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HELLO, ALL OF YOU GARDENERS. WE ARE READY TO TALK GARDENING.
IT IS MID-AMERICAN GARDENER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE WILL HAVE FUN TALKING ABOUT ALL KINDS OF PLANTS AND OTHER THINGS RELATED TO THE GARDEN.
>>I AM DIANNE NOLAND. I TEACH HORTICULTURE DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS IN THE CROP SCIENCES DEPARTMENT AND COLLEGE OF ACES.
BUT THERE ARE THREE REALLY, REALLY TALENTED FOLKS WITH ME.
LET'S FIND OUT WHO THEY ARE. THEY WILL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT THEIR
EXPERTISE IS. SO TRY TO GEAR YOUR QUESTIONS TOWARDS THAT,
IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE. >>LET'S HAND IT OVER TO CHUCK VOIGT.
>>HI, DIANNE. >> WHAT DO YOU HAVE GOT GOING ON OVER THERE?
>> I AM CHUCK VOIGT, AND VEGETABLE HERB SPECIALIST, ALSO HORTICULTURE AT THE CROP SCIENCES DEPARTMENT,
AT UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN. I WAS OUT IN THE VEGETABLE PATCH THIS MORNING,
AND I BROUGHT LOTS OF FUN THINGS. >>OHHH.
AHHH. >>LAST YEAR I HAD GREEN CAULIFLOWER.
THIS YEAR, I WANTED GRAFFITI, A HYBRID VARIETY. IT WASN'T AVAILABLE MANY SO THEY SENT ME HEIRLOOM,
SICILIAN PURPLE, JUST A GORGEOUS COLOR. IT HOLDS UP A LITTLE BIT THROUGH COOKING,
NOT LIKE PURPLE GREEN BEANS, THAT TURN GREEN. AND THEN EGG PLANT.
MY GOODNESS, EGG PLANTS HAVE GONE CRAZY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS.
WHAT WE USED TO THINK WAS EGGPLANT, SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT ONLY FOUR, FIVE TIMES
THAT BIG. BUT NOW WE HAVE GOT ALL THESE ELONGATED ASIAN
TYPES. THIS IS ONE CALLED HANSEL.
WE HAVE GRETEL. AND FAIRY TALE.
WE CALL THAT THE FAIRY TALE SERIES. THIS IS A FULL-SIZED ONE CALLED POT BLACK.
THIS IS ONE THAT WE ARE TRIALING THIS YEAR FOR THE ALL AMERICA SELECTIONS.
BUT LITERALLY, 20 OR 30 FRUITS ON EACH OF THESE.
THEY ARE JUST SO PRODUCTIVE. >>NO INSECT PROBLEMS?
>> FLEA BEETLES WHEN THEY ARE LITTLE. YOU REALLY NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP FLEA
BEETLES. IT IS EASY FOR THEM TO DESTROY THE LEAVES.
OCCASIONALLY COLORADO POTATO BEETLE MIGHT SWITCH OVER BECAUSE IT IS THE SAME PLANT FAMILY.
BUT BEAUTIFUL CAULIFLOWER, AND EGGPLANT. I HAVE GOT MY SEEDLINGS STARTED FOR FALL CROP
OF CAULIFLOWER WHICH IS ALWAYS EVEN BETTER THAN SPRING.
BUT IT HAS BEEN COOL ENOUGH THIS SUMMER IT HELD UP.
LAST SUMMER, NOT SO MUCH. >>RIGHT.
BUT THE PURPLES ARE GORGEOUS. THAT MAKE A NICE COMBINATION.
>>I DIDN'T HAVE ANY, BUT NEST TO THE CHAD ARE, CONTRASTING COLORS OF THE PURPLE, AND
ORANGE YELLOW IS FANTASTIC. >> MAYBE PEOPLE WILL STOP PUTTING IN FLOWERS,
AND GO RIGHT TO KOHLRABI, BUT CAULIFLOWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHUCK.
THAT IS GREAT. WE NEED TO SEE MORE THINGS FROM THE VEGETABLE
GARDEN. WE APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THOSE, AND YOU
WILL HAVE A FEW MORE LATER. >>I WILL.
