2007 Volume 14 Issue 1

6

7 :

7 8

* 5 9

7 ,

#$

$

$

-$

+

'

%" " % )

,

$

$

& ' ( $ * +

)

$

"

+

. +

$

$

.

$ "+ "

". + $

". $

7

+

$

$" '

."

.

+

"

" $

.

$

$ $ '

:

: ;

" "#$

: %

*

"

$

-

$

$" +

+ $

$ $ +

$

+

$ $

:

+ + $ !

+

"

78 $

" "#$

2 + 34 + 3 5 /0 0 1

(

; '

$

$

<

+

:9

7

+

" $: . /0 0 1

$

( +

!" # 5$

"

''

$

+

'' " 7

. " . $.+

;+ $ +

$+ " $

" + : 5$ " $

$

$ $ "

" " 7

7 . $

.

$

: + "

''

+

"

$ $ $

$ ? =;

:

"

7 + "$

$ .

$

" >

$" "

+ $

$

"+ $ + = "+ $ + ' = A A ::: >= + " = + = ' =

+ 7 . " . $.+

7 " $ "

@ @

$ =5 7

" $

"

7

. "

" '

$ 7

. .

' 30

$

%

& ' ( $

+

)

$

" "

7 " 7$

$

''

'' @"

:

$6

6

"$ 8

:

$ :

" /0 0D ! +, ,,+ !

-./.. + ' 2

"/E / 3E / 0 01 "8 $

.

F/ 0 0 4

G

%

H3 I:3 I: $

'

!

HI 1 07 4/ 3 :0 0 2

$:

;

"$

;

$

$

7 7 " " '

+

! ; '

*

& '$

:

B3

"

"$

'

7 $

*

+

TCA Hours: As of 2/21/2007 7000

6000

!

5753.8

3CCB. /00D

5185.15

5000

4883.45

5020.05

4549.5 4000

4089.2

Hours

3858.2 3559.25

TCA Hours 3235.5

3000 2368.5

2539.35

2000

1000

1110 861.5

847.5

0 1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

Year

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

0

1

*

2

'

3

%

'

‘Iwantmoreplantsitis’ common disease among gardeners Many serious gardeners share a disease called “Iwantmoreplantsitis.” This disease essentially means that, regardless of how many plants a garden already has, many serious gardeners want to plant more.

A common symptom of Iwantmoreplantsitis disease is garden beds

2 'F

G

+

that are crowded and simply don’t have open spaces for additional plants.

F

G

+

.

$ :

This is stressful for the gardener because THEY WANT MORE PLANTS! I have a solution for Iwantmoreplantsitis sufferers: Vines!

The remarkable trait of vines is that they don’t take up much horizontal space because they are able to grow vertically!

So, if you suffer from Iwantmoreplantsitis and have overlooked vertical-growing vines in your garden, here are some ideas to help you “grow up.”

This year I planted a seed packet of vining annual flower seeds beneath a four-pole teepee trellis that I built using young oak-tree trunks. The

)

trellis stands about 12 ft. tall. The seed mix included morning glories, scar-

'* '

Iwantmoreplantsitisians (people inflicted with Iwantmoreplantsitis) because

:

open space. Of course, if there are more than one of you in your household, and the other person(s) handles the task of mowing the lawn, you may want to discuss this trellis/vine idea before you actually begin cutting down young oak trees and constructing a teepee trellis.

Another space-saving vine that can be added to crowded gardens is Ampelopsis brevipedunculata, or porcelain berry vine. I have this woody vine growing on the side of my garage and haven’t done any care or maintenance on it for years. It just keeps performing year after year in its vertical space, producing delightful turquoise-colored berries each autumn.

'

.

7 ' .

let runner beans and several other vines. This trellis/vine idea is good for the trellis can be put out in the middle of the lawn where there is plenty of

'7

!6 ' ! $" " :

+ '

:

0

1

*

)3

One recent night when my Iwantmoreplantsitis disease caused me to lay awake pondering more plants, I began thinking about a trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) that I planted many years ago in the wrong place. My trumpet vine grows in deep shade at the base of an arbor that is smothered with honeysuckle vine and Virginia creeper.

My trumpet vine leafs out each summer and grows a few feet of new growth but it needs a new location in sunlight for it to perform and bloom like it should. I intend to move the vine to a sunnier spot and then build some sort of trellis structure to support its vertical growth. Trumpet vine has bright green fern-like foliage that forms a lacy backdrop for trumpet-shaped red or yellow flowers. +'

F

G

Vines grow by sending out many long, flexible stems. Vines have several different adaptations to help them climb. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It' s important to know how a particular vine climbs so that you can provide the right support structure in the landscape,â&#x20AC;? explains Nancy Rose, University of Minnesota extension horticulturist.

