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Cris Costello: Almost everyone loses if fertilizer deregulation bill passes
For seven legislative sessions in a row, the pest control and fertilizer industries have tried to eliminate Florida's more than 50 local ordinances that put strict controls on lawn fertilizer pollution. In the past six years those industries failed...Tags: Agriculture, Environmental Issues, Lifestyle and Leisure, Elections, Litigation and Regulation
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Manage pastures for optimum production
Contributing WriterGood pasture management practices are essential to increasing quality livestock forages by reducing undesirable weeds and plants. The goal is to encourage growth of a vigorous, dense stand of desirable forage grasses, yet limit weed germination and...Tags: Agriculture, Chemical Industry
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Lawn chemicals pose danger to pets
Contributing Writer“Spring has sprung, the grass has riz…” or so goes the ditty. However, in my case, there is very little grass due to the weather conditions last summer, but there are lots of weeds. I wonder if other pet owners are faced with the...Tags: Inorganic Chemical Industry, Pets, Chemical Industry, Sports, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
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Kentucky 41: Improved tall fescue seed said to resist brown patch disease better -- think earlier Kentucky 31
As a young homeowner, now a seasoned homeowner, Kentucky 31 was the go-to tall-turf fescue grass seed to plant. I still believe in its sturdy, strong stands of grass for difficult areas. I've tried all the pricier fine fescues and find few hold up in the...
Tags: Chemical Industry
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ASK THE MAYOR: Is Aberdeen at risk for fertilizer explosion?
Q. Does Aberdeen have any big amounts of fertilizer of the type that blew up in Texas? With our huge agricultural economy it seems that we’d have a lot of that stuff around here. A. Brown County Emergency Management Director Scott Meints reports...Tags: Railway Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Petroleum Industry, Chemical Industry, Disasters and Accidents
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Plant Doctor: May in the garden
Almanac Average temperatures: High 88, low 66 Rainfall: 3.74 inches The moon 1. Moon phases •Last quarter: May 2 •New moon: May 9 •First quarter: May 18 •Full moon: May 25 •Last quarter: May 31 2. Moon sign...Tags: Gardening, Tomatoes, Sweet Potatoes, Thyme, Potatoes
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Norfolk Botanical Garden's 75th anniversary signature plant
Any azaleas flowering in your yard in April and May are probably Asian in origin – not native species that offer different sights and scents for your yard. "We are fortunate here in that there are several species of azalea native to southeastern...
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Choose durable plants for containers
Q. We have three beautiful cement pots that we have tried to use to beautify our front walk, but none of the plants we add seem to flourish. What should we plant and what care is needed? A. Sounds like you need a durable half-dozen or so plants to...Tags: Tomatoes, Chemical Industry, Bok Choy
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Colo. company explores production of nitrogen fertilizer at N.D. ethanol plants
Colorado company Agrebon Inc. and North Dakota partners are in discussions with North Dakota's two largest ethanol plants in Casselton and Hankinson to build small-scale nitrogen fertilizer factories on their campuses. The fertilizer plants will be...Tags: Finance, Biofuels, Environmental Issues, Renewable Energy, Investments
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Extension agronomist: N-credits from legume crops
I recently read a publication that stated “pulse crops add 40 pounds of nitrogen to the soil.” The statement was referring to the fertilizer N-credit that can be taken by producers for the crop after an annual legume or pulse crop. In other words if you...Tags: Agriculture, Gardening, Hobbies, Lifestyle and Leisure, Chemical Industry
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Damage repair in the early spring lawn
Lehigh Valley Master GardenersBy: Nancy Bosold, Turfgrass Extension Educator AAhh…the long awaited signs of spring: the first bumblebees, those cute purple-flowered weeds popping up, the relentless push of your daffodils, and EEK! Those brown bare spots in the lawn…. You... -
Poinsettia Care Time
BloggerMany gardeners have poinsettias they have saved from the holiday season. They still look pretty good but they need a little help to give a repeat performance in December. Right now I am busy trimming my poinsettias back no matter if they are in the...Tags: Chemical Industry
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