Pest Management on Nursery Plants Workshop

Date/Time Date(s) – 06/14/2017 – 06/15/2017 All Day Website

Location WSU Extension Mount Vernon 16650 WA-536, Mount Vernon, WA, 98273

Join the Northwest Center for Alternatives to Pesticides for this workshop and educational tour/demonstration to learn approaches to manage common pests on nursery plants! This workshop and tour will train field and greenhouse growers in methods of biological control.

Agenda:

• Biocontrols: What we can control/What we can’t
• Mites, thrips, aphids, gnats and weevils: What is working for growers
• Tutorial on using microscopes for identification
• Critical thinking for using biocontrol: Understanding your growing situation, what questions to ask a provider, fact from fiction
• Discussion Panel: Checking your spray records, Getting your team involved, How to market and motivate
• Crop Insurance Presentation
• Lunch
• Bug Out with Alison-Identification
• Local Nursery Tour with bio control demonstration, including microbial dip, nematode and banker plants

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