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

(UPBEAT MUSIC) TONIGHT ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE'LL SEE WHAT IT TAKES TO KEEP THE TICKS OFF OF YOU.

WE'LL CHECK OUT SOME REALLY GREAT PLANTS FOR SALE RIGHT HERE ON CAMPUS.

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

[UPBEAT MUSIC] >> HELLO AGAIN, AND WELCOME TO ANOTHER HOUR OF BACKYARD FARMER.

EVERYONE IS SO GLAD TO BE BACK TO HELP YOU GROW YOUR GARDEN THE RIGHT WAY.

YOU CAN GET IN TOUCH WITH US TONIGHT BY DIALING 1-800-676-5446.

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PLEASE GIVE US AS MUCH INFORMATION AS YOU CAN, INCLUDING WHERE YOU LIVE.

LET'S START WITH THE PROGRAM WITH SOME SAMPLES.

KYLE, WELCOME TO THE FIRST SHOW.

>> THANK YOU.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WHAT DO WE HAVE TODAY?

>> WELL, I HAVE PINE NEEDLE SCALES AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY ON SPRUCE SAMPLE.

BUT THEY WILL THEY WILL AFFECT A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT EVERGREEN TREES.

PROBABLY MOST PROBLEMATIC ON OUR NATIVE OR SORRY THE NON-NATIVE PINES.

SO THESE CAN BE A SERIOUS PEST.

THEY'RE PRETTY UBIQUITOUS ON ON EVERGREENS.

BUT WHEN THEY BUILD UP LARGE ENOUGH POPULATIONS, THEY CAN CAUSE BRANCH DIEBACK AS WELL AS MORTALITY TO THE TREE.

SO THESE KIND OF LITTLE WHITE WHITE SPECKS HERE ON THEIR.

AND I BROUGHT THESE TODAY BECAUSE REALLY NOW IS THE TIME THAT IS GOOD TO TREAT FOR THESE.

THESE CRAWLERS ARE EMERGING RIGHT ABOUT NOW.

WE START TO SEE THEM ABOUT WHEN LILACS BLOOM.

AND SO RIGHT NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO TREAT.

YOU CAN TREAT WITH A HORTICULTURAL OIL.

AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A LITTLE WINDOW BECAUSE AFTER THOSE CRAWLERS START TO SETTLE DOWN WITH THEIR FEEDING, THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T MADE THAT WAXY COVERING YET.

SO YOU HAVE A FEW WEEKS, BUT NOW IS THE TIME TO GET OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

KYLE.

TERRI, THAT IS BIGGER THAN YOU ARE.

>> NO NOT QUITE, BUT MAYBE CLOSE.

I JUST WANTED TO BRING A COUPLE LOOKALIKES.

WE'RE SEEING DANDELIONS QUITE A BIT RIGHT NOW AND THAT'S THIS.

BUT THIS IS ANOTHER KIND OF BAD WEED THAT WE ARE SEEING KIND OF COME UP.

AND THIS IS PRICKLY LETTUCE.

WE GET A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT IT LATER IN THE SUMMER, WHEN IT GETS TO BE A LOT BIGGER, BECAUSE IT WILL GET PRETTY TALL.

BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LEAVES ARE SIMILAR TO EACH OTHER, BUT THE PRICKLY LETTUCE.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS CAN GET THIS, BUT IT HAS KIND OF THIS BACK MIDRIB.

AND THEN IT HAS THESE LITTLE KIND OF THORNY LIKE THINGS ON THEM.

IF YOU HIT IT JUST RIGHT ON YOUR FINGER, YOU'LL GET IT IN YOUR FINGER EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE.

BUT THAT KIND OF IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE DIFFERENCE.

BUT BOTH OF THESE WILL HAVE PRETTY DEEP TAPROOTS RIGHT NOW.

THE PRICKLY LETTUCE ACTUALLY WAS DEEPER, AND I HAD TO DIG MORE THAN THE DANDELION.

SO REALLY EASY TO PULL OUT.

AND IF WE GET ANY RAIN, THEN IT'S EASIER TO GET OUT EVEN THEN.

SO USE YOUR SOIL KNIFE.

>> ALL RIGHT, KYLE, YOUR FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE SHOW AS WELL.

AND YOU BROUGHT YELLOW PEEPS IN A CACTUS POT.

>> IT IS.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS EASTER AND I WAS FEELING FESTIVE.

YOU KNOW, PLANTS ARE COOL, RIGHT?

BUT I THINK THE ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE THAT FUNGI ARE COOLER.

AND SO IN THIS CASE, WE HAVE THIS WAS ACTUALLY CAME FROM A COLLEAGUE OF MINE, DYLAN MANGLE, BUT HE WAS GROWING SOME CACTI THAT ACTUALLY CAME INTO MY CLINIC BECAUSE THEY WERE DYING, BUT THEY SPROUTED THESE YELLOW MUSHROOMS GROWING OUT OF IT.

NOT UNCOMMON.

THIS IS A IT'S CALLED THE FLOWERPOT.

PARASOL HAS A FEW OTHER NAMES.

SCIENTIFIC NAME IS LEUCOCOPRINUS BIRNBAUMII.

BUT YEAH, IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE COOL THINGS THAT SOMETIMES POPS UP.

IF HE WASN'T WATERING IT A TON, BUT HE WAS WATERING IT ENOUGH FOR THE FUNGI, SO.

>> IT'S PRETTY COOL ACTUALLY.

>> IT'S AWESOME.

>> ALL RIGHT, SCOTT, YOU'RE UP WITH ABSOLUTE BEAUTY, >> RIGHT.

TONIGHT I BROUGHT IN SOLOMON SEAL.

THIS IS THE VARIEGATED SOLOMON SEAL.

IT'S AN INTRODUCED PERENNIAL AND IT'S STARTING TO BLOOM RIGHT NOW AS YOU CAN SEE HAS THE FLOWERS ALONG THE BACK SIDE OF THE STEM.

AFTER THEY'RE POLLINATED, WE'RE GOING TO GET TINY LITTLE GRAPE LIKE BERRIES.

AND IT'S A REALLY FUN PLANT BECAUSE IT CAN TAKE THAT THOSE HARD TO GROW SPACES THAT PART SHADE TO TWO SHADE, IT'S A GROUND COVER, SO IT'S GOING TO SPREAD FOR YOU.

NOTHING SUPER AGGRESSIVE, NOT LIKE A LILY OF THE VALLEY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IF IT DOES GET INTO YOUR LAWN, JUST MOW IT OVER.

BUT WHEN IT'S NOT IN FLOWER, IT'S A VARIEGATED LEAF.

SO IT'S A REALLY ATTRACTIVE PLANT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE GROWING SEASON.

AND I WANT TO THANK ONE OF MY VOLUNTEERS.

SHE ALSO POINTED OUT IT SWAYS IN THE WIND, SO IT GIVES YOU A LOT OF MOTION IN THE GARDEN THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE SEASON.

>> NICE JOB, ALL AND I LOVE THAT PLANT.

I HAVE A LOT OF THAT TOO.

ALL RIGHT, FIRST ROUND OF QUESTIONS.

YOU HAVE THREE FROM FAR SOUTHWEST OMAHA, THREE PICKS.

SO HE HAS HOLES IN HIS WOODEN DECK.

HE'S WONDERING ARE THESE CARPENTER BEES?

THEY DON'T STING.

THEY DON'T CAUSE ENOUGH DAMAGE, DO THEY?

SHOULD HE JUST WATCH AND SHARE OR NOT?

>> YEAH, MOSTLY THAT'S THAT'S MY RECOMMENDATION.

SO THEY DO LOOK LIKE CARPENTER BEES.

THEY WILL KIND OF TUNNEL IN ACROSS THE GRAIN.

AND THEN AFTER GOING IN A LITTLE BIT, THEY'LL TURN AND GO ALONG THE GRAIN TO MAKE THE CELLS WHERE THEY HAVE INDIVIDUAL LARVAE, AND THEN THEY PROVISION IT WITH POLLEN.

SO BECAUSE THEY'RE SOLITARY, THEY, THEY'RE NOT AGGRESSIVE.

THEY YOU DON'T REALLY HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THEM STINGING THE MALES WILL LOOK KIND OF TERRITORIAL AND CAN BE SCARY, BUT THEY'RE HARMLESS SINCE MALES CAN'T STING.

AND SO USUALLY I, YOU KNOW, WOULD JUST RECOMMEND KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN PLUG THOSE UP LATER UNLESS THERE'S EXTENSIVE DAMAGE FOR A LOT OF YEARS, IT DOESN'T REALLY CAUSE ANY STRUCTURAL ISSUES.

SO MOSTLY I JUST WOULD PLUG THAT UP LATER AND YOU KNOW, WITH LIKE A DOWEL OR SOMETHING AND GLUE IT IN AND THAT'S OKAY.

>> EXCELLENT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS.

THIS IS FUN BECAUSE WE HAD SPIDERS.

THIS IS SOUTH OF HERSHEY WATCHING OUR AWESOME SHOW AND SAID, GOSH, FOUND THIS IN THE BASEMENT.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> YES, IT IS A BLACK WIDOW, PROBABLY A WESTERN BLACK WIDOW.

