>>> "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

>> TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER" WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT NEW ORNAMENTAL SELECTIONS AND CARE FOR NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS.

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

♪ ♪ >> HELLO AGAIN AND WELCOME TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

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AND -- SO LET'S START WITH SAMPLES, JODY, BEFORE YOUR SAMPLE DIES ON THE TABLE.

>> YEAH IT'S -- IT'S PRETTY HOT AND DRY OUT HERE, SO -- I BROUGHT SUBTERRANEAN TERMITES AS MY SAMPLE.

THESE ARE WORKERS.

AND SO IF YOU CAN ZOOM IN AND SEE THEM.

>> OH, THEY REALLY ARE.

>> THERE THEY ARE.

>> THERE THEY ARE.

>> OKAY, SO THEY ARE LIKE A CREAMY KIND OF COLOR.

THEY'RE REALLY SQUISHY, SOFT BODIED.

THEY CAN DRY OUT IN THE AIR VERY QUICKLY.

SO IF, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SOMEHOW JUST GOT OFF THE TABLE, THEY WOULD DRY UP WITHIN HOURS.

SO THAT'S WHY WE DON'T NORMALLY SEE THEM UNLESS YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND YOU TURN OVER LIKE A STUMP OR A LOG AND YOU MAY SEE THEM.

OR IN YOUR HOUSE, IF YOU ARE LIKE PULLING BACK THE WALLS FOR RENOVATION, YOU MAY SEE TERMITES LIKE THIS.

OTHERWISE, THE EVIDENCE FOR TERMITES IN A HOME IS GOING TO BE LIKE THE MUD PACKED FRASS, AND SO THE WOOD WILL BE EATEN AND IT WILL BE REPLACED WITH MUD.

IT'S NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY SAWDUST OR ANY PILES, BECAUSE THEY CONSUME THE WOOD.

IF YOU DO FIND TERMITES IN YOUR STRUCTURAL WOOD, YOU WANT TO CALL A PROFESSIONAL COMPANY BECAUSE THEY'LL DO AN INSPECTION, DO A MAKE OF YOUR HOUSE AND THEN DISCUSS WITH YOU THE -- THE OPTIONS.

WAYS TO PREVENT TERMITES IN YOUR HOME IS TO REDUCE THE MOISTURE, SO MAKING SURE THE LANDSCAPING GRADE IS GOOD SO WATER DOESN'T DRAIN TOWARD THE HOUSE.

MAKE SURE YOU FIX PLUMBING LEAKS AND WINDOWS THAT ARE LEAKING BECAUSE ANY MOISTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE IN THE WOOD WILL BE ATTRACTIVE TO TERMITES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THEY'RE JUST CREEPY.

[ LAUGHTER ] OKAY, TERRI, WHAT DID YOU BRING FOR A LOVELY WEED TODAY?

>> SO WE'VE GOT LOTS OF QUESTIONS THAT'VE BEEN COMING IN KIND OF ABOUT "WHAT IS THIS?

HOW DO I GET RID OF IT?"

IT'S -- AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE BEEN REALLY BIG LATELY SO A LOT OF THE WEEDS THAT WE'RE SEEING ARE REALLY BIG LATELY.

WE HAD A REALLY WARM WINTER.

NOT A LOT OF COLD SO SOME OF THESE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN ON THE EDGES OF THE GRASS NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK WHERE THAT STAYS A LITTLE BIT WARM, YOU -- THEY DIDN'T DIE.

SO THIS IS PRICKLY LETTUCE AND I DID LOSE A LITTLE BIT OF THE TAPROOT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS HAS GOT A LOT OF STORAGE IN IT.

IN ORDER TO REALLY GET RID OF THIS, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY WANT TO GET YOUR SOIL KNIFE OUT AND DIG IT OUT.

THE BEST TIME TO GET RID OF SOME OF THESE, ESPECIALLY THESE ONES THAT HAVE THE TAPROOT AND I THINK ROCH HAD THE DANDELION LAST WEEK WITH THE PERENNIAL TAPROOT, IS ACTUALLY IN THE FALL, BUT IF YOU CAN KEEP MAKING SURE THAT NONE OF THESE GO TO FLOWER AND THEN GO TO SEED, THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP CONTROL THEM.

BECAUSE SOME WEEDS CAN HAVE UP TO 10,000 SEEDS PER PLANT SO GET RID OF THAT SEED BANK AND THEN MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE CONTROLLING THESE, ESPECIALLY THE ONES WITH THE BIG TAPROOT WITH LOTS OF ENERGY.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, TERRI.

ALL RIGHT, YOU MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT WHAT EVERYONE WANTS TO FIND, KYLE.

>> I MEAN, I'M NOT TRYING TO MAKE ANYBODY JEALOUS -- >> UH-HUH.

>> -- BUT I THINK I'M GOING TO MAKE MOST PEOPLE JEALOUS HERE.

[ LAUGHTER ] SO I HAVE SOME MOREL MUSHROOMS.

SO THEY ARE -- THEY ARE OUT RIGHT NOW.

DEPENDING -- YOU NEED TO BE VERY PARTICULAR ABOUT WHERE YOU -- WHERE YOU'RE SEARCHING, BUT THESE ARE SOME MUSHROOMS THAT WERE COLLECTED BETWEEN OMAHA AND FORT CALHOUN JUST OVER THE WEEKEND.

AND SO ONE THING ABOUT MORELS, THEY ARE PROBABLY THE MOST PRIZED MUSHROOM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN NEBRASKA.

PRETTY SHORT GROWING SEASON AND SO THEY'LL TYPICALLY ONLY APPEAR KIND OF THAT LATE APRIL INTO MAY PERIOD -- INTO MAY TIME PERIOD, BUT THEN THESE MUSHROOMS THEMSELVES WILL ONLY -- WILL ONLY LAST ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

AND SO ONCE THEY -- THIS MUSHROOM IS THE -- UNDERNEATH -- UNDERGROUND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF MYCELIAL FINGERS THAT ARE SPROUTING OUT AND THEN THE MUSHROOMS KIND OF POP UP -- POP UP ABOVE AND THIS IS WHAT WE'RE SEEING, BUT WITH A LOT OF MUSHROOMS WE MAY HAVE MAYBE A MONTH THAT THEY'LL STILL STAY GOOD ABOVE SOIL.

WITH THESE, AGAIN, WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT TWO WEEKS.

AND SOME OF THE WAYS YOU CAN IDENTIFY THEM IS THEY HAVE THIS NICE -- THIS NICE STALK AND THEN JUST KIND OF LOOK ALMOST LIKE A BRAIN INSIDE OF -- ON THE OUTSIDE.

BUT THEN IF YOU CUT ONE OPEN, WHICH WE HAVE RIGHT HERE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY HOLLOW.

AND SO THAT'S ONE WAY TO TELL THE TRUE MOREL APART FROM THE FALSE MOREL.

IF THIS WAS A FALSE MOREL, THERE'D BE A WHOLE BUNCH OF KIND OF COTTONY FIBROUS MATERIAL INSIDE OF IT, BUT TRUE MORELS ARE ACTUALLY HOLLOW BECAUSE UNLIKE MOST MUSHROOMS WHICH ARE VISIDIOMYCES, THESE ARE ONE OF THE FEW MUSHROOMS THAT ARE A ASCOMYCES.

SO I WOULD TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE THESE HAD COME FROM, BUT I'D PROBABLY HAVE TO KILL YOU IF I DID THAT, SO -- [ LAUGHTER ] >> OR YOU'D NEVER FIND THEM THERE AGAIN.

>> THAT'S -- THEY'RE PROBABLY GONE ALREADY, SO.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KYLE, AND YES, WE'RE JEALOUS.

ALL RIGHT, SARAH, YOU BROUGHT A BEAUTIFUL SPRING FLOWERING TREE.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

LITTLE FLOWERS HERE.

SO IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO BRING YOU SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, THAT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL TO SHOW.

AND RIGHT NOW PAWPAWS ARE IN FULL BLOOM AND THEY HAVE THESE REALLY UNUSUAL LITTLE FLOWERS THAT ARE THIS KIND OF PRETTY BURGUNDY BROWN COLOR AND WHEN THEY HANG ON THE TREE THEY'RE NODDING, SO THEY HANG -- THEY KIND OF HANG DOWN LIKE LITTLE BROWN BELLS.

AND YOU'VE PROBABLY REMEMBER -- LOREN IN THE PAST TALKING ABOUT HARVESTING PAWPAW FRUITS IN THE FALL SO THESE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A FRUIT THAT WILL HANG ON THE TREES IN THE SUMMER.

THEY'LL -- THEY'LL BE GREENISH UNTIL THEY'RE READY TO BE HARVESTED.

IN THE SUMMER THE TREES HAVE RATHER LARGE LEAVES WHICH GIVES THEM SOMEWHAT OF A TROPICAL LOOK.

BUT THEY'RE AN UNDERSTORY TREE SO THEY TEND TO STAY PRETTY SHORT, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY IN THE 25 TO 30 FOOT HEIGHT RANGE.

THEY LIKE TO GROW EITHER IN THE SHADE OF OTHER TREES OR -- OR IN SOME LIGHTFUL SUN.

SO JUST KIND OF A FUN LITTLE UNUSUAL TREE.

IF YOU'RE INTO EATING FROM YOUR LANDSCAPE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT PAWPAW.

>> AND THEY'RE JUST LOVELY IN FLOWER.

ALL RIGHT, JODY, YOU GET THE FIRST ROUND OF PICTURE QUESTIONS.

