The Gardener’s Toolbox: Cicada 101
>> AND TODAY’S GARDENERS TO ABBAS. IT’S ABOUT TO GET NOISY IN ILLINOIS, A RARE DOUBLE BATCH OF CICADAS ARE CALLING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND 221 WHOPPING YEARS. IT’S SO HARD TO BELIEVE THEY MAY BE LOUD AND ANNOYING. BUT BOB OR TALK
HERE TO EXPLAIN HOW TO DEAL WITH THE BUGS, WHY THEY ARE IMPORTANT TO THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. I’M REALLY INTRIGUED BY THIS SEGMENT. SO. >> LET’S FIRST DEFINE WHICH THE BRUINS ARE THAT ARE COMING
IN. YOU HAVE TO BRUINS WHO NORMALLY PARAFFIN EVERY 200 YEARS. YOU HAVE BREWED 19, WHICH IS A 13 YEAR CICADA. THEN YOU HAVE BREWED 13, WHICH IS A 17 YEAR CICADA. IT’S A LITTLE CONFUSING, BUT THAT THOSE ARE THE 2 GROUPS THAT
ARE KIND OF EMERGE. THE FACT THAT IT’S BEEN SO MUCH WARMER, WE EXPECT THEM TO EMERGE ABOUT APRIL THE LAST WEEK OF APRIL. I THINK IT PUSH IT FORWARD A LITTLE BECAUSE THE WEATHER WAR IS BASED ON THE TEMPERATURE ALL RIGHT. THAT’S A LITTLE ME
THIS. THEY’VE BEEN UNDERGROUND FOR ENTIRE TIME. YES. AND THE HARSH WINTERS DON’T DESTROY THEIR RANKS. NOW, QUITE LARGE, THEY’RE ABOUT TO WELL, THEY’RE ACTUALLY IN AND IT’S A ACTUALLY LIVE THERE. NOT DAYS. SO THERE ARE ACTUALLY LIVING ON THE ROOTS OF THE TREES
UNDERNEATH THE GROUND. ABOUT 2 PEOPLE THINKING SCIENCE BEHIND. THAT IS JUST INCREDIBLE. AND I COME OUT IN 17 YEARS RIGHT. I CAN FIGURE THAT ONE OUT EITHER. ALL RIGHT. IF SO, THAT EMERGE. AND THEN WHEN THEY COME OUT IS THAT THIS IS THEIR LARVAL
STAGES, THAT SHELL CASING OF THE SECURITIES, NAME OR OUT OF THAT. AND THEN TECHNICALLY INSTANTLY ADULTS CAN GET WE’RE AND WE CAN SEE THE FEET TO. SO THEY COME OUT. THEY CRAWL UP THE TREE AND A HALF UP THE TREE TO EMERGE AS ADULTS. AND
YOU THEY’VE CONSIDERED OUT BECAUSE THEY HAVE THEIR WINGS. THIS IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE CICADA. ACTUALLY, I HAVE SOME MODELS HERE WHICH CAN CROSS PEOPLE OUT FRONT. YOU DO SEE SOME BIGGER ONES. ARE MODEST AND THAT NOT GOING TO GET TO
FREAK OUT, YOU WILL FREAK PEOPLE OUT IF THEY COME IN AND MOSS LIKE THAT. BE RUNNING FOR THE HILLS ABOUT SO, ASHLEIGH, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT BEING SO NOISY, ONE OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT IT LIKE, HOW CAN IT BE OUTSIDE
WITH A WHAT IS THE POINT OF THANK THE UP 200 DECIBELS OUT IF YOU HAVE A LOT MORE GAS, LOT MORE 3 FEET. IT’S 90 DECIBELS. THEY CAN BE LOUDER THAN THAT. SO I CAN ALWAYS RECOMMEND SOME BOOST. MICE CAN
IT’S A CHORUS OF THEM TO THERE’S TURNS OUT THEY’RE SITTING AT THE SAME TIME. AND I DON’T BELIEVE THIS RIGHT WHERE THE NOISE COMES FROM. IT’S CALLED THE TEMPLE THE TEMPLE. I DIDN’T BELIEVE IT AT FIRST, YOU KNOW, SYMBOL TO
OUT. BUT THAT IS THAT TRUE. THAT’S WHEN IT COMES FROM. AND IT IS THE MALES THAT SAYING IT’S NOT THAT I’M TO COME FROM THEIR WINGS OR THEIR CORPUS OF THEIR BOUT. IT’S ACTUALLY ON THE BY THE LITTLE COVERING AND IT’S CALLED THE TEMPLE ONLY
