1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:02,769 - Hi, thanks for joining us for the Family Plot, 2 00:00:02,769 --> 00:00:05,038 Gardening in the Mid South, I'm Chris Cooper. 3 00:00:05,038 --> 00:00:08,008 A nice flower arrangement   brightens any room, 4 00:00:08,008 --> 00:00:09,476 but they can be expensive. 5 00:00:09,476 --> 00:00:11,912 Today we'll show you how   to make a great arrangement 6 00:00:11,912 --> 00:00:14,114 with grocery store flowers. 7 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:16,416 Also spring means flowers. 8 00:00:16,416 --> 00:00:19,620 Today we're going to show you   how to plant them in containers. 9 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:22,022 That's just ahead on   The Family Plot, 10 00:00:22,022 --> 00:00:23,323 Gardening in the Mid South. 11 00:00:23,323 --> 00:00:25,125 - [Female announcer]   Production funding for 12 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:28,896 The Family Plot, Gardening in   the Mid South is provided by 13 00:00:28,896 --> 00:00:30,797 Good Winds Landscape   and Garden Center 14 00:00:30,797 --> 00:00:34,935 in Germantown since 1943   and continuing to offer its 15 00:00:34,935 --> 00:00:38,038 plants for successful gardening   with seven greenhouses 16 00:00:38,038 --> 00:00:41,041 and three acres of plants,   plus comprehensive landscape 17 00:00:41,041 --> 00:00:41,842 services. 18 00:00:44,011 --> 00:00:47,147 International Paper Foundation. 19 00:00:47,147 --> 00:00:51,685 The WKNO Production Fund,   the WKNO Endowment Fund 20 00:00:51,685 --> 00:00:53,654 and by viewers like you. 21 00:00:53,654 --> 00:00:54,488 Thank you. 22 00:00:55,822 --> 00:00:58,392 (guitar music) 23 00:01:05,499 --> 00:01:07,834 - Welcome to The Family Plot, I'm Chris Cooper. 24 00:01:07,834 --> 00:01:09,870 Joining me today is Mary Heim. 25 00:01:09,870 --> 00:01:11,838 Miss Mary's an extension master gardener right here 26 00:01:11,838 --> 00:01:14,541 in Shelby County and local gardening expert 27 00:01:14,541 --> 00:01:17,344 Tonya Ashworth will be joining us later to plant 28 00:01:17,344 --> 00:01:19,913 a flower container garden. 29 00:01:19,913 --> 00:01:21,248 Miss Mary, welcome. 30 00:01:21,248 --> 00:01:22,716 - Thank you. 31 00:01:22,716 --> 00:01:24,618 - Now we're gonna talk about flower arrangements. 32 00:01:24,618 --> 00:01:25,886 - Mmhmm. 33 00:01:25,886 --> 00:01:27,721 - I go to local grocery stores from time to time 34 00:01:27,721 --> 00:01:30,123 to buy flowers for the Mrs., but I don't think I do 35 00:01:30,123 --> 00:01:31,692 a great job of arranging those flowers. 36 00:01:31,692 --> 00:01:33,193 So you're gonna help me out today, right? 37 00:01:33,193 --> 00:01:34,695 - Yes I am gonna try. 38 00:01:34,695 --> 00:01:35,963 - All right, let's go for it. 39 00:01:35,963 --> 00:01:37,230 - Okay. - Okay. 40 00:01:37,230 --> 00:01:41,568 - I got these flowers last night at a store. 41 00:01:41,568 --> 00:01:44,738 And they do a good job of combining your colors 42 00:01:44,738 --> 00:01:46,506 and sizes of flowers. 43 00:01:48,608 --> 00:01:52,846 But the thing that most people do incorrectly 44 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:56,183 is just take this bunch and jam it into the vase. 45 00:01:56,183 --> 00:01:58,085 - Oh boy, I think I do that. 46 00:01:58,085 --> 00:01:59,553 - Yeah, everybody does that. 47 00:01:59,553 --> 00:02:03,056 So we're gonna show you how to make them look 48 00:02:03,056 --> 00:02:06,727 a lot better than just how you're given them. 49 00:02:06,727 --> 00:02:10,364 The first thing I did when I got home was to cut 50 00:02:10,364 --> 00:02:13,700 the ends off of the flowers, fresh cut. 51 00:02:13,700 --> 00:02:15,202 - Fresh cut. 52 00:02:15,202 --> 00:02:17,304 - 'Cause I wasn't going to arrange them right away, 53 00:02:17,304 --> 00:02:20,440 so I cut the ends off just a little and put them down 54 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:22,843 in some water last night. 55 00:02:22,843 --> 00:02:25,879 And cutting the end, always cut at an angle, 56 00:02:25,879 --> 00:02:28,615 gives you more surface for the water to get in. 57 00:02:28,615 --> 00:02:31,685 And it just keeps them fresh. 58 00:02:31,685 --> 00:02:34,388 This is a vase you would normally get from a floral 59 00:02:34,388 --> 00:02:37,391 arranger, like if you ordered, got flowers delivered 60 00:02:37,391 --> 00:02:38,792 to the house. 61 00:02:38,792 --> 00:02:41,428 And they use this because it's nicely shaped 62 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:44,664 and this narrow size right here keeps your flowers 63 00:02:44,664 --> 00:02:46,867 from flopping from one end to the other, 64 00:02:46,867 --> 00:02:48,602 they'll often do that. 65 00:02:48,602 --> 00:02:50,337 Another little trick, you don't have to do it 66 00:02:50,337 --> 00:02:53,974 with a vase like this, but you can get this really 67 00:02:53,974 --> 00:02:58,145 easily manipulated wire and put it down into your vase. 68 00:02:59,613 --> 00:03:01,948 This is something you can get at the Dollar Store, 69 00:03:01,948 --> 00:03:05,652 and it does, I'm not gonna do it because it's so small, 70 00:03:05,652 --> 00:03:09,256 but it does help hold your flowers like a little 71 00:03:09,256 --> 00:03:12,926 armature for your movement of your flowers. 72 00:03:12,926 --> 00:03:14,161 - Okay, all right. 73 00:03:14,161 --> 00:03:15,695 - I mean, look at your flowers, they'll usually 74 00:03:15,695 --> 00:03:19,366 give you three to five large, major flowers. 