* * Announcer: "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER" WE'LL BE SOWING SOME GRASS SEED IN THE COURTYARD AND HELPING POLLINATORS GET THROUGH THE FALL.

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

* * HELLO AND WELCOME TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

I'M KIM TODD AND I'LL BE YOUR HOST FOR THE NEXT HOUR OF ANSWERING YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US BY DIALING 1-800-676-5446 AND OUR VOLUNTEERS WOULD BE HAPPY TO HELP YOU.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE WEEK TO CONTACT US WITH PICTURES AND EMAILS AND THAT ADDRESS IS BYF@UNL.EDU.

TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE AND AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN SO WE CAN GIVE YOU THE BEST ANSWER.

SO WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, WAYNE, WE HAVE A GIANT INSECT.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR LARGER INSECTS WE HAVE IN STATE.

THIS TIME OF YEAR I GET PHONE CALLS AND SAMPLES IN ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR INSECT.

IT'S A GIANT WATER BUG.

SOMETIMES PEOPLE CALL BECAUSE THEY FIND THEM IN THEIR CATTLE TANKS.

UNLESS YOU HAVE A KOI POND, THEY'RE OF NO DANGER.

THEY'LL EAT SMALL FISH, TAD POLES, LARGER AQUATIC INSECTS.

THEY SHOW UP IN OTHER WATER AREAS.

HEADS UP.

YOU'LL SEE THEM.

BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU HANDLE THEM.

THEY DO BITE AND IT DOES HURT.

THANKS, WAYNE.

TERRI, WHAT IS THAT?

THIS SEASON WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THESE BEAUTIFUL WEEDS I'VE BROUGHT TODAY.

ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IS TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LET THESE PLANTS GO TO SEED.

I WALKED AROUND THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN THIS EVENING.

THEY'RE ALL UP IN THE GARDEN AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO SEED.

WE'RE NOT DOING WHAT WE SAID WE SHOULD DO.

THESE WILL HAVE DIFFERENT SEED DISPERSALS.

THEY'LL PUFF OUT AND FLY AWAY.

SOME WILL LAY SEED WEAR THEY'RE AT.

SOME WILL ATTACH TO OTHER INSECTS OR BUGS OR ANIMALS AND MOVE AWAY.

SOMETIMES YOU'LL GET WEEDS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

SOMETIMES THAT'S HOW THEY GOT THERE, JUST FROM THESE DIFFERENT WAYS THAT SEEDS CAN DISPERSE.

SHOULD THOSE GO IN THE COMPOST PILE?

THEY WILL BE GOING IN THE COMPOST PILE, YES.

ALL RIGHT, I GUESS.

LOREN, WHAT DO WE HAVE?

WE HAVE A COUPLE THINGS TONIGHT, KIM.

I BROUGHT ALONG A PINE LOG BECAUSE SOME OF OUR VIEWERS MAY HAVE TEN YEAR OR OLDER SCOTCH PINE, WHICH ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO PINE WILT.

YOU MAY SEE THEM BROWNING.

ON HERE YOU CAN SEE THE HOLES FROM THE SAWYER BEETLE.

ONE OF THE REASONS I BROUGHT THIS TONIGHT IS, KIM, ALL OUR VIEWERS IN THE LINCOLN AREA OR IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE TRAVELING TO LINCOLN, AT THE DEPARTMENT OF PLANT PATHOLOGY WE HAVE A NIMOTOLOGIST AND HE'S CREATED A SHOW AT THE LOCAL ART GALLERY IN LINCOLN.

BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 30th, IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN SEE AN AMAZING SHOW WITH THE RELATIONSHIP OF WHAT YOU DON'T SEE UNDER GROUND.

THEY'RE FASCINATING CREATURES.

ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GO OUT.

IT'S A UNIQUE ART SHOW AND BEAUTIFUL DISPLAY.

EXCELLENT.

WE'LL MAKE SURE IT'S POSTED.

KELLY, WHAT DO WE HAVE TONIGHT?

I'M GLAD I GET TO BRING THE PRETTY THING, ALTHOUGH THAT ART SHOW IS PROBABLY REALLY COOL AND PRETTY.

THIS IS A BERRY SHRUB.

IT'S ONE THAT TYPICALLY DIES BACK TO THE GROUND.

I CUT MINE BACK TO A FOOT EACH SPRING AND IT GROWS BACK.

ONE OF THE THINGS IT'S KNOWN FOR IS THIS FRUIT IN THE FALL THAT'S TURNING PURPLE.

AS YOU MOVE UP THE STEM, YOU'LL SEE IT'S STARTING TO TURN PURPLE.

THEY HAVE THESE LONG ARCHING STEMS.

IT ENDS UP BEING THREE FOOT TALL AND FIVE FOOT WALL WITH THESE PRETTY ARCHING STEMS.

THE PURPLE BERRIES DON'T STAY THERE ALL WINTER.

AFTER THE FREEZES THEY TURN BROWN.

THERE'S SOME WINTER INTEREST THERE.

IT'S NOT A NATIVE SHRUB.

THERE MIGHT BE... YOU CAN SEE IT'S STARTING TO SEED.

WE HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING WITH A DIFFERENT PURPLE SHADE AND IN THE FALL BEAUTY BERRY.

BEAUTIFUL BUSH.

THANKS, KELLY.

FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS GOES TO YOU, WAYNE.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE AND THIS IS FUN.

HIS MOTHER FOUND THIS CLINGING TO THE BOTTOM OF A TRASH CAN.

HE THOUGHT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO HATCH INTO A BUTTERFLY.

IS IT GOING TO OR IS IT ROTTEN TO THE CORE?

I DON'T THINK THIS IS ROTTEN TO THE CORE.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSE, YOU CAN SEE ORANGE BACKGROUND COMING THROUGH THE GREEN.

THAT'S A MONARCH BUTTERFLY.

THEY TEND TO CRAWL AWAY FROM THE HOST PLANTS THAT THEY'VE FED UPON.

THIS ONE IS A BUTTERFLY ABOUT TO COME OUT.

VERY COOL.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A BLARE VIIR VIEWER.

THIS WEBBING HAS APPEARED.

SHE WONDERS WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO TREAT IT.

I WAS LOOKING AT THIS.

I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT THIS IS.

I WOULD DO THE TAP TEST WITH PAPER TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT SPIDER MITES.

WHEN THEY GET GOING, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THERE.

IT ALSO LOOKS MATTED DOWN LIKE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LITTLE BIT BY THE TIME THE PICTURE WAS TAKEN.

WHATEVER WAS THERE MAY BE GONE.

TRY REMOVING IT WITH THE HOSE.

SPRAY IT DOWN AND SEE IF IT COMES BACK AND GO FROM THERE.

TERRI, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE FOR YOUR FIRST ONE.

IT'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER PICTURE FROM THE SAME VIEWER.

HOW AND WHEN CAN THEY ELIMINATE CREEPING CHARLIE FROM THE TURF GRASS LAWN?

THEY'RE LUCKY BECAUSE NOW IS THE TIME TO START DOING THAT.

CREEPING CHARLIE IS A PERENNIAL WEED.

WE RECOMMEND MANAGING THEM IN THE FALL.

NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO DO THAT.

YOU WOULD USE A THREE-WAY HERBICIDE ON THAT.

