WEBVTT 00:01.501 --> 00:02.802 >> HI THERE, I'M TOM SPENCER. 00:02.802 --> 00:03.937 THIS WEEK ON CENTRAL TEXAS GARDENER, 00:03.937 --> 00:07.407 UP CYCLE CONTAINERS FOR CREATIVE SUCCULENT DESIGNS WITH ERIC 00:07.407 --> 00:10.343 PEDLEY'S SPIN AT EAST AUSTIN SUCCULENTS. 00:10.343 --> 00:16.383 AND THEN THE SUCCULENTS WITH THE BOB BARTH'S GREENHOUSES AND 00:16.383 --> 00:17.484 GARDENS. 00:17.484 --> 00:20.887 DAPHNE SHOWS OFF SUMMERTIME PORTULACA AND TRISHA SHIREY 00:20.887 --> 00:23.390 CRAFTS ARRANGEMENTS WITH SUCCULENT PLANTS. 00:23.390 --> 00:26.559 LET'S GET GROWING, RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. 00:26.559 --> 00:29.229 >> SUPPORT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS GARDENER COMES FROM GEOGROWERS, 00:29.229 --> 00:31.698 OFFERING CUSTOM SOIL BLENDS FOR LAWNS, GARDENS, 00:31.698 --> 00:34.934 XERISCAPING AND ORGANIC LANDSCAPING SUPPLIES. 00:34.934 --> 00:52.152 MORE INFORMATION AT GEOGROWERS.NET. 00:52.152 --> 00:55.055 >> AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE AUSTIN CACTUS AND SUCCULENT 00:55.055 --> 00:59.092 SOCIETY, BOB BARTH HAS IMPACTED OUR PERCEPTIONS AND GARDENS. 00:59.092 --> 01:01.661 FIND OUT WHAT STARTED HIS FASCINATION AND WHY IT'S 01:01.661 --> 01:03.997 IMPORTANT. 01:03.997 --> 01:06.099 >> BOB BARTH IS AN EXPLORER. 01:06.099 --> 01:08.835 HE VENTURES BEYOND THE BORDERS WITH PLANTS THAT UNITE OUR 01:08.835 --> 01:12.272 GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO DISCOVER THEIR PURPOSE AND APPRECIATE 01:12.272 --> 01:14.007 THEIR BEAUTY. 01:14.007 --> 01:16.810 ON HIS HILLSIDE PROPERTY SHARED WITH PARTNER NOREEN, 01:16.810 --> 01:20.447 HE GROWS COLD HARDY CACTI AND SUCCULENTS IN THE GROUND. 01:20.447 --> 01:24.084 OTHERS RESIDE IN GREENHOUSES WHERE HE GROWS AND PROPAGATES 01:24.084 --> 01:28.088 PLANTS CHOSEN FROM UNIVERSAL WHOLESALE NURSERIES. 01:28.088 --> 01:32.759 HIS PASSION IS ALSO TO EDUCATE AND PRESERVE PLANTS THAT ARE LOSING HABITAT, 01:32.759 --> 01:35.829 AN INTEREST THAT GERMINATED WHEN HE WAS A BIOLOGY PROFESSOR AT 01:35.829 --> 01:38.498 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS. 01:38.498 --> 01:45.405 >> BACK IN THE EARLY '70'S THEY WERE DOING A SERIES OF INFORMAL 01:45.405 --> 01:52.278 CLASSES AT U.T., AND ONE OF THEM WAS ON CACTI AND SUCCULENTS. 01:52.278 --> 01:57.450 AND I HAD I THINK JUST BEFORE THAT PICKED UP A FEW CACTI AT 01:57.450 --> 02:01.321 LOCAL NURSERIES AND THOUGHT THEIR SHAPES AND TEXTURES WERE 02:01.321 --> 02:04.090 REALLY INTERESTING. 02:04.090 --> 02:05.892 >> MEETING LIKE MINDED GARDENERS, 02:05.892 --> 02:08.595 THEY FORMED THE AUSTIN CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SOCIETY TO EDUCATE THEMSELVES AND OTHERS. 02:08.595 --> 02:15.602 THROUGH MEETINGS ONLINE AND SEMI ANNUAL SALES, THEY FOSTERED 02:15.602 --> 02:18.571 ENTHUSIASM THAT CONTINUES TO GROW. 02:18.571 --> 02:23.476 >> MAYBE IN PART BECAUSE OUR CLIMATE SEEMS TO BE DRYING OUT, 02:23.476 --> 02:26.546 THAT CACTI AND SUCCULENTS HAVE BECOME MUCH MORE POPULAR, 02:26.546 --> 02:30.483 THERE'S A LOT MORE VARIETIES AVAILABLE NOW WHICH ARE ACTUALLY 02:30.483 --> 02:34.654 REASONABLY COLD HARDY AND CAN BE GROWN OUTSIDE. 02:34.654 --> 02:40.226 WHEN I FIRST STARTED THIS LITTLE GARDEN ALONG MY DRIVEWAY, 02:40.226 --> 02:47.534 YOU COULD GET SO TALLS, AGAVE AND OTHER THINGS, 02:47.534 --> 02:51.338 BUT SINCE THAT TIME SO MANY OTHER POSSIBILITIES ARE NOW 02:51.338 --> 02:53.106 AVAILABLE. 02:53.106 --> 02:56.176 >> AS A BIOLOGIST BOB WANTED TO KNOW MORE. 02:56.176 --> 03:00.613 IN A WIRE CAGE GREENHOUSE HE STUDIES PLANTS LIKE ALOES. 03:00.613 --> 03:06.786 >> ALOES ARE NATIVE TO SOUTHERN AND EAST AFRICA AND ALSO THE 03:06.786 --> 03:10.824 ARABIAN PENINSULA AND THE ISLAND OF MADAGASCAR. 03:10.824 --> 03:15.595 WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE MAINLY ARE HYBRIDS. 03:15.595 --> 03:18.331 >> CALIFORNIA GROWERS HAVE HYBRIDIZED VARIETIES WITH 03:18.331 --> 03:21.201 INTRIGUING COLORS AND TEXTURES. 03:21.201 --> 03:24.537 ALOES WANT GOOD SUNLIGHT AND DRY SOIL. 03:24.537 --> 03:26.973 IN SOUTH AFRICA THEY ARE GARDEN PLANTS, 03:26.973 --> 03:30.577 BUT MOST NEED PROTECTION FROM HARSH WINTER COLD IN TEXAS. 03:30.577 --> 03:33.480 >> IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AROUND HERE WHEN YOU HAVE ALOES 03:33.480 --> 03:37.384 BLOOMING THEY WILL BE VISITED BY HUMMINGBIRDS. 03:37.384 --> 03:42.522 >> RELATED TO ALOE IS HAWORTHIA, ANOTHER COLD TENDER PLANT TO BE PROTECTED IN WINTER. 03:42.522 --> 03:45.091 >> THEY ARE ALL FROM SOUTH AFRICA. 