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SO WE'RE GOING TO GET STARTED WITH SOME SAMPLES, AND JODY, YOU ARE HOPING YOUR SAMPLE BEHAVES.

>> MY SAMPLE IS NOT BEHAVING, BUT I BROUGHT AN EASTERN EYED CLICK BEETLE.

HOPEFULLY I CAN JUST HOLD MYSELF STEADY HERE, AND IT STAYS ON THERE.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

SORRY.

OKAY.

SO EASTERN EYED CLICK BEETLE.

YOU CAN SEE IT'S GOT THE FALSE EYE SPOTS HERE.

IT'S KIND OF PLAYING DEAD RIGHT NOW, BUT THE FALSE EYE SPOTS SCARE AWAY PREDATORS, AND THESE ARE FOUND ANYTIME THIS SPRING AND SUMMER, AND THERE'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

THE EGGS ARE LAID IN THE SOIL.

THE LARVAE DEVELOP IN DECAYING WOOD AND ACTUALLY FEED ON THE GRUBS OF WOOD BORING BEETLES, SO THEY'RE ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL.

THEN AS ADULTS, I'VE JUST BEEN SHARING A PIECE OF APPLE EVERY DAY WITH THIS BEETLE, AND I JUST WANT TO THANK THE CLIENTS WHO DROPPED THIS OFF TO HAVE IT IDENTIFIED BUT THEN TOOK IT BACK TO SHOW THEIR GRANDKIDS AND THEN BROUGHT IT BACK SO I COULD TAKE IT ON TV.

SO.

>> LOVE IT, AND THEY ARE FUN.

THEY'RE REALLY WEIRD AND FUN.

>> THEY DO THIS CLICKING THING SO THAT THEY CAN GO FROM BEING ON THEIR BACK TO THEIR FRONT, AND THEN THEY ALSO SCARE AWAY PREDATORS.

>> OF COURSE.

ALL RIGHT, JOHN, YOUR DEBUT, AND YOU BROUGHT BASICALLY A SALAD OF PLANTING.

>> IT COULD BE INTERPRETED THAT WAY I THINK.

THESE ARE PLANTAINS, AND THEY'RE KIND OF NEAT BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROMINENT SEED HEADS AND THIS ONE IS CALLED BROADLEAF PLANTAIN, AND IT'S SORT OF A BASAL ROSETTE, ELLIPTICAL LEAVES WITH STRONG VEINS.

AND I REALLY LIKE THE SEED HEADS.

KIND OF A RAT'S TAIL SEED HEAD.

KIND OF AVERAGE FIBROUS ROOT SYSTEM.

AND THEN ON THIS SIDE WE HAVE BUCKHORN PLANTAIN, WHICH IS VERY SIMILAR.

AGAIN, THE SEED HEADS ARE HELD UP HIGH.

THE SEED HEADS ARE DIFFERENT.

THEY'RE RAT TAIL, BUT THEY'RE SHORTER, NOT QUITE AS LONG, AND THE LEAVES ARE ALL LANCEOLATE WAS THE TERM I READ THAT THEY USE, VERY LONG AND SKINNY BUT WITH STRONG VEINS AS WELL.

AND YOU TEND TO SEE THE BUCKHORN A LITTLE BIT MORE IN PASTURES, ROAD DITCHES, PLACES LIKE THAT.

YOU TEND TO SEE THE BROAD LEAF A LITTLE BIT MORE IN LAWNS.

>> AND YOU CAN EITHER DIG IT OR ENJOY IT OR KILL IT.

>> OR A LITTLE OF BOTH.

>> PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JOHN.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE.

NOT A ROSE BY ANY OTHER NAME.

>> IT'S THE PLANT OF THE WEEK, RIGHT?

>> YEAH, RIGHT.

>> MAYBE.

ONE OF THESE DAYS I'LL HAVE THE PLANT OF THE WEEK, BUT SO THESE -- THIS IS ROSE ROSETTE DISEASE.

THIS SAMPLE WAS COLLECTED AT THE HAMMOND ROSE GARDEN AT THE SUNKEN GARDENS HERE IN LINCOLN WHICH HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING QUITE THE OUTBREAK OF THIS DISEASE.

FOR ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN DOWN THERE AND AS SUCH THEY'VE HAD TO TEAR OUT QUITE A FEW ROSES BUT AS THE -- SO THE NAME ROSE ROSETTE, IT IS A VIRUS BUT ALSO VECTORED BY A MICROSCOPIC MITE.

IT HAS A LOT OF DIFFERENT SYMPTOMS DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF ROSE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT.

AND SO ONE OF THE MAIN SYMPTOMS THAT WE WILL SEE IS KIND OF A PROLIFERATION OF THORNS THAT WE CAN SEE KIND OF RIGHT HERE, AND IF THIS WAS A NORMAL ROSE, I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO THIS.

BUT ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT ROSE ROSETTE DOES IS IT TENDS TO MAKE THOSE NEWER THORNS SOFTER.

SO THIS IS PRETTY TEXTBOOK FOR ROSE ROSETTE.

SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN SEE IS WE'LL GET SOME OF THIS REDDISH COLORATION AS WELL, AND HERE ON THE MONSTER NEXT TO ME, WE ALMOST HAVE ONE ENTIRE CANE THAT IS TURNING RED, BUT JUST LOADS AND LOADS OF THORNS, THE PROLIFERATION OF FLORAL PARTS.

UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT CAN YOU DO ABOUT THIS?

NOTHING.

WE CAN ROGUE IT OUT AND HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT SPREAD.

THIS USED TO BE A DISEASE THAT WAS PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTHERN STATES, BUT AS WE'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT WARMER, THE MITE THAT -- THE MITE THAT VECTORS THE VIRUS IS ABLE TO OVER WINTER IN NEBRASKA A LITTLE BIT BETTER, AND WE'RE SEEING IT MORE AND MORE OFTEN NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO ROGUE THOSE SUCKERS OUT.

>> YEAH, AND HOPEFULLY -- WELL, IF YOU'RE ME, YOU'D BE OKAY WITH THIS BECAUSE IT'S SUPER COOL, I THINK.

BUT IF YOU WANT A BEAUTIFUL ROSE, PROBABLY NOT YOUR CUP OF TEA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KELLY, YOU DO HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE TONIGHT?

>> I DO, AND MINE MATCHES YOU, KIM.

IT'S NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK, SO THIS IS A BUTTERFLY MILKWEED.

SO A GREAT PLANT.

WE KNOW IT'S FOR MONARCH BUTTERFLIES, BUT IT'S A GREAT POLLINATOR PLANT FOR SUPER STAR BEES AND OTHER POLLINATORS AS WELL TOO.

IT IS ONE OF OUR NATIVES, SO MILKWEEDS AND THESE GET ABOUT TWO AND A HALF FEET TALL, MINE'S PROBABLY EVEN A LITTLE BIT TALLER THAN THAT.

THAT BRIGHT ORANGE VIVID COLOR, YOU WANT TO PLANT IT WHERE IT'S GOING TO STAY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A DEEP TAP ROOT, AND THEY'RE REALLY HARD TO MOVE SUCCESSFULLY.

AND IT'S -- ANOTHER THING I LIKE ABOUT IT IS THE TIME OF BLOOM.

A LOT OF OUR SPRING BLOOMING THINGS ARE FINISHED AND THE SUMMER BLOOMING THINGS ARE JUST GETTING STARTED SO IT'S A GREAT SOURCE FOR THE POLLINATORS TO FORAGE THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT EXCELLENT, THANKS KELLEY.

ALL RIGHT FIRST PICTURE AROUND.

JODY, THIS COMES TO US, THREE PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE FROM YORK.

SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT THEY HAD TERMITES BECAUSE THEY WERE REMOVING SOME SIDING AND WE FOUND ONE, TWO, THREE THINGS ON HERE, AND I THINK THESE FIRST THREE ARE THIS ONE.

AND THEN SHE SENT ALSO AFTER THESE THREE, SO THERE'S THAT STUFF, AND THEN SHE SENT A WEEK LATER SHE SENT ANOTHER SET OF PICTURES, WHICH ARE SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SO IF WE LOOK AT ALL FIVE OF THESE KIND OF IN SEQUENCE, YOU CAME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S NOT TERMITES.

>> YEAH, IT'S NOT TERMITES, SO THAT'S THE GREAT NEWS.

THE OTHER NEWS IS THESE ARE MADE BY GRASS CARRYING WASPS SO WHEN THE BOARDS OR THE SIDING WAS ON THE WALL, THERE WAS SOME KIND OF GAP, AND IT'S A TYPE OF LIKE WASP THAT LIKES TO BUILD ITS CELLS AND NESTS IN VOIDS.

SO THEY'RE ALSO CALLED WINDOW WASPS SO YOU MAY GET THEM IN THE TRACK OF WINDOWS.

THOSE ARE COCOONS.

IF THERE'S NO HOLES IN THEM, THERE ACTUALLY IS A GRASS CARRYING WASP DEVELOPING, AND THEY ACTUALLY PROVISION WITH TREE CRICKETS.

>> THAT'S REALLY FUN, AND YOU SAID THAT YOU'LL SEE THEM CARRYING LITTLE PIECES OF GRASS.

>> OH, YEAH, YOU'LL SEE A WASP CARRYING LIKE LONG GRASS.

>> RIGHT.

