B B B B BACKYARD FARMER IS A CORODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) TONIGHT ON BACKYARD FARMER WILL HELP YOU KEEP THE WEEDS DOWN IN YOUR VEGETABLE GARDEN.

AND CHECK OUT A UNIQUE ROSE GROWING RIGHT HERE ON CAMPUS.

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

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> HELLO AGAIN, AND WELCOME TO BACKYARD FARMER.

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LET'S GET TO SAMPLES.

AND YEAH, I KNOW WE'VE HAD IT BEFORE, BUT YES, WAYNE, IT'S STILL TIMELY.

>> IT'S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR WHERE THE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE BY OUR BAGWORMS, AND I'M GETTING PHONE CALLS ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE DAMAGE AND WHAT'S GOING ON, AND IT'S TOO LATE.

I'M SORRY.

IT'S WE'RE JUST AT THAT POINT, THE FEEDING IS DONE.

THEY'RE HIDING INSIDE THEIR BAGS, AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON THOSE TREES.

THEY WILL ATTACH THEMSELVES TO A SMALL TWIG.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO REALLY RIP THEM OFF HARD.

THAT'S THE BEST THING RIGHT NOW IS JUST HAND REMOVAL OR YOU CAN CLIP THEM OUT.

DEPENDS WHAT THEY'RE ON.

IF THEY'RE ON SOMETHING GREEN, YOU MAY WANT TO SAVE IT, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S AN EVERGREEN SO YOU CAN'T SPRAY.

NOW'S THE TIME TO PICK THEM OFF IF YOU CAN REACH THEM.

OTHERWISE, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT YEAR AND THAT LATE JUNE EARLY JULY TIME FRAME WHEN THE CRAWLERS COME OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU WAYNE.

THAT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLANTS, JEFF.

>> OH, WOW.

>> A GOLDENROD.

>> YEAH.

WELL, I BROUGHT IN GOLDENROD FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS.

FIRST, A LOT OF TIMES THIS TIME OF YEAR AS GOLDENROD IS BLOOMING, GIANT RAGWEED IS ALSO STARTING TO BLOOM.

AND SO PEOPLE WILL SAY, "OH, THE GOLDENROD, I'M ALLERGIC TO GOLDENROD."

AND IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU'RE NOT ALLERGIC TO GOLDENROD, YOU'RE ALLERGIC TO RAGWEED, WHICH IS BLOOMING NOW.

SO THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

AND THEN NUMBER TWO, MARESTAIL.

I THINK EARLIER IN THE YEAR, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT HOW KIND OF A LOOK ALIKE PLANT.

AND YOU MAY HAVE IF YOU HAVE LIKE I DO IN MY VERGE AREA, WE HAVE SOME NATIVE PLANTS AND THIS IS GROWING THERE.

YOU KNOW, A MARESTAIL CAN SNEAK IN THERE AND KIND OF HANG OUT WITH THE GROUP, HANG OUT WITH THE GANG TILL THEY'RE DISCOVERED, YOU KNOW?

SO UNTIL THEY START FLOWERING AND YOU SEE, OH, JUST LITTLE WHITE FLOWERS.

SO INSTEAD OF YELLOW FLOWERS, SO GOLDENROD.

>> POLLINATORS LOVE IT.

AND SO THE SOLDIER BEETLES.

>> YEAH.

RIGHT.

>> SO IT'S A GREAT PLANT.

OKAY, LOREN.

WE DECIDED IT EITHER LOOKS LIKE PERSIMMONS OR DONUT HOLES.

WHAT IS IT?

>> SO AND IT IS KIND OF MUSHROOM NIGHT ON BACKYARD FARMER TONIGHT.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PHOTOS COMING UP, BUT I BROUGHT ONE THAT WE TALK ABOUT QUITE A BIT.

AND THESE ARE THE EGGS OR OVULES OF STINKHORN MUSHROOM.

AND YOU CAN SEE I SAW THEM ON THE GROUND UNDER MY APRICOT TREE.

AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE FALLEN APRICOTS AT FIRST, BUT I DID WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND CUT THIS AND SHOW WHAT'S INSIDE.

SO THE THING WITH OUR STINKHORN MUSHROOMS IS THAT THEY WILL HAVE A LOT OF LIKE, GELATINOUS OOZE AROUND THE CENTER.

AND THEN IF THIS ALL WORKS OUT RIGHT.

YEAH, IT DID.

IT'S PRETTY GOOD.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE A NICE LITTLE INSIDE.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN ZOOM IN HERE OR NOT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSE WE CAN GET.

YEAH.

SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE LET'S SEE HERE.

I'M TRYING TO PLAY REVERSE PHOTOGRAPHY HERE.

LET'S TRY THAT.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE MUSHROOM INSIDE THERE AND THEN AROUND THERE.

ALL AROUND IT IS JUST A LOT OF KIND OF LITTLE GOOEY MUCILAGE.

AND THESE WILL EMERGE REALLY QUICKLY.

SO ONCE YOU SEE THESE AND KIND OF A FUN THING YOU CAN DO, YOU CAN TAKE THIS AND DIG IT UP AND PUT IT IN A LITTLE POT AND PUT A BUNCH OF WATER ON IT.

AND OVERNIGHT, A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL EMERGE AND YOU MAY HAVE A LITTLE.

>> A LITTLE STINKHORN.

>> YEAH, A LITTLE STINKHORN.

>> GREAT.

>> THAT YOU CAN PLAY WITH.

'CAUSE THEY'RE REALLY FUN.

JUST DON'T EAT THEM, OKAY?

BUT THEY'RE REALLY FUN AND THEY DO LOOK LIKE SNAKE EGGS.

AND SO YOU CAN GO BACK IN OUR VIDEO ARCHIVE AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE I THOUGHT I HAD STINKHORNS AND THEY WERE SNAKE EGGS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> WHICH IS A GREAT VIDEO ON ITS OWN.

>> THANKS.

>> SO, STINKHORNS.

>> OKAY, DANA, WHAT DO WE HAVE?

>> I'VE GOT SEEDS.

HERE I'LL BRING YOU SOME OF MY SEEDS.

YOU KNOW, IT'S STILL SUMMER.

WE'RWINDING DOWN, BUT FALL VEGETABLE GARDENING IS ABOUT COUNTING BACKWARDS FROM THE FIRST DAY OF FROST.

AND SO IT'S A GOOD TIME TO THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FINDING OUT YOUR FIRST FROST DATE AND THEN COUNTING BACKWARDS.

WE'VE GOT, OH, THIS ONE'S A SPECIAL ONE.

BUT THESE GUYS, YOU CAN COUNT BACKWARDS, ADD 10 TO 14 DAYS TO GET THAT FALL EFFECT.

AND THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO COME UP PRETTY QUICKLY ARE RADISHES, SPINACH, YOU KNOW, BABY LETTUCE.

THERE'S STILL TIME.

THOSE OF YOU IN OUR NORTHERN, WESTERN AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL HAVE LESS TIME THAN OTHERS.

THOSE OF YOU IN OUR SOUTHERN VIEWING AREA MAY EVEN HAVE TIME.

IF YOU LOST YOUR SQUASH EARLY TO TRY SOMETHING LIKEHIS.

EARLY PROLIFIC STRIKE STRAIGHT NECK AS THAT ONLY TAKES 45 DAYS.

SO IT WILL BE DONE.

SHOW WILL BE OVER ONCE WE HAVE A FROST, BUT YOU KNOW, PICK THE RIGHT CROP, YOU KNOW, GET IT IN SOME WARM SOILS AND YOU'LL HAVE ANOTHER ACT IN YOUR FALL GARDEN.

>> GREAT.

THANKS.

ALL RIGHT, WAYNE, THREE PICTURES FROM NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

SUNFLOWERS COVERED WITH THESE BEETLES.

THEY'VE DAILY SPRAYED WITH INSECTICIDAL SOAP.

WHAT ARE THEY?

SPRAYED THE LCH.

OTHER FLOWERS DON'T HAVE THE BEETLES.

WHAT ARE THEY?

HOW LONG WILL THEY REMAIN?

THEY ALSO FLY.

AND HAVE THEY COME FROM A CORNFIELD HALF A MILE AWAY?

>> MOST LIKELY THEY HAVE.

>> OKAY.

>> OR LAST YEAR'S CORNFIELD FOR THAT MATTER.

THEY ARE NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORMS.

THEY HUNT DOWN POLLEN AS PART OF THEIR FOOD SOURCE AS ADULT B THEY'RE JUST THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE POLLEN.

THEY'RE ACTUALLY NOT A REAL HARM TO THE PLANT.

SO IF YOU CAN TOLERATE THEM BEING THERE, IT'S PROBABLY EASIER THAN SPRAYING STUFF AROUND FOR THEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS SOUTHEAST LINCOLN.

AND HE'S SAYING HE'S SEEING A REMARKABLE AMOUNT OF CATERPILLAR FRASS ON HIS ZINNIAS.

NO CATERPILLARS AND NO FORAGING.

AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF BUTTERFLIES, ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

ANY IDEAS ON WHO DID THIS ONE?

>> ALL I C SAY IS FRASS HAPPENS AND IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL.

I WOULD ACTUALLY MAYBE GO WITH GRASSHOPPER.

>> OH, BOY.

>> YEAH, WITH THAT ONE THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF GRASSHOPPERS AROUND, AND THEY.

THEY LEAVE A PIECE OF FRASS ABOUT THE SAME.

>> OKAY.

AND ONE PICTURE HERE.

THIS IS A FEW MILES WEST OF KEARNEY.

SHE THINKS THIS IS CUTE AND VERY TINY.

AND HE WAS ON HER WATERING CAN.

ALSO MOVED EXTREMELY FAST.

>> THAT IS ONE OF YOUR CUES.

