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Well it was a hot day and
aren't you glad you're
inside in the cool. It's
really hard to do yard
work really though until
kind of late in the
afternoon. So we're glad
that you're inside and
joining us for Making It
Grow.
I'm Amanda McNulty.
I'm an extension agent I
get to come over here on
Tuesdays and do with
people who have really
cool fun things. We're so
excited tonight is a very
cool and fun night.
Because people are cool
and fun. Including my dear
friend and former
professor and a hard one at
that, Dr. John Nelson from
the university of South
Carolina, AC Moore Herbarium.
John you had you
tell me what to the
Web Wild Life Center, so
tell me what that
is in one of the
interesting projects that
you learned about. Yeah, I
was fortunate enough to
go with my botany bodies
down to the James L.
Web Center. Which is in
Hampton county one of my
favorite counties and
they did wonderful botany
down near there, on the flood
plain of the Savannah flood
plain. that one of the things
that makes it so
interesting about motion
but it sure is they have
a lot of high ground
ridges right next to the
flood plain and they're
just the the vegetation
is so much different from
surounding wetlands.
But this is a place that
features a lot of
different kinds of
research and what you
were alluding to was a
project involving
Telemetry studies on
rattle snakes. Where in they
attach a little radio
transmitter to the snake
they can go crawling off
into the forest and be
tracked and studied that
is just to cool, and my
friend Ann Nulty
and husband Mike
Stallworth DNR comes to
their house and they're
putting little geo
transmitters on painted
bunnies, and
then trying to but
didn't catch any this
year that had caught
seventy six birds but
none of them had the
little transmitter on
they think that getting
the transmitter put on
the year before made them
like I'm not real sure
I want to get caught this
year. It's one of the
things we can
do to track animals there
is I think technology has
had a lot to do with the
way we study nature now.
I'm I wish that they were
doing all those DNA
studies some plants and
changing the names. I'm
tired of learning their
names every whip stich.
Sorry it is going to
continue on and on and
Chase Smoak is young enough
that he just learning the
new names because he is a
recent graduate of Clemson
and we are just tickled
to death. That he is the
horticulturest in Sumter
County now, and tell us a
little bit about John
says your property is one
another of his very
favorite places tell
everybody about your
family land what makes it
so special. Yes so it this
kind of in between
two huge towns in South Carolina
Pinewood and Summerton.
It's amazing how fast they blew
up
over time. Now all kidding aside
we're in that area and
there's a lot of
different plant
communities that
fall in there we've we've
looked at the seepage
slopes before. We go
out and Dr. Johns brought the
spread was the furnace
right correct
added some photos her
the quality plans and
where we froze hook into
the wall
There's a lot of
different stuff, you never
know last time we were
out we saw some sundews
which is a carnivorous
plant. When Dr. John spotted
them at that little
seepage I was over
there and had my head
down in the mud for fifteen
minutes. You do have to get
real close to that do
they have little tiny
droplets of of attractive
nectar on the tops of
those little spikes?
Yeah and little get on
then stick. They're usually
in nitrogen poor soils
and that's how they give
a lot of those nutrients
are really cool about a
time you see one there's
probably about five
hundred around your field.
you got it it's funny you
have to start adjusting
your vision to see things
that are of different
sizes. That's right. Thank
you. I'm looking
forward to another trip
with Y'all and we
get to go to his mother's
beautiful house and and
use the bathroom. Vicky
Bertagnolli is a Clemson
extension agent in
Aiken and you've had a very very
interesting
trip recently. I did I
went to Taiwan
my mother's from there we
went to go see my
grandmother and went to
see my mother siblings
then I think a good while.
I have not been there
since nineteen ninety
five. So it was a big
difference.
I got to see
cousins that weren't
there before, and but it
was great. We had a great
time and I believe later
in the show you go share
some images with us. I brought
some plant pictures and
there's a there's a few
bugs in there too. Okay
well that's just
delightful. Terasa Lott is the
master gardener
coordinator for the whole
state and she just got
back from a national
master gardener
convention, and Terasa I
believe you heard
it's a very interesting
person talking about insects.
I heard some great talks
both talking about the
importance of insects and
pollinators especially.
Dr.Doug Tallamy.
The author of bringing
nature home and also a
professor from the
university of Maryland
doctor route who has an
interesting website if
your like Vicki. He's got a bug
of the week website it
might be interested in.
You know we are trying to
keep up with the latest
and greatest technology
and it's hard for me to
do and you'll notice that
I have two devices right
now. So I'm trying to work
from my phone and from my
laptop at the same time,
but we are trying to make
our show more
accessible to people so
not only can you view us
from your cable or
satellite provider but
you can also view us through
Facebook Live with the
help of Facebook so
that makes us more
accessible and it makes
the chat process much
easier because there's no
additional logging and
all you have to do is
click right on our a live
stream and you can just
comment in there and so
it's really just kind of
strange because I can now
see myself on the screen
which I didn't it used to
be able to see when we
weren't on Facebook live
and there's a time delay
as well so I'm living in
like this multiple
reality which is very
strange. I'm but we have
also tried to keep up
with the latest and
greatest in terms of
giving a more thorough
and detailed response.
