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

TONIGHT ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT INVASIVE INSECTS, SOME FAMILIAR AND SOME NOT.

WE'LL ALSO HELP YOU PICK OUT THE RIGHT PLAN AT THE GARDEN CENTER DURING LATE SEASON SALES.

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

>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EVENING WITH BACKYARD FARMER.

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SO SAMPLES WAYNE.

YUCK.

OKAY.

WHAT IS IT?

>> ONLY ONE IS A YUCK.

SO I'VE GOT HERE WITH ME A COUPLE OF PEACHES.

THIS IS FROM OUR COMMUNITY GARDEN ON THE SIDE OF THE OFFICE THERE IN NORFOLK, AND YOU NOTICE ONE ISN'T LOOKING SO SCRUMPTIOUS AS MAYBE THE OTHER ONE IS.

SO THIS OTHER ONE, THE FULL ONE HERE, HAS ONE LITTLE SPOT WHERE SOMETHING STARTED TO EAT AWAY AT THE TOP OF IT.

THAT'S HOW IT STARTS AND THEN IT ATTRACTS EVERYTHING ELSE.

AND THEY COME TO PARTY ON THESE PEACHES OR ANY RIPENING FRUIT.

AND SO WHAT THIS IS REALLY A REMINDER IS TIMELY HARVEST, BECAUSE ONCE THEY GET A TASTE FOR IT, THEY GO THROUGH EVERYTHING ON THAT PARTICULAR PLANT.

SO WHEN I PICK THIS PEACH, THERE WAS A HONEYBEE BUSY CHEWING AWAY ON IT.

YOU'LL GET OTHER THINGS LIKE PAPER WASPS, YELLOW JACKETS, BUMBLE FLOWER BEETLES.

THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT WILL EAT AND ATTACK AND RUIN IT SO THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO EAT IT.

AND THEN THEY INVITE KYLE'S FRIENDS.

>> YES.

IT'S A PARTY, RIGHT?

>> IT IS.

>> WELL, AND AGAIN, YOU CAN YOU CAN SPRAY YOU CAN START A PROGRAM EARLY, BUT IT'S GOT TO BE BEFORE.

>> WELL, THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU'RE GETTING TO RIPE FRUIT, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH YOU CAN SPRAY.

>> I'M TALKING WAY EARLY.

>> OH, NO.

THIS IS BEYOND EARLY SPRAYING.

>> I KNOW.

YEAH.

YEAH, THAT'S NOT EVEN COBBLER.

OKAY, JEFF, NOT TURF.

>> IT'S NOT TURF.

BUT I JUST THOUGHT I'D SHARE IT.

>> HE'S SHOWING OFF.

>> YEAH, I'M JUST SHOWING OFF.

RIGHT?

YEAH, BUT YOU KNOW THE OTHER THING, THIS IS LIMELIGHT.

HYDRANGEA PANICULATA.

LIMELIGHT.

AND YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING I REALLY LIKE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR GROUP, THE PANICULATA HYDRANGEAS, THEY'RE VERY TOLERANT OF A LOT OF CONDITIONS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING SPECIAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE WHEN I'M WATERING THE LAWN OR NOT WATERING THE LAWN, IT SEEMS TO DEAL WITH EITHER WAY.

SO WHICH IS NICE, YOU KNOW.

SO A LOT OF SHRUBS, EITHER YOU'RE ADDING WATER TO IT OR YOU'RE TRYING TO INCREASE THE DRAINAGE SO THAT THEY DON'T STAY TOO WET.

BUT THIS IS VERY TOLERANT.

>> SO AND YOU GET THOSE BIG FLOWER HEADS EVERY YEAR BECAUSE YOU PRUNE IT.

>> I PRUNE IT.

YES.

YEAH.

I TAKE IT WAY DOWN.

YEAH.

SO ANYWAY AND I VARY THE PRUNING HEIGHTS YEAR TO YEAR TOO.

>> SO JUST LOVELY.

REALLY A PRETTY ONE.

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT.

EVEN IF IT'S NOT TURF.

>> IT'S NOT TURF.

WELL, BUT, YOU KNOW, I GOT, I KNOW, CHEWED UP FRUIT AND NASTY TOMATOES NEXT.

SO.

>> OKAY KYLE YOUR TURN.

>> I THINK THE ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE THAT MOST TOMATOES, UNLESS THEY'RE PROCESSED, ARE NASTY.

>> ARE NASTY.

SO WOW.

>> THAT'S HARSH.

>> WELL, IT'S THE TRUTH AND I APOLOGIZE, PEOPLE.

OKAY.

ANYWAY, SO TOMATOES ARE YOU KNOW, THEY'RE STARTING TO FINALLY TURN RED AND RIPEN AND DO ALL THE FUN THINGS THAT TOMATOES WILL DO.

BUT THERE IS ALSO GETTING A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT SPOTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THEM.

SO I JUST HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TOMATO THINGS.

>> THIS ONE RIGHT HERE, THIS IS THIS IS JUST A SUNBURN.

AND SO THIS IS SUN SCALD, JUST THIS BLEACHED AREA.

EVENTUALLY YOU WILL START TO GET SOME OTHER FUNGI, STUFF LIKE THAT MOVES IN AND COLONIZES IT.

KIND OF SAME ISSUE HERE WITH THIS CRACK.

SO YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU DON'T HAVE OTHER STUFF GOING IN A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT BACTERIAL DISEASES.

ONCE THESE MATURE YOU CAN EAT ALL OF THESE, JUST CUT THOSE AREAS OUT.

AND THEN THIS IS THE FUN ONE.

THIS IS THE OTHER PHYTOPHTHORA.

SO THIS IS BUCKEYE ROT ON TOMATO.

IT'S NOT THE PHYTOPHTHORA THAT CAUSES LATE BLIGHT.

IT'S ONE OF THE OTHERS.

BUT AGAIN YOU COULD JUST CUT THAT AREA OUT AND CONSUME IT JUST LIKE YOU WOULD ANYTHING ELSE.

>> ALL RIGHTY THEN.

AND SOME BEAUTY ON THE OTHER END OF THE TABLE DANA.

>> YEAH, ON ALL OF MY PREVIOUS PANEL APPEARANCES, I BROUGHT TOMATOES, SO I, WE DIDN'T COORDINATE THAT, BUT I BROUGHT CALAMINT OR CALAMINTHA NEPETA.

AND THIS IS AN ADAPTED PERENNIAL FROM THE MEDITERRANEAN.

IT IS IT HAS A PLACE FOR IN NEBRASKA GARDENS.

IT DESERVES A PLACE.

IT IS IN THE MINT FAMILY.

SO THE FOLIAGE IS FRAGRANT.

BUT WHAT IS NICE IS THAT, UNLIKE ITS HERBAL COUSINS, IT'S NOT AGGRESSIVE.

IT STAYS NICELY COMPACT.

IT'S MOUNTED AT ABOUT A FOOT AND A HALF TALL BY ABOUT TWO FEET WIDE.

IT'S GOT THESE NICE LITTLE EGG SHAPED GRAY GREEN LEAVES.

AND THEN FROM JUNE TO FROST, IT'S TOPPED WITH ALL OF THESE LOVELY WHITE TINY TULIP FLOWERS.

IT'S LOVED BY POLLINATORS, ESPECIALLY BEES.

IT'S LOW MAINTENANCE, THRIVES IN LOTS OF DIFFERENT CONDITIONS, VERY TOLERANT AND DEFINITELY SOMETHING WORTH CONSIDERING FOR YOUR NEBRASKA GARDEN.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I LOVE THAT PLANT TOO.

ALL RIGHT, WAYNE, LET'S START WITH A ONE PICTURE THAT COMES TO US FROM PLYMOUTH, INDIANA.

FORMER ALUM.

AND WHAT MIGHT BE EATING HIS LILY OF THE VALLEY LEAVES.

>> WELL, WHAT I CAN SAY, IT'S A LEPIDOPTERAN.

THAT'S ABOUT AS FAR AS I CAN GET INTO THIS.

AND I JUST FULL DISCLOSURE HERE, I GOT ON THE WORLDWIDE DATABASE OF LEP HOST PLANTS, AND THERE ARE THREE THINGS THAT EAT THIS PLANT IN THERE, NONE OF WHICH OCCUR IN NORTH AMERICA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> AND NONE OF WHICH ARE REALLY CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ME TO EVEN VENTURE A GUESS AS TO WHAT THE IDENTIFICATION OF THAT IS.

SO TAKE IT INTO YOUR LOCAL EXTENSION OFFICE, OR IF YOU NEED FURTHER, FURTHER INFORMATION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS SIOUX CITY ZUCCHINI PLANT.

WILTED.

PULLED IT UP.

THE ROOT WAS MUSHY.

THE STEMS WERE HOLLOW.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT YEAR TO PREVENT IT.

>> WELL, THIS LOOKS MOST LIKELY LIKE SQUASH VINE BORER DAMAGE WITH THE BORES GONE ALREADY AT THIS POINT.

AND IN ORDER TO PROTECT THEM, YOU EITHER HAVE TO BE ON A REGULAR SPRAY SCHEDULE WITH A PYRETHROID OR DUSTING THE MAIN NODES OF THAT PLANT TO KEEP THE CATERPILLARS FROM BORING IN.