75 00:03:20,934 --> 00:03:24,538 So they gave us three of these mums. 76 00:03:24,538 --> 00:03:26,540 - Okay, those are mums. - Uh huh. 77 00:03:26,540 --> 00:03:27,874 - They look good. - Yeah they do. 78 00:03:27,874 --> 00:03:29,443 And you can always, when you're at the store, 79 00:03:29,443 --> 00:03:32,379 shake 'em a little, make sure they don't fall apart. 80 00:03:32,379 --> 00:03:35,248 Because they will start to just disintegrate on ya. 81 00:03:35,248 --> 00:03:36,783 Just make sure you're getting a fresh, 82 00:03:36,783 --> 00:03:38,251 - [Chris] Oh all right. 83 00:03:38,251 --> 00:03:40,387 - So you're going, the main thing is see how they're 84 00:03:40,387 --> 00:03:41,555 all the same height. 85 00:03:41,555 --> 00:03:44,591 - Okay. - That's a problem in design. 86 00:03:44,591 --> 00:03:46,827 So you're going to cut quite a bit off 87 00:03:46,827 --> 00:03:49,729 and you're gonna stagger the size of the cut. 88 00:03:49,729 --> 00:03:52,199 Make sure you don't have any leaves 89 00:03:52,199 --> 00:03:54,634 that will go down into your water, 90 00:03:54,634 --> 00:03:58,705 'cause it'll make your water smell, and get it dirty 91 00:03:58,705 --> 00:04:00,373 and cause bacteria. 92 00:04:00,373 --> 00:04:01,875 So we're gonna remove all that. 93 00:04:01,875 --> 00:04:04,711 You're gonna estimate how far up you want your flower, 94 00:04:04,711 --> 00:04:08,882 your main flower to go, and then cut it off at an angle 95 00:04:10,217 --> 00:04:11,485 and put it in there. 96 00:04:11,485 --> 00:04:14,821 The next one, you're gonna make smaller. 97 00:04:16,590 --> 00:04:20,794 - [Chris] Boy am I making mistakes when I do this, okay. 98 00:04:20,794 --> 00:04:23,163 - [Mary] And yet smaller again. 99 00:04:23,163 --> 00:04:25,732 - [Chris] And smaller, oh. 100 00:04:25,732 --> 00:04:29,903 - So now you have, you know, a basis to move from. 101 00:04:33,140 --> 00:04:37,344 One thing about these little daisies are that they 102 00:04:37,344 --> 00:04:40,013 well, they're chrysanthemums also but they have that 103 00:04:40,013 --> 00:04:44,017 daisy look, you'll get a bunch of the in one stem 104 00:04:44,017 --> 00:04:46,319 and that really doesn't look really natural when you 105 00:04:46,319 --> 00:04:48,155 put it in a vase. 106 00:04:48,155 --> 00:04:51,224 So I would cut off, we have one here. 107 00:04:52,425 --> 00:04:53,493 - [Chris] So you would put the one in there? 108 00:04:53,493 --> 00:04:55,095 - Yeah. - Ah okay. 109 00:04:55,095 --> 00:04:58,765 - [Mary] And then start eliminating and you'll end up with 110 00:05:01,234 --> 00:05:04,204 something that looks a lot more natural. 111 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:06,239 - [Chris] Somebody at home is probably like Ah! 112 00:05:06,239 --> 00:05:07,641 She's cutting them off! 113 00:05:07,641 --> 00:05:09,109 How about that? 114 00:05:09,109 --> 00:05:11,144 - Yeah, no you have to be kinda brutal about that, but, 115 00:05:11,144 --> 00:05:15,515 so you would arrange them in a way that looks freer 116 00:05:15,515 --> 00:05:18,418 than just a big clump of daisies. 117 00:05:18,418 --> 00:05:21,087 This is like a little hydrangea. 118 00:05:22,589 --> 00:05:24,024 - [Chris] Oh, it's little bitty. 119 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:26,726 - [Mary] Yeah, it's little bitty. 120 00:05:26,726 --> 00:05:29,696 If the leaves don't look good just cut 'em off. 121 00:05:29,696 --> 00:05:33,333 - That's a thick stem. - This is pretty high. 122 00:05:33,333 --> 00:05:36,670 It is thick, it's a little bit harder to cut. 123 00:05:36,670 --> 00:05:37,871 - Okay. 124 00:05:37,871 --> 00:05:40,740 - They gave us some little roses. 125 00:05:40,740 --> 00:05:43,376 The roses I like, they're a little bit too close together, 126 00:05:43,376 --> 00:05:45,912 I'm gonna trim some out. 127 00:05:45,912 --> 00:05:46,746 - Oh my. 128 00:05:48,615 --> 00:05:52,452 - Again, measure how high you want it. 129 00:05:52,452 --> 00:05:54,321 - [Chris] I've never done that, the measuring thing. 130 00:05:54,321 --> 00:05:55,789 Wow. 131 00:05:55,789 --> 00:05:59,326 - Yeah, just put it on the side of the, side of the vase. 132 00:06:01,194 --> 00:06:04,764 I learned a lot of this hit and miss, 133 00:06:04,764 --> 00:06:07,200 but I learned a lot of it just taking little courses 134 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,704 like at The Dixon or the Botanic Garden. 135 00:06:12,172 --> 00:06:15,909 You'll see those in the paper and you can sign up for them. 136 00:06:17,677 --> 00:06:19,646 Now here's one you're really gonna have to remove 137 00:06:19,646 --> 00:06:21,481 all these leaves. 138 00:06:21,481 --> 00:06:23,683 'Cause they're gonna get below that water line. 139 00:06:23,683 --> 00:06:25,118 - [Chris] And what are those? 140 00:06:25,118 --> 00:06:26,553 - [Mary] I don't know what those are. 141 00:06:26,553 --> 00:06:28,255 - [Chris] We have to figure out what that is, huh? 142 00:06:28,255 --> 00:06:31,691 - [Mary] That's another thing about buying flowers 143 00:06:31,691 --> 00:06:34,394 at a grocery, they don't always tell you what they are. 144 00:06:34,394 --> 00:06:35,895 - [Chris] Right, yeah, they're not labeled. 145 00:06:35,895 --> 00:06:38,698 - Yeah, they're not labeled adequately. 146 00:06:38,698 --> 00:06:39,933 - [Chris] Those are pretty though. 