Plant Talk

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy and JJ to take listeners lawn and garden questions. In this episode - picking pumpkins, planting landscaping and cutting back during the fall. 

After more than 50 years on KFGO Radio, Horticulturalist Dave Decock is hanging up his headphones! This is the last Plant Talk with Dave Decock. October 1, 2026.  Cass County Extension Agent Don Kinzler will take over as the host of Plant Talk next season on It Takes 2. 

Plant Talk with Horticulturalist Dave Decock - taking all your lawn and garden questions! Listen live every Thursday (during the growing season) from 1-2pm.  

Plant Talk with Horticulturalist Dave Decock - taking all your lawn and garden questions! Listen live every Thursday from 1-2pm during It Takes 2. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock is in studio with Amy Iler and Mike Obach (sitting in for JJ Gordon). We talk all late summer stuff - like trying to grow our grass, grubs, planting and more. 

Plant Talk with Dave Decock can be heard each Thursday during the growing season on It Takes Two with Amy & JJ.  On this episode, Horticulturalist Dave Decock addresses red ants in trees, aphids, the ongoing drought this year and more.

Each week during the growing season, Horticulturalist Dave Decock answers questions about lawns, gardens, pests, trees, vegetables and more. This week includes a discussion on using the product Preen, trimming flowers off of pumpkin vines and more. Plant Talk can be heard each Thursday during the growing season at 1pm during It Takes Two with Amy & JJ

Plant Talk, the longest running show on KFGO is back with a great episode that digs deep into the Trader Mulberry tree and the delicious fruit it produces, lots of questions about the stress new and established trees are under when it gets hot and dry, plus some advice on when to wait to plant new grass seed.

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Plant Talk with Dave Decock - taking all our listeners lawn and garden questions. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock answers lawn and garden questions during "Plant Talk" every Thursday (during the growing season) from 1-2pm on KFGO. 

Plant Talk with Dave Decock - taking listeners lawn and garden questions. Tune in, live, every Thursday during the growing season from 1-2pm on KFGO. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy and JJ to take listeners lawn and garden questions. As summer is rolling on - questions about transplanting, rose bushes, lawns, creeping Charlie and more! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy and JJ to take listeners lawn and garden questions. In this episode: apple tree care, when to fertilize new grass, growing grass under pine trees and much more! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes listeners lawn and garden question during "Plant Talk". As June starts off and temps warm up, Dave takes questions about ash borer, trimming trees, planting questions and more! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes questions from listeners about their lawns, gardens, pests, trees and more. Have a random part of your lawn that wont grow? How about lilacs that bloom later in the growing season? Tune in each Thursday during the growing season from 1pm - 2pm for Plant Talk with Dave Decock

Horticulturalist and Cass County Extension Agent Don Kinzler fills in for Dave Decock during this "Plant Talk" - and we take listeners questions about their lawns, trees and gardens! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy and JJ to take listeners lawn and garden questions. Listen every Thursday (during the growing season) from 1-2pm on KFGO. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes listeners lawn and garden questions during Plant Talk. In this episode: the weather isn't warming up like we would expect, but we are still excited to get out into the yard! Tree concerns, crab grass, planting, garden prep and more. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy and JJ in studio to take listeners lawn and garden questions. The weather hasn't warmed up, but don't worry, Dave still has some things for you to do to keep you busy before all the plantings! Listen live every Thursday (during the growing season) from 1-2pm on KFGO. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy and JJ to take listeners lawn and garden questions! You can listen live every Thursday (during the growing season) from 1-2pm. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock is back for another growing season! Plant Talk is the longest running show on KFGO Radio. Dave comes in to take lawn and garden questions from listeners every Thursday (during the growing season) live from 1-2pm. In this episode: snow still on the ground, early spring things, trimming trees, crab grass preventor and more. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins IT2 for the final plant talk of the growing season - we talk about getting ready for winter, tree care, lawn fertilizer and more. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy & JJ to take listeners lawn and garden questions. In this episode: tree planting in the fall, tree care going into fall/ winter, protecting roses with leaves, how high your grass should be going into winter and more! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy Iler and Jack Sunday (sitting in for JJ Gordon) to take listeners lawn and garden questions. In this episode: lilacs in a second bloom, post Labor Day lawn care, planting grass, transplanting and more. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins It Takes 2 to take listeners lawn and garden questions. And, as we round to the middle of September, our questions are fall and harvest focused. 

