(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> BACKYARD FARMER IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> TONIGHT I'M BACKYARD FARMER WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LARKSPUR AND DELPHINIUM AND CHECK OUT WHAT THESE GREEN SPECKS ARE ON YOUR TREE.

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

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER EPISODE OF BACKYARD FARMER.

I'M KIM TODD AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED TO BE WITH YOU AGAIN TO ANSWER YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS.

OUR PHONE VOLUNTEERS ARE HERE, SO JUST DIAL 1-800-676-5446.

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SO SAMPLES.

GOOD FOR YOU FOR BRINGING SOMETHING WE ALL NEED RIGHT NOW.

YEAR FOR TICKS AND MOSQUITOES, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND WE DON'T WANT THESE BUGS TO KEEP YOU INDOORS.

SO AS YOU GET OUT THERE, JUST TAKE A COUPLE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS.

AND SO TODAY I BROUGHT WITH ME SOME REPELLENTS.

WHAT PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE ABOUT REPELLENTS NOWADAYS IS THAT THERE ARE A LOT MORE OPTIONS THAN JUST DEET.

DEET IS PROBABLY THE MOST FAMILIAR ONE, BUT THERE'S ALSO A HANDFUL OF OTHER EPA REGISTERED PRODUCTS.

AND WHEN I SAY EPA APPROVED OR REGISTERED, I MEAN IT'S BEEN TESTED FOR EFFICIENCY AND TESTED FOR SAFETY TOO.

SO THERE'S PRODUCTS LIKE AR3535, THERE'S PICARIDIN OR OIL OF LEMON EUCALYPTUS.

A LOT OF CHOICES OUT THERE.

DIFFERENT FORMULATIONS CAN LAST DIFFERENT HOURS OF TIME OF PROTECTION.

SO BE SURE TO READ LABELS AND CHOOSE THE PRODUCT THAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

AND USE IT WISELY.

AND A LOT OF IT.

>> YES, A LOT.

>> OKAY.

JEFF.

WHAT NOW?

>> WELL, I BROUGHT KIND OF A IT LOOKS LIKE A JUMBLE.

IT'S LIKE A MESS, BUT REALLY IT'BERMUDA GRASS.

SO WE HAVE IT IN SOME PLACES ON CAMPUS.

AND A LOT OF TIMES WE'LL TALK ABOUT AREAS ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THE CURB AND THE SIDEWALK.

THAT'S A GOOD PLACE.

YOU CAN TRAP IT IN.

AND IT'S A HARD PLACE TO GROW THINGS.

A LOT OF OUR TURF AND OUR OTHER PLANTS FAIL THERE, BUT BERMUDA GRASS LIKES THAT KIND OF HOT, NASTY PLACE.

IT DOES WELL HERE IN NEBRASKA FOR THAT.

SO IF YOU HAVE A GOOD SOUTH FACING VERGE STRIP, WE'LL CALL IT.

AND YOU'VE BEEN STRUGGLING WITH GETTING SOMETHING TO DO WELL THERE.

BERMUDA GRASS MIGHT BE THE TRICK FOR YOU.

>> CAN YOU SEED IT OR DO YOU NEED... >> YOU CAN SEED IT.

>> YOU CAN SEED IT.

>> RIGHT AND THAT'S ON CAMPUS.

WE'LL USE.

WE'LL SEED IT IN.

YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

PROBABLY NOT WIDELY AVAILABLE AS SEED MIX.

>> WELL YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED.

AND WITH THE INTERNET NOW JUST ABOUT ANYTHING'S AVAILABLE SO YOU CAN FIND IT ONLINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

OKAY.

LOREN, WHAT DO WE HAVE?

>> WELL, WITH THE RAINS AND SUCH, KIM, SOME OF OUR FUNGAL DISEASES ARE AFFECTING A LOT OF DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PLANTS.

I JUST BROUGHT AN EXAMPLE TONIGHT.

THIS IS RUDBECKIA, AND IT'S JUST GOT SOME BLACK SPOTS ON IT.

YOU CAN SEE I GOT TO GET THE CAMERA RIGHT.

THERE IT IS.

YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT.

AND THE THING THAT WE LOOK FOR WHEN WE SEE OUR FUNGAL LEAF SPOTS, REGARDLESS OF WHAT PLANET IS ON, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE HOW IRREGULAR THAT IS.

THERE'S NOT REALLY A PATTERN TO IT.

IT'S NOT JUST ALONG THE MARGIN, IT'S KIND OF SCATTERED ALL OVER.

AND THAT'S A NICE EXAMPLE OF SOMETHING THAT IS BIOLOGICAL, LIKE OUR FUNGI.

SO IN THIS CASE, IN RUDBECKIA, A LOT OF THESE, WE WOULDN'T RECOMMEND MANAGEMENT ON JUST AVOIDING OVERHEAD IRRIGATION, DOING WHAT YOU CAN TO INCREASE AIR CIRCULATION.

AND THOSE ARE GOING TO BE THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN DO.

>> AND I THINK AS OPPOSED TO OUR OLD ONES ON CAMPUS, THERE'S A ONE CALLED AMERICAN GOLD RUSH THAT IS NOT SUSCEPTIBLE TO THAT.

>> AND THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

>> THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

>> USE RESISTANCE ANY TIME YOU CAN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

OKAY, DANA, WHAT IS THAT CUTE LITTLE THING?

>> IT'S THE TOP OF A PEPPER PLANT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT I'VE GOT SOME THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THESE BLOSSOMS ARE SETTING FRUIT.

AND THEN I'VE GOT ONE IN HERE.

AM I CATCHING THE YELLOW ONE WHERE YOU CAN SEE ONE IS GOING TO FALL OFF.

IT'S KIND OF YELLOW.

THERE IT I KIND OF YELLOWISH.

AND I BROUGHT THIS IN ADVANCE OF SPOILER ALERT FOR GANNON SEGMENT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE HOT NEXT WEEK.

>> OH.

>> AND WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS WHY FLOWERS ON OUR FRUITS AND VEGETABLES START TO DRY UP, FALL OFF, BUT HEAT WHEN ESPECIALLY TEMPERATURES ABOVE 85 AND YOU KNOW, NIGHT TIMES ABOVE 70, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT HAPPENING.

AND SO IT'S JUST, I JUST WANT TO WARN FOLKS THAT THE TOMATOES AND PEPPERS AND SOME OF THOSE WILL START TO BE A LITTLE DRAMATIC.

SO JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE WE'RE WATERING CONSISTENTLY MULCHING, KEEPING SOILS COOL AND PRETTY MUCH WAIT IT OUT.

>> EXACTLY.

BECAUSE WHEN MOTHER NATURE DECIDES THERE IS NOT ONE OTHER THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT, KAIT, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES FOR THE FIRST ONE AND TWO PICTURES FOR THE SECOND ONE.

AND ONE IS OMAHA AND ONE SEWARD, AND IT'S SUGAR MAPLE.

AND WHAT DO WE HAVE?

THIS IS THE FIRST ONE.

HE THINKS IT'S COTTON MAPLE SCALE.

HE PRUNED OFF THE BRANCHES.

HE DOESN'T REALLY WANT TO USE CHEMICALS.

AND THEN THE ONE FROM SEWARD.

SO THINK THIS IS THE MAIN TREE.

AND THEN WE HAVE A PICTURE OF THE BEASTIES.

AND THEN THE ONE FROM SEWARD, I THINK IS NEXT.

AND WE HAVE 20 YEAR OLD SUGAR MAPLES.

SO ONE'S 23, 33 AND ONE'S 20.

STRANGE GROWTH WONDERS IF WE CAN SOLVE THE MYSTERY.

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE CASES WHERE IDENTIFYING IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT SCALE.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY WOOLY APHIDS.

AND SCALE AND APHIDS GET TREATED VERY DIFFERENTLY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S NICE THAT YOU PRUNED THINGS OUT, WHICH WOULD HELP WITH SCALE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY NOT QUITE EFFECTIVE WITH APHIDS.

AND THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS USUALLY WITH APHIDS, YOU CAN JUST GET THAT STRONG STREAM OF WATER AND KNOCK AS MANY AS YOU CAN DOWN.

WE DON'T REALLY NEED PESTICIDES.

PROBABLY IN THIS SITUATION, THE TREE IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO BOUNCE BACK AND WE WANT TO MAINTAIN THOSE NATURAL PREDATORS AS WELL, WHICH PESTICIDES COULD ALSO AFFECT.

SO GET THE HOSE OUT, GET IT ON THAT JET SETTING AND TRY TO HOSE OFF AS MANY AS YOU CAN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

GREAT.

THANKS.

KAIT, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WEST OMAHA, AND IT IS A 20 YEAR OLD PUSSYWILLOW.

AND YOU CAN SEE HOW BIG THIS ONE IS SHRUB-LIKE.

AND NOW IT'S GOT SOME INTERESTING THINGS ON ITS LEAVES.

AND HE'S WONDERING WHAT THOSE ARE.

AND IS THERE ANYTHING HE SHOULD DO ABOUT IT?

>> YEAH.

SO THESE ARE GALLS WHICH IS CAUSED IN THIS CASE BY THE WILLOW LEAF GALL MITE.

SO WHEN THE MITE FEEDS, THE PLANT IS ESSENTIALLY OVERREACTING AND FORMING THESE GALLS.

AND AS WITH MOST GALLS, IT'S REALLY JUST A COSMETIC ISSUE.

IT KIND OF MAKES THE LEAVES NOT LOOK PRETTY DEPENDING ON YOUR POINT OF VIEW.

SO IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT THE OVERALL HEALTH.

AND IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN JUST LEAVE BEHIND.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE.

AND THIS IS FROM LINCOLN.

SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A BLUE PILL BU >> SO COOL.

IT IS SO COOL.

>> I REALLY LOOKED INTO THIS BECAUSE I WAS LIKE, WOW, THAT'S AMAZING.

SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A VIRUS THAT AFFECTS PILL BUGS CALLED IRIDOVIRUS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS INVERTEBRATE IRIDESCENT VIRUS.

SO UNFORTUNATELY FOR THE PILL BUG, IT IS LETHAL.

WHAT HAPPENS IS IT FORMS LIKE THESE LITTLE CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURES IN THE BUG AND IT TURNS IT BLUE.

SO BAD FOR THE PILL BUG.

BUT A REALLY COOL, REALLY COOL THING FOR US TO SEE, AT LEAST.

>> EXACTLY.

THANKS, KAIT.

ALL RIGHT.

JEFF TWO FROM LINCOLN ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A PATCH IN HIS BLUEGRASS LAWN OR IN HERS THAT IS A FINER BLADE.

IT KIND OF BRANCHES OUT.

I THINK SHE HAS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE ACTUAL BRANCHED GRASS HERE SPREADING, AND SHE WANTS TO GET RID OF IT.

>> SURE.

WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE NIMBLEWILL.

AND SO THERE IS A HERBICIDE YOU COULD USE THAT'S SPECIFIC FOR THIS, MESOTRIONE.

SO TENACITY IS THE BRAND NAME.

YOU COULD CERTAINLY USE THAT IF YOU HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING THAT SOMETHING A NONSELECTIVE WOULD WORK, YOU'LL HAVE TO RESEED INTO THAT.

SO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE PLANTING INTERVALS.

ONCE YOU'VE USED SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND THEN THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT GOOD TURF CARE SORT OF THING.

MAKE SURE WE'RE AERATING AT THE RIGHT TIME, FERTILIZING AT THE RIGHT TIME, WATERING ALL THOSE THINGS TO HELP BOOST THE THE REST OF THE TURF IN YOUR YD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE FROM NORTH PLATTE.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS GRASS IS AND CAN IT BE TREATED IN THE LAWN ITSELF.

SO I THINK THERE'S ONLY ONE PICTURE ON THIS.

>> YEAH.

THAT WAS THIS IS KIND OF A HARD ONE TO LOOK AT.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD GUESS THAT MAYBE ORCHARD GRASS.

BUT AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL SOMETIMES WHEN WE SEND IN SAMPLES TO HAVE LIKE THE CROWN OF THE PLANT, A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THE PLANT, BUT A NONSELECTIVE YOU COULD USE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS OR CERTAINLY DIG IT UP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO ON THIS NEXT ONE, JEFF CLOVER LIKE WEED WITH LITTLE YELLOW FLOWERS AND SEED PODS.

AND HOW DO YOU KILL IT OTHER THAN PULL IT?

>> WELL, THIS IS WOOD SORREL.

YEAH.

AND SO AGAIN, A THREE WAY HERBICIDE WOULD BE GOOD WITH THIS.

SOMETHING WITH TRICLOPYR IN IT WOULD HELP TAKE CARE OF THAT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING A PRE-EMERGENT AFTER THAT FOR A WHILE, BECAUSE THEY PRODUCE A LOT OF SEED.

>> AND THE MORE YOU MOW, THE MORE THEY GROW.

>> RIGHT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

>> OKAY.

OKAY.

LOREN TWO FROM BROWNVILLE.

SHE IS 13 YEARS OLD.

SHE THINKS SHE KNOWS WHAT THIS BEAUTIFUL LITTLE THING IS.

SHE TOOK GREAT PICTURES.

WHAT?

WHAT IS THE BEAUTIFUL LITTLE THING?

>> WELL, AND I BELIEVE THIS PERSON, IT'S GREAT TO SEE AN ASPIRING MYCOLOGIST, A YOUNGER PERSON, TAKING PICTURES LIKE THIS.

AND HERE IN THIS PHOTO, YOU CAN SEE THEY HAVE THEIR THEIR FINGERS IN THERE.

WE NEED SOMETHING FOR A SIZE REFERENCE, WHICH IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT FOR ANY OF THE PICTURES THAT ARE SUBMITTED TO BACKYARD FARMER.

ONE THING THAT I'M NOT SURE OF, THEY INDICATED IT WAS A STEM SCARLET CUP.

SO IF THAT'S CORRECT, THOSE WILL DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO GROW INTO SMALL LITTLE CUPS.

AND IF IT'S NOT, IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE.

I CAN'T REALLY TELL.

ONE OF THE THINGS WITH FUNGI.

WE NEED TO SEE THE UNDERSIDE A LOT OF TIMES TOO, SO WE CAN TELL AND EVEN SPORE PRINTS ON OTHERS.

SO IT COULD BE A STEM SCARLET CUP.

NOT SURE.

HAVE TO WATCH IT DEVELOP AND AND MAYBE THEY CAN LET US KNOW.

>> GREAT.

TWO FROM HAMPTON IN HAMILTON COUNTY.

SO SHE HAS BOTH PHLOX AND PENSTEMON.

THE LEAVES ARE YELLOWING GREEN VEINS, NOT THE ENTIRE PLANTS.

AND I THINK THERE'S SOME PROBABLY SOME LEAF SPOT ON THE PENSTEMON.

BUT YEAH, YEAH.

>> SO TWO DIFFERENT SCENARIOS HERE.

I THINK KIM THE PHLOX HAS THE NEWER GROWTH EFFECT AND THE PENSTEMON.

IT'S THAT IT LOOKED LIKE SOME OF THE LOWER LEAVES WERE AFFECTED.

AND WITH THAT YOU COULD SEE IN THIS PARTICULAR PICTURE, YOU KNOW, WE COULD BE DEALING WITH EXCESSIVE MOISTURE AND SOME NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY IF IT'S CONFINED TO THOSE LOWER LEAVES ONLY ON THE PENSTEMON, YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME ROOT AND CROWN ROT COMING IN, WHICH IS COMMON AS OUR PLANTS GET OLDER.

AND THEN ON THE PHLOX, I REALLY DO THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL GROW OUT.

WE DO SEE VIRUSES ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLANTS, AND A LOT OF TIMES COOL WEATHER CAN SHOW SYMPTOMS OF THOSE.

SO YOU MAY BE SEEING A SYMPTOM THAT ONCE IT WARMS UP, THAT PHLOX WILL, WILL TURN ITS NORMAL COLOR.

SO I WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

UNTIL THE PHLOX BUG GETS IT.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> OKAY, SO FROM OMAHA, SHE HAS NEWLY PLANTED GLADIOLUS FACING SOUTH.

FIVE YEARS AGO, SHEAD GOOD LUCK.

AND BUT SHE'S GOT A COUPLE DOING THIS.

>> THAT'S REALLY COOL.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I BELIEVE THIS IS A VIRUS.

AND SO IF THAT AND WHERE WE HAVE HEALTHY ONES.

AND THEN THE ONE IN THE MIDDLE YOU CAN SEE HAS SOME WHITE DISCOLORED LEAVES, IT SHOULD RESULT IN THE FLOWERS HAVING LIKE A COLOR BREAKING PATTERN IN THEM, WHICH MIGHT BE QUITE PRETTY.

NOW THE CHALLENGE IS IF THEY WANT TO HOLD THOSE CORMS OVER AND KEEP THESE, I WOULD ROGUE THAT OUT.

HOWEVER, IF YOU'RE JUST GROWING GLADIOLAS AND YOU'RE GOING TO LET THEM FREEZE AND DIE, ENJOY IT.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME COLOR BREAKING AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE REALLY BEAUTIFUL, JUST LIKE A REMBRANDT TULIP.

THERE WE GO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES FOR THE FIRST ROSE AND TWO PICTURES FOR THE SECOND ONE.

DANA.

SO WE'LL KIND OF BUNDLE.

THE FIRST IS WHY ARE THE ROSES BARE ON THE BOTTOM AND DEAD BRANCHES?

BAD PRUNING WHATEVER.

AND THE SECOND IS FROM LITCHFIELD.

WHAT'S CAUSING THE BUDS TO ACTUALLY BROWN AND NOT OPEN.

SO ENVIRONMENT WHATEVER.

AND THEN BROWN BUDS.

>> I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S PROBABLY BOTH PRETTY ENVIRONMENTAL.

THE FIRST ONE WHERE YOU'RE SEEING LIKE PRETTY MUCH A YOUNG SHRUB ROSE.

ONE OF MY FIRST THOUGHTS TOO, IS ABOUT HOW MUCH SUNLIGHT IS THAT GETTING?

IS IT GETTING A FULL SIX HOURS OR MORE?

I COULDN'T KIND OF SEE THE THE SPACE IN TERMS OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, A BIGGER SCOPE, BUT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT AND THEN POTENTIALLY JUST DIE BACK, WIN OR DIE BACK.

SO I'D STILL KIND OF PULL SOME OF THESE ROCKS AWAY.

AND THEN THERE'S ONE, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THAT COULD GET SOME REFLECTION OFF THE STONE WALL.

SO JUST PULL THAT AWAY, MULCH IT, AND, YOU KNOW, SOME GOOD PLANT CARE, BUT PROBABLY MOVE IT IF IT'S NOT GETTING SIX HOURS.

AND THE OTHER I WOULD CALL THAT ROSE BALLING THRIPS CAN CAUSE SOMETIMES THAT.

BUT IF YOU'RE, IF YOU RIP INTO THE ROSE, THESE ICKY ONES, YOU WOULD SEE, YOU KNOW, SOME LIKE THE INSIDE WOULD BE ESPECIALLY KIND OF GROSS, BUT I'D DEFER TO SOMEBODY LIKE KAIT ABOUT THE THRIPS.

