Description of PLSOIL 120 Organic Farming and Gardening

PLSOIL 120

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Professor Allen V. Barker
Office: Bowditch 202
Office Hours: By Arrangement
Phone: (413) 545-4733
email: barker@pssci.umass.edu

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Course Description

With laboratory. Introduction to principles of soil fertility and crop management by organic procedures which are contrasted with and evaluated against conventional chemical methods of farming. A science course. General Education: Biological Sciences Laboratory.

Laboratory Experiments

REFERENCES lab1.html

N FERTILIZERS l ab4.html

DEFICIENCIES, DISEASES, INSECTS lab7.html

TRANSPLANTING
lab10.html

SOIL TEXTURE lab2.html

P & K FERTILIZERS lab5.html

SEEDING lab8.html

LIGHTING lab11.html

SOIL TESTING lab3.html

CROP RESIDUES lab6.html

GARDEN PLANNING lab9.html

GARDENING lab12.html

Guide to Fertilization of Horticultural Crops

SOILS chapter1.htm

MULCHES chapter5.htm

PRACTICES chapter9.htm

GREEN MANURES chapter2.htm

PLANT NUTRITION chapter6.htm

FARM MANURES chapter3.htm

FERTILIZERS chapter7.htm

TERMS glossary.htm

COMPOSTING chapter4.htm

LIMING chapter8.htm

REFERENCES bibliography.htm

Notes (Password needed for access to Notes)

INTRODUCTION Chapter 1

GREEN MANURES Chapter 6

INSECTS Chapter 11

SOIL FERTILITY Chapter 2

LIMING Chapter 7

PLANT DISEASES Chapter 12

PLANT NUTRIENTS CHAPTER 3 N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Minor

MULCHES Chapter 8

COMPANION PLANTING
Chapter 13

FARM MANURES Chapter 4

TILLAGE Chapter 9

STORAGE Chapter 14

COMPOSTING Chapter 5

WEEDS Chapter 10

GLOSSARY

Quizzes

INTRODUCTION

Ca, Mg, & S

FARM MANURES

NITROGEN

LIMING 1; LIMING 2

P & K ; P ONLY

COMPOSTS

Examinations

exam_1.htm

exam2.htm

FINAL sample_final_1.htm

exam3.htm

samplefinal2.htm

samplefinal-3.htm

Results from Laboratory Experiments

EXPT 3 soiltests

EXPT 4 germination.htm EXPT 4 nitrates.htm

EXPT 4 radishdata.htm

EXPT 5 pdata.htm

EXPT 5 potassium.htm

EXPT 6 exp6.htm
nightex6.htm

Links

UMass Home Page: http://www.umass.edu

PLSOIL 530 Plant Nutrition

PLSOIL Home Page: http://www.umass.edu/plsoils

PLSOIL 365 Hydroponics

WORKER PROTECTION TEST:
http://ehstrain.admin.umass.edu/owl-c/register/owllogin.cgi?UserType=Student&Server=owl-ehs

Produced and maintained by Allen V. Barker

University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Professor Allen V. Barker Office: Bowditch 202 Office Hours: By Arrangement Phone: (413) 545-4733 email: barker@pssci.umass.edu
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REFERENCES lab1.html	N FERTILIZERS l ab4.html	DEFICIENCIES, DISEASES, INSECTS lab7.html	TRANSPLANTING lab10.html
SOIL TEXTURE lab2.html	P & K FERTILIZERS lab5.html	SEEDING lab8.html	LIGHTING lab11.html
SOIL TESTING lab3.html	CROP RESIDUES lab6.html	GARDEN PLANNING lab9.html	GARDENING lab12.html

SOILS chapter1.htm	MULCHES chapter5.htm	PRACTICES chapter9.htm
GREEN MANURES chapter2.htm	PLANT NUTRITION chapter6.htm
FARM MANURES chapter3.htm	FERTILIZERS chapter7.htm	TERMS glossary.htm
COMPOSTING chapter4.htm	LIMING chapter8.htm	REFERENCES bibliography.htm

INTRODUCTION Chapter 1	GREEN MANURES Chapter 6	INSECTS Chapter 11
SOIL FERTILITY Chapter 2	LIMING Chapter 7	PLANT DISEASES Chapter 12
PLANT NUTRIENTS CHAPTER 3 N, P, K, Ca, Mg, S, Minor	MULCHES Chapter 8	COMPANION PLANTING Chapter 13
FARM MANURES Chapter 4	TILLAGE Chapter 9	STORAGE Chapter 14
COMPOSTING Chapter 5	WEEDS Chapter 10	GLOSSARY

INTRODUCTION	Ca, Mg, & S	FARM MANURES
NITROGEN	LIMING 1; LIMING 2
P & K ; P ONLY	COMPOSTS

exam_1.htm	exam2.htm
FINAL sample_final_1.htm	exam3.htm
samplefinal2.htm	samplefinal-3.htm

EXPT 3 soiltests
EXPT 4 germination.htm EXPT 4 nitrates.htm
EXPT 4 radishdata.htm
EXPT 5 pdata.htm
EXPT 5 potassium.htm
EXPT 6 exp6.htm nightex6.htm

UMass Home Page: http://www.umass.edu	PLSOIL 530 Plant Nutrition
PLSOIL Home Page: http://www.umass.edu/plsoils	PLSOIL 365 Hydroponics
WORKER PROTECTION TEST: http://ehstrain.admin.umass.edu/owl-c/register/owllogin.cgi?UserType=Student&Server=owl-ehs