1 00:00:00,868 --> 00:00:02,269 - Hi, thanks for joining us 2 00:00:02,269 --> 00:00:03,904 for the Family Plot, Gardening in the Mid-South. 3 00:00:03,904 --> 00:00:05,105 I'm Chris Cooper. 4 00:00:05,105 --> 00:00:07,441 With pesticides, a little goes a long way 5 00:00:07,441 --> 00:00:10,043 so you have some left at the end of the season. 6 00:00:10,043 --> 00:00:11,845 How long do pesticides last 7 00:00:11,845 --> 00:00:13,847 and how should you store them? 8 00:00:13,847 --> 00:00:15,983 Also canning tomatoes is a great way 9 00:00:15,983 --> 00:00:18,151 to enjoy your garden all winter. 10 00:00:18,151 --> 00:00:19,887 That's just ahead on The Family Plot, 11 00:00:19,887 --> 00:00:21,521 Gardening in the Mid-South. 12 00:00:21,521 --> 00:00:23,924 - [Narrator] Production funding for The Family Plot, 13 00:00:23,924 --> 00:00:27,227 Gardening in the Mid-South is provided by 14 00:00:27,227 --> 00:00:29,529 Good Winds Landscape and Garden Center 15 00:00:29,529 --> 00:00:31,598 in Germantown since 1943 16 00:00:31,598 --> 00:00:35,235 and continuing to offer its plants for successful gardening 17 00:00:35,235 --> 00:00:38,405 with seven greenhouses and three acres of plants, 18 00:00:38,405 --> 00:00:41,575 plus comprehensive landscape services. 19 00:00:42,476 --> 00:00:45,646 International Paper Foundation, 20 00:00:45,646 --> 00:00:48,081 the WKNO Production Fund, 21 00:00:48,081 --> 00:00:50,083 the WKNO Endowment Fund 22 00:00:50,083 --> 00:00:53,186 and by viewers like you, thank you. 23 00:00:53,186 --> 00:00:56,690 (soft instrumental music) 24 00:01:04,197 --> 00:01:06,533 - Welcome to The Family Plot, I'm Chris Cooper. 25 00:01:06,533 --> 00:01:08,468 Joining me today is Mr. D. 26 00:01:08,468 --> 00:01:09,703 - Hello. 27 00:01:09,703 --> 00:01:10,904 - And Cathy Faust will be joining us later 28 00:01:10,904 --> 00:01:12,172 to can tomatoes. 29 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:14,308 All right, Mr. D, let's talk a little bit 30 00:01:14,308 --> 00:01:16,510 about pesticide life-span. 31 00:01:16,510 --> 00:01:19,212 It's something that I think is important to talk about 32 00:01:19,212 --> 00:01:21,081 because we're toward the end of the season, 33 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:23,684 folks are gonna be putting up their pesticides for the year. 34 00:01:23,684 --> 00:01:25,152 - Right, right. 35 00:01:25,152 --> 00:01:29,656 Most pesticides have a very, very long life-span. 36 00:01:29,656 --> 00:01:33,327 I wouldn't think that I have to replace 37 00:01:33,327 --> 00:01:36,396 pesticides every year, I mean I've got pesticides 38 00:01:36,396 --> 00:01:40,500 that I use that are probably 10 or 15 years old. 39 00:01:40,500 --> 00:01:42,536 (Chris laughing) 40 00:01:42,536 --> 00:01:46,006 It's probably best to store them in an area 41 00:01:46,006 --> 00:01:48,408 they won't freeze, a cabinet or something 42 00:01:48,408 --> 00:01:50,143 where they won't freeze 43 00:01:50,143 --> 00:01:53,714 that has some protection from the elements. 44 00:01:55,048 --> 00:01:58,986 You know if a pesticide is taken off the market 45 00:02:00,454 --> 00:02:03,523 or for some reason you know that you'll never need it again 46 00:02:03,523 --> 00:02:07,561 then I would wait for household hazardous waste event 47 00:02:07,561 --> 00:02:10,897 and make sure you dispose of it that way. 48 00:02:10,897 --> 00:02:13,233 But other than that the best way 49 00:02:13,233 --> 00:02:15,469 to dispose of the pesticide 50 00:02:15,469 --> 00:02:18,538 is to use it for its labeled purpose. 51 00:02:20,640 --> 00:02:22,943 So you might want to get as small a container 52 00:02:22,943 --> 00:02:24,745 as you possibly can when you buy pesticides 53 00:02:24,745 --> 00:02:28,315 so that you will run out from time-to-time. 54 00:02:30,651 --> 00:02:33,420 Don't think just because it's two or three years old 55 00:02:33,420 --> 00:02:36,023 that it's not just as effective as it was 56 00:02:36,023 --> 00:02:38,358 the day it was manufactured. 57 00:02:39,926 --> 00:02:42,596 Even with some of the research work that we did out there, 58 00:02:42,596 --> 00:02:45,632 we see that, we see that some of the older materials 59 00:02:45,632 --> 00:02:47,668 were very, very effective, 60 00:02:47,668 --> 00:02:49,870 especially in some of our mode of action plots 61 00:02:49,870 --> 00:02:53,774 where we use a lot of different kinds of pesticides 62 00:02:53,774 --> 00:02:56,843 where we're looking at symptomatology on different weeds 63 00:02:56,843 --> 00:03:00,113 and crops and we'll drag some pesticides out 64 00:03:00,113 --> 00:03:01,848 that are very, very old 65 00:03:01,848 --> 00:03:04,584 and use 'em and they still work. 66 00:03:04,584 --> 00:03:07,354 Long life-span, you can check the label, 67 00:03:07,354 --> 00:03:11,258 I don't recall ever seeing on a pesticide label 68 00:03:11,258 --> 00:03:13,760 where it has an expiration date. 69 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,396 - Me either, come to think of it. 70 00:03:16,396 --> 00:03:17,864 - That's the reason, 71 00:03:17,864 --> 00:03:21,635 because they probably didn't need an expiration date. 72 00:03:21,635 --> 00:03:25,372 I've had products so long that in plastic containers 73 00:03:25,372 --> 00:03:28,675 that plastic container actually cracked on me, 74 00:03:28,675 --> 00:03:29,910 (Chris laughing) 75 00:03:29,910 --> 00:03:33,146 and I found a glass container to put it in 76 00:03:33,146 --> 00:03:34,715 even though your not supposed to do that, 77 00:03:34,715 --> 00:03:36,817 you're supposed to keep the product 78 00:03:36,817 --> 00:03:39,820 in the container that it's labelled. 79 00:03:39,820 --> 00:03:42,089 - [Chris] Okay, that makes sense. 80 00:03:42,089 --> 00:03:44,057 - But you know they'll last longer 81 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:46,493 than the containers that they're in some cases. 