST IDENTICAL PATTERN TO THIS, BUT I BELIEVE THIS IS A SAND WASP.

AND SO YOU KNOW THEY -- THEY'RE PREDATORY ON OTHER INSECTS, AND THEY MAKE THESE BURROWS, NEST IN SANDY SOIL, HENCE SAND WASP AND THEY PROVISION THOSE NESTS WITH THE INSECTS THAT THEY'RE PREYING ON.

WHY IT ENDED UP INSIDE I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE.

I DON'T KNOW IF POTENTIALLY YOU KNOW THESE WERE PLANTS THAT HAD BEEN OUTSIDE, AND YOU HAD YOU KNOW HAD ONE THAT STARTED OR HAD THAT BURROW THAT NEST IN THERE AND NOW WE'RE SEEING THE ADULTS THIS YEAR EMERGE FROM THAT.

THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.

THAT WOULD BE MY BEST GUESS.

>> DO THEY STING LIKE THE REST OF THEM?

>> THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STING, BUT IN GENERAL THEY'RE LIKE MORE SOLITARY SO THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT AGGRESSIVE.

IT PROBABLY WOULD TAKE A LOT OF PROVOCATION TO GET A STING FROM ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, KYLE.

OKAY, AMY.

FIRST ONE HERE IS A BLAIR VIEWER.

SHE IS GROWING HYACINTH BEAN FROM SEED.

AND THE LEAVES ARE GETTING THESE YELLOW SPLOTCHES.

SHE HAD THEM IN BRIGHT LIGHT, SUNNY WINDOWS, SHE DID TAKE THEM OUTSIDE ON THE 27TH.

BUT SHE'’S IS WONDERING IS THIS DISEASE OR NUTRITION?

>> I WOULD LEAN MORE TO THE NUTRITION SIDE.

GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF FERTILIZER.

THEY SHOULD GREEN BACK UP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE THIS IS FUN.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO RESCUED A BANANA PLANT OUT OF A DUMPSTER.

>> OH.

>> A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT HE IS SEEING THIS SORT OF INTERESTING LEAF BROWNING AND SO FORTH.

JOHN TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT IN THE LIGHTNING ROUND A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND SAID BANANAS DO THAT BUT HE DID SEND THESE BETTER PICTURES AND HE IS WONDERING IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT HE COULD DO TO KEEP THIS BANANA FROM DOING THIS.

DO WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS?

>> I ACTUALLY HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF SEARCHING BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BANANA EXPERIENCE.

THERE IS A LOT OF FUNGAL DISEASES FOUND ON BANANAS, BUT THE GREAT ADVANTAGE WE HAVE BEING IN NEBRASKA IS THOSE FUNGAL SPORES AREN'T FOUND HERE.

SO THAT IS GOOD FOR YOU.

IT IS MOST LIKELY JOHN IS RIGHT.

IT'’S MOST LIKELY AN ENVIRONMENTAL REACTION OF SOME SORT.

ONE THING I WOULD BE CAREFUL WITH BANANA IN A LOT OF HOUSEPLANTS IS WHAT IS YOUR WATER SOURCE.

ARE YOU USING CITY WATER WITH IT?

IF YOU ARE USING CITY WATER, SOMETIMES WE'LL SEE A CONCENTRATION OF FLUORIDE, CHLORINE, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE AT.

AND SOMETIMES SALT IF YOU HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF FERTILIZER, SO TYPICALLY WHAT I LOOK FOR A PLANT LIKE THAT IS MAYBE FLUSH OUT THE ROOT SYSTEM, BUY BOTTLED WATER, DISTILLED WATER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

FLUSH THAT ROOT SYSTEM OUT.

BUY SOME BOTTLED WATER, DISTILLED WATER, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FLUSH THAT ROOT SYSTEM OUT AND SEE IF THE PLANT WILL RESPOND BACK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.

IT COULD JUST BE A TOXICITY RESPONSE TO NUTRIENTS AND OTHER MINERALS IN THE WATER.

>> INTERESTING.

ALL RIGHT.

>> I'VE BEEN GROWING BANANAS FOR 20 YEARS AT HOME.

SO I GOT THEM TO FLOWER AND FRUIT AND ALL THAT STUFF.

AND SO I THINK YOU KNOW ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, JUST WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS FAR AS FLUSHING, WITH BANANAS AS FAR AS WATERING, I TEND TO SATURATE THE SOIL, THEY'RE A HEAVY WATER USER OBVIOUSLY, AND LET IT DRY OUT AND KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT CYCLE OF -- VERSUS KEEPING AN EVEN MOISTURE LEVEL, THAT SEEMS TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS, THEN YOU START HAVING ROOT ROT.

YOU START HAVING SOME ISSUES LIKE THAT.

>> YEAH!

>> BUT IF I SUNK IT REALLY WELL, LET IT DRY DOWN, SOAK IT REALLY WELL, THAT SEEMS TO -- YOU KNOW I CAN GET THROUGH THE WINTER WITH THREE OR FOUR BIG BANANAS IN THE HOUSE, AND THEY DO FINE.

>> THAT ACTUALLY MAKES MORE SENSE, BECAUSE THAT'S MORE OF THEIR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

>> RIGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE THE RAINY SEASON AND THEN THE DRY SEASON.

>> INTERESTING.

MAYBE THAT WILL HELP.

SO THANK YOU BOTH.

ALL RIGHT.

JEFF, QUITE A FEW RHODODENDRON QUESTIONS THIS YEAR.

THIS ONE IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

SHE'S HAD THIS FOR OVER TEN YEARS.

IT'S NEVER FLOWERED.

SHE DOES SAY IT HAS BEEN ALL OVER THE YARD.

SO I -- I'M INTERPRETING THAT AS SHE MOVED IT A LOT.

IT'S NOW ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDINGS OF HER HOME.

>> WELL, I THINK PROBABLY THERE IS A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE IS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING, IT'S -- RHODODENDRONS CAN DO WELL IN LINCOLN, EASTERN NEBRASKA.

BUT THEY HAVE TO BE IN A FAIRLY PROTECTED SITE.

SO I LEAN TOWARDS THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THAT SORT OF THING, SO IT'S OUT OF THE WINTER WIND, OUT OF THE LATE DAY SUN IN THE SUMMERTIME.

MAKING SURE THAT YOU'VE AMENDED THE SOIL.

SO I WANT A LOT OF ORGANIC MATTER IN THE SOIL TO SEE IF WE CAN RAISE THE PH A LITTLE BIT ON THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING TOO IS THE PARTICULAR VARIETY THAT THEY SELECTED MAY NOT BE FLOWER HARDY HERE, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE IDEA THERE, THAT -- >> RIGHT.

>> THERE IS SOME PROVEN ONES, AND WE SEE PGM EVERYWHERE, SEEMS TO BE ABLE TO FLOWER IN WHATEVER KIND OF WINTER WE HAVE.

>> UH-HUH.

>> AND THERE IS OTHERS THAT WILL DO WELL, BUT THIS MAY BE ONE THAT JUST DOESN'T.

>> AND ESPECIALLY LOOKING AT THOSE SMALLER LEAVES, THAT SEEMS LIKE THERE ARE A LOT OF THOSE SMALL LEAVED RHODODENDRONS THAT ARE SO BEAUTIFUL IN THE GARDEN CENTERS IN THE SPRING.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT SET IS A KEARNEY VIEWER.

THEY HAVE A MANHATTAN EUONYMUS HEDGE.

AND THE HEDGE IS ABOUT 250 FEET LONG SO THIS IS A BIG ONE.

LEAVES STARTED TURNING YELLOW AND FALLING OFF.

LESS THAN 50% OF THE FOLIAGE IS LEFT.

I THINK WE HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS.

IT'S NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE.

SO WHAT DO WE THINK HERE?

>> WELL, I THINK POSSIBLY A COUPLE THINGS.

