>> CELEBRATING 70 YEARS OF ANSWERING YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

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

TONIGHT ON BACKYARD FARMER WE'LL BE HEARING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN EXTEND YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN INTO THE FALL AND WE'LL SEE WHY TREES GROWN IN ROOT BAGS ARE HEALTHIER.

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

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

I'M KIM TODD.

THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR ANOTHER HOUR OF ANSWERING YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

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AND OF COURSE WE HAVE SAMPLES TO START WITH AND KYLE -- UH-OH.

>> EMERALD ASHBORE.

I WANTED TO BRING SOME EXAMPLES.

WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SEE DAMAGE IN THEIR ASH, SEE BORING AND THEY WANT TO KNOW IF IT IS EMERALD ASHBORE.

I WANTED TO BRING EXAMPLES TO DEMONSTRATE THAT.

THE BEETLES, THE ADULTS ARE THESE REALLY RATHER SMALL, METALLIC GREEN BEETLES ONLY ABOUT HALF AN INCH.

MOST PEOPLE ARE RELATIVELY SURPRISED AT HOW SMALL THEY ARE.

THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE THEY CAN DO.

THEY'LL EMERGE IN THE SPRING, THESE ADULTS.

AND THEY'LL MATE, FLY UP TO THE TOP OF THE TREE, EAT, MATE, THEN THE LARVAE WILL TUNNEL INTO THE TREE.

AND SO, WHEN THE ADULTS EMERGE THEY PRODUCE THESE REALLY CHARACTERISTIC D-SHAPED HOLES.

IT IS RATHER SMALL.

THEY'RE ONLY ABOUT 1/8 INCH.

YOU CAN SEE A FLAT SURFACE ON TOP AND THEN ITS ROUNDED ON THE BOTTOM.

SOMETIMES IF YOU ARE SEEING SMALLISH HOLES THEY WILL SOMETIMES GET A LITTLE BIT MISSHAPEN AS THEY'RE OLDER AND SO YOU CAN KIND OF CUT THAT BACK MAYBE A LITTLE BIT WITH A KNIFE AND SEE IF IT HAS THAT CHARACTERISTIC D SHAPE.

THAT IS ONE OF THE THINGS TO LOOK FOR.

OTHERWISE, SIGNS THAT YOUR TREES COULD BE INFESTED WITH EMERALD ASHBORE INCLUDE CANOPY DECLINE ESPECIALLY IN THE UPPER THIRD.

SUCKERING AROUND THE TRUNK OF THE TREE.

CRACKS THAT WILL GO VERTICAL IN THE TREE.

THOSE CAN ALSO BE INDICATIONS FROM WHERE THEY'VE BEEN TUNNELLING.

AND THEN WOODPECKER ACTIVITY.

SO IF YOU'RE SEEING THOSE SIGNS, THOSE D-SHAPED HOLES, ANOTHER REALLY CHARACTERISTIC SIGN IF YOU PULL BACK THE BARK IS GOING TO BE THE SERPENTINE GALLERIES OR KIND OF ZIGZAGGING GALLERIES BACK AND FORTH VERY CHARACTERISTIC FOR EMERALD ASHBORE.

OUR NATIVE BORES TEND TO SORT OF HAVE MORE MEANDERING GALLERIES.

NOT SERPENTINE LIKE THIS.

OR THEY BORE DEEPER INTO THE WOOD INTO THE HEART WOOD WHEREAS EMERALD ASH BORE REALLY STAY IN THE VERY SORT OF JUST RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE BARK.

SO THINGS TO LOOK FOR, IF YOU ARE SEEING ANY INDICATION OF EMERALD ASH BORE, I WOULD SUGGEST SPEAKING TO A CERTIFIED ARBORIST, SOMEBODY THAT CAN HELP MAKE DECISIONS ON WHETHER THE TREE SHOULD BE TREATED, IF IT IS ONE YOU EVEN WANT TO TREAT, AND HELP YOU MAKE THOSE TREATMENTS IF NECESSARY.

>> THANKS, KYLE.

MATT.

DEATH BECAME WHATEVER THAT IS.

>> THERE IS ONE THING I HATE MORE IT'S WEEDS, WHEN I SPRAY THEM THEY DON'T DIE.

IF YOU ARE USING A PRODUCT, LIKE GLYPHOSATE OR ROUND-UP BY ITSELF AND TRYING TO KILL SOME WEEDS USUALLY IT IS GOING TO BE LIKE A FIVE TO TEN-DAY PERIOD WHERE THE WEED IS ABSORBING THE CHEMICAL AND KILLING IT.

SO THERE ARE A LOT OF READY-TO-USE PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN GLYPHOSATE BUT ALSO OTHER PRODUCTS SUCH AS CONTACT HERBICIDES THAT BASICALLY KILL WHAT THEY TOUCH.

THEY DON'T TRANS LOCATE.

SO A COUPLE OF THESE HERE, ROUND-UP, ONE HAS PELAGONIC ACID IN IT, SO IT'S A CONTACT THAT BURNS THROUGH THE PLANT AND KILLS WHATEVER IT TOUCHES.

HERE IS ANOTHER ONE CALLED PULVERIZE.

NEVER REALLY USED IT MUCH BUT ITS GOT AMMONOIUM SOAP OF FATTY ACID IN IT.

SO IT IS REALLY QUICK AND ALMOST BURNS THE PLANT WHEN IT GETS ON IT.

IT DOES BETTER WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE HOTTER.

SO IT'S SAFE TO USE NEAR PLANTS BUT IT IS GOING TO KILL WHATEVER IT TOUCHES.

SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ARE SPRAYING IT DIRECTLY ON THE PLANT YOU WANT TO KILL.

AND IF YOU DO IT CORRECTLY, SOME OF THESE PRODUCTS WORKED REALLY FAST.

I SPRAYED THIS ONE TWO HOURS AGO.

HERE IS ONE THAT WASN'T SPRAYED AND HERE IS ONE THAT WAS SPRAYED.

YOU CAN SEE WHERE I SPRAYED IT THE FOLIAGE JUST TURNED BLACK AND IS PRETTY MUCH GOING TO BE DEAD BY TOMORROW MORNING HOPEFULLY.

SO THERE ARE PRODUCTS THAT WORK A LOT BETTER.

ANOTHER ONE THAT WORKS WELL, I THINK DIQUAT, GLYPHOSATE, ROUND-UP CARRIES ONE WITH DIQUAT IN IT.

AND THAT IS ANOTHER PRODUCT THAT IS A CONTACT, IT DOESN'T TRANS LOCATE LIKE GLYPHOSATE SO IT IS GOING TO KILL THE PLANT FAST AND IS ONLY GOING TO WORK TO THE GROUND LEVEL BUT USUALLY IF THE PLANTS ARE YOUNG ENOUGH IT IS GOING TO KILL THE ENTIRE PLANT EVEN THE ROOT SYSTEM JUST BECAUSE THE PLANT IS GOING TO DIE SO FAST.

SO THERE ARE OPTIONS OUT THERE.

I DON'T LIKE SPRAY-ON PRODUCTS THAT DON'T WORK FAST BECAUSE I HATE SEEING THEM FOR THE NEXT WEEK.

CHECK OUT SOME WITH THOSE CONTACT HERBICIDES IN THEM.

>> THANKS, MATT.

LAUREN, A DEAD SOMETHING?

>> USUALLY SOMETHING DEAD IN FRONT OF ME ON THE SHOW.

WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ON BACKYARD FARMER ABOUT A SHRUB OR SOMETHING THAT HAS A BRANCH THAT MAYBE ISN'T PERFORMING WELL OR OVERALL AN IMPACT ON SOME SORT OF DECIDUOUS MATERIAL.

I BROUGHT ALONG TONIGHT, THIS IS A LIMB FROM A NANKING CHERRY I COULD SEE WAS DYING SUDDENLY.

A LOT OF TIMES WE SAY FOLLOW THAT BRANCH DOWN AND WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN ZOOM IN ON THIS.

YOU CAN SEE SOME LITTLE DROPLETS HERE, WHICH IS SOME OF THE PITCH DROPLETS FROM THERE WHERE WE HAVE A FUNGUS THAT'S INFECTING THIS AREA THROUGHOUT HERE.

AND THEN THAT'S ONE OF THE SIGNS THAT WE SEE THAT INFECTION.

SO THIS IS SOMETHING TO LOOK FOR.

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE BROWN ROT IS A VERY COMMON DISEASE OF MANY OF OUR STONE FRUITS.

WE SEE IT IN APRICOT, PEACH, NANKING CHERRY.

IT IS FUNGAL SO WE COULD SAY GO DOWN BELOW THE AFFECTED AREA ABOUT 3 TO 5 INCHES AND PRUNE THAT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SARAH?

>> WELL, I BROUGHT CAT TAILS WITH ME TONIGHT, KIM.

CAT TAILS CAN BE VERY PRETTY IN A WETLAND AREA OR DITCH BUT SOMETIMES THEY CAN BE QUITE INVASIVE AND REALLY TAKE OVER.

SO WHAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT TONIGHT WAS HOW TO CONTROL THEM MECHANICALLY.

