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Well ddidn't we have the most
beautiful weekend. I hope they

were visiting with families
that you had a delicious dinner

and everybody got along well
and I know you enjoyed just

being outside and enjoying the
wonderful South Carolina

whether. We had and that you are
all fired up to go in and

really get your yard ready for
the rest of spring. if you are

and they have to yet things
you'd like to know about well

we've got a great panel here
tonight and our toll free lines

are open. So give us a call and
if you want to talk with each

other about things and not even
after opening that you are so

lucky because on Terasa Lott who
does so many things

for us. Besides just coming on
Tuesday to help is got to chat

room up and ready to go. Terasa.
Thanks Amanda. The landscape

continues to spring to life. In
fact this weekend I was able to

see Eastern Sweetshrub one of
our native Kelly campus

Florida's blooming in
Williamson park in Darlington. I

hope you are taking the time to
observe the Wonderful World

around you and encourage you to
join me in the chat room this

evening. If you need
instructions on how to

participate I'll provide those
in just a few minutes but right

now let's start making it grow.

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A beautiful Tuesday evening to
you. We're

so glad that you can join
us. We're a collaborative

effort between Clemson Extension
& SCETV. Trying

to bring you research based
information. In a way that won't

put you to sleep.isn't that
right Tony? Thats right.

it coming to you from beautiful
Sumter South Carolina Swan

Lake Iris Gardens is always a
gem to visit. But right now of

course like the rest of the
state it is truly just exquisite

beautiful. I'm Amanda McNulty
and I'm a Clemson Extension

agent. I get to come over with
smart people and help you

hopefully figure out what to do
with your yard and Jackie

Jordan is the extension agent
in Kershaw, Richland and

Fairfield counties and Jackie
you are kind

of my turf go to person. and
everybody I

go to this I went to one of
the big box in

the rock and and even today or
some places and I was buying

fertilizer and pre emergent and
post emergent and I was like

gosh I wish Jackie were here.She
could tell them what they should

be doing in their yard right
now. This time of year it's too

early to fertilize. You don't
wanna fertilize your lawn until

the night time temperatures are
in the seventies and stay in

the seventies and we're still
seeing the forties in Columbia.

so to early. You kind of waste
the fertilizer and you are you

are because the grass isn't
going to take it up and use it.

It's going to be taken up by the
weeds and they're going to grow.

It's going to move down to the
soil column and be lost. Okay so

you're just throwing money away
your money away from us pre

emergent you do you want to be
careful especially on centipede

can damage your lawn
pre emergent

.There's lots of different ones
so it depends on what weed

problem yeah dressing yeah so
a lot of the weeds that you're

seeing right now are winter
weeds thats gonna be killed

out by the heat and so you're
gonna have to make so many

applications with post emergent.
that they've already got it so

lots of times we say mow the
grass and let the clippings

fall. But right now and catch
those weed seeds. right

here
the best thing to do is just

put a bag on and just try to
keep as many of those seeds from

getting back into the soil okay
and let mother nature took a

course in the heat will come
out in just a few weeks anyway

There you go. because it will
get hot it will be hard to get

and Tony Melton our small fruit
and vegetable specialist is

the fact that it gets so hot at
night now. Has been causing a

problem for our farmers who
want to grow butter

beans. Lets talk about it being
so let's talk about

where that
fits in with the economies of

some farmers Tony and what
you're trying to do to help

them with that situation. Well
with all the root crop

situation now the prices are
down in this hard for farmers

to make money so a lot of them
are trying to do

diversification and grow other
things such as butter beans

butter beans is a no it's a
jewel of the south. I love my

butter beans and so they're
trying to go but being so

contacted farming common but
they've been having trouble and

not getting the crops that they
were expecting. Because of the

night I heat that we're getting
nighttime heat. Yeah what

happens is butter beans like
the heat

night still flowers I callem
little wimpy Amanda and a lot

They a little wimpy there they a
little wimpy they don't

it gets too hot at night
if it stays too

hot above seventy six degrees at
night they will fall and like

last year. We had a real
shortage of butter beans last

year because it gets hot June
then nobody produced Danny and

then I've seen people actually
get in scuffles over butter

beans. When they were available
they say I got those first.

So Tony your trying to do some
research at the PD Rec. on

selecting planning a lot of
different Butterbean seeds and

then selecting the ones that
seem to show some promise.

That's right I got some
varieties well some selections

that are heat tolerant. Okay
I'm just trying to multiply the

seed out now my own get we can
get it out

to the farm to see you fight.
[laughing] Christian Threatt

is with us tonight and she's
the education coordinator at

Old Canal Park in Moncks Corner
and she's got

a very exciting event coming
up Christian what have

you got planned for us down
there in Moncks Corner?

Hi there. So I'm Kristin Threatt
from old Santee canal park.

This weekend we have our native
plant festival. We're super

excited we'll talk a little bit
about that later in the show

and we're also going to come
over go over some awesome

native plants of South Carolina.
Okay. Thank you so much. Old

Santee Canal Park excuse me on
but it really

is a wonderful park and we can
learn more

about it in a minute the right
now we're

gonna check in with Terasa
because she has our chatters

ready to get up and go and if
somebody isn't familiar with

getting in I think she's got
something special to tell us to

make it even easier Terasa and
you've been doing some homework

and fiddling around to Making It
Grow page ?

