1 00:00:01,001 --> 00:00:02,769 - Hi, thanks for joining us for The Family Plot: 2 00:00:02,769 --> 00:00:03,837 Gardening in the Mid-South. 3 00:00:03,837 --> 00:00:05,338 I'm Chris Cooper. 4 00:00:05,338 --> 00:00:08,341 Just when the garden gets going, the bugs arrive. 5 00:00:08,341 --> 00:00:11,644 Today, we're gonna talk about pests of tomato and squash. 6 00:00:11,644 --> 00:00:13,513 Also, lilies are a great way to add 7 00:00:13,513 --> 00:00:15,582 a pop of color to the garden. 8 00:00:15,582 --> 00:00:17,317 That's just ahead on The Family Plot: 9 00:00:17,317 --> 00:00:19,219 Gardening in the Mid-South. 10 00:00:19,219 --> 00:00:20,453 - (female announcer) Production funding 11 00:00:20,453 --> 00:00:22,589 for The Family Plot: Gardening in the Mid-South 12 00:00:22,589 --> 00:00:24,557 is provided by 13 00:00:24,557 --> 00:00:27,193 the WKNO Production Fund, 14 00:00:27,193 --> 00:00:29,229 the WKNO Endowment Fund, 15 00:00:29,229 --> 00:00:33,366 and by viewers like you, thank you. 16 00:00:33,366 --> 00:00:36,002 [upbeat country music] 17 00:00:42,976 --> 00:00:44,878 - Welcome to The Family Plot, I'm Chris Cooper. 18 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:46,613 Joining me today is Frank Hale. 19 00:00:46,613 --> 00:00:48,715 Dr. Frank is a UT Extension entomologist, 20 00:00:48,715 --> 00:00:51,384 and Joellen Dimond will be joining us later. 21 00:00:51,384 --> 00:00:53,920 Doc, welcome to the show, we're glad to have you here. 22 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:55,155 - Yeah this first time here. - Yes. 23 00:00:55,155 --> 00:00:56,122 - This is great, thanks Chris. 24 00:00:56,122 --> 00:00:57,557 - Thank you for being here. 25 00:00:57,557 --> 00:01:00,794 Let's talk about vegetable pests, all right. 26 00:01:00,794 --> 00:01:03,630 Specifically, let's talk about squash pests. 27 00:01:03,630 --> 00:01:05,999 - Sure, I brought a squash plant here today 28 00:01:05,999 --> 00:01:07,133 just to show you. 29 00:01:07,133 --> 00:01:09,169 We often use transplants, 30 00:01:09,169 --> 00:01:11,538 put 'em into the garden and guess what? 31 00:01:11,538 --> 00:01:15,341 The insects are just waiting for these plants, okay. 32 00:01:15,341 --> 00:01:17,544 And one thing we often see attacking the leaves 33 00:01:17,544 --> 00:01:20,146 are these little cucumber beetles. 34 00:01:20,146 --> 00:01:23,316 So they can smell a squash plant pretty far away 35 00:01:23,316 --> 00:01:25,552 and they zoom in on it, so many times, 36 00:01:25,552 --> 00:01:27,587 you'll see the leaves just tattered. 37 00:01:27,587 --> 00:01:30,857 So one thing I might suggest, there's a thing called 38 00:01:30,857 --> 00:01:34,727 a floating row cover, or cheese cloth, something like that. 39 00:01:34,727 --> 00:01:36,529 You can actually cover tender plants, 40 00:01:36,529 --> 00:01:39,265 but still let the light in, but kinda exclude 41 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:41,568 these pests and then that way you don't have 42 00:01:41,568 --> 00:01:44,370 to use so much insecticide 'cause otherwise 43 00:01:44,370 --> 00:01:46,639 they could eat the plants almost to the ground. 44 00:01:46,639 --> 00:01:48,141 - Wow, 'cause they pretty much, 45 00:01:48,141 --> 00:01:49,442 what, skeletonize the leaves for the most part? 46 00:01:49,442 --> 00:01:51,478 - Yeah, they look all skeletonized. 47 00:01:51,478 --> 00:01:53,513 You can see feeding between the vein 48 00:01:53,513 --> 00:01:55,715 or even more feeding than that. 49 00:01:55,715 --> 00:01:56,716 - Okay. 50 00:01:56,716 --> 00:01:58,251 All right. 51 00:01:58,251 --> 00:02:01,488 - Another thing, you might wanna keep the row cover 52 00:02:01,488 --> 00:02:03,690 on for awhile because we have other pests 53 00:02:03,690 --> 00:02:05,325 that will get on squash. 54 00:02:05,325 --> 00:02:07,827 Squash bugs over winter around your garden, 55 00:02:07,827 --> 00:02:11,231 a good thing to do is lay down flat boards 56 00:02:11,231 --> 00:02:12,699 around the edge of your garden. 57 00:02:12,699 --> 00:02:14,467 Lift those boards up in the spring, 58 00:02:14,467 --> 00:02:17,003 you'll see that over wintering squash bugs will be there. 59 00:02:17,003 --> 00:02:21,207 You can just tap those boards into a bucket of soapy water 60 00:02:21,207 --> 00:02:23,343 and get rid of 'em because they're gonna move 61 00:02:23,343 --> 00:02:28,248 into the garden and start layin' their bronze-color eggs. 62 00:02:28,248 --> 00:02:31,217 So if you see those eggs, Chris, what do you do with 'em? 63 00:02:31,217 --> 00:02:32,719 - Get 'em off. 64 00:02:32,719 --> 00:02:35,088 - Yeah, you squish 'em with your forefinger and your thumb 65 00:02:35,088 --> 00:02:38,424 and just crush 'em or tear off the part of the leaf that 66 00:02:38,424 --> 00:02:41,494 they're on because those are gonna give rise to the little 67 00:02:41,494 --> 00:02:44,597 nymphs and they're gonna be little gray bugs and before 68 00:02:44,597 --> 00:02:48,101 you know it, you can be covered up with squash bugs. 69 00:02:48,101 --> 00:02:52,472 Another pest we have is called the squash vine borer. 70 00:02:52,472 --> 00:02:54,207 It's a clear-wing moth borer. 71 00:02:54,207 --> 00:02:57,243 It's related to dogwood borers and peach tree borers. 72 00:02:57,243 --> 00:03:00,680 It's a red moth and most moths fly at night. 73 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:02,682 This one flies during the day. 74 00:03:02,682 --> 00:03:05,585 It likes the bright sunshine and once that squash 75 00:03:05,585 --> 00:03:08,955 starts trailing out, growin' a little bit, 76 00:03:08,955 --> 00:03:11,024 it's gonna lay its eggs on the vine. 77 00:03:11,024 --> 00:03:14,260 So until the plant maybe is just startin' to. 78 00:03:14,260 --> 00:03:16,029 It's gonna take a while 79 00:03:16,029 --> 00:03:17,297 for the squash plant to start blooming. 80 00:03:17,297 --> 00:03:19,933 Up 'til then, keep that floating row cover on it 81 00:03:19,933 --> 00:03:22,235 so it doesn't lay an egg because the caterpillar 82 00:03:22,235 --> 00:03:26,272 that arises from that egg will tunnel into the vine, 83 00:03:26,272 --> 00:03:28,441 devour it from the inside and about the time 84 00:03:28,441 --> 00:03:31,611 you have squash producing, the vine might just die. 85 00:03:31,611 --> 00:03:32,812 - Wow, just collapses. 