Handouts and Presentations from Educational Programs (pdf files)
January 11, 2018 Greenhouse Management and Production Education Program
- Presentation: Using PGRs to Manage the Quality of Spring Greenhouse Crops Dr. Douglas Cox University of Massachusetts
- Handout: Using PGRs for Height Control of Spring Greenhouse Crops
- Presentation: Managing Common Foliar and Root Diseases of Spring Greenhouse Crops Dr. Angela Madeiras, UMass Extension
- Presentation: Latest Research on the Impact of Neonicotinoids to Bees and Other Pollinators Dr Richard Cowles, Connecticut Ag. Experiment Station
- Presentation: How to Combine Biological Control with Conventional Pesticides Gregory Bryant, North East Representative, Bioline AgroSciences
August 10, 2017 Trial Garden Tour and Education Program
Handout- Integrating Micro-organisms to Supplement your IPM Program
2017 Biological Control Workshop at UConn Storrs, June 22, 2017
Take Home Tips from the Workshop
March 15, 2017 Lunchtime Greenhouse Webinar
How to Use Nature's Source and Sustane Organic Fertilizers for Spring Greenhouse Crops, Dr. Douglas Cox, Stockbridge School of Agriculture
March 1, 2017 Worker Protection Standards (WPS) Update -
Speaker: Laurie Rocco, Massachusetts Department of Agriculture
- Handout - Respirator Inspection Checklist (Checklist to use when checking respirator at the beginning of the season.)
- Handout - Worker Protection Respirator Checklist (Checklist for requirements for WPS)
- Handout - Medical Evaluation Form (English) (Medical evaluation document to fill out and bring to the doctor)
- Handout - Medical Evaluation Form (Spanish) (Medical evaluation - in spanish)
- Resources and links to training materials
- Respirator Fit Testing videos
- Respirator Medical Evaluation info and forms
- Training Videos
February 8, 2017 Winter Flower Growers' Program
- Resource: Respirator Fit Test Training, Al Sorensen, UMass Public Health
The new worker protection standard (WPS) requires respirators to be fit tested each year.
Changes in personal protection equipment are consistent with Department of Labor's standards for ensuring respirators are effective, including fit test, medical evaluation and training.
Specific information about respirator worker protection standard is in this chapter in the Pesticide Worker Protection "How to Comply Manual" beginning on page 68: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-10/documents/htcmanual-chapter4-oct16.pdf - Presentation: Reading and Anlyzing Your Fertilizer Bag, Cari Peters, J R Peters Inc.
- Handout: Step by Step: Using and Scheduling Biological Control, Linda Taranto, D&D Farms
- Presentation: Disease Management from Start to Finish: Key Diseases of Spring Crops, Colleen Warfield, Ball Horticulture
- Presentation: 5 Ways to Create Continuous Biocontrol in Greenhouses, Carol Glenister, IPM Laboratories, Locke NY
Handout: Aphid GuardTM Aphid Banker Plant
January 11, 2017 Greenhouse Management: Optimizing the Greenhouse Environment for Crop Production
- Presention: Managing Light, Temperature and Relative Humidity in Greenhouses (Parts 1 & 2), Dr. Ryan Dickson, University of New Hampshire
- Presentation: Irrigating Greenhouse Crops, Dr. Mandy Bayer, University of Massachusetts Extension
- Resource: Neonicotinoids, Native Pollinators, and Greenhouse Production
November 9-10, 2016 Northeast Greenhouse Conference (Complete Program) Below are handouts and presentations from some of the speakers.
