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>> HELLO GARDENER'S. WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU JOINED US.
WE ARE HERE AT "MID-AMERICAN GARDENER."
WE ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT SPRING THINGS.
MY NAME IS DIANNE NOLAND AND I TEACH HORTICULTURE IN THE CROP
AND SCIENCES DEPARTMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
WE HAVE SOME GREAT FOLKS HERE AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE THEM.
LET'S START FIRST WITH CHUCK VOIGHT.
>> I'M WITH THE CROP SCIENCES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.
MY SPECIALTY IS VEGETABLES AND/OR HERBS.
TONIGHT, IN THE INTEREST OF CLARIFYING THINGS, I HAVE
BROUGHT A TRUE YAM. SOMEHOW, SWEET POTATOES GOT TO
BE CALLED YAMS TO DISTINGUISH FROM THE FLESH COLORED.
THIS IS A TRUE YAM AND MONOCOT AND NOT LIKE A DICOT AND THEY
ARE RELATED AT ALL. I THINK THEY ORIGINATED IN
AFRICA. THESE CAN GET HUGE AND SEVEN
FEET LONG AND 150 POUNDS AND THEY ARE CHOPPED UP AND SOLD IN
PIECES. ANOTHER INTERESTING THING IS
THEY ARE POISONOUS. THEY HAVE CYANIDE IN THEM AND
NEED TO BE COOKED. YOU CAN EAT THE TRADITIONAL
SWEET POTATOES OR THE SWEET POTATOES THAT ARE MASQUERADING
AS YAMS. >> I DIDN'T REALIZE THE
POISONOUS AND THE COOKED PART. >> THIS ONE IS POISONOUS AND IT
IS THE SAME SHAPE AND LOOKS LIKE THE SWEET POTATOES, BUT IT GETS
A BARK ON THE OUTSIDE. >> THEY ARE THE NUMBER ONE SWEET
CROP. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
LET'S GO TO NANCY. >> I'M A PLANT PATHOLOGIST AND
DONE A LOT OF WORK IN DIAGNOSTICS.
YOU MAY HAVE NOTICE IN SOMEONE ELSE'S YARD OR YOURS.
THERE IS A LOT OF DEAD PINES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW.
THAT IN ITSELF CAN BE CONFUSING TO PEOPLE.
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PINE, BECAUSE THE PROBLEM THAT I'M
GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS ONLY ON PINES.
AND TO MAKE IT SIMPLER, IT DOESN'T OCCUR ON WHITE PINES.
THIS IS A SCOTCH FROM A WHITE PINE THAT ALREADY DIED,
PROBABLY, IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
TO TEST, YOU NEED A BRANCH AS BIG AS YOU SEE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW, AS BIG AS MY WRIST.
THE LAB THAT YOU ARE GOING TO SEND IT TO, IS GOING TO TAKE
CUTS ACROSS AND LITTLE DIPS AND SOAK IT IN WATER.
AND THE DISEASE THAT HAS THIS IS GOING TO COME OUT IN THE WATER.
THE BACKGROUND IS BROWN AND THEY ARE THE SAME KINDS OF TREES.
IF YOUR TREE IS BROWN, IT IS NOT COMING BACK.
IF YOUR TREE IS LIGHT TREE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET RID OF IT.
THIS IS MY TREE AND WE JUST HAD IT REMOVED BECAUSE THE BEATLE
THAT SPREAD THIS NEMATODE CAME OUT.
>> I KNOW THEY COME OUT IN THE FIREWOOD.
>> YEAH, WHEN IT IS STACKED UP. IT IS QUESTIONABLE.
>> GET RID OF IT. >> IT IS NOT COMPLICATED.
>> THANK YOU, NANCY. NOW, LET'S GO TO DAVID ROBSON.
>> I'M DAVID ROBSON AND I WORK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
AND A TREE AND SHRUB SPECIALIST. MY QUESTION IS WITH A BLACK
WALNUT TREE AND NOTHING BEING PRODUCED.
HE ASKED IF THERE IS A WAY TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM.
A FRIEND SAID TO ADD LIMESTONE AND SAID THAT WOULD FIX IT.
