In the News - May 2009
Bus tour, pest clinic to highlight horticulture field day
HOPE, Ark. - Gardeners and fruit producers can learn the latest production
techniques and the latest research into pest issues at the 2009 Horticulture
Field Day on June 18 at the Southwest Research and Extension Center at Hope.
The event is aimed at gardeners and fruit producers, whose numbers in
southwest Arkansas are growing, according to Dr. Vic Ford, center director.
"A highlight of the field day will be a bus tour of the center's
horticultural research into blueberries, blackberries and peaches," Ford said.
"But we'll also discuss ornamentals, tomatoes and other vegetables."
Extension and research personnel will discuss several topics, including
these:
- Common Arkansas weed identification and management
- Landscape shrub pruning
- Update on blackberry and peach breeding
- New-planted blueberry maintenance
- How to set an insect trap and identify insect damage
- How to build a compost pile
- Grow hardy kiwi and blackberries in high tunnel growing systems
Gardeners and producers may find the pest clinic after the tour will be the
most interesting part of the field day, Ford said. Gardeners are urged to bring
specimens from their home gardens or lawns for diagnosis and suggestions for
correcting the problem.
At 6:30 p.m., a barbecue dinner will be served for an $8 charge. Participants
can pay the day of the event. Ford is asking people to RSVP by June 12. You can
call (870) 777-9702 or e-mailing qchen@uaex.edu.
For directions to the station go to
aaes.uark.edu/swrec.html.
The Cooperative Extension Service is part of the U of A Division of
Agriculture.
This activity is open to all interested persons without regard to race,
color, national origin, religion, gender, age, disability, marital or veteran
status, or any other legally protected status. Persons with disabilities who
require alternative means for communication of program information should notify
the county extension office (or other appropriate office) as soon as possible
prior to the activity.
May 1, 2009
Media Contact: Lamar James
Extension Communications Specialist
U of A Division of Agriculture
Cooperative Extension Service
(501) 671-2187
ljames@uaex.edu
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