Just a little bit. So we try to
make the process of doing the

chat conversation very user
friendly. The only trick comes

into play when you're trying to
use a mobile device. So we added

that new notes tab to the page
and you'll see that there are

instructions on how to join the
chat room. If you scroll down

you can read the directions
about clicking on the chat link

and then it talks about if
you're using an apple mobile

device. What you need to do is
look for this little share icon

it's that square with the arrow
pointing out. Push on there and

then scroll to the icon where
it says request desktop site.

And that should get you
connected from your mobile

device as long as it's an apple
product. If it's something else

we may need to find the tricks
and tips for that. Also on that

notes tab is the community
happenings Vicki and Sean put

this together. This will help
you to find out all about the

gardening and landscaping
related events so maybe you're

looking for something this
weekend and you can see that

there are a variety of things
happening on Friday and

Saturday. So lots to do probably
something no matter where

you're located in this state. So
click on that Making It Grow

chat room link to or from your
mobile device follow those

instructions.I hope to be
chatting with you very soon

Amanda back to you. Thank you.
ya'll please go to the

community events so many people
graciously sharing the yards

for garden tours right now and
if you think that they clean up

their house when their mother in
law is coming over you want to

see what
I mean the yard to just gonna

be beautiful and they go to a
lot of work and for many

organizations this as a fund
raiser and then they can use

that to beautify their
community so please we just had

so many people call in and be
I'm so we put it all together

so you can go and find out
what's going on near you and

fans of the close by or you can
even plan a road trip. Which is

a fun thing to do
everything in South Carolina

such beautiful so beautiful this
time of year. Well Lou

is calling us. Thank you for
calling us from Surfside and

tell us how we can help you
please.

Well Amanda thank you much and
happy belated easter to you

in beautiful Twilight here in
South Carolina.

here I do hear part of the
opening

about the centipede.That was
part of my question. I was

trying to be a neighbor and help
my my my my partner out

next door and spray some of his
weeds and killed some of his

grass and he got all p owed at
me. is great you got all listen

Jerry it's gonna come back.
Don't worry. but I did hear the

opening and I did get to hear
the results on what happened.

But I do believe that the
centipede will come back. I have

a question for Tony and this
might be off the cuff Tony but I

started for my granddaughter a
pine apple top. I am

wondering if it will ever
produce? It's grown

pretty darn big and I just
curious it'll ever produce

any pineapple? If that's
possible?

I'm sorry go ahead. Besides that
everything else is going good.

well we had a nice little spring
so far so thank you much.

Okay thank you for
calling we appreciate it. You

enjoy yourself down there let's
start with you Tony and then

will switch over and get a
little bit more information on

the centipede at that site so
he's got this pineapple the end

and it will produce fruit it
just takes a long time so it's

not something you can do
outside in South Carolina goes

is gonna to take all right
through the winter now to get

the produce fruit now you can
do it in green house or in a

sun room in places like that and
it will produce fruit

that it just comes back on
the top and you can get

a fruit but it will be awhile
okay so but with about

two years or something like
that yeah just don't be at home

we do still have the Hawaii
weather here Amanda.

Gosh darn it. But we've got he's
sprayed

centipede number little bit I
know says it's centipede if you

use herbicides often and you
have to use even the smell of

reduced amount the real
sensitive and there are no

facilities will come back well
it's really depending on what

he used there were two four d
the camber

that can in higher strains can
hurt your lawn. The centipede

tends to be fairly aggressive
that I have seen centipede

combat where most of the yard
was dead it was just a small

patch and is grown in and filled
in.

The base there it's a fairly
aggressive quick growing grass

okay in as long as it's
given what

it wants culturally okay so
don't fertilize it too much

love it to death just kind of
leave it alone and let it be an

okay it'll felons soak
what that's why it is so

important because some grasses
can even you can even use

particular herbicides on back
there are fine other grasses

and then on some of them you
have to reduce the amount back

St Augustine there are very few
chemicals that you can use on

St Augustine effectively you
there's more options for

centipede up certainly Bermuda
and Zoysia have different

options available to them
different strains can be used

so it's very important to check
the fact sheet that we have on

the weeds and read the label
read them. Thank you so much for

explaining that to us and we'll
hope that that we're going to

have a pineapple milkshake.
Charlotte is calling from

Lamar. Charlotte we sure happy
to hear from you and what's

going on up there that we might
be able to help you with.

Well I got two persimmon trees
to one make the big persimmons.

Yeah. I thought I was watching
them and my husband say did you

see all those bugs on the trees
I went and said no. I went

and it looks almost like
a Japanese beetle like a

lady bug. It is hard and I don't
know what they are I want to

find out what they are so I can
get rid of them cause I don't

want them to kill my two trees.
Now this is a persimmon tree or

pomegranate tree? Persimmon it's
the big Persimmons...

Okay. The one you would call
Korean Persimmon...