THE FIRST TWO PICTURES COME TO US FROM A LINCOLN VIEWER, SHE HAS A SIX TO SEVEN YEAR OLD SARGENT VIBURNUM AND KIND OF CURLED UP LEAVES, THEY -- THEY'RE JUST NOT LOOKING RIGHT.

SHE'S WONDERING IF THESE ARE THE PRE-CURSOR TO APHIDS AND THEN THE BASE IS ALSO BAD TOO, SO -- SHE SAID SHE FOUND SOME TREATMENTS FOR THESE, BUT SHE'S NOT SURE WHAT SHE SHOULD DO ABOUT IT.

SO IS SHE RIGHT AND WHAT SHOULD SHE DO?

>> YEAH, SO THESE ARE -- THEY -- LOOKS LIKE APHID DAMAGE.

THERE IS AN APHID WHICH ATTACKS THAT TYPE OF VIBURNUM AND IT'S CALLED THE SNOWBALL APHID.

AND THE TREATMENT FOR THAT IS USUALLY WHEN THE BUDS BEGIN TO BREAK, YOU CAN SPRANG HORTICULTURE OIL OR INSECTICIDAL SOAP ON THAT WHEN THE TIPS ARE ABOUT TWO INCHES AND THEN REPEAT THAT.

BUT IF SHE FOUND THEM AND IF YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR THE APHIDS, THEY ARE ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAVES MOST OFTEN, CAUSING THAT DISTORTION, AND THEY ARE SUCKING THE SAP OUT OF THE LEAVES.

BUT THEY ARE THIS REALLY COOL LIKE BLUE -- THEY LOOK LIKE KIND OF SWEET CANDY, LIKE THIS POWERED SUGAR KIND OF ON THESE LITTLE APHIDS.

SO GO LOOKING FOR THOSE AND IF YOU'VE GOT THEM THEN YOU WANT TO TREAT FOR THEM.

>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT, NOT PRUNE THE BRANCHES OFF?

>> I MEAN THEY SHOULD COME BACK IF -- IF SHE GETS THE APHIDS OFF THEN WE CAN ALSO SPRAY THEM WITH HOSE AND WATER.

>> OKAY, THANKS.

YOU HAVE TWO QUESTIONS -- OR PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE ALSO.

THIS IS A NORTH PLATTE VIEWER.

THEY'VE LIVED IN THIS HOME FOR 40 YEARS.

THEY HAVE THESE NEW VISITORS WITH THESE GREEN BODIES AND A STRIPE.

WHAT ARE THEY AND WHY ARE THEY IN THE HOUSE?

AND HOW CAN THEY GET THE GUESTS TO LEAVE?

>> OKAY, SO THEY LOOK LIKE ELM LEAF BEETLES AND SO OFTEN THESE OCCUR WHERE THERE'S ELM TREES PLANTED.

SO IT COULD BE PARKS OR YOU COULD HAVE THEM IN YOUR LANDSCAPE, BUT THEY HAVE A TENDENCY TO OVER WINTER IN HOUSES LIKE MANY OF OUR OTHER -- LIKE BOXELDER BUGS AND THE LADYBUGS THAT OVER WINTER SO THEY'VE -- KIND OF GET IN IN THE FALL SO THEY'VE PROBABLY BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND THEY'RE TRYING TO GET OUT.

BEST THING TO DO TO MANAGE THOSE ARE TO VACUUM UP WHAT YOU'RE SEEING AND THEN SEAL UP THE HOUSE PRETTY TIGHT IN THE FALL SO THEY DON'T GET IN NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, JODY.

TERRI, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A McCOOK VIEWER AND SHE THINKS THIS IS BINDWEED.

THE LEAVES OF EACH OF THESE ARE DIFFERENT.

SHE'S WONDERING IF SHE HAS TO KILL IT OFF AND THEN SHE SAYS IT'S NOT REALLY HURTING ANYTHING WHERE IT IS SO -- SO WHAT IS IT AND WHAT DO WE THINK ABOUT THIS?

>> SHE'S RIGHT IT'S BINDWEED.

THE FIRST PICTURE I THINK WHY THE LEAVES LOOK A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IS IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN KIND OF A PATIO AREA AND I THINK WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS THEY'RE CONTINUALLY KIND OF CUTTING IT OFF SO IT'S KIND OF GOT A VERY SHORT NODE AND THE LEAVES ARE KIND OF A LITTLE BIT BIGGER AND THEY'RE KIND -- IT'S KIND OF WHAT WE DO FOR ORNAMENTAL PLANTS WHEN WE ACTUALLY KIND OF WANT THEM TO BRANCH AND GET A LITTLE BIT FULLER AND STUFF.

SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT LOOK -- WHY THAT ONE LOOKS LIKE THE WAY IT IS.

I MEAN YOU CAN LEAVE IT THERE IF YOU WANT.

I WOULD PROBABLY SUGGEST GETTING YOUR SOIL KNIFE OUT AND GETTING THEM OUT BECAUSE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE BINDWEED EVERYWHERE.

SO I DON'T THINK YOU'D WANT THAT.

>> RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE ALSO.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

THIS IS ALSO A WEED BATTLE.

THEY PURCHASED THE HOUSE LAST JUNE NEXT TO A NEGLECTED LAWN.

SHE WONDERS IS THIS BURDOCK.

AND LARGE PLANT, SPIKEY SEEDS, CHOMPED THEM ALL DOWN, BUT THE ROOTS ARE TERRIBLE.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO GET RID OF THEM AND IS THERE A WAY TO ORGANICALLY CONTROL THEM?

>> SO YOU ARE CORRECT ON YOUR ID.

VERY GOOD.

BURDOCK IS A BIANNUAL SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE ROSETTE FOR THE FIRST YEAR, THEN THE SECOND YEAR YOU'LL GET THE FLOWER.

YOU CAN CONTROL THEM.

THE EASIEST CONTROL RIGHT NOW WOULD BE THE ONES THAT ARE JUST COMING UP.

YOU WOULD WANT TO CONTROL THE ONES THAT WERE THE ROSETTES LAST YEAR IN THE FALL MOST LIKELY BECAUSE THAT WOULD, AGAIN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT BIG ROOT AND YOU WANT TO GET THAT ROOT DOWN.

DON'T LET IT GO TO SEED, SO KEEP CUTTING IT BACK.

IF YOU KEEP CUTTING IT BACK, THEN YOU'RE TAKING THE ENERGY OUT OF IT SO IT WILL KIND OF FAIL ON ITS OWN ANYWAY, BUT ORGANICALLY THE BEST WAY TO DO IT IS YOU'RE GOING TO GET OUT THERE WITH YOUR SOIL KNIFE AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE DIGGING THEM OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, TERRI.

>> WE LOVINGLY CALL THAT WEED "DEVIL WEED" AT MY HOUSE.

>> YOU DO?

>> EXACTLY!

>> OH, WELL -- >> BECAUSE IT'LL HANG RIGHT ON.

>> I'M GLAD IT HAS A LOVING FAMILY.

>> IT'S -- IT IS AWFUL.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE THREE PICS ON THIS FIRST ONE, KYLE.

THIS IS A SPRAGUE, NEBRASKA VIEWER.

SHE HAS A LOT OF BLUE SPRUCE AND MANY OF THEM ARE SUFFERING FROM DEAD BRANCHES IN VARIOUS LOCATIONS ALL ALONG THE TREES.

ANYTHING SHE CAN DO ABOUT THIS?

>> NO.

UNFORTUNATELY AND THAT'S HOW -- WHAT A LOT OF BLUE -- WHAT A LOT OF SPRUCES PERIOD ARE LOOKING LIKE RIGHT NOW.

THERE'S A LOT OF -- LOT OF INJURY THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM WINTER DAMAGE AND SO IF THERE'S JUST KIND OF BARE SPOTS OR DEAD BRANCHES SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE TREE, MOST LIKELY THERE'S SOME SORT OF CANKER PLUS MAYBE SOME -- SOME MAYBE THERE'S A CRITTER THAT WAS FEEDING.

THERE'S MECHANICAL DAMAGE THAT'S ENDED UP KILLING THAT BRANCH.

BUT IF WE'RE SEEING BASICALLY TREE DEATH FROM THE BOTTOM UP, WHICH WE SAW ON THAT LAST PICTURE, THAT DOES LOOK A LOT MORE LIKE ONE OF OUR NEEDLECASTS, WHETHER IT'S RHIZOSPHAERA OR STIGMINA, DOESN'T REALLY MATTER, THEY BOTH BEHAVE THE SAME.

THEY KIND OF MOVE FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE UP AND THE BEST WAY TO CONTROL BOTH OF THOSE FUNGI ARE WITH A -- WITH FUNGICIDE APPLICATIONS STARTING RIGHT ABOUT WHEN THE NEEDLES ARE BEGINNING TO EXPAND AND THEN REPEATING THAT FUNGICIDE APPLICATION EVERY THREE TO FOUR WEEKS AS LONG AS IT'S GOING TO BE WET.

SO LUCKILY IT DOESN'T STAY WET IN NEBRASKA TOO LONG SO WE CAN TYPICALLY GET BY WITH MAYBE TWO FUNGICIDE APPLICATIONS FOR DECENT CONTROL, BUT YOU WILL NEED TO CONTROL THOSE.

THAT SAID, THESE TREES ARE NOT GOING TO RE-GREEN UP AND I WOULD PROBABLY START THINKING ABOUT REPLACEMENTS.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, KYLE.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE ALSO.