86 00:03:32,812 --> 00:03:35,048 - Now when you have this, try not 87 00:03:35,048 --> 00:03:38,351 to put the row cover over the flowers. 88 00:03:38,351 --> 00:03:40,286 If it starts bloomin', you gotta have a entryway 89 00:03:40,286 --> 00:03:42,021 for the bees to pollinate it. 90 00:03:42,021 --> 00:03:44,090 Squash bees and other native bees. 91 00:03:44,090 --> 00:03:45,491 - That goes, too, for the squash bug, 92 00:03:45,491 --> 00:03:46,960 going back to that practice, good sanitation 93 00:03:46,960 --> 00:03:48,628 would be something else you would recommend as well? 94 00:03:48,628 --> 00:03:52,532 - Yeah, cleanin' up debris and stuff around the garden, 95 00:03:52,532 --> 00:03:56,069 but puttin' those boards down, they're gonna need a place 96 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:59,772 to overwinter, fence rows and overgrown places like that. 97 00:03:59,772 --> 00:04:01,808 Same for you know Colorado potato beetles 98 00:04:01,808 --> 00:04:03,343 will do the same thing on potatoes. 99 00:04:03,343 --> 00:04:06,412 They move out from the weedy areas back into the garden. 100 00:04:06,412 --> 00:04:07,647 - Wow. 101 00:04:07,647 --> 00:04:09,282 And these are considered to be the major pests 102 00:04:09,282 --> 00:04:10,216 of the squash, right? 103 00:04:10,216 --> 00:04:11,718 - Yeah, that's the main thing. 104 00:04:11,718 --> 00:04:13,720 I think the worse thing, truthfully, has to be 105 00:04:13,720 --> 00:04:16,823 that squash vine borer 'cause it can kill the whole vine. 106 00:04:16,823 --> 00:04:19,826 We can use insecticide sprays for that, 107 00:04:19,826 --> 00:04:22,462 but it's difficult because you have a plant 108 00:04:22,462 --> 00:04:24,097 that's blooming at the same time 109 00:04:24,097 --> 00:04:26,165 and you really don't wanna spray the flowers 110 00:04:26,165 --> 00:04:29,035 when a plant's blooming 'cause that could hurt the bees. 111 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:33,172 So you have to be very careful and maybe spray the base 112 00:04:33,172 --> 00:04:35,775 and up to, stop where the blooms are. 113 00:04:35,775 --> 00:04:38,011 You know you don't wanna spray blooms. 114 00:04:38,011 --> 00:04:39,178 - Good stuff. 115 00:04:39,178 --> 00:04:41,514 Now let's talk about tomato pests. 116 00:04:41,514 --> 00:04:43,416 Everybody likes to grow tomatoes, right? 117 00:04:43,416 --> 00:04:45,218 - Yeah, everybody has at least one or two tomatoes, 118 00:04:45,218 --> 00:04:47,053 maybe a pepper thrown in there. 119 00:04:47,053 --> 00:04:48,755 I brought a tomato plant today. 120 00:04:48,755 --> 00:04:50,423 It's goin' good. 121 00:04:50,423 --> 00:04:53,426 When they put those in the ground, sometimes you find 'em 122 00:04:53,426 --> 00:04:55,728 the next day and they've been clipped off. 123 00:04:55,728 --> 00:04:57,297 Now what could do that? 124 00:04:57,297 --> 00:04:58,498 - It's the cut worm. 125 00:04:58,498 --> 00:05:00,199 - Cut worm, exactly. 126 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:03,202 A lot of these cut worms don't even over winter here, 127 00:05:03,202 --> 00:05:06,406 but they fly up on these spring storm fronts that we have, 128 00:05:06,406 --> 00:05:10,143 so the moth lives down south like the black cut worm, 129 00:05:10,143 --> 00:05:12,679 they lay their eggs on weeds and things 130 00:05:12,679 --> 00:05:15,315 and then as soon as you start tillin' your garden 131 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:17,884 and plantin' your vegetables, guess what, 132 00:05:17,884 --> 00:05:19,819 they're lookin' for somethin' to eat. 133 00:05:19,819 --> 00:05:22,655 They're nocturnal feeders, so they're under clumps 134 00:05:22,655 --> 00:05:26,092 of dirt in the soil during the daytime. 135 00:05:26,092 --> 00:05:28,661 They come out at night and then they clip a plant 136 00:05:28,661 --> 00:05:32,932 and pull it back into their underground den to feed on. 137 00:05:32,932 --> 00:05:36,035 So some people will get around the plant, 138 00:05:36,035 --> 00:05:39,539 put a little circle with aluminum foil. 139 00:05:39,539 --> 00:05:42,942 That will kinda deter the cut worms a little bit. 140 00:05:42,942 --> 00:05:46,646 Some people, organic, they might put within that circle, 141 00:05:46,646 --> 00:05:48,348 they might put diatomaceous earth 142 00:05:48,348 --> 00:05:51,250 or something irritating the insect. 143 00:05:51,250 --> 00:05:53,152 So those are some things. 144 00:05:53,152 --> 00:05:55,888 And of course we have insecticides you could spray. 145 00:05:55,888 --> 00:05:59,292 You wanna spray the soil around the plant 146 00:05:59,292 --> 00:06:01,828 and the base of the plant so that when they walk 147 00:06:01,828 --> 00:06:04,530 across the soil at night, they pick up the insecticide. 148 00:06:04,530 --> 00:06:05,631 - Okay, how about that. 149 00:06:05,631 --> 00:06:07,166 Now what about aphids? 150 00:06:07,166 --> 00:06:09,569 - Yeah, aphids, they can fly. 151 00:06:09,569 --> 00:06:12,972 Some aphids fly and they'll move in from wild host plants, 152 00:06:12,972 --> 00:06:16,309 weeds and such, they'll land on usually the terminal 153 00:06:16,309 --> 00:06:18,745 of the plant, these new tender leaves. 154 00:06:18,745 --> 00:06:22,215 And aphids can give rise to other aphids very quickly. 155 00:06:22,215 --> 00:06:24,016 The female can either lay eggs 156 00:06:24,016 --> 00:06:28,087 or she can give rise to live young, so live birth. 157 00:06:28,087 --> 00:06:30,656 So you have lots of aphids very quick. 158 00:06:30,656 --> 00:06:34,227 Their life cycle is very fast and so you can start out 159 00:06:34,227 --> 00:06:36,429 with just a few wing forms that come in, 160 00:06:36,429 --> 00:06:38,464 they start layin' eggs or givin' birth 161 00:06:38,464 --> 00:06:40,400 and then you have lots of aphids. 