IT WILL TAKE YOU SEVERAL APPLICATIONS, PROBABLY A COUPLE THREE YEARS TO GET RID OF IT SINCE IT'S THAT THICK.

THE LA VISTA VIEWER SAID HE USED A WEED AND FEED PRODUCT.

WELL, IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHEN YOU APPLIED THAT WEED AND FEED.

IF YOU'RE APPLYING WEED AND FEED LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO IN JULY, THEN IT PROBABLY WON'T BE DOING THAT.

YOU NEED TO DO THAT NOW.

DON'T USE ANY FERTILIZER.

USE A STRAIGHT HERBICIDE AND TRY TO GET RID OF IT THAT WAY.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, TERRI.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAW AN ABUNDANCE OF TREE SEEDLINGS.

WAY TOO MANY TO PULL.

IS THERE SOMETHING SHE CAN SPRAY?

I WOULD DO THE SAME THING I MEN SHU MENTIONED WITH THE CREEPING CHARLIE.

USE THE THREE-WAY HERBICIDE.

NOW WOULD BE THE PERFECT TIME TO DO THAT.

WHAT PLANTS ARE DOING NOW IS TAKING ALL THEIR ENERGY AND SENDING IT DOWN TO THEIR ROOTS.

FALL IS THE PERFECT TIME TO DO THIS BECAUSE YOU'RE TAKING... THAT PLANT IS TAKING ALL THAT HERBICIDE DOWN TO THE ROOT AND YOU'LL GET A REALLY NICE KILL THIS TIME OF YEAR.

OR YOU CAN KEEP MOWING THEM AND YOU HAVE AN ELM LAWN.

SURE.

NICE KILL.

YOU SOUND LIKE A PLANT PATHOLOGIST.

THIS IS A VIEWER IN RALSTON.

ORNAMENTAL CORN AND THIS STRANGE LOOKING MASS APPEARS TO HAVE SNATCHED THEIR BODIES.

WHAT IS THAT?

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

THIS IS CORN SMUT.

ALL THE DIFFERENT CORNS WILL BE INFECTED BY THIS.

NOT REALLY ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT THIS.

IT WILL OVER WINTER IN THE SOIL.

YOU WANT TO REMOVE THE GALL.

YOU CAN GO ON THE "BACKYARD FARMER" SITE AND SEE A VIDEO OF ME TRYING TO DO THIS.

WE COULD SEE ROCH TRYING TO DO THIS.

IT'S AN EDIBLE FUNGUS.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES FROM...

I'M NOT SURE WHERE.

SHE HAS A ROSE, TEA ROSE.

THE STEM HAS BECOME SORT OF SQUARISH.

THE LEAVES ARE MUTATED.

THE ROSE IS OVER TEN YEARS OLD.

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, SOME OF THE NEWER GROWTH HAS SOME LEAF STRAPPING.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF A HERBICIDE OR GROWTH REGULATOR DRIFT.

I WOULD WATCH THE PLANT.

IT MAY RECOVER FINE IF IT WAS A LIGHT DRIFT.

THANK YOU.

I'M SURE SHE'LL BE GLAD TO HEAR THAT.

I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE LESION ON THE STEM.

EXCELLENT.

KELLY, ONE PICTURE ON THE FIRST ONE.

YOUR FIRST TWO PICTURES ARE SORT OF RELATED.

THIS COMES FROM DELAWARE.

SHE WONDERED IF YOU COULD CUT BACK A HIGH DRAYDRANGEA.

SHE CUT IT BACK BECAUSE SHE WAS AFRAID IF SHE DIDN'T THE STEMS WOULD BACK OFF.

WITH HYDRANGEAS YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHEN THEY'RE BLOOMING.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PRUNE IT TWICE.

IF YOU DO MUCH PRUNING, IT'S USUALLY LATE WINTER EARLY SPRING.

YOU DO SELECTIVE PRUNING TO SHAPE IT AND CONTROL HEIGHT.

IF YOU PRUNED IT IN AUGUST...

IN THE SPRING YOU'RE PRUNING OFF THE OLD WOOD.

IF YOU PRUNE IT AGAIN LATER, TH THEN YOU'RE PRUNING OFF THE NEW WOOD.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PRUNE IT TWICE.

I'VE HEARD SOMETIMES WITH THESE THE MORE YOU PRUNE THEM YOU HAVE THE YOUNGER STEMS THAT AREN'T AS STRONG BECAUSE THESE ARE LARGE HEADS AND THEY'RE HEAVY.

THEY KIND OF FLOP.

THEY GO DOWN AND FLOP.

AS THE PLANT GETS OLDER AND MORE GIRTH ON THE STEMS, THEY MIGHT SUPPORT IT.

KIM WAS TELLING ME THEY CUT THEM BACK HERE ON CAMPUS PRETTY LOW.

THOSE DON'T FLOP.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT PUTTING ON TOO MUCH NITROGEN OR SOMETHING SUCH AS THAT.

THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS DON'T PRUNE IT TWICE.

MOST BOTANICALS ARE PRUNED LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING.

THIS IS A SECOND PERSON WITH THE SAME THING.

SHE PUT A TRELLIS ON IT, WHICH WORKS.

YOU CAN SEE WITH A THAT ONE IS DOING AND I THINK WE HAVE A PICTURE OF HER HIBISCUS DOING THIS.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE'S WONDERING ABOUT CUTTING THE HIBISCUS BACK SO IT BECOMES STURDIER.

HIBISCUS BLOOM ON NEW WOOD.

THIS IS ONE THAT IN THE SPRING YOU CAN CUT THESE BACK.

THEY DON'T GET FLOPPY.

SOMETIMES THEY'LL DIE BACK AS WELL BECAUSE OF THE WINTER.

CUTTING IT BACK SHOULD HELP IT BECOME STRONGER AND DENSER AND MORE SHRUBBY SO IT'S NOT SO GANGLY.

EXCELLENT.

THANKS, KELLY.

IF YOU WATCH THE SHOW YOU KNOW WE ARE GOING TO RENOVATE THE TURF IN THE KEIM COURTYARD.

WE RECENTLY WENT TO IOWA STATE TO SEE SOME SHADE TURF TRIALS AND NOW WE'RE READY TO PLANT.

HERE'S MATT SOUSEK TO GIVE US THE DETAILS.

* * HERE WE ARE AT KEIM HALL COURTYARD.

WE'RE DOING SEEDING RENOVATION.

OVER THE YEARS THE LAWN HAS KIND OF DID HE CLEANED DUE TO WHAT WAS IN HERE.

IT WAS MAINLY TALL AND THE TREES ARE GETTING BIGGER AND THERE'S MORE SHADED AREAS.

WE DECIDED TO LEAVE WHAT'S EXISTING BECAUSE IT'S DOING WELL.

WE DECIDED TO INCORPORATE A SHADE GRASS.

WE USED A BLEND OF FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF GRASS AND THAT WILL ESTABLISH A DIFFERENT VARIETY WITHIN THIS SHADED TREE AREA AND HOPEFULLY ESTABLISH WELL AND CONTINUE FOR YEARS TO COME.

THE REASON WE'RE CHOOSING A SEED THAT'S BETTER FOR THE SHADE, IF ANY HOME OWNER HAS A TREE WHERE THEY'RE HAVING DIFFICULTY ESTABLISHING IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE GRASS, BUT THE TREE IS SUCKING ALL THE MOISTURE.

