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TONIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'LL CHECK OUT AN APPLE ORCHARD AT ARBOR DAY FARM AND HEAR ABOUT KEEPING YOUR LAWN GREEN AND LUSH ALL SUMMER LONG.

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

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WITH THAT, WE ALWAYS START WITH QUESTIONS, AND KYLE, YOU ARE FIRST SHOW AT THE NEW SET AND FIRST ON THE DOCKET.

AND YOUR FIRST TWO PICTURES COULD HAVE COME FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THIS IS COUNCIL BLUFFS.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR FOR THIS PARTICULAR MILKWEED.

THE SECOND MILKWEED IS A DIFFERENT SPECIES, DIFFERENT PERSON ON THAT SECOND PICTURE, BUT THE QUESTION, OF COURSE, IS WHAT, IF ANYTHING, TO DO WITH ALL OF THESE APHIDS?

>> YEAH, SO, THEY'RE OLEANDER APHIDS AND I THINK IT DEPENDS ON WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH THE MILKWEED.

IF YOU'RE GROWING THAT TO SORT OF PROVIDE A HOST FOR THOSE MONARCH CATERPILLARS, THEN REALLY, YOU CAN DO -- YOU CAN JUST LEAVE THOSE APHIDS ALONE.

THERE'S ACTUALLY SOME STUDIES THAT HAVE DEMONSTRATED THAT HAD THE PRESENCE OF THOSE APHIDS MAY BE BENEFICIAL FOR MONARCH CATERPILLARS, AND YOU CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT TO TREAT THEM WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE TOO TOXIC OR POTENTIALLY TOXIC TO THE CATERPILLARS AS WELL, SO YOU CAN LEAVE THEM ALONE.

IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT, YOU CAN JUST KNOCK THEM OFF WITH A SPRAY OF WATER OR INSECTICIDAL SOAP, AND THAT WILL KNOCK THE POPULATION BACK QUITE A BIT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, KYLE.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS OMAHA MIDTOWN VIEWER.

HE WAS GOING THROUGH HIS PUMPKINS, CHECKING FOR SQUASH BUG EGGS, AND HE FOUND THESE TINY LITTLE CREATURES.

HE DID SPRAY WITH NEEM OIL EARLIER IN THE MORNING AND THEY DIDN'T DO A THING.

WHAT ARE THEY, AND WILL THEY DO SERIOUS DAMAGE TO HIS PUMPKINS?

>> THEY'RE APHIDS AGAIN, PROBABLY MELON APHIDS.

SO, THEY -- THEY WON'T PROBABLY CAUSE MUCH DIRECT INJURY TO THE PUMPKINS, BUT OF COURSE, APHIDS ALWAYS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO TRANSMIT PATHOGENS, SO YOU KNOW, I KNOW ONE WOULD BE WATERMELON MOSAIC VIRUS.

THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM.

I THINK IT'S NOT AS BIG OF A PROBLEM IN MORE MATURE PLANTS, SO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF MAYBE DEPENDS ON WHERE THOSE PLANTS ARE, BUT KIND OF THE BAD THING ABOUT THAT IS, THEY TRANSMIT THAT IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, POTENTIALLY, SO EVEN IF YOU TREAT THEM, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THEY CAN'T STILL -- THAT WOULDN'T STILL HAVE BEEN TRANSMITTED ALREADY, SO THE NEEM WOULD BE -- SHOULD BE EFFECTIVE, SO YOU CAN JUST KIND OF CONTINUE THOSE TREATMENTS AS NEEDED.

BUT THEY SHOULDN'T CAUSE DIRECT HARM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

ROCH, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE SAID THEY HAD A UTILITIES UPGRADE AND RESEEDED WITH THIS VERY, VERY FINE, SUPER FINE SORT OF BLUISH GRASS.

THEY HAD TALL FESCUE AND BLUEGRASS TO BEGIN WITH.

SHE'S WONDERING WHAT THIS IS AND WHETHER IT IS A KEEPER.

>> WELL NORMALLY, WHEN THEY DO THESE RENOVATIONS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO GERMINATE QUICK, THEY'LL PUT IN ANNUAL RYE GRASS OR PERENNIAL RYE GRASS BECAUSE IT GERMINATES IN THREE TO FIVE DAYS.

AND CLEARLY THAT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DO THIS.

BUT THIS DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANNUAL PERENNIAL RYE GRASS TO ME.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE ONE OF THE FINE FESCUES.

WE DON'T HAVE A GOOD ENOUGH CLOSE-UP TO DEFINE ONE OR THE OTHER, BUT BOTH OF THOSE WOULD BE KEEPERS, EXCEPT THEY ARE NOT GOING TO BE VERY LONG-LIVED IN NEBRASKA, RIGHT?

THEY'RE PRONE TO DISEASES.

THE FINE FESCUES IN THE FULL SUN DON'T DO VERY WELL, BUT THE BLUEGRASS AND THE FESCUE SHOULD FILL IN OKAY, SO.

I'M GOING TO SAY, UNLESS IT'S A BIG GAP.

AND IF THEY WANT TO GO BACK IN AND OVERSEED WITH A DESIRABLE BLUEGRASS IF THEY WANT, BUT RIGHT NOW, I'M GOING TO SAY IT'S ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL RYE GRASS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, ROCH.

THIS IS A VIEWER IN GRAND ISLAND.

HE SAYS, WHAT CAN HE DO TO GET RID OF THIS WEIRD GRASS/WEED THAT'S GROWING IN HIS KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS?

>> YEAH, THAT LOOKS LIKE PROBABLY A WILD BERMUDA GRASS OR PERHAPS A ZOYSIA GRASS, AND I'M LEANING TOWARD ZOYSIA GRASS ONLY BECAUSE OF THE SHORTENED INNER NODES.

OUR LONGER BERMUDAS TEND TO HAVE LONGER NODES OR DISTANCES BETWEEN THE INNER LEAF CLUSTERS.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT'S PROBABLY ZOYSIA GRASS AND ESPECIALLY WHEN IT GOES OFF COLOR AFTER THE FIRST FROTH, THAT WOULD SAY DEFINITELY WHAT IT IS.

THERE'S LITTLE REALLY SPOT SPRAY WITH GLYPHOSATE BASED PRODUCTS.

AVOID THE ONES THAT CONTAIN A LONG RESIDUAL IN THEM.

HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A PERENNIAL, LITERALLY, A PERENNIAL PROBLEM ONCE IT'S IN THE SPACE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, ROCH.

LOREN, IT'S SHROOM TIME, AND YOU HAVE FOUR QUESTIONS IN THIS FIRST ROUND.

LET'S SEE WHAT WE'VE GOT.

THE FIRST ONE HERE IS THIS IS GROWING IN HER SNAKE PLANT.

SHOULD SHE DIG IT OUT, AND IS IT GOOD OR BAD?

THIS IS IN THE HOUSE.

>> FIRST OF ALL, I DON'T LIKE THE NAME OF THE PLANT.

>> I KNOW.

>> ISN'T IT ALSO KNOWN AS MOTHER-IN-LAW'S TONGUE?

>> YES, IT IS.

>> I BELIEVE SO.

THERE'S SOMETHING THERE.

OKAY.

THIS ONE IS JUST --I THINK IT'S THE EARLY STAGE OF A DEVELOPING -- SOME SORT OF FUNGUS.

I'M GUESSING THOSE ARE GOING TO COME OUT AND CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND PRODUCE A SMALL MUSHROOM.

CAN'T REALLY TELL WHAT THEY ARE FROM THE PHOTO, BUT IF YOU HAVE INDOOR PETS, I WOULD JUST SURELY REMOVE THOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR SECOND ONE IS A SIOUX CITY, IOWA, VIEWER.

SHE THINKS THIS IS A MUSHROOM.

WHAT IS IT?

>> THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL.

THOSE ARE EARTH STARS.

IF YOU LOOK AT THEM, YOU CAN KIND OF TELL WHY THEY'RE NAMED THAT, AND THAT CENTER IS JUST FULL OF SPORES.

THEY'RE LIKE A PUFF BALL IN THE MIDDLE AND THAT'S JUST HOW THEY SPREAD WHEN THEY'RE MATURE.

IN THAT OPENING, THE SPORES WILL COME OUT, JUST A DECOMPOSER IN THE MULCH.

>> FUN.

AND YOUR THIRD ONE COMES TO US FROM WEST OF CARNY.

NO QUESTION.

SHE WANTED TO SHARE A PICTURE OF THIS FUNGUS.

THE BIG ONE IS ONLY A QUARTER OF AN INCH ACROSS.

WHAT'S THIS?

>> THIS IS INTERESTING.

ALL OF OUR VIEWERS HAVE SEEN THIS -- HAVE PICTURES OF SLIME MOLDS.

THIS IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SLIME MOLD, ACTUALLY.

THIS IS WOLF'S MILK SLIME MOLD IF YOU LOOK THAT UP.

I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE YOU THE SCIENTIFIC NAME, BUT LOOK THAT UP, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO READ MORE ABOUT IT.

IT'S A REALLY INTERESTING LITTLE GUY.

>> AND ONE MORE.

THIS ONE, THEY SAID THIS MUSHROOM-LIKE GROWTH, THEY THINK THIS IS BIRD'S NEST FUNGUS.

IS IT, AND SHOULD THEY GET RID OF IT?