82 00:03:46,493 --> 00:03:47,994 - Uh huh, I'm a witness to that. 83 00:03:47,994 --> 00:03:51,798 What about products like BT or streptomycin? 84 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:54,901 - Well, streptomycin is an antibiotic, 85 00:03:54,901 --> 00:03:56,503 so it's not living. 86 00:03:56,503 --> 00:03:57,337 The BT 87 00:04:00,974 --> 00:04:04,878 it would make sense that it's a bacteria 88 00:04:04,878 --> 00:04:06,847 and that it has a life, 89 00:04:06,847 --> 00:04:10,117 but again, I would check the label 90 00:04:10,117 --> 00:04:13,120 and some bacteria, you know, 91 00:04:13,120 --> 00:04:16,723 they will live for a very, very, very long time 92 00:04:16,723 --> 00:04:18,158 in the environment. 93 00:04:18,158 --> 00:04:20,994 There is a stage that they go through 94 00:04:20,994 --> 00:04:23,797 in a capsule, encapsulated type thing 95 00:04:23,797 --> 00:04:26,633 and I've correct terminology for that, 96 00:04:26,633 --> 00:04:29,736 a cyst or something that is very, very, 97 00:04:29,736 --> 00:04:32,773 you know, impervious to environment 98 00:04:32,773 --> 00:04:36,176 and they can last a very, very long time. 99 00:04:39,112 --> 00:04:40,814 That might be a little different 100 00:04:40,814 --> 00:04:43,483 than most of the other pesticides. 101 00:04:43,483 --> 00:04:45,752 - Okay, what about your fertilizers? 102 00:04:45,752 --> 00:04:48,855 Cause you always see busted old bags of fertilizers? 103 00:04:48,855 --> 00:04:51,057 - The same way with fertilizers, 104 00:04:51,057 --> 00:04:53,193 the only problem with some of the fertilizers 105 00:04:53,193 --> 00:04:55,862 is when the bag gets burst open, 106 00:04:58,632 --> 00:05:02,202 sometimes moisture from the air will come in 107 00:05:02,202 --> 00:05:04,871 and that can cause it to break down 108 00:05:04,871 --> 00:05:07,941 and volatize for example, some of the nitrogen, 109 00:05:07,941 --> 00:05:11,711 it can change to the ammonia form of nitrogen 110 00:05:13,146 --> 00:05:17,250 which is the gas, so that could reduce the amount of N 111 00:05:17,250 --> 00:05:18,819 in some fertilizers. 112 00:05:18,819 --> 00:05:22,722 Also sometimes the moisture will cause them to cake up. 113 00:05:22,722 --> 00:05:24,024 - [Chris] Yeah, I've seen that. 114 00:05:24,024 --> 00:05:26,493 - And form big rocks and stones, 115 00:05:26,493 --> 00:05:29,763 so you may have to break those up. 116 00:05:29,763 --> 00:05:31,831 So you may lose a little bit 117 00:05:31,831 --> 00:05:33,733 but I would probably still, if I could, 118 00:05:33,733 --> 00:05:35,335 go in and break those up and use 'em 119 00:05:35,335 --> 00:05:37,137 for whatever they need to be used for 120 00:05:37,137 --> 00:05:39,472 because I'd rather, once again, 121 00:05:39,472 --> 00:05:42,375 use those products for the labelled use 122 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:45,612 than send them to a landfill somewhere. 123 00:05:47,013 --> 00:05:51,117 If you do have to do that then you need to wait 124 00:05:51,117 --> 00:05:54,454 for a household hazardous waste collection, 125 00:05:54,454 --> 00:05:56,356 you know when they do that. 126 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:57,824 Me, I know here in Shelby County 127 00:05:57,824 --> 00:06:02,062 we a household hazardous waste site out at Shelby Farms. 128 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:04,831 And probably a lot of the areas do, 129 00:06:04,831 --> 00:06:06,199 so be real careful. 130 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:08,101 Another thing I want to throw in here too, 131 00:06:08,101 --> 00:06:10,837 if you do completely use a pesticide up, 132 00:06:10,837 --> 00:06:12,305 finish it up, 133 00:06:12,305 --> 00:06:14,374 and I think it should tell you this on the label, 134 00:06:14,374 --> 00:06:16,109 you need to triple-rinse the container -- 135 00:06:16,109 --> 00:06:17,577 - [Chris] That's a good point. 136 00:06:17,577 --> 00:06:19,279 - Triple-Rinse it, put it into the spray mixture 137 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:20,780 that you're mixing up 138 00:06:20,780 --> 00:06:24,584 and then you can throw that container in the garbage, 139 00:06:24,584 --> 00:06:26,987 then you don't have to put it 140 00:06:26,987 --> 00:06:29,456 in household hazardous waste site. 141 00:06:29,456 --> 00:06:31,024 - Yeah, you can recycle that, can you, if it's plastic? 142 00:06:31,024 --> 00:06:32,993 - You can recycle it, you can recycle plastic if you can, 143 00:06:32,993 --> 00:06:34,661 if you've triple-rinsed it. 144 00:06:34,661 --> 00:06:36,196 - Yeah, I think it is on, 145 00:06:36,196 --> 00:06:37,163 I think I remember seeing it on some of the labels. 146 00:06:37,163 --> 00:06:38,431 - Most of the time disposal, 147 00:06:38,431 --> 00:06:41,167 how to dispose is on the label also, 148 00:06:41,167 --> 00:06:42,469 so read the label. 149 00:06:42,469 --> 00:06:45,639 - Is it a good idea to keep those fertilizers 150 00:06:45,639 --> 00:06:48,375 and those wettable powders off the ground? 151 00:06:48,375 --> 00:06:51,144 - Oh yeah, yeah, you don't want them to be able 152 00:06:51,144 --> 00:06:52,779 to soak up moisture from the ground 153 00:06:52,779 --> 00:06:54,381 so if you have a pallet. 154 00:06:54,381 --> 00:06:55,882 Shelves, I like shelves 155 00:06:55,882 --> 00:06:57,450 and especially cabinets 156 00:06:57,450 --> 00:06:59,052 where you can actually shut the doors 157 00:06:59,052 --> 00:07:00,487 and you can keep children 158 00:07:00,487 --> 00:07:02,422 and keep people from getting to them. 159 00:07:02,422 --> 00:07:03,690 If you've got a locking cabinet 160 00:07:03,690 --> 00:07:05,292 that would be good. 161 00:07:05,292 --> 00:07:07,327 But yeah, up off the ground 162 00:07:07,327 --> 00:07:09,996 and don't put 'em where they can soak up moisture 163 00:07:09,996 --> 00:07:11,331 from the ground. 