>> EXCELLENT.

GOOD, NO TERMITES.

>> NOT TERMITES.

ALL RIGHT, JOHN, YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM SHELDON.

OH, SORRY, JODY, I FORGOT YOU HAD THIS ONE, WHICH IS -- >> A LOT OF APHIDS.

BLACK APHIDS AND GREEN APHIDS.

>> YEAH, AND THIS IS A MANDEVILLA, AND SO HE SAID THAT HE'S FOUND ALL THIS, AND HE'S WONDERING EXACTLY HOW TO CONTROL ALL OF THIS.

>> YEAH, SO A REALLY STRONG BLAST OF WATER WILL HELP, BUT IF THOSE LEAVES ARE ALREADY CURLING UP BECAUSE OF THOSE APHIDS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY, TRY TO PRUNE SOME OF THOSE OFF.

AND THEY WILL -- DEPENDING ON WHAT PLANTS THEY ARE, THEY MAY BE ABLE TO SPREAD TO OTHER ONES BECAUSE YOU HAVE A VARIETY OF APHIDS THERE.

>> MULTIPLE APHIDS.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

ALL RIGHT JOHN, NOW IT'S YOUR TURN.

I DO THIS ALL THE TIME.

SO THIS COMES TO US FROM SHELDON, AND SHE THINKS SHE HAS NEVER HAD THIS WEED IN HER YARD BEFORE.

THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE SHE SENT.

SO WE MAYBE HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS HERE.

>> I THINK WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS.

THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND IS MAPLE LEAF GOOSE FOOT.

AND I THINK THAT'S JUST BECAUSE I LIKE THE NAME, MAPLE LEAF GOOSE FOOT.

IT GROWS ABOUT A FOOT TALL, EASY TO PULL.

THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT IT COULD ALSO BE JIMSONWEED.

YOU'VE HEAR A LOT OF THESE AD COMMERCIALS FOR JIMSONWEED.

WITH A FLOWER THAT WOULD HELP AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DEFINITION.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE TWO, DEFINITELY NOT SOMETHING WE WANT, SO YOU COULD DO IT ALSO HOE IT IF YOU WANTED TO GET RID OF IT BUT A LOT OF HAND PULLING WOULD BE PRETTY EASY.

>> YOU HAVE TWO PICKS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM WAHOO AND AN AMAZING EXPLOSION OF NEW PLANTS.

SHE DOES NOT REMEMBER PLANTING ANY OF THESE.

IS THIS A FLOWER OR A WEED?

>> GENERALLY WE WOULD THINK OF THIS AS A WEED.

A GIANT RAGWEED, AND IT DOES PRODUCE POLLEN WHICH CAUSES US PROBLEMS.

THE COMMON RAGWEED DOES, WHICH LOOKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, AND THEN THIS ONE DOES TOO, SO PROBABLY WANT TO GET AFTER THIS ONE PRETTY QUICK.

>> RIGHT.

AND IF YOU -- IF PEOPLE THINK IT'S GOLDEN ROD CAUSING THE TROUBLE, IT'S NOT.

>> IT'S NOT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JOHN.

KYLE, YOUR FIRST ONE ACTUALLY CAME TO US LAST WINTER AND THEN SHE HELD IT BECAUSE WE WERE OFF AIR FROM DENVER, AND SHE SENT THREE PICTURES OF THIS STRANGE STUFF.

IT'S JELLY-LIKE.

IT DRIES UP.

IT COMES BACK.

SHE'S TRIED SALT, VINEGAR, BAKING SODA, ROUNDUP, LYE POWDER, BLEACH.

PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK, EVERYTHING THAT GOES IN THE SINK TO TRY TO GET RID OF IT.

>> MAYBE THE KITCHEN SINK WOULD HELP, BUT YEAH, THIS IS -- WELL, COULD BE A FEW THINGS.

IF WE WERE LIVING 600 YEARS AGO, WE WOULD HAVE SAID IT WAS REMNANTS OF A METEOR SHOWER, AND SO IT'S STAR JELLY.

IF WE WERE LIVING 100 YEARS AGO, WE WOULD SAY THAT A VULTURE VOMITED UP A TOAD THAT IT DID NOT FIND PALATABLE.

RIGHT NOW, THOUGH, IT'S MOST LIKELY A SLIME MOLD.

AS TO WHICH TYPE OF SLIME MOLD, IT REALLY VARIES.

THE ONE THAT IT MOST -- THE ONE THAT THIS ONE MOST CLEARLY RESEMBLES IS THE BRAIN CRYSTAL JELLY.

IT'S EXIDIA NUCLEATA, IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME.

NOT A PROBLEM.

IT CAN SOMETIMES MEAN THAT THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE TURF, BUT IT'S NOT ACTIVELY KILLING THE TURF.

ONCE IT DRIES OUT, IT WILL GO AWAY.

I THINK SHE HAD MENTIONED SHE'D BEEN APPLYING QUITE A FEW FUNGICIDES.

THEY AREN'T GOING TO DO A TON FOR THIS.

IT'S ALL ABOUT MOISTURE.

SO DECREASE THE MOISTURE IN THE LAWN AND IT WILL PROBABLY GO AWAY.

>> THANKS, KYLE, TWO PICS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM SHADRON, A BASE OF A LOCUST TREE.

SHE SAID THESE ARE RELATIVELY HARD AND THEY WERE CONE SHAPED AND THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH.

>> MAYBE THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST WAS UNDERNEATH THERE AS WELL.

THIS IS DEAD MAN'S FINGERS, XYLARIA POLYMORPHA, VERY COMMON ON DEAD AND DECAYING WOOD.

INITIALLY THEY START OFF SORT OF SOFT.

AS THEY MATURE THEY BECOME PRETTY HARD.

>> AND ONE MORE, HE'S JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT THIS BEAUTIFUL SHROOM IS.

>> YEAH, THIS IS MOST LIKELY THE GOLDEN OYSTER MUSHROOM OR YELLOW OYSTER MUSHROOM.

IT'S ONE OF OUR SAPROBES, IT'S NOT OFTEN KILLING THE TREE, BUT IT CAN BE THE SIGN OF A DEAD OR DECAYING TREE.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANKS, KELLY, TWO PICS ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER IN NEMAHA COUNTY, SHE PLANTED GREEN BEANS MAY 22nd.

THEY'RE IN A RAISED BED.

THE SOIL IS COMPOSTED COW MANURE, PERLITE, VERMICULITE, FIELD SOIL.

WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING ON HERE?

>> I THINK SHE WAS WONDERING TOO ABOUT HERBICIDE CARRYOVER IN THE SOIL.

THAT'S ALWAYS A POSSIBILITY.

THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO KNOW, BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THAT SOIL, IT DOES NOT LOOK GREAT.

I MEAN, IT LOOKS COMPACTED.

IT'S CRACKED.

THERE'S CRUSTING, SO IN RAISED BEDS WE REALLY LIKE SOIL THAT'S VERY FRIABLE, VERY LOOSE, VERY WELL DRAINED, SO IT COULD JUST -- IT COULD BE THAT.

WE OFTEN DON'T RECOMMEND IF YOU DO USE TOPSOIL IN A RAISED BED, WE RECOMMEND ADDING A LOT OF COMPOST LIKE 70% GOOD TOPSOIL, A SANDY LOAM, SOMETHING VERY LOOSE, CRUMBLY AND ADD ABOUT 30% COMPOST TO THAT.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED IN A RAISED BED.

THAT COULD BE THE ISSUE AS WELL.

EITHER WAY, YOU WILL SOLVE THE PROBLEM IF YOU REMOVE THAT SOIL AND GO BACK IN WITH ADDITIONAL GOOD SOIL AS I RECOMMENDED THAT 70/30 MIX.

>> THE NECROSIS ON THE VEINS DOES LOOK SIMILAR TO ALS HERBICIDE CARRYOVER AS WELL, WHICH IS PRETTY COMMON IN SOYBEANS.

>> RIGHT.

IF YOU'RE GETTING TOPSOIL, YOU KNOW, ASK.

ASK WHAT'S BEEN USED IN THIS FIELD BECAUSE THERE IS ALWAYS THAT POSSIBILITY OF CARRYOVER.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, SO TWO PICS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

HE BOUGHT CHERRY TOMATOES THAT WERE LABELED RED, NOPE, THEY'RE NOT.

HAVE ANY IDEA WHICH ONE THIS IS, AND HE WONDERS WHETHER IT WILL TURN RED AND/OR IS IT STILL GOING TO BE EDIBLE?

>> THERE ARE BLACK TOMATOES AND THIS ONE -- I THINK BOTH KIM AND I AGREE THAT IT'S PROBABLY LIKE MIDNIGHT SPAK.

AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CULT OF OUR MIDNIGHT SNACK IS SUPPOSED TO RIPEN TO RED.

SO THE PLANT LOOKS HEALTHY.

THE CHERRY TOMATOES LOOK GREAT.

JUST LET THEM RIPEN AND ENJOY THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAS THESE ON HER SPRUCE.

SHE WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED THAT THEY SHOULDN'T BE THERE.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> THESE ARE THE SPENT MALE COMBS THAT PROVIDED THE POLLEN TO POLLINATE IS AND FERTILIZE THE FEMALE CONES, AND THEY'RE JUST SPENT.