>>THANK YOU. WE WILL GO NEXT TO MARTIE ALAGNA.
>> HELLO. MY NAME IS MARTIE ALAGNA.
I AM A PRIVATE LANDSCAPER. I HAVE LITTLE E-MAIL HERE THAT LEADS RIGHT
INTO MY SHOW AND TELL. SQUIRREL DETERRENT.
SOMEONE WROTE IN AND SAID THEY HAD WATCHED THE SHOW, AND SOMEONE ASKED A QUESTION HOW
TO KEEP SQUIRRELS FROM DIGGING IN YOUR POTTED PLANTS.
SHE SOLVED THIS WITH FIST SIZED OR LARGER ROCKS ON THE SOIL SURFACE OF YOUR CONTAINER
PLANT BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO BIG FOR THE SQUIRRELS TO REMOVE.
THAT LEADS US TO MY SHOW AND TELL. A FRIEND OF MINE ASKED ME TO COME TO HER BACKYARD
AND SEE WHAT HER HEN CHICKS WERE DOING. THESE ARE HEN CHICKS.
YOU PROBABLY ARE FAMILIAR WITH THESE LITTLE ROW SETS, PROBABLY YOUR GRANDMA HAD THEM.
I HAVE SEEN THEM FOR YEARS AND YEARS, AND IT TURNS OUT THEY WERE DOING THIS, AND I SAID
LAND'S SAKES, I AM NOT SURE. LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO BLOOM!
I DID LITTLE RESEARCH. THESE ARE IN THE -- THEY ARE A SUCCULENT,
IN THE CRASSULACEAE, THE GENUS IS LIVE FOREVER, AND THEY SEEM TO DO THAT BECAUSE THE PARENT
PLANT, THE HEN, SENDS OUT LOTS OF LITTLE SHOOTS CALLED CHICKS.
EVEN WHEN THE HEN DIES, THE CHICKS SURVIVE, AND THE HEN DIES AFTER IT BLOOMS.
BUT, IT ONLY DOES THAT FOR EVERY THREE OR FOUR YEARS.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE. GROOVY, HEY?
(LAUGHING) THESE ARE POPULAR. PEOPLE REALLY LIKE DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS.
WELL, THIS IS DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANT. IT ORIGINATED IN EUROPE, ASIA, IN THE MOUNTAIN.
SO IT HAS INCREDIBLE COLD POWER, SNOW IS EVEN BETTER.
IT IS COMPLETELY HAPPY DOING WHATEVER YOU DO.
YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO WATER IT. IT WILL DO THIS, PREHISTORIC TREE THING.
I WAS VERY GRATEFUL FOR NANCY TO LET ME BRING HER ALONG.
THOSE ARE QUITE STUNNING. >>THEY ARE FANTASTIC.
THEY ARE. >>THEY COME IN ALL KINDS OF VARIETIES.
>>THEY DO. >>WE WENT TO A NURSERY IN INDIANAPOLIS, GARDEN
RIDERS, THEY MUST HAVE HAD 40 OR 50 CULTIVARS OF HEN AND CHICKS, RED ONES AND PURPLE ONES.
>>WIDDIES. >>YES, BIG ONES.
IT WAS INCREDIBLE. SEVERAL OF THOSE FOLLOWED ME HOME.
>>THERE IS ALSO A GENUS THAT IS ECHEVERIA. THEY LOOK VERY SIMILAR, BUT THEY ARE MUCH
LARGER. THEY WILL GET UP TO BE A FOOT IN DIAMETER,
BUT THEY HAVE A SIMILAR -- ALTHOUGH THEY DON'T DIE ONCE THEY BLOOM.
THEY CAN BLOOM AND THEY SURVIVE IT AND THEY GO ON BUT, YES, YOU CAN GO CRAZY WITH THESE
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DO THIS BECAUSE THEY DON'T DO IT VERY OFTEN.
>>THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING THOSE. YOU ARE KIND OF THE GREEN IN BETWEEN THE PURPLES
THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY. THAT IS A SEGWAY INTO INTRODUCING SHANE CULTRA.
