{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Good Growing","title":"Ep. 56 Answering Native Plant Questions with Martha, Austin, and Layne","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2015,"description":"In this part two episode of our series on native plants, our special guests Martha Smith, Austin Little, and Layne Knoche answer listener-submitted questions about native plants. \n\nWant to watch the podcast? You can on YouTube https://youtu.be/9YJfLhH07vA\n\nShould we be planting nativars? What about the genetics spreading in the wild?\nIs it okay to dig up native plants you find in the wild?\nWhat native plants are recommended to plant in very dry and sandy soil?\nIf you remove bush honeysuckle do you need to replant something to keep it from coming back?\nWhat can be planted in a shaded hillside that has erosion problems?\nOur dogwood tree leaves dried and turned brown last year. What's going on with these trees?\nHow can we reduce all the aphids on the milkweed plants without hurting the monarch caterpillars?\n\nHarvesting wild native plants https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/ethics/index.shtml\n\nAlternatives to Invasive Plants (book) https://www.amazon.com/Native-Alternatives-Invasive-Plants-Greener/dp/1889538779\n\nThe debate on natives vs nativars continues https://extension.illinois.edu/blogs/garden-scoop/2019-12-28-native-vs-nativar\n\nContact the hosts\nKen Johnson kjohnso@illinois.edu\nKatie Parker keparkr2@illinois.edu\nChris Enroth cenroth@illinois.edu","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/R8M4jy-2EktViSJpDBxEJL2IulcAlRJg8ktxlDJM3UA/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQzNDE1LzE2ODk3/OTA0NTktYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}