SHE HAS MAY NIGHT SALVIA AND SHE'S GOT THE SALVIA EVERYWHERE AND EVERY PLANT SEEMS TO BE AFFECTED.

IS THIS COLD OR IS THIS SOME WEIRD SALVIA VIRUS?

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S A VIRUS.

IF IT -- WE WOULDN'T EXPECT IT TO BE ON -- ON EVERY ONE OF THEM, ESPECIALLY WITH IT ALL -- THE NEWER GROWTH, I THINK THEY JUST GOT A LITTLE BIT COLD.

I GOT PRETTY COLD LAST WEEKEND SO THE PLANTS DID TOO.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> YOU DIDN'T TURN YELLOW, DID -- >> I DID -- WELL, PARTS OF ME DID.

>> ALL RIGHT, SARAH, TWO PICTURES OF THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER THAT'S SOUTHWEST OF LINCOLN BY ABOUT 30 MILES.

SHE HAS A CHERRY TREE WITH PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE ON ONE BIG LIMB.

SHE'S WONDERING IF SHE SHOULD PRUNE IT BACK OR CUT IT OFF AND THEN CUT DOWN THE TREE.

IS THIS CHERRY A GONER?

>> SO IT DEPENDS IN MY MIND ON HOW -- HOW NICE THE CANOPY THIS TREE IS PUTTING ON.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR FRUIT TREES TO HAVE EITHER JUST BARK DEATH LIKE THIS DUE TO POSSIBLY SUN SCALD OR A CANKER OR SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINE, BUT OFTEN TIMES THOSE BRANCHES CAN LIVE FOR A WHILE BEFORE THEY KICK THE BUCKET.

SO IF THE OVERALL TREE LOOKS REALLY REALLY HEALTHY ASIDE FROM THIS WOUND THEN I WOULD SAY YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND LET IT GROW AND HARVEST FROM IT FROM A WHILE -- FOR A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.

BUT IF OVERALL THE TREE IS LOOKING THIN AND WEAK AND, YOU KNOW, NOT BLOOMING WELL, THEN IT COULD BE THAT THIS TREE IS JUST STARTING KIND OF A DOWNWARD SPIRAL AND IT'S TIME TO LET IT GO AND REPLANT SOMETHING ELSE.

SO LOOK AT HOW THE OVERALL TREE IS DOING.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, SARAH.

AND YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE HAS A LINDEN.

IT'S BEEN DOING THIS -- AND THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE SHE SENT.

IT'S BEEN LIKE THIS FOR THREE YEARS.

SHE WONDERS IF THIS IS JAPANESE BEETLE DAMAGE OR NOT ENOUGH WATER.

>> NO, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT JAPANESE BEETLE DAMAGE.

AND SO I'M A LITTLE CURIOUS AS FAR AS WHAT SHE'S REFERRING TO.

WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THIS PICTURE, I WAS THINKING THAT THE QUESTION WOULD BE ABOUT THAT GIRDLING ROOT THAT'S COMPRESSING THE SIDE OF THE TRUNK.

AND IF -- IF THAT'S THE CASE, IT COULD BE THAT THE BARK IS ACTUALLY STARTING TO COMPRESS THE TRUNK ENOUGH THAT THAT BARK ABOVE IT IS DYING.

BUT AGAIN, IF THE GIRDLING ROOT IS ONLY ON ONE SIDE OF THE TREE AND THE REST OF THE TREE IS STILL ABLE TO MOVE WATER WELL, THEN THE TREE MAY BE STILL PRETTY VIABLE AND YOU STILL MAY BE ABLE TO LEAVE IT IN YOUR LANDSCAPE, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY MORE YEARS.

SO LOOK AT HOW THE OVERALL TREE IS PERFORMING AND HOW WELL IT LEAFS OUT AND HOW THICK OF A CANOPY IT HAS.

AND USE THAT AS KIND OF AN INDICATION TO TELL YOU WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SARAH.

WELL, A FEW WEEKS AGO, WE SHOWED YOU SOME NEW PRODUCTS AT THE GARDEN CENTER, BUT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT PLANT MATERIAL.

RIGHT NOW, TODD FALLER FROM FALLER LANDSCAPES WILL SHOW US SOME NEW COLORFUL ORNAMENTALS FOR YOU TO TRY THIS SEASON.

♪ >> TODAY, I'D LIKE TO SHOW SOME OF THE NEW ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS WE ARE USING HERE AT THE STORE THIS YEAR.

AND I'LL TELL YOU WHETHER IT IS AN ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL AS WE GO THROUGH IT, BECAUSE WE KIND OF HAVE THEM MIXED, HERE.

THE FIRST ONE IS VERBENA, BLACK VELVET.

AND IT REALLY DOES LOOK LIKE BLACK VELVET, THE BLOOM IS JUST A STUNNING DARK PURPLE BLOOM.

VERBENA ARE TOUGH, ANYWAY.

WE PUT THEM IN FULL SUN.

YOU CAN TRIM THEM, GIVE THEM HAIRCUTS, IF YOU NEED TO, IF THEY HANG OVER PLANTERS.

USE THEM IN GROUND BEDS OR JUST IN PLANTERS AS IS.

HANGING BASKETS.

BUT A BEAUTIFUL DARK COLOR TO SET LIGHTER COLORS OFF.

SOME OF THE BEGONIAS, WE LIKE USING BEGONIAS.

AND IT IS NOT LIKE THEY'RE ALL NEW, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE REPEATS.

BUT WE'RE JUST GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THEM.

THE BEGONIAS OF TODAY ARE NOT THE BEGONIAS THAT WE HAVE USED BEFORE.

FOR INSTANCE, THE NONSTOPS WE USE IN FULL SUN OR FULL SHADE, IT'S KIND OF AMAZING WHAT WE CAN GET AWAY WITH.

THE NONSTOP BEGONIAS, WE DO IN ABOUT THREE COLORS.

ALSO, THERE ARE SOME WEEPING BEGONIAS AND A SPECTRUM BEGONIA THAT JUST DOES BEAUTIFULLY IN FULL SUN FOR US.

IT HAS A SMALLER BLOOM THAN THE NONSTOPS.

TO SET OFF A LITTLE MORE COLOR, YOU CAN USE WHITES OR GRAYS.

WE HAVE A WEEPING ARTEMISIA CALLED "GLACIER."

STAYS REALLY LOW BUT GIVES YOU THAT CONTRAST OF WHITE OR SILVER.

ALL OF THOSE ARE ANNUALS.

A COUPLE OF THE PERENNIALS, WE HAVE A NEW VERONICA CALLED PURPLEGUM CANDLES.

AND IT IS FULLER AT THE BASE, A LOT OF THE VERONICA'S OF THE PAST HAD STEMMINESS AT THE BOTTOM, ALL YOU SAW WERE STEMS.

NOW WE'RE INTO ONES THAT ARE BRED SO THEY'RE FULLER FROM THE GROUND UP, WHICH MAKES THEM USABLE AGAIN.

I WAS KIND OF TIRED OF THE OLD ONES THAT LOOKED REALLY STEMMY.

A SALVIA THAT WE JUST LOVE IS CALLED ROSE MARVEL.

HUGE BLOOMS FOR A SALVIA, DOESN'T GET REAL TALL.

LEAVES ARE LARGER.

IT ALMOST GLOWS IN THE DARK IN THE LANDSCAPE, JUST A BEAUTIFUL SALVIA.

THOSE TWO ARE PERENNIALS.

A COUPLE ANNUALS.

THE ANNUALS THAT I LIKE ARE PETUNIAS, BECAUSE THEY BLOOM ALL SUMMER.

THEY CAN TAKE FULL SUN, BEATING HOT AREAS.

GRAPE ICE IS THE DARK PURPLE ONE.

AGAIN, IT ALMOST GLOWS IN THE DARK, IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.

A REALLY DARK CENTER, AND THEN THE LIGHTER PURPLE AS YOU GO OUT TO THE OUTER EDGE.

AND THEN, PICCADILLY CIRCUS IS A BI-COLOR.

KIND OF ONE OF THOSE HAPPIER, CHEERY-LOOKING PETUNIAS, ALMOST LIKE A HULA HOOP TYPE.

AND THEN FINALLY, WE'VE GOT SOME CORAL BELLS.

THOSE ARE PERENNIAL, OR WE HOPE THEY ARE.

SOMETIMES YOU GET WINTERS THAT MAY KNOCK THEM, BUT WE HAVE LIKED THE NORTHERN EXPOSURE SERIES.

TODAY, WE'VE GOT NORTHERN EXPOSURE BLACK AND NORTHERN EXPOSURE SILVER.

BOTH OF THEM HAVE THE DARK FOLIAGE THAT CONTRASTS WITH THE LIGHT PINK BLOOMS, ALMOST A WHITISH BLOOM.

SO THESE MAY BE SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN TRY IN YOUR OWN GARDEN, WHETHER ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL.

SOMETHING NEW TO TRY AND COME CHECK US OUT.

GARDEN, WHETHER ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL.

SOMETHING NEW TO TRY, SO, COME CHECK US OUT.

>> WE HOPE YOU WILL GIVE SOME OF THOSE A TRY THIS SEASON.

AND WE WANT TO SAY THANKS TO TODD AND FALLER LANDSCAPES FOR HELPING US PRODUCE THIS FEATURE.

WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM HIM AGAIN NEXT WEEK, HE'LL FOCUS ON FIR TREE SELECTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, JODY, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM SOMEONE WE KNOW IN OMAHA, SCOTT.