164 00:07:12,599 --> 00:07:16,336 You kinda keep 'em inside in a shop 165 00:07:16,336 --> 00:07:18,104 or a storage building, 166 00:07:18,104 --> 00:07:20,674 a little storage building outside would be fine. 167 00:07:20,674 --> 00:07:23,009 - Okay, all right, but yeah, just read the label. 168 00:07:23,009 --> 00:07:24,010 - Follow that label. 169 00:07:24,010 --> 00:07:25,011 Read and eat. 170 00:07:25,011 --> 00:07:26,479 - Read and eat, I like that. 171 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:27,781 I'm pretty sure it's on that label. 172 00:07:27,781 --> 00:07:29,182 All right thanks Mr. D, I appreciate that. 173 00:07:29,182 --> 00:07:30,016 - Good deal. 174 00:07:30,016 --> 00:07:30,950 - All right. 175 00:07:30,950 --> 00:07:32,185 (soft instrumental music) 176 00:07:32,185 --> 00:07:33,386 There are a number of gardening events 177 00:07:33,386 --> 00:07:34,821 going on in the next couple of weeks. 178 00:07:34,821 --> 00:07:36,856 Here are just a few that might interest you. 179 00:07:36,856 --> 00:07:40,360 (soft instrumental music) 180 00:07:59,979 --> 00:08:01,314 All right, Miss Catherine, 181 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:02,282 we're here at the extension office. 182 00:08:02,282 --> 00:08:03,383 Thank you for being here today. 183 00:08:03,383 --> 00:08:04,617 - Thank you. 184 00:08:04,617 --> 00:08:06,119 - And we're gonna talk about canning tomatoes. 185 00:08:06,119 --> 00:08:06,953 - Wonderful! 186 00:08:06,953 --> 00:08:08,221 - How about that? 187 00:08:08,221 --> 00:08:09,622 - Great, you know it's tomato season 188 00:08:09,622 --> 00:08:11,858 and we have these beautiful, fresh tomatoes, 189 00:08:11,858 --> 00:08:13,760 straight from Jones Orchard. 190 00:08:13,760 --> 00:08:14,994 - [Chris] Beautiful. 191 00:08:14,994 --> 00:08:16,496 - So we're gonna be canning these. 192 00:08:16,496 --> 00:08:18,998 And as you can see I've got all of my equipment ready. 193 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:21,201 It does take a little bit of preparation. 194 00:08:21,201 --> 00:08:24,771 You have to go ahead and we just pulled our hot jars 195 00:08:24,771 --> 00:08:26,406 out of the dishwasher. 196 00:08:26,406 --> 00:08:28,341 You don't need to sterilize the jars 197 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:30,910 if you're canning something more than 10 minutes. 198 00:08:30,910 --> 00:08:32,779 But we went ahead and we got our jars, 199 00:08:32,779 --> 00:08:34,581 they've cooled off a little bit 200 00:08:34,581 --> 00:08:39,119 and we have our rings simmering at 180 degrees. 201 00:08:39,119 --> 00:08:40,320 - Wow. 202 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:43,189 - We've got our funnel ready, jar lifter, 203 00:08:43,189 --> 00:08:45,358 canning salt, citric acid. 204 00:08:46,726 --> 00:08:48,428 But the first thing that you have to do 205 00:08:48,428 --> 00:08:50,930 is peel the tomatoes. 206 00:08:50,930 --> 00:08:52,999 A really, really simple way to do this 207 00:08:52,999 --> 00:08:54,367 and we just finished. 208 00:08:54,367 --> 00:08:56,703 We put the tomatoes in boiling water 209 00:08:56,703 --> 00:08:58,104 for about two minutes 210 00:08:58,104 --> 00:09:00,173 and then we put them in ice-water 211 00:09:00,173 --> 00:09:03,076 and you can see how easily the peel comes off. 212 00:09:03,076 --> 00:09:04,344 - [Chris] It comes right off. 213 00:09:04,344 --> 00:09:06,146 - Yeah, it just peeled off so easily 214 00:09:06,146 --> 00:09:08,748 and after this point we core them, 215 00:09:08,748 --> 00:09:10,717 chop them up really good 216 00:09:10,717 --> 00:09:13,153 and then we put them in a big pot 217 00:09:13,153 --> 00:09:15,555 and as you can see I've got my pot right here, 218 00:09:15,555 --> 00:09:16,990 but wasn't that easy? 219 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:18,224 - [Chris] That was easy. 220 00:09:18,224 --> 00:09:20,393 - Just went ahead and got those taken care of. 221 00:09:20,393 --> 00:09:22,095 So what we've done here, 222 00:09:22,095 --> 00:09:25,098 we've gone ahead and we have simmered our tomatoes. 223 00:09:25,098 --> 00:09:27,066 Now these are like we said, 224 00:09:27,066 --> 00:09:29,369 these are crushed tomatoes, 225 00:09:29,369 --> 00:09:33,072 and we're gonna have these in the pressure-canner 226 00:09:33,072 --> 00:09:34,641 for 15 minutes. 227 00:09:34,641 --> 00:09:37,076 If you were gonna have them in a water-bath canner 228 00:09:37,076 --> 00:09:38,645 it would take much, much longer, 229 00:09:38,645 --> 00:09:40,413 say 35 or 40 minutes. 230 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:42,348 So what we're gonna do here, 231 00:09:42,348 --> 00:09:44,884 we don't normally pressure can tomatoes 232 00:09:44,884 --> 00:09:46,886 but this, by doing it this way 233 00:09:46,886 --> 00:09:48,755 we've saved up a little bit time. 234 00:09:48,755 --> 00:09:52,325 Like I said, I'm gonna swap gears here. 235 00:09:52,325 --> 00:09:53,526 If you'll hold this? 236 00:09:53,526 --> 00:09:54,994 - Do you need me to hold that, I can do that. 237 00:09:54,994 --> 00:09:55,929 - Thank you, I'm gonna move this out of the way. 238 00:09:55,929 --> 00:09:58,164 And what we will do, thank you, 239 00:09:58,164 --> 00:10:02,335 is go ahead and fill our jars to within 1/2 inch, 240 00:10:04,103 --> 00:10:06,773 we want about 1/2 inch head-space here. 241 00:10:06,773 --> 00:10:08,541 - [Chris] Those tomatoes smell good, by the way. 242 00:10:08,541 --> 00:10:10,610 - Oh yes, this has been nice 243 00:10:10,610 --> 00:10:13,046 and you see, we didn't add any water, 244 00:10:13,046 --> 00:10:14,948 they made their own juice. 245 00:10:14,948 --> 00:10:16,282 - Ah, so this is their own juice. 246 00:10:16,282 --> 00:10:17,217 That's a lot. 247 00:10:17,217 --> 00:10:19,352 - Yeah, it made a lot of juice. 