Event Details
Date
February 8, 2017
Time
8:00am-4:00pm
Location
Albany Ramada Plaza Hotel
3 Watervliet Ave Ext.
Albany, NY 12206
Cost
$40.00 Enrolled ENYCHP Members
(additional attendee $40.00 ea.)
$60.00 Non-Enrolled
(additional attendee $60.00 ea.)
You Must Pre-Register by 1/30 for this Event
Host
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
Pre-Registration Deadline: February 5, 2017
EVENT HAS PASSED
EVENT HAS PASSED
2017 Capital District Commercial Vegetable Growers' School and Mini Trade Show!
February 8, 2017
Join us for our annual CCE ENYCHP Winter School. This event will include a full day of speakers and a small trade show.
3.25 NYS DEC Pesticide Re-certification credits will be available.
Please register by Monday, January 30th. You must be pre-registered to attend this event! Your registration includes a hot lunch.
8:00 Registration, DEC Recertification Sign-up, coffee and visit with our sponsors!
9:00 Introduction and announcements - Chuck Bornt, CCE ENYCHP
9:05 Back to the Basics of Vegetable Transplant Production: Media, Fertility and Other Factors that
Affect Your Transplant Quality - Neil Mattson, Cornell University
Affect Your Transplant Quality - Neil Mattson, Cornell University
9:40 Mitigating Environmental Stress in Tomatoes - Dr. Gordon Johnson, University of Delaware
10:20 DEC, WPS Changes and a New Municipal Code to Be in the Know About - Maire Ullrich, CCE
Orange County/CCE ENYCHP
Orange County/CCE ENYCHP
11:10 Recognizing and mitigating stress in Cucurbit crops - Dr. Gordon Johnson, University of Delaware
11:45 What's New with Crop Insurance? - Elizabeth Higgins, CCE ENYCHP
12:00 Hot Buffet Lunch, Visit with Sponsors & Fellow Growers!
1:00 Back to Soil Basics - Liming Requirements and other Basic Nutrient Needs for Vegetable Crops -
Dr. Steve Reiners, Cornell University
Dr. Steve Reiners, Cornell University
1:30 Training and Pruning Systems for Cherry Tomatoes in High Tunnels - Amy Ivy, CCE ENYCHP
2:00 New and Emerging Pests to be on the Lookout for in Our Region - Teresa Rusinek, CCE ENYCHP
2:25 Year 2 of Our Beet and Carrot Variety Trials - CCE Crystal Stewart, CCE ENYCHP
2:50 Break
3:00 Cover Crop Tour - See What You Missed This Fall at our Cover Crop Meeting - Chuck Bornt,
CCE ENYCHP
3:30 What's New with BioPesticides? - Dr. Margaret McGrath, Cornell University
4:00 Evaluations, pick up DEC Sheets and Adjourn
We have applied DEC Recertification credits for this location in Categories 1A, 23 and 10.