162 00:06:41,534 --> 00:06:43,369 So I like to, if I see aphids on a plant 163 00:06:43,369 --> 00:06:45,204 and I haven't put it in the ground, I take it, 164 00:06:45,204 --> 00:06:47,974 lay it on it's side and wash it down with soapy water 165 00:06:47,974 --> 00:06:52,111 with a hose, a really strong jet of water 166 00:06:52,111 --> 00:06:54,013 so you just blast the aphids off. 167 00:06:54,013 --> 00:06:55,281 And you could really still do that 168 00:06:55,281 --> 00:06:56,849 still when they're in the garden. 169 00:06:56,849 --> 00:06:58,951 If you see a tomato plant in the morning, 170 00:06:58,951 --> 00:07:01,320 just blast the top of it and you see some aphids 171 00:07:01,320 --> 00:07:03,456 and just physically remove 'em. 172 00:07:03,456 --> 00:07:07,326 And then let the lady beetles and other predators. 173 00:07:07,326 --> 00:07:09,929 So a lot of people, they want to do, the first thing 174 00:07:09,929 --> 00:07:13,299 is use an insecticide, but I say caution with aphids 175 00:07:13,299 --> 00:07:15,635 because if you just wait a couple weeks, 176 00:07:15,635 --> 00:07:18,371 lady beetles will lay their eggs there, 177 00:07:18,371 --> 00:07:20,239 they're lemon yellow eggs. 178 00:07:20,239 --> 00:07:22,642 They lay 'em on the leaves amongst the aphids. 179 00:07:22,642 --> 00:07:23,943 There's also a type of fly 180 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:26,446 called syrphid flies or hover flies. 181 00:07:26,446 --> 00:07:28,581 They'll lay a single white egg right there 182 00:07:28,581 --> 00:07:31,050 where the aphids are and the larva is predacious. 183 00:07:31,050 --> 00:07:33,052 It'll just tear 'em apart. 184 00:07:33,052 --> 00:07:35,421 There's a lot of good beneficial insects. 185 00:07:35,421 --> 00:07:38,424 If we don't use a lot of insecticide in the garden, 186 00:07:38,424 --> 00:07:41,260 we can really build up good numbers of these insects. 187 00:07:41,260 --> 00:07:42,361 - Good, I'm glad you mentioned that. 188 00:07:42,361 --> 00:07:43,196 Good, good. 189 00:07:44,197 --> 00:07:45,465 Yeah, go ahead. 190 00:07:45,465 --> 00:07:47,133 - I was just gonna say the next thing 191 00:07:47,133 --> 00:07:49,635 is protecting the fruit. 192 00:07:49,635 --> 00:07:51,270 So we have a plant. 193 00:07:51,270 --> 00:07:53,473 We've got good size on it, it's flowering. 194 00:07:53,473 --> 00:07:55,308 There's lots of different caterpillars 195 00:07:55,308 --> 00:07:58,978 that will lay eggs on the fruit or on the leaves nearby. 196 00:07:58,978 --> 00:08:02,515 Probably the big one you see is the tomato 197 00:08:02,515 --> 00:08:05,585 or tobacco horn worm and they have the little tail-lookin' 198 00:08:05,585 --> 00:08:08,821 thing at the tail end and these caterpillars 199 00:08:08,821 --> 00:08:11,224 will get several inches long when full size 200 00:08:11,224 --> 00:08:13,493 and often you don't see 'em when they're small. 201 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:15,294 They kinda camouflage. 202 00:08:15,294 --> 00:08:19,799 One time, not too long ago, I had tomatoes on my deck 203 00:08:19,799 --> 00:08:24,403 and guess what, we had corn earworms, we had horn worms, 204 00:08:24,403 --> 00:08:26,172 we had yellow-striped army worms, 205 00:08:26,172 --> 00:08:27,974 we had southern army worms. 206 00:08:27,974 --> 00:08:29,475 There's a whole bunch of caterpillars. 207 00:08:29,475 --> 00:08:31,043 - And all of this, you said, was in the city. 208 00:08:31,043 --> 00:08:32,945 - Yeah, this was right in suburbia 209 00:08:32,945 --> 00:08:35,681 and then they find your plants. 210 00:08:35,681 --> 00:08:37,350 So the moths are out at night. 211 00:08:37,350 --> 00:08:39,652 They lay their eggs on the leaves of the plant 212 00:08:39,652 --> 00:08:43,890 or on the fruit and then they hatch out in a couple days 213 00:08:43,890 --> 00:08:46,926 and those caterpillars might feed for a couple weeks. 214 00:08:46,926 --> 00:08:49,595 So when they're tiny, they don't do that much damage, 215 00:08:49,595 --> 00:08:51,864 but maybe by the time they get an inch long 216 00:08:51,864 --> 00:08:55,801 when they're about a fourth or fifth instar or stage, 217 00:08:55,801 --> 00:08:58,738 they can do a lot of feeding damage. 218 00:08:58,738 --> 00:09:02,975 So usually, you can pick off, you just have a few plants, 219 00:09:02,975 --> 00:09:06,345 you can pick 'em off every day, but you have to be out there 220 00:09:06,345 --> 00:09:09,348 almost every day because they can do a lot of damage 221 00:09:09,348 --> 00:09:11,417 and they're hard to see. 222 00:09:11,417 --> 00:09:13,185 Insecticides can be used. 223 00:09:13,185 --> 00:09:16,422 One of the safer products for caterpillars is Bt. 224 00:09:16,422 --> 00:09:19,258 Stands for Bacillus thuringiensis. 225 00:09:19,258 --> 00:09:21,360 It's a bacterial toxin. 226 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,163 It's very safe for humans to be around and pets, 227 00:09:24,163 --> 00:09:26,532 but it's very toxic to caterpillars. 228 00:09:26,532 --> 00:09:30,570 It paralyzes their mid-gut and then they stop feeding 229 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:33,105 almost immediately and then they soon die, 230 00:09:33,105 --> 00:09:35,608 but it won't hurt your beneficial insects, 231 00:09:35,608 --> 00:09:38,778 your lady beetles, syrphid flies and other things, 232 00:09:38,778 --> 00:09:40,479 green lace wings, for instance. 233 00:09:40,479 --> 00:09:43,883 So Bt is one of the safer things for gardeners to use. 234 00:09:43,883 --> 00:09:48,321 We have a publication at UT Extension Publications. 235 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:50,723 It's called "You Can Control Garden Insects." 236 00:09:50,723 --> 00:09:52,592 You might wanna check that out 237 00:09:52,592 --> 00:09:53,426 online. - It is a good publication. 238 00:09:53,426 --> 00:09:54,260 - Yeah, it is. 239 00:09:55,695 --> 00:09:56,829 It has some pictures of what the insects look for 240 00:09:56,829 --> 00:09:57,964 and also control recommendations. 241 00:09:57,964 --> 00:09:59,265 - Okay. 242 00:09:59,265 --> 00:10:00,866 And also some on the beneficial insects. 243 00:10:00,866 --> 00:10:02,134 - Doc, we're glad you're here. 244 00:10:02,134 --> 00:10:03,102 That's good stuff. 