SO WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE MULTIPLE SPECIES OF BLACK WIDOWS THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE STATE.

THE WESTERN BLACK WIDOW IS PROBABLY THE MOST COMMON IN WESTERN NEBRASKA, BUT IN EASTERN THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE STATE, WE ALSO GET THE SOUTHERN BLACK WIDOW.

>> SO FUN AND TERRIBLE.

ALL RIGHT, TERRI, TWO PICTURES.

NORTH PLATTE GRASS IS DYING IN ONE AREA.

SHE THINKS IT'S A LARGE TREE.

IS THAT SAPPING THE WATER SPRINKLERS RUN WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.

>> SO MOST LIKELY, YES.

I'M GOING TO SAY THAT TREES AND TURF USUALLY DON'T ARE NOT GOOD FRIENDS.

SO USUALLY THE TREE IS GOING TO TAKE WHAT IT WANTS BEFORE THE TURF ACTUALLY GETS IT.

SO USUALLY WHEN I'M RECOMMENDING THIS, THIS IS A MANAGEMENT THING.

AND TO BASICALLY CREATE THIS INTO A, A MULCH BED IF POSSIBLE.

IF NOT, YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE PUTTING GOOD WATER DOWN.

YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY GOING INTO THE DROUGHT, IF YOU DIDN'T PUT GOOD WATER DOWN IN THE FALL, THEN YOU MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME WINTER DIEBACK TOO.

SO THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WHAT THIS IS ALSO.

>> ALL RIGHT, THREE PICTURES FROM KEARNEY ON THIS ONE LAWN IS WORSE THAN EVER BEFORE.

THEY DON'T KNOW IF IT'S WINTER KILL.

WEED AND FEED WENT ON ALMOST FOUR WEEKS AGO NOW.

>> SO THAT'S A LITTLE EARLY FOR WEED AND FEED.

WEED AND FEED IS USUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE DOING KIND OF MORE IN THE SUMMER TIME, KIND OF LIKE A LATE JUNE-ISH TYPE OF TIMING.

SO AGAIN, THERE IS A LOT OF WINTERKILL GOING ON.

WE'VE SEEN, ESPECIALLY IN THE KEARNEY AND WEST AREA, WE GOT THOSE COLD OR WARM UP SNAPS AND THEN COLD SNAPS.

SO A LOT OF IT IS DYING.

I THINK GOOD MANAGEMENT, AERATION, OVERSEEDING THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE DOING JUST AGAIN GOOD MANAGEMENT OF THIS TURF.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

ONE PICTURE FROM PENDER.

KYLE.

PIC OF A PEACH.

AND SO IS THIS AN ISSUE.

IS THIS DISEASED.

>> IT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT HEALTHY.

I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

YEAH.

THERE'S THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME SORT OF INJURY.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THAT CRACK GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN.

YOU KNOW IF IT IF IT'S FROST CRACK SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT THEN IT DOES LOOK LIKE A CANKER CAME OR SOME SORT OF FUNGUS CAME IN.

MAYBE A BACTERIA CAME IN AND IS CAUSING SOME, SOME SORT OF CANKER RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A WEAK SPOT ON THE TREE FOR THE REST OF ITS LIFE.

YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER.

I CAN I SHOULD MAYBE ASK A HORTICULTURALIST, BUT IT'S A TREE THAT I WOULD MAYBE CONSIDER GETTING RID OF.

IT'S NOT TERRIBLY LARGE YET.

THE SMALLER, THE SMALLER THE TREE, THE CHEAPER THEY ARE TO GET RID OF.

>> ALL RIGHT KYLE, THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM VERMONT.

BUT SHE MOVED THERE FROM NEBRASKA AND STILL WATCHES US, WHICH IS GREAT.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BLACK CHERRY TREE.

SAP BUBBLING, GETTING WORSE AND DROPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

SO WHAT DO YOU THINK?

THAT WAS LAST YEAR'S WHERE YOU COULD SEE THE LEAVES.

AND THIS IS A TODAY PICTURE.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS THIS ONE'S A BIT ODD.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A PATHOGEN.

IT'S NOT.

SO IT'S IT'S NOT IT'S NOT A FUNGUS.

PROBABLY NOT A BACTERIA.

WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS CALLED GUMMOSIS.

AND THAT'S JUST THE SAP THAT IS COMING OUT.

IT'S IT'S SOME SORT OF WOUND RESPONSE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CAUSED THAT WOUND, YOU KNOW, BASED ON HOW IT'S KIND OF SIDED AND GOES PRETTY MUCH ALL I MEAN, ALL THE WAY UP THE ALL THE WAY UP THE TRUNK.

HAIL.

IF PEOPLE IN VERMONT GET HAIL, I DON'T KNOW, BUT MAYBE BIRD FEEDING, BUT SOME SORT OF WOUND RESPONSE.

IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE IF IT'S LEAFING OUT JUST FINE, NOT LOSING LEAVES EARLY, IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE FINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

KYLE SCOTT, TWO PICTURES.

THIS COMES TO US FROM ROCA.

SO HE TILLED HIS SEPTIC LATERALS.

HE WANTED TO KNOCK DOWN THE BERM.

HE WANTS THE A GOOD COVER CROP.

THEY WANT POLLINATORS.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S BETTER TO PLANT A GRASS COVER OR ESTABLISH POLLINATOR PLANTINGS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

>> THERE ARE QUITE A FEW DIFFERENT SEED COMPANIES, LOCAL THAT YOU COULD PROBABLY PICK UP A LOW GROW MIX THAT CONTAINS A MIXTURE OF BOTH ANNUALS AND PERENNIAL POLLINATOR PLANTS.

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE UP UP AGAINST A BATTLE BECAUSE YOU TILL THAT SOIL.

THAT'S BROUGHT UP A LOT OF THE WEED SEEDS.

SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND.

AS THINGS ARE GETTING ESTABLISHED, YOU WILL HAVE TO WORK ON WEED MANAGEMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND SO THAT YOU THINK IS A LITTLE BETTER THAN TRYING TO DO A, FOR.

>> A LARGER AREA, A SEED MIGHT BE EASIER.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH TIME YOU WANT TO INVEST IN TRYING TO KEEP THE PLANTS ALIVE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SCOTT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE AMAZING WARM WEATHER THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING.

AND OF COURSE, PEOPLE ARE REALLY STARTING TO WANT TO ENJOY THEIR OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES.

PLEASE BE MINDFUL.

OTHER CREATURES OUT THERE ARE ALSO ENJOYING THE WARMTH.

THEY WANT TO COME HOME WITH YOU.

FOR OUR FIRST FEATURE, JODY HELPS US KEEP THOSE TICKS AWAY.

[MUSIC] >> ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I GET EVERY YEAR IS ISN'T IT TOO EARLY FOR TICKS?

WELL, THE ANSWER IS NO.

WHILE SNOW IS THE BEST DISCOURAGER OF TICKS.

TICKS CAN BE ACTIVE ALL YEAR ROUND, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S ABOVE 50 DEGREES.

AND THAT SNOW COVER HAS DISAPPEARED.

AND WE HAVE SEVERAL DIFFERENT SPECIES OF TICKS, ALL OF WHICH CAN BE FOUND AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES AND TIMES OF THE YEAR.

SO I'M HERE TO TELL YOU HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF BECAUSE WE ALL WANT TO BE OUTSIDE ENJOYING THE WEATHER.

SO BEFORE YOU GO OUTSIDE, MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT CLOTHES THAT YOU CAN TUCK IN.

YOU WANT TO TUCK YOUR SHIRT INTO YOUR PANTS AND IT'S NOT VERY STYLISH, BUT TUCK YOUR PANTS INTO YOUR SOCKS.

TICKS ATTACH NEAR THE GROUND ON LOW VEGETATION.

THEY'RE DOWN QUESTING, SO TICKS WILL ATTACH LOW TO THE GROUND AND THEN THEY WILL CLIMB UPWARD.

THIS IS WHY WE OFTEN FIND TICKS LIKE THE AMERICAN DOG TICKS IN THE HAIR ON THE SCALP CLOSE TO THE HEAD.

SO WE WANT TO ALWAYS BE CHECKING THOSE AREAS, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE OUT AT RECESS AND WILL SOON BE PARTAKING IN THOSE SCHOOL TRIPS, THOSE FIELD TRIPS OUTDOORS.

FOR SOME OF OUR OLDER FRIENDS WHO LOVE TO GARDEN AND WALK DOGS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE CHECKING THEM OR REMINDING THEM TO CHECK THEMSELVES AND THEIR PETS.

I HEAR MANY STORIES OF PEOPLE NOT TREATING THEIR PETS WITH PREVENTATIVE UNTIL AFTER MEMORIAL DAY, AND THAT IS FAR TOO LATE.

TICKS ARE OUT NOW, SO WE WANT TO CONSULT WITH OUR VETERINARIAN AND GET OUR DOGS ON SOME KIND OF PREVENTION SO THAT THOSE TICKS WILL BE LEFT OUTDOORS.

