>>> "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.
NIGHT ON "BACKYARD FARMER," WE'LL TRY TO GET A HANDLE ON THE JAPANESE BEETLES AND WE'LL HEAR ABOUT A HOBBY GREENHOUSE.
THAT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."
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RIGHT NOW, LET'S GET THINGS STARTED WITH SOME SAMPLES.
AND WAYNE THOSE ARE GOING TO ESCAPE BEFORE YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THEM.
>> YEAH, I WON'T BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE CAMERA BECAUSE I HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THESE THINGS, MAKE SURE THEY DON'T GET LOOSE IN THE STUDIO, ALTHOUGH THEY WON'T DO MUCH DAMAGE.
WHAT I'VE GOT HERE ARE STRAWBERRY ROOT WEEVILS, OUR COMMON HOME AND BUILDING INVADER THIS TIME OF YEAR.
THEY ARE ACTIVE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN COOPED UP IN A BOX IN A COOLER, SO THEY'RE WARMED UP AND READY TO GO.
BUT WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TRY TO GET OUT OF THE HEAT OF THE SUMMER INSIDE, AND THEY CRAWL ON WALLS AND UP ON CEILINGS, AND SOMETIMES UNFORTUNATELY WHILE YOU SLEEP THEY CRAWL ON YOU AND WAKE YOU UP.
BUT THAT'S ABOUT AS BAD AS IT GETS.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE MISTAKEN FOR TICKS.
JUST BECAUSE THOSE ANTENNA ARE REAL LONG, SO LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE EIGHT LEGS.
AND REALLY THEY FALL TYPICALLY WHEN YOU TRY TO CATCH THEM OFF THE CEILING OR ON THE WALL AND THEN YOU HAVE TO TRY AND FIND THEM ON THE FLOOR.
BEST THING IS ANY KIND OF CONTAINER THAT YOU CAN PUT UP UNDERNEATH AND LET THEM DROP IN THERE, AND YOU CAN KICK THEM OUT, VACUUM CLEANER THAT HAS A BAGLESS SYSTEM ON IT WILL WORK WELL TO VACUUM THEM UP AND THEN EMPTY THEM BACK OUTSIDE, OR THERE IS ALWAYS THE GOOD OLD SOAPY WATER PAIL OF DEATH.
>> AND SO DON'T KEEP YOUR STRAWBERRIES ON THE COUNTER OR THEY'RE GOING TO EAT THEM?
>> NO, THE ADULTS REALLY DON'T -- YES, THE LARVAE OF SOME OF THESE SPECIES WILL FEED ON STRAWBERRY ROOTS BUT THEY FEED ON THE ROOTS OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND TYPICALLY AREN'T DAMAGING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
EXCELLENT.
PUT THEM BACK IN THE BOX.
>> WHAT DO THEY CALL THAT LONG LIKE A SNOUT THAT THEY, THAT WEEVILS HAVE?
>> A SNOUT.
>> THEY DO CALL IT A SNOUT.
>> PROBOSCIS.
>> NO, THAT'S WHAT A BUTTERFLY HAS THAT IT DRINKS NECTAR WITH.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, WAYNE.
ALL RIGHT, LOREN.
OUT OF YOUR OWN LANDSCAPE.
>> IMAGINE THAT, THE PATHOLOGIST WOULD HAVE DISEASES IN HIS YARD.
THAT'S WHAT I TRY TO CREATE.
IF YOU GO BY MY HOME AND I HAVE A LOT OF DISEASE THAT WAS INTENTIONAL.
>> UH-HUH.
>> MAYBE, OR MAYBE I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO MANAGE IT.
I BROUGHT ALONG SOMETHING WE'RE KIND OF ON THE FRONT END OF.
THIS IS A LILAC.
WE'RE JUST STARTING TO SEE POWDERY MILDEW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSE WE CAN GET ON THESE LEAVES.
YOU JUST KIND OF SEE THIS DUSTY APPEARANCE OVERALL ON THE LEAVES.
ALMOST LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY WOULD TAKE BABY POWDER OR SOMETHING AND JUST DUST THE LEAVES WHEN THEY START AND YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE STARTS OF LITTLE CLUSTERS OF FUNGAL GROWTH.
AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE SEE EVERY YEAR IN LILACS.
AND USUALLY STARTS A COUPLE WEEKS AFTER WE GET THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
SO AS WE SEE THAT LIGHT INTENSITY DROP WE TEND TO SEE POWDERY MILDEW ON LILAC STARTING TO SHOW UP.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO KILL THE PLANT, AND YOU CAN DO A FEW THINGS JUST TO TRY TO MANAGE IT IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
POWDERY MILDEW SPORES DO NOT LIKE A LOT OF FREE MOISTURE, SO ONE THING YOU CAN DO, WE CAN TALK ABOUT OVERHEAD IRRIGATION, WHICH CAN HELP REDUCE IT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO CONTROL IT.
YOU CAN USE SULFUR SPRAYS.
IF YOU HAVE A NEW PLANT YOU'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH AND YOU'RE SEEING A LOT OF POWDERY MILDEW, YOU MY WANT TO DO THAT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> OTHERWISE, JUST ONE OF THE THINGS YOU'RE GOING TO SEE, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE.
YOUR LILACS ARE GOING TO DEFOLIATE SOME, AND THAT WILL BE POWDERY MILDEW.
>> THANKS, LOREN.
ALL RIGHT, KELLY, THE CHALLENGE IS WHETHER YOU'RE GOING TO ACTUALLY EAT ONE OF THOSE ON AIR.
>> YES, I WAS ASKED THAT AND I THINK I WILL PASS.
BUT I HAVE A PLATE OF ONIONS, AND WHY?
WELL IT'S COUNTY FAIR TIME, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF 4-HERS ENTERING EXHIBITS AT COUNTY FAIR, AND OF COURSE 4-H IS A YOUTH PROGRAM AT LAND GRANT UNIVERSITY, SO IN NEBRASKA IT'S YOUTH PROGRAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN, COORDINATED BY NEBRASKA EXTENSION.
SO AT THIS TIME OF THE YEAR WE'RE DOING SOME JUDGING OF THINGS, AND WE'LL OFTEN HEAR PEOPLE SAY NOW WHY DID THAT GET A PURPLE RIBBON AND THIS ONE GET A RED RIBBON?
AND ONIONS ARE A GOOD EXAMPLE.
THE KEY THING TO REMEMBER WITH JUDGING IS 4-HERS ARE LEARNING HOW TO PREPARE VEGETABLES FOR STORAGE AND OR MARKETING.
SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE ONIONS, MIGHT BE ALL THE PEELS ARE SKINNED OFF.
THEY LOOK BEAUTIFUL.
THEY'RE SHINY.
THEY'RE REALLY, REALLY CLEAN AND THEY HAVE A RED RIBBON AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A PLATE WHERE ALL THE SKINS ARE ON, THEY'RE NOT AS SHINY.
THERE MIGHT EVEN BE SOME DIRT ON THAT, ON THOSE OUTER SKINS AND THEY WILL HAVE A PURPLE.
AND THAT'S WHY.
BECAUSE THE 4-HER PREPARED THEM CORRECTLY AND PREPARED THEM AS THEY WOULD BE FOR STORAGE OR MARKETING, RATHER THAN LOOKING REALLY, REALLY PRETTY AT THE COUNTY FAIR.
SO THAT'S TRUE OF ALL THE VEGETABLES, SO STEMS ON, STEMS OFF, IT ALL DEPENDS.
SO HOW YOU SEE THINGS IN THE STORE FOR MARKET OR HOW YOU WOULD STORE THEM YOURSELF THAT'S HOW THEY SHOULD BE EXHIBITED AT THE FAIR.
>> EXCELLENT.
THANK YOU, KELLY.
AND WE DON'T REALLY WANT YOU TO TAKE A BITE OF THAT ON THE AIR.
ALL RIGHT, WAYNE.
YOU GET THE FIRST PICTURES TONIGHT.
AND LOTS AND LOTS OF I.D.
SO THIS ONE IS BLADEN, WHICH IS AN INTERESTING PLACE.
WORKING IN THE YARD, THE INSECT WAS IN THE BACK OF THE PICK UP.
WHAT IS THIS?
>> IT'S A ROBBER FLY.
THEY'RE PREDATORY.
THEY EAT OTHER INSECTS, SO ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS.
>> A ROBBER FLY.
WHAT IS THEIR LARVAL STAGE?
>> THEY'RE A MAGGOT.
I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE THEY HANG OUT.
I'VE NEVER REALLY -- NO ONE'S REALLY ASKED.
NO ONE EVER SAYS ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
>> A ROBBER FLY.
>> THEY ASK ABOUT THE ADULTS.
>> VERY -- VERY COCO.
TRYING TO ROB THE PICK UP APPARENTLY.
THIS ONE IS A PLATTSMOUTH, YOUR SECOND PICTURE.
THIS WAS ON BEE BALM AND SHE WAS REALLY SURPRISED WHEN THIS MOVED.
WHAT IS THIS?
>> IT'S ONE OF OUR MEALYBUGS.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE -- ALL THOSE WHITE PLUMES COMING OFF, THOSE ARE ALL WAX THAT THE INSECT HAS EXUDED OUT OF PORES ON THE SURFACE.
AND SOONER OR LATER LADY BEETLE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS GOING TO COME AROUND AND FIND A NICE MEAL.
>> A MEALY BUG THE SIZE OF A PENNY?
>> THAT'S A BIG ONE.
>> YEAH, THAT -- ALL RIGHT.
A MEALYBUG.
YOUR FINAL ONE FOR THIS ROUND IS FROM STROMSBURG, WHAT IS THIS INSECT?
>> THAT'S A PRIONUS BEETLE.
THAT'S A MALE AND YOU CAN TELL BECAUSE IT HAS THE REALLY LONG THICK ANTENNA.
THE FEMALE WILL BE ABOUT TWICE HIS LENGTH AND ABOUT THREE TIMES AS WIDE AS HE IS, AND HAVE STRINGY, THIN ANTETEAE.
THE LARVAE OF THESE FEED ON THE ROOTS OF GRASSES.
THEY'RE TYPICALLY NOT A LAWN PROBLEM ALTHOUGH YOU CAN GET THEM IN LAWNS.
