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

TONIGHT ON BACKYARD FARMER WILL HELP YOU SURVEY SOME STORM DAMAGED TREES.

AND WE'LL CONTROL THOSE WEEDS IN THE SIDEWALK AND DRIVEWAY CRACKS WITH SOME FLAMES.

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

>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO A SPECIAL PLEDGE EPISODE OF BACKYARD FARMER.

I'M KIM TODD, AND WE'RE HAPPY YOU COULD JOIN US FOR ANOTHER HOUR OF GOOD GARDENING.

GIVE US A CALL WITH YOUR GARDENING QUESTIONS AT 1(800) 676-5446.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEND US A PICTURE OR AN EMAIL FOR A FUTURE SHOW, THAT ADDRESS IS BYF@UNL.EDU AND AS ALWAYS, WE LIKE TO START WITH A FEW SAMPLES.

SO, JODY, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF EITHER FENNEL OR DILL.

>> I'VE GOT SOME DILL AND I'VE GOT SOME CATERPILLARS, BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT CAMOUFLAGED.

SO WHEN THE BLACK SWALLOWTAIL CATERPILLARS ARE REALLY SMALL, THEY KIND OF LOOK LIKE POO.

SO THAT'S THEIR DEFENSE MECHANISM.

IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE A BUNCH OF CATERPILLARS ON HERE.

AND AS THEY GROW, THEY'LL MOLT AND SHED THEIR SKIN.

AND THE DIFFERENT INSTARS WILL KIND OF BE DIFFERENT COLORS.

BUT AS VERY YOUNG LARVAE, YOU MAY NOT SEE THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE CAMOUFLAGED OR NO ONE WANTS TO GO AND PLAY WITH POO.

SO THEY WILL FEED ON DIFFERENT PLANTS IN THE FAMILY APAC.

AND SO I WANTED TO LIST OFF A COUPLE OTHER HOST PLANTS JUST IN CASE YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR DILL, BUT THERE'S PARSLEY, DILL, FENNEL, CARROT, CELERY, PARSNIP, QUEEN ANNE'S LACE, LOVAGE, WATER PARSNIP.

THEY EVEN EAT POISON HEMLOCK, RUE, CORIANDER, CARAWAY, CUMIN, SEA HOLLY AND ANISE.

SO IF YOU HAVE A PLANT THAT YOU CAN SPARE, PUT THOSE CATERPILLARS ON ONE OF THOSE PLANTS AND ENJOY THE BUTTERFLIES WHEN THEY COME OUT.

>> WONDERFUL.

AND I'M GLAD YOU SAID THAT THEY ARE A PART OF THE GOOD GUYS.

>> YES, WE CAN'T HAVE BUTTERFLIES WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT OF TOLERANCE OF CATERPILLARS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

MATT, WEEDS ON STEROIDS.

>> YES.

SO I JUST BROUGHT A BIG PLETHORA OF WEEDS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S OUT THERE NOWADAYS.

AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING OUT THERE IS, YOU KNOW, RAPID GROWTH FROM THIS HEAT, HIGH HEAT, SOIL TEMPERATURES ARE UP THERE.

YELLOW NUTSEDGE, SPOTTED SPURGE OR PROSTRATE SPURGE COVERS THE LANDSCAPE BEDS.

AND THEN FOXTAIL.

AND I ALSO HAVE SOME CRABGRASS HERE WITH SEED ON IT.

SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THIS A LITTLE BIT SOONER NEXT YEAR TO HELP US OUT, BECAUSE ONCE WE GET TO THIS POINT AND THESE WEEDS ARE ALL SEEDING OUT, IT'S A LOT HARDER TO CONTROL THEM.

SO IF WE DO HAVE ISSUES, TRY AND MAKE A MENTAL NOTE FOR NEXT YEAR THAT WE CAN.

WE CAN CONTROL A LOT OF THESE WITH PRE-EMERGENT HERBICIDES AND NEVER HAVE TO SEE THEM AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

SO GOING OUT WITH THE HIGHER RATES OF HERBICIDES FOR A LOT OF THESE WORKS, A LOT OF THE STANDARD ONES WORK IN THE LANDSCAPE BED, ANYTHING WITH ISOXABEN IN IT.

SO SOMETHING LIKE PREEN EXTENDED CONTROL WORKS REALLY WELL.

SO JUST THINK AHEAD AND WE'LL TRY AND GET THOSE BEFORE THEY GET BIG.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU MATT.

OKAY LOREN A SOMETHING.

>> I JUST BROUGHT ALONG A BOUQUET OF DIFFERENT FOLIAR DISEASES.

SO JUST LIKE WEEDS BEING TOO LARGE TO MANAGE AT THIS POINT, A LOT OF TIMES SOME OF OUR DISEASES THAT WE HAVE, IT'S TOO LATE TO MANAGE THEM.

SO IF YOU HAVE LEAF SPOTS ON TOMATOES, MAYBE YOU'VE GOT RUST OR SCAB ON AN APPLE TREE.

LEAF DISEASES AND TURF.

NOW SOME OF THESE WE CAN STILL MANAGE, BUT REALLY A GREAT TIME OF YEAR TO LOOK AT THESE PLANTS AND DO THE RIGHT WORK TO IDENTIFY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.

SO YOU CAN DO BETTER NEXT YEAR, ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE SCAB AND RUST THAT WE SEE HERE.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THESE EVERY YEAR.

SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT TREES OR PLANTING NEW MATERIAL AS WELL THIS FALL, EVEN MAKING SURE THAT YOU HAVE RESISTANCE TO THOSE.

SO THAT'S MY SAMPLE TONIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

JUST A RANGE OF THINGS OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.

GREAT TIME TO BE A PLANT PATHOLOGIST.

>> IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A PERSON.

>> WELL, IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE A PERSON ALL THE TIME.

KIM.

RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY NICE TO BE IN A OKAY.

>> SO WE HAD SEMI BEAUTY.

WE HAD NOT BEAUTY.

SCOTT, WHAT DID YOU BRING FOR YOUR SAMPLE?

>> I ACTUALLY BROUGHT A BOUQUET.

THESE ARE SURPRISE LILIES AND THEY ARE POPPING UP ALL OVER THE LANDSCAPE RIGHT NOW.

THERE ARE PERENNIAL BULBS AND THEY'RE THE ONLY HARDY LIQUEURS THAT WILL SURVIVE IN NEBRASKA.

WE KNOW THESE PLANTS.

THEY PRODUCE THAT GREEN FOLIAGE IN THE SPRING AND THEY DIE BACK.

AND WE GET THESE GREAT LOOKING FLOWERS.

A LOT OF TIMES WE GET THE QUESTION, WHEN CAN WE TRANSPLANT THEM?

AND WHAT WE CAN DO IS WAIT TILL THESE FLOWERS START TO FADE, AND THEN WE CAN DIG THEM UP.

THESE RIGHT HERE ARE THE BULBS.

THEY'RE LARGE BULBS.

AND WE NEED TO PLANT THEM ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TO TWO TIMES AS DEEP AS THEY ARE TALL.

SO WE'RE PLANTING THESE ABOUT SIX TO MAYBE EIGHT INCHES DEEP.

SO DON'T BE AFRAID TO GET OUT THE SHOVEL.

THEY MULTIPLY LIKE RABBITS.

SO IF THEY'RE NOT FLOWERING FOR YOU, LIKE YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND DIG THEM UP.

SOMETIMES THEY MIGHT NOT BLOOM THE NEXT YEAR.

SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

>> AND THEY ARE A BEAUTIFUL AND SWEETLY SCENTED SURPRISE.

LILY OR LADY IN THE BATH OR NAKED LADIES.

NAKED LADIES ON THE SET TONIGHT.

ALL RIGHT, JODY.

>> YOU SAID IT.

KIM.

>> I DID SAY IT.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE FOR YOU AND THIS ONE, THIS POOR PERSON.

THIS IS HER VERY FIRST PEACH.

JODY.

SAFE ORGANIC SPRAY.

THEY'VE GOT ALL SORTS OF CREATURES, AND THEY REALLY DO WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING TO GET SOME PEACHES NEXT YEAR THAT DON'T LOOK LIKE THIS.

>> SO AS A FORMER PEACH TREE OWNER IS VERY DIFFICULT, AND YOU HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF YOUR PEACH TREE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

SO THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE A SCHEDULE AND IT STARTS EVEN LIKE WHEN THEY'RE THE BUDS ARE DORMANT.

AND SO THERE'S DORMANT OIL THAT'S AN ORGANIC OPTION.

AND THEN AFTER PETAL DROP YOU CAN USE SPINOSAD.

YOU CAN USE NEEM OIL.

THERE ARE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU CAN TARGET, BUT THAT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE STINK BUG DAMAGE.

IT COULD BE PLUM CURCULIO.

IT COULD BE A BUNCH OF THINGS.

AND FROM ALL THE THINGS IN YOUR YARD, IF YOU'VE GOT BIRDS AND WILDLIFE, THEY WILL ALSO EAT YOUR PEACHES WHEN THEY DROP.

SO THE HEALTH OF THE TREE, WATERING, TIMING, MONITORING ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO GET READING ON A SPRAY SCHEDULE AND YOU CAN USE ORGANICS FOR THAT.

BUT THAT TIMING IS VERY IMPORTANT.

>> EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU JODY.

AND YES, THERE IS SOME ROT IN THERE LOREN.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS COMES TO US FROM HOLDREGE.

HE SAYS WHAT IS THIS.

AND IT LIKES HIS PEARS.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS A CICADA KILLER WASP AND IT FEEDS ITS LARVAE, CICADAS.

BUT AS ADULTS, ALL WASPS WILL FEED ON NECTAR, JUICE, SAP.

SO IT'S JUST BEING OPPORTUNISTIC THERE.

IT DIDN'T MAKE THAT HOLE, BUT IT'S TAKING ADVANTAGE OF IT.

>> ALL RIGHT OKAY MATT.

FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

WHAT ARE THESE WEEDS SPEAKING OF WHAT YOU BROUGHT AND HOW TO GET RID OF THEM.

