WEBVTT 00:01.201 --> 00:02.769 - Hi, thanks for joining us for the Family Plot, 00:02.769 --> 00:05.038 Gardening in the Mid South, I'm Chris Cooper. 00:05.038 --> 00:08.008  A nice flower arrangement   brightens any room, 00:08.008 --> 00:09.476  but they can be expensive. 00:09.476 --> 00:11.912  Today we'll show you how   to make a great arrangement 00:11.912 --> 00:14.114  with grocery store flowers. 00:14.114 --> 00:16.416  Also spring means flowers. 00:16.416 --> 00:19.620  Today we're going to show you   how to plant them in containers. 00:19.620 --> 00:22.022  That's just ahead on   The Family Plot, 00:22.022 --> 00:23.323  Gardening in the Mid South. 00:23.323 --> 00:25.125  - [Female announcer]   Production funding for 00:25.125 --> 00:28.896  The Family Plot, Gardening in   the Mid South is provided by 00:28.896 --> 00:30.797  Good Winds Landscape   and Garden Center 00:30.797 --> 00:34.935  in Germantown since 1943   and continuing to offer its 00:34.935 --> 00:38.038  plants for successful gardening   with seven greenhouses 00:38.038 --> 00:41.041  and three acres of plants,   plus comprehensive landscape 00:41.041 --> 00:41.842  services. 00:44.011 --> 00:47.147  International Paper Foundation. 00:47.147 --> 00:51.685  The WKNO Production Fund,   the WKNO Endowment Fund 00:51.685 --> 00:53.654  and by viewers like you. 00:53.654 --> 00:54.488  Thank you. 00:55.822 --> 00:58.392 (guitar music) 01:05.499 --> 01:07.834 - Welcome to The Family Plot, I'm Chris Cooper. 01:07.834 --> 01:09.870 Joining me today is Mary Heim. 01:09.870 --> 01:11.838 Miss Mary's an extension master gardener right here 01:11.838 --> 01:14.541 in Shelby County and local gardening expert 01:14.541 --> 01:17.344 Tonya Ashworth will be joining us later to plant 01:17.344 --> 01:19.913 a flower container garden. 01:19.913 --> 01:21.248 Miss Mary, welcome. 01:21.248 --> 01:22.716 - Thank you. 01:22.716 --> 01:24.618 - Now we're gonna talk about flower arrangements. 01:24.618 --> 01:25.886 - Mmhmm. 01:25.886 --> 01:27.721 - I go to local grocery stores from time to time 01:27.721 --> 01:30.123 to buy flowers for the Mrs., but I don't think I do 01:30.123 --> 01:31.692 a great job of arranging those flowers. 01:31.692 --> 01:33.193 So you're gonna help me out today, right? 01:33.193 --> 01:34.695 - Yes I am gonna try. 01:34.695 --> 01:35.963 - All right, let's go for it. 01:35.963 --> 01:37.230 - Okay. - Okay. 01:37.230 --> 01:41.568 - I got these flowers last night at a store. 01:41.568 --> 01:44.738 And they do a good job of combining your colors 01:44.738 --> 01:46.506 and sizes of flowers. 01:48.608 --> 01:52.846 But the thing that most people do incorrectly 01:52.846 --> 01:56.183 is just take this bunch and jam it into the vase. 01:56.183 --> 01:58.085 - Oh boy, I think I do that. 01:58.085 --> 01:59.553 - Yeah, everybody does that. 01:59.553 --> 02:03.056 So we're gonna show you how to make them look 02:03.056 --> 02:06.727 a lot better than just how you're given them. 02:06.727 --> 02:10.364 The first thing I did when I got home was to cut 02:10.364 --> 02:13.700 the ends off of the flowers, fresh cut. 02:13.700 --> 02:15.202 - Fresh cut. 02:15.202 --> 02:17.304 - 'Cause I wasn't going to arrange them right away, 02:17.304 --> 02:20.440 so I cut the ends off just a little and put them down 02:20.440 --> 02:22.843 in some water last night. 02:22.843 --> 02:25.879 And cutting the end, always cut at an angle, 02:25.879 --> 02:28.615 gives you more surface for the water to get in. 02:28.615 --> 02:31.685 And it just keeps them fresh. 02:31.685 --> 02:34.388 This is a vase you would normally get from a floral 02:34.388 --> 02:37.391 arranger, like if you ordered, got flowers delivered 02:37.391 --> 02:38.792 to the house. 02:38.792 --> 02:41.428 And they use this because it's nicely shaped 02:41.428 --> 02:44.664 and this narrow size right here keeps your flowers 02:44.664 --> 02:46.867 from flopping from one end to the other, 02:46.867 --> 02:48.602 they'll often do that. 02:48.602 --> 02:50.337 Another little trick, you don't have to do it 02:50.337 --> 02:53.974 with a vase like this, but you can get this really 02:53.974 --> 02:58.145 easily manipulated wire and put it down into your vase. 02:59.613 --> 03:01.948 This is something you can get at the Dollar Store, 03:01.948 --> 03:05.652 and it does, I'm not gonna do it because it's so small, 03:05.652 --> 03:09.256 but it does help hold your flowers like a little 03:09.256 --> 03:12.926 armature for your movement of your flowers. 03:12.926 --> 03:14.161 - Okay, all right. 03:14.161 --> 03:15.695 - I mean, look at your flowers, they'll usually 03:15.695 --> 03:19.366 give you three to five large, major flowers. 