Strategies for Propagating Vegetables

Do you have questions about:  how to maximize the quality of your vegetables through your propagation practices and management? If so, you are not alone! Join us for a day-long workshop.

When Thursday, March 1st, 9 a.m.-3:45 p.m.

Where The Onslow County Cooperative Extension Office

8:30-9:00     Sign Up with Coffee and Donuts

9:00-10:00   The propagation Environment

• controlled environments and structures used for starting seeds
• managing the environment: temperature and water relationships
• juggling a variety of crops in a controlled environment
• bmp’s/ipm

10:00-11:00 seed physiology

• trait selection
• treatments for disease management
• seedling management
• factors that affect uniformity of crop and how variability affects yield

11:00-12:00 media and nutrient balances to meeting cropping demands

• focused on the 4Rs

12:00-1:00                       Lunch

1:00-2:00 saving your own seeds

• how to save your seed
• the implications from a disease management and genotype perspective
• pre and post-harvest factors affecting seed viability
• factors that affect seed vigor
• storage environment

2:00-3:00 hands-on activity

Register by Feb 26^th https://goo.gl/ESdLgW

information please contact Lisa Rayburn lisa_rayburn@ncsu.edu or Wesley Stallings wcstalli@ncsu.edu