BUT SOMETIMES OUR HUMID, COOL WEATHER CAN CAUSE THAT BALLING.

WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF GET THIS ICKY BROWN OUTSIDE AND THEN THE SUN COMES ON AND YOU JUST KIND OF NEED TO PRUNE THAT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE FROM LOGAN, UTAH.

>> YEAH.

>> HE HAS A HELLEBORUS OR LENTEN ROSES.

ONE IS DOING GREAT.

SO THIS IS THE ROSE BALLING.

SO AS WE KIND OF FAST FORWARD ON THIS ONE, WE'LL HAVE HE'S GOT THESE A COUPLE LENTEN ROSES AND ONE LOOKS VERY DIFFERENT.

IS IT SIMPLY A DIFFERENT CULTIVAR.

WE'RE STILL ROSE BALLING.

STILL NOT A LENTEN ROSE.

>> STILL NOT A LENTEN ROSE.

BUT WHEN YOU DO SEE THE LENTEN ROSE YEAH IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S TWO VARIETIES.

AND I SUSPECT THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF CROWDING IN THERE.

THESE ARE KIND OF PLANTS THAT DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE FOR THAT.

IF YOU HAVE, BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A CONDO, HAVE TO LEAVE THEM IN THAT CONTAINER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CLEAN OUT THE OTHER STUFF, OTHERWISE SEPARATE THEM INTO TWO CONTAINERS OR PUT THEM IN THE GROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE PICTURE.

AND THIS IS BELLEVUE.

SHE'S WONDERING IF HER LILY OF THE VALLEY PLANTS NEED TO BE THINNED.

THERE'S THERE'S OUR.

>> THERE'S OUR LENTEN ROSE.

BUT THE LILY OF THE VALLEY, IT WASN'T CREEPING INTO THE YARD.

IT LOOKS HEALTHY.

I WOULD LET THE CLIENT DETERMINE IF THAT NEEDS TO BE THINNED OUT.

AND IF SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN DO THAT.

IT'S LILY OF THE VALLEY.

JUST BY LOOKING AT ME BEING LIKE, WHY WOULD YOU SAVE THIS?

BUT IT'S FINE.

YOU CAN JUST KIND OF DO THAT WHEN YOU'RE PREPARED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE AN INTERESTING PAIR OF ORNAMENTALS THAT ARE RELATED BUT ARE VERY DIFFERENT IN THE GARDEN.

ONE IS A SELF-SEEDING ANNUAL AND THE OTHER THRIVES JUST WHERE YOU PLANT IT WITH SOME TENDER LOVING CARE.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT IS THAT BLUE FLOWER IN OUR BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN?

WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT IT TODAY.

THIS IS ACTUALLY LARKSPUR, WHICH IS AN ANNUAL PLANT.

IT IS ONE THAT I ABSOLUTELY LOVE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T BECAUSE IT DOES WHAT A LOT OF ANNUALS DO, WHICH IS IT WILL RESEED ITSELF.

THE LARKSPUR THAT YOU SEE ACTUALLY STARTED OUT ALL BEING BLUE.

AND IT STILL IS.

WE'VE BEEN MANAGING IT BY CUTTING OFF THE SEED HEADS, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T WANT IT EVERYWHERE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CUTFF THE SEED HEADS.

HOWEVER, THAT ONE CAME FROM MY HOUSE AND MINE STARTED BLUE.

AND OVER THE YEARS, THE FUN PART IS I'VE GOT SOME PURE WHITE, I'VE GOT SOME VERY PALE PINK, I'VE GOT SOME WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF BLUE ALONG THE EDGES, A LITTLE MORE BLUE ALONG THE EDGES, STILL ALL FERNY, STILL GROWING TALL.

THESE HAVE BEEN CUT BACK, SO THEY ARE A LITTLE BIT SHORTER.

AND WHAT THIS WILL DO IS IT WILL ACTUALLY ALSO REFLOWER FROM THE LEAF AXILS.

IF YOU DEADHEAD OR CUT IT BACK TO BEGIN WITH, IT'S NOT GOING TO LAST ALL SUMMER.

THIS IS ONE THAT ONCE IT TRULY DOES SET ITS SEED, IT WILL ACTUALLY SLOWLY DIMINISH.

YOU CAN CUT IT ALL THE WAY BACK.

YOU LEAVE IT STANDING IN THE GARDEN.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE KIND OF A MESS ON YOUR HANDS.

IF YOU CUT IT ALL THE WAY BACK WHERE YOU'VE GOT A BIG CLUMP OF IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BIG HOLE IN THE LANDSCAPE.

THIS IS RELATED TO DELPHINIUM, WHICH I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT HERE IN A SECOND.

IT IS IN THE EXACT SAME GENUS.

WE HAVE A NATIVE LARKSPUR THAT IS PERENNIAL.

WE HAVE DELPHINIUM, SOME OF WHICH ARE HIGHLY TOXIC, BUT YOU SEE WHAT IS CALLED A SPUR ON THESE, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT ON DELPHINIUM AS WELL.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LARKSPUR AND DELPHINIUM.

THIS IS ONE THAT IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE DWARF NEWER SERIES.

DELPHINIUMS ARE PERENNIAL.

THEY'RE ALSO NOT REALLY EASY TO GROW.

THEY'RE HEAVY FEEDERS.

THEY DO LIKE FULL SUN.

THE ADVANTAGE OF THE DWARF SERIES IS THEY DO NOT GET 6 TO 8FT TALL, NOT STATUESQUE, BUT THEY ALSO DON'T NEED TO BE STAKED IN THE WIND.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY CALLED B OR HYBRID B DELPHINIUMS BECAUSE YOU CAN STILL SEE THAT SPUR IN THE FLOWER, BUT YOU ALSO SEE ALMOST DOUBLE AND SOME REALLY INTERESTING CENTERS ON THE FLOWERS.

THESE WILL REFLOWER FROM THE LEAF AXIL IF YOU CUT THEM OFF VERY LIGHTLY.

AGAIN, IF YOU WANT TO GROW THE BEAUTIFUL BLUE AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT IN YOUR GARDEN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TUCK DELPHINIUMS INTO THE CORNERS.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO LET LARKSPUR SEED ITSELF ALL OVER THE PLACE.

CUT THOSE SEED HEADS OFF IF YOU DON'T WANT IT EVERYWHERE.

(RUSTLING) YOU CAN SEE PLENTY OF BEAUTIFUL LARKSPUR IN OUR BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN, BUT DO REMEMBER TO TAKE THOSE SEED HEADS OFF IF YOU JUST WANT A LITTLE BIT OF IT.

OKAY, KAIT.

TWO PICTURES.

THIS IS FROM YORK, A MASON BEE BUSY SORT OF A YEAR AND THEN HE SAW PREDATORY BEHAVIOR MAYBE FROM A WASP.

OR WAS HE LOOKING FOR A NEST OF HIS OWN.

TWO PICS ON THIS ONE, I THINK.

>> SO THIS ONE IS A FOUR TOOTH MASON WASP.

AND THEY DO COLLECT OTHER INSECTS SUCH AS CATERPILLARS, OR MAYBE IN THIS CASE, BEE LARVAE TO FEED THEIR YOUNG.

AND SO THIS WOULD BE A PREDATOR.

I THINK THEY HAD ASKED ANOTHER QUESTION TOO, LIKE WHEN IS A GOOD TIME TO CLEAN OUT THESE BEE HOUSES?

AND SO IT'S GREAT THAT YOU HAVE THIS.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT IT CAN GET DISEASES.

IT CAN GET PARASITES OR PARASITOIDS.

SO IT'S ABOUT TIMING, YOU KNOW, WAIT UNTIL MAYBE AFTER JUNE AFTER WE KNOW ALL THE BEES HAVE LEFT AND A LITTLE BIT BEFORE THEY START LAYING EGGS, BUT YOU DO NEED TO CLEAN THAT OUT AND MAINTAIN IT YEARLY IS THE RECOMMENDATION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KAIT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

SHE JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF WASP IS THIS AND WHY DID IT HAVE A WORM TRAPPED INSIDE THE MUD SHELL.

>> SO THIS IS ALSO A IT'S A DIFFERENT SPECIES OF POTTER WASPS.

BUT AS I MENTIONED, THEY COLLECT CATERPILLARS.

THIS PARTICULAR SPECIES DOES.

PUTS IT IN THIS LITTLE CLAY POT THAT IT MAK TO FEED ITS YOUNG.

ONCE THE EGG HATCHES.

SO THE ADULTS ACTUALLY FEED NECTAR, BUT THEY COLLECT OTHER INSECTS TO FEED THEIR BABIES.

>> FUN.

ALL RIGHT.

FROM INDIAN CAVE STATE PARK.

A TICK.

>> ARE SO MANY TICKS.

>> SO HE'S WONDERING WHAT KIND OF TICK.

>> SO THIS ONE IS A MALE LONE STAR TICK.

A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL RECOGNIZE THE FEMALES BECAUSE THEY HAVE THAT WHITE SPOT ON THEIR BACK.

AND SO JUST, YOU KNOW, A FRIENDLY REMINDER, USE THOSE REPELLENTS.

WE TALKED ABOUT WEAR CLOTHING, LONG PANTS TUCKED INTO LONG SOCKS, NOT VERY FASHIONABLE, BUT A GOOD PRACTICE IF YOU'RE GOING SOMEPLACE WITH TICKS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU KAIT.

TWO PICTURES FROM OUTSIDE MCCLELLAN, IOWA.

JEFF.

AND THIS IS TWO PLANTS THEY FOUND IN THEIR PRAIRIE AFTER 15 YEARS.

>> WOW.

THE FIRST ONE IS POISON IVY.

>> AND ON THAT NOTE.

AND THE SECOND ONE.