BECAUSE THE EGGS ARE LAID ON THE EXTERNAL SURFACE AND WHEN THEY HATCH AND THEY TRY TO BORE IN, THEY'LL GET EXPOSED.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM WAYNE.

SHE JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS TINY DISGUISED BUG IS, AND JUST SAT THERE FOR 20 MINUTES WHILE SHE WAS IN THE GARDEN.

>> YEAH, WELL, THEY'RE USED TO SITTING VERY QUIETLY AND STILL SO THEY DON'T GET EATEN BY BIRDS.

THIS IS A BUFFALO TREEHOPPER NAMED FOR THE TWO LITTLE HORNS OFF TO THE SIDE THERE THAT YOU CAN SEE.

USUALLY THEY'RE NOT ANY KIND OF A PEST PROBLEM, BUT I'M GLAD YOU GOT TO ENJOY THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

OKAY, JEFF, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAS TREE OF HEAVEN, AND SHE WAS TOLD SHE COULD USE TORDON RTU.

SHE DID A BASAL BARK METHOD.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF SHE TRULY KILLED THEM.

IF THEY'RE NOT TRULY DEAD, WHAT SHOULD SHE DO?

AND IT IS TORDON.

>> YEAH, SO.

WELL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WILTING.

SO I THINK AT THIS STAGE I WOULD JUST BE PATIENT.

JUST WATCH THEM.

DON'T DO ANYTHING TO THEM.

AND YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING, THE STEMS WILL TURN BROWN OR TURN BLACK AND THEN YOU'LL KNOW THAT THE PLANTS ARE DEAD.

SO AND THEN I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I THINK I WOULD FLAG THE AREA FOR NEXT YEAR JUST TO SEE IF SOMETHING COMES UP IN THAT SPOT NEXT YEAR.

AND I WOULD AVOID PLANTING IN THAT AREA FOR THE NEXT YEAR.

SO IT TAKES ABOUT A YEAR FOR THAT PRODUCT TO WORK.

WORK THROUGH ITS PROCESS AND DEGRADE.

>> OKAY, EXCELLENT.

SINCE THAT'S NOW AVAILABLE, PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THAT.

YEAH OKAY.

TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A KEARNEY VIEWER, A NEWLY SODDED LAWN.

AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE PATTERN THERE.

YEAH.

>> FUN.

>> SO HOW DO THEY CARE FOR IT.

>> WELL AT THIS STAGE.

SO FOR THE FIRST 4 TO 6 WEEKS JUST FOCUS ON WATERING.

DON'T WORRY ABOUT FERTILIZING.

YOU KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WATER IT AT LEAST TWICE A DAY AND MONITOR THE AMOUNT OF WATER YOU PUT ON.

AND KIND OF ALSO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CLIMATIC CONDITIONS IF IT'S REALLY HOT, IF IT'S COOLER, IF WE'VE HAD SOME RAIN, ALL THAT STUFF AFTER ABOUT 4 TO 6 WEEKS, THEN YOU COULD LOOK AT PUTTING A STARTER FERTILIZER OR SOMETHING THAT'S KIND OF BALANCED AND PUT THAT ON ACCORDING TO THE RATE AND THEN CONTINUE TO WATER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ABOUT AN INCH A WEEK, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AMOUNT OF PRECIP THAT WE'RE GETTING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT HE WANTS.

HE WANTS A NO MOW FLOPPY GRASS LAWN.

AND HE WANTS SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR NEBRASKA.

>> WELL, SOME THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE ON CAMPUS THAT WERE MAYBE KIND OF ALONG THIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT IS ONE IS USING THERE'S SOME REALLY GOOD DWARF FINE FESCUES OUT THERE THAT I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD GIVE YOU NECESSARILY A FLOPPY LAWN, BUT IT WILL.

THEY DON'T REQUIRE MUCH IN THE WAY OF MOWING, AND THERE'S REALLY SOME GOOD VARIETIES OUT THERE THAT YOU COULD CHOOSE IF THAT'S REALLY KIND OF ONE OF THE THINGS.

AND, AND YOU COULD ALLOW THEM TO GROW A LITTLE LONGER THAN YOU NORMALLY WOULD AND KIND OF GET THAT APPEARANCE THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

THE OTHER THING THAT I PERSONALLY LIKE IS A BUFFALO GRASS BLUE GRAMA MIX, AND IT'S A LITTLE TALLER AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S A SHORTER SEASON.

YOU'RE NOT GETTING, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GREEN IN APRIL AND IT'S NOT GREEN IN NOVEMBER.

BUT THEY ARE I THINK LOVELY.

SO ANYWAY, SO THAT'S ONE OPTION OKAY.

AND THEN SHEEP FESCUE WHICH IS ONE WHICH IS A PLANT THAT I'M REALLY INTERESTED IN.

I'M GOING TO CONTINUE TO TRY, BUT I'VE YET TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT REALLY HAVING THE LAWN THAT I WANT WITH IT.

AND I THINK WE'RE JUST MAYBE A LITTLE TOO WET HERE.

BUT IF YOU'RE A LITTLE FARTHER WEST, MAYBE GRAND ISLAND WEST SHEEP FESCUE MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD CHOICE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICKS ON THIS ONE FOR YOU.

KYLE, THIS IS TORRINGTON, WYOMING.

WYOMING.

NINE YEARS AGO.

PLANTED THESE.

THEY ARE STARTING TO GET A LITTLE BROWN IN THE MIDDLE.

THIS IS JUNIPERS A COUPLE DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

YOU CAN SEE ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.

ARE WE THINKING IT'S MAYBE MORE.

>> YEAH I MEAN IT'S WELL IT'S GOING TO BE HARD.

HARD FOR REALLY ANY, ANY SORT OF AIR TO MOVE THROUGH.

MOVE THROUGH THAT CANOPY THERE.

THERE'S A LOT THERE.

I THINK THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH ONE OF ONE OF THE TIP BLIGHTS, PROBABLY KABATINA BASED ON THAT KIND OF THAT SILVERY GRAYISH APPEARANCE.

REALLY THE BEST THING TO DO LONG TERM IS, IS TO TRY TO DO SOME PRUNING TO IMPROVE AIRFLOW THROUGH THAT AREA.

THAT'S BY FAR THE BEST.

BUT IF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF CHEMICAL CONTROL EARLY IN THE SPRING, REALLY ABOUT THAT KIND OF MID, I GUESS I DON'T KNOW, WYOMING, BUT WHEN RIGHT BEFORE THOSE BRANCHES ARE REALLY STARTING TO GROW, THAT'S WHEN YOU'D WANT TO APPLY A BROAD SPECTRUM FUNGICIDE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

KYLE, THIS IS A LINDEN.

IT'S ONLY A YEAR OLD AND GOT BLACK SPOTS ON THE LEAVES.

AND NOW, EXCUSE ME, SOME OF THEM ARE APPEARING RAGGEDY, SO I THINK OUR NEXT PICTURE SHOWS KIND OF SOME SPOTS.

AND.

>> YEAH, IT'S THERE'S IT'S SOME, SOME FUNGAL LEAF SPOT.

IT'S PROBABLY A CERCOSPORA BASED ON THE COLOR AND HOW THE CENTERS ARE DROPPING OUT.

NOTHING THAT I WOULD WORRY ABOUT ESPECIALLY I MEAN THE TREE IS ONLY A YEAR OLD.

THE ONE THING THAT I WOULD DO THOUGH, IS I WOULD LOOK AT THE MULCH ON THAT TREE AND PROBABLY TRY TO PULL AWAY THE MULCH OF THE BASE.

IT DID LOOK LIKE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS KIND OF RIGHT UP AGAINST THE TRUNK THERE.

SO SET THE TREE UP FOR SUCCESS.

BUT THESE LEAF SPOTS, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

KYLE, THIS COMES TO US FROM HONEY CREEK, IOWA.

SHE FOUND THESE FUNGI ON THIS LOG.

WHAT ARE WHAT ARE THESE?

>> WELL, THE BORING NAME FOR THEM IS THE CINNABAR POLYPORE.

COOLER NAME FOR THEM IS THE BLOOD RED BRACKET.

>> HUM, I LIKE THAT.

>> HENCE THE COLOR.

BUT YEAH, FOUND ON ALL SORTS OF DECIDUOUS TREES.

VERY COMMON.

AND THEY CAN BE USED.

CAN BE USED TO LIKE TO, TO DYE THINGS.

SO A LOT OF ARTISTS WILL USE THEM.

>> EXCELLENT.

VERY PRETTY.

ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FOR YOU ON THIS ONE.

DANA, THIS COMES TO US FROM HADAR, NEBRASKA.

IT'S A LODI APPLE TREE.

AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN TO PRUNE IT AND HOW MUCH.

>> SO WITH OUR YOUNG FRUIT TREES, WE WANT TO THINK ABOUT STRUCTURAL PRUNING.

THAT WOULD BE LATE WINTER, EARLY SPRING BEFORE IT LEAVES OUT.

AND YOU WANT TO FOCUS ON CREATING A NICE CENTRAL LEADER WITH SCAFFOLDING BRANCHES ABOUT A FOOT APART.

YOU MAY NEED A BIT OF A LIMB SPREADER TO GET THE CROTCHES AT ABOUT 60 DEGREES, AND YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THOSE ARE REALLY LONG BRANCHES.

YOU MIGHT CONSIDER SOME HEADING BACK CUTS.