245 00:10:03,102 --> 00:10:04,036 - All right, thank you, Chris. 246 00:10:04,036 --> 00:10:05,004 - Thank you. 247 00:10:05,004 --> 00:10:05,838 We can tell you love this stuff. 248 00:10:05,838 --> 00:10:06,639 - Oh, it's great. 249 00:10:06,639 --> 00:10:08,374 What's better? 250 00:10:08,374 --> 00:10:10,109 - Thank you. 251 00:10:10,109 --> 00:10:13,379 [upbeat country music] 252 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:19,418 - This is a lovely specimen of coral bark Japanese maple, 253 00:10:19,418 --> 00:10:21,320 grown for this brilliant red twigs 254 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:24,223 which makes it a distinctive plant for winter interest. 255 00:10:24,223 --> 00:10:25,858 And it's a great plant for the South. 256 00:10:25,858 --> 00:10:27,460 It's very sun tolerant. 257 00:10:27,460 --> 00:10:29,495 It was planted a little bit high, 258 00:10:29,495 --> 00:10:31,864 which is good for a Japanese maple, 259 00:10:31,864 --> 00:10:34,734 but this heavy staking can be an issue. 260 00:10:34,734 --> 00:10:37,737 And let's talk about the fact that often when you have 261 00:10:37,737 --> 00:10:39,372 a plant with a large canopy, 262 00:10:39,372 --> 00:10:41,874 you're gonna need to stake it for blowing over. 263 00:10:41,874 --> 00:10:44,377 There's a few options, though. 264 00:10:44,377 --> 00:10:47,413 A staked plant, especially when staked this tightly, 265 00:10:47,413 --> 00:10:49,482 is not gonna be able to move in the wind. 266 00:10:49,482 --> 00:10:51,250 And it should be able to move in the wind 267 00:10:51,250 --> 00:10:53,419 in order to build up strength. 268 00:10:53,419 --> 00:10:55,588 It's a thing called taper. 269 00:10:55,588 --> 00:10:58,457 And every time it blows there's a little bit of cambium tear, 270 00:10:58,457 --> 00:11:00,660 and it'll get stronger and stronger. 271 00:11:00,660 --> 00:11:02,895 Since this is not able to move in the wind, 272 00:11:02,895 --> 00:11:04,163 it actually makes it weak, 273 00:11:04,163 --> 00:11:07,767 so that when we remove these it's more likely to flop. 274 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:10,036 So if you absolutely have to stake, 275 00:11:10,036 --> 00:11:11,937 you should certainly make this a little bit looser 276 00:11:11,937 --> 00:11:14,774 so that it can still do some blowing around in the wind. 277 00:11:14,774 --> 00:11:16,409 Stake it just tightly enough 278 00:11:16,409 --> 00:11:18,277 to keep it from blowing over. 279 00:11:18,277 --> 00:11:20,846 And the padding here on the bark is a good idea. 280 00:11:20,846 --> 00:11:23,549 An option would have been to take these stakes, 281 00:11:23,549 --> 00:11:25,951 and rather than tying the tree to it, 282 00:11:25,951 --> 00:11:27,687 if you had simply hammered them 283 00:11:27,687 --> 00:11:30,856 through the root ball at three different points, 284 00:11:30,856 --> 00:11:33,092 at angles so that you're actually nailing 285 00:11:33,092 --> 00:11:35,961 the root ball into the firm ground below. 286 00:11:35,961 --> 00:11:37,997 Then the tree is able to move in the wind 287 00:11:37,997 --> 00:11:41,067 and build up that strength and taper over time. 288 00:11:41,067 --> 00:11:43,903 If you do have to do this, maybe a year, 289 00:11:43,903 --> 00:11:46,939 possibly more before you can remove the stakes, 290 00:11:46,939 --> 00:11:49,141 and hopefully by then the roots are well integrated 291 00:11:49,141 --> 00:11:51,977 into the ground, and the maple's ready to be on its own. 292 00:11:51,977 --> 00:11:54,714 [upbeat country music] 293 00:11:54,714 --> 00:11:56,649 All right, Joellen, let's talk about lilies. 294 00:11:56,649 --> 00:11:58,317 - Lilies, yes. 295 00:11:58,317 --> 00:11:59,518 - So what do we need to know about lilies? 296 00:11:59,518 --> 00:12:01,187 They're beautiful, by the way. 297 00:12:01,187 --> 00:12:03,322 - Well, like the iris we talked about before, 298 00:12:03,322 --> 00:12:06,726 but the have gorgeous, large blooms, 299 00:12:06,726 --> 00:12:11,297 very showy in the landscape and in bouquets and you see 'em 300 00:12:11,297 --> 00:12:15,668 in weddings, in flower arrangements all the time. 301 00:12:15,668 --> 00:12:17,369 Very showy. 302 00:12:17,369 --> 00:12:19,472 One of my favorite flowers because of that. 303 00:12:19,472 --> 00:12:20,406 I just love them. 304 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:22,241 - Yeah, I have a lot at home. 305 00:12:22,241 --> 00:12:23,242 Yeah, I just love, love the colors. 306 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:24,543 - I've planted a lot of them 307 00:12:24,543 --> 00:12:26,545 and enjoyed a lot of them over the years. 308 00:12:26,545 --> 00:12:29,048 But we're gonna talk about a few that do well 309 00:12:29,048 --> 00:12:30,549 in the Mid-South area. 310 00:12:30,549 --> 00:12:34,887 In fact, this area and the area around Tennessee 311 00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:40,392 and zone 7, one of the greatest areas for lilies to grow 312 00:12:40,392 --> 00:12:43,896 in the ground so we need to take advantage of that. 313 00:12:43,896 --> 00:12:45,431 - Yeah, by all means. 314 00:12:45,431 --> 00:12:48,000 - The first one we're gonna talk about is the Asiatic lily, 315 00:12:48,000 --> 00:12:50,169 which is the ones you see in these containers right here 316 00:12:50,169 --> 00:12:54,673 and you can find them very easily in garden centers. 317 00:12:54,673 --> 00:12:58,711 They come in containers or they have 'em in bags 318 00:12:58,711 --> 00:13:01,680 that you can buy and plant yourself. 319 00:13:01,680 --> 00:13:05,184 Very easy to grow, very readily available. 320 00:13:05,184 --> 00:13:07,820 And so they come in lots of colors and sizes. 321 00:13:07,820 --> 00:13:10,489 You can see, I mean, they're just gorgeous. 