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

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

>> HELLO AGAIN AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER BACKYARD FARMER.

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SO LET'S GET SAMPLES STARTED.

KYLE, YOURS IS A LITTLE HARD TO SEE.

>> YEAH, I HAVE SOME TINY LITTLE BEETLES HERE.

I'M NOT SURE HOW WELL THOSE SHOW UP ON CAMERA, BUT THERE'S ALSO THIS LEAF HERE.

SO THIS IS AN EGGPLANT LEAF.

AND I HAVE SOME FLEA BEETLES WITH ME.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THE CHARACTERISTIC INJURY THAT THEY CAUSE HERE.

THIS IS KIND OF THIS SHOT HOLE APPEARANCE.

AND THAT'S VERY TYPICAL OF WHAT WE SEE WITH FLEA BEETLES.

AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE KIND OF THIS LEAF HAS BEEN SHOT WITH LIKE A SHOTGUN.

SO USUALLY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE THINK OF AS SORT OF AN EARLIER SEASON PEST.

THERE ESPECIALLY CAN BE REALLY HARD ON SEEDLINGS OR NEWLY TRANSPLANTED.

TRANSPLANTED CROPS WILL FIND THEM IN A WHOLE HOST OF VEGETABLES.

BUT YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THEY'RE WREAKING HAVOC ON THE EGGPLANTS.

SO THESE ARE PROBABLY EGGPLANT FLEA BEETLES.

THEY CAN BE PRETTY WELL CONTROLLED, THOUGH, WITH SOMETHING LIKE SPINOSAD.

OR THERE'S EVEN A PRODUCT CALLED SURROUND, WHICH IS A KAOLIN CLAY AND WILL BASICALLY PROVIDE LIKE A MECHANICAL BARRIER ON YOUR PLANTS AND PROTECT THEM.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I DON'T LIKE EGGPLANTS, SO I DON'T CARE.

>> DID YOU FIND THAT IN THE GARDEN?

>> I DID, BUT THEY ALSO FEED ON OTHER SOLANACEOUS CROPS.

>> OKAY, TERRI.

>> WELL, I ALSO FOUND THIS IN THE GARDEN.

SO IN A LITTLE DIFFERENT AREA THAN WHERE KYLE GOT HIS.

BUT THIS IS MARESTAIL OR HORSEWEED.

I JUST BASICALLY WANTED TO BRING IT, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T CONTROL SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL ANNUAL WEEDS, THEY DO GET A LITTLE CRAZY.

SO THIS ONE'S ALMOST AS TALL AS ME.

AND MOST OF YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THAT TALL, BUT IT IS PRETTY TALL.

IT IS.

THIS IS ONE YEAR'S GROWTH.

IT STARTED OUT VERY EARLY IN THE SEASON, AND SOMETIMES SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY A PLANT THAT THEY WANT TO KEEP, BUT GET TO KNOW IT VERY WELL AND MAKE SURE YOU GET IT OUT AS SOON AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

IT WILL SEED ITSELF ABOUT AND IT IS WIND DRIVEN, SO WHO KNOWS WHERE THIS ONE CAME FROM?

PROBABLY ACROSS THE STREET, OUT OF THE PRAIRIE, BUT IT IS ONE THAT IS NO LONGER GROWING IN OUR GARDEN.

>> AND AT THIS STAGE YOU CAN BASICALLY DUMP HERBICIDE ON IT.

>> YES, YOU COULD DUMP HERBICIDE ON IT AND IT STILL WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KYLE ASH.

BY FAR.

>> THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AFFECTING OUR ASH TREES IN NEBRASKA, MAYBE ACROSS THE WORLD.

>> IT'S ACTUALLY VERY SARCASTIC.

>> IT'S ACTUALLY NOT.

IT'S A IT'S A FUNGAL DISEASE OF ASH TREES.

THAT DOES NOT MATTER IN THE SLIGHTEST, BUT IT LOOKS KIND OF IT LOOKS KIND OF WEIRD.

AND PEOPLE WILL GET KIND OF GET UPSET ABOUT IT.

AND SO THIS IS PHYLLOSTICTA LEAFSPOT ON ASH ON AN ASH CAN LOOK SIMILAR TO ASH RUST.

BUT IF WE LOOK AT THE UNDERSIDE OF THESE OF THESE LESIONS, WE DON'T SEE ANY OF THOSE TELIAL HORNS.

AND ALSO WITH RUST ON THE WITH RUST WE WOULD TEND TO GET SOME LESIONS FORMING ON THE PETIOLES AS WELL.

BUT THIS IS JUST ANOTHER FUNGAL DISEASE.

THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES OF MYCOSPHAERELLA THAT CAUSE THIS PHYLLOSTICTA LEAF SPOT ON ASH TREES.

NOTHING TO REALLY WORRY ABOUT.

IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN WET.

IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN WARM.

IT'S GREAT.

GREAT CONDITIONS FOR FUNGI TO GROW.

AND YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS KIND OF ON THE INSIDE OF THE PLANT, MAYBE IN A LOWER AREA WHERE WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH WIND.

AND SO IF YOU IF YOU REALLY DON'T LIKE IT, YOU CAN JUST PRUNE THOSE BRANCHES OUT AND, AND GET RID OF IT.

BUT IT DOES ADD SOME NICE COLOR TO THE ASH TREE.

>> THANK YOU KYLE.

ALL RIGHT DANA.

>> SO A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I BROUGHT IN SOME GREEN TOMATOES.

AND TONIGHT I BROUGHT IN SOME RED ONES.

THE CHALLENGE THOUGH IS THAT THEY'VE GOT SOME NOT SO PRETTY BLEMISHES ON THEM.

AND THESE LOOK KIND OF LIKE PINPRICKS WITH YELLOWISH HALOS.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEY LOOK A LITTLE CLOUDY.

AND THESE ARE CAUSED BY INSECTS WITH PIERCING, SUCKING MOUTHPARTS LIKE STINK BUGS AND STILT BUGS.

AND THEN WHEN WE CUT INTO THE FRUIT, LIKE HERE, YOU START TO SEE THIS KIND OF WHITISH, KIND OF SPONGY TISSUE, THAT IS THE DAMAGE CAUSED BY THOSE, THEIR MOUTHPARTS.

AND THIS IS FINE TO EAT THIS, IT JUST LOOKS KIND OF UGLY AND, YOU KNOW, CHANGES MAYBE THE TEXTURE OF YOUR TOMATOES, BUT NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

THERE'S NOTHING TO DO AT THIS POINT.

SO DO YOUR SCOUTING EARLY ON AND BE THOUGHTFUL, BECAUSE STILT BUGS AND SOME OF YOUR STINK BUGS ARE BENEFICIAL PREDATORS.

>> EXCELLENT.

AND THEY'RE NOT IN THE TOMATOES, SO DON'T WORRY ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE THREE PICTURES FOR YOU KYLE ON THIS.

FIRST ONE, THIS COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

THIS IS A AN OAK AND VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVASTATION.

THEY DID SPRAY IN MAY WITH DIAZINON.

THEY'RE GOING THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO SPRAY AGAIN.

WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE.

>> YEAH THIS IS A SAWFLY.

SO ONE OF THE OAK SAWFLIES, PROBABLY SCARLET OAK SAWFLY.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS REALLY NOT SOMETHING THAT WE TYPICALLY NEED TO CONTROL FOR OR TREAT.

DON'T HAVE A PICTURE OF THIS WHOLE TREE, BUT USUALLY THE DAMAGE IS PRETTY LIMITED.

AND TREES, YOU KNOW, A HEALTHY, MATURE TREE HAS REALLY NO PROBLEM WITH SOME DEFOLIATION FROM THESE.

SO OVERALL NOT A BIG PROBLEM ON SOME YOUNG OR MAYBE, YOU KNOW, WEAKER TREES OR STRESSED TREES.

MAYBE THEY CAN BE AN ISSUE IN OUTBREAK YEARS AND GENERALLY THEN YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE A HORTICULTURAL OIL OR SPINOSAD WOULD PROBABLY BE GOOD MANAGEMENT OPTIONS.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE TOO.

THIS IS A KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI VIEWER.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT ARE THE BUGS ON THIS TREE.

HOW DOES SHE GET RID OF THEM AND IS SHE AT RISK FOR THEM MOVING ON TO THE GOOD ONE.

SO THESE ARE THAT'S A FORMER ONE.

BUT ARBORVITAE.

>> YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT ONE DOESN'T LOOK, LOOK.

WELL, THESE ARE EVERGREEN BAGWORMS.

AND WE'VE SORT OF HAD A BREAK FROM THEM FOR A FEW YEARS AFTER A REALLY HARSH WINTER A FEW YEARS AGO, BUT THEY'RE COMING BACK.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION IS HAND-PICKING.

THEY WILL SPREAD TO THAT OTHER TREE.

THEY REALLY DO THAT IN THE SPRING WHEN THEY, THOSE CATERPILLARS EMERGE, THEY BASICALLY PUT OUT SILK AND THE WIND CARRIES THEM AROUND.

AND SO THAT'S HOW THEY MOVE AROUND.

SO THAT WOULD BE A RISK.

