Desert Horticulture

Join me today as I talk about yellow leaves on fruit trees and why it may or may not be a fertilizer issue. A friend contacted me about a black spot developing on the surface of his saguaro and if he should be concerned. How to prune bougainvillea when it does survive the winter or when it doesn't. And where to get some of the fruit trees I recommend and what time of year you should do it. Join me as I talk about these topics and more on Desert Horticulture.

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Growing almonds in the desert makes a lot of sense. Pistachios are another good choice but there's not as many to pick from. Selecting the best almond can be a little daunting but stick with the genetic dwarfs that are available. Join me in desert horticulture and find out which varieties are best and why.

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Apples and pears are best grown a bit out of the hot arid climate zone of the Southwest. But there are some varieties that have performed well. Join me in Desert Horticulture and find out which ones I found to be the best producers, both in levels of production and quality, in our hot desert climate. This episode includes Asian pears as well as desert pears.

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Want to make sure the apricot or plum you selected was a good one? Join me on this Desert Horticulture podcast to learn what I know about the varieties that do the best in a desert climate. And this includes aprium and pluot! Join me in Desert Horticulture and my many years of growing fruit in the Mojave Desert. 

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Selecting the best nectarine and peach tree is confusing - there are so many different varieties to pick from! This podcast helps you sort through some of the varieties that grow best in our desert climate. Learn some tips about selecting varieties by an expert who has grown dozens of varieties and conducted blind taste tests on each to determine which are the best. Learn why nectarines take an extra commitment when growing this fabulous fruit in a desert climate.

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Join me in Desert Horticulture and learn about planting tomatoes and peppers when the soil is still cold, how to use pheromone traps for controlling fruit tree pests and use fewer pesticides or none at all, which grapes make the best raisins and precautions about drying fruit during the desert summers, planting timing is more critical than what the plant is doing, and maybe fertilizer wont improve your grape production if you are not managing them correctly.  Learn about these topics and more in this episode of Desert Horticulture.

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Join me in Desert Horituclture while we explore which grapes to plant in the desert, why a Western Redbud is better than an Eastern Redbud, how to control Bermudagrass without damaging flowers, and drag that crop cover one more time!

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This time of year transitions from winter to spring and can be tough on plants. Know how to make garden soils warmer through good management practices; what to do if your fruit tree thinks its spring and its not; understand and manipulate to get more fruit from your trees, decide if your apple tree is worth another year of failure or not, and understanding silk tree or Mimosa wilt disease and what and where to plant in its place. Join me on this weeks Desert Horticulture.

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Do you have table grapes? Wine grapes? Pruning grapes in the Desert requires  not just knowing if they are cane or spur pruned but pruning to encourage growth for problems that arise from extremes in the Desert. This episode talks about when pruning should be done and where to make your pruning cuts.

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Today I want to talk to you about dormant oil, why it’s important and how and when to put it on, borer damage to ornamental trees and repairing limb damage to apricots and damage from intense sunlight to trees and what to do about it. Join me now on these and many other topics In today’s Desert Horticulture. 

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