SO THERE WAS SOME RESEARCH DONE BACK IN IOWA IN THE '70s ABOUT CUTTING BACK THE FOLIAGE OF CAT TAILS AND THEY FOUND IF YOU CUT THE FOLIAGE BACK TWO OR THREE TIMES DURING THE SUMMER, IDEALLY BELOW THE WATER LINE IN THE POND, THEN YOU COULD HAVE IN JUST ONE SEASON ABOUT 90 OR 95% CONTROL OF THE CAT TAILS THEMSELVES.

IT ALSO WORKS IN THE WINTER, THOUGH.

IF YOU CUT THE CAT TAILS DOWN BELOW THE WATER LINE AND THEY'RE UNDER WATER ALL WINTER, YOU CAN ALSO GET A PRETTY GOOD RATE OF KILL ON THOSE PLANTS ABOUT 80%.

SO IF YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST THE WATER LEVEL IN YOUR POND, WHAT YOU CAN DO IS CUT THEM DOWN AS CLOSE AS YOU CAN AND THEN ALLOW THE WATER LEVEL TO RISE SO THAT THE CUT SURFACES OF THE STEMS ARE AT LEAST ABOUT 3 INCHES BELOW THE WATER.

THAT IS A GOOD WAY TO CONTROL CAT TAILS WITHOUT USING ANY CHEMICALS.

SO IT WOULD BE A NICE WAY TO DO IT AND BE SAFE TO THE ENVIRONMENT, TOO.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANKS, SARAH.

>> IN A SWIMMING SUIT.

SOUNDS LIKE FUN.

>> OR HIP WADERS.

FEEL GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT, KYLE.

TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM CONCORD, NEBRASKA.

SWITCH GRASS.

AND SHE SAYS ONE OF THE PLANTS IS TOTALLY DEVASTATED.

SHE THINKS IT'S GRASSHOPPERS.

AND IS SHE RIGHT AND IS DIATAMACEOUS EARTH AN OPTION FOR CONTROLLING GRASSHOPPERS?

>> I AGREE, IT PROBABLY LOOKS LIKE IT IS GRASSHOPPERS.

SWITCH GRASS IS PRETTY TOUGH AND DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF MAJOR INSECT PESTS.

SO AS FAR AS CONTROL, DIAMATACEOUS EARTH, THERE HAS BEEN SOME WORK WITH GRASSHOPPERS.

IT HAS SHOWN, AT LEAST IN LAB SETTINGS IT CAN HAVE SOME EFFICACY.

THE SILICA BASICALLY BREAKS DOWN THE MANDIBLES AND GUT BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE VERY QUICK.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE NECESSARILY THE BEST OPTION ON THAT DEVASTATED PLANT AT LEAST.

IF YOU'RE WANTING TO TREAT THAT I WOULD PROBABLY GO WITH KARBURL BUT KEEP IN MIND CONTROLLING ADULT GRASSHOPPERS IS REALLY HARD ANYWAY AND, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT GET THE GREATEST CONTROL BECAUSE THEY ARE SO MOBILE.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE, A LINCOLN VIEWER FIRST YEAR PLANTING BRUSSEL SPROUTS.

DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS EATING THEM.

COVERED IN HOLES EVEN WITH A NET.

WHAT EATS THOSE BRUSSELS?

>> THERE ARE A BUNCH OF THINGS BUT I'M GUESSING, BASED ON THE INJURY THERE I THINK THIS IS LIKE CABBAGE LOOPER OR IMPORTED CABBAGE WORM THAT WILL FEED ON PLANTS IN THAT FAMILY.

BOTH OF THEM CAN BE CONTROLLED SIMILARLY, SO IN SMALL PLANTINGS EITHER ONE YOU CAN GO OUT AND HAND PICK AND LOOK FOR THOSE OFTENTIMES THE EASIEST THING IF ONLY DEALING WITH A FEW PLANTS.

OTHERWISE, BT CAN BE EFFECTIVE FOR YOUNG CATERPILLARS.

SOME OF THAT DAMAGE MAKES ME THINK THEY MIGHT BE A LITTLE LARGER THOUGH.

SO IN THAT CASE SPINOSO WOULD MAYBE BE A BETTER OPTION.

>> THANKS, KYLE.

MATT, TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

HE SAYS THIS OCCURS EVERY SUMMER WHEN IT TURNS HOT IN JUNE.

THE GRASS THAT DIES HAS VERY SHALLOW ROOTS THEN SUDDENLY TURNS GREEN AGAIN WHEN TEMPS GET COOLER AND DEAD GRASS DISAPPEARS.

THIS HAS HAPPENED FOR YEARS.

HE WONDERS IS THIS POA-ANUA.

>> IT IS NOT POA-ANUA, BUT ROUGH BLUE GRASS.

THIS ONE IS VERY TYPICAL TO DIE DURING THE SUMMER.

IT DOES REALLY WELL IN THE COOL WEATHER.

IT EVEN LIKES SHADE PRETTY WELL.

BUT WHEN WE GET TO THESE HOT TEMPERATURES, IT DOESN'T LIKE HEAT AND GETS DISEASED VERY EASILY AND NEEDS A LOT OF WATER TO STAY ALIVE.

THOSE THINGS ARE PRETTY HARD TO COME BY THIS TIME OF THE YEAR AND IT'LL DIE OFF AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS THE STRAW COLOR, IT'S -- IT GROWS BY STONES SO MAKES KIND OF A MAT ON TOP OF THE SOIL.

IT'LL KIND OF SPREAD IN PATCHES AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE IT SPREAD THROUGHOUT MOST OF THE LAWN.

ONE WAY TO TRY AND GET RID OF THIS IS OVER SEED IT WITH BETTER GRASS.

MAYBE A TALL FESCUE OR BLUE GRASS AND MAYBE EVEN RAISE THE MOWING HEIGHT TO 3 INCHES TO TRY AND HAVE THE OTHER GRASS OUT COMPETE THE ROUGH BLUE GRASS WHEN IT COMES BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, MATT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS ALSO DEAD GRASS.

THIS IS OMAHA.

WHAT IS CAUSING THIS?

PLENTY OF SUN.

GREEN THIS SPRING.

BROWN IN JULY.

NO INSECTS.

HASN'T BEEN TREATED FOR GRUBS.

FRONT YARD DIDN'T HAVE IT.

ANY IDEAS?

>> I'M THINKING THIS COULD BE THE SAME -- IT COULD BE THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME TYPE OF GRASS JUST GOING DORMANT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

IT ALSO COULD BE IF IT IS GETTING WATERED HEAVILY COULD BE SOME DISEASE ISSUES IN THERE EVERY SUMMER FROM THE WAY IT IS FACING ON THAT, COULD BE SOUTH SLOPE OR -- AND IT'S JUST BURNING UP.

IT MIGHT NOT BE THE CORRECT TYPE OF GRASS FOR THAT SITUATION.

IT MIGHT JUST BE, YOU KNOW, A WEAK GRASS AS WELL IF IT IS ROUGH BLUE GRASS IT IS GOING TO DO THAT EVERY YEAR.

>> THANKS, MATT.

ALL RIGHT.

LOREN, YOUR FIRST ONE IS, ARE THESE BLACK SPOTS CAUSED BY INSECTS OR IS THIS A ROT IN THE SPOT?

>> I BELIEVE THIS IS BACTERIAL SPECK ON TOMATO, KIM.

THAT IS ONE THAT WHEN IT IS ESTABLISHED IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.

JUST TRY TO AVOID OVERHEAD IRRIGATION.

YOU CAN USE COPPER SPRAYS BUT BE REALLY CAREFUL BECAUSE OF OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES NOW.

YOU'LL BURN YOUR FOLIAGE REALLY BAD.

SO JUST FOR NOW I WOULD SAY ALSO TRY TO MINIMIZE CONTACT BECAUSE YOU WILL SPREAD IT THAT WAY AS WELL.

>> THE NEXT FROM THE SAME PART OF THE STATE BUT LOOK THE SAME.

THEY COME FROM TWO DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE STATE BUT LOOK THE SAME.

>> I BELIEVE THIS IS TOMATO SPOTTED WILL VIRUS AND IS SOMETHING THAT WILL SPREAD FROM ONE PLANT TO THE OTHER SO IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TOMATOES IN YOUR GARDEN AND JUST ONE IS DOING THIS I'D RECOMMEND ROGUEING IT OUT.

IF IT IS THE ONLY ONE.

ENJOY IT AND SEE HOW IT TASTES.

IT WON'T BE THE SAME FLAVOR BUT MAY STILL BE OKAY.

>> BUT IT'S STILL EDIBLE.

>> STILL EDIBLE.

>> THANKS.

SARAH, TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS THE FIRST, WE HAVE A GRAFTED APPLE FROM A JOHNNY APPLE SEED TREE.

GETS PALER AND PALER.

THE SECOND IS A ROOT THAT DIDN'T TAKE TO GRASS SO THEY'RE LETTING IT GROW.

THIS IS MAGNOLIA NORTH OF THE LESS HILLS IN IOWA.

WHAT DO WE THINK HERE?

>> SO I'M WONDERING IF THIS HOME OWNER IS FERTILIZING BECAUSE APPLE TREES DO NEED A REGULAR FERTILIZATION FOR THEM TO DO WELL.

I THINK THE QUESTION THEY ALSO MENTIONED THEY HAD OTHER TREES THAT LOOKED FINE AND IT WAS JUST THESE TWO THAT WERE HAVING THE PROBLEMS.

