Xtremehorticulture of the Desert

My recommendations for a 12-month calendar of operations for a mixture of different fruits in the Las Vegas area. Harvest starts about mid t...

Remember, stored fruit are ALIVE. They are still breathing (respiration) harvesting is done on climacteric fruit (peaches, nectarines, plums...

Thinning fruit must be done to get the remaining fruit larger. It's also done to prevent limb breakage from all the weight of mature fru...

Yellowing of the leaves of fruit trees (not citrus) can be caused by a lack of available iron, insects, diseases including viruses, and wate...

Pruning fruit trees properly is a necessary management tool for producing a regular amount of fruit each year, avoid alternate bearing, keep...

Q. How can you kill Bermudagrass growing in an existing fescue lawn? Bermudagrass invades southern fescue lawns where water is not applied e...

Common bermudagrass is probably the number one weed to control in states below the Mason Dixon line. It creeps along underground on rhizomes...