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The only county not affected so far by the drought is Lake County in Northeast Ohio. Rain gauges there collected 18 inches of rain between the first week of June and the first week of September ...
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources is urging the public to use water "wisely" as the state's drought continues.. The effects of drought are "diverse and complex", but the state could see ...
Following a wet beginning to August in much of the Northeast, precipitation has been well below the historical average due to extended stretches of dry weather. Some locations are on pace for ...
Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,000 years and has been developed by many cultures around the world.
Environmental factors affecting plant development include temperature, light, water, soil pH, nutrient availability, weather, humidity, elevation, terrain, and micro-climate. [1] In horticulture, these environmental variables may be avoided, controlled or manipulated in an indoor growing environment.
The concept was introduced in the early 1910s. Lyman Briggs and Homer LeRoy Shantz (1912) proposed the wilting coefficient, which is defined as the percentage water content of a soil when the plants growing in that soil are first reduced to a wilted condition from which they cannot recover in approximately saturated atmosphere without the addition of water to the soil.
The worst season to water outdoor plants is during freezing winter weather when temperatures can be below freezing. "Watering at this time can lead to water freezing around the roots or on leaves ...
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