♪ >> Announcer: "BACKYARD FARMER" IS CO-PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

>>> TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER" WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA CITY CAMPUS.

JOIN US FOR AN HOUR OF GOOD GARDENING RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER.

"” ♪ ♪ [ APPLAUSE ] >>> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO "BACKYARD FARMER" COMING TO YOU FROM UNL CITY CAMPUS.

WE ARE SO GLAD TO BE HERE, TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.

THIS IS A TAPED SHOW HOWEVER SO YOU CAN'T PHONE IN.

BUT MAKE SURE IF YOU DO HAVE QUESTION FOR A LATER SHOW YOU CAN EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

AS ALWAYS WE START WITH SAMPLES.

AND KATE, FABULOUS CHOICE ON YOUR PART.

>> I AM REALLY EXCITED.

SO TODAY I BROUGHT IN SOME GIANT SILK MOTHS AND I WAS INSPIRED BY A VIEWER QUESTION THIS WEEK.

AND IT'S ALSO NATIONAL MOTH WEEK, KICKS OFF THIS WEEKEND.

SO IT'S VERY TIMELY.

THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR IS THE CECROPIA MOTH.

GIANT SILK MOTHS GET THEIR NAME, BECAUSE ONE THEY'RE GIANT.

THEY'RE THE LARGEST TYPE OF MOTH WE GET HERE IN NEBRASKA.

THIS ONE CAN GET UP TO FIVE TO SEVEN INCHES IN WINGSPAN.

AND TWO THEY MAKE THESE COCOONS OUT OF SILK AND DEAD LEAVES AND IT BLENDS IN VERY WELL.

THEY'RE VERY BEAUTIFUL MOTHS.

THEY ONLY LIVE FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.

BECAUSE ONCE THEY EMERGE THEY DON'T HAVE FUNCTIONAL MOUTH PARTS.

SO THEY LOOK FOR A MATE, DO THEIR BUSINESS AND LAY EGGS.

BUT THEY'RE PRETTY FASCINATING CREATURES.

>> VERY BEAUTIFUL.

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

>> VERY BEAUTIFUL, YES.

>> AWESOME.

ALL RIGHT, TERRY THAT'S PROBABLY CONTRABAND ON A UNIVERISTY CAMPUS.

>> NOPE IT IS NOT.

IT'S A TOOL.

SO I WAS ALSO INSPIRED BY A VIEWER QUESTION EMAILED IN.

AND THEY ASKED SPECIFICALLY, TERRY, WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR SOIL KNIVES?

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY MY SOIL KNIFE FROM HOME.

YOU CAN SEE I DO USE THIS QUITE FREQUENTLY.

IT IS VERY -- IT WILL CUT YOU VERY EASILY.

THIS IS MY SOIL KNIFE.

SO IF YOU CAN FIND ONE LIKE THIS, THIS IS THE ONE I WOULD RECOMMEND.

IT'S GOT THE LITTLE THING YOU CAN CUT WITH.

IT'S GOT A SCALE ON IT AND EVERYTHING.

AND IT'S DIRTY, SO YOU KNOW I USE IT.

>> THANKS.

KYLE, RED BUD, DEAD BUD?

>> WELL IT'S STILL ALIVE FOR NOW.

BUT YEAH, RED BUD.

YOU KNOW WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT HERBICIDE INJURY VERSUS ENVIRONMENTAL THINGS, VERSUS VIRUSES.

AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT WITH HERBICIDE INJURY IT WILL EVENTUALLY GROW OUT OF IT.

AND HERE WE CAN REALLY SEE THAT WITH THIS RED BUD.

SO IF WE GO BACK TO THE OLDEST LEAVES, WE HAVE SOME LEAVES THAT ARE IN SOME PRETTY GOOD SHAPE HERE.

STILL NICE AND THE RIGHT SHAPE THEY'RE SUPPOSE TO BE.

WE DON'T NORMALLY SEE ANY OF THE BOOT STRAPPING.

THEN AS WE GET UP TO SOME OF THE NEWER LEAVES WE GET, SOME THAT HAVE VERY CHARACTERISTIC INJURY OF A GROWTH REGULATOR HERBICIDE.

SOME VEIN DISTORTION, THEY FEEL A BIT LEATHERY, BUT AS WE GO UP TO OUR NEWEST GROWTH OUR LEAVES ARE BACK TO LOOKING GOOD AGAIN.

SO WE ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE A WAIT AND SEE APPROACH WITH A LOT OF POTENTIAL INJURY THING.

IS IT A HERBICIDE?

IS IT A VIRUS?

REALLY JUST WAIT A COUPLE OF WEEKS AND AGAIN, HERBICIDE INJURY, IT SHOULD OFTEN GROW OUT OF IT.

AND THIS RED BUD IS BACK TO BEING HAPPY.

AFTER HAVING A PRETTY ROUGH COUPLE OF WEEKS WITH BAD LEAVES.

>> AND SO YOU'RE HOPING THE NEIGHBOR DON'T SPRAY AGAIN RIGHT?

>> WELL I MAY HAVE GOT IT FROM THE CAMPUS SO -- [ LAUGHTER ] >> JEFF.

>> HE DIDN'T GET IT FROM CAMPUS.

>> ALL RIGHT, WHAT DID YOU BRING?

>> WELL I BROUGHT A BRANCH FROM AN OLD CYPRESS.

WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF TREE DOES WELL.

FOR ME, I HAVE ALL THESE PROBLEMS BETWEEN A DRY SPRING, A WET PERIOD NOW, TO MY YARD HAS STANDING WATER, BACK TO VERY DRY WEATHER.

AND SO AS I WAS WALKING THROUGH CAMPUS, WE HAVE RECENTLY IN THE LAST FIVE TO TEN YEARS STARTED USING BALD CYPRESS IN SOME TOUGH PLACES ON CAMPUS.

IF YOU WALK AROUND CAMPUS YOU'LL SEE THEM EAST OF THE STADIUM.

SOME VERY TOUGH AREAS.

BY THE LIBRARY AGAIN IN SOME KIND OF URBAN SETTINGS.

AND SO I'VE FOUND THAT ONCE ESTABLISHED THE BALD CYPRESS SEEMS TO TOLERATE PERIODS OF -- OBVIOULSY VERY WET PERIODS, SO IT CAN GET A LOT OF RAIN.

LOT OF STANDING WATER IN CERTAIN AREAS.

IT'S ABLE IT JUST FINE.

AND THEN ALSO IF WE HAVE VERY DRY PERIODS, WE'RE NOT SEEING DIE BACK FROM THESE PLANTS.

THEY'RE ALL MAKING IT THROUGH THE SPRING OR THROUGH THE WINTER INTO SPRING.

SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE, SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE CAN CONSIDER.

THERE'S A LOT OF NEW SELECTIONS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW, THAT ARE SMALLER.

YOU KNOW THEY'RE NOT GOING TO 50 FEET WIDE AND 120 FEET TALL.

THEY'LL BE 15-20 FEET TALL ULTIMATELY.

MAYBE 30 FEET TALL.

THEY'RE WORKING AT DEVELOPING SMALLER VERSIONS OF THE BALD CYPRESS THAT CAN WORK WELL IN AN URBAN SETTING.

>> AND I LOVE THAT YOU MADE THAT COMMENT, BECAUSE I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY, WE ARE YOU'RE UNIVERSITY.

YOU GET TO COME LOOK AT US EXPERIMENT.

RIGHT?

BEFORE YOU HAVE TO BUY IT YOURSELF.

ALL RIGHT, FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS.

COMES TO YOU KATE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM HOLDRICH.

THIS VIEWER SAYS SHE SPOTTED THIS INTERLUDE ON A ZENNIA LEAF IN THE BACKYARD AND SHE WONDERS WHAT THE INSECT IS.

AND IS IT A GOOD ONE OR A BAD ONE?

>> YEAH.

SO THESE ARE SOME MORE COOL MOTHS.

THESE ARE PEACH TREE BORE MOTHS.

AND THEY PROBABLY JUST LANDED ON THE ZINNIA TO DO THEIR BUSINESS.

AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY PEACH TREES OR RELATED FRUIT TREES YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

BUT AS THEIR NAME SUGGESTS, THE CATERPILLAR WILL BORE INTO THE TREE.

AROUND THE ROOT ZONE AND IN THE ROOTS AND AT THE BASE OF TREE TOO.

AND THEY CAN GURDLE PARTICULARLY YOUNG TREES.

SO IT IS SOMETHING YOU'D WANT TO DEAL WITH.

THE TIME TO TREAT IS WHEN THE ADULTS ARE OUT AND LAYING EGGS.

ACCORDING TO THIS PICTURE THAT'S NOW.

SO YOU WOULD JUST DO A TREATMENT THEN, AND JUST KEEP AN EYE ON PARTICULARY YOUNG TREES.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS KATE.

YOUR SECOND QUESTION COMES TO US FROM WESTERN OTOE COUNTY.

THEY WERE GOOFING AROUND IN THE YARD, THEY FOUND THIS TINY LITTLE CRITTER.

HALF AN INCH LONG.

HE EITHER JUMPS OR FLIES.

SO WHAT IS THIS?

>> YES, IT DOES FLY.