03:45.091 --> 03:49.462 SOME ARE HYBRID OR NATIVE SPECIES IN SOUTH AFRICA. 03:49.462 --> 03:52.332 THEY COLOR UP NICELY WITH A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SUN. 03:52.332 --> 03:59.339 AND THE NICEST THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR FACILITY IS IT GETS 03:59.339 --> 04:00.106 SUN IN THE MORNING AND IT'S SHADED BY AND LARGE IN THE 04:00.106 --> 04:01.908 AFTERNOON. 04:01.908 --> 04:05.712 IN HABITAT THEY TEND TO GROW UNDER A SEMI DESERT SHRUBS AND 04:05.712 --> 04:07.881 THINGS LIKE THAT. 04:07.881 --> 04:10.583 >> COLD TENDERED PLANTS MOVE TO A TEMPERATURE CONTROLLED 04:10.583 --> 04:14.521 GREENHOUSE IN WINTER WHERE BOB GROWS PLANTS YEAR-ROUND. 04:14.521 --> 04:18.491 FROM TALL TO TINY HE GROWS MULTIPLE GENERA AND SPECIES OF 04:18.491 --> 04:20.894 SUCCULENTS AND CACTI. 04:20.894 --> 04:25.632 HE REPRESENTS NEW WORLD PLANTS LIKE CACTI AND AGAVES. 04:25.632 --> 04:33.540 FROM THE OLD WORLD HAWORTHIAS, ALOES AND SUCCULENT EUPHORBIAS. 04:33.540 --> 04:35.942 ANOTHER GREENHOUSE SITS ATOP THE CARPORT, 04:35.942 --> 04:39.079 AN IDEA FROM ONE OF HIS GRAD STUDENTS TO GET THE SUNNIEST 04:39.079 --> 04:42.215 SPOT FOR CACTI AND OTHERS. 04:42.215 --> 04:45.085 HIS FASCINATION WITH THESE DISTINCTIVE PLANTS? 04:45.085 --> 04:50.056 >> IT HAS TO DO WITH THEIR UNUSUAL SHAPES, UNUSUAL COLORS, 04:50.056 --> 05:01.501 TEXTURES AND SO FORTH. 05:01.501 --> 05:03.803 >> SOME OF THEM ARE ASTROPHYTUM. 05:03.803 --> 05:07.073 >> IT'S A SMALL GENUS OF CACTI, THERE ARE ONLY ABOUT A HALF 05:07.073 --> 05:14.114 DOZEN SPECIES BUT THERE ARE GOOD SUBJECTS FOR HYBRIDIZATION, 05:14.114 --> 05:17.784 AND THE THING SO INTERESTING ABOUT THE ASTROPHYTUMS SOME OF 05:17.784 --> 05:19.185 THEM ARE TOTALLY SPINELESS. 05:19.185 --> 05:23.356 OTHERS HAVE A FEW SPINES, BUT THEY HAVE INTERESTING PATTERNS 05:23.356 --> 05:30.730 OF WHITE MARKINGS ON THE SURFACE OF THE PLANT. 05:30.730 --> 05:33.066 AND IF YOU MAKE HYBRIDS YOU CAN GET ALL KINDS OF REALLY 05:33.066 --> 05:35.468 INTERESTING PATTERNS. 05:35.468 --> 05:38.338 >> THE MELOCACTUS ARE JUST AS DISTINCTIVE. 05:38.338 --> 05:41.941 IN HABITAT THEIR FLOWERS ARE POLLINATED BY HUMMINGBIRDS. 05:41.941 --> 05:46.146 >> IT'S A GENUS OF CACTI THAT IS FOUND IN SEMI ARID AREAS IN 05:46.146 --> 05:48.381 THE TROPICS. 05:48.381 --> 05:52.252 A LOT OF SPECIES IN BRAZIL. 05:52.252 --> 05:57.824 AND BASICALLY IT'S A TYPE OF CACTUS THAT LIVES FOR AWHILE AS 05:57.824 --> 06:00.694 A VEGETATIVE, TYPICAL LOOKING CACTUS, 06:00.694 --> 06:04.330 BUT WHEN IT DECIDES THAT IT'S MATURE IT STOPS THE NORMAL 06:04.330 --> 06:09.703 VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND PUTS ON THIS BRISTLY STRUCTURE ON THE 06:09.703 --> 06:13.173 TOP OF IT CALLED A CEPHALIUM. 06:13.173 --> 06:16.976 AND OUT OF THAT BRISTLY STRUCTURE WILL COME THE LITTLE 06:16.976 --> 06:28.988 PINK FLOWERS AND THEN THE LITTLE PINK FRUITS THAT DEVELOP AFTERWARDS. 06:28.988 --> 06:31.891 >> OTHERS THAT WOULD GROW UNDER SHRUBS AND HABITAT EXPOSE MORE 06:31.891 --> 06:35.028 OF THE SKIN FOR PHOTOSYNTHESIS. 06:35.028 --> 06:38.231 COLORATION ON SOME ECHEVERIA PROTECTS THEM FROM ULTRAVIOLET 06:38.231 --> 06:39.232 LIGHT. 06:39.232 --> 06:42.669 >> IT'S A WHITE POWDERY SUBSTANCE THAT THE PLANT 06:42.669 --> 06:45.605 PRODUCES AS IT DEVELOPS ITS LEAVES. 06:45.605 --> 06:48.508 THE POWDER IS ONLY GENERATED AS THE LEAF IS DEVELOPING AND 06:48.508 --> 06:52.379 ONCE THE LEAF IS FULLY DEVELOPED IT WON'T PRODUCE ANY MORE POWDER. 06:52.379 --> 06:56.049 >> BOB GROWS HIS IN THE WIRE CAGED GREENHOUSE. 06:56.049 --> 06:58.785 A HOME GARDENER CAN JUST PROVIDE MORNING SUN. 06:58.785 --> 07:01.988 >> BECAUSE THEY DO NEED THE SUN TO KEEP THEM FROM ETIOLATING, 07:01.988 --> 07:06.559 TO KEEP THEM FROM GETTING LEGGY AND COLORS ON THE LEAVES. 07:06.559 --> 07:11.131 MOST OF THE ECHEVERIA COME FROM HIGHLANDS IN MEXICO WHICH MAKES 07:11.131 --> 07:15.735 THEM A LITTLE TOUGH TO GROW HERE IN TEXAS BECAUSE IT'S SO HOT IN 07:15.735 --> 07:18.038 THE SUMMERTIME. 07:18.038 --> 07:20.874 >> SUCCULENTS BY THEIR VERY NAME HAVE DEVELOPED STRATEGIES TO 07:20.874 --> 07:23.443 STORE WATER WHEN ITS SCARCE. 07:23.443 --> 07:28.348 CACTI AND MOST OF THE EUPHORBIAS STORE IT IN THEIR STEMS. 07:28.348 --> 07:34.521 ECHEVERIA STORE IT IN THEIR LEAVES WHILE OTHERS STORE WATER 07:34.521 --> 07:36.856 IN A BALL SHAPED STRUCTURE CALLED THE CAUDEX. 07:36.856 --> 07:40.960 SOME STRATEGIZE TO RISE THE NEXT GENERATION. 07:40.960 --> 07:48.501 >> THE LITHOPS ARE A GENUS OF PLANTS FOUND IN NAMIBIA AND THEY 07:48.501 --> 07:53.907 HAVE AN INTERESTING GROWTH CYCLE. 