03:20.934 --> 03:24.538 So they gave us three of these mums. 03:24.538 --> 03:26.540 - Okay, those are mums. - Uh huh. 03:26.540 --> 03:27.874 - They look good. - Yeah they do. 03:27.874 --> 03:29.443 And you can always, when you're at the store, 03:29.443 --> 03:32.379 shake 'em a little, make sure they don't fall apart. 03:32.379 --> 03:35.248 Because they will start to just disintegrate on ya. 03:35.248 --> 03:36.783 Just make sure you're getting a fresh, 03:36.783 --> 03:38.251 - [Chris] Oh all right. 03:38.251 --> 03:40.387 - So you're going, the main thing is see how they're 03:40.387 --> 03:41.555 all the same height. 03:41.555 --> 03:44.591 - Okay. - That's a problem in design. 03:44.591 --> 03:46.827 So you're going to cut quite a bit off 03:46.827 --> 03:49.729 and you're gonna stagger the size of the cut. 03:49.729 --> 03:52.199 Make sure you don't have any leaves 03:52.199 --> 03:54.634 that will go down into your water, 03:54.634 --> 03:58.705 'cause it'll make your water smell, and get it dirty 03:58.705 --> 04:00.373 and cause bacteria. 04:00.373 --> 04:01.875 So we're gonna remove all that. 04:01.875 --> 04:04.711 You're gonna estimate how far up you want your flower, 04:04.711 --> 04:08.882 your main flower to go, and then cut it off at an angle 04:10.217 --> 04:11.485 and put it in there. 04:11.485 --> 04:14.821 The next one, you're gonna make smaller. 04:16.590 --> 04:20.794 - [Chris] Boy am I making mistakes when I do this, okay. 04:20.794 --> 04:23.163 - [Mary] And yet smaller again. 04:23.163 --> 04:25.732 - [Chris] And smaller, oh. 04:25.732 --> 04:29.903 - So now you have, you know, a basis to move from. 04:33.140 --> 04:37.344 One thing about these little daisies are that they 04:37.344 --> 04:40.013 well, they're chrysanthemums also but they have that 04:40.013 --> 04:44.017 daisy look, you'll get a bunch of the in one stem 04:44.017 --> 04:46.319 and that really doesn't look really natural when you 04:46.319 --> 04:48.155 put it in a vase. 04:48.155 --> 04:51.224 So I would cut off, we have one here. 04:52.425 --> 04:53.493 - [Chris] So you would put the one in there? 04:53.493 --> 04:55.095 - Yeah. - Ah okay. 04:55.095 --> 04:58.765 - [Mary] And then start eliminating and you'll end up with 05:01.234 --> 05:04.204 something that looks a lot more natural. 05:04.204 --> 05:06.239 - [Chris] Somebody at home is probably like Ah! 05:06.239 --> 05:07.641 She's cutting them off! 05:07.641 --> 05:09.109 How about that? 05:09.109 --> 05:11.144 - Yeah, no you have to be kinda brutal about that, but, 05:11.144 --> 05:15.515 so you would arrange them in a way that looks freer 05:15.515 --> 05:18.418 than just a big clump of daisies. 05:18.418 --> 05:21.087 This is like a little hydrangea. 05:22.589 --> 05:24.024 - [Chris] Oh, it's little bitty. 05:24.024 --> 05:26.726 - [Mary] Yeah, it's little bitty. 05:26.726 --> 05:29.696 If the leaves don't look good just cut 'em off. 05:29.696 --> 05:33.333 - That's a thick stem. - This is pretty high. 05:33.333 --> 05:36.670 It is thick, it's a little bit harder to cut. 05:36.670 --> 05:37.871 - Okay. 05:37.871 --> 05:40.740 - They gave us some little roses. 05:40.740 --> 05:43.376 The roses I like, they're a little bit too close together, 05:43.376 --> 05:45.912 I'm gonna trim some out. 05:45.912 --> 05:46.746 - Oh my. 05:48.615 --> 05:52.452 - Again, measure how high you want it. 05:52.452 --> 05:54.321 - [Chris] I've never done that, the measuring thing. 05:54.321 --> 05:55.789 Wow. 05:55.789 --> 05:59.326 - Yeah, just put it on the side of the, side of the vase. 06:01.194 --> 06:04.764 I learned a lot of this hit and miss, 06:04.764 --> 06:07.200 but I learned a lot of it just taking little courses 06:07.200 --> 06:10.704 like at The Dixon or the Botanic Garden. 06:12.172 --> 06:15.909 You'll see those in the paper and you can sign up for them. 06:17.677 --> 06:19.646 Now here's one you're really gonna have to remove 06:19.646 --> 06:21.481 all these leaves. 06:21.481 --> 06:23.683 'Cause they're gonna get below that water line. 06:23.683 --> 06:25.118 - [Chris] And what are those? 06:25.118 --> 06:26.553 - [Mary] I don't know what those are. 06:26.553 --> 06:28.255 - [Chris] We have to figure out what that is, huh? 06:28.255 --> 06:31.691 - [Mary] That's another thing about buying flowers 06:31.691 --> 06:34.394 at a grocery, they don't always tell you what they are. 06:34.394 --> 06:35.895 - [Chris] Right, yeah, they're not labeled. 06:35.895 --> 06:38.698 - Yeah, they're not labeled adequately. 06:38.698 --> 06:39.933 - [Chris] Those are pretty though. 06:39.933 --> 06:43.069 - Mmhmm, so you're start to have the different 06:43.069 --> 06:46.473 heights in it, more interest, it looks a lot better 06:46.473 --> 06:49.643 than just plopping them into the vase. 06:53.980 --> 06:57.417 I also, you can try just the one bouquet, 06:58.818 --> 07:01.721 but a lot of times I like to buy something else 07:01.721 --> 07:03.290 to supplement them. 07:04.758 --> 07:07.360 Maybe a different color, I didn't like the colors 07:07.360 --> 07:08.795 that they picked. 