ONE, KYLE MIGHT WANT TO TALK ABOUT SCALE, I THINK THAT THAT'S MAYBE -- AND EUONYMUS IN PARTICULAR WILL HAVE PROBLEMS WITH IT AND THIS TO ME WITH THE YELLOWING LEAVES IS MAYBE AN INDICATION OF THAT.

ALTHOUGH IT'S FAIRLY EARLY IN THE YEAR.

SO THE OTHER THING WOULD BE YOU KNOW AGAIN A PRETTY GOOD WATER USER, SO THEY HAVE A MASS OF ROOTS, AND SO IF WE HAVE THEM IN WATERING THEM, IF IT'S BEEN DRY IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, THAT MAY BE ONE OF THE ISSUES.

AND THEN YOU KNOW, WE HAD SOME CRAZY LOW TEMPERATURES THIS YEAR, AND SO THIS MAY BE YOU KNOW ONE OF THOSE YEARS WHERE SOME OF THAT GROWTH, SOME OF THOSE LEAVES THAT NORMALLY OVERWINTER JUST AREN'T MAKING IT.

SO I WOULD LOOK TO SEE IF WE'RE SEEING SOME NEW BUDS, NEW LEAVES COME OUT, THAT'S A GOOD INDICATION.

I WOULD LOOK AT HOW WE'RE WATERING AND THEN MAYBE WE THINK ABOUT SOME SORT OF HORTICULTURAL OIL OR SOMETHING IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

>> MANHATTAN EUONYMUS, IN KEARNEY, NEBRASKA.

MANHATTAN IS FROM MANHATTAN, KANSAS.

SO IT'S INTERESTING THEY GOTTEN IT TO LIVE THAT LONG.

>> RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE SHOWED YOU SOME FANTASTIC SPRING FLOWERING TREES LAST WEEK.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, BULBS ARE ANOTHER GREAT WAY TO GET THAT EARLY SPLASH OF COLOR.

THE TRADITIONAL BULBS ARE GREAT, BUT WE THOUGHT WE'’D SHOW YOU A FEW THAT AREN'’T QUITE AS COMMON.

♪ >> THERE ARE FEW THINGS MORE JOYOUS IN THE SPRING THAN THOSE GREAT SPRING BULBS.

AND WHILE WE ALL THINK A LITTLE BIT OR A LOT ABOUT THE COMMON ONES LIKE TULIPS AND DAFFODILS AND MAYBE HYACINTHS THERE ARE MANY, MANY OTHER BULBS THAT WE WITH CAN ACTUALLY USE IN OUR LANDSCAPE.

SOME OF THEM ARE VERY UNUSUAL.

THEY'RE A LITTLE HARDER TO FIND BUT THEY GIVE JUST THAT DIFFICULT PIECE OF INTEREST IN THE LANDSCAPE AND GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOUR FRIENDS.

SO LET ME TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THOSE TODAY, AND, OF COURSE, WE CAN'T COVER ALL OF THEM.

I WANT TO START WITH ONE CALLED SUMMER SNOWFLAKE.

IT'S NOT SUMMER.

IT USUALLY DOESN'T FLOWER THIS EARLY.

BUT WHEN IT DOES, IT IS THESE DELICATE LITTLE WHITE FLOWERS TIPPED WITH GREEN, THE LEAVES LOOK A LITTLE LIKE DAFFODIL, AND THEY'RE ONLY CARRIED -- THESE FLOWERS ARE ONLY CARRIED ABOUT THREE TO A STEM.

SO REALLY A BEAUTIFUL, TALL, QUIET LITTLE BULB AS OPPOSED TO BEING IN YOUR FACE LIKE SOME OF THE TULIPS.

THEN WE HAVE THIS FABULOUS BULB CALLED IPHEION.

IT'S COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS STARFLOWER.

THERE ARE VARIOUS CULTIVARS OF THIS.

PERFECT STAR SHAPED, LARGE BLUE FLOWERS AND VARIOUS SHADES OF BLUE.

AND IT'S BLOOMING RIGHT NOW AT THME TIME AS OUR NATIVE PRAIRIE SMOKE.

AND THEN WE HAVE ONE OF THE PASQUE FLOWERS WHICH IS ONE OF THE RED ONES, WHICH IS FLOWERING A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN OUR NATIVE PASQUE FLOWER.

IT'S A VERY, VERY INTERESTING COMBINATION.

ONE OF MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES IS CHECKERED LILY OR SNAKE'’S HEAD LILY OR GUINEA HEN LILY.

YOU CAN CALL IT REALLY WHAT YOU WANT.

IT COMES STRAIGHT OUT OF THE GROUND, LOOKS LIKE A SNAKE'S HEAD WHEN IT'S IN BUD, THEN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE FLOWERS OPENS WITH A CHECKERED PATTERN ON IT.

SO THE CHECKERED PATTERN SHOWS UP EVEN ON THE WHITE ONES, AND THEN, OF COURSE, IT GOES QUIET AND DORMANT, AS DO REALLY MOST OF OUR BULBS.

NOW, WHEN WE DO TALK ABOUT TULIPS AND DAFFODILS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD REALLY CONSIDER IS CHOOSING THE ONES THAT ARE A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL.

TULIPS IN PARTICULAR COME IN MULTIPLE SPECIES TYPES OF TULIPS.

THEY'RE CERTAINLY NOT THE GREAT BIG CUTTING ONES LIKE THE DARWINS, BUT INTERESTING COLORS.

THEY MAY HAVE PETALS THAT ARE RECURVED, SOME OF THEM ARE A LITTLE IN LAVENDER, TINY, CLOSE TO THE GROUND.

MAYBE ONE THAT IS YELLOW AND ORANGE OR RED STRIPED, STRIPES IN THE FOLIAGE.

REALLY A DIFFERENT CHARACTER.

AND SOME OF THOSE ARE A LITTLE HARDIER THAN THE ONES WE USE FOR CUTTING TULIPS.

THEN OF COURSE WE ALSO HAVE SOME OF THE ONES THAT WE DO USE FOR CUTTING TULIPS, CALLED THE PEONY FLOWERED TULIPS.

THE DAFFODILS OF COURSE COME NOT ONLY IN THE GREAT BIG YELLOW CUPPED ONES, SMALLER CUPPED, LITTLE ONES THAT NATURALIZE, THAT WILL REALLY GIVE YOU A DIFFERENT SORT OF APPEARANCE WHEREVER YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT THEM.

AND ONE FINAL COMMENT ON SOME OF THE UNUSUAL BULBS.

ONCE YOU START LOOKING FOR THEM AND YOU EXAMINE THE HARDINESS, OF COURSE, AND WHETHER IT WILL ACTUALLY LIVE IN YOUR ZONE AND TRULY BE PERENNIAL, YOU CAN FIND DIFFERENT FERTILE AREAS THAT ARE GOING TO BE PURPLE AND YELLOW.

YOU CAN FIND BULBS THAT YOU'VE NEVER REALLY EVEN HEARD OF BEFORE AND GIVE THEM A TRY.

RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, IN THE SPRING AS I SAID IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT YOU LIKE OR YOU TRY TO FIND IT SOMEWHERE, BECAUSE WE PLANT THE BULBS ALMOST ALWAYS IN THE FALL FOR THESE EARLY SPRING BLOOMING ONES.

AND THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE IT FIXED IN YOUR MIND BEFORE YOU ORDER IN THE FALL.

KEEP IN MIND ALSO THAT THE BULBS ARE GOING TO GO DORMANT AFTER FLOWERING, SO IF YOU HAVE A BIG SPACE IN YOUR LANDSCAPE THAT YOU FILLED WITH BULBS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COVER THAT UP WITH SOMETHING OR JUST HAVE A BARE SPOT.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN SHOW YOU ALL THE BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS WE WANT TO, BUT YOU'’RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE THOSE MENTAL NOTES ABOUT THE BULBS YOU WOULD LIKE TO TRY.