BUT THIS IS A GROUSE WINGED BACKSWIMMER.

IT'S AN AQUATIC INSECT.

IT'S ONE OF OUR TRUE BUGS SO IT'S RELATED TO LIKE SOMEHOW STINKBUGS AND OTHER BUGS LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE CALLED BACKSWIMMERS BECAUSE THEY'RE PREDATORS.

THEY'LL ACTUALLY SWIM ON THEIR BACKS SO THEY CAN SEE IN THE WATER TO FIND PREY.

THEY'RE REALLY COOL, BUT THEY DO FLY TO GET FROM POND TO POND.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

VERY COOL STUFF.

OKAY TERRY, YOUR FIRST TWO PICTURES COME TO US FROM ELIZABETH COLORADO.

WHICH IS ZONE 5B.

RAISE GARDEN 4X10 AND A WEED BARRIER DOWN FILLED WITH PLANT MATERIAL.

AND THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A WEED FREE AND THEY WERE QUITE WRONG.

THEY HAVE THIS GRASSY WEED TAKING OVER.

HE SAYS THE ROOT SYSTEM GOES A COUPLE FEET DOWN.

OR THE ROOTS ARE LONGER THAN TWO FEET.

WHAT DO WE THINK THIS IS?

>> SO WE HAD QUITE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.

I COULDN'T EXACLTY SEE ALL OF THE INDENTIFYING PIECES FOR THE GRASS, COMPLETELY.

SO I KIND OF -- I TALKED TO JEFF BEFORE TOO.

HE THOUGHT MAYBE IT COULD BE A BROME.

IT COULD ALSO MAYBE BE SOME PERENNIAL -- PRAIRIE GRASS.

WE'RE NOT FOR SURE.

BUT IT MOST LIKELY CAME IN WITH THAT SOIL.

SO EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE THINK THAT THE SOIL IS WEED FREE, SOMETIMES IT IS NOT.

DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU GET IT.

BECAUSE SEEDS CAN ACTUALLY STAY IN THE SOIL FOR SOMETIMES 100 YEARS BEFORE THEY GERMINATE.

AND SOMETIMES ALL THEY NEED IS LIKE THE FLASH OF LIGHT OF A CAR DRIVING BY TO ACTUALLY GERMINATE.

MY GUESS IS THAT THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS YOU'LL BE ABLE TO DO.

THEY WANTED TO KEEP THIS ORGANIC.

SO KEEPING IT COMPLETELY ORGANIC WOULD MOST LIKELY BE HAND PULLING IT OUT.

USE YOUR TRUSTY SOIL KNIFE TO GET AS MUCH OF THE ROOT AS POSSIBLE.

THEY WERE ALSO PUTTING LOTS OF MULCH DOWN, SO THAT WOULD ALSO HELP TO SUPRESS THAT.

TO KEEP IT FROM GROWING.

IF YOU CAN TRY TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE GROWING POINT CLEAR AND DEAD THAT WOULD HELP YOU.

IF YOU WANT TO RESORT TO SOME KIND OF HERBICIDE I WOULD PROBABLY GO WITH A GLYPHOSATE.

THAT WAY YOU KNOW FOR SURE IT WILL GET IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS TERRY.

YOU HAVE TWO QUESTIONS ON THE NEXT ONE ALSO.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

HE SAYS IT USED TO BE A ZOYSIA.

HE WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF FOR YEARS AND NOW HE THINKS IT'S SPREADING INTO HIS NEW GRASS.

BUT HE DOESN'T KNOW IF THIS IS GRUBS OR IS THIS WINTER KILL?

WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?

WINTER KILL IN HERE?

>> SO WE'VE SEEN SOME WINTER KILL IN ZOYSIA THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.

SO THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE PART OF WHAT THAT IS.

THE DEATH OF THE ZOYSIA FROM WHERE THAT IS.

IT'S MOSTL LIKELY NOT GRUBS, UNLESS YOU CAN LITERALLY PULL THE TURF BACK AND THE GRUBS WILL EAT AWAY AT THE ROOTS.

SO IF YOU CAN ROLL IT BACK, THEN IT WOULD BE GRUBS.

BUT IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE GRUBS TO ME.

WHAT I WOULD, IT LOOKS VERY SHADY ALSO THERE.

AGAIN YOU MIGHT WANT TO RETHINK ABOUT TURF IN THAT AREA.

AND MAYBE THINK ABOUT MAKING THAT A LANDSCAPE BED WITH HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS OR SMALL TREES.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THAT WOULD TAKE THE SHADE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS TERRY.

KYLE, TWO PICTURES FOR YOU ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM BEATRICE.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF SHROOM THIS IS.

AT THE BASE OF AN OLD TREE.

THEY CUT THIS DOWN JUST THIS SPRING.

>> YEAH, SO THIS IS ONE OF OUR COPRINUS MUSHROOMS.

IT'S AN INKYCAP.

I THINK THEY HAD ALSO ASKED SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW WHEN THEY GET WET THEY JUST KIND OF MELT AND TURN BLACK AND OOEY AND JUST GROSS.

AND THAT'S ACTAULLY HOW THE INKYCAP MUSHROOM WILL SPREAD THERE SPORES.

SO I THINK THIS IS A COPRINUS VARIEGATUS.

BUT AS THEY GET WET, AS THEY MATURE, THE UNDERSIDE OF THESE MUSHROOMS JUST GET BLACK AND OOZY AND WILL ATTRACT FLIES.

ALSO HAS A BIT OF AN ODOR TO IT.

SO AS WE GET FLIES AND OTHER INSECTS COME TO INVESTIGATE.

THEY'LL LAND OF THAT, THEN GO ELSEWHERE MOVING THOSE SPORES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AWESOME.

SO TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE TOO.

THIS COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

IT'S A HONEY LOCUST, YOU CAN THE BIG TREE AND YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE SPOT WHERE THE HAMMOCK IS ATTACHED.

AND THIS IS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE.

SO SHE'S WONDERING IF THIS IS A GONER?

>> IT IS PROBABLY NOT VERY LONG FOR THIS WORLD.

I AM NOT ENTIRELY SURE WHAT TYPE OF MUSHROOM WE HAVE GROWING HERE IN THE CROTCH OF THE TREE.

I AM WONDERING IF IT'S A TYPE OF OXYPORUS, WHICH IS A FAIRLY COMMON WOOD ROTTING FUNGUS THAT WE WILL GET.

GENERALLY, WHENEVER WE'RE SEEING MUSHROOMS THAT ARE POPPING OUT OF THE TREE OR OUT OF THE BASE OF A TREE.

IT MEANS THAT THERE ARE SOME OTHER STRESSES GOING ON WITH THE TREE AND IT'S NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO SURVIVE A LONG TIME.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND AT LEAST PREPARING YOURSELF MENTALLY FOR PLANTING A NEW ONE IN THIS SPACE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS KYLE.

JEFF, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO TRANSPLANTED SEEDLINGS.

ONE OAK AND THREE PEACH TREES.

SHE'S WANTING TO KNOW WHETHER SHE SHOULD PLANT THEM OUT AT THE FARM, WHICH IS IN CARNIE COUNTY, THIS FALL.

OR WAIT UNTIL NEXT SPRING?

>> WELL, IT REALLY DEPENDS OF THE FOLLOW UP CARE.

SO IF YOU'RE IN A POSITION TO CAGE THEM, WATER THEM THROUGH THE WINTER MONTHS, FALL IS NOT TERRIBLE TIME TO DO SOME PLANTING.

IF YOU'RE NOT IN THAT POSITION AND YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THROUGH THE WINTER, THEN I WOULD WAIT TIL SPRING.

BUT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO CAGE THE PLANTS TO PROTECT THEM, AND WATER THEM THEN THROUGH THE SPRING AND SUMMER MONTHS.

THE FALL ALLOWS MAYBE THE ROOT SYSTEM TO GET A LITTLE ESTABLISHED OVER THE WINTER TIME.

YOU KNOW I THINK WITH ANYTHING LIKE THIS -- SO I AM A GREAT SEED COLLECTOR AND GROW PLANTS AND ALL THAT STUFF -- YOU KNOW.

A QUARTER OF THE TIME, THE PLANT I AM GROWING FROM SEED IS SOMETHING I WANT TO KEEP AND THE REST OF THE TIME, IT'S NOT ANYTHING I WANT.

I THINK SOMETIMES WHEN WE'RE COLLECTING SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

SOMETHING LIKE A PEACH SEEDLING, DON'T EXPECT IT NECESSARILY TO BE THE PEACH THAT YOU HAD, THAT YOU COLLECTED IT FROM.

SO THOSE VARITIES, THOSE ATTRIBUTES DON'T TEND TO FOLLOW THE SEEDLINGS.

LIKE WE THINK THAT THEY WOULD.

ANYWAY, JUST KIND OF BE PREPARED FOR SOMETHING A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT YOU TOOK THE PEACH FROM TO BEGIN WITH.

>> THANKS, JEFF.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, THIS IS AN ELK HORN VIEWER.

THEY HAD A BUCKEYE THAT THEY GOT THIS SPRING.

THEY'RE WONDERING WHEN THEY SHOULD DO THE PRUNING TO CREATE A SINGLE LEADER ON THIS ONE.

