January

• January 18, 1999
  Xeriscape Conferences
  New pecan trees from nut or stem?

March

• March 15, 1999
  Juniper pollen hay fever
  Effect of predicted drought on new landscapes

• March 22, 1999
  Cold weather after pruning roses
  Sunburned houseplant

• March 29, 1999
  Dying spruce needles
  Transplant forsythia

April

• April 5, 1999
  Injured tomatoes
  Removing ivy

• April 12, 1999
  Inviting hummingbirds to the garden

• April 19, 1999
  Plants and light

• April 26, 1999
  Failed Buffalo Grass Planting

May

• May 3, 1999
  Tree didn't leaf-out

• May 10, 1999
  Hydrangeas in New Mexico

• May 17, 1999
  Water softener bad for plants
  Drought still?

• May 24, 1999
  Cacti from Seed
  Mushroom problems in the garden

• May 31, 1999
  Pruning large tree in summer

June

• June 7, 1999
  Herbicide mistake

• June 14, 1999
  Semi-dwarf peach not growing

• June 21, 1999
  Rain and lawn watering in New Mexico
  Aphids on Spanish broom
• June 28, 1999
  Does watering burn plants?

July

• July 5, 1999
  New begonias and impatiens from old

• July 12, 1999
  Plant shrubs in summer?
  Potting soil from compost

• July 19, 1999
  Rock landscape isn't xeriscape
  What to do with old rotting globe willow

• July 26, 1999
  Can I prune pinyons now?
  Can I move iris now?

August

• August 2, 1999
  Tomato curly-top virus

• August 9, 1999
  How to remove a tree, and then what to do with the stump?

• August 16, 1999
  Slowly dying pinyon

• August 23, 1999
  Juniper insects killing twigs
  Pinyon sawfly

• August 30, 1999
  Propagating Datura and trumpet vine
  Fire ants in New Mexico

September

• September 6, 1999
  Overwintering geraniums

• September 13, 1999
  Globs of sap on pinyon trunk

• September 20, 1999
  New Shumard Oak not looking good
  Chinese Pistache tree leaves droopy

• September 27, 1999
  Can I plant different bulbs in the same hole?
  Do I have to bring my poinsettia inside now?

October

• October 4, 1999
  Fall tree planting
  When to prune ficus tree
  When to prune cherry tree
• October 11, 1999
  Fall web worm problems
  Ponderosa Pines turning brown

• October 18, 1999
  Check houseplants before bringing them indoors
  Plants spring flowering bulbs now

• October 25, 1999
  Removing large tree saplings near foundation and in hedges

November

• November 1, 1999
  Starting willow trees from stem cuttings
  Does drought really kill grass?

• November 8, 1999
  Why isn't this a xeriscape?
  Backflow preventers

• November 15, 1999
  Mulches

• November 22, 1999
  Mulches - plant responses

December

• December 6, 1999
  Poinsettia leaves fell off

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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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