NO MATTER WHAT GRASS YOU TRY, IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT TO KEEP ALIVE.

WE'RE TRYING THE SHADE MIX AND MAKE SURE WE GET ENOUGH WATER UNDER THE TREE TO HELP THE GRASS.

IT'S DIFFICULT GROWING IN THE SHADE, BUT THIS GRASS HAS BETTER POTENTIAL.

WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS AREA IS WE'RE DROP SEEDING THE SEED AT A RATE OF FIVE TO SIX POUNDS PER 1,000 AND COMING IN WITH A POWER RAKE.

THAT BEATS UP THE TOP LAYER AND INCORPORATES THE SEED INTO THE MIX WHILE ALLOWING THE OLD PIMIX TO SURVIVE.

WE'RE JUST TRYING TO INCORPORATE NEW GRASS WITH WHAT WE HAVE.

NEXT WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST FERTILIZE THIS AREA WITH PHOSPHOROUS.

GENERALLY A POUND IS REQUIRED TO HELP INITIATE AND ESTABLISH THESE LAWNS.

YOU CAN DO A SOIL TEST, BUT IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE SOME SORT OF FERTILIZER WITH PHOSPHOROUS IN IT TO ENCOURAGE THAT GRASS TO SPREAD BEFORE FALL AND WINTER COMES.

THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS AT THIS TIME GENERALLY AUGUST 15th IS THE TIME TO SEED.

WE HAD THAT HEAT WAVE.

SEEDING AT THAT TIME, GERMINATION COULD BE DIFFICULT.

WE COULD HAVE DAMPENING OFF.

WE HAVE A GOOD TIMEFRAME HERE ALL THE WAY UP TO SEPTEMBER 15th TO GET OUR COOL SEASON GRASSES IN THE GROUND.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT NOW WHEN THE COOLER TEMPERATURES ARE AROUND.

WE COULDN'T WAIT TO SEE IF THE TURF THRIVES, BUT APPARENTLY WE HAVE BABY GRASS UP ALREADY.

WE'LL PROBABLY RETURN TO THIS TOPIC NEXT YEAR TO SHOW YOU THE RESULT.

WAYNE, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS...

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE TOMATOES.

THEY'RE EITHER CELEBRITY OR GOLIATH.

THEY'VE BEEN WATERED.

THEY GROW ON FENCES.

SHE PUT TUMS IN THE GROUND TO AVOID BLOSSOM END ROT AND THEY'VE BEEN FERTILIZED.

THEY LOOK FINE UNTIL SHE CUTS INTO THEM AND SHE FINDS THIS.

OH, AS KYLE SAID, IT'S TOMATO PROBLEM SEASON.

IT IS.

THANKS TO TERRI FOR HELPING OUT WITH THIS.

SINCE THERE'S NO ENTRY POINT I CAN FIND, LOOKS LIKE IT'S INTERNAL BLOSSOM ROT.

EVEN THOUGH SHE TRIED TO PUT IN THE TUMS TO PROVIDE THE CALCIUM, IF YOU'RE OVERWATERING, IT MAY GO OUTSIDE THE ROOT ZONE.

ALSO THE BLACK SEED IS SOMETHING THAT CAN OCCUR WITH POOR POLLINATION IN TOMATOES.

WHO KNOWS?

NOT INSECT RELATED.

YOU HAVE TWO ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS SHE HAD A ROW OF AUSTRALIAN PINES THAT DIED.

SHE PLANTED THIS AND THEY DID WELL.

THEY FLOWER BEAUTIFULLY, BUT IN THE FALL THEY LOOK LIKE THIS.

THIS IS ANOTHER TAP TEST ONE TO SEE IF YOU HAVE A SPIDER MITE PROBLEM.

THAT BLANK PIECE OF WHITE PAPER, TAP UNDER THE LEAVES AND SEE IF ANYTHING POPS OFF AND CRAWLS AROUND.

YOU CAN MANAGE FOR SPIDER MITES LATER IN THE YEAR.

OTHERWISE, REALLY CHECK THOSE STEMS TIP TO BOTTOM FOR SCALES.

THEN YOU HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT KIND OF SCALE YOU HAVE.

OR HAND IT OVER TO ROTS AND SPOTS AND SAY YOUR TURN, RIGHT?

LOREN SAYS NO THANK YOU ON THAT.

HE'S LAUGHING.

I HAVE MY OWN PROBLEMS COMING UP.

WAYNE, THIS IS WEST OMAHA.

SHE HAS CONE FLOWERS THAT WERE GORGEOUS AND NOW THEY LOOK LIKE THIS.

THERE'S THAT LITTLE THING GOING ON THERE.

CAN BE, BUT THIS...

I DON'T KNOW.

THIS DOESN'T...

IF YOU LOOK CLOSE...

I COULDN'T GET THINGS ZOOMED IN REAL CLOSE.

IT'S HARD.

THIS IS ONE OF THOSE... A LANDSCAPE STYLE PICTURE LIKE THIS IS FINE, BUT WE NEED SOMETHING UP CLOSE TO SEE THE DETAILS BETTER.

OTHERWISE I WASN'T ABLE TO SEE MUCH FROM THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE.

I DO KNOW THIS DOESN'T GO TO LOREN.

TERRI, ONE PICTURE ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS IS... SHE HAD SOIL DELIVERED TO HER HOUSE.

IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE TOPSOIL.

FOLLOW-UP QUESTION I ASKED WAS JUST HERE?

DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?

SHE GOT A SOIL TEST.

SHE DISCOVERED WHAT?

I GOT TO LOOK AT THE SOIL TEST.

AS SOON AS I SAW THIS I WAS, LIKE, WHERE IS THIS AT?

IT'S IN LINCOLN.

THIS IS ACTUALLY SALT.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN DO TO GET RID OF SALT IS TO ACTUALLY LEECH IT THROUGH THE SOIL.

I DID LOOK UP THE PROCESS TO DO THAT AND TO GET 50% OF THAT SALT AWAY FROM THAT SPACE YOU HAVE TO PUT DOWN SIX INCHES OF WATER.

WITH THE WATER RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, YOU KNOW, IT MAY TAKE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GET RID OF THIS.

THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF THINGS YOU CAN PLANT IN THIS.

ACTUALLY FESCUE WILL DO WELL WITH A HIGH SALT CONTENT, NOT SURE THIS HIGH SALT, BUT IT WILL TAKE HIGHER SALT CONTENT SOIL.

SO WILL BUFFALO GRASS.

DEPENDING ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THAT SPACE, YOU MAY WANT TO MULCH IT AND LEAVE IT FOR A YEAR.

TERRI, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE TOO.

THIS IS FROM BRADSHAW.

IT'S TALKING ABOUT HOW TO KILL UNWANTED TURF.

HE USED A PAINT ROLLER.

WE TALK ABOUT GLOVE OF DEATH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THIS?

THIS IS FUN.

JUST TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW I'M FILLING IN FOR ROCH TONIGHT.

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET THIS.

THIS GENTLEMAN WAS AT THE STATE FAIR LAST WEEK.

HE SHOWED ME THIS PICTURE.