>> I WOULD WAIT UNTIL NEXT SPRING.

SO SOMETIME AFTER LATE FEBRUARY, I WOULD DO THAT.

BUT RIGHT NOW ALLOW THE LEAVES AND ALL THAT HELP BUILD ENERGY IN THAT PLANT FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND THEN DO THAT PRUNING EARLY NEXT SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS JEFF.

WELL YOU KNOW CRAB APPLES ARE WONDERFUL ADDITION TO A LOT OF LAND SCAPES.

LOTS OF BEAUTY FOR MULTIPLE SEASONS.

THEY ALSO OCCASIONALLY OR MORE THAN OCASSIONALLY NEED A LOT OF TENDER LOVE AND CARE.

SO HERE'S OUR VERY OWN JEFF TO TALK ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THOSE PRUNING SHEERS ON CRAB APPLES.

♪ >>> CRABAPPLES ARE VERY COMMON TREE IN OUR LANDSCAPE.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE ONE IN YOUR YARD, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK ABOUT IT.

THEY CAN FILL A LOT OF NICHES.

THERE'S LARGER CRABAPPLES, THERE'S SMALLER CRABAPPLES.

SOME ARE UPRIGHT, SOME ARE SPREADING.

SOME ARE WEEPING.

SO, THEY CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS.

TYPICALLY, THEY HAVE LOVELY FLOWERS IN THE SPRING, ANYWHERE FROM PINK, WHITE, RED, TO YELLOW.

THEN, THEY SET FRUIT LATER IN THE YEAR -- THAT IS VERY ORNAMENTAL.

SOMETIMES, THE BIRDS LIKE THAT AS WELL LATER IN THE YEAR.

YOU CAN EXPECT SOME DECENT FALL COLOR FROM THEM AS WELL.

SO, THEY REALLY FILL A LOT OF USES FOR US IN OUR LANDSCAPE.

AND THEY ALSO REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF PRUNING AS YOU GO THROUGH THE YEAR.

WHAT I LIKE TO DO WITH CRABAPPLES, ESPECIALLY IF I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DO MUCH PRUNING WITH THEM, IS TO LOOK AT DOING ALL MY PRUNING IN THE SUMMERTIME.

SO, SOMETIME AFTER THE FOURTH OF JULY, WE LOOK AT COMING IN AND TAKING OUT THINGS LIKE THE THINGS THAT YOU COMMONLY FACE WITH A CRABAPPLE, SOMETHING LIKE A SUCKER.

SO, THAT'S COMING OFF OF THE ROOTSTOCK.

MOST OF OUR CRABAPPLES ARE GRAFTED.

SO THAT WAY, YOU HAVE UNIFORMITY IN THE PLANT, SO YOU CAN ALWAYS EXPECT WHEN YOU BUY A PARTICULAR CRABAPPLE, IT WILL ALWAYS LOOK THE SAME.

SO, SOMETIMES, THE ROOTSOCK WILL SUCKER SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE THOSE OFF.

THEY ARE SOMETHING CALLED A WATER SPOUT.

SO AGAIN, IF THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GROWTH UP IN THE CANOPY OF THE TREE.

YOU MIGHT SEE IT ON A RANDOM GROWTH, AND THOSE ARE TYPICALLY OUR WATER SPROUTS.

THEN, IF WE HAD ANY DEAD OR DYING OR CROSSING BRANCHES, WE'LL WANT TO TAKE THOSE OUT AS WELL.

SO, WE WANT TO LOOK AT DOING A PRUNING IN THE MID-SUMMER TO HELP REDUCE THE RESPONSE OF THE PLANT TO THE PRUNING.

SO, WHEN YOU PRUNE A PLANT MANY TIMES, IT WILL RESPOND BY ACCELERATING ITS GROWTH AND PUTTING ON A LOT OF ADDITIONAL NEW BRANCHES AND SUCKERS.

IF WE DO IT IN THE MID-SUMMER, IT'LL HELP REDUCE THAT.

THE PLANT DOESN'T RESPOND AS STRONGLY TO THAT.

SO, THAT'S WHAT CRABAPPLES LIKE TO DO, MORE PRUNING THIS TIME OF YEAR TO HELP PRODUCE THAT RESPONSE TO THEM.

BUT ANYWAYS, SO YOU GO THROUGH THE PLANT, TAKE A LOOK AT EVERYTHING, WANT TO LOOK FOR CROSSING AND DEAD BRANCHES, BROKEN BRANCHES.

AND TAKE OUT ANY SUCKERS, WATERSPOUTS THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, AND THEN KIND OF STAND BACK, MAKE SURE THAT THE SHAPE -- YOU ARE MAINTAINING THE SHAPE THAT YOU DESIRE WITH THE PLANT AS WELL.

SO, WHEN WE'RE DOING OUR PRUNING, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR SAFETY GLASSES AND YOUR GLOVES.

AGAIN, SO YOU DON'T HAVE ANY ACCIDENTS.

NICE, CLEAN, SHARP PRUNERS WHEN YOU GET STARTED PRUNING ON ANY PLANT.

IF YOU ARE HAVING TO USE THE SAW MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE CAREFUL USING ANY OF THE SAWS THAT YOU MIGHT NEED.

IF YOU HAVE A BIGGER BRANCH.

AGAIN, USING THE SAW CAN BE A LITTLE DANGEROUS.

TRY TO AVOID WORKING TOO HIGH ABOVE YOUR HEAD.

IF IT'S SOMETHING REALLY LARGE, THAT'S PROBABLY AN INDICATION THAT YOU NEED TO CALL AN ARBORIST IN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE PLANT.

TO CALL AN ARBORIST IN TO HAVE THEM LOOK AT THE PLANT.

[ APPLAUSE ] >>> AND IF YOU DO HAVE CRABAPPLES, TAKE JEFF'S ADVICE.

TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW, DO THAT PRUNING ON THOSE CRABAPPLES NOW, BEFORE FALL SETS IN.

>> RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, SO KATE, WE HAVE THE NEXT ROUND OF QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS FUN, BECAUSE SHE FOUND THIS.

THIS IS FORT CALHOUN.

SHE FOUND THIS EGG MASS ON A WINDOW, AND SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A LEAF, AND THEN SHE REALIZED IT WAS EGGS.

HALF AN INCH WIDE, HALF TALL.

SO, NOT MUCH.

AND THEN, SHE SENT A FOLLOW-UP PICTURE, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT EMERGED.

>> LITTLE BABIES.

>> WHAT IS THAT?

>> YEAH.

SO, I SUSPECT THAT THESE ARE CUTWORM CATERPILLARS.

THEY'VE PROBABLY ALREADY DISPERSED BY NOW.

I MEAN UNLESS YOU'RE SEEING ISSUES, THEY WILL FEED ON ORNAMENTAL PLANTS AND IN VEGETABLE GARDENS, AND THEY GET THEIR NAME, "“CUTWORM"”, BECAUSE THEY'LL CUT THE PLANTS RIGHT AT THE SOIL LINE, AND THEN THEY WILL FEED ON THE PLANT THAT WILTS.

SO UNLESS YOU'RE SEEING THAT, HONESTLY, NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

I THINK CATERPILLARS ARE PRETTY CUTE, AND IF YOU DO START SEEING THAT DAMAGE, THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS CLEAN UP THAT DEBRIS AND KIND OF EXPOSE THEM TO PREDATORS LIKE BIRDS, WASPS, ET CETERA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KATE.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US ALSO FROM WESTERN OTOE.

THIS IS NEW JERSEY TEA PLANT AND THEY THINK THIS IS EGGS.

WHAT IS THIS ONE?

>> SO THESE ARE DEFINITELY EGGS FROM ONE OF THE BUGS.

THE PICTURE IS NOT QUITE CLEAR ENOUGH.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'VE HATCHED, BUT I THINK IT MIGHT BE FROM SOME SORT OF ASSASSIN BUG.

SO, SOMETHING THAT'S PREDATORY, IT'S NOT GOING TO HURT THE PLANTS.

WE GET SOME REALLY COOL-LOOKING ASSASSIN BUGS HERE, IN NEBRASKA, LIKE THE WHEEL BUG AND THE AMBUSH BUG.

BUT I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THESE ARE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM BLAIR.

THEY'RE SEEING SO MANY OF THESE, LIKE A LADYBUG.

BUT BIGGER.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> I LOVE THESE.

WE HAVE SO MANY GREAT PICTURES THIS WEEK.

THESE ARE ARGUS TORTOISE BEETLES.

SO LADYBUGS ARE PREDATORY.

TORTOISE BEETLES ARE ACTUALLY LEAF BEETLES.

SO THEY DO FEED ON LEAVES.

AND THESE ONES FEED ON PLANTS THAT ARE IN THE MORNING GLORY FAMILY, PARTICULARLY BINDWEED.

SOMETIMES SWEET POTATOES.

SO, IF YOU HAVE THOSE HOST PLANTS AROUND, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM.

AND THEN ONCE AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, UNLESS YOU'RE ACTIVELY SEEING ANY DAMAGE, THERE'S NOT REALLY ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO DO ABOUT.

THIS IS THE STAGE THAT OVER WINTERS, SO THEY ARE JUST KIND OF IN THIS DORMANCY PERIOD UNTIL THEY FIND SHELTER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS KATE.