YOU'VE GOT A BENEFICIAL MITE.

THE PREDATORY ONES TEND TO MOVE VERY QUICKLY COMPARED TO THE ONES THAT FEED ON THE PLANTS THEMSELVES.

SO THAT IS A VELVET MITE.

I CAN'T TELL YOU WHICH SPECIES IT IS.

IT'S PROBABLY AN IMMATURE.

SO AT THIS POINT IT'S PREDATORY AND IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR EATING SOMETHING IN YOUR YARD.

>> GREAT.

ALL RIGHT, JEFF, WE DISCUSSED THIS ONE.

THIS IS YOUR FIRST ONE.

AND DENNIS TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS WHEN HE WAS ON.

BUT YOU GET A SHOT AT IT BECAUSE SHE HAS A CATTAIL ISSUE.

>> OH OKAY.

>> AND I KNOW YOU'VE DEALT A BIT.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW ON CAMPUS WE DON'T HAVE STANDING WATER.

WE HAVE AREAS THAT WILL, WHAT WE CALL BIOSWALES.

THEY HOLD WATER FOR A PERIOD OF TIME AND THEN THEY FLUSH THROUGH.

AND IT'S AMAZING.

EVEN IN THOSE AREAS, CATTAILS HAVE MOVED IN.

SO I'M SURE THEY'RE THEN WE'LL END UP WITH THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, FOR US TOO.

AND JUST LIKE WHAT SHE DESCRIBED, YOU KNOW, THESE WATER FEATURES ARE JUST EVOLVING.

THEY'RE CHANGING ALL THE TIME.

BUT THERE'S WITH THE NEBRASKA GAME AND PARKS HAS A PUBLIC OR A PRIVATE WATERS PROGRAM THAT WILL HELP PRIVATE OWNERS WITH THEIR PONDS AND THEIR WATER FEATURES.

SO I SUGGEST YOU GIVE THEM A CALL AND SEE IF SHE CAN GET SOME HELP FROM THOSE FOLKS.

>> THAT'S A GREAT SUGGESTION.

>> THOSE ARE THE EXPERTS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS.

FROM MURRAY.

SHE CONVERTED HER BACKYARD INTO A FLOWER GARDEN, SPRAYED A SECTION OF THE TURF WITH WHAT SHE THOUGHT WAS ROUNDUP, DUG IT UP, FLIPPED IT OVER.

SHE'S GOT PERENNIALS THAT WHERE SHE SPRAYED DO NOT THRIVE.

WAS IT TOO SOON?

AND WE HAVE A PICTURE OF WHAT SHE USED.

>> YEAH.

AND THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A FEW YEARS.

YOU KNOW, ROUNDUP IS NOT GLYPHOSATE ANYMORE.

AND ONE OF THE PRODUCTS IN HERE, IMAZAPIC IS A PRE-EMERGENT.

THAT'S ALSO IN A PRODUCT WE USE PLATEAU AND SOME OF OUR NATIVE AREAS.

AND IT IS A PERSISTENT PRODUCT.

SO IT WILL HANG IN THERE A LONG TIME.

AND YOU HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL.

WE HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THE PLATEAU ON CAMPUS.

SO THAT MAY BE WHAT SHE'KIND OF DEALING WITH.

AND YOU KNOW, IT WOULD EVENTUALLY BREAK DOWN AND I THINK THINGS WILL BE OKAY.

BUT YEAH, IT'S PROBABLY AFFECTING THE PLANT GROWTH HERE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

READ THE LABEL.

>> RIGHT.

>> THREE PICTURES FROM CERESCO.

HOW TO KILL OR CONTROL TAKING OVER.

THAT'S WHAT HE TOLD US.

>> SO WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SPOTTED SPURGE HERE, WHICH IS REALLY GOING GREAT GUNS.

THAT WAS MY SECOND CHOICE.

I FOUND ONE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A NICE BIG DINNER PLATE HERE I WAS GOING TO BRING IN, SO AND I WENT WITH GOLDENROD.

FORTUNATELY IT WAS YOUR FAVORITE PLANT, BUT ANYWAY, SO SPOTTED SPURGE PULL IT.

YOU CAN THEN USE PRE-EMERGE.

YOU CAN SPRAY IT.

BUT I WOULD SAY YOU'RE BETTER OFF EVEN, YOU KNOW, HOEING IT , THAT SORT OF THING, BECAUSE THEY WILL PRODUCE SOMETHING LIKE 200,000 SEEDS PER PLANT.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO A LOT.

>> AND THAT'S WHATEVER HE WAS USING WAS THAT WHATEVER THAT WAS.

>> OKAY.

>> YEAH.

>> SO YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE AND THEY'RE PRETTY TOUGH.

I MEAN, THEY'RE KIND OF RESISTANT TO A LOT OF HERBICIDES, SO.

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

SO THIS ORANGE FUNGUS.

>> OH IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> THEY THINK IT'S SOMETHING SERIOUS.

WHAT WHAT IS THIS ON THIS BRANCH.

>> WELL AND I'M THINKING THE BRANCH IS AN OAK OF SOME TYPE.

>> IT IS.

SO, RIGHT.

>> IN THAT ROUTE, THERE'S AN ENDOTHIA CANKER THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

ALSO CALLED HOBNAIL CANKER.

IT CAN BE SERIOUS BECAUSE IT WILL KILL THE BRANCH FROM THAT POINT OUT.

SO I'D RECOMMEND IF YOU SEE THIS ON THE TREE, TO PRUNE OUT 3 TO 5IN BELOW THE AFFECTED AREA AND GO AHEAD AND REMOVE ALL THAT, BECAUSE THAT WILL JUST CONTINUE TO PRODUCE INOCULUM AND CREATE MORE INFECTIONS.

>> ALL RIGHT, THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS A TREE.

YOUR FAVORITE.

IT IS A SPOT ON AN EIGHT YEAR OLD AUTUMN BLAZE MAPLE.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO SAY ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ONE.

>> THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE OVERALL STRUCTURE HERE IS UNFORTUNATELY REALLY POOR FOR THIS TREE.

AND WE ZOOM IN ON THIS AFFECTED AREA HERE.

YOU CAN SEE MORE OF IT.

THIS ONE'S GOING TO BE HARD TO TO RESHAPE TO ACTUALLY GET A GOOD FORM.

IT MAY BE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER REPLACING.

YOU WOULD CUT WANT TO CUT THAT BRANCH THAT'S AFFECTED THERE OFF AND YOU'D HAVE TO TAKE THE BRANCH ABOVE IT.

SO THEN WHAT'S LEFT AND IF THERE'S ANY WAY YOU COULD TRAIN, YOU KNOW, ONE OR MAYBE TWO MAIN LEADERS.

BUT LONG TERM, I THINK THIS WILL BE A PROBLEM TREE FOR YOU.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF I WOULD CONTINUE DOWN THIS JOURNEY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO ON THIS ONE.

>> SORRY ABOUT THAT.

>> THIS ONE IS AN ASPEN AND SHE'S NOTICED THIS.

THIS IS LINCOLN IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS TURNING YELLOW AND BLACK.

IS IT A FUNGUS.

AND WHAT CAN BE DONE HERE.

>> SO A COUPLE OF THINGS.

AS YOU LOOK AT THE DISTRIBUTION WHILE THE PHOTOS ARE GOING, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THESE, THIS CERTAIN BRANCH AREA THAT S A LOT OF YELLOWING THIS TIME OF YEAR.

MANY TIMES WE SEE IN, IN OUR, ANY OF OUR TREES OR SHRUBS, WHEN WE SEE BRANCHES THAT HAVE A LOT OF YELLOWING, A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S A CANKER ON THAT BRANCH.

SO I WOULD RECOMMEND LOOKING BACK ON THAT AND FOLLOWING THAT DOWN AND SEEING IF YOU DON'T HAVE SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S CAUSING THAT YELLOWING AND DISCOLORATION.

THERE IS AN ASPEN BLIGHT THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.

I THINK IT MIGHT BE SOME OTHER DAMAGE TO THAT BRANCH OR SOME OF THOSE AREAS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, LOREN.

THREE PICTURES FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS FOR YOU ON THIS ONE, DANA.

THIS IS A ROSE.

THORNS ARE NORMAL BECAUSE I ASKED IF THEY WERE SOFT.

>> YES.

>> AND WHAT DO WE THINK IS GOING ON HERE?

>> MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS ROSE ROSETTE.

BUT I THINK THIS IS A CHLOROTIC ROSE.

YOU KNOW, THERE DOESOOK TO BE A SMIDGE A BLACK SPOT.

THERE'S ALSO SOME HERBICIDE INJURY WHICH IS CAUSING THAT DISTORTED GROWTH THAT I MISTOOK FOR ROSE ROSETTE AT FIRST.

SO PULL BACK THE ROCKS, COVER THE EXPOSED ROOTS BECAUSE I THINK THAT WAS PART OF IT AS WELL.

AND YOU KNOW, JUST PRACTICE GOOD PLANT CARE.

I KNOW PRUNING NO FERTILIZING NOW.

CLEAN UP ANY OF THE LEAVES AND THEN WATER THIS FALL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES FROM MILFORD.

THIS IS EARLY JUNE.

A CRIMSON PYGMY AND A LEMONCELLO BARBERRIES FULL SUN, NEW MOUND.

THE MOUND IS MULCHED WATER DAILY, SO STARTING TO TURN YELLOW STEMS ARE BLACK.

NO INSECTS.

WHAT DO WE THINK?

>> I THINK MAYBE WRONG PLANT FOR THAT PLACE.

I ALSO THINK THE DAILY WATERING WAS PROBABLY A BIT MUCH CAUSING SOME STRESS.

I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THE MULCH IS PULLED BACK.

AT LEAST.

I'M NOT SURE WHETHER THAT CAN BE SAVED OR NOT.

