{"id":2318,"date":"2020-01-07T02:45:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-07T02:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/?p=2318"},"modified":"2020-01-07T02:45:58","modified_gmt":"2020-01-07T02:45:58","slug":"horticultural-updates-january-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/2020\/01\/07\/horticultural-updates-january-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticultural Updates January 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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PNW Disease Managment Handbook. Image: OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

History of the PNW Plant Disease Management Handbook. <\/strong>https:\/\/bit.ly\/2t6AUI3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Realism of Harvard’s Glass Flowers still dazzles<\/strong>. (Tracee M. Herbaugh, phillytrib.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/35bSgRV<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on the Harvard Glass flowers: <\/strong>(Photobotanic.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/36nZuCs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soil or dirt? It\u2019s really up to you.<\/strong> (GardenProfessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2rxVq3T<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soil myth busting for extension educators: reviewing the literature on soil structure and functionality.<\/strong> (Linda Chalker-Scott, WSU; A.J. Downer, U of CA via NACAA) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2YCDAZF<\/a>

Plants emit sounds too high for human ears when stressed out. <\/strong>(Iflscience.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PzOQlk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dynamic details of unusual plants captured in singular moments by photographer Helene Schmitz.  <\/strong>Stunning. (Thiscolossal.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2RG8DT4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Growing camouflage.<\/strong> \u201c\u2026there are at least two groups of arthropods that take their camouflage to a whole new level by actively growing miniature gardens on their bodies<\/em>.\u201d  (indefenseofplants.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/36nZTEW<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lichen. Photo: OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The unexpectedly weird and beautiful world of lichens.<\/strong>  \u201cLichens are not what you think they are.  Not plant, not fungus-they are one of a kind.\u201d<\/em> (Jaymi Heinbuch, MNN.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2P7tCw8<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mushroom is saving millions of bees from a deadly virus. \u201c<\/strong>Researchers suspect the mushroom either boosts their immune system or somehow fights the viruses.\u201d<\/em> (<\/em>John Vibes via themindunleashed.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2LHKszQ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Is fertilizer a friend or foe to disease-causing organisms?<\/strong> (Gardenprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2P8lQSB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Roots. Photo: Linda Chalker-Scott<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The myth of fragile roots.<\/strong> (Linda-Chalker-Scott, WSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2rCtXy3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dung Beetles navigate bia the Milky Way, first known in Animal Kingdom.<\/strong> (Christine Dell’Amore, Nationalgeorgraphic.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2LFEdfE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More on Dung Beetles (VIDEO): The dance of the dung beetle<\/strong>. (Marcus Byrne, Tedtalk, via youtube.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38qaVvo<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener History of the PNW Plant Disease Management Handbook. https:\/\/bit.ly\/2t6AUI3 Realism of Harvard’s Glass Flowers still dazzles. (Tracee M. Herbaugh, phillytrib.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/35bSgRV More on the Harvard Glass flowers: (Photobotanic.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/36nZuCs Soil or dirt? It\u2019s really up to you. (GardenProfessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2rxVq3T Soil myth busting for extension educators: reviewing… 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-2318","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\/2318","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=2318"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2368,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2318\/revisions\/2368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}