TERRI, YOUR FIRST QUESTION HAS ONE PICTURE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A FOLLOW-UP.

SHE DID LET THIS PLANT BLOOM.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW IS THIS A GOOSE FOOT, AND IS IT EDIBLE.

>> YES.

THIS IS GOOSE FOOT.

IT USED TO BE IN A DIFFERENT FAMILY, BUT IT IS NOW IN THE AMARANTH FAMILY.

I DID LOOK IT UP.

AND YES, NATIVE AMERICANS USED TO USE THIS THEY WOULD GRIND UP THE SEED FOR FLOWER, BUT I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT, BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN SPRAYED ON IT OR ANYTHING.

BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST A WEED.

SO, JUST REMOVE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NEXT ONE, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ALSO.

THIS IS LEWELLYN.

AND IT'S NOT A REAL CLEAR PICTURE, BUT SHE DOES SAY, THIS IS CHOKING OUT THE GRASS.

>> YEAH.

I THINK THIS IS A SPURGE, AND IT IS NOT THE ONE THAT WE NORMALLY LOOK AT, THE SPOTTED SPURGE.

I THINK THIS IS EITHER GROUND SPURGE OR RIDGE SPURGE, BECAUSE THEY DON'T NORMALLY HAVE ANY KINDS OF MARKINGS ON THEM.

SO, YOU'RE GOING TO TREAT THEM LIKE YOU WOULD WITH SPURGE--YOU CAN GO OUT AND PULL THEM UP FOR THEY WILL USUALLY ONLY HAVE LIKE A TINY TAPROOT, BUT IF YOU HAVE THIS, I WOULD PROBABLY JUST USE A TRY MEG ON IT TO TRY TO GET IT OUT OF THE TURF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE,.

AND THIS IS BELLEVUE.

IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION.

HE WANTS TO JUST SHOW THAT HE HAS A LAWN THAT IS A MIX OF TURF AND CLOVER.

AND COMMENT ON THE POSITIVE NATURE OF THAT.

>> SO, WE HAVE LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING ABOUT DOING LIKE MICRO CLOVER LAWNS AND STUFF, WHICH I THINK IS FANTASTIC.

BUT HERE, IN NEBRASKA, I THINK IT WOULD BE VERY HARD BECAUSE THEY'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO DIE BACK ALMOST COMPLETELY TO THE GROUND.

SO, DOING SOMETHING LIKE THIS WOULD BE REALLY GREAT.

YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE FLOWERS TO HELP THE POLLINATORS, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA BE COMPLETELY OVERRUN BY THE CLOVERS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TURF OVER THE WINTER AND BE ABLE TO PROTECT THE SOILS, AND THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

SO HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF A MIX IN YOUR TURF REALLY ISN'T ALL THAT BAD.

I HAVE CLOVER AND VIOLETS IN MY TURF.

AND IT'S KIND OF PRETTY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, TERRI.

KYLE, ONE PICTURE ON THE FIRST ONE HERE.

THIS IS FROM NORFOLK.

A SMALL CELEBRITY TOMATOES.

AND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANT, THEY ARE LOOKING LIKE THIS.

THEY'RE WONDERING WILL IT SPREAD AND SHOULD THEY DESTROY IT.

>> YEAH.

HAD A BIT OF A HARD TIME FIGURING OUT EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE SOME OF THE LESIONS ARE KIND OF SUNK IN, WHICH WOULD KIND OF LEAD US INTO THE ALTERNARIA SIDE OF THINGS OR ALTERNARIA FRUIT ROTS.

NICE THING ABOUT ALTERNARIA IS IT CAN INFECT REALLY ANY STAGE OF THE FRUIT.

AND SO, FROM THE GREEN ALL THE WAY TO A NICE AND MATURE FRUIT.

TYPICALLY, ALTERNARIA IS NOT A MAJOR PROBLEM, BUT IT WILL ALLOW FOR SECONDARY STUFF TO COME IN.

THE OTHER POSSIBILITY IS A BACTERIAL SPOT ON THESE AS WELL.

BACTERIAL SPOT OFTEN HAS A GREEN HALO, BUT ON GREEN TOMATOES, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THAT HALO EFFECT.

SO, IT'S ONE OR THE OTHER.

IT WILL SPREAD.

AND SO, IF YOU DON'T WANT TOMATOES LOOKING LIKE THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CUT OUT A BUNCH OF SPOTS, THEN I WOULD PROBABLY GET RID OF THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND KYLE, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES, TWO DIFFERENT VIEWERS.

THE FIRST IS FROM CARLTON.

THE SECOND ONE, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHERE HE'S FROM, BUT ONE LOOKS LIKE THIS, AND THE SECOND PICTURE LOOKS LIKE THAT.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> THIS IS BLOSSOM-END ROT.

I REALLY LIKE THE SECOND PICTURE AS WELL IS BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF FUZZY STUFF GROWING IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT BLACK END, BLOSSOM-END WHERE IT'S ALL ROTTED.

THAT FUZZY STUFF IS ALL SECONDARY FUNGI.

BUT YEAH, IT'S NOT A DISEASE.

IT'S REALLY A MOISTURE ISSUE.

WITH THE MOISTURE THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, AT LEAST IN LINCOLN, IT WAS REALLY DRY.

THEN, WE WOULD GET REALLY HEAVY RAIN, THEN IT DRIES OUT, AND HEAVY RAIN.

AND SO, WE SEE BLOSSOM-END ROT WHEN WE HAVE UNEVEN MOISTURE.

AND THAT UNEVEN MOISTURE IS PREVENTING CALCIUM FROM ENTERING INTO THAT FRUIT.

LACK OF CALCIUM IN THE FOOD CAUSES THAT BLOSSOM-END TO ROT.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS KYLE.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS IS NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE.

SHE DOES CUCUMBERS IN CONTAINERS EVERY YEAR.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE'S SEEN THIS.

HER INITIAL CONCERN WAS THIS STRANGE WHITE FLOWERS, BUT ALSO THE SPOTS AND EVERYTHING ON THE CUCUMBERS.

SHE DID SEND A FOLLOW-UP THAT SAID, "“THE WHITE FLOWERS HAVE TURNED INTO SOMETHING THAT IS CLEARLY NOT A CUCUMBER.

"” >> THAT'S GOOD, BECAUSE THESE DO NOT LOOK AT ALL LIKE CUCUMBER FLOWERS.

SO, I'M REALLY NOT SURE WAS GOING ON.

I THINK THEY ALSO MENTIONED THAT THEY REPLACED THE SOIL FAIRLY OFTEN.

SO, DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT, BUT IT'S PRETTY EASY TO MOVE A SEED.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN MOVE SEEDS AND DROP SEEDS.

AS FOR THE LEAF SPOTS THAT WE'RE SEEING ON THOSE CUCUMBERS, TO ME, THAT LOOKED LIKE ANGULAR LEAF SPOT.

AND THAT'S CAUSED BY A BACTERIA SO, REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT TO DO.

TRY TO LET THOSE LEAVES -- TRY TO REALLY LET THOSE LEAVES DRY OUT BEFORE WE'RE ADDING ANYMORE WATER.

AND THEN, IF WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF INFECTION ON THE LEAVES, JUST GO AHEAD AND PLUCK THEM OFF.

BUT WITH OUR BACTERIAL DISEASES, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT WE CAN SPRAY ON THOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

JEFF, YOU HAVE ON THE FIRST ONE HERE.

YOU'VE GOT THIS FROM LODGEPOOL.

THIS IS FRONTENAC GRAPES.

AND HE SAYS, THE GRAPES ARE SPLITTING.

A LOT OF THE FRUIT DID NOT SET.

THEY HAD LOTS OF RAIN THIS SPRING IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE STATE.

SO, WHAT CAN WE ACTUALLY TELL HIM ABOUT THAT?

>> YEAH.

SPLITTING UP GRAPES IS A COMMON THING.

AND IT'S VERY ENVIRONMENTAL.

YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE CAUSED BY TOO LITTLE MOISTURE, TOO MUCH MOISTER, TOO MUCH HEAT, TOO LITTLE HEAT.

JUST THE VARIABILITY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT CAN AFFECT THAT.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU MIGHT HEAR ONE PERSON SAY, "“WELL, MY GRAPES HAVE BEEN REALLY DRY, AND WE HAD THE FRUIT SPLITTING.

"” OR THEY'VE BEEN TOO WET, AND HAVING THE SAME EFFECT.

SO, I THINK THAT'S JUST WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM GRAND ISLAND.

THIS IS A LILAC.

AND HE SAID THEY CAME OUT, THEY FLOWERED, THEN THEY STARTED DOING THIS.

AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF LILACS ON CAMPUS.

>> YEAH.

SO OUR ARE LILACS HAVE VERY FIBROUS AND RATHER SHALLOW ROOT SYSTEMS.

AND SO, THEY ARE SUSCEPTIBLE TO DRYING OUT QUITE QUICKLY.

AND THEY'RE ALSO QUITE TOUGH, IN THAT THEY WON'T SHOW THAT DAMAGE UNTIL ALMOST IT'S TOO LATE.

UNTIL YOU WALK UP ONE DAY AND THE PLANT'S BROWN.

