YOUR
FALL PARTY MENUS.
>> HAPPY WEDNESDAY AND WELCOME
TO HOUSTON LIFE.
I'M JENNIFER BROOME.
>> AND I AM DERRICK SHORE.
IT'S FEELING LIKE FALL SO, THAT
MEANS IT'S READY TO PRODUCE
SPRUCE UP YOUR LAWN AND GETTING
IT READY FOR FALL.
>> RANDY LEMON IS HOST OF KTRH.
WE'RE TALKING WEED.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A CRAZY YEAR.
I BET YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT THE
SOD WEB WORM DILEMMA.
SINCE 1990 TEAMWORK THE WEATHER
HAS NEVER BEEN LIKE THIS AND
THAT REALLY WET AUGUST, WELCOME
TO HOUSTON WITH THE REALLY WET
AUGUST, YOU TWO, AND THEN IT
SET UP ONE OF THE WORST WEED
INFESTATIONS THAT I GET A CALL
AN HOUR.
>> THE WEATHER IS SO HUMID,
WARM AND WET THAT PLANTS
THRIVE, BUT HOW DO YOU MAKE
SURE THEY'RE THE PLANTS YOU
WANT TO THRIVE.
>> AND NO ONE WANTS THIS.
THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
WE HAVE A FERTILIZATION
SCHEDULE WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN A
MINUTE, BUT WE ALSO A WEED
KILLING IDEAS AND TIP SHEETS
ALL OVER THE INTERNET.
GO TO KTRH.COM, RANDY LEMON.COM.
FACEBOOK, YOU CAN FIND THESE
TIP SHEETS, BUT EVERYBODY WANTS
TO KNOW HOW TO GET RID OF THIS
HEINOUS WEED RIGHT NOW CALLED
VIRGINIA BUTTON WEED.
>> DID THAT KHOM FROM -- IT WAS
ALSO VERY WET HERE FROM APRIL
THROUGH JUNE AND WE HAD THE
RAIN SOME INTO AUGUST AS WELL.
IT'S JUST EXPANDING ALL THIS.
THIS, TO ME--
>> I THINK WE CAN ADD IN APRIL
AND MAY.
WE CAN HAVE WET APRIL AND IS
MAYS AND NOT HAVE THIS AS BA
IT WAS THE SUPER WET AUGUST WE
HA
>> I THINK IT'S PRETTY.
>> THERE'S A CUTE FLOWER OR TWO
ON HER
YOU DON'T SEE THEM BECAUSE IT'S
DRIED UP IN THE LAST 24 HOURS
WHEN I HAD TO HARVEST THIS
YOU'LL NOTICE THIS BECAUSE
YOU'LL SEE THE WHITE FLOWER ON
THERE AND YOU ALSO NOTICE, THI
IS WHAT I GET, WHEN PEOPLE COME
AND SEE ME ALL THE TIME,
WIDE.
I'LL KNOW IT BY THE WHITE
FLOWERS OR BY THE NODULES, AND
THESE ARE THE SEEDS, THAT IF WE
DON'T KILL THIS FAST IT WILL GO
IN, RE-SEED AND KEEP
PERPETUATING ITSELF.
>> THIS EXPANDS VERY QUICKLY IN
YOUR YARD AND TAKES OVER THE
WHOLE LAWN.
>> THIS WAS A NEIGHBOR'S YARD,
THIS WAS -- I HAD TO GO IN AND
SECRETLY HARVEST OUT A PIECE.
I SEE VERY LITTLE GRASS IN HERE
AT ALL.
>> I THINK IF YOU'RE IN THE
MIDDLE OF IT, I WOULD GO IN AND
THEY'LL THANK YOU LATER.
>> I DON'T RECOMMEND THAT,
FOLKS, DO NOT GO INTO YOUR
NEIGHBOR'S YARD.
>> YOU MAY KNOW ABOUT THIS,
HAVING SPENT TIME IN SAN
ANTONIO, WE HAVE HARD WATER
HERE EVERYWHERE, AND WE HAVE TO
SOFTEN THE WATER, SO TO SPEAK,
TO GET THE WEED KILLERS TO GET
ON EVERY LEAVE AND BE PULLED
INTO THE ROOT SYSTEM TO KILL
IT, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T USE A
SURFACTANT, THEN TOWN HALL
MEETING DRIBBLE OFF THE LEAF
AND THAT CAUSES A PHYTOTOXIC
BURN ON THE GRASS BELOW.
>> SO IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE
ESTABLISHED THE PROBLEM, WE
KNOW THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM.
HOW DO WE TACKLE IT?
>> UP UNTIL JUST A WEEK AGO, WE
COULDN'T PUT A CHEMICAL ON HERE
BECAUSE IT WAS TOO HOT IN THE
MONTH OF OCTOBER.
NORMALLY WE'RE COOL ENOUGH
WHERE WE CAN USE COOL SEASON
HERBICIDE.