>> I AM SHANE CULTRA. I AM ONE OF THE OWNERS OF COUNTRY ARBORS NURSERY
AND CULTRA NURSERIES IN URBANA. I DEAL WITH A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING, FROM
ANNUALS TO TREES AND SHRUBS ALL DAY. I KIND OF DO THE SAME THING WE ARE DOING IT,
BUT I DO IT ANOTHER EIGHT OR TEN HOURS A DAY. I KNOW A LITTLE BIT -- A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
A LOT OF THINGS. YOU CAN GEAR YOUR QUESTIONS AND I WILL GIVE
YOU A LITTLE ANSWER FOR EVERYTHING. TODAY I BROUGHT SOME THINGS IN THAT YOU PROBABLY
SEE MORE IN THE FALL, ALTHOUGH WE GROW THEM ALL YEAR.
THESE ARE ORNAMENTAL PEPPERS. YOU CAN EAT THEM, BUT YOU WILL NOT WANT TO
EAT THEM BECAUSE THERE IS NOT MUCH FLAVOR. THEY ARE GROWN BECAUSE THEY ARE ORNAMENTAL.
THEY ARE PRETTY. I BROUGHT THREE VARIETIES.
THERE ARE TEN VARIETIES, BUT THESE ARE THE MOST POPULAR.
THIS IS CHILI, CHILI. IT HAS THE DIFFERENT PEPPERS ON THERE.
IT WILL LAST DEEP INTO THE FREEZE. IT MAY DRY UP A LITTLE BIT.
BUT THAT COLOR WILL LAST PRETTY MUCH FROM JULY ON. THIS OTHER ONE IS CALLED PURPLE SPLASH.
IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE BECAUSE IT REALLY HAS ALL DIFFERENT SHADES OF PURPLE.
PEPPERS AREN'T THAT PRETTY TO ME, BUT THE COLORS ARE PURPLE AND GREEN WITH OUTSTANDING.
THIS LAST ONE IS CALLED BLACK PEARL. IT IS PRETTY OBVIOUS WHY THEY CALL IT BLACK
PEARLS. IT CAN GET QUITE A BIT LARGER, THEY GET ALMOST
TWO FEET TALL. THEY LOOK GREAT ALL SUMMER AND THRIVE IN THE
FALL. SOMETHING YOU CAN PLAN AHEAD AND PREPARE,
AND THEY WILL TAKE A LITTLE COOLER WEATHER, AND THEY MAKE IT THROUGH THE SUMMER JUST FINE.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO EAT THEM, YOU ARE IN TROUBLE. IF YOU WANT TO ENJOY THEIR BEAUTY, IT IS A
PERFECT PLANT FOR ORNAMENTAL GARDEN. THOSE ARE REALLY OUTSTANDING.
GREAT THING ABOUT FOLIAGE COLOR, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BLOOM IN ORDER TO LOOK FANTASTIC.
I HAVE USED THIS TALL ONE, THE COLOR IS JUST FANTASTIC REALLY, REALLY STUNNING.
VERY EYE CATCHING. >> I HAVE IT NEXT TO BLACK AND BLUE SALVIA.
>>OHHH, YEAH! >>THAT IS REALLY NICE.
VERY GOOD. THANK YOU ALL FOR THE GREAT SHOW AND TELLS.
YOU CAN TELL WE ARE ALL REVVED UP. WE WILL HAVE ANOTHER SHORT OF A SHOW AND TELL.
WE WILL GO TO OUR VIDEO MAIL. IT IS A TREE, AND SOMETHING ABOUT A TREE.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THIS TREE. THIS IS THE LEAF.
IT IS RATHER TALL TREE. IT SEEMS LIKE DURING THE NIGHT THIS COTTON
BALL LIKE SUBSTANCE FALLS TO THE GROUND. BUT THERE IS NO SUBSTANCE IN THE TREE AS I
LOOK AT THE TREE. WHERE DOES THAT COTTON BALL STUFF COME FROM?