Yeah, Yeah! Okay! Those Asian
ones. Yeah They're Asian right!

I dont want to, I'm trying to
keep the alive. I don't want

those fancy whatever it is to
get rid of,

to kill them. So you're seeing,
figure out what's on them.

you're seeing some kind of
insect on it, you think?

Yeah! It's got a hard shell on
it and I missed and

popped one off today and it's
still, It's some kind

of bug or something inside of
it. I'm just not real sure what

that is. Anybody got any idea?
Might have stink bugs That'll be

the only thing I know. She said
it had a hard shell

or some kind of bug inside it. I
don't,

Simmons grow anywhere. You know.

Usually don't have any problems.
Charlotte I think you

you could you got a phone that
takes pictures?

No I dont. I bet your
grandchildren do.

But I'll tell you what I can do.
I can bring a piece of it to the

flower show. Yeah. Good Good
Tony usually be out there.

and I can bring a piece of it
and let them see what it is.

Your problems if anybody can
tell you it'll be Tony. And we

want you to enjoy those
persimmons. Now aren't they

delicious?
Yes they sure are. Okay! Thank

you so much. And be sure that
you get a good bumper crop.

You bring that over to Tony and
let it take a look at it. Okay?

All righty!

Jackie, I think you've got

something that you walked out in
the yard and found and said. Ah!

What a happy occasion. My little
Chinese ground orchid. Uh huh.

Now hold it real still so they
can get a good picture.

There you go. And the color is
just beautiful

Isn't it? Yeah
and with that shirt of yours

we feel like you've got
an old master artist

that put you up together. There
you go. And it's got a

bla-tea-cha?
Bla...bla. Bletilla

Chinese ground orchid and they
are growing in dry shade in my

yard. So it's just a pop of
color for shade. Okay, okay!

Well, it sure is pretty No you
don't have to do a thing in

the world to it do you?
No No. Yeah!

Our kind of plant. Exactly.

Well, thank you for sharing it
with us. You're welcome.

Alton lives down in Myrtle
Beach.

Alton what's going on down
your way?

Yes a question concerns rose
bushes. I forgot to trim, Well I

didn't forget. I kept pushing
off trimming my rose bushes back

one Spring and now one of my
rose bushes all it has on it is

just green leaves. It's not
putting out new buds or

anything. Is it too late for me
to cut my rose bushes back?

My goodness. I didn't cut man
back and I pick roses that are

all over Terasa's
desk today. He

He's does. He just has some
leaves. Did you fertilize it?

Are you still there Alton?
I'm still here. But I'm

having trouble hearing you. Did
you frtilize it?

I'm sorry. Say that again. Did
you put fertilizer on it?

No, not overly. I did just a
little bit but not a lot of

fertilizer. Okay
I don't know why it didn't have

any
blooms. What do you think he

should , just...?
Would you cut it right now?

I would imagine you, what I
would do is take a look at the

overall shrub itself and see if
it is so overgrown that it would

present a problem. Like
sometimes the knockouts get so

overgrown and it's so, Dense?
Dense. The sun, Well you have

more spider mite problems. You
have more insect problems. So if

that was the case then I would
come in and I would do some

heading pruning cuts, where you
actually take the branch

thinning pruning cuts where you
actually take the branch all the

way back to where it ends. To
open it up for more light.

Okay. Circulation to allow

more blooms in there. But if it
looks fine I would just imagine

he's probably gonna get some
blooms soon. Yeah Yeah.

Mine has just started having
some flowers. And Tony

be careful, you you like
the baby food approach to

fertilize. That's right. Always
just spoon feed. Okay.

Just a little bit at a time.

That's a pretty thing that you
got. That's a beautiful little
shrub

rose yeah Baffert Tom this
flowers all over now the only

thing I see is I do have some
anthracnose and some black spot

on it and you know if they can
they can put up with a lot of

it can't and really the only
academic difference is really

get a good look at it with us
this is a loopy yeah sale if

you look still if each side
hello I can see the difference

between the two two different
types of diseases can treat for

treat for the diseases. Okay but
a lot of roses can

tolerate those issues with and
without a

without okay thank you well
I'm going to go

and find out what Kristin to
share with us to get us all

excited about her native plant
event that she's having and

while we do that we can check
it Terasa and hear the latest

news from the chat room. Terasa
what is the news?

Thanks Amanda. We've been
talking a lot about wildlife.

Specifically bluebirds in their
nesting habitats and lots of

people excited about having
either eggs or babies or in the

my case, I have babies who have
already fled and ready for

another nest. This is the time
is show when I get to provide a

water quality tip. So tonight
I'd like to take the

opportunity to promote our
master rain Gardner

certification program. There is
a website if you just went to

Clemson and search master rain
Gardner. You'd find it very

easily this was developed by
Kim counts Morgan Elena to see

right there on the screen so
registration for this program

is coming up it's stops on may
the third and the course begins

on may the sixth. This is all
about rain water harvesting and

rain gardens and it happens to
be two tracks. We have a letter

of completion track that's open
to anyone so might be a general

homeowner, master gardener,
master naturalist. There also is

a certification track and
that's geared more toward the

professional audience. Who might
want to install a rain garden

or rain water harvesting system
in someone's yard. I'll be sure

to share the link on our
Facebook page. So it's right at

your fingertips and you'll be
able to learn more about those

water conservation measures. Now
let's check back in with Amanda

and her guest.Kristin Threet
comes up today from Moncks

Corner. From the Old Santee
Canal Park. You've got

a big event planned on Saturday
yes ma'am. So we have

our second native plant
festival. We're very excited.

we'll have plants available.
We're having several vendors we

have presentations from native
plant experts. It's gonna be

awesome. Now I think you can
even get lunch there. Can't you?