HE MENTIONED THAT HE WANTED TO SHOW THIS TO ROCH BECAUSE ROCH'S ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT THE GLOVE OF DEATH AND HE USES THE ROLLER OF DEATH.

I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC AND IT IS VERY INNOVATIVE.

EXACTLY.

ONE MORE FOR YOU, TERRI.

THIS COMES TO US FROM MILBANK, SOUTH DAKOTA.

HAD THE STUMP GROUND OUT FIVE YEARS AGO.

HE SEEDS EVERY SPRING.

IT REMAINS BARE.

THE SQUIRRELS DIG, BUT THE GRASS IS NEW THIS YEAR.

HOW CAN HE GET NEW GRASS SEEDED WHERE THIS OLD ASH WAS?

I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND A CHANGE IN MANAGEMENT FOR THIS.

I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND THIS BECOMES A LANDSCAPE BED.

MOST TURF LIKES FULL SUN AND YOU'RE...

THIS IS MID SUMMER AND YOU HAVE FULL SHADE ALMOST.

I WOULD PROBABLY THINK ABOUT MAYBE TAKING THAT BED AND EXPANDING IT A LITTLE BIT AND MAKING THAT ALL INTO A LANDSCAPE BED AND PLANT SOME SHRUBS OR SOME HERBACEOUS PLANTS AND MOVE AWAY FROM TURF.

ALL RIGHT.

LOREN, YOUR FIRST ONE HERE, THIS IS PEONIES FROM SHEN N.N THEY HAVEN'T REALLY GROWN.

THEY HAVE THIS BROWN STUFF.

IS THIS FUNGUS OR VIRUS?

FROM THE PICTURE THERE'S A FUNGAL SPOT ON THE PEONY.

THE QUESTION I HAD IS OVERALL MANAGEMENT AND IF THERE WAS AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF MULCH.

THEY LOOK NUTRIENT DEFICIENT.

I QUESTION WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE.

THEY MIGHT LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF FERTILIZATION THEY'RE DOING.

IF THEY DID SOMETHING THAT THEY HAD A LOT OF MULCH OR WOOD CHIPS... BECAUSE I HAVEN'T SEEN IT THAT SEVERE.

NUTRITIONAL STRESS WOULD CAUSE THAT TO BE MORE SEVERE.

THANKS, LOREN.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

WE'VE HAD THIS FROM A NUMBER OF VIEWERS.

MUST BE THE SEASON.

HE THE HYDRANGEA LOOKED GOOD UNTIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND NOW IT'S DOING THIS.

WILL IT SURVIVE?

YES.

THIS IS NOT LIGHTNING.

THAT DOESN'T COUNT.

I BELIEVE THIS IS A DIFFERENT SPECIES.

I BELIEVE THIS IS...

THEY BOTH HAVE PURPLE MARCH GENERAGINS AND SPOTS.

NEW GROWTH IS COMING OUT.

IT'S HEALTHY.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND ANY TREATMENT.

IF YOU'RE WATERING, TRY TO AVOID OVERHEAD IRRIGATION.

IL IT'S NOT GOING TO DIE.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS... WE HAVE TWO VIEWERS THAT SENT THIS QUESTION IN.

THIS ONE IS FROM OMAHA.

SHE WONDERS IF THERE'S ANYTHING SHE CAN DO FOR THE HOLLY HUCKS NOW.

IF SHE CAN'T, WHAT SHOULD SHE DO NEXT SPRING?

BEAUTIFUL PICTURE.

I LOVE THIS.

YOU CAN'T BEAT A RUST DISEASE THAT'S GOING ALL OVER.

IT'S WONDERFUL.

NOTHING TO DO RIGHT NOW.

THIS RUST... WE TALKED ABOUT SUNFLOWER RUST AND IT BEING ABLE TO CYCLE OVER WINTER.

THIS IS ANOTHER RUST THAT WILL DO THAT ALSO.

IN THIS CASE IF YOU CAN USE SANITATION IN THE FALL, REMOVE ANY DEBRIS, CUT THE PLANTS OFF AT THE SOIL LINE.

IT WON'T BE BELOW THE SOIL.

IT WOULD BE ON ABOVE GROUND PLANT PARTS.

IF YOU CAN CUT THOSE PARTS OFF AND REMOVE THAT DEBRIS, THAT WILL HELP A LOT.

GOING BEYOND THAT IF YOU WANT TO BREAK IT DOWN MORE AND STIR THE SOIL UP AND GET THINGS TO BREAK DOWN THAT CAN BE A GOOD PRACTICE AS WELL.

THANKS, LOREN.

KELLY, ONE PICTURE.

THIS IS SUN SUGAR TOMATOES.

THIS IS CALLED ZIPPERING.

IT'S WHEN THE ANTHER STICKS TO THE DEVELOPING FRUIT.

THAT'S SUPPOSED...

SUPPOSEDLY...

I DON'T KNOW WHY THIS CAUSES THE UNIQUE ZIPPERING, BUT SUPPOSEDLY THAT'S THE CAUSE.

DOESN'T HURT THE TOMATO, JUST MAKES IT LOOK LIKE THERE'S A ZIPPER.

SPAGHETTI SQUASH, WHAT CAUSES THEM TO DO THIS?

IT COULD BE POLLINATION WHEN IT'S...

SOMETIMES...

SQUASH THE VINE CROPS, THEY HAVE SEPARATE MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS ON THAT PLANT.

THEY NEED THE POLLINATORS TO MOVE THAT POLLEN BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THOSE FLOWERS.

IT TAKES MORE THAN ONE VISIT.

WITH CUCUMBERS IT TAKES NINE BEE VISITS.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS WITH SQUASH.

I'M GUESSING IT'S SIMILAR.

WHEN YOU GET THE SHRIVELING, SOMETIMES IT'S LACK OF POLLINATION.

OTHERWISE I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.

MAYBE THEY DIDN'T GET ENOUGH WATER, BUT I WOULD LEAN TOWARDS POLLINATION ISSUES.

ONE MORE.

THIS IS A HOLLY HOC QUESTION.

ABOUT THREE HOLLY HOCS DIFFERENT COLORS.

PLANTED THEM IN A PLANTER BOX WITH DIFFERENT SHADE.

THIS LEAVES LOOK DIFFERENT.

DO HOLLY HOCS NEED MORE SUN?

YES, HOLLY HOC LIKES FULL SUN.

I'VE SEEN THEM GROWING IN SOMEWHAT SHADY AREAS AND THEY BLOOM, BUT THEY PREFER FULL SUN.

THEY'RE NOT THE GREATEST FOR GROWING IN A CONTAINER.

THAT COULD LEAD TO SOME ISSUES AS WELL.

MAYBE IT'S JUST A LACK OF SUNLIGHT.

THANKS, KELLY.

OUR GUARD HAS HAD ANOTHER SPECTACULAR SUMMER.

WE'VE HAD BUMPER CROPS AND GORGEOUS FLOWERS.

LET'S HEAR FROM TERRI FOR THE FINAL TIME THIS YEAR AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

* * THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN WE'RE LOOKING AT WHAT WE'VE DONE ALL SUMMER.

REMEMBER, GETTING OUR SEEDS STARTED BACK IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY GROWING UP THEM IN THE GREENHOUSE, BRINGING THEM OUT IN MAY TO HARDEN OFF, GETTING THEM PLANTED AND WATCHING THEM GROW THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

WE'VE HAD A FANTASTIC SEASON.