MAKE THAT PLAN, BUY THEM, GET THEM IN THE GROUND THIS FALL.

AND THEY ARE PRETTY THIS YEAR.

ALL RIGHT.

AMY -- NO, KYLE.

KYLE'S NEXT.

SO KYLE, THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER FOUND SEVERAL OF THESE THINGS ON THEIR 10-YEAR-OLD NORTHERN GOLD FORSYTHIA.

THEY WONDER IF IT'S A GALL, IS IT NORMAL OR TROUBLE?

>> I ACTUALLY THINK MAYBE YOU HAD IT RIGHT, IT IS AMY'S QUESTION.

BUT NO I -- I WAS CHECKING IT OUT, AND I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY RATHER THAN BEING CAUSED BY INSECT THAT THIS IS A PLANT PATH ISSUE HERE.

SO THIS GALL SEEMS TO BE CAUSED BY UNCERTAIN BUT PROBABLY A PSEUDOMONAS BACTERIUM.

>> RIGHT.

LUCKILY, THE OTHER KYLE LOOKED AT THE PICTURE AND CONFERRED WITH KYLE.

YEAH, THERE IS A PSEUDOMONAS.

THE TRICK IS YOU'’RE GOING TO WANT TO PRUNE IT OUT.

BUT IT'S A BACTERIA.

SO YOU NEED TO GO FURTHER BACK ON THE STEM.

WE WANT TO GO ANYWHERE FROM TEN TO 12 INCHES BACK.

SO REALLY KEEP THAT IN MIND.

I WOULD ALSO WANT TO CLEAN YOUR CLIPPERS IN BETWEEN CUTS SO YOU'RE NOT MOVING THAT BACTERIA TO OTHER PLACES IN THAT FORSYTHIA.

AND THEN THROW IT IN THE TRASH.

DON'T PUT IT IN THE COMPOST, PLEASE.

>> IT IS SO INTERESTING THAT YOU -- YOU JUST CAN'T TELL FROM A PICTURE NECESSARILY WHETHER IT'S A ROT IN A SPOT OR -- >> FOR SURE.

>> INSECT.

VERY INTERESTING.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE, KYLE, IS THIS IS A 50 PLUS-YEAR-OLD SYCAMORE.

IT DOES HAVE BARK COMING OFF IN PIECES, WHICH SYCAMORES DO BUT NOT LIKE THIS.

HE DID SAY THAT HE'S FOUND PIECES THAT HAVE ROLY POLIES UNDER THEM AND WONDERS WHAT REALLY IS GOING ON HERE AND WHETHER HE -- SHE SHOULD TREAT THIS.

>> SURE.

SO I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO SEE MORE OF THE TREE.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LIFESPAN OF SYCAMORE NORMALLY IS.

BUT WITH ROLY POLIES, THE ISOPODS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DECOMPOSERS.

THEY'RE FEEDING ON FUNGI AND DECAYING PLANT MATTER.

SO THEY'RE NOT HURTING ANYTHING.

THEY NEED THAT SORT OF MOIST ENVIRONMENT.

SO YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY'RE JUST -- THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD ENVIRONMENT.

I THINK THEY'RE -- THEY'RE SORT OF EVIDENCE OF A GREATER ISSUE GOING ON, BUT THEY'RE NOT CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS.

SO DEFINITELY FROM INSECT PERSPECTIVE I WOULDN'T TREAT FOR THAT.

I'M SUSPICIOUS THAT THERE IS SOME JUST DECLINING HEALTH OF THE TREE, MAYBE SOME OTHER ISSUES GOING ON WHERE YOU HAVE SOME FUNGI IN THERE DECAYING.

>> DOING THAT.

HE DID SEND A PICTURE OF JUST THE TRUNK WITH MAYBE ONE OTHER LITTLE HOLE BUT NOT A PICTURE OF THE WHOLE TREE, SO WE COULDN'T SEE THE CANOPY ON THE TREE.

I KNOW WE HAVE OLD SYCAMORES ON CAMPUS.

>> THEY'RE LONG-LIVED IN THIS AREA, SO -- >> YEAH.

>> I SUPPOSE IT WOULD BE ONE OF THOSE I WOULD BE TEMPTED TO PROBE THOSE HOLES AND JUST SEE YOU KNOW, WITH A FLAG OR SOMETHING JUST TO SEE HOW FAR -- >> HOW DEEP.

>> I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF IT WASN'T A HEART ROT WORKING ITS WAY OUT.

IF IT'S CLOSE TO THE HOUSE YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO DO THAT AND REMOVE IT.

>> RIGHT, EXACTLY.

AMY, NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.

>> OKAY.

>> THIS IS ALSO A LINCOLN VIEWER BUT IT COULD BE MANY VIEWERS.

YOUR FIRST TWO PICTURES HERE ARE -- THIS PARTICULAR SPRUCE HAS HAD MARKED NEEDLE FALL IN THE PAST COUPLE YEARS, MANY DEAD BRANCHES.

MOST OF THE BRANCHES HAVE NEEDLES AT THE ENDS ONLY AND THE TRUNK HAS A LOT OF WEEPING IN IT.

IT IS A 30-FOOT SPRUCE.

>> OKAY.

>> THAT'S YOUR FIRST COUPLE.

>> OKAY.

SO YOU'RE PROBABLY DEALING WITH A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS.

SEEING THOSE NEEDLES THE WAY THEY ARE, YOU'RE MOST LIKELY DEALING WITH SOME TYPE OF FUNGAL NEEDLE CAST.

THERE'S A COUPLE DIFFERENT ONES THAT WE FIND ON BLUE SPRUCE.

TYPICALLY IT AFFECTS THE OLDER NEEDLES AND NOT THOSE NEW NEEDLES AND THOSE NEW CANDLES ON THE FRONT.

THAT'S THE REASON WHY THE TIPS ARE STILL GREEN.

THE WEEPING ON THE TRUNK MOST LIKELY WE'RE LOOKING AT CYTOSPORA CANKER WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN BLUE SPRUCE.

WE GET THAT WEEPING AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING DECLINE OF THE TREE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE INHIBITING THE MOVEMENT OF WATER AND NUTRIENTS IN THAT TREE SO IN ALL REALITY THE CYTOSPORA CANKER IS A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH.

THE TREE MIGHT LAST ANOTHER YOU KNOW TEN, 15 YEARS, BUT YOU WILL SEE FURTHER DECLINE OF THAT TREE OVER TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND 30 YEARS IS A NICE LONG LIFE FOR A SPRUCE WITH THE STRANGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS WE'VE BEEN HAVING.

ALL RIGHT, AMY, YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES ARE A GOEHNER VIEWER, THIS IS A CONCOLOR FIR.

AND SHE SAYS IT'S KIND OF DYING ON THE INSIDE.

IT'S ONLY ABOUT SIX YEARS OLD.

I THINK WE HAVE A SECOND PICTURE MAYBE OF THE -- YEAH, IT'S DOING THAT IN THE INTERIOR.

AND I KNOW WE HAD A LITTLE ISSUE WITH CONCOLOR LAST YEAR WITH SOME OF THEM.

>> WE DID.

THE TRICK IS TYPICALLY CON COLORS DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DISEASE ISSUES.

WE TYPICALLY DON'T FIND NEEDLE CAST IN THEM OR TIP BLIGHT.

A LOT OF TIMES IT ENDS UP BEING MORE ENVIRONMENTAL.

CONCOLORS CAN BE FINICKY ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE PLACED.

THEY WANT WATER BUT NOT TOO MUCH WATER.

AND I'M SURE JEFF AND KIM CAN TALK MORE.

THEY'RE FINICKY, AND SO I WOULD LEAN MORE TOWARDS MORE AN ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENT.

ALSO KEEP IN MIND THEY DON'T KEEP THEIR NEEDLES ON FOREVER.

THEY WILL DROP THOSE INSIDE NEEDLES.

