January

• January 6, 1997
  Prevent short flower stalks on spring bulbs
  Fragrant indoor plant

• January 13, 1997
  Gardening for wheel chair gardeners

• January 20, 1997
  Grass drought tolerance

• January 27, 1997
  Digging a garden now

February

• February 3, 1997
  Lawn toadstools
  Pretty lawn and dead trees

• February 10, 1997
  Cut trees because of hay fever?

• February 17, 1997
  Daffodils blooming too early?
  Fat white worms in lawn

• February 23, 1997
  Skinny tomato plants started indoors

March

• March 3, 1997
  When to fertilize trees

• March 17, 1997
  Ugly globe willow
  Fewer bugs

• March 24, 1997
  Weed control to reduce curly top virus
  Moving daffodils
  What is calcareous soil?

• March 31, 1997
  When to plant grass seeds
  When to set houseplants outside
  Protecting seedlings from birds

April

• April 7, 1997
  Bone meal and mad cow disease

• April 14, 1997
  Watering lawns under water-conserving restrictions

• April 21, 1997
  Elm tree drips stinking sap

• April 28, 1997
  Black leaves on pear tree in spring

May

• May 5, 1997
  Ash tree leaves frozen

• May 12, 1997
  Fertilize newly planted trees?

• May 19, 1997
  Apply compost to established lawn?
  Herbicide and groundwater contamination?

• May 26, 1997
  Rabbits eating garden

June

• June 2, 1997
  Leaves and twigs falling from trees
  Birds eating my cherries

• June 9, 1997
  Grass turning yellow

• June 16, 1997
  Cucumbers and melons too close in the garden?

• June 23, 1997
  Euonymus scale insect problem

• June 30, 1997
  Leaves turning yellow and falling from locust tree

July

• July 7, 1997
  Elm leaf beetles invading new home
  Waterlogged African violet

• July 14, 1997
  Brown needles on pine trees

• July 21, 1997
  Yellow wildflower, sweet clover, alfalfon

• July 28, 1997
  Apple leaves drying up
  Wildlife garden

August

• August 4, 1997
  Elm leaf beetles, again

• August 11, 1997
  Grasshoppers eating garden

• August 18, 1997
  Transplanted trees sick
  Weeping fig dropping leaves

• August 25, 1997
  Old lombardy poplar sick
  Watermelon blossom end rot

September

• September 1, 1997
  Help us watch the Japanese beetle

• September 8, 1997
  Bark beetle treatment scam?
  Fruitless mulberry

• September 15, 1997
  Fertilizing Mexican elder and nandina
  Poinsettias and Christmas cacti

• September 22, 1997
  Pests and diseases from outside
  Blooming amaryllis

• September 29, 1997
  Mushrooms everywhere
  Spreading compost

October

• October 6, 1997
  Saving tomato plants from the frost

• October 13, 1997
  Squash leaves turned black
  Frozen tomato safe to eat?

• October 20, 1997
  Yellow areas on tree leaves
  Too late to plant bulbs?

• October 27, 1997
  Window gardening plants
  Winter composting

November

• November 3, 1997
  Using homemade compost
  When to prune roses

• November 10, 1997
  Winter watering
  When to prune trees

• November 17, 1997
  Scrawny pampas grass
  Plants good or bad for sick people?

• November 24, 1997
  Growing a pineapple houseplant

December

• December 1, 1997
  Concerns with insecticidal soap

• December 8, 1997
  Gardeners' gifts

• December 12, 1997
  Cut Christmas trees safety

• December 15, 1997
  Growing bananas in New Mexico

• December 29, 1997
  Windowsill cactus problems

Desert Blooms Website

Marisa Y. Thompson, PhD, is the Extension Horticulture Specialist, in the Department of Extension Plant Sciences at the New Mexico State University Los Lunas Agricultural Science Center, email: desertblooms@nmsu.edu, office: 505-865-7340, ext. 113.

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For more gardening information, visit the NMSU Extension Horticulture page at Desert Blooms and the NMSU Horticulture Publications page.

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