THEY GROW IN A ROCK AREA WHERE NOTHING ELSE IS PLANTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE, PULLS THEM, AND IN A MONTH LATER THEY'RE BACK.

AND THIS IS FROM I THINK THIS IS SYRACUSE.

>> OKAY.

SO YEAH, THIS IS ALSO PROSTRATE SPURGE.

AND IT IS A PRETTY OPPORTUNISTIC ANNUAL WEED OR SUMMER ANNUAL WEED.

AND IT'LL GROW LIKE CRAZY WHEN WE HAVE HEAT LIKE THIS.

AND ALSO IF YOU'RE PULLING THEM, IF YOU'RE GETTING THEM OUT WITH THE ROOT, THE ONES THAT ARE COMING UP ARE PROBABLY SEED FROM THE LAST YEAR.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT THE NEW ONES FROM COMING UP, I WOULD SAY GO WITH SOMETHING THAT HAS ISOXABEN IN IT.

SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT HERBICIDES OUT THERE THAT HAVE THAT, AND THEY WORK WELL AT PREVENTING A LOT OF BROADLEAFS FROM GERMINATING IN THE FLOWER BEDS.

AND THEY'RE USUALLY SAFE AROUND A LOT OF THE LANDSCAPE PLANTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM GRESHAM.

PURSLANE IS OVERTAKING THE VEGETABLE GARDEN.

PULL OR TILL INTO THE GARDEN.

>> YEAH.

SO PURSLANE YOU DO NOT WANT TO TILL.

BECAUSE EVERY LITTLE POINT THAT YOU RIP OFF CAN REGROW IF IT STAYS WET.

AND EVEN IF YOU PULL THEM OUT AND SET THEM ON THE GROUND, THEY CAN STILL RIP BACK DOWN INTO THE GROUND, SO IT'S BEST TO PULL THEM AND REMOVE THEM.

THAT WAY THEY DON'T REGROW, AND IF THERE'S SEED ON THEM, THE SEED WON'T SPROUT.

>> ALL RIGHT, LOREN, ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS AN ARLINGTON VIEWER.

APPLE TREES ARE VERY FULL THIS YEAR.

SPRAYED WITH SEVEN TWICE BUT THEN NOTICED THIS PARTICULAR APPLE AND IS WONDERING SHOULD SHE SPRAY AGAIN FOR THIS?

>> YEAH, AT THIS POINT I'M NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND SPRAYING.

I THINK YOU'RE GETTING CLOSE TO HARVEST AND THIS IS SOME SORT OF A FRUIT ROT.

SO ONE THING YOU WOULD WANT TO DO THOUGH IS WHEN YOU HARVEST YOUR APPLES.

THERE ARE LOTS OF RECIPES OR GUIDELINES ONLINE FOR HOT WATER FRUIT DIPS, WHICH CAN REALLY HELP FOR POST-HARVEST SO THAT WHERE INFECTIONS ARE ON OTHER FRUITS, YOU WON'T HAVE FURTHER ROT AFTER YOU HARVEST.

>> ALL RIGHT, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A SERIOUS SYRACUSE VIEWER.

RHUBARB PATCH LOOKS OKAY, BUT SPOTS BROWNING DYING LEAVES THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.

EVERY YEAR SHE DOES CLEAN THEM OUT EVERY SINGLE TIME THEY DO THAT.

BUT IS THIS SOMETHING THAT CAN BE MANAGED DIFFERENTLY?

>> THAT'S AN AWESOME RHUBARB PATCH.

THIS PERSON HAS TO MAKE A LOT OF RHUBARB PIES, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT ASCOCHYTA LEAF SPOT IS ONE THAT'S VERY COMMON.

IT'S MAYBE WHAT IT IS.

YOU'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING BY REMOVING DEBRIS.

THE ONLY THING WOULD BE AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEANING IT UP.

IF YOU CAN DO SOME INCORPORATION, EVEN AROUND EVEN MULCHING THOSE PLANTS, GETTING THAT MATERIAL TO BREAK DOWN OVER THE WINTER IS GOING TO BE THE BEST THING YOU CAN DO.

THERE ARE FUNGICIDES LABELED FOR IT AFTER YOU GO THROUGH YOUR HARVEST TIME, SO YOU COULD LOOK AT THAT AS WELL IF YOU REALLY WANT TO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

LOREN, THIS IS A FALLS CITY SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA VIEWER.

THIS IS A MAPLE IN HIAWATHA FUNGUS OR DISEASE WEST EXPOSURE MOST APPARENT WHICH TELLS US SOMETHING PLANTED IN '09 AND OTHER MAPLES IN THE CITY OF HIAWATHA ARE SHOWING THE SAME SYMPTOMS.

DID CUT A TWIG TO LOOK FOR FUSARIUM AND FOUND A DARK RING IN THE CENTER.

>> YEAH.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TREE PICTURE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT OR NOT, BUT THAT TREE PICTURE HAS A LOT OF DAMAGE.

MORE ON ONE SIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE.

AND IF THAT'S REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TREES AND THE DAMAGE THAT THEY'RE SEEING, EVEN IN OTHER TREES IN THE AREA, THERE'S PROBABLY SOMETHING THAT IS BURNING THAT.

SO IT'S EITHER I MEAN MAYBE IT'S A DRIFT.

MAYBE IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING RELATED TO TEMPERATURE REFLECTION, BUT WHERE IT'S SPREAD ACROSS A SIDE OF THE TREE THAT TENDS TO SUGGEST SOME SORT OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE.

THE OTHER THING IS WITH THE DARK RING, AS FAR AS A WILT, OR IF IT'S VERTICILLIUM WILT, YOU'D SEE DARK DISCOLORATION AROUND THE EDGE UNDER THE BARK, NOT IN THE CENTER.

SO CENTER DARKNESS IS PRETTY COMMON AS WE GET OLDER BRANCHES.

>> OKAY.

EXCELLENT THREE FOR YOU SCOTT.

ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM GENEVA AND IT'S ALMOST BUNDLED WITH THE NEXT ONE.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF US WHO HAD TREE DAMAGE, THIS WAS FILLMORE COUNTY AND FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.

AND NOW THEIR 70 YEAR OLD BEAUTIFUL ASH HAS TILTED.

THERE IS A GAP AND THEY WANT TO KNOW SHOULD THEY FILL THE GAP?

IT'S 1.75IN BY 12IN DEEP.

ALTHOUGH THEY CAN'T MEASURE.

AND THEN YOUR NEXT ONE IS A BLAIR VIEWER WHO SAID THAT SHE'S GOT A REDBUD OR I'M SORRY, KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE, 25FT TALL ON THIS NEXT PICTURE, IT NOW APPEARS TO BE LEANING AND IT WIGGLES IN THE HOLES, SO WE'LL STAKING THAT DO ANY GOOD.

SO ANY ADVICE ON ANY OF THESE?

>> THE IT'S ALWAYS PAINFUL TO SEE OUR TREES GET DAMAGED BECAUSE WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME AND INVESTMENT GETTING THEM TO WHERE THEY'RE AT.

BUT THAT ASH TREE WORK WITH A CERTIFIED ARBORIST.

THERE'S SOME SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE.

DON'T FILL IT WITH SOIL.

DON'T PUT THAT EXPANDED FOAM STAKING.

IT'S NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING BUT WORK WITH AN ARBORIST.

LOOK AROUND.

IF THAT TREE WERE TO FALL DOWN TODAY, WHAT WOULD IT HIT?

AND THEN PUT AN ACTION PLAN IN PLACE.

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT HEALTH.

WITH THE KENTUCKY COFFEE TREE.

YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND TRY TO STAKE IT TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT OF STABILITY.

IT MAY MAKE IT MAY NOT.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO PUT ANOTHER TREE IN THE GROUND AS A BACKUP, BUT THE ASH TREE WORK WITH THE CERTIFIED ARBORIST, SOMEBODY THAT HAS EXPERIENCE WITH TREE RISK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU SCOTT.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

THIS IS A TWO SUGAR MAPLES PLANTED THREE YEARS AGO.

ONE IS DOING GREAT.

THE OTHER ONE NOT SO WELL.

LEAVES ARE BROWNING ALONG THE EDGES.

HE DOES WATER, FERTILIZE AND SPRAYS FOR INSECTS.

WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING ON OR WHAT DO WE TELL HIM HERE?

>> WE WANT TO TAKE THAT TREE RING OFF.

WE WANT TO REMOVE ANY OF THAT EXTRA SOIL THAT MIGHT BE AROUND THE BASE OF THE TREE.

PUT IN MULCH.

WE DON'T NEED A FERTILIZER OR SPRAY ANYTHING UNLESS WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE GOING AFTER, SO WE COULD PROBABLY HOLD OFF ON THAT.

BUT IT LOOKS MORE LIKE ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS.

IT'S BEEN ONE HECK OF A SUMMER AND IT KEEPS GOING, SO JUST TRY TO GIVE IT SOME GOOD PLANT HEALTH CARE.

BUT LOOK AT THE CONDITIONS.

REMOVE ANY EXTRA SOIL AND PUT MULCH DOWN.

>> RIGHT.

YEAH.

THAT GRASS CAN REALLY CAUSE TROUBLE.

>> CAUSE SOME REALLY BIG ISSUES.

>> EXCELLENT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE UNFORTUNATELY, ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE WILD STORMS PASSING THROUGH THE STATE A FEW DAYS AGO IN LINCOLN.

THERE WAS SOME SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE TO OUR TREES AS WELL AS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE STATE.

IN THE RECENT STORMS, OUR HEARTS BROKE RIGHT ALONG WITH THE BRANCHES OF SOME OF THESE WONDERFUL, BEAUTIFUL BIG OLD TREES, 100 YEARS OLD OR MORE.

THEY GAVE UP THE GHOST WITH THOSE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

AND OF COURSE, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH MOTHER NATURE OTHER THAN BOW DOWN, CLEAN UP, AND PLANT MORE TREES.

SO WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS WE HAD AN OLD COTTONWOOD.

THERE ARE OLD OAKS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF HACKBERRIES.

THERE ARE A LOT OF HONEY LOCUSTS THAT EITHER WENT DOWN OR HAD MAJOR BRANCHES COME OFF.

UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH A LOT OF THESE BIG OLD TREES, YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE.

IT'S LIKE A CANCER IN A HUMAN BEING.

THERE IT IS.

YOU DON'T KNOW IT'S THERE UNTIL WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE FAILURE OF THE BRANCH.

ALL THOSE ROTTEN SPOTS, ALL THOSE HOLLOW SPOTS.

AND DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION AND THE SPEED OF THAT WIND AND THE INTENSITY AND WITH WHICH IT HITS THOSE TREES, THAT IS THE POINT OF FAILURE.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE THESE BIG OLD 100 YEAR TREES, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET TO SEE ANOTHER 100 YEAR OLD TREE ON YOUR OWN PROPERTY OR ACROSS FROM YOUR OWN HOME, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE YOUNGSTERS.

SO WHAT I WOULD TELL EVERYBODY WHO IS LAMENTING, AND I'M AMONG THOSE PEOPLE LAMENTING, I ABSOLUTELY LOVE TREES.

I LOVE BIG TREES.

I LOVE SMALL TREES MOSTLY.

I LOVE BIG TREES.

DON'T TAKE THIS AS AN EXCUSE TO NOT PLANT.

IS IT EXPENSIVE TO GET A TREE LIKE THIS THAT IS DOWN, OR NEEDS SOME MAJOR PRUNING TO LET IT LIMP ALONG FOR A COUPLE MORE YEARS?

REPAIRED?

YES, IT IS EXPENSIVE.

FACTOR INTO THAT THE SHADE ON YOUR ROOF.

THE FACT THAT THIS IS THE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE SIT WHEN THE SUN IS SO INTENSE THAT YOU CAN'T STAND TO BE OUTSIDE, BUT YOU CAN'T STAND TO BE INSIDE.

PLANT THOSE TREES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION AND EVERY SINGLE YEAR THINK ABOUT WHERE COULD YOU PLANT?

I'LL CALL THEM REAL TREES.

I LIKE COTTON, I LIKE CRABAPPLES, I LIKE MAGNOLIAS, I LIKE REDBUDS, I LIKE THOSE UNDERSTORY TREES.

THEY DO DIFFERENT THINGS FOR THE LANDSCAPE.

THEY DON'T DO THIS.

THEY DON'T DO CANOPY.

OUR URBAN ENVIRONMENT IN PARTICULAR BECOMES COOLER.

AND THIS IS SOLID RESEARCH ON THE URBAN HEAT ISLAND.

THEY ARE THE HABITAT FOR ALL OF THOSE INCREDIBLE CREATURES THAT WE LOVE TO HEAR.

WE LOVE TO SEE SOMETIMES WE DON'T LIKE AS THOSE RACCOONS CRAWL ON OUR ROOF.

BUT TAKE THIS AS A AS AN ADVANTAGE TO BE ABLE TO PLANT ANOTHER TREE BY A GOOD ONE FROM A REPUTABLE SUPPLIER.

DON'T BUY A BIG ONE.

THE BIG ONES HAVE THEIR PLACE, BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THEM TO TAKE GET A SMALLER ONE.

KNOW THAT AS YOU LOOK, YOU'LL BLINK TWO OR THREE OR FIVE YEARS WILL GO BY AND YOU WILL HAVE A LANDSCAPE, A RENEWED LANDSCAPE THAT WILL BE FOR THE NEXT GENERATIONS.

IN SO MANY LOCATIONS.

WHAT WE REALLY SAW WAS THE WEAK STRUCTURE OF TREES LIKE AUTUMN, BLAZE, MAPLE, OR WAY UP IN THE CANOPY.

BUT IN ALL CASES, DO REMEMBER TO KEEP SAFE, KEEP THOSE FEET ON THE GROUND.

CALL THAT PROFESSIONAL ARBORIST TO DO THE HEAVY CLEANUP WORK FOR YOU.

SO LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR FROM OUR PARTNERS HERE AT NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA ABOUT HOW YOU CAN HELP KEEP BACKYARD FARMER AND MANY OTHER GREAT PROGRAMS ON THE AIR.

>> THANKS, KIM.

WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE BACKYARD FARMER IN JUST A MOMENT.

BUT FIRST WE WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, OUR AUDIENCE.

I'M IAN VOSBURG, DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL GIVING HERE AT NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

AND I'M HERE TO TELL YOU HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA'S FUTURE MEMBERS, PEOPLE WHO MAKE DONATIONS TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA HELP FUND WHAT WE DO RIGHT HERE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, INCLUDING WORKING ON BACKYARD FARMER, THE LONGEST RUNNING LOCALLY PRODUCED PROGRAM IN TELEVISION HISTORY.

IT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE OF MEMBER SUPPORT, AND I'M HERE TO ASK FOR YOU TO MAKE YOUR DONATION.

RIGHT NOW, THAT NUMBER TO CALL IS (800) 989-8236 OR YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

WHEN YOU MAKE A GIFT OF $SIX A MONTH, WE HAVE THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN GLOVES.

THESE BACKYARD FARMER GARDENING GLOVES ARE COMFORTABLE AND PROTECTIVE FOR YOUR WORK AS A BACKYARD FARMER.

THEY HAVE A PIGSKIN PALM THAT'S CUT PROOF AND PUNCTURE PROOF, AS WELL AS A BREATHABLE MESH CLOTH BACKING WITH THE NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND BACKYARD FARMERS LOGO.

ALSO AT $SIX A MONTH.

SO YOU CAN CHOOSE THIS INSTEAD.

YOU CAN GET THE BACKYARD FARMER LEAF SCOOPS.

FALL IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER AND YOU'RE GOING TO BE RAKING UP SOME LEAVES.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE CLEANING OUT YOUR GARDEN BEDS.

AND THE THING IS, YOU NEED THESE LEAF SCOOPS TO HELP YOU DO THAT.

YOU JUST KIND OF USE THEM.

THEY'RE CLAWS AND YOU JUST GATHER ALL THOSE LEAVES TOGETHER.

I KNOW IN MY YARD I HAVE SO MANY LEAVES THAT FALL EVERY SINGLE YEAR, AND THESE ARE A HUGE TIME SAVER.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR DONATION RIGHT NOW.

(800) 898-8236 OR GO TO NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

YOU KNOW, I LOVE HANGING OUT IN THE STUDIO WITH BACKYARD FARMER TEAM.

AND IT'S REALLY BECAUSE THE BACKYARD FARMER TEAM HAS SO MANY SIMPLE EXPLANATIONS OF PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS AND TIMELY, TIMELY ADVICE DURING THE GROWING SEASON.

THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FROM BACKYARD FARMER.

SO GO AHEAD AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT.

MAKE A DONATION TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

SAY YES, I WANT THIS TO CONTINUE.

I WANT MORE ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, AND I WANT TO BE A PART OF MAKING IT HAPPEN.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE THAT DONATION.

RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBER TO CALL (800) 989-8236 OR ONLINE NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

AGAIN WE HAVE THESE NICE GARDEN GLOVES.

THEY HAVE A NICE TEAL COLOR ON THEM AND THEY'RE PUNCTURE PROOF.

THESE ARE WHAT I USE IN MY YARD.

THEY'VE KEPT MY HAND SAFE ALL YEAR LONG.

YOU CAN GET THOSE OR YOU CAN MAKE A DONATION AT $SIX A MONTH AND WE'LL THANK YOU WITH THE BACKYARD FARMER LEAF SCOOPS.

THESE ARE AN ABSOLUTE ESSENTIAL AS WE GET TO THAT FALL SEASON.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR DONATION RIGHT NOW (800) 989-8236 OR GO ONLINE NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HEAD BACK TO BACKYARD FARMERS SO WE CAN LEARN ALL ABOUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO FOR THE REST OF THIS SEASON.

>> THAT'S JUST GREAT.

AND YOU KNOW, WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT BECAUSE WE KIND OF LIKE WHAT WE DO.

WE WANT TO KEEP DOING IT.

ALRIGHTY.

LET'S SEE.

WE HAVE ONE PICTURE FOR YOU ON THIS ONE.

JODY.

THIS IS CAN YOU HELP IDENTIFY THESE CREATURES FROM FREMONT, NEBRASKA?

>> THESE CREATURES ARE ANTS.

>> YOU WANT TO ELABORATE?

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT KIND OF ANTS.

I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHICH SPECIES.

SOME SORT OF CORNFIELD ANT.

MAYBE BECAUSE THEY HAVE WINGS.

IT IS THE TIME OF YEAR THAT THEY SWARM.

SO THAT MEANS THEIR GOAL IS TO DISPERSE AND MATE.

>> AND THEY'RE NOT TERMITES.

>> THEY'RE NOT TERMITES.

>> THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

JODY, THIS IS FROM GRETNA.

PLEASE IDENTIFY THIS WAY.

COOL GUY.

>> SO CUTE.

THESE ARE WHITE LINED SPHINX MOTH CATERPILLARS.

SO THEY'LL FEED ON, LIKE, FOUR:00 EVENING PRIMROSE AND SPOTTED SPURGE.

>> YEAH, THEY'LL EAT PURSLANE TOO.

>> AND THEY TURN INTO >> ENCOURAGE THEM.

>> BEAUTIFUL MOTHS >> AND PURSLANE.

REALLY?

>> YEAH.

>>YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN YOU HAVE ONE MORE AND THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAYS ATTACHED IS A COOL PHOTO.

THIS IS PONCA HILLS IN OMAHA.

SHE THINKS IT'S A MEGARHYSSA ATRATA.

WHATEVER IN THE HECK THAT IS.

>> RIGHT?

SHE'S RIGHT.

THIS IS THE BLACK GIANT ICHNEUMONID WASP AND IT IS A FEMALE BECAUSE IT'S GOT THAT LONG OVIPOSITOR TO LAY EGGS UNDER THE BARK INTO HORNTAIL LARVAE.

>> AND THEY ARE GOOD GUYS.

>> GOOD GALS.

>> GOOD GALS, WHATEVER.

RIGHT?

EVEN THOUGH THEY LOOK A LITTLE BIT SCARY.

RIGHT?

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

>> I HAVE A QUESTION.

KIM.

