>>> "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A COPRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE WILL SHOW YOU SOME FANTASTIC CONTAINER COMBINATIONS IN DOWNTOWN LINCOLN AND HELP YOU GET RID OF SOME FALL WEEDS IN YOUR TURF.

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

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AND KATE, YOU GET TO START THE ROUND AS ALWAYS.

SOME YEAR, WE WILL MIX IT UP, BUT NOT THIS TIME.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE FIRST ONE.

AND THIS COMES TO US FROM BIG SPRINGS.

AND THE GARDENING FRIENDS JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT THESE ARE.

AND I THINK THAT PICTURE IS -- THERE WE GO.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> SO THESE ARE CHECKERED SPOT BUTTERFLY CATERPILLARS.

AND SO, WE CONSIDER THEM FRIENDS, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO TURN INTO PRETTY BUTTERFLIES, DO SOME POLLINATION.

SO IF THE GARDENER FRIENDS DON'T MIND SACRIFICING A FEW LEAVES, IT WOULD BE GREAT TO KEEP THESE AROUND.

>> HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE FROM THAT STAGE TO THE PRETTY BUTTERFLY STAGE?

>> IT WILL TAKE ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS.

>> NOT LONG.

>> NOT LONG.

>> NOT LONG.

ALL RIGHT, TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, KATE.

THIS VIEWER HAS A SMALL BUR OAK AND IT'S GOT THESE WONKY LITTLE THINGS.

HE THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS FASCIATION.

>> THAT'S A GOOD GUESS.

THIS ONE WAS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.

WE TALKED ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD ALMOST BE WITCH'S BROOM, WHICH CAN BE CAUSED BY, YOU KNOW, A VARIETY OF DISEASES.

IT COULD BE CAUSED BY A MITE OR IT COULD BE THAT THERE ARE IS SOME GULLS HAPPENING IN THERE THAT'S MAKING THIS LOOK A LITTLE WONKY.

SO IF YOU'RE UP FOR A SCIENCE EXPERIMENT, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE LEAVES, PULL THEM APART AND SEE WHAT'S IN THERE AND LET US KNOW.

SHOW US SOME MORE PICTURES.

>> PERFECT, THANKS KATE.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER FROM BLAIR.

SHE PUT THE SCALE THERE, SO WE CAN SEE THE LITTLE BITTY THINGS.

SHE SAYS WHAT IS THIS LITTLE BUG ON THE CUCUMBER PLANT?

>> THIS IS THE LARVA OF A MULTICOLORED ASIAN LADY BEETLE.

KIND OF A MOUTHFUL, BUT IT'S ONE OF OUR LADYBUG LARVAE.

AND SO, THEY ARE NICE LITTLE PREDATORS TO HAVE AROUND PROVIDING SOME BIO CONTROL IN THE GARDEN.

>> PERFECT, AND ONE MORE.

AND THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM BRADSHAW.

BUGS ALL OVER THE CUCUMBERS.

>> SO THESE ARE ALSO LADY BEETLE LARVAE.

THEY ARE A DIFFERENT SPECIES.

THEY ARE THE CONVERGENT LADY BEETLE.

BUT THEIR FAVORITE SNACK IS APHIDS.

AND I DO BELIEVE I SEE SOME APHIDS ON THIS PLANT.

SO THEY ARE A GREAT THING TO HAVE AROUND.

LET THEM MUNCH AND DO THEIR THING AND THEY WILL HELP KEEP YOUR PLANTS HEALTHY.

>> PERFECT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, MATT, YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM INDIANOLA, NEBRASKA.

WE ARE GLAD THEY PUT THE NEBRASKA BECAUSE THERE IS AN INDIANOLA, IOWA.

AND HE'S WONDERING HOW HE GETS RID OF ALL OF THESE GRASSY WEEDS IN HIS BUFFALO GRASS?

>> ALL OF THEM, YOU DON'T WANT TO GET RID OF JUST SOME OF THEM.

OKAY, SO WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN THIS INSTANCE IS MOSTLY CRABGRASS IS WHAT I'M SEEING.

THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF WINDMILL GRASS IN THERE.

BUT IF THAT IS JUST BLOWN IN, THEN I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THAT ONE.

FOR THE CRABGRASS, QUINCLORAC THIS TIME OF YEAR WORKS REALLY WELL.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IT WITH A METHYLATED SEED OIL.

AND THAT WAY, IT WORKS WELL.

YOU DON'T WANT TO DO IT WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE REALLY HIGH.

SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BURN THE BUFFALO GRASS WHEN YOU'RE ADDING THAT METHYLATED SEED OIL.

SO IF YOU WAIT UNTIL AFTER THIS WEEKEND WHEN IT COOLS OFF A LITTLE BIT, TRY TO HIT IT THEN AND YOU WILL TAKE CARE OF THE CRABGRASS.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

AND THE WINDMILL GOES.

>> THE WINDMILL WOULD BE A SEPARATE PRODUCT.

THAT WOULD BE TENACITY.

AND THAT WILL BE STARTING NOW AS WELL TO TRY TO CONTROL IT WITH THREE APPLICATIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

OKAY, TWO PICS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

TOO BAD ROCH IS NOT ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM DAVENPORT, NEBRASKA AS OPPOSED TO DAVENPORT, IOWA.

SHE HAS OR HE HAS A ZOYSIA YARD.

WONDERING IS ZOYSIA GOOD FOR SPRING OR FALL FOR AERATION?

WONDERING THAT FIRST.

AND THEN A PATCH THAT HAS ABOUT EVERY OTHER WEED TO DISCUSS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

HOW DOES HE GET RID OF EVERYTHING IN HERE, THE NET'S EDGE, THE -- WHAT DOES HE DO, PATCH, UNTIL, REPLANT, GIVE UP, MOVE?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WILL EVER MOVE AWAY FROM THAT ZOYSIA.

BECAUSE IT WILL STAY THERE.

THOSE PATCHES THAT ARE BAD, RIGHT NOW, IF IT'S STILL GREEN AND GROWING FOR THE NEXT MONTH, YOU COULD DO SOME PLUGGING.

JUST GET LIKE A TWO INCH PLUGGER, TAKE SOME OUT OF YOUR GOOD AREA AND MOVE THEM INTO THOSE BAD AREAS.

IT'S GETTING TOO LATE TO DO ANY TYPE OF SEEDING FOR ZOYSIA.

THAT WOULD BE A SPRING THING.

AS FAR AS AERIFICATION GOES, IT'S USUALLY BETTER TO WAIT UNTIL IT GREENS UP IN THE SPRING AND IS GROWING WELL.

THAT THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SOME OF THE OTHER ONES.

BUT AERIFICATION IS ALWAYS GOOD FOR ZOYSIA AS WELL AS ANY OTHER GRASS.

SO SPRING, FALL IF IT IS BAD.

AS FAR AS THE WEEDS GO, THICK ZOYSIA USUALLY CHOKES THEM OUT.

SO I ENCOURAGE THAT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF FERTILIZER AND WATER IF YOU CAN TO GET IT GOING.

SOME OF THE PRODUCTS THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY USE IN COOL SEASON MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO LOOKING FOR A RECOMMENDATION THERE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN-DEPTH THAN WE WANT TO GO RIGHT NOW.

BUT I WOULD SAY PLUG IT IN NOW AND ENCOURAGE SOME NEW GROWTH OF THAT ZOYSIA.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE DID HAVE A LOT OF WINTER KILL IN ZOYSIA THIS YEAR.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, LAUREN, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON YOUR FIRST ONE.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

25-YEAR-OLD HAWTHORN TREES STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF WHAT SHE SAYS IS CEDAR APPLE RUST.

THIS YEAR, ALL THE BERRIES AND THEN THERE ARE GALLS.

SHE IS WONDERING, IS IT WORTH TREATING OR SHOULD SHE START TRYING TO FIND A REPLACEMENT?

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO TREAT THAT, IT'S SO PRETTY THE WAY IT COMES OUT.

BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.

IT IS CEDAR-HAWTHORN RUST.

AND THE CYCLE OF JUNIPERS, JUST LIKE WE SEE WITH APPLES, PEARS I THINK AS WELL, ALL THOSE.

YOU COULD TREAT, IF YOU'RE GOING TO REPLACE THOUGH, I WOULD JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET SOMETHING THAT'S RESISTANT.

I THINK THEY INDICATED MAYBE NOT WANTING HAWTHORN'S OR FINDING SOMETHING ELSE.

YOU WILL NOT HAVE THIS IF IT'S NOT A HAWTHORN.

IF YOU HAVE PEAR OR HAWTHORN, YOU COULD HAVE THE SAME THING.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE FOR THE NEXT ONE.

SPEAKING OF PEARS -- >> THERE YOU GO.

>> AND THIS IS FROM PAPILLION.

AND WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS?

ARE YOU GETTING A LOT OF THESE RIGHT NOW?

>> THIS IS ON BRADFORD PEAR, I BELIEVE.

AND THIS IS PEAR RUST, JUST LIKE WE SAW WITH THE CEDAR-HAWTHORN, IT'S CYCLING TO A JUNIPER.

SAME SCENARIO, IF YOU WANT TO CONTROL IT, THAT IS GOING TO BE IN THAT EARLIER TIME OF THE YEAR, JUST LIKE NOT DOING ANYTHING NOW, BECAUSE IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.

BUT EARLIER WHEN WE START SEEING GELATINOUS CALLS LIKE WE DO WITH CEDAR APPLE RUST, THAT'S WHEN YOU LOOK AT TREATMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS PEOPLE SEE IN THE FALL AND IT'S WAY TOO LATE.

>> YEAH, WAY TOO LATE.

YOU NEED THAT LATE MAY WINDOW OF APPLICATION.

>> OKAY, AND ONE MORE COMES TO US FROM SOUTHWEST OMAHA.

