♪♪ >>> "BACKYARD FARMER" IS A CO-PRODUCTION OF NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA AND NEBRASKA EXTENSION.

TONIGHT, ON THE FINAL "BACKYARD FARMER" FOR THE SEASON, WE'LL SEE HOW AN INTERN'S MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR GARDEN, AND WE'LL CHECK OUT SIX MONTHS OF GROWTH IN THREE MINUTES.

THAT'S ALL COMING UP NEXT, RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

♪♪ >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

I'M KIM TODD.

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SO WE'RE NOT HERE, BUT WE'RE IN YOUR LIVING ROOM, OR ON YOUR PHONE, OR SOMEWHERE.

ALL RIGHT, SO FIRST QUESTIONS GO TO YOU, WAYNE.

THESE ARE FUN.

THEY COME TO US -- TWO PICTURES FROM MORRILL, NEBRASKA.

AND HE KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE, AND YOU DO, TOO, BUT WHAT ARE THOSE AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE ON WHATEVER THIS IS ON AN OAK TREE?

>> WELL, THEY'RE WOOLLY OAK GALLS.

AND THAT SECOND PICTURE GIVES THE REASON WHY THEY'RE CALLED WOOLLY, THEY LOOK LIKE LITTLE FUZZBALLS OF WOOL UNDERNEATH THOSE LEAVES.

THEY'RE CAUSED BY A CYNIPID WASP.

NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.

MOST OF OUR GALLS THAT WE HAVE ON OUR OAK TREES ARE NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED WITH.

AND YOU JUST WATCH IT HAPPEN, HAVE SOME FUN.

>> ENJOY IT, IN OTHER WORDS.

>> YEAH.

>> OR NOT.

[ LAUGHTER ] YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, WAYNE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

HE SAYS THEY HAVE THESE GNAT-LIKE BUGS THAT FORM COLUMNS AROUND THEIR BACKYARD PLANTS.

THEY'RE ENTERTAINING, BUT HE'S WONDERING WHAT THEY ARE.

AND THAT'S REALLY KIND OF A NEAT PICTURE THAT HE TOOK.

>> THAT IS A GREAT PICTURE.

AND THEY DO THIS MORE THAN JUST LANDSCAPING, AROUND.

THEY'LL DO IT OVER FENCE POSTS, THEY'LL DO IT OVER PEOPLE FISHING ON A RIVER BANK, OR BANK OF A LAKE.

THESE ARE LIKELY GNATS, OR MIDGES, OR SOME OTHER SMALL FLYING FLY-LIKE CREATURE.

AND THEY DO THIS IN ORDER TO FIND EACH OTHER.

AND SO -- FAMILY SHOW, SO I WON'T EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON.

[ LAUGHTER ] BUT THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE THERE FOR.

SO PROBABLY NOTHING TO WORRY, ABOUT BUT ENJOY THE SHOW.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE ALSO.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE IS SIMPLY SAYING, WHAT IS THIS INSECT?

AND I THINK OUR VIEWERS CAN SEE IT UP THERE ON THAT WHITE PHLOX.

>> YES.

THAT IS A SNOWBERRY CLEARWING MOTH.

IT IS ONE OF THE FEW DAY FLYING HAWK MOTHS.

SO YOU'LL SEE THOSE OUT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.

>> SO IS HIS PUPAL STAGE, OR HIS CATERPILLAR STAGE, A GOOD GUY OR A BAD GUY?

>> UNLESS YOU HAVE SNOWBERRY IN YOUR LANDSCAPE, NOT A PROBLEM.

SNOWBERRY CAN BE A PROBLEM OVERTAKING SOME PASTURE AREAS, SO IT'S A GOOD GUY, HELPS KEEPS THINGS IN CHECK.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

AND ONE MORE.

THIS IS ALSO, "IS THIS INSECT HARMFUL?"

I DO BELIEVE.

AND, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S LOST A LEG OR TWO.

BUT WHAT IS THAT?

AND IS IT HARMFUL?

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] >> THAT IS A WESTERN CONIFER SEED BUG.

THEY EAT THE SEEDS FROM CONIFER TREES.

NOTHING TO BE TOO CONCERNED ABOUT, UNLESS YOU WANT TO GROW CONIFERS FROM THE CONES THAT YOU GET FROM YOUR CONIFERS.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

TERRI, ONE PICTURE ON THE VERY FIRST ONE.

THIS ONE DIDN'T TELL US WHERE SHE TOOK THE PICTURE.

BUT SHE SAID A FUZZY LEAFED PLANT CAME UP IN THE GARDEN, AND THEN IT DID THIS.

IS THIS A FLOWER?

IS THIS A WEED?

SHE DID SAY IT SEEMS TO BE REALLY AGGRESSIVE.

>> YEAH, IT IS A LITTLE BIT AGGRESSIVE.

THIS IS MULLEIN.

SO THIS IS -- USUALLY WE SEE IT A LOT IN PASTURES.

IT IS A BIANNUAL, SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY GONNA SEE LIKE A ROSETTE FIRST.

AND THEN -- THE FIRST YEAR.

THEN IT'S GONNA KIND OF SIT THERE, IT'S GONNA OVERWINTER, AND THEN THE SECOND YEAR YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT BIG SEED HEAD.

IT CAN BE SOMETIMES UP TO FIVE FEET TALL.

SOME PEOPLE DON'T LIKE THEM, SOME PEOPLE LIKE THEM.

IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR DECISION IF YOU WANT TO KEEP THEM OR GET RID OF THEM.

THEY'LL HAVE A VERY DEEP TAP ROOT, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO GET MORE THAN JUST THE TRUSTY SOIL KNIFE TO GET IT OUT.

>> SO DIG IT OUT RATHER THAN SPRAY IT WITH THOSE FUZZY LEAVES?

>> YEAH.

WITH THE FUZZY LEAVES, SPRAY SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK QUITE AS WELL.

SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO JUST TRY TO DIG THEM OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> AND LEAVE SOME -- THEY'RE NICE AND THEY'RE A GOOD POLLINATOR, SO WAYNE WOULD BE HAPPY WITH THEM AROUND.

>> ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE ALSO.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE SAYS SHE HAS THIS IN HER YARD ALONG WITH REGULAR GRASS.

HOW DOES SHE GET RID OF THIS WITHOUT HURTING THE REST OF THE LAWN?

>> YEAH, I THINK THIS IS BROME, SO I'M NOT -- YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BASICALLY KILL THE GRASS WHERE IT'S AT IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THIS.

OR YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAND DIG IT OUT.

SO ONE OF THE TWO.

YOU COULD TRY SOME MESOTRIONE.

I PROBABLY WOULDN'T DO IT ANY MORE THIS TIME OF YEAR, BECAUSE WE'RE JUST GETTING WAY TOO LATE INTO THE SEASON.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT LIKE, A FLAG DOWN, OR SOMEPLACE WHERE IT WAS AT, AND SO CAN YOU REMEMBER WHERE IT'S AT AND GET IT EARLIER IN THE SPRING, THEN THAT WOULD PROBABLY WORK.

BUT NOT A LOT YOU CAN DO ANYMORE THIS YEAR, JUST MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T GO TO SEED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

SHE THINKS THIS IS RYEGRASS TAKING OVER HER LITTLE BLUESTEM, ALL BUT SMOTHERING IT.

IS GRASS B GON SAFE TO USE AROUND LITTLE BLUESTEM OR EVEN EFFECTIVE AGAINST RYEGRASS?

>> SO, THE CHEMICAL IN GRASS B GON IS EFFECTIVE ON RYE.

HOWEVER, IT CAN BE ALSO EFFECTIVE ON THE LITTLE BLUESTEM.

I DID DO A LITTLE BIT OF DEEP DIVING INTO SOME TRIALS, AND THEY SAID THAT IT WILL AFFECT THE BLUEGRASS SOMETIMES, BUT SOMETIMES NOT.

SO, MY SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO KIND OF CUT IT DOWN AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN AND CONTROL IT.

AND, AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO THE END OF THE SEASON, SO THOSE BIG PLANTS AREN'T GOING TO GET CONTROLLED AS WELL ANYMORE NOW ANYWAY.

SO I WOULD PROBABLY MAKE SURE YOU KEEP AN EYE ON IT.

IF YOU ARE GOING TO CONTROL IT BY A CHEMICAL, DO IT EARLY IN THE SPRING.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

HE HAS ONE OF THE MAIDEN GRASSES, A ZEBRA GRASS VARIETY, AND IT'S SORT OF FLOPPING ALL OVER THE PLACE RATHER THAN STANDING UP STRAIGHT.

HE'S DIVIDED A THIRD OF IT.

HE'S WONDERING IS THIS A FERTILIZER ISSUE?

HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY IT DOESN'T STAY UPRIGHT.

>> SO, OFTENTIMES THIS IS EITHER IT'S GETTING TOO BIG, OR WHEN YOU DIVIDE IT, YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE GETTING KIND OF THAT DEAD CENTER OUT ALSO.