07:10.697 --> 07:12.599 - Or it could be something in your own yard, 07:12.599 --> 07:14.067 right as well? 07:14.067 --> 07:17.170 - Uh huh, they happened to last night have some greenery, 07:17.170 --> 07:20.307 just greenery, and I went ahead and bought that, 07:20.307 --> 07:22.275 but certainly you can go out to your yard 07:22.275 --> 07:27.047 and find a, a bush or something that has some fresh 07:27.047 --> 07:31.751 clean looking greenery to it and put it in there. 07:31.751 --> 07:35.322 But always recut, notice I'm recutting. 07:35.322 --> 07:40.160 And at the end of the couple of days when it looks 07:40.160 --> 07:43.830 not fresh anymore, take 'em out, try to start over, 07:43.830 --> 07:47.033 cut it again, put your fresh water in. 07:47.033 --> 07:49.769 And probably it'll look better the second time. 07:49.769 --> 07:52.005 This is the kind of thing, the more you do it, 07:52.005 --> 07:54.507 the more you get a feel for it. 07:54.507 --> 07:56.476 - [Chris] So I understand you have to make the fresh cuts 07:56.476 --> 07:58.445 of course, right at the bottom of the vase. 07:58.445 --> 08:01.715 - Uh huh, see that makes it look just a little fuller 08:01.715 --> 08:03.283 and a little nicer. 08:05.385 --> 08:07.754 You can move the height of them now that you've cut 'em 08:07.754 --> 08:10.590 and they're not all the same, if you don't like it, 08:10.590 --> 08:12.625 just lift 'em up a little bit. 08:12.625 --> 08:14.728 But you see how the narrowness of this vase is really 08:14.728 --> 08:16.162 helping with that. 08:16.162 --> 08:17.497 - [Chris] I see. 08:17.497 --> 08:20.500 - I like these little white flowers, 08:22.001 --> 08:26.172 of course this is Alstroemeria and it is a full flower. 08:30.677 --> 08:32.679 If you don't have a lot of fullness, 08:32.679 --> 08:37.617 then certainly get some of these to put in your arrangement. 08:37.617 --> 08:41.287 'Cause it makes it look a little bit fuller. 08:42.689 --> 08:45.892 I like loose arrangements myself, I don't like anything 08:45.892 --> 08:48.061 that's really tight. 08:48.061 --> 08:51.064 I like the feeling of it's a garden, so you've just 08:51.064 --> 08:54.868 picked from your garden and it looks natural to me. 08:54.868 --> 08:57.137 - Okay, let me ask you about the water. 08:57.137 --> 08:59.272 So we're gonna change that water out every day, 08:59.272 --> 09:00.840 every other day? 09:00.840 --> 09:01.941 - Yeah, I would do it every day. 09:01.941 --> 09:03.777 - Every day, okay. 09:03.777 --> 09:06.646 - And you can, if you don't want to re-cut, you know, 09:06.646 --> 09:09.215 just tilt it out and at least put new water in it 09:09.215 --> 09:10.717 every day I think. 09:12.152 --> 09:15.622 It'll keep your flowers longer and I think you'll 09:15.622 --> 09:17.524 be happy with it. 09:17.524 --> 09:22.028 It looks a little better than your original. 09:22.028 --> 09:26.266 But spread your main flowers, these big yellow, 09:26.266 --> 09:29.602 spread them out in your vase so that it's not 09:29.602 --> 09:31.304 all on one side. 09:31.304 --> 09:33.573 That's another thing a lot of people do is they'll put 09:33.573 --> 09:36.910 all the flowers on one side, and all the different ones 09:36.910 --> 09:40.747 on another side and it just doesn't help with the 09:40.747 --> 09:41.881 cohesive look. 09:41.881 --> 09:43.516 - [Chris] That'll be me. 09:43.516 --> 09:44.651 I do that as well. 09:44.651 --> 09:45.952 Now while you're doing that too, 09:45.952 --> 09:48.655 now what about using these little packets 09:48.655 --> 09:49.923 that they give you? 09:49.923 --> 09:53.860 - I like to use 'em but I don't always. 09:53.860 --> 09:56.796 I don't even always put the full packet in there. 09:56.796 --> 09:59.265 Just half of it or so and stir it up in there. 09:59.265 --> 10:02.101 And you could, if you changed your water you'll save 10:02.101 --> 10:04.137 a little for the next day. 10:04.137 --> 10:06.105 It does help it somewhat. 10:06.105 --> 10:09.943 And really, the grocery stores have got really good about 10:09.943 --> 10:12.479 having some fresh flowers for you, 10:12.479 --> 10:14.747 they're in pretty good shape. 10:14.747 --> 10:16.216 But always look at 'em 'cause if they're in a bunch, 10:16.216 --> 10:18.618 you'll have one or two that are just not looking 10:18.618 --> 10:22.789 really good and they'll, I don't know if they do that 10:23.957 --> 10:27.694 on purpose or not, but be sure and check it all 10:27.694 --> 10:31.498 and make sure that they're all fresh. 10:31.498 --> 10:32.665 - [Chris] So what do you think? 