322 00:13:10,489 --> 00:13:13,192 Now if you want to cut them and bring them inside, 323 00:13:13,192 --> 00:13:17,596 you see the pollen on the ends here? 324 00:13:17,596 --> 00:13:22,301 That stains really, really badly, so if you're bringing 325 00:13:22,301 --> 00:13:24,336 them inside, you're putting them in a bouquet, 326 00:13:24,336 --> 00:13:27,907 it's nice to just take your fingers and get rid of them, 327 00:13:27,907 --> 00:13:30,543 just pull them off and then they won't have 328 00:13:30,543 --> 00:13:35,548 that dark stain everywhere on your clothes or anything else. 329 00:13:36,682 --> 00:13:38,551 Otherwise, it is pretty on the flower. 330 00:13:38,551 --> 00:13:40,085 I like it. 331 00:13:40,085 --> 00:13:42,922 Well, that's the Asiatic lilies and their hybrids. 332 00:13:42,922 --> 00:13:44,824 There's one called. 333 00:13:44,824 --> 00:13:47,126 We're gonna go from the earliest blooming ones 334 00:13:47,126 --> 00:13:50,496 to the latest blooming ones, which is lilium candidum, 335 00:13:50,496 --> 00:13:53,032 which is the Madonna lily. 336 00:13:53,032 --> 00:13:55,901 It blooms in the fall and it's only white 337 00:13:55,901 --> 00:13:58,103 and it's very, very fragrant. 338 00:13:58,103 --> 00:14:00,005 So that's a good one to have. 339 00:14:00,005 --> 00:14:01,774 - In the fall. - In the fall. 340 00:14:01,774 --> 00:14:04,476 So see you have lots of lilies 341 00:14:04,476 --> 00:14:06,912 that bloom almost all summer long. 342 00:14:06,912 --> 00:14:10,783 Then there's lilium formosanum, the formosa lily. 343 00:14:10,783 --> 00:14:14,620 It blooms in the summer, usually June, July. 344 00:14:14,620 --> 00:14:17,790 But it can be six to seven feet tall. 345 00:14:17,790 --> 00:14:19,024 - Wow. 346 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:20,559 - Yeah, so gotta leave some room for these. 347 00:14:20,559 --> 00:14:23,062 Then there is the one that you see everywhere. 348 00:14:23,062 --> 00:14:26,699 In fact, it is brought over from Asia, 349 00:14:26,699 --> 00:14:29,201 but it has naturalized in North America, 350 00:14:29,201 --> 00:14:33,038 and that's the tiger lily, lilium lancifolium. 351 00:14:33,038 --> 00:14:36,008 And that's a beautiful one to have in your yard. 352 00:14:36,008 --> 00:14:38,377 It will naturalize, it'll do very well, 353 00:14:38,377 --> 00:14:41,413 but it has smaller flowers than these, 354 00:14:41,413 --> 00:14:44,717 but they usually hang down and they're orange 355 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:46,785 with little black spots on them. 356 00:14:46,785 --> 00:14:49,388 Probably people have noticed in the landscape more, 357 00:14:49,388 --> 00:14:52,358 I mean out in nature than they have in their own yards, 358 00:14:52,358 --> 00:14:54,793 but do very well and there are other colors 359 00:14:54,793 --> 00:14:56,462 they've developed for that too. 360 00:14:56,462 --> 00:14:59,965 - Before you go any further, naturalize, you used the term. 361 00:14:59,965 --> 00:15:01,267 What does that mean? 362 00:15:01,267 --> 00:15:03,168 - That means that it has escaped and it has gone 363 00:15:03,168 --> 00:15:05,104 and you can see 'em in ditches 364 00:15:05,104 --> 00:15:09,608 and around on nature walks in the woods. 365 00:15:09,608 --> 00:15:11,477 They like that. 366 00:15:14,546 --> 00:15:18,717 Then there is the Easter lily and it has its own, 367 00:15:18,717 --> 00:15:21,353 it's longiflorum and its hybrids. 368 00:15:21,353 --> 00:15:23,722 Now we see 'em blooming at Easter 369 00:15:23,722 --> 00:15:26,558 and it's a trumpet lily 'cause it has a long stem 370 00:15:26,558 --> 00:15:29,595 that looks like a trumpet and there's lots 371 00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:32,164 of those trumpet lilies, but the Easter lily is one 372 00:15:32,164 --> 00:15:35,367 that you know you can plant it in your yard 373 00:15:35,367 --> 00:15:37,670 and it will grow here and come back and bloom 374 00:15:37,670 --> 00:15:39,772 the next year in June. 375 00:15:40,639 --> 00:15:43,409 So it works really well. 376 00:15:43,409 --> 00:15:46,912 Of course, of all the trumpet lilies, 377 00:15:46,912 --> 00:15:50,316 the one that is most popular is called Regale. 378 00:15:50,316 --> 00:15:53,052 And it has maroon on the back side of it 379 00:15:53,052 --> 00:15:56,121 and white on the inside and of course it's very tall. 380 00:15:56,121 --> 00:15:58,324 It's six, seven feet tall. 381 00:15:58,324 --> 00:16:00,025 So very regal plant. 382 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:02,761 Then you've got the Oriental lilies. 383 00:16:02,761 --> 00:16:05,464 The Oriental lilies are more sturdy 384 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:07,933 than the Asiatic and the trumpets. 385 00:16:07,933 --> 00:16:09,401 And they have done a cross. 386 00:16:09,401 --> 00:16:10,602 Of course, the most famous one 387 00:16:10,602 --> 00:16:13,706 of these Oriental ones is the Stargazer. 388 00:16:13,706 --> 00:16:16,175 And you see that at the florist all the time. 389 00:16:16,175 --> 00:16:19,144 It's pink and then it has the white edges on 'em. 390 00:16:19,144 --> 00:16:20,379 Very popular. 391 00:16:21,714 --> 00:16:24,984 But they've crossed the Oriental lily with trumpet lilies 392 00:16:24,984 --> 00:16:26,885 and they call them Orienpets. 393 00:16:28,153 --> 00:16:29,355 - Orienpets. 394 00:16:29,355 --> 00:16:31,357 - Yes, Oriental and trumpets, so Orienpets. 395 00:16:32,725 --> 00:16:36,962 And so they are much sturdier and there's a lot 396 00:16:36,962 --> 00:16:39,631 of different colors and types of those too. 397 00:16:39,631 --> 00:16:43,102 But what do they like to do? 398 00:16:43,102 --> 00:16:44,803 Where do they like to grow? 399 00:16:44,803 --> 00:16:46,305 They like sun. 400 00:16:46,305 --> 00:16:47,539 - Full sun, right? 401 00:16:47,539 --> 00:16:49,775 - Like full sun, they like partly shady area. 402 00:16:50,809 --> 00:16:52,911 But they like well-drained soil, 403 00:16:52,911 --> 00:16:55,147 and they do not like wet soil. 404 00:16:55,147 --> 00:16:57,483 So if you're having problems with them 405 00:16:57,483 --> 00:16:59,718 for diseases or insects or anything, 406 00:16:59,718 --> 00:17:01,920 it may be the environment that you have them in. 407 00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,155 Give them room. 408 00:17:03,155 --> 00:17:04,656 Don't bunch them up close together. 