THEY'RE USUALLY NOT IN HIGH ENOUGH NUMBERS TO WORRY ABOUT.
>> AND THE LONG ANTENNA ARE FOR WHAT REASON?
JUST BECAUSE?
>> THEY'RE IN A GROUP CALLED LONG-HORNED BEETLES.
[LAUGHTER] IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT FOR TONIGHT.
>> OKAY.
MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
>> THE PATHOLOGIST IN THE GROUP LOOKED AT THAT, SAID SOME SORT OF LONG-HORNED BEETLE.
REAL ORIGINAL NAME, WAYNE.
>> YOU KNOW, THE PATHOLOGISTS AND ENTOMOLOGISTS AREN'T REAL CREATIVE WITH THEIR NAMES, USUALLY.
IT'S PRETTY DESCRIPTIVE OF THE ACTUAL THING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SPEAKING OF WHICH, PATHOLOGIST, YOU HAVE A FAIR NUMBER ON YOUR FIRST ROUND HERE.
YOUR FIRST TWO PICTURES ARE PEACH AND THIS IS FROM DOUGLAS SARPY COUNTY OFFICE.
PLANTED THIS ONE LAST YEAR, SEEMS TO BE STRUGGLING.
THE LEAVES ARE TURNING YELLOW AND THERE'S SOME RED SPOTS, AS WELL.
SHE IS TRYING TO GET THE JAPANESE BEETLES OFF BUT SHE ALSO THINKS SOMETHING ELSE IS WRONG.
>> I BELIEVE LOOKING AT THIS THIS COULD BE A BACTERIAL LEAFSPOT.
I'VE SEEN QUITE A FEW OF OUR BACTERIAL DISEASES THIS YEAR.
WITH THIS ONE, I CAN'T SEE A PICTURE OF THE WHOLE LANDSCAPE.
IF THEY CAN DO ANYTHING TO IMPROVE AIR CIRCULATION, AND JUST MAKE SURE THE TREE IS IN GOOD HEALTH.
THEY MAY DO SOME PRUNING, DEPENDING ON GENERAL PRUNING NEEDS FOR THE TREE TO OPEN UP THE CANOPY A LITTLE BIT.
THAT COULD HELP, AS WELL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES ARE SOUTHWEST OMAHA, ASPEN TREES THAT ARE DEVELOPING LEAFSPOTS AND THEN ON ONE, THIS WHOLE BRANCH IS DYING.
SO THAT FIRST ONE WAS A WHOLE BIG STEM.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT THIS GOING ON.
>> YEAH, SO ASPENS GROW FAIRLY QUICKLY, RIGHT?
SO IN PATHOLOGY, ONE OF THE THINGS WE TALK ABOUT IS GROWS FAST, DIES FAST, AND USUALLY THOSE PLANTS ARE REALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO CANKERS.
WHEN YOU SEE A LARGE BRANCH LIKE THAT AFFECTED, I SUSPECT IF YOU FOLLOWED THAT DOWN YOU WOULD SEE A SWOLLEN AREA OR AN AFFECTED AREA THAT WOULD BE OBVIOUSLY DIFFERENT FROM THE ADJACENT BARK, AND YOU CAN JUST SIMPLY PRUNE THAT OUT.
THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU THE BEST WITH THAT.
THESE EDGES AND THESE YELLOWS ON THIS, THIS MAY EVEN BE PART OF THIS SYMPTOM OF SOMETHING THAT IS HAPPENING DOWN LOWER ON THAT BRANCH BECAUSE IT IS THE NEWER GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING SOME YELLOW EDGING ON.
SO I WOULD BE MANAGING THAT GROWTH FOR CANKERS AND TRY TO PRUNE OUT ANYTHING THAT IS AFFECTED ABOUT THREE TO FOUR INCHES BELOW THE AFFECTED AREA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
AND DISPOSE OF PROPERLY.
>> YEAH.
BUT NOT THE -- NOT THE LEAVES HERE.
WATCH THAT STEM FOR A CANKER OR LOOK IF THERE IS ANY SWOLLEN AREA ON IT.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOUR NEXT ONE IS -- THIS IS KEARNEY.
AND THIS IS ACTUALLY HE THOUGHT IT WAS AN ORNAMENTAL PLUM.
IT'S ONE OF THE CHOKECHERRIES.
SO WHAT IS THIS?
>> YEAH, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE WAYNE'S LONGHORN BEETLE.
THIS IS BLACK KNOT.
IT LOOKS LIKE A BLACK KNOT.
THIS IS A FUNGAL DISEASE THAT HITS ALL OF OUR STONE FRUITS, PARTICULARLY PLUMS AND CHERRIES.
WE SEE A LOT OF IT.
PRUNE THIS OUT ABOUT THREE TO FOUR INCHES BELOW TO MANAGE IT, NO REAL TREATMENT OTHER THAN THAT.
>> YOUR FINAL ONE IS A CHOKECHERRY, A SCHUBERT CHOKECHERRY, AND THIS IS IN ST. PAUL, NEBRASKA.
SAP COMING OUT OF THE TREE, NOT SURE WHAT KIND IT WAS.
WE KNEW THAT, BUT HE DID PUT A SOIL DRENCH DOWN.
DOESN'T SEE ANY INSECTS.
WHAT DO WE THINK HERE?
>> A COUPLE THINGS HERE.
IF YOU LOOK CLOSE AT THIS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT BLACK AREA THERE IS ALSO ANOTHER CRACK.
SO I'M REALLY WONDERING IF SOMEHOW THIS TREE MAYBE HAD SOME HIGH WIND SPEED THAT IMPACTED IT AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT SOME DAMAGE, IF THERE'S A CRACK BELOW THAT AREA WHERE WE'RE SEEING SAP.
I WOULD WATCH THIS FOR SEEING HOW -- HOW CLOSE IT IS TO ANY HOUSES AND THINGS.
IT COULD BE A HAZARD TREE.
THERE IS SOME SORT OF DAMAGE GOING ON UNDER THAT DARK AREA WHERE THAT SAP IS COMING FROM AND THAT CRACK, SO BE CAREFUL AND WATCH IT, NOT GOING TO RECOMMEND PUT ANYTHING ON IT.
>> THAT'S A PRETTY BIG TRUNK.
>> LOOKS LIKE -- >> FOR A SCHUBERT CHOKECHERRY.
KIND OF A -- >> MAYBE ON THE OLDER SIDE OF ITS LIFE, TOO, MAYBE.
>> RIGHT, RIGHT, RIGHT.
THANKS, LOREN.
ALL RIGHT, KELLY.
YOUR FIRST TWO PICTURES UNFORTUNATELY COME TO YOU FROM PAPILLION, FROM THE HIGH WINDS.
THIS -- THEIR FIRST ONE HERE IS A MAPLE.
TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.
THE HIGH WIND BROKE THE CENTER OUT OF IT, AND SHE IS WONDERING WHETHER IT WILL EVER REGAIN A GOOD SHAPE OR SHOULD THIS ONE BE REPLACED.
>> YEAH, STORM DAMAGE TO TREES IS VERY DISHEARTENING WHEN WE LOSE AS MANY AS WE DO BECAUSE THEY'RE SO VALUABLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU LOSE THE CENTRAL LEADER OR THE MAIN TRUNK THAT IS NOT GOOD, AND RARELY WILL A TREE, YOU KNOW BECOME A SHADE TREE AGAIN, AND REDEVELOP A CENTRAL LEADER.
THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU LOSE A CENTRAL LEADER TO THE TRUNK, THAT IS AN AREA WHERE THE TREE WON'T COAT IT, WHICH IS THAT COMPARTMENTALIZATION OF DECAY IN TREES, AND SO THE RISK OF DECAY IN THAT IS EVEN THAT MUCH HIGHER.
SO YES, WE WOULD RECOMMEND REMOVAL OF THIS TREE, AND REPLACE IT, SILVER MAPLE, WEAK WOODED, WE'VE HEARD THIS BEFORE, BRITTLE WOODED, SO WHEN YOU REPLACE THESE TREES, YOU KNOW, WITH EXTREME WEATHER, WE'LL PROBABLY CONTINUE TO HAVE EXTREME WEATHER SO WE WANT THOSE WEATHER-READY TREES.
LOOK INTO A TREE THAT IS MAYBE NOT AS FAST GROWING AND A LITTLE STRONGER WOODED.
>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, KELLY.
YOUR NEXT ONE IS ALSO OMAHA.
THIS WAS A POPLAR.
LEADER SNANAED OFF AGAIN, ABOUT EIGHT FEET FROM THE TOP.
AND LARGE BRANCH, AND HE DOES KNOW IT'S A FORMER TREE.
HE WANTS TO KNOW WHETHER HE CAN PLANT A NEW ONE IN THE SAME SPOT IF HE GETS IT GROUND DOWN DEEP ENOUGH AND HE DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE THAT RAISED BED IF HE CAN AVOID IT.
>> YOU CAN REPLANT IN THE SAME LOCATION.
YOU PROBABLY DO WANT TO GRIND OUT THAT TRUNK SOMEWHAT.
YOU DON'T WANT TO LOOSEN THE SOIL TOO MUCH BECAUSE ANOTHER ISSUE WITH TREES IS THEY GET PLANTED TOO DEEP.
IF THEY REALLY GRIND IT OUT AND THAT SOIL GETS REALLY, REALLY LOOSE, AFTER YOU REPLANT A NEW TREE IT MIGHT SINK AND BECOME TOO DEEP.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY ISSUE I WOULD BE CONCERNED WITH.
AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW WHEN -- WE DON'T ALWAYS LIKE THOSE PRETTY THINGS AROUND THOSE TRUNKS, BUT I KNOW PEOPLE USE THEM JUST MAKE SURE YOU DON'T PLANT TOO DEEP.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, KELLY.
YOUR FINAL TWO ARE LINCOLN.
HE PURCHASED THIS BEAUTIFUL JAPANESE MAPLE IN LATE APRIL.
IT WAS DOING BEAUTIFULLY FOR SEVERAL WEEKS, WATERED IT.
MISSED A WEEK, JUST AS THE HEAT TURNED UP, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS.
HE'S WONDERING IS THIS A GONER OR IS THIS -- IS THERE ANY HOPE THAT THIS WILL COME BACK NEXT SPRING?
>> IT LOOKS LIKE A GONER TO ME.