10:32.665 --> 10:33.666 - I like it. 10:33.666 --> 10:34.934 Do you like it? 10:34.934 --> 10:36.169 - [Chris] I do like it, I think it looks good. 10:36.169 --> 10:37.770 - Do you wanna take that home to your wife. 10:37.770 --> 10:38.938 - I think I just might do that. 10:38.938 --> 10:40.573 - Okay, you can have it. 10:40.573 --> 10:42.075 - We appreciate that demonstration, all right? 10:42.075 --> 10:43.276 - Mmhmm. 10:43.276 --> 10:45.278 - Thank you much. - Thank you. 10:45.278 --> 10:47.514  - [Chris] There are a number   of gardening events going on 10:47.514 --> 10:49.949  in the next couple of   weeks here are just a few 10:49.949 --> 10:51.951  that might interest you. 11:15.909 --> 11:18.845 - All right Tonya, so we have our containers out here. 11:18.845 --> 11:20.380 You did this for us last year and we're gonna have you 11:20.380 --> 11:22.315 back again to do it for us now. 11:22.315 --> 11:25.518 - Thank you so much for having me back here to make some 11:25.518 --> 11:27.787 pretty flowers for your garden. 11:27.787 --> 11:29.289 - Okay. 11:29.289 --> 11:31.558 - All right so the thing to know about container gardening 11:31.558 --> 11:34.260 is it's been around for literally thousands of years. 11:34.260 --> 11:37.997 People have been putting plants in pots forever. 11:37.997 --> 11:39.933 And you can put just about anything in pot and grow it. 11:39.933 --> 11:42.368 Think about bonsais, ya know. 11:43.736 --> 11:45.204 But vegetables, herbs, flowers and today we're gonna 11:45.204 --> 11:46.940 plant some flowers for you. 11:46.940 --> 11:48.174 - [Chris] All right. 11:48.174 --> 11:49.742 - Now after you pick your container, 11:49.742 --> 11:51.844 and I always like to choose one that has drainage holes 11:51.844 --> 11:54.814 in the bottom, it's not absolutely necessary if your 11:54.814 --> 11:59.252 container's large enough, but I like to have drainage holes. 11:59.252 --> 12:01.754 You wanna fill it up with some kind of soil. 12:01.754 --> 12:04.290 Now if you have a very large one, you do have the option 12:04.290 --> 12:06.759 of filling the bottom with fillers. 12:06.759 --> 12:09.562 You don't have to use the really best potting soil 12:09.562 --> 12:11.764 through the whole thing, but you wanna make sure 12:11.764 --> 12:13.433 the top six to 12 inches, 12:13.433 --> 12:14.801 depending on what you're planting 12:14.801 --> 12:16.703 has the good stuff in it. 12:16.703 --> 12:21.007 So any kind of good bagged potting soil will work. 12:21.007 --> 12:22.942 So we already have ours filled with soil 12:22.942 --> 12:24.644 and ready to go. 12:24.644 --> 12:27.080 Then next thing you wanna do is choose your plants. 12:27.080 --> 12:29.415 So there's lots of things to consider there too. 12:29.415 --> 12:31.985 You know is your container gonna be in full sun? 12:31.985 --> 12:33.152 Is it gonna be in shade? 12:33.152 --> 12:35.521 Is it gonna be in part shade? 12:35.521 --> 12:37.423 Part of the day sun, part of the day shade, 12:37.423 --> 12:40.026 so you have to think about the conditions 12:40.026 --> 12:43.796 that your plants are gonna be in and then choose all plants 12:43.796 --> 12:46.032 that can tolerate the sun or the shade. 12:46.032 --> 12:48.334 You may even wanna think about watering. 12:48.334 --> 12:50.269 If you have things in there that are low water 12:50.269 --> 12:52.972 and things that are, you know, heavy drinkers, 12:52.972 --> 12:55.008 then that might not be a good combination so, 12:55.008 --> 12:56.643 - [Chris] Right, okay. 12:56.643 --> 13:00.880 - Um, I like to plant colors depending on the container too. 13:02.248 --> 13:05.251 So for a barrel I'm thinking rustic. 13:05.251 --> 13:08.721 So oranges, reds, purples, greens. 13:08.721 --> 13:12.125 Your primary colors are good for a rustic look. 13:12.125 --> 13:14.260 If you've got a formal looking container 13:14.260 --> 13:16.696 and it's go in front of your nice fancy little porch, 13:16.696 --> 13:20.667 then greens and whites make a nice elegant look. 13:20.667 --> 13:23.670 Anything like white and dark purple. 13:24.804 --> 13:26.739 White usually is kind of a classic look. 13:26.739 --> 13:28.675 And if you're kinda going for the country cottage, 13:28.675 --> 13:30.243 pastels are good for that. 13:30.243 --> 13:32.945 So think about the look and the feel that you want 13:32.945 --> 13:34.414 for your container. 13:34.414 --> 13:36.949 Okay, so now that we've got our plants chosen, 13:36.949 --> 13:41.688 we've got mostly sun plants here and the next thing 13:41.688 --> 13:44.757 we wanna do is think about different heights. 13:44.757 --> 13:46.259 - Okay. 13:46.259 --> 13:47.527 - So to make a really nice presentation, it's just like 13:47.527 --> 13:49.295 you're gonna do a flower arrangement in a vase. 13:49.295 --> 13:50.663 You want something kinda tall, 13:50.663 --> 13:53.066 you want something to be kind of a filler 13:53.066 --> 13:54.834 and then you want something to spill over the edge 13:54.834 --> 13:57.336 to break up the hard edge of the container. 