1 00:00:01,201 --> 00:00:02,903 - Hi, thanks for joining us for T he Family Plot: 2 00:00:02,903 --> 00:00:05,138 Gardening in the Mid-South, I'm Chris Cooper. 3 00:00:05,138 --> 00:00:07,140 Welcome to a new season. 4 00:00:07,140 --> 00:00:08,909 Ferns make a great houseplant, 5 00:00:08,909 --> 00:00:11,178 but they can be   tricky to propagate. 6 00:00:11,178 --> 00:00:12,813 Today, we'll learn how to do it. 7 00:00:12,813 --> 00:00:16,149 Also, daylilies are   a flowerbed favorite. 8 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:17,918 That's just ahead   on the Family Plot: 9 00:00:17,918 --> 00:00:19,286 Gardening in the Mid-South. 10 00:00:20,487 --> 00:00:22,222 - ( female announcer)   Production funding for 11 00:00:22,222 --> 00:00:25,125 The Family Plot: Gardening in   the Mid-South is provided by: 12 00:00:25,125 --> 00:00:28,362 the WKNO Production Fund, 13 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,097 the WKNO Endowment fund, 14 00:00:30,097 --> 00:00:32,566 and by viewers like   you, thank you. 15 00:00:33,700 --> 00:00:37,070 [cheerful country music] 16 00:00:43,610 --> 00:00:45,913 - Welcome to The Family Plot, I'm Chris Cooper. 17 00:00:45,913 --> 00:00:47,481 Joining me today is Kim Rucker, 18 00:00:47,481 --> 00:00:50,017 Miss Kim is the cutting guard and greenhouse manager 19 00:00:50,017 --> 00:00:52,185 at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens. 20 00:00:52,185 --> 00:00:53,854 And Lucas Holman will be joining me later 21 00:00:53,854 --> 00:00:55,822 to talk about daylilies. 22 00:00:55,822 --> 00:01:00,227 The Memphis-area master gardener Spring Fling 2019, 23 00:01:00,227 --> 00:01:02,362 it's almost here Miss Kim, and I understand 24 00:01:02,362 --> 00:01:04,331 you're gonna be a part of that event. 25 00:01:04,331 --> 00:01:05,565 - Yes. 26 00:01:05,565 --> 00:01:07,200 - You're talking about ferns right? 27 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:08,402 - Yes. 28 00:01:08,402 --> 00:01:09,336 - What exactly will you be doing? 29 00:01:09,336 --> 00:01:11,438 - Thank you for having me. 30 00:01:11,438 --> 00:01:14,975 I'm going to do a fern propagation demonstration 31 00:01:14,975 --> 00:01:19,346 on how to get more ferns from your existing plants. 32 00:01:19,346 --> 00:01:20,981 Ferns are very ancient plants, 33 00:01:20,981 --> 00:01:24,184 they are vascular plants   so they do have roots, 34 00:01:24,184 --> 00:01:26,653 and they do pull up   their nutrients and water 35 00:01:26,653 --> 00:01:29,156 through a vascular system,   which they are the first 36 00:01:29,156 --> 00:01:31,291 in the evolutionary   chain that do that, 37 00:01:31,291 --> 00:01:33,560 but they do not have   flowering parts or cones, 38 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:37,631 so they're evolutionary   less advanced. 39 00:01:37,631 --> 00:01:42,235 They do have two basic forms of the plant. 40 00:01:42,235 --> 00:01:47,107 You have the sporophyte, which is, this is what you see 41 00:01:47,107 --> 00:01:49,476 out in the woods and it's spore-bearing, 42 00:01:49,476 --> 00:01:50,978 which is what sporophyte means. 43 00:01:50,978 --> 00:01:55,949 And then you have the gametophyte, which is in here, 44 00:01:57,451 --> 00:01:59,486 and if you can see it's the little green mossy looking, 45 00:01:59,486 --> 00:02:04,424 it's not moss, but that is the gametophyte generation. 46 00:02:04,424 --> 00:02:08,095 And so in order to propagate these, 47 00:02:08,095 --> 00:02:10,297 you can either divide 'em by splitting them, 48 00:02:10,297 --> 00:02:13,433 wait 'til the crown splits or some have rhizomes 49 00:02:13,433 --> 00:02:15,369 so you can split up the rhizomes. 50 00:02:15,369 --> 00:02:17,471 But what we're gonna do is take the spores 51 00:02:18,372 --> 00:02:20,140 and propagate that way. 52 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:24,311 So these are some immature spores on this plant. 53 00:02:24,311 --> 00:02:26,013 And the reason I know they're immature 54 00:02:26,013 --> 00:02:28,048 is because they're green. 55 00:02:28,048 --> 00:02:29,883 Generally what you   want to look for 56 00:02:29,883 --> 00:02:33,353 are either black or brown spores 57 00:02:33,353 --> 00:02:36,923 and this usually is gonna   happen mid-summer, late summer. 58 00:02:36,923 --> 00:02:38,158 So that's when you collect. 59 00:02:38,158 --> 00:02:39,860 And you can collect 'em and store 'em 60 00:02:39,860 --> 00:02:40,827 for a little while. 61 00:02:42,629 --> 00:02:45,766 What we do to collect 'em is you will cut off the piece, 62 00:02:45,766 --> 00:02:47,401 the frond, when it's ready. 63 00:02:47,401 --> 00:02:49,770 And then this is kinda what it looks like, it dries, 64 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:51,138 and what you can do is take off 65 00:02:51,138 --> 00:02:53,540 the individual little leaflets or pinna, 66 00:02:53,540 --> 00:02:56,009 and I put 'em into an envelope, 67 00:02:56,009 --> 00:02:58,712 and close it up and leave 'em that way for a couple of days, 68 00:02:58,712 --> 00:03:00,680 and then I just kinda flick it like this, 69 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:04,351 and the spores dry, the sori, on the back, the little caps, 70 00:03:04,351 --> 00:03:08,989 dry out and then they dehiss and the spores come out. 71 00:03:08,989 --> 00:03:12,159 And so what you will get down in the very bottom 72 00:03:12,159 --> 00:03:14,995 of the envelope, and it's very fine, 73 00:03:14,995 --> 00:03:17,097 which is good because they're wind-borne, 74 00:03:17,097 --> 00:03:22,102 so in nature to get 'em, they have to hit the wind, 75 00:03:25,405 --> 00:03:26,940 and then land in a spot 76 00:03:26,940 --> 00:03:30,110 that's optimal for growing conditions. 