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Applegater OSU Master Gardeners Association Classes Tuesday, August 9 Growing Cane Berries George Tiger, retired Extension Agent 7:00-9:00 p.m. Cost: $5/MG free Basic management practices for cane berries will be discussed including best cultivars for the Rogue Valley, soil preparation, fertilization, irrigation, why and when to trellis, plant growth, and fruiting cycle. Thursday, August 25 Winter Veggie Gardens Janet Rodkey, Master Gardener 7:00-9:00 p.m. Cost: $5/MG free What can grow outdoors in winter months? Garden maintenance, seed starting, frost protection, varieties of vegetables and herbs that will grow all winter in our region will be covered. Ornamentals will also be addressed. Thursday, September 8 Invincible Irises Marjorie Neal, Master Gardener 7:00-9:00 p.m. Cost: $5/MG free Irises can be the pot of gold in a garden. A brief catalog of the large varied Iris family, followed by a discussion of cultural needs, including division will be presented. Focus will be bearded iris and the varied water-loving iris. Wednesday and Thursday September 14 & 15 Beginning Home Winemaking Linda Donovan, Pallet Wine Co. 7:00-9:00 p.m. Cost: TBA Learn to make your own wine. This class will take you through the complete process from harvest to bottle with the goal of learning how to make ten gallons of “drinkable” wine. This is a two-evening class. Tuesday, September 20 Trees and Shrubs for the Rogue Valley Christie Mackison, Shooting Star Nursery 7:00-9:00 p.m. Cost: $5/MG free The Rogue Valley has its own microclimate, differing from the Willamette Valley or California. The most successful trees and shrubs for our climate and how to get them off a good start will be shared. Wednesday & Thursday September 28 & 29 Advanced Home Winemaking Linda Donovan, Pallet Wine Co. 7:00-9:00 p.m. Cost: TBA Expand your knowledge of wine chemistry and sensory evaluation by exploring the higher chemistry and microbiology of winemaking. This is a two-evening class. Prerequisite: Beginning Home Winemaking or its equivalent. Thursday. October 6 Designing a Flower Bed Bonnie Bayard, Landscape Architect 7:00-9:00 p.m. Cost: $5/MG free Design considerations putting plants together for a pleasing and effective design will be discussed using the Sunset Western Garden Book. Bring a copy of the Sunset Western Garden Book, if you have one. Tuesday, October 18 Caring for Fruit Trees in the Rogue Valley Rick Hilton, OSU Extension Researcher 7:00-9:00 p.m. Cost: $5/MG free Learn to select, maintain and care for fruit trees under our local conditions with proper horticultural techniques, such as pruning, fruit thinning and pest management, emphasized. The Unmanaged Apple and Pear Tree Outreach Program (UAPTOP), addressing issues arising when backyard orchards are in the vicinity of commercial pear orchards, will be discussed. MOTH Summer 2011 11 FROM PAGE 9 is infected by a naturally occurring being lazy, but the do-nothing strategy Bt. Caterpillars, when infected by Bt, is very valid in this case. Aggregations commonly head up to the tips of plants of tiger moth larvae usually feed on a when they first become sick. Why? single branch. Your tree can tolerate this Because the Bt bacteria makes the minimal damage, as unsightly as it may caterpillar do this. Pretty creepy, huh? I appear. If you can’t tolerate it, go ahead bet you didn’t know that not only is Bt and prune out the infested branch. a good natural product for killing bugs Make sure you dispose of the branch but it is also good at caterpillar mind in a way that avoids re-infestation control. Bacillus thuringiensis enters the caterpillar through (in other words, the mouth during pon close inspection, don’t lay the pruned feeding. A toxin this caterpillar is a branch underneath produced by Bt the tree!). Rarely do black, mushy-gushy, oozy reacts with the silver-spotted tiger mess… caterpillar’s gut moths kill trees but lining, allowing the bacteria access we have seen pictures this year showing an unnerving amount of damage to to the caterpillar’s body cavity. Once inside the blood, the Bt bacteria small arborvitae hedges. Silver-spotted tiger moth larvae reproduce rapidly and turn that poor have a multitude