Indiana Flower Growers Association Educational Conference
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the Date
- You are invited to attend the 33rd Annual Indiana Flower Growers
Association (IFGA) Educational Conference
which will be held at the Purdue Beck Agricultural Center in West Lafayette, IN
on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. The Indiana Flower Growers Association
(IFGA) and Purdue Extension are jointly sponsoring this year’s Educational
Sessions. Please find the attached conference brochure for more information.
Registration,
Floriculture Person of the Year nomination and AD Forms will be sent out next
week.
Please
note that there is no golf tournament set for this year. However, members are
welcome to set up a golf outing.
2015
IFGA Conference – Purdue Beck Agricultural Center, 4540 U.S. 52/231 West, West
Lafayette, IN 47906
9:00 to 10:00 AM
Registration
Worker Protection
10:00 to 10:30 AM
Everything You Wanted to Know
About the Worker Protection Standard but Were Afraid to Ask
Joseph Becovitz,
Pesticide Program Specialist Office of Indiana State Chemist
Water
10:30 to 11:30 AM
Adjuvants and the Power of Spray
Droplets
Fred Whitford, Fred
Whitford, Purdue Dept. of Botany and Plant Pathology
11:30 to 12:00 PM
Clean Up Your Water (1):
Particles and Salts
Dr. Paul
Fisher, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida
12:00 to 12:30 PM
Break, lunch distribution, and
awards
12:30 to 1:00 PM
Clean Up Your Water
(2): Biofilm and Pathogens
Dr. Paul
Fisher, Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida
Nutrition
1:00 to 1:30 PM
pH and EC
measurements – How to and Comparison of Test Methods
Dr. Todd
Cavins, Ball Horticulture Co.
1:30 to 2:00 PM
Fix It -
Nutritional Problems and Correction Strategies
Dr. Todd
Cavins, Ball Horticulture Co.
Break
2:00 to 2:15 PM
Pesticides
2:15 to 2:45 PM
Non-Neonic
Pest Control – A Growers Prospective
Zach
Schlegel, Grower, L.F. Schlegel & Son Greenhouse, Inc.
2:45 to 3:45 PM
Neonicotinoids
and Pollinators
Rick
Fletcher, Technical Services Manager, Nufarm
Break
3:45 to 4:00 PM
Growth Regulators
4:00 to 4:15 PM
Pre-Transplant
PGR Liner Soaks and Post-Transplant Spray Applications Influence Height and
Branching
Of
Purple Fountain Grass
Dr. Roberto
Lopez, Purdue Dept. of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Production
4:15 to 4:30 PM
Growing
Bedding Plants under Greenhouse LED Top Lighting
Joshua
Craver, Purdue Dept. of Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
4:30 to 4:45 PM
Reducing
Greenhouse Air Temperatures with the use of Root-zone Heating
Madeline Olberg, Purdue Dept. of Horticulture &
Landscape Architecture