>> SO THIS STILL, THIS IS ELIZABETH >> BACKYARD FARMER IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT I'M BACKYARD FARMER.

WE'VE RETURNED TO THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR IN FRONT OF A LIVE AUDIENCE, AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT NEW TURF AT THE HUSKER PRACTICE FIELDS.

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

>> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO BACKYARD FARMER.

COMING TO YOU FROM THE NEBRASKA STATE FAIR.

WE ALWAYS LOVE TO COME TO THE FAIR.

WE LOVE TO HAVE ALL OF OUR FANS HERE.

DO REMEMBER THAT.

WE ARE HAVING A TAPED SHOW TONIGHT, SO WE CANNOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS WITH THE PHONE PANEL.

YOU CAN STILL SEND THOSE IN TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

TELL US WHERE YOU LIVE.

GIVE US ALL THAT GOOD INFORMATION.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALSO REMEMBER THAT WE ONLY HAVE TWO SHOWS LEFT, SO YOU BETTER GET A MOVE ON IF YOU WANT TO DO THAT.

AND OF COURSE, WE ALWAYS START WITH SAMPLES AND KAIT, YOURS IS ALIVE BUT FRIGHTENED.

>> ALIVE BUT FRIGHTENED.

SO RIGHT NOW WE ARE HEADED KIND OF SORTA INTO SPOOKY SEASON.

AND THERE ARE A LOT OF SPIDERS OUTSIDE.

AND SO THIS ONE IS ONE OF THE ORB WEAVER SPIDERS.

AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT MAKE THOSE BIG, BEAUTIFUL, INTRICATE WEBS.

AND THE NICE THING ABOUT THESE ARE THE NEAT THING ABOUT THESE IS THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY, EAT THEIR WEB EVERY EVENING AND REBUILD IT EVERY SINGLE EVENING.

SO IF YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT LATE EVENING IN THE NIGHT, JUST BE SURE THAT YOU DON'T RUN INTO ONE OF THESE GUYS.

>> AND THAT IS EASIER SAID THAN DONE, BECAUSE THEY LIKE TO PUT THEM RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR.

>> YES, RIGHT OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR.

>> YES, I FOUND ONE YESTERDAY.

>> OH.

>> ALL RIGHT, TERRI, PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO SEE THIS SAMPLE.

>> NO, BUT THIS IS MY ANNUAL REMINDER.

SO THIS IS, FOX TAIL.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE AN ANNUAL.

BUT I WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT SOME OF THIS STUFF THAT WE'RE SEEING NOW, TRY TO GET RID OF THE SEED HEAD AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, BUT MAKE PLANS TO START.

IF YOU'RE SEEING IT NOW, YOU MOST LIKELY ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SEED AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

BUT PLEASE START THINKING ABOUT IT AND PLANNING FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO ADDING THAT PRE-EMERGENT INTO YOUR LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT PLAN WILL HELP GET RID OF SOME OF THESE ANNUAL WEEDS THAT WE'RE SEEING.

AND WE'RE SEEING AN AWFUL LOT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF ALL THE RAIN AND STUFF THAT WE'VE HAD.

SO BUMPER YEAR, BUMPER CROP FOR WEEDS.

BUT, JUST START PLANNING FOR YOUR GARDEN FOR NEXT YEAR.

AND WE DID HAVE QUITE A CONVERSATION WITH OUR AUDIENCE OR IN FRONT OF OUR AUDIENCE ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE WEEDS, THE QUANTITY OF THE WEEDS, AND THE FACT THAT SOME OF THOSE WEEDS ARE FLOWERING THIS BIG.

SO THAT'LL BE REALLY IMPORTANT.

ALL RIGHT, AMY, DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

>> OH, THAT'S MY MIDDLE NAME, RIGHT.

DEATH AND DESTRUCTION.

SO, THIS IS ACTUALLY OUT OF MY YARD.

SO SOME OF YOU MAY BE COMPLAINING OF LILACS NOT LOOKING REALLY WELL RIGHT NOW IS.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS LILAC BLIGHT.

IT'S CALLED BY A BACTERIUM.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, MY LITTLE TIP HERE, MY GROWING POINT IS ACTUALLY CURVED IN DEAD ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN TO HERE.

AND THEN I ALSO HAVE THESE BLACK SPOTS.

AND WITH THIS BEING A BACTERIAL DISEASE, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF IT THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE WET CONDITIONS WE'VE SEEN IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE.

IT'S 100% WATER TRANSMITTED ARE TRANSMITTED.

AND FOR ME, RIGHT NOW, MY LILACS LOOK PRETTY DARN SHABBY.

AND SO MY PLANTS STARTING TO DE-FOLIATE.

BUT IT'S MY PLANT.

GOING TO BE FINE NEXT YEAR.

YES, IT'S GOING TO LOOK JUST FINE.

I'M GOING TO HAVE SOME DEATH OF THOSE NEW TIPS, AND I MAY HAVE TO DO SOME PRUNING THIS WINTER, BUT NOT A BIG PROBLEM.

>> EXCELLENT.

AND THOSE OF YOU WHO DO HAVE THOSE BIG OLD LILACS, WE PRUNE AFTER FLOWERING.

>> AFTER FLOWERING.

YES.

BECAUSE YOUR FLOWERS ARE ON THIS YEAR.

ARE THE NEW GROWTHS.

>> EXCELLENT.

ELIZABETH, IT'S YOUR REAL SAMPLE IS LOW AND THE REAL SAMPLE IS HIGH.

WHAT DO YOU HAVE?

SO WE HAVE THE CHRYSANTHEMUM.

SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME IN THE GARDEN CENTER, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS THAT ARE OUT THERE, ALL SORTS OF COLORS, WHETHER THEY'RE THE REDS, THE RUSTS, THE PURPLES, THE YELLOWS.

AND THIS IS YOUR FRIENDLY REMINDER THAT IF YOU ARE TO PLANT THESE ONES THAT ARE IN THE NURSERY RIGHT NOW, I CANNOT GUARANTEE THEY WILL SURVIVE THE WINTER.

SO KEEP IN MIND THAT IF YOU DO INVEST IN SOME OF THESE MUMS, YOU EITHER NEED TO TREAT IT LIKE A HOUSEPLANT UNTIL SPRING OR GAMBLE THAT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A CHRYSANTHEMUM COME SPRING.

>> EXACTLY.

NO MATTER HOW PRETTY IT IS RIGHT NOW.

>> THEY ARE VERY PRETTY THIS YEAR.

>>THEY ARE VERY PRETTY RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT.

SO LET'S GO RIGHT AHEAD AND START IN WITH QUESTIONS.

KAIT IS ALWAYS YOU GET THE FIRST ONES.

SO THE FIRST ONE IS WHAT ARE THESE INSECTS ON MY MILKWEED PODS.

>> YEAH.

SO THESE ARE MILKWEED BUGS.

SO MILKWEED HAS A LOT OF INSECTS THAT ARE SPECIALIZED ON IT.

AND THESE ARE THE SAME.

AND WE SEE THEM POP UP AS WE SEE THE MILKWEED PODS POP UP, TOO, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY FEED ON.

THEY EVEN THOUGH THEY FEED ON THE MILKWEED, THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED A PEST.

SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER REALLY INTERESTING BUG TO LOOK AT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR SECOND ONE IS ALSO A MILKWEED QUESTION.

IT'S AN INTERESTING ONE.

SHE HAS HONEY VINE MILKWEED.

SHE DOESN'T WANT TO KEEP IT, BUT SHE ALSO WANTS TO KNOW WHEN IT WOULD BE SAFE TO PULL OR SPRAY THE VINES TO KEEP THEM FROM INVADING WITHOUT GETTING RID OF THE MONARCH.

>> YEAH.

SO, HONEY VINE IS IN THE SAME FAMILY AS MILKWEED.

AND EVERY SO OFTEN WE DO SEE MONARCH CATERPILLARS ON THE MILKWEED.

ALTHOUGH IT'S A LOT LESS COMMON THAN WE WOULD SEE ON LIKE, COMMON MILKWEED AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF THE HONEY VINE, I WOULD HONESTLY JUST DO AN INSPECTION.

LOOK FOR THE EGGS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAVES, LOOK FOR ANY CATERPILLARS, AND THEN JUST TAKE CARE OF IT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE'LL ACTUALLY SEE THE CATERPILLARS THROUGHOUT SEPTEMBER TOO.

AND YOU WANT TO GET CONTROL OF THAT HONEY VINE BEFORE IT GETS TOO CRAZY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU HAVE ONE MORE.

AND THIS IS FUN.

THIS COMES TO US FROM VALENTINE.

SHE FOUND THIS HANGING ON HER HOUSE.

AND SHE KNOWS THEY CREATE BEAUTIFUL CHRYSALIS.

BUT WHAT IN THE WORLD?

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS THE CHRYSALIS OF THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY.

AND SO THEY'LL SPEND ABOUT TWO WEEKS AS CATERPILLARS.

AND THEN ANOTHER TWO WEEKS IN THIS CHRYSALIS.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE THEM.

THE ADULT FLYING THROUGHOUT OCTOBER.

SO JUST A REALLY COOL FIND ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE, I GUESS.