WE'VE GOT A GOOD NEB GUIDE AT EXTENSIONPUBS.UNL.EDU THAT HAS SOME NICE DIAGRAMS.

>> EXCELLENT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A THREE YEAR OLD JAPANESE TREE, LILAC, AND SHE'S WORRIED MOST ABOUT THE NEXT PICTURE, WHICH IS CRACKED BARK AND WHAT SHE'S CALLING ALGAE.

>> YEAH.

>> AND WHAT DO WE THINK HERE.

>> SO WITH THE CRACKS, IT'S IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL FROM THE PHOTO.

SOMETIMES.

WE CAN SEE SOME DAMAGE IN WINTER BASED ON IF IT'S ON THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST SIDE WHEN TEMPERATURES KIND OF WARM THAT BARK UP AND THEN DROP RAPIDLY, BUT ALSO AT THE SOIL LINE WHERE THAT ONE IS, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD BE PLANTED TOO DEEPLY.

AND SO YOU KIND OF WANT TO DO SOME INVESTIGATING, MAYBE PULL SOME OF THAT MULCH BACK, SEE HOW DEEP THOSE CRACKS ARE.

IT'S PROBABLY TIME, SINCE IT'S A NICE TREE TO CALL IN A CERTIFIED ARBORIST, BUT THOSE ARE KYLE'S SOMETHING THAT KYLE WOULD REALLY LIKE.

THOSE ARE LICHENS.

SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF ALGAE AND IT'S A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP.

AND SO NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THERE.

>> PERFECT.

EXCELLENT.

AND ONE MORE PICTURE FOR YOU.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM NEAR COLUMBUS.

SHE TOOK HER SNAKE PLANT OUTSIDE FOR THE SUMMER, BUT THEN IT DEVELOPED THESE SPOTS.

IT IS IN THE SHADE.

SHE SAYS SHE DOESN'T SEE ANY INSECTS.

>> YEAH, I WOULD SUSPECT IT'S STILL A LITTLE LIGHT COLORED AND THERE IS A LITTLE SUNBURN THERE.

I SUSPECT IT'S STILL GETTING A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH DIRECT SUNLIGHT, BUT THE OTHER CONCERN IS MORE.

I THINK IT'S PROBABLY ALSO GETTING TOO MUCH WATER FROM THE SKY, WHICH IS NOT UNCOMMON.

SNAKE PLANTS LIKE DROUGHT TYPE CONDITIONS.

SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH EDEMA.

AND THAT CAN CAUSE SOME OF THOSE CRUSTY LESIONS, SOME OF THOSE BUMPS.

SO LET'S LET THE PLANT DRY OUT A LITTLE BIT.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANKS SO MUCH.

WELL ONE OF THE MOST DIFFICULT PROBLEMS GARDENERS FACE IS WHEN SOME WEED OR INSECT OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT ISN'T NATIVE STARTS TO INVADE OUR SPACES.

THINK OF THINGS LIKE JAPANESE BEETLE, EMERALD ASH BORER.

FOR OUR FIRST FEATURE, JODY IS GOING TO HELP US COPE WITH A FEW OF THESE INSECTS THAT AREN'T HERE YET, BUT COULD BE COMING SOON.

>> WE ARE NOT STRANGERS TO INVASIVE SPECIES.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF VISITS BY THE JAPANESE BEETLE, ESPECIALLY IN OUR ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, OUR ROSES, OUR LINDEN TREES, AND WE'VE ALSO NOT BEEN STRANGERS TO THE EMERALD ASH BORER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF OUR YOUNG AND OLD ASH TREES.

SO WHY DO WE HAVE SUCH PROBLEMS WITH INVASIVE SPECIES?

WELL, WHEN SOME NEW POPULATION OF INSECT COMES TO NEBRASKA, WHERE THEY'VE NOT BEEN BEFORE, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY NATURAL ENEMIES OR PREDATORS, WE ARE NOT EDUCATED ABOUT THEM.

WE ARE NOT ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THEM.

WE HAVEN'T SCOUTED AND THEREFORE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MANAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THAT.

BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE DON'T KNOW.

SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT INVASIVE SPECIES AND WHAT YOU CAN DO TO STOP THEM.

INVASIVE SPECIES ARE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE.

IT TAKES A LOT OF MONEY TO TRY TO EMPLOY SOME OF THE TACTICS AND SOME OF THE CONTROL METHODS, BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WILL WORK.

FORTUNATELY, THOUGH, WE DO HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR INVASIVE SPECIES LIKE THE DEPARTMENT OF AG WHO DO SURVEY AND SURVEILLANCE FOR ORGANISMS THAT MAY BE COMING INTO NEBRASKA, THINGS THAT WE CAN DO TO PREVENT THOSE KIND OF INFESTATIONS OR INVASIONS OF INVASIVE SPECIES IS WHEN WE ARE OUT TRAVELING, ESPECIALLY WITH RVS AND CAMPERS AND OUR VEHICLES, THAT WE ARE VERY OBSERVANT TO WHAT MAY BE HITCHHIKING A RIDE ON THERE.

AND IT CAN BE EGG MASSES, IT CAN BE NYMPHS, IT CAN BE ADULTS.

ALL DIFFERENT LIFE STAGES OF CERTAIN INSECTS.

THE ONES THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW ARE THE SPOTTED LANTERNFLY, WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE UNITED STATES SINCE 2014 AND HAS BEEN SEEN IN IOWA, THOUGH NOT THOUGHT TO BE ESTABLISHED, AND WE DO EXPECT THEM IN THE FUTURE.

WE ALSO ARE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR TICKS.

WE DO TELL EVERYONE TO CHECK THEMSELVES FOR TICKS AFTER OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES BECAUSE WE WANT TO PROTECT HUMAN HEALTH, BUT THERE ARE ALSO INVASIVE TICKS THAT WE WANT TO IDENTIFY.

SO THAT'S WHY KEEPING THOSE TICKS IN, EITHER HAVING THEM SENT IN FOR IDENTIFICATION OR TESTING, WILL ALSO BE GOOD AT INTERCEPTING THOSE, SO WE CAN FIND OUT IF INVASIVE TICKS LIKE THE ASIAN LONGHORNED TICK ARE BEING SEEN IN NEBRASKA.

THE SECOND THING WE WANT TO DO IS TAKE PICTURES OF ANYTHING THAT MAY LOOK OFF.

IF YOU DO THINK IT'S ONE OF THOSE ORGANISMS THAT MAY BE ON THE INVASIVE SPECIES LIST, AND SOMETHING TO LOOK OUT FOR IN NEBRASKA, THEN YOU WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE BEFORE YOU STEP ON IT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT.

YOU CAN BRING THAT TO YOUR LOCAL EXTENSION OFFICE.

YOU CAN SEND IT TO BACKYARD FARMER.

YOU CAN LOCATE SOMEONE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF AG TO TAKE A LOOK.

IN SOME STATES WHERE THEY ARE ESTABLISHED, THEY MAY SAY TO STOMP ON IT, BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE AND CONFIRM ITS IDENTITY FIRST.

THAT WAY WE CAN FIND THAT POPULATION, GO AND INVESTIGATE MORE AND FIND OUT IF WE DO HAVE ESTABLISHED POPULATIONS.

WHEN DETECTED EARLY, WE CAN TRY TO DO SOME ERADICATION EFFORTS SO THOSE POPULATIONS DON'T GET OUT OF CONTROL.

SO DON'T PANIC, BUT BE OBSERVANT.

WHEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE.

MAKE SURE TO PAY ATTENTION TO ANY INVASIVE SPECIES.

LISTS.

THE DEPARTMENT OF AG AND US AT BACKYARD FARMER WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE NEED YOU TO GET OUT AND HELP US SCOUT FOR THESE.

>> AS JODY SAID, THERE'S REALLY NO REAL EMERGENCY.

WHEN SURROUNDING STATES REPORT A FEW OF THE INSECTS.

WE HERE ON THE SHOW WILL HELP YOU FIND THE RESOURCES TO HELP YOU DEAL WITH ANYTHING THAT MIGHT BECOME A PROBLEM.

SO NO PANIC.

ALL RIGHT, TWO PICKS ON THIS ONE FROM ALBION, WAYNE.

THEY'RE WONDERING, IS THIS A FLEA BEETLE?

HUNDREDS DECIMATED HIS SWISS CHARD HER SWISS CHARD OVERNIGHT.

AND WILL THEY ATTACK OTHER THINGS.

AND SHE WANTS TO CONTROL WITHOUT CHEMICAL PESTICIDES.

>> OKAY, WELL, THESE ARE BLACK BLISTER BEETLES, NOT FLEA BEETLES.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND HAND REMOVAL WITH THESE BECAUSE THEY WILL MAKE YOU SENSITIVE TO THE SUN AND BLISTER BADLY DUE TO EXPOSURE FROM THAT.

REALLY, IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR MORE OF AN ORGANIC CONTROL, THEY DO HAVE SOME CRUSHED SEASHELL PRODUCTS OUT THERE THAT DO MESS UP THEIR GUT.

IT SINCE THEY'RE CALCAREOUS, THEY, THEY HAVE A AN ALKALINE GUT, NOT A ACID GUT LIKE OURS.

AND SO THEN IT ENDS UP RIPPING UP THEIR INSIDES.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF SWEET REVENGE THAT WAY.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS AN ACREAGE NEAR FIRTH.