of natural enemies. caterpillar into mush. Before the Many parasitic flies and wasps attack caterpillar turns to mush, somehow these larvae and their pupae. Small the bacteria influences the caterpillar to birds, like chickadees and sparrows, seek out the higher parts of the plant. love to feast on the easy prey. Bacillus When this happens and the caterpillar thuringiensis (commonly known as Bt) is liquefied, the juices ooze out of the is another good natural control for caterpillar and down to lower leaves and stems. Along with the putrid ooze silver-spotted tiger moths. Remember that caterpillar are the bacteria and they hope that outside my window I was talking to another caterpillar will come along you about? Well, it’s been quite a few and chew the foliage that they just days since I first noticed it and it hasn’t dripped onto! This is one of the ways moved since. It is sitting at the very Bt naturally disperses. Pretty smart for tip of the new growth of our fir tree a single cell. Todd Murray • 509-427-3931 fully exposed to its natural enemies Washington State University and no one has touched it! Upon close Skamana County Extension inspection, this caterpillar is a black, tamurray@coopext.cahe.wsu.edu mushy-gushy, oozy mess because it want to start building a reputation for U How to keep your hanging baskets blooming into the fall By JuDy sCott There is a fee of $10.00 per Saturday class and a $5.00 per Weekday class (unless indicated otherwise). Master Gardeners wearing their badges are admitted free (materials fees still apply). The classes are held at the OSU Extension Center located at 569 Hanley Road, Central Point, Oregon. For questions and/ or registration, please call 541-776-7371. To learn more about J.C.M.G.A. go to: http:/ /extension.orst.edu/sorec/ gardening. The Master Gardener Program educates local gardeners on the art and science of growing and caring for plants. Trained Master Gardener volunteers extend sustainable gardening information to their communities through educational outreach programs. Summer is the time to enjoy hanging baskets of flowers. Fuchsias, geraniums, petunias, impatiens and tuberous begonias grow beautifully in hanging baskets and graciously spill their color over the sides. With a little care, they’ll bloom for you all through the summer and into the fall, according to Ross Penhallegon, horticulturist with the Oregon State University Extension Service. “Remember that plants in hanging baskets depend totally on you to give them what they need to grow and to stay healthy,” Penhallegon said. First, hang them in the right place. Fuchsias and tuberous begonias like shade, or partial shade. Petunias and geraniums flourish in full sun, and impatiens prefer a cool, partially sunlit location. “Then make sure they are out of the wind and that the baskets are on a watering schedule so they will not dry out,” Penhallegon recommends. “Remember to feed and water the baskets regularly.” It is best to water at least once a day during most of the growing season, and perhaps twice during the hottest days. Check moisture in the hanging basket simply by poking your finger deep into the middle of the pot. If the soil feels dry, add enough water to dampen all the soil and drip out of the bottom of the basket. Add any well-balanced soluble fertilizer, such as 5-10-5, or a good organic fertilizer, such as compost tea, at least once a week to the water to keep new flowers and foliage coming. To increase the life and blooming time of your hanging plants, remove blooms after they begin to fade. If you prune the vine, the cut will create a new vine or branch to grow and produce flowers. With care and good pruning, baskets will produce flowers until frost. Judy Scott • 541-737-1386 judy.scott@oregonstate.edu Source: Ross Penhallegon 541-344-1709 ross.penhallegon@oregonstate.edu About Garden News from OSU Extension Service: The Extension Se r v i c e G a rd e n i n g w e b p a g e , http://extension.oregonstate.edu/ gardening/, links to a broad spectrum of information on Oregon gardening, such as tips, monthly calendars, how- to publications, audio programs, the Master Gardener program and “Northwest Gardeners e-News.” Reprinted with permission from the author.