AND A CLIENT BROUGHT IN THIS PRIVET, THINKING IT WAS WINTER DAMAGE OR ANOTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE.

WHAT IS IT FOR REAL?

>> THIS IS WITCHES' BROOM, AND IT'S JUST A CLUSTER OF ABNORMAL GROWTH THAT'S ON THE BRANCHES.

IT CAN BE CAUSED BY INSECTS, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE CAUSED BY IT CAN BE CAUSED BY INSECTS, BUT IT ALSO CAN BE CAUSED BY PHYTOPLASMAS, WHICH I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT.

BUT VIRUSES AND FUNGAL -- >> STUFF.

OTHER STUFF.

>> A PHYTOPLASMA IS A BACTERIA THAT THINKS IT IS A VIRUS, IS THE EASY WAY TO DESCRIBE IT.

>> PERFECT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE ALSO, JODY.

THIS IS A BLOOMINGTON VIEWER.

IT APPEARS THAT THESE ARE DAMAGING THE LEAVES ON HIS APPLE TREE.

HOW DOES HE TREAT?

>> THESE ARE APPLE FLEA BEETLES, SO THEY JUMP IF YOU TOUCH THEM.

THEY'VE GOT REALLY STRONG HIND LEGS BUT THEY ARE ALSO GOOD FLYERS.

IF YOU'RE STILL SEEING THEM FEEDING ON THE APPLE LEAVES LIKE THIS, YOU CAN TREAT THEM WITH NEEM AND THEN REPEAT AGAIN IN, LIKE, 14 DAYS.

>> ALL RIGHT, TERRI, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

HE IS ASSUMING THIS IS TALL FESCUE.

HE'S TRIED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING TO KILL IT.

AND THEN HE HAS TRIED A CHEMICAL OF SOME SORT.

HE IS WONDERING IF IT'S ONLY AVAILABLE TO COMMERCIAL APPLICATORS.

CLOSE -- [ LAUGHTER ] SOMETHING UNPRONOUNCEABLE.

>> SO, NO, IT IS NOT A RESTRICTED USE CHEMICAL.

BUT I COULD NOT FIND ON THE LABEL -- I DID LOOK UP THE LABEL, AND I COULD NOT FIND WHERE YOU WOULD TREAT THE FESCUE.

THIS IS MORE LIKE A FORAGE ONE.

SO, I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY -- HOW MUCH OF THIS IS IN HIS LANDSCAPE.

SO, IF HE IS JUST DIGGING UP ONE OR TWO, I WOULD JUST GO OUT AND DIG UP ONE OR TWO AND GET RID OF IT.

AND THEN JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE TREATING YOUR TURF CORRECTLY, AND PUTTING THE FERTILIZERS ON, AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF, AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.

>> AND SEND US MAYBE A PICTURE OF THE WHOLE YARD, SO WE CAN SEE WHAT IT IS.

OKAY.

WE HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, TERRI.

THIS IS A LODGEPOLE, NEBRASKA VIEWER.

SIMPLY WONDERING WHAT KIND OF TURF THIS IS.

IT GREENS UP LATE AND GOES DORMANT EARLY.

>> YEP, SO THIS IS A WARM SEASON TURF.

THIS IS WINDMILL GRASS.

THAT REAL, FINE WAS KIND OF THE GUESTS AND I DID ACTUALLY DO A LITTLE CALL OUT TO ROCK, JUST TO DOUBLE CHECK THAT I WAS GUESSING AT THIS ONE CORRECTLY.

BECAUSE YOU CAN'T SEE ALL THE PIECES THAT YOU NORMALLY I.D.

TURF WITH.

SO IT IS A WARM SEASON TURF.

YOU CAN KEEP IT IN YOUR TURF IF YOU WANT, JUST KNOW THAT IT IS GOING TO NOT GREEN UP UNTIL LATER, WHEN IT WARMS UP, AND THEN IT'S GOING TO BROWN UP LATER.

SO, IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF IT, THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A NONSELECTIVE HERBICIDE, OR YOU CAN USE MESOTRIONE TO DO THAT, WHICH IS TENACITY.

THAT WILL CONTROL IT, BUT YOU HAD A VERY LARGE AREA, SO, IF YOU DON'T MIND IT, I WOULD JUST LEAVE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, TERRI.

TWO PICTURES FOR YOU ON THIS ONE, KYLE.

I'M CALLING IT A VERY SCARY SERVICEBERRY.

MULTI STEM SERVICEBERRY, IT IS NOT LEAFING OUT AS MUCH AS IT USUALLY DOES.

HE IS WONDERING IF IT IS DAMAGED FROM FREEZES, AND WILL IT COME OUT OF IT.

AND THEN, HE'S GOT SOME SORT OF ODD-LOOKING STRANGE COLORS ON THE SPENT FLOWERS.

>> YEAH, FORTUNATELY, I THINK THERE'S ARE A FEW SCARY THINGS WITH THIS SERVICEBERRY THAT ARE OCCURRING.

THE LACK OF LEAVES MAKES ME WONDER IF THERE'S NOT SOME SORT OF ROOT ISSUE, POTENTIALLY A ROOT ROT OR SOME OTHER PROBLEM THAT'S KIND OF AN ONGOING ISSUE.

THE COLD WEATHER THAT WE HAVE HAD CERTAINLY IS NOT HELPING THINGS.

AND THEN, WITH THE ODD COLORATION ON THOSE FLOWERS, THAT IS ALMOST LOOKING A LITTLE BIT LIKE SERVICEBERRY RUST, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR GYMNOSPORANGIUM RUSTS, SIMILAR TO CEDAR APPLE RUST, BUT WITH THIS ONE, INSTEAD OF A NICE GALL ON THE CEDAR TREES, WE GET A SWELLING THAT WILL TURN A LITTLE BIT ORANGE ON THE CEDAR TREES, BUT THEN WE WILL GET THAT SWOLLEN FLOWERS ON THE SERVICEBERRYS AS WELL.

SO, I THINK THERE'S A FEW THINGS GOING ON.

THE LACK OF LEAVES ARE WHAT I WOULD BE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT.

IF IT DOES NOT LEAF OUT YET THIS YEAR, I WOULD PROBABLY START THINKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.

>> ALL RIGHT, KYLE.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A PERSON IN LINCOLN, WITH JAPANESE TREE LILAC, WHO TOOK THE PICTURES LAST YEAR FOR US.

THREE YEARS OLD, THE LEAVES, THEY ARE WONDERING, IS THIS WEATHER OR DISEASE?

THEY HAVE LEAFED OUT THIS FAR BY NOW.

EACH YEAR, THEY HAVE DONE THIS.

>> SO IT LOOKS EXACTLY LIKE THE LILACS AT MY HOUSE.

THAT IS ALL COLD DAMAGE.

SO THERE IS BACTERIAL BLIGHT THAT CAN SHOW SIMILAR SYMPTOMS, YOU COULD GET SOME BLACKENING OF THE LEAVES, BLACKENING OF THE FLOWERS AS WELL.

BUT AT LEAST ALL THE ONES THAT I HAVE LOOKED AT, I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANY BACTERIAL STREAMING.

AGAIN, MULTIPLE YEARS IN A ROW, IT REALLY DOES SOUND LIKE IT'S AN ENVIRONMENTAL THING.

LUCKILY, WITH THAT AMOUNT OF DAMAGE, I WOULD NOT EXPECT IT TO BE LONG TERM.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

SARAH, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS ELWOOD, NEBRASKA, IN GOSPER COUNTY.

A MAPLE TREE THAT HAS BEEN SHEDDING BARK IS HOW THEY HAVE DESCRIBED IT, FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.

THEY ARE WONDERING, IS IT OKAY?

IS IT A LOST CAUSE?

THE TREE IS ABOUT 33 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

>> I WOULD CONSIDER THAT TO BE A FAIRLY MINOR AMOUNT OF BARK SHEDDING.

SOME TREES JUST DO THIS NORMALLY.

YOU ARE NOT GETTING DOWN TO THE INNER WHITE WOOD OR ANYTHING, THIS IS VERY SURFACE BARK THAT'S FALLING AWAY.

IF THIS IS AS BAD AS IT GETS, I WOULD SAY THIS IS COMPLETELY NORMAL, AND THE TREE IS PROBABLY GOING TO LIVE FOR A LONG TIME.

>> ALL RIGHT, SARAH, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A BENNINGTON VIEWER.

THEY HAVE BEEN NURTURING THIS SHRUB FOR ABOUT SEVEN YEARS, DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

IT'S PURPLE LEAF PLUM, WE THINK, BUT HE IS WONDERING, CAN HE PRUNE IT A LITTLE MORE TIDILY?

>> SURE, YOU CAN.

YOU KNOW, IF THIS WAS GROWING AS A TREE WITH A CENTRAL TRUNK IT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT SITUATION, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN GROWING IT AS A SHRUB FOR MANY YEARS.

SO, IF YOU CUT SOME OF THOSE STEMS DOWN, THE SHRUB WILL PROBABLY JUST SEND UP MORE NEW STEMS FROM THE BASE OF THE CROWN.

SO YOU CAN EITHER TAKE SOME STEMS ALL THE WAY DOWN AND THIN IT OUT, AND BRING SOME OF THE WIDTH IN, OR YOU COULD TAKE OFF SOME OF THE HEIGHT AND SOME OF THE LENGTH ON THE BRANCHES.

EITHER WAY IT WOULD BE FINE.

>> THANK YOU, SARAH.

WELL, WE HAVE SOME COOL SEASON CROPS ALREADY POKING OUT OF THE GROUND, AND A FEW PANSIES IN CONTAINERS IN OUR GARDEN.