AND WHEN I ZOOMED IN ON THIS PICTURE, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKED IT WAS PLANTED IN A CONTAINER.
I'M NOT REAL SURE IF IT'S IN A CONTAINER OR NOT BUT CHANCES ARE SOMETHING TO DO WITH WATERING.
MAYBE IT WAS OVERWATERED INITIALLY WHEN IT WAS PLANTED OR UNDER-WATERED.
IF IT WAS OVERWATERED AND DIDN'T HAVE GOOD EFFICIENT ROOT SYSTEM IN THAT ONE WEEK OF MAYBE NOT WATERING AND IF IT GOT REALLY HOT WAS JUST TOO MUCH FOR IT.
AND JAPANESE MAPLES ARE A LITTLE BIT TOUCHY.
IT LOOKS LIKE A GONER.
SORRY.
>> START OVER AGAIN UNFORTUNATELY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL YOU KNOW WE'VE HAD A FEW FEATURES IN THE PAST ON JAPANESE BEETLES, BUT THEY ARE BACK IN FORCE, SO WE THOUGHT WE WOULD GIVE YOU AN UPDATE.
KAITLIN CHAPMAN GIVES US SOME TIPS ON HELPING TO KEEP THOSE DARN BEETLES OFF OUR PLANTS.
♪♪ >> WITH OVER 300 DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PLANTS THAT THEY FEED ON, JAPANESE BEETLES ARE ALMOST INEVITABLE IN OUR LANDSCAPES.
THESE METALLIC GREEN AND BROWN BEETLES ARE INVASIVE AND THEY SKELETONIZE LEAVES AND DESTROY FRUITS AND FLOWERS OF MANY DIFFERENT PLANTS.
AND TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY, THEY TEND TO SHOW UP IN HIGH NUMBERS, MAKING MANAGEMENT DIFFICULT.
ADULT JAPANESE BEETLES EMERGE FROM THE GROUND AND BEGIN ACTIVELY FEEDING IN JUNE AND JULY.
DURING THIS TIME, FEMALES LAY EGGS IN THE SOIL, WHICH WILL HATCH INTO WHITE GRUBS WHICH FEED ON TURF UNTIL THEY MATURE AND OVERWINTER.
THROUGHOUT JULY AND AUGUST, YOU CAN DEAL WITH JAPANESE BEETLES BY HAND PICKING THEM OFF OF EASY TO REACH PLANTS AND THROWING THEM INTO A BUCKET OF SOAPY WATER.
THIS IS BEST TO DO IN THE EVENING, AROUND 7:00 P.M., AND MUST BE DONE DAILY TO EVERY OTHER DAY TO KEEP JAPANESE BEETLES POPULATIONS LOW.
INSECTICIDAL OPTIONS INCLUDE TOPICAL SPRAYS OF ACTIVE INGREDIENTS LIKE BIFENTHRIN OR CARBARYL WHICH WILL GIVE YOUR PLANTS ABOUT TWO WEEKS OF PROTECTION UNTIL REAPPLICATION IS NEEDED.
ORGANIC OPTIONS LIKE NEEM OR PYOLA WILL GIVE YOUR PLANTS ABOUT ONE WEEK OF PROTECTION UNTIL REAPPLICATION.
REMEMBER TO NEVER SPRAY FLOWERS TO AVOID HARMING POLLINATORS.
YOU CAN ALSO SPRAY ONLY IN THE EVENINGS OR WAIT UNTIL THE FLOWERS ARE NO LONGER BLOOMING.
TO PREPARE FOR THE BEETLES NEXT YEAR THERE ARE SYSTEMIC OPTIONS SUCH AS IMIDACLOPRID THAT YOU CAN USE IN MAY.
YOU CAN ALSO TREAT YOUR TURF FOR WHITE GRUB BEETLES BUT REMEMBER CONTROLLING THE GRUB STAGE DOES NOT PREVENT ADULT BEETLES FROM FLYING IN FROM OTHER AREAS.
WE ALSO STRONGLY DISCOURAGE THE USE OF JAPANESE BEETLES TRAPS.
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BE ATTRACTING THE BEETLES TO YOUR LANDSCAPE AND THEY OFTEN ATTRACT MORE THAN THE TRAP CAN ACTUALLY HANDLE.
JAPANESE BEETLES CAUSE OUR PLANTS TO LOOK NOT SO GREAT BUT THEY RARELY EVER KILL THE PLANT ITSELF.
AND WHILE THERE IS NO SILVER BULLET FOR CONTROL, THERE ARE OPTIONS THAT CAN HELP YOU PROTECT YOUR PLANTS.
>> THERE IS CERTAINLY NOT MUCH YOU CAN DO TO PREVENT THEM FROM COMING TO YOUR LANDSCAPE, BUT IF YOU DO KEEP ON TOP OF THEM, THEY WON'T EAT EVERYTHING.
RIGHT NOW, THEY ARE REALLY ATTACKING THOSE MARIGOLDS IN OUR "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND THEY'RE RIGHT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THEM AND YOU FLICK AND THERE THEY GO.
THEY'RE JUST DREADFUL.
ALL RIGHT.
WAYNE, LET'S SEE.
YOUR NEXT QUESTION HERE, THIS IS FROM UNADILLA, AND THESE WERE ON ARONIA LEAVES, "“GOLDEN EGGS,"” IN QUOTES, AND LITTLE RED GUYS.
HE THINKS WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, BUT HE CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT IS.
WHAT IS IT?
>> THESE ARE FRESHLY HATCHED WHEEL BUG NYMPHS.
>> FUN.
>> SO THAT FRONT PART IS GOING TO TURN BLACK HERE BEFORE TOO LONG.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT ALREADY ON THE LEGS.
SO THESE ARE GOOD GUYS.
THESE ARE PREDATORY.
>> UH-HUH.
THAT'S COOL.
ALL RIGHT.
YOUR NEXT ONE IS ALSO FROM WESTERN OTOE COUNTY.
HASN'T SEEN ONE OF THESE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
AND IT'S RELATIVELY SIMILAR TO YOUR NEXT PICTURE, WHICH IS FROM HAWAIIAN VILLAGE ALONG THE PLATTE.
BUT THIS NEXT PICTURE HAS SOME HITCHHIKERS.
WHAT ARE THESE GREEN WORMS?
>> I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO THE FIRST PICTURE FIRST, SO I CAN TELL PEOPLE HOW TO IDENTIFY.
SO THERE IS TWO DIFFERENT BIG HORNWORM CATERPILLARS WE CAN GET ON OUR SOLANACEOUS PLANTS IN THE LANDSCAPE.
WE HAVE THE TOBACCO HORNWORM AND THE TOMATO HORNWORM.
WHEN IT COMES TO FIGURING OUT WHICH CATERPILLAR IS WHICH, YOU LOOK AT THOSE WHITE OBLIQUE STRIPES ON THE SIDE.
THE TOBACCO HORNWORM HAS SEVEN, WHICH THIS ONE HAS.
THE TOMATO HORNWORM HAS EIGHT.
>> AND SOMEBODY COUNTED.
SOME GRADUATE STUDENT.
>> SOME -- YES, SOMEWHERE, SOMEWHERE BACK IN TIME, SOMEONE DID A LOT OF COUNTING AND FIGURED THAT OUT.
AND SO THAT'S HOW YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE.
THEY FEED RELATIVELY THE SAME.
TOBACCO HORNWORM GETS SLIGHTLY BIGGER.
IF WE GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE -- THERE WE GO -- THIS IS FUN BECAUSE THIS IS NATURE'S CONTROL AT WORK RIGHT NOW.
>> MM-HMM.
>> EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE WHITE THINGS COMING OUT OF THE CATERPILLAR IS A PARASITIC WASP COCOON.
>> MM-HMM.
>> SO THAT CATERPILLAR IS TOAST, AND THEY'RE GOING TO PRODUCE A BUNCH OF LITTLE WASPS AND TAKE CARE OF MORE CATERPILLARS FOR YOU.
IT'S ALWAYS FUN WHEN YOU SEE THOSE.
>> THAT'S PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT, YOUR NEXT ONE HERE IS, LET'S SEE, THIS IS ON THE BACK OF SQUASH LEAVES.
FOUND -- THEY WERE LOOKING FOR SQUASH BUG EGGS, BUT THEY DIDN'T THINK THIS WAS SQUASH BUG EGGS.
WHAT'S THIS?
>> WELL, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF DEBATE BETWEEN JODY AND I AS TO WHAT THIS IS.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS, I SEE THE RING AROUND THE TOP, AND I THINK STINK BUG EGGS BECAUSE IF YOU GOT IN WITH A MAGNIFYING GLASS, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE WHAT LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE CROWN RUNNING AROUND THE TOP.
AND IT'S TOUGH FROM THIS TO TELL FOR SURE, SO IF THEY GOT IN REAL CLOSE AND THEY SAW THAT WITH LIKE A MAGNIFYING LENS, THEN I WOULD SAY IT'S STINKBUG EGGS.
IT COULD ALSO BE EGGS FROM A MOTH.
>> FROM A MOTH?
>> LAID IN A GROUP.
MY GUT TELLS ME STINKBUG EGGS, BUT -- >> AND THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE IT'S ON SQUASH OR BECAUSE OF THE LITTLE CROWN THING?
>> BECAUSE OF THE CROWN THAT I CAN KIND OF MAKE OUT ON TOP.
SINCE THEY'RE DARK THEY'RE ABOUT READY TO HATCH.
>> DO STINKBUG EGGS SMELL LIKE STINKBUGS?
COULD THEY SQUASH THEM AND THEY'D STINK?
>> WELL, I'M NOT SURE THE SCENT GLAND IS ACTIVE YET.
I WOULDN'T KNOW.
THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD RESEARCH PROJECT.
WANT TO VOLUNTEER AS OUR SNIFFER?
[LAUGHTER] >> BUT WHAT THEY SHOULD DO IS SCRAPE OFF AND SQUISH?
>> PROBABLY A SQUISH SITUATION IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE EITHER WAY THAT MANY CATERPILLARS CAN DO SOMETHING TO YOUR SQUASH PLANT.
>> IF THEY SMELL LIKE STINKBUGS, WAYNE WOULD KNOW IT SO HE KNOWS NEXT TIME.