IF ALL PARTS OF THE PURSLANE GROW AND THE MOTH EATS THE PURSLANE, DOES THE GRASS GERMINATE AND GROW MORE PURSLANE?

>> PASS.

>> ONLY IF YOU SEE IT EAT THE SEED.

>> OKAY, WE'LL GO LATER ON THAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE FOR YOU.

MATT.

THIS COMES TO US FROM CROFTON.

PROBLEMS.

HE'S GONE THROUGH ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

USED A FUNGICIDE, LOOKS AWFUL.

UNDERGROUND SPRINKLERS.

NEEDS GOOD ADVICE HERE.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY BLUEGRASS SOD.

SO WHAT DO WE TELL HIM HERE?

>> YEAH.

SO JUST LOOKING AT THIS, AND THEN I THINK YOU MENTIONED THAT IT HAPPENS EVERY YEAR ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

SO I'M, I'M THINKING IT'S MORE OF A LIKE WHAT THE TYPE OF GRASS ACTUALLY IS.

SO IF IT'S SOME BAD, LET'S SAY ROUGH BLUEGRASS, WHICH JUST KIND OF CHECKS OUT EVERY JULY, BUT THEN IT COMES BACK.

SO IF YOU CAN PULL IT UP AND IT'S REALLY STRINGY, THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT IT IS.

OR IT'S JUST A BAD VARIETY OF BLUEGRASS, I WOULD SAY.

SO I WOULD OVERSEED AND TRY AND GET SOMETHING NEW ESTABLISHED THAT WAY.

YOU'RE NOT FIGHTING THIS EVERY YEAR.

I DON'T THINK IT'S I MEAN, IT COULD BE SOMETHING ELSE, BUT JUST IT LOOKS LIKE THAT GRASS DOES NOT DO WELL THERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> I'LL START OVER WITH A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT TYPE.

>> THREE PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

THIS ONE APPEARED IN THE FRONT AND BACK YARD, PULLED, SPRAYED, USED EVERYTHING THEY COULD, SHAVED OFF THE TOP OF THE GROUND AND SODDED IT'S LIMEY ONE BY ONE.

EVENTUALLY SPREADS INTO EIGHT BY EIGHT.

THEY'RE TIRED OF DEALING WITH THIS.

>> YEAH.

AND THIS ONE IS MORE OF A GOLF TURF.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE NEAR A GOLF COURSE, BUT IT'S MOST LIKELY CREEPING BENTGRASS, FROM WHAT I CAN TELL FROM THE PICTURES.

AND THAT ONE WILL START FROM ONE PLANT AND JUST KEEP SPREADING EVERY YEAR BY STOLONS.

SO IT CRAWLS ON TOP OF THE GROUND.

AND IT'S REALLY IT REALLY DOES TAKE OFF.

AND IT DOES WELL EVEN IN A COMPETING TURFGRASS.

SO WHAT YOU DID BY CHOPPING IT OUT AND TRYING TO GET RID OF IT SHOULD GENERALLY WORK.

BUT IF THERE'S ONE LITTLE STOLEN THERE, IT WILL GROW AND THEN RESPREAD.

SO TENACITY IS ANOTHER OPTION.

THREE APPLICATIONS.

IF YOU READ THE LABEL IT'S ON THERE FOR REMOVING CREEPING BENTGRASS FROM COOL SEASON GRASSES.

>> ALL RIGHT LOREN, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE FOR YOU.

THIS IS DAYLILY.

DO YOU KNOW THE CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE AND HOW TO KEEP IT FROM COMING BACK NEXT YEAR?

>> WELL, IN LOOKING AT THIS, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S CONFINED TO THE OUTER LEAVES, WHICH MAKES ME QUESTION IT DOESN'T HAVE LIKE TRADITIONAL LEAF SPOT THAT WE WOULD SEE.

IT MAKES ME QUESTION IF THERE'S SOMETHING GOING ON, MAYBE WITH THE TUBERS.

SO LOOKING AT IF THERE'S A FUSARIUM ROD OR SOMETHING, IF BY CHANCE YOU'RE SEEING SPOTS ON OTHER LEAVES THAN THOSE OUTSIDE LEAVES IN THE PLANTING, I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE USING RESIDUE MANAGEMENT AT THE END OF THE SEASON.

I WOULDN'T TRY TO SPRAY ANYTHING.

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

YOU GET THIS ONE BECAUSE IT IS YELLOWING LEAVES.

AND THEY DID SPRAY CAPTAIN JACKS DEADBUG PRODUCT FOR BAGWORMS BUT THEN SAW YELLOWING LEAVES.

>> SO YEAH.

>> DO WE SPRAY FOR WHAT WE DON'T HAVE.

>> NO NOT IN THIS CASE.

AND I REALLY THINK THIS IS VERY LIKELY MORE OF A NUTRITION ISSUE THAN A DISEASE OR INSECT ISSUE.

SO PETUNIAS ARE NOTORIOUS TO NEED EXCESSIVE FERTILITY.

SOME OF THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN ONE WHICH JUST ONE PICTURE FROM THIS VIEWER, ROUND CIRCLES AND DEAD SPOTS IN THE LAWN.

>> IT'S A GREAT TIME OF YEAR FOR TURF DISEASES.

THIS COULD BE IT LOOKS TO ME MORE LIKE BROWN PATCH, BUT IT COULD BE DOLLAR SPOT.

WE'RE GOING TO NEED A CLOSE UP OF THE LEAVES, AND YOU CAN LOOK AND JUST COMPARE PICTURES OF DOLLAR SPOT AND BROWN PATCH AND SEE WHAT YOU HAVE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THOSE TWO.

>> ALL RIGHT SCOTT YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A THEY'RE CALLING IT A LILAC TREE.

SO IT'S ACTUALLY A GRAFTED ON STANDARD HERE.

SOUTHWEST GRAND ISLAND EAST FACING GARAGE SHADED CURRENT LOCATION.

IT'S 2004.

IT'S GRADUALLY DYING.

ANY IDEAS?

>> WELL WE HAVE PLANTS IN THE STANDARD.

A LOT OF TIMES WE CAN GET DAMAGE TO THAT GRAFT UNION.

AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK THAT'S STARTING TO HAPPEN.

LILACS ARE ALSO A FULL SUN ALL DAY SUN PLANT AND THIS IS GETTING SHADE FROM THE NEW NOON O'CLOCK ON.

SO THE CONDITIONS AND ALONG WITH THE UNION JUST STARTING TO FAIL, IT'S PROBABLY COMING TO THE END OF ITS LIFE.

IT'S BEEN IN THE GROUND FOR 20 YEARS, SO THAT'S PRETTY GOOD.

SO IT MIGHT BE JUST START EXPLORING NEW OPTIONS FOR 2026.

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

THIS IS A HOSKINS VIEWER THREE VIBURNUMS CRANBERRY BUSH.

ARE THEY BEYOND SAVING EACH SIDE OF THE HOUSE SPOTS NOW THEY DIE.

WHAT'S THE DEAL HERE?

>> AT THIS STAGE, IT JUST MIGHT BE EASIER TO START EXPLORING NEW OPTIONS TO PUT INTO THE GROUND.

IT'S HARD TELLING WHAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THEIR DECLINE.

WE HAVE BEEN IN A DROUGHT.

THAT DROUGHT INJURY DOES ACCUMULATE IN OUR WOODY PLANTS, SO THAT COULD BE A FACTOR, THE GROWING CONDITIONS, BUT IT JUST MIGHT BE A REALLY GOOD TIME TO REMOVE AND START LOOKING AT NEW THINGS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

WELL, IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE WEATHER IS GOING TO BE WARMING UP AGAIN NEXT WEEK.

BUT LET'S HEAR FROM GANNON RUSH FROM UNL'S HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER TO SEE IF THAT'S TRUE.

>> THANKS, KIM.

I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, WE'RE LOOKING AT A PRETTY MISERABLE START TO THE WEEKEND.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE SCORCHING HOT, WITH HEAT ADVISORIES ISSUED FOR BOTH DAYS.

WITH THE HUMIDITY, THE HEAT INDEX WILL LIKELY REACH THE UPPER 100.

THANKFULLY, IT WILL BEGIN TO COOL OFF ON SUNDAY AND BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

MAJORITY OF FOLKS SHOULD BE IN THE 80S.

THE RAIN FORECAST FOR THIS WEEK IS DECENT, WITH AROUND A HALF INCH POSSIBLE IN THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN PARTS OF THE STATE.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, STORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT OUT WEST, WITH MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF HAIL AND SOME STRONG WINDS FROM SATURDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.

SCATTERED STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE, AND THAT'S YOUR WEEK OF WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU, KIM.

>> THANKS, GANNON.

AND RIGHT NOW SINCE WE TALKED LIGHTNING ON THERE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

ALL RIGHT SCOTT, ARE YOU READY FOR SOME LIGHTNING?

>> WE'RE OUT OF SEQUENCE, BUT YES OKAY.

>> THIS VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER KILLING SUCKERS ON ROSE OF SHARON AND OTHER SHRUBS.

THAT SUCKER WILL KILL THE MOTHER.

>> IT DEPENDS ON THE PRODUCT THAT YOU USE.

THERE ARE SPECIFIC PRODUCTS OUT THERE THAT WON'T KILL THE PARENT PLANT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO HAD BLUE PARADISE FLOCKS, AND THEN IT WAS SORT OF A FUCHSIA COLOR ON JULY 11TH.

THEN THERE WAS A LIGHTNING STORM.

AND SHE SAYS IT'S NOW BLUE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> MAGIC OF MOTHER NATURE.

JUST ENJOY IT.

DON'T HAVE A SOLID ANSWER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS VIEWER LOST A HUGE TREE, UNFORTUNATELY, AND WONDERS WHETHER THEY CAN PLANT RIGHT ON TOP OF THE STUMP ONCE IT IS GROUND OUT.

>> NO, NO YOU CAN'T.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A CLARINDA, IOWA VIEWER WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER BUYING GARDEN SOIL BAGGED OR TOPSOIL BAGGED TO PUT IN POTS IS THE BEST IDEA.

>> NO GARDEN SOIL IS HEAVY PACKED.