248 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:21,221 And we're gonna fill them 249 00:10:21,221 --> 00:10:24,524 to within 1/2 inch of the top 250 00:10:24,524 --> 00:10:26,893 and people ask why do we do this? 251 00:10:26,893 --> 00:10:31,498 Well if you don't give them enough head-space, 252 00:10:31,498 --> 00:10:33,833 let's say if we just filled it 253 00:10:33,833 --> 00:10:36,369 and it had an inch-and-a-half left, 254 00:10:36,369 --> 00:10:38,638 the top may become discolored 255 00:10:38,638 --> 00:10:40,740 and it might contract air 256 00:10:41,674 --> 00:10:43,676 and it would not seal properly. 257 00:10:43,676 --> 00:10:46,479 And if we have too little head-space 258 00:10:46,479 --> 00:10:49,415 it might boil over during the process. 259 00:10:49,415 --> 00:10:50,750 So what we're gonna do, 260 00:10:50,750 --> 00:10:53,920 we're gonna go ahead an wipe the top of the jar 261 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,089 and make sure that there's no seeds 262 00:10:56,089 --> 00:10:57,757 or anything on here. 263 00:10:57,757 --> 00:10:59,492 - [Chris] So good contact is most important? 264 00:10:59,492 --> 00:11:02,529 - Oh yeah, because these lids have to fit just right 265 00:11:02,529 --> 00:11:05,932 and we're gonna add 1/4 teaspoon 266 00:11:05,932 --> 00:11:07,534 of citric acid. 267 00:11:07,534 --> 00:11:09,168 This is to the pints 268 00:11:09,168 --> 00:11:12,672 and we're gonna add 1/2 teaspoon 269 00:11:12,672 --> 00:11:14,007 of canning salt. 270 00:11:15,375 --> 00:11:19,212 See 1/2 teaspoon of canning salt to the pints. 271 00:11:20,346 --> 00:11:21,614 - So what was the acid for? 272 00:11:21,614 --> 00:11:22,916 Why do we need that? 273 00:11:22,916 --> 00:11:25,185 - Oh, it kinda helps preserve it. 274 00:11:25,185 --> 00:11:27,320 You can also use lemon juice, 275 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,490 you could just about a tablespoon of lemon juice. 276 00:11:30,490 --> 00:11:32,425 Now at this point I'm gonna go ahead, 277 00:11:32,425 --> 00:11:33,893 this is my bubbler, 278 00:11:33,893 --> 00:11:34,961 (Chris laughing) 279 00:11:34,961 --> 00:11:37,030 and I'm gonna stick this down, 280 00:11:37,030 --> 00:11:38,831 you might see a little bit 281 00:11:38,831 --> 00:11:41,668 of air bubbles coming out. 282 00:11:41,668 --> 00:11:43,002 - [Chris] Just a few. 283 00:11:43,002 --> 00:11:46,873 - Not as many as if you were doing green beans. 284 00:11:46,873 --> 00:11:48,107 So what we're gonna do, 285 00:11:48,107 --> 00:11:49,776 we've got our air bubbles out 286 00:11:49,776 --> 00:11:51,978 and this is a handy little measurement tool, 287 00:11:51,978 --> 00:11:55,848 we're gonna measure 1/2 inch head-space, 288 00:11:55,848 --> 00:11:57,617 see all the way around, 289 00:11:57,617 --> 00:11:59,385 that's about 1/2 inch. 290 00:11:59,385 --> 00:12:02,889 And then we just add that lid right on top 291 00:12:03,957 --> 00:12:05,291 and we wipe that 292 00:12:06,225 --> 00:12:08,261 and then we get our bands 293 00:12:08,261 --> 00:12:10,129 and we put these bands on 294 00:12:10,129 --> 00:12:12,498 just fingertip tight. 295 00:12:12,498 --> 00:12:14,901 I've watched a lot of videos 296 00:12:14,901 --> 00:12:16,536 and sometimes they just put them on 297 00:12:16,536 --> 00:12:18,404 way, way too tight. 298 00:12:18,404 --> 00:12:19,806 And at this point we're gonna 299 00:12:19,806 --> 00:12:21,474 go ahead and put them 300 00:12:21,474 --> 00:12:23,443 in the pressure canner. 301 00:12:23,443 --> 00:12:25,578 I'm gonna put this in the pressure canner 302 00:12:25,578 --> 00:12:27,013 and then I want to talk to you 303 00:12:27,013 --> 00:12:28,815 a little bit about safety of pressure canning. 304 00:12:28,815 --> 00:12:30,617 It's just right over here 305 00:12:30,617 --> 00:12:31,985 and in our pressure canner 306 00:12:31,985 --> 00:12:34,387 we've got about two inches of water. 307 00:12:34,387 --> 00:12:36,222 Now people call me all the time, 308 00:12:36,222 --> 00:12:38,157 they've never used a pressure canner 309 00:12:38,157 --> 00:12:39,659 and they're afraid of it 310 00:12:39,659 --> 00:12:40,660 and they ask me, 311 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:41,894 what am I gonna do? 312 00:12:41,894 --> 00:12:43,563 I might have one with a dial gauge 313 00:12:43,563 --> 00:12:45,064 or a weighted gauge. 314 00:12:45,064 --> 00:12:46,866 - I can understand people being afraid of that though. 315 00:12:46,866 --> 00:12:49,168 - Oh, I've heard horror stories about these things. 316 00:12:49,168 --> 00:12:51,971 You see this has a little dial on it 317 00:12:51,971 --> 00:12:53,640 and you can come to our office 318 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,708 and have this tested free of charge. 319 00:12:55,708 --> 00:12:58,077 We test it at five pounds, 320 00:12:58,077 --> 00:13:00,980 10 pounds and 15 pounds of pressure. 321 00:13:00,980 --> 00:13:04,384 But for our tomatoes we're gonna use 11 pounds of pressure. 322 00:13:04,384 --> 00:13:06,519 If we were going to use a weighted gauge 323 00:13:06,519 --> 00:13:08,788 we would use 10 pounds of pressure. 324 00:13:08,788 --> 00:13:11,557 Now you notice I've got a little piece of paper towel here, 325 00:13:11,557 --> 00:13:13,393 one thing you want to do, 326 00:13:13,393 --> 00:13:14,560 if you'll hold this for me, please? 327 00:13:14,560 --> 00:13:15,495 - Okay. 328 00:13:15,495 --> 00:13:17,363 - You want to oil the gasket 329 00:13:17,363 --> 00:13:19,932 and we learned through trial and error, 330 00:13:19,932 --> 00:13:21,401 I think you were here that day, 331 00:13:21,401 --> 00:13:22,702 we couldn't get the lid off. 332 00:13:22,702 --> 00:13:23,636 - I remember. 333 00:13:23,636 --> 00:13:25,271 - And we had to get Jim in here 334 00:13:25,271 --> 00:13:26,673 to get the lid off for us. 335 00:13:26,673 --> 00:13:28,574 But you want to go ahead 336 00:13:28,574 --> 00:13:30,309 and just rub this oil 337 00:13:32,545 --> 00:13:34,380 around the gasket. 