That's not always
possible with live
calling questions so
we've initiated our
question of the week and
we are going to dive
right in this one was
sent in from Tom
Alexander in Greenville
South Carolina. He says
can you tell me what this
is on my Kira Bush I
have a row of them and
this stuff is just on one
it's white comes on the
branches and leaves are
dark in affected areas I
will tell you that I
don't know if I shared
this with the panel ahead
of time he did say he
tried neem oil a couple
times.
and he also wants to know if
pruning would be
affective so let's turn
it over to our panel of
experts and see what they
have to say about this pest.
Okay.
Well I'm gonna go ahead
and say that we got this
ahead of time and we it
was identified for us
would very nicely, cottony
cushion scale I believe
is going and Vicki is our
entomologist I guess I'll
let you start and tell us
a little bit about it
please.
Chase is telling us that
this was one of the
earlier imports that came
in when did you say like
the eighteen eighties
and
and it was a mistake
whenever got whenever it
got to here as as a lot
of our introductions are
it was an accident but
whenever you look at this
insect.
You'll see that there's a
a red part to it and then
there's a big white hump
and the red part is the
insect itself.
That's that's the female
scale and then that white
hump is actually an egg sack,
and she'll lay,
Chase and I were reading between
eight hundred to a
thousand eggs hello and
then in the spring the
crawlers will come out
from under that. In the
crawler stage,
is is are some of the the
younger ones and that's
when you want to start
looking and that's that
the most effective time
for you to treat.
That easier that's the
easiest stage to control
is that correct? Yes. Okay
because scales have
things on that protect
the adults don't they? A
lot of your scale insects
have a waxy coat to them,
and so whenever you use
something that's water
based if you were spray a
water based insecticide
on a it rolls off
because it's it's like
water on the ducks back
it just rolls right off.
So you're gonna have to
use something like an oil
or a soap or something
systemic. Chase why are the
leaves why's all that
black stuff on the
leaves? Yes that's that's
some city moles that's
building up by these
these little creatures
excrete Honeydew
and often times I think
one thing that you know
Vicki if you want to
touch on is the treatment of
ants. Because ants will actually
come in
and help protect these
scales as well. No kinda
mutualistic relationship.
so the ants will
protect the scale in
exchange for the honeydew.
Because full sugar. Right
and you said earlier like
an oil is and it used to
be we have like winter oils
and dormant oils summer
oils. I think now they're
more highly refined but
that's the most effective
and safest to use. It is
when it and for this
situation it is. Because
you're you're directing a
spray at a certain pest
and the oil is going to
smother the scale.
Because you don't want to
use a systemic in this
case. It did is not
effective against this
particular scale,
and so you would would
use that so in oils
actually gonna be let go
and we were talking
earlier that you've
you've got to pay
attention whenever you
read the label. That you
you've got to make sure
to pay attention to the
temperature parameters
and how often you can
apply the stuff. A lot of
people do want to use a
systemic. Chase and we
were talking that I've
got some clearer and we
cut the attic fan on and
our house was filled with
this fragrance and I was
out there looking at them
and I was like standing
next to
I've been over a giant
buz saw or something.
Even though this is not a
native plant. It was just
covered with insects that
were enjoying those
beautiful flowers and so
we wouldn't it Brad used
a systemic if someone is
a systemic that could
have some pretty severe
consequences. Couldn't it?
I believe some studies
are still being done on
that
I will go too deep into
that section but
yeah I I mean I I believe
that nicotine awards
medical are prohibited
killers not even
effective own those not
and just touching on
Terasa mention pruning.
I believe the scales for
for areas that are more
east in cool soft think
going into some of these
plants may be doing
thinning cuts, get real
thick could be beneficial
to help improve air flow
and bright sunlight and
and and crowding do you
think of the places that
had we actually have a
really good
a fact sheet on that. H.G.I.C.
record information
search for sterling and
making it says pruning
for shrubs I believe
any cuts and rejuvenation
a few different
techniques. Also in
reading about treating
these you have to do a
real good job of covering
that you can't just make
ahead which is key
because if you win some
remember one of those has
eight hundred eggs underneath
that cover. So you you
can't just the
populations will grow
fast. All right so Terasa
did did we give
enough information to
suit everybody?
We are not selling I
really wasn't listening
I'm sure it was
fantastic no doubt.
I'm talking about
fantastic that are all
those are all the photos
that you have shared for
our new gardens of the
week. So it's a way for
you to show off what
you're doing in your
backyard whether the
vegetables or ornamental
so let's see what we have
these are all photos on
that were submitted for
the month of June. So
first we have Cynthia
Lally in Ladson. I feel
like this is a an
eclectic backyard
highlighted with some sun
flowers and then moving
on in Charleston we have
a photograph from Lynette
Rozar of her ginger
and
if my tongue will cooperate
I can tell you the family
name Zingiberaceae
which I think is just a
fun one. If you could say
you could probably
impressed some people
with that.
Then we have our Arlene who
submitted her day lilies
what a vibrant pop of
color. That deep red with
the yellow center.
Then it we have a new
form of gardening I think
with the Lila McCullough
in Colombia
she's like me she's
learned how to grow
puppies in her backyard
garden.
Being out the week we
have Mary Quick from
Cheraw who submitted this
photo of her moon planter
moonflower. You know I
don't I don't see a lot
of that pure white in the
garden one a striking
image. So thank you to
everyone who submitted
their photographs. We do
apologize if we weren't
able to show yours on air.
It was an overwhelming
response it doesn't mean
that we didn't find it
beautiful or entertaining.
We just had more than we
could show. Be on the look
out for our call for
photographs that will
come out in July. That will
show all through the
month and then we'll move
on with another call in
August. Now let's go back
to Amanda and the panel.