WE HAVE OUR NEW RAISED BEDS.

THEY'VE WORKED REALLY WELL.

WE'VE HAD SOME NEW VEGETABLES THAT WE TRIED OUT LIKE OUR JICAMA.

PROBABLY WON'T TRY THAT ONE AGAIN.

WE HAD OUR MEXICAN GHERKINS THAT THE KIDDOS LOVED.

WE'VE BEEN HARVESTING THE PRODUCE AND COLLECTING THE PRODUCE FROM YOU BRINGING THEM ON TUESDAY NIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

TO DATE WE'RE AT 1,400 POUNDS TOTAL BETWEEN THE DONATIONS AND OUR HARVEST.

REMEMBER, ALL THAT'S GOING TO THE HUSKER FOOT PANTRY TO SUPPORT THE STUDENTS.

WE STILL HAVE SOME GREAT FALL COLOR WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SEE IN OUR GARDEN.

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

* * IT'S TIME FOR A SHORT BREAK.

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

STAY TUNED FOR MORE "BACKYARD FARMER" AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

* * * * WELCOME BACK TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW WE'LL HIGHLIGHT SOME FALL BLOOMING PLANTS THAT HELP POLLINATORS GET A FINAL MEAL IN BEFORE THE COLD WINTER SETS IN.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN YOUR QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446 OR SEND US PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

THAT'S FOR THE FINAL SHOW OF THE SEASON.

RIGHT NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

KELLY.

I'M READY.

WE HAVE A STUDENT TODAY ASKING US WHETHER HIBISCUS SEEDS CAN BE PLANTED AND WILL THEY PRODUCE THE SAME PLANT AS THE HIBISCUS THEY CAME FROM?

ANY TIME YOU GROW SOMETHING FROM SEED THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU WON'T GET THE SAME THING.

ALL RIGHT.

SO NO?

SIMILAR, BUT MAYBE NOT IDENTICAL.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO COLLECT NATIVE SEED OF GRASSES AND PERENNIALS THIS FALL.

SHE WONDERS IF THAT'S THE RIGHT TIME TO DO THAT.

THE SEED NEEDS TO BE MATURE.

ON THE PLANT YOU'RE COLLECTING IF IT'S MATURE AND STORE IT IN A COOL DRY PLACE.

WE HAVE A LINCOLN VIEWER THAT SAYS HE HAS A MAPLE SCORCHED ON THE PAVEMENT SIDE.

CAN YOU DO ANYTHING?

IF IT'S THE TRUNK, NO.

LEAVE IT ALONE.

IF IT'S THE LEAVES, CORRECT WATERING.

SWEET POTATOES, THE ORNAMENTAL ONES, CAN YOU DIG UP THOSE UNDERGROUND AND OVER WINTER THEM?

YOU CAN TRY I GUESS.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANYBODY DOING IT.

THANKS, KELLY.

READY, LOREN?

ALWAYS READY.

YOUR FIRST ONE WE HAVE HAD BEFORE.

WE GET IT AGAIN.

IT'S A GRAND ISLAND VIEWER WHO HAS SOMETHING ON HER ORNAMENTAL PEAR LEAVES.

IT'S ORANGE ON THE TOP AND HAS FUZZY THINGS ON THE BOTTOM.

WHAT IS THAT AND WHAT TO DO?

RUST.

WHAT TO DO?

NOTHING AT THIS POINT RIGHT NOW.

I'VE NEVER SEEN IT KILL THE PLANT.

I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

ENJOY IT.

WE HAVE A HICKMAN VIEWER WHO DESCRIBED ONE PEPPER IN A POT AND IT HAS SUN KKEN SPOTS ON THE PEPPER.

ANY IDEA?

IT COULD BE ROT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO HAS THIS PLANT AND THE TOPS ARE DEAD.

IS IT A CANKER?

IF IT IS, IT WON'T RECOVER.

YOU HAVE TO IDENTIFY THE LEADER AND CUT IT OUT.

THERE'S A CRACK THAT'S OOZING IN THE BOTTOM OF A 12-INCH CALIPER TREE.

ANYTHING TO DO ABOUT THAT?

START LOOKING FOR REPLACEMENTS.

OKAY.

IT'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO DIE IN TIME.

MAY LAST TEN YEARS.

WE ALL DIE IN TIME.

YEAH, BUT IT'S GOT SOME SORT OF CANKER.

TERRI, READY?

NO.

THIS IS FROM TWO OR THREE VIEWERS.

THIS WEEK IT'S IN THE 80s.

IS IT TIME TO SEED OR SHOULD THEY WAIT UNTIL THE WEATHER IS EVEN COOLER?

NO.

DO IT NOW.

WE HAVE A NORFOLK VIEWER WHO HAS QUACK GRASS AND FOX TAIL THAT'S TAKEN OVER THE LANDSCAPE BED AND THE LAWN.

CONTROL IT NOW AND WITH WHAT?

I WOULDN'T CONTROL IT ANYMORE.

MAKE SURE YOU DON'T LET IT GO TO SEED AND USE A PREEMERGENT.

IT'S THAT SECOND SET.

WE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR CRAB GRASS EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND THEN LATER BECAUSE IT WILL BE A WARM SEASON DPRGRASS.

IN THE EXTREME HEAT SHOULD YOU MULCH GRASS CLIPPINGS OR BAG THEM?

YOU SHOULD ALWAYS MULL CH YOUR GRASS CLIPPINGS.

IS IT A GOOD TIME TO USE A LAWN PRODUCT LIKE WEEDX TO PREVENT ANNUAL BLUE GRASS?

NO.

A LA VISTA VIEWER WONDERS WHETHER EXTREME HEAT AND COLD AFFECTS...

YES, IT CAN.

SOME YOU CAN MIX AND REDO.

IF THEY FREEZE, THEY ARE NOT ANY GOOD.

NICE JOB.

WAYNE, READY?

I LIKE MY ODDS.

WE HAVE AN ARTHUR, IOWA, VIEWER WHO SAYS FLIES ARE DESTROYING HER PEARS.

IS THERE SOMETHING TO SPRAY SO SHE CAN GET SOME PEARS?

NOT THAT'S GOING TO WORK REAL WELL TO KEEP THEM OFF FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

PICK THEM WHEN THEY'RE READY.

THAT'S WHEN THE FLIES GET THEM WHEN THEY'RE READY TO PICK.

A VIEWER FROM LINCOLN WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE'S PESTICIDES THAT HARM THE PLANTS INSTEAD OF THE BUGS?

IF OVERAPPLIED AND NOT FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS, YES.

WE HAVE A VIEWER FIGHTING THRIFTS.

SHE'S USED INSECTICIDE SOAP, ET CETERA.

ANY OTHER TIPS?

A SHOWER.

HOSE THEM DOWN.

WASH THEM OFF.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A YOUNG VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER SOLDIER BEETLES ARE HARMFUL?

THEY'RE NOT.

THEY'RE PREDATORY OR VISIT FLOWERS.

WE HAVE A BELLEVUE VIEWER ASKING US DOES IT SEEM LIKE THERE ARE FAR FEWER INSECTS THIS YEAR?