THEY'RE KIND OF LOOSE AND CRUMBLING NOW, AND THEY'RE DISAPPEAR AND WATCH FOR THE FEMALE CONES TO DEVELOP AND FORM.

>> ALL RIGHT, PERFECT.

>>> WELL, WE ARE STARTING A NEW PROJECT OUT AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND WE PLANTED TREES WITH THE PURPOSE OF TRAINING THEM TO MAKE THEM FLAT.

IT'S CALLED ESPALIER AND IT'S A CREATIVE WAY TO MAKE A DECORATIVE ACCENT IN THE LANDSCAPE OR TO BE A LIVING SCULPTURE.

♪ >> ONE OF THE FUN THINGS ABOUT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN IS WE GET TO EXPERIMENT, SHOW YOU WHAT IS POSSIBLE IN THE LANDSCAPE.

IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE NOW, WE HAVE SOME LITTLE TINY APPLE TREES.

WE'RE GOING TO TURN THIS AREA, WHICH USED TO BE HOPS INTO ESPALIER.

THAT IS A WORD THAT BASICALLY MEANS LET'S TRAIN PLANTS INTO A FLAT PLANE.

IT'S A VERY ANCIENT TECHNIQUE.

OFTENTIMES FRUIT TREES ARE USED FOR IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE FRUIT TREES.

I'VE SEEN WITCH HAZEL, I'VE SEEN WILLOW, ANY SORT OF A TREE OR SHRUB THAT HAS VERY FLEXIBLE BRANCHES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG.

SO THESE STARTED LIFE AS BARE ROOT TREES, AND THEY KIND OF LOOKED A LITTLE BIT LIKE A BARE ROOT APPLE TREE, AND THEN WE DID SOME MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR PRUNING ON THESE.

THEY HAVE RESPONDED BY PUTTING ON REALLY GOOD GROWTH TO BE ABLE TO GET THE PRUNING DONE PROPERLY, THOUGH, WHAT WE DID IS WE DELIBERATELY DECIDED WE'RE GOING TO RUN OUR LINES OF ESPALIER, THE FLAT PLANE, THIS DIRECTION.

WE'RE GOING TO TURN THE CORNER, GO THE OTHER DIRECTION, TURN THE CORNER, SO FROM A DESIGN STANDPOINT, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THIS BEAUTIFUL LIVING FENCE IN A FLAT PLANE ALL THE WAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL.

PEOPLE ESPALIER FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS BEYOND THE PURE AESTHETICS OF CREATING A PIECE OF LIVING ART.

YOU'LL GET SUNLIGHT ON BOTH SIDES, IF YOU'RE WANTING THE FRUIT, YOU'LL GET FRUIT IF IT'S A FRUIT TREE.

THIS IS ALSO SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES A LOT OF TENDER LOVING CARE STARTING AGAIN, IF POSSIBLE, IF WHEN YOU PUT THOSE TREES IN THE GROUND BEING ABLE TO DO THE PRUNING SELECT THE CUTS SO THAT ULTIMATELY YOU CAN TRAIN THEM ON WIRES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WILL HAPPEN.

WE DON'T HAVE THE WIRES SET YET, BUT YOU'LL SEE THE WIRES.

THEN WE WILL GUIDE THOSE NEW BRANCHES AGAINST THE WIRES.

WE WILL TIE THEM.

WE'LL CLIP, WE'LL PRUNE.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO THIS FOR THE ENTIRE LIFE OF THE ESPALIER UP HERE.

THIS WILL END UP BEING A REALLY BEAUTIFUL THING FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.

IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO IT WITH A SINGLE PLANT.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE 6, 9, 12, OR 15.

YOU CAN ALSO TRAIN THEM INTO AN X, OR A VASE OR A PYRAMID.

SO IT'S KIND OF UP TO YOU.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TO DECIDE BASED ON THE PLANT WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO PICK THE RIGHT BRANCHES FOR THAT TO START WITH.

IT'S A LITTLE TRICKY TO DO THIS IF YOU GET HARDWOOD, SO OLD WOOD BECAUSE IT'S NOT NEARLY AS PLIABLE DEPENDING ON THE SPECIES.

THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO END UP WITH THE EXACT AESTHETICS THAT YOU WANTED.

WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS ACTUALLY AS A PART OF A SERIES BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE JUST LITTLE OLD APPLE TREES RIGHT NOW.

WE'LL GET THE WIRES UP.

COME NEXT YEAR WE'LL SHOW YOU AGAIN HOW WE'VE PRUNED, WHAT WE'VE DONE, HOW WE'VE BEGUN TO TRAIN.

TWO OR TREE YEARS LATER, YOU'LL SEE A BEAUTIFUL ESPALIER SITTING UP HERE WHERE THE HOPS WERE.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE A FUN PART OF OUR GARDEN.

WE WILL RETURN TO SHOW YOU HOW IT'S PROGRESSING IN FURTHER FEATURES AND SOMEBODY ELSE CAN HELP US PRUNE.

ALL RIGHT, JODY, YOUR NEXT SET OF QUESTIONS HERE IS THREE PICS ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THESE ARE IN WESTERN OTO COUNTY.

THEY'RE GOOD GARDENERS, THEIR BLACKBERRIES HAVE KIND OF GONE DOWNHILL.

STRONG HEALTHY CANES BREAK AWAY.

NOT ALL PLANTS ARE AFFECTED.

IS THIS DROUGHT?

IS THIS YOURS?

IS THIS KYLE'S?

AND WHAT DO THEY DO?

>> THIS KIND OF LOOKS LIKE KYLE'S, BUT I DO WANT TO MENTION SO I GET TO TALK A LITTLE BIT THAT THERE IS A RASPBERRY CANE BORER THAT MAY DO DAMAGE TO BLACKBERRIES AND RASPBERRIES.

BUT THE SYMPTOMS THERE WOULD BE WILTING AT THE TOPS AND THEN YOU WOULD SEE TWO ROWS BELOW THOSE TOPS OF OVER POSITIONED SCARVES FROM THE FEMALE LAYING THE EGGS.

BECAUSE THIS IS SO FAR DOWN AND THOSE CANES LOOK HEALTHY, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE ROOTS THAT I CAN'T EVEN SEE.

SO KYLE.

>> YEAH.

I ACTUALLY THINK IT'S CROWN GALL, AGROBACTERIUM.

THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES OF BACTERIA THAT CAUSE THIS.

THOSE WARTY IRREGULAR GALLS WE SEE AT THE BASE, VERY TYPICAL OF EARLY INFECTION WITH CROWN GALL.

I THINK SHE ALSO MENTIONED THEY SNAP OFF, BREAK AWAY FREE PRETTY EASILY.

THAT'S ANOTHER THING WE SEE WITH CROWN GALL.

NOT MUCH TO DO.

YOU'LL NEED TO TOLERATE IT OR IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE PUTTING IN ANY NEW BLACKBERRIES IN THERE, LOOK FOR A RESISTANT CULTIVAR.

>> THANKS BOTH OF YOU.

JODY YOU HAVE ONE PIC OF THIS NEXT ONE.

FOUND IT DEAD.

HE'S JUST WONDERING WHAT IT IS, AND HE'S FROM UP NORTHWEST.

>> OKAY, YEAH, THIS WAS AN ADULT ELM SAWFLY.

WE HAD A LOT OF SAWFLY LARVAE EATING A LOT OF DIFFERENT TREES, AND THOSE LARVAE WOULD HAVE BEEN FEEDING ON THE ELM OR A WILLOW, AND THEN IT FELL TO THE GROUND.

THIS IS A STINGLESS WASP.

>> IT LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE A COW KILLER BUT NOT QUITE.

>> THEY ARE QUITE BIG, THOUGH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> AND ONE MORE, THIS COMES TO US FROM NORTH BEND.

A PLETHORA OF THESE TINY INSECTS ON THE DECK AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE DIME THERE.

WHAT ARE THESE AND HOW TO GET RID OF THEM?

>> THESE ARE SYCAMORE SEED BUGS, AND THEY DON'T HAVE OUTBREAKS VERY OFTEN, BUT THIS HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES.

AND THEY FEED ON THE SYCAMORE SEEDS, SO THERE'S PROBABLY A GIANT SYCAMORE TREE AROUND.

SO THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

IF YOU'VE GOT EVERYTHING SEALED UP, THEY SHOULDN'T GET IN THE HOUSE, BUT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JODY.

JOHN, TWO PICS ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

AND IT'S A PRETTY SIMPLE QUESTION.

WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET RID OF CLOVER IN THE LAWN?

>> WELL, FIRST, SINCE IT IS NATIONAL POLLINATOR WEEK, YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH YOU TO WANT TO GET RID OF.

BUT YOU KNOW, A LARGE SHARE OF PEOPLE DO CONSIDER IT TO BE OBJECTIONABLE AND IT CAN BE OVERTAKING, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT.

THE FIRST THING YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO WOULD BE TO FERTILIZE THE LAWN A LITTLE BIT, AND THAT WILL THIN IT AND REDUCE THE CONCENTRATION AND THE SPREAD OF IT.

BUT ALSO, AGAIN, THE THINNING MAYBE NOT WITH THE EXPECTATION OF COMPLETE CONTROL, TRIMAC DOES WORK REASONABLY WELL AS DOES SPEED ZONE.