409 00:17:04,656 --> 00:17:07,359 Give them some space so the air can move between them 410 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:09,828 because you don't want the botrytis, the leaf disease 411 00:17:09,828 --> 00:17:13,332 that gets on them 'cause if you have that, 412 00:17:13,332 --> 00:17:16,201 you can preventively spray that the next year 413 00:17:16,201 --> 00:17:21,140 with a fungicide, but you know, environment is probably 414 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:25,210 the best key to be having success with the lilies. 415 00:17:25,210 --> 00:17:27,479 Is give them enough space, don't crowd them. 416 00:17:27,479 --> 00:17:29,048 - Space, well-drained soils. 417 00:17:29,048 --> 00:17:30,616 - And well-drained soils. 418 00:17:30,616 --> 00:17:32,951 Yes, now and when you buy them like this, 419 00:17:32,951 --> 00:17:36,088 just remember that lilies are a bulb, 420 00:17:36,088 --> 00:17:38,791 but they don't have the papery covering on them 421 00:17:38,791 --> 00:17:42,027 like a normal bulb would, so that means the outside 422 00:17:42,027 --> 00:17:44,997 dries out very fast and you don't want that to dry out 423 00:17:44,997 --> 00:17:48,200 because that's part of the bulb that's gonna grow. 424 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:51,637 So when you get these, plant them as soon as you get them 425 00:17:51,637 --> 00:17:53,939 and try to keep them moist. 426 00:17:53,939 --> 00:17:57,743 And they do reproduce by, you know, the bulbs just keep 427 00:17:57,743 --> 00:18:00,913 getting more and more on each side, but sometimes they have 428 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:04,883 little spots on the end called imbricate bulbs 429 00:18:04,883 --> 00:18:07,886 that come on the leaves and you can take take those off 430 00:18:07,886 --> 00:18:10,322 and they'll reproduce by that all, too. 431 00:18:10,322 --> 00:18:12,958 They're very interesting. 432 00:18:15,060 --> 00:18:17,463 There is one insect problem that they have 433 00:18:17,463 --> 00:18:19,665 and that's the red lily beetle. 434 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:24,670 I have never seen that here on my lilies, 435 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:27,773 but apparently it lives its entire life cycle 436 00:18:27,773 --> 00:18:31,043 on a lily so you're either gonna see eggs 437 00:18:31,043 --> 00:18:32,311 or you're gonna see the bug itself 438 00:18:32,311 --> 00:18:35,114 or you're gonna see its nymph stages, 439 00:18:35,114 --> 00:18:36,849 but they say the best way to control it 440 00:18:36,849 --> 00:18:39,818 is with neem oil on the nymph stage. 441 00:18:39,818 --> 00:18:41,253 - Nymph stage, okay. 442 00:18:41,253 --> 00:18:44,156 - You can use insecticides too, but it's pretty 443 00:18:44,156 --> 00:18:46,391 easy to control with neem oil if you want to, 444 00:18:46,391 --> 00:18:48,460 if you see them, but just inspect often. 445 00:18:48,460 --> 00:18:50,329 - But you haven't seen. 446 00:18:50,329 --> 00:18:51,597 - I've never seen them here, but they say 447 00:18:51,597 --> 00:18:54,600 they're a problem, but I've never seen them. 448 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:56,702 In fact, the only trouble that I keep havin', 449 00:18:56,702 --> 00:18:58,871 which is why I bought me some more 450 00:18:58,871 --> 00:19:02,908 is that the voles like to eat the bulbs. 451 00:19:02,908 --> 00:19:06,445 So now that I've got these new lilies 452 00:19:06,445 --> 00:19:08,313 that I wanna plant in my yard, 453 00:19:08,313 --> 00:19:10,749 I'm thinking of getting a wire cage 454 00:19:10,749 --> 00:19:12,351 and planting them in a wire cage 455 00:19:12,351 --> 00:19:14,119 to keep the voles. - That's how you're 456 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:15,354 gonna deal with the voles. 457 00:19:15,354 --> 00:19:17,055 - I'm gonna make a wire cage to plant them in 458 00:19:17,055 --> 00:19:19,091 so that the voles can't get to them. 459 00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:20,826 - Ah ha, smart, smart. - Mm hm. 460 00:19:20,826 --> 00:19:22,861 - Didn't realize we had that problem with voles. 461 00:19:22,861 --> 00:19:24,730 I need to pay a little bit more attention to mine. 462 00:19:24,730 --> 00:19:26,098 All right. Okay. 463 00:19:26,098 --> 00:19:29,601 But I do like the lilies, though, and they're easy. 464 00:19:29,601 --> 00:19:31,203 - They're not difficult, no. 465 00:19:31,203 --> 00:19:32,471 Huh uh. 466 00:19:32,471 --> 00:19:33,872 I've never had any problems with 'em. 467 00:19:33,872 --> 00:19:35,140 I've just enjoyed them. 468 00:19:35,140 --> 00:19:37,176 - Good deal, well, we appreciate that, Joellen. 469 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:39,278 Buy more lilies, folks. - Buy more lilies. 470 00:19:39,278 --> 00:19:40,479 - Yeah, you would enjoy that. - They're beautiful. 471 00:19:40,479 --> 00:19:41,380 - They're beautiful. 472 00:19:41,380 --> 00:19:42,347 Thank you again. 473 00:19:42,347 --> 00:19:44,149 Good stuff. 474 00:19:44,149 --> 00:19:46,818 [upbeat country music] 475 00:19:48,520 --> 00:19:49,988 - Here we are in the butterfly garden 476 00:19:49,988 --> 00:19:51,490 since we've trimmed it. 477 00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:55,694 And notice that all of the parsley and the oregano 478 00:19:55,694 --> 00:19:58,597 is startin' to bloom and attracting bugs. 479 00:19:58,597 --> 00:20:01,533 We've got the butterfly weed that's startin' to bloom 480 00:20:01,533 --> 00:20:05,237 and we have some Rudbeckia that's coming back 481 00:20:05,237 --> 00:20:07,139 and getting ready to bloom. 482 00:20:07,139 --> 00:20:09,007 We're gonna add our annuals to all of this. 483 00:20:09,007 --> 00:20:11,410 This year, we'll be adding some white 484 00:20:11,410 --> 00:20:15,380 and purple petunias to attract butterflies and bees. 485 00:20:16,582 --> 00:20:18,784 As always, we're gonna be putting zinnias in 486 00:20:18,784 --> 00:20:20,719 because this is a nice flat surface 487 00:20:20,719 --> 00:20:23,989 that butterflies like to land on and get nectar. 