Thank you and Billy from
Murrells Inlet is calling and
well since talked
about Murrells Inlet
Katie
Altman and our office is
from there and her sister
Bridget is a beloved
member of that community
there so I imagine
that Billy might
even know Bridget. So
tell us what's happened
down there and we'll do
our best to help you.
Thank you Amanda, good
evening to you.
Good evening to you.
I have a question about
Amaryllis I have some
very large Amaryllis in
the front yard and they
are putting out a second
crop of beautiful red
blooms now, and I was
wandering if it's something
that's normal abnormal?
Gosh I wish that I had
something abnormal that
was that positive happen to me.
Chase what do you think?
I phony had month flower
once Johnny and I idea
well they formed the the
buds of the flowers deep
within the bulb of course.
When it's time for the
producing flowers and I
guess they if they're
especially happy about
where they are maybe they
could and that and if
their well fed. I think
there's a lot to do with
that. But I bet the people
who have to hang out with
jinx farmer and his his
crowd could
you know share some
about how amaryllis works.
I wonder if it's a if
it's a stress like and
how you force is it like
forcing flowers?
It would have to be for
the year but you know
the person the year
before.
I don't think we I mean
they go fine in the
garden we have a lot of
them too.
Billy I just think you're
lucky is an
issue
freeze donation yeah
we'll try to see if we
can find out and maybe
expand on that next year
but next week but I'm
good for you
that maybe you'd like to
see dig to a few of them
so it's a member here
we'll plan about home to
tell you if they act like
that for us about that.
Belinda is in
Greenville Belinda were
awfully glad to hear from
somebody if they all of
is the hot weather
finally come to
Greenville or you'll
still little bit cooler?
Hi there how are you? Good
how are you
I'm doing wonderful thank
you. My question is
concerning milkweed plants.
All I had one last year
that was very I put it in
a container. Large
container. Next to mom
and that was very vibrant
and a lot of
monarch okay so this year
course it died down and
this year I went to the
farmer's market
bought one and I have it
I'm container of course
you knew so well and
everything the morning
and it has these flowers
hi
the flight
I guess maybe if the
wind would catch them.
They would go off and do
whatever they do.
But I've never seen this
before and I was
wondering if that
if we don't have a lot of
we're not having a lot of
wind except for when it
storms. But I
wonder if I should
take five been
distributed among
and let me
they never grow another
places? Well Dr. John
they have a pretty
wonderful and
attractive
fascinating seed pod with
their wonderful plants I
think one of the first
questions here's what
kind of milk weed? Okay
and because that probably
could make a difference
and how these things are
easily grown, of course I
don't grow plants too
much
when there plenty of
different kinds of weeds.
The pods themselves of
course follow the flowers
and
hers is already far would
appear I think this is
the the next year's crop
or something like that
she got a new plant. I can
hear it she got a new
plant it sounded like add
on to what she what is
yours because
you change all
the soil and started
all over again. But if the
pods are producing seed
there's I don't know if
again it depends on what
kind of plant it is but
if it's a one of these a
quasi tropical species.
presumably they could be
the same as could be
germinated and if it's a
native species.
I guess just let them go
in the breez. See what
happens or try to capture
some and put them in the
right place. Okay. Chase
what would you do if you
have those have a seed
pod? I'd propagated
by seed before and
they're easy to know if
you get a little tube
before bust open because
reguardless of what you think
it doesn't take much wind
for those things to start
floating around they'll
get everywhere.
You can take them out you
can actually plant them, a
it's it's pretty easy to
start out by seed you
can start them indoors and
start out a little bit of
a low light area and wait
for them to germanate then kind
of slowly move them back out
to the light but
you can certainly do that
option. Okay,
good for you Belinda for
planting things for the
monarch physician and you
got to have a fascinating
science lesson too.
Thomas is in Chester. Thomas
were glad to hear
from you tonight. How can
we try to help you?
Yes, thanks Amanda, appreciate
your show.
I would like to ask a
question about tomato
plants outside the
problem in the past.
I get one or two
tomatoes that just start
the really drooping,
it looked like they had
no water I mean compared
to the ones sitting beside it,
it just looks
very funny and I'll just
wondering if that might be
some kinda insect that
may be at the root or
something or some kind of
fungus or something
I just appreciate your answer.
Thank you. and
I'm going to
suggest that you may want
to look because you you
know exactly what yours looks
like
Clemson home and
garden information center
has a great fact sheet,
Called tomato diseases
and problems or something
like that,
and it has pictures and
describes a lot of things
and sometimes it's easier
for you to look at the
picture because there are
a lot of things that can
cause will tomato spotted
wilt virus didn't
usually make the plant
look wilted to it does
other things on bacteria
there some bacterias that
can cause the same problems
as well or it can be
some really weird with
the soil. I mean it was
just not able to take up
very much water right now
she
there's also yeah the
only thing I always tell
people is that Tony says
when you plant your
tomato plants get a piece
of aluminum foil and
do you remember what he says?
Yeah
there's one, cut
worms come on top of the
soil and then there's a
something become sucked
up in that comes through
the soil Southern stem
blight or something and so
Which soil born and so
he says if you wrap the
part of the stem that
you're going to you know
this part and
lightly with aluminum
foil and had it have it
church to which is about
the stolen two inches
below the soil there are
two things that you would
eliminate out of the hundred
things that can go wrong with
the tomato.
and Thomas but I'm glad
you've got some others
that are still doing well
and I sure hope you go
get some good tomatoes
but
there are a lot of things
but that fact sheet should
and may give you
some help.
