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A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ONAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLY Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHAT TO DO ABOUT LEGGY Remove the long leggy stems with a sharp pruning shears all the way to the base leaving about 1 inch of stem remaining for regrowth. If removing these long stems are not aesthetically pleasing, select two or three of the longest ones and cut them back first. In two or three weeks when new growth is occurring start removing a few more until you XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SPUR OR CANE PRUNE MY There are two ways of pruning grapes; spur pruning and cane pruning. Spurs are created by cutting back last year’s growth so that only one or two buds remain. This means last year’s growth is reduced to an inch or less in length. This is a grape spur. This spur had twobuds.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO PREVENT PEACH Controlling tree vigor may reduce the problem. Don’t excessively thin or over-fertilize. Unfortunately, these practices will probably give you smaller fruit size. The other splitting problem in peach is in the fruit itself, called soft suture. It can sometimes be traced back to a fluoride toxicity reaction or a response to one of thegrowth
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH GRAPES GROW BESTAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ONAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLY Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHAT TO DO ABOUT LEGGY Remove the long leggy stems with a sharp pruning shears all the way to the base leaving about 1 inch of stem remaining for regrowth. If removing these long stems are not aesthetically pleasing, select two or three of the longest ones and cut them back first. In two or three weeks when new growth is occurring start removing a few more until you XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SPUR OR CANE PRUNE MY There are two ways of pruning grapes; spur pruning and cane pruning. Spurs are created by cutting back last year’s growth so that only one or two buds remain. This means last year’s growth is reduced to an inch or less in length. This is a grape spur. This spur had twobuds.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO PREVENT PEACH Controlling tree vigor may reduce the problem. Don’t excessively thin or over-fertilize. Unfortunately, these practices will probably give you smaller fruit size. The other splitting problem in peach is in the fruit itself, called soft suture. It can sometimes be traced back to a fluoride toxicity reaction or a response to one of thegrowth
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH GRAPES GROW BEST A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: BEST BRANCH ANGLES ARE Branches growing at 45° angles produce an optimum balance between growth and flower or fruit production. Branches growing horizontally or downward may flower well but don’t grow fast. Branches growing nearly upright (vertical) grow very rapidly but they are slow to flower. The tree intends for this type of growth to give it height. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: TO REMOVE OR NOT REMOVE horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
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XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: DIEBACK OF MATURE FAN The tops of the trees could have developed ash decline even though this look is not typical of ash decline. Ash decline usually hits one or two branches at a time and causes dieback and slow growth and leaves scorching. It is also possible it has sooty canker disease. Borers are usually associated with sunburn of limbs lower in thecanopy.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHY DOES MY SUMAC HAVE Branches dying in the bottom of the canopy of sumac. This may be due to too much shade. If not, it definitely contributed to the problem. A. If the yellowing or browning of the leaves is occurring in shaded areas it might be because there is not enough light reaching the leaves. If the canopy is dense and creates too much shade then leavesand
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ROSEMARY FOR OILS AND horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ROSE OF SHARON A POPULAR horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
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XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH GRAPES GROW BESTAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ONAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLY Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHAT TO DO ABOUT LEGGY Remove the long leggy stems with a sharp pruning shears all the way to the base leaving about 1 inch of stem remaining for regrowth. If removing these long stems are not aesthetically pleasing, select two or three of the longest ones and cut them back first. In two or three weeks when new growth is occurring start removing a few more until you XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SPUR OR CANE PRUNE MY There are two ways of pruning grapes; spur pruning and cane pruning. Spurs are created by cutting back last year’s growth so that only one or two buds remain. This means last year’s growth is reduced to an inch or less in length. This is a grape spur. This spur had twobuds.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO PREVENT PEACH Controlling tree vigor may reduce the problem. Don’t excessively thin or over-fertilize. Unfortunately, these practices will probably give you smaller fruit size. The other splitting problem in peach is in the fruit itself, called soft suture. It can sometimes be traced back to a fluoride toxicity reaction or a response to one of thegrowth
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH GRAPES GROW BESTAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ONAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLY Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHAT TO DO ABOUT LEGGY Remove the long leggy stems with a sharp pruning shears all the way to the base leaving about 1 inch of stem remaining for regrowth. If removing these long stems are not aesthetically pleasing, select two or three of the longest ones and cut them back first. In two or three weeks when new growth is occurring start removing a few more until you XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SPUR OR CANE PRUNE MY There are two ways of pruning grapes; spur pruning and cane pruning. Spurs are created by cutting back last year’s growth so that only one or two buds remain. This means last year’s growth is reduced to an inch or less in length. This is a grape spur. This spur had twobuds.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO PREVENT PEACH Controlling tree vigor may reduce the problem. Don’t excessively thin or over-fertilize. Unfortunately, these practices will probably give you smaller fruit size. The other splitting problem in peach is in the fruit itself, called soft suture. It can sometimes be traced back to a fluoride toxicity reaction or a response to one of thegrowth
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH GRAPES GROW BEST A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: BEST BRANCH ANGLES ARE Branches growing at 45° angles produce an optimum balance between growth and flower or fruit production. Branches growing horizontally or downward may flower well but don’t grow fast. Branches growing nearly upright (vertical) grow very rapidly but they are slow to flower. The tree intends for this type of growth to give it height. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: TO REMOVE OR NOT REMOVE horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WAS YOUR OCOTILLO ALIVE horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO GET RID OF PALM You might try a different category of herbicide control, I use triclopyr to stop re sprouting of cut tree stumps, you can find it as 'brush and vine control' by Monterey at the nursery. an old small paint brush could be used to 'paint' it on instead of spraying which would contaminate the soil or other plants and being only on the sprouts it should absorb and kill only them. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ROSEMARY FOR OILS AND horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHY DOES MY SUMAC HAVE Branches dying in the bottom of the canopy of sumac. This may be due to too much shade. If not, it definitely contributed to the problem. A. If the yellowing or browning of the leaves is occurring in shaded areas it might be because there is not enough light reaching the leaves. If the canopy is dense and creates too much shade then leavesand
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ROSE OF SHARON A POPULAR horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SPRING BOUQUET VIBURNUM horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH GRAPES GROW BESTAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO KEEP YOUR PRIVETSAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
The first sign of low temperature damage of evergreens is the damage to leaves and stems and leaf and sometimes stem death and the leaves fall off. To correct these problems you need to probably remove the rock mulch and put down first, compost and then follow it with coarse wood mulch that will not blow into your spa/pool. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ON March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLY Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: DETERMINING THE CORRECT There is no problem watering at night with drip irrigation. Let it soak long, slowly and deeply. Try to use at least two emitters per plant in case one plugs. Here is the one hour example. One gallon plants, give them one gallon per hour (two, half gallon XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHAT TO DO ABOUT LEGGY Remove the long leggy stems with a sharp pruning shears all the way to the base leaving about 1 inch of stem remaining for regrowth. If removing these long stems are not aesthetically pleasing, select two or three of the longest ones and cut them back first. In two or three weeks when new growth is occurring start removing a few more until you XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH GRAPES GROW BESTAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO KEEP YOUR PRIVETSAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
The first sign of low temperature damage of evergreens is the damage to leaves and stems and leaf and sometimes stem death and the leaves fall off. To correct these problems you need to probably remove the rock mulch and put down first, compost and then follow it with coarse wood mulch that will not blow into your spa/pool. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ON March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLY Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: DETERMINING THE CORRECT There is no problem watering at night with drip irrigation. Let it soak long, slowly and deeply. Try to use at least two emitters per plant in case one plugs. Here is the one hour example. One gallon plants, give them one gallon per hour (two, half gallon XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHAT TO DO ABOUT LEGGY Remove the long leggy stems with a sharp pruning shears all the way to the base leaving about 1 inch of stem remaining for regrowth. If removing these long stems are not aesthetically pleasing, select two or three of the longest ones and cut them back first. In two or three weeks when new growth is occurring start removing a few more until you XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: TO REMOVE OR NOT REMOVE horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: BEST BRANCH ANGLES ARE Branches growing at 45° angles produce an optimum balance between growth and flower or fruit production. Branches growing horizontally or downward may flower well but don’t grow fast. Branches growing nearly upright (vertical) grow very rapidly but they are slow to flower. The tree intends for this type of growth to give it height. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WAS YOUR OCOTILLO ALIVE horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ROSEMARY FOR OILS AND horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ROSE OF SHARON A POPULAR horticulture, gardening, gardens, desert horticulture, fruit tree, vegetables, landscape, FAQ, extremehorticulture, xtremehorticulture,landscaping