>>OKAY. SO FIRST OFF, WE WILL IDENTIFY THE TREE, AND
WE DECIDED AS A GROUP, THAT IT IS COTTONWOOD! NOW, LET'S ANSWER THE QUESTION.
WHY DO YOU NOT SEE IT ON THE TREE? SHANE HAS IT DOWN.
>>SHANE, WE WILL LET YOU. >>I BROUGHT THIS BIG WORD, IT IS "TIGHT" BUT
IT IS ON THE TREE, IT IS SMALL. IT IS LIKE A DANDELION, WHEN IT IS SMALL,
YOU DON'T REALIZE HOW MANY TENS OF THOUSANDS. AS SOON AS IT COMES OFF TREE, IT OPENS UP
BECAUSE IT WANTS TO FLY ALL OVER THE PLACE AND REPRODUCE.
THAT'S WHY YOU ARE -- YOU ARE NOT SEEING IT WHEN IT IS LITTLE, AND YOU ARE SEEING IT WHENS
ALL FLUFFED OUT. >>YOU ARE NOT SEEING IN THE AIR WHEN IT FLOATS
DOWN. AT OUR HOUSE, WE WILL SEE IT FLOATING BY.
>>YEAH, A LOT. >>FIRST AND SECOND STORY HEIGHT.
>>OH, YES. >>IT IS INTERESTING THAT IT JUST DROPS STRAIGHT
DOWN. >>THE QUARRY WHERE WE USED TO SWIM GROWING
UP, HAD COTTONWOODS AROUND IT. WHEN THEY ARE DROPPING COTTON, IT WOULD WASH
UP ON SHORE ALL AROUND THE QUARRY. >>HENCE THE NAME, COTTONWOOD.
>>THAT TREE SMALLER, AND IT IS DOING IT LESS NOW. BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION AND THAT
IS A COTTONWOOD. IT IS THE TECHNICAL "FUZZ."
>>NOBODY SNEAKING IN AND LITTERING. >>THAT'S RIGHT.
IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION AND YOU WANT TO SEND A VIDEO IN, WELL, HERE IS THE ADDRESS FOR
YOU TO DO THE SAME THING. IT COULD BE AN IDENTIFICATION OR A TREE PROBLEM
OR LANDSCAPE ISSUE. SO SEND US YOUR VIDEO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO.
OKAY, WELL, NOW, WE WILL GO TO THE PHONE LINES, AND LET'S START FIRST WITH LINE TWO.
IT IS ABOUT A DOGWOOD. HI THERE.
>>CALLER: HI THERE. I HAVE A DOGWOOD.
>>LINE TWO. >>CALLER: ARE YOU THERE?
>>CALLER: I HAVE A DOGWOOD TREE. >>SHALL WE GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
LET'S GO TO LINE THREE. IT IS ANOTHER TREE QUESTION.
>>CALLER: HELLO. I HAVE A NORWAY MAPLE IN MY BACKYARD.
>>LINE THREE. HI.
>>CALLER: CAN YOU HEAR ME? I HAVE A NORWAY MAPLE IN MY BACKYARD.
EVERY YEAR IT GETS A LITTLE WHIRLIGIG SEEDS, BUT THIS YEAR THEY NEVER DROPPED.
EVERY ONE IS STILL ON. I SEE OTHER TREES IN THE OTHER PARTS OF THE
AREA LIKE THAT. I HAVE NEVER SEEN IT HAPPEN BEFORE.
THEY ALWAYS LOST THEM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY ARE ALL OVER THE PLACE, BUT STAYED RIGHT ON
THE TREE. THEY HAVE NOT DROPPED THE FIRST ONE.
>>THEY WILL. >>HAVE YOU HEARD ANYTHING LIKE THAT?
>> NORWAY MAPLES HANG ONTO THEM A LOT LONGER THAN SILVER MAPLE.
>> SUGARS. >>SUGARS AND MAPLES, NORWAY MAPLES ARE VERY
MUCH ALIKE. NOT UNTIL LATER ON.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WERE FALLING OFF EARLIER THAN BEFORE.
