2000 Southwest Yard & Garden Archives

January

February

March

  • March 11, 2000
    Starting lawn in compacted soil
    Scale problems on weeping fig

April

May

  • May 6, 2000
    Is it too late to plant roses in New Mexico?
    Damaged rose blossoms
  • May 13, 2000
    Blossom end rot in container grown tomatoes
    Is it ok to transplant bulbs now?

June

  • June 3, 2000
    Sunburned Ficus
    Garden Over Septic Leach Field
  • June 10, 2000
    Plants to reduce fire hazard
    Tall skinny tomato plants
  • June 17, 2000
    Fungus Gnats on House Plants in Summer
    Organic Foliar Fertilizer

July

  • July 8, 2000
    How Long to Produce Fruit on Tree Grown from Seed
    Raywood Ash Tree Form
  • July 15, 2000
    Don't put barbecue ashes in garden in New Mexico
    Mossy things growing on trees in New Mexic

August

  • August 19, 2000
    Too late to spray for pine tip moth
    Globe willow with split trunk
  • August 26, 2000
    House plants too large
    When to bring in poinsettias?
    Is it ok to dethatch lawn now?

September

October

  • October 14, 2000
    Cold injury above freezing
    Germinating Virginia creeper seeds
  • October 28, 2000
    What caused the toadstools
    Backfill soil over tree roots
    White fly problem

November

  • November 18, 2000
    Removing paper wasp nest
    Coffee grounds in flower pots
    Grubs in compost

December

  • December 2, 2000
    Native New Mexico Pines/Christmas trees
    Why does grass die in winter?
  • December 9, 2000
    Chile houseplant freeze injury
    Pet rabbit injury to young tree


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.

Links:

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

Send gardening questions to Southwest Yard and Garden - Attn: Dr. Marisa Thompson at desertblooms@nmsu.edu, or at the Desert Blooms Facebook page.

Please copy your County Extension Agent and indicate your county of residence when you submit your question!