I WOULD HAND-PICK THOSE OFF THROUGHOUT THIS FALL WINTER, AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, DISPOSE OF THEM IN SOAPY WATER.

AND THEN OTHERWISE NEXT JUNE IS WHEN YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR THOSE EMERGING AND TREAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

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

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS.

WOODY STEM LONG TAPROOT AND HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

>> THIS IS TRUMPET VINE.

SO WE SEE THIS A LOT.

ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE ONE SOMEWHERE ELSE.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE IT KIND OF COMING UP ALL OVER.

IT REALLY DOES LIKE TO SPREAD ITSELF ABOUT.

THIS IS GOING TO TAKE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS.

YOU CAN CONTINUALLY TRYING TO DIG THEM UP.

IF YOU WANT TO GO OUT THERE, I WOULD PROBABLY RECOMMEND THE GLOVE OF DEATH ON THIS.

AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MULTIPLE APPLICATIONS TO GET RID OF THAT WITH A BROAD LEAF WEED KILLER OF YOUR CHOICE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE AND THEN TWO ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND THEY'RE BASICALLY TREES.

THIS FIRST ONE FROM LINCOLN WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS.

IT'S IN THE FLOWER GARDEN AND IT'S EVERYWHERE.

AND THE SECOND ONE, THE TWO PICTURES COME OR COME TO US FROM SCOTTSBLUFF.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THIS AND HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

>> SO WITH SOME OF THESE TREE SEEDLINGS, THE FIRST ONE IS A MULBERRY, BUT I COULDN'T QUITE TELL WHAT THE ONE FROM SCOTTSBLUFF WAS.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BASICALLY TREAT THIS THE SAME WAY.

A YOU'RE GOING TO JUST LIKE THE TRUMPET VINE, PULL IT IF YOU CAN.

THAT'S USUALLY THE BEST WAY.

IF YOU CAN KIND OF KEEP UP ON IT.

OTHERWISE, A BROADLEAF WEED KILLER, ESPECIALLY THE ONE IN THE TURF IF YOU KEEP MOWING IT, THAT SHOULD ALSO HELP GET RID OF IT.

BUT IF YOU REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT TO GET RID OF IT, I WOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT A BROADLEAF WEED KILLER OVER THE TURF HERE WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF THREE WEEKS, AFTER IT KIND OF STARTS COOLING DOWN AND WE KIND OF START GETTING INTO KIND OF THAT KIND OF FALL WEATHER.

AND AGAIN, IF YOU'RE NOT CUTTING THEM OR PULLING THEM OUT, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE, THREE APPLICATIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE A HUGE PILE HERE, KYLE, OF SEVERAL PICTURES FROM LA VISTA AND OMAHA AND OMAHA AND LINCOLN AND WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE FUNGUS IN THE BLUEGRASS.

MAYBE IT'S THE SAME THING AND MAYBE NOT.

>> IT'S JUST ALL BROWN TURF.

TURF DISEASES ARE A LOT OF FUN.

I MEAN, FROM THE FROM A DISTANCE, THEY ALL CAN LOOK VERY SIMILAR.

THIS ONE WHERE WE HAD THE HAD THE CLOSE UP OF THE OF THE BLADES, WE CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE, YOU KNOW THOSE, THOSE, THOSE FIRST PICTURES.

COULDN'T TELL IF IT WAS BROWN PATCH OR IF IT WAS DOLLAR SPOT.

AGAIN BOTH ARE A FUNGUS CAN BE CONTROLLED SIMILAR BASED ON THIS CLOSER ONE.

SOME OF THE LESIONS.

IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SOME KIND OF IRREGULAR LESIONS WITH A DARKER MARGIN, WHICH IS MORE INDICATIVE OF BROWN PATCH.

AND SO THAT'S AND IT IS PERFECT TIME FOR BROWN PATCH RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS CONTROLLING THAT REALLY ANY OF YOUR BROAD SPECTRUM FUNGICIDES WOULD WORK FAIRLY WELL WITH THAT.

AND THE EXACT SAME FOR DOLLAR SPOT TOO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND NOW OR WAIT.

>> YEAH.

NO, I MEAN YOU CAN THOSE ARE BOTH THINGS THAT YOU CAN THAT YOU CAN APPLY NOW.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE'RE GOING TO BE MOVING OUT OF THAT DISEASE WINDOW AS WELL.

AND SO IT'S HOW MUCH DO YOU CARE ABOUT HAVING A PERFECTLY GREEN LAWN, OR CAN YOU TOLERATE A FEW OF THESE, A FEW OF THESE, THESE SPOTS, NEITHER WILL KILL THE CROWN.

THEY WON'T ACTUALLY KILL THE PLANT.

SO IT'LL COME BACK FINE NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU KYLE.

ALL RIGHT, DANA, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES FOR ONE LOCUST AND TWO PICTURES FOR ANOTHER.

AND ONE IS FROM OMAHA AND ONE IS FROM BURWELL.

SO THE FIRST PICTURES OF THIS ONE, THEIR QUESTION IS LEANING TOWER OF HONEY LOCUST.

AND THEY'VE TRIED STAKING IT BACK UP.

WHAT DO WE DO HERE.

>> THAT ONE.

YOU KNOW THEY CAN INCREASE THE HEIGHT OF THE STAKING MATERIAL.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO MORE THAN TWO THIRDS OF THE HEIGHT OF THE PLANT.

BUT I THINK THEY DID CHANGE SOME OF THE STAKING MATERIAL.

BUT I'D KEEP IT A LITTLE HIGHER.

AND THAT ONE ALSO SHOWS SOME EVIDENCE OF MIMOSA WEBWORM, AND WHICH IS KIND OF UNFORTUNATE, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT IN THE OTHER TREES IN THE PARK, AND THEY CAN JUST KIND OF PRUNE OR RAKE THAT OUT.

BUT I WANTED TO APPLAUD THIS VIEWER FOR HELPING TO TAKE CARE OF PARK TREES.

CITY TREES.

THAT'S VERY KIND.

>> SHOULD THEY DO A LITTLE REDUCTION OF CANOPY TOO?

>> YEAH, THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, BUT NOW THAT IT'S GOT MIMOSA WEBWORM, MAYBE IT'S KIND OF TAKING CARE OF ITSELF.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

HOW ABOUT THE TWO PICTURES FROM BURWELL?

SO THIS ONE IS A THORNLESS SEEDLESS ONE PLANTED JULY 8TH.

THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD LOTS OF WATER.

>> ON THEM.

YEAH, MY DAD'S FROM BURWELL, BUT I WANT TO SAY, BUDDY, DON'T PLANT TREES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SUMMER.

I MEAN, THAT'S JUST THAT'S JUST TOUGH.

THAT'S HARD ON A TREE.

SO THIS TREE LOOKS A LITTLE CHLOROTIC, A LITTLE STRESSED OUT.

I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO JUST WANT TO DO SOME GOOD PLANT CARE THIS FALL.

THE MULCH LOOKS A LITTLE THICK, BUT I WOULD JUST KIND OF WIDEN THAT MULCH RING, CREATE A BIGGER SEPARATION WITH THE TURF AND THEN WATER AS NEEDED.

SO USE YOUR LONG SCREWDRIVER KIND OF YOU DON'T WANT TO OVER BECAUSE WE CAN KILL OUR PLANTS WITH TAKING CARE OF THEM TOO MUCH.

SO JUST BE THOUGHTFUL ABOUT WATERING AND EXPAND THAT MULCH RING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE, DANA.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER, AND THEY SAY THEY FACE NORTH OR SOUTH.

I'M SORRY THEY FACE NORTH.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF ROSE THIS IS.

AND IT WAS HERE WHEN SHE BOUGHT THE HOUSE.

SO IT MAY BE FAIRLY OLD AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN TO CUT IT BACK.

>> SO IT'S A CLIMBING ROSE FOR SURE.

IT'S HARD TO TELL CULTIVARS AFTER THE FACT.

WE JUST CAN'T JUST CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT WITHOUT DOING SOME EXPENSIVE TESTING.

SO BECAUSE IT'S OLDER I KIND OF LOOKED AT SOME DIFFERENT WEBSITES.

IT COULD BE BLAZE AND WHAT YOU WANT TO DO WITH YOUR ROSES.

YOU DON'T WANT TO PRUNE NOW IN FALL.

YOU WANT TO PRUNE IN SPRING AND THEN THEY'LL GROW OUT BLOOM ON NEW WOOD.

IF YOU DO GET SOME OF THOSE VIGOROUS, YOU KNOW, ARMS THAT ARE KIND OF STICKING IN A WALKWAY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT BECOMES HAZARDOUS, GO AHEAD AND TAKE THOSE OUT.

BUT PRUNE IN SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT?

AND ENJOY IT.

IN THE MEANTIME.

>> ENJOY IN THE MEANTIME.

>> EXCELLENT.

WELL, OUR FINAL STOP IN OUR SERIES ON SCOUTING AND UPDATES IN THE GARDEN AND IN THE LANDSCAPE, MATT SOUSEK IS GOING TO SHOW US WHAT IS POPPING UP IN THE TURF.