>> THIS IS SO COMMON IN OUR MULCH BEDS, AND THEY'RE RIGHT, THIS IS A BIRD'S NEST FUNGUS AND YOU CAN TELL IT JUST LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE PERIDIOLES, THESE ARE LITTLE RESISTANT STRUCTURES THAT CAN SPREAD LIKE SEEDS INSIDE OF THOSE LITTLE NESTS OR THE SPORULATION STRUCTURE.

NOT REALLY ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING RID OF.

JUST ENJOY IT.

>> THANK YOU, LOREN.

KELLY, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES FROM LARAMIE, WYOMING.

AND SO, HE HAS THIS CRAB APPLE, LIME GREEN COLORING NOW.

DOESN'T LOOK AS HEALTHY AS IT USED TO, USED TO PRODUCE LOTS OF BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS AND LOADS OF LITTLE CRABAPPLES.

HARDLY ANYTHING NOW.

>> WELL, IT'S CLEARLY CHLOROTIC WHEN YOU HAVE THOSE YELLOW LEAVES AND THE DARKER GREEN VEINS.

AND THAT'S USUALLY A LACK OF IRON, MANGANESE, ZINC.

ONE OF THOSE THREE.

NOT SUPER COMMON.

I SEE IT IN CRABAPPLES, BUT IT'S NOT SUPER COMMON IN CRABAPPLES.

AND AS SEVERE AS THAT IS, IT MAKES ME WONDER IF THERE'S NOT SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THE ROOTS, AN INJURY TO THE TRUNK, A CANKER ON THE TRUNK, SOMETHING THAT'S PREVENTING THOSE NUTRIENTS MOVING FROM THE SOIL, BECAUSE IT'S RARELY A LACK OF THE NUTRIENTS IN THE SOIL, AND MOVING UP TO THOSE LEAVES, ESPECIALLY IF IT WAS FINE TWO, THREE YEARS AGO.

AND IT WAS FINE.

I CAN'T SAY WHAT'S GOING ON.

YOU CAN TRY TO TREAT IT.

YOU COULD TRY TO GIVE IT A TREATMENT WITH ONE OF THE MICRONUTRIENT SOLUTIONS.

I KNOW THE NEBRASKA FOREST SERVICE HAS A GREAT PUBLICATION ON TREATMENT OF CHLOROSIS IN TREES FOR WESTERN NEBRASKA, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK FOR THAT, BEING IN WYOMING.

AND YOU CAN GIVE THAT A TRY.

BUT IF THERE'S A ROOT OR A TRUNK PROBLEM, IT LIKELY WILL CONTINUE TO GET WORSE AND POSSIBLY DECLINE.

>> LL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KELLY.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS VIEWER WONDERS WHAT THIS PLANT IS IN HER YARD.

WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT IT?

>> OKAY WELL, THIS IS ROYAL PAULOWNIA OR EMPRESS TREE, PRINCESS TREE.

I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE A SHRUB, BUT IT'S PROBABLY BEEN PRUNED BACK A NUMBER OF TIMES.

IT' S JUST SUCKERING UP AND LOOKING LIKE A SHRUB.

IT'S NOT A GOOD TREE.

IT IS -- IT WAS INTRODUCED PROBABLY IN THE 18 -- MID-1800s SOMETIME, FROM CHINA.

BUT IT'S ONE THAT'S AGGRESSIVE.

IT CAN BE AN AGGRESSIVE SPREADER.

IT'S NOT LISTED -- IT'S NOT A NOXIOUS WEED IN NEBRASKA, BUT IT IS A NOXIOUS WEED IN SOME OTHER STATES.

SO SOMETIMES, THEY'RE SOLD IN MAGAZINES.

DON'T BUY IT.

DON'T -- IT'S NOT CATALPA.

GO AHEAD AND PLANT CATALPA.

BUT, DON'T PLANT PAULOWNIA TOMENTOSA.

>>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU KELLY.

WELL, LAST WEEK, WE TOOK A TOUR OF HARRIS PRAIRIE AT ARBOR DAY FARM.

AND TONIGHT WE'RE GOING TO RETURN TO THE FARM AND CHECK OUT THEIR WONDERFUL APPLE ORCHARD.

THEY HAVE SEVERAL VARIETIES AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THAT AND WHAT IT TAKES TO GROW APPLES IN NEBRASKA.

♪♪ >>> SO, TODAY, WE'RE OUT HERE AT THE ORCHARD AT ARBOR DAY FARM.

BEHIND ME IS WHAT'S CALLED THE CIDER BLOCK.

THEY'RE NOT TYPICALLY FRESH EATING APPLES.

THEY'RE APPLES YOU WON'T FIND IN THE STORE.

OR THAT YOU'LL FIND AVAILABLE ON OUR SHELF IN THE APPLE HOUSE.

SO, IN THE CIDER ORCHARD, WE HAVE TEN DIFFERENT ROWS OF TEN DIFFERENT VARIETIES.

AND I'VE CHOSEN THESE VARIETIES BECAUSE THEY MAKE BETTER, SPECIFICALLY, BETTER CIDER AND MORE SPECIFICALLY BETTER HARD CIDER.

THESE APPLES AREN'T AS SWEET AS THE NORMAL EATING APPLE THAT'S BRED TO BE, YOU KNOW, JUICY AND DELICIOUS, LIKE HONEY CRISP, FUJI, GALA.

THESE APPLES TYPICALLY HAVE A DRIER TASTE TO THEM.

THEY'RE NOT AS SWEET, MAYBE NOT AS CRUNCHY, BUT THEY HAVE BITTERSWEET, SHARP NOTES.

THEY HAVE MORE TANNINS, MORE FERMENTABLE SUGARS, ALL THOSE SORT OF COMPLEX FLAVORS THAT MAKE IT A BETTER CIDER APPLE.

SO, THE VARIETY BEHIND ME IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.

IT'S CALLED GOLDEN RUSSET.

YOU CAN FIND GOLDEN RUSSET IN NURSERIES.

THEY ARE A GREAT EATING APPLE, BUT THEY MAKE AN EVEN BETTER CIDER APPLE.

THEY'RE VERY UNIQUE BECAUSE WHEN THEY GET TO BE MATURE, THEY'LL HAVE A VERY ROUGH SKIN, ALMOST LIKE A SAND PAPER OR A CAT'S TONGUE, AND WHAT THIS DOES IS HOLDS NATURAL YEAST AND HAS A LOT OF FERMENTABLE SUGAR ON THE SKIN ITSELF.

SO, THEY MAKE A REALLY GOOD HARD CIDER AND CIDER VARIETY.

SO, A LOT OF THESE CIDER VARIETIES ARE CONSIDERED HEIRLOOM VARIETIES OR ANTIQUE APPLES.

APPLES ORIGINATED FROM EUROPE.

NO APPLE IS ORIGINAL TO AMERICA.

MALIS DOMESTICA ORIGINATED IN EUROPE, IN KAZAKHSTAN, SO EVERYONE HAD TO BRING THEIR APPLES OVER, AND BACK IN THE EARLY 1800s, THE SETTLERS WERE PLANTING THESE TYPE OF HEIRLOOM APPLES BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT EXISTED BACK IN THE DAY BEFORE HONEY CRISP, BEFORE FUJI, BEFORE GALA, SO THESE APPLES HAVE BEEN AROUND AND GROWN FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS, AND PEOPLE ARE JUST NOW BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT THEY ARE REALLY GOOD-TASTING, AND THEY MAKE GREAT CIDER.

YARLINGTON MILL, GOLDEN RUSSET, HEIRLOOM VARIETIES, BUT I HAVE THEM PLANTED EN MASSE, ABOUT FOUR ACRES FOR PURPOSEFUL CIDER PRODUCTION.

>> THANKS TO BEN AND MARK LAST WEEK FOR INVITING US OUT TO TOUR THE FARM.

AND OF COURSE, THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT ACTIVITIES OUT THERE AS WELL AS BEING ABLE TO COME HOME WITH A BASKET OF APPLES.

I HAPPEN TO BE A REAL APPLE LOVER.

ON OCCASION, I LIKE MINE IN A PIE WITH A LOT OF SUGAR AS OPPOSED TO JUST OFF THE TREE.

WE HAD A DOG WHO USED TO JUST GO PICK THE APPLES OFF AND EAT THE APPLES OFF OUR TREES.

YEAH.

REALLY STRANGE.

ON THAT NOTE, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE, KYLE.

THIS IS IN OMAHA.

SHE HAS NOTICED THESE WHITE SPOTS ON HER NORTHERN MAGNOLIA BRANCHES LAST YEAR.

IT'S GOTTEN A LOT WORSE THIS YEAR.

PLEASE HELP WITH A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM.

SHE SAYS THE TREE APPEARS QUITE HEALTHY, OTHER THAN THE SPOTS.

>> YEP.

THEY ARE THE NOTORIOUS MAGNOLIA SCALE.

SO, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ONE OF OUR LARGEST SOFT SCALES, AND THEY CAN -- THEY CAN BE QUITE PROBLEMATIC FOR MAGNOLIAS SO DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU WANT TO GET A HANDLE ON.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT SCALES.

THEY'RE REALLY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL, AND SO YOU KNOW, REALLY REQUIRES AN INTEGRATED APPROACH.

SO, ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS YOU CAN DO, REALLY ANY TIME, IS GO OUT AND JUST SCRUB OFF ANYTHING THAT YOU CAN PHYSICALLY REACH.

YOU CAN JUST TAKE A DISH PAD, SCRUB THOSE OFF.