THESE ARE CELEBRITY TOMATOES.

EVERY SINGLE ONE ON THE PLANT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

SHE DOES NOT WANT TO EAT THEM, BUT SHE DOES WANT TO KNOW.

AND SHE SAYS LOTS OF OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES.

WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

>> THIS REALLY LOOKS LIKE SPLITTING FROM HIGH WATER EVENTS.

AND THEN THEY'VE HAD OTHER THINGS GET INTO THEM, EAT ON THEM, ROT ON THEM.

SO I THINK YOUR ORIGINAL PROBLEM HERE IS SPLITTING, WHICH IS TOUGH WHEN WE GET LOTS OF RAIN ALL AT ONCE.

>> OKAY.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

WAYNE, THIS COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

THIS IS THEY THINK IT'S A DISEASE DAMAGING THEIR JADE PLANT.

>> THIS ONE IS NOT A DISEASE.

THIS IS MEALYBUGS.

AND REALLY, THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THESE ON HOUSEPLANTS IS A GOOD SHOWER.

GET THEM HOSED OFF REALLY NICE.

EITHER IN THE SHOWER, TAKE THEM OUTSIDE, HIT THEM WITH THE SPRAYER ON THE END OF THE HOSE JUST TO GET THEM WASHED OFF.

THAT'S ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT JEFF.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THEY LIVE NEAR A GOLF COURSE.

THEY THINK THIS IS CREEPING BENTGRASS THAT HAS CREPT IN.

AND THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

>> WELL, MESOTRIONE SO TENACITY IS THE KIND OF BRAND NAME WE'LL HANDLE THAT PRETTY WELL.

AND AS WELL, SOMETHING LIKE GLYPHOSATE WILL ALSO DEAL WITH THAT.

SO EITHER ONE OF THOSE, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF CAREFULLY APPLY IT, READ THE LABEL AND THEN LOOK AT THINGS LIKE AERATING, FERTILIZING PROPERLY, PROPER WATERING, THOSE SORT OF THINGS TO KIND OF BOLSTER THE REST OF THE TURF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO TAKE GRASS OUT OF THE DAYLILY BED.

AND SHE'S CIRCLED IT FOR US.

>> YEAH.

A SHOVEL I THINK WOULD BE THE WAY I WOULD HANDLE IT.

THAT WOULD BE THE I MEAN, THERE ARE TWO BIG BLUE STEMS OR LITTLE BLUE STEMS.

SO I SAY FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS, GO AHEAD AND JUST DIG THOSE PLANTS OUT.

THAT WOULD BE THE SIMPLEST THING.

YOU COULD PLANT THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE IN THE YARD IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM.

AND THEN LOOK AT PRE-EMERGENT THAT DAYLILY BED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICKS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS NUTSEDGE IN HER NEW BUFFALO GRASS THAT WAS PLANTED IN LATE JUNE.

>> YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, CONGRATULATIONS ON A GREAT JOB WITH THE BUFFALO GRASS.

THAT IS NOT EASY TO HAVE THAT GOOD A STAND IN THIS SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO I THINK THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT WITH THE WITH THE NUTSEDGE I'M WITH A NEW SEEDING.

I'M HESITANT TO APPLY ANYTHING RIGHT NOW.

I THINK I'D WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR TO USE LIKE A SEDGEHAMMER IN JUNE.

YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD BE STARTING TO SEE IT BY THAT TIME.

I THINK AT THIS POINT YOU'RE PROBABLY GETTING CLOSE TO GETTING READY TO GIVE IT A MOWING.

JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE NUTSEDGE DOESN'T FLOWER AND PRODUCE ANY MORE SEED.

>> ALRIGHT EXCELLENT.

LET'S SEE TWO FOR YOU KYLE.

ON THIS ONE, SHE WAS CLEANING ORGANIC SWEET CORN AND FOUND WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS A MUSHROOM.

AND SHE'S WONDERING.

SHE SAYS IT LOOKS LIKE HER GREYHOUND'S NOSE IS STICKING OUT OF THE EAR OF CORN.

>> IT'S THAT'S THAT IS A VERY APT DESCRIPTION.

THIS IS THIS IS A MEXICAN DELICACY.

THIS IS MEXICAN TRUFFLES.

CORN SMUT USTILAGO MAYDIS.

VERY, VERY COMMON.

WE BASICALLY THE FUNGUS GOES AND REPLACES THE POLLEN.

AND SO IT TRAVELS DOWN THAT POLLEN TUBE.

AND INSTEAD OF A SET OF A KERNEL FORMING, WE GET THIS BIG MUSHROOM THING.

SO WHEN THEY'RE FRESH, YOU CAN FRY THEM UP, THROW THEM IN A TORTILLA AND THEY ARE DELICIOUS, BUT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> ALL RIGHTY THEN.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM ONE OF OUR GOOD VIEWERS WHO WAS IN DENALI NATIONAL PARK IN ALASKA, AND SHE FOUND THIS AND WONDERS WHAT IT IS AND WHAT WE CAN TELL HER ABOUT IT.

>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL, IS WHAT IT IS.

THIS IS.

EXCUSE ME.

THIS IS A FLY AGARIC.

AMANITA MUSCARIA.

YEAH.

AMANITA MUSCARIA.

BUT THIS IS THE.

THIS MUSHROOM IS THE REASON THAT MOST OF OUR CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS EXIST.

IT'S EARLY.

I DON'T WANT TO TALK TOO MUCH ABOUT SANTA CLAUS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT IS AT SOME POINT, IF YOU FIND ME OUTSIDE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS MUSHROOM.

AND WE CAN LEARN ALL ABOUT HOW THIS MUSHROOM IS INFLUENCED CHRISTMAS.

DON'T EAT IT THOUGH.

HIGHLY, HIGHLY TOXIC.

>> ALL RIGHT.

BEAUTIFUL AND HIGHLY TOXIC.

>> YES.

>> AND TWO MORE.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM MINDEN, IOWA.

SHE FOUND THIS IN HER FLOWER BED.

IS IT A FUNGUS?

AND SHOULD SHE GET RID OF IT?

>> IT IS A FUNGUS.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

THESE ARE SOME SORT OF BIRD'S NEST FUNGI.

AND SO THERE'S THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF BIRD'S NEST FUNGI THAT ARE ALL IN THIS SAME FAMILY.

THEY'RE REALLY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

WE SEE THEM VERY COMMONLY, ESPECIALLY ON NEW MULCHES, BUT ONCE IT WHEN IT DRIES OUT, THEY'LL GO AWAY.

THEY'RE NOT HARMING ANYTHING.

SO JUST SOMETHING COOL.

COOL TO LOOK AT.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE FOR YOU DANA.

THIS COMES TO US FROM SEWARD.

YES.

PLANTED ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO.

RECENT STORM TORE OFF THE LIMB.

CAN IT BE SAVED?

SHOULD SHE SEAL?

>> SO I THINK THAT'S THE MAIN STEM.

AND SINCE THAT'S THE CASE, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO PRUNE IT AT THE GROUND LEVEL.

YEAH.

WHICH IS.

WHICH IS TOO BAD.

BUT THE DARK SPOT SHE MENTIONED, I THINK IS INCLUDED.

BARK WHERE YOU HAD A TIGHT EITHER A CODOMINANT LEADER OR A TIGHT STEM AND OR TIGHT BRANCH ANGLE.

AND THAT'S THE REASON THE.

>> THAT IT FAILED.

>> THAT IT FAILED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THEY KEPT LOSING BIG BRANCHES FROM A MAPLE THEY HAD TO CUT DOWN.

SHE'S WONDERING ABOUT THE BROWN SPOT AND THEN REMOVING THE ROOT BALL AND WHAT ELSE COULD BE PLANTED NEAR IT.

>> SO THE BROWN SPOT IS SOMETHING FOR KYLE TO TALK ABOUT.

BUT I WOULD JUST SAY WOOD, DECAYING FUNGI, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT NOW, BUT DEFINITELY YOU CAN'T REALLY TAKE THE ROOT BALL OUT OF THAT HUGE TREE, BUT YOU CAN GRIND IT DOWN OR JUST LEAVE IT AND THEN MOVE OVER AND PLANT SOMETHING ELSE.

YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING IN TEN YEARS.

I THINK THAT WAS THE REQUEST.

BUT MAYBE TRY A SYCAMORE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WAYNE.

FOUND THIS TREE AS A SEEDLING, PLANTED IT, TRANSPLANTED IT THREE FEET IN DIAMETER.

THE ROOTS SPREAD AND STICK OUT OF THE GROUND.

SHE'S WONDERING, DID SHE NOT PLANT IT DEEP ENOUGH, OR IS THIS JUST INTERESTING?

>> I THINK THE OPPOSITE.

I THINK SHE MAY HAVE PLANTED THAT A LITTLE TOO DEEPLY, WHICH IS SOMETIMES WHAT WE'LL GET THESE GIRDLING ROOTS AND THEY JUST KIND OF CIRCLE MAPLES ARE PRONE TO THAT SHALLOW ROOT SYSTEM.

BUT AT THIS POINT THERE'S NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT.

ENJOY YOUR TREE FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE.

>> ALL RIGHT AND THREE MORE.

AND THIS IS A BENNINGTON VIEWER.

SHE'S WONDERING IF THE MULCH RINGS TOO SMALL.