THERE ARE A FEW WEEDS AND DISEASES THAT NEED SOME ATTENTION, AND HERE'S MATT TO TELL US MORE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE GETTING TO THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN WE'RE GOING TO START LOOKING AT OUR LAWN FOR DIFFERENT DISEASES, DIFFERENT WEEDS.

AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING NOW IN AUGUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STARTING TO GET CLOSER TO FALL.

BUT THE TEMPERATURES AND THE SOIL TEMPERATURES ARE REALLY HIGH.

SO SOME OF THOSE WEEDS ARE BECOMING A PROBLEM, LET'S SAY LIKE YELLOW NUTSEDGE, FOR INSTANCE, I NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT THAT ONE SEEMS LIKE END OF JULY IS WHEN WE START SEEING THE AGGRESSIVE GROWTH AND SHOOTING ABOVE THE TURF LEVEL.

SO WE'RE RUNNING INTO THAT PROBLEM.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GENERALLY WANT TO TREAT EARLIER IN THE YEAR.

BUT IF YOU NEED TO DO A RESCUE APP NOW OR SOMETHING TO CONTROL IT FROM THAT UNSIGHTLY GROWTH, SLEDGEHAMMER STILL WORKS REALLY WELL.

AND THEN ANY PRODUCT CONTAINING SULFINPYRAZONE, THERE'S A COUPLE THREE AND FOUR WAY PRODUCTS THAT HAVE THAT PRODUCT IN IT, AND IT WORKS WELL AT BURNING IT BACK AS WELL.

SO ANOTHER THING THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE ISSUES WITH IS LOOKING AT SOME OF THOSE OTHER WEEDS THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, FALL WEEDS THAT WE WANT TO TREAT LIKE DANDELIONS.

SO THOSE ARE ONES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE AN APPLICATION IN SEPTEMBER OR OCTOBER AND REALLY GET GOOD CONTROL COMPARED TO THE SPRING.

SO IF WE HAVE TROUBLED AREAS LIKE THAT SOME WEEDS ARE IN IT, WE CAN PROBABLY WAIT A LITTLE BIT, TREAT THEM IN THE FALL AND WE'LL GET BETTER CONTROL SOME OF THE GRASSY WEEDS THAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW.

CRABGRASS OBVIOUSLY IS IN ITS REALLY AGGRESSIVE GROWTH STAGE.

TILLERING OUT AND COVERING THE GROUND.

PRODUCTS LIKE QUINCLORAC WORK REALLY WELL ON THAT ONE.

SO IF YOU NEED TO KNOCK IT BACK SPOT, TREAT THOSE AREAS A SECOND GRASSY WEED THAT I SEE.

THAT'S A REALLY BIG PROBLEM THIS TIME OF YEAR IS FOXTAIL GENERALLY YELLOW FOXTAIL.

BUT THERE'S ALSO GREEN.

AND THAT ONE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUOUSLY SHOOTS SEED HEADS.

SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS UNSIGHTLY.

AND WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE MOW THOSE OFF QUINQUEFLORA CAN SET IT BACK A LITTLE BIT, BUT I'VE NOT SEEN GREAT CONTROL WITH THAT PRODUCT ON IT.

SO, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO FIND THAT BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, MOWING, KEEPING THE SEED HEADS BACK.

AND IF YOU NEED SOMETHING THAT WORKS A LITTLE BIT BETTER, PHENOXY PROP OR A CLAIM MADE BY BAYER, THAT ONE WORKS REALLY WELL ON FOXTAIL AT THE HIGHER RATES AROUND THAT 8 TO 12 OZ PER ACRE.

SO THAT WOULD BE A SAVING APP IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT, THAT'S TILLERING AND GROWING BIG.

SO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS TO MAYBE LOOK AT, MAYBE DISEASE ISSUES IF WE HAVE SOME DOLLAR SPOT IN OUR KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS LAWN, MAYBE OUR FERTILITY IS A LITTLE BIT LOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES ON A LEAN BLUEGRASS, WE'LL SEE MORE DOLLAR SPOT OR LEAF SPOT DISEASES.

SO MAYBE A LIGHT FERTILIZER APPLICATION HERE SOON TO CORRECT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTING GROWTH GOING INTO THE FALL.

AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR FALL FERTILIZATION WILL HELP CONTINUE THAT INTO THE FALL, INTO THE WINTER, AND THEN COME OUT NEXT SPRING AND BE A HEALTHY LOOKING LAWN.

SO SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS WE'RE LOOKING AT COMING INTO THIS TIME OF YEAR, AUGUST IS A GREAT TIME FOR SEEDING.

SO IF WE WANT TO AND WE HAVE THINNED AREAS, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE HAD A LOT OF RAIN THIS YEAR, BUT WE STILL MIGHT HAVE HAD ISSUES FROM LAST YEAR.

SO IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 DAYS WOULD BE AN IDEAL TIME TO START SEEDING.

SO IF YOU HAVE A TALL FESCUE LAWN, PUNCH SOME HOLES IN THERE, OVERSEED IT OR TILL UP THE LAWN AND SEED IT AND YOU'D BE BETTER OFF THAN WAITING TILL, LET'S SAY, THE END OF SEPTEMBER, WHERE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET AS MUCH GROWTH GROWING INTO THE WINTER.

SO THERE'S ALSO A LOT OF GOOD VIDEOS OUT THERE ON THE BACKYARD FARMER YOUTUBE CHANNEL.

SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I DIDN'T COVER RIGHT NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THEM THAT WE'VE GONE OVER IN THE PAST, AND THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD CONTENT THAT WE CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE GOOD CHOICES FOR THIS FALL.

>> YOU KNOW, LIKE WE'VE BEEN SAYING, SCOUTING IS REALLY THE FIRST STEP TO STAYING ON TOP OF THE WEEDS AND THOSE DISEASES.

AND WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT, YOUR LAWN IS GOING TO THRIVE INTO THE FALL AGAIN.

IF IT'S GREEN AND GROWING, THAT BEATS BROWN AND BLOWING.

SO YOU GET TO YOU GET TO MAKE THAT DECISION.

ALL RIGHT.

SO LET'S SEE KYLE YOU HAVE YOUR FIRST QUESTION HERE COMES TO US FROM NEMAHA.

THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO GROW GIANT PUMPKINS BEAUTIFUL FRUIT.

AND THEN THEY FOUND VINES DEAD FRUIT ROTTING.

AND THESE.

>> YEAH THAT'S >> AND HERE'S YOUR SECOND PICTURE.

AND ACTUALLY I WANTED TO SHOW THIS ONE TOO, BECAUSE THIS IS IN MURRAY AND ALSO PUMPKIN PATCH.

AND THEY TRIED TO DO ALL SORTS OF THINGS LANDSCAPE FABRIC, PLANTED PUMPKINS WITH CUCUMBERS, LET CUKES TAKE THE FENCE, LET PUMPKINS SPREAD, PLANTED AT DIFFERENT TIMES BASED ON WHAT A MASTER GARDENER SAID, WHICH IS GOOD.

PICK THEM OFF, DROP THEM IN SOAPY WATER.

SQUISH THE EGGS WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG.

SEVEN WANTS TO GET AWAY FROM SEVEN.

SO WE HAVE WHAT KIND OF INSECT AND WHAT DO WE TELL PEOPLE?

BECAUSE I'M SURE THIS IS JUST THE VERY FIRST OF THESE QUESTIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE GETTING.

>> YEAH FOR SURE.

SQUASH BUGS.

THERE'S A LOT OF THEM HERE.

I ALSO DO WONDER ABOUT SQUASH VINE BORER, MAYBE WITH THE DEAD VINES ON THIS ONE.

BUT WE CAN SEE A LOT OF SQUASH BUGS HERE.

IT LOOKS LIKE IN THE BACKGROUND.

IN ADDITION TO THIS, THIS GROUP HERE KIND OF IN THE FRONT.

SO THEY DO REALLY PREFER PUMPKINS AND SQUASH.

BUT WE'LL MOVE ON TO OTHER STUFF TOO.

POTENTIALLY.

THE KEY IS REALLY STARTING EARLY FOR THESE IN SMALL PLANTINGS GARDENS.

HANDPICKING IS PROBABLY THE BEST OPTION, BUT IF YOU CAN START MANAGING THOSE EARLY IN THE YEAR, YOU'RE SETTING YOURSELF UP FOR SUCCESS RATHER THAN, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT IT'S GOING TO BE HARD AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, TREATMENT OPTIONS, THEY LIKE TO HIDE AROUND THE BASE.

ONE THING YOU CAN TRY IS PUTTING OUT LIKE A BOARD OR A HARD CARDBOARD OR SOMETHING.

THEY DO LIKE TO HIDE UNDER STUFF AT NIGHT, AND SO THAT CAN KIND OF ATTRACT THEM IN MASSES AND THEN MAKE IT EASIER TO TREAT THEM.

BUT OTHERWISE DIATOMACEOUS EARTH IS A GOOD SORT OF ORGANIC OPTION, ESPECIALLY CONCENTRATING AROUND THE BASE OF PLANTS.