SO THERE CAN BE SOME MICRO NUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, TOO, THAT WE SEE IN ALL TREES INCLUDING APPLES.

THERE IS A REALLY GOOD PUBLICATION FROM COLORADO STATE, ON FERTILIZING APPLES.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO GOOGLE THAT.

THEY TALK ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF IRON TO ADD TO IMPROVE YELLOWING LIKE THIS IN APPLES.

AND THEN THEY ALSO GIVE YOU JUST KIND OF GENERAL FERTILIZATION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPLES.

SO I WOULD CHECK THAT OUT.

IT IS A NUTRIENT PROBLEM YOU'RE DEALING WITH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS NORTH OF NORTH PLAT.

THIS IS A TREE GROWING.

HE'S SEEN MANY THAT GET TRIMMED UP SO THEY CAN MOW AND IRRIGATE UNDER IT.

WOULD WE RECOMMEND THAT AND IF SO WHEN?

>> I PERSONALLY WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT.

I LIKE TREES SPECIFICALLY EVERGREENS TO BE LIMBED TO THE GROUND.

IT LOOKS MORE NATURAL.

THE WAY THEY GROW IN A NATURAL SETTING.

SOME PEOPLE REALLY LIKE THE LOOK OF TREES LIMBED UP.

IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HURT THE HEALTH OF THE TREE.

SO IF YOU PREFER THAT LOOK YOU CAN DO IT.

IDEALLY I'D SAY THE VERY BEST TIME OF YEAR TO TRIM OFF THE BRANCHES WOULD BE DURING THE DORMANT SEASON SO THAT WOULD BE FROM NOVEMBER TO ABOUT EARLY MARCH IF YOU WANT TO LIMB IT UP.

>> THANKS, SARAH.

DON'T DO IT.

>> DON'T DO IT.

RIGHT.

WELL, AS WE START HARVESTING OUR VEGETABLES AROUND THIS TIME IT ALSO MAKES SENSE THAT YOU USE THE EXTRA AVAILABLE SPACE TO PLANT SOMETHING THAT MIGHT MATURE QUICKLY.

BE READY TO HARVEST BEFORE THE FROST DATE.

HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT FALL GARDENING IS ELIZABETH.

♪ >> ONE OF THE MORE COMMON GARDENING IT TIMES OF THE YEAR IS GONNA BE FALL GARDENING.

IT IS A TIME OF YEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE FORGET THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE PLANTING CROPS FOR LATER IN THE SEASON.

WE ARE NEARING THE PEAK OF THE SUMMER SEASON WHEN IT COMES TO VEGETABLE GARDENING AND RIGHT NOW WE'LL HAVE EMPTY SPOTS IN OUR GARDEN.

NOW IS A PERFECT TIME TO GO AHEAD AND INTERCEDE WITH SOME OTHER COOL SEASON CROPS OR WITH SOME OTHER CROPS THAT WE WANT TO GROW IN OUR GARDEN.

WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FALL GARDENING WE NEED TO BE SURE THAT WE CHECK ON THE SEED PACT TO SEE WHAT THE DAYS TILL HARVEST IS.

WE ADD 14 DAYS TO THE DAYS TILL HARVEST AND DEPENDING ON IF IT IS A TENDER CROP OR IF IT'S A HEARTY CROP THEN WE WOULD ADD MORE TIME TO IT.

IF IT IS A TENDER CROP THAT DOESN'T LIKE FROST, WE'RE GOING TO ADD 14 MORE DAYS TO THAT DAYS TILL HARVEST.

IF IT IS A HEARTY CROP, LET'S SAY ONE OF THE COOL SEASON CROPS THAT CAN HANDLE THAT LIGHT FROST LIKE KALE WE WOULD JUST GO WITH THE STRAIGHT 14 DAYS ADDED ON TO THAT.

SO IT REALLY MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

WE NEED TO READ THE BACKS OF THE LABELS TO SEE WHAT OUR DAYS TILL HARVEST ARE AND THEN ADD THE BUFFER TO IT.

IN WESTERN NEBRASKA YOU'RE GOING TO BUMP YOUR FROST DATE UP SOONER INTO OCTOBER.

AND SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT PART OF THE STATE YOU'RE LIVING IN.

WHAT THAT AVERAGE FROST DATE IS.

IT'LL MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IF WE'RE DOING THOSE TENDER CROPS VERSUS THOSE A LITTLE BIT HEARTIER CROPS THAT CAN HANDLE THAT LIGHT FROST.

WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT FALL GARDENING WE ALSO NEED TO DETERMINE HOW DEEP WE NEED TO PLANT THE SEEDS.

THAT'S ALSO ON THE BACK OF THE PACKAGE AND BECAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT WARMER TEMPERATURES, WE MIGHT WANT TO PLANT THOSE SEEDS JUST A LITTLE DEEPER THAN WE NORMALLY WOULD OR WHAT'S RECOMMENDED ON THE PACKAGE.

BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER, WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PROVIDE THAT SUPPLEMENTAL WATER AND WE NEED TO DO VERY LIGHT WATERINGS TO MAKE SURE THAT SOIL STAYS MOIST SO THE SEEDS CAN BREAK THROUGH.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE AVOID THAT CRUST FORMING ON TOP OF THE SOIL SURFACE.

OTHERWISE, THE SEEDS WILL HAVE A TOUGH TIME GERMINATING UP THROUGH THAT.

THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CROPS WE CAN DO FALL GARDENING WITH.

WE CAN DO OUR GREEN BEANS.

WE CAN DO OUR LEAFY GREENS LIKE OUR LETTUCE AND OUR SPINACH AND OUR KALE.

IF YOU HAVE THE TRANSPLANTS AVAILABLE WE CAN ALSO DO OUR COOL SEASON CROPS LIKE OUR BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER.

SO IT REALLY DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT IN YOUR GARDEN WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE PLANTING THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

>> THIS IS JUST COMMON SENSE AND GOOD GARDENING TO USE THAT SPACE TO GROW SOMETHING GOOD FOR LATER IN THE SEASON.

AND AS YOU CLEAN OUT THE MATURED PRODUCE, GET SOMETHING GOING YOU CAN ENJOY LATER.

MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAN, MATURED PRODUCE SO IT DOESN'T PUT ALL OF LOREN'S ROTS AND SPOTS AND KYLE'S INSECTS IN THE COMPOST PILE.

>> LEAVE IT THERE AND ENJOY WHAT HAPPENS.

>> FIGHT IT NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, ONE PICTURE ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS SHE IS FROM OMAHA AND WENATCHEE, WASHINGTON.

TWO PLACES.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS INSECT IS ON AN UNRIPENED PLUM FRUIT.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS, OR AT LEAST WAS A PUPAE OF A LADY BUG.

IT ALREADY EMERGED.

YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM SIDE IT'S COME OUT.

WHEN THEY PUPATE THEY GLUE THEMSELVES TO SUBSTRATE AND SO THAT'S WHAT WAS HERE.

THIS IS THE REMAINING SKIN.

>> FUN.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM SEWARD.

WHAT ARE THESE ON THE GREEN BEANS AND HOW DO WE GET RID OF THEM?

>> SO THESE LOOK LIKE DARK WING FUNGUS GNATS.

THE ADULTS ARE REALLY NOT A PROBLEM.

THEY DON'T FEED ON ANYTHING.

THEY ARE NOT GOING TO FEED ON THE PLANTS.

THEY'RE A NUISANCE AND WE TEND TO SEE THESE MORE LIKE INDOORS WITH HOUSE PLANTS AND SO THE LARVAE AS THE NAME IMPLIES ARE GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH FUNGUS AND SOMETIMES OTHER DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER.

THERE ARE A FEW SPECIES THAT DO FEED ON PLANT ROOTS BUT IT IS NOT REALLY A COMMON PROBLEM HERE.

REALLY CONTROL OF THESE IS GENERALLY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CONTROLLING THE MOISTURE.

THEY REALLY LIKE WET, HIGH ORGANIC MATTER IN THE SOIL.

AND SO SORT OF CONTROLLING THAT, THE AMOUNT OF ORGANIC MATTER, REDUCING WATER IF IT IS OVER WATERED.

HAVING WELL DRAINED SOIL ARE SORT OF THE THINGS YOU CAN DO TO HELP MANAGE THOSE.

>> OKAY.

JUST FLICK THEM OFF.

>> YES.

>> OR EAT THEM.

>> YES.

I SUPPOSE.

A LITTLE EXTRA PROTEIN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MATT, YOUR FIRST ONE.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS IS ONE THAT IS A THICK BLADED, THEY'RE CALLING IT A GRASS TYPE OF WEED.

THEY'VE PULLED AND PULLED.

HOW DO YOU GET RID OF IT?

THIS COMES TO US FROM HASTINGS.

>> THE ANSWER IS YOU DON'T GET RID OF IT.

IT IS YELLOW NUT SEDGE.

IT IS NOT A GRASS.

IT'S A SEDGE AND HAS THAT LIGHT GREEN APPEARANCE.

AT THE STEM IF YOU CUT IT WILL HAVE A TRIANGULAR SHAPE.

AND THAT IDENTIFIES IT AS BEING A SEDGE.

ONE THING YOU CAN DO NOW, ALTHOUGH IT PROBABLY ONLY HAS ONE MORE MONTH OF GROWING BEFORE IT SLOWS DOWN WHEN TEMPERATURES START GETTING COOLER AND WE START GETTING FREEZES.