THIS IS A FUN PICTURE.

HIS QUESTION IS, WILL THIS FUNGI, WHATEVER THIS THING IS, HURT THE VEGETABLES THAT ARE GROWING IN THE GARDEN?

IT'S ON A LANDSCAPE TIMBER.

>> YEAH, IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY EFFECT ON THE VEGETABLES.

IT'S JUST BREAKING DOWN THAT TIMBER.

SO YOU WILL SEE THAT LOOSEN UP AND BE ROTTED OVER TIME BUT THAT IS NOT CAUSING ANYTHING.

I CAN'T TELL FROM THE PICTURE WHAT IT IS EXACTLY, BUT IT'S ONE OF OUR ROTTING FUNGI.

>> COOL, ALL RIGHT.

>> GREAT PICTURE.

>> KELLY, ONE PICTURE ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM BENNETT.

THIS IS A 250 GALLON TANK.

SHE COLLECTS RAINWATER, THE WATER -- SHE WATERS BOTH HER FLOWERS AND HER VEGETABLES.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT SHE CAN USE TO PREVENT ALGAE, BUT STILL SAFE FOR THE FLOWERS AND THE VEGETABLES?

>> OKAY, ALGAE GROWTH IN A RAIN BARREL IS AN ISSUE.

I MEAN, IT'S PROMOTED BY THE NUTRIENTS THAT ARE COMING OFF THAT ROOF, LITTLE BITS OF PLANTS AND SOIL.

THOSE HAVE NUTRIENTS LIKE NITROGEN AND PHOSPHORUS IN THEM AND LIGHT.

SO THOSE OF THE TWO KEY COMPONENTS AND IT'S TOUGH.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME ALGAE SO YOU NEED TO LIMIT LIGHT.

YOU NEED TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS AND SOIL THAT GETS IN THERE.

YOU WANT TO HAVE SCREENS ON YOUR GUTTERS, YOU WANT TO HAVE SOME TYPE OF A SCREEN OR FILTER BEFORE THE INLET, RIGHT BEFORE THAT WATER GOES INTO IT.

MAYBE NOT FEASIBLE, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT LARGE.

THAT IS A GREAT RAIN HARVESTING SYSTEM.

BUT IF YOU CAN USE THAT WATER UP IN FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS, THAT CAN LIMIT IT SOMEWHAT.

WE ALWAYS RECOMMEND WASHING IT OUT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF INFORMATION IN THERE ON USING IT.

SOMETIMES THEY WILL RECOMMEND WHAT EPA RECOMMENDS FOR TREATING DRINKING WATER, WHICH I BELIEVE IS A VERY SMALL AMOUNT, IT'S LIKE A TEASPOON IN A GALLON OF WATER, I BELIEVE.

AND YOU COULD TRY, I DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE THAT WOULD BE AGAINST THAT ALGAE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ON USING LIKE A CHLORINE BLEACH IN THAT DRINKING WATER.

IT'S NOT DRINKING WATER.

RAINWATER IS NOT POTABLE, DON'T DRINK IT, BUT IN THAT WATER.

>> HOW ABOUT SPRAYING THE TANK BLACK?

>> THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, YEAH.

LIMITING LIGHT.

LIGHT DEFINITELY PROMOTES IT, SO THAT'S WHY WE RECOMMEND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE RECYCLED ONES, THEN GO AHEAD AND PAINT IT BLACK OR PAINTED OPAQUE OF SOME COLOR OR KEEP YOUR RAIN BARREL IN THE SHADE.

AND SO, REDUCING NUTRIENTS AND REDUCING LIGHT AND CLEANING IT OUT AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR.

>> GREAT, THANKS KELLY.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS FLOWER APPEARED.

SHE HAS LIVED THERE 10 YEARS.

SHE'S NEVER HAD ANYTHING THERE BEFORE.

SHE IS WONDERING, IS IT A WEED OR A KEEPER?

>> WELL, IT'S A TYPE OF A SUNFLOWER.

IT PROBABLY -- THE SEED PROBABLY BLEW IN SOME TIME.

SO IT'S IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, IF YOU LIKE IT, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND KEEP IT.

THERE'S VARIOUS SUNFLOWERS IN NEBRASKA.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS.

IF YOU KEEP IT, IT MIGHT GO TO SEED, YOU MIGHT HAVE MORE THAN YOU WANT.

BUT IT'S REALLY NOT ONE THAT WE CONSIDER TOO MUCH OF A NUISANCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND ONE PICTURE FOR YOUR LAST QUESTION.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHE HAS THIS DARK SPOT ON THE TOP OF HER TOMATO.

IS THAT ON PURPOSE?

IS THIS A MIDNIGHT SNACK?

>> I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY JUST A BLOTCHY RIPENING OR UNEVEN RIPENING.

A LOT OF TIMES, THEY WILL BE GREEN OR YELLOW SHOULDERS INSTEAD, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU CAN SEE THESE ODD COLORS.

SO I'M SURE IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL.

THE COOL NIGHTS WE HAVE BEEN HAVING, THEY DON'T DEVELOP THAT RED PIGMENT AS READILY.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, KELLY.

WELL A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, A FORMER UNL STUDENT SHOWED US A PROJECT SHOWING HOW ORNAMENTALS REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN AN URBAN SETTING.

TONIGHT, JACK PARR RETURNS TO GIVE US A BEAUTIFUL DESCRIPTION OF THE DOWNTOWN LINCOLN CONTAINERS.

>>> SO THESE CONTAINERS, THESE RAISED PLANTERS THAT WE ARE SEEING HERE, THERE'S OVER 400 DOWNTOWN THAT ARE PLANTED EVERY YEAR ANNUALLY.

WE GET OUR PLANTS FROM COUNTRYSIDE GREENHOUSES IN BEATRICE, NEBRASKA.

SO IN THE HAYMARKET, WE FEATURE A LOT OF SMALLER METAL LARGE PLANTERS.

THOSE STAY PUT EVERY YEAR, BUT WE DO REPLANT THEM EVERY YEAR ANNUALLY, AS WELL AS ON EVERY OTHER LETTERED STREET, SUCH AS Q STREET, P STREET AND O STREET AND N STREET AND M STREET ALL FEATURE DIFFERENT STYLES OF PLANTERS THAT WE DETERMINE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR, AND THEN WE ORDER OUR PLANTS.

SO NEXT TO ME HERE ARE A STYLE OF PLANTAR CALLED A RESERVOIR PLANTER.

THEY CONTAIN ABOUT A 25 GALLON RESERVOIR THAT ALLOWS US TO FILL THEM UP AT THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK AND THEN THE PLANTS ARE ABLE TO SUCK UP NUTRIENTS DURING THE WEEK, ALLOWING US TO DO IT ONCE A WEEK WATERING.

A DIFFERENT STYLE OF PLANTER THAT IS USED DOWNTOWN IS JUST A STANDARD PLANTER WITH A DRAIN AT THE BOTTOM.

THOSE ONES REQUIRE TO BE WATERED EVERY DAY.

AND WHAT IS GREAT IS ON P STREET WE HAVE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IN PLACE THAT HOOKS INTO THE PLANTERS AS WELL AS INTO OUR NORMAL IRRIGATION SYSTEM.

SO WE CAN CONTROL ALSO THE PLANTERS AND THE LANDSCAPE VENTS AS WELL, ALLOWING US TO DIFFERENTIATE THE AMOUNT OF WATERING BEING USED WITH THE PLANTERS AND THE LANDSCAPE BED, ALLOWING FOR REALLY GREAT TECHNIQUES OF WATERING.

SO, EACH YEAR, SOMETIME USUALLY AROUND AUGUST OR SO, WE SIT DOWN WITH OUR NURSERY AND KIND OF GO OVER WHAT WORKED LAST YEAR IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

WHAT HAS WORKED IN YEARS PRIOR.

AND WE KIND OF MAKE OUR DECISION ON WHAT IS GOING TO BE OUR NEXT YEARS DECISIONS FOR EACH PLANTERS.

A LOT OF TIMES, WE STICK WITH WHAT WE KNOW WORKS GOOD, PETUNIAS, CANNAS, SWEET POTATO VINE.

SOMETIMES, IF WE WANT TO CHANGE IT UP WITH A SPECIFIC GRASS TO USE AS A CENTERPIECE, THAT'S WHEN THEY WILL MAKE THOSE DECISIONS RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

HERE DISPLAYED WE HAVE SOME LARGE CANNAS THAT GROW USUALLY ABOUT AS TALL AS I AM HERE AS WELL AS SOME PETUNIAS THAT GROW REALLY WELL AND THEY JUST CASCADE OFF OF THE PLANTERS.

I MEAN, TRULY, WHEN YOU THINK OF A DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT BEING PRETTY, YOU ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE ADDITION OF PLANTS BEING THERE.

PLANTS BEING PRESENT IN THAT AREA.

BEING ABLE TO ADD SUCH COLOR AND PIZZAZZ INTO THE DOWNTOWN AREA USING THESE PLANTERS IS REALLY IMPORTANT JUST BECAUSE THEY LOOK REALLY NICE AND THEY LOOK COOL.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT HAVING PLANTERS DOWNTOWN IS THEY ADD THAT LEVEL OF CARE AND YOU COULD ALMOST SAY LUXURY TO A DOWNTOWN AREA.

>>> INSTALLATIONS LIKE THAT 13TH STRET PROJECT AND THE WONDERFUL CONTAINERS ALL OVER REALLY DO GO ABOUT MAKING DOWNTOWN A MUCH BETTER EXPERIENCE AND A BEAUTIFUL AND WELCOMING CITY.

SO THANKS TO JACK AGAIN AND ALL OF THE CARE THAT THEY GIVE.

I WISH MINE LOOKED LIKE THAT.

>>> ALL RIGHT, TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

KATE, FOR YOU THIS TIME.

