{"id":174366,"date":"2024-01-05T23:29:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T04:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=174366"},"modified":"2024-01-05T23:29:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T04:29:30","slug":"swcd-selling-seedlings-fish-fingerlings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2024\/01\/05\/swcd-selling-seedlings-fish-fingerlings\/","title":{"rendered":"SWCD selling seedlings, fish fingerlings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deadline to purchase seedlings from the Van Wert Soil and Water Conservation District is March 28. The seedlings are available in packets of ten at a minimal cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following seedling species are available: Norway Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, White Pine, American Arborvitae, Sugar Maple, Black Chokeberry, Red Osier Dogwood, Black Walnut, Black Cherry, Swamp White Oak, Bur Oak, and Pin Oak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two seed packets are available: wildflower seed and butterfly\/hummingbird seed. The one ounce wildflower seed contains 15-16 different annual and perennial species adapted for this area will cover 300 square feet. The one ounce butterfly\/hummingbird Seed contains 10-13 annual and perennial varieties will cover 300 square feet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This program is open to the public. Order forms are available in the SWCD office, 1185 Professional Drive, Van Wert, on the website at www.vanwertswcd.org<\/a>, by calling 419.238.9591 or by emailing Becky at becky@vanwertswcd.com<\/a>. The delivery date will be the week of April 15. Payment (cash \/ check) is required when placing the order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, the Van Wert Soil & Water Conservation District is taking orders for fish fingerlings. The types of fish available are: largemouth bass, blue gill, channel catfish, shellcracker, black fat head minnow and white amur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fish sale is an opportunity for pond owners to stock or re-stock the ponds at a reasonable cost. Orders will be accepted until April 25, and payment is expected when placing the order. The fish will be delivered to the SWCD office at 3 p.m. Thursday, May 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stocking recommendations for a one acre pond are: 100 largemouth bass, 500 blue gill, 100 channel catfish, 500-1000 fat head minnow. White amur recommendations are based on the amount of weed cover in the pond. If the pond has 20-40 percent vegetation the recommendation is 10 amur; above 40 percent weed cover the recommendation is 15 amur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Orders will be boxed and ready at the time of delivery. Order forms are available at the office, at www.vanwertswcd.org<\/a>, or by emailing Becky at becky@vanwertswcd.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitted information The deadline to purchase seedlings from the Van Wert Soil and Water Conservation District is March 28. The seedlings are available in packets of ten at a minimal cost. The following seedling species are available: Norway Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, White Pine, American Arborvitae, Sugar Maple, Black Chokeberry, Red Osier Dogwood, Black Walnut, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-174366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 06:11:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=174366"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":174368,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/174366\/revisions\/174368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=174366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=174366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=174366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}