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

TONIGHT, ON ""BACKYARD FARMER"," WE WILL HEAR ABOUT BLOOMING PLANTS FOR POLLINATORS AND SEE WHAT TURF HELPS THE HUSKERS WIN GAMES.

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

♪ >>> GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ""BACKYARD FARMER."

I'M KIM TODD.

WE DO HOPE YOU ENJOYED YOURSELF FOR THE FOURTH AND STILL HAVE ALL YOUR FINGERS.

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WE DO NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN SO WE CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD ANSWER.

WITH THAT OUT OF THE WAY, WE ARE GOING TO START WITH SAMPLES.

WAYNE, YOU HAVE TINY CREATURES.

>> I DO HAVE TINY CREATURES.

THEY LIKE TO INVADE PEOPLE'S HOMES.

WHEN WE GET WARM -- I KNOW WE ARE GETTING A LITTLE BIT OF REPRIEVE FROM THE HEAT THIS WEEK.

BUT WE WERE WARMER EARLIER AND IT WAS TIME FOR THE STRAWBERRY ROOT WEEVILS TO START INVADING.

THEY LIKE TO COME AND INVADE.

AND THEY WANDER ALL OVER JUST LIKE THEY ARE WANDERING OVER ME RIGHT NOW.

THEY DON'T HURT ANYTHING.

THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO FIND A COOLER PLACE TO SPEND PART OF THE SUMMER UNTIL IT COOLS BACK DOWN.

THEN, THEY'LL HEAD BACK OUTSIDE.

AND THEY'RE NOT A DANGER TO ANYTHING, INSIDE OR OUT.

DON'T SMASH THEM.

THEY MIGHT LEAVE A STAIN ON THE WALL OR CEILING WHERE YOU SMASH THEM.

BUT BAGLESS VACUUM CLEANER WORKS REALLY WELL, OR JUST A CUP, BECAUSE THEY PLAY DEAD AS SOON AS THEY GET SOMETHING NEXT TO THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

CAPTURE THAT ONE OFF YOUR WRIST.

ROCH, THIS IS A MONOCOT, SO I GUESS WE'LL FORGIVE YOU THAT IT'S NOT REALLY A GRASS.

>> IT'S NOT REALLY A GRASS, BUT WHAT I WANTED TO SHOW HERE, SOMETIMES THINGS MIMIC OTHER THINGS.

YOU KNOW, WE SEE APHIDS LOOK LIKE FINOXANGERI AND WHATEVER.

AND SOMETIMES, THEY GO THE OTHER DIRECTION.

BUT IN THIS CASE, THIS IS ME BEING CLUMSY.

I WAS SPRAYING AROUND THE MAILBOX AND I STEPPED AWAY FROM THE MAILBOX THINKING I HAD ANOTHER STEP WITH THE SPRAYER IN MY HAND.

AND OF COURSE, THE NOZZLE WAS NOT ENGAGED.

AND THEN, I STEPPED OFF THE CURB AND I FELL.

AND WHEN I FELL, I SQUEEZED THE TRIGGER ON THE GLYPHOSATE THING BECAUSE I WAS SPOT SPRAYING FOR WEEDS IN AND AROUND ON THE MULCH BED.

AND THIS IS A DAYLILY, SO THANK GOD, IT WON'T DIE BECAUSE NOTHING CAN KILL A DAYLILY.

BUT YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE DIRECT HIT WAS.

AND IT'S WHERE IT'S VERY DISCOLORED.

YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A LEAF THAT WAS IN THE FRONT AND RIGHT IN DIRECT SPRAY LAGS.

AND THEN, IT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE YOU GET BACK BEHIND THE ONES THAT TOOK THE INITIAL HIT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THESE TINY SPOTS WHICH IS ACTUALLY NOT HERBICIDE INJURY BUT IT'S THE DROPLET OF WATER IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY MAGNIFYING AND BURNING THAT -- THERE YOU GO.

GREAT CAMERA WORK.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THOSE LITTLE SPOTS.

BUT YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF HERBICIDE IN THERE, BUT IT'S BASICALLY, WE SAW THIS INJURY WITHIN THE VERY NEXT MORNING, YOU COULD SEE IT AFTER A WARM, HOT SUNNY DAY.

BUT THE OTHER INJURY ENDED UP SHOWING UP IN ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE I MISDIRECTED AN APPLICATION AND SHOULD PROBABLY NEVER DO THAT EVER AGAIN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ALL RIGHT, KYLE, DEVASTATION IN THE OAKS.

>> YEAH, AND I GOT SOME MORE THINGS THAT KIND OF MIMIC OTHER THINGS.

AND I GUESS NEITHER REALLY A ROT NOR A SPOT.

BUT I HAVE SOME -- SOME OAK LEAVES THAT CAME IN.

AND SO, THIS IS BURR OAK THAT CAME INTO THE DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC.

THIS IS WHAT A BURR OAK LEAF IS SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE.

AND I ACTUALLY DO KNOW THIS ONE, RIGHT?

>> MM-HM.

>> OKAY, GOOD.

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] >> MY PLANT I.D.

IS SPOTTY ON OCCASION.

BUT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.

AND ALL THIS -- ALL THIS FEEDING -- OR KIND OF THIS -- THEY THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME CRITTER THAT WAS FEEDING ALL OVER THEIR OAK LEAVES.

WONDERED IF IT WAS A TRINIDAD SCORPION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IT'S ACTUALLY OAKLEAF TATTERS.

AND SO, THIS IS A PHYSIOLOGICAL ABNORMALITY THAT WE SEE WITH A LOT OF OAKS.

I'VE BEEN SEEING A FAIR AMOUNT OF IT THIS YEAR.

WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT REASON FOR WHY IT OCCURS.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME HERBICIDES THAT HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED TO MAKE SAMPLES -- TO MAKE SYMPTOMS WORSE.

BUT WE HAVE ALSO -- WE CAN ALSO SEE THIS INJURY WHERE WE KNOW THERE IS NO HERBICIDES BEING SPRAYED.

BASICALLY, WE JUST GET THIS -- THE TISSUE BETWEEN THE VEINS IS GONE, AND IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE INSECT FEEDING.

GENERALLY, IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY UNIFORM THROUGHOUT THE TREE.

OFTEN NOT GOING TO CAUSE A MAJOR PROBLEM.

BUT JUST SOMETHING TO KIND OF DEAL WITH AND IF YOU SEE IT, DON'T BE CONCERNED AND DON'T BLAME WAYNE FOR THIS ONE EITHER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, JON, SOME PEPPERS.

>> WELL, I HAVE SOME PEPPERS, AND IT'S BECAUSE THERE IS A SCANDAL BREWING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AND IT'S CALLED JALAPENO GATE.

SO, THESE LOOK SORT OF LIKE A JALAPENO PEPPER, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THE COLOR IS OFF.

AND THIS IS HAPPENING ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HERE'S THE TAG.

THIS GARDENER, HERE NAME IS RACHEL, PICKED THOSE UP.

SO, IT SAYS, "JALAPENO."

IT LOOKS LIKE A DARK GREEN RED JALAPENO.

BUT ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, JALAPENOS ARE SHOWING UP BRIGHT YELLOW LIKE A BANANA PEPPER.

AND SO, THE THEORY IS -- AND I'M GOING TO DO A LITTLE RESEARCH -- BUT IT'S OKLAHOMA, KANSAS, CALIFORNIA, NEBRASKA.

IT'S ALL OVER FACEBOOK.

MY THEORY IS THAT THE SEED SUPPLIER HAD SOME CROSSBREEDING ISSUES WITH BANANA PEPPERS.

BECAUSE IN SOME PLACES, THEY LOOK LIKE JALAPENOS THAT ARE JUST YELLOW.

IN SOME PLACES, THEY GET BANANA PEPPER SHAPES.

AND THEN SOME PLACES, THE PEPPERS ACTUALLY STAND UPRIGHT LIKE THE THAI CHILI PEPPERS.

AND SO, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN JALAPENO PEPPERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

>> INTERESTING.

FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS.

WAYNE, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD THIS BOTH FOR ANIMOLOGY AND PATHOLOGY, BUT WE HAVEN'T REALLY USED THE PICTURES AND WE'RE STILL HEARING IT.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA.

AND IT'S HACKBERRY.

AND IT'S THE CLUSTERS OF LEAVES, THE BALLS OF DYING LEAVES.

THEY SAW A TINY SPIDER.

BUT WHAT ARE THESE THINGS AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT?

>> SPIDER WAS PROBABLY JUST USING THAT AS A HOME.

THIS IS A HACKBERRY, WITCH'S GALL -- OR WITCH'S BROOOM.

EXCUSE ME.

AT LEAST I DIDN'T SAY TRINIDAD SCORPIONS EATING PLANTS.

SCORPIONS ARE PREDATORY.

COME ON, KYLE.

>> I -- >> YOU KNOW, I'M NOT AN ENTYMOLOGIST.

SO, THIS IS AN INTERACTION BETWEEN AN AREAFIED MITE AND ONE OF KYLE'S FRIENDS, A POWDERY MILDEW.

>> AND NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT.

>> NOPE.

NOPE.

EVEN CUTTING IT OUT ISN'T EFFECTIVE, SO -- >> ALL RIGHT.

>> RESISTANT SPECIES TO GET RID OF IT.

>> OKAY, EXCELLENT.

YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

AND SHE FOUND THIS BEAUTIFUL CREATURE ON A HOUSE FOUNDATION.

