| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| HTA ID | HTA-0586 |
| Title | Henry's Garden — What Are You Doing? (Pruning Segment) |
| Era | KRON-TV (San Francisco, ~2009–2013) |
| Station | KRON-TV Channel 4 |
| Program | KRON4 News Weekend |
| Role | Host / Reporter / Interviewer |
| Segment Type | Henry's Garden |
| Duration | ~4:34 |
| Source File | 1178713_4486073529314_60603_n.txt |
| Record Version | V1 (Transcript Only) |
Henry's Garden segment where Buzz Bertolero catches Henry doing something in the garden and they discuss pruning techniques.
00:01 Henry, what are you doing? 00:04 Well, somebody has to keep an eye on the garden. 00:08 And so I put up our friend here, one of the forest faces. 00:12 Bad joke. 00:13 Well, no, forest faces isn't a joke. 00:15 No, no, no, absolutely. 00:16 They're a neat little thing. 00:17 But they're supposed to go, Art, can you see that? 00:19 They're supposed to go on tree trunks. 00:21 I know, but we didn't have a handy tree trunk. 00:23 So they're all different kinds. 00:24 I really like these. 00:25 Buzz brought them. 00:25 This one is a bird feeder, actually, which I think is really cool. 00:28 And I will put that up on a tree. 00:30 Okay, well, you know what you could also do with that? 00:32 Maybe put that over your fireplace. 00:33 That would give it a little additional... 00:35 That would scare away company, wouldn't it? 00:37 Absolutely. 00:37 No, it would be a conversation piece. 00:39 So speaking of eyes, ladies and gentlemen, we're talking about dahlias. 00:44 Now, what do dahlias have to do with eyes, you might ask? 00:48 Exactly. 00:49 That's what I'm trying to find out. 00:49 Yes. 00:50 And you know, I was wondering the same thing. 00:52 And that will be explained in a moment. 00:55 But dahlias are the easiest plants to grow. 00:58 Don't you think so? 00:58 I think they're fabulous because... 01:00 I wasn't asking you, I was asking him. 01:02 They're very... 01:03 They're very easy to grow. 01:06 But when they go dormant... 01:08 Please tell me when it's my turn to talk. 01:09 Okay, I will cue Buzz as soon as it's his turn to talk. 01:13 When they go dormant like this, 01:15 which would be like in the dormant season, the off season, 01:19 you want to cut them down after they go brown. 01:21 But don't cut them too early. 01:23 Wait until they're actually brown 01:25 because the bulbs are actually gaining... 01:28 some of their nutrition... 01:29 Henry, can I correct you? 01:30 No, no, I'll tell you when you can... 01:33 They're not bulbs. 01:34 They're called tubers. 01:36 Not bulbs. 01:37 They're tuber. 01:38 Please, go on. 01:39 Ladies and gentlemen, 01:40 did I not say that I would let him know when he could talk? 01:43 But you were incorrect, 01:44 and I needed to correct that right away 01:46 so that you didn't sit there and give off wrong information. 01:48 The tubers gain much of their nutrition 01:52 from the green that ends up turning brown like this, 01:57 And then when you've got it down like this, you can leave them over the winter in the Bay Area. 02:04 It will not get too cold unless you get really hard freezes, in which case you might want to just cover them with some mulch. 02:10 And basically, next semester, I almost said, next season, you will get a lovely new crop of dahlias. 02:16 But what happens if your dahlias clump is too big and it's taking up too much room and you want to divide it and put it into a smaller area? 02:25 Funny you should ask. 02:27 I know. 02:27 I didn't say you were allowed to talk, but since it was such a good question, why don't you answer it? 02:32 Because we dug these up from actually from one of the pots on the deck. 02:38 Yeah. 02:38 And this started as a single bulb, and over the seasons, they multiply. 02:43 Right. 02:43 They clone. 02:43 So the answer to the question is you can dig them up, and you can either divide them when you dig them up like we're going to do now, 02:50 or you can put them in a box and wait until the planting season, which is generally early spring. 02:55 Now, when you dig up the clump, you're going to find that you're going to have a mass of tubers, just not one tuber. 03:02 So the question really is how to divide these into a smaller segment so that you get just a proper one. 03:08 Now, we've taken one off, and this one right here. 03:11 And you'll notice that you have the tuber portion, you have the long neck, and then you have this portion here. 03:16 And this is the most important part because this is where the eyes of the dahlia is, and that's where the growing point is. 03:23 You want to face it eye up. 03:25 You see? 03:26 See that? 03:26 Eye up. 03:27 But on the other hand, I got to tell you folks, if you don't do it exactly right, that's okay. 03:33 It doesn't really matter. 03:34 They still grow pretty well. 03:36 Then you mix in some compost with some of the backfill. 03:41 Where's the steak? 03:42 The steak. 03:43 Oh, I'll get the steak. 03:44 You go ahead and fill it up and all. 03:45 And the purpose of the steak is to identify where the eye is so that... 03:51 No, no, no. 03:51 Right here. 03:53 This way the new shoot as it comes up will follow a straight line. 03:56 Our producer is throwing tubers at us. 03:59 That's a sign that we have to go. 04:00 So fill quickly. 04:02 Now you don't need to fill it completely. 04:04 Once the weather gets warm, you can do this. 04:06 And then as the shoot starts coming up, you keep adding more and more soil to cover the shoot. 04:12 And eventually you get to this level and then the shoot will lift up 04:14 and you will have the most delightfully, most beautiful dahlia. 04:18 And then in another year, two, three years, you're going to have dozens of dahlias. 04:25 Many of them quite beautiful. 04:26 In fact, all of them quite beautiful. 04:27 You know what you can do with those tubers? 04:29 What? 04:29 A new enterprise on eBay. 04:32 Tubers. 04:33 Three for a dollar. 04:34 Got it.