East Texas Commercial Fruit and Vegetable Conference
Date: Tuesday, Feb 24, 2015
Fee: $30 each $50 couples – add $5 for late registration after February 20, 2015
College Student registration $10 with current student ID, fee waved with no lunch
Lunch will be included with the registration.
Cancellation policy: No refund
To register, Call Nacogdoches County Extension Office, at 936-560-7711
For more information, contact Ricky Thompson, AgriLife Extension agent at 936-560-7711 or r-thompson@ag.tamu.edu.
Pre-Registration can be mailed to: County Extension Office, 203 West Main St., Nacogdoches, TX 75961.
Make checks payable to: Nacogdoches Master Gardener Association
TDA CEUs: 2 hrs
Master Gardeners CEUs: 5 hrs of continuing education recertification credits
Location: Expo Center in Nacogdoches. 3805 NW Stallings Drive, Nacogdoches, TX 75964
Sponsors:
Irrigation Mart, Inc.
Heritage Land Bank
Earthwise Organics
Vendors:
Certis USA
Topics:
9 am: Herbicides: (1 CEU) Joe Masabni
1. Activated charcoal to remediate soil residual herbicides
2. Herbicide calculation
3. Weed control, organic and conventional
10 am: Production I
Blackberry, Blueberry, Kiwi - David Creech 40 min
Muscadine grapes – Justin Scheiner 20 min
11 am: Production II
Something Sprouts in Nacogdoches: A New Student Edible Garden at SFASU - Jared Barnes 30 min
Veggie Tales from a Lifetime Gardener - Greg Grant 30 min
Noon: lunch provided with a 30 min video presentation on Bees/IPM by Erfan Vafaie
1 pm: Production III
Peach Production: Challenges and Opportunities - Monte Nesbitt 30 min
Rainwater Harvesting and Irrigation - Dotty Woodson 30 min
2 pm: Vegetables Diseases/IPM: Thomas Isakeit 30 min
2:30 pm: Irrigation Practices: Dr. Robbins 30 min (to confirm)
3 pm: Adjourn
For more information, contact Joe Masabni at jmasabni@ag.tamu.edu or Ricky Thompson at rthompson@ag.tamu.edu