147 00:06:39,933 --> 00:06:43,069 - Mmhmm, so you're start to have the different 148 00:06:43,069 --> 00:06:46,473 heights in it, more interest, it looks a lot better 149 00:06:46,473 --> 00:06:49,643 than just plopping them into the vase. 150 00:06:53,980 --> 00:06:57,417 I also, you can try just the one bouquet, 151 00:06:58,818 --> 00:07:01,721 but a lot of times I like to buy something else 152 00:07:01,721 --> 00:07:03,290 to supplement them. 153 00:07:04,758 --> 00:07:07,360 Maybe a different color, I didn't like the colors 154 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:08,795 that they picked. 155 00:07:10,697 --> 00:07:12,599 - Or it could be something in your own yard, 156 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:14,067 right as well? 157 00:07:14,067 --> 00:07:17,170 - Uh huh, they happened to last night have some greenery, 158 00:07:17,170 --> 00:07:20,307 just greenery, and I went ahead and bought that, 159 00:07:20,307 --> 00:07:22,275 but certainly you can go out to your yard 160 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:27,047 and find a, a bush or something that has some fresh 161 00:07:27,047 --> 00:07:31,751 clean looking greenery to it and put it in there. 162 00:07:31,751 --> 00:07:35,322 But always recut, notice I'm recutting. 163 00:07:35,322 --> 00:07:40,160 And at the end of the couple of days when it looks 164 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:43,830 not fresh anymore, take 'em out, try to start over, 165 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:47,033 cut it again, put your fresh water in. 166 00:07:47,033 --> 00:07:49,769 And probably it'll look better the second time. 167 00:07:49,769 --> 00:07:52,005 This is the kind of thing, the more you do it, 168 00:07:52,005 --> 00:07:54,507 the more you get a feel for it. 169 00:07:54,507 --> 00:07:56,476 - [Chris] So I understand you have to make the fresh cuts 170 00:07:56,476 --> 00:07:58,445 of course, right at the bottom of the vase. 171 00:07:58,445 --> 00:08:01,715 - Uh huh, see that makes it look just a little fuller 172 00:08:01,715 --> 00:08:03,283 and a little nicer. 173 00:08:05,385 --> 00:08:07,754 You can move the height of them now that you've cut 'em 174 00:08:07,754 --> 00:08:10,590 and they're not all the same, if you don't like it, 175 00:08:10,590 --> 00:08:12,625 just lift 'em up a little bit. 176 00:08:12,625 --> 00:08:14,728 But you see how the narrowness of this vase is really 177 00:08:14,728 --> 00:08:16,162 helping with that. 178 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:17,497 - [Chris] I see. 179 00:08:17,497 --> 00:08:20,500 - I like these little white flowers, 180 00:08:22,001 --> 00:08:26,172 of course this is Alstroemeria and it is a full flower. 181 00:08:30,677 --> 00:08:32,679 If you don't have a lot of fullness, 182 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:37,617 then certainly get some of these to put in your arrangement. 183 00:08:37,617 --> 00:08:41,287 'Cause it makes it look a little bit fuller. 184 00:08:42,689 --> 00:08:45,892 I like loose arrangements myself, I don't like anything 185 00:08:45,892 --> 00:08:48,061 that's really tight. 186 00:08:48,061 --> 00:08:51,064 I like the feeling of it's a garden, so you've just 187 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:54,868 picked from your garden and it looks natural to me. 188 00:08:54,868 --> 00:08:57,137 - Okay, let me ask you about the water. 189 00:08:57,137 --> 00:08:59,272 So we're gonna change that water out every day, 190 00:08:59,272 --> 00:09:00,840 every other day? 191 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:01,941 - Yeah, I would do it every day. 192 00:09:01,941 --> 00:09:03,777 - Every day, okay. 193 00:09:03,777 --> 00:09:06,646 - And you can, if you don't want to re-cut, you know, 194 00:09:06,646 --> 00:09:09,215 just tilt it out and at least put new water in it 195 00:09:09,215 --> 00:09:10,717 every day I think. 196 00:09:12,152 --> 00:09:15,622 It'll keep your flowers longer and I think you'll 197 00:09:15,622 --> 00:09:17,524 be happy with it. 198 00:09:17,524 --> 00:09:22,028 It looks a little better than your original. 199 00:09:22,028 --> 00:09:26,266 But spread your main flowers, these big yellow, 200 00:09:26,266 --> 00:09:29,602 spread them out in your vase so that it's not 201 00:09:29,602 --> 00:09:31,304 all on one side. 202 00:09:31,304 --> 00:09:33,573 That's another thing a lot of people do is they'll put 203 00:09:33,573 --> 00:09:36,910 all the flowers on one side, and all the different ones 204 00:09:36,910 --> 00:09:40,747 on another side and it just doesn't help with the 205 00:09:40,747 --> 00:09:41,881 cohesive look. 206 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:43,516 - [Chris] That'll be me. 207 00:09:43,516 --> 00:09:44,651 I do that as well. 208 00:09:44,651 --> 00:09:45,952 Now while you're doing that too, 209 00:09:45,952 --> 00:09:48,655 now what about using these little packets 210 00:09:48,655 --> 00:09:49,923 that they give you? 211 00:09:49,923 --> 00:09:53,860 - I like to use 'em but I don't always. 212 00:09:53,860 --> 00:09:56,796 I don't even always put the full packet in there. 213 00:09:56,796 --> 00:09:59,265 Just half of it or so and stir it up in there. 214 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:02,101 And you could, if you changed your water you'll save 215 00:10:02,101 --> 00:10:04,137 a little for the next day. 216 00:10:04,137 --> 00:10:06,105 It does help it somewhat. 217 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:09,943 And really, the grocery stores have got really good about 218 00:10:09,943 --> 00:10:12,479 having some fresh flowers for you, 219 00:10:12,479 --> 00:10:14,747 they're in pretty good shape. 