SO IF YOU APPLY A PRODUCT THAT CONTROLS YELLOW NUT SEDGE, IT IS NOT GOING TO CONTROL IT FOR NEXT YEAR BECAUSE IT ALREADY CREATED TUBERS UNDERGROUND SO WILL COME UP NEXT YEAR.

IT WILL BE GROWING FOR THE NEXT MONTH SO IF YOU TREAT IT WITH A PRODUCT LIKE SEDGE HAMMER YOU PROBABLY HAVE TO WAIT ONE TO TWO WEEKS BEFORE IT START WORKING.

ANYTHING WITH SELFENTRAZONE IN IT WILL DO IT FASTER AND BURN IT DOWN AND NEXT YEAR PLAN ON APPLYING SOMETHING TO CONTROL THOSE EARLIER, LIKE SAY THE FIRST WEEK OF JUNE.

YOU MIGHT NOT EVEN SEE IT YET BUT IT HAS SOIL ACTIVITY SO YOU CAN USE THAT PRODUCT EARLIER AND THEN SEDGEHAMMER WORKS AS WELL.

>> THANKS, MATT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, THE ANNUAL YELLOWING OF THE BLUE GRASS.

SHE SAYS ONE AREA THEY GET FULL SUN.

SHE TRIED TO WATER LESS FREQUENTLY.

SHE USED A FOUR STEP PROGRAM.

SHE IS TRYING THIS MINERAL SUPPLEMENT.

AND IT IS STILL DOING THIS.

>> YEAH.

IT IS EVERY YEAR PRETTY MUCH.

ESPECIALLY IN IRRIGATED AREAS IT SEEMS TO BE WORSE.

IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE NUTRIENTS ESPECIALLY IRON DEFICIENCIES IS VERY COMMON.

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE GET INTO THAT HEAT OF THE SUMMER.

AND IRON BECOMES UNAVAILABLE TO THE PLANT.

SO YOU COULD LOOK AT A COUPLE OF THINGS.

TAKE A SOIL TEST.

CHECK YOUR PH OF YOUR SOIL.

IF IT IS A HIGH PH, IRON IS LESS AVAILABLE TO THE PLANT, THERE ARE AMENDMENTS LIKE SULFUR TO MAKE IRON MORE AVAILABLE.

IF THIS IS HAPPENING EVERY YEAR THAT MIGHT BE THE FIRST STEP.

SECONDLY I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS ALL THE SAME GRASS THROUGH THE LAWN OR A DIFFERENT TYPE THAT IS TURNING GREEN.

TALL FESCUE WOULD BE ONE IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF IT PLANT TALL FESCUE.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE YELLOWING CHARACTERISTIC AS BLUE GRASS DOES BECAUSE THE ROOTS ARE DEEPER.

IRON ISN'T AS BIG A PROBLEM WITH TALL FESCUE.

OTHER THAN THAT, IF YOU ARE APPLYING IRON ALREADY, THAT'S THE RIGHT STEP.

MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS MATT.

LOREN, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A RED BUD.

THIS IS 2 YEARS OLD.

FIRST YEAR IT HAD MOTT LD LEAVES.

THIS YEAR THEY LOOK MOTTLED, STILL.

OUR SECOND PICTURE SHOWS THE MOTTLING.

>> WE'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW RED BUD ISSUES THIS SUMMER.

IN THIS CASE, AGAIN, I REALLY THINK SOME OF THIS IS NOT A DISEASE, POSSIBLY DRIER SOILS, EXTREME HEAT, POSSIBLE DRYER SOIL.

COULD BE SOME NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY WITH THAT WITH LIMITED UPTAKE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN MANY OF THEM THAT I WOULD ASSOCIATE WITH AN ACTUAL DISEASE.

I WOULD JUST WATCH THE PLANT AND MAKE SURE IT IS GETTING ADEQUATE MOISTURE AND SEE HOW IT COMES OUT NEXT YEAR.

>> THE REMINDER THAT THEY LIKE THE SHADE.

>> YES.

THAT FULL SUN SOMETIMES IS, ALONG A BRICK LINE OR SOMETHING IS REALLY HOT FOR A RED BUD, ESPECIALLY A LITTLE ONE.

>> WE HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

CURRENTS.

TRANSPLANTED IN 2021.

SHE HAS HARVESTED CURRENTS BUT THIS ONE HAS SLOWLY STARTED TO DO THIS.

SLOWLY DYING.

SHE IS WONDERING ABOUT THE DECLINE ON THE CURRENTS HERE.

>> I THINK IN THIS CASE IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT FIRST SAMPLE I WAS SHOWING TO FOLLOW THE CANES DOWN, SEE IF YOU SEE ANYTHING AT THE BASE.

IT COULD SIMPLY BE SOME CROWN AND ROOT ROT GOING ON IN THERE AS YOU GET THE OVERALL PLANT DECLINE AND SOME OF THE LARGER BRANCHES DYING OUT.

SO YOU CAN PRUNE SOME OF THOSE OUT, BUT IT REALLY DOES SOUND LIKE AND I THINK SHE INDICATED SHE LOST ONE ADDITIONAL LAST YEAR.

IT MAY BE TIME TO KIND OF REFRESH THINGS HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

SARAH, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US NIA BARRERA, CUKES ALL CAME FROM WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS THE SAME PLANT.

NOW, SHE DID A LITTLE FOLLOWUP AND DISCOVERED THE WHITE ONES CAME FROM A DIFFERENT PLANT.

SO LET'S TALK ABOUT SEEDS IN THE PACKET.

>> THERE ARE SOME CULTAVARS OF CUMCUMBERS WHICH NATURALLY HAVE SKIN THIS COLOR WHICH ARE WHITE SKINNED CUCUMBERS.

SO A COUPLE POSSIBLE THEORIES HERE.

LIKE KIM MENTIONED, YOU COULD HAVE GOTTEN SOME STRAY SEED IN WHATEVER PACKET OF SEED YOU BOUGHT THAT WAS NOT THE TRUE CULTIVAR YOU WERE PURCHASING.

THAT WAS THIS WHITE COLORED CUCUMBER.

IF YOU HAVE GROWN CUCUMBERS IN THIS PLACE IN THE GARDEN IN THE PAST IT COULD BE THAT YOU HAD, YOUR -- MAYBE YOU HAD CUCUMBERS YOU LEFT ON THE GROUND.

THOSE PLANTS GREW AND YOU GOT SOME GENETIC COMBINATION AND ENDED UP WITH A WHITE SKINNED CUCUMBER THAT LOOKED LIKE THIS.

THOSE ARE PROBABLY THE MOST LIKELY CAUSES OF THIS.

BUT THEY'RE EDIBLE.

JUST FINE.

GO AHEAD AND EAT THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM RALSTON.

HE SAID THIS IS A VOLUNTEER SUGAR KISS CANTALOUPE THAT PUT ON A LITTLE FRUIT.

HE IS WONDERING SHOULD HE SUPPORT THE FRUIT SO IT IS NOT IN CONTACT WITH THE GROUND TO AVOID ROT SPOTS AND INSECTS?

>> SO IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY GOOD LAYER OF MULCH UNDER THE MELON RIGHT NOW WHICH IS JUST FINE.

YOU JUST DON'T WANT THE MELON TO BE IN CONTACT WITH WET SOIL WHERE YOU COULD MAYBE GET SOME SOIL BORNE INSECTS BURROWING UP INTO IT OR CAUSING FRUIT ROTS OR ANYTHING ON THAT SIDE SITTING ON THE GROUND.

SO I WOULD JUST CHECK TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A NICE KIND OF LITTLE BED OF MULCH THERE IT IS LAYING ON.

THAT IT IS NOT A WET AREA.

THAT WOULD BE JUST FINE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO ACTUALLY PULL IT COMPLETELY UP OFF THE GROUND FOR IT TO GROW AND DEVELOP WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE MORE.

AND THIS IS A DOWNTOWN OMAHA VIEWER WHO GROWS LOOFAH GOURDS BUT SAYING LOTS OF VINES NO FLOWERS.

HEAT?

>> POSSIBLY ALTHOUGH I WOULD EXPECT THE VIEWER WOULD HAVE SEEN SOME FLOWERS AND THEY HAVE A BRIGHT, YELLOW FLOWER SO THEY'RE KIND OF HARD TO MISS.

THE HEAT COULD CERTAINLY ACCOUNT FOR THEM NOT SETTING FRUIT BECAUSE HEAT MESSES WITH POLLINATION ALL THE TIME.

WE'VE HAD PLENTY OF HEAT TO DO THAT.

SO IF YOU HAVE SEEN FLOWERS BUT THEY'RE NOT SETTING, IT IS PROBABLY AN ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM RELATED TO THE HEAT.

IF YOU ARE NOT SEEING ANY FLOWERS AT ALL I WOULD, MY FIRST SUSPICION WOULD BE MAYBE THE GROUND HAS TOO MUCH NITROGEN.

SO THAT IS CAUSING THE PLANT TO BE VERY VIGOROUS VEGETATIVELY BUT NOT TO PUT OUT ANY FLOWERS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, SARAH.

WELL, WE HAVE ANOTHER EVENT ON UNLV'S CAMPUS THIS WEEKEND.

THAT IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO STOP BY OUR GARDEN.

EVERYTHING IS LOOKING FANTASTIC.