77 00:03:30,110 --> 00:03:34,081 What we will do, once you get your fern, labeling, labeling, 78 00:03:34,081 --> 00:03:37,017 if you want to know what they are, because on these, 79 00:03:37,017 --> 00:03:39,786 my labels are gone, so what I've done here 80 00:03:39,786 --> 00:03:43,123 is just put a number one, several places on here, 81 00:03:43,123 --> 00:03:45,292 and then I'll have notes that I take 82 00:03:45,292 --> 00:03:46,860 that have the actual name written down, 83 00:03:46,860 --> 00:03:48,895 maybe the date that I started 'em, 84 00:03:48,895 --> 00:03:51,631 and possibly where I collected 'em, you know, 85 00:03:51,631 --> 00:03:52,866 Dixon Gardens or whatever. 86 00:03:52,866 --> 00:03:54,835 And then what you're gonna do, 87 00:03:54,835 --> 00:03:57,971 you can use any kind of basically clear container 88 00:03:57,971 --> 00:04:02,309 that has a lid, and what we will use is a sterile mix. 89 00:04:02,309 --> 00:04:05,745 And I'm using seeding mix, which is just peat, 90 00:04:05,745 --> 00:04:08,482 ground very fine with a little bit of vermiculite in it, 91 00:04:08,482 --> 00:04:11,585 it is sterile, though, you don't want to use garden soil 92 00:04:11,585 --> 00:04:13,587 unless you sterilize it. 93 00:04:13,587 --> 00:04:15,455 You can do that by baking it in the oven, 94 00:04:15,455 --> 00:04:17,657 and I don't recommend it 'cause it really stinks. 95 00:04:17,657 --> 00:04:19,759 It's easier to just go buy seed mix, 96 00:04:19,759 --> 00:04:23,096 you can get it at any nursery, big box store. 97 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:26,867 So you put just a thin layer down in the bottom like this, 98 00:04:30,103 --> 00:04:31,872 and it also has no fertilizer in it, 99 00:04:31,872 --> 00:04:33,673 you do not wanna fertilize it. 100 00:04:33,673 --> 00:04:35,275 So no fertilizer. 101 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:40,147 Then you take, this is horticultural grade vermiculite. 102 00:04:40,147 --> 00:04:43,717 You take a little bit of this, and vermiculite, 103 00:04:43,717 --> 00:04:47,020 one of the properties and why we're using it, 104 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:49,589 is because it retains moisture. 105 00:04:49,589 --> 00:04:52,792 So once the germination process of the spores starts, 106 00:04:52,792 --> 00:04:54,327 you don't want it to stop. 107 00:04:54,327 --> 00:04:57,864 And so what I do is really just sprinkle it to one side, 108 00:04:57,864 --> 00:05:01,034 like that, so you kinda have half and half. 109 00:05:01,034 --> 00:05:04,538 Then what I'm going to do is you take distilled water, 110 00:05:04,538 --> 00:05:08,608 again, because it's been sterilized basically, 111 00:05:08,608 --> 00:05:10,577 and I will moisten it, 112 00:05:10,577 --> 00:05:13,380 and this is good also for people to see, 113 00:05:13,380 --> 00:05:15,916 because once the water hits the vermiculite, 114 00:05:15,916 --> 00:05:18,718 it kinda jumps, it's really kinda cool. 115 00:05:18,718 --> 00:05:20,921 I'll just. - It actually does. 116 00:05:20,921 --> 00:05:22,822 - You just kinda mist it a little bit. 117 00:05:23,990 --> 00:05:26,960 Once you get this going, you put the lid on, 118 00:05:26,960 --> 00:05:30,831 and you don't have to keep misting it, 119 00:05:30,831 --> 00:05:32,933 unless it really dries out, but the lid on it, 120 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:35,001 the condensation, will just keep it moist. 121 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,236 - So you don't have to put that much water, 122 00:05:36,236 --> 00:05:37,771 just as long as it gets a little moisture. 123 00:05:37,771 --> 00:05:39,673 - Just a little moisture in there, and what I kinda do, 124 00:05:39,673 --> 00:05:42,375 is make sure that you can kinda see where the moisture 125 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:44,377 is showin' up, 'cause it gets darker. 126 00:05:45,779 --> 00:05:48,481 So then what you do is you just take your little spores, 127 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:52,686 I'm gonna pull the other pieces out 128 00:05:52,686 --> 00:05:56,423 that have the sori on 'em and then you will, 129 00:05:59,759 --> 00:06:04,197 basically I will take it and just drop it in there like this 130 00:06:04,197 --> 00:06:06,233 and like I said, it's a very fine dust, 131 00:06:06,233 --> 00:06:07,734 and the only way you really know you got it, 132 00:06:07,734 --> 00:06:09,769 is it's gone out of your, yeah. 133 00:06:11,271 --> 00:06:16,109 Also, if you're really wanting to keep certain species or 134 00:06:16,109 --> 00:06:19,246 cultivars separate, I suggest doing 'em one at a time, 135 00:06:19,246 --> 00:06:22,282 because they are very fine and they will blow, 136 00:06:22,282 --> 00:06:25,886 in the wind and so you'll get cross-contamination, 137 00:06:25,886 --> 00:06:28,121 so do one set, then get rid of those, 138 00:06:28,121 --> 00:06:29,789 and then do your next ferns. 139 00:06:29,789 --> 00:06:33,126 So then you just put the lid on it, close it up like this, 140 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:37,297 and put it in a window or a well-lit room, 141 00:06:37,297 --> 00:06:40,834 you want it warm, but you don't want direct sunlight on it. 142 00:06:40,834 --> 00:06:44,604 And what you should see, even within a short amount of time 143 00:06:44,604 --> 00:06:49,609 are condensation droplets on top of, on the lid. 144 00:06:50,810 --> 00:06:52,345 And then that's the way it stays moist. 145 00:06:52,345 --> 00:06:55,048 The next thing you need to do is go away on vacation 146 00:06:55,048 --> 00:06:58,151 for about two weeks, because, at least, 147 00:06:58,151 --> 00:07:00,353 before you check on it, because the first thing 148 00:07:00,353 --> 00:07:03,390 that people say is, oh, mine didn't work. 149 00:07:03,390 --> 00:07:05,458 I just came back and there was all this green stuff 150 00:07:05,458 --> 00:07:06,726 growin' all over it. 151 00:07:06,726 --> 00:07:09,262 That's what you want, that's what you want! 152 00:07:09,262 --> 00:07:12,732 Like I showed you before, the green stuff there, 153 00:07:12,732 --> 00:07:15,969 is the actual, the next stage of the plant. 