>> AND THE SECOND ONE IS LOCOWEED.

SO.

>> OKAY.

>> YEAH, I THINK WE'RE IT'S IT'S DEFINITELY OXYTROPIS.

SO IT'S, IT'S ONE OF THE LOCOWEEDS.

SO WHICH IS A BEAUTIFUL PLANT, BY THE WAY.

SO, YOU KNOW, SO IT IS A COOL PLANT.

I JUST WOULDN'T FEED CATTLE IN THAT AREA OR HAVE IT HAVE IT REMOVED.

SO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

THREE FROM WESTERN OTOE COUNTY.

AND THIS IS GROWING ALONG THE FENCE LINE.

IS IT A WILDFLOWER OR JUST A WEED?

MILKY STEM, HAIRY AND STICKY.

AND IT SEEMS TO BE A JAPANESE BEETLE MAGNET.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, IT REALLY KEYS OUT TO THIS SHOWY TICK TREFOIL.

SO WHICH IS A WILDFLOWER OTHER THAN THE MILKY STEM, WHICH IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT AND IT'S NOT A MILKWEED.

SO I'M GOING TO STICK WITH THAT AND MAYBE HAVE THEM CRACK THE STEM OPEN AGAIN AND LOOK AT IT BECAUSE IT SHOULDN'T HAVE A MILKY STEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE FROM LINCOLN.

WHAT IS THIS PLAN IS IT GOOD OR BAD.

AND CAN IT BE TRANSPLANTED.

>> IT'S CHICORY.

SO IT'S IT'S FINE.

IT'S COOL.

YOU CAN PLAY WITH IT IF YOU WANT.

IT'S AN INTRODUCED WILDFLOWER, SO YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU LIKE WITH IT.

AS FAR AS TRANSPLANTING, I THINK I WOULD COLLECT THE SEED AND DO THAT.

IT HAS A TAPROOT.

SO I THINK YOU WOULD BE DISAPPOINTED IF YOU TRIED TO MOVE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> SAME CHICORY AS CHICORY ADDED TO COFFEE.

>> YEAH.

>> IS THAT RIGHT?

OKAY.

>> SORT OF.

IT IS.

DRINK REAL COFFEE.

DRINK REAL COFE.

OKAY.

FROM BROWNVILLE.

TWO PICTURES FOR YOU, LOREN.

SO.

OH, SORRY.

WRONG ONE.

THIS IS DONIPHAN.

SO SPRUCES PLANTED SIX YEARS AGO.

IS THIS HERBICIDE?

I THINK WE HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

>> WELL, THIS IS A TOUGH LOOKING TREE TOO.

IT'S GOT A COUPLE LEADERS AND A LOT OF DAMAGE.

THE QUESTION WOULD BE IF THE DAMAGE IS ALL.

IF THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THIS, THEN I'M GOG TO GO DOWN THE HERBICIDE ROAD.

>> RIGHT?

>> IF IT'S SCATTERED, IF IT'S NOT ALL ON THE SAME SIDE, THERE IS SOME IN THIS, SOME CURLED CANDLES COMING OUT, IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THIS IS A HERBICIDE SITUATION.

SPRUCES.

WE DO SEE CANKERS IN SO IT CAN AFFECT SIDES LIKE THAT.

SO CHECK THE TRUNKS FOR ANY EXCESSIVE SAP AMOUNT.

YOCOULD HAVE CANKERS IN IT.

BUT IF THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THAT I'M GOING TO GO TO THE HERBICIDE POINT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO FROM GRAND ISLAND.

THIS IS A FOUR YEAR OLD PRINCETON ELM.

AND THERE'S KIND OF THIS DARK DISCOLORATION ON THE BARK.

IS THIS SERIOUS?

WHAT CAN THEY DO ABOUT IT?

SO I THINK THAT SHOWS ON YOUR.

>> NEXT PICTURE.

NEXT PICTURE.

WHEN THEY GET TO THAT, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WETWOOD.

SO ALL ELMS GET HAVE PROBLEM WITH WETWOOD.

AND THIS IS JUST WHERE THERE'S SOME BARK.

MANY TIMES IN AN AREA WHERE WE'VE GOT A HIGH ANGLE BRANCHING PATTERN LIKE THIS, YOU CAN GET SOME SPLITTING IN THERE WITH WITH WIND INJURY AND THINGS THAT ISN'T REAL OBVIOUS.

AND THEN YOU'LL GET SOME INFECTION IN THERE AND HAVE ROTTING BARK.

AND THEN THAT EXUDES SOME OF THE WETNESS THAT YOU SEE.

>> OKAY.

AND TWO PICTURES FROM EAST LINCOLN.

THIS IS A GROWTH IN A MULCH BED.

WHAT IS IT?

>> THIS IS REALLY COOL.

SO I ACTUALLY HAVE NOT SEEN ONE OF THESE YET.

I WAS TELLING THE PEOPLE HERE TODAY, THIS IS A LANTERN STINKHORN.

SO REALLY NEAT.

VERY COOL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ENJOY IT.

>> ENJOY.

>> DON'T EAT IT.

>> OKAY.

LET'S SEE.

WE HAVE TWO PICTURES ON LILACS.

WHEN IS THE BEST TIME TO PRUNE THEM?

AND HOW SHOULD IT BE DONE FOR THE BEST HEALTH.

>> SO WE'LL PRUNE THAT AFTER IT FLOWERS.

AND BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO START, YOU KNOW, GETTING READY FOR BLOOMING NEXT YEAR.

IF YOU WANT TO DO IT NOW, GET IT DONE IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO.

WE WOULD DO SOME RENEWAL PRUNING, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN AND AT GROUND LEVEL, TAKING OUT A THIRD OF THE SHRUB AND DOING THAT OVER A COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THEN FROM BENNINGTON, SHE HAS BLACKBERRY CANES THAT SET FLOWERS AND THEN NEVER PRODUCE FRUIT.

NEW GROWTH, OLD GROWTH, THORNY.

MAYBE ONE THORNLESS.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF SHE CAN CUT THE WHOLE PATCH DOWN NOW OR WHAT SHOULD SHE REALLY DO.

>> SO BLACKBERRIES ARE GOING TO FRUIT ON, ESPECIALLY THE SUMMER BEARING.

THEY'RE GOING TO FRUIT ON SECOND YEAR CANES.

SO IF YOU CUT EVERYTHING DOWN NOW, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE FRUIT NEXT YEAR.

SO IF YOU DID HAVE A SITUATION LIKE A LOT OF FOLKS DID, WHERE THINGS BLOOMED THIS SPRING AND THEN GOT COLD AND DROPPED, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE SECOND YEAR CANES OUT.

IT DOES LOOK A BIT JUNGLY.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT ALSO THEN, YOU KNOW, LEAVE THOSE NICE PRIMOCANES AND THEN JUST MAYBE THIN A FEW OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES FROM LOUP CITY ON THIS ONE.

IT WAS TOLD IT WAS A SHASTA DAISY, BUT DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT TO BE ONE.

>> NO IT'S NOT, BUT IT'S VERY BEAUTIFUL FLOWER.

THAT IS ONE OF OUR LIKE DENDRANTHEMA.

BUT I WOULD LL THAT A HARDY GARDEN MUM.

AND SO THAT'S A GREAT PLANT.

YOU KNOW, THE ONLY THING THAT CONCERNED ME, I THINK, WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE IT'S THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE ONLY GETTING 4 OR 5 HOURS OF SUN, YOU KNOW, SO MAYBE NEXT YEAR THINK ABOUT MOVING THAT.

BUT NO, IT'S A GREAT PLANT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE HAVE THAT AND WE LIKE IT.

>> YES, WE LIKE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, WE HAVE VEGETABLES AND ORNAMENTALS IN OUR GARDEN.

AND IT'S ABOUT TIME TO DO A LITTLE PRUNING ON OUR TOMATOES.

HERE'S TERRI IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN TO TELL US HOW AND WHY.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> THIS WEEK.

IT'S THE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN PRUNING OUR TOMATOES.

THE FIRST THING WE HAVE TO KNOW IS WHAT KIND OF TOMATO WE HAVE, WHETHER IT'S A DETERMINATE OR INDETERMINATE.

PRETTY MUCH ALL OF OUR TOMATOES HERE GROWING IN THIS GARDEN ARE ALL INDETERMINATE.

SO A DETERMINANTS WE DO NOT PRUNE BECAUSE THEY GROW TO A SPECIFIC SIZE AND THEN THEY STOP INDETERMINATES CONTINUALLY GROWING.

SO WE KIND OF HAVE TO MANAGE THOSE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.

YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE REMOVING THOSE BOTTOM LEAVES.

THAT'S GOING TO REALLY HELP WITH AIR FLOW AND DISEASE ISSUES FROM PARTICULATES SPLASHING UP OUT OF THE SOIL.

THEN WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE PLANT, AND WE'RE GOING TO START REMOVING THESE SUCKERS THAT ARE KIND OF AT THESE LEAF AXILS.

WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT UNDERNEATH THE FLOWERING STRUCTURE.

BUT ALL THE REST WE'RE GOING TO DO, THESE ARE BASICALLY JUST GOING TO PULL OUT EXTRA NUTRIENTS AND ENERGY FROM THE PLANT SO THAT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO DIRECT TO THE MAIN STEM AND BE ABLE TO GET US BETTER FRUIT PRODUCTION.

SO STOP BY THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN TH WEEK TO CHECK IT OUT.

(BIRDS CHIRPING) >> THANKS, TERRI.

IT'S TIME FOR OUR SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK.

TONY HOWELL SAW HIS VIDEO ON ESTABLISHING AN APPLE TREE AND IS HAVING ISSUES WITH THE APRICOT TREE HE PLANTED THIS SPRING.

