Boron is one of the salts commonly found in desert soils. It can be present naturally or it can accumulate over the years in such places as horse corrals.
Bob Morris
Bob Morris is a horticulture expert living in Las Vegas and professor emeritus for the University of Nevada. Visit his blog at xtremehorticulture.blogspot.com. Send questions to Extremehort@aol.com.
My best advice is to look at the amount of light they received, horticulture expert Bob Morris says, and then at the varieties you chose.
One day a week will be enough water from December through about March. But during fruit production, more water is required.
All of the so-called temperate fruit trees flower in the spring. The white-flowered types such as almonds, plums and pluots, apples and pears usually flower a bit later.
My landscaper is recommending a redbud tree in the planter attached to my pool. I asked him if that’s a good tree to plant so close to the pool.
You should smell a big difference between bay laurel and cherry laurel, which come from different plant families despite their similar names.
It’s difficult to find someone to prune several kinds of fruit trees. In fruit-producing areas, such skilled workers are easier to find.
I have a garden that I want to let my tortoise roam in. What plants do they like and which ones are bad for them?
Older streaks are from the accumulation of suber, or corky tissue. These “rashes” also may happen when a cactus is damaged by disease.
Compost and peat moss are added to soils for similar reasons, but the addition of compost provides a lot more nutrients to the soil.
I was asked by several people about my reaction to the recent change in the USDA’s plant hardiness zone map.
With the valley’s housing developments, landscape soil can undergo a wide variety of changes that might not relate to the original soil at all.
A gardener writes that his raised garden bed just hasn’t been as productive the past five years. What’s the solution?
I have been growing fruit trees here since 1996. Watching them grow and produce fruit and maintaining them can be very rewarding.
A reader asks if he should plant persimmon, Persian mulberry, walnut or pecan. Each one has its strengths and weaknesses.