1 00:00:01,501 --> 00:00:02,802 >> HI THERE, I'M TOM SPENCER. 2 00:00:02,802 --> 00:00:03,937 THIS WEEK ON CENTRAL TEXAS GARDENER, 3 00:00:03,937 --> 00:00:07,407 UP CYCLE CONTAINERS FOR CREATIVE SUCCULENT DESIGNS WITH ERIC 4 00:00:07,407 --> 00:00:10,343 PEDLEY'S SPIN AT EAST AUSTIN SUCCULENTS. 5 00:00:10,343 --> 00:00:16,383 AND THEN THE SUCCULENTS WITH THE BOB BARTH'S GREENHOUSES AND 6 00:00:16,383 --> 00:00:17,484 GARDENS. 7 00:00:17,484 --> 00:00:20,887 DAPHNE SHOWS OFF SUMMERTIME PORTULACA AND TRISHA SHIREY 8 00:00:20,887 --> 00:00:23,390 CRAFTS ARRANGEMENTS WITH SUCCULENT PLANTS. 9 00:00:23,390 --> 00:00:26,559 LET'S GET GROWING, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. 10 00:00:26,559 --> 00:00:29,229 >> SUPPORT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS GARDENER COMES FROM GEOGROWERS, 11 00:00:29,229 --> 00:00:31,698 OFFERING CUSTOM SOIL BLENDS FOR LAWNS, GARDENS, 12 00:00:31,698 --> 00:00:34,934 XERISCAPING AND ORGANIC LANDSCAPING SUPPLIES. 13 00:00:34,934 --> 00:00:52,152 MORE INFORMATION AT GEOGROWERS.NET. 14 00:00:52,152 --> 00:00:55,055 >> AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN CACTUS AND SUCCULENT 15 00:00:55,055 --> 00:00:59,092 SOCIETY, BOB BARTH HAS IMPACTED OUR PERCEPTIONS AND GARDENS. 16 00:00:59,092 --> 00:01:01,661 FIND OUT WHAT STARTED HIS FASCINATION AND WHY IT'S 17 00:01:01,661 --> 00:01:03,997 IMPORTANT. 18 00:01:03,997 --> 00:01:06,099 >> BOB BARTH IS AN EXPLORER. 19 00:01:06,099 --> 00:01:08,835 HE VENTURES BEYOND THE BORDERS WITH PLANTS THAT UNITE OUR 20 00:01:08,835 --> 00:01:12,272 GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO DISCOVER THEIR PURPOSE AND APPRECIATE 21 00:01:12,272 --> 00:01:14,007 THEIR BEAUTY. 22 00:01:14,007 --> 00:01:16,810 ON HIS HILLSIDE PROPERTY SHARED WITH PARTNER NOREEN, 23 00:01:16,810 --> 00:01:20,447 HE GROWS COLD HARDY CACTI AND SUCCULENTS IN THE GROUND. 24 00:01:20,447 --> 00:01:24,084 OTHERS RESIDE IN GREENHOUSES WHERE HE GROWS AND PROPAGATES 25 00:01:24,084 --> 00:01:28,088 PLANTS CHOSEN FROM UNIVERSAL WHOLESALE NURSERIES. 26 00:01:28,088 --> 00:01:32,759 HIS PASSION IS ALSO TO EDUCATE AND PRESERVE PLANTS THAT ARE LOSING HABITAT, 27 00:01:32,759 --> 00:01:35,829 AN INTEREST THAT GERMINATED WHEN HE WAS A BIOLOGY PROFESSOR AT 28 00:01:35,829 --> 00:01:38,498 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. 29 00:01:38,498 --> 00:01:45,405 >> BACK IN THE EARLY '70'S THEY WERE DOING A SERIES OF INFORMAL 30 00:01:45,405 --> 00:01:52,278 CLASSES AT U.T., AND ONE OF THEM WAS ON CACTI AND SUCCULENTS. 31 00:01:52,278 --> 00:01:57,450 AND I HAD I THINK JUST BEFORE THAT PICKED UP A FEW CACTI AT 32 00:01:57,450 --> 00:02:01,321 LOCAL NURSERIES AND THOUGHT THEIR SHAPES AND TEXTURES WERE 33 00:02:01,321 --> 00:02:04,090 REALLY INTERESTING. 34 00:02:04,090 --> 00:02:05,892 >> MEETING LIKE MINDED GARDENERS, 35 00:02:05,892 --> 00:02:08,595 THEY FORMED THE AUSTIN CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SOCIETY TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. 36 00:02:08,595 --> 00:02:15,602 THROUGH MEETINGS ONLINE AND SEMI ANNUAL SALES, THEY FOSTERED 37 00:02:15,602 --> 00:02:18,571 ENTHUSIASM THAT CONTINUES TO GROW. 38 00:02:18,571 --> 00:02:23,476 >> MAYBE IN PART BECAUSE OUR CLIMATE SEEMS TO BE DRYING OUT, 39 00:02:23,476 --> 00:02:26,546 THAT CACTI AND SUCCULENTS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE POPULAR, 40 00:02:26,546 --> 00:02:30,483 THERE'S A LOT MORE VARIETIES AVAILABLE NOW WHICH ARE ACTUALLY 41 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:34,654 REASONABLY COLD HARDY AND CAN BE GROWN OUTSIDE. 42 00:02:34,654 --> 00:02:40,226 WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS LITTLE GARDEN ALONG MY DRIVEWAY, 43 00:02:40,226 --> 00:02:47,534 YOU COULD GET SO TALLS, AGAVE AND OTHER THINGS, 44 00:02:47,534 --> 00:02:51,338 BUT SINCE THAT TIME SO MANY OTHER POSSIBILITIES ARE NOW 45 00:02:51,338 --> 00:02:53,106 AVAILABLE. 46 00:02:53,106 --> 00:02:56,176 >> AS A BIOLOGIST BOB WANTED TO KNOW MORE. 47 00:02:56,176 --> 00:03:00,613 IN A WIRE CAGE GREENHOUSE HE STUDIES PLANTS LIKE ALOES. 48 00:03:00,613 --> 00:03:06,786 >> ALOES ARE NATIVE TO SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICA AND ALSO THE 49 00:03:06,786 --> 00:03:10,824 ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE ISLAND OF MADAGASCAR. 50 00:03:10,824 --> 00:03:15,595 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE MAINLY ARE HYBRIDS. 51 00:03:15,595 --> 00:03:18,331 >> CALIFORNIA GROWERS HAVE HYBRIDIZED VARIETIES WITH 52 00:03:18,331 --> 00:03:21,201 INTRIGUING COLORS AND TEXTURES. 53 00:03:21,201 --> 00:03:24,537 ALOES WANT GOOD SUNLIGHT AND DRY SOIL. 54 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:26,973 IN SOUTH AFRICA THEY ARE GARDEN PLANTS, 55 00:03:26,973 --> 00:03:30,577 BUT MOST NEED PROTECTION FROM HARSH WINTER COLD IN TEXAS. 56 00:03:30,577 --> 00:03:33,480 >> IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AROUND HERE WHEN YOU HAVE ALOES 57 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,384 BLOOMING THEY WILL BE VISITED BY HUMMINGBIRDS. 58 00:03:37,384 --> 00:03:42,522 >> RELATED TO ALOE IS HAWORTHIA, ANOTHER COLD TENDER PLANT TO BE PROTECTED IN WINTER. 59 00:03:42,522 --> 00:03:45,091 >> THEY ARE ALL FROM SOUTH AFRICA. 60 00:03:45,091 --> 00:03:49,462 SOME ARE HYBRID OR NATIVE SPECIES IN SOUTH AFRICA. 