You can absolutely. I came last
year for us to see lunch.

Because when you someplace at
that you say you know you don't

always have time to pick picnic
and so it's nice to support

local people who come in.
Absolutely. And then to

go home to perhaps of some
beautiful plants

yeah we so interested native
plants these days fronts

reasons everyone's wildlife so
native plants provide shelter

and food sources to native
wildlife. Which is great and for

Gardner's because already
adapted to soil conditions in

the climate. They don't need a
lot of extra watering. They

don't need a lot of extra
fertilization how many just

really help balance out the
natural ecosystem is wonderful.

And their two groups of insects
that we don't think about

a lot whitch are pollinators.
Yes ma'am which can be bees.

yeah humming birds and I'm and
then also caterpillars and so

the native pollinators everybody
thinks about the bees the bees

so he's right out but not all of
it is so extraordinary important

thing. Absolutely so the
pollinators are really really

important. But like you said
there's also so many plants

that are larval hosts which
we'll talk about a little bit

which are also super important.
And that's because of the need

that birds have to feed protein.
Yeah absolutely. So it's a whole

cycle which is beautiful.
And native plants and the birds

came together to coevolution so
really they're not a lot of

plants that are exotic that we
brought here that will

support the larval canopy the
larval stage of the butterflies

and moths and that's makes it
critical. Absolutely because

these native plants have have
adapted and evolved with these

other species and they already
have those interactions. Well

let's start with some of the
most start down there with that

I believe that's what our
native honeysuckle. Absolutely

so I love this this native
honeysuckle is coral

honeysuckle is one of my
favorites.

It's ever green it comes in a
red or yellow bloom is

beautiful and it's wonderful
for hummingbirds. I sometimes I

see hummingbirds more at this
than my feeder which is really

cool that needs something to
clamor onside kick like a

trellis or a piece of chicken
it's a great climber not too

aggressive trellis is wonderful
an Arbor is wonderful really

great climber okay and and then
again evergreen and it blooms

sporadically. also me get amazed
this massive flustered blooms

but then you can call also
absolutely my goodness and the

next it we've got yellow top
one of my favorite new wild

flowers so this is lance leave
Korea offices there several

species with this is that for
the most common. Great for

pollinators. So all kinds of
different insects butterflies

this was really cool because it
grows in clusters of but it can

have large colonies. Okay. This
is when the kind used to be kept

on its own or in its own special
raised bed, it will start

to spread out okay but but if
you have an area where you've

got room this is a great one
right one it has four much of

loops office several yeah
that's it isn't really that is

doing its job for more than
just a week or two it was

hanging on there for spring and
summer okay right next to it we

have a little south yep. So this
one's called scarlet stages in

the south of your family I love
this one because it has is it's

going to have these really
pretty red blooms. And has the

one that is really
I was in the early he need to

come rejuvenate
and it offers a nice pop of

color to because it has is red
flowers. Is also really good for

hummingbirds and for
butterflies. Now this when you

said is pretty adaptable it is
yeah so and it doesn't get very

tall so it's a nice one to kind
of you can group together you

can
and sometimes it helps to track

the pollinators I guess if the
final round of the goodness of

options okay and then this will
also is continuing

to set last year the one that
you planted in your yard

was [moaning] yeah so they start
but don't be don't be surprised

when this is one of the
milkweed yes Sir this is rob

mills lane it does like a lot
of water but you can do that so

if you get a lot of rain this
will shoot up it produces a

woody stems about an inch and a
half in diameter and then it

has those beautiful milk we
flowers I've seen hummingbirds

on this but it's really great
as a food source for monarch

caterpillars I was really
excited last year my first

you're going this I had twenty
six monarch caterpillars on

this planet that is really
but I'm completely easy and I'm

established will come once yes
absolutely and so that would be

someone stay so you know where
the planet

yeah and then and then you just
turn that off and then you have

your new plan okay okay and
then this one has already you

can see the flowers that are
there yes. And this is just my

own plant but just this report
in every garden absolutely I

love this one it has an
interesting work you can use as

an ornamental but has is really
pretty clusters of white

flowers this is a yeah this is
a R.