WE'VE GOT LOREN HERE TO HELP US WITH WHATEVER IS GOING ON, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE IT FALLS INTO YOUR COURT.

>> WELL, IT DOES LOOK LIKE MAYBE IT COULD BE A DISEASE, RIGHT?

BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I THINK WE'RE DEALING, KIM, WITH A SITUATION WHERE THIS TREE JUST ISN'T ESTABLISHING REAL WELL AND IT'S JUST STRUGGLING.

A LOT OF TIMES WE SEE THAT WITH LEAVES, WITH THE MARGINS BURNING LIKE THIS, I'M NOT SEEING ANY SPOTS ON IT THAT LOOK LIKE WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF OUR COMMON DISEASES IN APRICOT, WHICH IS BROWN ROT THAT TYPICALLY WOULDN'T BE ON A YOUNGER TREE UNLESS THERE WERE OTHER TREES IN THE AREA, OR THAT HAD BEEN AN AREA WHERE APRICOTS HAD BEEN PRODUCED BEFORE.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I THINK IT'S A SITUATION WHERE THEY JUST NEED TO WORK ON ENSURING THAT TREE HAS GOOD HEALTH AND MAKES IT THROUGH.

WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS, THOUGH, GIVEN WHERE IT'S AT IN THE LANDSCAPE, AND I SEE THIS SIDEWALK, SOME OF THESE FRUIT TREES, I MEAN, THAT LITTLE TREE IS GOING TO GET PRETTY LARGE AND IT'S GOING TO PRODUCE A LOT OF FRUIT.

SO IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY WANT TO RECONSIDER THEIR LOCATION.

>> AND YOU KNOW THIS BY EXPERIENCE FROM YOUR APRICOTS.

>> I DO.

I'VE HAD FRUIT TREES RIGHT BY THE SIDEWALK.

AND THAT ISN'T ALWAYS THE BEST IDEA.

>> BESIDES WHICH, HE MIGHT NOT GET ANY APRICOTS BECAUSE ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS WILL COME BY AND TAKE THOSE APRICOTS RIGHT OFF HIS.

>> THEY HELP WITH THINNING.

>> THEY HELP WITH THINNING.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE HOPE THAT HELPS HIM.

THANKS, LOREN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> HEAD OVER TO OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES AND POST A QUESTION AND PICTURE.

YOU JUST MIGHT SHOW UP ON THE BIG BOARD NEXT WEEK.

NOW IT'S TIME TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

COMING UP, WE'VE GOT THE LIGHTNING ROUND THE PLANT OF THE WEEK AND THE WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) WELCOME BACK TO BACKYARD FARMER.

LATER ON IN THE SHOW, WE'LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SOME GEN OR YELLOW PATCHES ON YOUR TREES OR SHRUBS.

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

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

AND RIGHT NOW IT IS TIME FOR LIGHTNING.

ARE YOU READY?

YES YOU ARE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WALLE.

IT IS HER FIRST FOURTH TRY ON BUSH BEANS COMING UP.

ANY IDEA?

SHE GOT SEED FROM ODD PLACES.

>> YEAH, I DON'T KNO LATELY WE'VE BEEN HEARING SOME TALES OF SEEDS THAT AREN'T COMING UP, AND I DON'T HAVE A GREAT ANSWER FOR THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> ESPECIALLY ON ROUND FOUR.

>> WE HAVE A WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO'S GARLIC HAS PODS.

IS THAT EARLY AND SHOULD THEY BE CUT OFF.

>> ON THE FLOWER.

>> THEY JUST SAID PODS.

>> WELL THEY WOULD BE UNDERGROUND I THINK.

AND THEN IT'S TIME TO DIG THEM UP.

>> OKAY.

>> THOSE ARE CALLED CLOVES.

>> CANES ARE DYING IN AN OAK LEAF HYDRANGEA.

SHOULD THE WHOLE SHRUB BE PRUNED OFF OR IS THIS A WAIT AND SEE?

OR LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> LET'S WAIT AND SEE OR SEND US SOME PICTURES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A STORM BLEW DOWN AN OLD HACKBERRY AND IT HAD ABSOLUTELY NO ROOTS.

ANY IDEA ON THAT.

>> ONE SURFACE OR.

>> UNDER UNDERGROUND?

>> UNDERGROUND?

>> HOW DID IT GET TO BE SO OLD?

>> EXACTLY THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB ON SOME STRANGE ONES.

I DIDN'T MAKE ANY OF THOSE UP.

I REALLY DIDN'T.

>> YOU CAN ALWAYS SAY PASS.

>> YEAH.

>> I'LL SHOW YOU HOW THAT WORKS NOW.

>> OKAY.

>> FROM DAVEY.

TOMATOES ARE CURLING AND THEY'RE SPRAYING WITH COPPER EVERY FIVE DAYS.

NOW WHAT?

>> THEY'RE CURLING.

IT'S PROBABLY A HERBICIDE DRIFT.

I WOULD, I DON'T KNOW, I WOULD HOLD OFF ON THE COPPER AND SEE IF YOU REALLY HAVE A REASON TO USE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A PEAR WITH BLACK LEAVES AND CROOKED TWIGS.

SOUND LIKE A DISEASE.

>> IT COULD BE A FIREBLIGHT.

PRUNE THAT OUT 7 TO 11 INCHES BELOW THE AFFECTED AREA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE DEVELOPING FLOWERS OF A CONEFLOWER.

THEY'RE NOT OPEN.

CAN YOU SEE ASTER'S YELLOW STARTING SO THEY YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST THE CENTER AND.

>> WELL IT WOULD BE IF IT IS INFECTION BY THE PHYTOPLASMA THAT CAUSES THAT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE SOME LIKE GREEN LITTLE LEAVES COMING OUT OR SOMETHING IRREGULAR.

IT WON'T LOOK LIKE A NORMAL FLOWER BUD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HAVE YOU HEARD OF PROTECT DF WHICH IS MANCOZEB AND PROPICONAZOLE BEING USED EFFECTIVELY.

AND THEN CAN YOU EAT THE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES?

>> YOU WANT TO CHECK THE LABEL?

MOST OF THE TIME PRODUCTS WITH PROPICONAZOLE YOU CANNOT FOR MAYBE THREE WEEKS OR MORE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

>> I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT THOSE.

THANKS.

THOSE WERE GOOD.

>> OKAY, SO JEFF, ON A PREVIOUS SHOW, YOU MENTIONED SEDGE HAMMER FOR LIGHGREEN, OBVIOUSLY SEDGE.

>> YEAH.

NUTSEDGE.

>> AND HE'S WONDERING IF ORNAMEC WOULD WORK.

>> YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE LABEL.

IT MIGHT WORK.

BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK THE SEDGEHAMMER SPECIFIC FOR NUTSEDGE.

>> OKAY.

FROM BENNETT.

HOW DO THEY GET RID OF BABY SUMAC COMING UP IN THE LAWN?

IT CAME OVER FROM THE NEIGHBOR.

>> WELL, IT'S IT'S FROM ROOTS THAT ARE COMING OVER, SO I WOULD JUST KEEP MOWING IT.

IT'LL EVENTUALLY TAKE IT OUT.

>> OKAY.

FROM EAST OF MURRAY.

CLETHODIM, CLETHODIM WAS SPRAYED.

IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT THEIR VEGETABLES AND CAN THEY.

SAME THING.

CAN THEY WHAT DO WE DO HERE?

>> WELL, IT'S A HERBICIDE SPECIFICALLY FOR GRASS, SO I'M SURE IF THEY WERE PLANTED TO SOYBEANS, THEY WERE TRYING TO GET RID OF CORN.

PROBABLY VOLUNTEER CORN.

YOU KNOW.

SO I THINK I WOULD CONTACT YOUR EXTENSION EDUCATOR IN THAT AREA AND HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK AT THE SITUATION.

IF YOUR LAWN HASN'T BEEN AFFECTED BY IT, THAT'S MAYBE AN INDICATION THAT, YOKNOW, YOU MAYBE SMELLED IT, BUT YOU DIDN'T, IT DIDN'T ACTUALLY GET TO YOUR, TO YOUR, BECAUSE OTHERWISE YOUR LAWN WOULD ALSO BE DYING.

>> OKAY.

>> READY, KAIT.

>> SURE.

>> SHOW US, SHOW US UP.

>> WE'LL BABY WALKING STICKS, EAT MINI CUCUMBERS OR OTHER VEGETABLES.

>> NO.

>> THIS VIEWER IS SEEING TINY APHIDS, THEY THINK ON RASPBERRIES.

CAN IT BE TREATED ORGANICALLY?

WOULD IT BE APHIDS OR SOMETHING ELSE?

>> I SUPPOSE IT COULD BE APHIDS AND IT DOESN'T GET MUCH MORE ORGANIC THAN THE HOSE, SO YOU COULD TRY THAT.

>> WHAT DOES SPRINKLING CHILI POWDER ON PLANTS DETER, IN TERMS OF INSECTS?

>> YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO DETER MORE WILDLIFE THAN INSECTS.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE FROM NORFOLK, LITTLE GRASSHOPPERS ARE ON THE HYDRANGEAS THAT ARE INTERPLANTED OR WITH TOMATOES.

CAN THEY SPRAY AND THEN STILL HARVEST THE TOMATOES?

>> IT WOULD DEPEND ON THE PRODUCT.

WITH GRASSHOPPERS, YOU KNOW, WEED MANAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT.

AND THEY ALSO MAKE GRASSHOPPER BAITS, WHICH MIGHT BE THE BETTER OPTION.

>> OKAY.

FROM COLUMBUS, THE WHITE BUTTERFLIES, ARE THEY THE ONES THAT START OR PRODUCE THE VEGETABLE EATING CULPRITS?