338 00:13:34,380 --> 00:13:37,550 Also when you have your gasket tested, 339 00:13:38,951 --> 00:13:41,354 you want to make sure that it's not dry-rotted, 340 00:13:41,354 --> 00:13:43,389 you can see this one's in pretty good shape. 341 00:13:43,389 --> 00:13:46,359 You also may want to run a string 342 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:48,628 through this little vent. 343 00:13:48,628 --> 00:13:50,129 This is very important 344 00:13:50,129 --> 00:13:52,098 because what we're gonna do 345 00:13:52,098 --> 00:13:55,101 is we're gonna set the lid on top 346 00:13:55,101 --> 00:13:56,769 and once we secure it 347 00:13:56,769 --> 00:13:59,605 we're gonna let it vent for 10 minutes 348 00:13:59,605 --> 00:14:03,376 and you will see steam coming out of this vent. 349 00:14:03,376 --> 00:14:06,946 After the steam has escaped for 10 minutes, 350 00:14:09,315 --> 00:14:11,217 and that's very important, 351 00:14:11,217 --> 00:14:13,653 we're gonna put the petcock on top 352 00:14:13,653 --> 00:14:16,656 and then we'll start building our pressure up. 353 00:14:16,656 --> 00:14:19,992 Usually on an electric range it's at number seven 354 00:14:19,992 --> 00:14:22,462 to maintain it at 11 pounds of pressure. 355 00:14:22,462 --> 00:14:25,164 And we'll start timing it at 11 pounds 356 00:14:25,164 --> 00:14:27,233 and we'll give it 15 minutes 357 00:14:27,233 --> 00:14:29,335 at 11 pounds of pressure. 358 00:14:32,538 --> 00:14:35,241 - All right, Miss Cathy, special delivery, how 'bout that? 359 00:14:35,241 --> 00:14:36,843 - Thank you, Chris. 360 00:14:36,843 --> 00:14:39,712 One of the important factors of pressure canning 361 00:14:39,712 --> 00:14:41,981 is you have to realize 362 00:14:41,981 --> 00:14:44,050 the pressure canner is too heavy 363 00:14:44,050 --> 00:14:45,752 for a lot of women to lift. 364 00:14:45,752 --> 00:14:46,986 - [Chris] It's heavy. 365 00:14:46,986 --> 00:14:48,154 - So it's good to have a strong man around, 366 00:14:48,154 --> 00:14:48,988 (Chris laughing) 367 00:14:48,988 --> 00:14:50,189 to lift it off, 368 00:14:50,189 --> 00:14:51,591 I'm sure this weighed at least 25 pounds 369 00:14:51,591 --> 00:14:53,993 with all of the tomatoes in it. 370 00:14:53,993 --> 00:14:55,862 We appreciate you doing this. 371 00:14:55,862 --> 00:14:59,599 At this point, we are going to have to let it cool down. 372 00:14:59,599 --> 00:15:01,667 It will probably take about 40 minutes 373 00:15:01,667 --> 00:15:03,169 for it to cool down. 374 00:15:03,169 --> 00:15:06,439 - All right, Miss Cathy, now it's been 40 minutes, 375 00:15:06,439 --> 00:15:07,540 so let's see the product. 376 00:15:07,540 --> 00:15:09,041 - Okay, thank you Chris. 377 00:15:09,041 --> 00:15:11,110 I was really surprised that it cooled down so quickly 378 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:13,312 cause normally it takes a little bit longer. 379 00:15:13,312 --> 00:15:14,947 When it gets down to zero, 380 00:15:14,947 --> 00:15:16,883 we give it an additional 10 minutes, 381 00:15:16,883 --> 00:15:19,385 so we're sure that it has cooled down. 382 00:15:19,385 --> 00:15:21,587 We're gonna take the petcock off. 383 00:15:21,587 --> 00:15:23,589 And then we're going to-- 384 00:15:23,589 --> 00:15:24,757 - [Chris] Can you get that? 385 00:15:24,757 --> 00:15:26,025 - Oh, it's so easy, 386 00:15:26,025 --> 00:15:28,127 cause remember when we oiled it, 387 00:15:28,127 --> 00:15:29,796 that's why it's so easy to open. 388 00:15:29,796 --> 00:15:30,997 - [Chris] Oh okay, that's why you do that. 389 00:15:30,997 --> 00:15:32,965 - And you want to open it away from you, 390 00:15:32,965 --> 00:15:34,567 it's still pretty hot. 391 00:15:34,567 --> 00:15:37,336 And I'm gonna take these jars out 392 00:15:37,336 --> 00:15:39,338 and I see them bubbling. 393 00:15:39,338 --> 00:15:40,573 They're already popping. 394 00:15:40,573 --> 00:15:41,374 - I heard one pop. I hear them popping 395 00:15:41,374 --> 00:15:42,575 - Yeah, I sure did. 396 00:15:42,575 --> 00:15:44,944 - Okay and you see how the liquid 397 00:15:44,944 --> 00:15:48,881 is on the bottom, that will settle after a few days. 398 00:15:48,881 --> 00:15:51,350 So we want to put these 399 00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:53,452 out of the way of a draft, 400 00:15:53,452 --> 00:15:55,188 we don't want a draft. 401 00:15:55,188 --> 00:15:57,557 We're just gonna leave these undisturbed 402 00:15:57,557 --> 00:15:59,025 for about 12 hours. 403 00:15:59,025 --> 00:16:00,193 - 12 hours. 404 00:16:00,193 --> 00:16:01,894 - Now if we were doing a canning class, 405 00:16:01,894 --> 00:16:03,830 like we've been doing recently, 406 00:16:03,830 --> 00:16:07,667 we would let everyone go ahead and take theirs home 407 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:10,403 after they cooled down a tiny bit. 408 00:16:10,403 --> 00:16:12,738 - [Chris] You can just smell it, it smells good. 409 00:16:12,738 --> 00:16:14,273 - [Cathy] I know and you can see- 410 00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:15,208 there's goes another pop. 411 00:16:15,208 --> 00:16:16,175 - [Chris] Yeah, I heard it. 412 00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:18,144 - And then you can store these 413 00:16:18,144 --> 00:16:20,246 for up to two years. 414 00:16:20,246 --> 00:16:22,648 We tell people we want them to consume them 415 00:16:22,648 --> 00:16:24,383 within one to two years. 416 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:25,785 I've talked to people who have said, 417 00:16:25,785 --> 00:16:28,354 "Oh, I found some in grandmother's pantry 418 00:16:28,354 --> 00:16:29,856 "from 10 years ago." 419 00:16:29,856 --> 00:16:32,758 I would not recommend eating them, but-- 420 00:16:32,758 --> 00:16:34,093 - [Chris] That's a long time. 421 00:16:34,093 --> 00:16:35,127 - Some people do. 422 00:16:35,127 --> 00:16:36,796 If we had used quarts, 423 00:16:36,796 --> 00:16:40,967 we would have used 1/2 teaspoon of the citric acid 424 00:16:42,134 --> 00:16:45,404 and one teaspoon of the canning salt. 425 00:16:45,404 --> 00:16:47,607 But we still would have pressure canned them 426 00:16:47,607 --> 00:16:50,276 for 15 minutes, pints or quarts. 