>> OH, DEAR.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, WAYNE.
ALL RIGHT.
LOREN, THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER, HAS HAD DAYLILIES IN THIS LOCATION ABOUT EIGHT YEARSRS THEY DO GET WATER FROM AN UNDERGROUND IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
YOU GOT THIS PICTURE AND I THINK A SECOND ONE.
THIS YEAR AND LAST, THE FOLIAGE TURNED BROWN VERY EARLY.
WHILE EVERYTHING ELSE AROUND IS STILL GREEN.
ANY IDEAS ON THIS?
>> A COUPLE THINGS ON THIS.
IT COULD BE -- DAYLILIES WILL GET FUSARIUM WILT AND WHERE IT'S ALONG A DRIVE LIKE THAT AND THAT SCENARIO THAT COULD GET PRETTY HOT, THAT COULD BE THE CASE THERE.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS THOUGH I TEND TO THINK IT'S THAT RESPONSE TO EXTREME HEAT AND MAYBE IT WAS DRY, MAYBE CHECK THAT UNDERGROUND IRRIGATION SYSTEM, MAKE SURE THEY'RE GETTING PLENTY OF WATER.
IF THAT'S THE CASE, I THINK IT COULD BE A FUSARIUM WILT ISSUE.
YOU MAY SEE THEM GRADUALLY DECLINE.
IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO CONTROL THAT AT THIS POINT BECAUSE THESE ARE ESTABLISHED PLANTS AND THAT FUNGUS IS PROBABLY THROUGHOUT THE CROWNS IN LITTLE CORMS OF THE PLANT UNDERGROUND, OR TUBERS, SO I WOULD JUST PROBABLY WATCH THIS SITUATION, AND SEE HOW IT DEVELOPS, CHECK IRRIGATION SYSTEM.
IF YOU'RE GETTING PLENTY OF MOISTURE, YOU MAY DECIDE TO RE-ESTABLISH SOMETHING DIFFERENT THERE.
>> SO THERE REALLY ISN'T -- >> IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO CONTROL THAT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE IN ALL THOSE LITTLE TUBERS UNDERGROUND.
YOU CAN TRY SOME FUNGICIDE DRENCHES, BUT AGAIN I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO CONTROL.
THE WAY THOSE LOOK, IF THEY'RE BEING IMPACTED THAT MUCH, AND THEY'RE GETTING ADEQUATE WATER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, LOREN.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT WHAT SHE WANTS TO HEAR ON THAT NICE STRIP.
>> NO, SORRY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A VIEWER YOUR NEXT ONE FROM LINCOLN.
CUCUMBER LEAF EDGES ARE TURNING BROWN, AND THEY'RE DRYING OUT.
THEY DO GET REGULAR WATER.
THEY'RE PRODUCING GOOD FRUIT.
AT TIMES THE WHOLE PLANT LOOKS WILT-Y AND SHE IS WONDERING IS THIS BACTERIA WILT.
CAN SHE SAVE THE PLANT OR WILL IT TRANSFER?
>> A COUPLE THINGS.
IF WE HAD BACTERIAL WILT, YOU WOULD SEE THOSE VINES COLLAPSE FAIRLY QUICKLY.
AND THEY WOULDN'T BE RECOVERING THE WAY THEY ARE.
WITH THE WHITE MARGIN LIKE THAT, I REALLY WONDERED IF THIS WASN'T A RESPONSE TO JUST COOL TO HIGH TEMPERATURE AND SOME RAPID GROWTH.
IT'S TOO UNIFORM TO REALLY BE A DISEASE.
SO I WOULD SIMPLY KEEP PROVIDING WATER, SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPS.
IF YOUR NEW GROWTH IS COMING OUT FINE, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO BE FINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
EXCELLENT.
AND YOUR FINAL ONE HERE IS OMAHA.
THIS IS PEPPER PLANTS.
THEY'RE SLOWLY LOSING ALL THEIR LEAVES, THEY'RE GETTING BLACK SPOTS.
SHE WATERS JUST ON GROUND, NOT OVERHEAD.
IT'S ONLY HAPPENING TO THE PLANTS IN THE GROUND.
SHE IS WONDERING IF IT'S SOMETHING FROM THE MULCH OR WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE?
>> WE'RE SEEING THIS IS WE TALKED ABOUT BACTERIAL LEAFSPOTS ON ANOTHER PLANT EARLIER AND WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF THAT.
THEY'RE SEEING A LOT OF BACTERIA LEAFSPOT ON PEPPERS THIS YEAR, TOO.
THIS CAN COME IN WITH YOUR TRANSPLANTS, SO THIS IS A REMINDER THAT ANY TIME YOU PURCHASE PLANTS IF THERE'S ANY DISTORTED -- DISCOLORED LEAVES TO REMOVE THOSE AND USE SANITATION EARLY ON, OR MAYBE YOU'VE HAD PEPPERS IN THIS SITE BEFORE.
AND YOU HAD SOME RESIDUE WHERE THAT ORGANISM IS OVERWINTERING.
IF YOU CAN, REALLY AVOID OVERHEAD IRRIGATION.
YOU CAN USE SOME COPPER SPRAYS TO HELP IF YOU PULL THOSE LEAVES OFF THAT ARE SEVERELY AFFECTED.
AND THEN AT THE END OF THE YEAR, MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEANING EVERYTHING UP AND GETTING RID OF IT BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THAT ORGANISM IS GOING TO OVERWINTER.
>> DON'T PUT IT IN YOUR COMPOST.
>> DON'T PUT IT IN YOUR COMPOST.
THAT WOULD BE IDEAL, UNLESS YOU'RE REALLY GOOD AT COMPOSTING AND CAN GET THAT TURNED AND COMPOSTED AT A HIGH ENOUGH TEMPERATURE.
>> WE'RE ALL LAUGHING BECAUSE I'M GUESSING NONE OF US ARE -- >> MOST PEOPLE THROW IT ON A COMPOST PILE, SO YEAH, YOU'RE BETTER OFF TO THROW IT AWAY IF THAT'S HOW YOU COMPOST.
>> THANKS, LOREN.
OKAY.
KELLY, YOUR FIRST ONE HERE IS YEWS AND SHE SAYS THEY'RE IN TROUBLE.
IT SURE LOOKS LIKE A EXACT SAME SPOT ON ALL OF THESE RIGHT AGAINST THE SIDEWALK OR A DOG WITH A LEG.
>> RIGHT.
THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
YEAH, BROWNING -- IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR YEWS TO SHOW SOME BROWNING, ESPECIALLY IN THE SPRING, AS WINTER INJURY WHICH THAT PROBABLY ISN'T IN THIS CASE.
A COUPLE OF THINGS I'M NOTICING IS IT'S RIGHT THERE BY THE SIDEWALK, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE EXPOSURE IS, IT COULD BE WITH THE HEAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING, THAT TENDER GROWTH IN JUNE.
IT COULD JUST BE SOME HEAT INJURY, OR DO YOU USE SALT IN THE WINTERTIME?
DO YOU USE SALT, ANY KIND OF DE-ICING SALT ON THAT AREA?
THAT COULD CONTRIBUTE TO THIS.
THIS OTHER THOUGHT WAS YEWS ARE VERY SUSCEPTIBLE -- THEY DON'T LIKE TO BE WOUNDED OR BUMPED TOO MUCH AND THEY'LL TURN BROWN AND THAT WAS KIND OF RIGHT ON A CORNER.
MAKE SURE SOMETHING IS NOT HITTING THAT PLANT, AS YOU KNOW MAYBE -- SOMEBODY HAS A WAGON AND THEY TURN THE CORNER WITH THE WAGON AND THEY DON'T QUITE MAKE IT, OR WHATEVER.
IT COULD EVEN BE SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
SO I WOULD JUST SNIP OUT THE BROWN IF YOU NEED TO, JUST DON'T CUT BACK BEYOND WHERE THERE IS GREEN.
AND OTHERWISE, THEY LOOK PRETTY HEALTHY SO I THINK THEY'LL BE FINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS.
YOUR NEXT TWO ARE LEAF DAMAGE IN HOSTAS.
SECOND YEAR THIS HAS HAPPENED.
THEY'RE IN A MULCH BED WITH A DRIP LINE IN PART SUN, AWAY FROM THE WIND.
THE FRONT DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE AS MUCH DAMAGE.
>> OKAY.
YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT CLOSELY IT DOES LOOK LIKE LEAF SCORCH WHICH HOSTA IS VERY, VERY SUSCEPTIBLE TO, ESPECIALLY -- USUALLY MORE IN FULL SUN BUT THERE MIGHT BE JUST ENOUGH SUN.
SOME OF THEM PREFER FULL SHADE.
IF YOU HAVE LOW ORGANIC MATTER SOILS, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO GET LEAF SCORCH, AS WELL AND, AGAIN, WE'VE JUST HAD UNUSUALLY HIGH TEMPERATURES IN JUNE.
THE ONLY OTHER POSSIBILITY WOULD MAYBE BE A FUSARIUM CROWN ROT OR ROOT ROT.
IF THE ROOTS WERE AFFECTED AND ROTTING, THEN THE ABOVE GROUND SYMPTOMS WOULD BE LEAF SCORCH, AS WELL, BUT SHE MAY JUST WANT TO TRY TO RELOCATE THESE TO LITTLE BIT MORE SHADE.
>> AND YOUR FINAL ONE IS ALSO A HOSTA.
HE HAS ONE THAT LOOKS GREAT AND ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS, WITH KIND OF THAT FUNKY CENTER IN IT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK HERE?
>> I COULDN'T SEE ANY REASON WHY THE ONE WOULD BE MUCH SMALLER THAN THE OTHER ONE.
I'M GOING TO BE SILLY AND SAY SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST, THE BIGGER ONE JUST TOOK HOLD AND DEVELOPED THE ROOTS BETTER AND IT'S NOW COMPETING WITH THAT SECOND ONE.
THEY'RE PLANTED REALLY CLOSE TOGETHER, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO MOVE THAT SECOND ONE AND GIVE BOTH OF THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE.
>> I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY ONE HOSTA WITH A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN VOLES GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THEM.
>> YES, GO THROUGH.
HE HAD ASKED WHY WAS ONE SMALLER THAN THE OTHER ONE.
>> RIGHT.