TERRI JAMES SAYS WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER TO PLANTING IN THE MAIN GARDEN.

LET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO SEE WHAT'S NEW IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

♪ >> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, WE ARE JUST ABOUT READY TO PULL ALL THOSE PLANTS OUT OF THE GREENHOUSE.

THE EVENINGS ARE NOW GOING TO START WARMING UP.

WE ARE GOING TO HOPE FOR A LITTLE BIT OF RAIN THIS COMING WEEK, SO WE'RE HOPING TO BE ABLE TO GET PLANTS OUT OF THE GREENHOUSE, HARDENED OFF, AND THEN PLANTED WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS.

BUT FIRST, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON SOME OF OUR CONTAINERS.

SO, THOSE COOL SEASON PLANTS WILL MOST LIKELY BE COMING OUT.

WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE CONTAINERS READY FOR THE SUMMER WITH ADDING NEW SOILLESS MIX, ADDING THE SOIL RELEASE FERTILIZER, AND THEN GETTING THEM PLANTED.

SO, IF YOU ARE REALLY LOOKING AT AND EXCITED ABOUT ADDING THAT POP UP COLOR ACROSS YOUR LANDSCAPE AND INTO THOSE LITTLE NOOKS AND CRANNIES WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING, TRY THINKING ABOUT ADDING A CONTAINER.

WE ARE ALSO READY TO GET OUR RAISED BEDS UP AND GOING, SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE SOME COOL RAISED BEDS, STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK THEM OUT.

♪ >> THE WEATHER IS WARMING.

WE SHOULD BE GETTING OUR PLANTS IN THE GROUND IN A COUPLE WEEKS, PROBABLY.

IT IS TIME FOR US TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

COMING UP ON THE SHOW IS THE LIGHTNING ROUND AND THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

STAY TUNED FOR MUCH MORE "BACKYARD FARMER," RIGHT AFTER THIS.

♪ [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, JOHN FECH WILL GIVE US SOME TIPS ON SPRING CARE FOR NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS.

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

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

RIGHT NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

SARAH, YOU HAVE A BIG LIST.

SO WE'LL SEE HOW WELL YOU'LL DO.

>> LET'S DO IT.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO SAYS HIS TULIPS ARE GREAT, BUT HE WANTS TO SEPARATE THEM.

DOES HE NEED TO LET THEM DRY AND WHEN DOES HE SEPARATE?

>> YOU NEED TO LET THE FOLIAGE LIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE TO REGENERATE THOSE BULBS.

WHEN IT STARTS TO DIE BACK NATURALLY, YOU CAN DIG THEM UP, SEPARATE, AND REPLANT.

>> SECOND VIEWER SAYS HIS DAFFODILS DIDN'T FLOWER THIS YEAR, WILL THEY FLOWER NEXT YEAR IF HE LEAVES THEM ALONE?

>> MAYBE.

IF THEY DID NOT FLOWER THIS YEAR, IT INDICATES THEY ARE LOSING VIGOR.

UNLESS YOU DO SOMETHING, THEY MAY JUST CONTINUE TO LOSE VIGOR AND NOT BLOOM AGAIN.

>> THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO WONDERS IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH FLAMETHROWER REDBUD.

>> NO, I AM NOT.

NOT VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT ONE.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO SAYS THE JUNE BEARING AND EVER BEARING STRAWBERRIES ARE NOT ALL COMING UP THE SAME.

IS ONE EARLIER OR LATER THAN THE OTHER?

>> EVER BEARING WILL USUALLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SMALL CROP EARLY IN THE SEASON, AND THEN THEY WILL KIND OF SCATTER THROUGH THE REST OF THE SEASON.

BUT THEN THE JUNE BEARING WILL COME UP WITH A BIG FLUSH OF BERRIES IN JUNE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A PAPILLION VIEWER, WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER THEY SHOULD USE A ROOT FEEDER TO WATER DEEPLY.

>> NO, I DON'T LIKE TO RECOMMEND THAT BECAUSE YOU COULD POTENTIALLY PUSH THAT ROOT FEEDER DOWN IN THE GROUND BELOW A GOOD PORTION OF THE ROOTS, SO I THINK IT IS BETTER TO WATER FROM THE SOIL SURFACE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, SARAH.

NICE JOB.

KYLE, READY?

>> LET'S ROCK 'N ROLL.

>> WE HAVE A LOGAN, IOWA VIEWER WHO HAS A MOONGLOW PEAR, IT STARTS OUT WELL, THEN THE LEAVES TURN BLACK AND THE SEASON ENDS POORLY.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> SCAB.

>> AND THAT SAME LOGAN VIEWER IS GOING TO WONDER WHAT TO DO.

>> YOU CAN APPLY FUNGICIDES TO IT, BUT HONESTLY, IF THE TREE IS CONTINUING TO LEAVE OUT YEAR AFTER YEAR, LEAVES ARE OVERRATED.

SO, TREES CAN DROP SOME LEAVES.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER THE ISSUE WITH DOWNY MILDEW IN IMPATIENS IS GONE.

SO IS THE PLANT SAFE TO USE IN GARDENS?

>> NO, THE ISSUE IS NOT GONE.

IT WILL COME BACK.

>> IS HOSTA VIRUS X PREVALENT HERE?

A VIEWER SAW IT, THEY THINK.

>> I AM KIND OF HESITANT TO ANSWER THIS ONE REALLY, BECAUSE IT LEADS TO A LOT MORE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOSTA VIRUS X. HOSTA VIRUS X IS PRETTY UBIQUITOUS, IT'S NOT EVERYWHERE, BUT WE CAN FIND IT MOST PLACES.

>> WHAT IS THE FIRST SIGN OF VIRUSES THAT MIGHT BE IN THE SOIL?

THIS IS FROM A COLUMBUS VIEWER.

>> IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE TYPE OF PLANT, BUT IF YOU HAVE A SOIL BORNE VIRUS, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT PLANT, AS IT'S FIRST COMING UP, TO KIND OF HAVE THOSE VIRUS SYMPTOMS.

>> THAT WAS PRETTY GOOD ON THE FLY.

[ LAUGHTER ] OKAY, TERRI, ARE YOU READY?

>> YEP.

>> THIS IS TWO OMAHA VIEWERS, ASKED THE SAME QUESTION.

WHEN DO THEY PUT DOWN THEIR CRABGRASS PREVENTER?

>> YOU SHOULD ALREADY HAVE IT DOWN.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS HOW YOU KILL BROADLEAF WEEDS IN A MICRO CLOVER LAWN WITHOUT KILLING THE MICRO CLOVER.

>> YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO -- PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO GO OUT THERE WITH YOUR SOIL KNIFE AND JUST DO IT BY HAND.

>> WHAT IS THE INGREDIENT IN A CHEMICAL, IF YOU ARE SEEDING A NEW LAWN, THAT WILL GET RID OF THE WEEDS BUT NOT HURT THE SEEDLINGS?

>> THAT WOULD BE THE MESOTRIONE, THAT'S THE "TENACITY."

IT'S VERY HARD TO FIND.

>> THIS IS A NORTH BEND VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW YOU CONTROL SANDBURS IN THE LAWN.

>> I WOULD PUT A PRE-EMERGENT DOWN.

I WOULD DO IT IN TWO STEPS.

NORMALLY, WE SAY TO DO IT -- YOU ARE FURTHER WEST, SO, YOU ARE PROBABLY DOING IT NOW FOR YOUR CRABGRASS.

THEN, DO IT ABOUT THREE TO FOUR WEEKS LATER TO DO IT FOR THOSE WARMER SEASON CROPS.

>> AND NORTH BEND IS NORTH OF HERE.

>> I THOUGHT YOU SAID SOMETHING ELSE.

>> YOU THOUGHT I SAID NORTH PLATTE.

>> I DID.

>> JODY, ARE YOU READY?

>> SURE.

>> YOU'RE FIRST ONE IS APPARENTLY, THEY HAVE HIBISCUS, AND HE IS CALLING THEM A JAPANESE BEETLE HAVEN.

THEY ONLY EAT THE FLOWERS.

>> OH, YEAH, THEY LOVE IT.

>> HE IS WONDERING, IF HE JUST TRANSPLANTS THE HIBISCUS, WILL THE GRUBS GO WITH IT, OR REALLY STILL HAVE JAPANESE BEATLES?

>> THE GRUBS MIGHT NOT GO WITH YOU, BUT THE JAPANESE BEATLES WILL FIND IT.

I ACTAULLY PULLED MINE OUT BECAUSE I COULD NOT HANDLE IT ANYMORE.

>> THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER MASON BEES ACTUALLY LIVE AROUND HERE.

>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.

THEY SHOULD BE ANYTIME NOW, THEY ARE ONE OF THE EARLIER STEM NESTING BEES.

THE SAME A VIEWER IS WONDERING WHETHER MASON BEE HOUSES WORK, AND IF HE CAN BUILD ONE.

>> YOU CAN.

MASON BEES NEED A SOMEWHAT LARGER DIAMETER HOLE THAN THE QUARTER-INCH.

BUT YES, THERE ARE A LOT OF PLANTS YOU CAN USE TO BUILD ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS VIEWER IN BELLEVUE THAT SAYS THERE LAWN COMPANY WANTS TO SPRAY THE WHOLE LAWN FOR MOSQUITOES, AND SAYS IT WON'T KILL POLLINATORS.

IS THIS A YES OR NO.