DON'T USE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SHOULD FLOWERS BE PINCHED OFF COLEUS AND BEGONIAS BEFORE YOU TAKE CUTTINGS TO BRING THEM IN?

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NICE JOB.

LOREN, ARE YOU READY?

>> YES.

HE'S NOT READY.

>> OKAY.

YOUR FIRST VIEWER HERE SAYS THEY HAVE LITTLE BRUSSEL SPROUTS FORMING ON THE BRUSSELS, AND THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE ROTTING FROM THE OUTSIDE.

YOUR EXPRESSION IS PRICELESS.

BUT YOU.

>> DO HAVE SPROUTS ROTTING ON THE OUTSIDE, RIGHT?

>> SO MAYBE THE LEAVES, THEY WERE THEY WERE NOT SPECIFIC.

>> OH YEAH, I DON'T KNOW.

TRY ANOTHER BRUSSELS SPROUT PLANT.

I DON'T KNOW ON THAT PASS.

>> THAT'S GOT ME.

>> THIS VIEWER.

WE HAD CORN RUST LAST WEEK AND HIS CORN WAS IN GREAT CONDITION UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND HE'S WONDERING SINCE IOWA ALSO HAD THE ISSUE, COULD THE CORN RUST HAVE BLOWN IN ON SMOKE?

>> YES, BUT MOST LIKELY IT WAS PROBABLY HERE.

NOT WITH THE SMOKE.

IT THE RUST IS THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THERE'S WIDESPREAD RUST IN MANY OF OUR FIELDS, AND THAT WILL MOVE INTO YOUR SWEET CORN PATCH.

YES.

NOT JUST IN SMOKE.

>> WE'RE ALL LAUGHING AT YOU.

OKAY?

SHOULD PEOPLE WHO HAVE TREES THAT ARE WOUNDED EXPECT MUSHROOMS?

AND SHOULD THEY DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IN THE WOUND ITSELF?

>> MAYBE DEPENDS IF IT WAS THERE BEFORE OR NOT, AND IT'S AN INDICATION OF A HAZARD TREE.

SO IT JUST GIVES YOU ANOTHER REASON TO MAYBE TAKE THAT TREE OUT, WHICH ISN'T ALWAYS A BAD IDEA.

>> WAY TO GO.

>> TWO.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

MATT, ARE YOU READY?

>> PRETTY GOOD ANSWERS.

>> PRETTY GOOD.

>> SOMEWHAT GOOD.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY MATT.

>> GOTTA LOOK UP BRUSSLES.

>> YOUR FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO HAS A GOLDEN RAIN TREE, AND IT'S SEATED ALL OVER THE PLACE.

THEY WANT TO KNOW, IS THERE A PRE-EMERGE THAT WILL WORK ON TREE SEEDLINGS IN TURF?

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

>> MOST LIKELY.

NO, JUST MOW EM OFF AND THEY'LL DIE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A VIEWER OUT OF IOWA.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHETHER YOU PUT DOWN PRE-EMERGE OR WEEDKILLER FIRST IN THE FALL FOR CREEPING CHARLIE.

>> I'D SAY JUST GO WITH A WEED KILLER FOR CREEPING CHARLIE.

AND THE PRE CAN GO OUT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR FOR THAT ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HER SECOND QUESTION IS DIMETHYL METHYLAMINE OR TRICLOPYR BETTER.

>> FOR WHAT?

FOR CREEPING CHARLIE.

>> FOR CREEPING CHARLIE.

>> YEAH.

TRICLOPYR IS BETTER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THEN HOW MUCH TIME BETWEEN APPLICATIONS?

SAME VIEWER.

>> I WOULD SAY FOLLOW THE LABEL.

IT SHOULD SAY ON THERE WHAT THE MINIMUM IS REAPPLICATION.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A MINDEN VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THE LATEST DATE WHERE THEY CAN SEED BUFFALOGRASS.

>> I WOULD SAY IN JULY WOULD BE THE LATEST, BUT EARLIER JUNE WOULD BE BETTER.

>> IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE MISSED THE WINDOW.

>> UNLESS YOU'RE DORMANT SEEDING GO AFTER THANKSGIVING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> OKAY, JODY.

READY?

>> SURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'RE STILL GETTING PICTURES AND QUESTIONS ABOUT BEAUTIFUL BLUE BLACK WASPS.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM NEBRASKA CITY WITHOUT A PICTURE.

ANY MULTIPLE TYPES THAT IT COULD BE.

>> YEAH, IT'S THE GREAT BLACK WASP.

THEY'RE ON EVERYTHING RIGHT NOW.

>> AND ARE THEY GOOD GUYS OR BAD GUYS?

>> THEY'RE GOOD GUYS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A VIEWER WHO SAID THEY FOUND A GIANT MUD LIKE WASP OR HIVE LYING ON THE GROUND, JUST LYING ON THE GROUND, AND THERE ARE NO TREES AROUND.

AND THIS WAS PRE WINDSTORM.

ANY IDEAS ON THAT ONE?

>> PROBABLY LIKE A LIKE A MUD DAUBER NEST MAYBE GOT KNOCKED DOWN I DON'T KNOW.

THEY DON'T USUALLY DO THEY.

THEY'RE USUALLY STUCK TO SOMETHING PRETTY TIGHT.

SO I AM NOT SURE UNLESS IT WAS UP IN A TREE AND A SQUIRREL DID A THING.

>> OKAY, THIS IS AN OAKLAND VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT, IF ANYTHING, CAN BE DONE ABOUT LEAFY OAK GALL?

AND IS IT DANGEROUS TO THE TREE?

>> IT'S NOT DANGEROUS AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A VIEWER IS WONDERING WHAT IS THE BEST DETERRENT FOR FRUIT FLIES IN THE HOUSE.

THEY HAVE TOMATOES AND PEACHES ON THE COUNTER.

>> WELL, YOU CAN DO A FRUIT FLY TRAP WITH APPLE CIDER VINEGAR AND TWO DROPS OF DISH SOAP, AND IN A LITTLE CONTAINER THAT THEY CAN FLY IN AND GET TRAPPED.

>> PERFECT.

SCOTT WINS.

>> OH.

>> IT'S A TIE.

>> AND MATT.

>> CONGRATULATIONS SCOTT IS.

THAT'S PASSED AROUND.

KIM I'VE BEEN DOING THIS 30 YEARS AND I HAVE NEVER HAD A BRUSSEL SPROUT QUESTION BEFORE IN.

MY LIFE.

>> IT'S A GOOD YEAR, LOREN.

>> YEAH.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HAD REALLY GREAT SUCCESS WITH OUR PRODUCE THIS YEAR OUT IN THE GARDEN.

AT LEAST SOME OF IT.

LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR FROM TERRI OUT IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

>> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

WE'RE SUPER EXCITED.

ALL OF OUR PRODUCE IS COMING IN OUR FALL CROPS ARE STARTING TO GO IN, AND WE'RE REALLY SEEING SOME GREAT HARVEST NUMBERS THAT ARE GOING DOWN TO OUR FOOD PANTRY, WHERE WE DONATE EVERY WEEK.

WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT THE GARDEN AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF WEEDS.

SO A LOT OF THESE ARE ANNUAL WEEDS.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GRABBING THEM AND PULLING THEM OUT.

DO NOT LET THEM GO TO FLOWER BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO GET EVEN MORE NEXT YEAR.

WE'RE ALSO SEEING LOTS OF VOLUNTEER TREES, SO WE HAVE OUR SPADES OUT AND WE'RE PULLING THOSE AND GETTING THOSE OUT OF OUR GARDEN.

SO DOING A LITTLE MANAGEMENT ACROSS OUR GARDEN.

ONE LAST THING.

WE'RE GOING TO REMIND YOU.

OUR GROWER ROW IS GOING TO START AUGUST 19TH.

SO ANY OF THAT EXTRA PRODUCE THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR GARDEN, PLEASE STOP BY AND DROP IT OFF FROM FOUR:30 TO SIX:30 ON TUESDAY NIGHTS, AGAIN STARTING AUGUST 19TH.

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

>> YOU KNOW, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT TUESDAY TO JOIN US IN DONATING THAT EXTRA PRODUCE AND OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE PLANTS OF THE WEEK.

SCOTT, WHAT DO WE HAVE THIS WEEK?

>> WE HAVE A REALLY GORGEOUS BOUQUET.

THIS ONE IN FRONT.

THIS IS A FLOWERBURST FULL FLOWERBURST FRUITBOWL YARROW.

THAT'S A MOUTHFUL TO SAY.

IT'S JUST A KALEIDOSCOPE OF DIFFERENT COLORS OF YARROW.

THAT ARE REALLY NICE.

THEY'RE COMPACT.

YOU CAN'T GROW THEM FROM SEED AND THAT THEY WILL BLOOM THE FIRST YEAR I CAME IN AND TERRI TO DEBATE IF IT'S AN ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL.

SO WE'LL FIND OUT LATER.

>> IT'S A PERENNIAL.

>> THIS ONE, IT'S A PERENNIAL.

THIS ONE UP HERE IS BLACK HAWK HAWK BLUESTEM.

IT'S A NICE CULTIVAR OF A NATIVE PLANT.

IT CAN GROW ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FOOT TALL, BUT IT HAS REALLY GREAT COLORS, SOME REALLY GREAT INTEREST AND SOMETHING FUN TO TRY.

>> EXCELLENT AND YOU KNOW LOTS OF FUN TO HAVE THIS COMBINATION WITH SOME GRASSES AND SOME OTHER NATIVE STUFF.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SCOTT.

ALL RIGHT.

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

AND REALLY THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, OF COURSE, IS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE AT STATE FAIR.

SO WE ARE STARTING TO ANNOUNCE WHEN WE'RE GOING TO BE THERE.

IT IS.

WE WILL BE LIVE AT STATE FAIR ON MONDAY, AUGUST 25TH.

Q&A IS FOUR:15.

LIVE TAPING AT FIVE:00.

WE ARE IN THE RAISING NEBRASKA BUILDING AS USUAL.

COME SEE US GET THE CORN DOG OR IF YOU REALLY WANT TO, DISGUSTING FRIED PEACH, YOU GO RIGHT AHEAD.

