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Impact Report
| For plan | Plant Management Systems: Urban Horticulture (Roosevelt County) |
| Date | October 28, 2010, 10:18 pm |
| For Objective | Short-term Show short-term objectives |
| Impact Report | This agent spends roughly one to two days a week answering questions about lawns, trees, vegetables, insects, and other various small acreage or homeowner questions. These are often simple questions but can be rather detailed and require much time on the phone or researching answers for clientele. Over 70% of the people that receive information about small scale horticulture situations respond that they have learned something from information provided by this agent and will adopt those changes into their home situations. This agent has encouraged residents to utilize soil tests to determine fertilization needs for their home lawns and gardens. Over 50% of the people that have utilized soil tests have adjusted their home garden management to better fit the needs of the garden. This agent provided assistance to the Elida School System on making baseball field management decisions. This agent had been approached by Elida Administration to assist with management questions regarding the ball field. After consultation with our Turf Specialist, Bernd Leinauer, and water and soil tests recommendations were made to the School board on their options for trying to utilize the well water on school premises to provide irrigation. The School Board was 100% satisfied with the report and were better able to make an informed decision with their situation. |