10:00 a.m to 2:30 p.m. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station 123 Huntington Street New Haven, CT 06504. |
10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tolland County Extension Office 24 Hyde Avenue Vernon, CT. 06066. |
| Tuesday, February 27, 2007 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Litchfield County Extension Center 843 University Drive Torrington, CT. |
Program
This educational program will feature the following topics:
· Keep it Clean, Keep it Safe and Save Money, Tips on Pesticide Storage, Candace Bartholomew, Extension Educator, University of Connecticut
· What Bugged You in 2006: Update on Insects and Mites on Bedding Plants, Leanne Pundt, Extension Educator, University of Connecticut
· Update on Identifying, Preventing and Managing Bedding Plant Spring Diseases, Wade Elmer, Plant Pathologist, CT Agricultural Experiment Station
·
Update on Chemical
Growth Regulators and other Production Tips, Richard McAvoy,
Extension Specialist, Greenhouse Crops, University of Connecticut
Included in your registration fee of $15.00: Handouts, Coffee and Light Refreshments
only. Bring your brown bag lunch.
Please make checks payable to the University of Connecticut
and send to Litchfield County Extension Center, 843 University
Drive, Torrington, CT 06790.
For more information contact Leanne Pundt, Cooperative Extension Educator, University of Connecticut, Litchfield County Extension Center, 843 University Drive, Torrington, CT 06790, Ph: 860-626-6240, Fax: 860-626-6897. Email:
leanne.pundt@uconn.edu
Registration Form - Spring Bedding Plants
Name______________________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________________________________
Town _______________________________State_________________Zip_______________
Email address: ___________________________________
Phone: _________________________________
Number attending _____x $15 = $________ at New Haven _____(please check) on Jan. 23rd
Number attending _____x $15 = $________at Tolland CES _____ (please check) on Feb.
1st
Number attending _____x $15 = $________at Litchfield CES ____ (please check) on Feb. 27th
Please make checks payable to University of Connecticut and send to:
Leanne Pundt,
University of Connecticut,
Litchfield County Extension Center,
843 University Drive,
Torrington, CT 06790.
If requested by a program participant at least 2 weeks in advance, every effort will be made to provide special accommodation.
Directions to Programs:
Tuesday, January 23rd CT Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven: From I-95 North or South: Exit onto I-91 north in New Haven. Take Exit 6 (left exit) to Willow Street. From 1-91 South: Take Exit 6 in New Haven to Willow Street. Turn right onto Willow Street and proceed to the end. Turn right onto Whitney Avenue. Take the third left off Whitney Avenue (Huntington Street). You will see Presbyterian Church. Proceed up the hill. The Experiment Station is on the right past the first cross street at 123 Huntington Street.
You can link to a map at: http://www.caes.state.ct.us/Directions/directions.htm or call 203-974-8500
Thursday, February 1st, Tolland County Extension Center: Take Exit 67 off I-84. Take Route 31 North to the junction of Route 30. Turn right onto Route 30. Tolland County Extension Center is on the right just after Rockville Bank at 24 Hyde Avenue (860-875-3331).
You can link to a map at: http://www.canr.uconn.edu/vernon.html
Tuesday, Feb 27th, Litchfield County Extension Center: From Route 8 North, take exit 44, go straight at first traffic light, go left at second traffic light onto Route 4 and proceed 2.75 miles, turn right onto University Drive and proceed 1 mile to Litchfield County Extension Center on the UConn Torrington Regional Campus. From Route 8 going south, take Exit 44. Turn right onto Route 4 and proceed 2.75 miles; turn right onto University Drive and proceed one mile to the Litchfield County Agricultural Center on the UConn Torrington Regional Campus. (860-626-6240)
Information on our site was developed for conditions in the Northeast. Use in other geographical areas may be inappropriate.
The information in this material is for educational purposes. The recommendations contained are based on the best available knowledge at the time of printing. Any reference to commercial products, trade or brand names is for information only, and no endorsement or approval is intended. The Cooperative Extension system does not guarantee or warrant the standard of any product referenced or imply approval of the product to the exclusion of others which also may be available.All agrochemicals/pesticides listed are registered for suggested uses in accordance with federal and Connecticut state laws and regulations as of the date of printing. If the information does not agree with current labeling, follow the label instructions. The label is the law.Warning! Agrochemicals/pesticides are dangerous. Read and follow all instructions and safety precautions on labels. Carefully handle and store agrochemicals/pesticides in originally labeled containers immediately in a safe manner and place. Contact the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection for current regulations.The user of this information assumes all risks for personal injury or property damage.Issued in furtherance of Cooperative Extension work, Acts of May 8 and June 30, 1914, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Kirklyn M. Kerr, Director, Cooperative Extension System, The University of Connecticut, Storrs. The Connecticut Cooperative Extension System offers its programs to persons regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability and is an equal opportunity employer.