- Handout: Biological Control Information, Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, Buglady Consulting
- Handout: Advance Biocontrol Panel: Biocontrol at Cozy Acres Greenhouses, and Chart of Beneficials Jeff Marstaller, Cozy Acres Greenhouses
- Presentation: What’s New and How Do We Stop It: Disease Management on Flowers and Herbs in the Greenhouse, Margery Daughtrey, Cornell Univiversity
- Handout: Commonsense Greenhouse Mechanization: Lower Labor Input, John Bartok, University of Connecticut
- Presentation: Yield Response to CO2 Enrichment, Tom Manning, Rutgers University
- Handout: Proven New Perennials, Sinclair Adam, Penn State Extension
- Presentation: Yield Response to Supplemental Lighting, Celina Gómez, University of Florida
- Handout: Trends from Tenches, Stepanie Cohen, Collegeville, PA
- Presentation: The Ins and Outs of Using Biopesticides to Manage Disease of Greenhouse Flowers and Herbs, Margery Daughtrey, Cornell University
- Handout: How to Get the Most from Your Beneficial Insects, Suzanne Wainright-Evans, Buglady Consulting
- Handout: Plants with Style: A Plantsman's Choices for a Vibrant 21st Century Garden, Kelly Norris, greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
- Handout: Social Media for Greenhouse Growers and Garden Centers, Kathy Kelley, Penn State University
- Handout: Net Zero Energy Greenhouses: Growing with Zero Emissions, Jeff Marstaller, Cozy Acres Greenhouses
- Handout: Ornamental Grasses: Plants and Combinations that Sell, Stephanie Cohen, Collegeville, PA
- Handout: Gardening with Y, Kelly Norris, Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden
August 25, 2016 Trial Garden Tour (Cavicchio Greenhouses, J.P. Bartlett's, Massachusetts Horticultural Society)
Co-sponsored by UMass Extension and Massachusetts Flower Growers Association
June 21, 2016 New Advances for Biological Controls For Indoor and Outdoor Production of Ornamentals
Co-sponsored with UConn Extension - These presentations (PDFs) are on the UConn Extension Integrated Pest Management site:
- Presentation: Bio-Control Developments on a Global Level, Ronald Valentin, Bioline Agrosciences, Inc.
- Presentation: New Developments You Can Use from Biocontrol Research, John Sanderson, Cornell University
- Presentation: Biological Control Agents (BCA) Use in Perennial Growing, Roger McGaughey, Pioneer Gardens
- Presentation: Encouraging Beneficials to Enhance Biological Control in Outdoor Production, Paula Shrewsbury, University of Maryland
- Good Garden Bugs: Identifying Native Predators and Parasitoids Common in Outdoor Ornamental Production, Mary Gardiner, Ohio State University
Mary’s presentation was a summary of her book “Good Garden Bugs. Everything You Need to Know About Beneficial Predatory Insects”.You can also view this You Tube video by Mary on Identifying Natural Enemies in Vegetable Crops:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1EYCevAgnY
February 16, 2016 Plant Nutrition for Greenhouse Crops: On-site Media Testing
UMass Extension Greenhouse Crops and Floriculture Program
- Presentation: Greenhouse Media Testing Methods, Douglas Cox, Stockbridge School of Agriculture
- Resource: 1,2,3's of PourThru, North Carolina State University
- Outline of Presentation: Identifying Nutrient Disorder, Geoffrey Njue, UMass Extension
- Key to Identifying Nutrient Disorders of Greenhouse Crops, Geoffrey Njue, UMass Extension
- Presentation: Sorting Through Different Types of Meters and Maintenance of Equipment, Kathleen McDermott and Mike Tremel, Hanna Instruments
- Presentation: Interpreting Soil Test Results, Douglas Cox, Stockbridge School of Agriculture
February 2, 2016 Winter Flower Growers' Program
Co-sponsored with Massachusetts Flower Growers Association
- Plant Growth Regulators - Tools for Spring Greenhouses, Rick Yates, GGSPro Technical Services Manager
- Top Native Perennial Plants for Pollinator Gardens, Carrie Wiles, North Creek Nursery
- Transplants for Ethnic Crops in Massachusetts (chart) Frank Mangan, UMass Extension