>> AND TWO PICKS ON THE NEXT ONE.

KAIT, THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

HE FOUND THIS INSECT, ON THE SIDE OF HIS HOUSE.

HE'S SEEN MORE OF THEM RECENTLY.

HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS NOT A KISSING BUG.

>> YEAH, SO IT'S NOT A KISSING BUG.

THIS IS A WESTERN CONIFER SEED BUG.

BUT WE DO HAVE KISSING BUGS IN NEBRASKA SINCE 2020.

AND IF YOU'RE EVER CONCERNED IF SOMETHING IS A KISSING BUG BECAUSE THEY CAN BITE, THEY CAN POSSIBLY TRANSMIT DISEASE, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO YOUR LOCAL EXTENSION EXPERT OR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, BUT OTHERWISE THIS ONE IN THE PICTURE IS CONIFER SEED BUG, BUT COMPLETELY HARMLESS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

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

THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

AND IF SHE DOESN'T PULL IT, IT TAKES OVER THE EARTH.

AND, THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO TREAT.

>> SO THIS IS A BALSAM ROSE OR A TOUCHED ME NOT.

IT'S AN IMPATIENCE.

IT THEY CALL IT THAT BECAUSE THE SEED ACTUALLY EXPLODES.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO DO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.

YOU CAN PULL IT OUT IF YOU WANT TO.

THAT WILL HELP CONTROL.

BUT IF YOU DON'T WANT IT THERE, I WOULD ALSO USE A PRE-EMERGENT BECAUSE THE SEEDS CAN GO KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO KIND OF DO TWO FOLD, PULL IT OUT.

IF IT'S EASY ENOUGH, YOU CAN USE LIKE A BROADLEAF WEED KILLER IN THE GLOVE OF DEATH IF YOU NEED TO, BUT PULL IT OUT WOULD BE MY FIRST SUGGESTION.

THEN USE A PRE-EMERGENT JUST IN CASE YOU HAVE SEEDS IN THE SOIL.

>> ALL RIGHT, THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A GROUND COVER THAT HAS SORT OF FORMING OR A WEED FORMING CLUMPS IN THE GROUND COVER.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO KILL IT WITHOUT KILLING THE GROUND COVER.

>> SO THIS IS, A SMART WEED.

WHAT I'M GOING TO SUGGEST IS YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO GET IN THERE WITH, YOUR SOIL KNIFE.

I KNOW EVERYBODY TELL EVERYBODY THAT, BUT SOIL KNIFE.

AND THEN PROBABLY THE GLOVE OF DEATH, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU HAVE IT IN WITH OTHER THINGS THAT ARE DESIRABLE.

AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE WHILE TO GET RID OF.

SO, ANY LITTLE PIECE COULD POTENTIALLY REROOT TOO.

SO GET PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING YOU CAN OUT OF THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE.

AND THIS COMES TO US FROM KEARNEY.

SO THEY SAY THIS LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THEY'VE SEEN IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN, BUT THEY ACTUALLY FOUND THIS WILD ALONG THE DITCH.

AND KEARNEY, WHAT IS THIS, THE WILD ONE?

NOT YOUR FROSTED EXPLOSION.

>> SO THIS IS A PANICIUM.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS, BUT, A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE LIKE IN THE GARDEN COME FROM OTHER THINGS THAT PEOPLE SEE.

SO THIS ONE'S A GREAT ONE.

AND IF IT'S IN THE DITCH, JUST LEAVE IT.

ENJOY IT.

>> ALL RIGHT?

>> IT'S LIKE FIREWORKS.

>> IT IS.

FROSTED FIREWORKS.

ALL RIGHT, AMY, TWO PICTURES ON THIS, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY HOLLYHOCKS.

DIFFERENT VIEWERS, DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOLLYHOCKS.

THE ISSUE IS THE SAME.

THE YELLOW STIPPLING, THE OTHER ONE IS ACTUALLY HEALTHIER, RUGOSA WHICH IS YELLOW HOLLYHOCK, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE RESISTANT, AND YET HE'S GOT IT.

SO HOW DO WE MANAGE HOLLYHOCK RUST.

>> SO THIS IS HOLLYHOCK RUST.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A REALLY HARD ONE TO MANAGE.

IT DOESN'T OVERWINTER HERE VERY WELL.

BUT WE STILL WANT TO DO REALLY GOOD, SANITATION IN THE FALL, REMOVE AS MUCH DEBRIS AS POSSIBLE.

BUT I ALREADY SAID THAT IT DOESN'T OVERWINTER HERE VERY WELL.

THE SPORES ARE ACTUALLY COMING IN ALL THE WAY FROM TEXAS AND ALL THOSE WONDERFUL THUNDERSTORMS THAT WE GET.

BRING THOSE SPORES RIGHT ALONG WITH IT.

SO THEY SAY THERE'S SOME VARIETIES THAT ARE RESISTANT.

THEY DON'T REALLY APPEAR TO BE THAT RESISTANT.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO STICK WITH A PRETTY GOOD FUNGICIDE TREATMENT.

I WOULD RECOMMEND A SYSTEMIC TYPE FUNGICIDE.

THEY'RE ABLE TO POUR AT THE BASE OF YOUR HOLLYHOCKS, AND THEN YOU REPEAT THAT ACCORDING TO LABEL INSTRUCTIONS, WHETHER IT'S 21 OR 28 DAYS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

AMY, THIS COMES TO US FROM SEWARD.

FUNGUS ON RHUBARB.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 50 YEARS ON THIS PARTICULAR PLANT.

AND SHE'S DONE COPPER FUNGICIDES.

SHE'S DONE SOME.

SOUNDS LIKE PRETTY GOOD THINGS, BUT THE FUNGUS IS BACK.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO THIS FALL AND OR SPRING.

OR IS THERE SOMETHING OTHER THAN A COPPER FUNGICIDE?

>> SO WITH THIS BEING RHUBARB AND YOU ARE FROM SEWARD, YOU HAVE BEEN GETTING RAIN, RAIN AND MORE RAIN.

OH, THAT'S PROBABLY THE REASON WHY.

FIRST TIME YOU'VE EVER SEEN IT.

THIS IS ACTUALLY CERCOSPORA LEAF SPOT.

THE COPPER FUNGICIDE IS WHERE I WOULD GO.

BUT THE TRICK WITH COPPERS, WHENEVER IT RAINS, THE FUNGICIDE GETS WASHED OFF.

SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE, REPEATED APPLICATIONS IN BETWEEN RAIN EVENTS OR WATER EVENTS.

THIS FALL.

JUST GOOD SANITATION TO CLEAN OUT ALL THAT DEAD MATERIAL.

AND WE WAIT AND SEE HOW MUCH RAIN WE GET NEXT YEAR.

AND IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANY CERCOSPORA PLEASE SPOT AGAIN.

>> ALL RIGHT, AMY, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

THIS VIEWER HAD CLEMATIS AND SAID THE VINES TURNED TO BLACK AND MANY OF THE STEMS DIED, BUT NOT ALL.

AND NOW THE LEAVES LOOK LIKE THIS.

IS THIS A DISEASE?

AND WHAT SHOULD SHE DO ABOUT IT NEXT YEAR?

>> THIS IS A DISEASE.

THIS IS MOST LIKELY A BACTERIAL DISEASE OF CLEMATIS.

IT STARTS IN THE VINES, AND THEN WE'LL SEE THE DEATH, AND THEN IT CAN GO TO THE LEAVES THEMSELVES.

MANAGEMENT FOR THIS ONE ISN'T ONE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE.

THOSE VINES THAT WERE IMPACTED.

DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF CLEMATIS THAT YOU HAVE, YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO REMOVE THOSE VINES AND KEEP CLIPPING BACK DOWN 10 TO 12IN BELOW WHERE YOU SEE THOSE SYMPTOMS.

THAT SHOULD GET US BELOW THAT BACTERIAL DISEASE COMPONENT AND THEN DISPOSE OF THOSE, NOT IN THE COMPOST, BUT IN THE TRASH.

AND BEYOND THAT, THERE ISN'T A LOT OF MANAGEMENT WE CAN DO WITH IT BEING A BACTERIAL DISEASE.

SO CUT IT BACK.

AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IT ALSO DEPENDS ON WHAT TYPE OF CLEMATIS, ON HOW WELL YOU CAN'T CUT IT BACK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THREE ON THIS ONE.

AMY, THIS IS A VIEWER WHO TOOK CARE OF RED BUDS IN A PARK IN LINCOLN, AND SOME OF THE CUPPING LEAVES HAPPENED.

SHE KNOWS THAT'S HERBICIDE.

BUT THEN THERE WERE SPOTS.

THEN THE LEAVES GOT BROWN, THEN THEY DIED.

THEN ALL THE LEAVES DIED.

THEN THE TREES DIED.

SO WHAT DO WE THINK HAPPENED?

>> OH, THERE COULD BE MULTIPLE THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON HERE.

THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF LEAF SPOTS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RAIN EVENTS THAT WE'RE HAVING.

THE BIGGEST THING IS IF YOU'RE SEEING THOSE DECLINE OF THOSE TREES THAT QUICKLY AND RAPIDLY, USUALLY THOSE LEAF SPOTS AREN'T GOING TO KILL THE TREE.

