Statistical Contact Report for FY2019Jul 1, 2018 - Jun 30, 2019

1132458.6

Total Hours

Contributed.

7004191

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

36401.21

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

340008

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

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Trial Gardens Benefit Gardeners

Each year, several counties across the state participate in the bedding plant trials. These trials consist of new varieties of flowering annuals that have just been released onto the horticulture market. The purpose of the trials is to see how well these new varieties of plants perform in a garden or landscape setting. For the trial garden, there are usually 20 different varieties of annual bedding plants with ten plants per variety for a total of 200 plants. The Hopkins County trial garden is l...

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John (J.J.)
My name is John (J.J.) Haney and I am the Research and Extension Associate for Kentucky State University.... More

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