AND THEN ALSO SPINOSID OR NEEM WOULD BE ORGANIC OPTIONS THAT CAN BE USED IF YOU'RE ESPECIALLY TRYING TO MOVE AWAY FROM FROM SEVEN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

THANKS, KYLE.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND SHE SAYS SHE'S USED TO SEEING SQUASH BUGS THAT LOOK LIKE STINK BUGS AND THOSE LITTLE GOLD EGGS.

AND THEN.

BUT SHE'S SEEN THESE LITTLE GUYS.

SHE'S CALLING IT A LITTLE YELLOW THING.

DOES SHE TREAT IT THE SAME?

SHE DOES HAVE REAL LADYBUGS.

AND IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO SEE ON HERE.

>> BUT THESE ARE APHIDS.

SO, YOU KNOW, AND JUST FOR HAVING JUST A FEW APHIDS ON THE PLANT, NO CONCERN WHATSOEVER.

MOST OF THE CONCERN WITH APHIDS IS THEIR ABILITY TO TRANSMIT VIRUSES.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH THAT YOU CAN DO FOR THAT ANYWAYS, EVEN IF YOU TREAT THEM, IF THEY TRANSMIT IT, THEY, YOU KNOW, TREATING DOESN'T REALLY STOP THAT NECESSARILY.

SO FOR JUST A FEW, YOU CAN JUST KIND OF SMASH THEM WITH YOUR FINGER.

IF THEY START TO BUILD UP.

IN POPULATION.

INSECTICIDAL SOAPS ARE VERY EFFECTIVE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS IS WHAT ARE THESE LITTLE GREEN BUGS ON MY ZINNIAS.

>> THESE ARE NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORMS.

SO YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A MAJOR PEST OF CONTINUOUS CORN WHERE THE LARVAE FEED ON ROOTS.

AND THEN THE ADULTS, THEY FEED LIKE ON SILK AND THE POLLEN.

BUT IN SUMMER, AS THOSE RESOURCES START TO DWINDLE IN CORN FIELDS, THEY MOVE INTO GARDENS AND EAT FLOWERS.

SO THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.

UNFORTUNATELY, NOT REALLY A LOT OF GOOD MANAGEMENT OPTIONS BECAUSE WE CAN'T REALLY TREAT THE FLOWERS BECAUSE POLLINATORS.

SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE I WOULD SAY HANDPICK.

AND THEY USUALLY DO START TO KIND OF DIE DOWN AS WE GET LATER INTO TO SUMMER OR FALL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A FUN ONE.

I'M GOING TO READ IT.

AND ALL YOU'RE GOING TO SAY IS SOMETHING ABOUT KILLING JAPANESE BEETLES BECAUSE THERE THEY ARE.

SO THIS IS A BACKYARD FARMER HAIKU, JAPANESE BEETLE, PRETTY EMERALD AND BRONZE THUMB AND FINGER SQUISH.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

GOOD IDEA.

>> YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS VIEWER HAS HAD A LOT OF TIME TO WORK ON THAT HAIKU WHILE SQUASHING JAPANESE BEETLES.

>> VERY FUN.

ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE FOR YOU, KYLE.

THIS IS SIMPLY A SMALL VISITOR.

WESTERN OTOE COUNTY.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> I REALLY DON'T KNOW.

ACTUALLY, THIS IS KIND OF AN INTERESTING ONE.

THE WAY THE WINGS ARE HELD, IT'S SORT OF REMINISCENT OF PLUM MOTHS, BUT.

BUT IT HAS A LOT MORE SORT OF ROBUST BODY AND WINGS.

I'M GOING TO GUESS IT'S A SOME KIND OF PLUME MOTH, MAYBE.

>> FUN.

ALL RIGHT, TERRI, YOUR FIRST QUESTION HERE AND THIS MIGHT BE BUNDLED AS WELL.

HE'S BEEN HAND SEEDING CLOVER AND HE'S THRILLED WITH IT.

HE WONDERS WHY IT ISN'T USED MORE.

AND THEN YOUR SECOND TWO PICTURES ARE SHE'S IN NORTHWEST BELLEVUE.

NO RESTRICTIONS.

SO SHE IS ADDING POLLINATOR PERENNIALS.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHEN AND HOW TO START CLOVER IN HER BLUEGRASS LAWN.

SO ONE IS WHY ISN'T IT USED MORE?

AND THE OTHER IS WHEN DO WE PLANT IT?

>> WELL, LET'S START WITH THE FIRST QUESTION.

SO WHY ISN'T IT USED MORE?

I DON'T KNOW.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT TURF ALTERNATIVES.

SOME PEOPLE AND I WOULD PROBABLY REALLY HIGHLY RECOMMEND CLOVER AND TURF TOGETHER.

IF YOU HAVE A COMPLETE CLOVER LAWN, YOU WILL HAVE NOTHING OVER THE WINTER AND IT WILL BE MUD AND GUNK.

SO ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE ANIMALS AND DOGS AND STUFF GOING OUT, YOU DEFINITELY WANT TO HAVE THAT TURF THERE TO KIND OF HELP SUSTAIN THAT OVER THE WINTER.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THE APPEARANCE, SOME PEOPLE, IF THERE'S EXTRA FOOT TRAFFIC, IT DOESN'T HOLD UP TO THE FOOT TRAFFIC LIKE IT TURF DOES.

SO I DON'T KNOW.

I WOULD SAY HAVING A COMBINATION OF THE TURF AND THE CLOVER IS A GOOD IDEA.

AND I HAVE IT IN MY YARD TOO.

SO GOOD FOR YOU AS OF WHEN TO PLANT IT SPRING OR FALL YOU CAN, BUT I WOULD VERY HIGHLY SUGGEST SPRING BECAUSE IT CAN WINTER DIE OVER THE FALL IF IT DOESN'T GET ESTABLISHED EARLY ENOUGH.

SO IF YOU WANT TO TRY IT NOW, YOU CAN BUT HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT IN THE SPRING JUST LIKE YOU DO.

TURF.

>> TWO QUESTIONS ON THIS 1 OR 2 PICTURES.

THIS IS AN ELKHORN VIEWER.

THIS IS POPPING UP IN A FEW PLACES.

WHAT AND HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

>> THIS IS A PENNISETUM.

I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE IT IS, BUT BASICALLY YOU'RE MOWING IT OFF.

I WOULD PROBABLY HAND DIG IT OUT IF YOU POSSIBLY CAN, OTHERWISE IT'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE A GLYPHOSATE APPLICATION IN THAT LITTLE AREA AND THEN OVERSEED HERE.

LIKE MATT SAID IN THE NEXT 10 TO 15 DAYS.

>> OKAY, ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE AND THEN TWO ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND THIS IS A BUNDLING OF ALL SORTS OF GRASSES.

SO HOW WHAT ARE THESE AND HOW DO WE TAKE CARE OF THEM.

>> SO THEY ARE PROBABLY CRABGRASS AND.

>> FOXTAIL.

>> FOXTAIL MOST LIKELY QUINQUEFLORA OAK.

IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE YOUR BEST BET OVER SEEDING THEM PRE-EMERGE IN THE SPRING TO KEEP THEM DOWN.

AND PROBABLY TWO APPLICATIONS BECAUSE ONE COMES UP A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THE OTHER ONE.

SO IF YOU'RE DOING CRABGRASS, DO THAT AND THEN ABOUT THREE WEEKS LATER DO A PRE-EMERGE.

AND THAT SHOULD HELP WITH THE FOXTAIL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES FOR YOU KYLE ON.

AND THE VERY FIRST ONE HERE IS FROM YORK.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE DEAL IS ON THIS OAK.

>> IT HAS A FEW THINGS.

AND AS WE JUST SEE MORE AND MORE OF IT.

SO I MEAN THERE'S YES, WE HAVE SOME WET WOOD THAT WE HAVE SOME ALGAE ALGAL GROWTH.

WE HAVE SOME WHAT MAYBE SQUIRREL DAMAGE OR, OR SOME INSECT FEEDING THAT'S GOING ON THERE.

BIGGEST THING THOUGH I THINK IS WITH THIS TREE IS IT'S JUST OLD AND IT IS IT'S REACHED.

IT HAS PROBABLY HAD A GREAT LIFE.

IT'S JUST KIND OF GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF IT.

AND WITH THE TREE LIKE THAT, WHEN IT FALLS, IT'S GOING TO PEEL LIKE A BANANA AND THOSE BRANCHES ARE GOING TO FALL ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND THERE WAS A STRUCTURE RIGHT THERE, PROBABLY A HOUSE.

SO I WOULD THINK ABOUT GETTING RID OF THIS TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS IRVINGTON, NEBRASKA.

SWEET CORN RUST.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

SO THIS IS RUST ON SWEET CORN.

WE DO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT RUSTS THAT WE SEE ON CORN COMMON RUST AND SOUTHERN RUST.

THIS IS COMMON RUST.

WE DON'T DEAL WITH IT AS MUCH IN THE AGRONOMIC SECTOR DUE TO GENETIC RESISTANCE.

BUT IT IS CAN BE A PROBLEM WITH WITH SWEET CORN.

AT THIS POINT THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO DO.