THIS TIME OF APPLICATION WOULD BE ABOUT THREE MONTHS FROM NOW.

THIS WOULD BE LATE SEPTEMBER APPLICATION.

KYLE AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT ANY KIND OF PESTICIDE APPLICATION AT THIS TIME OF YEAR WHEN YOU'RE 90, LOW 90s, EVEN IN THE UPPER 90s MAY NOT BE A GOOD IDEA JUST FROM THE SOLVENTS AND OTHER INGREDIENTS THAT ARE IN IT.

>> YOU COULD SEE A LOT OF PHYTOTOXICITY.

>> ENJOY IT, MOW IT, AND WAIT.

>> YEAH.

>> ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A BELLEVUE VIEWER, AND THEY WONDER WHAT THIS PLANT IS THAT IS GROWING IN THEIR GARDEN.

>> WELL, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT PAST THE FULL FLOWER STAGE SO WE HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF GUESSING HERE, PROBABLY BUTTERCUP.

THERE IS A CELERY LEAFED BUTTERCUP THAT COULD BE THIS, BUT REGARDLESS, IT CAN BE A TAD BIT INVASIVE, SO IF YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF IT, START PULLING.

IF YOU'VE GOT A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF IT, ANY OF THE THREE-WAY HERBICIDES ARE GOING TO WORK.

BUT PROBABLY JUST A GOOD HAND PULLING ON A SATURDAY MORNING.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JOHN.

>> OKAY, KYLE, TWO PICS.

THIS IS 12 MILES NORTH OF MULLEN IN THE SANDHILLS.

THE GARDEN'S IN THE OPEN.

THIS RHUBARB PLANT, THE OTHERS ARE FINE, AND SHE HAS THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF RHUBARB AND SHE'S BEEN A VIEWER FOR DECADES, BUT SHE'S A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS ONE.

>> YEAH, IF IT WAS EARLIER IN THE YEAR, I WOULD SAY THIS IS KIND OF SPOT ON COLD DAMAGE.

THAT'S WHEN WE GET RED ON RHUBARB, BUT I THINK THIS IS MAYBE A COMBINATION, SO A RHUBARB CAN GET A RUST THAT OFTEN TURNS THE LEAVES KIND OF RED LIKE THIS.

BUT THERE'S ALSO SOME LEAF SPOTS IN THERE THAT ARE KIND OF PALE YELLOW OR PALE WHITE, AND THAT'S MOST LIKELY CAUSED BY A RAMULARIA LEAF SPOT.

IT'S VERY COMMON ON RHUBARB, OFTEN HAS KIND OF A REDDISH TINT TO IT.

ANY ONE OF YOUR GENERAL GARDEN FUNGICIDES SHOULD WORK, COPPER PRODUCTS.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE ALSO.

THIS IS A CENTRAL CITY VIEWER.

SHE HAS POLE BEANS LOOKING LIKE THIS.

ONLY SOME ARE AFFECTED, OTHERS ARE FINE.

IS THIS VIRAL?

IS THIS HERBICIDE?

IS THIS BOTH?

>> IT IS PROBABLY GROWTH REGULATOR HERBICIDE INJURY, AND WITH ONLY A FEW OF THEM BEING AFFECTED, I WOULD GUESS THAT THE APPLICATION WAS A LITTLE WAYS AWAY AND WHEN WE GET DRIFT OCCURRING, WHEREVER THOSE PARTICLES LAND, THOSE ARE THE PLANTS THAT ARE AFFECTED.

SO I WOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THESE.

IT SHOULD -- I THINK IT WILL GROW OUT OF IT.

MAY TAKE TWO TO THREE WEEKS, BUT IT SHOULD GROW OUT OF IT.

IF YOU'RE STILL SEEING THESE SYMPTOMS AFTER ABOUT THREE WEEKS, THEN IT'S PROBABLY A VIRUS, AND YOU'LL JUST NEED TO GET RID OF IT.

>> THANKS, KYLE.

KELLY, TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM PLEASANTON.

SHE HAS TWO TO THREE FOOT BLUE SPRUCE AND A DAY LILY, AND THE DAY LILY IS LOOKING LIKE THAT AND THE SPRUCES ARE LOOKING LIKE THIS.

THEY'RE NEXT TO AUSTRIAN PINES.

THEY DO THIS, SHE SAYS THEY'VE KIND OF BEEN DOING THIS BEAUTIFUL YELLOW THING, SO WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING ON HERE?

>> I'LL TAKE HER WORD FOR IT THAT IT'S BEAUTIFUL AND YELLOW, WHEN I FIRST SAW IT IT APPEARED TO BE ALMOST WHITE AND ALMOST BLEACHED AND I THOUGHT COULD THAT BE NESOTRIONE.

BUT IF IT'S BEEN DOING IT A NUMBER OF YEARS AND IT'S VERY UNIFORM AND IT'S A PRETTY YELLOW, OTHER THAN IN THE PICTURE, IT'S A NICE PRETTY YELLOW, THEN THAT USUALLY THAT INDICATES A ROOT ISSUE.

SO YOU JUST HAVE TO DO A LITTLE CSI INVESTIGATION.

IS THE SOIL REALLY WET?

IS THE SOIL REALLY DRY?

WAS IT PLANTED TOO DEEP, A GIRDLING ISSUE.

BUT THE DAY LILY ONE KIND OF CONFUSES ME A LITTLE BIT, BECAUSE THEY'RE A TOUGH PLANT TO BE THAT YELLOW.

I ZOOMED IN ON IT, IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE CHLOROSIS, WHICH WE RARELY SEE IN DAYLILY.

I THINK A ROOT ISSUE.

CHECK IT OUT.

THE SPRUCE, IF THEY'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A FEW YEARS, THEY'RE PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO THRIVE THERE AND SPRUCE ARE OVER PLANTED ALREADY.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK INTO REPLACING ANY THAT DIE WITH SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, KELLY.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

THREE RHODODENDRONSIN A RAISED WEST FACING BED, CHLOROSIS, SHE'S WONDERING HOW THEY TREAT THIS.

SHE DID SAY THEY MOVED INTO THIS HOUSE ESTABLISHED OVER SEVEN YEARS, SO WHAT DO WE THINK HERE?

>> WELL, I MEAN, THEY ARE CHLOROTIC, THE CLASSIC YELLOWISH, LIGHT GREEN, THE VEINS ARE A DARKER GREEN, SO IT IS A CHLOROSIS.

AGAIN IT'S A REALLY TOUGH SIGHT TO GROW RHODODENDRON, IF IT'S BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR A WHILE, YES, YOU CAN TRY TO TREAT IT.

IT'S USUALLY A HIGH PH SOIL, JUST STRESSED ROOTS AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO EFFECTIVELY TAKE UP THE IRON THAT'S THERE IN THE SOIL.

I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT'S MANGANESE TOO.

YOU CAN DO A LIQUID TREATMENT.

GREEN IT UP, IF IT DOESN'T BURN IT, YOU HAVE TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL.

BUT IT WON'T LAST VERY LONG.

YOU COULD TRY TO DO A SOIL TREATMENT WITH FERROUS SULFATE, BUT CHANCES ARE IT'S GOING TO BE AN ONGOING CHRONIC PROBLEM THAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BATTLE.

THAT'S JUST A REALLY TOUGH SITE TO GROW THOSE RHODODENDRONS.

>> WELL IT IS TIME TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING OUT AT OUR GARDEN.

WE'RE TRYING SOME NEW THINGS AND WE HAVE TWO WE'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON TONIGHT.

HERE'S TERRI JAMES AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN TO TELL US MORE.

♪ >> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE PLANTS WE HAVE GROWING IN OUR 2023 GARDEN.

TWO OF THE PLANTS WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT ARE BOTH VINES.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE TRELLISING BOTH OF THESE UP THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

THE FIRST ONE IS ONE THAT WE'VE GROWN BEFORE, AND IT'S CALLED CUCAMELON OR MEXICAN SOUR GHERKINS OR MOUSE MELONS.

THESE ARE A FUN PLANT TO BE PLANTING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE KIDDOS AROUND.

THEY'RE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A LARGE GRAPE, BUT THEY ARE CUCUMBERS, AND THEY LOOK LIKE TINY LITTLE WATERMELONS, AND THEY'RE VERY FUN TO EAT RIGHT OFF THE VINE, VERY CRUNCHY, AND YOU CAN EVEN PICKLE THEM FOR THE WINTER AND SERVE THEM AT YOUR HOLIDAY TABLE TO REMEMBER YOUR SUMMER GARDEN.

THE OTHER ONE THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT WE HAVE NEVER GROWN HERE, AND IT IS ONE THAT'S NORMALLY GROWN IN THE TROPICS.

AND THAT'S JICAMA.

THIS IS ONE THAT YOU EAT THE ROOT.

IT'S VERY CRUNCHY, ALMOST LIKE AN APPLE.

YOU CAN EITHER COOK IT OR EAT IT RAW.

I'VE HAD IT RAW AND I WOULD PREFER IT THAT WAY.

BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A VINE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MANAGE IT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUT IT BACK A LITTLE BIT, MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GO TO FLOWER, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S GETTING A BIG ROOT.