HE IS SOMEWHAT SKEPTICAL ABOUT THAT ADVICE.
I WOULD SAY HE IS CORRECT. BLACK WALNUT TREE PRODUCE JUG
LOAD, WHICH IS A CHEMICAL THAT PREVENTS MANY PLANTS FROM
GROWING. ESPECIALLY, THE PEPPERS AND
EGGPLANTS. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN THAT MUCH ON
THE MONO COT. THE CHEMICAL IS GOING TO STAY IN
THE SOIL AFTER THE TREE HAS BEEN CUT DOWN FOR 5-10 YEARS AFTER
THE ROOTS ARE ROOTING. IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE AFTER
REMOVING THE TREE TO GET THE SOIL BACK TO THE WAY THAT YOU
WANT IT. THERE ARE WALNUTS THAT ARE
AFFECTED BY THIS. IF YOU WANT TO PREVENT THAT, YOU
WANT TO HAVE A RAISED BED AND MAKE SURE THAT IT IS NOT COMING
INTO THAT NICE, LOOSE SOIL. AND PREVENTS THE LEAVES FROM
LEAVES, AND THE SHELL ITSELF. UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOES A LOT OF
DAMAGE TO OUR VEGETABLES. >> I THINK THAT SUMS IT UP,
DOESN'T IT? 5 TO 10 YEARS.
>> YOU CAN FIND A LIST OF PLANTS THAT ARE AFFECTED OR NOT
AFFECTED ON THE INTERNET. >> YES, IT DOESN'T FEEL
THREATENED. >> YEAH, THAT'S TRUE.
OKAY, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU, PANELISTS.
AND NOW, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO A SPECIAL "DID YOU KNOW."
\M\M >> AH, SPRING.
OKAY, LET'S GO TO THE PHONE. LINES AND WE ARE GOING TO START
FIRST WITH KEN ON LINE ONE AND IT IS A QUESTION ABOUT RADISHES.
>> EVERY YEAR I PLANT RADISHES AND I GET BIG HOPS ON THEM, BUT
NOTHING ON THE BOTTOM. WHAT AM I DOING WRONG?
>> TIMING IS USUALLY THE ISSUE. ALSO, THE VARIETY CAN BE AN
ISSUE, AS WELL. SOME OF THE LARGER TYPES DON'T
LIKE THE DAY LENGTH IN THE SPRING.
I KNOW THE FALL RADISH ONLY, IF YOU PLANT IT IN THE SPRING, IT
SHOOTS UP TOPS. CHERRY BELL AND SOME OF THOSE,
USUALLY, THEY DO RELATIVELY WELL.
THEY PREFER TO HAVE COOL WEATHER AND NOT HAVE MOISTURE STRESS.
DON'T PLANT THEM TOO QUICKLY. THE BEST RADISHES THAT I GREW
ARE ABOUT A FOOT APART AND WITHIN A WEEK, THEY ARE THE MOST
BEAUTIFUL RADISHES THAT YOU HAVE EVER SEEN.
DON'T PLANT A VARIETY THAT IS SUITED TO BE IN THE SPRING AND
HOPEFULLY, THAT WILL GET YOU IN THE VICINITY.
>> IF YOU PUT TOO MUCH FERTILIZER ON IT, COULD IT GET
TOO MUCH GROWTH? >> YEAH, YOU CAN PROBABLY CUT
BACK ON THE NITROGEN. JUST DO A BLANKET OF THE BALANCE
FERTILIZER ON IT. >> LAST YEAR WAS ROUGH FOR
RADISHES, I KNOW IT GOT A LITTLE TOO WARM TOO FAST.
>> TWO YEARS. >> I KNOW THAT WE HAD A QUESTION
A COUPLE YEARS BACK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
WE ARE GOING TO GO TO LINE TWO NOW WITH MARTHA AND A QUESTION
ABOUT HOUSE PLANTS. >> DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN GET
A BEGONIA HOUSE PLANT? I HAVE LOOKED AT ALL OF THE
FLORISTS AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IT IS.
>> IT IS LIKE THE REX BEGONIA AND HAS THE SHINY LEAF TO IT.