AND SO I SUSPECT THAT THIS IS PROBABLY WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON HERE.

THAT YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU WEREN'T WORRIED ABOUT, CAME OUT, LEAFED OUT NICELY, FLOWERED NICELY.

AND MAYBE WASN'T THINKING THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE SUPPLEMENTAL WATERING TO AN ESTABLISHED PLANT.

BUT I BELIEVE THIS PROBABLY DRIED OUT.

SO, I DON'T THINK IT'S DEAD.

I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, START WATERING IT, KEEP TRACK OF YOUR WATERING.

DON'T OVER WATER IT.

MAYBE DO SOME CLEANUP-PRUNING ON SOMETHING WITH SOME BROKEN BRANCHES IN THERE, CLEAN THAT UP.

AND I THINK IT WILL BE GOOD TO GO.

>> ALL RIGHT, JEFF.

AND TWO PICTURES ON THIS LAST QUESTION.

THIS IS AN OPENING DAY VIBURNUM.

SHE PLANTED THIS LAST FALL.

SHE SAID, IT'S STARTING SORT OF DYING OUT BRANCH-BY-BRANCH.

SHE'S A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RED ON THE EDGES, BUT THIS IS A VIBURNUM THAT DOES THAT.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO WHAT DO YOU THINK IS GOING ON HERE?

>> THIS IS A PLANT, THAT LIKE A LOT OF OUR SHRUBS, ENJOYS MORE ACIDIC SOIL.

SO, THIS MAYBE ONE THAT YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND INCORPORATE SOME COMPOST, MAYBE EVEN SOME PEAT MOSS AROUND IT, SEE IF YOU CAN DO THAT.

IMPROVE THE PH AROUND IT.

AND THEN THAT MIGHT HELP INVIGORATE THIS PLANT, GIVE IT A SECOND CHANCE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, JEFF.

WELL, OF COURSE, WE HAD A FABULOUS SEASON IN THE GARDEN, AND WE HAVE WONDERFUL CONTAINERS AND BEAUTIFUL COLOR.

HERE'S TERRI JAMES TO TELL US WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE "“BACKYARD FARMER"” GARDEN THIS WEEK.

HAVE WONDERFUL CONTAINERS AND BEAUTIFUL COLOR HERE'S ♪ >>> THIS WEEK IN THE "“BACKYARD FOREVER GARDEN"” WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A BREAK FROM LOOKING AT OUR NEW 2023 PLANTS, AND WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT HOW OUR CONTAINERS ARE LOOKING THIS SUMMER.

AND I MUST SAY, EVEN THOUGH I MAY BE A LITTLE BIASED, THEY ARE LOOKING FANTASTIC.

AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE PUT AN ARRAY OF DIFFERENT PLANTS IN THIS.

LOTS OF COLEUSES, LOTS OF BEGONIAS.

BUT WE'VE REALLY MADE SURE THAT THE COLORS MATCH.

LOTS OF DIFFERENT TEXTURES IN THESE.

AND WE HAVE LOTS OF HEIGHTS.

WE'VE EVEN ADDED A LITTLE BIT OF GREENERY BY ADDING SOME CELERY TO SOME OF OUR CONTAINERS.

SO, KIND OF THOSE BRIGHT GREEN POPS OF JUST THOSE LEAVES FROM THAT CELERY.

AND REMEMBER, SOME OF THESE CONTAINERS CAN ADD VEGETABLES.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THINKING ABOUT CONTAINERS FOR NEXT YEAR, THINK ABOUT ADDING A COUPLE OF VEGETABLES.

LOTS MORE ARE BEING BRED SPECIFICALLY FOR CONTAINER SIZE, SO STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK IT OUT.

♪ CONTAINER SIZE, SO STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK IT OUT.

>> EVERY YEAR, OUR GARDEN GETS BETTER AND BETTER AND THOSE CONTAINERS ARE ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC.

IT'S WELL WORTH THE VISIT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME FOR US TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.

STAY WITH US.

COME RIGHT BACK, WE WILL HAVE THE PLANT OF THE WEEK AND MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

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

COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW, WE WERE GOING TO SEE A GREEN WALL PROJECT, AND THAT WILL BE PRETTY INTERESTING TO LOOK AT.

THIS IS TAPED SHOW, SO REMEMBER, YOU CANNOT CALL IN YOUR QUESTIONS.

YOU CAN STILL SEND THEM TO BYF@UNL.EDU FOR A FUTURE SHOW.

RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, IT IS TIME FOR PLANTS OF THE WEEK, AND THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL COMBINATION, DESPITE WHAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT THE COLORS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WELL, I THINK IF YOU ARE A VIKINGS FAN, YOU'D PROBABLY LOVE THIS COMBINATION, BUT -- SO WE HAVE HERE -- WE DO HAVE A NICE COMBINATION IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'RE COMPATIBLE PLANTS.

AND YOU WOULDN'T NECESSARILY THINK OF THEM AS BEING COMPATIBLE PLANTS.

SO, THE CLEMATIS -- SO WE HAVE RADAR LOVE CLEMATIS.

SO IT GROWS, OH WHAT, LIKE EIGHT FEET A YEAR, OR SO.

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO REALLY PRETTY CLEMATIS.

I LIKE THE FLOWER.

YOU SEE THE FUZZY SEED HEADS IT HAS WITH IT.

WE HAVE THE BUDDLEIA, SO THE BUTTERFLY BUSH HERE AS WELL.

AND THEN, WE HAVE THIS TALL PRAIRIE BLAZING STAR.

SO, THE FUN THING ABOUT THIS IS YOU WOULD NOT NORMALLY THINK OF SOME OF THESE PLANTS, ESPECIALLY THE LIATRIS, BEING COMPATIBLE.

BUT THIS IS ONE THAT CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE FAIRLY MOIST SOILS.

SO, A LOT OF TIMES, AGAIN, IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HAVING LANDSCAPE IN YOUR FRONT YARD, AND YOU WANT TO COMBINE THESE, THIS IS WHAT ON YOU CAN ACTUALLY COMBINE REALLY WELL.

NORMALLY, A LIATRIS YOU WOULDN'T WANT TO HAVE SOME PLACE WHERE CLEMATIS NEEDS MORE MOISTURE.

THIS ONE CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE THAT.

SO, GOOD JOB, KATE.

>> THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU, KATE, FOR THIS FIRST ONE.

THESE ARE SNAILS.

WE KNOW THEY'RE NOT INSECTS, BUT HE WONDERS WHAT THEY ARE AND WHY THEY SHOWED UP.

>> I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TYPE OF SNAIL IT IS, BUT IT IS A SNAIL.

WE USUALLY DON'T SEE SNAILS AS ISSUES IN TURFGRASS.

SOMETIMES, WE DO GET SNAIL AND SLUG DAMAGE ON ORNAMENTAL PLANTS, BUT IF YOU'RE NOT SEEING THAT, I WOULD BE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT IT.

IT'S PROBABLY JUST THE RAIN WASHED THEM OUT OR SOMETHING ENVIRONMENTAL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KATE, TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM SCRIBNER.

WE WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS LITTLE.

WE HAD A QUESTION WITHOUT PICTURES.

>> YEAH.

>> WHAT DO WE THINK THIS IS?

>> I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONES WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO BRING IN A SAMPLE.

THERE COULD BE HERBICIDE DAMAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL REASONS.

THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT INSECTS, SPIDER MITES, THERE'S THE SPRUCE NEEDLE MINER.

WE PROBABLY JUST NEED A CLOSER LOOK FOR THIS ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE THAT COME TO US FROM TWO DIFFERENT PLACES.

WE HAVE SCRIBNER AND WE HAVE NORFOLK, AND THEY SENT PICTURES OF THE SAME THING.

ONE IS ON A NEWLY PLANTED GLOBE WILLOW CHEWING AWAY, AND THE OTHER ONE WAS IN THE HELICOPTER HANGAR.

>> YEAH.

THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL COTTONWOOD BORE BEETLES.

BUT THEY ARE BORERS.

THE ADULTS WILL CHEW ON THE SMALLER, YOUNGER SHOOTS.

BUT IT'S THE LARVAE THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO LOOK OUT FOR.

THEY CHEW UNDERNEATH THE BARK, IN THE WOOD, KIND OF AT THAT ROOT COLLAR ZONE.

AND THEY WILL WEAKEN TREES, MAKE THEM MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO WEATHER DAMAGE.

YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS MANAGEMENT, JULY IS PROBABLY A GOOD TIME IF YOU WANTED TO SPRAY THE TREE.

IF YOU WANTED TO GET CREATIVE WHEN THE LARVAE ARE YOUNG, YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE THE CRACKS IN THE BARK AND PULL THEM OUT AROUND SEPTEMBER.

BUT IT'S ALSO REALLY IMPORTANT JUST TO KEEP THE TREE HEALTHY, IN GENERAL, TO HELP IT SUSTAIN -- SUSTAIN.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEANT.

KEEP IT SAFE FROM BORE DAMAGE.

>> ALL RIGHT, KATE.

AND ONE MORE PICTURE, THIS COMES TO US FROM BURWELL.

NEW CANDLES HAVE FORMED ON THE AUSTRIAN PINES.

