{"id":2560,"date":"2020-04-04T06:22:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T06:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/?p=2560"},"modified":"2020-04-04T06:22:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T06:22:06","slug":"horticultural-updates-april-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/2020\/04\/04\/horticultural-updates-april-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Horticultural Updates April 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

NEW PUBLICATION-<\/strong> \u201cTrees and Shrubs for Fall and Winter Bloom 28 Species Attractive to Pollinators and People West of the Cascades.\u201d  (Neil Bell, Heather Stoven, Andony Melathopoulos, OSU-EM9277) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38IGgbw<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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REVISED PUBLICATION<\/strong>– \u201cManaging Diseases and Insects in Home Orchards.\u201d (J. W. Pscheidt, et al; OSU- EC631) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2v9vmhd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

NEW PUBLICATION<\/strong>– \u201cKabocha and Butternut Squash for Western Oregon Gardens.\u201d (Alice Formiga, et al, OSU-EM9270) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2VYmFS1<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bent into shape: The rules of tree form. \u201c<\/strong>How do trees find their sense of direction as they grow? Researchers are getting to the root, and the branches, of how the grandest of plants develop<\/em>.\u201d (Rachel Ehrenberg, knowablemagazine.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Iy7lUj<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ants produce antibiotics that may protect plants.  \u201c<\/strong>The antimicrobial compounds ants excrete to defend themselves from pathogens may protect plants as well<\/em>.\u201d (Emily Makowsk, the-scientist.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3cHrqp3<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists just solved the strange case of pine trees that always lean towards the equator.<\/strong> (Signe Dean, sciencealert.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2TCV3jN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Argiope aurantia\nYellow garden spider\n(with zigzag stabilimentum)\nFayetteville\n5 July 2001\nJ. K. Barnes<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bright yellow spots help some orb weaver spiders lure their next meal. \u201c<\/strong>Bees and moths appear strongly attracted to the markings on the arachnids.\u201d<\/em> (Yao-Hua Law<\/a>, sciencenews.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2TIfZpH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Potting soil poison.<\/strong>  \u201cGardeners often struggle to grow plants in containers. You may feel that you have a really black thumb at times when newly planted seedlings fall over dead or fail to thrive. The problem may not be disease or poor gardening acumen but rather your container media otherwise sold as \u201cPotting Soil\u201d. (<\/em>Jim Downer, gardenprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38Csyqv<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rise and shine-NASA mission captures aerial view of plants waking<\/strong>.  \u201cWe aren\u2019t the only lifeforms hitting the snooze button.\u201d (Passant Rabie, inverse.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/337lpxh<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIDEO: NASA is ready to send more plants and a new way to handle seeds to the International Space Station<\/strong>. (NASA\u2019s Kennedy Space Center via youtube.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2TSJhAB<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prescribed burns benefit bees.   \u201c<\/strong>Freshly burned longleaf pine forests have more than double the total number of bees and bee species than similar forests that have not burned in over 50 years, according to new research from North Carolina State University<\/em>.\u201d (Elsa Youngsteadt, et al, NCSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38HckMZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stunning!  Colored micrographs magnify pollen seeds, plant cells, and leaf structures in photographs by Rob Kesseler<\/strong> (Grace Ebert, thisiscolossal.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2TIyRVD<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Pollinating opossums confirm decades-long theory<\/strong>. \u201cIn Brazil there is a plant so strange that researchers predicted — and 27 years later, proved-that opossums are key to its pollination<\/em>.\u201d (Ecological Society of America via sciencedaily.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2TYgGtG<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When good seeds go bad: How long can you store seeds? \u201c<\/strong>While there isn\u2019t a date where all the seeds go bad, they will eventually go bad over time. Why is this? And how can I make sure to use my seeds before they\u2019re gone?\u201d <\/em>(John Porter, gardenprofessors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2W0QjGd<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIDEO: Story of flowers, a breathtaking botanical animation.<\/strong>(thekidshouldseethis.com via youtube) https:\/\/bit.ly\/39Gsyr4<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Invasive plant look-alikes!<\/strong> (Fate Syewoangnuan<\/a>, greenseattle.org) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38IiZq6<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener NEW PUBLICATION- \u201cTrees and Shrubs for Fall and Winter Bloom 28 Species Attractive to Pollinators and People West of the Cascades.\u201d  (Neil Bell, Heather Stoven, Andony Melathopoulos, OSU-EM9277) https:\/\/bit.ly\/38IGgbw REVISED PUBLICATION– \u201cManaging Diseases and Insects in Home Orchards.\u201d (J. W. Pscheidt, et al; OSU- EC631) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2v9vmhd… 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-2560","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\/2560","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=2560"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2560\/revisions\/2605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}