Stem twining is probably the most common adaptation for climbing, according to Rose. As the stem tips grow they actually move in a circular pattern, seeking out a support such as a branch or wire. Vigorously twining vines like honeysuckle or bittersweet can wrap around

$ ' "2 F

large supports such as posts, but smaller twiners such as cup-and-

$"

saucer vine need more slender supports like string or wire.

' G:

Some vines are adapted to climbing straight up flat surfaces with the aid of either sticky holdfasts or aerial rootlets. Virginia creeper and Boston ivy have branched tendrils ending in sticky disks that act like suction cups, cementing themselves to vertical surfaces so the vine can climb farther up.

One of the things I appreciate about vines is their unpredictability.

Trees grow six inches or a foot a year, while vegetables and perennials grow the same height each summer and produce a pleasing crop of fruit or flowers. With vines, however, you never really know what theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re go-

0

1

*

)3

ing to do. Some vines grow as much as 20 feet in one season.

About six weeks ago I noticed a couple of plants in the melon family growing out of mulch beneath two shrubs. I didn’t know if the plants were pumpkins, cucumbers or squash. Turns out the vines are ornamental gourds. I have no idea where the seeds came from.

The gourd vines are now totally covering the weigela shrubs and are producing a bumper crop of striped yellow gourds.

Of course, not all vines are welcome in the garden. I have a love/hate relationship with Virginia creeper vine. Also called woodbine, this rambling vine grows in shade or sun, up trees, or as a solid groundcover. I pull it out of garden beds but let it have its way beneath the trees.

Grapevine is not welcome in my yard and trees. I’ve dug out some grapevine roots that measured more than 3 inches in diameter.

If you want to consider adding vines to your space, an excellent overview of vines for Minnesota can be viewed at this University of Minnesota extension website: http://www.extension.umn.edu/projects/yardandgarden/ ygbriefs/h447vines-livscrn.html

### More than 200 previous Putting Down Roots columns can be viewed at Cliff Johnson’s website: www.puttingdownroots.net. The Master Gardener program is a part of the University of Minnesota Extension Service. For more information, or to ask a gardening question, call 952-442-4496.

! '

"2 +

$

!

" $

+ $$ :

:

+'

Officials keep eye out for ash tree bug in N.D., Minn.

The Fargo Forum February 28, 2007

By Andrea Domaskin

Homeowners and cities once relied on the sturdy ash as a replacement for trees felled by Dutch elm disease.

Now ash trees face an epidemic of their own.

Local foresters say the emerald ash borer – a devastating beetle so far found in five states to the east – could eventually spread to area ash trees.

They just don’t know when.

“What we do know is when it gets here, the effects are going to be pretty overwhelming,” said Michael Kangas, a forest health specialist for the North Dakota Forest Service. He’s based at North Dakota State University.

West Fargo and Fargo have taken ash off the list of trees that may be planted on boulevards, city foresters for both jurisdictions said. Moorhead

(+

$

.(

hasn’t officially taken the tree off its list, but it issues a disclaimer about the insect, city forester Rod Eggiman said.

Fargo’s Forestry Department is taking further steps, including implementing a program to replace ash trees that appear to be declining, City Forester Scott Liudahl said. The department is also working on a plan in case the pest does arrive.

“It kind of lays out the details of what we’ll be doing, who’s going to be involved, things like that,” he said.

An adult emerald ash borer can move about a mile or two by itself, said Rick Abrahamson, Clay County extension educator for the University of Minne-

( ; % ! ) ' ;

" But the insect can also spread when people move infected ash wood.

'$ ' '

sota Extension.

:

“We’re saying don’t move firewood,” Abrahamson said. “Use firewood that’s locally purchased.”

$ '

The emerald ash borer is troublesome for several reasons.

$8 ' +

" (

6' 8 $ : ) + $' !

E E

"!

One is that it does not discriminate.

“Unlike native ash boring pests, this one seems to kill any ash tree regardless of whether it’s healthy, weakened,” Kangas said.

:+ : E While Dutch elm disease affects the American elm more than other kinds of E E " :$+ :+ :

elm tree, the emerald ash borer affects all kinds of ash, said Yvette Gherke,

Officials keep eye out … Continued West Fargo’s city forester.

NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this information for research and educational purposes.

The adult insects nibble on the tree foliage and do little damage. Larvae, however, feed on the trees’ inner bark and prevent the tree from transporting water and nutrients.

Emerald ash borers were discovered in Detroit in 2002, and so far have killed more than 25 million trees, Kangas said.

When officials find infestations, they generally create quarantines that prevent people from transporting infested trees to other areas.

But the problem is already there.

“By the time we realize we’ve got the emerald ash borer, we’re already way behind the ash borer, so to speak,” Abrahamson said. “That’s what happened in Michigan. The insects had been there for several years before somebody found them.”

