{"id":400,"date":"2020-11-18T17:05:40","date_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/?p=400"},"modified":"2020-11-18T17:05:41","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T17:05:41","slug":"lime-wont-fix-your-moss-problem-and-other-garden-myths-debunked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/2020\/11\/18\/lime-wont-fix-your-moss-problem-and-other-garden-myths-debunked\/","title":{"rendered":"Lime won\u2019t fix your moss problem and other garden myths debunked"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/11\/moss-oregonian-11-14-2020-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"401\" class=\"wp-image-401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/11\/moss-oregonian-11-14-2020-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/11\/moss-oregonian-11-14-2020-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/11\/moss-oregonian-11-14-2020-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/3378\/files\/2020\/11\/moss-oregonian-11-14-2020.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Some fall leaves provide color to a green carpet of of moss growing in the lawn. The Oregonian\/Oregonlive.com<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/connect.oregonlive.com\/staff\/kpokorny\/posts.html\">Kym Pokorny | For The Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"3WK4AE2SI5DP3PJP2LCCOWLTIE\">CORVALLIS \u2013 Reality can get skewed when there are so many sources of information &#8211; books, magazines, newspapers, nurseries and, most of all, the internet and social media open up lots of room for contradiction. So, how do you find the right answer for gardening questions?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"OH6CKEBXNZFOHEXNUGW67AP75Q\">Nine experts from Oregon State University Extension Service stepped up to bust some common gardening myths. Read <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/hg\/2020\/11\/lime-wont-fix-your-moss-problem-and-other-garden-myths-debunked.html\">THIS ARTICLE<\/a> on to get some research-based answers to 10 common misconceptions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some myths addressed by the experts include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>You should top a tree to control its height.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Lime will remove moss from your lawn.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Ponderosa pine needles make the soil more acidic (low pH).<\/em><\/li><li><em>Just add more compost to the soil.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Bee houses help promote and conserve bee diversity.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Tree roots go only as far as the branch crown diameter or drip line.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Epsom salts are a must for great tomatoes. Use them in every garden.<\/em><\/li><li><em>When you plant a new tree or shrub, dig the hole and add an amendment to the soil before you backfill the hole.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Brown recluse and hobo spiders are common in Oregon.<\/em><\/li><li><em>Watering on hot sunny days will burn the plants because the water droplets magnify the sun\u2019s rays.<\/em><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By&nbsp;Kym Pokorny | For The Oregonian\/OregonLive CORVALLIS \u2013 Reality can get skewed when there are so many sources of information &#8211; books, magazines, newspapers, nurseries and, most of all, the internet and social media open up lots of room for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/2020\/11\/18\/lime-wont-fix-your-moss-problem-and-other-garden-myths-debunked\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8741,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8741"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":404,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions\/404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/columbiamga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}