61 00:03:49,462 --> 00:03:52,332 THEY COLOR UP NICELY WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SUN. 62 00:03:52,332 --> 00:03:59,339 AND THE NICEST THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY IS IT GETS 63 00:03:59,339 --> 00:04:00,106 SUN IN THE MORNING AND IT'S SHADED BY AND LARGE IN THE 64 00:04:00,106 --> 00:04:01,908 AFTERNOON. 65 00:04:01,908 --> 00:04:05,712 IN HABITAT THEY TEND TO GROW UNDER A SEMI DESERT SHRUBS AND 66 00:04:05,712 --> 00:04:07,881 THINGS LIKE THAT. 67 00:04:07,881 --> 00:04:10,583 >> COLD TENDERED PLANTS MOVE TO A TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED 68 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:14,521 GREENHOUSE IN WINTER WHERE BOB GROWS PLANTS YEAR-ROUND. 69 00:04:14,521 --> 00:04:18,491 FROM TALL TO TINY HE GROWS MULTIPLE GENERA AND SPECIES OF 70 00:04:18,491 --> 00:04:20,894 SUCCULENTS AND CACTI. 71 00:04:20,894 --> 00:04:25,632 HE REPRESENTS NEW WORLD PLANTS LIKE CACTI AND AGAVES. 72 00:04:25,632 --> 00:04:33,540 FROM THE OLD WORLD HAWORTHIAS, ALOES AND SUCCULENT EUPHORBIAS. 73 00:04:33,540 --> 00:04:35,942 ANOTHER GREENHOUSE SITS ATOP THE CARPORT, 74 00:04:35,942 --> 00:04:39,079 AN IDEA FROM ONE OF HIS GRAD STUDENTS TO GET THE SUNNIEST 75 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:42,215 SPOT FOR CACTI AND OTHERS. 76 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:45,085 HIS FASCINATION WITH THESE DISTINCTIVE PLANTS? 77 00:04:45,085 --> 00:04:50,056 >> IT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR UNUSUAL SHAPES, UNUSUAL COLORS, 78 00:04:50,056 --> 00:05:01,501 TEXTURES AND SO FORTH. 79 00:05:01,501 --> 00:05:03,803 >> SOME OF THEM ARE ASTROPHYTUM. 80 00:05:03,803 --> 00:05:07,073 >> IT'S A SMALL GENUS OF CACTI, THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT A HALF 81 00:05:07,073 --> 00:05:14,114 DOZEN SPECIES BUT THERE ARE GOOD SUBJECTS FOR HYBRIDIZATION, 82 00:05:14,114 --> 00:05:17,784 AND THE THING SO INTERESTING ABOUT THE ASTROPHYTUMS SOME OF 83 00:05:17,784 --> 00:05:19,185 THEM ARE TOTALLY SPINELESS. 84 00:05:19,185 --> 00:05:23,356 OTHERS HAVE A FEW SPINES, BUT THEY HAVE INTERESTING PATTERNS 85 00:05:23,356 --> 00:05:30,730 OF WHITE MARKINGS ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANT. 86 00:05:30,730 --> 00:05:33,066 AND IF YOU MAKE HYBRIDS YOU CAN GET ALL KINDS OF REALLY 87 00:05:33,066 --> 00:05:35,468 INTERESTING PATTERNS. 88 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:38,338 >> THE MELOCACTUS ARE JUST AS DISTINCTIVE. 89 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:41,941 IN HABITAT THEIR FLOWERS ARE POLLINATED BY HUMMINGBIRDS. 90 00:05:41,941 --> 00:05:46,146 >> IT'S A GENUS OF CACTI THAT IS FOUND IN SEMI ARID AREAS IN 91 00:05:46,146 --> 00:05:48,381 THE TROPICS. 92 00:05:48,381 --> 00:05:52,252 A LOT OF SPECIES IN BRAZIL. 93 00:05:52,252 --> 00:05:57,824 AND BASICALLY IT'S A TYPE OF CACTUS THAT LIVES FOR AWHILE AS 94 00:05:57,824 --> 00:06:00,694 A VEGETATIVE, TYPICAL LOOKING CACTUS, 95 00:06:00,694 --> 00:06:04,330 BUT WHEN IT DECIDES THAT IT'S MATURE IT STOPS THE NORMAL 96 00:06:04,330 --> 00:06:09,703 VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND PUTS ON THIS BRISTLY STRUCTURE ON THE 97 00:06:09,703 --> 00:06:13,173 TOP OF IT CALLED A CEPHALIUM. 98 00:06:13,173 --> 00:06:16,976 AND OUT OF THAT BRISTLY STRUCTURE WILL COME THE LITTLE 99 00:06:16,976 --> 00:06:28,988 PINK FLOWERS AND THEN THE LITTLE PINK FRUITS THAT DEVELOP AFTERWARDS. 100 00:06:28,988 --> 00:06:31,891 >> OTHERS THAT WOULD GROW UNDER SHRUBS AND HABITAT EXPOSE MORE 101 00:06:31,891 --> 00:06:35,028 OF THE SKIN FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS. 102 00:06:35,028 --> 00:06:38,231 COLORATION ON SOME ECHEVERIA PROTECTS THEM FROM ULTRAVIOLET 103 00:06:38,231 --> 00:06:39,232 LIGHT. 104 00:06:39,232 --> 00:06:42,669 >> IT'S A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE THAT THE PLANT 105 00:06:42,669 --> 00:06:45,605 PRODUCES AS IT DEVELOPS ITS LEAVES. 106 00:06:45,605 --> 00:06:48,508 THE POWDER IS ONLY GENERATED AS THE LEAF IS DEVELOPING AND 107 00:06:48,508 --> 00:06:52,379 ONCE THE LEAF IS FULLY DEVELOPED IT WON'T PRODUCE ANY MORE POWDER. 108 00:06:52,379 --> 00:06:56,049 >> BOB GROWS HIS IN THE WIRE CAGED GREENHOUSE. 109 00:06:56,049 --> 00:06:58,785 A HOME GARDENER CAN JUST PROVIDE MORNING SUN. 110 00:06:58,785 --> 00:07:01,988 >> BECAUSE THEY DO NEED THE SUN TO KEEP THEM FROM ETIOLATING, 111 00:07:01,988 --> 00:07:06,559 TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING LEGGY AND COLORS ON THE LEAVES. 112 00:07:06,559 --> 00:07:11,131 MOST OF THE ECHEVERIA COME FROM HIGHLANDS IN MEXICO WHICH MAKES 113 00:07:11,131 --> 00:07:15,735 THEM A LITTLE TOUGH TO GROW HERE IN TEXAS BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT IN 114 00:07:15,735 --> 00:07:18,038 THE SUMMERTIME. 115 00:07:18,038 --> 00:07:20,874 >> SUCCULENTS BY THEIR VERY NAME HAVE DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO 116 00:07:20,874 --> 00:07:23,443 STORE WATER WHEN ITS SCARCE. 117 00:07:23,443 --> 00:07:28,348 CACTI AND MOST OF THE EUPHORBIAS STORE IT IN THEIR STEMS. 118 00:07:28,348 --> 00:07:34,521 ECHEVERIA STORE IT IN THEIR LEAVES WHILE OTHERS STORE WATER 119 00:07:34,521 --> 00:07:36,856 IN A BALL SHAPED STRUCTURE CALLED THE CAUDEX. 120 00:07:36,856 --> 00:07:40,960 SOME STRATEGIZE TO RISE THE NEXT GENERATION. 121 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:48,501 >> THE LITHOPS ARE A GENUS OF PLANTS FOUND IN NAMIBIA AND THEY 122 00:07:48,501 --> 00:07:53,907 HAVE AN INTERESTING GROWTH CYCLE. 