THE BEST TIME TO PROBABLY DO THAT WOULD BE, LIKE, JUNE, AS THOSE FEMALES ARE MATURING BEFORE THE LITTLE TINY CRAWLERS ARE PRESENT, BECAUSE THEY'RE REALLY EASY TO MISS WITH THAT, SO YOU WANT TO SORT OF GET THE LARGE FEMALES BEFORE THEY HAVE EGGS OR LITTLE CRAWLERS UNDER THEM.

SO, RIGHT ABOUT NOW WOULD BE WHEN THEY'RE PRODUCING THE EGGS, AND THOSE CRAWLERS ARE GOING TO BE EMERGING REALLY THROUGHOUT AUGUST, SO NOW, WE'RE COMING INTO AUGUST, WOULD BE THE TIME YOU WANT TO -- IF YOU'RE GOING TO TREAT THEM WITH A CONTACT INSECTICIDE, THIS WOULD BE THE TIME TO DO IT HERE IN THE NEXT PROBABLY FEW WEEKS.

SO, YOU CAN PUT SOME, LIKE, DOUBLE-SIDED STICKY TAPE AROUND SOME OF THOSE BRANCHES TO MONITOR FOR THE EMERGENCE OF THE CRAWLERS.

THE GOOD THING ABOUT THESE IS THEY'RE SO LARGE THAT THE CRAWLERS CAN BE SEEN RELATIVELY WELL, AND SO ONCE YOU SEE THOSE, THEN YOU CAN HIT IT WITH PYRETHROIDS, CARPORAL, INSECTICIDAL SOAP, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE PERFECTLY FINE.

YOU NEED TO GET REALLY THOROUGH COVERAGE, AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THE FINAL THING WOULD BE USING A SYSTEMIC INSECTICIDE.

AND SO, THAT WOULD BE A NEONICOTINOID YOU CAN APPLY AS LIKE, A SOIL DRENCH.

THAT TAKES IT UP, IT MOVES THROUGH THE PLANT, AND THEN THAT, BASICALLY, ALL LIFE STAGES ARE SUSCEPTIBLE AS THEY'RE FEEDING ON THE SAP THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO USUALLY, THE TIME TO DO THAT IF YOU USE SOMETHING LIKE IMIDACLOPRID WOULD BE IN MAY AFTER THE PETALS HAVE FALLEN.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KYLE.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS CAME TO US FROM HALSEY NATIONAL FOREST.

THIS GUY WAS 1 3/4 LONG, AND THEY'RE JUST WONDERING WHAT HE IS, OR SHE.

>> YEAH, IT'S A LONG-HORNED BEETLE.

PROBABLY, I WOULD SAY, PRIONUS FISSICORNUS, BUT DEFINITELY A PRIONUS SPECIES.

THEY'RE MOSTLY ROOT FEEDERS, AND SO THAT ONE GENERALLY FEEDS ON -- FEEDS ON GRASSROOTS, BUT IT'S A LONG-HORNED BEETLE.

>> AND ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE ALSO.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM GRAND ISLAND BUT COULD COME FROM ANYWHERE.

THEY'VE BEEN SEEING GREEN JUNE BEETLES IN DROVES IN THE GARDEN, AND DOING WHAT THEY THINK IS DAMAGE.

SO, WHAT DO YOU DO TO GET RID OF THEM?

>> YEAH, IT IS A GREEN JUNE BEETLE.

AND YOU KNOW, IF THE GREEN JUNE BEETLES ARE CAUSING PROBLEMS, YOU CAN PROTECT THE PLANTS PRETTY WELL WITH CARBARYL, SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT I WOULD DO IF THEY'RE, LIKE, ON, YOU KNOW, FRUIT OR A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF YOUR GARDEN PLANTS.

THAT HAS A PRETTY SHORT POST-HARVEST INTERVAL SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD OPTION AND SHOULD BE FAIRLY EFFECTIVE, BUT THEY SHOULD REALLY BE WINDING DOWN ABOUT NOW, AND SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, YOU MAY NOT REALLY NEED TO NECESSARILY DO ANYTHING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, KYLE.

ROCH, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO LOVES THE SHOW, BY THE WAY.

IT'S POPPING UP BOTH ALONG HIS FENCE AND THROUGHOUT HIS TURF AS WE CAN SEE HERE.

HE'S LINCOLN AND RESIDENTIAL.

WHAT DO WE THINK THIS IS?

>> SO THIS IS SPANISH NEEDLES, AND IT'S AN ANNUAL, BUT IT COMES BACK EVERY YEAR, PRIMARILY FROM SEED.

PROLIFIC SEEDER, VERY SMALL SEEDS, SEED CAN MOVE IN WATER, IT CAN MOVE ANY NUMBER OF WAYS, SO THAT'S WHY YOU'RE SEEING THE KIND OF INVASION THAT YOU SEE THERE.

AND A REALLY NICE PICTURE, THREE PICTURES THAT MADE IT REALLY PRETTY EASY TO IDENTIFY.

AND SO, ACTUALLY, IT'S REALLY RELATIVELY EASY TO CONTROL WITH THE PRE- EMERGENT.

NOW TERRI JAMES TRIED BARRICADE OR PRODIAMINE, SHE DIDN'T HAVE MUCH LUCK.

BUT THEN I LOOKED IT UP WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THIS PRIOR TO THE SHOW, AND APPARENTLY THE DITHIOPYR, OR THE DIMENSION PRODUCT, OR PENDIMETHALIN- BASED PRODUCTS WHICH ARE READILY AVAILABLE AT A GARDEN STORE DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB.

PRE-EMERGENT, POST-EMERGENT, ANY OF THE BROADLEAF HERBICIDES, YOU KNOW, PAYING ATTENTION TO THE LABEL, ET CETERA, SHOULD DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB KNOCKING 'EM BACK.

CATCH 'EM WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG, SINCE IT IS AN ANNUAL.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, ROCH.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

SHE HAS THIS DRY PATCH IN HER YARD.

SHE THINKS IT'S A FUNGUS, AND YES, IT'S IN TURF, SO YOU GOT IT INSTEAD OF LOREN.

THEY'VE BEEN TREATING IT WITH A BIOADVANCED FUNGUS CONTROL, ONE APPLICATION.

THEY GOT SOME OTHER ONES AND DID TWO APPLICATIONS, AND IT ISN'T GETTING ANY BETTER.

>> SO, WHENEVER YOU PUT ON TWO DIFFERENT FUNGICIDES -- AND I LOOKED THEM UP -- AND THEY'RE TWO DIFFERENT MODES OF ACTION, AND BOTH ARE RELATIVELY BROAD SPECTRUM, AND YOU'RE NOT GETTING ANY CONTROL, GENERALLY IT'S EITHER GONNA BE ONE OF TWO THINGS -- IT'S GONNA BE NECROTIC RING SPOT OR SUMMER PATCH, BECAUSE THOSE NEED TO BE CONTROLLED INTO MARCH AND APRIL -- OR APPLIED IN MARCH AND APRIL.

BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW THE CHARACTERISTIC PATTERNS, SO THEN YOU START WONDERING IF MAYBE IT'S NOT AN INSECT.

AND WE -- WE BOUNCED THAT AROUND FOR A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

BUT WHEN I LOOK AT THOSE LEAVES THAT WERE DEAD AND CLOSE TO THE GROUND, IF YOU COULD PULL UP ON THEM AND THEY READILY PULL OFF, IT COULD BE GRUBS.

YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE STARTING TO SHOW THEIR INJURY RIGHT NOW.

OR IT COULD EVEN BE SOD WEBWORM 'CAUSE IT APPEARED THAT THE TALL FESCUE WAS LESS AFFECTED THAN THE KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS.

SO NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE DIAGNOSTICS ON 'EM, AND TELL US WHETHER THE ROOTS PULL UP OR NOT, AND IF THEY DON'T, LOOK FOR CRITTERS.

>> AND I DO I HOPE THAT VIEWER, IF THEY ARE MISSING THEIR GLASSES, LOOK AT THEIR OWN PICTURE BECAUSE THE GLASSES ARE LYING IN THE FRONT YARD.

>> OH, THEY ARE.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> ALL RIGHT, LOREN, YOU HAVE THREE RIGHT THERE.

THERE THEY ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.

>> THAT'S FUNNY.

>> LOREN, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE -- ON YOUR FIRST ONE HERE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM ASHLAND.

SHE HAS A 22-YEAR-OLD SPRUCE.

THEY WERE OUT OF TOWN FOR THREE WEEKS, AND THEN THEY FOUND ALL SORTS OF BROWN NEEDLES HALFWAY UP, AND THEN THEY'VE FALLEN OFF.

YOU CAN SEE THEM ALL OVER THE GROUND ON THAT ONE.

AND SHE SAID THE DAMAGE DOES EXTEND AROUND TO THE FRONT ABOUT HALFWAY, AND MORE INFORMATION THAT IT'S REALLY KIND OF ALL THROUGH THE TREE.

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THIS PICTURE THAT'S SHOWING RIGHT NOW IS SOMETHING THAT KEYS IN ON THE IDEA OF A NEEDLE CAST DISEASE, BECAUSE THE NEW GROWTH ISN'T AFFECTED, AND IT'S LAST YEAR'S NEEDLES THAT ARE BEING IMPACTED.

SO, I DO BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF THE NEEDLE CASTS.

IT'S ALSO ON A SIDE, THE WHOLE TREE IS NOT AFFECTED.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD BE MORE IN A SHADY AREA BY THE HOUSE.