I.
yes ma'am and this is good for

native bees so we have a lot of
native species of bees not

necessarily honey producing but
so important pollinators and

the native bees are interesting
and that most of them a

solitary and so even though you
might find an area sometimes it

in the ground with a little
nest they're not aggressive at

all because they're not trying
to defend the college actually

he got it so don't be afraid of
me no no no no George

in your garden
and then this to me because

when you bought into the
flowers open and even at the

bright lights of the studio it
has its own internal clock yes

because it's fun yeah close up
a little bit so this is the

Stokes ask so this is quite a
lot of the answers are farmers

but this actually blooms all
through the summer which is

really as a really long bloom
time has these beautiful purple

flowers which I love in really
great for pollinators and

butterflies but in the coverage
is very handsome is just an

overall handsome
it's got one of Italy's it's

just really nice to look very
attractive easy as pie easier

is easy but just go to sleep at
night that's right and then

over here we have one of those
wonderful colorful verbena I

know I love this so much this
is a native verbena the rose

vervain we were talking earlier
about the need to strangers is

been fun but this one is great
really great for hummingbirds

and butterflies okay the reason
why I like it though is great

ground cover because it's
creeping and it kind of forms

these dense mats so what kind
of creep over which I really

like she can have it on the
ground but I've also put it up

in boxes and it creeps over
pretty it's very pretty and so

it's got a little too far which
is perfect for those poor #*#*#*#*

absolutely going to get that
nectar now and we have somebody

who does not have colorful
flowers now but it's a very

important part of our native
community absolutely so this is

a wax myrtle. This is one of my
favorite native smaller trees.

It is has a lot of benefits. So
in the winter time the female

plants produce a blue gray
berry. Which is really great

for bird species unisource at
the bayberry candle right some

colonial times down there
Waxman

so they're not those down on
also has a lot of insects so

the around one fees on this in
the winter time which is great

has a spicy fragrant leaves
this is really good for habitat

restoration creating screens
and hedges and also this plan

can get big I've seen him use
like from the live oak trees

that way they also respond my
nicely to being cut back did you

fill out there now some
selections that are smaller

they're perfect for
smaller yards.

Absolutely I'm just
not getting to a

minimum and just in the flames
of a fragrance is

just a a wonderful plant that
really as you said is important

for wildlife like the many
different events yeah well I'm

so this Saturday what time of
things going to get going down

there. So they go in at nine AM
SO runs from nine AM to three

PM. Okay and then there's a
young have a big part there

lots of places to walk into
the US are causing people to

come out enjoyed the
presentations we have and then

we have like I said a two
hundred acre park. So we we have

four miles of trails and
boardwalks.

It's a beautiful place so come
enjoy it. And so if it's going

to be a dreary day it should
not keeping people away or you

on things can be an asset most
of the plant festival activities

will be inside the interpreter
center. Okay so either way

yeah absolutely shine. route it
ad deals to sanity canal

well we are so happy that you
came to telling so much for

having us. Now we check back
with Terasa.

We just heard a lot about
native plants the opposite

would be a non native plant now
not all non natives are bad.

However some non natives have
the potential to be extremely

invasive and they do when I so
we say they take over the world.

We happen to see one such
plant in Williamson park this

past weekend I just shared this
photo in the chat room. Now

first looks you'd probably say
that is a magnificent looking

flower and indeed it is but be
aware all that glitters is not

gold. Like the proverb says so
this is called the yellow flag

iris. It's known by the
scientific name iris suit a

chorus and it is non native to
the United States. It is fast

growing fast spreading and
there you can see the entire

plant where we had picked it as
so it's laying on a flat on the

boardwalk, but it will
outcompete other wetland plants

forming almost an impenetrable
thicket. So bewear this is

often available in the trade we
have a beautiful native species

with sort of a lie what color
the blue flag iris Iris

virginica so make sure you do
your duty before purchasing any

plants and be sure not to
install anything that might be

invasive. There are lots of
resources out there through

Clemson and through the South
Carolina exotic plant past

council as well. Now let's go
back to Tony, Amanda and Jackie.

A lot of times people will give
you things that multiply

unpleasantly and Tony I think
that's probably what happened

here looks like you've got some
of that Iris pseudacorus with

you has tried that someone gave
me some one time and way

back long time ago it it became
a thick mass of roots.

Down in my little pond and
I had time getting it

out. It was bigger these desks.
yes I hooked a chain into it to

pull it out with my truck. No!
To get it out of my pond.

and so you saw this in in place
where it shouldn't have been and

we hope that those people will
also quickly decide and learn

that this is not something we
want to promote. Don't make my

mistake and as we said the blue
flag would just be a perfect

venue so that's native and not
going to take over the world.

Okay. Harold is calling us from
Pacolet.Hello Harold

we're delighted to hear
from you.

Hello. Hey how are you what's
your question.

I'm doing great I enjoy your
show. Well thank you.

