Schedule of Activities at the Two Day Grower Workshop

Grower Workshop
Our workshops are scheduled frequently and held at various grower's locations throughout the USA. While the classroom workshop material is consistent from location to location, different types of growing systems are in their greenhouse and will influence the available training. Plant management in a tomato house is extremely similar regardless of hydroponic growing techniques, with the main difference in nutrient delivery and growing media. (which is primarily covered in the lecture part of the workshop). Lettuce and herb growers have quite different systems and plant management requirements compared to vine crop growers. All of these workshops will focus on hydroponic production, regardless of the greenhouse grower's actual system as listed in the below schedule.

 Available Dates and Locations 

Date Location
March 2-3, 2012

Summerville, SC - Lettuce and Tomato Grower

Hampton Inn Summerville- Meeting and Hotel

March 16-17, 2012

Kinder, Louisiana

Coushatta Casino Resort- Coushatta Grand Inn
Hotel and Meeting

 

April 27-28, 2012

Quakertown, PA - Lettuce and Tomato Grower

SpringHill Suites by Marriott- Meeting and Hotel


June 2012

Lodi, Ohio

More information coming soon

For more information on our South Carolina Workshop Click Here

For more information on our Louisiana Workshop Click Here

For more information on our Pennsylvania Workshop Click Here

 

Workshop Schedule

Day 1

8:30 AM to 12:30 PM

     · Review of Hydroponics

     · Introducing Bato Buckets and NFT Channels

     · Greenhouse Structures

     · Greenhouse Environmental Equipment

     · Basic Botany of a Hydroponic Plant

     · Growing Medias

     · Vine Crop Production

     · Question and Answer Session

12:30 to 2:00 PM

     Lunch

2:00 to 4:30 PM

     · Orientation in the Greenhouse

     · Introduction to Cultural Practices

 

Day 2

8:30 AM to 12:30 PM

     · Educational Media

     · Fertilizer and Solution Management **

     · Leaf Crop Production

     · Question and Answer Session

12:30 to 2:00 PM

     Lunch

2:00 to 4:30 PM

     · Hands On in the Greenhouses

     · Individualized Instruction

**Bring 8 ounces of your source water, if it is available.

 

 

Facility Space is Limited, Please Register Before the Workshop Date!!

 

 

 Please be aware that most tomato growers use bumble bees to pollinate.

 

Other Information
Registration and Tuition
Grower Workshops

 

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