THEY WENT OUT ABOUT TWO FEET AROUND THEM, AND THEN ONE OF THESE IS LEANING JUST A LITTLE BIT.

SO SHE'S WONDERING WHETHER THEY SHOULD WHAT SHOULD THEY DO HERE.

>> SO THE MULCH RINGS WERE APPROPRIATE WHEN THE TREE WAS FIRST PLANTED.

BUT AS THE TREE GROWS, SO SHOULD THE MULCH RING KIND OF TAKE THAT OUT TO THE DRIP LINE?

THAT'S A VERY SLIGHT LEAN.

I WOULD PROBABLY LET THAT STRAIGHTEN OUT ON ITS OWN, BUT DEFINITELY REMOVE THAT SPIRAL PLASTIC GUARD AT THE BASE OF THOSE TREES.

AT THIS POINT, YOU COULD BE, YOU KNOW, HARBORING MOISTURE OR CREATING A GREAT ENVIRONMENT FOR PESTS.

SO OTHERWISE TREES LOOK GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

GREAT.

WELL, AS SUMMER IS WINDING DOWN, WE DO EXPECT TO HAVE SOME COOLER WEATHER ON THE WAY.

MAYBE A FEW MORE DAYS WITH THAT HOT, SWEATY WEATHER.

BUT LET'S LET GANNON RUSH FROM THE HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER TELL US WHAT TO EXPECT FOR THE COMING WEEK.

>> THANKS, KIM.

CONSIDERING IT'S LATE AUGUST, WE HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL WEEK AHEAD OF US.

WE'LL START OFF ON A WARMER NOTE WITH HIGHS ON FRIDAY IN THE 80S AND INTO THE 90S.

ON SATURDAY, MOST OF THE STATE WILL DROP IN THE 70S AND WILL REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

THE TWO COLDEST DAYS SEEM TO BE MONDAY AND TUESDAY, WHERE I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF AREAS ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER WERE IN THE MID 60S.

THE RAIN FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK HEAVILY FAVORS THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE, WITH AREAS LIKE SYDNEY AND MCCOOK EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AN INCH OR MORE.

BEGINNING TOMORROW.

THIS PART OF THE STATE WILL SEE A PRETTY ACTIVE PATTERN, WITH NEAR DAILY CHANCES OF STORMS IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE.

THE BEST CHANCE FOR RAIN IS ON FRIDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

AND THAT'S YOUR WEEK OF WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU, KIM.

>> THANKS, GANNON.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK NOW.

BUT COMING UP IS THE PLANT OF THE WEEK AND THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

THERE'S MUCH MORE BACKYARD FARMER RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>> WELCOME BACK TO BACKYARD FARMER.

COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME GOOD TIPS FOR PICKING OUT PLANTS.

YOU'LL SEE FOR SALE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

YOU CAN STILL CALL IN THOSE QUESTIONS TO OUR PHONE VOLUNTEERS AT 1(800) 676-5446.

SEND US THOSE PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

RIGHT NOW IT IS TIME FOR LIGHTNING.

ALL RIGHT.

READY, DANA?

>> SURE.

>> THIS IS A SUMNER VIEWER WHO SAYS HE'S HAD RASPBERRY BUSHES FOR MANY YEARS AND HAS NO FRUIT.

WHY?

>> I WONDER IF HE'S PRUNED LATELY.

>> OR AT ALL.

>> OR AT ALL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A HASTINGS VIEWER WHO SAYS THEY HAVE A LILY FLOWERED MAGNOLIA THAT IS BLOOMING AGAIN.

IS THAT NORMAL THIS TIME OF YEAR?

>> NOT USUALLY, BUT SOMETIMES UNDER STRESSFUL CONDITIONS, WE CAN GET REPEAT BLOOMS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW HOW MUCH FILL CAN THEY PUT OVER THE ROOTS OF ESTABLISHED TREES AND EXPECT THEM TO NOT JUST SURVIVE, BUT THRIVE?

>> NOT MUCH.

I'D ASK WHY YOU'RE DOING THAT.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE A NICKERSON VIEWER WHO SAYS HE'S GETTING NO TOMATOES AND THEN ASKING, HOW ARE THEY POLLINATED?

>> MOSTLY SELF-POLLINATED, BUT THEY CAN GET SOME HELP FROM INSECTS.

BUT PROBABLY HIGH TEMPERATURES CAN CAUSE BLOSSOM DROP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WONDERING WHETHER MULCH GLUE IS GOOD, BAD OR UGLY.

>> UNNECESSARY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

ARE YOU READY, KYLE?

>> YOU KNOW, I HAD DRAGONFRUIT EARLIER.

I FEEL LIKE I'M ON FIRE, >> BROTHER.

>> YOU'RE THE WORST.

OKAY.

>> WAIT ALL WEEK TO.

>> SAY THE DAD JOKES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO HAS A RATHER OLD LILAC BUSH, AND HE'S SAYING THE WHOLE SHRUB IS BROWN WITH WHAT HE'S CALLING A FUNGUS.

THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR THREE YEARS.

>> PSEUDOCERCOSPORA LEAF BLIGHT.

NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT.

PRUNE.

>> PRUNE AT THE BASE.

>> IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF IT.

YES, BUT THE IT'S IT'S A VERY COMMON FUNGUS THAT IS ATTACKING ALL THE LILACS.

REALLY?

IT'S BEEN COMMON FOR ABOUT THE PAST THREE YEARS.

AND SO IT'S EVERYWHERE.

WE'VE BEEN SEEING IT ON CAMPUS ALL THE TIME.

I COULD SPEND THE NEXT 40 MINUTES JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, TOO.

>> I KNEW I COULD THROW YOU OFF TRACK.

OKAY.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO'S WONDERING WHETHER BOTRYTIS WOULD BE A CAUSE OF HER PEONY BUDS FORMING THE SPRING, THEN TURNING BROWN AND DROPPING.

>> IT EASILY.

COULD.

YES.

>> AND THEN BLACK SPOTS ON THE LEAVES OF SAME PEONIES.

WHAT DISEASE IS THAT?

>> PROBABLY.

MAYBE A BOTRYTIS WOULD BE MY GUESS.

>> AND TREATMENT FOR EITHER OR BOTH.

>> I WOULD APPLY A BROAD SPECTRUM FUNGICIDES SUCH AS CHLOROTHALONIL EARLY IN THE SPRING.

>> EARLY IN THE SPRING, AND FAMILIAR WITH LEAF DISEASES THAT WOULD CAUSE YELLOWING OF SWEETGUM.

>> YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM.

SWEETGUM YELLOW VIRUS.

I MADE THAT UP.

I DON'T I DON'T KNOW.

>> ARE YOU READY, JEFF?

THIS IS A FREMONT GROWER WHO HAS A LAWN OVERGROWN WITH CLOVER AND BROADLEAF WEEDS.

T ZONE WITH TRICHLOROETHANE TRICLOPYR HAS BEEN SUGGESTED.

IS THAT A GOOD IDEA FOR MANAGING?

>> YEAH, AND THIS IS A GOOD TIME TO START.

NEXT WEEK WOULD BE IDEAL.

>> OKAY.

>> TEMPERATURES LOOK REALLY GOOD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OVERSEEDING OR RESEEDING IN THE FALL IS BETTER.

AND THIS IS A PRETTY ROUGH LAWN.

PRETTY TOUGH.

>> ACTUALLY FOLLOWS A GREAT TIME TO DO THAT.

BETTER THAN SPRING.

IT SEEMS LIKE WE GET A LOT LESS WEED GERMINATION THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO EITHER ONE OF THOSE WORKS.

>> YES.

RIGHT.

>> YEP.

OKAY.

A CONCORD VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO KILL NETTLES.

>> THE BEST WAY TO KILL NETTLES.

I THINK I WOULD MOW THEM DOWN QUITE HONESTLY AND THEN GO IN AND YOU COULD DO AN OVERSPRAY WITH SOME SORT OF THREE WAY KILLER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT A GRASS OR GROUND COVER OPTION FOR SIDEWALK TO CURB STRIP IN CHADRON.

ANY THOUGHTS?

>> WELL, YEAH SURE.

BUFFALO GRASS OR BLUE GRAMA.

WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT THAT.

THAT WOULD BE A GREAT THING TO HAVE BETWEEN THAT STRIP THE VERGE.

YES.

RIGHT.

YEP.

>> EXCELLENT.

>> OKAY.

WAYNE.

READY?

>> MY HAIR ALREADY.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON FIRE.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS THIS IS A THIS IS A QUESTION ABOUT.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WITH THE BENEFIT TO THE MONARCHS IN MIND, WHEN TO CUT DOWN MILKWEED OR TEAR OUT HONEY VINE MILKWEED.

>> WELL, DON'T EVER USE HONEY VINE MILKWEED.

IT LIVES TO HARBOR PATHOGENS, ESPECIALLY FROM FURTHER SOUTH.

SO NO ON THAT ONE.

AND IN TERMS OF REGULAR MILKWEED, ONCE IT STARTS TO TURN COLOR BLACKISH BROWN AND DROP.

YEAH.

>> MILKWEED BUGS APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE.

AND THIS WAS IN CAPS IN A HIDDEN ISOLATED GARDEN.

WHERE IN THE WORLD DID THEY COME FROM?

AND HOW DID THEY FIND HER?

MILKWEED.

