Sweet Corn and Pumpkin IPM Twilight Meeting
Event Details
Date
August 23, 2023
Time
5:30pm - 8:00pm
Location
Dyer Farms vegetable fields
6390 Route 22
Plattsburgh, NY 12901
Cost
Per Farm Registration : $10.00
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureSweet Corn and Pumpkin IPM Twilight Meeting
Date changed! Now Wednesday, Aug. 23 from 5:30pm - 8:00 pm
Rain date Tuesday, Aug. 29 (same time). We will call and email registrants on Wednesday 8/23 morning if severe thunderstorms and rain require us to postpone our meeting.
Location: Meet at Dyer Farms vegetable fields, down farm lane at 6390 Route 22, Plattsburgh (1.5 miles north of CCE Clinton office on the right, past Dyer Farms/Shields Vegetables farmstand)
Cost: $10 per farm (registration required by 9 am Wed, Aug. 23). Light refreshments provided.
2.00 DEC pesticide recertification credits available in categories 1A, 10, and 23
Join us for a twilight meeting at Dyer Farms in Plattsburgh. We'll tour Dyer Farms' vegetable fields, view an experimental laser scarecrow set up to deter birds, discuss insect, disease, and weed scouting and management recommendations for sweet corn and pumpkins, and cover crops for vegetable rotations.
Contact Elisabeth Hodgdon (518-650-5323 or eh528@cornell.edu) with questions and requests for accommodations.
Agenda:
5:20: Arrive early to sign in for DEC credits
5:30 pm: Introductions and welcome
5:35 pm: How we grow sweet corn and pumpkins at Dyer Farms (Sam Dyer, Dyer Farms/Shields Vegetables)
5:45 pm: Cover cropping in vegetable rotations (Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP and Pete Hagar, Clinton County SWCD)
6:15 pm: Services offered by the Clinton County Soil & Water Conservation District (Pete Hagar, Clinton County SWCD)
6:30 pm: Using laser scarecrows and other tactics to deter birds (Chuck Bornt, CCE ENYCHP)
7 pm: Integrated pest management in sweet corn (Chuck Bornt and Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP)
7:30 pm: Integrated pest management in pumpkins (Chuck Bornt and Elisabeth Hodgdon, CCE ENYCHP)
8 pm: Adjourn
Apples
Apricots
Asparagus
Beets
Blueberries
Broccoli
Brussels Sprouts
Cabbage
Carrots
Cauliflower
Cherries
Cucumbers
Dry Beans
Eggplant
Ethnic Vegetables
Garlic
Grapes
Horseradish
Kohlrabi
Leeks
Lettuce / Leafy Greens
Melons
Nectarines
Onions
Parsnips
Peaches
Pears
Peas
Peppers
Plums
Potatoes
Pumpkins / Gourds
Radishes
Raspberries / Blackberries
Rhubarb
Rutabaga
Snap Beans
Squash - Summer
Squash- Winter
Strawberries
Sweet Corn
Sweet Potatoes
Tomatoes
Turnips
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