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  1. 20 Questions on Plant Diagnosis

    may signal a high soil pH.  Sun and shade exposure is also critical to the success of many plants ... it’s “wrong plant, wrong site,” your recommendation may be to replace the plant. Good plant health ... a plant. The result of this overmulching may be the reduction of oxygen availability to feeder roots, ...

  2. 4-H Camp Active Threat Guidelines

    are items to consider when planning your camp to help better prepare yourself, staff, and counselors. ... to develop a safety plan for the camp, including determining the best way to communicate given the ... resources available at the camp facility, as well as identifying where to gather once the threat has passed. ...

  3. 4-H Project Learning

    of members may want to focus on a project of particular interest or take on a club project in ... activities. You may want to use a variety of techniques such as role playing, experiments, demonstrations, and ... Additionally, members may take part in a club level evaluation to assess contributions in leadership, civic ...

  4. A Consumer’s Guide to Pure Maple Syrup

    classified as a superfood, due to its potential health benefits. However, the reason consumers keep coming ... will often be sold at a lower price and its quality may be variable. One way to avoid uncertainty is to ... https://holmes.osu.edu/sites/holmes/files/imce/Program_Pages/Maple/North.... IMSI (International Maple Syrup Institute). 2012. “Welcome to the IMSI website.” ...

  5. A Guide to Corn Growth and Development

    are developmentally the same; yet one plant may be shorter due to plant stress (e.g., lack of water), ... fertility, stress, and plant competition. On the other hand, corn development relates to the plant’s progress ... here) (Osler & Lindsey, 2023). For example, two plants may each have five fully developed leaves and ...

  6. A History of Packaging

    this fact sheet. Paper and Paper Products Paper may be the oldest form of what today is referred to as ... and leaves to use. Later, containers were fashioned from natural materials, such as hollowed logs, ... matted into felts by plaiting or weaving. These fabrics were made into garments, used to wrap products or ...

  7. A Landowner’s Guide to Understanding Recommended Pipeline Standards and Construction Specifications

    subsoil decompaction and soil replacement may not occur. For instance, November 1 to April 1 may be a time ... may cause damage to fields, crops, timber, etc. B. Temporary Roads The location of any temporary roads ... stumps of no value to the landowner. This may include, where allowed by law, burning, burial, chipping or ...

  8. Abate Animal Heat Stress in Hot Weather

    models may be used to quantify the total economic losses due to heat stress for the whole production ... temperature. When outdoor temperatures are close to the indoor animal body temperatures, ventilation may ... application of cooling systems to animal production facilities may change. To learn more about cooling and ...

  9. Abnormal Ears in Corn—When and Why Do They Develop?

    to 49% of plants had abnormal ears). Abnormal ears reduced grain yield 35–91% (yield loss per area ... aboveground plant structures extending from germination (G) to physiological maturity (R6). According to ... have been reported for over a century. To date, ear development issues reported in cornfields persist, ...

  10. About

    you have access to hundreds of OSU Extension fact sheets covering a wide array of subjects such as ... additional resources. Ohioline also links you to the web site of the College of Food, Agricultural, and ... advice, sensible solutions, and realistic down-to-earth answers based on unbiased research. Have fun. ...

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