OR IF THEY DO ATTACH TO YOUR PET, THAT THEY WILL BE KILLED BEFORE THEY GET TO YOU.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF REPELLENTS OR PERMETHRIN TREATED CLOTHES YOU WEAR, YOU STILL WANT TO PERFORM A REALLY THOROUGH TICK CHECK.

SO AFTER COMING IN FROM OUTDOORS, YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHOWER AS QUICK AS YOU CAN AND CHECK ALL THOSE AREAS FOR TICKS.

TAKE THOSE CLOTHES THAT YOU WORE OUTSIDE AND PUT THEM IN A HOT DRYER.

TUMBLE THEM IN THERE FOR 10 TO 20 MINUTES AND THAT WILL KILL ANY TICKS, HITCH HIKING IN.

IF YOU DO FIND A TICK AND IT IS EMBEDDED, WE DON'T WANT TO PANIC.

WE WANT TO REMOVE THOSE TICKS AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.

GET A POINTED TIP TWEEZERS AND GRASP THE TICK AS CLOSE TO THE SKIN AS POSSIBLE AND PULL STRAIGHT BACK.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE TO GET ALL THE PARTS OF THE TICK OUT AND KEEP THAT TICK FOR IDENTIFICATION.

AND IF YOU FEEL ANY HEALTH EFFECTS AND YOU FEEL SICK, PLEASE SEE A DOCTOR AND TELL THEM WHAT TYPE OF TICK YOU WERE BITTEN BY.

WE ALSO HAVE A LOCAL TICK TESTING PROGRAM, AND IF YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR TICKS THERE TO HAVE IT TESTED, YOU CAN DO THAT AS WELL.

THAT HELPS US COLLECT DATA FROM THE PATHOGENS OF THE TICKS IN OUR LOCAL AREA, BUT SHOULD NOT BE USED AS A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL.

SO GET OUT THERE AND ENJOY THE WEATHER, BUT JUST MAKE SURE TO CHECK YOURSELF.

>> AND ANOTHER GOOD THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS THOSE TICKS DON'T JUST DISAPPEAR LATER IN THE SEASON.

THEY ARE ALWAYS PRESENT.

SO WE DO HOPE YOU'LL TAKE JODY'S ADVICE AND DO YOUR BEST TO FOLLOW THESE TIPS.

OKAY, SCOTT, WE SKIPPED A QUESTION.

I DID SO TWO PICTURES.

THIS COMES TO US FROM SIDNEY RHUBARB PLANT, ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD.

IT SENDS UP IT BOLTS REALLY, REALLY EARLY.

SHE WANTS SHE WANTS THIS NOT TO HAPPEN.

SHE DOESN'T KNOW IF THESE ARE GOOD FOR THE POLLINATORS.

IS IT GOOD FOR THE PLANT TO LEAVE THEM ON?

WHAT SHOULD SHE DO IT?

>> IF YOU DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN, YOU JUST MIGHT WANT TO TAKE OUT THE PLANT.

SOME OF THE SOME OF OUR OLDER CULTIVARS, LIKE VICTORIA AND MACDONALD, THEY BOLT REALLY EASILY.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO LOOK FOR A CANADA RED AND VALENTINE OR BELIEVE ARE TWO NEWER CULTIVARS THAT ARE LESS LIKELY TO BOLT.

BUT NO, THE FLOWERS AREN'T GOING TO BE BENEFICIAL FOR THE BEES AND BUTTERFLIES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND WEATHER DOES THAT ANYWAY.

>> YEAH.

WEATHER AND HEAT.

>> RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU.

SCOTT.

OKAY.

TWO PICTURES FROM LINCOLN.

THIS IS A LARGE SWARM OF WHAT THEY BELIEVE TO BE HONEYBEES IN THE SPRUCE.

THEY LOVE THE POLLINATORS.

THEY'RE ALLERGIC TO BEES, AND THE DOG WANTS TO CHASE THEM.

HOW DO THEY GET RID OF THEM WITHOUT HARMING THEM?

AND WHY WOULD THEY SHOW UP TODAY?

AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER PICTURE ALSO.

SO THREE PICS FROM TWO DIFFERENT VIEWERS, ALSO FROM LINCOLN OF A BEE SWARM.

SO WHAT IN THE WORLD?

>> YEAH, WELL, THIS IS PRETTY AWESOME.

SO THIS IS HOW HONEYBEES ESSENTIALLY REPRODUCE THE COLONIES.

SO WHEN THE COLONY GROWS, THEY'LL PRODUCE A NEW QUEEN AND SHE'LL LEAVE WITH ABOUT HALF OF THE WORKERS FROM FROM A COLONY.

AND THEY, THEY GO OFF AND IN THIS SWARM.

AND SO ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU SEE THEM IN THESE SWARMS IN THE SPRING, THEY'RE OUT LOOKING FOR, FOR A NEW PLACE TO ESTABLISH THEIR, A NEW HIVE.

THEY'RE REALLY NOT DANGEROUS AT THIS STAGE.

THEY'RE PRETTY DOCILE.

THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO PROTECT RIGHT NOW.

SO, YOU KNOW, NOT REALLY ANY SORT OF A THREAT.

IF YOU DO SEE THOSE LARGE SWARMS, THEY DON'T TEND TO STICK AROUND VERY LONG.

BUT IF YOU DO SEE THAT A LOT OF BEEKEEPERS ARE HAPPY TO COME AND GET THOSE AND TAKE THEM.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS YOU EVER ENCOUNTER ONE OF THOSE, YOU CAN LOOK UP LOCAL BEEKEEPERS, LOOK AT THE NEBRASKA BEEKEEPING ASSOCIATION.

THEY CAN HELP YOU GET IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY THAT WILL COME OUT AND GET THAT.

AND THAT THAT IS DISTINCT THOUGH, FROM IF YOU ACTUALLY HAVE A HIVE, THEN PEOPLE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO REMOVE THOSE.

BUT A SWARM, THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE THAT THAT WOULD BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT.

>> WELL, IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THEY WILL SWARM BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IN A TREE ON THAT FIRST SET.

AND THEN HERE WE ARE ON THE END OF A DECK, WHICH IS A LITTLE TERRIFYING.

>> YEAH.

YES, IT WOULD BE SCARY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE, KYLE.

THEY FOUND THIS BEAUTIFUL MOTH TWO DAYS IN A ROW.

THEY WONDER, WHAT IS THIS AND WHAT DOES IT TURN INTO, PROBABLY?

>> WELL, THIS IS THE ADULT.

SO WON'T TURN INTO ANYTHING ELSE HERE.

BUT IT'S A TIGER MOTH.

SO THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE KIND OF THOSE HAIRY CATERPILLARS, THE WOOLLY BEARS.

I THINK THIS ONE IS PROBABLY IN THE GENUS APANTESIS BUT DOESN'T HAVE A COMMON NAME.

BUT THE MOST OF THESE THEY FEED ON LIKE THE SAMPLES THAT TERRI HAD IN EARLIER.

SO THEY LIKE TO FEED ON DANDELIONS AND THE PRICKLY LETTUCE AND THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.

SO BUT THAT'S.

YEP.

THAT'S WHAT THAT IS A TIGER MOTH.

>> IS IT EARLY?

>> IT IS ACTUALLY EARLY FOR THOSE.

YEAH, YEAH.

BUT WITH, WITH THE WARM WEATHER, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THINGS EARLIER.

>> EXACTLY.

INCLUDING TICKS.

ALL RIGHT TERRI, THREE PICTURES, CENTRAL OMAHA A LOT OF THIS VERY COARSE GRASS IN THE LANDSCAPE.

THEY'VE GONE ONLINE TO LOOK AND THEY'VE GOOGLED AND THEY CAN'T KNOW EXACTLY.

HE'S TRIED.

GRASS BE GONE AND HE WANTS SOME SUGGESTIONS BESIDES YOUR SOIL KNIFE.

SORRY TO SAY.

AND HE ALSO DOESN'T WANT ANY NONSELECTIVE HERBICIDES.

>> WELL, I'M SORRY.

NOT.

>> NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

>> GOING TO GET A GOOD ANSWER.

I THINK THIS IS A FORAGE FESCUE.

SO OFTENTIMES, ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THOSE MORE INEXPENSIVE MIXES, THEY'LL KIND OF MIX SOME OF THAT IN THERE.

BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THIS IS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO USE.

YOU CAN USE A BIGGER SHOVEL THAN MY SOIL KNIFE, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE THE BEST WAY TO DO IT.

AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A NONSELECTIVE.

THERE'S REALLY NOTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN DO.

BUT I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, ONCE YOU DO GET IT OUT HOWEVER YOU WANT TO GET IT OUT, PUT SOME COMPOST DOWN AND THEN START OVERSEEDING SO THAT IF THERE ARE ANY SEEDS IN THERE, YOU CAN GET THE GOOD GRASS THAT YOU WANT IN THERE SO THAT IT IS COMPETING AND GROWING AND KEEPING SOME OF THOSE ONES THAT YOU DON'T WANT OUT IN YOUR GRASS.

