Nursery Notes: TNLA convention scheduled for next week
The Tennessee Nursery & Landscape Association’s 27th annual Convention, Trade Show and Educational sessions will be in Chattanooga at the Convention Center again this year, July 7-9.
Education will be offered 9 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., followed by a walking tour of the aquarium landscape and Coolidge Park till 6:30 p.m. July 7.
Maintenance staff will discuss the challenges they have faced in the park. With over 8,500 shrubs, 770 trees and 9 acres of turf, find which plants have failed and which ones survived. On the way, we view Coolidge Park and the Tennessee River water front from the longest pedestrian bridge in the world.
Several workshops (outdoor lighting, small engine troubleshooting, landscape irrigation, water gardening) will be offered 8 to 11 a.m. July 8.
Fourteen pesticide re-certification points are offered. All information is posted at www.tnla.com
Full registration for members is $75; non-members is $175. Additional visitors are charged $25 less.
The trade show will be open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 8 and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 9. Trade show only registration is $15 on site.
Don Shadow will speak on new plants from Japan and Europe at 9:15 a.m. July 7, followed by Carol Reese on annuals and perennials. Gray Haun and Anni Self will update us on fire ants, Emerald ash borer and Sudden Oak Death at 10:45 a.m.
Charlie Hall will discuss 10 ways to be successful in the landscape industry at 11:30 a.m. A panel will discuss invasive plants 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Sales of burning bush is already affected.
A Nursery Export Seminar from 4 to 7 p.m. will discuss the nursery industry in the European Economic Community and opportunities to develop international trade for Tennessee nurseries.
The types of plant material to export, procedures and regulations to ship; how to promote what you have with European buyers; experiences of those doing it; free snacks, free copy of the brand new ANLA nursery standards and three pairs of Felco pruners will be given away. Remember the time change when driving over.
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Strive to shear or prune white pines quickly. Control bagworms quickly.
Prevent Southern Blight on Malus. Check for mites on burning bush and arborvitae and other favorites.
Apply Marathon or Discus in order to ship into JB free areas. Spray cut-back and first year maple and oak trunks with Dursban to prevent the flatheaded apple tree borer.
Short internodes, stunting, foliar cupping and marginal leaf burn indicates leafhoppers on red maple. Spray with Sevin, Carbaryl, Diazinon, Dursban, Talstar, Tempo, Decathlon, Scimitar, or Tempo SC Ultra. The symptoms are referred to as ‘hopper burn’.
Perform family tick inspections each night.