Soil testingMajor Program

5565

Total Hours

Contributed.

8890

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

5

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

28

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of people who applied Extension recommendations for soil fertility  (See Ag Economic Policy or Environmental for long term impact)  

12255

Number of people who collected soil samples for testing

16887

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Sunflower Contest Proves Soil Testing Is Important

In Washington County, as in other Counties in Kentucky, gardeners dont understand the importance of soil testing and then actually following the recommendations. To combat this the Horticulture and 4H agents developed a contest on growing the largest and tallest sunflowers with an adult group and a 4H group. Each participant attended a session on the culture and care of sunflowers, was given seeds of two varieties of sunflower varieties, and was given instructions on how to take soil samples for...

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