The Gardener’s Toolbox: Tips on how to help our lawns & gardens survive the recent cold and snow
>> ALRIGHT, JANUARY. SO WHAT THE CARTERS TOOL BOX IS OPEN TODAY. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE RECENT DEEP FREEZE SNOW AND ICE CAN DISRUPT. OF COURSE, THE HEALTH, PLANTS OR TREES IN OUR SHRUBS FOR LEARNING HOW TO REPAIR THAT DAMAGE. WITH THE EXPERT HERE AS PRESIDENT, A PAUPER TALK PRESIDENT, TALK LANDSCAPE. SO THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, PATRICK. SO NEVER TOO EARLY OR LATE TO START WORKING ON THIS STUFF. NOW YOU’VE GOT TO PLAN AHEAD. SO >> A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ASK ABOUT HARDY PLANTS. WHAT DOES IT MEAN WAS DOESN’T MEAN BASICALLY THE HARDINESS OF A PLAN TO PENCE TELLS YOU HOW MUCH OF A TEMPERATURE CHANGE GO TO. MOST OF THE CHICAGO AREA’S IN ZONE 5 IS THROUGH A USDA RATES AND BY THE STATE’S MAPS UPON THEIR SURE. IF YOU LOOK CLOSE TO THE LAKE, MICHIGAN, YOU SEE A GREEN DOT THERE. THAT’S ACTUALLY A ZONE. 6. SO THOSE PLANTS YOU CAN ONLY DO FROM 0 TO A LOT MORE TO PICK FROM SO IT HASN’T. LAKE MICHIGAN KIND CREATES ITS MICRO CLIMATE. THAT’S KIND OF INTERESTING. SO YOU JUST HAVE TO BE AWARE WE ARE. AND IF YOU’RE NOT SURE ABOUT THE HARDINESS WHEN YOU BUY YOUR PLANTS FOR THE GARDEN CENTER, YOU SEE THE NICE PICTURE ON THE FRONT WHEN IT’S SUPPOSED TO LOOK LIKE. BUT ON THE BACK, OF COURSE AND PRINTING YOU CAN IT IS, YOU KNOW, THE BLOOM TIME, HOW MUCH WATER, HOW FAR DOES BASIN AND THE HARDINESS ZONE? OKAY. SO IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP OF THE USDA, ANOTHER HARDINESS ZONE E AND THEN IT’S PROPER PLAN. PLAYING DEVIL’S ADVOCATE, THOUGH. BUT IF YOU’RE A NURSERY, YOU’RE SELLING STUFF IN THIS REGION. >> MIKE LOWE: THEY’RE GOING TO BE THIS REGION ON TIGHT. YES, SO JUST BE MINDFUL IF YOU’RE OUT, YOU KNOW, DO SOME STUFF OFF THE INTERNET, OK? GOT IT. SO THAT THE OTHER PROBLEM WE HAD WITH PLUNGING TEMPERATURES, PEOPLE PREPARE IN THE SPRING OR IN THE FALL. SO THIS TYPICAL PERERENNIAL. U CAN SEE HOW THE WHOLE CROWD OF THE PLANT IS IT’S NOT GOOD FOR THE PLANT NOW, IF WE DON’T GET ALL THE SNOW THAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT, YOU CAN STILL TAKE YOUR TAKE IN MARCH. VERY THE PERENNIALS WITH IT WE’LL BE FINE. IT’S IT’S LIKE GOING TO BED WITHOUT A BLANKET. A OKAY. OR NOBODY LIKES TO DO THAT, RIGHT? RIGHT. RIGHT. AND THAT’S AN INDICATION OF TOO MUCH OR NOT ENOUGH. NO, THAT’S JUST DIES BACK FOR OTHER WINTER SO YOU’RE OKAY WITH THAT. YEAH, IT’S TRUE. THAT SHOULDN’T CAUSE FOR MSU’S GOT OK, TED, FOR YOU’RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT INGREDIENTS THAT YOU CAN MIX IN. I KNOW THESE 3 INGREDIENTS OF TIMEOUT HERE SAW DAMAGE MOMENT. LET’S FIRST TALK ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN SEPTEMBER BEFORE PLUNGE. OUR TO THAT SEPTEMBER DECEMBER. THESE PLANTS HERE MAGNOLIA, YOU CAN SEE THE BUDS ON HIM. IT WAS SO WARM DECEMBER THAT THESE ARE STARTING POP OPEN AND THEN YOU HAVE AN ALPINE CURRENT THAN MILLION. I MEAN, THIS. THIS IS PRETTY STARTING TO GET ADVANCED. PROBLEM IS THAT W WENT FROM IN THE MID 30’S TO THE SINGLE DIGITS FOR SURE. THERE’S A THERE’S A CHANCE OF SOME OF THESE PLANTS ARE NOT GOING SPRING. GOING TO MISS OUT ON THE SHOW. THE SHOW SURE. NOW THEY’RE SAYING WE TO TALK ABOUT PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT ALL TIMES SOT DAMAGE TO SOT POUNDS DAMAGED HER FOR SURE ALONG MY DRIVEWAY SIDEWALK. RIGHT? ALL THAT SALT ALONG THE EDGES. THE GRASS RIGHT THERE IS JUST TOAST IN THE SPRINGTIME. >> SO THIS IS SODIUM CHLORIDE. THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU MUNICIPALITIES USE ON THE STREETS SIDEWALKS, HOMEOWNERS AND CONTRACTORS LIKE MYSELF. WE USE THIS ON SIDEWALKS. THIS IS COUNTING BETTER. IT’S WELL, IT’S ONE IT’S BETTER BECAUSE IT IT’S AFFECTED AND A MINUS. 