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XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SAGUARO LEANING AND HOW If the plant is leaning due to the house there is not much you can do. To give it better support put irrigation water at greater distances from the plant and use shallower irrigations. Like I said, giving saguaro deep watering is not going to help but getting its roots to grow wider might. If the soil is not loosened, it is best to loosenthe
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO GROW MORINGA IN Start them the same way you would start tomato seeds or any other tropical seed. They require warmth, above 70° F moisture and good drainage. Start them as early in the season as possible so that you get enough growth on them before you put them out. Moringa or Mulungay in the Philippines this tropical tree easily suckers when cut back. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO PREVENT PEACH Controlling tree vigor may reduce the problem. Don’t excessively thin or over-fertilize. Unfortunately, these practices will probably give you smaller fruit size. The other splitting problem in peach is in the fruit itself, called soft suture. It can sometimes be traced back to a fluoride toxicity reaction or a response to one of thegrowth
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO KEEP YOUR PRIVETSAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
The first sign of low temperature damage of evergreens is the damage to leaves and stems and leaf and sometimes stem death and the leaves fall off. To correct these problems you need to probably remove the rock mulch and put down first, compost and then follow it with coarse wood mulch that will not blow into your spa/pool. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH GRAPES GROW BESTAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ON March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLY Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: DETERMINING THE CORRECT There is no problem watering at night with drip irrigation. Let it soak long, slowly and deeply. Try to use at least two emitters per plant in case one plugs. Here is the one hour example. One gallon plants, give them one gallon per hour (two, half gallon XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SPUR OR CANE PRUNE MY There are two ways of pruning grapes; spur pruning and cane pruning. Spurs are created by cutting back last year’s growth so that only one or two buds remain. This means last year’s growth is reduced to an inch or less in length. This is a grape spur. This spur had twobuds.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO KEEP YOUR PRIVETSAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
The first sign of low temperature damage of evergreens is the damage to leaves and stems and leaf and sometimes stem death and the leaves fall off. To correct these problems you need to probably remove the rock mulch and put down first, compost and then follow it with coarse wood mulch that will not blow into your spa/pool. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH GRAPES GROW BESTAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
A. The best choices, or varieties, for grape growing in southern Nevada are those grapes which prefer to grow in hot weather. Recognize that grapes are grown for fresh eating (often times seedless) and those grown for their juice, such as wine grapes. Some examples of table grapes that grow well in hot weather include Thompson Seedless,Flame
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ON March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLY Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: DETERMINING THE CORRECT There is no problem watering at night with drip irrigation. Let it soak long, slowly and deeply. Try to use at least two emitters per plant in case one plugs. Here is the one hour example. One gallon plants, give them one gallon per hour (two, half gallon XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SPUR OR CANE PRUNE MY There are two ways of pruning grapes; spur pruning and cane pruning. Spurs are created by cutting back last year’s growth so that only one or two buds remain. This means last year’s growth is reduced to an inch or less in length. This is a grape spur. This spur had twobuds.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUT The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO GROW MORINGA IN Start them the same way you would start tomato seeds or any other tropical seed. They require warmth, above 70° F moisture and good drainage. Start them as early in the season as possible so that you get enough growth on them before you put them out. Moringa or Mulungay in the Philippines this tropical tree easily suckers when cut back. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO GET RID OF PALM You might try a different category of herbicide control, I use triclopyr to stop re sprouting of cut tree stumps, you can find it as 'brush and vine control' by Monterey at the nursery. an old small paint brush could be used to 'paint' it on instead of spraying which would contaminate the soil or other plants and being only on the sprouts it should absorb and kill only them. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHICH IS BETTER? MIRACLE There are potential problems with compost. These include unwanted salts that can come with the compost, its potential problem with food safety issues like E. coli and other microorganisms that accompany the use of manures, the development of some insect problems such as fungus gnats and grubs and potential weed problems if the compost was nothandled properly.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: BENEFICIAL NEMATODES AND A. Diatomaceous earth has the same effect on beneficial nematodes as any other nematode. I don’t know of any solid research that shows diatomaceous earth will reduce nematode populations. You might be wasting your money. When nematodes are damaging plants, most recommendations are to mix compost into the soils to reduce nematodespopulations
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GRUBS IN CONTAINER OF A. Most of the grub control information is focused on lawns. However there are other grub problems such as those you find in the compost and even bagged compost. In most of the United States the problems in compost are considered minor compared to lawns. White grubs feeding on the roots of a lawn grass, killing it. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO PREVENT PEACH Controlling tree vigor may reduce the problem. Don’t excessively thin or over-fertilize. Unfortunately, these practices will probably give you smaller fruit size. The other splitting problem in peach is in the fruit itself, called soft suture. It can sometimes be traced back to a fluoride toxicity reaction or a response to one of thegrowth
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: JAPANESE BLUEBERRY Japanese blueberries will require a soil heavily amended at the time of planting and organic mulch on the surface of the soil after planting. It will do terribly in south or western exposures in full sun or in rock mulches. If you planted this Japanese blueberry from a 15 gallon container then it will require about 15 gallons of watereach time
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHY IS THE BARK Overall, the bush is healthy (except for a few of the branches which have bark that is splitting) and it has a lot of new growth and leaves. Only the older branches are splitting in some spots and then entire the branch dies (top to bottom). I would XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT Important operations include pruning, fertilizer/iron applications, thinning, summer pruning, pest control, harvesting, dormant oil applications. January 1-31. Second application of dormant oil on warm, windless day. January 15-31. Weed control before new growth starts. Weekly weed control begins. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLYAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOURMAJESTY PALM STICKY LEAVESWHERE TO BUY PALM FRONDSWHAT CAUSES STICKY PALMSARTIFICIAL PALM FRONDSLARGE PALM FRONDSPALM FROND USES You will have to try to find one at a nursery or garden center that carries a systemic insecticide that has a label specifically for houseplants and controlling scale insects. The shiny stuff on the leaves is sticky since this is the sugary excrement of XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO KEEP YOUR PRIVETS The first sign of low temperature damage of evergreens is the damage to leaves and stems and leaf and sometimes stem death and the leaves fall off. To correct these problems you need to probably remove the rock mulch and put down first, compost and then follow it with coarse wood mulch that will not blow into your spa/pool. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ON March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: DETERMINING THE CORRECT There is no problem watering at night with drip irrigation. Let it soak long, slowly and deeply. Try to use at least two emitters per plant in case one plugs. Here is the one hour example. One gallon plants, give them one gallon per hour (two, half gallon XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUTHIBISCUS LEAVES IMAGESHIBISCUS PLANT LEAVES TURNING BROWNHIBISCUS YELLOW LEAVESHIBISCUS PLANTS CARE The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MESQUITE DOES NOT The roots of mesquite can be highly variable. In the desert they have been traced down to over 150 feet in depth. These are trees located close to a perennial rivers in the desert running through arroyos. Their root system is generally a three-tiered root system when grown naturally in the desert. The first tier, or surface tier, utilizeswater
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT Important operations include pruning, fertilizer/iron applications, thinning, summer pruning, pest control, harvesting, dormant oil applications. January 1-31. Second application of dormant oil on warm, windless day. January 15-31. Weed control before new growth starts. Weekly weed control begins. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO THICKEN A NEWLYAUTHOR:XTREMEHORT
Once they are surface dry you can spread the seed and you will save yourself a day or two of germination time. Fertilize lightly every couple of weeks and mow as soon as you can cut off 1/4 of the length of grass. Do not pick up the clippings but let them compost back into the soil unless it is loaded with weeds. Posted by Xtremehort at 6:25AM.