TYPICALLY WE'LL SEE THE FLUSH, THE YELLOWING AND SUDDEN DROP ALL AT ONE TIME OF THE YEAR.

MAYBE THAT'S WHAT THE CONCOLOR IS DOING BUT I WOULD PROBABLY LEAN TOWARD MORE ENVIRONMENTAL.

>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT.

THAT'S KIND OF FAR WEST FOR CONCOLOR MAYBE, TOO AND PRETTY EXPOSED.

ALL RIGHT.

JEFF, YOUR FIRST TWO ARE A VIEWER WHO HAS A NEW FRONT YARD, AND A LOVELY TREE, ACRABAPPLE.

BUT, OF COURSE, THE FIRST ONE SHOWS THE TREE, THE SECOND ONE SHOWS THE SUCKERS AROUND THE BOTTOM.

THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT IT.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CRABAPPLE, AND REALLY FOR SUCKERING CRABS THERE IS NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO.

THE ONE THING YOU ARE GOING TO WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOUR PRUNERS ARE SHARP.

GO OUT AND CUT THOSE AS LOW AS YOU CAN.

TRY NOT TO GET INTO THE ROOTS.

TRY NOT TO DO ANY PARTICULAR DAMAGE TO THE STEM OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE JUST WANT TO TAKE THE SUCKERS OUT.

AND THEN GOING FORWARD WE'’RE GOING TO WANT TO AVOID ANY KIND OF HEAVY PRUNING THROUGH THE WINTER OR EARLY SPRING.

I TEND TO LEAN TOWARDS A MID-SUMMER PRUNING ON CRABAPPLES THAT ARE SHOWING THIS.

THEY TEND TO RESPOND LESS TO THAT PRUNING.

ANYTIME YOU PRUNE A TREE, IT TENDS RESPOND BY PUTTING ON SOME NEW GROWTH.

BY DOING IT MID-SEASON LIKE THAT, THE RESPONSE IS LESS, SO IT LOWERS YOUR CHANCE FOR SUCKERING.

>> AND YOUR NEXT ONE IS -- THIS IS A GRETNA VIEWER.

YOU'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE ARBOR VITA, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE STUMPS NEXT TO THE ARBOR VITA WHICH WAS APPARENTLY A SILKY DOGWOOD WHICH IS ONE OF THE RED STEMS.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER HE CAN TREAT THE STUMPS WITH SOMETHING.

HE'S TALKING CONCENTRATED GLYPHOSATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WITHOUT DAMAGING THE ARBOR VITA BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WASN'T THE DOGWOOD TO COME BACK UP.

>> SURE.

I WOULD NOT DO THAT.

SO I THINK MOST HERBICIDES HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRANSLOCATE THROUGH THE ROOT SYSTEMS AND MAY THEN CONNECT AND IF THEY'RE GROWING CLOSELY TO THE ARBOR VITA THERE ARE VERY FIBROUS ROOT SYSTEM, BOTH OF THEM ARE, AND SO I THINK YOU HAVE A CHANCE OF AFFECTING THOSE.

YOU KNOW, DOGWOODS ARE FAIRLY EASY TO DIG OUT, SHARPEN YOUR SPADE, GET IN THERE, GET SOME ICED TEA AND START WORKING AROUND IT, BUT THEY'RE PRETTY EASY TO DIG OUT.

>> DON'T GO IT THIS WEEKEND WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE 90.

>> RIGHT, OR IN THE MORNING.

DO IT BEFORE THE SPRING GAME.

>> THANKS, JEFF.

>> WE DO STILL GOT A LOT OF THINGS IN THE GREENHOUSE, BUT PLANTING TIME IS COMING UP SOON.

LET'’S TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR FROM TERRI JAMES OUT AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

♪ >> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, AGAIN THINGS ARE A LITTLE STATUS QUO, BUT OUR RAISED BEDS ARE LOOKING FANTASTIC.

THE SUN HAS BEEN HELPING, A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING.

WE HAVE OUR PEAS COMING UP.

WE HAVE OUR RADISHES, OUR LETTUCES.

WE EVEN HAVE SOME OF OUR ITALIAN DANDELION WINTER OVER FROM LAST YEAR, SO THAT'S UP AND GOING AND ALL THESE NICE GREENS ARE LOOKING FANTASTIC.

WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING THESE START TO PRODUCE HERE IN A FEW WEEKS.

WE ALSO ARE SEEING STUFF IN THE GREENHOUSE GROW.

WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO START PINCHING SOME STUFF BACK.

A LOT OF OUR TOMATOES WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE UP INTO THE NEXT SIZE CONTAINER.

SO EVERYTHING IS LOOKING FANTASTIC.

WE'RE STILL DOING A LITTLE BIT OF WEEDING ACROSS THE GARDEN, MAKING SURE WE'RE PULLING OUT SOME OF THOSE WEEDS THAT WE REALLY DON'T WANT.

BUT LEAVING A HANDFUL FOR THOSE POLLINATORS TO GET THOSE FLOWERS.

WE HAVE THE NEXT SET OF FLOWERS COMING ACROSS THE GARDEN, SO STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK IT OUT.

♪ >> EVERYTHING LOOKS GREAT IN OUR RAISED BEDS AND THE SOIL WE'’VE CAREFULLY PREPARED IS JUST BEGGING US TO GET THE REST OF THOSE PLANTS PLANTED.

SO STAY TUNED!

IT IS TIME FOR US TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK.

COMING UP, WE'’LL HAVE THE LIGHTNING ROUND AND THE PLANT OF THE WEEK.

THERE'’S MORE "BACKYARD FARMER" COMING YOUR WAY RIGHT AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

♪ >> WELCOME BACK TO "BACKYARD FARMER"!

COMING UP LATER WE'’RE GOING TO TAKE A DEEPER LOOK AT INFORMATION ON THOSE GARDEN CENTER PRODUCT LABELS.

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

RIGHT NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

OKAY, JEFF, YOU'LL BE JUST FINE.

YOUR FIRST ONE IS A FREMONT VIEWER.

SHE BOUGHT A POTTED HYACINTH AND IT WAS IN FLOWER.

IT FINISHED FLOWERING.

SHE KNOWS SHE NEEDS TO KEEP THE LEAVES ON IT BUT SHE WONDERS CAN SHE PUT IT IN THE GARDEN FOR NEXT YEAR AND EXPECT IT TO RE-FLOWER.

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I DON'T THINK SO.

I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING YOU MIGHT WANT TO KEEP INSIDE OR KEEP AS A POTTED PLANT AND TREAT IT THAT WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A SCANDIA VIEWER, HAS A COUPLE OLD BITTERSWEET VINES ABOUT TWO FEET APART.

SHE DOESN'T GET ANY FRUIT.

SHE IS WONDERING IF SHE JUST PLANTS A PARTNER PLANT NEXT TO IT WILL SHE GET THE FRUIT.

>> WELL, SHE WOULD HAVE TO MAKE SURE SHE HAS -- OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T HAVE A MALE AND FEMALE, SO THAT'S THE PROBLEM.

>> RIGHT.

>> SHE WOULD HAVE TO FIND THE FEMALE OR THE MALE.

>> RIGHT.

THIS IS A VIEWER IN LINCOLN WHO KNOWS THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE PLANTED FLOWERING PEAR BUT IT WAS ALREADY PLANTED AND THEY HAVE VERY FEW FLOWERS ON IT BUT THE LEAVES SEEM FINE.

IS IT GOING TO BE OKAY?

>> I THINK SO, YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A KEARNEY VIEWER WHO HAS RHUBARB THAT KIND OF FROZE, SOME OF THE STALKS ARE LIMP.

IS IT OKAY TO STILL HARVEST THE REST OF IT?

>> YES, IT SHOULD BEINE.

JUST CUT OUT THE LIMP ONES.

>> TRANSPLANTING LILY OF THE VALLEY AND FERNS, NOW?

>> SURE.