HERE'S TERRI TO TELL US MORE.

♪ >> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN WE'RE TIDYING UP OUR GARDEN GETTING READY TO INVITE ALL OF YOU ONE LAST TIME TO EAST CAMPUS FOR EAST CAMPUS DISCOVERY DAYS.

COME BY, JOIN US.

WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF MASTER GARDENERS HERE.

I'LL BE HERE TO HELP ANSWER ALL YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN STROLL THROUGH THE GARDEN.

CHECK OUT WHAT WE HAVE.

SEE OUR VEGETABLES THAT ARE GROWING.

OUR FLOWERS THAT ARE BLOOMING.

AND ALL THOSE LITTLE BUGS WE DON'T REALLY WANT.

AND THE DISEASES WE DON'T REALLY WANT.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO EDUCATE YOU ALL ABOUT THEM.

YOU CAN THEN STROLL DOWN TO THE EAST CAMPUS MALL AND VISIT LOTS OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS.

SEE WHAT THEY DO.

LOTS OF KIDS' ACTIVITIES.

BRING THE KIDDOS OUT.

FOOD TRUCKS, MUSIC.

SPEND ALL MORNING HERE THIS SATURDAY FOR OUR LAST EAST CAMPUS DISCOVERY DAYS OF 2022.

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

♪ >> WE REALLY DO HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE THIS WEEKEND.

THERE'S LOTS TO SEE AND DO DURING EAST CAMPUS DISCOVERY DAYS.

SO MAKE SURE YOU COME AND ENJOY IT.

IT IS TIME NOW FOR US TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK, HOWEVER.

COMING UP ON THE SHOW WE HAVE THE LIGHTNING ROUND IN THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

THERE IS MUCH MORE TO COME ON "BACKYARD FARMER" RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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

COMING UP LATER IN THE PROGRAM WE'LL CHECK OUT TREES AT THE GARDEN CENTER BEING GROWN IN BAGS.

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

SEND US AN E-MAIL FOR A FUTURE SHOW BYF@UNL.EDU.

RIGHT NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

ALL RIGHT.

SARAH, READY.

>> READY.

>> THIS VIEWER, WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE FROM, BUT THEY SAID HE SCORED A WALNUT LOG AND HE CHIPPED IT AND SHAVED IT, AND HE WONDERS WHETHER HE CAN USE THOSE AROUND HIS PLANTS OR IN HIS COMPOST.

>> NO.

>> SO THIS IS A BURWELL VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER THEY CAN KILL THE TREE ROOTS SPROUTS ALL OVER THE LAWN WITHOUT KILLING THE TREE.

>> NO.

>> AND THE QUESTION IS TORDON.

>> NO DEFINITELY NO.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE A VIEWER AND SEVERAL OTHERS WHO HAVE HOSTAS THAT ARE VERIGATED.

BROWN, CRINKLED EDGES, TOO MUCH SUN, TOO LITTLE WATER, OR DOES IT BELONG TO LOREN?

>> IT'S BOTH.

TOO MUCH SUN AND TOO LITTLE WATER.

>> SEVERAL VIEWERS ARE SAYING THEY HAVE TOMATOES THAT SET ON BIG ONES, AND THEY'RE GREEN BUT THEY'RE NOT RIPENING.

WHAT IS UP WITH THAT?

>> I THINK SOMETIMES THE REALLY HIGH HEAT CAN SET THEM BACK FROM RIPENING AND SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

SO JUST BE PATIENT.

HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET PAST THIS HOT PERIOD THEY'LL START TO RIPEN.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER CUCUMBERS ARE A GOOD CHOICE TO PLANT FOR FALL GARDEN.

>> YEAH.

THERE ARE SOME WITH A PRETTY QUICK TURN-AROUND.

>> WE HAVE A LA VISTA VIEWER.

[ THUNDER STRIKE ] WHOOP.

TOO LATE.

WE'LL SAVE THAT ONE JUST IN CASE.

NICE JOB.

OKAY LAUREN, YOURS ARE GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, A PARAGRAPH PER.

>> THAT'S WHAT I USUALLY LAST WEEK.

I'M READY LIKE A FRIED BOLOGNA SANDWICH TONIGHT.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> LOVE THAT.

>> I'LL TRY TO DO BETTER THAN LAST WEEK.

>> YOUR FIRST ONE IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO HAS A NEW BEBONG MANARDA.

WONDERS IS NEEM OIL IS A POWERFUL TREATMENT FOR POWDERY MILDEW?

>> YOU CAN TRY IT.

IT HAS SHOWN SOME EFFICACY.

IT MAY WORK.

SPRAY IT WITH WATER ALSO.

THAT MAY HELP.

>> WE ALSO HAVE AN OMAHA VIEWER THAT HAS WHAT HE IS DESCRIBING AS SOFT ROT ON THE BOTTOM OF BELL PEPPERS.

IS THAT SOMETHING TO TREAT OR JUST PULL IT OFF?

>> WELL, IF IT'S ON THE BOTTOM, IT'S MOST LIKELY BLOSSOM IN ROT.

SO JUST MAKE SURE YOU ARE MAINTAINING ADEQUATE MOISTURE.

>> THIS IS A BENNETT VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER THE TOPS OF THEIR EASTERN RED CEDAR WOULD HAVE DIED BECAUSE OF A CANKER DISEASE OR SOMETHING ELSE?

>> COULD HAVE BEEN A CANKER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS, "WHAT IS THE CLEAR, AMBER COLORED GLOBS ON THEIR PEACH TREE TRUNK?

AND SHOULD IT BE TREATED?"

>> THAT IS WHAT I WAS SHOWING EARLIER WITH THE BROWN ROT ON THE NANKING CHERRY.

COULD BE THE SAME THING ON A PEACH.

>> ALL RIGHT, A DIXON COUNTY VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER POTATOES WITH THE SCABBY THINGS ON THE SKIN ARE OKAY TO EAT.

>> FINE TO EAT JUST WASH THEM OFF.

[ THUNDR STRIKES ] >> THERE YOU GO.

SEE?

YOU CAN DO THIS.

>> DOING MUCH BETTER TONIGHT THAN LAST WEEK.

THANKS FOR ANOTHER CHANCE, EVERYBODY.

>> MATT, ARE YOU READY?

>> YES.

>> THIS IS A VIEWER ACTUALLY ASKING WHETHER THEY CAN SPRAY NOW FOR WEEDS WHEN IT IS THIS HOT.

>> GENERALLY MOST THINGS ARE NOT SAFE.

SOME CLAIM TO BE SAFE AT 90 DEGREES.

SO JUST BE CAREFUL.

I WOULD SAY DO IT EARLIER IN THE MORNING, OR A LITTLE BIT LATER IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN IT IS NOT SO HOT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A HOOPER VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHAT IS THE TIME FRAME FOR A FALL APPLICATION OF A PRE-EMERGENT?

>> GENERALLY, DEPENDING WHAT YOU ARE TARGETING SOME OF THE FALL WINTER ANNUALS WILL BE GERMINATING IN SEPTEMBER.

IF YOU WANT TO HIT THOSE GO EARLIER.

OTHERWISE WAIT.

IF YOU'RE WANTING TO CONTROL WEEDS FOR NEXT YEAR TILL WHENEVER.

NOVEMBER.

OCTOBER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THE SAME VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE MOST EFFECTIVE PRE-EMERGENT INGREDIENTS TO LOOK FOR?

>> DIDOPIRE IS ONE OF THE NEWEST ONES.

PREDIOPINE.

PENDOMETHUM IS ONE OF THE OLDER ONES.

THOSE THREE WORK REALLY GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IS IT A MYTH TO NOT WATER THE GRASS DURING THE DAY BECAUSE OF THE MAGNIFYING GLASS EFFECT?

>> IT IS NOT A MYTH.

IT'S BETTER PRACTICE TO DO IT EARLY IN THE MORNING WHEN IT'S COOLER.

IF YOU DO IT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IT CAN HEAT IT UP, AND YOU CAN DO SOME DAMAGE IF YOU'RE NOT CAREFUL OR YOU'LL HAVE ISSUES WITH THE GRASS THINNING OUT.

[THUNDER STRIKE ] >> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

OKAY.

KYLE, YOU READY?

>> I'M READY.

>> YOUR FIRST ONE COMES FROM A VIEWER, FROM BELLEVUE WHO WONDERS WHETHER SPOTTED LANTERN FLY HAS BEEN FOUND IN NEBRASKA YET.

>> IT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED IN NEBRASKA, NO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A VIEWER ALSO WHO SAID AS WE RECOMMENDED LAST WEEK, THEY PULLED OUT ALL THEIR BEANS WITH SPIDER MITES AND NOW WONDER WHETHER THEY NEED TO TREAT THE SOIL BEFORE THEY REPLANT.

>> NO.

YOU DON'T TREAT THE SOIL.

>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER USING EIGHT ON SQUASH BUGS ON ZUCCHINI WILL HURT TOMATOES AND WILL IT KILL THE SQUASH BUGS?

>> YES IT WILL HELP WITH THE SQUASH BUGS AND FINE FOR THE TOMATOES.

>> THIS LINCOLN VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHAT IS THE BEST CONTROL FOR THE HUGE, THEY'RE CALLING THEM GRASSHOPPER LIKE THINGS THAT FLY.

