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2016 Cut Flower Short Course
Date and time
Location
Brookside Gardens
1800 Glenallan Avenue Wheaton, MD 20902Refund Policy
Description
Sponsored by University of Maryland Extension
In cooperation with the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Grower and the Maryland Cut Flower Growers Association
What better thing to do in early March then come to Brookside Gardens in Wheaton, Maryland and meet other people who grow cut flowers?
For a brochure and/or to pay with check,
go to http://extension.umd.edu/ipm/conferences
Lunch is not guaranteed after March 1st.
You can sign up for individual days or all three days. Please pay attention to ticket (registration) fee options.
Topics Will Include:
Spreadsheets for farmers: A beginner's guide to basic cut flower farm planning
Basics of maintain a healthy soil for growing cut flowers
What insects are stalking your cut flowers in 2016?
Water management in cut flowers
Business considerations for cut flower growers
Weed control in cut flowers using plastics, pre-emergent and other methods. Basics of soil preparation for cut flower production
How to sell at farm markets
High Tunnels:
- Cut flowers for high tunnels- Choose flowers that give you the most profit for the high tunnel
- The pros and cons in a changing environment – is it cost effective?
Pinching cut flower crops to increase yield. Influence of daylength on growth and yield of cut flowers, with examples from sunflower, rudbeckia and chrysanthemum
Using cultivation tractors for weed control in cut flowers. Focus on mechanical cultivation equipment.
Low risk pesticides for insect control in cut flowers
What equipment do you need to get started? How to handle, use and maintain equipment used in cut flower production
What type of vehicle works best to transport flowers to farm markets and wholesale markets
Lilies for Cut flower production
Going the distance: Plant Masters best practices over the last 35 years. How we made the green while staying lean
Speakers:
Laura Beth Resnick, President of MCFGA (Maryland Cut Flower Growers Association) and owner of Butterbee Farm
Andrew Ristvey, Extension Specialist in Commercial Horticulture, University of Maryland
Extension, WYEREC
Stanton Gill, Specialist in Entomology and IPM, University of Maryland Extension
Shannon Dill, Extension Educator, University of Maryland Extension, Talbot County
Chuck Schuster, Extension Educator, University of Maryland Extension
Ginger Myers, Extension Specialist in Marketing, and Kim Rush Lynch, Extension Assistant and Agricultural Marketing Specialist, University of Maryland Extension
Ginny Rosenkranz, Extension Educator, University of Maryland Extension
Dr. Chris Wein, Professor Emeritus and Former Department Chair, Cornell University
Dr. Richard Uva, Seaberry Farm
Brian Kunkel, Extension Specialist in Entomology, University of Delaware
Richard Uva, Seaberry Farm, and John Murphy, Murphy Johns Greenhouse
Dr. Bill Preston, Retired USDA Horticulture Researcher and Professional Cut Flower Grower
Ko Klaver, Botanical Trading Co.
Leon and Carol Carrier, Plant Masters, Inc.