Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

Spider Mite Damage But Obviously Not Tomato. What to look for? Yellow speckling or stipuling, dusty appearance on the leaves, webbing ma...

Summer Squash Failing to Fruit Due to Lack of Pollination. Photo by reader. Q. I have had great success growing both yellow and green ...

Q. I have voracious pill bugs eating my tomato plants (starting at the stalk at ground level).  These are the bugs that resemble armadillos ...

To protect vegetable and herb plants from chewing insects you should be spreading with an insecticidal soap every 3 to 4 days. Insecticidal ...

Mulch Applied to New Fruit Trees With Growth Difference In One Season If you planted fruit trees this spring please apply 3 to 4 inches o...

Asparagus Ferns - Asparagus Uncut The asparagus harvest season is almost over and you should begin to not cut anymore spears and allow yo...

Peach twig borers are flying now and some are getting into early maturing peaches, nectarines and...

The past few days have been unusually windy.   In fact, this entire spring has been a windier year than normal.   The saving grace is that i...

Fruit Tree Recommendations for Southern Nevada -

Q. We have nine, 12-yr old butterfly irises is 3 groups of 3 that have outgrown their locations. They have grown/spread from their centers t...

Slug Q. I have learned about slugs two years ago and thought I won the battle. I notice my marigold plants are withering. Went out at nig...

Q. Could you tell me where I could find irrigation instructions in gallons rather than hours and minutes? I am having difficulty in calculat...

Q. This winter I had a low temp of 25° F at my house. So far I have a couple of sprigs coming out of two cut back Lantana and four with no s...

Almond Nut Sap Oozing and Dropping Q. I'm having an awful time with my almond trees. I have two and they are about 8 years old. Last ...

Asparagus Started From Seed in a Trench Q. I had an 8' x 1' garden box patch of asparagus which this year would have been the 3rd...

Q. I have some damage to my apricot fruits and sent you a picture. Is this damage from thrips? I have a nectarine and an apricot tree. Once...

Wind Damage to Persimmon Q. I hope you can help with a small problem with our dwarf peach tree.  Something is shredding the leaves and I ...

 Damaged Yucca Q. Any thoughts on what is going on with these plants? I think it is over watering and would like to know how much wate...

Earlitreat Peaches  We are just about one week off from picking Earlitreat peaches, the first tree fruit to be harvested at The Orcha...