35 days ago by yardloverblog

Plant disease spreads in a variety of ways. It can be passed from plant to plant by wind, insects, or water. While it’s impossible to control these factors, there is one simple, and very important thing you can do to prevent plant disease- keep the garden clean. What does that mean? Rake up debris. ...

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58 days ago by christopherkliks

A picture of health. The Devil is in the dirt. prevention |priˈven ch ən| noun the action of stopping something from happening or arising : crime prevention | the treatment and prevention of AIDS. PHRASES an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure proverb I t’s easier to stop something from hap ...

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60 days ago by Gordon Johnson

The following is a reprint of an article on fungicides for corn and soybean plant health from the Kentucky Pest News. In February, we wrote a Kentucky Pest News article on the supplementary label for Headline® fungicide which permitted the use of this pesticide for growth promotion and stress tolera ...

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67 days ago by Bill

A recent article featured in Popular Mechanics discusses various lawn diseases and methods of both treatment and prevention.

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70 days ago

The best protection against pests and diseases is to grow plants well and practice good husbandry, for only strong, healthy plants will produce the best results. If, despite this, a pest or disease problem should arise, it may be necessary to resort to chemical control. There are several important p ...

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72 days ago by Haley Paul

By now, many of us have crossed paths at the supermarket with an organic food product. Whether it’s extra virgin olive oil sporting the USDA certified organic seal, snack crackers “made with organic ingredients” or organic apples shipped in from...

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83 days ago by Stephanie Rogers

You know how the EPA and the chemical industry are always claiming that all kinds of chemicals are safe, based on minimal exposure to a single chemical at a time? And you always think, “who’s only exposed to one chemical at a time?” Well, your instinct to distrust these claims is right on the mark, ...

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84 days ago by KAM

For a long time I was on the fence about organic produce. Sure, I liked the idea of buying it, especially if it was grown locally, but I just couldn’t get over the cost. As my diet started changing and I started thinking more about what I was putting into my body, organically grown foods started to ...

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99 days ago by AnnLouise

The Clue Is In Your Water. Bucolic farmland. Water drawn from your own well. What could be wrong with that? Plenty, new research from UCLA reports. People on private wells located near fields sprayed with certain pesticides in California’s Central Valley had a 90 percent greater risk of developing P ...

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105 days ago by andykleinschmidt

Observations from my sentinel plot as well as other soybean fields indicate that bacterial blight of soybean is present at low levels in many fields. In Ohio, this disease is not considered yield impacting. Bacterial blight is spread by rain and wind, and favored by cooler weather. Bacterial blight ...

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