THIS VIEWER SAID SOME OF THE VINES LOOK GOOD ON THESE PUMPKINS, OTHERS DO NOT.

HE PRUNED OUT THE SECTION WITH THE SMALL PUMPKIN BECAUSE THE VINE FELL APART.

HE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, BUT THEN HE SENT US HE REALLY DOES WANT TO HAVE MORE PUMPKINS, BUT THE VINES HAVE THESE.

>> THIS IS VERY CLASSIC SQUASH VINE BORER.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, AT THIS STAGE THOSE AFFECTED VINES, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE MUCH YOU CAN DO.

YOU CAN VERY CAREFULLY TRY TO SURGICALLY REMOVE THE CATERPILLARS THAT ARE EATING THAT FROM THE INSIDE OUT.

IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO JUST BE A GONER AT THIS POINT?

WHAT YOU CAN DO IS HELP PROTECT THE VINES THAT ARE NOT AFFECTED YET.

GO OUT AND SCOUT FOR EGGS ABOUT EVERY FIVE DAYS DESTROY THEM AS YOU SEE THEM.

YOU CAN EVEN WRAP ALUMINUM FOIL AROUND THE BASE OF THOSE VINES TO PREVENT THAT EGG LAYING.

LASTLY, YOU CAN EVEN CAPTURE THE ADULT MOTHS WITH A YELLOW BOWL FULL OF WATER THAT THEY WILL JUST FLY RIGHT INTO.

THERE'S A LOT OF OPTIONS TO PREVENT AND KEEP THE OTHER VINES HEALTHY.

>> I HAVE NEVER HEARD THE YELLOW BOWL OF WATER BEFORE.

>> YEAH, THEY ARE ATTRACTED TO YELLOW.

>> OH, FOR HEAVEN SAKES.

>> DO YOU DO A DROP OF SOAP?

OR NO?

>> YEAH YOU COULD DO A DROP OF SOAP TOO, BUT THEY WILL JUST FLY RIGHT IN THERE.

NOT THE BRIGHTEST, BUT YOU NOT THE BRIGHTEST, BUT YOU KNOW.

>>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE..

THIS COMES TO US LINCOLN, KATE.

SHE IS SAYING, ARE THESE SQUASH BUGS AND HOW CAN THEY BE PREVENTED AND OR CONTROLLED.

ALL OF HER SPAGHETTI SQUASH VINES DIED, AND ARE THESE THE CULPRITS?

>> YES.

SO THESE ARE SQUASH BUGS.

RIGHT NOW AT THIS POINT I THINK YOUR BEST OPTION IS TO GO OUT THERE WITH A SHOP VAC OR HAND VACUUM AND JUST VACUUM UP AS MANY OF THESE SQUASH BUGS AS YOU CAN.

ANOTHER KEY THING WITH SQUASH BUGS IS FALL CLEANUP.

IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO ROTATE THAT CROP FOR NEXT YEAR YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CLEAN UP ANY PLANT DEBRIS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL OVERWINTER.

OTHERWISE, YOU DO HAVE CHEMICAL OPTIONS LIKE DIATOMACEOUS EARTH ON THE LEAVES.

THAT BEING SAID IF THE VINES ARE WILTING, I WOULD DOUBLE CHECK THOSE VINES TO SEE IF YOU HAVE EVIDENCE OF THE SQUASH VINE BORER AS WELL.

>> ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

HE IS WONDERING ABOUT THESE GUYS AND HIS BLOSSOMS HERE.

AND ARE THESE CORN ROOT WORM BEETLES?

>> THEY ARE.

SO THEY'RE NORTHEN CORN ROOT WORM BEETLES.

AND THEY DO ATTEND TO ATTACK FLOWERS.

THAT BEING SAID, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS, BECAUSE WE DON'T USE PESTICIDES TO PROTECT POLLINATORS THAT WILL BE VISITING?

ONE THING YOU CAN DO IS TO HANDPICK THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OR THAT THE MID TO SOAPY WATER.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE TEDIOUS, BUT THAT'S GOING TO BE THE BEST OPTION.

>> THANKS, KATE.

LET'S SEE, MATT, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

THEY ARE AND ON KIND OF A NICE ACREAGE WITH TREES AND BROME, ACTUALLY.

THEY LIKE THE BROME, BUT THIS WEED CAME IN VERY FAST AND IT'S VERY DENSE.

SO THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS AND HOW DO THEY KILL IT WITHOUT KILLING THE BROME?

>> YEAH.

I MEAN TO ME IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A SWEET CLOVER.

IF IT'S GROWING UNDERNEATH THE TREES LIKE THAT IT'S REALLY GOING TO ELONGATE FAST.

SO IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE PLANT LAST YEAR.

IT MIGHT HAVE HAD YELLOW FLOWERS ON IT, IF THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

I TRIED TO GET AS CLOSE AS I COULD TO IT.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT DOING WELL IN THAT SHADED AREA.

IT'S GOT SOME MILDEW OR WHITE MOLD OR SOMETHING ON IT.

BUT IN THAT AREA WITH THE SMOOTH BROME YOU CAN JUST GO WITH 240 THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THAT WOULD HELP CONTROL ANY TYPE OF CLOVER THAT IS GROWING AS WELL.

>> SO ANY BROADLEAF AS OPPOSED TO -- >> YEAH, YEAH.

IT WON'T HARM THE BROME.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

HE IS WONDERING -- THIS IS LYONS, NEBRASKA.

WHAT KIND OF GRASS IS COMING INTO THE LAWN?

IT'S CLUMPY.

THEY ARE PULLING IT AND THEN PUTTING KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS SEED DOWN.

IT'S LOTS OF WORK.

IS THERE A BETTER WAY?

>> I DON'T KNOW.

I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THIS ONE.

IT'S JUST K 31 TALL FESCUE OR JUST CLUMPING OUT INTO THAT BLUEGRASS AND DOING VERY WELL, BECAUSE IT HAS A DEEP ROOT SYSTEM AND IT CAN JUST COMPETE.

SO IF YOU LET THAT ONE GROW UP TALLER THAN THE BLUEGRASS WHAT I LIKE TO DO IS JUST WIPE IT WITH GLYPHOSATE -- OR YOU CAN SPRAY IT, BUT YOU WILL END UP WITH A BIG DEAD SPOT, EITHER WAY.

IT'S A LITTLE SAFER TO WIPE.

AND LET IT DIE.

SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T, SO YOU HAVE TO COME BACK AND WIPE IT AGAIN.

LET THAT BLUEGRASS ENCROACH IN ADDITION EVENTUALLY GO AWAY.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, MATT THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

THEY WANT THIS PLANT IDENTIFIED.

HE LET IT GROW, BECAUSE HE WAS CURIOUS AND IT WASN'T BOTHERING ANYTHING.

>> IT'S A POKE WEED PLANT THAT IS A NATIVE TO THE MIDWEST, I GUESS, OR THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S A PERENNIAL, SO IT WILL COME BACK YEAR AFTER YEAR.

IT IS ACTUALLY NOT POISONOUS WHEN IT'S YOUNG, BUT WHEN IT GETS OLDER IT'S POISONOUS.

LOREN WAS TELLING ME THAT YOU COULD ACTUALLY COOK THAT ONE UP.

IT COOKS THE TOXINS OUT OF IT WHEN IT'S YOUNG AND EAT IT.

>> JUST BE CAREFUL IF YOU EAT IT.

>> I WOULD STAY AWAY FROM EATING IT.

>> YOU HAVE TO PREPARE IT CORRECTLY.

>> IN OTHER WORDS, WE ARE NOT GIVING OUR AUDIENCE THE RECIPE.

YOU HAVE TO LOOK YOURSELF.

>> IT'S A PRETTY PLANT, BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT IT SPREADING ALL OF THE PLACE I WOULD SAY TAKE OFF THOSE SEEDS.

THEY TURN INTO A NICE DARK BLACKBERRY.

>> ELVIS SING A GREAT SONG ABOUT IT.

>> YES, HE DID.

YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE, LOREN.

AND THAT ANOTHER ONE FOLLOWING.

THIS IS, THIS FIRST ONE IS A LARGE ROW OF OLDER LILACS HERE IN LINCOLN.

THIS YEAR THEY STARTED SHOWING EITHER DISEASE OR PESTS.

WEST OF THE ROSE THE LEAVES GET BROWN SPOTS.

THEY DO WATER REGULARLY.

>> ON THIS ONE THERE ARE A LOT OF OLDER, LARGE GAINS IN THERE.

IT MADE ME WONDER.

THERE COULD BE SEVERAL THINGS GOING ON.

THERE COULD BE LILAC BORER IN THERE DOING SOME OF THIS.

SOME OF THESE WITH THE SPOTS IN THE LEASE BURNING MADE ME WONDER IF THERE WASN'T SOME BACTERIAL LEAF BLIGHT OR BACTERIAL BLIGHT THAT IS CAUSED BY AN ORGANISM THAT MANY TIMES IN THE SPRING YOU WILL SEE DEAD SHOOTS IF YOU SEE NEW GROWTH IN THE SPRING THAT'S DYING AND BLACK, THAT WOULD BE AN INDICATION OF THAT.

REGARDLESS, I THINK THEY NEED TO REGENERATE THE PLANTING.

YOU KNOW REMOVE SOME OF THOSE LARGER PLANTINGS AND GET OUT AND LOOK FOR BORE SPOTS.

THERE COULD BE SCALE OR SO MANY THINGS IN AN OLDER PLANTING LIKE THAT.

JUST TO REGENERATE IT AND TRY TO REMOVE SOME OF THOSE LARGER BRANCHES.

AND THEN USE SOME SANITATION, SEE HOW THAT COMES OUT AND LOOK FOR WHAT YOU SEE IN THE SPRING.

