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The Lee County Ledger, Wednesday, May 22, 2019, Page 11A Fire and Emergency Services Responds To 109 Calls Lee County Fire and Emergency Services responded to 109 calls during the week of May 12- 18,2019. EMS Responses EMS responded to five calls for abdominal pain/problems. EMS responded to one call for animal bite. EMS responded to five calls for breathing problems. EMS responded to three calls for chest pain (non-traumatic). EMS responded to five calls for convulsions/ seizure. EMS responded to one call for diabetic prob lem. EMS responded to four calls for falls. EMS responded to six calls for fire standby. EMS responded to one call for overdose/poi soning/ingestion. EMS responded to five calls for psychiatric problem/abnormal be havior/suicide attempt. EMS responded to 11 calls for sick person. EMS responded to two calls for standby (othger than fire). EMS responded to two calls for stroke/CVA. EMS responded to 14 calls for traffic/trans portation incidents. EMS responded to four call for transfer/ interfacility/palliative care. EMS responded to one call for traumatic injury. EMS responded to two calls for uncon scious/fainting/near fainting. EMS responded to one call for unknown prob- lem/person down. EMS responded to one call for well person check. EMS made 77 re sponses for the week. Fire Responses Fire department responded to three calls for activated alarms. Fire department re sponded to two calls for controlled burns. Fire department re sponded to two calls for vehicle fire. Fire department responded to nine calls for MVC. Fire department responded to 13 calls to assist EMS. Fire department re sponded to nine miscel laneous call. Fire department re sponded to 38 fire calls during the week. Lee County Fire and Emergency Services responded to 109 calls during the week of May 12 - 18, 2019. estate Farm Auto • Home • Renters • Life • Bank • Business BOOSTER LEE COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Michele Bates, Agent Steve Perrine, Agent Submitted Photo Broccoli grown on the UGA Tifton Campus is pictured growing on wheat straw mulch, plastic mulch and on bare soil. UGA vegetable scientist recommends organic mulches for weed control (Committed fo Ace 229.888.0813 www.StevePerrine.com ;y ch o Special to the Ledger By Clint Thompson for CAES News If they start now, Geor gia organic farmers can use mulch and cultiva tion to manage young weeds, according to Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez, vegetable scientist on the University of Geor gia Tifton campus. If weeds are not controlled successfully and are al lowed to grow through out May and June, they can compete with crops for nutrients, water and sunlight. “In organic manage ment, you don’t have access to many weapons for weed control. You have to make use of prevention,” Diaz-Perez said. “With weed man agement, the younger the weed is, the easier it is to control it. The younger your crop is and the more it is al lowed to have weeds as competitors, the more damage weeds will inflict on the crop. Usu ally our crops are most susceptible to weeds when they are young.” In traditional farming practices, growers nor mally apply herbicides throughout the year to kill weeds without dam aging the crop. Because organic farm ers do not use chemical means to control weeds, they can use alternative methods throughout the growing season, accord ing to Diaz-Perez. Prac tices such as cultivation with a tractor or hoe, hand-pulling weeds and using organic mulches or plastic film mulches serve as effective weed control measures. Diaz-Perez recom mends organic mulches, like wheat or pine straw, because they can reduce weed growth signifi cantly, allow the rain to penetrate the soil, and they are sustainable. Organic mulches de compose, providing or ganic matter to soil and nutrients to microbes, and don’t add pollution to the soil like plastic. Diaz-Perez devotes 30% of his research to organic crop production at UGA-Tifton. “When weeds are allowed to grow too much, their degree of development makes their control impracti cal. Weeds have to be controlled when they are small and tender. Re moving those weeds that were not controlled dur ing their younger stage of development makes for an expensive and time-consuming effort on the part of organic farmers,” Diaz-Perez said. “Weed control is the most important factor when producing a crop organically. Weeds have to be controlled if the crop is going to do well.” To learn more about the use of mulches in vegetable production, see UGA Extension Circular 984, “Mulching Vegetables,” at exten- sion.uga.edu/publica- tions. 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