154 00:07:15,969 --> 00:07:18,672 So this is the sporophyte,   those are the gametophytes, 155 00:07:18,672 --> 00:07:21,741 and it's actually this little   flat, heart-shaped disk, 156 00:07:21,741 --> 00:07:25,912 and then underneath are the   gametes, the male and female. 157 00:07:25,912 --> 00:07:27,947 And they get together and   the next thing you know, 158 00:07:27,947 --> 00:07:31,151 you've got little   ferns, like this. 159 00:07:32,886 --> 00:07:36,823 So the next thing you would do is to move them up, 160 00:07:36,823 --> 00:07:39,759 and I usually just because they're still so small, 161 00:07:39,759 --> 00:07:44,431 I would just move them again into germinating mix, 162 00:07:44,431 --> 00:07:48,068 I don't usually put plants that I'm gonna put out 163 00:07:48,068 --> 00:07:51,304 in the garden in a mix that has perlite. 164 00:07:51,304 --> 00:07:54,507 And then once that grows on and your plant 165 00:07:54,507 --> 00:07:57,177 is more established, then I would maybe put it 166 00:07:57,177 --> 00:07:59,779 in a bark-based mix and grow it on a little bit 167 00:07:59,779 --> 00:08:01,114 before you plant it. 168 00:08:01,114 --> 00:08:03,883 But you do have to be patient, like I said, 169 00:08:03,883 --> 00:08:08,254 'cause these were started about a year ago, 170 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:11,458 so it takes about a year to get 'em to this point. 171 00:08:11,458 --> 00:08:12,992 And it's different for different ferns, 172 00:08:12,992 --> 00:08:14,594 but that's your basic. 173 00:08:14,594 --> 00:08:18,665 Once you get 'em up like this, you can start slowly, 174 00:08:18,665 --> 00:08:20,734 you can take the lid off to check 'em, 175 00:08:20,734 --> 00:08:23,069 and then you can kinda pull the lid like this. 176 00:08:23,069 --> 00:08:25,739 You want to gradually expose the new little fern 177 00:08:25,739 --> 00:08:29,175 to dry air, so you may need to pull the lid off, 178 00:08:29,175 --> 00:08:31,845 and then mist it a little bit, and then gradually, 179 00:08:31,845 --> 00:08:34,280 maybe over a week to two weeks, you can open it up more, 180 00:08:34,280 --> 00:08:37,450 and it gets used to being out in the bright sunlight. 181 00:08:37,450 --> 00:08:40,620 That's fern propagation! - That's fern propagation. 182 00:08:40,620 --> 00:08:43,456 Thank you Miss Kim, we appreciate that demonstration. 183 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:47,260 Okay, and to see this demonstration, again, 184 00:08:47,260 --> 00:08:51,164 Spring Fling 2019, Memphis-area master gardeners. 185 00:08:51,164 --> 00:08:54,200 It'll be at the Red   Barn at the Agricenter, 186 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:58,605 Friday, March 29th,   Saturday, March 30th, 187 00:08:58,605 --> 00:09:03,610 9am to 5pm both   days, free gardening event. 188 00:09:04,978 --> 00:09:08,415 There's gonna be speakers,   demonstrations, things for kids, 189 00:09:08,415 --> 00:09:11,651 food trucks, all that good   stuff, so come on out. 190 00:09:11,651 --> 00:09:14,387 [cheerful music] 191 00:09:38,845 --> 00:09:41,047 Alright Lucas, let's talk about a real man's plant, right? 192 00:09:41,047 --> 00:09:42,982 - That's exactly right. - Daylilies! 193 00:09:42,982 --> 00:09:45,385 - It's my favorite flower! - It's your favorite flower? 194 00:09:45,385 --> 00:09:46,319 - That's right. 195 00:09:46,319 --> 00:09:47,554 - I actually have some at home, 196 00:09:47,554 --> 00:09:49,089 so I can't wait for this segment. 197 00:09:49,089 --> 00:09:50,323 - Yeah, you're a real man's man. 198 00:09:50,323 --> 00:09:51,658 - Real man's man, yeah. 199 00:09:51,658 --> 00:09:53,726 We'll tell it to my wife then, real man's man, 200 00:09:53,726 --> 00:09:55,261 how 'bout that? 201 00:09:55,261 --> 00:09:57,597 So let's talk about the major types, let's start with that. 202 00:09:57,597 --> 00:10:01,701 - Right now, daylily hybrids, there's probably over 60,000 203 00:10:01,701 --> 00:10:02,969 different hybrids. 204 00:10:02,969 --> 00:10:05,839 And people get lost trying to figure out 205 00:10:05,839 --> 00:10:07,841 which ones they wanna grow because there's so many 206 00:10:07,841 --> 00:10:10,810 different colors and diversity in the daylily itself, 207 00:10:10,810 --> 00:10:12,312 because you have some that are double, 208 00:10:12,312 --> 00:10:14,914 some that are spiral in form, some that are miniature, 209 00:10:14,914 --> 00:10:16,716 and the list goes on and on. 210 00:10:16,716 --> 00:10:18,585 But there's two main distinct types, 211 00:10:18,585 --> 00:10:20,653 you have a diploid and a tetraploid, 212 00:10:20,653 --> 00:10:23,923 and a diploid daylily has two sets of chromosomes, 213 00:10:23,923 --> 00:10:26,726 and a tetraploid has four sets of chromosomes. 214 00:10:28,194 --> 00:10:29,796 Theoretically, if you were gonna become a hybridizer, 215 00:10:29,796 --> 00:10:31,197 you're really concerned about that, 216 00:10:31,197 --> 00:10:34,000 because tetraploids only breed with tetraploids, 217 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:36,135 and diploids only breed with diploids. 218 00:10:36,135 --> 00:10:39,072 A lot of people aren't really concerned with the tetraploid 219 00:10:39,072 --> 00:10:41,441 and diploid unless you're really going into hybridizing, 220 00:10:41,441 --> 00:10:45,345 but a lot of the tetraploid-type daylilies are more showier 221 00:10:45,345 --> 00:10:47,480 and diploids are more the older ones, 222 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:48,915 but there's still some beautiful diploids 223 00:10:48,915 --> 00:10:51,818 that people are still breeding with today. 