>> OH, THEY'RE NATIVE.

THEY'RE GOOD AT IT.

SO IT'S THEIR HOST PLANT.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE GOOD AT FINDING IT ANYWHERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE A FALL TREATMENT WINDOW FOR BORERS OF BORERS OF PINE TREES?

IS THERE A FALL TREATMENT WINDOW?

>> TYPICALLY, NO.

I'D HAVE TO KNOW WHICH BORES YOU'RE AFTER.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS SOMETHING IS SEVERING THE HEADS OF HIS SUNFLOWERS RIGHT BEFORE THEY COME INTO FULL BLOOM, JUST BELOW THE SUNFLOWER HEADS.

>> AND THERE'S A WEEVIL THAT DOES THAT.

>> AND >> YOU CAN'T DO IT.

THEY'RE INSIDE.

THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT THEM AT THIS POINT.

ENJOY THE SHOW.

>> AND PICK THOSE HEADS UP AND POP THEM IN THE WATER.

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

WHO WON THAT ONE?

KYLE AND DANA TIED.

EVEN THOUGH KYLE.

>> I THINK IT WAS.

>> WELL YOU KNOW WE ARE SO PROUD OF HOW OUR GARDEN TURNED OUT THIS YEAR ESPECIALLY THOSE ALL-AMERICA SELECTION.

SO HERE'S TERRI AT THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN AS SHE TURNS OUR FOCUS ON ONE OF THE WINNERS.

>> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT ANOTHER ONE OF OUR ALL-AMERICA SELECTION WINNERS.

THIS ONE IS ZINNIA CRESTAR MIX.

PRETTY IMPRESSED WITH THIS ONE.

THEY'RE PRETTY TALL.

SO YOU KIND OF EITHER NEED TO HAVE THEM KIND OF IN THE BACKGROUND OR OFF ON THEIR OWN ALL BY THEMSELVES, BUT THEY'RE REALLY STRIKING.

THIS IS A MIX.

SO MULTIPLE DIFFERENT COLORS.

THIS ONE'S BRAND NEW AND COMBINES ALL THE BEST OF THE CRUSTED ZINNIAS.

SO KIND OF THOSE REALLY BIG HUGE HEADS ON THOSE ZINNIAS WERE REALLY IMPRESSED BY THEM.

THIS THEIR SEMI-DOUBLE PRONOUNCED CENTRAL DISK AND A VERY VIBRANT PALETTE OF COLORS PINK, ORANGE, RED, WHITE, PEACH AND YELLOW ALL IN THIS SINGLE PLANTING.

THEY'VE DONE REALLY WELL ALL SUMMER LONG.

EVEN WHEN WE HAD THE HANDFUL OF JAPANESE BEETLES DIDN'T SEE A LOT OF DAMAGE ON THEIR AGAIN WILL BE AN ANNUAL HERE.

FULL SUN.

NOTHING REALLY SPECIAL.

WE HAVEN'T HAD TO STAKE THEM, EVEN IN THE COUPLE OF STORMS WE HAD WITH THE WINDS.

THEY'VE HELD UP REALLY NICELY.

THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABOUT 18 TO 23IN TALL, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BLOOM FROM SUMMER TO FROST.

SO CHECK OUT THE AAS WINNER, ZINNIA CRESTAR MIX, AND STOP BY THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN TO CHECK THEM OUT.

>> IT IS A GREAT TIME TO VISIT US IN THE GARDEN, WHETHER IT BE TO MAKE A DONATION OF YOUR PRODUCE, OR TO SEE THOSE GORGEOUS ZINNIAS AND ALL SORTS OF BUTTERFLIES.

WITH THAT, DANA, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT WE HAVE AND I WISH OUR PEOPLE COULD SMELL IT.

>> I KNOW THIS IS LOVELY.

THIS IS A FRAGRANT HOSTA FLOWER.

AND THIS IS GUACAMOLE.

CODY IN THE BOOTH HEARD US SAY GUACAMOLE EARLIER AND GOT REALLY EXCITED.

THIS IS ABOUT 2 TO 3 FOOT SPREAD AND THIS LOVELY FLOWERS.

HERE ARE HYACINTH BEANS.

THIS IS A VINING PLANT.

WE DON'T EAT THE BEANS, BUT WE REALLY ENJOY THESE LOVELY FLOWERS.

>> AND THEY ARE IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

THIS ONE IS NOT.

THIS ONE WOULD BE A SHADE PLANT SO WE DON'T HAVE ANY SHADE OVER THERE.

ALL RIGHT, WELL THIS IS GREAT.

AND OF COURSE WE ALWAYS HAVE WONDERFUL ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE IN THE GARDENING WORLD RIGHT NOW, WE ARE GOING ON IN THE GARDENING WORLD BECAUSE WE ARE GOING TO BE LIVE AT NEBRASKA STATE FAIR ON MONDAY 4:15 Q&A.

5:15 LIVE TAPING.

WE'LL BE IN THE RAISING NEBRASKA BUILDING BEFORE THAT.

OF COURSE, WE'RE GOING TO BE WANDERING AROUND LOOKING FOR THOSE CORN DOGS.

SO AND THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE PERFECT FOR ONCE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE TOO HOT TO BREATHE.

ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS.

YOU GET THE FIRST TWO.

THIS COMES TO US WAYNE FROM WAYNE.

AND THIS IS THEY HAVE AN OLD BARN ON THEIR PROPERTY.

HE WAS BRUSHING AWAY SOME DIRT.

A SWARM OF BLACK INSECTS CAME OUT.

HE WAS RUNNING FOR DEAR LIFE.

LOOKED LIKE A BALLET DANCER AT AGE 71.

THEY WERE VERY AGGRESSIVE.

WHAT ARE THESE?

>> SO AS I LOOKED REALLY CLOSE AT THESE, YOU CAN SEE SOME HAIR ALL THE WAY ON THE BACK OF THE ABDOMEN.

AND THAT TELLS ME THESE ARE BUMBLEBEES, BECAUSE IF THEY WERE CARPENTER BEES, THEY WOULD HAVE NO HAIR ON THAT TIP OF THE ABDOMEN.

SO YOU FOUND A BUMBLEBEE NEST.

AND THIS IS LIKE DEJA VU.

LAST TIME I WAS ON, WE HAD SOMEONE WHO FOUND A BUMBLEBEE NEST AND HAD TO RUN AWAY.

>> OKAY.

AND YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS PAPILLION.

DISCOVERED THIS BLACK HORNET LOOKING INSECT IN THE HOUSE.

THEY DON'T NORMALLY HAVE THEM, BUT WHAT IS IT?

GOOD, BAD.

AND WHAT IS THEIR NORMAL HABITAT?

>> THIS IS ONE WHERE I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN SOME SCALE ON EXACTLY HOW BIG THIS IS, BUT BASED GENERALLY ON WHAT I CAN SEE.

AND IF I ASSUME WITH THE IMPRINT OF THE WRITING THAT I CAN SEE ON THERE ROUGH SIZE ON THIS, I THINK IT'S A BETHYLIDAE WASP.

THEY ARE PARASITIC OF OTHER INSECTS, SO THIS IS A GOOD GUY.

IT PROBABLY JUST ACCIDENTALLY FOUND ITS WAY IN AND OUTSIDE WOULD BE BETTER.

>> OKAY.

AND THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

WAYNE, THIS COMES TO US FROM BENNINGTON.

SHE SAYS FLIES SHE HAS GOING IN AND OUT OF ONE OF THE MUGO PINES.

SHE TOOK A CLOSE UP OF SOME OF THE BLACK PARTS PICTURES FROM A DISTANCE, AND WE'RE NOT FOR SURE ON THIS, ARE WE?

>> YEAH, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

AS I LOOKED INTO THIS, I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING REAL INSECT RELATED.

I WOULD HATE TO USE FLIES BUZZING IN AND OUT OF A PINE TO MAKE A TREATMENT DECISION ON THIS.

IF YOU'RE REALLY CONCERNED, I THINK THIS IS WHEN WE TAKE A GOOD SAMPLE AND YOU GET IT INTO KYLE.

>> OKAY.

JUST IN CASE.

EXCELLENT.

LET'S SEE, JEFF, ONE PICTURE ON THIS, THIS COME TO COMES TO US FROM NORTHEAST MARSHALL COUNTY, KANSAS.

LITTLE STRANGER.

SHE THOUGHT, GOSH, IN HER WILDEST DREAM SHE THOUGHT MAYBE THIS COULD BE A BABY OLIVE TREE.

>> OH, THAT WOULD BE FUN.

BUT LIKE OLIVE TREES.

>> AND INSTEAD SHE GOT WHAT.

>> SHE HAS.

HEMP DOGBANE.

>> YEAH.

>> SO.

AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S INTERESTING, WE JUST HAD KIND OF A LITTLE COLONY OF THAT BECAUSE IT DOES KIND OF START FORMING A COLONY IN OUR PRAIRIE ON EAST CAMPUS THAT I HAD TO ERADICATE.

SO IT'S VERY POISONOUS.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING YOU REALLY EVEN WANT TO HANDLE.

I MEAN, IF YOU WANT TO, I WOULD SUGGEST DIGGING IT UP VERY CAREFULLY AND GETTING RID OF IT SOONER THAN LATER BEFORE IT STARTS DEVELOPING A ROOT SYSTEM, BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL HAVE IT FOR A WHILE AND HAVE TO SPRAY IT.