THIS ONE WE HAD TO START IN OUR GREENHOUSE EARLY TOO, SO BACK LIKE IN FEBRUARY IS WHEN WE ACTUALLY HAD TO START THIS AND GET IT UP AND GROWING BEFORE WE TRANSPLANTED IT OUT INTO OUR GARDEN.

STOP BY THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN AND CHECK OUT THE PLANTS THAT WE'RE GROWING FOR 2023.

>> THANKS, TERRI, I'M SURE WE'LL SEE THOSE LATER IN THE SEASON AFTER THEY'VE MATURED AND THEY'RE READY FOR HARVEST.

WE NEED TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

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

AND WE'VE GOT MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS TO ANSWER AFTER THE BREAK RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER.

"” ♪ ♪ [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'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM ROCH ABOUT HOW OUR TURF NEEDS RENOVATION IN THE COURTYARD ON CAMPUS.

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

SEND US THOSE PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU, AND RIGHT NOW IT IS OF COURSE TIME FOR LIGHTNING.

ALL RIGHT, KELLY.

>> OKAY.

>> READY?

>> I'M READY.

>> THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WITH A BIG PIN OAK THAT IS YELLOWING RIGHT NOW, AND THEY WONDER IS IT OKAY TO TREAT IT NOW.

CAN THEY DO IT OR SHOULD A PROFESSIONAL DO IT?

>> I WOULD HAVE A PROFESSIONAL DO IT.

SINCE IT'S A PIN OAK YOU COULD DO IT NOW.

BUT SPRING IS BETTER.

>> WE HAVE A NORTHERN NEBRASKA VIEWER WHO IS ASKING WHAT DO ELDERBERRIES NEED TO BE HEALTHY?

>> GIVE IT FULL SUN, GOOD SOIL.

>> ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.

>> MOISTURE.

>> ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A YORK VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW YOU KNOW WHEN TO DIG GARLIC AND HOW YOU KNOW WHEN TO REPLANT IT?

>> I THINK IT'S BY SIGHT.

THAT'S ONE THING I'VE NEVER GROWN, SO I THINK IT'S JUST MAINLY BY SIZE I'M GOING TO SAY.

I HOPE THAT'S RIGHT.

>> ALRIGHT.

>> AND PLANT IN THE FALL.

>> PLANT IN THE FALL.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO HAD A BRANCH THAT BROKE AND THEY TAPED IT BACK TOGETHER, AND THEN ANOTHER BRANCH FELL ON IT.

WILL THAT SURVIVE, OR SHOULD THEY CUT THEIR LOSSES?

>> NO, PRUNE IT OFF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SHOULD A DEEP ROOT WATERER BE USED FOR BIRCH, AND IF SO HOW DEEP?

>> I WOULDN'T USED A DEEP ROOT WATERING WHERE YOU STICK IT IN AND TRY TO WATER IT.

I WOULD SPRINKLE ON TOP AND MOISTEN THE SOIL 8 TO 10 INCHES.

>> ALRIGHT, 10 INCHES.

EXCELLENT, NICE JOB.

>> OKAY, KYLE.

ARE YOU READY?

>> BORN READY.

>> OR NOT.

>> OR NOT, YEAH, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER DOES IT.

YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM HARTINGTON, AND IT COULD HAVE BEEN FROM MANY OTHER PEOPLE.

THE QUESTION IS WHETHER THOSE LITTLE-BITTY SHROOMS THAT APPEAR AFTER THE RAIN IN A LAWN WILL SPREAD INDEFINITELY AND TAKE OVER THE LAWN?

>> ONLY IF THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DEAD AND DECAYING WOOD MATERIAL IN YOUR LAWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO HAS A 30-YEAR-OLD TREE THAT HAS MUSHROOMS APPEARING AT THE BASE OF THE TREE.

IS THAT TREE DONE FOR?

>> MOST LIKELY.

IT'S NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD, YEP.

>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A BROKEN BOW VIEWER WHO SAYS HIS HACKBERRIES ARE BEGINNING TO LOSE ALL THEIR LEAVES.

IS THERE SOME SORT OF A VIRUS AFFECTING HACKBERRIES RIGHT NOW?

>> NO VIRUSES, THERE ARE SOME FUNGI, BUT IT'S DRY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE ANOTHER VIEWER WHO HAS THE SOIL THAT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PHYTOPHTHORA IN IT.

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH THE SOIL ITSELF?

>> YOU CAN STERILIZE IT, OR YOU WOULD JUST FIND A PHYTOPHTHORA-RESISTANT CULTIVAR -- OR WHATEVER YOU WANTED TO PLANT.

>> AND WE HAVE A MILFORD VIEWER WHO SAYS WHAT ARE THE BLACK SPOTS ON THE BOTTOM OF TOMATOES?

>> BALSAM CALCIUM DEFICIENCY.

>> ALL RIGHT, NICE JOB.

OKAY, JOHN, YOUR VERY FIRST LIGHTNING ROUND.

>> HERE WE GO.

>> ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU READY?

>> MM-HMM.

>> SO THIS IS A BENNETT VIEWER WHO HAS BUFFALO BURR AND BUFFALO GRASS, CAN YOU USE QUINCLORAC ON IT?

>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> YOU GET TO PASS BY THE WAY.

>> PASS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A COUNCIL BLUFFS VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER 24D WILL STILL VOLATILIZE AFTER IT DRIES.

>> USUALLY NOT.

A LOT OF THAT DEPENDS WHETHER IT'S AN AMINE OR ESTHER FORMULATION.

AFTER YOU GET A THOROUGH DRYING, USUALLY IT'S PRETTY MUCH DONE.

>> WE HAVE A DROUGHT STRICKEN TURF AND IT'S HARDLY GROWING.

SHOULD THEY MOW IT ANYWAY?

>> YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY WANT TO RESTRICT THAT.

YOU CAN COMPACT THE SOIL.

IF YOU'RE NOT GETTING MUCH, YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE MUCH OFF.

YOU CAN LENGTHEN OUT THE TIME BETWEEN MOWINGS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE A SELECTIVE HERBICIDE FOR A KENTUCKY BLUE OR COOL SEASON GRASSES IN THE WARM SEASON GRASSES?

>> THERE IS BUT IT'S VERY TRICKY, AND YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL IT FROSTS TWO OR THREE TIMES BEFORE YOU COME BACK ACROSS THE TOP OF IT.

IT'S KIND OF TRICKY.

I KNOW OF SOMEONE WHO WAS TRICKED BY THAT.

>> ANYBODY WHO HAPPENS TO BE SITTING IN A CHAIR HERE?

>> NO, NO, BUT SOMEONE WHO COULD HAVE -- A FORMER UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEE, YES.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JOHN, NICE JOB.

EXCUSE ME, ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?

>> YEP.

>> FIRST ONE IS THE DREADED CLOVER MITE CONTROL.

WHERE DO THEY COME FROM AND HOW DO YOU CONTROL THEM?

>> WELL, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THEY ARE OVER WINTERING ON THE STRUCTURE ITSELF, SO THE BEST THING TO DO IS VACUUM THEM UP WHEN THEY GET IN UNDER THE WINDOW SILLS AND PUT OUT GLUE BOARDS RIGHT BY WHERE THEY'RE COMING IN TO GET THEM BEFORE THEY COME INTO THE REST OF THE HOUSE.

>> GLUE BOARDS.

>> THIS IS A NEW JERSEY VIEWER WHO FOUND TWO LANTERN FLIES IN THEIR GARDEN AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CONTROLLING LANTERN FLIES.

>> LUCKILY WE DON'T HAVE THEM HERE, BUT I WOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL NDA OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE THERE, DEPARTMENT OF AG BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THOSE IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THOSE COUNTIES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HOW DO YOU CONTROL FUNGUS GNATS INDOORS?

>> OH, WELL THAT MEANS YOU HAVE AN OVER WATERED PLANT, SO STOP WATERING.

>> WE HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS WONDERING WHETHER EMERALD ASH BORER IS STILL PREVALENT IN OUR PART OF THE STATE?

>> YES, IT HAS NOT GONE AWAY, AND IF YOU HAVE AN ASH TREE, YOU NEED TO THINK ABOUT TREATING IT IF YOU WANT TO KEEP IT.

ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAD ASH SOFT LIE THINK ABOUT YOUR ASH TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT, AWESOME.

EXCELLENT JOB ALL.

OKAY.

KELLY, PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

>> OKAY.

PLANTS OF THE WEEK, WE'VE GOT A WHITE ONE, A PURPLE ONE, AND A YELLOW ONE, AND THE WHITE ONE IS VERVAIN KIND OF A SPIKE FLOWER.

VERY PRETTY.

AND THIS ONE LIKES FULL SUN.

IT'S DROUGHT TOLERANT.

IT LIKES DRY CONDITIONS, IT'S AN UPRIGHT GROWING PLANT.

THE PURPLE ONE IS LARKSPUR ROYAL ANTHINE LARKSPUR AND VERY, VERY PRETTY.

IT'S AN ANNUAL AND IT WILL RECEDE ITSELF, SO IT SOMETIMES KIND OF ACTS LIKE A PERENNIAL, BUT IT'S AN ANNUAL RECEDING WHEN THEY COME BACK.

THEY LIKE SUN AND WILL TOLERATE PART SHADE.

AND THE YELLOW ONE IS DILL.

SO KIND OF A FERNY ONE, ADDS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TEXTURE AND IT'S FERN LIFE DILL.

