A Fungus in the Cold: When too much fall growth is a bad thing

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A Fungus in the Cold: When too much fall growth is a bad thing

By Genevieve Slocum / December 19, 2016 / Comments Off on A Fungus in the Cold: When too much fall growth is a bad thing

Matting grasses, extra fall regrowth, and long stretches of snow cover = Snow Mold: a fungus among us.

To everyone outside the farming world, deep, persistent snow cover is associated with little more th

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Published: 5 years ago on December 19, 2016
By: Genevieve Slocum
Last Modified: December 19, 2016 @ 10:03 am
Filed Under: Forage, Pasture Health

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Genevieve Slocum

Genevieve provides forage and cover crop research and marketing support for King's AgriSeeds Inc. in Lancaster County, PA. She has also worked on organic vegetable farms and as an intern in agricultural field trials at the Rodale Institute.

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