I have a wife that has a
beautiful flower bed. But I'm

having problem with grass. I put
mulch out. Are they some kind of

stuff I can spray to help kill
it? I don't want to kill them

flowers or I'm gonna have to
leave the house. We don't want

you to have to live on bologna
sandwiches the rest of your

life yeah she's got you know and
sometimes that kind of native

I call it wiregrass that
Bermuda grass gets involved it's

it is hard to get rid of. What
can he do besides just

put mulch down Jackie? Could you
put down several

sheets of newspaper under the
mulch perhaps or something like

that that may be able
to suppress a

little bit but wiregrass is
got to it's going to come

back. It's aggressive. In any
chemical that you use is only

going to suppress it. You're not
ever gonna eradicated, and even

chemical applications you are
coming in your applying it once

every thirty days just to try
and knock it back. to what we

need if it is why Chris is bad
I would definitely make sure

that I'm keeping at least three
inches of mulch

to try to shaded out.
I would just go in there and

try to mechanically remove as
much as I can. Yeah

And then they do make sponge
applicators that can be where

you can just take the sponge
applicator put it directly onto

the weed itself and so you know
it is a brain okay so that

would be the better way to save
and protect the flowers now if

you've got lawn near by does
it sometimes help me put some

of those kind of metal edge rims
around to keep grass is rooms

running in and it's a long the
bad so if you could help as

well okay well we hope that you
can have a happy wife and a

delicious supper every night.
Okay. Tony about thank you grab

it out in your yard several
things today to share with us

and we had talked about things
to take over the world. There's

another one. It is fixing to
flower. it smells so

wonderful when it flowers and
all. Just like wisteria

right, it does but it is one of
the worst weeds that we've had

this is privet or ligustrum.
This is a curly leaf. The

point there's also literally
porn that it just takes a little

while to mandate is hard to kill
is taking over our woods.

lives and it's the same group
as privet. Privet is a

Ligustrum as well and they just
smell wonderful and people plant

it but they the seeds just go
everywhere. The birds

take and spread a over.
Our forest and I think Tony

you and I've talked about the
fact that since these are

evergreen when they get down in
the swampy areas where so many

specialized native plants live
they can out compete those

because the green all year.
That's right they shade them

out. It just takes over.
If you have that. This is a good

plant to really set your mind on
and you can see them right now

Jack. Is a good time to identify
and get rid of them.

Don't you think? I do it it is a
good time you know. Plant some

natives like wax myrtles.
instead. They'er go yeah and

sometimes if you can't dig
something out I cut

it and then used in the pros
approved Glyphosate it says

you can use that cut stump.
thing is you talked about with

the little brushes that so I
think that you could do? You can

as long as you do it within the
first fifteen minutes after

cutting it can be fairly
effective. Now that's gonna work

in two ways because you remove
so much of the top that

you take out a reserve energy
yeah to resprout and you just

you have to do it a few times. I
won't just be once but it can be

fairly but they can be so big
you can't really put a chain to

like Tony I am yeah I don't
have a chain and I don't have a

truck sometimes for us this is
the way we can help control

things that we see in our thank
you thanks for sharing that

with us. Diana's is calling us
from Charlotte. We are

happy to you Diane from the
queen city up there you sure

live in a beautiful place and
is there something we can do to

make your yard more beautiful
for you?

Well yes you can. I am having an
ongoing battle with aphids on

my combine and I've had this
every year and I tried doing

I'm trying to I to eradicate
them using a natural

method I don't want any poisons
in my garden so what's

not working for me is
spraying them off with a you

know like a stream of water. But
what does your panel think

about bringing in baby
beetles

lady birds or praying
mantis into the garden. I I've

heard pros and cons and I just
want to get your panels thoughts

on it. Well Tony I'll let you
hit this

one for us. The lady beetles are
great. They do feed on

aphids but then they go to
everybody else's yard so that's

that is hard to box them in. You
can't keep them there.