YOU CAN DO A LITTLE SCRATCH TEST, SEE WHAT'S GREEN, BUT IT MAY BE THE CASE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU DON'T GET SOME HEALTHY NEW GROWTH AS IT'S KIND OF COOLED DOWN, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK BACK ON THE REPLACEMENT POLICY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO CTURES ON THIS ONE.

HE PULLED THIS SAPLINOAK OUT OF HIS LANDSCAPE.

HE THINKS IT'S A WHITE OAK OR WHITE OAK GROUP.

YEAH.

IT'S IN POTTING SOIL.

POT HAS DRAINAGE CHLOROSIS.

>> SO YEAH, I THINK THEIR QUESTION WAS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY DIDN'T THINK THAT WHITE OAKS COULD BE CHLOROTIC AND THEY CAN AND THINGS THAT ARE IN CONTAINERS, NUTRIENTS JUST LEACH OUT POTTING SOIL.

WE RUN OUT OF NUTRIENTS COULD BE CROWDED ROOTS.

I'D SAY PUT THAT BAD BOY IN THE GROUND IN THE NEXT MONTH AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, DANA.

WELL, GROWING A VEGETABLE GARDEN IN THE COUNTRY MIGHT BE MORE CHALLENGING THAN IN AN URBAN SETTING.

CONTROLLING THE WEEDS IS A PROBLEM NO MATTER WHERE YOU LIVE.

HERE TO TELL US MORE ABOUT HOW HE KEEPS WEEDS OUT OF HIS COUNTRY GARDEN IS KYLE BERNADT.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST YEAR I'VE TAKEN A FEW YEARS OFF GARDENING, JUST BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF TIME AND THE EFFORT IN WEEDING AND TAKING CARE OF IT.

SO THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR I'VE BEEN AT THIS PROPERTY.

TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

I WAS VISITING WITH A FRIEND ONE DAY OUT AT HIS HOUSE, LOOKING AT HIS GARDEN, AND HE HAD KIND OF THE SAME SETUP.

HE HAD SOME BLACK STUFF DOWN AND WONDERFUL LOOKING CROPS.

AND HE EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP THE WEEDS DOWN, HE PUTS LANDSCAPING FABRIC DOWN.

I DECIDED TO GIVE IT A TRY THIS YEAR.

THE GARDEN IS A LITTLE BIT SMALLER THAN I'M USED TO, BUT 16 BY 16, I MADE THE MISTAKE OF PUTTING MY LANDSCAPING FABRIC DOWN IN THE FALL AND WINTER, AND I FOUGHT WIND THE WHOLE TIME, PLANTED, I'VE GOT SOME TOMATOES.

I GOT PEPPERS, JALAPEÑOS, HABANEROS ARE MY FAVORITE.

I'VE GOT CUCUMBERS AND BEANS, BANANA PEPPERS, AND THEN JUST A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TOMATOES.

AND THE CROP HAS BEEN FANTASTIC THIS YEAR.

THE THE WEEDING HAS BEEN MINIMAL.

MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH WEEDS ARE RIGHT AROUND THE PLANT WHERE I CUT IT REAL EASY TO PICK AND THEN ALONG.

I PUT UP A FENCE TO KEEP PREDATORS OUT.

DEER LIKE TO MUNCH ON THE GARDEN.

YOU KNOW RACCOONS, MY CATS, SO I. RABBITS I TRY TO KEEP THEM OUT OF THE GARDEN.

A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT HAVE THE FENCE AROUND, BUT THAT'S WHERE MY MAIN WEED PROBLEM IS IS AROUND.

SO I THINK NEXT YEAR WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IS LAY THE FABRIC AND ALSO PUT SOME MULCH AROUND MY MY FENCE LINE TO KEEP THAT DOWN.

OVER THE YEARS, GRASS CLIPPINGS WORKED REALLY WELL FOR ME AT MY OLD HOUSE WHEN I HAD A LAWN MOWER THAT WOULD CAPTURE THE CLIPPINGS.

IT HELPED MOISTURE, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN THE MOISTURE AND KEEP THE WEEDS DOWN.

THAT WAS FANTASTIC.

I HAVE NOT TRIED MULCH.

I'VE SEEN IT, BUT HAVEN'T DONE IT.

BUT I'M GOING TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS SETUP NEXT YEAR.

AND BASICALLY, I BUILT MY GARDEN WITH THINGS I HAD AROUND, SO IT DIDN'T COST ME ANYTHING.

I HAD LEFTOVER LANDSCAPING FABRIC FROM, YOU KNOW, BUILDING THE LANDSCAPE AROUND MY HOUSE.

SO I THOUGHT, WHY NOT GIVE IT A TRY?

I MIGHT AS WELL USE IT.

I HAVE DONE LESS WEEDING THIS YEAR THAN I HAVE ANY OTHER YEAR WITH MY GARDEN.

IT'S BEEN FANTASTIC.

I WOULD SAY THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE KEEPING IT DOWN AND COMING UP WITH A PROCESS TO KEEP THE FABRIC DOWN.

YOU COULD USE STAKES.

AS YOU CAN SEE, I'VE USED ALL KINDS OF ROCKS AND BRICKS AND THAT KIND OF THING, AND THEN I'M GOING TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT YEAR.

IT'S BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF IT.

IT'S NOA DIFFICULT PROCESS OTHER THAN KEEPING THE FABRIC DOWN.

SO DO A LITTLE BIT OF PLAING AND I'M SURE YOU'LL BE MORE SUCCESSFUL THAN ME.

>> THANKS TO KYLE FOR SHARING HIS TIPS ON WEED CONTROL IN HIS BIG COUNTRY GARDEN.

ALL RIGHT, THREE PICTURES FROM LOGAN, IOWA FOR YOU WAYNE.

WATERMELON PATCH, DYING.

DISEASE, INSECTS, MILDEW, FUNGUS AND YEAH, NO, NONE OF THOSE.

>> WHEN I FIRST LOOKED AT THIS, I SAW ALL THE BLACK PLASTIC MULCH AND I WAS THINKING, OH, MAYBE HEAT.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FIRST PICTURE, WAY DOWN IN THAT BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, THERE IS SOME SEVERE CUPPING FROM HERBICIDE EXPOSURE.

SO I REALLY THINK THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THIS PARTICULAR PLANT, BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING IN TERMS OF BORER OR ANYTHING ELSE ON THE PICTURES THAT WERE PROVIDED.

>> AND WE TALKED ABOUT HEAT AND ALL SORTS OF THINGS.

BUT YEAH, THE CUPPING AND THE HERBICIDE AND.

>> AND HEAT PLUS HERBICIDE IS NOT A GOOD COO EITHER.

>> NOT A GOOD COMBO.

RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE FROM CEDAR CREEK.

IT'S A GREAT PICTURE.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO KEEP THESE LITTLE BUGGERS OFF HER PLANT?

HUNGRY.

THEY ARE.

>> LARGE MILKWEED BUG NYMPHS.

THEY CAN REALLY TAKE OVER A PLANT RELATIVELY QUICKLY.

THE GOOD NEWS IS YOUR INSECTICIDAL SOAPS WILL WORK ON THEM WHEN THEY'RE A NYMPH BEFORE THEY GET THE WINGS.

SO AT THIS PARTICULAR STAGE THAT WOULD WORK WELL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICTURES FROM DENTON.

THIS HUGE SPIDER WAS IN THE SINK IN THE LOWER LEVEL BATHROOM.

WHAT IS IT AND WHERE DID IT COME FROM?

>> POOR SPIDER HAS FALLEN AND IT CAN'T GET OUT.

THAT IS A WOLF SPIDER.

IT'S A MALE.

IT'S GOT THE LONG PEDIPALPS ON THE FRONT.

THEY ARE WANDERERS, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR.

AND SO THEY GET INTO ALL KINDS OF PLACES.

IT'S JUST THAT SMOOTH, HARD SIDE THEY CAN'T CLIMB LIKE SOME OF THE OTHER SPIDERS.

SO YOU CAN FIND THEM.

AND I FIND THEM AT HOME IN OLD STORAGE TUBS THAT AREN'T IN USE AND THEY'VE FALLEN IN AND DIED.

>> SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM, THEY'RE TRAPPED IN THE PORCELAIN.

>> YEP.

>> PERFECT.

OKAY.

ONE PICTURE, JEFF FROM CONCORD.

SHE HAS A LARGE CORNER OF DITCHES ON SOUTH AND WEST SIDES.

THE DITCHES WERE SPRAYED SEEDED WITH CLOVER, AND NOW SOUTH DITCH IS 100% WEEDS.

SHE'S WONDERING HOW TO GET THEM UNDER CONTROL BEFORE THEY REPLANT WITH A GOOD GROUND COVER OF SOME SORT, SPRAY MULTIPLE TIMES.

PRE-EMERGE.

WHAT WOULD WE RECOMMEND ON THIS?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IF SHE IF THE CLOVER HAD GOTTEN ESTABLISHED, I WOULD BE HESITANT TO SPRAY WITH SELECTIVE HERBICIDE.

YOU KNOW, YOU MAY WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE ABOUT CUTTING THINGS BACK HERE AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THIS YEAR.

AND THEN I WOULD REALLY CONSIDER PLANTING A GRASS IN THERE.

SO WHETHER IT'S BROME OR TALL FESCUE, FAWN IS A KIND OF A ROUGHER, TALL FESCUE THAT WORKS WELL IN AREAS THAT DON'T RECEIVE IRRIGATION, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, JUST TO CONTROL THE BANK AND AVOID EROSION AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY NEED TO MOW THOSE THINGS.

YOU CAN KIND OF LET THEM GO.

AND FOR A BANK, ONE THING THAT'S OUT THERE, A GREAT TOOL IS THERE'S NOW THESE BATTERY POWERED HEDGE TRIMMERS ON A LONG STICK.