427 00:16:50,276 --> 00:16:52,144 - All right then, Miss Cathy, 428 00:16:52,144 --> 00:16:53,579 we appreciate that demonstration. 429 00:16:53,579 --> 00:16:54,447 - Thank you, Chris. 430 00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:55,748 (jar lid popping) 431 00:16:55,748 --> 00:16:56,983 Success, there goes another one. 432 00:16:56,983 --> 00:16:57,917 - There's another one, all right! 433 00:16:57,917 --> 00:16:58,851 - Okay, I think that's all five. 434 00:16:58,851 --> 00:17:00,386 Yeah, I think I heard five pops. 435 00:17:00,386 --> 00:17:01,487 Thank you. 436 00:17:01,487 --> 00:17:04,924 (soft instrumental music) 437 00:17:06,492 --> 00:17:09,362 - Okay, so talking about how butterflies feed. 438 00:17:09,362 --> 00:17:11,864 Butterflies feed a little bit differently 439 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,666 than we think of feeding. 440 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:15,668 They taste with their feet, 441 00:17:15,668 --> 00:17:18,170 so that'd be a little gross if people did that, 442 00:17:18,170 --> 00:17:19,372 but for butterflies 443 00:17:19,372 --> 00:17:21,641 they're finding a really good landing source. 444 00:17:21,641 --> 00:17:24,343 Then they have a long, curly tongue called a proboscis 445 00:17:24,343 --> 00:17:26,612 that they're gonna stick down into the flower 446 00:17:26,612 --> 00:17:28,481 to pull out the nectar. 447 00:17:28,481 --> 00:17:30,483 Some good plants in this area to plant. 448 00:17:30,483 --> 00:17:32,485 Springtime you want to look at milkweeds, 449 00:17:32,485 --> 00:17:33,719 not only a nectar source, 450 00:17:33,719 --> 00:17:35,454 but also for caterpillars. 451 00:17:35,454 --> 00:17:36,689 In the summer you want to look 452 00:17:36,689 --> 00:17:38,691 at something maybe like miss flower 453 00:17:38,691 --> 00:17:40,526 and then plant some goldenrods 454 00:17:40,526 --> 00:17:44,697 and some blazing star for fall feeding butterflies. 455 00:17:49,335 --> 00:17:51,570 - All right, Mr. D, here's our Q and A session, 456 00:17:51,570 --> 00:17:52,838 some good questions here. 457 00:17:52,838 --> 00:17:54,507 Let's start with our first viewer email, 458 00:17:54,507 --> 00:17:55,975 "Each year in August and September 459 00:17:55,975 --> 00:17:57,610 "I have a terrible problem. 460 00:17:57,610 --> 00:18:00,813 "What looks like tiny black seeds drop from my pecan tree 461 00:18:00,813 --> 00:18:02,682 "into my pool and stain it. 462 00:18:02,682 --> 00:18:04,317 "What are these seeds? 463 00:18:04,317 --> 00:18:07,253 "Also these bags of caterpillars form 464 00:18:07,253 --> 00:18:09,588 "at the same time on the tree. 465 00:18:09,588 --> 00:18:11,757 "Are the seeds from the tree itself 466 00:18:11,757 --> 00:18:14,126 "or from the worm sacks? 467 00:18:14,126 --> 00:18:16,662 "And what can I do to stop or minimize them?" 468 00:18:16,662 --> 00:18:18,464 and this is from Jude. 469 00:18:18,464 --> 00:18:19,699 Couple of things going on here. 470 00:18:19,699 --> 00:18:21,200 I think I know what you're going to say too. 471 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,668 (laughing) 472 00:18:22,668 --> 00:18:23,603 So what do you think about those tiny black seeds 473 00:18:23,603 --> 00:18:25,271 that are dropping into the pool? 474 00:18:25,271 --> 00:18:26,172 - Don't eat 'em. 475 00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:26,939 - Don't eat 'em. (laughing) 476 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:28,207 - Don't eat 'em. 477 00:18:28,207 --> 00:18:30,943 I would say that it's pretty safe to assume 478 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:33,512 that they are coming from, not the tree, 479 00:18:33,512 --> 00:18:35,314 but from the caterpillars. 480 00:18:35,314 --> 00:18:36,749 - [Chris] From the caterpillars, that's right. 481 00:18:36,749 --> 00:18:38,317 - It's probably worm poo-poo, wouldn't you say? 482 00:18:38,317 --> 00:18:39,352 - And I would say so. 483 00:18:39,352 --> 00:18:40,553 (laughing) 484 00:18:40,553 --> 00:18:42,154 - So I don't know that I would eat 'me. 485 00:18:42,154 --> 00:18:43,656 I probably wouldn't eat 'em 486 00:18:43,656 --> 00:18:45,358 and I wouldn't particularly want to be swimming with them. 487 00:18:45,358 --> 00:18:46,826 - No. 488 00:18:46,826 --> 00:18:49,495 - Yeah, fall webworms, they do a lot of feeding, 489 00:18:49,495 --> 00:18:51,430 they're voracious feeders 490 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:53,466 and anything that eats a lot, poops a lot. 491 00:18:53,466 --> 00:18:54,934 - [Chris] Poops a lot. (laughing) 492 00:18:54,934 --> 00:18:56,202 - [Mr. D] If you have kids you understand that. 493 00:18:56,202 --> 00:18:59,972 - [Chris] I do. (laughing) 494 00:18:59,972 --> 00:19:03,376 - If you try to control the fall webworms, 495 00:19:03,376 --> 00:19:05,711 you know, BT is one of the products 496 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:08,214 that's recommended for fall webworms 497 00:19:08,214 --> 00:19:10,383 and if you put BT in hose-end sprayer 498 00:19:10,383 --> 00:19:13,019 and try to cover the tree as much as you can 499 00:19:13,019 --> 00:19:15,287 before you see the webworms 500 00:19:16,655 --> 00:19:20,493 because they're there before you see the web form 501 00:19:20,493 --> 00:19:23,396 and they're feeding and they're little 502 00:19:23,396 --> 00:19:25,297 and they're easy to kill. 503 00:19:25,297 --> 00:19:28,968 So sometime earlier than when you normally start to see 504 00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:31,070 these black seeds fall in your swimming pool 505 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:33,439 go out there with a hose-end sprayer 506 00:19:33,439 --> 00:19:35,107 and be sure that BT is there 507 00:19:35,107 --> 00:19:37,076 waiting on those fall webworms 508 00:19:37,076 --> 00:19:40,613 and spray it, cover as much of the tree as you can 509 00:19:40,613 --> 00:19:42,081 and that should help you 510 00:19:42,081 --> 00:19:43,816 probably as much as anything. 