THREE WEEKS AGO, A BROAD SPECTRUM FUNGICIDE, THE CONTROL CONTAINED MANCOZEB WOULD HAVE BEEN EFFECTIVE.

BUT AT THIS POINT YOU CAN APPLY A LOT FUNGICIDE.

BUT THAT FUNGUS IS JUST GOING TO KEEP ON REPRODUCING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS SYRACUSE.

AND HER LEEKS DID THIS.

AND THEN THEY ROTTED.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE FROM AURORA.

AND SHE'S GOT ROTTEN ONIONS.

>> YEAH.

SO I THINK THE, THE LEEKS THAT THEY LOOK KIND OF WET AND SQUISHY.

I BET THEY HAD A GREAT SMELL TO THEM.

THAT KIND OF HAD STRUCK ME AS BACTERIAL SOFT ROT.

NOTHING TO DO ABOUT IT.

THEY PROBABLY GOT A WOUND AND THAT BACTERIA LIKES HOT AND WET CONDITIONS ON THE ONIONS.

THAT IS MOST LIKELY FUSARIUM BULB ROT OR FUSARIUM BASAL ROT.

AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER IT'S A FUNGUS CAUSED OFTEN CAUSED BY WOUNDING.

RESISTANT VARIETIES ARE GOING TO BE YOUR BEST BET.

>> ALL RIGHT, DANA, WE'RE GOING TO KIND OF HURRY HERE.

BUT WE HAVE GLOWING EMBER HYDRANGEAS AND ONE IS DOING WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO GLOWING PINK.

AND THE OTHER TWO ARE THOSE BIG GREEN THINGS.

AND SHE WONDERS WHAT THE DEAL IS.

THIS IS OMAHA.

>> YEAH.

SO THOSE ARE BIGLEAF HYDRANGEAS, WHICH ARE THE ONES AT THE BOTTOM OF OUR RECOMMENDED LIST.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'RE MEANT TO BLOOM ON NEW AND OLD WOOD.

AND THAT DOESN'T OFTEN HAPPEN.

THESE ARE HARDY TO ZONE SIX.

WE GET A LOT OF DIEBACK.

AND THEN THEY DON'T DO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO.

HER ANSWER MY ANSWER FOR HER IS TO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, PULL THEM OUT.

OR YOU COULD TRY PRUNING THOSE BIGGER ONES DOWN.

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

THIS IS GRAND ISLAND.

LILACS WERE TRANSPLANTED IN THE SPRING OF 2020.

ALL BUT ONE HAVE DONE WELL.

AND THE ONE THAT'S NOT DOING WELL IS THAT BROWN ONE.

>> THE BROWN ONE'S A GONER.

THE OTHER ONE'S A LITTLE STRESSED OUT.

I THINK THEY SHOULD REMOVE THE TURF AND CREATE A BED ALL ALONG THAT FENCE.

TAKE OUT THE GRASS, PUT SOME WOODCHIP MULCH AND DO A NICE SEPARATION AND GIVE THOSE LILACS SOME ROOM TO GROW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK.

THESE ARE AZALEAS IN CONTAINERS.

AND WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE.

>> SO AZALEAS CAN THRIVE IN CONTAINERS.

OBVIOUSLY NOT IN THIS SITUATION.

THERE'S A LOT OF STRESS GOING ON.

IF IT'S POSSIBLE, PUT THOSE IN THE GROUND.

OTHERWISE IT MIGHT TAKE REPOTTING AND USING AN ACID LOVING MIX, FERTILIZING WHEN APPROPRIATE WITHIN ACID.

YOU KNOW, PREFERRED FERTILIZER.

BUT YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT THESE AREN'T GETTING TOO MUCH SUN.

MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GETTING MORNING SUN AND THEN AFTERNOON SHADE AND CONSISTENT MOISTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, DANA.

WELL, WE HAVE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF COOLER WEATHER AND A LOT OF RAIN IN SOME LOCATIONS IN EASTERN NEBRASKA.

LET'S SEE IF THAT HEAT IS COMING BACK.

I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO GANNON RUSH FROM THE HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER TO SEE WHAT NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER WILL BE LIKE.

>> THANKS, KIM.

OUTSIDE OF FRIDAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE A GREAT WEEK AHEAD OF US.

WE'LL START OFF WITH OUR HOTTEST DAY ON FRIDAY, WHERE TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE 90S AND INTO THE MID 100 DOWN BY MCCOOK.

THANKFULLY, WE'LL COOL OFF ON SATURDAY, AND THEN ON SUNDAY WE'LL HAVE OUR COOLEST DAY OF THE WEEK, WHERE A FEW PLACES MIGHT EVEN GET INTO THE 70S FOR NEXT WEEK.

IT WILL BE PRETTY PLEASANT WITH HIGHS IN THE 80S AND INTO THE LOW 90S.

THE RAIN FORECAST IS GREAT ONCE AGAIN, WITH AREAS EAST OF KEARNEY EXPECTED TO RECEIVE OVER AN INCH.

THE BULK OF THIS IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM SUNDAY INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

OUT WEST IS A POSSIBILITY OF A POP UP STORM OR TWO TONIGHT, BUT THE BEST CHANCES ARE FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AND THAT'S YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU, KIM.

>> THANKS, GANNON.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE THAT SHORT BREAK NOW.

BUT COMING UP, WE HAVE THE PLANTS OF THE WEEK AND THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

THERE'S MUCH MORE BACKYARD FARMER RIGHT AFTER THIS.

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COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW WE'LL BE CHECKING OUT A STRUCTURE THAT COULD BE A GREAT PLACE FOR SOME YARD CRITTERS TO HIDE.

YOU CAN STILL CALL IN A QUESTION TO OUR PHONE VOLUNTEERS.

1-800-676-5446.

SEND US THOSE PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU AND RIGHT NOW, OF COURSE, IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

DANA, YOUR FIRST QUESTION.

THIS IS A FREMONT VIEWER.

TOMATOES AND PEPPERS WERE HIT WITH DICAMBA.

HE KNOWS NOT TO USE THOSE.

HE WONDERS ABOUT HIS CARROTS, ONIONS AND BEETS.

>> WE CAN ONLY KNOW BY VISUAL SYMPTOMS, SO YOU HAVE TO USE YOUR BEST JUDGMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OUR POTATO TOPS SUPPOSED TO DIE DOWN, OR IS THAT DRIFT?

>> THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DIE DOWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THE SAME VIEWER WONDERS ABOUT HIS APPLES.

THE APPLES ARE SET ON THE TREE.

CAN HE STILL EAT THEM?

>> AND HE'S SURE ABOUT DRIFT.

I'D LET HIM GO THIS YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS A CHESTER VIEWER WONDERING, WOULD DRIFT CAUSE THE EDGES OF BIG MAX PUMPKIN LEAVES TO TURN UP AND THEN HAVE SORT OF BLOTCHES, BROWN BLOTCHES.

>> I MEAN, IT'S POSSIBLE.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO PLANTED A SMALL TREE IN A TOUGH RIGHT OF WAY SITUATIONS, BUT IT'S LOOSE IN THE SOIL AFTER THREE YEARS.

>> OH, I MEAN, IT COULD BE THAT THE BALL WAS, YOU KNOW, A SMALL BALL, A ROOT BALL, BUT I DON'T KNOW, I'D STAKE IT ONE MORE TIME.

GIVE IT ANOTHER YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

GIVE IT FOUR.

ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, ARE YOU READY?

>> I WAS BORN READY.

>> SO THIS A SIOUX CITY VIEWER, HAS THAT ODD LILY FLOWER DISTORTION THAT'S NOT FASCIATION THAT YOU'VE HAD BEFORE.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> IT'S NOT FASCIATION.

THERE IS A BACTERIAL DISEASE.

RHODOCOCCUS.

IT HAS NOT BEEN CONFIRMED IN NEBRASKA.

I WOULD LOVE TO GET THAT SAMPLE THOUGH.

>> ALL RIGHT, A NICE RECOVERY.

THIS IS THIS IS A BIG SPRINGS VIEWER WHO HAS A LILAC WITH WHITE ON THE LEAVES.

AND SHE KNOWS IT'S NOT INSECTS.

>> POWDERY MILDEW.

>> WHAT SHOULD SHE DO.

>> SHE SHOULD PRUNE TO IMPROVE AIRFLOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A KEARNEY VIEWER WHO HAS WHITE STUFF THAT LOOKS LIKE FLAT WHIPPED CREAM UNDER THE CAULIFLOWER IN HER GARDEN.

WHAT DO YOU SUPPOSE THAT IS?

>> SLIME MOLDS CAN LOOK LIKE WHIPPED CREAM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO HAS A BLACKISH LOOKING SLIME JUST ON THE BLADES OF HIS GRASS IN THE LAWN.

ANY IDEAS?

>> SLIME MOLD.

>> OKAY, THIS IS A VIEWER IN OMAHA WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER THE CLUMPS OF MUSHROOMS IN HER VEGETABLE GARDEN SHOULD BE PULLED UP AND THROWN AWAY?

>> IT WOULD DEPEND WHAT THEY ARE.

I WOULD SAY NO, THAT YOU SHOULDN'T THROW THEM AWAY.