SO, THAT COULD VERY LIKELY BE A NEEDLE CAST.

NOW, THAT SAID, NEEDLE CAST DISEASES ARE VERY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE, BECAUSE THEY SPORULATE FOR LONG TERMS OF TIME, SO I WOULD RECOMMEND, IN THIS CASE, IF THEY REALLY WANT TO TRY TO KIND OF CONTROL THAT, TO TAKE AND SEND A SAMPLE IN SO WE KNOW WHICH NEEDLE CAST IT IS TO TRY TO HELP APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT STRATEGY FOR IT.

IT WON'T KILL THE TREE.

IT WILL JUST THIN IT OUT, SO EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T DO ANYTHING, IT MAY JUST THIN IT OUT SOME, AND IF HE COULD GET SOME MORE AIR MOVEMENT IN THAT AREA WHERE IT'S BEEN AFFECTED, I THINK HE MAY BE OKAY WITHOUT EVEN MAKING A FUNGICIDE APPLICATION.

>> IS THIS THE TYPICAL TIME TO SEE THAT?

BECAUSE WE GOT THIS FROM ANOTHER VIEWER AS WELL.

>> YEAH, YOU WOULD SEE IT -- YOU WOULD TEND TO SEE IT NOW BECAUSE THE INFECTIONS OCCUR, EVEN LAST YEAR, BUT THEN AS THE -- THOSE BRANCHES ELONGATE AND THOSE NEEDLES ARE -- THAT INFECTION CONTINUES, AND THEN THEY DROP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM COLORADO.

SHE TRIMMED HER LILAC IN THE SPRING AFTER IT FLOWERED, AND THEN THE LEAVES ARE CURLING, AND THEN THERE ARE LOTS OF BROWN SPOTS ON THEM.

>> YEAH, SO, THIS -- THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BACTERIAL LEAF SPOT OF LILAC, AND WE COULD GO DOWN THAT PATH WITH THIS.

BUT THE WILTING LEAVES, AND LOOKING AT THE PICTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME LARGER STEMS IN THE BACKGROUND, AND IF THAT IS THE LILAC, I'M WONDERING IF THIS ISN'T AN OLDER LILAC THAT MAYBE EVEN HAS A BORE OR SOMETHING WITH THE WILTING OF THE BRANCH, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE REALLY UNUSUAL TO SEE WILTING FROM OUR FOLIAR DISEASES.

I MEAN, YOU COULD HAVE SOME SORT OF A BRAZILIAN WILT OR SOMETHING, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT'S AN OLDER LILAC, AND MAYBE THEY HAVE SOME INJURY FROM OTHER THINGS.

AND I WOULDN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT THE SPOTS AS MUCH AS I WOULD THE WILT ON THAT.

>> SO, MAYBE SHE NEEDS TO SEND US -- >> I WOULD CHECK THAT OUT, LOOK TO SEE IF YOU SEE ANY EVIDENCE OF BORE ACTIVITY IF THEY'RE ON OLDER, LARGER STEMS IN THERE.

AND THEN ARE THEY USING THAT THIRD RULE TO PULL OUT THE LARGER STEMS, IF THEY WANT TO SHAPE THEIR LILAC THAT WAY.

>> GREAT, THANK YOU, LOREN.

KELLY, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM ALLIANCE.

THIS LINDEN APPEARS TO BE DYING, AND IT HAS ODD GREEN GROWTHS, AND IT HAS THIS OLD WOUND, AND IT WAS PLANTED BIG.

AND IS THIS A GONER?

DO WE REALLY CARE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH WHATEVER THIS IS?

>> OKAY, WELL, WE HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS WITH THIS ONE, AND WE DID FIND OUT THAT IT WAS ALMOST 12 FEET TALL WHEN IT WAS PLANTED, AND THAT IS A VERY LARGE TREE TO PLANT.

IT'S A HIGH RISK TO PLANT THOSE, AND THEN IT SOUNDS LIKE IT HAD THE WOUND ON THE TRUNK TO BEGIN WITH.

IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS BALLED IN BURLAP, AND THAT THE BURLAP WAS NOT REMOVED WHEN IT WAS PLANTED.

SO IT KIND OF HAD EVERYTHING GOING AGAINST IT TO BEGIN WITH, AND I THINK IT'S BEEN IN, LIKE, EIGHT YEARS, SO IT DID OKAY FOR A WHILE.

I'M GUESSING MAYBE THE DROUGHT YEARS KINDA WERE THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL'S BACK, AND NOT MUCH HOPE FOR THIS TREE.

AND IN THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW, TRY TO START SMALL.

I KNOW PEOPLE LIKE THOSE BIG TREES WHEN THEY PLANT THEM, BUT A SMALLER TREE WILL CATCH UP AND SURPASS THAT LARGER TREE AND PROBABLY HAVE FEWER PROBLEMS OVER THE COURSE OF ITS LIFETIME.

>> RIGHT.

EXACTLY.

AND ESPECIALLY WITH BALLED AND BURLAPPED, YOU CAN'T REALLY TELL WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE ROOT MASS.

>> RIGHT, MM-HM.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KELLY.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM GRAND ISLAND.

THIS PARTICULAR VIEWER PURCHASED TWO FOREST PANSY REDBUDS FROM THE SAME NURSERY.

VIEWERS, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, IT'S ONE THAT HAS PURPLE FOLIAGE, OR IS SUPPOSED TO.

THEY'RE IN THE -- ONE IS IN BEATRICE AND THE OTHER'S IN GRAND ISLAND.

HE'S SAYING THAT HIS MOTHER'S, WHICH IS IN BEATRICE, THE LEAVES ARE DEEP PURPLE, AND HIS ARE MORE GREEN, AND THEY'RE ALL TORN UP.

SO, WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING ON HERE?

>> WELL, I THINK IT'S THE MICROCLIMATE OR THE DIFFERENCE IN THE -- WHAT WE CALL "MICROCLIMATES" FROM BEATRICE TO GRAND ISLAND.

AND WHERE THIS ONE IS, IT'S A YOUNG TREE, AND IN LOOKING AT THAT, IT HAS THAT LIGHT-COLORED PAVERS AROUND IT, THEY MIGHT BE REFLECTING SOME HEAT AND SO ON.

AND THIS TREE IS KNOWN -- YOU DO SEE IT WILL BE PURPLE AND GREEN, AND IF IT DOES HAVE GREEN IN IT, A LOT OF TIMES, THAT IS HEAT STRESS.

SO, I THINK IT'S JUST A DIFFERENCE, YOU KNOW, COMPARE YOUR MOM'S SITE, COMPARE WITH THIS SITE, AND ALSO, THE LEAVES ARE SO TATTERED, IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE THEY MAYBE WERE SCORCHED.

SO THE EDGES TURNED BROWN, AND THAT WEAK TISSUE JUST DROPPED OUT OR THE WIND KNOCKED IT OUT.

SO I THINK IT'S JUST -- IT'S PRETTY YOUNG, IT'S STRESSED.

AND GOOD THAT YOU HAVE ORGANIC MULCH THERE AND NOT MORE ROCKS, AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL ADJUST AND ADAPT AND DO FINE DOWN THE ROAD, AND MAYBE ALL BE PURPLE.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, KELLY.

WELL, BEFORE WE GO TO BREAK, LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR FROM GANNON RUSH FROM UNL'S HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FOR THIS WEEK'S TERRIBLE WEATHER FORECAST.

>> THANKS, KIM.

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO GET OUTSIDE AND ENJOY THE PHENOMENAL WEATHER THIS PAST WEEKEND.

THERE'S NO SUBTLE WAY TO PUT THIS, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE A TOASTY ONE THIS WEEK.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 90s THROUGH MONDAY, AND A FEW PLACES OUT WEST COULD HIT TRIPLE DIGITS.

ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, MUCH OF THE STATE WILL BE NEAR 100 DEGREES.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT SEEMS LIKE THE HEAT'S GOING TO STICK AROUND UNTIL EARLY AUGUST.

ADDING INSULT TO INJURY, CHANCES FOR RAIN ARE LIMITED.

A FEW SCATTERED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND, WITH ONE ON SATURDAY NIGHT THAT COULD BRING A HALF INCH OF RAIN TO THE VALENTINE AREA.

THERE IS A SWATH FROM COOK UP TO THE NORTH-CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE THAT COULD BE BONE DRY THIS WEEK.

AND THAT'S YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU, KIM.

>> THANKS, GANNON.

YOU KNOW, IT'S TIME FOR A BREAK.

STAY TUNED.

THERE IS MUCH MORE "BACKYARD FARMER" COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

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

COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL SHARE SOME TIPS ON KEEPING YOUR TURF GREEN AND LUSH THROUGHOUT THE HOT SUMMER.

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

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

AND OF COURSE, NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

KELLY, WE HAVE CHANGED EVERYTHING, BUT NOT WHERE WE START, SO YOU ARE FIRST UP.

ARE YOU READY?

>> I'M READY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WHAT IS A SAFE FERTILIZER THAT CAN BE USED AROUND PLANTS THAT WE EAT, ESPECIALLY HERBS?

>> WELL, AS FAR AS I KNOW, THEY SHOULD ALL BE SAFE.

THE ONES I'D BE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT WOULD MAYBE BE SOME OF THE MANURES.