07:53.907 --> 07:58.745 THEY CONSIST OF TWO LEAVES FUSED TOGETHER WITH A CRACK BETWEEN 07:58.745 --> 08:01.281 THE TWO. 08:01.281 --> 08:03.983 AND IN THE FALL OF THE YEAR FOR US, 08:03.983 --> 08:06.853 WHEN WE GROW THEM IN CULTIVATION, 08:06.853 --> 08:10.957 THE FLOWER BUD COMES OUT OF THAT CRACK BETWEEN THE TWO LEAVES. 08:10.957 --> 08:14.661 A NEW PLANT STARTS DEVELOPING INSIDE THE OLD ONE, 08:14.661 --> 08:18.865 SPLITS THE OLD ONE OPEN AND GRADUALLY SUCKS ALL THE MOISTURE 08:18.865 --> 08:22.035 OUT OF THE OLD PLANT. 08:22.035 --> 08:24.270 >> SPINES MULTITASK. 08:24.270 --> 08:27.707 >> SPINATION CAN HAVE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT FUNCTIONS. 08:27.707 --> 08:32.512 OF COURSE, IT CAN PROTECT THE PLANT FROM HERBIVORES BECAUSE 08:32.512 --> 08:35.682 IT'S NOT SO PLEASANT FOR AN ANIMAL TO TRY TO EAT BECAUSE 08:35.682 --> 08:36.683 THEIR SPINY. 08:36.683 --> 08:42.155 THE SPINES CAN ALSO SHADE THE PLANT AND THEY CAN ALSO SERVE TO 08:42.155 --> 08:46.493 COLLECT MOISTURE WHICH THEN CAN DRIP DOWN AROUND THE BASE OF THE 08:46.493 --> 08:48.061 PLANT. 08:48.061 --> 08:50.997 AND THEN THE ROOTS GET ACCESS TO THE MOISTURE. 08:50.997 --> 08:53.967 >> IN HIS GREENHOUSES BOB CAN PROTECT FROM TOO MUCH WATER LIKE 08:53.967 --> 08:56.369 FLOODING RAINS. 08:56.369 --> 08:59.606 BUT SUCCULENTS DO NEED MOISTURE. 08:59.606 --> 09:01.808 IN SPRING AND FALL, HE WATERS EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS. 09:01.808 --> 09:04.511 IN SUMMER OFTEN ONCE A WEEK. 09:04.511 --> 09:11.518 IN WINTER IT'S MONTHLY OR EVERY SIX WEEKS DEPENDING ON SUNLIGHT. 09:11.518 --> 09:14.521 >> ALONG WITH PROMOTING GARDEN WATER CONSERVATION, 09:14.521 --> 09:18.725 BOB'S GLOBAL CONNECTION TO PLANTS AND THE WILDLIFE THAT 09:18.725 --> 09:19.859 DEPENDS ON THEM IS SIGNIFICANT. 09:19.859 --> 09:24.197 >> I THINK IT HELPS US TO REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO 09:24.197 --> 09:32.639 PRESERVE HABITATS AND PRESERVE SPECIES, MUCH AS WE CAN. 09:32.639 --> 09:36.676 MADAGASCAR IS A CASE IN POINT BECAUSE A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE 09:36.676 --> 09:41.481 OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS THAT OCCUR IN MADAGASCAR ARE FOUND NOWHERE 09:41.481 --> 09:44.384 ELSE IN THE WORLD. 09:44.384 --> 09:46.853 IT IS IMPORTANT TO TRY TO SAVE AT LEAST SOME OF THE HABITAT. 09:46.853 --> 09:49.589 THERE ARE LOTS OF CONSERVATION ORGANIZATIONS THESE DAYS THAT 09:49.589 --> 09:51.658 ARE WORKING IN THAT DIRECTION. 09:51.658 --> 09:53.660 I THINK WE'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS. 09:53.660 --> 09:55.662 >> THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR GARDEN WITH US. 09:55.662 --> 09:58.898 NOW WE'LL BE TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF THE COOLEST CONTAINERS 09:58.898 --> 10:00.900 YOU HAVE EVER SEEN. 10:00.900 --> 10:05.271 I'M JOINED BY ERIC PEDLEY FROM EAST AUSTIN SUCCULENTS. 10:05.271 --> 10:06.840 WELCOME TO CENTRAL TEXAS GARDENER. 10:06.840 --> 10:08.108 WELCOME BACK, I SHOULD SAY. 10:08.108 --> 10:09.676 >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AGAIN. 10:09.676 --> 10:12.112 >> I'M DELIGHTED TO HAVE YOU HERE BECAUSE WE ARE SURROUNDED 10:12.112 --> 10:16.850 BY PROBABLY THE MOST UNIQUE COLLECTION AND THE MOST 10:16.850 --> 10:19.152 BEAUTIFUL COLLECTION OF CONTAINERS I'VE SEEN IN A LONG, 10:19.152 --> 10:20.186 LONG TIME. 10:20.186 --> 10:21.554 SO CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT. 10:21.554 --> 10:23.123 >> THANK YOU. 10:23.123 --> 10:26.659 >> AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT CREATING A REALLY VARIED 10:26.659 --> 10:31.498 SUCCULENT GARDENS USING SOME KIND OF UNUSUAL SETTINGS, 10:31.498 --> 10:32.766 IF YOU WILL. 10:32.766 --> 10:36.169 >> WHATEVER YOU CAN FIND, YOU CAN FILL IT. 10:36.169 --> 10:38.672 >> WELL, YOU HAVE FOUND SOME VERY COOL THINGS. 10:38.672 --> 10:42.742 I JUST WANT TO START PEOPLE OFF WITH JUST A VISUAL SAMPLE, 10:42.742 --> 10:49.315 SOME VERY VINTAGE LOOKING TOYS HERE SERVING DOUBLE DUTY IN A 10:49.315 --> 10:49.983 SENSE. 10:49.983 --> 10:50.617 >> YEAH. 10:50.617 --> 10:55.989 IT MIGHT BE KIND OF SINFUL TO PLANT UP SOMETHING THIS OLD, 10:55.989 --> 11:00.627 BUT HE ALREADY HAD DRAINAGE HOLES AND COULD DRIVE AROUND TO 11:00.627 --> 11:02.362 MORE LIGHT OR LESS LIGHT AND HE WAS CARRYING AROUND BIG APPLES 11:02.362 --> 11:06.866 OR CABBAGE SO IT'S A FUN LITTLE THING TO PLANT IN. 11:06.866 --> 11:11.071 >> WELL, I WOULD SAY ABSOLUTELY. 