Go forth and plant

Sunshine.
Mulched or cover cropped soils will still be wet. Roto till the fields and go forth and plant ASAP. More slugs and snails.
Weeds and lawn are out of control. My rain gauge had 4 inches of new rain.

Weather

Get out the water wings and boats.
No more codling moth or filbertworms yet.
Best to transplant rather than using seed for the next week.

Raspberry rust

Raspberries are coming into the Extension office with severe yellow rust on the leaves.
Pick off the infected leaves. Clean up infected leaves. In the fall prune out old stalks.
Use a good fungicide, such as lime sulfur or wettable sulfur to control the rust.

Grass

Try and keep with the mowing of grass. It is growing very fast in the cool weather.
Weeds are growing very fast. Roto till, hand weed or mulch to slow the weed population down.

BRRRRR

Another wet and cold weekend. Plantings continue between rain storms.
Codling moth emergence has slowed greatly. Be aware during the next warm spell.
Strawberries and blueberries blooming.
Some late apple blooming- long bloom time.
Start thinning peaches, pears and apples when they get nickel to quarter size.

Wet and Cold

More rain for the next few days.
No codling moths since the weather turned colder.
Cedar apple rust on apples and pears.
12 spot beetle on the move.
New batch of slugs and snails coming.

Insects and Extension

No more codling moths since it got cold.

May 18 - the levy for Extension was turned down. Very shocking. May 18-20 scrambling to determine our future. We are working very hard to look for alternative funding and housing. Being here since 1914, there is too much to loose. Keep tuned.

Codling moth control

Codling moth his out. Put pheromone traps in the upper 1/3 of the tree to monitor populations. Controls: Bt, black lights, Surround or kaolin clay, malathion. Or use small paper bags or old nylons, to cover and protect the apples/pears. More info. go to: http://uspest.org/pnw/insects, and look up apples.

Codling moth outQ

Codling moth has emerged in Albany, Scio and Eugene/Springfield due to the warm weather. The rain will slow the continued emergence.

Weekend

A great weekend to garden and farm.
Dry weather reduces the diseases that are out on the tree fruits.
Peaches - a lot of secondary peach leaf curl.
Codling moth - out or soon to be out in the lower valley.
May 15 - should be OK for warm season veges, but watch the weather forecasts.

CM and SWD

Codling moth due out this weekend.
Spotted wing Drosophila found last year: River Road, Hayden Bridge, South Hills and Springfield in large numbers.
Strawberries still 2-4 weeks out.

Pear and apple rust

There is a lot of orange rust showing up on pears and apples.
Apple and pollination looking good.

Monday

Rain - have to wait for a few more days to plant.
Watch out for slugs and snails.
Seeing lots of freeze and water damage to tomatoes in greenhouses and outside

Vote for the Lane County measures!!!!

Soil

Tilling was excellent today. It was fine but down 6 inches was still very wet.
Tree fruits look like there will be - variable this year.
Cherries - spotty.
Peaches - spotty
Plum/prune - spotty
Apples - will see soon, look OK so far before June drop.

Weekend

Most were lucky and avoided the frost.
Time to till - and plant.
Soil temp was actually - 53 degrees Tuesday.
Spittle bugs still out in fair numbers.
Wash them off or use insecticidal soaps.

FROST WARNING

May 5, 2010
The National Weather Service in Portland has issued a frost advisory for tonight. Details are below: SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY
...FROST ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT THURSDAY FOR THE
SOUTH WILLAMETTE VALLEY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PORTLAND HAS ISSUED A FROST
ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 AM TO 8 AM PDT THURSDAY.

* TIMING: LATE TONIGHT INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
* TEMPERATURE: LOWS DIPPING INTO THE LOWER TO MIDDLE 30S.
* LOCATIONS INCLUDE: EUGENE...CORVALLIS...ALBANY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FROST ADVISORY MEANS THAT FROST IS POSSIBLE. SENSITIVE OUTDOOR PLANTS MAY BE KILLED IF LEFT UNCOVERED.

To Does

Plant dahlias, glads and begonias.
Fertilize bushes and trees, especially rhodies and azaleas.
Plant cole crops as soil dries. Figure mid May for war rm season plants. Seeing a lot of tomato cold damage.

To Does

Check for spittle bugs on strawberries and annuals.
Use floating row covers for bugs...Remay.
Control slugs and snails.
Soils still wet in some areas.

High winds

SPECIAL SUNDAY EVENING STATEMENT... STRONG WINDS (>35 mph) are now possible for NW Washington and northern end of Willamette Valley over the next 24 hrs. Rapidly forming storm center will deepen and push strong winds and HEAVY RAIN into NW Washington. Snow levels will also plummet overnight.
-Rufus http://www.ovs.com/weather_cafe.htm