Leafy Greens Intensive
Event Details
Date
February 4, 2025
Time
9:30am - 4:00pm
Location
The Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home
4079 Albany Post Road
Hyde Park, NY 12538
Host
Eastern New York Commercial HorticultureDate: February 4th, 2025
Snow Date: February 5th, 2025
Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 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.
DEC credits applied for.
Cost: TDB, lunch is included.
Full agenda coming soon.
Registration will open when the details are confirmed, check back soon!
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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