CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF ANSWERING YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

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

TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER" WE'LL BE CHECKING OUT A LOCAL ARTS FESTIVAL AND GETTING SOME TIPS FOR PREPARING SAMPLES.

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

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

I'M KIM TODD.

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SO LET'S GET GOING WITH SAMPLES, JODY.

WE ALL KNOW WHAT'S COMING UP HERE, AUDIENCE.

>> SO IN NEBRASKA MAY IS OUR TICKIEST MONTH, SO I BROUGHT SOME TICKS.

YOU CAN SEE IN THIS CONTAINER HERE I'VE GOT AN ASSORTMENT OF AMERICAN DOG TICKS, WHICH ARE PRETTY COMMON TODAY.

THEY ARE IN ALL AREAS: RURAL, SUBURBAN AND URBAN.

ANYWHERE THERE IS WILDLIFE, GRASS, MICE, DEER, SO IT'S KIND OF EVERYWHERE.

I JUST WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE TO TREAT THEIR PETS AND CHECK FOR TICKS.

WHEN THEY DO GET ATTACHED, THEY LOOK LIKE THIS.

SO THESE ARE THE SAME TYPE OF TICKS, BUT THEY HAVE BEEN ENGORGED BECAUSE THEY WERE FEEDING AND REMOVED FROM A DOG.

THEY WERE PROBABLY FEEDING FOR ABOUT SEVEN DAYS, SO, YEAH.

SO I JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU, CHECK YOURSELF, YOUR CHILDREN AND YOUR PETS.

HAVE THEM TREATED, BECAUSE IF THEY'RE TREATED BY MEDICATION BY THE VETERINARIAN, THE TICKS WILL DIE IF THEY ARE FEEDING ON A TREATED PET.

REMOVE WITH POINTY TWEEZERS.

ALWAYS KEEP THAT TICK.

TAKE A PICTURE SO WE CAN IDENTIFY IT IN CASE THERE ARE ADVERSE REACTIONS LIKE A FEVER OR ANYTHING.

YOU CAN TELL YOUR DOCTOR YOU WERE BITTEN BY A TICK.

>> LOOK FOR THOSE LITTLE TINY SEEDS.

>> I CALL IT LIKE FACT-CHECKING YOUR FRECKLES.

[LAUGHTER] >> OKAY, PERFECT.

THANKS, JODY.

ALL RIGHT, TERRI -- >> GOT A LOT OF FRECKLES TO CHECK.

>> OKAY, TERRI.

YOU ARE IN THE TURF CHAIR AGAIN.

YOU HAVE A WEED THAT WENT FROM 0 TO 12 INCHES IN A DAY.

>> I DO.

THIS IS COMMON CHICKWEED.

THIS IS ONE THAT WE ACTUALLY WILL NOT SEE UNTIL IT GETS WARM.

NOW WE ARE SEEING IT QUITE A BIT.

BUT THIS IS ONE THAT IS A WINTER ANNUAL, SO IT SEEDED ITSELF AND STARTED GROWING LAST WINTER.

KIND OF SAT THERE ALL WINTER LONG AND NOW HAS EMERGED AND IS VERY HAPPY.

VERY SIMPLE TO PULL.

USE A HULA HOE OR JUST PULL IT OUT.

EASY TO TAKE CARE OF.

DON'T LET IT GO TO FLOWER.

IF YOU DO HAVE IT PERSISTENT YEAR ROUND OR YEAR AFTER YEAR IN THE SAME PLACE, YOU CAN PUT A PREEMERGENT DOWN LIKE IN SEPTEMBER, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN IT'S GOING TO GERMINATE.

>> AND TRUE CONFESSIONS.

THAT IS IN MY FRONT YARD.

YES, IT ALREADY FLOWERED AND SEEDED JUST WHEN I BLINKED.

>> THEN PUT SOME PREEMERGENT DOWN IN SEPTEMBER.

>> NO.

JUST MY YARD.

ALL RIGHT, LOREN.

WE HAVE -- >> I HAVE A WILTY BRANCH OFF A FLOWERING CRABAPPLE TREE.

BUT THIS TIME OF YEAR IS USUALLY WHEN WE START TO SEE SCAB SHOWING UP IN OUR FLOWERING CRABAPPLES.

YOU CAN SEE HERE I'VE JUST GOT ONE SMALL LESION.

THE LEAF HAS JUST STARTED A LITTLE BIT ON THE EDGE AND CURLING A LITTLE BIT.

MANY TIMES THIS TIME OF YEAR THIS IS A TREE IN MY LANDSCAPE THAT I WOULD HAVE A LOT OF LOT OF SCAB, BUT IT HAS BEEN SO DRY RECENTLY NOW WITH THE RECENT RAINS THE THING I WANTED TO SHOW EVERYONE IS THESE LITTLE GUYS THAT ARE FRUIT MUMMIES.

THESE WERE INFECTED WITH SCAB LAST YEAR.

AS YOU CAN SEE THEY ARE SHRIVELLED UP AND SCABBY AND THEY ARE PRODUCING MILLIONS OF SPORES AND WILL GO OUT AND CAUSE INFECTION WITH HIGHER HUMIDITY AND MOISTURE IN THE AIR.

SO SHOULD SEE MORE COMING ON BUT THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR PEOPLE ARE SELECTING TREES, SO MAKE SURE YOU ARE GETTING RESISTANCE TO COMMON DISEASE.

SCAB IS ONE, APPLE RUST FOR ANY IN THE FLOWERING CRABAPPLES OR APPLE TREES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IT VARIES ACROSS THE STATE.

>> SIGNIFICANTLY.

>> FOR RESISTANCE.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, LOREN.

ELIZABETH.

>> SO WHAT WE HAVE IS A REALLY FUN PEONY.

NOT ANEMONE BUT A PEONY.

THIS IS A FERNLEAF PEONY.

THE REASON IT IS CALLED IS A FERNLEAF IS BECAUSE IT HAS A VERY DISSECT LEAF, SO VERY FINE.

IT IS AN ANEMONE-STYLE BLOOM, WHICH MEANS IT IS A SINGLE, AND IT'S GOT THAT NICE, DARK PINK COLOR ON IT.

THIS IS SWEETIE.

IT IS ONE OF THE VERY EARLY ONES TO BLOOM.

IT LIKES THAT PART-SHADE TO SHADE ENVIRONMENT, BUT IT IS ONE THAT DOES REALLY WELL.

IT IS REALLY INTERESTING, ESPECIALLY AFTER IT GETS DONE FLOWERING TOO.

SO IT DOES ADD A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA INTEREST IN THE LANDSCAPE AS WELL, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE FERNLEAF PEONIES.

>> THE NICE THING ABOUT THOSE ANEMONE FLOWERS IS THEY ARE NOT SO BIG IN THE RAIN OR WIND THEY DON'T GO, LIKE THAT.

SO EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB ON THE SAMPLES, EXCEPT FOR YOUR WEIRDNESS.

OKAY.

YOU GET THE VERY FIRST INSECT QUESTION.

THIS FIRST ONE IS JUST AMAZING, JODY.

THIS IS IN LINCOLN.

IT IS THIS SWARM.

WAS IN A NEIGHBOR'S TREE IN LINCOLN.

YEAH, WHAT ARE WE -- >> MASSIVE SWARM.

IT LOOKS KIND OF LIKE A SLOTH WHEN I FIRST SAW IT.

YEAH, HONEYBEES TYPICALLY SWARM HERE IN NEBRASKA IN APRIL AND MAY.

THIS IS JUST HOW LIKE THE HONEY BEEHIVE WILL REPRODUCE.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE OVERCROWDED OR THEY'RE ESCAPING UNFAVORABLE CONDITIONS, BUT THEY DON'T LAST LONG LIKE THIS.

A BEEKEEPER WOULD LOVE TO COME GET THAT, IF POSSIBLE.

BUT OTHERWISE IF YOU KIND OF LEAVE IT ALONE, IT WILL END UP -- >> JUST GO AWAY.

>> YEAH, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IF THAT WAS OUT THERE, THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A NEW PLACE TO LIVE, SO THEY ARE NOT AGGRESSIVE AT THAT TIME.

IT IS VERY, VERY COOL.

>> WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT DOES IT LOOK LIKE A BEAR, DOES IT LOOK LIKE A DINOSAUR.

THAT IS A BIG ONE.

>> THAT IS HUGE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JODY.

YOUR SECOND ONE HERE IS -- THIS IS OUT IN MITCHELL.

SHE SAW THIS ON THE WEST SIDE OF HER HOUSE, CHILLING IN THE MORNING SHADE BY RASPBERRIES AND STRAWBERRIES AND SHE WONDERS WHAT THIS IS.

IS IT A GOOD GUY OR BAD GUY?

>> IT IS A STONEFLY.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS GOOD OR BAD.

BUT ITS NYMPH IS AQUATIC AND USUALLY COMES TO PORCH LIGHTS, IF LIGHT IS ON.

IT WOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM FOR YOUR STRAWBERRIES OR RASPBERRIES.

>> SO IT IS A FLY.

>> I WOULD SAY IT'S PROBABLY A GOOD GUY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM A FARM SOUTH OF FREMONT.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS INSECT IS.

IS THIS A GOOD ONE OR BAD ONE.

>> OKAY.

SO THIS IS A CRANE FLY.

