HTA-0646: Henry's Garden — Planting Techniques

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Henry learns proper planting techniques for trees, shrubs, and perennials.

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Speaker 1
00:02
Why is Buzz Bertolero crying, ladies and gentlemen?

Speaker 1
00:06
What is Buzz's problem?

Speaker 1
00:07
Buzz Bertolero, what's your problem, buddy?

Speaker 1
00:09
Tell him. Oh, Henry, it's gone.

Speaker 1
00:11
It's gone.

Speaker 1
00:12
What is it? You think this is Dr. Phil?

Speaker 1
00:14
Look at it. Look at that face.

Speaker 1
00:15
No, it's gone. My old friend.

Speaker 2
00:17
Look at that face.

Speaker 2
00:18
It's gone, Henry. It's gone.

Speaker 1
00:20
Wow, you're very good at this.

Speaker 1
00:21
It's gone.

Speaker 1
00:23
Okay. Tell us what's gone, why.

Speaker 1
00:24
The jasmine's gone.

Speaker 1
00:25
The jasmine is gone.

Speaker 1
00:26
Yeah. You're right.

Speaker 1
00:27
We took out. Yeah, my old friend.

Speaker 1
00:29
That's right.

Speaker 2
00:29
I haven't been this upset since you took the chainsaw to the peach tree.

Speaker 1
00:34
You weren't upset. You liked it.

Speaker 1
00:36
There used to be a jasmine right here when we did the new driveway.

Speaker 1
00:39
Yes, this is how we hang it up there.

Speaker 1
00:41
That's right.

Speaker 1
00:42
Okay, Buzz. Okay, Buzz.

Speaker 1
00:43
This isn't Dr. Phil.

Speaker 1
00:44
Well, in a way it is.

Speaker 1
00:45
It's Dr. Phil of plants.

Speaker 1
00:46
So what are we going to do about it?

Speaker 2
00:47
How are we going to resolve this?

Speaker 2
00:48
I didn't think I was going to be this upset,

Speaker 2
00:50
but I brought some stuff to help,

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00:52
and we'll start with a nice new pot.

Speaker 2
00:54
Nice new pot.

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00:55
This is a lightweight material.

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00:57
Thompson Elm is the maker.

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00:59
used to be your class, very nice, very lightweight, very colorful, and it does match the pavers

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01:04
really well.

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01:05
So this is what we're going to do, we're going to plant.

Speaker 2
01:07
Now, choices Henry, I can't make the choices.

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01:10
First choice, a nice tree azalea, this is a little red robin, nice color, matches everything

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01:16
nicely, or contrast a star jasmine in the trellis form, or I should say in a stake form.

Speaker 1
01:22
This one or this one?

Speaker 2
01:23
Yeah.

Speaker 1
01:24
You decide.

Speaker 1
01:24
I like that.

Speaker 1
01:25
Thank you.

Speaker 1
01:27
Because only I can decide that Buzz should decide.

Speaker 2
01:30
- Well, I thought this is a nice look,

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01:31
it matches the pot real well,

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01:33
and it's sort of different,

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01:35
goes well against the yellow background.

Speaker 1
01:36
- First things first.

Speaker 2
01:38
- It will hide the...

Speaker 2
01:41
- Buzz, the producer's yelling, stop it.

Speaker 1
01:42
First things first, what's wrong with this picture?

Speaker 2
01:45
- No hole.

Speaker 2
01:46
- Right, you need a drainage hole.

Speaker 2
01:48
- Let's do a drainage hole.

Speaker 2
01:48
Wait a minute, Henry, wait a minute.

Speaker 2
01:50
Where's the tarp?

Speaker 2
01:51
Go get a tarp, we need to do something

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01:52
so we don't get all dirt and messy

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01:53
and all the rest of this there.

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01:55
On that, tarp, tarp.

Speaker 1
01:58
Perfect.

Speaker 2
01:59
Not exactly what I had in mind, but you know what?

Speaker 2
02:01
Next, turn it upside down.

Speaker 2
02:02
Come on. Wait a minute, that's,

Speaker 2
02:04
that's an overkill, Henry.

Speaker 2
02:06
Overkill. I got your overkill for you.

Speaker 2
02:08
Screwdriver.

Speaker 2
02:10
Screwdriver. Screwdriver.

Speaker 1
02:11
What do we need? Laurel and Hardy do planting.

Speaker 1
02:15
Oh, Buzz, those holes are too small, and I'm serious.

Speaker 1
02:18
I really don't, I disagree with you, Buzz.