I DIDN'T SEE POWDERY MILDEW THIS TIME OF YEAR.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON TO SEE LILACS SHEDDING LEAVES LIKE THAT FROM POWDERY MILDEW AS WELL.

SEVERAL THINGS I THINK IN THIS ONE RELATED TO AN OLD PLANTING.

>> ALL RIGHT AND YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS OMAHA INSTEAD OF LINCOLN.

A THREE-YEAR-OLD LILAC.

DOES THIS ONE HAVE LILAC BLIGHT?

WE HAVE TWO MORE FROM OTHER VIEWERS SAYING EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

>> THIS ONE LOOKS MORE LIKE BACTERIAL BLIGHT.

SO IN THIS CASE, IT DOES HAVE MORE DARK SPOTS ON IT.

THE PREVIOUS ONE COULD'VE BEEN AN AMAZINGLY SEVERE CASE OF IT, RIGHT?

I WOULD RECOMMEND SANITATION ON THIS.

REALLY WET, RAINY SPRINGS FAVOR IT.

THE SPRING WHEN WE HAD MORE MOISTURE AND THINGS WERE GOING THAT WOULD BE VERY FAVORABLE FOR IT.

SO TRY TO USE SANITATION, AVOID ANY OVERHEAD IRRIGATION NEXT SPRING.

I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION FOR TREATMENT ON THIS THOUGH?

IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK.

>> ALL RIGHT, TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, LOREN.

THIS VIEWER WAS CLEARING OUT SOME INVASIVE RED CEDARS.

FOUND A COUPLE OF HAD THESE FUNKY WHITE SPOTS ON THE TRUCK AND BIGGER BRANCHES.

HE'S WONDERING, IS IT A FUNGUS OR DRIED SAP?

HE DOESN'T KNOW.

>> I THINK IT'S JUST DRIED SAP THIS OR PITCH.

JUST RESIN FROM THE TREE AND SAP THAT'S COMING OUT.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> UNLESS YOU DON'T WANT TO CEDARS, AND THEN WISH IT WAS SOMETHING.

>> I THINK CEDARS ARE KIND OF PRETTY.

SO IT DEPENDS ON WHERE THEY ARE AT IF THEY'RE INVASIVE OR NOT.

RIGHT?

>> THAT'S TRUE.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS LOREN.

KELLY, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS WAS A STORM DAMAGED TREE.

THE FIRST ONE SHOWS FROM A DISTANCE WHAT CAME OFF.

IN THE SECOND ONE, I THINK, IS THE CLOSE-UP OF THE WOUND.

AND HIS QUESTION IS, ANYTHING PREVENTATIVE TO MINIMIZE INSECT ACTIVITY?

AND THEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE FOLLOWING THAT ARE DIFFERENT VIEWER WITH A DIFFERENT CUT.

SO -- >> RIGHT.

SO THIS IS, YEAH -- UNFORTUNATELY SO MUCH TREE DAMAGE FROM STORMS THIS YEAR.

THIS ONE THE STORM DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO MAKE THE CORRECT PRUNING CUT.

SO IT KIND OF GOUGED OUT A CHUNK OF THE TRUNK IS MISSING AS WELL.

SO THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THAT TREE, THAT COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF DECAYING TREES.

IT WILL STILL SEND CHEMICAL DEFENSES TO THAT WOUND AND TRIED TO SEAL IT OFF.

DON'T PUT ANYTHING ON IT AT ALL.

THE BEST THING TO DO IS MAINTAIN GOOD TREE HEALTH.

JUST CORRECT WATERING.

I SEE IT'S GROWING IN A LAWN, SO DO NOT FERTILIZE IT WITH NITROGEN, BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY GETTING MORE THAN IT NEEDS.

DON'T DO THAT.

THAT'S KIND OF A COMMON INSTINCT SOMETIMES TO DO.

IF THERE'S NOT MULCH AROUND THE BASE, IF YOU CAN PUT THAT 3 TO 4 INCH LAYER OF WOOD CHIP MULCH OR SOMETHING AROUND THE BASE.

DON'T DIG UP THE GRASS TO DO THAT.

THAT WILL DAMAGE THOSE ROOTS.

FOCUS ON TREE HEALTH AND THAT WILL HELP THE TREE TAKE CARE OF ITSELF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS ONE ALSO IS A STORM DAMAGE.

THIS IS A MAPLE.

THEY HAD, OBVIOUS THE, TWO OF THE VERY LARGEST BRANCHES CUT OFF.

AND THE SAME QUESTION, REALLY ON THIS.

THE PERSON WHO DID THE TRIMMING SAID COVER THE CUTS.

>> NO.

WE DO NOT COVER THE CUTS I KNOW THAT'S AN INSTINCT, LIKE PUTTING A BAND-AID OR BACTINE OR SOMETHING ON OUR CUTS, BUT YOU DO NOT WANT TO DO THAT WITH TREE.

SO FAR WE HAVEN'T FOUND ANY KIND OF A PRUNING PAINT OR WHATEVER WOUND DRESSING THAT DOES HELP IT CONNECT TO INTERFERE WITH THE TREES RESPONSE.

THOSE WERE GOOD PRUNING CUTS, THE PROBLEM IS THEY WERE SUCH LARGE WOUNDS AND THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FOR THAT TREE TO RESPOND AND SEAL IT OFF.

I THINK THEY WERE SILVER MAPLE, BUT THEY'RE EVEN LESS APT TO SEAL OFF.

SO YOU JUST REALLY NEED TO MONITOR THOSE TREES AND WATCH FOR SIGNS OF DECAY AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, KELLY.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE THIS COMES TO US FROM BEATRICE.

AND HE NOTICED THIS PLANT KIND OF AROUND BEATRICE.

HE THINKS IT LOOKS KIND OF NICE.

HE'SWONDERING WHAT IT IS AND WHAT WE CAN TELL HIM ABOUT IT?

>> THIS IS A VERY PRETTY FLOWER.

THIS IS COMMON CHICORY.

THIS IS AN INTRODUCED PLANT.

IT'S INTRODUCED FROM EUROPE AND ASIA.

SO IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR NATIVE WILD FLOWERS, BUT IT IS A NATURALIZED PERENNIAL.

IT HAS GOOD FLORAL FOR POLLINATORS AND BENEFICIAL INSECTS AND SO ON.

IT'S NOT ON ANY OF THE INVASIVE SPECIES LISTS THAT I'VE SEEN.

I WOULD ENJOY IT.

YES, THEY USED TO DRY AND ROAST THE ROOTS FOR A COFFEE LIKE DRINK, EVEN THOUGH IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY CAFFEINE IN IT.

COMMON CHICORY A VERY PRETTY ONE.

>> COFFEE LIKE, BECAUSE IT'S NOT VERY TASTY.

>> NO.

>> UNLESS IT'S ONE OF THOSE ACQUIRED HABITS, I THINK, PERHAPS.

WELL, FALL IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER AND HERE IN LINCOLN IT HAS STARTED TO COOL DOWN A LITTLE, BUT ONCE AGAIN HERE IS GANNON RUSH FROM THE UNL HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER TO TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE COMING WEEK.

>> THANKS, KIM.

THE HEAT THAT HAS BEEN OUT WEST WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE STATE THIS WEEKEND.

THANKFULLY, IT WON'T STICK AROUND LONG.

FRIDAY WILL BE FAIRLY NICE WE BEGIN TO HEAT UP ON SATURDAY.

SUNDAY WITH THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK WITH TEMPERATURES LIKELY REACHING 100 DEGREES IN EASTERN PARTS OF THE STATE.

AFTER THAT TEMPERATURES BE NEAR SEASONABLE QUITE PLEASANT FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK.

ALTHOUGH THE ENTIRE STATE HAS A CHANCE OF RAIN THIS WEEK THERE WILL LIKELY BE DRY FOR MOST.

THE GREATEST CHANCE OF RAIN IS WHAT WE NORTH PLATTE AND SYDNEY.

THERE ARE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WITH SOME CHANCES OF HAIL AND STRONG WINDS THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY.

THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE STATE NEAR McCOOK COULD SEE SOME DECENT RAINFALL AT OUT OF ONGOING STORMS THIS EVENING.

THAT YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO, KIM.

>> THANKS, GANNON.

IT'S TIME FOR A BREAK.

STAY TUNED.

THERE IS MUCH MORE "BACKYARD FARMER" COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

♪♪ ♪♪ [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] >> WELCOME BACK TO “BACKYARD FARMER.” COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW WE WILL TALK ABOUT GETTING RID OF SOME TOUGH TURF WEEDS THIS FALL.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN THOSE QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446.

SEND US THOSE PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU FOR A FUTURE SHOW.

RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

KELLY.

>> I'M READY.

>> YOU ARE READY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FIRST COMES TO US FROM BANCROFT, NEBRASKA.

THE QUESTION IS , WHY ARE THE PUMPKINS THAT HE HAS DROPPING THEIR FLOWERS?

>> WELL, THEY MAY BE MALE FLOWERS.

LOOK AT THE BOTTOM.

OR IF THEY ARE FEMALE THEY'RE MAYBE THEY'RE NOT GETTING POLLINATED OR TEMPERATURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A BELLEVUE VIEWER WHO LOST AN ASH AND WAS TOLD TO WAIT THREE YEARS BEFORE THEY COULD PLANT AGAIN.

IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT?

>> NO.

NOT THAT I'VE HEARD OF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE SAME BELLEVUE VIEWER WONDERS WHETHER THEY SHOULD GRIND THE STUMP OR USE SOME SORT OF A CHEMICAL TO GET RID OF THE STUMP?

>> GRINDING THE STUMP USUALLY IS EFFECTIVE.

THE ONLY REASON TO TREAT THE STUMP IS IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT RESPROUTING BUT IF IT'S GROUND OUT THAT WORKS PRETTY GOOD.