>> I DO NOT RECOMMEND THAT, UNLESS YOU ARE HAVING A REAL PROBLEM WITH MOSQUITOES.

THAT'S USUALLY ADULT MOSQUITOES, SO I WOULD DO YOUR PREVENTION FOR THE LARVAE, AND DUMP STANDING WATER.

>> WE HAVE ONE MOTH EVERY NIGHT FLYING INTO A HOUSE.

ANY IDEA?

>> A MOTH?

IT'S ATTRACTED TO LIGHT.

THE ONES I HAVE BEEN GETTING ALL WEEK IS THE ARMY WORM.

>> AWESOME.

NICE JOB, ALL.

>> WHO WON?

IT WAS A TIE.

SARAH, PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

>> YEAH.

THESE ARE SOME GREAT PLANTS, HERE.

I REALLY LOVE THIS PLANT RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS VARIEGATED SOLOMON'S SEAL.

IT IS A WONDERFUL LITTLE PLANT FOR THE MORE SHADED AREAS OF THE LANDSCAPES.

IT THE GROSS FROM A RHIZOMATOUS ROOT SYSTEM, AND IT WILL SLOWLY SPREAD THROUGHOUT AN AREA.

IT'S NOT CONSIDERED INVASIVE AT ALL.

IT HAS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FLOWERS THAT HANG DOWN, AND THEY WILL TURN INTO A GREENBERRY THAT COMES DOWN, BUT YOU WILL PROBABLY NEVER SEE THEM, BECAUSE THE WILDLIFE EAT THOSE BERRIES.

THEY LIKE THEM VERY MUCH.

SO, THE VARIEGATED SOLOMON'S SEAL WILL USUALLY GET TO AROUND TWO FEET, MAYBE A BIT TALLER.

THE REGULAR GREEN SOLOMON'S SEAL GETS MAYBE A BIT TALLER, BUT THEY ARE BOTH GREAT PERENNIALS FOR A SHADE GARDEN.

THEN, IN THE FRONT, WE HAVE AMERICAN BLACKCURRANT, WHICH IS A LITTLE MORE UNUSUAL, COMPARED TO SOME OF THE MORE COMMON CURRENTS WE SEE.

BUT, OBVIOUSLY, BLOOMING RIGHT NOW IN THE SPRING.

YOU'LL HAVE BERRIES THAT WILL COME ON LATER IN THE YEAR.

SO, A NICE SHRUB, AGAIN, FOR A SUNNY OR PART SHADE AREA.

>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU, SARAH.

ALL RIGHT, JODY, YOUR FIRST PICTURE COMES TO US FROM REMBRANDT, IOWA.

WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS INSECT IS.

THIS VERY FIRST ONE.

I THINK WE HAVE JUST ONE PICTURE.

HE PUT SOME IN SOME MONEY NEXT TO IT.

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

IT'S ONE OF THE MANY ROBUST MOTHS AT NIGHT, BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY HAVE ANY SCALES.

AND I DON'T HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO GO ON, SO I WOULD JUST SAY IT'S A BROWN MOTH.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES FROM OMAHA.

SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS WHOLEY APHIDS COVERING THE CATKINS, OR THE SEEDPODS ON HER PRAIRIE GOLD ASPENS.

IS IT?

>> NO, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE TREE, I BELIEVE.

>> I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT.

>> IF IT WAS WHOLEY APHIDS, THEY ARE ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT TREES.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE EVER BEEN ON ASPENS, BUT THEY ARE ON THE STEM.

THEY FLY AROUND.

YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SEE THEM THAT FAR AWAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE MORE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS NOT A GREAT PICTURE, BUT SHE THOUGHT SHE GOT RID OF THE ANTS IN THE GRASS.

APPARENTLY NOT, THEY KEEP COMING BACK.

HOW DO YOU GET RID OF ANTS IN THE GRASS?

>> THEY ARE PROBABLY REALLY DEEP DOWN.

YOU WILL WANT TO RAKE AS MUCH OF THE PILES AWAY.

THEN YOU WILL LIKELY WANTS TO DO A DRENCH.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE INSECTICIDE.

GET THAT, FOLLOW THE LABEL, MAKE SURE ANTS ARE ON IT.

BE VERY CAREFUL.

>> ALL RIHGT, THANK SO MUCH.

TERRI, THREE PICS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LICOLN VIEWER.

DIFFICULTY WITH BROWN PATCHES IN THE YARD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS.

THEY WERE FAIRLY SMALL, BUT NOW THEY'RE HUGE AREAS OF DEAD GRASS.

THEY DID HAVE A SERIOUS GRUB PROBLEM.

REPLANTED GRASS IN THOSE AREAS.

SO, WHAT DO YOU THINK SHE DOES HERE?

>> SO, PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE GRUBS IS THAT THEY EAT THE ROOTS.

SO, WE HAVE HAD TWO VERY DRY YEARS, NOW.

SO, NOT A LOT OF ROOT SYSTEM, SO IF YOU ARE NOT WATERING DEEP, AND CREATING THAT DEEP ROOT SYSTEM, THEN THAT GRASS IS GOING TO SUFFER.

IT'S GOING TO SUFFER THROUGHOUT THE WINTER.

I BELIEVE THIS ONE MAY HAVE HAD A TREE COMPETITION WITH IT TOO.

SO, THE TREE IS GOING TO BEAT THE TURF OUT.

SO, IF YOU ARE NOT WATERING DEEPLY DOWN, THE TREE IS GOING TO WIN, THE TURF IS GOING TO LOSE.

SO, YOU NEED TO BE AERATING IT.

YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE WATERING IT.

I WOULD BABY IT AS MUCH AS YOU CAN.

YOU COULD PROBABLY STILL GET A LITTLE BIT OF SEED DOWN, AND TRY TO OVERSEED NOW, BUT IT IS BASICALLY GOOD MANAGEMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

GRASS GROWING QUITE WELL WHERE WE HAD A LITTLE DOG WATERING FOR THE WEEKEND.

SO, SHE IS WONDERING WHETHER SHE NEEDS TO GIVE THE REST OF THE TURF SOME FERTILIZER.

>> NO, IT IS FINE.

IT WILL GO AWAY.

IT'S JUST A LITTLE EXTRA NITROGEN.

IF YOU ARE DOING REGULAR MANAGEMENT OF YOUR TURF THE RIGHT WAY, YOU WOULD PUT A FERTILIZER DOWN IN LATE MAY, ANYWAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE YOU NEED TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF AERATING.

IT LOOKS LIKE SOME COMPACTION, SOME OVER SEEDING.

SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE DOGS ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP THEM OFF AREAS, AND GET YOUR TURF UP AND GOING.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE, THIS IS A WHAT IS IT, AND HOW DO I KILL IT?

AND IF WE NEED ANOTHER PICTURE, LET'S JUST TELL HER THAT.

>> WE TOOK A LOOK AT THIS.

WE THINK IT MIGHT BE DOWNEY BROHM.

I CAN'T SEE THE LITTLE HAIRS AND STUFF ON IT.

IT WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO FAR AWAY.

IF YOU COULD SEND ONE IN THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

IF IT IS DOWNEY BROHM, IT WILL BE COMING UP NOW, BUT IT IS BEST TO JUST PULL IT OUT.

DO NOT LET IT GO TO SEED.

>> PERFECT.

KYLE, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM LOVELAND, COLORADO.

THEY'RE FOUR BOSNIAN PINES BEGINNING TO TURN BROWN LAST FALL.

THEY DO GET IRRIGATED AND SUPPLEMENTALLY WATERED.

HE'S WONDERING, IS THIS A DISEASE IN THESE PINES, OR POTENTIALLY JUST ENVIRONMENTAL?

>> I THINK THERE IS SOME ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECT TO IT.

BUT AS I WAS ZOOMING IN ON THESE PICTURES, I COULD OFTEN SEE SOME RED BANDS AROUND THOSE BROWN NEEDLES, AS WELL, AND THAT'S IS PRETTY COMMON WITH DOTHISTROMA NEEDLE BLIGHT.

WHICH, AGAIN, IS GOING TO START AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE, AND THEN CAN INFECT, IT USUALLY INFECTS NEWER NEEDLES, BUT WE OFTEN DON'T SEE THE DAMAGE ON THE NEWER NEEDLES.

WE SEE THE DAMAGE ON THE OLDER NEEDLES.

AND I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN THING WE ARE SEEING HERE.

SO, FUNGICIDE, SOMETHING THAT CONTAINS CHLOROTHALONIL, OR A BORDEAUX'S MIXTURE.

A COPPER PRODUCT WOULD WORK FAIRLY WELL, BUT NOW IS THE TIME YOU WANT TO GET THAT FIRST APPLICATION, AND THEN COME BACK IN ABOUT FOUR WEEKS TO REAPPLY.

>> ALL RIGHT, TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A SILVER MAPLES, AND THIS IS WOOD RIVER.

ONE IS SHOWING BRONZING ON THE WHOLE TREE.

ANY IDEAS ON THIS ONE?

>> IT LOOKS KIND OF COOL.

BUT NO, I DON'T THINK IT IS ANYTHING DISEASE RELATED.

THERE IS A BACTERIAL LEAF SCORER THAT CAN CAUSE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS TO THIS, BUT WITH IT BEING THE ENTIRE TREE, AND ALL THE REST OF THE TREES IN THE LANDSCAPE ARE DOING OKAY, I THINK THERE IS JUST SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS TREE.

I TALKED TO SARAH ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, AND WE REALLY THOUGHT JUST HOLD OFF, WAIT, SEE HOW THIS TREE HANDLES THIS YEAR BEFORE MAKING ANY BIG DECISIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT, SARAH, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS.