511 00:19:43,816 --> 00:19:45,518 - I guess when it rains, do you have to reapply? 512 00:19:45,518 --> 00:19:47,153 - Oh yeah, when it rains you have to reapply 513 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:49,221 and I do that two or three times. 514 00:19:49,221 --> 00:19:52,358 The good thing about it is BT is so safe 515 00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:53,759 you don't have to worry about 516 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:55,528 a little bit of it dripping off in your pool, 517 00:19:55,528 --> 00:19:57,696 it's a lot safer than the little black seeds. 518 00:19:57,696 --> 00:19:59,365 - [Chris] Oh, that's right. (laughing) 519 00:19:59,365 --> 00:20:00,633 - The little black seeds probably, 520 00:20:00,633 --> 00:20:01,967 may have E. Coli in 'em. 521 00:20:01,967 --> 00:20:03,069 - Oh boy, I didn't think about that. 522 00:20:03,069 --> 00:20:04,570 - That's a possibility, you know? 523 00:20:04,570 --> 00:20:05,838 - I didn't think about that. 524 00:20:05,838 --> 00:20:07,239 - It's a possibility, of course you've got, 525 00:20:07,239 --> 00:20:08,574 I'm sure you've got chlorine in the pool 526 00:20:08,574 --> 00:20:10,176 that might help you out there. 527 00:20:10,176 --> 00:20:13,679 - All right, Jude, we hope that helps you out, okay. 528 00:20:13,679 --> 00:20:17,283 - I'm really afraid, I'm worried about a certain pecan tree, 529 00:20:17,283 --> 00:20:19,085 I'm afraid it's about to get cut down. 530 00:20:19,085 --> 00:20:20,786 - Oh, boy, over the pool right. 531 00:20:20,786 --> 00:20:22,888 - Over the pool, the one over the pool. 532 00:20:22,888 --> 00:20:24,523 - All right, here's our next viewer email, 533 00:20:24,523 --> 00:20:28,794 "How do you cure blossom end rot on tomatoes?" 534 00:20:28,794 --> 00:20:30,296 We seem to get a lot of tomato questions 535 00:20:30,296 --> 00:20:31,731 toward the end of the season, huh? 536 00:20:31,731 --> 00:20:32,531 - Right. 537 00:20:32,531 --> 00:20:33,866 - Blossom end rot, 538 00:20:33,866 --> 00:20:35,968 we all know that's a calcium deficiency. 539 00:20:35,968 --> 00:20:38,537 - Calcium deficiency, be careful with blossom end rot, 540 00:20:38,537 --> 00:20:40,506 that you don't treat the symptoms 541 00:20:40,506 --> 00:20:42,808 rather than the problem itself 542 00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:45,211 and that is a calcium deficiency 543 00:20:45,211 --> 00:20:47,213 and if, it may be possible 544 00:20:47,213 --> 00:20:50,349 that you have enough calcium in the soil 545 00:20:50,349 --> 00:20:53,319 and if you have dry conditions, really dry conditions, 546 00:20:53,319 --> 00:20:56,088 sometimes the plant is unable to take calcium up 547 00:20:56,088 --> 00:20:58,924 and you have some blossom end rot. 548 00:21:00,159 --> 00:21:02,194 - Because calcium moves real slow in the plant. 549 00:21:02,194 --> 00:21:03,963 - It moves very slow into the plant. 550 00:21:03,963 --> 00:21:05,364 So for that reason, 551 00:21:05,364 --> 00:21:07,633 you know, during dry conditions, irrigate 552 00:21:07,633 --> 00:21:10,269 and water your tomatoes if you can. 553 00:21:10,269 --> 00:21:12,738 But make sure you soil test, 554 00:21:12,738 --> 00:21:14,440 make sure your pH is right 555 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:17,409 and you've got calcium levels up where they need to be 556 00:21:17,409 --> 00:21:19,111 and you shouldn't have any problem. 557 00:21:19,111 --> 00:21:21,280 I mean you can buy products that's called stop rot, 558 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,249 that are calcium chloride and all that 559 00:21:23,249 --> 00:21:24,783 but if you do that, 560 00:21:24,783 --> 00:21:28,187 you're basically treating the symptom of the problem 561 00:21:28,187 --> 00:21:31,190 and it's probably gonna give you very little relief 562 00:21:31,190 --> 00:21:32,625 because it moves so slowly, 563 00:21:32,625 --> 00:21:34,326 calcium moves so slowly in the plant. 564 00:21:34,326 --> 00:21:36,128 - Something else I'd like to add to that, 565 00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:37,229 to mulch. 566 00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:38,731 Cause it helps regulate soil moisture. 567 00:21:38,731 --> 00:21:41,600 - Right, right and it can conserve soil moisture. 568 00:21:41,600 --> 00:21:43,569 - So I would do that. 569 00:21:43,569 --> 00:21:45,371 - Mulch those tomatoes, that's right. 570 00:21:45,371 --> 00:21:47,306 - Standard question you get towards the end of the season, 571 00:21:47,306 --> 00:21:48,908 seems like there's always tomato questions. 572 00:21:48,908 --> 00:21:50,142 - Yep, blossom end rot. 573 00:21:50,142 --> 00:21:51,377 - Yeah, blossom end rot. 574 00:21:51,377 --> 00:21:52,878 All right, here's our next viewer email, 575 00:21:52,878 --> 00:21:55,281 "I have a well established blueberry plant in the ground. 576 00:21:55,281 --> 00:21:57,283 "Can I move it to a container? 577 00:21:57,283 --> 00:21:59,285 "The container I'm thinking about it two feet wide 578 00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:00,986 "and 18 inches deep?" 579 00:22:00,986 --> 00:22:03,088 And this is from Matt in Midtown. 580 00:22:03,088 --> 00:22:05,424 So he wants to move the blueberry 581 00:22:05,424 --> 00:22:07,927 from the ground to a container. 