SHE'S GOT LOTS OF TREES AND SHRUBS.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT IT IN ADDITION TO WHAT IS IT?

>> OKAY.

IT IS A PANDORA SPHINX MOTH.

THE CATERPILLARS FEED ON GRAPE AND VIRGINIA CREEPER.

SO THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE.

THEY'RE NOT USUALLY A BIG PROBLEM TO THOSE PLANTS, BUT THEY'RE MOTHS CERTAINLY ARE NICE TO LOOK AT.

>> THEY REALLY ARE BEAUTIFUL.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> ROCH, YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM ALLIANCE.

THIS LAWN IS THINNING, IT HAS DEAD PATCHES.

HE DOES SAY THEY SAY THEY SOMETIMES FOLLOW THE MOWER TRACKS.

I DID TALK TO EXTENSION, THEY THOUGHT MAYBE FUNGUS.

THE LAWN CARE PEOPLE THOUGHT TURF BLIGHT.

THEY HAVE BECOME SLAVES TO LAWN CARE.

THEY HAVE 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF TURF AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

>> I AM GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, THE GENERAL THINNING AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOING ON A LOT ACROSS ALL OF NEBRASKA.

ESPECIALLY EASTERN.

WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE RAINFALL AND THE STRIPING HAPPENS IN THE MOWER TRACKS CAN EITHER THE SOIL COMPACTING UNDERNEATH AND THEY ARE NOT ROTATING THEIR LONG PATTERN.

OR IF THEY ARE ROTATING THERE MOW PATTERN THEN THERE IS A PHYSIOLOGICAL THING THAT HAPPENS.

WHERE THE SOIL IS DRY AND THE LAWN HAS A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE, IT WILL CRUSH THE CELLS AND THEY TURN BROWN IN TRACKS.

SO IT'S BEEN A BAD YEAR FOR A LOT OF SPECIES AND THE LAWNS HAVE SUFFERED, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE USED TO A LAWN THAT YOU RARELY WATER.

AND NOW ALL OF SUDDEN YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN WATERING IT AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN.

SO I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S THE GENERAL DECLINE.

THAT LAWN LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE GOOD RECOVERY BUT IF IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT IS RECOVERED MUCH IN THIS COOL WEATHER AS WE GET INTO FALL, THEY MIGHT CONSIDER OVER SEEDING.

>>ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU ROCH.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

AND THIS ONE IS ZOYSIA LAWN.

SIGNIFICANT PATCHES AND SHE OVER SEEDED IT WITH TALL FESCUE, IN PLACES THE ZOYSIA SUCCMMBED LAST YEAR.

BUT THE FESCUE DID NOT.

AND HER QUESTION IS, WILL THE FESCUE SPREAD FROM THE CLUMPS OR SHOULD SHE OVERSEED?

AND IF SO, HOW DOES SHE PREPARE FOR THAT?

>> SO BASICALLY, THIS IS NOT GOING TO SPREAD AND FILL IN TALL FESCUE THEY SAY IT SPREADS, IT REALLY DOESN'T.

NOT AT THE LEVEL OF THAT BLUEGRASS DOES.

CERTAINLY THEY NEED TO RUN AN ERROR FIRE OVER THAT IN THE FALL AND OVERSEED WITH SAME CULTIVAR THEY PLANTED ORIGINALLY.

OR THE BLEND OR MIXTURE THEY HAD AND THANK GOD THEY ARE GETTING RID OF THAT ZOYSIA GRASS.

>> AND YES, WE DID HAVE THAT BACK AND FORTH IN COMMON.

ON YOUR VERY FAVORITE GRASS.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS, ROCH.

>> THIS ONE, KYLE, IS FOR YOU.

THIS IS A MASTER FARMER FROM WAHOO.

SHE FOUND A SEEDLING IN A FLOWER BED.

SHE THINKS IT IS AN OAK.

SHE DOESN'T THINK IT IS FEROCIOUS.

SHE WONDERS IF IT WILL CONTINUE IF THE PLANT GROWS OR REVERT TO PLAIN GREEN.

AND SHE IS WONDERING IF SHE SHOULD APPLY FOR A PATENT.

>> YOU COULD.

SO I ACUTALLY RECEIVED SOME SAMPLES OF AN OAK LEAF LAST FALL THAT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THIS AND REALLY IT LOOKS VIRAL.

BUT COULD NOT FIND ANY VIRUSES IN THERE.

AND REALLY, WE THINK IT IS JUST A MUTATION.

SO APPLY FOR THAT PATENT AND MAYBE YOU WILL BE RICH.

AND YOU CAN ENDOW THAT MONEY TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

>> ABSOLUTELY.

TO THE PATH LAB RIGHT?

>> MHMM.

>> YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS GREAT, THIS WOMAN IS IN WISCONSIN AND HER SISTER LIVES IN NEBRASKA.

RECOMMENDED US.

SO SHE WAS OUTSIDE THE OTHER NIGHT AND SHE SAW A LIGHT, THAT FIRST PICTURE WAS FROM THE EDGE OF THE LAWN.

SHE DIDN'T THINK THERE WAS ANY METAL OR GLASS.

SHE WENT OVER AND LOOKED AT IT AND IT WAS ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE THAT HAD FALLEN OVER.

SHE WENT OUT AND FOUND THE NEXT PICTURE DONE BY THE ROOTS.

SHE COULDN'T REALLY TELL WHAT WAS GOING ON.

>> THIS IS AWESOME.

SO THIS IS SOME SORT OF BIOLUMINESCENT FUNGUS IS MOST LIKELY WAS GOING ON.

THERE ARE QUITE A FEW OF OUR COMMON MUSHROOMS THAT CAN BIOLUMINESCENCE IN THE RIGHT ENVIRONMENT.

AND SO A LOT OF THEM, WE THINK ABOUT OUR KIND OF PATHOGENIC LIKE ARMILLARIA.

WE WILL TYPICALLY SEE A LOT OF FRUITING BODIES AT THE BASE OF A TREE.

BUT ARMILLARIA CAN BIOLUMINESCENT IN THE RIGHT CONDITIONS.

MYCENA, SOME OF OUR INKY CAP MUSHROOMS CAN ALSO BIOLUMINESCENT.

BUT I GUESS THERE YOU JUST HAVE A HIGH MAT, WHAT THE ACTUAL FUNGUS IS I'M NOT SURE.

BUT IT'S PROBABLY FEEDING ON THE DECOMPOSING TREE THAT HAD FALLEN.

AND JUST SOMETHING REALLY, REALLY COOL TO LOOK AT.

THIS SHOULD PROBABLY BE PATENTED IN ALL HONESTY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

JOHN, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

SHE HAD A LINDEN THAT WAS TOPPED, OVIOUSLY.

UNFORTUNATELY.

THIS IS IN THE BENSON AREA, AND THEN WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE DOUBLE LEADERS THAT STILL HAS SOME SPROUTS ON IT.

WHAT DO THEY DO ABOUT THIS?

IS THIS A GONER OR WHAT?

>> I THINK THIS ONE IS A GONER AND I THINK I READ IN THE NOTES THAT THEY HAD SOMEONE DO SOME PRUNING ON IT.

AND IT'S JUST PROBABLY, AND TOPPING A TREE IS NEVER A GOOD IDEA.

AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST BEEN IMPROPERLY PRUNED.

WITH THAT TOPPING.

THESE WATER SPROUTS THAT ARE COMING OUT, THAT IS A SIGN THAT IS THE DEATH THROES OF THE TREE.

SO EVENTUALLY YOU JUST NEED TO CUT THAT ALL THE WAY DOWN UNFORTUNATELY.

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

THIS COMES TO US FROM WAHOO.

IT IS TREE OF HEAVEN, IT'S 50 FEET TALL AND 15 FEET AROUND.

THE LEAVES ARE GETTING A LITTLE SPARSE AND SOME DEAD AREAS.

BUT HE'S WONDERING IF THERE'S ANYTHING HE CAN DO TO HELP IT OR JUST ENJOY IT WHILE HE'S GOT IT.

>> YOU CAN PRUNE IT UP AND SORT OF MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE NICER.

BUT IT IS ON ITS WAY OUT.

AND TO BE HONEST, TREE OF HEAVEN IS ACTUALLY AN INVASIVE SPECIES IN NEBRASKA.

IT MIGHT BE A MALE TREE SO IT IS NOT PRODUCING FRUIT AND SPREADING BUT IT CAN STILL CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.

I THINK IT IS SHORT-LIVED.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT IS AN INVASIVE SPECIES IN NEBRASKA.

AND MUCH OF THE U.S. >> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU, JOHN.

WELL YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT OVERESTIMATE THE IMPORTANCE OF POLLINATORS.

SO FOR OUR FIRST FEATURE, SCOTT EVANS IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT DIFFERENT BLOOMING SEASON AND HOW THAT HELPS SUPPORT POLLINATOR HABITAT.

♪ >> WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CREATING POLLINATOR HABITATS BEFORE ON THIS SHOW.

YOU CAN FIND THOSE EPISODES AND SEGMENTS ON OUR "BACKYARD FARMER" YOUTUBE PAGE IN CASE YOU NEED REFRESHERS OR IF YOU ARE JUST STARTING OUT.

BUT TODAY, WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF A HABITAT, THAT IS THREE SEASONS OF FLOWERS.

WE KNOW THAT INSECTS ARE ACTIVE EARLY SPRING TO LATE FALL, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE ARE PROVIDING THE FLORAL RESOURCES THAT THEY MIGHT NEED.