123 00:07:53,907 --> 00:07:58,745 THEY CONSIST OF TWO LEAVES FUSED TOGETHER WITH A CRACK BETWEEN 124 00:07:58,745 --> 00:08:01,281 THE TWO. 125 00:08:01,281 --> 00:08:03,983 AND IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR FOR US, 126 00:08:03,983 --> 00:08:06,853 WHEN WE GROW THEM IN CULTIVATION, 127 00:08:06,853 --> 00:08:10,957 THE FLOWER BUD COMES OUT OF THAT CRACK BETWEEN THE TWO LEAVES. 128 00:08:10,957 --> 00:08:14,661 A NEW PLANT STARTS DEVELOPING INSIDE THE OLD ONE, 129 00:08:14,661 --> 00:08:18,865 SPLITS THE OLD ONE OPEN AND GRADUALLY SUCKS ALL THE MOISTURE 130 00:08:18,865 --> 00:08:22,035 OUT OF THE OLD PLANT. 131 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:24,270 >> SPINES MULTITASK. 132 00:08:24,270 --> 00:08:27,707 >> SPINATION CAN HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. 133 00:08:27,707 --> 00:08:32,512 OF COURSE, IT CAN PROTECT THE PLANT FROM HERBIVORES BECAUSE 134 00:08:32,512 --> 00:08:35,682 IT'S NOT SO PLEASANT FOR AN ANIMAL TO TRY TO EAT BECAUSE 135 00:08:35,682 --> 00:08:36,683 THEIR SPINY. 136 00:08:36,683 --> 00:08:42,155 THE SPINES CAN ALSO SHADE THE PLANT AND THEY CAN ALSO SERVE TO 137 00:08:42,155 --> 00:08:46,493 COLLECT MOISTURE WHICH THEN CAN DRIP DOWN AROUND THE BASE OF THE 138 00:08:46,493 --> 00:08:48,061 PLANT. 139 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:50,997 AND THEN THE ROOTS GET ACCESS TO THE MOISTURE. 140 00:08:50,997 --> 00:08:53,967 >> IN HIS GREENHOUSES BOB CAN PROTECT FROM TOO MUCH WATER LIKE 141 00:08:53,967 --> 00:08:56,369 FLOODING RAINS. 142 00:08:56,369 --> 00:08:59,606 BUT SUCCULENTS DO NEED MOISTURE. 143 00:08:59,606 --> 00:09:01,808 IN SPRING AND FALL, HE WATERS EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS. 144 00:09:01,808 --> 00:09:04,511 IN SUMMER OFTEN ONCE A WEEK. 145 00:09:04,511 --> 00:09:11,518 IN WINTER IT'S MONTHLY OR EVERY SIX WEEKS DEPENDING ON SUNLIGHT. 146 00:09:11,518 --> 00:09:14,521 >> ALONG WITH PROMOTING GARDEN WATER CONSERVATION, 147 00:09:14,521 --> 00:09:18,725 BOB'S GLOBAL CONNECTION TO PLANTS AND THE WILDLIFE THAT 148 00:09:18,725 --> 00:09:19,859 DEPENDS ON THEM IS SIGNIFICANT. 149 00:09:19,859 --> 00:09:24,197 >> I THINK IT HELPS US TO REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO 150 00:09:24,197 --> 00:09:32,639 PRESERVE HABITATS AND PRESERVE SPECIES, MUCH AS WE CAN. 151 00:09:32,639 --> 00:09:36,676 MADAGASCAR IS A CASE IN POINT BECAUSE A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE 152 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:41,481 OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT OCCUR IN MADAGASCAR ARE FOUND NOWHERE 153 00:09:41,481 --> 00:09:44,384 ELSE IN THE WORLD. 154 00:09:44,384 --> 00:09:46,853 IT IS IMPORTANT TO TRY TO SAVE AT LEAST SOME OF THE HABITAT. 155 00:09:46,853 --> 00:09:49,589 THERE ARE LOTS OF CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS THESE DAYS THAT 156 00:09:49,589 --> 00:09:51,658 ARE WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION. 157 00:09:51,658 --> 00:09:53,660 I THINK WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS. 158 00:09:53,660 --> 00:09:55,662 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR GARDEN WITH US. 159 00:09:55,662 --> 00:09:58,898 NOW WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE COOLEST CONTAINERS 160 00:09:58,898 --> 00:10:00,900 YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. 161 00:10:00,900 --> 00:10:05,271 I'M JOINED BY ERIC PEDLEY FROM EAST AUSTIN SUCCULENTS. 162 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:06,840 WELCOME TO CENTRAL TEXAS GARDENER. 163 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:08,108 WELCOME BACK, I SHOULD SAY. 164 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:09,676 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN. 165 00:10:09,676 --> 00:10:12,112 >> I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU HERE BECAUSE WE ARE SURROUNDED 166 00:10:12,112 --> 00:10:16,850 BY PROBABLY THE MOST UNIQUE COLLECTION AND THE MOST 167 00:10:16,850 --> 00:10:19,152 BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF CONTAINERS I'VE SEEN IN A LONG, 168 00:10:19,152 --> 00:10:20,186 LONG TIME. 169 00:10:20,186 --> 00:10:21,554 SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. 170 00:10:21,554 --> 00:10:23,123 >> THANK YOU. 171 00:10:23,123 --> 00:10:26,659 >> AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CREATING A REALLY VARIED 172 00:10:26,659 --> 00:10:31,498 SUCCULENT GARDENS USING SOME KIND OF UNUSUAL SETTINGS, 173 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:32,766 IF YOU WILL. 174 00:10:32,766 --> 00:10:36,169 >> WHATEVER YOU CAN FIND, YOU CAN FILL IT. 175 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:38,672 >> WELL, YOU HAVE FOUND SOME VERY COOL THINGS. 176 00:10:38,672 --> 00:10:42,742 I JUST WANT TO START PEOPLE OFF WITH JUST A VISUAL SAMPLE, 177 00:10:42,742 --> 00:10:49,315 SOME VERY VINTAGE LOOKING TOYS HERE SERVING DOUBLE DUTY IN A 178 00:10:49,315 --> 00:10:49,983 SENSE. 179 00:10:49,983 --> 00:10:50,617 >> YEAH. 180 00:10:50,617 --> 00:10:55,989 IT MIGHT BE KIND OF SINFUL TO PLANT UP SOMETHING THIS OLD, 181 00:10:55,989 --> 00:11:00,627 BUT HE ALREADY HAD DRAINAGE HOLES AND COULD DRIVE AROUND TO 182 00:11:00,627 --> 00:11:02,362 MORE LIGHT OR LESS LIGHT AND HE WAS CARRYING AROUND BIG APPLES 183 00:11:02,362 --> 00:11:06,866 OR CABBAGE SO IT'S A FUN LITTLE THING TO PLANT IN. 184 00:11:06,866 --> 00:11:11,071 >> WELL, I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY. 185 00:11:11,071 --> 00:11:13,440 AND THE NICE THING ABOUT PLANTING SUCCULENTS IN THESE 186 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:17,310 KINDS OF THINGS IS THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE CONSTANTLY 187 00:11:17,310 --> 00:11:19,646 WATERED. 