THESE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF COOL
SEASON HERBICIDES, AND WHAT WE
HAVE TO DO IS USE THE RIGHT
HERBICIDE AT THE RATE TIME OF
THE YEAR OTHERWISE WE WILL BURN
UP THE LAWNS.
THEN YOU HAVE TO HAD THE
SURFACTANT TO THE MIX SO THAT
YOU UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS GOING
TO COAT THE LEAVES OF THE WEED.
WHATEVER WEED WE'RE TRYING TO
KILL, YOU HAVE TO USE A
SURFACTANT.
>> TEMPERATURES, ARE YOU
LOOKING THE TRYING TO STAY
BELOW 85 DEGREES OR 80 DEGREES?
>> I USE 88 AS THE NUMBER FOR A
COOL SEASON HERBICIDE.
81, 80, YOU CAN USE IT THIS
WEEK, ALL THE WAY DOWN INTO THE
40s, SO IF WE WOULD JUST HAVE A
NORMAL OCTOBER AND HAVE, LIKE,
46-DEGREE NIGHTS AND 70-DEGREE
DAYS, WE COULD TAKE CARE OF
THIS IN A HEARTBEAT, BUT WE'VE
BEEN ON HOLD, WE HAVE BEEN
HANDCUFFED UNTIL THIS PAST WEEK.
>> RANDY, WHEN YOU SAY
SURFACTANT, JUST SO WE ARE
TOTALLY CLEAR, WHAT EXACTLY IS
THE SURFACTANT?
>> IT MAKES WATER WETTER.
IT CREATES A SHEEN ON THE LEAF
SURFACE.
OTHERWISE, THAT HARD WATER WILL
BEAD UP AND ROLL RIGHT OFF.
>> SO IT ESSENTIALLY HELPS THE
PRODUCT STICK.
>> SURFACTANT SAYS SPREADER
STICKER.
WE USED TO USE THAT TERM 20
YEARS AGO, AND NOW WE TRY TO
HAMMER THE POINT OF SURFACTANT
TO PEOPLE.
DISH SOAP CAN BE A SURVEY SFAK
MILITANT, BUT THEY HAVE SO MANY
ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS IN IT,
THEY MAY NOT WORK.
THIS IS A GREAT PRODUCT.
I WANT Y'ALL TO SMELL THIS
FIRST.
YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO SMELL
WEED KILLER.
IT'S GOING TO BRING BACK
MEMORIES OF CINNAMON TOAST WHEN
YOU WERE A KID.
GIVE THAT A WHIFF REAL QUICK.
SMELLS LIKE CINNAMON TOAST.
>> IT DOES, IT SMELLS LIKE
CINNAMON SUGAR.
>> OH, WOW, IT DOES.
>> YOU HAVE TO USE SURFACTANT
AND WATER TO MAKE A SHEEN ON
THE LEAVES AND THEN SPRINKLE A
POWDER ON IT, AND IT IS
ACTUALLY THE BEST ORGANIC WEED
KILLING METHOD WE HAVE OUT
THERE, AND YOU CAN BE USING
THIS ISN'T.
>> ACTIVE INGREDIENT, CINNAMON.
>> AND CUMIN.
ISN'T THAT CRAZY?
>> DO I HAVE TO GO TO THE OTHER
ONES--
>> NO.
YOU'VE GO TO MAKE A CHOICE.
IN MY WORLD OF GARDEN LINE, YOU
NEVER TRY TO BLEND THE TWO
TOGETHER.
>> BUT I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE
OUT THERE ARE WONDERING, HOW
WELL DOES THE ORGANIC STUFF
WORK.
IS THERE AN ADVANTAGE?
>> THE ADVANTAGE, IT WORKS.
THE ADVANTAGE OR DISADVANTAGES,
THIS CAN GET RATHER PRICEY,
BECAUSE THIS ONLY COVERS SO
MANY LINEAR FEET OR SQUARE
FEET, WHERE THIS COVERS 7,000
SDWAOEFRKTS AND THIS ONE, LESS
THAN A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
ADD THAT TO WATER, MIST THE
WEED, AND GET THE POWDER
STICKING TO THE WIDE WITH THE
AGENT ON THERE.
>> SO BECAUSE THIS IS CINNAMON
AND -- AND THIS MAY BE A SILLY
YES.
>> NO SUCH THING AS A SILLY
QUESTION.
>> SO IF IT'S MADE OF CINNAMON
AND CUMIN AND ORGANIC FLOUR,
THEN COULDN'T YOU GO TO COSTCO
AND BUY A GIANT THING OF
CINNAMON AND CUMIN?
>> HE WANTS TO D.I.Y. IT.
>> YOU WANT TO SET UP A LITTLE
BUSINESS ON THE SIDE?