THEY SHOULD BE WELL ROTTED, AND WE ONLY RECOMMEND APPLYING THEM IN THE FALL BECAUSE OF E. COLI, SALMONELLA, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER THEY SHOULD PINCH THEIR COLEUS FLOWERS OFF NOW IF THEY WANT TO TAKE CUTTINGS FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> DEFINITELY PINCH THE FLOWERS OFF.

WE TYPICALLY SAY DEAD-HEAD THE FLOWERS.

IF YOU WANT TO TAKE CUTTINGS OF THE LEAVES, YOU CAN DO THAT NOW, OR YOU CAN DO IT LATER IN THE SEASON AS WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO OVERWINTERED A ROSEMARY.

LOOKS NICE BUT IT'S NOT GROWING.

SHOULD THEY FERTILIZE IT OR CHANGE THE SOIL?

OR BOTH?

>> I WOULD CHANGE THE SOIL.

WE DON'T USUALLY DO A LOT OF FERTILIZING OF HERBS, NECESSARILY, BUT I WOULD CHANGE THE SOIL TO FRESH SOIL, AND THAT SHOULD HAVE SOME -- MOST OF THEM HAVE SOME NUTRIENTS IN IT, IF IT IS NEEDED.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

[ THUNDER ] AND WE ARE OUT OF TIME FOR YOU.

THERE'S THE LIGHTNING.

YOU READY, LOREN?

[ LAUGHTER ] WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?

>> JUST SO MUCH GOING ON HERE.

IT'S SUCH A NEAT SET NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> IT'S FUN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU READY?

>> YES, I'M READY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FIRST ONE, WE DON'T -- OH, THIS IS FROM DECATUR, THEY ARE WONDERING WHAT IS A FUNGAL MAT?

THEY HEARD ABOUT THIS IN REFERENCE TO OAK WILT.

>> A FUNGAL MAT.

>> A FUNGAL MAT.

>> WELL, A LOT OF TIMES -- >> IT IS A LIGHTNING ROUND QUESTION.

>> A LOT OF TIMES, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FUNGAL MATS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE IF YOU SAW A WOVEN CARPET AND IT'S ALL THAT MYCELIA GROWING TOGETHER THAT FORMS A MAT.

THAT WOULD BE WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO, SOMETHING CALLED A FUNGAL MAT.

MUCH LIKE A FLOOR MAT.

FUNGAL MAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANY TREATMENT FOR HACKBERRY MOSAIC VIRUS?

>> CUT THE TREE DOWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> WITH A CHAINSAW.

>> WITH A CHAINSAW.

>> OR JUST LET IT GO AND ENJOY IT.

IT'S JUST GOT THE LITTLE SPECKS ON THE LEAVES.

IT'S PRETTY.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE A LOT OF VIEWERS WHO HAVE THOSE MUSHROOMS AND FUNGI WONDERING IF THEY HAVE SO MANY THIS YEAR, DOES THAT MEAN THEY HAVE SO MANY NEXT YEAR?

>> MAYBE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER -- >> WEATHER DEPENDENT.

>> -- WONDERING HOW DO SHROOM FRUITING BODIES APPEAR TEN FEET UP IN A LIVING TREE?

>> OH, THAT'S FASCINATING.

SINCE THE CLOUD WENT, I CAN TALK ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE NOW.

IT'S FORMING OUT OF, LIKE, THE -- WHERE A BRANCH WAS OR SOMETHING, SO IT WILL GROW INSIDE THE TREE.

THE TREE IS DEAD IN THE MIDDLE, AND IT'S COLONIZING THAT AND COMING OUT WHERE A BRANCH USED TO BE, OFTEN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> BEFORE YOU COME TO ME, SO ISN'T THE LARGEST ORGANISM IN THE WORLD A FUNGAL MAT?

>> YES, IT IS.

>> THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

>> LARGEST ORGANISM IN THE WORLD, YES.

>> THERE WE GO.

>> SOME OF THE FUNGI THAT ARE IN FOREST ARE THOUSANDS OF ACRES, SAME ORGANISM.

>> COOL.

>> ALL RIGHT, ROCH, YOU READY?

>> SURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

CAN YOU BUY -- THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW IF THEY CAN BUY A LITTLE CKET OF GRASS SEED.

>> NOT THAT I KNOW OF.

I MEAN, BASICALLY, YOU GET A POUND OR PROBABLY A POUND IS THE SMALLEST YOU CAN GET.

>> ALL RIGHT.

DO ALL GRASSES HAVE LEAF BLADES?

>> YES.

>> THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW, CAN THEY JUST FLAT OUT STOP MOWING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT?

>> IF IT'S HOT AND NOT GROWING, THEN CERTAINLY NOT MOWING IS AN OPTION, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU DON'T, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S DROUGHT STRESS FROM WILT BECAUSE YOU CAN CAUSE DAMAGE WITH THE MOWER WHEELS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WILL KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS GROW UNDERWATER?

>> I HAVE NO IDEA.

I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU WOULD WANT IT TO GROW UNDERWATER.

>> THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER THEY CAN FERTILIZE NOW IN THE HEAT FOR THAT YELLOW GRASS USING IRON?

>> IT'S NOT RECOMMENDED WITH THE QUICK RELEASES BUT THERE ARE SOME SLOW RELEASE FORMS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GRUB CONTROL PRODUCTS THAT ARE -- CAN EFFECTIVELY GREEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A NELSON VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER BERMUDA GRASS WILL WORK THIS FAR NORTH.

>> NO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

OKAY, KYLE, YOU HAVE SIX TO BEAT HERE.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US -- LET'S SEE, NOT SURE WHERE THIS VIEWER IS FROM.

THEY'RE WONDERING WHETHER THEY CAN USE AN APHID SPRAY ON THOSE APHIDS THAT IS ONE PART EACH OF BLUE DAWN, ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL AND VINEGAR TO A GALLON OF WATER.

>> THAT'S A NEW ONE FOR ME.

SO, I'M -- I'M NOT SURE.

I'VE HEARD OF ISOPROPYL FOR, LIKE, MEALY BUGS, KIND OF LIKE WITH A COTTON SWAB OR SOMETHING, BUT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT COMBINATION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A PAPILLION VIEWER WHO IS SAYING IT'S THE INVASION OF THE MILLIPEDES.

HOW DO THEY GET RID OF THEM, AND ARE THEY DAMAGING?

THEY'RE IN THE HOUSE.

>> YEAH, SEAL UP YOUR HOUSE, I GUESS.

FIND ANY LITTLE CRACKS AND TRY TO SEAL THEM UP.

THEY'RE NOT DAMAGING.

YEAH, SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS AND IT'S JUST HARD TO EXPLAIN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO WONDERS, THEY'RE NOT SEEING ANY BEES OR VERY FEW.

DO WE HAVE AN IDEA WHY?

>> NO, I DON'T KNOW.

I WOULD -- I GUESS I WOULD, YOU KNOW, ASSUME IT MAY JUST BE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF FLORAL RESOURCES IN THEIR AREA THAT MAYBE ISN'T CONDUCIVE TO GOOD DIVERSITY OF BEE SPAWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT JOB, ALL.

AND JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, YES, I DID STACK THE DECK.

>> I THINK YOU STACKED THE DECK TONIGHT.

>> FOR YOU SINCE THIS IS YOUR LAST SHOW.

>> YEAH, THAT'S LIKE -- I WANT TO THANK ALL THE SMALL PEOPLE THAT MADE THIS FOR ME.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, OUR PRODUCE IS PILING UP ONCE AGAIN OUT AT OUR GARDEN, AND WE ARE SO HAPPY THAT WE CAN DONATE IT TO A GOOD CAUSE AS WELL AS USING IT AS AN EDUCATIONAL TOOL EACH WEEK HERE ON THE SHOW.

LET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO HEAR FROM TERRI OUT AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

HEAR FROM TERRI OUT AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

♪♪ >>> THIS WEEK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN, WE ARE HARVESTING PRODUCE.

WE ARE WELL OVER 100 POUNDS THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE TO THE ST. MARY FOOD NET CHURCH ON SATURDAY MORNINGS FOR THEIR DONATIONS.

SO, WE ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

AND OUR PRODUCE JUST KEEPS ROLLING IN, SO WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO HAVING MORE.

PUT ON YOUR CALENDAR AUGUST 6th.

THAT'S WHEN GROW-A-ROW WILL START WHEN YOU CAN BRING YOUR EXTRA PRODUCE TO US FROM 4:30 TO 7:00 ON TUESDAY NIGHTS.

MASTER GARDENERS WILL BE HERE TO BE ABLE TO PICK THAT UP.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE GARDEN IS BEAUTIFUL.

FLOWERS EVERYWHERE.

WE ARE SEEING LOTS OF POLLINATORS EVERYWHERE.

AND THE GARDEN IS LOOKING GREAT.

WE ARE HAVING TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF SUPPLEMENTAL WATERING NOW THAT THE KIND OF RAIN HAS STOPPED, BUT WITH OUR IMMIGRATION SYSTEM IS HANDLING MOST OF IT SO WE'RE JUST HAVING TO HAND WATER OUR FLOWER POTS.

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

♪♪ >> ONCE AGAIN, YOU CAN START DONATING YOUR GROW-A-ROW PRODUCE AT THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN BEGINNING TUESDAY, AUGUST 6th, AT 4:30 P.M. AND OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW, KELLY, YOU ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

WHAT DO WE HAVE THIS WEEK?

>> THESE ARE REALLY BEAUTIFUL.