>> BUT YEAH, THAT'S A POSSIBILITY IF THERE WERE SOME VOLE DAMAGE UNDERNEATH THERE.
>> DIG AND SEE.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, KELLY.
WE ARE PROUD TO SHOW YOU OUR GARDEN, AND THIS YEAR HAS BEEN ANOTHER FANTASTIC SHOW.
TONIGHT, TERRI JAMES TELLS US THE CONTAINERS ARE REALLY LOOKING BEAUTIFUL.
LET'S TAKE A MINUTE TO HEAR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.
♪♪ >> THIS WEEK IN THE "“BACKYARD FARMER"” GARDEN, WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT OUR CONTAINERS AND SEE HOW THEY'RE DOING.
MOST OF THEM ARE DOING FANTASTICALLY.
WE GOT SOME GREAT COLOR COMBINATIONS, TEXTURES, REALLY LOOKING REALLY GOOD.
HOWEVER, THIS HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS REALLY GOING TO TAKE A TOLL ON SOME OF THEM.
IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR CONTAINERS LOOKING GOOD D THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER, NOW IS THE TIME TO START ADDING THAT LIQUID FERTILIZER.
JUST GIVE THEM A LITTLE BIT OF SHOT WHEN YOU WATER EVERY COUPLE WEEKS AND THAT WILL REALLY HELP BRING THOSE PLANTS THROUGH THIS HEAT OF THE SUMMER, AND KEEP THEM LOOKING GOOD UNTIL FALL.
A COUPLE PLANTS THAT WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE WE USE AGAIN NEXT YEAR ARE OUR BUNNY TAILS GRASS, AND OUR NEW BEGONIA VIKING RED ON CHOCOLATE, AN ALL-AMERICA SELECTION WINNER FROM 2019.
SO STOP BY THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND CHECK THEM OUT.
>>> IT'S REALLY GREAT TO SEE THOSE CONTAINERS DOING SO WELL.
WE DO HOPE YOU'LL STOP BY, TAKE A FEW NOTES FOR YOU TO TRY AROUND YOUR GARDEN OR AT YOUR HOUSE.
WE NEED TO TAKE A SHORT BREAK.
STAY WITH US.
COMING UP IS THE LIGHTNING ROUND AND THE PLANT OF THE WEEK.
THERE'S MUCH MORE GOOD GARDENING TO COME ON "BACKYARD FARMER" RIGHT AFTER THIS.
♪♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO "BACKYARD FARMER."
COMING UP LATER, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT HOW A UNL FACULTY MEMBER BUILT HIS OWN HOBBY GREENHOUSE.
YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN THOSE QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446.
OR SEND US PICTURES AND E-MAILS TO BYF@UNL.EDU.
RIGHT NOW, IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.
ALL RIGHT, KELLY.
YOU READY?
>> I'LL GIVE IT MY BEST SHOT.
>> THIS IS A BELLEVUE VIEWER.
THEY WANT TO KNOW WHETHER MIXING EPSOM SALTS WITH WATER IS GOOD FOR YOUR TOMATO PLANTS.
>> IT COULD BE GOOD IF THE PLANT NEEDS MAGNESIUM BUT THEY DON'T.
SO, DON'T BOTHER.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A CEDAR BLUFFS VIEWER.
HE SAYS HIS BRUSSELS SPROUTS ARE DOING BEAUTIFULLY BUT HE'S WONDERING SHOULD HE GO AHEAD AND START PULLING OFF THE LOWER LEAVES?
>> SURE.
SORRY, I'M NOT SURE WHY BUT -- >> ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A WALTHILL VIEWER, WONDER -- HE HAS MATURE COTTONWOODS AND WHITE PINES, HE'S WONDERING CAN HE GO AHEAD AND SPRAY ROUNDUP AROUND THE BASE TO GET RID OF THE WEEDS.
>> YES YOU CAN, IF THEY'RE MATURE AND YOU DON'T HAVE ANY GREEN ON THAT TRUNK, FOLLOW LABEL DIRECTIONS AND IT SHOULD BE FINE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE LOTS OF VIEWERS WHO SEEN US TALK ABOUT DRIFT ON TOMATOES AND THEY'RE WONDERING IS THERE ANY REMEDY FOR CHEMICAL DRIFT ON TOMATOES?
>> ONCE THE TOMATO HAS IT, THERE'S NO REMEDY.
THE REMEDY IS WHOEVER IS SPRAYING TO DO IT VERY CAREFULLY AND NOT ON WINDY DAYS, NOT ON EXTREMELY HOT DAYS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW IS THERE A PLACE TO GET A FREE TREE RISK ASSESSMENT DONE?
>> NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
I WOULD CALL THE NEBRASKA FOREST SERVICE OR A TREE CARE SERVICE, BUT I WOULD CHECK WITH THE NEBRASKA FOREST SERVICE.
NEBRASKA ARBORETUM ASSOCIATION AND THEY HAVE A -- YOU CAN GO ON THEIR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN LOCATE A CERTIFIED ARBORIST ON THEIR WEBSITE.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> MAY BE A PLACE TO START, TOO.
>> THANKS, KELLY.
ALL RIGHT, LOREN, READY?
>> READY AS PIECE OF WARM CHERRY PIE IS FOR ICE CREAM TONIGHT, KIM.
>> NOW WE'RE HUNGRY.
I'M GOING TO PUNISH YOU FOR THAT.
SIOUX CITY VIEWER HAD BOUGHT 20 BAGS OF MULCH LAST YEAR AND IT GOT MOLDY.
THEY'RE WONDERING IF IT WILL HARM PLANTS IF HE SPREADS IT AROUND HIS PLANTS.
>> I WOULD GO AHEAD AND USE IT.
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT GROWING INTO A MAT INSIDE THERE BECAUSE YOU CAN HAVE SOME HYDROPHOBIC ACTIVITY WHERE THE WATER WOULD BE REPELLED.
IF YOU BREAK IT UP AND PUT IT OUT THERE, I'M GUESSING THAT'S NOT THE CASE, ANYWAY.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A WEST DES MOINES VIEWER WHO FOUND PATCHES OF SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE EITHER COTTON OR FOAM UNDER THE TREES WHERE THE TURF IS THIN.
SOME SORT OF -- >> FOAM, MAYBE LIKE A -- DEPENDING ON WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IF IT'S LOOKING FOAMY, IT MAY BE A SLIME MOMO.
THE OTHER THING RIGHT NOW ARE COTTONWOODS ARE ALL PRODUCING SO MUCH COTTON THAT THAT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE, TOO.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A UNADILLA VIEWER, HAS JUST THE TIPS ON CEDARS ARE DEAD.
IS THAT WINTER?
IS THERE A DISEASE ON JUNIPERS THAT IS THE TIPS?
>> IF ALL THE TIPS ARE DEAD, IT'S WINTER INJURY.
IF JUST A SCATTERED GROUP OF TIPS ARE DEAD, THERE IS A SEVERAL TIP BLIGHTS ON JUNIPERS.
I WOULD JUST PRUNE THOSE OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
CAN'T ROTATE TOMATOES.
WHAT WILL PREVENT OR SLOW BLIGHT?
>> STRAWAWULCH, UNDER -- IRRIGATING SOAKER HOSE IRRIGATION, MAKING SURE YOU HAVE DECENT AIR MOVEMENT, DON'T PLANT THEM TOO TIGHT, YOU CAN PUT THEM ON A POLE AND TRELLIS THEM AND THAT WILL INCREASE AIR MOVEMENT AND REDUCE BLIGHT.
AND THEN GOOD SANITATION.
>> AND I'M SENSING A PATTERN HERE ON THE LAST QUESTION I ASK.
SO WAYNE, ARE YOU READY?
>> SOUNDS LIKE I HAVE TO BE THE ONE MINUTE ON THE LAST ONE.
>> LET THAT LAST QUESTION GO ALONG.
>> YES.
THIS IS A VIEWER WHO WORKS IN HER GARDEN A LOT, AND SHE SAYS SHE IS JUST GETTING BITTEN TO PIECES BY CHIGGERS.
HOW DO YOU CONTROL THEM IN THE GARDEN?
>> IN THE GARDEN?
PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO WEAR REPELLENT.
YOU CAN SPRAY THAT ON YOUR PANT LEGS OR SOCKS AS WELL AS YOUR SHOES AND THAT WORKS WELL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> DEET IS THE GOLD STANDARD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO FOUND A BIG, PRETTY STAG BEETLE IN HIS GARAGE.
HE WONDERS WHAT THEY EAT AND WHY WAS IT IN THE GARAGE IF IT WAS NOT GOING TO STEAL HIS CAR?
>> THE LARVAE TYPICALLY EAT ROTTING LOGS OR OTHER DECAYING ORGANIC MATTER.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY NEED TO BE WORRIED ABOUT DAMAGING THEIR HOME.
>> WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO DIAGNOSED JUNIPER WEBWORM.
SHE SPRAYED THE WHOLE TREE WITH DIAZINON.
SHE WONDERS IF ONE TREATMENT WAS ENOUGH OR WAS THAT THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
>> WELL, YOU CAN'T GET DIAZINON ANYMORE, SO THAT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE BEST CHOICE TO SPRAY IT WITH.
MONITOR THE TREE, AND SEE IF YOU NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH A DIFFERENT CURRENTLY LABELED PRODUCT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A GRAND ISLAND VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW WHAT TINY CATERPILLAR COULD POSSIBLY TOTALLY DESTROY HER PETUNIA BLOSSOMS.
>> WELL, THAT'S OUR OLD FRIEND TOBACCO BUDWORM.
IT FLIES UP FROM THE SOUTH EVERY YEAR, FROM LOREN'S NECK OF THE WOODS WHERE HE GREW UP.
AND THEY FEED ON A WHOLE HOST OF THINGS AND PETUNIAS ARE ONE OF THOSE FUN THINGS THEY FEED ON.
THEY CAN ACTUALLY TURN THE COLOR OF THE PETUNIAS THAT THEY EAT.
>> YES, THEY CAN.
>> KIND OF A FUN COLOR-CHANGING PIECE.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG LOREN EXPECTS ME TO DRAG THIS OUT.
>> YOU'RE DONE.
>> MAYBE SOME FLOWERS THAT YOU FOUND, WAYNE?
>> ALL RIGHT.
KELLY.