220 00:10:14,747 --> 00:10:16,216 But always look at 'em 'cause if they're in a bunch, 221 00:10:16,216 --> 00:10:18,618 you'll have one or two that are just not looking 222 00:10:18,618 --> 00:10:22,789 really good and they'll, I don't know if they do that 223 00:10:23,957 --> 00:10:27,694 on purpose or not, but be sure and check it all 224 00:10:27,694 --> 00:10:31,498 and make sure that they're all fresh. 225 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:32,665 - [Chris] So what do you think? 226 00:10:32,665 --> 00:10:33,666 - I like it. 227 00:10:33,666 --> 00:10:34,934 Do you like it? 228 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:36,169 - [Chris] I do like it, I think it looks good. 229 00:10:36,169 --> 00:10:37,770 - Do you wanna take that home to your wife. 230 00:10:37,770 --> 00:10:38,938 - I think I just might do that. 231 00:10:38,938 --> 00:10:40,573 - Okay, you can have it. 232 00:10:40,573 --> 00:10:42,075 - We appreciate that demonstration, all right? 233 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:43,276 - Mmhmm. 234 00:10:43,276 --> 00:10:45,278 - Thank you much. - Thank you. 235 00:10:45,278 --> 00:10:47,514 - [Chris] There are a number   of gardening events going on 236 00:10:47,514 --> 00:10:49,949 in the next couple of   weeks here are just a few 237 00:10:49,949 --> 00:10:51,951 that might interest you. 238 00:11:15,909 --> 00:11:18,845 - All right Tonya, so we have our containers out here. 239 00:11:18,845 --> 00:11:20,380 You did this for us last year and we're gonna have you 240 00:11:20,380 --> 00:11:22,315 back again to do it for us now. 241 00:11:22,315 --> 00:11:25,518 - Thank you so much for having me back here to make some 242 00:11:25,518 --> 00:11:27,787 pretty flowers for your garden. 243 00:11:27,787 --> 00:11:29,289 - Okay. 244 00:11:29,289 --> 00:11:31,558 - All right so the thing to know about container gardening 245 00:11:31,558 --> 00:11:34,260 is it's been around for literally thousands of years. 246 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:37,997 People have been putting plants in pots forever. 247 00:11:37,997 --> 00:11:39,933 And you can put just about anything in pot and grow it. 248 00:11:39,933 --> 00:11:42,368 Think about bonsais, ya know. 249 00:11:43,736 --> 00:11:45,204 But vegetables, herbs, flowers and today we're gonna 250 00:11:45,204 --> 00:11:46,940 plant some flowers for you. 251 00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:48,174 - [Chris] All right. 252 00:11:48,174 --> 00:11:49,742 - Now after you pick your container, 253 00:11:49,742 --> 00:11:51,844 and I always like to choose one that has drainage holes 254 00:11:51,844 --> 00:11:54,814 in the bottom, it's not absolutely necessary if your 255 00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:59,252 container's large enough, but I like to have drainage holes. 256 00:11:59,252 --> 00:12:01,754 You wanna fill it up with some kind of soil. 257 00:12:01,754 --> 00:12:04,290 Now if you have a very large one, you do have the option 258 00:12:04,290 --> 00:12:06,759 of filling the bottom with fillers. 259 00:12:06,759 --> 00:12:09,562 You don't have to use the really best potting soil 260 00:12:09,562 --> 00:12:11,764 through the whole thing, but you wanna make sure 261 00:12:11,764 --> 00:12:13,433 the top six to 12 inches, 262 00:12:13,433 --> 00:12:14,801 depending on what you're planting 263 00:12:14,801 --> 00:12:16,703 has the good stuff in it. 264 00:12:16,703 --> 00:12:21,007 So any kind of good bagged potting soil will work. 265 00:12:21,007 --> 00:12:22,942 So we already have ours filled with soil 266 00:12:22,942 --> 00:12:24,644 and ready to go. 267 00:12:24,644 --> 00:12:27,080 Then next thing you wanna do is choose your plants. 268 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:29,415 So there's lots of things to consider there too. 269 00:12:29,415 --> 00:12:31,985 You know is your container gonna be in full sun? 270 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:33,152 Is it gonna be in shade? 271 00:12:33,152 --> 00:12:35,521 Is it gonna be in part shade? 272 00:12:35,521 --> 00:12:37,423 Part of the day sun, part of the day shade, 273 00:12:37,423 --> 00:12:40,026 so you have to think about the conditions 274 00:12:40,026 --> 00:12:43,796 that your plants are gonna be in and then choose all plants 275 00:12:43,796 --> 00:12:46,032 that can tolerate the sun or the shade. 276 00:12:46,032 --> 00:12:48,334 You may even wanna think about watering. 277 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:50,269 If you have things in there that are low water 278 00:12:50,269 --> 00:12:52,972 and things that are, you know, heavy drinkers, 279 00:12:52,972 --> 00:12:55,008 then that might not be a good combination so, 280 00:12:55,008 --> 00:12:56,643 - [Chris] Right, okay. 281 00:12:56,643 --> 00:13:00,880 - Um, I like to plant colors depending on the container too. 282 00:13:02,248 --> 00:13:05,251 So for a barrel I'm thinking rustic. 283 00:13:05,251 --> 00:13:08,721 So oranges, reds, purples, greens. 284 00:13:08,721 --> 00:13:12,125 Your primary colors are good for a rustic look. 285 00:13:12,125 --> 00:13:14,260 If you've got a formal looking container 286 00:13:14,260 --> 00:13:16,696 and it's go in front of your nice fancy little porch, 287 00:13:16,696 --> 00:13:20,667 then greens and whites make a nice elegant look. 288 00:13:20,667 --> 00:13:23,670 Anything like white and dark purple. 289 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:26,739 White usually is kind of a classic look. 290 00:13:26,739 --> 00:13:28,675 And if you're kinda going for the country cottage, 291 00:13:28,675 --> 00:13:30,243 pastels are good for that. 292 00:13:30,243 --> 00:13:32,945 So think about the look and the feel that you want 293 00:13:32,945 --> 00:13:34,414 for your container. 