BUT WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME GOOD LUCK IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN WHERE ABOUT MID-JUNE, FIRST OF JULY -- KIM AND I ARGUE ABOUT THIS, THE TIMING -- BUT IF YOU CAN CUT IT BACK BY ABOUT A THIRD, THAT WILL ACTUALLY KIND OF STIFFEN IT UP A LITTLE BIT, AND IT'LL KIND OF STOP SOME OF THAT FLOPPING.

BUT A LOT OF THE FLOPPING HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE RAIN, AND WE HAD LOTS OF RAIN EARLIER IN THE SEASON, AND THAT WAS PROBABLY PART OF THE PROBLEM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, TERRI.

KYLE?

>> MM-HM.

>> ONE PICTURE FOR YOUR FIRST ONE HERE.

>> YEAH.

>> SHE SAYS -- THIS IS LINCOLN -- A YELLOW/DARKENING SPOT AT THE TOP OF A DEVELOPING WATERMELON.

SHE'S HAD SOME NORMAL ONES TO HARVEST.

>> SO, I -- I HAVE NEVER SEEN A HAIRY WATERMELON.

AND THIS LOOKS LIKE A HAIRY WATERMELON.

AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE ELSE ON THE PANEL HAS SEEN A HAIRY WATERMELON.

AND SO IF YOU STILL HAVE THE SAMPLE, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'RE IN LINCOLN, I WOULD BE VERY INTRIGUED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

FEEL FREE TO BRING IT BY THE CLINIC.

I GUESS NOT TOMORROW, BUT ANY TIME NEXT WEEK.

VERY, VERY CURIOUS.

YEAH, I JUST DON'T KNOW.

IT'S -- YOU KNOW, WE THOUGHT MAYBE IT HAD ROTTED, AND THERE WAS FUNGAL GROWTH.

BUT THEY REALLY LOOK LIKE HAIRS TO ME.

SO, UNLESS YOU TOOK IT TO A -- UNLESS YOU GAVE IT PROPECIA, OR I DON'T KNOW.

[ LAUGHTER ] GAVE IT A WIG?

I AM AT A LOSS FOR THIS ONE.

>> SO BRING IT IN.

>> BRING IT IN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE FOR YOU, KYLE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM KEARNEY.

SHE'S BEEN GROWING BLACK DIAMOND WATERMELONS.

THE FENNELS ARE DRY, THE GREEN COLOR IS DULLER, THE BOTTOM ISN'T AS BRIGHT.

AND THEN THERE'S THIS WHITE STREAK DOWN THE CENTER, AND THE SEED AREA IS MUSHY, LIKE IT'S ALMOST OVERRIPE.

THEY'RE BIG MELONS, 35 POUNDS.

SO, WHAT IS SHE DOING WRONG HERE?

>> I DON'T THINK SHE'S NECESSARILY DOING ANYTHING WRONG.

BUT I THINK MAYBE JUST NATURE.

SO UNEVEN -- THIS STRIKES ME AS SOME SORT OF UNEVEN RIPENING, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE HAVE THAT REALLY THICK CENTER PIECE, BUT IT'S REALLY MUSHY ON THE INSIDE TOO.

A LOT OF THINGS CAN CAUSE UNEVEN RIPENING -- WEATHER CONDITIONS, THERE CAN BE SOME FERTILITY THINGS, ALSO HEAT.

YOU KNOW, WE DID HAVE PRETTY SEVERE HEAT ABOUT THREE, FOUR, FIVE WEEKS AGO.

THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE.

THERE ARE SOME DISEASES AS WELL.

ONE OF THEM IS GUMMY STEM THAT CAN LEAD TO SOME UNEVEN RIPENING.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT HAVING MORE OF A SAMPLE OR SEEING THE -- SEEING THOSE VINES, CAN'T TELL YOU MORE THAN JUST UNEVEN RIPENING.

>> I THINK YOU JUST WANT A PIECE OF WATERMELON TO EAT.

>> I WOULD LOVE SOME WATERMELON TO EAT.

>> OKAY.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, KYLE.

THIS IS BATTLE CREEK.

TWO PICTURES OF SUMMER SQUASH.

THEY WERE YELLOW ALL SUMMER, DID VERY WELL, AND NOW THE VINE IS WILTING AND THE SQUASH ARE GREEN WITH ALL THESE LITTLE YELLOW THINGS.

>> YEAH, IT'S JUST GOING THROUGH PUBERTY, HAS ACNE.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOSAIC VIRUSES ON SQUASH.

SO, SQUASH GETS CUCUMBER MOSAIC, SQUASH MOSAIC, WATERMELON MOSAIC, PAPAYA MOSAIC.

THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT VIRUSES THAT SQUASH CAN GET THAT CAUSE SIMILAR SYMPTOMS TO THAT.

SO WE JUST KINDA GET SOME OF THOSE BULBOUS, YELLOW AREAS.

AS FAR AS EDIBILITY, THEY'RE FINE TO EAT.

THEY MAY -- THE TEXTURE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OFF.

BUT YOU ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO EAT THEM.

SO I GUESS HAVE SOME WATERMELON AND LUMPY SQUASH.

[ LAUGHTER ] SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT SALAD TO ME.

>> LOVELY, LOVELY.

[ LAUGHT ] SCOTT.

OKAY, SCOTT, YOU HAVE THREE PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US -- THIS IS REALLY FUN -- FROM SUN CITY, ARIZONA.

HIS MOTHER HAS A HOME THERE.

PINK GRAPEFRUIT TREE, DECADES OLD, SHOWING SEVERE DECLINE.

SHE'S WANTED IT MOVED AND REPLACED, BUT SHE THINKS WE KNOW AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THIS AS OPPOSED TO PEOPLE IN ARIZONA.

>> I'M TOUCHED THAT YOU SENT THAT IN, BECAUSE I HAD TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF DIGGING.

SUN -- THIS CITY IS JUST REALLY SOUTH PHOENIX, AND IF YOU'VE BEEN WATCHING THE NEWS, THEY'VE HAD 113 DAYS OF HEAT OVER 100 DEGREES.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A STRESSOR.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A DISEASE OUT THERE CALLED FOOT ROT, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY POSITIVE OUTCOME.

THE BEST THING TO DO IS WORK WITH THE ARIZONA UNIVERSITY.

THEY SO HAVE A PLANT CLINIC, SO JUST REACH OUT TO THEM, AND I'M SURE THEY CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER ANSWER THAN I CAN.

>> OTHER THAN CUT IT DOWN.

>> OTHER THAN CUT IT DOWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE, SCOTT.

THIS ONE, THE OAK ONLY HAD LEAVES ON A FEW BRANCHES.

SOME OF THE BRANCHES LEAFED OUT, OTHERS DIDN'T.

THIS IS THE FIRST YEAR THIS HAS HAPPENED.

NO DISEASE.

SHE'S ONLY WATERING WITH UNDERGROUND SPRINKLERS.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE FORGET ABOUT IS THAT WE'VE BEEN IN A DROUGHT FOR THE PAST THREE, MAYBE FOUR YEARS.

AND WHEN WE WATER WITH AN IRRIGATION SYSTEM, WE OFTEN JUST WATER THE GRASS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE GRASS ROOT SYSTEM, WE HAVE A ROOT SYSTEM THAT IS ABOUT AS BIG AS THIS SCREWDRIVER RIGHT HERE, MAYBE.

ALL RIGHT, ANYWAYS -- THIS, THERE WE ARE.

WE HAVE A ROOT SYSTEM ABOUT THREE TO SIX INCHES.

AND WHEN WE WANT TO WATER TREES, WE WANT TO WATER TO THE LENGTH OF THIS SCREWDRIVER.

DROUGHT COMPOUNDS IN TREES AND STRESSES OUT TREES.

IF YOU'VE BEEN AROUND TOWN OR ACROSS THE STATE, WE'RE SEEING QUITE A BIT OF TREES THAT JUST AREN'T LOOKING HAPPY.

SO WHEN YOU WATER, MAKE SURE THAT YOU WATER DEEPLY AND INFREQUENTLY.

>> GREAT, THANKS.

AND SCOTT, ONE MORE PICTURE FOR YOU.

AND THIS IS ACTUALLY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION TO A QUESTION WE HAD LAST WEEK.

THIS IS WHETHER AND HOW YOU CUT BACK ITOH PEONIES.

THIS IS BARTZELLA.

AND SHE HAS A DIFFERENT SUGGESTION THAN WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK.

SO, WHAT DO WE SAY HERE ABOUT THIS ONE?

>> INTERSECTIONAL PEONIES, THEY'RE A GREAT CROSS BETWEEN A HYBRID AND A -- NOT A HYBRID, I APOLOGIZE -- HERBACEOUS AND A TREE PEONY.

SO WE GET KINDA THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A RIGHT OR WRONG ANSWER.

YOU CAN CUT THEM BACK TO ABOUT FOUR INCHES OFF THE GROUND.

THEY DO PUT LATERAL BUDS ON THOSE STEMS, SO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T CUT DOWN TO THOSE.

LEAVING THE FOILAGE UP, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

ONE THING ABOUT INTERSECTIONALS, THEY DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DISEASES THAT SOME OF OUR HERBACEOUS PEONIES HAVE.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT FALL CLEANUP SO MUCH.