188 00:11:19,646 --> 00:11:23,550 EVEN SOMETHING THAT IS AS DELIGHTFUL AS THIS YOU'RE NOT 189 00:11:23,550 --> 00:11:25,185 REALLY DESTROYING IN A SENSE. 190 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:26,653 >> EXACTLY, YEAH. 191 00:11:26,653 --> 00:11:29,956 WE TRY NOT TO WATER HIS BODY, JUST WATER THE PICKUP TRUCK ONCE 192 00:11:29,956 --> 00:11:31,291 A WEEK OR SO. 193 00:11:31,291 --> 00:11:33,293 AND IT SHOULD DO WONDERFUL. 194 00:11:33,293 --> 00:11:36,930 IT'S A SHALLOW CONTAINER SO IT WILL EVAPORATE MOISTURE REAL 195 00:11:36,930 --> 00:11:39,933 WELL AND IT'S GOT LOTS OF DRAINAGE IN IT. 196 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:41,101 IT'S PERFECT. 197 00:11:41,101 --> 00:11:44,037 >> WELL, IT IS PERFECT LOOKING RIGHT HERE ON OUR SET. 198 00:11:44,037 --> 00:11:47,173 AND IT HAS A COUSIN UP THERE, WHAT'S HE DELIVERING? 199 00:11:47,173 --> 00:11:51,144 >> HE'S DELIVERING SOME WATERMELON AND OTHER FRUIT AND 200 00:11:51,144 --> 00:11:52,045 WHATNOT. 201 00:11:52,045 --> 00:11:53,079 >> OKAY. 202 00:11:53,079 --> 00:11:56,016 >> HE'S NOT QUITE AS OLD AS HIS RED FRIEND THERE. 203 00:11:56,016 --> 00:12:01,287 >> OLD OR YOUNG THEY'RE BOTH VERY CHARMING. 204 00:12:01,287 --> 00:12:04,724 AND YOU'VE BROUGHT ALONG A LITTLE COIN DRAWER AND WE'LL 205 00:12:04,724 --> 00:12:08,595 SHOW PEOPLE -- YOU USE ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT YOU FIND IN 206 00:12:08,595 --> 00:12:10,030 ANTIQUE SHOPS. 207 00:12:10,030 --> 00:12:11,631 AND I THINK ON CURBSIDES SOMETIMES. 208 00:12:11,631 --> 00:12:12,732 >> EXACTLY. 209 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:15,235 I FOUND THIS IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP FOR REAL CHEAP AND IT ALREADY 210 00:12:15,235 --> 00:12:16,770 HAD A DRAINAGE HOLE. 211 00:12:16,770 --> 00:12:20,106 I COULD DRILL ANOTHER HOLE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY SUFFICIENT WITH 212 00:12:20,106 --> 00:12:22,842 HOW SHALLOW IT IS. 213 00:12:22,842 --> 00:12:27,313 IT MAKES A UNIQUE PLANTER AND WE HAVE ONE PLANTED UP OVER THERE 214 00:12:27,313 --> 00:12:29,115 THAT I'M SURE YOU CAN SHOW A PICTURE OF. 215 00:12:29,115 --> 00:12:32,652 >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRILL INTO METAL OR SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE A 216 00:12:32,652 --> 00:12:37,490 GLAZED CERAMIC OR GLASS, YOU NEED A SPECIAL DRILL BIT. 217 00:12:37,490 --> 00:12:40,593 >> YEAH, A DIAMOND DRILL BIT CAN PRETTY MUCH DRILL THROUGH 218 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:42,495 ANYTHING. 219 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:44,898 IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A BIG HULK OF METAL YOU WANT TO USE A 220 00:12:44,898 --> 00:12:48,702 METAL BIT, BUT THIS IS GREAT FOR GLASS AND EVEN WOOD YOU CAN 221 00:12:48,702 --> 00:12:50,003 DRILL THROUGH. 222 00:12:50,003 --> 00:12:51,471 WE USE IT FOR EVERYTHING. 223 00:12:51,471 --> 00:12:53,673 AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE, ABOUT $15. 224 00:12:53,673 --> 00:12:57,444 BUT THIS CAN MAKE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE LAYING AROUND 225 00:12:57,444 --> 00:12:58,978 GREAT PLANTERS. 226 00:12:58,978 --> 00:13:00,747 IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO HAVE. 227 00:13:00,747 --> 00:13:02,582 >> ALL RIGHT. 228 00:13:02,582 --> 00:13:05,952 SPEAKING OF GREAT PLANTERS AND TOOLS WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL 229 00:13:05,952 --> 00:13:11,925 TOOL BOX AND BEAUTIFULLY DISPLAYING THE PLANTS AND ALSO 230 00:13:11,925 --> 00:13:12,625 SOME COOL ROCKS AND THINGS. 231 00:13:12,625 --> 00:13:13,626 >> YES. 232 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:15,995 ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH WOOD IS IT CRACKS OVER TIME WHEN YOU 233 00:13:15,995 --> 00:13:17,664 WATER IT. 234 00:13:17,664 --> 00:13:19,132 YOU NEED TO HAVE INSERTS. 235 00:13:19,132 --> 00:13:22,535 I FOUND THIS PLANTER THAT HAS FOUR SECTIONS AND THEY EACH HAVE 236 00:13:22,535 --> 00:13:25,238 A PLASTIC INSERT SO IT'S PERFECT. 237 00:13:25,238 --> 00:13:27,974 WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SLAG GLASS IN THERE AND JUST SOME 238 00:13:27,974 --> 00:13:31,044 DIFFERENT ROCKS TO ACCENT IT. 239 00:13:31,044 --> 00:13:35,215 AND IF YOU FIND A LARGE PIECE OF SLAG GLASS YOU CAN JUST THROW IT 240 00:13:35,215 --> 00:13:38,251 IN A TOWEL AND HAMMER IT INTO SMALLER PIECES THAT ARE MORE 241 00:13:38,251 --> 00:13:40,086 USABLE. 242 00:13:40,086 --> 00:13:42,155 AND THE SAME GOES FOR PETRIFIED WOOD. 243 00:13:42,155 --> 00:13:45,558 IF YOU HAVE A REAL LARGE PIECE YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST USE A HAMMER 244 00:13:45,558 --> 00:13:47,127 AND BREAK IT DOWN. 245 00:13:47,127 --> 00:13:49,029 >> I WANT YOU TO SHOW THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, THE COLORS. 246 00:13:49,029 --> 00:13:51,431 THEY'RE REALLY SOMETHING ELSE. 247 00:13:51,431 --> 00:13:55,301 >> THIS IS FOUR MILLION-YEAR-OLD INDONESIAN PETRIFIED WOOD. 248 00:13:55,301 --> 00:13:57,671 >> AND IT'S AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY. 249 00:13:57,671 --> 00:13:58,805 >> IT IS. 250 00:13:58,805 --> 00:14:02,108 IT SHOULD BE PRICELESS BEING THAT OLD, BUT YEAH, 251 00:14:02,108 --> 00:14:04,210 IT'S AVAILABLE. 