BEAUTIFUL PURPLES THAT COMPLEMENT ONE ANOTHER.

THE LARGE TROPICAL-LOOKING LEAF IS ALOCASIA ROYAL HAWAIIAN WAIKIKI AND IT IS ONE OF THE TENDER BULBS.

SO KIND OF LIKE GLADIOLI OR A CALADIUM, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE DUG UP LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL AND BROUGHT AND STORED INDOORS.

GROWN FOR ITS FOLIAGE AND IT WILL GROW IN PART SHADE OR FULL AND SUN.

THE TALLER PURPLE-LEAFED ONE IS OUR JOEPYEWEED WHICH IS ONE OF OUR NATIVE FLOWERS AND GREAT ATTRACTANT FOR BUTTERFLIES AND BEES.

IT'S USUALLY ABUZZ WHEN IT'S BLOOMING.

AND IT'LL GET QUITE TALL.

IT CAN GET FIVE TO SIX FEET TALL UNLESS YOU GET ONE OF THE SHORTER CULTIVARS AND IT TOLERATES WET SOIL, SO A LOT OF TIMES IT'S GROWN AS A RAIN GARDEN PLANT.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

GREAT COMBINATION AND SOMETHING YOU CAN SEE IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT, AS ALWAYS, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

OUR FIRST ONE TONIGHT IS THE LINCOLN IRIS SOCIETY RHIZOME SALE AND AUCTION, SATURDAY, JULY 27th.

10:00 TO 4:00 P.M. AT ST. ANDREWS LUTHERAN CHURCH.

OUR SECOND ONE IS ALSO IRIS.

THIS IS GREATER OMAHA IRIS SOCIETY, FRIDAY, AUGUST 2nd, 2:00 TO 7:00 P.M.

IN OMAHA.

AND OUR THIRD ONE IS YET AGAIN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GROW-A-ROW PRODUCE DONATIONS.

AUGUST 6th IS THE START, 4:30 P.M. TO 7:00 IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

ALL RIGHTY.

SO, PICTURE QUESTIONS NEXT.

WE COME TO YOU, KYLE, WITH THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A SCOTTS BLUFF VIEWER.

SHE SAYS SHE'S WONDERING IF THIS DAMAGE ON HER CONEFLOWERS AND HER DAISIES IS FROM MITES.

SHE HAS READ SHE NEEDS TO DESTROY ALL THE AFFECTED FLOWERS, AND SHE ALSO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT YEAR.

AND THIS ONE LOOKS A LITTLE LIKE ASTER YELLOWS BUT MAYBE NOT EXACTLY.

>> YEAH, SO, I DO WONDER ABOUT ASTER YELLOWS.

SO, THE -- THERE IS A ERIOPHYID MITE, A ROSETTE GALL MITE THAT CAN AFFECT CONEFLOWERS.

AS FAR AS I KNOW, IT'S ONLY A PROBLEM IN CONEFLOWERS.

IT DOESN'T ATTACK ANY OF THE OTHER ASTERS.

THAT LAST ONE DOES LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE FROM THAT ROSETTE GALL MITE, BUT IT'S -- YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL I THINK TO SEE THE WHOLE PLANT TOO, BECAUSE THAT SHOULD ONLY REALLY AFFECT THE FLOWER.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE SORT OF SYMPTOMS, CHLOROSIS OR YELLOWING OF THE LEAVES, IT MAY BE SOMETHING ELSE.

FOR CONTROLLING THE MITE, REALLY, THE BEST OPTION IS JUST TO REMOVE THOSE INFESTED HEADS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND YOU WANT TO TRY TO CATCH THEM, LIKE, AS YOU'RE CLIPPING THEM, CATCH THEM INTO A BAG OR SOMETHING AND SEAL IT UP SO THAT THOSE MITES, THEY'RE LIKE, THEY'RE SO TINY, AND THEY EASILY SPREAD VIA WIND, SO YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO SPREAD AS -- BE KNOCKED OFF AND SPREAD THAT WAY AS YOU'RE REMOVING IT.

THESE OTHERS, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT'S GOING ON, SO IT WOULDN'T BE THAT SAME MITE.

SO, I DON'T KNOW, LOREN, IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, IF EITHER OF THOSE LOOK LIKE THEY COULD BE ASTER YELLOWS TO YOU OR IF IT'S SOMETHING ELSE.

I'M NOT SURE.

>> REALLY JUST, THE CONEFLOWER WAS THE ONE THAT I THOUGHT LOOKED MORE ASTER YELLOWS.

THE OTHERS I'M NOT CERTAIN ON.

>> SURE.

>> SO, MAYBE SHE COULD JUST FLICK SOME OFF AND SEE WHAT COMES OUT OF THERE.

OUT OF THE OTHER ONES.

HARD TO TELL.

ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A KEARNEY VIEWER, RED OAK TREE ABOUT NINE YEARS OLD.

HE WAS SEEING SOME CUPPING ON THE LOWER LEAVES, AND NOW IT'S SPREADING, AND THEN SOME OF THE LEAVES HAVE THESE LITTLE APHIDS AND HE FOUND SOME HOLES IN THE TRUNK WITH SAWDUST ON THE GROUND.

SO IS THIS TREE BEING ATTACKED BY MULTIPLE BEASTIES?

>> UM -- YEAH.

THIS IS ONE, YOU KNOW, I THINK I'M NOT SURE.

MORE INFORMATION IS NEEDED ON THIS ONE.

I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE KIND OF THE WHOLE TREE AND MAYBE THAT SAWDUST AND HOW, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION TO GET A BETTER PICTURE.

SO, THESE HOLES DON'T REALLY STRIKE ME AS INSECT-RELATED.

THEY'RE REALLY IRREGULAR AND WE SEE THE EXIT HOLES OF BORES, THEY TEND TO BE QUITE, YOU KNOW, EITHER ROUND OR KIND OF OVAL-SHAPED OR SOMETHING, BUT QUITE REGULAR IN SIZE.

AND THAT STAINING AROUND TRE, I DON'T KNOW IF, LIKE, THERE'S BEEN SOME SAP OOZING OR WHAT'S GOING ON.

POTENTIALLY, IF THERE'S SAWDUST AROUND THERE, ANOTHER THING IT COULD BE IS THAT THERE'S THIS CARPENTER ANTS THAT ARE USING THAT SORT OF HOLE THAT'S KIND OF ROTTED OUT OR SOMETHING, AND THEY'RE KICKING OUT THAT SAWDUST, SO THAT'S ONE I THINK WE JUST NEED MORE PICTURES, MORE INFORMATION, OR YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONTACT AN ARBORIST AND HAVE THEM TAKE A LOOK.

I DON'T THINK THE APHIDS ARE A PROBLEM.

THERE'S NOT ENOUGH OF THEM.

THEY'RE NOT STRESSING THAT TREE AT ALL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

HE JUST WANTS TO KNOW WHY HIS PLANTS ARE ATTRACTING SO MANY OF THESE BEAUTIES AND WHAT IS THIS?

>> YEAH, THIS LOOKS LIKE A COMMON BLUE MUD DAUBER.

THERE'S A FEW SPECIES THAT LOOK SIMILAR BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS ONE IS.

AND WHY THEY'RE ATTRACTED TO THIS IN PARTICULAR, I DON'T KNOW.

IT COULD BE A LOT OF THINGS.

IT COULD BE SOMETHING VISUAL WITH THE FLOWERS.

IT COULD BE THEY LIKE THE NECTAR OR IT MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW -- >> JUST BECAUSE.

>> YEAH.

I DON'T KNOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> AWESOME PICTURE.

>> YEAH, NO KIDDING.

>> BEAUTIFUL.

>> ALL RIGHT, ROCH, TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

NO QUESTION.

HE JUST WANTED OUR VIEWERS TO KNOW THAT HE DUG/PULLED THIS DANDELION OUT OF HIS YARD IN OMAHA.

IT HAD A 27-INCH ROOT.

SO NO WONDER THE THINGS ARE SO HARD TO KILL.

>> AND I LOVE THAT HE DID THAT.

HE'S A PERSON AFTER MY OWN HEART.

I HAVE TO TELL ONE QUICK STORY.

WHILE I WAS IN GRADUATE SCHOOL, WE HEARD A STORY ABOUT THEM TRYING TO BLOW UP DANDELIONS WITH DYNAMITE AND IT WAS FOURTH OF JULY SEASON, SO WE HAD M-80s AND WE TOOK FOUR DANDELIONS AND PLANTED AN M-80 AT THE BASE AND BLEW DANDELION PARTS ALL OVER THE TURF RESEARCH FARM, AND THREE WEEKS LATER -- THREE OUT OF THE FOUR CAME BACK.

SO THESE ARE TENACIOUS PLANTS.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE AND THAT IS REALLY INTERESTING.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO HAD A BED WITH CREEPING CHARLIE AND VINCA.

HE WANTED THE VINCA BUT NOT CREEPING CHARLIE.

HE DID SAY HE USED FULL-STRENGTH ORTHO GROUND CLEAR.

USED A PAINT BRUSH AND SO WE HAVE, VIEWERS, IS A BEFORE AND AN AFTER, AND HE'S ELIMINATING THE CREEPING CHARLIE.

HE'S WONDERING IS THIS A GOOD WAY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM?

>> WELL, WE TALKED ABOUT DANDELIONS BEING TENACIOUS.

THIS IS TENACITY DEFINED, RIGHT?

