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Western Bean Cutworm Monitored in Ohio Again This Year
eastward and finding a niche throughout the Midwest. The adult moths were first found in Ohio in 2006 and ... continue to increase in numbers. "In 2006, we caught three moths in the traps. In 2007, we caught six. ... In 2008, that number increased to 150. Last year, the number of adult moths caught in roughly the ...
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OSU Urban Farming Study: What's the Best Way to Turn a Parking Lot into a Garden?
place for a garden. But in urban areas it can be. It tends to be cheap open land. And an Ohio State ... lots in places like Cleveland and Youngstown,ââ¬Â said Kovach, who works at the Ohio Agricultural ... three techniques, which is the best?ââ¬Â His work could boost the use of abandoned urban land. It ...
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Grow Fruits and Vegetables Anywhere With a Compost Sock
less-expensive equipment compared to larger-scale, open-field farming methods. With compost socks, farming could ... of the day I can have my vegetable garden up and going." Although researchers are only in their ... said Bergefurd. "We are testing to see whether one compost sock can support three years worth of ...
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Plant-Associated Bacteria Can Improve Crop Health in Acidic Soils
pH," said Brian McSpadden Gardener, an Ohio State University plant pathologist with the Ohio ... Agricultural Research and Development Center and principal investigator of the project. "The discovery ... the journal Phytopathology. During a study to test the efficacy of DAPG-bacteria for disease control, ...
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Gardening Good Therapy for Arthritis Sufferers
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/gardening-good-therapy-arthritis-sufferers
August 24, 2005 BOWLING GREEN, Ohio — Next to walking, gardening is the most preferred form of ... garden lovers get the most out of the experience with the least amount of discomfort. OSU ... Extension's Agricultural Enhancement Business (ABE) Center received a $7,483 OSU CARES grant to develop ...
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Cutworm Numbers Increasing, Not Yet Presenting Problems in Ohio
October 20, 2011 WOOSTER, Ohio – The number of adult moths of the western bean cutworm trapped by ... there’s no doubt about that,” said Extension entomologist Ron Hammond at the Ohio Agricultural Research ... and Development Center. “We caught about 1,000 more moths than we caught last year.” Hammond said OSU ...
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Varying Soil Conditions Can Impact Nutrient Levels
soil specialist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC), said that the wet ... growers should test their soil for nutrient availability following harvest to determine whether or not ... fertilizer is required before spring planting. "Most growers test their fields to determine nutrient ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Giant Tomatoes (for the Week of July 29, 2007)
that weigh less than a tenth of an ounce: way less than even a blueberry or cranberry. Other types ... http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3676/is_199510/ai_n8715489. Learn more about growing giant tomatoes in Organic Gardening ... Ontario, Canada, which Twig in fact has had the pleasure of staring in open-mouth wonder at. About this ...
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Exotic Tree Pest Generating Concern in Forestry/Nursery Industries
State University entomologist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. "That ... China, Japan, Korea and eastern Russia. U.S. Department of Agriculture researchers speculate the insect ... While over 75 percent of the native trees survived despite the fact that they endured huge bronze birch ...
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Improve Soil Quality with New OSU Extension Tool
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/improve-soil-quality-new-osu-extension-tool
Agricultural Research and Development Center. "It's not meant to replace the commercial soil tests ... Gardeners, Extension educators and state and federal ag agency personnel. The CD contains lecture slides, ... combined a wealth of fact-based information and Ohio research on soil quality in one resource tool," ...