Oregon
Effects of Oregon’s odd spring are coming into play now: Ask an expert
Gardening season is underway, and you might have questions. For solutions, flip to Ask an Skilled, a web-based question-and-answer instrument from Oregon State College’s Extension Service. OSU Extension college and Grasp Gardeners reply to queries inside two enterprise days, normally much less. To ask a query, merely go to the OSU Extension web site, kind it in and embody the county the place you reside. Listed here are some questions requested by different gardeners. What’s yours?
Q: After years of abundance on our apple bushes, this 12 months we now have a mass of thick leaves, however no fruit set. Is that this county/statewide? If sure, is there something a house gardener can do to assist (hoping for a particular reply not simply that that is occurring due to local weather change)? Additionally, why are gardeners everywhere in the state reporting that they aren’t seeing butterflies, bees and birds this 12 months? Are all of those occasions additionally affecting industrial agriculture? – Polk County