13:57.336 --> 13:59.539 And we call that thriller, filler and spiller. 13:59.539 --> 14:01.140 - [Chris] Spiller (laughs). 14:01.140 --> 14:05.178 - So for our thriller, which doesn't look very thrilling 14:05.178 --> 14:08.715 right this minute, but it will be eventually. 14:08.715 --> 14:13.419 We have got Canna Tuber so, this is the top part 14:13.419 --> 14:15.588 of the package that it came from. 14:15.588 --> 14:17.623 And we're gonna plant this in the center to be our 14:17.623 --> 14:20.493 tall thriller kind of a plant. 14:20.493 --> 14:22.562 - [Chris] I'm gonna sit here and watch you do that. 14:22.562 --> 14:23.996 - So we've got our trowel here. 14:23.996 --> 14:26.065 And you can see that this has signs of life, 14:26.065 --> 14:27.200 so that's a good thing. 14:27.200 --> 14:28.935 It's trying to poke out already. 14:28.935 --> 14:30.136 And because it's like that, 14:30.136 --> 14:32.038 I'm not gonna plant it really deep. 14:32.038 --> 14:33.573 - Okay, so we don't have to do anything else with that 14:33.573 --> 14:34.774 to plant it, doesn't have to be teased or anything. 14:34.774 --> 14:35.808 - That's pretty much it. 14:35.808 --> 14:37.009 - Okay. - Nope. 14:37.009 --> 14:38.511 That's pretty much it, then it's going to 14:38.511 --> 14:40.046 go in the center. 14:40.046 --> 14:44.150 And then around, I'm going to choose some marigolds. 14:45.785 --> 14:46.786 - Marigolds. 14:48.087 --> 14:50.356 My dad loves marigolds. 14:50.356 --> 14:54.794 - Yeah, it gives it a nice kind of garden feel, ya know. 14:54.794 --> 14:56.362 Take these little plastic things out y'all. 14:56.362 --> 14:57.296 Don't leave those in there. 14:57.296 --> 14:58.331 - And again, we don't have 14:58.331 --> 14:59.565 to tease the roots or anything, 14:59.565 --> 15:01.067 you just plant 'em right in there? 15:01.067 --> 15:04.070 - Well, these are pretty loose so not too much to worry 15:04.070 --> 15:05.571 about there. 15:05.571 --> 15:09.041 Now if it was very very, ya know, nothing but a white mass 15:09.041 --> 15:10.843 of roots and like they're growing out the bottom of the 15:10.843 --> 15:14.714 plastic container, then yeah, you wanna do something extra, 15:14.714 --> 15:17.383 but, probably not necessary with that. 15:17.383 --> 15:18.885 - [Chris] Okay. 15:18.885 --> 15:21.354 - So there's our marigolds and we've got some nice 15:21.354 --> 15:22.822 verbena here. 15:22.822 --> 15:25.691 Now when you're at the store choosing your plants, 15:25.691 --> 15:27.160 keep an open mind. 15:27.160 --> 15:29.529 So don't have in your head okay I'm gonna go to the store 15:29.529 --> 15:32.265 and I'm gonna buy this, this and this. 15:32.265 --> 15:34.867 Because they may not have what you need exactly. 15:34.867 --> 15:37.470 So keep an open mind about what things you could 15:37.470 --> 15:40.306 substitute with if they don't have the exact plant 15:40.306 --> 15:41.841 that you had your heart set on. 15:41.841 --> 15:43.242 - [Chris] That's a pretty good size root ball there. 15:43.242 --> 15:44.510 - It is! 15:44.510 --> 15:45.912 You wanna check for nice white roots 15:45.912 --> 15:48.447 when your at the store choosing your plants. 15:48.447 --> 15:51.751 And this one has a nice root system. 15:51.751 --> 15:54.420 I'm gonna put this one kind of in the front. 15:54.420 --> 15:58.257 And you know, I'm kinda planting these all the way around, 15:58.257 --> 16:00.726 if your container is going against a wall, 16:00.726 --> 16:03.329 you can kinda do your tall thing right in the back 16:03.329 --> 16:06.032 and everything up in the front, everything else, 16:06.032 --> 16:09.368 but this we're gonna see from all sides. 16:10.803 --> 16:14.640 - [Chris] Now do you do this with your containers at home? 16:14.640 --> 16:15.575 - Yes, mostly. 16:15.575 --> 16:16.809 - [Chris] (laughing) Mostly? 16:16.809 --> 16:18.044 - It depends on what I'm growing in it. 16:18.044 --> 16:20.079 I grow a lot of herbs at my house, 16:20.079 --> 16:23.015 so I don't really do this little formula with those. 16:23.015 --> 16:26.786 I have one pot that I really like with my herbs. 16:26.786 --> 16:30.890 I grow lavender and I grow it in a purple pot. 16:30.890 --> 16:34.527 So when it blooms it has a nice purple flowers 16:34.527 --> 16:36.462 and then in that nice purple pot, 16:36.462 --> 16:38.030 I really like the look of that. 16:38.030 --> 16:41.100 So I usually will do a smaller container than this 16:41.100 --> 16:43.736 and grow all of one thing. 16:43.736 --> 16:45.905 But then different sizes of container. 16:45.905 --> 16:49.208 So I'll have like, instead of doing the height 16:49.208 --> 16:51.143 in one container, I've got three containers of different 16:51.143 --> 16:53.813 heights that I'm planting all one thing in each one. 16:53.813 --> 16:54.747 Does that make sense? 