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Using Manure as Fertilizer? Learn More at the Manure Expo July 9
for alternatives to high-priced commercial fertilizers, and an event spearheaded by five land-grant ... (614) 292-6625 combs.155@osu.edu LONDON, Ohio-- Manure application may be an option for growers looking ... can look forward to include: calculating the value of manure nutrients; the benefits of proper ...
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Strip Tillage An Option For Corn Growers
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/strip-tillage-option-corn-growers
October 17, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio- Corn growers considering fall tillage to alleviate soil ... compaction may find strip tillage a viable alternative to conventional tillage. Randall Reeder, an Ohio State ... untouched. The result is planting strips that produce conditions similar to a conventionally tilled field, ...
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Grow Fruits and Vegetables Anywhere With a Compost Sock
be a way for communities to promote urban gardening, support local foods, and encourage healthier ... potentially new technology that could make fruits and vegetables accessible to anyone, anywhere. Researchers ... are using a compost sock system as a growth medium and comparing the cropââ¬â¢s performance to ...
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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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'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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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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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 ...