SO ON THAT NOTE, WE HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE, JODY THIS FIRST ONE, AND THEY BOTH COME TO US ACTUALLY FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.

THIS IS BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WHAT ARE THESE?

>> THESE ARE THE CATERPILLAR OF THE MILKWEED TUSSOCK MOTH.

AND THE FIRST ONE.

>> THE FIRST ONE.

AND THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM PLYMOUTH, OHIO.

WHAT MIGHT THESE BE?

>> THESE ARE LARGE MILKWEED BUGS.

AND THEY JUST EAT THE SEEDS AND THEY'RE JUST AROUND.

>> RIGHT.

SO WE HAD A COUPLE OF INTERESTING THINGS THAT WERE ASSOCIATED WITH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

>> YES.

>> YEAH.

COOL.

ALL RIGHT.

MATT, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS AN ELKHORN VIEWER.

>> OH THAT'S MINE.

>> OH THAT'S YOURS TOO.

SORRY.

>> THAT'S A WHEEL BUG.

>> THAT IS A WHEEL BUG.

>> THAT IS WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY.

>> THAT WAS YOURS TOO.

SO THAT ONE ALSO COMES TO US FROM A DIFFERENT SPOT.

>> COOL.

YEAH.

PREDATOR.

NATURAL ENEMY.

>> AND DOES LIKE GOOD GUY PREDATOR.

>> I WOULD SAY IT'S A GOOD GUY, BUT NOT SOMETHING YOU WANT TO TOUCH OR HANDLE.

>> OKAY.

BECAUSE HE BITES OR WHAT.

>> IT CAN POKE.

>> OKAY.

JUST A POKER.

ALL RIGHT.

NOW MATT.

YOUR TURN.

ELKHORN.

NEW GRASS GROWING IN THEIR LAWN GROWS QUICKER THAN BLUEGRASS.

EASY TO PULL WHEEL.

A PRE-EMERGENT TYPICALLY CONTROL THIS GRASS.

OR IS SOMETHING ELSE NEEDED.

>> OKAY, SO THAT IS YELLOW NUTSEDGE.

AND IT DOES PULL OUT EASY.

SO IF YOU'RE PULLING IT OUT AND YOU'RE NOT SEEING ANY LIKE TUBERS GROWING ON IT, THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY DOING FINE.

SOMETIMES THE TUBERS FALL OFF WHEN YOU'RE PULLING IT, BUT PRE-EMERGENT DOES NOT WORK ON THAT ONE UNLESS YOU'RE PUTTING LIKE A SULFINPYRAZONE WITH THE PRE-EMERGENT, THAT ONE WILL HAVE SOIL ACTIVITY ON THE YELLOW NUTSEDGE, BUT OTHER PRE-EMERGENCE DO NOT TOUCH IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND SO THE NEXT THREE, IT'S BASICALLY ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING.

BUT THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER AND WORRIED ABOUT WHAT HAS CREPT INTO SEDGES ONCE.

AND THEN WE ALSO SAW A LITTLE BIT OF MISCANTHUS IN THAT.

SO IF WE BACK OURSELVES UP ON THE CAMERA, BACK TO THOSE OTHER PICTURES, THEN YEAH.

>> SO THAT ONE.

>> IS BACK IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

>> IT'S GROWING IN THE IN THE GRASS AND IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN IN THERE.

BUT THAT'S ALSO YELLOW NUTSEDGE.

SO THOSE COME OUT, IF YOU PULL THEM OUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S GOT THAT RHIZOME ON THERE AND GENERALLY ON THAT RHIZOME, A TUBER WILL FORM HERE IN THE NEXT MONTH AND THAT'S WHAT WILL GROW FOR NEXT YEAR.

SO IF YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL THEM OUT AND NOT SEE ANY OF THOSE TUBERS FORMING, THEN YOU'RE PROBABLY SAVING YOURSELF A HEADACHE FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NOW WE GET TO THIS NEXT COUPLE.

AND THIS IS A COLUMBUS VIEWER.

TWO PICTURES OF A WEED.

THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU IDENTIFY AND GIVE SUGGESTIONS FOR CONTROL.

AND THE TIMING IS GETTING CLOSE TO GOOD ON THIS ONE.

>> YEAH.

>> WILD VIOLET OR PURPLE VIOLET BLUE VIOLET WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT IS A PERENNIAL.

AND A LOT OF THE HERBICIDES THAT WE USE DON'T WORK REALLY WELL ON IT, LIKE 2-4D TRIMEC ONES WITH DICAMBA IN THEM.

THEY KIND OF SHAKE IT OFF, IT SEEMS LIKE.

SO ANYTHING WITH TRICLOPYR IN IT, THAT'S PROBABLY THE BEST ONE.

SAME WITH CREEPING CHARLIE.

IT JUST IT STAYS IN THE SOIL A LITTLE BETTER AND IT KILLS THE ROOT.

SO THAT IS THE BEST PRODUCT FOR, FOR THAT ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT LOREN.

NO.

BRUSSELS.

SO YOUR FIRST TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER, TEN YEAR OLD BLACK HILLS SPRUCE.

BEAUTIFUL CONDITION FROM HERE.

BUT IT'S GOT SORT OF THESE BROWN BROWNISH INTERIOR AND THEN THE NEEDLES THEMSELVES.

SO IS THIS SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT.

>> IT COULD BE IF THIS IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN I ZOOMED IN ON THE WHOLE TREE THAT IT WAS CONFINED TO MAYBE THE LOWER PORTION IN ONE AREA.

IF THAT IS THE CASE, IT COULD BE THE START OF A NEEDLE CAST DISEASE.

I WOULD MAKE SURE YOU'RE REDIRECTING IF IRRIGATION IS SPRAYING ONTO THE TREE.

IF YOU CAN AVOID THAT.

IT DID LOOK LIKE IT WAS IN THE LOWER PART.

NOW IF IT'S THROUGHOUT THE TREE, I'M NOT AS CONCERNED.

AND IT MAY BE JUST SOME SORT OF NEEDLE DROP EVENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

EXCELLENT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

LOREN, THIS IS A VIEWER WITH JUNIPERS.

AND HE'S WONDERING WHAT FUNGICIDE PRODUCT AND WHEN TO SPRAY FOR JUNIPERS, WHAT HE'S CALLING TWIG BLIGHT.

AND THEY'VE DROPPED THESE NEEDLES IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

>> YEAH I THINK IT'S TOO CLOSE TO BUILDING BLIGHT.

IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THEY'RE GOING TO NATURALLY THIN OUT.

I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A NEW BUILDING THAT WAS PUT IN.

THERE MAY HAVE BEEN ROOT DAMAGE IF THAT WAS THE CASE OR SOMETHING.

BUT REGARDLESS, THAT'S SO TIGHT.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME NATURAL THINNING IN THAT AREA.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUN EXPOSURE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT I REALLY THINK IT'S LOCATION.

I WOULDN'T SPRAY IT.

>> AND AGE PROBABLY.

>> IT COULD BE.

>> AND I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT ON THAT ONE.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT SCOTT THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

YOUR FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A NORTH OF OMAHA IN WASHINGTON COUNTY VIEWER WHO HAS BEEN GARDENING FOR DECADES.

HER QUESTION IS A GOOD ONE.

SHE SAYS THIS YEAR IT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING.

SHE'S FINALLY GETTING GREEN TOMATOES.

EVERYTHING ELSE HAS SUCCUMBED TO BLIGHT AND BUGS.

SHE'S PLANTED PEPPERS, NO PEPPERS.

SHE'S PLANTED POLE BEANS, NO BLOSSOMS.

SHE SEES JAPANESE BEETLES.

SO SHE'S GOT ALL SORTS OF THINGS FOR POLLINATORS.

SHE ROTATES.

SHE DOES EVERYTHING RIGHT.

HER QUESTION IS, IS IT HER OR IS IT THE WHOLE STATE?

>> THEY ARE NOT ALONE.

MY PARTNER AND I ARE.

GARDEN HAS COMPLETELY POOPED OUT.

NO TOMATOES.

WE HAVE A BUNCH OF CHERRY TOMATOES, SO DON'T TAKE THIS YEAR PERSONAL THAT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, FROM THE HOT, DRY WEATHER IN JUNE TO AN ABUNDANCE OF MOISTURE.

AND THEN WE'RE GETTING ALL SORTS OF THINGS, THE HEAT.

SO JUST TRY DO YOUR BEST.

WHAT YOU CAN DO IS WRITE DOWN THE CULTIVARS THAT YOU HAVE TRIED, AND THEN DON'T PLANT THEM NEXT YEAR, OR TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT JUST TO SEE IF YOU CAN MIX IT UP AND YOU HAVE BETTER SUCCESS.

BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE.

>> I'M NOT SURE THAT'S COMFORTING, BUT YES.

ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

SCOTT, THIS IS A COLUMBUS VIEWER, ON A WHIM, PLANTED GARLIC IN MAY.

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS LOOKED UP THE REQUIREMENTS AFTER THEY PLANTED IT.

BUT WHEN SHOULD IT BE HARVESTED?

>> IDEALLY, ONCE ABOUT HALF OF ALL THE LEAVES HAVE TURNED YELLOW.

THEN YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND PLANT IT, BUT YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY AGAIN THIS FALL.

TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUCCESS.

THIS YEAR WAS PROBABLY JUST FUN, BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO HAVE A BETTER HARVEST, WAIT UNTIL THIS FALL TO GET THEM INTO THE GROUND.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, SCOTT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, BACKYARD FARMERS REALLY COMMITTED TO HELPING YOU GROW THOSE PLANTS THE RIGHT WAY, CONSERVE WATER AND REDUCE YOUR PESTICIDE USAGE.

FOR OUR SECOND FEATURE TONIGHT, WE'LL SHOW YOU A METHOD TO TOAST YOUR SIDEWALK IN YOUR DRIVEWAY WEEDS THAT REALLY DOESN'T INVOLVE USING ANY PESTICIDES AT ALL.

