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Note: This article is part of the Growing Knowledge series in Digger magazine. This series is provided by Oregon State University in collaboration with the United States Department of Agriculture and in partnership with the Oregon Association of Nurseries.

Better-bred berries for the retail market

By Chad Finn — Posted April 1, 2016

Researchers recommend new and improved varieties of blackberries, raspberries, strawberries and blueberries to re-energize the Northwest’s small fruits industry.

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, Plants

A biological introduction to cyanobacterial mats

By Luisa Santamaria — Posted March 1, 2016

Get the facts on the slimy green growth that plagues
nursery container yards.

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University

Soil solarization in container nurseries and field production

By Jennifer Parke — Posted February 1, 2016

Discover this hot tool for managing diseases and weeds in container nurseries and field production.

Filed Under: Charcoal Rot, Fusarium Root Rot, Growing Knowledge, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Root Rots, Verticillium Root Rot, Weeds Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University

A tale of two lilacs: Part I — Syringa

By Jason Lattier — Posted January 5, 2016

Among the six series of lilacs, two clades are as different as they are important to the horticulture industry — Syringa and Pubescentes.

Filed Under: Blights, Growing Knowledge, Plant Diseases, Plant Pests and Diseases Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, Plants

Living in the land of mosses

By Bruce McCune — Posted December 1, 2015

Learn all about one of the Pacific Northwest’s most opportunistic plants

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, Plants

Managing for brown marmorated stink bug

By Nik Wiman — Posted November 1, 2015

This costly and annoying pest has few barriers to its growth in Oregon

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, Plants

Tough growing in Oregon’s high desert

By Amy Jo Detweiler — Posted October 1, 2015

Care must be taken to choose plants that can adapt to frosty mornings, scorching afternoons and sterile soils

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, Plants

Gardening on the go

By Brooke Edmunds — Posted September 11, 2015

New mobile app developed by OSU helps pick plants for a fire-resistant landscape

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University, Plants

Promoting natives in the garden

By Linda K. Hardison — Posted August 1, 2015

The Oregon Flora Project educates growers and gardeners alike through books, interactive workshops and its website

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Oregon State University

Soilborne diseases of nursery crops

By Jerry Weiland — Posted July 1, 2015

USDA-ARS and OSU team up to tackle this pernicious problem

Filed Under: Growing Knowledge, Phytophthora, Plant Pests and Diseases, Pythium Root Rot, Root Rots, Verticillium Root Rot Tagged With: Digger, Digger magazine, Pests and Diseases

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