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

THIS COMES TO US FROM MONDAMIN, IOWA.

QUESTION ABOUT A PARTICULAR TYPE OF GRASS IN THE LAWN SPREADING GROWS FASTER THAN NORMAL GRASS.

THEY WANT TO STOP IT.

SHE'S USED REGULAR OLD ROUNDUP PULLING DOESN'T WORK BECAUSE IT BREAKS OFF.

>> I THINK THIS IS A ROUGH BLUEGRASS.

SO IF YOU ARE PULLING IT OR DIGGING IT, YOU ACTUALLY NEED TO GO ABOUT 12IN OUTSIDE OF WHERE YOU ACTUALLY SEE IT BECAUSE IT'LL HAVE STOLONS GOING OUT.

I'M PRETTY FAR OUT.

SO IF YOU DON'T GET ALL OF THOSE ROOTS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IT KEEP COMING UP.

BUT BASICALLY YOU'RE GOING TO MANAGE IT EXACTLY THE SAME WAY.

I SAID FOR THE THE ROUGH OR THE FORAGE FESCUE, DIG IT UP OR USE A NONSELECTIVE HERBICIDE AND THEN GO IN WITH THAT COMPOST OR SOIL MIX AND THEN OVERSEED IT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE COVERING ALL THOSE BARE AREAS AND GETTING THE SEED OR THE TURF THAT YOU WANT IN THERE GROWING.

>> THANKS.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY.

KYLE.

SHE STARTS WITH HELP.

WHAT DO I NEED TO DO WITH THIS THREE YEAR OLD CURLY BARK MAPLE CANKER?

>> YEAH, IT'S NOT A WELL, I'LL GET TO I'LL GET TO THE BAD NEWS LATER, BUT THIS IS WHAT I WOULD CALL WEED WHACKER BLIGHT.

AND SO I WONDER IF YOU KNOW SOME.

AGAIN, SOME SORT OF INJURY TO THE TO THE BASE OF THE TREE.

IT'S AT ABOUT THE HEIGHT OF A WEED WHACKER.

SO HENCE THE NAME.

SOME FUNGUS CAME IN AND CAUGHT, IS CAUSING THAT CANKER THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ENCOMPASSING ABOUT HALF OF THE WIDTH OF THE BARK OR HALF OF THE WIDTH OF THE TRUNK.

AND GENERALLY, WHEN WE'RE SEEING DAMAGE TO THAT MUCH OF THE TRUNK, THE TREE IS NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD.

AND RIGHT AT THE BASE IT'S GOING TO FALL.

I SAID IT EARLIER.

SMALLER TREES ARE A LOT EASIER TO TAKE OUT.

I WOULD START TO PLAN FOR.

PLAN FOR A REPLACEMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

UNFORTUNATE.

TWO PICTURES.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS TREE ON THIS NEXT TWO.

AND WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT IT.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS SO I APOLOGIZE A ANOTHER FUNGAL CANKER BUT IT LOOKS AWESOME.

THE NEXT PICTURE WILL SHOW IT BETTER BUT IT GETS THESE GIANT BOLES.

THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT FUNGI THAT CAUSE THIS ONE IS ONE IS IN THE GENUS NEONECTRIA.

THE OTHER IS EUTYPA.

AND SO IT'S EITHER A EUTYPA OR A OR A NECTRIA CANKER.

BUT WE GET THOSE TARGETS THAT TARGET SHAPE APPEARANCE AGAINST SOME SORT OF WOUND.

MAYBE IT WAS SQUIRRELS, SOMETHING ELSE.

THE FUNGUS TOOK ADVANTAGE.

THAT BRANCH.

YOU MAY WANT TO GET RID OF THE BRANCH, BUT IT'S A REALLY COOL LOOKING CANKER, SO THANKS.

>> OKAY, SCOTT, ONE FROM PLATTSMOUTH.

THEY PLANTED GREEN GIANT ARBORVITAE IN 25.

LOOKED GREAT NOW.

TERRIBLE.

AND THEN YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES FROM HICKMAN.

EMERALD GREEN ARBORVITAE PLANTED KIND OF IN A FUNKY SPOT HERE, WONDERING, IS THIS BLACKNESS FROM DOGS OR IS IT A DISEASE?

OR WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE?

>> WE HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS.

WINTER DAMAGE IS WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR THIS PICTURE SHOWING RIGHT NOW.

GO AHEAD AND MULCH THOSE PLANTS IN.

TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GET SUPPLEMENTAL WATER DURING THE FALL AND WINTER, FOR.

THERE SHOULD BE ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ONE IN FRONT.

MAYBE PUT UP A FALSE FIRE HYDRANT FOR THE DOGS TO PEE ON AND NOT THE TREE.

>> OKAY, TWO PICS FROM JEFFERSON COUNTY.

BLOODGOOD JAPANESE MAPLE AND PLANTED LAST SPRING.

AND THEN IT HAD MOST OF THE BUDS AT THE VERY BASE CAME OUT, BUT THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON THE TOP OF THE TREE, AND I THINK WE'RE STILL WAITING FOR THAT PIC TO PULL UP ON THIS ONE.

>> SO WITH THE JAPANESE MAPLE, YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND BE BOLD AND DARING AND JUST WHACK IT BACK TO WHERE THAT NEW GROWTH IS STARTING.

KIM AND I TALKED BEFORE THE SHOW.

THERE'S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE THAT THAT TREE IS GOING TO SEND OUT NEW BRANCHES.

YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE AT THIS STAGE.

>> ALL RIGHT, SCOTT, AND TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE ALSO.

SO OMAHA, 38-YEAR OLD ASH, THEY TREATED BIANNUALLY FOR EAB, BUT NOW IT'S GOT AN IN THE TRUNK, THERE'S A WOUND, A BIG WOUND IN IT AND KIND OF A SLASH.

I THINK THAT'S YOUR SECOND PICTURE.

AND THEY'RE WONDERING, SHOULD THEY SKIP THE TREATMENT OR.

>> THE INJURY DOESN'T LOOK CATASTROPHIC.

BUT WITH THE EAB THAT'S GOING TO BE EVERY OTHER YEAR.

YOU JUST NEED TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO AFFORD TO DO FOR TREATMENT.

OR SHOULD YOU SAVE THAT UP FOR A POSSIBLE REMOVAL?

IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO POSSIBLE REMOVAL, MAYBE NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT THAT NEW REPLACEMENT.

IN A COUPLE OF YEARS, YOU JUST TAKE OUT THE ASH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SCOTT.

A LOT OF HARD WORK IN THE GARDENING WORLD IS PREPARATION.

OUT AT OUR GARDEN.

YOU MIGHT NOTICE THERE'S SOME DEEP BOUNDARIES BETWEEN THE PATHS AND THE PLANTING BEDS.

HERE'S TERRI AT THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN TO SHOW US HOW THAT'S ACCOMPLISHED.

[UPBEAT MUSIC] >> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN, WE'RE CONTINUING OUR SPRING PREP.

ONE OF THE REALLY IMPORTANT THINGS THAT WE DO ALMOST EVERY SPRING IS START TO EDGE OUR BEDS, OUR ANNUAL BEDS KIND OF SHRINK SOMETIMES SO THAT OUR PATHS ARE GETTING WIDER AND OUR BEDS ARE GETTING SMALLER.

SO THIS IS A REALLY GOOD WAY TO REALLY KIND OF GET THAT REALLY NICE PROFESSIONAL EDGE AROUND YOUR BED AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF KEEP THE MULCH WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE AND THE SOIL WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

AND JUST REALLY MAKE YOUR, YOUR LANDSCAPE LOOK FANTASTIC.

SO WE'RE DOING THIS EDGE WHERE WE KIND OF CUT DOWN THE CENTER AND THEN COME BACK AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE.

THAT MAKES IT LOOK GREAT.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OUR CONTAINERS, AS YOU KNOW, AND I'VE TALKED IN THE PAST, WE REMOVE ABOUT A THIRD TO HALF OF THE SPENT SOIL.

WE RECYCLE THAT BACK INTO OUR GARDEN FOR COMPOST, AND THEN WE PUT FRESH SOIL INTO THAT CONTAINER FOR ALL OF OUR NEW PLANTS FOR THE SPRING.

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

[UPDATE MUSIC] >> THANKS, TERRI.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING OUR GARDEN STARTED.

LET'S TURN OUR ATTENTION TO OUR FANS ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

EACH WEEK WE PICK A QUESTION FROM OUR ONLINE PAGES AND WE FEATURE IT ON THE SHOW.

TONIGHT'S QUESTION COMES FROM SIMON LIGHTNER IN OMAHA, SUBMITTED BY HIS MOM, BARB.

HE WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT SOME UNUSUAL DANDELIONS HE'S SEEN NEAR HIS HIGH SCHOOL, OMAHA CENTRAL.

AND KYLE'S GOING TO HELP ME WITH THIS ONE.

SO, KYLE, WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON ON THIS?

>> WE HAVE SOME FASCINATING DANDELIONS.

AND BARB WAS RIGHT.

SHE LOOKED IT UP AND FOUND OUT THAT IT'S CALLED FASCIATION.

SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, CLEVER NAMING THERE, RIGHT?

BUT YEAH, FASCIATION CAN BE CAUSED BY ALL SORTS OF THINGS, BASICALLY SOME SORT OF DAMAGE OR STRESS TO THE GROWING POINT.

AND THAT STRESS CAN COME FROM INSECT FEEDING.

OR MAYBE THERE IS A THERE ARE SOME BACTERIAL DISEASES THAT CAN DO THAT.

MOST COMMONLY, THOUGH, IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS.

AND SO SOME OF THESE WIDE TEMPERATURE SWINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, SOME COLD TEMPS CAN REALLY CAUSE THIS.

AND ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE SEEING FASCIATION ACROSS A WIDE AREA ON A LOT OF PLANTS, ALMOST GUARANTEED TO BE SOME SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL BY GENETIC INTERACTION.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANKS, KYLE.

THAT IS FASCINATING.

WELL, DON'T BE SHY ABOUT ASKING A QUESTION ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES.

WHO KNOWS, YOU MIGHT SEE IT RIGHT HERE WITH AN ANSWER.

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO.

GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE, ADD YOUR QUESTIONS AND PHOTOS IN THE COMMENTS ON ONE OF OUR POSTS.

IT'S THAT EASY.

IT'S TIME TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK NOW.

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

WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.

[UPBEAT MUSIC] >> WELCOME BACK TO BACKYARD FARMER.

COMING UP LATER, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A SPECIAL PLANT SALE RIGHT HERE ON CAMPUS.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN YOUR QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446, OR SEND US THOSE PICTURES AND QUESTIONS AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.

OF COURSE, NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

READY?

>> I GUESS.

>> SCOTT FROM RURAL HICKMAN.

CUT DOWN THE POLLINATOR PLANTS NOW.

OR DO WE WAIT TO DO IT LATER?

>> WE COULD GO AHEAD AND CUT BACK NOW.

>> ALL RIGHT FROM OMAHA TOMATOES.

WILL THEY EXIST IN A RAISED BED THAT IS ONLY ONE FOOT DEEP?

>> IF NO.

>> SAME VIEWER WILL THEY NEED TO HAVE DRAINAGE HOLES IN THE BOTTOM OF THAT ONE FOOT DEEP GALVANIZED PLANTING THING?

>> YES, THEY NEED DRAINAGE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MULCH AGAINST A HOUSE.

GOOD IDEA.

OR SHOULD WE USE ROCK OR NOTHING?

>> MULCH IS FINE.

IT DOESN'T ATTRACT TERMITES.

ROCK IS A LITTLE BIT MORE PERMANENT.

SO WHICHEVER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TOMATOES, THE RED STUFF, THE RED.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHETHER THEY SHOULD PUT THAT RED STUFF AROUND TOMATOES WHEN THEY PLANT THEM.

>> THE RED MULCH HAS BEEN SHOWN TO IMPROVE THE RIPENING OF THE TOMATO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HOSTAS ARE FROZEN.

SHOULD THEY TAKE OFF?

JUST THE FROZEN PIECES IN WESTERN NEBRASKA?

>> YES.

>> EXCELLENT.

KYLE.

>> I WAS BORN READY.

I DON'T KNOW, I DROVE SEVEN HOURS TODAY.

I SPENT THE WHOLE TIME PRACTICING.

>> WE'LL SEE.

SO WE HAVE FROM NEBRASKA CITY.

MURELS, ARE THEY IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA YET?

>> THEY THEY SHOULD BE.

YES.

>> FIRE BLIGHT.

NOW IN A NEW PEAR TREE.

NEWLY PLANTED PEAR TREE.

IT'S SHOWING BLACK AROUND THE EDGES OF THE LEAVES.

>> IT COULD BE FIRE BLIGHT.

MOST LIKELY IT'S COLD DAMAGE.

>> VERY, VERY DRY CONDITIONS.

IS THAT GOING TO BE A PRESCRIPTION FOR MORE DISEASE THIS YEAR OR LESS?

>> IN GENERAL, WE SEE LESS DISEASE IN DRY YEARS.

MOST OF OUR FUNGI, BACTERIA, ETC.

THEY REALLY LIKE THEY REALLY LIKE EXCESS MOISTURE.

>> LOTS OF VIEWERS LOOKING ONLINE FOR MUSHROOM ID.

GOOD IDEA, BAD IDEA?

>> IT'S IT DEPENDS WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IT FOR.

IF YOU JUST WANT TO LOOK UP, YOU SEE SOMETHING COOL ON THE GROUND AND YOU WANT TO HAVE MAYBE HAVE AN IDEA WHAT IT IS.

YEP.

SOME OF THOSE APPS ARE CAN GET YOU CLOSE.

BUT IF IT'S IF YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT EATING THE MUSHROOM OR GIVING IT TO SOMEONE ELSE TO EAT, DON'T.

THOSE APPS ARE THEY TEND NOT TO BE 100% ACCURATE, BUT IF IT'S AGAIN, FOR A CURIOSITY, GO AHEAD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TERRI, SULFUR ON BUFFALO GRASS LAWNS TO CORRECT THE PH.

GOOD IDEA OR BAD?

>> I WOULD NEED MAKE SURE YOU DO A SOIL TEST.

I PROBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW.

>> TOO LATE.

THIS IS MULTIPLE PEOPLE PRE OR POST-EMERGENT HERBICIDES EITHER ONE.

ARE WE IN THE WINDOW STILL.

>> YOU'RE PROBABLY IN THE WINDOW FOR YOUR SECOND APPLICATION FOR SOME OF THOSE LATER SUMMER ANNUALS.

>> TOO MANY CHEMICALS ALREADY EXIST.

WHY DO WE NEED MORE OF THOSE CHEMICALS WHEN THE OLD ONES WORK BEST?

>> USUALLY BECAUSE THEY FIND NEW FORMULATIONS THAT WORK BETTER.

>> ZOYSIA LAWN AND SHE'S WORRIED ABOUT IT WITH WEEDS.

SHOULD SHE GO AHEAD AND PLUG ZOYSIA INTO IT AND HOPE THE ZOYSIA WILL TAKE OVER AND SMOTHER OUT ALL THE WEEDS?

OR WILL THE ZOYSIA WIN?

>> THE ZOYSIA SHOULD WIN.

YEAH, YEAH, YOU COULD DEFINITELY DO THAT.

THAT'D BE GREAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NIMBLEWILL HOW FAR OUT DO YOU HAVE TO DIG TO KILL IT?

>> PROBABLY AT LEAST 12IN.

>> EXCELLENT.

OKAY, KYLE, READY TO ROCK AND ROLL?

>> OH, I'M READY TO TRY.

>> BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN STUDENTS FOUND GRUBS EVERY FOOT IN SOIL THAT THEY TURNED OVER.

SHOULD THAT BE TREATED NOW?

>> I GUESS IT WOULD DEPEND ON WHAT IT'S IN, BUT I WOULD I WOULD PROBABLY NOT BECAUSE I THINK IT MIGHT BE GREEN JUNE BEETLES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

VIEWER SAYS THEY WERE BITTEN IN A LINE BY SOMETHING, 3 OR 4 BITES THAT THEN JUST ITCHED LIKE CRAZY.

WHAT BIT?

>> WELL, BIT IN A LINE KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE BEDBUGS >> OUTSIDE?

>> OH, OUTSIDE.

WELL.

>> SHOULD HAVE, SHOULD HAVE SPECIFIED THAT.

>> YEAH, IT'S HARD TO SAY.

I MEAN, IT COULD BE ANYTHING OUTSIDE.

>> THE COLD OUT IN WESTERN NEBRASKA, CONCERN ABOUT WHETHER WE ARE GOING TO HAVE BEES, HONEY BEES, POLLINATORS, WOULD THEY HAVE CROAKED?

>> NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT LITTLE TINY FLYING SOMETHING'S OR OTHER THAT ARE WHITE RIGHT NOW.

>> YEAH, I'M NOT SURE.

PASS.

>> OKAY.

MAYBE THAT'S A SEED.

>> IT COULD BE.

>> A FLYING SEED.

ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

SO SCOTT WON.

>> WOO.

>> HAND IT DOWN FOR ONCE, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT OVER WHO GETS IT.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, OUR PLANT OF THE WEEK HAS BEEN A STAR OF MANY PAST VIDEO FEATURES.

IT'S A VERSATILE AND VERY HARDY PLANT FOR OUR ZONES WHEN WE PICK IT.

AND ALSO QUITE BEAUTIFUL.

LET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO HEAR ABOUT THE PLANT OF THE WEEK.

[UPBEAT MUSIC] >> OUR INTERESTING WEATHER THIS YEAR HAS MEANT THAT A LOT OF OUR PLANTS ARE ACTUALLY LEAFING OUT A LITTLE BIT EARLY.

SO PLANT OF THE WEEK IS OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA.

THIS IS ONE THAT ACTUALLY BROKE BUD EARLIER.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY SHOWING ITS OAK LEAVES.

THIS HAPPENS TO BE ONE CALLED LITTLE HONEY.