252 00:14:04,210 --> 00:14:08,548 >> AND IT MAKES A PERFECT ACCENT OR COUNTER POINT TO A LOT OF THE 253 00:14:08,548 --> 00:14:10,216 PLANTINGS THAT YOU HAVE HERE. 254 00:14:10,216 --> 00:14:11,484 >> CAN REALLY MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT. 255 00:14:11,484 --> 00:14:15,755 ONE COOL ROCK OR PIECE OF WOOD CAN MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT. 256 00:14:15,755 --> 00:14:16,990 >> OR A BEER CAN. 257 00:14:16,990 --> 00:14:18,825 >> SURE. 258 00:14:18,825 --> 00:14:23,129 >> SPEAKING OF WHICH, RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME, 259 00:14:23,129 --> 00:14:23,663 THIS IS A VERY AUSTIN PIECE, I WOULD THINK. 260 00:14:23,663 --> 00:14:24,798 >> YES. 261 00:14:24,798 --> 00:14:28,134 CASEY HAS GOTTEN REALLY OBSESSED WITH MAKING THESE WITH HIS 262 00:14:28,134 --> 00:14:32,072 DREMEL AND THE ROUTER AND A LITTLE WOODWORKING AND HE BOLTS 263 00:14:32,072 --> 00:14:35,842 THEM IN AND IT'S A NEAT AUSTIN THING TO DO. 264 00:14:35,842 --> 00:14:38,678 >> SO HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU WATER THESE GUYS? 265 00:14:38,678 --> 00:14:41,748 >> WELL, THAT'S A REALLY SMALL OPENING THERE. 266 00:14:41,748 --> 00:14:45,018 I WOULD WATER THOSE TWICE A WEEK. 267 00:14:45,018 --> 00:14:48,988 UNLESS YOU'RE IN A SHADY HEAR AREA, THEN YOU CAN WATER LESS. 268 00:14:48,988 --> 00:14:56,029 >> WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF THINGS HERE FROM OLD COFFEE CANS TO 269 00:14:56,029 --> 00:15:02,268 VINTAGE LOOKING HORSES AND GLAZED CERAMICS, 270 00:15:02,268 --> 00:15:04,204 BUT THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THEMES I THINK YOU'VE GOT HERE. 271 00:15:04,204 --> 00:15:05,638 >> SURE. 272 00:15:05,638 --> 00:15:08,842 YOU CAN GO REALLY LUSH AND FILL OUT A POT AND IT'S A GOOD 273 00:15:08,842 --> 00:15:12,045 PROPAGATOR THAT YOU CAN MAKE CUTTINGS OFF. 274 00:15:12,045 --> 00:15:16,850 OR YOU CAN GO REALLY STARK AND KIND OF DESOLATE AND DESERTLIKE 275 00:15:16,850 --> 00:15:18,885 AND MODERN WITH A LOT OF OPEN SPACE OR JUST ONE ROCK AND ONE 276 00:15:18,885 --> 00:15:20,453 PLANT. 277 00:15:20,453 --> 00:15:22,422 YOU CAN KEEP IT KIND OF MYSTICAL. 278 00:15:22,422 --> 00:15:24,424 >> ZEN. 279 00:15:24,424 --> 00:15:26,226 >> ZEN IN A COFFEE CAN. 280 00:15:26,226 --> 00:15:28,661 I THINK THAT WOULD WORK. 281 00:15:28,661 --> 00:15:31,264 THAT ESTHETIC IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LIKE, 282 00:15:31,264 --> 00:15:33,967 BUT I ALSO LIKE THE FUNKY RETRO LOOK THAT A LOT OF YOUR PIECES 283 00:15:33,967 --> 00:15:34,868 SEEM TO HAVE. 284 00:15:34,868 --> 00:15:36,503 >> YEAH. 285 00:15:36,503 --> 00:15:40,573 THAT'S A SHABBY CHICK CHIKAGE WITH THE ROCKS AND THE 286 00:15:40,573 --> 00:15:45,945 ARRANGEMENT THERE AND IT HAS ROAD KILL IN IT WITH REINDEER 287 00:15:45,945 --> 00:15:48,481 MOSS TO KIND OF BRIGHTEN IT UP. 288 00:15:48,481 --> 00:15:53,820 >> WELL, THAT BEAUTIFUL RETRO LOOKING VASE IS REALLY COOL. 289 00:15:53,820 --> 00:15:57,323 WE HAVE A VARIETY OF TOOL KITS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT. 290 00:15:57,323 --> 00:16:02,162 AND THE ONE THAT IS BLOWING ME AWAY AND I WANT YOU TO DESCRIBE 291 00:16:02,162 --> 00:16:05,565 THIS FOR OUR VIEWERS BECAUSE IT'S PLANTED ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE LID HERE. 292 00:16:05,565 --> 00:16:06,032 >> SURE. 293 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:09,869 I ALWAYS LOOK FOR A LID THAT WILL HOLD ITSELF OPEN AND NOT 294 00:16:09,869 --> 00:16:11,604 FALL BACK ALL THE WAY. 295 00:16:11,604 --> 00:16:14,140 THEY USUALLY HAVE AN INSERT IN THERE THAT YOU CAN DRILL AS WELL 296 00:16:14,140 --> 00:16:16,309 THAT MAKES A GREAT PLANTER. 297 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:19,746 SO YOU CAN FIT A LOT OF NEAT THINGS AND GET CREATIVE WITH 298 00:16:19,746 --> 00:16:21,915 SOME WOODS AND MOSSES AND ROCKS AS WELL. 299 00:16:21,915 --> 00:16:25,485 >> A LOT OF THESE PLANTS WILL DO TO IN THE SHADE, WON'T THEY? 300 00:16:25,485 --> 00:16:26,486 >> THEY WILL. 301 00:16:26,486 --> 00:16:28,755 AND IT'S NOT IDEAL THAT THE MANFREDA IS IN THERE. 302 00:16:28,755 --> 00:16:33,159 BECAUSE THE MANFREDA WILL COLOR UP MORE RED IN SOME SUN, 303 00:16:33,159 --> 00:16:37,297 BUT IT WILL STILL LIVE WELL BUT YOU WON'T GET THE NICE COLOR. 304 00:16:37,297 --> 00:16:39,599 WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SHADE PLANTS IN THE ARRANGEMENTS. 305 00:16:39,599 --> 00:16:44,871 >> THIS ONE SHOWS OFF BOTH LUSH AND STARK ALL IN ONE CONTAINER 306 00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:45,939 REALLY. 307 00:16:45,939 --> 00:16:49,976 AND THE USE OF THE STONES AND IT'S AN ART FORM UNTO ITSELF 308 00:16:49,976 --> 00:16:50,477 REALLY. 309 00:16:50,477 --> 00:16:52,112 >> THAT'S MORGAN'S STYLE. 310 00:16:52,112 --> 00:16:56,449 SHE LOVES TO USE A LOT OF WOODS AND MOSSES. 311 00:16:56,449 --> 00:16:57,917 >> AND PEOPLE SEE THESE THINGS AND THEY THINK GOSH, 312 00:16:57,917 --> 00:16:59,319 THAT LOOKS SO COMPLICATED. 313 00:16:59,319 --> 00:17:00,687 MUST BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO TAKE CARE OF. 314 00:17:00,687 --> 00:17:02,222 >> NO. 315 00:17:02,222 --> 00:17:04,457 YOU'RE JUST DRILLING 'EM, THROWING DIRT IN, 316 00:17:04,457 --> 00:17:07,560 THROW THE PLANTS IN AND THEN THROW SOME TOP DRESS AND YOU CAN 317 00:17:07,560 --> 00:17:10,463 GET AS CREATIVE AND GET COMPLEX AS YOU WANT TO, 318 00:17:10,463 --> 00:17:14,834 BUT IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO TO REPLANT YOUR PLANTS AND GET 319 00:17:14,834 --> 00:17:18,138 CREATIVE, HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. 