THEY'LL LIVE THROUGH ANYTHING.

LILY OF THE VALLEY ANY TIME OF THE YEAR.

105-DEGREE, 35 BELOW, TRANSPLANT IT.

>> EXACTLY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JEFF.

OKAY.

AMY, READY?

>> YUP.

>> IT'S NOT A VERY ROTTY AND SPOTTY YEAR, YET.

>> IT'S COMING.

>> THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO WONDERS HOW TO REMOVE MOLD FROM VINYL SIDING.

>> OH.

>> USE A CHEMICAL OR WHAT?

>> SO PRESSURE WASHER, AND 10% BLEACH SOLUTION SHOULD HELP ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEM.

AND YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHY YOU HAVE MOLD SO YOU HAVE A WATER ISSUE SOMEWHERE, SO WHETHER IT'S THE SPRINKLER HITTING IT ALL THE TIME OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER THAT HAS WHITE DUST ON TURF IN THE SHADE.

WHAT IS THAT AND WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT IT?

>> I HAD IT UNTIL I HAD RAIN THIS WEEK.

POWDERY MILDEW, LOVES HUMIDITY, SHADED AREAS.

NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO FOR IT.

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY IN THE NIOBRARA AREA.

THEY'RE WONDERING WHETHER IT IS TIME TO TREAT FOR THOSE PINE DISEASES.

>> ACTUALLY IT IS.

YOU WANT TO GET OUT THERE AND START SEEING IF THOSE CANDLES, THOSE BABY NEEDLES ARE STARTING TO ELONGATE OR STARTING TO COME OUT AND WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE APPLICATIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO KNOW WHETHER TOMATOES AND PEPPERS HAVE DISEASES WHEN YOU BUY THEM IN THE POT?

>> IN THE POT, REALLY LOOK TO SEE IF THERE IS ANY BROWN SPOTS ON THEM.

IF YOU WAIT LATER IN THE GROWING SEASON AND YOU'RE BUYING THEM AT 50% OFF, SOMETIMES THEY'RE BROWN JUST BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T GET ENOUGH WATER.

BUT PEPPERS THERE IS DEFINITELY SOME BACTERIAL DISEASES THAT WE DON'T SEE UNTIL LATER BECAUSE IT NEEDS 90 PLUS DEGREES AND IT'S JUST NOT THAT WARM.

TRY TO FIND SOMETHING JUST NICE, BIG, HEALTHY, AND THRIVING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE.

YOU READY?

>> I'M READY.

>> THIS IS A STANTON VIEWER.

WHO SAYS THEY HAVE A SMALL RETAIL GREENHOUSE AND IT IS A WASP MAGNET.

IS THERE A WAY TO DISCOURAGE THEM FROM COMING INTO THEIR GREENHOUSE?

>> BASICALLY EXCLUDE, SEAL IT UP, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO THAT FOR A GREENHOUSE.

BUT THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT HURTING ANYTHING, AND PROBABLY HELPING BY YOU KNOW KILLING -- >> SOMETHING ELSE.

>> PREYING ON, YEAH, CATERPILLAR, SO -- >> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A CREIGHTON VIEWER WHO HAS THE "“COILED"” AND THEY PUT THAT IN QUOTES, WORMS IN THEIR BASEMENT.

HOW DO WE ERADICATE THOSE?

>> AGAIN, YOU KNOW, SEALING UP, MY GUESS IS IT'S MILLIPEDES, AND SOME HOMES JUST GET THOSE.

SO VACUUM THEM UP AND IF YOU CAN FIND ENTRY POINTS SEAL IT UP, DEAL WITH MOISTURE ISSUES.

THEY NEED HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS.

>> ONE OF OUR BEAUTY PICTURES AFTER THE BREAK WAS A BUMBLEBEE HOUSE A VIEWER BUILT BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW HIGH TO PUT IT OFF THE GROUND AND WHERE TO PUT IT.

>> IT'S NOT REALLY CLEAR WHAT THEY LIKE, BUT I WOULD -- IF IT WAS ME I WOULD DO ON THE GROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN THIS IS A VIEW WHO OVERWINTERED BUTTERFLY AND MILKWEED PLANT INSIDE AND HAS APHIDS.

ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT IT?

>> PROBABLY INSECTICIDAL SOAP IS WHAT I WOULD DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

NICE JOB, ALL.

OKAY, JEFF, PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

>> YEAH.

I HAVE A COUPLE COOL PLANTS HERE.

I'LL START OFF WITH KIM'S FAVORITE.

THE WOODLAND PHLOX THAT YOU BROUGHT IN.

SO IT'S A NATIVE PHLOX.

YOU SAID YOU'RE FINDING IT -- >> IN THE WOODS.

>> IN THE WOODS.

>> IN BLOOM RIGHT NOW.

>> WHICH IS FUN.

>> UH-HUH.

> OBVIOUSLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO NEED SHADE, SOME EVEN MOISTURE, PROBABLY HIGH ORGANIC SOILS.

SO SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IF YOU WANT THE TRY THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER ONE IS ALSO A GROUND COVER.

THIS IS LAMIASTRUM, AND YELLOW ARCHANGEL, HERMAN'S PRIDE, A COUPLE DIFFERENT NAMES YOU MIGHT HEAR IT GO UNDER.

IT IS A BULLETPROOF PLANT.

ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

AND IT DOES HAVE A TENDENCY TO SPREAD.

AND YOU CAN SEE IT'S FLOWERING RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE THIS ON CAMPUS.

I HAVE IT AT HOME.

KIM HAS IT AT HOME.

SO IT'S REALLY NICE RIGHT NOW, REALLY LIGHTS UP THE AREAS UNDERNEATH TREES AND THAT SORT OF THING WITH THE FLOWERS.

BUT IT CAN BE A BIT AGGRESSIVE, SO IT'S SOMETHING LIKE A LOT OF GROUND COVERS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MANAGE THOSE.

YOU MAY HAVE TO DO SOME CLEANING AROUND OTHER PLANTS, ESPECIALLY PERENNIALS TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T TEND TO OVERTAKE IT SO -- >> RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

POLLINATORS DO LIKE IT IF THERE WERE ANY AROUND RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, I NOTICED TOO.

I EXPECTED TO SEE SOME BEES, SOME HONEY BEES, SOMETHING, BUT NOTHING.

>> NOTHING.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE, LET'S SEE.

THIS IS YOUR NEXT PICTURE QUESTION.

THIS IS A VIEWER BY GREENWOOD, AND SHE WAS DIGGING SOME THINGS OUT OF HER IRIS AND FOUND IT.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS.

>> THIS BEAUTIFUL THING IS A SIX SPOTTED TIGER BEETLE.

>> NICE, VERY PRETTY.

THEN YOUR SECOND ONE HERE, THIS IS WAY COOL.

THIS VIEWER KNOWS WHAT THIS IS.

SHE JUST THOUGHT SHE WOULD SHARE IT.

SHE OBSERVED THE FEMALE LAYING EGGS LAST FALL ON A WEST FACING LIMESTONE WALL.

SHE GUARDED THE EGGS FOR A DAY BEFORE SHE DEPARTED, THIS HATCHED ON APRIL 28TH.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> THESE ARE WHEEL BUG NYMPHS, SO YEAH, REALLY COOL.

WE HAD A HUGE YEAR FOR THOSE LAST YEAR IT SEEMS LIKE.

I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE THIS YEAR, BUT THOSE ARE THE NYMPHS THAT JUST ECLOSED.

>> GOOD GUYS.

>> YUP.

>> EXCELLENT.

NOW YOU HAVE YET ANOTHER ONE FROM WAY FAR AWAY.

THIS IS A FAYETTEVILLE, TEXAS, VIEWER, OR AT LEAST THEY WERE THERE AND FOUND THIS STRANGE LOOKING INCH WORM ON A BUILDING.

ANY IDEA WHAT THIS ONE IS?

