Rufus weather

Weather update

Robin Rosetta [robin.rosetta@oregonstate.edu]

Rufus at the WxCafe® gives us a dry, warm weekend 

but sultry weather is ahead. Robin

Friday May 8

Now dry, mild-to-warm weekend, with lower than average

 humidity east of the Cascades. Sunday night should bring 

in showers from the west.

Next week continues to trend towards moisture and cooler 

temps early in the week.

The weekend of May 16,17 will be drying out from the system 

noted above. It will take until Sunday for eastern basins to get 

out from under the showers/thunderstorms.

You can tell, there is a shift of timing, but overall, the month of 

May still has the potential for higher humidity - "the muggies" - 

and elevated plant disease pressure.

-Rufus      http://ovs.com/wx-cafe

Insects - black cut worm

Black cut worm populations have increased over the
 past week. for more good insect info go to:  http://aptgroup.hort.oregonstate.edu/content/vegnet-regional-pest-trends-week-may-4th-2015

More good weather

May is looking really good, almost.
Temps ranging from highs of 81 down to 43 during the
early AM's.  The 80 degree days followed by 43 degrees
may send the cole or cool season crops into seeding and
 what is called bolting.  We may need to replant the cole
crops after they start to bolt or just keep them for seed.
Three days of nice sunny weather and then a week of
cloudy, 20% chance of rain.  Moisture is good
but again this will increase the need to protect apples, pears,
Asian pears from scab as the temp will be above 60 degrees
and moisture mean scab.

Spring - summer all at once

Temps still in the great range.  Lows around 38-42 so
 no worry of frost or damage to the warm season veggies.
It is after May 1st so we typically are planting all of the
warm season veggies.

38-40, for the evenings and early AM's - still a bit cold for
 the really warm season - peppers, tomatoes, okra, plant,
basil,  cucumbers.

Late blooming tree fruits doing very well.
Berries seem to be doing well also and way ahead of
schedule but they seem to be slowing down at bit with
 the warmer weather.

Moist and 60 = apple and pear scab

Moist and 60 = apple and pear scab over the next
week.  lows int he 38-44 which is getting chilly;
 and highs about 57-73 with occasional rain, off
and on for several days.  /this means apple and pear
scab each day the temp is above 60 degrees.

Warm season crops may need walls of water or milk
 jugs full of water to fend off the cool weather.

Grass still growing very crazy, but it always does in the spring time.

Watch for rust on garlic and onions.

Watch for the red slim on coastal cedar trees.

Now what?

Looks like another 10 days of really good weather.
Be aware that it is still April for one more day.
Temps range on a high of 63-71 and lows of 40-45,
so no worry as of this time.  One concern is that with
 temps in the 70's, the soil may dry out pretty quickly
unless we have mulch.

Tree fruits and berries  - all doing great.  Just watch to see
 how the berries will develop after the early cold period.

The last rainy weather = means apple and pear scab,
especially since the temps were above 60 degrees.

Put up pheromone traps for the codling moth in apples
and pears as the first flight should be upon us soon.

4-28-2015

Rain for bit longer, then nice weather, 43
 lows and highs of around 77 degrees for at
least a week.

Plant away.

Turning out to be a great spring.