SO THIS CHARTREUSE SORT OF COLOR SHOWS UP AGAINST A DARK BACKGROUND.

THIS IS 100% HARDY, 100% WOODY HYDRANGEA.

SO UNLIKE SO MANY OF THOSE OTHER ONES, YOU'VE GOT THE TWIGS, YOU'VE GOT THE STEMS.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE OLD FLOWERS ON WHICH WE CAN PAINT PINCH OFF.

BUT WHAT YOU WILL SEE AS THESE BUDS DEVELOP IS YOU'LL SEE THE LEAVES GET BIGGER, YOU'LL SEE THE FLOWER BUDS COME OUT.

AND IF YOU HAVE ONE THAT DOESN'T HAVE CHARTREUSE FOLIAGE, YOU CAN STILL SEE THE BUDS BECAUSE THEY'RE SO HUGE AND SO FUZZY.

YOU CAN SEE THEM FROM A GREAT DISTANCE.

SO OAKLEAF HYDRANGEA AND THE CULTIVARS OF IT ARE REALLY GREAT PLANTS TO USE IN A PARTLY SHADED GOOD SOIL CONDITION IN YOUR LANDSCAPE.

NOW LET'S THROW IT BACK TO GANNON FOR THE WEATHER.

>> HEY, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

WE HAVE A FANTASTIC WEEK AHEAD OF US.

SO LET'S JUMP RIGHT ON IN LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES, FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S GOING TO BE IN THE 50S AND 60S NEARLY THE ENTIRE WEEK.

THERE'S A FEW PLACES IN THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THAT COULD GET INTO THE 70S, AND MAYBE A FEW WINDY DAYS, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, YOU REALLY CAN'T ASK FOR A BETTER DAY IN APRIL.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE, I DO HAVE SOME GOOD NEWS.

WHEN IT COMES TO PRECIPITATION, THE MAJORITY OF THE STATE IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AT LEAST AN INCH OR MORE, WHICH IS A WELCOME CHANGE OF PACE.

THERE WAS A LINE OF STORMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE EARLIER TODAY TO KICK THINGS OFF, WHILE THERE'S CHANCES ON SATURDAY AS WELL, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THE BULK OF WHAT'S SHOWN ON SCREEN IS LIKELY TO FALL ON THAT SUNDAY TO MONDAY TIME FRAME.

TUESDAY SHOULD BE A LITTLE QUIETER, WHILE CHANCES WILL ONCE AGAIN INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY.

AND THAT'S YOUR WEEK OF WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> GREAT NEWS OR NOT, WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF WONDERFUL THINGS, THE FIRST ONE BEING THE UNL HORTICULTURE CLUB'S SPRING BEDDING PLANT SALE THURSDAY AND FRIDAY THE 30TH AND MAY 1ST EAST CAMPUS, LINCOLN.

THAT'LL BE JUST GREAT.

SECOND ONE IS THE NORTHEAST EXTENSION MASTER GARDENERS PLANT FAIR AND VENDOR MARKET.

FRIDAY, APRIL 24TH.

SATURDAY, APRIL 25TH IN NORFOLK.

THIRD IS PLANT, NEBRASKA SPRING FAIR.

APRIL 24TH AND 25TH SANDHILLS GLOBAL EVENT CENTER IN LINCOLN AND THE HOLY TRINITY ARTS FESTIVAL.

MAY 3RD OR I'M SORRY, 2ND, 10 TO 4 P.M.

THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY, 6001 A STREET IN LINCOLN.

AND I THINK WE MIGHT HAVE A QR CODE FOR THAT.

OR AT LEAST THEY DO.

SO LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS OF FUN THINGS GOING ON.

ALL RIGHT, TWO QUESTIONS OR I'M SORRY, TWO PICTURES.

BURT COUNTY.

THE LAWN WAS SEEDED TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND SHE'S WONDERING, IS THIS ANTS OR NIGHTCRAWLERS COMING UP AROUND ALL SORTS OF THINGS?

SHE DOESN'T WANT TO USE INSECTICIDES AS THE ROBINS ARE USING MUD FOR THEIR NESTS.

>> DEFINITELY ANTS PROBABLY LIKE LASIUS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

REALLY.

I DON'T THINK IT SHOULD BE A PROBLEM.

SO I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY NEED TO REALLY TREAT AS THAT GRASS FILLS IN.

IT'LL PROBABLY JUST COVER IT UP AND YOU WOULDN'T EVEN NOTICE IT.

>> EXCELLENT.

HEMINGFORD, WHAT ARE THESE?

HE SEES THEM ON THE ROAD.

>> DARK.

SO HARD TO SAY, BUT I'M PROBABLY CUTWORMS.

CUTWORMS ARE SOME OF OUR EARLIEST ACTIVE CATERPILLARS, SO PROBABLY SOME TYPE OF A CUTWORM.

>> TWO PICTURES FROM LINCOLN.

SHE'S GOT 3 OR 4 OF THESE ON A DOGWOOD SHRUB.

WHAT ARE THEY AND WHAT SHOULD SHE DO?

>> YEAH, THIS IS THE OOTHECA OF THE CHINESE MANTIS.

AND SO IT'S OUR REALLY LARGE IMPRESSIVE MANTIS WE HAVE.

AND YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT AND THEY'LL HATCH AND YOU'LL HAVE THEM IN YOUR YOUR LANDSCAPE.

>> EATING EVERYTHING INCLUDING EACH OTHER.

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

THREE PICTURES FROM LINCOLN.

TERRI.

ONION LIKE PLANTS.

THEY'RE POPPING UP IN NORTHEAST LINCOLN.

SMELL LIKE GARLIC AND ONION OVER AND OVER.

HE HAS NEVER SEEN THEM FLOWER.

SO HOW DOES HE GET RID OF THEM?

>> SO THIS IS WILD ONION OR WILD GARLIC.

I FEEL LIKE I'VE SAID THIS PRETTY MUCH EVERY QUESTION SO FAR.

BUT PULLING THEM OUT, GETTING RID OF THEM, IT'S THERE'S NO SELECTIVE TREATMENT FOR THIS.

SO YOU CAN DIG THEM OUT.

IF YOU DO DECIDE TO USE A HERBICIDE, USE A BROADLEAF HERBICIDE LIKE A 2,4D OR A TRICLOPYR, BUT CUT THEM OFF BECAUSE THEY HAVE A WAXY OUTSIDE AND THEN CUT THEM OFF AND THEN APPLY IT.

BUT AND THEN PLANT AND GET A GOOD STAND OF TURF AND YOU WON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

>> TWO PICTURES FROM OMAHA.

SO CAN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE BACKYARD.

IT'S SPOTTY WITH TUFTS AND DEAD SPOTS AND THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, THEY SAID THAT THEY AERATE AND EVERYTHING AND SOUND LIKE THEY DO ALL THE GOOD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES THAT WE TALK ABOUT.

BUT AGAIN, TREES AND TURF REALLY DON'T LIKE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH.

I WOULD REALLY GO AHEAD AND CREATE REALLY NICE LANDSCAPE BEDS UNDERNEATH THOSE TREES.

YOU CAN ADD SOME REALLY NICE SHRUBS, SOME REALLY NICE HERBACEOUS PLANTS, PUT SOME REALLY NICE WALKWAYS SO YOU CAN GET TO YOUR KIDS PLAYGROUND AREA AND JUST BASICALLY STOP THAT COMPETITION.

>> ALL RIGHT, TWO PICTURES.

KYLE.

ALL HE DID IS SEND PICTURES OF THIS.

>> THAT'S.

YEAH.

SO THIS IS IT'S A PUFF BALL MOST LIKELY IN THE GENUS LYCOPERDON.

BUT I CAN TE YOU FROM EXPERIENCE THREE AND SIX YEAR OLDS ABSOLUTELY LOVE KICKING THOSE BECAUSE IT'S JUST A WHOLE BUNCH OF YELLOW SPORES THAT GO EVERYWHERE.

HARMLESS, BUT A LOT OF FUN TO DESTROY AND HIT WITH A STICK OR KICK.

DO IT ALL.

ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

>> OKAY, TWO PICTURES FROM FREMONT.

WHAT IS THIS?

ON HER OLD FORSYTHIA BUSH?

>> YEAH, IT'S NOT A PICTURE OF FORSYTHIA.

IT'S NOT A PICTURE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

>> NO, THIS IS.

>> THIS IS A. THIS IS THE PICTURE.

>> PICTURE THE DISEASE.

>> BUT YEAH, THIS WITH THIS THIS TURF PICTURE.

THERE IT IS.

WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A DISEASE.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A PRETTY STRAIGHT LINE THERE.

I'M WONDERING IF SOMETHING WAS WAS LAID THERE.

MAYBE THERE'S MAYBE THERE'S A PIECE OF WOOD A COUPLE INCHES UNDERNEATH THE SOIL, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SOME SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL OR PHYSICAL THING THAT WAS LAYING ON TOP OF IT OR IS UNDERNEATH AND PREVENTING THAT, THAT GRASS FROM GROWING.

>> YEAH, SHE DID SAY IT STARTED LAST SUMMER OR FALL.