AND THEN, HERE COMES THIS HOLE AND THEN THE CANDLE TURNS BROWN.

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER MOTH.

THIS IS THE PINE SHOOT TIP MOTH.

SO WHAT THIS MOTH DOES, THE CATERPILLAR WILL GO INTO THE SHOOT, AS ITS NAME SUGGESTS, THEN IT WILL MOVE UP TO THE BUDS, KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER.

AND IT CAUSES THOSE BUDS AND THE TIPS TO DIE.

THEY'RE ACTIVE FROM APRIL UNTIL AUGUST, SO YOU KIND OF HAVE A LARGE TIMEFRAME AND WINDOW TO TREAT.

BEST TIME IS IN APRIL WHEN THEY'RE FIRST MOVING FROM BUD TO BUD.

BUT ONE THING THAT'S REALLY EASY TO DO IF IT DOESN'T HURT THE TREE TOO MUCH AESTHETICALLY IS TO PRUNE AND DESTROY, BECAUSE THEY WILL GO FROM, YOU KNOW, BUD TO BUD AND SHOOT TO SHOOT.

OTHERWISE, YOU CAN STILL TREAT AND YOU SHOULD STILL GET ADEQUATE CONTROL TOO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, KATE.

TERRI, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS FIRST ONE.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS WEED IS, GROWS AND SPREADS PROLIFICALLY IN MOIST, SHADY AREAS.

SHE'S TRIED PULLING, DIGGING AND THEN SHE PUT PREEN ON AFTERWARDS.

SHE WONDERS WHAT IT IS, AND WHAT WOULD KILL IT.

>> SO, THIS IS BITTERCRESS.

SO, IT IS KIND OF A PROLIFIC WEED.

IT'S IN THE BRASSICACEAE FAMILY.

IT'S GOING TO BE A WINTER ANNUAL.

SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT THE PRE-EMERGE DOWN FIRST OF SEPTEMBER.

THAT SHOULD HELP.

YOU CAN USE KIND OF A THREE-WAY HERBICIDE ON IT, BUT I WOULD PROBABLY WAIT UNTIL IT STARTS TO COOL DOWN HERE A LITTLE BIT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, TERRI, AND THIS IS-- WHAT ARE THESE AND HOW DO WE DESTROY THEM?

AND THEN I THINK IT'S THIS ONE, THEN YOU HAVE A SECOND PICTURE ON THIS?

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS IN THE SOLANACEAE FAMILY, SO IT'S RELATED TO POTATOES, TOMATOES, PEPPERS, ALL OF THOSE.

BUT THIS IS HORSE NETTLE.

DO NOT EAT IT.

EVERYTHING ON THIS PLANT WOULD BE TOXIC.

REMOVE IT.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE RUBBER GLOVES OR GLOVES ON WHEN YOU REMOVE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TO CONTROL FROM COMING BACK?

WHAT DO WE DO?

>> CONTROL WOULD BE MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT LET IT GO TO SEED.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE LOTS AND LOTS OF SEEDS IN THOSE KINDS OF ROUND TOMATO-LOOKING FRUIT.

AND YOU CAN PUT A PRE-EMERGE DOWN NEXT SUMMER, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE A SUMMER ANNUAL, BUT MAYBE SOME GLYPHOSATE OR SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO GET ON IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, AND SHE'S FOUND THIS VINE IN HER FLOWERS.

AND SHE DOES SAY, IT'S GOING TO BE FLOWERING SOON, AND OF COURSE, WE'RE SEEING THIS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS, SOMETIMES KIND OF A FUN PLANT, JUST BECAUSE IT CAN GROW SO MUCH SO FAR, SO BIG, SO QUICKLY.

THIS IS BURCUCUMBER.

IT'S GOING TO HAVE A FUNKY LITTLE WHOLE BUNCH OF SEEDS KIND OF PACKED INTO IT WHEN IT FLOWERS.

YOU CAN JUST KIND OF PULL IT.

IT'S AN ANNUAL.

IT'S RELATED, AGAIN, TO THE CUCUMBER AND THE CUCURBITACEAE FAMILY.

BUT YOU CAN ALSO USE A GLYPHOSATE ON IT OR A BROADLEAF WEED KILLER IF YOU WANT TO.

BUT IT'S USUALLY EASIEST IF YOU CAN TRACK IT DOWN TO WHERE IT'S AT, PULL IT, AND THEN KIND OF WATCH IT AND ENJOY IT DYING ON THE GROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE MORE PICTURE THIS COMES TO US FROM OGALLALA.

HE WONDERS WHAT THIS IS.

>> THIS LOOKS LIKE PRICKLY LETTUCE.

IT'S KIND OF IN AND AMONGST SOME OTHER STUFF, BUT THIS WOULD BE IN THE SUNFLOWER FAMILY.

SO, RELATED TO SOME OF THE OTHER THISTLES THAT WE HAVE.

THIS ONE, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A GLOVE, PULL IT OUT.

THEY'RE PRETTY EASY TO PULL.

IF YOU HAVE SOME DRIER AREA, WHICH IS KIND OF WHERE THIS AREA IS, LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT NOT GET A LOT OF MOISTURE, GO GET YOUR SOIL KNIFE AND DIG IT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> DON'T LET IT GO TO SEED.

>> EXACTLY.

OKAY KYLE, FIRST PICTURE HERE.

I KNOW THIS IS WAY COOL.

FIRST ONE WE GOTTEN.

THIS IS BELLEVUE.

HE THINKS IT'S SLIME-MOLD, AND HE COMES BACK EVERY YEAR AND WONDERS HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

>> HE'S RIGHT.

IT IS SLIME MOLD.

DON'T GET RID OF IT.

IT'S SUPER FUN.

IN FACT, WHAT YOU CAN DO, IS HE COULD POOR OUT GATORADE OR POP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ACROSS HIS YARD AND WATCH THE SLIME MOLD FOLLOW THOSE SUGARS ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE.

IT WORKS.

I DID THAT LAST SUMMER.

BUT YEAH, REALLY, IT'S NOT HARMING THE GRASS.

I DON'T MEAN TO BE FLIPPANT, BUT IT'S NOT HARMING THE GRASS AT ALL.

IT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS, WHEN WE HAVE MOISTURE LIKE WE'VE HAD, THOSE SLIME MOLDS WILL SHOW UP.

WHEN IT DRIES OUT, YOU HAVE WEATHER LIKE RIGHT NOW, WHERE IT'S NOT RAINING, BUT IT'LL TRY OUT, YOU CAN JUST GO AND KICK IT, OR YOU CAN BLAST IT WITH A HOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, KYLE.

THIS IS FROM PAPILLION.

SHE FOUND THESE IN HER RAISED BED.

WHAT ARE THESE?

>> THIS IS WOLF'S MILK SLIME.

SO, ANOTHER TYPE OF SLIME MOLD.

LAIPAGALLA EPIDENDRA IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THIS.

BUT NOT A TRUE FUNGUS.

IT IS FEEDING ON SOME WOODY MATERIAL DOWN THERE.

NOT CAUSING ANY PROBLEMS.

JUST ONE OF THOSE REALLY COOL THINGS THAT POPS UP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS DIABLO NINEBARK.

SHE'S HAD IT ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.

STARTED TO GET THE WHITE POWDER ON IT, AND SHE WONDERS WHAT TO DO SO IT NEVER COMES BACK AGAIN.

>> THE WHITE POWDER OR THE NINEBARK?

>> YES.

>> YEAH.

SO, THE WHITE POWDER IS GOING TO BE A POWDERY-MILDEW.

REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT THAT YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT THAT, ASIDE FROM, I WOULD MAYBE DO SOME PRUNING.

BUT WITH NINEBARKS, ESPECIALLY ONCE THEY ARE REALLY BUSHY LIKE THAT, IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GET THE AIR FILTER THROUGH THE CANOPY, AND THAT WILL ALLOW THAT FUNGUS TO PROLIFERATE.

THEY ALSO MENTIONED, THEY HAD DONE SOME PRUNING.

MAYBE STUFF WASN'T BLOOMING AND COMING BACK NEAR AS WELL AS IT HAD PREVIOUSLY.

IT'S BEEN A HARD COUPLE OF YEARS TO BE A PLANT, AND I REALLY THINK THAT'S THE ISSUE WITH THIS NINEBARK, BECAUSE MAYBE THEY ARE BEING PULLED A LITTLE BIT TOO HEAVY LAST YEAR.

AND IT'S JUST GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR THAT PLANT TO FULLY RECOVER.

>> ALL RIGHT AND TWO PICS ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS CLEMATIS LEAVES IN LINCOLN TURNING BROWNISH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> IT'S NOT JUST IN LINCOLN.

IT'S PRETTY WIDESPREAD.

I THINK THIS IS A ROOT ISSUE.

I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ROOT ISSUE IT IS, BUT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING IT ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT CLEMATISES, WHERE ALMOST THE ENTIRE VINE WILL JUST HAVE SOME LEAF BURNING THAT'S OCCURRING.

TYPICALLY, THAT'S GOING TO BE AND INDICATION OF SOMETHING WITH THE ROOTS.

MAYBE IT'S OVER WATERED.

MAYBE IT'S TOO WET, OR MAYBE IT'S NOT ENOUGH WATER.