WHAT ARE OUR PLANTS OF THE WEEK?
>> I DO HAVE TO SAY WITH THE BRUSSELS SPROUTS, I HAVE NEVER GROWN BRUSSELS SPROUTS.
ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO REMOVE THE LOWER LEVELS?
>> YES.
>> OKAY, FOR THAT VIEWER.
I HAVEN'T GROWN THEM SO I WASN'T SURE.
THE PLANT OF THE WEEK, THIS IS LIATRIS, THIS TALL SPIKE IS "“LEE-ATRIS,"” OR "“LYE-ATRIS"” WHICHEVER YOU PREFER TO SAY, BOTH ARE CORRECT, OR GAY FEATHER IS ANOTHER COMMON NAME.
THIS IS ONE OF OUR NATIVE PLANTS AND IT LOVES FULL SUN, GETS KIND OF AN UPRIGHT PLANT.
IF THIS IS PYCNOSTACHYA, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IT GETS FAIRLY TALL.
THEY DO FINE IN A RAIN GARDEN, SO THE BOTTOMS OF RAIN GARDENS THEY'LL DO OKAY.
THEY GROW FROM A CORM WHICH VOLES TEND TO LOOK.
THAT CAN BE AN ISSUE SOMETIMES.
OR THEY CAN COME BACK FROM SEED.
SO GREAT POLLINATOR PLANT, AS WELL.
THE SMALLER ONE WITH THE VERY TINY FLOWERS IS HERRENHAUSEN OREGANO.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY AN ORNAMENTAL OREGANO, ALTHOUGH THE LEAVES SMELL LIKE AND I'M SURE ARE EDIBLE, AS WELL.
IT'S GROWN FOR THESE VERY DELICATE FINE TEXTURED FLOWERS.
IT TOO LIKES FULL SIGN.
IT WILL DO BETTER IN A DRY SOIL, SO DON'T OVERWATER IT.
VERY PRETTY, DELICATE, FINE TEXTURED BLOOM THAT ATTRACTS LOTS OF POLLINATORS.
>> EXCELLENT.
ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, KELLY.
ALL RIGHT.
YOUR FIRST THREE ARE FROM THE SAME VIEWER, WAYNE.
THIS IS NEAR MONDAMIN, IOWA, GREAT BIG TIMBERED AREA WITH LARGE BLACK WALNUTS AND WE HAVE THE TRUNK, WE HAVE THE LEAVES, WE HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES OF THIS.
AND THEY ARE LOSING THE LEAVES AND THE CANOPY AND FINDING THESE ON THE -- ON THE LEAVES.
WHAT DO WE HAVE GOING ON HERE?
>> THIS IS WALNUT CATERPILLAR.
I HAPPEN TO GET CALLED IN ON ONE OF THESE IN -- JUST OUTSIDE OF NORFOLK A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WHERE THEY HAD TO COMPLETELY DEFOLIATE.
NO LEAF TISSUE ON TWO 25-FOOT WALNUTS, JUST ABSOLUTELY GONE.
WHEN THEY'RE DONE FEEDING AND THEY'RE READY TO PUPATE THEY CRAWL DOWN ON THE TRUNK LIKE THAT AND SPIN ALL THAT SILK AND THEY PUPATE UP UNDERNEATH THAT.
SO ALL THOSE HOLES THEY'RE SEEING UP UNDERNEATH THAT IS WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE EXITED AS THE MOTH.
THIS CAN BE AN ISSUE IF IT'S REPEATED YEAR AFTER YEAR FOR THE TREE.
TYPICALLY THOUGH, OUTBREAKS OF THESE DON'T GO PAST TWO YEARS, BECAUSE YOUR NATURAL ENEMIES, YOUR DISEASES AND OTHER INSECTS THAT GO AFTER THEM, TEND TO CATCH UP WITH THEM.
>> YOUR NEXT ONE IS WHAT IS EATING MY CONEFLOWER?
THEY NOTICED CATERPILLARS AND WHAT APPEARED TO BE EGGS ON THE CONEFLOWER.
WHAT ARE THEY AND ARE THEY HARMFUL AND/ OR INVASIVE?
>> THESE ARE ONE OF OUR NATIVE BUTTERFLIES, ONE OF OUR CHECKERSPOTS.
IT COULD EITHER BE A SILVERY CHECKERSPOT OR OREGON CHECKERSPOT.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO TELL SOMETIMES FROM A PICTURE WHICH ONE YOU HAVE.
BUT THEY'LL PRODUCE SOME NICE COLOR FOR BUTTERFLIES FOR YOU.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO DON'T SQUISH THEM.
ALL RIGHT.
>> DEPENDS ON YOUR ATTITUDE FOR THE DAY.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LOREN, ARE YOU READY?
THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.
SHE RAISED RUTGERS TOMATOES IN POTS, AND SOME OF THEM ARE LOOKING LIKE THIS.
THEY'RE IN BIG POTS THAT DRAIN WELL, THEY'RE NOT ROOT BOUND.
SHE DOESN'T DO CHEMICALS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
WHAT IS THIS?
>> THIS IS -- >> WHAT'S CAUSING IT?
>> THIS IS BLOSSOM END ROT, AND THIS IS THE RESULT -- A LOT OF TIMES IT'S A LACK OF WATER AVAILABILITY THAT IS UNIFORM.
WE TALK ABOUT CALCIUM DEFICIENCIES AND IN A POT YOU HAVE -- DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE POT IF YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH VOLUME, YOU MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH SOIL THERE WITH ROOT RATIO TO GET THE NUTRIENTS NEEDED FOR THAT FRUIT TO DEVELOP.
AND D EN YOU END UP WITH A CALCIUM DEFICIENCY THAT DOES THIS.
THIS IS NOT A DISEASE.
JUST MAKE SURE YOU'RE WATERING THEM CONSISTENTLY AND MAKE SURE YOUR POT IS LARGE ENOUGH FOR THE PLANT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOUR NEXT TWO PICTURES ARE ALSO TOMATOES.
THIS IS PISGAH, IOWA AND THIS IS JET STAR DOING THIS.
THEY'RE IN A SMALL GREENHOUSE.
HE'S HAD ALL SORTS OF PLANTS THAT HAVE DONE THIS YEAR.
FOUR TOMATOES, ONLY THIS ONE IS DOING STRANGE STUFF.
HE HAS BOXCAR WILLIE, OLD GERMAN AND A SWEET CLUSTER.
SO IT'S JUST THE JET STAR.
>> JUST THE ONE.
OKAY, IF IT'S JUST THE ONE AND YOU HAVE SEVERAL TOMATOES, THIS IS GOING TO BE A VIRAL DISEASE, BECAUSE TOMATOES IN GENERAL, ALL OF THEM ARE FAIRLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO -- WHEN WE SEE THIS TYPE OF DISTORTED GROWTH WITH OUR GROWTH REGULATOR HERBICIDES.
SO IF THEY'RE NOT ALL LOOKING LIKE THIS, I WOULD ROGUE THIS ONE OUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOUR FINAL TWO PICTURES ARE ALSO TOMATOES.
STARTED WITH ONE AND NOW TWO ARE DYING.
THESE ARE BIG BOY TOMATOES.
THEY DID ADD LIME BEFORE PLANTING, AND FERTILIZER.
>> I LOOKED CLOSE AT THIS, AND I REALLY DON'T SEE A LOT OF LEAF SPOTS, SO I DON'T THINK THIS IS A LEAFSPOT DISEASE.
IF THEY'RE WILTING, THERE ARE WILT DISEASES AND WE CAN SEE FUSARIUM WILT, FOR EXAMPLE, IN TOMATOES IF THIS IS A GARDEN SITE THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
IN GENERAL, SOME OF THE LOWER LEAVES WILL YELLOW AND FALL OFF JUST BECAUSE OF THE CANOPY.
SO I WOULD JUST PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THIS, MAKE SURE YOU'RE PROVIDING ADEQUATE MOISTURE AND CONSISTENT, AGAIN, TRYING TO WATER FROM BELOW IF YOU CAN.
AND JUST SEE HOW THIS DEVELOPS, BECAUSE I DON'T SEE A LEAF DISEASE THAT I WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU, LOREN.
IN KEEPING WITH THE TOMATO WORLD RIGHT NOW KELLY, YOU GET THE NEXT TWO EVEN IF THEY KICK BACK HERE.
THIS IS A CORDOVA, NEBRASKA VIEWER.
AND THEY'RE WONDERING ARE THEY WATERING TOO MUCH OR DO THESE LITTLE CHERRY TOMATOES HAVE SOME KIND OF DISEASE?
OTHER TOMATOES HAVE SORT OF THE SAME THING.
SHE DID MULCH WITH GRASS CLIPPINGS AND IS WONDERING IF THAT COULD BE PART OF THE PROBLEM.
>> I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE SINCE IT'S A GREEN TOMATO.
I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE CRACKING FROM OVERWATERING BECAUSE WE USUALLY SEE THAT ON RED TOMATOES WHEN THEY GET -- WHEN THEY -- THEY'RE RIPE AND YOU'RE READY TO PICK AND HEAVY WATERING OR HEAVY RAIN AND YOU'LL GET GROWTH CRACKS OR CRACKING.
MAYBE -- I'M GOING TO GO WITH CATFACING.
CATFACING IS SOMETIMES YOU GET DISTORTED FRUIT.
IF THE BLOSSOM STICKS TO IT, A LOT OF TIMES IF IT'S COLD TEMPERATURES WHICH WE HAVEN'T HAD BUT MAYBE THE EXTREMES IN WEATHER, MAYBE FOR SOME REASON CAUSED SOME CATFACING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOUR NEXT ONE IS A BELLEVUE VIEWER.
THIS IS CHEF JEFF'S HEALTH KICK TOMATO, WHICH IS KIND OF AROMA.
SAID THE FIRST ONE HAD THE SHAPE OF A PEPPER.
IT WAS LIGHT IN WEIGHT, IT WAS HOLLOW, AND THEN IT WAS BUMPY AND FELT LIKE PLASTIC.
WHAT IS THIS?
>> THIS IS ENVIRONMENTAL, AS WELL.
WE CALL THIS PUFFINESS IN TOMATOES.
TOMATO PUFFINESS.
