2000 Southwest Yard & Garden Archives

January

• January 1, 2000
  Planting Christmas plants outside in winter

• January 8, 2000
  Weed killer in compost?

• January 15, 2000
  Can I plant poinsettia and Christmas cacti outside?

• January 22, 2000
  Trees trying to grow to early?

• January 29, 2000
  Pruning a young tree
  Early garden planting

February

• February 5, 2000
  Cat problem in the garden

• February 11, 2000
  No grass growing under trees
  Amaryllis flowers too tall

• February 21, 2000
  Globe willow problems
  How does a pineapple fruit grow?

• February 28, 2000
  Black specks on needles of pinyon pine

March

• March 4, 2000
  Do tree roots grow after the tree is cut?

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

• March 18, 2000
  Gophers or moles in NM?

April

• April 1, 2000
  Hardiness zones
  Bulb flowers faded

• April 8, 2000
  Lemon tree from seed

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?

• May 20, 2000
  Juniper branches turning brown

• May 27, 2000
  Tomato blossoms dropping
  Dead tree branches

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

• June 24, 2000
  Wasps and Hornets in Shed

July

• July 1, 2000
  Can I Prune a Tree Now?

• 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

• July 22, 2000
  Borers in ash tree

• July 29, 2000
  Aphids on tomatoes
  Pot bound philodendron

August

• August 5, 2000
  Browning pine trees
  Yucca

• August 12, 2000
  Slime flux disease and globe willow

• 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

• September 2, 2000
  Fuzzy white bugs on houseplants
  Fall pruning of juniper

• September 9, 2000
  Shriveling Christmas cactus

• September 16, 2000
  Acidifying soil
  Improving soil

• September 23, 2000
  Broken tree branch
  What to do with wood ashes

• September 30, 2000
  Spider mites on indoor avocado
  Globe Willow problems

October

• October 7, 2000
  Black, damaged bark on mulberry
  African violet

• October 14, 2000
  Cold injury above freezing
  Germinating Virginia creeper seeds

• October 21, 2000
  "Odd" branches on Raywood ash tree

• October 28, 2000
  What caused the toadstools
  Backfill soil over tree roots
  White fly problem

November

• November 4, 2000
  Lichen on fence
  Gardening after hip surgery

• November 11, 2000
  All apples fall from tree early

• 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

• December 16, 2000
  Rabbit pellet soil condition
  Apple tree pruning

• December 23, 2000
  Bugs from Christmas tree

• December 30, 2000
  Pineapple plant from whole fruit?
  Irrigating frozen soil?

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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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