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Attributes and Considerations for the Use of Cereal Rye as a Cover Crop
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0168
nutrients, reduce excess soil moisture and runoff over the winter months, serve as a weed control method, and ... soil, and increased resilience during times of weather extremes. Nutrient Cycling Many cover crops take ... the nutrients from the plant tissue are fully broken down and returned to the soil. If the C:N ratio ...
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Growth, Harvest, and Serving of Jerusalem Artichoke (Sunchoke)
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0167
stunted growth. If needed, supplement the plant with additional fertilizer to give an extra nutrient ... ANR-0167 Agriculture and Natural Resources 02/24/2025 Samaneh Tajik, Postdoctoral Researcher ... (Sennoi & Puttha, 2021). Growing conditions. Soil composition and cultivation practices can affect ...
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Maximizing Forage Quality Through Targeted Grazing of Native Warm-Season Grasses
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adapted to low-fertility soils and produce large amounts of forage mass without fertilization. However, to ... improve nutritive value and promote faster regrowth, fertilization is recommended based on soil tests for ... crude protein level (Bisangwa et al., 2024). During our study, fertilization rates were the same for ...
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Crop Tree Management: A Tool to Help You Achieve Your Woodland Goals
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-0050
their woodlands and more can be enhanced through crop tree management. Crop trees are trees that provide ... light, water, and nutrients is often severe and can result in slow growth or even the death of the most ... a woodland under crop-tree management, crop trees do not experience excessive competition because ...
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Teff for Forage Production
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results. Fertilizing Test the soil and then apply phosphate and potash per recommendations. The adequate ... soil pH for teff grass is 6.0 to 6.5. Nitrogen fertilizer should be applied at planting at an estimated ... or cool soil conditions. Planting should occur after the potential for frost has passed and soil ...
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Enhancing Food (Mast) Production for Woodland Wildlife in Ohio
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-0060
Each native plant species is well adapted to a limited range of soil and climatic conditions, but ... oaks for example—pin oak and swamp white oak thrive in soils that remain saturated for much of the ... the wildlife that use the area. Native tree and shrub seedlings are available through most county Soil ...
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Growing Currants, Gooseberries, and Jostaberries in Ohio
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spacing is better for more fertile soils and more vigorous cultivars. Row spacing is typically set by the ... width of the available equipment. Fertilization Growers or gardeners should do a soil test to determine ... what their soil needs. In general, Ribes plants need to be fertilized each year in spring. A complete ...
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Giving New Life to Tired Pastures
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nutrient status and pH? What is the stand density? Define this by the percentage of bare soil and the ... germination and growth. Correcting Soil Acidity and Nutrient Status The carrying capacity of a pasture can be ... greatly affected by the forage species grown, soil fertility, and soil pH. Work in Ohio by Van Keuren ...
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Botulism: What You Don't See or Smell Can Still Hurt You
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germinate/become active. In fact, we consume spores regularly (CDCa, 2024). Spores can be found in soil all over ... for bees to pick up the C. bot spores from flowers or soil. These spores are not destroyed during the ...
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FARMS Spreadsheet
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Farm and Resource Management Spreadsheet (FARMS) Thank you for helping us evaluate and improve ... Management Education Center for the grant we received to help educate farmers and professionals, available ...