Event: Greenhouse Vegetable Production Workshop

An exclusive workshop for greenhouse vegetable growers will be held at the Controlled Environment Agriculture Center (CEAC) at the University of Arizona in Tucson from November 1-4. The following subjects will be presented in detail by 10 senior authorities on greenhouse vegetable cropping systems.

- Design construction for greenhouse structures and monitoring your environment
- Computers and instrumentation
- Growing media choices
- Transplant production including grafting procedures for plant vigor and disease resistance
- Design of your fertilizer injector system
- Fertigation management, mineral nutrition and design of your nutrient formula
- EC management and its influence on fruit flavor
- The story on tomatoes and their relationship to VPD
- Steering your plants toward profit
- Crop registration and daily records
- Diseases and insects with biological control technologies
- Packaging and marketing

The workshop is limited to 50 people. The total registration fee is $4,885 with a discount of $400 if payment is received by September 1. Registration fee includes four nights lodging and all meals.

As soon as your pre-registration is received, you will be assigned a registrant number. To pre-register or for information on speakers and the hotel, contact Merle Jensen at smjensen1@earthlink.net.