>> I GUESS -- >> PROBABLY BIG GRASSHOPPERS.

>> IF IT IS BIG GRASSHOPPERS PROBABLY CARBARYL IS THE BEST.

>> THIS IS A DENTON VIEWER SAYS THEY HAVE SMALL HOLES IN THE TRUNK OF THEIR RED OAK TREE.

ARE THOSE BORES POTENTIALLY?

>> YEAH.

I WOULD GUESS IT IS SOME TYPE OF A BORE.

PROBABLY THE TREE IS DECLINING.

[ THUNDER STRIKE ] >> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB ALL.

WE HAD FIVE, FIVE, FIVE, AND FOUR.

>> I KNOW WHAT IT FEELS LIKE.

THAT HAPPENED TO ME LAST WEEK.

>> THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

>> YOU ONLY HAD LIKE TWO.

>> I KNOW.

LIKE YEAH.

YOU AND EVERYBODY ELSE HAD SIX.

IT WAS REALLY BAD.

>> OKAY.

SARAH, WHAT ARE THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK?

>> WELL, OFTENTIMES WHEN WE THINK ABOUT CLEMATIS WE THINK OF VINING PLANTS, BUT THERE ARE BUSH FORMS AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE.

THIS IS A BUSH TYPE CALLED CHINA PURPLE.

GETS TO BE THREE TO FOUR FEET TALL AND THE SAME IN WIDTH AND BEAUTIFUL, PURPLE FLOWERS.

AND IT IS A PRETTY TOUGH PLANT.

SO IT WILL DO WELL, YOU KNOW, IN PRETTY DIFFICULT CONDITIONS ONCE IT GETS ESTABLISHED.

SO THIS IS CHINA PURPLE CLEMATIS.

AND THEN, WE ALSO HAVE A GRASS HERE IN THE BACK.

THIS IS A BIG BLUESTEM WHICH IS FLOWERING.

AND BIG BLUESTEM ALSO HAS THE COMMON NAME OF TURKEY FOOT.

YOU CAN KIND OF UNDERSTAND THAT BECAUSE OF THE SHAPE OF THESE SEED HEADS.

IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A TURKEY'S FOOT.

SO BIG BLUESTEM IS QUITE BEAUTIFUL IN THE FALL.

YOU KNOW, AS THE GREENS CHANGE COLOR.

AND ONE OF OUR GREAT, TALLER NATIVE GRASSES.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHTY.

KYLE, TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PICTURES IN THE NEXT ROUNDS.

SO, THIS IS A BUR OAK.

30 YEARS, 30, 40 FEET TALL.

HE SENT A BUNCH OF PICTURES.

AND WHAT HE IS SEEING IS THE LEAVES BEING CLIPPED.

AND I THINK YOUR SECOND ONE IS THE END OF THE TWIG.

DOESN'T SEE ANY CHEWING.

JUST SEES -- AND OFF IT COMES.

>> YEAH.

THE SECOND ONE REALLY I THINK SUGGESTS IT'S TWIG PRUNER.

SO THESE HAVE ACTUALLY LIKE A TWO-YEAR LIFE CYCLE AND THEY TEND TO BE MORE ABUNDANT IN THE ODD NUMBERED YEARS.

SO WE SEE THIS REALLY COMMONLY IN OAK.

LESS SO IN EVEN NUMBERED YEARS.

I THINK THAT IS WHAT IT IS STILL.

AND IT IS REALLY CHARACTERISTIC BECAUSE WHAT THEY DO IS THE EGG IS LAID AT THE END OF THE TWIG.

THEY TUNNEL INSIDE.

DEVELOP IN THERE.

AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE READY TO PUPATE AFTER A COUPLE YEARS THEY -- THE LARVAE INSIDE KIND OF EAT IN THIS CONCENTRIC RING, KIND OF HOLLOWING OUT, MAKING THAT CONCAVE SHAPE INSIDE THERE.

BUT JUST LEAVE THE BARK INTACT AND THEN EVENTUALLY IT BREAKS OFF WITH WIND OR WHATEVER.

SO IT MAKES THAT REALLY CHARACTERISTIC SHAPE AT THE END OF THE TWIG AND THE HOLE IN THE CENTER.

SO THEY ARE NOT REALLY A PROBLEM.

IT IS MOSTLY COSMETIC.

THEY SHOULDN'T HURT THE OAK TREE AT ALL.

AND THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH YOU CAN DO.

REALLY, THE RECOMMENDATION IS PICKING UP THOSE TIGS AND DESTROYING THEM AS THEY FALL THROUGH THE FALL AND WINTER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KYLE.

>> THREE PICKS ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LILAC IN BENNINGTON, HAD A DEAD LIMB WHEN HE INSPECTED IT HE FOUND INSECT DAMAGE.

HE FOUND SOME FRASS OR SAWDUST.

THEN HE THOUGHT IT WAS A SHELL, BUT HE THINKS IT IS AN ASH LILAC BORER.

>> YEAH, I AGREE.

THIS LOOKS CHARACTERISTIC LILAC OR ASH BORER.

SO THIS IS AN UNDERWING MOTH AND THEY TUNNEL IT.

THEY BORE INTO THE STEMS.

THEY LIKE TO GO NEAR THE SOIL LEVEL AND UP A FEW FEET FROM THERE.

AND SO, THEIR TUNNELLING WILL MAKE THESE KIND OF BULGING LESIONS, VERY CHARACTERISTIC DAMAGE THAT WAS SHOWN IN THE FIRST PICTURE.

AND THEN THE LAST IMAGE LOOKED LIKE SORT OF THE PUPAL CASE USUALLY STUCK STILL IN THE TRUNK.

BUT CONTROL OF THESE YOU HAVE TO SPRAY THE TRUNK WHERE THEY'RE BORING IN.

AND YOU HAVE TO DO THAT IN THE KIND OF, SPRING OR EARLY SUMMER WHEN THE ADULTS EMERGE.

SO IT WOULD BE LIKE MAY WHEN YOU WOULD GO OUT AND TREAT.

TREAT WITH A PYRETHROID PRODUCT, LIKE A BIFENTHRIN.

YOU NEED TO SPRAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE SOIL LEVEL AROUND THAT TRUNK UP ABOUT 6 FEET AT LEAST.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

YOUR NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM HASTINGS.

THERE'S ONE PICTURE HERE.

WHAT IS EATING HOLES IN THE FLOWER BUDS OF THE ONCE BEAUTIFUL GERANIUMS?

>> YEAH, THIS IS A TOBACCO BUDWORM.

THEY DO LIKE GERANIUMS QUITE A BIT.

ANOTHER ONE THAT'S REALLY HARD TO CONTROL IN GERANIUMS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THEY'RE FEEDING IN THOSE BUDS, PRETTY WELL PROTECTED.

AT NIGHT THOUGH, THEY LIKE TO KIND OF HIDE AROUND THE BASE OR SOIL.

OR EXCUSE ME, DURING THE DAY THEY DO THAT AND COME UP TO FEED AT NIGHT.

SO IF IT'S A SMALL PLANTING, HAND PICKING CAN BE A GOOD OPTION.

YOU'D NEED TO GO OUT LATE EVENING OR AFTER DARK WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND YOU CAN PICK A LOT OF THOSE OFF.

OTHERWISE AGAIN SPINOSAD IS AN OPTION.

A LOT OF GERANIAMS, EPECIALLY IN THE BUDS, IT'S NOT A BIG OF AN ISSUE WITH POLLINATIORS, BUT YOU WANT TO BE SORT OF CAREFUL WITH WHAT YOU'RE SPRAYING AROUND THOES PLANTS.

SPINOSADS, IF YOU APPLY THAT IN THE EVENING AFTER POLLINATORS ARE ACTIVE IT IS FINE.

ONCE IT DRIES IT HAS VIRTUALLY NO TOXICITY TO POLLINATORS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE AND HE JUST WONDERS WHAT THIS IS.

>> EVERGREEN.

OUR FRIEND THE EASTERN EVERGREEN BAGWORM.

SO, YEP, THEY'RE -- TOO LATE TO TREAT FOR IT NOW.

AT THIS POINT IT IS HAND PICKING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

MATT, FIRST QUESTION HERE.

THIS IS NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE.

AND HE SAID, "BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWERS IN THE FALL.

THEN SHARP NEEDLES THAT HE IS CLEANING UP IN NOVEMBER.

WHAT IS THIS?"

>> YEAH, I'VE NEVER REALLY SEEN THIS ONE VERY OFTEN I SHOULD SAY.

I THINK IT IS SPANISH NEEDLES OR LIKE A BAGGER'S TICK, SIMILAR.

SO ONCE IT FLOWERS IT'S SEEDS TURN INTO THESE POKEY THINGS AND WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH THERE THEY STICK TO YOUR JEANS, TO YOUR SHIRT, TO YOUR SOCKS.

AND THEY ARE A BIG PAIN TO GET OUT.

SO, IF THERE IS A WAY TO TREAT THEM NOW I WOULD TREAT THEM NOW BEFORE THEY SET SEED.

IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE LATE.

BUT NEXT YEAR PLAN ON SPRAY MOST BROAD LEAF HERBICIDE SHOULD WORK ON THAT.

JUST BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU SPRAYING THEM AROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE ON THIS NEXT ONE AND THIS IS A WEED I.D.

ANY IDEA ON THIS ONE?