THE GUYS TO DO THE GUYS THAT IS THAT THEIR MATING CALL. IT IS OK. AND THEN WITH THE FEMALES DUIS AND AFTER THEY MADE THEM FEMALES LAY EGGS. THIS IS WHERE SOME DAMAGE COMES INTO PLAY. TRICKY LITTLE DEVILS EXACTLY. SO WHAT THEY
DO ISN’T THE LAY EGGS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF BRANCHES. AND I KIND OF JUST DO THIS WITH A RAZOR BLADE JUST TO GET A FEEL MORNING. BUT WHAT HAPPENS AS THE TREE SAYING, OK, NOW I HAVE AN INJURY NIGHT TO PROTECT AN INJURY. IT’S
SPRING. I STILL GOT TO FEED THE TREE. I WAS GOING TO LET THESE WEATHER AND TALKING ABOUT, WELL, KNOW THIS WILL HAPPEN AFTER THAT REHAB ARE ALL RIGHT. SOME OF THE 3 SAYING, OK, I’M DO. I FIX THE AND RISE YOU GOTTA DO. I FEED
THE REST THE SACRIFICIAL LAMBS. EXACTLY. SO WHAT DO YOU DO IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN TREES LIKE ESPECIALLY YOUR APPLE THE CRAB APPLE SOFTER WOULD TIPS OF MAPLES AND THINGS IN ORDER TO PROTECT THIS. WHAT YOU CAN DO IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A
THIS JUST A FABRIC CLOUD. AND YOU CAN WRAP YOUR PLANTS WITH CAN GET IT ON IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE LESS EXPENSIVE. MOSQUITO NET EXACTLY. BUT THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE HIGH DEMAND FOR THAT. SO WHAT I SUGGEST DOING, JUST GO TO A
FABRIC STORE, REALLY PROBABLY SAVE A LOT OF MONEY. SO YOU NEED TO THROUGH THAT. WILL WILL THEY KILL THE TREE? IT COULD IF ESPECIALLY IF IT’S A SMALL TREE. NOW A FEMALE’S. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF DON’T WANT TO GRAB ON TO SOMETHING
THAT’S A LITTLE SO IT’S A REAL SMALL BRANDS LIKE THAT. THE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO GO ON FOOT. ANYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, QUARTER INCH RANGE, DON’T GRAB MY LAY THEIR DO THEY HAVE ANY NATURAL PREDATORS LIKE WITH THE SCHOOL’S BEATING THEM THE
RESIDENCE A FEAST FOR DOGS. SQUIRRELS, RACCOONS THE FISH TO A SERVING. YEAH. THAT’S FOR SURE. YEAH. SO COVER BAD HOUSE. WHO COULD PUT ONE OF THOSE UP. IF YOU WANT TO SO INCLINED? THE THING TO REMEMBER LIKE PEOPLE GET REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT THEIR
DOGS THE DOGS ARE GOING TO GET SICK ONLY BECAUSE HE TOO MANY ON THE RIGHT. THEY’RE NOT GOING TO HARM THE DOG’S NOT GOING TO HARM THE SQUIRRELS. IT’S REALLY GOOD FOR THE WHOLE ECOSYSTEM. AND THEN WHERE IT HELPS THE TREES WILL TALK
ABOUT CORPORATION WITH THE TURF ALL THE TIME WHEN HE SINGS EMERGE. YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE MILLIONS OF HOLES AND WHICH IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR WATER. THE NEW TRUST, THE PERK RIGHT BACK DOWN INTO PLANTS. AND THEN WHEN OKAY TO START TO
DIE, THIS IS ONE OF THE BAD THINGS GOOD AND BAD. THEY DECAY. THERE ARE NEW TRANSFER BACK DOWN INTO FROM BUYING THE PROTEIN. EXACTLY. YEAH. BUT AS THEY DON’T DIE, THEY DARE DEFINITELY A SIGHT. OKAY. YOU CAN SMELL SO SO THERE ARE A
NUISANCE FOR IT’S RIGHT. BUT 4 TO 6 WEEKS TO NEWSOM’S. BUT THEN. LATER IN THE SUMMER, WE HAVE ANNUAL CICADA, OK? SO IT’S GOING TO BE A WHOLE SUMMER NOISE AND MESS. I MEAN, YOUR MAN OR THAT YOU USE FOR FERTILIZER. THAT SMELLS TOO.