>> WE HAVE VIEWER WHO IS WONDERING ABOUT THE BITTER TASTING CUCUMBERS, WHAT CAUSES IT?

BECAUSE THEY THINK HAVE WATERED ENOUGH.

>> OKAY.

WELL, THAT CUCUMBER TISTASTE AND I THINK IT IS -- IT'S GETS BUILT UP IN THERE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT TASTE BITTER AND CUCUMBERS HAVE IT.

IT'D BE IN THE OLD DAYS A LONG TIME AGO.

IT REPELLED THOSE INSECTS.

BUT IT'S GOT TO BE, YOU MAYBE WATERED ENOUGH, MAYBE WATER TOO MUCH.

SO YOU WANT THAT UNIFORM CONSISTENT LIGHT MOISTURE.

[ LIGHTNING STRIKE ] >> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

OKAY, LAUREN.

NO STATEMENT, JUST A SMILE, HUH?

>> I'M READY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS THE TOP LEAVES OF THEIR TOMATO PLANTS IN THEIR CONTAINERS ARE LOOKING SORT OF CHECKERED.

AND THEY'RE WONDERING, IS THAT A BLIGHT?

WE TALKED ABOUT EARLY BLIGHT AND OTHER THINGS.

>> IF IT'S ON THE TOP LEAVES PROBABLY NOT.

MAYBE IF IT'S IN CONTAINERS THEY MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH NUTRIENTS OR MOISTURE.

THAT'S NOT USUALLY A BLIGHT ON THE TOP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A McCOOK VIEWER WHOSE COTONEASTERS PROBABLY HAVE FIRED BLIGHT?

WHAT IS THE MANAGEMENT OF THAT?

>> WELL, IF IT'S FIRE BLIGHT YOU COULD USE SOME PRUNING TO REMOVE.

USE SANITATION ABOUT 7 TO 10 INCHES 'CAUSE IT'S BACTERIAL BELOW THE EFFECTED AREA.

>> THIS IS A VIEWER WHO WANT TO KNOW IF SHE HAS BOUGHT HYDRANGEAS OR VIBURNUMS THAT HAVE LEAF SPOTS.

WILL THEY SPREAD AUTOMATICALLY TO HER OTHER PLANTS?

>> MAYBE.

>> WE HAVE IN OMAHA VIEWER WHO HAS SO MANY STORM LIMBS DOWN BIG ONES AND THEY'RE ROTTEN INSIDE, IS THERE A WAY TO TELL ON THE OUTSIDE?

>> REALLY NOT.

IF THEY ARE ROTTING ON THE INSIDE LIKE THAT.

THERE MAY BE SOME CRACKS OR SOMETHING, BUT DIFFICULT.

>> A NEIGHBOR THINKS THEIR LAWN SERVICE AERATION SPREAD DISEASE FROM THE THYMES.

[ LIGHTNING STRIKE ] IS THAT POSSIBLE?

>> IT IS, BUT I WOULD NOT WANT TO SAY THEY'RE LIABLE FOR IT.

I MEAN, IT'S SO HARD.

THERE COULD BE OTHER WAYS THAT DISEASE CAME TO YOUR YARD.

SOIL MOVEMENT IS A WAY TO MOVE OUR FUNGAL PATHOGENS, BUT MANY OF YOUR YARDS ALREADY HAVE THESE ORGANISMS IN THEM.

I WOULD NOT GO AFTER THE LAWN CARE PROVIDER.

>>> THAT WAS HEAT LIGHTNING.

>> OKAY.

>> LONG AND LOW.

>> NOW THE OTHER THING IS, ONE THING JUST TO CLARIFY THAT MAYBE ANSWER, IT MAY NOT SPREAD.

AND IT'S JUST REALLY UP IN THE AIR.

SANITATION EARLY ON IF YOU JUST HAVE A FEW SPOTS ARE REALLY CRITICAL AS YOU'RE GETTING ESTABLISHED.

>> MATT, YOU READY?

>> YEAH.

>> SO, THIS IS ACTUALLY SEVERAL VIEWERS ASKING, IS THE TIME -- THE WINDOW FOR SEEDING FESCUE AND BLUEGRASS CLOSING OR IS IT STILL OPEN?

>> IT'S CLOSING EVERY DAY.

SO I'D SAY GET IT IN THEIR BEFORE THE SEPTEMBER 15th.

IF WE HAVE A WARM FALL IT WILL STILL BE GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AND ASHLAND VIEWER.

THEY'RE WONDERING, IS IT TIME TO PUT DOWN FALL FERTILIZER?

AND IF SO, WHAT FORMULATION?

>> SOMETHING THAT'S MORE OF A QUICK RELEASE IN THE FALL IS FINE BECAUSE THAT PLANT WILL TAKE IT UP WELL THROUGH THE WINTER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FAST GRASS HAS BEEN ADVERTISED FOR FALL.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THAT IS?

>> IS MOST LIKELY ANNUAL RYE OR PERENNIAL RYE THAT'S NOT PERMANENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A STORM QUESTION TOO FROM BLAIR.

THEY'RE WONDERING HOW THE WEIGHT OF THOSE BIG LIMBS WILL COMPACT THE SOIL?

WILL THAT BE AN ISSUE?

>> YEAH.

THEY'LL MAKE DIVOTS, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO FIX THOSE AREAS WHERE THE STORM OR THE BRANCHES HIT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A BURWELL VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER THEY SHOULD SLOWLY LOWER THE MOWING HEIGHT TO AN INCH AND A HALF OR TWO FOR WINTER TO REDUCE DISEASE?

[ LIGHTNING STRIKE ] >> I WOULD SAY NO.

KEEP IT THE SAME.

IF IT'S REALLY TALL AND WISPY WAIT UNTIL IT KIND OF GOES DORMANT THEN YOU CAN CLEAN SOME OF THAT UP TO LET IT DO ITS THING GOING INTO THE FALL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

OKAY, KATE, YOU'RE UP.

>> LET'S GO.

>> LET'S DO IT.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A FOLLOW-UP FROM A GALL QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE GOT LAST WEEK OR JODY DID.

THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT DO THE LITTLE WASPS HAVE TO DO WITH THOSE OAK BULLET GALLS?

WHAT ARE THE LITTLE WASPS?

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

>> SO THE WASPS ARE WHAT CAUSE THE GALLS BUT EITHER LAYING EGGS, AND THEN THE GALL FORMS AROUND WHERE THE EGGS ARE LAID.

>>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A BELLEVUE VIEWER WHO FOUND FIVE EARWIGS IN HIS TRUMPETVINE FLOWERS, AND THE FLOWERS WERE CHEWED OFF.

WOULD THE EARWIGS HAVE DONE THAT?

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A TREYNOR, IOWA VIEWER WONDERING IS TRIGGER SEASON OVER?

WHEN DOES IT START AND WHEN DOES IT STOP?

>>?

ACCORDING TO MY HUSBAND IT IS NOT OVER.

BUT IT'S USUALLY ON THIS REALLY HOT SUMMER DAYS WHERE WE SEE IT THE WORST.

SO IT STARTS IN THE SUMMER AND IT'S GOING TO END UNTIL TEMPERATURES COOL OFF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAD DOZENS OF SEED TICKS ON THEIR BODY LAST WEEKEND.

DO THEY SPREAD DISEASE?

>> THEY COULD POTENTIALLY, YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A WESTON VIEWER, TRAPPED JAPANESE BEETLES BUT THEY'RE NOT SEEING VERY MANY RIGHT NOW.

SHOULD HE GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE TRAP DOWN?

>> WE DON'T RECOMMEND USING THE TRAPS AT ALL.

SO YES, TAKE IT DOWN.

[ LIGHTNING STRIKE ] >> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

WE HAVE APPARENTLY THREE-WAY TIE.

SO PASS IT AROUND QUICKLY.

RIGHT?

WE ARE ALSO SO GLAD TO BRING YOU OUR GARDEN UPDATES EVERY WEEK.

WHEN YOU GET TO THIS TIME OF YEAR EVERYTHING IS JUST SO BEAUTIFUL.

TERRI WILL SHOW US AROUND AND FOCUS ON YET ANOTHER ONE OF OUR ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS OUT IN THE “BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

♪♪ >>> THIS WEEK IN THE “BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE TAKING PRODUCE AGAIN STILL ON TUEDAY NIGHTS FROM 4:30 7:00.

SO, IF YOU HAVE ANY EXTRA CUCUMBERS, ZUCCHINIS, TOMATOES, WHATEVER FEEL FREE TO DROP THEM OFF AND WE'LL TAKE THEM TO THE LOCAL FOOD BANK.

BUT I WANT TO LOOK AT ANOTHER ALL-AMERICA SELECTION WINNER FOR 2024.

AND THIS IS A BELL PEPPER.

IT'S CALLED RED IMPACT.

IT'S DOING PRETTY WELL IN THE GARDEN.

IT IS STANDING UP STRAIGHT BY ITSELF.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY CAGES AROUND IT TO HOLD IT UP.

SO, IT'S LOOKING REALLY WELL.

THIS IS A RED PEPPER, OBVIOUSLY, BY THE NAME.

IT IS A LITTLE THICKER WALLED PEPPER.

IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE REALLY SWEET.

EVEN IF IT'S GREEN.

YOU DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT TO TURN RED IN ORDER TO EAT IT AND HAVE THAT REALLY SWEET TASTE FOR THAT PEPPER.

THEY ARE STAYING PRETTY TIDY.

AND ACCORDING TO ALL OF THE JUDGES IT'S PRETTY DISEASE-RESISTANT.

SO, IT'S LOOKING REALLY GOOD IN OUR "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

SO, TRY IT NEXT YEAR.

PEPPER RED IMPACT.

SO, STOP BY THE “BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK IT OUT.

