June 9 , 2016
Pruning Back the Jungle|Slow Flowers
How I wish that CTG had been around when I was a novel nurseryman ! Now , as producer , I discover something new every show . What about you?Help us keep on growing for a chance at a heavy GIVEAWAY software program . success to be guide on Saturday , so deadline is midnight Friday . . .though you’re able to affirm any time!Here ’s how and a complete gift software package leaning . Whoops , with all the rain , plants are decrease all over themselves . MyPeter ’s Purple monarda(bee balm ) finally took off since I started a passalong from Daphne a few year ago . Now a thick bunch , hummingbirds oscillate like sick . Turk ’s pileus rebounded quickly in our non - winter . There ’s stack for Gulf Fritillary butterfly stroke and hummingbird to sip . Pruning fury dispatch high gear this month , so point up those pruner ! To wrangle our overgrown copiousness , Julie Clark of Stronger Than Dirt ( an all - women garden maintenance team)joins Tom to explain how and when to make the cut . I sleep with her crest about persnickety damianita ( Chrysactinia Mexicana ) , blackfoot daisy , and ‘ Powis Castle ’ artemisia :
Damianita / Blackfoot : after every bloom hertz , cut back so that there is only 1″ of gullible development . For Blackfoot , you’re able to also cut approx . 1/3 of the stalk back to 2″. Do n’t ever write out all immature off . If new growth comes in lower down over the next couple of weeks , those stem can go back to the new growth .
Artemisia : good to cut 1/3 of shank back to 4 - 6″ each calendar month , so that in three months the whole plant has been contract back . Do this throughout most of the year , even when it get passably hot . Alternately , look for bud growth and cut down all stems back to new growth . She recount us : The method of cutting 1/3 of the plant out each calendar month is corking because you are always encouraging new growth while still having a full plant to enjoy . Also , I sense that you’re able to prune farther into the hot summertime because the industrial plant harbour the new growth from the sun . But generally , we stop rationalise once it hits 95 degrees or so .
Progressively , that ’s what I ’m doing with my fall asters , even though some are jump the blossom gun with our cloudy days . By mid - July , I ’ll leave them alone to set drop buds . For some , Salvia coccineasare rocketing since they did n’t freeze back . As they form seeds , cut them back at least a third to prompt Modern development and flower . And when our recurrent herbaceous sage start seeding , go ahead and contract them back about a third , too , to promote exuberant development and blossom this fall ( or even summer).Ant mound burst as they seek high ground from drenched soil . I do n’t worry about them too much if they keep to themselves , since they ’re really respectable soil aerator . If they ’re in your way , or if you ’ve got fire ants in your compost chain reactor , John Dromgoole has the answer .
you may buy organize organic mound drenches or meld up his formula.• Mix adequate part orange oil , compost tea , molasses ( molasses encourages microbic activity)• Blend 4 - 6 oz . of that mixture to 1 gallon H2O
To control fire ants , grubs , and flea in the yard , bring out alive roundworm . The arcanum to winner is to apply when the ground is moist and do n’t let the flat coat dry out . Get all his deception and peak for ant control .
Troubles with tree diagram really top our viewer emails this year , in the main fungal problem . But what ’s going on withDanielle and Mike Demarest’sstunted red oaks?When they bribe their home , weed roadblock and pea gravel environ the soil around the trees . They removed those obstructions and Daphne did n’t see signs of disease or insect problems . Paul Johnson of the Texas Forest Servicenoted that dirt crush and other soil / ascendent issues , such as girdling ancestor , are most potential the underlying causes for this Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree ’s decline . bump out more .
Need a popping of color with the comfortable container plant ever ? flame tropical bromeliad is just the ticket . bloom for months , about all it needs is admiration . determine out more as Daphne ’s Plant of the Week . Viewer picturesthis week well illustrate that Texans can figure out anything!In Kerrville , Natalie Vollmar is growing several Hellebores(Lenten roses).And in Austin , Ann Wilson ’s peony bloom this unhinged wintertime . But when it come to cut flower for your tabular array , have ’s go local ! AtCuts of Colorflower farm in Weimar , Texas , Rita Anders take up us on tour of “ life as a blossom Fannie Farmer . ”Get her tips on timing and techniques for fresh harvesting every calendar week and how to extend their vase life . I first met Rita thanks toDebra Prinzing , author of the50 Mile BouquetandSlow Flowers . Rita crafts the most unbelievable to - order arrangements for special occasions , tucking in long - lasting succulents for take house gifts . determine now !
Thanks for stopping by ! Next workweek , Janet Riley shows how to take memorable garden photographs . Linda
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