294 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:36,949 Okay, so now that we've got our plants chosen, 295 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:41,688 we've got mostly sun plants here and the next thing 296 00:13:41,688 --> 00:13:44,757 we wanna do is think about different heights. 297 00:13:44,757 --> 00:13:46,259 - Okay. 298 00:13:46,259 --> 00:13:47,527 - So to make a really nice presentation, it's just like 299 00:13:47,527 --> 00:13:49,295 you're gonna do a flower arrangement in a vase. 300 00:13:49,295 --> 00:13:50,663 You want something kinda tall, 301 00:13:50,663 --> 00:13:53,066 you want something to be kind of a filler 302 00:13:53,066 --> 00:13:54,834 and then you want something to spill over the edge 303 00:13:54,834 --> 00:13:57,336 to break up the hard edge of the container. 304 00:13:57,336 --> 00:13:59,539 And we call that thriller, filler and spiller. 305 00:13:59,539 --> 00:14:01,140 - [Chris] Spiller (laughs). 306 00:14:01,140 --> 00:14:05,178 - So for our thriller, which doesn't look very thrilling 307 00:14:05,178 --> 00:14:08,715 right this minute, but it will be eventually. 308 00:14:08,715 --> 00:14:13,419 We have got Canna Tuber so, this is the top part 309 00:14:13,419 --> 00:14:15,588 of the package that it came from. 310 00:14:15,588 --> 00:14:17,623 And we're gonna plant this in the center to be our 311 00:14:17,623 --> 00:14:20,493 tall thriller kind of a plant. 312 00:14:20,493 --> 00:14:22,562 - [Chris] I'm gonna sit here and watch you do that. 313 00:14:22,562 --> 00:14:23,996 - So we've got our trowel here. 314 00:14:23,996 --> 00:14:26,065 And you can see that this has signs of life, 315 00:14:26,065 --> 00:14:27,200 so that's a good thing. 316 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:28,935 It's trying to poke out already. 317 00:14:28,935 --> 00:14:30,136 And because it's like that, 318 00:14:30,136 --> 00:14:32,038 I'm not gonna plant it really deep. 319 00:14:32,038 --> 00:14:33,573 - Okay, so we don't have to do anything else with that 320 00:14:33,573 --> 00:14:34,774 to plant it, doesn't have to be teased or anything. 321 00:14:34,774 --> 00:14:35,808 - That's pretty much it. 322 00:14:35,808 --> 00:14:37,009 - Okay. - Nope. 323 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:38,511 That's pretty much it, then it's going to 324 00:14:38,511 --> 00:14:40,046 go in the center. 325 00:14:40,046 --> 00:14:44,150 And then around, I'm going to choose some marigolds. 326 00:14:45,785 --> 00:14:46,786 - Marigolds. 327 00:14:48,087 --> 00:14:50,356 My dad loves marigolds. 328 00:14:50,356 --> 00:14:54,794 - Yeah, it gives it a nice kind of garden feel, ya know. 329 00:14:54,794 --> 00:14:56,362 Take these little plastic things out y'all. 330 00:14:56,362 --> 00:14:57,296 Don't leave those in there. 331 00:14:57,296 --> 00:14:58,331 - And again, we don't have 332 00:14:58,331 --> 00:14:59,565 to tease the roots or anything, 333 00:14:59,565 --> 00:15:01,067 you just plant 'em right in there? 334 00:15:01,067 --> 00:15:04,070 - Well, these are pretty loose so not too much to worry 335 00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:05,571 about there. 336 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:09,041 Now if it was very very, ya know, nothing but a white mass 337 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:10,843 of roots and like they're growing out the bottom of the 338 00:15:10,843 --> 00:15:14,714 plastic container, then yeah, you wanna do something extra, 339 00:15:14,714 --> 00:15:17,383 but, probably not necessary with that. 340 00:15:17,383 --> 00:15:18,885 - [Chris] Okay. 341 00:15:18,885 --> 00:15:21,354 - So there's our marigolds and we've got some nice 342 00:15:21,354 --> 00:15:22,822 verbena here. 343 00:15:22,822 --> 00:15:25,691 Now when you're at the store choosing your plants, 344 00:15:25,691 --> 00:15:27,160 keep an open mind. 345 00:15:27,160 --> 00:15:29,529 So don't have in your head okay I'm gonna go to the store 346 00:15:29,529 --> 00:15:32,265 and I'm gonna buy this, this and this. 347 00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:34,867 Because they may not have what you need exactly. 348 00:15:34,867 --> 00:15:37,470 So keep an open mind about what things you could 349 00:15:37,470 --> 00:15:40,306 substitute with if they don't have the exact plant 350 00:15:40,306 --> 00:15:41,841 that you had your heart set on. 351 00:15:41,841 --> 00:15:43,242 - [Chris] That's a pretty good size root ball there. 352 00:15:43,242 --> 00:15:44,510 - It is! 353 00:15:44,510 --> 00:15:45,912 You wanna check for nice white roots 354 00:15:45,912 --> 00:15:48,447 when your at the store choosing your plants. 355 00:15:48,447 --> 00:15:51,751 And this one has a nice root system. 356 00:15:51,751 --> 00:15:54,420 I'm gonna put this one kind of in the front. 357 00:15:54,420 --> 00:15:58,257 And you know, I'm kinda planting these all the way around, 358 00:15:58,257 --> 00:16:00,726 if your container is going against a wall, 359 00:16:00,726 --> 00:16:03,329 you can kinda do your tall thing right in the back 360 00:16:03,329 --> 00:16:06,032 and everything up in the front, everything else, 361 00:16:06,032 --> 00:16:09,368 but this we're gonna see from all sides. 362 00:16:10,803 --> 00:16:14,640 - [Chris] Now do you do this with your containers at home? 363 00:16:14,640 --> 00:16:15,575 - Yes, mostly. 364 00:16:15,575 --> 00:16:16,809 - [Chris] (laughing) Mostly? 