SO IT KIND OF LOOKS LIKE A STRING TRIMMER WITH A HEDGE TRIMMER ON THE END.

AND THEY ARE HANDY.

THEY WORK WELL, THEY'RE SAFE.

IT KEEPS YOU FROM HAVING TO DRIVE ON A SLOPE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO DRIVE ON.

SO SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

SO IF I HAD AN ACREAGE, I'D THINK ABOUT IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

HE GETS THESE VINES IN HIS PRIVET AND LILAC HEDGE.

HE PULLS.

THEY COME BACK AT AN ALARMING RATE.

HE'S GOT THREE DIFFERENT VINES.

I THINK IN HERE AT LEAST.

WHAT ARE THEY?

>> WELL, I THINK WE'VE GOT RIVERBANK GRAPE, IS ONE OF THEM.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE VINY MILKWEED WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT I COULD FIND ON THERE.

SO I THINK FOR BOTH OF THESE, WE'D WANT TO PULL THEM OFF, CUT THEM A FOOT OR SO ABOVE THE GROUND, AND THEN LOOK AT TREATING THOSE STUMPS.

BUT I WOULDN'T SPRAY OVER THE TOP.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF WORK IN GETTING THOSE OFF OF THERE, JUST CAREFULLY PULLING THOSE OFF AND JUST TRACING THEM DOWN TO THE GROUND.

AND YOU HAVE TO BE PERSISTENT, ESPECIALLY WITH THE GRAPE.

IT'LL COME BACK HERE FOR A WHILE.

SO JUST KIND OF KEEP WORKING ON IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE PICTURE FROM OMAHA, CHAIN LINK FENCE AND POKEWEED IS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE CHAIN LINK FENCE.

HOW MUCH OF AN IRRITANT IS IT ASSUMING NOTHING IS BEING CONSUMED?

AND ARE THERE ANY WEED KILLERS THAT WILL ELIMINATE IT?

>> YEAH, THERE ARE.

AND, YOU KNOW, SAME SORT OF THING.

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO DIG THEM UP, THEN YOU CAN CERTAINLY CUT ANTREAT SAME SAME SORT OF PROCESS AND JUST STICK WITH IT.

THEY HAVE A BIG TAPROOT.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DIG THEM UP.

AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE PLANTS DO IRRITATE THE SKIN.

THAT'S A POISONOUS PLANT AS WELL.

SO I'M SURE SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT BOTHERED BY IT AND OTHERS REALLY ARE.

SO, YOU KNOW, I WOULD I WOULD WEAR GLOVES AND BE CAREFUL.

>> SOME OF US LIKE TO EAT IT IN THE SPRING.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> OKAY.

WELL.

>> POKE SALAD.

>> OKAY.

>> ELVIS WROTE A SONG ABOUT IT.

>> AND ON THAT NOTE.

LOREN, YOU HAVE.

>> POLK SALAD ANNIE.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU HAVE.

ALL RIGHT PEOPLE.

LOREN YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES FROM OMAHA.

SO THIS IS A TREE, OBVIOUSLY.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH IT?

WE THINK IT'S A CRABAPPLE.

LEAVES TURN RED IN THE SPRING, TURN GREEN, YELLOW AND SPOTTED AND FALL OFF.

>> YEAH.

SO A LOT OF OUR LARGER CRABAPPLES NOW ARE SOME OF THE OLDER VARIETIES THAT ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO SCAB, WHICH IS OUR MOST COMMON FUNGAL DISEASE.

AND JUST ABOUT EVERY TREE WILL HAVE IT.

ONE THING IN THIS PICTURE, YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF SUCKERING ON THE BRANCHING.

I WOULD RECOMMEND SOME SOME THINNING AND CLEANING OUT OF THAT, BECAUSE YOU ALSO WILL HAVE SOME CANKERS ON THESE OLDER CRABAPPLES THAT'LL DO A LOT MORE DAMAGE THAN THE SCAB.

SO I WOULD JUST, I WOULD RECOMMEND CLEANING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT.

AS FAR AS TREATMENT, I WOULDN'T DO A TREATMENT.

IT'S NOT GOING TO KILL THE TREE, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT OPENING THAT CANOPY UP CAN HELP A LITTLE BIT.

BUT YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FROM SOUTHWEST OMAHA PICKING UP BRANCHES AND CAME ACROSS A PIECE OF DEADWOOD.

HE'S SHOWING THE LEAVES OF HIS OAK BECAUSE HE THOUGHT THAT WAS A PART OF IT.

BUT GELATINOUS.

>> SO WHAT DOES HE HAVE?

>> THE NEXT PICTURE.

WE'LL SEE.

AND THIS IS AN AURICULARIA SPECIES.

THIS IS A DARK BLACK VARIANT, A LOT OF DIFFERENT COLORS OF JELLY FUNGI IN THIS.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE ON DEAD WOOD.

SO A LOT OF TIMES OUR TREES THAT HAVE A BRANCH MAY BE UP IN THE CANOPY.

IT'S BEEN DEAD FOR A WHILE AND IT'LL BE COLONIZED BY THIS AND THEN DROP DOWN.

IT'S NOT A DISEASE THAT'S AFFECTING THE TREE.

IT'S JUST A FUNGUS THAT'S LIVING ON DEAD WOOD MATERIAL.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE PICTURE FROM LINCOLN.

WHAT IS CAUSING THIS ROT SPOT ON THE TOMATOES?

ONLY ONE HAS THIS.

>> EVERY TIME I SEE THIS, I THINK ABOUT AN ANSWER I GAVE WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON BACKYARD FARMER.

AND I WAS DEAD WRONG.

THIS IS THIS IS BLOSSOM END ROT, WHICH IS NOT A DISEASE.

>> RIGHT.

>> WHEN I FIRST STARTED ON BACKYARD FARMER, I THINK ONE TIME I CALLED IT LIKE BOTRYTIS BLIGHT OR SOMETHING.

BUT ANYWAY, IT WAS TOTALLY WRONG.

IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT A DISEASE AND JUST WATER.

A LOT OF TIMES JUST INCONSISTENT WATERING CAN RESULT IN THIS.

SO JUST ENCOURAGE THAT.

I WOULDN'T GO THROUGH ANY SIGNIFICANT SOIL AMENDMENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

LIKE YOU MIGHT READ ABOUT FOR BLOSSOM END ROT.

I WOULD JUST, YOU KNOW, DO A GOOD JOB OF WATERING IN THE FUTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FOR YOU, DANA, FROM NORFOLK.

THIS IS SNOWBALL BUSH VIBURNUM.

HE WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THIS AND PUT IT IN HONOR OF HIS WIFE IN THE CEMETERY SHE JUST PASSED.

WANTS TO KNOW WHEN TO MOVE IT.

HE CAN USE A TREE SPADE, A SMALL TREE SPADE.

SO WHEN TO MOVE IT.

>> SO I'M SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, BUT I THINK THAT THAT'S A GREAT GOING TO BE A GREAT SHRUB THERE.

SO YOU COULD, AS WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO LIKE LEAF FALL, U KNOW, KIND OF GO AROUND WITH A SHARP SPADE AND MAYBE DO SOME, YOU KNOW, CUTTING AND THEN EARLY SPRING, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD TAKE YOUR TREE SPADE OUT THERE AND BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE A PRETTY BIG SHRUB, I MIGHT GO AHEAD AND TAKE A SAMPLE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO GET JUST IN CASE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING HAPPENS SO THAT YOU COULD ROOT ONE OF THOSE SHOOTS.

BUT YEAH, I THINK, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE ALL RIGHT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

SPRING IS BEST.

>> SPRING IS BEST.

EARLY SPRING.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS A CARSON, IOWA VIEWER.

FERTILIZER SPIKES IN THE SPRING AROUND THIS PEACH.

HE THINKS IT HAS SO MANY PEACHES BECAUSE OF THE FERTILIZER SPIKES.

AND THEN IT BROKE IN THREE PLACES.

>> YEAH.

SO THE FERTILIZER SPIKES AREN'T GOING TO CAUSE THAT HEAVY LOAD.

FERTILIZER SPIKES TEND TO CREATE SORT OF A SORT OF WEAK, VIGOROUS GROWTH.

IT'S JUST PROBABLY THAT THE PEACHES NEED TO BE THINNED 6 TO 8IN WHEN THEY'RE SMALLER.

AND IT MIGHT JUST BE SOME BAD PRUNING TOO.

SO IF YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THE PRUNING, AWESOME.

IF YOU HAVEN'T, GET THE FRUIT OFF THOSE HEAVY BRANCHES.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF THE TREE CAN BE SAVED.

I COULDN'T REALLY SEE WHERE THE CRACKING WAS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO SEND US SOME MORE PICTURES UP CLOSE, WE CAN TRY TO HELP YOU OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICTURES FROM PONCA HILLS AREA.

LITTLE JAPANESE MAPLE MADE LEADER IS GROWING SIDEWAYS.

TRY TO LIGHTLY STRAIGHTEN IT UP.

THEY WANT TO REALLY GIVE IT A YANK.

WHAT DO WE THINK?

>> NO.

WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE IT A YANK.

IF YOU'VE GOT THAT OLD WOOD, THAT'S THE WAY IT'S GOING TO STAY.

BUT YOUR JAPANESE MAPLES HAVE THAT KIND OF IRREGULAR, BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFUL LOOK TO THEM.

SO I'D SAY ENJOY NATURE'S WONDROUS PAGEANTRY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WELL, AS TERRI SAID LAST WEEK, OUR SHOW MIGHT BE WINDING DOWN FOR THE SEASON, BUT OUR GARDEN IS STILL DOING GREAT.