I WOULD PROBABLY GO BACK AND TAKE A LOOK TO MAKE SURE IT'S PLANTED AT THE RIGHT DEPTH, MAKING SURE NONE OF OUR ROOTS ARE GIRDLED, AND ALSO TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY DAMAGE TO THE TRUNK AROUND IT THAT COULD BE IMPACTING THE INTEGRITY OF THAT TREE ALONG WITH THAT HERBICIDE DAMAGE.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ELIZABETH.

THESE ARE ACTUALLY YOURS I THINK THIS IS ELIZABETH MAGNOLIA.

SO, AMY, SORRY ABOUT THAT.

I KEEP YOU DEAD BUDS AND RED BUDS.

>> YEAH, I KNOW.

MAGNOLIA SPOTS AND LEAF DECAY ON THESE TREES PLANTED IN AUGUST OF 2020.

WHAT TO DO?

>> SO WHEN WE LOOK REALLY CLOSE TO WHERE THE TRUNK ENTERS THE GROUND, IT LOOKS A LITTLE WONKY TO ME.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT HAS A NICE ROOT FLOOR OR WHERE IT GETS WIDER, WHERE IT ENTERS THE GROUND AND IT APPEARS ON THE ONE SIDE WHERE WE'RE HAVING THAT ISSUE.

THAT'S THE SIDE OF THE TRUNK THAT DOESN'T HAVE A NICE ROOT FLARE.

SO IN MY MIND, WE EITHER HAVE SOME TRUNK DAMAGE NEAR THE BOTTOM OR WE HAVE A STEM GIRDLING ROOT WHERE THE THE ROOT IS CROSSING OVER THE TRUNK AND CAUSING THAT ISSUE UP IN THE UPPER CANOPY.

SO MORE THAN LIKELY THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING THAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT THE COLORATION OF THE LEAVES.

OTHER THAN KIND OF WATCH AND WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FOR PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, ELIZABETH, THIS COMES TO US FROM BENNINGTON.

THIS IS A MAGNOLIA PLANTED FOUR YEARS AGO.

SEEMS TO BE HAVE BEEN SPLIT IN HALF COLOR WISE.

WONDERS ABOUT THIS ONE.

>> SO WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TRUNK PICTURES OF THIS ONE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A MULTI STEM TRUNK.

AND I THINK WE HAVE SOME COMPETITION OR SOME GIRDLING OF SOME OF THESE MULTIPLE STEMS WITHIN THERE.

AND SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE KINKING A HOSE.

IT WAITS TILL THERE ARE THE RIGHT SIZE WHERE IT KIND OF STOPS THE SAP FLOW IN THAT.

AND SO THAT'S WHY ONE HALF IS STRUGGLING AND THE OTHER HALF IS NOT.

THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT WE CAN DO UNLESS WE WANT TO GO IN AND KIND OF PRUNE UP THAT MESS IN THERE.

IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY DIFFICULT, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE CANOPY TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHICH BRANCHES ARE GOING TO NEED THAT, PRUNING BACK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, ELIZABETH.

AND THIS PARTICULAR QUESTION, IF I CAN FIGURE IT OUT, IS ASPEN'S AND HE'S WONDERING ON THIS ONE, WHY ARE THESE NEW LEAVES SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THE OLD LEAVES?

>> BECAUSE YOUR TREE IS HAPPY.

WHAT IT IS DOING IS THOSE LEAVES THAT ARE BIGGER ARE ON THE NEWEST, MOST GROWTH.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO BE THE MOST ADVANTAGEOUS IS GOING TO BE THE FLASHIEST.

AND SO IT'S GOING TO PUT ON LARGER LEAVES THAN NORMAL AS THAT TREE GETS CAUGHT UP WITH ITSELF AND DOESN'T GO THROUGH AS MANY GROWTH SPURTS, WE'RE GOING TO SEE THOSE LEAVES KIND OF GO DOWN BACK TO NORMAL.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.

>> LEAVES ON STEROIDS.

>> EXACTLY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT LAWNS AND LANDSCAPES IN RELATIONSHIP TO YOUR OWN BACKYARD.

BUT TURFGRASS SCIENCE HAS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH ATHLETIC FIELDS.

AND THE UNL TURFGRASS SCIENCE PROGRAM RECENTLY COLLABORATED WITH ATHLETICS NEBRASKA FOOTBALL TO CREATE NEW BERMUDA GRASS PRACTICE FIELDS, WHICH OF COURSE WE DO HOPE WILL HELP US GO BIG RED.

>> AND IT'S BEEN A TREMENDOUS I THINK, PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN EAST CAMPUS AND, YOU KNOW, THE TURF GRASS SCIENCE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE AND THE COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND, AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE.

>> FOR TROY TO COME IN AND FOR COACH RHULE TO BE THINKING ABOUT REGRASSING THE PRACTICE FIELD, IT OPENS UP A DOOR FOR US TO GO BACK AND REINVIGORATE THE TURFGRASS SCIENCE PROGRAM.

I SO APPRECIATE TROY AND ATHLETICS REALLY OPENING UP OUR AMAZING ATHLETIC PLATFORMS TO INFORM OUR TEACHING, OUR LEARNING AND OUR OUTREACH.

>> WE'RE SEEING A LOT MORE FACILITIES AND PLACES THAT ARE GOING INTO THAT BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY AND GENETICS WITH BERMUDA GRASS.

>> RESEARCH AND TURF PROGRAMS ARE A MASSIVE ASSET TO ANY ATHLETIC PROGRAM IN ANY UNIVERSITY WITH WHAT THEY CAN PROVIDE FOR RESOURCES AND KNOWLEDGE.

HAVING A SPECIALIZED PERSON LIKE AMANDA ON THEIR STAFF, HAVING HER, YOU KNOW, GIVE HER INPUT IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> AND YOU GOT MORE MANAGEMENT.

I DO IT FOR ME A GRASS.

SO THE RESEARCH STARTED WHEN, THEY WERE CONSIDERING DOING A DIFFERENT GRASS LAST YEAR, IN 2024 ACTUALLY ONE FULL YEAR SINCE WE HAD THIS INSTALLED.

SO WE'RE SEEING HOW THE REACTION OF THE CULTURAL PRACTICES THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, RE-GRASSING IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN OTHER COOL SEASON GRASSES BECAUSE IT LOVES TO GROW BECAUSE OF THIS RHIZOMES AND STOLEN TO TAKE OVER.

SO IT HAS MORE OF THAT STRONGER CANOPY, AND ALSO TO SEE HOW IT HELD UP WITH THE WEATHER THAT WE HAD THIS PAST YEAR.

THE WARM SEASON GRASSES LIKE BERMUDA, FOR ALL THE THREE CULTIVARS.

DO VERY WELL WITH DROUGHT CONDITIONS, SO IT'S MORE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE FIRST YEAR COLLEGE PRACTICES WE'LL DO BETWEEN THE, TRAFFICS THAT WE HAD FROM YEAR ONE TO YEAR TWO.

IT'S A NO BRAINER FOR US TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS PARTNERSHIP, AS WE'RE A LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY WITH EXTENSION AND HAVE A TURF GRASS PROGRAM THAT'S STILL GROWING EVERY YEAR.

AND, IT'S A BIG OPPORTUNITY FOR US.

>> WE OFFICIALLY BROKE GROUND HERE ON MARCH 10TH.

THEY REMOVE BASICALLY HAVE YOUR SOD LAYERS TOOK THAT OFF.

THEN BELOW THAT YOU HAVE YOUR SAND BASE TOOK ALL THAT OUT AND THEN BELOW THAT WE HAVE OUR DRAINAGE AND GRAVEL LAYER WHICH WAS ALL REMOVED.

ASIDE FROM THE FIELD ITSELF.

THEY'RE REBUILDING THE EAST PERIMETER FENCE.

SO THERE'S BEEN CONCRETE WORK GOING ON.

THERE'S BEEN REBAR WORK GOING ON, JUST KIND OF SOME EXTERIOR WORK, BECAUSE THAT HAS TO ALL BE DONE BEFORE YOU CAN KIND OF REBUILD THAT PROFILE.

WE'RE BASICALLY TAKING EVERYTHING OUT ALL THE WAY DOWN APPROXIMATELY THREE FOOT, STARTING OVER AND REBUILDING BACK UP.

>> THE ONE THING I WAS FORTUNATE ABOUT THIS WORK THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW OVER HERE AT THE PRACTICE FIELDS IS, WE'RE HAVING A USGA BASE SAND ROOT ZONE.

THIS IS SOMETHING I AS A BIT OF A MISSING PIECE WHEN YOU HAVE, YOU WANT TO GO TO FLAG FIELD SURFACE, IT'S NOT JUST THE GRASS THAT'S THE BIG FACTORS.

ALSO UNDERNEATH >> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF NEW THINGS OUT HERE THAT ARE GOING TO BENEFIT US IN THE LONG RUN THAT WE'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE, AND JUST THE ABILITY TO REDO THE DRAINAGE AND TO HAVE BRAND NEW IRRIGATION BASED OFF OF DECISIONS WE'VE MADE AND THINGS THAT WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER, THAT'S WHAT WE ANTICIPATE IS TO HAVE A HIGH LEVEL ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE FIELD.