365 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:18,044 - It depends on what I'm growing in it. 366 00:16:18,044 --> 00:16:20,079 I grow a lot of herbs at my house, 367 00:16:20,079 --> 00:16:23,015 so I don't really do this little formula with those. 368 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:26,786 I have one pot that I really like with my herbs. 369 00:16:26,786 --> 00:16:30,890 I grow lavender and I grow it in a purple pot. 370 00:16:30,890 --> 00:16:34,527 So when it blooms it has a nice purple flowers 371 00:16:34,527 --> 00:16:36,462 and then in that nice purple pot, 372 00:16:36,462 --> 00:16:38,030 I really like the look of that. 373 00:16:38,030 --> 00:16:41,100 So I usually will do a smaller container than this 374 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:43,736 and grow all of one thing. 375 00:16:43,736 --> 00:16:45,905 But then different sizes of container. 376 00:16:45,905 --> 00:16:49,208 So I'll have like, instead of doing the height 377 00:16:49,208 --> 00:16:51,143 in one container, I've got three containers of different 378 00:16:51,143 --> 00:16:53,813 heights that I'm planting all one thing in each one. 379 00:16:53,813 --> 00:16:54,747 Does that make sense? 380 00:16:54,747 --> 00:16:56,282 - It makes sense, it does. 381 00:16:56,282 --> 00:16:58,184 - So it's kind of a three piece arrangement instead 382 00:16:58,184 --> 00:16:59,385 of an all in one look. 383 00:16:59,385 --> 00:17:00,686 - Gotcha. 384 00:17:00,686 --> 00:17:02,922 - All right so now I'm gonna start adding in 385 00:17:02,922 --> 00:17:05,725 my things that are gonna spill over the edge. 386 00:17:05,725 --> 00:17:06,926 - These are spillers. 387 00:17:06,926 --> 00:17:08,361 - Yes. 388 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:09,829 These are spillers and they break up the hard edge 389 00:17:09,829 --> 00:17:13,099 of the container, and this is our wave petunias. 390 00:17:13,099 --> 00:17:14,333 Nice roots. 391 00:17:14,333 --> 00:17:15,535 - [Chris] Now do we need to attend to, 392 00:17:15,535 --> 00:17:16,335 we have something like that on our plants 393 00:17:16,335 --> 00:17:17,837 do we pinch that off? 394 00:17:17,837 --> 00:17:19,739 - Yeah, I mean that's not gonna get any better so, 395 00:17:19,739 --> 00:17:20,973 yeah, we'll take care of that. 396 00:17:20,973 --> 00:17:22,575 - Just pinch it. - Mmhmm! 397 00:17:22,575 --> 00:17:25,311 Now during the season, during the growing season, 398 00:17:25,311 --> 00:17:27,880 you have to keep in mind your containers are probably 399 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:29,849 gonna dry out a little bit quicker than the stuff 400 00:17:29,849 --> 00:17:32,018 planted directly into the ground, 401 00:17:32,018 --> 00:17:35,521 so you want to check on the watering probably every day. 402 00:17:35,521 --> 00:17:37,223 Go out and check your containers 403 00:17:37,223 --> 00:17:39,325 and see if they need any watering. 404 00:17:39,325 --> 00:17:43,496 It's also good to have containers for water management. 405 00:17:44,931 --> 00:17:47,567 Can usually take less water than in you did a huge bed 406 00:17:47,567 --> 00:17:50,603 full of annuals, but you get just as much of an impact 407 00:17:50,603 --> 00:17:54,774 with your container when it becomes full in the summer. 408 00:17:58,110 --> 00:18:01,347 Also you want to scout for insect and disease problems 409 00:18:01,347 --> 00:18:02,949 during the season. 410 00:18:02,949 --> 00:18:05,885 And I'm gonna scoot this marigold over a smidgen 411 00:18:05,885 --> 00:18:06,953 to make room. 412 00:18:08,487 --> 00:18:11,390 - Yeah, I would also tell folks to check those pots 413 00:18:11,390 --> 00:18:13,225 to make sure they don't have any weeds growing in 'em. 414 00:18:13,225 --> 00:18:15,094 - Oh yeah, that's a good point, Chris. 415 00:18:15,094 --> 00:18:17,063 I'm gonna break this up 'cause it's kinda big. 416 00:18:17,063 --> 00:18:18,564 This root ball. 417 00:18:18,564 --> 00:18:20,566 And it will not hurt it to you know, get in there 418 00:18:20,566 --> 00:18:22,468 and really mess around with it. 419 00:18:22,468 --> 00:18:25,905 It will grow back, all those roots will. 420 00:18:25,905 --> 00:18:29,308 So that's kinda how we do our containers. 421 00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:33,279 Also, you want to have to, you may want to dead head 422 00:18:33,279 --> 00:18:37,149 your spent blooms during the year, during the season. 423 00:18:37,149 --> 00:18:39,618 And it may not look like much when you first get it planted, 424 00:18:39,618 --> 00:18:40,853 (Chris chuckles) 425 00:18:40,853 --> 00:18:42,989 But with a little bit of sun and water 426 00:18:42,989 --> 00:18:44,890 it won't be long before it's nice and full for you. 427 00:18:44,890 --> 00:18:46,692 - Right and this is full sun, so it's definitely 428 00:18:46,692 --> 00:18:47,593 gonna get that. 429 00:18:47,593 --> 00:18:47,660 - Mmhmm. 430 00:18:47,660 --> 00:18:48,694 - All right well Tonya, we definitely appreciate 431 00:18:48,694 --> 00:18:49,495 the demonstration. 432 00:18:49,495 --> 00:18:50,329 - Thank you. 433 00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:51,797 - Can't wait to see what it looks like later on in 434 00:18:51,797 --> 00:18:52,865 through the season. - Me too, me too. 435 00:18:52,865 --> 00:18:58,004 Thank you. 436 00:18:58,004 --> 00:18:59,905 - We have birdhouse here tied by pieces of rope, 437 00:18:59,905 --> 00:19:02,274 as you can well see. 438 00:19:02,274 --> 00:19:03,676 If you look here, 439 00:19:05,478 --> 00:19:08,647 the rope is actually cutting into the tree. 440 00:19:08,647 --> 00:19:11,283 Now this could be very dangerous to the tree 441 00:19:11,283 --> 00:19:13,819 because it can weaken the tree and leave it susceptible 442 00:19:13,819 --> 00:19:18,457 to fungal diseases, bacteria diseases or insect pests. 