THEY'RE GREAT DECOMPOSERS, BUT POTENTIALLY IF THEY WOULD BE POISONOUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WITHOUT MORE INFORMATION, I CAN'T GIVE YOU A GREAT ANSWER.

>> AND THAT WAS NOT LIGHTNING.

GO TO YOUR ROOM.

ALL RIGHT.

TERRI, ARE YOU READY?

>> I DON'T KNOW, SURE.

>> SO THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS THEY THEIR GARDEN COMPOST HAD WEEDS IN IT.

SHOULD THEY GO AHEAD AND USE THAT COMPOST ON THEIR TURF?

>> IF YOU GOT IT HOT ENOUGH, THEN YES, YOU CAN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WILL KILL UNWANTED SEDGES IN PATCHES OF WANTED SEDGES WITHOUT HURTING THE WANTED ONES?

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

>> THAT'S CALLED A SOIL KNIFE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS VIEWER HAS HUGE CLUMPS OF BARNYARD GRASS THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR ORNAMENTAL GRASSES.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO KILL ONE WITHOUT KILLING THE OTHER?

>> OH, YOU CAN DO YOU CAN DO THE GLOVE OF DEATH OR THE SMALL KNIFE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS COMES TO YOU BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, NOT BECAUSE IT'S TURF.

THIS IS A FREMONT VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHERE TO GET THE EASY GIRL.

TOMATO SEEDS.

>> OH, SURE.

I ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE, BUT YOU CAN GOOGLE IT.

AND IT IS.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAIL ORDER.

THEY WERE ACTUALLY BRAND NEW LAST YEAR, AND THE ONLY REASON WE HAD THOSE IS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T GET ANY OTHER VARIETY.

SO I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THEY LIKED THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT, I KNEW THAT ONE WOULD STUMP YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

ARE YOU READY, KYLE?

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A COUNCIL BLUFFS VIEWER WHO HAS FIRST YEAR WITH THEIR PEACHES, AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY ANNIHILATED WITH INSECT DAMAGE.

THEY WANT TO KNOW IF THEY SHOULD SPRAY NOW OR IN THE SPRING.

>> THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND HOW MANY TIMES.

ANY IDEA.

>> I DON'T OKAY.

>> THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAS BARBERRY IN OMAHA AND THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY COVERED WITH MITES.

SHE'S USED NEEM AND SHE'S USED SEVEN WITH NO SUCCESS.

>> YEAH.

BROAD SPECTRUM INSECTICIDES LIKE SEVEN DEFINITELY ARE TYPICALLY NOT THAT GREAT FOR MITES.

POTENTIALLY BIFENTHRIN, BUT I WOULD SAY WATER SPRAY THEM WITH WATER.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHERE ARE THE YELLOW AND BLACK GARDEN SPIDERS?

>> I DON'T KNOW, I'M SEEING THEM IN MY YARD.

>> I THIS IS A VIRGINIA VIEWER WHO'S IN ALUM AND SHE'S WONDERING, DO JUMPING WORMS OVER WINTER.

>> THEY DON'T OVER WINTER HERE.

WELL BUT LIKE AS A AS ADULTS THEY DO IN THE THAT CASES OR WHATEVER.

BUT I DON'T KNOW ABOUT IN VIRGINIA.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

SO I THINK SOMEBODY WON BUT I'M NOT SURE WHO IT WAS.

>> COMES TO THIS END OKAY.

>> SO ALL RIGHT.

WELL YOU KNOW IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT SOON WE'RE GOING TO BE HEADING INTO FALL WEATHER.

AND THAT MEANS A LITTLE PLANNING FOR A FALL CROP.

HERE'S TERRI IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN TO TELL US MORE.

>> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN, WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH AND KIND OF LOOK AT HOW THE GARDEN IS LOOKING.

WE ARE ACTUALLY PULLING A LOT OF OUR SUMMER VEGETABLES OUT.

MOST OF OUR SQUASH HAS GOTTEN SQUASH VINE BORER, SO A LOT OF THOSE ARE GONE.

A LOT OF OUR OTHER SUMMER VEGETABLES ARE STILL PRODUCING LIKE OUR CUCUMBERS AND SUCH, BUT THEY'RE GETTING KIND OF TOWARDS THE END OF THEIR LIFE.

SO WE'RE KIND OF PREPPING NOW FOR FALL.

WE'RE KIND OF THINKING, WHERE ARE OUR OPEN SPOTS?

WHAT ARE KIND OF THOSE SHORT GROWING VEGETABLES THAT WE CAN ADD?

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT NOW THAT WE'VE MOVED INTO AUGUST, AND WE'RE GOING TO START DOING KIND OF THAT FALL PREP.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT KIND OF PUTTING SOME OF THOSE COVER CROPS IN TO PROTECT OUR SOIL AND GET THOSE UP AND GROWING IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANY PLANTING.

SO A COUPLE THINGS TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT AS YOU WALK THROUGH YOUR GARDEN.

THE LAST THING I REALLY WANT TO REMIND YOU IS STOP BY THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN THIS SATURDAY FOR THE LAST EAST CAMPUS DISCOVERY DAYS, AND VISIT US FROM 10 TO 1 IN THE GARDEN.

>> YOU KNOW, AS YOU HARVEST THAT PRODUCE, DON'T BE AFRAID TO TAKE THOSE PLANTS OUT AND MAKE SPACE FOR REALLY NICE FALL CROP.

WITH THAT, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

AND DANA, THESE ALL CAME OUT OF THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

>> YEAH.

SO YOU CAN COME SEE THEM.

THIS IS THE HENRY EILERS RUDBECKIA.

DO YOU SEE THESE CUTE LITTLE QUILLED RAYS?

AND THEN WE'VE GOT SIBERIAN GRAYBEARD FROST GRASS.

THIS IS NOT INVASIVE.

IT MAKES A NICE VERTICAL COMPONENT OF AN ARRANGEMENT.

AND THEN WE'VE GOT A CANDY LILY THESE CLOSE UP AT NIGHT.

BUT IT'S NOT INVASIVE LIKE OUR BLACKBERRY LILY.

AND IT'S LONG FLOWERING.

SO THESE ARE SOME LOVELY THINGS TO COME.

COME AND SEE.

>> EXCELLENT.

SO COME TO THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

YOU'LL SEE THEM ALL.

ALL RIGHT.

WE ALWAYS HAVE WONDERFUL ANNOUNCEMENTS OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE GARDENING WORLD.

THE FIRST ONE IS EAST CAMPUS DISCOVERY DAYS.

AND THAT WOULD BE THIS SATURDAY 10 TO 1 ON EAST CAMPUS.

ALL SORTS OF GREAT FUN THINGS TO DO ON CAMPUS.

AND OF COURSE, COME SEE THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN WHILE YOU ARE THERE.

AND THEN WE ARE STARTING OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS OF US GOING TO THE STATE FAIR.

WE WILL BE THERE ON AUGUST 25TH 4:15.

Q&A 5:00 LIVE TAPING.

IT'S AWESOME.

WE LOVE GOING AND IT GIVES YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO EAT THAT CORN DOG.

SO ALL RIGHT WE HAVE QUESTIONS NEXT.

AND KYLE LET'S SEE YOU HAVE ON THIS ONE.

IT'S FROM TWO DIFFERENT VIEWERS I THINK IT'S THE SAME COOL THING.

AND THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT AND WHAT IT TURNS INTO.

>> YEAH.

WELL THIS IS DEFINITELY I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE THE SAME, BUT THEY'RE BOTH PUPAE OF HORNWORMS OR HAWK MOTHS.

AND SO THIS SOME OF THEM CAN BE PESTS LIKE TOMATO HORNWORMS.

IN THAT CASE I WOULD JUST LIKE HANDPICK THOSE IF THEY'RE ON YOUR SOLANACEOUS PLANTS, THEY'RE PRETTY CONSPICUOUS.

BUT OTHERWISE, YOU KNOW, AS ADULTS AT THIS STAGE, NOTHING YOU NEED TO DO ABOUT THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOUR SECOND PICTURE OR THIRD PICTURE I GUESS, IS THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS INTERESTING LITTLE CATERPILLAR IS.

AND SHE IS IN OMAHA AND WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THAT TURNS INTO.

>> THIS TURNS INTO A TIGER MOTH.

IT'S CALLED AN UNEXPECTED CYCNIA.

I DON'T KNOW WHY UNEXPECTED, BUT THAT'S THE COMMON NAME.

YEAH, AND THEY'RE ONE OF OUR NATIVE, NOT WELL KNOWN LIKE MONARCHS, BUT A NATIVE MILKWEED FEEDER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN WE HAVE A MOTH TO ID, AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THIS BEAUTIFUL THING IS.

SHE SAYS IT.

SHE ALMOST DIDN'T SEE IT BECAUSE IT WAS LOOKING LIKE THE BARN WOOD.

>> YEAH, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY A GEOMETRID MOTH.

I CAN'T SAY MORE THAN THAT, BUT THERE ARE A LOT THAT THEY BLEND IN WITH, LIKE BARK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND I THINK WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE.

