Move mower blade up before hot weather
The Garden Column advises raising mower blades to the summer height before heat arrives to support cool season grasses like bluegrass and tall fescue and to start taller mowing in May. It notes different heights for bluegrass, tall fescue, bermud a, zoysia, and buffalo grass, plus watering and fertilizing tips.
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Spring dead spot disease hits bermudagrass lawns
Spring dead spot appears on bermudagrass with circular patches that fail to green during dormancy. The soil fungus Ophiosphaerella herpatricha colonizes roots in late summer and fall, reducing cold tolerance and causing winter death. Fertilize after dormancy breaks, avoid early fertilizing, and reduce thatch in summer. Several bermudagrass cultivars show tolerance, not immunity, to this disease.
Cropland erosion study flags many farmers in violation
Washington AP reports an environmental study says up to 225000 farms may fail to protect highly erodible cropland as required by federal rules to remain eligible for subsidies and crop programs. Findings rely on FOIA data. critics challenge USDA’s 2 percent noncompliance claim.
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U S Horticultural Exports Climb in February 1992
U S exports of horticultural products in February reached 500.9 million dollars, up 27 percent from a year earlier. Gains came from fresh oranges apples pears almonds processed tomato products and hops while dried fruit fell. For the first five months of fiscal 1992 exports totaled 2.5 billion dollars, 15 percent above the previous year.
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Butter Production Surges in 1991 Across U S
U S butter output for 1991 reached 1.34 billion pounds, up 3 percent from 1990. Wisconsin produced 26 percent, California 23 percent, and Washington percent, per Agriculture Department dairy report. Cheese output excluding cottage cheese stood at 6.08 billion pounds, up 0.4 percent from 1980.
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