If you just put in your in your
search
engine Clemson H.G.I.C. tomatoe
diseases I
think it'll take you
right to that that fact sheet
and we we hope
that you're
going to that the rest of
the garden and give you
any trouble for the
summer.
I'm John I think that
you've got a plant that
was going to be a mystery
plant that you decided to
tell us what it was out
of kindness. Right.
chase is so good at the
things he would
insist on having five
minutes to look it up
they probably both know
exactly what they're
saying is when I'm just
going to go ahead and
tell us so we see a
picture of so tonight I
want to talk about
Confederate jasmine and
one of the issues here is
like Confederate Jacko
that common name
Confederate jasmine is
used for more than one
kind of plant.
This is a native species and
I saw it this past weekend.
and I will have them the
great honor of hanging
out with my friends at
from the friends of the
Congaree swamp, I went on a
little field trip down to
the national park and I
wandered around looking
at all the beautiful
places and birds. I tell
you what they were some
birds to see,
but this was a vine that
we saw we were so happy
to find it. Everybody had
big smiles this is
Confederate jasmine which
is a native spaces
and it is a deciduous vine
and it's actually pretty
common
in swampy places,
especially in the
Midlands and the coastal
plain.
Very a small doll little
yellow flowers are not
particularly pretty but
it makes beautiful
beautiful fruits that are
long long skinny pods
and that the funny thing
is that the pods are
twins that is there's
always two of them
together at the base and
they hang down so as I
said this is a native
species it's got a long
scientific name
thrysanthella difforme, now the
complicating part
of this is that
the common name has as I
said has been used for
another plant it is
widely grown in people's
gardens and long faces a
and this beautiful
beautiful glossy
evergreen foliage and it
makes is incredibly
fragrant
blooms that are white and
very conspicuous
and lot of people call
out also Confederate
jasmine but an
alternative name for that
one is star jasmine and
that plant is called
tricky Los Birmingham
jazz minorities and I
know people or start
element at me if I keep
these of all these big
names. No it's important.
But that is a tropical
species that's adapted
for growing and South
Carolina.
To make it even more
complicated there's a
second species of
tracking Los Burnham
called AZ attic jasmine
which is
last of the guests to be
a bit of bad weed.
And many people grow that
as a ground cover and all
my
just fix that you never
have to mow your lawn but
it doesn't do anything it
doesn't seem to me to
ever bloom,
but that one is shrinking
low sperm AZ Attica
so we have
in addition to the native
born
we have these two
introduced species.
That you could call
Confederate jasmine
but let me just say this
the Asiatic ones would
have never been seen by
Confederate soldiers. If we
come to it if I think of
it that way where is our
native one what it was in
here for a long long time.
Do you know what they
call, use the word jasmine
with that doesn't have
any Fragrents or small
flowers. Again I don't
think it does
yeah yeah yeah well it
looks like other jasmine
and I've seen the Asiatic
when it climbs up
anything that is going
around.
It is really hard to get
rid of. It's so thick and
woody and it just I don't
like it and I know a lot
of hope I would go out
and visit a lot of
homeowners that say Hey
I've got a big patch of
this is dying and I'm
like pull out the rest of it
but you know a lot of folks
use it to stabilize like
a an imbankment or something
like that.
I personally would try to
do something what's the
one last thing is these
AC addicts species are
very good at making this
milky latex
juice, but in my
experience that stuff is
really irritated if it
gets on your skin. I'm one
of those people trying to
clip this stuff don't
let it get on your skin.
It's more fun than to
have our native although
the to be honest the
flowers are quite a showy
and there's a cultivar
think Madison this a
little more cold hardy is
that right chase? The
love the mayor with
anyone yeah the
tribulus Preminger's jazz
minorities one call
Madison that's a little
more cold hardy so if
you're in a place where
it's a little bit
chillier than Columbia.
You may want to look for
a band like great this
past winter it made it
through this past winter.
Good good, okay, well
Terasa got some news for us
Terasawhat you got for us?
Well I am doing my best
to keep up with some
people are still in our
called our old chat room
or are former chat room
so I'm trying to man that
and the comments on our
Facebook live stream but
it's not working so a
luckily the folks in the
old chat room they know each
other well sort of know
each other by the
communications that would
have on a regular Tuesday
evening basis I'm so just
keep track of themselves
which is fantastic. We did
have a question about
cucumbers and the person
said the cucumber is
flowering but not making
any fruit and he even
tried to hand in a but
still no fruit so I'm
suspecting I'm cucumbers
and also other plants in
the cucumber family they
can commit squash and
melons they make separate
male and female flowers
so you might not have
known that that was
possible and usually the
first flash of flowers
is all male flowers so I
suspect that even though
he was trying to hand
pollinate there what he
he wasn't able to
successfully if at all
male parts there was
nothing to put the pollen
on too so you can
actually look and see the
difference between the
flowers on the little
female flowers will have
with what looks like a
little baby developing
fruit at the end so.
Hopefully if he's patient
hill and then we'll get
both male and female
flowers and he can't help
the pollination longer
you can help the
pollination along by hand
pollinating with like a
little Q-tip or a
little peek fresh or
something like that so
plants are pretty
creative sometimes and
you have to know your
flower parts and how to
help them along in the
process. Amanda back to you.