THEY OFTEN LOOK LIKE GIANT MOSQUITOS BUT DO NOT FEED ON BLOOD.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE CALLED MOSQUITO HAWKS, BUT THEY DON'T DO THAT EITHER.

SOME CRANE FLIES, AS LARVA, ARE PASSIVE TURF.

WHEN IT COMES TO BUGS IT COULD BE GOOD OR BAD, DEPENDS WHAT LIFE STAGE AND SITUATION.

I WOULD SAY THAT ONE IS A PRETTY GOOD GUY AS AN ADULT.

>> MOST OF US ARE PRETTY GOOD AS ADULTS, RIGHT.

>> SPEAK FOR YOURSELF.

[LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, JODY.

THIS IS A VIEWER IN LINCOLN.

HAS TWO ANT COLONIES IN THE LOT NEXT TO THE HOUSE.

HE IS UNCOMFORTABLE OR WONDERS, YOU KNOW, HOW CLOSE CAN THEY BE TO THE HOME.

THEY DO KILL THE GRASS.

EACH BUG IS ABOUT A FOOT SQUARE.

HE DOESN'T THINK THEY ARE CARPENTER ANTS.

>> NOPE.

THOSE ARE FIELD ANTS.

THEY CAN MAKE PRETTY BIG MOUNDS AND, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW, TWO, THREE FEET.

BUT THEY DON'T NORMALLY COME INTO YOUR HOUSE, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT.

IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT YOUR OWN YARD, I MEAN, YOU CAN TREAT THAT BUT YOU WOULD WANT TO RAKE AWAY, DIG DEEP DOWN AND TREAT WITH A LABELED INSECTICIDE.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO GET TO THE COLONY DOWN BELOW.

SO IF IT IS NOT YOUR YARD, I'M NOT SURE THAT'S SOMETHING YOU WOULD WANT TO DO.

BUT KEEP AN EYE ON IT SO IT DOESN'T GET TO YOUR YARD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JODY.

TERRI, YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US ACTUALLY NORTH OF MULLEN IN CHERRY COUNTY.

THEY HAVE A GARDEN FENCE AND CHICKEN WIRE ON THE BOTTOM TO KEEP THE GOOD THINGS IN, THE BAD THINGS OUT.

BUT THEY ARE REALLY GETTING KIND OF TIRED OF TRYING TO DEAL WITH THE WEEDS ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THIS PANELLED FENCE.

THEY HAVE USED ANNUAL RYES.

DEER HAVE KEPT THAT TRIMMED, ALSO ATE THE RHUBARB.

SHE IS TIRED OF SHOVELING, WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.

>> REALLY, WHAT I WOULD DO IS GO GET MULCH AND START MULCHING THIS.

I THINK THEY SAID THAT THEY WERE PLANTING PEAS AND SOME OF THOSE PLANTS DID CRAWL UP THIS FENCE.

AND PLANTING SOME FLOWERS.

SO GO GET SOME MULCH AND MULCH THAT.

THAT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP IMPROVE THE PLANTS ALSO IN THE LONGRUN.

SO TWO INCHES OF EITHER GRASS CLIPPINGS, IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU PUT ON YOUR GRASS.

OR WOOD MULCH WOULD WORK JUST FINE.

>> EXCELLENT, TERRI.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES FOR THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A COLUMBUS VIEWER.

EVERY YEAR THEY HAVE TROUBLE GETTING TURF TO GROW IN THESE AREAS.

ONE SPOT HAS 30- TO 40-FOOT-TALL OAKS AND SEVERAL PINES.

THE OTHER IS UNDER A MAPLE TREE.

THEY HAVE TRIED SOD, GRASS SEED, WATER, FERTILIZATION, AERATION.

EVERYTHING.

SHOULD THEY WAIT UNTIL FALL AND KILL AND START OVER?

THEY DON'T HAVE UNDERGROUND IRRIGATION.

>> WELL, IF THIS WAS MY YARD, THIS WOULD NOW BECOME A LANDSCAPE BED.

SO I WOULD BE LOOKING FOR SHRUBS OR HERBACIOUS PERENNIALS THAT LIVE AND LIKE THE SHADE.

YOU COULD GO WITH LIKE SOME VINCA OR SOMETHING FOR A GROUND COVER.

SOME HOSTAS WOULD LOOK REALLY NICE IN THERE.

YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH SHADE.

YOU COULD GO WITH SOME LITTLE BIT TALLER SHRUBS OR SOMETHING, BUT IT WOULD BECOME A LANDSCAPE BED.

YOU HAVE A NICE WALKING PATH THROUGH THERE BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAVE A GATE.

THAT IS WHAT I WOULD DO WITH IT.

>> IN OTHER WORDS, IT IS NOT TURF-HAPPY.

>> IT IS NOT TURF-HAPPY.

TREES AND TURF SOMETIMES DO NOT LIKE EACH OTHER, AND TREES USUALLY WIN.

>> ALLRIGHT, THANKS.

>> UNLESS YOU HAVE A CHAINSAW.

>> UNLESS YOU HAVE A CHAINSAW, YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FIRST ONE IS, LOREN, FOUR PICTURES.

THIS IS A FUJI APPLE TREE.

THEY HAVE APPLES AND PEARS.

THREE FUJIS.

2014.

IT'S ALONG AN EDGE.

THEY GET THE SAME CARE EVERY YEAR.

THE ONE IN QUESTION IS THAT ONE IN THE MIDDLE THERE.

YIELDED WEAKER.

THE MIDDLE ONE IS VERY SLOW TO LEAF OUT.

A LOT OF FLOWERS.

HE USES FRUIT TREE SPRAY.

PH IS ABOUT 6.4.

HE'S GOT I THINK ONE HERE THAT SHOWS A LITTLE BITTY BRANCH TOO.

HE'S WONDERING IS THIS DISEASE-BASED, IS THIS ENVIRONMENTAL JUST IN THAT ONE SPOT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> THIS BRANCH, IF WE FOCUS IN RIGHT THERE WHERE IT'S BENT, THERE IS A SWELLING.

THAT MAY BE AN INDICATION OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

ANY TIME WE SEE TREES THAT ARE ALL SIMILAR AGE AND WE HAVE ONE THAT STARTS TURNING COLOR, PARTICULARLY -- AND THIS COULD BE IN SHRUBS OR ANYTHING.

IF WE SEE COLOR CHANGE EARLY, SLOW LEAFOUT IN THE SPRING, YOU KNOW, HEAVIER REPRODUCTIVE ATTEMPTS, THE TREE IS DYING USUALLY.

SO UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS ONE THAT I WOULD THINK ABOUT JUST GOING AHEAD AND REPLACING.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING TO TREAT IT.

AND IT IS MOST LIKELY SOME SORT OF A CANKER, OR IT COULD BE SOMETHING THAT CAME IN ON THE STALK.

IT IS REALLY HARD TO TELL WITH THESE.

THERE'S A LOT OF FUNGI THAT LOOK FOR A STRESSED TREE.

UNFORTUNATELY, CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO THAT WILL SAVE IT.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THAT IS IT.

MAYBE IT'LL BE THE BEST TREE NEXT YEAR.

WHO KNOWS.

USUALLY HOW IT GOES SOMETIME, BUT I DOUBT IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE WITH TWO PICTURES.

EXCUSE ME.

THIS IS A TREE IN LINCOLN.

STARTED LOOKING LIKE THAT A FEW YEARS AGO.

IT IS A MAPLE.

THIS PAST SPRING LOOKED LIKE IT WAS SWEATING, LEAFING OUT.

GOT SHEDDING BARK.

HE IS WONDERING IS THIS BACTERIA, WETWOOD OR SOMETHING.

>> YEAH, CAN WE GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PICTURE?

I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS POSSIBLE, IF THEY CAN HEAR ME.

YOU CAN SEE THAT DARK AND SEE THAT STREAK RUNNING DOWN FROM THAT AREA, THE CROTCH IN THE TREE THERE.

A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE'LL HAVE IN THAT SPACE IS -- YOU MAY HAVE A CRACK OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU START GETTING SOME DEBRIS.

SOMETHING THAT A MICROORGANISM CAN START GROWING ON.

USUALLY SOME SORT OF YEAST WILL GET IN THERE.

IT MAY START FERMENTING.

EVEN HAVE -- PEOPLE WILL SAY THEIR TREE IS HISSING.

IF THE CAVITY IS LARGE ENOUGH, IT WILL OOZE OUT OF SOME OF THOSE EXIDATES AND RUN.

THIS COULD ALSO BE FROM IN THE SPRING.

A CRACK IN THAT CROTCH THAT IS SAP JUST BEING PRESSED UP AND RUN DOWN THE TREE.

SO DEPENDING WHAT IT IS, IF YOU SEE ANY FOAMINESS WITH IT, IT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS WETWOOD.

IF IT IS JUST IN THE SPRING AND YOU ARE SEEING THAT SAP, I WOULD JUST LOOK FOR IT AS POTENTIAL FOR A HAZARD TREE THAT COULD BE CRACKED.

AND PART OF THAT BRANCH COULD FALL AND CAUSE DAMAGE IF IT IS CLOSE TO A BUILDING.

>> IT ALSO LOOKED LIKE THAT BRANCH WAS AWFULLY LARGE IN COMPARISON WITH THE TRUNK.

>> YES.

WHEN YOU SEE THAT, BE CAREFUL WITH BALANCE.