and they are they

are a lot of already out there
they are yeah yeah Asian

ladybird beetles they're all
over the place and they're

feeding on them. I would suggest
using on insecticidal soap and

which is a natural product
that you are organic product

you can spray on. Those
soft body the insects what it

does is kind of like your hands.
When you wash your hands too

much and they start cracking
well it does the same thing

the outside of those aphids and
causes and cracking and kind of

bleed to death. And Jackie even
or something like that that's

organic and sounds like you
always do need to read the

label because if you get too
much of that on a plant you can

even sometimes they can be
taught can cause reactions in

the plant as well and it can it?
It can and then you know they're

also different plants that can
be put in the yard to help keep

the lady beetles in the yard.
Because when there aren't any

aphids to eat there sometime
feed on pollen so yes some of

those different plants are
available now factsheets on

that as well. Okay I didn't
realize that there was some

other plants you can keep that
SO keep having those plants will

help keep them in her yard.
Okay. Like a host plant but a

new way yeah yeah that's cool.
Thank you. Thanks for telling us

that. Okay, let's go Terasa and
see what see what new she has

from the chaplain for us.
Thanks Amanda. Well I'm lucky at

one of our fellow horticulture
agents Chase Smoak has joined

us and he reports that he
thinks he's found a state

champion Florida betony. so I
think we were talking about

this last week. Here you can see
the Florida many this is a a

pretty obnoxious weed. Not
something you really want to

find in your yard. But it's
about as big as that shovel and

what you can't see is the
tuber and he did say that he

was able to remove that it's
just that he broke it off and

it went into the trash can. So
we've been talking a little bit

about that someone also asked
about English IVE and so English

ivy is another one of those non
native invasive plants we do

have a fact sheet about it not
only can it to climb up trees

and potentially you know
smother them it can also damage

the Text is probably too small
for you to see but if you allow

it to grow up the side of a
home. Those Ariel rootlets

can damage the stucco or the
wood or mortar and brick

homes it can trap moisture
which can also be a problem

and that dense foliage is a
haven for insects and small

animals so. I hate to be the
bearer of bad news I feel like

with all this invasive talk.
we're kind of all like doom and

gloom but the good news is
we have lots of resources to

help you if you do happen to
have invasive plants in your

yard. And still have time left
so feel free to join me in the

chat room. Amanda back to you.
Well and knowledge is power

there a lot of you know they
these things are still sold and

I'm so if you want to use some
people like to use Ivy in

containers but if you do that
usually container at the end of

that season you must
wrap it up and throw it away

and not just you know and
you've got to make sure that

you really eradicate it I'm
don't just you know what's

being said there I have some
ivy in a container and I

really pay a lot of attention to
it because if I don't the next

thing I know it's you know
scattered around and every

year. I am older it's been a
great shot to find out that

that's happening and it makes it
harder and harder to keep up

with things in the yard. So this
is probably a good at a good

thank you Terasa of reminding
us of things like that because

it every year we should
probably go out and say you

know I'm going to make sure
that one of the things I've got

my yard don't become a problem
I'm gonna go ahead and get rid

of it right now. Okay, Melanie
is calling us from Sumter. Good

to have a local call okay
everything's doing fine with

you, but is there something we
might be able to give you some

help with?
yes I have some regular or

banana trees in my yard and
they come back every spring, but

was curious about the red banana
That I'm seeing out there

is is that tropical to come
back on its own every spring

here this planted out in the
yard. Okay,

That's a good one.
I have not had any luck

with that coming back.
I haven't used it in a couple

years and things are different
now I mean it's a real cold

and the only place I've
ever seen it be successful

come back perennial is at River
Bank Zoo where they have that

warmer microclimate. Yeah, they
say that it comes back for them

that it is not come back yeah
but I'm gonna say they're not

expensive no they're not and
then you got it I mean last

year we do have a frost thanks
I mean so for fourteen dollars

you can have a really dynamite
focal piece and and bear with

me and I think that's worth
doing. The way we used to have

to do bananas is dig them up
and wrap em

up throw them under the house
and take them out next

year yeah and that that
works to you know where

you can go home yeah she could
try that if she's got a good

crawl space in the house but
again I mean when you think

about the bang for your Buck
that is less than going to the

movie with you with your own
band but this pop some popcorn

he's a lot better use. Tony what

else you got over there to show
us today? Okay

We gOt all kind of little
things I want to >< talk about

what you bought for me I think
you got a present for me

got to love >< okay and a lot of
people. You know. Love

confederate roses and I do too,
and I

got old timey confederate rose.
I brought it one day in

the fall you know it's a fall
plant in it produces be it'll

just like cotton in the fall is
a Hibiscus is good is unhappy is

Hibiscus family out I'd say the
Hibiscus you can eat that's

okra, you look at this, this one
and cotton you can wear. Yeah

and so this is [stammers]
I just the easy thing in the

world to to root all I did was
cut some of the stems off

in the fall. This same size than
here in is stuck in this pot

watered it, and now it's
growing. Did you keep

it in the in the garage under
the carport? I had it in my

greenhouse I do have a little
green and now you can keep it

in your garage you just want to
keep it moist. Okay

or either in the sun room or
whatever. Okay, and this is

the single and you know Jackie
a lot of times i think the

single flowers are prettier
don't you? Yeah. This one stays

that bright pink that deep pink.
listen little component okay

in what of a part of the state
you're in. I bet you there's a

farmer's market is gearing up
if it is it hasn't been going

on all year. We've got a great
one at Sandhills, is that

when open all year now it runs
from may through November okay

but when is good yeah some just
like that and that's because

things are starting to come in
on hand and so we've got people

are out there
really working hard to grow

wonderful produce and flowers
to share with you. And you

need to get out and support them
because they're so your

neighbors is a South Carolina
people and although we want to

help everybody and buy products
from every body we sure want to

treat South Carolina best an
in Sumter on the farmers

market is out there about USC
Sumter and it's just open up

again and our crew went out
there and I'm me to tell you it

was a zoo in the best possible
way. We got some footage for and

if you live anywhere near come
on over on Friday and visit us

at the Sumter Farmers Market.

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well you just obviously don't
have any curiosity