>> ALL RIGHT, EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

WELL, WE'VE HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE OF HAVING AN INTERN HELPING US WITH THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND OUR POND THIS SEASON.

IT'S BEEN MORE THAN JUST PULLING WEEDS AND HAULING MULCH.

LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND URBAN FORESTRY MAJOR CORY SCHUMACHER GOT SOME HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE MANAGING SPACES THAT HOPEFULLY THAT WILL STAY WITH HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS CAREER.

♪♪ ♪♪ >>> NO MATTER WHERE THEY END UP IN A PROFESSION OR THEIR PRIVATE LIVES, THEY'RE LIKELY TO HAVE A LANDSCAPE.

STUDENTS LEARN SO MUCH MORE IF THEY CAN ACTUALLY BE IMMERSED IN THE LANDSCAPE AND HAVE THEIR EXPERIENCE ON A DAILY BASIS CHANGE.

AND THEN THAT HELPS THEM LEARN HOW TO BE CRITICAL THINKERS.

♪♪ ♪♪ CORY IS A DESIGN STUDENT WITH A MINOR IN URBAN FORESTRY.

AND HE HAS TO DO AN INTERNSHIP THIS SUMMER, BECAUSE HE WANTED MORE EXPERIENCE IN MANAGING SPACES, PUBLIC SPACES, AND WE NEEDED AN INTERN.

>> COMING INTO IT, I HAD SOME EXPECTATIONS OF WHAT WOULD OCCUR AND WHAT I COULD LEARN.

AND IT WAS JUST BLOWN OUT OF THE WATER.

ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN GAIN FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

>> SO WHAT HE HAS BEEN DOING FOR THE ENTIRE SUMMER IS LEARNING THE MANAGEMENT IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN AND THE KEIM HALL COURTYARD.

>> EVERY DAY IS -- THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW.

WHETHER THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO THE GARDEN, OR JUST THE GARDEN HAVING SOMETHING NEW HAPPEN TO IT, WHETHER THAT'S A NEW PLANT FLOWERING.

IT'S FUN JUST SEEING HOW QUICKLY THESE PLANTS ARE GROWING, AND ALSO HOW QUICKLY THE WEEDS GROW, AND HOW QUICKLY I NEED TO MANAGE THOSE.

BUT JUST ALL THE COLORS THAT COME IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SUMMER IS REALLY ENJOYABLE TO WATCH.

♪♪ ♪♪ >> THE FUN PART ABOUT HIS HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE HERE IS HE'S GOT A LOT OF MENTORS.

SO, HE WORKS WITH THE MASTER GARDENERS DIRECTLY ON THURSDAYS.

WE WANDER ABOUT WITH HIM.

WE ACTUALLY POINT OUT TO HIM THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT HE SHOULD BE ACTUALLY OBSERVING, AND THEN ASKING HIM WHAT HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DO ABOUT THAT, IF ANYTHING, HELPING HIM TRY TO SET PRIORITIES IN A SPACE THAT IS ALWAYS CHANGING.

>> IT'S JUST LEARNING TO ADAPT TO YOUR ENVIRONMENT, BECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENT IS NEVER THE SAME.

YOU CAN KIND OF PREDICT IT, BUT A LOT OF IT IS WHEN IT HAPPENS, YOU JUST GOT TO BE PREPARED TO LEARN ABOUT THE PROBLEM, AND FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION FOR IT.

>> WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND, GOSH, THERE'S INCREDIBLE BEAUTY, DIVERSITY EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY SINGLE MINUTE.

>> YOU KNOW, THERE IS SO MUCH OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN.

THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER THAT YOU CAN BE A PART OF.

IT'S A REALLY FLEXIBLE KIND OF ENVIRONMENT TO KIND OF PICK THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO LEARN ABOUT, AND REALLY DIVE INTO LEARNING ABOUT IT.

♪♪ >> TO BE ABLE TO SAY TO A POTENTIAL EMPLOYER, "I HAVE ACTUALLY DONE THIS.

I HAVEN'T JUST READ ABOUT IT IN A BOOK.

I HAVEN'T JUST SAT IN A CLASSROOM."

AND THAT GIVES THEM A LEG UP IN TERMS OF ACTUAL EXPERIENCE THAT THEY CAN BRING TO AN EMPLOYER.

♪♪ >> IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY.

I DON'T KNOW, THE PEOPLE ARE GREAT, THE ENVIRONMENT IS GREAT.

THE PLANTS LOOK BEAUTIFUL.

THE FLOWERS ARE AMAZING TO LOOK AT.

I'VE TAKEN A LOT OF PICTURES OF INSECTS AND DIFFERENT FLOWERS.

SO, JUST A GREAT WAY TO BE IN NATURE AND MAKE IT LOOK PRETTY.

♪♪ >>> WE REALLY ENJOYED HAVING CORY AROUND THIS SEASON.

OF COURSE, THOSE EXPERIENCES WILL HELP HIM AS HE PURSUES HIS CAREER GOALS.

HE'S IN ALL OF MY CLASSES THIS YEAR.

SO THE POOR KID -- [ LAUGHTER ] ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE FOR YOU ON THIS FIRST ONE, WAYNE.

THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM OMAHA.

THIS ONE IS, WHAT TYPE OF A BEETLE?

FOUND ABOUT EIGHT ON THE ASH TREE.

ARE THESE A THREAT?

>> I GET QUESTIONS EVERY YEAR ABOUT THESE THINGS WHEN THEY COME OUT.

THEY'RE A LARGE BEETLE.

THEY GATHER AROUND TREE TRUNKS.

AND EVERYBODY IS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THEM HARMING THE TREE.

NO WORRIES WHATSOEVER WITH THESE.

THESE ARE KNOWN AS CICADA PARASITES.

OR -- WELL, THESE AREN'T THE CICADA PARASITES, THE PRIOR ONES WERE.

>> NO, THE ONES THAT WERE PRIOR.

>> CICADA PARASITES, ALSO KNOW SOMETIMES AS CEDAR BEETLES.

THEY ARE PARASITES OF CICADAS.

>> COOL.

SO WE HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

ONE OF THOSE ALREADY CAME UP, THAT ORANGE THING.

SO THAT WAS FAIRBURY.

THEY WERE CLEANING OUT A PATCH OF BUFFALO BUR AND THEY FOUND THESE ORANGE INSECTS SCATTERED AROUND ON THEM.

THEY SEEM TO BE EATING THE LEAVES AND FLOWERS OF THE BUFFALO BUR.

WHAT ARE THEY, AND IF THEY TAKE AWAY THE BUFFALO BUR, WHAT WILL THEY THEY EAT INSTEAD?

>> WATCH YOUR POTATOES.

>> OH, DEAR, OKAY.

>> THESE ARE COLORADO POTATO BEETLES.

POTATOES ARE NOT THE ORIGINAL HOST.

POTATOES ARE FROM SOUTH AMERICA, AND THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE WAS NATIVE TO THE FRONT RANGE AND WOULD OCCUR ON BUFFALO BUR, WHICH IS ALSO A SOLANACEOUS PLANT.

AND THEY'RE JUST GOING BACK HOME, TO THE THEIR ROOTS.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> THEY CAN EAT ALL THE BUFFALO BUR THEY WANT IN MY ESTIMATION.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

AND IT'S PRETTY SIMILAR, I THINK, TO THE NEXT ONE ALSO.

BUT THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM MINT HILL, NORTH CAROLINA.

SHE FOUND THIS PINK CATERPILLAR IN THE GARAGE.

SHE HAS A BUTTERFLY GARDEN WITH INTERESTING PLANTS.

SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IT IS, AND IS IT A RASPBERRY PYRAUSTA?

PYR-ASTA?

>> THE ANSWER IS NO, IT NOT.

>> OKAY.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> GO TO THE NEXT ONE, 'CAUSE THEY ARE ONE IN THE SAME.

>> OKAY, SO THE NEXT PICTURE COMES TO US FROM FORT CALHOUN.

>> YEP, THIS ONE IS JUST A LITTLE BIT CLOSER UP.

YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF IT.

IT IS A TOBACCO BUDWORM.

AND THEY LOVE ALL KINDS OF FLOWERS.

>> LOTS OF FLOWERS.

>> LOTS OF FLOWERS.

AND THEY CAN ACTUALLY TURN COLOR BASED ON THE FLOWER THAT THEY'RE EATING.

>> RIGHT.

>> SO THEY WERE OBVIOUSLY EATING SOMETHING WITH SOME PINK AND RED -- MAYBE SOME LIGHT RED TONES IN IT AS THEY WERE DEVELOPING TO THIS STAGE.

>> SO IS THAT GUY GOING TO TURN YELLOW NOW?

>> OR IS HE COLORBLIND, HE FORGOT WHAT HE WAS EATING?

[ LAUGHTER ] >> OR THEY PULLED WHATEVER HE WAS EATING, 'CAUSE IT WASN'T BLOOMING ANYMORE OR LOOKING RED.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TERRI, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS FIRST ONE.

AND THIS IS, THEY LOST A BIG SPRUCE IN ONE OF THE WINDSTORMS IN OMAHA.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE SPACE THAT'S LEFT.