LOOK AT IT FOR THE POTENTIAL TO DAMAGE SOME SORT OF STRUCTURE IF IT IS CLOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, LOREN.

ELIZABETH, YOUR FIRST ONE.

YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES HERE.

THIS IS A VIEWER UP NORTH.

AND SHE HAS RHUBARB.

AND SHE SAYS IT HAS STARTED TO FLOWER AND IS PRETTY MUCH OVERRUN WITH THE FLOWERS ALREADY.

I MEAN, IT IS A VERY HISTORIC PLANTING.

SHE HAS A GREAT STORY ASSOCIATED WITH IT, WHICH WE REALLY LOVE.

SHE IS WONDERING WHAT SHE CAN DO TO MAKE SURE THIS RHUBARB STAYS HEALTHY, EXACTLY.

>> SO WITH A RHUBARB WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS REMOVE THOSE FLOWER STALKS.

WE DON'T WANT THAT PLANT TO PUT ALL THAT EFFORT AND ENERGY INTO PRODUCING FLOWERS AND SEEDS.

I KNOW SHE SAID SHE AMENDED SOME SOIL AROUND THERE, SHE ALSO LEFT LEAVES FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

SO WE REALLY WANT TO MAKE A GOOD ENVIRONMENT AND DON'T WANT PATHOGEN -- SORRY, LOREN, BUT WE DON'T WANT PATHOGENS IN THERE, SO WE REALLY WANT TO CLEAN UP AROUND THAT.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T LEAVE THOSE LEAVES AT THAT WHEN THEY START TO, YOU KNOW, FAIL AND FALL AND LEAVE THEM IN THAT LOCATION.

WE WANT TO CLEAN THAT UP.

I KNOW WE AMENDED.

YOU CAN ALSO USE SOME DIFFERENT FERTILIZERS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, LIKE A WATER-SOLUBLE FERTILIZER AROUND THE BASE TO MAKE SURE THAT PLANT IS OVERALL HEALTHY AND JUST MAKE SURE THEY HAVE THAT ADEQUATE AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I THINK A MAJORITY OF THEM LOOKED REALLY HEALTHY.

THERE WAS THAT ONE I WAS KIND OF QUESTIONING.

I'D KEEP MY EYE ON THAT LITTLE ONE JUST TO MAKE SURE WE DON'T HAVE ANY PATHOGENS GETTING STARTED THAT WILL SPREAD.

>> MY PATHOGENS ARE TRYING TO WIN ON THAT ONE.

>> I'LL BET THEY ARE.

>> I SAW SOME RHUBARB IN LINCOLN, JUST DRIVING UP HERE, THAT IS ALREADY COMPLETELY FLOWERED OUT IN THE HEAT.

ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, ELIZABETH.

THIS IS OMAHA.

WHAT IS THIS PLANT?

>> WE WILL COVER IT AT THE "PLANT OF THE WEEK".

IT IS ONE OF THOSE SHADE-LOVING PERENNIALS CALLED CORYDALIS.

WE WILL COVER IT LATER.

>> WELL, THIS WEEKEND YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT A LOCAL ARTS FESTIVAL AT HOLY TRINITY CHURCH.

THERE WILL BE GORGEOUS FLOWERING PLANT DISPLAYS.

FOR OUR FIRST FEATURE TONIGHT, WE THOUGHT WE'D GIVE YOU A LITTLE PREVIEW OF WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU ATTEND.

♪ >> WE HAVE SEVEN FLORISTS COMING TO FILL THAT CHURCH WITH FLOWERS.

THEY WILL DECORATE VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THE CHURCH IN ONLY -- WHAT I CAN ONLY DESCRIBE AS A ROSE BOWL FLOWER QUALITY FESTIVAL.

THEY HAVE CHOSEN A THEME THIS YEAR, WHICH IS "GARDENS AROUND THE WORLD."

SO USE YOUR IMAGINATION AND ENVISION JUST HOW LOVELY THAT CAN BE.

THERE WILL BE FLOWERS FILLING THAT CHURCH.

THE FLOWER SHOW WILL BE GOING ON ALL DAY.

COME ANY TIME.

COME VISIT, COME SEE.

IT IS SOMETHING TO BEHOLD FOR THE GARDENER.

>> WE ARE PRETTY EXCITED TO BE PART OF THE PROJECT HOLY TRINITY IS PUTTING ON.

WHAT WE ARE DOING IS BUILDING DIFFERENT PLACES IN THE CHURCH.

THEY HAVE CHOSEN SIX AREAS IN THE CHURCH TO ENHANCE WITH FLOWERS.

WE ARE DOING "GARDENS FROM AROUND THE WORLD," SO WE'VE PICKED DIFFERENT COUNTRIES TO DO SOME REPRESENTATION OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF FLOWERS THAT WOULD GROW IN THAT AREA AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF STYLES.

>> WELL, IT IS QUITE A LARGE FESTIVAL.

THEY HAVE SEVERAL ARTISTS THAT ARE COMING.

SOME ARE WELL KNOWN, LIKE JOEL SARTORE AND SUSAN PELES.

THE FLORAL PART OF IT IS "GARDENS OF THE WORLD."

THE AREA I'M DOING, SINCE I'M A MASTER OF JAPANESE IKEBANA, IS THE JAPANESE GARDEN, WHICH IS GOING TO BE MORE OF A MEMORIAL TYPE ARRANGEMENT, SINCE MY SPACE IS IN THE COLUMBARIUM.

SO IN JAPAN THE VERY SADDEST FLOWERS ARE COLORED WHITE.

MY ARRANGEMENT WILL REFLECT THAT.

IT WILL HAVE WHITE FLOWERS, ALL-WHITE FLOWERS IN IT.

>> WE HAVE INVITED 20 VISUAL ARTISTS TO COME SET UP THEIR BOOTHS, DISPLAY AND SET UP THEIR ART.

WE'VE INVITED THREE FOOD TRUCKS TO PROVIDE SUSTENANCE.

WE HAVE ZIPLINE BREWERY, WHO IS GOING TO PROVIDE A BEER GARDEN.

THOSE ELEMENTS WILL COMBINE TO INVITE YOU, THE PATRON, TO COME AND PARTICIPATE WITH THE ARTISTS, HAVE BEVERAGE AND HAVE FOOD.

BUT WE'RE ALSO GOING TO FILL THE CHURCH.

WE HAVE NINE PERFORMANCES SCHEDULED THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

THAT INCLUDES A FLUTE DUET.

THERE'S TWO DANCE TROOPS.

WE HAVE TWO ORGAN RECITALS.

WE HAVE A JAPANESE DRUM TROOP THAT IS GOING TO PERFORM.

THERE IS A JAZZ TRIO.

ON TOP OF THAT, ENDING THE DAY, A CONCERT PIANIST.

ALL THOSE PERFORMANCES CAN BE SEEN AS FAR AS THE SCHEDULE ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.HOLYTRINITYARTSFESTIVAL.COM.

>> SO THAT WILL BE THIS SATURDAY 10-5 P.M.

IN LINCOLN.

WE THOUGHT IT WAS REALLY FUN TO COMBINE ALL THOSE THINGS INTO ALL THE BEAUTY OF EVERYTHING WE DO, INCLUDING ROTS AND SPOTS ON OCCASION, LOREN.

>> ALL THE TIME.

>> ALL THE TIME.

JODY, YOUR FIRST TWO PICTURES ARE ONE HERE OF A MAGNOLIA PLANTED LAST SPRING.

IN THE FALL SHE DID TRIM OFF BRANCHES WITH LEAVES THAT HAD SPOTS.

IT IS IN FULL SUN.

THIS YEAR SHE THINKS IT HAS SCALE.

LEAVES ARE CURLING, CHANGING COLOR.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.

>> OKAY.

SO IF IT IS MAGNOLIA SCALE -- I COULDN'T TELL IF THERE'S LIKE THE WHITE, LARGE SCALES.

IF IT IS PRETTY YOUNG, YOU CAN TAKE, REMOVE OR LIGHTLY SCRUB OFF SOME OF THOSE SCALES, YOU CAN DO THAT.

BUT THE TIME FOR TREATMENT WILL BE LATER IN THE FALL, SO IT IS NORMALLY AROUND SEPTEMBER.

BUT YOU'LL WANT TO TREAT WHEN THERE'S CRAWLERS.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE WHEN THEY ARE TINY AND WHEN THEY ARE MOBILE.

YOU CAN USE HORTICULTURAL OIL FOR THAT, OR INSECTICIDAL SOAP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT TWO ARE FROM PAPILLION.

THIS IS A WEEPING CHERRY, STARTED TO LEAF OUT.

SHE SAW THESE ROUND HOLES IN THE NEW LEAVES.

IS IT INSECT, PATHOLOGICAL, ENVIRONMENTAL.

IT IS ALWAYS HARD TO TELL, I KNOW.

>> YEAH.

THIS ONE IS REALLY HARD TO TELL.

I DON'T THINK IT IS INSECT DAMAGE, SO I'LL ASK MY OTHER PANELIST.

WHAT DO YOU THINK, LOREN?

>> I REALLY THINK IT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE NUTRITIONAL.

JUST WHEN IT CAME OUT IN THE SPRING.

BECAUSE NOTHING REALLY DISEASE-WISE, SO MOISTURE AVAILABILITY IF IT IN A LANDSCAPE WHERE IT IS DRIER.

>> AGAIN, YOU JUST SORT OF WATCH THESE NEW PLANTS AND SEE WHAT THEY DO.