ONE OF THE GREATEST THINGS IS BEING AROUND AT SUCH A HIGH LEVEL AND SUCH A HIGH STANDARD, AND BEING A PART OF THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS.

YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS AND PUT THE WORK, YOU KNOW, INTO THE FIELD IS A VERY ENJOYABLE FOR ME, BEING THAT, YOU KNOW, I'M ORIGINALLY FROM HERE, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF GREW UP IN THIS ENVIRONMENT.

I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, A NEBRASKA FAN.

YOU KNOW, THE GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE ATHLETIC FIELDS, ALL THE FACILITIES HERE ARE TOP NOTCH.

THEY'RE AT A HIGH STANDARD.

AND ONE OF OUR BIGGEST PRIORITIES IS PLAYER SAFETY AND SAFETY ON THE FIELDS.

>> I'M SO EXCITED THAT OUR TURFGRASS SCIENCE PROGRAM HAS A CHANCE TO BE A NATIONAL LEADER.

I HOPE THAT OUR KNOW-HOW HELPS LEAD TO, MORE HUSKER VICTORIES.

>> AND THIS AND THIS COLLABORATION, BETWEEN UNL ATHLETICS, HUSKER FOOTBALL AND ALL THOSE TURFGRASS MANAGERS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THAT.

AND OF COURSE, WE ARE GOING TO WIN THOSE FOOTBALL GAMES, MAYBE.

AND YOUR TURF WILL NEVER LOOK LIKE THAT, BY THE WAY.

SO IT WON'T.

IT JUST WON'T.

ALL RIGHT.

KAIT, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM SYRACUSE.

SHE HAS HOLLYHOCKS AND WORMS, WEBBING AND POO.

>> YES.

LOTS OF IT, BY THE LOOKS OF THE PICTURE.

SO IN THIS FIRST PICTURE, WE HAVE A PAINTED LADY BUTTERFLY CATERPILLAR.

AND SO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY'LL USE THEIR SILK AND TIE THE LEAVES TOGETHER TO FORM KIND OF A SHELTER.

AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY IN THE SECOND PICTURE, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A SECOND TYPE OF CATERPILLAR THERE THAT IS ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT IS A YELLOW STRIPED ARMYWORM, WHICH TURNS INTO A NOT SO PRETTY MOTH.

BUT REGARDLESS, LIKE BUTTERFLIES, BENEFICIAL INSECTS, SOMETHING REALLY COOL TO HAVE.

AND JUST KEEP AROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE AND THEN ONE AFTER THAT.

AND THERE MAY MAYBE THE SAME THING, BUT THIS FIRST ONE COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

SHE FOUND THIS ONE ON A CANDY LILY AND SHE WONDERS WHAT IT WILL TURN INTO.

>> YEAH.

SO I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS THE CATERPILLAR OF THE VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH, AND THEY'RE SOMETIMES CALLED YELLOW WOOLY BEARS.

AND EVEN THOUGH THIS ONE IN THE PICTURE IS WHITE, THEY CAN COME IN A VARIETY OF COLORS REDDISH YELLOW, PURE WHITE LIKE WE SEE HERE.

AND THEY'RE GENERALIST FEEDERS, SO THEY'LL FEED ON A WHOLE WIDE VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PLANTS.

AND THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT WE SEE THEM A LOT.

AND INTO SEPTEMBER THEY'RE JUST REALLY FUN LOOKING CATERPILLARS >> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE HAVE ONE COMING FROM THE ST. ROBERT BELLARMINE ARBORETUM IN OMAHA.

IS THAT THE SAME BEAST?

>> YEAH, I BELIEVE IT'S THE SAME ONE.

THERE ARE OTHER FLUFFY WHITE CATERPILLARS, SO SOMETIMES IT CAN BE A LITTLE HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE, BUT I'M PRETTY SURE THIS IS MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE THAT VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH.

>> OKAY, THEN YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES.

ON THE NEXT ONE, THEY COME TO US FROM LEWIS AND CLARK LAKE.

SHE FOUND THESE BEAUTIFUL THINGS THAT ARE ABOUT FOUR INCHES LONG.

>> SO THESE ARE AMAZING.

THESE ARE CECROPIA MOTH CATERPILLARS.

AND AS KIM SAID, THEY GET REALLY LONG AND THEY'RE MOTHS ARE SOME OF THE LARGEST MOTHS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN NEBRASKA.

THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET A WINGSPAN OF 5 TO 6IN ACROSS.

THESE GUYS WILL FEED ON, HARDWOOD TREES AND BUSHES, AND THEN THEY'LL ACTUALLY START FORMING THEIR COCOON HERE.

SOON THEY'LL OVERWINTER AS THAT.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE THE ADULTS START FLYING AGAIN IN MAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

OKAY, TERRI, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE.

JUST ONE PICTURE.

I'M SORRY.

THIS IS A RETAINING WALL, AND HE'S GOT A CHAMELEON PLANT THAT KEEPS COMING UP FROM PREVIOUS OWNERS.

HE'S.

IT'S POPPING UP.

ROUND UP.

KILLS IT WHEN IT'S EMERGED, BUT IT POPS, IT POPS, IT POPS.

WHAT WILL KILL IT ONCE AND FOR ALL.

>> I DON'T THINK ANYTHING KILLS THIS ONE.

SO THIS ONE ACTUALLY MOST LIKELY HAS A LOT OF RHIZOMES IN ITS SOIL PROFILE.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE ONE OF THE ISSUES.

REALLY WHAT I WOULD DO, TO MANAGE THIS GUY IS TO GO GET A BROADLEAF WEED KILLER, PROBABLY LIKE A TRICLOPYR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR A THREE WAY, MIX, AND YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP PAINTING IT ON TO GET RID OF IT.

IT'S GOING TO PROBABLY TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS.

BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT I WOULD PROBABLY CUT IT AND THEN PAINT IT ON.

AND JUST CONTINUALLY DOING THAT IS GOING TO BE YOUR BEST MODE OF ACTION WITH THIS ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

TERRI, THIS COMES TO US FROM LOUISVILLE.

IS THIS DESIRABLE?

IT NOW HAS BERRIES OF SOME SORT ON IT.

AND IF IT IS NOT DESIRABLE, HOW DOES SHE KILL IT?

ONCE AND FOR ALL?

YEAH.

IF LOREN WAS HERE, HE WOULD SAY YES, IT WAS, BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU.

NO, IT IS NOT.

THIS IS POLK WEED.

THIS IS ONE THAT MOST LIKELY WAS PLANTED FROM A BIRD.

PLEASE JUST REMOVE IT.

IT WILL.

THE WHOLE PLANT IS POISONOUS.

THERE IS SUPPOSEDLY A POLK WEED SALAD, BUT YOU HAVE TO BOIL THE LEAVES LIKE, TEN TIMES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN ORDER TO EAT IT.

WHO WANTS TO DO THAT?

THAT'S TOO MUCH WORK.

SO JUST REMOVE THIS, DISCARD IT IN YOUR GARBAGE.

IT WILL GET REALLY DARK PURPLE.

FRUITS ON IT TOO, WHICH WILL STAIN ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.

SO JUST BE CAREFUL ONCE THOSE FRUITS START TURNING PURPLE.

BUT JUST REMOVE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT?

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A PRAIRIE BY SPRING CREEK.

APPARENTLY, THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

IS IT NATIVE?

IS IT TOXIC?

WILL IT SPREAD AND HOW TO CONTROL IT?

IF IT'S TOXIC?

>> SO THIS IS GROUND CHERRY.

MOST PEOPLE USUALLY JUST WANT TO GET RID OF IT.

YOU CAN JUST PULL IT OUT IF YOU WANT.

HOWEVER, ANY LITTLE PIECE WILL ACTUALLY SEED ITSELF OR ROOT ITSELF ALSO.

SO PROBABLY JUST USING, IT LOOK LIKE IT'S MAYBE IN SOMETHING THAT'S DESIRABLE.

SO I WOULD JUST PULL IT OUT AND GET RID OF IT.

IT FITS WHERE YOU DON'T WANT IT TO BE.

IT WILL SEED ITSELF ABOUT ALSO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO NOW AMY, YOU GET THE REDBUD QUESTION.

>> OH I GET THE REDBUD, AFTER I'VE ALREADY ANSWERED IT.

>> SO WE'RE GOING TO SKIP THE GLYPHOSATE DAMAGE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO GO STRAIGHT TO BROWN SPOTS DEAD BRANCHES, DEAD TREES.

WHAT IS IT THAT RED BUDS ARE GETTING.

>> SO THERE IS WOW.

THE NAME JUST WENT OUT OF MY MOUTH.

OUT OF MY HEAD.

SORRY.

IT IT'S A FUNGAL LEAF SPOT, CERCOSPORA LEAF SPOT ON REDBUD.

TYPICALLY, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, IT TYPICALLY DOESN'T KILL THE TREE.

WAIT AND BE PATIENT WITH THE TREE AND SEE HOW IT COMES BACK NEXT SPRING.

LIKE I SAID, IT TYPICALLY DOESN'T KILL THE TREE.

MOST LIKELY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE WET WEATHER WE'VE BEEN HAVING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SO THEN WE HAVE TWO PICTURES THAT ARE LILACS.