IT BECOMES A WHOLE THING.

>> SO AS WE DO IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN WHICH CAME FROM YOUR PRAIRIE.

>> OH YOU'RE WELCOME.

ONE PICTURE.

>> ONE PICTURE FROM PLATTSMOUTH.

WHAT IS THIS?

IS IT A WEED?

IT HAS TINY, NEEDLE LIKE THORNS ON THE STEM.

>> YEAH.

SO, LIKE THE HEMP DOGBANE.

THIS IS ALL.

SO THAT'S A NATIVE PLANT.

AND THIS IS ALSO A NATIVE PLANT.

THIS IS HORSENETTLE.

SO ALSO A POISONOUS PLANT.

NOT ANYTHING WE WANT TO EAT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HAS A PRETTY FLOWER.

BUT I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY GET RID OF IT.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS FROM BENNINGTON.

THEY WATCH RELIGIOUSLY.

THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF TRYING TO BABY THIS ALONG, NOT KNOWING WHETHER IT IS A WEED OR A FLOWER.

AND IS IT.

CAN WE TELL JUST YET?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S I HAD A HARD TIME TELLING YOU THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT FLOWERING AT ALL.

MAKES ME WONDER IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT ENDED UP BECAUSE IT WAS A NEW PLANT THAT THEY PLANTED.

SO IF SOMETHING ELSE GOT MIXED IN WITH THAT PLANT, BECAUSE IF IT WAS A IF IT WAS A WEEDY PLANT, IT WOULD PROBABLY WOULD HAVE ALREADY FLOWERED OR BE FLOWERING.

SO ANYWAY, I'D SAY SEND US A PICTURE WHEN IT'S FLOWERING.

>> EXCELLENT.

AND TWO PICTURES ON THIS.

AND WHAT IS THIS AND HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

IT TWISTS AROUND ALL THE BRANCHES.

IT CLIMBS A WHAT?

WHAT IS THIS?

>> IT'S A FUN PLANT.

IT'S HONEY VINE MILKWEED.

SO IF YOU LET IT GO, IT'LL TAKE OVER YOUR YARD AND PULL THE FENCE DOWN.

SO I WOULDN'T LET IT GO.

SO I WOULD SPRAY THIS WITH A WITH A THREE WAY HERBICIDE.

I WOULDN'T PULL IT.

SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THESE WHERE NORMALLY I TELL PEOPLE PULL ALL THE WEEDS, THIS IS ONE I WOULD SPRAY.

>> OKAY, KYLE, TWO PICTURES.

THIS IS AN EAST LINCOLN VIEWER AND THIS COLOR IS ON ONE OF HIS HYBRID TEAS.

AND HE SAYS IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE BLACK SPOT.

HE IS GOOD WITH GROWING ROSES.

>> SO YEAH, WE AND WE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE THE SHOW AS WELL.

I'M NOT ENTIRELY SURE.

I WONDERED IF IT WASN'T IF THERE WAS SOME HEAT.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S KIND OF IN THE CORNER, YOU KNOW, CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.

THERE COULD BE SOME RADIATION FROM THE FROM THE CEMENT THERE.

ALSO, THE OTHER THING WITH BLACK SPOT ON ROSES, IT DOES WEIRD THINGS AND ESPECIALLY AS WE HAVE DIFFERENT HYBRIDS THAT ARE RESISTANT TO BLACK SPOT, IT CAN ALWAYS LOOK VERY DIFFERENT.

SO UNLESS I WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE A SAMPLE I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING ELSE.

I'M SORRY.

>> OKAY, TWO PICTURES FROM OMAHA AND THIS ONE TOMATO IS CONTORTED.

WEIRD.

NO BLOOMS, NO TOMATOES.

WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE?

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT GOT DOUSED WITH A HERBICIDE.

IF YOU ZOOM IN, THERE'S SOME NICE ZIPPERING OF THE VEINS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO IT'S A IT IS A GROWTH REGULATOR HERBICIDE THAT GOT HIT.

SO GOOD THING THAT THERE'S NO FRUIT OR BLOOMS ON IT.

SO THERE'S NOTHING TO REMOVE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE KYLE.

AND THIS IS PEPPERS.

THEY'VE BEEN GETTING THESE SPOTS SINCE THEY GOT PLANTED.

HE DOES PULL THEM OFF AND THEY PRODUCE NICE REPLACEMENTS.

BUT WHAT'S THE DEAL.

HE DID.

AND THERE'S AN INSECT INVOLVED HERE.

BUT HE'S ONLY SEEN ONE.

>> YEAH.

THE INSECT IS.

THAT'S JUST A FUN A FUN BUG TO LOOK AT.

NOTHING TO DO WITH THOSE SPOTS AS THE THOSE SPOTS ARE.

YOU KNOW, I SHOWED THOSE TOMATOES EARLIER THAT HAD ALL THE BACTERIAL DISEASES.

COULD BE BACTERIAL SPOT, COULD BE BACTERIAL SPECK.

IT IS SOMETHING BACTERIAL.

IT'S BEEN A GREAT YEAR FOR BACTERIA.

YOU'RE DOING THE EXACT RIGHT THING.

JUST REMOVE THEM AS YOU CAN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

DANA, ONE PICTURE FROM A MCCOOK FOR YOU.

>> YES.

>> THIS IS YARROW.

SHE CANNOT GET IT TO GROW WITHOUT DYING OFF.

EACH YEAR IT STARTS OFF GREAT AND THEN DIES.

>> I THINK SHE'S LOVING IT TO DEATH.

>> RIGHT.

>> YARROW ARE DROUGHT TOLERANT, AND WHEN THEY'RE OVERWATERED, THEY TEND TO FLOP.

AND AS EVIDENCED BY THERE'S A LITTLE WIRE CAGE, SHE TRIED TO HOLD THAT UP WITH.

SO THE BED'S PRETTY NARROW.

I WOULD WIDEN THAT BED.

YOU MAY NOT NEED TO THEN OVER WATER, AND YOU MAY KIND OF BREAK THAT VICIOUS CYCLE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FROM KEARNEY.

AND THIS IS A MUM THAT SHE PLANTED IN 24.

IT DID REEMERGE EARLY FALL BLOOM IN JULY.

AND NOW IT'S GOT ALL THIS BRIGHT GREEN GROWTH GOING ON.

WHAT'S GOING.

>> ARE IT BLOOMED PRETTY EARLY.

JULY'S EARLY FOR THE MUM.

AND WHEN WE KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE PICTURES AND THAT GROWING ENVIRONMENT AND THERE'S THIS MOSS ROSE AND IT'S REALLY DRY, I THINK THE PLANT WAS STRESSED OUT.

AND THEN I DON'T THINK IT COULD SUSTAIN THOSE FLOWERS.

AND SO SENT OUT SOME VEGETATIVE GROWTH.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND PROBABLY SOME CONSISTENT WATERING GOOD FALL PLANT CARE.

AND IN THE SPRING MAYBE RELOCATE THAT TO A PLACE THAT'S NOT SO HOT.

>> OKAY.

TWO LET'S SEE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

WHAT HAPPENED TO HER?

CUCUMBERS.

WHY ARE THEY SMALL AND WHY ARE THEY ROUND?

>> YEAH, KIND OF A BUMMER, BUT NOT A SURPRISE.

THAT'S POLLINATION ISSUES.

AND THAT CAN HAPPEN.

WE CAN GET STICKY OR POLLEN THAT'S LESS VIABLE WHEN WE'VE GOT OUR HIGH TEMPERATURES, SO NOT MUCH TO DO, BUT OUR TEMPS ARE COOLING DOWN.

SO I THINK SHE'S GOING TO GET SOME CUCUMBERS.

>> OKAY.

WELL AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR THE BOX STORES AND THE GARDEN CENTERS ALL START LAYING OUT THEIR BARGAINS.

WON'T BE MUCH OF A BARGAIN IF THE PLANT YOU BOUGHT WITHERS AND DIES AFTER A FEW SHORT WEEKS.

TERRI AND I TALK ABOUT WHAT TO LOOK FOR AT THE GARDEN CENTER TO HELP YOU FIND THAT REAL STEEL.

>> AS GARDENERS, WE ALL LIKE A GOOD DEAL, AND THERE ARE LOTS OF GOOD DEALS AT THE NURSERIES RIGHT NOW, BUT WE NEED TO BE VERY INSISTENT ON MAKING SURE THAT THOSE PLANTS ARE GOING TO BE REALLY GOOD IN OUR LANDSCAPE MOVING FORWARD FOR FUTURE YEARS, ESPECIALLY IF, EVEN IF THEY'RE ON SALE, THERE'S STILL MONEY OUT OF OUR POCKET.

>> SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD EXAMPLE.

THIS ONE HAS BEEN IN THE POT FOR QUITE A WHILE.

IT PROBABLY HAS AN OKAY ROOT SYSTEM IF WE GET IT RE REPLANTED SOON.

IT'S A TREE THOUGH.

AND LOOK AT HOW LONG YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT TREE TO TURN INTO SOMETHING.

THIS ON THE OTHER HAND, CAME VERY SMALL SIX YEARS AGO AND I FINALLY DECIDED, ALL RIGHT, I AM DONE WITH YOU.

IT WAS STRUGGLING.

IT WAS LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME.

I PULLED IT OUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.