>> VERY PRETTY.

>> BESIDES WHICH IT SMELLS REALLY GOOD.

>> YES.

>> ALRIGHT, THANKS KELLY.

ALRIGHT NEXT ROUND OF PICTURES.

LET'S SEE.

JODY, YOU HAVE TWO FOR THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER, LIGHT BROWN DISCOLORING ON THE TIPS OF THEIR EVERGREEN SHRUB AND SHE SENT A COUPLE THERE THAT SHOW THAT KIND OF TIP ENDS ON THIS ONE.

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEAS ON THIS?

>> IT COULD BE HEAT DAMAGE.

IT COULD ALSO BE -- I MEAN, IT COULD BE A MOTH THAT MAY BE BORING INTO THE TIP.

BUT YOU'D HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO AND CHECK THAT OUT.

LOOK FOR SOME WEBBING OR LOOK FOR SOME HOLES NEAR THE BASE OF THE NEW GROWTH.

>> SO THAT COULD BE SOMETHING YOU COULD HEAD TO EXTENSION.

>> RIGHT, MORE INFORMATION PLEASE.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PIC FROM THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS FROM BYRON, NEBRASKA.

FOUR FOOT COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE.

THE NEW GROWTH DIES BACK EACH YEAR AFTER SPRAYING WITH A LABELED FUNGICIDE DURING EARLY SPRING GROWTH.

WHAT'S THE ISSUE THERE, AND HOW DO WE ELIMINATE?

IS THAT AN INSECT OR WHAT DO WE THINK THERE?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF -- KYLE, IS THERE LIKE A PROBLEM WITH FUNGICIDE?

>> I WOULD WANT TO KNOW WHAT FUNGICIDE IS BEING APPLIED.

IT'S NEVER -- UNLESS HE'S TREATING FOR SOMETHING, NOT A GOOD IDEA JUST TO DO A REGULAR FUNGICIDE APPLICATION.

WITH SOME OF THE HOT WEATHER THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, A LOT OF OUR SULFUR AND COPPER FUNGICIDES ARE LEADING TO SOME EXTRA PHYTOTOXICITY AS WELL.

COULD BE A FEW THINGS.

REACH OUT TO YOUR LOCAL EXTENSION OFFICE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

ONE ON THE NEXT ONE, JODY.

THIS IS A WELL-ESTABLISHED DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE, EIGHT FEET TALL.

NOTICED ALL THESE RUST SPOTS.

THEY ARE IN LINCOLN.

IT GETS MOSTLY SUN.

>> YEAH, THIS IS LIKELY SPIDER MITES AND IF YOU WANT TO KNOW IF THEY ARE STILL ACTIVE, YOU CAN PUT A WHITE LITTLE INDEX CARD OR PIECE OF PAPER AND TAP THE BRANCHES TO SEE IF THEY FALL OUT.

A LOT OF THIS DAMAGE MAY HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE EARLIER SPRING OR LAST FALL.

I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT TREES, BUT I'VE HEARD THAT THIS ONE MIGHT HAVE SOME PROBLEMS, AND YOU MAY WANT TO REPLACE IT WITH SOMETHING ELSE.

>> IN OTHER WORDS, THE ENTIRE PANEL SAYS WE DON'T LIKE THIS TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE MORE, AND THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HE IS WONDERING WHAT IS THIS WHITE WORM?

FOUND BY THE ROOTS OF A YOUNG CHERRY TREE.

>> YEAH, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE WHITE GRUBS.

IT TURNS INTO A SCARAB BEETLE.

AT THIS TIME OF YEAR IT MIGHT BE A THREE YEAR GRUB, SO IF IT'S AT THE BASE OF THE CHERRY TREE, JUST FEED THAT TO THE BIRDS.

>> ALL RIGHT, PERFECT.

ALRIGHT JOHN, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A GRAND ISLAND VIEWER.

SHE'S GOT THIS VINE AND IT'S TAKING OVER THE FLOWER BED.

SHE'S WONDERING IF SHE CAN SPRAY WITH A HERBICIDE.

THEN SHE'S GOT THIS ONE, AND SHE'S GOT THAT ONE ALL IN THE SAME BED.

>> YOU KNOW, THIS IS VIRGINIA CREEPER.

AT LEAST THE FIRST FEW PHOTOS WERE.

AND THEN THIS LATTER ONE IS A MIX OF VARIOUS THINGS INCLUDING POISON IVY.

SO THE FIRST ONES YOU CAN SPRAY WITH A HERBICIDE.

I WOULD RECOMMEND JUST PRUNING IT, PULLING IT AND PRUNING IT.

I HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, AND I JUST TAKE ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND PULL IT OUT AND DISPOSE OF IT SO IT'S NOT A BIG ISSUE.

BUT YOU SEE THE FIVE FOLIATE OR THE PENT-FOLIATE LEAF.

THAT'S THE FIRST DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE VIRGINIA CREEPER AND THEN WHAT YOU SEE IN THE NEXT PHOTO, WHICH IS GOING TO BE A MIX OF TRIFOLIATE OR THREE FOLIATE LEAVES, WHICH IS THE POISON IVY OVER ON TOP AND UNDERNEATH OF THE VIRGINIA CREEPER.

WHEN YOU'VE GOT THIS KIND OF SITUATION, IT CALLS FOR ERADICATION, AND THERE ARE SOME COMMON HERBICIDES YOU CAN BUY AT THE HARDWARE STORE CONTAINS TRICLOPYR.

BUT I WOULDN'T MESS AROUND WITH TRYING TO BE VERY SELECTIVE HERE.

AND IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE TYPE OF FOLKS WHO ARE SENSITIVE, I HAD A FELLOW THAT I WORKED WITH WHO WOULD GET WITHIN 50 FEET OF IT AND HE WOULD -- HIS EYES WOULD SWELL AND HIS NOSE WOULD RUN AND HE'D BE PUFFY AND MISS THE DAY OF WORK.

AND OTHER PEOPLE HARDLY GET ANY REACTION TO IT.

AT THE VERY LEAST NITRO GLOVES AND BE VERY CAREFUL HOW YOU SPRAY IT.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO JUST PULL CERTAIN PLANTS OUT AND LEAVE OTHERS BEHIND.

>> ALRIGHT ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM HASTINGS.

WHAT IS THIS GRASS?

>> WELL, I THINK PART OF THIS HAS TO DO WITH A RECENT OVER SEEDING.

WHENEVER THAT HAPPENS, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A FEW CONTAMINANTS.

IT JUST HAPPENS, AND FROM -- IF YOU LOOK REAL CLOSE AT THE CUT ENDS, THEY'RE REALLY ROUGH, AND THAT WOULD INDICATE A PLANT WITH STRONG VASCULAR BUNDLES ON THE INSIDE, KIND OF LIKE CELERY.

SO IT'S PROBABLY A COARSE FESCUE, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL UNLESS IT FLOWERS.

>> ALRIGHT THANKS, JOHN.

AND ONE MORE, AND THIS IS A LEX' VIEWER.

WHAT IS THIS WEEDY GRASS, AND HOW DO THEY GET RID OF IT?

>> WELL FORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE THE SEED HEAD ON THIS ONE, AND IT'S A FOXTAIL.

PROBABLY A YELLOW FOXTAIL.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT BIG FOR A POST-EMERGENTS.

YOU COULD TRY QUINCLORAC ON THIS AND HOPE TO GET SOME CONTROL BUT DON'T HAVE HIGH EXPECTATIONS.

PREEMERGENCE APPLICATIONS IN THE SPRING.

>> ALRIGHT THANKS, JOHN.

KYLE, WE'RE A LITTLE BEHIND, SO YOU GET TO HURRY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> THE FIRST ONE HERE IS THIS IS A TREE IN HER DAUGHTER'S YARD.

IT'S A MAPLE, SEVERAL BRANCHES ARE AFFECTED.

WHAT IS THE DEAL?

>> I WOULD FOLLOW THOSE BRANCHES BACK AND LOOK FOR SOME SORT OF INJURY OR CANKER.

IF THAT WAS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TREE, WE WOULD SAY IT WAS CHLOROSIS, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S SOMETHING INHIBITING MOISTURE GETTING THERE THAT'S AFFECTING THE CHLOROPHYLL.

LOOK FOR A CANKER BACK AND PROBABLY PRUNE IT OUT.

>> YOUR SECOND ONE COMES TO US FROM PHILLIPSBURG, KANSAS.

ROSES ARE LOOKING LIKE THIS.

>> PROBABLY BLACK SPOT OF ROSE, PRETTY COMMON FUNGUS THAT WE GET ON A LOT OF OUR OLDER ROSE VARIETIES.

MOST OF OUR COMMON FUNGICIDES WILL TAKE CARE OF IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PIC ON THIS ONE.

AND THIS IS A SPRUCE THAT'S GOT THOSE DEAD NEEDLES IN THE INTERIOR.

ANY IDEAS ON THIS ONE?

>> NOT -- IT COULD BE -- IF IT WAS LOWER I WOULD SAY THAT WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT RHIZOPHORA OR STIGMINA.