Speaker 1
02:20
I really disagree with you.

Speaker 1
02:21
That really is not necessary.

Speaker 2
02:25
- That's not cool.

Speaker 1
02:27
Really good.

Speaker 1
02:28
Now, did I just do a great?

Speaker 1
02:29
Now that's a drainage hole.

Speaker 2
02:31
Yeah, but you need some side holes.

Speaker 2
02:33
Stand back.

Speaker 2
02:43
Enough, that's enough.

Speaker 2
02:44
I was having fun.

Speaker 2
02:47
Put some drainage holes because we don't want the water to collect.

Speaker 2
02:50
Scream, we need something for screening.

Speaker 2
02:51
Scream. Not the screen,

Speaker 2
02:53
- The mesh, was that the screen?

Speaker 2
02:55
- Yeah.

Speaker 2
02:55
- It was there.

Speaker 1
02:56
- Yes, that's right, we took it off the door.

Speaker 1
02:58
Now the mesh is here so the soil won't fall through.

Speaker 1
03:02
Now we put the soil in.

Speaker 1
03:04
How much soil do we put in?

Speaker 1
03:06
We're going to put just enough soil in

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03:08
so that we will place this plant on top

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03:13
and the top of it will come to right about here

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03:17
so that when you water, there's room for the water in here.

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03:20
So roughly--

Speaker 2
03:21
- Take it out.

Speaker 1
03:22
I was just, okay.

Speaker 2
03:23
- Wanna do it that way?

Speaker 2
03:24
- Yeah, okay.

Speaker 2
03:25
That's a little, still too low.

Speaker 1
03:26
Still too low.

Speaker 1
03:27
More. - More, sorry?

Speaker 1
03:28
- More.

Speaker 1
03:29
I'll take this out in the meantime.

Speaker 2
03:30
- All right.

Speaker 2
03:34
Great.

Speaker 2
03:37
- Okay.

Speaker 2
03:38
- Let's score the root ball a bit.

Speaker 1
03:41
- Okay, that's about the right height though.

Speaker 2
03:42
- Yeah.

Speaker 2
03:43
- Enough scoring buddy, it's for television.

Speaker 1
03:45
We gotta hurry.

Speaker 2
03:46
- Oh, okay.

Speaker 1
03:47
- Okay, now what are we gonna put around it, Buzz?

Speaker 2
03:49
- Look at this, Henry.

Speaker 2
03:50
This is called whirling butterflies, gura.

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03:54
- Okay.

Speaker 2
03:55
- Put one of them there.

Speaker 2
03:56
- Mm-hmm.

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03:57
- Put one of them on the other side.

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03:59
- Okay.

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04:00
- And a third one in the back.

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04:03
And then, here's your choices.

Speaker 2
04:05
I like to put a little bit of bacopa in the front.

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04:08
- Very nice, if you can get it.

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04:09
- If it, this way I'll kind of roll,

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04:12
kind of drape over.

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04:13
- Mm-hmm.

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04:14
- Like that.

Speaker 2
04:17
Or, let's put some of the white impatience.

Speaker 2
04:20
Okay, where and why?

Speaker 2
04:23
Well, if you didn't find Bacoba,

Speaker 2
04:25
you'll certainly find white impatiens.

Speaker 1
04:27
Okay.

Speaker 2
04:28
And yes, there are some red ones in here,

Speaker 2
04:30
but we're not gonna plant those.

Speaker 2
04:31
Put that like that.

Speaker 1
04:33
Okay, and just because it's television, folks,

Speaker 1
04:35
and because we really can't be--

Speaker 1
04:37
No, I'll tell you what.

Speaker 1
04:39
Cut and roll it, and voila, there we are.

Speaker 1
04:43
Look at that, ladies and gentlemen.

Speaker 1
04:44
What do you think, Buzz?

Speaker 1
04:46
Look at that.

Speaker 1
04:47
He was crying before and now he's a happy man.

Speaker 1
04:50
Man, get a tight shot of that smile, would you please?

Speaker 1
04:52
No, maybe you better not.

Speaker 1
04:54
You know there's one thing about this, honestly?

Speaker 1
04:56
What?

Speaker 1
04:57
This is actually kind of a little small for this place.

Speaker 1
05:01
I was thinking that maybe we would do better to put this in.

Speaker 2
05:04
Don't you think that would look better?

Speaker 1
05:05
No.

Speaker 2
05:07
You're not smiling anymore.

Speaker 2
05:08
No, I'm not.