or appetite if you don't want to
go on Friday because

look at the variety and smiles
and phone and excitement

it was kind of like the
markets in Europe that you

hear about and it's right here
in Sumpter. If you are in Sumter

come by and threr's plenty of
parking there not a problem at

all and where ever you are find
out where your local farmers

market is and do go and support
your friends and neighbors and

make new friends, while you're
there. Great place to do

shopping to find unusual gifts
too

we always like to find the
unusual well I was out says

we're having a native plant
since Kristian was coming I

was trying to think of things I
have some flocks that I got

from Daniel Pain down in
Beaufort. I can't remember the

name I've I've had a little tag
that it washed off but as a

native fox I've got to Tulip
poplars I've got

on which is a
wonderful plant that's the

yellow one the yellow lagume.
I've got blood

root which is I'm just the
most beautiful leaf in the

world a little on Matt Niskanen
but I'm going fine in my yard

and then I've got a native
clematis let me take it off and

I'll show you where that is so
this is the blood root that

this is the green part and it
has a beautiful little flower

and if you dig it up and moving
it over when it comes to the

back of the leaf is beautiful
it has a red storage organ and

this is a native clematis then
I got on my husband's farm

called leather leaf and just
make magnificent and I'm I

think it's available in the
trade he managed to look for

perfectly beautiful in that the
sweetest little thing and it

looks so Victorian to be native.
done and you know you think of

native has been kind of [moans]
like Tony and me and here's a

than that looks very well
behaved just like Terasa so

anyway
we've got our next caller is oh

my goodness sean I've lost it.
Ed in Seneca. Sean had told me.

I wrote I had so much my paper
now with that such a busy night

I couldn't find it but I'm glad
we got you on the phone and

tell us what we can do to try
to help you.

Yes ma'am. Hello yeah
we're doing well I hope you're

doing well.
I've got so been replaceing deck

railings. On my decks
yeah I'm having problems with

carpeter bees boaring into them.
Bumble bee looking things.

what can i do for it? Okay, I've
heard that they um.

Put your hands up
we sometimes you look like you

got clear nail Polish on
and after that they like that

they don't like that but they
don't like paint right an oil

base paint is less white again
so so you need to get down

underneath and paint the
undersides of those railings

that usually people leave is
that what it is okay and that

the best thing. The best thing
this listing on and then they

go to your neighbors.
yeah but he.

but that's because they
like it so if

you've got a good solid coating
on the wood that that

dissuades them. It does okay
yeah and they're not the worst

thing in the world but if you
get a lot of and it can make a

mess they can can can so yeah
so we hope Ed that if you

can do that if you just have to
bend over or allowed in a pain

upside down
is it is kind of a nuisance but

that really ought to help you a
lot if you try it that way.

Kristin threet the
educational coordinator at

Old Santee Canal Park down in
Moncks Corner. Near Rembert

dentist Dr I believe we wanna
to thank you for coming and

tell us about your Plant
festival and I hope you have a

great turn out on
Saturday.

Thank you so much Amanda for
having me and for more

information you can always
visit our Facebook page or our

park website for more
information. Thank you.

Monks Corner is a beautiful
little town and and you don't

have to worry about taking your
lunch because they'll have

venders there have been
cooking all day for you right

there unless it was got room
for one more phone call.

Tommy is up in Campobello. Tommy
happy to hear from you. Tell us

what's going on up your way.
Yes I have a seven foot

palm tree and it is got some
clusters of yellow

going out on the side of it so
we can't figure

out what the clusters are we
just like to know

what's growing on a palm tree.
Think it's a sago palm tree and

it's got the new growth coming
out.

It's a different type of palm
tree. It's a wind mill palm

tree. okay
it's got yellow thing I'm

imagine that it's the
fruiting structure yeah it

flowers coming down here
thanks bye flower to acting the

winning cut mine off at the
house because it it come out

and bees will like it and
kind of dried up in the fall.

and I use a cut him off to keep
and keep their fall out of the

tree later but then I hit them
with my lawnmower.

when we talk about things to
pollinators the flowers on the

palm trees are wonderfully
attracted to pollenators or

something yeah yeah and so
they're all the weeds in your

yard to
yeah but what you could let it

go him flowerr and then cut it
off before it goes to seed a

new
ten thousand little palm trees

okay, Thank you Jackie for that
Terasa Thank you so much

for all that you do for us and
for that new little tip but

you've got and for for mining
us about the community events

page. It is my pleasure this
is the

best place to be on a Tuesday
evening remember you can stay

in touch with us all week
through our Facebook page. There

are lots of great events going
on this weekend including that

Pee Dee plant and flower
festival held at the Pee Dee

state farmers market and I
believe there is even us some

trees available from trees S.C.

they're giving away some red
buds. It's through the PT plant

in flower festival you have to
sign up on their website and as

is only I believe for Florence
area residents but a great

resource so I will share that
on the page so you can access

it see right here next week.
Amanda Charlie got a minute so

tell me quickly what it is we
can try to help you with.

my other
what's your question what's

your question Charlie
I know about

the sun because earth's but
you've been inside since our

lives on power or you say okay
I believe New Guinea ones are

the ones that
but the face up and happy and

the sun is not right that I
don't know for sure

yeah yeah and the good thing
that I've heard at this new

regular impatience with
resistance a downy mildew in

It is wonderful that
was our go to plant from one

for color and the shade so many
years yeah well that's really

exciting here and thought and
that just shows you the

industry's always working to
try to make things easier so

that we can continue enjoy
okay I was reading going on

yeah and I'm so Tony you'll be
out there maybe at the PD plant

at festivals and get out there
so the place is a go

is busy Jackie thank you for
taking the time to be with the

same day I enjoyed it I had
Jackie had a good time playing

golf this week and she's got a
kid graduating from high school

hooray hooray.
Night and everybody will see on

the exam idea make it grow.

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