224 00:10:51,818 --> 00:10:55,021 - Diploids and tetraploids, how 'bout that. 225 00:10:55,021 --> 00:10:56,890 So let's talk about proper planting. 226 00:10:56,890 --> 00:10:58,825 - All daylilies need full sun, 227 00:10:58,825 --> 00:11:00,827 so what's full sun mean to you? 228 00:11:00,827 --> 00:11:03,229 How many hours? 229 00:11:03,229 --> 00:11:04,864 - Six or more. 230 00:11:04,864 --> 00:11:07,667 - Basically six or more hours is what a daylily needs, 231 00:11:07,667 --> 00:11:09,602 and I see people put 'em in a lot of shade, 232 00:11:09,602 --> 00:11:11,337 and they don't bloom well. 233 00:11:11,337 --> 00:11:12,705 Daylilies will live in shade, 234 00:11:12,705 --> 00:11:14,140 but they just won't bloom enough, 235 00:11:14,140 --> 00:11:16,676 so we recommend six hours of full sun. 236 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:20,213 Proper planting, most daylilies are pretty temperamental, 237 00:11:20,213 --> 00:11:23,449 are not temperamental, excuse me, to soil, 238 00:11:23,449 --> 00:11:24,717 they're very tough, 239 00:11:24,717 --> 00:11:26,486 so we always call this the perfect perennial. 240 00:11:26,486 --> 00:11:28,721 They're usually forgiving wherever you put 'em 241 00:11:28,721 --> 00:11:30,657 in the landscape, whether it's really clay, 242 00:11:30,657 --> 00:11:32,859 or really loose-type soil or really sandy-type soil, 243 00:11:32,859 --> 00:11:34,494 they do well in just about everything, 244 00:11:34,494 --> 00:11:36,763 so they're really forgiving of where we put 'em 245 00:11:36,763 --> 00:11:38,131 in a landscape. 246 00:11:38,131 --> 00:11:39,966 - Yeah, mine are actually in a spot where, 247 00:11:39,966 --> 00:11:41,100 the drainage is not the best, 248 00:11:41,100 --> 00:11:43,269 and they still actually do pretty good. 249 00:11:43,269 --> 00:11:44,704 - They're great plants! 250 00:11:44,704 --> 00:11:46,406 - They are great plants. 251 00:11:46,406 --> 00:11:48,608 All right now, let's talk about hybridizing though. 252 00:11:48,608 --> 00:11:51,945 - This is probably the one area that I'm so passionate about 253 00:11:51,945 --> 00:11:54,480 because people always wanna improve on things 254 00:11:54,480 --> 00:11:57,350 that are in the past, so one of my favorite things to do 255 00:11:57,350 --> 00:11:59,786 is see what hybridizers are doing today, 256 00:11:59,786 --> 00:12:01,487 and see what seedlings they're coming up with, 257 00:12:01,487 --> 00:12:03,856 and it's really easy for people to do that today, 258 00:12:03,856 --> 00:12:05,892 but you need to determine whether it's a diploid 259 00:12:05,892 --> 00:12:07,694 or tetraploid daylily to begin with. 260 00:12:07,694 --> 00:12:09,162 So for today's purposes, 261 00:12:09,162 --> 00:12:11,464 we're gonna assume that all these are tetraploid daylilies, 262 00:12:11,464 --> 00:12:13,266 and that they'll breed with each other. 263 00:12:13,266 --> 00:12:14,934 So the main thing is you have to make sure 264 00:12:14,934 --> 00:12:16,469 that you get out there before the bees 265 00:12:16,469 --> 00:12:19,405 and any other pollinators to pollinate that flower, 266 00:12:19,405 --> 00:12:21,040 'cause all it takes is one pollen grain, 267 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:22,642 so it's easiest to go through, 268 00:12:22,642 --> 00:12:25,011 and we'll say I wanted to use this pollen, 269 00:12:25,011 --> 00:12:27,413 and I wanted to go down to this yellow one 270 00:12:27,413 --> 00:12:30,650 with this red eye, and I wanted to actually cross these two. 271 00:12:30,650 --> 00:12:32,585 So I take the pollen from this one, 272 00:12:32,585 --> 00:12:35,021 and I actually go to the pistil of this one, 273 00:12:35,021 --> 00:12:38,224 and all I do is a little dab, and that's all it takes. 274 00:12:38,224 --> 00:12:39,993 And then I'll leave it alone. 275 00:12:39,993 --> 00:12:42,395 So the flower will actually close up, 276 00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:43,896 I don't know if you can see it right here, 277 00:12:43,896 --> 00:12:47,767 it'll close up, and within a few days, if it actually took, 278 00:12:47,767 --> 00:12:49,736 the flower will fall off and you'll see a little bitty 279 00:12:49,736 --> 00:12:51,504 seed pod start to form. 280 00:12:51,504 --> 00:12:52,972 So it's really simple to do, 281 00:12:52,972 --> 00:12:55,441 and that's probably why there's 60,000 different cultivars 282 00:12:55,441 --> 00:12:57,710 on the market, because it's so simple to do that, 283 00:12:57,710 --> 00:12:59,145 because we're always trying to improve 284 00:12:59,145 --> 00:13:00,947 on the older daylilies. 285 00:13:00,947 --> 00:13:03,316 - So you mentioned seeds and the seed pods, 286 00:13:03,316 --> 00:13:04,917 so can you tell us a little bit more about that? 287 00:13:04,917 --> 00:13:06,919 - Yeah, luckily we were able to find a little bitty 288 00:13:06,919 --> 00:13:10,123 seed pod right here, so this is a fertile ovary, 289 00:13:10,123 --> 00:13:12,659 basically, producing the seed, so theoretically, 290 00:13:12,659 --> 00:13:14,527 this one had been crossed with something else. 291 00:13:14,527 --> 00:13:16,529 So this is the seed pod, and once the seed pod 292 00:13:16,529 --> 00:13:19,599 gets large enough, it turns brown and it cracks open 293 00:13:19,599 --> 00:13:21,401 to reveal the black seeds. 294 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:23,069 Once the seed pod cracks open, 295 00:13:23,069 --> 00:13:24,804 that means the seeds are ready. 296 00:13:24,804 --> 00:13:28,174 But all daylily seeds need to go through like a cold period, 297 00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:30,743 like a stratify, so a lot of people will put them 298 00:13:30,743 --> 00:13:33,346 in the refrigerator until springtime and plant those, 299 00:13:33,346 --> 00:13:36,616 but, to get a bloom from a seed on a daylily 300 00:13:36,616 --> 00:13:38,918 in Tennessee takes about two years. 