>> THE LEAVES LOOK LIKE SUGARS AND MAPLES. >>I DON'T THINK IT IS INDICATION OF ANYTHING
WRONG WITH THE TREE. >> IT MAY HAVE BEEN INDICATION OF DROUGHT
LAST YEAR THEY DROPPED EARLY. >>THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS THINKING.
EVERYBODY WAS SHUT DOWN MODE HE. >>THAT'S A GOOD OBSERVATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTION. LET'S GO TO LINE FOUR NEXT, AND THIS IS ABOUT
A ROSE OF SHARON. HI.
LINE FOUR. >>CALLER: HELLO.
>>WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? >>CALLER: CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
>> I CAN BARELY HEAR A LITTLE VOICE . SOMEONE CHAT WITH US.
>>CALLER: LET ME TRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW.
>>GO TO LINE FIVE? >>I CAN HEAR HER, BUT FAINTLY.
WELL, LET'S GO TO LINE FIVE. SHALL WE TRY THAT ONE?
WE HAVE LOTS OF SHOW AND TELL, BUT WE'D LIKE TO CHAT WITH SOMEONE.
OKAY. OKAY.
WELL, WE WILL HAVE TO -- WE WILL TRY TO WORK ON THAT.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, WOW, LET'S GO OVER TO THE "DID YOU KNOW."
STAY TUNED, AND WE WILL GO TO A LITTLE "DID YOU KNOW" FACT.
>> I THINK THAT WAS AN EXCELLENT. DID YOU KNOW.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT ONE, CHUCK? >> WELL, YES.
A LITTLE LATE TO START BRUSSEL SPROUTS. BROCCOLI, CAULIFLOWER MAYBE.
I STARTED MINE, BESIDES THE BRUSSEL SPROUTS A MONTH AGO.
BROCCOLI AND CAULIFLOWER A WEEK AGO. >>IF YOU CAN FIND IT, IT WOULD BE GOOD.
NOW IS THE TIME TO GET IT TRANSPLANTED. THE WAY THE SUMMER IS ACTING, THEY WILL PROBABLY
HOLD UP PRETTY WELL. WHEN THOUGH MATURE IN THE FALL, THEY DO GET
FANTASTIC. >>SO GOOD.
SO MUCH BETTER. >>HANG THERE UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY FREEZE ON
THE PLANT. IT REALLY GETS -- IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE BITTERNESS
OF BRUSSEL SPROUTS, THAT REALLY KIND OF CURES IT.
>>FOR MY BROCCOLI, I KEEP THE BROCCOLI CUT BACK.
IF YOU CAN GET YOUR BROCCOLI TO STAY THROUGH THE SUMMER, A LOT OF PEOPLE TEAR THEM OUT,
AND CUT THEM BACK. >>MY SPRING BROCCOLI IS STILL DOING FINE.
>>OH, YES. IT HAS BEEN COOL.
>>SAY, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE TO SHOW US? >> OH, I AM SO TICKLED I GET TO TALK ABOUT
THEM ALL. YOU MAY KNOW CUCUMBERS.
AND THIS IS SORT OF A GENERIC, DARK GREEN CUCUMBER.
THIS IS A LITTLE YOUNG, SO IT IS NOT TOTALLY DARK GREEN. THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD RECOGNIZE
AS A CUCUMBER. I HAVE A COUPLE OF WHITE ONES.
THIS IS CALLED WHITE WONDER, SORT OF SHORT AND BLACK I.
THIS IS PERSON, MORE LIKE THE SHAPE OF WHAT WE THINK OF AS A SLICING CUCUMBER.
THIS IS CALLED ARTIST. IT IS REALLY INTERESTING.
IT HAS LOTS AND LOTS OF LITTLE NOT VERY SHARP SPINES ON IT.
BUT THE SKIN ON THIS ONE IS INCREDIBLY TENDER. SO IT MIGHT BE ONE WHERE YOU CAN EAT THE SKIN
AND ALL. THEN, OKRA.
YOU THINK OF OKRA AS GREEN PODS OR SILVERY PODLIKE THIS.
