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Efficient Lawn Care Practices to Help Protect Ohio’s Waterways
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5812
Fertilize the Street! Most of the fertilizers applied to home lawns are formulated as granular products because ... HYG-5812 Agriculture and Natural Resources 02/01/2022 Ashley Kulhanek, Educator, Ohio State ... Resources, The Ohio State University Zane Raudenbush, Turfgrass and Herbicide Specialist, Davey Tree Ohio has ...
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‘Kidney Punch’ Compound Could Stop Mosquitoes — Along with Their Resistance
scientists from The Ohio State University and Vanderbilt University has taken the next step toward developing ... Reports, Ohio State entomologists Peter Piermarini and Reed Johnson, Vanderbilt pharmacologist Jerod ... studying, including that it seems safe for adult honey bees. Piermarini and Johnson are faculty members in ...
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Fragrant Madagascan Plant Holds Promise as a Mosquito Fighter
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/fragrant-madagascan-plant-holds-promise-mosquito-fighter
total cases reported. The Ohio State scientists said the new chemical isn’t ready to be turned into ... couldn’t avoid the chemical, and it ended up killing them, unfortunately for them.” But it was good news ... Kurt Knebusch WOOSTER, Ohio — Scientists at The Ohio State University have successfully tested ...
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Dormant Turfgrass Still Needs a Little 'TLC'
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/dormant-turfgrass-still-needs-little-tlc
it's because the grass is dormant. But if only patches of your lawn are brown, then an insect problem ... rainfall and hot weather. Joe Boggs, an Ohio State University Extension Southwest District horticulture ... stress-causing conditions may speed up the process requiring homeowners and lawn care professionals to intervene ...
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OCAMM odds & ends
https://ocamm.osu.edu/news/ocamm-odds-ends-4
handling and applying pen pack manure to get the most nutrient value from it. Article From Manure ... Council, Brookside Labs, Menke Consulting Inc., and Ohio State University Extension are providing this ... NC hog farms from ABC Biogas News: Hog waste suits may bring change. Neighbors of a Smithfield Foods ...
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Lime and the Home Lawn
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-4026
and pH of 7.0 is considered neutral. For turfgrasses used in Ohio home lawns, a soil pH between 6.0 ... . A second cause is the use of acidifying nitrogen fertilizers. Most of the fertilizers applied to lawns have ... turfgrasses in excessive amounts. Fortunately, this issue is not a major concern in Ohio lawns. It’s important ...
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Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick: Someone Cut the Grass (for the Week of May 20, 2007)
May 14, 2007 Q. Dear Twig: Why does cut grass smell like it does? A. Because of chemicals called ... PET" (the study on human effects by Japanese scientists) in Chemical Senses, 2005. Also check out ... Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences- specifically, of the ...
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Natural Organic Lawn Care
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-4031
system. It is more sun and shade tolerant than any other species for use in Ohio. Because it does not have ... most problematic. In the organic approach to lawn care, synthetic chemicals are not used to manage ... common lawn diseases in Ohio seldom kill the turfgrass, but cause aesthetic changes that most homeowners ...
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Mosquito pain receptors are less sensitive during extreme heat
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/mosquito-pain-receptors-are-less-sensitive-during-extreme-heat
Tatyana Woodall Ohio State News woodall.52@osu.edu COLUMBUS, Ohio – Hotter temperatures may render ... harmful chemicals. In humans, this receptor can induce eye and skin irritation. In mosquitoes, it ... Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. “What we found was ...
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Tall Fescue Could Be the Perfect Lawn Grass for Ohio
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/tall-fescue-could-be-perfect-lawn-grass-ohio
fact sheets and bulletins on using tall fescue in lawn establishment at Ohio State University's ... under Ohio's environmental conditions that it could be labeled as the perfect lawn grass for Ohio ... could very well recommend it as the lawn grass of choice in Ohio." Readers can find a plethora of ...