WE EXPECT THAT WITH THE DRY THIS YEAR A LOT OF THE INSECTS WON'T BE OUT IN FORCE ESPECIALLY THE FIRE FLIES.

NICE JOB.

WE HAVE A TIE AND NO TIE BREAKER.

KELLY, WHAT GO WE HAVE TODAY FOR PLANTS OF THE WEEK?

GOLDEN ROD AND THE GREENERY IS HOSTA.

GOLDEN ROD DOES NOT CAUSE HAY FEVER.

PLANT IT.

IT HAS HEAVY POLLEN.

THIS ONE LOOKS MORE LIKE A SPIKE AND IT'S WICHITA MOUNTAIN.

IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL ONE WITH A LOT OF DENSE STEMS.

THEY'RE STARTING TO OPEN.

THEN THE ONE UP TOP IS A CROWN OF RAYS WHICH LOOKS MORE LIKE THE ONE YOU SEE GROWING OUT IN THE WILD AREA.

VERY PRETTY GOLDEN ROD.

POLLINATORS LOVE IT.

THANKS, KELLY.

FIRST PICK FOR YOU, WAYNE, THIS COMES FROM... WE DON'T KNOW FROM WHERE.

SHE'S SAYING SOMETHING IS EATING HER GERANIUM BUGS.

WHAT IS EATING THEM?

A TOBACCO BUG WORM.

THEY'RE TOUGH TO CONTROL.

PICK OFF ALL ACTIVE FLOWERS.

SPRAY THOROUGHLY AND THEN HOPEFULLY THAT WORKS.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

SHE'S THINKING THAT THE CATERPILLARS HERE... TWO PICTURES...

WERE IN THE GARDEN AND THINKS THEY'RE PAINTED LADY.

SHE THINKS CORRECTLY.

A FOLLOW UP, WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WENT TO CHECK HER RAIN GAUGE SUNDAY.

SHE FOUND IT STUFFED WITH DEAD PAINTED LADIES.

DUMPED IT OUT AND SHE'S WONDERING IF IT'S BECAUSE OF THE HEAT.

I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE THE PICTURE OF THEM IN THE RAIN GAUGE TO SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE IN THERE.

MAKE SURE SOMETHING DIDN'T TRY TO STOCKPILE IN THERE.

AS IT IS, THEY COULD HAVE BEEN AFTER THE WATER IN THERE IF THERE WAS NO OTHER WATER AROUND.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN THEM IN THE RAIN GAUGE TO KNOW FURTHER.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WAS GONE FOR TWO WEEKS, CAME BACK AND THE BRUSSEL SPROUTS LOOKED LIKE THIS.

SHE KNOCKED OFF MOST OF THE EGGS.

SHE HA SHE DIDN'T SEE INSECTS.

WHAT GOT THEM?

IT LOOKS LIKE CABBAGE WHITE BUTTERFLY.

IT'S LIKE WATER BUGS... WHAT DO THEY CALL THEM, THEY'RE ORIENTAL COCKROACHES.

NO ONE WANTS TO ADMIT THEY HAVE SOMETHING BAD.

TERRI, YOU HAVE FOUR QUESTIONS HERE.

THE FIRST ONE IS ONE PICK AND IT IS IS THERE ANY TYPE OF HERBICIDE THAT KILLS THE ALLIUMS?

THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS IN A STRATEGIC MANNER.

CUT THEM BACK AND PUT THE HERBICIDE ON THEM.

THEY HAVE A WAXY COAT ON THE LEAVES.

THAT WILL KEEP THE HERBICIDE FROM GETTING INTO THE PLANT.

IF YOU CUT IT, OPEN IT UP SO THE HERBICIDE CAN GET DOWN INTO THE PLANT.

THAT'S YOUR BEST WAY TO APPROACH THIS.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS WEED HAS REALLY SPREAD.

GRASS HAS BEEN BADLY STUNTED.

SHALLOW ROOTS AND PULLS EASILY, BUT THERE'S WAY TOO MUCH.

THIS IS SPOTTED SPURGE.

YOU CAN PULL IT OUT.

IT'S PRETTY EASY.

I DON'T SPRAY IT ANYMORE.

PULL IT OUT.

USE SOMETHING TO BREAK IT OUT.

GET AS MANY PIECES AS YOU CAN BECAUSE IT CAN ROOT DOWN.

PUT A PRE-EMERGENT DOWN NEXT SPRING.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

IS THIS A WEED?

YES.

IN MY EYES THIS IS A WEED.

IN OTHER PEOPLE'S EYES IT'S NOT.

IT'S A MALLOW.

IT LIKES TO MOVE ABOUT.

WE HAVE THEM IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

I PULLED OUT TWO DOZEN YESTERDAY.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

HE FOUND THIS IN CENTRAL OMAHA ALONG A TRAIL.

THIS WEED...

HE THINKS IT'S THE SAME AS EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT YOU HAVE ONE THAT'S VARIEGATED.

WILL THAT COME BACK AS A VARIEGATED THING?

MAYBE IT WILL.

MAYBE IT WON'T.

THIS IS HOW PLANT FINDERS FIND NEW VARIETIES.

IT'S LIKE AN ISSUE WITH THE VIRUS.

IT'S AN ANOMALY.

ALL RIGHT.

LOREN, TWO PICTURES.

YOUR NEXT ONE AFTER THIS IS RELATED.

THE FIRST PICS COME FROM COLORADO.

THESE WERE PLANTED LATE APRIL IN ROCK.

SHE PULLED THE ROCKAW AWAY.

SHE DIDN'T DO THAT.

SHE KNOWS BETTER.

SHE WONDERS WHAT SHE SHOULD DO NOW.

I THINK THIS IS REALLY JUST HIGH TEMPERATURE INJURY.

DOING ANYTHING YOU CAN TO COOL THE ROCKS.

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO WATER, NOT DURING THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, BUT MAKING SURE THERE'S WATER AROUND THAT WILL HELP THAT ROCK COOL DOWN A LITTLE.

IT'S STILL GOING TO BE HARD IN HIGH TEMPERATURES.

THE NEXT ONE COMES FROM TILDON.

SHE'S BEEN WATCHING THE LEAVES CURL DOWN.

IS THIS DROUGHT OR DRIFT?

SHE HAD SOME SPRAY.

THIS MAY BE DROUGHT ALSO.

THERE WAS AN INDICATION THAT NEW GROWTH WAS COMING OUT.

WE'VE HAD HIGH TEMPERATURES AND DRY CONDITIONS.

NONE OF OUR PLANTS DIDN'T LIKE THAT.

IF IT DIDN'T HAVE ADEQUATE MOISTURE, I WOULD GUESS WATER STRESS.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS.

THIS IS WEST OF LEWISVILLE.

THIS IS PRAIRIE ASPEN, TWO YEARS OLD, THESE BLACK SPOTS ARE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE AND THEN THEY FALL OFF THE TREE.

I WAS QUESTIONING IF IT'S A SPOT.

THERE LOOKED LIKE SOME WEBBING.

DO THE TAP TEST.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A FUNGAL DISEASE.

THEN YOU HAVE TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A MULTI-CHUNK UNDERGROWTH MAPLE, SEVERE LOSS OF LEAVES, LEAF DAMAGE.

IS THIS SPRAY?

THIS ISN'T TAR SPOT.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT FROM THE PICTURE, BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE BACK THERE ARE LEAVES TURNING BLACK.