We got a lovely lovely
letter.
From a young lady and it
was just the sweetest
nicest letter and to get
a hand written letter and
the the writing was all
straightened everything
and I'm in retail Wilson
and it was such a great
letter in it she said of
my family has the best
blueberry cobbler recipe
imagining, imaginable well
in where he is a graduate
of the got the
commissioner school at
Clemson which is for
outstanding high school
students who want to go
in agriculture and she's
just been accepted at
Clemson for the coming
year and she lives at
chant needs blueberry
farm Anna she's one topic
two gallon of blueberries
and sixteen minutes or
something like that which
is like winning the
Boston Marathon,
but anyway she brought
some marvelous
blueberries up here and
we're going to go and
learn how to make her
family's delicious cobbler.
My guest today is Emery
Tumbleston, who comes up
here from the low country.
Emery thanks for coming
and your farm has an
unusual name.
Yes ma'am were Champney's
blueberry farm were in
Ravenel, South Carolina
off of highway seventeen.
And when I think of
Champney's I associate
that with the rose.
Tell us how
that came about.
Yes ma'am the Champney's
paint cluster John
Champney's hybridized
it at the turn of the
nineteenth century and
it's actually the mother
of the noisette roses.
Of Charleston?
Yes ma'am downtown
everywhere everywhere you
see noisette at.
But y'all are
not a rose farm.
No ma'am not a rose farm.
All we do is blueberries.
We started out as a dairy
farm right from the early
nineteen hundreds all the
way up to the nineteen
fifties.
And then from the fifties
up until around the maybe
the nineties it was just
row crops and then when my
father retired he
had to stay busy.
So he's decided to
start blueberries.
So you have grown up since
you were two years old
picking blueberries.
Yes ma'am as soon as soon
as I could get out there
even my grandmother would
take me out on the golf
cart and put me under
the under the bushes.
And I just sit
there and eat.
Well we're so happy
that you brought these
beautiful newblueberries
today and I think you're
going to share a
favorite family recipe.
Yes ma'am so I've I've
had this all my life.
It's one of the simplest
and definitely one of the
most delicious blueberry
cobblers I've I know at
least.
Well let's make one.
Yes ma'am.
So what's the first step.
So we're just gonna take
about a nine by thirteen
pan you can use a
disposable cake pan to if
you want to.
Okay.
Right now got a pretty
glass pan but we're going
to grease this
up really good.
So nothing sticks because
we really don't want any
stick in.
Okay.
So you really are
gonna give it a good.
Yeah yes ma'am if you
really want some over
kill you can throw some
flour in there and it
definitely won't stick.
Okay and because when we
cook all this is gonna be
kind of like jelly or
something so it could
stick with all that sugar.
Yes ma'am and blueberries
are quite hard to clean up
after.
Well thanks for the tip.
Right so we got it all
nice and prepared.
Yes ma'am and so
we're just gonna take
those blueberries
right there.
And you said
this is about.
That is about about about
a pint maybe a little bit
more it depends on
how much you want.
A little over two cups.
So you want about
a single layer.
I put I put a
little bit more.
Mama would say a single
layer but I do in my own
little way.
So that looks
like a good start.
And so you just want to
you just want to single
layer of blueberries and
then you're going to take
a can of crushed pineapple
and its own juice not not
syrup you just want
regular one hundred
percent pineapple juice.
Okay.
No added sugar because
trust me your yeah you're
get your get enough sugar
from the blueberries and
from the pineapple itself.
So just kind of
evenly get this over.
Yes ma'am and then you can
take that spatula if you
need to and kinda.
Okay.
Flatten it out make sure
it's all over everything.
Crushed pineapple?
Crushed pineapple.
Chunked pineapple is a
little it doesn't spread
as well and just really
make sure you get it and
its own juice.
Okay.
You don't need
any added sugar.
well I tell ya I was
tasting these delicious
blueberries and they're
pretty sweet already.
Yes ma'am we got three
different varieties.
So they each have a little
bit different of a taste
and these are middle
variety mostly.
So those are sweetest.
What are the three
varieties that you have?
So we have we grow the
Rabbiteye blueberries.
And so we have three
different sub varieties of
Rabbiteye blueberries.
So climax comes in first.
They're a little bit more
on the tart side a lot of
the kids like them and
then brightwell comes in
second and they're they're
my favorite personal
favorite.
They're nice and round and
big and sweet and then
tifblue comes in last.
They're kind of in the
middle in my opinion there
in the middle.
Yeah but there
all delicious.
Yes ma'am.
Especially when the from
a South Carolina farm.
Yes ma'am they're
fresh off the bush.
Okay so I've got this.
And so then we're just
going to take box of lemon
cake mix.
lemon flavored cake mix.
Yes ma'am you don't need
to do anything to this
cake mix just
pour it on top.
All righty if you say so.
You don't have to you
don't have to mix it or
anything like that.
Now when people come to
your farm do you you have
blueberries already ready
or could people pick there
own or how does it work.
Mostly it's a you
pick operation.
We do already picked
berries, we just ask
people to call before
before they come just to
make sure we have them in
stock because we will some
days we will sell
out very quickly.
So don't make the drive
out without calling.
Yes ma'am.
Okay so I've got that
done and then do you want
this again.
I normally just use my
hands because it'll it'll
stick but yeah I just use
my hand and kinda get it
and every little all over
the all over the place.
We both washed our hands
very carefully before we
started I promise.