25 OKAY. AND 2, IT DOESN’T HARM THE PLANTS AS MUCH AS SODIUM CHLORIDE. THIS IS A MANUFACTURED PRODUCT COMES OUT OF THE YEAR COMING IN THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT, THEIR CALCIUM CHLORIDE. OKAY. AND THEN IT HAS THAT DIFFERENT COLOR. AND ASHLEY, BECAUSE IT’S WHITE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE STARTED ABOUT COSTA COMPARISON. SIGNIFICANTLY MORE. OKAY. SO YOU’RE PAYING FOR THATAT, OBVIOLY. YEAH, BUT IT’S AFFECTING DOWN TO MINUS. 25 DOES LESS DAMAGE TO THE PLANTS. BUT THE MUNICIPALITIES ARE GOING THE PARKWAY GOING TO GET ASSAULT CHEAPER. SO WHAT WE DO, WE PLAN AHEAD FOR THAT IN THE FALL. THIS IS JUST COMES OUT OF HERE, TOO. IT’S JUST GRANULAR PRODUCT. PUT IT THE LONGEST PARKWAYS, THE SIDEWALKS ANYWHERE WHERE THERE’S GOING TO BE SOFT. AND THEN A LOT WHEN IT DOES, IT HELPS NEUTRALIZE PERSONAL. YEAH, IT HELPS NEUTRALIZE THE SALT. OKAY. THE DAMAGE YOU CAN DO. MY ADVICE IS TO DO THIS RAINFALL WHEN YOU DO REQUIRE A SHI’ITE. SO THESE THAT THIS WILL GET DOWN INTO THE HOLE A PREVENTATIVE MEASURE. EXACTLY. OKAY. SO THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT NOW AND YOU CAN’T REVERSE IT IN THE SPRING. OKAY. SO THE DAMAGE IS GOING TO BE DONE. BUT LET’S TALK ABOUT FALL OF 20 FORECAST. THAT’S THE BEST TIME TO DO IT. SO FORGET ABOUT THE GRASS HAS BEEN DAMAGE THAT WILL TAKE THAT UP AND JUST PLAN SOME NEW. WANT GET SOME SIDE. WELL, YOU CAN SIDE CEDAR. PROBABLY DO BETTER. YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. BUT DID YOU KNOW RAKING UP AND TO SEED? ANOTHER QUESTION? WE HAVE ALL THE TIMES ABOUT SNOW, MORE SNOW. HOW DOES IT AFFECT TURF, A STORM RIGHT NOW. IT’S ASLEEP. BUT WHEN WE HAVE THIS MUCH SNOW WITH THAT MUCH WATER CONTENT, THAT SNOW IS AROUND FOR A LONG TIME IN THE WEIGHT OF THAT SNOW. ISRAELI COMPACTING, THE SOIL AND IT’S GOING TO HARBOR MOLD UNDERNEATH THAT WHEN WHEN THE SNOW MELTS OFF, 2 TYPES OF MODELS THAT RIGHT THERE. YEAH, THAT ONE ON THE RISE PINK. IT’S GOING TO TAKE YOU TO HIM. NO ONE LEFT IS GREAT. THE GRAIN IS NOT AS JUST DAMAGES TO TAKE THE BLADE OF THE GRASS WITH A PINK SNOWMEN ACTUALLY ATTACKS THE CROWN AND THE RISING BOTH OF THEM JUST BREAK THEM UP. SIMPLE WITH A BREAK IN SPRING. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE GRAIN THE GRASS WILL SUFFER THE PINK YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO SOME. TOP TRACE AND SEATING. I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SNOW BECAUSE IT WAS SO MINERAL RICH, WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE GRASS TO SOME DEGREE. IT IS. IT IS. BUT BUT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. IS THAT SUFFOCATING THE MOLDING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE WATER CONTENT OF THIS LAST SNOW SO HEAVY? THERE’S NO AIR MOVING AT ALL. AND ARE THERE OK? SO FINAL THOUGHTS? PROBABLY GOT ABOUT 30 SECONDS LEFT. OKAY. PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS ASKED ABOUT WHAT ABOUT MY PRODUCTS, WHICH I DO WITH THEM LIKE MY LIQUID FERTILIZERS GRANULAR FERTILIZERS, GRASSY. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER THIS IS POTENTIALLY A LIVING. THANK YOU DON’T WANT IT HAS A SHELF LIFE. IT’S NOT GOING FOREVER. FERTILIZER. SAME THING. THIS IS ENCAPSULATED AROUND THE FERTILIZER. SO THAT’S GOING ACTUALLY START TO BREAK DOWN. THIS IS THE ONE YOU WANT TO BRING IN THE HOUSE BECAUSE IF THIS FREEZES THERE’S A LIQUID FERTILIZER, GOT IT. IF IT FREEZES THE CONCENTRATE. THEY SAY IT SEPARATES ONE OF FALLS IN THE SPRING. IT’S NOT GOING TO EXPECT TOGETHER FOR A GOOD THING. SO JUST TO BE A WASTE. APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT. AND YOU CAN ALSO ALWAYS GET MORE. >> TIPS TODD LANDSCAPE DOT COM COVERED A LOT OF GROUND HERE. SO