WHEN IT COMES TO OUR SPRING BLOOMING PLANTS, SOMETIMES WE JUST THINK ABOUT TULIPS AND DAFFODILS.

BUT WE KNOW THEY ARE NOT PROVIDING THE RESOURCES FOR OUR INSECTS.

WE WANT TO INCORPORATE PLANTS SUCH AS THE WILD GERANIUM, THE GROUND PLUM, A LOT OF OUR HISTAMINES DO VERY WELL HERE.

BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LIMIT JUST TO PERENNIALS.

WE CAN INCORPORATE SMALL SHRUBS AND TREES INTO THE LANDSCAPE SUCH AS THE VIBURNUM, WITCH HAZEL, THE FRENCH TREE AND EVEN THE RED LIP.

THEY PROVIDE A LOT OF SHELTER FOR THE HABITAT AND THEY HELP EXTEND THE BLOOM SEASON.

WHEN IT COMES TO SUMMER, WE WANT TO WORK WITH PLANTS THAT HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT FLOWER SHAPES, COLORS AND SIZES.

WE CAN WORK WITH CONE FLOWERS, GOLDEN RODS, LIATRIS, THERE'S A LOT OF PLANTS WE CAN WORK WITH.

WHEN WE'RE GOING TO THE GARDEN CENTER NOWADAYS, WE ARE SEEING CULTIVARS OF OUR NATIVE PLANTS.

WE DO KNOW THAT NATIVE PLANTS ATTRACT NATIVE INSECTS.

SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CULTIVAR, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT PLANT CLOSELY RESEMBLES THE SPECIES TYPE.

SO THAT WAY WE ARE MUCH MORE PRODUCTIVE FOR THE INSECTS.

WHEN WE START LOOKING AT SOME OF OUR INTRODUCED PLANTS THAT ARE NOT INVASIVE SUCH AS THE HOSTA THAT DOES REALLY WELL, IN THE SHADE -- IT PROVIDES A LOT OF RESOURCES FOR OUR INSECTS.

DON'T FORGET ABOUT OUR GRASSES LIKE LITTLE BLUESTEM OR EVEN OUR BIG BLUESTEM.

AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR ANNUAL HERBS SUCH AS BASIL, ROSEMARY, PARSLEY, DILL.

IF WE LET THOSE GO TO BLOOM, WE CAN INVITE MORE INSECTS INTO THE LANDSCAPE.

WE ALSO KNOW THAT DILL AND PARSLEY IS THE LARVAE HOST FOR THE BLACK SWALLOW BUTTERFLY.

WHEN IT COMES TO FALL, OUR PALLET STARTS TO SHRINK.

WE KNOW THAT WE CAN WORK WITH OUR FALL BLOOMING ASTERS.

THERE ARE SOME GREAT GOLDEN RODS SUCH AS WICHITA MOUNTAINS, IT DOES REALLY WELL IN THE LANDSCAPE AND DOESN'T TEND TO SPREAD.

SO THIS SUMMER, WHEN YOU'RE IN THE GARDEN TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE GAPS AND BLOOM TIMES AND SEE WHERE YOU CAN START FILLING IN TO MAKE YOUR POLLINATOR HABITAT MORE SUCCESSFUL AND PRODUCTIVE FOR THE INSECTS.

>> THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND.

AND OF COURSE, WE HOPE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF SEASONAL INTEREST IN YOUR LANDSCAPE.

NOT JUST FOR THE BEAUTY BUT TO HELP THOSE POLLINATORS THRIVE, SO EVERYBODY CAN EAT.

ALL RIGHT, WAYNE, ROUND TWO.

THIS COMES TO US FROM RURAL WESTERN OTOE COUNTY.

CAME ACORSS THIS DUDE IN A NEIGHBOR'S GARDEN.

HE THOUGHT IT WAS AN ORDINARY ARMY WORM ON SOME SPINACH, BUT THEN THESE "EGGS" IN QUOTES -- ON THE BACK OF THE THING.

HE SAID HE THINKS THEY LAY THEIR EGGS ON LEAVES, NOT ON THEMSELVES.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE?

>> WELL, THEY ARE NOT EGGS.

THEY'RE NOT EGGS FROM THE CATEPILLAR.

CATERPILLARS DON'T LAY EGGS.

THE ADULT MOTHS OR BUTTERFLIES DO.

THIS IS A YELLOWSTRIPED ARMY WORM.

AS AN ENTOMOLOGIST THIS IS A FANTASTIC PHOTO.

YOU'VE GOT EITHER AN ENDO PARASITE THAT HAS BEEN INSIDE, AND HAS NOW COME OUT.

AND IS ABOUT READY TO LEAVE AND MAKE COCOONS.

OR YOU'VE GOT AN ECTO PARASITE THAT LIVES ON THE OUTSIDE AND BASICALLY SUCKS THE BLOOD OUT OF THE CATERPILLAR AND FEEDS AND GROWS THAT WAY.

EITHER WAY, THAT CATERPILLARS IS A GONER.

>> GREAT PHOTO.

NOT SOMETHING YOU GET TO SEE EVERY DAY.

>> YEAH.

PRETTY COOL.

>> BUG PEOPLE ARE WEIRD.

>> I KNOW.

>> ALL RIGHT -- >> AT LEAST WE'RE NOT ON SHROOMS.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

SHE JUST WANTS TO KNOW SOME THINGS ABOUT THIS BEAUTIFUL BEETLE.

>> IT'S A DOG BANE LEAFED BEETLE.

THEY ARE SPECIFIC TO DOG BANE, THEY FEED ON THAT AND SO DO THE LARVAE.

THEY ARE A VERY ATTRACTIVE, SHINY BEETLE.

BUT THEY STICK TO THEIR DOG BANE.

>> SO THE HEMP DOG BANE THAT CHERYL TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK, THIS WOULD'VE GOTTEN RID OF THEM.

>> YEAH THEY TEND TO FIND THAT PRETTY RARELY.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU WAYNE.

SO YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

AND THEY COME TO US FROM DENTON ROCK OR WEST LINCOLN.

DESPITE REGULAR WATERING, THE LAWN SEEMS TO BE GOING DORMANT.

HE DOES WANT TO OVERSEED THIS FALL SO HE IS REALLY WONDERING WHETHER HE SHOULD JUST STOP WATERING ENTIRELY OR WHAT TO DO TO REESTABLISH GOOD TURF HERE.

>> SO THE FIRST THING I SEE WHEN I SAW THAT PICTURE BEFORE I READ THE DESCRIPTION IS A VERY POORLY WATER DISTRIBUTION PROBABLY -- AND I KNOW IT'S GOT AN INGROUND SYSTEM, YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE PICTURES.

I AM GOING TO GUESS THAT IN DENTON AND SOME REGIONS WEST OF LINCOLN, YOU HAVE SOME WATER QUALITY AND QUANTITY ISSUES AS WELL AS PRESSURE ISSUES.

I AM GOING TO SAY THAT SYSTEM ISN'T DELIVERING WHAT IT SHOULD BE AND THAT'S WHY YOU GET THE GREEN AROUND THE HEAD AND NOT OUT ON THE PERIMETER.

BECAUSE SPRINKLERS ARE TRIANGULATED AND THEN YOU GET THE OVERLAP AND ALL THE OTHER STUFF.

SO FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, THEY EITHER NEED TO BE CLOSER TOGETHER --OR THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING.

SO I WOULD GET A PROFESSIONAL OUT THERE TO LOOK AT THAT BEFORE I DID ANYTHING.

BEFORE I WASTED ANY MORE MONEY.

YOU CAN THROWN OUT SOME TUNA CANS AND CATCH THE WATER AND MEASURE THEM.

SEE HOW THE DISTRIBUTION IS.

BUT REALLY AT THE DAY, IT TAKES A PROFESSIONAL TO GO IN THERE AND LOOK AND SEE IF THEY NEED TO PUT A POWER BOOSTER OR A PUMP ON THAT TO DELIVER THE KIND OF PRESSURE THAT THEY NEED.

BUR RIGHT NOW I THINK YOU'RE SEEING AN UNDER CHARGED IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND THE ONLY WAY TO FIX THAT IS WITH ENGINEERING.

NOT WITH PLANT SCIENCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

THANKS, ROCK.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE ALSO.

THIS ONE IS FROM BELLEVUE.

SO HE'S GOT STRIPS OF GREEN STRIPES AND THE GRASS LOOKS GREAT, THEN THE SECTIONS ARE NOT GREEN.

HE SAID THIS APPEARED AFTER THE YARD WAS FERTILIZED.

>> YEAH THIS ONE IS A BIT OF STUMPER BECAUSE NORMALLY WHEN WE SEE TRACKING FROM TIRES, IT'S BROWN.

OCCASIONALLY IN MY 35 YEARS, WE'VE SEEN WHERE FERTILIZER HAS BEEN CRUSHED BY A MOWER.

WHETHER IT'S A RIDING MOWER OR A WALK BEHIND MOWER AND THEY ACTUALLY THEY GET A SUPERQUICK RELEASE OF FERTILITY.

AND SO THEY SEE GREEN STRIPING.

BUT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SAY THAT IS INDEED WHAT IS GOING ON.

THE LAWN ITSELF LOOKS LIKE IT'S IN PRETTY GOOD HEALTH WHERE IT'S GREEN.

SO THERE COULD BE WATER DISTRIBUTION ISSUES.

BUT NORMALLY THE STRIPES ARE BROWN AND EVERYTHING ELSE IS GREEN.

THIS IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE.

SO I AM SPECULATING MAYBE THERE WAS SOME CRUSHING OF FERTILIZER.

