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Leafy Greens Intensive
Event Details
Date
February 4, 2025
Time
9:30am - 3:30pm
Location
The Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home
4079 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, NY 12538
Cost
Pre-Registration : $30.00
(addl attendee $30.00 ea.)
At The Door Price
At the door : $50.00
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureDate: February 4th, 2025
Snow Date: February 5th, 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Place: The Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home
Address: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538
Join Cornell Cooperative Extension for a day-long intensive focused on leafy greens production! This intensive will focus on both summer and winter growing and will feature grower insights and research. Topics include: soil steaming, spinach variety trials, pest management, heat tolerant varieties and a moderated grower to grower conversation.
Cost: $30 pre-registration up until Feb 3rd at 5pm, $50 at the door. Lunch is included
Agenda
9:30am-10:00am - Welcome/registrations
10 AM - 11 AM - Soil steaming with presentations from Extension experts and growers who have used it and a grower panel discussion
11 AM - 12 PM - IPM rotation stations with discussion groups on varieties and disease resistance, insect pests, fertility and weeds management
12:00-12:30: - Lunch, industry announcements
12:30-12:45: - Active learning stations- growers share favorite varieties of different crops and why they like them
12:45- 1:30 - Climate considerations and changes to growing practices and grower panel on planning with changing weather
1:45- 2:45 - Climate related rotation stations with discussion groups on summer growing, shoulder season growing and winter growing
2:45- 3:15 - Show and tell on other topics
3:15 - 3:30 - Wrap up and final discussions
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