♪♪ >> IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THAT PEPPER THAT TERRI DISCUSSED, HERE IS THE QR CODE FOR YOU TO SCAN ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.

AND WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT KELLY IS GOING TO START TALKING ABOUT OUR PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

SO, THIS IS A FUN COMBINATION.

>> IT IS A VERY FUN COMBINATION.

OKAY.

SO, OUR WHITE FLOUR HERE'S QUEEN ANNE'S LACE .

IT'S A GREAT PLANT FOR POLLINATORS, BUT DO KNOW THAT IT IS A RESEEDER.

SO, IF YOU PUT IT IN YOUR COURT AND IT WILL RESEED, WHICH NOT IN A NASTY WAY.

AND THE OVAL-SHAPED -- THAT'S GREY, THE SEED HEADS OR WHATEVER, THE CONE OF -- GREYHEAD CONEFLOWER.

THAT'S ACTUALLY THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

THERE WE GO.

THERE WE GO.

THAT IS GREYHEAD PRAIRIE CONEFLOWER.

AND THE BIRDS LOVE THOSE.

ESPECIALLY THE CANARIES -- THE YELLOW CANARIES.

AND WHAT LOOKS MORE LIKE A POD.

WE'LL ND OF SHAKE IT DOWN HERE.

OKAY, THERE'S TWO OF THEM.

THERE'S KIND OF THIS OVAL-SHAPED ONE.

AND THEN THERE'S ONE THAT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT MORE ROUND OVER HERE.

AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE THE SEED PODS OF BAPTISIA, OUR NATIVE BAPTISIA.

I'VE NEVER ACTUALLY SEEN THE ROUNDER HER ONE.

AND THAT'S ANOTHER ONE OF OUR NATIVE FLOWERS THAT BLOOMS IN SPRING.

IT'S A GREAT ONE.

>> WONDERFUL.

I LOVE SEED HEADS THIS TIME OF YEAR.

I THINK THAT'S REALLY ADDS TO ANY SORT OF A LANDSCAPE.

>> AND THEY HAVE GREAT INTEREST FOR THESE CUT FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS AS WELL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

EXCELLENT.

THANKS, KELLY FOR GIVING US THAT.

SO, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS, OF COURES, OF THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON IN THE GARDEN, OR IN THE GARDENING WORLD, I SHOULD SAY.

FIRST WE HAVE THE “BACKYARD FARMER" GROW-A-ROW STILL GOING ON.

THOSE DONATIONS TUESDAY'S 4:30 TO 7:00 P.M.

IN THE “BACKYARD FARMER” GARDEN.

OUR SECOND ONE IS WE ARE GOING TO THE FAIR.

THAT WILL BE MONDAY THE 26th Q&A AT 4:15.

TAPING AT 5:00.

AND THE RAISING NEBRASKA BUILDING.

WE WANT YOU ALL THERE AFTER YOU EAT YOUR CORN DOG.

AND THEN WE HAVE A REALLY FUN THING.

IF YOU LIKE THEM IT IS THE SNAKE OF NEBRASKA SATURDAY, AUGUST 24th AND SUNDAY, AUGUST 25th 10:00 TO 4:30 AT SCHRAMM EDUCATION CENTER.

DENNIS FERRARO OF COURSE WILL BE UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH THE SNAKES.

AND POOR LOREN IS ALREADY SITTING OVER HERE SAYING, "OOH."

>> I WILL NOT BE THERE.

I'M SORRY.

>> SNAKES ARE NOT YOUR DEAL.

>> I WILL NOT BE THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

WE HAVE QUESTIONS AGAIN.

KATE, HERE'S YOUR VERY FIRST ONE.

YES, WE KNOW THIS IS NOT AN INSECT, BUT WE HAD TWO VIEWERS WHO SENT US PICTURES OF THESE THINGS.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY.

SHE SAID SHE FOUND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF THESE IN THEIR 35-FOOT WATERFALL.

THEY MOVE AROUND.

THEY'RE THE SIZE OF A PENCIL ERASER.

THEY ARE NOT ZEBRA MUSSELS.

WHAT ARE THEY?

AND HOW DO THEY GET RID OF THEM?

>> I'M NOT A MOLLUSK PERSON BUT I DID LOOK INTO IT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

YOU CAN PHYSICALLY MOVE THEM.

IT SEEMS LIKE YOU'RE TRYING AT LEAST, BUT YOU CAN ALSO DO COPPER SULFATE IN THE WATER.

IT'S THE SAME THING YOU WOULD USE TO TREAT FOR ALGAE.

JUST BE SURE TO FOLLOW THOSE LABEL DIRECTIONS.

AND THEN MY OTHER RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT ZEBRA MUSSELS, I WOULD STILL REACH OUT TO THE NEBRASKA DEPARTMENT OF AG -- OR REACH OUT TO THE INVASIVE SPECIES COUNSEL JUST TO RULE OUT ANY INVASIVE SPECIES, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SALES ON THE WATCH LIST.

SO, REACH OUT TO THEM AND OTHERS SAY IT IS OR IT ISN'T.

>> GREAT.

GOOD SUGGESTION THERE.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A HOLDRIDGE VIEWER.

HE SAID HE HAS HAD A PEAR TREE FOR MANY YEARS.

THIS YEAR THEY GOT A LITTLE HAIL DAMAGE.

THEY GET SOME SORT OF INSECT DAMAGE AND THEN THEY START TO DECAY INSIDE.

WHAT DOES HE NEED TO DO TO TREAT IN THE SPRING, BECAUSE NORMALLY THERE IS NO INSECTS, THERE'S JUST DAMAGE AND ROT.

>> SURE.

SO, THIS COULD BE CAUSED BY BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUGS.

THEY HAVE A PIERCING, SUCKING STRAW-LIKE MOUTH AND THEY'LL CAUSE THOSE WOUNDS.

AND THOSE WOUNDS THEN TURN INTO ROT.

UNFORTUNATELY, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE EASY TO CONTROL.

TREATING THEM EARLY WITH THE STINK BUGS ARE YOUNGER IS GOING TO BE THE BEST?

I THINK THERE IS SOME BOTANICAL INSECTICIDES LABELED FOR PEARS THAT YOU CAN USE.

BUT IT'S REALLY ALL ABOUT TIMING.

WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG, WHEN THINGS ARE FLOWERING AND THAT FRUIT STARTS TO SET IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOUR BEST BET.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

FLOCKS BUGS STILL AROUND.

SHE HAS BEEN USING SOMETHING WITH IMIDACLOPRID IN IT.

SHE HAS PINCH KILLED -- ANY THOUGHTS ARE?

>> I WOULD CUT THIS ONE DOWN.

IT'S PRETTY ROUGH.

IT'S GOT A LOT OF DAMAGE FROM THE BUGS.

IMIDACLOPRID IS A SYSTEMIC.

AND SO, THOSE AREN'T ALWAYS EFFECTIVE AGAINST OUR PIERCING SUCKING INSECTS.

SO, YOU CAN LOOK FOR PRODUCTS LIKE INSECTICIDAL SOAP, HORTICULTURE OIL, SOMETHING THAT CONTAINS PERMETHRIN.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GET THOSE LEAVES COATED TOP AND BOTTOM.

AND THEN LASTLY, JUST LIKE THE SQUASH BUGS, THESE GUYS OVERWINTER IN LEAF LITTER AND THE DEAD STEMS OF THE FLOCKS.

SO YOU WANT TO DO SOME GARDEN CLEANUP TO KEEP THOSE PLANTS PEST FREE NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KATE.

TWO FOR YOUR FIRST ONE HERE, MATT.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM MEAD.

HE HAS AN RTF LAWN, UNDERGROUND SPRINKLERS AND THEN HE'S GOT BROWN SPOTS SHOWING UP THREE TO SIX AT A TIME IN THE SUN AND THE SHADE.

THEY SEEM TO MIGRATE.

DOESN'T SEPARATE.

HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S GRUBBS.

ANY THOUGHTS HERE?

>> YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THIS IS EITHER, BUT IT COULD BE A COMBINATION OF THINGS.

THERE'S SOME BIG TREES IN THE AREA AS WELL.

SO IF THOSE ROOTS ARE CLOSER TO THE TOP OF THE SOIL THEY COULD BE WICKING MOISTURE FROM THOSE SPOTS, AND THEY JUST KIND OF IN THE WIND AND THE HEAT THEY TURN BROWN AND THEY CAN'T KEEP UP WITH THEMSELVES.

THE OTHER THING IS IT COULD BE A DISEASE AS WELL.

MAYBE A SUMMER PATCH OF SOME SORT OR SOMETHING GOING ON THERE.

BUT IF IT'S STILL GREEN AND GROWING UNDERNEATH I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY REASON FOR TREATING IF THEY GO AWAY.

BUT IT MIGHT BE AN ONGOING ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF THOSE TREES.

LORNE, DO YOU THINK THERE'S ANY DISEASE ISSUES WITH THIS ONE?

>> I REALLY CAN'T TELL.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY MAY WANT TO ACTUALLY GET A SAMPLE AND SEND THAT IN OR SEND A PICTURE OF SOME OF THE LEAF BLADES DOWN IN THE CAMPY AT THE EDGE OF THE DEAD AREAS IF IT SOMETHING THAT WAY.

ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE JUST WILTING AND DYING.

I THINK YOUR MOISTURE POINT IS PRETTY VALID.

>> YEAH, THE REST OF THE LAWN LOOKS GREAT.

IT'S JUST MAYBE LIKE A LOCALIZED DRY SPOT THAT HAS TAKEN OVER AND THAT GOING WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO ON THE NEXT ONE COMING TO US FROM BELLEVUE.

NOTICED THIS AROUND THE FLOWER BED.

IT'S GOT SOME RED AT THE BASE.

AND HE'S WONDERING IF WE KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

>> THIS IS ACTUALLY CRABGRASS.

