{"id":2085,"date":"2019-11-04T14:46:14","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T14:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/?p=2085"},"modified":"2019-11-05T20:48:18","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T20:48:18","slug":"november-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/2019\/11\/04\/november-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticulture Updates November 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lady beetles sometimes overwinter in structures, OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Five insect pests that overwinter in structures.<\/strong> (Nicole Sanchez, OSU Extension) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2oAm5uS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Professional credentials and gardening expertise: Arborists.<\/strong> (Colby Moorburg, gardenprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VAVESc<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organic Fungicides for the Home Gardener.<\/strong> (FS128E; Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, WSU; FS128E) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2B3jX1T<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do some oak trees produce more acorns than others do?<\/strong> (Todd Oder, mnn.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2q6yJ5P<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiders fly using electricity, not wind. “<\/strong>A surprising finding potentially solves the enduring mystery of how and when baby spiders become airborne<\/strong><\/em>.”<\/strong> (Andrew Patterson, cosmosmagazine.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2mM19QH<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Straw bale vegetable garden, Ohio State University<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Using cereal straw bales in home gardens. <\/strong> (Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, WSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/324KdEW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you know that earwigs have wings?<\/strong>  “An ode to earwig wings, which break standard laws of origami.<\/em>”  Watch the video and see their beautiful wings! (Douglas Main, nationalgeographic.com) https:\/\/on.natgeo.com\/2VBNqt3<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fertilizers \u2014 a cautionary tale.<\/strong>  “Gardeners are assaulted with marketing campaigns nowhere better than in the fertilizer aisle of a garden center. There are so many choices and the labels suggest that fertilizing garden plants is a complicated process that requires specialized products.<\/em>” (Jim Downer, gardenprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2lKLDVi<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Amazon\u2019s tallest tree just got 50 percent taller \u2013 and scientists don\u2019t know how.<\/strong> (Iflscience.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/328aClr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Late summer pruning: what happens, what won\u2019t work, and why. <\/strong>(Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, WSU; gardenprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/35tr3e8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener Five insect pests that overwinter in structures. (Nicole Sanchez, OSU Extension) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2oAm5uS Professional credentials and gardening expertise: Arborists. (Colby Moorburg, gardenprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VAVESc Organic Fungicides for the Home Gardener. (FS128E; Dr. Linda Chalker-Scott, WSU; FS128E) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2B3jX1T Why do some oak trees produce more acorns than others do?… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6451,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1180745],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-horticulture-updates"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6451"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2085"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2209,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2085\/revisions\/2209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}