11:11.071 --> 11:13.440 AND THE NICE THING ABOUT PLANTING SUCCULENTS IN THESE 11:13.440 --> 11:17.310 KINDS OF THINGS IS THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE CONSTANTLY 11:17.310 --> 11:19.646 WATERED. 11:19.646 --> 11:23.550 EVEN SOMETHING THAT IS AS DELIGHTFUL AS THIS YOU'RE NOT 11:23.550 --> 11:25.185 REALLY DESTROYING IN A SENSE. 11:25.185 --> 11:26.653 >> EXACTLY, YEAH. 11:26.653 --> 11:29.956 WE TRY NOT TO WATER HIS BODY, JUST WATER THE PICKUP TRUCK ONCE 11:29.956 --> 11:31.291 A WEEK OR SO. 11:31.291 --> 11:33.293 AND IT SHOULD DO WONDERFUL. 11:33.293 --> 11:36.930 IT'S A SHALLOW CONTAINER SO IT WILL EVAPORATE MOISTURE REAL 11:36.930 --> 11:39.933 WELL AND IT'S GOT LOTS OF DRAINAGE IN IT. 11:39.933 --> 11:41.101 IT'S PERFECT. 11:41.101 --> 11:44.037 >> WELL, IT IS PERFECT LOOKING RIGHT HERE ON OUR SET. 11:44.037 --> 11:47.173 AND IT HAS A COUSIN UP THERE, WHAT'S HE DELIVERING? 11:47.173 --> 11:51.144 >> HE'S DELIVERING SOME WATERMELON AND OTHER FRUIT AND 11:51.144 --> 11:52.045 WHATNOT. 11:52.045 --> 11:53.079 >> OKAY. 11:53.079 --> 11:56.016 >> HE'S NOT QUITE AS OLD AS HIS RED FRIEND THERE. 11:56.016 --> 12:01.287 >> OLD OR YOUNG THEY'RE BOTH VERY CHARMING. 12:01.287 --> 12:04.724 AND YOU'VE BROUGHT ALONG A LITTLE COIN DRAWER AND WE'LL 12:04.724 --> 12:08.595 SHOW PEOPLE -- YOU USE ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT YOU FIND IN 12:08.595 --> 12:10.030 ANTIQUE SHOPS. 12:10.030 --> 12:11.631 AND I THINK ON CURBSIDES SOMETIMES. 12:11.631 --> 12:12.732 >> EXACTLY. 12:12.732 --> 12:15.235 I FOUND THIS IN AN ANTIQUE SHOP FOR REAL CHEAP AND IT ALREADY 12:15.235 --> 12:16.770 HAD A DRAINAGE HOLE. 12:16.770 --> 12:20.106 I COULD DRILL ANOTHER HOLE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY SUFFICIENT WITH 12:20.106 --> 12:22.842 HOW SHALLOW IT IS. 12:22.842 --> 12:27.313 IT MAKES A UNIQUE PLANTER AND WE HAVE ONE PLANTED UP OVER THERE 12:27.313 --> 12:29.115 THAT I'M SURE YOU CAN SHOW A PICTURE OF. 12:29.115 --> 12:32.652 >> IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRILL INTO METAL OR SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE A 12:32.652 --> 12:37.490 GLAZED CERAMIC OR GLASS, YOU NEED A SPECIAL DRILL BIT. 12:37.490 --> 12:40.593 >> YEAH, A DIAMOND DRILL BIT CAN PRETTY MUCH DRILL THROUGH 12:40.593 --> 12:42.495 ANYTHING. 12:42.495 --> 12:44.898 IF YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A BIG HULK OF METAL YOU WANT TO USE A 12:44.898 --> 12:48.702 METAL BIT, BUT THIS IS GREAT FOR GLASS AND EVEN WOOD YOU CAN 12:48.702 --> 12:50.003 DRILL THROUGH. 12:50.003 --> 12:51.471 WE USE IT FOR EVERYTHING. 12:51.471 --> 12:53.673 AND THEY ARE EXPENSIVE, ABOUT $15. 12:53.673 --> 12:57.444 BUT THIS CAN MAKE A LOT OF ITEMS THAT YOU HAVE LAYING AROUND 12:57.444 --> 12:58.978 GREAT PLANTERS. 12:58.978 --> 13:00.747 IT'S A GREAT TOOL TO HAVE. 13:00.747 --> 13:02.582 >> ALL RIGHT. 13:02.582 --> 13:05.952 SPEAKING OF GREAT PLANTERS AND TOOLS WE HAVE THIS WONDERFUL 13:05.952 --> 13:11.925 TOOL BOX AND BEAUTIFULLY DISPLAYING THE PLANTS AND ALSO 13:11.925 --> 13:12.625 SOME COOL ROCKS AND THINGS. 13:12.625 --> 13:13.626 >> YES. 13:13.626 --> 13:15.995 ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH WOOD IS IT CRACKS OVER TIME WHEN YOU 13:15.995 --> 13:17.664 WATER IT. 13:17.664 --> 13:19.132 YOU NEED TO HAVE INSERTS. 13:19.132 --> 13:22.535 I FOUND THIS PLANTER THAT HAS FOUR SECTIONS AND THEY EACH HAVE 13:22.535 --> 13:25.238 A PLASTIC INSERT SO IT'S PERFECT. 13:25.238 --> 13:27.974 WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF SLAG GLASS IN THERE AND JUST SOME 13:27.974 --> 13:31.044 DIFFERENT ROCKS TO ACCENT IT. 13:31.044 --> 13:35.215 AND IF YOU FIND A LARGE PIECE OF SLAG GLASS YOU CAN JUST THROW IT 13:35.215 --> 13:38.251 IN A TOWEL AND HAMMER IT INTO SMALLER PIECES THAT ARE MORE 13:38.251 --> 13:40.086 USABLE. 13:40.086 --> 13:42.155 AND THE SAME GOES FOR PETRIFIED WOOD. 13:42.155 --> 13:45.558 IF YOU HAVE A REAL LARGE PIECE YOU CAN ALWAYS JUST USE A HAMMER 13:45.558 --> 13:47.127 AND BREAK IT DOWN. 13:47.127 --> 13:49.029 >> I WANT YOU TO SHOW THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS, THE COLORS. 13:49.029 --> 13:51.431 THEY'RE REALLY SOMETHING ELSE. 13:51.431 --> 13:55.301 >> THIS IS FOUR MILLION-YEAR-OLD INDONESIAN PETRIFIED WOOD. 13:55.301 --> 13:57.671 >> AND IT'S AVAILABLE COMMERCIALLY. 13:57.671 --> 13:58.805 >> IT IS. 13:58.805 --> 14:02.108 IT SHOULD BE PRICELESS BEING THAT OLD, BUT YEAH, 14:02.108 --> 14:04.210 IT'S AVAILABLE. 