ONE FROM OUR BACKYARD.

>> OH, IT LOOKS VERY FAMILIAR.

JUST EXACTLY LIKE MY YARD.

SO THIS IS THAT LILAC BLIGHT THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WITH MY SAMPLE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THE TREES AND THE BUSHES LOOK REALLY, REALLY ROUGH.

ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO PRUNE THEM.

ANYTHING THAT HAS DEATH TO IT AND DON'T PRUNE THEM UNTIL THE SPRING AND IF YOU ARE GOING TO RENOVATE THOSE LILACS, WE ARE ACTUALLY ONLY GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A THIRD OF THEM OUT AT A TIME.

>> YEAH.

ALL RIGHTY.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE.

AMY, THIS IS FUN.

OKAY.

THIS IS A FREMONT VIEWER.

HE SAID, WHAT IN THE WORLD WOULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN TO EGGPLANT?

>> YOU JUST HAVE A VERY BIG EGGPLANT.

IT'S FASCIITIS.

IT'S JUST A NATURAL GENETIC MUTATION THAT OCCURS.

NOTHING TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.

YOU JUST HAVE A GIANT EGGPLANT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LOTS OF, WHATEVER YOU MAKE WITH EGGPLANT.

>> EGGPLANT PARMESAN.

>> YUCK.

OKAY.

SO YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES.

ELIZABETH.

THESE COME TO US FROM LAUREL.

THESE ARE LINDENS AND HE'S WORRIED ABOUT THE DEAD BRANCH ON THIS ONE.

HE'S GOT A COUPLE OTHER PICTURES.

IT WAS TRIMMED BY A TREE SERVICE.

THERE'S KIND OF A WOUND IN THERE.

HE'S WONDERING IF THAT'S AN ISSUE, BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF STANDING WATER AND POOR DRAINAGE, SO ANY ANYTHING YOU CAN TELL HIM ABOUT HIS BEAUTIFUL LINDENS.

>> SO LINDENS TEND TO BE SHALLOW ROOTED.

SO, I MEAN, IF WE'VE HAD STANDING WATER IN THAT LOCATION FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS, WE CAN SEE SOME ISSUES WITH LINDENS FROM THAT.

NOW, I DON'T THINK THE WOUND ITSELF IS WHAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM.

BUT IF WE LOOK CLOSELY AT THE, PICTURE, WE CAN KIND OF SEE THERE'S SOME OTHER ISSUES GOING ON WITH, LIKE A NARROW BRANCHING ANGLE AND THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES.

SO ONCE THAT BRANCH DIES AND DIES COMPLETELY, ANYTHING DEAD, DAMAGED OR DISEASE CAN BE REMOVED AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

NOW, FOLLOWING FLOOD AND WATER, WE'RE JUST GOING TO WATCH THOSE TREES BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT CAN TAKE 3 TO 5 YEARS BEFORE WE START TO SEE SYMPTOMS FROM FLOOD DAMAGE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

OKAY.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

ELIZABETH, THIS IS NORTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY.

THEY HAD A BEAUTIFUL BLUE SPRUCE IN THIS PICTURE.

IT WAS, REPLANTED 15 YEAR OLD TREE 20 YEARS AGO.

AND THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS THE AUGUST 9TH STORM.

AND WHAT HAPPENED.

AND THEN THEY DID ON THE THIRD PICTURE, PULL IT BACK UP ON THE 12TH, AND THEY'RE WONDERING HOW LONG THEY SHOULD LEAVE IT STAKED AND HOW LONG AND HOW OFTEN SHOULD IT BE WATERED AND OR.

>> SO IF IT WAS ME, I WOULD LEAVE IT STAKED UNTIL YOUR CITY'S CHRISTMAS, WHEN THEY NEED A GIANT CHRISTMAS TREE TO USE DOWNTOWN.

BECAUSE NO MATTER IF YOU TRY TO STAKE THAT TREE BACK UP, THOSE ROOTS ARE NOT GOING TO REGROW.

AND SO WE'RE REALLY GOING TO NEED TO JUST TAKE THAT TREE OUT AND REMOVE IT, BECAUSE IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A QUALITY TREE.

>> AND OUR HEART BREAKS FOR EVERYBODY WHO LOST THOSE BIG TREES.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE PICTURE, ELIZABETH.

THIS COMES TO US FROM BEATRICE.

THEY HAVE, RED HOT POKER PLANT, AND SHE'S SEEING LITTLE SIDE SHOOTS ON THE SPENT FLOWER STALKS.

SHE'S WONDERING HOW TO DIVIDE OR WHAT DO YOU DO?

YOU GET NEW PLANTS OFF THE SHOOTS OF RED HOT POKER.

>> YOU KNOW, YOU CAN TRY OFF THOSE OFFSHOOTS THERE.

I'M NOT AWARE THAT THEY TRANSPLANT EXTREMELY WELL.

BUT IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO DIVIDE, YOU COULD DO THAT IN THE SPRING.

OR, LIKE I SAID, TRY THOSE OFF SHOOTS WHERE YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, SACRIFICING YOUR ORIGINAL PLANT.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

WELL, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK, BUT STAY WITH US.

WE HAVE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

AND OF COURSE, THERE IS MUCH MORE BACKYARD FARMER RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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COMING UP LATER IN THE PROGRAM, WE'RE GOING TO BE HEARING ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE A LITTLE BIT OF POOR DRAINAGE IN A SPOT ON CAMPUS AND HOW THAT WOULD ACTUALLY APPLY TO YOU AND YOUR OWN HOME LANDSCAPE.

BUT OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

AND ELIZABETH, YOU CHOSE WISELY FOR THE COLOR OF YOUR SHIRT.

>> I TRIED HARD, SO WE HAVE SOME REALLY NICE PLANS FOR THE WEEK.

WE HAVE SOME GOOD PERENNIALS, SO THIS YELLOW ONE IS GOING TO BE OUR GOLDENROD.

IT'S GOING TO BE SOLIDDAGO.

WE HAVE LOTS OF DIFFERENT CULTIVARS ON THE MARKET.

THIS JUST HAPPENS TO BE ONE OF OUR NATIVE ONES.

THIS ONE DOES SPREAD.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

BUT IT DOES ATTRACT A LOT OF POLLINATORS AND SOME SOLDIER BEETLES AND ALL SORTS OF GOOD THINGS.

SO THIS ONE'S REALLY FUN.

THIS OTHER ONE IS REALLY FUN AS WELL.

THE BLUE ONE IS ALSO KNOWN AS BLUE MIST SPIREA.

NOW THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

THIS IS WHAT WE CALL SUFFRUTESCENT, WHICH MEANS IT DIES BACK TO THE GROUND AND WE CUT IT BACK TO THE GROUND TO HAVE IT COME BACK.

NOW, THIS ONE'S ABOUT TWO AND A HALF TO THREE FOOT TALL AGAIN.

IT ATTRACTS A WIDE NUMBER OF POLLINATORS, BUT IT GIVES US THAT COLOR THAT WE DON'T SEE VERY READILY IN THE LANDSCAPE.

SO THESE ARE SOME REALLY FUN ONES.

AND THIS IS YOUR TEASER THAT I BELIEVE WE WILL HAVE A SEGMENT ON MILLET IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME OF THE MILLET AND WATCH THE FUTURE SHOW ABOUT THAT PRODUCT.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU ELIZABETH.

WELL, YOU KNOW, OUR GARDEN HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC THIS YEAR IN SPITE OF THE WEEDS.

AND SO HERE IS IT'S NOW GOING INTO A LITTLE TRANSITION FOR FALL.

SO HERE'S TERRI TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

>> WE'RE SUPER EXCITED TO BE AT THE STATE FAIR.

AND WE JUST WANTED TO SHOW OFF OUR GARDEN TO EVERYBODY.

EVERYTHING IS LOOKING FANTASTIC.

WE ARE STILL COLLECTING PRODUCE AND WE ARE ALSO COLLECTING PRODUCE THROUGH THE END OF OCTOBER FOR OUR GROW A ROW.

SO IF YOU HAVE THOSE EXTRA TOMATOES, PEPPERS, CUCUMBERS, STOP BY ON TUESDAY NIGHTS FROM 4:30 TO 6:30 TO DROP OFF YOUR EXTRA PRODUCE.

WE'VE ALREADY, HARVESTED OVER 300 POUNDS WITHIN OUR OWN GARDEN, AND WE'RE STARTING TO GET THE HOMEOWNERS ALSO.

OUR GARDEN IS LOOKING FANTASTIC AND ALL OF OUR ALL-AMERICA SELECTIONS ARE REALLY, REALLY SHOWING OFF WELL.

SO IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT SOMETHING NEW FOR NEXT YEAR, STOP BY AND CHECK OUT WHAT YOU CAN ADD TO YOUR GARDEN NEXT YEAR THAT WE'RE GROWING IN OUR GARDEN THIS YEAR.

>> SO AGAIN, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO VISIT THE GARDEN AND BRING THOSE PRODUCE DONATIONS FOR GROW A ROW.

THAT'S REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT TO US.

ENJOY THE GARDEN AT ANY GIVEN TIME.