IT'S BECOMING A WEED GARDEN.

SHE WANTS TO PLANT FLOWERS IN THIS AREA, AND SHE NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT BETWEEN NOW AND SPRING.

>> ACTUALLY, NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME TO BE DOING THIS.

SO, DOING SOIL PREP IN THE FALL IS ACTUALLY THE PERFECT TIME.

SO I WOULD MAYBE GRIND THE STUMP OUT, IF YOU WANT TO HAVE IT GROUND OUT.

OTHERWISE, YOU CAN JUST LEAVE IT THERE AND PLANT AROUND IT, AND LET IT JUST KINDA ROT AWAY.

MAYBE PUT A FLOWER POT ON TOP OF IT?

BUT DO SOME PREP.

I WOULD BRING IN SOME COMPOST.

I WOULD KIND OF TURN IT OVER.

I WOULD PUT THE EDGE AROUND IT.

JUST GET IT ALL UP AND READY FOR YOU, AND YOU SHOULD BE GOOD TO GO BY SPRING THEN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO SAID THEY HAD FOUNTAIN GRASS, THE REAL FOUNTAIN GRASS, IN THEIR GARDEN.

AND THEN ITS SURROUNDED BY TURF.

THE FOUNTAIN GRASS HAS SEEDED ITSELF.

WHEN IT GETS MOWED, IT SHREDS.

SO I THINK THE SECOND PICTURE SHOWS -- SECOND SHOWS THE SHRED.

AND THEY WANT TO KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

>> YEAH, WE'RE SEEING THIS A LOT, WHERE IT'S MOVING INTO SOME OF THE TURF IF YOU HAVE IT AS AN ORNAMENTAL.

YOU CAN SPRAY THIS WITH QUINCLORAC, AND THAT WILL ACTUALLY KILL THE FOUNTAIN GRASS BUT NOT BOTHER YOUR BLUEGRASS OR YOUR FESCUE TURF GRASS.

SO, YOU CAN DO THAT.

AGAIN, WE'RE GETTING TOO FAR, CLOSE TO THE END OF THE SEASON.

SO YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GET ONE SPRAY IN NOW, AND -- BUT YOU PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN A COUPLE TIMES NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM LINCOLN.

PLANTED MIXED WILDFLOWERS AND GOT SPANISH NEEDLES, AND WANTS TO KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF IT ONCE AND FOR ALL.

>> OH, WELL, IF YOU -- IF I KNEW THAT, THEN I WOULDN'T HAVE THEM IN MY YARD EITHER.

SO, THERE IS NO PRE-CONTROL.

SO THERE IS NO PRE-EMERGE THAT REALLY WORKS VERY WELL.

I ACTUALLY DID A LITTLE RESEARCH, BECAUSE I'VE HAD THESE IN MY YARD FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, AND I CAN'T GET RID OF THEM.

SO, POST-CONTROL, PRETTY MUCH ANY BROADLEAF WEED KILLER WILL WORK ON THESE.

BUT REALLY, HONESTLY, THE BEST THING I'VE DOING IS JUST CONTINUALLY PULLING THEM.

DON'T LET THEM GO TO FLOWER.

WHEN YOU DO PULL THEM, PROTECT THEM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, SO YOU DON'T LOSE ANY OF THOSE SEEDS.

AND THAT'S ABOUT WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.

SO, GOOD LUCK.

>> OKAY.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE HERE.

AND THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM McCOOK.

SHE SAYS SHE'S VERY ALLERGIC TO VIRGINIA CREEPER, HAS IT EVERYWHERE, HOW CAN SHE GET RID OF IT?

>> OH, YEAH.

SO, YOU KNOW, BESIDES YOU EITHER HIRING SOMEBODY ELSE TO GET IT DONE SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH IT, GOING OUT AND REALLY PUTTING GLOVES ON AND LONG SLEEVES AND KIND OF REALLY GEARING UP, THAT'S REALLY THE BEST THING TO DO.

IF YOU CAN GET TO LIKE THE BOTTOM AND CLIP IT, AND DO KIND OF A STUMP CONTROL WHERE YOU KIND OF CLIP IT, AND PAINT THE STUMP AND THEN LET THE TOP DIE, YOU CAN GET TO IT.

BUT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS MORE OF A GROUND COVER AREA.

SO, I'M NOT FOR SURE IF YOU'D BE ABLE TO DO THAT OR NOT.

SO BESIDES GETTING SOMEBODY ELSE TO DO IT FOR YOU, I'M NOT FOR SURE WHAT ELSE TO DO BESIDES COVERING UP AS MUCH AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES FOR YOU, KYLE, ON THE FIRST ONE HERE.

IT'S A WHITE PINE DRIPPING SAP WHICH MIGHT BE ONE OF HIS.

BUT IF YOU LOOK CLOSER AT THE NEXT PICTURE, IT'S LOST LOWER BRANCHES.

IT'S GOT SOME PRETTY BAD HOLES IN IT.

>> YEAH.

SO, THERE CAN BE A FEW THINGS THAT CAN LEAD TO SOME OF THAT EXCESS SAP.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE INSECTS, THE PINE BEETLES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

CAN ALSO HAVE CYTOSPORA CANKERS THAT CAN LEAD TO INCREASED SAP PRODUCTION.

TYPICALLY THAT'S A LITTLE BIT WHITER THAN THIS DARK SAP THAT WE HAVE HERE.

BUT THERE'S CLEARLY SOMETHING GOING ON WITH THIS -- WITH THIS TREE.

I WOULD BE CURIOUS IF THERE IS ANY NEEDLE DISEASES THAT YOU'VE EVER SEEN ON THERE AS WELL, BECAUSE SOME OUR NEEDLE CAST DISEASES, THEY TEND TO ATTACK THE BOTTOM OF THE TREE FIRST, AND THEN WORK THEIR WAY UP.

THAT COULD BE WHY YOU'RE LOSING THOSE LOWER LIMBS.

BUT IT'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE A TREE THAT YOU'LL WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON HERE IN THE FUTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, KYLE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

SHE JUST WONDERING WHAT THESE ARE?

AND IT'S THOSE BLACK THINGS.

>> YEAH.

THESE ARE AWESOME.

THIS IS XYLARIA POLYMORPHA, ALSO KNOWN AS DEAD MAN'S FINGERS.

AND IT'S A PRETTY COMMON MUSHROOM.

YOU SEE IT KIND OF ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.

IT GROWS ALL -- ON ALL SORTS OF DECAYING WOOD.

WE SEE IT VERY OFTEN ON STUMPS.

A LOT OF TIMES IT LOOKS MORE FINGER-LIKE, BUT WHEN THEY'RE IMMATURE, THEY'RE JUST KIND OF ROUND BALLS, ALMOST -- INSTEAD OF FINGERS, THEY'RE FISTS.

So WE'LL CALL THIS DEAD MAN'S FIST, IT WILL SOON BECOME DEAD MAN'S FINGERS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

SHE'S GOT THESE AROUND AN ASH.

AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW IS THERE ANY SOLUTION TO STOPPING THIS FROM HAPPENING?

>> GET RID OF YOUR ASH TREE.

>> RIGHT.

>> WHICH, YOU KNOW, MIGHT HAPPEN FOR YOU ANYWAY.

BUT THIS IS AN ASH TREE BOLETE.

AND VERY, VERY COMMON AROUND ASH TREES.

THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ASH LEAF APHID.

AND SO THE APHID FEEDS ON THE ROOTS, AND THE MUSHROOM KIND OF GROWS A LITTLE PROTECTIVE COCOON AROUND THAT APHID AS IT FEEDS.

AND AS THE APHID FEEDING RELEASES HONEYDEW, AND THAT FEEDS THE MUSHROOM.

SO AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ASH TREES, YOU WILL HAVE THOSE MUSHROOMS.

BUT ONE COOL THING ABOUT THEM, IF YOU BREAK IT IN HALF AND PUSH IT, THE CENTER, IT'LL KIND OF STAIN BLUE.

SO, IT'S FUN.

BUT, YEAH, THEY'RE UNSIGHTLY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE MORE FOR YOU.

THIS COMES TO US FROM SPIRIT LAKE.

SHE SAYS THIS MUSHROOM IS GROWING ON A TREE STUMP.

PLEASE IDENTIFY.

>> YEAH.

THIS IS ONE OF OUR MOST POPULAR ONES, THIS IS A CHICKEN OF THE WOODS MUSHROOM.

LAETIPORUS.

CAN BE A FEW DIFFERENT SPECIES, BUT THAT'S A CHICKEN OF THE WOODS MUSHROOM.

>> PERFECT.

ALL RIGHT.

SCOTT, YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM LA VISTA.

SHE IS ONE OF YOUR MASTER GARDENERS.

THIS IS HER BOUQUET THAT SHE THOUGHT THEY WOULD SHARE WITH US.

>> WE'RE SUPER LUCKY.

SALLY BROUGHT IN AN AMAZING BOUQUET YESTERDAY.

THIS IS CALLED A CHRYSANTHEMUM.