THIS IS DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE.

THEY HAVE GONE OVER THE YEARS.

THE ISSUE IS NOT THE WEED, THE ISSUE IS WHAT IS HAPPENING, CAN SHE CORRECT THE TOP OF THIS TREE?

>> ACTUALLY, THIS IS REALLY COMMON IN DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE.

DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE WAS COLLECTED ORIGINALLY AS A MUTATION OFF A STANDARD COLORADO SPRUCE.

WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THIS TREE IS IT IS REVERTING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL GENETICS, AND THE ORIGINAL INTERNODE LENGTH AND LEAF SIZE, AND ALL THAT.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO IN AND PRUNE THIS OUT.

YOU NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHERE IT ORIGINATES ON THE STEM, AND CUT ALL THAT OUT THAT HAS THAT LARGER GROWTH.

AND IF YOU DO THAT, YOU CAN, HOPEFULLY, MAINTAIN THE ORIGINAL DWARF ALBERTA SPRUCE THAT YOU HAD IN YOUR LANDSCAPE.

>> THANKS, SARAH.

TWO PICS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

IT'S A BIG U, LOOKS LIKE MAYBE HAD A LITTLE DAMAGE.

THAT SIDE DOES NOT LOOK GREAT.

ANYTHING OTHER THAN -- IT'S GOT SOME NEW GROWTH ON IT, I THINK.

>> THERE IS NEW GROWTH COMING THERE.

OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED TO IT, BUT AT THIS POINT, I SUGGEST GO IN, CUT OUT THE DEAD BRANCHES, AND GIVE IT SOME GOOD WATER.

I'D MULCH AROUND THE BASE TO HELP MAINTAIN THE OVERALL VIGOR OF THE PLANT, AND SEE IF IT CAN GROW OUT OF IT.

IF IT CAN DEVELOP NEW BRANCHES, OR FILL IN THAT OPEN SPOT.

SO, CUT OUT THE DEAD, GIVE IT GOOD MAINTENANCE.

SOME MULCH AND SOME WATER, AND LET'S SEE IF IT GROWS OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE.

AND THIS IS A LOUP CITY VIEWER, WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS BEAUTIFUL THING IS.

>> THIS IS CLOVE CURRENT.

IT'S ANOTHER TYPE OF CURRENT, COMPARED TO THE ONE WE SAW A FEW MINUTES AGO.

THIS ONE HAS A NICE FRAGRANCE TO IT.

AGAIN, YOU WILL GET EDIBLE FRUITS OFF OF IT AS WELL.

SO CLOVE CURRENT.

>> EXCELLENT, THANKS SO MUCH.

WE CERTAINLY HAD A DRY WEATHER LAST FALL.

WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE IN SOME SPOTS TO GET SOME PRECIPITATION.

IF YOU DID PLANT ANY TREES OR SHRUBS THIS FALL, THEY MIGHT NEED EXTRA ATTENTION GOING INTO THE SPRING MONTHS.

HERE IS JOHN FECH TO TELL US MORE.

♪ >> IT'S SPRINGTIME, AND MAYBE LIKE A LOT OF OTHER VIEWERS, YOU PUT IN A LOT SPRING TREES AND SHRUBS IN ALREADY THIS SPRING.

IF THAT IS THE CASE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONS, THINGS TO DO, THINGS NOT TO DO, AND THINGS THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO DO DEPENDING ON THE LOCAL SITUATION.

FIRST OF ALL, MOISTURE.

WE WANT TO KEEP THE ROOTS MOIST, BUT NOT SOGGY OR DRY.

A LOT OF VIEWERS LIKE TO REALLY TEND AND CARE FOR PLANTS, AND THAT REALLY LEADS TO IN MANY CASES LEADS TO AN OVER DOING OF THE WATER.

USE A SCREWDRIVER, STICK IT IN THE GROUND, PULL IT OUT, AND FEEL THE END OF IT.

IT WILL TELL YOU IF IT IS TOO MOIST OR NOT TOO MOIST.

THE SECOND THING IS, IN ORDER TO COOL THE SOIL TEMPERATURE, AND KEEP THE MOISTURE INTACT, TWO TO THREE INCHES OF WOOD CHIPS AROUND THE BASE OF A TREE CAN REALLY WORK WELL.

AGAIN, TOO MUCH IS TOO MUCH.

AND ALSO, PILING THEM AGAINST THE TRUNK IS NOT SO GOOD.

THAT REALLY EQUATES TO WHAT WE CALL A MULCH VOLCANO.

IT IS NOT GOOD BECAUSE IT PULLED IN TOO MUCH MOISTURE AND ALSO PROTECTS THE PLANT AND CREATES A HAVEN FOR CRITTERS.

SPEAKING OF CRITTERS, THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO THINK ABOUT.

AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREE, YOU NEED SOME CRITTER PROTECTION, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE IN A WILD AND WOOLLY SITUATION.

SO, HARDWARE CLOTH, AND CHICKEN WIRE, THOSE BECOME REALLY GOOD THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT.

THE OTHER THING THAT MAYBE YOU DO IS PROVIDE SOME STAKING FOR THE TREE.

THIS IS IMPORTANT IF YOU ARE IN A WINDSWEPT AREA.

IF YOU'RE IN AN AREA THAT GETS REALLY STRONG WINDS ALL SUMMER LONG, THEN MAYBE SOME LOOSE STAKING IS IN ORDER.

WE CAN DO THIS A VARIETY OF WAYS.

WE CAN USE RIGID STAKES, AND THEN LOOSELY TIES ABSTRACT MATERIAL TO THEM, OR WE CAN USE WHATEVER IS NEARBY, LIKE IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE A FENCE NEARBY.

WE CAN TIE A LOOSE STRING AROUND THAT, AND THEN SOMETHING AROUND THE TREE TRUNK THAT IS NOT TOO TIGHT.

THAT WORKS OUT REALLY WELL, ALSO.

SO, YOU JUST HAVE TO SIZE UP THE SITUATION.

NOW, IN TERMS OF THINGS YOU JUST DON'T WANT TO DO, YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT ON ANY ORDER FERTILIZER AT PLANTING TIME.

WE WANT TO LET THE SOIL ENCOURAGE NEW ROUTES TO GO OFF.

OF COURSE, YOU WANT TO LOOSEN THE SOIL TO LET THE ROOTS GET OUT, BUT THERE IS ALWAYS RISK OF BURNING ROOTS WHEN YOU STARTER FERTILIZER, AND ALSO POSSIBLY CREATING TOO MUCH TOP GROWTH AT THE EXPENSE OF ROOT GROWTH.

SO, NO FERTILIZER AT PLANTING TIME.

ALSO, NO VITAMINS AT PLANTING TIME.

THERE'S NO RESEARCH SUPPORTS THE USE OF VITAMINS.

IN FACT, JUST THE OPPOSITE.

SOME RESEARCH FROM WASHINGTON STATE, AND OTHER LAND-GRANT UNIVERSITIES, INDICATE THAT IT IS NOT HELPFUL AT ALL.

SO, WHY PAY FOR IT?

WHY USE IT?

SO, KEEP ALL THOSE THINGS IN MIND, AND YOU WILL BE OFF TO A REALLY GOOD START GETTING THOSE NEW TREES AND SHRUBS IN FORCE AND HAVING SUCCESS AS THE YEAR ROLLS ALONG.

>> THANKS, JOHN.

AND WE DO HOPE YOUR TREES AND SHRUBS ARE GETTING THE CARE THEY NEED TO GET ESTABLISHED FOR THE GROWING SEASON.

YOU CAN GET TIPS PLENTY OF TIPS ON TREES AND SHRUBS BY SEARCHING FOR VIDEO FEATURES ON THE BACKYARD FARMER YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

WE HAVE HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS WITH TIPS ON THIS, AND MANY OTHER USEFUL TOPICS, AS WELL AS PAST PROGRAMS.

WE DO HOPE YOU WILL USE OUR CHANNEL TO HELP YOU GROW PLANTS THE RIGHT WAY.

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

WE HAVE SEVERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

FIRST, WE ARE STILL HAVING THE WORK CLUB SPRING BEDDING SALE TOMORROW AND SATURDAY, RIGHT HERE ON EAST CAMPUS.

WE HAVE THE OMAHA MEN'S GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE MAY 5th AND MAY 6th, THAT'S IN OMAHA, OBVIOUSLY BASED ON THE SCREEN AND THE NAME.

WE HAVE THE HERBAL SOCIETY 21st ANNUAL PLANT AND BAKE SALE MAY 6th, HERE, IN LINCOLN.

AND WE HAVE THE MAY MUSEUM ANNUAL PERENNIAL PLANT SALE IN FREMONT.

SO, SOME GREAT THINGS FOR PEOPLE TO DO IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR YOU, THIS IS FROM ELKHORN, JODY.

IT'S A COCOON.

THEY ARE WONDERING WHAT IT IS.

GOOD GUY OR BAD?

>> IT IS GOING TO BE A BEAUTIFUL POLYPHEMUS MOTH.

>> THEY'RE SO LUCKY.

>> BY THE END OF MAY OR SO.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

SHE HAD A LITTLE DIFFICULTY, BECAUSE THEY WOULD NOT HOLD STILL.

IT WAS ON A SERVICE BERRY BUSH.

BROWN AND WHITE FUZZY BODY, BLACK TRANSPARENT WINGS, A LONG BLACK BEAK, SPIDERLIKE LEGS.