AND IT'S EXTREME HIGH TEMPERATURES, EXCESSIVE NITROGEN FERTILIZATION, IF YOU GET A REALLY HEAVY RAIN.
IT'S ENVIRONMENTAL, MAINLY AND IT CAN LEAD TO THIS.
IT'S USUALLY ON THE EARLIEST FRUITS.
AND THE PLANT WILL KIND OF ADJUST AND THE LATER FRUITS DO NOT DEVELOP IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THANKS, KELLY.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN ASTONISHED IT HOW MANY PEOPLE STARTED GARDENING AND GROWING THEIR OWN FOOD LAST YEAR DURING THE PANDEMIC.
ONE WAY TO KEEP THOSE PLANTS GROWING ALL YEAR LONG IS IN A GREENHOUSE AND ONE OF OUR FACULTY MEMBERS HERE AT UNL DID JUST THAT.
FOR OUR SECOND FEATURE TONIGHT, STACY ADAMS TALKS ABOUT HOW HE GROWS ALL KINDS OF PLANTS ALL YEAR LONG IN HIS OWN GREENHOUSE.
♪♪ > THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF INTEREST RECENTLY IN HOBBY GREENHOUSES MAINLY BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE BECOMING OLDER, OLDER GENERATION BABY BOOMERS RETIRING, AND MORE RECENTLY BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
SO PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT WAYS MAYBE THEY CAN RECONNECT WITH NATURE, MAYBE DO SOME OF THEIR OWN GARDENING AT THEIR HOMES.
HOBBY GREENHOUSES ARE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM TO EXPLORE THAT, EXTEND THE SEASON, AND HAVE SOME PERSONAL ENJOYMENT OUTSIDE OF THEIR HOME.
THERE ARE DIFFERENT WAYS A PERSON COULD GO ABOUT DOING A HOBBY GREENHOUSE.
YOU COULD DO A REALLY INEXPENSIVE MODEL THAT WOULD MAYBE EXTEND THE SEASON INTO THE FALL AND INTO THE SPRING, BUT IF YOU WANTED TO GO ON AND GROW PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE YEAR YOU WOULD NEED TO INVEST A BIT MORE IN HAVING A GREENHOUSE THAT WOULD HAVE GOOD INSULATED QUALITIES, HIGH LIGHT TRANSMISSION AND HAVING SOME HEATING AS WELL AS COOLING.
THERE IS DIFFERENT TYPES OF GREENHOUSE COVERINGS THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
THE LEAST EXPENSIVE WOULD BE THE TYPE THAT WOULD HAVE LIKE A POLYETHYLENE COVERING OVER A SIMPLE FRAME.
THIS PARTICULAR GREENHOUSE THAT I MADE HERE SO I COULD USE IT YEAR ROUND IS COVERED WITH BOTH GLASS AND ACRYLIC.
AND IT IS INSUSUTED, SO IT'S DOUBLE GLASS AND IT DOES HAVE DOUBLE ACRYLIC.
WE DO HAVE HEATING IN HERE.
THIS GREENHOUSE IS FAIRLY SMALL.
IT'S 12 FEET BY 18 FEET.
WHICH IS PLENTY SIZEABLE IN ORDER TO DO QUITE A BIT OF DIFFERENT THINGS.
BUT YOU ALSO WANT TO REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE HEATING THE GREENHOUSE DURING THE WINTERTIME.
SO WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF SIZE UNLESS WE'RE PREPARED TO PAY FOR THAT.
SO THIS PARTICULAR GREENHOUSE HAA PROPANE FURNACE, PROBABLY MORE EFFICIENT TO RUN THAN AN ELECTRIC FURNACE BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A LARGE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT TO PROVIDE FOR THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE.
WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF ELECTRICITY IN HERE.
I HAVE A TIME CLOCK SET UP BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER PARTICULAR IN OUR REGION IN NEBRASKA OUR DAY LENGTHS GET VERY SHORT DURING THE WINTERTIME.
I HAVE SOME LED LIGHTING IN THERE SO WE CAN START SOME PLANTS, AND DO SOME PHOTO REGULATORY THINGS SO I CAN GET SOME POINSETTIAS OR CHRYSANTHEMUMS, OR REGULATE MAYBE EVEN AFRICAN MARIGOLDS ON WHEN THEY'RE GOING TO BLOOM.
SO THIS PARTICULAR GREENHOUSE IS A HOBBY.
IT'S A BIT OF MENTAL RESPITE FOR ME.
SO WE'RE AT THE END OF OUR SEASON, SO IT'S SUMMERTIME.
RIGHT NOW, I HAVE SOME REALLY NEAT TROPICAL PLANTS IN THERE.
THIS I'LL BE TRANSITIONING IN AUGUST SO I'M GOING TO PUT MY HYDROPONICS -- I HAVE A LITTLE HYDROPONICS SYSTEM AND I'LL BE GROWING LETTUCE AND SOME TOMATOES IN THERE.
THE COOLEST THING EVER IS THE FRESH HERBS.
WE JUST LOVE HAVING BRUSCHETTA SO I HAVE BOTH TOMATOES AND I'LL HAVE BASIL IN THERE.
SO THAT IS PRETTY COOL.
TH I JUST KIND OF DINK AROUND IN THE COLDEST PART OF THE WINTER BECAUSE I HAVE THE KEEP THE TEMPERATURE REALLY LOW.
OTHERWISE, WE'RE SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON FUEL.
AROUND THE FIRST OF THE YEAR, WE'LL START PANSIES AND SOME OF THE REALLY COOL FLOWERING CROPS YOU LIKE TO HAVE EARLY SEASON, AND THEN DO A LOT OF BEDDING PLANTS AND HANGING BASKETS.
I DON'T SELL THE PLANTS THAT ARE OUT HERE.
I THOUGHT ABOUT SELLING THEM, BUT HONESTLY, I JUST LOVE GIVING THE PLANTS AWAY.
I'VE GIVEN THEM TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS.
I HAVE A LARGE FAMILY, AND THEN MY MOM LIVES IN A RETIREMENT COMPLEX, I'M ALWAYS TAKING STUFF OVER FOR THEM.
SO IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO MEET UP WITH OTHER PEOPLE AND JUST HAVE SOMETHING TO DO FOR YOURSELF.
>> AS STACY SAID, YOUR GREENHOUSE DOESN'T NEED TO BE FANCY OR COST A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN SIMPLY, ENJOY THE ORNAMENTALS OR PRODUCE YEAR ROUND.
AND HE HAS SO MUCH FUN DOING THAT.
HE'S SO GOOD AT THAT.
WAYNE, THIS IS LARGE MATURE RELATIVELY HEALTHY PIN OAK AND SHE'S ISOLATED TIP DIEBACK.
SHE THINKS THIS IS SOME SORT OF SCALE INFESTATION.
AND SHE DOES KNOW SINCE SHE WATCHES US THAT IF IT IS, SHE HAS TO WAIT FOR THE CRAWLERS.
SHE WANTS TO KNOW IS IT A SCALE?
IF SO, WHAT SPECIES AND THUS WHAT TO TREAT WITH AND WHEN?
>> YEAH, THIS IS A KERMES SCALE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
>> WRONG TIME OF YEAR RIGHT NOW.
GOT TO WAIT UNTIL THOSE BREAK OPEN AND THE CRAWLERS COME SCURRYING OUT.
>> AND THAT IS WHEN?
>> IT'S GOING TO BE TOUGH ON MATURE PIN OAK TREE TO TIME THAT IF YOU DON'T CALL IN A PROFESSIONAL.
>> SO GIVE HER A WINDOW.
LIKE, AUGUST?
>> I DIDN'T LOOK UP THE WINDOW ON THIS ONE.
>> OKAY.
>> WHAT SHOULD SHE -- WHAT DO YOU KILL THIS CRITTER WITH?
>> WELL, IF IT'S -- IF YOU'RE HITTING CRAWLERS, YOU CAN HIT IT WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS, PERMETHRIN, SOME OF THE LIGHTER PYRETHROIDS THAT AREN'T GOING TO STICK AROUND AND CAUSE AS MANY ISSUES, BECAUSE OAKS HAVE A LOT OF ECOLOGY GOING ON WITH THEM.
A LOT OF THINGS USE OAKS.
>> ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
EXCELLENT.
YOUR NEXT ONE IS A DISCOVERY OF THESE, RESTING ON THE UNDERSIDE OF WATERMELON LEAVES.
THEY ALL APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN RECENTLY MOLTED.
NO APPARENT DAMAGE TO THE WATERMELONS AND THEY APPEAR TO BE FEEDING ON THE BIND WEED.
WHAT ARE THEY?
>> THAT MAKES SENSE.
THEY ARE AN ARGUS TORTOISE BEETLES AND TORTOISE BEETLES IN THAT GENUS LOVE TO EAT PLANTS FROM THAT FAMILY THAT INCLUDE MORNING GLORIES.
>> WOW.
>> SO THIS IS BUSY MUNCHING AWAY ON A WEED FOR YOU.
>> THAT'S PERFECT.
ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S A GOOD GUY.
>> UH-HUH.
>> ALL RIGHT, NOW WE HAVE THE DREADED -- THIS IS LINCOLN.
MAGNOLIA TREE.
WHITE SPOTS ON THE TRUNK THE SIZE OF A FINGERNAIL.
THEY ARE STICKY.
WHAT ARE THEY AND ARE THEY A SYMPTOM THAT DEATH IS IMMINENT?
>> DEATH IS NOT IMMINENT.
NOT IN THIS CASE.
THIS IS MAGNOLIA SCALE.
YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SEVERAL WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY TO MANAGE THIS CRITTER.
RIGHT NOW IS NOT THE TIME.
YOU CAN WAIT UNTIL LATE AUGUST-ISH AND THEN YOU CAN USE TOPICAL SPRAYS FOR WHEN THE CRAWLERS ARE OUT AND UP TO THE SECOND IS STAR NYMPHS.
THEY ARE MANAGEABLE WITH SOMETHING LIKE A PERMETHRIN, AND THEN WHEN YOU MOVE INTO THE MARCH TIMEFRAME, YOU CAN USE HORTICULTURAL OIL TO SMOTHER THEM OR YOU CAN USE A SOIL DRENCH OF LIKE AN IMIDACLOPRID- TYPE PRODUCT IN MAY.
SO YOU GOT SEVERAL WINDOWS ON THAT ONE.