Minnesota conducts tests to see whether the ash borer has arrived, and so far traps haven’t shown evidence of the insect.

“But it is still possible that there may be some,” Abrahamson said.

8

, '$'

"

".

"$ $

:

'$ + .

'

$

" "

$

:

$ :!8 ' +

"

,

7$ + $ $ J: : 8 $

F/ 0 0/ G7

%$ F/ 0 0BG7 8 F/0 0 B7 /0 0 DG7 ;

F/ 0 04 G7

;

F/0 0DG:-

8 ' +

" :

$

,,.1

; "

+ '' $

4 3

.

' #

4 A

$

$

.

$ $

$

$ $ :::

3'!3

/ &

Bronze Club

Silver Club

(100-199 hours)

(200-299 Hours)

Ballentine, Diane Barker, Anna Batzer, Harold Bode, Marcella Brody, Stephanie Carroll, Doris Cordie, Linda Couture, Paul Davies, Kathleen Drolson, Laurie Fisk, Sharon Gilligan, Lee Goehring, Cindy Goodfellow-Hayer, Terri Griffin, Gail Hardy, Roxanne Hjellming, Jean Karsell, Kay M. Keleher, Lou Ann Klessig, Lynn A. Loyd, Shannon Matiski, Cindy McKay, Marilyn Oslund, Michael Overom, Jackie Pieper, Herbert A. Reeves, Ronald Schmidtke, Lu Schneider, Gary Spedalier, Elizabeth Stendahl, Barbara Sullivan, Kim Urberg, Kathy Whipple, Barbara Young, June Zastera, James W.

Anderson, Grace Bolander, Diana Eberlein, Frances Erdman, Janet Friederichs, Pat Hanson, Gordon Hueser, Charles Johnson, Holly Koetter, Rebecca Kuechle, Deb Ludwig, Heide Nellis, Joyce O'Reilly, John Pedersen, Dorothy Peterson, Leah Pollock, Kathy Saltvold, Jane Williams, Winnie

Gold Club

!

/

1

Platinum Club

(Greater than 500 hours) Akins, Sherry Augustson, Polly Banks, Warren Bjerke, Nancy Condon, Robert ** Dingfelder, Carolyn ** Filson, Esther ** Gates, Patti Lee Granos, Bruce Hambleton, Glen Harlan, Barbara Herbst, Gordon H. * Hottinger, Mimi ** Johnson, Cliff Kirchner, Ken Kirchner, Margaret Kirkpatrick, Barb

(300-499)

Larson, Janet

Bonnet, Kathleen Crea, Diane Denman, Paula Kari, Claire Keyport, Georgiann Klein, Jane Leschisin, Barbara McDonough, Betsy Paulson, David Vernon, Lynn Wagner, Vera Wedekind, Tim Wright, Robert

Lundgren, Maureen Nelson, Jim ** Nystrom, Rita ** Rither, Skip ** Stromme, Lorrie ** 1000+ Club * Close to the 1000 hr. mark Bolded names are new to the respective clubs.

STSC Reduced Registration Rates for Active Members Platinum Level : $0 - Free!

Silver Level: $66.00.

Gold Level: $33.00.

Bronze Level: $99.00.

*

,,.

It is that time of year again – introduction of the 2007 Minnesota Tree Care Advisor participants. Typically, I use the term rookies or newbies but I don’t exactly feel comfortable referring to this group of TCAs as rookies.

Yes, technically they are rookies within the TCA program, but in the realm of the green sciences or industries we have a pretty solid crew of seasoned veterans in the mix.

Gary Wyatt, TCA and Regional Extension Educator, and Gordon Herbst, veteran TCA, are hosting a session in Saint Peter on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus within the confines of the Linnaeus Arboretum. Gary Johnson and Dave Hanson each have the opportunity to spend a day with the Saint Peter crew. Saint Peter Core Course participants…

Cindy Cameron

Cindy Johnson

Ruth Peterson

Glennda Hedlund

Rebecca Krenik

Helen Sjostrom

Kay Helms

Cheri Lein

Jackie Smith

Donna Herman

Harriet Mason

Jerry Tilden

Meanwhile, back in Saint Paul we are holding the 14th annual TCA core course. Saint Paul Core Course participants: Bruce W. Allen

Corinne Johnson

Janet McDaniel

Woodrow Carlstedt

Rebecca Ann Johnson

Leslie Modrack

Mary Courteau

John Larsen

Mary Montagne

Marianne Diericks

Cathy LeVahn

Diane Patras

Anne Engel

Christine Loppnow

Michael Porcaro

Pam Gubrud

Pat Mack

Marty Strong

Maynard Hughes

Larry Marquette

Carol Strong

Sandra Hunegs

Paul Thompson

This course is being handled by Gary Johnson and Dave Hanson with special guests Dave Simmons: Nursery Inspector with Minnesota Department of Agriculture, Tessa Pinkstaff: Great River Greening, Barb Spears: Tree Trust and Don Mueller: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

As in the past, these new tree-huggers (MN TCAs) will be ready to help the urban forests of Minnesota …

Let’s welcome the newest TCAs and give them a hand!