And so just just get it
nice and level if you can.
Doesn't have
to be perfect.
And so then were gonna
take this butter here.
I've already cut it up.
Just try to get thin
little slices of butter
and this is what is going
to break make your lemon
cake mix brown.
And so it's about a stick
of butter mama says a
stick of butter.
I say is much
better as it needs.
We are in the
south after all.
And your Daddy does
rice in every single.
Yes Daddy has to have rice
and some sort of beans or
gravey to put on top of
it every single meal.
Otherwise we will hear
it for a very long time.
And so we're just putting
us all over the lemon cake
mix don't be skimpy
with your butter.
Okay and this is going to
help it get a beautiful
brown color.
Yes ma'am I'm gonna get
that pretty golden brown
color.
Now what do you what what
what did you pre-heat the
over too.
We're going to put
it in at three fifty.
Three fifty.
Three and fifty degrees
for about forty five
minutes or until it
gets golden brown.
It could take a little bit
longer depending on if you
got one of those dark dark
cake one of those dark
cake dishes.
Or fancier or
less fancy oven.
Yes ma'am.
Just about got this one
topped off pretty well I
think what do you think?
yes ma'am that's
all of our butter.
Well this is
I'm exhausted.
It's really hard isn't it.
And then you said that
after you finish with that
you generally let it
cool a little before.
It comes out really hot.
And it's gonna it's gonna
the blueberries are going
to bubble up.
So you really you really
don't want to burn.
So let's set this one
aside I think you brought
one with you.
Yes ma'am so this is what
that pale lemon cake mix
is going to turn to
a little help with
some butter.
And you brought your
mother's beautiful China.
Yes ma'am.
She been able
to come with us.
And I'll let you
do the honors.
All right whoever wants a
corner piece can have it.
So it's not gonna win any
beauty contests but it
will win a taste contest.
So kind of got a channel
my inner Mary Poppins and
I say perfectly in
perfect in every way.
Okay an then.
I got it I got to
get me one too.
You notice she gave
me the big piece.
Oh yeah.
Hey I got to
keep you happy.
And so you see the
blueberries the
blueberries will
automatically mix
with the pineapples
on the bottom.
And there's your fork.
Thank you ma'am.
Well let's see.
Champney's
blueberry cobbler.
Oh my goodness.
Don't smile your
teeth will be purple.
I don't mind at all.
Well worth purple teeth
to have something this
delicious.
You're right it's just the
right amount of sweetness.
Yes ma'am.
And I can get that little
bit of lemon that just
make it all wonderfully
flavorfull.
No added sugar and you get
the fiber the blueberry so
Hey it's a little bit
nutritious even though
it's good.
Gosh and again the
blueberries have a not a
real long period but
because you'll have
three different ones about
when do they start coming
in?
Normally it's around the
first week in June we can
be a little bit earlier a
little bit later depending
on the weather.
You know if we get too
much rain it's bad.
We get too little bit rain
it's bad so it's a very
fine line and then it
depends on you know what
even what the weather was
all the way back in the
when they were when they
were blooming in the
spring.
So really just weather but
you normally around that
first week of June.
Well if people want to get
more information about
Champney's blueberry farm
what's the best way to do
that.
You can call us directly
at eight four three seven
six three six five six
four and you can find us
on Facebook and Instagram.
You can see behind the
scenes pictures of the
farm and everything you
want to and we love to
have everybody out.
Is it pretty easy to find.
Yes ma'am we are right off
highway seventeen just
south of Charleston.
Were about eight miles
south of citadel mall so
not not too far out.
Alright well thank you so
much for making the trip
to Sumter and bringing
this wonderful recipe.
Yes ma'am thank
you for having me.
Hope you like it?
It was really delicious
so.
There's still some
blueberries out there
wonderful stuff gonna
blueberries found out who
near you has them.
Right now in Sumter we
still have them at Friday
farmers market. Some just
will have to get someone
make what I thought this
would be. I'm looking
forward to it.
Alfonso's in Hephzibah
Georgia. Alfonso we're
delighted to hear from
you and tell us what's
going on we'll try our
best to help you.
Good evening
Amanda how are you? We're all
doing we do well, and we hope
you are too.
Okay doing well. I am having a
problem with brown fungus
on my peaches this year
and if the if the peaches stayed
on the tree. the fungus will
encompass the whole peach.
copper is the whole P.
that it only takes a
peach all and about two
or three days later if I
look back on the tree to
ones that that did not
take off
the fungus will
reappear and is it
start out being brown
and if it gets into like
a fungus, kinda state
I want to find what can I do and
is it harmful to me?
for the peaches
that is not affected?
Have you been using us
had a spray program on
your peaches Alfonso?
have you been doing in
the spraying of a of a of
a pest pestacide on the
peaches to help control
this?
I did put a pestecide the
peaches.
are
I'm not gonna come out
about six days ago just
one just one spray? Just
one spray? Okay.
No I've done it
throughout the year.
Yeah, but this is this app
used to same pestecide up to
five trees for
three going on for years
and I paid that
type brown fungus looking
appears okay and I'm
guessing that the thing
you're using has a
fungicide in it
the spray you're using
has a fungicide in it
not that I don't know.
A three in one fruit spray
is it like a three in one
fruit spray?
Yes.
All right we'll
Vicki let's talk a little
bit about that because
there's some important
things about when
to spray when not
to spay,
and maybe changing
sometimes
can you have resistance
sometimes? Yeah
so there's a we've got a
an it's it's hard to find
a but we do have a spray
schedule for peaches.