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOURMAJESTY PALM STICKY LEAVESWHERE TO BUY PALM FRONDSWHAT CAUSES STICKY PALMSARTIFICIAL PALM FRONDSLARGE PALM FRONDSPALM FROND USES You will have to try to find one at a nursery or garden center that carries a systemic insecticide that has a label specifically for houseplants and controlling scale insects. The shiny stuff on the leaves is sticky since this is the sugary excrement of XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO KEEP YOUR PRIVETS The first sign of low temperature damage of evergreens is the damage to leaves and stems and leaf and sometimes stem death and the leaves fall off. To correct these problems you need to probably remove the rock mulch and put down first, compost and then follow it with coarse wood mulch that will not blow into your spa/pool. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ON March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: DETERMINING THE CORRECT There is no problem watering at night with drip irrigation. Let it soak long, slowly and deeply. Try to use at least two emitters per plant in case one plugs. Here is the one hour example. One gallon plants, give them one gallon per hour (two, half gallon XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: ASPARAGUS SHOULD BE CUT Harvest spears by cutting or snapping. To cut a spear, run a knife into the soil at the base of the spear and carefully sever it. Because the spear cuts below the point where fiber develops, it becomes necessary to remove the fibrous base from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HIBISCUS BLOOMING BUTHIBISCUS LEAVES IMAGESHIBISCUS PLANT LEAVES TURNING BROWNHIBISCUS YELLOW LEAVESHIBISCUS PLANTS CARE The principal differences are in leaf size, color and thickness. Leaves growing under higher light intensities, provided they are getting enough water and nutrients, will be dark green, they will be smaller, thicker or tougher and develop a thicker waxy coating on the leaf surface. The same plant growing under lower light intensitieswill have
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MESQUITE DOES NOT The roots of mesquite can be highly variable. In the desert they have been traced down to over 150 feet in depth. These are trees located close to a perennial rivers in the desert running through arroyos. Their root system is generally a three-tiered root system when grown naturally in the desert. The first tier, or surface tier, utilizeswater
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: PLANT PODOCARPUS WITH Put the emitters towards the front of the plant as far from the foundation as possible. There is a lot of calcium sulfate or gypsum in our soils. Adding water to soils high in calcium sulfate can increase corrosion on concrete. After mid-October you can cut your watering to once a week or longer but the same amount of water. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GIBBERELLIC ACID ON March 10, 2009. Gibberellic acid (also called Gibberellin A3, GA, and (GA3) is a hormone found in plants. Gibberellic acid is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Gibberellic acid promotes growth and elongation of cells. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR You will have to try to find one at a nursery or garden center that carries a systemic insecticide that has a label specifically for houseplants and controlling scale insects. The shiny stuff on the leaves is sticky since this is the sugary excrement of XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SAGUARO LEANING AND HOW If the plant is leaning due to the house there is not much you can do. To give it better support put irrigation water at greater distances from the plant and use shallower irrigations. Like I said, giving saguaro deep watering is not going to help but getting its roots to grow wider might. If the soil is not loosened, it is best to loosenthe
XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: REVIVING AN OLD GRAPE Remove excessive vine growth from the trunk. Select only 2 “arms” and leave only these attached to the trunk. Remove all the others. Cut these 2 arms back so they are each about 6 feet long. Support them so they are off the ground. Next, locate smaller branches coming from the “arms”. Prune back these smaller branches coming from the XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: SUCCESSFUL LEMON TREE This tree is located in the NW part of the Las Vegas Valley, north of Grand Teton. We planted our lemon tree in Fall of 2006 as a 24" box. It has grown to a height of 20 feet plus and has produced a major crop every year but one. In that year we had a major freeze and we removed over a hundred pounds of frozen fruit, we have had a full crop XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO GROW MORINGA IN Start them the same way you would start tomato seeds or any other tropical seed. They require warmth, above 70° F moisture and good drainage. Start them as early in the season as possible so that you get enough growth on them before you put them out. Moringa or Mulungay in the Philippines this tropical tree easily suckers when cut back. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: MAKE JELLY FROM THE A. Yes they are! These plums are sour but great flavor so use lots of sugar and follow your favorite plum jelly or jam recipe. By the way, it can also be used to make wine or infused into vodka or grappa with sugar and let it stand for three to four months or longer. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: HOW TO GET RID OF PALM You might try a different category of herbicide control, I use triclopyr to stop re sprouting of cut tree stumps, you can find it as 'brush and vine control' by Monterey at the nursery. an old small paint brush could be used to 'paint' it on instead of spraying which would contaminate the soil or other plants and being only on the sprouts it should absorb and kill only them. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERT: GROWING SAFFRON IN THE Saffron crocus loves our alkaline desert soils, hot dry climate and mild winters. It does well in climates and soils that can grow pistachios. The bulbs of saffron should be planted in full sun in heavily composted desert soil with additions of your favorite phosphorus fertilizer. Planting should be about 4 inches deep and about 4 inches apart. XTREMEHORTICULTURE OF THE DESERTDesert Horticulture
TYPE YOUR QUESTION HERE! SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 2020 CAN I STILL PRUNE PRIVET IN THE SPRING? Q. I have mature Texas Privets that I neglected to prune back during the winter. They are now sprouting out new growth. If I trim them back now, will that prevent future new growth this year? Japanese privet, like the Japanese Blueberry, it comes from the great Japanese desert (joke). Avoid planting it here unless its on the cool side of a landscape AND the soil covered in woodchips. Always use compost when planting it. A. No, it won’t. You can prune now without any problems. What I worry about when it gets hot is sunburn. Now it's not a problem. This is what it does when you plant it in rock after a few years. There is plenty of stored nutrition inside the larger stems for future growth. Japanese privets are versatile plants in the landscape and used either as small trees, shrubs or grown as a hedge. You didn’t say how you are using your plants. Privet used as a hedgerow (hedge) for privacy. If you are using Japanese privet as a formal hedgerow then pruning with a hedge shears is appropriate. Pruning plants with a hedge shears is not appropriate for any other type ofpruning.
Hedgerows are created by spacing plants slightly closer than their mature height. When pruning plants as a formal hedge, the top of the hedge should be pruned slightly narrower than the bottom of the hedge. Informal hedgerows are not pruned with a hedge shears but a hand shears, a.k.a. hand pruners. Informal pruning is best left to the commercial experts. When pruning with a hand pruners or loppers, pruning cuts are made deep inside the plant canopy removing only a few of the larger stems to reestablish their size. Posted by Xtremehort at 11:53 PMNo comments:
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INSECT CONTROL DEPENDS ON DAMAGE DONE Q. I grow a lot of different plants in nursery containers in my yard. This past spring I found three white grubs in the soil in one 5-gallon container! I also found them in the soil in my yard when planting new roses and trees. I’ve been manually picking them out and tossing them on the driveway for the birds to eat when I see them. Are they a threat to my flowers and veggies? Should I take any actionagainst them?
A. Finding large white grubs in the landscape where soil has been improved is normal during the spring months. However, finding a lot of white grubs in landscape soils is not a good thing because they can eat the smaller young roots of plants as well. Personally, I wouldn’t be overly worried if I found one white grub in a 5-gallon nursery container full of soil but three is excessive. I would takesome action.
This is the immature grub of a scarab beetle, sometimes called a June beetle. When temperatures begin to warm they pupate in the soil and emerge in summer as a flying adult seeking the opposite sex and a place to lay its eggs if it’s female. Your landscape sounds like it’s a playground for these guys! Green metallic june beetles devouring Kadota fig Probably one of the most frequent “June beetles” we see flying in the summer months is the metallic green June beetle. When flying out and about they love to eat white Kadota figs and just about any soft fruit that’s ripe! But we also see during summer months the brown June beetles as well which are another type of scarab beetle. Ten lined June beetle in the orchard another chafer or scarab beetle Adult female beetles lay eggs in mid-summer. The female picks spots to lay her eggs where there’s plenty of food for her young to eat. She hones-in on soils that have been amended with compost since these young white grubs favor ripe or decaying organic plants mixed in the soil. Young tender roots of plants are mingled with decaying soil organics and they’ll feast on both. That’s the problem. Another June beetle picture sent to me by a reader Traditional pesticides like Sevin insecticide applied to the area as a soil drench will easily kill these grubs if you lean in that direction. Sifting through the soil when you’re planting and handpicking them like you’re doing will get rid of most of them if you are organically inclined. Using Milky Spore bacterium for biocontrol only works if these white grubs are related to Japanese beetles. Most of our white grubs are not. A preventive measure for future years is mixing beneficial nematodes into the soil that pursue various types of white grubs and not just the Japanese beetle. Your local garden center may carry beneficial nematodes, but they should be refrigerated when buying them. The best time to apply them is usually around August after egg laying has finished and the young grubs are starting to gainsome size.