320 00:17:18,138 --> 00:17:21,341 >> YOU SAID THROW SOME DIRT IN, BUT I KNOW YOU DON'T THROW JUST 321 00:17:21,341 --> 00:17:23,176 ANY DIRT IN THERE. 322 00:17:23,176 --> 00:17:27,347 AND ACTUALLY ADDING THE CORRECT SOIL IS REALLY PROBABLY ONE OF 323 00:17:27,347 --> 00:17:29,582 THE KEY THINGS HERE, RIGHT? 324 00:17:29,582 --> 00:17:31,685 >> WE MAKE A MIX THAT'S REALLY FAST DRAINING, 325 00:17:31,685 --> 00:17:36,456 BUT IT'S REALLY NUTRITIOUS AS WELL. 326 00:17:36,456 --> 00:17:38,324 WE USE A LOT OF CYPRESS MULCH AND GRANITE AND PEARLITE TO MAKE 327 00:17:38,324 --> 00:17:41,695 THINGS DRAIN REALLY QUICKLY. 328 00:17:41,695 --> 00:17:45,398 ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEY SAY THEY KILL 329 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:48,134 SUCCULENTS, THEY BUY THIS NURSERY POT THAT'S JUST A BLOCK 330 00:17:48,134 --> 00:17:50,236 OF PEAT. 331 00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:52,872 AND WHEN YOU'RE WATERING IT'S NEVER SATURATING THE ROOTS, 332 00:17:52,872 --> 00:17:54,574 JUST GOING DOWN THE SIDES. 333 00:17:54,574 --> 00:18:00,380 WHEN YOU REPOT INTO A GOOD MIX YOU CAN SATURATE THE ROOTS AND 334 00:18:00,380 --> 00:18:02,415 GET DOWN FOR THE PLANT TO GROW WELL. 335 00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:07,554 REPOTTING IS A NUMBER ONE THING WHEN YOU BUY A PLANT FROM A 336 00:18:07,554 --> 00:18:11,358 NURSERY AND MAKING THE ARRANGEMENTS IS A GOOD WAY TO DO 337 00:18:11,358 --> 00:18:13,460 A FUN THING AND ALSO HELP THE PLANTS OUT. 338 00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:17,030 >> WHEN YOU REPOT, DO YOU BREAK UP THE ROOTS A LITTLE BIT? 339 00:18:17,030 --> 00:18:18,531 >> SURE. 340 00:18:18,531 --> 00:18:22,335 IF IT'S ROOT BOUND OR IF IT'S A BLOCK OF PEAT, THEN BREAK IT UP. 341 00:18:22,335 --> 00:18:26,072 IF IT'S A FRAGILE PLANT THAT DOESN'T HAVE VERY MANY ROOTS, 342 00:18:26,072 --> 00:18:27,440 DON'T MESS WITH THE ROOTS. 343 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:28,208 YOU DON'T NEED TO. 344 00:18:28,208 --> 00:18:28,641 >> EXACTLY. 345 00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:30,076 OKAY. 346 00:18:30,076 --> 00:18:36,383 WELL, AGAIN, THE VARIETY IS JUST ASTONISHING FROM REALLY SMALL TO 347 00:18:36,383 --> 00:18:38,618 VERY BIG. 348 00:18:38,618 --> 00:18:39,119 AND YOU HAVE THAT BARREL LIKE THING OVER THERE. 349 00:18:39,119 --> 00:18:42,922 WHAT IS THAT? 350 00:18:42,922 --> 00:18:46,192 >> THAT IS JUST A BIG OLD OIL BARREL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 351 00:18:46,192 --> 00:18:48,461 AND WE'VE THROWN A BIG BLOCK OF STYROFOAM IN THERE. 352 00:18:48,461 --> 00:18:51,564 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASTE THAT MUCH DIRT. 353 00:18:51,564 --> 00:18:54,067 YOU CAN PUT A POT UPSIDE DOWN, PUT A LOG IN THERE, 354 00:18:54,067 --> 00:19:00,774 A BLOCK OF STYROFOAM TO MAKE IT LIGHTER AND IT WILL STAY LESS 355 00:19:00,774 --> 00:19:06,212 WET FOR LONG PERIODS IF IT'S NOT ALL RICH SOIL GETTING MUCKY IN THERE. 356 00:19:06,212 --> 00:19:08,381 >> AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A FORTUNE TO DO ALL THAT. 357 00:19:08,381 --> 00:19:11,785 FROM CRACKER BOXES TO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR GARAGE 358 00:19:11,785 --> 00:19:15,422 RIGHT NOW. 359 00:19:15,422 --> 00:19:17,624 AND THAT YOU'VE GOT TOOLS IN. 360 00:19:17,624 --> 00:19:19,125 IF YOU WANT THAT COOL RETRO LOOK YOU CAN DO IT. 361 00:19:19,125 --> 00:19:20,260 >> YOU CAN. 362 00:19:20,260 --> 00:19:24,464 >> ERIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 363 00:19:24,464 --> 00:19:28,368 YOUR EAST AUSTIN SUCCULENTS IS ON TILLERY STREET. 364 00:19:28,368 --> 00:19:28,835 >> YES. 365 00:19:28,835 --> 00:19:30,303 >> LOCATED WITH THE TILLERY STREET PLANT COMPANY. 366 00:19:30,303 --> 00:19:33,073 >> 801 TILLERY. 367 00:19:33,073 --> 00:19:37,811 >> I HOPE PEOPLE WILL CHECK YOU OUT DOWN THERE. 368 00:19:37,811 --> 00:19:39,646 WE ALSO HAVE THE AUSTIN CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SOCIETY SHOW AND 369 00:19:39,646 --> 00:19:41,448 SALE COMING UP. 370 00:19:41,448 --> 00:19:43,183 I KNOW PEOPLE CAN CHECK THAT OUT. 371 00:19:43,183 --> 00:19:45,085 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PLANTS. 372 00:19:45,085 --> 00:19:47,120 THEY CAN ALSO FIND THEM AT YOUR PLACE. 373 00:19:47,120 --> 00:19:47,821 THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 374 00:19:47,821 --> 00:19:48,688 >> THANK YOU. 375 00:19:48,688 --> 00:19:49,422 >> ALL RIGHT. 376 00:19:49,422 --> 00:19:55,462 COMING UP NEXT IS OUR FRIEND DAPHNE. 377 00:19:55,462 --> 00:19:56,863 >> HI, I'M DAPHNE RICHARDS. 378 00:19:56,863 --> 00:19:58,998 OUR QUESTION THIS WEEK WAS INSPIRED BY SOME SPIRITED 379 00:19:58,998 --> 00:20:02,002 DISCUSSION ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 380 00:20:02,002 --> 00:20:03,903 WE KNOW IT'S TOO HOT AND DRY TO PLANT RIGHT NOW, 381 00:20:03,903 --> 00:20:05,939 BUT WHAT IF WE MUST OR IF WE'RE STARTING A FALL VEGETABLE 382 00:20:05,939 --> 00:20:07,040 GARDEN? 383 00:20:07,040 --> 00:20:09,743 HOW DO WE BEST PROTECT OUR NEW PLANTING. 384 00:20:09,743 --> 00:20:12,078 ALTHOUGH SOME PLANTS LIKE LANTANA, OKRA, 385 00:20:12,078 --> 00:20:16,649 BIRD OF PARADISE AND OTHER HEAT LOVING TOUGH GUYS WILL NOT BAT 386 00:20:16,649 --> 00:20:18,585 AN EYE IF YOU PLANT THEM IN MID SUMMER IN TEXAS, 387 00:20:18,585 --> 00:20:20,854 MOST PLANTS WILL STRUGGLE. 