16:54.747 --> 16:56.282 - It makes sense, it does. 16:56.282 --> 16:58.184 - So it's kind of a three piece arrangement instead 16:58.184 --> 16:59.385 of an all in one look. 16:59.385 --> 17:00.686 - Gotcha. 17:00.686 --> 17:02.922 - All right so now I'm gonna start adding in 17:02.922 --> 17:05.725 my things that are gonna spill over the edge. 17:05.725 --> 17:06.926 - These are spillers. 17:06.926 --> 17:08.361 - Yes. 17:08.361 --> 17:09.829 These are spillers and they break up the hard edge 17:09.829 --> 17:13.099 of the container, and this is our wave petunias. 17:13.099 --> 17:14.333 Nice roots. 17:14.333 --> 17:15.535 - [Chris] Now do we need to attend to, 17:15.535 --> 17:16.335 we have something like that on our plants 17:16.335 --> 17:17.837 do we pinch that off? 17:17.837 --> 17:19.739 - Yeah, I mean that's not gonna get any better so, 17:19.739 --> 17:20.973 yeah, we'll take care of that. 17:20.973 --> 17:22.575 - Just pinch it. - Mmhmm! 17:22.575 --> 17:25.311 Now during the season, during the growing season, 17:25.311 --> 17:27.880 you have to keep in mind your containers are probably 17:27.880 --> 17:29.849 gonna dry out a little bit quicker than the stuff 17:29.849 --> 17:32.018 planted directly into the ground, 17:32.018 --> 17:35.521 so you want to check on the watering probably every day. 17:35.521 --> 17:37.223 Go out and check your containers 17:37.223 --> 17:39.325 and see if they need any watering. 17:39.325 --> 17:43.496 It's also good to have containers for water management. 17:44.931 --> 17:47.567 Can usually take less water than in you did a huge bed 17:47.567 --> 17:50.603 full of annuals, but you get just as much of an impact 17:50.603 --> 17:54.774 with your container when it becomes full in the summer. 17:58.110 --> 18:01.347 Also you want to scout for insect and disease problems 18:01.347 --> 18:02.949 during the season. 18:02.949 --> 18:05.885 And I'm gonna scoot this marigold over a smidgen 18:05.885 --> 18:06.953 to make room. 18:08.487 --> 18:11.390 - Yeah, I would also tell folks to check those pots 18:11.390 --> 18:13.225 to make sure they don't have any weeds growing in 'em. 18:13.225 --> 18:15.094 - Oh yeah, that's a good point, Chris. 18:15.094 --> 18:17.063 I'm gonna break this up 'cause it's kinda big. 18:17.063 --> 18:18.564 This root ball. 18:18.564 --> 18:20.566 And it will not hurt it to you know, get in there 18:20.566 --> 18:22.468 and really mess around with it. 18:22.468 --> 18:25.905 It will grow back, all those roots will. 18:25.905 --> 18:29.308 So that's kinda how we do our containers. 18:30.776 --> 18:33.279 Also, you want to have to, you may want to dead head 18:33.279 --> 18:37.149 your spent blooms during the year, during the season. 18:37.149 --> 18:39.618 And it may not look like much when you first get it planted, 18:39.618 --> 18:40.853 (Chris chuckles) 18:40.853 --> 18:42.989 But with a little bit of sun and water 18:42.989 --> 18:44.890 it won't be long before it's nice and full for you. 18:44.890 --> 18:46.692 - Right and this is full sun, so it's definitely 18:46.692 --> 18:47.593 gonna get that. 18:47.593 --> 18:47.660 - Mmhmm. 18:47.660 --> 18:48.694 - All right well Tonya, we definitely appreciate 18:48.694 --> 18:49.495 the demonstration. 18:49.495 --> 18:50.329 - Thank you. 18:50.329 --> 18:51.797 - Can't wait to see what it looks like later on in 18:51.797 --> 18:52.865 through the season. - Me too, me too. 18:52.865 --> 18:58.004 Thank you. 18:58.004 --> 18:59.905 - We have birdhouse here tied by pieces of rope, 18:59.905 --> 19:02.274 as you can well see. 19:02.274 --> 19:03.676 If you look here, 19:05.478 --> 19:08.647 the rope is actually cutting into the tree. 19:08.647 --> 19:11.283 Now this could be very dangerous to the tree 19:11.283 --> 19:13.819 because it can weaken the tree and leave it susceptible 19:13.819 --> 19:18.457 to fungal diseases, bacteria diseases or insect pests. 19:18.457 --> 19:20.826 So what we're gonna do here is we're going to loosen 19:20.826 --> 19:21.661 the rope. 19:27.733 --> 19:29.602 I'm gonna tie it back, and we're gonna make it just 19:29.602 --> 19:31.737 a little looser this time. 19:31.737 --> 19:35.174 And I'm sure the tree will definitely appreciate it. 19:35.174 --> 19:38.010 You can see here how much this rope has been cutting 19:38.010 --> 19:40.913 into the trunk of this tree. 19:40.913 --> 19:44.550 If you're gonna decide to tie a bird house to a tree 19:44.550 --> 19:46.719 using a rope, make sure you check it every year, 19:46.719 --> 19:50.723 just to make sure you're not weakening the tree. 19:52.391 --> 19:53.993 All right here's our Q&A session. 19:53.993 --> 19:55.194 Miss Mary help me out okay? 19:55.194 --> 19:56.395 - Okay, I'll try. 19:56.395 --> 19:57.963 - All right, here's our first viewer email. 