Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

Q. Every year my zucchini plants are infested with grey-colored beetles that destroy my zucchini.   How do get rid of the beetles? Squa...

Q. My friend and I would like to plant a few fruit trees on some property at Acoma Siding in Nevada. It is near Barclay, Nevada, east of C...

Q. Our bottle tree branches are getting dried and   one side of the branches died 2 years ago. I am enclosing photos of the tree. Can you ...

Q. My husband went out a couple of weeks ago and picked up a Pink Lady apple and I have planted it.   I have it planted how you recommende...

Cathy and Bill think they have the largest ocotillo in Las Vegas. Does anyone want to challenge them? It is about 22 feet tall. Keep your ey...

Q. My orange has lots of blossoms, they begin to set the fruit, but when the fruit becomes the size of a pencil eraser, the fruit drops of...

Q. I found this thing in the picture I sent to you under my Joshua tree this morning. It is about 6 inches long?   Is it mold?   I only wa...

Q. I recently transplanted two house plants and now  have gnats coming out of the soil and infecting my entire house.  Is there any way to k...

Q. (Response to an eariler posting I made regarding a bumpy bermudagrass lawn). I have a TruCut reel mower. I think the lawn is flatter th...

Q. My last load of mushroom compost with chicken poop had redwood chips in the load.   The guy who delivered it didn't clean his truck...

Q. Are there any micronutrients in our hard Vegas water of significant quantity?    I ask because I'm wondering if say a fertilizer I ...

Q. I planted a shoestring last Spring, and it is doing well. It has five lower limbs off of the main trunk and one of them is all most as ...

I big thanks to Powell Gammill from Phoenix, Arizona, for sending these pictures along with his comments on grape leaf skeletonizers. Atta...

I was working in the garage the other night, cleaning out some things and holding a small box. The overhead light was on so I could see the ...

Q. I just sited my first grape leaf skeletonizer moth. I’ve learned that Bt will control the worms.    I’d like to try and minimize the la...

Q. I planted some barefoot fruit trees earlier this year and unfortunately several did not survive. This was my fault since I didn't g...

Q. I have a bit of a quandary. My male kiwi died and I did everything I could do to keep it alive. I then contacted Parks Seed and they se...

Q. I have some well-established rose bushes (15 years) in our front yard. Five years ago we converted to desert landscape and the landscap...

Q. Could you please give me some clue as to why my 10 year old African Sumac tree has started to get split limbs. They are splitting later...

Hi, I just subscribed to your blog, looks nice. I have 7 Moruga Scorpion baby chili plants, and 1 Bhut Jalokia that need a good home. I ...