Beneficial nematodes should be kept in the dark and in the refrigerator until they are ready to be mixed in the soil. They will have directions for their use on their label. Posted by Xtremehort at 11:45 PMNo comments:
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CONTROL VINES GROWING INTO TREESQ.
Is there any risk to my Chinaberry tree from the ivy that has grown exponentially through the canopy of this tree during the past few years? It was kind of charming when there was just 4 or 5 feet of ivy on the trunk but now it looks a little too successful. Should I rip it off and if so, how? The Chinaberry tree is more important to methan the ivy, FYI.
A. I looked at the pictures you sent to me and you're right, the vine is an ivy. Probably English Ivy. Two things you should be thinking about with English Ivy growing in the Chinaberry is what kind of damage it can create for your Chinaberry and, secondly, how much shade it might produce if it gets a foothold throughout the tree canopy. From the pictures it’s obvious to me that both plants are successful in that spot and it does look nice to have the ivy climbing on the tree. Congratulations. Is that a single vine climbing that tree trunk or are there multiple vines? If there are multiple vines coming from the soil around the tree then pull the oldest one, or the one with the thickest stem, off the trunk. Cut it two or 3 inches above the soil. This will cause the vine to grow multiple shoots up the trunk and keepit young.
When you pull English Ivy from anything, it leaves woody aerial roots behind still attached where the vine was attached to the tree. That’s normal for Ivy and it’s one of its problems when it’s allowed to climb things. But the new growth of the young vines will cover anything unsightly left behind on the trunk when it’s pulled off. If the vine is starting to climb inside the canopy of the tree, prune this growth back to the largest limbs or the trunk. You don’t want the vine growing inside the canopy and smothering the tree. That will happen as you suspected. You might have to carefully prune it back two or three times a year to keep it undercontrol.
If there is only a single vine climbing the trunk of the tree, then I would cut the single vine two or 3 inches above the soil and allow it to regrow up the trunk from several locations rather than just one. After it climbs the trunk you can pull off a larger vine like I described earlier and still allow others togrow on the trunk.
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LOCAL SOIL TESTING SERVICE? Q. I have an 8-foot x 8-foot raised bed garden about 3 feet deep. I used a soil mix with a rich compost about three years ago. I added rock dust and steer manure to the soil over the last two years. I would like to test it now before adding anything more. Are there any local soil testing laboratories I can use? A. There are at least two Las Vegas soil testing laboratories that can do this kind of work, but they specialize mostly in soils for construction and environmental protection. http://geoscience.unlv.edu/ESAL/ESAL.html https://www.ssalabs.com/services/ Las Vegas is not an agricultural community. I think the local laboratory is more expensive compared to existing agricultural soil testing laboratories and you must specify with them what you need done. Plus they have a minimum numbers of samples that must be submitted for the quoted price. It would be a good idea to do some comparison shopping. When shopping for a soil testing service, know what you want done. They analyze a soil for its structural and chemical properties. For a small fee they include a computer-generated response about results, how to correct the soil if there are problems and what to add to it if it’s lacking something. I would recommendgetting it.
Select a soil testing service that does a lot of desert agricultural soil testing. Selecting an agricultural soil testing service in Florida for instance may not give you desert appropriate feedback. I am comfortable with soil tests from A and L Agricultural Soil Testing Laboratory in Modesto California, IAS or Motzz Laboratories in Phoenix and Waypoint Analytical in Los Angeles. I’m sure there are others as well. Any of them would provide goodinformation.
Some people may cringe when I say this but if you are careful and have analytical skills, the home soil testing kits are not bad and give you a rough approximation of nutrients and the chemistry of your soil. My last piece of advice when taking and submitting a soil sample is, “garbage in – garbage out”. You must sample the soil from several random locations in your raised bed and mix them together. Use extremely clean tools and soil sampling containers. Sample the soil to a depth you know is actively supplying plants with nutrients. In your case, if you’re growing vegetables and herbs I would sample to 12 inches deep only. Posted by Xtremehort at 11:20 PMNo comments:
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PLEASE DON'T PLANT JAPANESE BLUEBERRIES. THEY DON'T BELONG HERE. Q. I have 13 Japanese blueberry that have been planted for quite a few years. They have grown tall but only one filled out from the bottom to top because of some shading. This shading is now gone. What can I do and when to stimulate the growth and hopefully have them fillout all over?
I have railed against this plant before in other posts here: https://xtremehorticulture.blogspot.com/2015/07/more-problems-growing-japanese.html Why nurseries are selling it for desert landscapes is beyondcomprehension.
A. You cant just plant Japanese Blueberry anywhere you want in a desert landscape. They are not desert plants. Japanese Blueberry became popular in the Las Vegas Valley and used inappropriately in my opinion as a visual screen between properties because the plant isevergreen.
Hopefully most people have steered clear of this tree for this purpose because it’s not suited for desert climates. Using it as a screen in the desert is questionable because it uses a lot of water (probably as much as a mulberry tree) and requires quite a bit of future maintenance (think pruning and leaf cleanup). Japanese Blueberry will grow to heights of 35 – 40 feet. The planting spaces between them should be 15 to 20 feet wide. If planted as a screen it would be a tall one at somewhere around 15 to 20 feet. Planting distances to walls or foundation should not be closer than perhaps 8 to 10 feet. As these trees get bigger they will naturally shade each other. Parts of the tree that receive light will sucker and grow new branches when they get some. If planted closer than 15 feet apart consider removing every other tree as they start growing together. This will provide more light to the bottom of the canopy and help them fill in downthere.
Pruning to reduce its height through a method called “drop crotching” should help keep it around the 15-foot-tall in height and encourage them to fill the spaces between them and grow wider. This is a tree that should be used as a medium-sized specimen tree in a cool part of a landscape if used in our climate at all. The soil should be heavily amended at the time of planting and the tree grown in an area where woodchips 3 to 4 inches deep improve the soilsurface.
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WHEN PLANTING BENEATH TREES MIMIC THEIR NEED FOR WATER Q. I have two very old Olive trees and I would like to plant some greenery around the extensive roots at the base of the trees. Something low to the ground. Plant at the base of olive trees but mimic their need for water androot depth.
A. There are many plants to pick from so let me give you the guiding principles when making a choice. Olive trees are Mediterranean in their climate preference. They like hot dry weather but are not desert trees. Technically they are classified as mesic (nondesert) in their water use, not xeric (desert). They can handle desert landscapes well but are not desert trees like Mesquite or Palo Verde. Dwarf oleeander is Mediterranean in its water use and would be a good pick for planting beneath olive. Secondly, olive trees are irrigated to a depth of 18–24 inches deep. The watering area of older trees should extend from 2 to 3 feet from the trunk out to a distance nearly equal to the spread of its canopy. When selecting plants to grow beneath an olive tree, try to mimic these two features as much as possible. Selecting small flowers to grow beneath them requires frequent irrigation which olive trees will not like. Selecting larger desert shrubs (xeric) may cause these shrubs to grow excessively because of the more frequent watering needed by the olive. Some smaller, Mediterranean, deep rooted shrubs include petite oleander, Cistus (sometimes called Rockrose), dwarf myrtle, Euphorbias, rosemary (and other large perennial herbs), and even roses! Because these are Mediterranean plants I would use woodchips or decorative would mulch and not rock. I would look for a small to medium sized Mediterranean flowering shrub or groundcover since olive is also Mediterranean that thrives with a similar irrigation. Both plants will benefit from their close companionship. Posted by Xtremehort at 10:09 PMNo
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DO YOU WANT TOMATOES OR NOT? Slicing tomato brought to the University Orchard several years ago. Might not get the same production year after year when plantingunproven varieties.
