Hudson Valley Orchard Weed Management Meeting

Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 1:00 - 3:00 PM 

Titusville Farm 84 Titusville Rd, Poughkeepsie, NY

Join us at Titusville Farm on June 25^th to view firsthand and learn about our ARDP funded weed management project.  At this meeting, we will discuss previous research on using mulch for weed management, including the benefits of stacking mulch treatments with an organic herbicide program. We will then discuss the treatments in our field trial, discuss results to date, and get initial reactions from the grower, while viewing the field trial.  We will then discuss the other study objective, using a mechanical weeding system to replace contact herbicide applications, currently underway in the Champlain Valley.

Agenda

• 1:00 pm - Check-in, DEC Credit paperwork, and introductions
• 1:15 pm - An overview of mulch for orchard weed control
• 1:40 am - Field site overview, methods, and discussion of findings to date
• 2:10 pm - Mulch for orchard weed control, a grower's perspective 
• 2:30 pm - An introduction to mechanical weed control with Rinieri in the Champlain Valley  
• 2:45 pm - Final questions, hand out DEC certificates, conclude meeting
• 3:00 pm - Meeting ends

Free to attend, however registration is required.

1.75 DEC credits in categories 22, 10, and 1A are available for this meeting.