THIS IS SOME SORT OF DAMAGE TO THAT BRANCH.

WHILE THIS IS NOT A NORMAL SYMPTOM SOME BACK LEAVES LOOK LIKE YOU HAD A DISCONNECTION OF NUTRIENT WATER FLOW.

ONE MORE.

THIS IS FROM HUBBARD, NEBRASKA, WHAT'S CAUSING THE BROWN RUST COLORED ROT ON THE CAULIFLOWER?

ON THIS ONE I REALLY THINK IT'S LIGHT RELATED.

I THINK IT'S SUN INJURY.

ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO COVER THAT UP, USE THE LEAVES, ROLL THEM UP.

SOME PEOPLE USE A CLOTHED PINTO PROTECT THAT HEAD.

KELLY, TWO PICTURES.

FIRST ONE IS A RED POINT MAPLE PLANTED THREE YEARS AGO AND SAW THESE GROWTHS AT THE BASE.

ARE THEY SUCKERS?

SHOULD THEY TRIM THEM OFF?

WILL IT HURT THE TREE?

SHOULD THEY WORRY ABOUT THE CRACKS?

THOSE ARE SUCKERS.

YOU WANT TO REMOVE THEM.

WHEN THEY'RE SMALL, PULL THEM OUT.

SUPPOSEDLY THEY COME BACK SLOWER IF YOU DO THAT.

CLIP THEM OFF AS SOON AS YOU SEE THEM WHEN THEY'RE SMALL.

THE CRACKS, MAPLE ARE THIN BARKED.

IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE AN ISSUE OF CONCERN.

IT'S JUST AS THE TREE IS GROWING AND THE BARK IS GROWING.

SHOULD BE FINE.

IT IS A LITTLE ODD THAT MAPLE IS SUCKERING.

YOU DON'T SEE THAT A LOT WITH MAPLE.

IT COULD BE AN INDICATION THAT MAYBE MORE IS GOING ON IN THERE.

ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T LOOK BAD YET, JUST KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LOCUST THAT HAD WHAT SHE DESCRIBES AS THINGS ON THE TRUNK.

WHAT IS THAT AND WILL THE TREE SURVIVE?

WHAT SHOULD WE DO HERE?

LOOKS LIKE MECHANICAL DAMAGE TO ME.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MECHANICAL DAMAGE WAS.

IT'S FRESH AND SLICED AND SOMEBODY WALKED BY IT AND HIT IT WITH THE LAWN MOWER OR SOMETHING.

IT'S HARD TO SAY.

THE TOP OF THE TREE LOOKS FINE.

THE CROWN LOOKS FINE.

MAYBE A LITTLE DISCOLORATION IN THE FOIFOILAGE.

THIS IS PECANS AND OAKS.

HAPPENS FOR TWO YEARS.

THE LEAVES FALL EARLY AND DROP.

IS THERE SOMETHING GOING ON OR IS IT DROUGHT?

YOU KNOW, I ZOOMED IN ON THE LEAVES.

THAT'S A LOT OF TREE TO BE AFFECTED.

IT COULD BE THE DROUGHT.

IF YOU'RE WATERING, DON'T OVERWATER.

AT THE SAME TIME PEOPLE ARE WATERING, BUT THEY'RE WATERING TOO SHALLOW.

WITH THE DROUGHT WE'VE HAD THE LAST TWO YEARS, YOU WANT TO WATER TREES ABOUT 12 INCHES DEEP OR 18 INCHES DEEP IF YOU CAN.

MOST YEARS WITH REGULAR PRECIPITATION THEY'RE OKAY.

THE LAST COUPLE YEARS THEY HAVEN'T.

CHECK THE SOIL.

MAKE SURE IT'S NOT TOO WET.

AT THE SAME TIME IF YOU'RE WATERING, WATER DEEP ENOUGH.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO WATER FREQUENTLY IF YOU WATER DEEP ENOUGH.

EARLIER THIS YEAR SCOTT EVANS TALKED ABOUT HOW TO HELP PROMOTE POLLINATORS THROUGHOUT THE GROWING SEASON.

SCOTT RETURNS TO GIVE YOU SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR FALL BLOOMING PLANTS THAT FEED POLLINATORS.

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THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS WE CAN BE DOING TO MAKE SURE OUR LANDSCAPE IS PROVIDING FOR OUR POLLINATORS BEFORE WE PUT OUR GARDENS TO BED.

NATIVE INSECTS TEND TO LIKE NATIVE PLANTS.

SOME OF THOSE FLORAL RESOURCES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE.

WE CAN LEAN UPON OUR INTRODUCED PLANTS SUCH AS THE SEVENTH SUN TREE, EVEN SOME OF THE SEEDUMS.

THE SEVEN SUNS IS A SMALL TREE THAT DOES GREAT IN OUR AREA.

IT BLOOMS LATE AUGUST INTO EARLY SEPTEMBER AND WHEN IT'S NOT A FLOUR, IT DOES HAVE EXFOLIATING BARK TO ADD WINTER INTEREST INTO THE LANDSCAPE.

IF YOU'RE DARING, YOU CAN TRY THE BLUE MIST WHICH IS A PERENNIAL SHRUB THAT CAN BE A CHALLENGE TO GROW IN NEBRASKA.

HOWEVER, IF YOU HAVE THAT PERFECT SPOT AND IT COMES BACK, IT'S GOING TO REWARD YOU WITH SOME FANTASTIC FLOWERS THAT THE BEES AND BUTTERFLIES LIKE.

WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF OUR NATIVE PLANTINGS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CHOOSING THE RIGHT PLANT FOR THE RIGHT PLACE.

A LOT OF OUR FALL BLOOMING NATIVES TEND TO BE LARGE AND CAN DOMINATE THE LANDSCAPE.

LOOK AT GOLDEN ROD AND WE CAN CHOOSE FROM THE MISSOURI GOLDEN ROD OR THE WICHITA MOUNTAIN.

AS A SIDE NOTE, GOLDEN NOD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ALLERGIES.

WE CAN LOOK AT OTHER PLANTS LIKE THE ASTERS AND SOME OF THE JOE PIE WEEDS.

THEY ALL DO WELL.

CHOOSE THE RIGHT PLANT FOR YOUR LOCATION.

WE CAN LOOK AT SOME OF OUR PERENNIALS SUCH AS THE BLUE CARDINAL FLOWER.

THIS IS A SMALLER PLANT THAT DOES WELL IN A SHADED LOCATION AND HAS A PALE BLUE FLOWER THAT GROWS ABOUT TWO AND A HALF, THREE FOOT TALL AND DOES GREAT IN CHALLENGING LOCATIONS.

BEFORE WE DO ANY TYPE OF CLEANUP IN THE GARDEN, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AS MUCH INTACT AND ON THE GROUND.

THIS IS GOING TO HELP PROVIDE A LOT OF OVERWINTERING LOCATIONS FOR OUR INSECTS.

DON'T DO A LOT OF CLEANUP UNTIL NEXT SPRING.

FALL IS IN THE AIR.

FALL IS FOR PLANTING.

GO TO YOUR LANDSCAPE.

LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE FLOWER GAPS AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE MISSING AND CONSIDER ADDING SOME OF THESE PLANTS TO YOUR LANDSCAPE.