488 00:20:25,390 --> 00:20:27,893 We also have lantana like we did last year. 489 00:20:27,893 --> 00:20:29,628 Butterflies love lantana. 490 00:20:32,364 --> 00:20:35,133 And we have some smaller zinnias that are kind of 491 00:20:35,133 --> 00:20:38,070 an orangy red color that we'll use to fill in. 492 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:43,942 And we will also be putting our sand and water back in 493 00:20:43,942 --> 00:20:46,311 for where the butterflies can come get a drink. 494 00:20:47,746 --> 00:20:49,781 All right, we've finished planting all the annuals 495 00:20:49,781 --> 00:20:52,117 to attract the butterflies and the bees 496 00:20:52,117 --> 00:20:55,887 and when these herbs get finished blooming, 497 00:20:55,887 --> 00:20:57,389 we'll trim them back. 498 00:20:57,389 --> 00:21:00,058 [upbeat country music] 499 00:21:00,792 --> 00:21:02,527 - All right, so here's our Q & A segment. 500 00:21:02,527 --> 00:21:03,462 Y'all ready for these questions? 501 00:21:03,462 --> 00:21:04,529 These are real good questions. 502 00:21:04,529 --> 00:21:05,364 - We're ready. - Yes. 503 00:21:05,364 --> 00:21:06,598 - You ready? 504 00:21:06,598 --> 00:21:07,633 All right. 505 00:21:07,633 --> 00:21:09,201 Here's our first viewer email. 506 00:21:09,201 --> 00:21:12,170 "How do I keep the cut worms out of my squash? 507 00:21:12,170 --> 00:21:14,840 "It seems every year I get the squash growing 508 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,376 "only to be killed by cut worms. 509 00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:19,011 Thanks." 510 00:21:19,011 --> 00:21:21,813 And this is from Tommy from Chatsworth, Georgia. 511 00:21:21,813 --> 00:21:23,415 So, Mr. Tommy, guess what? 512 00:21:23,415 --> 00:21:26,018 We have our entomologist here, Dr. Hale. 513 00:21:26,018 --> 00:21:27,686 So what do you say, Dr. Hale? 514 00:21:27,686 --> 00:21:29,921 - We have cut worms whether it's Tennessee or Georgia. 515 00:21:29,921 --> 00:21:31,390 We have lots of 'em. 516 00:21:31,390 --> 00:21:33,792 The moth lays its eggs on weeds and such. 517 00:21:33,792 --> 00:21:36,128 The little caterpillars are nocturnal feeders. 518 00:21:36,128 --> 00:21:38,630 They hide during the day, then they come out 519 00:21:38,630 --> 00:21:41,366 at night and clip the plant. 520 00:21:41,366 --> 00:21:43,602 So we like to, just a simple thing you can do is 521 00:21:43,602 --> 00:21:48,307 just get a toilet paper roll. 522 00:21:48,307 --> 00:21:50,309 You can cut that off and then wrap that 523 00:21:51,443 --> 00:21:53,211 with some aluminum foil and sort of fit that 524 00:21:53,211 --> 00:21:54,913 around the base of it. 525 00:21:54,913 --> 00:21:56,982 If you wanna add some diatomaceous earth 526 00:21:56,982 --> 00:21:59,685 within that ring or around it, 527 00:21:59,685 --> 00:22:01,019 that irritates the insects. 528 00:22:01,019 --> 00:22:03,388 They don't like that, so that would help. 529 00:22:03,388 --> 00:22:05,724 Of course, insecticides can be applied. 530 00:22:05,724 --> 00:22:08,260 Since they're active at night, you do it in late afternoon 531 00:22:08,260 --> 00:22:10,462 to the soil around the base of the plant. 532 00:22:11,763 --> 00:22:13,465 - The toilet paper roll, how about that? 533 00:22:13,465 --> 00:22:14,700 - It's good. - Yeah, that's 534 00:22:14,700 --> 00:22:16,301 a pretty good idea. 535 00:22:16,301 --> 00:22:18,637 We gotta conserve, you know. 536 00:22:18,637 --> 00:22:20,339 [laughs] 537 00:22:20,339 --> 00:22:21,840 - That is good stuff. 538 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:23,942 So there you have it, Mr. Tommy, from our bug guy. 539 00:22:23,942 --> 00:22:25,010 So how about that? 540 00:22:26,211 --> 00:22:27,412 That's good stuff. 541 00:22:27,412 --> 00:22:28,914 All right, here's our next viewer email. 542 00:22:28,914 --> 00:22:31,550 "My old magnolia tree loses a lot of leaves in the spring 543 00:22:31,550 --> 00:22:34,519 "and has very few flowers during the summer. 544 00:22:34,519 --> 00:22:37,656 what does this very old tree need?" 545 00:22:37,656 --> 00:22:40,959 And this is from Linda in Holly Springs, Mississippi. 546 00:22:40,959 --> 00:22:43,695 So yeah, it's an old tree, so she says 547 00:22:43,695 --> 00:22:46,264 "What does this very old tree need?" 548 00:22:46,264 --> 00:22:47,899 'cause it's losing the leaves, Joellen. 549 00:22:47,899 --> 00:22:49,968 - Well, you know, I have a question, 550 00:22:49,968 --> 00:22:51,236 a couple of questions. 551 00:22:51,236 --> 00:22:53,905 One is, you know, it's old, but are the trees 552 00:22:55,140 --> 00:22:56,641 around it old also? 553 00:22:56,641 --> 00:22:59,845 So has it gotten more shade that it hasn't had before? 554 00:22:59,845 --> 00:23:02,914 So maybe that's why it's not blooming as much. 555 00:23:02,914 --> 00:23:05,584 It is an older tree. 556 00:23:05,584 --> 00:23:08,687 Maybe it needs nutrients. 557 00:23:08,687 --> 00:23:13,692 A lot of older trees benefit from deep-root feedings, 558 00:23:15,060 --> 00:23:17,262 so you know, but you would have to get somebody to do that 559 00:23:17,262 --> 00:23:19,598 that has the kind of equipment that you can do that. 560 00:23:19,598 --> 00:23:20,999 - Certified arborist. 561 00:23:20,999 --> 00:23:23,335 - Yes, a certified arborist would have that. 562 00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:25,771 Then, you know, just keep it as healthy 563 00:23:25,771 --> 00:23:29,207 as you possibly can because if she sees no other signs 564 00:23:29,207 --> 00:23:33,211 of decline, I mean, maybe it just is in a natural decline 565 00:23:33,211 --> 00:23:35,547 of that particular tree, but trying to make it 566 00:23:35,547 --> 00:23:38,617 as healthy as possible is probably the best bet. 567 00:23:39,818 --> 00:23:41,119 - Do you wanna add to that, Dr.? 568 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:42,854 - Well, southern magnolia is evergreen, 569 00:23:42,854 --> 00:23:45,891 so it's always gonna be casting off old leaves. 