Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

                     Two of the most important relationships between microorganisms and domesticated plants are the relationships between...

Q. What are your thoughts on mychorizae?   I bought some a while back from T&J Enterprises out of Washington state, and the chiles se...

 yellow or gold lantana Q. Am having trouble with purple Lantana. They are dying out. The gold Lantana is still doing well. Am wat...

Q. We have a Black Mission fig tree with about one hundred well-formed but still very green fruit. This will be the second crop for 2012....

Poplar or cottonwood growing in desert landscape. It is difficult to water these types of trees in our climate due to their high wat...

Dear Bob I purchased this nectarine at the orchard in either Jan/Feb of this year.   Since I planted it on a slope, I cut the trunk t...

Hi Bob:   I understand you are in Afghanistan.   Stay Safe over there!   If you have time to address my rather insignificant problem comp...

 Granular sulfur remaining on the surface of a desert soil three years after its application. Arid soils and irrigation water in t...

  Autumn Maple in rock landscape. Bad idea. Q. We have a young Maple tree in our yard that we planted last October. We may have...

Even though this rose is not that old it probably should be replace and planted further from the house Q. Tried to find list of rose...

Readers blood orange Q. My blood orange tree is looking healthy but my oranges are splitting as evidenced by the attached photo.   Wh...

Garlic Polish White at the Orchard Garlic is easy to grow in southern Nevada. Both hardneck and softneck (the braiding types) will gr...

Q. This is a Modesto or Texas ash tree that was planted 7 or 8 years ago in my lawn.   Do you think if I prune it back this winter th...

Q. I know you prune fruit trees when they're dormant, but what about pine trees and other conifers? Mine get a couple of growth spurt...

 Leaves of citrus cupped and distorted. Q. Please see the attached photos of curly leaves. The one branch is from a citrus tree (l...

Orange sap oozing from readers apricot trunk Q. Our apricot tree has orange sap oozing out of the trunk in several places (see pictur...

Q. How do I protect my bougainvillea in the winter here in Las Vegas? I've read posts that say to water a lot and others that say don...

Readers tulip bed attacked by probably ground squirrels. Q. I am attaching a photo showing damage to my tulip bed. Yesterday I found ...