January

• January 6, 2001
  Soil needs after 20 years under ivy
  Dethatching lawn

• January 13, 2001
  Pruning hibiscus in New Mexico
  Reasons for timing of pruning roses, grapes, and lilacs

• January 20, 2001
  Pruning Spanish broom?
  Fertilizer for deicing?

• January 27, 2001
  Pruning fruitless mulberry

February

• February 3, 2001
  Ficus tree frozen
  Does smoke hurt plants?

• February 10, 2001
  Why not use pruning sealer?

• February 17, 2001
  Clean up plant residue and grubs

• February 24, 2001
  Prune Christmas cacti?
  Orchid potting soil

March

• March 3, 2001
  Pet urine damage to lawn
  Goathead (puncture vine) problems

• March 10, 2001
  Grass clippings and lawn thatch
  Carpenter bees and roses

• March 17, 2001
  Pine seeds
  Yaupon holly

• March 24, 2001
  Transplanted tree died back

• March 31, 2001
  Flowering plants for New Mexico

April

• April 7, 2001
  Fertilizing oaks
  Fungus on globe willow

• April 14, 2001
  Groundcovers and flowers for high altitude in N.M.

• April 21, 2001
  Wood chips from treated stump?
  Watersprouts

• April 28, 2001
  Snails and slugs

May

• May 5, 2001
  Do I have to remove wire mesh from trees?
  Transplanting lilac

• May 12, 2001
  Vertical garden space
  Planting a tree close to the house

• May 19, 2001
  Wind damaged tree branch
  Daffodils' leaves turning yellow

• May 26, 2001
  Plants for southern NM/El Paso landscapes

June

• June 1, 2001
  Eliminate "Chinese" elms
  Sick new tree

• June 9, 2001
  Whitish-grayish coating on grass leaves
  Ants on willow tree

• June 16, 2001
  Irrigating tree with pipe in the ground

• June 23, 2001
  Lawn grass

• June 30, 2001
  Twisted tomato plant
  Rose seed

July

• July 7, 2001
  Leaf drop from Chitalpa trees

• July 14, 2001
  Raining honeydew from willow
  Growing cherry pits

• July 21, 2001
  Europs daisy and hibiscus hardiness
  Plant identification - Vitex

• July 28, 2001
  Elm leaf beetles

August

• August 4, 2001
  Direct sun killing plants
  Tomato problems

• August 18, 2001
  Caliche soil
  Growing culinary herbs

• August 25, 2001
  Lichens

September

• September 1, 2001
  Odd Cucumber Color
  Honeylocust Leaf Loss

• September 8, 2001
  Garden Rabbit Control

• September 15, 2001
  Cottonwood Sprouts
  Compost

• September 22, 2001
  Reduce lawn irrigation in fall
  Cherry Slugs

• September 29, 2001
  Little crystals on ficus leaf
  Time to bring in Christmas cacti?

October

• October 6, 2001
  Pinon tree making fine spray below branches
  Composting leaves in the fall

• October 13, 2001
  Cherry tree sap oozing

• October 20, 2001
  Sawdust in firewood
  Keeping flowering fruit trees from fruiting

• October 27, 2001
  Fig tree winter protection
  Snails and slugs question

November

• November 3, 2001
  Fungus gnats when bring plants in or repotting
  Covering materials when frost expected

• November 10, 2001
  Turtle Turf to replace Bermuda grass?

• November 17, 2001
  Daffodils coming up early
  Odd growth on Christmas cactus

• November 24, 2001
  Christmas cactus bloomed early

December

• December 1, 2001
  Black dots on house plants' leaves
  Winter protection for tender plants

• December 8, 2001
  Science fair project
  Xeriscaping in winter

• December 15, 2001
  Lawn soil amendments?
  Poinsettias in darker room?

• December 22, 2001
  Poinsettia leaves falling too early
  Jade plant leaves shriveling

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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