Peru Weed Management and Soil Health Field Day
Event Details
Date
July 20, 2022
Time
1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location
The Don G Orchard Block
333 Route 22B
Peru, NY 12972
Cost
Free Registration : Free
Host
Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture
Join us in Peru on July 20th as we discuss orchard weed and soil management! Speakers will be joining us from across Cornell's research and extension teams. Topics will include the results of our herbicide timing trials, new vision-guided technologies for orchard weed spraying, organic weed management options, soil health demonstrations, and a discussion on our statewide orchard soil health survey. DEC credits are pending for this event.
1.5 DEC credits available in categories 1A, 10, and 22
Agenda
1 - 1:10 pm Welcome & Introductions
1:10 - 1:40 pm Peru herbicide trials - efficacy, tree damage, soil health (Mike Basedow & Janet van Zoeren, CCE)
1:40 - 2:10 pm Vision guided herbicide spraying and weed management technologies (Lynn Sosnoskie, Cornell)
2:10 - 2:40 pm Organic orchard management trial results (Greg Peck, Cornell)
2:40 - 3:10pm Soil health demos and CASH test (Debbie Aller, Cornell)
3:10 - 4:00pm Statewide soil health survey result discussion (Mike Basedow, Greg Peck, Debbie Aller)

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