Tips and Tricks of Vegetable Transplant Production
Date: Saturday, April 7th, 2012 
Start: 9:30 am End: 3:00 pm
Location: Horticulture Hall, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
Contact: Ajay Nair, (515) 294-7080, nairajay@iastate.edu
The day-long workshop will focus on specific areas of transplant production - greenhouse lighting, water quality, nutrient medium, organic production and pest management. Participants would also have an opportunity to get hands-on experience evaluating transplants grown in different growing medium and different cell sizes.
One of the workshop sessions will provide information on some new medium alternatives for vegetable transplant production including Dried Distiller’s Grain with Solubles (DDGS) and Biochar. Another session will explain proper sanitation measures, quality seed and growing mediums, and how to manage greenhouse environments so growers can produce healthy, disease free and quality transplants that contribute towards higher yield and productivity.
Registration before April 1 is $15; after that date registration is $20.
A special allocation from the Leopold Center supports the work of Ajay Nair in the ISU Horticulture Department to help local growers with fruit and vegetable production.
Related information
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture |
Ames, Iowa 50011 |
(515) 294-3711 |
leocenter@iastate.edu