14:04.210 --> 14:08.548 >> AND IT MAKES A PERFECT ACCENT OR COUNTER POINT TO A LOT OF THE 14:08.548 --> 14:10.216 PLANTINGS THAT YOU HAVE HERE. 14:10.216 --> 14:11.484 >> CAN REALLY MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT. 14:11.484 --> 14:15.755 ONE COOL ROCK OR PIECE OF WOOD CAN MAKE AN ARRANGEMENT. 14:15.755 --> 14:16.990 >> OR A BEER CAN. 14:16.990 --> 14:18.825 >> SURE. 14:18.825 --> 14:23.129 >> SPEAKING OF WHICH, RIGHT HERE NEXT TO ME, 14:23.129 --> 14:23.663 THIS IS A VERY AUSTIN PIECE, I WOULD THINK. 14:23.663 --> 14:24.798 >> YES. 14:24.798 --> 14:28.134 CASEY HAS GOTTEN REALLY OBSESSED WITH MAKING THESE WITH HIS 14:28.134 --> 14:32.072 DREMEL AND THE ROUTER AND A LITTLE WOODWORKING AND HE BOLTS 14:32.072 --> 14:35.842 THEM IN AND IT'S A NEAT AUSTIN THING TO DO. 14:35.842 --> 14:38.678 >> SO HOW OFTEN WOULD YOU WATER THESE GUYS? 14:38.678 --> 14:41.748 >> WELL, THAT'S A REALLY SMALL OPENING THERE. 14:41.748 --> 14:45.018 I WOULD WATER THOSE TWICE A WEEK. 14:45.018 --> 14:48.988 UNLESS YOU'RE IN A SHADY HEAR AREA, THEN YOU CAN WATER LESS. 14:48.988 --> 14:56.029 >> WE HAVE ALL SORTS OF THINGS HERE FROM OLD COFFEE CANS TO 14:56.029 --> 15:02.268 VINTAGE LOOKING HORSES AND GLAZED CERAMICS, 15:02.268 --> 15:04.204 BUT THERE'S LOTS OF DIFFERENT THEMES I THINK YOU'VE GOT HERE. 15:04.204 --> 15:05.638 >> SURE. 15:05.638 --> 15:08.842 YOU CAN GO REALLY LUSH AND FILL OUT A POT AND IT'S A GOOD 15:08.842 --> 15:12.045 PROPAGATOR THAT YOU CAN MAKE CUTTINGS OFF. 15:12.045 --> 15:16.850 OR YOU CAN GO REALLY STARK AND KIND OF DESOLATE AND DESERTLIKE 15:16.850 --> 15:18.885 AND MODERN WITH A LOT OF OPEN SPACE OR JUST ONE ROCK AND ONE 15:18.885 --> 15:20.453 PLANT. 15:20.453 --> 15:22.422 YOU CAN KEEP IT KIND OF MYSTICAL. 15:22.422 --> 15:24.424 >> ZEN. 15:24.424 --> 15:26.226 >> ZEN IN A COFFEE CAN. 15:26.226 --> 15:28.661 I THINK THAT WOULD WORK. 15:28.661 --> 15:31.264 THAT ESTHETIC IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY LIKE, 15:31.264 --> 15:33.967 BUT I ALSO LIKE THE FUNKY RETRO LOOK THAT A LOT OF YOUR PIECES 15:33.967 --> 15:34.868 SEEM TO HAVE. 15:34.868 --> 15:36.503 >> YEAH. 15:36.503 --> 15:40.573 THAT'S A SHABBY CHICK CHIKAGE WITH THE ROCKS AND THE 15:40.573 --> 15:45.945 ARRANGEMENT THERE AND IT HAS ROAD KILL IN IT WITH REINDEER 15:45.945 --> 15:48.481 MOSS TO KIND OF BRIGHTEN IT UP. 15:48.481 --> 15:53.820 >> WELL, THAT BEAUTIFUL RETRO LOOKING VASE IS REALLY COOL. 15:53.820 --> 15:57.323 WE HAVE A VARIETY OF TOOL KITS THAT YOU'VE BROUGHT. 15:57.323 --> 16:02.162 AND THE ONE THAT IS BLOWING ME AWAY AND I WANT YOU TO DESCRIBE 16:02.162 --> 16:05.565 THIS FOR OUR VIEWERS BECAUSE IT'S PLANTED ALL THE WAY UP INTO THE LID HERE. 16:05.565 --> 16:06.032 >> SURE. 16:06.032 --> 16:09.869 I ALWAYS LOOK FOR A LID THAT WILL HOLD ITSELF OPEN AND NOT 16:09.869 --> 16:11.604 FALL BACK ALL THE WAY. 16:11.604 --> 16:14.140 THEY USUALLY HAVE AN INSERT IN THERE THAT YOU CAN DRILL AS WELL 16:14.140 --> 16:16.309 THAT MAKES A GREAT PLANTER. 16:16.309 --> 16:19.746 SO YOU CAN FIT A LOT OF NEAT THINGS AND GET CREATIVE WITH 16:19.746 --> 16:21.915 SOME WOODS AND MOSSES AND ROCKS AS WELL. 16:21.915 --> 16:25.485 >> A LOT OF THESE PLANTS WILL DO TO IN THE SHADE, WON'T THEY? 16:25.485 --> 16:26.486 >> THEY WILL. 16:26.486 --> 16:28.755 AND IT'S NOT IDEAL THAT THE MANFREDA IS IN THERE. 16:28.755 --> 16:33.159 BECAUSE THE MANFREDA WILL COLOR UP MORE RED IN SOME SUN, 16:33.159 --> 16:37.297 BUT IT WILL STILL LIVE WELL BUT YOU WON'T GET THE NICE COLOR. 16:37.297 --> 16:39.599 WE DO HAVE A LOT OF SHADE PLANTS IN THE ARRANGEMENTS. 16:39.599 --> 16:44.871 >> THIS ONE SHOWS OFF BOTH LUSH AND STARK ALL IN ONE CONTAINER 16:44.871 --> 16:45.939 REALLY. 16:45.939 --> 16:49.976 AND THE USE OF THE STONES AND IT'S AN ART FORM UNTO ITSELF 16:49.976 --> 16:50.477 REALLY. 16:50.477 --> 16:52.112 >> THAT'S MORGAN'S STYLE. 16:52.112 --> 16:56.449 SHE LOVES TO USE A LOT OF WOODS AND MOSSES. 16:56.449 --> 16:57.917 >> AND PEOPLE SEE THESE THINGS AND THEY THINK GOSH, 16:57.917 --> 16:59.319 THAT LOOKS SO COMPLICATED. 16:59.319 --> 17:00.687 MUST BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO TAKE CARE OF. 17:00.687 --> 17:02.222 >> NO. 17:02.222 --> 17:04.457 YOU'RE JUST DRILLING 'EM, THROWING DIRT IN, 17:04.457 --> 17:07.560 THROW THE PLANTS IN AND THEN THROW SOME TOP DRESS AND YOU CAN 17:07.560 --> 17:10.463 GET AS CREATIVE AND GET COMPLEX AS YOU WANT TO, 17:10.463 --> 17:14.834 BUT IT'S A GOOD THING TO DO TO REPLANT YOUR PLANTS AND GET 17:14.834 --> 17:18.138 CREATIVE, HAVE SOMETHING TO DO. 17:18.138 --> 17:21.341 >> YOU SAID THROW SOME DIRT IN, BUT I KNOW YOU DON'T THROW JUST 17:21.341 --> 17:23.176 ANY DIRT IN THERE. 