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Featured Fruit and Nut Tree Resources

Fruit tree fertilization

Concepts from start to finish in fertilization.

By Steve Renquist, | Article

All about the apple

A big-picture view of apple taxonomy, history, folklore, medicinal properties, pruning and harvest.

By Loyd Collett | Article

Tree Pruning Basics

A properly pruned tree looks as natural as possible; that is to say, the tree’s appearance reflects its fundamental form and character. The pruner must be sensitive to maintaining this structural integrity, in addition to knowing a bit about tree biology and proper pruning principles!

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Featured Berry Resources

Growing Raspberries in Your Home Garden

Explains how to grow black, red, and purple raspberries in a home garden. Covers cultivar and site selection, soil preparation, fertilization, and planting. Discusses how to build hedgerow and hill planting systems and trellises. Outlines how to care for established plantings, including fertilizing,...

By Bernadine Strik | OSU Extension Catalog

Growing Blueberries in Your Home Garden

Describes how to grow highbush and cultivated blueberries in a home garden. Covers how to establish a planting, select a site and cultivars, determine soil requirements, prepare soil, plant, control weeds, mulch, fertilize, water, prune, care for established plants, and select ripe berries for...

By Bernadine Strik | OSU Extension Catalog

Growing Strawberries in Your Home Garden

Describes various varieties of June-bearing, everbearing, and day-neutral strawberries and when they produce crops. Explains where to plant strawberries and how to rotate a strawberry patch to optimize growth and minimize disease. Discusses the matted-row and hill planting systems and the advantages...

By Bernadine Strik | OSU Extension Catalog

Growing Blackberries in Your Home Garden

Describes how to grow blackberries in a home garden. Covers types, growth and fruiting cycles; how to establish a planting, select a site and cultivars, determine soil requirements, prepare soil, plant, control weeds, trellis, fertilize, water, prune, care for established plants, and select ripe...

By Bernadine Strik | OSU Extension Catalog

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Klamath Basin Horticulture

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Transitioning Grapevines from Cane to Spur Pruning

This video describes how to select canes for developing cordons in the transition from cane to spur pruned vineyards.

By Patricia Skinkis, | Video

Why are my blackberries variegated?

For more than ten years, we have raised a thornless blackberry cultivar with large, succulent berries. They don't have as much sweet flavor as wild blackberries, but are sure a lot easier to pick! The problem is some of the berries ripen on the top half of the berry, but the bottom half remains red...

By Steve Renquist, | Featured Question

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Latest News

Sweeten up summer with strawberries

May 24, 2019
Growing strawberries isn't difficult if you follow some simple tips.

By Kym Pokorny | News Story

A look back on a year of gardening stories

Jan 12, 2019
A story about yellowjackets topped the most-popular list.

By Kym Pokorny | News Story

Know when it’s time to pick pears and apples

Sep 14, 2018
Apples ripen on the tree, but pears must be stored first.

By Kym Pokorny | News Story

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Upcoming Events

Master Gardener Fall Festival

Eugene, OR

Sat, Sep 28, 2019 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

Lane County Master Gardeners invite ALL to celebrate a day full of harvest fun for the whole family, including kids' activities. Sample free, fresh-pressed apple cider; taste multiple varieties of...

Webinar: What can a leaf bud tell us about environmental change?

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Fri, Nov 8, 2019 10:00 am - 11:00 am

This webinar is part of the 2019 series of Advanced Training Webinars for Master Gardeners sponsored by Oregon State University Extension. What can a leaf bud tell us about environmental change? What...

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Erica Chernoh
Horticulture Assistant Professor of Practice, Commercial and Community Horticulture
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Brooke Edmunds
Community Horticulture, Master Gardeners
Contact me with gardening questions from Linn or Benton counties
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Jay Pscheidt
Plant Pathologist
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Why are my blackberries variegated?

For more than ten years, we have raised a thornless blackberry cultivar with large, succulent berries. They don't have as much sweet flavor as wild blackberries, but are sure a lot easier to pick! The problem is some of the berries ripen on the top half of the berry, but the bottom half remains red...

By Steve Renquist, | Featured Question

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