19:57.963 --> 20:02.368  I have small green bugs all   over my clematis leaves. 20:02.368 --> 20:03.803  What are they? 20:03.803 --> 20:04.703  And this is from Miss   Debbie. 20:04.703 --> 20:07.640  As you can see there,   they're aphids. 20:07.640 --> 20:08.941  Do you know about aphids? 20:08.941 --> 20:10.209 - [Mary] Yes. 20:10.209 --> 20:13.012 - Aphids have pierce, sucking mouth parts, 20:13.012 --> 20:15.881  so they're sucking plant   sap which can weaken, 20:15.881 --> 20:16.982  ya know, your plant. 20:16.982 --> 20:18.451  - [Mary] Mmhmm, mmhmm. 20:18.451 --> 20:19.719  - [Chris] All right, and here's   the deal about aphids though 20:19.719 --> 20:20.920  I think is pretty neat. 20:20.920 --> 20:22.621  They actually have live births. 20:22.621 --> 20:24.090  - [Mary] Oh really? 20:24.090 --> 20:25.424  - [Chris] So you can have   an explosion of aphids 20:25.424 --> 20:26.525  just that quick. 20:26.525 --> 20:28.561  Live birth, okay. 20:28.561 --> 20:31.630 Of course they secrete honeydew, 20:31.630 --> 20:35.801 and that honeydew supports the growth of city mold, 20:37.236 --> 20:38.738  so which is why you see   that black city mold, okay. 20:38.738 --> 20:41.407  It's because you have   the aphids which secretes 20:41.407 --> 20:43.075  the honeydew, all right. 20:43.075 --> 20:44.743  Again it's a problem. 20:44.743 --> 20:47.947 Now this is what I advise folks to do 20:47.947 --> 20:50.716 before you pull out the big guns, 20:50.716 --> 20:53.185 how about just get the water hose out, 20:53.185 --> 20:55.221 heavy spray, just knock 'em off? 20:55.221 --> 20:57.323 - Spray 'em off, mmhmm. - Just spray 'em off. 20:57.323 --> 21:00.493 Or, you know, if you want low impact pesticides, 21:00.493 --> 21:03.129 insecticidal soap will do the job. 21:03.129 --> 21:04.363 How about your oils? 21:04.363 --> 21:07.099 I mean, there's neem oil, horticulture oil, 21:07.099 --> 21:10.469 or you can use pyrethrums, that's low impact, 21:10.469 --> 21:12.004 but those'll do the trick. 21:12.004 --> 21:15.074 And do be careful because the larva of lady beetles 21:15.074 --> 21:18.811  are probably around and they   actually like to eat aphids. 21:18.811 --> 21:20.312  So most people don't   know what they look like 21:20.312 --> 21:22.381  and figure hey that must be   another pest or something 21:22.381 --> 21:24.416  and probably wants   to nuke that as well. 21:24.416 --> 21:26.519 So just be careful, they're doing their job. 21:26.519 --> 21:28.087 They're trying to help you out. 21:28.087 --> 21:30.589 But yeah, aphids, you know, they like new succulent growth, 21:30.589 --> 21:32.791 so if you put too much nitrogen fertilizer, 21:32.791 --> 21:34.393 you know your plants, you get that burst 21:34.393 --> 21:36.328 of succulent growth, you probably gonna have aphids. 21:36.328 --> 21:37.530 - [Mary] Man. 21:37.530 --> 21:39.031 - Yeah, they like that, ya know, and again, 21:39.031 --> 21:40.733 the populations just explode. 21:40.733 --> 21:42.868 Again live birth, I think that's pretty neat. 21:42.868 --> 21:44.136 - Yeah, it is. 21:44.136 --> 21:45.638 - All right, so there you have it Miss Debbie, 21:45.638 --> 21:48.541 just use those low impact pesticides, insecticidal soap, 21:48.541 --> 21:52.044 pyrethrums, or just get the water hose out, knock 'em off. 21:52.044 --> 21:53.913 I think that'll be just fine. 21:53.913 --> 21:55.681 All right, here's our next viewer email. 21:55.681 --> 21:58.551  Why are my African   violets not blooming? 21:58.551 --> 22:01.720  They are large and   healthy looking. 22:01.720 --> 22:03.489  And I think you might   know something about that. 22:03.489 --> 22:07.660 - I think it's probably doesn't have adequate sun. 22:07.660 --> 22:11.830 I've read that African violets like an eastern exposure. 22:14.533 --> 22:18.604 And it's healthy, it's getting sun, but it needs to have 22:18.604 --> 22:21.907 a little more sun is what I think. 22:21.907 --> 22:24.543 - Okay, so bright light, but not necessarily-- 22:24.543 --> 22:26.445 - Not direct, indirect bright light. 22:26.445 --> 22:28.180 - Okay, indirect bright light. 22:28.180 --> 22:29.748 - Mmhmm. 22:29.748 --> 22:31.217 - Okay, and make sure, obviously, 22:31.217 --> 22:32.785 I mean they're growing, 22:32.785 --> 22:36.188 so he's keeping a pretty good eye on them. 22:37.389 --> 22:38.857 So they get watered and all that stuff. 22:38.857 --> 22:41.460 But yeah, just not the bright sunlight, indirect light. 22:41.460 --> 22:42.928 - [Mary] Right. 22:42.928 --> 22:45.898 - Okay, I can go with that Miss Mary, sounds good to me. 22:45.898 --> 22:47.766 All right here's our next viewer email. 22:47.766 --> 22:49.768  I have black swollen   growths on the branches 22:49.768 --> 22:51.770  of my plum tree. 22:51.770 --> 22:54.373  Is this a problem and   how do I take care of it? 22:54.373 --> 22:57.042  And this is Miss Liggins,   right here in Memphis. 