{"id":784,"date":"2013-06-04T19:44:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T02:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/wp2013\/?p=784"},"modified":"2020-09-15T06:51:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T13:51:01","slug":"garden-myths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/garden-myths\/","title":{"rendered":"June 2013 \u2013 Gardening Myths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rita.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-796\" alt=\"rita\" src=\"http:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rita-224x300.jpg\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rita-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/rita.jpg 622w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>In the informational world how do we know how to separate fact from fallacy, the wheat from the chaff? How do we take old wives&#8217; tales with a grain of salt? How do we practice a healthy dose of caveat emptor when being presented with miraculous claims by a snake oil salesman?<\/p>\n<p>The answer is to arm yourself with factual knowledge. Knowing what products and practices are truly beneficial will save you money and help to increase your success in gardening. The links below will lead you to research-based evidence by experts in the horticulture field. Under each link there is a list of the myths that are discussed so you can look at all of them or pick and choose ones that you want to know more about. \u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" title=\"Garden Myths\" href=\"http:\/\/redwoodbarn.com\/DE_gardenmyths.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/redwoodbarn.com\/DE_gardenmyths.html<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Vitamin B-1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Soil Amendments<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Summer Planting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\" title=\"Garden Beware\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coopext.colostate.edu\/4DMG\/Garden\/beware.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.coopext.colostate.edu\/4DMG\/Garden\/beware.htm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Vitamin B-1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Sulfur<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Soil Amendments<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Wound Dressings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Day Watering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.puyallup.wsu.edu\/~Linda Chalker-Scott\/Horticultural Myths_files\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">http:\/\/www.puyallup.wsu.edu\/~Linda Chalker-Scott\/Horticultural Myths_files\/index.html<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Fertilizers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">How Plants Work<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Maintaining Trees and Shrubs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Mulches<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Pesticides<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Planting Techniques<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Scientific Literacy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Soil Amendments<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/plants\/articles\/demystifying- <a href=\"http:\/\/hamrahgostar.com\/2017\/04\/15\/%d9%86%d9%88%d8%b4%d8%aa%d9%87-%d8%ac%d8%af%db%8c%d8%af\/\">garden-myths.aspx<\/a>&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221;><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">http:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/plants\/articles\/demystifying- garden-myths.aspx<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Feeding a Stressed Plant<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Wound Dressings Organic vs. Synthetic Pesticides<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Staking Trees<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Day Watering Soil Amendments<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Amounts of Fertilizers and Pesticides<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Hole Size for Tree or Shrub<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Watering Drought-Tolerant Plants\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">http:\/\/gardeningmyths.com\/2011\/04\/gardening-myth-5\/<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Roots Searching for Water<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">X Pollination of Lemons and Oranges<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Tree Pruning and Planting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Soil Amendments<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Adding Lime<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Day Watering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Wound Dressings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Chemical Fertilizers vs. Earthworms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Vitamin B-1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Clay Soils vs. Sandy Soils<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Insecticides vs. Aphids<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Tilling vs. No Tilling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 1.714285714; font-size: 1rem;\">Phosphorus<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Happy gardening!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Check back next month for the July Gardening Tip!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the informational world how do we know how to separate fact from fallacy, the wheat from the chaff? How do we take old wives&#8217; tales with a grain of salt? How do we practice a healthy dose of caveat emptor when being presented with miraculous claims by a snake oil salesman? The answer is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-garden-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=784"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8625,"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/784\/revisions\/8625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lomavistafarm.org\/lomavista\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}