Wisconsin Fresh Market Vegetable Growers Association
 Grow Your Best Crops Ever—Giving Plants a Great Start

                    AGENDA

8:30  Registration & Refreshments

9:00  Germination—The Start of Life

¨ Seed Tray Techniques: Sizes, Reuse 

¨ Medium to use

¨ Steps of planting

¨ Germination Chambers/Incubators

     Tricky Crops to Start

¨ Seedless watermelon 

     Transitioning to the Greenhouse

¨ Hardening off

Noon  Lunch & Networking (Included with registration)

     Transplanting—Moving Them Outside

¨ Matching Crops to Soil Types

¨ Soil Preparation

¨ Monitoring weather conditions: moisture, temperature, and false starts

¨ Pre-plant weed management

¨ Plant spacing & depth

¨ Nursing plants through the critical first weeks

     Grower Panel

¨ Questions & Answers

3:00 Adjourn

PRESENTERS:

Carlin Horticultural Supplies  A Carlin representative will talk about seed trays and medium.

Ian Jenkins  is the Wisconsin sales representative for Rispens Seeds of Beecher, Illinois. 

A.J. Bussan is an Associate Professor of Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  A.J. also has an Extension appointment as the Fresh Market Potato and Vegetable Production Specialist.   

A panel of vegetable grower members will also be on hand to talk about their operations and answer your questions.

This school is for both beginners and experienced growers who want to want to improve their success rates at starting crops– from seed tray to transplanting in the field. 

Directions to Hancock Research Station:
N3909 Cr V, Hancock, WI 54943  MAP
Take I-39/Hwy 51 to Exit 131 at Hancock (Cty Hwy V).  Turn West on Cty Hwy V and follow it South one mile to Research Station.

Directions to Witte’s Vegetable Farm:
10006 Bridge Rd, Cedarburg, WI  53012  MAP
From East or West, take Hwy 60 west of Cedarburg.  Turn South on Granville Rd. (Cty Hwy Y)  Turn East on Bridge Rd to farm on left side.

For questions, call WFMVGA, 211 Canal Rd. Waterloo, WI  53594
Phone: (920) 478-3852  Email: info@wisconsinfreshproduce.org