!" #) 3 $ "

'$ "

"

"

" : ) $,

:

$ +' $' $

7

$

5

+

+ $+

"

$

K

:-8 $ + $

"

7 " ')

7

++

7 + $+

"

$ $ $

'"

"

+ $'

;

$$ ' +

$" +

$ :

$ K $

"

$

'

.'

7

"

'

' "+ :

$

+

$ '

!L "

" 7

7 $' +

'

G: )

+'

'

"

+

?

:

:

G

+'

"

K

+'

'

$

$ "

$ +

$ " 7 "

$ $

+ $

'.

+':

+':

$

& '6 ( 8

'

'

7

$

$+

"$ M

$ 7" +

+' :

$

$ ''

" :

$

"

+

9

$ +

$ :

$+

, J- $' :

+' "+

"+

+' F

$ ', 2- $'

:

$ '' M+

"

+'

$

'

G $ $$

:

$$

B

"

' '

$

+

+'

$ +'

$

+' $

L

$

.

7

'

" :

+' . "

G )

7 9

B.

F

$

" "

"$

9

" "

" " 7$

': "

$

"

+' F

+' F

7$

" .

7 +

$

7

+' F : 9+

:

$

"

)

:

" $ '.

$

$ '

$

.

$ "

+'

$'

"

+'

+

"

K $

"$

"

'

:

+

L .

'

$ . .$ :

;

!8

7

N

$

$ $. $7

!" #) 3 +

$, 2- $'

:'

"

" 7 +

:

$"

:

7

''

8

: $"

' '

+

$

$ +

" " .

+

+

'

"+

K J. $' 7

7 $ .

' 7" : :

+ +'

9'

+

+'

&

'

$

$

$

+':

' +

"$

F

$ ''

"$

" '

$ $

'

$

" 7" 7

$ :

$

$

: '

+

$

$

' 9

'

$B

$+

$ $

M

7'

$ $

$

" "

+

:

$ $ $ "

+'

$

"

" /

: ;$ $

$

+'

'

"$ '

+

:

"

LG "

'" + $ + . '

"D0.I0"

7

+' "$

"

"

'6

( 8 "$

$ $

+

$

" + ' F "G +' F

$G:

7 7$ .

: :'

+

:

$"

+

:

$

+

+

+':

+

"

+'

"

"

$+' +M $

"

$

$

+

+' +

' >

$

"

'

' + $

$ '

' +'

"

" 7$

8

: + +'

7 :

+'

+ 7$ $ +M: '

$

+ .

$ +'

" " :

"

$

$' + $

$$ $ $

$.

:

"+ ' 7 $ $

$

' DL" :

+'

$

'

$ $

+ >

$

$ 7; $

+'

+ ' ''

7" + ':

+': +

' + 7 " $

+':

"

M

+' 7'

"

'

$'

: :

3 0 6

0

;

3

!

KC L/.IC0.3//I

3 #$

8 33L6

K D3/.D/L.B1DL K D3/.D/4.3//D !

7 3LB0

$ :

O: + : O +:

+ K D3/.BBI.3I13 @

$7 :

6

78 LL30I

'<= < 8 KD L3.4I0.110D 5 $ 7K 1DB.1D1.BIBD 6 5 7L0 1.BIC.IB/L O +:

:@

8+

K L01.BII.4IBI

@ 8

. D3/.1/3./D1/7

8

K CL/.4/B.L/337

@

$ +

'* 5

*

%+ +

!

K DL3.4D4.CI/C

3

3

>&

$. DL3.11C.04B1 . DL3.4LL.D3/L

3

+ F;".JG K D3/.D/4.B/DB $0 0/O + :

8 &

3 F# + $G . C L/.4DD.LB0C + $L3LO + : F $G K CL/.4DB.I00/ 004O + : K L01./IL.I/L0 K DL3.111.I3LD F# + $G . FCL/G 4C/.L430 + $L3LO + : F % G K /3I.1/D.1L3/

7 :+

) O

:

KD L3.11/.D34I :+ :

+ 7 ) :$ + O

:

KD L3./CD.C330 :+ :

5

8 :5

6

6

% K DL3./I4.B1CB O : :+ : K DL3.DDL.CL00 K DL 3.D44.LI00

$

$ . * $! @ ."

G:

" F ;

8 "

# ." ' "

' @ F

"!

$ $ " ' G

@

8

!

'

F

G

@

$!

F

$

7 !

!

G 7 #

/00 D