>> YEAH, THIS IS A CATERPILLAR FOR A GEOMETRID MOTH.

AND YOU CAN IDENTIFY IT BY EVEN TO THE GENUS BY THOSE PROJECTIONS, THE FILAMENTS JUST BEHIND THE HEAD.

THAT'S PRETTY CHARACTERISTIC FOR MANY DIFFERENT GEOMETRID MOTHS THAT HAVE VARIOUS FILAMENTS ON THE BODY.

SOME CAN BE REALLY ORNATE.

BUT CAN HELP CAMOUFLAGE IT ON THE BRANCHES WHENEVER TWIGS THEY'RE FEEDING ON.

>> LOOKS LIKE RABBIT EARS.

>> YUP.

>> OKAY.

AMY, THIS IS A VIEWER WHO FOUND THESE BLACK SPOTS ON THE TRUNK OF A MAPLE.

THEY'RE BLACK AND THEY'RE SAPPY AND THEY'RE MOIST AND THEY'RE PRODUCING A DARK REDDISH BROWN STICKY SUBSTANCE AND I THINK WE HAVE MAYBE ONE MORE PICTURE OF THIS.

WHAT TO DO.

>> WELL, THE TRICK IS IF YOU LOOK AT THIS PICTURE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE TREE.

IT TRIED TO CALLUS OVER.

SO WE COULD BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A CANKER THAT IS STARTING TO WEEP.

MAPLES ARE KNOWN TO WEEP NATURALLY.

WE ARE KIND OF GETTING TO THAT TIME OF YEAR FOR IT.

BUT WITH THAT WOUND THERE, I WOULD LEAN MORE TOWARDS A FUNGAL CANKER.

THAT'S THE WAY THE SPORES ARE GOING TO GET MOVED.

AND SO LIKE WE TALKED BEFORE, YOU WANT TO CHECK THE INTEGRITY OF THE TREE, SEE IF YOU CAN PUT A FLAG INTO IT, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IF IT GOES INTO THAT BARK REALLY EASY AND INTO THE HEART WOOD WE MAY WANT TO LOOK AT REMOVAL OF THAT TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AMY, YOUR NEXT ONE IS AN ASHLAND VIEWER.

THEY LIVE ALONG THE PLATTE.

SPOTTED THIS SHROOM GROWING OUT OF A DEAD TREE.

WHAT IS IT AND CAN IT BE EATEN?

>> I TOOK A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT THIS.

I BELIEVE IT'S AN ELM OYSTER MUSHROOM BUT IT IS ACTUALLY NOT AN OYSTER.

IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT THE GILLS DON'T GO DOWN TO THE STEEPLE OR THE BASE.

OYSTERS THE GILLS GO ALL THE WAY TO WHERE THEY ATTACH.

IT'S A FALSE OYSTER.

THIS ONE IS ALSO WAY MATURE.

YOU SEE HOW IT GOES UP.

OYSTER WOULD BE VERY FLAT.

SO WITH ANY WILD MUSHROOMS UNLESS YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY POSITIVE WHAT YOU ARE COLLECTING WE DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT YOU CONSUME THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR LAST ONE IS APPARENTLY AN O'NEILL VIEWER THAT HAS THESE HOLES IN A TREE.

>> YEAH.

THIS ONE ACTUALLY CAME DOWN BY BURWELL, AROUND CALAMUS, AROUND THE LAKE.

IT IS AN OLD ASH TREE, AND SO KYLE HAD THAT PICTURE OF THE SYCAMORE.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE A BUNCH OF HEART ROT THAT HAS OCCURRED.

AND THE CRITTERS HAVE COME MOVED IN MAKING THEMSELVES AT HOME BECAUSE IT WAS EASY TO MOVE ITS WAY OUT.

AND WHAT THE VIEWER ACTUALLY ENDED UP SEEING IS IT WAS BABY RACCOONS THAT HAD BEEN PLAYING IN THERE, BECAUSE THEY WERE JUST HIGH ENOUGH IN THE TREE THAT THEY COULD SCAMPER IN AND OUT.

THE TREE CAME DOWN, BECAUSE THE INTEGRITY WAS VERY, VERY POOR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, AMY.

JEFF, THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAS THIS GRAPEVINE.

THERE IS A COUPLE PICTURES HERE AT THEIR NEW HOME.

HE'S THINKING HE NEEDS TO PRUNE IT BECAUSE IT LOOKS TOO DENSE.

ANY IDEAS ON HOW TO PRUNE IT OR WHEN?

>> WELL, YOU WOULD PRUNE IT EARLY IN THE SPRING BEFORE WE LEAF OUT OR LATE WINTER.

SO WE'RE PROBABLY GETTING PAST THAT PRUNING DATE ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THEY -- THIS PART HERE DOESN'T LOOK THAT CONCERNING TO ME, DOESN'T LOOK THAT DENSE.

THERE'’S NOT THAT MANY CANES COMING OUT OF ONE SPOT.

MAYBE FOR NEXT YEAR YOU COULD LOOK AT REMOVING SOME.

AND YOU MAY GET AWAY WITH TAKING OUT A LITTLE BIT NOW.

KIND OF OVER THE TOP OF THE TRELLIS SECTION IT IS FAIRLY DENSE.

>> UH-HUH.

>> SO AT THIS STAGE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD REALLY HURT THIS PLANT.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S PRETTY WELL ESTABLISHED.

IF YOU WANT TO GO IN THERE TO DO SOME PRUNING TO KIND OF THIN THINGS OUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE TERRIBLE.

I THINK THEY ALSO TALKED ABOUT HAVING FRUIT LOSS FOR THE YEAR, SO JAPANESE BEETLE WILL STRIP YOUR GRAPES OF EVERYTHING.

>> IN A MINUTE.

AND THE BIRDS WILL TAKE THE REMAINS.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

SO I'M SURE THEY GOT HIT BY -- I MEAN, I STOPPED GROWING GRAPE BECAUSE OF IT, GOT TIRED OF FIGHTING IT.

>> YOUR NEXT ONE IS ACTUALLY A POWER COMPANY SERVICE LINE THROUGH A MAPLE TREE.

THIS IS IN OMAHA.

AND THERE IS A LARGE TEN-INCH DIAMETER, YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE LEFT.

SO THEY WANT TO -- THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT TAKING OFF THAT LARGE BRANCH.

IT'S MAYBE 25% OF THE CANOPY.

THEY'RE WONDERING SHOULD THEY GO AHEAD AND DO THAT OR SHOULD THEY TRY TO GET THAT LINE REATTACHED IN A DIFFERENT PLACE?

>> YEAH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.

I THINK THE HOMEOWNERS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE A DECISION.

THERE IS A -- YES, THE SHORT ANSWER IS SURE, YOU CAN TAKE THAT BRANCH OFF.

IT'S GOING TO SHORTEN THE LIFE OF THE TREE.

BUT WE'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT A SILVER MAPLE.

I'M THINKING LONG TERM YOU MIGHT WANT TO DECIDE IF YOU WANT A SILVER MAPLE GROWING IN THAT LOCATION IN YOUR YARD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IF IT'S CLOSE TO THE HOUSE, CLOSE TO POWER LINES, EVEN IF YOU TAKE THAT BRANCH OUT AT SOME POINT YOU'RE GOING TO BE DEALING WITH BRANCHES GROWING THROUGH THOSE POWER LINES.

>> RIGHT.

>> OR FALLING ON THE POWER LINES, AFTER AN ICE STORM.

SO -- >> YEAH.

DECIDE.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL YOU KNOW LAST WEEK WE HEARD FROM JOHN PORTER ABOUT CERTAIN BUZZWORDS LIKE ORGANIC, NATURAL, NON-GMO AND THEIR MEANINGS.

THERE IS A LOT OF OTHER IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU TO READ AND FOLLOW WHEN YOU'’RE PICKING UP THINGS LIKE FERTILIZER, PESTICIDES FUNGICIDES, AND HERBICIDES.

