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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Whole Lot of Nurdles Going On (for the Week of May 17, 2009)
Knebusch of OARDC and OSU Extension. For details, to ask Twig a question, and/or to receive the column free ... "Plastic Resin Pellets as a Transport Medium for Toxic Chemicals in the Marine Environment" by a team ... Walkingstick" is a weekly feature for children (ages 9+; 4th grade reading level) about science, nature, farming ...
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Sept. 1: See OSU’s Latest Organic Farming Research
is free. For more information, contact Kathy Bielek at 330-202-3528 or bielek.4@osu.edu. Six ... science-based information to Ohio’s organic farmers. The program is part of OARDC, which is the research arm of ...
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Organic Mulches May Restore Fertility of Degraded Soils
by trying to determine if organic mulches can create the same cascade of effects in subsoil. "We ... think certain mulches have the potential to function as organic fertilizers and pesticides in highly ... carbon-nitrogen ratio, meaning that enough nutrients exist in the mulch to support the needs of both plants and ...
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Raspberry Cultivars Vary in Nutrient/Cancer-Fighting Components
For example, in comparison to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Nutrient Database, freeze-dried ... March 26, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio- Red raspberry cultivars have been found to contain varying levels ... of nutrient components and antioxidants, opening the doors to grow and market fruits that pack the ...
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'Whiz Bang Science Show' Is Thursday (6/10) in Secrest Arboretum
Daveââ¬Â Lohnes of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), is free for kids of all ... show aims to ââ¬Åexcite kids and spark a deep interest in science.ââ¬Â Find Secrest Arboretum on ... miles from the main campus entrance. Call 330-464-2148 or 330-263-3700 for more information or in case ...
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June 15: Summer Pruning Workshop in Secrest Arboretum
June 9, 2011 WOOSTER, Ohio-- What’s the best way to make the cut? Find out in Secrest Arboretum’s ... summertime pruning of trees and shrubs. Registration costs $50 per person and is limited to 12. Call ... 330-464-2148 to register, or download and mail the registration form available at http://go.osu.edu/DaG. ...
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Wheat Crop Looking Good
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/wheat-crop-looking-good
October 28, 2010 WOOSTER, Ohio – With nearly all of Ohio's winter wheat planted, according to ... the Ohio Agricultural Statistics Service, farmers are on track for a potentially successful crop. ... could potentially lead to some disease problems in the spring due to fall establishment of some ...
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Media Advisory: Meeting Features Arsenal of Educational Tools in Insect, Disease Fight
invited to attend part, or all, of the event. For more information, contact Nancy Taylor with the C. Wayne ... Columbus. The afternoon sessions will move to Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, on Ohio State's College ... Extension/Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center plant pathologist. • 11 a.m.: Using Phenology to ...
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Insect Pest Not So Pesky
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/insect-pest-not-so-pesky
considerable damage the insect can do to strawberry plants, entomologists have found that the strawberry bud ... weevil, commonly known as the clipper, restricts its range along a field's edge, making it easier to ... found that the damage the insect does to a bud may contribute to an increase in the size of the fruit ...
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Outreach and Engagement Forum
https://extension.osu.edu/events/outreach-and-engagement-forum
with members of our local, national and international communities. The Forum is free to attend and open ... to the public. ...