22:57.042 --> 23:00.079 I see this a lot every year on plums. 23:00.079 --> 23:02.915 You can also see them on cherries. 23:04.083 --> 23:07.720  That growth starts out   as a soft textured gel. 23:09.255 --> 23:12.291  And you can find it along   the branches and twigs 23:12.291 --> 23:14.093  of your plum trees. 23:14.093 --> 23:17.196  Throughout the season that   gel starts to get hard 23:17.196 --> 23:19.531  and it turns into a gall. 23:19.531 --> 23:23.636 Now here's to deal with it, it's a fungus that causes that. 23:23.636 --> 23:25.204 It's going to be hard to treat. 23:25.204 --> 23:27.573 I mean you could use Captan, but you have to read 23:27.573 --> 23:29.041 the label on that and you're gonna be spraying 23:29.041 --> 23:31.277 from the beginning of the season pretty much to the end 23:31.277 --> 23:33.078 of the season ya know, seems like. 23:33.078 --> 23:35.247 But just read the label on that if you're gonna use that, 23:35.247 --> 23:37.549 but here's where I always go to. 23:37.549 --> 23:39.952 Resistant varieties, so you don't have to worry 23:39.952 --> 23:42.388 about that problem or the second thing is this, 23:42.388 --> 23:46.458 pruning, so I would go maybe six, eight inches below 23:46.458 --> 23:49.428 where you see the Black Knot is what it's called. 23:49.428 --> 23:50.696 And prune it out. 23:50.696 --> 23:51.930 It's gonna be a lot of work, 23:51.930 --> 23:53.432 especially if you have tall trees, 23:53.432 --> 23:55.968 but yeah, six to eight inches below the Black Knot itself 23:55.968 --> 23:57.236 which is the fungus, 23:57.236 --> 23:59.638 cut it out, hope for the best. 23:59.638 --> 24:00.606 - That's right. 24:00.606 --> 24:02.207 - That's what I would do. 24:02.207 --> 24:05.244 But this is also a lesson in practicing good sanitation. 24:05.244 --> 24:07.846 Because this fungus, actually over winters, 24:07.846 --> 24:09.415 in all of that debris. 24:09.415 --> 24:10.649 - Oh yeah. 24:10.649 --> 24:12.184 - Yeah, so you gotta get that stuff up, 24:12.184 --> 24:14.019 because again you're gonna have your spores in there, 24:14.019 --> 24:17.456 when ya know the wind starts blowing or rain will 24:17.456 --> 24:20.626 splash those spores back up or in the air. 24:20.626 --> 24:22.027 It's gonna be a problem. 24:22.027 --> 24:24.596 So practice good sanitation, get all those limbs 24:24.596 --> 24:26.932 and things like that up, collect 'em throw 'em 24:26.932 --> 24:29.668 in the trash, not in the compost pile. 24:29.668 --> 24:31.837 And you'll be just fine Miss Liggins. 24:31.837 --> 24:33.472 But yeah, I would prune that out. 24:33.472 --> 24:35.174 I wouldn't so much worry about the spraying 24:35.174 --> 24:36.742 because it's gonna be a lot of spraying 24:36.742 --> 24:38.877 and if it rains you have to go back and spray again. 24:38.877 --> 24:40.412 I would just go ahead and prune that out. 24:40.412 --> 24:42.548 And then practice good sanitation 24:42.548 --> 24:43.782 and that should help you out. 24:43.782 --> 24:45.217 - [Mary] Okay. 24:45.217 --> 24:46.385 - All right Miss Mary, we're out of time, good job. 24:46.385 --> 24:47.619 - Thank you. - Thank you, okay. 24:47.619 --> 24:49.722  Remember we love   to hear from you. 24:49.722 --> 24:51.590  Send us an email or letter. 24:51.590 --> 24:55.427  The email address is   familyplot@wkno.org 24:55.427 --> 24:56.962  and the mailing address is 24:56.962 --> 25:01.033  Family Plot 7151 Cherry Farms   Road, Cordova, Tennessee 38016 25:03.135 --> 25:06.972  Or you can go online to   familyplotgarden.com. 25:06.972 --> 25:08.607 That's all we have time for today, 25:08.607 --> 25:11.010 if you want to get more information on anything 25:11.010 --> 25:14.313 we talked about today, or re-watch Mary's flower 25:14.313 --> 25:18.283 demonstration just go to familyplotgarden.com. 25:18.283 --> 25:20.419 Thanks for watching, I'm Chris Cooper. 25:20.419 --> 25:23.021 Be sure to join us next week for The Family Plot 25:23.021 --> 25:25.524 Gardening in the Mid South, be safe. 25:25.524 --> 25:28.093 (guitar music) 25:56.655 --> 25:57.656  - [Female announcer]   Production funding for 25:57.656 --> 26:02.161  The Family Plot, Gardening in   the Mid South is provided by 26:02.161 --> 26:04.430  Good Winds Landscape   and Garden Center 26:04.430 --> 26:08.067  in Germantown since 1943   and continuing to offer 26:08.067 --> 26:10.469  its plants for successful   gardening with seven 26:10.469 --> 26:14.072  greenhouses and three acres   of plants plus comprehensive 26:14.072 --> 26:15.641  landscape services. 26:17.209 --> 26:20.345  International Paper Foundation, 26:20.345 --> 26:24.416  the WKNO Production Fund,   the WKNO Endowment Fund 26:25.451 --> 26:27.219  and by viewers like you. 26:27.219 --> 26:28.053  Thank you.