OBVIOUSLY THERE COULD BE SOMETHING ON THE TIRES THAT CAUSED IT TO GO GREEN BUT I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING BUT FERTILIZER THAT WOULD DO THAT.

SO IF THEY WANT TO SEND MORE INFORMATION, WE WILL TRY TO ADDRESS IT.

>> OKAY SO IF THEY WANTED TO ACTUALLY MAKE EVERYTHING GREEN, FERTILIZER?

OR JUST WAIT TILL FALL?

>> I THINK IT IS A FERTILITY RESPONSE.

AND I'D JUST PUT MORE FERTILIZER ON.

A GOOD REMEDY FOR A NON-TURF PERSON.

>> I TELL YOU WHAT -- I HAVE GREEN TURF.

OR SOMETHING GREEN THAT I MOW.

>> YEAH I WAS GOING TO SAY YOU MOW SOMETHING THAT'S GREEN, KIM.

>> KYLE, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS SEVERAL CATALPA TREES, THEY ALL FACE EAST, SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS THEY'VE ALL BEEN DOING FINE.

ONE IN THE LAST WEEK OR TWO HAS STARTED TO DO THIS.

AND THEY ARE SIX MILES SOUTH OF BLAIRE.

SO WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING ON?

>> YEAH, THIS IS FAR FROM THE ONLY CATALPA TREES AROUND HERE THAT ARE DOING THIS.

I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT'S DOING THAT, AS WE WERE TALKING BEFORE THE SHOW.

THERE'S A FEW MORE.

AND I SUSPECT THAT WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME SORT OF CANKER ISSUE.

A LITTLE BIT FURTHER BACK.

CATALPAS WILL GET VERTICILLIUM.

I DON'T THINK THIS NECESSARILY LOOKS LIKE VERTICILLIUM.

BUT I WOULD BE CURIOUS TO FOLLOW THOSE INFECTED BRANCHES BACK AND SEE IF THERE IS NOT SOME SORT OF WOUND THAT IS BASICALLY PREVENTING MOISTURE AND WATER FROM GETTING ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE LEAVES.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE VEINS THAT ARE STILL GREEN BUT BETWEEN IS ALL DEAD.

>> ALL RIGHT AND I THINK YOU HAVE ONE MORE THAT IS ALSO A CATALPA.

AND THIS ONE COMES FROM OMAHA.

SO IT'S PROBABLY THE SAME THING.

>> I SUSPECT IT IS.

AGAIN, KIND OF THE LOWER BRANCHES AS WELL.

OH AND THIS WAS THE SCORCH AS WELL.

>> THEN WE GO TO THE OAK.

>> THIS IS THE OAK.

WE JUST HAVE FAIRLY UNIFORM, AGAIN INTERVEINAL NECROSIS, BUT THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL LEAF SCORCH.

CAUSED BY ADVERSE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

TYPICALLY WE SEE IT KIND OF THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE TREE.

NORMALLY IT'S NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WHAT WE DO SEE IT START TO SHOW UP ONCE IT GETS HOT.

EVEN THOUGH IT'S COOL NOW IT WAS HOT NOT TOO LONG AGO.

>> WE HAVE SOME OAKS ON CAMPUS THAT HAVE STARTED TO DO THAT ON THE SOUTH SIDE AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT.

JOHN, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

AND THIS IS A ROCHA VIEWER.

THEY HAVE A THREE-YEAR-OLD WHITE PINES.

AND THE NEEDLES ARE BEGINNING TO TURN BROWN.

HE'S SAYING SEVERAL TREES.

THEY ARE WATERED EVERY TWO WEEKS UNTIL WE HAD A VERY RECENT RAIN.

AND THIS PART OF ROCHA I THINK LOOKS LIKE IT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE NEWER DEVELOPMENT AREAS DOWN THAT WAY TOWARD THE BYPASS -- SORT OF LOCATIONS.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> I THINK THAT EVERY TWO WEEKS IS DEFINITELY NOT ENOUGH FOR THESE.

SO EVERGREENS REALLY DO DRY OUT PRETTY EASILY.

WE GET THAT BROWNING ON THOSE.

SO IF WE HAVE THESE WHITE PINES.

ESPECIALLY NEWER TREES, THE ROOTS AREN'T AS ESTABLISHED.

I THINK ALL THE DAMAGE YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS FROM -- JUST IT'S BEEN HOT, IT'S BEEN DRY AND THEY HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH WATER.

UNFORTUNATELY WITH EVERGREENS LIKE THIS WITH CONIFERS, IF YOU HAVE WHOLE BRANCHES THAT HAVE TURNED BROWN THEY DON'T REALLY REGROW.

SO IF YOU HAVE COMPLETELY DEAD AREAS OF THAT TREE, BASICALLY YOU HAVE TO PRUNE ALL THAT AREA OUT BECAUSE IT IS NEVER REALLY GOING TO REGROW.

>> AND AGAIN IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLOR OF THE REMAINING NEEDLES ALSO, THEY WERE A LITTLE BIT TOO YELLOW.

PROBABLY.

>> YEAH.

>> SO MAYBE THE MOISTURE IS NOT GETTING DOWN INTO THE BALL.

WHICH CAN HAPPEN I THINK WITH A BIGGER TREE LIKE.

>> TRUE.

>> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

>> YEAH, I THINK THERE IS JUST SEVERAL ISSUES GOING ON WITH THOSE TREES.

>> ALRIGHT, SO WATER MORE.

>> WATER MORE.

>> ALRIGHT.

SO YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM RURAL MALVERN, IOWA.

THIS IS ONE PICTURE, AND IT'S A SPRING SNOW FLOWERING CRABAPPLE.

SHE DID SAY IT FROZE LAST SEASON, SO SHE'S SAYING EARLY SPRING OF 2023.

SO PROBABLY HAD ONE OF THOSE TERRIBLE FREEZES GOING ON.

THIS YEAR, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

SHE IS WONDERING CAN IT BE SAVED?

THEY'D LIKE TO SAVE ALL OR PART OF IT IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

IS THAT A POSSIBILITY?

>> I MEAN YOU CAN SAVE PART OF IT.

WOULD I?

PROBABLY NOT.

SO YOU HAVE TO SIT BACK AND THINK IF THE DEAD HALF OF THE TREE IS GONE, AND I GOING TO LOVE WHAT'S LEFT?

AND IT'S GOING TO BE NOT THE BEST QUALITY TREE, NOT THE BEST LOOKING TREE.

SO IT IS POSSIBLE JUST TO CUT OUT THAT DEAD AND LEAVE WHAT IS LIVING.

BUT I DON'T THINK I WOULD DO THAT.

I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE HAPPIER IF YOU JUST GO AHEAD AND CUT THAT OUT AND REPLACE IT.

>> ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JOHN.

WE HAVE CRAB APPLES DROPPING LIKE FLIES IN LINCOLN.

ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IN OUR GARDEN ARE ALL OF THE ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS.

TERRI JAMES HAS PICKED ONE OUT THIS WEEK FOR US TO FOCUS ON OUT AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

JAMES HAS PICKED ONE FOR US TO FOCUS ON OUT AT THE BACKYARD FORMER GARDEN.

♪ >> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, WE ARE GOING TO START LOOKING AT OUR 2023 ALL-AMERICA SELECTION WINNERS.

REMEMBER, THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE TRIAL GARDENS AND WERE THE BEST OF THE BEST.

AND WE GET TO DISPLAY THEM FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

SO THIS WEEK, WE ARE GOING TO LOOKING AT THE FIRST ONE, THE SNAPDRAGON DOUBLE SHOT ORANGE BICOLOR.

THIS ONE IS REALLY GOOD ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT REALLY LIKE SNAPDRAGONS.

IT HAS HELD ONTO THROUGH HEAT, IT LOOKS FANTASTIC.

IT'S A DOUBLE FLOWER.

AND IT'S A BRIGHT ORANGE AND IT REALLY KIND OF STANDS OUT IN OUR GARDEN.

AS YOU KNOW, IT'S AN ANNUAL HERE.

IT WILL TAKE FULL-TO-PART SUN.

WE HAVE IT PLANTED IN BEDS BUT ACCORDING TO THE JUDGES, YOU ONLY NEED THREE IN ABOUT A 10-14 INCH CONTAINER TO FILL IT OUT AND LOOK FANTASTIC FOR THE WHOLE SUMMER.

BUT REMEMBER, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ADD THOSE SPILLERS IN THERE TO MAKE YOUR CONTAINER LOOK GREAT.

SO STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK OUT THIS FANTASTIC SNAPDRAGON DOUBLE SHOT ORANGE BICOLOR FLOWER.

ASTIC SNAPDRAGON DOUBLE SHOT ORANGE BICOLOR FLOWER ♪ >>> THOSE REALLY ARE JUST GORGEOUS.

THEY'VE ALSO DONE PRETTY WELL DESPITE THAT HEAT.

TIME FOR A SHORT BREAK.

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

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

FARMER AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

[Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] >>> WELCOME BACK TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'RE GOING TO SEE A TURF PROJECT ON THE HUSKER FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELDS.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN THOSE QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446 OR SEND US PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU FOR A FUTURE SHOW.

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

ALRIGHT, YOU ARE UP FIRST JOHN.

ARE YOU READY?

>> IS A JALAPENO YELLOW?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> SOMETIMES.

>> SOMETIMES.

>> ALRIGHT, YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US WE ARE NOT SURE FROM WHERE, BUT HE IS TRANSPLANTING ASPARAGUS FROM POTS.

