{"id":3111,"date":"2021-05-03T06:33:33","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T06:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/?p=3111"},"modified":"2021-06-06T21:04:54","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T21:04:54","slug":"may-horticultural-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/2021\/05\/03\/may-horticultural-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"May Horticultural Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

Revised publication: How to Control Slugs in Your Garden.  <\/strong>Practical tips on how to deal with slugs in your garden, given in both English and Spanish. (EM 9155-Neil Bell, Amy J. Dreves, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3t32tfr<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCan we just quit with the vinegar-epsom salts weed-killer nonsense?  It doesn\u2019t matter how safe it sounds if it doesn\u2019t work<\/em><\/strong>.\u201dn(Ohio State University Extension) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3dbXuUp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soil bacteria could improve crop yields, via fungi<\/strong> (Michael J. Hass, Cornell University) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3uFaTtN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Rose<\/a>
Rose virus. Photo: Jay Pscheidt, OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

NEW SECTION IN THE PNW HANDBOOK: Plant Viruses: Dead or Alive?<\/strong> (Jay Pschdeidt, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/2PKMnsF<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dirty Dozen? Not so fast\u2026<\/strong> Each year, the Environmental Working Group (EWG)<\/a> issues a list of foods \u2013 the so-called \u2018Dirty Dozen<\/a>\u2019 \u2013 which it considers to have the highest pesticide residues.  (Cornell University) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3tc7qCH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This robot uses AI to pollinate greenhouse tomatoes.<\/strong> (Agrotectire.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3mCGBVZ<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Handful<\/a>
Soil. Photo: OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

My soil is crap. Or is it?<\/strong> (Jim Downer, Garden Professors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3g1MYk3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bizarre ‘worm tornado’ in New Jersey has scientists baffled.<\/strong> (Mindy Weisberger, livescience.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3wOksJ0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The AAS (All-America Selections) judges pick their favorite plants<\/strong>. (All-America selections.org_ https:\/\/bit.ly\/3g6xb3P<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

To mulch or not to mulch? It shouldn\u2019t even be a question.<\/strong> (Linda Chalker-Scott, WSU)<\/strong> https:\/\/bit.ly\/3t7r0A9<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding mysteries of plant diseases: Diagnosis and Detection (Part 2 of 3 in this blog series)- Something is wrong?<\/em><\/strong> (Jim Dower, Garden Professors.com) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3t7TucX<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Strawberry<\/a>
Strawberries. Photo: Bernadine Strik, OSU<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Watch the Video! -The Uncommon Berry Patch.  <\/strong>A presentation that covers some less-commonly grown berries for the home garden as well as some native fruits found in western Oregon. (Neil Bell, Dr. Bernadine Strik, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3fZCNwH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Horticultural Updates May 2021 PDF<\/a>Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Margaret Bayne, OSU Extension Service Staff-retired, OSU Master Gardener Revised publication: How to Control Slugs in Your Garden.  Practical tips on how to deal with slugs in your garden, given in both English and Spanish. (EM 9155-Neil Bell, Amy J. Dreves, OSU) https:\/\/bit.ly\/3t32tfr \u201cCan we just quit with the vinegar-epsom salts weed-killer nonsense?  It… 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-3111","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\/3111","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=3111"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3157,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3111\/revisions\/3157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/mgmetro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}