AND WHEN YOU FIRST LOOK AT IT, IT LOOKS VERY MUCH LIKE A FLORIST'S CHRYSANTHEMUM, WHICH IS TYPICALLY NOT HARDY.

BUT THIS ONE IS CALLED CENTERPIECE, AND IT IS HARDY UP TO ZONE THREE, SO IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO GROW HERE.

IT'S A STUNNING PLANT.

SADLY, SALLY, IF YOU'RE WATCHING, I HAD TO TEAR APART YOUR CENTERPIECE TO BRING IT TO THE SHOW TONIGHT.

SO I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

BUT IF YOU GET A CHANCE, WE OFTEN -- WE HAVE CHANGED OUR THOUGHTS GOING TO PLANTING MORE FOR POLLINATORS, BUT WE STILL HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD PLANTS IN THE GARDEN FOR CUT FLOWERS.

>> THANK YOU, SCOTT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS ABOUT TEN MILES WEST OF KEARNEY.

IT'S A BURNING BUSH, AT LEAST TEN YEARS OLD, REALLY OVERGROWN, THEY DID CUT IT BACK.

NEW GROWTH IS SPINDLY.

WHAT SHOULD THEY DO NOW?

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE PLANTS THAT WE CAN'T CUT BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND.

WE'RE GOING TO GET REALLY A LOT OF GREEN GROWTH, SPINDLY GREEN GROWTH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

THIS YEAR HAS ALSO BEEN THE YEAR OF THE APHID.

WE HAVE SEEN APHIDS ON EVERYTHING.

IF IT WAS GREEN, WE HAD AN APHID.

BUT WHAT WE NEED TO DO RIGHT NOW IS MAYBE WE COULD WAIT UNTIL AFTER FIRST HARD FROST OR FREEZE, AND THEN GO IN AND TAKE OUT SOME OF THE MOST SPINDLIEST OF THE GROWTH DOWN TO THE CANOPY LEVEL THAT YOU'RE HAPPY WITH, AND THEN JUST WATCH IT FOR NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND TWO MORE PICTURES, QUICKLY, ON THIS ONE.

THIS COMES US TO FROM COLUMBUS.

SHE HAS A DESERT ROSE, AND IT'S TURNING YELLOW, THE LEAVES ARE TURNING YELLOW.

WHY?

>> DESERT ROSE, THEY'RE AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING SUCCULENT PLANT.

BEING THAT THEY'RE A SUCCULENT, THEY DON'T LIKE WET FEET.

THAT POTTING MIX LOOKS A LITTLE BIT HEAVY.

WHAT YOU MIGHT WANT TO DO IS TAKE IT OUT AND INCORPORATE A BUNCH OF PEARLITE INTO THAT POTTING MIX TO HELP IMPROVE THE DRAINAGE.

ANOTHER OPTION IS TO GO WITH A SUCCULENT/CACTUS MIX.

BUT WE WANT GOOD DRAINAGE, AND THEY JUST DON'T LIKE WET FEET.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, SCOTT.

WELL, WE DO HOPE YOU'VE ENJOYED OUR EDITION OF THE WEATHER OUTLOOK THIS SEASON.

SO HERE IS GANNON RUSH FROM UNL'S HIGH PLAINS REGIONAL CLIMATE CENTER FOR HIS FINAL LOOK FOR US AT NEXT WEEK'S WEATHER.

>>> THANKS, KIM.

WE HAVE A HOT START BEFORE SHIFT TOWARDS FALL-LIKE WEATHER.

FRIDAY WILL BE THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE WEEK, WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 80s AND LOW 90s.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH ON SATURDAY, BUT IT STILL MIGHT BE MUGGY IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE.

THE REST OF THE WEEK WILL BE ACTUALLY KIND OF SHOCKINGLY COOL WITH HIGHS IN THE 60s AND LOW 70s.

AS I HAD MENTIONED LAST WEEK, WE ARE EXPECTING A GOOD SHOT OF RAIN.

A STRETCH FROM McCOOK UP TO THE NORFOLK AREA AND EAST COULD SEE TWO OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN.

WE DESPERATELY NEED THIS, AND THIS'LL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY AND TAPER OFF ON SUNDAY.

THE OVERALL PATTERN HAS SHIFTED SEVERAL TIMES, SO THE HEAVIEST RAIN COU BE MOVING ACROSS THE STATE.

SO DEFINITELY KEEP AN EYE ON THAT.

AND THAT'S YOUR WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.

BACK TO YOU, KIM.

>>> THANKS, GANNON.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT MORE OF YOUR QUESTIONS TO GET TO.

RIGHT NOW WE NEED TO TAKE A BREAK.

THERE IS MUCH MORE "BACKYARD FARMER" COMING UP RIGHT AFTER THESE MESSAGES.

♪♪ ♪♪ [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] [Up-lifting Music] ♪♪ >>> WELCOME BACK TO "BACKYARD FARMER."

COMING UP LATER IN THE SHOW, WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT OUR YEARLY GARDEN TIMELAPSE.

YOU CAN STILL PHONE IN THOSE QUESTIONS TO 1-800-676-5446.

OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW IT IS TIME FOR THE LIGHTNING ROUND.

SCOTT.

READY?

>> I GUESS.

>> OKAY.

YOUR FIRST QUESTION COMES TO US FROM A STANTON VIEWER.

THEY HAVE A 3-YEAR-OLD MAPLE.

AND THE SECOND GROWTH OF THE SEASON, THE NEWER SUMMER GROWTH IS SORT OF STUNTED AND SMALL.

ANY IDEAS ON THAT?

>> WE WERE TALKING EARLIER, THE FAUCET HAS TURNED OFF WITH RAIN.

IT COULD JUST BE A LITTLE BIT OF DROUGHT STRESS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A KEARNEY VIEWER WHO HAS GROWN TITHONIA MEXICAN SUNFLOWER.

LOVES IT.

WONDER IF THEY CAN JUST KEEP THE SEEDS, SCATTER THE SEEDS, LET IT RESEED ITSELF, OR DO THEY HAVE TO START OVER IN THE SPRING?

>> IT CAN DEFINITELY RESTART THE SEEDS.

YOU CAN JUST SPRINKLE IT DOWN, SAVE SOME OF THE FLOWER HEADS IN CASE NOTHING HAPPENS NEXT YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER MORNING GLORIES WILL RESEED THEMSELVES.

MORNING GLORIES.

>> YES, THEY DO RESEED THEMSELVES.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE HAVE A VIEWER WHO WANTS TO KNOW, IS THERE A DROUGHT TOLERANT GROUNDCOVER THAT WE WOULD SUGGEST FOR USING AROUND NEWLY PLANTED CONIFERS?

>> SEDUMS, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH THEM.

>> PERFECT.

A PEACH WAS GROWN FROM A SEED FROM AN OLD TREE IN A POT.

WHEN SHOULD IT GO IN THE GROUND?

>> YESTERDAY.

GET IT IN THE GROUND NOW.

[ THUNDER ] >> ALL RIGHT, NICE JOB.

OKAY, KYLE, READY?

>> BORN READY.

>> ALL RIGHTY.

WE LIKE TO HEAR THAT.

YOUR FIRST ONE, WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE THIS ONE COMES TO US FROM, BUT THEY'RE SAYING THEY MUST BE NEAR A PASTURE OR SOMETHING, REALLY RUSTY BROME.

>> OKAY.

>> AND THEY'RE WONDERING WILL THAT RUST DISEASE SPREAD TO THE OTHER ORNAMENTAL GRASSES?

>> IT EASILY COULD, BUT DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT, IT'S NOT GOING TO HARM THE LAWN, HARM THE GRASS LONG TERM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO HAS CHOKECHERRIES.

THEY HAVE POWDERY MILDEW FOR THE FOURTH TIME THIS YEAR.

IS THIS GOING TO ACTUALLY REALLY CAUSE DAMAGE TO THOSE CHOKECHERRIES?

>> IF THEY ARE LOSING LEAVES, THEN POTENTIALLY YES.

IF THE LEAVES ARE HANGING AROUND, THEN THE CHOKECHERRIES SHOULD BE FINE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A VIEWER HAS SUDDEN DEATH OF BRANCHES IN THEIR NORWAY MAPLE.

IS THAT VERTICILLIUM OR WOULD YOU NEED A SAMPLE?

>> I WOULD NEED A SAMPLE.

I DOUBT THAT IT'S VERTICILLIUM.

>> ALL RIGHT.

A SEWARD VIEWER WONDERS WHETHER WE CAN MANAGE ASTER YELLOWS, SINCE IT'S EVERYWHERE, JUST BY PRUNING OFF THE ASTER YELLOW HEADS?

>> NOPE.

>> WE HAVE A LINCOLN VIEWER WHO WONDERS, ARE THERE ANY DISEASES THAT WILL ATTACK US IF WE GO FROM REALLY DRY TO REALLY WET IN THE SPAN OF ONLY TWO DAYS?

>> ATTACK US, LIKE HUMANS?

[ THUNDER ] [ LAUGHTER ] >> NO, PLANTS.

>> PLANTS.

SO, YES.