AND HERE IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT FOR BACKYARD FARMER GROW A ROW.

PRODUCE DONATIONS TUESDAYS ONLY THROUGH OCTOBER 4:30 TO 6:30 IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN ON UNL'S EAST CAMPUS.

ALL RIGHT.

AND I THINK WE ARE GOING TO QUESTIONS NEXT.

SO QUESTIONS WE HAVE ARE LET'S SEE.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE KAIT.

THIS COMES TO US FROM NO LOCATION, PROBABLY LINCOLN.

SHE FOUND THIS ON THE BACK OF A TIGER MELON LEAF.

AND SHE'S WONDERING WHAT THESE LONG LINES OF SOMETHING ARE.

>> YEAH.

SO THESE ARE REALLY COOL EGGS.

THEY'RE EGGS OF A LEAF FOOTED BUG.

POSSIBLY THAT WESTERN CONIFER SEED BUG THAT WE HAD SEEN AS A PICTURE EARLIER ON IN THE SHOW.

SO IF YOU DON'T WANT THEM THERE, YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST PULL THAT LEAF OFF THE CONIFER SEED BUGS WHILE THEY DO FEED ON THE TREES, THEY'RE NOT DAMAGING.

THE BIGGEST ISSUE WITH THEM IS THEY'RE WHAT WE CONSIDER ONE OF OUR FALL INVADERS.

AND SO TOWARDS THE END OF THE SUMMER INTO THE EARLY FALL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING ON THE SIDES OF THE HOUSE LOOKING FOR A WAY IN TO SPREAD, TO SPEND THE WINTER.

SO IT'S JUST A REALLY GOOD IDEA TO PRACTICE EXCLUSION.

BUT OTHERWISE THE EGGS ARE PRETTY COOL LOOKING.

>> THEY LOOK LIKE BABY LEGOS.

>> THEY DO LOOK LIKE LEGOS.

YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

KAIT, THIS COMES TO US FROM ELMWOOD.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS LARVA IS THAT'S FEEDING ON HIS SWAMP OAK AND DOING DAMAGE TO THE TIPS.

HE THINKS.

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS A WHITE DOTTED PROMINENT MOTH CATERPILLAR.

SO.

KIND OF A MOUTHFUL.

BUT A REALLY COOL LOOKING CATERPILLAR.

THEY HAVE THAT, LIKE, DEFINED HEAD TO THEM.

AND THEY'LL TURN INTO KIND OF THIS BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN BROWN COLORED MOTH.

BUT THEY DO FEED ON OAKS.

BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERED PESTS.

YOU CAN THE OAK CAN WITHSTAND A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE.

SO AND NOT JUST ANOTHER REALLY COOL CATERPILLAR.

>> WE'RE GETTING A LOT IN THE SHOW TODAY.

>> THAT'S WONDERFUL.

ALL RIGHT, TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

KAIT, THIS COMES TO US FROM WAVERLY.

SHE FOUND TWO COOL MOTHS WHILE WALKING INTO HER SCHOOL.

WHAT CAN WE TELL HER ABOUT THEM?

>> YEAH.

SO THIS FIRST ONE, ALSO CONNECTS TO AN EARLIER PICTURE.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL MOTH OF THE VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH.

WE SAW THE, FLUFFY WHITE CATERPILLAR EARLIER.

AND IF YOU WERE TO SEE THIS ONE FLY, THEY HAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL ORANGE SIDES ON THEIR ABDOMEN.

SO, ONCE AGAIN, JUST VERY COOL LOOKING A LOT OF COOL LOOKING STUFF TODAY.

I'M LUCKY.

>> AND THE SECOND ONE THAT SHE SENT, THE SECOND PICTURE IS A.

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS, I HAD TO LOOK THIS ONE UP.

IT'S THE HAGAN'S SPHINX MOTH.

SO SPHINX MOTHS ARE THOSE, THEY KIND OF RESEMBLE HUMMINGBIRDS BECAUSE THEY'VE GOT THOSE BIG BODIES.

AND REALLY, THE ONLY THING I COULD FIND OUT ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR MOTH IS THAT THEY'RE SPECIALISTS ON OSAGE ORANGE.

>> WOW.

I'M GLAD WE HAVE SOME ON CAMPUS.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES, TERRI, ON THIS ONE.

THE QUESTION IS, IS IT TIME TO CONTROL CREEPING CHARLIE?

AND IF SO, WITH WHAT?

THAT IS LEAST TOXIC TO PETS AND PEOPLE.

>> YEP.

IT IS TIME TO START CONTROLLING ALL OF THOSE PERENNIAL WEEDS IN OUR TURF AND LANDSCAPES.

SO JUST, A LITTLE REMINDER THAT THOSE PERENNIALS, THEY'RE KIND OF SWITCHING RIGHT NOW AND THEY'RE STARTING TO SEND ALL OF THEIR ENERGIES DOWN INTO THE ROOTS.

SO NOW IS REALLY THE TIME TO START CONTROLLING THEM.

I DIDN'T SEE LIKE THE OVERALL YARD THAT HE HAD.

SO IF HE JUST HAS THOSE TINY LITTLE BITS IN HIS YARD, I WOULD JUST SAY, GO TAKE YOUR SOIL KNIFE OUT THERE AND JUST START DIGGING IT UP AND THEN OVER SEED A LITTLE BIT RIGHT IN THOSE AREAS THAT YOU'VE DUG UP.

THERE'S NOT A LOT OF LIKE SUPER NONTOXIC.

I WOULD USE LIKE A THREE WAY BROADLEAF WEED KILLER ON IT IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE APPLICATIONS, READ THE DIRECTIONS CLOSELY.

THEY'LL PROBABLY HAVE LIKE AN INTERVAL WHERE YOU SHOULDN'T BE WALKING ON IT AND STUFF, BUT IT'LL BE OKAY FOR YOU TO KIND OF MANAGE IT THAT WAY.

KEEP PEOPLE OUT OF THE AREA.

IF THERE'S A BIGGER AREA, BUT IF THERE'S NOT VERY MUCH, JUST DIG IT UP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

TERRI, THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW, IS THIS A MORNING GLORY OR IS THIS A BLUE BINDWEED?

AND WILL IT BE A PROBLEM?

IT'S KIND OF GROWN BY ITSELF UP A FENCE.

WELL, I GUESS IT'S, YOUR POINT OF VIEW IS SOME PEOPLE THINK MORNING GLORIES ARE A PROBLEM, SO.

BUT.

YEP, THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.

MOST LIKELY, PROBABLY SEED CAME IN SOMEWHERE.

THEY WILL SEED THEMSELVES ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO YOU MAY WANT TO CONTROL IT A LITTLE BIT.

DON'T LET THE SEED, GO ALL OVER THE PLACE.

KEEP THAT IN CONTROL.

BUT LOTS OF PEOPLE LIKE THEM AND PLANT THEM.

SO ENJOY IT.

AND IT'S VERY HARD, AS ELIZABETH SAID, FOR THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK, YOU DON'T SEE BLUE VERY OFTEN IN THE GARDEN.

SO ENJOY IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICKS ON THIS ONE.

THIS VIEWER IS ALSO A LINCOLN VIEWER.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW, IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PINK BINDWEED AND WHITE BINDWEED AND IS ONE WORSE THAN THE OTHER?

>> NO, ALL BINDWEED IS WORSE.

SO OFTENTIMES YOU'LL SEE THE PINK ON SOME OF THE OLDER FLOWERS.

SO SOMETIMES THEY'LL KIND OF TURN A LITTLE PINK.

THEY'RE BOTH JUST AS BAD.

SO JUST KEEP GETTING RID OF IT AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

>> ALL RIGHT, AMY, THREE PICTURES ON THIS.

THIS COMES TO US FROM ORLEANS IN HARLAN COUNTY.

EXCUSE ME?

FIGHTING WHAT SHE THINKS THIS BOTRYTIS.

IT WAS A TRANSPLANT.

IT SUFFERED.

IS IT BOTRYTIS?

IS IT BLACK SPOT?

SHE'S WONDERING IF SHE SHOULD RETREAT.

NOW.

CUT IT BACK TO THE GROUND AND YOU HAVE ANOTHER SET OF PICTURES.

THAT'S ALSO A PEONY.

THIS IS STILL THE ORLEANS ONE.

MAYBE THE SAME ISSUE.

MAYBE NOT.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK HERE?

>> SO IT'S PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE THINGS.

I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF POWDERY MILDEW, I SEE A LITTLE BIT OF BOTRYTIS BLIGHT AND I DO SEE SOME BLACK SPOT ON THERE.

THIS ISN'T A TIME OF YEAR I WOULD RECOMMEND TREATING.

WE'RE GETTING TO THE END OF THE YEAR.

JUST CLEAN IT UP REALLY WELL HERE IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS.

YOU SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO.

>> AS SHE CHOKES ON THE BOTRYTIS.

SO THIS IS THE SECOND VIEWER AND THAT WAS THE COPPER FUNGICIDE THAT SHE USED.

SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT THE TIMING.

>> NOT TIME TO USE IT.

SORRY.

TICKLE MY THROW.

>> AND SO YOUR SECOND ONES AGAIN, THIS IS KIND OF NO LOCATION.