HERE'’S KATHLEEN CUE TO TELL US MORE.

♪ >> YOU GO TO THE GARDEN CENTER WITH YOUR PLANT SAMPLE LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION TO A PLANT PROBLEM AND YOU'RE WONDERING HOW IN THE WORLD AM I GOING TO SOLVE THIS WHEN YOU HAVE THIS VAST ARRAY OF PRODUCT TO LOOK AT.

HOW DO YOU SORT THROUGH ALL OF THIS?

THERE ARE KEY THINGS YOU CAN DO.

FIRST AND FOREMOST YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE AN IDENTIFICATION OF THE PROBLEM.

THERE WOULD BE A BIG PROBLEM IF YOU ACCIDENTALLY APPLIED A HERBICIDE TO SOMETHING THAT IS AN INSECT PROBLEM.

WE DON'T WANT THOSE KIND OF DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES.

SO WE WANT THE I.D.

IN HAND AND WE CAN GO DO THE GARDEN CENTER WITH OUR PLANT SAMPLE OR YOU CAN CHECK WITH SOMEONE LIKE ME WHO DOES DIAGNOSIS ALL THE TIME AND SO YOU CAN CHECK OUT YOUR LOCAL COUNTY EXTENSION OFFICES TO DO THAT.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT GARDEN CENTERS REALLY DO TO HELP YOU THEY ORGANIZE THINGS ACCORDING TO THE PARTICULAR PROBLEM YOU'RE DEALING WITH.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA WE HAVE ALL OF OUR HERBICIDES BEHIND THAT, THEN THERE ARE A LOT OF INSECTICIDES AND FROM THERE WE HAVE FUNGICIDES WHICH ARE FOR FUNGAL PLANT ISSUES.

THEN ON THIS SIDE, WE HAVE A LOT OF THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH FERTILIZERS.

AND IT'S ALL ABOUT BEING -- KNOWING HOW TO READ THAT LABEL.

AND SO LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF THE KEY CONCEPTS THAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

FIRST, READY TO USE VERSUS CONCENTRATES.

READY TO USE PRODUCTS ARE MADE WITH LOTS OF WATER AND THE PRODUCT ALREADY MIXED TOGETHER.

IT'S FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE.

SO ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS SPRAY AND USE IT.

MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR PROPER PPE.

CONCENTRATES ARE THE THINGS THAT YOU MUST MIX YOURSELF WITH WATER.

SO THERE IS LOTS OF THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU CAN PURCHASE, AS WELL.

THEN LOOK FOR WORDS LIKE BROAD SPECTRUM, WHICH ARE THINGS THAT KILL A VAST ARRAY OF THINGS, AND SO READING THE LABEL IS REALLY IMPORTANT IN ORDER TO NOT KILL THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO KILL.

AND THEN THINGS LIKE ACTIVE INGREDIENT.

WE FIND THIS ON THE FRONT OF THE LABEL, ON THE ACTIVE INGREDIENTS AREA, WHERE IT TELLS YOU WHAT THE THINGS ARE IN THIS PRODUCT AND WHAT IT -- THE CONCENTRATION OF THAT PRODUCT.

AND SO WHAT THAT WILL TELL YOU THEN IS IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERBICIDES, INSECTICIDES, OR FUNGICIDES.

SO REMEMBER, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO IN ORDER TO MAKE THINGS EASIER.

AND THE FIRST BIGGEST THING THAT YOU MUST DO IS READ THAT LABEL.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF FINE PRINT ON THIS, BUT TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT, YOU WON'T BE SORRY.

I GET A LOT OF CALLS FROM PEOPLE THAT ARE WORRIED BECAUSE THEY APPLIED A PRODUCT, THEN READ THE LABEL, THEN FIGURED OUT THEY WERE IN TROUBLE.

SO BE AWARE THAT READING THAT LABEL IS WORTH EVERY BIT OF TIME YOU SPEND ON IT.

>> THE FIRST THING YOU SHOULD DO BEFORE PURCHASING ANYTHING IS IDENTIFY THE PROBLEM THEN READ THE LABEL AND FOLLOW THOSE INSTRUCTIONS.

AND A SPECIAL THANKS GOES OUT TO ACE HARDWARE IN FREMONT FOR LETTING US USE THEIR STORE FOR THIS FEATURE.

WANDER THOSE AISLES.

I DO LOVE HARDWARE STORES.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE, THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAS A MEYERS LEMON INSIDE ALL WINTER.

AND THEN ALL OF THESE LITTLE DUDES HAVE DECIDED THEY WANT TO LIVE THERE.

SO WHAT IS THIS AND WHAT SHOULD THEY DO ABOUT IT?

I THINK WE HAVE THREE PICTURES OF THIS.

>> YEAH, I THINK THIS IS SOFT BROWN SCALE.

AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE -- IT'S GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE.

SOFT BROWN SCALE IS -- THEY HAVE AN ENORMOUS HOST RANGE.

DEFINITELY LIKES CITRUS, AND THEY'RE REALLY CHALLENGING TO CONTROL.

SO YOU KNOW ANOTHER ISSUE HERE I THINK THAT COMPLICATES IT IS THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A PLANT THAT HE BRINGS IN DURING THE WINTER, IT GOES OUTSIDE, SO WHAT HAPPENS WITH THESE SCALES IS BASICALLY THEY'RE JUST REPRODUCING YEAR ROUND, AND YOU'RE GETTING OVERLAPPING GENERATIONS.

SO THERE IS NOT A SPECIFIC TIME YOU CAN REALLY TARGET TO HIT THAT CRAWLER STAGE, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WITH SCALE INSECTS.

SO WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST IS IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE MULTIPLE TREATMENTS WITH INSECTICIDAL SOAP OR HORTICULTURAL OIL.

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO REALLY GET AFTER IT AND DO THOSE MANY TIMES TO HAVE SOME EFFICACY.

AND THEN YOU KNOW PRUNING WHEREVER POSSIBLE.

OTHER MECHANICAL REMOVAL, SO IF YOU CAN REMOVE THOSE, WIPE THEM OFF, SINCE THEY ARE A SOFT SCALE YOU CAN DO THAT.

IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT LABOR-INTENSIVE BUT SOUNDS LIKE THESE ARE MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE VALUABLE TREES THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP SO IT MIGHT BE WORTH PUTTING IN THAT EFFORT.

AND JUST TRY TO STAY ON TOP OF IT.

YOU PROBABLY WON'T GET RID OF THEM BUT AT LEAST IF YOU CAN MANAGE THEM YOU CAN PROBABLY SAVE THOSE TREES.

>> AND HARVEST THOSE LEMONS.

>> YUP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KYLE.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS OUR FIRST O OF THESE THIS YEAR AMY.

THIS IS TWO PICTURES, EIGHT KNOCK OUT ROSES.

THEY'VE DONE VERY WELL, 12 TO 15-YEARS-OLD.

THIS YEAR, TWO OF THEM HAVE ABNORMAL THORN GROWTH.

THE PLANT IN THE MIDDLE IS STUNTED AND THE LEAVES ARE VERY RED.

WHAT IS THIS AND WHAT DO WE DO?

>> IN MY SICK DEMENTED WAY THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ROSE DISEASES.

IT IS ROSE ROSETTE.

VERY COMMON.

YOU GET THAT EXCESSIVE THORNINESS, WE GET THE SHORTENING OF THE PLANT AND THAT BRIGHT RED COLOR.

SO MANAGEMENT, YOU NEED TO PULL IT OUT.

GOT TO GET RID OF IT, BECAUSE IT WILL MOVE TO THE OTHER ROSES IN THERE.

MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN YOUR TOOLS IN BETWEEN.

AND THEN REPLACE IT.

>> YOU CAN REPLANT IN THE SAME HOLE.

>> YOU CAN.

YOU'RE PERFECTLY FINE.