301 00:13:38,918 --> 00:13:41,688 So this is for patient people. 302 00:13:41,688 --> 00:13:43,322 - Wow! - Yeah. 303 00:13:43,322 --> 00:13:44,824 - So let's talk about dividing, 304 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:47,326 what are ways to divide and when to divide? 305 00:13:47,326 --> 00:13:49,595 - It's easiest and it's best on the plant 306 00:13:49,595 --> 00:13:51,831 if you can divide it in the springtime, 307 00:13:51,831 --> 00:13:53,766 if we go really late into the summertime, 308 00:13:53,766 --> 00:13:55,501 they're stressed out with drought stress, 309 00:13:55,501 --> 00:13:58,004 'cause in Tennessee, we have no clue 310 00:13:58,004 --> 00:13:59,472 when it's gonna rain sometimes, 311 00:13:59,472 --> 00:14:02,008 we can go two weeks every day with rain, 312 00:14:02,008 --> 00:14:04,177 and then we can go eight weeks without rain. 313 00:14:04,177 --> 00:14:06,846 So sometimes, we always tell people it's best to do it 314 00:14:06,846 --> 00:14:09,115 in the springtime, leave it alone in the fall time, 315 00:14:09,115 --> 00:14:11,651 and just wait 'til the springtime, 'til it comes up. 316 00:14:11,651 --> 00:14:13,786 So when the foliage gets about three or four inches tall, 317 00:14:13,786 --> 00:14:16,355 that's a great time to dig and divide in the springtime. 318 00:14:16,355 --> 00:14:18,725 - So how do you divide it though? 319 00:14:18,725 --> 00:14:21,627 - It's best, it's really forgiving also, 320 00:14:22,895 --> 00:14:24,597 people will dig it up, and I've seen people 321 00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:27,100 just take a shovel and cut it down the center, 322 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:28,668 but if you kinda bring up the plant 323 00:14:28,668 --> 00:14:30,470 and you shake off all the soil, typically, 324 00:14:30,470 --> 00:14:33,005 those plantlets, once it actually propagates itself, 325 00:14:33,005 --> 00:14:34,907 they'll kinda pull off on their own. 326 00:14:34,907 --> 00:14:37,276 And if you had a knife, or I've seen people 327 00:14:37,276 --> 00:14:40,146 with different spades go through and cut 'em pretty easily, 328 00:14:40,146 --> 00:14:41,347 the clumps that way, too, 329 00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:43,316 it's just like dividing any other perennial. 330 00:14:43,316 --> 00:14:45,818 Kinda the same way, but they're pretty forgiving 331 00:14:45,818 --> 00:14:47,487 on that aspect, also. 332 00:14:48,888 --> 00:14:50,623 - We thank the daylilies for being so forgiving, 333 00:14:50,623 --> 00:14:51,824 how 'bout that? 334 00:14:51,824 --> 00:14:53,326 That's pretty tough. - And beautiful! 335 00:14:53,326 --> 00:14:55,027 - And beautiful all at the same time. 336 00:14:55,027 --> 00:14:56,529 So let's talk about resources, 337 00:14:56,529 --> 00:14:58,331 for more information about daylilies. 338 00:14:58,331 --> 00:15:00,600 - I'll tell you the first one, around the Memphis area, 339 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,202 is the Memphis Area Daylily Society, 340 00:15:03,202 --> 00:15:05,138 and I think you told me you spoke there recently. 341 00:15:05,138 --> 00:15:06,606 - I sure did. - And that's a great group 342 00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:09,308 of garden people and they actually hosted 343 00:15:09,308 --> 00:15:12,678 our regional daylily meeting I believe it was last year, 344 00:15:12,678 --> 00:15:15,548 so we got to tour a lot of daylily gardens around Memphis 345 00:15:15,548 --> 00:15:17,917 and Mississippi and it was just beautiful. 346 00:15:17,917 --> 00:15:20,520 Also, the American Hemerocallis Society, 347 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:23,289 is the national, basically American daylily society, 348 00:15:23,289 --> 00:15:25,091 it's the national organization. 349 00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:28,327 And they put out a magazine called The Daylily Journal, 350 00:15:28,327 --> 00:15:31,798 four times a year, and it's a fantastic magazine to show 351 00:15:31,798 --> 00:15:34,000 what's happening with daylilies all across the country. 352 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,435 And I'm a member of the American Hemerocallis Society, 353 00:15:36,435 --> 00:15:38,404 so I'm always encouraging people to do that, 354 00:15:38,404 --> 00:15:40,773 because it's a great organization to learn more 355 00:15:40,773 --> 00:15:42,642 about my favorite plant. 356 00:15:42,642 --> 00:15:44,544 - Your favorite plant. - My favorite plant! 357 00:15:44,544 --> 00:15:47,446 - So if people wanted more information about daylilies, 358 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:48,648 could they call you? 359 00:15:48,648 --> 00:15:49,949 - They could call me directly at the office, 360 00:15:49,949 --> 00:15:51,317 they can email me. 361 00:15:51,317 --> 00:15:55,555 I'm pretty active on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook. 362 00:15:55,555 --> 00:15:57,790 So they can hit me up anywhere 363 00:15:57,790 --> 00:15:58,958 and I'd love to chat daylilies 364 00:15:58,958 --> 00:16:00,359 but if they're around Memphis, 365 00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:02,395 I would look about the Memphis Area Daylily Society, 366 00:16:02,395 --> 00:16:05,231 'cause they always have speakers come in and visit them. 367 00:16:05,231 --> 00:16:08,034 But look on the American Hemerocallis Society website 368 00:16:08,034 --> 00:16:11,037 also, and there's a lot of different hybridizers' websites 369 00:16:11,037 --> 00:16:13,606 that you can go see what people are actually creating 370 00:16:13,606 --> 00:16:15,708 in the ways of daylilies today. 