TONIGHT SHE TALKS ABOUT SOME BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS THAT MADE AN IMPRESSION THIS YEAR.

HERE'S THE WEEKLYUPDD FARMER GARDEN.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> THIS WEEK IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

WE ARE GETTING TOWARDS THE END OF OUR SEASON HERE ON THE SHOW, BUT I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HANDFUL OF THE THINGS THAT I AM SEEING THAT I REALLY LIKED THIS YEAR.

WE HAVE SOME OF OUR CANNAS, THE SOUTH PACIFIC SERIES THAT WE PURCHASED.

REMEMBER, THESE WERE AN ALL-AMERICA SELECTION WINNER A FEW YEARS BACK, AND THEY ARE ALL ABLE TO BE STARTED BY SEED.

THEY ARE LOOKING REALLY NICE.

A LITTLE BIT OF JAPANESE BEETLE DAMAGE, BUT WE'LL LIVE WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T TOO BAD HERE THIS YEAR.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR BLACK BEAUTY DAHLIA.

MOST OF ALL OF YOU KNOW, I'M NOT A BIG DAHLIA FAN, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THESE ARE REALLY GOOD AND THESE ARE ALSO ALL-AMERICA SELECTION WINNER AND STARTED BY SEED IN THE GREENHOUSE.

SO BLOOMING THE FIRST YEAR AND THEY LOOK GREAT.

WE'RE SEEING ISSUES WITH SOME OF OUR TOMATOES.

AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW THE TEMPERATURES ARE COOLING DOWN.

SO WE'RE REALLY HOPING THAT THOSE WILL GO AWAY ALONG WITH OUR GREEN BEANS AND OUR CUCUMBERS NOT PRODUCING.

BUT THAT'S REALLY WHAT'S LOOKING GREAT IN OUR GARDEN.

AND WE'RE ANXIOUS TO BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS WE MOVE INTO FALL.

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

(SOFT NATURE SOUNDS) >> IT'S SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION TIME.

THIS POST COMES FROM ANDREA FROM OMAHA.

SHE SAYS IT'S THE FIRST YEAR FOR HER CELOSIA SHE PLANTED NEAR ZINNIAS AND WONDERS IF IT'S NORMAL SEEING THESE COVERED IN SOME SORT OF WASPS, BUT FEW BUTTERFLIES.

SO WAYNE, WHAT ARE THE WASPS AND ARE THEY HARMING THE BUTTERFLIES?

>> THOSE ARE POTTER WASPS AND POTTER WASPS HAVE NO REAL THRT TO THE BUTTERFLIES ON THAT PLANT, OTHER THAN A LITTLE COMPETITION FOR THE NECTAR AND POLLEN THAT ARE BEING PRODUCED.

THEY STOCK THEIR NESTS WITH CATERPILLARS, SO KEEP THAT IN MIND.

THEY DO WORK ON SOME OF THOSE PESKY ONES, AND THEIR NESTS ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE LITTLE OLD PIECES OF POTTERY.

>> SO LOTS OF FUN TO SEE THOSE KINDS OF THINGS.

>> ALWAYS FUN.

>> ALL RIGHT AND WE'VE GOT A SECOND SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION FROM TRISH IN SPRINGFIELD.

SHE'S WONDERING ABOUT THE SMALL GREEN BUGS AND SHOULD SHE GET RID OF THEM.

>> SO THOSE SMALL GREEN INSECTS ARE NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORMS.

THEY ARE AFTER POLLEN.

THEY'RE NOT AFTER ANY OTHER PART OF THAT FLOWER.

THE DAMAGE YOU SEE IN THAT PICTURE IS FROM THOSE JAPANESE BEETLES, ALSO INCLUDED.

IF YOU REALLY WANTING TO GET RID OF THEM.

JUST A BUCKET OF SOAPY WATER IS PROBABLY ALL THE MORE YOU NEED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANKS, WAYNE.

YOU WANT TO BE OUR SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION OF THE WEEK.

IT'S EASY.

ADD YOUR QUESTION AND PHOTOS IN THE COMMENTS OF ONE OF OUR FACEBOOK POSTS.

IT'S TIME FOR A SHORT BREAK.

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

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> WELCOME BACK TO BACKYARD FARMER.

LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL SHOW YOU A RARE ROSE VARIETY GROWING IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN.

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

SEND PICTURES AND EMAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU FOR A FUTURE SHOW.

AND RIGHT NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

DANA, ARE YOU READY?

>> SURE.

>> YES YOU ARE.

>> YES, AS READY AS I'M EVER GOING TO BE.

>> WEEPING WATER.

TONS OF WILD PLUMS LAST YEAR.

NONE THIS YEAR.

WHY NOT?

>> I'M NOT SURE I CAN EXPLAIN THAT.

YOU KNOW, MAYBE SOMEONE DID SOME SPRAYING OR, I DON'T KNOW.

>> OKAY.

FROM LINCOLN, A FIVE YEAR OLD MONTMORENCY CHERRY HAD CHERRIES THE FIRST YEAR AND HAS NEVER HAD CHERRIES AGAIN.

WHY?

>> WE DID HAVE IT DEPENDS.

THIS SPRING WE DID HAVE SOME FOLKS GET FROZEN.

SO AT LIKE AT MY HOUSE, I DIDN'T HAVE MONTMORENCY CHERRIES THIS YEAR.

>> OKAY, TOMATOES ARE FINALLY FLOWERING.

IS IT TOO LATE TO GET ANY OF THEM TO RIPEN?

>> OH NO, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FINE.

>> OKAY.

GARDENS UNDER WATER AND SOME SOIL AND MULCH FOR 24 HOURS.

IS IT SAFE TO EAT THE PRODUCE?

>> NOPE.

DEPENDING ON WHAT IT IS, 60 TO 120 DAYS.

BUT IF IT'S SOMETHING ABOVE GROUND AND IT FLOWERS AND THEN THE FRUIT PRODUCES, YOU CAN EAT THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HIBISCUS WAS THE SIZE OF A PIE PLATE FOR FLOWERS AND NOW IT'S ONLY SIX INCHES.

WHAT HAPPENED?

>> I DON'T KNOW, DID IT DIE BACK TOO HARD?

I DON'T KNOW, >> I DON'T KNOW.

>> OKAY, LOREN.

YOU'RE UP.

LINCOLN, WILL FUNGUS IN TURF CLEAR UP ONCE IT COOLS OFF.

>> YES.

>> ALL RIGHT.

POLE BEANS.

THESE WERE HEIRLOOM WERE ON A VERTICAL TRELLIS.

AND THEY ARE DYING FROM THE GROUND UP.

NO HERBICIDE.

IS THAT A BEAN DISEASE OF SOME SORT?

>> SURE.

>> CAN ANYTHING BE DONE ABOUT THAT?

>> I WAS TRYING TO WIN.

DIDN'T WORK OUT.

IT DEPENDS.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT BEAN DISEASES.

AND IF IT'S LIKE A ROOT ROT, IF IT'S DYING, THE WHOLE VINE, NOTHING YOU CAN DO AT THIS POINT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ARE THERE ANY FUNGICIDES THAT YOU CAN APPLY IN THE FALL THAT WILL PERSIST UNTIL NEXT YEAR IN TURF OR ANYTHING ELSE?

>> NO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WATERMELON LOOKS LIKE SOME DISEASE OR THE SAME DISEASE APPARENY AS CUCUMBERS.

IS THAT, WOULD THAT HAPPEN?

THIS IS OMAHA.

>> THERE ARE SOME ROOT WILTS ON ALL OF OUR CUCURBITS AND SUCH.

SO I THINK YOU COULD HAVE THAT.

YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL BURNING LOGS WITH MUSHROOMS ON THEM.

LL THE MUSHROOM SPORES.

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

NICE JOB.

OKAY, JEFF.

>> OKAY.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS LINCOLN.

WHEN SHOULD THEY APPLY TWO APPLICATIONS OF A PRE-EMERGE FOR CRABGRASS AND SANDBUR CONTROL.

>> THEY COULD DO WELL RIGHT NOW.

THEY COULD GO AHEAD AND PUT DOWN ONE APPLICATION.

IF THEY WANT TO DO ANOTHER ONE LATER IN OCTOBER, THEY COULD DO THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WHAT?

FAL\WINTERIZER FERTILIZER SHOULD PEOPLE USE?

>> YOU KNOW, WE REALLY LOOK AT DOING OUR TURF FERTILIZING STILL IN SEPTEMBER AND NOT DOING THE LATER ONE.

IT JUST YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T PERSIST.

IT DOESN'T HELP US THAT MUCH.

SO LOOK AT A LATE SEPTEMBER.

>> ALL RIGHT.

IF NOT TORDON ON THIS THIS VIEWER SAID FOR STUMP KILLER WHAT DO WE USE INSTEAD?

>> YOU KNOW, MOST OF OUR HERBICIDES THAT ARE AT THE AT THE NURSERY WILL HAVE A STUMP KILLER RATE ON IT.

SO YOU COULD JUST LOOK AT THE LABELS, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF THEM WILL HAVE A RATE FOR THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

FROM OGALLALA.

IS IT OKAY TO IRRIGATE RIGHT AFTER MOWING OR SHOULD YOU WAIT A DAY?

>> I SUPPOSE IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE TEMPERATURE AND TIME OF DAY.

SO IF YOU'RE IRRIGATING IN THE MORNING BEFORE 1:00, SURE.

IF IT'S LATER IN THE DAY, WAIT TILL THE NEXT DAY.

>> OKAY.

WAYNE.

OUTSIDE THESE PEOPLE PLAY OUTSIDE.

THEY COME IN, THEY'RE SCRATCHING ALL EXPOSED SKIN.

THEY CAN'T SEE WHAT'S BITING THEM.

IS IT MOSQUITOES?

>> IT VERY WELL.