>> MOST LIKELY, YES.

>> OKAY.

NICE JOB.

I DON'T KNOW WHO WON.

>> KAIT.

>> KAIT.

>> KAIT WON.

WINNER.

>> THOSE WERE GOOD QUESTIONS.

>> THOSE WERE GOOD.

>> YEAWELL DONE.

>> WELL NEXT WE HAVE A FUN ORNAMENTAL THAT COMES IN A VARIETY OF INTERESTING COLORS.

HERE'S JESSICA JASNOCH FROM EARL MAY TO SHOW YOU DIERVILLA.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> THIS WEEK'S PLANT OF THE WEEK IS THE DIERVILLA, ALSO KNOWN AS BUSH HONEYSUCKLE.

IT IS A VERY WELL ADAPTED PLANT.

IT CAN GROW IN ALMOST ALL CONDITIONS.

IT DOES NEED AT LEAST SIX HE ABOUT THREE FOOT TALL.

SOME VARIETIES GET TALLER, SOME VARIETIES GET SHORTER.

IT BLOOMS DURING THE SUMMER MONTHS.

BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWERS.

IT'S CALLED A BUSH HONEYSUCKLE, BUT IT'S NOT A HONEYSUCKLE AT ALL.

IT GETS ITS NAME FROM THE YELLOW TUBULAR FLOWERS THAT IT BLOOMS.

THE FOLIAGE IS A NICE LIMEY GREEN COLOR.

SOME VARIETIES HAVE A LITTLE ORANGISH TINGE TO THEM, AND SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY BLACK COLORED LEAVES, WHICH IS EXCELLENT WITH THAT BRIGHT YELLOW FLOWER, IT CAN GROW IN ACIDIC SOIL.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ACIDIC SOIL, WHICH WOULD MAKE IT A GREAT PLANT TO MIX WITH A HYDRANGEAS AND HOSTAS UNDER YOUR EVERGREEN TREES OR OAK TREES.

IT DOES LIKE DRIER CONDITIONS, AND IT DOES HAVE A SUCKERING HABIT WHERE IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR EROSION CONTROL.

SO LET'S THROW IT OVER TO GANNON FOR WEATHER.

(ENGINES RUMBLING) >> HEY, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I HOPE YOU'VE HAD A GOOD SUMMER SO FAR.

I BRING THAT UP BECAUSE IT'S SURE GOING TO FEEL LIKE SUMMER THIS WEEK.

WE WILL START OFF ON A COOLER NOTE WITH TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY IN THE 70S FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF THE STATE.

ON SATURDAY, WARMER TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO CREEP IN FROM THE WEST, AND BY SUNDAY THE HEAT WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE IT'S GOING TO LINGER AROUND FOR A WHILE, AND I DO EXPECT THE HEAT INDEX TO BE ABOVE 100 DEGREES IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL DAYS.

OH, THE JOYS OF LIVING IN NEBRASKA DURING THE SUMMER.

WITH THE HEAT RERNING, IT DOES LOOK LIKE OUR PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE PRETTY SLIM.

THERE'S AN ONGOING STORM OUT WE THAT'LL BRING MOST OF THE MOISTURE FOR THIS WEEK.

OUTSIDE OF THIS, THERE'S A CHANCE FOR A STORM OR TWO TOMORROW NIGHT, AS WELL AS TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

AND THAT'S YOUR WEEK OF WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> WE HAVE A COUPLE OF ANNOUNCEMENTS OF FUN THINGS IN THE GARDENING WORLD, THE FIRST ONE BEING DAYLILY DAYS AT HARMONY NURSERY AND DAYLILY FARM.

LONG PERIOD OF TIME ON THAT AND ALL THE INFORMATION IS ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU.

AND OUR SECOND ONE COMES TO US FROM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT LOCATION.

THIS IS PLYMOUTH FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW.

SATURDAY, JULY 11TH, 10 TO 1, PLYMOUTH COMMUNITY CENTER.

SO KEEP SENDING THOSE OUR WAY AND WE WILL TRY TO GET THEM ON AIR FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT KAIT, THREE PICTURES.

THIS IS FALL ASTERS THAT HAVE BEEN CUT BACK.

AND SHE IS A GOOD GARDENER.

AND SHE'S SEEING QUITE A BIT OF DAMAGE HERE.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF THIS IS A DISEASE OR IS THIS AN INSECT.

>> YEAH.

SO I THINK THIS IS ACTUALLY THE PITH FROM THE STEM.

AND THIS PAIRS WELL WITH THE EARLIER PHOTOS OF THOSE SOLITARY BEE HOUSES.

THIS IS NATURE'S SOLITARY BEE HOUSE.

SO OUR SOLITARY NATIVE BEES, SOME WILL NEST IN HOLLOW STEMS.

AND SO I THINK THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE IS A BEE IS TRYING TO EXCAVATE THAT PITH OUT SO IT CAN LAY EGGS AND MAKE A HOME.

>> WOW, THAT'S A BETTER ANSWER.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES FROM WOOD RIVER.

SHE'S BEEN HE'S BEEN WATCHING AUTUMN JOY SEDUMS BECAUSE OF APHIDS LAST YEAR.

NOW THEY'RE SEEING THESE HOLES IN THE LEAVES.

AND THEN HE HAD SENT US ANOTHER PICTURE, AND I THINK HE FOUND THIS LITTLE GUY ON THERE.

IS THAT WHAT DID THAT.

>> YEAH.

MOST LIKELY THAT'S WHAT CAUSED IT.

SO THIS IS ONE OF THE INCHWORM CATERPILLARS THAT'S GOING TO TURN INTO A MOTH.

IT'S POSSIBLY THE GREEN CLOVER WORM.

YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW THE CATERPILLAR LOOKS LIKE IT'S GETTING A LITTLE BIT BIGGERSO PESTICIDES ARE PROBABLY GOING TO BE A LITTLE LESS EFFECTIVE.

BUT IF YOU SEE THE CATERPILLARS, THE EASIEST THING IS JUST HAND PICK THEM AND THROW THEM IN THE YARD FOR A BIRD TO EAT SOAPY WATER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THESE USUALLY DON'T CAUSE TOO BIG OF AN ISSUE IN SEDUM, SO I WOULDN'T BE OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO ONE JUST BEAUTIFUL PICTURE ON THIS ONE FROM LINCOLN.

SHE'S STUNNED AT THE FINE CUTS MADE BY LEAFCUTTER BEES IN HER HOSTA.

>> YEAH, IT'S JUST LIKE SOLITARY BEE NIGHT.

RIGHT?

SO LEAF CUTTERS ARE NICE BECAUSE THEY CUT WHENEVER NATIVE BEES.

AND SO THEY CUT THESE LIKE LITTLE DIME SIZED HOLES OFF OF LEAVES AND USE IT TO LINE THEIR BROOD CELLS WHERE THEY LAY EGGS.

EVEN THOUGH IT LIKE IT HURTS.

WELL, THEY'RE CUTTING THE LEAF, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT THE OVERALL HEALTH OF THE PLANT.

>> PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT.

FROM PLATTSMOUTH, SHE'S BEING PERSONALLY VICTIMIZED BY JAPANESE BEETLES.

AND ANY QUICK THOUGHTS ON WHAT SHE CAN DO HERE?

>> JAPANESE BEETLES.

THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS HANDPICK INTO SOAPY WATER.

THERE'S PRODUCTS YOU CAN SPRAY, BUT THEY HAVE LIMITED EFFECTIVENESS.

SO JUST TRY TO GET OUT THERE EVERY DAY, EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS, AND PICK AS MANY AS YOU CAN.

>> OKAY, TWO FOR YOU.

JEFF.

HE HAS HUNDREDS OF THESE EVERY YEAR IN HIS PASTURES.

HE MOWS.

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF HE WOULD JUST LET THEM GROW.

>> HE'D HAVE ASH TREES GROWING EVERYWHERE IN HIS PASTURE.

SO HE'S DOING THE RIGHT THING BY KEEPING HIM MOWED.

AGAIN, I WOULD CONTINUE MOWING.

IF YOU REALLY ARE TIRING OF IT, YOU COULD USE A THREE-WAY HERBICIDE RIGHT AFTER MOWING, GO OUT AND SPOT SPRAY.

>> OKAY, ONE FROM HENDERSON, OLD, OLD TRUMPET VINE.

HE'S HAD THEM ALL.

HE.

HERE IS THE STUMP.

HE HAS A FEELING THAT ROUNDUP IS NOT GOING TO DO IT.

>> WELL, THERE'S.

IF YOU LOOK AT CONCENTRATED ROUNDUP, THERE IS A STEM KILLER RATE ON THERE.

THERE'S A LOT OF HERBICIDES THAT WILL HAVE A STEM KILLER RATE.

AND YOU CAN BUY PRODUCTS THAT ARE PROBABLY CALLED STUMP KILLER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO YOU CAN DO THAT.

FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THAT.

THEY'LL ALL HAVE DIFFERENT LITTLE METHODS.

THEY'LL WANT YOU TO HOW TO APPLY IT.

SO BUT THAT WOULD WORK ON THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THEN WE HAVE TWO PICTURES FROM LINCOLN.

SO HE ACTUALLY USED HIS SOIL KNIFE TO GET WEEDS.

>> GOD BLESS HIM.

>> IN THAT LITTLE AREA BY THE CURB.

SAME THING AND SLIGHTLY LESS WEEDY.

WHAT HE WANTS TO DO IS GET THAT TEENSY WEENSY LITTLE STRIP TO GROW GRASS.

>> WELL, HE'S DONE, HE'S DONE.

GOOD FIRST STEPS.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENS.

WE HAVE IT ON CAMPUS.

YOU'LL SEE IT ON CITY STREETS.