BUT THEN YOU GET THE BURGUNDY PODS. THIS IS AN ORANGE ONE.
IT IS AN HEIRLOOM I GOT FROM BAKER CREEK SEEDS THIS YEAR.
THIS ONE IS LIKE A STARVE DAVID TYPE. IF YOU DO CROSS SECTIONS OF THIS, THEY MAY
SORT OF HAVE A SIX POINTED STAR. MINE LAST YEAR ALL HAD SEVEN.
>>HOLD THEM ALL UP TOGETHER, NOT TOO HIGH. >> THAT ONE IS REALLY PRETTY.
>>THAT ONE IS SO HUGE. IT IS HUGE.
THAT'S PAST WHERE YOU CAN EAT IT. IF YOU ARE PICKING THEM AND YOU ARE NOT SURE
THEY ARE TENDER AND EDIBLE, TABLE THE TIP, AND IF IT BENDS LIKE THAT, IT IS FIBROUS.
LET THEM DRY OUT, AND YOU CAN GUILD THEM AND USE THEM IN DRIED ARRANGEMENTS.
BUT YOUNGER ONES, THAT ONE IS ALSO TOO FAR. HERE WE GO!
(LAUGHING). >>SNAP!
>>IT SHOULD SNAP RIGHT OFF. THERE IT IS.
THAT ONE IS PRETTY GOOD. USUALLY THREE OR FOUR INCHES IS WHAT WE SAY.
BUT THE BURGUNDY AND THIS ORANGE ONE SEEMS TO HANG ONTO TENDERNESS A LITTLE BIT LONGER.
EVEN THAT REALLY THICK ONE, THE REALLY -- IT IS --
>>IT IS PRETTY FIBROUS. IT HAS BEEN ON THERE A LONG TIME.
>>IS IT THAT BIG, THAT'S HUGE? >> THEY ARE SHORT AND FAT.
AGAIN R BECAUSE THEY ARE SHORT, YOU PROBABLY WANT TO GET THAT TWO TO THREE INCHES.
>>OKAY. BUT THAT'S PROBABLY THE ONLY REALLY EDIBLE
ONE. >>IF THEY GET TOO FAR ALONG, YOU USE THEM
FOR DRIED. >>IF YOU LET TOO MANY MATURE, THEY SAP THE
ENERGY AND STOP PUTTING ON NEW ONES. >>IF YOU DON'T HAVE A NEED FOR SEED IF YOU
ARE SAVING AN HEIRLOOM OR DECORATIONS, IT IS BETTER TO CUT THEM OFF AND JUST COMPOST
OR DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THEM SO YOU KEEP GETTING NEW FLOWERS.
AND IF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OKRA, IT HAS BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS, LIKE A ROSE OF SHARON
OR HOLLYHOCK, IN THAT PLANT FAMILY. IT IS ANOTHER THING THAT IS INCREDIBLY ORNAMENTAL.
>>DO THEY HOLD THEIR COLOR AS YOU DRY THEM? >> THEY GO BROWN.
A DARKER BROWN THAN THE STANDARD. THEY ALL KIND OF GO TO THAT.
>>I PLANT THEM IN THE CENTER OF A WIDE ROW. SO I HAVE PURPLE BASIL ON EITHER SIDE, AND
IT IS REALLY PRETTY. IT IS REALLY PRETTY.
>>SOMETIMES I FORGET I AM SUPPOSED TO PICK THEM BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST SO PRETTY I DID
PICK ONE YESTERDAY. >>IDEALLY, YOU WOULD PICK EVERY TWO DAYS AT
THE LONGEST. THAT CAN GET A LITTLE OLD.
>>BUT THEY ARE TASTY. SOME PEOPLE HATE THEM. BUT I THINK THEY ARE
TASTY. >>SOME PEOPLE HATE THEM AND HAVE NEVER TRIED
THEM BECAUSE THEY HEARD THE WORD SLIMY, AND THAT'S IT.
>>AND FRIED, NOT AT ALL. >>NOT FRIED.
>>SOUP. >>YOU PUT THEM THIS SOUP.