371 00:16:15,708 --> 00:16:18,311 - How did you learn that, did somebody teach you that, 372 00:16:18,311 --> 00:16:20,213 did you read about how to hybridize daylilies? 373 00:16:20,213 --> 00:16:22,582 - My high school biology teacher actually really 374 00:16:22,582 --> 00:16:24,183 kind of instilled this passion in me, 375 00:16:24,183 --> 00:16:26,752 he was a daylily and a hosta person, 376 00:16:26,752 --> 00:16:30,756 and when I was 16, 'cause most 16-year-olds like daylilies, 377 00:16:30,756 --> 00:16:32,658 right? [Chris laughing] 378 00:16:32,658 --> 00:16:34,627 He would always sell daylilies and I would go, 379 00:16:34,627 --> 00:16:37,196 and he was breedin' some, and he was from east Tennessee, 380 00:16:37,196 --> 00:16:38,831 a little town called Spring City, 381 00:16:38,831 --> 00:16:40,266 so I would always go over there and see 382 00:16:40,266 --> 00:16:42,201 what was blooming everyday, because a daylily, 383 00:16:42,201 --> 00:16:46,172 the bloom only lasts 24 hours, thus the name daylily. 384 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:49,175 So the Latin name is hemerocallis, which is Greek 385 00:16:49,175 --> 00:16:52,278 for beauty and day, so it's kind of an older-type name, so you 386 00:16:52,278 --> 00:16:56,015 can know that for Jeopardy! when you go on Jeopardy! 387 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,684 But I've always been fascinated since I was about 16, 388 00:16:58,684 --> 00:17:00,586 and now that I'm the old age of 34, 389 00:17:00,586 --> 00:17:02,989 I'm still really passionate because I always loved 390 00:17:02,989 --> 00:17:05,758 all the different hybrids and see what people 391 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:07,293 are coming up with today. 392 00:17:07,293 --> 00:17:09,562 - Well, we're glad you brought that passion today, for sure. 393 00:17:09,562 --> 00:17:11,797 Luke, we appreciate that, good information about daylilies, 394 00:17:11,797 --> 00:17:13,799 a man's! - That's right, 395 00:17:13,799 --> 00:17:15,301 a man's, that's right! 396 00:17:15,301 --> 00:17:17,003 - Thank you much. - Appreciate it. 397 00:17:17,003 --> 00:17:19,772 [cheerful music] 398 00:17:21,707 --> 00:17:23,643 - 'Kay, just like on Goldilocks, 399 00:17:23,643 --> 00:17:25,878 the three bowls of porridge, 400 00:17:25,878 --> 00:17:28,748 the soil has got to be the right condition too. 401 00:17:28,748 --> 00:17:32,885 Example being this right here, this pile right here, 402 00:17:32,885 --> 00:17:35,788 will not form a ball, so it's kind of, 403 00:17:35,788 --> 00:17:37,890 a little bit on the dry side. 404 00:17:37,890 --> 00:17:42,895 This one right here, this is way too wet. 405 00:17:44,030 --> 00:17:45,898 This is one you're gonna let set for at least 406 00:17:45,898 --> 00:17:48,034 two or three days, and test it to find out 407 00:17:48,034 --> 00:17:48,901 if it's tillable. 408 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:52,004 You don't wanna put a tiller in that. 409 00:17:52,004 --> 00:17:54,307 This middle piece, however, 410 00:17:54,307 --> 00:17:57,076 if I form a ball and I throw it up in the air, 411 00:17:58,477 --> 00:18:01,747 oops, and it breaks apart, then it's just right for tilling. 412 00:18:03,115 --> 00:18:05,885 [cheerful music] 413 00:18:07,420 --> 00:18:08,788 - All right, here's our Q & A session, 414 00:18:08,788 --> 00:18:10,022 y'all ready for these questions? 415 00:18:10,022 --> 00:18:11,524 - Yes. - They're real good questions. 416 00:18:11,524 --> 00:18:13,392 All right, here's our first viewer email. 417 00:18:13,392 --> 00:18:14,894 "Help! 418 00:18:14,894 --> 00:18:19,065 "I have yellow aphids on two swan milkweed plants. 419 00:18:19,065 --> 00:18:22,134 "Each day for the past three days I have hosed them off, 420 00:18:22,134 --> 00:18:23,970 "but they come back. 421 00:18:23,970 --> 00:18:26,772 "How many days will I have to hose off the aphids 422 00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:28,641 "before they give up? 423 00:18:28,641 --> 00:18:32,511 "It takes 10 minutes and I get covered with water too. 424 00:18:32,511 --> 00:18:36,048 "Maybe I should give up and cut off most of the stems 425 00:18:36,048 --> 00:18:37,717 "and just leave one or two. 426 00:18:37,717 --> 00:18:39,218 Any suggestions?" 427 00:18:39,218 --> 00:18:43,022 Never lost for words,   Melbourne, Australia. 428 00:18:43,022 --> 00:18:44,690 - Wow.   - So they have problems 429 00:18:44,690 --> 00:18:48,127 with aphids in Australia,   how 'bout that? 430 00:18:48,127 --> 00:18:51,497 Pretty good, so Miss Kim, she's usin' the hose! 431 00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:54,066 But they just keep comin' back! 432 00:18:54,066 --> 00:18:57,169 - That's never really worked for me, I think it's just, 433 00:18:57,169 --> 00:18:59,538 they're so tiny, they hold on really tight, 434 00:18:59,538 --> 00:19:01,574 I still think, encourage your good bugs. 435 00:19:03,042 --> 00:19:06,312 Praying mantis, and you can actually buy in biological. 436 00:19:07,747 --> 00:19:09,849 Wasps, people don't like wasps but they're actually 437 00:19:09,849 --> 00:19:11,984 very good for taking care of bugs. 438 00:19:11,984 --> 00:19:16,322 You can use insecticidal soap, don't spray that 439 00:19:16,322 --> 00:19:18,958 in the hot part of the day, it will burn the plant. 440 00:19:18,958 --> 00:19:20,259 - Yes. - That's true. 441 00:19:20,259 --> 00:19:21,761 - That is on the label. - That's on the label, 442 00:19:21,761 --> 00:19:23,295 so always read your label. 443 00:19:23,295 --> 00:19:27,233 And part of it is, if you have a good, strong, healthy plant 444 00:19:27,233 --> 00:19:29,969 they say you won't get bugs, that's not true. 445 00:19:29,969 --> 00:19:31,637 You still get bugs. 446 00:19:31,637 --> 00:19:33,105 - You'll get aphids! 