IT'S JUST A BUILD UP OF SALT AND ALL THAT STUFF THAT HAPPENS.

SO IF HE WANTS TO CLEAN SOME OF THAT OUT, ADD SOME COMPOST.

YES.

I THINK THE GRASS WILL SLOWLY MOVE INTO THAT AREA OVER TIME.

SO THAT'S A GREAT IDEA.

>> OKAY, GOOD.

AND ONE PICTURE FROM OMAHA, IT'S GOT A BUNCH OF THIS GROWING IN A FLOWER GARDEN UNDER AN OAK TREE.

SOME ARE THREE FEET TALL, FLOWER OR WEED.

>> I WOULD CALL IT A WELL, IT'S A NATIVE WEED.

SO VIRGINIA STICKSEED.

SO I WOULD SUGGEST PULLING IT.

>> QUICKLY.

>> AND I KNOW IT'S NATIVE AND ALL THAT, BUT I THINK GET IT OUT BEFORE IT STARTS PRODUCING STICK SEEDS.

BECAUSE YOU'LL YOU'LL NEVER GET IT OUT OF YOUR DOG'S HAIR.

SO.

>> OR YOUR SOCKS.

>> YEAH.

>> SO FROM LEBANON, KANSAS.

THREE PICTURES FOR YOU, LOREN.

THIS IS INTERESTING ON TOMATO PLANTS BLACK AND PULLED THOSE OFF AND THEN SOME OTHER STRANGE THINGS GOING ON.

SO WHAT DO WE THINK HERE.

>> WELL THERE'S A COUPLE OF OPTIONS HERE.

I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE FIRST ONE THAT IT COULD BE A START OF SOME OF OUR SEPTORIA LEAF SPOT ON TOMATOES, WHICH DOES FORM THAT DRY DARK AREA AROUND THE EDGE.

USUALLY GOING TO BE A PROBLEM IF IT'S IN THE LANDSCAPE WHERE THEY'VE HAD TOMATOES FOR SOME TIME.

IT WON'T BE A FIRST YEAR.

IF IF THAT'S THE SCENARIO, THEN THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS.

JUST MULCH.

AVOID OVERHEAD IRRIGATION DRIPS CREATED IN A GARDEN, IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS IS JUST A SINGLE PLANT AND IT'S DOING IT, I WOULD BE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT MAYBE ONE OF OUR WILT DISEASES.

AND IN THAT CASE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO ROGUE IT OUT.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES FROM LOVELAND, COLORADO.

WHAT IS THIS COLOR VARIATION ON A GERMAN JOHNSON TOMATO LEAF?

THE BOTTOM LEAVES ARE YELLOW WITH GREEN VEINING AND LIKELY NEED SOME FERTILIZER, BUT ONE HAS THIS COOL COLOR VARIATION.

>> THAT NICE BREAKING PATTERN.

LIKELY WE MIGHT SEE IN THE EARLIER THE GLADIOLAS AND THE FLOWERS MIGHT LOOK LIKE THAT.

SO THIS IS A VIRUS.

AND DEPENDING ON THE SITUATION, IF YOU'RE KEEPING SEED, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU ROLL IT OUT.

IF YOU HAVE SEVERAL TOMATO PLANTS THAT COULD SPREAD TO YOUR OTHER TOMATO PLANTS, IF YOU JUST HAVE ONE AND YOU WANT TO WATCH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS, LET IT GO.

>> OKAY?

>> OTHERWISE, ROGUE IT OUT.

>> THREE TIMES.

>> OKAY.

>> ROGUE IT OUT.

>> FROM STEWART IN HOLT COUNTYT GROWING WELL AND THIS IS SHE'S BEEN RAISING THESE FOR 30 YEARS AND HAS NEVER SEEN THESE WEIRD SMALL RED LEAVES ON ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

NO EXPOSURE TO HERBICIDE.

THE POTATO PLANTS DON'T SHOW ANYTHING.

>> AND WERE THE POTATOES LOOK GOOD TOO?

THAT'S A KEY INDICATOR BECAUSE POTATOES ARE MORE SENSITIVE TO A HERBICIDE DRIFT EVENT, WHICH SOMEONE COULD LOOK AT THIS AND THINK, THAT'S IT.

AND I REALLY THINK IN THIS CASE, THIS IS JUST RELATED TO THESE TEMPERATURE SWINGS WE'VE HAD WHERE IT WAS REALLY WARM AND THEN COOL AND COOL AND WE'RE GOING TO GET HOT.

I REALLY THINK IT'S JUST ENVIRONMENTAL.

NOW, IF IT'S JUST ONE PLANT.

THEN WE'RE TALKING MAYBE A VIRUS AND THE OTHERS LOOK FINE, BUT IF IT'S ALL OF THEM, I'M REALLY THINKING YOU'RE DEALING WITH ENVIRONMENTAL.

AND I WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE ONE BIRCH WITH BIRCH TREES.

TURNING YELLOW.

YEAH, THERE WE GO.

SO WHAT DO WE DO HERE?

>> SO, YEAH, THEY'VE GOT SHALLOW ROOTS.

YOU KNOW, WE LIVE IN A HOT, DRY, WINDY PLACE AND IT'S IN SOME VERY NICE TURF.

BUT I WOULD START BY A, CHECKING MOISTURE.

YOU'VE GOT PROBABLY A HEAVY CLAY SOIL THERE AND THAT LIKE NEWISH HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.

SO MAKE YOUR MULCH RING OUT TO THE DRIP LINE, STICK A SCREWDRIVER IN THE GROUND AND PROBABLY FOCUS ON GOOD TREE CARE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND FROM KEARNEY, WE HAVE TWO PICTES OF A LINDEN.

WEST SIDE HAD SOME DIEBACK.

CAN THEY TRIM OFF PART OF IT AND EXPECT IT TO LIVE.

SO I THINK OUR NEXT PICTURE ALSO TELLS A TALE.

>> YEAH.

WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THESE.

THIS, I WAS THINKING OF IT AS A TRIUMVIRATE OF LEADERSHIP IN TERMS OF LEADERS.

AND THAT'S NOT GOOD.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, THIS TREE, I'D PROBABLY HAVE A CERTIFIED ARBORIST COME OUT, MAYBE SOMEBODY LIKE ELIZABETH ECKSTROM SINCE IT WAS KEARNEY AND LOOK AT SAFETY, BUT YOU PROBABLY NEED TO PLANT SOMETHING ELSE.

>> OKAY.

AND FROM ORLEANS, ORLEANS.

PEACH TREE DAMAGED IN THIS WINDSTORM.

THEY'RE WONDERING COULD THEY GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT A SHOT TO TRY TO GET THAT LIMB OUT?

>> AND YEAH, GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT A SHOT.

BUT THAT'S A PRETTY BIG WOUND FOR PATHOGENS.

AND THINK ABOUT YOUR NEXT PEACH TREE.

MAYBE A CONTENDER, RED HAVEN, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, DANA.

WELL, IF YOU REGULARLY SCOUT AROUND YOUR LANDSCAPE, YOU'RE BOUND TO SEE PATCHES OF GREEN, YELLOW, OR EVEN PALE BLUE OR GRAY SCATTERED ON YOUR TREE TRUNKS AND MAYBE THOSE HARDSCAPES AND OTHER SURFACES.

SCOTT EVANS WILL SHOW US THE COLOR VARIETY OF LICHENS AND WHY SOME PEOPLE CONFUSE IT WITH DISEASE.

>> EACH YEAR WE GET A HANDFUL OF PICTURE QUESTIONS COMING TO US, ASKING US WHAT IS THE STRANGE GRAY, GREEN OR LIME GREEN FUNGUS GROWING ON THE SIDE OF MY TREE?

AND WHAT DO I NEED TO DO ABOUT IT?

BUT PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING ARE CALLED LICHENS.

LICHENS ARE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ALGAE AND A FUNGUS, AND THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS.

THEY CAN COME IN A VARIETY OF SHAPES, SIZES, AND COLORS.

BUT MOST OFTEN ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE STATE, WE SEE THE LIME GREEN OR THE GRAY GREEN TYPE ON OUR TREES.

THEY TYPICALLY GROW ON THE NORTH NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE TREE, OR THEY COULD BE THE CANOPY ON THE DIFFERENT TWIGS WHERE WHEREVER IT MIGHT BE SHADED, LICHENS CAN ACTUALLY GROW IN A WIDE RANGE OF OBJECTS.

ANYTHING THAT'S STATIONARY, SUCH AS BOULDERS, FENCES OR PICNIC TABLES, PARK BENCHES, EVEN OUR DEC WHEN IT COMES TO CONTROL, THERE IS NONE.

LICHENS ARE ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS.

THEY'RE NOT DOING ANY DAMAGE.

SO DON'T GO OUT THERE WITH A BRUSH AND TRY TO SCRAPE THEM OFF OR WASH THEM OFF.

YOU DON'T NEED TO APPLY ANY TYPE OF PESTICIDE.

THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY HARMLESS.

SO THE NEXT TIME YOU NOTICE THESE SNOWFLAKE-LIKE STRUCTURES GROWING ON YOUR TREE, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO SEND US SOME PICTURES.

BUT YOU CAN ALSO JUST ENJOY NATURE'S SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AN ALGAE AND A FUNGUS.

>> AS OUR DEAR FRIEND FRED BAXENDALE USED TO SAY, IT IS ALL PART OF NATURE'S WONDROUS PAGEANTRY.

ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE FROM BELLEVUE.

KAIT.

THEY SAW THIS SPIDER CRAWLING ON THE RAILING.

WHAT IS THIS GUY?

>> SO THIS IS ACTUALLY AN IMMATURE WHEEL BUG.

SO THEY'RE PREDATORY.