COULD BE A FERTILITY ISSUE AS WELL.

SO, WE WOULD NEED TO KNOW A LITTLE BIT MORE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

JEFF, THREE PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE HERE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WAHOO.

TULIP TREE THAT LOOKED PERFECTLY HEALTHY, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, BRANCH-TO-BRANCH-TO-BRANCH.

YOU HAVE TULIP TREES ON CAMPUS.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> YEAH.

I THINK IS PROBABLY LAST YEAR'S DRY PERIOD, AND THE WINTER WE HAD.

AND THEY'RE SUSCEPTIBLE TO THAT.

THEY'RE USED TO EASTERN U.S.

WEATHER.

SO, I THINK PRUNE OUT THE DEAD, AND MAKE SURE YOU HAVE IT MULCHED AND THAT YOU'RE WATERING IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM NORTH PLATTE, THIS IS DUNSTAN CHESTNUT.

EIGHT TO TEN YEARS OLD.

HE SAYS, THEY'LL FLOWER, BUT THEY DON'T SET FRUIT.

>> RIGHT.

YEAH.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS.

CHESTNUTS PRODUCE EITHER ALL-MALE FLOWERS OR MALE AND FEMALE FLOWERS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO, THEY MAY GO SEVERAL YEARS BEFORE PRODUCING BOTH FLOWERS, AND I WOULD SAY, AT THIS POINT, THEY JUST HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET.

SO, I THINK, WAIT FOR THEM TO MATURE, CONTINUE TO TAKE GOOD CARE OF THEM.

THEY LOOK GREAT.

THEY'RE NORTH PLATTE.

SO, HE'S DOING A LOT OF THINGS RIGHT.

I THINK JUST BE PATIENT.

>> ALL RIGHT, JEFF, TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

BIG OLD ELM IN OMAHA.

THEY'VE HAD IT PRUNED BY A LICENSED ARBORIST, BUT IT'S TOO MUCH TO GET OUT OR WHAT YOU THINK?

>> IT HAS BEEN THINNED PRETTY GOOD.

I WOULDN'T DO ANYMORE PRUNING AT THIS STAGE.

SOUNDS LIKE THEY MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE BEETLE PROBLEM AS WELL.

YOU KNOW, I THINK AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER DEPARTMENT, KIND OF WHAT WE HAVE HAD GOING ON EARLY.

IT SCREAMS AT ATTEMPTS, IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME, WHICH IS A GOOD SIGN TO ME.

AGAIN, KEEP AN EYE ON IT AT THIS STAGE.

>> ONE MORE PICTURE THAT COMES TO US FROM SILVER CREEK.

CRABAPPLE, LEAVES TURNING BROWNISH AND REDDISH , BUT THIS IS WHAT THE BASE OF THE TREE LOOKS LIKE.

>> YEAH.

SO, THE TRANSPLANT LOOKS LIKE IT HAS BEEN PLANTED TOO DEEPLY.

THAT PROBABLY NOT WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT AT THIS TIME.

SO, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, I WOULD CUT MY LOSSES AND GO AHEAD AND REPLACE THE PLANT.

IF THAT'S A CRABAPPLE YOU REALLY LIKE, GET IT, BUT MAKE SURE YOU PLANT IT AT THE RIGHT HEIGHT NEXT TIME.

>> THANK YOU, JEFF.

LAST WEEK, RICHARD SUTTON GIVE US A LOOK AT HIS GREEN ROOF PROJECT.

SO, THIS WEEK, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THAT GREEN ROOF FEET INTO HIS GREEN WALL AND IS RAIN GARDEN SEE HOW THAT SYSTEM WORKS IN HIS LANDSCAPE.

>> THE GREEN WALL AND THE GREEN WATER GARDEN ARE ALL CONNECTED WITH THE GREEN ROOF.

THE IDEA HERE IS TO HAVE A TREATMENT TRAIN DEMONSTRATE, THE GREEN ROOF WE JUST TALKED ABOUT HIS AT THE TOP, AND IT EVENTUALLY DRAINS THROUGH THE GUTTER SYSTEM DOWN INTO THE GREEN WATER.

THE GREEN WALL IS AN INTERESTING FEATURE, IN THAT IT'S ON THE EAST-FACING WALL, AND IT HAS TO USE PLANTS THAT GROW IN PARTIAL SHADE.

IT ONLY GETS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR HOURS OF SUNLIGHT DURING THE DAY.

SO, WE HAD TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE PLANS THAT WE CHOSE.

IT'S A SYSTEM OF WOVEN GEOTEXTILE WITH POCKETS THAT THEN IS TRIP-IRRIGATED ALONG THE TOP, AND IS TRIP-IRRIGATED EVERY DAY, AND THE EXCESS WATER FROM THAT THEN RUNS INTO THE WATER GARDEN.

THE RAIN WATER GARDEN HAS SOME OF YOUR TYPICAL RAINWATER PLANTS IN IT, WHERE AS THE GREEN WALL IS MADE UP OF ALL NATIVE PLANTS.

IT REALLY BECOMES MORE LIKE A WET MEADOW.

IT HAS A NUMBER OF SEDGES.

IT HAS THINGS LIKE COLUMBINE.

IT HAS WILDEMAN, STRAWBERRY.

THOSE KINDS OF PLANTS THAT WE SEEK ALONG THE MARGINS OVER PERRY.

THE GREEN WALL SYSTEM IS A PROPRIETARY SYSTEM THAT'S MADE OF A MESH OF STAINLESS STEEL WITH WOVEN GEOTEXTILE POCKETS THAT HOLD THE MEDIA AND THE PLANS WITHIN IT.

THE IDEA BEHIND THE GEOTEXTILE IS IT ALLOWS MOISTURE TO PERCOLATE ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE WALL.

SO, WHEN WE RUN THE DRIP SYSTEM, WE NEED TO RUN IT ALL THE WAY SO THAT IT GETS OUT OF THE BOTTOM TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LOWER-PLANTS ARE GETTING SOME MOISTURE.

IT RUNS EVERY DAY.

THE IDEA HERE IS TO DEMONSTRATE A TREATMENT TRAIN FOR STORM WATER.

IT'S OBVIOUSLY CLEAN WATER WHEN IT FALLS TO THE RAIN, BUT THIS SLOWS IT DOWN AND MOVES IT THROUGH ROUGH GREEN WALL DOWN TO THE GREEN WATER GARDEN.

NOW, THE SYSTEM THAT'S BEEN USED FOR THE GREEN WALL, LIKE I SAID, IS A PROPRIETARY SYSTEM.

IT IS FAIRLY EXPENSIVE.

SO, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS ON THE MARKET, AND I WOULD SUGGEST THAT IF FOLKS ARE INTERESTED IN THOSE THAT THEY DO THEIR RESEARCH AND FIGURE OUT WHAT MIGHT WORK BEST FOR THEM.

ONE THING THAT IS TRUE FOR THE GREEN WALL AND THE GREEN ROOF IS THAT USING THESE NATIVE PLANTS, WE HAVE KIND OF A DEAD SPOT DURING APRIL AND MAY, WHEN IS RETURNING FROM DORMANCY AND HASN'T REALLY STARTED TO GROW YET.

LOOKS GREAT NOW, BUT IN MAY, IT LOOKED A LITTLE BIT BLEAK, BECAUSE IT WAS JUST RECOVERING FROM DORMANCY.

>> WE WANT TO SAY, THANKS TO RICHARD FOR SHARING THOSE PROJECTS WITH US.

A LOT OF FUN.

PRETTY INTERESTING.

LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ALL RIGHT, SO, WE HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT, AND THAT IS DAVE LILLY DAYS, WHICH IS COMING UP, I THINK, RIGHT NOW, JULY 5th THROUGH 22nd.

THIS IS HARMONY NURSERY AND DAILY FARM IN BRADSHAW.

FINALLY, THOSE DAYLILYS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ARE BEGINNING TO BLOOM.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE LAST ROUND OF PICTURE QUESTIONS.

KATE, YOUR VERY FIRST QUESTION HERE HAS ONE PICTURE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM TABOR, IOWA.

SHE FOUND THESE THREE HUSKS IN THE CROOK OF BRANCHES ON A WILLOW TREE.

SHE'S WONDERING --THERE WAS SAWDUST IN THE CROOK, BUT SHE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON.

WHAT IS THIS?

WILL IT HURT THE TREE?

>> THESE ARE PEOPLE CASES FROM A MOTH.

PUBLIC THE WILLOW CLEAR WING MOTH.

SO, THOSE ARE REALLY CLOSELY RELATED TO THAT PEACHTREE BOARD THAT I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.

SO, THEY ARE BOURS.

THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT WILLOW TREES, THEY WITHSTAND THIS MONTH PRETTY WELL.

USUALLY, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF THINGS THAT YOU HAVE TO DO, YOU KNOW, BUT AS I MENTIONED WITH MANY OF THESE THREE BOYS, KEEP THE TREE HEALTHY.

THAT'S GOING TO MAKE IT LESS SUSCEPTIBLE.

SO, MAKE SURE IT'S ALL WATERED, HAVE THAT, THEN YOU SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.

>> THANK YOU, KATE.