The choices you make when fertilizing tomato plants right now might be the difference between having tomatoes to eat or not. If we have a long drawn out cool spring with temperatures in the 80's, it won’t make much of a difference. You just might have an abundance of tomatoes. If we have one of those springs that jumps from cool weather to hot weather you will have fewer tomatoes. Tomatoes stop setting fruit when daytime temperatures are consistently well above 90° F. But you can harvest into June. NITROGEN FERTILIZER MANAGEMENT It’s all about nitrogen fertilizer management. High nitrogen fertilizers, like 21-0-0 or fish emulsion, guano or blood meal can cause tomato plants to grow abundantly with dark green leaves during warm weather but push flowering and fruit production a little longer than necessary in the spring. Once flowering and fruiting begins, rampant growth subsides usually keeping tomato plants from growing too rapidly. However, using high nitrogen fertilizers soon after planting can cause a lot of top growth and, along with that, delay flower and with it fruit production. START WITH A PRE-PLANT FERTILIZER If you are planting into a dark, rich soil mix then don’t fertilize with anything. If this soil mix is one year old, I would use a starter fertilizer at the time of planting and not fertilize again until flowers and small fruit are seen. Those who use conventional fertilizers might use 16-20-0 as a starter fertilizer. Ideally we are looking for a fertilizer that contains about twice as much phosphorus as nitrogen and still delivers some potassium. In fertilizer lingo this would be as close to a 1-2-1ratio.
ORGANIC FERTILIZERS
Those who prefer organic fertilizers might use bone meal mixed in the soil at the time of planting and follow that with an organic foliar spray when needed. Fish emulsion mixed with water or compost tea sprayed on the foliage when tomato leaves becomelight green.
The same principle holds true with garden soils. If you mixed in a rich compost before planting, then don’t fertilize with anything more until fruit is first seen. If the garden soil is a little worn out from last season’s harvest, then use a starter fertilizer at planting time. Posted by Xtremehort at 9:57 PMNo comments:
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LOCAL FOODS BEATS THE PANDEMIC By John Hamm & Denise Wee, Wisconsin River Meats https://www.wisconsinrivermeats.com/ SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, MARCH 14 & 15, 2020 Started out at Wisconsin River Meats much like any March Saturday. We were expecting some folks to stop out to pick up their venison or custom processing orders. We figured we would also sell a bit of sausage and our usual mix of steaks, chops, roasts and burger. The preceding couple of weeks had been strange with talk of Coronavirus, and with the cancellation of State Basketball, NCAA Championships and Professional Sports. We saw quarantines of cruise ships and reports of illnesses and deaths in Italy on the rise. I arrived to work at 6:30 AM and had only a small handful of retail staff and our sausage crew on hand. The first half hour was typical for a Saturday morning in March, slow. We received a strange phone call at around 7:45 AM. “Are you still open?” The caller asked. “Why yes of course, until 4 o’clock,” we said. “Do you have any meat left?” they asked hopefully. “Of course,” we answered, somewhat perplexed at the question. His last question to us, “Will you run out?” Wereplied, “No.”
All of us at Wisconsin River Meats that day thought that the call was very odd. We were puzzled when within a few minutes we received several more calls. Each caller inquired the same as the first. They wanted to know if we were still open, if we were out of meat, and if we would run out of meat. I told our boys that we had better make an extra round of fresh ground beef, just in case the store got busy. Customers began to trickle in, many we had never seen before and had trekked an hour or more. The store quickly filled with people. The influx of hoarders had hit, they were coming and going in droves. They began buying ground beef; 20, 40, 50 pounds or more at a time. Any and all pork that was merchandised in the store was quickly wiped out as fast as we could fill it. Steaks and discount bundles disappeared by the carload. It turns out that Big Box Stores and small local grocers in outlying areas had run completely out of meatby Friday evening.
Desperate to find meat to get them through this crisis, customers came out _en mass_, families with each member holding arm loads of meat, and shopping baskets overflowing. Our butchers made two more rounds of fresh ground beef and cut everything we had available. We made it through the day without running out of any product and had just enough to get through the second surge of shoppers who came in Sunday. MONDAY, MARCH 15, 2020 Monday morning Wisconsin River Meats was beginning to run short on product. Fortunately, our suppliers were able to provide us with meat for sausage and fresh ground beef Monday morning, which we immediately rushed to process ensuring we were able to keep our meat cases stocked for the record number of customers that continued to stream inthroughout the day.
While the rush continued on with no signs of slowing, I reached out to our local livestock producers. I ordered double the usual head of beef and pork, which our wonderful local livestock producers were able to provide for us the next day. Meanwhile, the hoarding of meats nationwide caused boxed beef, pork and chicken prices to explode, and retail prices in meat cases tosoar.
As Monday the 16th progressed, we were still filling the store as fast as we could, barely keeping up with the onslaught of customers. We ran out of Pork Butts and Pork Loins in the store midmorning. We began to offer up our frozen overstock and promptly sold out. We had made plenty of Corned Beef for our usual St. Patrick’s Day rush, and had plenty to go around. Monday left our meat cases half empty, we had made over 500 pound of fresh ground beef which sold as fast as wefilled it.
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020 Fortunately, Tuesday the 17th was slaughter day; we were able to restock with fresh Beef and Pork from the previous week’s harvest. Wednesday our Butchers broke down the increased number of hogs and merchandised them all. Every bit of pork we had was merchandised and sold as soon as it hit the shelves. Any beef we were able to break down and merchandised simply vanished into shopping baskets and our meat cases were soon wiped clean. All the while shoppers continued their frenzied purchasing; at the big box stores and big name grocers the supply chain broke. They were unable to order product in quantities to keep up with the demand brought on by the panic buying customers had participated in over the last several days. Their shelves and meat counters stoodempty for days.
Wisconsin River Meats helped some of our neighboring independent grocers by supplying hundreds of pounds of beef and pork so they could have something to sell to their customers. By the end of Tuesday it was apparent that we would soon run out of product again. We reached out once more to our local farmers and producers and secured another round of hogs to slaughter. We bought more hogs and scheduled a state inspector for a second slaughter dateon Thursday.
Thanks to our local farmers rushing to supply us with hogs and our butchers working long hours to process them and cutting what beef we could, we managed to keep our cases full through the weekend. Though, we began to run low on just about everything on Sunday the22nd.
WEEK OF MARCH 23, 2020 The week of the 23rd remained busy. Once again, with credit to our local livestock producers, we ran double the amount of hogs and tripled the number of beef for slaughter. Our Butcher’s worked long and hard to keep our store’s needs and our customers supplied with meat for their families. To get through the “Safer At Home” order, our customers purchased more in our store than ever before. They have purchased a record amount of Beef halves and quarters and also Pork wholes and halves. All locally sourced. Unlike our competitors, we did not raise Pork prices a single penny, and did not have to raise Beef prices at all until March 23rd, saving our customers thousands of dollars. This series of events during the March Pandemic scare illustrates the efficiency and value of a local food network and the resiliency of a vibrant local food chain. A healthy food chain benefits not only local consumers, but the local livestock producers/farmers, local processors and local retailers who work cohesively to bring food and products to the public. TAKEN FROM A COMMUNICATION AT NMPAN (NICHE MEAT PROCESSOR ASSISTANCE NETWORK) A GOOGLE GROUPS LISTSERVE. Posted by Xtremehort at 12:14 AMNo comments:
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THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 2020 LEMON YELLOWING AFTER TRANSPLANTING Q. I believe I have a Bears lemon tree. It was growing in the ground then transplanted to a 22” planter last fall and for a variety of reasons finally transplanted it to my raised bed a few weeks ago and used the rejuvenate soil mix from Viragrow. I cut off one third of the top when moving it, but the leaves are still yellow, I don’t see any new growth. I don’t believe tree is dying but it’s not healthy. Is it the soil? A. First, not that it makes any difference but if you have Bears, it may be a lime, not a lemon. That might affect when it’s harvested. The Rejuvenate soil mix drains easily provided the hole drains water. If the hole drained water in 6 to 8 hours, everything is fine. Just don’t water the tree every day.YELLOW LEAVES
The yellowing and poor growth is most likely due to recovery from the damage during transplanting. Yellow older leaves stay yellow even if everything is wonderful. Watch the new growth coming out. That’s the key. If the new growth is green and not yellow then that indicates the tree is doing well. The yellow leaves will be replaced visually by dark green leaves later.WATER AND DRAINAGE
Make sure you are not watering too often. I am watering established fruit trees with woodchips on top of the soil once a week all during February. This irrigation frequency is to push new growth and fruit production. If trees were just planted (or transplanted), I water twice immediately after planting and then about twice a week, every three to four days, until new growth appears. Once strong new growth appears, once a week should be often enough until about mid-April if the soil is covered in wood chips.STAKE AFTER MOVING
Make sure the tree is staked solidly in the ground to keep the roots from moving during establishment. I use a three or four-foot-long 3/16 rebar pounded in the ground right next to a new five or 15-gallon tree, and the tree tied to it only for the first growing season. I tie the tree to the rebar tightly with stretchable green nursery tape. Posted by Xtremehort at 12:53 AMNo comments:
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SAQUARO WOBBLING
Q. After I spoke with you yesterday, I went outside and took some pictures of my saguaro. Upon closer inspection, I found some of those dreaded black spots you mentioned at the base of the plant. I also attempted to move it and it wobbled back and forth. I'll be taking it out this spring if you think that is what should be done.A.