>> ALL RIGHT, THAT'S GOOD.
>> A LITTLE DIFFERENT FOR A SCALE.
MOST OF THE TIME WE'VE GOT ONE WINDOW AND THAT'S IT.
>> EXACTLY.
AND THEY'RE ALL OVER THE ONES ON CAMPUS, TOO.
ALL RIGHT.
LOREN, YOUR FIRST ONE HERE IS OMAHA.
LOST A SMALL BRANCH OFF A TREE, AND THEY'RE WONDERING WHAT IS GROWING ON IT?
>> THIS IS GREAT.
THIS IS AURICULARIA.
THAT'S A-U-R-I-C, AURICULARIA.
THIS IS ACTUALLY JUST A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE FUNGUS.
>> MM-HMM.
>> IT'S ACTUALLY THE SAME FUNGUS THAT'S IN HOT AND SOUR SOUP AT THE CHINESE RESTAURANTS.
>> REALLY?
>> LITTLE DARK STUFF IN THERE.
IT'S ONE OF OUR LITTLE RUBBERY ONES.
>> NICE.
AND JUST EATING THE DEAD STUFF, RIGHT?
>> YEAH, JUST BREAKING DOWN.
ITS COMMON ON DEAD -- ON DEAD BRANCHES OF LOTS OF HARDWOODS.
>> ALL RIGHT.
YOUR NEXT ONE IS A NORFOLK VIEWER.
THEY WONDER WHAT THIS ONE IS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A CABBAGE.
>> IT'S HARD TO SEE IN THIS PICTURE BECAUSE IT'S FAR AWAY.
I BELIEVE IT LOOKS LIKE THERE WAS A TREE IN THIS AREA, AND THAT THIS COULD ACTUALLY BE CLUSTERS OF -- WHICH IS UNUSUAL TO SEE LIKE THIS, BUT I BELIEVE IT MAY BE CLUSTERS OF AN OYSTER MUSHROOM COMING UP AROUND IT.
BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO TELL.
I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR VIEWERS WHEN YOU DO SEND PICTURES OF MUSHROOMS, PLEASE SEND PICTURES OF THE UNDERSIDE, AS WELL AS THE TOP.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT CAN HELP US IS YOU DO A SPORE PRINT.
SET IT DOWN AND ACTUALLY GET SOME SPORES ON PAPER.
>> SPORES.
OKAY.
THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN VERY OFTEN.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
PEOPLE CAN LOOK IT SPORE PRINT.
IT'S FUN TO DO WITH KIDS.
THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT COLORS.
THERE SOME BRIGHT COLORED ONES.
THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY.
>>> ALL RIGHT.
YOUR THIRD ONE IS LINCOLN, AND THEY'VE BEEN SEEING THEIR ANNUAL MUSHROOM CROP SHOW UP UNDER THE ASH, AND THEY THINK THIS IS AN ASH BOLETE.
THEY PICK THREE TO 50 OF THESE EVERY DAY, OR EVERY FEW DAYS.
HOW DO YOU CONTROL THIS?
>> WELL, THERE IS NO WAY TO CONTROL IT.
IT'S SIMPLY LIVING WITH THE TREE.
AND ACTUALLY IF IT'S A BOLETE, KIM, I BELIEVE OUR NEXT PICTURE LOOKS -- IS A DIFFERENT VIEW OF ANOTHER KIND THAT I BELIEVE MAY BE A BOLETE, ALSO.
IN THE PREVIOUS PICTURE, WE'RE JUST LOOKING AT THE UPPER SURFACE OF THE CAP.
BUT AGAIN, IF WE CAN SEE THE UNDERSIDE WE WOULD KNOW IT'S A BOLETE IF IT HAS THAT POROUS MATERIAL UNDERSIDE AND NOT GILLS.
WITH THOSE AGAIN, THAT IS AN ORGANISM THAT IS LIVING WITH THAT TREE.
IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF IT YOU COULD CUT THE ASH TREE DOWN AND THEN WAIT UNTIL IT ALL BREAKS DOWN AND THEN IT MAY GO AWAY, WHICH YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO LOSE YOUR ASH TREE ANYWAY, RIGHT?
>> RIGHT.
THANKS, LOREN.
>> BEARER OF GREAT NEWS TONIGHT!
>> KELLY, THIS PARTICULAR -- YOUR FIRST ONE HERE, THESE FLOWERS OR THESE PLANTS CAME UP IN A PACKAGE OF SUN LOVING FLOWERS.
WHAT IS THIS?
>> THIS IS A SPURGE.
I'M PRETTY SURE IT'S TWO SPURGE, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT CAME IN THE PACKET OF FLOWERS OR THEY JUST DISTURBED THE SOIL TO PLANT THE SEED AND THE SEED WAS THERE IN THE SEED BANK IN THE SOIL.
SO IT IS AN ANNUAL.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> MORE OF A WEED, MILKY SAP, IT COULD IRRITATE YOU.
THEY MIGHT WANT TO GET RID OF IT.
>> YOUR NEXT ONE SHE LIVES IN WESTERN ANTELOPE COUNTY, AND SHE HAS BEEN PLANTING MOONFLOWER SEEDS, DATURA, NOT THE VINE.
>> OKAY.
>> FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
SHE DIDN'T THINK IT COULD OVERWINTER.
SHE IS WONDERING IS -- CAN IT OVERWINTER?
IS THIS ANNUAL BECOMING A PERENNIAL?
>> OKAY, WELL, THIS IS DATURA.
A LOT OF TIMES -- MOONFLOWER IS A COMMON NAME.
THE ONE MOONFLOWER IS IPOMOEA WHICH IS IN THE MORNING GLORY FAMILY, AND THAT ONE PROBABLY WOULD NOT -- DEFINITELY NOT OVERWINTER, WOULD NOT TURN PERENNIAL AND RARELY COMES BACK FROM SEED.
THIS IS A DATURA, WHICH IS ALSO THE FLOWERS ARE OFTEN CALLED MOONFLOWER, AS WELL AND THAT ONE THERE CAN BE SOME PERENNIAL FORMS AND SOMEMEMES THESE CAN RESEED, AS WELL.
>> SHE IS LUCKY ON THAT ONE.
ALL RIGHT, THEN YOUR FINAL ONE IS A COUNCIL BLUFFS VIEWER.
THIS VINE IS GROWING EVERYWHERE.
WHEN THEY THINK THEY'VE KILLED IT, IT POPS UP TEN FEET AWAY, A FEW DAYS LATER.
TOOK OVER THE YARD ONE YEAR, AND IT'S PRICKLY.
>> THIS IS A HOP.
THERE IS A -- THERE IS COMMON HOP, WHICH IS WHERE DO THEY GET THE HOPS FOR BEER.
AND THAT ONE IS A HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL.
THE FACT THAT IT'S POPPING UP YOU KNOW MAYBE IT'S THE COMMON ONE.
EXCUSE ME.
BUT THERE IS ALSO JAPANESE HOP WHICH IS CONSIDERED AN INVASIVE SPECIES AND THAT ONE IS AN ANNUAL BUT IT WILL COME BACK FROM SEED.
SO THEY CAN GROW PROLIFICALLY, THE JAPANESE ONE CAN GROW 35 FEET IN ONE YEAR.
A COMMON HOP CAN GROW UP TO 25 FEET IN ONE YEAR, SO IF THEY DON'T WANT IT, I -- THE JAPANESE ONE IS THE ANNUAL, MOW IT, PULL IT, HOE IT, BEFORE IT SEEDS AND EVENTUALLY, YOU SHOULD GET IT UNDER CONTROL OR YOU CAN SPOT TREAT IT IF YOU NEED TO WITH GLYPHOSATE.
>>> ALL RIGHT, THANKS, KELLY.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE ANNOUNCEMENT OF SOME COUPLE FUN THINGS OR ONE FUN THING AND THAT WOULD BE "“DIGGING DEEPER WITH BACKYARD FARMER."
YOU CAN WATCH US ON FACEBOOK, THURSDAYS RIGHT AFTER THE SHOW AT 8:00 P.M.
FOLLOW US ON "BACKYARD FARMER" AND NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT '‘CATCH MY DRIFT,' WHICH IS ABOUT HERBICIDE.
SO THAT WILL BE A FUN ONE TONIGHT.
AND WE ALSO ARE GOING TO BE ON THE ROAD NEXT WEEK.
WE WILL BE IN COZAD, NEBRASKA, SO WE WILL BE COMING TO YOU ON THURSDAY NIGHT FROM COZAD, WHICH IS REALLY FUN.
WE HAVE TIME FOR ONE TINY QUICK QUESTION.
YOU HAVE LIKE TWO SECONDS, WAYNE.
HOW DO YOU CONTROL SQUASH BUGS ON SQUASH?
>> PINCH.
>> PINCH THEM AND BE DONE?
>> YOU CAN PINCH THEM AND BE DONE OR USE A PERMETHRIN-TYPE PRODUCT.
MAKE SURE TO GET THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAVES.
>> ALL RIGHT, AND LOREN, YOU HAVE LIKE FIVE SECONDS.
HOW DO YOU PREVENT RUST SPOTS ON LILY OF THE VALLEY?
>> RUST SPOTS ON LILY OF THE VALLEY?
>> DID YOU EVEN KNOW LILY OF THE VALLEY GOT RUST?
>> I BELIEVE I HAVE NOT THOUGHT ABOUT THAT VERY MUCH.
THIS IS GOING TO BE MORE THAN FIVE SECONDS, AND UH -- >> YOU DON'T KNOW.
>> I DON'T KNOW.
I DON'T KNOW THE CYCLE OF THAT RUST.
RUST ARE DIFFICULT TO MANAGE AND MANY TIMES YOU HAVE TO TALK ABOUT WHEN IT'S COMING IN AND TIMING AND HOSTS AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LILY OF THE VALLEY CYCLE IS, KIM.
I'M SORRY.
>> WE'LL LOOK IT UP.
>> WE'LL LOOK IT UP AND WE'LL GET BACK.
>> ALL RIGHT.
THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE FOR "BACKYARD FARMER" TONIGHT.
WE WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYBODY WHO SUBMITTED QUESTIONS AND PICTURES.
THANKS TO OUR PANEL FOR ANOTHER GREAT SHOW.
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