COULD BE.

IT COULD BE GNATS.

IT COULD JUST BE IRRITANTS FROM BEING OUTSIDE.

>> OKAY.

AND THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO.

THAT'S THEIR SECOND QUESTION.

>> IF IT IS THE INSECTS, THEY CAN WEAR AN INSECT REPELLENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HOW FAR CAN SPIDER MITES TRAVEL?

THEY WANT TO RELOCATE SOME PLANTS THAT HAVE THEM.

>> THEY CAN BALLOON ON THE WIND WITH SILK.

SO YOU'RE NEVER GOING TO REALLY ESCAPE THEM.

>> OKAY.

MID-AUGUST, THIS VIEWER SAW SQUASH VINE BORERS AGAIN.

IS THAT LATE OR NORMAL?

>> NO.

THEY CAN HAVE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS THROUGH THE YEAR.

>> FOR JAPANESE BEETLES.

WHICH GRUB CONTROL IS BEST?

>> WELL, IF IT'S IN YOUR YARD AND YOU KNOW YOU HAVE THEM, THE PREVENTATIVES WOULD WORK BETTER.

SO SOMETHING WITH IMIDACLOPRID IN IT WOULD WORK WELL.

>> OKAY.

JAPANESE BEETLES ON KIMBERLY FERNS THEY KNOCKED THEM OFF AND NONE CAME BACK.

IS THAT TYPICAL?

>> DID THEY KNOCK THEM OFF INTO A BUCKET OF SOAPY WATER?

BECAUSE THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM COMING BACK.

THEY MAY HAVE JUST BEEN HANGING OUT AND MAY NOT HAVE BEEN A PREFERRED FOOD, SO THEY MAY HAVE GONE SOMEWHERE ELSE LIKE YOUR IS THAT WHAT I JUST HEARD?

>> YES.

>> HOW ABOUT THAT.

ALL RIGHT.

SPEAKING OF WAYNE, HERE'S YOUR.

>> I'M A POOR LOSER.

>> HERE'S YOUR FIRST QUESTION.

THIS OH SEGMENT.

SORRY.

I ALWAYS FORGET ABOUT THE SEGMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, WE YOU MIGHT HAVE SPACES IN YOUR LANDSCAPES THAT NEED A GOOD HARDY UNDERSTORY TREE.

FOR THIS WEEK'S PLANT OF THE WEEK, TIM DUNGAN HAS A GREAT SUGGESTION OF ONE TO TRY.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) >> DWARF CHINKAPIN OAK IS ONE OF THE SEVEN NATIVE OAKS OF NEBRASKA, AND AS SUCH, IT'S A PLANT THAT KNOWS HOW TO LIVE IN NEBRASKA.

IT KNOWS HOW TO LIVE IN THE HOT AND THE COLD, KNOWS HOW TO LIVE IN THE WET AND THE DRY, AND IT KNOWS HOW TO LIVE IN THE WIND.

SO IT'S A GREAT APPLICATION FOR BOTH URBAN AND RURAL LANDSCAPES.

FROM AN URBAN PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A NATIVE TREE THAT'S ALSO A KEYSTONE SPECIES.

SO AS A KEYSTONE SPECIES, IT SERVES AS A LARVAHOST FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF MOTHS AND BUTTERFLIES.

THE OTHER ADVANTAGE OF AN URBAN LANDSCAPE IS ITS SIZE.

ITS MATURE SIZE IS ABOUT 15FT BY 15FT, SO IT FITS IN A LOT OF PLACES IN A SMALL URBAN LOT.

THAT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO PUT A WOODY PLANT, A WOODY NATIVE PLANT, INTO YOUR LANDSCAPE.

ALTHOUGH IT MIGHT WORK BEST AS A NATURALIZED PLANT, YOU COULD BE THAT NEIGHBOR AND PUT IT IN THE FRONT YARD AND PUT CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON IT.

FROM A RURAL PERSPECTIVE, IT'S A GREAT HABITAT PLANT.

IT IS A MEMBER OF THE WHITE OAK FAMILY, SO IT SETS ACORNS VERY EARLY, OFTEN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS FROM PLANTING OR FIVE YEARS FROM GERMINATION.

SO AS SUCH, IT MAKES A GREAT ADDITION TO A FOOD PLOT FOR TURKEYS, DEER, BLUE JAYS, SQUIRRELS, A LARGE NUMBER OF OTHER WILDLIFE.

THE OTHER ASPECT THAT MAKES IT WORK WELL IS A GREAT ADDITION.

THE DECIDUOUS COMPONENT OF A MULTI ROW WINDBREAK.

IF YOU THINK A WINDBREAK THAT'S JUST GETTING ESTABLISHED, YOU HAVE SMALL EVERGREEN TREES.

YOU COULD PUT A DWARF CHINKAPIN OAK BETWEEN THOSE TREES TO FILL THAT GAP.

FOR ALL THESE REASONS AND MORE, THE DWARF CHINKAPIN OAK IS A GREAT PLANT FOR YOUR LANDSCAPE.

SO LET'S SEND IT OVER TO GANNON FOR THE WEATHER.

>> HEY!

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

I HOPE YOU HAD A GREAT WEEK SO FAR.

TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE FAIRLY MILD, ESPECIALLY IN THE EASTERN HALF OF THESTAY LOOKS TO BE ON FRIDAY OUT WEST, WHERE THE MCCOOK AREA COULD SNEAK INTO THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

OUTSIDE OF THIS, IT SHOULD BE FAIRLY CLOSE TO SUMMERTIME NORMALS, AND WE MIGHT SEE A SLIGHT WARM UP TOWARDS THE BACK HALF OF NEXT WEEK.

MOST PEOPLE RECEIVED A PRETTY GOOD AMOUNT OF RAIN THIS PAST WEEK, WITH UP TO EIGHT INCHES IN THE STROMSBURG AREA.

WE'RE NOT DONE QUITE YET WITH A FAIRLY ACTIVE PATTERN STILL EAD OF US.

THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS HAVE SHIFTED MORE TOWARDS THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE, BUT IT'S NOTHING TOO CRAZY.

THIS SHOULD ALSO LEAD TO MORE IMPROVEMENTS TO DROUGHT CONDITIONS, WHICH IS ALWAYS A GOOD THING.

AND THAT'S YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU GUYS.

>> OUR FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT TONIGHT IS BACKYARD FARMER AT NEBRASKA STATE FAIR.

MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST, 5:15 QA 6 P.M.

SHOW.

MEET US AT RAISING NEBRASKA.

SECOND ONE IS AT KIMMEL ORCHARD AND VINEYARD.

IT IS THE ASIAN PEAR YOU PICK.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 10 TO 4.

THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

THIRD IS ALSO AT KIMMEL AND THAT WILL BE, THE APPLEJACK FESTIVAL STARTS SEPTEMBER 19TH AND 20TH.

KIMMEL ORCHARD AND VINEYARD.

ALL RIGHT, WAYNE, ONE PICTURE CENTRAL OMAHA.

IS THIS A BAGWORM AND WHY IS IT LOWERING ITSELF FR THE RIVER BIRCH TREE TO THE GROUND?

>> IT'S LOOKING FOR MORE FOOD.

SO WHEREVER IT WAS HANGING OUT ON THAT BIRCH TREE, IT HAD PRETTY WELL CLEANED IT UP.

AND WHEN THEY SPINDLE DOWN LIKE THAT, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A NEW FOOD.

>> OKAY, ONE PICTURE FROM BURT COUNTY.

SWARMS OF ANTS SUDDENLY APPEAR THROUGH CRACKS IN CONCRETE.

DOESN'T SEEM TO MATTER IF THERE'S BEEN RAIN.

WHAT ARE THEY DOING?

>> IT'S JUST THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THERE ARE CERTAIN ANT SPECIES THAT SWARM, AND THE REPRODUCTIVES WILL BE GOING OFF TO START NEW NESTS.

>> ALL RIGHT, ONE PICTURE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO.

SAW THIS SPIDER IN SANTA FE.

VERY BIG AND SCARY.

>> I WAS ALL EXCITED WHEN I SAW FROM SANTA FE, AND WE MIGHT GET SOMETHING UNUSUAL.

IT'S JUST A CAT-FACED SPIDER, UNFORTUNATELY.

AND THAT'S SOMETHING SUPER SPECIAL, BUT IT IS.

ONE OF OUR ORB WEAVERS DIDN'T GET A GREAT ANGLE ON IT, SO THAT'S A TENTATIVE ON THE CAT FACE, BUT THAT'S MY BEST.

>> ONE PICTURE FROM UNDERWOOD, IOWA.HAT IS THIS BEAUTY.

>> THAT IS A DEAD YELLOW GARDEN SPIDER GETTING DRUG ALONG BY AN ANT.

IT'S GOING TO BE FOOD FOR THE FAMILY.

>> OKAY.

AND ONE PICTURE FROM NEMAHA COUNTY.

THIS INSECT'S BODY IS OVER AN INCH LONG.

WHAT IS IT?

IS IT NECTARING ON THE INJURED CRABAPPLE?

>> THAT IS AN EASTERN CICADA KILLER.

THEY VISIT FLOWERS AND OTHER SUGARY LIQUID SOURCES AS FUELND ENERGY FOR THEM TO MOVE AROUND.

>> OKAY, ONE PICTURE FROM BURT COUNTY FOR YOU, JEFF.

THIS IS GROWING IN PATCHES IN A WELL-WATERED, SUNNY LOCATION IN THE LAWN THAT IS OTHERWISE MANICURED.

WHAT IS IT AND WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?

>> WELL, IT'S NIMBLEWILL AGAIN.

SO WE'VE SEEN THAT A LOT THIS YEAR.

SO MESOTRIONE IS A CHEMICAL TENACITY IS KIND OF THE NAME BRAND.