17:23.176 --> 17:27.347 AND ACTUALLY ADDING THE CORRECT SOIL IS REALLY PROBABLY ONE OF 17:27.347 --> 17:29.582 THE KEY THINGS HERE, RIGHT? 17:29.582 --> 17:31.685 >> WE MAKE A MIX THAT'S REALLY FAST DRAINING, 17:31.685 --> 17:36.456 BUT IT'S REALLY NUTRITIOUS AS WELL. 17:36.456 --> 17:38.324 WE USE A LOT OF CYPRESS MULCH AND GRANITE AND PEARLITE TO MAKE 17:38.324 --> 17:41.695 THINGS DRAIN REALLY QUICKLY. 17:41.695 --> 17:45.398 ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS PEOPLE HAVE HAD THEY SAY THEY KILL 17:45.398 --> 17:48.134 SUCCULENTS, THEY BUY THIS NURSERY POT THAT'S JUST A BLOCK 17:48.134 --> 17:50.236 OF PEAT. 17:50.236 --> 17:52.872 AND WHEN YOU'RE WATERING IT'S NEVER SATURATING THE ROOTS, 17:52.872 --> 17:54.574 JUST GOING DOWN THE SIDES. 17:54.574 --> 18:00.380 WHEN YOU REPOT INTO A GOOD MIX YOU CAN SATURATE THE ROOTS AND 18:00.380 --> 18:02.415 GET DOWN FOR THE PLANT TO GROW WELL. 18:02.415 --> 18:07.554 REPOTTING IS A NUMBER ONE THING WHEN YOU BUY A PLANT FROM A 18:07.554 --> 18:11.358 NURSERY AND MAKING THE ARRANGEMENTS IS A GOOD WAY TO DO 18:11.358 --> 18:13.460 A FUN THING AND ALSO HELP THE PLANTS OUT. 18:13.460 --> 18:17.030 >> WHEN YOU REPOT, DO YOU BREAK UP THE ROOTS A LITTLE BIT? 18:17.030 --> 18:18.531 >> SURE. 18:18.531 --> 18:22.335 IF IT'S ROOT BOUND OR IF IT'S A BLOCK OF PEAT, THEN BREAK IT UP. 18:22.335 --> 18:26.072 IF IT'S A FRAGILE PLANT THAT DOESN'T HAVE VERY MANY ROOTS, 18:26.072 --> 18:27.440 DON'T MESS WITH THE ROOTS. 18:27.440 --> 18:28.208 YOU DON'T NEED TO. 18:28.208 --> 18:28.641 >> EXACTLY. 18:28.641 --> 18:30.076 OKAY. 18:30.076 --> 18:36.383 WELL, AGAIN, THE VARIETY IS JUST ASTONISHING FROM REALLY SMALL TO 18:36.383 --> 18:38.618 VERY BIG. 18:38.618 --> 18:39.119 AND YOU HAVE THAT BARREL LIKE THING OVER THERE. 18:39.119 --> 18:42.922 WHAT IS THAT? 18:42.922 --> 18:46.192 >> THAT IS JUST A BIG OLD OIL BARREL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 18:46.192 --> 18:48.461 AND WE'VE THROWN A BIG BLOCK OF STYROFOAM IN THERE. 18:48.461 --> 18:51.564 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WASTE THAT MUCH DIRT. 18:51.564 --> 18:54.067 YOU CAN PUT A POT UPSIDE DOWN, PUT A LOG IN THERE, 18:54.067 --> 19:00.774 A BLOCK OF STYROFOAM TO MAKE IT LIGHTER AND IT WILL STAY LESS 19:00.774 --> 19:06.212 WET FOR LONG PERIODS IF IT'S NOT ALL RICH SOIL GETTING MUCKY IN THERE. 19:06.212 --> 19:08.381 >> AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND A FORTUNE TO DO ALL THAT. 19:08.381 --> 19:11.785 FROM CRACKER BOXES TO SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE IN YOUR GARAGE 19:11.785 --> 19:15.422 RIGHT NOW. 19:15.422 --> 19:17.624 AND THAT YOU'VE GOT TOOLS IN. 19:17.624 --> 19:19.125 IF YOU WANT THAT COOL RETRO LOOK YOU CAN DO IT. 19:19.125 --> 19:20.260 >> YOU CAN. 19:20.260 --> 19:24.464 >> ERIC, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 19:24.464 --> 19:28.368 YOUR EAST AUSTIN SUCCULENTS IS ON TILLERY STREET. 19:28.368 --> 19:28.835 >> YES. 19:28.835 --> 19:30.303 >> LOCATED WITH THE TILLERY STREET PLANT COMPANY. 19:30.303 --> 19:33.073 >> 801 TILLERY. 19:33.073 --> 19:37.811 >> I HOPE PEOPLE WILL CHECK YOU OUT DOWN THERE. 19:37.811 --> 19:39.646 WE ALSO HAVE THE AUSTIN CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SOCIETY SHOW AND 19:39.646 --> 19:41.448 SALE COMING UP. 19:41.448 --> 19:43.183 I KNOW PEOPLE CAN CHECK THAT OUT. 19:43.183 --> 19:45.085 THEY'RE LOOKING FOR PLANTS. 19:45.085 --> 19:47.120 THEY CAN ALSO FIND THEM AT YOUR PLACE. 19:47.120 --> 19:47.821 THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. 19:47.821 --> 19:48.688 >> THANK YOU. 19:48.688 --> 19:49.422 >> ALL RIGHT. 19:49.422 --> 19:55.462 COMING UP NEXT IS OUR FRIEND DAPHNE. 19:55.462 --> 19:56.863 >> HI, I'M DAPHNE RICHARDS. 19:56.863 --> 19:58.998 OUR QUESTION THIS WEEK WAS INSPIRED BY SOME SPIRITED 19:58.998 --> 20:02.002 DISCUSSION ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE. 20:02.002 --> 20:03.903 WE KNOW IT'S TOO HOT AND DRY TO PLANT RIGHT NOW, 20:03.903 --> 20:05.939 BUT WHAT IF WE MUST OR IF WE'RE STARTING A FALL VEGETABLE 20:05.939 --> 20:07.040 GARDEN? 20:07.040 --> 20:09.743 HOW DO WE BEST PROTECT OUR NEW PLANTING. 20:09.743 --> 20:12.078 ALTHOUGH SOME PLANTS LIKE LANTANA, OKRA, 20:12.078 --> 20:16.649 BIRD OF PARADISE AND OTHER HEAT LOVING TOUGH GUYS WILL NOT BAT 20:16.649 --> 20:18.585 AN EYE IF YOU PLANT THEM IN MID SUMMER IN TEXAS, 20:18.585 --> 20:20.854 MOST PLANTS WILL STRUGGLE. 