Otero County Master Gardener Association

Trees

“To exist as a nation, to prosper as a state, and to live as a people,
we must have trees.”
– Theodore Roosevelt

 

 

How to Plant Trees

 

 

Proper Pruning
Insects, Disease & Damage

 

Video – How To Identify Common Tree Problems: Fertilizer spike, cracked bark, split branch, pear slug, caterpillar, insecticide, wood ashes, tree treatment, Idaho locust

Video – Identifying Pests on Your Plants & Trees: Crape Myrtle, Leaf Cutter Bee, Euonymus heat scorch, Spanish Broom, caterpillars, Ash tree scale, Aphids and Whiteflies, Airified Mite

Video -Identifying Problems with Trees & Vegetable Plants: Chitalpa, insect induced rapid growth, Desert Willow

Video – Identifying Insects in Your Trees: Clearwing Borer, Ash tree, sap oozing, moth, Fall Webworms, Bagworms, Black Widow spider, Brown Recluse

Cottonwood Leaf Beetle PDF

 

Selecting the Right Tree

 

 Video – How to select a good tree from nursery stock

Shade Trees For New Mexico 

Selecting Ornamental Trees For New Mexico

Helpful Links

 

Tree Identification Guide  

Establishing  Fruit & Shade Trees