It's one of those things
whenever folks call me
about home grown peaches on
I tell and let the
commercial folks grown
one reason I say that is
that is hard to spray a
peach tree effectively
and we don't have
protective clothing. The
equipment that whenever
they come through the
fields I've got
there ultra low volume
misters that aren't that
they pull behind the
tractors that are blowing
the pesticide all over
the trees
and as homeowners we just
we can't do that with a
pump up sprayer and then and
also because the stuff is
blowing all over the
place you have to wear I
mean it's it's a tyvex suit so
you can it's it's full
head gear and like that
Chase explain a
pesticide
encompasses several
different things so
either that's kind of
like the broad spectrum
term if you will no pun
intended with pesticides
but yeah I I I think one
thing worth mentioning is
in that it can be in it I
mean it means an answer
and so I decided to
pester sodomite inside of
a fungicide
and so the Vicki was
talking about as a
combination is that cool
a water sprite is like
one of those ready to use
three way mixes and
the problem with that is
is sometimes you can
treat for stuff that you
don't need to treat for
an end up causing more
harm than good
but clemson to do or there
was a graduate student
who did some work on
using these bags over the
peaches and sometimes
that's option that works
really well
I don't know where you
can find more information
maybe or some online
there are some online if
you if you search Clemson
peach bag
Clemson peach bags each
bag around it in in the
home homeowners in the
area that would be
something that would be
up I think would work
really well instead of
thinking about spraying
all the time course your
student to treat some but
you know if you can just
go out and put a bag over
the fruit into the game
with them that would be
nice and
even some years certain
problems are worse than
others are they thinking
if it's a particularly
wet year you're gonna
to have a lot of issues
with fungus
it fits that may I mean
even if even if it's kind
of dry
it's Matt did and windy
you're gonna have stuff
moving around you can
have issues with insects
and so it it tends to be
exacerbated if it's moist
if it's really humid it
that have to necessarily
be rain it could be
humidity.
Okay so Alfonso
again you on you're
doing very well it sounds
like you're following the
schedule according to the
way it's been written on
the label and that's the
first thing to do for
safety.
N. whip at this step I'm
hoping that maybe this is
just a year when the
environment was such that
it made it worse for you
it kind of sounds like
that the peaches I have
brown rot or soft
rot. Yeah,
but anyway
and but look up peach bags
and and we hope that map
and I don't think any of
this is if there's a
peach that has some on
one side and the rest of
it's still fine I think
you can cut it off and
eat the the other part of
the peach
but
anyways I hope that
you'll get some peaches off
that tree and you I
guess you have to pick
someone bring them in.
Terasa and has got some
news for us Terasa.
Well I just thought
people might be curious
about this peach bag that
Chase was mentioning and
it is on our H.G.I.C.
factually about peach
insect pests and let's
see if I click on there
there you can see is a
picture of you don't
really see but there is a
peach underneath that bag
so
would work in a
residential scenario but
as you can imagine
probably not so practical
on the commercial side
when we have people
growing acres of of
peaches but I thought you
just might like to see
that and then there is of
course more information
the Curculio that's
a one of the terrible
insect pests in there you
can see that the larva
and the adult so
something that I remember
in fact a few weeks ago I
believe someone sent me a
picture of damage done by
this particular pest. So
I I concur with Vicki I
vote try to
try to support
your locally grown
whenever possible this
one this is tough to do
in your backyard. Although
the peach bag does look
on pretty interesting. Amanda
back to you. Thanks
for giving us that update.
I really appreciate that.
That was fun.
Well it's national
pollinator week,
and, Yay. So I went out in the
garden and
anything that had buzzing
going on I got a little
bit of it. Brought it in,
even
this hydrangea which is a
lace cap hydrangea. Has
sterile flowers the big
fancy flowers are sterile
with the ones inside are
real flowers and they had
a lot of
activity going on today.
Someone that was a fun
happy Monday to go out
and get to see what was
going in my garden. Diane is
in Charlotte. Diane we're
happy to hear from you
and how can we try to
help you tonight?
I have a
question about whether
having I have
purchased and plant for
the whole minutes for
better processor and they
have been
therefore less of a but
not all of them
the rooms at night
and I don't know if I
should happen marsh
and that had been like
you
or something
because the only slightly
and I see that there's
other going further up
the stem
so I did I wanna make
sure I'm not doing the
wrong thing the better
for both of them out
Andrea into bad question
as well I've got about a
five and a half foot
comparable formula
that looks like the the
benefits can get heading
Chase, what do you think?
I think you could do most
anything to a butterfly
bush she wanted to it'll be O.K.
They're pretty tough and
this is badly in that
she's talking about yeah
David I believe is one of
the more popular ones
that we see in landscape
industry. But yeah you
can go in and
you can dead head that
stuff off and it's going
to keep sending them out,
keeps them out the
five foot tall purple salvia?
A giant one, another option
lost me on that one.