20:20.854 --> 20:24.324 THE SUN HERE IS JUST TOO BRUTAL, BUT SOMETIMES IT'S NECESSARY TO 20:24.324 --> 20:26.659 PLANT IN SUMMER AND THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT YOU CAN HELP YOUR 20:26.659 --> 20:28.028 PLANTS TRANSITION. 20:28.028 --> 20:29.662 IT WILL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT, 20:29.662 --> 20:31.498 BUT WILL BE WELL WORTH IT. 20:31.498 --> 20:33.733 ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS BUILD A SIMPLE, 20:33.733 --> 20:35.802 EVEN CRUDE SHADE STRUCTURE FOR THEM. 20:35.802 --> 20:38.238 TO KEEP OUT SOME OF THE BURNING SUNLIGHT. 20:38.238 --> 20:42.909 A VERY EASY WAY TO DO THIS IS WITH PVC PIPE AND SHADE CLOTH. 20:42.909 --> 20:45.145 YOU CAN FIND AT MOST HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES AND 20:45.145 --> 20:45.779 NURSERIES. 20:45.779 --> 20:49.616 PVC PIPE IS EASY TO CUT. 20:49.616 --> 20:55.021 AND THEN JUST DRAPE SHADE CLOTH OVER THE TOP. 20:55.021 --> 20:57.991 YOU CAN ALSO USE THINWOOD AND STAKES THAT CAN BE HAMMERED INTO 20:57.991 --> 21:03.163 THE GROUND. 21:03.163 --> 21:05.165 SHADE CLOTH COMES IN DIFFERENT WEIGHTS, 21:05.165 --> 21:07.233 KEEPING VARIOUS AMOUNTS OF LIGHT OUT. 21:07.233 --> 21:10.036 ABOUT 30% SUN BLOCKAGE SHOULD DO THE TRICK. 21:10.036 --> 21:14.874 MAKE SURE THERE'S PLENTY OF AIR CIRCULATION AND THE PLANT. 21:14.874 --> 21:18.511 IF YOU'RE PROTECTING A VEGETABLE GARDEN YOU MAY CHOOSE TO LEAVE 21:18.511 --> 21:22.949 THE SHADE CLOTH ON UNTIL TEMPERATURES FALL BACK INTO THE 80'S. 21:22.949 --> 21:24.484 ALTHOUGH VEGETABLES CAN HANDLE MORE LIGHT AND YOU CAN REMOVE 21:24.484 --> 21:27.687 EARLIER ONCE THEY'RE ESTABLISHED THE PLANTS WILL BE LESS STRESSED 21:27.687 --> 21:29.289 IN A BIT OF SHADE. 21:29.289 --> 21:31.424 ALTHOUGH TOO MUCH SHADE WILL INHIBIT THEIR ABILITY TO FRUIT, 21:31.424 --> 21:33.360 SO DON'T OVER DO IT. 21:33.360 --> 21:36.963 IF YOU'RE SIMPLY PROTECTING A LANDSCAPE PLANT, 21:36.963 --> 21:39.165 A FEW WEEKS UNDER THE SHADE SHOULD DO IT. 21:39.165 --> 21:42.102 ANY RUDIMENTARY SHADE SURE WILL DO THE TRICK, 21:42.102 --> 21:44.170 SO DON'T GET TOO FANCY. 21:44.170 --> 21:47.207 MAKE SURE THE WIND WON'T PICK IT UP AND BLOW IT AWAY. 21:47.207 --> 21:49.109 WE HAVE A COUPLE OF GREAT SUCCULENTS TO HIGHLIGHT THIS 21:49.109 --> 21:50.410 WEEK. 21:50.410 --> 21:52.212 PORTULACA AND APPEAR CONTINUE I CAN'T, 21:52.212 --> 21:54.481 BOTH OF WHICH ARE TYPICALLY CALLED ICE PLANTS. 21:54.481 --> 21:56.416 ALTHOUGH WE ALL DO IT I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT USE THE 21:56.416 --> 21:59.886 COMMON NAME FOR PLANTS CAN OFTEN LEAD TO CONFUSION AND WITH THE 21:59.886 --> 22:03.189 COMMON NAME ICE PLANT THIS SEEMS TO BE ESPECIALLY TRUE AS MOST 22:03.189 --> 22:06.259 ANY SUCK LINT PLANT THAT SPREADS ALONG THE GROUND, 22:06.259 --> 22:09.963 THRIVES IN HEAT, GROWS IN ROCKY SOIL AND HAS BEAUTIFUL LEAVES 22:09.963 --> 22:12.265 AND FLOWERS IS CALLED ICE PLANTS. 22:12.265 --> 22:15.068 MOST WILL DO WELL HERE IN CENTRAL TEXAS, 22:15.068 --> 22:16.469 ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER. 22:16.469 --> 22:18.738 BUT SOME SPECIES DON'T TOLERATE OUR COLD WINTERS, 22:18.738 --> 22:22.042 SO BE SURE TO DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE YOU PLANT. 22:22.042 --> 22:24.377 IT IS ALSO KNOWN AS HEARTS AND FLOWERS SO YOU CAN FIND IT 22:24.377 --> 22:27.547 PRETTY EASILY AND BOTH IT AND PORTULACA ARE EASILY GROWN. 22:27.547 --> 22:30.750 PORTULACA FROM SEED AND APPEAR 10 I CAN'T FROM CUTTINGS. 22:30.750 --> 22:34.220 YOU CAN TAKE IT RIGHT FROM THE GROUND AND IT WILL COVER IN NO 22:34.220 --> 22:35.321 TIME. 22:35.321 --> 22:41.695 WE HAVE ANOTHER AMAZING VIEWER PHOTO FROM JASON. 22:41.695 --> 22:44.664 TO DO IN YOUR GARDEN THIS WEEK CHECK FOR SPIDER BITES. 22:44.664 --> 22:51.171 WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, SO PLEASE VISIT US AT KLRU.ORG/CTG 22:51.171 --> 22:52.572 WITH YOU'RE QUESTIONS AND PLANTS OF THE WEEK FROM YOUR GARDEN. 22:52.572 --> 22:53.306 >> THANKS, DAPHNE. 22:53.306 --> 22:59.412 NOW LET'S CHECK IN WITH TRISHA SHIREY. 22:59.412 --> 23:03.216 >> SUCCULENT ARRANGEMENTS ARE REALLY ALL THE RAGE NOW FOR 23:03.216 --> 23:06.619 EVENTS, BRIDAL PARTIES, THEY EVEN SHOW UP IN BOUQUETS AND 23:06.619 --> 23:09.356 BEAUTY NEARS FOR WEDDINGS. 23:09.356 --> 23:11.591 SUCCULENT ARRANGEMENTS CAN BE KIND OF EXPENSIVE. 23:11.591 --> 23:14.194 THEY'RE VERY SLOW GROWING. 