WITH IT KIND OF BEING ACROSS THE -- THROUGHOUT ENTIRE TREE I WOULD WONDER IF THERE ISN'T SOME SORT OF ROOT ISSUE THAT'S KIND OFINHIBITING MOISTURE THERE TOO.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND ONE MORE, AND THIS IS A BIG BLUE SPRUCE AND THEN SHE FOUND LITTLE CANKERS ON THE BRANCHES WHEN SHE WAS CHECKING FOR BAG WORMS.

WHAT CAN SHE DO ABOUT THIS?

>> PRUNE THEM OUT.

THAT WHITE PITCH IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH CYTOSPORA CANKER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

JUST PRUNE THEM OUT.

ALL RIGHT, KELLY, TWO PICTURES FOR YOU.

THIS FIRST ONE IS A DWARF CHERRY IN BLAIR, 5 TO 6 YEARS OLD.

IT'S BEEN VERY HEALTHY, AND THEN IT'S LOOKED LIKE THIS.

SHE DID DISCOVER THAT HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN USING TORDON.

YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT TORDON?

>> YOU HAVE TO BE VERY, VERY CAREFUL WITH TORDON.

AND IT DOES -- WHEN YOU ZOOM IN AND LOOK REALLY CLOSE, THE PETALS ARE KIND OF CURLED.

SO, IT PROBABLY -- MOST LIKELY, WAS THE TORDON.

THERE ARE SOME TORDONS THAT ARE LABELED FOR USE IN LAWNS BUT WE REALLY HESITATE RECOMMENDING THEM IF THERE'S A TREE ANYWHERE IN YOUR YARD OR YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARDS, YOU ARE AT RISK OF DAMAGING THOSE TREES.

SO, USE EXTREME CARE AND DON'T USE -- WE JUST RECOMMEND NOT USING TORDON IN LANDSCAPE SITUATIONS.

>> THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS ALSO A CHERRY.

THIS IS A WEEPING CHERRY, 2 YEARS OLD.

THIS IS AT LAKE WACONDA, THRIVING FIRST YEAR, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT STARTED DOING THIS.

SHE'S WONDERING CAN SHE DO ANYTHING TO GET THIS TREE TO COME BACK TO BEING A BEAUTIFUL THING?

>> I DON'T THINK SO.

THESE ARE TREES -- OKAY, THEY'RE FUN.

THEY'RE INTERESTING.

WE SEE THEM IN THE GARDEN CENTERS AND THEY KIND OF HAVE A LOT OF CURB APPEAL.

SO, WE'LL PURCHASE THEM.

BUT A LOT OF THESE TEND TO DIE.

THEY'RE NOT FULLY HEARTY OR THAT GRAPH FAILS.

SO, THERE'S NO BRINGING IT BACK.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, KELLY.

WELL 13 YEARS AGO WE STARTED A RENOVATION PROJECT IN THE COURTYARD OF KEIM HALL HERE ON EAST CAMPUS.

FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS A TURF AREA WITH A FEATURED POND AND YOUNG TREES.

OF COURSE, THOSE TREES HAVE GROWN, THE TURF HAS DECLINED.

FOR OUR SECOND FEATURE TONIGHT, ROCH IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT RENOVATING THAT TURF AND GIVE US SOME OPTIONS.

♪ >> WE'RE SITTING IN THE COURTYARD AT KEIM HALL, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO PLANT SIZED HALL ON THE EAST CAMPUS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN.

THIS AREA HAS A REALLY RICH HISTORY OF BEING JUST BASICALLY BORING AND TURF TO WHEN IT WAS INITIALLY INSTALLED WITH THE GREAT WATER DISPLAY AND A LOT OF PLANT MATERIAL TO WHERE WE ARE NOW WHERE IT'S A MATURE LANDSCAPE WITH LOTS OF TREES AND LOTS OF MAINTENANCE THAT'S REQUIRED AND A LOT OF SPECIES THAT WE CAN'T SEE.

THIS IS DEFINITELY A LIVING LABORATORY THAT WE USE FOR A LOT OF OUR HORTICULTURAL AND TURF GRASS SCIENCE CLASSES.

BUT IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW WHERE WE'VE INCREASED THE SHADE, AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT TO BEGIN WITH, SO IT'S TIME TO RENOVATE THE TURF GRASS AREA THAT I'M STANDING ON.

BUT THE QUESTION IS DO WE GO WITH WHAT WE INITIALLY STARTED WITH, WHICH LENT ITSELF TO THE MORE OPEN, YOU KNOW, NOT FULL SUN BUT SOME SHADE.

WE ORIGINALLY HAD TURF TYPE TALL FESCUE IN HERE.

WE SODDED IT WITH THE WELL-KNOWN RTF VARIETY.

RIGHT?

SO, THAT WAS A GREAT IDEA IN ITS TIME.

BUT AS THIS AREA HAS MATURED, WE HAVE AN OPTION TO MAYBE THINK ABOUT ANOTHER TURF GRASS SPECIES.

SO THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FIRST IN A SERIES OF VIDEOS WHERE WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW WE RENOVATE IT.

BUT LET'S START WITH DOING YOUR HOMEWORK BEFORE YOU GET ON THE GROUND AND START DIGGING THINGS UP.

RIGHT?

SO LET'S THINK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT HERE.

NOW, WE KNOW TURF TALL FESCUE GREW HERE, BUT IT'S A LOT SHADIER.

WE KNOW WE CAN'T GROW BUFFALO GRASS OR BERMUDA GRASS.

KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS ISN'T VERY SHADE TOLERANT.

SO DO WE HAVE AN OPTION TO TRY THE TRUE FINE LEAF FESCUES?

CREEPS RED FESCUE, RED FESCUE, SHEEP FESCUE, HARD FESCUE.

THESE ARE ALL FESCUES, BUT NOT TURF TYPE FESCUE.

AND THEY'RE VERY THIN BLADED.

THEY CAN SPREAD A LITTLE BIT DEPENDING UPON WHICH SPECIES YOU CHOOSE.

AND THAT MAY BE THE DIRECTION WE END UP GOING.

BUT WE STILL HAVEN'T FULLY THOUGHT ABOUT THAT.

THE OTHER OPTION IS WE CERTAINLY COULD PUT IN MAYBE A SHADE TOLERANT WILDFLOWER MIX.

BUT THEN WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE USE PATTERNS OF THIS AREA, RIGHT?

STUDENTS COME IN HERE.

THEY LIKE TO SIT.

WE'VE GOT INTERNET ACCESS IN HERE.

THEY CAN GET ON THE WIRELESS.

ALSO, WHEN WE SHOW IT, WE HAVE A WALK AROUND AND THERE NEEDS TO BE A CENTRAL GATHERING PLACE.

SO, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH TURF AND WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO GO WITH A TURF TYPE FINE FESCUE LIKE WE JUST DESCRIBED.

SO STAY TUNED.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME AMAZING THINGS HAPPEN WHEN WE GET READY FOR THAT PLANTING WEATHER FOR THE COOL SEASON GRASSES IN THE FALL, THINK YOU'RE GOING TO LEARN SOME GREAT TIPS FOR ESTABLISHING NOT ONLY FINE FESCUE BUT ALSO ANY OTHER COOL SEASON GRASS YOU'LL BE THINKING ABOUT DOING TO RENOVATE THESE LOST SPACES.

>> AND WE WILL HEAR ROCH LATER IN THE SEASON ABOUT WHAT WE ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO PLANT AND HOW WE DID IT.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NUMEROUS VIDEOS ON JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH TURF ON THE "BACKYARD FARMER" YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

IT'S A GREAT RESOURCE FOR YOU TO LEARN HOW TO GROW YOUR PLANTS THE RIGHT WAY, SEE WHAT'S CURRENT IN THE HORTICULTURE WORLD OR TO LEARN ABOUT INSECT DISEASE OR PEST CONTROL.

CHECK IT OUT AFTER THE SHOW, MAKE SURE YOU HIT THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON.

>>> ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT, AND THIS IS A FUN ONE.

THIS IS DAYLILY DAYS, WHICH IS JULY 5th THROUGH JULY 22nd, AT HARMONY NURSERY AND DAYLILY FARM IN BRADSHAW, AND PRETTY SPECTACULAR IN BLOOM WHEN THEY ARE FLOWERING.

OKAY.

JODY, FOUR QUESTIONS, FOUR PICTURES, FOUR FUN ONES.

THE FIRST IS FROM HASTINGS, NO QUESTION, JUST THIS COOL BUG.

WHAT IS IT?

>> THIS COOL BUG IS THE CANDY-STRIPE LEAF HOPPER.

>> CANDY-STRIPE.

I LOVE IT.

OKAY, THEN WE HAVE A WESTERN OTOE COUNTY VIEWER WHO FOUND THIS AND CAME ACROSS THIS ONE.

WHAT IS THIS ONE?

>> YEAH, THIS IS A NEWLY I GUESS FIRST DAY OF ADULTHOOD SMALL MILKWEED BUG.

>> MILKWEED BUG.

>> YEAH, SO THAT'S WHY IT KIND OF LOOKS THAT WAY.

IT WILL REDDEN AND BLACKEN.

IT WILL GET BRIGHT.

>> IT WILL LOSE THE BLUE.

>> YES.

>> GOTCHA.

ALL RIGHT.

ANOTHER ONE, HE WAS IN THE GARDEN WEEDING AND THOUGHT THIS LADY PRESUMABLY WAS LURKING.

SHE'S WONDERING WERE THESE HER YOUNG OR HER EGGS ON THE BACK?

