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Efficient Lawn Care Practices to Help Protect Ohio’s Waterways
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5812
products. Read the label before purchasing lawn fertilizers to ensure they contain the nutrients the soil ... algae and water quality. Fertilizer nutrients are especially harmful. Ohio needs everyone’s help to ... minimized by reducing excessive nutrients in the water. Just as fertilizers aid the growth of grass and ...
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Nutrient Management of Forage Crops Intended for Hay
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0109
hay fertility livestock nutrient management grass legume soil testing Agriculture and Natural ... Nutrient management of grass, legume, or mixed legume grass hay crops begins with soil testing for pH and ... sample year to the next, allowing farmers to track soil fertility changes based on management practices. ...
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The Organic Certification Process for Farms
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/sag-0003
Manager; Organic Food and Farming Education and Research Program; Food, Agricultural, and Environmental ... biodiversity, and soil health. Organic farms do not use synthetic chemical inputs such as mineral fertilizers ... horticultural crops. Soil health and fertility are addressed with natural sources of organic matter and soil ...
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Phosphorus Nutrient Management for Yield and Reduced P Loss at Edge of Field
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-509
(i.e., blind inlets) to reduce soil and nutrient losses. No application of P containing fertilizer or ... Professor and State Specialist in Soil Fertility, School of Environment and Natural Resources, The Ohio ... organic (i.e., manure, biosolids, compost) nutrient sources to frozen or snow-covered soil unless applied ...
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Choosing a Laboratory for Nutrient and Soil Health Testing
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0107
optimize their nutrient management plans. Implementing recommendations based on soil test data prevents ... Crops and Livestock soil testing soil health nutrient laboratory nutrient management ohio Agriculture ... Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences; The Ohio State University Steve Culman; Soil Fertility ...
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Understanding How Soil Test Phosphorus Impacts Water Quality
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0111
efotg.sc.egov.usda.gov/api/CPSFile/31435/590_OH_OTH_Nutrient_Management_Assesing_Nutrient_Loss_b. Wang, Y. T., Zhang T. Q., O'Halloran I. P., Tan C. S., Hu Q. C. & Reid D. K. (2011). Soil ... practices beyond 4R nutrient management (right source, right rate, right time, and right place) may be ... for subsurface drainage between 112 to 200 ppm (Table 1). Guidelines for nutrient management planning ...
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Interpreting a Soil Test Report
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-0514
they provide in order to make better nutrient management decisions on your farm. Some soil test report ... and Livestock fertilizer soil fertility soil test soil test report soil nutrients laboratory nutrient ... formats differ, any standard soil test report has the critical information needed to make a nutrient ...
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Inoculants and Soil Amendments for Organic Growers
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/SAG-17
biocontrol agents) also are available to improve soil nutrients for plants and to reduce disease pressure. In ... management plan. Fertilizer The amount and type of fertilizer required for efficient organic farming are ... mainly dependent on soil fertility at the time of planting and the types of cash crops being grown. To ...
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Managing Corn in Response to Severe Storms and Short-Term Weather Stressors
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0151
as responses after occurrence (e.g., fertilizer management, remedial product applications, crop ... (KSU, n.d.). Management decisions to lessen the negative yield impacts from short-term severe weather ... plants can occur at temperatures below 46 F. Colder soil temperatures also result in more calendar days ...
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Lawn Mowing
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5816
University Mowing, the controlled defoliation of turfgrass, is a cornerstone practice in lawn management ... subsequent interventions. Proper mowing practices are pivotal, regardless of fertilization, irrigation, or ... limited soil moisture can lead to signs of stress and increased risk of turfgrass loss in closely mowed ...