>> I THINK THIS ONE IS EVENING PRIMROSE EVEN THOUGH IT LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

THAT IS THE CLOSEST I.D.

I CAN COME WITH THE PICTURE.

SO THAT WOULD BE A NATIVE FLOWER AND IT CAN STAY OR YOU CAN GET RID OF IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND IF IT STAYS AND IT BLOOMS, THEY CAN SEND US A PIC.

>> IT WILL BE EASIER ONCE YOU SEE THE FLOWERS ON THAT.

>> THREE PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

VERY PROLIFIC IF IT IS ALLOWED TO GO TO SEED.

AND I THINK THERE IS ONE THAT -- YEAH, THAT ONE THERE SHOWS THE FLOWER BUDS.

>> YEAH, I THINK WITH THIS ONE, ONE YEAR OF SEED IS SEVEN YEARS OF WEEDING.

IF YOU DON'T GET IT BEFORE IT SEEDS, THEY FLY ALL OVER THE PLACE AND YOU'RE GONNA GET IT EVERYWHERE.

IT IS A SOW THISTLE.

EITHER A SPINY SOW THISTLE, OR A COMMON SOW THISTLE.

THEY ARE AN ANNUAL.

SOMETIMES THEY ARE PERENNIAL AND THEY CAN SPREAD UNDERGROUND BUT I WOULD ASSUME THIS ONE IS THE ANNUAL THAT'S GONNA SPREAD QUITE PROLIFICALLY SO MAKE SURE YOU GET IT BEFORE IT SEEDS OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND ONE MORE.

AND IT'S -- WHAT IS THIS BIG, OLD, STRANGE PLANT IN FRONT OF THE CANNA LILIES?

>> I LIKE TO CALL IT BUTTON WEED, VELVET LEAF.

SO THAT IS A WEED.

AND THE SAME THING WITH THIS ONE.

IT'S GONNA HAVE SEEDS IN THAT CAPSULE THAT IT'S CREATING.

AND THEY'LL DRY OUT AND THEN THEY'LL SHAKE AND YOU CAN SPREAD THEM ALL OVER WHEN YOU PULL IT WHEN IT IS DRY.

SO MAKE SURE YOU DO IT BEFORE THAT STAGE.

JUST ROGUE IT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

TWO PICTURES ON YOUR FIRST ONE, LOREN.

THIS IS FROM ALBION.

HAIL DAMAGE.

THE CUKES NOW HAVE THESE LESIONS.

ARE THEY DOOMED?

>> I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY DOWNY MILDEW ON THIS ONE.

IT CAN BE FAIRLY DEVASTATING.

SO YOU REALLY WANT TO BE CAREFUL WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES.

BUT IF THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN THIS CUCUMBER CROP YOU REALLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL ON THE PRODUCT YOU USE BECAUSE OF THE PRE-HARVEST INTERVAL.

AND SOMETHING THAT COULD WORK IN THIS CASE WOULD BE CHLOROTHALONIL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

IT'S MOONGLOW PEARS, EIGHT FEET APART.

ONE IS DOING FINE THE OTHER HAS A LOT OF BLACK LEAVES ON IT.

>> THIS LOOKS A LOT LIKE FIRE BLIGHT BUT FROM THE DESCRIPTION AND LOOKING CLOSELY, SOME OF THE LEAF PETALS LOOK CURVED.

AND I KNOW THEY INDICATED NO PESTICIDE DRIFT.

THAT LOOKS LIKE FIRE BLIGHT.

BUT SOME OF THE IMAGES DIDN'T LOOK LIKE THE WHOLE TREE WAS BEING IMPACTED BY THAT.

SO IF YOU SEE DEAD SHOOTS YOU COULD PRUNE THOSE OUT.

BUT I THINK IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE I WOULD WAIT JUST FROM WHAT I SAW IN THE DISTRIBUTION AND THE WAY THERE WAS NEW GREEN GROWTH GROWING ON SOME OF THE BLACK SHOOTS WHICH WOULD NOT BE INDICATIVE OF FIRE BLIGHT.

>> NEXT ONE IS RUST AND SCAB ON A BRADFORD PEAR.

ANYTHING TO DO NOW OR IS IT TOO LATE?

>> NOTHING TO DO NOW.

NEXT YEAR IN THAT MID-MAY EARLY JUNE WINDOW YOU COULD LOOK AT A TREATMENT.

>> RIGHT.

AND THIS ONE IS THE SAME THING.

THIS IS FROM HEBRON.

>> SAME THING.

>> SARAH, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A 75-YEAR-OLD HONEY LOCUST.

LOOKS FINE BUT THEN FOUND KIND OF THIS WOUND IN IT AND IT LOOKS KIND OF STRANGE.

SHE SAYS IT IS NOT OOZING AND THE HOLE DOESN'T SEEM TO GO BEYOND A COUPLE INCHES.

WHAT SHOULD SHE DO ABOUT THIS?

>> NOTHING.

JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.

LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE AN OLD PRUNY ONE THAT DIDN'T SEAL PROPERLY.

YOU CAN CHECK IT PERIODICALLY, MAYBE ONCE A YEAR OR SO JUST TO SEE IF IT'S WOOD IS GETTING SOFT, IF THERE IS EXTENSIVE WOOD ROT IN THERE, BUT AT THIS POINT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A HUGE ISSUE FOR THE TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A FAIRMONT VIEWER.

THIS BIRCH, LAST YEAR IT HAD LEAVES AND THIS YEAR IT ONLY HAS HALF OF THEM.

>> YEAH, I'M SUSPECTING THAT THIS IS PROBABLY SOME WINTER DAMAGE FROM THE DRY CONDITIONS WE HAD LAST WINTER.

AND THOSE BRANCHES AT THE TOP ARE DEAD.

SO WHAT I WOULD DO AT THIS POINT IS PRUNE THOSE OUT.

I WOULD MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A NICE 3-INCH LAYER OF MULCH AROUND THE BASE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS TREE MAY BE IN KIND OF A LOWER MAINTENANCE AREA.

I WOULD DO SOME SERIOUS, DEEP WATERING FOR THE REST OF THE SUMMER AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GET THE TREE TO REGAIN A LITTLE BIT OF VIGOR AND MAYBE MAKE A COMEBACK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICS ON THIS NEXT ONE A HASTINGS VIEWER THAT BOUGHT A 20-FOOT TALL DOUBLE TRUNK RIVER BIRCH AND ONLY HALF IS ALIVE.

SHOULD THEY CUT THAT OUT AND BE DONE WITH IT OR LET THE LITTLE SPROUT AT THE BASE TURN INTO A TREE?

>> IT IS NOT LIKELY THE LITTLE SPROUT WILL DEVELOP INTO A GOOD, WELL ATTACHED TRUNK.

BECAUSE, WELL, THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS WHY.

I WOULD NOT DO THAT.

I WOULD CUT OUT THE DEAD TRUNK AND LET THIS BE A SINGLE TRUNK TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A SEWARD COUNTY BASEBALL SIZED HAIL.

AUSTRIAN AND PONDEROSAS BROWN ON THE WEST AND NORTH.

ANYTHING THEY CAN DO ABOUT THIS?

>> WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THESE EVERGREENS FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA WITH HAIL DAMAGE.

SO A COMMON DISEASE IN THESE PINES WHICH CAUSES A SHOOT DEATH IN THE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER CAN ALSO COLONIZE THE BRANCHES AND CAUSE CANKERS AND MORE EX-TIFRNS BRANCH DIE BACK.

THIS IS PROBABLY FOLLOWING HAIL INJURY ON THESE BRANCHES.

UNFORTUNATELY THERE ISN'T ANYTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW.

I WOULD WAIT UNTIL NEXT SPRING AND SEE WHAT NEW GROWTH YOU WILL GET.

IT IS DOUBTFUL THESE BROWN BRANCHES WILL PUT OUT NEW GROWTH AND IF THAT IS THE CASE JUST PRUNE THEM OUT.

>> BUYING A TREE CAN BE EXPENSIVE SO YOU WANT TO BE SURE WHAT YOU BRING HOME HAS HAD THE BEST CARE IT CAN GET.

A RELATIVELY NEW TECHNIQUE IS USING GROW BAGS INSTEAD OF PLASTIC POTS.

SHELDON GARCIA FROM MULHALL NURSERY IN OMAHA EXPLAINS WHY A GROW BAG IS A BETTER WAY TO PRODUCE A YOUNG TREE.

>> GROW BAGS ARE A SOMEWHAT NEW THING IN THE TREE INDUSTRY.

WE STARTED PRODUCING OUR TREES AND GROW BAGS STARTING LAST YEAR.

WE ARE CONTINUING THAT AND HAVE SWITCHED OVER 100% TO GROW BAG PRODUCTION.

THE REASON WHY WE CHOSE GROW BAGS OR WHY GROW BAGS ARE USED VERSUS HARD SIDE PLASTIC CONTAINERS IS TO PREVENT THE TREE'S ROOTS FROM GIRDLING BECAUSE IT HAS A POROUS SIDE WALL RATHER THAN A SMOOTH, PLASTIC SIDE WALL.

WITH THAT THE ROOT TIP GETS TRAPPED IN THE SIDE OF THE BAG AND WILL THEN DIE AND CREATE A MORE DENSE, FIBEROUS ROOT SYSTEM JUST LIKE IF YOU WERE TO PRUNE THE HEAD OF THE TREE.