IT IS A SPECIAL SMALL HYBRID, BUT LOOKING SORT OF INFECTED.

SAME THING, SAME ANSWER, SAME.

IS SHE GOING DOWN?

NO, WE HOPE NOT.

ELIZABETH, CAN YOU ANSWER FOR HER ON THAT ONE?

>> MAYBE.

YEP.

IT'S DISEASED.

BUT NOW IS NOT THE TIME FOR MANAGEMENT.

WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE GOOD FALL CLEANUP.

GET THAT OUT OF THERE.

ARE WE LOOKING AT BOTRYTIS?

YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR HEAD, YES.

OKAY.

WE'RE LOOKING AT BOTRYTIS, WHICH IS GOING TO COME BACK NEXT SPRING.

SO IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOME CONTROLS, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SPRING AS BEING THAT IDEAL TIME FRAME TO GO AHEAD AND CONTROL SOME OF THOSE.

ARE YOU READY, YET?

>> THAT WAS GOOD.

>> OKAY.

I'LL DO IT AS LONG AS I CAN.

YEAH.

>> SO ALL OF A SUDDEN.

>>YEP.

>> SO YOU'RE GOOD.

>> WE'RE GOOD.

>> OKAY.

ELIZABETH, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS LIVE TELEVISION, JUST IN CASE YOU CAN'T TELL.

SO THIS IS BURWELL.

THIS IS KIND OF FUN.

THIS IS A 4H PROJECT, PLANTED, UTAH WHITE OAK SEEDS, WHICH IS WHY THEY KIND OF DON'T LOOK LIKE OUR WHITE OAKS, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE STARTING TO SHOW A LITTLE CHLOROSIS.

SOME ARE A LITTLE SMALLER.

THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO OVERWINTER OR WHAT TO DO WITH THESE.

FOR THIS 4H PROJECT.

>> SO THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS IF WE'RE GOING TO OVERWINTER THESE IN THE POTS, WE EITHER NEED TO SINK THEM IN THE GROUND OR MAKE SURE WE HAVE A LOT OF MULCH AROUND THEM TO HELP PROTECT THEM FROM THE TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATIONS THAT WE SEE.

YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO EITHER YOU CAN KEEP THEM IN THE GARAGE OR THINGS ALONG THOSE LINES, BUT WE REALLY DON'T WANT THAT ROOT BALL TO FREEZE, BECAUSE IF THAT ROOT BALL FREEZES, THEN WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES.

NOW, THE THING THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS WITH IT BEING A UTAH WHITE OAK, I'M NOT 100% SURE THAT SEED SOURCE IS GOING TO BE HARDY FOR NEBRASKA.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE THE THE THING THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND LONG.

>> THAT'D BE GREAT IF IT WAS.

IT WOULD BE NICE, BUT.

>> WE WON'T KNOW.

ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

ELIZABETH, THIS COMES TO US.

IT IS A LAKE CABIN.

EIGHT YEARS AGO, THEY ADDED A BASEMENT REGRADED WITH THE SOIL FROM THE EXCAVATION.

ADDED 6 TO 8IN AROUND, 100 YEAR OLD, BUR OAKS.

THEY'RE WONDERING.

THEY'RE NOT DOING WELL.

HE'S WONDERING, CAN HE REMOVE THE SOIL AND REINVIGORATE THOSE 100 YEAR OLD TREES?

>> SO MORE THAN LIKELY, THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A LOT.

WE CAN DO ANYTIME WE CHANGE THE GRADE AS LITTLE AS TWO INCHES AROUND THE TRUNK OR OVER THE ROOT ZONE OF THOSE TREES, THOSE TREES ARE GOING TO STRUGGLE.

SO UNFORTUNATELY, EVEN IF YOU WERE TO SCRAPE ALL THAT EXTRA SOIL OFF, I CAN'T GUARANTEE THOSE TREES ARE GOING TO HAVE A COMPLETE COMEBACK.

SO MORE THAN LIKELY YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THEM TO CONTINUE TO DECLINE WITH TIME AND IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE REPLACED AND REMOVE, DOWN THE LINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

ELIZABETH.

THIS IS THREE COLUMNAR SWEETGUMS, SLENDER SILHOUETTE, PROBABLY PLANTED LAST FALL.

SO THEY MUST HAVE BEEN BIG WHEN THEY WENT IN THE GROUND.

THEY'VE GROWN WELL, BUT SOME ARE STARTING TO GET THESE LIGHTER COLORED LEAVES AND LOTS OF BROWN.

AND THEN GOING MORE AND MORE THIS DIRECTION.

ANY THOUGHTS OR WHAT CAN BE DONE HERE?

>> IT'S GOING TO BE THAT TRANSPLANT SHOCK ENVIRONMENTAL DUE TO BEING A LARGE SIZE WHEN THEY WENT IN THE GROUND.

THERE'S REALLY NOT A WHOLE LOT WE CAN DO AS LONG AS THEY ARE PLANTED PROPERLY AND THEY HAVE ADEQUATE MOISTURE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE THE THING IS, JUST WATCH AND WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ELIZABETH.

WELL, OUR LANDSCAPES OF COURSE, ARE NOT PERFECT.

AND WE HAVE A LOT OF SITUATIONS WHERE WE EITHER HAVE HEAVY CLAY SOIL OR VERY COMPACTED CONSTRUCTION SOILS.

HERE'S JEFF TO TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME TIPS ON WHAT WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO TO ALLEVIATE THAT PROBLEM.

>> YOU HAVING COMPACTED SOILS OR POORLY DRAINED SOILS COULD BE A REAL FRUSTRATION IN OUR LANDSCAPE AND ESPECIALLY IN OUR VEGETABLE GARDENS.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS WE COULD DO TO, TO MITIGATE THAT.

AND BUT FIRST OF ALL, REALLY WE WANT TO KIND OF DETERMINE WHAT'S GOING ON WITH OUR SOILS.

SO IF YOU SUSPECT YOU HAVE A DRAINAGE PROBLEM, ONE THING YOU COULD DO A VERY SIMPLE TEST IS TO DIG A HOLE OH 6 TO 8IN AROUND MAYBE A FOOT DEEP, FILL UP FULL OF WATER, LET THAT WATER DRAIN OUT, THEN FILL IT AGAIN, AND THEN MEASURE HOW MUCH WATER HAS DRAINED OUT OVER THE NEXT HOUR.

IF MORE THAN AN INCH OR TWO IS DRAINED OUT, THAN YOUR SOILS ARE PROBABLY DRAINING JUST FINE.

IF LESS THAN THAT HAS DRAINED OUT, THEN YOU LIKELY HAVE COMPACTED SOILS OR POORLY DRAINED SOILS, WHICH WILL REALLY INHIBIT PLANTS FROM DOING WELL IN THAT AREA.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU COULD DO TO TO MITIGATE THE POOR DRAINAGE.

ONE IS TO ADD, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ALL THE TIME.

ADD ORGANIC MATTER, ADD COMPOST TO THE SOIL, KIND OF WORK THAT INTO THE SOIL.

MAKE SURE YOU DO THAT MAYBE A FEW TIMES AND THEN AVOID ADDING COMPACTION TO IT.

AVOID WALKING THROUGH THAT AREA.

THE OTHER THING YOU COULD DO IS LOOK FOR PLACE TO TOLERATE WETTER CONDITIONS OR MORE COMPACTED SOILS.

AND THERE ARE SOME GOOD PLANTS OUT THERE.

THE DO WELL IN SOILS THAT DON'T DRAIN VERY WELL.

SO YOU COULD DO A LITTLE RESEARCH.

BUT THINGS LIKE BLACK GUM AND BALD CYPRESS ARE TWO TREES THAT I PERSONALLY LIKE TO DO WELL IN THIS SORT OF SITUATION.

AND THEN KIND OF GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT HOW YOU'RE USING THAT SPACE AND, YOU KNOW, JUST US WALKING REPEATEDLY OVER AN AREA CAN, CAN COMPACT THE SOIL, ESPECIALLY IF WE HAVE MORE CLAY.

AND A LOT OF US HAVE A LOT OF CLAY AT OUR SOIL.

SO THAT REPEATED WALKING CAN ALSO HELP COMPACT THAT SOIL, TOO.

SO THINK ABOUT THAT, HOW YOU'RE TRAVELING THROUGH YOUR YARD, HOW YOU USING THAT SPACE.

>> WELL, JEFF IS REALLY THE EXPERT ON THIS BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN DOING THIS ON CAMPUS FOR DECADES.

AND YES, THAT IS ON CAMPUS.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THAT CORRECTED.

ALL RIGHT.

LAST ROUND OF PICTURES.

AND KAIT, YOUR FIRST ONE COMES TO US.

NO LOCATION, BUT HE SAW THIS PARTICULAR INSECT WITH BUMBLEBEES ON PERENNIALS.

AND IS IT HARMFUL OR IS THERE A NATURAL REPELLENT TO GET RID OF IT?

WELL, THE GOOD NEWS IS IT'S NOT HARMFUL.

THIS IS THE GOLDENROD SOLDIER BEETLE THAT ELIZABETH HAD MENTIONED EARLIER.

AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ONE OF OUR POLLINATING BEETLES, SO THEY'RE REALLY GREAT TO HAVE AROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

PERFECT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM JOHNSON LAKE.

SHE OR HE IS LIVING ON THE SIDE OF THE CABIN.

WHO IS THIS?

>> SO THIS IS, ONE OF THE ORB WEAVERS THAT I HAD TALKED ABOUT EARLIER, BUT THIS ONE IS BIGGER AND PRETTIER, AND MAYBE, MAKES PEOPLE A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH HOW BIG IT IS, BUT THIS IS THE YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER, AND THEY MAKE JUST BEAUTIFUL WEBS, AND THEY'RE A REALLY COOL THING.

AND THEY ADD KIND OF A SPLASH OF COLOR TO THE GARDEN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

JUST AN ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL THING.

RIGHT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE MORE.

AND THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHO IS THIS DIFFERENT BUTTERFLY.

>> SO THIS IS, A SILVER SPOTTED SKIPPER.

AND JUST KIND OF A RANDOM FUN FACT THAT SKIPPERS ARE NEITHER BUTTERFLIES NOR MOTHS.

THEY FLY DURING THE DAY LIKE BUTTERFLIES, BUT THEY'RE KIND OF DULL COLORED LIKE MOTHS.

BUT THIS ONE HAS THAT BRILLIANT SILVER SPOT UNDERNEATH ITS WINGS.

>> VERY BEAUTIFUL.

VISITING ONE OF OUR ZINNIAS.

ALL RIGHT, TERRI, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

THIS IS A GOLDEN RAIN TREE.

MATT ANSWERED THIS KIND OF IN LIGHTENING, BUT WE DIDN'T PUT THE PICTURE OF ALL THOSE SEEDS OFF THE GOLDEN RAIN TREE, WHICH APPARENTLY ARE SPROUTING IN THE LAWN, AND HE WANTS TO KNOW IF THERE IS A PRE MERGE THAT WILL KEEP THEM FROM SPROUTING.

>> YEAH.

YOU CAN TRY LIKE A PENDIMETHALIN ON IT IF YOU WANT TO PUT THAT DOWN.

SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING DOWN LIKE YOUR CRABGRASS PREVENTER AND STUFF.

BUT IT WOULD BE THAT SECOND APPLICATION BECAUSE THESE AREN'T GOING TO COME UP AS EARLY AS THE CRABGRASS WILL.

SO IT WOULD BE THAT SECOND APPLICATION.

>> AND MOW, MOW, MOW.

>> YEAH.

KEEP MOWING IT.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD ALSO AS SOON AS THEY DROP, I WOULD PROBABLY TRY TO RAKE UP AS MANY SEEDS AS YOU POSSIBLY COULD IF YOU SEE THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO HAD SENT TWO PICTURES HERE.

THEY THOUGHT THEY GOT RID OF THIS, WHATEVER IT WAS.

AND HERE IT IS.

AND IT'S FLOWERING AGAIN.

AND WHAT IS IT?

AND HOW DO YOU CONTROL IT?

>> NOBODY CAN GET RID OF THIS.

ONCE YOU HAVE IT.

IT'S A DAY FLOWER.

THEY'RE REALLY EASY TO PULL, BUT ANY LITTLE PIECE WILL, ROOT ITSELF ABOUT.

SO AGAIN, IT'S A PRETTY FLOWER, AND WE DON'T SEE BLUE VERY OFTEN.

SO I GUESS YOU CAN LOOK AT IT THAT WAY.

>> ENJOY IT MAYBE.

HAHA.

OKAY.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS PLANT, HE SAYS, IS GETTING BIGGER.

IS IT A WEED OR A FLOWER?

AND IF IT IS THE FORMER, HOW DO YOU KILL IT?

>> I DON'T KNOW, WE COULD ASK AMY.

MAYBE THIS WAS MAKING HER.

>> MY ALLERGIES >> HER ALLERGIES.

GO, THIS IS RAGWEED.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE SEEING THIS?

I ACTUALLY HAVE RAGWEED THAT I'VE BEEN MOWING ALL SUMMER LONG, AND IT'S STARTING TO PUT THE SEED HEAD ON IT.

AND IT'S ONLY ABOUT TWO INCHES TALL.

SO AN ANNUAL, AGAIN, THAT PRE-EMERGENT.

SO REALLY KNOWING WHAT YOU HAVE NOW AND MANAGING IT NEXT YEAR, WHAT THOSE, PRE-EMERGENT WILL REALLY HELP YOU CONTROL SOME OF THESE WEEDS GOING INTO NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

TERRI.

AMY.

>> YES.

>> TWO PICTURES.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF MUSHROOM CAN IT BE PREVENTED.

IT APPEARS UNDER A TREATED ASH TREE.

>> IT'S A TYPE OF BOLETUS MUSHROOM I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHAT SPECIES.

AND NO, THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO FOR IT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD GUY BREAKING DOWN ORGANIC MATTER.

>> JUST DON'T EAT IT.

>> JUST DON'T EAT IT.

MOW IT OFF.

>> OKAY?

>> AND KICK THEM OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO.

>> GOLF CLUB.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

TWO, PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

AMY, THIS FUNGI IS INCREASING IN NUMBERS YEARLY.

WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS ONE?

>> ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ANOTHER BOLETUS FUNGUS.

MOST LIKELY YOU'RE LOOKING AT DEAD TREE ROOTS THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE STARTING TO BREAK DOWN.

SO ONCE AGAIN, NOTHING WE CAN DO FOR IT TO APPRECIATE THEM AND MOW OVER TOP OF THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM HONEY CREEK, IOWA.

WHAT IS THIS INTERESTING THING AND IS IT HARMFUL?

>> IT ISN'T HARMFUL.

THIS IS THE WONDERFUL DOG VOMIT, FUNGUS.

GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, FOLKS.

ONCE AGAIN, IT'S JUST BREAKING DOWN THE DEAD ORGANIC MATTER.

IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, TAKE A HOSE AND SPRAY IT OFF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT, ELIZABETH.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

SHE THINKS SHE HAS WITCH'S BROOM IN HER JUNIPERS.

AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT?

IT'S REALLY HARD TO SEE WHETHER IT'S ACTUALLY A WITCH'S BROOM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

THEY'RE 40 PLUS YEARS OLD.

>> AND SO SHE WAS SAYING THAT SHE GOES IN AND PRUNES IT OFF, AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO IS IT'S GOING TO CREATE A BUNCH OF NEW GROWTH WHERE WE'RE PRUNING IT OFF.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR JUNIPERS TO HAVE LIKE THAT BUSHIER APPEARANCE AND THEN HAVE THAT NEW GROWTH THAT COMES OUT.

THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT WE CAN DO OTHER THAN PRUNING OUT THE WITCH'S BROOM, WHICH A 40 YEAR OLD JUNIPER IS DOING VERY WELL AND I WOULD JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.

>> EXACTLY.

KIND OF FUN AND INTERESTING.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A, THREE PICTURES.

THIS IS A NEW HOME OUTSIDE OF HICKMAN.

THEY HAVE, ROSE OF SHARON.

SOME ARE UPRIGHT, ONE IS NOT.

HOW AND WHEN DO THEY PRUNE?

>> SO IF SOMETHING IS NOT UPRIGHT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE IT UPRIGHT.

BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SELECTIVELY PRUNE SOME OF THOSE BRANCHES THAT ARE GOING TO BE LESS THAN THAT 45 DEGREE ANGLE.

JUST KEEP IN MIND WITH THAT NARROW BRANCH ANGLE, YOU HAVE A HIGHER POSSIBILITY FOR INCLUDED BARK AND WEAK BRANCH ATTACHMENT.

SO BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN YOU'RE SELECTIVE PRUNING.

WE WANT TO DO IT WHEN IT'S DORMANT.

>> OKAY.

SO THAT BLOOMS ON NEW WOOD.

SO THAT WOULD BE NEXT SPRING.

>> NEXT SPRING.

YOU KNOW WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO BE REMOVING IT ANYWAY.

>> YEAH.

YEAH, THEY DO LOOK A LITTLE ODD, SO.

ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS AN EMERSON VIEWER, AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHY WOULD THE PEAR FORM THESE MULTIPLE CLUMPS OF FRUITS?

>> WELL, THE FLOWERS ARE HOLDING MULTIPLE CLUMPS.

SO THE THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS ALL THOSE FLOWERS THAT WERE IN THAT CLUSTER, ALL WERE POLLINATED, ALL WERE MAKING FRUIT AND THE FRUIT JUST NEVER THINNED ITSELF.

AND SO THAT'S WHERE IF WE CAN GO IN AND THIN THOSE FRUITS, WE COULD HAVE BIGGER FRUITS IN OUR CLUSTERS.

BUT THAT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE'RE MULTIPLE BLOOMS ON ONE SPOT.

>> AND HE DID SAY IN THIS INSTANCE, THEY WERE TOO HIGH UP TO BE ABLE TO THIN.

SO JUST GOT LOTS OF PEARS IN ONE SPOT, NONE OF WHICH WILL BE VERY BIG, ALL OF WHICH WILL PROBABLY ATTRACT ALL OF KAIT'S LOVELY WASPS AND YELLOWJACKETS AND ALL THOSE GOOD THINGS.

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