570 00:23:45,891 --> 00:23:49,261 So just, if they're objectionable to you, 571 00:23:49,261 --> 00:23:52,063 get a rake, rake some out. 572 00:23:52,063 --> 00:23:54,566 If you have dead branches or some die back, 573 00:23:54,566 --> 00:23:58,036 prune 'em properly and just let a little air in there 574 00:23:58,036 --> 00:24:00,539 and I think they should be fine. 575 00:24:00,539 --> 00:24:03,742 I think you're right about the sunshine and blooming. 576 00:24:03,742 --> 00:24:06,044 They might need more sunlight. 577 00:24:06,044 --> 00:24:08,213 Could be too shady. - 'Cause we don't have 578 00:24:08,213 --> 00:24:09,714 a picture to see, you know, which tree it is 579 00:24:09,714 --> 00:24:11,416 'cause it might be shaded out. 580 00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:12,717 - But it's still a wonderful tree 581 00:24:12,717 --> 00:24:13,718 whether it blooms a lot or not. 582 00:24:13,718 --> 00:24:15,187 - That's right. - Very good. 583 00:24:15,187 --> 00:24:17,155 - It's actually the state tree for Mississippi. 584 00:24:17,155 --> 00:24:18,690 Yeah, I just learned that. - So there you go. 585 00:24:18,690 --> 00:24:20,325 - All right, thank you for the question. 586 00:24:20,325 --> 00:24:22,027 Here's our next viewer email. 587 00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:24,663 "Can you please tell me what this is?" 588 00:24:24,663 --> 00:24:26,498 And this is from Caroline. 589 00:24:26,498 --> 00:24:28,600 So I think we know what that is. 590 00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:29,434 - Yes. 591 00:24:29,434 --> 00:24:30,368 - What is that? 592 00:24:30,368 --> 00:24:33,004 - It's lilyturf or monkeygrass. 593 00:24:33,004 --> 00:24:35,106 - Liriope. - Liriope. 594 00:24:35,106 --> 00:24:36,441 - Liriope, yes. 595 00:24:36,441 --> 00:24:37,375 - Liriope. 596 00:24:37,375 --> 00:24:38,977 A lot of people plant liriope, 597 00:24:40,178 --> 00:24:41,780 especially if they have areas. 598 00:24:41,780 --> 00:24:44,516 You know, I've seen it in areas that are poorly drained. 599 00:24:44,516 --> 00:24:46,685 I've seen it in areas that have bare spots, 600 00:24:46,685 --> 00:24:50,422 areas that, you know, soil is eroding, 601 00:24:50,422 --> 00:24:52,424 so you can pretty much grow it-- 602 00:24:52,424 --> 00:24:54,659 - And it does great job everywhere. 603 00:24:54,659 --> 00:24:57,362 Sometimes, some of the varieties are a little more 604 00:24:57,362 --> 00:24:59,397 aggressive and that's probably escaped somewhere 605 00:24:59,397 --> 00:25:01,099 that she didn't want it. 606 00:25:01,099 --> 00:25:02,934 But there's nothing wrong with it. 607 00:25:02,934 --> 00:25:05,937 Some people either love it or hate it. 608 00:25:05,937 --> 00:25:07,706 - Yeah, I know a lot of people that hate it. 609 00:25:07,706 --> 00:25:10,709 Go ahead, Doc, anything you wanna add to that? 610 00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:11,776 - Well, there's a little insect, a scale insect, 611 00:25:11,776 --> 00:25:13,678 that sometimes gets on it. 612 00:25:13,678 --> 00:25:15,213 It attaches low down on the thing, 613 00:25:15,213 --> 00:25:17,549 but I don't think it hurts it a lot. 614 00:25:17,549 --> 00:25:20,352 Occasionally, you could apply a systemic insecticide 615 00:25:20,352 --> 00:25:22,821 to control that if you had a problem with it. 616 00:25:22,821 --> 00:25:26,458 It might cause it to look unthrifty 617 00:25:26,458 --> 00:25:28,326 and not grow in as well as it should. 618 00:25:29,828 --> 00:25:32,063 - They do have a lot of foliar diseases, too, 619 00:25:32,063 --> 00:25:36,835 but that's why the one thing about why it's called lilyturf 620 00:25:36,835 --> 00:25:40,372 monkeygrass is 'cause you cut it once a year in February 621 00:25:40,372 --> 00:25:43,141 and you get rid of it and you collect all of that 622 00:25:43,141 --> 00:25:45,443 and then get rid of it and then you don't have 623 00:25:45,443 --> 00:25:47,646 those diseases still hanging around 624 00:25:47,646 --> 00:25:49,180 to infect the plants for the next year. 625 00:25:49,180 --> 00:25:50,982 - 'Cause if you don't, they look all tattered and torn. 626 00:25:50,982 --> 00:25:52,651 - Yeah, good sanitation. 627 00:25:52,651 --> 00:25:55,020 You know, actually removing it from the garden. 628 00:25:55,020 --> 00:25:57,022 That's a good idea. 629 00:25:57,022 --> 00:25:58,557 - It's a good idea? 630 00:25:58,557 --> 00:25:59,391 - Yeah, I like it. 631 00:25:59,391 --> 00:26:00,625 - It's a good idea. 632 00:26:00,625 --> 00:26:02,594 All right, so there you have it Ms. Caroline. 633 00:26:02,594 --> 00:26:04,829 It's liriope or monkeygrass. 634 00:26:04,829 --> 00:26:07,899 All right, so Joellen, Doc, we're outta time. 635 00:26:07,899 --> 00:26:08,733 It's been fun. - That was quick. 636 00:26:10,602 --> 00:26:12,837 - It's fun. - We need more questions. 637 00:26:12,837 --> 00:26:14,105 Keep 'em comin'. 638 00:26:14,105 --> 00:26:14,906 - Keep 'em comin'. - Keep 'em comin'. 639 00:26:14,906 --> 00:26:16,775 - Keep 'em comin'. 640 00:26:16,775 --> 00:26:18,276 - Thanks, Chris. - Thank you. 641 00:26:18,276 --> 00:26:20,712 Remember, we love to hear from you. 642 00:26:20,712 --> 00:26:22,747 Send us a email or letter. 643 00:26:22,747 --> 00:26:26,651 The email address is questions@familyplotgarden.com 644 00:26:26,651 --> 00:26:29,354 and the mailing address is Family Plot, 645 00:26:29,354 --> 00:26:34,359 7151 Cherry Farms Road, Cordova, Tennessee 38016. 646 00:26:36,094 --> 00:26:40,265 Or you can go online to FamilyPlotGarden.com. 647 00:26:40,265 --> 00:26:41,766 That's all we have time for today. 648 00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:44,903 To get more information on tomatoes, squash or lilies, 649 00:26:44,903 --> 00:26:47,105 head on over to FamilyPlotGarden.com. 650 00:26:47,105 --> 00:26:49,274 We have links to Extension publications 651 00:26:49,274 --> 00:26:51,309 on these topics and many others. 652 00:26:51,309 --> 00:26:53,845 Be sure to join us next week for The Family Plot: 653 00:26:53,845 --> 00:26:55,347 Gardening in the Mid-South. 654 00:26:55,347 --> 00:26:56,448 Be safe. 655 00:26:56,448 --> 00:26:59,117 [upbeat country music] 656 00:27:09,661 --> 00:27:11,663 [acoustic guitar chords]