IN A PLASTIC CONTAINER ONCE THE ROOT TIP HITS THE SIDE OF THE CONTAINER WALL IT TURNS AND KEEPS CIRCLING AND CIRCLING EVENTUALLY CHOKING OUT THE TREE.

ANOTHER BENEFIT OF THE GROW BAGS IS YOU HAVE THE HIGHER CHANCE OF SUCCESS WHILE PLANTING IN HOTTER TEMPERATURES LIKE IN JULY OR AUGUST BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE TO PREP THE ROOT SYSTEM AS MUCH AS A HARD WALL CONTAINER.

JUST CUT THE BAG, RIP IT OFF THE ROOTS, AND IT IS READY TO GO IN THE GROUND.

WITH THE HARD WALL CONTAINER YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT OFF AND SHAVE ABOUT 1 INCH OFF THE SIDE OF THE BALL TO GIVE IT NEW ROOT GROWTH OUTWARDS.

ANOTHER BENEFIT OF USING A GROW BAG TREE VERSUS A HARD WALL PLASTIC CONTAINER TREE IS YOU'LL GET A HEALTHIER TREE BY USING LESS RESOURCES.

THESE GUYS DON'T REQUIRE AS MUCH WATER MAINLY FROM THE DENSE ROOT SYSTEM.

THEY HAVE THE ROOT TIPS ABLE TO ABSORB THE NUTRIENTS AND WATER VERSUS THE BIG, THICK ROOTS THAT GET DEVELOPED ON A HARD WALL CONTAINER.

IF YOU ARE OUT LOOKING FOR A TREE TO ADD TO YOUR YARD OR BUSINESS AND YOU SEE A TREE IN A GROW BAG DON'T BE WORRIED.

THIS IS MORE BENEFICIAL THAN A HARD WALL CONTAINER.

>> THERE IS NOTHING WORSE THAN PAYING A LOT OF MONEY FOR A NEW TREE AND THEN TO WATCH IT STRUGGLE AFTER YOU'VE PLANTED IT.

GROW BAGS CAN REALLY HELP YOU GET THE TREE OFF TO THE RIGHT START.

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WE DO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF GREAT THINGS GOING ON IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

OUR VERY FIRST ONE TERRI MENTIONED IS EAST CAMPUS DISCOVERY DAYS THIS SATURDAY 10:00 TO 2:00.

LOTS OF FUN THOUGH IT WILL BE HOT.

YOU CAN HAVE ICE CREAM OR SOMETHING.

THEN WE ARE GOING ON THE ROAD SO BACKYARD FARMER WILL BE LIVE AT THE PUMPKIN PATCH MONDAY, AUGUST 22.

Q & A AT 4:15.

THE SHOW AT 5:00 P.M. WE ARE GOING TO THE FAIR AGAIN AND THAT WILL BE BACKYARD FARMER LIVE ON AUGUST 29th IN THE RAISING NEBRASKA BUILDING.

Q & A AT 5:15 SHOW AT 6:00.

COME CHEER US ON FOR OUR 70th BIRTHDAY.

ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL GO QUICKLY THROUGH HERE IF WE CAN.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS UNDERWOOD, IOWA.

IS THE FIRST ONE A PAINTED LADY?

HE WONDERS WHAT THE SECOND ONE IS.

>> NOT A PAINTED LADY.

A SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER.

THE SECOND IS AN EASTERN TAILED BLUE.

>> COOL.

THEN TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

IT COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

TINY INSECT WITH A LEG AND SHE SAID NO HEAD.

I THINK THERE IS A HEAD THERE SOMEWHERE.

>> THE HEAD IS THE SIDE FACING DOWN SO THEY KIND OF STAND IN THAT POSITION AND THIS WOULD BE LIKE A SOD WEB WORM.

THE ADULT OF THOSE.

>> THIS IS JUST FOR FUN WE HAD A PICTURE OF A TOMATO WORM WITH THE PARASITIC WASP PUPA.

THAT IS A FORMER CATERPILLAR.

>> YEP THAT IS A FORMER CATERPILLAR.

>> MATT, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS WEEDS FROM A CEMETERY AND REMBRANDT, IOWA.

HE WONDERS WHAT THIS PARTICULARLY GRASSY WEED IS.

I THINK WE HAVE MAYBE ONE MORE PICTURE.

>> TO ME IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE SMOOTH BROOM AND THAT CAN INVADE THOSE GRASSY AREAS.

ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GO DORMANT THIS CAN TAKE OFF AND DO BETTER THAN THE COOL SEASON GRASSES.

>> HE DID USE A PRE-EMERGE.

THE NEXT THREE PICTURES HE WONDERS IF THIS IS NIMBLEWOOD.

THIS IS OMAHA.

HE DID TRY TO USE A SAFE ROUND-UP FOR WEEDS BUT SAID IT DIDN'T WORK.

>> THE ROUND-UP FOR WEEDS HAS NOTHING THAT WILL CONTROL NIMBLE.

THE ONLY THING IS TO KILL OFF THE WHOLE AREA LIKE GLIEF SKATE OR ONE PRODUCT CALLED TENACITY THAT WORKS AND YOU CAN START APPLYING IT IN AUGUST.

IT TAKES TWO TO THREE APPLICATIONS SO READ THE LABEL ON THAT.

ONE PRODUCT YOU CAN SELECTIVELY TAKE IT OUT.

>> THEN THE LAST ONE HERE IS THIS PLANT UNDER PONDEROSA PINES.

SIMPLE TO ROGUE OUT.

VERY QUICK TO GROW.

IS THERE A PRE-EMERGE?

>> ARABIATIC DAY FLOWER.

FROM THE NODES IT ROOTS DOWN.

PRE-EMERGENTS DO NOT WORK WELL SO POST IS PROBABLY THE BEST THING OR PULLING IT OUT.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> A NICE ORNAMENTAL FLOWER.

>> GOOD GROUND COVER.

OKAY.

TWO PICS ON THIS ONE.

THIS ACTUALLY THEY SAW IN TRAVERSE CITY, MICHIGAN.

>> THIS IS CHICKEN OF THE WOODS OR SULFUR SHELF MUSHROOM.

IT IS MORE ADVANCED.

IT IS EXTENDED OUT.

I WILL NOT RECOMMEND TO EAT IT.

YOU CAN READ ABOUT THAT.

IT IS CONSIDERED EDIBLE BUT IS TOO FAR ADVANCED AND IN THIS STAGE WOULD BE TOUGH.

>> TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

AN AURORA VIEWER.

THIS IS A VIBURMUN THAT HAD BORES AND THE NURSERY SAID CUT IT BACK >> I THINK YOU HAVE CANKER ACTIVITY.

IN THIS CASE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BORE SITE WITH ACTIVITY WHERE SOMETHING ELSE HAS COME IN AND GROWN IN THAT OPENING.

>> ONE ON THIS ONE.

SHE SAYS SHE SPRAYED THIS, THAT TREE AND ALL SHE GETS IS THE SPOTS AND ROTS >> I BELIEVE THIS WAS A FLOWERING CRAB.

THESE ARE LEAVES THAT ARE DROPPING DUE TO SCAB.

SCAB HAS BEEN PRETTY HEAVY THIS YEAR.

AND NOTHING TO DO AT THIS POINT.

IT USUALLY WON'T KILL THE TREE.

IF IT IS A MATURE TREE I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

>> SARAH, AURORA, TOMATO FERTILIZER ON THE VERY FIRST ONE.

SHE PUT ON THE FERTILIZER AND THEN THIS HAPPENED.

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THIS BEFORE?

>> I DON'T THINK THIS IS A FERTILIZER.

THERE IS A CONDITION IN TOMATOES CALLED LEAF ROLL WHICH IS DUE TO HOT WEATHER.

THEY DON'T TYPICALLY UNROLL VERY WELL SO PROBABLY WILL STAY LIKE THIS UNTIL YOU GET NEW GROWTH.

>> TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

BLACK AND RED ONE AND A, WONDER WHETHER THEY ARE EDIBLE AND GOOD TO EAT.

>> FROM THE SECOND PICTURE THEY BOTH LOOK VERY EDIBLE.

I'M A LITTLE STUMPED.

MAYBE ONE OF THE PLANTS WAS MISLABELED AND THEY GOT A DARK BURGUNDY OR BLACK COLORED CHERRY TOMATO AND THERE ARE SOME OF THOSE OUT THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND QUICKLY ON THE NEXT ONE FREMONT AND THEN NORFOLK.

WHAT IS THIS ON TOMATOES?

>> THIS IS FOR CRACKING WHICH IS VERY COMMON IN HOT, DRY WEATHER.

YOU CAN CUT AROUND THE CRACKS AND EAT THE TOMATO IF YOU WANT TO.

THE SECOND ONE IS CALLED CAT FACING, A POLLINATION ISSUE WHICH OCCURS WHEN CONDITIONS ARE HOT AND DRY.

THE FRUIT IS STILL EDIBLE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, SARAH.

THANKS ALL.

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

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NEXT TIME ON BACKYARD FARMER WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME TIPS FOR AN EDIBLE LANDSCAPE.

YOU WANT TO SEE HOW YOU CAN GROW WONDERFUL THINGS TO EAT AROUND YOUR OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE.

GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD GARDENING.

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