I THINK IT'S SMOOTH CRABGRASS, WHICH IS ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE HAIRS ON THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANT.

SO, I HAVE A COUPLE OF SAMPLES HERE, JUST LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT KINDS.

THE GENERAL ONE WE HAVE IS LARGE CRABGRASS, BUT THERE'S ALSO SMOOTH CRABGRASS.

SO THE DIFFERENCE IS THE LARGE HAS TINY HAIRS, WHICH IS THIS GREENER, LIME GREEN ONE.

YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE BASE OF IT IF I MOVE MY HAND HERE.

THEY ARE ON THAT AND THEN ALSO ON THE LEAVES AS WELL.

KIND OF HARD TO SEE IN THIS BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE MAYBE LITTLE HAIRS ON TOP AND BOTTOM.

WHEREAS, THE SMOOTH CRABGRASS, HENCE THE NAME SMOOTH, DOESN'T HAVE ALL OF THOSE HAIRS ALL OVER THE LEAVES AND THE STEMS.

IT'S MOSTLY JUST SOME LONGHAIRS WHERE THE LEAF GOES TO THE STEM THERE'S A COUPLE OF LONG ONES THERE SO.

TWO DIFFERENT GRASSES, BUT WE TREAT THEM THE SAME WAY.

AND THEIR ARE A PROBLEM IN THE LANDSCAPE.

I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT BUT TREAT IT LIKE YOU WOULD CRABGRASS.

>> ALRIGHT TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE THIS COMES TO US FROM HENDERSON.

SEVERAL PATCHES OF THIS, WHICH I THINK IS PROBABLY NIMBLE WELL.

>> I THINK IT IS NIMBLE WELL.

YEAH IT SEEMS LIKE JUST BY LOOKING AT THIS PICTURE FROM ABOVE IT HAS THOSE POINTED LEAVES.

CRABGRASS WILL BE THE OTHER ONE, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK AS THICK AND DENSE AS CRABGRASS IS.

SO I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS NIMBLE WELL.

AND NOW WE ARE IN THAT WINDOW OF LATE SUMR TO TREAT.

IF YOU DO WANT TO TREAT IT.

AND NOT KILL YOUR GRASS THAT'S THERE, TENACITY IS ONE OF THE ONLY PRODUCTS THAT WORKS.

2 TO 3 APPLICATIONS FROM HERE UNTIL FALL.

AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONE TO TAKE IT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

TWO FOR YOU ON YOUR FIRST ONE, LOREN, FROM OMAHA.

THIS SUMMER TWO LARGE SHROOMS APPEARED ON THE TRUNK OF THEIR 40 PLUS YEAR-OLD PIN OAK BELOW AN OLD WOUND AND THERE'S A BROWNISH SPOT ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THE TREE APPEARS TO HAVE LESS FOLIAGE SO I THINK YOUR NEXT PICTURE, YEP, THERE YOU ARE.

>> THIS IS A REALLY GREAT PICTURE, BECAUSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE ONE WOUND SITE YOU CAN SEE THE DEAD TREE INSIDE RIGHT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THE FUNGUS BELOW IS GROWING ON.

SO MOST OF OUR TREES ARE DEAD IN THE CENTER.

BUT ONCE WE GET THAT FRUITING STRUCTURE GOING WE KNOW THAT IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE.

AND IT IS AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S CLOSE TO A HOUSE?

I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT POTENTIALLY BEING A HAZARD TREE.

SO I WOULD BE CAUTIOUS AND MAYBE HAVE THAT EVALUATED BY AN ARBORIST AND SEE IF IT SHOULDN'T BE REMOVED.

NOT ANYTHING YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT THOUGH.

>> ALRIGHT TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND THEN I THINK YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE RIGHT AFTER THAT WITH TWO OF THESE ARE BOTH OMAHA.

THEY ARE BOTH WONDERING, THIS IS A RED OAK LEAF CHANGE ON THIS ONE.

HE IS WONDERING IS THIS OAK WILT?

THIS IS AN OLD TREE.

AND YOUR NEXT ONE IS ACTUALLY A COLUMNAR OAK.

AND ITS SHOWING THE SAME THING.

WE HAVE FOUR PICTURES OF OAKS THAT ARE DIFFERENT.

>> LITTLE DIFFERENT PICTURES BUT BOTH, SO RED OAKS ARE THE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO OAK WILT.

THE COLUMNAR OAK ARE IN ENGLISH OAK, WHICH IS SUSCEPTIBLE AS WELL NEXT TO RED OAKS.

THE COLUMNAR ONE THIS, IT HAS THAT DRYING OF THE LEAF TISSUE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S DRYING OUT.

THAT LOOKS MORE LIKE AN OAK WILT SYMPTOM TO ME THAN THE OTHER ONE WHERE IT HAS GREEN VEINS AND MARGINAL DISCOLORATION.

IT COULD BE OAK WILT, BUT IT DOES LOOK MORE LIKE SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON THEY INDICATED A CERTAIN PART OF THE CROWN OF THE TREE AFFECTED.

ANY TIME WE'LL SEE THAT WHEN WE HAVE CANKER OR SOMETHING AFFECTING A CERTAIN BRANCH.

SO I WOULD LOOK AT THE TREE CAREFULLY FOR THE LARGER RED OAK.

IF IT IS THE WHOLE TREE IT COULD BE WILT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT THOUGH, SO I WOULD CAREFULLY JUST EVALUATE THE TREE AND SEE HOW IT GOES IN THE FALL AND SEE IF IT GREENS UP NEXT SPRING AND THEN MAKE A DECISION.

>> ALL RIGHT AND ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A GRETNA VIEWER WHO FOUND THESE SHROOMS GROWING IN HER MANDEVILLA POT.

THEY ARE THE YELLOW THINGS.

>> HOW DID YOU GET SO LUCKY?

YOU GOT SOMETHING EXTRA WHEN YOU BOUGHT A PLANT.

>> THAT'S AWESOME.

>> YEAH.

>> AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S MOST LIKELY A LOT OF OUR POTTING SOIL MIXES THE PEAT COMPONENT IN THEM AND BRINGS IN SOME SORT OF A FUNGUS FROM WHEREVER THAT PEAT IS FROM.

THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

I COULDN'T TELL WHAT IT IS FROM THE PICTURE ABOVE.

I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND REMOVING IT.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT'S POISONOUS IF YOU HAVE PETS OR KIDS I WOULD JUST REMOVE IT IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT THE PLANT UNLESS IT REALLY GETS WHERE FORMING MAT AT AND THE BOTTOM.

>> KELLY, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE THIS COMES TO US FROM SUMNER.

HAS THESE LITTLE CONIFERS WHAT SHOULD HE DO PREPARE FOR THE WINTER?

>> WELL, WATERING IN THE FALL SO KEEPING THAT SOIL FOR EVERGREENS.

JUST CHECKING THAT SOIL.

AND IF BETWEEN NOW AND SOIL FREEZING JUST KEEP IT UNIFORMLY MOIST.

IT WOULDN'T HURT TO PUT MAYBE THEY ARE PRETTY TINY, SO PUT A CLOTH AROUND IT TO PROTECT IT FROM VOLES OR RABBITS DURING THE WINTER.

>> PERFECT GOOD, ALRIGHT TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM YORK.

SHE HAS BALD CYPRESS, LEAFED OUT YELLOWISH, NEVER GREENED UP SLOW RELEASE FERTILIZER DEEP WATERED UM NEW GROWTH ON THE TIPS.

>> I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A ROOT ISSUE HERE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ROOT ISSUE IS TO BE CAREFUL OF OVERWATERING.

IF IT'S LEAFED OUT THIS YELLOW AND IT STAYED YELLOW AND NOW THAT YOU ARE GETTING THE BROWNING I THINK THERE IS SOME SORT OF A ROOT ISSUE GOING ON THERE.

SO AGAIN THE MAIN THING IS FOCUS ON CORRECT WATERING IF YOU CAN.

>> ALRIGHT AND TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS IN OMAHA VIEWER.

BEAUTIFUL TREE DAMAGED WITH THIS BIG SPLIT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HERE?

>> WELL, YEAH.

IT HAS INCLUDED BARK ESPECIALLY IN THIS PICTURE YOU CAN SEE THAT VERY TIGHT ANGLE AND THE CRACK THERE'S BARK IN BETWEEN THERE.

IT'S BARK AGAINST WOOD AND THAT'S A WEAK SPOT.

SO IT'S EASY FOR DAMAGE.

AND THAT PREVIOUS PICTURE I MEAN YOU'RE JUST GOING HAVE TO, THERE'S NOT AN IDEAL PLACE TO CUT THAT AGAIN.

THAT'S LIKE A LARGE WOUND, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REMOVE THAT OR IT'S GOING TO BREAK FURTHER AND TEAR ALL THE WAY DOWN.

>> THANKS, KELLY.

WELL YOU KNOW WE GET TO SO MANY QUESTIONS ABOUT TURF WEEDS EACH YEAR WE THOUGHT WE WOULD TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR FROM MATT ABOUT WHY THIS IS A GREAT TIME OF THE SEASON TO CONTROL THEM.

IF YOU DO IT NOW YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM QUITE SO MUCH IN THE SPRING.

♪ ♪ >> ALRIGHT IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO FALL.

AND WE START THINKING ABOUT THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO OUR LAWN OR TO OUR LANDSCAPE TO HELP IMPROVE WHAT WE HAVE.

IF WE HAVE WEEDS IN THE LANDSCAPE BROADLEAF ESPECIALLY.

USING A LOT OF THE HERBICIDES THAT WE USE FOR BROADLEAF WEEDS WORK BETTER IN THE FALL THAN THEY DO IN THE SPRING.

