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Monday, September 12, 2022

What Happens When USDA's National Organics Program Standards are Not Met?

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The USDA organic regulations allow the AMS National Organic Program to issue proposed notices of suspension or revocation to certified organ...
Sunday, September 11, 2022

Intercrop Plants With Roots That Grow to a Similar Depth

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Q. I planted asparagus at the base of my fruit trees. I can send you pictures if you want. Asparagus is short when harvested. But allowed to...

Figs an an Oasis Tree. They Need Water When Producing Fruit

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Q. I planted various fig trees that were very good producers in southern California, Los Angeles County to be exact. Here they have been pla...

Texas Olive Froze at 25F or More

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Q. I have a Texas olive tree that may or may not have survived this past winter. We have had the tree for several years now and it has alway...

Large Orange Tree and Early Peach Presenting Problems

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Q. I have both a ‘Washington’ navel orange and ‘FlordaPrince’ peach tree planted this spring that a local nursery claimed was 8 to 10 years ...
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Saturday, September 3, 2022

Landscapes Have Too Many Plants and they are Big!

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Use Fewer Plants Using fewer plants makes the remaining plants more visually important and saves water. A landscape full of plants is enamor...

Apricot Poor Leaf Color Could be Fertilizer or.....

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  Q. I have an apricot tree and the leaves are a lighter green during the past couple of months.  Are the leaves lacking nutrients? Apricot ...

Growing Pineapples in the Desert

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  Q. I have seven robust pineapple plants; two which are very large. I plan to move them to my small greenhouse over the winter. One plant n...

HOA Restrictions of Wood Mulch

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Q. I know of two HOAs that do not permit wood chips near the residences due to bark scorpions. What do you tell people? A. There are other...

Non Pesticide Borer Control in Fruit Trees

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 Q. I did not want to use a pesticide to control borers in my fruit trees. Any other options you can think of? I have had some luck controll...

Arizona Rosewood Dying

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 Q . I live in Oracle, Arizona, and my 15-year-old Arizona rosewood has some dying branches in it. Not the Arizona Rosewood mentioned in the...

Pruning Lantana

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Q. My lantana is about to eat my house! They are 15 to over 20 feet wide each. My neighbors’ lantana are only about 4 feet across. Mine are ...

Borer Prevention

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  Q. I have lots of borers in my trees. What can I do to prevent it from happening? When borers are a problem it starts about mid summer. Of...