January

• January 5, 1998
  Tomato Plant Diseases, Planning for Next Summer

• January 12, 1998
  Weeping Fig Tree Problems

• January 19, 1998
  Late Winter Landscape Irrigation in New Mexico

• January 26, 1998
  Fruit Tree Pest Control

February

• February 2, 1998
  Recommended Tomatoes for New Mexico

• February 9, 1998
  Fertilizing Topped Shade Tree

• February 16, 1998
  Chocolate-Scented Flowers

• February 23, 1998
  Lawn Sprinkler Setting

March

• March 2, 1998
  Growing an Avocado Bush
  Flower Colors

• March 9, 1998
  Spider Mites on Junipers

• March 16, 1998
  Pine Aphids

• March 23, 1998
  Tomato Tree Question
  Applying Manure and Compost to the Spring Garden

• March 30, 1998
  Roots From Cut Trees Growing?
  New Mexico Forest Re-leaf Tax Check Off

April

• April 6, 1998
  Cutting Problem Tree Roots
  Wood Ashes in the Garden

• April 13, 1998
  Grub Worms in the Garden
  Growing Lettuce in New Mexico Gardens

• April 20, 1998
  Lawn Grubs and Dead Grass

• April 27, 1998
  Plastic Mulch to Warm Soil
  Spring Flowering Bulbs for New Mexico

May

• May 4, 1998
  What is Mulch?

• May 11,1998
  Gray, Green, and Yellow "Moss" (Lichen) on Sick Trees

• May 18, 1998
  Thinning Fruit to Prevent broken branches
  When to Plant Grass in Northern New Mexico

• May 25, 1998
  Effect of Forest Fire Smoke on Garden
  Cherry Fruit Drop

June

• June 1, 1998
  Poor Cherry Crop Due to Poor Pollination
  Composting Kitchen Wastes

• June 8, 1998
  Attract Hummingbirds to the Garden
  Don't use an Icepick to "inject" Insecticide

• June 15, 1998
  Wrong Way to Water Trees

• June 22, 1998
  Fleas
  Big Poplars and Cottonwoods Dying

• June 29, 1998
  Snails

July

• July 6, 1998
  When is that Melon Ripe?

• July 13, 1998
  Ash Bark Beetles

• July 27, 1998
  Sudden Peach Tree Death
  Transplant Iris Now

August

• August 3, 1998
  It's OK to Summer Prune Damaged branches
  Weeds Taking Over

• August 10th, 1998
  Damaged Bark on Golden Delicious Apple
  Ash Borers

• August 17, 1998
  Knots on Apple Roots - Woolly Apple Aphid

• August 24, 1998
  Japanese Beetle Really in New Mexico

• August 31, 1998
  Pecan Problems

September

• September 7, 1998
  Sticky Stuff on Potted Bay Tree
  Yellow Stuff Growing on Bark Mulch

• September 14, 1998
  To Fertilize or Not To Fertilize New Trees and Shrubs
  Starting a Peach From a Seed

• September 21, 1998
  Is it Good to Drain Evaporative Coolers in the Garden?
  Lemons and Limes
  Geranium Cuttings

• September 28, 1998
  Bark Damage on Japanese Plum
  Plant Spring Flowering Bulbs

October

• October 12, 1998
  Every Autumn Ficus Leaves Drop

• October 19, 1998
  Soil Hasn't Grown Anything Well for Many Years

• October 26, 1998
  Skinny Pampas Grass Revisited
  What to do with Left-Over Pesticides

November

• November 2, 1998
  Don't Prune Roses Now
  Winter Window Vegetable Garden

• November 9, 1998
  Disconnect Garden Hose Before Freezing Weather

December

• December 21st, 1998
  Master Gardeners
  Paperwhite narcissus

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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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