JUST BECAUSE PLANTS ARE STARTING TO GO DORMANT AND THEY ARE STARTING TO TAKE THEIR NUTRIENTS DOWN INTO THE ROOTS.

SO IT'S EASIER TO TRANSLOCATE A LOT OF THOSE HERBICIDES TO GET INTO THE ROOTS.

SO NOW UNTIL LET'S SAY END OF NOVEMBER, EVEN DECEMBER IF WE HAVE A WARM WINTER WE CAN STILL TREAT A LOT BROADLEAF WEEDS.

SO THAT IS THE IDEAL TIME TO CONTROL A LOVE DANDELIONS, CLOVER, GROUND IVY.

SO A LOT OF THOSE DIFFERENT ONCE WE CAN CONTROL IN THE FALL.

THINKING ABOUT SOME OF THE WINTER ANNUALS THAT MIGHT BE COMING.

FALL PRE-EMERGENT CAN WORK FOR THOSE.

SO IF WE HAVE AN ISSUE IN PAST I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE USING A PRE- EMERGENT NOW OR SOON, SO WE CAN COVER A LOT OF THOSE WINTER ANNUALS.

AND WE CAN CONTROL THEM WITHOUT HAVING TO DO IT NEXT SPRING.

WITH THAT I WOULD SAY GET OUT THERE AND SCOUT YOUR LAWN IF YOU HAVE BROUGHT LEAVES .

SPRAY A HERBICIDE THAT'S NEEDED OR THAT WORKS WELL ON THOSE PLANTS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO CONTROL.

>> YOU KNOW AS MATT SAID, YOU GOT SOME TIME TO GET THIS DONE.

IF YOU DO TAKE THE TIME TO DO IT NOW YOUR TURF BE MUCH BETTER OFF COME NEXT SPRING.

ALRIGHT, KATE, ONE PICTURE.

SEWARD WHAT IS THIS LITTLE GUY?

THEY WERE CAMPED OUT ON THE BLUEBEARD.

>> THIS IS A TWO SPOTTED LONGHORN BEE.

AN THEY LIKE TO HANG ONTO LANCE WITH THEIR MANDIBLES AS THEIR TAKING NAPS I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS PICTURE.

>> PERFECT, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A SMALL BEE IN THE MIDDLE WHAT IS THAT ONE?

>> THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THE LONGHORN BEES YOU CAN TELL BY THEIR LENGTH OF THE ANTENE.

BUT THEIR NATIVE, THEIR SOLITARY THEY ARE NOT AGGRESSIVE AND JUST GREAT POLLINATORS TO HAVE AROUND.

>>ALRIGHT AND YOUR NEXT PICTURE IS WHAT IS THIS ON THE SILVER MAPLE?

>> THESE ARE MAPLE BLADDER GALLS.

A LOT OF TIMES WITH GALLS THEY ARE UNSIGHTLY, BUT THEY DON'T AFFECT THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE PLANT I WOULD LET ITS EE HOW IT GOES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

>>ALRIGHT, MATT, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

OH, GOSH.

CREEPING CHARLIE AND TREATING IN THE FALL.

>>> THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL LAWN.

>> I THINK WE'RE JUST REFERRING BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, RIGHT?

>> SO YEAH THIS ONE YEAH TREATING IN THE FALL AND IF IT IS I THINK HE WAS MENTIONING IT'S ENCROACHING INTO HIS FROM A NEIGHBORING.

I HAD AN UNCLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM.

SO I KINDA HELPED HIM DECIDE WHAT TO DO AND HE ENDED UP PUTTING A GROUND BARRIER IN OR SOMETHING LIKE YOUR EDGING.

AND THAT WILL HELP KEEP IT OUT.

CAUSE IT STILL WANTS TO SPREADS ON TOP, SO THEY WILL CLIMB THROUGH ANYTHING.

BUT IF YOU HAVE A BARRIER THAT'S PROBABLY AT LEAST 2 TO 3 INCHES DEEP THAT WILL HELP.

>> ALL RIGHT AND ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS WEEPING WATER.

HE IS WONDERING IN BUTTON WEED, AT WHAT STAGE DO THEY BECOME WEEDS WHEN THEY DROP?

>> YEAH THAT'S A GOOD PICTURE OF THE PROGRESSION OF THE FLOWER.

SO IN ONE AND TWO IT'S PROBABLY GETTING POLLINATED IN TWO.

AND THAT IT CLOSES UP IN THREE.

AT THAT POINT, AT THREE IF YOU CUT IT OFF IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE VIABLE SEED ONCE THAT DRIES OUT.

THEY SPLIT OPEN AND THEN FALL OUT THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WHEN THE WIND IS BLOWING AROUND OR THEY FALL DOWN.

SO I WOULD SAY AT TWO YOU ARE GOOD CUTTING IT OUT OR LEAVING IT BUT ONCE IT GETS TO THREE GET RID OF IT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE FOR YOU, LAUREN.

THIS IS PAGE COUNTY, IOWA.

GREAT BIG ROW OF PEONIES LOOKING LIKE THIS.

SHOULD THEY GO AHEAD AND CUT THEM DOWN NOW?

RATHER THAN WAITING?

>> I WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE FOLIAGE PUT ALL OF THAT ENERGY BACK INTO THE ROOT SYSTEM.

AND THEN REMOVE THAT.

AND THEN MULCH AFTERWARDS TO COVER THAT.

>> ALRIGHT AND THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM MARQUETTE.

AND SHE SAW A BLACK BEETLE AND SPRINKLED SEVENDUST AROUND THE TREE I THINK THIS OCCURRED AFTER THAT.

>> WAS IT'S RELATED TO THE SEVENDUST?

LARGE TREE LIKE THAT YOU CAN SEE THE ROT INSIDE SAME SCENARIO AS WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

DEFINITELY HAS SOME ISSUES COULD BE HAZARD TREE.

BE CAREFUL.

NOTHING TO DO.

>> IT'S WAY TOO CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.

KELLY YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN THESE TOO AND SAID OH BOY CUT THESE DOWN RIGHT?

>> YES.

>> ALRIGHT BEAUTIFUL BUT.

>> ALRIGHT KELLY, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY HER DAUGHTER IN KANSAS CITY WANTS A RHUBARB PLANT AND SHE'S GOT THIS ONE THAT IS QUITE LARGE.

COULD SHE GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT NOW OR SHOULD SHE WAIT UNTIL SPRING?

>> YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND MOVE IT NOW.

I MEAN MAYBE WAIT A LITTLE LONGER AGAIN LIKE LAUREN JUST SAID, LET ALL THOSE LEAVES TO PUT STORED FOOD INTO THE ROOT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

OR YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL EARLY NEXT SPRING.

WHICHEVER WORKS BEST.

>> ALRIGHT AND CAN SHE GO AHEAD AND HARVEST STILL ON THAT?

>> YOU WANT TO HAVE IDEALLY, ON THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, YEAH, YOU COULD REMOVE SOME OF THOSE LEAVES BEFORE YOU MOVE IT AND .REMOVE IT.

BUT THEN AFTER YOU TRANSPLANT IT USUALLY WANT TO GET ONE GOOD GROWING SEASON.

>> ALRIGHT, AND YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES COME TO US FROM SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

THERE WAS A SNEAK PEAK THERE.

THIS IS A FIRST EDITION HAWAII HIBISCUS SYRIACUS WHICH IS BASICALLY SHRUB ALAFIA.

NINE YEARS OLD PURPLE HEARTS ALL OF THE SUDDEN STARTED DOING THIS AND THROWING PURE WHITE FLOWERS.

SHE IS WONDERING, IS THIS REVERTING TO SOMETHING ELSE?

IS IT SUPPOSED TO DO THIS?

IS THERE ANYTHING SHE CAN DO ABOUT IT?

>> NO.

IT PROBABLY IS A REVERSION.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE WOULD CAUSE THAT.

AND I GUESS IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE WHITE YOU COULD PRUNE OUT THOSE BRANCHES AND SEE IF THAT HELPS OR YOU COULD JUST ENJOY IT AND HAVE A MIXTURE.

>> THEY WILL KEEP REVERTING THOUGH TO THE WHITE AND END UP WHITE AND NOT HAVE YOUR PURPLE?

>> AND INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE THEM VERY OFTEN NOW.

BUT YOU USED TO BE ABLE TO BUY THOSE SHRUB ALFIA THE HIBISCUS BLUE, PINK AND WHITE ALL ON THE SAME PLANT.

SO WHETHER THAT WAS GRAFTED OR THEY DID THE THREE IN A POT I DON'T KNOW.

>> MAYBE THAT ISN'T A REVERSION, MAYBE IT IS SOMETHING SUCH AS THAT AS WELL.

>> NINE YEARS OLD I THINK IT'S PROBABLY DECIDED IT DOESN'T WANT TO BE THAT BEAUTIFUL ANYMORE.

IT JUST WANTS TO BE SIMPLE.

>> EVEN CUTTING IT OUT, IT MAY NOT HELP.

>> RIGHT, EXACTLY.

>> YOU CAN TRY THAT.

>> ENJOY IT ANYWAY.

WELL, THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE ON “BACKYARD FARMER” TONIGHT.

WE DO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO SUMMITTED THOSE PICTURES AND QUESTIONS AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONES THIS EVENING WE HAD GARY BELL, CAROL RUSTAD, AND EXTENSION EDUCATOR TERRI JAMES.

NEXT TIME ON “BACKYARD FARMER”, IT'S OUR ANNUAL TRIP TO THE STATE FAIR.

WE DO HOPE YOU WILL JOIN US THERE FOR A SHOW TAPING.

WE WILL BE HEARING ABOUT WHY EARTHWORMS ARE SO BENEFICIAL TO OUR SOIL.

SO GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING, WE WILL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON “BACKYARD FARMER.” ♪♪ ♪♪ >> ♪ ♪