Registration: $40 per person or $35 per person for 3 or more from same business. (Note there is an additional fee to register on-line with a credit card)
Registration includes morning refreshments, breaks and handouts.
On-Line Registration. Note: There is an additional fee for credit card transactions.
9:00 – 9:30 Registration, Coffee and Pastry
9:30 – 10:30 Growing Greenhouse Tomatoes and Greenhouse Cucumbers in Containers
Rich McAvoy, University of Connecticut
10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45 Perfecting Biocontrol in Greenhouse Vegetables
Carol Glenister, IPM Laboratories, Locke NY
11:45 – 12:45 Lunch on your own (see options*)
12:45 – 1:45 Growing Bench-top Greens
Brian Krug, University of New Hampshire
Brian will talk about current UNH research including cultivars and growing methods.
1:45 – 2:00 Break
2:00 – 2:45 Diseases and Disorders of Greenhouse Tomatoes, Cukes and Greens
M.Bess Dicklow, University of Massachusetts Extension
Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
2:45 – 3:45 Grower to Grower Panel
Brad Clegg, Four Town Farm, Seekonk, MA
Dave Volante, Volante Farms, Needham, MA
Two contact hours for pesticide recertification have been requested.
*Lunch options: Bring your own, or purchase lunch there.
Build your own sandwich buffet (roast beef, turkey, ham, vegetable), potato salad, chips, desert, drink can be pre-purchased ($13) from Publick House at check-in,
or eat in the Publick House restaurant or fast food restaurants within a short drive.