NOPE.

WE MOVED THAT ONE.

NEVER MIND.

SO THAT'S ON ME OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

SO LET'S SEE TERRI YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS.

FIRST ONE THIS COMES TO US FROM GREELEY, COLORADO.

SHE SAYS IT'S EVERYWHERE.

EASY TO PULL.

SEEMS TO BE ALL OVER.

BUT SHE DOES WANT TO KNOW.

WE'LL A PRE-EMERGE IN THE SPRING WORK ON THIS.

>> YEAH.

SO THIS IS A SPURGE.

IT'S A SUMMER ANNUAL WHEN YOU'RE PULLING.

IF YOU KIND OF HAVE A LATEX ALLERGY, I WOULD DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE GLOVES ON WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS TOOTH SPURGE.

EXACTLY.

BUT 2-4D OR TRICLOPYR WILL ALSO WORK IF YOU NEED TO REALLY GET RID OF IT NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE IT, WE HAVE IT IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

>> YES WE DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

AND THEN IT KIND OF MATCHES THE NEXT ONE.

THE FIRST ONE IS FROM HASTINGS.

THE SECOND IS FROM PEARCE.

THIS IS THE UNMOWED VERSION.

THE PEARCE VERSION IS THE MOWED VERSION.

WHAT IS THIS?

SHE THOUGHT IT WAS VOLUNTEER COSMOS.

>> OH, YEAH.

I WISH IT WAS VOLUNTEER COSMOS.

NO, THIS IS RAGWEED.

SO THIS IS WHAT EVERYBODY IS PROBABLY GOING TO START SNEEZING OVER HERE SOON.

ALSO, SOME ARE ANNUAL GOOD STAND OF TURF HELPS GET RID OF IT.

YOU CAN USE LIKE A 2-4D OR TRICLOPYR RIGHT NOW AND THEN A PRE-EMERGE IN THE SPRING.

SO DO LIKE I SAID WITH THE FOXTAIL AND STUFF.

IF YOU'RE DOING CRABGRASS, DO THAT SECOND APPLICATION TO HELP WITH SOME OF THESE KIND OF SUMMER ANNUAL THINGS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

TERRI, THIS COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

AND SHE HE'S TALKING ABOUT RAISED BED GARDENS TURNED OVER, INCORPORATED TOPSOIL, MANURE, PROLIFIC AND REPEATED GROWTH OF THE WEEDS IN THESE TWO PHOTOS.

AND HE WANTS TO KNOW ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE IN FUTURE YEARS FOR THESE TWO WEEDS.

>> SO I WOULD REALLY IF THEY'RE IN YOUR RAISED BEDS, I WOULD JUST CONTINUE PULLING THEM.

THERE'S YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO MANAGE THEM.

DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING A MULCH DOWN.

SO THAT'S GOING TO HELP SHADE IT.

THE SUN USUALLY OR THE LIGHT IS WHAT REALLY HELPS THE GERMINATION.

SO KEEPING THAT UNDER CONTROL, IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO PLANT SEEDS IN YOUR RAISED BEDS FOR VEGGIES, THEN YOU CAN USE A PRE-EMERGE.

BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO DO SEEDS, THEN YOU CAN'T USE A PRE-EMERGE.

SO THAT'S HOW YOU'RE GOING TO MANAGE ANY SOIL, ESPECIALLY SOMETHING THAT'S COMING IN THAT YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IT IS AND WHAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE IN IT IN A RAISED BED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE TWO PICS ON THIS ONE.

JUST SOMETHING FUN FOR KYLE FROM JUNIATA.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY BEAUTIFUL OLD OYSTER MUSHROOM.

IT WAS JUST YEP.

GREW OUT OF THE DEAD BARK AND LOVELY.

PROBABLY SOME FUN MEALWORMS CHEWING ON THE INSIDE OF IT.

>> OKAY, YOU HAVE YOUR FAVORITE HERE.

TOMATOES.

YOU'VE GOT TWO PICTURES FROM SOME ROMA TOMATOES.

ALMOST TOTALLY DEFOLIATED, BUT HE'S NOT SEEING INSECTS.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE THAT ARE FROM ROCKAWAY, NEW YORK.

THEY'RE IN LARGE PLANTERS IN A LOT OF WIND, AND THEY'RE WANTING TO KNOW SHOULD THEY TREAT SO IS SEWARD AND THE SAME AS ROCKAWAY, OR DO WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON?

>> YOU KNOW, IT'S THE IT'S A IT'S A BAD TIME OF YEAR TO BE A TOMATO.

YOU'RE NOT TURNING RED AND PEOPLE ARE MAD AT YOU.

AND THEN YOUR LEAVES ARE DOING WEIRD THINGS LIKE THIS.

THE ONE IN SEWARD, IT'S.

AND ACTUALLY IN THE ONE FROM ROCKAWAY AS WELL.

IT DID LOOK LIKE THERE WAS SOME EARLY BLIGHT ON THERE.

THAT'S A FUNGAL PATHOGEN.

ALTERNARIA.

THE AMOUNT OF DISEASED LEAVES CONTROL IS GOING TO BE HARD AT THIS POINT.

YOU COULD TRY A BROAD SPECTRUM FUNGICIDE, BUT I WOULD BE I WOULD BE SUSPICIOUS IF YOU WOULD GET GOOD CONTROL.

AT THIS POINT, I'D PROBABLY JUST TRY TO PULL OFF THOSE LEAVES AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

AND IF THEY DON'T TURN RED?

FARMERS MARKETS ARE GREAT.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE MORE PICTURE, KYLE.

THIS COMES TO US.

>> NO, I THINK THAT'S DANA'S.

>> THAT WAS IT.

NOW WE'RE ON.

DANA.

OH.

>> LET'S ASK.

>> LET'S ASK HIM ABOUT IT, SHALL WE?

DANA?

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS OAK?

IT LOOKS ENVIRONMENTAL.

THAT'S WHY YOU GOT IT INSTEAD OF KYLE.

>> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO TELL, BUT WE CAN SEE THAT IT IS IN THAT.

HEALTH STRIP BY THE STREET.

AND I COULDN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON DOWN AT THE TRUNK.

SO EMO TAKES SOME MORE PICTURES AND BRING IT TO THE DOUGLAS POPPY OFFICE, AND WE'LL HELP YOU OUT.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

SO THIS ONE, HE HAD THIS HACKBERRY SPLIT, AND WE PUT THAT IN FOR PEOPLE WHO WONDER ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DON'T.

>> MANAGE CODOMINANT LEADERS.

>> YES.

AND SO HIS QUESTION REALLY IS HE HAS A LITTLE COFFEE TREE.

WE ANSWERED THIS KIND OF IN LIGHTNING ROUND.

BUT THE PICTURE REALLY HELPS FOREOPLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT TO DO HERE.

>> YEAH.

SO WAIT UNTIL SPRING WHEN YOU'VE GOT SOME ACTIVE GROWTH AND YOU CAN, BECAUSE THE RATIO IS LESS THAN 50%, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SUBORDINATE THAT.

CHOOSE WHICHEVER ONE YOU WANT TO BE THE DOMINANT LEADER AND THEN SUBORDINATE THE OTHER BY DOING SOME REDUCTION CUTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

YOU HAVE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR PICTURES OF THIS ONE.

THIS IS EXCUSE ME.

IN A BELLEVUE VIEWER.

THEY PLANTED THIS THREE INCH AUTUMN BLAZE THAT LOOKS LIKE.

OR SOMETHING SIMILAR.

MAPLE IN APRIL STARTING TO TURN RED.

THE LEAVES HAVE SOME SPOTS.

IS THIS STRESS FROM TRANSPLANT?

IS THIS FUNGAL?

IS THIS BOTH?

>> SO THE BIGGER THE TREE WHEN YOU TRANSPLANT, THE HARDER IT IS TO RECOVER.

SO I THINK WHAT YOU'VE GOT THERE IS JUST A LOT OF TRANSPLANT SHOCK.

AND THAT'S KIND OF EVIDENCED BY THE CHLOROTIC APPEARANCE BY THE EARLY FALL COLOR CHANGE.

I COULDN'T QUITE TELL IF THAT WAS LIKE A LEAF SPOT, LIKE A TAR.

BUT REGARDLESS, THE LEAVES ARE GOING TO FALL OFF.

THAT'S COSMETIC.

JUST KIND OF CLEAN IT UP.

SO A GOOD CARE THIS WINTER OR THIS FALL DO EXPAND THE MULCH RING WATER WHEN IT'S DRY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND AN AWFUL LOT OF THOSE MAPLES ARE BEGINNING TO SHOW SOME RED LEAVES ALL OVER.

SO NOT A TERRIBLE WORRY ON THAT.

WELL, HARDSCAPE ITEMS LIKE RETAINING WALLS ARE A GREAT WAY TO PROVIDE SOME STRUCTURE AND INTEREST IN YOUR LANDSCAPE.

BEWARE, YOU MIGHT BE BUILDING A REALLY NICE HOME FOR A CRITTER OR TWO.

A STONEWALL CAN BE A REALLY WONDERFUL FEATURE IN ANY LANDSCAPE OR ANY GARDEN.