>> AT SOME POINT DURING THE SEASON, ALMOST ALL OF US HAVE TO DEAL WITH WEEDS IN OUR CRACKS, WHETHER THAT'S DRIVEWAYS, SIDEWALKS, PAVERS, OR ROCK PATHWAYS OR BEDS.

SOMETIMES PULLING THE WEEDS CAN BE TOO DISRUPTIVE, OR USING HERBICIDES IS NOT PRACTICAL OR UNDESIRABLE.

FLAME WEEDING OFFERS A VERY EASY, SIMPLE ALTERNATIVE TO THESE DIFFERENT PRACTICES.

MOST FLAME WEEDERS LIKE THIS COME IN UNDER ABOUT $50, AND THEN YOU JUST CAN HOOK UP A TYPICAL CAMPING PROPANE TANK OR A PLUMBING PROPANE TANK TO IT, AND THE GAS COMES OUT AND FLAME COMES OUT THE END.

WHILE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO ACTUALLY BURN THE WEEDS, WE ARE DEALING WITH FIRE.

AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE PROPER PPE AND OTHER SAFETY EQUIPMENT.

SO LONG PANTS, SHOES AND A SOURCE OF WATER NEARBY IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THE GOAL OF FLAME WEEDING ISN'T TO BURN THE PLANTS, BUT TO HEAT THE WATER INSIDE THE LEAVES SO THAT THE CELLS BURST.

SO IT'S A REALLY GOOD OPTION FOR ANNUALS.

BUT PERENNIALS, GRASSES, SUCCULENT LEAVES THOSE MAY TAKE MORE THAN ONE TIME OF BURNING.

YOU KNOW THAT YOU'VE DONE A GOOD JOB IF YOU HEAR POPPING, IF IT SMELLS A LITTLE BIT LIKE POPCORN AND THE PLANTS START TO WILT, FLAME WEEDING IS A VERY EFFECTIVE WAY TO TAKE CARE OF HARD TO GET WEEDS.

JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE WATCHING OUT FOR SETTING FIRE TO OLD PLANT MATERIAL.

DON'T DO IT NEAR ANY OF YOUR DESIRABLE PLANTS AND HAVE FUN WITH IT.

>> AS IAN SAID.

IAN.

EXCUSE ME.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHAR THOSE WEEDS.

YOU'RE NOT COOKING STEAK, BUT YOU DO JUST ENOUGH HEAT THAT'LL CAUSE THEM TO WILT.

MAYBE NEVER COME BACK.

WELL, WE DO HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER SUPPORTING OUR PARTNERS HERE AT NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

SO BEFORE WE GET BACK TO YOUR QUESTIONS, LET'S TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO HEAR ABOUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP THE PROGRAMS YOU LOVE ON THE AIR.

>> HI EVERYONE.

I'M BACK FOR ANOTHER COUPLE MINUTES BECAUSE WE ARE IN OUR MEMBERSHIP DRIVE RIGHT NOW.

YOU CAN SUPPORT THE GREAT PROGRAMS THAT YOU ENJOY ON NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

JUST LIKE BACKYARD FARMER.

WE'VE ALREADY HEARD FROM AN ANONYMOUS DONOR IN ASHLAND WHO SAYS, I LOVE NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND BACKYARD FARMER STEVE AND JOAN GAVE FROM GRAND ISLAND.

TIM IN MCCOOK.

ANNETTE IN LINCOLN, TERRY IN ADAMS AND TIM IN PAPILLION.

WE'RE HEARING FROM SO MANY PEOPLE ACROSS THE STATE, AND NOW WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU.

YOU CAN MAKE YOUR DONATION RIGHT NOW.

THAT NUMBER TO CALL (800) 989-8236 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

WHEN YOU DONATE $SIX A MONTH, WE HAVE A COUPLE OPTIONS FOR YOU.

WE HAVE THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN GLOVES AS WELL AS THE BACKYARD FARMER LEAF SCOOPS.

THOSE GARDEN GLOVES ARE PUNCTURE PROOF AND THEY'RE GOING TO KEEP YOU SAFE AS YOU'RE GARDENING, AS YOU'RE GETTING READY FOR THE END OF THE SEASON.

AND WE HAVE THE BACKYARD FARMER LEAF SCOOPS ALSO HAD A DONATION.

AT $SIX A MONTH, THEY'RE GOING TO HELP YOU GET YOUR GARDEN AND YARD CLEAN, ESPECIALLY AS THE FALL LEAVES ARE COMING DOWN.

THEY'RE GOING TO HELP YOU CLEAN UP YOUR YARD.

I USE THESE ALL THE TIME AND THEY HAVE BEEN ESSENTIAL IN MY LIFE.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR DONATION AT $SIX A MONTH, AND YOU CAN CHOOSE EITHER THOSE GARDEN GLOVES OR THOSE LEAF SCOOPS.

THE NUMBER TO CALL AGAIN.

(800) 989-8236 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

IT'S REALLY SUPPORT FROM NEBRASKANS OVER THE YEARS THAT HAS MADE US ONE OF THE STRONGEST PUBLIC MEDIA ORGANIZATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.

THERE'S FEW STATIONS THAT CREATE THE AMOUNT OF LOCAL PROGRAMING THAT WE DO.

OF COURSE WE HAVE BACKYARD FARMER AND WE HAVE BIG RED WRAP-UP, ALL THE LOCAL SPORTS AND SO MUCH MORE.

FEDERAL FUNDING CUTS OF $FOUR MILLION A YEAR COULD PUT SOME OF THE LOCAL PRODUCTION IN JEOPARDY.

MEMBER DONATIONS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW.

IT'S MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THAN EVER.

FUNDING FOR HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS, NEBRASKA STORIES LIVE LEGISLATIVE COVERAGE HELP KEEP IT ALL GOING WITH YOUR DONATION.

RIGHT NOW, THE NUMBER TO CALL (800) 989-8236 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE WHEN YOU MAKE A GIFT OF $SIX A MONTH, WE'LL THANK YOU WITH THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDENING GLOVES.

THEY'RE CUT PROOF AND PUNCTURE PROOF AND THEY HAVE A BREATHABLE MESH TO KEEP YOU COOL.

AS YOU'RE GARDENING.

YOU CAN MAKE A $SIX A MONTH DONATION.

WELL THANK YOU WITH THE BACKYARD FARMER LEAF SCOOPS.

KEEP YOUR GARDEN AND YARD NEAT AND TIDY IN NO TIME.

WHEN YOU USE THESE YELLOW LEAF SCOOPS, THEY'RE BRIGHT YELLOW SO THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FIND THEM WHEREVER YOU ARE IN YOUR YARD.

THE NUMBER TO CALL (800) 989-8236 OR GO TO OUR WEBSITE, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

RIGHT NOW, YOUR DONATION TO NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER.

PLEASE MAKE PROGRAMS LIKE BACKYARD FARMER, BIG RED WRAP-UP, AND SO MUCH MORE POSSIBLE BY MAKING YOUR DONATION AGAIN.

(800) 989-8236 OR GO TO OUR SECURE WEBSITE, NEBRASKAPUBLICMEDIA.ORG/DONATE.

NOW WE'LL HEAD BACK TO KIM AND THE BACKYARD FARMER PANEL.

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU IAN AND YES, GET THOSE DONATIONS IN.

KEEP US ALL ON THE AIR AND ANSWERING ALL THOSE QUESTIONS, INCLUDING ONES ABOUT BRUSSELS SPROUTS.

LOREN.

>> YOU CAN KEEP THOSE IF THEY'D LIKE.

>> OKAY.

>> JODY, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS IS SO COOL.

>> IT'S VERY COOL.

>> THIS IS VERY COOL AND FRIGHTENING.

THIS IS A STRANGE SPIDER THAT WAS FOUND IN THE TRASH IN GERING, NEBRASKA.

AND THEY'RE WONDERING IF WE KNOW WHAT KIND OF SPIDER THIS IS.

>> SO DID YOU KNOW WE HAVE SEVERAL WIDOW SPIDERS?

AND THIS IS ONE OF THE BLACK WIDOW SPIDERS.

THIS IS A WESTERN BLACK WIDOW SPIDER, VERY COMMON OUT WEST FROM, LIKE THE CENTER OF NEBRASKA, OUT WEST INTO COLORADO AND ALL THE WEST SIDE OF THE US.

BUT IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WHAT WE THINK A BLACK WIDOW SPIDER LOOKS LIKE BECAUSE THIS IS A JUVENILE, SO IT'S IMMATURE.

EVENTUALLY IT WILL MOLT AND BECOME THAT SHINY BLACK SPIDER WITH THE RED HOURGLASS ON THE UNDERSIDE.

BUT IT'S IN THE TRASH, SO IT'S OKAY.

IT'S OKAY TO SLEEP.

>> THEN WHEN THEY'RE LITTLE.

>> THEY'RE VENOMOUS, BUT YOU JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE, OKAY?

>> DON'T STICK YOUR HANDS IN THE TRASH.

IN OTHER WORDS.

>> WHERE GLOVES.

>> OKAY?

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

JODY, THIS IS A WAHOO, NEBRASKA VIEWER.

WHAT KIND OF SPIDER IS THIS?

VERY BIG.

>> YES.

VERY AMAZING.

SO THIS IS WELL, THE SCIENTIFIC NAME IS TIGROSA GRANDIS MEANS BIG TIGER.

IT'S A TIGER WOLF SPIDER.

AND IT'S JUST DOING ITS THING OUTSIDE HUNTING.

JUST LEAVE IT ALONE.

>> OKAY, ONE MORE SPIDER.

I JUST LUMP THESE ALL TOGETHER TO GET IT OVER WITH.

THIS IS WEST OMAHA.

SINCE THE SPIDER IS ON THE RAILING, ARE THERE ANY.

IT LOOKED LIKE WHEN THEY KILLED IN THE BASEMENT.

SHE SAID SHE'S NOT SURE IF SHE SHOULD JUST BURN THE HOUSE DOWN.

>> NO, DON'T BURN THE HOUSE DOWN.

JUST THE WEEDS OR WHATEVER.

THIS IS A SPOTTED ORBWEAVER.