>> YEAH. >> THAT'S THE DESCRIPTION OF IT.
WHERE TO GET IT? I WOULD SAY, TRY GARDEN CENTER'S
NURSERY. EVERY WEEK THEY HAVE DELIVERIES
FROM FLORIDA AND THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET ONE SPECIFICALLY.
I'M OF THE TYPE, I DON'T CARE IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, I WANT YOU TO
GET IT FOR ME. >> THERE'S A TECHNIQUE RIGHT
THERE. AND MAYBE, A GARDEN CLUB TOO.
>> THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING AND WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, THERE
WERE PASS ALONG PLANTS AND THE NEIGHBOR WOULD HAVE IT AND YOU
GET A START. >> AND THE STARTLING.
>> YEAH, YOU BREAK IT OFF AND STICK IT IN SOIL AND IT IS
GREAT. >> MARTHA, THERE'S AN IDEA FOR
YOU. SAY, I WANT IT, DO YOU HAVE AN
IDEA WHERE I CAN GET IT AND ASK SOME GARDEN CENTER FRIENDS.
NEXT QUESTION, BARB ON LINE THREE.
>> I HAVE A DOGWOOD AND IT IS ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD.
LAST YEAR IN THE BEGINNING OF SPRING, THERE WERE SOME BRANCHES
THAT DIDN'T GET ANY BLOOMS ON IT.
I'M WONDERING IF I SHOULD HAVE LEFT THE BRANCHES ON OR TAKEN
THEM OFF? >> I THINK THAT TWO YEARS AGO,
WE HAD THE MOST SEVERE DRAUGHTS THAT WE HAVE EVER HAD IN THIS
PART OF THE COUNTRY. FLOWERING DOGWOOD IS SUSCEPTIBLE
TO THAT. MAYBE, IT DIDN'T HAVE THE POWER
TO BLOOM AND SURVIVE. I THINK THAT THIS SUMMER, IT IS
GOING TO BE SET-UP TO DO BETTER. YOU CAN LOOK NOW AND SEE THE
LITTLE TURBINE-SHAPED FLOWER BEDS AND THEY SHOULD BE THERE.
>> THEY MAY HAVE BEEN STRESSED AND NOT MAKE IT THROUGH THIS
WINTER. YOU DID THE RIGHT THING AND
SHOULDN'T HAVE CUT THE THEM OFF. >> THEY GET CRISP AND DRY WHEN
THEY ARE DEAD AND YOU CAN ALMOST SNAP THEM OFF WITHOUT USING
PRUNING SHEARS AND GET A GOOD RESULT.
>> AFTER THIS WINTER, THEY MAY LOOK MARGINALLY, AS WELL.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE PLANTS AND WHEN IT GETS DOWN TO 20 DEGREES
AND IF IT IS BLACK ON THE INSIDE OF THE BARK, AND NOT GREEN
GROWTH. >> DON'T GET DISCOURAGED.
>> THE KOUSA DOGWOOD. >> I LIKE THAT DOGWOOD.
NOW, LET'S GO BACK TO THE PANELISTS AND DO SOME EMAILS.
I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU, CHUCK.
>> THIS IS A QUESTION AND WE ARE NOT THERE YET, BUT HOPEFULLY, WE
ARE GOING TO BE THERE SOME DAY. A PERSON FROM AURORA, ILLINOIS
WHO WANTS TO START AN ORGANIC GARDEN.
SHE HAS TALKED ABOUT STARTING IT FOR THREE YEARS AND DOESN'T WANT
TO GO FOUR YEARS WITHOUT GETTING IT GOING.
NOT TO BE SELF-SERVING... >> THERE IS A GREAT BOOK THAT I
KNOW ABOUT. >> I HAVE A BOOK AND IT IS
CALLED "VEGETABLE GARDENING IN THE MIDWEST".
IT IS NOT ORGANIC, BUT NOT SPECIFICALLY CONVENTIONAL.
THERE IS A LOT OF GREAT INFORMATION IN THAT.
IF YOU CAN FIND THAT AND ALSO GET ONE GOOD ORGANIC VEGETABLE
GARDENING BOOK AND NOT BE CONFUSED BY ANYTHING ELSE.
