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  1. Ohio Agricultural Fertilizer Applicator Certification Requirements: Who Needs to Get Certified and What Steps to Take

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0142

    other application types and timings (broadcast, side dress, subsurface, knifing, etc.) are included. ... Uncertified applicators may apply fertilizer in the situations outlined above if acting under the instruction ... and control of a certified applicator. An uncertified applicator must be:  within 25 miles or two ...

  2. Ohio Private Pesticide Applicator License Requirements: Who Needs a License and What Steps to Take

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0141

    applicable Federal Worker Protection Standard requirements For more information about recordkeeping ... pesticide applicator license if you purchase restricted-use pesticides or apply them to the following: land ... livestock, or other areas on a farm Licensing is required to ensure applicators use restricted-use pesticides ...

  3. Ohio Commercial Pesticide Applicator Requirements: Who Needs a License and What Steps to Take

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0140

    Pesticide Applicator License brochure PDF. For questions about licensing and exams, contact: Ohio Department ... applicator license if you: apply pesticides to the property of another for hire apply pesticides for any ... used. Table 1. Examples of the types of personnel and the application sites and situations when ...

  4. ANR-841-2E: Tobacco Sucker Control

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0841-2e

    treatment after about seven days. An alternative is to use two applications of FA, five to seven days apart. ... stalk and are absorbed by the suckers. Topping times and application methods for the three types of ... gallons of total spray solution is sufficient. The application of contact-type chemicals also requires ...

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

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0139

    years of studying corn, questions still exist about its growth and development. Corn ear abnormalities ... reducing productivity and spurring research about the underlying causes. Distinct differences exist between ... in the western and central U.S. Corn Belt (Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, and Illinois), Eastern Colorado, ...

  6. Relative Effectiveness of Herbicides Commonly Used to Control Woody Vegetation in Forest Stands

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/f-0051

    injection, basal herbicide spraying, and cut stump herbicide application. Several of these techniques require ... amount and concentration of herbicide used, the method  and season of application, etc.). The evaluations ... When using an herbicide, the importance of careful, proper application according to label directions ...

  7. Fall Armyworm in Ohio Field Crops

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0093

    are gray mottled moths with a wingspan of about 1 ½ inches (Figure 3). They resemble other armyworm ... varies with temperature but is about four days. Larvae The caterpillars (larvae) pass through six or ... seven growth stages (instars) before pupation. Initially quite small (about ¹⁄₁₆ inch), the caterpillars ...

  8. Cover Crops in the Garden

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5814

    into rows with a hoe or broadcast application by hand or spreader. If the soil is hard, tillage and/or ... should mitigate any negative effects. Glyphosate application: This allows cover crops to remain on the ... intensive. Always follow pesticide label directions. Figures 4 and 5 show a glyphosate application to cereal ...

  9. Herbicide Injury and the Problem of Spray Drift

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0137

    Applications extend through May, June, and July, which are months when grapevines are sensitive to the ... well as row crop and other farmers, hold a number of misconceptions about drift. For the vineyard ... grapes may be used on those fields, and because applications are often done under less-than-ideal ...

  10. Strategies to Minimize Spray Drift for Effective Spraying in Orchards and Vineyards

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-535

    deposits on the target when spraying pesticides. Spray drift is a major challenge to pesticide applicators ... trying to achieve this goal. Spray drift is defined as wind moving a pesticide from the application site ... concern when an application is done under windy conditions. Photo by Javier Campos, Polytechnic University ...

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