BEFORE YOU PLANT
SOIL
TEMPERATURE IS KEY TO PLANTING TIME
Click here for a temperature-based
planting regime for vegetables from the OSU Extension Service
Master Gardener Program.
CHOOSE
DISEASE-RESISTANT VARIETIES
Planting disease-resistant varieties
saves heartache, as well as money, according to Jay Pscheidt,
OSU Extension plant pathologist.
LENGTHEN
YOUR GROWING SEASON
Cloches and cold frames are great ways
to get plants in the ground before normal outdoor planting
dates in the spring.
JUMP START YOUR SUMMER VEGETABLES
RIPE,
HOME-GROWN TOMATOES ARE NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN OREGON
Wet springs
and cool summers often mean slow-ripening tomatoes. Advice
from OSU Extension on how to get yours to ripen on the vine.
OSU
DEVELOPS TOMATOES ESPECIALLY FOR PNW GARDENERS
For 40 years,
OSU vegetable breeders have developed early tomato varieties,
favorites of home gardeners throughout the PNW.
'LEGEND'
TOMATO IS BIG, EARLY AND LATE-BLIGHT RESISTANT
Home gardeners
love 'Legend,' one of OSU's newer, disease-resistant tomato
varieties.
GIVE
SQUASH, CUKE AND PUMPKIN PLANTS A HEAD START INDOORS
Cold,
wet spring weather may cause these seeds to rot in the ground.
Here's how to jump start these heat-loving veggies indoors,
from OSU horticulturist Ross Penhallegon.
GET
BEANS IN THE GROUND WHEN SOIL HITS 60 DEGREES F
Bush, pole,
scarlet runner or shelling beans all germinate best when
the soil reaches 60 degrees, according to OSU vegetable breeder
James Myers.
HOW
TO COAX PEPPERS TO GROW IN OREGON COOLNESS
If night temperatures
stay cool in the summer, use these OSU Extension-recommended
techniques to help your peppers ripen before the first frost.
BASIL
IS THE FRAGRANT KING OF SUMMER HERBS
Grow lush and bushy
basil with these tips from Ross Penhallegon, OSU Extension
horticulturist.
PLANT
HEAT-LOVING EGGPLANTS IN MAY OR JUNE
How to help young eggplants
thrive and mature, especially in the cooler regions of the
state.
NO
YARD SPACE? HOW TO GROW SUMMER VEGETABLES IN CONTAINERS
Don't
let lack of yard space keep you from vegetable gardening
this spring and summer.
NEW OSU EXTENSION GARDENING PUBLICATIONS ONLINE:
Evaluating
and Reducing Lead Hazard in Gardens and Landscapes (EC 1616-E)
Blackberry
Cultivars for Oregon (EC 1617-E)
Strawberry
Cultivars for Oregon (EC 1618-E)
ONE-MINUTE GARDENER
Gardening
tips from OSU Extension's radio archive. Turn
your speakers on and visit the links below:
CARING FOR TRANSPLANTS
WARMING
THE SOIL
MAY GARDEN CALENDAR
THINGS
TO DO IN YOUR GARDEN THIS MONTH |