>> OKAY, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS FROM OMAHA.

SPRAYED SPECTRACIDE FOR WEEDS.

THE ONLY THING THAT SURVIVED WAS THESE WEEDS.

THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT TILLING TO KILL, >> RIGHT.

WELL, I WOULD AVOID TILLING AN AREA THAT WAS ALREADY WEEDY.

YOU'RE JUST GOING TO END UP WITH A LOT MORE WEEDS.

AND I LEARNED THAT FROM KIM ACTUALLY 35 YEARS AGO.

SO I WOULD SAY MAYBE YOU COULD HOE THOSE OUT, THOSE, THOSE CLUMPS OF GRASS AND THEN KIND OF GENTLY RAKE IN YOUR NEW GRASS SEED AND GET STARTED THAT WAY.

>> OKAY, TWO PICTURES FROM THIS ONE.

THIS IS AN EVER EXPANDING RING OF DEAD GRASS AROUND RIVER BIRCHES.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

IS IT THE ROOTS THEY WANT?

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY HERE?

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I WOULD I WOULD KIND OF GO WITH A LOT OF SURFACE ROOTS FROM THAT RIVER BIRCH, QUITE HONESTLY.

SO AND WE'VE HAD THIS QUESTION BEFORE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD WANT TO AND I KNOW WE'VE JUST BEEN THROUGH A WET PERIOD HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, UP YOUR IRRIGATION A LITTLE BIT IN THAT AREA, YOU COULD EXPAND THAT MULCH RING TO.

THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER PROBABLY YOUR FIRST STEP.

BUT YOU KNOW, UNDER TREES LIKE THAT, THEY JUST REQUIRE MORE IRRIGATION.

SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THE GRASS GOING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE PICTURE FROM OMAHA, IS THIS A WILD FLOWER OR A WEED?

>> IT'S A, IT'S IT'S A FUN THING.

IT'S A COSMOS.

SO I THINK A LITTLE BIT, A LITTLE BIT OF ANNUAL SEED GOT INTO YOUR MIX AND THERE YOU GO, SO.

>> IT'S A FUN ONE.

>> YEAH.

>> OKAY.

LOREN, THREE PICTURES FROM BELLEVUE.

THIS IS ASTERS DYING FROM GROUND LEVEL UP.

THIS HAPPENED FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS.

THEY WANT TO TRANSPLANT.

WILL WHATEVER IT IS, FOLLOW.

>> WELL AND THIS ONE KIM AND I THINK THE NEXT PICTURE SHOWS THE LEAVES TOO.

IT DOES HAVE THAT BOTTOM UP LIKE YOU MIGHT EXPECT WITH A ROOT ROT OR SOMETHING.

BUT I DON'T THINK IN THIS CASE IT IS.

YOU CAN SEE I THOUGHT IT WAS SPIDER MITES, BUT WAYNE SAW SOMETHING ELSE AND CALLED IT.

>> LACE BUGS.

>> LACE BUGS.

>> OKAY, WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM ON ASTERS AT OUR OFFICE WHERE IT THEY GET ON THAT EARLIER GROWTH, THEY GET GOING, THEY KILL THAT BOTTOM THROUGH THEIR FEEDING.

AND THEN THE NEW GROWTH COMES UP ABOVE AND IS OKAY FOR A LITTLE BIT TILL THEY MOVE TO THAT.

AND IT'S A NEVER ENDING UGLY PROCESS.

>> AND IT WOULD POTENTIALLY BE WHEREVER THEY MOVE IT.

>> YEAH, THEY'LL TAKE IT WITH THEM.

SO AND THEY'RE CAPABLE OF MOVING.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES FROM KEARNEY WATCHED THIS GROW LAST WEEK.

WENT TO LOOK IN.

WOW.

SO BIG AND BEAUTIFUL.

MEASURED SIX INCHES ACROSS.

THOUGHT OF COOKING.

DID NOT.

>> WELL THAT'S GOOD.

SO WE'VE GOT A FEW PICTURES HERE.

DIFFERENT ONES.

SO THIS ONE AND THERE'S A CLOSE UP.

YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THESE GET QUI LARGE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

WE SEE LEPIOTA AND PARASOL MUSHROOMS.

COMMONLY YOU WILL SEE THEM IF YOU DRIVE ACROSS NEBRASKA.

SOMETIMES OUT IN THE GRASSLANDS YOU'LL SEE GIANT RINGS THAT YOU COULD PUT YOUR CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF AND THEY'LL BE HUGE CAPS.

WE DO NEED FOR THIS TO BE FOR SURE A PICTURE OF THE UNDERSIDE, RIGHT?

SO IF WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE, IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT PICTURE IN QUESTION, KIM, BECAUSE THAT ONE HAS SOME OTHER VERY SIMILAR LARGE MUSHROOM.

>> IT DOES TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

>> AND THIS ONE WAS FROM WHERE.

>> HE DID NOT SAY.

>> ON THIS ONE.

AND IN THIS ONE THOUGH, YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERSIDE.

SO THEY HAVE THE GILLS AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THEY'RE DISCOLORED.

SO IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE IT LOOKED VERY SIMILAR ON TOP.

BUT THAT DISCOLORATION ON THE UNDERSIDE.

I THINK THIS ONE IS A CHLOROPHYLLUM WHICH IS A POISONOUS SPECIES.

AND THE WAY WE CAN TELL FOR SURE IS IF THEY TAKE THAT AND THEY DO SOMETHING CALLED A SPORE PRINT, SO YOU CAN TAKE AND CUT THE STEM OR THE STIPE OFF, AND YOU CAN PUT THAT ON A WHITE PIECE OF PAPER.

THEY OFTEN RECOMMEND WHITE AND BLACK, AND JUST SET THE CAP ON SIDE BY SIDE, AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT COLOR IT IS.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE WAYS TO HELP IDENTIFY IT.

THAT SHOULD HAVE A SAGE GREEN SPORE COLOR.

>> RIGHT AND KYLE DID THAT ON AIR AND IT WAS PRETTY COOL.

>> YEAH, IT'S REALLY NEAT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.

A LOT OF DIFFERENT ONES.

I DO NOT ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO EAT WILD MUSHROOMS UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY ARE POSITIVE ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH AND YOU'RE WITH SOMEONE WITH EXPERIENCE.

>> ALL RIGHT, TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS LINCOLN.

THE CITY PLANTED THIS REDBUD ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO IN A NEW DEVELOPMENT WITH TERRIBLE SOIL, IRRIGATION SYSTEM AND A LAWN COMPANY.

>> AND LOOK HOW HOW NICE ALL THE GRASS IS.

>> RIGHT.

>> AND THAT'S KIND OF A TIP HERE, BECAUSE YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF HERBICIDE DAMAGE ON THIS REDBUD.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S I THINK THAT'S A LOT OF THE STRESS HERE.

THE BROWN IS JUST YOU ADD THAT WITH, YOU KNOW, HEAT NOW AND, AND POTENTIAL STRESS THAT WAY.

>> SO ALL.

>> RIGHT.

>> UNFORTUNATE LITTLE TREE.

>> TWO PICTURES, DANA.

WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE RED OAK?

THIS IS LINCOLN.

>> YOU'LL SEE IN THE NEXT PICTURE.

THAT'S HERBICIDE DAMAGE.

>> RIGHT.

SO SOMEBODY DID SOMETHING BECAUSE THAT'S TERRIBLE.

>> YEAH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THREE PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

THIS IS ALSO LINCOLN.

CONCERN ABOUT HOLES IN THE TRUNK OF THE TREE.

THIS IS SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THE HOUSE.

>> ON THE NEXT PICTURES YOU START TO SEE IT'S NOT INSECT OR ANYTHING.

IT'S JUST DECAY FROM OLD WOUNDS.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FULL TREE, YOU'LL SEE SOME DIEBACK AND STUBS IN THE TOP.

SO THAT'S NEEDS A CERTIFIED ARBORIST TO COME DO A RISK ASSESSMENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THREE PICTURES FROM BLAIR.

THIS IS A NORWAY MAPLE PLANTED IN EARLY SPRING.

HER HUSBAND HIT IT WITH THE MOWER.

AND SHE DOESN'T THINK IT'S GOING TO DO VERY WELL.

>> YEAH HIS GRASS LOOKS AWESOM BUT THESE TREES YOU NEED 25% OR LESS OF THE CIRCUMFERENCE TO JUSTIFY KEEPING THE TREE.

IT TIME TO JUST TAKE IT OUT, CHECK WITH YOUR WARRANTY.

AND THEN THESE PICTURES ARE JUST LEAF SCORCH, WHICH NORWAY MAPLES ARE PRONE TO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU DANA.

WELL, WHILE WORKING IN THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN, WE REDISCOVERED A HIDDEN GEM IN THE ROSE WORLD.

LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT ROSA PULVERULENTA.

(UPBEAT MUSIC) WE HAVE A HIDDEN GEM IN OUR BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN THAT I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT TOO.

THIS IS ROSA PULVERULENTA.

IT DOES HAVE A COMMON NAME, BUT WE'RE NOT SURE WHAT IT IS.

THIS IS ONE THAT CAME TO US BECAUSE HARLAN HAMER FROM CLARKSON BLUEBIRD NURSERY.

THIS IS HIS ABSOLUTELY FAVORITE ROSE IN THE ROSE WORLD.

NOT MUCH FOR FLOWERING.

FIVE PETALED SMALL PINK FLOWERS ARCHING FORM.

THIS ONE HAS A DEEP SORT OF A DARK PURPLISH LEAF TO IT BECAUSE IT IS A SELECTION, BUT ITS CLAIM TO FAME IS THESE INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL HIPS.

THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT SPINY AND SPIKY, SO YOU DON'T WANT TO JUST PICK ONE AND POP IT IN YOUR MOUTH.