IT DOES. BUT IT HAS AND THEN AGAIN, I HAVEN’T SEEN IT FOR 17 YEARS. SO BUT THE I REMEMBER IT BEING PONDERED. THEY SHOW PICTURES OF PEOPLE IN CHICAGO WITH SNOW SHOVELS ACTUALLY. OFF THE SIDEWALK. YES. I REMEMBER LIVING DOWN
SOUTH WAS ONE OF THOSE YEARS. IT WAS INSANE. THEY’RE COVERED LIKE ALL STADIUM WALLS OF THERE’S SO MANY OF THEM. AND YOU SAID THE NOISE WAS DEAFENING. THAT’S WHAT STUCK WITH ME. THE NOISE AND YEAH, IT’S JUST A CONSTANT EARLY IN
THE MORNING TILL WHEN THE SUN SETS. BUT A LOT OF THINGS. SOME PEOPLE DONATE ON. FRANK, WASN’T THEY WANT TO KNOW ESPECIALLY KIDS, KIDS GET NERVOUS. I FOUND THIS ONLINE IS JUST A SIMPLE IF YOUR KIDS GET SCARED, IT’S INTENTION CHILDREN’S TERMS. YEAH, THE
GUYS DON’T WORRY ABOUT A THING. DON’T LIKE HUMANS. CICADAS. I DON’T LIKE TO COME AT YOUR HOUSE. THEY WANT TO STAY OUTSIDE AND THEY WANTED TO SUCK ON US AFTER THE TREES ARE AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NASHVILLE PREDATORS, TO TAKE
THEM OUT AND HERE, I DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH CAN ZOOM IN ON THIS, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY PRAYING MANTIS SLOTH THE CAMERA RIGHT THERE. YEAH. AND THEN THAT’S AN EXEC FOR MORE PRAYING MANTISES OK? SO WHEN YOU SAY WHAT’S THE CONNECTION,
THE CONNECTION IS THE PREMIERE THIS. REALLY SEEING NOT VICE VERSA NOW FOR HIM AND IT’S THEIR YOU KNOW, WHICH AND ARE UNFORTUNATELY, THERE DIFFERENT IF YOU’RE BIG FAN, IT’S OKAY TO DO GET TAKEN OUT BY PREDATORS. ALL RIGHT. SO WHAT’S THE WINDOW HERE? WHAT
ARE WE TALKING LIKE A MONTH? 6 WEEKS FOR THEY WILL BE THERE. JUST A SHUNT WILL BE 6 WEEKS. WORTH AGAIN. WITH THE SOIL TEMPERATURES HIGHER THAN THEY NORMALLY ARE RIGHT NOW. I THINK WE’RE GOING TO SEE LAST WEEK, APRIL EARLY START. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. HAVE A DOG THAT A BUMBLE BEES AND WASPS. DIDN’T LAST TOO LONG, LIKE YOU SAY WILL MAKE THEM SICK. EXACTLY. SHE IS A ALL RIGHT. GET MORE INFO AND TIPS THAT BIRD LANDSCAPE DOT COM. >>