Plant Talk with Horticulturalist Dave Decock (every Thursday from 1-2pm during the growing season) is on It Takes 2. In this episode: fall lawn care recommendations, fast growing trees, coleus, apple trees, plantings and more! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes listeners lawn and garden questions during "Plant Talk". Amy Iler and Mike Obach (sitting in for JJ Gordon), along with Dave Decock talk about this years dying lilacs, apple trees, fall lawn care and more! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes listeners lawn and garden questions... and as August comes to a close, we are thinking about fall trimming and pruning, leaves turning brown already and how to prevent blight next year! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins IT2 to talk listeners lawn and garden questions. In this episode: grass seed questions, a tree recommendation, over-wintering questions and more! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy & JJ to take listeners lawn and garden questions! Listen live every Thursday (during the growing season) from 1-2pm. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock answers questions about lawns, gardens and pests from KFGO listeners. In this episode, Dave covers clover taking over sections of lawns, trimming trees in August and more.

Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes listeners lawn and garden questions! 

The summer is heating up with produce questions, overgrown trees, weeds and more! Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes listeners lawn and garden questions during Plant Talk. (The longest running show on KFGO!) 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes listeners lawn and garden questions. Tune in, live, every Thursday (during the growing season) from 1-2pm. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes listeners lawn and garden questions. Everything from very full apple trees, to fertilizer, how to hold up your tomato plants, iron for the maple trees and more!

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins us to take listeners lawn and garden questions. In this episode: pruning, planting trees now vs. this fall, a first time rhubarb grower, rabbit repellents, asparagus, controling ants and potato bugs and more!

Plant Talk with Horticulturalist Dave Decock - with Amy Iler and Jack Sunday (filling in for JJ Gordon) - taking listeners lawn and garden questions. In this episode: no blossoms on an apple tree, suckers from an old tree, weeds in the asparagus, pruning trees, iron problems with maples and more! 

Plant Talk with Dave Decock, - taking all our listeners lawn and garden questions. 

Plant Talk with Dave Decock - taking all your lawn and garden questions. In this episode - Dave's favorite tree, planting tips, vegetable questions and more. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock answers questions about listeners' lawns, gardens, weeds and more. In this edition, Dave covers a lot of topics ad diverse questions. He has some insight into how to get dirt ready - yep, dirt - as well as some flowering plants, hard to control weeds and more.

Horticulturist Dave Decock takes listeners lawn and garden questions during "Plant Talk". As we make our way to Memorial Day, lots of questions about winter kill, dividing plants, getting rid of weeds, planting grass and more!

Horticulturalist Dave Decock takes listeners questions about their lawn and garden. In this episode: some mid-May like weather is bringing some uncertainty about planting!

Plant Talk with Horticulturalist, Dave Decock! Dave takes listeners lawn and garden questions. In this episode - a warm start to May has everyone wondering about planting, watering and fertilizing. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins us to take lawn and garden questions. Plant Talk is live every Thursday (during the growing season) from 1-2pm on KFGO. In this episode: what should you know about "No Mow May", planting tips (like, do you need to rough up the roots?), when should we fertilize, are coffee grounds really good for your plants - and more! 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock joins Amy & JJ to take listeners lawn and garden questions. In this episode: what you should know about pre-emergent and fertilizer, Easter lilies, pruning apple trees and more. 

It's almost here - Plant Talk with Dave Decock is the longest running show on KFGO. Here's a little preview. Our first official episode is coming on Thursday, April 17, 2025 from 1-2 PM during It Takes 2. 

Horticulturalist Dave Decock answers questions from listeners about their trees, shrubs, lawns, gardens and more - just in time for those final fall projects!

Plant Talk with Dave Decock - the longest running show on KFGO. Dave discusses some late September upkeep for plants, grass, trees and more.

Plant Talk with Horticulturalist Dave Decock. He takes all your lawn and garden questions. In this episode: a lot of questions about fall preparations, what should be cut back, how long should the grass be going into winter, fall plantings, wasps around the apple trees and more!