>>AND YOU DON'T KNOW THEY ARE SLIMY A WE HAVE DEFENDED OKRA.
>>IT IS OKRA EVENING. >>OKRA ANONYMOUS!
(LAUGHING) LET'S GO TO YOUR'S MARTIE. >>YES, WE HAD A QUESTION A VIEWER WROTE IN,
I HAVE AN OLD ROSE BUSH, THE KIND MY MOM SAID HAD GONE WILD.
IT IS BLOOMING, AND THESE SHOOTS ARE GOING UP OVER NINE FEET TALL.
IT IS OUT OF HAND. SORRY, A LITTLE BIT LATE IN THE SEASON, BUT
PRUNE AWAY. PRUNE.
PRUNE. YOU CAN PRUNE JUNE, ALL YOU WOULD LIKE.
IF IT IS NOT A CLIMBING ROSE, AND THOSE SHOOTS ARE THAT TALL, THERE IS NOT TYPICALLY THAT
SIZE, I AM THINKING YOU MIGHT HAVE SHOOTS COMING OFF FROM THE ROOT STOCK, AND THAT'S
REALLY NOT EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED ANYWAY. YOU MIGHT CONSIDER THAT POSSIBILITY.
IF IT IS AROUND THE GROUND, MIGHT NOT BE EXACTLY -- ESPECIALLY THE BLOOMS, AND DOESN'T LOOK
LIKE WHAT YOU PLANTED, YOU MIGHT WANT TO THINK OF GETTING ANOTHER ONE.
>>ALL RIGHT. HEY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NOW, I AM SEEING
A PLANT NEXT TO ME. SO I HAVE A FEELING IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING
TO CHECK OUT. >>THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLANTS.
IT IS A COREOPSIS. EVERYBODY KNOWS COREOPSIS.
YOU HAVE SEEN THE YELLOW, MOONBEAM, ZAGREB, EVERY WHERE.
THEY HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS TO GET TO A RED COLOR.
THERE ARE ANNUAL COREOPSIS. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL WHAT GARDEN CENTER
YOU GO TO, SOMETIMES THEY ARE NOT OPEN OR UP FRONT WHETHER ANNUAL OR PERENNIAL.
THE ANNUAL, OR TENDER PERENNIALS, WHICH MEANS ANNUAL, IN CERTAIN PARTS OF THE MIDWEST.
>>THEY WILL DIE. >>I AM NOT SAYING IT IS NOT WORTH BUYING THAT,
BUT YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL. BUT WHAT THEY ARE BREEDING THESE NEW CROSSES
THAT ARE HARDY. THIS IS ONE FANTASTIC CALLED "ROUTE 66."
AND KEY IN THE MUSIC! (LAUGHING) BUT IT IS -- IT STARTS OUT YELLOW.
AS SOON AS IT COMES OUT, YOU MAY THOUGHT, I BOUGHT A YELLOW ONE.
AS THE SEASON PROGRESSES, OLDER CULTIVARS, TURNED RED AS IT TURNED COOLER.
THE GARDEN CENTER OWNER CAN PUT THIS OUT FRONT, AND IT IS PRESALE.
THEY FLOCK TO IT. IT COMES BACK EVERY YEAR.
IT IS EASY TO GROW. PRODUCTION MANAGER LOVES IT BECAUSE IT PRESENTS
A REALLY NICE POT IN THE GARDEN. IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING YOU WANT TO ADD
TO THE GARDEN, SOMETHING EASY TO GROW, FLOWERS ALL SUMMER AND HAS A DIFFERENT LOOK.
>>I LOVE THE FOLIAGE. IT WOULD BE GREAT IN CONTAINERS WITH --
>>IT WOULD BE GREAT WITH HEN AND CHICKENS. IT WILL HANG WITH AN ANNUAL.
IT WILL LOOK GOOD NEXT TO MY MAILBOX. >>THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT.
TRY A PHONE LINE, AND IF WE DON'T GET THAT, THEN WE HAVE OTHER THINGS TO DO.
LET'S GO TO LINE SIX, AND IT IS A QUESTION ABOUT TOMATOES.
