January

• January 4, 2003
  Pollarded trees
  Houseplant winter fertilization

• January 18, 2003
  Lawn

February

• February 15, 2003
  Broom dalea plants
  Rocky Mtn. zinnia

• February 22, 2003
  Saguaro cacti
  Why rototill?

March

• March 1, 2003
  Rhubarb
  A few garden "must do" items

• March 8, 2003
  Curly top virus and heirloom tomatoes
  Bing cherry - few fruit

• March 15, 2003
  A few easy care, drought resistant trees

• March 22, 2003
  Weeping fig tree stress

April

• April 12, 2003
  Landscaping septic field
  Redbud propagation by cutting

• April 19, 2003
  Iron chlorosis treatment

• April 26, 2003
  Beet leafhopper/curly top virus outlook
  Indoor lemon tree

May

• May 3, 2003
  Which cottonwood makes cotton?
  Irises water conservative

• May 10, 2003
  Thrips insects on iris

• May 17, 2003
  Propagate ponytail palm
  Ash tree leaves curling

• May 24, 2003
  Yellow leaves on Bradford pear tree

• May 31, 2003
  Raywood ash - distance from foundation

June

• June 7, 2003
  Bermudagrass

• June 14, 2003
  Watering tree through the bark

• June 28, 2003
  Spongy stuff growing on mulch
  Rabbits girdled trees

July

• July 12, 2003
  Tree roots and construction

• July 19, 2003
  Sap on trunk of cypress tree

• July 26, 2003
  When to repot houseplants

August

• August 2, 2003
  Broken branch/

  Globe willow branches dying

• August 9, 2003
  Lilac yellowing
  Can I spray pine tip moths now?

• August 16, 2003
  Soil moisture depth

• August 30, 2003
  Garden classes
  Fungus gnats

September

• September 6, 2003
  Scale insects on Ficus

• September 13, 2003
  Dying mugo pines

• September 20, 2003
  Weeping fig loosing leaves
  Ponytail palm leaves turning yellow and brown

• September 27, 2003
  Removing sprouts on "pollarded" tree
  Tree wind damage

October

• October 4, 2003
  Reblooming paperwhite narcissus
  Ficus hardiness

• October 11, 2003
  Preserving old tree stump
  In general, how long till a plant bears fruit

• October 18, 2003
  Yellowing Leyland cypress

• October 25, 2003
  Can I shave the top of tree roots?

November

• November 1, 2003
  Broken dendrobium orchid
  Gloxinia died

• November 8, 2003
  Flowers for June wedding
  Early blooming Christmas cactus
  Amaryllis

• November 15, 2003
  Plant shrubs now

• November 22, 2003
  Removing sumac shrub
  Transplanted New Mexican wants New Mexico plants

• November 29, 2003
  Removing stumps of old trees?
  Repot Christmas cactus now?

December

• December 6, 2003
  Black sooty mold fungus on tree branches

• December 13, 2003
  Apartment too hot to flower Thanksgiving cactus
  Small insects in African violet potting soil

• December 20, 2003
  Start new plants from holiday wreath?

• December 27, 2003
  Leaves dying on amaryllis

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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