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  1. Soils and Soil Health

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0136

    applied to a bare field or dormant crop in the fall or winter. Soil Type Soils with more exchange sites ... soilhealth.osu.edu/sites/soilhealth/files/imce/WhitePapers/Baseline%20Ohio%20Soil%20Health.pdf. In addition, the Ohio State University Extension Agronomic Crops Team offers winter programming on ...

  2. Bumble Bee Pollination in Tomato Greenhouses

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/ent-0092

    occidentalis, B. ignitus, and B. impatiens (Winter et al., 2006). Bombus terrestris is used most frequently at ... occidentalis in the Western United States was halted due to decimation by disease (Winter et al., 2006). Bumble ... eventually leave to find mates. The colony dies before winter. Bumble bees live in colonies of several ...

  3. Native Shrubs: Creating Living Landscapes for Birds, Butterflies, Bees, and Other Beneficials

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5813

    preferred by birds until winter. Sumacs are host plants for dozens of butterfly and moth species, including ... solitary tunnel-nesting bees. Hungry birds and mammals may eat sumac fruit in winter. Photo by Denise ... planting include: Pussy willow (S. discolor) Fuzzy winter buds open to flowers in very early spring. This ...

  4. Native Trees: Creating Living Landscapes for Birds, Butterflies, Bees, and Other Beneficials

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/hyg-5815

    trees into the winter, providing food to overwintering birds. In addition, the dense growth of ... juncos and sparrows roost overnight in red cedar during the winter, while mourning doves, robins, and ... fruits of other hawthorn species in late winter. Hawthorns are larval hosts for over 100 lepidopterans, ...

  5. Field Pea/Winter Pea as a Cover Crop in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0130

    summary on how to use field pea/winter pea as a cover crop in Ohio. For more information, see the Midwest ... purple flowers Cultural Traits Winter annual Minimum germination temperature: 41 degrees Fahrenheit ... field pea/winter pea. Drought tolerance Good Low fertility tolerance Very good Winter survival Varies ...

  6. Hairy Vetch as a Cover Crop in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0131

    and many leaflets per leaf Cultural Traits Winter annual Minimum germination temperature: 60 degrees ... tolerance Good Shade tolerance Good Low fertility tolerance Very good Winter survival Great variation in ... varietal winter hardiness Winter survival also dependent on fall growth Expected Planting Drilled at ½–1½ ...

  7. Berseem Clover as a Cover Crop in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0127

    traits of cover crop berseem clover. Heat tolerance Very good Drought tolerance Good Winter survival Some ... varieties are more frost-tolerant than others but will not survive winter. Winter-killed Planting Drilled at ...

  8. Wheat as a Cover Crop in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0121

    midwestcovercrops.org/selector-tool/. Identification Flat, narrow leaves Often has tillers Cultural Traits Winter annual Winter wheat ... Good Drought tolerance Good Shade tolerance Good Low fertility tolerance Very good Winter survival ... Spring wheat is cold-tolerant  but is not winter hardy. Expected for winter wheat Planting Drilled at ...

  9. Triticale as a Cover Crop in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0120

    midwestcovercrops.org/selector-tool/. Identification Resembles wheat and winter cereal rye Plant looks like wheat, but the awns resemble ... cereal rye Membranous ligules Cultural Traits Winter annual Minimum germination temperature: 38 degrees ... tolerance Good Shade tolerance Good Flood tolerance Good Low fertility tolerance Very good Winter survival ...

  10. Crimson Clover as a Cover Crop in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0129

    taproot Cultural Traits Winter annual Minimum germination temperature: 42 degrees Fahrenheit Reliable ... Drought tolerance Good Shade tolerance Very good Low fertility tolerance Good Winter survival Great ... variation in varietal winter hardiness Expected Planting Drilled at ¼–½ inch 10–20 lb./acre (pure live seed) ...

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