THAT WILL DO IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
STARTING WITH. IF YOU ARE STARTING WITH SOD AND
A LAWN. YOU MIGHT TRY A LASAGNA GARDEN
AND PLANT THROUGH THE DIFFERENT LAYERS OF MULCH AND DO IT THAT
WAY. ANOTHER BOOK, ONE OF THE OLD
RUTH STOUTÂ -- >> OH, YEAH!
>> SHE WAS AN OLD CHARACTER IN NEW ENGLAND AND KEPT LOTS AND
LOTS OF MULCH AND PULLED IT BACK WHEN SHE STARTED PLANTING.
YOU CAN BUILD A RAISED BED AND DOUBLE DIG IT.
THERE ARE LOTS OF WAYS TO GET STARTED.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WORK WOULD BE A BIT OF A GAIN
WHEN YOU STARTED. >> START SMALL.
>> EVEN IF IT IS JUST A TOMATO PLANT.
>> EXACTLY. >> AND SOME PEPPERS AND LETTUCES
FILLING IN. START WITH SOMETHING AND GO FROM
THERE. >> I HAD A FRIEND THAT PUT HIS
IN THE WAGON AND WHEN IT GOT COLD, THE WAGON CAME IN THE
HOUSE AND WENT BACK OUT. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD
IDEA. >> REMEMBER, GRANDPA RUSSIA AND
HIS FROZE. >> A PICK-UP TRUCK WITH A WAGON
IN THE BACK, BUT THE WAGON IS SMALLER.
LET'S GO TO NANCY, WHAT DO YOU HAVE?
>> I HAVE A PERSON HERE IN TOWER HILL WHO IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH
TREES. THERE ARE PICTURES OF TWO TREES
AND SPOTS OF FOLIAGE WITH THE YOUNGER IN THE TOP.
THIS IS HOW THE OLDER TREES STARTED TO LOOK IN THE LAST TWO
TO THREE YEARS AND GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE EACH YEAR.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT IS HAPPENING?
I CAN'T EXPLAIN, BUT SAY WHAT I THINK IS HAPPENING.
THERE IS SECTION OF TREES THAT CAN HAVE DAMAGE AND CAUSES THEM
TO BE DEAD. IT CAN BE ANYTHING LIKE ROOTS
AND CHEMICALS AND UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT I THINK THAT THIS COULD BE
IS A DISEASE CALLED VERTICILLIUM WILT.
IT IS GOING TO BE STREAKED WITH DARK GREEN AND WHITE, IF IT HAS
VERTICILLIUM WILT. THERE IS NOTHING THAT YOU CAN DO
TO SAVE THE TREES, THEY ARE GOING TO PROBABLY END UP DYING.
THE BEST THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO YOUR ABILITY IS WATER THE
TREES. SOMETIMES, THE TREES CAN OUT
GROW THIS DISEASE. DON'T COUNT ON IT.
IF IT IS OUT IN A FARMLAND AREA, AND THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S THE
CASE, YOU CAN TRY AND FERTILIZE IT.
THAT'S A CHEAP WAY TO DEAL WITH IT.
>> HOPEFULLY, IT CAN OUT GROW IT.
THANK YOU, NANCY. DAVID?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE IS GOING TO HAVE THIS
SPRING OR HAD IN SPRING AND THIS PERSON HAS DARK BLUE VIOLETS.
IF YOU WANT A PURE STRAND OF GRASS, YOU ARE GOING TO LOOK AT
VIOLETS THAT IS PROBLEMATIC. VIOLETS APPEAR IN THE GRASS
BECAUSE THE VIOLETS ARE NOT ACTUALLY GROWING.
THERE ARE SOME CHEMICALS THAT YOU CAN USE, BUT THE TOUGHEST
ONES THAT DO THE BEST JOB DAMAGE THE TREES AND SHRUBS.
SO, LOOK AT THE LABEL. I WOULD PLANT IN THE FALL.
FERTILIZER IN SEPTEMBER AND RIGHT AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME AND
FERTILIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO CHOKE OUT THE VIOLETS.
