1996 Southwest Yard & Garden Archives

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• December 30, 1996
  • Amaryllis

• December 23, 1996
  • Gardeners' gifts

• December 16, 1996
  • When to transplant maximilian sunflowers
  • Winter soil improvement

• December 9, 1996
  • Change hydrangea "flower" color
  • When to start tomatoes indoors

• December 2, 1996
  • Don't top trees

• November 25, 1996
  • Plant flowering plants after blooming in winter
  • Weeping benjamin problems

• November 18, 1996
  • Sick Chinese pistache
  • Drying gourds

• November 11, 1996
  • Dendrobium orchid keike (baby plant)

• November 4, 1996
  • Using fallen leaves
  • Ficus benjamina sap making mess on carpet

• October 28, 1996
  • Lots of brown pine needles
  • Keeping a cold frame "just right"

• October 21, 1996
  • Rototill old leaves into the garden
  • African violet leaf cuttings

• October 14, 1996
  • Garden catalog sources
  • Add manure now

• October 7, 1996
  • Africanized bees
  • Ficus leaf drop
  • Winter window garden

• September 30, 1996
  • Can I prune roses now?
  • Can I prune grapes now?
  • Can I plant trees now?

• September 23, 1996
  • Making Christmas cactus bloom on time
  • Houseplant pest control

• September 16, 1996
  • How do I get fall color?

• September 9, 1996
  • Watering trees in winter

• September 2, 1996
  • Mimosa vascular wilt

• August 26, 1996
  • Pine pitch moth
  • Transplanting irises

• August 19, 1996
  • Gophers

• August 12, 1996
  • Grapeleaf skeletonizer on Virginia creeper
  • Dodder, a parasitic weed

• August 5, 1996
  • Maples don't like New Mexico
  • Squash bugs

• July 29, 1996
  • Strange-looking squash

• July 22, 1996
  • Picking ripe watermelons
  • Goatheads, goatheads, goatheads

• July 15, 1996
  • Starting new grape vines
  • Plants won't grow, too much fertilizer

• July 8, 1996
  • Boxelder ugs
  • Pruning dead branches in summer

• July 1, 1996
  • Squash blossom-end rot
  • Still time to plant

• June 22, 1996
  • Puckered areas on roses
  • Fending off bees and ants from hummingbird feeders

• June 15, 1996
  • Tomato dispute
  • Cucumber vine problems

• June 8, 1996
  • Horn-tail tree borers
  • Yellow leaves in locust trees

• June 1, 1996
  • Pruning roses in summer
  • Redbud tree question