THERE'S NOT ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT EXCEPT IF THE WEB IS, LIKE, GOING TO GET YOU IN THE FACE IN THE MORNING, BUT THEY'RE JUST CATCHING FLYING THINGS AROUND.

IT'S NOT THE ONE.

IT'S NOT THE ONE IN THE BASEMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES.

MATT FOR YOU.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER HAS THIS WEED TAKING OVER THE GRASS IN THE LAWN AND WHAT IS THIS ONE AND WHAT WILL KILL IT?

>> SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S LARGE CRABGRASS OR SMOOTH CRABGRASS AND WHEN IT GETS BIG LIKE THIS AND IT STARTS SEEDING OUT, IT'S A LOT HARDER TO KILL.

SO ONCE AGAIN, THINK ABOUT A PRE-EMERGENT NEXT YEAR TO PREVENT IT FROM COMING UP.

BUT IF YOU NEED TO DO SOMETHING, SOMETHING WITH QUINCLORAC IN IT, DOES WORK.

SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD KNOCK IT BACK, BUT IT MIGHT NOT COMPLETELY KILL IT BECAUSE IT'S GROWN SO FAST THIS TIME OF YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE BIG ONES, GO TO THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN THEY'RE HIDING.

AND THEN YOUR NEXT PICTURE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

WHY DOES THIS GRASS APPEAR WHITE?

AND HOW, IF AT ALL, WOULD THEY GET RID OF IT?

>> PRETTY SURE THAT WAS TREATED WITH SOMETHING WOULD BE MY GUESS.

AND HPPD HERBICIDE.

SO THAT WOULD BE A PIGMENT INHIBITOR.

SO THAT WOULD CREATE IT FROM CREATING PIGMENT.

AND IT TURNS WHITE AND IT BLEACHES IT OUT.

SO THERE'S TWO PRODUCTS THAT ARE AROUND THAT DO THAT MESOTRIONE AND TOPRAMEZONE.

SO ONE'S TENACITY THE OTHER ONE'S PLEX.

AND THEY'RE INCLUDING THAT IN SOME GRANULAR MIXES AND SOME OTHER STUFF.

SO MAYBE THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE AND THAT'S WHY IT'S BLEACHED.

IT MIGHT KILL THEM.

IT MIGHT NOT.

SO I GUESS YOU FIND OUT AND WAIT.

BUT THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE DYING BECAUSE THEY'RE SO WHITE.

>> YEAH.

>> COULD THAT BE COULD THAT HAPPEN IF THEY HAD AN AREA THAT MAYBE THEY PUT AN APPLICATION ON AND IT RAN INTO OR SOMETHING.

MATT.

TO CONCENTRATE IT, THAT IT WOULD DO THAT OR WOULD IT DO IT ACROSS THE YARD.

>> I SUPPOSE IT COULD IF IT POOLED THAT MUCH, BUT GENERALLY THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS SPRAYED OVER THE TOP AS FAR AS IT GOT, UNLESS THEY WERE CRAZY WITH THE RATE, I SUPPOSE THE RAIN COULD HAVE WASHED IT OVER THERE AND GOTTEN THE SOIL.

>> OKAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, LOREN, I SAVED THIS ONE FOR YOU.

SO THIS IS TWO PICTURES.

>> IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> THIS IS OMAHA, AND HIS ONLY QUESTION IS, WHAT IS THIS GROWING IN THE LAWN.

>> AND IT'S ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.

YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EVERYONE HAS TO THINK ABOUT THE PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT THEY PERCEIVE AS BEAUTIFUL OR NOT.

I ABSOLUTELY LOVE THESE.

THESE ARE CALLED EARTH STARS.

AND ANY OF OUR VIEWERS THAT MAYBE JUMPED UP AND DOWN ON PUFFBALLS WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE LIKE I DID.

YOU CAN DO THE SAME THING WITH THOSE, AND THEY'LL BLOW THEIR LITTLE SPORES OUT.

AND THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.

>> ARE THEY?

BUT THEY'RE NOT AS COMMON AS.

>> NOT AS COMMON.

I'M STARTING TO SEE MORE OF THEM.

I THINK, YOU KNOW, MANY TIMES THESE ARE IN MULCH BEDS IF YOU SEE THEM AND THEY'RE BECAUSE OF THE SPORES AND THE WAY THEY SPREAD IN THE WIND, YOU KNOW, I'M SEEING MORE AND MORE OF THEM ALL THE TIME.

THEY'RE REALLY COOL.

YEAH.

THEY'RE REALLY THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY.

AND THEY'LL JUST BE DRIED LIKE THAT.

YOU COULD USE THEM IN A FLOWER ARRANGEMENT OR SOMETHING, MAYBE A WREATH OR SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE.

>> FUNGI JUST DON'T EAT THAT ONE.

>> DON'T EAT IT.

YEAH, DON'T EAT IT.

BUT IT IS.

IT IS RELATED TO PUFFBALLS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT.

SO.

>> ALL RIGHT, YOU HAVE ONE MORE PICTURE.

AND THIS IS A WHAT ARE THESE?

SHE ALWAYS WATCHES THE SHOW.

>> SO THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL TOO.

THESE ARE STINKHORN MUSHROOMS.

AND THESE ARE THE ONES THAT IF YOU DIG AROUND IN THE MULCH BED THERE YOU WILL FIND THESE LITTLE THINGS THAT LOOK LIKE SNAKE EGGS.

AND I NEVER BELIEVED THEY LOOK LIKE SNAKE EGGS UNTIL I ACTUALLY FOUND SNAKE EGGS.

AND THAT WAS AN EPISODE THAT WAS ON BACKYARD FARMER THAT I SHARED WITH EVERYONE.

>> SO YES, IT WAS.

>> YEAH, YOU CAN LOOK.

>> THAT UP.

>> SNAKE.

I JUST ABSOLUTELY LOVE SNAKES.

YEAH.

OR NOT.

NOT SO ANYWAY.

YEAH, BUT A DIFFERENT ONE.

THAT'S REALLY NEAT.

>> YEAH.

AND I THINK THAT ONE ACTUALLY HAD FLIES ON IT, WHICH IS.

>> YEAH.

THAT'S HOW THEY SPREAD BECAUSE THEY, THEY DO SMELL LIKE SOMETHING THAT FLIES WOULD LIKE.

SO THEY.

YEAH THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.

>> OKAY SCOTT YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS FIRST ONE.

THIS IS A QUESTION.

THIS IS MANHATTAN KANSAS.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR TWIN CUCUMBERS TO DEVELOP FROM A SINGLE BLOSSOM?

>> YES, IT IS POSSIBLE.

THERE WAS ACTUALLY SOME STUDIES DONE BACK IN '06 OR '09 THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO INTRODUCE THIS TRAIT INTO THE CULTIVATED CUCUMBER.

IT DIDN'T TAKE OFF.

BUT YES, THERE'S SOME WEIRD FLOWER BIOLOGY THAT GOES ON.

AND YOU HAVE TWINS.

>> SO BUT IT'S NOT TERRIBLY COMMON.

>> IT'S NOT TERRIBLY COMMON THERE.

THERE HAS TO BE CERTAIN CONDITIONS THAT NEED TO BE MET IN THE TYPE OF FLOWER.

BUT THEY'RE EDIBLE.

THEY'RE JUST NOT MARKET VALUE READY.

>> PROBABLY WOULDN'T WIN A BLUE AT THE FAIR.

>> YEAH.

OR BEST CUCUMBER MAYBE.

>> THERE YOU GO.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS HARRY VETCH GROWING ON A TOMATO.

PLANTS GOOD FOR THE SOIL OR PULL IT.

>> HAIRY VETCH IS A GREAT NITROGEN FIXING PLANT.

IT'S OFTEN USED AS A COVER CROP TO HELP RE ESTABLISH THE NITROGEN IN ROW CROPS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

TYPICALLY IT IS TERMINATED AROUND MID-JUNE.

IT CAN STILL GO AHEAD AND KEEP IT.

IT HAS A NICE FLOWER.

THE BEES AND BUTTERFLIES ARE GOING TO LIKE IT.

SO YES YOU CAN KEEP IT.

>> GO AHEAD AND KEEP IT AND RESTORE THAT SOIL.

AND ONE MORE FOR YOU TONIGHT.

AND THIS ONE.

WE DON'T KNOW WHERE HE'S FROM, BUT HE WONDERS, ARE THESE WHITE CHOKECHERRIES?

WHICH OF COURSE MEANS CAN YOU EAT THEM OR NOT?

>> NO, THESE ARE NOT THE WHITE CHOKECHERRY.

THESE.

THIS IS THE GRAY DOGWOOD.

IT IS A NATIVE DOGWOOD.

THEY DO PRODUCE REALLY FUN FRUIT.

THE PLANT ITSELF IS A REALLY GOOD PLANT FOR URBAN LOCATIONS.

IT CAN TOLERATE A LOT OF THE POLLUTION AND COMPACTION.

BUT YOU NEED TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE IT CAN SUCKER AND IT CAN.

IT'S KIND OF LIKE SUMAC.

IT CAN REALLY TAKE OVER.

SO YOU JUST NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THE PRUNING.

BUT IT'S NOT CHOKECHERRY.

PLEASE DON'T EAT IT.

IT WON'T TASTE GOOD AND YOUR STOMACH WON'T LIKE IT.

>> RIGHT?

IT'S NOT GOING TO KILL YOU, BUT >> YEAH.

>> YOU MIGHT WISH YOU WERE DEAD.

YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> WELL, AND THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR THIS WEEK'S BACKYARD FARMER.

WE WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED THOSE QUESTIONS AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.

HELPING US ON THE PHONE THIS EVENING, WE HAD CAROL RUSTAD, GARY BELL AND A NEBRASKA EXTENSION EDUCATOR, TERRI JAMES.

NEXT TIME ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT INVASIVE INSECTS.

JODY WILL FOCUS ON THOSE BUGS WE ARE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH, AND SOME THAT MIGHT BE ON THE HORIZON.

DON'T FORGET TO STOP BY THE BACKYARD FARMER WEBSITE AT BYF.UNL.EDU AND SIGN UP FOR THAT MONTHLY NEWSLETTER.

SO GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

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

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