388 00:20:20,854 --> 00:20:24,324 THE SUN HERE IS JUST TOO BRUTAL, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NECESSARY TO 389 00:20:24,324 --> 00:20:26,659 PLANT IN SUMMER AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU CAN HELP YOUR 390 00:20:26,659 --> 00:20:28,028 PLANTS TRANSITION. 391 00:20:28,028 --> 00:20:29,662 IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT, 392 00:20:29,662 --> 00:20:31,498 BUT WILL BE WELL WORTH IT. 393 00:20:31,498 --> 00:20:33,733 ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS BUILD A SIMPLE, 394 00:20:33,733 --> 00:20:35,802 EVEN CRUDE SHADE STRUCTURE FOR THEM. 395 00:20:35,802 --> 00:20:38,238 TO KEEP OUT SOME OF THE BURNING SUNLIGHT. 396 00:20:38,238 --> 00:20:42,909 A VERY EASY WAY TO DO THIS IS WITH PVC PIPE AND SHADE CLOTH. 397 00:20:42,909 --> 00:20:45,145 YOU CAN FIND AT MOST HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES AND 398 00:20:45,145 --> 00:20:45,779 NURSERIES. 399 00:20:45,779 --> 00:20:49,616 PVC PIPE IS EASY TO CUT. 400 00:20:49,616 --> 00:20:55,021 AND THEN JUST DRAPE SHADE CLOTH OVER THE TOP. 401 00:20:55,021 --> 00:20:57,991 YOU CAN ALSO USE THINWOOD AND STAKES THAT CAN BE HAMMERED INTO 402 00:20:57,991 --> 00:21:03,163 THE GROUND. 403 00:21:03,163 --> 00:21:05,165 SHADE CLOTH COMES IN DIFFERENT WEIGHTS, 404 00:21:05,165 --> 00:21:07,233 KEEPING VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF LIGHT OUT. 405 00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:10,036 ABOUT 30% SUN BLOCKAGE SHOULD DO THE TRICK. 406 00:21:10,036 --> 00:21:14,874 MAKE SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF AIR CIRCULATION AND THE PLANT. 407 00:21:14,874 --> 00:21:18,511 IF YOU'RE PROTECTING A VEGETABLE GARDEN YOU MAY CHOOSE TO LEAVE 408 00:21:18,511 --> 00:21:22,949 THE SHADE CLOTH ON UNTIL TEMPERATURES FALL BACK INTO THE 80'S. 409 00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:24,484 ALTHOUGH VEGETABLES CAN HANDLE MORE LIGHT AND YOU CAN REMOVE 410 00:21:24,484 --> 00:21:27,687 EARLIER ONCE THEY'RE ESTABLISHED THE PLANTS WILL BE LESS STRESSED 411 00:21:27,687 --> 00:21:29,289 IN A BIT OF SHADE. 412 00:21:29,289 --> 00:21:31,424 ALTHOUGH TOO MUCH SHADE WILL INHIBIT THEIR ABILITY TO FRUIT, 413 00:21:31,424 --> 00:21:33,360 SO DON'T OVER DO IT. 414 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,963 IF YOU'RE SIMPLY PROTECTING A LANDSCAPE PLANT, 415 00:21:36,963 --> 00:21:39,165 A FEW WEEKS UNDER THE SHADE SHOULD DO IT. 416 00:21:39,165 --> 00:21:42,102 ANY RUDIMENTARY SHADE SURE WILL DO THE TRICK, 417 00:21:42,102 --> 00:21:44,170 SO DON'T GET TOO FANCY. 418 00:21:44,170 --> 00:21:47,207 MAKE SURE THE WIND WON'T PICK IT UP AND BLOW IT AWAY. 419 00:21:47,207 --> 00:21:49,109 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GREAT SUCCULENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS 420 00:21:49,109 --> 00:21:50,410 WEEK. 421 00:21:50,410 --> 00:21:52,212 PORTULACA AND APPEAR CONTINUE I CAN'T, 422 00:21:52,212 --> 00:21:54,481 BOTH OF WHICH ARE TYPICALLY CALLED ICE PLANTS. 423 00:21:54,481 --> 00:21:56,416 ALTHOUGH WE ALL DO IT I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT USE THE 424 00:21:56,416 --> 00:21:59,886 COMMON NAME FOR PLANTS CAN OFTEN LEAD TO CONFUSION AND WITH THE 425 00:21:59,886 --> 00:22:03,189 COMMON NAME ICE PLANT THIS SEEMS TO BE ESPECIALLY TRUE AS MOST 426 00:22:03,189 --> 00:22:06,259 ANY SUCK LINT PLANT THAT SPREADS ALONG THE GROUND, 427 00:22:06,259 --> 00:22:09,963 THRIVES IN HEAT, GROWS IN ROCKY SOIL AND HAS BEAUTIFUL LEAVES 428 00:22:09,963 --> 00:22:12,265 AND FLOWERS IS CALLED ICE PLANTS. 429 00:22:12,265 --> 00:22:15,068 MOST WILL DO WELL HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS, 430 00:22:15,068 --> 00:22:16,469 ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER. 431 00:22:16,469 --> 00:22:18,738 BUT SOME SPECIES DON'T TOLERATE OUR COLD WINTERS, 432 00:22:18,738 --> 00:22:22,042 SO BE SURE TO DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU PLANT. 433 00:22:22,042 --> 00:22:24,377 IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS HEARTS AND FLOWERS SO YOU CAN FIND IT 434 00:22:24,377 --> 00:22:27,547 PRETTY EASILY AND BOTH IT AND PORTULACA ARE EASILY GROWN. 435 00:22:27,547 --> 00:22:30,750 PORTULACA FROM SEED AND APPEAR 10 I CAN'T FROM CUTTINGS. 436 00:22:30,750 --> 00:22:34,220 YOU CAN TAKE IT RIGHT FROM THE GROUND AND IT WILL COVER IN NO 437 00:22:34,220 --> 00:22:35,321 TIME. 438 00:22:35,321 --> 00:22:41,695 WE HAVE ANOTHER AMAZING VIEWER PHOTO FROM JASON. 439 00:22:41,695 --> 00:22:44,664 TO DO IN YOUR GARDEN THIS WEEK CHECK FOR SPIDER BITES. 440 00:22:44,664 --> 00:22:51,171 WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, SO PLEASE VISIT US AT KLRU.ORG/CTG 441 00:22:51,171 --> 00:22:52,572 WITH YOU'RE QUESTIONS AND PLANTS OF THE WEEK FROM YOUR GARDEN. 442 00:22:52,572 --> 00:22:53,306 >> THANKS, DAPHNE. 443 00:22:53,306 --> 00:22:59,412 NOW LET'S CHECK IN WITH TRISHA SHIREY. 444 00:22:59,412 --> 00:23:03,216 >> SUCCULENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE REALLY ALL THE RAGE NOW FOR 445 00:23:03,216 --> 00:23:06,619 EVENTS, BRIDAL PARTIES, THEY EVEN SHOW UP IN BOUQUETS AND 446 00:23:06,619 --> 00:23:09,356 BEAUTY NEARS FOR WEDDINGS. 447 00:23:09,356 --> 00:23:11,591 SUCCULENT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE KIND OF EXPENSIVE. 448 00:23:11,591 --> 00:23:14,194 THEY'RE VERY SLOW GROWING. 