THEY GIVE YOU THIS AMAZING, BEAIFUL SURPRISE IN THE LANDSCAPE BECAUSE HERE THEY ARE.

THEY'RE HUGE.

THEY'RE ORANGE, THEY STAY ORANGE.

AND NOBODY REALLY EXPECTS TO SEE THAT IN A GREEN LANDSCAPE THIS TIME OF YEAR.

HARD TO FIND IN THE TRADE.

PROBABLY WORTH IT IF YOU WANT A ROSE THAT BY ANY OTHER NAME IS STILL A ROSE.

BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE DOUBLE FLOWERS.

LITTLE TINY BIT OF JAPANESE BEETLE DAMAGE, BUT NOTHING LIKE SOME OF OUR OTHER SHRUB ROSES.

SO TRY FOR ROSA PULVERULENTA IN YOUR LANDSCAPE.

THIS ROSE IS TUCKED BEHIND THE SEATING WALL ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BACKYARD FARMER GARDEN, AND IT'S PROOF THAT SOME OF THE MOST FASCINATING PLANTS ARE THE ONES YOU DON'T SEE EVERY DAY, AND THEY'RE HARD TO PRONOUNCE AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S SEE, WAYNE, ONE PICTURE FROM OMAHA.

THIS MOTH IS ON THE WINDOW.

IS IT A POLYPHEMUS?

>> IT IS A POLYPHEMUS MOTH.

>> OKAY, GOOD TO KNOW.

ONE PICTURE FROM BLAIR.

THIS SEEMS TO BE A TYPE OF HUMMINGBIRD MOTH, BUT SHE'S NEVER SEEN ONE QUITE LIKE THIS.

>> YES, THIS IS ONE OF OUR DAY FLYING HUMMINGBIRD MOTHS.

THIS IS SNOWBERRY CLEARWING.

YOU CAN TL BECAUSE OF THE BLACK LEGS AS OPPOSED TO A HUMMINGBIRD CLEARWING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

NICE.

AND ONE FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS.

WHAT KIND OF MOTH IS THIS?

>> I THINK THIS IS ONE OF OUR UNDERWING MOTHS.

DUE TO ITS SIZE.

IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO TELL THE SPECIES BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE TOP SIDE OF THE UNDERWINGS, HENCE THE NAME UNDERWING MOTH.

THEY'RE USUALLY BRIGHTLY COLORED WITH STREAKS OF BLACK IN THERE, AND THAT PATTERN IS IMPORTANT.

>> AND THEY WON'T SHOW THAT TO YOU UNLESS THEY DECIDE TO FLY.

AND BY THEN YOU'RE NOT PAYING ANY ATTENTION.

>> UNFORTUNATELY, YES.

>> RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT.

OKAY, JEFF.

LET'S SEE.

WE'VE BEEN KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH FOR THIS ONE.

YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES.

THESE WEEDS ARE PROLIFIC, VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL.

HE SAYS HE'S NEVER REALLY SEEN THEM.

FLOWER.

HE DID SEND US.

I ASKED FOR PICTURES OF ROOTS OR SHOOTS OR SOMETHING.

THIS.

AND THIS IS WHAT WE GOT.

>> YOU KNOW, THE CLOSEST I COULD COME LOOKING AT THE LEAVES IS VIRGINIA STICKSEED WAS KIND OF JUST THE VENATION IN THE SHAPE OF THE LEAVES SEEMED TO MATCH UP WITH THAT.

BUT REGARDLESS, I THINK THAT AND IT DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE RHIZOMATOUS REALLY.

SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY THIS TIME OF YEAR, A GOOD THREE-WAY HERBICIDE, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE ABLE TO KNOCK THAT WAY BACK.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FROM SEWARD.

CAN WE IDENTIFY THIS AND IS IT TOXIC.

>> WELL YES IT IS TOXIC.

IT'S SOLOMON'S SEAL.

AND SO THE BERRIES AND THE LEAVES AND ALL THAT IS TOXIC.

YES.

>> AND IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> YEAH.

IT'S FUN.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

AND YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS AND HERE WE GO.

>> THERE WE GO.

GOSH.

ÉÀ VU.

SO YEAH.

SO THIS IS MARESTAIL.

AND THAT'S A BEAUTIFUL ONE TOO BY THE WAY.

SO THAT IS A STATE CHAMPION.

>> YEAH.

SHE HAS A LOT OF THAT AGAINST A FIVE FOOT FENCE.

>> YEAH.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO NEED TO DIG THAT OUT AND PUT IT AWAY.

>> PATENT IT.

>> YEAH.

BAG IT, BAG IT AND SEND IT ON ITS WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO CTURES FOR YOU ON THIS ONE, LOREN.

THIS IS FROM OMAHA.

FOUND THIS GROWING BETWEEN THE DECKING BOARDS.

THEY WONDER IF IT'LL GO AWAY WHEN THINGS DRY OUT.

AND SHOULD THEY WORRY ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER PICTURE OF THIS ONE.

>> GOOD INDICATION THAT IT MIGHT BE TIME TO REPLACE THE DECK.

THIS HAS JUST GROWN ON THE ROTTING WOOD.

THIS IS WITCH'S BUTTER, WHICH IS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR JELLY FUNGI.

FUN NAME.

>> RIGHT AND NON-NATIVE.

IS THAT CORRECT?

THIS IS ONE OR IS THIS ONE.

>> YOU'VE SEEN THIS.

SEEN IT AROUND.

>> OKAY.

>> MAY NOT BE REPORTED, BUT IT'S HERE.

>> OKAY.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

COULD WE PLEASE IDENTIFY THESE AND RECOMMEND THE BESTAYS OF GETTING RID OF THEM?

SO THE INTERESTING THING ON THIS ONE, SHE RESEARCHED ONLINE AND SAID, POKE HOLES SIX INCHES DEEP IN THE AREA AND THEN TREAT IT WITH DISH SOAP PER GALLON OF WATER.

>> AND THERE'S ONE PITCHER WITH A FUNNEL, AND IT LOOKS LIKE MAYBE THEY'RE SITTING IN A LAWN CHAIR AND WATCHING THE SOAPY WATER GO IN, WHICH IS AWESOME, BUT IT MIGHT BE FUN.

A COUPLE OF THINGS.

THE SOAPY WATER REALLY WON'T DO ANYTHING IN THIS CASE THAT'S INTENDED TO TREAT.

WHEN YOU HAVE A FAIRY RING AND YOU'VE GOT A HYDROPHOBIC LAYER AND YOU'RE TRYING TO BREAK IT UP TO GET WATER TO PENETRATE, IT WON'T DO IT HERE.

THE THING YOU COULD DO WITH THIS IF YOU WANTED TO, BECAUSE IT'S IN THAT LITTLE STRIP YOU COULD REMOVE, YOU COULD GO IN AND CUT ALL THE GRASS OUT, GET MOST OF THE THATCH OUT, RESEED THE AREA, AND THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY GROWN ON ORGANIC MATERIAL IN THE THATCH, IN THE LAWN, IN THAT SPACE, AND WHERE IT COULD FIND YOU COULD POSSIBLY GET RID OF IT THAT WAY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> BUT NOTHING ELSE YOU COULD DO.

>> ALL RIGHT.

LINCOLN, WHY ARE THE LOWER LEAVES YELLOWING ON THIS ONE?

DANA.

THIS IS PLANTED IN THE SPRING.

AND IT DID BLOOM.

>> YEAH.

>> ROSE OF SHARON.

>> I KNOW IT'S HARD FOR ME NOT TO SAY ROSE OF SHARON, BUT NO, THIS PLANT LOOKS GREAT.

I THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON WITH IT.

GOOD JOB.

>> YEAH.

SO IT JUST HAPPENS.

>> YEAH, IT'S ON THE INSIDE.

OLDER LEAVES.

IT COULD BE EXTRA WATER.

IT COULD JUST BE NORMAL SENESCENCE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE FROM OMAHA.

WHAT IS THE YELLOW STICKY STUFF COMING OUT OF HER CUCUMBER.

>> I MEAN, IT'S JUST A LITTLE SAP.

YOU CAN KIND OF SEE.

IT'S PROBABLY EITHER LIKE AN INJURY OR A WOUND OR INSECT FEEDING.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE PLANT'S A LITTLE BEAT UP.

AND THAT CORKY WINDING TISSUE FROM EARLIER.

BUT THAT'S FINE.

USE A PEELER.

>> OKAY.

AND FROM ELKHORN, ONE PICTURE.

WHY ARE THE TOMATOES SPLITTING?

>> BECAUSE YOU'RE LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN NEBRASKA THAT HAVE GOTTEN SOME PRETTY HEAVY RAINS.

AND THAT'S JUST CRACKING.

SOME OF THOSE.

YOU CAN JUST CUT AROUND IF IT STARTS TO GET REAL SOFT AND ICKY, JUST COMPOST IT.

>> AND I SUSPECT WE HAVE PROBABLY QUITE A FEW PEOPLE WITH THAT HAPPENING.

>> OH, YES.

>> THAT'S, THAT'S A, YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST HAPPENS ON THOSE LIKE BEEFSTEAK TOMATOES, THE CHERRIES, NOT SO MUCH.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

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

THANKS SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO SUBMITTED A QUESTION AND TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT AND UNCONTROLLABLE SHOW.

HELP US ON THE PHONES.

TONIGHT WE HAD GARY BELL, TIM DUNGAN, AND JOHN CARIOTTO.

NEXT TIME ON BACKYARD FARMER, WE'LL HIGHLIGHT A SEED COMPANY RIGHT HERE IN NEBRASKA THAT'S GROWING, HARVESTING AND PACKAGING NATIVE GRASSES AND PERENNIALS FOR YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF.

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

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