Itself is usually just
keep blooming and
blooming from my,
experience but
if it's five feet tall and
a Salvia. Once again
probably can't hurt what
do you think? John
do you know anything
about the re blooming of
self is assessing
total Salvia there's
there's several of those
that are tall and one
that I know of is Salvio
Gagarin medica
which is got gorgeous
gorgeous flowers in the
crawl is blue
Hey Alexis sort of black
good Sam they can't
really tall and and
again I'm I haven't done
this too much but I've
seen this in gardens and
when those things are
trimed after the after
all
below it okay rooms
plants will top like to
branch after that
okay and so they're going
to be sending out new
growth is there you know
happy about their
situation in life they're
going to keep producing
more stems. Okay and it's
not even July yet we have
a lot of
a lot of
it was still with me
thank yeah okay
your bug picture
of my hat has all kinds
of things. John wants me tell
whats in my hat.
I'm I have taken there's
must look at that okay so
the yellow part of my
hat is one of the Saint
John warts and native one
and I was pulling the
leaves off this
it's hard to do that.
okay there the site jobs
more than the other
things in it we have I
can name shows we have
zillions and zillions of
dizziness that have
big centers that have on
the floor parts of very
good for for pollinators
and I've got some
I get flour and then pick
man from which is just
about the best thing to
take Manson is a little
purple and green thing
and it's about the best
thing in the world for
pollinators there it is
right there. In the mint
family smells good too,
but anyway only links
look what we found. I was
so excited. It was just
fabulous
we thought maybe thank
you said you thought I
don't know what they are
you said it takes a hard
yeah eggs are hard and it
it's one of those things
were hard.
That is not me.
Well anyway I was
and I'm the Terasa it
was kind enough to tell
me the business fix up
Terasa
are you still there to
Terasa so you too busy on
chat room the grey
hairstreak thank you the
grey street does use this
plant this so John's
worts as a novel food
sources such a cute
little butterfly is it a
it's a tiny little thing
like it and it's on the
on the wings it's got a
little
I don't know what you got
there like tiny little
tails
kinda kinda swirly is
so cute okay Largo right
home and look it up okay
well Vicki you've got
some pictures for us and I
think you actually know
what they are I did I did
I did so whenever I went
to Taiwan of course
you've got a you've got
when you're doing out
about you to take
pictures and so
I brought some pictures
back and this was our
main that
John was telling me that
a lot of the plants that I
took pictures that we
have here. So I didn't
have to go on the other
side of the world to take
these pictures but
and this one valor Manda
um and then this is
at and it yeah this is a
what you say water
willing this is actually
in a pot that my uncle
has on our roof
and then this is that a
pistachio gosh and it's
neat because it has a
little wings on the only
does done yeah
the rachis the deli
and this is a giant crepe
myrtle and these
were all over
the place quite
models are native
to Asia.
Yeah
and then we went to
rainbow city and this was
one of my very favorite
things they have ficus
trees planted all over
the place and there's
they're extremely large
and
you can see what looks
like vines but they're
not actually vines their
their aerial roots what
they are okay
and when you go to the
grocery store you have
seen star for you yeah
and this is some immature
star free so you see the
flowers in the middle and
then the the under
chartreuse green that's
hanging under
those are actually too
immature fruits isn't
that awful fascinating
and whenever
they grow a lot of
mangoes one in the not
the big man goes yeah we
have here they're they're
tiny palm sized mangoes
but this is the real
issue that we
only nine goes
there are signs
everywhere to watch out
for falling mangoes
and there was a we went
to a a play house and
inside showing and this
is the this is on top of
an opera house and this
is the rooftop garden
that they had out there
and the funny thing about
the rooftop garden that
was mostly turf really is
what it was
is that those are just
big structures that are
on the roof and the
winding path
that goes in between them
okay
and then all the rooftop
of our house yes uncles
got all these potted
plants and there was a
white pomegranates
hi there this is this is
that our office
and then walking down the
street
when you walk down the
streets and Taiwan they
have so many plants in
pots
but there is this is a
pomegranate tree and
apart
and they were they were
good size they would not
pomegranates like what we
would not
and one of the accident
plants that they have
quite a bit of in the
street plantings is this
how you say it exam are
up
it was ten is the store
and this was this had
beautiful butterflies on
it and then so I was so
excited when I saw this
thing we were we were at
an overlook and
I saw this and I was all
my goodness what is this
and it's a it's a white
team we call it like she
here in Taiwan it
completes the it's a free
and this is a stink bug
milk
and the younger ones are
really colorful like this
and the as they get older
they turn will but darker
then I saw it in
where site a parasitoid
of American Cocker jags
as the American cockroach
from there now with the
the meeting which is not
from here okay and then
the are those that big
family over there
this was that thank god
my wetlands eco center
and and all those things
in the background is our
people well how fun it is
a island of twenty three
thank you for sharing
thank you for all the
people you are
interacting with your
news modern way
always fun although more
and more challenging to
keep up especially while
we're trying to run to
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I wasn't able to answer
your question feel free
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page during the week and
we will try to get to
your answers Amanda. Okay
we are going to be off
next week because of the
holiday and so but we'll
be right back after that
so I don't have a clock so I
don't how much time we
have left. They're giving me
all kinds of only five
seconds so that means I
can just say good night
and we'll see you in two
weeks
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twenty two varieties of
peaches. McCall farms
helping South Carolina
grow with brands such as
Peanut Patch, Bruce's Yams,
Margaret Holmes and Glory
Foods. Super Sod a family
owned sod farm.
Supplying the south with grass
sod and seed including Tiff-
Tuff drought tolerant
Bermuda grass.
F. T. C. diversified, a proud
part of your local communities
providing communication,
entertainment and security.
Additional funding
provided by International
Paper and the South
Carolina Farm Bureau
Federation and Farm
Bureau Insurance.