SAGARO SHOULDNT WOBBLE That “wobbling” you mentioned is bothersome to me. These plants need to be firmly anchored into the soil if they are to remain upright. In nature the roots of the saguaro may spread out eight times its height. This provides firm anchorage in the soil. To get this kind of anchorage, water needs to be applied deep and infrequently and at large distances from, and including, the plant. PLANT NEIGHBORING DESERT PLANTS This can be done in several ways. One method is to grow other plants coming from the same climate zone at different distances from the saguaro. Irrigation supplied to these plants will be enough to encourage the roots from the saguaro to spread out. Enough water should be applied the first couple of years about a foot deep. As the saguaro gets taller, this water should be applied so it percolates 2 to 3 feet deep. WATER ONCE IN AWHILE Another method, and one that I really prefer, is to take a hose on a mechanical timer and inexpensive sprinkler and turn the water on for one hour. I would do this on both sides of the saguaro about 6 feet from the trunk with the water reaching the saguaro. Do this three times; in early spring, once in the summer, and again in the fall. This timing encourages root growth of desert plants but avoids the growth of Bermudagrass. If you see some Bermuda growing, whack the top off with a hoe or shovel as soon as you see it. Do this once a week until it’s gone. LOOK FOR BLACK SPOTS The “wobbling” and appearance of black spots on the outside of the saguaro tell me that it’s probably getting watered too often and the water applied is too close to the trunk. Those black spots or “cankers” indicate an internal rottingof the tree.
You can find out more about this and what to do by “Googling” the words “University of Arizona” and “problems and pests of cacti”. Scroll down and a link should appear that will take it to their publication on how to control diseases of agave,cacti, and yuccaand
what to do about it. Make sure you use a sharp and sanitized knife. Your call on whether to remove it or try torescue it.
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WHAT FRUIT TREES TO PLANT AT A SCHOOL Q. I am working on a new project serving middle and high school age kids. The idea of fruit trees around their garden area came up and I’m wondering what trees you would suggest. They will have approximately 9 trees spaced on a grid. A. Make sure the trees are spaced a minimum of ten feet apart and aresemi dwarf.
DWARFING OR SEMIDWARFING ROOTSTOCKS All fruit trees should be grafted onto dwarfing or semi dwarfing rootstocks (Citation for stone fruit, M111 for apples, OHxF333 for pears). If you don’t know the rootstock then the plant label should say “semi dwarf” or “dwarf”, not “standard”. Many fruit and ornamental trees are grafted. The :dogleg" appearing on the trunk of a young tree is because its grafted.EARLY PRODUCERS
Since these are kids and they are normally not is school from June – September, I would think you would avoid trees that produce fruit then. That still leaves you with early producers like May Pride peach, Early Grande Peach, FlordaKing or FlordaPrince peach, Earlitreat peach, Flavorosa pluot. Royal Rosa, Flavor Giant, Katy, or Gold Kist apricots. These should produce fruit from late May until maybe early June. There are some very early peaches like Earlitreat and FlordaKing or FlordaPrince which will probably produce peaches before Junegraduation.
LATE PRODUCERS
For late producing fruit trees I would pick Pink Lady or Sundowner (red) or Mutsu (green) apples, Bartlett or red Bartlett pear, or Bosc pear, your favorite pomegranate, Flavor Grenade or Flavor Finale pluots, Emerald Beaut plum, Giant Fuyu persimmon or any Fuyu or Chocolate persimmon. I would suggest avoiding late producing peach. I would avoid any nectarines due to the scarring of fruit from insects. Nectarines are difficult to produce without spraying for insects. No late peaches because there aren’t any good ones in my opinion. The best peaches are in late June, July and August. Enerald Beaut plum produces good but late fruit in Las Vegas. NON DESERT RECOMMENDATIONS Be careful of planting fruit trees based upon recommendations from people not living in desert regions. The tree will most likely grow but it’s more of a question about the quality of the fruit it produces. It’s different. An interesting exploration for these children would be to compare the quality of the fruit produced by their trees with the quality of fruit purchased at the grocery store. Flavor Finale pluot is a good fruit tree for late production in thefall.
Dave Wilson Nursery online has a harvestcalendar
that you can download to your computer for your reference. The harvest schedule is for central California but is very close to harvest times in southern Nevada with a few exceptions. Be careful of fruit recommendations from non-desert climates. Posted by Xtremehort at 12:38 AMNo comments:
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DELAY PRUNING GRAPES AS LONG AS POSSIBLE I finished pruning the 300+ desert and juice grapes at The Orchard at Ahern located in downtown Las Vegas on March 8. New growth was just starting on a few of the vines. GRAPE DISEASE CONTROL I delay pruning grapes as long as possible in the spring to reduce disease possibilities and avoid any late spring frost damage after pruning. Immediately after pruning grapes, consider applying a fungicide to the vines if there were problems with grape bunches diseases last year. Repeat the fungicide application if it rains. For homeowners I would consider using Bordeaux fungicide.
Effective fungicide sprays include the copper fungicides such as Bordeaux for homeowners. Fungicides primarily protect new growth from getting infections primarily through the pruning cuts. Unlike insecticides like Sevin or even organic soap and water sprays which kill insects, fungicides primarily “contain” diseases and help keep these diseases from spreading to new growth. That’s why it’s important to repeat it after a rain which can wash the fungicide from the vine.GRAPES BLEED
It’s normal for grapes to “bleed” after they have been pruned in the spring. Don’t worry. Water will stop coming from the pruning cuts when new growth appears.Posted by Xtremehort at 12:27 AM
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OTHER DWARF PEACH BESIDES BONANZA Q. I suddenly lost my favorite dwarf peach tree, Bonanza, over a year ago and I want to replace it. The local nursery said today they probably won't be carrying Bonanza peach anymore. Could you please advise me where I could purchase one as I don't know where to look? Genetic dwarf peach trees can produce normal sized fruit. A. I just checked online, and Bonanza genetic dwarf or miniature peach tree is available from many nurseries. Check around and see if your nursery will order it for you. If not, you can order it online in November or December from nurseries such as Bay Laurel, Grow Organic, Willis Orchards and others. They well send it to you bareroot and in good condition for immediate planting in January. Three genetic dwarf peach trees, Eldorado, planted together. In the back is a "high bud" graft of Eldorado and the two in the front were "low bud" Eldorado peach. Genetic dwarf peach can be grafted high or low on the rootstock to give trees of different heights. I think you will like the fruit from any of the other genetic dwarf peach trees besides Bonanza if you find it locally. When I have tested many of the fruit coming from these genetic dwarf trees it has been good. These include Bonanza II, Garden Gold, Garden Sun, Honey Babe, Pix Zee. Eldorado and many others. Oftentimes retail nurseries don’t know what will become available later in the year so keep checking. Posted by Xtremehort at 12:16 AMNo comments:
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WHY DRY CITRUS FRUIT? Q. The fruit on my tangerine tree was very dry when I harvested it. My tree is about 10 feet tall when I purchased it in a 24-inch box. I had it for two years and both years the fruit has been very dry. The looks healthy and blooms good but the fruit is just not edible even when I tried to pick at different times. A. When you plant anything from a 24-inch box make sure the soil surrounding the box was amended thoroughly with a good quality compost. Secondly, flood the entire area surrounding this plant and including this plant, with water immediately after planting. I would flood this entire area twice a few days apart before turning it over to an irrigation system.LACK OF WATER
The usual reason for dry fruit is a lack of applied irrigation water. To water this tree, use at least four drip emitters or a coil of drip tubing about 12 inches from the tree trunk. I would cover the soil with a 3 to 4-inch layer of woodchips applied to a distance at least out to the canopy of the tree. I was going to mention another reason you could have dry fruit was harvesting late but you are harvesting at different times so I think you have that covered. WATER DEEP AND COVER THE SOIL IN WOODCHIPS It is very important that the tree receives water deeply and frequently enough to keep the soil moist while the fruit is getting larger. This can be deceiving as the weather is getting warmer with such a large tree. A soil moisture meter inserted into the soil under the mulch about 4 inches deep in three different locations will tell you when to irrigate again. You should irrigate when the meter has dropped about halfway, usually when it averagesaround “5”.