23:14.194 --> 23:16.096 SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO USE THEM FOR A PARTY YOU WOULD HAVE TO 23:16.096 --> 23:17.330 PLAN WELL AHEAD OF TIME. 23:17.330 --> 23:21.301 BUT I'VE GOT SOME IDEAS TO MAKE SUCCULENTS EASY TO USE IN FLOWER 23:21.301 --> 23:24.738 ARRANGEMENTS AND THE NICE THING IS YOU CAN POT THESE UP AND GROW 23:24.738 --> 23:27.273 THEM EVEN AFTER YOU USE THEM. 23:27.273 --> 23:30.076 THE EASIEST THING TO DO I FOUND IS JUST TO TAKE THE DECORATOR 23:30.076 --> 23:35.515 BEADS THAT YOU SOAK IN WATER, MAKE SOME CUTTINGS OF SUCCULENTS 23:35.515 --> 23:37.851 AND STICK THEM INTO THE BEADS. 23:37.851 --> 23:40.787 AND THIS WILL LAST FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. 23:40.787 --> 23:43.456 YOU CAN MIST IT AND YOU JUST BASICALLY STICK THAT STEM IN, 23:43.456 --> 23:46.726 THE BEADS HOLD UP THE SUCCULENTS AND SUPPORT THEM, 23:46.726 --> 23:48.128 KEEP THEM MOIST. 23:48.128 --> 23:50.897 AND THEN YOU CAN TAKE THESE OUT, POT THEM UP. 23:50.897 --> 23:53.933 THESE ARE JUST A DECORATIVE PIE PAN BUT YOU COULD USE ANY 23:53.933 --> 23:57.871 CONTAINER THAT YOU LIKE. 23:57.871 --> 23:58.538 I LIKE TO TAKE SUCCULENTS AND YOU CAN USE THEM FOR NAME CARDS 23:58.538 --> 24:00.607 OR FOR MENU CARDS. 24:00.607 --> 24:03.977 IF YOU'RE HAVING A BUFFET YOU CAN PUT THE NAMES OF THE FOODS 24:03.977 --> 24:06.413 ON THE CARD. 24:06.413 --> 24:09.182 THIS DOESN'T NEED WATER, IT DOESN'T NEED SOIL, 24:09.182 --> 24:10.517 SO IF IT GETS KNOCKED OVER DURING YOUR A PARTY IT'S NOT A 24:10.517 --> 24:12.986 PROBLEM. 24:12.986 --> 24:16.389 AND THEN CAN YOU ALSO JUST TAKE CUTTINGS OF SUCCULENTS AND PUT 24:16.389 --> 24:18.892 THEM IN FLORAL FOAM FOR ARRANGEMENTS. 24:18.892 --> 24:21.795 NOW, THIS CONTAINER HAS THE GREEN FLORAL FOAM THAT I'VE 24:21.795 --> 24:27.267 SOAKED AND THAT I'VE JUST STUCK THE SUCCULENTS IN TO IT. 24:27.267 --> 24:31.771 AND SOMETIMES YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA STEM 24:31.771 --> 24:35.709 FOR THE SUCCULENTS LIKE THIS ONE HAS A VERY THICK STEM SO I'VE 24:35.709 --> 24:39.579 USED A FLORAL PICK TO STICK IN AND THAT STICKS INTO THE FOAM 24:39.579 --> 24:41.114 QUITE EASILY. 24:41.114 --> 24:44.617 SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT DOESN'T HAVE MUCH OF A STEM YOU COULD DO 24:44.617 --> 24:46.553 THE SAME THING, JUST PUT A STICK IN THERE AND THAT WORKS QUITE 24:46.553 --> 24:48.021 WELL. 24:48.021 --> 24:52.692 YOU CAN ALSO TAKE WIRE AND I'VE JUST INSERTED WIRE INTO THE STEM 24:52.692 --> 24:56.062 IN A COUPLE OF PLACES AND THEN I WRAPPED THAT WIRE WITH FLORAL 24:56.062 --> 24:57.130 TAPE. 24:57.130 --> 25:00.166 AND THIS TAPE STICKS ON TO ITSELF. 25:00.166 --> 25:02.369 IT'S NOT STICKY. 25:02.369 --> 25:05.772 BUT IT DOES STICK TO ITSELF AND IT ACTUALLY CAN BE PUT IN WATER. 25:05.772 --> 25:09.109 SO YOU CAN EXTEND THE STEM AS LONG AS YOU WANT AND HAVE THAT 25:09.109 --> 25:11.277 EVEN GO DOWN INTO WATER. 25:11.277 --> 25:13.380 IF YOU WANT TO TAKE IT UP A NOTCH YOU CAN ALSO PAINT 25:13.380 --> 25:14.681 SUCCULENTS. 25:14.681 --> 25:17.183 NOW, DESIGN MASTER PAINT IS A PAINT THAT CAN BE USED ON 25:17.183 --> 25:20.487 FLOWERS AND PLANTS AND IT DOESN'T HARM THEM. 25:20.487 --> 25:23.223 SO YOU CAN MAKE SOMETHING MORE SPARKLY, 25:23.223 --> 25:25.592 BRING IN YOUR WEATHER COLORS. 25:25.592 --> 25:30.030 I'VE DONE A TWO TONE EFFECT WITH SILVER AND PINK AND COPPER AND 25:30.030 --> 25:32.132 PINK FOR THESE ARRANGEMENTS. 25:32.132 --> 25:34.034 THAT TAKES IT UP A NOTCH. 25:34.034 --> 25:36.469 IF YOU REALLY WANT TO GET A LITTLE FANCY YOU CAN SPRAY THE 25:36.469 --> 25:39.239 SUCCULENTS AFTER YOU PUT THE SPRAY PAINT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF 25:39.239 --> 25:42.942 SPRAY GLUE FOR GLITTER AND SPRINKLE GLITTER ON THEM FOR 25:42.942 --> 25:46.346 EVEN A MORE DECORATIVE SUCCULENT. 25:46.346 --> 25:50.717 SO I HOPE YOU WILL TRY SOME DIFFERENT IDEAS FOR SUCCULENTS 25:50.717 --> 25:52.786 AND ENJOY THESE. 25:52.786 --> 25:54.821 FOR BACKYARD BASICS, I'M TRISHA SHIREY. 25:54.821 --> 25:57.090 THANKS FOR WATCHING. 25:57.090 --> 26:01.995 >> FIND OUT MORE AT KLRU.ORG/CTG AND JOIN US ON FACEBOOK. 26:01.995 --> 26:05.999 UNTIL NEXT TIME, I'LL SEE YOU IN THE GARDEN. 26:05.999 --> 26:07.500 >> TO LEARN ABOUT TODAY'S PROGRAM, 26:07.500 --> 26:31.124 WATCH ONLINE AND FOLLOW CTG'S BLOG, CHECK OUT KLRU.ORG/CTG. 26:31.124 --> 26:33.793 >> SUPPORT FOR CENTRAL TEXAS GARDENER COMES FROM GEOGROWERS, 26:33.793 --> 26:36.463 OFFERING CUSTOM SOIL BLENDS FOR LAWNS, GARDENS, 26:36.463 --> 26:39.532 XERISCAPING AND ORGANIC LANDSCAPE APPLIES. 26:39.532 --> 26:43.532 MORE INFORMATION AT GEOGROWERS.NET.