ONE OR TWO HOLES IS ONE OR TWO HOLES.

>> THERE WAS NO CONSISTENT PATTERN I SAW THERE, JODY.

I THINK IT WAS A DISEASE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TERRI, YOUR FIRST ONE HERE IS FROM GOSFORD COUNTY SOUTH OF ELWOOD.

PULLED THIS FROM SOIL IN A FLOWER BED.

THEY GOT THE DIRT OUT OF A DRY CORRAL.

SUCCULENTS GROW THERE.

SHE DOESN'T WATER.

WHATEVER THIS IS, SHE DOESN'T WANT IT.

>> WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING.

SHE PULLED IT OUT.

THIS IS WESTERN SALSIFY.

KIND OF COOL.

IN THE ASTERACEA FAMILY.

GIVES A HUGE SEED HEAD THAT IS HUGE, LIKE AN OVERSIZED DANDELION ON STEROIDS.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> JUST PULL IT.

>> PULL THEM UP, YEP.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT TWO ARE SORT OF A FOLLOWUP FROM A PREVIOUS SHOW.

THIS IS A HASTINGS VIEWER WHO IS WORRIED ABOUT ALL OF THESE VARIOUS GRASSES THAT ARE ENCROACHING IN HIS BUFFALO GRASS.

WE ASKED HIM FOR SOME ADDITIONAL PICTURES.

YOU HAVE TWO HERE THAT ARE THIS.

WHAT DO WE THINK THIS IS AND HOW DO YOU MANAGE IT?

>> SO THIS WAS IN BUFFALO GRASS AND PRETTY SURE THIS IS MOSTLY TALL FESCUE GROWING IN THIS.

THEY ARE OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE SPECTRUM WHEN IT COMES TO COOL SEASON, WARM SEASON.

I DO BELIEVE HE SAID HE TRIED TO TREAT WITH GLYPHOSATE ALREADY.

YOU NEED TO WAIT UNTIL THE BUFFALO GRASS GOES DORMANT.

YOU ARE MOST LIKELY GOING TO HAVE TO DO THAT THIS FALL.

AND YOU WILL TREAT AND MAKE SURE WHEN YOU ARE TREATING YOU ARE TREATING WHEN THE TEMPERATURES ARE ABOVE 60 DEGREES.

SO I THINK THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE PROBLEMS THAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED, WITH IT NOT GETTING TREATED CORRECTLY SO -- >> AND HE HAS TRIED A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF.

WEED BEATER FOR BROADLEAF, DIMENSION, ET CETERA.

THANK YOU, TERRI.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE.

THIS IS NORFOLK.

THEY HAVE A SECTION OF TURF THAT HAS A FINE-BLADED LIME GREEN GRASS.

THEY FERTILIZE REGULARLY.

THEY DO WONDER WHY IT'S THIS COLOR.

THERE IS AN ASHE NEXT DOOR, OR NEARBY.

>> USUALLY IF IT LOOKS DIFFERENT, MOST LIKELY IT IS GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT GRASS.

I COULDN'T TELL, WASN'T CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN I.D.

MOST LIKELY ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS IT COULD BE IS THERE IS SOME TYPE OF NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY.

AND COULD BE NUTRIENT DEFICIENT BECAUSE THE TREE IS DECOMPOSING, OR SOME DECOMPOSING, AND THE NITROGEN IS GETTING TIED UP IN THE SOIL.

SO THAT COULD BE A POSSIBILITY.

WHAT I WOULD DO IS IN THE FALL PROBABLY OVERSEED WITH THE KIND OF TURF YOU WANT AND JUST TRY TO START BLENDING IT IN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, TERRI.

ALL RIGHT.

LOREN, THIS IS A VIEWER WITH A BEE BALM, SO A MONARDA.

THIS IS LOOKING A BIT YELLOW, OTHERS ARE AS WELL.

THIS IS THE ONLY PICTURE SHE SENT, SO WE DON'T HAVE CONTEXT.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, ALL THE NEW GROWTH IS YELLOW.

A LOT OF TIMES WHEN WE SEE THIS, WHEN NEW PLANTS ARE LEAFING OUT, THIS IS A GOOD SYMPTOM OF A VIRUS INFECTION.

SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD GUESS, IN THIS CASE.

IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT AS IT HEATS UP, THIS WOULD GO AWAY.

A LOT OF TIMES OUR VIRUSES CAN EXHIBIT SYMPTOMS IN PLANTS.

YOU SEE THE PLANT SYMPTOMS IN COOLER TEMPERATURES.

THEN WHEN IT WARMS UP, THEY MAY GO AWAY.

THAT MAY BE FINE BUT OVER TIME THIS WILL PROBABLY SUCCUMB TO A DISEASE BECAUSE THAT WILL STRESS THE PLANT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> YOU CAN'T REALLY TREAT IT.

>> NO, YOU CAN'T.

>> ENJOY IT WHILE IT IS THERE.

MIGHT HAVE REALLY COOL LEAVES FOR A WHILE.

>> MIGHT BLOOM OR NOT.

>> MIGHT HAVE STREAKING IN IT TOO.

BE REALLY COOL.

>> A NEW SELECTION.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES FOR THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A HANCOCK, IOWA VIEWER.

WHY ARE THE HOSTAS GROWING LIKE THIS?

I THINK THEIR CONCERN IS REALLY THE HOLLOW IN THE MIDDLE.

I THINK YOUR SECOND PICTURE IS ACTUALLY FROM A DIFFERENT VIEWER, BUT RELATIVELY SIMILAR.

>> YEAH.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE SEE THIS IN ALL OUR PERENNIAL PLANTS.

EVEN LIKE THE RHUBARB EARLIER YOU COULD RELATE TO THIS.

THESE PLANTS MANY TIMES WILL GET CROWN AND ROOT ROTS THAT WILL OVER TIME BUILD UP.

SOMETIMES THE PLANT DIES OUT IN THE CENTER.

LIKE IN A HOSTA, YOU WILL HAVE THE CENTER DIE OUT AS THE NEW GROWTH KEEPS GOING.

MANY TIMES YOU NEED TO JUST REFRESH THOSE.

SO DIGGING THEM UP, CLEANING IT OUT, YOU KNOW, MOVING THEM AROUND WHERE YOU GET MORE CENTRAL GROWTH, THEN IT COMES OUT.

AS FAR AS TIME OF YEAR TO DIG UP HOSTA AND MOVE THEM, PROBABLY BE MORE LIKE FALL.

WOULD THAT BE RIGHT, ELIZABETH?

I WOULDN'T DO IT NOW, BUT THIS FALL MAYBE DOING SOME MANEUVERING AND CLEANING UP IS GOING TO HELP.

>> IT IS EASY WHEN THEY FIRST START TO COME UP AND MOVE THEM.

RIGHT NOW, IF YOU MOVE THEM, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATER THEM A LOT MORE.

SOMETIMES IT IS TOUCH-AND-GO.

IF YOU MOVE THEM IN FALL, YOU MIGHT GET SUCCESS.

BUT IF WE HAD A FALL LIKE WE HAD LAST YEAR, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WATER THEM A LOT OR MIGHT NOT SURVIVE.

>> SO GIVE IT A TRY.

GOING TO HAVE A COOL WEEK NEXT WEEK.

>> MAYBE.

ELIZABETH, YOU HAVE FOUR PICTURES FOR THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A MALVERN, IOWA VIEWER, SO SOUTHWEST OF OMAHA.

ACREAGE, TEN WHITE PINE ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE.

NEEDLES ARE EXTREMELY YELLOW.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS.

MAYBE THINKING LACK OF MOISTURE OR THAT THE SOIL IS ALKALINE.

AND, YOU KNOW, HERE IS KIND OF THE TWO OF THE TEN.

THEN I THINK WE HAVE THREE MORE PICTURES ON THIS SO PROGRESSIVELY GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE TREE.

HE DID SAY THE SAME SIDE OF ALL THESE TREES IS THAT COLOR.

>> SO WHITE PINE IS A SPECIES THAT IS REALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO WINTER DESICCATION OR WINTER DROUGHT.

SO WHEN I TOOK A LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES, THE SHAPE OF THE TREE SEEMS A LITTLE OFF.

SO WHEN WE DIG A LITTLE CLOSER AND WE GET TO THAT SECOND PICTURE, THERE'S A BRANCH THAT'S EXTREMELY LOW TO THE GROUND.

SO THAT ALSO MAKES ME THINK THAT THERE COULD BE A PLANTING DEPTH ISSUE, ON TOP OF THAT.

SO WE COULD HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH WINTER DESICCATION OR WINTER DRYING.

IT'S A LITTLE EARLY TO HAVE SOME OF THE NEEDLE BLIGHTS, BUT MIGHT TAKE A LOOK OR SEND A SAMPLE IN JUST TO RULE THAT OUT.

BUT I THINK WE COULD HAVE A COMBINATION OF WINTER DESICCATION, DROUGHT STRESS AND MAYBE A PLANTING DEPTH ISSUE KIND OF ALL ROLLED INTO ONE WITH SOME OF THOSE TREES.

>> RIGHT.

ALKALINITY PROBABLY -- THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEIR SOIL IS ALKALINE SO -- >> YEAH.

I MEAN, A SOIL TEST IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOUR BEST BET TO DETERMINE WHERE EXACTLY YOU ARE AT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THAT WILL PLAY A ROLE.

>> YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

WHAT IS THIS DAMAGE.

WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT.

AND THIS IS A FALSE CYPRESS.

>> SO ABOUT THE ONLY THING YOU CAN DO ON A LOT OF THESE EVERGREENS THAT ARE SHOWING THAT WINTER DESICCATION OR WINTER DEATH IN THOSE AREAS IS TO PRUNE THE DEAD OUT AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU'RE LEFT WITH.

IF IT IS MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THAT TREE OR PLANT, IT WILL HAVE A HARD TIME OVERCOMING THAT.

IF IT IS LESS THAN A THIRD, IT MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME BACK OUT OF IT.

BUT IT IS NOT GOING TO REGROW IN THOSE DEAD AREAS, SO YOU HAVE TO KIND OF TAKE WITH IT WHATEVER YOU HAVE AND DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO LEAVE IT IN THAT CURRENT CONDITION OR JUST REMOVE IT AND REPLACE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.

WELL, SOME VERY HOT WEATHER HAS ROLLED INTO THE EASTERN PART AND THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.

IT DOES MEAN FOR US IT'S GOING TO BE TIME TO PLANT OUR GARDEN.

LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR FROM TERRI JAMES ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

♪ >> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED.

THINGS HAVE REALLY DRIED OUT AFTER THOSE FOUR-PLUS INCHES WE'VE HAD HERE IN THE LINCOLN AREA, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT GETTING THINGS GOING.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE RETAINING WALL IS UP AND GOING.

THE GUYS ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO GET THAT UP AND GOING FOR US.

WE'LL BE ABLE THEN TO PLANT IN OUR DISTRIBUTION GARDEN.

WE ALSO HAVE ALL OF OUR PLANTS OUT OF THE GREENHOUSE, HARDENING OFF.

WE'LL GET CONTAINERS STARTED HERE THIS WEEK.

THEN THE REST OF THE GARDEN WILL GO IN THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK.

JUST REMEMBER, IF YOU ARE PLANTING IN CONTAINERS, MAKE SURE YOU'RE USING GOOD SOIL AND ADD THAT SLOW-RELEASE FERTILIZER TO GIVE THEM FOOD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE GROWING SEASON, BECAUSE YOU WANT THOSE PLANTS TO LOOK REALLY GOOD.

WE ALSO HAVE SOME PLANTS KIND OF FLOWERING A LITTLE BIT EARLY THIS YEAR, JUST BECAUSE OF THIS LITTLE BIT OF HEAT WAVE WE'VE HAD.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE POPPIES ARE UP AND GOING, AND THE AMSONIA IS UP AND GOING.

SO LOTS OF THINGS TO SEE IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN, SO STOP BY AND CHECK IT OUT.

♪ >> WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO GET THOSE PLANTS IN THE GROUND, SO WE ARE HOPING FOR THE BEST THIS WEEKEND.

IT IS TIME FOR US TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

STAY WITH US AS WE'LL BE SHOWING THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

WE WILL HAVE THE LIGHTENING ROUND.

THERE'S MUCH MORE TO COME ON "BACKYARD FARMER" RIGHT AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

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

LATER ON IN THE PROGRAM WE WILL HEAR TIPS FOR SUBMITTING SAMPLES TO YOUR LOCAL EXTENSION OFFICE.

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

SEND US THOSE PICTURES AND E-MAILS FOR A FUTURE SHOW TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE WE ARE HEARING THUNDER IN THE STUDIO.

ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH.

THIS IS A GOTHENBURG VIEWER WHO HAS OGALLOLA STRAWBERRIES.

THEY HAVE ONLY FLOWERED ONCE.

HE WONDERS HOW TO GET THEM TO FLOWER AND PRODUCE, I THINK, MORE THAN ONCE A SEASON.

>> YOU'LL HAVE TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT -- I DON'T KNOW MUCH OF THAT VARIETY, BUT WHETHER THEY ARE DAY-NEUTRAL, JUNE-BEARING, EVERBEARING, THAT WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE ON HOW OFTEN THEY BLOOM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW HOW DO YOU MAKE A COMPOST PILE HOT ENOUGH TO BREAK DOWN OAK LEAVES.

>> CHOP THEM UP REALLY FINE AND MAKE SURE IT HAS 50% MOISTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER THE RHUBARB THAT HE GOT -- SHOULD HE PLANT THE CROWNS ABOVE GROUND OR BELOW GROUND.

>> DEPENDS ON YOUR SOIL TYPE.

MOST TIMES AT-LEVEL WOULD BE GREAT.

IF YOU HAVE A HEAVIER SOIL, MIGHT BE ABLE TO SNEAK IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO KEEP LILY OF THE VALLEY FROM SPREADING, OR KILL IT.

>> GOOD LUCK.

MOVE.

>> TOUGH ONE.

IT IS TOUGH TO CONTROL.

YOU COULD TRY SOLARIZATION, BUT IT IS GOING TO CONTINUE TO MOVE AND GO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A NORTH LOUP VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER TREES SHOULD BE PLANTED NOW OR WAIT UNTIL FALL WITH THE DROUGHT.

>> YOU KNOW, NORTH LOUP, I'D DO IT EITHER WAY.

IF YOU'RE GOING TO PLANT IT NOW, MAKE SURE IT HAS PLENTY OF WATER.

OTHERWISE WAIT FOR FALL AND YOU WON'T HAVE TO WATER FOR QUITE AS LONG.

>> THAT SHOULD NOT COUNT.

THAT WAS AFTER THE BUZZER.

>> COME ON!

I HAVE TO REPRESENT NORTH LOUP.

COME ON.

>> WHO WOULD GET RID OF LILY OF THE VALLEY?

THEY ARE SO PRETTY.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE.

>> GROW IT IN A BUCKET.

>> LOREN, ARE YOU READY?

>> I'M READY AS A FRIED BALONEY SANDWICH ON LITTLE BROADWAY.

>> THIS IS A WOOD RIVER VIEWER WHO SAYS, IS IT POSSIBLE TO ALREADY HAVE POWDERY MILDEW SHOWING UP IN THEIR CHOKE CHERRIES.

>> ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, BUT THAT IS UNLIKELY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO THE FOLLOWUP QUESTION THEN IS, WHAT COULD IT BE IF IT HAS SILVERY SPOTS ON THE LEAVES.

>> SILVERY SPOTS, IT IS REALLY UNUSUAL THAT YOU WOULD HAVE POWDERY MILDEW.

I WOULD WANT TO SEE A PICTURE OF THAT ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS VIEWER WONDERS WHETHER TOPSOIL THAT SMELLS TERRIBLE WOULD SPREAD A ROT OF SOME SORT IN THE GARDEN.

>> NOT NECESSARILY.

A LOT OF THINGS SMELL TERRIBLE THAT ARE REALLY BENEFICIAL.

THERE'S COW MANURE.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A KEARNEY VIEWER WHO HAD ASHE BOLETES LAST YEAR.

>> NICE.

>> SHOULD THEY EXPECT TO GET THEM AGAIN?

>> REAL GOOD CHANCE.

GET THE PRUNERS OUT.

>> DAVID SAID, THE INTERIOR NEEDLES OF THEIR SPRUCE IS DEAD FROM SOME DISEASE.

IS IT TIME TO TREAT SPRUCE FOR SOMETHING?

>> IT DEPENDS.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT NEEDLE CAST DISEASES AND THEY ALL CYCLE AT DIFFERENT TIMES, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND SUBMITTING A SAMPLE FOR THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

NICE JOB.

>> I DID MINE WITHIN THE TIME AND GOT -- [LAUGHTER] >> ALL RIGHT, TERRI, ARE YOU READY?

>> I'M READY.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAID THEY MOWED MONDAY AT THE REQUISITE THREE AND A HALF INCHES HIGH AND IT'S ALREADY SIX INCHES TALL AND DIDN'T FERTILIZE.

DID THE MOWING STIMULATE THE GROWTH?

>> NO.

THAT WOULD BE THE RAIN WE HAVE BEEN GETTING AND THE HEAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER IT IS TOO LATE TO PUT DOWN A PREEMERG FOR CRABGRASS.

THIS IS THEIR FIRST ONE.

>> PROBABLY.

YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO PUT A POST-EMERGENT LIKE PENDIMETHALIN ON IT.

>> THIS IS A PICKRELL, NEBRASKA VIEWER WHO GOT SEEDS OF FROSTED EXPLOSION, WHICH IS ONE OF THE GRASSES YOU HAD LAST YEAR.

IT'S RICH GRASS AND WONDERS IF IT IS INVASIVE.

>> NOPE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS DANDELIONS IN A 30 -YEAR-OLD BUNCH OF ROSES.

HOW TO GET RID OF THEM WITHOUT SPRAYING.

THIS IS BELLEVUE.

>> GO GET SOME HEAVY GLOVES AND A SOIL KNIFE AND JUST START DIGGING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A HOWELLS VIEWER WHO WONDERS IF YOU PICK OFF THE FLOWERS OF DANDELIONS BEFORE THEY SEED WILL THE SEED STILL RIPEN AND SPREAD.

>> NO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HOW DO YOU KILL BINDWEED?

>> KEEP AT IT ALL YEAR LONG.

>> NICE JOB.

>> YEAH, GOOD JOB, TERRI.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE GAUNTLET IS THROWN.

>> I NEVER WIN.