BUT MOST OF IT ENDS UP WITH A -- YOU HAVE A COMPROMISED ROOT SYSTEM, AND THEN ALL THE MOISTURE, MICROBES GO CRAZY, AND THE PLANTS JUST AREN'T ABLE TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AS MUCH.

>> EXCELLENT.

ALL RIGHT, TERRI, YOU READY?

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

THIS IS AN ARLINGTON VIEWER WHO WONDERS WHETHER IT IS OKAY TO PULL NUTSEDGE NOW.

IT'S IN HER GARDEN AND SHE DOES NOT WANT TO SPRAY IT.

>> YES.

>> OKAY.

WE HAVE TURF ALREADY WHERE A STUMP WAS GROUND OUT.

THIS IS KIND OF LIKE YOUR OTHER QUESTION.

THEY HAVE COMPOSTED, BUT THEY STILL CAN'T GET TURF.

ANY IDEAS ON THAT ONE?

>> SO, I WOULD JUST CONTINUE ADDING COMPOST.

YOU'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO HAVE TO BRING IN MUCH MORE SOIL IN THERE, SO THAT THERE'S A NICE BED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SEED BANK HAS A NICE BASE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS A ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA VIEWER.

THEY WANT TO PLANT BULBS IN THEIR LAWN, BUT IT'S GOT LOTS OF CREEPING CHARLIES.

SHOULD THEY SPRAY THE CREEPING CHARLIE FIRST?

>> YEAH, I WOULD GET RID OF THE CREEPING CHARLIE.

NOW YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE ALMOST TOO LATE, 'CAUSE YOU'RE A LITTLE FURTHER NORTH THAN US.

SO, YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN DOING THAT, LIKE, THE END OF AUGUST.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A HONEY LOCUST THAT HAS SPROUTED ALL OVER THE LAWN AFTER IT GOT CUT DOWN.

HOW DO YOU CONTROL IT?

[ THUNDER ] >> JUST CONTINUE MOWING IT, IT SHOULD PRETTY MUCH GO AWAY ON ITS OWN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WAYNE, LAST BUT NOT LEAST.

READY?

>> LET'S GO.

>> THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

THEY HAVE A GIANT MANTIS, PRAYING MANTIS.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE SPECIES IS, AND CAN YOU TELL THE SEX BY THE COLOR OF THE BUG?

>> FIRST OF ALL, IT'S PROBABLY A CHINESE PRAYING MANTIS, AND NO, YOU CANNOT TELL BY THE COLOR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

HOW DO YOU TELL?

>> IT CAN BE -- IF THE ABDOMEN IS VERY SWOLLEN THIS TIME OF YEAR, YOU KNOW SHE'S A FEMALE READY TO LAY SOME EGGS.

OTHERWISE, IT'S KIND OF DIFFICULT TO TELL.

>> THAT WAS TWO QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

EXCELLENT.

SO THEN WE HAVE AN OSMOND VIEWER WHO HAS ONE OF THE SMALLER PRAYING MANTIS EGG CASES.

AND SHE'S WONDERING WHETHER THE MANTIS BABIES HAVE ALREADY EMERGED FROM THAT.

>> IF IT'S FRESHER, THEY COULD BE A NEW ONE.

IF NOT, IT IS PROBABLY OLD AND SPENT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER WHO HAD LITTLE SEED-LIKE BUGS ON HER GERANIUMS IN JULY.

AND NOW SHE IS SEEING SEED-LIKE THINGS UNDER THEM ON HER DECK.

IS THAT INSECTS?

IS THAT FRASS?

WHAT WERE THEY, MAYBE?

>> COULD BE FRASS.

I HAD SOMEONE ELSE SEND ME A PICTURE SIMILAR TO THAT, AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SEEDS COMING OUT OF THAT.

SO, IT COULD BE SEVERAL THINGS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

WILL WORMS DIE IN THIS DRY SOIL OR DO THEY GO DEEP?

[ THUNDER ] >> THEY GO DEEP.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW WE PASS THIS AROUND.

BECAUSE THREE OF YOU GOT IT, AND YOU LOST.

>> SO TERRI JUST CAN DUCK.

>> FINE.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> IF I COUNTED CORRECTLY, I HAD SIX.

>> 'CAUSE THEY GAVE YOU EXTRA POINTS!

>> SHE ASKED ME AN EXTRA QUESTION.

>> WELL -- >> STILL GAVE YOU AN EXTRA POINT.

>> YOU GUYS.

WE GOTTA GO, WE GOTTA GO.

SO WE HAVE ANNOUNCEMENTS OF GREAT THINGS HAPPENING IN THE GARDENING WORLD, OF COURSE.

AND WE HAVE FIRST OFF, THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN GROW-A-ROW, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL THING STILL, AUGUST 6th TO OCTOBER 8th, TUESDAYS 4:30-7:00 IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

OUR SECOND ONE IS A COMPOSTING DEMONSTRATION, WHICH IS FREE.

THAT IS SATURDAY THE 28th, IN PIONEERS PARK, SOUTH OF NATURE CENTER.

AND, OF COURSE, WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE YOU WATCH US DURING THE YEAR.

BUT LET'S TALK PLANTS OF THE WEEK, SHALL WE, SCOTT?

>> YES.

THIS WEEK WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT LATE SUMMER, EARLY FALL COLOR.

THIS FIRST ONE RIGHT HERE IS A VIBURNUM CALLED TEA, AS IN THE DRINK, T-E-A.

IT'S, ACCORDING TO KIM, IT'S THE MOST QUESTION -- WE GET THE MOST QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS PLANT IN THE "BACKYARD FARMER" GARDEN.

IT HAS REALLY GREAT BERRIES FOR THE FALL, THE BIRDS WILL LOVE THEM.

GROWS ABOUT 8 TO 12 FOOT TALL.

THE NEXT PLANT HERE IS JUST A GOLDENROD, WE'RE NOT SURE OF THE SPECIES.

BUT GOLDENRODS ARE A GREAT PLANT TO HAVE IN THE GARDEN.

THEY'RE PRETTY DROUGHT TOLERANT.

>> AND WE LOVE OUR GOLDENROD REGARDLESS OF ANYTHING ELSE GOING ON.

>> YES, WE DO.

>> SO, WE DON'T REALLY CARE WHICH ONE IT IS.

AND WE ARE NOW GOING TO ACTUALLY GO TO A QUESTION FOR WAYNE.

SO WAYNE, YOUR VERY FIRST QUESTION NEXT COMES TO US FROM SIDNEY, NEBRASKA.

SHE HAS IS WAD OF WHAT SHE'S CALLING HORNETS.

AND SHE IS WONDERING WHY THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE DOING, AND HOW CAN SHE GET RID OF THOSE?

>> AH, GOOD OLD SIDNEY, WHERE I GREW UP.

THIS IS ACTUALLY NOT A YELLOWJACKET WASP.

THIS IS A EUROPEAN PAPER WASP.

SO IT'S INVASIVE.

AND IF YOU LOOK REALLY CLOSELY AT THE ANTENNAE ON THESE, THEY HAVE THOSE ORANGE TIPS.

SO, THAT MEANS IT'S THE MALES.

AND MALES OF PAPER WASPS AND BEES OFTEN GATHER TOGETHER IN GROUPS OF MALES.

IT MAKES IT EASIER SO ONE IS MORE LIKELY TO SEE A PASSING FEMALE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

CAPTURE.

WE HAVE A WAVERLY VIEWER WHO IS WANDERING IF THIS IS A WASP.

AND IT'S ON THAT CELOSIA THERE.

>> IT'S A POTTER WASP, YES.

SO IT AS WASP.

>> A NEAT ONE.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE ON THIS ONE, TOO.

AND THEY SAW THIS ONE ON THEIR AUTUMN SEDUM TODAY.

SHE'S WONDERING IS THIS A HONEYBEE OR SOMETHING ELSE?

>> SO, I'LL CLARIFY.

THE GREENISH ONE IN IT THERE, THE GREEN BOTTLE FLY.

THE OTHER ONE, A LITTLE BIT LARGER WITH THE BLUISH TINT ON THE ABDOMEN, THAT'S THE TACHINID FLY.

THOSE ARE PARASITES OF MANY OF OUR NOCTUID MOTHS THAT TEND TO BE PESTS.

SO, WE WANT THOSE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

ONE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A WEST OMAHA VIEWER.

AND THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE NEXT ONE WHICH IS ALSO OMAHA.

THEY FOUND -- WHAT IS THIS ON THE PARSLEY PLANT?

THEY DID SAY THERE WERE SEVERAL BLACK SWALLOWTAIL CATERPILLARS, AND THE OTHER ONE SAID IT WAS ON THEIR DILL.

>> WELL, THESE WERE BLACK SWALLOWTAIL CATERPILLARS, THAT HAVE SADLY SUCCUMBED TO A DISEASE.

THIS ONE LOOKS A LITTLE DRIED UP, AND THE OTHER LOOKS A LITTLE DRIED UP AS WELL.

SO THEY WERE AT ONE POINT A LOT GOOIER THAN THEY ARE NOW.

BUT THEY'RE GONERS.

>> THEY'RE DEAD.

ALL RIGHTY.

UNFORTUNATELY.