HE RESCUED IT AND HE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN HE CAN MOVE IT TO HIS FOREVER HOME.

>> I WOULD WAIT UNTIL THE FALL WHEN IT'S NOT AS HOT AND DRY.

>> ALRIGHT.

THIS IS A McCOOK VIEWER WHO SAYS THE POTATOES HAVE SMALL BRANCHES ON TOP THAT LOOK LIKE TOMATOES.

WHAT ARE THOSE AND WHAT SHOULD SHE DO ABOUT THAT?

>> THOSE ARE THE FRUIT OF THE POTATO PLANT.

THEY ARE RELATED TO TOMATOES.

YOU CAN JUST LEAVE THEM.

>> ALRIGHT.

THIS IS A WESTERN IOWA VIEWER WHO SAID IN THAT FOURTH OF JULY STORM A TREE TIPPED ITSELF OUT OF THE GROUND.

CAN IT BE JUST STUFFED BACK IN AND RE-STAKED OR SHOULD THEY GIVE IT UP?

>> I WOULD GIVE IT UP.

>> ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO HAS, ACTUALLY, PEACHES THAT ARE JUST LOADING DOWN HIS TREE.

HE WONDERS IF HE SHOULD GO AHEAD AND THIN THEM OR JUST LET THEM BE.

>> IF IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BREAK THE BRANCHES, GO AHEAD AND THIN THEM.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A SPENCER, IOWA VIEWER WHO STARTED APPLES FROM SEED.

THE THREE TREES HE HAS DIDN'T BLOOM AND THEY DON'T CREATE APPLES.

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

>> WELL IF IT IS A SEEDLING THAT YOU STARTED FROM SEED, IT CAN TAKE MANY MANY YEARS FOR THAT TO PRODUCE.

IT'S A STANDARD TREE.

SO YOU MIGHT NOT GET PRODUCTION FOR 10, 12, 15 YEARS.

>> ALRIGHT.

THANK YOU JOHN, NICE JOB.

ALRIGHT.

ARE YOU READY?

>> BORN READY.

>> BORN READY.

OKAY, YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM AUBURN, KYLE.

THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT HYDRANGEAS AND SEVERAL OF THEM HAVE RED LEAF SPOTS.

IS THAT GOING TO BE FATAL OR WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?

>> IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE FATAL.

IT COULD BE A RAMULARIA LEAF SPOT.

OR A CYCLOSPORA.

I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT TOO MUCH.

>> ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO BOUGHT CORN AT A FARMERS MARKET, THEY DON'T SAY WHERE THEY WERE.

AND IT HAD CORN SMUT ON THE END OF IT.

>> LUCKY.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> AND THEY ARE WONDERING IF IT'S OKAY TO COMPOST THAT OR WILL THAT TURN INTO GROSSNESS ALL OVER THEIR LANDSCAPE?

>> YEAH, YOU CAN COMPOST IT OR YOU COULD JUST FRY IT UP WITH A LITTLE BIT OF OLIVE OIL AND EAT IT.

>> ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE SOMEBODY ASKING US WHAT EXACTLY DOES SPREAD THE LAWN FUNGI?

>> I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON WHAT LAWN FUNGUS WE ARE THINKING ABOUT.

BUT BASICALLY ANY WOODY TISSUE DEEP IN THE SOIL PROFILE -- THE FUNGUS IS GOING TO BE FEEDING ON THAT.

>> ALRIGHT.

COULD MISTING A TROPICAL GARDENIA EVERY DAY CAUSE IT TO GET DISEASE?

THIS IS A PLATTSMOUTH VIEWER.

>> NO.

>> ALRIGHT.

NICE JOB.

YOU ALWAYS GET HARD QUESTIONS.

BUT YOU WON LAST WEEK.

>> I WOULD HAVE TALKED A LONG TIME ABOUT SMUT TOO.

>> I KNOW [ LAUGHTER ] OKAY.

ALRIGHT ROCH, YOU READY?

>> SURE.

>> THIS IS A LAVISTA VIEWER WHO HAS -- SHE BOUGHT GOOD FESCUE SEEDS SEVERAL YEARS AGO AND SHE'S WONDERING WHETHER THAT SEED GOES BAD.

>> FESCUE IS NORMALLY GOING TO STAY FOR ABOUT 3 TO 4 YEARS WITH OPTIMAL GERMINATION.

AND MAYBE UP TO FIVE IF IT'S BEEN STORED IN A DRY LOCATION.

>> ALRIGHT.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO, LAST FALL, USED COMPOSTED MANURE ON HIS GARDEN AND FOUND OUT THAT THE HAY HAD BEEN TREATED WITH GRAZE-ON.

HE REMOVED THE TOP TWO INCHES OF SOIL.

HE WONDERS IF THE GARDEN WILL BE OKAY FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT GRAZE-ON.

IT GOT A LONG RESIDUAL.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, IF IT WAS COMPOSTED CORRECTLY, IT SHOULD BE PREDOMINANTLY GONE.

SO I WOULD WAIT AND SEE.

>> ALRIGHT.

THIS IS A FREMONT VIEWER WHO WONDERS IF YOU'VE HEARD OF SOMETHING CALLED HYDRETAIN.

>> NOPE.

>> ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO DOES HAVE NUTSEDGE FOR SURE AND WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER YOU CAN KILL IT NOW AND WITH WHAT.

>> WELL RIGHT NOW YOU'RE JUST GOING TO BURN IT BACK AND IRRITATE IT.

AND IT MAY POP MORE PLANTS THAN BEFORE.

SO WE GENERALLY SAY FOR THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR, OR ACTUALLY THE FIRST COUPLE WEEKS IN JUNE, THROUGHOUT EASTERN NEBRASKA IS THE BEST TIME TO TREAT.

>> ALRIGHT.

NICE JOB.

OKAY, WAYNE.

ARE YOU READY?

>> READY LIKE A TRINIDAD SCORPION AT AN ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT INSECT BUFFET.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> OAKY YOUR FIRST ONE IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE HAS SEVERAL PRAYING MANTIS EGG CASES AND SHE'S WONDERING HAVE ALREADY HATCHED.

AND IF NOT, WHEN WILL THEY?

>> THEY SHOULD HAVE ALREADY HATCHED BY NOW.

>> ALRIGHT.

THIS IS ALSO AND OMAHA VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHY THERE IS SO LITTLE DAMAGE THIS YEAR TO THE LINDENS BY THE JAPANESE BEETLES.

>> THAT'S FUNNY, KYLE AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THIS TODAY.

THEY SEEM TO BE A LITTLE SLOWER COMING OUT THIS YEAR AND THERE'S NOT THE BIG RUSH LIKE WE NORMALLY SEE.

>> ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE A CARNEY VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER REMOVING THE MILKWEED AFTER FLOWERING IS A GOOD IDEA OR DOES THAT DISRUPT THE MONARCH LIFECYCLE?

>> THEY WILL FEED ON THE NEWER LEAVES AND THERE ARE OTHER CATERPILLARS THAT ARE NATIVE THAT WILL FEED ON THE OLDER LEAVES.

SO IT'S BEST TO LEAVE IT.

>> ALRIGHT.

WE HAVE AN ALLIANCE VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER HONEYBEES DRINK INDIVIDUALLY OR DO THEY TAKE WATER AND TAKE IT BACK TO THE HIVE?

>> BOTH.

THEY WILL DRINK FOR THEMSELVES BUT ALSO TAKE IT BACK AND REGURGITATE IT AT THE HIVE.

>> ALRIGHT.

AND THEN THEIR SECOND QUESTION FROM THE SAME VIEWER IS HOW MUCH WATER DO THEY NEED?

>> I CAN'T GIVE YOU AN EXACT AMOUNT BUT THEY USE IT FOR COOLING THE HIVE AS WELL AS FOR DRINKING.

SO THEY WOULD NEED IT FOR BOTH PURPOSES.

>> ALRIGHT.

NICE JOB.

WHO WON?

A TIE.

>> JOHN AND I ARE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGHT OVER IT AGAIN.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> OKAY, NICELY DONE.

OKAY JOHN, PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

>> PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

SO WE HAVE TWO LOVELY VERY IMPORTANT POLLINATOR PLANTS HERE.

SO MANY PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE THIS PURPLE CONEFLOWER OR ECHINACEA.

MANY PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE EITHER OF THOSE NAMES.

GREAT POLLINATOR PLANTS.

REALLY NATIVE PLANTS THAT FEED LOTS OF POLLINATORS, LOTS OF DIFFERENT SOIL TYPES.

SO IT'S PRETTY GOOD FOR MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF GARDENS.

AND THEN WE HAVE THIS WHITEISH, KIND OF.

IF YOU WERE CLOSE YOU COULD SEE IT'S ALSO A LITTLE PINK.

THIS IS CALLED CLOVERS ROUTE.

IT'S ALSO NATIVE AND IT CAN RANGE BETWEEN TWO AND SIX FEET.

SORT OF -- SOME PEOPLE REFER TO IT AS LIKE A CANDELABRA.

IT HAS THESE GIANT BUNCHES OF FLOWERS.

ALSO A GREAT POLLINATOR PLANT.

SO THOSE ARE TWO WONDERFUL PLANTS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON THIS WEEK.

>> IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

>> RIGHT.

OF COURSE.

>> RIGHT OUT OF THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

>> ALRIGHT, THANKS.

OKAY, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE, WAYNE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM THE PAPILLION.

AND THIS IS A FOUR-YEAR-OLD MANDARIN HONEYSUCKLE VINE.