WHAT KIND OF A SPIDER IS THIS, AND IS HE RIGHT?

>> KIND OF.

THIS IS A MOMMA WOLF SPIDER, AND THESE ARE SPIDERLINGS SO SHE CARRIED HER EGG SACK FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND NOW SHE CARRIES HER SPIDERLINGS FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

>> THAT'S FUN.

I HATE THEM.

OKAY.

AND YOUR FINAL ONE HERE IS FOUND THIS CATERPILLAR PARADE.

IT WAS IN A BALL, AND THEN IT STRETCHED OUT AND HEADED ACROSS THE LAWN.

>> THIS IS SO COOL, AND THIS IS MY DREAM TO SEE THIS ACTUALLY HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY DARK WINGED FUNGUS GNATS IN A LARVAL PROCESSION.

I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING.

I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DO THAT, BUT THEY COME TOGETHER AND PREDATORS DON'T ATTACK THEM BECAUSE THEY LOOK LIKE A GIANT SNAKE.

>> OH, FOR HEAVENS SAKES.

>> YES.

>> THAT'S FUN.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

JOHN, ONE PICTURE AND ONE QUESTION, AND THIS IS SPURGE HIDING IN THERE SOMEWHERE AND THE FLAT, LEAFY ONE, WILL IT REGROW?

AND THIS LOOKS MORE LIKE A WILD BARLEY PICTURE.

>> I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT.

>> BUT LET'S ANSWER THE FIRST ONE.

YEAH.

>> THE SPURGE.

>> MM-HMM.

>> OKAY, SO, WITH SPURGE THERE'S PROSTRATE SPURGE, THERE'S SPOTTED SPURGE, AND IF THEY'RE MIXED TOGETHER IT'S NO BIG DEAL.

BUT IT'S FUN TO LOOK AT THE TWO DIFFERENT ONES.

PULLING AND HOEING IS REALLY, AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, PROBABLY ONE OF THE BETTER WAYS TO GO AND MULCHING ACROSS THE TOP OF IT IS A GOOD THING.

YOU CAN USE CARFENTRAZONE, TRICLOPYR.

BUT REALLY, THE KEY IS PREEMERGENCE IN THE SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND THAT ONE IS A BEAST.

>> YEAH.

>> AND WE ALSO HAVE A PICTURE FROM YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, AND THIS ONE IS SOME YELLOW FLOWERED VINE SPREADING RAPIDLY IN THE BUFFALO GRASS LAWN.

WHAT IS IT AND HOW TO CONTROL IT?

AND IT'S NOT REALLY A VINE.

>> AS I LOOKED CLOSER, I THINK THIS IS THE SPURGE.

>> I THINK THAT'S THE SPURGE.

>> AND THAT'S THE HACKBERRY.

SO, WE'RE A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER.

>> AND THIS IS THE HACKBERRY.

BUT THAT'S OKAY.

>> YEAH.

>> THE HACKBERRY SPROUTS WE SEE THIS WITH ELM.

WE SEE THESE WITH HONEY LOCUSTS, MULBERRY, VERY COMMON WITH MULBERRY, ESPECIALLY IN FENCE ROWS.

AND SO THE KEY IS TO SNIP OUT THE TAP ROOT AS BEST YOU CAN, AND THEN GIVE IT A FINE SPRAY OF WOODY BRUSH KILLER, AND YOU'LL SEE THESE IN HARDWARE STORES.

EVERYONE SEEMS TO HAVE THEIR OWN BRAND.

BUR THE COMMON ACTIVE INGREDIENT IS TRICLOPYR.

AND IT MAY TAKE A COUPLE OF APPLICATIONS.

AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL SORT OF RUN OUT OF ENERGY.

>> OKAY, SO MOWING AND MOWING AND MOWING MAY WORK OR NOT?

>> MAYBE YOU NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERVENTION IN ADDITION TO THE MOWING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

INTERVENTION BEING THE RIGHT WORD.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY, THANKS, JOHN.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE, WE HAVE FIRST OFF ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM NOT QUITE SURE, OH, NORFOLK.

PEONY THE LEAVES YOUR YELLOW.

THEY'VE STOPPED GROWING.

HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME QUESTION ON THIS ONE.

>> LOOKS LIKE A VIRUS IS AFFECTING THE ENTIRE PLANT, NOT REALLY NOTHING -- CAN'T SPRAY ANYTHING ON IT.

IF IT IS, IT MIGHT BE TOBACCO RATTLE VIRUS, WHICH IS ACTUALLY VECTORED BY A MICROSCOPIC WORM IN THE SOIL, WHICH IS PRETTY COOL.

NOTHING TO REALLY DO ABOUT IT.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT -- SOME PEOPLE DO LIKE IT, MOST PEOPLE DON'T.

BUT IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, IT WILL BE -- ROGUE IT OUT.

>> COMPLETELY?

>> YUP AND MAKE SURE -- YOU WANT TO GET ALL THAT ROOT MATERIAL AS WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOUR SECOND ONE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

THIS IS ALSO A PEONY.

THIS ONE'S YELLOW -- YELLOWISH LEAVES AND THEN ANOTHER ONE HAS ALL THIS WHITE SPOTS ON IT.

SO WE'VE GOT ONE THAT'S YELLOWISH, AND WE'VE GOT ANOTHER ONE THAT HAS THE WHITE STUFF.

SHE IS THINKING THIS IS POWDERY MILDEW.

>> AND SHE IS CORRECT.

IT'S POWDERY MILDEW TIME OF YEAR.

YOU CAN DECREASE WATER, MAYBE DO SOME SELECTIVE PRUNING TO INCREASE AIR FLOW THROUGH IT.

>> AND THE YELLOWISH ONE, NUTRITION?

>> PROBABLY NUTRITION, SOME SORT OF ROOT ISSUE, YEAH.

>> ONE OR THE OTHER.

>> ONE OR THE OTHER, YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THEN WE HAVE TWO PICS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

AND THIS WAS IN A RAISED PLANTER OR IN A PLANTER.

HE WONDERS WHAT THIS SHROOM IS.

>> YEAH, SO I DON'T ENTIRELY KNOW.

THE FIRST ONE PRETTY OBVIOUS IT'S ONE OF OUR LEUCOCOPRINUS MUSHROOMS, VERY COMMON IN POTTING SOIL, AND WE ACTUALLY SEE IT A LOT IN HOUSE PLANTS.

I'VE NEVER SEEN A LEUCOCOPRINUS OPEN UP LIKE THIS, THOUGH.

AND SO MAYBE IT'S A GORMOGON TYPE HEAD IF ANYONE WATCHED "STRANGER THINGS."

BUT I WOULD LOVE TO GET THE SAMPLE IF YOU'RE ABLE TO BRING IT TO LINCOLN.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS KYLE.

ALL RIGHT KELLY, WE HAVE A MINUTE AND A HALF.

AND YOUR FIRST ONE IS A SILVER RAY KOREAN PINE IN YORK.

IT WAS HIT BY GOLF SIZED BALL HAIL.

NEW GROWTH ON THE WEST SEEMS TO BE GROWING.

THE OTHER SIDE IS NOT.

IS THIS A HAIL REACTION POTENTIALLY, AND WHAT SHOULD SHE DO?

>> IT DEFINITELY COULD BE A HAIL REACTION.

I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF TOUGH TO SEE IF, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S YELLOWISH ON ONE SIDE, DAMAGED ON ONE SIDE.

IF SHE'S LOST THE CENTRAL LEADER, THEN MAYBE SELECT ONE THAT'S KIND OF LIMBER AND STAKE IT UP SO IT WILL TAKE OVER DOMINANCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE, AND THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAS THIS GARDEN AREA.

SHE HAS TRIED FOR YEARS TO CONTROL THE WEEDS IN IT BECAUSE SHE DOES WANT TO GARDEN HERE.

ANY IDEAS?

>> YOU HAVE TO HOE.

YOU HAVE TO HAND PICK.

YOU HAVE TO GET RID OF WHAT'S THERE.

YOU COULD PROBABLY USE A PREEN FOR GARDENS, ONCE YOU GET RID OF ALL THE WEEDS AND THEN MULCH TO SHADE OUT THE WEEDS.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND TWO PICTURES QUICKLY ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A BUTTERFLIES MAGNOLIA IN THE GROUND.

NO DEER, BUT IT IS CREATURE DAMAGED.

WHAT SHOULD SHE DO?

>> THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO BUT PROTECT -- IF POSSIBLE, IT WAS A PRETTY LARGE PLANT, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN EXCLUDE THEM ANYMORE, BUT YEAH, MAYBE HANG SOME SOAP IN IT IN CASE IT'S DEER.

>> YEAH, OR ANYTHING ELSE AND JUST DON'T WRAP OR PAINT THAT WOUND.

>> YEAH, LEAVE THE WOUND ALONE.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR "BACKYARD FARMER" TONIGHT.

WE WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED THE QUESTIONS FOR THE SHOW.

THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING WE HAD JOHN CARIOTTO, LINDA HELTON AND CYNTHIA CONNER.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU BLOOMS THAT POLLINATORS LOVE.

SCOTT EVANS WILL TELL US THE IMPORTANCE OF BLOOMING PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON TO HELP THOSE POLLINATORS THRIVE.

SO GOODNIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

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