>> THIS MOST ADORABLE FLY IS CALLED A BEE FLY.

BECAUSE IT IS A BEE MIMIC AND IT FEEDS ON POLLEN AND NECTAR.

>> ALL RIGHT SO, A GOOD GUY.

I THINK WE HAD ANOTHER PICTURE OF THAT FROM ANOTHER VIEWER LAST WEEK.

SO, THEY MUST BE OUT AND ABOUT.

>> YEAH, THEY ARE HARD TO GET PICTURES OF, BECAUSE THEY HOVER AND FLY QUITE FAST.

>> OKAY, LET'S SEE, THIS IS JUST ONE PICTURE FOR YOU, TERRI, COULD BE A MILLION, THOUGH.

THIS IS A BELLEVIEW VIEWER, WITH WHAT HE IS CALLING BACKYARD GREENERY.

HE IS IDENTIFYING IT AS NOT A WEED, BUT SAYING IT IS A WEED.

WHAT CAN WE DO ABOUT IT?

>> IT IS A WEED, AND IT'S NOT WEED.

WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO SHOW YOU SOME IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

>> SO WHAT DOES HE DO ABOUT IT.

>> YOU CAN SPRAY IT.

YOU'LL PROBABLY NEED A THREE-WAY PRODUCT, A BROADLEAF KILLER.

I WOULD DO IT NOW, WHILE IT IS TINY.

ONCE IT GETS BIG, IT IS MUCH HARDER TO GET RID OF.

>> ALL RIGHT, THIS IS A VIEWER FROM LINCOLN, ALSO.

HE SAYS, WHAT IS THIS WEED?

AND HOW AND WHEN DOES HE GET RID OF IT?

>> THAT IS ON A WEED, THOSE ARE VIOLETS.

VIOLETS ARE VERY PRETTY IN YOUR LAWN, SO I SAY LEAVE THEM.

>> HE'S NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY WITH THAT ANSWER, YOU KNOW.

WELL, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF THEM, YOU CAN USE A BROADLEAF WEED KILLER IN THE FALL.

THE BEST TIME TO GET RID OF THESE IS IN THE FALL.

>> ONE MORE, THIS IS A VIEWER IN SPRAGUE, WHO SAYS THIS IS TAKING OVER CRP.

THIS IS CHOKECHERRY, HOW DID THEY GET RID OF THIS?

>> SO, THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS THAT YOU CAN GET RID OF THIS.

ONE WAY IS BURNING, BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME, NOW, BECAUSE OF OUR DRY CONDITIONS.

THERE IS, LIKE, THIS REALLY COOL TOOL THAT YOU CAN GO OUT AND YOU, KIND OF, STICK AT THE BOTTOM.

AND THEN YOU STEP ON IT, AND YOU PULL IT OUT, WHICH IS VERY FUN.

OR, YOU CAN GO OUT, AND YOU CAN CUT IT, AND THEN PUT SOME STUMP KILLER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON IT, RIGHT AWAY, AND DO THAT.

SO, IT, I GUESS, DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH YOU HAVE.

SO -- >> YEAH, A LOT OF IT.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S JUST GONNA KEEP COMING BACK.

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

KYLE, THIS IS A LAWN ISSUE FOR YOU.

HE GAVE US A LOT OF INFORMATION, BLUEGRASS THE LAST TWO -- THREE YEARS, HE HAS PLUGGED AND OVERSEEDED, HE DOES WATER WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

THIS IS WHERE THE SNOW SITS EVERY YEAR.

SO -- SO -- AND HE DOES A SIX-STEP PROGRAM.

SO, IS THIS SNOW MOLD, OR WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING ON, ON THIS?

>> IT -- IT COULD BE SNOW MOLD, CERTAINLY POSSIBLE.

THERE WAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF SNOW MOLD, THIS YEAR, IN AREAS THAT DID GET SNOW.

I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING IT'S PROBABLY MORE LIKELY MELTING OUT, SOME LEAF SPOTTING MELTING OUT.

JUST A VERY -- IT'S A -- THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT FUNGI THAT CAUSE IT.

TYPICALLY, IF YOU HAVE PROPER IRRIGATION, PROPER FERTILITY, IT SHOULD COME BACK JUST FINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE, YOUR NEXT ONE, HERE, IS TWO PICTURES OF A REALLY OLD SCHEFFLERA, CROWN IS SEVEN FEET TALL, GROWING REGULARLY, BUT IT HAS THESE -- THESE FUNKY THINGS ON THE LEAVES.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE OLD BUDDY?

THIS IS FROM FREMONT.

>> I THINK IT'S SOME LEAVES THAT ARE OVERWATERED.

>> OH.

ALL RIGHT.

SO, STOP THE WATERING.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE MORE PIC.

AND THIS IS FUN.

I GAVE IT TO YOU JUST BECAUSE.

IT'S A TULIP LEAF ANOMALY.

THIS IS IN LINCOLN.

AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS LITTLE BIFURCATED LEAF THAT'S BOTH GREEN AND PINK, KIND OF DOWN THERE ON THE STEM OF THE PLANT.

>> YEAH.

THAT'S JUST A -- A COOL MUTATION.

FLOWER PETALS ARE NOTHING BUT MODIFIED LEAVES.

AND, SO, THIS IS JUST A LEAF THAT MODIFIED A LITTLE BIT EARLY.

>> AND A -- A LITTLE BIT LOWER THAN THE FLOWER.

>> YEAH, BUT I -- YEAH, YOU'RE LUCKY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SARAH, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A PHILLIPS, NEBRASKA VIEWER, POPPED UP IN HER TULIPS.

>> THIS IS CROWN FRITILLARY.

FRITILLARY IMPERIALIS.

AND IT'S A BULB, HARDY TO ZONE FIVE.

SO, VERY -- VERY FUN THING.

KEEP IT IN YOUR LANDSCAPE.

>> EXACTLY.

AND THEN, YOU HAVE ONE HERE FROM SHENANDOAH, IOWA.

SHE'S SAYING THESE LITTLE SEEDLINGS POP UP IN MANY OF HER FLOWERBEDS.

SHE DOES NOT SEE THEM IN THE YARD.

THEY'RE IN, BOTH, SUNNY AND SHADY AREAS.

SHE ALWAYS ASSUMES THEY'RE WEEDS.

WHAT ARE THEY FOR REAL?

>> THESE ARE AMERICAN LINDEN SEEDLINGS.

SO, YOU'VE GOT SOME SEEDS FROM A TREE NEARBY THAT IS GERMINATING.

>> IN OTHER WORDS, SHE COULD EITHER START HER OWN NURSERY OF LINDEN OR -- >> RIGHT.

YEAH.

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] YEAH, YOU GROW SOME OF YOUR OWN LITTLE TREES, IF YOU WANT TO.

>> AND THEN, YOUR FINAL TWO PICTURES FOR THE EVENING ARE, A BIRD PLANTED THIS SHRUB IN THE LANDSCAPE ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO.

SHE'S BEEN TRIMMING IT BACK.

AND IT'S GOTTEN REALLY TALL, HAS PINK FLOWERS.

WHAT IS IT?

>> ACTUALLY, THIS IS A CRABAPPLE.

SO, YOU KNOW, BIRDS DO LOVE TO EAT THE CRABAPPLES.

AND THEY CAN MOVE THOSE SEEDS AROUND, YOU KNOW, QUITE -- QUITE READILY.

SO, YOU HAVE MORE OF A SHRUB FORM, RATHER THAN A TREE FORM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LIKE IT, THERE IS NO REASON THAT YOU CAN'T JUST KEEP IT AND LET IT GROW.

>> WELL, AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE FUN THINGS WHERE THE THE BIRDS BRING -- I ACTUALLY HAVE ONE OF THOSE.

I HAVE AN ENTIRE COLONY OF VIBURNUMS.

>> MM-HM.

>> I HAVE ALL SORTS OF ELDERBERRY.

I HAVE CHOKECHERRY.

I HAVE PRETTY MUCH A WHOLE LANDSCAPE THAT IS BIRD-PLANTED.

>> MM-HM.

>> AND, AS WE HAVE ONLY 20 SECONDS LEFT, WHO IS GOING TO GO HOME AND DO SOME WATERING TONIGHT?

YES?

NO.

YES.

>> YES.

>> NO.

>> NO.

>> NO.

>> NOT TONIGHT.

>> NOT TONIGHT.

AND JODY DOESN'T WATER AT ALL.

>> HM-MM.

>> NOT TONIGHT, BUT SOON.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OR DO THIS, CROSS OUR FINGERS AND HOPE FOR RAIN.

>> MM-HM.

>> AND THAT IS REALLY ALL WE HAVE FOR BACKYARD FARMER TONIGHT.

WE DO -- EXCUSE ME.

WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH OUR PANEL.

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

ALSO, A BIG THANK YOU TO RICHARD FOR OUR DELICIOUS COOKIES.

OUR CREW REALLY APPRECIATES IT.

WE HAVE NOT EATEN THEM ON AIR, ALTHOUGH WE WERE REALLY TEMPTED.

WE ALSO HAD PEOPLE HELPING US ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING.

GARY BELL AND TIM DUNGAN.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER," TODD FALLER RETURNS TO SHOW US SOME GREAT SELECTIONS OF FIR TREES.

THERE ARE PLENTY OF HARDY FIRS TO CHOOSE FROM.

THOSE SHOULD WORK IN YOUR HOME LANDSCAPE.

SO, GOODNIGHT, GOOD GARDENING, WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT WEEK, RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

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