- Selected Resources on Biological Controls, UMass Extension
- Revisions to the Worker Protection Standards, (Link to EPA website) Taryn LaScola, Massachusetts Dept. of Agricultural Resources
January 12, 2016 Biological Control in Greenhouses - Success is in the Details
Co-sponsored with UConn Extension
- Presentation: The Art of Releasing Biocontrols, Scott Creary, Biological Control Consultant
- Presentation: Preventing an Aphid Apocalypse, Cheryl Frank Sullivan, University of Vermont, Entomology Research Laboratory
- Outline: Step by Step, Our Schedule for Using Biocontrol, Linda Taranto, D&D Farms
- Presentation: Pesticide Compatibility and Biocontrols, Scott Creary, Biological Control Consultant
- Presentation: Mount Auburn Cemetery Greenhouse Biocontrol Program, Kelley Sullivan
- Other Resources - Fact Sheets
- Optimizing Banker Plant Systems for Aphid Biological Control in Floriculture Greenhouses, Special Research Report, American Floral Endowment 2013, North Carolina Sate University
- Aphid Management in Winter Tunnel Greens, Cornell University
- Aphid Banker Plant System for Greenhouse IPM Step by Step, University of Vermont
November 10, 2015 Get Ready for Spring 2016: Growing Spring Crops in Greenhouses
- Greenhouse Sanitation (outline), Russell Norton, Extension Educator
- Greenhouse Disease Management: Powdery & Downy Mildews, Botrytis, and More, Dr. Angela Madeiras, UMass Extension Plant Diagostic Lab
- Managing Plant Nutrition of Greenhouse Ornamentals, Dr. Douglas Cox, UMass Extension and Stockbridge School of Agriculture
- Pest Management Resources for Commercial Greenhouses
- Scheduling Biologicals L. Taranto, D&D Farms and T. Smith, UMass Extension.
- Managing Fungus Gnats, Thrips, Aphids and Mites, Tina Smith, UMass Extension
June 18, 2015 UConn Extension and UMass Extension Biological Control Conference in Storrs CT.
March 26, 2015 UMass Extension Symposium: Pollinator Health for Agriculture and Landscapes
- Pollinator Protection and Responsible Use of Insecticie Treated Seed (Health Canada)
- Protecting Bees From Pesticides, Dr. Kimberly Stoner, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
- Top Forage Plants for a Bee Garden, UMaine
- Bee Gardens, UMaine
- How to Create a Bee-Friendly Landscape, UMaine
- Planting Flowers for Bees in Connecticut, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station
February 26, 2015 Plant Nutrition and Organic Certification for Greenhouse Crops
- Growing Spring Crops Using Organic Fertilizers
- Dr. Douglas Cox, UMass Extension
- Organic Certification for Greenhouse Container Crops (2015 fee Summary for New Applicants)
Don Persons, Certification Administrator, Baystate Organic Certifier
January 29, 2015 Winter Flower Growers' Program
- The Best 10 New Varieties and How to Successfully Grow Them
Jason Twadell, Selecta-Ball FloraPlant
Jessica Boldt, Production R&D Manager, Pleasant View Gardens - Value-added Products and Services for Garden Centers: What Works and What to Consider
Dee Dice, Constant Growth, Marketing and Consulting - Technology Tools to Help Your Business
- Energy Grants (Link to fact sheet)
- Worker Protection Standards for Your Greenhouse (Link to more information)
Taryn LaScola, Mass Dept of Agricultural Resources - Disease Diagnostic Test Kits (Link to fact sheet)
- Genetically Modified Organism (GMOs): Answering Customer's Questions (Link to fact sheet)
Geoffrey Njue, UMass Extension
Decembr 10, 2014 Greenhouse Container Vegetable Production
- Growing Greenhouse Tomatoes and Greenhouse Cucumbers in Containers,
Dr. Richare McAvoy, University of Connecticut - Diseases and Disorders of Greenhouse Vegetable Crops
M. Bess Dicklow, University of Massachusetts Extension Plant Disease Diagnostic Laboratory - Bench Top Production/Hydroponic Production
Brian Krug, University of New Hampshire - Cucumbers: Successfully Growing in a HighTunnel or Greenhouse Environment
Brad Clegg, Four Town Farm, Seekonk, MA - Greenhouse Greens
Dave Volante, Volante Farms