443 00:19:18,457 --> 00:19:20,826 So what we're gonna do here is we're going to loosen 444 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:21,661 the rope. 445 00:19:27,733 --> 00:19:29,602 I'm gonna tie it back, and we're gonna make it just 446 00:19:29,602 --> 00:19:31,737 a little looser this time. 447 00:19:31,737 --> 00:19:35,174 And I'm sure the tree will definitely appreciate it. 448 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:38,010 You can see here how much this rope has been cutting 449 00:19:38,010 --> 00:19:40,913 into the trunk of this tree. 450 00:19:40,913 --> 00:19:44,550 If you're gonna decide to tie a bird house to a tree 451 00:19:44,550 --> 00:19:46,719 using a rope, make sure you check it every year, 452 00:19:46,719 --> 00:19:50,723 just to make sure you're not weakening the tree. 453 00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:53,993 All right here's our Q&A session. 454 00:19:53,993 --> 00:19:55,194 Miss Mary help me out okay? 455 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:56,395 - Okay, I'll try. 456 00:19:56,395 --> 00:19:57,963 - All right, here's our first viewer email. 457 00:19:57,963 --> 00:20:02,368 I have small green bugs all   over my clematis leaves. 458 00:20:02,368 --> 00:20:03,803 What are they? 459 00:20:03,803 --> 00:20:04,703 And this is from Miss   Debbie. 460 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:07,640 As you can see there,   they're aphids. 461 00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:08,941 Do you know about aphids? 462 00:20:08,941 --> 00:20:10,209 - [Mary] Yes. 463 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:13,012 - Aphids have pierce, sucking mouth parts, 464 00:20:13,012 --> 00:20:15,881 so they're sucking plant   sap which can weaken, 465 00:20:15,881 --> 00:20:16,982 ya know, your plant. 466 00:20:16,982 --> 00:20:18,451 - [Mary] Mmhmm, mmhmm. 467 00:20:18,451 --> 00:20:19,719 - [Chris] All right, and here's   the deal about aphids though 468 00:20:19,719 --> 00:20:20,920 I think is pretty neat. 469 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,621 They actually have live births. 470 00:20:22,621 --> 00:20:24,090 - [Mary] Oh really? 471 00:20:24,090 --> 00:20:25,424 - [Chris] So you can have   an explosion of aphids 472 00:20:25,424 --> 00:20:26,525 just that quick. 473 00:20:26,525 --> 00:20:28,561 Live birth, okay. 474 00:20:28,561 --> 00:20:31,630 Of course they secrete honeydew, 475 00:20:31,630 --> 00:20:35,801 and that honeydew supports the growth of city mold, 476 00:20:37,236 --> 00:20:38,738 so which is why you see   that black city mold, okay. 477 00:20:38,738 --> 00:20:41,407 It's because you have   the aphids which secretes 478 00:20:41,407 --> 00:20:43,075 the honeydew, all right. 479 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:44,743 Again it's a problem. 480 00:20:44,743 --> 00:20:47,947 Now this is what I advise folks to do 481 00:20:47,947 --> 00:20:50,716 before you pull out the big guns, 482 00:20:50,716 --> 00:20:53,185 how about just get the water hose out, 483 00:20:53,185 --> 00:20:55,221 heavy spray, just knock 'em off? 484 00:20:55,221 --> 00:20:57,323 - Spray 'em off, mmhmm. - Just spray 'em off. 485 00:20:57,323 --> 00:21:00,493 Or, you know, if you want low impact pesticides, 486 00:21:00,493 --> 00:21:03,129 insecticidal soap will do the job. 487 00:21:03,129 --> 00:21:04,363 How about your oils? 488 00:21:04,363 --> 00:21:07,099 I mean, there's neem oil, horticulture oil, 489 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:10,469 or you can use pyrethrums, that's low impact, 490 00:21:10,469 --> 00:21:12,004 but those'll do the trick. 491 00:21:12,004 --> 00:21:15,074 And do be careful because the larva of lady beetles 492 00:21:15,074 --> 00:21:18,811 are probably around and they   actually like to eat aphids. 493 00:21:18,811 --> 00:21:20,312 So most people don't   know what they look like 494 00:21:20,312 --> 00:21:22,381 and figure hey that must be   another pest or something 495 00:21:22,381 --> 00:21:24,416 and probably wants   to nuke that as well. 496 00:21:24,416 --> 00:21:26,519 So just be careful, they're doing their job. 497 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:28,087 They're trying to help you out. 498 00:21:28,087 --> 00:21:30,589 But yeah, aphids, you know, they like new succulent growth, 499 00:21:30,589 --> 00:21:32,791 so if you put too much nitrogen fertilizer, 500 00:21:32,791 --> 00:21:34,393 you know your plants, you get that burst 501 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:36,328 of succulent growth, you probably gonna have aphids. 502 00:21:36,328 --> 00:21:37,530 - [Mary] Man. 503 00:21:37,530 --> 00:21:39,031 - Yeah, they like that, ya know, and again, 504 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:40,733 the populations just explode. 505 00:21:40,733 --> 00:21:42,868 Again live birth, I think that's pretty neat. 506 00:21:42,868 --> 00:21:44,136 - Yeah, it is. 507 00:21:44,136 --> 00:21:45,638 - All right, so there you have it Miss Debbie, 508 00:21:45,638 --> 00:21:48,541 just use those low impact pesticides, insecticidal soap, 509 00:21:48,541 --> 00:21:52,044 pyrethrums, or just get the water hose out, knock 'em off. 510 00:21:52,044 --> 00:21:53,913 I think that'll be just fine. 511 00:21:53,913 --> 00:21:55,681 All right, here's our next viewer email. 