WATER TO 18 INCHES DEEP A long thin piece of rigid steel like a piece of 4-foot-long rebar will tell you how many minutes to irrigate. For citrus trees I would apply enough water to wet the roots to a depth of about 18 inches. Pushing this rebar into the soil after an irrigation will tell you how deeply the water traveled.ADD MORE EMITTERS?
If you are locked in to a certain number of minutes because your irrigating other plants as well, then add enough drip emitters, or increase the size of the emitters, or increase the length of the drip tubing coiled around the tree until enough water is applied with your given number of minutes. Posted by Xtremehort at 12:10 AMNo comments:
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CHEMICAL SPRAYS FOR MITES Q. I was reading your blog, Xtremehorticulture of the Desert, about spider mite damage on Italian cypress. You recommend a miticide spray. Which one should I get? Spider mites are a hot weather problem. They can cause browing and a dusty appearance to the foliage. A. All cypress trees have problems in desert landscapes. Spider mites are common problems with Italian cypress during the heat of the summer. If you have Italian cypress it’s best to wash the foliage off with a high-pressure hose once a month during the summer. This hosing of the green foliage gets rid of dirt that covers the foliage and increase the chance of spider mite breakouts. This reader had browing on the foliage of their Italian cypress. Spider mites are a major culprit. If Italian cypress starts turning grey first and then brown due to feeding from spider mites you will not have much choice but to spray something. If it’s not too late, start with soapy water sprays weekly to remove dust or debris interfering with predatory mites. Predatory mites control spider mites but the dust interferes with their predation. Or use plant oils such as Neem oil or cinnamon oil in early morning hours and retest the tree to see if itworked.
Mites dont have to cause webbing but spider mites do. That's why they are called "spider" mites. There are spider mites AND leaf miners on these plant leaves. Spider mites attack all sorts of plants. Spraying the tree with a miticide is probably a good decision if nothing else has worked. Miticides are insecticides that are good at controlling mites. Select an insecticide from the shelf at your nursery or garden center that says it controls mites on the label. The active ingredients on the label of the insecticide might include chemicals like Azobenzene, Dicofol, Ovex, or Tetradifonamong others.
Unfortunately spraying with a miticide might cause you to spray again because of other pest problems. That’s why I tell you to try other methods first. Posted by Xtremehort at 12:06 AMNo comments:
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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020 WHO TO HIRE TO PRUNE YOUR FRUIT TREES I am pretty particular about who I recommend for pruning fruit trees in Las Vegas. I began the University Orchard in North Las Vegas in 1996 and am now consulting at the 8 acre Orchard at Ahern established five years ago. The fruit trees under my care include peach, nectarine, apricot, plum, pluot, apple, European pear, Asian pear, figs, pomegranates, jujube, sweet and sour Cherry,, wine and table grapes and a myriad of other fruit trees not on this list. A young guy but Picho shows some promise pruning fruit trees. Periodically I am asked who I would trust to prune fruit trees in this area. There aren't that many people. Pruning fruit trees is very different from pruning ornamental shade trees and it requires a specialized knowledge and skill set. Picho shows great promise in pruning plum, peach, nectarine, apple, pear for our hot desert climate. I have been working with a young man for the last three years on pruning these fruit trees at the Orchard at Ahern and I feel like he is ready to go out on his own. If you need some help or need someone to prune your fruit trees, give him a try. Contact me for more information. Posted by Xtremehort at 11:57 PMNo comments:
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BE REALISTIC WHEN SELECTING A FREEZE TOLERANT AVOCADO Q. I recently purchased a ‘Lila’ dwarf avocado tree. I've never heard of an avocado tree in southern Nevada, but with warming temperatures and a tree that is supposedly cold resistant down to 15 degrees, I'm giving it a run. Are you familiar with cold resistant avocados and do you know of any living in Southern Nevada? Avocados brought into a local fair in Zimbabwe when I was there. A. You have the right attitude about growing avocado here. Give it a go but don’t expect miracles and enjoy it while you can. If you’re thinking about avocado, think about citrus as well. Both grow in the same climate zone which is subtropical. If your neighborhood has grown citrus for several years, then you can probably grow this avocado atleast for a while.
CLASSIFICATION OF AVOCADOS Scientists classify avocados into three types: Mexican, Guatemalan and West Indian. Some of our favorite avocados from the grocery store are Mexican types. ‘Lila’ has good fruit but a bit smaller than you would buy from the store.COLD HARDY TYPES
‘Lila’ (aka Opal) is one of the cold hardy varieties of the Mexican type. So instead of getting damaged at freezing temperatures like many other avocados, Lila can handle temperatures down to near 15° F for a short time when it’s fully mature. More reasonable low-temperature estimates might be the low 20s for it and others like it. Other Mexican varieties like ‘Joey’, ‘Fantastic’, ‘Opal’, ‘Poncho”, and ‘Mexicola Grande’ can be grown in areas where there are low winter temperatures as well.SEMIDWARF
The next good feature of ‘Lila’ for backyards is its height. It is one of the smallest cold hardy avocados you can buy. It is considered a semi-dwarf avocado tree which can grow to a height of 20 feet, but you could keep it pruned down to around 10feet tall.
POLLINATION
You need a second avocado tree for good fruit production. If you plant only ‘Lila’ you will get some fruit but not as many as if you get an avocado pollinator tree.
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RAIN IS A GOOD THING IN THE DESERT. RIGHT? It rained this past week. That’s good news, right? Maybe. If you are growing Asian pears, European pears like Bartlett or apples you might see a disease pop up beginning around May. Infection starts as black dieback of new growth like it wasburned by fire.
Fire Blight
This is an extreme case of fireblight on one of the pome fruits such as apple, pear, quince or Asian pear. It usually is seen in mid to late spring when all the growth is going gung-ho. Its normally not as obvious as the first picture. That was unusual. This is more common. Dieback of new growth and oftentimes its black just like fire hit it. This disease is called Fire Blight and can lead to tree death if not controlled when it’s first seen in May or June. It can be common several weeks after spring rains particularly if trees were flowering during spring rainy weather. Fire Blight is a bacterial disease, so fungicide sprays won’t work. The best thing is to remove the infected limb by pruning generously. Sanitize the blades of any pruning tools with 70% alcohol after each cut. Then bag this diseased black growth and get it off the property ASAP.BUNCH ROT
This was one of the bunch rot diseases a local pathologist identified as _Apergillus_. It comes in many forms but oftentimes for homeowners they will control it with sprays or dusts of a copper fungicide such as Bordeaux. Another disease I saw pop up last year in grapes was a Bunch Rot disease but not really seen until the bunches got big. However, the disease started during spring, rainy weather like we just had. For homeowners, copper containing fungicide sprays work best to contain this disease with the first of three sprays starting now as the grape bunches first start to form. Posted by Xtremehort at 11:39 PMNo comments:
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MAP OF GLOBAL HOTSPOTS OF GLYPHOSATE CONTAMINATION19 MARCH 2020
Agricultural scientists and engineers have produced the world’s first map detailing global ‘hot spots’ of soil contaminated with glyphosate, a herbicide widely known as Roundup. The map is published as the world’s eyes fall on glyphosate and concerns about its potential impact on environmental and human health. Last year in the US the owner of Roundup, Monstanto (now owned by Bayer), was ordered to pay $US2 billion to a couple who said they contracted cancer from the weedkiller, the third case the company had lost. This year, Australia is emerging as the next legal battleground over whether the herbicide causes cancer with a class action suit beingprepared
for the Federal Court. “The scientific jury is still out on whether the chemical glyphosate is a health risk,” said Professor Alex McBratney,
director of the Sydney Institute of Agriculture at the University of Sydney. “But we should apply the precautionary principle when it comes to the health risks. “And even if no evidence emerges about these risks, it is time for the agriculture industry to diversify our herbicides away from relying on a single chemical.” The map and associated study have been published in the journal _Science of the Total Environment_.