A WONDERFUL FLASH OF FLOWERS, THEN NOTHING.

THE BLOSSOMS APPEAR TO BE DRYING UP.

SHE GOT A MAGNIFYING GLASS OUT AND FOUND SPECKS AND STUFF.

>> THERE IS ALL KIND OF APHIDS ON THIS.

JUST LIKE WAS SAID EARLIER, APHIDS CAN MIMIC HERBICIDE INJURY.

THEY CAN SHRIVEL THINGS UP BASED ON THEIR FEEDING.

LIKELY WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.

IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE TO SAVE SOME OF THE FLOWERS.

MAYBE IT WILL GROW OUT OF IT IF IT CONTINUES BUT YOU GOT TO GET THOSE APHIDS OFF OF THERE.

THE HOSE OR SOMETHING WITH PERMETHRIN OR AN INSECTICIDAL SOAPS WORK WELL.

>> ALRIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM COZAD.

SHOWED UP ON OUR ANNUAL CANNAS OVERNIGHT.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> WELL, THAT WAS ACTUALLY DONE WELL.

THE LEAF WAS STILL ALL ROLLED UP AROUND THE PLANT.

IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS.

POSSIBILITIES INCLUDE A CATERPILLAR THAT WAS IN THERE FEEDING OR EVEN POSSIBLY A JAPANESE BEETLE THAT WAS FEEDING INSIDE THAT LEAF ROLL.

>> ALRIGHT, FUN.

A CARNEY VIEWER SENT THIS NEXT ONE.

WHAT IS THIS INSECT?

IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COVERED IN COTTON.

>> WELL IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOT A LITTLE BIT OF COTTON FROM A COTTONWOOD ON IT.

BUT THAT IS A MALE DOBSON FLY YOU CAN TELL IT IS MALE BECAUSE THE FRONT MANDIBLES LOOK LIKE ELEPHANT TUSKS.

THE FEMALES ARE MUCH SHORTER AND LOOKED LIKE A STANDARD INSECT MANDIBLE.

THESE ARE SOME OF OUR LARGER INSECTS.

>> ALRIGHT.

THEN WE HAVE AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO FOUND THESE WHILE DIGGING IN THE BACKYARD.

WONDERS WHAT THEY ARE.

>> WELL THOSE ARE SCARAB PUPAE OF SOME KIND.

SO SCARAB BEETLES INCLUDE OUR JAPANESE BEETLES, MASKED CHAFER, MAY/JUNE BEETLES, IT'S HARD TO TELL WHICH ONE IT IS.

PUPAE ARE REALLY HARD TO IDENTIFY.

THEY ARE WORSE THAN GRUBS ARE TO IDENTIFY.

SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE.

FUN FIND.

>> ALRIGHT.

AND THEN CARNEY AGAIN.

AND THIS VIEWER HAS SOMETHING EATING THE ASPEN LEAVES AND STEMS.

>> WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO REALLY TELL THEM WHAT IT IS WITHOUT SEEING THE ACTUAL CRITTER.

THERE'S A LOT OF CATERPILLARS THAT WILL FEED ON ASPENS.

THERE'S A FEW SOFT FLIES THAT WILL FEED ON ASPENS.

NOT A JAPANESE BEETLE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT SKELETONIZATION.

WE KNOW THAT.

BUT BEYOND THAT, WE CAN'T TELL YOU MUCH.

>> ALRIGHT THANKS WAYNE.

YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM LAVISTA.

SHE THINKS THIS IS CRABGRASS THAT HAS TAKEN OVER A BARE SPOT IN THE YARD AND IT'S INVADING THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO TREAT SO SHE CAN GARDEN OR WHETHER SHE SHOULD GIVE UP AND JUST PLANT TURF.

>> IT'S CRABGRASS.

AND SHE WAS CORRECT IN THAT ASSUMPTION.

IN THE VEGETABLE GARDEN, YOU CERTAINLY CAN GET RID OF CRABGRASS WITH A PREEN PRODUCT.

A PREEN BASED PRODUCT.

THERE IS ALSO ORGANIC PREEN AS WELL AS A SYNTHETIC PREEN.

SO YOU KNOW THAT IS UP TO HER TO DECIDE, AND TIMING IS IMPORTANT.

SO READ THE LABEL.

BUT GENERALLY YOU WANT TO GET THAT ON AROUND THE LAST WEEK IN APRIL, FIRST WEEK IN MAY FOR THE GARDEN.

AND THEN IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO LAWN OR MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T SPREAD ANYMORE FROM THE LAWN INTO THERE THEN MAKE SURE YOU PRE-EMERGENT ON IN THE SPRING.

>> ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER, SHE HAS THIS GROUNDCOVER THAT HAS PURPLE FLOWERS AND SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS A GREEN VARIANT THAT WAS TAKING IT OVER.

BUT THEN SHE ASKED IS THIS IS A WEED?

>> NO, I DON'T THINK THAT IS A VARIANT.

I THINK THIS IS A WEED.

AND YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE LIKE IMMATURE PENNSYLVANIA PELLITORY, AND WE BOTH INDEPENDENTLY CAME UP WITH THAT SO I AM GOING TO GUESS WE ARE CORRECT.

WHICH IS AN INDISTINCT FLOWERING ANNUAL NATIVE KIND OF PLANT.

AND WHO KNOWS WHERE IT CAME IN FROM OR WHY.

BUT CERTAINLY IT'S GOING TO DO ITS DUTY AND THEN DIE THIS YEAR.

LOOKS LIKE THE GROUND COVER IS RELATIVELY HEALTHY SO IT WILL PROBABLY CHOKE IT OUT NEXT YEAR.

>>ALRIGHT AND TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

HAD TWO OF THESE PLANS ON THE SIDE OF THE YARD CHOKING OUT THE HOSTA.

THEY HAD A TWELVE INCH LONG FLOWER THAT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS SMALL WHITE FLOWERS, AND IT'S NOW GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

ANY IDEAS ON THIS?

>> SO IT'S NOT REALLY A PICTURE THAT I CAN GET A LOT OF INFORMATION FROM.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE AN AMARANTH OF SOME KIND.

THE LEAF STRUCTURE AND EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS LIKE THAT.

BUT WE NEED A LITTLE MORE EITHER A CLOSER PICTURE OR A MORE MATURE PLANT.

SO IF THEY BE WILLING TO LET SOME OF IT GO.

BUT I THINK IT'S OBVIOUSLY INVADING AND IF THEY WANT TO GET RID OF IT, GO AHEAD AND DO THAT BUT I CAN'T MAKE A RECOMMENDATION UNTIL WE POSITIVELY I.D.

IT.

>> ALRIGHT THANK YOU ROCH.

KYLE YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM DWIGHT.

AND SHE WONDERS WHETHER ZINNIAS ALSO GET ASTER YELLOWS BECAUSE SHE DID SEND US A PICTURE OF A CONE FLOWER WITH THEM.

>> YEAH, THEY CAN.

IT'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT HERE.

ASTER YELLOWS IS CAUSED BY PHYTOPLASMA, WHICH IS BASICALLY A BACTERIA THAT DOESN'T HAVE A CELL WALL BUT ITS VECTORED BY SOME LEAF HOPPERS.

NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT.

SO IF YOU DON'T WANT THAT IN YOUR GARDEN, ALTHOUGH THIS ONE IS KIND OF HALF PINK AND THE REST IS GREEN, I THINK THAT LOOKS PRETTY COOL.

BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT IT, YOU WILL NEED TO REMOVE THOSE.

>> AND AGAIN, THE ZINNIAS DON'T REALLY DO THIS.

>> THEY JUST KIND OF GET THAT ABNORMAL GROWTH.

>> SO THEN YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE, FROM PLATTSMOUTH.

THIS IS A FLOWERING PEAR.

THE LEAVES ARE BROWN IN SOME SPOTS AND HAVE ORANGE SPOTS.

AND THEN THE SECOND PICTURE HAS THESE BRANCHES THAT ARE COMPLETELY BROWN.

HE IS WONDERING WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT.

>> WELL THE FIRST PICTURE IS RUST.

AND SO WE'LL BE SEEING THAT ON EVERY PEAR COMING UP HERE.

THE SECOND PICTURE IS, I THINK, IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE FIRE BLIGHT.

WHEN I HAD ZOOMED IN SOME OF IT LOOKED LIKE WE HAD THAT STEREOTYPICAL SHEPHERDS CROOK SYMPTOMOLOGY, I WASN'T SEEING A LOT OF THE BLACK PETALS THAT WE NORMALLY SEE WITH FIRE BLIGHT.

BUT DEPENDING ON DIFFERENT HYBRIDS AND THEIR RESISTANCE, SOMETIMES WE DON'T QUITE GET THAT BLACK COLORATION.

BUT I THINK THIS IS FIRE BLIGHT.

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY PRUNE THIS BRANCH OUT.

>> YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE, THIS COMES TO US FROM CROFTON.

SHE SAYS THEY HAVE NEW POTATOES THEY ARE HARVESTING AND THEY HAVE SCALE.

SHE WONDERS HOW TO PREVENT IT.

>> SCAB IS CAUSED BY A BACTERIA, BUT REALLY WE SEE POTATO SCAB IN HIGH NUTRIENT ENVIRONMENTS.

SO IF YOU CAN CUT BACK ON SOME OF THAT FERTILITY, THAT SHOULD DECREASE THE SCAB.

>> OTHERWISE, THEY ARE FINE TO EAT.

THEY ARE.