512 00:21:55,681 --> 00:21:58,551 Why are my African   violets not blooming? 513 00:21:58,551 --> 00:22:01,720 They are large and   healthy looking. 514 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:03,489 And I think you might   know something about that. 515 00:22:03,489 --> 00:22:07,660 - I think it's probably doesn't have adequate sun. 516 00:22:07,660 --> 00:22:11,830 I've read that African violets like an eastern exposure. 517 00:22:14,533 --> 00:22:18,604 And it's healthy, it's getting sun, but it needs to have 518 00:22:18,604 --> 00:22:21,907 a little more sun is what I think. 519 00:22:21,907 --> 00:22:24,543 - Okay, so bright light, but not necessarily-- 520 00:22:24,543 --> 00:22:26,445 - Not direct, indirect bright light. 521 00:22:26,445 --> 00:22:28,180 - Okay, indirect bright light. 522 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:29,748 - Mmhmm. 523 00:22:29,748 --> 00:22:31,217 - Okay, and make sure, obviously, 524 00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:32,785 I mean they're growing, 525 00:22:32,785 --> 00:22:36,188 so he's keeping a pretty good eye on them. 526 00:22:37,389 --> 00:22:38,857 So they get watered and all that stuff. 527 00:22:38,857 --> 00:22:41,460 But yeah, just not the bright sunlight, indirect light. 528 00:22:41,460 --> 00:22:42,928 - [Mary] Right. 529 00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:45,898 - Okay, I can go with that Miss Mary, sounds good to me. 530 00:22:45,898 --> 00:22:47,766 All right here's our next viewer email. 531 00:22:47,766 --> 00:22:49,768 I have black swollen   growths on the branches 532 00:22:49,768 --> 00:22:51,770 of my plum tree. 533 00:22:51,770 --> 00:22:54,373 Is this a problem and   how do I take care of it? 534 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:57,042 And this is Miss Liggins,   right here in Memphis. 535 00:22:57,042 --> 00:23:00,079 I see this a lot every year on plums. 536 00:23:00,079 --> 00:23:02,915 You can also see them on cherries. 537 00:23:04,083 --> 00:23:07,720 That growth starts out   as a soft textured gel. 538 00:23:09,255 --> 00:23:12,291 And you can find it along   the branches and twigs 539 00:23:12,291 --> 00:23:14,093 of your plum trees. 540 00:23:14,093 --> 00:23:17,196 Throughout the season that   gel starts to get hard 541 00:23:17,196 --> 00:23:19,531 and it turns into a gall. 542 00:23:19,531 --> 00:23:23,636 Now here's to deal with it, it's a fungus that causes that. 543 00:23:23,636 --> 00:23:25,204 It's going to be hard to treat. 544 00:23:25,204 --> 00:23:27,573 I mean you could use Captan, but you have to read 545 00:23:27,573 --> 00:23:29,041 the label on that and you're gonna be spraying 546 00:23:29,041 --> 00:23:31,277 from the beginning of the season pretty much to the end 547 00:23:31,277 --> 00:23:33,078 of the season ya know, seems like. 548 00:23:33,078 --> 00:23:35,247 But just read the label on that if you're gonna use that, 549 00:23:35,247 --> 00:23:37,549 but here's where I always go to. 550 00:23:37,549 --> 00:23:39,952 Resistant varieties, so you don't have to worry 551 00:23:39,952 --> 00:23:42,388 about that problem or the second thing is this, 552 00:23:42,388 --> 00:23:46,458 pruning, so I would go maybe six, eight inches below 553 00:23:46,458 --> 00:23:49,428 where you see the Black Knot is what it's called. 554 00:23:49,428 --> 00:23:50,696 And prune it out. 555 00:23:50,696 --> 00:23:51,930 It's gonna be a lot of work, 556 00:23:51,930 --> 00:23:53,432 especially if you have tall trees, 557 00:23:53,432 --> 00:23:55,968 but yeah, six to eight inches below the Black Knot itself 558 00:23:55,968 --> 00:23:57,236 which is the fungus, 559 00:23:57,236 --> 00:23:59,638 cut it out, hope for the best. 560 00:23:59,638 --> 00:24:00,606 - That's right. 561 00:24:00,606 --> 00:24:02,207 - That's what I would do. 562 00:24:02,207 --> 00:24:05,244 But this is also a lesson in practicing good sanitation. 563 00:24:05,244 --> 00:24:07,846 Because this fungus, actually over winters, 564 00:24:07,846 --> 00:24:09,415 in all of that debris. 565 00:24:09,415 --> 00:24:10,649 - Oh yeah. 566 00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:12,184 - Yeah, so you gotta get that stuff up, 567 00:24:12,184 --> 00:24:14,019 because again you're gonna have your spores in there, 568 00:24:14,019 --> 00:24:17,456 when ya know the wind starts blowing or rain will 569 00:24:17,456 --> 00:24:20,626 splash those spores back up or in the air. 570 00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:22,027 It's gonna be a problem. 571 00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:24,596 So practice good sanitation, get all those limbs 572 00:24:24,596 --> 00:24:26,932 and things like that up, collect 'em throw 'em 573 00:24:26,932 --> 00:24:29,668 in the trash, not in the compost pile. 574 00:24:29,668 --> 00:24:31,837 And you'll be just fine Miss Liggins. 575 00:24:31,837 --> 00:24:33,472 But yeah, I would prune that out. 576 00:24:33,472 --> 00:24:35,174 I wouldn't so much worry about the spraying 577 00:24:35,174 --> 00:24:36,742 because it's gonna be a lot of spraying 578 00:24:36,742 --> 00:24:38,877 and if it rains you have to go back and spray again. 579 00:24:38,877 --> 00:24:40,412 I would just go ahead and prune that out. 580 00:24:40,412 --> 00:24:42,548 And then practice good sanitation 581 00:24:42,548 --> 00:24:43,782 and that should help you out. 582 00:24:43,782 --> 00:24:45,217 - 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