IT'S NATURAL.

IT TIES TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK QUITE AS RIGID OR URBAN AS SOME OF OUR CONCRETE WALLS, BUT IT COMES WITH SOME INTERESTING CHALLENGES, ESPECIALLY IF THAT WALL HAPPENS TO BE IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE GREAT WILDLIFE HABITAT.

IN THIS INSTANCE, WE HAVE A PRAIRIE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE PRAIRIE PLANTS AND NATIVE PLANTS BEHIND THIS NEW WALL.

THE WALL ITSELF HAS ALL SORTS OF PLACES WHERE THOSE VOLES AND THOSE GROUND SQUIRRELS AND THOSE SNAKES CAN WANDER THROUGH, COME THROUGH THE WALL, DECIDE THAT WHAT THEY REALLY WANT TO DO IS THEY WANT TO GO WANDERING ACROSS THE STREET INTO OUR BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN, AND THEN START NIBBLING AWAY AT ALL OUR GOOD PLANTS.

SO PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT CRITTERS YOU'RE GOING TO POTENTIALLY SEE.

BE READY TO EITHER DO WHAT OUR GREAT CRITTER CREATURE TELLS YOU TO DO ABOUT KEEPING THEM WHERE THEY BELONG, OR REMEMBER THAT WE ARE BORROWING THAT SPACE FROM NATURE.

SO DO BE CAREFUL TO FILL UP THOSE CRACKS.

CHECK THEM FOR ANYTHING THAT COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM IN YOUR LANDSCAPE PLANTS IN YOUR GARDEN, BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE KYLE, ONE PICTURE ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM DAVID.

CITY WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO NEXT SPRING TO SLOW DOWN.

PHLOX.

PLANT BUG.

>> WELL, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THIS WINTER CLEANUP.

SO THEY LAY THEIR EGGS AND OVER WINTER IN EGGS IN THE STEMS, IN THE DEAD STEMS.

SO REMOVE THOSE.

CLEAN IT UP THIS WINTER SO THAT YOU HAVE YOU REDUCE THE POPULATION FOR NEXT SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AN OGALLALA VIEWER.

SHE FOUND THIS POOR BUTTERFLY STRUGGLING ACROSS THE PATIO.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHY IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL ITS WINGS.

>> WELL, IT DOES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WHEN IT IS CLOSED OR MERGED OUT OF PUPATION, THEY THEIR WINGS ARE ALL FOLDED UP AND THEY HAVE TO KIND OF PUMP THEM UP WITH, WITH THEIR EQUIVALENT OF BLOOD.

AND I THINK SOMETHING WENT WRONG WITH THIS ONE.

IT JUST DIDN'T EXPAND THOSE WINGS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

POOR THING.

ALL RIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

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

THIS IS A COUNCIL BLUFFS VIEWER.

HE HAS TWO OF THESE DRY CREEK BEDS THAT ARE ROCK, SMALL STONES OVER LANDSCAPE, CLOTH, WEEDS, WEEDS, WEEDS.

AND HE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT HE CAN DO TO AT LEAST REDUCE.

HE WANTS SOMETHING NOT HARMFUL.

AND HE'S WONDERING IF PREEN IS AN OPTION.

>> SO THERE IS LIKE AN ORGANIC PREEN THAT ACTUALLY WAS BRED OUT OF THE OTTAWA OR RESEARCHED OUT OF IOWA STATE.

SO IT'S OUT OF CORN GLUTEN.

YOU COULD POTENTIALLY TRY THAT.

HONESTLY, WHAT I WOULD DO IS TRY TO EDGE IT AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND MAYBE BLOW OUT WHATEVER SEEDS OR STUFF KIND OF BLOW IN THERE EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE, JUST TO KIND OF GET RID OF THE SEED BANK THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BLOW IN THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

TERRI, THIS COMES TO US FROM GRAND ISLAND.

COULD COME FROM ANYWHERE, WHICH IS HOW TO KEEP GRASSES FROM GROWING IN HIS PERENNIALS AND HOW TO GET RID OF THE ONES THAT ARE THERE.

>> WELL, IF I KNEW THAT THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN WOULDN'T LOOK THE WAY IT DOES.

SO NO, HONESTLY, A FEW THINGS.

MANAGEMENT OF YOUR TURF WILL HELP IF YOU KIND OF EDGE THAT BED.

THAT ACTUALLY HELPS.

SOME OF THOSE RHIZOMES KIND OF NOT GROW IN THERE.

MAKING SURE THAT YOUR MOWING AND NOT HAVING SEED HEADS GROW IN.

AND THEN IF YOU CAN TRY THE GLOVE OF DEATH IF YOU REALLY WANT TO OR JUST CAN USUALLY, ESPECIALLY AFTER A RAIN OR YOU WATER, THEY'RE PRETTY EASY TO PULL.

SO.

>> ALL RIGHT KYLE ONE PICTURE ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE FILLED HER BEDS WITH SOIL AND THEN FOUND THIS CLUSTER.

AND SHE'S WONDERING SHOULD SHE REMOVE THE SHROOMS OUT OF HER RAISED BEDS?

>> NO, OF COURSE NOT.

NO, THOSE ARE BEAUTIFUL.

IT'S BIRD'S NEST FUNGI.

AND SO YOU HAVE THE NEST.

AND THEN THOSE BASICALLY BALLS OF SPORES ARE THE EGGS.

SO THEY'RE VERY COMMON IN NEW SOIL, NEW MULCH.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A KEARNEY VIEWER AND KIND OF WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THESE ARE.

BECAUSE WE DID HAVE LIGHTNING BUT WE DIDN'T DO THE PICTURES.

ARE THESE BULETS.

>> THEY ARE NOT A TRUE BULET.

THEY.

THERE WAS AN ASH TREE THERE AT SOME POINT THOUGH.

SO THESE ARE ASH BULETS.

NOT A TRUE BULET MUSHROOM.

BUT WE DO CALL THEM ASH BULETS.

YEAH, THEY.

THAT'S WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.

BREAK THEM IN HALF, PUSH IT AND THEY BRUISE BLUE.

IT'S COOL.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND THIS IS A BELLEVUE VIEWER.

HE SAID THESE CAME UP OVERNIGHT.

AND THEN A DUSTING OF WHITE SPORES SOMETHING EIGHT.

BOTH OF THEM.

WHAT IS THIS?

>> OKAY.

I WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT LOOKED STRANGE.

IT LOOKS LIKE THESE ARE JUST SOME WEIRD PARASOL TYPE LEPIOTA MUSHROOMS.

VERY COMMON RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THE MOISTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT, DANA.

>> YES.

>> OMAHA, CAN WE IDENTIFY THIS PLANT?

IT'S 2 TO 3FT TALL.

DOES VERY WELL IN SHADE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY CUTE WHITE WOOD ASTER.

SO, EURYBIA DIVARICATA.

OH.

NOPE.

DIVARICATA.

AND SO THAT'S A GREAT NATIVE.

TOLERATES DRY SHADE.

GOOD FOR POLLINATORS.

AND YOU KNOW IT'S GOOD TO HAVE.

>> A GOOD ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE QUICKLY ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS NORFOLK.

THIS IS HER SECOND YEAR WITH BAPTISIA.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ON STEROIDS.

SHE WANTS TO CUT THE SEED POD STEMS OFF.

AND THEN DOES SHE CUT THEM ALL DOWN IN THE FALL OR WAIT TILL SPRING?

>> SO I DON'T THINK THEY'RE ON STEROIDS.

I THINK THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.

THEY'RE HEALTHY.

THEY'RE GROWING.

I WOULD SUGGEST LEAVING THE SEED PODS FOR THE WINTER.

THEY'LL HAVE SOME NICE WINTER INTEREST AND THE SAME WITH THE FOLIAGE.

LEAVE IT THERE.

IT'LL PROVIDE SOME STRUCTURE.

AND THEN IN LATE SPRING, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE TIME TO PRUNE IT BACK.

>> AND IF YOU LOOK AT OURS ON CAMPUS, WHICH IS OVER BY THE DAIRY STORE SO YOU CAN GET ICE CREAM, YOU'LL NOTICE IN THE WINTER THAT THEY TURN BLACK AND SILVER, AND THERE THEY SIT, AND THEN THEY BREAK OFF AND THEY TUMBLE ACROSS CAMPUS LIKE A TUMBLEWEED.

SO IT'S REALLY FUN.

>> OR YOU COULD TAKE THEM INSIDE AND PUT THEM IN A VASE.

>> YES YOU CAN.

ALL RIGHT.

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

THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED A QUESTION THIS WEEK.

AND THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW HELPING US ON THE PHONES TONIGHT WE HAD CAROL RUSTAD JOHN CARIOTTO AND TIM DUNGAN.

NEXT TIME ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE'LL SHOW YOU A UNIQUE WAY TO ELIMINATE THOSE WEEDS IN YOUR DRIVEWAY OR SIDEWALK CRACKS.

A LITTLE EXTRA HEAT CAN MAKE THOSE UNSIGHTLY WEEDS GO AWAY.

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SO GOOD NIGHT.

GOOD GARDENING.

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