Station Number: OH-HM-24
Station Name: Cheviot 3.4 W
Report Date: 6/6/2020
Submitted: 6/06/2020 6:35 AM
Scale Bar: Mildly Wet
Description:
Only 0.32 inch of rain over the past 7 days with rapid drying rates. Deep soil moisture is still above normal but surface soil layer is drying to the point that minor wilting was observed in a few plants late this week. Swales have dried out. Local plants, crops, lawns and pastures are healthy.
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General Awareness
Agriculture
Plants & Wildlife
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This report is specifically for the Arbor Doctor’s location 3.4 miles west of Cheviot, OH, in the western suburbs of Cincinnati in southwest Ohio. This location is also an official cooperative observation site for the National Weather Service listed as Cheviot 3W.
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Water once per week, one inch per week, under the entire branch spread, in the absence of rain, May through November. Either rainfall or your watering should equal the one inch per week. Put out a sprinkler and a straight sided soup can or rain gauge and measure one inch per week.
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