{"id":2214,"date":"2019-12-06T19:12:58","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T19:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/?p=2214"},"modified":"2019-12-06T19:16:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T19:16:24","slug":"horticultural-updates-december-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/2019\/12\/06\/horticultural-updates-december-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticultural Updates December 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A home gardener\u2019s guide to soils and fertilizers<\/strong>. (Craig Cogger, WSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/32DUNCs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Honey bee collection, Gail Langellotto, OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Unpopular opinion: Saving Honeybees does very little to save the bees.<\/strong> (Gail Langellotto-Rhodaback, Garden Ecology Lab Blog, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2QcuGzL<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Video:Leafhoppers and friends. Fun to watch!<\/strong> Andreas Kay; via Zfrank1, Youtube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Xb00Ah<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More fun videos of insects and other critters by Andreas Kay. <\/strong>(Andreas Kay, Youtube)
https:\/\/bit.ly\/32CU1FP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why plants panic when it rains.<\/strong> (Harvey Millar, U of Western Australia, via phys.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/350bvNX<\/a>

VIDEO: What do earwigs do with those pincers anyway? <\/strong>(Deep Look, via Youtube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2QdH1ny<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly a million cannibalistic ants trapped in Polish weapon bunker make long-anticipated escape.<\/strong> (Iflscience.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2CzO1TE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n


The myth of Winter watering \u201cDecrease fall irrigation to force landscape plants into winter dormancy.\u201d<\/strong> (Linda Chalker-Scott, WSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/34UDrmg<\/a>

The process of leaf color change.<\/strong> (Harvard Forest, Harvard University) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Xb0mqB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIDEO: Zombie roaches and other tales of parasites. <\/strong>(Ed Young, Ted Talk; Ted.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2O9MXv5<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Woodboring beetle, NCIP, OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Learn about wood boring beetles.<\/strong> (NPIC, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/32BPoM4<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Treated wood fact sheet. <\/strong>(NPIC, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/34UDDC0<\/a>

VIDEO: Water movement in soils- Impermeable layers and water movement.  <\/strong>\u201cCelebrating Dr. Walter Gardner\u2019s life and workwith newly restored clips from his classic film, Water Movement in Soils.\u201d<\/em> (Decagon Devices, YouTube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/33RSblX<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soil and plant nutrients, an online course.<\/strong> (NCSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/32F4Bfl<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The remarkable world of insect galls<\/strong>. (Joe Boggs, Ohio State U) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2CzRrpv<\/a>

VIDEO: Meet the dust mites, tiny roommates that feast on your skin.  <\/strong>\u201cYou may think that you’ve got the house to yourself, but chances are you have about 100 different types of animals living with you. Many of them are harmless, but a few can be dangerous in ways you wouldn’t expect.\u201d <\/em>(Deep Look, via pbs.org) https:\/\/to.pbs.org\/2qM8LF7<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A new pesticide is all the buzz.<\/strong>  \u201cThe EPA has approved the first-ever bee-distributed pesticide for the US market.\u201d <\/em>(Rachel Fritts, Arestechnica.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2rBLjKZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nutrient value of compost.<\/strong> (PPT, UC Davis) https:\/\/bit.ly\/33GsiVP<\/a>

Excess phosphorus from compost applications in urban gardens creates potential pollution hotspots. <\/strong>(Gaston Small, et al; IOP Science, Iop.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/371R3hd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Shiny geranium, Ben Legler, King County, WA<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Shiny geranium identification and control.<\/strong> (King County.gov) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2X914Vk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many plants are naturally GMO, research finds. <\/strong>(Joan Conrow, Alliance for Science, Cornell U) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Oa2Di1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener A home gardener\u2019s guide to soils and fertilizers. (Craig Cogger, WSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/32DUNCs Unpopular opinion: Saving Honeybees does very little to save the bees. (Gail Langellotto-Rhodaback, Garden Ecology Lab Blog, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2QcuGzL Video:Leafhoppers and friends. Fun to watch! Andreas Kay; via Zfrank1, Youtube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Xb00Ah More fun videos… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8248,"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-2214","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\/2214","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\/8248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2304,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214\/revisions\/2304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}