HI THERE. >>CALLER: HELLO.
YEAH! >>HI THERE.
WHAT IS YOUR QUESTION? >>CALLER: YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLES WITH YOUR
PHONE. >>WE HEAR YOU SO ALL IS GOOD.
>>CALLER: I HAVE NEVER PLANTED TOMATOES IN MY LIFE.
I AM OVER 80 YEARS OLD, I PLANTED TWO SOUTH OF MY DECK.
WE HAD THE STRONG WIND COME THROUGH AND KNOCK THE HECK OUT OF THEM.
I TRIED TO PUT THEM BACK UP, AND MY SON GOT THEM BACK UP.
BUT I HAVE TINY LITTLE GREEN TOMATOES. ARE THEY GOING TO TURN RIPE OR IS IT TWO LATE
OR DO I HAVE TO EAT FRIED GREEN TOMATOES. WE STILL HAVE A LOT 6 TIME FOR TOMATOES TO
RIPEN. I WOULDN'T WORRY ABOUT THEM YET.
AS YOU GET TOWARD LATE SEPTEMBER, RESTART THINKING ABOUT MAYBE A FROST, THAT'S WHEN
YOU WANT TO SALVAGE THE LAST PREEN GREEN TOMATOES AND HAVE FRIED GREEN TOMATOES.
BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD COOL SPELLS AND WE DIDN'T GHETTO MAY TOES OUT AS EARLY AS WE DO SOMETIMES,
MINE ARE JUST NOW -- I JUST PICKED THE FIRST RIPENING ONES LAST WEEKEND.
I THINK A LITTLE PATIENCE, AND THEY SHOULD BE OKAY.
>>I HAVE GOTTEN SOME SEPTEMBER AND PARTS OF OCTOBER.
>>USUALLY, DEPENDING. THE WAY THE COLD FRONTS HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN,
YOU DON'T KNOW. >>WHEN THEY HAVE A FROST WARNING, USUALLY
COVER MINE WITH A SHEET OR TARP, AND A LITTLE COLD SNAP AND GETS WARM AGAIN, AND YOU HAVE
TOMATOES STILL! >>A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TROUBLE HAVING
WITH BLOSSOM END ROT, THE BLACK -- I MEAN PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT I THINK IT IS JUST BECAUSE IT WAS REALLY WET, AND THEY DIDN'T MULCH.
THEN IT GOT DRY, AND THEN THEY WATER THEM TOO MUCH.
SO JUST TRY TO KEEP EVEN MOISTURE. THAT'S WHAT IT SEEMS.
>>I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT WAS MUCH WORSE LAST SUMMER.
>>MUCH WORSE THAN A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL. I HAVE SEEN BACTERIAL SPOT A LOT.
>>ON THE LEAVES. >>ON THE FRUIT.
>>ON THE FRUIT! AND FOR THAT YOU DO WHAT?
>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT A HOME OWNER CAN DO. COMMERCIAL GROWERS CAN DO COPPER --
>>SO DON'T MENTION IT. >> IT IS REALLY HARD FOR A HOME OWNER.
CLEANLINESS MAINLY. >>I GUESS.
IF YOU HAVE IT, CLEAN THEM UP AND GET THEM OUT OF THE GARDEN SO IT DOESN'T OVERWINTER
ON THE DEBRIS. >>VERY GOOD.
WE WANT TO GO TO THE LITTLE QUIZ NEXT. DON'T GO AWAY.
THAT'S WHAT I GUESSED. I MEAN NOT THAT I KNEW IT.
THAT'S WHAT I GUESSED. >>THE ONE THAT STANDS HEAD AND SHOULDERS.
>>PEPPER, YOU BET. RIPE RED BELL PEPPER.
THIS IS A GREAT SHOW ABOUT VEGETABLES, AND FLOWERS, TOO.
BUT GOOD VEGETABLE ONES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING US.
WE REALLY ENJOYED BRINGING ALL THIS ENERGY TO YOU.
WE WILL SEE YOU NEXT TIME. BYE-BYE.
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