YOU THINK ABOUT WHAT HE'S DONE TO TRY TO ERADICATE THAT IN HIS VINCA.

COUPLE OF THINGS, THOUGH.

I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

I'M QUESTIONING WHETHER HE USED GROUND CLEAR.

HE LISTED THE PRODUCTS AND GROUND CLEAR HAS A LONG RESIDUAL HERBICIDE IN IT THAT WILL BASICALLY STERILIZE, SCORCH EARTH GROUND FOR ABOUT A YEAR SO I'M THINKING HE USED SOMETHING OTHER THAN GROUND CLEAR.

AND WHEN HE SAID FULL STRENGTH, I'M HOPING HE DILUTES THEM BECAUSE WE KNOW THESE HERBICIDES ARE DESIGNED TO BE DILUTED BECAUSE BY THEMSELVES THEY MAY NOT TRANSLOCATE VERY WELL, BUT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF DILUTION THEN THEY CAN SPREAD OUT AND DISSIPATE OVER THE SURFACE.

BUT ALL THAT SAID CONGRATULATIONS ON THESE TENACIOUS D IN SPADES, RIGHT?

AMAZING.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE OF A VINE ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM COOK.

SHE'S WONDERING WHAT THIS IS FOR STARTERS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS?

>> SO, YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT, AND HONEY VINE MILKWEED HAS A MORE LOBED, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE STEM COMES IN, AND I QUESTION WHETHER THAT -- THERE'S A -- SO, BUT YOU SPOT THAT.

IF THEY SNAP THE STEM AND IT HAS MILKY SAP IN IT, THAT'S PROBABLY MILKWEED.

OR IT WOULD BE THE VINE-Y MILKWEED.

WHATEVER.

BUT THERE IS A SPECIES THAT GROWS IN NEBRASKA CALLED MILE A MINUTE BECAUSE OF ITS, LIKE, TENACIOUS -- THERE WE GO WITH TENACIOUS AGAIN -- GROWTH HABIT.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE MILE A MINUTE BECAUSE THEY HAVE MORE OF A TRIANGULAR.

SO ANOTHER SAMPLE OR MAYBE A SAMPLE WITH MORE LEAVES ON IT WOULD BE CERTAINLY HELPFUL FOR US.

BUT YOU KNOW, IF IT SNAPS AND IT'S GOT MILKY SAP IN IT, THEN KIM WAS RIGHT AGAIN AND IT'S HONEY VINE MILKWEED.

>> BUT IT PROBABLY ISN'T.

WE'LL SEE.

MORE PICTURES.

ALL RIGHT.

LOREN, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE HERE.

THIS IS AN OAK, AND SHE'S SEEING SOME BROWNING ON THE LEAVES, AND THERE'S BARE BRANCHES, AND THEN SHE'S SEEING, SECOND PICTURE THERE, AND THE THIRD ONE SHOWS THE BROWN SPOTS, AND THEN YOUR NEXT SET OF THREE IS ALSO AN OAK, AND THIS ONE'S IN PAPILLON.

TURNING YELLOW.

YOU CAN SEE THE OAK IN THE BACKGROUND IS VERY DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENTS FOR BOTH OF THESE, LEAVES ALSO HAVE BROWN SPOTS OR THEY'VE TURNED BROWN IN SECTIONS OF THE TREE, AND THIS HAS HAPPENED IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

SO?

>> TWO TOTALLY DIFFERENT THINGS HERE GOING ON.

THIS LAST ONE WHERE YOU CAN SEE THIS INJURY BETWEEN THE VEINS OR IN THE PREVIOUS PICTURE WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE MARGINS BROWN, AND THAT WAS JUST IN ONE PART OF THE TREE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE RESULT OF A CANKER, POSSIBLY A GIRDLING ROOT AT THE BASE OF THE TREE.

SOMETHING IS RESTRICTING NUTRIENT FLOW JUST TO THAT SECTION IN THE TREE.

SO, FOLLOW THOSE BRANCHES DOWN, LOOK FOR A CANKER.

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO PRUNE THAT OUT.

WE'LL ALSO SEE THIS SAME TYPE OF SYMPTOM IF WE HAVE JUST EMERGING CANKER AND A SHRUB OR A TREE IN THE FALL.

THEY'LL CHANGE COLOR EARLIER, THAT PART OF THE TREE, OFTEN.

SO, YOU'LL SEE THOSE TYPES OF SYMPTOMS.

THAT ONE'S FAIRLY -- I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT WITH THAT.

THE OTHER ONE, WITH THE OAK BY THE HOUSE, THAT'S A LITTLE HARDER.

THE SPOTS AND THINGS ON THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT'S ANTHRACNOSE BASED ON WHERE IT'S AT.

I'M QUESTIONING IF IT'S NOT MAYBE SOME HEAT REFLECTION FROM THE HOUSE THAT'S DOING SOME RNING OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

I DON'T SEE THE PATTERN THERE.

IT'S OUT IN THE OPEN AND EVERYTHING.

I DON'T SEE THAT BEING ANTHRACNOSE, AND I DID VISIT WITH OUR DIAGNOSTIC COORDINATOR, KYLE, WHO'S ON THE SHOW TOO, AND HE INDICATED THERE WAS NOTHING GROWING OUT OF SOME OTHER SAMPLES HE HAD.

SO I AM THINKING IT'S MORE ENVIRONMENTAL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

SHE SAYS, I'M SURE YOU HAVE HAD THIS ON "BYF" BEFORE, BUT SHE FOUND ONE IN HER FLOWER BED, AND IT IS CREEPY.

>> I JUST LOVE IT.

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THAT COME UP IN MY FLOWERBED EVERY YEAR IF I COULD DO IT.

THIS IS DEAD MAN'S FINGERS.

YOU CAN LOOK IT UP.

IT'S A XYLARIA IS THE GENUS.

THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF SPECIES OF XYLARIA, OF DIFFERENT SIZES.

SOME OF YOU HAVE PROBABLY SEEN THEM IN YOUR PLANTERS.

BUT LOOK UP DEAD MAN'S FINGERS.

IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

IT'S ACTUALLY -- IT CAUSES BLACK ROOT ROT ON SOME SPECIES.

SO, IT CAN BE A PATHOGEN ALSO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KELLY, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A CATALPA.

IT'S IN GLENWOOD, IOWA.

IT'S LOST HALF ITS LEAVES, HAPPENED EVERY YEAR FOR PROBABLY THE LAST THREE.

DO THEY JUST NEED TO CUT IT DOWN?

>> PROBABLY.

I THINK WHAT'S GOING ON IS VERTICILLIUM WILT, WHICH IS A DISEASE, A PATHOGEN.

TWO-THIRDS TO THREE FOURTH OF THE TREE LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONE.

THERE IS SOME CHLOROSIS, PALE, YELLOWING OF LEAVES WHICH IS UNCOMMON WITH CATALPA.

ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE, COMPLETELY BROWN.

VERTICILLIUM WILT IS A PATHOGEN THAT INFECTS PROBABLY DURING THE DROUGHT YEARS, WHEN TREES ARE STRESSED.

IT'S ONE OF THOSE PATHOGENS THAT'S IN THE SOIL AND DOESN'T DO MUCH UNTIL A PLANT GETS REALLY STRESSED, AND THEN IT GROWS IN THE WATER-CONDUCTING TISSUE, CUTS IT OFF, AND THERE IS NO CONTROL.

SO -- >> START OVER.

>> IT'S FAR ENOUGH GONE.

TIME TO START OVER.

SORRY.

>> ALL RIGHTY.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM RURAL NORTHERN CARNY COUNTY.

SHE PLANTED BLUE LAKE BUSH BEANS FOR YEARS, BUT THEY'RE ACTING LIKE POLE BEANS.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

>> OKAY.

I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON UNLESS AN ERRANT POLE BEAN SEED GOT IN WITH THE BLUE LAKE BEANS.

I'M NOT ENOUGH OF A BEAN -- I'M NOT A BEAN BREEDER OR A VEGETABLE PERSON TO KNOW WHETHER BUSH BEANS, MAYBE EVEN STARTED WITH POLE BEANS AND THERE WAS SOME REVERSION THERE.

NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT THEY LOOK GOOD AND HEALTHY, AND HOPEFULLY THEY PRODUCE LOTS OF BEANS.

>> ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, KELLY.

THIS VIEWER PLANTED THIS FLOWER THIS YEAR IT'S SIX FEET TALL.

LAST YEAR IT WAS ONLY TWO.

HE WONDERS WHAT IT IS AND WHAT SHOULD HE DO WITH IT AFTER A FREEZE?

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE RUDBECKIAS.

AND YOU KNOW LAST YEAR -- IF IT WAS JUST PLANTED LAST YEAR AND ONLY GOT TWO FEET, THAT'S NOT UNUSUAL.

SOMETIMES IT WILL TAKE PERENNIALS A YEAR OR TWO TO THREE TO GET TO FULL SIZE, AND ALL THE RAIN MIGHT HAVE HELPED IT AS WELL.

IT'S A HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL, SO ONCE IT FREEZES, YOU CAN CUT IT BACK TO THE GROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU KELLI.

ANYBODY WHO'S GOT A FRONT LAWN AND WANTS TO KEEP IT GREEN AND LUSH EVEN WHEN SUMMER GETS HOT AND DRY.

WE HAVE HAD THE SOLUTION FOR THIS PROBLEM ON THE SHOW FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND WE THOUGHT WE'D FINALLY SHARE IT WITH YOU.