582 00:22:07,927 --> 00:22:10,062 What do you think about that? 583 00:22:10,062 --> 00:22:11,363 - I would guess and I don't know, 584 00:22:11,363 --> 00:22:13,232 I would guess that Max-- 585 00:22:13,232 --> 00:22:14,867 - [Chris] Matt, do you mean? 586 00:22:14,867 --> 00:22:18,437 - Bought a house that had this blueberry already there. 587 00:22:18,437 --> 00:22:20,072 And he wants to move it 588 00:22:20,072 --> 00:22:21,974 and I would say, no, don't try it. 589 00:22:21,974 --> 00:22:23,008 - [Chris] No, okay. 590 00:22:23,008 --> 00:22:24,443 - I would say no, 591 00:22:24,443 --> 00:22:26,645 because it's not the easiest thing in the world 592 00:22:26,645 --> 00:22:29,448 to get a well established blueberry. 593 00:22:29,448 --> 00:22:31,617 You have to have the soil conditions right, 594 00:22:31,617 --> 00:22:35,287 you've got to have a low pH, between 4.8 and 5.2 pH. 595 00:22:35,287 --> 00:22:36,555 You have to have-- 596 00:22:36,555 --> 00:22:37,990 - [Chris] Which is hard to get. 597 00:22:37,990 --> 00:22:39,391 - It's hard to get, you've got to usually add 598 00:22:39,391 --> 00:22:41,393 elemental sulfur to the area 599 00:22:41,393 --> 00:22:42,928 to get the pH low enough. 600 00:22:42,928 --> 00:22:44,463 Then you've got to, 601 00:22:44,463 --> 00:22:47,032 at planting you need to add two or three 602 00:22:47,032 --> 00:22:51,337 good shovel-fulls of a good sphagnum Canadian peat-moss 603 00:22:51,337 --> 00:22:52,938 into the planting hole 604 00:22:52,938 --> 00:22:56,208 to get the organic matter good in that planting hole. 605 00:22:56,208 --> 00:22:58,577 So whoever planted that blueberry plant 606 00:22:58,577 --> 00:23:00,879 did all that and they got that going good. 607 00:23:00,879 --> 00:23:03,515 But blueberry plants, if they're the rabbit-eye types 608 00:23:03,515 --> 00:23:04,950 that we recommend in this area, 609 00:23:04,950 --> 00:23:06,752 they're gonna get 20 feet tall-- 610 00:23:06,752 --> 00:23:08,487 - [Chris] That's a pretty good size. 611 00:23:08,487 --> 00:23:09,922 - If you let 'em, if you don't prune 'em. 612 00:23:09,922 --> 00:23:11,624 And so you're talking about digging this plant up 613 00:23:11,624 --> 00:23:13,459 and putting it in a container 614 00:23:13,459 --> 00:23:16,195 that you're putting potting soil in there 615 00:23:16,195 --> 00:23:18,264 and is the potting soil gonna be the right pH? 616 00:23:18,264 --> 00:23:21,634 Is it gonna have the right amount of organic matter? 617 00:23:21,634 --> 00:23:23,135 If he wants one in that container 618 00:23:23,135 --> 00:23:26,171 I would suggest that he go buy a small blueberry plant 619 00:23:26,171 --> 00:23:27,773 and plant it in the container, 620 00:23:27,773 --> 00:23:29,775 but leave that one established alone, 621 00:23:29,775 --> 00:23:31,243 leave it there if you can. 622 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:32,478 Unless it's in an area 623 00:23:32,478 --> 00:23:35,214 that you're gonna build onto the house 624 00:23:35,214 --> 00:23:38,384 or, you know, that you need that area for something else. 625 00:23:38,384 --> 00:23:40,419 I don't recommend trying to move 626 00:23:40,419 --> 00:23:41,987 a well established blueberry plant. 627 00:23:41,987 --> 00:23:44,456 Now if you have blueberry plants 628 00:23:44,456 --> 00:23:46,792 that you planted two or three years ago 629 00:23:46,792 --> 00:23:49,762 and you didn't do all those things that I suggested you do, 630 00:23:49,762 --> 00:23:51,730 if they're still alive, they're just sittin' there 631 00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:52,998 and they're not growing. 632 00:23:52,998 --> 00:23:54,533 - [Chris] Okay, so then you could do that. 633 00:23:54,533 --> 00:23:57,603 - So dig those up and put 'em in a pot, 634 00:23:57,603 --> 00:24:01,273 but make sure the pH is right and all that is right. 635 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:02,441 - Anything that's well established 636 00:24:02,441 --> 00:24:03,776 I always tell folks to leave it. 637 00:24:03,776 --> 00:24:04,977 - [Mr. D] Leave it alone. 638 00:24:04,977 --> 00:24:06,245 - Because my concern, one of my concerns 639 00:24:06,245 --> 00:24:07,513 is if you're gonna dig it up, 640 00:24:07,513 --> 00:24:08,681 you're not gonna get all the root system anyway. 641 00:24:08,681 --> 00:24:09,515 - [Mr. D] No. 642 00:24:09,515 --> 00:24:10,749 - So don't stress it. 643 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:13,285 - The root system on most plants, 644 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:16,221 including trees, go out about 1 1/2 times 645 00:24:16,221 --> 00:24:18,057 the height of the plant. 646 00:24:18,057 --> 00:24:19,825 So that means if that blueberry plant 647 00:24:19,825 --> 00:24:21,360 is three feet tall, 648 00:24:21,360 --> 00:24:24,496 then it's got three, plus 1 1/2, 649 00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:26,765 four-and-a-half feet at least 650 00:24:26,765 --> 00:24:28,634 out from the base of that plant, 651 00:24:28,634 --> 00:24:31,670 it may be further, cause they're gonna go in the topsoil 652 00:24:31,670 --> 00:24:35,774 and you're talking about how large is the container? 653 00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:38,510 - [Chris] Two feet wide, 18 inches deep, not big enough. 654 00:24:38,510 --> 00:24:40,512 - No, not gonna work. 655 00:24:40,512 --> 00:24:42,047 - Not gonna work. 656 00:24:42,047 --> 00:24:44,783 All right Matt, so I hope that helps. 657 00:24:44,783 --> 00:24:47,186 - Hope that helps, but we saved the blueberry plant, 658 00:24:47,186 --> 00:24:48,487 we killed a pecan tree-- 659 00:24:48,487 --> 00:24:50,089 - Yeah, but we saved the blueberry. 660 00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:51,357 - Maybe we saved the blueberry bush. 661 00:24:51,357 --> 00:24:52,358 (laughing) 662 00:24:52,358 --> 00:24:53,158 - All right, Mr. D, thanks a lot. 663 00:24:53,158 --> 00:24:54,126 Appreciate that. 664 00:24:54,126 --> 00:24:55,394 - Good deal. 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