SO YEAH, I, AND I THINK WE STILL HAVE THOSE FORSYTHIA PICTURES.

SO THIS WAS A FREMONT VIEWER, A COUPLE THINGS ON IT THAT LOOKED REALLY STRANGE AND GNARLY.

>> YEAH.

THERE WERE SOME, THERE WERE SOME GALLS THAT WERE GROWING.

AND YOU KNOW, THE FEW THINGS THAT CAN CAUSE GALLS.

CROWN GALL IS CAUSED BY A BACTERIA.

HERE WE GO.

AGROBACTERIUM.

THERE'S ALSO A FUNGUS, PHOMOPSIS THAT CAN CAUSE GALLS.

TYPICALLY THAT PHOMOPSIS GALL IS GOING TO BE A LOT SMOOTHER, SO IT'S PROBABLY CROWN GALL.

IT WILL IT WILL KILL THE END OF THOSE BRANCHES, BUT YOU CAN JUST PRUNE IT OFF.

BUT THIS, THIS BACTERIA, IT'S UBIQUITOUS.

IT INFECTS PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT HAS WOOD.

SO IT'S JUST ONE OF THOSE COOL THINGS.

>> AND IT'S FORSYTHIA.

YOU CAN HARDLY KILL IT.

>> THERE YOU GO.

>> ALL RIGHT, SCOTT, ONE PICTURE.

THIS IS A THREE INCH RED POINT MAPLE THAT GOT PLANTED JUST ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AGO.

SHE WANTS TO USE A BUCKET METHOD FOR WATERING, CHECKING THE MOISTURE ALREADY WHEN IT IS DRY, HOW MUCH WATER DOES SHE PUT ON IT?

AND IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

>> WITH THE BUCKET METHOD?

WELL, WITH THE THREE INCH CALIBER, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF, MAYBE FIVE GALLONS EVERY TIME YOU WATER.

IF IT'S BEEN AT THE GROUND A COUPLE WEEKS, YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING MAYBE TWO, THREE TIMES A WEEK, BUT FIVE GALLONS.

BUT MAKE SURE THAT YOU MOVE IT AROUND THE TREE.

SO THAT WAY ALL THE ROOTS CAN GET THE MOISTURE.

>> AND I THINK WE SAW, DIDN'T WE SEE A LITTLE BIT OF DAMAGE AT THE BASE OF THE TRUNK ON THAT ONE?

>> IT WAS HARD TO TELL, BUT THERE WAS A LITTLE MAY HAVE.

>> SO A LITTLE CONCERNING ON A BIG TREE LIKE THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE FROM OMAHA.

SO THIS IS FUN.

WE HAD SENSATIONAL LILAC ON LAST WEEK AND SHE GETS TO TAKE SOME SUCKERS OFF.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER TO TAKE THEM OFF CLOSER TO THE OLD PLANT OR AWAY, AWAY A LITTLE WAYS.

AND WHEN ACTUALLY.

>> PROPAGATING LILACS BY SUCKERS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET MORE PLANTS.

I DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING THAT SAID THAT CLOSER FOR OUR WAY.

CAUTION.

SO MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FAR AWAY, BUT WE MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT TOO LATE IN THE SEASON TO BE DOING THIS TYPE OF PROPAGATION.

WE WANT TO DO IT BEFORE THE FLOWERS OPEN.

SO MAYBE SELECT A COUPLE AND THEN NEXT SPRING DO A SPRING OF 27 DO THAT PROPAGATION.

>> GREAT.

TWO PICTURES ON A RED BARREN CRABAPPLE, NOTICEABLE CRACKING AND PEELING.

AND THEY WONDER WHETHER THIS IS NORMAL AND IF SO, OKAY.

AND IF NOT, WHAT?

>> IT DOES LOOK NORMAL.

IT.

WHEN THE NEW BARK, THE OLD BARK HAS FALLEN OFF, OR THE NEW BARK TO COME IN.

SO THIS DOES LOOK NORMAL.

>> GREAT.

WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR STUDENTS AND THE WORK THEY DO IN OUR GREENHOUSES.

AND A BONUS OF THAT IS THE VERY SPECIAL ANNUAL PLANT SALE HERE ON CAMPUS.

UNL LANDSCAPE DESIGN SENIOR HALEY KLEMENT IS GOING TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT.

[MUSIC] >> YEAH, OUR SPRING ANNUAL BEDDING PLANT SALE IS THE CLUB'S BIGGEST PLANT SALE OF THE YEAR, SO IT'S NEXT WEEK FROM THURSDAY TO FRIDAY.

IT'D BE APRIL 30TH AND MAY 1ST FROM 9 TO 4 P.M.

HERE IN TEACHING GREENHOUSE WEST, IT'S REALLY BIG.

THE FIRST FEW HOURS ARE LIKE NUTS.

WE HAVE A LINE OUT THE BACK, SO IF YOU SEE A PLANT YOU REALLY WANT, I SUGGEST GETTING HERE EARLY.

SO WE HAVE A GOOD VARIETY HERE.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ORNAMENTALS.

SO LIKE YOUR ANNUAL FLOWERING PLANTS, WE HAVE SOME COOL FOLIAGE PLANTS LIKE OUR COLEUS, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF VEGETABLES.

I THINK A FEW OF THEM ARE PRETTY COOL.

WE HAVE A DISEASE RESISTANT MINIATURE TOMATO.

IT'S OUR TINY TIM TOMATO.

IT'S ALREADY PUTTING ON LITTLE TINY TOMATOES, SO IT'S REALLY COOL.

IT'S A GREAT PLANT IF YOU'VE HAD PROBLEMS IN THE PAST.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT HERBS.

SO YOUR ROSEMARY, LAVENDER, ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.

I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD COME TO THE HORTICULTURE CLUB SALE BECAUSE WE HAVE REALLY GREAT PLANTS THAT HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF VERY WELL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

OUR STUDENTS PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO RAISING THESE PLANTS, AND THEY'RE A REALLY GOOD SIZE FOR WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.

SO PRICES ARE GREAT COMPARED TO SOME OF YOUR OTHER BOX STORES.

THEY ARE GOOD SIZES AND THEY'RE JUST REALLY GOOD PLANTS.

>> MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND DO GET HERE EARLY BECAUSE HALEY WAS NOT KIDDING.

THAT LINE DOES STRETCH QUITE A WAYS.

WE DO HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE HORTICULTURE CLUB PLANT SALE.

THURSDAY, APRIL 30TH FRIDAY, MAY 1ST.

EAST CAMPUS TEACHING GREENHOUSES WEST.

SO ENJOY AND BUY.

ALL RIGHT, LAST ROUND OF QUESTIONS AND PICTURES.

ONE PICTURE FROM ELKHORN.

KYLE FOUND THIS MOTH IN THEIR RV MOTORHOME WHEN THEY GOT IT OUT OF STORAGE.

SO APPARENTLY THIS.

THIS ONE ENJOYED THE WINTER.

>> YEAH, PROBABLY A VIRGINIAN TIGER MOTH.

THERE ARE SEVERAL SPECIES THAT CAN LOOK PRETTY MUCH JUST LIKE THIS, SO CAN'T SAY FOR SURE.

BUT ONE OF THOSE TIGER MOTHS AGAIN.

>> AND FROM A GOOD CATERPILLAR OR A NASTY ONE.

>> YEAH, THE CATERPILLARS AREN'T REALLY AREN'T REALLY TOO PROBLEMATIC.

THEY FEED ON A WHOLE BUNCH OF THINGS, BUT THEY'RE NOT LIKE MAJOR CROP PESTS.

>> EXCELLENT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A WHAT IS THIS CREATURE PERCHED PERCHED ON THE FRONT OF HIS HOUSE AT NIGHT?

>> YEAH, THIS IS A POLYPHEMUS MOTH, AND IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST BEAUTIFUL SHOWIEST MOTHS WE HAVE IN THE STATE.

>> SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF THESE ALREADY THIS YEAR.

AND IS IT JUST I MEAN, IS IT UNUSUAL?

>> I WOULD SAY THEY'RE THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT EARLY.

SLIGHTLY EARLY.

YEAH.

BUT BUT YEAH, THIS IS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WE DO TEND TO SEE THEM EMERGE PRETTY EARLY IN THE, IN THE SPRING.

AND, AND SO YEAH, IT'S, THERE'S ABOUT A NORMAL SORT OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN TERMS OF NUMBERS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO FOR YOU, TERRI.

THIS IS FROM BELLEVUE.

WHAT IS THIS.

HOW DOES HE GET RID OF IT.

HE HAS A COUPLE.

LET'S SEE.

NO THIS IS THE DOG SPOT ONE.

SO FREMONT NEW FESCUE INSTALLED IN DECEMBER OF 2025 SEEMS TO BE DOING OKAY.

OTHER THAN A FEW SPOTS WONDERING, IS THIS FROM HIS TWO YEAR OLD LABRADOR?

>> OH, IT COULD BE.

OFTENTIMES DOGS.

THE URINE.

IT'LL HAVE LIKE HIGH NITROGEN AND SALTS IN IT.

SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU NEED TO DO IS MAKE SURE YOUR DOG DRINKS LOTS OF WATER.

SO JUST LIKE US, THAT WILL ACTUALLY HELP DILUTE IT.

AND THEN IF IT IS STILL AN ISSUE, THEN YOU CAN GO OUT AND TRY TO DILUTE IT THROUGH JUST KIND OF SPRAYING IT DOWN WITH THE HOSE AND KIND OF GETTING THOSE SALTS AND THAT NITROGEN THROUGH THE SYSTEM.

ALSO, IF IT IS COMPLETELY DEAD, THEN AGAIN, PRETTY MUCH REPEAT, AS I'VE SAID ALL NIGHT LONG, OVERSEED AND THEN USE COMPOST DOWN OVERSEED AND GET SOME GOOD GRASS UP AND GROWING AGAIN.

>> AND TEACH THAT DOG TO GO POTTY SOMEWHERE ELSE.

>> YEAH.

I MEAN, IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN'T TRAIN THEM, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN GET THEM TO GO ON SOME MULCH OR ROCK OR SOMEPLACE.

RIGHT?

GOOD LUCK ON THAT.

>> NOW WE HAVE THE TWO PICTURES FROM BELLEVUE.

WHAT IS THIS WEED AND HOW DOES HE GET RID OF IT?

IT GROWS AND IT BUGS HIM.

>> WELL, IT'S A SEDUM.

I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHY YOU WOULD THINK IT WAS A WEED, BUT YOU CAN JUST PULL IT OUT, SO.

>> OKAY, PULL IT OUT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE FROM OMAHA.

SO THIS IS JUST REALLY FUN.

JULY OF 24, HE SENT PICTURES HE WANTED TO ELIMINATE CREEPING CHARLIE WITHOUT KILLING THE PERIWINKLE.

SO HE'S GOT HIS CREEPING CHARLIE FLAGGED HERE, AND ROCK TOLD HIM HE WAS TENACIOUS TO GET THIS TO HAPPEN.

SO HE THOUGHT IT WAS A COMPLIMENT.

AND NOW THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN A WEEK AGO AND HE DID NOT TREAT IT FURTHER OTHER THAN BEING TENACIOUS.

HE JUST THOUGHT HE WAS PRETTY SUCCESSFUL.

WHAT DO WE THINK?

>> I THINK ROCK IS RIGHT, AND I WILL LET HIM KNOW BECAUSE I'M HAVING LUNCH WITH HIM TOMORROW.

BUT YEAH, NO, I AND HONESTLY, I'VE DONE THE SAME THING WITH BINDWEED.

JUST KEEP PULLING IT RIGHT.

YOU JUST HAVE TO KEEP BEATING IT.

TENACIOUS.

>> DON'T GIVE UP.

>> DON'T GIVE UP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICS FROM OMAHA.

KYLE, THIS IS A YUCCA THAT'S TEN YEARS OLD, BLOOMED EVERY YEAR.

AND THEN WHOOPS THIS YEAR WANTED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO TO REVIVE IT.

AND HE'S GOT A PICTURE.

I THINK OF HOW BEAUTIFUL IT WAS LAST YEAR.

AND THEN HE ALSO SENT A FOLLOW UP.

SO THERE'S THE THERE'S THE CLOSE UP OF WHAT'S ON THE FOLIAGE.

HE SENT A FOLLOW UP SAYING HE PULLED OFF ALL THAT OLD FOLIAGE AND THERE IS NOTHING BUT SOIL.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE WITH YUCCA GOING ON?

>> YEAH.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE FRAMING THAT PICTURE FROM LAST YEAR AND PUTTING IT UP SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THAT TO REMIND YOU OF THE YUCCA THAT IS NOW DEAD.

SO YEAH, THERE'S NOTHING THERE.

IT'S IT IS A LITTLE BIT OLDER.

THE IT'S SOME SORT OF MOST LIKELY SOME SORT OF ROOT ROT.

AND WHETHER THAT'S CAUSED BY PHYTOPHTHORA OR ONE OF OUR TRUE FUNGI LIKE FUSARIUM OR RHIZOCTONIA, I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING.

BUT TYPICALLY WHEN WE HAVE PLANTS THAT WHERE THERE'S JUST A TOTAL COLLAPSE AND WILTING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE.

THOSE LOWER OLDEST LEAVES BECOME REALLY FLACCID AND YELLOW LIKE THAT.

GENERALLY ONE OF OUR SIGNS OF SOME SORT OF ROOT ROT.

BUT AGAIN, YOU CAN NOW YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO PLANT SOMETHING ELSE.

I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND A YUCCA IN THAT SAME PLACE, BECAUSE AGAIN, WE MOST LIKELY HAVE SOME SORT OF PATHOGEN IN THERE AS WELL.

>> EXCELLENT.

TWO PICS FROM LINCOLN, SHE WONDERS, IS THIS A ZOMBIE FUNGUS?

>> YES IT IS.

EARLIER I SAID FUNGI.

WELL, I SAID PLANTS ARE COOL, BUT FUNGI ARE COOLER.

HERE IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

THIS IS YEAH, ONE OF OUR CORDYCEPS FUNGI OR OR POSSIBLY AN OPHIOCORDYCEPS.

BUT THEY INFECT INSECTS AND THEN THEY DO CRAZY THINGS.

THEY MAKE THE INSECTS ACT DIFFERENT.

THAT ALLOWS THE FUNGUS TO SPREAD MORE.

SO AWESOME FIND.

REALLY COOL PICTURE.

IT WILL NOT INFECT YOU.

SO YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GROW A FUNGUS OR A MUSHROOM OUT OF YOUR HEAD.

SO NO WORRIES.

>> LEWISVILLE ONE PICTURE.

HE WONDERS IF BAGWORMS CREATED THESE LITTLE SPOTS BECAUSE HIS APP SAID IT'S A TYPE OF BLIGHT.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS I CALL THIS JUNIPER FLOWER BLIGHT.

IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT.

AND SO THESE ARE THESE ARE FLOWERS FROM A FROM THE JUNIPER JUNIPERS ARE BOTH MALE AND FEMALE.

THIS IS A MALE.

I'M GUESSING THAT WE HAVE THOSE LITTLE SPOTS ACROSS THE ENTIRE TREE AND OTHER MALES IN THE IN THE VICINITY ARE LOOKING THE SAME.

SO NOTHING TO WORRY.

>> ABOUT AND CERTAINLY NO BAGWORM BLIGHT.

ONE PICTURE.

SCOTT FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY.

SHE'S LOOKING FOR A WELL-BEHAVED THORNLESS BERRY FOR THIS PARTICULAR BED.

>> SO WHAT WE DECIDED A LOT OF OUR THORNLESS RASPBERRIES DON'T ARE NOT WELL-BEHAVED.

SO WHAT YOU COULD TRY IS MAYBE OUR HONEY BERRY.

THERE ARE BUSH CHERRIES LIKE JULIET THAT YOU COULD TRY, OR MAYBE A GOOSEBERRY OR BOYSENBERRY.

SO YOU DO HAVE OPTIONS, BUT MAYBE STAY AWAY FROM THE THORNLESS RASPBERRIES.

>> GREAT.

HARLAN COUNTY ONE PICTURE CONTROLLING WEEDS IN THE ASPARAGUS PATCH, WHICH IS 12 BY 20.

>> GOOD LUCK.

THIS IS GOING TO BE USING TERRI'S FAVORITE TOOL, THE SOIL KNIFE.

GET YOUR KNEE PAD AND YOUR KNIFE AND START GENTLY PULLING IT OUT.

AND THEN MULCHING WILL HELP KEEP THE WEEDS DOWN.

>> AND BE TENACIOUS AS WELL.

>> YES, AND BE TENACIOUS AS WELL.

SO YEAH, GOOD LUCK.

HAVE FUN.

BUT YOU CAN, YOU CAN MANAGE IT.

>> AND DON'T SALT THE SOIL, WHICH IS ONE OF THOSE.

>> YES.

>> OLD WIVES TALES.

SO IN MY EAR, A LITTLE QUESTION ON IS IT TOO EARLY OR TOO LATE TO CUT DOWN NORTHERN SWITCHGRASS?

>> OH GOSH.

I HAVE TO THINK.

BRAIN FREEZE.

NO, IT IS A LITTLE LATE OR EARLY FOR IT.

OR LATE OR.

I'M SORRY.

MY BRAIN'S NOT WORKING.

>> BRAIN FREEZE HAPPENING.

WELL, AND YES, YOU CAN CUT IT BACK NOW.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR BACKYARD FARMER THIS WEEK.

THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED A QUESTION AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW HELPING US ON THE PHONES.

WE'RE MASTER GARDENERS GARY BELL, CAROL RUSTAD AND TIM DUNGAN.

NEXT TIME ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE'LL SEE A LOCAL PRODUCE FARM IN ITS GLORIOUS TULIP FESTIVAL, AND WE'LL HEAD BACK TO THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN TO SEE WHAT MIGHT BE EATING OUR NEWLY SPROUTED PEAS.

SO GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

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

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