♪♪ >> "BACKYARD FARMER ROCHS!"

>> I'M ROCH GAUSSION, AND I HATE CLOVER.

>> OKAY, PUT YOUR FINGER DOWN.

>> NO, I LIKE IT IN FRONT OF MY FACE.

>> NEXT TO FRED IS ROCH GAUSSION.

HELLO, ROCH.

HAVEN'T SEEN YOU FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

>> I WAS HERE LAST WEEK.

>> YOU WERE?

>> YES.

>> THAT'S A LITTLE WHILE.

>> INTERESTING, LOREN, HOW WHEN THEY'RE DESCRIBING DISEASES THEY SAY CAT VOMIT, POOP, AND MEASLES AND IT'S YOUR PASSION.

>> GOSH, KIM, THIS WOULD BE A PERFECT PLACE FOR A GREEN ASH OR MAYBE -- MAYBE A -- GOSH, GOLLY, GEE WILLIKERS.

♪♪ >> GREETINGS.

I'M PROFESSOR P. CANTALOUPE.

IN THIS CLASS, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO LEARN A FEW THINGS, BUT I'VE ♪ED FROM THE EXAMS, YOU HAVEN'T DONE VERY WELL.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ I WHEN I RETIRE, YOU CAN SHOW THAT ON AIR.

I DON'T CARE.

>> AND OF COURSE, THE ANSWER TO ALL YOUR TURF PROBLEMS FOR THREE DECADES HAS BEEN OUR DEAR FRIEND, ROCH.

TONIGHT IS HIS LAST SHOW.

WE'D SAY WE'RE HEARTBROKEN, BUT ACTUALLY, HE JUST SORT OF BROKE HIS WRIST, SO THAT'S GOOD ENOUGH.

WE WANT TO WISH HIM NOTHING BUT THE BEST IN HIS FUTURE DAYS.

ALL RIGHT.

QUESTIONS FOR THE LAST ROUND HERE.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM WAHOO.

WHAT WOULD CAUSE THIS LINEAR DAMAGE ON A LILY LEAF?

AN INSECT?

>> YEAH.

SO, SOMETHING -- BASICALLY SOMETHING DID A LITTLE BIT OF FEEDING ON IT WHILE THAT LEAF WAS STILL ROLLED UP, AND KIND OF CAUSED THAT SHOT HOLE DAMAGE AS IT UNROLLED.

SO, THERE'S A FEW THINGS IT COULD BE.

IT'S HARD TO SAY FOR SURE WHAT IT WAS, BUT I DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF DAMAGE THERE.

OTHERWISE, PROBABLY NOT A BIG CONCERN.

>> AND FUN.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, KYLE.

THIS IS A MIDTOWN OMAHA VIEWER.

ISN'T THAT COOL?

SHE WONDERS WHAT IT IS.

>> IT'S AN IMPERIAL MOTH.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST CLOSING OR EMERGING, SO THEY HAVE TO PUMP THEIR WINGS UP AND IT'S IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ROCH, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON YOUR FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM UNION, NEBRASKA.

SHE HAS -- SHE WONDERS -- GOOD LUCK -- HOW AND WHEN TO REMOVE ORCHARD GRASS AND BROME FROM HER ASPARAGUS BED AND HOW DOES SHE DO THAT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S THIS BIG?

>> SO THAT GRASS IS PRETTY MATURE AND PRETTY LARGE AND THE ASPARAGUS PATCH IS PRETTY ROBUST AS WELL.

IF THEY REALLY WANT TO SPEND SOME SERIOUS MONEY, LIKE, COUPLE HUNDRED DOLLARS, THEY CAN GET FUSILADE-DX AND THAT WILL WORK.

IT'S LABELED FOR ASPARAGUS, ET CETERA, BUT I DON'T THINK THEY REALLY WANT TO DO THAT.

IT'S GOING TO BE HAND-WICKING WITH A GLYPHOSATE-BASED PRODUCT, AND FALL APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO BE SUGGESTED.

RIGHT?

BECAUSE THOSE ARE BOTH PERENNIAL GRASSES AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE PERSISTENCE AND MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS.

I WOULD START THIS SPRING.

MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GET ANY ON THE ASPARAGUS.

ASPARAGUS IS RELATIVELY TOLERANT, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY'RE GOING TO GET SOME INJURY AND IT'S GOING TO BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO DO IT UNLESS THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY CAREFUL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HOLDRIDGE VIEWER, THIS IS YOUR LAST QUESTION.

VARIOUS PATCHES OF BLACK MEDIC.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO ERADICATE AND WHEN?

>> SO, BLACK MEDIC IS BEST ERADICATED WITH A PRE-EMERGENT HERBICIDE IN THE SPRING, GENERALLY ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS YOU WOULD DO A CRABGRASS HERBICIDE BUT MOST OF THE CRABGRASS HERBICIDES WORK REALLY WELL, EXCEPT FOR DIMENSION ON BLACK MEDIC, AND ONCE YOU GET IT, IF YOU CATCH IT WHEN IT'S YOUNG, YOU CAN CATCH IT WHEN IT'S REALLY YOUNG WITH A 24 D-TYPE PRODUCT AND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT AND GET PRETTY GOOD CONTROL.

WHEN IT GETS AS ROBUST AS THAT PICTURE, THAT THE VIEW SENT IN, IT'S HARD TO CONTROL.

IT'S A LEGUME, IT'S AN ANNUAL, AND SOMETIMES A LITTLE BIT OF NITROGEN WILL SUPPRESS IT A LITTLE BIT.

>> AND HOPEFULLY YOU WON'T HAVE IT IN NORTH CAROLINA.

>> I THINK WE HAVE BETTER WEEDS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

>> OF COURSE.

ALL RIGHT, LOREN, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS ANTELOPE COUNTY.

IS THIS SUNBURN OR A DISEASE IN HER PEONIES?

>> THIS COULD BE BLIGHT.

THEY ALSO MENTIONED POWDERED MILDEW.

I RECOMMEND SANITATION AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND CLEAN IT UP IN THE FALL AND MULCH IT.

>> ALL RIGHT, AND THE SECOND ONE IS A PEONY.

AND THIS ONE SAME THING?

>> YEAH -- I WAS BLENDING THESE, SORRY.

IT'S POWDERED MILDEW.

YEAH, SAME THING.

REALLY, FOR BOTH OF THESE, IF YOU CAN IN THE FALL, AFTER EVERYTHING, CLEAN IT UP, GET THAT DEBRIS OFF AND THEN PUTTING SOME MULCH DOWN.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT 90 SECONDS.

WHAT KIND OF SHROOM IS THIS?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> ASH BOLETE.

THAT'S BAD-LOOKING PICTURE FROM THAT ANGLE.

LOOKS BETTER THIS WAY.

IT'S AN ASH BOLETE.

YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT.

>> WONDERFUL.

KELLY, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

>> OKAY.

>> WHAT IS THIS PLANT?

>> THIS IS MOTH MULLEN, AND IT IS AN INTRODUCTION, BUT IT'S A WELL-BEHAVED INTRODUCTION AND KIND OF PRETTY.

>> YEAH, AND GETS KIND OF BIG AND DOES THAT.

AND YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THEY GOT THIS BIG VIBURNUM.

IT HAS THE FLOWER BUDS.

HE THINKS IT'S GROWN, BUT THE FLOWERS HAVEN'T OPENED.

ANY IDEAS?

>> OKAY, WELL, I THINK IT WAS JUST PLANTED THIS YEAR.

AND SO, MAYBE IT'S JUST GETTING ESTABLISHED, MAYBE GOT A LITTLE BIT STUNTED.

SOMETIMES -- I SEE THOSE FLOWER BUDS SOMETIMES WHERE THEY JUST DON'T OPEN.

I DON'T KNOW WHY.

I THINK HE WAS WORRIED ABOUT NOT HAVING FRUIT AS WELL.

WITH VIBURNUMS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO OR THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIBURNUMS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT REALLY SELF-POLLINATING, AND IT'S ALSO TOO YOUNG.

TO HAVE GOOD BLOOMING OR MUCH FRUITING.

SO, HOPEFULLY, WITH TIME, IT WILL DO WELL AND KEEP GROWING AND HOPEFULLY YOU HAVE ANOTHER -- SOME DIFFERENT TYPES OF VIBURNUMS NEARBY OR YOU MIGHT NOT GET A LOT OF FRUITING IN THE FUTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, KELLY.

AND OUR VIBURNUMS ON CAMPUS LIKE THAT, ARE ACTUALLY BLOOMING RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE THEY DO THAT IN AUGUST AND JULY.

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

WE DO WANT TO SAY THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED THOSE PICTURES AND QUESTIONS, AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

WE ALSO SAY GOOD-BYE TO OUR GOOD FRIEND, ROCH.

WE DO HOPE HE'LL KEEIN TOUCH WITH US, SEND US WEIRD QUESTIONS FROM NORTH CAROLINA, HELPING US ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING WERE LINDA HELTON, JOHN CARIOTTO, AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION EDUCATOR, TERRI JAMES.

NEXT TIME ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU A NEW BERRY THAT WE HOPE WILL TAKE HOLD TO GROWING CONDITIONS IN NEBRASKA.

IT'S CALLED HONEY BERRY AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE EASIER TO GROW THAN BLUEBERRIES HERE IN OUR STATE.

SO GOOD NIGHT.

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