Bob Morris

Question: My husband asked me to contact you about how to trim our pistachio nut tree and how to get it pollinated.

Question: I recently purchased male and female Hardy Kiwi starts form Parks Seed Company. I was wondering if you might be able to give me any tips for growing them here in the Las Vegas Valley. I have done some reading on pruning and training them into a trunk and building a T-trellis. In what I have read, they need full sunlight, but I am of the mind that perhaps afternoon shade might be a bit better.

Question: My Texas mountain laurel has yellow leaves, and they continue to get more yellow as time goes by. It faces southwest, has two adjustable emitters turned down low, watering once a week for one hour in the winter.

Question: Can you tell what is damaging my 7-year-old blue ghost tree? This damage is about 12 feet high on the north side, and there is a line of holes in the trunk.

Question: I have a good-sized area covered with rock mulch. A flowering plum tree is struggling in this area. Can a Myer’s lemon tree do well in a rock mulch setting?

Question: My crocuses and tulips are poking their heads out of the dirt in my garden. They’re growing. We have had great spring weather in January. Should I let them continue, or should I put some more dirt on them?

Question: I heard it is best to move rock away from my shrubs and replace it with mulch. What is your recommendation?

Question: I removed a peach tree that had borers. How soon can I plant another peach tree in the same hole?

Question: What do you say is our planting zone? I got a Plant Smart Sensor for Christmas, and it says we are a 7B, which is way lower than I’ve read. Just because a website says a tree or plant will be OK for a certain zone doesn’t mean it is necessarily, right?

Question: When is a good time to plant fruit trees?