SO IT'S A VERY UNIQUE DISEASE.

AND WHEN YOU SEE IT, YOU SEE IT.

I KNOW ROCH HAS SHOWN IN THE PAST THERE HAS BEEN SOME INDICATION IF YOU GET A GLYPHOSATE APPLICATION WHEN THE ROSES ARE DORMANT SEASON WILL SOMETIMES GET THE EXACT SAME SYMPTOMATOLOGY.

SO IF YOU HAVEN'T, SPRAY GLYPHOSATE AROUND YOUR ROSES.

IT IS ROSE ROSETTE.

IF IT IS GLYPHOSATE, OR IF YOU HAVE SPRAYED, YOU CAN WAIT AND SEE IF IT'S GOING TO GROW OUT OF IT BUT MOST TIMES I'M STILL GOING DO TELL YOU TO RIP IT OUT.

>> ALRIGHT, EXCELLENT.

THANKS, AMY.

OKAY, JEFF, THIS IS A WOODLAND HILLS AREA, WESTERN OTOE COUNTY.

THEY HAD HEAVY RAIN, HIGH WIND, COLUMNAR EVERGREENS AND THESE KIND OF LOOK LIKE TAILORED JUNIPERS.

THEY WERE PUSHED ABOUT 45 DEGREES FROM VERTICAL, PULLED THEM BACK, STAKED THEM, TAMPED DOWN THE SOIL.

ANYTHING ELSE THEY SHOULD DO OR WILL THIS WORK?

>> WELL, IT MAY WORK.

SO I'VE HAD SOME SUCCESS DOING THAT SORT OF THING.

AND YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, QUICKLY A GOOD LEARNING THING FOR ANY FOLKS THAT HAVE A COLUMNAR TREE, WHETHER IT'S EVERGREEN OR DECIDUOUS.

A COUPLE THINGS TO THINK ABOUT IS MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE NOT PLANTING TOO DEEP, THERE ISN'T A BASKET STILL IN THAT TREE.

ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT MAY BE INHIBITING ROOT GROWTH THAT ALLOWED THAT TO HAPPEN.

RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE GOOD SOIL AROUND ON IT, MAINTAIN MOISTURE, DON'T OVER-MULCH IT.

WE DON'T WANT TO KEEP THE SOIL SATURATED.

WE WANT THE ROOTS TO GROW, AND THESE CAN BE SENSITIVE TO TOO WET OF SOIL.

YOU'’RE GONNA'’ WANT TO ALLOW THAT SOIL TO DRY OUT.

KEEP IT STAKED.

IT MIGHT TAKE A COUPLE YEARS BUT HOPEFULLY THEY'LL COME OUT OF IT.

>> HOPE WE DON'T HAVE YET ANOTHER STORM FROM THE SAME DIRECTION.

>> YES.

>> EXACTLY.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS JUST SORT OF FUN AND I GAVE IT TO YOU BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE GONE TO SOMEBODY ELSE BUT THIS IS A VALPARAISO VIEWER.

THEY LIVED THERE 20 YEARS.

>> WOW.

>> NEVER SEEN THE DANDELIONS DO THIS BEFORE.

THEY WONDER WHAT CAUSED THE WEIRDNESS.

THEY DON'T USE CHEMICALS BUT THEY ARE SURROUNDED BY CORN AND SOYBEANS.

>> THIS IS FASCINATING FASCIATION.

>> WE NEED A T-SHIRT.

>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

SO IT CAN BE CAUSED BY ANY NUMBER OF THINGS.

HERBICIDE, ANY KIND OF INJURY, COULD BE A HORMONAL THING, INSECTS.

SO YOU SEE IT IN A WIDE VARIETY OF THINGS.

WE SAW IT IN BULBOUS SPIREA EARLIER THIS YEAR.

WE SEEN IT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

>> SUMAC.

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

SO YOU SEE IT IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.

IT IS VERY INTERESTING, IT'S FUN, WON'T HURT ANYTHING.

DON'T EAT IT.

>> YEAH.

SENDS A GREAT PICTURE TO US.

THAT'S ALWAYS FUN TO TALK ABOUT EVERY YEAR.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF GOOD THINGS IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

THE FIRST ONE IS THE MAY MUSEUMS 22ND PERENNIAL PLANT SALE, MAY 1ST, 9 A.M. TO 12 P.M., AND THAT IS IN FREMONT.

SO YOU GET BACK IN TIME TO GO TO THE SPRING GAME IF YOU HURRY.

AND OUR SECOND ONE IS US, WE HAVE STARTED DIGGING DEEPER WITH BACKYARD FARMER AGAIN THIS YEAR.

YOU CAN WATCH US ON FACEBOOK THURSDAYS, 8:00 P.M. CENTRAL.

AND IT STARTS VERY NEXT WEEK AND OUR FIRST PERSON OUT OF THE GATE IS ROCH, SO OF COURSE, HE'S ALWAYS BOTH INTERESTING, CHALLENGING, AND HAS GOOD INFORMATION.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR A QUESTION.

KYLE, THIS IS A GRAND ISLAND VIEWER WHO HAD SPRUCE NEEDLE MINORS ON 7-YEAR-OLD TREES, AND WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TO SPRAY WITH AND WHEN.

>> OH -- >> YOU CAN PASS.

>> YEAH, I HAVE TO PASS.

THAT'S ONE I'’D HAVE TO LOOK INTO.

>> GOOD.

WE'LL DO THAT.

BECAUSE IF IT'S TIME WE'LL LET THEM KNOW.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AMY, SO THIS IS A VIEWER WHO LAST YEAR HAD DISEASE IN THEIR POTATOES AND THEY'RE NOT SAYING WHETHER IT WAS THE INTERIOR OR THE PLANT THEMSELVES.

THEY'RE WONDERING CAN THEY PLANT THEIR POTATOES IN THE SAME PLACE?

>> I WOULD AVOID PLANTING THEM IN THE SAME PLACE.

MOST LIKELY YOU'RE DEALING WITH A SCAB IF IT'S ON THE OUTSIDE.

THAT FUNGUS IS IN THE SOIL.

I WOULD DEFINITELY MOVE MY POTATOES.

AND WITH ANY GARDENING WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND ROTATION ANYWAY BECAUSE OF DISEASE ISSUES.

>> OKAY.

JEFF, THIS IS ACTUALLY COME FROM TWO OR THREE VIEWERS WOULD OUR VERY INTERESTING SPRING SEASON.

THEY STILL HAVE SOME SHRUBS THAT THEY WANT TO RELOCATE, BUT THEY'VE COMPLETELY LEAFED OUT.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SUGGEST ON THAT?

>> YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY WITH THE WAY THE CLIMATE IS RIGHT NOW, I WOULD HOLD OFF.

I THINK I WOULD WAIT UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR, MAYBE AUGUST, SEPTEMBER, TO DO THAT.

>> OKAY.

>> BUT IT'S BECOMING WARMER VERY QUICKLY, AND SO I THINK SURVIVAL WOULD BE A LITTLE TOUGH RIGHT NOW TO HAND IN SOMETHING.

>> ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE IN THE PART OF THE STATE WHERE IT'S NOT JUST WARM, IT'S NOT WET.

>> RIGHT, RIGHT.

>> WE GOT ALL THAT WILTING THAT IS OCCURRING.

>> YEAH.

I WOULD HOLD OFF UNTIL LATER IN THE YEAR.

>> A LITTLE PATIENCE GOES A VERY LONG WAY IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

WE'’VE HAD A VERY FUN TIME TONIGHT, BUT WE'’RE OUT OF TIME.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED THOSE QUESTION AND PICTURES, AND THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER" WE'’LL BE GIVING YOU SOME GREAT MOTHER'’S DAY GIFT IDEAS.

FLOWERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME, BUT THERE ARE LOTS OF OTHER THINGS FROM THE GARDEN THAT YOU CAN SURPRISE MOM WITH.

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

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