Lead author of the paper is Associate Professor Federico Maggi from the Sydney Institute of Agriculture and Faculty of Engineering. He said: “Glyphosate is a ubiquitous environmental contaminant. About 36 million square kilometres are treated with 600 to 750 thousand tonnes every year – and residues are found even in remoteareas.”
The paper identifies hotspots of glyphosate residue in Western Europe, Brazil and Argentina, as well as parts of China and Indonesia. Contamination refers to concentration levels above the backgroundlevel.
“Our analysis shows that Australia is not a hotspot of glyphosate contamination, but some regions are subject to some contamination hazard in NSW and QLD and, to a lesser extent, in all other mainland states,” Associate Professor Maggi said. He said that given the widespread use of the herbicide, soil contamination is unpreventable. This is because it is hard to be degraded by soil microorganisms when it reaches pristine environments, or it releases a highly persistent contaminant called aminomethyl-phosphonic acid (AMPA) when it is degraded. The researchers emphasise that contamination levels do not necessarily equate to any environmental or health risks as these are still unknown and require further study. “Our recent environmental hazard analysis considers four modes of environmental contamination by glyphosate and AMPA – biodegradation recalcitrance, residues accumulation in soil, leaching and persistence,” Associate Professor Maggi said. “We found that 1 percent of global croplands – about 385,000 square kilometres – has a mid- to high-contamination hazard.” He said that contamination is pervasive globally, but is highest in South America, Europe and East and South Asia. It is mostly correlated to the cultivation of soybean and corn, and is mainly caused by AMPA recalcitrance and accumulation rather than glyphosate itself. “While there are controversial perspectives on the safety of glyphosate use on human health, little is known about AMPA’s toxicity and potential impacts on biodiversity, soil function and environmental health. Much further study is required,” Associate Professor Maggi said. Professor McBratney said aside from the risks to human health, it is poor long-term agriculture policy to rely on glyphosate as aherbicide.
“Weeds are genetically adapting and building resistance to glyphosate,” he said. “And there is growing evidence that a new generation of precision herbicide application could further improveyields.”
Professor McBratney said Australia was well placed to economically benefit from the development of new herbicides. “In these times of increasing food demand, relying on a single molecule to sustain the world’s baseload crop production puts us in a very precarious position,” he said. “We urgently need to find alternatives to glyphosate to control weeds in agriculture.” Posted by Xtremehort at 11:18 PMNo comments:
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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020 DESERT HORTICULTURE PODCAST: WHAT TO DO AFTER A RAIN Desert soils become very unstable when they are irrigated. Insect problems like borers become obvious the day after a rain. Biological activity blooms in desert soils after a rain. Mushrooms are an indicator that would is rotting because of water and biological activity in the soil. I would like to see you do three things to your landscape the day after a rain in the desert; make sure your irrigation applications are away from cement and steel structures, inspect your landscape and fruit trees and shrubs for borer activity and take care of any mushroom problems that appear. Water in the desert is very destabilizing. Desert soils are formed under eons of dry weather. Keep water away from cement and steel. Borer activity will express itself with sap oozing from the trunk and limbs the day after a rain if they are present. Mushrooms are a good sign in a residential landscape. It's a sign of biological activity. Posted by Xtremehort at 4:07 PMNo comments:
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 2020 LEMON AND LIME TREE LEAF DROP AFTER MOVING THEM INSIDE THE HOUSE Newly planted citrus. If a good soil mix or compost was mixed with the soil at planting time it might be good for a couple of years. But eventually the tree will grow better if it is growing with a woodchip mulch on the soil surface. I think the wire mesh is for protectionfrom rabbits.
Q. Last year we wanted a couple of citrus trees, so I bought a lemon and lime, both dwarf trees. I put them in large pots and wheeled them into the house as the weather turned cold. They didn’t get any extra light other than light from the windows. Maybe that was a mistake. Over the last couple of months one of them lost all its leaves. Should I have given them extra light? A. Leaf drop can be caused by a lot of different things including inconsistent watering and going from cold temperatures to warm temperatures, not just a lack of light. A better place to put them would have been the garage where it’s cold even though there is less light. These trees need to be outside as much as possible for theirbest health.
When there is a slight freeze they will drop leaves. When the temperature is lower than this or lasts for a long time then smalllimbs will die.
Move containers with fruit trees into non-freezing temperatures just before freezing temperatures occur and move them back outside as quickly as possible after the threat of freezing temperatures are over. At low temperatures fruit trees need less light. Inside the house the trees will need more light because itis warm.
The threshold for freezing damage to begin with true lemons and limes is at 32° F or just slightly under it. If there is wind, freezing damage is more extensive. The garage environment keeps temperatures warmer and keeps them out of the wind. At temperatures just above freezing their need for light, water and fertilizer is quite small. As air temperatures get warmer, their need for light fertilizer and water increases. As air temperatures become colder, plants require less and less light, water and fertilizer. This is true for all plants including seedlings. Inside the garage the temperatures will be cool to cold but usually more than freezing. If you need to you can always put a space heater inside the garage to keep it from freezing. But remember, warm temperatures speed up all the plant processes. If you put these trees inside the garage then water them only when they need water. This is easy to judge because the containers are lighter and so they are easier to lift or push around. You can use a soil moisture meter stuck to about four inches deep also. Don’t fertilize. Inside house temperatures are too warm for “outdoor plants”. They dropped their leaves, but they will most likely put on new leaves once they are moved outside and get somewarmth
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0.7 INCH OF RAINFALL IS NOTHING IN THE DESERT Most rain is not very effective in the desert unless it comes down slowly and for a long time. Flash floods are terrible and just run off the soil surface. Normally I disregard rainfall in the desert and pretend nothing happened...unless it was slow and long. Q. The temperatures have been going up and down in the valley, so I have not started watering. This past weekend I had .07" of rainfall. Most of my vegetation are desert plants. Should I wait until the plant start to bud out or freezing temperatures are no more? A. Starting the first week of February I will water fruit trees once a week even though they don’t need it yet. This is to push new growth and prepare them for fruit production. It’s very important in fruit trees that they never experience a lack of water while producing fruit. This can affect fruit size and development. Water landscape plants once a week as soon as temperatures begin to warm in February. Make sure you respect their rooting depth; small plants are irrigated to no more than 12 inches deep, medium-size trees and shrubs to 18 to 24 inches and large trees above 40 feet to 36 inches deep. Cacti and succulents are a little different because they can experience more droughty conditions than fruit trees and woody landscape plants. Give them an irrigation in early February if they haven’t been watered much during the winter. Posted by Xtremehort at 7:55 AMNo comments:
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DELAY PRUNING GRAPES UNTIL IT HURTS TO LOOK AT THEM This is a grape spur. When new growth is nearly about to happen it can be recut even shorter to only one bud or shoot if you know what you are doing. Nearly all wine grapes are spur pruned like this or shorter. Many table grapes like Thompson produce better if this spur is cut longer to include about 8 or ten buds. This type of long spur is called a "cane". Grapes "weep" or bleed when cut just before new growth. This is normal and nothing to worry about. This will stop whennew growth starts.
Delay pruning your grapevines a little bit longer. You can cut them back now but hold off on their final pruning length until after March 1. The idea is to delay the final pruning of grapes as long as possible before new growth begins. This helps reduce disease problems from developing on the grape bunches later. If there is wet or rainy weather in the next few weeks, the grapevines may have disease develop in your bunches of grapes even though everything appears normal. That’s what happened last year. To cut them back, identify the growth on your vines that occurred last year. This growth will be a different color than other vine growth. Sanitize and sharpen pruning shears before cutting back any grapevine growth. If you don’t sanitize your pruners, you might spread a disease from cut to cut. Right now, cut this new growth now to about 18 inches long. But this is not the finalcut.
Cutting back this long growth helps you to see where to make the final cuts around the first week of March. You will perform these final cuts after March 1. You will see buds swelling on the grapes now but don’t get nervous. These buds will show some swelling and whiteness a couple of weeks before you must prune. The final pruning cuts on grapes depends on the kind of grape that you have. Some new growth is cut back very short for spur pruning while others are cut longer if cane pruning grapes; usually 8 to 10 inches long. Thompson Seedless for instance is normally cane pruned leaving 8 to 10 inches of new growth while the new growth of most wine grapes are spur pruned (very short). Posted by Xtremehort at 7:50 AMNo comments:
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