WE HOPE YOU'RE CONSIDER DIVERSIFYING YOUR HOME LANDSCAPE WITH THESE AND MANY OTHER PLANTS TO HELP OUR POLLINATORS FIND FOOD AND SHELTER.

GROWER ROW IS OUR ONLY ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT.

IT'S STILL GOING ON TUESDAYS 4:30 TO 7:00.

BRING THOSE PRODUCE DONATIONS.

WAYNE, TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A HONEY BEE HIVE THAT THEY JUST NOTICED.

WALKED PAST IT.

NEVER KNEW THEY WERE THERE.

THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE DOING ANY HARM.

SHOULD SHE LET THEM BEE, B-E-E, OR GET THE HIVE REMOVED?

IT'S A SWARM.

THEY HAVEN'T STARTED THE HIVE.

INSIDE THERE'S AT LEAST ONE QUEEN.

I'VE BEEN ON A SWARM THAT HAD FOUR QUEENS.

YOU CAN CALL A BEE KEEPER.

THEY WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO COME OUT AND CLOLLECT THE BEES.

OR YOU CAN LET THEM BEE AND THEY'LL FIND ONE ON THEIR OWN.

THANKS, WAYNE.

THIS VIEWER BOUGHT HICKORY WOOD TO USE IN A SMOKER.

SHE SAW SAW DUST AROUND THE BAGS.

IS IT CARPENTER ANTS OR TERMITES?

IT'S NOT STERMITES BECAUSE THERE'S NO SOIL CONTACT.

YOU WON'T HAVE THE CARPENTER ANTS BECAUSE IT'S WET WOOD.

DO THE LOCAL SOURCING ON THAT WOOD SO YOU'RE NOT SPRAYING EMERALD ASH OR OTHER BORES THAT ARE EXOTIC.

WE HAVE A COUNSEL BLUFF VIEWER THAT WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THIS AND WHAT DOES IT DO?

IT'S A WOOLLY APHID.

THOSE ARE WAXY SECRETIONS.

THEY SUCK SAP OUT OF PLANTS.

IS THAT ITS ONLY FORM?

THAT'S THE WINGED FORM.

BASICALLY REMOVE THE WEST WINGS AND YOU HAVE THE NONWING FORM.

TERRI, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A OMAHA VIEWER.

THIS IS A GRASS IN A LANDSCAPE BED.

THEY THINK IT'S PRETTY, BUT WONDER WHAT IT IS AND IF IT'S OKAY TO LET IT NATURALIZE?

YES.

WE TALK ABOUT YELLOW NUT HEDGE ALL THE TIME.

THIS IS ONE OF ITS COUSINS.

I BELIEVE IT'S PENNSYLVANIACA, BUT I'M NOT SURE.

IT'S GREAT.

WE HAVE IT IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

IT'S A NICE ALTERNATIVE GRASS.

TWO PICTURES.

THIS IS OUTSIDE PLATSMITH.

THEY RECLAIMED THIS, SEEDED AND THIS SLOPE DOESN'T GET MOWED AND THIS WISPY GRASS GREW.

WHAT IS IT?

IT'S A SWITCH GRASS.

IT'S POSSIBLY LISTED ON YOUR SEED PACKAGE IF YOU HAD IT.

LOREN, WHAT ARE YOUR FIRST QUESTIONS GOING TO BE?

ONE IS A HAIL HAVEN PEACH TREE.

THIS YEAR IT WENT GANG BUSTERS AND THEN SAW THIS.

HE DOES TREAT TWICE A YEAR WITH HORTICULTURAL OIL SPRAY.

WHAT'S CAUSING THIS?

WHEN WE SEE THIS, BROWN ROT IS A DISEASE THAT MANY OF OUR VIEWERS SEE IN THE FRUIT.

IT CAN ALSO PRODUCE A CANKER.

READ ABOUT BROWN RUT.

AND CUT DOWN THE PEACH?

IT CAN GO A LONG TIME WITH IT.

TWO PICTURES.

THIS IS RASPBERRIES.

LEAVES ARE CURLING AND DRYING AND THE FRUIT IS SMALL.

DO WE THINK THIS IS DISEASE OR DROUGHT?

THIS ISN'T DISEASE.

JUST NOT ENOUGH WATER.

RASPBERRIES TAKE A LOT OF WATER WHEN THEY'RE FRUITING TO HAVE ENOUGH MOISTURE TO CONTINUE PRODUCTION.

I THINK IT'S THAT.

IN SOME CASES THE CANES WILL BREAK BECAUSE OF THE WEIGHT AND DEPENDING HOW THEY'RE GROWING.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS...

HE SAYS IT'S INTERESTING.

CUCUMBER PLANT IS FRUITING IN A CLUSTER AT THIS ONE POINT WHERE NORMALLY THERE WOULD BE A SINGLE FRUIT.

IS THIS DISEASE OR JUST INTERESTING?

THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING.

YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF A MICROBURST OF ETHYLENE IN THIS ONE LITTLE SPOT, WHICH I'M JOKING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW.

YOU MIGHT FOLLOW THE VINE AND WATCH THAT VINE OVER TIME.

SEE IF YOU SEE THAT ON ANY OTHER POINTS ON THAT VINE.

THAT INDIVIDUAL PORTION COULD...

IT COULD BE A PLASM.

THERE ARE PLASMS IN CUCUMBERS.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE, KELLY.

SHE'S WONDERING WHY APPLE LIKE FRUIT WOULD BE GROWING ON THIS SHRUB.

IT'S A FLOWERING QUINCE.

THEY DO DEVELOP FRUIT AND IT IS EDIBLE.

IT'S NOT REAL TASTY.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE'S A LOT THERE.

YOU CAN MAKE JAMS AND PRESERVES OUT OF THEM.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS FUN.

SHE HA SHE HAD A FIGURE TR TREE.

HER HUSBAND PULLED IT OUT.

SHE'S WONDERING IF IT GREW BACK FROM A MISSED ROOT.

KEEP IT IF YOU CAN.

YES.

THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT HAPPENED.

IT'S A FIG.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A HOUSE PLANT.

I GAVE IT TO YOU BECAUSE LOREN HAD ENOUGH.

PLANT WAS GROWING AND DOING GREAT UNTIL IT STARTED GETTING YELLOW BROWN SPOTS.

INDIRECT SUN.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

THIS IS A CLASSIC SYMPTOM WHEN YOU GET THE BROWNING AND YELLOWING AND THE HALO.

THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAUSE IT.

WHEN YOU WATER PLANTS, GET IT TO ROOM TEMPERATURE.

IF IT STANDS FOR 24 HOURS, IT CAN BE TOO WET OF SOIL, TOO LOW OF LIGHT.

THERE'S POSSIBILITIES.

THANKS, KELLY.

WELL, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR "BACKYARD FARMER" TONIGHT.

THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED A QUESTION FOR THE SHOW AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING WERE MASTER GARDENERS GEORGE MALY.

FOR OUR FINAL SHOW OF THE WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT A PROGRAM HERE AT UNL THAT HELPS STUDENTS EAT AND WE'LL SHOW YOU SIX MONTHS OF OUR GARDEN GROWTH IN THREE MINUTES.

SO GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING AND WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK FOR THE SEASON FINALE OF "BACKYARD FARMER."

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