447 00:19:33,105 --> 00:19:34,673 There's almost an aphid for every plant species, 448 00:19:34,673 --> 00:19:36,275 it seems like. - That's true. 449 00:19:36,275 --> 00:19:40,546 Just kinda keep an eye on 'em and get rid of what you can. 450 00:19:40,546 --> 00:19:41,781 - Right. 451 00:19:41,781 --> 00:19:43,949 And again I would say, don't encourage too much 452 00:19:43,949 --> 00:19:46,786 of that succulent growth with the nitrogen fertilizer. 453 00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:48,354 And then there are some, of course, 454 00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:52,558 we talked about insecticidal soap, pyrethrins came to mind, 455 00:19:52,558 --> 00:19:54,026 something else that's safe as well. 456 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:56,195 So I would go with those safer products. 457 00:19:56,195 --> 00:19:59,498 Oils, again, Neem oil, horticultural oil, 458 00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:01,000 can be used as well. 459 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:02,468 So there you have it. 460 00:20:02,468 --> 00:20:05,871 Never lost for words, Melbourne, Australia, who knew, right? 461 00:20:05,871 --> 00:20:07,173 Aphids! - Aphids. 462 00:20:07,173 --> 00:20:08,808 - They get around, don't they? 463 00:20:08,808 --> 00:20:11,444 All right, so here's our next viewer email. 464 00:20:11,444 --> 00:20:13,612 "I covered my gardenia   for the winter, 465 00:20:13,612 --> 00:20:16,482 "but when I uncovered it,   the leaves were all brown, 466 00:20:16,482 --> 00:20:18,384 "some green, but mostly brown. 467 00:20:18,384 --> 00:20:21,053 "I do not know what   to do, can you help? 468 00:20:21,053 --> 00:20:23,923 "I love gardenia, and this   would be the second year 469 00:20:23,923 --> 00:20:25,357 "that it's in the ground. 470 00:20:25,357 --> 00:20:28,060 "Do I wait to see if it   blooms in the spring 471 00:20:28,060 --> 00:20:29,195 before I prune?" 472 00:20:29,195 --> 00:20:31,464 And this is from   Carmen, Hendersonville. 473 00:20:32,932 --> 00:20:34,567 Miss Kim, you probably have a   gardenia somewhere, don't ya? 474 00:20:34,567 --> 00:20:36,135 - I do. 475 00:20:36,135 --> 00:20:39,538 And it has been hit by the cold, so what I usually do 476 00:20:39,538 --> 00:20:42,208 is just trim out what looks dead. 477 00:20:42,208 --> 00:20:46,812 And then wait for spring to see if it comes on out. 478 00:20:46,812 --> 00:20:50,249 And they have surprised me, so she is a little farther north 479 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:51,917 than here, but-- - Right, Hendersonville. 480 00:20:53,385 --> 00:20:56,122 - Just one of those, they call prayer plants. 481 00:20:56,122 --> 00:20:59,325 [all laughing] 482 00:20:59,325 --> 00:21:00,893 - Oh yeah, Miss Carmen. 483 00:21:00,893 --> 00:21:03,662 I always encourage folks, wait to see what happens! 484 00:21:03,662 --> 00:21:04,930 - Wait to see. 485 00:21:04,930 --> 00:21:06,932 - Isn't that half the battle anyway, to see, 486 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:08,200 what's gonna take place. 487 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:09,735 And you'll know what to do the next time. 488 00:21:09,735 --> 00:21:12,338 - We gardeners have killed many plants, most of 'em. 489 00:21:12,338 --> 00:21:15,407 So it just happens sometimes. 490 00:21:15,407 --> 00:21:16,442 - Yeah. 491 00:21:16,442 --> 00:21:18,444 How should you cover it though? 492 00:21:18,444 --> 00:21:21,413 - Well, I don't generally cover mine here, 493 00:21:21,413 --> 00:21:23,782 but make sure you have mulched it real well, 494 00:21:23,782 --> 00:21:28,354 the roots, 'cause you want to encourage good root growth 495 00:21:28,354 --> 00:21:31,123 and in the winter you wanna protect those roots. 496 00:21:31,123 --> 00:21:34,827 And the top die back, a lot of that is just winter damage. 497 00:21:35,995 --> 00:21:37,997 But if you wanna cover it, we use frost cloth, 498 00:21:37,997 --> 00:21:42,001 don't use plastic, we use, they call it Reemay, 499 00:21:42,001 --> 00:21:43,769 don't know if that's a brand name. 500 00:21:43,769 --> 00:21:46,872 But it's a real thin, that the air flow still gets through 501 00:21:46,872 --> 00:21:48,541 but it provides some protection. 502 00:21:48,541 --> 00:21:51,343 - And it usually has to come all the way down to the ground. 503 00:21:51,343 --> 00:21:52,778 - All the way down to the ground, yeah, 'cause 504 00:21:52,778 --> 00:21:54,813 wind whippin' up-- - all the way to the ground. 505 00:21:54,813 --> 00:21:58,184 - You can put bricks or rocks around to hold it down 506 00:21:58,184 --> 00:22:00,219 so the wind doesn't blow it off. 507 00:22:00,219 --> 00:22:01,587 - There's a lot around town here. 508 00:22:01,587 --> 00:22:02,855 - Yeah, there are. 509 00:22:02,855 --> 00:22:04,657 Very fragrant, wonderful in the summer. 510 00:22:04,657 --> 00:22:05,858 - Beautiful plants. - Yeah. 511 00:22:05,858 --> 00:22:07,459 - So there you have it Miss Carmen. 512 00:22:07,459 --> 00:22:09,228 Just wait, it'll come back, I'm sure, just wait. 513 00:22:11,830 --> 00:22:13,666 Here's our next viewer email. 514 00:22:13,666 --> 00:22:15,434 Interesting question here. 515 00:22:15,434 --> 00:22:18,804 "Can I air layer a branch   of a hardwood tree 516 00:22:18,804 --> 00:22:21,473 like a paperbark maple?" 517 00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:24,043 And this is from   Lois in Bartlett. 518 00:22:24,043 --> 00:22:27,613 So air layer, hardwood tree. 519 00:22:29,582 --> 00:22:32,785 - That's out of my expertise, 520 00:22:32,785 --> 00:22:35,988 but I know you can do that with some plants like azaleas, 521 00:22:35,988 --> 00:22:38,958 and hydrangeas you can, azaleas are hardwood, 522 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:41,093 but you can lay them down on the ground, 523 00:22:41,093 --> 00:22:42,561 or air layer 'em like that. 524 00:22:42,561 --> 00:22:46,031 Now doin' a maple, that's not something that sounds like 525 00:22:46,031 --> 00:22:49,368 it would be possible, but hey, who knows? 