IT'LL HAVE A NICE WHEEL AT THE END, AND IT HAS A NOT SO GREAT BITE, SO DO NOT TOUCH IT.

>> OKAY.

ONE PICTURE FROM LINCOLN.

AND THIS SPIDER APPARENTLY CHOSE TO COME IN THE FRONT DOOR AS IT WAS OPENING.

IT WAS ABOUT THREE TIMES THIS LARGE CRAWLING ACROSS THE FLOOR.

>> YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY I'VE EVER SEEN THE UNDERSIDE OF A WOLF SPIDER, BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

APPARENTLY THEY CAN HAVE, LIKE, LITTLE YELLOW PATCHES, BUT WOLF SPIDER.

>> OKAY.

AND FROM PURDOM FOUND THIS SPIDER ON THE SWAMP WHITE OAK AND WONDERING WHAT IT IS.

>> THIS IS A GOLDENROD CRAB SPIDER.

YEAH.

>> AND I THINK WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF THOSE THIS YEAR.

>> YEAH, THEY'RE SUPER COOL.

>> YEAH.

AND THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE.

AND THIS ONE IS WHAT ARE THESE THREE SMALL ROUND THINGS.

>> SO THIS PAIRS WELL WITH OUR EARLIER PICTURES.

THESE ARE THE POTS THAT POTTER WASPS MAKE AND STUFF WITH CATERPILLARS.

SO TRY BREAKING ONE OPEN AND SHOW US WHAT YOU FIND.

>> AND THEN YEAH, YEAH.

>> YEAH IT IS.

>> OKAY.

LET'S SEE.

JEFF, THIS IS IDENTIFICATION.

THIS COMES TO US FROM FREMONT.

CAN WE IDENTIFY THIS PLANT?

THEY COLLECTED A RUDBECKIA AND CONEFLOWER SEEDS PLANTED.

THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO HAND WEED.

DIDN'T PLANT THIS ONE.

DO WE KNOW WHAT IT IS?

AND DOES SHE WANT TO KEEP IT OR KILL IT?

>> IT DEPENDS.

IT LOOKS LIKE BOUNCING BET.

SO IT'S A SOAPWORT AND IT'S A PERENNIAL.

SO IT'LL CONTINUE TO SPREAD IF IT'S HAPPY THERE.

SO YOU MIGHT END UP WITH MORE OF THE BOUNCING BETS.

SO IT'S KIND OF KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY MORE THAN THAT ONE.

OR YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT.

>> AND IT COMES IN PINK AND WHITE.

AND I THINK WE'VE HAD THIS ONE ANOTHER TIME OR TWO, AND THERE ARE SOME QUITE A FEW PATCHES OF THIS IN LINCOLN AND ODD PLACES.

>> RIGHT.

I HAD ONE COME UP IN OUR FRONT YARD ONE TIME.

SO ANYWAY.

>> DID YOU KILL IT?

>> IT SLOWLY WENT AWAY.

I THINK I PROBABLY TREATED IT TOO GOOD, SO.

>> OKAY, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS TALL PLANT POPPED UP IN THE FLOWER BED IN THE FOREFRONT.

SHE DOESN'T THINK SHE PLANTED IT.

IS IT A WEED?

OR MAYBE SHE JUST FORGOT.

>> SHE MIGHT HAVE PLANTED IT.

NO, IT'S MARE'S TAIL.

SO IT'S A WEED, SO.

YES.

YEAH.

YOU WANT TO GET IT OUT BEFORE IT FLOWERS BECAUSE THEN YOU'LL NEVER HAVE IT.

YOU'LL HAVE IT FOREVER THEN.

SO GET IT OUT NOW.

>> EXACTLY.

AND THEN TWO PICTURES.

THIS ONE IS IN LINCOLN.

THEY'RE SAYING WHAT IS THIS WEED THAT IS ALL OVER IN THE PARK ACROSS FROM THEIR HOUSE?

>> YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES PEOPLE, FOLKS I'VE KNOWN HAVE REFERRED TO THIS AS WILD RHUBARB.

THEY'LL THINK IT'S THAT.

SO IT'S BURDOCK.

AND SO IT'S WEED.

YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO GET IT OUT BECAUSE THEY'LL PRODUCE A BURR.

THAT ACTUALLY WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR VELCRO.

>> OH MY GOODNESS.

>> INTERESTING.

SO THAT COULD TELL YOU THAT IF YOU GET STUCK TO IT, YOU MIGHT HAVE IT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

SO I SUGGEST DIG IT OUT, GET RID OF IT BEFORE IT SPREADS.

>> SO BETWEEN STICKSEED AND THIS.

OKAY.

>> YEAH.

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE A MESS.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES, LOREN FOUND THIS LITTLE GUY GROWING IN ONE OF THE HOUSE PLANTS.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> OH, SOMETIMES THIS IS REFERRED TO AS THE YELLOW HOUSE PLANT MUSHROOM, WHICH IS.

YOU ACTUALLY CAN FIND THAT, BUT IT'S COMING IN ON MANY PLACES WHERE PEAT IS IS EXCAVATED.

SEVERAL FUNGI ARE IN THERE AND IT GETS INTO POTTING MIX.

>> VERY A PRETTY ONE.

>> YEAH IT IS.

LOOK AT COPRINUS SPECIES.

>> SURE.

>> OKAY.

SO COUNCIL BLUFFS, THIS COLORFUL FUNGUS, THERE'S THE UNDERSIDE OF THAT ONE.

SO THIS NEXT ONE IS THIS COLORFUL FUNGUS IN THE WOODS EARLIER THIS SPRING.

>> AND THIS IS A CHICKEN OF THE WOODS.

VERY COMMON.

SOME CALLED ALSO REFERRED TO AS SULFUR SHELF.

IT IS AN EDIBLE.

THIS IS A LITTLE MORE MATURE THAN I LIKE TO SEE IT.

SO REMEMBER WHERE THAT IS AND GO BACK.

>> BURNT CHICKEN.

OKAY, SO FROM NEMAHA COUNTY, ONE PICTURE.

PUFFBALL A PUFFBALL.

>> THEY COME IN ALL DIFFERENT SIZES.

IT'LL BE SOLID INSIDE, HAVE A LOT OF SPORES.

THEY'RE FUN IF YOU LETHEM MATURE TO JUMP UP AND DOWN ON.

>> OKAY.

AND THAT IS A BIG ONE.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FROM NELSON.

DANA DIGGING THE GARLIC.

AND NOTICE THIS.

SHE'S CALLING IT A WEIRDO.

LOOKS LIKE IT'S GROWING ANOTHER BULB.

AND I WONDER IF THAT PREVIOUS ONE WAS THEY FOUND THIS A POD ON TOP.

>> OH, OKAY.

YEAH.

AND YOU WOULD CALL THAT PROBABLY SECONDARY BULB FORMATION.

IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN WE'VE GOT THESE HUGE TEMPERATURE SWINGS AND THINGS ARE BREAKING DORMANCY.

BUT IT'S COOL.

YOU CAN EAT IT IF IT'S NOT GROSS AND JUST DON'T SAVE IT FOR SEED.

>> BECAUSE.

>> WELL, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IF IT HAPPENED TO BE A VARIATION BECAUSE OF THE TYPE THAT YOU JUST DON'T WANT THAT ONE AGAIN.

OKAY.

BUT I SUSPECT TEMPERATURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FROM BLAIR PUSSYWILLOW TWO YEARS AGO.

WEEPING AND THEN THE WEEPY DID THIS.

WHAT'S THE THIS AND WHAT DO THEY DO ABOUT IT?

>> THAT THAT WOULD BE REVERSION BECAUSE THAT'S COMING OUT OF THE ROOT STOCK.

SO IF YOU WANT THE WEEPY, KEEP THE WEEPY.

IF YOU WANT, YOU KNOW, THE ROGUE STANDING INVADER, GET RID OF THAT IF YOU DON'T WANT IT.

>> YEAH.

AND ONLY AFTER ONLY TWO YEARS.

AND IT'S THAT BIG.

IF YOU WANT THE WEEPY, DO IT THIS WEEKEND.

>> YEAH, YEAH, GET RID OF THAT.

>> AND ONE MORE FOR YOU.

THIS IS FROM BENNINGTON.

SO HE WANTS OUR OPINION ON PLANTING A NEW TREE.

LOST A LOT OF THEM.

HE'S THINKING ABOUT DAWN REDWOOD.

AND IS THERE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE AN ALTERNATIVE?

>> WELL, I DID WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR ASKING US BEFORE YOU PLANT IT, YOU KNOW, AND WAIT UNTIL YOU KNOW YOU'VE GOT PROBLEMS.

BUT NO, THAT'S NOT ON OUR TOP LIST OF THINGS TO PLANT IN NEBRASKA THAT WANTS, YOU KNOW, EVEN MOISTURE, ACIDIC SOILS, WE HAVE THE OPPOSITE.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY LET THAT ONE GO.

YOU COULD GET THE SIMILAR SHAPE WITH LIKE SOMETHING LIKE BALD CYPRESS.

>> EXACTLY.

YEAH.

AND THAT WOULD BE A GOOD CHOICE.

>> A GOOD CHOICE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

WELL, UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE RUN OUT OF TIME FOR TONIGHT'S BACKYARD FARMER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED THOSE QUESTIONS.

AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW HELPING US ON THE PHONES.

WE HAD MASTER GARDENERS JOHN CARIOTTO, TIM DUNGAN AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION EDUCATOR TERRI JAMES.

NEXT TIME ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE'LL BE SHOWING YOU SOME RED, WHITE AND BLUE ORNAMENTALS FOR CELEBRATING THE 4TH OF JULY AND OUR COUNTRY'S 250TH ANNIVERSARY.

SO GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

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

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