>> WHATEVER THE PERFECT
COMBINATION IS, I WOULD THINK
THAT IF IT WERE THAT SIMPLE, WE
WOULD BE ABLE TO GO GET ALL
KINDS OF THINGS FROM CORNMEAL,
EVERYTHING, WHICH ORGANIC
GARDENERS TALK ABOUT BUT THEY
DON'T WORK HERE IN THE HOUSTON
PERFECTLY.
>> WHAT'S THIS?
>> THIS IS A REALLY GOOD
EXAMPLE OF NUTGRASS.
I DIDN'T BRING THE HERBICIDE
FOR NUTGRASS, BUT MAKE SURE YOU
GET A SEDGE HERBICIDE, AGAIN,
ADD THE SURVEY FACULTY MILITANT
TO IT, EVEN IF IT SAYS NOT TO,
SURFACTANT TO IT TO MAKE IT
STICK.
THIS IS JUST NUTGRASS, AND WE
SEE THIS EVERYWHERE.
YOU YOU SEE WHY THE SURFACTANT
IS SO IMPORTANT.
IF THAT THIN BLADE JUST BEADS
AND ROLLS OFF IT, WHAT GOOD IS
IT?
>> WHAT STEPS SHOULD PEOPLE BE
TAKING TO GET THEIR LAWNS
LOOKING BETTER?
>> WE ARE DOING WINTERIZATION,
WE ARE DOING A FALL FERTILIZER
TO GET THE ROOTS HEALTHY AND
WE'RE PREVENTING THE WEED
SEEDS, LIKE THESE SEEDS, FROM
GERMINATING AGAIN WITH THE FALL
PREEMERGEENT HERBICIDES.
MY SCHEDULES ARE ALL OVER THE
INTERNET, THEY HAVE BEEN FOR
ALMOST 20 YEARS, AND IF YOU GET
ON THE SCHEDULE AND STAY TRUE
TO THE SCHEDULE, YOU WILL HAVE
A BETTER LOOKING YARD, YOU'LL
NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF STICKING
TO IT FOR ONE SOLID YEAR.
AND WE HAVE AN ORGANIC SCHEDULE
AND WE HAVE A SYNTHETIC
SCHEDULE, AND THESE ARE THE
SYNTHETIC PRODUCTS, BECAUSE
IT'S KIND OF DANCE WITH THE ONE
THAT BRUNG YA, BUT JUST STICK
TO IT.
PREEMERGEENT HERBICIDE AT THIS
TIME OF YEAR
COME BACK NEXT YEAR AND TALKING
ABOUT FUNGAL DISEASE CONTROL,
WHICH, WHEN IT'S THIS HUMID, WE
GET FUNGAL DISEASES IN THE YARD.
I DON'WANT TO CONFUSE
EVERYBODY RIGHT NOW.
THESE ARE TWO OF THE MAIN WEEDS
WE HAVE AND THIS IS THE TIME OF
YEAR TO DO THE SCHEDULE.
STAY TRUE TO THE SCHEDULE.
END OF OCTOBER, FIRST OF
NOVEMBER, SOME OF THE BEST TIME
PERIODS WE CAN EVER GET BUSY
WITH THE YARD.
>> YOU HAVE A BIC EVENTUALLY
COMING UP.
>> STRANGELY, YOUR PRODUCER, I
HAVE TO THANK FOR THAT, BUT ONE
OF THE BIGGEST MULCH AND SOIL
SALES OF ITS KIND AT THE
GROUND-UP AT THE WESTPARK TOLL
ROAD AND GRAND MISSION THIS
SATURDAY.
I'LL BE THERE MYSELF FROM 11:00
TO 1:00, SO PEOPLE CAN COME IN
AND GO, WHAT'S THIS WEED, AND
WE CAN HELP IDENTIFY THINGS.
WE TALK ABOUT IT CALLED GETTING
A PAIR OF EYES ON IT.
WHAT'S THE DISEASE, WHAT'S THE
WEED, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM.
WE GET A PAIR OF EYES ON IT,
THEN WE CAN GET THEM THE RIGHT
PRODUCT.
THIS SOIL-MULCH YARD SELLS A
LOT OF THE PRODUCTS,
WINTERIZERS, SOIL AMENDMENT,
WEED KILLERS, THEY'LL HAVE ALL
OF THAT THERE, BUT THESE ARE
HIGH QUALITY SOILS AND MULCHES
NEVER BEEN.
>> SO MAKE SURE YOU COME WITH
IN YOUR YARD.
>> AND YOU CAN SHOW UP BEFORE I
GOAT THERE, PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
HELP YOU, BUT I WILL BE THERE
FROM 11:00 TO 1X.
>> AND BRING YOUR WEEDS.
>> AND I'LL BE SELLING MY BOOK
OUT THERE, TOO.
>> RANDY LEMON, HOST OF GARDEN
LIFE, THANKS FOR COMING BY.
YOU CAN HEAR RANDY'S SHOW ON
10:00 A.M., AND YOU CAN ALSO