TWO PICTURES AND THE NEXT ONE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

SHE WONDERS ABOUT IDENTIFICATION OF THIS BEIGE ONE FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT WITH CARPENTER B's.

SHE WANTS THE POLLINATORS, BUT NOT THE CARPENTER.

>> THAT MIGHT BE A SQUASH FLOWER BEE.

I'M NOT A FLOWER PERSON, BUT MAYBE.

SO, CARPENTER BEE IS THE KIND YOU NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR IN NEBRASKA, OR THE ONES THAT ARE MOST EXACTLY BUMBLEBEES.

SAME SIZE, SAME COLOR, BUT THE ABDOMENS ARE SHINY EITHER WAY, CARPENTER BEES, YOU SHOULD TREAT THEIR NEST DIRECTLY.

SO, YOU DON'T NEED TO BE DOING ANYTHING BROAD-SPECTRUM IN THE GARDEN.

SO, THAT HELPS PROTECT THE OTHER BEES, BUT THIS ONE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT >> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOUR LAST PICTURE IS THE ONE YOU HAVE BEEN ANTICIPATING.

THIS COMES TO US FROM PLAINVIEW.

SHE FOUND THIS ON HER SHRUB THAT SHE PURCHASED.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> YEAH.

ONCE AGAIN, WELCOMING GIFTS COMING UP.

WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF MULTIPLE TODAY.

THIS IS A CATERPILLAR OF THE MONTH I SHOWED AS MY SAMPLE EARLIER.

SO, THESE GIANT SILK MOTHS HAVE REALLY LARGE GREEN CATERPILLARS.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF ORNATE LITTLE SPIKES OR HAIRS ON THEM, AND THEY'RE REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

THEY FEED ON A LOT OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DECIDUOUS TREES.

WE CAN SEE THEM IN THE FOREST PRETTY OFTEN.

IF IT WAS ME, I WOULD LET THIS CATERPILLAR DO ITS THING.

YOU'LL SEE IT FORM ONE OF THOSE COCOONS, THEN MAYBE NEXT YEAR, WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MOUTH.

>> I LOVE IT.

THANK YOU, KATE YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE HERE, TERRI.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WESTSIDE.

THEY REMOVED TWO ASH TREES, GOT NEW SOIL, AND THEY FOUND THIS.

WHAT'S THIS?

>> SO, THIS COULD BE THE FIRST QUESTION WE HAD.

YOU HAD SOIL BROUGHT IN, SO YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE HAD SOME SEED IN THIS, BUT I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE FORAGED RESCUES.

REALLY, THE ONLY THING THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO WITH THIS IS USED TO WIPE IS A PRODUCT AND KILL THE WHOLE AREA AND GET RID OF IT.

IF YOU HAVE THIS MIXED AND RECEDE, MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING CERTIFIED SEED SO YOU DON'T HAVE EXTRA WEED SEEDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WHEN YOU RECEDE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO QUESTIONS ON THE NEXT ONE, TERRI.

THIS VIEWER SAYS, THIS IS A SHALLOW-ROOTED GRASS, PULLS UP EASILY.

THERE ARE NO GRUBS.

SHE'S GOT QUALITY GRASS GROWING AROUND IT.

SHE KEEPS BREAKING IT TO GET RID OF IT.SHE WANTS TO SEE THIS --SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO TO GET RID OF THIS AND GET READY FOR SEED.

>> YOU ARE KIND OF DOING THE RIGHT THING.

I BELIEVE THIS IS NOBLE WILL SO, KIND OF A FUNNY NAME OF THE GRASS, NUMBER WILL -- NIMBLE WILL, BUT YOU CAN USE TENACITY TO TRY AND GET RID OF THIS, SPECIFICALLY, AND IT WON'T HURT THE OTHER TURF IN THERE, BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET RID OF THEM ALL, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE ABLE TO SPROUT WHATEVER YOU LEAVE THERE, AND THE ROOTS YOU LEAVE THERE.

SO, TRY TO GET OUT AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN >> AND THE BIRDS USED IT FOR NESTING.

>> YEAH.

THE BIRDS DO USE IT.

THAT MIGHT BE WHERE YOU GOT FROM TOO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FOR THE NEXT ONE, TERRI.

THIS LINCOLN VIEWER HAS A NICE TURF EXCEPT FOR A COUPLE OF FEET NEXT TO THE STREET.

SHE WANTS TO KILL THESE, REPLACED THIS FALL.

LOTS OF DIFFERENT WEEDS, AS SHE SAW SOME GUY SPREAD IT IN THERE.

SO, WHAT DOES SHE KILL, AND WHEN DOES SHE START THE PROCESS TO GET READY FOR FALL SEEDING?

>> I BELIEVE THE HONEY LOCUST IS THEIR NEIGHBOR'S TREE.

IT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF TWO THINGS.

IT COULD BE THE ROOTS.

THEY DO HAVE A SHALLOW ROOT SYSTEM.

SO, IT COULD BE COMING UP FROM THE ROOTS, OR IT COULD BE FROM SEED.

SO, JUST KEEP MOWING THE TREES DOWN.

THE OTHER ONE IS NOT WE I WOULD GO AHEAD WITH YOUR SON, TRY TO DIG THAT OUT RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN TRY TO USE A WAY TO GET RID OF IT WITH THE HERBICIDE TOO.

>> ALL RIGHT, KYLE, THIS IS A HOSTAGE.

THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS WILL.

WE HAD SOME BACK AND FORTH ON THIS.

WHAT DO WE THINK THIS IS?

WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT?

>> I THINK THIS IS ONE WE WE NEED TO SEE MORE OF A SAMPLE.

REALLY, IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE SUNBURN, BUT THEN, A LOT OF SECONDARY STUFF THAT CAME INTO IT.

IT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE, WITH IT ONLY BEING ONE, SO I WONDER IF MAYBE THERE'S A REFLECTION FOR THAT SPOT, MAYBE WE OPEN A WINDOW OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON THIS ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

WE SAW THE SHROOMS.

HER DAUGHTER THOUGHT THEY WERE PANCAKES.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> THAT WAS PROBABLY AN ASHTRAY THERE A FEW YEARS AGO.

THOSE ARE ASH TREE BULLIES, NOT A TRUE BULLY, BUT THE COLUMN THAT, ANYWAY.

ONE OF THE COOL THINGS ABOUT THEM IS IF YOU CUT THEM OPEN, THEY WILL ACTUALLY BRUISE BLUE.

AND SO, CUT THEM OPEN, PINCH THEM, THEY WILL TURN BLUE.

THEY ALSO HAVE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ASH TREE LEAF A FIT.

SO, THEY WILL FORM A SCLEROSING AROUND THE APHID EGGS, AND AS THE APHIDS ARE FEEDING ON THE ASH TREE ROOTS, THOSE MUSHROOMS POP UP IN THE SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE MORE PICTURE.

THIS IS THE SHROOMS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

SAME THING.

DIFFERENT VERSE.

SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

>> YEAH.

HERE, I THINK THIS IS THE SHAGGY LAKE RINGLETS DEMENTIA MUSHROOM.

SO, IT'S ONE ABOUT AMANITA MUSHROOMS.

SHOULD NOT BE POISONOUS OR TOXIC, BUT AGAIN, NEVER CONSUMING MOTION UNLESS YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

>> ALL RIGHT, KYLE, TWO PICKS.

FIRST ONE FOR YOU, JEFF, FROM WEST POINT.

RAN ACROSS THIS PLANT.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH GREENBRIER.

THIS IS CARRION FLOWER.

SO, IT'S RELATED TO THAT.

IT'S, MORE OR LESS, GREENBRIER, AND IT'S A LITTLE UNUSUAL, KIND OF FUN >> ALL RIGHT.THIS IS AN UNUSUAL ONE AS WELL.

NOT OUR USUAL ONE.

IT HAS THORNS.

>> RIGHT RIGHT.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, NORTHEAST NEBRASKA VIEWER ORIGINALLY, AND WHAT IS THIS?

>> THIS IS AN IRRIGATED CATTLE LILY.

ONCE IT FLOWERS, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO TELL WHAT VARIETY IT IS.

IT'LL EITHER BE A PURPLE, WHITE, OR YELLOW FLOWER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICKED UP FOR FREE LAST QUESTION FROM HAMBURG, IOWA.

PINK HYDRANGEA, NOT BLOOMING, LOOKING CRUMMY.

WHAT'S THE DEAL?

>> YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO SOME OF THE OTHER ANSWERS, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE SOIL, BRING IN SOME PEAT MOSS, KIND OF HELP THE SOIL A LITTLE BIT.

MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT TURNING IT IN THE SPRING WHEN THIS COMES ON OLD WOOD MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T DO THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, JEFF.

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

THANK YOU TO OUR AUDIENCE FOR JOINING US HERE ON CITY CAMPUS.

THANKS, OF COURSE, ALSO TO OUR WONDERFUL CREW FROM CAMPBELL'S NURSERY FOR PROVIDING THE PLANTS, AND OUR PANEL FOR A WONDERFUL SHOW.

NEXT WEEK, JOIN US AGAIN, BECAUSE JEFF WILL BE RETURNING TO YOU TO TALK ABOUT THOSE STORM-DAMAGED TREES.

SO, GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

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

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