449 00:23:14,194 --> 00:23:16,096 SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE THEM FOR A PARTY YOU WOULD HAVE TO 450 00:23:16,096 --> 00:23:17,330 PLAN WELL AHEAD OF TIME. 451 00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:21,301 BUT I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS TO MAKE SUCCULENTS EASY TO USE IN FLOWER 452 00:23:21,301 --> 00:23:24,738 ARRANGEMENTS AND THE NICE THING IS YOU CAN POT THESE UP AND GROW 453 00:23:24,738 --> 00:23:27,273 THEM EVEN AFTER YOU USE THEM. 454 00:23:27,273 --> 00:23:30,076 THE EASIEST THING TO DO I FOUND IS JUST TO TAKE THE DECORATOR 455 00:23:30,076 --> 00:23:35,515 BEADS THAT YOU SOAK IN WATER, MAKE SOME CUTTINGS OF SUCCULENTS 456 00:23:35,515 --> 00:23:37,851 AND STICK THEM INTO THE BEADS. 457 00:23:37,851 --> 00:23:40,787 AND THIS WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. 458 00:23:40,787 --> 00:23:43,456 YOU CAN MIST IT AND YOU JUST BASICALLY STICK THAT STEM IN, 459 00:23:43,456 --> 00:23:46,726 THE BEADS HOLD UP THE SUCCULENTS AND SUPPORT THEM, 460 00:23:46,726 --> 00:23:48,128 KEEP THEM MOIST. 461 00:23:48,128 --> 00:23:50,897 AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE THESE OUT, POT THEM UP. 462 00:23:50,897 --> 00:23:53,933 THESE ARE JUST A DECORATIVE PIE PAN BUT YOU COULD USE ANY 463 00:23:53,933 --> 00:23:57,871 CONTAINER THAT YOU LIKE. 464 00:23:57,871 --> 00:23:58,538 I LIKE TO TAKE SUCCULENTS AND YOU CAN USE THEM FOR NAME CARDS 465 00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:00,607 OR FOR MENU CARDS. 466 00:24:00,607 --> 00:24:03,977 IF YOU'RE HAVING A BUFFET YOU CAN PUT THE NAMES OF THE FOODS 467 00:24:03,977 --> 00:24:06,413 ON THE CARD. 468 00:24:06,413 --> 00:24:09,182 THIS DOESN'T NEED WATER, IT DOESN'T NEED SOIL, 469 00:24:09,182 --> 00:24:10,517 SO IF IT GETS KNOCKED OVER DURING YOUR A PARTY IT'S NOT A 470 00:24:10,517 --> 00:24:12,986 PROBLEM. 471 00:24:12,986 --> 00:24:16,389 AND THEN CAN YOU ALSO JUST TAKE CUTTINGS OF SUCCULENTS AND PUT 472 00:24:16,389 --> 00:24:18,892 THEM IN FLORAL FOAM FOR ARRANGEMENTS. 473 00:24:18,892 --> 00:24:21,795 NOW, THIS CONTAINER HAS THE GREEN FLORAL FOAM THAT I'VE 474 00:24:21,795 --> 00:24:27,267 SOAKED AND THAT I'VE JUST STUCK THE SUCCULENTS IN TO IT. 475 00:24:27,267 --> 00:24:31,771 AND SOMETIMES YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA STEM 476 00:24:31,771 --> 00:24:35,709 FOR THE SUCCULENTS LIKE THIS ONE HAS A VERY THICK STEM SO I'VE 477 00:24:35,709 --> 00:24:39,579 USED A FLORAL PICK TO STICK IN AND THAT STICKS INTO THE FOAM 478 00:24:39,579 --> 00:24:41,114 QUITE EASILY. 479 00:24:41,114 --> 00:24:44,617 SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A STEM YOU COULD DO 480 00:24:44,617 --> 00:24:46,553 THE SAME THING, JUST PUT A STICK IN THERE AND THAT WORKS QUITE 481 00:24:46,553 --> 00:24:48,021 WELL. 482 00:24:48,021 --> 00:24:52,692 YOU CAN ALSO TAKE WIRE AND I'VE JUST INSERTED WIRE INTO THE STEM 483 00:24:52,692 --> 00:24:56,062 IN A COUPLE OF PLACES AND THEN I WRAPPED THAT WIRE WITH FLORAL 484 00:24:56,062 --> 00:24:57,130 TAPE. 485 00:24:57,130 --> 00:25:00,166 AND THIS TAPE STICKS ON TO ITSELF. 486 00:25:00,166 --> 00:25:02,369 IT'S NOT STICKY. 487 00:25:02,369 --> 00:25:05,772 BUT IT DOES STICK TO ITSELF AND IT ACTUALLY CAN BE PUT IN WATER. 488 00:25:05,772 --> 00:25:09,109 SO YOU CAN EXTEND THE STEM AS LONG AS YOU WANT AND HAVE THAT 489 00:25:09,109 --> 00:25:11,277 EVEN GO DOWN INTO WATER. 490 00:25:11,277 --> 00:25:13,380 IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH YOU CAN ALSO PAINT 491 00:25:13,380 --> 00:25:14,681 SUCCULENTS. 492 00:25:14,681 --> 00:25:17,183 NOW, DESIGN MASTER PAINT IS A PAINT THAT CAN BE USED ON 493 00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:20,487 FLOWERS AND PLANTS AND IT DOESN'T HARM THEM. 494 00:25:20,487 --> 00:25:23,223 SO YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING MORE SPARKLY, 495 00:25:23,223 --> 00:25:25,592 BRING IN YOUR WEATHER COLORS. 496 00:25:25,592 --> 00:25:30,030 I'VE DONE A TWO TONE EFFECT WITH SILVER AND PINK AND COPPER AND 497 00:25:30,030 --> 00:25:32,132 PINK FOR THESE ARRANGEMENTS. 498 00:25:32,132 --> 00:25:34,034 THAT TAKES IT UP A NOTCH. 499 00:25:34,034 --> 00:25:36,469 IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET A LITTLE FANCY YOU CAN SPRAY THE 500 00:25:36,469 --> 00:25:39,239 SUCCULENTS AFTER YOU PUT THE SPRAY PAINT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF 501 00:25:39,239 --> 00:25:42,942 SPRAY GLUE FOR GLITTER AND SPRINKLE GLITTER ON THEM FOR 502 00:25:42,942 --> 00:25:46,346 EVEN A MORE DECORATIVE SUCCULENT. 503 00:25:46,346 --> 00:25:50,717 SO I HOPE YOU WILL TRY SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR SUCCULENTS 504 00:25:50,717 --> 00:25:52,786 AND ENJOY THESE. 505 00:25:52,786 --> 00:25:54,821 FOR BACKYARD BASICS, I'M TRISHA SHIREY. 506 00:25:54,821 --> 00:25:57,090 THANKS FOR WATCHING. 507 00:25:57,090 --> 00:26:01,995 >> FIND OUT MORE AT KLRU.ORG/CTG AND JOIN US ON FACEBOOK. 508 00:26:01,995 --> 00:26:05,999 UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'LL SEE YOU IN THE GARDEN. 509 00:26:05,999 --> 00:26:07,500 >> TO LEARN ABOUT TODAY'S PROGRAM, 510 00:26:07,500 --> 00:26:31,124 WATCH ONLINE AND FOLLOW CTG'S BLOG, CHECK OUT KLRU.ORG/CTG. 511 00:26:31,124 --> 00:26:33,793 >> SUPPORT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS GARDENER COMES FROM GEOGROWERS, 512 00:26:33,793 --> 00:26:36,463 OFFERING CUSTOM SOIL BLENDS FOR LAWNS, GARDENS, 513 00:26:36,463 --> 00:26:39,532 XERISCAPING AND ORGANIC LANDSCAPE APPLIES. 514 00:26:39,532 --> 00:26:43,532 MORE INFORMATION AT GEOGROWERS.NET.