TERRI, TWO PICTURES ON THIS FIRST ONE.

AND THIS ONE, HE IS WONDERING WHAT THIS IS.

AND HE'S TALKING ABOUT THE BIG PLANT THERE IN THE MIDDLE WITH ALL THE SEED HEADS.

AND IS IT TOXIC OR DANGEROUS?

>> YES, SO THIS IS BURDOCK.

IT CAN BE IF YOU HAVE -- IF YOU GET IT ON YOUR SKIN, IT CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE DETRITUS ON YOUR SKIN.

BUT IT IS A BIANNUAL, SO LIKE HOW I TALKED ABOUT THE MULLEIN EARLIER, IT'S GOA GIVE YOU A ROSETTE AND THEN GROW UP.

SO YOU REALLY DON'T WANT THIS, SO I WOULD JUST GO DIG IT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION FROM A WATERLOO VIEWER.

"HELLO, THIS NASTY GRASS IS TRYING TO TAKE OVER ALONG THE CURB IN THE DRIVEWAY.

WHAT IS THIS?"

>> THIS IS CRABGRASS.

SO YOU CAN PUT A PREEMERGENT DOWN.

YOU'RE GONNA DO THAT, YOU KNOW, MID-MAY-ISH, AND THEN SINCE IT'S ON THE EDGE, THIS IS ACTUALLY GOING TO WARM UP A LITTLE BIT QUICKER THAN THE REST OF YOUR TURF.

SO YOU MAY ACTUALLY WANT TO PUT A SECOND APPLICATION DOWN FOR THIS ONE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> BUT YOU'LL DO THAT IN THE SPRING.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A LINCOLN VIEWER.

IT'S IN THE PERENNIAL GARDEN.

SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T PLANT IT, IT'S FIVE FEET TALL.

CUT OFF THE TOP AND THEN IT WENT TO SEED AND GREW BACK.

IS IT A WEED?

>> YUP, IT'S A WEED.

IT'S HORSEWEED.

JUST CUT IT OUT.

GET RID OF IT.

YOU DON'T WANT IT AROUND.

TOO MANY SEEDS.

>> OKAY.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS A JOHNSON LAKE VIEWER.

PATCHES OF THIS.

WHAT IS IT, AND HOW CAN THEY REMOVE IT OR CONTROL IT?

>> THIS IS WINDMILL GRASS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A PERENNIAL.

SO, THIS IS THE ONE WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE LITTLE SEED HEADS THAT ARE LIKE, TUMBLING OVER YOUR TURF, AND THEN IT'S SPREADING ALL ITS SEEDS ALL OVER THE PLACE.

QUINCLORAC WOULD BE ONE, OR MESOTRIONE WOULD BE ONE THAT YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO.

AGAIN, MAYBE ONE APPLICATION NOW.

SINCE THEY'RE PERENNIAL, YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE TO DO IT A COUPLE TIMES NEXT YEAR IN ORDER TO GET RID OF IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, THIS IS A WEIRD ONE, AND I GAVE IT TO YOU BECAUSE IT IS.

>> OH, THANKS.

>> SO, THAT IS LIGHTNING STRUCK HACKBERRY, 20 YEARS AGO, THE NORTH -- ALL SORTS OF STUFF HERE.

THEY LEFT THE TRUNK.

IT'S PEELING LIKE THIS, AND LOOKING BLACKISH.

IS -- WHAT THE HECK IS DOING THIS?

>> YEAH, SO, WELL, LIGHTNING STRIKES WILL BURN THE WOOD.

AND SO I THINK THERE'S A COMBINATION OF SOME DARK FROM THE LIGHTNING STRIKE, BUT ALSO JUST A LOT OF OUR WOOD DECAY FUNGI ARE GOING TO WORK ON THAT.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO KIND OF COOL.

>> FUN STUFF.

>> ALRIGHT, BRAINARD, YOUR NEXT ONE, THE BLACK HOLES IN THE TOMATOES, WHICH PROBABLY STARTED WITH WAYNE, AND NOW THEY'RE YOURS.

>> IT EASILY COULD HAVE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT WE'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ANTHRACNOSE ON THESE TOMATOES.

AT THIS POINT, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO DO.

A FUNGICIDE AT FRUIT SET CAN HELP THOUGH.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> YOU CAN JUST CUT AROUND THE AREAS AND STILL EAT 'EM.

>> GROSS.

OKAY.

STROMSBURG, THIS IS ALSO A TOMATO.

WHAT CAUSES THE BLACK RINGS ON BIG BEEF?

>> YEAH, SO THAT IS MOST LIKELY TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS.

BIG BEEF IS SUPPOSED -- IS RESISTANT TO IT, BUT IT CAN STILL GET THE VIRUS, IT JUST DOESN'T SHOW AS BAD OF SYMPTOMS AS IT COULD.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE, WHICH IS NORTHWEST OF BIG SPRINGS.

>> YES.

>> WE HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THIS ONE, BUT HE BROUGHT YOU A SAMPLE.

>> HE DID!

SO THANK YOU FOR THE SAMPLE, JERRY.

AND THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF A TOMATO THAT IS NOT RESIST TO TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS.

AND SO JERRY'S TOMATOES WERE POSITIVE FOR TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS.

IT SPREAD BY THRIPS.

VERY DIFFICULT TO CONTROL THRIPS.

BEST THING TO DO IS GOING TO BE TO CONTROL THE WEEDS AROUND YOUR GARDEN, ESPECIALLY DANDELIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT MAY BE A HOST FOR TOMATO SPOTTED WILT VIRUS.

ALSO, IF YOU USE A REFLECTIVE MULCH THAT CAN INTERFERE WITH THE THRIP LANDING.

>> EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.

SCOTT, TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE HERE.

THIS IS AN OMAHA VIEWER.

THEY'RE CALLING IT SNOWBUSH, THIS IS A HYDRANGEA.

THE STORM TOOK OUT THE OLD WOOD.

AND HE IS WONDERING, SHOULD SHE GO AHEAD CUT BACK THOSE TWO TALL CANES.

THAT'S KINDA WHAT'S LEFT THERE.

>> THE BEST THING TO DO RIGHT NOW IS LEAVE IT ALONE.

THOSE TWO TALL CANES ARE STILL PRODUCING ENERGY FOR NEXT YEAR'S PLANT.

IT'S GONNA GO THROUGH A COUPLE YEARS OF THE UGLY HAIRCUT STAGE.

OR IF YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT, JUST TAKE IT OUT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THREE PICS ON THE NEXT ONE, ALSO FROM OMAHA.

THE FIRST WE GOT A PEE GEE HYDRANGEA, THEN WE'VE GOT A QUICK FIRE.

WANTS TO PRUNE SEVERELY.

SHOULD THIS BE A FALL OR A SPRING?

>> PEE GEE HYDRANGEAS, THEY BLOOM ON NEW WOOD.

YOU CAN PRUNE 'EM IN THE SPRINGTIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE TOO, BUT RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO DO GRADUAL PRUNING, NO MORE THAN A THIRD, OR ELSE WE'RE GOING TO GET SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THEIR EUONYMUS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND THE FINAL ONE FOR THIS ONE IS THIS MACROPHYLLA.

SO HE WONDERED ON THAT LAST HYDRANGEA, SHOULD HE -- WHAT SHOULD HE DO WITH THAT ONE?

>> JUST LEAVE THAT LAST HYDRANGEA ALONE.

IT'S GOING TO BE FINE.

IT MAY FLOWER FOR YOU NEXT YEAR, IT MIGHT NOT.

>> OKAY.

AND THIS ONE IS ACTUALLY ONE OF THE -- THE ONE THAT WE JUST WENT BY IS ACTUALLY AN OMAHA VIEWER.

AND THAT WAS JAPANESE TREE LILAC, IT HASN'T BLOOMED, AND THE LEAVES ARE TURNING BROWN.

WHAT HAPPENED ON THAT ONE?

>> AGAIN, THE HEAT CAME ON LATE THIS SUMMER, SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT OF STRESS ON THOSE PLANT.

IT'S NORMAL FOR THEM NOT TO FLOWER THE SECOND, THIRD YEAR.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND JAPANESE MAPLE IS THE SAME THING RIGHT?

>> RIGHT, JAPANESE MAPLE HEAT STRESS.

>> HEAT STRESS.

HEAT, HEAT, HEAT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ANOTHER WONDERFUL YEAR OUT AT OUR GARDEN DESPITE SOME VERY WEIRD WEATHER.

AND AS IS OUR TRADITION, WE'D LIKE TO DO A LITTLE GARDEN REVIEW, SHOW YOU A FULL SEASON OF GROWTH IN THREE MINUTES.

♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ ♪♪ >>> WE WANT TO GIVE A BIG SHOUTOUT, OF COURSE, TO TERRI, OUR WONDERFUL MASTER GARDENERS, AND CORY FOR ALL THE HARD WORK IT TOOK TO BRING THAT GARDEN TO YOU THIS YEAR.

ALL RIGHT, CHOP-CHOP.

YOU HAVE ONE PICTURE ON THIS ONE, WAYNE.

THIS ONE IS COULD YOU IDENTIFY THIS INSECT?

