Event Details
Date
February 17, 2016
Time
12:15 PM - 3:00 PM
Location
Seneca Produce Auction
2033 Yerkes Rd
Romulus, NY 14541
Cost
This event is free.
Host
Cornell Vegetable ProgramJudson Reid
585-313-8912
email Judson Reid
Seneca Produce Auction Greenhouse Growers Meeting
February 17, 2016
This meeting for produce auction growers will include information on making flowers profitable for auction sales, growth regulators, vegetable transplant production, alkalinity and irrigation, and principals of acidification. This will be a fairly informal, discussion oriented meeting.
12:15 PM Registration and networking
1:00 Welcome
1:05 How can flowers be profitable at auction? Price and production data shared by Judson Reid and Nelson Hoover; Cornell Vegetable Program
1:20 Grower Roundtable from Finger Lakes Produce Auction - Four experienced growers and their partners will speak to the following topics:
• Alkalinity and irrigation
• Fertilization
• Plant Growth Regulators
• Timing of flowers for auction sales
• Vegetable transplant production
2:00 Coffee and cookie break
2:20 Principles of acidification - Why it matters and how to do it - Judson Reid, CVP
2:40 Questions, answers and discussion-all participants
3:00 Adjourn
This event is FREE. Contact Judson Reid for more information.