>> OKAY, WE WILL MOVE RIGHT ON.

THIS COMES TO US FROM TEKAMAH.

SPEAKING OF POTATOES, YOU HAVE THIS ONE AND A SECOND ONE.

THE FIRST ONE IS BROWNING OF THE POTATO LEAVES AND THE SECOND IS FROM HASTINGS AND THIS IS A YUKON GOLD.

SO WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT VARIETIES IN THE FIRST PICTURE.

AND THIS ONE.

AND I KNOW YOU GUYS HAD BACK AND FORTH ON IT.

>> IT COULD BE A DISEASE.

WE GET FUNGAL AND BACTERIAL DISEASES.

WE HAVE THINGS LIKE LATE BLIGHT THAT CAUSES A LOT OF DAMAGE ON POTATOES.

SO IT COULD BE SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I WAS ALSO THINKING IT'S BEEN HOT AND DRY, SO WE DO GET SOME LIKE SCORCH AND DAMAGE ON SOME THINGS.

BUT I AM LEANING TOWARD SOME SORT OF PROBABLY FUNGAL DISEASE ON THESE.

>> YEAH, I THINK THE LATE BLIGHT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE BASED ON THE IMAGES AND WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING.

>> SO ROGUE THEM OUT?

>> THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT TO DO.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM CLANCY, MONTANA.

SHE USED TO LIVE IN MAGNET, NEBRASKA.

THEY HAVE TO GROW THEIR VEGGIES IN A GREENHOUSE AND THIS IS WHAT HER CUKES ARE DOING.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANY SOIL.

SO WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

>> I THINK ONE THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IN A GREENHOUSE YOU GET A LOT OF CONDENSATION, A LOT OF DRIPPING ON THE LEAVES.

SO THERE COULD BE SOME OF THAT DAMAGE FROM BRIGHT LIGHT AND WATER.

BUT I THINK ALSO LOOKING AT HOW THIS STAYS WITHIN THE VEINS, WE HAVE SOME BACTERIAL DISEASES, SOMETHING LIKE ANGULAR LEAF SPOT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT IS GOING ON HERE AS WELL.

UNLESS YOU SEE A LOT OF IT, IT'S MORE COSMETIC.

IF YOU START TO SEE MORE OF IT, YOU MIGHT WANT TO START THINKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF CONTROL.

YOU COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE A COPPER FUNGICIDE.

KYLE, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER?

>> NO I MEAN REALLY FOR BACTERIAL DISEASES, COPPER IS ABOUT ALL YOU CAN USE THAT IS SAFE FOR THE GARDEN.

>> ALRIGHT AND TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE JOHN.

AND YES, I KNOW THIS IS NOT YOURS BUT YOU ARE THE VEGETABLE GUY.

SO THIS ALSO COMES TO US FROM OTOE COUNTY.

BUMPY AND THEN LIKE THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THESE GREEN BEANS.

>> THIS ONE ISN'T PART OF KYLE'S WORK.

THIS ONE IS WAYNES.

YES.

SO THIS I BELIEVE IS STINK BUG FEEDING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT STINKBUGS, SO WE HAVE THE BROWN MARMORATED STINKBUG THAT COMES OUT AND EVERYONE HATES, THEN WE HAVE SOME DIFFERENT ONES, SOME NATIVE STINKBUGS.

THEY HAVE LITTLE STRAW LIKE PIERCING MOUTH PARTS AND THEY AS THE BEAN TRIES TO HEAL ITSELF, IT CAN HAVE THOSE SPOTS ON THE INSIDE.

IT'S MORE COSMETIC, AS KYLE JUST STICK THAT IN THERE AND THEY FEED AND IT CAUSES THOSE STIPPLING SPOTS.

AS THE BEAN TRIES TO HEAL ITSELF, IT CAN HAVE THOSE SPOTS ON THE INSIDE.

IT'S MORE COSMETIC, AS KYLE ALWAYS SAYS IT IS PERFECTLY SAFE TO EAT.

>> WE CAN DECREASE FOOD WASTE HERE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

WELL YOU KNOW TURF FOR ANY SPORT IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE TOUGH AND REPAIRABLE.

ONE PROJECT AT THE HUSKER FOOTBALL PRACTICE FIELD WAS REPLACING SYNTHETIC TURF WITH KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS.

HERE'S AMANDA FOLK TO TELL US MORE.

♪ ♪ >> THERE ARE A LOT OF CHANGES HAPPENING HERE ON THE MAIN CAMPUS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN.

ONE OF THE BIG THINGS HAPPENING IS HERE ON THE PRACTICE FIELD FOR HUSKER FOOTBALL.

11 YEARS AGO, THIS WAS STARTED AS A ONE GRASS FIELD.

NOW TODAY, 11 YEARS LATER IT'S NOW ALL 100% HDT KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS.

SO WHY THE DECISION TO GO WITH KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS ON THE PRACTICE FIELD?

WELL WE LOOK AT IT HERE IN NEBRASKA, IT'S MORE TO USE COOL SEASON GRASSES THEN WARM SEASON GRASSES.

COOL SEASON GRASSES DEAL WITH TEMPERATURES THAT ARE EXTREME IN THE COLD TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

COMPARED TO WARM SEASON WHICH IS MORE USED IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE UNITED DATES FROM US.

WHEN WE COME TO COOL SEASON GRASSES, YOU HAVE TALL FESCUE AND KENTUCKY BLUE.

THEY ARE FASTER GERMINATING THAN KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS BUT THE PROBLEM WITH BOTH IS THEY ARE BUNCH TYPES.

EVEN THOUGH THERE IS RHIZOMATIC TALL FESCUE, IT WON'T DO WELL WITH THE TRAFFIC AND GROWTH COMPARED TO KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS.

AND PRAIRIE GRASS IS MOSTLY USED AS AN OVER SEED TO HELP GRASS LIKE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS TO GET THAT CERTAIN POP AND REPAIR FOR THE TRAFFIC HERE IN THE FOOTBALL PRACTICE AREAS AND OTHER AREAS USED FOR TRAFFIC.

SO WITH KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS, IT'S A GOOD GRASS TO USE BECAUSE THEY CAN DEAL WITH RECOVERY.

AND THE RECOVERY IS BECAUSE IT HAS SOMETHING CALLED RHIZOMES.

RHIZOMES IS A SPREAD TYPE, AND WITH THAT SPREAD TYPE IT WILL RECOVER FASTER FROM AREAS OF TRAFFIC TO HELP WITH THE STUDENT ATHLETES HERE ON THE FIELD.

IT'S ALSO USED AT HIBNER STADIUM FOR SOCCER AND ALSO FOR THE TRACK AND FIELD ACROSS FROM US.

SO WHAT CAN YOU DO FOR YOUR HOME LAWN?

WELL, FOR YOUR HOME LAWN, YOU CAN HAVE A MIXTURE.

A MIX OF TURF TYPE TALL FESCUE, SOME KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS, A LITTLE BIT OF PRAIRIE GRASS TOO.

BUT HAVING A MIXTURE OF THAT CAN HELP WITH YOUR LAWN TO MAKE IT BETTER FOR TRAFFIC.

BUT IN THIS CASE FOR US IN A PRACTICE FIELD, IT HAS TO STAY IN KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS TO HELP WITH THAT RECOVERY.

IT WILL BE USED WITH SOME MIXTURE OF PRAIRIE RYEGRASS TO HELP WITH THE REPAIRS, BUT WITH THE FIELD STAFF FOR HUSKER ATHLETICS, THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP THIS FIELD PRETTY WELL FOR YEARS TO COME.

>> THAT LOOKS AMAZING.

LET'S DO HOPE THIS FALL IT WILL HELP THE HUSKERS TRANSLATE THAT TO WIN.

SO GO, BIG RED!

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF COOL STUFF IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

OUR FIRST ONE IS DAYLILY DAYS.

ALL THE INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN AND THAT IS IN BRADSHAW, NEBRASKA.

OUR SECOND ONE IS THE EAST CAMPUS DISCOVERY DAYS.

OUR SECOND ONE WHICH IS THIS SATURDAY FROM 10:00 TO 2:00 RIGHT HERE ON EAST CAMPUS.

LOTS OF FUN STUFF.

THIRD ONE IS THE ANNUAL PLYMOUTH GARDEN AND ART SHOW ON THE 8th ALSO AT THE PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY BUILDING.

AND OUR LAST ONE IS US.

WE WILL BE LIVE ON CITY CAMPUS ON JULY 19th, 5:15 Q & A, THE SHOW IS AT 6:00 AND THIS IS NORTH OF THE WOODS ART BUILDING.

SO THAT'LL BE A LOT OF FUN.

ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND NOT MUCH TIME.

SO, YOUR FIRST ONE, WAYNE, COMES TO US FROM WAYNE, NEBRASKA AND THEY WONDER WHAT THIS -- WHAT THESE GUYS ARE.

THEY KNOW THEY'RE NOT TYPICAL POTATO BUGS.

WHAT ARE THEY?

AND THEY DID KILL THEM WITH SEVEN.

>> YEP, THAT'LL WORK FOR 'EM.

ASH-GRAY BLISTER BEETLES.

>> ALL RIGHT, KILL 'EM.

>> YEP.

THEY WILL MOW THOSE POTATOES DOWN.

>> OKAY.

THEN WE HAVE A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO FOUND THIS IN HER BASEMENT AND SHE WONDERS IF IT'S A ROACH.

>> IT IS A COCKROACH, BUT THIS IS OUR PENNSYLVANIA WOOD COCKROACH.