526 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:51,971 - I don't think it's possible either. 527 00:22:51,971 --> 00:22:54,640 You could give it a try, surely, give it a try, gardeners 528 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,243 we like to experiment, and I would give it a try. 529 00:22:57,243 --> 00:23:00,279 But I don't typically think that you would do that, 530 00:23:00,279 --> 00:23:01,547 that you would propagate it. 531 00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:03,449 I don't think so, Walter? 532 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:08,454 - No, I just can't really see why you would do that. 533 00:23:09,188 --> 00:23:10,789 - So Lois, yeah, just. 534 00:23:12,224 --> 00:23:14,960 - The air layering is when   you put moss around it, 535 00:23:14,960 --> 00:23:18,030 you make a little nick in it   and then you put moss around it 536 00:23:18,030 --> 00:23:21,934 and maybe like wrap it, and   then hopefully you'll get roots 537 00:23:21,934 --> 00:23:25,104 to come out, so I   mean, it might work, 538 00:23:25,104 --> 00:23:28,807 but I've never heard of anyone doing that, so give it a try 539 00:23:28,807 --> 00:23:30,276 to see how it works. - Yeah, give it a try 540 00:23:30,276 --> 00:23:31,477 and just see how it works and if it does work, 541 00:23:31,477 --> 00:23:33,145 do let us know, for sure. 542 00:23:34,313 --> 00:23:36,849 All right, so here's our next viewer email. 543 00:23:36,849 --> 00:23:40,919 "Two weeks ago, I planted a dogwood in prepared clay soil." 544 00:23:40,919 --> 00:23:43,188 Prepared clay soil, right? 545 00:23:43,188 --> 00:23:45,624 "We've had lots of rain since I put it in. 546 00:23:45,624 --> 00:23:49,962 What can I do to save my   new dogwood from soggy soil?" 547 00:23:49,962 --> 00:23:52,531 And this is from   Sue, New Zealand. 548 00:23:52,531 --> 00:23:55,768 So obviously, the   dogwood is already in 549 00:23:55,768 --> 00:23:57,436 this prepared clay soil, right? 550 00:23:58,637 --> 00:24:00,172 What can she do though to save it, 551 00:24:00,172 --> 00:24:01,573 'cause they've had a lot of rain, just like we've had 552 00:24:01,573 --> 00:24:03,108 a lot of rain here. 553 00:24:03,108 --> 00:24:06,879 - Maybe try to improve the drainage around the tree. 554 00:24:06,879 --> 00:24:10,883 If it's planted in a low spot, she may want to think about 555 00:24:10,883 --> 00:24:12,384 moving it. - Yes. 556 00:24:12,384 --> 00:24:16,355 - The other thing, which is basically the same thing, 557 00:24:16,355 --> 00:24:18,257 is lifting it, make sure she doesn't have it 558 00:24:18,257 --> 00:24:19,525 planted too high. 559 00:24:20,959 --> 00:24:24,763 But the other is be patient and maybe it'll quit rainin'. 560 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:26,231 [everyone laughs] 561 00:24:26,231 --> 00:24:27,700 - That's pretty much it. 562 00:24:27,700 --> 00:24:31,971 - Yeah, improving the drainage is gonna be the big thing. 563 00:24:33,972 --> 00:24:37,843 'Cause yeah if you have a lot of rain, clay soils, 564 00:24:37,843 --> 00:24:38,944 we know what that would do. 565 00:24:38,944 --> 00:24:40,145 - Hold water. - Right, it's gonna hold 566 00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:41,613 a lot of water. 567 00:24:41,613 --> 00:24:45,017 - And you get those root rots and all that to deal with. 568 00:24:46,518 --> 00:24:47,753 It's a tough situation. 569 00:24:47,753 --> 00:24:49,488 - Yeah so we're hoping it's not in a low area, 570 00:24:49,488 --> 00:24:53,258 you'd still have a little time, it's just two weeks, 571 00:24:53,258 --> 00:24:56,261 to maybe look for another spot, maybe a higher spot. 572 00:24:56,261 --> 00:24:57,996 - Or a slope-- - or a slope, 573 00:24:57,996 --> 00:24:59,832 that's a good idea. - Good drainage. 574 00:24:59,832 --> 00:25:03,702 - Yeah, good drainage is gonna be key for that, Miss Sue. 575 00:25:03,702 --> 00:25:04,870 There you have it, 576 00:25:04,870 --> 00:25:06,705 appreciate that question from New Zealand. 577 00:25:06,705 --> 00:25:07,906 And if it makes you feel any better, 578 00:25:07,906 --> 00:25:10,376 we've had a lot of soggy soils here as well. 579 00:25:10,376 --> 00:25:11,643 Right. 580 00:25:11,643 --> 00:25:14,446 So keep that plant out of the water. 581 00:25:14,446 --> 00:25:17,483 So Miss Kim, Walt, thank you for being here, 582 00:25:17,483 --> 00:25:18,684 it's been fun. 583 00:25:18,684 --> 00:25:20,819 - Thank you for having me. - Yes. 584 00:25:20,819 --> 00:25:23,155 - Remember, we love   to hear from you. 585 00:25:23,155 --> 00:25:24,890 Send us an email or letter. 586 00:25:24,890 --> 00:25:28,460 The email address is   familyplot@wkno.org, 587 00:25:28,460 --> 00:25:30,429 and the mailing   address is Family Plot, 588 00:25:30,429 --> 00:25:35,000 7151 Cherry Farms Road,   Cordova, Tennessee, 38016. 589 00:25:36,168 --> 00:25:39,405 Or you can go online to   familyplotgarden.com. 590 00:25:40,572 --> 00:25:41,840 That's all we have time for today, 591 00:25:41,840 --> 00:25:44,143 thanks for watching us for this first episode 592 00:25:44,143 --> 00:25:45,611 of the growing season. 593 00:25:45,611 --> 00:25:48,080 It's time to start working on this year's garden. 594 00:25:48,080 --> 00:25:52,117 To get a jump on it, head on over to familyplotgarden.com. 595 00:25:52,117 --> 00:25:55,354 We have over 1,000 gardening videos on all sorts 596 00:25:55,354 --> 00:25:56,855 of gardening topics. 597 00:25:56,855 --> 00:25:59,324 Be sure to join us next week for The Family Plot: 598 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:01,226 Gardening in the Mid-South. 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