I'M FINE WITH THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, JODY.

YOUR FIRST ONE, THIS IS A SEWARD VIEWER -- AND THIS JUST CAME IN TODAY.

SAID THEY WERE OUTSIDE AND THERE IS SOME SORT OF INVISIBLE INSECT THAT IS BITING THEM.

WHAT MIGHT THAT BE?

>> HOW DO YOU KNOW IT IS AN INSECT BITING YOU?

>> I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT.

>> I DON'T EITHER.

I GUESS I'LL PASS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO THIS IS A LYONS VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW, NEEM OIL IS USED FOR WHAT?

>> WELL, THERE'S SOME PRODUCTS THAT HAVE LIKE A FUNGICIDE AND SOMETHING ELSE AND INSECTICIDE BUT IS USED -- IS AN ORGANIC PRODUCT USUALLY FOR LIKE FOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AN OMAHA VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHEN TO CONTROL GRUBS, TO CONTROL THE JAPANESE BEETLES.

ARE WE IN THE WINDOW.

>> WELL, DEPENDS.

IF YOU HAVE TURF ISSUES AND GRUBS IN THE TURF, ABOUT THE THRESHOLD LIMIT YOU CAN TREAT IS LIKE JUNE OR JULY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE AN INSECTICIDAL SOAP THAT WILL WORK FOR BORES IN LILAC AND VIBURNUMS.

>> NO.

>> IS THERE A REPELLENT FOR TICKS?

>> I WOULD USE PERMETHRIN-TREATED CLOTHING.

>> NICE JOB, ALL, SO SOMEBODY WON THE -- >> YEAH.

>> REPRESENT THE TURF CHAIR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ELIZABETH, LET'S LET HER BASK IN HER LIGHTNING LAURELS.

YOU CAN -- >> UH-HUH, WE WILL JUST PAY ATTENTION OVER HERE.

NO.

WHAT WE HAVE OVER HERE IS TWO VERY NICE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

WE'LL START WITH KIND OF THE PERIWINKLE-COLORED ONE.

WHAT THIS IS, THIS IS A PHLOX.

THIS IS THE NATIVE PHLOX SO IT IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN OTHERS THAT GET THE POWDERY MILDEW AND THOSE ISSUES.

THIS ONE DOES NOT GET THAT.

IT IS SLOW TO COLONIZE AND HAS A REALLY SWEET SMELL TO IT.

IT IS ONE OF THE WOODLAND ONES, SO IT LIKES THAT SHADED ENVIRONMENT.

THE OTHER ONE I SAID WE WOULD GET TO LATER IN THE SHOW, HERE IT IS.

THIS IS CORYDALIS.

CORYDALIS IS A PART-SHADE PERENNIAL.

IT WILL SEED ITSELF, BUT IT IS NOT AN AGGRESSIVE SEEDER.

IT IS ONE OF THOSE NICE ONES THAT SEEDS ITSELF AND KIND OF COLONIZES.

IT'S GOT A LONG BLOOM TIME, SO IT'S GOING TO CONTINUE TO BLOOM FOR ABOUT, OH, 12 WEEKS OR SO.

SO THAT IS THE GOOD PART WITH THIS ONE, IS IT PROVIDES THAT YELLOW SPOT TO THE SHADE.

HELPS TO LIGHTEN THAT AREA UP AND HAS AN EXTENDED BLOOM TIME.

SO TWO VERY NICE PLANTS OF THE WEEK, THIS WEEK.

>> AND JUST TO HEAD OFF A QUESTION FROM PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE OTHER CORYDALIS THAT IS YELLOW, THAT IS A WEED.

THIS IS NOT THE YELLOW ONE.

THAT IS THE WEED.

>> THIS IS THE NICE ONE.

THIS IS THE NICE ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

JODY, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES FOR THIS ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER IN GRAND ISLAND WHO HAS THREE LARGE ASHE TREES BREAKING BUD.

HE HAS HEARD THERE IS A GROUND TREATMENT THAT CAN BE APPLIED UNDER ASHE TO TAKE UP TO PROTECT THEM FROM EMERALD ASHE BORE.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS?

IS THIS CORRECT?

CAN HOMEOWNERS DO THIS THEMSELVES?

>> OKAY.

SO THAT IS ONE OF THE THREE TREATMENTS THAT CAN BE DONE.

SO THERE'S TRUNK INJECTION.

THERE'S LIKE A BARK SPRAY AND THERE'S A GROUND TREATMENT.

GROUND TREATMENT CAN BE DONE BY HOMEOWNERS.

HOWEVER, THE SUCCESS OR EFFECTIVENESS DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF THE TREE AND ALSO LIKE THE PERCENT DEFOLIATION OR THE HEALTH OF THE TREE.

SO IF THERE'S LESS THAN 50% DEFOLIATION, YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOUR TREE AT BREAST HEIGHT IS 15 INCHES OR LESS.

SO IF THEY ARE RATHER LARGE TREES, THAT SOUNDS LIKE HE MAY HAVE -- IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EFFECTIVE.

SO YOU MAY HAVE TO GO WITH AN ARBORIST.

BUT YOU'D WANT TO EVALUATE YOUR TREES AND HEALTH OF THE TREE TO DETERMINE IF THAT IS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR THE ASHE TREES.

>> THEY SHOULD CONTACT THEIR LOCAL EXTENSION OFFICE AND TALK TO THEIR LOCAL EXTENSION EDUCATOR.

>> IN GRAND ISLAND.

>> IN GRAND ISLAND.

AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU TO KNOW IF THAT TREE IS IN GOOD CONDITION FOR TREATMENT.

>> THANK YOU, ELIZABETH.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TWO QUESTIONS -- TWO PICTURES FOR THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS FROM HERMAN, NEBRASKA.

HAS 40 THREE-YEAR-OLD BLACK HILL SPRUCE THAT HAS THESE INSECTS ON THEM.

WHAT ARE THEY?

WHAT ARE THEY, HOW DO YOU KILL THEM.

THEY LOOKED GREAT GOING INTO THE WINTER.

AFTER MARCH THEY ALL STARTED LOSING THEIR NEEDLES, LIKE THAT FIRST PICTURE, AND TURNING BROWN.

>> OKAY.

SO TWO THINGS.

SO THE INSECTS THAT ARE ON THIS PICTURE HERE, THESE ARE DEAD FLIES.

THEY'VE BEEN ATTACKED BY AN ANTIPATHOGENIC FUNGIVE, WHICH LOREN WOULD LOVE.

IT IS REALLY COOL.

YOU DON'T NEED TO KILL THESE FLIES, THEY ARE ALREADY DEAD.

AS FOR THE TREES -- >> SO ARE THEY.

>> THAT LOOKS DEAD TOO.

>> SO THE FUNGUS KILLED -- >> WELL, DIFFERENT -- MAY BE DIFFERENT TYPE OF FUNGUS OR -- >> DIFFERENT FUNGUS, YEAH.

>> VERY INTERESTING AND VERY DEAD.

>> PATHOGEN WINNING ON MULTIPLE FRONTS OF NATURE, AMAZING.

>> EXCEPT FOR THE LIGHTENING ROUND.

TERRI, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES FOR THIS ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS SEDGE AND USED SEDGEHAMMER.

NOW SHE IS NOT SO SURE.

SHE DOES NEED TO KILL IT, AS IT IS SPREADING AND NOW FLOWERING.

>> I THINK THIS IS ANNUAL BLUEGRASS, SO YOU CAN USE GLYPHOSATE OR HAND-DIG IT UP.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT IS AMONGST OTHER TURF.

LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE IN A LANDSCAPED BED.

THEY WILL DIG UP EASY.

THEY WILL HAVE A PRETTY BIG, MASSIVE ROOT SYSTEM, BUT IT WILL BE SHALLOW, SO YOU CAN USE A SOIL KNIFE TO GET IT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE HERE, TWO PICTURES ALSO, THIS IS A CENTRAL CITY VIEWER.

SHE WONDERS WHAT THIS WEED IS THAT IS GROWING ON THE EDGES OF THE LAWN AND THE DRIVEWAY.

SHE DOES SAY, IT SEEMS TO BE SORT OF GREEN ALL YEAR LONG, EVEN IN THE WINTER SO THIS IS THE CLOSEUP IN THE ROCKS.

>>> YEAH, SO THIS ONE WAS HARD.

I WENT IN AS CLOSE AS I POSSIBLY COULD, RIGHT.

IT IS EITHER THE ANNUAL BLUEGRASS, LIKE THE LAST ONE, OR THIS COULD BE A VERY SMALL SEDGE.

IF YOU -- WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS GO DOWN AND LOOK AT THE VERY BOTTOM.

IF IT'S GOT KIND OF LIKE A TRIANGLE BASE, THEN IT IS A SEDGE.

AND YOU WOULD NEED TO TREAT THAT BEFORE THE LONGEST DAY OF THE SEASON, OF THE YEAR, AND WITH THAT SEDGEHAMMER THAT THE PREVIOUS PERSON WAS TRYING TO USE AND DIDN'T WORK.

>> THIS IS A LITTLE REMINDER TO OUR VIEWERS.

IF YOU COULD SEND US A REALLY, REALLY GOOD PICTURE THAT IS CLOSE UP.

ESPECIALLY OF TURF OR WEEDY THINGS, THAT IS REALLY HELPFUL.

>> SO JUST HAVE EDGES, RUSHES OR ROUND.