SIX YEARS LATER, YOU'VE GOT WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PIG'S CURLICUE TAIL.

THAT WAS THE ROOT SYSTEM.

IN SIX YEARS.

EVEN IN GOOD SOIL, IT'S ONLY GROWN A ROOT SYSTEM ABOUT LIKE THIS.

SO SOMETHING HAPPENED EARLY ON WHEN THIS PLANT WAS ACTUALLY BEING GROWN IN THE GARDEN CENTER OR IN THE NURSERY BEFORE I GOT IT.

THAT MADE THIS PLANT NOT WANT TO THRIVE.

IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

>> SO WHEN YOU GET THESE BARGAIN PLANTS, MAKE SURE YOU'RE PULLING THEM OUT OF THE POT AND CHECKING THE ROOTS AND TEASING THEM OUT AND BRINGING THEM AS FAR OUT AS POSSIBLE AND GETTING AS MUCH SOIL OFF TO INSPECT THEM BEFORE YOU PLANT THEM.

>> JUST REMEMBER TO KEEP A KEEN EYE ON SOME OF THOSE FACTORS BEFORE YOU ACTUALLY LAY DOWN THAT CASH.

IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR FALL PLANTING THINGS LIKE TREES AND SHRUBS.

BUT DO JUST MAKE SURE YOU KNOW WHAT YOU'RE BUYING SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO CALL US LATER WITH A QUESTION ABOUT WHY IT DIED.

ALL RIGHT, WAYNE, TWO PICTURES.

THIS COMES TO US FROM EAST OF THE BLAIR AIRPORT.

THE SPIDER WEBS REALLY SHOWED UP WITH THE HEAVY DEW.

THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF THEM.

TRIED TO GET A GOOD PICTURE, AND THAT IS A PRETTY GOOD ONE.

BUT THEY WERE GONE A COUPLE HOURS LATER.

SO DO THEY TAKE THEM DOWN DURING THE DAY?

>> SOME OF, BUT NOT COMPLETELY.

SO THE FEMALES WILL EAT THE STICKY PART OF THE WEB DOWN EVERY DAY AND LEAVE THE ANCHORS AND THEN REBUILD OFF THE ANCHORS.

SO YOU PROBABLY JUST DIDN'T SEE THEM EATING IT.

>> FUN.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

LAST SPRING WAS THE FIRST TIME SHE DIDN'T HAVE A 100% EMERGENCE FROM HER BEE HOTEL, AND IT WAS NEW ACTIVITY IN IT, SO IT WAS TOO LATE TO CLEAN IT OUT.

HOW LONG SHOULD YOU WAIT FOR THE BEES TO EMERGE BEFORE YOU CLEAN?

>> SO THIS IS AN ODD QUESTION THAT I GET REGULARLY ABOUT WHAT DO I DO WITH MY BEE HOTEL STUFF?

DON'T USE MATERIALS MORE THAN 2 TO 3 SEASONS, BECAUSE IT'S A WAY TO BUILD UP PATHOGENS AND OTHER THINGS IN THERE.

IF YOU WERE WANTING TO REPLACE THEM AND NOT EVERYTHING'S COME OUT, JUST TAKE THEM OUT, SET THEM OFF TO THE SIDE SOMEWHERE DOWN ON THE GROUND.

IF THEY'RE VIABLE, THEY'LL COME OUT ON THEIR OWN AND YOU CAN REPLACE WITH NEW IN THE BEE HOTEL.

>> OKAY, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

JEFF FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS.

THIS SAYS TAKING OVER HER BACKYARD.

THE COUNTY PLANTED ALONG THE ROAD.

WHAT?

CAN SHE GET RID OF IT?

>> WELLS.

LITTLE BLUESTEM.

SO FOR SOME OF US, IT WOULD BE GREAT AND I WOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT IT.

BUT IF SHE DOESN'T REALLY WANT THEM, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME OF YEAR, I DON'T KNOW HOW SUSCEPTIBLE OR ACCEPTING THEY WOULD BE OF A HERBICIDE.

SO I THINK I WOULD.

IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THEM, I THINK I'D HOE THEM OUT.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS.

THIS IS WHAT IS THIS AND WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO SPRAY IT WITH IN THE FALL?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S A WEEDY GRASS.

IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A CRABGRASS.

I WOULD SAY THAT YOU COULD USE A QUINCLORAC ON ANY OF THESE SORTS OF THINGS, BUT IF YOU HAVE JUST A HANDFUL, AGAIN, I THINK I WOULD JUST USE A HOE.

>> OKAY, KYLE, THIS IS FUN.

THIS IS A BUNDLE.

THIS IS FIVE PICTURES.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO FLY THROUGH THEM.

THE FIRST COMES TO US FROM GUIDE ROCK.

LOOKS LIKE A BUMPER CROP.

>> MUSHROOMS IN A FIELD WITH BETTER PICTURES ARE ALWAYS HELPFUL, BUT THAT FIRST ONE IS LIKELY SOME SORT OF LEPIOTA.

>> SECOND ONE, BENNETT.

>> SECOND ONE.

THIS LOOKS THIS IS SOME SORT OF PUFFBALL THAT'S UP THERE.

SO JUST GROWS OUT OF GROUND.

>> THIRD ONE, GRAND ISLAND.

>> AND THESE ARE SOME MORE OF THOSE LEPIOTAS.

THE COMMON PARASOL.

>> FOURTH AND FIFTH PICTURES WESTERN OTOE COUNTY.

>> BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THIS IS ANOTHER STAGE OF ANOTHER LEPIOTA.

SOME SORT OF PARASOL MUSHROOM.

THERE IS ONE LEPIOTA, THE GREEN, A GREEN SPORE PARASOL THAT IS TOXIC.

SO WITH ANY OF THESE YOU DO WANT TO BE DO WANT TO BE MINDFUL AND CERTAINLY DON'T CONSUME ANY OF THEM.

>> AND ONE MORE.

>> AND IT'S ANOTHER LEPIOTA AGAIN.

AND THEY CAN LOOK VERY SIMILAR TO A MANCHES AND SOME OTHER STUFF OR TO AGARICS.

BUT IF THEY'RE OUT JUST IN THE LAWN.

MOST LIKELY A LEPIOTA, IF THEY'RE MORE ASSOCIATED WITH MYCORRHIZAE, THEN IT'S PROBABLY AN AGARIC.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FUN.

OKAY, DANA, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

THEY'VE HAD THIS LARGE SHRUB FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

IT HAS FRUITED.

THIS YEAR IT FLOWERED SET FRUIT.

THE FRUIT DROPPED.

THE TOP IS TURNING YELLOW.

THE LOWER LEAVES ARE GREEN.

AS THIS STRESS.

DOES IT NEED FERTILIZER.

THIS IS WHAT SHRUB.

AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT.

>> SO IT'S A NANKING CHERRY.

IT'S IN THE PRUNUS FAMILY.

SO IT'S A SUSCEPTIBLE TO BORERS AND CANKER.

AND YOU KNOW IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL.

IN THAT FIRST PICTURE.

YOU CAN SEE THERE IS SOME SORT OF RUBBER CONTAINER AT THE BASE THAT'S JUST EXACERBATING THE STRESS.

SO I'D START BY PULLING THAT OUT AND THEN MAYBE DOING A LITTLE PRUNING AND SOME GOOD PLANT CARE.

>> SO WOULD THEY PRUNE OUT THAT CENTER AND WHEN WOULD THEY DO THAT NOW.

OR WOULD THEY WAIT TILL SPRING?

>> YOU KNOW, IF THAT REALLY BOTHERS YOU, YOU CAN PRUNE IT OUT NOW, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO AFFECT YOUR FLOWERING.

SO YOU CAN JUST ALSO WAIT TILL AFTER IT BLOOMS NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM KEARNEY.

YEAH.

SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ROSE OF SHARON QUESTIONS.

HE'S WONDERING CAN HE PRUNE THIS ONE AND WHEN AND HOW FAR OFF THE GROUND.

IT'S TEN FEET TALL.

>> SO ROSE OF SHARON CAN BE PRUNED.

YOUR IT'S TALL AND SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO MORE HEADING BACK CUTS.

AND BECAUSE IT BLOOMS ON NEW WOOD YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO THAT LATE SPRING OR LATE WINTER EARLY SPRING.

AND THEN IT'LL KIND OF GROW OUT OF IT.

DO THE HEADING BACK CUTS, WHICH MEANS CUT IT DOWN TO A BUD, BUT DON'T MAKE THE CUTS ALL THE SAME ACROSS THERE YOU GET THIS UGLY KIND OF WITCH'S BROOM GROWING OUT.

SO JUST BE KIND OF THOUGHTFUL, KIND OF STAGGER THOSE CUTS A LITTLE BIT.

>> RIGHT.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I TELL MY STUDENTS IS YOU FEATHER CUT.

YOU DO THIS.

>> YES.

>> CUT HERE AND CUT HERE AND THEN NOT YOUR ARM.

>> BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

>> YEAH, YEAH.

>> NOT JUST USE.

>> THAT AS YOUR MEASURING STICK.

>> YEAH.

>> SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO.

AND IT REALLY DOES LOOK A LITTLE BETTER THAN JUST GOING LIKE.

>> THIS SHEARING.

>> WELL AND WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME FOR THIS WEEK'S BACKYARD FARMER.

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THANK YOU TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

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