>> NOT ENOUGH. >> CHUCK SAYS, NOT ENOUGH.
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF VIOLETS AND YOU MAY CONSIDER KILLING THE
WHOLE LAWN AND START OVER. SOME OF US SAY, I'M HAPPY WITH
VIOLETS IN MY LAWN. >> I COLLECT VIOLETS.
>> THEY ARE USUALLY IN THE SHADED AREAS.
>> THEY LOVE SHADED AREAS. >> ONCE AGAIN, THEY LIKE IT
WHERE IT IS THINNED OUT. >> YOU CAN GET GRECO AND WHITE
ONES. ANYWAY, I WON'T GET STARTED.
WE HAVE CAROL ON LINE ONE. >> I HAVE ROSES AND I KNOW THEY
NEED TO BE PRUNED DOWN TO 4 TO 5 FEET.
WHAT HEN PUSHERS SHOULD I BE LOOKING FOR?
>> SO, WHAT TIME TO PRUNE THE ROSES?
>> RIGHT. >> I WOULD SAY A WEEK BEFORE
THEY BUD OUT. THE END OF MARCH, FIRST OF
APRIL, PROBABLY. >> THIS YEAR, I MIGHT WAIT UNTIL
THEY BUD OUT TO SEE HOW MUCH IS DEAD.
>> THAT'S TRUE. >> I WOULD PROBABLY WAIT A
LITTLE BIT MORE THIS YEAR. >> EASTER TIME?
>> PROBABLY, MID APRIL. >> WHEN IS APRIL THIS YEAR?
>> THE THIRD WEEK OR SO IN APRIL.
THAT'S NORMALLY WHEN YOU WOULD DO IT, BUT THIS YEAR, I THINK
THAT IT IS GOING TO BE COLDER LATER.
BE PREPARED AND YOU ARE GOING TO TRIM BACK A LITTLE BIT BEYOND
THE DIEBACK. >> AND YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT.
>> BUT DON'T GO EARLY. >> AND MAKE SURE THAT THE
PRUNERS ARE SHARP. >> AND CLEAN.
AND NEXT QUESTION ONLINE FIVE. >> I HAVE A QUESTION, ABOUT A
YEAR AGO, WE HAD A LARGE MAPLE TREE AND I'M WONDERING HOW CLOSE
CAN WE PLANT THE NEW TREE TO THIS MAPLE TREE THAT WAS MOVED?
>> OKAY. >> WAS THE MAPLE TREE THAT WAS
REMOVED DEAD? >> IT WAS GETTING RATHER LARGE
AND THERE WERE SOME DEAD PARTS ON IT.
>> THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY RULE OF THUMB ON THAT.
IT IS GOING TO TAKE YEARS FOR THE ROOTS ON THE TREE THAT YOU
REMOVED TO DETERIORATE. IF THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF FUNGUS
GROWING ON THEM AND YOU PLANT A TREE NEAR THEM, THE FUNGUS COULD
GO TO THAT TREE, BUT I DON'T KNOW, IF IT MAKES THAT MUCH
DIFFERENCE. >> I WOULD PLANT A NON-MAPLE.
>> YEAH, A NON-MAPLE. >> AND YOU CAN HAVE THE TRUNK
REMOVED. >> AND PLANT A SMALLER TREE.
>> AND LOOK WHERE THE MAIN ROOTS ARE AND PLANT BETWEEN THEM
BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
DIG A HOLE. >> YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO PUT
ANOTHER MAPLE IN THERE, BUT I WOULD AGREE, IT'S NOT A GOOD
IDEA. >> ESPECIALLY, IF WE DON'T KNOW
IF THE TREE IS DISEASED AND THAT COULD BE A LITTLE INTENSE.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS, AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
IT IS ALWAYS FUN TO TALK ABOUT GARDENING.
WE WANT TO WISH TREVOR BEST WISHES.
WE HAVE A PERSON THAT IS LEAVING US AND WE HOPE THAT YOU GET OUT
LOOKING AT THE GARDEN AND TRYING TO VISUAL SPRING AND HAVE A
GREAT WEEK GARDENING. THANK YOU EVERYONE.
BYE-BYE. \M\M