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VEG-PROD> The Great Pumpkin Growers' School


>The Great Pumpkin Growers' School!, a comprehensive day devoted to pumpkin
production and marketing will be held Friday February 21st from 9 AM to 4 PM
at the Albany County Extension Center in Voorheesville NY.  Growers,
extension agents and specialists, and researchers are all invited to attend.

This day will be especially useful for growers in New York, New England, and
other Northern tier states.  For a complete program and registration form,
contact Ms. Dale Riggs.  Many of the sessions will have hands-on,interactive
activities. 
>
>Topics to be covered include:
>        What's the greatest pumpkin variety of all?  - Dale Riggs
>        
>        Spacing to optimize high numbers of large fruit - Dr. Steve Reiners
>        
>        How can you grow more pumpkins than weeds? - Weed management
options - Dr. Robin Bellinder
>        
>        Nutrient management and the potential for using the PSNT -
John Howell
>        
>        What are the spots on the leaves? - Foliar disease identification
and management - Dr. Tom Zitter
>        
>        Where are all the pumpkins? - Pollination and fruit set issues - 
>                Dr. H. Chris Wien
>        
>        What's bugging my pumpkins? - Insect management in the 90's - 
>                Dr. Mike Hoffmann
>        
>        How do you avoid pumpkin meltdown? - Fruit rotting disease
management - Dr. Tom Zitter
>        
>        What are your costs of production? - Steve Hadcock and Dale Riggs
>        
>        Pumpkin Production and Marketing at "The Milk Pail" - John Halsey
>from Water Mill NY (Long Island).  John grows and markets 10 acres of
>pumpkins (including giant pumpkins) at his retail market in Water Mill.  He
is transplanting into sorghum-sudangrass mulch, produces excellent quality
pumpkins, and is a good marketer.
>  
>
>3.0 recertification credits are available
>
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Dale Riggs, Area Vegetable Specialist	email: driggs@cce.cornell.edu
Cornell Cooperative Extension		Phone:	(518)462-2553
146 State Street,  Albany, NY  12207	FAX	(518)426-3316 

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