WHAT IS IT?

>> I BELIEVE IT'S A TIGER BEE FLY.

>> GOOD GUY OR BAD GUY?

>> THEY'RE POLLINATORS.

THE LARVAE TEND TO BE PARASITIC ON THINGS WE DONT WANT.

>> EXCELLENT.

AND ONE PICTURE ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS LOVELY WEB WAS ON THEIR FRONT PORCH.

HER PHONE WON'T TELL HER SO YOU CAN.

[ LAUGHTER ] >> GRASS SPIDER.

FUN PART IS, STICK A BLADE OF GRASS ON THERE AND TRY TO DANGLE IT RIGHT ON THE WEB, AND SEE IF CAN YOU COAX THE SPIDER OUT.

>> OH, GREAT.

YUCK.

OKAY, WE HAVE A FREEMONT VIEWER, WANTS TO KNOW WHAT KIND OF A SPIDER THIS IS?

>> WELL, I -- IT LOOKS RATHER WET.

SO, I WASN'T ABLE TO TELL THE MARKINGS TO GET IT DOWN TO SPECIES, BUT IT IS ONE OF THE WOLF SPIDERS.

YOU CAN TELL 'CAUSE THE NICE TOP VIEW, AND YOU CAN SEE THE BOX OF THE FOUR LARGER EYES.

>> MM-HM.

YEAH, GREAT.

OKAY.

SO TERRI, TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE.

THIS IS IN MALMO, NEBRASKA.

SHE'S GOT THIS GROUND COVER WHICH IS ONE OF THE SEDUMS.

SHE WANTS TO GET RID OF IT, AND SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT IS THE BEST TIME TO TACKLE THE PROJECT.

>> SHE CAN DO IT NOW IF SHE WANTS TO.

OR IN THE SPRING, WHICHEVER YOU WANT.

>> AND SHE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PULL AND PULL.

>> SHE'S JUST GOING TO HAVE TO KEEP PULLING IT.

>> ALL RIGHT.

>> GIVE IT TO YOUR FRIENDS.

>> TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THE FIRST ONE SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT THAT PLANT IS.

>> IT'S A PHLOX.

>> LIKE A GARNDEN PHLOX.

AND THE SECOND ONE THEY WANT TO KNOW IS THIS A WEED OR IS THIS A KEEPER?

>> THIS IS A GOOSEFOOT, I THINK.

SO IT'S IN THE AMARANTH, SO IT'S ACTUALLY A ROGUE IT OUT PLANT.

>> ALL RIGHT, SO IT'S UP TO THEM.

THEY CAN LET IT FLOWER, OR THEY CAN -- >> THEY CAN LET IT FLOWER AND DOUBLECHECK, BUT THAT'S ONE I'M PRETTY SURE IS WHAT IT IS.

>> ALL RIGHT.

KYLE, LET'S SEE.

THIS IS A NORFOLK VIEWER.

WE'VE NOT EVER HAD A HYDRANGEA LEAF THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS.

BUT APPARENTLY, SHE'S WONDERING WHAT SHE CAN APPLY TO THE LEAVES TO TAKE CARE OF THE WHITE SPOTS.

>> YEAH.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH THAT CAN BE APPLIED TO THOSE LEAVES.

I MEAN, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME OF YEAR, IT'S KIND OF TOO LATE FOR A LOT OF DISEASE CONTROL ANYWAY.

THIS DOES TO ME LOOK LIKE A BACTERIAL LEAF SPOT, WHICH HYDRANGEAS GET.

JUST TOLERATE IT.

AND THEN NEXT YEAR, YOU CAN TRY MAYBE A COPPER SOLUTION.

>> AND SANITATION -- >> AND SANITATION, YEAH.

>> --THIS FALL.

OKAY.

SO THIS IS A MIDTOWN OMAHA VIEWER.

THIS IS A BOXELDER TREE.

SHE SAYS THE TREE ITSELF IS 30 TO 40 FEET TALL.

WILL THE BOXELDER BE OKAY WITH THIS ON IT?

>> SO, THIS IS, I THINK -- HARD -- I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE WHAT MUSHROOM THIS IS.

I THINK THAT IT'S A TURKEY TAIL, TRAMETES VERSICOLOR.

THAT, IN AND OF ITSELF, IS NOT GOING TO KILL THE HACKBERRY, BUT THERE IS A LARGE WOUND IN THAT HACKBERRY THAT THIS BIG MUSHROOM IS GROWING OUT OF.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE A LOT MORE CONCERNED ABOUT.

SO CERTAINLY A TREE TO WATCH IN THE FUTURE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

TWO PICTURES ON THE NEXT ONE.

THIS COMES TO US FROM YORK.

THIS IS A WALNUT, A BLACK WALNUT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE FUNGUS.

AND THEN I THINK WE HAVE A CLOSER UP ONE ON THIS.

AND WHAT IS THAT?

AND IS THIS A GONER TOO?

>> YEAH.

SO I THINK THAT THIS IS KIND OF AN OLD LION'S MANE MUSHROOM.

ONE OF THE FEW MUSHROOMS THAT WILL GROW ON BLACK WALNUTS.

AGAIN, THE MUSHROOM ITSELF ISN'T KILLING THE TREE, BUT IT'S A SIGN OF NOT A TERRIBLY HEALTHY TREE.

>> ALL RIGHT.

AND ONE MORE, AND THIS ONE IS HASTINGS.

AND HE JUST WANTED TO SHOW US A PICTURE OF THAT BEAUTIFUL CHICKEN OF THE WOODS.

>> AND I THINK THEY EVEN SAID IT WAS GOING TO BE SUNDAY DINNER.

>> THEY DID.

>> BUT YEP, THAT'S ANOTHER CHICKEN OF THE WOODS, LAETIPORUS.

BEAUTIFUL.

>> YEAH, CRAWL UP THERE AND GET IT.

ALL RIGHT, SCOTT, YOU HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THE FIRST ONE, WE HAVE ABOUT 90 SECONDS.

THIS IS KENNARD.

SNOWDANCE JAPANESE TREE LILAC, BRAND NEW PLANTED.

IS THIS NORMAL, OR DOES THIS TREE NEED A DRINK?

>> IT DEFINITELY NEEDS SOME WATER.

IT NEEDS MULCH AROUND THAT PLANT.

IT IS STRESSED OUT.

ENVIRONMENTAL, THE HEAT.

BUT MULCH IT, WATER IT, AND WAIT.

>> CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND HOPE.

AND WE HAVE A GRETNA VIEWER FOR YOUR LAST ONES.

WE HAVE TWO PICTURES ON THIS ONE.

SO THE FIRST ONE DOESN'T REALLY SHOW THE BROWN GROWTH, BUT IT SHOWS -- THIS IS EUONYMUS -- PROBABLY REVERTING A LITTLE BIT.

AND THE SECOND ONE SHOWS THIS, WHAT SHE IS ACTUALLY CONCERNED ABOUT, WHICH SHE'S CALLING THESE BROWN GROWTHS.

>> THIS IS NORMAL FOR EUONYMUS.

THIS IS AERIAL ROOTS.

IT HELPS THE PLANT ATTACH ITSELF TO SURFACES.

IT DOES LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE SOME BRICK ON THE HOUSE, THAT'S GOING TO BE FINE.

BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF SIDING, IT'S GOING TO STAIN IT.

IT'S NOT FUN TRYING TO TAKE IT OFF.

SO, DON'T LET IT CLIMB UP THE HOUSE.

>> AND IF YOU DO LET IT CLIMB UP THE HOUSE, 'CAUSE I HAVE THAT, YOU CANNOT GET IT OFF.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU CAN TAKE A PUTTY KNIFE.

YOU CAN TAKE -- YOUR SOIL KNIFE WOULDN'T EVEN TAKE IT OFF, TERRI.

[ LIGHT LAUGHTER ] SO DON'T LET IT CLIMB UP YOUR HOUSE.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S GOING TO DO IT FOR "BACKYARD FARMER" TONIGHT, AND FOR THE SEASON.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU, OUR AUDIENCE FOR WATCHING, SUBMITTING ALL OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND PICTURES THIS SEASON.

THANKS FOR THAT LOYALTY AND THE SUPPORT.

WE ALSO WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE FACULTY AND OUR PROFESSIONAL PANEL FOR THEIR DEDICATION TO THE PROGRAM.

WE'RE LUCKY TO HAVE SOME GREAT PEOPLE ON THE SHOW.

OF COURSE, WE COULD NOT DO THIS WITHOUT OUR PRODUCTION STAFF HERE AT NEBRASKA PUBLIC MEDIA.

EVERYBODY BEHIND THE SCENES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT HARD WORK, WE COULD NOT DO IT WITHOUT YOU.

AND, OF COURSE, THOSE VOLUNTEER PHONE PANELS, DEDICATION.

AND TONIGHT'S VOLUNTEERS, WE HAVE JOHN CARIOTTO, LINDA HELTON AND GARY BELL.

SO, GOOD NIGHT, GOOD GARDENING.

WE'LL SEE YOU ALL NEXT YEAR RIGHT HERE ON "BACKYARD FARMER."

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