Sawdust Results – Jeffrey Pine
I’ve continued to use sawdust as a tool to nurse unhealthy trees back to health, and to save trees that …
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Plant Physiology
How to Successfully Transplant Trees and Plants
Transplanting a tree can involve a process as simple as moving a tree sapling, or can be as difficult as …
RootMaker® Fabric Bags – Growing Better Trees
Why Do Fabric Pots Grow Better Trees? Fabric pots, along with many other root pruning containers, prevent circling roots in …
Black Bag Yamadori Recovery – Sweating
As someone who enjoys collecting yamadori, I am always looking for ways that people have success and love experimenting with …
Reasons To Plant Small Trees
If you’re thinking about planting a tree, you’re usually thinking “I wish I would’ve planted this years ago!” or “It …
Trees of the High Desert – Palo Verde
Why Plant A Palo Verde? Palo verde trees are very well adapted to the Mojave desert. Not only are they …
What pH Can My Tree Tolerate?
Ideal pH vs Tolerable pH A lot of sites will list the ideal pH of a tree species. This is …
How The Cold Kills Your Plants
The cold season can be a foreign idea to desert dwellers. A lack of information about the cold seasons and …
How to Identify a Tree
Identifying a tree is a skill envied by many. While simplistic in the ruling out process, the knowledge of all …
High Desert Pests, Diseases, and Common Problems – Wetwood or Slime Flux
What Is Wetwood? Wetwood, also known as bacterial wetwood, slime flux, or bacterial slime, is a bacterial disease that causes …
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High Desert Pests, Diseases, and Common Problems – Mistletoe
What Is Mistletoe? Mistletoe is an evergreen parasitic plant that grows on trees. They are evergreen, which makes them highly …
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Why Should I Mulch My Plants and Trees?
What Does Mulch Do For You? What doesn’t it do? No, seriously, it does just about everything good that you …
How to Identify Nutrient Deficiencies in Plants
Nutrients Plants need nutrients to live, grow and reproduce. The nutrients that are needed fall into two major categories: macronutrients …
How Far Apart To Plant Trees
“How far apart do I need to plant my trees?” is often asked when purchasing trees. The answer depends on …
Different Types of Roots
We’re going to start by defining the different types of roots and what purpose they serve to the tree. There …
Tree Root Health
When it comes to the health of our trees the health of the roots is of most importance. Frequently we …
Misconceptions About Tree’s Roots
This blogpost is an excerpt from a larger post that you can find here: www.natesnursery.com/how-do-tree-roots-grow/ Roots Chase My Water and …
How Do Tree Roots Grow?
To learn about how tree roots grow, stay healthy, and where they exist we’re going to reference a few articles …
Trees of the High Desert – Fruitless Mulberry
Fruitless Mulberry trees are one of the most frequently planted trees in the high desert. They are also the most …
Repotting California Juniper #1
It became apparent that this tree needed a new home after surviving the emergency repot. Needles had hardened off, I …
California Juniper Yamadori Stages
California Junipers are hard to collect. Unless you find one on top of a rock pocket in the mountains, you’d …
Hardwood Cuttings Waking Up
The success rate of these cuttings is over 90%. The Zelkova Serrata also known as Japanese Elm or Sawleaf Zelkova …
Horticultural Myths – Tree Topping
Myth Trees (especially Fruitless Mulberry trees) benefit from a yearly pruning. This helps bring an abundance of fresh new growth …
Hardwood Cutting Propagation
Winter isn’t every gardener’s favorite time. Things die, gardens don’t look as good, and the fall color is gone. All …
Siberian Elm Fall Update
This is what the midsummer pruning left me with after collection this last winter. I’m really growing to love this …