THEY GENERALLY DON'T DO VERY WELL INSIDE SO IF THE BASEMENT'S A LITTLE DAMP, DE-HUMIDIFIER SHOULD WORK JUST FINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

SHE'S WONDERING WHAT THIS IS -- IT'S DESTROYING HER PENTAS FLOWERS AND SHE WONDERS WHAT ELSE IT WILL EAT.

>> WELL, THAT IS A WHITE-LINED SPHINX MOTH, THEY EAT A LOT OF WEEDY PLANTS.

GO THROW IT OUT ON THE EDGE OF THE LAWN AND MAYBE IT'LL HELP CONTROL SOME OF THOSE WEEDS FOR YA.

>> OKAY.

THEN TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE FROM TWO DIFFERENT VIEWERS ACTUALLY.

THEY FOUND THIS GUY AND THEY WONDER WHETHER WE CAN IDENTIFY -- HE DID STICK HIS TONGUE OUT WHEN SHE TOUCHED HIM.

>> YEAH, IT'S PRETTY CHARACTERISTIC OF SWALLOWTAILS.

THEY HAVE THAT FORKED ORGAN THERE AND THIS ONE IS AN EASTERN TIGER SWALLOWTAIL.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO GOOD GUYS?

>> YEP!

>> OKAY, ROCH, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE AND SHE'S WONDERING WHETHER THIS IS MAPLE-LEAF GOOSEFOOT OR JIMSONWEED.

SHE SAYS IT DOES STINK.

SHE'S WONDERING WHY WE WOULD TEAR SOME OF THESE THINGS OUT, BUT SHE DOES WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

>> THIS IS BLACK HENBANE OR -- OR COMMON HENBANE.

IT'S BASICALLY A NIGHTSHADE AND WHEN SHE SAID IT HAD STINKY SMELL, YOU KNOW, WE READ THE DESCRIPTION.

IT'S ALSO KNOWN AS FETID OR STINKY NIGHTSHADE.

NOT -- I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS PHYSICALLY BEFORE, SO THAT WAS KIND OF A SURPRISE TO THERE -- AND IT LOOKED A LITTLE LIKE A GOOSEFOOT MAYBE OR SOMETHING BASED ON THE LEAF SHAPE, BUT BASED ON WHAT SHE DESCRIBED AND THE HEIGHT SHE DESCRIBED IT, I THINK WE'RE PRETTY CONFIDENT TO SAY THAT IT'S A COMMON OR BLACK HENBANE.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, INVASIVE IN EVERY SURROUNDING STATE EXCEPT IOWA.

SO SHE SAYS, "WHY WOULD WE WANT TO GET RID OF IT?"

WELL IT DOES TEND TO CAUSE SOME PROBLEMS IN GRAZING GROUND AND CROP GROUND, SO MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE WANTS TO CONSIDER ROGUING UP FOR THAT REASON ALONE.

>> OKAY.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THEY COME TO US FROM BEATRICE.

SHE CAME UP ON A SLOPE WHEN SHE PLANTED ZINNIAS AND SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHETHER SHE COULD -- SHOULD ROGUE THIS ONE OUT.

>> ROGUE THIS ONE OUT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO PRODUCE A BUNCH OF FLOWERS -- THIS IS GIANT RAGWEED AND SHE'S GOING TO BE REALLY UNHAPPY IF ANYONE -- SHE OR ANYONE IN HER FAMILY HAS HAY FEVER, SO ROGUE THAT BABY OUT BEFORE WE SEE FLOWERS ON IT.

>> SHE HAD SENT REALLY GOOD PICTURES.

>> YEAH, THOSE ARE AWESOME PICTURES.

KUDOS TO HER FOR THE QUALITY OF THOSE PICTURES.

>> WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS NEXT ONE COMES FROM, BUT HE WONDERS WHAT IT IS.

IT DOES HAVE TINY LITTLE YELLOW FLOWERS.

>> THIS IS YELLOW NIGHTSHADE.

IT HAS YELLOW FLOWERS AND WEED SCIENTISTS ARE JUST LIKE PATHOLOGISTS AND ENTOMOLOGISTS, NOT VERY CREATIVE.

IT'S YELLOW NIGHTSHADE.

>> GET RID -- >> PROBABLY WANT TO GET RID OF THIS ONE.

IT DOESN'T REALLY HAVE MUCH VALUE AND IT'S NOT LIKE -- YOU KNOW, NIGHTSHADES ARE A BIG FAMILY.

POTATOES AND TOMATOES AND PEPPERS ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY, BUT THIS ISN'T ONE YOU CAN EAT OR DO ANYTHING WITH AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S SHADING OUT SOME OF HER DESIRABLE PLANTS.

>> OKAY AND THEN YOU HAVE A -- TWO HERE THAT ARE BINDWEED AND WE SIMPLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE CHEMICAL YOU USE TO KILL IT.

>> SO IF IT'S NOT -- IF IT'S IN THE LAWN, QUINCLORAC OR DRIVE, AVAILABLE ONLINE AND IN VARIOUS STORES.

WORKS AS JUST DEATH IN A BOTTLE FOR NIGHTSHADE.

I THINK THEY SAID THAT IT WAS IN THEIR POLLINATOR GARDEN, SO THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO SPOT SPRAY, BUT ONCE AGAIN I WOULD USE THE DRIVE PRODUCT AND BE VERY CAREFUL TO KEEP IT OFF THE DESIRABLE POLLINATORS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICS ON THE FIRST ONE FROM ELGIN AND ONE PIC FROM OMAHA FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY OF THESE BEAUTIFUL SHROOMIES.

WHAT ARE THESE, KYLE?

>> THESE ARE WOOD EARS OR JELLY EARS.

THEY ARE AURICULARIA FUNGI.

WE SEE THEM QUITE A BIT GROWING ON KIND OF DEAD OR NOT TERRIBLY LONG -- OR NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD TREES.

CAN ALSO SEE THEM -- THEN LIKE IN THIS CASE SOMETIMES THEY'LL POP UP IN THE TURF, BUT THEY'RE -- THEY ARE FEEDING ON SOMETHING -- SOMETHING UNDER -- SOMETHING WOODY UNDERNEATH.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

JUST PRETTY FUN.

>> ALL RIGHT, DWIGHT, NEBRASKA.

SECOND YEAR HE'S HAD A GARDEN IN THIS SPOT.

FIRST YEAR PLANTING ZUCCHINI.

IS THIS A ROT SPOT OR JUST BECAUSE?

>> I THINK IT'S -- I WOULD WANT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION.

WOULD WANT TO LOOK AT A SAMPLE, BUT THIS CERTAINLY COULD BE -- CERTAINLY COULD BE A SPOT -- PATHOGEN GOING ON THERE.

AS JOHN MENTIONED, WE DO GET -- KIND OF LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THOSE BACTERIAL DISEASES, BUT I WOULD WANT TO SEE MORE.

>> ALL RIGHT AND ONE MORE.

THIS IS FROM MURRAY.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE BRANDYWINE TOMATOES?

AND WE KNOW THAT WAYNE STARTED THIS -- SO THEY'RE JUST ROTTEN -- >> YEP, WAYNE STARTED IT AND THEN A FUNGUS CAME IN AND MADE IT BLACK.

AND I WOULD NOT EAT THIS ONE.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> OKAY.

>> ARE YOU SURE?

>> YES, BUT IT'S A TOMATO.

TOMATOES ARE GROSS.

>> TRUE.

>> OH, GOSH.

OKAY, JOHN, TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A PHLOX AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF STARTING TO TURN SOME -- SOME TART PINKISH SORTS OF COLORS.

IS THIS SUPPOSED TO DO THIS?

IS THIS TOO MUCH WATER?

WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE?

>> I THINK SOME OF IT COULD BE SUN.

YOU'RE GETTING LIKE A LITTLE -- NOT SUNBURNED, BUT SOME PLANTS HAVE DIFFERENT COLORS WHEN YOU GET A LOT OF SUN.

MIGHT -- COULD ALSO BE SOME ROOT ISSUES, BUT I THINK IT'S MOSTLY SUN, PROBABLY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM FREMONT.

JUST NOTICED THIS NEW GROWTH -- ON THE NEW GROWTH OF THE GRAPEVINE, WHAT IS THIS?

>> ISN'T THAT INTERESTING?

SO THAT IS HERBICIDE DRIFT.

SO WE SEE THAT, SORT OF, CURLING OF THE LEAVES.

THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET HERBICIDE DRIFT.

>> OKAY.

QUICKLY ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS WESTERVILLE, NEBRASKA WITH A HIBISCUS.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS?

>> I THINK THIS COULD ALSO BE HERBICIDE DRIFT.

YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THOSE NEW LEAVES -- THE WAY THAT I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE, IF YOU CAN ROLL THEM OUT AND FLATTEN THEM BACK OUT, IT'S PROBABLY NOT HERBICIDE DRIFT, JUST COULD BE DROUGHT OR WATER ISSUES.

IF THEY ACTUALLY GROW THAT WAY, THEN IT'S HERBICIDE DRIFT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

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

THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED QUESTIONS FOR THE SHOW AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING, WE HAVE GEORGE MALY, CAROL RUSTAD AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION EDUCATOR, TERRI JAMES.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'LL BE CHECKING OUT PLANTS ATTRACTING BUTTERFLIES.

KAIT CHAPMAN WILL TALK ABOUT PROVIDING HABITATS SO YOU CAN ENJOY THOSE COLORFUL CREATURES.

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

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