Conference, workshops to cultivate growers' knowledge

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Operators of greenhouses, nurseries and garden centers can learn about new production techniques and get advice on marketing at the 2012 Indiana Flower Growers Association Bedding Plant Conference and a series of free educational workshops across the state.

The statewide IFGA conference will be Feb. 23 at Crossroads Greenhouse in Indianapolis. The Educational Series for Greenhouse and Nursery Growers and Garden Centers, funded by the Indiana Department of Agriculture, will be held at various sites beginning Jan. 18.

The conference will include sessions on temperature and light management, plant growth regulators, pest management, and marketing and economics for growers. It will begin with a tour of the greenhouses. Sessions will feature speakers from Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue universities, along with owners of successful greenhouses and marketing operations.

Let garden center leftovers feed your landscape

By Rhonda Stansberry

WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

Need some color? Throw a couple of potted geraniums in the cart.
Have a puny pot of petunias on the porch? Pick up a pot of those new Supertunias as replacemets. It’s that time in the growing season when discounted plants create a new frenzy of garden shopping. By mid-July, many garden centers are taking stock, lowering prices and selling off one-season annuals, often called bedding plants, that will die with the first frost. Some shops practically give away vegetable plants. And depending on the store, you might find discounts on perennials, roses, woody shrubs and trees. Various discounts could be found at most area garden shops last week. Read more>

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Herbicide damage appearing in Montana's vegetable and bedding plants

BOZEMAN -- Montanans are reporting signs of herbicide damage to vegetable and some flower plants. Montana State University's Schutter Diagnostic Lab has received numerous reports in recent weeks of a condition that causes leaves on affected tomato, other vegetable, and flower plants to curl tightly to form "fiddleheads." Read more:
Herbicide damage appearing in Montana's vegetable and bedding plants Source: montana.edu

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