Have you visited the Ohio State University's Growing Degree Day
(GDD) website this spring? If you haven't, you are in for a treat! The
website has a new look, is very easy to navigate, and has an added
feature that everyone will be using. New Look to Growing Degree Website
Once on the home-page, you have an option of inputting any Ohio zipcode. The date will always be the current date, although you can manipulate and use past dates in your search. Once the zipcode has been added, website users click on "show me the calendar" and are taken to a short sequence of what is occuring with plant blooms (first bloom or full bloom) and insect activity as one contiguous list. Users can also view the entire calendar from start to finish from this page.
Once on the home-page, you have an option of inputting any Ohio zipcode. The date will always be the current date, although you can manipulate and use past dates in your search. Once the zipcode has been added, website users click on "show me the calendar" and are taken to a short sequence of what is occuring with plant blooms (first bloom or full bloom) and insect activity as one contiguous list. Users can also view the entire calendar from start to finish from this page.
