BASF Grower Meeting

FYI-  BASF will be having an informational meeting on their portfolio of plant protection products that might be of interest to ornamental growers.  Some of the products they will be highlighting are Orkestra™ Intrinsic® brand fungicide, Pageant® Intrinsic brand fungicide, and Sultan® miticide. They will also have Paul Pilon with Perennial Solutions Consulting Horticultural Consultant on the topic “Production Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them” and Dr. Kathie Kalmowitz, a BASF Technical Specialist speaking about “Introduction of a New Innovative Fungicide for Production” and “IPM Solutions for Weed Control.”

If you are interested, the meeting will be held on September 28, 2016 from

10:00am - 1:40pm which will include a working lunch. The event site will be University of Florida / IFAS Mid-Florida Research and Education Center (across from Lake Apopka, next to Magnolia Park) located at 2725 South Binion Road, Apopka, FL 32703.  

One CEU will be available!

To ensure your reservation, please RSVP to peggy.clanton@basf.com by August 23, 2016.

Preemrgent Herbicide Field Trial on Recycled Potting Soil

I have been working on a field trial with preemergent herbicides at a grower's field and thought I would share the results from what we have seen.  This is reused recycled soil that has had various preemergent herbicides applied as soon as pots were filled. We did two plots for each herbicide and we only did one plot of non-treated control.  We took pictures at two and four weeks after treatment (WAT).  This soil suffers from an abundance of nutsedge which is not normally an issue in potting soils due to its propagation from tubers and not from seeds.  This happens to be prevalent due to the process of reusing the old soil.

Preemrgent Herbicide Field Trial on Recycled Potting Soil

I have been working on a field trial with preemergent herbicides at a grower's field and thought I would share the results from what we have seen.  This is reused recycled soil that has had various preemergent herbicides applied as soon as pots were filled. We did two plots for each herbicide and we only did one plot of non-treated control.  We took pictures at two and four weeks after treatment (WAT).  This soil suffers from an abundance of nutsedge which is not normally an issue in potting soils due to its propagation from tubers and not from seeds.  This happens to be prevalent due to the process of reusing the old soil.

IPM Scouting Class in Manatee County

My colleague from Manatee County, Martha Glenn is starting a scouting class that some of you may be interested in attending.  Here is the information about it.

Sign up now for the Integrated Pest Management/Scout Training being held at the Manatee County Extension.  It is a three day training that starts next Thursday, August 11^th,  continues on the 18^th, and finishes August 25^th.  Some of the topics included are:

 August 11^th – Scouting for Insects & Beneficials taught by Justin Renkema (GCREC) & Adam Dale (Gainesville) both Assistant Professors of Entomology/UF

                Also included on this day will be the benefits of IPM and scouting and the mechanics and strategies of scouting.

August 18^th – Scouting for Diseases  taught by Jim Mertely a plant pathologist at the Gulf Coast Research and Educational Center

                Also included on this day will be scouting techniques, and scouting for abiotics and nematodes

August 25^th – Weed ID and Control taught by Chris Marble (Mid-FL Research and Education Center), Assistant Professor of Weed Management

                Also included on this day will be pH, EC and water quality

Plans are to do some hands on scouting each day.  Lunch is included in the fee for the training. 

Please register at   https://ipmtraining.eventbrite.com

If you have any questions, please contact Martha Glenn.

Email:  mglenn7@ufl.edu

Phone:  941-722-4524 ext. 255

Cell:  941-840-3000