GRASSES ARE ROUND BUT HAVE JOINTS.

IT'S A SONG.

[LAUGHTER] >> APPARENTLY WE ARE SINGING THE REST OF THE SHOW.

>> A MUSICAL.

>> MAKE IT MORE ENTERTAINING.

>> "BACKYARD FARMER", THE MUSICAL.

>> WE WILL NOT MAKE IT TO 71 SEASONS.

HERE WE GO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES.

THIS IS FROM YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA.

THESE CIRCLES SHOWED UP LAST YEAR.

THE DEAD SPOT WAS A CIRCLE TWO YEARS AGO.

I THINK THAT IS MAYBE YOUR NEXT PICTURE.

THEY DID OVERSEED WITH BLUEGRASS, MIXED GRASSES.

NOW THEY WONDER ABOUT THE CIRCLES.

>> A FEW THINGS GOING ON HERE.

SO ONE IS, I THOUGHT ALMOST IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE A TREE WAS REMOVED IN THIS SPACE.

THEN YOU WOULD HAVE -- IF IT WAS GROUND OUT, YOU WOULD HAVE THOSE WOOD CHIPS IN THERE, AND TYPICALLY GET A LOT OF FUNGAL GROWTH.

THAT FUNGAL GROWTH WOULD BE HYDROREPELLENT OR WATER-REPELLING, SO YOU WILL HAVE A DEAD ZONE IN THERE.

IF THERE WASN'T A TREE REMOVED, THEN IT COULD BE JUST A NATURAL PROCESS WITH SOMETHING CALLED FAIRY RING FUNGI, WHICH THEY ARE DECOMPOSING THATCH.

THEY PRODUCE THAT GREEN AREA BY BREAKING DOWN THATCH, RELEASING ITS NUTRIENTS AND YOU HAVE A BRIGHT GREEN RING.

AND SOMETIMES THEY WILL RESULT IN GROWTH IN THE CENTER, FORMING THAT MYCELIAL MAT, WHICH WILL DRY THAT TURF OUT.

EITHER WAY, REALLY BREAKING THAT UP, IF IT IS THE WOOD CHIP SCENARIO IN WHICH YOU REMOVE A TREE, I THINK I WOULD LET THAT BREAK DOWN AND THEN TRY TO BREAK IT UP AND DO THAT.

BECAUSE YOU WILL BE FIGHTING IT UNTIL THE WOOD CHIPS ARE BROKEN ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO BASICALLY SOIL.

SO DEPENDING ON THE SCENARIO THERE, YOU CAN BREAK IT UP.

AERATE IT HEAVY AND OVERSEED IT, BUT I WOULD JUST BE CAUTIOUS IF IT IS A WOOD CHIP SCENARIO AND NOT WORK ON IT FOR A YEAR.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANKS, LOREN.

>> ONE THING, YOU CAN PUT NITROGEN DOWN TO HELP BREAK IT DOWN.

SO IF YOU SPRINKLE EXTRA NITROGEN DOWN IN THAT ZONE, IT WILL HELP BREAK UP THE WOOD CHIPS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS THREE PICTURES.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

WANTS TO KNOW WHY HIS TURF DIED IN THESE POCKETS.

>> THIS IS REALLY A HARD ONE.

LOOKS LIKE IT IS IN THAT ZONE BETWEEN TWO SIDEWALKS THAT COULD HAVE A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON, DEPENDING.

COULD BE AN AREA THAT PEOPLE WALK, COMPACTION.

YOU'VE GOT TRAFFIC ISSUES.

COMPACTION WOULD FAVOR EVEN SOME EARLY ROOT AND SPRING CROWN ROT INFECTIONS WE MAY HAVE.

I DIDN'T SEE ANY RING PATTERN TO THE PICTURE, SO IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, NECROTIC RING SPOT, WHICH WE WOULD TYPICALLY SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE SEASON.

MAY WANT TO SUBMIT A PLANT SAMPLE.

THE OTHER THING IS TO CONSIDER, IF IT IS COMPACTION JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE HEAVILY AERATING THAT AREA.

TRY TO BREAK IT UP, THEN OVERSEED.

>> ELIZABETH, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES.

THE THIS IS A GRAFTED DWARF WEEPING CHERRY IN OMAHA.

UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, IT WAS GOOD.

NOW IT IS SENDING UP SPROUTS THROUGHOUT THE YARD.

THE LAST COUNT BEING AROUND 20.

WONDERS SHOULD HE, WHAT, CUT DOWN THE TREE OR GET RID OF THE SPROUTS.

>> SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREE, IT IS NO LONGER A WEEPING CHERRY TREE, SO IT HAS REVERTED.

SO THE THING IS, IF THEY ARE GOING TO REMOVE THE TREE, THEY ARE GOING TO NEED TO CUT AND DO A CUT STUMP TREATMENT FIRST.

THAT WILL KILL THE ROOT SYSTEM.

IT WILL KILL THE LITTLE SPROUTS COMING UP IN THE YARD.

IF YOU DON'T DO THAT, YOU WILL HAVE MORE SPROUTS COMING UP IN THE YARD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR NEXT ONE IS A NORTH BEND VIEWER THAT HAS A YEAR OLD CHERRY.

HAS LEAVES ON A BRANCH AND TWO BRANCHES WITHOUT ANY LEAVES.

CUT THEM OFF OR LEAVE THEM ALONE.

>> CUT OFF THE DEAD.

LEAVE WHAT YOU CAN ON FOR A WHILE.

IT IS A REALLY YOUNG TREE AND WE DON'T WANT TOO MUCH HEAVY PRUNING.

BUT ANYTHING DEAD, DAMAGED OR DISEASED CAN BE TAKEN OFF.

>> YOUR FINAL ONE IS THREE OAKS.

THEY HAVE ORANGE ON THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUNK.

WHAT IS IT?

>> THEY ARE CALLED LICHENS.

THEY ARE NATURE'S COMPASS.

USUALLY ON THE NORTH SIDE.

>> PERFECT, SO NO BIG DEAL.

>> NO BIG DEAL.

>> PROVIDING A GOOD SAMPLE FROM YOUR YARD OR GARDEN IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO GET A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM.

SCOTT EVANS AND DANA FREEMAN HAVE PUT TOGETHER A FEW SIMPLE TIPS TO MAKE SURE THEY CAN HELP YOU WHEN YOU BRING A SAMPLE INTO YOUR EXTENSION OFFICE.

♪ >> SPRING'S FINALLY ARRIVED HERE IN NEBRASKA.

WE HAVE BEEN OUTSIDE IN OUR YARDS, WORKING ON THE LANDSCAPE.

WE MAY HAVE FOUND SOME THINGS WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT.

SOMETHING THAT'S NOT LOOKING RIGHT.

SOMETHING THAT'S GROWING UNDER A TREE OR JUST A PLANT THAT JUST DOESN'T LOOK HEALTHY.

AND WE WANTED TO TALK TO YOU TODAY ABOUT HOW TO BRING IN A GOOD SAMPLE TO YOUR LOCAL EXTENSION OFFICE.

SO DANA, WHEN PEOPLE ARE BRINGING IN AN INSECT SAMPLE, WHAT SHOULD THEY BE DOING?

>> SO WHEN WE BRING IN AN INSECT SAMPLE, WE WANT TO SEE WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP.

SO AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, BEFORE WE OPEN UP, TUPPERWARE CONTAINERS ARE A GOOD CHOICE, AS ARE EMPTY PILL BOTTLES.

ZIPLOCS ARE A GOOD THING.

BUT REMEMBER IN A ZIPLOC, IT IS EASY TO SQUISH A SOFT-BODIED INSECT.

WE DON'T WANT A SQUISHED INSECT.

WE WOULD LIKE SOMETHING AS INTACT AS POSSIBLE SO WE CAN SEE ALL THE INSECT PARTS.

IF YOU WANT, IF YOU HAVE DAMAGED WOOD, THAT IS ANOTHER THING YOU COULD BRING IN, IS A PIECE OF DAMAGED WOOD.

>> IS THERE ANYTHING WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT?

>> THERE'S QUITE A FEW THINGS WE ARE NOT ABLE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.

THAT WOULD BE STARTING WITH ANYTHING THAT IS LIQUID.

THAT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE THINGS FROM THE HUMAN BODY.

WE ARE ALSO NOT ABLE TO LOOK AT INSECT BITES ON THE SKIN.

THAT IS WHAT A MEDICAL DOCTOR DOES.

IF SOMEONE DOES SEE SOMETHING BITING THEIR SKIN, AND THEY ARE ABLE TO GET THAT INSECT, THEN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE LIMITED IN THAT AS WELL.

WE CAN LOOK AT GLUE TRAPS OR GLUE BOARDS BUT WE DON'T WANT THE WHOLE HUGE THING.

THEY ARE STICKY AND MESSY.

A SECTION IS GOOD.

AS WELL AS WE DON'T LOOK AT CLOTHING OR ANY TEXTILES TO PULL BUGS FROM THOSE.

BUT SCOTT, DO YOU WANT TO TALK A BIT ABOUT WHAT WE WON'T WITH A TURF SAMPLE?

>> WHEN IT COMES TO THE TURF, WE WANT TO SEE THE ROOTS AND ALL.

WE WOULD LIKE A DINNERPLATE SIZE OF THE SAMPLE.

HALF IN THE GOOD, HALF IN THE BAD.

SOME OF THE MISTAKES CLIENTS MAKE IS THEY JUST GO OUT AND PULL OUT SOME OF THE GRASS.

WE NEED TO SEE AS MUCH OF THE PLANT AS WE ARE ABLE TO.

SO BRING IT IN.

WE WILL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU, SO THAT WAY YOU CAN STICK IT BACK IN THE LAWN.

>> WHAT ABOUT WEEDS IN THE LANDSCAPE?

>> WHEN IT COMES TO WEEDS OF THE LANDSCAPE, A PHOTOGRAPH IS IDEAL.

WE COULD TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THAT.

IT REALLY HELPS US AND NARROWS THINGS DOWN.

YOU ARE WELCOME TO BRING IN THE WEEDS.

AGAIN, BRING IN AS MUCH OF THE PLANT AS YOU CAN.

THE FLOWERS, STEM, THE ROOT IF YOU WANT TO.

IT JUST MAKES THE DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS A LITTLE BIT EASIER.

IT ALSO NEEDS TO BE FRESH.

WE DON'T WANT A SAMPLE THAT'S BEEN ON THE DASHBOARD SEVERAL DAYS.

SOMETHING FRESH OUT OF THE GROUND MAKES IT A LOT EASIER FOR US TO LOOK AT.

DANA, WHEN IT COMES TO TREES AND SHRUBS, WHAT IS A GOOD SAMPLE FOR A TREE AND SHRUB?

>> I HAVE A SAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS NOT A GOOD SAMPLE.

THIS IS A DEAD TWIG.

WITH A TREE AND SHRUB SAMPLE, WE LIKE SOMETHING THAT IS 12 TO 18 INCHES LONG.

HAS, AS YOU MENTIONED BEFORE, THE GOOD AND BAD COMPONENTS.

ADDITIONAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE OVERALL TREES, HOW THEY ARE PLANTED.

LOTS OF -- AS MANY COMPONENTS AS WE CAN SEE AS POSSIBLE IS HELPFUL.

>> WHEN IT COMES TO PLANTS THAT MIGHT HAVE A DISEASE, WE WANT SOMETHING -- AGAIN, A FRESH SAMPLE.

SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS AS MUCH OF THE PLANT AS POSSIBLE, SO PUT THAT IN A GOOD -- AGAIN, A CLEAR, PLASTIC BAG SO WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

WE DO HAVE LIMITATIONS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DIAGNOSE DOWN TO MAYBE AN EXACT PATHOGEN.

WHEN IT COMES TO DIAGNOSTIC DISEASES, WE CAN NARROW IT DOWN A LOT OF TIMES, BUT IF YOU DO NEED A SPECIFIC PATHOGEN, WE DO RECOMMEND OUR CLIENTS WORKING WITH A PLANT DIAGNOSTIC LAB.

WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS "BACKYARD FARMER" FARMER SEGMENTS ON HOW TO SEND IN A SAMPLE.

YOU CAN FIND THAT INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> THESE SAME IDEAS ARE TRUE, WHETHER YOU SEND THEM IN TO THE EXTENSION OFFICE OR YOU SEND THEM IN TO THE DIAGNOSTIC CLINIC HERE ON CAMPUS.

YOU KNOW, OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL OFFERS MANY GREAT FEATURES IN PAST SHOWS.

WATCH ANYWHERE: ON YOUR PHONE, YOUR TABLET OR YOUR COMPUTER.

IF YOU'VE GOT A QUESTION, CHANCES ARE, WE'VE PRODUCED A VIDEO ON IT.

OR IF YOU MISSED THE SHOW ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, IT'S POSTED ON YOUTUBE.

SO TAKE A FEW MINUTES AFTER THE SHOW TO CHECK OUT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

ALL RIGHT, WE ARE ALMOST OUT OF TIME.

THIS IS ALMOST LIGHTNING.

YOUR FIRST QUESTION.

HAS TWO OR THREE PICTURES.

A FRIEND HAS THESE THINGS SWIMMING IN HER HORSE TANK.

WHAT ARE THEY?

WILL THEY HARM THE HORSES?

>> I JUST LEARNED ABOUT THIS TODAY.

THESE ARE DAPHNIA.

THIS IS A FRESH WATER CRUSTACEAN AND WON'T HURT THE HORSES.

>> BUT EMPTY THE TANK.

>> YES.

>> HERE THEY ARE, ONE, TWO, THREE.

TERRI, YOUR FIRST ONE IS A KEARNEY VIEWER.

WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO STOP -- SORRY, I FORGOT THIS ONE.

THIS IS COLUMBINE FOR YOU.

>> YES.

>> HAS APHIDS OR SOMETHING.

>> SPRAY WITH A STRONG BLAST OF THE HOSE.

>> EXCELLENT.

ONE OR TWO PICTURES WITH THAT ONE.

THAT IS NASTY.

NOW, TERRI, WE COME UP WITH HOW TO STOP THE SUCKER GROWTH ON THIS TREE IN KEARNEY, AND WANT TO KNOW IF TORDON CAN BE USED WITHOUT DAMAGING THE PRIMARY TREE.

>> NO.

IT WILL KILL ANYTHING THE ROOT IS TOUCHING.

>> YOUR NEXT IS A GRETNA VIEWER.

HOW TO GET RID OF THE PURPLE FLOWER IN A NEW HOME.

BACKYARD IS OVERRUN.

WEED-AND-FEED DIDN'T TOUCH IT, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO DAMAGE THEIR PETS.

>> THIS IS CREEPING CHARLIE.

YOU NEED TO TAKE CARE OF IT WITH A THREE-WAY BROADLEAF WEED KILLER IN THE FALL.

>> IN THE FALL.

ALL RIGHT.

YOUR THIRD ONE HERE IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

WHAT IS THE BEST METHOD TO REMOVE THIS FROM THE YARD.

IT'S BEEN THERE SINCE THEY MOVED IN.

DOESN'T TAKE OVER BUT IT IS SPORADIC THROUGHOUT AND IT DOES HAVE THAT WHITE FLOWER.

>> THIS IS A VIOLET.

IT WILL ALSO BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE FALL.

>> AND A WHITE ONE, NOT VIOLET ONE.

>> CORRECT.

>> LOREN, THIS ONE WAS ACTUALLY SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.

LOREN WOULD APPRECIATE THIS.

FROM BERTRAND.

FOUND IT ON A BROKEN COTTONWOOD BRANCH.

>> UNFORTUNATELY THIS ONE I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE.

IT MAY BE A WESTERN JACK-O-LANTERN MUSHROOM BUT NOT EXACTLY SURE, THE WAY IT'S BROKEN DOWN.

>> THAT IS FUN.

A NEMAHA VIEWER SAID, OUR NEW HOME CAME WITH GIFTS.

ARE THEY POISONOUS TO PETS.

>> WITH FUNGI YOU ALWAYS WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH YOUR PETS.

ANY CAN BE TOXIC.

THAT ONE IN PARTICULAR LOOKS LIKE AN INKY CAP MUSHROOM.

IF THAT IS THE CASE, IT WILL DISSOLVE AND BREAK DOWN QUICKLY.

BUT I WOULD KEEP THE PETS OUT OF THEM.

THEY WILL STAIN TOO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR THIRD ONE HERE IS WHAT -- >> MOSS MOREL.

MANY TIMES CONFUSED WITH THE REGULAR MOREL THAT PEOPLE ARE FINDING RIGHT NOW.

THIS ONE CAN BE TOXIC, WOULD NOT RECOMMEND EATING IT.

I HAVE SEEN ONE THAT WAS FIVE POUNDS IN SIZE.

PRETTY AWESOME.

>> MY GOODNESS.

>> THIS BIG.

>> ELIZABETH, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES.

THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO GOT HOT PEPPERS, TOOK A BITE OUT OF THE GHOST, DIDN'T FINISH IT.

HE'S GROWN ALL THESE COOL THINGS, BUT HIS QUESTION IS, WILL SWEET BELL PEPPERS THAT HAVE CROSS-POLLINATED WITH HOTTER VARIATIONS, LIKE CHINESE CAPSAICIN -- WILL THEY GET THE FIERY FLAVORS OF THE FIRST.

>> YOU GET WHAT WE CALL SEEDLING VARIETY, WHICH MEANS YOUR GUESS IS AS GOOD AS MINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FINAL ONE IS, SPOTS ON VEGGIES GROWING INDOORS.

THEY HAVE BEEN GROWING THESE PEPPER PLANTS INSIDE.

THE WEATHER HAS NOT BEEN COOPERATING.

FEW SPOTS ON THE UNDERSIDES AND LEAVES SEEM TO BE DYING.

WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE?

>> THAT'S JUST QUIRKY TISSUE CALLED OEDEMA.

NOTHING TO SPRAY.

JUST LET IT GO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, AND THAT IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT TONIGHT FOR "BACKYARD FARMER".

WE DO WANT TO SAY THANKS TO OUR LOYAL AUDIENCE FOR SUBMITTING QUESTIONS THIS WEEK.

THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT, ENTERTAINING SHOW.

HELPING US ON PHONES THIS EVENING WE HAVE MASTER GARDENERS GEORGE MALY, CAROL RUSTAD AND LINDA HELTON.

NEXT TIME ROCH WILL HELP IDENTIFY SOME OF THOSE WEEDY GRASSES THAT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO GET RID OF IN YOUR LAWN.

SO GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

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

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